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Battle lines drawn over liquor outlet

By Sue Newman

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Emotion could be no match for facts when it comes to the fate of an application to establish a standalone liquor store in Rakaia.

Michael Brown, shareholder of Towhill Ltd, trading as Thirsty Liquor, already has outlets in Waimakariri and Darfield and yesterday he put the case for a third store to be added in Rakaia.

He has a 20-year history in the liquor industry and said his stores pitched at the higher end market rather than being cut price.

Before an Ashburton District Licensing panel of Sue Griffin (commissioner), Robin Kilworth and Gregg Clapp,

Brown and his barrister Peter Egden argued the case for the application to be approved, but this was strongly opposed by Rakaia Community Association chair Neil Pluck.

He was supported by witness statements from five association members.

Rakaia already had four liquor outlets, it did not need five, he said.

“We know we don’t need another liquor outlet in town. The price of strong liquor will be driven down. We’re concerned the more vulnerable will be influenced by low liquor prices. All of the values we hold close and that underpin how Rakaia functions will come under threat from a cheap liquor outlet in town.”

When asked by Egden to produce supporting evidence to back up those claims, Pluck could not.

“You are making a lot of sweeping statements,” Egden said.

He asked Pluck to show him minutes from the association that supported his concerns, but instead Pluck said he had been approached by 32 people who did not want to see a new liquor store in Rakaia.

Based on the experience in Methven when a cut price liquor store opened, prices dropped at other outlets, he said.

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Thursday, October 24, 2019

Dances spark love, marriage

By Sue Newman

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Ashburon’s Radiant Hall may have been consigned to the pages of history, but in its day it could lay claim to being the catalyst for many a fine romance that would end in marriage.

And one of those marriages belongs to Jeanette and Derek Prebble. Today they celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary and thank the dance floor of the Radiant Hall for bringing them together.

Derek was a farmer, Jeanette a girl from Gore who was training as a nurse at Ashburton Hospital. Both loved dancing. He plucked up the courage to ask her to be his partner on the dance floor, dance became romance, romance became marriage and 60 years later the couple are still very much in love.

Jeanette might now live at Princes Court care facility, but Derek’s there most days of the week, spending time with his wife or taking her out to community events. He’s always greeted with a smile when he visits.

As a newly-wed couple they set up life at Coldstream and Derek described Jeanette as the ultimate farmer’s wife.

“She arrived in Coldstream and took over the farm,” he said.

There was very little she wouldn’t turn a hand to – she’d drive the tractor that pulled their old header and later she’d drive the truck while he drove the header.

Running their cropping farm was very much a joint effort, Derek said.

He looks back and says he’s amazed at how much his wife packed into every day. In addition to working on the farm and running a farm homestead she was involved in a range of crafts, spent time as a volunteer district nurse in the Coldstream area and became the willing taxi for their four children in their sport and after school activities.

She was part of a team that set up a craft shop in Hinds in the 1980s and a potter’s wheel in her garage ensured any spare time was

Derek and Jeanette Prebble, celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary.

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spent creating works for sale.

Sixty years of marriage and happy marriage at that, Derek said, comes through plenty of hard work, getting on together.

“We’ve always been a pretty good team and her face always lights up when she sees me.”

At 89 (Derek) and 82, they might no longer share their home, but they’re still a strong team, he said.

He keeps busy playing golf two or three times a week, playing badminton, doing community work for Lions and for the Cancer Society.

“We cope with things alright, we don’t look back too much,” he said.

They were married in St Stephen’s Church by Reverend Froude.

The couple have four children – Lyndon, who farms at Dipton, Rachel and Vicki, both working in the health sector in Wellington and Tim, a sound engineer, who also lives in Wellington.

They have nine grandchildren and today all of their family will be celebrating the couple’s 60th wedding anniversary with lunch at the Lakehouse.

On Friday one of their bridesmaids and their best man will be celebrating with afternoon tea at Princes Court.

Rakaia crash victim named A motorcyclist who died following a crash at Rakaia on Sunday has been named by police.

He was Warren Victor Galbraith, 68, a father and grandfather.

Galbraith was airlifted to Christchurch Hospital following the crash about 1pm on Sunday and died the following day.

No other vehicle was involved in the accident on Dunford Street, despite initial reports suggesting the accident was between a car and a motorcycle.

In his death notice, family gave special thanks to the Rakaia First Response Team, who attended the crash.

His funeral will be held in Christchurch on Friday.

Mid Canterbury’s road toll sits at nine for the year – a 50-year-old man near Mayfield in August, an Ashburton couple at the intersection of Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road and Waimarama Road in June, a mother and her two young children near Ashburton in April, a woman after a two-vehicle crash at Coldstream in March, and a 79-year-old man on the Maronan Road bridge in February.

The nine deaths compare to just one last year, three in 2017, two in 2016 and two in 2015.

How many liquor outlets is too many for Rakaia?

From P1 “I saw this with my own eyes.

On behalf of Rakaia, the district and New Zealand, we have enough, we don’t need more. This is a little town, there’s one main street and it could have three grog outlets on it.”

The people of Rakaia were concerned that greater access could create an environment similar to the one that developed when a legal high shop was in business,

he said.

“We watched this space very closely and people are genuinely worried about the character types that started to appear. They were flooding to this point quite regularly and we are in fear of the same type of thing – your rough enough alcoholic people will be coming and going on our main street along with people who’re going to the hairdresser.”

A liquor store that would bring

prices down would encourage more people to drink hard liquor and it would encourage people who could not afford to buy liquor to do so, Pluck said.

When asked by Griffin what his greatest concern over the liquor store was, Pluck replied that it was the sale of cheap liquor that would give people who couldn’t otherwise afford it, access to hard liquor.

Griffin reminded him that the

applicant had described his business as a ‘high end’ store.

Brown said his research indicated the store’s catchment could be up to 5000 people as its boundaries would stretch well beyond the Rakaia township. That was the experience in both of his other rural bottle stores, he said.

“I believe there is an opportunity in Rakaia to offer a service that’s not currently available as there is no standalone off licence.

I’ve researched this project carefully and I firmly believe the business will be a success and will not have a negative impact on the town.”

With a solid history in the liquor industry, and no transgressions, Brown said he considered himself a responsible and experienced operator.

The panel has yet to make a decision on the Thirsty Liquor application.

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■■ASHBURTON A&P SHOW

Show preparations in hand

By Heather Chalmers

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Work will start on Monday preparing the showgrounds for next week’s two-day Ashburton A&P Show.

Ashburton A&P Association president David Butterick said that preparations for the November 1 and 2 event were coming together.

“Hopefully the weather will be good.”

Demand for trade sites was so high that the area allocated was “full to overflowing”, with some having to be turned away, for the first time in years.

Competition entries were down a little from last year.

“From Monday, people will be marking out sites and from Tuesday onwards there will be people there most of the day.”

As Seeds of Mid Canterbury is the theme of this year’s show, a marquee will showcase the region’s arable industry.

“Some people think we are all dairy, but Mid Canterbury has a big seed production industry,” Butterick said.

“There is also quite an infrastructure around the industry, including seed companies and seed dressing plants which employ quite a few people.”

The marquee will feature displays by Midlands Seed, as well as drilling and seed cleaning equipment and entries in the grain and seed competition.

After a change of layout two years ago to ease congestion, no major changes were planned for this year’s show.

“We are hoping for plenty of entries, some good weather and an enjoyable couple of days,” Butterick said.

Crowds will be entertained by musical entertainment, as well as Sport Suzie, who will put on two shows, combining aerobics, sport and circus.

The fire service will also provide a demonstration following the grand parade.

Fifteen food sites had been allocated, to cater for all tastes.

The show attracts exhibitors from all over the South Island, offering a strong two-day competition for horses and dog trials and a one-day competition for sheep, wool, pet lambs, poultry, alpacas, shearing, goats, donkeys, grain and seeds, highland dancing and home industries for adults and students.

Dairy cattle will again be absent from the show for the second year in a row because of the risk of cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis.

Butterick said the cattle committee had decided not to show animals again this year because of the threat of transmitting the disease.

This also impacted on children’s calf classes, but pet lamb classes were available.

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Promoting safety at this year’s show Spreading the word about personal safety will be the number one message delivered from a large village that will be set up at this year’s Ashburton A&P Show.

Twelve community safety agencies have come together to create a Safety Village that will see a collaboration of agencies providing the public with information on a range of aspects of safety.

The village will definitely not be a static display, said one of the organisers, Safer Communities co-ordinator Lesley Symington.

“We’re excited to be presenting this village for the first time this year and hope people enjoy the safety activities and that they’ll take away important information that will help keep themselves and their families safe,” she said.

There will be a live fire demonstration with the Fire and Emergency NZ fire education trailer, an opportunity to look inside an ambulance and have a go at CPR, to try an evacuation challenge in an inflatable maze and a chance to check out the escape my house virtual reality experience, plus a whole lot more, Symington said.

The village will be open for business on both days of the show November 1 and 2.

Over 65s Ashburton District’s fastest-growing age group

By Sue Newman

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In six years, the number of over 65s living in the Ashburton District has increased by more than 1000.

Official retirees are now the district’s fastest-growing age group and while they make up just 18.3

per cent of the district’s 34,800 people, their numbers are rapidly increasing.

Statistics New Zealand yesterday released its official June 30 population estimates for territorial local authorities and they put the Ashburton District on a growth path that has averaged a

modest annual growth rate of 400 people a year since 2013, 1.3 per cent.

At 10,700, 40 to 65-year-olds make up the largest share of the population, 30.7 per cent; in 2013 this age group made up 32.8 per cent of the 32,300 people then living in the district.

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The number of 15 to 39-yearolds is steady on 30.4 per cent – 10,600 people, with children 0 to 14 relatively unchanged at 7100, making up 20.5 per cent of the population.

The district’s median age is now 39.3 years. The national median is 37.4 years.

The fastest growing area in the South Island is Selwyn, 5.3 per cent to June 30 followed by Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes, 3.9 per cent and 3.7 per cent respectively.

The Ashburton District’s rate of population growth is higher than many parts of the South Island.

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Arrests made in foodbar burglary Three arrests have been made in relation to a number of burglaries across the Mid-South Canterbury area, including the theft of cigarettes from the Riverside Foodbar, much to the satisfaction of the foodbar’s owners.

Owner Margaret Chapman said it was a fantastic result that they were able to catch those responsible.

“The cameras did their job and they were able to get the car registration and they went from there,” she said.

Margaret, alongside husband Neil, made the decision to stop stocking cigarettes following the break-in, but it had not had a negative impact on business.

“There have not been too many complaining about us not stocking cigarettes, they understand that we just can’t do it,” she said.

Two men, aged 21 and 37, along with an 18-year-old woman, were arrested last week in relation to three recent burglaries.

The 21-year-old man appeared in the Timaru District Court on October 19 and was charged with burglaries of other properties relating directly to the Riverside Foodbar burglary.

The trio were also charged in relation to burglaries of the Pleasant Point Model Railway & Heritage Centre and the Four

Square in Kurow.

Ashburton District Sub-Area Supervisor Senior Sergeant Leigh Jenkins said apprehending

the burglars was a good result.

Items recovered from the burglars included three chainsaws taken from the Model Railway &

Heritage Centre.

“This is particularly pleasing because they are a volunteer organisation and losing those

items put a significant dent in their operation,” Aoraki Tactical Crime Unit Sergeant Nerida Manson said.

Upping the ante for cycling and walking

By Sue Newman

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Walking and cycling networks around the Ashburton District are about to be upgraded and extended.

As part of a review of its outdated (2008) walking and cycling strategy, the Ashburton District Council is taking a wide-ranging look at what is already in place, current walking and cycling numbers and what is likely to be needed for the future.

Recognising that active transport such as walking and cycling

had health, wellbeing, environmental and economic benefits for the whole community, the council earlier this year engaged transportation consultants Abley to commence the development of a new walking and cycling strategy for the Ashburton District.

Key objectives for this strategy were to encourage the community to increase their use of active transport, to identify and provide an effective walking and cycling network within the district’s townships, and to improve the accessibility and ease of travel in a safe

environment, council service delivery manager Neil McCann said.

Over two weeks in September, the council ran a survey on its Facebook page to gain an insight into how often people walked or cycled in and around the district as well as the destinations they travelled to on foot or by bike, he said.

“They were also asked to provide examples of where there are existing good walking/cycling areas, and their overall satisfaction with the walking and cycling environments around the district.”

Responses were received from

164 people aged from 18 to over 85, McCann said.

In addition, manual observation counts have been carried out in Ashburton, Rakaia and Methven. These have recorded data on the use of cycles and other active modes of transport such as scooters, along with numbers of people walking for leisure or as a means of transport.

Earlier this month a workshop was held with 25 invited key stakeholders to provide further input and feedback to be included in the draft strategy.

“All the information being gathered is helping to gain an understanding of the community’s current walking and cycling habits, and attitude towards active transport,” McCann said,.

An initial draft of the strategy is expected to be ready in early November. It will then go to council for sign-off prior to going out for public consultation early next year..

Once the community has had an opportunity for input the strategy will be finalised and adopted by council later next year.

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Rolleston fireworks set to be a hit

By Jonathan Leask jonathan@selwynapp.nz

The face behind the Rolleston Fireworks event may have changed but the focus remains the same.

“It is run by the community, paid for by the community, and it’s about the community,” new Rolleston Fireworks committee chair Chris O’Brien said.

The annual fireworks extravaganza in Foster Park is only three weeks away and O’Brien said the new organising committee is hard at work to ensure another good night.

There had been some concerns the event may cease to exist without a new committee to run it when former chair Jens Christianson and secretary Trisha Pullin stood down.

Enter O’Brien, who didn’t want to see the district lose a “pretty significant community event” that has been running for over 20 years.

O’Brien discussed the event with Christianson, who didn’t want to see the event lose its community essence and become an overly commercialised event.

“I’m taking a bit more of a passive role this year, leaving things mainly as they are and will start to put my own mark on the event next year,” O’Brien said.

“My main focus is that the commercialisation is kept at bay and that it’s all about the community.

“We have all the clubs and community groups coming from far and wide to utilise the event as a fundraising opportunity.

“It is held in Rolleston but it is a Selwyn community event and people come from even further afield for it.

“It’s completely funded by the residents so the people that show up fund the event.”

The entry price has gone up which has irked some people but O’Brien said it was simply to ensure they covered costs after posting an $11,000 loss last year, and ensure the longevity of the event.

“It costs what it costs, and we have to try and cover the costs.

“It’s around $70 to $80,000 dollars to run the five-hour event.

“It’s not about making money, it’s just about paying for a tonne of fireworks to go off in a safe environment that brings the community together.”

Another area of negative feedback in previous years has been the bottleneck that comes when the thousands of people try to leave when the event is over.

“We have been looking at creating easier exit points that will flow better this year.”

Adding to the occasion this year is that the Hororata Highland Games are being held on the same day.

“It’s a massive day for the district.

“You can go and have a great time in Hororata and top it off on the way home with some fireworks,” O’Brien said.

The Rolleston fireworks has only been postponed to the reserve day twice in its 20-year history and O’Brien said he had placed an order for good weather again this year.

Falloon secures unique piece of artwork

By Sam Morton sam.m@timaruapp.nz

Rangitata National MP Andrew Falloon has sparked a spirited debate on social media following a tongue-in-cheek comment referring to the Government’s perceived lack of action since taking the reins in 2017.

Falloon, who was successful in bidding for the Prime Minister’s To Do list scribble at last week’s Rotary Timaru North Art Auction, clearly couldn’t resist a sarcastic dig at Jacinda Ardern’s coalition government, uploading a photo of the artwork alongside a caption; “I picked up the Jacinda

Ardern piece on the cheap at the Rotary Timaru North art auction tonight. Two years into Government and still everything to do!”.

His post quickly irked some of Ardern’s supporters, many of whom jumped to the defence of the country’s leader, though Falloon was quick to point out it was “a joke” – pointing out politicians “have those from time to time”.

Regardless of the online banter, which was public to all of Falloon’s 14,000 page followers, Ardern’s framed A4 artwork went for $600, with the local opposition party MP beating out two other tenacious bidders on his way to

securing a memorable icon put forward by Ardern.

Ardern has also provided similar artwork to other causes throughout her years in office, providing a simple solution to dozens of fundraising requests that arrive from all over the nation.

Other artwork up for grabs attracted plenty of interest with the 70-strong crowd at the Aigantighe Art Gallery, with more than half of the art pieces collectively raising approximately $10,000 while other artworks went unsold, failing to reach the respective reserve price.

The funds raised will go towards a scholarship to help support young local artists throughout the area, with the fund available to any South Canterbury resident starting or continuing study in an arts related field at tertiary level.

The scholarship, first established in 2017, typically attracts a high calibre of applicants, with last year’s recipients among this year’s exhibitors, donating their own works to mix it among the auction.

Artists featured on the night included Marilynn Webb, Jason Greig, Paul Hanrahan, John Badcock, Rosa Spencer Bower and

both Isabel Whitticase and Emily Bell (2018 & 2019 scholarship recipients), among many others.

Local artists interested in the scholarship can receive funds of up to $2500, depending on their eligibility and application, while smaller funding packages of $200 are also available.

The next auction, held once every two years, is expected to return again in 2021.

And for the record, it is not yet clear where Falloon plans to put Ardern’s To Do list – though one of his three offices (Timaru, Ashburton, Wellington) may be a likely destination.

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■■CHRISTCHURCH

A state Fleeing driver in fatal crash a 17-year-old teen house won’t be for life NZME

The driver of a car that crashed into another vehicle while fleeing police, killing an innocent man in Christchurch, was a 17-year-old teen.

Police named the man who died in Tuesday morning’s incident as 64-year-old Kenneth Patrick Gerard McCaul, of Christchurch.

The teenage driver was expected to be released from hospital yesterday, while four passengers, all aged in their teens, remain in hospital in a moderate condition.

The incident began when the driver of a black Toyota Caldina driving erratically failed to stop for police in Papanui Rd at about 4am on Tuesday, the Herald understands.

The Toyota hit the car driven by McCaul, who sustained critical injuries and died a short time after he was taken to hospital.

“The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation and as such we’re unable to release further details at this stage,” said Canterbury Metro Area Commander Superintendent Lane Todd.

“Our focus as police is on preventing harm. This is a devastating outcome and the last thing any police officer wants to happen when they come to work.

“I want to offer my sincerest condolences to the loved ones of Mr McCaul.”

Todd said the officers involved are receiving support.

No arrests have been made at this time.

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Police named the deceased as a 64-year-old man from Christchurch.

■■SKYCITY FIRE

Staff to ‘return in days’ NZME SkyCity is expected to be open and trading tomorrow following the convention centre inferno, its chief executive says.

Graeme Stephens addressed media yesterday alongside Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Fletcher Building boss Ross Taylor.

He said he hoped the site would be handed over this afternoon and staff would return to work on Friday.

“In the longer term, we were looking to staff up to 800 people in the year ahead. A large component of that will still hopefully be on our payroll.”

It would need to be assessed whether the adjoining Horizon Hotel “is capable of being open”.

“But our intention is to have it open next year, going into summer, in advance of the America’s Cup. With a bit of luck we can achieve that.

“Obviously the pure convention employees ... that’s the part that will be delayed until we’ve got a convention centre.”

Taylor said some sub-contractors working on the project left their tools on the site because of the quick evacuation and they had set up help centres to help those people and once they get back into the site, they would return them.

They were working out individual plans for their employment.

“Some of them will be very busy and they can re-employ easy. Others might not be ... in the medium term there will actually be more work because we’ve not only got to finish what we had to do but we’ve got to rebuild a chunk as well.”

Ardern said: “This devastating fire will be hugely disappointing for all those involved ... it had come so far. To see this major setback, will be a blow to the workforce.”

A still from time-lapse footage of the fire at the SkyCity Convention Centre construction site on Tuesday as seen from the top of the Sky Tower.

She wanted to acknowledge firefighters who had been working under difficult circumstances.

“The team on the ground have been incredibly professional, very focused on what they can do to preserve the building.”

She also wanted to acknowledge Fletcher’s and SkyCity who had been open and honest about what was happening.

When asked about the economic impact on business, she indicated there would be some sort of financial compensation.

It would be a small number of businesses affected.

She said Apec 2021 would still be held in Auckland. But where it would be held was a point of discussion for Government.

Fire and Emergency regional manager Ron Devlin said a firefighter was taken to hospital with a concussion after a piece of roofing fell on him while battling the inferno yesterday.

“It was unusual, may have been flicked off in the wind. It is not what we want to happen, and the reason we have been very careful with internal operations.”

There were about 80 firefighters on the scene currently, down from 130 at the peak.

Firefighters are “winning the battle” against the fire, he said.

But the emergency was not over – there was “quite some time to go yet”.

“My view is there is no chance of the fire spreading down. I

am confident the fire is already contained.

“What we have is a burned structure, still smouldering.

Probably about 20 per cent of the roof is still burning, and once that is burned it will have burned itself out.”

Meanwhile, the toxic tide of water from the inferno is being swept into Auckland Harbour.

Auckland Council’s regulatory compliance manager Steve Pearce confirmed there were concerns regarding the water run-off sweeping debris and contaminants into the harbour.

About 16 million litres of water have been used so far to fight the blaze –- and some of this will enter the harbour via the stormwater network.

The National Party will put an end to a “state house for life” if it gets into power next year.

It partly blames the Coalition Government’s halt to most tenancy reviews for the huge increase in the waiting list for public housing – now at more than 13,000 households.

Official reports, however, paint a different picture. They say expensive housing and ageing tenants are the main reasons that people are staying in state houses for longer.

The tenancy reviews, introduced five years ago, check whether an individual or family is earning too much to qualify for state support.

National social housing spokesman Simon O’Connor said the Government’s new exemptions for tenancy reviews were so broad that there were a “joke”.

“National will reinstate tenancy reviews and we won’t be accepting the exemptions either,” he said.

Associate Housing Minister Kris Faafoi said a reversion to National’s old policy of reviewing most tenancies would simply lead to elderly, disabled and others being thrown out of their state houses.

“This demonstrates pure National Party callousness,” he said.

In 2014, the National-led Government radically reformed state housing , driven by the idea that giving people a “house for life” without conditions was a waste of money and human potential.

Among the changes were the introduction of tenancy reviews for households which were paying close to market rent.

State house tenants pay no more than 25 per cent of their income on rent, and the Government tops up the rest. In a debate on the law changes, National MPs highlighted tenants who were earning more than $100,000 while living in a state house.

After the law change, 14 per cent of Housing New Zealand tenants were exempted from reviews because they were older than 75, in houses modified for their needs, or had agreed lifetime tenure.

When the Coalition Government came to power in 2017, then-Housing Minister Phil Twyford put a halt to all tenancy reviews. He later broadened the exemptions to anyone older than 65 and introduced new exemptions for families with dependent children under 18, severely disabled people, and full-time carers.

That increased the proportion of protected tenants from 9000 (14 per cent) to 52,000 (81 per cent).

“The exemptions that are currently been put forward … are so broad that it’s almost a joke,” O’Connor said. “It’s up to 80 per cent of tenants. Even if it was 50 per cent it’s a joke.”

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Brexit bill ‘in limbo’ BBC British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hit the pause button on his Brexit legislation after MPs rejected his plan to get it through the Commons in three days.

MPs backed his Withdrawal Agreement Bill – but minutes later voted against the timetable, leaving it “in limbo”.

After the vote, EU Council President Donald Tusk said he would recommend EU leaders backed an extension to the October 31 Brexit deadline.

But a No. 10 source said if a delay was granted, the PM would seek an election.

On Saturday, Johnson complied with a law demanding he write to the EU to ask for a three-month extension, but did not sign the letter.

Following the result in the Commons, he said it was Parliament and not the government that had requested an extension.

Johnson said he would reiterate his pledge to EU leaders, telling them it was still his policy to leave by the end of October.

But Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg told MPs it was “very hard” to see how the necessary laws could be passed to leave with a deal by the deadline.

A spokesman from the European Commission said: “[The Commission] takes note of tonight’s result and expects the UK government to inform us

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Her caption read: “Onika Tanya MarajPetty 10-21-19”. Minaj’s real name is Onika Maraj. She did not offer additional information. The couple first dated as teenagers and reunited last year. She announced plans over the summer to wed.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker after Britain and the European Union reached a new tentative Brexit deal, the only stumbling block being the deal had to be passed by the British parliament.

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about the next steps.”

But Tusk tweeted he would “recommend the EU27 accept the UK request for an extension” in order to “avoid a nodeal Brexit”.

The BBC’s Europe editor Katya Adler said: “[The] temptation amongst most I speak to tonight in EU circles is to grant the January 31 extension.”

And the BBC’s political edi-

tor Laura Kuenssberg said that meant the government’s plan to seek an election was “looking likely”.

However, an EU source told BBC Brussels reporter Adam Fleming the bloc was considering a “flextension” – an extension with a maximum end date, but the flexibility for the UK to leave early if a deal is ratified.

Following the Commons latest votes, a Downing Street source said Parliament “blew its last chance”.

They added: “If Parliament’s delay is agreed by Brussels, then the only way the country can move on is with an election.”

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said Johnson was “the author of his own misfortune”.

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Suspect whose case led to unrest leaves prison AP A murder suspect whose case indirectly led to Hong Kong’s ongoing protests was freed from prison yesterday and told reporters he was willing to surrender to authorities in Taiwan, where he is wanted for killing his girlfriend.

Chan Tong-kai was released after serving a separate sentence for money laundering offences.

He could not be sent to Taiwan because the semi-autonomous Chinese city of Hong Kong has no extradition agreement with self-ruled Taiwan.

“I am willing, for my impulsive actions and things I did wrong, to surrender myself, to return to Taiwan to face sentencing and stand trial,” he said.

He bowed deeply twice to the media scrum waiting outside the prison, thanked his parents for their support, apologised to the victim’s family and the people of Hong Kong, then got into a waiting van.

Chan Tong-kai talks to the media as he is released from prison in Hong Kong yesterday. Chan, who’s wanted for killing his girlfriend last year on the self-ruled island of Taipei, had asked the Hong Kong government for help turning himself in to Taiwan after his sentence for money laundering offences ended yesterday.

PHOTO AP Reporters gave chase, broadcasting live as the van made its way to an upscale gated apartment complex

that they could not enter.

Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam had offered extradition legislation earlier this year to

close what she called a “loophole” but the bill sparked widespread protests over concerns it put residents at risk of being sent into mainland China’s murky judicial system.

In the days leading up to his release, Hong Kong and Taiwan feuded over his case after Lam said Chan had offered to return voluntarily to Taiwan.

Taiwan objected to allowing him the freedom to travel and instead offered to send a team to escort him back, but Hong Kong’s government refused, saying Taiwanese officers could not enforce the law in Hong Kong.

Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council said yesterday that allowing a murder suspect to fly on his own would ignore the safety of other passengers and that Hong Kong’s approach makes Hong Kong “a criminal paradise where murderers can walk around”.

Chan, 20, returned to Hong Kong alone last year after travelling to Taipei with his pregnant girlfriend, Poon Hiu-wing. Her body was found later.

Jono and Ben on Hauraki Two of New Zealand’s most popular entertainers are on the move. Jono Pryor and Ben Boyce are set to take over the drive show on Radio Hauraki, part of the network owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, which also publishes the NZ Herald. “Jono and Ben are undeniably two of New Zealand’s most talented and funniest broadcasters,” said NZME chief executive Michael Boggs.

“They are a perfect fit for Radio Hauraki and its audience.” Jono and Ben, together with currrent Edge co-host Sharyn, won the Best Music (NonBreakfast) Show award at this year’s New Zealand Radio Awards.

Bledel the most dangerous Actress Alexis Bledel has been bookish and sweet on Gilmore Girls and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. But the actress herself is now officially dangerous. Cybersecurity firm McAfee has crowned Bledel the most dangerous celebrity on the internet in 2019. No other celebrity was more likely to land users on websites that carry viruses or malware.

Trailing Bledel at No. 2 is talk show host James Corden, followed by Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner, actress Anna Kendrick, movie star Lupita Nyong’o, talk show star Jimmy Fallon, martial arts master Jackie Chan, the rappers Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj, and finally Marvel actress Tessa Thompson at No. 10.

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Sometimes you’ve just got to laugh I

f I walked up to you in the middle of the street one day and told you to lighten up and look at the funny side of things a little more often, how would you react?

You’d probably clench a fist, get ready to give me what for and then proceed to tell me exactly where I could stick my opinion, that you’re a bit of a prude and can’t see things in good spirit as they are intended.

But if I write it here, does the tone and direction of the comment change just a little?

Surely it’s a little less direct.

I could be making a sweeping comment about one, a few or all of you reading this right now but I could guarantee that your reaction would be different de-

pending on whether it was done in written or verbal form.

And because I believe that it’s a little less harmful to see it written in a space like this than hypothetically yelling it across the street, I can comfortably say that we all need to lighten up a bit sometimes.

Yes, Ashburton District, I’m talking to you. Yes, the rest of the Canterbury, I’m talking to you.

Likewise, the rest of New Zealand

and then ultimately likewise, yes, the rest of the world too.

We seem to have lost our direction a little bit when it comes to enjoying a good laugh.

We’re too quick to jump onto the negative bandwagon and vilify someone for simply having some fun. Yes, some take it too far – but their overstepping of the mark shouldn’t cast a shadow over the rest of us and stop us from having a good giggle every now and then.

South African rugby referee Jaco Peyper is in the middle of such a situation at the moment.

He was the referee at the centre of the red card in Sunday’s night’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final clash between France and Wales in which the Welsh fought back to

win while their opposition were left with just 14 players following a nasty elbow to the face of a Welsh player.

They’ll tell you rugby isn’t so much about individual moments, more about the collective, but there’s no hiding from the fact that the decision by Peyper to send the man to the changing sheds was a game-changing moment.

No one could really argue with his decision either, it was there as clear as day for the world to see.

Post match, Peyper was stopped by some Welsh fans who wanted to grab a picture with one of the best referees in the world. The image, which is now worldwide, shows Peyper and many others in the photo raising

their elbows in imitation of the incident. Should he have done it?

Probably not, just out of respect.

But is it incredibly harmful for the image of the game and of referees in general? Absolutely not.

But, a huge number of people don’t see it that way.

They want Peyper reprimanded for his behaviour and he’s been left off the refereeing schedule for this weekend’s semi-finals.

Ultimately they want him fired.

Wrong or right in that particular instance, people are allowed to have fun in life.

It’s one of the great pleasures of being a human being and we’re stopping ourselves from doing that by being over-critical, too serious and too quick to jump in and vilify.

NBC sportscaster Marv Albert was spared a jail sentence after a grudging courtroom apology to the woman he’d bitten during a sexual romp.

In 2002, authorities apprehended Army veteran John Allen Muhammad and teenager Lee Boyd Malvo near Myersville, Maryland, in the Washingtonarea sniper attacks. (Malvo was later sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole; Muhammad was sentenced to death and executed in 2009.)

In 2005, civil rights icon Rosa Parks died in Detroit at age 92.

Ten years ago: Pakistani officials

announced that their soldiers had captured Kotkai, the strategically located hometown of Pakistan’s Taliban chief, Hakimullah Mehsud, and one of his top deputies, after fierce fighting.

Five years ago: Jaylen Fryberg, a student at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Washington state, fatally shot four friends he had invited to lunch and wounded a fifth teen before killing himself.

A co-ordinated militant assault on an army checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula killed 31 Egyptian troops.

One year ago: Authorities said they had intercepted pipe

bombs packed with shards of glass that had been sent to several prominent Democrats, including Hillary Clinton and former President Barack Obama; none of the bombs went off, and nobody was hurt. Saudi Arabia’s crown prince told a business forum in his country the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul was “heinous” and “painful to all Saudis”; business leaders pulled out of the conference after reports said a member of the prince’s entourage was involved in the killing of Khashoggi, a critic of the Saudi royal family.

Today’s birthdays: Rock musician Bill Wyman is 83. Actor Kevin Kline is 72. Actor Doug Davidson is 65. Actress-comedian Casey Wilson is 39. R&B singer and actress Adrienne Bailon Houghton is 36. Actor Tim Pocock is 34.

R&B singer-rapper-actor Drake is 33. Olympic gold medal gymnast Kyla Ross is 23.

Thought for today: “Seek not the favour of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of the few; and number not voices, but weigh them.” — Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (17241804).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Thursday, October 24, the 297th day of 2019.

There are 68 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On October 24, 1940, the 40-hour work week went into effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.

On this date: In 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph message was sent by Chief Justice Stephen J. Field of California from San Francisco to President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, DC, over a line built by the Western Union Telegraph Co. In 1913 in New Zealand, violence flared on Wellington wharves between unionised waterside workers and non-union labour after wharfies held a stopwork meeting to support striking shipwrights.

In 1931, the George Washington Bridge, connecting New York and New Jersey, was officially dedicated (it opened to traffic the next day).

In 1945, the United Nations officially came into existence as its charter took effect.

In 1962, a naval quarantine of Cuba ordered by President John F. Kennedy went into effect during the missile crisis.

In 1972, Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson, who’d broken Major League Baseball’s colour barrier in 1947, died in Stamford, Connecticut, at age 53.

In 1989, former television evangelist Jim Bakker was sentenced by a judge in Charlotte, NC, to 45 years in prison for fraud and conspiracy. (The sentence was later reduced to eight years; it was further reduced to four for good behaviour.)

In 1991, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry died in Santa Monica, California, at age 70.

In 1992, the Toronto Blue Jays became the first non-US team to win the World Series as they defeated the Atlanta Braves, 4-3, in Game 6.

In 1997, in Arlington, Virginia, former

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positive contribution to our economy. In the future we will need to increasingly rely on that contribution if New Zealand is to grow.

Currently there are around 725,000 people aged over 65. By 2028 there will be one million people, nearly a quarter of the population.

Our ageing population is one of our greatest achievements.

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Budget 2019 made significant investments in fixing up more of our ailing hospitals, and empowering our DHBs to deliver more affordable healthcare in our communities, with better health outcomes for all.

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We all deserve world-class support from prevention and early diagnosis to treatment and palliative care.

That’s why we recently announced the Cancer Action Plan – so everyone battling cancer in New Zealand can get the best possible care, no matter where they live.

It shouldn’t matter if you live here in Ashburton, or Auckland or Invercargill, we all deserve the absolute best care in order to give us the best chance of survival.

Seniors are not immune to suffering from mental health issues.

We all know someone with a mental health story, and our record $1.9b investment will have

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I am so pleased that Three Rivers Ashburton will receive funding as they continue to provide crucial mental health and addiction support.

They work incredibly hard in our neck of the woods to support those who come to their practice seeking support.

Their inclusion in this investment recognises their quality practice and also the fact that mental health issues are prominent in our district.

As I’ve said before, I believe that all societies should be measured by the way in which we look after the interests of our youngest and oldest citizens.

This government is truly committed to doing just that.

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Working for a better future Ashburton dairy farmer Nick Hoogeveen’s involvement in a DairyNZ project in Hinds and Selwyn is helping him reduce nitrogen losses on his farm.

Hoogeveen is a shareholder and operator of Kintore farms, a 450 hectare farm, split into two dairy units, west of Ashburton. The farm milks 1550 friesian cows and employs 11 staff. Both he, and the team who run Kintore, are committed to improving the lives of their animals and staff and doing the right thing for the environment.

“Being part of this project has been awesome as we get to find out about the latest science, hear what other farmers are trialling, and how it’s working out,” Hoogeveen said.

Kintore is in the Hinds zone, where dairy farms need to meet a series of nitrogen reduction targets and achieve a 36 per cent reduction in nitrogen losses by 2035.

He is part of a DairyNZ project, running across the Selwyn and Hinds zones, which is supporting farmers to trial different ways to reduce their nitrogen losses but maintain their profit levels.

Through the project, some targeted and specific options have been developed for Kintore, to help achieve the farm’s nitrogen loss targets, as well as reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

One of the easier changes Hoogeveen has been able to make is to identify “heavy traffic” areas on

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Reducing stock numbers before autumn can make a difference and is an option Hoogeveen has used.

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Last season the farm managed to reduce their nitrogen losses by 18 per cent, and this season they are planning to reduce losses by another 10 per cent.

Hoogeveen and his team are now looking at developing a fiveyear plan for the farm. One of the big decisions to be made is whether they replace their existing roto rainer, k-line and lateral irrigation systems with centre pivots. This would allow water to be applied in smaller amounts on shorter irrigation rotations, which would reduce nitrogen losses, as well as labour and water use. Although it’s an attractive option, it’s also expensive.

The farm also has the option of meeting its nitrogen loss targets by increasing the use of plantain and through careful nutrient management.

Hoogeveen said that in the future he wanted to look at different farming practices which have environmental benefits and will see which regenerative practices he can implement on the farm.

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There had been fears that Canberra would intercede on behalf of honey producers in Australia but, so far, nothing has come of it.

The issue arose after producers of manuka honey here sought trademark protection for their product and won some government support, generating a hostile response in Australia.

Growers here have long argued that manuka was a Maori word and so manuka honey was unquestionably a New Zealand product.

They said it was unfair for apiarists in Australia to use the label manuka on honey produced across the Tasman.

But Australia’s honey producers refused to budge.

As a result, the Manuka Honey Appellation Society spent more than $2 million in legal fees, seeking trademark recognition for New Zealand manuka honey in China, the United States, European Union, United Kingdom and at home in

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New Zealand.

The New Zealand government then announced the Provincial Growth Fund would help out with legal costs to the tune of $5.7m.

That led Australian growers to seek help from their own Federal Government to combat what they said was political interference in Wellington.

Australian Minister of Agriculture Bridget McKenzie was then quoted in media as saying she would be seeking clarification from the New Zealand government.

She further pledged support in a short statement to RNZ. But a month later, no request for clarification has been received from senator McKenzie.

In fact, New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs

and Trade has had no communication from the Senator at all.

When asked about this by RNZ, the senator’s office reiterated her strong support for the Australian food industry, but pointed out that trade mark applications were a commercial matter.

So far, the only political comment from Canberra has been a passing reference to it from Australia’s Trade Minister Simon Birmingham during trade talks in Thailand.

The Australian growers have long said they produced honey from the same species of tree as manuka: leptospermum scoparium.

They argued New Zealand growers were being precious in claiming it for themselves, and urged producers in both countries to join forces and promote their honey together.

New Zealand growers refused and said leptospermum scoparium evolved differently here over millions of years.

They added that if Australians wanted to use a common term to market their honey, they should use the everyday Australian name for leptospermum scoparium: tea tree.

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Sheep facial recognition moves closer NZME The world’s first sheep facial recognition software, developed in Dunedin, is set to be prototyped this year.

Sheep NN, a project created by artificial intelligence and machine learning company Iris Data Science, has received a $40,000 grant from Callaghan Innovation towards the $100,000 project that will take the model to prototype by the end of the year.

Iris Data Science was co-founded by Greg Peyroux and Benoit Auvray, who have been working on the project to cheaply re-identify sheep, potentially removing the need for ear-tags while also solving other farm management and broader issues.

The team recently began collecting data and developing similar technology for other livestock, including cattle and goats, and expected that would be available shortly after the sheep prototype.

Once prototyped, then it could be put in front of industry and potential investors and it was

hoped to be able to do that early next year, Peyroux said.

The project created interest when it was displayed at MobileTECH 2019 in Rotorua in April – an annual event showing digital technologies for the agricultural, horticultural and forestry sectors – and at TEXpo during Dunedin Techweek.

Sheep face images were collected from around Southland, Canterbury and Otago, and fed into a machine-learning model.

It slowly learned by itself to identify sheep by finding recognisable features.

Since taking the first pictures more than a year ago, the company had collected “thousands’’ of images and hours of high-resolution video footage from farms to create a deep learning identification pipeline that would be further developed in the coming months.

As more farmers moved towards management technologies such as digital scales and automatic drafting gates, a reliable low-cost method of identification was essential, Peyroux said.

Sheep were originally chosen as the company wanted to be first in the world to develop the technology for sheep recognition; now

people had told them that there were other gaps, such as goats.

Interest had been shown by the likes of software and hardware

manufacturers, mostly overseas, particularly Australia.

The challenge had been to get the technology working on farm as soon as possible, so people could see it running, and the funding would help them do that, he said.

Auvray said the funding would help with overcoming the challenges of applying a deep neural network to detect sheep faces in an image complicated by changing head pose, background and lighting conditions.

Future applications for the technology were broad and included tracking animal locations to prevent stock rustling, monitoring animal behaviour, estimating weight, diseases, welfare, or other characteristics, or estimating parentage without the need to observe lambing or do DNA parentage testing.

Other projects included a pasture quality system and optimising fertiliser application.

Environmental impact conversations were becoming “louder and louder” all the time, Peyroux said.

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Lincoln University Dairy Farm is using more beef genetics in its mating programme this spring in a bid to reduce its bobby calf numbers.

LUDF supervisor Jeremy Savage said about four different mating programmes were considered along with the challenges these brought, particularly around gestation length.

The farm planned to have 30 to 40 per cent of calves as bobby calves next year, with the remainder, not including replacements, reared as dairy-beef cross calves.

It was working with Craigmore Sustainables, which would assess how the dairy-beef crosses performed as beef animals, said

Savage, a farm consultant with Ashburton-based Macfarlane Rural Business.

“Something we are a bit shy of in the dairy industry is how well dairy-beef crosses perform, especially with the LUDF herd being 50-50 friesian-jersey animals,” he told a LUDF field day.

The dairy-beef calves will be reared to 100kg at LUDF, then transferred to Craigmore Sustainables, where they will be grown to killable weights, while being assessed for liveweight gain and their attributes as beef animals.

Low breeding worth cows will be mated using short gestation length angus beef genetics.

Wagyu beef genetics were trialled two years ago, but the gestation length was too long, Savage said.

All cows were mated using artificial insemination, with no bulls used on the farm for several years.

Sexed semen was used for more guaranteed female calves, along with A2 milk genetics.

“Using sexed semen gives us more space in the herd to put beef straws in.

“We can use A2 genetics without compromising our genetic quality at all. It makes sense to plan for the herd to be A2 ready if an opportunity arises,” Savage said.

LUDF is milking about 560 cows this season on its 160-hectare milking platform.

Its production target this season was 275,000kg of milksolids, equivalent to 491kg/MS/cow at a low operating cost structure of $3.90 per kg/MS.

Savage said that LUDF’s lowcost, pasture-based, high-production system was achievable elsewhere. Its herd was achieving production of 500kg/MS/cow on pasture, with minimal supplement and a maximum nitrogen application rate of 170kg/ha.

Last season, cows were fed only 230kg/drymatter/cow of grass silage, with no grain or palm kernel.

Use of tetraploid ryegrass helped in providing quality pasture for cows. This allowed pre-grazings to be longer, while maintaining quality. Longer grazing rounds and longer covers meant higher growth, particularly as grass reached the three-leaf growth stage.

The farm scale and layout also made it doable and easy, with reliable irrigation and good soils.

The only variable impacting on pasture growth rates in summer was temperature, with soil moisture rarely an issue.

Farming in a goldfish bowl, beside busy roads and close to Lincoln University and township, also led to an absolute focus to get things right, Savage said.

To make the most of limited nitrogen, the farm waited until soil temperatures rose in spring to get the best response. Applications were finished by late March.

In autumn, all cull cows were gone by April 15 as the farm can get wet and feed utilisation can suffer. It was also a good move environmentally, as reducing the stocking rate by 20 per cent dropped the nitrogen leaching rate in April and May under Overseer, Savage said.

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Rio Tinto threat affects sharemarket

By Paul McBeth NZME

New Zealand shares dropped as the threat of Rio Tinto pulling the pin on the Tiwai Point smelter saw Meridian Energy and its electricity sector peers sold off sharply.

The S&P/NZX 50 Index dropped 169.1 points, or 1.5 per cent, to 10,922.11 at 1.30pm, with 27 of the top 50 stocks in the red.

The electricity generator-retailers were the hardest hit after global mining giant Rio Tinto said it was reviewing the smelter’s future.

Meridian dropped 7.8 per cent to $4.995 with 5.9 million shares traded at 1.30pm, more than four times its daily average over the past three months.

Contact Energy, which also has significant South Island generation assets, fell 6.7 per cent to $7.95, while Mercury NZ was down 5.7 per cent at $5.14, Genesis Energy declined 3.4 per cent to $3.15 and Trustpower decreased 3 per cent to $8.43.

“Rio has to give one year’s notice to close the smelter, so there’s a lot of to-ing and fro-ing at this stage with regards to the potential outcome, but probably of most significance is that it’s dropped to the bottom quartile of performing smelters globally,” said Peter

McIntyre, an investment adviser at Craigs Investment.

“It’s no secret that they’ve probably been asking for price relief, but these negotiations take a long time. The lead-time here for anything to happen – you’re looking at probably two or three years potentially.”

The smelter is Invercargill’s biggest employer with about 990 staff and contractors, and had taken on more workers having opened a fourth potline after an extended break on the expectation it would have a future.

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A global insurance broker which was also in charge of securing the insurance for the fateful Titanic, is advising on the claim for damage caused by a fire at SkyCity’s international convention centre.

The New Zealand arm of NASDAQ-listed Willis Towers Watson is the broker and it is understood its chief executive Peter Lowe met with the insurance under-writers for SkyCity yesterday afternoon.

A spokeswoman for Willis Towers Watson said Lowe did not want to answer any media questions.

SkyCity Entertainment Group has declined to name its insurer but says it’s an international company and that the consequences of the fire in the roof of the new conven-

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tion centre and the disruption to its existing facilities will be fully covered.

Chief executive Graeme Stephens told journalists he isn’t sure he can disclose the insurer’s name.

“We’re comfortable with the credibility of the insurer and their ability to meet their obligations,” Stephens said.

An insurance broking source said the insurance risk was likely to be underwritten by more than one company and possibly up to three because of the size of it.

Earlier yesterday, both Fletcher chief executive Ross Taylor and Stephens rejected a suggestion that their insurance contracts could be nullified if the fire is proven to have been caused by negligence.

Stephens says assessing the new

hotel from the street, it is “largely intact” and doesn’t appear to have been damaged, and it won’t have suffered water damage, but it probably has suffered smoke damage.

Taylor confirmed that workmen on the site had been using blowtorches to seal bitumen used in the convention centre’s roof but cautioned against speculating on the fire’s cause because “speculation or word on the street can be very, very wrong”.

It had been reported that a worker had left a blowtorch to go for break and that started the fire.

Taylor said Fletcher will be conducting a full investigation once it regains access to the site. The fire is still burning but Stephens said he hoped it would have been extinguished yesterday.

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day to update the media on the fire at the international convention centre building site. Fletcher shares were up 0.2 per cent at $4.66.

McIntyre said there was still a lot of uncertainty about what impact the fire would have on the centre’s completion date and the downstream impacts. But he said yesterday’s briefing had calmed some investors.

“Definitely the selling in the stock has halted, as has the volume as well, as more news flow comes from SkyCity with regards to the fire,” he said.

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counts the smelter as its biggest customer, decreased 0.6 per cent to $7.85.

McIntyre said if the smelter was to close it would hit all of the generation companies, although Contact and Meridian would feel it the most acutely with their South Island hydro dams.

SkyCity Entertainment Group shares recovered some lost ground, and were down 1.3 per cent at $3.82, having fallen as low as $3.71 yesterday.

Chief executive Graeme Stevens and Fletcher Building chief Ross Taylor held a joint briefing yester-

Fat Prophets, said the big question was now about how much insurance cover the companies have on the project. Irrespective of that, the opening would be even later than planned, meaning it would take longer for it to start generating revenue.

The fire prompted Tourism Holdings to delay its annual meeting, which was to have been held down the road at the Heritage Hotel yesterday. Its shares were down 3 per cent at $3.54.

Auckland International Airport was able to hold its meeting at the Ellerslie Event Centre in Remuera, where the board affirmed its earnings and capital spending guidance.

The airport operator’s shares were down 1 per cent at $9.07.

Earlier yesterday, Air New Zealand said it planned to drop its Los Angeles-London route from October next year, when it would also introduce an Auckland-New York route, saying the Atlantic market was too competitive to continue.

Its shares were down 0.5 per cent at $2.81.

McIntyre said the national carrier was typically nimble in exiting unprofitable routes and that the Los Angeles-London flight didn’t stack up anymore.

Air New Zealand will withdraw its Los Angeles to London route after October 2020, with the potential loss of up to 155 jobs.

“Sadly, the withdrawal will see the disestablishment of our London cabin crew base of around 130 people and, subject to consultation, around 25 roles in our Hammersmith sales office and ground team,” acting chief executive Jeff McDowall said.

According to McDowall, the decision was made because less than 7 per cent of all airline travellers between Auckland and London chose to fly via Los Angeles last year.

“At the same time, the Atlantic has become one of the most hotly contested routes in the world and Air New Zealand lacks the home

market advantages and scale of the North American and European airlines we’re up against,” he said.

Los Angeles-London services will operate as scheduled until October 2020 and no tickets have been sold beyond this date. Air New Zealand has chosen to announce the withdrawal more than a year in advance to allow time to support its people and to avoid any impact to customers booked to travel, he said.

Europe, including the UK, remains a significant sales region for Air New Zealand, he added.

Currently, more than two-thirds of revenue generated by its London team is unrelated to the Atlantic route and the airline will retain a sales, marketing and cargo presence in London to serve this important market beyond the cessation of the Los Angeles-London service.

Meanwhile, the airline also said it will launch a non-stop service between Auckland and New York using its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in October 2020.

“Air New Zealand is strongest when operating direct flights to and from our home base and this reset will put us in the best possible position to take advantage of increasing demand across the Pacific Rim,” McDowall said.

Air New Zealand will fly between Auckland and its alliance partner United Airlines’ New York hub – Newark Liberty International Airport.

The service will operate three times weekly, year-round.

Tickets for Air New Zealand’s New York service will go on sale soon, subject to regulatory approvals and landing slot confirmation.

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – What is the basic pay for an Ashburton Councillor? a. $26,365 b. $31,365 c. $35,364 2 – Sebastian Vettel drives Formula One for which team? a. Red Bull b. Ferrari c. Mercedes 3 – Obadiah is or was? a. A Hebrew king b. A book in the Bible c. A kingdom in North Africa 4 – Meg Lanning is captain of which Australian women’s sports team? a. Netball b. Hockey c. Cricket 5 – What is the capital of Belarus? a. Kiev b. Minsk c. Riga 6 – How many pounds are there in 100 kilos? a. 120 b. 160 c. 220 7 – The Large Bathers is a famous work by which artist? a. Cezanne b. Manet c. Picasso 8 – Where are the Rimutaka Hills? a. Near Dunedin b. Near Wellington c. Near Nelson

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Please come into the Ashburton Guardian office to claim your prize – Level 3, Somerset House, 161 Burnett Street, Ashburton

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Age Concern Ashburton A very successful Home & Personal Safety Day was held on Friday October 18 at the Ashburton Seniors Centre.

Facilitator Yvonne Palmer from Age Concern Canterbury had excellent presentations from Ashburton District Council, Civil Defence, New Zealand Police, and Ashburton Neighbourhood Watch and after lunch, the New Zealand Fire Service.

Our Confident Driving Course for Friday November 1 is filling fast. If you wish to register for this please phone the Age Concern office on 3086817. The venue is the Ashburton Seniors Centre, start time 9,30am, finishing at approximately 2.30pm and a $5 cover charge.

We were pleased to be on site at the 50+ Connexion Showcase held last Wednesday at the event centre, where a wide range of clubs, service groups and hobby groups showcased what they had to offer to Ashburton and surrounding districts. Congratulations to Jessie Thomson and our Hip Hop for seniors, whose entertaining and vigorous display was a real crowd pleaser.

We were delighted to honour Rosa Bennett as September’s Dignity Champion, an award from our National Office, who task one of our 33 branches each month to nominate a worthy recipient. We chose to acknowledge Rosa’s long and dedicated involvement with Age Concern at a 50+ morning tea.

All enquiries for 206 Club, Courtesy Drivers, Ladies Exercise Class and Total Mobility Assessment welcomed at the Age Concern Office, 3086817.

Ashburton Bowling Club There was one item omitted from last week’s results, ie. Friday Triples at the MSA, 2nd place went to Doug Kinvig, Des Prendergast, Peter Quinn with 3 wins, therefore making it 1,2,3 for Ashburton.

Roll over Triples on Saturday, October 19, 1st: Roy Keeling, Annette Blain, Bob Wilson with 2 wins, 11 ends and 2nd: Colin Cross, Charlie Rooke, Margaret Watson with 1 win, 10 ends.

In the Murton Cup Women’s Fours at Rakaia on Monday October 21, Margaret Eder, Annette Blain, Rosemary O’Sullivan, Heather Gray came 2nd. Congratulations!

Would the men please check the noticeboard for championship games and all upcoming games/competitions. Thanks.

Despite the weather resulting in no Friday Triples last week, the greens were playable at the weekend.

And who could resist, the greens are perfect, the backdrop just now is stunning with blossom and blooms covering the trees that surround our greens, making for ideal conditions to play, so good bowling!

Ashburton Creative Fibre Time was well spent at the 50+ event that will hopefully draw in new members. The area vote for the boundary change is hopeful with a final decision being made next month. Look out for the black and coloured sheep display at the Ashburton AMP show. The craft day at the Plains will be held on October 27.

The next Spin In will be on November 4 and the next Rosebank visit will be on November 12 at 1.30pm. We meet next month on November 18.

Ashburton Dahlia Circle Another month has flown by and the

Mayfield Golf Club members (from left) Charlie Rapsey, Ali McLeod, Gordy Duthie, Wayne Blair, Sue Graham, Juliet McLeod, Helen Rapsey and Anne-Maree Blair were in winning form recently. They were the winners of the 2019 County Stroke tournament played at Ashburton on Sunday, October 20. The team won the Mayor’s Cup held by Juliet McLeod, ladies’ team shield held by Sue Graham, and Helen Rapsey won ladies’ best net score of the day with a net 70.

Dahlia circle are now preparing for their Annual Tuber and Plant Stall at the Farmers Market on West St this Saturday, October 26.

Members have been busy lifting and dividing their dahlia tubers for the sales table. I know there is going to be a great collection to choose from with most having pictures available to get ideas of what to plant.

Labour Weekend is the perfect time for planting and members will be on hand to answer questions and offer advice.

Other plants will also be for sale.

The last meeting held on October 15 was well attended and discussion took place re the Rose Show in November in conjunction with our group Christmas meal.

My how the year has flown when we are talking Christmas already.

The highlight of the night was the fun in choosing a dahlia to take home and add to the members’ collection. In fact 2 dahlias each, something for everyone.

We look forward to meeting members of the public at the Tuber Stall, on Saturday.

Love to have new members, so just talk to Alison Donald (our Secretary) who will be on site. She is a breath of fresh air and can help make your choices.

Good gardening everyone.

Ashburton Electronic Organ and Keyboard After Alan (A) had completed his usual easy listening play in, and John had dealt with the generalities, Bands in the park Nov third, practice days. Two visitors welcomed, and a new member who comes to us from our stint at the 50+ connection last Wednesday at the event

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centre, Margaret Drummond presented us with her line-up of the club’s talent, and did she go the extra mile. Or probably our club members did, and the result was a night of such varied talent from within. We all knew it was there, but the effort to seek out, carry out, and put into practice seemed to come out in Margaret’s programme, and made for a very entertaining evening.

We have such a variation of talent and enthusiasm within the club that it is only recently we have seen a change in the evenings where members are getting together and presenting us with a real mixed bag of items.

Irene has done sterling work in encouraging new and existing members to combine with her accordion playing, while others within the various groups have paired up or come together to show us what actually can be done.

This month, we had Irene, Karen (B) and Robin (accordion, piano and ukulele bass) previously Irene has paired up with Karen and Cushla.

Shirley, (accordion) Bernard (keyboard) and Colin on his banjolele.

Karen, Rose, Margaret (D) and Robin in a lovely vocal quartet with 2 ukuleles.

Rose and Audrey on piano. Just the ukuleles from the skiffle group.

Men’s singing group (down to 5 this time) Audrey spends a lot of her time with both this group and the combined singing group.

The above were the ingredients for a super night’s entertainment, but our guests Glenis and Barry Kirwan with guitars and vocals, were the icing on the cake.

They gave us two separate brackets of beautiful harmony, and songs that were so suited to their voices. Come again you two, I loved it.

The choice of music for the evening was so varied and no double ups at all. Gee there’s some nice songs around.

Thank you Margret, a job well done.

Thank you supper servers.

Ashburton Golf Club Young Matt Tait came home with a wet sail last Saturday, shooting a great nett 68 to pip Dylan Stoddart by two shots and pick up the DCL Cup, well done boys, it’s been a compelling three weeks.

It’s not often you shoot a nett 63 and come second, but that was Greg Fleming’s sob story from the weekend, his superb round was beaten on countback by Sam Clarke’s first ever level par round, shooting off a nine handicap. It must have been an easy course that we were playing.

I don’t think I got the memo that it was

supposed to be easy.

Sunday saw Captain Brucie lead a strong men’s team in the County stroke, he shot a wonderful nett 67 picking up the copper urn for best individual score, and helping the men get the team prize.

The overall Mayors Cup was retained by Mayfield.

Helen Rapsey was their top player, picking up the ladies copper urn.

Attention this Saturday turns to the RMF Silva cup with the finals series kicking off. The cut has been made, with the top 30 and ties, only scoring points from now on. The leader board points have been re-allocated with Matt Tait sitting on top with 30 and Arkright just scraping in with one.

This Saturday’s game is a team’s stableford mixed day. Teams of four, everyone scoring an individual card, with the best two scores on each hole counting for the team score. Note, later start time of 12 noon meet for 12.30 start.

The RMF finalists will be graded on their individual cards, with the best score in this bunch getting 15 points, second get 14, down to 15th place who gets 1 point, everyone below 15th or none player will get zero points.

These points will be added to the leader board and the bottom seven players will be cut, leaving the top 25 to move forward to the next round in two weeks’ time. I am sure it all makes perfect sense, but if in doubt, just play your best and let the score take care of itself.

Monday is Labour Day, another mixed golfing day. Individual stableford, playing for the Centennial Trophy, everyone welcome, 12 noon for 12.30 again.

Have a great long weekend, see you around the course. Good golfing

Ashburton U3A “Security and Diplomacy in the 21st Century” was the title of an address given to the Ashburton U3A by Professor Rouben Azizian on October 22. Professor Azizian is currently, Director of Defence and Security Studies at Massey University, Honorary Professor of New Zealand Defence Force Command and Staff College and Editor in Chief of the National Security Journal.

He was born in Armenia and before becoming a full time academic he had an extensive career in the Soviet, later Russian Foreign Service which took him to Nepal 1972-1978, Sri Lanka 1980-85 and New Zealand as Deputy Chief of Mission 1991-1994. Between leaving the Russian Foreign Service and accepting his position at Massey Professor Azizian taught at the Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies at Hololulu and the Dept.

of Political Studies at the University of Auckland. He has written several books and many journal articles on Asia-Pacific security issues.

His speech was dealt with in three parts: 1. National Security after March 15; 2. New international security and the role of diplomacy.

3. New Zealand and China and the diplomatic challenge.

Before March 15 the NZ security system lacked urgency. We were relatively isolated from areas of unrest and the general feeling was that we were a ‘safe’ country. The massacre altered that perception. NZ now had to look at the effectiveness of the intelligence services; inter agency coordination; issues of religious and cultural tolerance and integration; the challenges of cross party government. Externally aspects of social media, our relationships with Muslim nations and the role of allies and friends in our decision making, all required attention. Our security now had to be taken seriously to cope with and understand the complex security environment worldwide.

New Zealand is part of the Asia Pacific region as is China. Is China a friend or foe? Professor Azizian stressed retaining a balanced attitude toward China. It is our greatest trading partner, and Chinese tourists and students contribute much to our economy.

If NZ wished to be taken seriously when expressing concerns to another leader about what was possibly happening within that country, he stressed the importance of using diplomatic language.

Diplomacy was likely to gain a respectful response and some consideration of our views. An impulsive twitter would not win friends or influence people!

The Professor was shortly off to China to attend a workshop on the Pacific region.

His relaxed delivery, subtle humour and depth of knowledge of the area made for a stimulating and enlightening morning.

Central Friendship Club President Russell Small presided over 78 members. Mini speaker Clarrie Brake gave us his life story beginning in Christchurch. Following schooling his early work was tuning pipe organs including the Cathedral, moving on he eventually got into the building industry with various building firms, building many historical buildings in Christchurch and Ashburton.

He moved to Ashburton after marrying an Ashburton girl and set up his successful building and joinery business which his son carries on today.

Main speaker Ian Mackenzie recently elected to the board of ECan. shared his knowledge on all things to do with water. Also his concern with the proposed Government legislation which will not only bankrupt farmers but kill towns similar to Ashburton. A vote of thanks was accorded him by Murray Anderson.

The meeting concluded with the singing of the National Anthem.

Wakanui WI Thirteen members of the Wakanui WI met at the RDA Rooms and were welcomed by President Juliana Protheroe to the September meeting.

Motto for the month was – “Love is a flower that blooms in all seasons“ Display was a vase – members brought along a lovely display of vases including Waterford Crystal to birthday gifts and some that had been handed down through the family.

Reports were given regarding providing scones for the Friendship Group and members had acted as judges for the Netherby WI Home Industries Show.

WI Awareness Week was discussed and it was decided to circulate a flyer advertising WI and our meetings to all box holders on the No 7 Rural Delivery.

Guest speaker for the meeting was Pam Williams from Lakeway Nursery who delighted members with her selection of spring plants and shrubs. These are available at the Nursery and members were able to make purchases at the meeting as well. A most enjoyable afternoon.

Next meeting is a visit to Trotts Gardens on Wednesday October 23.

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Hinds Women’s Institute The September meeting of the Hinds WI was held at the Hinds Community Centre. It was also their annual Spring Flower Show and members rallied around and gathered their flowers and crafts to table a pleasing number of exhibits.

President Rosa opened the formal meeting with the Ode and Aspirations while the judges from the Netherby WI “did their judging”.

Sick members were remembered, correspondence and finance were dealt with, congratulations were extended to the birthday “girls” and to the Hinds team for being placed third in the recent Mid Canterbury Women’s Institute Indoor Bowling tournament, then minutes were read and reminders relayed regarding the coming Half Yearly at Rakaia, Hospital flowers and most importantly condolences extended to Lorraine. Rosa also delivered a poignant reading sent by our UK Link, the Marchwood WI – entitled “Why join the WI?” We were then told the reasons why. Incidentally, Marchwood had recently experienced their hottest day ever!

The flower show which catered for floral, craft and cooking skills was both colourful and well displayed. Over a welcome cup of tea and cakes our judges were thanked and presented with a gift.

The results are as follows: Rosa: Lowe Trophy for cut flowers and the McConnell Tray for the most Points; Valmai: Shoe Horn for Craft and the Elms Cup for Floral; Ruth: Ellis Tray for cooking; Elizabeth: thimble for Daffodils; Betty: Letter Rack for Novelty Items.

Lynnford Rural Women Members of the Lynnford Branch of Rural Women met at the Fire Museum at The Plains Museum in Tinwald on Thursday October 3 to view the new fire shed and all that it housed. Ian Moore and Allan Burgess spoke passionately about the fire engines housed and their history leading up to present day.

The first engine was pulled by horses with a pump to eject the water. This pump is still operational today. Next came open air trucks, which were very cold, for fire fighters to travel on. A fire unit from Mayfield went to the Wellington unit and after several years of service came back and is now at the Fire Museum. This truck can be hired for social events.

A very rare 1953 Dennis fire truck with turntable ladder is in the process of restoration. There is only one other model of this type in the world. The ladder can extend to 100ft high but is mainly extended to 55ft.

Present day fire fighters have five minutes to get ready. The first fire fighters get to the station in 3 1/2 minutes. Fire calls have increased from 100 a year to 400. So far this year there have been 380 calls. For the last 4 years Fire units have been called to medical events (55 a year), and motor accidents (60 a year). When an ambulance is not available and it’s a purple call (not breathing) the Fire Service will attend.

Ashburton Fire Brigade is struggling to recruit daytime members so on October 20 there is an open day at the Plains Fire Museum, for anybody interested in becoming a member.

Ian and Allan were thanked and a cheque was presented to Bill Hart. The visit finished with afternoon tea and a meeting.

Sympathy was extended to Adeline Brown on the passing of her husband Alan.

Congratulations were extended to Bev Bagrie for winning the Tarbotton Trophy for best branch Presidents Report.

Hinds Lions Catering went well with 44 meals served.

DRAWS ■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club October 26 Weekend Ladies LGU - report 8.15am for 8.45am Convenors S Bradford 0211590983/B Fechney 0211305366 October 29 Mid-Week Ladies LGU - report 9.00am for 9.30am Starters M Watson/D Hinton October 31 Nine Hole Men and Women - report 9.15am for 9.30am Stableford Secretary M Morgan 0279645380, Club Captain S Lemon 0274054910

Tinwald Golf Club October 29 Ladies Division Winter closing Marge Wilson Trophy Ambrose 9 Holes Ambrose

President Noel Lowe presents Angie Cresswell, the musical director of the Ashburton College choir, with an Appreciation Certificate for the choir’s performance.

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Ashburton Pakeke Lions Club There was a good attendance of members and invited guests at the October New Membership Supper Meeting of the Club, at Hotel Ashburton.

President Noel Lowe welcomed attendees and asked Lion Barry Bluet to introduce the College Phoenix Chorus who provided the entertainment for the evening.

Their programme included several pieces from Classical to Contemporary and Christmas songs, along with a piano duet, solo item, and a trio from their senior pupils. Their presentation of this music was superb and was very well received by an appreciative audience. Lion Jim Martin thanked Angela Cresswell and her choir and encouraged them to pursue music throughout their life.

The choir were presented with a Certificate of Appreciation and a cheque for $1000 to assist them on their forthcoming tour.

November 1 and 2 Ashburton AMP Show roistered to the Safety Village. Subject is safety around buses “20k either way” Whole of Region 2 involved with roster.

International Country of choice - Croatia.

The next meeting November 7 at 1.15pm at Kakariki Flowers, Tinwald. Members to bring “pennies” for friendship. (Note earlier time)

Plains Ladies Friendship Club Our October meeting was held one week earlier because of Labour Weekend.

After Jeanette welcomed members and birthdays etc were given, we stood for one minute silence in the passing of Marie Shea. If you shift address could you please let committee know.

The annual afternoon tea for over 89 years is being

Prize giving and dinner from 6pm. Please contact D. Lowe.

Report 9.00 for 9.30 start Starters J. Bruhns M. Colville Cards M. Kennedy M. Moore, Draw steward J. Bruhns Meeting at 9.15 in clubhouse.

RESULTS ■■ Golf Tinwald Golf Club October 22 Avondale v Tinwald Tinwald 31.4, Avondale 26.4 Mara Kennedy 37, Joan Undy 36, Barb Harris 36, Maree Moore 35, Maddy Smith 35 Ruth Cornwell Salver Mara Kennedy 72 9 Hole Competition Stablefored Shirley Young 21, Maureen Colville 19 Nearest the Pin: Murray Young Property Broker (2nd Shot) #2 Maureen Colville, Sims Bakery #6 Marion Oakley, Mac & Maggie #12 Joan Undy, Outdoor Adventure (2nd Shot) #16 Di Bell.

Following the entertainment President Noel opened the formal part of the meeting and asked for a minutes silence on the passing of two ex-members. Lion Arthur Pawsey read the apologies. Noel then introduced the invited guests and the Guest Speaker Past International Director Lion Ron Luxton.

Ron spoke of the work that Lions Clubs do internationally, outlining the history of Lions which was started by Melvin Jones in Chicago in 1917.

This work includes work with Vision, Diabetes, Hunger, Child Cancer and Environmental concerns. He stated that 9.1 million eye cataract operations have been performed through Lions Funding.

Ron was thanked by Lion Dave Bennett. Gwenda Hansen then gave a talk on the roles of members’ wives and partners in the activities of the

arranged again. Merril Dudley gave a profile of her life. Born in Timaru and went to school and worked in a solicitors office and then opened a pet shop.

Her and husband lived there until they moved to Ashburton in 2003. She has family in Timaru and Australia. Enjoys reading and watching TV. Walked the Milford Track at 40 and painted inside of a house in 3 weeks, her hobbies are gardening.

After morning tea our main speaker was Jeni Wiggins. She told us of her very interesting 6 months where she was employed as housekeeper on Cantaur Station in the outback of Queenland.

She was to look after the family where the wife had had a very bad accident and not able to do most things.

There was 5 adults to cook for, housework and look after Gail the wife. She drove to town shopping for 2 weeks supplies at a time and everywhere else also

Club, emphasising that the ladies are involved in all aspects of the club and enjoy the fellowship involved.

Gwenda was thanked by President Noel. Zone Chairman Lion Garth Bateup addressed the meeting on activities of the seven Clubs within the Mid Canterbury Zone and how it is one of the strongest zones in NZ. Clipboards were circulated for help with the sale of the Christmas Raffle; A&P Show; Dementia Street Appeal and Interclub visiting. Raffles were drawn and tail twister Lion Robert Spencer kept all amused while he extracted fines from members. President Noel closed the meeting and members and visitors enjoyed a lovely supper.

The next craft morning will be at Elizabeth Horrell’s home on Monday November 11 at 10am. All Welcome.

around the station.

A film has been made of Gail’s accident as it happened on the farm. It rained when she arrived and didn’t rain again while she was there. The cattle were brought back to the station when the grass grew again. She helped move cattle around and Gail was able to do computer work even having no use of either arms.

Also went and looked after the Grandmother for 2 weeks and had only 2 litres of water a day to work with. There was frogs in the toilet.

They had dingoes around the house and one night when she was on her own they came quite close but the lovely dog that was there kept them away. She showed slides of the very dry conditions that was over there. Jeanette thanked her and presented Jeni with a fruit tray.

The next meeting is November 25.

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Thursday, October 24, 2019

■■RUGBY LEAGUE

Four NZ test rookies to face Aussies NZME Four debutants including starting centre Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad will line up for the Kiwis in Friday night’s Oceania Cup test against the Kangaroos in Wollongong.

The 24-year-old Nicoll-Klokstad is one of four changes to the starting line-up used in the Kiwis’ 34-14 win over Mate Ma’a Tonga in June.

The Canberra fullback replaces the injured Esan Marsters while Jamayne Isaako comes in for captain Dallin Watene-Zeleniak (also injured) on the right wing.

Leeson Ah Mau starts in the front row for Jesse Bromwich, out with a foot injury, and veteran Adam Blair comes into loose forward for Isaac Liu (knee).

Aside from Nicoll-Klokstad, the other debutants are all on the bench, with forwards Zane Tetevano, Braden Hamlin-Uele and Corey Harawira-Naera.

They fill vacancies created by Ah Mau moving into the starting line-up plus Nelson Asofa-Solomona being suspended and James Fisher-Harris injured.

It’s a strong squad, but the pack has lost some firepower with the absence of the old-

er Bromwich, Asofa-Solomona and Liu. Along with Waerea-Hargreaves, Bromwich is the leader of the Kiwis pack while Asofa-Solomona provided a point of difference with his physical presence, ability to drag in multiple defenders and offload in traffic.

Blair’s test pedigree can’t be questioned but he had a poor 2019 season at the Warriors, dropped to reserve grade at one point, and will be targeted by the Australian pack.

Benji Marshall (34), playing just his second test since 2012, has been recalled as captain seven years after last filling the role

against the Kangaroos in Townsville.

This will be his 20th match as captain, taking him ahead of Gary Freeman for the record for the most tests as Kiwi captain.

Blair also has a milestone in sight despite not being originally selected.

He was called up as a replacement for the World Cup 9s last week, going on to play in the final.

His appearance on Friday night takes him to 49 tests with the chance of becoming just the second New Zealander to play 50 tests in Saturday week’s first test against the touring Great Britain Lions.

Lonely life of coach Hansen

By Gregor Paul The four teams to have survived this far at the World Cup are vastly different in playing style, vision and philosophy.

Yet they are united in that they are all respectively governed by a head coach with a huge presence and a PhD in setting an agenda.

If this World Cup has taught us anything, it is surely that coaching now is all about the cult of personality and that when New Zealand Rugby’s board come to appoint a new All Blacks head coach before the end of the year, they can’t lose sight of that.

A job that was once about organising 15 blokes to run in the same direction has morphed into something entirely different in a professional age of mass media coverage, sponsor influence and free labour markets that have led to the global dissemination of rugby intelligence.

The head coaching role is no longer the domain of the technical and tactical mastermind, operating in the shadows of the training ground, clad in tracksuit and commanding those around him with shrill blasts of the whistle.

A head coach is now a figurehead, a statesman, a near-genius in the art of psychological warfare. A head coach these days has to understand the difference between tactics and strategy and be conscious that they are employed to win wars, not battles.

They have to be an arch manipulator of referees, players and the media and while they don’t need to be academically smart, they have to be street smart.

It is an exposed and lonely place. And perhaps it’s no surprise that the last four teams standing are coached by men who have developed bigger profiles than most of the players.

Steve Hansen, Eddie Jones, Warren Gatland and Rassie Erasmus are the big four – the men who see that a press conference is not a chore, but an opportunity to destabilise their opposition and potentially impact their preparation and performance.

Hinds take fours title at Methven Taking part in a big day out on the greens at the Methven Bowling Club on Sunday was Alistair Mackenzie. The big prize on offer was the Edna Low Fours title and this year it went to a team from the Hinds Bowling Club – Jock Moore (skip), Cecil Tubb, Mike Grice and Alan Johnson. Fours from the Hampstead Bowling Club occupied the other two podium spots.

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What happens if there’s extra time?

NZME The spectre of New Zealand’s painful Cricket World Cup disappointment has returned as the All Blacks prepare for their Rugby World Cup semi-final against England; do Steve Hansen’s men know the rules in the event of a tied game? Yes, is the short answer.

It’s unlikely, but it could come down to a kicking competition in Yokohama on Saturday. Would that be fairer than what happened during the cricket final between the Black Caps and England at Lord’s in July? Most would

say yes, including the ICC, who have since changed the rule.

To recap, and at the risk of reopening old wounds, England won on a boundary countback 26-19 after the super over was tied after both sides scored 241 runs each.

Under the new protocols the super overs keep coming until there’s a winner.

In the event of a draw in a Rugby World Cup knockout match, 20 minutes of extra time is played, then an extra 10 minutes of sudden death (first points win), and, failing that, it goes to a kicking competition – five players from each team (who were on field at

final whistle) and then sudden death after that if they still can’t be separated.

Assuming Richie Mo’unga, Beauden Barrett, Jordie Barrett and TJ Perenara are on the field at the end, they will be candidates with the tee. George Bridge could possibly have a crack. And then it could go to the forwards.

“Look, I think it’s unlikely it will be decided by that,” coach Steve Hansen said. “Have we prepared for it? Yes would be the answer to that question – you’d be foolish if you didn’t prepare for it – but I’d be highly surprised that, after 80 minutes, and an extra 10 min-

utes each way and then an extra 10 minutes … someone hasn’t scored some points. But funnier things have happened haven’t they?”

Told that’s probably what the cricketers assumed too, Hansen said: “That’s right, but I don’t think they got the cricket one right, really.”

Sam Whitelock said: “I can’t say I’ve thought about it much this week until you brought it up then. It was pretty humbling to talk to some of the cricket boys afterwards; how their mindset was after obviously a pretty close loss.”

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Thursday, October 24, 2019

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■■LONGBEACH COASTAL CHALLENGE

Ditch the training for adventure

By Rachael Rickard

W

ith just five weeks left until the Ruralco Longbeach Coastal Challenge, now is the time to round up the extended family, gather up your friends, load the kids’ bikes on the bike rack and get outdoors for some adventures – which is way more fun than just calling it “training”.

I suppose that it is true for others too, that not every day does one wake up with great enthusiasm and reckless abandon for life. Admittedly the days we do are amazing, feeling refreshed after a great sleep, you have great clarity about the day and what you need to achieve. However, on the days one wakes up a little lacklustre, this is the time to dig deep and find the motivation and to act better than we feel. Action is more important than fact. And adventures are more fun than training.

So, on the lacklustre days just put on the helmet, lace up those running or walking shoes and head out for an adventure – and most often the mind will catch up with the body.

The penultimate adventure is of course on Sunday, November 24 – whether you are running, walking or mountain biking – and the Ruralco Longbeach Challenge Coastal committee looks forward to seeing you on the start line. There are plenty of race distances to choose from and all children’s entries go in the draw to win a youth mountain bike thanks to Big Al’s in Methven.

Lead by example and if you

haven’t already registered for an event, then do so today at www. longbeachcoastalchallenge.com/ enter. Remember this is a charity event and all profits raised are 100 per cent returned to our community.

For those of you following the training programmes it’s an easy week for 35km mountain bikers, 12km and 21km runners. Here’s what the adventures are at five weeks to go: Week Five (training summary, courtesy of Team CP – 35km mountain bike - four

sessions made up of: 1 x 70 min cycle; 1 x strength circuit; 2 x 75 min hard rides, 1 x 60 min moderate ride.

12km run – four sessions made up of: 1 x 35 min steady run, 1 x strength or circuit session, 1 x 60 min group run, 1 x 60 min steady run.

21km run – five sessions made up of: 1 x 35 min steady run, 1 x strength or circuit session, 1 x 60 min group run, 1 x 45 min steady run.

All other days are rest days. It is advised that you finish with five minutes of stretching, going through your main muscle groups, or use a foam roller to roll your muscles out. This will help your recovery.

For those of you aiming for the 5km run or walk there are some great apps available to help you start from zero and build up to the 5km distance.

For those starting out with mountain biking, and aiming for the 12km event, why not get in touch with the Mid Canterbury

Mountain Bike Club and check out the trails along the Ashburton River.

All the best this week, see you out there, RR. Rachael Rickard is the marketing and publicity co-ordinator for the 2019 Ruralco Longbeach Coastal Challenge. She is currently training for the Queenstown Half Marathon and will be trying hard not to get beaten by her 6 & 7-year-olds in the 5km at the Longbeach Coastal Challenge.

Watson: I never bought into ABs’ aura NZME Anthony Watson was on holiday in Fiji when he bumped into his assailant. It brought back memories of the Lions test where an All Black turned his lights out with a red-card tackle. But Watson was not spooked by New Zealand two years ago and has no fear of them now.

Sonny Bill Williams was the tackler in Wellington in a second test the Lions won 24-21 en route to a series draw. Williams, who was banned for four weeks for smashing into Watson’s head with his shoulder, is in the New Zealand squad who face England on Saturday.

“Yeah, it was completely random,” Watson says of the unscheduled Fiji reunion a fortnight after the series finished.

“Everyone was cracking up in the hotel, but we were just sat there as if nothing had happened.

I know it was a massive swing of momentum in terms of the test and the impact it had, but I didn’t see it as the big deal that was made out – that there was a massive drama, and that we were go-

ing to hate each other for the rest of our lives, or anything like that.

We just talked about all kinds of stuff; about rugby and about his family and stuff like that. It was just a general conversation – we didn’t talk about the tackle.”

Watson, who played superbly against Australia in Oita, is no more perturbed by meeting New Zealand in a World Cup semi-final than he was Williams on his holiday. The 2017 Lions tour showed the world champions of 2011 and 2015 to be mortal and Watson has not forgotten the lesson.

He says the Lions drawing in New Zealand still has relevance: “As an experience, 100 per cent.

But for me it doesn’t change the mindset. I believe I had that mindset before: that they were beatable. The boys came close to beating them in November.

“I was never too fazed by the whole mystique of the All Blacks.

I respect the prolonged success they’ve had as a team, but the whole aura that surrounds them and the invincible stuff – I never bought into that. They are rugby players and we’re rugby players.

We work very hard and they work

England’s Anthony Watson

very hard. They are definitely beatable.”

England’s confidence has been raised by the quarter-final win against Australia and the psychological fortitude on display in Oita.

Watson says: “I think the mental part of the game is definitely massive. We will not let the occasion of the game dictate anything to us. I thought we did that very well last weekend and that was managed by our leaders like Owen [Farrell], Maro [Itoje] and Mako [Vunipola].

Guys like that were on it all week

and it will be the same again this week.”

Watson’s impressive form carries him into a confrontation with New Zealand’s finest wingers. He says: “Sevu Reece was the first person I played against on that New Zealand tour. I think he played for the Provincial Barbarians. I remember thinking he was a class player. He had good feet and was very strong. He’s definitely a good player and it’s the same with George Bridge. You saw those tries he scored against Tonga. Give either of those two too much space

and they can cause difficulties for you. We’ll have to be defensively aware of the threats they pose.”

New Zealand present a significantly different challenge to the Wallabies. “The attack will be more varied, potentially, they will use their kicking game a bit more than Australia perhaps did on Saturday,” Watson says.

“Defensively, in terms of how they throw the ball around in different areas of the pitch, it is kind of similar, so we will have to be on the money in that regard. But there’s opportunities for us as well, going forward. We’ve looked at that so far and we will continue to do that and implement a few things.”

Staying in Tokyo’s Disneyland appeals to Jonathan Joseph but not his good friend Watson, who says: “I don’t know, it’s a weird one. I am not a big fan of Disney. A few boys are – Jonathan Joseph is a massive fan. Loves Frozen – and what’s the other one as well? Any kind of musical. I promise you, I’m not even lying, I swear. He listens to it in his car.”

They will all be back in a very grown-up world on Saturday.

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Thursday, October 24, 2019

■■BASKETBALL

Raptors receive biggest rings ever AP

Softball season starts up Lining up a shot on the opening day of the Mid Canterbury Softball season on Saturday was Jemma Taylor from Fairfield.

Fairfield took on Demons Renegades in round one in the senior mixed grade at Argyle Park, while Demons Rebels took on the Hampstead Heat, and Hampstead Inferno started the season with the bye.

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The Toronto Raptors received the biggest championship rings in NBA history and unfurled a banner celebrating their victory in a ceremony before their season opener against the New Orleans Pelicans.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver was on hand Tuesday night to honor the Raptors, who won the first title in team history with a six-game triumph over the Golden State Warriors last June.

The rings each contain more than 650 diamonds, as well as 16 rubies representing the number of playoff victories required to win the title. On the face of the ring, diamonds form the Toronto skyline above the word North spelled out in diamonds inside a golden chevron.

Afer the rings were handed out, five-time All-Star guard Kyle Lowry thanked fans for their support, then gathered his teammates around him before leading a countdown to reveal the black, red and gold championship banner hanging above the home bench.

The Raptors lost NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard to the Los Angeles Clippers in free agency.

During ring presentations for the Raptors’ staff, fans cheered loudly for Alex McKechnie. Toronto’s Director of Sport Science was credited with creating the load management schedule that helped keep Leonard healthy during his lone season north of the border.

Woodville gallops Today at Woodville Raceway

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4 x70x2 Ampuis h (17) 56.5 5 3 Bloodwood (9) 56.5............................L Hemi 6 084 Midnight Spark (19) 56.5.................S McKay 7 66437 Thatz Daisy (10) 56.5.....................D Bradley 8 520x9 Threadtheneedle (18) 56.5 9 555x Jenever (14) 56.5...............................R Elliot 10 076x5 Super Girl (4) 56.5.......................... J Parkes 11 Devin (20) 56.5................................R Myers 12 5245x Springsteen (16) 56.........................S Collett 13 2 Vamos Bebe b (11) 54 14 85 Queen Kamada (13) 54................... M Singh 15 Colyton Sky (1) 54 16 Red Rufus (7) 56 17 Whatayareckon (15) 56.5 18 0 Sigourney Heights (6) 54 19 0x9 Ruie’s Crumpet (2) 56.5 20 2 Can I Get An Amen (12) 54 Emergencies: Colyton Sky, Red Rufus, Whatayareckon, Sigourney Heights, Ruie’s Crumpet, Can I Get An Amen 9 4.42pm JUSTIN RIVERS MEMORIAL 1200 $11,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1200m 1 341x2 Weaponry (13) 61 2 58x24 Vinnie’s Volley t (6) 59..................... J Parkes 3 19304 Brother One dm (7) 58.5 4 x06x1 Stumpy d (8) 57.5........................ C Johnson 5 0100x Magico td (4) 57.............................L Allpress 6 438x8 What A Smasher td (9) 57............... M Singh 7 4447x Maria Dior d (5) 56.5.................. D Hirini (a1) 8 2x273 Meteoric Lass d (3) 56.5................M McNab 9 518x7 Carillion dm (2) 56...............S Weatherley (a) 10 15x1 Coventina Bay dm (10) 55.5............R Myers 11 0349x Regal Rock (11) 55.5.......................S Collett 12 3147x Edwardian Lady (1) 55............ T Taiaroa (a4) 13 x180x Here We Go d (12) 55....................D Bradley 10 5.17pm STABLE BOOKS SUPPORTING CD RACING MAIDEN 1100 $10,000, MDN 3YO, 1100m 1 432 Magness 57.5............................... Scratched 2 823x6 Free To Shine (12) 57.5................ R Hannam 3 34 Ifndoubtgetout (8) 57.5................ Z Moki (a2) 4 Ginger Too (2) 57.5 5 Lightning Field (1) 57.5 6 Streak Of Power (9) 57.5................. M Singh 7 Against All Odds (7) 57.5...................R Elliot

8 7x Tormund (6) 57.5........................ D Hirini (a1) 9 7x2 Transitory (10) 55.5........................L Allpress 10 43 Imaready (11) 55.5 11 Accalia 55.5.................................. Scratched 12 Kaitlin Rose (3) 55.5................. R Goldsbury 13 Qiji Olympia (5) 55.5 14 7 Vancooga (4) 55.5............................S Collett

11 5.55pm MURRAY CONTRACTORS MAIDEN 2100 $10,000, MDN, 2100m 1 22432 Greystone (11) 58.5.........................D Turner 2 92444 Double Act (1) 58.5......................... J Parkes 3 4752 Dundee Street (5) 58.5....................J Riddell 4 03089 Jonny Russ (9) 58.5......................... M Singh 5 8x940 Galapagos (6) 58.5............................L Hemi 6 79686 Makoura Lodge (13) 58.5 7 0x653 Antipodes (3) 56.5............................R Myers 8 0x920 Maipe (2) 56.5.................................S McKay 9 0x095 Teapot (7) 56.5.................................S Collett 10 57 Caption (10) 56.5................S Weatherley (a) 11 Cyndy Wink (12) 56.5................... R Hannam 12 0x Mi Jakky (4) 56.5 13 0x089 Paris Couture (14) 56.5.......... H Andrew (a1) 14 00 Uellemaree (8) 56.5..................... C Johnson Blinkers on: Ivan Kane (R1), Zed Leppelin (R3), I’m Not Joking, Ocean Star (R4), Aquila Star, Lady Godiva (R5), Ifndoubtgetout (R10), Mi Jakky (R11) Blinkers off: Out To Impress (R2), Post Graduate (R4), Manhattan Girl (R6), Beltoy (R7), Ruie’s Crumpet (R8), Edwardian Lady (R9) Winkers on: Fiddyafortnight (R5), Molizlad (R6), Edwardian Lady (R9) Pacifiers off: Ivan Kane (R1) SELECTIONS Race 1: Ivan Kane, Uniquebotique, Veuve Clicquot, Aratoka Race 2: Overstayer, Password, Out To Impress, Great North Road Race 3: Tuigirl, Shebringsmerubies, Uncle Bro, Lincoln Star Race 4: Fearless, Callyrose, Meila Rei, Magic Incanto Race 5: Sig Positano, Aquila Star, Fiddyafortnight, River Rising Race 6: Hierarchy, Semper Magico, Unbroken, Nudge Bar Race 7: Ristretto, Lady Rudolph, Good Luck Charm, Happy Tav Race 8: Vamos Bebe, Bloodwood, Ampuis, Springsteen Race 9: Coventina Bay, Weaponry, Vinnie’s Volley, Stumpy Race 10: Ginger Too, Imaready, Lightning Field, Qiji Olympia Race 11: Dundee Street, Double Act, Antipodes, Teapot

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Thursday, October 24, 2019

Ashburton Guardian 19

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Fawcett confident grey can step up Matamata trainer Kylie Fawcett is pleased with last start Listed Matamata Cup (1600m) winner Polly Grey and believes the fiveyear-old can take the next step up in Saturday’s Gr.3 Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors Thompson Handicap (1600m) at Trentham.

The daughter of Azamour, who is adept on rain-affected going, has won her past three starts and

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Fawcett is keen to add some more black-type to her resume.

She carries 53 kilos in a field of eight headed by hardy Group Three winner Dolcetto.

“At this stage she is definitely on track for Trentham. I was very happy with her gallop on Tuesday morning,” Fawcett said.

“I’m hoping the track will come back a point or two from the cur-

rent Heavy11. I’d prefer to run her in that slower range.

“But it is really just about having a trip away, as she hasn’t had a trip away over night before. That is something new for the both of us and will hold her in good stead for next preparation.”

With three race meetings programmed for Saturday, riders will be in short supply across Ellerslie,

Trentham and Riccarton, leading Fawcett to engage Japanese jockey Ryoya Kozaki for Polly Grey and stablemate Ricky Baker, which will contest the Harrisons Carpet Premier Rating 72 Benchmark (1600m).

“Wayne Hillis brought him over from Japan and he has previously done a stint with Chris Waller,” Fawcett said

“He has ridden over 100 winners on the JRA circuit in Japan, including a Group Three, so he is more than capable.

“He has been riding one a morning for me and he sits really nicely on the horses. I was really struggling to get a jockey and he was going to go to Ellerslie and I managed to convince him to come to Trentham.”

Oamaru harness Today at Oamaru Racecourse

Oamaru Harness Racing Club Inc Venue: Oamaru Racecourse Meeting Date: 24 Oct 2019 NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 3.10pm DAVID OVENS BUILDER TROT $7500, nonwinners 3yo+, stand, 2600m 1 78233 Mono Gamble (1) fr.......................T Williams 2 Crazy N Love (2) fr....................... B Hope (J) 3 86005 Maranatha Atlas (3) fr......................... R May 4 Susies Way (4) fr.........................R McIlwrick 5 0754x Ken’s Dream (5) fr............................L Dobbs 6 00600 Goose Healy (6) fr...........................T Chmiel 7 00946 Pastrana (7) fr..................................J W Cox 8 80457 Aveross Majesty (U1) fr................... A Faulks 9 780 Just Another Legend (U2) fr.... J Morrison (J) 10 Quick N Brite (U3) fr......................M Heenan 11 09x Same (U4) fr..................................... J Smith 2 3.39pm SOUTHERN WINES MOBILE PACE $7500, non-winners mr40 to mr46., mobile, 2000m 1 08x00 Melody Pond (1) fr........................ B Hope (J) 2 8x768 Fraud (2) fr.......................................... R May 3 0x475 Sefton Hooligan (3) fr..................... B Barclay 4 90947 Top Pocket Chance (4) fr.....................K Butt 5 5x953 With The Stars (5) fr................. M Williamson 6 08098 Comfortably Numb (6) fr............M Anderson 7 80768 Kingsdown Atom (7) fr................R McIlwrick

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Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club at Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 24 Oct 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 3.26pm (NZT) ISLINGTON TAVERN DASH C3, 295m 1 16221 Dyna Quark 17.52.........................C Roberts 2 11111 Bolty 16.87......................................D J Lane 3 43473 Cash A Roo 17.27 S &.....................B Evans 4 26118 Reign Of Fire 17.36....................J McInerney 5 52345 Ezra Blueblood 17.33.................J McInerney 6 67637 Opawa Jumper 17.15.......................R Wales 7 21878 Know Cause 17.29..........................G Cleeve 8 45532 Little Krakatoa 17.24.................. A Bradshaw 9 87656 Cawbourne Cruz 17.57.................D Roberts 10 16586 Golden Bay 17.13 J M..................... McCook 2 3.50pm DURASTEEL STRUCTURES PH 033796195 SPRINT C3/4, 295m 1 41532 Billy Frost 17.37............................... M Grant 2 47x73 Nangar Warrior 17.01..........................C Weir 3 77451 Nelso Allen 16.89..........................C Roberts 4 32162 Fidgety Feet 17.21...............................A Lee 5 61466 Mitcham Reado 17.24................J McInerney 6 8x887 Black Rounder 17.22.........................J Dunn 7 46311 Opawa Vinny 17.23 J &....................D Fahey 8 76528 Ketchikan Kim 17.25..........................J Dunn 9 78846 Lisa’s Boy 17.24...............................R Casey 10 15858 Goldstar Spotty 17.31 S &...............B Evans 3 4.20pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH C3, 295m 1 11153 Starr Blueblood 17.61................J McInerney

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Waikato Greyhound Racing Club Venue Cambridge Raceway Meeting Date: 24 Oct 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 12.04pm (NZT) FARMLANDS COPRICE SERIES FINAL C0f, 375m 1 35362 Smash Burton nwtd R &......................L Udy 2 6422 Shaynee nwtd.................................C Henley 3 37235 Xena Poppy nwtd R &..........................L Udy 4 754F4 Master Brady nwtd...........................S Codlin 5 7456F Sleek Mover nwtd............................ S O’Neill 6 65637 Donny nwtd U &.................................Cottam 7 Black Bridge nwtd............................R Roper 8 73 Bailey And Cream nwtd R &................L Udy 2 12.21pm GARRARDS HORSE & HOUND SERIES FINAL C1f, 457m 1 54555 Smoochie 25.85......................... A Lawrence 2 42724 Jinja Babe nwtd..................................E Potts 3 55452 Jinja Twist nwtd W &.........................T Steele 4 233F1 Little Teegs 25.83....................... A Lawrence 5 87487 Wairoa Angel 26.05..................... M Prangley 6 63414 Mrs. Presley nwtd............................ S O’Neill 7 34842 Looby’s Story nwtd..................... A Lawrence 8 4F443 Afridi nwtd W &................................T Steele 9 44856 Stellar Babe nwtd...........................P Cleaver 10 x8585 Hua Hua nwtd...............................R McPhee 3 12.39pm MELBOURNE CUP DAY@THE CLUBHOUSE

8 08867 Onedin Smiler (8) fr......................... G Shand 9 89x89 Franco Hatton (9) fr......................T McMillan 10 39098 Iron Woman (21) fr.................. J Morrison (J) 11 07x0x Kath’s Finale (22) fr...........................R Close 12 0000 Changeover Jo (23) fr.....................T Chmiel 13 7660x Shadow Dancer (24) fr............. L McCormick 3 4.09pm MORRISONS SADDLERY & FEED MOBILE PACE $7500, non-winners 3yo+ mr47 to mr50., 2000m 1 0 Mocha (1) fr.............................. C D Thornley 2 0 Mongolian Conqueror (2) fr...............P Court 3 64x55 Rockntommy Rulz (3) fr............... B Hope (J) 4 4 Pink Flamingo Run (4) fr................B Orange 5 0932 Pay Me Smart (5) fr...........................R Close 6 3 Diamond Party (6) fr...............A Cameron (J) 7 93 Calypso Rock (7) fr........................A Stewart 8 757 Fine By Me (8) fr................................. R May 9 64 Yuko (9) fr..........................................S Ottley 10 Wicked Witch (21) fr................. L McCormick 11 0 Albasini (U1) fr...........................M Anderson 4 4.34pm PGG WRIGHTSON PACE $7500, non-winners, stand, 2600m 1 407x4 Social Media (1) fr........................T McMillan 2 00 Sparkling Annie (2) fr........................S Ottley 3 35500 Jacks Anne (3) fr...................... C D Thornley 4 66076 Gottagettabeer (4) fr........................... R May 5 37x53 Shesheartandsole (5) fr..................T Chmiel

6 Missmollygoodgolly (6) fr......... L McCormick 7 76050 Hurrania Three (7) fr....................C DeFilippi 8 645 Rockngoodtime (8) fr..................... B Barclay 9 68x00 President Pat (9) fr..........................N Burton 10 50966 Maldito (10) fr........................... M Williamson 11 054x5 Panda Girl (11) fr......................... B Hope (J) 12 89826 Loissonya (12) fr............................B Orange 13 0x862 Darryl Kerrigan (U1) fr....................L O’Reilly 5 4.59 ONE SMART COFFEE MOBILE PACE $8000, r40-r50., mobile, 2600m 1 0496x Futura Easton (1) fr...........................R Close 2 50072 Vigoroso (2) fr................................B Orange 3 22239 Glacier Coaster fr.......................... Scratched 4 x8886 Man I’m Good (3) fr............................. A Kyle 5 94870 Bakari (4) fr................................M Anderson 6 79085 Jetenara (5) fr......................... J Morrison (J) 7 59200 Eastwood Isabella (6) fr................T Williams 8 7834x The Go To Man (7) fr........................J W Cox 9 0x477 Magic Blaze (8) fr..................... L McCormick 10 48666 Bound To Impress (U1) fr..............J Versteeg 11 74x00 Simply Dreaming (U2) fr................. M Purvis 6 5.24 PICK & SHOVEL WINE MOBILE PACE $8000, 3yo+ f&m r40-r50,r51-r55 w/c., mobile, 2000m 1 x7030 Senorita Margarita (1) fr............B Williamson 2 7x844 Betstars Blue Jean (2) fr..................J W Cox 3 0x398 With The Band (3) fr.......................L O’Reilly

4 29582 Delightful Tanner (4) fr..........................K Cox 5 x6099 Sister’s Delight (5) fr............................ R May 6 75059 Melt Down (6) fr...................... J Morrison (J) 7 17 Chevron Flies (7) fr........................B Orange 8 306x2 Anne Bonney (8) fr......................... B Barclay 9 84010 Silent Rapture (9) fr......................C DeFilippi 10 27160 Immortal Change (21) fr....................S Ottley 7 5.50 FAT SALLY’S PUB RESTAURANT JUNIOR DRIVERS TROT $8000, 4yo+ r40-r55 jun.d, stand, 2600m 1 34774 Ayutthaya (1) fr........................... L McKay (J) 2 x45x8 Fanny Hill (2) fr........................... C Purvis (J) 3 x7290 Stellar Success (3) fr............... J Morrison (J) 4 0310x Call Me Trouble (4) fr...............S Thornley (J) 5 1x070 Deborahs Gem (5) fr.................. R Heads (J) 6 84439 Don’t Look Back (6) fr................M Hurrell (J) 7 90x00 One Over Dover (7) fr...........K Tomlinson (J) 8 75809 Muscle Pat (8) fr..................... G Thornley (J) 9 136x Baxter (9) fr.................................. B Hope (J) 10 20x33 Phoebe Onyx (10) fr................K Newman (J) 11 96441 Zoned Scarlett (11) fr............S Tomlinson (J) 12 7306x Gorilla Playboy (U1) fr.............. S O’Reilly (J) 13 03833 Rydgemont Son (U2) fr..........B Laughton (J) 14 04501 DD’s Super Stuart (U3) fr...........E Barron (J) 8 6.15 AIRPARK CANTERBURY MOBILE PACE $8500, 3yo+ r51-r60,r61-r63 w/c., mobile, 2600m 1 00x00 Phoenix Arizona (1) fr.....................T Chmiel

2 19x00 Shot In The Dark (2) fr.................... A Faulks 3 x1045 Portalegre (3) fr.............................T Williams 4 5282x Donegal Gilbert (4) fr.......................... R May 5 271 Alta Endeavour (5) fr................ S O’Reilly (J) 6 x9246 Mr Midnight (6) fr.......................B Williamson 7 85389 Sounds Lika Gem (7) fr..................L O’Reilly 8 69605 Four Starzzz Shiraz (8) fr K Tomlinson (J,.Cl) 9 17061 He’s A Ladies Man (9) fr R Heads (J,.......Cl) 9 6.41pm BOOK NOW CHRISTMAS AT THE RACES PACE $8000, 3yo+ r51-r60, stand, 2600m 1 58145 Pocket Watch (1) fr.........................B Orange 2 78455 Shadow Minister (2) fr....................L O’Reilly 3 9x140 The Governor (3) fr....................M Hurrell (J) 4 82322 Overarm (4) fr.................................T Chmiel 5 500x4 Rockin Rod (5) fr...................... M Williamson 6 25x04 Glenledi Bandit (6) fr..................M Anderson 7 77098 Pocket Call (7) fr..............................L Dobbs 8 42900 Donegal Carrickfin (8) fr........... C D Thornley 9 21280 Standout (9) fr......................... J Morrison (J) 10 3x413 Iknow (10) fr......................................... J Hay 11 29336 King Of Heroes (11) fr..................C DeFilippi 12 470x0 Nui Ba Den (12) fr.............................R Close LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

9 6.51pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES C3, 520m

7 28111 Super Over Drama 17.12 S &..........B Evans 8 41524 Platinum Marshal 17.00................C Roberts 9 21155 Versailles 17.07..................................J Dunn 10 66711 Disobedience 17.19 S &..................B Evans 12 7.49pm PROTEXIN DASH C3/4, 295m 1 87821 Forehand Raid 17.19.........................J Dunn 2 77163 Dyna Elliot 17.31...........................C Roberts 3 68357 Inside Affair 17.16..............................J Dunn 4 88735 Nippa Martino 17.22..................J McInerney 5 36188 Amuri George 17.33...................J McInerney 6 34224 Fickle Mistress 17.36 H &....................Taylor 7 32121 Smash Over 17.32........................... M Grant 8 12787 Raptor Attack 17.18................... A Bradshaw 9 78846 Lisa’s Boy 17.24...............................R Casey 10 16586 Golden Bay 17.13 J M..................... McCook SELECTIONS

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway 2 15651 Goldstar Avalon 17.31 S &...............B Evans 3 62432 Know Hassle 17.29.........................G Cleeve 4 71158 Ohoka Lacey 17.47....................... L Waretini 5 24165 Amuri Liv 17.28..........................J McInerney 6 31162 Lightning Crash 17.14 H &...................Taylor 7 53821 Smash Calling 17.34........................ M Grant 8 65474 Dyna Lenny 17.17.........................C Roberts 9 87656 Cawbourne Cruz 17.57.................D Roberts 10 88864 Blazing Banjo nwtd....................J McInerney 4 4.44pm FLAIR SPRINT C3/4, 295m 1 57F23 Man Of Letters 17.38...........................A Lee 2 14868 Princely Gold 17.15....................J McInerney 3 13735 Taieri Terra 17.34.............................R Casey 4 42465 Shaw Lee 17.10 J M........................ McCook 5 27347 Loco Lola 17.18.........................A Bradshaw 6 77547 Smash Grenade 17.38..................... M Grant 7 32374 Neelix 17.29.......................................J Dunn 8 52133 Ring Clown 17.19............................. M Grant 9 78846 Lisa’s Boy 17.24...............................R Casey 10 87656 Cawbourne Cruz 17.57.................D Roberts 5 5.09pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK SPRINT C5, 295m 1 48114 Smash Wild 17.07............................ M Grant 2 85717 Memoir 17.39 H &................................Taylor 3 24632 Dahteste 17.24.....................................A Lee 4 16377 Treville 17.27......................................J Dunn 5 Box Vacant.................................... Scratched 6 11721 Pita Ramos 17.14..............................J Dunn 7 66711 Disobedience 17.19 S &..................B Evans 8 24176 Mohican Run 17.13.................... A Bradshaw 6 5.34 AMBER CLEANING SERVICES SPRINT C3, 295m

1 44215 Know Sweat 17.26..........................G Cleeve 2 24325 Enchantee 17.51................................J Dunn 3 75718 Come A Guster 17.30...................... M Grant 4 58573 Kalonga 17.36 S &...........................B Evans 5 31342 Sozin’s Empire 17.56.................J McInerney 6 17713 Homebush Sayer 17.54.............J McInerney 7 27465 Jax Jewel 17.37............................D Roberts 8 76834 Chitina Tin 17.15..................................A Lee 9 87656 Cawbourne Cruz 17.57.................D Roberts 10 15858 Goldstar Spotty 17.31 S &...............B Evans 7 6.01 ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH STKS C2, 520m 1 x5448 Spring Mechanic 29.96 J &..............D Fahey 2 441x7 Oster Bale nwtd............................C Roberts 3 74245 Goldstar Whitey 30.35 S &...............B Evans 4 77143 Our Anna 30.38................................R Wales 5 82677 Opawa Mason 30.29........................R Wales 6 71874 Opawa Al 30.53...............................R Wales 7 44482 Goldstar Alaska 31.07 S &...............B Evans 8 26732 Neptune Allen 30.51.....................C Roberts 9 34x76 Classy Witch 30.29.........................G Cleeve 8 6.25 SPECTATOR’S BAR & BISTRO DASH C5, 295m 1 55621 Culvie Ness 17.31 H &.........................Taylor 2 58266 Wildebeest 17.20....................... A Bradshaw 3 34435 Colbert 17.25.....................................J Dunn 4 32772 Platinum Paisley 17.08.......................J Dunn 5 53613 Ohoka Clare 17.17........................ L Waretini 6 21155 Versailles 17.07..................................J Dunn 7 36327 Busy Rocca 17.29............................ M Grant 8 62186 Hear This 17.30................................ M Grant

1 31122 Dyna Xarvel 30.54........................C Roberts 2 332F2 Know Denying 30.37.......................G Cleeve 3 32263 Opawa Sweet 30.23.........................R Wales 4 57654 Bashful Buffy 30.55....................J McInerney 5 55353 Go Glow 30.07 J &...........................D Fahey 6 Px884 Goldstar Ashton 30.35 S &..............B Evans 7 25513 Orina Allen 30.44..........................C Roberts 8 62854 Our Jolene 30.32.............................R Wales 9 66461 Know Equal 30.45...........................G Cleeve 10 32747 Opawa Silver 30.55..........................R Wales 10 7.16 CHRISTCHURCH CASINO NZ GREYHOUND CUP PRELUDE C5, 520m 1 41645 Opawa May 30.21............................R Wales 2 55135 Egomaniacal 30.08.......................D Roberts 3 11145 Opawa Deal 30.16 J &.....................D Fahey 4 85147 Bahama Queen 30.17........................J Dunn 5 62362 Know Refusal 30.35........................G Cleeve 6 11311 Start The Show 30.02....................R Adcock 7 32212 Dyna Dave 29.67..........................C Roberts 8 45523 Dyna Varsity 30.17........................C Roberts 9 17281 Know Threat 30.21..........................G Cleeve 11 7.32pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR GALAXY PRELUDE C5, 295m 1 22124 Hankenstein 17.19..................... A Bradshaw 2 32218 Beck Eleven 17.09........................ L Waretini 3 22143 Fleur Dior 17.27.................................J Dunn 4 31111 Mustang Tully nwtd..............................C Weir 5 53212 Homebush Boots 17.38.............J McInerney 6 82131 Flora Dora 17.06............................R Adcock

Race 1: Bolty, Dyna Quark, Little Krakatoa, Cash A Roo Race 2: Nangar Warrior, Nelso Allen, Fidgety Feet, Billy Frost Race 3: Know Hassle, Amuri Liv, Starr Blueblood, Smash Calling Race 4: Shaw Lee, Man Of Letters, Ring Clown, Neelix Race 5: Pita Ramos, Dahteste, Disobedience, Memoir Race 6: Know Sweat, Enchantee, Chitina Tin, Come A Guster Race 7: Oster Bale, Our Anna, Neptune Allen, Opawa Mason Race 8: Versailles, Platinum Paisley, Colbert, Wildebeest Race 9: Dyna Xarvel, Go Glow, Know Denying, Orina Allen Race 10: Dyna Dave, Opawa Deal, Dyna Varsity, Egomaniacal Race 11: Mustang Tully, Flora Dora, Hankenstein, Fleur Dior Race 12: Forehand Raid, Smash Over, Amuri George LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Waikato dogs Today at Cambridge Raceway 5/11 SPRINT C1, 375m 1 24671 Dignity Dented 22.02....................... T Green 2 56243 Snoopy’s Hero 21.44........................... D Ray 3 46638 Jinja Lad 21.72..............................R McPhee 4 66356 Just Maddie 21.72.............................M Black 5 44856 Stellar Babe 22.10.........................P Cleaver 6 32F73 Fancy 21.71.................................. H Mullane 7 37684 Ford Man nwtd R &..............................L Udy 8 x6F17 Madam Bucks 21.49................... G Pomeroy Emergencies: 9 53657 In Focus 21.66...............................P Cleaver 10 88748 Tilly’s Silly 21.55 R &............................L Udy 4 12.56pm VETORA CAMBRIDGE SPRINT C3, 375m 1 37364 Zipping Gabby 21.32...................P Ferguson 2 57243 Over Indulgence 21.66....................P Henley 3 13861 Idol Ajay 21.65 W &..........................T Steele 4 34188 Grey Way 21.72.......................... G Pomeroy 5 14122 Platinum Earner 21.55...................... S Clark 6 32744 Nangar Dream 21.16...................... G Farrell 7 77373 Tres Vite 21.37.................................T Patton 8 155F2 Pat Tama 21.35................................. S Clark 9 43477 Taking Aim nwtd..............................P Henley 10 64564 Oskitz 21.47.....................................S Codlin 5 1.14pm YVETTE BODIAM PHOTOGRAPHY SPRINT C1, 375m 1 53774 Seven Sharp 21.56..................... W Toomath 2 75112 Sovereign Pride 21.44.......................S Ross

3 74663 Grouch Pawset 21.57.......................P Green 4 x8585 Hua Hua nwtd...............................R McPhee 5 38466 Bigtime Brucie nwtd...................... H Mullane 6 25742 Out Of Paper 21.43..................... G Pomeroy 7 52275 Yella Ella 21.54 R &.............................L Udy 8 43235 Don Morocco 21.33........................P Cleaver Emergencies: 9 6F8x6 Agbeze nwtd.....................................M Black 10 71878 Our Scarlett nwtd............................ G Farrell 6 1.31pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS SPRINT C2, 375m 1 53784 I’m A Leo nwtd W &..........................T Steele 2 31243 Gain Capital 21.22.............................B Craik 3 27426 Looking Snatched nwtd......................B Craik 4 11111 Thrilling Peta 21.45.......................... K Walsh 5 88257 Sheyna 21.17....................................S Lozell 6 5F617 Kai Nan 21.63................................. G Farrell 7 51235 Botany Esmay 21.27........................P Green 8 37156 Talkabout Sophie 21.54....................M Black 9 46654 Stay Rich 21.46 M &......................... J Smith 10 56586 Bigtime Jacob 21.24..........................B Craik 7 1.48 AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES SPRINT C3/4, 375m 1 42532 Barossa 21.38............................ A Lawrence 2 58x8x Full Speed nwtd............................ H Mullane 3 85356 Damaging Lomar nwtd.......................B Craik 4 31587 Artic Miss 21.15.......................... G Pomeroy 5 86847 Opawa Big 21.44............................ G Farrell

6 67475 Mobility Scooter 21.20......................M Black 7 63788 Raging Demon 20.99 R &....................L Udy 8 32465 Hands Of Steel nwtd........................ T Green 9 64564 Oskitz 21.47.....................................S Codlin 10 43477 Taking Aim nwtd..............................P Henley 8 2.05pm FARMLANDS VIRKON STAKES C1/2, 457m 1 47336 Billy’s Bake nwtd..............................P Green 2 11113 Thrilling Amelia nwtd........................ K Walsh 3 25757 Waiterimu Ripper 25.94 R &................L Udy 4 62324 Tuff’s My Mum 25.93..........................S Ross 5 78184 Kapai Tahi 25.94 R &...........................L Udy 6 78474 Frosty Blaze 26.16........................... T Green 7 11567 Thrilling Bruce nwtd......................... K Walsh 8 64858 Opawa Plum nwtd........................... G Farrell 9 27211 Irinka Jacob 26.16.............................S Lozell 10 71878 Our Scarlett nwtd............................ G Farrell 9 2.24pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS SPRINT C5, 375m 1 23631 Athenais 21.19...................................S Ross 2 43158 Typical 21.25......................................S Ross 3 33214 Captain Kev 21.23 W &....................T Steele 4 68227 See Eye Be 21.04......................... H Mullane 5 51645 Does He Exist 21.33........................R Roper 6 51742 Native Scout 21.34...........................P Green 7 11413 Suspicious Minds 20.89.....................B Craik 8 12612 Sophia Noir 21.18...................... A Lawrence 9 18435 Classy Impact 21.13........................ T Green

10 23384 Call Me Leo 21.28............................ T Green 10 2.42pm MIKE STENT DECORATORS LTD STAKES C4/5, 457m 1 33366 Zipping Buddy nwtd...........................B Craik 2 17171 Thrilling Vice 25.48.......................... K Walsh 3 11144 Stefano 25.57............................. A Lawrence 4 21213 Robson 25.51..............................P Ferguson 5 88272 Thrilling Talk 25.42........................... K Walsh 6 11121 Sakichi 25.86..............................P Ferguson 7 62221 Thrilling Amigo 24.96....................... K Walsh 8 65135 Keysile 25.56...............................P Ferguson Emergencies: 9 6F67F Gao Gao nwtd................................. G Farrell 10 43216 Billy Bright 26.10.........................P Ferguson SELECTIONS

Race 1: Shaynee, Smash Burton, Master Brady, Bailey And Cream Race 2: Little Teegs, Jinja Twist, Looby’s Story, Jinja Babe Race 3: Snoopy’s Hero, Madam Bucks, Fancy, Just Maddie Race 4: Platinum Earner, Tres Vite, Zipping Gabby, Idol Ajay Race 5: Out Of Paper, Grouch Pawset, Seven Sharp, Don Morocco Race 6: Thrilling Peta, I’m A Leo, Sheyna, Looking Snatched Race 7: Barossa, Artic Miss, Damaging Lomar, Full Speed Race 8: Thrilling Amelia, Waiterimu Ripper, Frosty Blaze Race 9: Athenais, Suspicious Minds, Sophia Noir, Typical Race 10: Thrilling Vice, Thrilling Talk, Robson, Zipping Buddy LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

BOXING DAY RACES “It’s an institution”

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Pack a picnic for a fantastic day out at the Boxing Day Races

Fun and games for the kids and music by Nyree

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PENSIONER requires someone to do ironing weekly.

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TRADES, SERVICES

PLANTS, PRODUCE OPEN garden and nursery.

Labour weekend, 10am 4.30pm daily. Lily bulbs, trees, shrubs, perennials.

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COMPUTER PROBLEMS??

For professional computer servicing and laser engraving, see Kelvin at KJB Systems, 4 Ascot Place. Phone 308 8989. Locally owned and serving Ashburton for 30 years. Same day service if possible.

Supergold discount card welcomed.

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Canterbury District Health Board 2019 Triennial Elections DECLARATION OF RESULT The final result for the election of seven members of the Canterbury District Health Board held on Saturday 12th October is as follows.

StAC Attack 2019 St Andrews Pipe Band

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Helen and Gordan are stuck in a rut in South Africa. They decide to immigrate to New Zealand and the result is hilarious and heartbreaking as they discover it’s hard work to find a home. A dark comedy performed by Robyn Paterson.

and it is with pride that they bring you The Press2019 an action-packed show with bagpipes, drums and highland dancing supported by Julie Wed 23 Oct Hawke School of Dance. St Andrew’s College Pipe Band are the current NZ Champion Band in Juvenile for 13 years in a row.

Canterbury District Health Board (7 vacancies) BUCK Sally GOUGH James KANE Jo MARSHALL Naomi KEOWN Aaron CHU Catherine DICKERSON Andrew

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Four Women at a lingerie sale have nothing in common but a black lace bra, memory loss, hot flushes, night sweats and not enough sex, too much sex and more. This side-splitting musical will have you cheering and dancing in the aisles!

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Sally BUCK, Catherine CHU, Andrew DICKERSON, James GOUGH, Jo KANE, Aaron KEOWN and Naomi MARSHALL are declared elected.

The final absolute majority of votes (final quota) as determined at the last iteration was 16,226.3. There were 4,853 informal votes and 17,141 blank votes.

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METHVEN GOLF CLUB FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019

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Daily Events THURSDAY 9.30am AGE CONCERN EXERCISE CLASS. Weekly classes. Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street.

9.30am - 11am BALMORAL HALL LINE DANCERS. Join our friendly group for fun exercise during term time. Balmoral Hall, Cameron Street.

9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB DAY TIME SECTION. New members very welcome, rackets available. EA Networks Stadium, River Terrace.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY.

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

9am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH.

October 24 & 25, 2019 Open Thursday and Saturday mornings for toy hire. Victoria Street, The Triangle.

8.30am - 1pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join fellow sheddies for some fun and fellowship make/fix something in our new workshops. 8 William Street.

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

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

10am

ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit Kidz for preschoolers and caregivers. 48 Allens Road.

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

10.15am MSA TAI CHI. Beginners refresher and learning of Tai Chi for arthritis. MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street (not school holidays).

10.45am MSA TAI CHI. Stretching exercises for all abilities. MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street (not school holidays).

11am

AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308 6817. Holy Spirit Church. Thomson Street, Tinwald.

1pm ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE SECTION. Club day, new players welcome. Boules supplied. 115 Racecourse Road, Ashburton.

1pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308 6817. St Peters Church, Allenton.

1pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308 6817.

Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street.

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

2pm RSA WOMEN’S SECTION. Afternoon social with speaker. Competition butter dish, duchess set. Doris Linton Lounge, RSA, Cox Street.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time/sequence dancing. Learn to dance. everyone welcome. Allenton Scout Den, Melrose Road.

Zumba, 48 Allens Road.

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

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

Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

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

10.30am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH.

Seniors’ coffee club, all welcome. Park Street.

10.30am - 11.30am WALKING NETBALL. $2. EA Networks Centre, River Terrace.

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

extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

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

Puzzles www.guardianonline.co.nz Puzzles and horoscopes

Cryptic crossword

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars

ACROSS 1. Too much in the scale to have toppled? (12) 8. Raised in status from bone, lend it some change (8) 9. Get the pitch right for such an air (4) 11. Avoid leading Venetian by going round the Duomo first (5) 12. I’m a favourite American providing one with push (7) 13. It is the devil of a police station (4) 15. Perfect place put in agreed ending (4) 19. A row no longer fashionable on the rugby field (7) 20. Get one mired down by mob, for example, in the confusion (5) 22. The way one walks soundly met with on the way in (4) 23. We old, sad as can be, go at a snail’s pace (4,4) 24. Weapon makes slit in the ground with something like cement (6,6) DOWN 2. Having fins, five get the Dean upset (5) 3. A man who has taking ways (6) 4. Give one axle a turn through inability to read (6) 5. It was important, so listed how many there were (7) 6. Robe that may be worn getting up and retiring (8-4) 7. The best sort of ale is the one outstanding in a group (7,5) 10. Copy a primate (3) 14. It is brief, once (sic) it is arranged (7) 16. A parent of modern music for the masses (3) 17. Flow out of the street with twenty quires (6) 18. Freed, around 1st November, in order to provide a protection (6) 21. Corkwood is used among tribal savages (5)

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There’s at least one five-letter word.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Your spirit is so big that its warmth breaks down barriers and defies the boundaries of space and time. So you can be there for people without being there with them.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): The aim that a person attains without forethought is not his own. Having a thing is different from achieving it. You will most enjoy the processes you’ve long imagined and anticipated.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You’ll adjust your energy to that of the others in the room, subduing it somewhat, and then slowly turning it up to arrive at a more joyful and expressive place together.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Things have more impact when they are fresh. You’re like a chef, managing the ripeness of your ingredients so that you can use them at the exact optimum time they will taste the best.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): The path before you will be smoothed by people who like you and want you to have an easier time than you’ve had.

Accept the special attention. You’ve earned it.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Enthusiasm is an attractive emotion, especially when it’s dialled to a level that the other person can accept. People will be sceptical if they feel they haven’t earned the level of support on offer.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You’ll be dealing with a wide variety of communication styles, some of which will be vague and imprecise, though still not impossible to understand. Most likely, they mean what you think they mean.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Bad habits have their rewards. To stay oblivious to those or ignore them is to let the habit rule unchecked. Once you recognise the reward, you can start to find other ways of reaching that end.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You’re better off assuming you can improve the world than believing you can’t. Likely you have far more power than you know. You’ll only find out what you can do after you’ve made your move.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You’ll be waving goodbye to an unwanted burden soon enough, so you may as well make the most of its presence.

There are gifts inside even the most inconvenient facts of life. Why not savour them while they’re still on offer?

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Don’t use every aspect of your presentation at once. Keep some novelty in the back of the closet so you can bring it out to dazzling effect later when no one is expecting it.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Outsiders mistakenly assume success depends on factors that may or may not have anything to do with the matter. Drop previous notions and get in a little deeper.

Things are different on the inside.

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ANNIVERSARIES Diamond Wedding

Clarence and Norma Galway (nee Provis)

IN MEMORIAM HENDE, Gerhard John – In loving memory of a much loved husband, father and grandfather who passed away on October 24, 2018.

Loving you is easy, We do it every day.

Missing you is a heartache, That never goes away.

Your loving family Sharon, Kylie and Caleb, Scott, Jamie and Nicola and your 11 grandchildren.

Married October 24, 1959 at St Stephen's Anglican Church, Hokitika.

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showers

Scattered rain spreading N during the morning, although more widespread about the divide, then gradually clearing from the S. Snow lowering to 900m in the morning .

Wind at 1000m: W gale rising to 75 km/h early morning, easing to SW 50 km/h in the afternoon. Wind at 2000m: W rising to severe gale 90 km/h early morning, easing to SW gale 65 km/h by afternoon.

Hamilton

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Fine.

Wind at 1000m: SW 50 km/h, dying out in the afternoon.

Wind at 2000m: SW gale 65 km/h, easing to 40 km/h in the morning.

Cloudy periods and scattered rain.

Early southerly change.

TOMORROW Fine. Southwesterlies dying out in the afternoon.

SUNDAY Fine with high cloud. Northeasterlies.

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Waitaki Kurow at 3:03 pm, yesterday

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6:30 Farah Palmer Cup (HLS) Semi-finals.

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5:30 Mysteries At The Museum 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Jade Fever The Bunce family’s jademining operation employs most of the town’s residents, and they aim to turn various claims into million-dollar jackpots.

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10pm Marsh One-Day Cup New South Wales v Tasmania.

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11:30 Marsh One-Day Cup New South Wales v Tasmania.

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Cup Qualifiers Scotland 5am Kick-Off 5:30 Farah v Bermuda. From Dubai International Stadium.

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HOT SHOTS

By Erin Tasker

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Some future tennis stars could well have swung a racket for the first time at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre this week.

The latest Mid Canterbury Tennis-run Hot Shots coaching programmes got under way at the tennis centre on Monday afternoon, giving kids aged five and over who are new to tennis the chance to give the sport a shot.

Mid Canterbury Tennis coach Jack Tiller said around 100 kids

were already signed up for Hot Shots this term, and sessions would run on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays after school for six weeks.

“It’s kind of taken off from the likes of tennis in schools and the holiday camp we held, and word of mouth,” Tiller said.

Hot Shots is about teaching the basic skills of the game, using special tennis balls and lower nets across the court, and Tiller has a group of young helpers who run the sessions for him, all of whom

Lachlan Ross eyes up a return during the opening session of Hot Shots tennis coaching for term four at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre on Monday.

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are top young players themselves.

He’s set out quite a clear programme which the coaches will teach, focusing on one thing each session, and he has introduced a lower player-to-coach ratio.

“The goal is to work on something specific every week, rather than just coming down and trying to hit the ball over the net,” Tiller said.

At the end of the six weeks, a small tournament will be run to give kids a chance to experience competition tennis.

“Even if they can’t hit a single ball over the net, it doesn’t matter, so long as they are giving it a crack,” Tiller said.

Hot Shots runs all year round, but numbers tend to swell in terms one and four, as that’s

What happens if there’s extra time at RWC?

when the tennis season is.

There’s red (ages five to eight), orange (eight to 10), and green (11 years and over) groups in Hot Shots, and from there players can move on to interclub tennis, or Ace squads – the Mid Canterbury Tennis junior coaching programme which provides a pathway for kids to reach their full tennis potential.

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