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Home detention for drugs charges Stacey Leigh Curtis burst into the bright sunlight outside the Timaru Courthouse yesterday morning shouting “I’m free”.

The 25-year-old Ashburton mother had appeared for sentencing on seven charges of supplying methamphetamine (P) and three relating to possessing and supplying cannabis.

She anticipated Judge Joanna Maze would send her back to the prison cell she has called home for several weeks.

However, Judge Maze was persuaded by defence counsel Simon Sharmy’s argument that a rehabilitative sentence would best serve the interests of justice and opted for nine months’ home detention instead.

Special post-detention conditions included a stipulation that Curtis must undertake residential rehabilitation.

Curtis was busted in a drugs sting

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code named Operation Webster in July last year, after selling methamphetamine to an undercover officer on seven occasions. Telco data implicated her in the sale of unknown amounts of cannabis.

The offending occurred between January and June last year, and she was one of 14 people across Mid Canterbury to be arrested.

Judge Maze said although the offending was on a similar scale to that committed by Angela Lee Kim Weir, who received a two-year term of imprisonment for her part in Operation Webster, the difference was Weir was still subject to sentence for earlier drug dealing when she reoffended.

Curtis’ criminal history was limited to two driving matters, which in the end sealed the deal.

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“I think you will find my hands are tied,” she told the prosecutor.

Curtis agreed to repay the $500 she had received from the undercover police officer in return for drugs and was disqualified from driving for six months on a driving while suspended charge.

It had been a tough year for Curtis; a friend had died and other friends implicated in his death; she had lost custody of her children and her mother was seriously injured in the Winz building in September.

Now she wants to move on and to focus on the future, with the intention of eventually regaining custody of her children. In the meantime she was “just so happy” she would soon be able to see them.

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Campbell hurting but ready for Sky John Campbell has spoken about his life after Campbell Live and his new role with Sky Sport. The broadcaster told The Hits Drive hosts Stacey Morrison and Paul Flynn this week he was exhausted after the show ended on May 29. When asked if he was happy, Campbell replied: “Uh no, happy would be overstating it. That was ... it was tough. We worked really hard to save the programme, but, you know, how am I feeling?

I was exhausted afterwards. I’ve just had a quiet two or three weeks, really, really quiet actually. Just kind of taking stock.” He said he “kind of grew up” at TV3, having worked there for 24 years. “I’ve kind of been coming to grips with it. Some of my beautiful colleagues are still there, some wonderful people are still there that I love to bits – but I’ve got dreams for stuff I want to do now, really good and important stuff, so I’m going to work on that.”

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Heard keen to avoid Aust Johnny Depp’s wife Amber Heard is eager to avoid returning to Australia. Agriculture Minister, Barnaby Joyce, threatened to have the couple’s two pet dogs put down when it was discovered the actors had ignored quarantine laws in April. The stars were forced to have the Yorkshire Terriers, named Pistol and Boo, flown out of the country via private jet.

“I have a feeling we’re going to avoid the land Down Under from now on, just as much as we can, thanks to certain politicians there ... I guess everyone tries to go for their 15 minutes, including some government officials.”

Google launches free music service Google is launching its own free music service, a free version of Google Play Music, designed to attract more customers to its subscription service and provide artists with another income stream. In its official blog, the firm explained that the service is advertisement-supported. This week, Google Play will also become available via Android and iOS. In this way, Google is placing itself in direct competition with services such as Pandora and Spotify, as well as other free tools such as Rdio and iTunes radio, offered by Apple. The service, which operates as a pre-created radio station, uses Songza technology, a company that Google acquired last July.

Brando’s Harley up for sale Movie legend Marlon Brando’s Harley-Davidson motorbike is set to go under the hammer at an auction in Los Angeles this weekend. The Wild One star’s FLH Electra-Glide, which he purchased in 1970, is expected to fetch up to $400,000 at the Julien’s Auctions Hollywood Legends Auction event, but could send bidding way past $500,000, if recent celebrity motorcycle sales are anything to go by. Jerry Lee Lewis’ HarleyDavidson sold for $385,000 and Buddy Holly’s went under the hammer for $450,000.

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Revolting act Rapper Tyler, The Creator paid a fan £20 ($NZ45) to eat vomit on stage during a gig in the UK. The Odd Future star, real name Tyler Okonma, uploaded a video to Twitter showing the highlights of the first leg of his Cherry Bomb tour. The video features a compilation of clips of his on-tour antics and includes a shot of the star plucking a fan out of the crowd and offering him cash to eat a pile of vomit at the side of the stage. He is seen asking the audience, “Who will lick up (some) throw up (vomit) for 20?... You got 10 seconds to do this s**t” as the fan takes the money and carries out the star’s order. The tour concludes in Japan in September.

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Ready to take to the ice rink Rob Withers of the Staveley Ice Rink is looking forward to a bumper skating season.

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Dedicated farmer volunteers have dug out the Staveley Ice Rink in time for what should be a bumper weekend.

When the rink opens on Saturday, it will be after a mammoth effort involving clearing snow, at a depth of 60 centimetres, from the rink areas, car parks, accessways and swing bridge, as well clearing broken tree branches.

Chairman of the Staveley Hall Society, which runs the rink, Rob Withers, said yesterday the volunteers were themselves farmers who had had to pri-

oritise feeding stock.

Nevertheless, the clearing work would be done in time for the weekend, and they were all excited about what looked like a fantastic season of skating ahead.

Last year a warm winter scuttled plans to open, and the year before the season lasted just a few days.

Mr Withers said the volunteers – who included his fellow rink manager John Pedofsky as well as local farmers Ivan Syme, Errol Syme, Brian Petrie and Richard Mee – saw the value in ice skating as a “community thing” in the district; it had been the creator of many

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family memories.

Spurring on the volunteers even more was the wider community accessed by social media, and the rink had over 2000 likes on its Facebook page.

Funds earned from the rink went back into the local area, helping to run the society’s hall and museum.

“It’s just our way of raising money, rather than having a cake stall we have a skating rink,” Mr Withers said.

Anyone considering visiting is advised to rug up, temperatures in the area have been plummeting to as low as minus 10 degrees each morning.

Commissioner being paid $1400 a day The Southern District Health Board’s new commissioner Kathy Grant will receive $1400 for each day she spends sorting out the organisation.

But, it is too early to say just how many days that involves, and she is keeping her other job as a legal consultant, Mrs Grant said yesterday.

The 62-year-old was appointed by Health Minister Jonathan Coleman last week when he sacked the 11 board mem-

bers because of a worsening deficit.

Mrs Grant appointed two deputies, Richard Thomson and Graham Crombie, whose daily rate is $900 a day. A third deputy will be appointed in due course.

Mrs Grant said the payments were subject to tax.

Mr Thomson was one of the board members Dr Coleman sacked, before being appointed to the commissioner

team. As a board member, he received $27,000 in 2013-14, while former chairman Joe Butterfield received $54,000.

“I think in the first instance it will take considerably more days than as a board member, but to try to [estimate] that at the moment is really difficult,” Mr Thomson said.

The commissioner team plans to visit hospitals around the region next week and the following week.

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Reduced post days coming next month

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The world of the posted letter is about to change.

From next month, mail deliveries around New Zealand will be reduced.

No longer will the postie call daily as delivery days have been cut to just three a week.

Which days that will be in Ashburton, however, is unclear, with New Zealand Post saying people will shortly be able to go to the organisation’s website to find out the days standard mail will be delivered to their house.

On the back of falling mail volumes,

New Zealand Post decided last year that it would cut delivery days to all private post boxes.

This was strongly opposed by rural box holders who said they relied on daily deliveries from rural post drivers for a range of goods as well as for mail.

They won their fight to retain the status quo but urban New Zealand did not.

The reduction in delivery days will see postie numbers cut, but Ashburton has been spared the paring back of staff, with seven permanent posties to be retained, said delivery business leader, Christchurch Duncan Burman.

In some parts of New Zealand, the number of street-side post boxes is also being cut as part of a nationwide review of letter volumes.

At this stage none of Ashburton’s post boxes will be removed but this could change, Mr Burman said.

Along with a reduction in delivery days some posties in Ashburton will be abandoning their traditional mode of transport, a bicycle, and riding scooters for priority mail.

A trial is currently under way using three and four-wheeled vehicles to determine whether these will replace bikes on urban routes, he said.

Alex Swney’s parents say it was hard to see their son jailed for more than five and a half years over a multi-million-dollar rip-off but they are proud of the way he accepted his punishment.

The 57-year-old former Heart of the City boss was sentenced in Auckland District Court yesterday after pleading guilty to charges laid by the Inland Revenue and Serious Fraud Office covering “sophisticated” offending spanning more than a decade.

Judge Grant Fraser said the offending involved a “gross breach of trust” and was close to attracting a maximum penalty.

“All your offending involved a high level of premeditation where your actions were planned and deliberate involving ... a sophisticated web of instruments,” he said.

But the judge refused to impose a minimum period of imprisonment, as prosecutors suggested, because the jail term was enough in itself to hold him accountable.

Swney’s father Gordon came up from the Waikato town of Morrinsville for the sentencing and said it was difficult to watch his son locked up.

He was proud of his son’s resilience over the last 14 months since the 57-yearold was charged.

“We were pretty pleased with the way he was standing up to it over this long period,” he said. “It’s been a tough day.”

The ex-mayoral candidate recently admitted offending, after a Serious Fraud Office investigation, which involved dishonestly using 229 false invoices to misappropriate $2,527,005 from Heart of the City between February 2004 and October 2014.

In January, he pleaded guilty to four representative charges laid by the Inland Revenue Department covering 12 years of offending and $1,757,147 of unpaid taxes.

“His motivation seems to be that he felt he had been underpaid for his contribution to HOTC and had not been sufficiently recognised and should have got more credit for building it into the successful organisation that it is,” prosecutor Nick Williams said.

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Cafe offers Kim a field of opportunities

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Eight years ago Kim Jamison bought a café.

Initially it was such hard work she thought she’d sell within three years. She didn’t; she still owns that original café Taste, and is about to open a second business, EAT, in the EA Networks Centre.

This time round she’s starting with a blank canvas and says that presents a field of opportunities.

“I decided if there was going to be another café in Ashburton, why not do it myself, become my own competition rather than let someone else do it,” she said.

She was also prompted to take up the café lease by her experience toting her teenage sons to out-of-town sports venues.

“Every time I travel with my children for sport I find sports complexes have the most terrible food and coffee. That made me realise Ashburton’s needs a cafe with good food and good coffee.

“It’s important to take the market you have at the stadium and to keep people there rather than letting them go elsewhere for a coffee.”

Over the past two weeks Mrs Jamison has been doing double duty at Taste while ordering equipment and devising menus for EAT. She’s planning a mix of super healthy food that reflects a sports environment as well as good café food.

“We’ll have cabinet food and I’ve spent $3000 on a juicer.

The team from Harmer Earthmoving were busy helping the community over the weekend, but someone else had theft on the agenda. Fences were cut to gain access to a rural property on Thompsons Track where the company was in the midst of a job. Once inside, the brazen thieves started an earthmoving machine and moved it to gain access to the portable diesel tank, which was hitched to their vehicle. They also took heavyduty batteries, strops and chains and keys for the machinery on the worksite. While this was going on the Harmers team was hard at work in the Methven district, voluntarily clearing snow after last week’s snow dump.

Anyone with any information about this crime should contact the Ashburton Police Station.

Kim Jamison, owner of the soon-to-open EAT café in the EA Networks Centre.

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There’ll be a lot of healthy options but also the odd naughty option too.”

She’s hired staff and will continue hiring as the business becomes established. She plans to be open with limited food options – and coffee – in time for the July school holidays.

Within four weeks the business will be operating at full strength.

Opening hours will also be a work in progress, but initially she plans to be in business seven days a week from 7am to cater for early swimmers

and gym users until possibly 7.30pm “I’ve had a lot of people asking if I’ll have a liquor licence but I’ll open without one.

“I understand some people would like a licence but I’m concerned there may be people who don’t like seeing alcohol sold at a sports complex where there are children,” Mrs Jamison said.

She plans to listen to what people are saying and asking for before pursuing a licence.

With more than eight years as a café owner behind her, Mrs

Jamison said she loves the hospitality industry and is excited to be opening a café in a complex she’s been a strong supporter of from day one.

She knows she and husband Howard have two weeks of hard work ahead of them before the café opens, unpacking furniture and testing ovens and coffee machines, but the experience of the past eight years makes that a little easier.

“I’ve learned what’s easy and what’s not; what works and what doesn’t. And I see so many opportunities.”

No plans to sell assets Sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

Christchurch City Council might be looking at selling off some of its assets, but the Ashburton District Council has no plans to sell the family silver, chief executive Andrew Dalziel says.

The city sell-off has been proposed as a way to fund post earthquake rebuild and redevelopment and as part of a strategy to address a $1.2 billion budget shortfall.

The Ashburton council, however, is in good financial heart and asset sales were not on the radar, Mr Dalziel said.

“We’re in a strong financial position and we don’t have to sell anything,” he said.

The council has 142 invest-

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ment properties that range from commercial land and forestry to commercial buildings and rural and residential land.

Those assets are valued at $36.6 million and return the council in excess of $1.1 million each year in rent.

“While that’s only 3.2 per cent, we’re conservative guardians of the ratepayers’ assets, we’re not in this for profit,” Mr Dalziel said.

Among its assets the council has some land it is actively marketing – sections in the Ashburton Business Park and at Lake Hood.

It will also shortly have up to 29 residential lots on the market in stage two of the Geoff Geering Drive subdivision off Albert Street.

The council also owns a number of Glasgow lease sections in Ashburton where it leases the land to the person who owns the house.

Property owners can apply to the council to freehold this land, which is then valued and a decision made by councillors whether or not to sell.

Over the past few years the council had been divesting itself of some of its forestry assets, land and trees.

The trigger to sell other assets could come from a need for cash but that would have to be balanced against the advantage of holding and getting rental returns over a longer term, Mr Dalziel said.

“If we had to sell, I’d look at something like ACL, it’s 100

per cent our company and has a $30 million turnover. While it could be easy to sell, we’re also getting a good return on it.

“We’re just fortunate we don’t have this pressure.

“We’re not after selling the crown jewels but offers do come to us.”

Council, however plans to buils a new civic building to house its growing number of staff and most likely the district library.

Mr Dalziel said councillors would be taking a long, hard look at options around building on its own land, having a developer do the work and leasing the building or possibly entering into a land swap with another party.

Earthquake drill The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) will take part in the world’s largest earthquake drill, exercise Shake Out. Shake Out has been created to help people and organisations get better prepared for major earthquakes and practice the ‘drop, cover and hold’ actions.

CDHB emergency planning manager Jenny Ewing said it will make for a great opportunity for Cantabrians to show the rest of the country what the district has learnt over the past few years.

This year the exercise will take place on October 15 at 9.15am.

No parking ignored Police may have to start fining parents that are parking in the Winter Street cul-de-sac when dropping off and picking up their children. Ashburton Borough School principal Sam Winterbourn is encouraging parents not to park in Winter Street parks as it is a no parking zone and is to be only used by authorised vehicles. This has been an ongoing issue and Mr Winterbourn would like to see parents parking in the correct areas when picking up and dropping off pupils. “Parents take notice for the first few months, but become mindful when the weather is cold and wet. That’s when parents tend to ignore it.”

Smuggling inquiry Northland iwi leader Sonny Tau is reportedly under investigation by the Department of Conservation for allegedly attempting to smuggle native birds on a flight from Invercargill to Northland.

Tau could face a $100,000 fine if the allegations are proved, 3 News reported. Wood pigeons, or kereru, are protected and hunting the birds is illegal. The Department of Conservation said it did not comment on allegations under investigation. Mr Tau is the chairman of Ngapuhi.

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In brief Change of venue Anyone wanting to watch Ashburton District councillors in action council meetings will now have to mark a new venue in their diary. The first meeting away from the Baring Square civic centre will be held on Tuesday at 1.30pm in the Ashburton Event Centre’s Bradford Room. This will continue to be the council’s meeting venue until late September. The Baring Square council chamber has been refurbished to provide much needed work space for staff from the Havelock Street villa. Council meetings will move to the now vacant art gallery and museum building in Baring Square East in late September.

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Clearing the way for motorists. A grader makes sure a rural road is clear of snow and safe to travel on.

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Cold snap brings frosts, frozen pipes

By SuSan SandyS

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Temperatures plummeted to minus six degrees in Ashburton yesterday morning.

The coldest temperatures for the town were recorded at around 8am as the sun rose, and temperatures were still in the negatives, at -0.6, at 10.15am.

By 11am they had climbed to around one degree, and the maximum for the day was five degrees.

It was balmy compared to snow-covered Methven, which reached a maximum of only two, after a minimum of -5 overnight.

The cold snap has brought with it heavy frosts, and a minimum ground temperature of -8.7 degrees was recorded at AgResearch Winchmore yesterday.

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cording to Niwa. The cold snap is taking its toll on household water systems, and plumbers are busy attending to frozen and broken pipes.

Plumber Paul Summerfield had attended several cases by late yesterday. He had not yet encountered too much interior damage. The worst case scenario was if someone was out for the day and then came home to water running out their front door, which had not happened to any of his clients as yet.

“As long as people are home it’s not too bad,” he said.

Brendan Sheehan at Plumbing World said demand for insulation for piping had increased.

The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade responded to a broken water pipe in a ceiling at a residential address yesterday afternoon, however it was unclear whether it was caused by freezing.

Campbell Live’s replacement has been announced and while some are excited for the new duo of Duncan Garner and Heather du Plessis Allen, others are less sure.

Three weeks after Campbell Live was axed, MediaWorks yesterday confirmed it will be replaced in the 7pm slot on TV3 with Story, a “smart, fun and thought-provoking show that will lead the way in daily current affairs.” Some social media users were excited about the choices, with one person tweeting that they had ‘converted’ back to TV3. The decision to replace Campbell Live with the reality TV show Come Dine With Me NZ was widely criticised by the public.

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Plumber Paul Summerfield has been kept busy with frozen and broken pipes due to the intense cold snap.

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North Island residents count blessings It could take a year for one road to reopen after this week’s floods but some central North Island residents are counting their blessings.

People stranded at Pipiriki have power, phone access and food and reckon they are better off than people 100km south

in Whanganui dealing with flooded houses.

Pipiriki residents narrowly avoided slips just 500m away on Whanganui River Rd and Pipiriki-Raetihi Rd. “We can’t go out. We can’t go to work. We can’t do nothing,” one man said.

The Ashburton Art Gallery has marked its first month with 2560 visitors, an average of 85 per day.

Communications officer Nicole Bourke said it had been a fantastic “honeymoon period” following the gallery opening on May 23, and it would be great to be able to maintain those numbers. Gallery staff would certainly be doing their best, and had a number of new shows planned. These included the Ashburton Society of Arts exhibition and works by New Zealand print maker Marian Marguire next month, as well as Spirit of Discovery by Robin Arnst in August.

The whole village of about 25 people had lunch at the marae yesterday, after a morning working together. It was warm in the marae kitchen, and there was plenty of food.

Locals said 20 people with shovels spent three hours clearing a slip blocking access

to Pipiriki’s river landing.

Residents also cleared slips blocking access to houses downriver, and made sure everyone had firewood.

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The man found guilty of killing Blessie Gotingco will keep his name secret for now. The 28-yearold man was found guilty on May 21 of the rape and murder of the mother of three. The crime horrified the country and the Court of Appeal met yesterday to decide whether the man’s name should stay suppressed. After some 90 minutes of legal argument, the judges reserved their decision, so suppression remained in force. The appellant’s lawyer Christopher Wilkinson-Smith said name suppression was necessary to protect the integrity of any future appeal against his client’s sentence. “Effectively he will apply for a retrial.” The appellant could only apply for that retrial after he was sentenced. Sentencing was expected to happen in August.

After the jury returned its verdicts in the High Court at Auckland, Justice Timothy Brewer said there was no reason for the defendant’s name suppression to continue.

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■ HAKATERE STONE COTTAGE

Time running out on funds

By SuSan SandyS

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The Hakatere Heritage Group may lose $126,000 of Department of Conservation (DOC) funding as the timeframe for strengthening work on its iconic stone cottage expires.

However, the department says it is committed to the project and is looking at opportunities to renew the funding.

Work on earthquake strengthening of the historic building, in the Ashburton

Gorge, has been delayed due to specialist contractors being unavailable.

DOC’s conservation services manager Dave Winterburn, at the Geraldine office, confirmed the department was working with the group to strengthen and restore the historic cottage, and had allocated $126,000.

However, the funding allocation is for this financial year, which ends June 30.

“Planning and design work for the restoration has been

completed but there have been some delays due to the availability of contractors,” Mr Winterburn said.

DOC had secured a contractor to undertake the work in coming months. The contractor would provide specialist stone drilling and stabilisation services.

“Due to the delays in the project (DOC) is looking at opportunities to carry the funding over into the next financial year.”

Guardian attempts to contact group chairman David Howden this week have been unsuccessful.

The Hakatere stone cottage was built in 1862 as part of Mt Possession Station, and for many years housed shepherds, musterers and shearers.

Stones from a nearby bluff are held together with clay, while the internal walls are a mixture of clay, tussock and cow manure, originally sealed over with lime wash.

In brief Elephants pair up Auckland Zoo’s veteran female elephant Burma has welcomed her new companion Anjalee with “early signs of intimacy”, much to the delight of her keepers. Under blue skies, the pair of female Asian elephants ventured out into the elephant paddock yesterday morning for the first time, spending several hours getting to know each other. Director of Auckland Zoo Jonathan Wilcken said the meeting was “absolutely fabulous”. “Burma was the most animated and excited and interested I’ve seen her in a long time, and she’s been very happy for the last number of years. But this is just filling her life now, it’s great.”

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Shingles outbreak

Fiery end to tourists’ trip

It’s important that doctors have the opportunity to give a person with shingles the prescribed treatment within 72 hours of the rash appearing. Dr Willem van Niekerk Wanganui doctors have been seeing higher than usual numbers of shingles patients and are urging people to contact their GP and get checked if they suspect they have it. Dr Willem van Niekerk said he and his colleagues had been seeing an increase in numbers lately but did not know why. “It’s important doctors have the opportunity to give a person with shingles the prescribed treatment within 72 hours of the rash appearing,” Dr van Niekerk said. “If we don’t do this within that timeframe, unfortunately, there is little that can be done to treat the condition.”

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A group of tourists’ trip came to a fiery end just south of Hinds yesterday afternoon.

An engine malfunction caused their northbound vehicle to burst into flames, forcing the occupants to retrieve their luggage and watch helplessly from the side of the road.

Ashburton police and rural fire services attended the scene.

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Supergold card health checks bill rejected By audrey young A bill which would give three free health checks by a GP every year to holders of the Supergold card failed to pass its first reading in Parliament last night by 60 to 61.

New Zealand First leader

Winston Peters said the bill would save lives and “precious health dollars”.

He said the cost of a hospital bed in New Zealand for a day was $1243 and the cost of the average stay in hospital was about $10,000.

Mr Peters estimated the cost

of three health checks would be $69 million a year based on the current number of Supergold card. But it would be cost neutral if only one or two per cent of the Supergold holders were kept out of hospital because of the checks.

“Simply put, keeping Super-

gold card holders out of hospital will help contain spending.”

Labour, the Greens and the Maori Party joined New Zealand First in supporting the Supergold Health Check Bill but it was opposed by National, Act and United Future.

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A pair of Auckland artists are behind a scheme which will ensure more children living in cold and damp conditions are kept warm this winter. The Give a Kid a Blanket project was thought up

by West Auckland artists Bernie Harfleet and Donna Turtle Sarten, who focus on spreading social and political issues through their art.

The couple’s project aims to collect as many donated blankets, duvets or sleeping bags as possible. They will also document the process, and use it later in a photography exhibition. ince creating a Facebook page last Friday, it already has more than 1500 likes.

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In brief Forty killed in Nigeria Some 30 Islamists in a convoy of trucks and motorcycles stormed Hawul and Biu villages on Tuesday and yesterday. The rebels shot dead their victims after looting homes and shops and setting fire to buildings, said Hawul resident Umaru Markus. “They came and opened fire on the village which sent people scampering into the bush to escape the attack,” he added. The attack followed a similar raid in Biu when 20 people were killed, said Markus.

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Illegal migrants Hungary’s foreign minister says the government has decided to build a temporary fence on the border with Serbia as fast as possible to stop the flow of illegal migrants.

Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said yesterday that several laws needed to be amended before construction could begin but he did not say when the work on the border could start. Szijjarto said the fence, which is opposed by Serbia, “is not a bilateral issue.

Relations with Serbia have never been as good as now.” He said 61,000 illegal immigrants had entered Hungary this year, nearly all by crossing Hungary’s southern border with Serbia.

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French President Francois Hollande walks through the lobby of the Elysee Palace after the weekly cabinet. France summoned the US ambassador to the Foreign Ministry yesterday following revelations by WikiLeaks that the US National Security Agency eavesdropped on the past three French presidents.

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Spying ‘not tolerated’ France says it “will not tolerate any acts that threaten its security” after leaked documents indicated the US spied on President Francois Hollande and his two predecessors.

“Commitments were made by the US authorities,” the Elysee Palace said in a statement, referring to promises by the US in late 2013 not to spy on France’s leaders.

“They must be remembered and strictly respected.”

The statement followed a

meeting of the defence council, which includes top cabinet ministers and heads of the intelligence services, called by Hollande after news of the claims from WikiLeaks emerged late yesterday.

The documents - classed as “Top Secret” and first reported in partnership with French newspaper Liberation and the Mediapart website reveal spying on French presidents Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and Hollande from

2006 to 2012.

It also revealed that Hollande approved secret meetings on the consequences of a Greek exit from the eurozone as early as 2012.

Hollande’s office described the actions of the US National Security Agency as “unacceptable”.

They have “already led to discussions between the United States and France, notably in 2013 at the time of the first revelations,” the statement

said, referring to leaked documents that showed the US had spied on German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The issue was again discussed when Hollande visited the White House in February 2014, the statement added.

“France, which has once again reinforced its control and protection measures, will not tolerate any act that threatens its security and the protection of its interests.”

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Aid group reopens A spokesman for the international aid group Save the Children says the government of Pakistan has allowed it to reopen its offices.

Saeed Ahmed, the group’s spokesman in Pakistan, says authorities removed a lock yesterday on the gate to the group’s main office in Islamabad.

That comes two weeks ago after the government accused the group of violating its own charter, without elaborating.

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Rain cools heatwave

Queen may move out during Palace repairs The Queen may have to move out of Buckingham Palace to allow the historic building to be refurbished at an estimated cost of STG150 million ($343.3 million).

The famous London landmark needs a total overhaul and the monarch vacating the palace while the work is carried out is one option being considered by Palace officials.

The Queen spends around a

A Syrian official says the Islamic State group has destroyed two mausoleums in the historic central town of Palmyra.

Maamoun Abdulkarim, the head of the Antiquities and Museums Department in Damascus, said one of the tombs belonged to Mohammad Bin Ali, a descendant of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad’s cousin Imam Ali. He said the second tomb was of a Sufi scholar known as Nizar Abu Bahaa Eddine, who was in the town 500 years ago. Since the Islamic State group captured Palmyra last month, there have been fears that the extremists would blow up archaeological sites as they have in Iraq.

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third of the year hosting garden parties, receptions, investitures and other events at her official home, which a royal source has described as the “centre of national life”.

The work needed reflects the age of the building, first used as a royal place by Queen Victoria, which has not been decorated since 1952, the year the Queen ascended the throne.

It has old plumbing that is

unlikely to be energy efficient, ageing wiring, and a significant amount of asbestos that needs to be removed, in a project described by the royal source as a fundamental “re-service”.

“One option is for the palace to be vacated. We’re getting experts to look at these scenarios and cost them for us,” said the royal source.

“The initial estimate for the refurbishment of Buckingham

Palace looks like 150 million refurbishment.”

Buckingham Place has been the Queen’s official London home throughout her reign and for a period before.

The last time she left for any length of time was during the Second World War when she, then Princess Elizabeth, was moved to Windsor Castle with her sister Princess Margaret.

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Wind from the sea and premonsoon rains cooled southern Pakistan yesterday, likely marking the end of a scorching heatwave that killed at least 749 people, authorities said. Temperatures in hard-hit Karachi dropped to 34 degrees Celsius, meteorologist Abdur Rasheed said. Hospital officials said admittances had dropped compared to previous days, when dehydrated patients lay in corridors and outside of clinics. The port city has been in the grip of a heatwave called the worst in at least a decade, with temperatures reaching 45 degrees Celsius.

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Where’s the dedication?

Stu Oldham

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he Conservative Party’s rapid implosion must surely have its few supporters in the Rangitata electorate wondering how dedicated it was to the values it espoused at the last election.

The Conservatives sought their votes with a campaign highlighting its commitment to a decent and free society, governed by people who conduct themselves with integrity and honesty. It said it valued individual freedom, freedom of speech, family and the role of civil society.

And then, leader Colin Craig admitted to an inappropriate relationship with his press secretary, acknowledged a confidentiality agreement as to the details, and then broke parts of it.

He did the “honourable” thing and resigned – albeit, perhaps, temporarily – as the party hierarchy criticised him for falling short of the values they thought their party should exemplify.

But if the nearly 90,000 people who voted Conservative at the last election – including 1580 in Rangitata – expected party bosses to stick to their guns and values, they’ve been let down.

The board’s dedication to the party’s principles melted much faster than the snow that still blankets inland Mid Canterbury. By yesterday, six of the 10 board members had resigned.

They left knowing that Mr Craig, and whatever he has done, will stay in the spotlight and that they would need to remain steadfast and resolute to pull their party from the wreckage.

They doubtless left knowing their party was not much more than an extension of their leader.

Mr Craig was more than a figurehead, he was chief bankroller and central to the brand.

Without Mr Craig, there is no party. He knew this when he said his future in politics was not over and the party board knew they were on a hiding to nothing if they stayed in his way.

The party lacks credible alternative leaders and if Mr Craig returns, the mess of the past week suggests his party will not be a credible, comfortable, coalition partner at the next election.

YOUR VIEW Horse on road Could I please through your paper ask the Ashburton District Council and the police what the law is relating to horses exercising in the middle of a busy road?

On Monday, whilst driving on State Highway 72, north of Mayfield, a woman was exercising her horses in the middle of the road. When I asked her why she was in the middle, she told me she had a f***ing right to be there and I have never experienced such language from anyone, never mind a woman, in my life. I would like other people who were held up and/ or experienced the verbal abuse to complain about it.

Could the council and/or the police please advise if she or anyone else has a right to exercise their horses in the middle of the road? Understanding that with all the snow and black ice exercising the horses

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on the grass verge would not be possible; however, with those conditions restricting the full width of the road, drivers have enough problems driving.

Robin Spicer (Abridged) Canterbury Police Mid Canterbury District sub area supervisor Senior Sergeant Scott Banfield responds: Horses being ridden are entitled to use any road, however the Road Code states that the horse should be ridden as far left as practicable and while there are a lot of things the motoring public need to be aware of when driving near a horse the onus is also on any person riding a horse to ensure that they do so in a safe manner and do not impede traffic.

Clearly this incident was a negative interaction for both motorist and horse rider, however if we, as a community, want to keep our road toll down let’s do the right thing when

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using the roadways and make it as safe as possible for all users at all times.

Council budgets According to the Ashburton Art Gallery budget plan the Ashburton District Council has set a target of 13,000 visitors per annum (250 per week) and with an expenses forecast of $314,500. This means that ratepayers will be stumping up $24.11 for every visitor if they reach the target figure! Ridiculous!

What is the visitor count to the Ashburton Museum and the Art Gallery since they opened?

How much have they received in donations? How much is the museum costing in the budget plans?

Doug Forsyth This letter was referred to the Ashburton District Council on Tuesday, but no response was

received by deadline yesterday.

However, museum manager Michael Hanrahan confirmed the museum received 5732 visitors and $1215.40 in donations between when it opened on February 14 and yesterday. Art gallery curator Shirin Khosraviani confirmed the gallery had 2560 visitors in its first month, to average 85 a day, and received approximately $230 in donations over the period. The gallery’s 2015/16 attendance target is 14,000. The offer for the council to respond to this letter remains open. – Editor

Correction The Ashburton District Council’s response to a letter on council spending (June 23) contained an inaccuracy. When contacted, art gallery curator Shirin Khosraviani yesterday confirmed the art gallery has three staff, not four as noted in the council’s response.

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Do you have a volunteer role within the community?

Yes 62% No 38%

Today’s online poll question Q: Will you head to Staveley Ice Rink for a skate this winter?

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Confessions of a desk jockey H

ave you ever had to face a meeting and know that you weren’t prepared for it? And what makes it worse is that some doofus called Noddy Tosspot from a firm that specialises in data analysis will be there and he will be prepared!

The only reason he is ready is because he has asked some long-suffering junior co-worker to put together meaningless reports while he was watching You-Tube.

If this has happened to you, then don’t worry, follow this simple but highly effective plan to bluff your way through and make it look as if you know what you are doing.

Step 1: Pre-meeting prep Print an agenda (if there isn’t one this is a great issue to raise as you were expecting one) and grab the report you were meant to have read. Highlight the first and last paragraphs of the report. Place these in a plain manila folder.

Step 2: Establish dominance Arrive before Noddy and take the seat furtherest from the door. Arrange the seating so you face the door as well and

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have a solid wall behind you.

This position is known as the Dragon Seat according to Feng Shui.

Flog a different chair to everyone else, preferably one with a gas lift and crank it up. Place a single glass of water and pen on the table, along with your watch and folder. This says, “I am here, I am efficient, I only give my body what is pure and I’m in no mood to muck around.”

The manila folder throws people off as they can’t judge what is inside it. It bugs anyone with OCD because it doesn’t have a title.

Step 3: Question the agenda A brilliant tactic to throw everyone off balance, ask at the start to add ‘Outcomes’ as an agenda item. No-one knows what you are getting at, but really it’s a fancy term to say what action will happen as a result of this meeting.

Step 4: Refer to your forensic file of fallacies aka the manila folder As soon as Noddy Tosspot is asked to present his data of despair, refer to your folder and report.

The fact you highlighted two paragraphs will look like you have read it. As Noddy speaks, furiously circle and cross out sections of the report. This will put Noddy off. If you are questioned about what you are doing, answer with “I’m still in the information gathering stage”.

Step 5: Ask questions If you are asked to speak, ask questions. If you are asked to present, ask questions. If you are asked for an opinion, ask questions. Don’t know what to ask? No worries, the following three will get you out of anything.

“In what capacity is this group’s output measured?”

“Looking to the future, what are the critical steps needed to ensure a positive outcome for our stakeholders?” and my favourite for dweebs like Noddy: “Can we be assured the data we have been presented with is triangulated and does this reflect

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best practice?”

This will blow Noddy away and leave him stuttering like a housing minister trying to solve Auckland’s housing crisis.

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Step 6: The emergency text Set up a mate to text you 15 minutes before the meeting was scheduled to end, or when you think you have to contribute. Get the text and apologise profusely, saying you look forward to reviewing the outcomes of the meeting. Stand up and mutter something about “staff unpreparedness drives you crazy” and then just leave, because in all honesty, no-one is going to challenge you.

So there you have it, a simple way to get through a meeting when you haven’t done your homework.

Meetings are necessary but often involve prep-work, which is basically like having a meeting with yourself.

Peter Livingstone is the principal of Tinwald School. The views expressed in this column are his and do not represent the views of his school, the Ashburton Guardian or the Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association.

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New Westburn Courts on schedule

BY SUE NEWMAN SUE.N@THEGUARDIAN.

The original Westburn Courts on West Street might have been felled by the Canterbury earthquakes, but its name will live on in a new commercial complex rushing towards completion on the same site.

Westburn Courts MkII is on schedule to welcome its new tenants in September, in what will create a business-go-round in central Ashburton.

Part-owner Brian Davidson says he had one tenant secured when work on the building started last year, but now has a full house.

Argyle Welsh Finnigan will move from its Havelock Street home of many years to take up the top floor of the new building, while Rabobank will move into the Burnett Street end of the building. FMG Insurance will take up the central section of the ground floor and Bayleys Real Estate will occupy the remainder of the street level space.

For Bayleys the relocation

will wrap up a period of significant change for a company that increased its staffing numbers this month.

Three staff from Property Brokers have changed colours, taking with them more than 76 years of experi-

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p S&P/ASX 200 index

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6,834.9

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p Nikkei 225 index

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15.96

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5,725.0

+79.0

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his staff will be packing up 28 years of business when they move from their current Havelock Street base. For them, the move was forced by business growth – over those years staff numbers have increased from three to 30 and Mr Argyle described their current offices as “fully cramped”.

He expects his business will be working from its new premises by the end of September.

“It’s all planned. We won’t close. We’ll move upstairs [staff] in the morning and downstairs [staff] in the afternoon,” he said.

And his company’s relocation won’t leave a gap on Havelock Street; he’s working with two potential tenants.

Rabobank has been in temporary premises in Mona Square since it was forced to relocate from its earthquake damaged building on the corner of West and Tancred streets in July 2013.

FMG Insurance will move from its base in Alford Forest Road.

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Pete Whalan said the three new salespeople knew the industry better than anyone in the business. “In this industry, knowledge is a priceless commodity,” he said.

Alister Argyle and

The scaffolding is coming down and the face of Ashburton’s new Westburn Courts is being revealed. The building is scheduled for completion in September and is fully let.

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ence in the real estate industry.

Jenny Gray, residential, and Ray Knight, residential-commercial, have joined the Bayleys sales team, while Mark Williams takes up the residential sales manager’s role.

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Wearable tech start-up launches crowdfunding campaign

BY FIONA ROTHERHAM Kiwi start-up I Measure U has launched a $US200,000 ($NZ291,000) crowdfunding campaign yesterday on Californian-based platform, Indiegogo, to raise funds to help manufacture its first wearable technology consumer product, offering discounted products as the return on investment.

The two-year-old company has developed a sensor that measures human body movement through physiologicallybased mathematical models and it’s hoping to release a consumer product, IMU-Run, in the new year for runners. It works by the runner strapping the sensor to their ankle to transmit data to their smartphone or smartwatch, providing feedback on their technique while they are running to reduce the risk of injury.

Co-founders Mark Finch and Thor Beisier set up the company in May 2013 after the two bio-mechanics won the University of Auckland’s annual Spark challenge. It landed a $A250,000 ($NZ282,000) two-year contract last year with Athletics Australia to develop wearable solutions

for its elite athletes that measure training workloads to reduce the risk of injury and give better training techniques.

It has also been working with Harvard University biomechanst Dr Irene Davis, an expert on barefoot running mechanics, in a pilot study of wearable sensors for the US military.

The campaign pitch says up to 75 per cent of runners experience injury each year, with many such injuries preventable with the right feedback.

The IMU-Run product tracks the only metric scientists correlate with the risk of running injury - impact on the lower leg or tibial shock, it said. The app will work on android and iPhones and has been endorsed by the US-based Runkeeper fitness platform which has more than 30 million users worldwide.

Finch said they originally planned to crowdfund on Kickstarter, but ended up getting a better offer and more support from Indiegogo, one of the world’s first crowdfunding platforms. It charges a 9 per cent fee, with 5 per cent repayable if the target amount is raised in 30 days.

Those who pledge money re-

ceive a perk, rather than equity crowdfunding, where they get a share of the company raising money.

In I Measure U’s case, the perk is the consumer running product priced at between $US79 ($NZ115) and $US99 ($NZ144) depending on how quickly the money is donated, which Finch said was a significant discount to the expected $US150 ($NZ218) retail price.

The $US200,000 being raised is the bare minimum the company needs to manufacture its product at the scale it needs to launch next year.

If the crowdfunding campaign succeeds, the company will then try to raise further seed capital to fund growth.

To date the founders have mainly funded the company without taking on outside investment although Barnaby Marshall, co-founder of men’s fashion brand I Love Ugly, recently became its first angel investor, taking a 2.5 per cent stake.

I Measure U’s next focus will be on adapting the sensor for use by swimmers, Finch being a former competitive swimmer.

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Bangers and vegetable chips Serves 4-5 6 medium baking potatoes, washed and sliced into wedges or chunks 1 onion, peeled and sliced into wedges 2 kumara, sliced into wedges 2 carrots or parsnips, sliced lengthways 2 courgettes, sliced lengthways 1 green capsicum, deseeded and sliced into wedges 6 lean sausages (500g) halved by twisting to form 12 short sausages 2T vegetable oil 1T chopped fresh rosemary leaves or 1/2 t Tuscan seasoning (optional) ■ Preheat oven to 200°C. ■ Place all ingredients, except oil and rosemary, in a large baking dish.

■ Drizzle over oil and toss gently to lightly coat the vegetables. Add rosemary or seasoning and toss again.

■ Place in preheated oven and bake uncovered for 45-55 minutes or until vegetables are cooked. Turn once during cooking.

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Nutrient caps could hinder milk production

By NadiNe Porter

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Nutrient caps on Mid Canterbury farms has the potential to be the biggest limiting factor on production, according to Rabobank manager George Lumsden.

Speaking at the recent Federated Farmers Nutrient Management Seminar, Mr Lumsden said similar regulatory changes in Holland 30 years ago led to a 19 per cent decrease from 1983 in dairying production.

In the United States the changes caused major changes.

“Primarily the diary expansion shifted out of California to other parts of the US.” Mr Lumsden said Rabobank was concerned ECan’s nutrient regulations could lead to one sector being locked in or locked out into a lower emission regime.

“The implications this could have for equity and land use change in the future are real.”

He urged farmers to attend meetings in their areas where regulations are being discussed to “protect their patch before it was too late.”

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es land use and systems changes will be necessary, Mr Lumsden advised farmers against spending large sums of money “on a whim” until they knew what the compliance regulations were.

He warned against bad advice citing some bad investment decisions that have been made in recent years with farmers who have made massive capital investment into a farming change.

The plan has still to be reviewed and there will be a 20-year timeframe, so there “was no rush”, he said.

“Environmental management will become a core function on farm.”

Farmers will need to have a better understanding of farming systems going forward and will face stricter regulations and controls as Government respond to public pressure.

“It’s a case of we are all in this together but it’s everyone for himself.

It’s a very competitive market.”

Dairy spokesman: Don’t m Farmers will not know the value of the option to sell raw milk until they can see the fine print around the rules, an industry body says.

Food Safety Minister Jo Goodhew announced the Government will not be implementing plans to abolish raw milk sales, restrict their volume or prohibit home deliveries, leaving the door open for farmers to continue to sell from the farm gate last week.

Federated Farmers dairy spokesperson Andrew Hoggard said farmers welcome the decision.

“The great majority of farmers will continue to supply dairy processors, but they value

the option of selling the milk unprocessed for people who want to buy it raw,” he said.

“It’s the same as live animal exports. Most farmers will continue to supply a processing market here, but like to have an option to sell elsewhere.”

However, the list of food safety requirements could be problematic.

Mr Hoggard said there was no issue mitigating the risks to ensure raw milk was safe.

For instance, in a submission to the Government on the matter, Federated Farmers petitioned against the reuse of containers, Mr Hoggard said. “It’s also a reality if the raw

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“But we do have a concern that pointless rules may be actually designed to make raw milk sales unviable while still keeping the sales technically legal.”

Mrs Goodhew said the Government wanted consumers to be aware of the risks associated with using raw milk.

Mr Hoggard had no issue with that approach.

“It’s one of customers making their own choice – they should also be aware of the

risks of any food product. “Everything we consume has some degree of risk, we certainly aren’t cavalier about it.”

He said sickness caused by drinking raw milk had the potential to disrupt New Zealand’s international markets, validating the need for clear, enforceable rules.

“We don’t want rules for rules’ sake and so we are keen to know what is proposed.”

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Heading for the hills, with cause L

ast weekend our motoring consisted of a trip we have made several times, which means to some extent it has become routine.

We went to Lyttelton to visit family members who live there.

Although it has become a bit of a routine journey it never loses its appeal.

The vista on the way and on the return, which appears when exiting the road tunnel, is always different and always interesting.

We have always had great

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times in Lyttelton and our visit last Sunday was no exception.

Going past Pilgrims Rock conjures up thoughts of the courage and determination of the early settlers – the forebears to whom we owe so much.

Visits to Lyttelton and other places on the Port Hills are also a reminder we are so fortunate that we don’t have to go too far from home to be in a completely different environment.

Before we left for Lyttelton we spent some time in another lovely environment: The Ashburton Domain.

We were there for the “Run for the Hills” or more accurately in our case the “Walk for the Hills” fundraiser.

What a wonderful event.

The kind people who organ-

ised it at very short notice did a really special thing, they had thought of everything, consequently everyone who turned up knew they were taking part in something very worthwhile.

Just like trips to Lyttelton conjure up reminders, so did our “Walk for the Hills”.

It was reminder there are so many generous and caring people in our community ready to get behind a worthwhile cause.

It was also a reminder that our domain is a very special place which is an ideal venue for

a variety of events.

Again our forebears did us a real favour when they set the land aside.

Between walking in the domain – and in the process working up an appetite for a lovely homemade lunch in Lyttelton – and then heading over to the Port Hills, we were reminded that we live in a great place with wonderful local attractions, populated by caring and thoughtful people and surrounded by great scenery and places to visit.

justice in the form of them being lifted and moved or even capsized by aggrieved citizens was often dished out.

Despite tougher regulations the “pot of yoghurt” has not been completely stamped out, even if it is well past its use by date.

Extra Lemon is not just about cars with unfamiliar names, General Motors and Ford have not escaped the attention of the author, nor has Jaguar and other notables.

Tim Davis has written an-

other good book.

Roger received his copy as a birthday gift.

A good one – it’s given him pleasure, it’s giving us pleasure and will go on to provide amusement for everyone who glances through it on the Harts’ coffee table.

That’s when I give it back!

Which means it’s a special present – he’ll be given it at least twice (according to Bernard’s strange logic – Ed) and it’s a gift which will keep on giving.

Amusing lemons make good gift Recently my friend and motoring writer colleague Roger Hart, he who had a significant birthday earlier in the year, lent me a book which he has enjoyed.

It’s a fabulous little book called Extra Lemon written by Tim Davis as a sequel to his earlier book Lemon.

In his books Tim Davis has set out to list some cars which stand out because in his opinion they are, well, quite simply lemons.

Tim does however concede that sleek state-of-the-art styling and technology is a fleeting thing, but lemons stand out forever.

Read the book and it’s easy to understand why Tim has included for example the Prenvic.

You haven’t heard of the Prenvic before?

Don’t be ashamed, you’re not alone and by way of explanation Tim Davis says it is known this car was built in Belgrade in 1959. What is not known is

why it was made!

Tim’s description of the design of the Prenvic brings a smile to the face – he says it resembles a bit of Chrysler Airflow in the front, a tiny hint of filed-down Cadillac at the rear and a Sunbeam toaster in between!

Here’s another one: The Quasar. Named after its North Vietnamese designer who was living in Paris at the time, it was 6 feet long, 6 feet tall, 6 feet wide and could seat exactly, you guessed it, six people. In his book Tim Davis, describes this contraption quite aptly as “cubular hell”.

Formula one racing constructor Ligier manufactured a smaller version of the Quasar.

Until the early 1990s, a loophole in French law meant that vehicles with a small engine capacity did not need to be registered.

And what’s worse, the drivers of them did not have to have a licence.

To Minx, or not to Minx?

This led to the development of a type of little car referred to by the French as a “pot of yoghurt”.

In his delightfully funny style, Tim Davis explains that these tubs of curdled milk, which were not governed by noise or pollution regulations, weaved their way in and out of Parisian traffic. Being unregistered, it was hard for authorities to bring owners to account for misdemeanours such as parking offences.

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Sevens, Nines raise stakes

By Joseph pearson Sevens Wellington have revamped their format to try to get the crowds back as the NRL Auckland Nines promise to have a stunning line-up of stars in 2016.

The Wellington event has lost some of its lustre in recent years, and failed to sell out this year when previously it sold out within hours of tickets being made available.

Event organisers have announced they are switching to a Saturday and Sunday format – previously it had been Friday and Saturday – as part of a package with the Wellington Cup, which will take place the week before. The sevens will be on January 30 and 31, which is Auckland Anniversary weekend.

“We know that many rugby fans also enjoy a day at the races and vice versa,” said Steve Dunbar, Sevens Wellington general manager. “With joint packages we can make it easier for people to enjoy both and not have to choose between one or the other.”

Stricter rules around alcohol consumption have been implemented at the sevens and the Wellington City Council have clamped down on partygoers by imposing a midnight cut-off, although local bar owners remain unhappy with the decision.

There are hopes a move to Saturday and Sunday will make it more family friendly and also mean fans won’t have to take a day off work.

The nines is held over the weekend and has more wellknown players taking part than the sevens, although the sevens should have a number of All Blacks next year because of their desire to make the Olympic squad.

Locke resigns Salford owner Marwan Koukash has passionately defended his club and begun legal proceedings against former Warriors fullback Kevin Locke following his decision to leave the Red Devils last week.

Locke’s resignation has been accepted by Salford, but a claim he has made for £52,000 in unpaid wages was dismissed by Koukash, who is now seeking damages from the 26-year-old, after paying a transfer fee to the Warriors last year. “The club has responded to Kevin and have decided to accept his resignation with immediate effect but we hold Kevin fully responsible for the damages caused by his actions. We paid a substantial fee to the New Zealand Warriors for Kevin who was the highest-paid player in Super League but I don’t think we got value for money.”

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The Wellington Sevens is known for its zany costumes, along with a party attitude.

Duco spokesman David Higgins expects the biggest NRL stars to feature at the nines next year.

“Last year there was the World Club Challenge and other commitments. This year is actually the clearest we’ve had in a while.

“A lot of big names will have a really good rest in the latter part of the year. We’re expecting a stunning turnout – almost full strength.”

The Cricket World Cup meant crowds dropped slightly this year in Auckland but more than 40,000 fans from both sides of the Tasman still attended the event.

Higgins said they would be announcing next year’s dates in the next three weeks and also confirmed they were looking

into the possibility of having NRL clubs visit local clubs and schools.

“It’s very important for us to get the fan experience right so you can expect a range of activations around the stadium,” added Higgins. “There’s more than just the centre piece to our stunning two-day tournament.”

The emergence of the nines presents serious competition for the sevens and they’ll hope that by joining forces with the Wellington Cup, they can reestablish the event to its former glory.

Wayne Guppy, Wellington Racing Club Vice President and Mayor of Upper Hutt, revealed the two organisations had been looking at ways of working closely together for some time now.

“To combine with Sevens Wellington to create a festival of world class sporting events over two weeks and three weekends is a great achievement for both racing and rugby – and for Wellington as a destination. It was an opportunity too good to miss.”

Tickets packages for the Wellington Sevens and Wellington Cup will be announced soon.

Set dates in Wellington’s sporting calendar for 2016: January 16 – Tui Super Saturday featuring the J R & N Berkett Telegraph Handicap January 23 – Golden Homes Wellington Cup January 30-31 – Sevens Wellington, Westpac Stadium January 30 – The Interislander Summer Festival Day - NZME

All Blacks focus on defence at WRC The All Blacks’ defence is emerging as a priority as they begin preparations for a momentous year which will end with an attempt to retain the World Cup. There are 12 players missing from the Hurricanes and five from the Highlanders due to those teams’ involvement in the Super Rugby playoffs, but the remainder of the 41-player squad, plus extras in halfback Brad Weber, prop Ofa Tu’ungafasi and midfielder George Moala, have gathered for the preliminary messages in this year of all years.

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gistics staff have been heavily involved as usual at the start of a campaign, but one theme in terms of playing performance has already emerged – how the All Blacks defend.

Coach Steve Hansen said Wayne Smith, back as an assistant coach at the All Blacks for the first time since the World Cup final of October, 2011, has already made a presentation on defence, one that he delivered with his usual enthusiasm.

And when asked about where he wanted to take the All Blacks’ game for the two-month tournament in England which starts in September, Hansen

was unequivocal.

“There’s been a plan from day one and part of that plan was making sure we’ve got an attacking game we’re really comfortable with,” he said.

“Obviously you’ve got to keep adding to that otherwise you become predictable, and hence that’s probably why our defence hasn’t been a big priority... now we’ve got Smithy back so there will be a little shift over to that side and let’s see if we can sharpen up our defence.

“We know we can’t sit on the game we’ve got. If we do that then someone’s going to go past us like a shot.”

No8 Kieran Read, likely to have an increased leadership role this year as skipper Richie McCaw prepares for retirement, said of Smith: “He’s got a great analytical mind and he brings that to his defence.

“There are subtle variances that Smithy wants us to use.

That’s probably an area we can improve.

“He presented us a little bit of stuff to us yesterday. He keeps it pretty lean and he had a few ideas and it was really the basics yesterday, an overview of where we want to head, but they’re important messages.”

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Colour-blind opener Chris Rogers isn’t seeing red over the expected launch of day-night Test cricket this summer. Cricket Australia and New Zealand Cricket are keen to push on with plans for a daynight fixture during the upcoming three-Test series. “I’d probably say uncertainty is the biggest word, but we all know this is the way of the future,” Rogers said. “So you have to embrace it, I think that’s a given. If it works that’ll be fantastic.” Rogers will end his Test career after the Ashes, but is well placed to comment. The 37-yearold was rested from a Sheffield Shield fixture last year because pink balls were being trialled.

Rogers had previously struggled to view earlier incarnations of the pink ball.

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Speight suspended Wallabies and Brumbies winger Henry Speight will miss the rest of the Super Rugby finals and the first two Rugby Championship Test matches after being suspended for five weeks. SANZAR announced the penalty after earlier finding Speight guilty of a dangerous lifting tackle on Stormers centre Juan de Jongh in his side’s qualifying final win in Cape Town on Saturday. He has been ruled out of the Brumbies’ Super Rugby semi-final against the Hurricanes in Wellington on Saturday and the final the following week if they win. He’ll also sit out the opening Rugby Championship Tests against South Africa in Brisbane on July 18 and versus Argentina in Mendoza on July 25.

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GC camp for ManCity Manchester City will face sister club Melbourne City on the Gold Coast as part of an 11-day training camp in the lead-up to the International Champions Cup. Melbourne City chief executive Scott Munn confirmed the friendly will take place on Saturday, July 18 at Cbus Super Stadium, which will be the English Premier League club’s base ahead of the triangular tournament involving Real Madrid and AS Roma in Melbourne. It is the first time the two clubs will meet in an official match. Munn said the tourist strip was chosen because of the “unbelievable” weather and facilities on the Gold Coast.

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Allenton Bowling Club Our winter bowls programme is well under way when weather permits. Result for Aussie Pairs June 6 - 1st Graeme Bishop & Jill May., 2nd Brent Mayson & John Drayton, 3rd Mike Quinn & Janet Kingsbury - well played everyone. We had our winter tournament for the ladies last Thursday what a day!! Played 6 ends (the brave ones) before the rain & snow set in BRRRRRRRRRRR headed indoors for some fun games raffles etc.

Methven were called home around 1pm but in all we had a great day, ate all the goodies, played cards and indoor bowls.

Winners were drawn so a great way to complete the day. Well done Fay and Anne for organising the day and also to everyone else that helped in any way.

Sandra made a grand job of the raffles.

That’s all, stay warm and keep safe.

Ashburton Celtic Netball Club Ashburton Celtic Netball would like to thank all our sponsors who have kindly contributed to our club this year. VetEnt, The Somerset Grocer, Bus and Truck Bodywork Ltd, Ashburton New World, Ashburton Signs and Graphics and the Celtic Killer Bzzzz are the businesses and people that have kept our club running and we appreciate everything they have done for us.

There was a bit of drama this week with the Thursday night games being cancelled due to the weather conditions.

These games will not be replayed but they do not have a bearing on who gets promoted or relegated so both our VetEnt Celtic A and Celtic B are safe in their respective rounds. They will be pushing hard in the final championship round to make that all important top 4.

In the other games it was Celtic vs Celtic in the Senior B grade with Somerset Grocer Celtic C slotting the winning goal over Celtic Green in the dying seconds of the game. It was another nail biting win for Somerset Grocer C which leads to a top of the table clash this weekend against Allenton A to see who could possibly go up to the Senior A grade.

Celtic D and Celtic U18 also notched up wins with Celtic D looking promising to go up a grade for the final round.

Celtic Social had a tough match but are looking to improve with their game on Wednesday night.

Ashburton Club & MSA Golf section - 17 Members played at the Ashburton Golf Club Sunday June 14. It was a most enjoyable day out, conditions underfoot could not be complained about and some players handled the course with no difficulty at all. Best scores for the day were Women. Maxine Carter & Ann Dwan nett 72 Men Bill Clarke & Allan Moore nett 71. Nearest the Pin No 8 Kay Fox No 14 Ann Dwan.

Members returned to the M S A Club to a great arrangement of food platters and prize giving. Next monthly game Sunday July 12 Denfield Golf Club Geraldine. Meet MSA Car park 10 o’clock for carpooling or 11 o’clock at Golf Course Bring lunch (RSA golf members will be joining us).

Ashburton County Lions There was a uniqueness about the occasion of the Changeover of Officers evening at Ashburton County Lions last week when Past District Governor Jack Allan inducted his wife Helen to the office of club president 2015-16.

Now immediate Past President Jan Stonyer presided over the evening and welcomed members and partners, official guests, members of other Lions clubs, and a prospective member.

Toasts were honoured – to the international Association of Lions Clubs, proposed by Zone Chairman Rex Whiting and reply Cabinet Secretary Christine Stewart; and to partners and visitors, proposed by District Governor Graham Edge and reply Past District Governor Campbell McArthur.

All speeches reflected the value and impact in local situations of a truly global organisation.

The President’s report, presented by Jan highlighted an outstanding year of service to the community and acknowledged the contributions, large or small, made by all members, reminding all again that Lions is a team of volunteers.

Thursday, June 25, 2015 As he inducted President Helen Allan and the Board of Directors for 2015-16, PDG Jack congratulated past president Jan, officers and members on the club initiatives that had served the community so well in the last year.

Entertainment for the evening was a power point presentation of photographs from the club’s 1999 Christmas party wedding reception for Mr Miles Toogood and Miss Desiree Hardy, bringing back many fond memories.

Raffles were drawn, and tail twisting of a high standard concluded an enjoyable evening.

Ashburton Electronic Organ and Keyboard Club It’s so nice to arrive for our meetings to be welcomed by bright music, played

by Lorraine B, tonight. We were privileged to have some of the members of the Kokatahi Band to entertain us this evening. Irene arranged the evening as a tribute to her Late husband, Vern. This band was started 105 years ago. It went into recess during the war years and regrouped in 1948. Vern joined as a teenager and was the last member of the original Band. This evening we had Bill (Rangiora) Ken (Tiako) Peter and Irene.

They all play button accordions don’t have music and are usually lead by a drummer, who was not present this evening. “Katie, Katie” followed by “Home on the Range” “Springtime in the Rockies” followed by some of “Jimmy Shands songs. Oh boy how the music flowed. Wish I had been around when they were playing the dances. Bill told us he had met Jimmy Shand in his heyday.

Now Ken sang the “Hallelujah Chorus” and “Galway Girl” What a great voice.

He also played. Small mouth organ.

Well done Ken. Neil played the keyboard ‘A Polka” followed by “How deep is the night? Great music Neil. Bill then played a selection “My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean” “Goodnight Irene” He had us singing along, also told us a couple of good stories. Liz played “Summer Knows” “I’m in the Mood for Love”. The band then gave us another enjoyable selection before supper to finish a great night.

Ashburton Indoor Bowls Hope everyone is keeping warm out there!

The wintry weather last week saw the postponement of the Scottish Society Shield Fours – there is hope that this tournament will be run at a different date – we will keep you all posted here.

Congratulations to Grant Wilson, Michael Lawson, Chris Talbot and Hazel Mitchell who won the NZ Mixed Fours qualifier on the weekend. The quartet will now head to the zone final at Oamaru with a view to qualifying for the national final which this year is held in Wanganui.

Sunday saw this year’s Patterson Squad have their first get together for the year as they prepare to defend their title and hopefully win their way through to a third consecutive shot at the Welch Trophy.

The Patterson and Welch are the pinnacle events of representative Indoor Bowls and the squad is keen to continue a good run of form over the past few years when they head to Blenheim in the middle of next month.

Expect the final squad and playing order to be announced within the next couple of weeks.

This week sees a busy weekend on the mats with another round of Interclub tonight – after two rounds of competition Willowby lead both Division 1 and Division 2 with everyone out to knock the weasels off their perch!

On Saturday the men’s and ladies’ championship singles will be held.

Enjoy your week on the mats.

Ashburton Men’s Probus Club June Report Meetings second Tuesday of month, Senior’s Centre 206 Cameron St, 9.30 am. Phone Dennis, 308 0140 or ashmensprobus@gmail.com VPresident Tony welcomed members to the meeting. There were four apologies.

Tony outlined the program for the July trip to Timaru.

Audrey Lowe, the new Probus Area Rep, was our mini speaker. She gave us

www.guardianonline.co.nz a brief outline of her past community involvements and explained the Northern South Island Probus Association (NSIPA). There are 12 Area Reps, 6 from Christchurch and 6 covering the areas from South Canterbury to Nelson. Probus clubs are self-governing but the association provides support and guidance and fosters liaison between clubs. Later in the year there will be a luncheon for members of all the Ashburton Clubs and also a church service.

Our main speaker was driving instructor David Leadley. He gave a presentation well illustrated with slides of various situations that might be encountered on the road. When he asked questions for various situations illustrated the collective wisdom of the members, mostly but not always, came up with the correct answers. Members were reminded that the speed limit when passing a stopped school bus is 20kph, a passenger over 15 years of age is liable for a fine if not wearing a seat belt, what the double yellow lines in East Street mean, and license requirements for those over 75.

He emphasised the importance of knowing the road rules, and noted the principal cause of road accidents is a lack of driver concentration.

Ashburton Pakeke Lions Annual Changeover meeting for Ashburton Pakeke Lions attracted a good number of visitors from neighbouring Clubs. The meeting commenced with the National Anthem and a moment of silence for World Peace. An appropriate Grace was given by Lion Raymond Suttie. Lion Meredith Lowe proposed the Toast to visitors which was responded to By Lion Helen Allan of Ashburton County lions. In proposing the Toast to Lions International, PDG Noel Lowe outlined a brief history of the world wide movement and the activities of LCIF (Lions Clubs International Foundation).

In response Zone Chairman Rex Whiting spoke more of the valuable contribution LCIF can make too many causes even those at local level. Lion Peter O’Neill proposed the toast to the Ladies and the valuable contribution they make to the Club which was responded to by Maree O’Neill. Retiring President Bob Rogers presented his annual report summarising the very active year of Pakeke.

Donations totalling $11630 has been distributed to charitable causes in the community. Guest speaker Emma Mears in thanking the club for their sponsorship, reported of the challenges she faced and the enjoyment by participating in the Berwick Experience.

Zone Chairman Rex Whiting inducted the new Board of Directors for 2015-16.

President Ray Harraway, Vice presidents Peter O’Neill, Joe Butchard and Jim Martin, Secretary Meredith Lowe and Treasurer Graeme Mably. All Directors and other positions were filled. Newly installed President Ray concluded the meeting with his vision for his year in Office.

Ashburton Petanque Club The Ashburton Petagque Club is holding a junior competition between college students and Mt Hutt college students on Wednesday afternoon July 1. College students have been playing most of the year and Mt Hutt have been playing for this term. We will be seeing some interesting challenges.

On Sunday July 12 we will be hosting Bastille Day for the first time. This event, in the past has been held at the Christchurch Club.

We have 32 teams participating and others on a waiting list. Most of our players have never played in a tournament of this size before, but being the good sports that they are and ever ready for a challenge we have over half the club members participating, competing against players from Christchurch, Woolston, Ascot, Papanui, Timaru and Invercargill. Many players dress up in French costume which will add to the atmosphere. If you want to see some top players in actions, this is the place to be.

Ashburton Senior Citizens The monthly Social Afternoon was held on Tuesday June 9 at the Seniors Centre, Cameron Street. Hope McIntosh played with her usual skill, a variety of wellknown tunes as the audience arrived.

Bronie McMurtrie, President, welcomed

everyone and reminded everyone of the coming lunch at Speights Ale House and the Friendship Club’s morning tea at 10.00am on the 4th Wednesday of the month at Community House, Tancred Street.

Birthday greetings were extended to all with a June birthday. Manny Sim was first on stage and sang “Memories are made of this” and “Four Strong Winds”, “King of the Road” and “Mull of Kintyre” (accompanying himself on his guitar).

Russell, Bob and Jim with their mandolins played “On Top of Old Smokey” and “Side by Side”. Kevin Crean told a number of delightful Irish stories and in between played some well-known Irish tunes. John Davies played “Popcorn” on his own keyboard and the beautiful Vienna Waltz plus “The Loveliest Night of the Year”. Geordie, Dowell, Ray and John played a lovely melody ending with “A Star to Remember”. To end the lovely entertainment they played more pleasant tunes.

Afternoon tea was served after Bronie thanked all the entertainers for a lovely afternoons’ entertainment. For Total Mobility please phone 308 1237.

Ashburton U3A 80 members and visitors attended the June meeting. Speaker was Professor Vicky Cameron of the Christchurch Heart Institute. Professor Cameron is involved in research and is head of Molecular Biology and Genetics within the Christchurch Heart Institute at the University of Otago, Christchurch.

In this country coronary heart disease kills 16 New Zealanders each day. Going back seventy years, there was no treatment for high blood pressure, high cholesterol and nor did bypass surgery exist. Over the last 45 years there have been huge benefits from cardiac research which has enabled many people to continue to live meaningful lives after suffering an event.

On a world graph of heart disease in men, the highest rates are for the Eastern Block countries whilst a little further down are the alarming figures for New Zealand Maori. New Zealand European, Ireland and he UK are about mid graph and at the bottom are Japan and France.

In New Zealand 37% of deaths are from heart disease.

Good news is the risk factors have declined as smoking declined and better nutrition and medication have increased.

Bad news is in the last 30 years the BMI (body mass index) in men and women has increased meaning obesity will hit heart statistics in future.

It is recommended a test every five years with your GP with a New Zealand Cardiovascular Risk Chart would help understand your own particular heart risk.

Genetics load the guns but environment pulls the trigger!

July speaker is retired Em. Professor Ken Strongman.

Coronation Target Shooting Club Coronation visited the Ashburton club for round three of the County shield series. A very pleasant evening was enjoyed by all and some good scores were recorded by both teams. Nina Mckenzie top scored for the night closely followed

by Greg Menzies (Ashburton) and Mark Stewart. Individual scores were: Steve McArthur 98.6, Nick Stewart 96.3, Mark Stewart 99.6, Sandy Collett 97.5, Nina McKenzie 100.8, Bryan Hunter 93.4, Savanna McArthur 92.3, Lanelle McArthur 96.4, Brian Hawksby 97.6, T.J. Stewart 95.3, Jayden Collett 95.2, Dean Smith 94.3, Bill Rankin 96.4, Shirley Herridge 92.1, Michaela Smith 92.2, Murray Cook 90.1, Heather Ross 88.2, Nick Squires 89.0.

Tuesday night Tyro grade has big movers in Richard Pearce 93.2, Andrew McKenzie 93.1, Susan Peattie 93.2, Maddie Evans 97.3, Libby Badham 94.2, Annie McDonald 91.2 and Emma Smith 95.1.

With the open Championship part of the season drawing to a close a number of local shooters are in strong positions for selection to the South Island v North Island competition.

These positions should be clearer after the Ashburton Open champs on Saturday and the Ellesmere open on Sunday.

Best wishes to those vying for places.

Creative Fibre Ashburton The June meeting was held at the A &P showgrounds. The meeting began with Annette, Val and Judy cutting the cake celebrating 45 years of the group being in existence. Pam Tait was welcomed as a visitor.

A reminder that tea cosies for the Motueka competition need to be in at Ashfords by June 30.

Shona Schofield will hold a group for Beginners with Spinning at her home on June 25, 9.30 – 12.30pm - all welcome.

The Open day at Oamaru Creative Fibre was well worthwhile and a lovely display of work was admired.

At Social spinning at Pauline’s home Sue showed how to do “blocking” getting garments into shape ready for sewing up.

Much time was spent in planning our Open Day on August 3.

Show And Tell. Baby and toddlers wear:-6 singlets, a set of jacket, bootees and hat, cardigan.

Adult wear:- 2 jackets,2 scarves,5 hats,4 tea cosies, fabric bag,2 cushion covers,4 teddies, 3 pairs of slippers, 4 pairs of mittens, a waistcoat, 1 striped cardigan, 1 jersey and a rug.

That finished, members had lunch and time for handcrafts and talk.

Seniornet Ashburton This month we have had a few forums, with Tablet/ipad/phone being the most popular.

Our Games afternoon is a close second.

This is a great time to relax and enjoy ourselves. We have had a few workshops, but mainly one on one’s this month. Our Question & Answer afternoon on Facebook went well and was enjoyed by all. We thank Eileen Elms, who did a great job. Heartland gave us an interesting talk on their “Home Equity Loans and Direct Call Account”. It answered our questions and some myths that surround these accounts. A delicious afternoon tea followed supplied

by Heartland. We thank Andrew Wilson & Karen Miller for their time & effort in giving us these presentations.

July forums are as follows: Question & Answer afternoon topic: “Downloading from YouTube” Thursday 2nd July 1.30pm MSA Lounge: “Tablet/ipad/phone forums:” Tuesday 30th June 7pm Monday 20th July 1.30pm “Westpac Internet Banking” Thursday 23rd July 1.30pm Seniornet room.

Presentation & Hands on session.

“Games afternoon” Wednesday 29th July 1.30pm Please note: Change of dates for Tablet/ipad forums.

Any enquiries, please ring Margaret 307 7498.

Plains Ladies Probus Club There was a large attendance for the June meeting. Joan welcomed everyon.

Penny Rowe was inducted as a new member. A ringing list has been made up so that any members unable to get to meetings can contact any committee member and transport will be arranged for them. The Movie on July 1 is “Noble” showing at 11am at the Regent Theatre. Our Birthday lunch is to be held in August and names to be put down at next meeting and paid for. The Meal is $15.00. Our Mini Speaker was one of our members Aine Whiting who is a member of the Ashburton Fuchsia Group. She showed us several straw hats that they had decorated with artificial flowers, paper etc. for their Annual Convention that was held in Nelson. They were so colourful and bright on a cold day and some of the members modelled them.

The Main speaker for the morning was “Author” Val Taylor. Having been snowed in at the weekend she was able to still come and talk to us. She took us on her life story. Born in Fairlie, grew up at Woodbury and schooled at Geraldine she had a farming background.

Worked at a guest house and babysat and cooked. Not having good health she started writing about animals, craft etc. Married and had family she became a Christian and has had several books published. Deb thanked Val and the meeting closed at 11.30am. Next meeting at 9.45am July 27.

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Thursday, June 25, 2015

Tough time ahead deciding winners

BY MATT MARKHAM

HARNESS RACING NEW ZEALAND

The end of the season is nigh.

And so are the annual awards.

So to help fill in the quiet weeks at the end of the season, we will look through some of the major categories over the next few weeks in an effort to find out who might be awarded the major gongs on Harness Racing’s big night of celebration.

M9 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club’s meeting at Addington Raceway on June 25. NZ Meeting number: 9. Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12.

1 4.25pm (NZT) SUPER PETS STAKES C3, 520m 1 15671 Another Fan nwtd ...................J T McInerney 2 54542 Cawbourne Witch 30.34 ...............C Roberts 3 55126 Albie Jay 30.50 J & .........................D Fahey 4 41273 Mystic Action 30.35 J &...................D Fahey 5 65426 Know Laughing 30.57 ....................G Cleeve 6 55815 Opawa Tom nwtd J & ......................D Fahey 7 22374 Cawbourne War 30.22 .................C Roberts 8 22534 Goldstar Junior 30.58 S & ...............B Evans 9 61883 Tina nwtd H & .....................................Taylor 10 17571 Bruiser Bale 30.70 .................J T McInerney 2 4.43pm HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY STEVE HURD SPRINT C4, 295m 1 71656 Time Slayer 17.26 M &........................ Smith 2 53568 Sprinkles 17.23 ......................J T McInerney 3 48146 Starburst Terry 17.20....................... M Grant 4 22325 Rick’s Terra 17.25 C & ........................ Fagan 5 37262 Rusty Knife 17.09 M & ......................Jopson 6 167x7 Star Dreamer 17.21 C & .................... Fagan 7 32127 Spider Girl 17.18 .............................. B Dann 8 27518 On The Level 17.35 ......................C Roberts 9 42757 Homebush Paige 17.33..........J T McInerney 10 88168 Bellwave 17.20 ...........................D Stapleton

A few awards are pretty clearcut. The three easy titles are for The Orange Agent, Dream About Me and Have Faith In Me who will win their categories unopposed.

But things do get a little tricky for some of the others.

Including the most important – Horse of the Year.

In my eyes, there are two contenders, Christen Me and Stent with Adore Me and Have Faith

In Me earning honourable mentions.

It takes something pretty incredible for the New Zealand Trotting Cup winner to not be included in the leading lights for the major prize but Christen Me and Stent have had seasons that usurp a cup win.

But how do you split them?

I’m not sure if you honestly can.

Stent has been the dominant force in trotting around Aus-

tralasia and apart from the Dominion Handicap and the Anzac Cup, he’s won pretty much everything he’s been asked to.

Christen Me didn’t win the New Zealand Trotting Cup, but he did win a Miracle Mile, an Auckland Cup a Victoria Cup and an Easter Cup. So his case is just as compelling. I’m only one voter in the scheme of things but I can imagine a lot of other voters facing

a similar debate.

While tough to sort out, the fact no one will know who the title winner is until it’s announced on August 8 adds a little intrigue to the night and it will be interesting to see how the 25 voters decide on who should get it.

Next week we will look at the trotters – spear-headed of course by Stent, but with some interesting battles in the age groups.

C5, 295m 1 54116 Cawbourne Jelly 17.11 ......................C Weir 2 16311 Brendan’s Puzzle 17.08 .....................C Weir 3 41217 Know Knowing 17.32 .....................G Cleeve 4 43364 Puma Pants 17.02..................J T McInerney 5 42312 Wheelchair Norm 17.01 .........J T McInerney 6 14174 Bump 17.01..................................C Roberts 7 54341 Shadow Apache 17.11 J &..............D Fahey 8 51228 Zebidiah 17.02 ..........................A Bradshaw 9 84248 Idol Girl 17.16 L & .............................. Wales 10 17383 Smash That 17.21 ........................... M Grant 9 7.15pm BARRON’S SUPPLIES SOUTH ISLAND CHAMPS HEAT 1 C5q, 520m 1 53542 Opawa Diesel 30.61 L & .................... Wales 2 Px121 Dream Collector 29.85 J & ..............D Fahey 3 14761 Can’t Catch Tim 30.09 ..................R Adcock 4 53232 Jessie Surfs 30.35 .......................C Roberts 5 41537 Frost Yourself nwtd .............................C Weir 6 42757 Botany Blake 30.38 ................J T McInerney 7 17525 Know Mention 30.06 ......................G Cleeve 8 54534 Izzey Bale 30.21...........................C Roberts 9 56687 Homebush Chopper 30.06 .....J T McInerney 10 16678 Lonesome Nitro nwtd ...................M Roberts 10 7.45pm BARRON’S SUPPLIES SOUTH ISLAND CHAMPS HEAT 2 C5q, 520m 1 11212 Dyna Vikkers 29.96 ......................C Roberts 2 13115 Cawbourne Crouch nwtd .............M Roberts 3 23313 Zipping Sonny nwtd ...............J T McInerney 4 16513 Trust Issues 30.04 J &.....................D Fahey

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18541 Culvie Magic 29.92 .......................R Adcock 41345 Opawa Rosie 29.96.......................... B Dann 22157 Opawa Stretch 30.32 L & ................... Wales 57876 Jibbajabba Jewel 30.46................C Roberts 56687 Homebush Chopper 30.06 .....J T McInerney 16678 Lonesome Nitro nwtd ...................M Roberts 11 8.11pm CTV DASH C5, 295m 1 52124 Hetfield 16.98 ...............................C Roberts 2 18741 Aiden Baxter 17.07 ................J T McInerney 3 35363 Zorba The Greek 17.26 ................... M Grant 4 8x531 Aniu 17.00 J &.................................D Fahey 5 185x1 Paperbond 17.16 J & ......................D Fahey 6 15241 Zipping Jye 17.16...............................C Weir 7 35521 Botany Win 17.32 ...................J T McInerney 8 32115 Quedrago 17.15 C & .......................... Fagan 9 84248 Idol Girl 17.16 L & .............................. Wales 10 17383 Smash That 17.21 ........................... M Grant 12 8.39pm LIVAMOL DASH C4, 295m 1 62877 Stirling Dann nwtd C & ....................... Fagan 2 77834 Big Muddy 17.29 M &.......................... Smith 3 66343 Question Bale 17.27 ..............J T McInerney 4 85712 Homebush Kelso 17.04 ..........J T McInerney 5 88876 Terra Annie 17.22 C &........................ Fagan 6 33583 Goldstar Chumlee 17.27 S & ..........B Evans 7 68135 Chokehold 17.27 ........................D Stapleton 8 82847 Rambunctious 17.37 .................A Bradshaw 9 68384 No Leaf Clover 17.09 .........................C Weir 10 55556 Know Pride 17.08...........................G Cleeve

1200m 1 3 Buzzer h (4) 58.5 ........................ C Johnson 2 4 Sir Lindauer h (9) 58.5 ................L Callaway 3 Extend h (10) 58.5 .................C Barnes (a1) 4 x5463 Spider Lily b (2) 56.5 ....................T Moseley 5 270x2 Eagle Magic (1) 56.5 ................J Chong (a3) 6 250x0 Writteninthestars h (7) 56.5.... B Murray (a3) 7 5 Millie Rose h (8) 56.5 ................ S Muniandy 8 0 Beau Peep (5) 56.5 ...................S Wynne (a) 9 0x Natalie (6) 56.5 .....................R Cuneen (a2) 10 979x Zarina (3) 56.5 .......................H Bennet (a4) 8 3.12pm OTAGO TYRES MAIDEN $7000, MDN 2YO&UP, 1200m 1 49282 Diva’s Halo (5) 58.5................... S Muniandy 2 3x Savy Surfer (8) 58.5 ..................S Wynne (a) 3 Unreachable h (10) 58.5 ........C Barnes (a1) 4 90234 Stage Door (4) 56.5 .....................T Moseley 5 4376x Golden Shells (11) 56.5 ........... J Lowry (a3) 6 5356x Eyes Wide Shut (6) 56.5 .......R Cuneen (a2) 7 04 Go Solo h (9) 56.5....................... C Johnson 8 6x Zah Keisha (3) 56.5.....................L Callaway 9 7 De Arvil h (2) 56.5 ...........................T Direen

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89x Janefield Jewel h (7) 56.5 ...... B Murray (a3) Manamanup (1) 54.5.................R Black (a1) 9 3.47pm PRYDES EASIFEED SEASON FINALE RATING 65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 00616 Killa Question tdm (6) 59 ...... A Morgan (a2) 2 6519x Jimmytoshoes h (3) 58.5.......... J Lowry (a3) 3 31847 Dance dmh (16) 58 ......................T Moseley 4 73432 Royal Dollar tdh (11) 57.5 .........S Wynne (a) 5 3231x Clareville Flight (13) 56.5 ....... B Murray (a3) 6 3578x Twist Of Fate m (15) 56.5 .......H Bennet (a4) 7 0x00x Swiss Alps mh (7) 56 ................ S Muniandy 8 8790x Vice Marshall dm (5) 56 ..............L Callaway 9 41740 McGluskeysdaughter m (4) 55.5R Black (a1) 10 0100x Observe tdh (14) 55.5 .....................T Direen 11 64520 Sir Jack Remington m (2) 55.5..... R Cuneen (a2) 12 77894 Hi Yo Ko (8) 55 ................... D Prastiyou (a2) 13 340x3 Raw Gold dh (10) 55 ................... C Johnson 14 170x6 African Star m (9) 54.5 ...........C Barnes (a1) 15 59905 The Energizer m (12) 55 16 37578 Popp ‘N Lindauer h (1) 54 Emergencies: The Energizer, Popp ‘N Lindauer

5 67530 A Chance To Dream (4) fr ....... T Macfarlane 6 19666 Soul Man (5) fr ............................. B Mangos 7 3017 Blue Eyed Creation fr ................... Scratched 8 54653 Major Classic (6) fr ........................Z Butcher 9 0656x Capital El (21) fr .......................... D Marshall 10 17620 Souvenir Glory (22) fr............. K Marshall (J) 11 1 Chrissie Jet (23) fr................... B Butcher (J) 12 1x83 Cambio (24) fr ...............................P Butcher 13 67051 Sirius Star (25) fr ................................S Reid 14 10068 Sheza Springfield (26) fr ...............N Chilcott 15 06221 Trevs No Angel (27) fr ...............S McCaffrey Emergencies: Soul Man, Capital El 7 8.54pm WAITOMO CLUB MOBILE PACE $7000, 3yo+ c2 to c3, c4 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 18311 Aquickone (1) fr ..................................S Reid 2 24925 Kilkeel Lady (2) fr ......................... D Butcher 3 11447 Joanednobettor (3) fr .....................J I Dickie 4 00121 JC Jock (4) fr.......................... K Marshall (J) 5 17418 Sikora (5) fr ...................................P Butcher 6 14724 Idealistic (6) fr ...........................D Alexander 7 06790 Leroy Brogden (7) fr ......................N Chilcott 8 24156 Simply Stunning (8) fr J MacKinnon (J, ....Cl) 9 09550 Fibre Optic (21) fr .......................P Ferguson 10 12088 Rocker Band (22) fr .........................M Jones 11 7348x Shardon’s Pearl (23) fr D Ferguson (J,.....Cl) 12 x1946 Ideal Flybye fr............................... Scratched

8 9.21pm PROLIFE FOODS HANDICAP PACE $7000,

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway 3 5.00pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK DASH C3, 295m

1 24441 Norman Jewel 17.16 ....................C Roberts 2 787F8 Flying Swan 17.09 .................J T McInerney 3 52231 Kingman 17.39 ................................ M Grant 4 25677 Homebush Rocky 17.19 .........J T McInerney 5 7x748 Costing Money 17.43 ...................... M Grant 6 61446 Cawbourne Danial 17.25 ...................C Weir 7 12333 Goldstar Bomber 17.35 S & ............B Evans 8 87821 Miss Softy nwtd ......................J T McInerney 9 75444 Opawa Opal 17.20 L & ....................... Wales 10 83377 Billy West 17.18 .....................M K Dempsey 4 5.18pm CAROL’S TAB SPRINT C3, 295m 1 31565 Homebush Bruno 17.34 .........J T McInerney 2 62746 Ohoka Coby 17.13 ....................... L Waretini 3 35656 Know Jealousy 17.22 .....................G Cleeve 4 85766 Homebush Ariel 17.42 ...........J T McInerney 5 33567 Rodriguez 17.10..................................A Lee 6 13382 Eyrewell Hawke 17.17.................... H Cairns 7 22538 Opawa Idol 17.35 L &......................... Wales 8 72213 Increasing 17.33 ............................. M Grant 9 76346 Goldstar Chyna 17.30 S & ..............B Evans 10 45276 Little Midnight 17.24 ...................D Stapleton 5 5.38pm BUSINESS TIME AT STUD STAKES C4, 520m 1 486x1 Andrea 30.34 ................................R Adcock 2 76763 Opulent 30.44 .................................J Tanner 3 84665 Opawa No Ear 30.18 L & ................... Wales 4 46365 Karen’s Magic 30.69 .....................R Adcock 5 76354 Opawa Amy 30.30 L & ....................... Wales

6 6x765 Jewel Eagle 30.42 S & ....................B Evans 7 11141 Ugo Flash 30.18 J & .......................D Fahey 8 57261 Flying Amelia 17.80 ...........................C Weir 9 56687 Homebush Chopper 30.06 .....J T McInerney 10 16678 Lonesome Nitro nwtd ...................M Roberts 6 5.58pm ROBBIE’S BAR & BISTRO STAYERS CUP HEAT 1 C2dq, 732m 1 14235 Extreme Twist nwtd .....................A Turnwald 2 44511 General Action nwtd S & .................B Evans 3 63348 Botany Kevin nwtd..................J T McInerney 4 11127 Shandell nwtd ........................... A Lawrence 5 53685 Know Ambition 43.72 .....................G Cleeve 6 3132T Unova Bale nwtd ..........................C Roberts 7 41646 Cawbourne Gracie nwtd ..............M Roberts 8 18175 Cawbourne Miami nwtd ...............M Roberts 9 73732 Stich Up nwtd S & ...........................B Evans 10 66885 Court The Belle nwtd L & ................... Wales 7 6.18pm ROBBIE’S BAR & BISTRO STAYERS CUP HEAT 2 C2dq, 732m 1 43751 Cawbourne Bright nwtd................M Roberts 2 76758 Cawbourne Alpha nwtd ................... M Grant 3 56544 Blushing Belle nwtd L & ..................... Wales 4 12516 Kinloch Power nwtd S & ..................B Evans 5 76513 Flying Twist nwtd .........................A Turnwald 6 65322 Know Class 43.79 ..........................G Cleeve 7 12363 Lagoon Mytye nwtd ......................C Roberts 8 32348 Teemaria nwtd........................... A Lawrence 9 73732 Stich Up nwtd S & ...........................B Evans 10 57647 Chill Out Ralph nwtd L & .................... Wales 8 6.47pm POWER FARMING CANTERBURY SPRINT

- NZME

M6 Otago gallops Today at Wingatui Raceway

Otago Racing Club’s meeting at Wingatui on June 25.

NZ Meeting number: 6. Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9.

1 11.17am (NZT) GOOD LUCK CASEY & MEGAN RST OPN STEEPLECHASE $20,000, RST OPN STP, 3200m 1 98233 McCulley dm (3) 69 .................... S Karnicnik 2 75335 Duminy m (4) 67 .......................... M Mitchell 3 x9145 Gargamel m (1) 66.5 .....................A Browne 4 x0062 Faites Vos Jeux t (2) 65................. E Farr (3) 5 3463P Jamie Lee 65 ............................... Scratched 6 03L45 Radinka 65 ................................... Scratched 2 11.47am NOEL WELSH MEMORIAL RST OPN HURDLE $15,000, RST OPN HDL, 2700m 1 6023F Supercharged tdm (2) 69 ............. M Mitchell 2 56525 Jachil h (6) 65 .......................R Cuneen (a3) 3 7x848 Indian Burt (4) 65 .......................... E Farr (3) 4 80770 Beacons m (1) 65..........................A Browne 5 x0767 Proximity m (3) 65 .......................D Miller (a) 6 7x170 Revenge m (5) 65 ...................... S Karnicnik 3 12.17pm MORNINGTON TAVERN RST OPN HUR-

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DLE $15,000, RST OPN HDL, 2700m 1 43322 Harry Hill tmh (3) 69 ..............R Cuneen (a3) 2 52396 Ishipal (2) 65 .................................A Browne 3 0x056 Irish Dude (4) 65 ........................... E Farr (3) 4 x6808 Lord Yarborough (1) 65 .............. S Karnicnik 5 7x094 Red Magic m (5) 65 ....................D Miller (a) 4 12.52pm DIANA-MARIE STRANG MEMORIALAMAT RDRS TROPHY R65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 4x579 Percy Possum (3) 71 ...............C Myers (am) 2 49744 Drumgold tbh (6) 68.5 .............J Laking (am) 3 22429 Google Me d (1) 68.5 ...Scotty MacNab (am) 4 5940x Enchanter tdh (5) 68 ....Sarah MacNab (am) 5 30930 Cairnsville dm (8) 67 .............. N Brown (am) 6 00x66 Nutinear mh (2) 67 ............. B Kennedy (am) 7 50x38 Contador dm (9) 66.5 ..............A Verrall (am) 8 8x085 Gild The Lily (7) 66.5 .........M Roustoby (am) 9 08x00 Ontario (4) 66.5 ......................... D Frye (am) 5 1.27pm LINDAUER MAIDEN MILE $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 84235 Kototama (11) 58.5 ............ D Prastiyou (a2)

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73354 Masterzed (2) 58.5 .................H Bennet (a4) 46402 Morgan Bet (1) 58.5 ..................R Black (a1) 0x6D Paw Patrol (3) 58.5 ............ C Johnson 70 Royal Chance h (9) 58.5 .................T Direen 0 Tony Two Chips h (12) 58.5 ....C Barnes (a1) 9x502 Galella h (4) 56.5 ..................... J Lowry (a3) 44583 Bridget Town (5) 56.5 ..............A McKay (a3) 0x404 Strictly Limited h (8) 56.5 ......R Cuneen (a2) x0669 En’joyour Lindauer h (10) 56.5B Murray (a3) 5x705 Perfect Secret (7) 56.5 ..............S Wynne (a) 0x67 Shush h (6) 56.5 ....................... S Muniandy 6 2.05pm THEO DITFORT MEMORIAL STAYERS RATING 65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2200m 1 08858 Croydon tdm (5) 59 .....................L Callaway 2 07053 Zenno Rolls Royce m (3) 58 ........T Moseley 3 52111 High Forty tmh (1) 57.5 ............ J Lowry (a3) 4 6x706 Macan (2) 57.5 .......................... S Muniandy 5 93492 Varvara (6) 57 ...........................R Black (a1) 6 060x7 Hailes Abbey m (7) 55.5..................T Direen 7 07795 Miss Citron td (4) 55.5................. C Johnson 7 2.37pm AAKLAND MAIDEN $7000, MDN 2YO&UP,

Waikato harness Today at Cambridge Raceway

Harness Racing Waikato’s meeting at Cambridge Raceway on June 25. NZ Meeting number: 5. Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9.

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■ RUGBY

In brief

Golden smiles for cup stars The New Zealand Under-20 rugby team returned home to a hero’s welcome after winning their fifth U-20 World Cup crown in Italy.

Some players then had to wait at Auckland Airport not knowing when they would be able to take connecting flights to their final destinations as a radar failure grounded all commercial flights for nearly two hours on Tuesday.

That did little to dampen celebrations, however.

It was New Zealand’s first win since 2011 and captain Atu Moli walked proudly into Auckland Airport with his teammates brandishing the World Cup trophy.

They beat England 21-16 in last weekend’s final and the celebrations were led by head coach Scott Robertson’s breakdancing routine on the field.

“It feels great and I’m pretty speechless,” said Moli. “It’s unbelievable and the celebrations were just crazy.”

Blues winger Tevita Li was the tournament’s top try scorer with six, including a spectacular hat-trick in the 45-7 semifinal win over France.

Li struggled domestically this year with a poor Blues team but he has excelled at U-20 level and his form has seen him nominated for World Rugby’s Junior Player of the Year.

“It feels awesome and it’s a dream come true,” said Li. “All the boys celebrated, as we do, and it was a great feeling to be celebrating with a trophy in our hand.

“All our coaches have been

■ Football Mid Canterbury Football June 27 Ground Change 10th Grade Methven vs Longbeach Spurs to now be played at Ashburton Domain on J1

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club June 27 Ladies Division Weekend Ladies. Rnd 2 Truman Trophy.

Report 8.45 am.

June 30 Mid-Week Ladies. Rnd 2 Truman Trophy. Draw Steward: Kathryn Green 3085393. Starters: L. Small & K. Green.

Please report 15 minutes before your tee off time. No. 1 Tee.10.00 D. Hinton, H. Robertson, E. Porter. 10.06 V. Moore, M. Watson, J. Leferink. 10.12 A. Hewson, H. Ward, E. Langford. 10.18 M. Urquhart, L. Small, J. Sheppard. 10.24 S. Elliott, K. Read, K. Green. No. 7 Tee. 10.18 L. Wackrow, H. Trott, J. Early. 10.24 R. Fail, R. Bennett. 10.30 A. Grant, J. Ackerley, F. Matsinger. No. 10 Tee. 10.00 W. Parr, J. Williams. 10.06 S. Lemon, J. McKeown, J. Dunlop. 10.12 C. Trott, A.

Saori Ariyoshi and Mizuho Sakaguchi scored to put defending champions Japan through to a quarter-final showdown with Australia by beating the Netherlands 2-1 at the Women’s World Cup. The Japanese controlled their last-16 game from the outset with defender Ariyoshi scoring her first goal for the “Nadeshiko” after 10 minutes and midfielder Sakaguchi getting the second after 78 minutes.

Kirsten Van de Ven headed in a consolation goal for the 12thranked Dutch two minutes into injury time, helped by an error from Japanese goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori, who let the ball slip through her grasp.

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NBA has TV fans

Captain Atu Moli proudly carries the Under-20 World Cup rugby trophy (above) at Auckland Airport.

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awesome and to see them come out and be part of the boys and the team is awesome.”

New Zealand topped Pool C with three wins from three over Ireland, Scotland and Argentina before their semi-final demolition of France.

Holders England were tough opponents in the final and the Kiwis had to recover from being 10-3 down in the first half.

Robertson was critical of his

young team’s starts throughout the tournament but tries from Vince Aso and Akira Ioane led the fightback to see them win the title.

New Zealand Rugby can now focus on preparations for the Rugby World Cup in England in September.

There’s no doubt some players will have made themselves known to All Blacks head coach Steve Hansen before the tour-

nament.

“Everyone’s got their own ambitions but for now I just want to see family,” said Moli.

“We’ve been away for a month but now all the boys are just ready to chill and reassess things.”

Li added: “There are a lot of good players in our team and I’m sure everyone wants to push on to bigger and better things.”

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Starters am B Collins, pm J Beardsley, D Boon. Cards B Collins June 30 Women’s Division 2nd Kirsty Trophy 2nd Standfast Trophy (Match play) No1 10.00 J Undy L. McClea S. Gutsell 10.05 C. Linney J. Bruhns V. Cartney 10.10 K. McAuliffe D. Wellman H. Argyle 10.15 T. Clarke S. Vucetich L. Bird D. Mitchell No4 10.00 D. Lowe L. Glassey I. Divers 10.05 J. vander Heide D. Sharplin D. King No 10 10.00 M. Bennett B. Harris P. Ellis 10.05 J. Smith B. Cochrane V. Hampton 10.10 P. Smith M. Colville M. Smith 10.15 P. Bell M. Moore B. Jackson No 13 10.00 A. Dwan P. McAndrew V. Prendergast 10.05 D. Bell C. Shanks B. O’Neill 10.10 M. Kennedy R. Kinvig P. Bishop 9 Holes Match Play Please report to office with cards for draw to be done.

Starters K. McAuliffe T. Clarke; Cards J. Undy L. McClea; Tea duty S. Gutsell P. McAndrew; Draw Steward J. Bruhns

Women’s Section 2nd Rd Tucker Salver Deidre Simmons - 73, Heather Robertson – 75, W. Parr - 75, Marylou Watson – 76, Alison Grant – 76,Jenny Williams – 77, Nearest The Pins: No 4 Gabites: Hilary Ward, No 8 House of Travel Ashburton: Catherine Bell, No 12 Lynn Small’s Salon: Shirley Elliott, No14 Todds of Ashburton: Jacqui Welch. No18 2nd shot to Green: Judy Sheppard Twos: Hilary Ward – No 14

SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS DRAWS

Japan meets Matildas

Hunt, B. Cameron. 10.18 F. Williamson, J. McArthur, B. Watkins. 10.24 J. Welch, M. Bean, W. Carter.

Nine Hole Men & Women. Thursday, 2 July 2015. Rnd 3 medal-stroke. Report 9.45 am. Convenors: Ann Fleming 3084005 & Joy Nicholas 3086464.

All women players are welcome to join weekend ladies. Club Captain: Jenny Williams 3082081.

Tinwald Golf Club June 27 1st round of the RSA Trophy and Cup. Morning players will have a clubhouse draw for an 8am start. Players are asked to report 15 minutes prior to tee off times. Non-qualifiers will play a bisque par.

No 1 Tee. 12.30, J Smitheram, v B Collins, C Whiting, v A Pierce. 12.36, W Eddington, v P Hefford, D Osborn, v G Rennie. 12.42, D Busch, v A Millar, R Bruce, v S Kennedy. 12.48, W Smith, v B Smith, U Makaro, v M Thomas. 12.54, J Beardsley, J VanderHeide. No 10 Tee. 12.30, N Rayner, v L Jackson, Des Green, v T Reynolds. 12.36, D Rush, v D Gill, R Wards, v P Marshall. 12.42, B Peddie, v Justin Smith, S Kircher, T Clarke .No 13 Tee. 12.30, R Harris, K Bishop, C Miller, K Bonnington .12.36, E Tulip, No 7 Tee. 12.36, S Anderson, O Everest, D Allan, A Lilley The following players have a bye in the 1st round of the RSA Cup S Kircher, T Clarke, S Munro.

RESULTS ■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club June 20 and 23

Tinwald Golf Club June 23 Woman’s Division Medal Silver Leen Bell net 72 Bronze 1 Ruth Kinvig net 76 Bronze 2 Maree Moore net 79 Bronze 3 Val Cartney net 80 Nearest the Pins No 2 Dairy Business Centre Helen Argyle No 6 Stables Restaurant Joan Undy No 12 Mac&Maggies Helen Argyle No 16 Outdoor Adventure Sue Gutsell Two’s Di Lowe 9 Hole Competition Cath Carr 36 Nancy Costin 37

■ Shooting Seafield Rifle Club June 22 R. Hewitt 98.7, 98.2, C. Rickard 88.1, 96.5, N. Martin 90.1, 93.1, 98.4, J. Duncan 92.3, 87.1, P. Wilson 86.1, 85.3.

The showdown between Stephen Curry and LeBron James proved to be the most popular NBA Finals on television since Michael Jordon was winning his sixth championship back in 1998. The Nielsen company said the sixgame series won by the Warriors averaged just under 19.9 million viewers. It didn’t come close to the average of 29 million people who watched Jordan’s last stand but, then again, nothing has. The Warriors’ clinching game last week had more than 23 million viewers.

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Schleck out of tour Frank Schleck will not compete in the Tour de France because of a knee injury. Schleck, a top-five tour finisher three times, has chronic inflammation in his right knee following a crash at LiegeBastogne-Liege in April. Schleck, of Luxembourg, said: “This is a big disappointment for me, of course, but it had been in the air for a while now.” Schleck, the older brother of 2010 Tour winner Andy Schleck, will observe a two-week recovery, and hopes to be able to compete in the Spanish Vuelta in August. The Tour de France starts in Utrecht, Netherlands, on July 4.

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Brumbie keep it light The Brumbies will limit themselves to just one full day of training ahead of Saturday’s Super Rugby semi-final against the Hurricanes in a bid to prevent any fatigue. The Canberra-based club arrived home from Cape Town late on Monday following their win over the Stormers, and today will fly out to Wellington. “We’ll travel tomorrow, have a captain’s run on Friday and hit the ground running on Saturday,” prop Scott Sio, playing his 50th match this weekend, said.

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Nightingale: No Jason Nightingale was offered a contract to join the Warriors but a desire to remain a one-club player convinced him to stick with the Dragons. A meeting between the 25-test Kiwis winger and Warriors management in Auckland two weeks ago had many wondering if Nightingale would be the latest New Zealand test player to return home for 2016, following the twin signings of Roosters fullback Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and Rabbitohs hooker Issac Luke.

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■ NETBALL

Rakaia A (above) will face off against Methven B during tonight’s ACL Senior A netball clash.

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Rakaia keeps one eye on promotion opportunity

By Caitlin Porter

Caitlin.p@theguardian.Co.nz

Senior A netball team Rakaia A have had a stellar season so far and if they continue their winning ways they could find themselves promoted to premier grade.

The team will this week come up against Methven B for the final game of round two, but next week will be the real challenge when they face off in a promotion/relegation game that could potentially result in their ad-

vancement to premier grade.

Rakaia coach Mandy Hurst said she was pleased with how her team had been performing so far this season but they were taking it one game at a time.

“The team are really going well, they’re chugging along as a team and are getting better every week,” Hurst said.

Tonight’s game is at the forefront of the team’s mind, she said, and everyone is looking forward to it.

“We don’t take any game

lightly, that is our first hurdle.”

Team captain Brans Surridge said she too was feeling confident for this week’s game.

“We’ve got all of our team there so that’s great,” she said.

When that game is done and dusted it will be time to focus on the match that could potentially result in their promotion.

It looks likely the team will face off against College B, who currently sit at the bottom of premier netball’s points table.

“If the girls happen to win

the relegation game it will be a real step up in competition, and it certainly is a disadvantage not having that really strong competition each week,” Hurst said.

Rakaia and College have faced off before, in the early stages of round one, with College managing to clinch the win.

Regardless of next week’s outcome, Hurst said she was happy with how her team had performed so far.

“I’m really proud of the girls for getting themselves in this

position, they’re giving themselves a chance to get up there.”

In the other senior A games, College Y9A take on Collegiate and Hampstead B face off against Celtic B. In premier it will an out-andout top-of-the-table clash for College A and Methven who come up against one another in the late round.

Also in the late round, Hampstead A play College B and in the early game United square off against Celtic.

College, Methven in top teams clash

By Caitlin Porter

Caitlin.p@theguardian.Co.nz

A true top-of-the-table clash takes place tonight, when College A meet Methven for the final game of premier netball’s second round.

The two teams sit on 12 points after winning their past three games, but both missed out on a chance to collect more points last week after games were called off because of snow.

However this week it’s all on, and Methven coach Maree

Macphail said her team are raring to go.

“We are obviously really looking forward to the competition against College, we have been thinking about snow and things like that though,” Macphail said.

Losing out on a game last week was unfortunate, but the team understood that safety on the roads was paramount, she said. “We were looking forward to the Celtic game to give us a good run before College but snow affected that.”

While her team are excited, there is also an element of anxiety; everyone just needed to make their way into Ashburton.

“We know there will be a lot of supporters there for both and a lot of noise going on, so it will be a good top-of-the-table clash.”

College A coach Angela Mitchell agreed, her team also looking forward to battling it out on the court tonight.

Mitchell said she was proud of how her team continued to

strive to be better each game and she praised their mind set.

The College team play two games of netball each week, one on a Thursday in the local premier competition and another the day before as part of the Canterbury secondary schools’ SuperNet competition.

“We play game by game, and they’ve been really good at being able to do that and turn around and play the next day. They have worked really hard on their recovery between games.”

Last week’s snowed off game was a timely breather for the team, she said, but this week it’s all go.

“It will be great to see where both sides are at since it’s been a while since we had that last really intense game against them.”

College and Methven have faced off once before, the two teams battling it out in the first indoor premier netball match at the EA Networks Centre stadium last month. It went College’s way 29-26.

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www.guardianonline.co.nz CRYPTIC ACROSS 1. Happy communal outlook Tories, say, take with whisky (5,6) 7. Double act that sets me back before two (7) 9. Is it fit to be sunk? (4) 11. Line on board is given a classical form (5) 12. Save, one will leave it out (6) 14. About a son being taken in by board for being treacherous (11) 18. For some years a rotter has been in the river (6) 20. Five hundred are on the ice: one can take it in (5) 22. Particles charged so in the confusion (4) 23. Once again be uncertain of inner last retreat (7) 24. Henry had Don upset by this mark of manual labour DOWN (5-6) 2. Judge how Academician will get up to something snappy (7) 3. It may be drawn with the runners (4) 4. Girl who will escape from fire, nearly (5) 5. Tares donned by a lady bereft (5) 6. Loud, plucky old thing be blowed! (5) 8. Brassards giving the orchestra guns (8) 10. Deep and, around ten, it grew (8)

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DOWN 1. Funeral vehicle (6) 2. Bundle of grain stalks (5) 3. Area in a house (4) 4. Excessively (6) 5. Madness (8) 6. Genuine (7) 7. Scabbard (6) 12. Large wine bottle (8) 14. Type of rice (7) 16. Limp (6) 17. Fertile (6) 18. Attractive (6) 21. Wipe out (5) 22. Thought (4)

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YOUR STARS

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) Mars teams up with the Sun in your home and family sector, with his first visit in 4 years bringing a chance to make things happen.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) The sledgehammer you have been attacking glass ceilings with is replaced by a scalpel, with Mercury and his smart head for money taking over from here.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) Mars’ return to your income sector brings you to some of the most potentially lucrative income weeks in 2 years.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) It’s Mars’ return to your sign today that suddenly brings a flood of energy, passion and warrior energy surging through your system.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) While over the coming days and weeks it may feel like you’re running on empty, there is a genuine need to slow down.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) As Mars, warrior planet of the cosmos leaves your career sector hold onto the professional passions and fighting spirit he leaves you with.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) Holding onto a sense of adventure as things come together professionally could be a challenge, but is vitally important.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) While you’ll need to keep your money hat on for a while longer the focus shifts to a more strategic one, keep your head in the game.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) You are at a point where if you don’t know by now what you want from your relationships and what they need from you, you never will. CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) With your professional instincts sharp you’re able to see that not only have work matters far from run their course, but just how much support there is.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) Mars’ return to your work sector is set to see work matters take off, kicking off the busiest weeks of 2015 and the most potentially opportune.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 21) Just days after the Sun shifted the solar focus onto matters of the heart Mars returns to fuel your romantic and creative passions.

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DEKKER, Marinus – McCLOY, Lawrie – On June 24, 2015 at Taken too soon, 16 years Ashburton. Loved husband of ago. the late Zena. Father of Leen, We thought about you and Peter. Grandfather of with love today.

Michael, Georgina, and But that is nothing new.

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6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 Featuring special guest Christoph Waltz. 0 11am Renovation Game 3 A team of up-and-coming builders and designers puts their fees on the line if they fail to raise a property’s value. 0 Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Kerry and Ruby remain positive; Adam is uncertain; Jimmy wonders if he has done the right thing. 0 1:30 Coronation Street 3 0 2pm Come Dine With Me 3 0 3pm Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Britain’s Got Talent The semi-finalists must win over both the judges and the British public. At 9:30pm, the results show. 0 9pm Word Up PGR Jaquie Brown hosts a Kiwi comedy quiz show with a difference. 0 9:30 Britain’s Got Talent 0 10pm Upper Middle Bogan AO 0 10:35 One News Tonight 0

6am Creflo Dollar Ministries 6:30 Tiki Tour 3 0 6:50 The Looney Tunes Show 3 0 7:20 Robot And Monster 3 0 7:45 The League Of Super Evil 0 8:15 Jungle Junction 3 0 8:40 Handy Manny 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon Two And A Half Men 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle PGR 1:30 The Speakmans 0 2:35 F The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3:30 Looped 0 4pm Mako Mermaids 3 0 4:30 The 4:30 Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR Alex makes a brave stand; Bella is affected by a family secret; is Vinnie losing the Nicole he knows and loves? 0 7:30 Police Ten 7 0 8pm Car Crash TV 0 8:30 The Undateables AO 0 9:35 Marvel’s Agents Of Shield AO 0 10:30 Police Ten 7 3 0

6am Paul Henry 9am Infomercials 10:30 The Bold And The Beautiful PGR Having Bill right where she wants him, Quinn urges Wyatt to arrive at Spencer Publications as fast as he can.

11am Rachael Ray Rachael gets into the spirit of St Patrick’s Day with green foods that are fun for the whole family.

Noon 3 News 12:30 Baggage PGR 3 1pm Dr Phil AO 2pm The Ricki Lake Show PGR 3pm The Real Housewives Of New Jersey PGR 4pm Million Dollar Minute 3 4:30 Bondi Vet 3 0 5pm Entertainment Tonight 5:30 The Simpsons 3 0 6pm 3 News 7pm Come Dine With Me New Zealand PGR 0 7:30 Grand Designs Revisited PGR Grand Designs Revisited follows designer and writer Kevin McCloud as he revisits projects undertaken in the series Grand Designs. 0 8:30 Lost And Found 0 9:30 Botched Up Bodies AO 0 10:30 Newsworthy

11:05 Happy Families AO As family dynamics and the traditional role of the father change, three fathers ask what it means to be a father today. 0 12:10 24 Hours In A&E AO 3 1:10 Te Karere 3 2 0 1:35 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2 0

11:05 The Originals Midnight Orange Is The New Black AO 1:05 Cops Uncut AO 0 1:35 Infomercials 2:35 Make It Or Break It 3 0 3:25 Twisted PGR 3 4:15 Ellen 3 4:40 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11pm Golf World A look at the 11:35 Entertainment Tonight world’s exclusive golfing destinations Midnight Infomercials and biggest golfing personalities.

11:30 Blue Bloods AO 3 0 12:30 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 All 4 Adventure – Across The Top 7:30 My Dream Home 8:30 Great Elephant Gathering 9:30 The Cook And The Chef 10am Trish’s Mediterranean Kitchen 10:30 Holmes Makes It Right 11:30 Auction Kings Noon Our Guy In India 1pm Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle 2pm All 4 Adventure – Across The Top 3pm My Dream Home 4pm Love Nature – Birds Without Borders 5pm Kylie Kwong – My China 5:30 Shane Delia’s Spice Journey 6pm Kirstie’s Best Of Both Worlds 7pm The Liquidator 7:30 Paul And Nick’s Big American Food Trip The duo embarks on a journey along the east coast of the United States to trace the historical influence of Ulster Scots food on America today.

8pm Cheese Slices 8:40 Italian Food Safari 9:10 Made In Italy With Silvia Colloca 9:40 The London Markets 10:40 The Liquidator 11pm Kylie Kwong – My China 11:30 Shane Delia’s Spice Journey

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Midnight What’s Really In Our Food? 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am My Dream Home 2am Love Nature – Birds Without Borders 3am Kirstie’s Best Of Both Worlds 4am Paul And Nick’s Big American Food Trip 4:30 Cheese Slices 5am The London Markets

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Fairly Odd Parents 3 8am As Told By Ginger 3 8:40 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 8:50 Peppa Pig 3 9am Bob The Builder 3 9:10 Thomas And Friends 3 9:20 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 3 9:30 Barney And Friends 3 9:55 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:35 Drake And Josh 3 5:05 Punk’d 3 5:30 Life’s Funniest Moments 6pm Malcolm In The Middle 3 0 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3 0 7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 0 7:30 Family Guy AO 3 8pm Bob’s Burgers PGR 3 8:30 M Pitch Black AO 3 2000 Sci-fi.

A group of marooned space travellers must survive in a seemingly lifeless, sunscorched world.

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6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 3 2pm Back Benches PGR 3 Wallace Chapman and Damian Christie discuss political issues of the week.

3pm Storage Wars – New York PGR 3 Border lines are drawn in the Jersey sand as the New Yorkers set out to to harvest cash from the Garden State.

3:30 The Late Show With David Letterman 3 4:30 Hot Bench Judge Judy and other judges exchange debate before reaching a verdict.

5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country 3 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 60 Minutes PGR 3 8:30 Death In Paradise PGR A surf teacher has been killed in what looks like a robbery gone wrong, but, with no signs of breaking and entering, Humphrey and his team must second guess the motive.

9:40 Reign PGR 10:35 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR

6am Crash 6:30 #SkySpeed 7am Rugby – The Breakdown 8am Skateboarding – Dew Tour (Replay) Skate and BMX – Part Three.

From the Grant Park Skate Plaza in Chicago.

10am Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Highlights) Darwin – Race 15.

10:30 Inside Supercars 11:30 AFL Weekly Highlights Round 12.

12:30 UFC – Ultimate Insider 1pm Fight Night 3pm The Ultimate Fighter 4pm Rugby Nation 5pm Small Blacks TV 5:15 Random Rugby TV 5:30 Rugby – First XV Revision 6:30 Rugby – The Breakdown 7:30 Grassroots Rugby 8:30 #SkySpeed With Greg Murphy and Stephen McIvor.

9pm InCycle 9:30 Motorsport – British Superbike Championship (Highlights) Snetterton 300.

10:30 Motorsport – Superbike World Championship (Highlights) Riviera di Rimini – Round Eight.

11:35 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

12:05 Home Shopping 1:35 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2:05 Home Shopping

11:30 Motorsport – FIA Formula One Championship (Highlights) Austrian Grand Prix.

Midnight Rugby – First XV Revision 1am Grassroots Rugby 2am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) 4am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay)

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Team Umizoomi 3 7:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 8am Pukana 3 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Unsung Heroes Of Maori Music 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Ako 3 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3 3:30 Pukoro 3 2 4pm Team Umizoomi 3 4:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2

THE BOX 6am Law And Order MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Lizard Lick Towing PG 7:40 Counting Cars PG 8:05 Hardcore Pawn – Behind The Deal PGL 8:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 9:20 The Glades MV 10:10 CSI – New York MV 11am Counting Cars PG 11:25 NCIS MV 12:15 NCIS – LA MV 1:05 Pawn Stars PG 1:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 2:20 Law And Order MV 3:10 The Amazing Race PG 4pm The Simpsons PG 4:30 Parking Wars PGL 5pm Lizard Lick Towing PG 5:30 CSI – Miami MV 6:30 Pawn Stars PG 7pm Lizard Lick Towing PG 7:30 CSI – New York MV 8:30 Bosch MVL 9:30 The Musketeers MVLS 10:35 The Glades MV 11:30 CSI – New York MV

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12:25 The Amazing Race PG 1:15 Parking Wars PGL 1:40 Law And Order MV 2:30 The Glades MV 3:20 The Simpsons PG 3:45 Bosch MVL 4:40 The Musketeers MVLS 5:35 Pawn Stars PG

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SKY SPORT 2 5pm Swagger 5:30 Te Kaea 3 2 6pm He Pou Korero – Tu Pou Tangata 6:30 Ako 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Te Matatini 2 8pm Get Your Fish On PGR 8:30 Code 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO 10pm Kia Ora Mo Te Reta AO 10:30 Whawhai PGR 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Dukes Of Haggle M Stakin’ the Bacon. 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG Sea Tested. 7:30 Insane Pools – Off The Deep End PG Paradise On the Bay. 8:30 MythBusters PG 9:30 Auction Hunters PG The Chicago Grand Slam. 10am Auction Hunters PG Top Gun Ton. 10:30 Treehouse Masters PG 11:30 Diabolical M Shattered. 12:30 Tabloid M Catch Me if You Can. 1:30 I’d Kill For You M Mother of All Murders. 2:30 How It’s Made PG 3pm How It’s Made PG 3:30 Auction Hunters PG Blazing Saddles. 4pm Auction Hunters PG Party Gras. 4:30 Gold Rush PG Day of Reckoning. 5:30 Running Wild With Bear Grylls M 6:30 Naked And Afraid M 7:30 Naked And Afraid M 8:30 Bear Grylls – Breaking Point M 9:30 Naked And Afraid M 10:30 Bear’s Wild Weekend With Stephen Fry M 11:30 Deadline – Crime With Tamron Hall M

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12:30 Nightmare Next Door M 1:30 Evil, I M 2am Evil, I M 2:30 Dukes Of Haggle M 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Ice Cold Gold PG 5am Dirty Jobs PG

Shortland Street 7pm on TV2

MOVIES PREMIERE 7:25 Non-Stop MVL 2014 Thriller.

Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore.

9:10 Freezer 16VL 2013 Thriller.

Dylan McDermott, Peter Facinelli.

10:35 Inside 16VC 2012 Horror.

Luke Goss, Paul Rae. Noon Kid Cannabis 16VLSC 2014 Comedy. Jonathan Daniel Brown, Ron Perlman.

1:50 Citizen Gangster MVL 2011 Crime. Scott Speedman, Kelly Reilly.

3:35 Non-Stop MVL 2014 Thriller.

Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore.

5:20 RIPD MV 2013 Action.

Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges.

6:55 Reach Me MVL 2014 Drama.

Sylvester Stallone, Kyra Sedgwick.

8:30 Hercules MVLS 2014 Action.

Dwayne Johnson, Ian McShane.

10:10 Bad Blood 16VLSC 2013 Drama. Abigail Breslin, Sean Bean.

11:40 Oldboy 18V 2013 Drama.

Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen.

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1:25 Close Up – Mathew McConaughey PG 2:55 Reach Me MVL 2014 Drama. Sylvester Stallone, Kyra Sedgwick. 3:30 Oldboy 18V 2013 Drama. Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen. 5:15 RIPD MV 2013 Action. Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges.

7:05 Biography – Queen Latifah PG 2007 Documentary. 7:55 Alien v Predator MV 2004 Horror.

Lance Henriksen, Sanaa Lathan.

9:35 17 Again PGS 2009 Comedy.

Zac Efron. 11:15 Training Day 18VL 2001 Action Thriller.

Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke.

1:15 The Upside Of Anger MLS 2005 Drama. Joan Allen, Kevin Costner. 3:10 Garden State 16LS 2004 Romantic Comedy.

Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm. 4:50 GI Jane MVL 1997 Action Drama. Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft, Scott Wilson. 6:55 Evan Almighty PGL 2007 Comedy. Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham.

8:30 Defiance MVL 2008 Drama.

Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell. 10:50 Step Brothers 16LS 2008 Comedy. Will Ferrell, John C Reilly.

6am Football – Fifa U20 World Cup (Highlights) Final – Brazil v Serbia. 6:30 Sky Sport Select 7am NRL 360 8am Sterlo – On The Couch 9am Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Titans v Warriors.

9:30 The After Match 10am Golf World 10:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Round 15, Saturday.

11am Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Round 15, Sunday.

11:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Dragons v Roosters.

Noon Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Bulldogs v Panthers.

2pm Rugby – The Breakdown 3pm Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Qualifier One – Highlanders v Chiefs.

3:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Qualifier Two – Stormers v Brumbies.

4pm #SkySpeed With Greg Murphy and Stephen McIvor. 4:30 NRL 360 5:30 Sterlo – On The Couch 6:30 Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Castleford Tigers v St Helens.

7pm Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Hull KR v Warrington Wolves.

7:30 Super League – Boots ’n’ All 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 Big Weekend With Matty Johns 10:30 NRL Footy Show

12:30 Boogie Nights 18VLS 1997 Drama. Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore. 3:05 Garden State 16LS 2004 Romantic Comedy.

Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm. 4:45 The Upside Of Anger MLS 2005 Drama.

1am Super League – Boots ’n’ All 2am Big Weekend With Matty Johns 3am UFC – Ultimate Insider 3:25 Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Titans v Warriors. 5:25 The After Match 5:55 Super League – Boots ’n’ All

Death in Paradise 8:30pm on Prime

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England’s Mark Wood (centre) celebrates with teammates after bowling New Zealand’s Mitchell Santner for 9 during the International Twenty20 cricket match between England and New Zealand at Old Trafford yesterday.

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Hesson ponders tweaks

BY ANDREW ALDERSON When coach Mike Hesson says New Zealand’s Twenty20 loss yesterday “was a very poor finish”, expect the side’s approach to undergo the cricketing equivalent of laparoscopic surgery ahead of next year’s World T20 in India.

The 56-run defeat to England might be a one-off – the effect of having some tired tourists who have batted, bowled and fielded for the best part of nine months – but the loss of five wickets for four runs in 1.5 overs to end their chase for 192 was nothing short of a capitulation.

The middle order were chief culprits in the wider demise.

Colin Munro had a second ball hoick across the line on one, Luke Ronchi attempted a fourth ball ramp on five, Tim Southee had a laissez-faire slap to midoff first ball and Nathan McCullum paddled to a waiting fielder on three off nine.

All were awkward shots that let down New Zealand’s cause.

Kane Williamson marched on playing conventional strokes until he was run out for 57 off 37.

There must be concerns the team, despite the top seven’s consistency in all formats across the last 19 months, is too reliant on Williamson and, to a lesser extent, Ross Taylor to deliver a platform for victory.

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Details and personnel will likely be assessed as a result with a limited overs tour to Zimbabwe and South Africa set for August, and the latest batch of annual contracts out next week.

“To get to a position of 104 required off 12 overs with eight wickets in hand we were going along quite nicely,” Hesson said. “[Afterwards] some amateur shots would be the nicest way to put it. England adapted well with the ball and we weren’t able to front up.

“England also put us under pressure all series with the bat.

At no stage did they regroup and take stock to create a partnership. They kept coming hard.

At times that played into our

hands but, on many occasions it didn’t, and they got away on us.”

Captain Brendon McCullum, who made 35 off 15, concurred.

“Some of our batting was pretty amateurish. We got ourselves in a good position and should have chased down the total. Our application when we needed it wasn’t quite right.”

Hesson believed the overall tour, which resulted in a tied test series 1-1, a ODI defeat 3-2 and T20 loss, earned a pass mark.

“It’s difficult when you finish with such a poor last hour, It leaves a sour taste but there were good things on tour. We had new players which we wanted to introduce.”

Hesson singled out Mitchell

Santner as one. The 23-year-old was the best of the New Zealand bowlers yesterday with two for 28 from his allotment, which included opening from the Pavilion end.

He also impressed throughout the ODI series. Dropping a skyer off Jonny Bairstow in the deciding ODI was his only obvious glitch.

“Mitch came on tour as a batting all-rounder. I don’t think we saw quite enough of him, but he’s got a lot to offer. The more [international] cricket we get into him the better, especially with the bat. We didn’t quite see enough of him. ” He reserved his highest praise for Williamson.

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