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The rain may be over but the clean-up is likely to take some time, which is not surprising given the district almost doubled its previous 24-hour rainfall record on Friday.

Graham’s Weather Station in Netherby recorded 116.9mm of rain that day, dwarfing the earlier record of 63.2mm set on July 31, 2008. By yesterday there was little sign of that as the floodwaters had receded and most roads re-opened.

However, problems remained for some people, with the Ashburton District Council asking residents to be aware of sewage issues triggered by flooding.

Residents who had signs of sewage in

surface flooding on their properties were urged to phone the council on 307-7700.

They should also avoid any contact with contaminated areas and evacuate if sewage was either blocking property access or had gone inside.

Community relations manager Vincie Billante said council contractors worked around the clock over the weekend to address stormwater issues and drain blockages.

“Council understands that this is of great concern to residents at the moment,” she said.

“We appreciate how difficult this event has been for residents and ask for continued patience whilst this work is under way to look after the public’s health.”

The council’s boil water notices for the Methven, Mt Somers, Methven-Springfield and Montalto schemes were still in place late yesterday.

Billante said Fulton Hogan had been busy over the weekend tending to road damage throughout the district.

Roads still closed late yesterday were Barkers Road near the Rakaia Gorge and Thompsons Track. Other roads around the district, particularly around Methven, still had water on them. They were open to traffic but drivers should drive to the conditions, she said.

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■ WEATHER

Mt Hutt opens after storm

By SuSaN SaNdyS

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Snowdrifts up to eight metres deep blocked Mt Hutt’s loader driver yesterday, so it was time to call in the groomer.

After a mammoth effort involving about 40 staff and various machinery, the ski area opened yesterday after 2pm.

Manager James McKenzie said the wall of snow on the road with drifts up to eight metres high, following a fall of 90 centimetres, was too much for the loader driver

trying to clear from the skifield.

“We had to get the groomer in first to cut from above so the loader could get through,” he said.

McKenzie said in his 11 years at Mt Hutt he had not seen as much snow piled up on the ski area as he witnessed after the late week storm, which fell on top of a big snowfall the previous week.

The weather event, which also brought widespread flooding throughout Canterbury and Otago, triggered a large slip on the lower access road which would

take about two days to completely clear.

It had been partially cleared in the meantime and a section of the road reduced to one lane. It was in a susceptible area and had occurred there previously. It had come down from about 30 metres above the road.

“It’s more wide than it is high,” McKenzie said.

The ski area was closed while the storm unfolded, and was opening after three closed days in a row yesterday.

At 2pm it was about to open with a four wheel drive lane to the base area, and about 300 cars were queued from the bottom of the road including the information booth and tar seal.

The ski area was to stay open until 5pm or 5.30pm, longer than the usual closing time of 4pm.

“If you are not confident driving on snow, then please reconsider coming up today. Chains are required on all four wheel drive vehicles,” was the advice to skiers.

Some were annoyed about the

Keen skiers and their cars lined up below Mt Hutt as staff worked to get the road and skifield open yesterday afternoon.

wait, voicing their frustrations on the skifield’s Facebook page, while many were full of praise for the efforts of staff.

After avalanche control work there was an unexploded rocket in the closed bluffs area above the access road, which ski patrol would be returning to.

McKenzie explained sometimes there were misfires from avalanche rockets, and signs advised anyone seeing any to not touch them and contact ski patrol.

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■ ANIMAL WELFARE

Mid Canterbury in for animal welfare spat

By Sue NewmaN

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Come November Ashburton could have two organisations looking after the welfare of the district’s animals.

With almost every one of New Zealand’s 45 branches of the SPCA merging into a single, national body, the new organisation will be establishing inspectors and headquarters across the country, including Ashburton.

And that will mean the district’s current inspector John Keeley will no longer be the only person looking after animal welfare in the district.

At the SPCA’s annual meeting delegates voted on a proposal to bring all branches into one national organisation. Ashburton

would be able to request these were tagged for a project in their area, she said.

The driver in forming a single, national SPCA was ensuring there was a structure in place that would be have longevity, Midgen said.

“Across the country there are some branches that are almost falling over and it’s not right that animal welfare is well looked after in some areas but not in other areas where there’s not the funding to support it.”

To have any sway with the government the SPCA needed to be speaking with one, strong voice, not 45 voices.

It was about the bigger, strategic picture for the future, she said. “ There’s no doubt this will have

a better outcome for animals and it’s about the animals, not the people.”

If Ashburton refuses to join the national body Keeley will longer be an inspector for the organisation and will not have any legal powers.

The SPCA had an obligation to provide inspectorate services to all of the country so it would need to have its own warranted inspector in Ashburton from November 1, Midgen said.

This position will be paid and the organisation would look to establish its own headquarters in the district under the SPCA banner.

If Keeley wanted to continue to work in animal welfare it would have to be for an independent

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was one of two that voted not to join.

Keeley said he being part of the merged organisation would have seen Ashburton’s cash and assets swallowed up by the larger organisation. That, however, is not the case, RNZSPCA chief executive Andrea Midgen said.

“Initially people were concerned that this was an asset grab, but if a centre owns its buildings, they’ll keep those buildings. We still have to have somewhere to run our business. Ashburton is not struggling, but I’m not sure the full breadth of what we want to supply as an organisation is there either. This is about a good standard of animal welfare across all of New Zealand.”

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Keeley is adamant the SPCA name should stay with his organisation.

“They’ll come a cropper if they try to do that. They don’t own the SPCA, they’re the RSPCA.” He’s not concerned there could be two organisations working in animal welfare in the district.

“They can do what they like. I don’t care what they do as long as they leave us alone. If they want to put another one in here, good luck to them,” he said.

Every branch has to ratify their delegate’s vote on the amalgamation at a special meeting before July 31. Keeley said Ashburton had done that before he went to conference.

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Ready to bare all for CanTeen are Ashburton District councillors Leen Braam (left) and Russell Ellis with council community relations manager Vincie Billante.

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■ ASHBURTON YOUTH COUNCIL

Going naked for a good cause

BY SUE NEWMAN

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For most people opting to shave their head is a private decision made for a very private reason, not so for Leen Braam, Vincie Billante and Russell Ellis.

Next week they’ll be stepping out on stage to shed their locks and they’re hoping there will be hundreds of people there to watch.

The lock-lopping is in aid of raising money for CanTeen and it will be part of this year’s debate between Ashburton District councillors and their younger counterparts, members of the district’s youth council.

For the council Leen Braam, Mark Malcolm and Selwyn Price will take the negative, effectively arguing themselves out of business on the topic “Are councils still relevant today?”

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Putting the case for councils to stay in business will be youth councillors Henry Hickman, Alyce Lysaght and Sophie Kettley.

And while their seniors might be relying on life experience to carry the day, youth councillors have been putting in plenty of ground work to make sure they’re winners on the day, council community development advisor John Hobbs said.

“They’ve had a couple of meetings and they’ve done plenty of brainstorming to develop the points they want to cover,” he said.

The youth council chose the topic because it was one they believed could be argued successfully from either side. They also wanted something that would be light hearted and fun, Hobbs said.

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lied, the three head shave volunteers will step on stage and have their moment in the spotlight.

Each has been raising money through sponsorship for the CanTeen cause.

While he’s happy to shave his head, Leen Braam was adamant his trademark luxurious moustache would not be coming off.

“That’s a non-negotiable, if it comes off my suitcase will be packed and at the front gate,” he said.

Russell Ellis is trying not to think about how he’ll look without his hair. He’s volunteered because he’s been the council’s youth council liaison for several years and said he wanted to add his support to their cause.

“I don’t know if it’ll be a number one or a full shave but I’m thinking now in the middle of winter,

this mightn’t be such a smart idea.

I might be wearing a beanie for a couple of weeks,” he said.

Having been involved with the youth council for several years, Ellis said he took his hat off to the young councillors because of their enthusiasm and the way in which they came up with great ideas.

“They’re a really driven bunch,” he said.

For many men it might be only a matter of years that’s the difference between a full head of hair and none, but overnight third head shaver Vincie Billante will look very different.

She’ll lose her shoulder length dark hair, but said for someone who has variously had dreadlocks, short white spikes and braids, having a naked head doesn’t hold too many fears.

“I decided to do this for the

kids. As a former teacher I taught a number of kids who had to go through all of that. Cancer sucks, sometimes being a teenager sucks and having cancer and being a teenager really, really sucks. This is a very, very small sacrifice.”

Billante’s only misgiving is that the head shave is in mid winter, but she’s already bought a hat or two and has her eyes on a pink wig.

“It’s not about the hair, it’s such a small thing to do for something good,” she said.

As well as benefitting from the sponsorship raised by the head shave volunteers, CanTeen will also be the recipient of gold coin donations made at the venue door.

The debate will be staged in the Ashburton College auditorium on Wednesday at 6.30pm. Youth councillor Libby Fenwick will be MC for the evening.

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Trial looking for pregnant women Mid Canterbury women have an opportunity to take part in a world leading research trial that aims to help pregnant women improve symptoms of anxiety and antenatal depression through better nutrition.

University of Canterbury PhD psychology student Hayley Bradley is recruiting pregnant women for a new clinical trial and says New Zealand has one of the highest rates of depression and among pregnant women in the developed world, between 12 to 25 per cent.

“It is well known that depression and anxiety during pregnancy can have devastating short and longterm consequences – not only for the pregnant woman but also for her baby and the wider family,” she said.

Current treatments include antidepressant medication or psychotherapy. However, given the risks associated with in-utero exposure to antidepressants and barriers such as access and cost associated with psychotherapy, many pregnant women remain untreated.

“Alternative interventions are therefore desperately needed. We want to see if vitamins and minerals can help pregnant women deal better with low mood and anxiety,” Bradley said.

“Evidence has accumulated over the last decade showing large, beneficial effects of broadspectrum vitamin and mineral (micronutrient) interventions for various mental health problems suggesting that micronutrient interventions could be a promising way forward,” she said..

The Mental Health and Nutrition Research Group is recruiting for a study through to December next year.

In a double blind, randomised, controlled trial, women between 12 and 20 weeks pregnant will take either the micronutrient for-

mula or an iodine supplement for 12 weeks. After 12 weeks, all women will have the opportunity to take the micronutrient formula for a further 12 weeks or until their baby arrives.

Participants and their babies will be followed up post natally to ensure wellbeing and see if the nutrients can also prevent postnatal depression and anxiety and improve developmental outcomes for infants.

The clinical trial is cutting edge, world-leading research, Bradley said.

Throughout the study, participants will be required to complete various assessments and provide two blood samples to examine any changes in DNA activity, nutrient levels and inflammatory biomarkers that may predict a treatment response. Participants will also have the option to undergo a short EEG to see the impact nutrients have on brain activity.

“We hope that the evidence from this study will inform not only practitioners and policy makers of the safety and efficacy of a nutritional treatment option for antenatal depression and anxiety but will also allow pregnant women to make informed decisions about their choice of treatment.”

Supervisor of the clinical study will be founder of the Mental Health and Nutrition Research Group, UC Psychology Professor Julia Rucklidge.

The research team also involves an experienced psychiatrist, midwife, and biologist as well as psychologists and geneticists.

Pregnant women interested in the study can register their interest and find more information about the pregnancy study at www.bit.ly/pregnancy-study or contact the study’s coordinator Hayley Bradley by phone: (03) 364 2987 ext. 7705 or email: hayley. bradley@pg.canterbury.ac.nz

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Tail docking ban questioned

By Sue NewmaN

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While veterinarians might be celebrating the news that docking of dog tails will be banned, many dog breeders are questioning the Government’s move to stop what they say is already a highly regulated practice.

President of the Mid Canterbury Kennel Club Jill Watson said the practice, known as banding, was already under tight controls and could only be carried out by a registered practitioner on puppies whose sire and dam were registered with the New Zealand Kennel Club.

“It’s always been a matter of choice in New Zealand but it must be done before a puppy is five days old,” she said.

Unlike some animals, dogs were born not fully formed and it took about five days before their senses were well developed.

Early docking or removal of dew claws (which will also be banned) caused little distress to the pups, Watson said.

Tail docking was traditional for many breeds, but if a breeder chose not to dock, while the dog might not conform to accepted standard, judges generally did not discriminate, she said.

The practice is centuries old for breeds that were traditionally docked and often had its roots in the breed’s work history.

“To me it’s not cruel, I can’t understand the focus on it; if it was cruel I certainly wouldn’t be doing it,” Watson said.

Kennel associations had been fighting the threatened ban for years and she said the Ashburton club will be making a submission on the latest ruling.

The removal of a newborn pup’s dewclaws was more about a dog’s welfare than anything

else, she said.

“Removing dew claws is such an easy thing to do at home, you can flick it off with your fingernails, but it’s always been done under strict guidelines.”

An adult dog with a dewclaw could get easily get this caught and torn, Watson said.

Veterinarians have been campaigning against dog tail docking for two decades with many vets refusing for many years to provide non-therapeutic tail docking services.

The new regulations come after the Ministry of Primary Industries commissioned an independent review into the arguments for and against tail docking.

Cabinet has since approved a policy to restrict docking of dogs’ tails and an outright ban is expected to be in force by October next year.

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Happy 100th birthday Doris

BY KATIE TODD

Far left – Doris Wakeland reaches the grand old age of 100 today.

Inset left – Doris as a young girl with her two brothers.

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Doris Wakeland’s central home will be a flurry of activity and visitors today, as friends and family join to celebrate a very special occasion.

Today marks 100 years since she entered the world, a milestone which the Ashburton-born, farm-raised Doris admits she “never thought she’d reach”.

And although Doris has seen vast changes in Ashburton since her birth in Cameron Street in 1997, she is happy to declare that she herself is still her same, independent self – still cooking, cleaning and sewing for herself, reading magazines, completing crosswords and attending church, the RSA and Senior Citizens’ Society, among other activities.

“I’m still my same old self,” she smiles, “and there’s not a lot I can’t do.”

Doris is known to an impressive 13 grandchildren, 30 great grandchildren and 18 great-great grandchildren.

Many have travelled from afar to be with her on the big day, including a group of 13 from Mt Maunganui and four from Australia.

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Doris says she was pleased to have also received congratulatory cards from a number of officials before the big day.

“I’ve got one from the Prime

Minister, one from the Queen, one from the Governor General and one from the Methodist church.”

Doris says her 100 years have

for the most part been spent on farms. It’s evident she’s never been afraid to get her hands dirty.

“I’ve lived amongst the dogs, chicks and cats … I’ve worked as

a labourer, shearer, helped to milk the cows ... and been the farmwife, cooking and looking after the home.”

She also fondly recalls Saturdays spent “up in the back paddock” with a picnic basket full of goodies.

Doris says the key to her happy long life isn’t the result of any secrets, but speaks proudly of her consistency.

“I still sleep in my own bed and I still cook and eat what my parents cooked me,” she says, “I love my eggs and apples and I’ve never been one for any of those fad diets.”

She also says having a positive attitude has gotten her through the tough times.”

“Always look forward, never look back.

“You’ve got to remember the good stuff.”

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Outram residents back home

Clean-up after way after storm

Some Taieri Plains residents have been allowed to return to their homes following the weekend’s heavy deluge.

More than 200 properties, mainly around Dunedin and nearby rural areas – including in Outram, Mosgiel and Taieri – Lianne were evacuated on Friday night, and many had to also spend Saturday night away from home after the Taieri River reached its second-highest level ever recorded.

All but two of 100 Outram houses were cleared for people to return yesterday morning after their homes were inspected but Henley homes, south of Dunedin Airport, were still being checked, Dunedin Civil Defence says.

About 130 properties, mostly around Henley and Taieri, remain evacuated.

“Some of these residents may not be able to return to their homes for several days,” controller Sue Bidrose said.

Twelve houses on Ravenswood Street in Dunedin’s St Clair were evacuated because of a slip, but 11 have now been deemed safe.

The focus was now cleaning up and repairs to significant damage in parts of the wider city.

“People need to be aware there will be widespread debris and damage on roads, and mo-

torists must drive carefully and to the conditions,” Dr Bidrose said.

“Those driving should also be aware of the late frost which has made many roads icy.”

States of emergency remain in Dunedin and Christchurch folDalziel lowing the winter storm which dumped more than twice the average July rainfall within 24 hours.

Canterbury health officials are warning people to treat all flood water as contaminated.

They are also asking people to minimise use of toilets and washing machines to lessen the load on the waste water system.

In the Selwyn district, people were allowed to return to the Upper Selwyn Huts but a precautionary boil water notice remained in place.

In Christchurch high tide at 3.42am yesterday was lower than previous tides and pumps at Southshore were not needed.

The next high tide is at 4.15pm.

However, the flooded Hendersons Basin, Hoon Hay Valley and Cashmere-Worsley Valley may take days to drain through the Heathcote River “The forecast is looking good, so fingers crossed,” Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel said.

It would be a challenging few days while the Heathcote River drained, she said.

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From P1 Flooding had caused a large number of washouts and many more potholes were now evident, she said.

“The amount of damage on the roads means that there will be a longer recovery programme to repair potholes and washouts, which is expected to go into mid

to late August.

“With another weather event predicted by MetService for next week, this situation is likely to worsen if roads need to be closed again.”

With that in mind Billante said drivers should reduce their speeds when travelling through the district to prevent crashes

Peruvian tapestry weaver Maximo Laura.

and/or injuries to themselves or the contractors working on the roads.

The New Zealand Transport still had flood warnings in place late yesterday for State Highway One between Dunsandel and Timaru, along with SH77 between Ashburton and Methven, although the roads were open.

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Peruvian textile artist to visit district A tapestry weaver who is recognised as one of the world’s preeminent textile artists and teachers will be visiting Ashburton next month.

Peruvian weaver and “living treasure” Maximo Laura and his daughter Paola will be stopping off at Ashfords and will also attend the Ashburton Spinners and

Weavers Guild “Spin In” at the Tinwald hall.

Laura lives and works in Lima and is a fifth generation weaver who learned his craft as a child at his father’s side.

His work is imbued with the legends and story telling of his Huari heritage and his own life experience.

Laura’s tapestries have featured in more than 140 exhibitions in 28 countries.

He is in New Zealand at the invitation of Creative Fibre New Zealand and will be teaching tapestry weaving at a series of fiveday residential workshops that are to be held in Hamilton and Wellington.

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Johnson on first visit to NZ trapped in the town following last British Foreign Secretary Boris year’s earthquake.

Johnson will make his first official “Britain and New Zealand visit to New Zealand this week share a long standing and historwith stops in Wellington and Kaiic friendship so I’m delighted to koura. be here to see for myself how we Mr Johnson, the flamboyant, work together on so many issues tousled blonde former mayor of and how we can build on these London, arrived yesterday and links,” Mr Johnson said in a statewill hold talks on trade, foreign ment released by the British High policy and international security Commission in Wellington. during the two-day visit.

“Last year, the people of KaiHe will meet Prime Minister Bill Boris Johnson koura opened their homes and English, Foreign Minister Gerry their hearts to British travellers who were Brownlee and other senior politicians and in distress after the devastating earthhis agenda includes unveiling the UK War quake, and I am pleased to be able to exMemorial in Wellington’s Pukeahu Nationpress personally our gratitude.” al War Memorial Park.

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■ METHVEN THEATRE COMPANY

Set to cure cabin fever

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Methven Theatre Company will bring laughter to audiences this week with two comedies, Snip and Bonking James Bond.

And it is thanks to community spirit that rehearsals and preparations have been able to go ahead despite the recent storm and floods.

Director Scott Campbell was stranded in the town on Friday night, and then had to do a bit of rescheduling of rehearsals over the weekend due to inaccessible roads.

“That’s the true nature of theatre as well, everything is so unpredictable and changeable, you have to be able to adapt to what’s going on around you,” Campbell said.

And the cast and crew had been exceptional, going above and beyond what was required to make sure everything was going smoothly leading into opening night this Wednesday.

They included Methven Volunteer Fire Brigade chief Brent Anderson, who on Saturday afternoon was painting the stage set he had earlier built between flooding call-outs, and dairy farmer Alister Body, who managed to fulfil his stage manager duties despite dealing with flooding on his property.

“That sort of community spirit is really amazing to see,” Campbell said.

Dress rehearsals were to begin last night, and the plays were coming together exceptionally well, all this after the first read through had been just seven weeks ago.

Campbell and production manager Patrice Hammond were confident that same community spirit would come to the fore for ticket sales, which had been slow to date.

Hammond said yesterday only about one quarter of tickets had sold, which she put down to Mid Cantabrians being more focused on the recent weather event.

She expected sales would pick up as people put their minds to curing their cabin fever.

“We would like to bring some joy and entertainment to people,” Hammond said.

Set to stage at the Mount Hutt Memorial Hall, Snip and Bonking James Bond are two one-act plays with four actors each.

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Above - Prior to dress rehearsals beginning, Bonking James Bond actors Gemma Bell and Ian Morrison get into character.

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For Bonking James Bond, they are John Peneycad as James Bond, fellow company newcomer Ian Morrison as Jeffrey, Gemma Bell as Penelope and Linda Young as Betty.

The two plays are the creation of New Zealand playwright April Phillips, responsible for crowd pleaser Stiff which Methven Theatre Company performed nine years ago.

In Snip, Frank’s wife wants him to have a vasectomy and his life won’t be worth living unless he gets the snip. The play follows Frank’s deliberations as he tries to work out what a real man would do.

Bonking James Bond follows Betty’s discovery of her husband’s affair. She will do anything to save her marriage even if it means dipping into fantasy and enlisting the help of a secret agent.

The plays will perform over four nights from Wednesday to Saturday at the Mount Hutt Memorial Hall.

John Peneycad is enjoying playing James Bond, and working alongside fellow Methven Theatre Company actors including Linda Young.

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July 25 – Artist talk at the Ashburton Art Gallery, Michael Eaton, 2.30pm.

July 26 – Methven Theatre Company presents Snip and Bonking James Bond, staging until July 29.

July 26 – Creative Hands Working Bee, making Canbead kits. Contribute your time to a great cause at the Ashburton Art Gallery, 5.30pm to 7pm.

July 27 - Rhys Darby performing Mystic Time Bird at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

To July 28 - Ashburton Society of Arts 53rd annual exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

July 30 – African Drumming and Dance Workshop in town, registrations with Koffie Fugah africandrumanddancenz@ gmail.com August 5 – Anya Sinclair exhibition Forest Lives at the Ashburton Art Gallery, 2pm opening, runs to September 24.

August 5 - Ashburton Embroiderers’ Guild exhibition The Joy of Stitching at the Ashburton Art Gallery, 2pm opening, runs to September 3.

August 7 – One Night of Queen with Gary Mullen and The Works, 8pm, Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

August 11 – Kelvin Cruickshank presents Soul Food at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

August 12 – Mid Canterbury Choir presents One Earth – Many Voices, with Australian choir Serendipity, 2pm at the Sinclair Centre. Door sales $15, includes afternoon tea, hosted by the Ashburton Musical Club.

August 20 – Ashburton Civic Music Council Festival Concert, 2pm, St Stephens Church, admission $5.

August 23 – Royal New Zealand Ballet Tutus on Tour at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre To August 23 – Mark Braunias Assemble, Disassemble, Reassemble exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

September 1 and 2 – Hospice Mid Canterbury presents Night of the Southern Stars at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7.30pm, featuring Simon O’Neill with Tim Beveridge, Tizane McEvoy and accompanied by Stephen Small. The MSA Men’s Choir will be performing as well as Ashburton College choirs Phoenix Rising and Phoenix Chorus.

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Stars set to shine Hospice Mid Canterbury will present Night of the Southern Stars featuring Ashburton born-and-bred opera star Simon O’Neill (left).

To be held at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre on September 1 and 2, Night of the Southern Stars will raise funds for the worthy cause. O’Neill will perform alongside Tim Beveridge, Tizane McEvoy and accompanied by Stephen Small.

The MSA Men’s Choir will perform as well as the Ashburton College choirs Phoenix Rising and Phoenix Chorus. Ticket prices are $80 upwards.

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■ SOUTH AUCKLAND

■ ASSAULT

Girl in tragic drowning

Victims of assault recovering well - police

A nine-year-old girl has drowned at a south Auckland house yesterday morning.

Paramedics were called to a house on Bacardi Place, Conifer Grove, Takanini around 7.50am, St John Ambulance confirmed to the Herald.

A 9-year-old girl died at the scene.

Police confirmed the girl had

drowned. Her death will be referred to the coroner.

The family are members of the Plymouth Brethren Church, whose members have been supporting them.

Senior Sergeant John Yearbury said at the scene that the “family are really raw at the moment”.

The young girl has other siblings, he said, and a family mem-

ber discovered the girl’s body yesterday morning. Yearbury added that when emergency services arrived the girl was already dead.

It was too early to say if it was an accident or medical event, he said.

A local church member, who visited the home, said a “little girl had died”. The girl was found in the bath earlier yesterday morn-

ing, he added. “The place is still crawling with cops.”

Another man said: “Just genuine heartbreak.”

Several church members, bearing plates of food, arrived at the home throughout the morning to offer their condolences.

Shocked neighbours were also offering the family assistance.

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■ HOUSING

Private investment in roads and water The government is to invest alongside the private sector in a fund to provide roads and water services to new housing areas.

Two projects Steven in Auckland are Joyce in line for funding.

Crown Fibre Holdings will be re-named Crown Infrastructure Partners and will set up companies to build and own roads and water systems to the new housing developments.

In return the companies will receive revenue, from developers and households, for use of the infrastructure, though council will have a right to buy it in the future.

Developers are likely to pay a one-off payment while residents will pay a targeted rate or volumebased charge each year.

The new funding method announced yesterday by Finance Minister Steven Joyce and Local Government Minister Anne Tolley will provide as much as $600 million worth of infrastructure to new housing areas.

It was welcomed by Auckland mayor Phil Goff and the Employers’ and Manufacturers Association.

“This is all about introducing outside capital to build this infrastructure, so current ratepayers don’t get burdened with all the costs of growth,” the ministers said.

The initial investment of $387m in transport and water infrastructure in Drury South and West, Paerata, and Pukekohe will enable the construction of 17,800 dwellings much earlier than would otherwise be the case, Mr Goff said. A further major development will be around Wainui in north Auckland with $201m in infrastructure funding required for an additional 5500 dwellings.

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■ POLITICS

Let the election race begin The start gun has been fired, and the race is on.

Saturday was the first day New Zealand political candidates were allowed to put up their hoardings and campaign posters, leading into General Election 2017.

Rangitata candidate for the National Party Andrew Falloon, pictured installing one at Ashburton’s Farmers Corner yester-

day, wasted no time, but had to deal to flooding first.

Falloon said he suspended campaigning on Saturday to help move stock and clean up mud and silt in Timaru businesses.

The Labour Party’s Rangitata candidate Jo Luxton was also quick off the mark, but due to a slight hiccup her hoardings had not been printed with eve-

ryone else’s in Auckland. She had to organise a printing firm in Christchurch instead, which worked through the night on Thursday.

“Now that we can drive safely to Christchurch we will collect them today,” she said yesterday.

She planned to begin installing them yesterday afternoon, including along State Highway One.

Two women who were the subject of a vicious unprovoked attack in Auckland are recovering well, police say.

Detectives investigating the assault on an Auckland woman and her daughter are now asking the public for help as new information about the assaults is revealed.

A 55-year-old Point Chevalier woman was getting into her own car on Monday, July 17, when she was attacked from behind.

Police originally believed she was approaching a neighbour’s car which was allegedly being broken into, but on Saturday police said they believed she was getting into her own car.

The woman was kicked and punched until she was unconscious.

When her daughter, aged in her 20s, attempted to intervene, she too was attacked and she suffered abrasions and bruising.

“The victims are recovering well and receiving ongoing support,” police said at the weekend.

Area investigations manager Detective Senior Sergeant Scott Armstrong said formal interviews and the completion of scene examinations showed that the woman was getting into her own car at the time of the attack.

“She was assaulted from behind without warning, while approaching her own car, in her own driveway,” Detective Senior Sergeant Armstrong said.

“Another vehicle on her driveway appears to have been interfered with by the offenders prior to the assault, however the victim was not aware of this at the time,” he said.

The men are then alleged to have stolen the victim’s car keys before driving off in her blue Volkswagen Polo hatchback.

The car was later discovered in a neighbouring suburb.

Police are asking members of the public who witnessed suspicious activity in the area to contact Auckland City Police Station on 09 302 6400.

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Councils’ climate change message for govt Mayors from around the country are meeting in Auckland where they have laid out a pre-election wish-list and a commitment to tackling climate change.

More than 600 delegates are at the Local Government New Zealand conference for two days in Auckland, which is followed by an annual meeting tomorrow.

Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull and Nelson Mayor Rachel Reese are seeking to be the new LGNZ president to replace Lawrence Yule, who steps down after nine years in the role.

As the conference opened yesterday Mr Yule unveiled the LGNZ election manifesto.

Hot topics in the manifesto in-

clude how to the fund infrastructure, improvements to risk and resilience and new ways of protecting water.

Mr Yule also launched a position statement on climate change, and a 2017 climate change declaration signed by 39 mayors. LGNZ represents about 78 councils.

“Local government is committed to playing its role by utilising the full range of skills and capabilities it holds to better understand all the consequences and opportunities of climate change, and to consider climate change in its decision making,” Mr Yule said.

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■ LABOUR PARTY

Cancer care promises

Andrew Little

Labour is promising all New Zealanders will have access to the same level of cancer care no matter where they live.

It says it will set up a National Cancer Agency, initially costing $20 million, which will develop a national cancer plan if it is elected to government in September.

It is part of its campaign promise of $8 billion of health spending to redress what it calls the National government’s $2.3b underspend in the sector.

“What really worries me is that cancer care can be a ‘post code’ lottery,” said leader Andrew Little.

People in Auckland had a lower

rate of radiation treatment than people in Wellington and those in Northland had a lower rate than those in Canterbury, he said.

“That’s not right. It’s not fair.

“It’s unacceptable that some cancer patients are waiting six months for CT scans. Australians are more likely to survive than those diagnosed with cancer in New Zealand and Australians have better access to cancer drugs,” he said.

The agency would make a real difference to the 23,000 New Zealanders diagnosed with cancer every year, Mr Little said.

The Prostate Cancer Founda-

tion was quick to praise the promise.

“Given that prostate cancer is the most common cancer amongst our men, we need to ask why there is no free, structured testing programme and a number of innovative treatments and medications are not available,” said chief executive Graeme Woodside. There were hold ups with current initiatives, including the Prostate Cancer AQIP Programme, which had promised big changes but was yet to take off, he said.

Each year 3000 New Zealand men were diagnosed with prostate cancer and 600 die. - NZME

■ BOXING NIGHT

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In brief West Coast’s turn The southern West Coast and Fiordland are set to get hit by heavy rain but not much is expected to make it over the Southern Alps to the already drenched east. The MetService has issued a severe weather warning for Fiordland and Westland south of Harihari, saying two fronts coming from the Tasman Sea would bring a burst of heavy rain.

People, especially trampers, were advised rivers and streams could rise rapidly, with surface flooding and slips possible.

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Slip closes road A slip has closed State Highway 25A on the Coromandel Peninsula.

The 50m-wide slip yesterday has closed both lanes of Kopu-Hikuai Road, police say. It occurred near Kitahi Road, close to the summit.

It was expected to take until today to clear the slip and traffic control will remain in place.

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Search continues

Northland quiet after organised gang boxing event Police say it was a wet but quiet night in Whangarei on Saturday despite rival gang members descending on Northland to fight each other.

A number of gangs, normally violent rivals, were at the Portland Recreation Centre, south of the city for the “Te Tai Tokerau Fight Night”, an organised boxing event aimed at ending inter-gang violence which has resulted in a number of deaths in Northland in recent years.

Whangarei area commander, Inspector Justin Rogers, says police were in the area early and had a visible presence.

No significant problems were reported, he said in a statement.

“Throughout the night, an increased number of patrols were in the CBD. It was a usual Saturday night in the city centre. The weather was poor and number of bars closed early or did not open at all.”

Police set up a checkpoint on Portland Road on Saturday and all vehicles travelling to and from the fight night were checked, Inspector Rogers said. As a result, 108 infringement notices were issued, four licences suspended, three cars impounded and one driver was over the limit.

There were four arrests, two of which were for breach of bail, one for breach of community work and one for drug possession.

Black Power member Tokomauri Hotene was involved in one of the 20 fights on the card.

“I don’t care about going home with a bit of blood on me. I’d rather that than going home in a box,” he told Fairfax.

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Police search and rescue teams, together with family and friends of missing woman Melissa Dalgety, are continuing their search.

Dalgety, also known as Melissa Gray, hasn’t been since Thursday morning. Her vehicle was found later that afternoon parked at Waikuku Beach carpark. Since then police search and rescue crews, together with surf lifesaving volunteers, have been scouring the area for any sign of the 34-yearold.

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■ ASHBURTON MUSEUM

Peg people attraction proves popular Who knew that making peg people could be so popular? The Ashburton Museum has had hundreds of children through over the school holidays, flocking to its latest craft activity.

Pictured is eight-year-old Otis Scarlett, with his two sisters six-and-a-half-year-old Jahdzia and 10-year-old Mahalia. Museum director Tanya Robinson said the Peg Party People holiday activity was created as an extension of an exhibition under way on the old Radiant Hall.

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■ WAIKATO-TAINUI

Bumper year for Waikato-Tainui

Iwi body Waikato-Tainui has had its best ever financial year, reporting a net profit of nearly $138 million and more than $1 billion in worth.

The net profit of $137.8m meant the tribe could make record distributions to members alongside the delivery of social, cultural and environmental achievements, says tribal authority Te Whakakitenga o Waikato chairwoman Maxine Moana-Tuwhangai.

“Waikato-Tainui is implementing a range of programmes to support the vision our tuupuna had for the success and wellness of our people today, our

mokopuna of tomorrow, and our whenua and awa.”

Waikato-Tainui comprises more than 67,000 members from 68 marae around the Waikato. It signed its Treaty of Waitangi deed of settlement, worth $170m, in 1995.

Significant progress was made in areas such as supporting marae, revitalising Waikato reo and tikanga, growing tribal estate, resolving affordable housing challenges, educating members, and enabling career and job opportunities, she said.

Sir Henry van der Heyden, chairman of the commercial arm Tainui Group Holdings,

says for the first time in its history the company was reporting an annual net profit of more than $100m. TGH made $54m from the sale of half of The Base retail centre in Hamilton and the $114.8m profit allowed it to return a total dividend of $22m.

Waikato-Tainui says its Novotel Hamilton, Ibis Hamilton and Tainui Novotel Auckland Airport continue to be high performing.

During the year it also announced a new luxury hotel joint venture at Auckland International Airport and turned the sod on another joint-venture project at the Ruakura inland port development.

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A 32-year-old man has died after being thrown from his vehicle when it rolled near Waipu. The crash happened just after 3.30am on Saturday at the intersection of State Highway 1 and Brooks Road.

Serious crash investigator Senior Constable Warren Bunn said the vehicle was travelling north when it crossed the centre line to the other side of the road. He said it then swerved before rolling. Mr Bunn said the driver, the only person in the vehicle, was thrown out of it.

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Trampers rescued Four trampers are being flown off the Tongariro Alpine Crossing after becoming separated in cold and snowy conditions. Two of the trampers phoned police on Saturday night, saying they were still walking on the track after their two companions had gone on to Oturere Hut. Police were able to locate them from their 111 signal but conditions were too cloudy for a helicopter to reach them so a search and rescue crew went in from the Ketetahi, or northern, end of the crossing. Police then got a text from the other two trampers, who had made it to Oturere Hut, says Senior Constable Barry Shepherd.

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Lotto results Official Lotto results for draw number 1666 drawn on Saturday.

Winning numbers (in ascending order): 2, 13, 19, 25, 35, 36.

Bonus number: 6.

Powerball winning number: 5.

Strike: 13, 35, 36, 2.

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Humanity shines through Colin Williscroft

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t’s always nice to know that a bit of adversity can bring out the best in people.

That when times are tough, in general, peoples’ humanity will shine through, with some going above and beyond what they really need to do.

That definitely came to the fore on Friday and Saturday, as the east coast of the South Island copped a drenching.

States of emergency were called, people were driven from their homes but when the chips were down, by and large a helping hand was being extended somewhere.

When homes and businesses in parts of Ashburton were under threat from rising floodwaters on Friday, several Ashburton Contracting staff spent most of the day filling bags with sand to meet a steady demand for them, from individuals, businesses and the fire service.

Local seed companies and a landscaping business also got in on the act, the only motivation being that people needed a bit of help.

That sort of attitude also played out much closer to home.

Out on Friday, driving around the district taking photos of the flooding, I had a bit of car trouble.

Parked up on the side of the side of a country road I rang work, then sat back and waited for help to arrive.

It did, which was great, but in the meantime I was inundated with people pulling over, asking if I was alright, if they could do anything to help, or that if I got stuck they lived just over there, and I was more than welcome, it wasn’t a problem.

A couple of people actually pulled up their sleeves and got to work, for which I will be forever grateful.

Similar stories played out around Canterbury and Otago, whether it was volunteers coming to the aid of others, people checking on their neighbours even though they had their own worries, or food and shelter being provided to those in need.

Some of those receiving help knew those who came to their aid, but more often than not, they were complete strangers.

It’s nice to know that in a modern society where people are by-and-large encouraged to put themselves first, every now and then selfies can be replaced by selfless.

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hile travelling around in my roles as a local MP and a minister I have heard from some employers that they are having trouble finding staff to keep their businesses running.

At the same time we have a disproportionate number of young people who are struggling, for a variety of reasons, to secure or hold down long-term employment.

Regional economies across New Zealand are growing strongly and have thousands of jobs to be filled.

There hasn’t been a better opportunity in decades to match unemployed young people with real sustainable jobs in our regions.

In order to do this the Government has announced a new investment of $50 million to help the most at-risk young people into jobs in regional New Zealand.

This initiative will support locally-designed projects in four regions with the highest proportion of young people at risk of long-term unemployment – Northland, Hawke’s Bay, Eastern Bay of Plenty and East Coast.

These are the young people that have already been on a benefit for six months or more.

They are at the greatest risk of not developing good work habits over their lifetime.

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If we can get them into a job and keep them there over the next 12 months, we can change the course of their lives.

The Youth Employment Pathways programme will work intensively with 2157 unemployed young people in Northland, 1715 in Hawke’s Bay, 695 in Eastern Bay of Plenty and 713 in East Coast.

We’ve learned from programmes like Project 1000 in Hawke’s Bay and Kaikohe Grow in Northland that there is no one size fits all approach.

However, by using the tools of social investment combined with local knowledge we can make a real difference for these young people.

Each project will be led from within the region and involve employers, training providers, NGOs and government agencies all working together.

The result will be a pool of employable young people, working for regional employers, which in turn will support social and economic growth in each region.

We’ve now launched economic

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The most recently announced initiatives to boost economic growth and drive innovation in the regions involved the West Coast and Bay of Plenty.

We are investing in regional research institutes based in both of these regions to make the most of local opportunities to accelerate and commercialise research and innovation.

We’re also supporting the regions by investing in the infrastructure they need to grow.

We’re continuing to roll out a $212 million programme for 13 important regional roading projects across New Zealand.

We’re investing $2 billion in communications infrastructure to roll out faster broadband across the country.

The Government’s strong economic plan is delivering steady growth in regional New Zealand.

This programme will help ensure all of the young people in each region can participate in

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■ GREECE

Aftershocks test nerves Crews of experts have begun examining the damage to cultural monuments and infrastructure on the eastern Greek island of Kos, a day after a powerful earthquake killed two tourists and injured nearly 500 others in the Aegean Sea region that stretches to Turkey’s sprawling coast.

Residents and tourists were still jittery as a series of aftershocks continued to rock the island at the weekend.

A tremor measuring a preliminary 4.4 magnitude struck on Saturday night, sending residents and restaurant customers scurrying toward the middle of the town’s main square, as far away as possible from buildings.

Sixteen minutes later, a second 4.6-magnitude tremor struck, the Athens Geodynamics Institute reported. The first tremor had its epicentre only 20km northeast of Kos at a depth of 10km.

Hundreds of residents and tourists spent Friday night sleeping outdoors on the island, too afraid to return to their homes or hotels after the quake that struck early Friday. Many camped out in parks and olive groves, or slept in their cars or on beach and swimming pool lounge chairs.

The aftershocks on Saturday night meant that many would spend a second night outdoors.

During the day in Kos, churches, an old

mosque, the port’s 14th-century castle and other old buildings that suffered in the quake were being checked by archaeologists and experts from Greece’s Culture Ministry.

The US Geological Survey measured the quake on Friday at magnitude 6.7, with Greek and Turkish estimates a fraction lower. Two men, a Turk and a Swede, were killed when a wall collapsed into a popular bar in the Old Town of Kos. The most seriously injured in Greece were airlifted to hospitals on the mainland and the southern island of Crete, and at least two were still in critical condition on Saturday.

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■ UNITED STATES

Australian woman’s death may have been filmed A mystery cyclist filmed part of the fatal encounter between US police and Australian Justine Damond, offering a potential breakthrough in the investigation.

Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor and his partner Matthew Harrity were criticised for not having their body or vehicle dash cameras on when they were called to an alley behind Ms Damond’s home a week ago.

Authorities announced on Friday they had identified and interviewed a male cyclist who was spotted at the scene.

Days earlier they had asked for the mystery man to come forward.

The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported at the weekend a source with direct knowledge of the investigation said the witness filmed part of the encounter.

What he filmed was not released.

Ms Damond, 40, formerly of Sydney’s northern beaches, called police about 11.30pm last Saturday after hearing a woman’s screams and fearing a sexual assault was taking place.

As Ms Damond suddenly approached the police vehicle Officer Noor shot across his partner and struck Ms Damond in the stomach.

Minneapolis has been rocked by what was the latest high-profile fatal police shooting in the region.

Police Chief Janee Harteau was fired on Friday and at a press conference to explain the dismissal Mayor Betsy Hodges was shouted down by protesters demanding she resign.

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‘I’m still Batman’ Ben Affleck is still Batman. The US actor shot down rumours that he would be hanging up his cape for the stand-alone Batman film, even though he recently ceded directing responsibilities. Speaking to a crowd of about 6500 fans at San Diego Comic-Con, Affleck unequivocally assured the crowd that he is still starring in The Batman. On Friday, the trade publication The Hollywood Reporter published a report that Warner Bros was working on plans to “usher out Affleck’s Batman gracefully” and suggested that it might happen before The Batman. - AP

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In this photo made available by Kensington Palace from the personal photo album of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, shows the princess and Prince Harry on holiday, and features in the new ITV documentary Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy.

The late Diana, Princess of Wales, shows the princess holding Prince William while pregnant with Prince Harry.

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Princes’ last call with mum Princes William and Harry have revealed their last conversation with their mother was a brief phone call on the day she died that now weighs “heavily” on William’s mind.

In a TV documentary about Diana, William and Harry speak of the remorse they feel at how short their final chat with their mum was, with Harry confessing it is something he will regret “for the rest of my life”.

But looking back at the life of the princess, whose death 20 years ago shocked the world, Harry said “to myself and William she was just the best mother ever” who “brought a breath of fresh air to everything she did”.

The TV programme chronicles Diana’s personal journey, her campaigns supporting the homeless, AIDS victims, and banning landmines, and her death, Harry says he has only cried twice for his mother – once at her funeral and during an undisclosed occasion.

William was 15 and Harry just 12 when their mother was killed in a car crash in Paris on August 31, 1997.

On the day she was killed William described the “very good time” they were having at Balmoral, the Queen’s private Scottish home, where the brothers were playing with their cousins.

William, interviewed with his brother at Kensington Place for the ITV documentary, told of his regrets about the call.

“Harry and I were in a desperate rush to say goodbye, you know ‘see you later’ ... if I’d known now obviously what was going to

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happen I wouldn’t have been so blase about it and everything else. But that phone call sticks in my mind, quite heavily.”

Harry described how it was his turn to chat to mum after his brother.

“It was her speaking from Paris, I can’t really necessarily remember what I said but all I do remember is probably regretting for the rest of my life how short the phone call was.

“Looking back on it now it’s incredibly hard, I’ll have to sort of deal with that for the rest of my life. Not knowing that was the last time I was going to speak to my mum, how differently that conversation would have panned out if I’d had even the slightest inkling her life was going to be taken that night.”

On Diana’s birthday – July 1 – William, Kate and Harry, joined by Prince George and Princess Charlotte, attended a service to re-dedicate her grave at Althorp house, where she was buried on an island.

Harry said: “The first time I cried was at the funeral on the island and probably only since then maybe once. So there’s a lot of grief that still needs to be let out.”

Reflecting on the 20 years since his mother’s death, Harry revealed his struggles.

“It has been hard and it will continue to be hard, there’s not a day William and I don’t wish that she was still around and we wonder what kind of mother she would be now, and what kind of a public role she would have and what a difference she would be making.”

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Pfeiffer in Ant Man, Wasp Michelle Pfeiffer is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel Studios announced at Comic-Con that Pfeiffer has been cast in the Ant-Man sequel AntMan and the Wasp as Janet van Dyne, who is Hank Pym’s missing wife. Pfeiffer will be starring alongside returning AntMan actors Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly and Michael Douglas in the film. Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige also announced that Randall Park and Laurence Fishburne were joining the sequel. Ant-Man and the Wasp will be directed by Peyton Reed and hits cinemas on July 6, 2018.

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Lack of experience helpful Harry Styles says not having a clue what he was doing in his first acting job helped him to give a realistic portrayal of an inexperienced British soldier. The One Direction singer makes his film debut in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, which portrays desperate WWII evacuation of British troops from the French beach. But the pop star said that his lack of acting experience could be seen as a positive as many of the troops at Dunkirk were youths with little time in the military behind them.

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Monday, July 24, 2017

■ JAPAN

Life and soul of Tsukiji fish market

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sukiji’s market metrics are gob-smacking. It’s the stomping ground for 50,000 workers, where over 1700 stalls sell 2000 tonnes of seafood.

This grand encounter with the kitchen of Japan groans with crates of fish, giant crabs, bright red octopus, sea urchin, caviar and just about every other marketable sea creature. Controversially, there’s also whale meat. If it swims in the ocean, you’re likely to find it here.

Navigating this astonishing mercantile mecca can be bewildering, which is why I joined a three-hour guided walk through the life and soul of Tsukiji, unveiling its tales, secrets and beguiling charms. After being greeted by our trusty guide, John, we breezed past the local Sushi Cooking Academy School, swooned over by many international visitors, eager to master the basics of preparing sushi and all its artistry.

Adjacent to the school, is a handy gallery of historic photos, charting the backstory of the famous market, which has been operating from its current site since 1935. Tokyo has operated a fish market since 1590, when local fishermen started supplying the then-shogun at nearby Edo Castle.

Tsukiji was built on reclaimed land, formerly home to a foreign settlement in the 1850s, constructed on the relocated mounds of dirt that cleared the way for the moats to be developed around the Imperial Palace.

For the past decade, there have been plans to relocate Tsukiji to another site, given the lucrative real estate it occupies. (It’s right on the doorstep of glittery Ginza.) But the proposed new site in Koto is bedevilled by contaminated soil, particularly high benzene levels, so the relocation project is indefinitely delayed.

The extra-intrepid Tsukiji explorers rise in the pre-dawn gloom to be on site in time for the daily tuna auction, which roars into life from 4am. You’ll need to get here at the ungodly hour of 3am, to score a visitor’s slot in the tuna auction room.

The dealing is all done by 6.30am. Our walk-through the cavernous inner-market was midmorning, as it hummed with postauction activity. John cautioned us not to get in the way of the army of workers hauling freshly sold fish on fork-lifts, hand-carts and “turret trucks”, like speed-freak bees in a choreographed hive.

He wasn’t wrong. You could easily be pancaked by these motorised tuna-movers if you get in their way. Our Health & Safety officials would have had a fit. Many carts haul the tuna to nearby stalls where they are hacked into pink

On arrival in Tokyo, feeling addled, Mike Yardley was looking for a sure-fire way to blitz the jet-lag.

The colour, cacophony and organised chaos of the world’s largest seafood market did the trick.

Fish of all descriptions are available at Japan’s historic Tsukiji fish market.

Sushi Daiwa, one of the famous sushi houses at Tsukiji fish market.

Pint-sized little shops sell fine-quality kitchen knives (which can be personally engraved), crockery and authentic souvenirs.

chunks bound for sushi restaurants worldwide.

I gazed in awe of hulking bluefin tuna the size of refrigerators.

Outside one stall, a massive tuna head sported a tag revealing the fish had just been sold at auction to a New York restaurant.

Weighing in at 164kg, this whopper was snapped up for $US88,000. The prices are eyewatering. John also pointed out the wholesaler stall of Daiso, a family who have been in the tuna business for over 400 years. Most of Tokyo’s top hotels source their tuna from them.

We also marvelled at the rustic bunkers adorning the roofs of the stalls. Many wholesalers will sleep

souvenirs. The sublime boxes of candy, designed to look like a sushi set, wouldn’t look out of place in an art gallery. Best of all, the quintessential sushi restaurants clustered around Tsukiji Market offer the freshest raw fish fix possible. Any fresher and it would be flapping.

John led us to Sushi Daiwa, situated next to Sushi Dai, which are the two famous sushi houses of Tsukiji. Their pilgrimage-like pulling power means you could find yourself queuing outside for several hours. We lucked in, our wait was only 15 minutes.

One of Tsukiji’s oldest master sushi chefs prepared and served us our set-menu, which was ac-

in their bunkers, arriving about midnight to catch a kip before the auction activity begins at 4am.

Beyond the inner market, John whisked us around the teeming crowds browsing and bargainhunting from the outer market.

Half of Tokyo seemed to be out sampling and shopping. It’s a riveting introduction to the core ingredients in Japanese cuisine and the ebullient vendors happily hand-out free tastings. I grazed on seaweed, benito shavings, dumplings in soybean flour, smoked fish and kimchee squid.

Add to that, the pint-sized little shops selling fine-quality kitchen knives (which can be personally engraved), crockery and authentic

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companied with a piping hot bowl of crayfish miso soup.

Alongside the bite-sized slivers of tuna draped over pedestals of rice, we noshed on conger eel, sea urchin and that celebrated Japanese delight, tamagoyaki, egg omelette roll.

Another crowd-pleaser is Sushi Zanmai. Originating in Tsukiji, the Zanmai chain now has 300 outlets and was Japan’s first 24-hour sushi bar. Many operate the “kaiten” (conveyor belt) style. Zanmai is considered a great cost-effective sushi bar option, which underscores one of the great home truths in Japan: you can eat well, whether you’re spending $5 or $500.

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■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Warriors on thin ice

By DaviD Skipwith The Warriors NRL finals hopes are all but extinguished, however Saturday night’s 24-12 loss to North Queensland showed promise that they’re not ready to throw the towel in just yet.

The four-tries-to-two defeat leaves them in 12th position on the NRL ladder and four points outside the top eight.

They now need to win at least five of their remaining six games to have any hope of scraping in to the playoffs.

It would take a miracle for that to happen given they haven’t managed more than two wins in a row and won just one away match so far this season, but coach Stephen Kearney insists they won’t die wondering.

“As long as there’s a possibility (of making the top eight), we’ll keep working away,” said Kearney.

“The point I made to the guys in the sheds, is that I thought the effort there tonight was wonderful with not a great deal of reward, and if we keep that type of energy and effort and just be a little bit better with execution in a couple of areas, I’m sure we’ll get on the right side of the scoreboard.”

Despite the absence of star halfback Shaun Johnson and prop James Gavet through injury, the Warriors produced a committed and energetic performance as they fought to keep their season alive.

The Warriors forwards were strong on both attack and de-

Simon Mannering crashed over to score a try for the Warriors. fence and replacement No7 Mason Lino impressed in just his fourth NRL game, while fiveeighth Kieran Foran answered his critics with his best performance since the round 14 win over the Titans six weeks ago.

The visitors led early after a

try to back-rower Bunty Afoa but conceded two four-pointers before lock Simon Mannering crossed to help level the scores at 12-12 just before halftime.

The Cowboys pushed out to six points ahead through a penalty goal and try to bustling back-

rower Ethan Lowe, but the Warriors refused to go away, however poor execution and ill-discipline let them down.

A last-ditch attacking raid and towering bomb from Lino could have paid dividends, but a runaway try to Cowboys wing Javid Bowen sealed their fate in the last seconds.

“I was very pleased with the guys in their effort,” said Kearney.

“The way they hung in there with a minute to go, if the ball had have gone to the right hands then we could have ended up pushing through to extra time maybe.

“But I was just really pleased with the way the guys hung in there.

“It’s been a little bit of a disruptive week for us with a couple of guys being ruled out through injury, but the guys just got on with the job tonight and really gave themselves an opportunity late in the match there.”

Disappointed captain Roger Tuivasa-Sheck was pleased with his side’s tenacity and hoped they could take some belief into next Friday’s do-or-die match against reigning premiers Cronulla at Mt Smart Stadium.

“It is disappointing to go down like that, especially with the fight that we put up,” said TuivasaSheck.

“We were pleasing in lots of areas but, again, we don’t go home with the two points.

“But we’ve still got more games to go and I’m proud of the boys’ efforts and hopefully we can build on this.”

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Soliola ‘should have been sent off’

By Matt Coughlan NRL referees boss Tony Archer has admitted Canberra’s Sia Soliola should have sent off for a sickening hit on Billy Slater which knocked out the Melbourne superstar.

The Raiders forward’s late swinging arm to Slater’s head wasn’t enough to convince referee Matt Cecchin to give Soliola his marching orders early in the second half of Saturday’s clash at GIO Stadium.

The high shot ended Slater’s night, but the Storm rallied with Cameron Smith also going off injured, edging out the Raiders 2014 in a gritty battle.

“It’s important to note that Sia Soliola is on report and the

matter will be addressed by the Match Review Committee,” Archer said in a statement.

“But based on a review of the tackle, the incident did meet the indicators of a send off.

“The match officials always have the option of a send off and I expect them to use it in instances of serious foul play.”

Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy also disagreed with the decision, saying the tackle “wasn’t great”.

“If it’s not a sending off then I don’t know what is a sending off,” Bellamy said.

He compared it with Cameron Munster’s sin-binning in the final minute for a professional foul.

“An incident like that happens, and you’re on report so he’s going

to come under scrutiny without doubt, but then we lose a player for 10 minutes for holding on to someone,” Bellamy said.

“I’m not sure that’s right and fair. At the end of the day the decision was made and we play on. “(But) to me that seems just a little bit not quite right.”

Soliola’s lucky escape was one of a number of controversial calls throughout the match, with Raiders coach Ricky Stuart sharing the club’s fans anger in a fiery post-match press conference.

“Why don’t the NRL get the referees to come in and answer some of these questions too?”

Stuart said.

“Or Tony Archer? When do they ever have to face any accountability?”

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In brief Burgess cleared South Sydney captain Sam Burgess could be a chance of taking on Canberra on Saturday after being cleared of broken ribs.

There were fears the Rabbitohs star’s season may be over when he left the field after a heavy tackle in Friday’s loss to Cronulla. Scans have confirmed Burgess suffered a rib cartilage injury, but no bones were broken, and the club said he was a possibility to face the Raiders at ANZ Stadium.Burgess is averaging a team-high 129 metres and 33 per game this season. - AAP

Gallen back in 2018 Cronulla have confirmed skipper Paul Gallen will play for at least one more NRL season in 2018. Gallen signed the extension on Friday but requested shelving the announcement until yesterday due to teammate Luke Lewis’ 300th game milestone celebrations. The Sharks star, who is three games shy of the triple-century mark, all but admitted his 18th season would be his last of a decorated career.- AAP

Titans still in the hunt Gold Coast coach Neil Henry is refusing to give up on his team’s faint NRL finals hopes, despite sinking to their 11th loss of the season against Penrith on Saturday. The Titans couldn’t take a trick in their 24-16 loss to the Panthers at Pepper Stadium, after they twice conceded runaway tries from loose balls and intercepts.

Gold Coast will now have to win at least five of their last six matches to have any chance of making the finals and their run home includes games against Brisbane, Parramatta and the Sydney Roosters.

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Ex-Kiwi attacked Kiwis winger Dallin Watene-Zelezniak has allegedly been attacked by a junior league official when helping out at a junior game yesterday.

According to Nine News, the Penrith Panthers standout was participating as a touch judge when he was said to have been attacked.

Watene-Zelezniak made a ruling on a player stepping into touch, when a St Mary’s official allegedly abused and confronted him. The official was ejected from the ground after the incident.

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Ricky on the rant

The Raiders’ Sia Soliola.

Ricky Stuart’s post-match spray against referees will likely come under the scrutiny of the NRL this week. The Canberra coach claimed he received 47 text messages after the 20-14 loss to Melbourne about the officials, and called for referees and their boss Tony Archer to face the media over their decisions.

It’s understood the NRL will pore over the five-minute rant, as they consider whether the Raiders coach will face the 11th fine of his 14-year coaching career.

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Scrum ‘a weapon’

By GreGor Paul

Scott Barrett, one of the best of a superb Crusaders forward pack, tries to charge down a clearing kick from Highlanders halfback Aaron Smith in the atrocious conditions at AMI Stadium on Saturday night.

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Crusaders march on

By Patrick Mckendry After a state of emergency was declared in a water-logged Christchurch, Crusaders coach Scott Robertson called his team into a meeting four hours before their quarter-final against the Highlanders and briefed his forwards on how they could lead their team to the safety of a victory and a semi-final place.

His starting pack, which included seven All Blacks, plus two on the reserves bench in Wyatt Crockett and Luke Romano, wouldn’t have needed too many instructions.

“It was a case of ‘here we go’,” Robertson said after his team’s 17-0 victory at AMI Stadium.

Already keen on righting the perceived wrongs of their defeat to the Hurricanes in Wellington a week earlier, which deprived them of a chance to finish top of the table and the automatic right to hold a home final, his forwards would have relished the opportunity 48 hours of rain in the city had given them.

In the miserable wet and cold conditions, last night was not the time for running rugby at which the Highlanders have become specialists.

It was a night for dead-eyed efficiency at the set piece and breakdown, of knocking men

off their feet, and getting up and doing it again, and Robertson’s men delivered.

Given the quality up front at Robertson’s disposal, including captain and lock Sam Whitelock, the All Blacks starting front row of Owen Franks, Codie Taylor and Joe Moody, plus national team skipper Kieran Read, it was probably no surprise that the Crusaders took a grip on the game and never relented.

But the Crusaders have had such personnel in their line-up for years now and, for whatever reason, haven’t won a title since 2008.

They must be favourites to do so now.

They have the luxury of staying home while their semi-final opponents the Chiefs travel to South Africa and back and even if the Lions beat the Hurricanes in Johannesburg in the other semifinal, the Crusaders appear to have the self belief and ability to win at Ellis Park.

There is little doubt that Robertson and his fellow coaches would have preferred to face the Stormers next Saturday at AMI Stadium rather than the Chiefs.

The Crusaders put more than 50 points on the men from Cape Town at home in round nine and while they edged the Chiefs in Suva in May, they know the qual-

Referee Angus Gardner shows Liam Squire a yellow card. ity that Dave Rennie’s team possess.

“Either is worthy of a semifinal,” Robertson said when asked whether he would prefer to play the Stormers or Chiefs.

“I can’t answer that question, sorry.”

He added, to laughter: “Stormers ... The Chiefs are a good side ...”

Earlier Robertson had spoken of the platform his forwards had laid, how the frustration at losing to the Hurricanes had driven the Crusaders in the build-up, and how they must take that intensity to a new level this week.

“They’ve fronted up all year, but just ... lineout time and scrum time was pretty impressive and defensively it’s the best we’ve been all year,” Robertson said.

“Luke Whitelock [the Canterbury captain] – I’m pretty close with him – he’ll be gutted because he runs their lineout.

“To take those critical throws off them and get those mauls going put a lot of pressure on them to get their flow.

“The task is how do we go again or perhaps even more so?”

For the Highlanders coach Tony Brown, the defeat was a disappointing way for his tenure to end.

Brown is off to Japan to assist Jamie Joseph with the national side and while he paid credit to the Crusaders pack and defensive effort of the home side, he was disappointed with referee Angus Gardner’s decision to yellow card flanker Liam Squire for a high tackle on Richie Mo’unga. “[It was] pretty weak – definitely not a yellow card,” Brown said.

“If they’re giving yellow cards for that it makes it pretty hard to play the game.

He didn’t hit him high and didn’t hurt him ... he hit him in the shoulder and there was no real intent.”

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If the weather stays as awful as it has been, stick the mortgage on the Crusaders.

No side loves the rain and wind as much as they do and if the Highlanders are the ultimate playoff team given their attitude and spirit, then the Crusaders are the perfect atrocious weather team given the raw power, brutality and cohesion of their pack.

In a mud bath such as they encountered, they were in their element.

The Highlanders left Dunedin in a state of emergency only to find themselves in a similar state once they were 10 minutes into the game. There was never much of a contest.

Not one that gave the Highlanders a fair chance because they simply couldn’t compete with a team that not only did all the right things, but did them so well.

The nature and style of their victory will have done an enormous amount to boost their confidence which would have been dented by their last two less than convincing performances.

But with the rot stopped and now only four teams left, they will have an increased sense that this could, finally, once again be their year.

It has been a while since they had home advantage in the playoffs and that’s all important.

Not just for the statistically obvious either. The home side has won 80 per cent of the knockout games since 1996.

But there’s an added element to playing at home for the Crusaders which is that Christchurch can be a hostile place in mid-winter.

At this time of year it can be no place for running rugby.

Even if the conditions aren’t as bad as they were for the quarterfinal – and they were awful – it is still not really a ground that lends itself to pass and catch and those teams who like to play wide-wide.

Which suits the Crusaders just fine because their pack loves nothing more than a slug fest.

That’s their strength. Their lineout, with Kieran Read, Sam Whitelock and Scott Barrett was superb.

Their pick and go was relentless.

Big men were on hand to smash it up and their ball retention was excellent.

There was no hurry or panic – just this certainty that they could grind their way forward at a pace that suited them. Which they did.

Scoring two up the jumper tries that the Highlanders never had any chance of stopping.

Bryn Hall and Richie Mo’unga kicked well and so too did Israel Dagg.

But the star of their show is their scrummaging. It’s a weapon.

They can crush just about any team with it and on a heavy field, with space at a premium and opportunities minimal, to be able to scrum for penalties is a little piece of gold.

The Crusaders will be quite happy for the heavens to stay open all week and keep their home patch as a swamp.

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■ RUGBY

NZ teams dominate semis

By LiaM naPier Handicapped, dealt a dodgy hand and yet, still, New Zealand rugby’s cream continues to rise.

As much as it may try, Super Rugby’s flawed format could not prevent three Kiwi teams progressing to the semi-finals.

And it will now take something special from the Johannesburgbased Lions to stop a 15th Kiwi champion emerging from Super Rugby’s 22nd season.

All year New Zealand’s collective dominance has been clear.

But in this increasingly unjust competition, rewards are difficult to come by.

The Hurricanes, Crusaders and Chiefs all deserve their place in the final four, much more so than the Lions, who are now preparing to face their first Kiwi opponents this season.

Absurd indeed.

The Hurricanes and Chiefs, despite finishing the regular season much better off than their quarter-final opponents, were both forced to do it the hard way by travelling; such is the folly of guaranteeing conference winners home playoff advantage.

That long road is far from over, either.

Both the Chiefs and Hurricanes now need to defy history and battle long-haul travel fatigue to claim the title.

The Hurricanes are en route to Johannesburg and South Africa’s high veldt where they’ll need to knock over the Lions, only to then face the prospect of heading home for a potential final.

Given the Lions scraped past the Sharks 23-21 with a matchwinning 55-metre Ruan Combrinck penalty, a one-off match at Ellis Park will hold few fears for Chris Boyd’s men.

Not confronting any Kiwi teams this season could be major disadvantage for the Lions.

While they proved their credentials by dispatching the Crusaders and Highlanders in last year’s run to the final, this time around preparation appears compromised.

The Lions will back their pack to trouble the Hurricanes tight five but the pace and tempo could eventually tell.

There’s also the fact that, in their last two ventures to Joburg in the past two years, the Hurricanes claimed 50-17 and 22-8 victories.

Even still, history suggests that such taxing travel will eventually catch up to the defending champions.

The Chiefs, having kept the farewell tour alive thanks to Damian McKenzie’s boot and a late Shaun Stevenson try in

Travel a great leveller

By Patrick Mckendry

Lions’ Kwagga Smith (right) is challenged Sharks’s Kobus van Wyk, during the quarter-final match between Lions and Sharks, at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa.

PHOTO AP their scrappy 17-11 win over the Stormers in Cape Town, might wave out the 747 window to the Hurricanes as they cross paths in the air.

Dave Rennie’s end-of-an-era moves into another week – a tantalising one at that.

These days Super Rugby has few genuine rivalries but the Chiefs and the Crusaders has become a contest forged with the backdrop of genuine dislike.

Their battle on Saturday in Christchurch, where the Crusaders kept the Highlanders scoreless in terrible conditions, will be compulsory viewing.

With Brodie Retallick in the thick of it, plenty of off-the-ball niggle will feature.

The way the chips have fallen there is no denying the title appears the Crusaders to lose.

Certainly, with home advantage this week – next too if the Hurricanes win – and their All Blacks pack humming along, they are clear favourites.

Expect their supremely dominant forward display against the Highlanders to form the blueprint from here on.

It has been a long time – 2008 their last silverware – and would be a remarkable achievement in

Scott Robertson’s first season at the helm.

But they are not there yet.

How the Chiefs cope with their return leg from Africa remains to be seen, but their record under Rennie against the Crusaders should give them confidence.

Since 2012, the Chiefs have won eight of the last 12 against the red and blacks.

That includes three wins from the last three matches in Christchurch; the final of which came in round one last season.

Whatever transpires, no-one could begrudge another Kiwi champion.

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Lions 23 Sharks 21 Stormers 11 Chiefs 17

Super Rugby semi-finals: Crusaders v Chiefs, Christchurch, Saturday

Lions v Hurricanes, Johannesburg, Sunday morning (NZT)

Before their sudden death Super Rugby matches against the Crusaders and Lions respectively this weekend, the Chiefs and Hurricanes will travel in an airplane across the Indian Ocean.

For the Chiefs it will be their second such journey in the space of a week.

Say what you like about the fairness of the Super Rugby competition, travel friendly and environmentally sound it is not.

The travel factor will play a huge part in both teams’ preparation, and, potentially performance.

The Chiefs in particular will be hit hard due to their extra travel and the fact they will be returning from sunny Cape Town to a flooded Christchurch and temperatures next Saturday which won’t be much above freezing.

Tony Brown joked after his side lost their quarter-final 17-0 to the Crusaders at AMI Stadium that the Highlanders were late arrivals to the city (on the day of the game) because they were holding out in hope that their rivals might come to Dunedin to play under the roof instead.

Clearly there was little chance of that happening because Dunedin airport was under water too, never mind the fact that thousands of supporters had paid for tickets to attend the match in Christchurch.

There was also the significant matter of home advantage in such a crucial match.

The Crusaders have never lost a home playoff game.

Scott Robertson’s men would like a bigger and better stadium than the draughty and inhospitable temporary home they have at present, but opposition teams like it even less.

It’s home, and after their globetrotting season of 2011 under Todd Blackadder when they didn’t play in Christchurch at all due to the earthquakes – and were perhaps unlucky to lose the final to the Reds despite travelling to Brisbane from Cape Town after their semi-final victory over the Stormers, they are happy to have one.

Right now the Crusaders and the Lions will be favourites to win the title due mainly to the fact they are playing their semi-finals at home.

History massively favours the home team in a Super Rugby final.

But if the Crusaders do have to travel to Johannesburg, well then history shows they can be successful.

They are one of only three teams to have won the title away from home (the Bulls in 2007 and Highlanders in 2015 are the others).

Incredibly, the Crusaders won the first three of their seven titles in Auckland, Dunedin and Canberra.

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■ POLE VAULTING

Encouraging win for Eliza New Zealand pole vaulter Eliza McCartney has eased her way back into form two week out from the athletics world championships with a 4.61m winning effort in Belgium.

McCartney, who won a shock bronze medal at the Rio Olympics last year, had been struggling with ongoing Achilles tendon problems.

She bypassed the Diamond League meeting in London early this month, and another event in Germany to work on her rehabilitation.

But at the Nacht van de Atletiek meeting in Heusen-Zolder, McCartney put together a solid series of vaults, although she took two attempts to clear both 4.21m and 4.31m.

McCartney then sailed over 4.41m and 4.51m on her first attempts, resting at 4.56m before nailing 4.61m first up then ending with three misses at 4.71m.

Seventeen-year-old compatriot Olivia McTaggart, who set a personal best 4.40m in January this year, finished seventh in the same competition, clearing 4.31m.

McCartney, 20, cleared a national record 4.82m in Auckland in February and had opened her European campaign with an encouraging 4.75m best in Rome in early June.

However, she failed to register a height at a subsequent meet in Oslo and managed just 4.20m in Stockholm.

McCartney is part of a 10-strong New Zealand team which will contest the world athletics championships beginning in London on August 5.

Another Rio bronze medallist, 1500m runner Nick Willis, was added to the team yesterday after a late 3min 34.74sec qualification effort in Monaco.

- NZME

St George Illawarra repelled what threatened to be the biggest comeback in NRL history before running rampant in a 52-22 flogging of Manly that reignited the Dragons’ finals charge. After the Dragons created the biggest half-time lead of the season at 30-0, Manly scored four tries in the first 16 minutes after the break to reduce the margin to eight. Incredibly, three of the Sea Eagles’ tries came while they were down to 12 men after prop Darcy Lussick was sin-binned for punching Dragons lock Jack de Belin. But when Nene Macdonald leapt high to mark a Daly Cherry-Evans kick and claim a seven-tackle set, the match swung back in the Dragons’ favour. - AAP

You cannot be serious!

The BBC pay John McEnroe nearly $354,000 for his two-week stint covering Wimbledon, it has been revealed. McEnroe regularly appears on television and radio during the Wimbledon fortnight.

He occasionally appears during the Aegon Championships at the Queen’s Club – a week-long second-tier tournament. McEnroe also works for US TV broadcaster ESPN during Wimbledon, so is restricted on his appearances on the BBC.McEnroe rarely features for the rest of the year, meaning he is effectively paid up to £199,000 for two weeks’ work.

- AP

Big win for Tigers Richmond are back in the AFL top four, recovering from an awful start for a comfortable win over GWS in sodden conditions at the MCG. Led superbly by Dustin Martin, Alex Rance and Trent Cotchin, the Tigers kicked nine goals to three after quarter time yesterday and won 9.10 (64) to 6.9 (45). It puts Richmond fourth, while the Giants continue their mid-season slump.

In their last six games GWS have won only once, drawn twice and this is their third loss.

- AAP

Jobe’s future unclear

Right – Eliza McCartney has her eyes on the athletics world championships after winning in Belgium.

■ SWIMMING

Kiwi swimmers continue top form New Zealand’s swimmers have picked up another five medals on their final day of competition at the Commonwealth Youth Games being contested in the Bahamas.

Mya Rasmussen took silver in the women’s 200m medley, then Laticia Transom collected bronze for her efforts in the 50m freestyle.

Lewis Clareburt added two individual medals, both silver, from the 200m individual medley and 200m butterfly then combined with Finn KennardCampbell, Ciara Smith and Transom for another silver in the mixed 400m relay.

Bizarre win for Dragons

In all, the New Zealand swimmers collected 19 medals – seven gold, seven silver and five bronze.

On the track, Katrina Robinson added 3000m silver to her 1500m bronze, clocking 9 minutes 27.40 seconds to finish second behind Kenyan Emmaculate Chepkirui’s winning 9:25.20.

New Zealand boxers have picked up two bronze medals, the first going to Kyle Chen who lost his semi-final bout in the under-75kg division in a split decision to England’s Aaron Bowen.

Pelea Fruean also finished

with bronze after losing her under-60kg semi-final bout to Australian Ella Boot in another split decision.

However, Shylah Waikai will fight England’s Chloe Watson for gold in the under-51kg class after she accounted for Megan Gordon of Scotland in a unanimous decision.

New Zealand’s Jasmine Milton and Ella Akkerman won silver medals in the beach volleyball competition, eventually being beaten 21-13 21-13 by the Australian combination of Rebecca Ingram and Carrie van Rensburg in the final.

- NZME

Essendon’s off-season recruiting and youth development will influence whether Jobe Watson plays on next year, coach John Worsfold says. With the Bombers still in the hunt for a finals berth, 32-year-old Watson’s future won’t be decided until the end of the AFL season. The former skipper hasn’t indicated either way whether he wants to continue his decorated career, but the health of the Bombers’ list is set to be a key issue from the club’s perspective.

Essendon have made no secret of their desire to land a big fish over the off-season.

- AAP

Korda leads Marathon

Mya Rasmussen

LPGA Tour rookie Nelly Korda birdied the final two holes for a fiveunder 66 and a two-stroke lead after three rounds of the Marathon Classic in Ohio. The 18-year-old American Korda, the sister of LPGA Tour winner Jessica Korda and daughter of tennis major champion Petr Korda, had a 15-under 198 total at Highland Meadows yesterday. he opened with a 68 and had a 64 on Saturday, the best score in the second round. Lydia Ko, winless since her victory last year at Highland Meadows, was tied for 19th at seven under after a 65.

- NZME

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■ OPUNAKE CUP

In brief

Longchamp defends title Under a desperate Johnathan Parkes ride last year’s Listed Powerworx Opunake Cup winner Longchamp made it back-toback titles with a gritty display at New Plymouth yesterday.

Parkes became a victim of circumstances from a wide barrier draw as he sat three-wide on the pace throughout the 1400 metre contest before driving the Andrew Campbell trained galloper to the front as the field rounded the home turn.

The pair quickly established a two-length break which proved the decisive move as a host of challengers threatened to run the Tavistock gelding down in the concluding stages.

Eventual runner-up Nashville got the closest as he dived late to get within a neck of the winner with New York Minute and Taurus almost in a line with the first two in a desperate finish.

Campbell had been quietly confident about his chances when interviewed before the race with that confidence rewarded in emphatic fashion.

“He’d come up good and we thought he was spot on for the race, especially as he was carrying just the 56.5kilograms which was a great weight for him,” he noted.

“He’s just so brave and although he’s had a hard run all the way he’s done the job.

“He’s got a heart the size of a lion.

“He’s had a lot of issues on

Sea King triumphs Evergreen kiwi jumper Sea King proved a class above his rivals when he took out the Brendan Drechsler Hurdle, one of two feature jumping events at Bendigo yesterday. The former Australian Grand National Hurdle winner had been expected to defend his Mosstrooper Steeplechase title, a race he had won for the past two years. A technicality in regard to his eligibility for the event scuppered those plans and he started in the hurdle event instead.

- NZME

Katie happy at home

Johnathan Parkes and Longchamp do best in a desperate finish yesterday. the way through so we’re just so proud of him and I’m thrilled for all the people who have helped us along the way.

“It’s just an amazing result and we can carry on towards the Group One now.”

Campbell was referring to the Gr. 1 Tarzino Trophy at Hastings on September 2, a race in which Longchamp finished a meritorious fourth behind Kawi in 2016.

Parkes was quick to admit that things hadn’t quite gone to plan despite his desire to have his charge somewhere near the speed in the early stages.

“We began well and I’d always planned to ride him up on the speed,” he explained.

“The inside horses just kept kicking up but I still wanted to be there so we could pounce on the turn.

Local galloper Katie McKeen once again gave her rivals a galloping lesson on her home patch at New Plymouth as she waltzed home by over eight lengths in the Gail Drought Memorial yesterday. Taken straight to the front by apprentice Alfred Chan the rising eight-yearold set a steady tempo. Challenged in the mid-stages by Zartan, Katie McKeen shook off that distraction as she and Chan set sail with 600 metres to run. A two-length margin quickly became five, six and more as the pair hugged the rail on the home turn before maintaining a strong gallop to the post where she comfortably held out race favourite She’s Poppy.

- NZME

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“We actually probably got to the front too easy in a way as he started to wait for them but in the end we got the job done.”

The disappointment in the race was the warm favourite Art Deco.

That horse dropped away to finish in mid-field after looking a threat when she issued her challenge approaching the home turn.

- NZME

Rangy three-year-old Mastercard confirmed his trainer’s thoughts about his long-term future when he strode to an impressive victory in the last race at Ruakaka on Saturday. The Karen Zimmerman prepared gelding notched his second victory in a brief career to date with a strong staying burst to close out the final stages of the 1600 metre contest as he provided evidence that an increase in distance won’t faze him.

- NZME

Champion galloper a picture of good health Multiple Group One winner Kawi appeared in fine fettle as he continued his progress towards a new spring campaign with a gallop between races at New Plymouth yesterday.

The strapping son of Savabeel was never under pressure as he worked at a steady pace in the hands of Jonathan Riddell

M3

throughout a lap of his home base.

The multiple Group One winner had the better of intermediate grade mare Lucyinrio as they quickened over the final 400 metres and looked to be relishing his work.

Trainer Alan Sharrock was contented with the outing as he con-

firmed plans for his charge.

“He loathed the conditions today but he had to have a gallop as we’re not going to have a jump-out in the morning like we planned,” he advised.

“We’re hoping to go to the trials at Foxton next, providing they run them, and then into the Foxbridge Plate at Te Rapa.”

Hawtin celebrating Brendon Hawtin produced his second winner in double quick time when Money Trail’s honesty was rewarded at Ruakaka. The Waikato trainer had saddled the enigmatic Animator to score at Hastings last Thursday and his stablemate followed that lead on Saturday, courtesy of a tidy ride from the promising apprentice Hairi Marzuki.

- NZME

Sharrock is quietly confident he has Kawi on schedule to create a piece of New Zealand racing history as he bids to become the first horse to capture the Gr. 1 Tarzino Trophy (formerly the Makfi Challenge Stakes), the feature event on the first day of the Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival, on three occasions.

- NZME

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incor- 4 57178 Bigtime Sneaky 21.77 ........................L Cole 3 87117 Lover 21.65 .................................A Turnwald 9 3.05pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C1, 457m porated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 24 Jul 5 4 11441 Bigtime Sugar 21.38 ..........................L Cole 13 Yella Ella 22.04............................A Turnwald 1 72246 Bigtime Jack 26.46 .............................L Cole 2017 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 6 54666 Cawbourne Lick nwtd...................M Roberts 5 42213 Bigtime Thinker 21.53 ........................L Cole 2 53368 Cawbourne Bryce 26.37 ..............M Roberts and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12; 13 and 14 Trebles: 1, 7 x5552 Steel The Gold nwtd L & .................... Morris 6 561F3 Tranquil Rue nwtd .......................A Turnwald 3 41467 Blackie Chan 25.94 .......................B Mitchell 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 8, 9 and 10; 12, 13 and 14 7 43274 Bigtime Doug nwtd .............................L Cole 8 35567 Enhancer 21.51...........................B Hodgson 4 12273 Classy Delta 26.63 L & ...................... Morris 1 12.42pm (NZT) FORMPRO RATINGS FREE EVERY 9 47x84 Cawbourne Diego nwtd...................L Doody 8 25816 Scooter’s Rose 21.46 ........................M Flipp 5 47651 Cawbourne Ridge 26.47 J & ...............D Bell 10 88837 Lil Diva nwtd ...........................J T McInerney Emergencies: 6 85837 Worboys 26.45 G R & ..................... S Voyce MONDAY C0 C0, 375m 9 82675 Cawbourne Jarrod 21.53 .............M Roberts 7 61267 Cawbourne Barcia 26.01 .............M Roberts 1 23 Just Like Ma nwtd J & .........................D Bell 4 1.35pm TAB SUPPORTS GREYHOUNDS C3, 375m 10 16837 Kirkham Coby 21.54 ....................M Roberts 8 61421 Tranquil Blossom nwtd ................A Turnwald 1 11312 Bigtime Crackem 21.18 ......................L Cole 2 35643 Cawbourne Gibbo nwtd ...............M Roberts 2 67583 King’s Call 21.96 ..............................R Waite 7 2.27 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE SERVICES C2, 375m 9 48485 Bonus Lotto 26.72 ...........................L Doody 3 42527 Cawbourne Bluey nwtd ................M Roberts 3 23585 Hard Merch nwtd........................... M Gowan 4 1 Bigtime Mia nwtd................................L Cole 1 68432 Cawbourne Stick 21.47 ................M Roberts 10 3.22 STEVE THE AUCTIONEER DAVIS C2, 457m 4 14875 Scotta Pie 21.54............................. L Pearce 5 83323 Tiger Uppercut nwtd............................ L Bell 2 32713 Bigtime George 22.10 ........................L Cole 1 74431 Tammy’s Fire nwtd ............................M Flipp 5 52431 Kirkham Jasper 21.53 ..................M Roberts 6 543 Mikachu nwtd ..............................A Turnwald 3 11158 Mija Sydney nwtd ........................A Turnwald 2 11236 Bigtime Monty 26.40 ..........................L Cole 6 68168 Hu Xian 21.72 G R & ...................... S Voyce 7 1 Harry Brown nwtd ..............................L Cole 4 18234 Cawbourne Owen 21.69 ..............M Roberts 3 21666 Crazy Kicker 26.32 .............................L Cole 7 27211 Bigtime Do It 21.57 ............................L Cole 8 2436 Stole Me Keys nwtd ................. K Gommans 5 67626 Bigtime Break 22.81...........................L Cole 4 66214 Unbeknown 26.21 .......................A Turnwald 8 35732 Cool Rythm 21.81 .......................B Hodgson 9 8 Bigtime Trev nwtd ...............................L Cole 6 71448 Ngakawau nwtd......................J T McInerney 5 32342 Cawbourne Muzza 26.33 .............M Roberts 9 16585 Kirkham Kylie 21.67 .....................M Roberts 10 82378 Mojito Rama nwtd ...........................L Doody 7 13271 Mila Mila nwtd .............................A Turnwald 6 1155F Mr. Maize 26.33...........................A Turnwald 10 34758 Cawbourne Nath 21.68 ................M Roberts 8 21248 Untouchable 22.00 ......................A Turnwald 7 36372 Bigtime Sam 27.07.................G Fredrickson 2 1.00pm J P PRINT, PETONE C1 C1, 375m 9 188x6 Miss Mowhawk 21.50 ................... P Denbee 8 37782 Blackjack Man 26.32 ..................B Goldsack 1 26782 Cawbourne Gonski 21.73 ............M Roberts 5 1.52 AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES C4, 375m 1 17472 Bear Inda Square 21.31 .....................L Cole 10 58336 Cawbourne Gunna 21.60 .............M Roberts Emergencies: 2 75456 Slick Star 21.71 ...........................B Hodgson 9 45471 Trendy Mind 26.14 .................G Fredrickson 2 33864 Bigtime Jane 21.44 ............................L Cole 8 2.47pm TAB FIXED ODDS C1 C1, 410m 3 8x331 Idol Leanne nwtd...............................M Flipp 3 8x713 Nero 21.28 ..................................B Hodgson 4 22775 Unawares 21.81 ..........................A Turnwald 1 74371 Americano nwtd .....................G Fredrickson 10 46546 Molly O’Shea 26.35.....................B Hodgson 4 57262 Hypocritical 21.46 ........................M Roberts 5 45256 Mitsuta 21.83 ....................................D Edlin 2 43585 You Got Rivered nwtd .................A Turnwald 11 3.49pm ADRAIN CLARK BLOODSTOCK C3, 457m 5 36145 Cawbourne Elpaso 21.53.............M Roberts 6 14651 Bigtime Pink 21.91 .............................L Cole 1 45134 Autumn Lights 26.04 ...................A Turnwald 3 65143 Wood He nwtd.............................A Turnwald 6 P1654 Spelling Misteak nwtd .................A Turnwald 7 27433 Baduzzi 21.75 ........................J T McInerney 2 11672 Bigtime Caleb 26.54...........................L Cole 4 211 No Time Toulouse nwtd ......................L Cole 7 68632 Bigtime Fever 21.44 ...........................L Cole 8 83511 Judge’s Call nwtd J & ..........................D Bell 3 18183 Frontal Lobe nwtd ...........................L Doody 5 31425 Cawbourne Mack nwtd J & .................D Bell 8 12331 Breeze Attack 21.66 .........................S Lozell 9 3877F Buddy Swift nwtd ..................... K Gommans 4 62781 Ace Bale 26.25 L & ............................ Morris 6 87476 Bigtime Tomac nwtd ...............G Fredrickson 9 63386 Kaputski 21.39 .......................G Fredrickson 10 84866 Rally Sarious nwtd .................J T McInerney 5 11311 Cororooke Chook nwtd ...............A Turnwald 7 71566 Toki Girl nwtd ............................... P Denbee 10 78486 Cawbourne Mezza 21.40 .............M Roberts 6 48441 Bigtime Dazzler 26.32 ........................L Cole 8 17431 Apricity nwtd................................A Turnwald 3 1.17pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C1 C1, 375m 7 34431 Bigtime Vanessa nwtd ........................L Cole 1 65471 Celtic Rover nwtd .......................... M Gowan 6 2.12pm USE PETRAVELLER.COM.AU C4/5, 375m Emergencies: 8 35245 Cawbourne Foxy nwtd L & ................. Morris 9 78843 Bigtime Michelle nwtd ........................L Cole 1 16681 Bigtime Blue 21.54 .............................L Cole 2 28353 Two Hungwid nwtd ................... K Gommans 2 37173 It’s The Lovely 21.54 ................ K Gommans 10 55887 Opawa Bucks 23.59 .........................R Waite 12 4.09 PRESTONS MASTER BUTCHERS C3/4, 457m 3 48545 Homebush Myra 22.28 ...........J T McInerney

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

63288 Bigtime Flyer 26.04 ............................L Cole 66676 Bigtime Basher nwtd ..........................L Cole 17737 Five Eyes 26.09 ........................... P Denbee 72214 Takamori 25.71 ..........................B Goldsack 63875 Cawbourne Toddy 26.03 ..............M Roberts 74841 Timma Turtle 25.89 ............................L Cole 26766 Bernie’s Boy 25.89 ........................B Mitchell 54375 Bigtime Phantom nwtd .......................L Cole 13 4.28pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C1, 375m 1 26888 Cawbourne Clay 21.75........................ L Bell 2 77626 Bigtime Spirit 21.70 ................G Fredrickson 3 76444 Totes 21.56 ............................J T McInerney 4 73867 Ndora nwtd........................................D Edlin 5 55476 Unaccustomed nwtd L & .................... Morris 6 35653 Cawbourne Merl 21.64 J & .................D Bell 7 75647 She’s Mustard nwtd..........................R Waite 8 56845 Cawbourne Danial 21.78 ......... K Gommans 9 57665 Lissadell Marcus nwtd................... D Donlon 10 78864 Butterball nwtd .............................. M Gowan 14 4.47pm BROOKS TIMING C1 C1, 375m 1 25474 Adrenalin Kick 21.77 ..............J T McInerney 2 85763 Barn Door Billy nwtd ................ K Gommans 3 26667 Don’t Mention It 22.20 L & ................. Morris 4 68628 Opawa Perissa nwtd .........................M Flipp 5 85425 Jack’s Up 21.57 ..........................B Goldsack 6 85617 Goldstar Gizmo nwtd ......................L Doody 7 67233 Culvie Den 21.81 J & ..........................D Bell 8 53786 Roketto nwtd .....................................D Edlin 9 45681 Crazy Sunday nwtd ................J T McInerney 10 66758 Lightning Lu nwtd S & ...............C Blackburn LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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■ MOTOR RACING

TRADES, SERVICES

F1 to ice cream

By Oliver BrOwn It remains, seven months on, one of the most stunningly left-field decisions in sport.

Nico Rosberg is the driver who won it all, consummating a dream he had carried almost from the cradle, and then simply walked away.

One moment he is being borne aloft in the Abu Dhabi paddock, a newly-minted world champion heading for a hard night of champagne and vodka, the next he is a dutiful house-husband, helping his wife Vivian run an ice-cream parlour in Ibiza.

A slight comedown? Anything but, it turns out. “Life,” he says, stretching out at Goodwood House, “is awesome.”

We are sitting in an elegant courtyard, not far from the state apartments, where Rosberg stays as a guest of the Earl and Countess of March for the Festival of Speed.

Being a man of leisure suits him, even at the tender age of 32.

Fresh off a flight from the Balearics, where he has just celebrated his birthday, he looks, with his glowing blond hair that once earned him the nickname “Britney”, after Britney Spears, as if he could still pass

Nico Rosberg for 21. As he puts it: “My Formula One book is closed, with the best possible ending. And I love books with great endings.”

Nobody sensed last December that he was about to slip off into the sunset.

He had just realised his life-long quest to claim an F1 world title, after a 21-race duel with Lewis Hamilton. Rosberg Sr, the lesser-spotted Keke, was joining the revelries, chomping a giant cigar.

For Nico, the richest future, with perhaps five more years at his peak, unfurled. And yet within a mere five days, he had given it all up.

The question he has never fully answered is why.

One school of thought is that he

was drained by suffocating pressure from Hamilton. That summer, Rosberg even practised meditation.

Hamilton, a far more instinctive character, did nothing of the kind, but still drove like a demon in the final four races, winning them all.

In the last few laps at Abu Dhabi, he deliberately backed up traffic in the hope that Rosberg would lose the third place he required for the title.

Seldom, once the chequered flag fell, had anybody appeared more relieved to finish second. Rosberg acknowledged minutes later that he hoped not to experience anything like it again. He turns defensive, though, at the reminder.

“It’s very strange that you say that. There was no relief, just absolute ecstatic excitement that I had achieved my childhood dream. It wasn’t about relief. I wasn’t tired, either. There could have been another race the weekend after.”

So, what was it, then? What convinced him, even at this giddy height of euphoria, that he wanted no further part of the sport?

He lets slip here that he had been contemplating it for some time. “I had been thinking about it before,” he says. “I said to myself that if I do win, it would be perfect.” - NZME

■ RUGBY

A successor for Hansen?

By GreGOr Paul Just as the series between the All Blacks and British Irish & Lions was drawn, so too was there no real movement in the race to succeed Steve Hansen as coach of the former.

The sub plot to the series was the respective battle of wits between the two coaching teams, which at times moved into the forefront as there was enough said to build the perception of genuine tension existing between Hansen and Lions coach Warren Gatland.

It was a storyline that had traction – Hansen versus Gatland and yet it was more of a red herring than anything else.

It was about creating theatre and – not deliberately – obscured the fact there was a genuine coaching battle of sorts playing out.

Maybe its not fair to call it a battle, but there was an intriguing chance to compare and contrast the respective styles and influence of Gatland and that of All Blacks assistant coach Ian Foster.

Intriguing because the expectation is strong that both men, former team-mates at Waikato and short-lived coaching partners at the Chiefs, will be vying for the All Blacks head coaching job when Hansen steps down at the end of 2019.

What Gatland did do was confirm what everyone in New

Zealand already knew – that he is a good coach.

Experienced, steady and respected by all. He selected his test teams well – or rather he made astute judgements on how to fix the problems that arose in the first test.

He had the Lions well organised, motivated and at times they genuinely surprised with their attacking thrust. Ultimately they didn’t lose the test series and that fact alone puts a big feather in Gatland’s cap.

However, for all the obvious success, there were a few oddities that arose and no doubt caused a little alarm among New Zealand Rugby officials.

Gatland’s tetchiness about the perception teams coached by him play a specific style of rugby was hard to understand.

But the bigger impediment to Gatland taking over the All Blacks has nothing to do with his coaching credentials.

In a 20-plus years of coaching at the highest level, he’s only worked in New Zealand for two. While he is a proud New Zealander and New Zealanders should rightly be proud of him, he simply hasn’t punched the clock in this part of the world.

And that is a problem not just for Gatland but for a few other possible candidates for the role when it becomes available.

Joe Schmidt is clearly a smart and effective coach. He’s

equipped with multiple qualities, but like Gatland, he can’t necessarily say he has given his best years or the majority of his years to New Zealand.

Schmidt and Gatland sit in contrast to Graham Henry, who was the first man to coach another international team then be awarded the All Blacks job.

Doing the time in New Zealand is critical to validate the system; to protect those coaches who commit to progressing from Mitre 10 Cup, to Super Rugby to All Blacks.

Making that last jump is the hardest, which is why the likes of Henry and Robbie Deans took international jobs elsewhere when they felt their respective paths were blocked.

This is, of course, where the case for Foster is strongest. He has progressed almost as the flow chart is set up – coaching at club level, then Waikato, progressing to the Chiefs and then taking the role of All Blacks assistant.

That, in itself, doesn’t make him the strongest candidate but it will leave NZR having to make an extraordinarily compelling case to pick someone from outside the system ahead of him.

Perhaps his skills are better suited to being an assistant and the head job won’t suit him, but then again, similar arguments were put forward about Hansen and they proved to be spectacularly wrong. - NZME

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7.30pm ASHBURTON TABLE TENNIS. Weekly games, come and have a go! Ashburton Club and MSA, Havelock Street.

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Cryptic crossword

Monday, July 24, 2017

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

WordWheel

ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Much will depend on the fitness of your competition. There’s little glory in an easy win. Though a touch of competitiveness brings spice to a relationship, too much of it will ruin the balance.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): An invitation sounds promising. Say yes! The invitation is intriguing.

Say yes! The invitation is to give with no hope of ever being repaid. Say yes! You haven’t fully lived until you’ve given what cannot be repaid.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You’re drawn to those who have earned their status. You’ve done this in the past, and you’ll do it again. You’ve less respect for those who have inherited status, though you might also learn from their views.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): There’s something heroic in you. It will show in today’s reflexive impulse – a lightning-quick response to the needs of others. Even if they take advantage of your kindness, you’ll never be sorry you helped.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): To extract meaning and deep engagement from your activities is to avoid the anxiety and destruction that can sneak through the alleyway of existential boredom.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): There are no bad or wrong emotions. All of your emotions have a purpose for you. It is only when you dismiss or ignore the message of emotions that they become a problem in your day.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You will use your money to talk. You will boycott or buycott according to your beliefs and political views. The story of products will matter to you as much or more than the products themselves.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Life has a way of morphing into the thing you expect it to be. But what would it be if you didn’t impose your expectation? Stay curious and open to the wonderful possibilities.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): The adventure will start with new social contacts. Branch out.

Ask friends to introduce you to people you don’t know. You’ll make fast friends by participating in games and groups.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Today you’ll be a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place – from passers-by, from the sky, from the pages of your book, from the places you land on the internet and more.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): There’s power in being cool; however, the powerful don’t have to be cool to be accepted. Note the difference between status and authority. You can align with what’s powerful or with what’s cool.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Big companies were once small startups. Many ventures have their origins in a parent’s garage. You’ll be inspired by the work ethic of those who have built their dreams. You have it in you to do this, too.

WordBuilder

Insert the missing letter to complete an eight-letter word reading clockwise or anti-clockwise.

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

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24/7 1 4 6 1 9 PREVIOUS 3 SOLUTIONS 8 Sudoku Fill the grid so that every column, every row and 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9.

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ACROSS 1. Get in over one’s head, with fatal result (5) 4. Comprehensive volume of public transport (7) 8. Second hand on analogue watch thus comes to be the latest (2,2,3,6) 10. Curious solo, note, that’s not cohesive (5) 11. Prepare to fire at bird (4) 12. It’s an impulse to give one strong counsel (4) 16. Getting green light back, went ahead and looked lecherous (5) 17. Town-dwellers’ monopolies? (6,7) 19. Detective sergeant holding one will incline to spread out (7) 20. Object to being made murderer in part (5) DOWN 1. Either way didn’t stick to one side, but cheated (6-7) 2. To turn up holding the upper-class is no longer fashionable (3) 3. Plant whose defence lies in attack may annoy one intensely (6) 4. Order neither alternative up for no real Shakespearean character? (6) 5. Studded like fingers and toes, perhaps? (6) 6. Applied leeches when about under, but made a clumsy mistake (9) 7. One racing finds it expensive, the French beer after whisky (13) 9. It’s not the front hospital sections that are retrogressive (9) 13. Business concern in this place will hold together (6) 14. Cameronian leader in Scottish attire is unruffled (6) 15. Loved to have decked out the North (6) 18. Wood made of early, live match-heads (3)

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DOWN 1. Recently (6) 2. Unsophisticated (5) 3. Impulse (4) 4. Leapt (6) 5. Intuition (8) 6. Slide (7) 7. Hypothesis (6) 12. Tin (8) 14. Evolve (7) 16. Prejudiced (6) 17. Repeat aloud (6) 18. Person owing money (6) 21. Circle (5) 22. Burn (4)

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TOMORROW: Odd shower possible in the afternoon as NW change SW. www.guardianonline.co.nz MAX

WEDNESDAY: High cloud increasing. Northerlies.

DEATHS

DEATHS

SMITH, Alan John – On July 21,2017. Aged 82 years. With deep sadness we note the passing of a cherished husband of Gina, and father and father-in-law of Garth and Elaine, Mark and Ann, Tony, Jason and Donna, Kerry and Craig and adored Pop of all his grandchildren and great grandchildren. The family would like to thank the Palliative Care team and staff at Ashburton Hospital. Also we would like to thank the staff of Rosebank Resthome and Radius Millstream for their wonderful care of Dad. Even expected passing’s are tough, but focusing on celebrating on a life lived and reminiscing those special moments that made Alan, Alan, will help our mourning process. Rest in Peace.

Messages to the Smith family c/- PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. The service to celebrate Alan’s life will be held at the Ashburton Club and MSA, Havelock Street, Ashburton on Tuesday, July 25, commencing at 1.30pm. Followed by private cremation at Ashburton Crematorium.

THURSDAY: Rain developing, VUCETICH, John Raymond – ASHBURTON Ra ka ia 14 chance heavy. Fresh S developing.

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TODAY

TODAY

Fine with high cloud at first, but a few showers spreading north from afternoon and clearing in the evening. Northerlies freshening in the morning, tending westerly in the afternoon and evening.

Fine at first. But cloudy periods and the odd shower possible spreading north in the afternoon and evening as northwesterlies change southerly.

Rain about the headwaters, with heavy falls and isolated thunderstorms, easing in the evening. High cloud further east, with a few afternoon and evening showers. Snow lowering to 1200m.

Wind at 1000m: NW rising to gale 70 km/h in the morning, easing to 55 km/h in the afternoon.

Wind at 2000m: NW rising to severe gale 90 km/h in the morning, easing to gale 65 km/h in the afternoon.

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TOMORROW

High cloud increasing. Northerlies.

Cloudy periods increasing, chance afternoon or evening showers, falling as snow above 800 metres.

Wind at 1000m: W 20 km/h.

Wind at 2000m: W rising to 60 km/h.

TOMORROW

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Fresh southerlies developing.

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Adelaide Amsterdam Bangkok Berlin Brisbane Cairns Cairo Calcutta Canberra Colombo Darwin Delhi Dubai Dublin Edinburgh

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FZL: Lowering to 1400m

FZL: Lowering to 1200m

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Rangitata Klondyke at 4:00 pm, yesterday

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Waitaki Kurow at 12:08 pm, yesterday

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Source: Environment Canterbury

Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 8.7 9.1 Max to 4pm 0.2 Minimum -2.4 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm July to date 196.0 Avg Jul to date 42 2017 to date 609.2 386 Avg year to date Wind km/h NE 13 At 4pm Strongest gust NE 20 Time of gust 1:08pm

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SKY SPORT 1 6am Rugby League – NRL Saturday highlights.

6:30 Golf – LPGA Tour (HLS) Marathon Classic – Round Three. 7am L Golf – LPGA Tour Marathon Classic – Round Four. 8:30 Cricket – ICC Women’s World Cup (RPL) Final. 9am Cycling – Tour De France (HLS) Stage 21. 9:30 Rugby Nation 10:30 Fox Sports News 11am League Legends 11:30 Golf – Open Championship (HLS) Round Four. 12:30 Golf – LPGA Tour (HLS) Marathon Classic – Round Three. 1pm Cricket – ICC Women’s World Cup (RPL) Final – England v India, Last Two Hours.

3pm Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Sunday. 3:30 Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Cowboys v Warriors. 5:30 Cricket – ICC Women’s World Cup (RPL) Final – England v India, Last Two Hours.

7:30 Rugby Nation 8:30 Cricket – ICC Women’s World Cup (HLS) Final – England v India.

From Lord’s Cricket Ground, London.

9:30 Cricket – T20 Blast (HLS) Nottinghamshire v Northamptonshire.

10pm Grassroots Rugby 11pm Motorsport – Nascar Cup Series (HLS) Brickyard 400.

TUESDAY

Midnight Aussie Rules – AFL (RPL) Richmond v GWS Giants. 3am UFC Now 4am Fight Night

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

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6am Benny Hinn 6:30 The Living Room 7:30 Kevin McCloud’s Escape To The Wild 8:30 Bright Lights, Brilliant Minds – A Tale Of Three Cities 9:30 Jamie’s American Road Trip 10:30 Tiny House Nation 11:30 Travels With The Bondi Vet Noon Jonathan Phang’s Gourmet Trains 1pm Bright Lights, Brilliant Minds – A Tale Of Three Cities 2pm The Living Room 3pm Jamie At Home 3:30 Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan 4:30 Scandimania 5:30 The House That 100K Built – Tricks Of The Trade 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Rome – What Lies Beneath Dr Sarah Parcak and her team use space archaeology to discover what the Roman Empire was really like.

9:30 Treasures Decoded 10:30 American Pickers

11:30 Scandimania In Sweden, Hugh visits a restaurant that cooks everything over a wood fire, joins an elk hunt, visits the ABBA museum, and goes to a crayfish party in Stockholm’s archipelago.

12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Getaway 2am Sean’s Kitchen 2:30 Travels With The Bondi Vet 3am Gardeners’ World 4am Rome – What Lies Beneath

SKY SPORT 2 6am L Motorsport – Nascar Cup Series Brickyard 400.

10:30 Motorcycling – British Superbike Championship (HLS) Brands Hatch GP. 11:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Quarter-finals – Lions v Sharks.

Noon Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Quarter-finals – Crusaders v Highlanders.

12:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Quarter-finals – Brumbies v Hurricanes.

2:30 UFC Fight Night (RPL) Weidman v Gastelum.

4:30 Motorsport – Nascar Xfinity Series (HLS) Lilly Diabetes 250.

From Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

5:30 Motorsport – Nascar Cup Series Brickyard 400.

6:30 Motorcycling – British Superbikes Championship (HLS) Brands Hatch GP. 7:30 The Hunters Club Deep South Duckshoot.

8:30 NRL 360 9:30 Monday Night With Matty Johns 10:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Cowboys v Warriors.

11pm The After Match 11:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Round 20 Sunday.

TUESDAY

Midnight NRL 360 1am Monday Night With Matty Johns 2am Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Panthers v Titans. 4am Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Raiders v Storm.

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DISCOVERY 6:35 Gold Rush PG Day of Reckoning. 8:20 MythBusters PG Coffin Punch.

9:10 Alaskan Bush People M 10am Treehouse Masters PG Glasshouse Treehouse.

10:50 Dr Karl’s Outrageous Acts Of Science PG 11:40 Web Of Lies M 12:30 Murder Comes To Town M He’d do it Again. 1:20 A Crime To Remember M Paradise Lost. 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 Auction Hunters PG Night of the Digging Dead.

3:50 Gold Rush PG Go Big or Go Home. 4:45 What On Earth?

PG Bloody Secret of the Lost City.

5:40 MythBusters PG End with a Bang. 6:35 Megatrains PG Schnabel Car. 7:30 Auction Hunters PG Hook, Line and Printer. 8pm Auction Hunters PG Rock and Roll.

8:30 MythBusters PG 9:25 What On Earth? PG Lost Empire of the Amazon.

10:15 Deadliest Catch PG Hail Mary, Full of Crab. 11:05 A Crime To Remember M Paradise Lost. 11:55 Murder Comes To Town M He’d do it Again.

TUESDAY

12:45 Gold Rush PG 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am Auction Hunters PG 2:25 Alaskan Bush People M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How Do They Do It? PG 5:20 Auction Hunters PG 5:45 Moonshiners M

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Sport Bauer impresses on Tour New Zealand cyclist Jack Bauer has summoned the energy to place 11th on the penultimate stage of the Tour de France. Bauer clocked 28 minutes and 56 seconds for the 22.5km time trial in Marseille, the Quick-Step Floors rider 41sec slower than stage winner Maciej Bodnar of Poland.

With just the 21st and final stage into Paris remaining, it was an impressive outing for 32-year-old Bauer, who spent much of his tour as a lead-out rider for German sprinter Marcel Kittel. Chris Froome should wrap up a fourth title in this morning’s ceremonial 103km stage.

Try or no try? Rakaia winger Willie McGoon’s spectacular diving attempt was denied in the second-half after it was ruled he had gone out before grounding the ball.

PHOTO JAIME PITT-MACKAY

It’s Southern’s cup

BY JAIME PITT-MACKAY JAIME.P@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Southern have ended Rakaia’s dominance in the Watters Cup after taking out a 35-21 win at the Mayfield Domain yesterday.

With the final moved to the Sunday due to record rainfall in Ashburton, it was always going to be a final of note.

It was Rakaia who dominated in the early stages, with first-five Tom Hanham-Carter showing his impressive kicking range early on, converting penalties from either wings.

Rakaia looked to have the game in control, until one simple line-break left their defence gaping, easily allowing Southern to spread the play and score.

Richard Fridd struggled off the tee for most of the match, and did not get off to a good start, missing the conversion.

Hanham-Carter had the chance to extend Rakaia’s lead to four, but missed the penalty.

Fridd was able to knock his first one between the posts not long after, knocking over a penalty.

Returning from injury, Andrew Letham did not last long, only

managing to make it through half of the first half.

The rest of the half was a true test of Southern’s defending abilities.

A crafty cross-field kick left Southern with an uncomfortable lineout on their own fiveyard line.

Rakaia were able to turn over the throw, but Southern’s defence held strong.

A Rakaia rolling maul nearly punished Southern, but they were once again able to hold on.

Southern nearly looked to be doing the impossible and keeping Rakaia try-less in a half.

However, put something under enough pressure and it will eventually crack.

One too many pick-andgoes from Rakaia left Southern scrambling and allowed Rakaia to dot down their first try of the game.

The conversion was missed, leaving Rakaia holding an 11-8 lead at half-time.

In the first 10 minutes of the second-half, it was the Southern Show, with fullback Gideon Lambrechts dotting down, with Fridd unable to convert.

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It did not take long for the southerners to score their second of the half, with Fridd on target with the boot for the conversion.

It all seemed to be going the way of Southern, with the Rakaia faithful losing their voice.

The game hit its big deciding point not long after.

Rakaia winger Willie McGoon was denied a spectacular diving try in the corner by mere inches.

Rakaia came close with a period of possession in the Southern 22, but were unable to capitalise.

Southern then scored after a close call between a knock-on and a knock-back, extending their lead to 27-11.

The hero from the last time these two sides met, Maleli Sau, finally began to show his class after combining with Nete Caucau to set up Seta Koroitamana to score.

Hanham-Carter converted, closing the gap to nine.

The Rakaia faithful had found their voice again and urged their side on.

Rakaia played with a spring in their step and soon found

themselves back in the Southern 22.

They forced the penalty, which Hanham-Carter converted, closing the gap to just six.

With Rakaia looking to be unstoppable, the comeback was not off the cards.

However, a simple turnover at the breakdown handed the ball back to Southern.

Rakaia, in their eagerness to win the ball back, conceded a penalty.

Fridd was not going to miss from out in front, and once again restored the lead to a more comfortable nine points.

A quick spread from a scrum left the Rakaia defence in noman’s land, allowing for Southern to score their easiest try of the match.

Fridd missed the conversion, but it did not matter, with it being too late in the match for Rakaia to come back from 14 points down.

A try-saving tackle from Southern in the corner saw the ball go out, and referee Kev Opele raised his whistle to his lips for the last time, with the scoreboard reading 35-21.

Kiwis fifth in Fed Cup New Zealand have placed fifth in their return to tennis’ Fed Cup after sweeping Sri Lanka 2-0 in a classification rubber. Paige Hourigan thumped Roshenka Fernando 6-0 6-1 before Erin Routliffe was just as emphatic with a 6-2 6-0 defeat of Nethmi Himashi Waduge. The doubles match wasn’t played. New Zealand’s hopes of winning the group two Asia/Oceania zone tournament and advancing to stage one disappeared when beaten 3-0 by top seeds Uzbekistan.

Strike power lacking Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane says the club are “lacking a striker” following Alvaro Morata’s move to Chelsea, while also admitting his appreciation of the in-demand Kylian Mbappe. Spain international Morata has left for Stamford Bridge in a deal worth around PS60 million ($98.5m) and Real are expected to fill the gap up front, with Monaco starlet Mbappe a prime target. The 18-year-old scored 24 goals last season as Monaco claimed their first Ligue 1 title in 17 years and could command a world record transfer fee in excess of PS100m.

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