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A Mid Canterbury family may have to uproot their lives and move house because of a standoff between schools over transport zones.

Dorie parent Ivan Brown says boards of trustees “have their heads stuck in the sand” over transport zone disputes and only care about their schools, rather than the pupils attending them.

He pulled his children from Dorie School in protest at its decision to close its transport zone, which effectively stopped other schools from picking up children within that area.

However Dorie School board of trustees chairwoman Deborah Sloper says transport zones help schools retain staff and students, and do not limit choice.

“The biggest issue we have is staffing, retaining and attracting good staff,” she said.

“To do that, we need to be sure of numbers.”

Mr Brown’s eldest daughter attends Ashburton College, and is picked up outside her gate each morning by the school bus.

However Ivan says his wife Julie then has to jump in the car with their two younger children and follow the school bus five kilometres down the road before they can join their sister - all because they attend Ashburton Borough School.

The Brown family lives within Dorie School’s Transport Entitlement Zone (TEZ).

While Ashburton College’s TEZ extends to Dorie, allowing it to bus its

students into town, Ashburton Borough’s does not.

That means the Browns have to transport their children to the edge of the school’s TEZ before the bus can pick them up.

With their eldest daughter leaving Ashburton College at the end of the year, Mr Brown says the bus will no longer run past their property.

They are now considering a move into Ashburton to avoid having to drive their children 30km to school each day.

“For us, it’s the only other option left,” he said.

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US lawsuit filed on behalf of monkey US animal rights activists have filed an unusual lawsuit on behalf of a macaque monkey who snapped selfie photographs, arguing it owns the photos rather than the nature photographer involved. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) filed the suit in federal court in San Francisco yesterday on behalf of six-year-old Naruto, seeking to have the macaque “declared the author and owner of his photograph”.

“Our argument is simple,” PETA said in a statement. “US copyright law doesn’t prohibit an animal from owning a copyright, and since Naruto took the photo, he owns the copyright, as any human would.” The photos were taken in 2011 on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi by British nature photographer David Slater. He later published a book of his photographs that included two selfies taken by Naruto. The San Francisco-based company that published the book - Blurb - is named as a co-defendant in the suit. “If this lawsuit succeeds, it will be the first time that a non-human animal is declared the owner of property, rather than being declared a piece of property himself or herself,” PETA said. “It will also be the first time that a right is extended to a non-human animal beyond just the mere basic necessities of food, shelter, water, and veterinary care. “In our view, it is high time.”

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Instagram tops 400 million users Instagram has rocketed past the 400-million-user mark, with more than 80 million pictures shared daily at the Facebook-owned service. The number of people sharing pictures and videos each month using Instagram soared from 300 million at the start of this year and tops the number of people using Twitter monthly by nearly 100 million. “While milestones like this are important, what really excites us is the way that visual communication makes the world feel a little bit smaller to every one of us,” Instagram said in a blog.

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William and Harry join DIY Team The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry will show off their DIY skills as they help to turn a derelict street into homes for ex-service personnel. The brothers will throw their weight behind the project to rejuvenate an entire street for armed forces veterans. The pair will join presenter Nick Knowles and the BBC’s DIY SOS team of builders, as well as hundreds of volunteers, in helping with the final stages of the build.

Hailed as the DIY SOS team’s “most ambitious” project to date, eight buildings will be renovated, while the facades of 62 houses will be rejuvenated.

During the visit, William and Harry will also meet the street’s existing residents.

They hope to draw attention to the ongoing challenges facing service personnel who make the transition to civilian life. The redevelopment will include a support centre on the street, to be run by Walking With The Wounded and the Royal British Legion, to assist ex-servicemen and women who have suffered mental or physical injury.

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No Happy Birthday for Warner - US judge Phew! You can still sing Happy Birthday to You and not risk a lawsuit. A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that belting out the tune in public should be free of charge, dismissing a copyright claim by Warner Music. Warner Chappell Music does “not own a valid copyright in the Happy Birthday lyrics”, Judge George King determined. The decision brings to a close a two-year legal battle launched against Warner by a musician and a film-maker making a movie about the ubiquitous song. Warner had asked the pair to pay $US1500 ($NZ2394) dollars for the rights to play the tune in the movie. But Rupa Marya and Robert Siegel argued that the song, penned in the late 19th century, belonged in the public domain and was not properly copyrighted. Warner, which in 1988 bought the company that previously claimed ownership of the song, argued that the song was given legal copyright protection in 1935 and that the copyright remained valid. The song, the most widely sung tune in the English language according to the Guinness World Records book, was originally written for kindergarteners and was titled Good Morning to All. It has been translated into at least 18 languages.

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Bowie writes TV show theme UK pop legend David Bowie will release his first TV theme for more than 20 years after agreeing to come up with new music for crime thriller The Last Panthers. The rocker has recorded an original tune, which will feature in the opening credits of director Johan Renck’s new series. Renck, who has also worked with Madonna, Beyonce and Lana Del Rey, says, “I was looking for one of the icons of my youth to write the music for the title sequence, but was presented with a God. His first response was precise, engaged and curious. The piece of music he laid before us embodied every aspect of our characters and the series itself - dark, brooding, beautiful and sentimental... All along, the man inspired and intrigued me and as the process passed, I was overwhelmed with his generosity. I still can’t fathom what actually happened.” Bowie’s last TV theme was for the BBC’s The Buddha of Suburbia in 1993.

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■ ASHBURTON TRUST EVENT CENTRE

Sponsors could ease show costs

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Ashburton Trust Event Centre manager Roger Farr is considering seeking sponsorship in order to be able to continue staging quality local shows at the venue.

He said currently the event centre was carrying some of the expenses when it came to hosting annual productions by Variety Theatre Ashburton, Mid Canterbury Children’s Theatre and Big Little Theatre Company.

“There is such an amazing amount of talent out there, it’s hard to believe Ashburton has

got that at the moment, so while it’s here let’s use it and develop it,” Mr Farr said.

The event centre was putting in a lot of hours that it did not want to charge for, due to the pressure it would put on the performance groups.

He suggested a business could come on board for each of the three annual major productions.

Each could pay $5000 for the privilege of having their name appear alongside the show’s title in advertising and promotional material.

He said Variety Theatre Ashburton was at the event centre

for a whole month in order to rehearse and stage its show each year, and hireage was already a significant part of its $100,000plus costs.

“We certainly don’t charge for all the hours we do for them, if we did they just couldn’t afford it,” Mr Farr said.

Big Little Theatre Company’s (BLTC) recent production of Blood Brothers had averaged audiences of about 240 per night, and been the most successful and ambitious BLTC production to date.

The show was in the class of “upper end performance”, and as

such required expensive lighting, staging and sound.

All three amateur theatre companies welcomed the sponsorship suggestion.

BLTC director Jackie Heffernan said hiring the event centre cost well over $10,000, and technological advances in theatre meant that to keep up the company needed to use these.

“Undoubtedly, rehearsal time in the performance space is crucial to the quality of the finished work,” Mrs Heffernan said.

Mid Canterbury Children’s Theatre president Amanda Moore said it would not be able

to afford to pay technical staff to do backstage work such as that required for on-stage airborne manoeuvres, and was grateful to the event centre as it helped out.

It already cost up to $40,000 to stage the company’s annual show, money it raised by parents’ fundraising and grants.

Variety Theatre Ashburton past president Bridget Danielson said costs had risen to the vicinity of about $130,000 each show over the last few years.

“You want to keep going forward and putting on good shows,” Mrs Danielson said.

Standoff may force move From P1 The issue affects many other families around the district, with more than 50 parents attending a transport meeting at Ashburton Borough School on Monday night.

“There’s lots of other families with both parents working,” Mr Brown said. “They don’t have the option of driving the kids 5km down the road to get on a bus.”

When Dorie School’s board of trustees decided to close its transport zone, he was not impressed. “We just disagreed with that policy, and we wrote letters and went to the board about it, and they weren’t very nice about it so we took our kids out of school and took them to Borough,” he said.

Dorie School has reciprocal agreements with Rakaia School, Hampstead School, and Chert-

sey School, allowing their pupils to be picked up from within Dorie’s TEZ, Mrs Sloper said.

Enforcing TEZ’s did not limit choice as parents were free to send their children to any school in the district, she said.

“The bus is not a door-to-door service, so if they choose to send their children to a school that is not their closest school, that just means they’ve taken on the choice to get them there.”

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ONLINE People were also discussing school transport zones on the Guardian’s Facebook page: Alanna Peck: Why change something if it’s not broken. A lot of upset parents. So frustrating. Wonder if the parents of those schools aware of what the boards have decided. Do they understand it will affect them if they move and keep their child at the same school that they may not be able to use the bus service. Different story if their

Red Peak underdog option The “underdog” of Red Peak has emerged at the eleventh hour in the race to become the nation’s next flag - and columnist Toby Manhire might be one of the men to thank.

Prime Minister John Key announced yesterday the Government would pick up legislation to add Aaron Dustin’s Red Peak design as a fifth option in the referendum.

The remarkable u-turn comes after a wave of public support for the design, amounting to more than 50,000 signatures on a Change.org petition.

Columnist Toby Manhire was the first to write about Red Peak in the mainstream media, after seeing a heartfelt blog post about the flag from Rowan Simpson titled “Dear John”.

Manhire said the decision to include Red Peak has rescued what was a “laughable” process. But the design would still be an underdog despite the late public support and blogs backing it, he said.

“I do think that Red Peak is the underdog, I’m not about to run out and bid my house on it...I think it just returns a kind of vigour and legitimacy to the process,” he said.

“I think I would be delighted if [my column] played a part in things but it was one of a number of voices that were just expressing kind of bafflement at the selection of the four.”

Red Peak designer Mr Dustin agreed his flag was the “underdog” and it was great to see parliament respond to the spontaneous groundswell.

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families were in our situation.

Leanne Pierce: Absolute shambles! In a rural community they are essentially trying to strip parents of the right of choice as to what school their child/ren should attend!

Schools should be focusing on teaching and providing a stable environment for the kids! Not pissing around with bus’ and zones just so they can try and potentially get a few more students at their respective schools!

Stacey Hurst: This has been going on 4 a couple of years as netherby would not alow my childrens bus threw there zone which as a wrking parent was a pain as bus pick ups and drop offs had 2 be changed which meant my younger children had further 2 walk... at the end of the day it is our choice and preventing the buses picking up in there zone isnt going 2 make us send our children 2 that school it actually makes me more determind not 2.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

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Rates bills now online option

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has been small (just 134 out of 16,000 rates bills), Ms Hogg is optimistic numbers will grow quite rapidly.

Making the change is as simple as logging on to the council’s website, entering the rating area and following the prompts. Like all financial transactions with the council, rates payments were totally secure, she said.

Property owners opting for email notification would receive their bill ahead of those sticking with traditional post, particularly with the new threeday delivery system, Ms Hogg said.

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Meeting the needs of customers requires a balancing act between doing business by snail mail or cybermail, says Ashburton District Council finance manager Sandy Hogg.

The council has been a leader among local authorities in making the move to the digital way and has just added rates to the increasing number of online options it offers.

Receiving your rates bill by email became part of its armoury with the first rates demand of the new financial year in July and while the uptake

Gordon Tupper heads the council’s information technology area and he’s keen to grow the range of transactions and services available online.

He’s already ticked off several functions including dog registration, dog fees, fines, building consent applications and rates.

Each new function, however took time because it was vital to ensure new processes were robust, he said.

“The diversity of what we’re dealing with here – from regulatory, compliance, property management to debt – creates challenges, but the goal we have

is to continue offering different options to our customers.”

The council couldn’t simply switch to doing all of its business digitally because there was diversity in its customer base, Mr Tupper said.

“We have to manipulate our system so it can accept both kinds, digital and manual. Some businesses have made the decision to go digital only but for the council this is something that wouldn’t be a choice we’d make.”

As it offered an increasing range of digital options, Mr Tupper said security was always a number one priority.

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Hug from mum The All Blacks’ newest captain celebrated with a hug from his mum. Sam Cane admitted he was stunned when coach Steve Hansen told him he’d be leading the team out at Olympic Stadium against Namibia in New Zealand’s second Pool C match at the Rugby World Cup. “It took me aback a little bit,” Cane said. Safe to say, everyone was taken aback a little. He was grateful to be able break the news to parents Malcolm and Kathy in person at breakfast the next day.

“They were very proud. Mum gave me a cuddle.”

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Pedestrians flee Pedestrians fled for their safety and a 71-year-old woman is lucky to have escaped injury when her car was struck during a driver’s 80km high-speed flight from police yesterday, police say. Eight police patrol cars were involved in the pursuit of the driver, who at times drove up to 150kmh, after a petrol drive-off in Balclutha, police said. The man eventually gave himself up south of Mosgiel – almost an hour after the chase began. Constable Amie Manning said police were alerted after a Mitsubishi V3000 station wagon was involved in a $90 petrol driveoff from BP2Go. - NZME

Wet weather eases The worst may be over for hard-hit residents trying to clean up from the deluge on the North Island’s east coast - but there’s still more rain to come. MetService has issued a heavy rain warning for Hawkes Bay through to tonight.

The alerts come just days after wild weather wreacked havoc in the regions - causing massive slips, felling trees, burst river banks and closed highways. A major cleanup is in full force in Gisborne, including on Wainui Beach, and the Gladstone Road Bridge has been finally cleared of debris.

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A weekend of vandalism in Ashburton that saw several shops and buildings targeted has frustrated local business owners.

In the space of two days, two businesses were broken into and another building was vandalised in Allenton.

Up to $1000 worth of food was stolen from a freezer behind Hec’s Four Square on Sunday night, owner Brent MacGregor said.

A large quantity of meat, pies, and bakery items were taken during the incident.

“It was very annoying,” he said.

Fortunately the thief was caught on security footage, which has since been handed over to police, he said.

A neighbouring GAS petrol station was also targeted on Sunday night.

Owner Dave Howden said a window was smashed, but luckily nothing was taken from the store.

He described the incident as “a nuisance”.

As well as the break-ins, Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew’s Ashburton electorate office in Allenton was vandalised over the weekend.

The words “John Key” and “GCSB” were scrawled in dripping red paint across the doorway, a move that was condemned by both Mrs Goodhew and the Prime Minister.

Ashburton police sergeant Bryan Ennis said police were investigating the breakins, but it was unclear if the incidents were linked.

A man is dead after being hit by a train in Tauranga yesterday. The man died at the scene after he was hit by the train while crossing the tracks on Ngatai Road in Otumeotai about 3.15pm. He is the third person in three years to be hit by a train at the spot. In April this year, a woman was hit and trapped under a train in the same area and was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Scott Siddall was hit and killed by a train at the same spot in 2012. Children passed the scene while making their way home from school.

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Chinese help rebuild A giant Chinese company has revealed plans to raise a NZ$3.19 billion fund to help with postearthquake Christchurch’s rebuild.

Mayor Lianne Dalziel has signed a non-binding “letter of co-operation and friendship” on behalf of the Christchurch City Council with Guoxin International yesterday.

It could see a major injection of capital in to the city’s rebuild projects. Guoxin International is China’s largest tendering and procurement company with a focus on big government projects, particularly in infrastructure development.

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■ MAYFIELD SCHOOL

Lessons go eco-friendly Mayfield School pupils were busy learning about sustainability and perfecting their wearable works of art yesterday.

Pupils have been studying sustainability, ethical fashion, and how to be eco-friendly.

Part of that study has included creating some wearable art masterpieces for the Upcycled Wearable Waste competition at the Ashburton A&P Show.

Mastagard’s Sheryl Stivens said the school has been work-

ing hard to improve its recycling, as well studying how to conserve water and planting a food garden.

“The children have really embraced it and got into the heart of it,” she said.

Sheryl Stivens ties Georgia Greenslade’s new head gear.

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Working on their wearable art creation yesterday were pupils Nicholas McDowell, 10, Ella McDowell, 8, and Angus Carr, 8.

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Town gardeners to trial water moisture probes

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Urban gardeners will form part of a trial campaign targeting efficient water use in Mid Canterbury.

The project will be rolled out by IrrigationNZ under the SMART Irrigation banner in November.

SMART Irrigation co-ordinator Janine Holland said the pilot public awareness campaign would include urban as well as rural communities in an effort to “sell the message” that water was a precious commodity.

“We all have a responsibility to use water wisely,” Mrs Holland said.

The Ashburton District Council and businesses involved in the irrigation industry will also be asked to consider efficient irrigation technology.

Mrs Holland said many farmers already used soil moisture probes to determine irrigation needs and there was no reason home gardeners could not do the

same. But she stressed the campaign was educational rather than regulatory.

“We want to educate gardeners and farmers about simple ways to save water, and to encourage industry to promote products which target water use,” Mrs Holland said.

The trial is based on US Irrigation Association’s 10-year SMART Irrigation Month campaign.

Social media, e-newsletters, logos, bumper stickers and flyers have been flagged as marketing tools to carry the message and to connect homeowners, industry and irrigators with solutions, products and advice.

The Ashburton Zone Committee was asked to consider how it could contribute this week.

The pilot campaign will also include the Timaru, Selwyn and Waimakariri districts, with the support of the relevant district councils and Environment Canterbury.

Alice Homer, 10, and Grace Austin, 9, plan their creation.

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Outlook fierce for Peak to Pub Record numbers are entering the 2015 Peak to Pub this Saturday, with Sunday as a cancellation day.

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Trays could be ‘mined’

Surprised at speech victory

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Polystyrene food trays might be clogging up landfill sites around New Zealand but a recycling expert believes in the future they will be ‘mined’ and recycled.

Recycler Sheryl Stivens has been closely monitoring a trial of new, recyclable food trays that has been running in several supermarkets over the past few months.

And while results are still being collated, she is optimistic the trial will provide a good option for the future.

“The polystyrene trays will

never be recyclable and we have thousands of them coming out of each supermarket every day and they’re all going into landfill,” she said.

Because the trays have drain holes to absorb blood they are not only non recyclable, because they contain organic matter, they also create methane gas, Mrs Stivens said.

While it was far from ideal to be putting vast quantities of polystyrene into landfill sites, the upside, she said, was that when new methods of recycling were developed in the future those trays could be ‘mined’ and recycled.

“Landfills are temporary stops until they can be mined.

They’re a safe storage facility until we can get materials out for recycling.”

Ashburton New World store manager Devin Young is keen to see polystyrene trays disappear from his store.

He puts the number finding their way into shoppers’ trolleys each day at around 1000.

He is also keenly watching the current recyclable plastic trial and says he’ll be making the switch as soon as the new trays hit the market.

Foodstuffs is trialling the new trays in a number of out-

lets around New Zealand and while he pushed to be part of that trial, Mr Young said his store didn’t make the cut.

“We’ve been pushing and pushing to be involved but clearly there weren’t enough (trays) for everyone, but we are being proactive on a local level by using as much recyclable material as we can,” he said.

The store’s service deli used recyclable material where ever it could, opting for paper bags for many products.

The polystyrene trays were mainly used for meat, Mr Young said.

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Pets on parade at Wakanui School When Wakanui children brought their pets to school for the day, Guardian photographer Tetsuro Mitomo went along to check out the action. He found dogs big and small, in fancy dress and au naturel competing for attention during the grant parade with calves, lambs and an assortment of other smaller animals.

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Mount Hutt College head boy Rhys Fitzgerald said he was surprised to win the school’s senior speech competition last week.

“As I spoke second to last, I got to hear some of the excellent speeches delivered by other students. The competition this year was incredible with almost triple the number of competitors and an extremely diverse range of speech topics,” he said.

Ten students participated in the competition, held in the school library on Wednesday night.

Rhys, who plans on studying engineering at the University of Canterbury next year, spoke about the dangers of decision making, looking at wellthought-through versus spontaneous decision making.

Teacher Carolyn Fordyce said she had been pleased with the participation levels, with five students from Year 11 and four from Year 12 joining Rhys as the only Year 13 competitor.

Year 12 pupils Ethyn Sturm and Brooke Sandys were placed second and third respectively, while highly commended were Anna Ikenaga and Koki Ozora.

Many students did not need the extra NCEA credits, but were attracted to the challenge of the competition, Mrs Fordyce said.

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Amelia Cuthbertson, 8, has a quick chat with two-year-old Bear before he took his turn in the parade ring.

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Seven-year-old Fay was happy to turn up dressed as a princess when she came to the pet show with owner sixyear-old Sophie Smith.

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Seven-week-old Fluffy behaved perfectly when led during the Wakanui School pet parade by owner nine-year-old Zac Douglas.

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Jaime Taylor, 8, and her pet three-year-old Leo, whom she said was quiet and happy to do nothing.

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Funeral on Monday A funeral will be held for the zoo keeper mauled by a tiger in Hamilton Zoo on Monday.

A funeral notice said the service for Samantha Kudeweh would “celebrate the life of Sam, tragically lost to us on Sunday”.

Ms Kudeweh, 43, was an experienced senior keeper and a mother to two children and was killed by Oz, the male Sumatran tiger at the zoo.

An education fund will be set up for her two children, the funeral notice said.

Hamilton Zoo remains closed following the incident, but is due to reopen tomorrow with some of its five Sumatran tigers on display. No decision has been made on whether visitors will be able to see Oz. - NZME

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In brief Homeless refuge An annex of the former Nazi concentration camp Dachau has been turned into a shelter for the homeless, including refugees, the mayor of the southern German town and a resident at the centre say. The town - host to the camp which bears the chilling inscription “Arbeit Macht Frei” (Work Will Set You Free) on its gate - has turned a building in the camp’s former herb garden into a shelter. It houses “about 50 people... who have lost their homes”, Mayor Florian Hartmann said yesterday, without specifying whether these included any recent refugees. Hartmann said his town had suffered from a severe housing shortage for some time, and authorities had to find ways of housing the homeless.

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Pope Francis greets children as he is escorted by President Barack Obama after arriving at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington.

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Pope in historic US visit Pope Francis has arrived in the United States for his first visit - a historic six-day trip during which his focus on consumerism, poverty and the marginalised risks being seen as a criticism of American society.

The 78-year-old Argentine pontiff stepped onto US soil for the first time at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington, where he was greeted by US President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle and their two daughters, after making a tour of communist-ruled Cuba.

US Catholic leaders and a select crowd of several hundred well-wishers were on hand to greet the Pope, who wore his traditional papal whites and waved to the crowd, who chanted: “Ho ho, hey hey, welcome to

the USA”. Obama will host the Jesuit Pope at the White House today.

“When the president sits down with Pope Francis in the Oval Office, the president will not arrive at that meeting with a political agenda,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.

“This is an opportunity for two men who have so many values in common to talk about the efforts that they are making in their respective and quite different roles to advance those shared values.”

Asked at a briefing why Obama has gone to “these lengths” to greet the Pope, Earnest said: “Pope Francis, we have seen, has really struck a chord in people not just across the United

States but around the world.

He serves as a source of inspiration not just for Catholics but of people of frankly all religions around the world.”

Francis will make two key speeches during his visit, addressing Congress and the United Nations.

The topics in his addresses will include critiques of the dominance of finance and technology, a condemnation of world powers over the conflicts gripping the planet, appeals to protect and welcome immigrants, and climate change, according to Vatican sources.

Yesterday, he travelled in a Fiat 500 to the Vatican’s diplomatic mission in Washington, where he will be staying, eschewing larger, more pollut-

ing vehicles. The visit will take place under tight security, with US authorities dealing with the complexities of protecting a Pope who insists on travelling in an open vehicle to be closer to the masses.

He will preside over an interfaith ceremony at Ground Zero, visit a Harlem Catholic school and greet crowds on a procession through Central Park.

He will wrap up his trip at the weekend in Philadelphia at an international festival of Catholic families.

In the United States the Pope will find an American public that widely respects him, but has a less favourable view of the Catholic Church.

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EU states agree refugee relocation EU interior ministers have approved by a “large majority” a plan to relocate 120,000 refugees around the bloc, but only after over-riding fierce opposition from central and eastern European countries.

“Decision on relocation for 120,000 persons adopted today, by large majority of member states,” the EU’s Luxembourg presidency said on Twitter yesterday after an emergency meeting in Brussels.

“We, Slovaks, Romanians, Hungarians against, and Finland abstained. The resolution was accepted,” Czech Interior

Minister Milan Chovanec said in a separate tweet.

The four countries, led by Hungary, are bitterly opposed to the European Commission plan, insisting Brussels has no right to make them take in thousands of the people seeking refuge in Europe.

To do so, amounts to a violation of national sovereignty, they argue.

An EU diplomat said the decision was taken by so-called qualified majority vote.

It means the Commission failed to get unanimous backing from all 28 member states

for its relocation plan ahead of an emergency EU leaders summit on Wednesday on the worst migrant crisis since World War Two. The squabble was a repeat of the interior ministers meeting last week, but this time, pressed

by France and Germany, the plan was put to a vote.

The outcome is binding on all 28 member states although implementation may prove problematic given the depth of opposition and the issue will very likely feature again at Wednesday’s summit.

Last week’s meeting did en-

dorse plans to relocate a separate 40,000 refugees which the Commission unveiled in May as the crisis deepened.

The diplomat said that of the 120,000, some 66,000 migrants who have been granted asylum will be relocated from Greece and Italy which along with Hungary have borne the brunt of the flood of migrants fleeing war and turmoil across the Middle East and Africa.

That leaves 54,000 places which Hungary had rejected in its opposition to the Commission plan - to be redistributed.

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Two Chinese fighter jets passed dangerously close to an American spy plane in international airspace over the Yellow Sea, a US official says. News of the close encounter came as Chinese President Xi Jinping began a state visit to the United States yesterday. The incident occurred on September 15 when the Chinese planes intercepted an American RC135 reconnaissance aircraft and crossed directly in front of it, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook declined to give specifics about what happened, but confirmed an incident had taken place.

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Table service at McDs The giant of the fast-food business may be slowing down. McDonald’s said yesterday it will start taking reservations and providing table service at dinner time in a revolutionary experiment in Sweden. The Scandinavian country is the first place the US hamburger king is testing this new way of serving customers. McDonald’s has 36,000 restaurants worldwide, but the testing of reserved dining is taking place in just 31 Swedish outlets for a week starting on Friday. Burger lovers can book a table online at a Swedish website that offers that service for many restaurants - in many price ranges - around the country. The McDonald’s customer will have to order at least two items from the menu for one to four people.

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Royal plot conviction A British court has convicted a man dubbed a “ginger extremist” of plotting a chemical attack and planning to kill Prince Charles to pave the way for ginger-haired Prince Harry to become king. Mark Colborne, 37, a self-confessed admirer of Norwegian massmurderer Anders Breivik, said he planned to carry out an attack “for the Aryan people”. He was convicted yesterday of preparing terrorist acts, after a jury had failed to reach a verdict in May. Prosecutors cited evidence from Colborne’s diary in which he said he planned to use a sniper rifle to kill Prince Charles. He also acquired chemicals, dust masks, funnels, syringes and gloves that he planned to use in a cyanide attack, prosecutors said.

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hen the time comes for public consultation over a site for a new civic building and library, the Ashburton District Council may be opening a Pandora’s box.

Debate over this project will be huge. It is likely to rival, and perhaps exceed the years of wrangling around site options for a second bridge across the Ashburton River. The difference could be that with that project, most people wanted the bridge, it was just the route that was the sticking point.

The civic building project, however will divide the community; many will say it’s a waste of money and the strength of opposition could match that surrounding the art gallery – museum.

It will be hard for the civic building project to win the hearts and minds of ratepayers, but there’s a clear need – too many people, too little space and a building that’s under building code. It’s the same for the library.

The council has come up with seven site options, but some should be tossed from day one - the Ashburton Business Estate or splitting functions by location.

No doubt the community may come up with more but there’s a lot to be said for retaining the current site, expanding on it and creating a civic precinct that is home to the art gallery and museum, a new public library and a new civic centre built for the future.

The council owns land to the west of the current building and all that is needed in addition, is a simple land swap – the court house fronting Baring Square west with council owned land on the corner of Cass and Cameron streets, home to the Balmoral Hall.

This would create a new justice precinct along Cass Street - police station on one corner, new court house on the other and a new Ministry of Social development building in between.

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pheavals galore in the political firmament this week. Grist for the guru’s mill.

Tony Abbott cut loose to drift in perpetual political space but first facing an inevitable splashdown onto the back benches in Canberra at any moment. His replacement, the unflappable, the wealthy Malcolm Turnbull, friend and unashamed admirer of John Key, if only because JK seems to have discovered the formula for staying in office for more than a few months which his Australian counterparts have found so conspicuously elusive.

Mr Abbott must have realised he was on that most sinister of slides, “borrowed time”.

His dropping allowance of it had already left him exposed to an earlier challenge from Mr Turnbull so for him to continue along his gung-ho way was always a risk for which he has now paid the inevitable price.

He is said to be distraught but sad as it may be for him, few will shed tears at his going.

Already the polls have shown the change has reversed the downward spiral in which the Coalition Government of Australia had found itself in the past few months.

So perhaps, Malcolm Turnbull, in close cahoots with Mr Key - one former rich banker with another - may unearth the secret of staying in power for the long, rather than the very brief, haul. It certainly seems our relations with those in the government in Canberra can only benefit.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the globe, to replace the fallen Ed Miliband, UK Labour, “sensationally”, has chosen a 66 year-old veteran, extreme left-winger, named Jeremy Corbyn, to be its new leader. The decision has brought gasps of incredulity throughout the known world and possibly in worlds as yet totally unexplored. Having sat

Today’s online poll question Q: Should Red Peak have been added to the flag referendum?

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on the Labour back benches for 32 years without ever holding a government office must indicate that until this astonishing turn of events his potential for leadership of any sort was not thought highly of.

Apparently, he still holds the rampant socialist views of Labour of the 1980s, nationalisation of the “means of production”, the abolition of nuclear weapons, the end of private schools and much, much more.

Some have seen in Mr Corbyn’s selection a return to the doddering days of Michael Foot - Worzel Gummidge to friend and foe alike - whose impossible task it was to unseat the Iron Lady herself, Mrs Thatcher. He failed.

Ex-New Labour Prime Minister, Tony “Iraq” Blair, has described Mr Corbyn’s elevation as the Labour Party “sleep walking into the abyss”, and condemning the Party to indefinite parliamentary opposition. And it is undoubtedly true, that had Mr Blair not promised a continuing programme of slightly watereddown Thatcherism he would never been elected to office in the first place.

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His deliberate Centrist policies were specifically designed to show the British Labour Party had, once and for all, renounced its cloth cap, Socialist image . . . and they did the trick. In the end, he was derailed by Iraq and Gordon Brown but he also gave Labour 10 years in power.

Now, it seems, “New Labour” has once again given way to “Very Old Labour”. This may turn out to be the most Machiavellian manoeuvre in political history, bringing with it a seismic shift in the political culture of Britain, or a dead duck of volcanic proportions, destined to provide the Conservative government certain re-election in 2020 and every five years after that for as long as people can conceive.

Perhaps, though, Mr Corbyn’s controversial appearance on the political stage may be a first attempt to change attitudes and restore others,to provide, a long-term culture in which the centrist way of doing things is challenged.

As things are, the present international scene is hardly re-assuring so this remarkable decision may turn out to be

more far-sighted than we think.

Though I have to add, I do find that hard to believe. It could still finish up as the mother of all aberrations!

Is there anything for Mr Little in all this? The Labour Party did offer us a Capital Gains Tax - of sorts - and a form of nationalisation of the power industry at the 2014 election and suffered the heaviest defeat in its history. So I can’t see much “Corbynism” being tried here just yet.

Away from these potential, plate-grinding shifts, our sagging flag debate stutters on. A poll now tells us what “ we all” knew, the vast majority of the people are against any change of our tried and true banner.

Thus it looks as if Mr Key’s bid for immortality is on the road to nowhere. I don’t suppose that will faze him unduly.

That is one of the secrets Mr Turnbull may be looking to learn from the Master. Never be seen to let a setback faze you. Shrug it off and press on.

Incidentally, why did none of the selected flag designs include a kiwi? Surely that nocturnal bird is our best known emblem.

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Newly-appointed director Sue Lindsay will add depth to the ATS board.

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guiding the board through the challenging season ahead.

“As a director of RuralCo, Sue has become a lot closer to the ATS business over the last couple of years – it was more than a casual relationship, she has been active within ATS and has a strong affinity with our core business,” he said.

Ms Lindsay’s impressive list of credentials includes nine years with CRT Southland, seven as general manager. She was a member of BNZ’s Growth Programme Faculty, has been a presenter on Purdue University’s executive leadership programmes (Indiana), the Ice House and Rabobank’s agribusiness programme.

She has spent time on the boards of Genesis Power, Netball Southland, and the Dairy Women’s Network.

ATS has signalled its AGM will be held Mid November.

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With extensive experience in agri-business governance, Sue Lindsay will be a valuable addition to the ATS business during a difficult year for farmers, chairman Phil McKendry says.

Ms Lindsay’s appointment as an independent director to the board became effective on September 1. She takes her place beside the co-operative’s other independent director Andrew Priest.

Ian Mackenzie, Alister Body, and Jessie Chan-Dorman remain on the board with Mark Saunders and Gabrielle Thompson, both retiring by rotation and seeking re-election. Nominations close on October 2.

Mr McKendry said Ms Lindsay’s experience within the South Island rural sector, including an 18-month stint as a director on the RuralCo board, will be invaluable in

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BY SIMON MORGAN Volkswagen’s pollution cheating scandal has escalated dramatically after the automaker revealed 11 million of its cars worldwide could be affected, wiping a third off the company’s market value and threatening to topple its chief executive.

As the United States opened a criminal investigation into Volkswagen, chief executive Martin Winterkorn on Tuesday offered his “deepest apologies” for the scandal which threatens to tarnish Germany’s pristine industrial reputation.

“I am infinitely sorry that we have disappointed people’s trust.

I offer my deepest apologies to our customers, the authorities and to the public at large for our misconduct,” the 68-year-old executive said in a video statement and promised to be “ruthless” in getting to the bottom of the scandal.

The German firm has halted all diesel vehicles sales in the United States during the US probe, which could lead to fines amounting to a maximum of more than $US18 billion ($A25.23 billion).

Authorities from France to South Korea also said they would investigate the affair, prompting Volkswagen to an-

nounce that it was setting aside 6.5 billion euros ($A10.20 billion) in provisions for the third quarter to cover the potential costs of the scandal.

VW shares, which dived 17 per cent on Monday, closed down a further 19.8 per cent on Tuesday at 106.00 euros, as the automaker’s new revelations, including a warning that it will have to lower its profit outlook, sent investors fleeing.

When US authorities announced on Friday that special software on VW diesel vehicles drastically reduced output of pollutants when they were undergoing emissions tests they said it concerned nearly half a million vehicles sold in the United States.

But on Tuesday VW said that an internal investigation had shown that the software was also installed in other diesel vehicles and affected around 11 million cars worldwide.

The impact on the reputation of Volkswagen, whose parent company also owns brands including Audi, Skoda and Lamborghini, is hard to measure.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the company to show “full transparency” to clear up the matter. “I hope the facts will come to light as soon as possible,” she said in Berlin.

While the scandal has been restricted to Volkswagen so far, environment protection groups, particularly in Germany, suspect other carmakers may be using similar technology.

The US Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday that it will screen for defeat devices in other manufacturers’ diesel vehicles now on the road.

Industry experts believe Winterkorn’s job is on the line.

The regional daily Tagesspiegel said his dismissal had already been decided by the steering committee of carmaker’s supervisory board and would be officially sealed at a meeting of the full 20-member board this Friday.

The sophisticated software behind the scandal covertly turns off pollution controls when the car is being driven and turns them on only when it detects that the vehicle is undergoing an emissions test.

With the so-called “defeat device” deactivated, the car can spew pollutant gases into the air, including nitrogen oxide in amounts as much as 40 times higher than emissions standards, said the US Environmental Protection Agency, which announced the allegations on Friday along with California authorities.

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■ Add the coated meat, stirring constantly, until it is crisp and browned - about 3 minutes.

■ Transfer to a bowl with a slotted spoon.

■ Add 1 tbsp canola oil to a hot

wok. Add the onions and stir-fry for 2 minutes.

■ Add the sliced capsicum, apple slices and garlic.

■ Stir-fry for a further 2 minutes, then add the sauce mix. Return the pork to the mixture, stir until well mixed and heated through.

■ Serve over rice or udon noodles.

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Federated Farmers is urging graziers to negotiate contracts early with dairy farmers to ensure there will be enough feed going forward in light of the severe El Nino climate conditions predicted.

Mid Canterbury Federated Farmers arable president Jo Burke said forward planning and contracts were vital this season.

“Because we don’t want all the arable farmers heading away from grazing altogether.”

Many dairy farmers had retracted back to grass fed systems and it would be disastrous if graziers also retracted, particularly when El Nino hits in the middle of next year.

“We have to make sure there is enough feed going forward to balance El Nino and the downturn in dairy.”

Ms Burke said Federated Farmers aimed to get some facts out as to starting prices for graziers and dairy farmers.

“We’ve developed a good relationship over the past few years. It’s tight times and we want both sides to come out with their shirt on at the other side and forward planning is the best way of doing that.”

Farmers were in this together for the long term, she said.

New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) released a report into El Nino this week and ad-

vised while the drought would hurt the economy, farmers had developed a range of options to deal with adverse dry conditions.

The report stated monetary policy could play a role if required, by lowering interest rates and depreciating the dollar.

Overall El Nino would knock the agricultural GDP but a recession was far from inevitable.

NZIER believes farmers could see some offsetting impact on commodity prices should many of New Zealand’s competitors also be adversely affected.

Today farmers were more creative in dealing with drought, could see it coming and used alternative feed practices as well as shifting stock around to reduce exposure to dry conditions, the report stated.

Meanwhile Fonterra has moved more towards pasture-based systems with the director of co-operative affairs Mike Hurrell advising suppliers of guidelines being established for the use of palm kernel (PKE).

The co-operative wants farmers to voluntarily feed not more than 3kg of PKE per day per cow in order to future proof Fonterra’s position as a supplier of high quality pasture based milk products.

“After pasture, PKE is one of the cheapest supplementary feed options for farmers, and our data shows that PKE use is increasing.”

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Prime lamb numbers exceeded 2000 for the third successive week at the Tinwald sale yards on Tuesday. Schedules continue to strengthen as the numbers of last season’s lambs diminish, with heavy lambs continuing to attract the most interest.

Heavy woolly lambs made $125-$139, medi-

um weights $112-$123, and lighter lambs to $90.

A lighter yarding of ewes sold on a par w recent sales. A line of two-tooth ewes fetch $75-$80. Heavy woolly ewes earned $9 $110, medium weights $77-$90 and light sheep $61-$72.

$25m plan to revitalise sheep meat A $25 million partnership promoting wealth and health aims to revitalise the sheep meat industry.

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy launched the Primary Growth Partnership (PGP) programme yesterday.

Tagged Targeting New Wealth with High Health, the initiative is a collaboration between the Alliance Group, Headwaters New Zealand and the Ministry of Primary Industries.

The programme aims to reach existing and emerging markets, with the potential to inject an additional $400 million into the primary sector over 25 years, Mr Guy said.

Whole carcasses will be utilised to produce premium lamb products that are lower in satu-

rated fat and higher in polyunsaturated fats a healthy omega-3 oils.

The seven-year programme will assist produ ers to exploit the growing demand for healt foods, and add value to exports.

“It will build on our reputation as a produc of premium, healthy and innovative food, a will deliver benefits to all parts of the val chain.”

Alliance board chairman Murray Taggart sa there was huge potential in adding value to lam both home and internationally, and the comp ny’s strategy to achieve this would be reveal in a series of roadshows during October. T project was initially approved in January.

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Great range of sporting opportunities Ashburton Intermediate provides a great range of sporting opportunities. There are the major school sports events such as swimming, cross-country and athletics. We also have regular school sport held on Friday afternoons.

Each year there are Christchurch Intermediate and South Island Intermediate Indoor and Outdoor sports tournaments.

These involve a variety of sports – rugby, football, netball, hockey, basketball, volleyball, badminton and squash to name a few. We can choose to trial for tennis, cricket, softball, beach volleyball and sometimes touch rugby and golf teams.

Girls’ and boys’ cricket teams also represent our school at local competitions such as the Milo Cup.

We can compete against other schools in Mid Canterbury at the county swimming, county athletic sports and Mid Canterbury schools’ triathlon.

Our school also offers us the opportunity to represent our school at gymnastics, cycling and duathlon events. We compete against other schools from Mid Canterbury and from the Christchurch region.

We have lunchtime sport which is co-ordinated by Mrs Perkins. These games can be very competitive and lots of fun. We have a fantastic artificial turf that can be used for class PE lessons or school sport all year round.

If you love sport, love competing, playing in a team, then Ashburton Intermediate is the school for you.

Special events on offer

Music to the fore For those with musical ability, Ashburton Intermediate has a wide range of opportunities.

You can continue or start music lessons with our music tutor Barbara Thomas learning guitar, piano, keyboard and singing.

Paula Green tutors violin and cello. You can also take part in choirs, music festival, onstage performances and if you are very good at singing, special choir. There are also other classes and clubs involving music.

OUTDOOR EDUCATION At Ashburton Intermediate, the students have the opportunity to participate in two special events – a two-day trip to Christchurch for the Year 7s involving museum visits, a swim at the Pioneer Pool, skating at the Alpine Ice rink and more.

They stay at the Rehua Marae for the night where they are greeted with a powhiri (welcoming).

It is a privilege for them to participate and they learn a lot on their journey.

There is also a five-day camp for the Year 8s at Peel Forest which includes a lot of different walking tracks, a dip in the nearby river, numerous games of spotlight, cooking your own meals, sleeping in a tent and the massive trek up Little Mount Peel.

It’s an amazing five days never to be forgotten.

KAPAHAKA The students can also join the kapahaka group where they can learn traditional Maori songs and waiatas and at the end, perform at assembly. It’s an awesome way to learn more about our culture.

PERFORMANCES There are three performances for the students to participate in during the year. The

performances are very cool and educational which is a bonus.

It’s definitely something to look forward to.

LEARNING SUPPORT Children with learning disabilities can go to Learning Support which is taught by Mrs Thomson and ably assisted by Mrs Print and Mrs Reid. They can learn maths, reading, writing and much more.

Extension opportunities

All types of technology

At Ashburton Intermediate there is a variety of different academic opportunities for all students.

There are the ICAS tests (International Competitions and Assessments for Schools) that all students can choose to enter in subjects like maths, science and reading. Ashburton Intermediate has many extension groups for students who want to extend their learning in a specific subject. There’s art extension, robotics, science extension and more. Every year our

Technology consists of three different areas – hard materials, soft materials and food technology and art.

In hard materials we learn and discover about building things and how different tools work. This class is run by Mr Butler and the class teacher.

Soft materials and food technology are taken in the same room but we do two terms in each area.

In soft materials we sew and find out about the different materials and learn how to use the sewing machine.

In food technology we learn how to cook and prepare different types of food.

In art we try lots of different techniques and learn how to paint, draw and mix colours.

All of these different subjects can prepare you for a future in lots of different jobs. They are all very practical and fun.

school attends academic competitions and we do very well in these. Teams are selected from maths extension from each year group to compete in the Aoraki maths competition and the Cantamaths competition.

Teams are chosen for the Timaru Spelling Bee and the Quizco. We also do science projects and the best ones are selected to go to Stanford Science Fair in Timaru. Overall, Ashburton Intermediate is a great place for academic opportunities.

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■ KIA SORENTO EX DIESEL

SUV suits us just fine I

’m frequently asked which SUV should I buy.

“What do you want to do with it, how many seats do you want and what’s the budget?” I reply.

There’s now so many new SUV/cross-overs available, if you can’t find one that meets both your needs and wants, you haven’t looked hard enough!

Other than price one common want, especially with both parents and grandparents is the convenience of having a third row of seats.

Not just for the infantry, but for the occasional use by fullsized people as well.

Others factors include whether it’s to be two, or four wheel drive, and petrol or diesel.

All of which the new, sixmodel Sorento line-up answer.

They all have seven seats, and there are engine choices.

Petrols with either a 2.4-litre four cylinder, or a 3.5-litre, V6.

Then there’s the updated, 2.2-litre turbo diesel as driven.

While the V6 petrol is frontwheel-drive only, all the others are all-wheel-drive.

As with all recent Kia models Peter Schreyer’s design flair is obvious with the now longer, lower and wider Sorento’s shapely looks, right through from the now signature family grille, to its stylish, yet practical rear.

This gives it that all-important road presence!

And that continues inside through the new body and 80mm longer wheelbase, meaning more leg and head room, especially for second and thirdrow passengers.

For the latter, access is easier because both the outer second row seats slide back and

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FINALE This new stylish and generously equipped Sorento proved to be both easy to like, comfortable and smoothly quiet to drive. Size-wise, although big enough to carry seven as needed its not too big and felt just right for our typical driving conditions.

forward, so can be adjusted for both passenger numbers, and/ or sizes.

All of those passengers will appreciate their own air-con controls, USB points, power outlets and leather seats.

Plus there’s very good views to the outside for all.

Behind the wheel, in the quick-heating seat, I had plenty of space and comfort and liked the classy looking dash with its easily used, 7-inch, (like wheels and tyres, inches for screens continue

to be quoted) colour, infotainment screen.

The result is the entire cabin both looks and feels nicely upmarket, with its combination of quality materials and soft-touch surfaces.

And much of this upmarket feel isn’t just reserved for this mid range EX, or its more expensive and even better equipped siblings.

All Sorento models now have sat-nav, a reversing camera, front and rear sensors, tyre pressure monitoring, dual-zone

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Folding both the second and third rows increases to 1662 litres!

The updated, quiet and smooth 2.2-litre turbo-diesel now produces 147kW, and 441Nm of torque from 1750 to 2750 rpm, which I found to be

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There’s the choice of using Normal, Sport or Eco modes.

They adjust the smooth shifting six-speed auto’s shift pattern and the steering a little.

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Kia’s Oz engineers had a hand in tuning both the new suspension, and steering set up.

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Age Concern Ashburton Age Concern has their Annual Street Day Appeal, Lavender Day, scheduled for Friday October 2.

There will be 10 collection stations around the town and all support is greatly appreciated. Just look for the purple balloons!

Rosa Bennett’s 50+ group have had their first 3 gatherings for this session. If you respond best in a small informal group then this will suit you nicely. 50+ is held on a Friday morning at the Senior Centre and includes morning tea and an interesting speaker.

All enquiries to the Age Concern office, 3086817, otherwise be there for a 10am start.

Mary Harrison, Director of Day Services, advises that there are vacancies available at the 206 Club on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Stimulating and varied programmes are on offer and may just be the answer for a lonely and/or isolated family member.

All enquiries are welcomed on 3086817, so why not find out more about the 206 Club.

We are pleased to confirm funding from our National Office’s Health Promotion programme to continue the Steady as you Go Galls Prevention with Dianne Moss.

Anyone interested in knowing more about our Hospital Visiting programme is invited to ring either the Age Concern Office, or coordinator, Adriane Rouse on 308-4933.

Courtesy drivers, gardeners, advocacy and Total Mobility continue to be in demand and all requests for these can be directed to the Age Concern Office Monday to Friday, 9.00am – 2.30pm, 3086817.

Allenton Bowling Club Friday Triples September 18 - 1st. Alex Crawford Bob Holdom & Jill May 2nd Bruce White Noeline Woods & Anne Reid 3rd Colin Dennis Alister MacKenzie & John Smart 4th Joe Ryk Murray Anderson & Diane Gutberlet - well done.

Progressive Pairs September 9 Skips 1st Tom Sutton 2nd Trev Johnston Leads. 1st Des Thomas 2nd Barry Molloy - good bowling all.

Opening Day: A full green of players enjoyed Triples & Fours after being welcomed by our President Alex.

It looks like a very good season ahead, as there were new members and some thinking of taking on bowls. We adjourned to the clubhouse for a finger tea and of course refreshments before an evening of good old music with Clarrie Youngman and his band. Great night’s entertainment.

Matt knew a couple of songs and even got up and sang The Gambler, it was a case of the young being coached by the olds in musical appreciation!!!

Ladies had their first Tuesday with a good number being present and two ladies had their first go at bowling.

We played Aussie Pairs to help our juniors become confident on the green followed

by Shanghi Singles. Good fun (some of the oldest ‘juniors’ I’ve ever seen).

A cuppa and a quick meeting closed a very good start to the new season.

Ashburton Bowling Club The season was officially opened by His Worship the Mayor Mr Angus McKay on Saturday September 19.

Despite the cooler weather over 60 members attended, played bowls and then enjoyed a lovely afternoon tea. New members were introduced and welcomed.

Thank you for making Ashburton your club and we wish you happy bowling with us. Barry our catering convenor would like more help for the Ladies Chartered Club Tournament October 5 to 9, please contact him if you can assist in the kitchen, both morning and afternoon.

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can enter the season’s competitions.

Our Patron was unable to attend due to ill health and we wish him and all members who are not well the very best for a speedy recovery. Get well soon.

It was good to see another Life member (Kees) attending.

Members please check the lists in your locker rooms for your entries in all the coming Championships, and the teams for interclub events. Heather has new shirts for those who need them.

Kitchen duty for next week is Winston Lee and Tony Blain, this covers Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons. This week is Alison Gibbs and Lex Johns.

Saturday roll overs begin this Saturday October 26 names in before 1pm.

Good bowling to all.

General Business.

A merino fleece has been given to the club which will be next year’s project for all members to work on.

Entries are to be in for the A & P show by September 30.

Some members are keen to be a team for a “Fleece to Garment” challenge which will be held at Hororata on November 7.

The Area AGM will be held at Darfield on Saturday November 21 and our group is responsible for morning tea and the programme.

After that, a Silent Auction was held and a belated Show and Tell lot of items were shown.

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President Avis Kingsland welcomed members to the September meeting of the Mid Canterbury Ladies Probus Club held recently. Birthdays and anniversaries were celebrated after the National Anthem had been sung.

Almoner Val Johnson reported on the health of members and Trip Convener Bernie Tutty told of the forthcoming bus trip planned to Christchurch on 19 November.

There is to be a Probus Luncheon on 16 October. Gwen Clucas was nominated for the position of Area Representative.

Cleaning goods are being collected to donate to Ronald McDonald House in Christchurch.

Heather Mowatt then spoke of the Advanced Care Plan, and said this could be needed if there is a life threatening illness or accident. It is about end of life care and should be discussed with family and the form filled in.

After the drawing of the raffles and morning tea, six members of the Ashburton Organ Club entertained with some light entertainment.

They were an accordion group, with a keyboard. They played some old time brackets, Top of the Pops, and concluded with “When You’re Smiling and “We’ll Meet Again.” Val Farr thanked them on behalf of the members.

President Avis closed the meeting with the Thought For the Day “Tomorrow is not promised to us, so take today and make the most of it”.

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Our meeting was at the Sinclair Centre where we staged our Spring Flower Show.

Given the season has delayed spring flowers, there was a great display of blooms in most classes.

Congratulations to the entrants, who had success and also thank you to the two judges, Daphne Allison and Mary McKosker.

Results as follows: Premier Bloom: Pamela Bird. Pamela Bird: 1- 1st, 1- 2nd, 2- 3rd, Lois Bradley: 3-1st, 3-2nd, 1-3rd. Kathy Collie: 1-1st, 1- 2nd, Norma Galway: 2-1st, 1- 2nd, 1-3rd. Joan Green: 1-3rd, Heather Gray: 2-1st, 1-2nd, 1- 3rd. Anne Gamblin: 3- 1st, Mary Leighton: 1-2nd, 1- 3rd. Audrey McKay: 3-1st, 5- 2nd, 1-3rd, Rona McConnell 1-2nd, 1-3rd.

Isobel Porter: 2-1st, 1-2nd, 3-3rd, Pat Tarbotton: 2-2nd, 4-3rd While judging of the show was in process, members had a quiz which was fun and tested the grey matter.

Our next meeting is on October 15.

It will be a Mini Market staged by Garden Club Members, it will be at the Senior Citizens Centre at 2pm.

ing that Man – Kern/Hammerstein. Piano Solo: Eliane Vinculado – Vendetta – Elissa Milne. Vocal Solo: Olivia Brown – Seligkeit – Schubert, Toglietemi la Vita – Scarlatti.

Piano Solo: Waltz op 64 no 1 – Chopin, and Danse du Meunier – Manuel de Falla. Trio of Paula Green violin, m Emily Dodd violin, and Stephen Diedricks piano – Concerto in A minor (Allegro, Larghetto Espiritose, Allegro) – Vivaldi. Piano solos: Joy Sun – Sonata in Eb Major 4th Movement (Presto con fuoco) Beethoven, Etude in C#minor – Chopin, Liebeslied – Schumann/Liszt.

Accompanists: Jo Castelow, Carolie Andrew.

A wonderful evening of talented musicians enjoyed by all who attended.

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5 members from the Ashburton MSA Petanque Club took part in the South Island Petanque Singles Tournament in St. Kilda:- Rewa and Stephen Kyle, Jonathan Crum, Richard Browne, and Marion Harrison. A total of 34 players took part, and we showed up well against some tough competition.

Three Ashburton players got into the top half to play off the next morning, for Championship or Plate sections.

It was interesting to note that only 3 women got into the top 16, and 2 of these were from Ashburton, being Rewa Kyle and Marion Harrison, and Richard Browne also got into this section. A good effort from Ashburton. Rewa Kyle came third in the plate, and Richard Browne was runner up.

A very enjoyable and friendly tournament, and we were all glad to be part of it.

Ashburton Musical Club Ashburton Musical Club concert arranged

by Carolie Andrew.

Members and visitors were delighted to have the Phoenix Chorus open the concert with three songs under the Chorus Director Jo Castelow.

Summertime – George Gershwin, Danny Boy – arr. Julie Knowles, and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy – arr Ed Lojeski. Piano Solos by Sam Kuipers, – Rondo – Diabelli and What to do When it Rains – Gareth Balch. Vocal solos with accompaniment

by Jo Castelow – Annelise Diamond – How Many Tears – Schoenberg/Boubil, Libby Higson – Just you Wait – Lerner & Lowe, Madeleine Evans – I Dreamed a Dream – Schoenberg/Boubil.

Piano Solos: Lacey Cairns – Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken, Shayna Cairns: Black and White Rag – George Botsford. Vocal Solo,: Samantha McArthur – Can’t Help Lov-

Rakaia’s top gardeners held their Annual Spring Flower Show recently, with good entries despite the inclement weather.

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Meetings second Tuesday of month, Senior’s Centre 206 Cameron St, 9.30 am.

Phone Dennis, 308 0140 or ashmensprobus@gmail.com Our October meeting is an “Open Meeting” which is open to any non-member who wishes to attend.

Anyone who comes to the Senior Centre at 9.30am October 13 is welcome. The speaker is Andrew Dalzell, CEO of the Ashburton District Council.

Our mini speaker, David Turpie, recently visited Switzerland with an American farm interest tour group.

Switzerland’s 50,000 family farms, average area only 18 Ha, are highly subsidised to maintain a high level of food self-sufficiency. The main crops are potatoes, wheat and barley while beef, dairy, pork, lamb and even horse meat are produced.

Poultry is also important. The wealth generated by Swiss banking and the many large companies and organisations based in Switzerland makes the subsidies possible.

Richard Conway spoke of his career as a Travel Agent which started in Christchurch in the Government Tourist Bureau before moving to Ashburton in 1961. Back then it cost about one third the average annual wage for a return air fare to London. Travel became common as air fares became affordable.

His travelled himself so that he could confidently tell his clients what to expect.

Memorable destinations included the South Africa, Zimbabwe, Norway and the USA. He marketed group departures NZ wide and also developed inbound special interest Inbound Group travel mostly from the USA and Australia.

He felt overseas travel experience improved the quality of life and created

good memories.

Ashburton Senior Citizens Inc. The monthly social afternoon was held on September 8 at the Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

The audience missed Hope McIntosh’s lovely piano playing as they arrived. We all hope she is soon better.

Bronie, President welcomed everyone with a reminder of the morning tea at 10,00am on the last Wednesday in the month at Community House and all welcome.

Arthur opened the entertainment with one of his delightful stories.

He was followed by Geordie and one of his cheerful tales. Irene followed with some lovely tunes on her piano accordion ending with Red Wings.

A newcomer to the local talent was Just Judy with her guitar starting with “Do you remember”, and “I’ve got to leave Old Durham Town”. The Grey Lads (Geordie, Dowell, Alan and John) played a lovely selection most invigorating ending with “Hello Dolly”.

Jim Lischner played his cornet and then his guitar singing “I need your love” and “How great thou art”.

Raffles were drawn followed by Jim, Bob and Russell with their banjos with lovely bright and breezy tunes.

Geordie on piano accordion and Arthur sang the “Rose of Piccadilly”. Just Judy returned to sing and accompany herself on her guitar. She sang “I get the Blues”.

Afternoon tea was served after Bronie thanked all the entertainers and Arthur who had organised the entertainers for a lovely afternoon.

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Creative Fibre – Ashburton September 21, 32 women were present, 4 of whom were visitors. Members who had had special celebrations, or operations or who were unwell were brought to the attention of the meeting.

The recent GLEN TUI weekend for creative fibre members, 5 or our members went and they reported that it had been a very enjoyable time with other people.

The Staveley Week to which 12 women went and stayed for the week welcomed those who came for the day that suited them.

Much dyeing was done including two days of Dartmoor dyeing producing many colours from combination of red, green, blue and yellow. Also the care and best ways of carding.

8 members went to the Heathcote group which was enjoyable.

Rakaia Garden Club The September meeting of the Garden Club was held in the Presbyterian Church Hall with a reasonable attendance.

It was the occasion of the Annual Spring Flower Show with a very good number of entries in all sections.

Mr Graham Gunn was the judge and commended members on the quality of entries in spite of recent wet weather.

He also gave us some useful information on picking flowers for showing.

Good presentation and the right containers were also important.

The trophy for the Premier Daffodil was won by Pam Dolan and the trophy for the most points in daffodils classes was won

by Anthea Copland Competition Results: Decorative: 1st M Hanrahan, 2nd P Duncan, 3rd D Simpson.

Bloom of the Month: 1st P Dolan, 2nd M Hanrahan, 3rd D Simpson. Flowering Shrub: 1st M Hanrahan, 2nd P Duncan, 3rd A Copland. Bloom under 5cm: 1st A Copland, 2nd P Duncan, 3rd D Simpson.

Bloom over 5cm: 1st A Copland, 2nd P Dolan, 3rd D Simpson. Cluster: 1st A Copland, 2nd T Molloy, 3rd P Duncan. Spike: 1st P Dolan, 2nd T Molloy, 3rd D Simpson.

Produce: 1st P Dolan, 2nd T Molloy Our next meeting is to be held on Monday October 12 and will be a visit to gardens in the Leeston/Southbridge area.

Members are asked to meet at the Rakaia Community Centre in time to leave at 1pm.

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Canterbury finds a way to sneak home A combination of their own resolve and a curious decision from the officials saw Canterbury remain unbeaten and seal a semi-final spot in the ITM Cup. Trailing for 70 minutes of their clash against Waikato in Christ-

church last night, the home side took advantage of Ben Tameifuna’s yellow card to score two tries and claim a narrow victory.

An out-of-sorts Canterbury were outplayed for the the majority of the match.

There initially appeared to be little in Ben Tameifuna’s off-the-ball tangle with an opponent, and television replays confirmed as much. But even after the TMO failed to spot an offence, referee Paul Williams

brandished yellow to the Waikato prop on the advice of touch judge Liam Scanlon. Canterbury immediately took advantage, earning a couple of lineouts in the opposite corners of AMI Stadium and implementing

a couple a successful lineout drives. The result would have been described as deserved by only the most one-eyed Cantabrian, but these are the sorts of matches champion teams often find a way to win.

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Rugby will grow in Japan, says Williams

By James Ford

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

Mid Canterbury and former Japan first five Murray Williams is confident that the Brave Blossoms’ shock 34-32 win over South Africa will be a turning point in Japanese rugby - no matter how they performed this morning.

Before the weekend, Japan’s only other World Cup triumph came in a 52-8 win over Zimbabwe in 1991, before being on the end of the competition’s second biggest defeat - a 145-17 hiding from the All Blacks four years later.

But Sunday’s win over the two-time world champions has sparked debate: could Eddie Jones’ side break the mould?

If not in this World Cup, then the next, which Japan will host in 2018.

The group stages of the previous seven World Cups have rarely deviated from a predictable script, the usual outcome after pool play is quarter-final berths for the game’s eight major powers, New Zealand, England, South Africa, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Australia and France.

Despite these nations not always reaching the last eight Wales, Scotland and Ireland have all fallen short of the knockout stages - at least six have consistently occupied quarter-final spots throughout the tournament’s history.

Williams, who played for Japan six times, lived in the country for

more than three years and believes the structure is in place for the Cherry Blossoms to become genuine quarter-final contenders.

“This would be by far the biggest achievement in their history, it doesn’t get much bigger than beating South Africa at a World Cup,” he said.

“It’s huge for rugby in Japan, knowing a lot of the players, they are young and should be still around in four years’ time, so they will definitely continue to improve.”

He said rugby was finding its place in Japanese sport, which is traditionally dominated by baseball and soccer, and was developing well at university level.

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university level and winning against South Africa will spike interest and they will see they can compete against the world’s best,” he said.

“If they don’t quite make it this time, they could especially make it to the quarter-finals next time,” he said.

Foreign coaches are also having a major influence, according to Williams, and with a Japanese franchise set for a debut season in Super Rugby next year, the future looks bright for rugby in the land of the rising sun.

“The level of their domestic competition has got a lot stronger and the influence the foreigners have on the Japanese players, they are keen to learn and work Murray Williams: Six games for extremely hard.” the Brave Blossoms.

Today at Forbury Park Raceway

Forbury Park Trotting Club Inc Venue Forbury Park Meet- 1 70497 Mustang Bullitt (1) fr ............... J Morrison (J) ing Date: 24 Sep 2015 NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 2 95500 Bouncer (2) fr .......................... M Williamson 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7 3 05070 Gene Time (3) fr ................. B Williamson (J) 1 5.31pm ABURNS GLASS HANDICAP TROT $5500, 4 97886 Miss Stella (4) fr ............................ K Cox (J) 5 9x289 Kowhai King (5) fr.............................R Close 4yo+ c0, c1 with cond. spechcp trot, stand, 2200m 6 94880 Hez Only The Lonely (6) fr ............... D Dunn 1 04x59 Pure Success (1) fr .......................N Buchan 7 x9060 Gotta Laugh (7) fr 2 x90x0 Wingham Well (2) fr .....................T Williams 8 86x06 Shard Diego (8) fr ...........................J W Cox 3 5385D Trouble Del (3) fr .................... J Morrison (J) 9 Bellmaree (9) fr .............................B Orange 4 63D90 Playboy’s Brother (4) fr....... B Williamson (J) 5 x3248 Pat’s Success (5) fr ..........................R Close 3 6.31pm PW ENGINEERING HANDICAP TROT $7000, 6 Bet Pray Love (6) fr .........................J W Cox 5yo+ c1 to c6 spechcp trot, stand, 2700m 7 9 Topnotch Eagle (7) fr............... M Williamson 1 39768 Filigree Sheree (1) fr .....................B Orange 8 7790x Grace Lightning (8) fr ................... B Norman 2 72399 Kylie Castleton (1) 10 ......... B Williamson (J) 9 x7784 Strathmores Charm (1) 30 ................J Dunn 3 61457 Trick Star (2) 10................................R Close 10 x0076 Hengroen (2) 30 ............................... D Dunn 4 47534 Anothersuperstar (3) 10 .......... M Williamson 11 P8690 Sundon Invasion (U1) 30 .............. K Barclay 5 2705x Moa Bones (U1) 10 ...........................J Dunn 2 6.01pm WASHINGTON VC PACE $5500, c0 with 6 114x1 Feather Boyz (1) 40 .....................T Williams 7 0138x Experiment (U1) 40 .......................... D Dunn cond. pace, stand, 2200m

Imola (4) fr....................................... G Smith 4 7.01pm PALAMOUNTAIN SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION 4 G I Joe (5) fr .................................T Williams MOBILE PACE $5500, 3yo+, c0 with cond. mob. pace, 5 6 3966x Three Ways (6) fr ............................. D Dunn mobile, 2200m 7 04383 Bettor’s Power (7) fr .........................S Ottley 1 05506 Pacific Hilight (1) fr 8 He Can Fly (8) fr ..................M Anderson (J) 2 00967 Loire Franco (2) fr .................. J Morrison (J) 3 0x707 Lloydin Magic (3) fr...........................R Close 6 7.58pm VETPRO MOBILE PACE $6500, 4yo+ c1 4 39296 Waihemo Art (4) fr...........................J W Cox mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 5 66024 Thinking Smart (5) fr ............... M Williamson 1 42057 Be Me (1) fr ..................................... J Ovens 6 08x Inkberrow (6) fr............................. S McNally 2 990x0 Falcon Asset (2) fr .............................J Dunn 7 5834 Sancy (7) fr 3 43980 Tuscaloosa (3) fr .................... J Morrison (J) 8 76648 Fern Fever (8) fr ................. B Williamson (J) 4 00708 Never Eyre (4) fr............................ K Cox (J) 9 45624 Derringer (9) fr ..............................B Orange 5 91x28 The Charging Moa (5) fr.......... M Williamson 10 540x Highview Ruler (21) fr ................... B Barclay 6 40700 Music (6) fr ....................................... D Dunn 5 7.30pm NRM SIRES STAKES (HEAT 1) MOBILE 7 68575 The Persuader (7) fr ........... B Williamson (J) 8 4000x Extreme Force (8) fr ...................... K Butt (J) PACE $22,000, 3yo c&g mob. pace, mobile, 1700m 9 9xP01 That Cat (9) fr................................ B Barclay 1 111 Franco Cristiano (1) fr .......................J Dunn 2 821x2 Hickstead (2) fr .................................J Curtin 10 39893 Big Bad John (21) fr ..............R McIlwrick (J) 3 94x34 Formula One (3) fr ........................B Orange 11 65x13 Kingi Hone Kira (22) fr ................. S McNally

12 63120 Live To Tell (23) fr ..........................B Orange 13 59689 Billy Klondike (U1) fr ............ C Ferguson (J) 7 8.26pm HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY MADDY SPENCE MOBILE PACE $7500, 4yo+ c2, c3 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 42723 Heretic Franco (1) fr ..................M Parker (J) 2 79600 Motu Speedy Star (2) fr.......... J Morrison (J) 3 02214 Weedon’s Express (3) fr ..................J W Cox 4 1345x Onedin Onyx (4) fr .................. M Williamson 5 80x05 Chantrey (5) fr .................................. D Dunn 6 15x19 Run To Hide (6) fr .......................... B Barclay 7 08701 Warp Power (7) fr ..........................B Orange 8 51586 Aveross Rustler (8) fr ...................T Williams 9 49844 Hudson Sully (9) fr ......................J Young (J) 10 97070 Raphoe (U1) fr ......................R McIlwrick (J) Pacifiers off : Pure Success, Grace Lightning, Hengroen (R1), Moa Bones (R3)

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3 2104x Irish Whisper t (6) 58 ....................... K Myers 7 9606x Astute (7) 56.5 ...................... N Teeluck (a3) 4 5750x Miss Professional th (5) 58............D Bradley 8 509x0 Azraf (8) 56.5 ..............................C Lammas 5 53458 Spendaholic m (2) 58 ......................J Riddell 9 0x68x Good Grace (5) 56.5 .............. L Werner (a4) 1 12.58pm (NZT) EL CHEAPO CARS 2YO $7000, 2YO 10 0x Roseofplatinum (1) 56.5.............. R Hannam 6 1306x Brillante Brigitte h (10) 57.5 .. N Teeluck (a3) 7 9855x Delilah Deltoro th (9) 56.5 ...............S Collett 11 Valour (6) 56 ...................................R Myers SW+P, 800m 1 1 The Duke Of Jazz dm (3) 57.5 ....C Lammas 3 2.08pm 94.3FM THE SOUND OF KAPITI 3YO MAID- 8 5660x Kalinga (7) 55 9 090x0 Godzila Girl m (4) 54.5 .....................K Smith 2 2 Caorunn (5) 56 ..............................L Allpress EN $7000, MDN 3YO, 1380m 10 x0787 Sussed m (1) 54.5....................... R Hannam 3 Fibonacci (2) 56 ...............................K Smith 1 9x Battle Cry h (3) 57.5 ........................R Myers 4 Just You (1) 56............................. R Hannam 2 8x Daponte h (1) 57.5 ..........................J Riddell 5 3.18pm BILL SKELTON CHALLENGE 17 OCTOBER 5 Platinum Valence (4) 56 ..................J Riddell 3 088. Tawera Nikau (8) 57.5 .....................S Collett MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1600m 6 Choux Play (7) 54 ...........................S Collett 1 08x22 Karching (3) 58.5 ............................ K Myers 4 Wentworth (2) 57.5 ................. D Turner (a1) 7 Pathfinder h (6) 54 ..........................R Myers 2 43332 Platinum Song b (14) 58.5 ..............J Riddell 5 8x34 Miss Cobra (6) 55.5 ......................L Allpress 3 9x204 Brecon Beau b (10) 58.5 ......... D Turner (a1) 2 1.33pm MILLS REEF WINERY MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 6 7 Gates Of Eden (7) 55.5 ............... R Hannam 4 x7424 Mwaadan (11) 58.5 ............... N Teeluck (a3) 1200m 7 Iff So Happens (5) 55.5 ......C Anderson (a4) 5 03624 Dal Sir Tee (13) 58.5 ......................H Tinsley 1 x222x Silver Blade bh (10) 58.5................. K Myers 8 Rhiannon (4) 55.5 ........................... K Myers 2 08. Dirty Bertie (2) 58.5...........R Goldsbury (a2) 4 2.43 NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES R65 $12,000, 6 x0044 Our Spice (4) 58.5........................... D Walsh 7 0P397 And Thatz Scotty (15) 58.5 R Goldsbury (a2) 3 Keilib (9) 58.5 ..................................J Riddell 8 3336x Tiddly (7) 56.5 ............................L Hemi (a2) 4 x0x8x Sir Hiko (4) 58.5 ...............................K Smith Rating 65 Benchmark Fillies and Mares*, 1380m 1 7x35x Outspoken t (3) 59 .................

L Werner (a4) 9 42288 Katie O’Ceirin (6) 56.5 ....................R Myers 5 x238x Silver Shadow h (3) 56.5 .................S Collett 2 7225x Prioritise (8) 59................................R Myers 10 x3477 Kirra Belle (16) 56.5 ......................L Allpress 6 3x Sauvignon (11) 56.5......................L Allpress Otaki Maori RC Venue: Otaki Meeting Date: 24 Sep 2015 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7

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11 47 Sparcling Thyme h (17) 56.5 .......C Lammas 12 56 Kamano (1) 56.5 ......................... R Hannam 13 050 Robbie Kapow 58.5 ...................... Scratched 14 0 Motorvator (8) 58.5 15 07. The Great Guru (12) 58.5 16 0x98x Bad Boy Brown h (9) 58.5 17 988x Carajean (2) 56.5 18 9x0x0 Tony Soprano (5) 58.5 Emergencies: Robbie Kapow, Motorvator, The Great Guru, Bad Boy Brown, Carajean, Tony Soprano 6 3.53pm KAY ZED RACING R75 HANDICAP $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1600m 1 4620x Red Mafia tdm (3) 61.5 ..............R Elliot (a4) 2 121x0 Postboy db (8) 59.5 ........................H Tinsley 3 42628 Pencuri dm (2) 59..........................L Allpress 4 x2642 Dal Dantrix d (1) 58.5 ......................R Myers 5 4840x Sir Gus t (5) 57.5.............................J Riddell 6 92045 Mr Darcee’s Gold m (7) 56 .............. K Myers 7 83278 Watch Your Man 55.5 ................... Scratched 8 540x0 Miss Enders d (9) 55 .............. L Werner (a4)

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2 45211 Can’t Catch Tim 30.09 ..................R Adcock 6 61767 Know Favours 17.21 ......................G Cleeve 3 43176 Lagoon Belle 30.55 ......................C Roberts 7 43257 Air Express 17.38...................J T McInerney 1 38531 Stand Up Girl 17.39 .....................C Roberts 4 76432 Homebush Howard 30.22 ......J T McInerney 8 66651 Wears The Gold 17.44 .................C Roberts 2 45125 Tepirita Hendrix 17.16 M &................Jopson 5 41381 Kirkham Jack 30.15......................C Roberts 9 16855 Van Gerwin 17.24 ......................H Anderton 3 65517 Rick’s Treasure 17.25 C & .................. Fagan 6 52176 Goldstar Junior 30.58 S & ............... B Evans 4 27647 Homebush Paige 17.33..........J T McInerney 10 47774 Another Fan 17.38 .................J T McInerney 5 77237 Adroit 17.18.................................. L Waretini 6 6.41pm FAST ARCHER AT STUD STAKES C3, 520m 7 12651 Willis 30.26....................................R Adcock 1 4.43pm (NZT) SUPER PETS SPRINT C3, 295m 8 14615 Mystic Action 30.35 J &...................D Fahey 6 74361 Hanna The Spanna 17.23 ..........D Stapleton 1 23122 Chippa Lata 30.35.....................R Blackburn 1 66182 Bad Week 17.33.....................J T McInerney 9 21773 Cawbourne Kenny 30.67..............C Roberts 7 45375 May May Last 17.22 ..........................J Dunn 2 46112 Birchbrook 30.43 ...........................R Adcock 2 41425 Cawbourne Peejay 17.28 ...................C Weir 8 646x1 Mary Marlow 17.14 ......................... M Grant 3 52344 Know Lapse 30.81 .........................G Cleeve 10 53485 Opawa Stretch 30.32 L & ................... Wales 3 23286 Eyrewell Hawke 17.17.................... H Cairns 9 76552 Wunzee 17.39 ........................J T McInerney 4 73733 Cawbourne War 30.22 .................C Roberts 9 8.09pm CHRISTCHURCHGREYHOUNDS.CO.NZ 4 51217 Vito Baxter 17.37 ...................J T McInerney 10 47774 Another Fan 17.38 .................J T McInerney 5 52547 Jessie Surfs 30.35 .......................C Roberts DASH C5, 295m 5 12786 Norman Jewel 17.16 ....................C Roberts 6 22137 Kinloch Power 30.35 S & ................ B Evans 1 21568 Homebush Ariel 17.30 ...........J T McInerney 6 27174 Only Got Time 17.12 .................R Blackburn 4 5.51pm KOLORFUL KANVAS SPRINT C3/4, 295m 7 24315 Another Message 30.47 .........J T McInerney 2 18123 Little Regus 17.01 J & .....................D Fahey 1 82665 Wine Time nwtd ........................ A Bradshaw 7 38778 Stirling Dann nwtd C & ....................... Fagan 8 17321 Dirk The Jerk nwtd ............................J Dunn 3 31346 Rick’s Terra 17.25 C & ........................ Fagan 2 14782 Zipping Jye 17.16...............................C Weir 8 36881 Ilabb 17.32 M & .................................Jopson 9 81546 Homebush Buck 30.60 ...........J T McInerney 4 17251 Puma Pants 17.02..................J T McInerney 3 33135 Know Contest 17.30.......................G Cleeve 9 16855 Van Gerwin 17.24 ......................H Anderton 10 82738 Briseur De Reves 30.47 ............

A Bradshaw 5 14561 Get Ready Freddy 17.18 ........... A Bradshaw 4 31311 Opawa Rocket 17.13 J & ................D Fahey 10 47774 Another Fan 17.38 .................J T McInerney 6 24213 Rusty Knife 17.09 M & ......................Jopson 5 62278 Abound 17.23................................R Adcock 7 7.11pm I PAVE CONCRETE SPRINT C3/4, 295m 2 5.01pm ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH 6 11768 Homebush Gru 17.42.............J T McInerney 1 23152 Firemans Galaxy 17.12 ..................G Cleeve 7 81231 Smash That 17.21 ........................... M Grant DASH C3, 295m 8 84275 Goldstar Chumlee 17.25 S & .......... B Evans 7 767x8 Grand Apache 17.09 S & ................ B Evans 2 85338 Zorba The Greek 17.26 ................... M Grant 9 25356 Rodriguez 17.10..................................A Lee 1 77328 Know Pride 17.08...........................G Cleeve 8 88754 Collecting Money 17.27 .................. M Grant 3 23454 About Town 17.27 ...............................A Lee 10 64272 Keramus 17.09 ...............................G Cleeve 2 74512 Replay 17.26 .......................................A Lee 9 76552 Wunzee 17.39 ........................J T McInerney 4 88316 Look At Lucy 17.37 M & ...................... Smith 3 2864x Butterbean 17.20 M & .....................P Binnie 10 47774 Another Fan 17.38 .................J T McInerney 5 31755 Homebush Rocky 17.17 .........J T McInerney 10 8.36pm HAMPDEN TAVERN STAKES C5, 520m 4 86367 Brooke Davis 17.25 ...................... L Waretini 5 6.11pm POWER FARMING CANTERBURY DASH 6 73317 Spider Girl 17.18 .............................. B Dann 1 23175 Ugo Flash 30.18 J & .......................D Fahey 5 24274 Expect Delay 17.61 ......................... M Grant C3, 295m 7 34524 Opawa Opal 17.20 L & ....................... Wales 2 28164 Opawa Rosie 29.96.......................... B Dann 6 71173 Homebush Flyte 17.36 ...........J T McInerney 8 13813 Costing Money 17.42 ...................... M Grant 3 35246 Botany Kevin 30.49 ................J T McInerney 1 51782 Vincent Gallo 17.39....................D Stapleton 9 16855 Van Gerwin 17.24 ......................H Anderton 7 34564 Opawa Idol 17.35 L &......................... Wales 4 32673 Another Liz 30.63 ...................J T McInerney 2 74866 Business Affair 17.17 ........................J Dunn 10 47774 Another Fan 17.38 .................J T McInerney 8 42723 Hampden On Tap 17.38 .............D Stapleton 5 43122 Izzey Bale 30.14...........................C Roberts 3 13873 Increasing 17.33 ............................. M Grant 9 76552 Wunzee 17.39 ........................J T McInerney 4 64856 Homebush Slinky 17.42 .........J T McInerney 8 7.41pm EMERSON CONSULTANCY STKS C4, 520m 6 22623 Trust Issues 30.04 J &.....................D Fahey 7 11167 Roadworks nwtd ............................. M Grant 10 47774 Another Fan 17.38 .................J T McInerney 5 77145 Wooly Whatsit 17.43 S & ................ B Evans 1 21688 Tina 30.36 H & ....................................Taylor Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 24 Sep 2015 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

9 115 Farce tm (6) 55................................ D Walsh 10 63250 McRae tdm (10) 55 ..........................K Smith 11 44292 Itsagem t (4) 54 ..........................L Hemi (a2) 7 4.27pm STELLA ARTOIS R65 HANDICAP $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 97137 Off Roading tm (11) 59 ..............R Elliot (a4) 2 0x483 Da Beast (9) 58 .............................L Allpress 3 57186 Dal Laureon dm (4) 58 ....................S Collett 4 98100 Pentime tdmh (2) 58 5 61275 China Star td (3) 57.5.................. R Hannam 6 56105 Goldysox d (12) 57.5 .............. L Werner (a4) 7 04625 The Quiet Man t (6) 57.5 .................R Myers 8 81343 Allstars m (10) 57 ......................... D Mo (a3) 9 0x10x Pacific Belle (5) 57 .....................L Hemi (a2) 10 0200x Perry Mason (1) 56.5 ....................D Bradley 11 609x0 Jandakot dh (8) 55.5 ........................K Smith 12 x0569 All Ginga m (7) 54 ................ T Johnson (a4) Blinkers on: Dirty Bertie (R2), Battle Cry (R3), Godzila Girl (R4), Carajean (R5), Mr Darcee’s Gold (R6), The Quiet Man (R7)

8 73317 Homebush Kelso 30.31 ..........J T McInerney 9 37652 Know Mention 30.06 ......................G Cleeve 10 77148 Homebush Chopper 30.06 .....J T McInerney 11 9.04pm CTV SPRINT C5, 295m 1 68232 Hetfield 16.98 ...............................C Roberts 2 45516 Smash Rumour 17.19 ..................... M Grant 3 41683 Impersonator 17.27 ................... A Bradshaw 4 63146 Know Knowing 17.32 .....................G Cleeve 5 84211 Tee Time 17.08 .............................R Adcock 6 13x67 Arbre Chene 17.12 M & ..................P Binnie 7 12841 Aiden Baxter 17.07 ................J T McInerney 8 13111 Paperbond 17.08 J & ......................D Fahey Emergencies: 9 58382 No Leaf Clover 17.09 .........................C Weir 10 16617 Token Ace 17.28 ............................... J Rush 12 9.21pm LIVAMOL SPRINT C3/4, 295m 1 68433 Jewel Eagle nwtd S & ..................... B Evans 2 21342 Jamaican Archie 17.46 M & ..............Jopson 3 66188 Opawa Sister 17.26....................D Stapleton 4 57572 Jinja Loch 17.30 ........................ A Bradshaw 5 61568 Know Magic 17.14 .........................G Cleeve 6 78676 Starburst Terry 17.20....................... M Grant 7 71414 Homebush Errol 17.32 ...........J T McInerney 8 55133 Quedrago 17.15 C & .......................... Fagan 9 76552 Wunzee 17.39 ........................J T McInerney 10 47774 Another Fan 17.38 .................J T McInerney LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Cane ‘future of All Blacks’

By GreGor Paul It wasn’t a hard decision for the All Black selectors to make Sam Cane captain for the test against Namibia.

The alternative was Liam Messam, a player with experience and mana, but a player who will be with the Sevens team for most of next year.

Being ready for the future has been a theme in Steve Hansen’s coaching tenure, but Cane had just about won the vote before that came into consideration.

The 23-year-old is someone whom the All Blacks coaches have considerable faith will push on to become a giant of the game, both as a player and captain.

It is important to recognise that the All Blacks don’t see playing ability as being detached from leadership ability.

In their world, leadership starts with performance and it has been an unspoken belief in the side that the captain has to be the best player, or at least,

the captain has to be driven to prove he’s the best player each time he plays.

No one in management held any qualms about either Cane’s form or mental fortitude.

Yet, the first part seems to be the one that catches people by surprise and unquestionably it’s largely due to the giant shadow cast by Richie McCaw. The veteran has set the bar outrageously high for opensides, making it a tough business for other No7s to win due recognition.

In the 1.89m, 104kg Cane’s case, the problem is confounded by his lack of opportunity.

A bad habit it may be, but the rugby world tends to still view quantity as being synonymous with quality.

Those who don’t regularly play 80 minutes are judged to have not been afforded the opportunity to do so because they are not good enough.

That taints any objective assessment of Cane as he has started only 11 times in his 25

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test appearances.

Hansen clearly applies a different assessment.

“He’s a good leader,” Hansen says.

“The most important part of leadership is playing well and he does that good. I don’t

think he’s ever played poorly for the All Blacks and he has got a tricky job in the team following the skipper.”

Quite how well Cane has played this year has been overlooked.

He had the campaign of his career for the Chiefs in Super Rugby. Measured across the season, Cane did more than McCaw, played better and had greater impact.

It’s not, though, that 2015 represented a huge shift in Cane’s form. That form drove his confidence, his confidence drove his form.

“First and foremost I want to lead by my actions on the field and do that consistently well,” said Cane in regard to his likely captaincy style at Olympic Park.

“That’s always my focus when I play.

“Nothing will change in that respect for this game and the more you do that, the more you gain the respect of your peers and the guys that matter.”

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Japan in quarters?

Former All Black and ex-pat Ashburtonian Adam Thompson thinks Japan has what it takes to reach the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup. Having played rugby in Japan for two years, Thompson said that the team had trained hard to achieve their surprise win over South Africa. “They work so hard, they’re probably the hardest working team I’ve seen - they train two times a day, they’re up at 5 in the morning and they work really hard,” he said.

“This is not a win that’s come out of the blue, it’s something that they’ve been working towards for a long time.”

- NZME

ITV supports ‘muppet’ British broadcaster ITV Sport are fully supportive of lead Rugby World Cup commentator Nick Mullins, who was described as a ‘muppet’ by Fiji star Nemani Nadolo for saying villagers in his country would be watching the England match on one TV. Mullins caused a storm during Fiji’s 35-11 defeat on Saturday when he said: “In the smaller villages, they will all be gathering around the one TV, the one satellite dish, hoping the generator doesn’t let them down.” This prompted Nadolo to tweet after his standout performance at Twickenham: “There’s more than one TV in Fiji mate and power is running just fine. Nick Mullins disappointing call mate #muppetcall.”

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Twilight netball makes the move indoors

By Caitlin Porter

petition due to problems with players being away close to Christmas.

However it is a first for Allenton, but spokeswoman Jenny Wells said there were a couple of factors including the timing of Mid Canterbury Netball’s competition and difficulties finding someone to run this year’s competition.

For the first time, twilight netball will be held indoors but Mid Canterbury Netball president

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Keen twilight netballers will have only one club to play for this summer.

Mid Canterbury Netball has the monopoly on twilight netball this year with both Allenton and Hampstead opting out of running a competition.

Hampstead spokeswoman Carmeena Heney said this will be the second year the club has decided against running a com-

Karla Newlands said that was not always the case.

At the end of the last twilight competition the committee wanted to keep the competition outdoors, but following the positive feedback from this year’s indoor netball competition it was decided to make the move, Newlands said.

“It is a great opportunity for players and work teams to have a chance to experience playing netball indoors [and] the

weather will also have no impact, teams know they are guaranteed to get eight games.”

However the move is not without a few changes. The cost of playing has increased, with teams now having to front up $300 to cover court hire.

The twilight competition will begin on October 14 and finish up on December 9, but an existing booking in late November means no netball will be played that week.

WHAT’S ON

EA Networks Centre manager Steve Prescott said the number of conflicting bookings were limited due to the flexibility of the groups using the stadium.

“There’s a wide range of people using [the stadium] and different demographics and age categories.”

Registrations for twilight netball teams can be made through the Mid Canterbury Netball website before September 30.

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Date of this extraordinary event: September 27, 2015.

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Thursday, September 24, 2015

PUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICES

NOTICE OF MEETINGS OCTOBER 2015 The following meeting will be held in October.

Thursday 8 October Performance, Audit and Risk Committee meeting 2.00pm Matthew Fraser House, 5 Sir William Pickering Drive, Burnside, Christchurch Tuesday 13 October Regional Water Management Committee 1.30pm Wigram Base, 14 Henry Wigram Drive Hornby, Christchurch Thursday 15 October Council meeting 10.00am Matthew Fraser House, 5 Sir William Pickering Drive, Burnside, Christchurch Thursday 29 October Performance, Audit and Risk Committee meeting 2.00pm Matthew Fraser House, 5 Sir William Pickering Drive, Burnside, Christchurch REGULATION HEARING COMMITTEE In addition to the above meetings, the Regulation Hearing Committee is scheduled to meet weekly.

Meetings will be held on either Thursday or Friday as required.

To confirm venue and start times for these meetings please check online at the link described below or contact Customer Services on 03 353 9007 (calling from Christchurch) or calling from any other areas: 0800 324 636 (0800 EC INFO) Agendas will be available online at http://www.ecan.govt.nz/news-and-notices/ minutes/Pages/default.aspx at least two days prior to each meeting.

Members of the public are welcome to attend the above meetings, and copies of the agendas will be made available at the meetings.

Bill Bayfield CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Public Notice

Section 101,Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 Millies Ltd, 80 Tancred Street, Ashburton has made application to the District Licensing Committee at Ashburton for the issue of On licence in respect of the premises situated at 80 Tancred Street, Ashburton and known as Arcadia.

The general nature of the business conducted (or to be conducted) under the licence is: Tavern and Night Club The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is (or intended to be) sold under the licence are: Monday - Sunday 8am till 3am the following day.

The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Ashburton District Licensing Committee at 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton.

Any person who is entitled to object and who wished to object to the grant of the application may, not later than 15 working days after the date of the first publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with: The Secretary, Ashburton District Licensing Committee, PO Box 94, Ashburton District Council.

No objection to the renewal of a licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in Section 131 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

This is the second publication of this notice. The first publication was made on Thursday, September 17.

PUBLIC NOTICES

Public Notice

TRADES, SERVICES

FOR SALE

ENTERTAINMENT

CERAMIC tiles - tile quality LOOKING for a gift filled with guaranteed - Tile Warehouse love? Then pop into Kitchen Section 101,Sale and available at Kapers and choose from our Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 selection Redmonds Furnishing and assortment of tins and fill it with some of your delicious The Lake House - Vanetia Flooring, Burnett Street. baking, or make it even Bingham, 10 Huntingdon COMPUTER PROBLEMS ? easier and put in some of our Avenue, Lake Hood, For prompt reliable service. fudge - made with love onsite! ◊ SILVER FERNS v Ashburton has made Contact Kelvin Boult, KJB application to the District AUSTRALIA netball Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place.

Licensing Committee at ADULT October 20 @ 7.30pm Ph 308 8989.

30 years Local Ashburton for the issue of On Horncastle Arena, service.

Same day service if NTERTAINMENT E licence in respect of the Christchurch SUPERGOLD ATTRACTIVE and friendly premises situated at 10 possible.

60's lady, size 14, in ◊ CIRQUE du SOLEIL Huntingdon Avenue, Lake Discount card welcomed.

Ashburton Thursday. Older Hood, Ashburton and known We help save lives RURAL TRADING POST gentlemen preferred. No “Quidam” as The Lake House.

Extra show texts. Ph 027 437 8345.

AMSOIL SYNTHETIC every day through The general nature of the LUBRICANTS - All oils, February 24 @ 8pm business conducted (or to be greases, fuel additives, filters, CINDY, Kiwi attractive, late the research and Horncastle Arena, conducted) under the licence antifreeze, car polish, V & L 30s, size 8. Ph calls only 027 development of Christchurch is: Restaurant and Bar cleaner, tyre cleaner, rust 363 7916. improved diagnosis, The days on which and the bust, rain clear, engine DESTINY - Tall, busty island, For bookings be er prediction hours during which alcohol is cleaner and more. Call local beauty, fantasy of pleasure. phone 308 7646 (or intended to be) sold under distributor: Veehof phone 302 In/out and treatment of calls.

Working the licence are: 2911. weekends. Phone 021 0279 heart disease in 7 days a week 8086.

For all subscriber our hospital and 10am - 1am the following PLANTS, PRODUCE day. enquiries, missed DAFFODILS - Locally grown. community.

Ashburton Farmers The application may be At delivery, new inspected during ordinary Market, Saturday, September Find out how you can office hours at the office of 26. West Street, car park. subscriptions, help by visiting: ashburton the Ashburton District Carol and Keith Gunn. www.otago.ac.nz/chchheart temporary stops, Licensing Committee at 5 Baring Square West, call our subscriber Ashburton. hotline Any person who is entitled to object and who wished to object to the grant of the application may, not later  Housing 0800 274 287 A University of Otago Centre of than 15 working days after  Commercial 0800 ASHBURTON Research Excellence the date of the first  Farm publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the Contact Des anytime for an obligation free quote. objection with: The Secretary, Ashburton Brought to you by Kitchen Kapers.

District Licensing Committee, PO Box 94, Ashburton District Council.

Dillon Rogers No objection to the renewal of Happy Birthday to our big a licence may be made in relation to a matter other than 11 year old. a matter specified in Section Lots of love Mum, Dad, 131 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

Conor and Iona. xxxx This is the first publication of this notice.

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AGM will be held on Wednesday October 7, 2015 at 11.30am Ashburton Trust Event Centre, Foyer 211a Wills Street Ashburton

Dillon Rogers Happy 11th Birthday to our fantastic Grandson.

Lots of love Nana and Grandad. xx Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our level 3 office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

Please email your photo and 30 words or less to classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

Pettinice Coloured Fondant

All welcome

Ready to use.

Available in 11 colours.

Please RSVP by Friday, October 2 Phone: (03) 308 2669 Email: admin@midcanterburynz.com

The Arcade, Ashburton 03 308 8287

Daily Events Thursday

GOODWILL SHOP. Sale of Pre loved clothing. Tinwald Methodist Church, cnr Archibald and Jane Street, Tinwald.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY INC. Open Thursday and Saturday mornings www. toylibrary.ashburtononline.co.nz/ Methodist Church Hall, Baring Square East.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time around Op-shop, Good second hand clothing. Cnr Cass Street and Havelock Street.

10.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit kidz, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

10.00am- 11.00am GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN TRUST. Coffee/Support group on every Thursday.

Presbyterian Support Rooms, Tancred Street.

10.30am RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Real women circuit training in the hall, 1st time free. St Andrews Church, Bridge Street Rakaia.

10.30pm - 3.30pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD.

Stitch and chat, all welcome. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

10.45 am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Stretching exercises for all abilities, Social hall, Havelock Street.

12.00pm ASHBURTON R.S.A. WOMENS SECTION. 70th birthday lunch, entertainment, afternoon tea. R. S. A. Cox Street.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM A great selection of may aircraft from past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB.

Club Day, new members very welcome. M.S.A. Sports Grounds, 115 Racecourse Road.

2.00pm - 3.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Learn to play Association Croquet. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

7.00pm ASHBURTON R.S.A. DARTS SECTION. Section night, all welcome. Doris Linton Lounge, R.S.A. Cox Street.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time /Sequence dancing. Learn to dance, all welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

Friday

Drop in for a cuppa, clothing sale. St Andrews Anglican Church, Cnr Thomson and Jane Street, Tinwald.

10.00am 50+ An interesting speaker, 206 Cameron Street.

10.00am

METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter. Main Street, Methven.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton Airport, Seafield

Road.

1.00pm - 4.00pm ASHBURTON FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research . Ground floor, Heritage Centre, West Street.

1.30pm ARTHRISTIS GET TOGETHER.

Trevor Wilson Centre, Tancred Street.

7.00pm - 9.00pm MID CANTERBURY NEWCOMERS NETWORK. Settling in evening full of fun, Ashburton Learning Centre options. Bring friends and family plus finger food to share for tea. Doris Linton Lounge, Ashburton R.S.A. Cox Street.

9.30am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Beginners refresher and learning. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

9.30am - 11.00am BALMORAL HALL LINEDANCERS. Last class for term, classes recommence 15 October. Balmoral hall, Cameron Street.

9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Daytime section, great exercise, new players welcome, rackets available. EA Networks Centre Stadium. River Terrace.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH 6.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am - 11.30am ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH.

Puzzles Thursday, September 24, 2015

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You’re not in the mood for a lecture about listening to your heart, making empowered choices, yada, yada, so just say no.

Why vacillate and waste time? A fast no is best.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): If you compete with a partner, you’ll lose for winning, or lose for losing. Take your competitive spirit elsewhere, however, and you’ll enjoy a good game.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Saying the right thing at the right time is child’s play. Here’s the challenge: Can you say nothing when tempted to state the juicy truth? You can, with superhuman good taste.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You have superpowers of recollection. Your imagination provides the booster that fuels your journey to a pleasant past moment.

This journey will impact your future decisions.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Your resistance to an idea could be a sign the idea is one to explore further.

You wouldn’t have a strong reaction if there weren’t something to dispel or embrace.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You feel an urgent need to do more than you have in the past. Perhaps because someone needs proof you care. More likely it has to do with gathering evidence of improvement.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): It’s nice that someone cares enough to present things to you in a positive light. However, right now you want the straight story.

The one who can cut to the chase — or even better, the capture — will win your vote.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Don’t concern yourself with the secret thoughts of another. You’ll never really know. It doesn’t matter as much as you fear.

Thoughts are like tumbleweeds drifting by. Another moment, and they’re gone.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): A problem shared should be a problem halved, not a problem doubled.

Much depends on with whom you’re sharing it. If you team with someone prone to drama, you’ll get what you signed up for.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): No experience on the matter? No worries. Your loosely related experiences will be close enough. Have the confidence to confront things head-on.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You’re so observant.

Who needs to know what you’ve observed? Not everyone. Be strategic. There are things that people around you aren’t quite ready for.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): There’s a good chance the situation at hand isn’t as complicated as you’re making it. Solve it fast, and a much more worthy endeavour will present itself.

Guardian

Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

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WEIR, Margaret (Gretta) – On September 23, 2015 at Princes Court, Ashburton.

Dearly loved wife of the late Gordon. Devoted mother and Office and Chapel mother in law of Alan and Gail (Brisbane), Donny Corner East & Cox (Ashburton), Ann and David Streets, Ashburton Lusk (Ashburton), the late Sharon, Maree and Paul Sheehan (Ballina). Treasured Granny of Jason Weir, IN MEMORIAM Reneé, and Amy Lusk, Brady and Tara Sheehan, and Gemma Sheehan. Messages to Weir family, P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Donations to BOX, Danny – the Ashburton Branch of 24-10-73 to 24-9-93 “I remember, Alzheimer’s New Zealand scrapes and bruises, would be appreciated and tears and laughter, may left at the service. A blue eyes and freckles, service to celebrate Gretta’s joy and sorrow, life will be held at our Chapel but above all Cnr East and Cox Streets, I remember love.

Ashburton, on SATURDAY Miss you Danny.”

September 26, commencing at 12.00pm. Followed by Mum xxx interment at the Return Serviceman’s Section FUNERAL Ashburton New Lawn FURNISHERS Cemetery.

MASTER Paterson’s Funeral Services MONUMENTAL MASON FDANZ Ashburton

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WITHELL, Rodger Martin – On September 22, 2015.

Passed away peacefully at home, Ashburton. Aged 61 years. Dearly loved husband and mate of Pauline. Much loved father and father in law of Michelle and Brad Renner.

Special grandad Rodger of Zoe, and Harrison. Loved son of Audrey and the late Neville and loved brother and brother in law of Nigel and Margaret.

Loved son in law of the late Doreen and Jim Gill and John Rhind Funeral Directors loved brother in law of Jenny FDANZ and Donald Sargent and Cath Phone 03 379 9920 and Derek. Loved uncle of all his nieces and nephews.

Messages to Withell Family C/- P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Donations to the Please note all late death Ashburton branch of the notices or notices sent Cancer Society would be outside ordinary office hours appreciated and may be left must be emailed to: at the service. A service to deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz celebrate Rodger’s life will be to ensure publication. held at St Stephen’s Anglican Park Street, During office hours notices Church, Ashburton on SATURDAY, may also be sent to: classifieds@theguardian.co.nz September 26, commencing at 11.00am. Followed by Any queries interment at the Ashburton please contact New Lawn Cemetery.

0800 Paterson’s Funeral Services ASHBURTON FDANZ Ashburton (0800-274-287).

Ph 307 7433

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9:30 Rugby – The Breakdown The weekend’s rugby with a discussion panel of former top players and experts.

10:30 Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) Day Four.

11:30 Entertainment Tonight 11:55 Infomercials

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The Jennian Homes Ashburton Swim Team will be Otagobound this weekend to take on some of New Zealand’s finest at the South Island Championships at the Moana Pool in Dunedin.

Ashburton will have 11 swimmers competing between the

ages of 12 and 18, who will be gunning for places among the medals following some impressive performances at recent meets.

Matthew Harford won two gold medals in both the 4x100m and 4x200m freestyle relays at the short course national age groups last month, while Lucy Clough and Caitlin Johnstone

medalled in the 16-18 years section at the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Championships with a bronze in the 400m freestyle and silver in the 50m breaststroke respectively.

Head coach Shane Jones said he is confident that his swimmers can mix it with the best of the South Island and is expecting medals and personal bests.

“The kids are definitely up for it.

“We had kids that got medals at New Zealand age groups so our expectations would be to pick up medals, but first and for most is to swim at our best and pick up personal bests,” he said.

Strong performances from the Ashburton contingent could also mean places in the Canter-

bury squads to compete in December, which Jones believes will motivate his swimmers even more.

“It’s the end of our selection criteria to make Canterbury squads that go away at the end of the year, so there’s spots for all our kids to get on those teams, so that’s an extra bonus to work towards.”

Villumsen finally stands on the podium’s top step Linda Villumsen finally knows what it feels like to stand on the top step of the podium.

After winning two silver medals and three bronze at the world championships, the New Zealand rider finally captured

gold yesterday, besting Anna van der Breggen of the Netherlands by just 2.54 seconds in a time trial that came down to the final rider.

It wasn’t until reigning champion Lisa Brennauer of Germa-

ny, last to roll off the start line, crossed the finish line 5 seconds adrift that Villumsen threw her arms up in victory.

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day,” Villumsen said. “I can’t really believe it.”

Brennauer wound up with the bronze. Katrin Garfoot of Australia was fourth and Olympic gold medalist Kristin Armstrong of the US finished in fifth.

When van der Breggen and Brennauer crossed the finish line, Villumsen was nearly overcome by emotion, holding her head in her hands for a moment before throwing her arms up to celebrate.

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