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By Matt Markham

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The cause of a fire which all but destroyed a well-known home on the eastern coast yesterday morning was unable to be determined by fire investigators.

The house, which sits overlooking the ocean in Upper Hakatere, was left a smouldering shell on Monday morning following the fire which began on the top floor of the two-storey home.

Local residents alerted emergency services to the blaze around 6.30am yesterday morning and two engines and two tankers, plus extra firefighters, rushed to the scene to find the building well ablaze.

Firefighters remained there until shortly after 9am, at which point the scene was handed over to fire investigators who spent most of the remaining

morning trying to determine the cause of the blaze.

A police presence was also notable throughout the course of the process.

No-one is believed to have been in the building when the fire occurred, although this could not be confirmed by either police or Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ).

Fire risk management officer, Bevan Findlay, said the nature of the blaze and the fact it was largely centered in the top floor of the building made it a difficult fire to investigate and ultimately determine a cause.

“I’ve had a bit of a dig around there and haven’t really been able to find anything decisive,” Findlay said yesterday afternoon.

“There were a couple of possible ideas on what the cause might have been and

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they may come clear in time, but at the moment we’ve had to classify it as undetermined.”

Findlay said that it was common for fires to be labelled as undetermined in instances where safety was a concern when investigating.

“It’s been a pretty intense fire, the entire second floor has pretty much all but been destroyed and I had a couple of concerns around how I could safely get to some points of the second floor.

“In those situations it’s a case of weighing up whether taking that risk is going to net you a result in the investigation.”

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Boulevard Day success

By Susan Sandys

Left – Thousands turned out for Boulevard Day in Ashburton yesterday.

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Thousands flocked to Ashburton’s annual Boulevard Day yesterday, revelling in sunshine and temperatures climbing over 17°C. “It’s been perfect,” said coorganiser Sue Cooper.

“We are thrilled to have a great fine day and the stallholders created a relaxed atmosphere and made it fun for the day, a very festive day,” she said.

She and fellow organiser Bob McDonald believed the East Street annual outdoor shopping extravaganza had proved itself to be just as popular as ever in its 43rd year.

“Bob and I will be seeing it through to its 50 years at least,” Cooper said.

Some food stalls had been so well patronised they had sold out, while many other stallholders had sold so well they would be packing up very little stock to take home at the end of the day.

Compared to previous years there had been higher stall numbers, as sellers brought their wares from throughout the South Island.

The 122 stalls had included 20 sites given to volunteer groups for free and they had all reported doing a roaring trade.

Performers kept Boulevard Day patrons entertained and they included live band ToPeace, Ocean Waitokia who was busking and jazz dancers from Dance Worx on the checkerboard.

The fine day compared to last year when temperatures failed to get out of single digits.

The day also coincided with the opening day of Rotary Club of Ashburton’s annual Bookarama which opened its doors for another instalment in the Tancred Street Sports Hall.

Big numbers flocked through the building in search of a bargain read or two and will continue to do so for the remainder of the week with the fundraising event running right through until Friday.

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Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Investigations continue into Rakaia homicide

By Matt Markham

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The investigation into the death of a Rakaia man during the middle of last week continued yesterday as police continue to try and piece together the circumstances around his death.

Tony Grant Waldron, 29, was found in his home on Gardiners Road, east of Rakaia, last Wednesday after he failed to turn up for work in the morning.

The death has drawn singificant media attention around the country as information remains sparse.

After focusing their attention initially on the Gardiners Road address where Waldron was found, police extended that to another property late last week and an arrest was made although they confirmed that the charges faced were not in relation to the homicide.

In a statement to the Guardian yesterday, Detective Senior Sergeant Richard Quested said they were making progress in the homicide investigation.

“The scene examination at the victim’s address has been completed,” Quested said.

“An examination of a second property on Gardiners Road is continuing.”

Today marks six days since the death and aside from last week’s arrest there has been no other significant findings in the investigation that police have released to the public.

Quested said that the investigation had uncovered a lot of information.

“The investigation team has gathered a significant amount of information which is being assessed and further enquiries are being conducted,” he added.

Waldron’s funeral is being held in Twizel on Friday at the Razza Restaurant.

Meanwhile, police are continuing to investigate a serious armed robbery last week in which a local liquor store was robbed at knifepoint late last Wednesday night.

Super Liquor on East Street was entered by an unidentified man at around 8.40pm and threatened a store employee with a knife.

The offender took two bottles of alcohol and left the store.

The person was wearing a black hoodie with the hood up and grey trousers, and had a mask covering some of his face.

“You can see on the CCTV footage that the person walks into the store, pulls out the knife and points it at the shopkeeper who stands still and the person grabs

two or three bottles of spirits and walks out,” Ashburton senior sergeant Leigh Jenkins said following the event.

Yesterday, police confirmed that investigations into the robbery were continuing.

Police would like to hear from anyone who was in the East Street area around the time of the robbery, who may have information that could assist with the police’s enquiries.

If you can help, please call 105 and quote file number 190918/8146.

Hakatere home razed by fire From P1 Findlay said an insurance investigator would arrive at the scene to carry out work and he was hoping to be there alongside them just in case they spotted something he hadn’t.

A Hakatere resident who spoke to the Guardian at the scene said that the home has been vacant for a while, however, significant refurbishments had been made earlier this year and that the building had recently been on

the market.

“It’s a beautfiul home with a great view,” the resident, who didn’t wish to be named, said.

“I haven’t seen too much happening there for a while, noone was living in it, I know that

much, but they had done a lot of work earlier this year on it.”

Police said in a statement that they attended the fire after being advised by FENZ and were making inquiries in relation to the blaze.

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Unplanned Te Araroa trail diversion An Ashburton man walking the full length of the Te Araroa trail had an unexpected detour when he was charged with unlawfully possessing two guns and ammunition.

The firearms were spotted after Scott Bradley Woodside caught a ride to Tauranga for supplies after being trapped by snow for three days on the trail, which runs from Cape Reinga to Bluff.

Woodside had been hunting food with the guns on the trail, but did not have a gun licence.

The shape of the weapons were seen in his pack in Tauranga and police were called.

He was charged with illegally possessing a shotgun and a .22 rifle, and ammunition; the guns were seized.

Woodside was allowed to finish the trail and return to Ashburton, where he then had a date with Judge Tom Gilbert in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

He told the judge he bought a compound bow for the rest of the trip. He had started the trail in Bluff at the end of April, walking the length of the country in fourand-a-half months.

Judge Gilbert accepted the firearms had not been presented, or even visible, in Tauranga. He convicted Woodside and sentenced him to 120 hours’ community work; he also made an order for the weapons to be destroyed.

It had been stupid to pack the firearms when he did not have a licence, the judge said.

“What was your favourite part of the track,” he asked Woodside yesterday.

The Ashburton man said the turquoise waters of the Pelorus Sound were most memorable, along with Dome Valley, where he had trapped a few pigs rooting up kauri trees.

He had taken many photos during the trip, he said.

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■■ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT

Suspected drink driver followed A drunk driver was followed by a concerned member of the public, who rang police when the vehicle stopped at a tavern, the Ashburton District Court was told yesterday.

Raymond Francis Schimanski was appearing before Judge Tom Gilbert on a charge of driving with excess breath alcohol, which he admitted.

Schimanski, who had six previous drink drive convictions, was sentenced to five months community detention and nine months supervision. He was also sentenced to an alcohol interlock licence, which involves driving with a breathalyser for 12 months, then three years driving on a zero alcohol licence.

Schimanski’s lawyer Derick Lotz said an aggravating factor was the fact his client was seen by the member of the public swerving across the centre line.

Judge Gilbert recapped the incident and said police received a complaint about Schimanski’s driving about 10pm on April 9 when he was driving to Mataura. He was seen to swerve across the centre line and mount an island before pulling the vehicle into a hotel at Mataura.

Police were called and Schimanski blew 648mcg.

The judge said three of Schimanski’s six previous convictions were before 2000 and a pre-sentence report indicated he did not have a lot of insight into his offending.

Community detention and supervision were appropriate in the circumstances, he said.

Schimanski plans to live and work in Christchurch, where he has support.

Shaquille Harmony Fa’Atili, 25, was convicted on charges of assault and wilful damage and ordered to pay $150 to replace a coffee table she broke when drunk.

Fa’Atili was remanded to November 4 on a separate charge of receiving. Police said she was charged for her part in a crime involving a $22,500 loan from a finance company; she had withdrawn the money and there was now no trace of it.

Jason Hoffman, 42, admitted a charge of deception, in which he received $750 from a young woman which he was supposed to use to buy a car for her. He never did.

Police said Hoffman was supposed to use the money to buy a 1997 Nissan for the victim, after he deposited the money in his account.

In the following weeks, he said he had bought the vehicle and would deliver it to her. He did not and refused to give the money back.

Defence counsel Roz Burnside said Hoffman had since repaid the money and apologised for this offending.

Judge Gilbert said Hoffman’s actions had inconvenienced the young victim and he ordered him to pay her $500 in emotional harm.

A 20-year-old man serving a two-year, two-month prison sentenced for burglary had his time in custody extended by six months yesterday.

Hemi Samson Brownie Tipa-McQueen was jailed in February but police later charged him with the burglary of an Allens Road house.

Tipa-McQueen, who police described as a prolific burglar, had only just been released from prison when he broke into the Ashburton house in September last year.

He broke a window, took foreign currency and electronic items, then went to the garage and stole a $40,000 work vehicle.

He admitted the burglary yes-

terday and Judge Gilbert said the crime deserved an additional six months in jail.

The judge also ordered Tipa-McQueen to pay $1747 in reparation to the home-owners, who only received partial payment from their insurance company.

Defence counsel Roz Burnside said the young man was making progress in prison and learning new skills, and had a plan to work after his release.

Police said he was a prolific burglar, with a considerable number of previous convictions for burglary; his first conviction for breaking and entering was in 2013.

Julian Alan Jackson, 42, was sentenced to six months home detention and 150 hours community work after admitting driving drunk on a zero alcohol licence. He was also sentenced to an alcohol interlock licence, which is a four-year programme.

Jackson was stopped just after midnight on June 22 and breath-tested; he blew 600mcg.

Judge Gilbert noted Jackson had a number of previous convictions for drink driving, including three in the last six years. He said punishment needed to hold him accountable for his actions and protect the community.

“If you come back again, it will be off to prison.”

Justice Kauwere Grant was sentenced to 80 hours community work and disqualified from driving for six months after admitting charges of drink driving and driving with sustained loss of traction.

The offending happened in Kaikohe and Grant blew 647mcg when stopped and breath-tested.

Pregnant woman murdered in schoolyard NZME Lynace Parakuka was in the first trimester of pregnancy when Jason Wiremu Poihipi attacked and savagely beat her to death, a jury in the High Court at Rotorua has heard.

They are trying Poihipi, 19, for the murder of Parakuka, his 22-year-old partner, in the grounds of Rotorua’s St Michael’s Catholic School in the early hours of September 7 last year.

When the trial opened yesterday Poihipi denied the charge.

Opening the Crown’s case prosecutor Duncan McWilliam described how Poihipi had told police he attacked Parakuka because he was in a jealous rage, ignited by seeing her through a window hav-

ing sex with another man.

He outlined how Poihipi confessed to slamming her in the face four or five times until she fell to the ground where he kicked her, again the blows were to her face and head.

However a pathologist would testify Parakuka had suffered between 11 and 20 separate blows which resulted in bleeding to the brain, the cause of her death.

McWilliam told the 10 women and two men on the jury that Poihipi sat on the ground beside Parakuka listening to her increasingly laboured breathing before running to his cousin’s house where he told her he had given Lynace a hiding.

Paramedics arrived soon after the cousin dialled 111 but had

been unable to revive Parakuka.

McWilliam claimed Poihipi gave police varying versions of what happened.

McWilliam said it was apparent Poihipi had lied in subsequent interviews, including one recorded on DVD which the jury would see later in the week.

“This is not a who done it,” McWilliam said. “This is a murder caused by the number of blows inflicted by the defendant and the severity of them . . . There were multiple acts of violence while he was overwhelmed with jealousy.”

In his opening statement, Poihipi’s lawyer Roger Gowing said a tragic turn of events had left Parakuka dead and Poihipi was responsible for her death because he assaulted her, that she had died as a

result of the injuries she received.

“It is trite to say he has to live with the loss of his partner for the rest of his life, that is the fact of the matter, but the issue you will need to concentrate on in this trial is did he know what he did was likely to cause her death? Was he reckless in carrying out the assaults and what was in his mind at the time he assaulted her?” he submitted.

It was the defence’s contention Poihipi was guilty of Parakuka’s manslaughter not the murder he is charged with.

Throughout the Crown’s opening, several women in the public gallery sobbed, passing a box of tissues between them as Poihipi sat impassively in the dock.

It’s anticipated the trial will run until Friday.

In brief St John donation Methven Community Board members decided to donate a $500 grant to Methven’s St John.

The Otago School of Medicine granted the money to Methven through the board, in appreciation of the town hosting the school’s students. Methven is part of the school’s community contact programme, and as such, a group of third year medical students visit the Methven Medical Centre annually, as well as various community organisations. Previous recipients of the $500 have included the town’s toy library, fire brigade, search and rescue, civil defence, community pool and Methven House.

Population increasing New Zealand’s population has grown at its fastest rate in 50 years and is expected to reach five million next year, according to the first data released from the bungled 2018 Census. But while a panel of experts says the figures are reliable, it’s raised ethical concerns about the way the numbers were put together.

The country’s population in 2018 officially reached 4,699,755, Stats NZ announced yesterday. Stats NZ’s general census manager Kathy Connolly told reporters the population was set to hit 5 million at some point next year. – NZME

Torture couple guilty A man and woman have been found guilty of torturing and murdering a teenage girl at an Auckland “house of horrors”.

Ashley Winter, 29, and Kerry Te Amo, 25, have been on trial for the past two-and-a-half weeks in the High Court at Auckland. The jury took much of yesterday to find both guilty after retiring to deliberate in the morning. The duo was accused of killing Dimetrius Pairama, whose body was found on July 8 last year by police searching an abandoned state house in Māngere. The 17-year-old was dumped in a rusty steel drum.

The jury had heard some truly horrific evidence about the last moments of Pairama’s life, leading Justice Timothy Brewer to invite them to take up the court’s 24hour counselling services. – NZME

Councillor speaks up The Christchurch City councillor accused of sending “grossly inappropriate” messages to three young people yesterday outed himself and denied any wrongdoing. Councillor Deon Swiggs revealed yesterday afternoon that he is the focus of the investigation. It comes after Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel – who was approached in May by a city youth group about the messages which related to young people aged between 13 and 21 at the time – called on the councillor to come forward. In fairness to colleagues and voters, Swiggs, a 33-year-old who is stand for re-election next month, said in a statement that he felt it was “important to identify myself to stop aspersion being cast on my council colleagues”.

An independent investigator who has been appointed to decide whether a full investigation is warranted was to start work yesterday.

– NZME

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Foundation essential community funder

By Sue Newman

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Community groups and organisations around the Ashburton District benefit from about $1.5 million in grants every year from the Ashburton Trust and Lion Foundation.

And that, says foundation trustee Alister Lilley, ensures those groups and organisations can continue doing “all the good stuff’” they do for the community while the foundation takes care of the money.

The latest round of grants for September saw $383,392 given to 17 organisations, ranging in value from $83,932 to Ashburton Safer Community Council trust for two Lives Worth Living suicide prevention co-ordinators to $8000 to Equestrian Sport NZ, Ashburton area for showjumping expenses.

The foundation is made up of all elected Licensing Trust members, the mayor of the day and Fleur Mulligan and Alister Lilley as independent trustees.

The trust has been making grants to the community from its gaming machine profits since 1990 but in 2010 it joined forces with the Lion Foundation. This meant the compliance side of the process was handled by the Lion Foundation, but the decisions on grants were still made locally, Lilley said.

Joining forces with the Lion Foundation also meant grants were given to organisations across the entire district not just to those in the trust area.

“This is working very well for us and Lion is now using us as a model for the rest of New Zealand because of the community involvement,” he said.

The key in making grants each month was to strike a balance between applications from four sectors – sport, education, arts and welfare, Lilley said.

“A lot of organisations rely on this money as their major funding today because there are fewer volunteers prepared to step up.

“It’s a changed environment and we have to help fund organisations so they’ll survive. There’s a lot of good work enabled by these grants. This money touches a lot of people.”

Grants were made for large and small amounts but they cannot be made retrospectively, they must be made for future expenditure.

Since the trust gave its first round of grants in 1990 it has given $25 million

in gaming machine revenue back to the community.

In the latest round of grants, Mid Canterbury Group Riding for the Disabled received $10,400 towards coach and administration salaries. That amount, however, is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to grants the organisation has received from the foundation over the years, chief instructor Maxine Hooper said.

Grants have helped fund a haybarn and a tack shed and on many occasions, salaries.

“For us it’s the way we exist. You have to sell a lot of sausages to build a shed,” she said.

And proof that smaller grant applications were successful came with the Rakaia Community Association’s application on behalf of the town’s community library. It received $8060 to pay for carpet, a vacuum cleaner and a laptop.

The library is a sub committee of the community association and has no income, said committee member Liz Dupree.

Recipients in the September grants round were: Ashburton Railway and Preservation Society, $30,000; for a tractor display shed; Ashburton Safer Community Council Trust, $83,932, two Lives Worth Living co-ordinators; Ashburton Seniors Centre Charitable Trust, $10,000, administration costs; Ashburton Speedway Association, $12,000, shed, tanks, ambulance, race days; Ashburton Trotting Club, $16,000, truck and tractor unit; Equestrian Sport NZ, Ashburton area, $8000, showjumping expenses; Mid Canterbury Children’s Theatre, $15,000, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; Mid Canterbury Cricket Association, $45,000, salary, artificial pitch replacement; Mid Canterbury Emergency Relief Charitable Trust, $8000, learn to drive costs; Mid Canterbury Football Assn, $30,000, development officer salary; Mid Canterbury Group Riding for the Disabled, $10,400, coach and administrator salaries; Rakaia Bowling Club, $9000, kitchen renovations; Rakaia Community Association, $8060, library carpet, vacuum, laptop; Rakaia Golf Club, $18,000, greens mower; Royal NZ Plunket Trust Mid Canterbury, $30,000, salaries, administration costs and heat pump; Tennis Mid Canterbury Sub Association, $40,000, salaries, hydro blades and tennis balls; Waireka Croquet Club, $10,000, lawn maintenance.

Celebrating success in the latest round of Ashburton Trust and Lion Foundation grants (from left), foundation member Alister Lilley, Rakaia Community Association recipients Neil Pluck and Liz Dupree, foundation member Fleur Mulligan and Riding for the Disabled recipients Brian Early and Maxine Hooper.

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Synlait expands, 20 new jobs coming

By Heather Chalmers

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A $32 million investment in a new warehouse at Synlait’s Dunsandel manufacturing site is the latest development for the expanding dairy company which exceeded $1 billion in revenue for the first time last season.

The warehouse will create 20 new jobs and was expected to be completed in September next year.

Synlait’s investment in dry store four will provide an additional 30,000sqm warehouse. This would streamline logistic activities while bringing offsite South Island storage back to the site, supporting future growth and generating strong supply chain efficiencies, said Synlait chief executive Leon Clement.

Total usable warehouse space at Dunsandel would increase to 55,000sqm on completion.

In other developments, an $18.9m expansion to the lactoferrin facility at Dunsandel was completed on time and budget, doubling its manufacturing capacity.

The Talbot Forest Cheese acquisition was completed on August 1, with an estimated production of 5000 tonnes this season.

During peak milk, processing at Talbot Forest Cheese would enable more nutritional products to be manufactured at Dunsandel, reducing milk sales to external parties.

Synlait’s $134m advanced liquid dairy packaging facility at Dunsandel began supplying liquid milk to its inaugural customer Foodstuffs South Island in April.

However, its financial perfor-

Leon Clement mance fell short of expectations due to initial commissioning challenges, incurring a $3.5m loss. Nine million litres of milk were processed and Synlait was working to stabilise its performance and bring it back in line with expectations, Clement said.

For its liquid milk plant, Synlait was evaluating several options to target high-returning, fast-growing pasteurised and long-life dairy beverages. It was targeting commissioning of a long-life dairy beverages line, with relevant export license and shelf-life testing under way. First sales were expected in the second half of the season.

Synlait was also close to commissioning its second greenfields site at Pokeno, north Waikato, adding 45,000 tonnes of infant base powder manufacturing capacity. The $260m build had 56 farmer suppliers and 77 employees.

Since processing its first milk in August 2008, Synlait at Dunsandel has been an almost con-

stant construction site, with new driers, lactoferrin and nutritional infant formula facilities.

A further 218 staff were employed by Synlait in the last year, including the Pokeno development.

An evolving regulatory environment in the agricultural industry was expected to create on-farm challenges, including the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management and Zero Carbon Bill, Clement said. “Synlait’s proactive approach to sustainable farming practices means we are well positioned to respond to any regulatory changes.”

New Zealand’s first large-scale electrode boiler was switched on at Synlait Dunsandel in March.

“This was a key sustainability milestone for our team as we aim to radically reduce our carbon footprint by 2028.”

Nearly 50 per cent of its 200 South Island farmer suppliers were now Lead With Pride certified, after meeting company standards for good farming practices, including 43 new farms last season. A new palm kernel expeller-free incentive was also taken up by 63 milk suppliers.

Clement said that Synlait’s financial result was characterised by ongoing growth in infant nutrition volumes, strong efficiency gains and an expansion in lactoferrin capacity.

Synlait had entered into a fouryear $50m environmental, social and governance-linked loan with ANZ. This was the first loan in New Zealand which encouraged a borrower to further improve its reporting performance against a set of independent ESG criteria.

Synlait chief financial officer Nigel Greenwood said linking its financial arrangements to its ESG performance reinforced to its shareholders and stakeholders

that it was committed to continuously improving its performance and disclosure. This aligned with the company purpose to do milk differently for a healthier world.

Dairy exports good for New Zealand economy

By Graeme Doole

DairyNZ principal economist

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he value of New Zealand dairy exports jumped by $1.47 billion to total $18.1 billion in the year ended June 30 – that’s got to be some good nutrition for the New Zealand economy, and help towards providing Kiwis with more of what they say matters to them.

It doesn’t take an economist to tell you that, if we’re to afford more of what is important to our quality of life here in New Zealand, the economy has to grow – and it has to grow sustainably and responsibly to ensure our future generations can continue to benefit and enjoy a high level of wellbeing.

Given our relatively small population base, the way to grow a strong and healthy economy is by increasing exports of high-value products.

As New Zealand’s largest exporter of goods, the dairy sector currently sits at 31 per cent of total merchandise exports, having grown in value over the past two decades at a compound annual rate of eight per cent per year.

This remarkable growth has been achieved both through increased milk production and

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by increasing the value of exports through the ongoing product innovation and skilled, targeted marketing by New Zealand’s dairy processing companies.

And it’s also important to note is that this growth is being achieved at the same time the dairy sector is stepping forward to embrace greatly improved environmental practices, both on farm and in processing.

Dairy exports are a major driver

of New Zealand’s terms of trade – this is the ratio of the value of our exports to the value of our imports. An improvement in a nation’s terms of trade increases the purchasing power of its people as they can afford more imports for a given level of exports. Due to this effect the export performance of the dairy sector is helping to lower the price of everything New Zealand imports.

Take the cars we drive, for

example. Thanks to the value of dairy exports, we can afford to import a better quality of vehicle than we would otherwise, and, collectively, we do own more than four million of them – New Zealand coming in at third in the world for vehicle ownership per capita, behind the tiny European microstate of San Marino and the not much larger Monaco.

Then there’s the fuel we import to propel them.

Our much-loved, and also imported, coffee is a bit cheaper too, so is the imported sugar to stir into it, and even the imported cinnamon to sprinkle on it if your preferred jolt has a little spice on top.

The list of imported products and services that are more affordable for Kiwis because of the value of dairy exports is endless.

In the year ended June 2019, dairy earned more than twice as much as the meat and forestry sectors, and 10 times more than wine.

As in previous years, our dairy products went to more than 140 different countries, the top markets being China, Australia, the United States of America, the United Arab Emirates and Japan.

The dairy sector is very strongly

entwined with the rest of the New Zealand economy.

While urban centres also benefit from dairy’s success, the sector is very much the engine room of rural economies, being the main income earner in the Waikato, West Coast and Southland regions.

There are the jobs and incomes dairy provides, as well as the links to the likes of farm consultants, transport, fertiliser and feed suppliers, construction through investment in processing plants and dairy farm infrastructure, and finance through dairy farm loans.

Added to this, of course the non-farming sector benefits too – for example supermarkets through the purchase of groceries.

Then there’s the benefit of the taxes and rates that dairy pays which help to fund public services throughout New Zealand.

It’s reached the point where, today we can say that every one of the 46,000 people employed by the dairy sector brings in the equivalent of $393,000 in export earnings; and every one of the country’s milking cows earns $3625.

Dairy is certainly good nutrition for our economy – as well as our people – and it’s tasty too.

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Major tour group collapses AP Longtime British tour company Thomas Cook collapsed after failing to secure rescue funding, and travel bookings for its more than 600,000 global vacationers were cancelled early Monday.

The British government said the return of the firm’s 150,000 British customers now abroad would be the largest repatriation in its peacetime history.

The process began yesterday and officials warned that delays are inevitable.

The Civil Aviation Authority said Thomas Cook has ceased trading, its four airlines will be grounded, and its 21,000 employees in 16 countries, including 9,000 in the UK, will lose their jobs. The company several months ago had blamed a slowdown in bookings because of Brexit uncertainty for contributing to its crushing debt burden.

The 178-year-old company had said it was seeking 200 million pounds to avoid going bust and was in weekend talks with shareholders and creditors to stave off failure.

The prominent firm, whose airliners were a familiar sight in many parts of the world, also operated around 600 UK travel stores.

Britain’s CAA said it had arranged an aircraft fleet for the complex British repatriation effort, which is expected to last two weeks.

Iron throne at Emmys

Describing the repatriation plan, British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said dozens of charter planes, from as far afield as Malaysia, had been hired to fly customers home free of charge. He said hundreds of people were staffing call centres and airport operations centres.

A website set up by the aviation authority to aid the firm’s customers crashed shortly after the company collapse was announced.

Unions representing the Thomas Cook staff had urged the British government to intervene to prop up Thomas Cook to protect jobs and the traveling public.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the government was right not to bail out the company, arguing that travel firms should do more to ensure they don’t collapse.

Johnson said the government would help repatriate the 150,000 stranded British travellers. But he said bailing out the company would have established “a moral hazard” because other firms might later expect the same treatment.

Most of Thomas Cook’s British customers are protected by the government-run travel insurance programme, which makes sure travellers can get home if a British-based tour operator fails while they are abroad.

Thomas Cook, which began in 1841 with a one-day train excursion in England and now operates in 16 countries, has been struggling over the past few years.

An estimated 1 million future travellers will find their bookings for upcoming holidays cancelled. They are like-

ly to receive refunds under the terms of the government’s travel insurance plan.

Travellers holding reservations with Thomas Cook were told not to go to the airport because all flights had been cancelled.

In May, the company reported a debt burden of 1.25 billion pounds and cautioned that political uncertainty related to Britain’s scheduled departure from the European Union at the end of October had hurt demand for summer holiday travel. Heat waves over the past couple of summers in Europe have also led many people to stay at home, while higher fuel and hotel costs have weighed on the travel business.

The company’s troubles were already affecting those travelling under the Thomas Cook banner.

■■NEW YORK

Burglar gives woman three awful choices NZME A burglar raped a New York woman at gunpoint in her own home after forcing her to choose between rape, death or having sex with her own son, police have said.

Joshua Henderson, 33, who has a lengthy criminal history, is accused of posing as a construction worker to access the woman’s apartment in the borough of Queens before committing the horrendous crime.

The New York Daily News reported that Henderson was

on parole at the time of the offence, with his ankle bracelet’s tracking technology putting him at the scene of the crime.

After knocking at the door wearing a high-vis vest and having a short conversation with the victim, Henderson then broke into the apartment through an unlocked fire escape window, police said.

The woman was at home with her adult son. Her other son, a teenager with special needs, was not at home at the time.

Henderson, whose nickname is Looney, convinced

the woman that he had a gun before giving her his sickening ultimatum and raping her while her son was tied up in another room.

Police say he then used soapy water to try and remove DNA evidence before taking jewellery, money and other valuables.

Henderson was arrested on charges including rape and robbery and picked out from a lineup by the victim.

He was also caught on CCTV. After his appearance in court, where he was ordered

to be held without bail, his wife spoke in his defence.

“How could they do this to him? He didn’t do anything.

He has three kids and a wife at home,” Joanna Henderson said.

“He’s a loving, caring man.

He’d give you his last. The DNA is going to prove he didn’t do this. I’m telling you the DNA is going to prove he didn’t do anything.”

Henderson’s rap sheet includes crimes going back at least 10 years and he served nine years in prison before being paroled in July 2018.

■■SINGAPORE

An Aussie IT worker who allegedly threw a wine bottle from a 35-storey apartment in Singapore, killing a grandfather, could face 15 years behind bars as well as a public caning for his actions.

Andrew Gosling, 47, was charged earlier this month with “a rash act causing death” after

Downtown Abbey a hit Raise your tea cups! The big-screen encore of Downton Abbey handily (but very politely) thumped both Brad Pitt’s Ad Astra and Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo: Last Blood in theatres over the weekend in one of the more unlikely box-office upsets. Downton Abbey debuted with $US31 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates, royally trumping the $US19.2 million-opening for Ad Astra and the $US19 million debut for Rambo: Last Blood. Neither the draw of Pitt in space nor a bandanna-wearing Stallone could match the appeal a tea party with old friends.

Friends back in fashion

Caning, jail likely for beer bottle thrower NZME

Game of Thrones resurrected the Iron Throne at the Emmy ceremony, ruling as top drama on a night of surprises in which Pose star Billy Porter made history and the comedy series Fleabag led a British invasion that overturned expectations.

“This all started in the demented mind of George R.R. Martin,” said Game of Thrones producer David Benioff, thanking the author whose novels were the basis of HBO’s fantasy saga. Porter, who stars in the FX drama set in the LGBTQ ball scene of the late 20th century, became the first openly gay man to win a best drama series acting Emmy.

a bottle landed on the head of delivery driver and father-offour Nasiari Sunee, who was at a barbecue below, surrounded by friends and family, media reports.

One of the women at the gathering was a nurse – but Sunee couldn’t be saved.

It is understood Sunee was celebrating a relative’s house-warming and was about

to eat dinner.

Over the weekend, the charges against Gosling were upgraded to ‘voluntarily causing grievous hurt with an instrument’, according to The Straits Times.

The IT expert was initially charged with causing death by rash act, and faced a maximum five-year sentence, however the new charge could

mean his punishment now sits at 15-years behind bars along with a public caning for his alleged actions.

Gosling surrendered to the police 10 days after the alleged incident, following a thorough search inside the Spottiswoode 18 condominium for the offender.

Gosling will return to court on October 18.

Friends is getting old. Its fans have never been younger. As the sitcom, about six twentysomethings, marks its 25th anniversary, it has spawned a devoted youthful viewership, especially among tween and teen girls who weren’t yet born when it went off the air in 2004. In an era when everyone assumed they would move on to YouTube and Instagram video, young girls have embraced the series and its old-fashioned, studio-audience, sitcom format, bingeing its 10 seasons on Netflix through their tablets and phones, wearing T-shirts with the shows logo and constantly quoting catch-phrases.

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Nothing but success for Boulevard Day I

f you put your ear to the ground around this time of year and do so for long enough you’re certain to here the odd grumbling about Boulevard Day and it’s place on our main street each year.

Basically, it’s just par for the course. Put together a successful and well-attended event and some people, in some corners, will disagree with everything it stands for. You’re never not going to have those people.

But, if you’d taken the time to take a wander down East Street yesterday and absorbed everything that was going on you’d struggle to find anyone who could have had anything negative to say about the event.

The day was buzzing from

early hours yesterday morning until well into the early evening last night with people flocking to the Ashburton CBD to check out what was on offer.

And it was hard not to be drawn down onto the street to take it all in.

I’ll blame it on the constant smell of hot dogs and waffles that continued to float their way up into the top floor of Somerset House throughout the day and

the lure of the sweet tunes from Simon Christensen and Nikita Hyde or Ocean Waitokia.

It was suggested earlier this year that the day might need a refresh and a bit of a new approach but the success of yesterday would suggest that perhaps it doesn’t – although there is no reason to stop something similar from coming on board at a different date.

But Boulevard Day is complimented by another special event and both fare equally as successfully as the other.

Walking into the Sports Hall on Tancred Street yesterday to check out the first day of Bookarama it was hard not to be impressed with this now permanent fixture on the local calendar and to also

be in awe of just how well it’s run and organised.

The transition from browsing to purchasing is simple, mainly because they make it that way and the entire system appears to run like clockwork.

As a bit of a lover of a really good book, I found that place an absolute haven.

I could have spent the entire day flicking through titles and browsing front covers all the while dodging the eager and enthusiastic who aren’t afraid to jump across a table to get the book they really want.

But what is most impressive is what’s available.

For the price of three cups of coffee I walked out of there having all but completed my collec-

tions of works from my favourite author, Wilbur Smith and I’ve got every intention of heading back just in case I missed something on my first rushed look.

The money turned over at that event is staggering and the fact that it’s directed back into our own community makes it even more worthwhile.

We’re incredibly lucky to have these groups of people whose dedication and volunteer time is given for the betterment of our community and it’s important that we continue to support them in their endeavours.

Whether it be by buying a big old collection of books, or a hot dog from a stand at an event like Boulevard Day – both are equally as important as the other.

farewell appearance as a player with the New York Yankees in a game against the Boston Red Sox. (The Sox won, 5-0.)

In 1960, the USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched at Newport News, Virginia.

In 1968, the TV news magazine 60 Minutes premiered on CBS; the undercover police drama The Mod Squad premiered on ABC. In 1969, the trial of the Chicago Eight (later seven) began. (Five were later convicted of crossing state lines to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic convention, but the convictions were ultimately overturned.)

In 1988, Members of the eastern Massachusetts Episcopal diocese elected Barbara C. Harris the first female bishop in the church’s history.

In 2001, President George W. Bush ordered a freeze on the assets

of 27 people and organisations with suspected links to terrorism, including Islamic militant Osama bin Laden, and urged other nations to do likewise.

In 2002, British Prime Minister Tony Blair asserted that Iraq had a growing arsenal of chemical and biological weapons and planned to use them, as he unveiled an intelligence dossier to a special session of Parliament.

In 2007, United Auto Workers walked off the job at General Motors plants in the first nationwide strike during auto contract negotiations since 1976; a tentative pact ended the walkout two days later.

Ten years ago: Susan Atkins, 61, a member of the Charles Manson “family” who admitted stabbing actress Sharon Tate to death in the cult’s 1969 murder rampage, died in prison at Chowchilla, California.

Five years ago: At the opening of the UN General Assembly’s annual ministerial meeting, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for world leaders to join an international campaign to ease the plight of nearly unprecedented numbers of refugees, the displaced and victims of violence in a world wracked by wars and the swiftspreading and deadly ebola epidemic.

One year ago: China and the United States imposed new tariff hikes on each other’s goods; US regulators went ahead with a planned 10 per cent tax on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports, and China said it responded with taxes on $60 billion in American goods.

Today’s birthdays: Rhythm-andblues singer Sonny Turner is 80.

Singer Barbara Allbut Brown is 79. Singer Phyllis “Jiggs” Allbut

Sirico is 77. Singer Gerry Marsden is 77. Actor Gordon Clapp is 71.

Actress Harriet Walter is 69.

Songwriter Holly Knight is 63.

Actor Kevin Sorbo is 61. Christian/ jazz singer Cedric Dent is 57.

Actress-writer Nia Vardalos is 57. Rock musician Shawn Crahan is 50. Country musician Marty Mitchell is 50. Actress Megan Ward is 50. Singer-musician Marty Cintron is 48. Contemporary Christian musician Juan DeVevo is 44. Actor Ian Bohen is 43. Actor Justin Bruening is 40. Olympic gold medal gymnast Paul Hamm is 37. Actor Erik Stocklin is 37.

Actor Spencer Treat Clark is 32.

Actor Grey Damon is 32. Actor Kyle Sullivan is 31. Actor Ben Platt is 26.

Thought for today: “Do not weep; do not wax indignant.

Understand.” – Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher (1632-1677).

– AP

Matt Markham

EDITOR

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, September 24, the 267th day of 2019. There are 98 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On September 24, 1976, former hostage Patricia Hearst was sentenced to seven years in prison for her part in a 1974 bank robbery in San Francisco carried out by the Symbionese Liberation Army.

On this date: In 1789, President George Washington signed a Judiciary Act establishing America’s federal court system and creating the post of attorney general.

In 1869, thousands of businessmen were ruined in a Wall Street panic known as Black Friday after financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk attempted to corner the gold market.

In 1896, author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St Paul, Minnesota.

In 1905, the murder of Joe Kum Yung in Wellington’s Haining St highlighted the hatred some felt towards New Zealand’s small Chinese community. His killer, Lionel Terry, committed the brutal act to promote his crusade to rid New Zealand of the so-called “yellow peril”.

In 1917, 10 New Zealand soldiers were killed when they were hit by a train at Bere Ferrers in southern England. The accident occurred as troops from the 28th Reinforcements for the NZ Expeditionary Force were being transported from Plymouth to Sling Camp on Salisbury Plain.

These men had just arrived in Britain and the train made an unscheduled stop at Bere Ferrers in response to a signal.

As the rear carriages stopped outside the station those on board assumed they had reached Exeter. Eager to find food and ignoring the ‘two from each carriage’ instruction, many of the men jumped off, some on to the opposite track. Moments later they were struck by an oncoming train.

In 1934, Babe Ruth made his

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oday, while crutching my breeding rams, I was considering the latest policy package from central government.

To be fair, there was not a lot of constructive thought undertaken as this task is a fairly intense activity, as those of you who have done it know.

For those of you who have not, crutching rams (removing the wool around the tail and between the legs for hygiene purposes) is a bit like wrestling 80 to 100kg sacks of potatoes that fight back.

As I was struggling with a sore back the term hamstrung came to mind. In sheep farming this describes a situation in which a ligament in the hind leg of a sheep is accidentally cut or damaged, while shearing or crutching.

This scenario, which all efforts are undertaken to avoid, usually results in the animal being permanently handicapped. As a result, generally the sheep is humanely euthanised.

I believe this term – hamstrung – quite aptly describes what the central government’s latest policy package (fresh water national policy state-

Simon Davies FROM THE FARM

ment and new environmental standards) is likely to do to the pastoral agricultural sector.

The sector will be permanently handicapped by policies which, while having commendable goals, have unrealistic, and in some cases, unnecessarily harsh bottom lines in terms of fresh water standards.

For some in the agricultural sector, it will be the equivalent of economic euthanisation.

This is more commonly called being made bankrupt.

Yes Minister for Agriculture, these policies are going to force some farmers, and support businesses, to the wall.

Government MPs need to spend more time talking to farmers who actually move electric fences and handle stock, as opposed to those who move board papers and handle media comments.

Hopefully – and for the ben-

efit of all regional New Zealand – most in agricultural sector will survive, albeit some badly handicapped.

When the science and monitoring tells us that water quality in our rivers and lakes is by and large stable or improving, but is degrading in one third of waterways, logic would suggest going hard in those catchments where the trends are negative.

But no, rather than targeted rules, they’ve gone for a onesize-fits-all approach.

To be fair, all fresh water is covered by this policy. So urban residents beware! The water quality standards in these policy package will be applied to your storm water and waste water discharges. That’s going to mean large infrastructure improvements that will hit ratepayers hard.

You may ask ‘how much?’

Certainly that’s what I asked at the freshwater consultation meeting in Dunedin.

I was told the minister is working on that.

In their kind of bureaucratise, I surmise it will be a “significant cost”. What I am sure of is that urban ratepayers will have no idea of the cost (handicap) of

this policy to them until, at least, after the next general election.

On that point I have to commend the Labour Party on its politics ...They (as losers of the last election) can sign, seal, and implement this policy package (these policies can be simply signed off by the Labour cabinet without discussion in parliament), permanently handicapping regional New Zealand.

The result is a policy win (and potentially more urban votes) before the next election while avoiding any of the financial implication of the policy until after we vote.

At least I know I would humanely euthanise a permanently handicapped animal, while this government is quite happy to leave regional New Zealand alive to battle along permanently handicapped.

Simon Davies is the president of Otago Federated Farmers.

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Support growing for farmers Mid Canterbury Federated Farmers president David Clark has been receiving unsolicited support from people around the country worried about farmers’ stress levels.

Farmers, in regions like Mid Canterbury, are worried about unachievable targets in proposed new freshwater changes and say Government has not taken into account the good work already being done in the environmental space.

Clark said the changes for farmers would have a downstream negative effect on the Mid Canterbury economy.

He said he had been receiving messages and calls of support in the past week from “random” people that included school teachers and tradies.

“They are all saying it is unfair how you guys are being treated.

People are starting to realise it is

turning into a political thing.”

DairyNZ strategy and investment leader, Dr Jenny Jago, said its farmers were doing okay and supporting each other through what were tough times for many.

“Our farmers are busy ensuring the environment is protected and caring for their people and animals. Many of them are reporting that they feel stress, anxiety, fatigue and even depression from time to time,” she said.

“Statistics for the past year show that almost one-in-five farmers has contacted someone for help with personal issues.

That is a high number, but what’s important is that they recognised their need for support and took action to get it.”

She said DairyNZ had been contacted by members of the public, including Aucklander Mark Ellery, to express their support. Ellery wrote the following:

AN AUCKLANDER’S MESSAGE TO OUR FARMERS “I am just a normal, hardworking small business owner in Auckland and I have some real concerns about the rural sector in this country.

I am an architectural designer, an Aucklander and generally a pen (or mouse) pusher.

From me, as your average Kiwi, to everyone of your farmers – I love them, they are the backbone, the guts and the legs that have kept this country going and will for the next millennium.

My apologies at how every farmer is being treated in this country. It is totally disrespectful to a core of our country and I just feel so sick at the stress that is being placed on every man, woman and child in the rural sector.

We are not all like that. In fact, I think most good Kiwis love our rural brothers and sisters and it hurts me to think they are hurting from the stress that is being placed on them.

I had one man’s stress on me. I can’t imagine having the feeling the Government and the country is against you.

It is not.

We love you all. Please keep going. Please keep being the people you are, the real Kiwis and I promise the next time I am coming past a farm and see one of you out there I will stop and shake your hand and thank you for being you.

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MARKET REPORT H

By Guy Trafford After the series of falls the GDT has been experiencing of late (just the second rise since May when the negative trend began) it was with some relief that a lift was experienced last week.

In itself the 2 per cent overall rise is nothing to write home about, but not only did it arrest the recent trend, but it has come at a time when there is a little too much uncertainty floating around especially after the antics occurring in the Middle East lately which has shown just how vulnerable all economies are.

Dairy News, quoting Westpac market strategist Imre Speizer, gave a major part of the reason for the lift to China, once again showing the importance this market has to the New Zealand economy.

So, while some may criticise the reliance New Zealand Inc (especially the primary sector) has on China purchasing our goods and buying into our processing capabilities, no-one has yet come up with a better alternative.

China does not have a great human rights record and operates in ways that are, let’s say, unfamiliar to many western economies, but when they purchase half of the latest GDT offering, have funded (for their own purposes) several milk companies that were heading towards obscurity, then, without a viable alternative I suggest we cannot afford to be too fussy about our bedfellows.

It would be great if the NZ Super Fund could have come to the ag investment party, but they have chosen not to and neither has the Australian Super Fund, which also has a broad national and international portfolio.

So, Westland for instance, can’t have stood out as a great deal unless it was integrated right through to the consumer, which Yili are able to do.

It was reported last week that the Yili Group results for the first half of 2019 showed that its global revenue grew yearon-year by 12.8 per cent to a total annual revenue of ¥CN45 billion ($NZ10b).

Net profit grew almost 10 per cent to ¥3.8b ($NZ845b) in the first half of 2019.

Yili has also signed a strategic partnership agreement with Lincoln University to set up its Oceania Research and Development Centre.

It would be great if we could report the same positive growth from Fonterra instead of reporting on the steadily shrinking pie.

Yili has retained its position as Asia’s most valuable food brand and third globally. Perhaps not such a bad bedfellow? In a report out of China it appears the Chinese are falling for, in increasing numbers, the delights of ice cream, perhaps a touch of irony here with Tip Top now sold off and largely ending Fonterra’s ability (through neglect) to tap into this market.

The Kapiti brand still exists although with the licensing of its use for ice cream to Froneri (who purchased Tip Top) you’d have to wonder where the incentive is for them (Froneri) to grow the brand when they could be growing their own.

According to Euromonitor International, the ice-cream spend in China is at $US6.5 billion and growing at 11.9 per cent per year and reach $US10b in five years.

It appears Lewis Road Creamery is leading New Zealand’s foray into China with ice-cream “launching out of Shanghai” with its brands of premium products.

In the world of Chinese takeovers, Yili’s main Chinese rival, Mengniu is looking to purchase the organic infant formula maker Bellamy’s Australia, offering a share price 59 per cent higher than what the Bellamy shares are currently valued at.

Bellamy’s have perhaps been on the receiving end of some (suspect?) Chinese business dealings which saw their shares plummet from a high in 2018 of $A22 to around $A7 as a result of being unable to gain a licence from China’s State Administration for Market Regulation to sell organic formula there.

This greatly reduced Bellamy’ profit (a 36 per cent fall) and puts the $A13 per share Mengniu are offering (and being recommended to be accepted by the Bellamy’s board) into some form of perspective.

In New Zealand we saw a similar occurrence several years ago when the Southland Sheep Dairy Infant Formula company, Blue River got shut out of China as a result of the Fonterra botulism scare and the resulting tightening regulations.

The only way they could regain access was by allowing a Chinese “partner” to buy into the business. However, with the passage of time sheep milking has ceased in Southland, although strangely New Zealand sheep milk powder can still be sourced in China.

The message from both of these instances is always proceed with caution and the road obstacles are not well sign posted.

Markets Schedules are relatively quiet, however, signs of a peak with one processor reducing their prime beef schedule.

Sheep meat A quiet week with little movement although Alliance has slightly altered their schedule format which effectively adds another 8 cents, or thereabouts, per kilogram on to most grades (sheep and cattle). They did provide a lift to the mutton schedule as well which has given a timely lift with cull ewes starting to flow off farms after tailing.

The saleyards are still holding at their high levels, but no signs of new-season lambs moving as yet.

Wool The sale was at Napier last week and brokers commented on the amount of vegetation in the wool contributing to lower prices. With the poor returns for crossbred wool it is little wonder that farmers are not getting carried away with being overly caring with wool quality.

Beef A similar story to sheep with the exception that Taylor Preston have maxed out last week so it seems and have brought their prime schedule back a tad. As with the sheep saleyards, they are holding be it with reduced numbers.

Venison Another good week with both major processors lifting their schedule prices.

Dairy As commented on, a welcome lift in the GDT complemented by the lowering NZ dollar has provided a good lift in all dairy produce classes.

Farm gate price watch …

for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural September 23, 2019 current price range Saleyard prices … u LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 136 -150 Prime 160 -262 u HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt Store 152 -317 u STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt Prime 280 -312 This week

52 week high low 170 286

20 90

430

134

316

220

4 wks ago

3 mths ago

1 year ago

122.64 138.47 150.34 166.16 820

114.12 128.84 139.89 154.61 760

119.93 135.41 147.01 162.49 800

126.91 143.28 155.56 171.94 840

99.78 112.66 122.31 135.19 700

118.00

113.00

109.00

120.00

100.75

543

498

539

543

471

414

373

419

434

333

493

468

484

500

440

590

550

590

600

500

446 542 722

444 539 718

568 687 916

568 687 916

464 563 750

Auction prices … u SI WOOL indicator prices (c/kg, clean) Mid mic (23.1-31.5) 1,028 1,123 Fine Xbrd (31.6-35.0) 472 391 Coarse Xbred >35 mic 295 309 Merino 2,174 1,895

1,193 479 322 1,847

Source: WSI, NZMerino 1,290 1,557 727 465 540 302 354 354 280 2,468 2,980 1,588

418 418 418

Source: Midlands Grain 442 440 300 437 435 280 430 430 290

Processor prices … u LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 126.91 17.5 kg YX SI 143.28 19.0 kg YX SI 155.56 21.0 kg YX SI 171.94 Local trade (c/kg) SI 830 (16-22kg) u MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 120.00 u BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 542.0 (270-295kg) P Cow SI 418 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 500 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 590 (180-280kg) u VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 464 AP Stag 60kg SI 563 AP Stag 80kg SI 750

Local market prices … u GRAINS ($/tonne, delivered Canterbury) free price Wheat, milling,12.5%p 424 420 Wheat, feed 423 420 Barley, feed 410 400

International market prices … u LOGS indicator prices, $/tonne Forest index Aug-19 125.00 125.00 132.00

130.00

u DAIRY (NZ$/tonne) Butter Skimmilk powder Wholemilk powder Cheese - cheddar

6,634 3,221 4,353 5,657

Fonterra milk price Fonterra dividend Fonterra share price

6,511 4,154 4,993 6,231

6,435 4,038 4,947 6,241

7,708 3,711 4,601 6,197

2018/19 f'cast $6.30-$6.40* 2018/19 f'cast $0.00 * before retentions

u EXCHANGE RATE (NZ$1.00=) US dollar 0.6259 Euro 0.5683

0.6386 0.5763

0.6593 0.5795

52 week high low

Source: PF Olsen 138.00 125.00 8,696 4,154 4,993 8,053

5,514 2,866 3,823 4,717

2019/20 f'cast $6.25-$7.25* 2019/20 [none yet] NZX FCG $3.17 0.6677 0.5685

0.6943 0.6123

Comprehensive data is available from the supplier www.interest.co.nz/rural

0.6259 0.5579

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Spark – what went wrong have been monitoring everything and ensuring that Akamai was following plan for what was always going to be a huge Saturday night, and very likely Spark Sport’s busiest day (given the All Blacks face soft competition in the rest of

their pool games and likely quarter-final, and the semis and final will be free on TVNZ).

The Herald asked Hodson if Spark was passing the buck.

Wasn’t it up to Spark to manage everything?

“It wasn’t a management issue.

It was our partner and how they had configured the channels,” she said.

However, the problem seems to be not as simple as an international partner dropping the ball.

A manager at an internet service provider said that it appeared Akamai had “broken peering protocol” and taken an unsual approach to configuring its servers.

He said there had poor communication.

“Spark need to be more upfront on the technical side with the rest of us,” he said.

He forwarded the Herald the transcript of a private chat between ISP owners and managers to prove his points.

“There is also a lot of contempt towards Spark because they had the rest of the industry invest tons of money and then they did a ‘classic Telecom’ and screwed everyone on the wholesale deal.”

In the build-up to the World Cup, Spark met with Vodafone, 2degrees, Vocus and other ISPs, who agreed to accelerate network upgrades to facilitate better World Cup streaming in return for keenly-priced wholesale deal to resell

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Kirk Hope but it’s all positive activity in terms of building the future business.”

Allowing losses to carrying over would make New Zealand startups more attractive for investors, he said.

Deloitte technical tax director Robyn Walker said she felt many businesses would see the changes as “quite long over due.

“I wouldn’t necessarily say it was a tax break,” she said of the new deductibility rule.

“It’s more restoring the law to what it was before the Trustpower cases.”

In 2016 the Supreme Court effectively changed the tax rules when it said Trustpower could not claim tax deductions for wind farms it had planned but ultimately not built.

“The outcome of those cases is that it changed the boundary line of when businesses are allowed to

take a tax deduction for kicking the tyres around proposals,” Walker said.

That had a become a tax on innovation, she said.

“Now if you’re looking at a number of options or you just pick one and abandon the others, you now will get a tax deduction for all the cost of considering those options spread over five years.”

The tax changes follow the Government’s announcement of new immigration rules for employers last week.

That had also been given the thumbs-up by Business NZ. “I think it’s two very positive steps frankly,” Hope said.

“We were pretty upbeat about that immigration one. It removed a lot of quite artificial classification mechanisms.”

While there were still serious international issues weighing on business confidence, Hope said he felt the Government was making progress on improving the relationship.

“We’re over the hump of some of the more challenging domestic issues I think,” he said.

“In general what we’re seen is the Government is starting to listen to the concerns business had.

“Certainly we’re seeing them think about some of these challenging policy issues a lot more deeply.”

The new tax measures will be introduced into Parliament early next year, so changes can kick in from the start of the next tax year.

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NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

Source: NZX and Standard & Poors

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Tax changes welcomed New tax incentives to encourage business investment and expansion have been described as “a good step forward” by Business NZ chief executive Kirk Hope.

One rule change will allow businesses to claim tax deductions for money spent exploring investment opportunities that don’t proceed.

“Business owners tell us this can deter them from spending money looking at better ways of doing things,” Finance Minister Grant Robertson said.

“We’re changing this so businesses can deduct ‘feasibility expenditure’ from their tax bills, including for projects that don’t end up going ahead.”

The other change will be to the ownership threshold for carrying tax losses over when a business is sold.

The combined cost of the changes for the Government will be about $80 million.

Both moves had been recommended in the Tax Working Group, Hope said.

There was still a challenging policy discussion to come about where the ownership threshold was set for carrying losses over, he said.

“If you look at how some of those [start-up] companies work, they burn through a lot of cash and make losses until they’ve established the IP to do what ever they do or they’re acquiring a customer base,” Hope said.

“That’s all loss making activity

Spark Sport Tournament passes.

But after Spark launched its early-bird pricing before its putative partners had a wholesale deal on the table, the spirit of co-operation evaporated. Bad blood emerged – with things descending to the point where Vocus and 2degrees bosses were openly bad-mouthing Spark.

More, industry expert, John Humphrey says it just doesn’t wash to blame Akamai.

Humphrey was formerly a network and business strategy manager for Telecom.

“Blaming Akamai sounds far too easy,” Humphrey said. “Spark should have known the bandwidth-provisioning requirements based on the numbers of subscribers combined with decent forecasting for last-minute sign-ups.

“Always overprovision the expected requirement to ensure a good viewer experience is a good OTT [over-the-top or streaming] operator’s and ISP’s mantra.

“Spark’s bandwidth-provisioning planning and network monitoring and responsiveness let them down. They just underestimated the network demand or ran into bandwidth restrictions that they could not handle at the time.”

6/9

The finger has been pointed at content delivery giant Akamai for Saturday night’s Spark Sport streaming fail – which saw thousands receive substandard video, and the decision made to simulcast the All Blacks-South Africa game free on TVNZ. But a leading industry expert says that it looks more like Spark should carry the can on all levels, from technical to management.

Spark chief executive Jolie Hodson said, “The issue that we identified was a config issue of the video stream coming in from the US, which we rectified over the 24 hours that followed.

“An international partner that we work with, the way they were configuring streams to come into New Zealand – it was getting congested in a particular channel.

“In simple form, if you think of it as lanes on the motorway. They had too much going down one particular lane,” Hodson said.

Hodson did not want to name the international partner concerned.

But another person close to the situation bluntly identified it as Akamai Technologies: the

US-based content delivery giant whose former clients include Netflix, and whose current roster includes the likes of NBC and Fox Sports.

And based on a July 8 media briefing by Spark Sport head Jeff Latch, it could only be Akamai. Latch detailed the live Rugby World Cup feed would come down from Japan via satellite or fibre to Spark’s broadcast partner TVNZ. TVNZ would then add its production elements, including ads, then send the post-production feed up to Spark’s US-based streaming partner, iStream planet, which encoded the video feed for a multitude of different devices. iStream, in turn, would hand off the feed to Akamai, which would deliver the Spark Sport stream to a never-disclosed number of points around New Zealand.

One person close to the situation told the Herald that Akamai had failed to optimise its delivery for a typical Saturday night, where Kiwis were loading up on Netflix.

Regardless, shouldn’t Spark

30/8

By Chris Keall

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Tuesday, September 24, 2019

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – In the upcoming elections, what ward is the Lake Hood area in? a. Ashburton b. Western c. Not in the Ashburton region 2 – Who starred in the movie Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri? a. Meryl Streep b. Francis McDormand c. Margot Robbie 3 – Who is the leader of the UK Labour Party? a. Jeremy Corbyn b. Phillip Hammond c. Tom Watson 4 – How old is the Pantheon in Rome? a. 500 years b. 2000 years c. 4500 years 5 – What is a monstera? a. A large snake b. A cocktail c. A plant 6 – What nationality was the painter Frida Kahlo? a. Mexican b. Spanish c. Argentinian 7 – In which country would you find the river Tagus? a. Czech Republic b. Portugal c. Turkey 8 – Which is the northernmost South Island town? a. Motueka b. Takaka c. Collingwood

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Tuesday, September 24, 2019

140 years of mayhem and mischief

By Connor Lysaght

T

he Ashburton Guardian is celebrating 140 years of reporting this week.

Among that coverage are many stories of mayhem and mischief, showing how 19th-century life in Ashburton and in Canterbury as a whole was not as mundane as one might think.

Old Guardians are peppered with reports of stand-out incidents and occurrences, ranging from the macabre to the downright ridiculous, which reflect both how much our world has changed, and how much it hasn’t.

Modern New Zealand was in its infancy during the latter decades of the 19th century and was a land rife with industrial and agrarian accidents, quirky incidents and draconian law practices.

Many events that occurred during the late Victorian and early Edwardian periods would have given modern health and safety inspectors a heart attack if they had transpired today, and quite a few lawyers would surely react in a similar fashion if presented with a selection of court cases from yesteryear.

The following anecdotes come from past issues of the Ashburton Guardian, spanning the last decades of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century.

1– People crowding around the tracks of the Ashburton Railway Station, date unknown.

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2 – The quirky story of the soup kitchen incident as published in the Ashburton Guardian, August 24, 1880.

3 – A train travelling through the Ashburton Station, with the new rail bridge behind.

4 – Examples of clay pipes in the Ashburton Museum collection, which were very common in the 19th century.

5 – A half gold sovereign with the head of a young Queen Victoria.

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Troubled transport Before the Ashburton railway overbridge was constructed in 1917, people had a lot of trouble navigating around and over the then-busy thoroughfare.

A Guardian article from 1909 describes a couple who had some trouble retrieving their luggage from the goods shed after sending it ahead to Ashburton from Timaru.

Since the goods shed was on the other side of the tracks, the couple had to take the long way around and upon arriving they discovered that no porter was there to help them with their luggage.

They were prevented from crossing the tracks back to the platform themselves, so they ended up hiring a cab to help them bring their luggage to the platform.

The couple only just managed to make it on to their next train after the hassle and the only reason they were on time was because they arrived 45 minutes early.

This kind of thing wasn’t the worst of the railway’s problems, since train accidents and near-misses, while common across New Zealand, are known to have occurred in Ashburton – at least near-misses.

In 1906, a girl was with her friend trying to cross the railway line and their view down the track was obscured by trucks in the yard.

4 She made a dash across the tracks without hesitation, only just managing to avoid being hit by the speeding express train that was mere yards away from her.

The girl, while understandably shocked, came away unscathed, and the likelihood of such incidents happening again would be remedied by the opening of the railway overbridge just over a decade later.

Four months down the pipe Amidst the old-fashioned prose of Ashburton’s first journalists, events such as the one following stick out as some of the period’s oddest, at least when it comes to the potential severity of New Zealand’s magisterial justice system.

5 The Guardian reported that on the December 12, 1879, that a certain George Sinclair would serve four months in the gaol for stealing a tobacco pipe left at the bar of the Ashburton Hotel.

The owner of the pipe, George Martin, claimed that he had set his pipe down on the bar and went to check his horses, which is when Sinclair, drunk beyond all sense, took the pipe.

Following this, Sinclair was arrested by a constable for being illegally on the premises and the pipe was found on his person.

In summary, George Sinclair was thrown in jail for four whole months for trespassing in a bar while drunk and for stealing a tobacco pipe.

This does seem harsh, but under our modern Crimes Act,

if the value of stolen property does not exceed $500, then the maximum sentence a person can receive is still three months.

However, surely this case wouldn’t have warranted even that maximum for petty theft!

A kind-hearted twist Compared to the previous two events, this anecdote from an August, 1880, Guardian is a harmless yet intriguing one.

To directly quote the Guardian: “A rather amusing incident occurred at the Christchurch Soup Kitchen one day last week.

“An eccentric individual applied for a bowl of soup, ate it, and on departing, laid a half sovereign on the counter.

“The Benevolent Association

are anxious to relieve a few more cases of this sort.”

Adjusted for inflation in terms of buying power for food goods, a half-sovereign – 10 shillings – would amount to roughly $80 in today’s money.

It would certainly buy quite a lot of soup for this man’s fellow diners.

If there is any moral or lesson to be taken away from each of these stories, then I suppose they would be: Don’t steal a man’s pipe while you’re trespassing in a pub, always watch for trains, and, at some point, an eccentric stranger may or may not shower you in cash (still waiting on that last one …)

Happy birthday Ashburton Guardian.

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RESULTS ■■ Bowls Skip 2 It Sponsored Friday Half Triples September 20, At MSA Bowling Club Winning Skips: D Hickman 3 wins 17 ends 41 points; J Smart 2 1/2 wins 14 ends 34 points 2nd; M Anderson 2 1/2 wins 14 ends 30 points 3rd September 22 Paterson Funerals Sponsored Peters Cup at MSA Bowling Club Winning Skips: C Carter 3 wins 29 ends 57 points; L Muir 3 wins 29 ends 53 points 2nd; B Mayson 3 wins 26 ends 51 points 3rd

■■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club September 16 Irwin Trophy N/S 1st Anne Gilbert & Jan McClelland, 2nd Mary Francis & Graham Gilbert, 3rd John F Rickard & Paul Leadley E/W 1st David Robins & Pauline Scott, 2nd Jill Wilce & Joyce Johnson, 3rd Gladys Baker & George Brown September 17 A Ladder N/S 1st Mary Buckland & Trish Downward, 2nd Pat Jordan & Judith Edmond, 3rd Johnny Wright & Perry Jowers E/W 1st Ian Doel & Margaret Shearer, 2nd Audrey Rooney & Maureen Kolkman,3rd Leigh Wackrow & Mike Holdaway September 18 Brabant Trophy N/S 1st = Trish Downward & Rosemary McLaughlin and Bev Turton & Rona Brownlie, 2nd Mary Buckland & Maree Moore, 3rd Hilda Blee & Marjorie Hoar E/W 1st Kay Robb & Edna Segers, 2nd Val Palmer & Bev Macaulay, 3rd Trevor Coulter & Beth McIlraith September 19 President’s Trophy N/S 1st Rewa Kyle & Mike Holmes, 2nd Mary Buckland & Sonia Gill, 3rd Melva

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Stowell & Anne Reid E/W 1st John Fechney & Bev Turton, 2nd Sue Rosevear & Kay Robb, 3rd Audrey Rooney & Edna Segers September 21 Methven Croquet Tournament N/S 1st Trish Downward & Rewa Kyle, 2nd Rona Brownlie & Annette Blain, 3rd Georgina Black & Fiona Williamson E/W 1st= Paul Fergus & Maryke Blignault and Sue Rosevear & Anne Reid, 2nd Betty Hawthorne & Shirley Harris, 3rd Maree Moore & Iris Taylor

■■ Golf

Ashburton Golf Club September 19 Ashburton 9 Hole Golf Winners of the second round of the 9 Hole Championships were: Tonee Hurley, Val Ferrier; Sam Prince, Gavin Johnston.

Stableford - Gordon Clinton 20, Joy Nicholas 20 Smith & Church Gobbler - Wendy Smith.

September 21 Winners from the semi-finals of the Club Championships were: Senior; Jeff Hewitt and Blair Franklin. Intermediate; Peter Morrison and Sean Strange.

JuniorA; Alan White and Jeff Williamson.

Junior B; George Brown and Greg Fleming (19th).

In the plate winners were; Senior; Terry Kingsbury and Tufuga Sa. Intermediate; Paul Morrison and Jordan Bird. Junior A; Perry Hunt (20th) and Darren Peace. Junior B; Bill Hetrick.

In the Stroke round the Radius Care Player of the day was Wilson Hii with a score of 83-18=65nett. Other winning scores were: Bruce Day 68; Peter Walker 69; Paul May, Mike Holmes and Dylan Stoddart 70; Hiro Kekado and Stewart Dunlop 71.

Twos: Stewart Dunlop, Noel Sutton, Darren Peace and Kevin Smith.

Nearest The Pins: Braided Rivers: Darren Peace; Rothbury Insurance: Paul May; Value Plus Processing: Sean Strange; South Island Seeds: Wendy Smith: Property Brokers #6: Sean Strange; Charming Thai Longest Putt: Paul Morrison; Tinwald Tavern Spot Prize: tbc.

Birdy Jackpot: #6, Net Eagles Jackpot: #7

DRAWS ■■ Bowls Hampstead All Sport Club September 27 Bowling Section Friday Triples -proudly sponsored by Devon Tavern Start 12:30pm - Location Hampstead bowling green Skips: G. Taylor, B. Holdom, W. Watts, B. Hopwood, G. Clarke, R. Anstiss, J. Argyle, M. Quinn, R. Mitchell, M. Anderson, M. Smallridge, B. Harrison, D. Kinvig, M. Grice, A. MacKenzie, B. Williams

■■ Golf Ashburton County Ladies Vets Golf September 27 Mystery Bus Trip Meet Ashburton Golf Club at 8.00am in carpark – cost $15

Ashburton Golf Club September 28 The annual Captains v President match play competition will be held.

Starting Times: Morning start at 8.30am; Afternoon report at 11.30 for a 12pm start, Nine hole golfers report at 12.30 for a 1pm start.

September 29

Harvey Bakehouse Nine Hole The winner of the Stableford round was Tonee Hurley with 24pts. The other winning scores were Fairlie Matsinger, Sam Prince and Terry O’Reilly 19pts. Tonee Hurley had a two as well.

Mayfield Men’s Mid-Week Stableford Wayne Vessey 39, Duncan Barr 39, James Wright 38 stablefords

Methven Golf Club September 16 Methven Ladies Golf Pink Lady Tournament 1st 50 Shades of Pink (Ruth Smith, Jenny Senior, Sharon Burrell-Smith Methven Wendy Watson Rakaia) 120 stbl, 2nd M & M’s Methven 115, 3rd Wandering Hackers Geraldine 113, 4th Nola’s Pinkies Methven 111 B/L, 5th Shona’s Hotshots Geraldine 111, 6th Party of Four Tinwald 108 B/L, Chirpy Chippers Rakaia 108 Straightest Drive: Ina Divers Nearest the Pins: Senior Jan Clucas, Bronze A Birthday Girl, Bronze B Heather Middleton, Open Margaret Bolton Two’s: Jillian Lake, Shona Benseman, Jan Clucas, Jane Helmore, Avrill Burrows, Margaret Campbell.

September 18 Ladies Division Bisque Par: Bev Isherwood 8up, Marg Kelk 6up Best Scores: Bev Isherwood 100-31-69, Jenny Senior 91-16-75, Robyn Maw 94-1975 Aqua Japanese Restaurant Best net of the day: Bev Isherwood 69 Nearest the Pins: #17 Open Methven Pharmacy Robyn Maw, #6 Open Methven Travel Jenny Senior, #4 Br B 2nd shot Arabica Roz Grant, #13 Open Cinema Paradiso Jan Lane, #14 Sil/ Br A Supervalue Robyn Maw, #6 Sat Girls Methven Foursquare Angela Mowbray Two’s and net Eagles: Jan Lane, Bev Isherwood, Lynn Worsfold.

September 21 Men’s Division, Finals Day Finals Winners: Bronze B= Heather Middleton. Bronze A= Ellen Kemp. Silver= Angela Mowbray. Junior B= Alan Lock. Junior A= Mark Gorman. Intermediate= Simon Wareing. Senior = Alister Maxwell.

Competition of the Day. Senior: Grant Hargraves 80-7-73. Intermediate: Simon Wareing 88-14-74. Junior A: Ross Breach 88-1870. Junior B: Les Linton 103-30-73.

Other Good Scores: 74 Geoff Rhodes, Mick Hodgson Two’s: Richard Maw, Simon Wareing, Frank Sandys.

Dubliner Best Nett: Ross Breach 70. Methven Foursquare Second Best Nett: Les Linton 73 by lot. Methven Travel Best Gross: Grant Hargraves 80.

Closest to the Pin-Aqua Japanese Restaurant No 4: Geoff Rhodes. Hunters Wine No 6: Frank Sandys. Ski Time No 13: Simon Wareing. Green Parrot No 17: Mick Hodgson. Cinema Paradiso 2nd shot No 14: James Bell.

Next Week September 28: Bush Cup Combined stroke, drawn partners.

Josef Newgarden wrapped up his second IndyCar championship and burst into tears – an odd reaction for a steelynerved race car driver who rarely shows emotion.

The outburst of emotion took him by surprise and shocked his fiancée, who had never before seen tears from Newgarden.

“I never cry. Ever. Even my fiancée is a little disturbed,” said Newgarden.

“And it was a good cry.”

Mid Canterbury Rugby September 21 Heartland Week 5 Poverty Bay 52 v Agstaff Mid Canterbury 38 Under 18 South Canterbury 26 v ACL Mid Canterbury 15 Under 16 Canterbury Country 46 v ACL Mid Canterbury 26

■■ Shooting Ashburton District Rifle Club Sweep At The Butts 22 September 22 Three ranges, 300, 600 and 700 yards.

TR, A grade, Chris Kershaw 48.3, 49.5, 50.4, 147.12, John Snowden 48.5, 48.4, 50.4, 146.11, John Miller 48.3, 47.4, 46.3, 141.10, Allan White 48.6, 36.2, 50.6, 134.14.

B grade, Megan Snowden 49.5, 49.7, 47.3, 145.15, Martin Fleming 49.6, 47.2, 44.3, 140.11, John Fleming 46.2, 47.2, 47.2, 140.6.

C grade, Kevin Hooper 44.2, 43.1, 43.2, 130.4, Brian Hawksby 48.2, 42.0, 40.0, 130.2.

F Open, Mike Chui 60.8, 56.3, 53.2, 169.13, Ash Bland 53.1, 58.2, 55.1, 166.4, Blair Gabites 58.2, 52.1, 48.0, 158.3.

F Target Rifle, Murray Cook 60.6, 58.4, 52.1, 170.11, Mathew McCallum-Clark 57.4, 57.3, 53.1, 167.8, Brian Graystone 53.3, 57.3, 56.3, 166.9, Ben McLeod 53.2, 50.1, 44.1, 157.5, Chris Brown 56.5, 54.3, 110.8.

Tinwald Golf Club September 21 Championship Finals Senior; Regan Stills, r/u Nigel Heney. Intermediate; Brock Peddie, r/u Phill Hooper.

Junior A; Phil Keir, r/u Adam Lowe. Junior B; Pete Nolan, r/u Murray Beach. Plate winners were Brent Smith, Robin Simms and Neil Rayner.

Women’s section.

Silver; Christine Kinita, r/u Bronwyn Flannery. Bronze A; Sally Lane, r/u Sue Gutsell.

Bronze B; Mara Kennedy, r/u Maree Moore.

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Newgarden went into the race, which was worth double points, trying to hold off Rossi, Pagenaud and Kiwi driver Scott Dixon for the title.

But he controlled his own destiny and knew he’d need an awful race and one of his challengers would likely need to win to prevent him from wrapping up the title.

Dixon finished third to complete the podium, while Rossi was sixth and said his Andretti Autosport team gambled completely on strategy in an effort to win the title.

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September 18 Ladies Division LGU - Bryant Cup Bev Sutherland 110 – 35 – 75, Jill Burrowes 105 – 29 – 76 9 Hole Val Bell 55 – 19 – 36 Railway Hotel 2nd Shot No 3 Freda Bierema, Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd Shot No 6 Jill Burrowes, Val Bell nearest the Pin No 8 Not Struck, Chertsey Spraying 2nd Shot No 15 Marion Wederell, S. Quinn 2nd Shot No 17 Bev Sutherland Jeanette Watts Trophy: Bev Sutherland

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September 21 Picton Race 1st M. Davidson Velocity 1365.32, 2nd L. Davidson Velocity 1365.053, 3rd E. Westgarth Velocity 1363.42, 4th T. Drummond Velocity 1362.94, 5th N. Marton Velocity 1359.77

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The draw for the Club Championships finals will be posted on the club website, noticeboards and to media on Tuesday.

September 28 Heartland Week 6 Agstaff Mid Canterbury v Thames Valley, 2:30pm, A & P Showgrounds, Nick Webster, Kevin Opele, Kalifa Faalogo, Hamish Grant, Gary Clement, Mike Southby, Pete McKnight Under 18 ACL Mid Canterbury v Canterbury Metro, A & P Showgrounds, 1:00pm, William Todd, Ant McGirr, Paul Arnold Sunday 29 Under 18 Girls Tournament (Methven) 10.30am Hanan v Otago (Methven 1), Canterbury v Tasman (Methven 2), Southland v Canterbury Dev (Methven 3); 1.30pm Canterbury v Southland (Methven 2), Hanan v Canterbury Dev (Methven 1), Otago v Tasman (Methven 3) September 30 10.30am Otago v Canterbury (Methven 1), Southland v Hanan (Methven 2), Canterbury Dev v Tasman (Methven 3), 1.30pm Canterbury v Canterbury Dev (Methven 3); Tasman v Hanan (Methven 1), Southland v Otago (Methven 2) October 1 9.30am Hanan v Canterbury (Methven 2), Tasman v Southland (Methven 1), Canterbury Dev v Otago (Methven 3); 12.00pm No 1 v No 2 (Methven 1)

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■■ NETBALL

Advisory group formed

Methven’s champs crowned Teeing off on his way to a club championship win at the Methven Golf Club’s finals day on Saturday was Mark Gorman. Gorman won the junior A title, beating Max Ferris 4&3, while the big one – the men’s senior final – was won by Alister Maxwell, who beat Frank Sandys 3&2. The men’s intermediate title was won by Simon Wareing, who beat James Anderson 2&1, while junior B was won by Alan Lock, who beat Les Linton in a nail-biter on the 38th hole. For the women, Angela Mowbray won the silver title, beating Sarah Gallagher on the first extra hole, while Ellen Kemp won bronze A, beating Jan Lane 7&6. Bronze B was won by Heather Middleton, who beat Bev Isherwood 2&1.

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Mid Canterbury Netball is starting up a new Youth Advisory Group and now the hunt is on for people to be a part of it.

A call has been put out for nominations for members to create the group, which will sit for a fixed term of 12 months and be made up of eight youths, aged from 13 to 20.

It will fall under the direction of Mid Canterbury Netball’s netball development officer Natalie Shaw, and the Mid Canterbury Netball board and they’re hoping to attract a good mix of members, Shaw said.

They’re looking for people in Year 9 or above, both male and female, but they will also be accepting nominations from Year 8s as they look to the future.

“We want all youth to feel they can apply – a background in netball is not compulsory,” Shaw said.

Individuals can apply themselves or be nominated.

The formation of the group follows an announcement by SportNZ that changes need to be made to make sport more accessible and inclusive to secondary school aged players, and Mid Canterbury Netball believe their youth advisory group will help to deliver and support age-appropriate initiatives that ensure all young people who play netball receive a quality experience, irrespective of the level at which they compete.

The Youth Advisory Group policy and registration forms are available through the Mid Canterbury Netball website, www.sporty. co.nz/mcnetball/.

Nominations close on October 5.

■■RUGBY LEAGUE

Smith cleared; Storm ready to face rampant Roosters NZME The Melbourne Storm have set up an NRL preliminary final blockbuster against the Sydney Roosters after dominating Parramatta 32-0.

The Eels had no answer as they were blown off AAMI Park in the first half on Saturday night in a game full of twists and turns.

Storm skipper Cameron Smith was sin-binned for just the second time in his career, for a slap on opposition No.9 Reed Mahoney, but it had no bearing on the result as the Eels failed to trouble the scoreboard when he was off the field.

Importantly for Craig Bellamy’s men, it was a big bounce back after last week’s upset loss to Canberra.

The Storm will meet the Roosters and former team-mate Coop-

er Cronk at the SCG on Saturday night for a spot in the grand final.

All year, the Storm and Roosters have been the teams to beat and many predicted they would meet again in the grand final but Melbourne’s loss to the Raiders pushed them to the other side of the draw.

“We’ll have to improve [against the Roosters], without a doubt,” Bellamy said.

“But in what areas? I’m not sure until I have a bit more of a look at the Roosters but they’re one hell of a footy team.

“They’ve got some wonderful players, especially in the key positions.”

Smith will not miss the preliminary final against the Sydney Roosters, despite being charged for his slap.

He was yesterday given a grade one contrary conduct charge.

The charge carries a fine but no suspension, meaning Smith is free to take on the Roosters in the grand final qualifier.

Smith will have to pay $1350 with an early plea or $1800 if he contests the charge and is found guilty.

With Mahoney holding Smith’s jumper, the Storm veteran struck out several times before landing a blow on the young Parramatta hooker’s head.

Meanwhile, Parramatta Eels coach Brad Arthur believes their finals exit against the Storm was not an accurate summation of how much his team achieved this season.

Six days after beating the Broncos 58-0 – the Brisbane club’s biggest ever defeat – Arthur was disappointed with the Eels’ meek showing against the Storm.

But he was quick to note that

Cameron Smith featuring in the post-season was a vast improvement after the misery of last year’s wooden spoon.

“I am proud of the boys and the whole team,” Arthur said.

“We just didn’t get it right [against the Storm].

With Melbourne clearly on a mission to make amends for their loss to Canberra last week, the Eels found themselves under siege from the outset.

Wingers Josh Addo-Carr and

Suliasi Vunivalu both had tries within the opening 10 minutes and Arthur’s side never recovered.

Cameron Munster and Jahrome Hughes crossed shortly after as the Storm led 18-0 inside 20 minutes and there was no way back for the Eels.

Arthur was left to lament a poor completion rate in the first half and some timid defence that allowed the Storm some easy scoring opportunities.

“We were passive on defence and we haven’t done that for eight weeks,” he said.

“We were a bit cautious. We did some dumb things – shoulder charges, tackling blokes in the air, kicking on fourth tackle.

“There were some moments we didn’t get right and we have been really good at that over the last two months building a game and we didn’t do that.”

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■■ ATHLETICS

Getting ready for athletics

Finding Tinwald’s best Sally Lane watches the progress of a shot during club champs finals day at the Tinwald Golf Club on Saturday. Lane won the bronze A final against Sue Gutsell, while the main women’s final – the silver section – was won by Christine Kinita over Bronwyn Flannery, and the women’s bronze B final was won by Mara Kennedy over Maree Moore. The men’s titles went the way of Regan Stills, who won the men’s senior title over Nigel Heney, while Brock Peddie took out the intermediate grade, beating Phill Hooper. In the junior A final Phil Keir beat Adam Lowe, and in junior B Pete Nolan beat Murray Beach.

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With the summer sporting season just around the corner, the Ashburton Athletics Club is inviting people along to an introduction to athletics night tomorrow.

The night will be about introducing people to the sport and getting club information out there, ahead of a busy season of athletics.

The season will officially start on October 16 and the Ashburton Athletics Club hosts a weekly kids’ athletics session on a Wednesday night at the Ashburton Domain Oval, for kids aged five to 18.

A key event on the athletics calendar, the Colgate Games, will this season be held at the new Nga Puna Wai facility in Christchurch on January 17.

There’s also an exciting calendar of local competitions ahead at Aorangi Park in Timaru, involving clubs from around Mid and South Canterbury, while this year’s Arthur Cup competition – which also involves kids from Selwyn – will be held on November 3 at the Ashburton Domain Oval.

Anyone wanting to find out more about how to become involved in athletics in Ashburton this season can head along to the domain oval tomorrow night, from 5.30pm until 7pm.

■■OPINION

Ardie Savea comes of age as an All Black in Yokohama

By Wynne Gray

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t’s taken a while but Ardie Savea is making the test rugby impact which felt inevitable.

Somehow he or impressive lock Sam Whitelock missed out on the man of the match award to team-mate Beauden Barrett in the All Blacks opening World Cup win but the Springboks knew who their nemesis was.

Savea wore six on his jersey but he ripped up any conventional comparisons to the blindside thunder of Jerry Collins or Jerome Kaino.

His skills pressed the All Black buttons way back in 2013 when he filled an apprentice bib on the trip to Europe and that longterm investment ripened into a gold bullion production at Yokohama.

With recent loose-forward vacancies, Savea’s punishing mix of dynamism forced and helped the coaches design new tactics they believe will give them an edge for the Japanese tournament.

He is an enforcer like his predecessors, but his threat is not restricted to banging bodies and clumping tackles.

Savea is the free-range flanker, asked to do all the basics and encouraged to use his instincts and apply his personal stamp on the side. That trust from the coaches and Savea’s gifts drew a resounding credit as the All Blacks won their crucial pool game against a rugged opponent.

He and his team-mates were under immense heat in the opening quarter, cut off

from much possession by the powerful Boks and looking skittish when they had the ball.

They needed help and Handre Pollard’s penalty rebound from close range then Faf du Plessis’ pass which missed his target offered the way back.

In a blink of a bat’s eye, George Bridge and Scott Barrett scored with Savea a central figure in both stunning attacking raids.

His support play, churning leg-drive to crease anyone but an emphatic defender, picking the right moment to attack a breakdown and his defiant tackling continued throughout this rousing showing from two sides who rank up with the favourites to contest the title in early November.

The All Black victory says they will top their pool and earn an easier quarter-final but a simple message about 2007, Cardiff and France from the coaches will quash that concept in the squad.

Success from the All Blacks has given the Boks a yardstick and will elevate the concern of England, Ireland, Wales and Australia who are hovering around the topline in favouritism.

That performance will have tuned them into the multiple threats from a reshaped All Black team pattern and the danger Savea creates. He’s been there or thereabouts before, playing blindside, sometimes No. 8 on the open or on the bench and linked into traditional styles.

In his 35th test the All Black coaches sent Savea out to challenge convention and provoke a bit more unease from teams aiming Ardie Savea was a constant menace on attack or defence. to dethrone the champs.

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■■RUGBY

ABs still winning more fans NZME

Relaying it to Akaroa It was all about teamwork for a team of eight from Run and Walk Ashburton on Saturday, who took part in the 79th annual Takahe to Akaroa Road Relay Race. The team from Ashburton placed fourth in the relay’s C grade with an overall time of six hours 29.23 minutes. Alison Conway started it off with lap one, while Steve Carr ran the final 9.9km lap to bring it home. Pictured at the finish line were (from left) Gary Whiting, Carr, Conway, Ian Broadbelt and Ashlea Mulligan. The team was rounded out by Grace Forde, Gabby Simpson and Graeme Wall.

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It’s often the most dominant teams in sport which can cop the most hate as fans love nothing more than seeing a heavyweight fall to defeat.

Except for the All Blacks – who continue to win the hearts of supporters across the globe.

Bowing to 69,000 fans at Yokohama Stadium on Saturday night, the All Blacks put their charm on display once again after claiming a 23-13 victory over South Africa.

“Japanese really appreciate the awesome gesture of bowing by the New Zealand All Blacks,” one fan wrote.

“Take a bow, All Blacks. Bowing to the crowd after the game was a classy move to win the #charmoffensive and ensure Japan cheers for us. Gone are the days of rude/ crude/arrogant/inarticulate ABs - all hail the Culturally Sensitive Ambassadors of Rugby,” wrote another.

Following the match, All Blacks captain Kieran Read explained the gesture.

“It’s really important for us to connect as much as we can with the Japanese people.

“We know that they love us as All Blacks, but we need to show a bit of love back to them,” Read said.

“Their support’s been fantastic so far and we saw that tonight – there’s plenty of fans with the black jerseys which is fantastic.

“We want to enjoy this tournament, get out and see as many people as we can, and hopefully win some more fans.”

It’s not the only gesture the All Blacks have made to show their respect for Japanese culture. Last week, halfback Aaron Smith revealed players with tattoos covered up when using traditional onsen, or spas.

“We’ve got an onsen, or a spa, at every hotel,” Smith said.

“In Kashiwa that spa was a public one so we had to wear skivvies or tights. We’re grateful to be here and we don’t like to act like we’re anything bigger than we are.”

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All Blacks get a break after massive first-up contest NZME All you need to know for the week ahead at the 2019 Rugby World Cup. No All Blacks Sorry to say but it’s some wait until the next All Blacks’ clash.

They have an 11 day break between Saturday’s opening win against the Springboks and their next match which is against Canada next Wednesday in Oita. By then Italy will most likely be the leaders in Pool B. First look Tomorrow, Samoa kick off their

tournament against Russia in Kumagaya City while the Americans are the final team to take the field when they open their campaign against England in Kobe City on Thursday.

Upset watch?

There are not many genuine contenders but hosts Japan against world number one ranked side Ireland should be an intriguing contest.

Japan will have built confidence following their opening win over Russia while Ireland have a shorter turnaround after an intense contest with Celtic rivals Scotland.

Game of the week It has to be the clash between Wales and the Wallabies on Sunday night at Tokyo Stadium. Michael Cheika’s side will need a much better start to the game than they did on Saturday against Fiji, trailing 21-12 before surging to a 39-21 win.

Wales will likely go in as favourites, after briefly holding world number one status last month, but Australia have won 13 of the last 14 clashes between the two nations as well as victories over Wales at the last three World Cups.

Afternoon rugby

There may be a few tired eyes around offices this week with late kickoff times in the Wales v Georgia (10.15pm today) and England v USA (10.45pm Thursday) games but the good news is there is also a number of friendlier kickoff times.

Fiji and Uruguay face off in a Pool D game at 5.15pm on Wednesday while there is more afternoon rugby on Saturday when Argentina and Tonga face off at 4.45pm.

Games ahead Match 9 Match details: Russia v Samoa.

Tuesday 24 September 10:15pm, Kumagaya Rugby Stadium, Kum-

agaya City. Referee: Romain Poite Match 10 Match details: Fiji v Uruguay.

Wednesday 25 September 5:15pm.

Kamaish Recovery Memorial Stadium, Kamaishi City.

Referee: Pascal Gauzere Match 11 Match details: Italy v Canada.

Thursday 26 September 7:15pm.

Fukuoka Hakatanomori Stadium, Fukuoka City Referee: Nigel Owens Match 12 Match details: England v USA. Thursday 26 September 10:45pm.

Kobe Misaki Stadium, Kobe City

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■■HANNON MEMORIAL

Spankem confirms cup favouritism

By Jonny Turner Miracle Mile winner Spankem confirmed his New Zealand Cup favouritism when equalling the Oamaru track record during his win of the Hannon Memorial on Sunday.

The Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen-trained 5-yr-old never gave his rivals a hope of catching him when he produced a stunning 53.3sec last 800m in his front-running victory.

Spankem stopped the clock at 3:14.4 for the 2600m standing start event to equal Classic Cullen’s 2010 track record.

The flawless performance again confirmed Purdon’s comments earlier this season that Spankem has returned in even better order than he was in during his impressive Miracle Mile-winning 4yr-old season.

The scary news for his New Zealand Cup opponents – and the good news for his fans – is there is more to come, as Spankem builds towards peak fitness for the second Tuesday in November. ‘’It was a nice run and another step up for him – he went really well,’’ Purdon said.

Purdon took no risks when driving Spankem by taking the favourite to the front at the 1600m after he made a fair beginning and settled midfield. That early position

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meant the reinsman had to move forward and try to take the front before it was too late. ‘’I was going to be in a position where I was going to be forced to go,’’ Purdon said. ‘’If I had waited, it was going to be too late in the race and I was probably going to be forced to sit in the death, and he could have over-raced in that situation.’’

After a brief tussle for the lead, Spankem controlled the pace before reeling off his stunning finish.

His closing 400m of 26.4sec was even enough to impress his champion trainer-driver. ‘’He is a very fast horse – he is incredibly fast,’’ Purdon said.

Classie Brigade got his manners back in check and boosted his New Zealand Cup hopes when running into second.

The Robert Dunn-trained pacer put his horror beginning in the New Brighton Cup behind him by going straight to the lead in Sunday’s feature.

Classie Brigade comfortably held second from Ultimate Sniper, who ran into third after racing three back on the markers.

Purdon confirmed last season’s New Zealand Derby winner was still in need of racing to get back to his best after his recovery from a knee operation.

‘’He was off the scene for such a long time – this time will improve him again.’’

Chase Auckland arguably produced the run of the race outside of the winner, even though he missed a top-three placing.

The 5-yr-old looked to be in a headstrong mood when he arrived at Oamaru, and he was not on his best behaviour when galloping with a lap to run.

After regaining his composure, Chase Auckland produced an incredible finish to run into fourth placing from last placing before the home turn.

The performance confirmed the pacer’s winning debut in open class in the New Brighton Cup was no fluke, and that he was a genuine NZ Cup contender.

His chances in the great race may depend on what mood he is in on the day, as he is prone to getting fizzed up on occasions. ‘’He has got that nature about him, he is just a horse that you have got to catch him in the right mood on the day,’’ Purdon said.

A G’s White Socks effectively had no winning chance when coming wide on the home bend as Spankem produced his scintillating final sectionals.

The first five horses home in the Hannon are all expected to race in next month’s Canterbury Classic at Addington.

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Southland dogs Today at Ascot Park Raceway 4 12.57pm CONGRATULATIONS ZANE B C4/5, 457m

1 45128 Sailor Allen nwtd........................... C Roberts 2 187x8 Viktoria Vikkers 26.57................... C Roberts 3 34176 Opawa Lacy nwtd J &......................D Fahey 4 22617 Eyrewell Turbo 25.92....................... H Cairns 5 Box Vacant 6 54311 Goldstar Trooper 26.05 S &.............. B Evans 7 8x728 Dyna Elwyn 25.65......................... C Roberts 8 36655 Must Be Rusty 25.85..................J McInerney 5 1.12pm ASCOT PARK DISTANCE C2d, 630m 1 42115 Opawa Mason nwtd......................... R Wales 2 5x634 Opawa Racer 37.10......................... R Wales 3 12753 Famous Lee nwtd S &...................... B Evans 4 53116 Opawa Rooster 37.45...................... R Wales 5 76857 Opawa Hope nwtd........................... R Wales 6 71625 Opawa Tab 37.15............................. R Wales 7 42143 Goldstar Alaska nwtd S &................ B Evans 8 x2566 Opawa Plum nwtd............................ R Wales 9 55528 Bashful Buffy nwtd.....................J McInerney 10 15845 Opawa Silver nwtd........................... R Wales 6 1.30pm FIND US ON TWITTER@SGRCINFO C1/2, 457m 1 13154 Darla Bale nwtd............................. C Roberts 2 56467 Kia Tere 26.07 S &........................... B Evans 3 47326 Orina Allen nwtd............................ C Roberts 4 13177 Homebush Sayer 26.58.............J McInerney 5 46746 Galifianakis 26.16..............................B Eade 6 11162 Go Vegas nwtd J &...........................D Fahey 7 61227 C’Mon Benny Boy 26.42.................J Guthrie 8 83356 Homebush Hotshot 26.35..........J McInerney 9 64487 Shift The Blame 25.94................J McInerney 10 78657 Rocky Vincitore nwtd...............D J MacMillan 7 1.47pm MR WHIPPY SOUTHLAND FINAL C1f, 457m 1 22646 Goldstar Willa nwtd S &................... B Evans 2 52316 Vik Vikkers 26.81 J M....................... McCook 3 64821 Opawa Lara 26.18............................ R Wales 4 46833 Chunk 26.28...............................J McInerney 5 44422 Mick The Mower 26.60...............J McInerney

6 57226 Blazing Banjo 26.53...................J McInerney 7 77548 Baldrick nwtd..............................J McInerney 8 45535 Homebush Carl nwtd.................J McInerney 9 43665 Homebush Boden 26.94............J McInerney 10 15851 Goldstar Wynter nwtd S &................ B Evans 8 2.05 BODYAUDITSOUTH@GMAIL.COM C1, 457m 1 18 Longshanks nwtd....................... A Bradshaw 2 34262 Shermo Bale nwtd........................ C Roberts 3 72648 Nikko Baxter nwtd......................J McInerney 4 86218 Lakota Micco nwtd.......................... H Cairns 5 17317 Homebush Vassy nwtd...............J McInerney 6 11 Archie John Hill nwtd J &.................D Fahey 7 32422 High Sparrow nwtd..................... A Bradshaw 8 67553 Goldstar Galaxie nwtd S &............... B Evans 9 56565 Goldstar Flora nwtd S &................... B Evans 10 35585 Trajan 26.14...............................J McInerney 9 2.22pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKEY C2, 390m 1 24164 Sozin’s Symphony 22.74............J McInerney 2 61167 Homebush Velma 22.47.............J McInerney 3 53625 Citizen Aguero nwtd...................J McInerney 4 15521 Amuri George nwtd....................J McInerney 5 x3161 Dyna Quark nwtd.......................... C Roberts 6 47142 Pretty Keen 22.98..............................S Keen 7 68251 Punch On Buzz 22.60................J McInerney 8 81471 Mega Dream nwtd.......................... R Adcock 9 34361 Opawa Vinny nwtd J &.....................D Fahey 10 52738 Mr Black Magic 23.05.....................J M Lane 10 2.42pm MARK TURNER PAINTER PH021737111 C1, 457m 1 42221 Lakota Kohana nwtd....................... H Cairns 2 34332 Barrel Runner nwtd.................... A Bradshaw 3 78322 Punch On Woody nwtd..............J McInerney 4 51 Black Stockings nwtd................. A Bradshaw 5 43665 Homebush Boden 26.94............J McInerney 6 83353 Goldstar Yankee nwtd S &................ B Evans 7 85316 Machine Gunn nwtd....................... R Adcock 8 63744 King Toliman 27.27........................ C Roberts 9 66745 Black Dan 26.48.........................J McInerney

10 78657 Rocky Vincitore nwtd...............D J MacMillan 11 3.02pm SOUTHERN LIGHTS AT STUD C3, 390m 1 52188 Amuri Magic nwtd......................J McInerney 2 55528 Bashful Buffy nwtd.....................J McInerney 3 24442 Kiwi Gunn 22.58............................. R Adcock 4 36526 Mitcham Reado nwtd.................J McInerney 5 33517 Nippa Enough 23.22..................J McInerney 6 45138 Shaw Winner 22.78 J M................... McCook 7 75141 Eyrewell Bentley 22.74.................... H Cairns 8 41313 My Girl Sofia 22.88.........................B Healey 9 21188 Memphis Jewel nwtd..................... C Roberts 10 17833 Dream Runner 22.67 J M................. McCook 12 3.20pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRENDON BURKE C4, 390m 1 32377 Special As nwtd J M......................... McCook 2 47233 Dyna Lenny 22.70.........................C Roberts 3 25116 Mitcham Trudy nwtd...................J McInerney 4 46511 Goldstar Major nwtd S &.................. B Evans 5 77328 Mohican Run nwtd..................... A Bradshaw 6 47817 Black Tori 23.20.......................... A Bradshaw 7 44124 Little Krakatoa nwtd................... A Bradshaw 8 31546 Double Speed nwtd........................ R Adcock 9 63665 Ezra Blueblood 22.72.................J McInerney 10 46482 Hankenstein nwtd...................... A Bradshaw 13 3.36 GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C0, 390m 1 26742 Eric Blueblood nwtd...................J McInerney 2 46338 Southern Max nwtd......................R Hamilton 3 57852 Lakota Scout nwtd.......................... H Cairns 4 8 Bound Up nwtd..........................J McInerney 5 4625 Homebush Brave nwtd...............J McInerney 6 1 Mitcham Ryder nwtd..................J McInerney 7 1 Bolty nwtd.......................................D J Lane 8 573 Cool Beans nwtd........................J McInerney 9 774 Homebush Dolphy nwtd.............J McInerney 10 78 Homebush Captain nwtd............J McInerney 14 3.53 SOUTHLAND OTAGO PHOTO FINISH C1, 390m 1 35536 Homebush Jordie nwtd..............J McInerney 2 x5822 Punch On Scooby 22.89............J McInerney

3 74235 Brut Magic nwtd..............................C Healey 4 3516 Southern Angel 23.09..................R Hamilton 5 33622 Gracie Lee 23.28.......................J McInerney 6 15434 Lakota Tonka nwtd.......................... H Cairns 7 81242 Homebush Aimee nwtd..............J McInerney 8 31287 Khatia nwtd................................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 54538 Mitcham Doug 23.22..................J McInerney 10 67681 Homebush George nwtd............J McInerney 15 4.15pm RACING AGAIN 8TH OCTOBER C1, 390m 1 75171 Dusty’s Ink nwtd..............................B Healey 2 22212 Homebush Yuri nwtd..................J McInerney 3 26734 Lucy Lingers nwtd......................J McInerney 4 67443 Eyrewell Tango nwtd....................... H Cairns 5 43364 Homebush Miles 22.44..............J McInerney 6 83418 Starr Blueblood nwtd..................J McInerney 7 36312 Homebush Monkey nwtd............J McInerney 8 25453 M’Lady Sadie nwtd..................... A Bradshaw 9 85455 Homebush Liam 23.38...............J McInerney 10 47815 Take A Hint nwtd........................J McInerney SELECTIONS

9 66757 Sefton Jill 30.73............................... R Wales 10 75787 Our Nala 30.70................................. R Wales 9 5.38 SPECTATOR’S BAR BISTRO STAKES C1, 520m 1 48583 My Kirsty 31.03 H &.............................Taylor 2 25878 Dream Kay 30.29............................. R Wales 3 653x6 Opawa Jane 30.57........................... R Wales 4 x5421 Aussie Muscle 30.46 J &..................D Fahey 5 12814 Know Crime 30.75..........................G Cleeve 6 77482 Opawa Al 30.53............................... R Wales 7 435F4 Goldstar Scooby 30.65 S &.............. B Evans 8 2853F Opawa Delight 30.56....................... R Wales Emergencies: 9 66757 Sefton Jill 30.73............................... R Wales 10 78885 Sly Rose 30.96 J M.......................... McCook 10 5.55pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC SPRINT C1, 295m 1 x4111 Elite Blueblood 17.69.................J McInerney 2 15851 Goldstar Wynter 17.36 S &.............. B Evans 3 34655 Whose He 17.44...............................A Joyce 4 87676 Sozin’s Azure 17.49...................J McInerney 5 2x414 Haidee Bale nwtd.......................... D Roberts 6 14F7 Mulberry Sox 17.87....................... K Cassidy 7 34544 Homebush Scorpio 17.38..........J McInerney 8 65823 Jealous Affair 18.13...................... L Waretini 9 84878 Homebush Maycee nwtd............J McInerney 10 67678 Okuku Terra 17.59............................R Casey 11 6.13 MURRAY & HANNAH@RAY WHITE CASHMERE DASH C1, 295m 1 31784 Jay Spencer 17.57........................ L Waretini 2 32263 Lightning Crash 17.27 H &...................Taylor 3 456F3 Homebush Rehaina nwtd...........J McInerney 4 16658 Go Mufasa 17.16............................. R Wales 5 66868 Homebush Hundy 17.36............J McInerney

6 56686 Regal George 17.71...................J McInerney 7 8x626 Epic Boom 17.47 J M....................... McCook 8 32512 Jingili Jill 17.42 M &............................. Smith Emergencies: 9 84878 Homebush Maycee nwtd............J McInerney 10 8x768 Homebush Diego nwtd...............J McInerney 12 6.29pm PROTEXIN DASH C1, 295m 1 23347 Andrea Said 18.14 J M.................... McCook 2 44767 Jealous Much 17.50...................J McInerney 3 76388 Homebush Flynn 17.30..............J McInerney 4 75686 Rum Gin Mixer 17.37........................A Joyce 5 34157 Freya Beauchamp 17.53................... B Dann 6 25254 Batty Who 17.73 M &........................... Smith 7 62165 Ohoka Kate 17.37......................... L Waretini 8 87x66 Macey Baxter 17.22...................J McInerney 9 84878 Homebush Maycee nwtd............J McInerney 10 777F7 Homebush Izzy nwtd..................J McInerney SELECTIONS

Race 1: Punters Kirsty, Mitcham Treasure, Homebush Maxi Race 2: Ozzie, My Pablo, Punters Delight, Kowloon Lights Race 3: Country Gent, Nelso Allen, Shaw Lee, Opawa Jumper Race 4: Dyna Elwyn, Sailor Allen, Opawa Lacy, Eyrewell Turbo Race 5: Opawa Rooster, Opawa Racer, Opawa Tab, Famous Lee Race 6: Galifianakis, Homebush Hotshot, C’Mon Benny Boy Race 7: Opawa Lara, Vik Vikkers, Mick The Mower, Chunk Race 8: Archie John Hill, High Sparrow, Goldstar Galaxie Race 9: Homebush Velma, Sozin’s Symphony, Opawa Vinny Race 10: Lakota Kohana, Black Stockings, Machine Gunn Race 11: Kiwi Gunn, My Girl Sofia, Bashful Buffy, Amuri Magic Race 12: Double Speed, Mohican Run, Little Krakatoa, Dyna Lenny Race 13: Bolty, Mitcham Ryder, Southern Max, Eric Blueblood Race 14: Punch On Scooby, Khatia, Homebush Aimee, Gracie Lee Race 15: M’Lady Sadie, Homebush Miles, Eyrewell Tango LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway 4 28657 Miss Dupre 17.33.......................... D Roberts 5 148F4 Epic Mate 17.41 J M........................ McCook 6 55816 Goldstar Charger 17.72 S &............. B Evans 7 23744 Homebush Alexei 17.41.............J McInerney 8 12567 Souffle Sue 17.65......................J McInerney 9 84878 Homebush Maycee nwtd............J McInerney 10 87777 Step Inside Love 17.74.....................A Joyce 4 4.06 ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH STKS C0, 520m 1 563 Goldstar Smithie nwtd S &............... B Evans 2 21 Goldstar Truman 30.85 S &.............. B Evans 3 746 Goldstar Dawson nwtd S &.............. B Evans 4 Goldstar Spook nwtd S &................. B Evans 5 76865 My Snuggles nwtd............................ R Wales 6 37571 Opawa Lola 30.82............................ R Wales 7 8 Goldstar Beau nwtd S &................... B Evans 8 55x23 Sheza Looker nwtd J &....................D Fahey 9 45686 My Emmett nwtd.............................. R Wales 10 x4687 Opawa Pauline nwtd........................ R Wales 5 4.23 CLARKSON’S SIGN STUDIO DASH C1, 295m 1 27332 Sozin’s Delight 17.57.................J McInerney 2 44212 Opa’s Mate 17.47.............................R Casey 3 45457 Know Dollars 17.51.........................G Cleeve 4 18766 Smash Story 17.86.......................... M Grant 5 43874 Avalanch City 17.59...................J McInerney 6 63443 Jinja Cream Fizz 17.27.....................A Joyce 7 32888 Homebush Comet 17.55............J McInerney 8 47168 So Flossy 17.82................................ B Dann 9 84878 Homebush Maycee nwtd............J McInerney 10 15878 Mulberry Will 17.71....................... K Cassidy 6 4.39pm THE TURF BAR DASH C1, 295m 1 52552 Gadzooks 17.44................................ B Dann

2 85775 Little Lottie 17.47 M &.......................... Smith 3 14676 Homebush Keasha 17.91...........J McInerney 4 82268 Goldstar Tasman 17.68 S &............. B Evans 5 66324 Yi Feng 17.28.............................J McInerney 6 67758 Opal Nora nwtd..........................J McInerney 7 87535 Cold Affair 17.48........................... L Waretini 8 47535 Know Legend nwtd.........................G Cleeve Emergencies: 9 84878 Homebush Maycee nwtd............J McInerney 10 87777 Step Inside Love 17.74.....................A Joyce 7 4.59pm CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN STAKES C1, 520m 1 53137 Our Scarlett 30.81............................ R Wales 2 74345 Isavana 30.67 J &............................D Fahey 3 1313 Kea Viking 30.52 J &........................D Fahey 4 56463 Goldstar Chief 30.83 S &................. B Evans 5 57865 Opawa Jody nwtd............................ R Wales 6 75463 Stumpy Bill 30.61....................... M Dempsey 7 5F214 Goldstar Vale 31.08 S &................... B Evans 8 7534F Jay Shirley 31.20.............................. R Wales Emergencies: 9 66757 Sefton Jill 30.73............................... R Wales 10 78885 Sly Rose 30.96 J M.......................... McCook 8 5.18pm I PAVE CONCRETE STAKES C1, 520m 1 42781 My Giovanni 30.57........................... R Wales 2 42474 Ohoka Carsen 30.88..................... L Waretini 3 37784 Ester 30.33....................................... R Wales 4 311F2 Spring Falcon nwtd J &....................D Fahey 5 25587 Opawa Roy 30.55............................ R Wales 6 11376 Double Scoop nwtd.........................J M Lane 7 64645 Tikao Jackie nwtd M &......................... Smith 8 11 Goldstar Mauney 31.04 S &............. B Evans

Race 1: Smash Dragon, Sozin’s Blue, Ineffable, Ohoka Lacey Race 2: Opa’s Joy, Snickerdoodle, Cosmic Richie, Giancana Race 3: Homebush Alexei, Miss Dupre, Our Olive, Souffle Sue Race 4: Sheza Looker, Goldstar Smithie, Goldstar Dawson Race 5: Opa’s Mate, So Flossy, Jinja Cream Fizz, Avalanch City Race 6: Gadzooks, Yi Feng, Know Legend, Goldstar Tasman Race 7: Kea Viking, Isavana, Goldstar Vale, Our Scarlett Race 8: Spring Falcon, My Giovanni, Ester, Ohoka Carsen Race 9: Aussie Muscle, Dream Kay, Opawa Jane, Opawa Delight Race 10: Elite Blueblood, Jealous Affair, Homebush Scorpio Race 11: Go Mufasa, Lightning Crash, Homebush Rehaina Race 12: Ohoka Kate, Rum Gin Mixer, Freya Beauchamp 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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Paddon shatters record Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon and his Paddon Rallysport team have destroyed the Ashley Forest Rallysprint record with a blistering time of 52.77 seconds in the Hyundai AP4++ to win the high-profile hillclimb event.

The 1.7-km North Canterbury hillclimb was first run in 1979 by Canterbury’s RATEC Motorsport Club and attracts an array of local, national and international competitors.

The previous record of 54.96 seconds was set by Sloan Cox on his way to winning the 2017 event and prior to that, the record of 56.57 seconds set by the late Kim Austin stood for 17 years.

Last year’s title went to Australia-based Scotsman Alister McRae in a car rallied by Kiwi rally legend Possum Bourne.

The short, intense gravel hillclimb is an event that Paddon has always followed. He watched it on TV as a child, first contested it at the age of 14 and

won it on his second attempt in 2011 with a time of 57.16 seconds.

“It’s nice to get it over the line and it’s quite a relief in some ways,” said Paddon after breaking the record for the first time on Sunday morning and going on to setting another new record and win the event on his final run on Sunday afternoon.

“With the amount of work and obstacles thrown at us during the week up to the event, it’s quite amazing it’s turned out like this.

“It’s been a huge commitment from the team with the amount of work that’s gone in this week, so it’s very cool to break the record – that was our main goal.”

The non-delivery of a part for the engine that Paddon Rallysport intended to run in the Hyundai AP4++ was a curve ball.

“We weren’t able to use the 800hp engine we were planning to use for this event, and

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Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): The better you know yourself and the more in touch you are with how you’re feeling, the greater your control will be over the messages you send to the world. Nonverbal communication says more than words.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): In some way, you feel stuck.

You long for someone to share an insight with you that will wake you up to the way things really are. Make it a priority to spend time with people who are emotionally intelligent.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Some relate your issue to one of their own and somehow never bring it back to you. Your story fades; theirs takes over... narcissism at its finest. Seek those who know how to listen.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Treats and indulgences seem like acts of self-care but aren’t, really, unless they line up with what you really need. Offer yourself warmth and acceptance first, and go from there.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Stories are powerful. A story can be a weapon, a vehicle, a seduction or an identity. Your own stories are worth caring for as you would other cherished things. Repeat stories to find the best way to tell them.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Why do you think people come to you instead of doing millions of other things? There’s a good reason. To understand that reason is to appreciate your own inherently lovable qualities.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Anticipate disruption instead of fearing it or going on like it will never happen. Your path will be littered with obstacles, but you are wide awake and ready to swerve, jump or conquer as necessary.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): If you’re afraid to say what’s on your mind or let your guard down, there had better be a good reason. What are you doing with people you can’t be yourself around?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Wherever you are, the sign will meet you there – it’s the sting of a cat scratch; it’s what the wild waves say; it’s the parlance of posies. You’ll translate sensations, decode experience, and you’ll just know.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Falling in love, like all falling, implies a loss of balance. But real love is different from that disorienting infatuation.

Real love provides foundation. It strengthens and builds you. You’re more solid because of it.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): There’s a decision or some knowledge you arrive at inside yourself.

This is the true takeaway from the work and perhaps its real purpose, though one that’s always hidden by the more tangible results.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): No exchange is meaningless.

Still, it’s a matter of pacing yourself and finding the glad nexus between the quality of attention you want to bring to a thing and the quality of attention it demands or prefers.

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A fine frosty start with some high cloud and northwesterly winds. However, scattered showers, some possibly heavy, developing in the afternoon as winds turn southerly, then dying out at night.

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Regan Stills watches the progress of one of his tee shots during a rep match between Aorangi and Canterbury on Sunday.

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Aorangi men topple Canterbury

By Erin Tasker

erin.t@theguardian.co.nz

Aorangi’s senior men’s golf team picked up a win over Canterbury in an annual representative golf fixture between the two golfing regions on Sunday.

The Ashburton Golf Club hosted the clash, which pitted four different teams from both associations – women’s, senior men’s, masters men’s and junior men’s – against each other across 36 holes.

While the Aorangi men proved too good for the Canterbury men and won 9-7, Canterbury took out

the other three sections.

Canterbury’s women won 124, while their masters men won nine-and-a-half to six-and-ahalf, and their under-19 men won four-and-a-half to three-and-ahalf.

This year’s Aorangi teams had a strong Mid Canterbury flavour, with each of the region’s golf clubs represented by at least one player.

In the winning Aorangi men’s team, Ashburton’s Josh Smith and Jeff Hewitt featured along with Rakaia’s Cameron Grant.

The masters men’s team featured Regan Stills and Nigel

Heney – who had squared off in the Tinwald Golf Club’s club championship final the day before, where Stills came out on top – along with another Tinwald member, John Smitheram.

Also in the masters team were Mayfield’s senior club champion Andrew Peck, and Ashburton’s Blair Franklin and Robbie Bell, who had played each other the day before in their club championship semi-finals.

Franklin took that one out to seal himself a spot in the Ashburton Golf Club’s senior club championship final against Hewitt.

The men’s under-19 team featured two young up and comers from the Ashburton Golf Club, in Hiromune Kakeda and Wilson Hii. The Ashburton club was also well represented in the women’s team, with Sharon Bradford, Vicki Moore and Catherine Knight part of the eight-strong line up, along with Methven’s Angela Mowbray, who had a busy weekend on the greens too.

She won the Methven women’s silver club championship title on Saturday.

A former Ashburton golfer, Catherine Bell, was also on course

on Sunday, playing for Canterbury and picking up wins in both of her matches.

Reverse singles matches were played in the morning, and singles in the afternoon.

Many of those who played in the match on Sunday will again turn out for their regions next month, at the South Island Interprovincials.

The men’s event is being played at the Waitikiri club on October 19 and 20, while the women’s is being played at the Marlborough Golf Club over the same weekend.

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