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Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay (left) and arts supporter Russell Anstiss in front of a work by Philip Trusttum.

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Art gallery comes alive

BY DAISY HUDSON

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After months of frustrating delays, Mid Cantabrians can finally enjoy their new multi-million dollar art gallery.

Hundreds of people gathered at the Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre on Saturday afternoon for the grand opening of the gallery.

The crowd was so large that

many guests were relegated to the foyer downstairs for the duration of the ceremony, although the speeches were broadcast over the building’s sound system.

It was an emotional occasion for those who had been involved in the project, with curator Shirin Khosraviani tearing up as she spoke at the ceremony.

Ms Khosraviani thanked everybody involved in the project,

joking that they’d finally made it to the finish line.

It has been a long and at times controversial road to get the galley open to the public.

The old gallery closed its doors on May 2 last year, and many expected the new site to be open for business three months later.

However delays with the commissioning of the new building and faults with the gallery’s air

conditioning system saw the gallery walls bare when the building officially opened in February.

“Our experiences have solidified my unwavering belief that art and the freedom of expression is always worth fighting for,” Ms Khosraviani told the crowd.

“We are the custodians and caretakers of this community’s artistic treasures, and nothing

gives me more pleasure than to see the walls of this new facility pulsating with works of art.”

Ashburton Art Gallery Committee president Bernard Davidson acknowledged the work of everyone involved in the process, from builders to council members.

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Witherspoon to spread a little fairy dust Reese Witherspoon (left) has signed on to portray Peter Pan’s fairy pal Tinkerbell in a new live-action Disney movie. The actress will also produce Tink, according to The Hollywood Reporter, and Victoria Strouse, who wrote the script for Pixar’s upcoming Finding Nemo sequel, Finding Dory, is crafting the film’s story for a yet-to-be named director. Witherspoon won’t be the first Hollywood superstar to take on the fairy character - Julia Roberts played Tinkerbell opposite Robin Williams in 1991’s Hook.

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Reality show offers Nazi experience A new reality show in the Czech Republic has let a family of seven experience what it was like living under Nazi occupation during World War Two. The Czech public broadcaster said the family members, chosen from 400 applicants, were brought back in time to March 15, 1939 - the day Hitler’s troops took over the country. They were taken to a farm in the mountains in eastern Czech Republic, where they were filmed as they were forced to confront everyday realities of the occupation, such as hunger, persecution and Gestapo raids. The goal was to show what common people had to get through at the time and historians made sure their experience was authentic.

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Guy ‘pumped’ with fifth at Eurovision After finishing an impressive fifth in Australia’s debut Eurovision competition, Guy Sebastian (below) has been singled out for high praise from winner Mans Zelmerlow from Sweden. “Australia was definitely my favourite,” Zelmerlow said afterwards. “It was a great song and it’s already a huge hit in Sweden.” Some were sceptical about Australia being given a wild card to enter Europe’s favourite song contest but Sebastian rocked Vienna with his catchy pop tune Tonight Again. Zelmerlow’s song Heroes, the clear favourite, won the 60th Eurovision Song Contest at the Stadthalle arena yesterday ahead of Russia and Italy.

Belgium was fourth. Sebastian was “pumped” with fifth.

“We were hoping to just not finish last because that would be a bit embarrassing,” the 33-yearold said after cancelling a scheduled appearance for the wider Australian media to spend time with family and friends. “Top 10 we thought would be amazing so to go top five we are pumped.

Obviously we’ve got no neighbourly relations or anything (in Europe) that are giving us props (votes) but we got so much support over here.” The ARIA winner admitted that performing on such a huge stage - the global TV audience was 200 million - was nerveracking.

John Key’s shirtless snap Russia had a shirtless President on horseback, Australia had Tony Abbott in budgie smugglers, and now the Prime Minister has added to the catalogue with a poolside shirtless snap. John Key’s son Max Key posted an Instagram ‘selfie’ shot of himself and Mr Key apparently enjoying a late autumn swim beside the family’s swimming pool with the Prime Minister’s upper shoulder and chest on display.

It quickly did the rounds on social media – many made references to Russia President Vladimir Putin’s famous shirtless photos while on horseback and fishing. Some objected to the glimpse of Prime Minister’s chest, while others said Mr Key was clearly enjoying family time and criticised those spreading the photo.

There were also the inevitable references to Mr Key’s hair-pulling predilections.

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A rugby rarity A rugby rarity took place in Hamilton, after a scoreless draw was played out in a game featuring two Mid Canterbury representatives Saturday. Fraser Tech, which features 2014 Hammers centre Dwayne Burrows and halfback Jake Ashby, and Te Awamatu Sports slogged it out on a muddy Mill Street ground, with the rainy conditions playing a key part in keeping the premier game bereft of points throughout. Both sides came into the contest averaging a tidy 22 points per contest, but the cleaners were left in more demand than the scorekeeper as Tech’s white and blue strip turned to a shade of brown very early in the contest.

The scoreless nature of the contest didn’t stop the Te Awamatu Sports website claiming it was an “engrossing 80 minutes of rugby”. The game joins the likes of the 1964 All Blacks v Scotland clash in the archives of games to have ended scoreless.

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■ LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE

Concern about local economy

By Daisy HuDson

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Grant Robertson

Labour’s finance spokesman says he is “hugely concerned” about the effect of low dairy payouts on Mid Canterbury’s economy.

Grant Robertson has warned against becoming complacent about the significance of dairying on the local economy, and he is calling for more diverse industries in the district.

Mr Robertson was in Ashburton yesterday for the Labour Party’s regional conference, where he addressed party delegates and fellow MPs. In an interview before his speech he discussed his concern

for Mid Canterbury farmers who are struggling with falling dairy prices.

Dairy prices fell for the fifth straight time last week, dropping to their lowest level since 2009.

When Finance Minister Bill English visited Ashburton for the National Party Mainland Conference two weeks ago, he said Mid Canterbury’s economy was diverse enough to withstand the dairy downturn and well placed for future growth.

However Mr Robertson said the falling prices equated to about $7 billion that would not be going into regional economies.

“We’re talking about tens

of millions of dollars out of a community like Ashburton,” he said.

“That’s really hard work for those farmers who are facing that, and who perhaps already have high levels of debt and who are really going to be on the back foot.”

While he believed dairying and the primary sector would always be critical to New Zealand’s economy, he believed Mid Canterbury needed to diversify its economy to ensure it could survive periods of instability in the sector.

“What I’d like to see for Mid Canterbury is that we get that dairy sector and say “how do we add value to this?”,” he said.

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“I’m always optimistic for the Mid Canterbury economy, it’s a thriving place, but the big risk here is complacency.”

His visit to Mid Canterbury followed Finance Minister Bill English’s announcement of Budget 2015 on Thursday.

Mr Robertson has slammed the Budget for what he says is a complete lack of a plan to help grow regional economies.

He believed regions such as Mid Canterbury were feeling neglected by the government.

“There’s so much potential, so many people with great ideas, talent, commitment, but they don’t feel that they’re being backed by the government,” he said.

Firefighters conquer Sky Tower

By Daisy HuDson

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Former Ashburton art gallery curator Kathryn Mitchell, Joan Wilkinson, the longest serving member of the Ashburton Art Gallery Committee, patron Richard Conway, volunteer and former Jub Jub member Diana Barbu, and Jub Jub Club members Luke Rhodes and Maggie Moore cut the ribbon at the opening of Ashburton’s new art gallery on Saturday.

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Ashburton art gallery open at last From p1 “We’ve all been on a two-year journey, and the first part of that journey ends today with the opening of our gallery,” he told the crowd.

“The second part of that journey starts today and there is no looking back, we make that commitment to look for-

ward, to make art an important part of people.”

As the speeches concluded, five very special guests had the honour of cutting the ceremonial ribbon.

Joan Wilkinson, the longest serving member of the Ashburton Art Gallery Committee, was joined by patron Richard Conway, Jub Jub Club members

Maggie Moore and Luke Rhodes, and volunteer and former Jub Jub Club member Diana Barbu.

A loud cheer echoed through the gallery as the ribbon was cut and the first guests headed inside to check out the exhibitions.

Artists Philip Trusttum, Tara Douglas and David El-

liot were the first to have their works displayed on the gallery walls, while New Zealand tape artists Struan Ashby and Erica Duthie created a live exhibition.

Illustrator and author Mr Elliot also performed a reading of his story The Great Bridge Brouhaha, which was commissioned by the art gallery committee.

Ten Mid Canterbury firefighters have returned home for a well-deserved rest after conquering Auckland’s Sky Tower.

Eight firefighters from Rakaia, one from Methven and one from Ashburton took on the daunting task of climbing 1103 steps wearing full firefighting kit for the annual Sky Tower Challenge.

The event serves as a fundraiser for Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand.

This year firefighters raised a staggering $1 million for the charity, far surpassing this year’s target of $750,000.

The group of Rakaia firefighters made a hefty contribution to that figure, having raised $12,000.

Ashburton firefighter Mark Ellis also raised over $3000 for the cause.

Mr Ellis was aiming to complete the challenge in about 13 minutes but unfortunately he missed that target, clocking in at a respectable 17.32 minutes.

“The lungs blew out so it was longer than planned,” he said.

Despite the setback Mr Ellis said the weekend was enjoyable and well worth the whirlwind trip. He was also planning to tackle the challenge again next year, hopefully with a teammate.

“I’d like to see if I can grab another one from Ashburton, that would be really good,” he said. “Rakaia have got eight and they’ve got a great sense of team.”

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■ LABOUR PARTY

In brief

New life for regional scene

By Daisy HuDson

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Andrew Little

Pora forgives police Teina Pora says he forgives the police who charged him with the 1992 rape and murder of Susan Burdett.

Pora was convicted twice and spent 21 years in jail.

In March the Privy Council quashed his convictions and recommended he not be put on trial again.

He was shocked when police charged him with Ms Burdett’s rape and murder back in 1993, he says.

“I couldn’t believe they charged me.”

Asked what he’d say to those officers, he doesn’t hesitate: “I forgive yous, man, and just move on.”

Of his confessions, Pora, who was 17, said he was young and confused.

“I’m a different person now. Humble. In the past I’d have been, yeah, aggressive.”

He’d lost his anger and his attitude. “I don’t have anything towards anyone any more.”

“I was in the exercise yard when I got a phone call. A Tim from Hawkes Bay? He just asked me, said he was interested in my case.

“I just hanged up the phone and the next day he was there. Unbelievable,” he said.

“Without Tim ... I’d still be sitting behind those four walls.”

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Selecting strong candidates and creating a more visible presence are just two of the challenges facing the Labour Party in Mid Canterbury, according to leader Andrew Little.

Rejuvenating the party in the Rangitata electorate was the focus of a regional conference in Ashburton over the weekend.

Several Labour MPs attended, including Mr Little, Grant Robertson, Ruth Dyson and Megan Woods.

The party has been on a soul searching mission since last year’s crushing election defeat, in which National gained

a strong majority.

The poor result for the party extended to the Rangitata electorate where incumbent Jo Goodhew more than doubled her majority.

Mr Little said he would be focusing on improving the party’s outreach and visibility in regions such as Mid Canterbury for the remainder of the year.

“The big challenge is getting out and about and taking the chance to listen to people,” he said.

Selecting a strong candidate to contest the Rangitata electorate at the next election was another hurdle the party needed to overcome.

Former Labour Rangitata

electorate candidate Steve Gibson quit the party last year following a controversial campaign in 2014.

Then party leader David Cunliffe refused to support Mr Gibson after he described Prime Minister John Key as “Shonky Jonkey Shylock” and criticised Mr Cunliffe’s approach to the campaign.

While Mr Little said he did not want to “cast any aspersions” on former candidates, he acknowledged the party needed to think very carefully about its selection process.

According to Rangitata Labour Electorate Committee (LEC) chairperson Glen Cameron, the conference was also attended by 95 delegates.

■ PINK RIBBON

Fundraising for breast cancer

Woman found dead Police have confirmed that a woman’s body was recovered from the Rangitata beach near the river mouth on Saturday night. A search was launched on Saturday night for a woman reported missing by her husband at about 6pm, after she failed to return from a walk.

The death has been referred to the coroner. The woman’s details will not be released until the body has been formally identified and next of kin have been notified.

Group attack A 16-year-old boy was seriously injured in what police have described as a “cowardly unprovoked group attack” outside a party in Dunedin. “The group attacked the victim in an unprovoked sustained assault,” Detective Sergeant Rob Hanna said. “This included kicking the victim in the head and body area after he had fallen to the ground.”

The victim suffered a fractured jaw, suspected fractured ribs, and bruises and grazes. He was taken to Dunedin Hospital where he underwent surgery. Mr Hanna said the boy’s injuries were not lifethreatening but were serious.

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Swept down river One person is dead after a group of four were swept down the Waikato River when the vessel they were in overturned. Police were called to Port Waikato near Ngahinapouri Island about 3pm yesterday. Police said three people were taken safely to shore by Coastguard rescuers and were then taken to Middlemore Hospital for treatment. The fourth person was confirmed dead at the scene.

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Stable after stabbing The 22-year-old man who was stabbed alongside Parmita Rani at an central Auckland international school is in a stable condition.

Ms Rani, 22, died of stab wounds following a violent incident at AWI International Education Group building on Queen Street on Friday afternoon. A 29-year-old man has been charged with murder, and the attempted murder of the 22-yearold man, a classmate of Ms Rani.

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Interest on legal aid

Everything was pink for Kylee Holcroft and Robin Shefford (above) at a special Pink Ribbon Dinner in Ashburton on Saturday night. Guests dressed in pink and enjoyed a dinner at the Ashburton Club and MSA, with all proceeds going towards fighting breast cancer. The dinner was organised by Ashburton woman Becky Griffin, who came up with the idea after her grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Miss Griffin said the event raised over $600.

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MetService warns of plummeting temperatures Temperatures have plummeted unusually sharply this month, with the mild start to May now a distant memory – and next month looks set to be even colder, the MetService warns.

Meteorologist Georgina Griffiths said the outlook for June was for below average temperatures, which meant

“good potential for the ski season, but bad news for the power bill”.

The bleak winter forecast comes after rain and gales lashed the country at the weekend, cutting power to almost 800 West Auckland homes and bringing a dusting of snow to some South Island peaks.

Snow warnings are in place for parts of both islands and a chilly 14°C high forecast for Auckland today.

Snow and gales are expected to cover the South Island this week, accompanied by strong southwesterly winds. In some areas, the snow could reach sea level.

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The move to charge interest on legal aid is being blasted as an appalling idea which doesn’t work.

Since last year, the Government has been charging interest on unpaid fees. Criminal Bar Association president Tony Bouchier said most people can’t afford to pay, and only a fraction of the interest has been paid so far.

“The idea that you charge those people for those legal services and then add interest on top is just simply wrong,” he said.

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Lotto results Official Lotto results for draw number 1459 drawn on Saturday.

Winning numbers (in ascending order): 1, 3, 9, 34, 36, 37.

Bonus number: 40.

Powerball winning number: 2.

Strike: 37, 3, 9, 1.

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■ TROOPS IN IRAQ

Kiwi troops train by ‘hornet’s nest’

By John Weekes A defence analyst says Kiwi troops are in a “hornet’s nest” barely 100km from rampaging Isis troops in Iraq.

New Zealanders have started training local troops in Taji, Iraq, to fight the so-called Islamic State (Isis).

Taji, in a largely Sunni area, is about 120km from Ramadi - a city that Isis overran this week.

Dr Ron Smith, University of Waikato research associate, is

now questioning his earlier support for the Kiwi deployment.

“Knowing what I know now, do I think it was a good idea to go? No I don’t.”

The sight of Iraqi troops fleeing Ramadi and the increased use of Shia militias to fight Isis had made him rethink his support.

Dr Smith said anti-Isis coalition leadership under the US had been “feeble”, limiting the usefulness of the Kiwi contribution.

It was important New Zealand supported its longstanding allies but the deployment was “almost in the nature of gesture politics,” Dr Smith said.

“We’ve got special forces which are reasonably well-maintained, trained and equipped. Beyond that, we’ve got no defence forces.

We’ve got no air force.”

This was paradoxical, given the aerial focus of coalition attacks on Isis so far.

Dr Smith said any upcoming battles would be “very nasty”

and he was worried Shia paramilitary forces would have little more respect for the laws of war than Isis had.

NZDF troops have arrived as a regional conflict between Shia and Sunni escalates, with Iran and Saudi Arabia struggling for dominance in proxy wars in Iraq and Yemen.

Most Isis gains lately have been in Sunni-majority areas.

After the fall of Saddam Hussein, some long-oppressed Shia quickly exacted revenge on their

Sunni neighbours. In return, some Sunnis now supported or tolerated Isis and its fiercely anti-Shia ideology.

Auckland-based defence analyst Dr Paul G Buchanan said Taji’s location triggered concerns for Kiwi troops’ safety.

“It’s in the middle of the Sunni triangle. It’s the last point of defence on the northern flank of Baghdad.

“These guys have just been put into the middle of a hornet’s nest.”

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■ FALLS AWARENESS

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Ashburton Hospital staff (from left) George Ball, Rachael-Muriel Thomas and Veronica Ligteringen, in front of Therapy Service’s Falls Hurt display.

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Ashburton Hospital is basking in the glory of a recent win.

The Therapy Services ward at the hospital was crowned the joint winner of the annual Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) April Falls Awareness Campaign design competition.

They share the win with the Older Person’s Health Specialist Service (OPHSS).

Hospital wards across the DHB were challenged with the task of creating the best fall prevention display, to be viewed in the ward for the duration of April.

Ashburton Hospital physiotherapist George Ball decided to jump on the bandwagon and whip up a creative display.

“Through the CDHB we try to have a

pretty active falls prevention programme, and each year in April they like to have some form of display to promote it within the hospital and try to get it out into the community,” Mr Ball said.

“It created quite a bit of interest among patients and staff that would come into the department, and got people looking at the x-rays, fractures and stats, so it was a quite fun little thing to do.”

Angry computer aids customer service By russell BlaCkstoCk Kiwi researchers are creating an “angry computer” to improve customer service at call centres.

It is hoped the artificial intelligence machine will help big banks, telcos and insurance companies defuse explosive complaints and identify big-

business behaviours that most upset customers.

The software program – called Radiant and being developed by Auckland-based technology company Touchpoint Group – will analyse reams of real customer telephone interactions with leading New Zealand and Australian banks.

The system will be live by the

end of the year and is designed to simulate hundreds of millions of customer calls to find out what annoys clients, so that service can be improved.

“Customers of New Zealand utility firms and banks will be the winners from this,” Touchpoint Group chief executive Frank van der Velden said.

“Some customers do get pret-

ty bloody angry at times.”

Clients of Touchpoint include business giants such as ANZ, Westpac, Tower Insurance and Spark.

Radiant’s goal is to automatically identify the sorts of things that upset customers and advise staff how to deal with them and in what order, Van der Velden said. - NZME

The time-honoured tradition of starting school on your fifth birthday is increasingly being dumped.

A growing number of primary schools are looking to adopt new policies that will see children begin at preset dates throughout the school year, meaning some will wait up to five weeks after they turn five.

The schools point to the disruption of continuous starting dates – particularly when new children arrive at the gates unannounced.

Onehunga Primary School principal Viki Holley said the board was reviewing its new entrant policy.

“There are implications around staffing and making sure there are enough great teachers ready as these children come in,” said Holley.

The school had to scramble to house an extra class of children who arrived unexpectedly on the first day of school, which put pressure on finances to pay for a teacher not covered by Government funds.

Under New Zealand law, children can start school any time between the ages of five and six.

Several Auckland schools are exploring a single intake of new entrants at the start of each term. Mt Albert’s Gladstone Primary School, one of New Zealand’s largest junior schools, has trailblazed a twice-term intake for more than a decade.

Principal Dave Shadbolt said children arrived in groups with established friendships, which made the transition easier socially and academically. - NZME

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■ HOOKER HUT

Hooker Hut lifted to safety The historic Hooker Hut has been lifted from its mountainside home of more than 100 years and put into a safe haven while its future is decided.

The hut, built in 1910, is the oldest in the Mt Cook National Park but the land on which it sat had become increasingly unstable, putting the historic hut in danger.

Department of Conservation teams worked last week preparing the hut for removal to Twizel, where it will be stored until a new location in the Hooker Valley is decided.

The hut was originally built as a base for climbing in the area, providing shelter for parties crossing the main divide or making trips into the upper reaches of the Hooker Glacier.

While the hut was built in 1910 it was partly rebuilt in 1948. This time, instead of material being cargoed in by packhorse, it was dropped onto the site by aeroplane.

As a result of glacial retreat the moraine on which the hut was sited has progressively collapsed. In 1963 the hut was moved back 40m onto new foundations, and it was shifted again in 1994.

Department of Conservation teams worked last week preparing the historic Hooker Hut for removal to Twizel.

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Laser strike A domestic flight carrying passengers out of Wellington was subject to a laser strike on Saturday night.

Police are searching for those responsible after pilots reported a green laser had been fired into the cockpit during takeoff.

It is not known how many people were on board the aircraft but police confirmed the incident happened about 6.50pm.

The flight took off to towards the north, but as the pilot started to climb over the PetoneLower Hutt area, the laser beam was shone into the cockpit.

Particularly dangerous during critical stages of flight, such as takeoff and landing, lasers can district a pilot’s vision or even cause temporary flash blindness.

Under the Civil Aviation Act, offenders can face 12-months in jail or a $10,000 fine.

A police spokesman said such incidents were uncommon in New Zealand as “few people are stupid enough” to do it.

Police have so far been unable to find those responsible.

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Above - Iluka Gardziej, 7, checks out the flower wall at Saturday’s art gallery opening.

Left - Ashburton Art Gallery Committee president Bernard Davidson thanks curator Shirin Khosraviani for her hard work at the opening of the gallery on Saturday.

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IS enters Palmyra museum Islamic State group fighters have entered the museum in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, placing guards at its doors, the country’s antiquities director Mamoun Abdulkarim says.

He also confirmed the jihadist group had raised their flag over the ancient citadel that overlooks some of the spectacular Greco-Roman ruins in the city.

Speaking at a press conference in Damascus, Abdulkarim said some modern plaster statues in the museum had been destroyed but he did not report any damage to antiquities in the building.

The jihadists last week “entered the museum and broke some plaster statues... that were being used to represent life in prehistoric eras”.

They returned, and when they left, “they closed the doors behind them and placed their guards” at the entrance of the museum, Abdulkarim said, citing residents still in the town. Most of the antiquities in the museum were removed and brought to Damascus before IS cemented its control of Palmyra on Friday.

“There’s almost nothing left in the museum, we had been progressively transferring the antiquities to Damascus,” he said.

“But there are still the large items, like the sarcophagi, which weigh three or four

Gay marriage vote Irish voters have written themselves into the history books by voting for gay marriage rights with a near two-to-one majority.

With more than a quarter of the results fed in to cheering crowds at Dublin Castle, the Republic was in line to become the first country in the world to back the reform by popular vote. There is no confirmation of the scale of the victory but a pattern of results from the 43 constituencies showed about 65 per cent of the electorate backed giving same-sex couples the right to marry.

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tonnes and we could not move, those are what worry me.”

The Roman-Byzantine sarcophagi feature high-relief carvings.

Abdulkarim also confirmed that IS fighters had raised their black flag over the 13th century Mamluk Fakhr al-Din al-Maani citadel that overlooks the ruins of Palmyra.

Earlier, a photograph purporting to show the IS flag over the citadel was circulated on social media, but it was not possible to confirm its authenticity.

Both the citadel and the ruins are on the UNESCO World Heritage list, and before the war some 150,000 tourists a year visited Palmyra.

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Hotel fire kills six It’s believed six people are dead after a fire broke out at a German hotel, police say. “We have to assume they are dead,” police spokesman Juergen Thalmeier said on Saturday of the victims previously declared missing.

Authorities no longer believed that the six could have survived the flames.

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very day in every town and city around New Zealand, cafes, restaurants and supermarkets toss out food that by any standard is still edible.

They might not be happy tipping their profits into the bin, but they have no option. In New Zealand food considered unsaleable for whatever reason has a date with either the rubbish collector or the pig farmer.

In a country where a growing number of Kiwis struggle to put a decent meal on the table or to provide their children with a good school lunch, that’s criminal. We need to wise up, there are other options.

Australia has a food rescue organisation called OzHarvest. Its business is perishable food rescued from commercial outlets. It collects quality food and delivers it free of charge to hundreds of charities across the country – fruit and vege markets, supermarkets, wholesalers, hotels, corporate events, delis, cafes, restaurants – anywhere there’s food they’ll be coming behind, collecting what some would call waste and giving it to others who call it a gift.

France has also hooked into the food salvage business and from 2016 it will be illegal for supermarkets to throw away any food considered edible.

Expiry dates and best by dates have overtaken common sense when it comes to deciding what is and is not fit to eat. In many Kiwi homes, if a product is one day past either date, it’s binned. Ask anyone born before date stamping and they’ll tell you that the sniff test was the ultimate guide – if it smelled off, it was.

Dumpster diving, the practice of scouring restaurant and supermarket rubbish bins for food, is thriving in most parts of the world. It happens here and that indicates that what’s considered unsaleable definitely has another market. There has to be a better way.

If the Aussies can do it with OzHarvest, surely there’s room for a counterpart over here – KiwiHarvest has a nice ring to it.

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iven that Ashburton is one of the 10 towns around New Zealand where the Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) build is complete (all of which are outside the major cities), it’s probably a good time to highlight just how important this sort of worldleading connectivity is becoming.

Recently in my role as Minister for Communications, I visited the “Beyond Broadband” technology expo in the North Island. The expo was designed to show people first-hand how UFB will enhance and change the way current and future generations communicate, work and play online. Some of the workshops at the expo showed children how to build their own online games. Teaching children skills such as programming are vital to the health of our future economy.

The recently-released Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Sector report for 2015 shows that New Zealand’s IT services and software industry is growing rapidly and now employs 26,700 people. The number of IT businesses in New Zealand topped 10,000 for the first time last year. More businesses in the sector are expanding internationally, with the report showing that exports of IT services and software have doubled since 2008, exceeding $930 million in 2014.

IT stocks now make up approximately 10 per cent of the value of all listings on the NZX main board, compared with one per cent five years ago.

Across the country, people are increasingly moving to higher capped, or uncapped, broadband connections for their internet services at home and

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at work. The latest quarterly results for the Government’s UFB and Rural Broadband Initiative programmes show over 618,000 homes, workplaces and schools are now able to connect to the UFB network.

In the year ended June 2014, New Zealand was ranked first among developed countries for annual growth in fibre connections and we have seen a 23 per cent increase in the number of end users connecting to UFB over the first three months of 2015.

The private-public partnership of the UFB initiative is progressing well and deployment is significantly ahead of build targets, with close to half of the infrastructure now complete.

A recent report by Alcatel-

Lucent describes New Zealand’s UFB programme as the result of a clear government vision. It said New Zealand has designed and executed a uniquely well-managed and cost effective, open-access national broadband network.

Better connectivity provides access to cloud-based software and other benefits like high definition video streaming.

This gives businesses a competitive advantage and enables students to securely share their learning with friends, teachers, and their families.

Schools are a top priority for the Government. The programme target for schools is now 93 per cent complete with more than 2300 schools across New Zealand having high-speed broadband ready for

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Rural areas have not been forgotten. Under the Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI), an estimated 239,000 households and businesses are able to connect to fixed wireless broadband from new and upgraded towers. Almost 80 per cent of the planned tower upgrades under the RBI are now complete. Meanwhile, more than 85,000 lines have been upgraded by Chorus under the RBI to receive new or improved faster copper-based broadband.

If you are interested in reading the full 2015 ICT Sector Report, it is available at: http:// www.mbie.govt.nz/what-wedo/business-growth-agenda/ sectors-reports-series/information-and-communicationstechnology-report.

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n hindsight, it was probably fitting for a four-metre long olive python to roam freely across the grounds of Cicada Lodge in rainbow serpent country.

But that didn’t make running into her any less startling.

Esmerelda is basking in the late-afternoon sunshine when a surprised guest spots her peeping out from below the boardwalk.

She graces us with a photo opp before slithering off under the cabin, and we return to the poolside deck as the sun dips behind the ridgeline of Nitmiluk Gorge and a dusky orange halo silhouettes the treeline.

Our complimentary wine and mezze platter is waiting and we attack it with gusto while we talk about our brush with the wild here in Nitmiluk National Park. As a weekend escape, it doesn’t get much better than this.

About three and a half hours from Darwin, this park with its interconnected series of 13 gorges is one of the Top End’s most spectacular sites.

Nitmiluk is the local indigenous Jawoyn word for “place of the cicada”, named for the omnipresent whirring insects.

Natural rock pools and rapids separate the gorges, and the waterway running through them is known to the Jawoyn as the Blue-Winged Kookaburra River.

The traditional owners believe the rainbow serpent carved his way through the rock, creating the gorges in his own image and that he still resides there.

It took 11 years for the Jawoyn to finally win native title over the area in 1989, which they have cared for for thousands of years.

“Jawoyn people don’t feel they own the land but rather that they belong to it, or are a part of it,” our guide Tom says as we motor down the first two gorges on the Nitnit Dreaming cruise.

“They view the land as their mother and they claimed back official responsibility to make sure she’s looked after.”

Now they jointly manage the park along with the Northern Territory government and Nitmiluk Tours operate all the

Neda Vanovac heads to one of Australia’s Top End’s most spectactular sites, the Nitmiluk National Park for a weekend of wonderment and spectacular sights.

Nitmiluk National Park. As a weekend escape, it doesn’t get much better than this.

accommodation, from campsites to chalets to the luxurious Cicada Lodge, and activities such as canoe hire, boat tours, and helicopter trips.

The single massive sandstone block making up this land was split by an earthquake 25 million years ago, Tom tells us.

“We’re travelling through the fracture lines carved by wind and rain and erosion,” he says, comparing the split rock to a block of chocolate.

Cruising is a quick way to see the gorge but for those with more time, the better option is hiring a canoe and taking to the water in order to feel utterly dwarfed by those soaring sheer rock walls.

In a canoe you can travel all 13 gorges on overnight trips, or see three to four in a single day.

As the boat engines fade away and the chatter of fellow visitors dies down you can drift along the narrow waterways listening to birdsong and the cicadas hum. You can paddle past inviting sandy beaches (no go - they’re designated crocodile egg-laying sites), into small caves in the rock walls, across rapids tumbling over the rocks separating the gorges, and even spot some ancient Aboriginal art, if you’re extremely lucky.

Once the boats are gone, the surface of the water smooths to barely a ripple and reflects those stunning sandstone cliffs, up to 70 metres tall, back on themselves.

When you’ve worn yourself out kayaking (and it is a hard slog, for the uninitiated) there are countless walks in the area.

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Baruwei climb, perfect for early morning or late afternoon when you can look out past the gorge to the 17 Mile Valley beyond, or you can tackle the 8.4km Windolf walking trail to Southern Rockhole.

About one and a half hours each way, the trail leads up over the escarpment and down gravel bush tracks before turning sandy as it passes through rocky palm tree valleys, crossing creeks and eventually dropping down through a series of small rocky waterholes to a steep scramble through a rainforest gully to the water.

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sage. If the return hike under the relentless sun feels daunting, you can cut down along the rocks to the first gorge and hitch a ride back with the ferry ... Just in time for canapes and wine back out on the deck of Cicada Lodge, the perfect place to enjoy the gorge in comfort.

The cool, modern cabins look out over the rocks and watching them change colour in the setting sun could occupy you all day.

The compact restaurant serves up a delicious fourcourse meal every night with Australian flavours to be savoured.

We dine like kings before retiring to our cabin guided by a massive full moon, hoping we don’t disturb Esmerelda along the way.

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Warriors crush Rockets It was billed as a must-win for the Houston Rockets on their home court, but in the first six minutes of the game Golden State Warriors’ centre Andrew Bogut did something critics thought was beyond him.

The 213cm tall Australian centre was unstoppable on the offensive end.

In that six minute opening period Bogut, just days ago named one of the NBA’s best defensive players, scored 10 of the Warriors’ first 17 points. The Rockets never recovered from that opening burst and the Warriors went on to a 115-80 blowout victory. The win gave the Warriors a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference Finals and one more victory will book them a place in the NBA Championship series for the first time in 40 years.

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Chanderpaul dropped?

West Indies veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s long Test career looks over, with the 40-year-old reportedly to be overlooked for next month’s two matches against Australia. Chanderpaul is just 45 runs from Brian Lara’s record 11,912 Test runs by a West Indian but poor form appears set to deny him the chance to eclipse that tally. In 164 Tests Chanderpaul has scored 11,867 Test runs at 51.37 including 30 centuries. Chanderpaul has scored five hundreds in 20 Tests against Australia, including a 69-ball ton in 2003. But the gutsy left-hander made just 96 runs in the recent three-Test series against England and failed to pass 50.

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Fairton’s Hayley McQuillan races to beat Mt Somers’ Katelynn Coleman to the loose ball as Mid Canterbury’s junior netballers began their new season inside the new EA Networks Centre stadium on Saturday. It was the juniors’ first official day of playing indoors after spending the three weeks of grading battling the elements.

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Paddison third in South Korea New Zealand golfer Gareth Paddison has finished in a share for third at the SK Telecom Open after a final round threeunder par 69.

Paddison leapt into contention with three birdies on the front nine at the South Korean tournament, before reeling off

nine straight pars to finish at eight-under for the tournament, finishing two shots behind Korean winner Jinho Choi.

Although he posted a second consecutive bogey-free round, the left-hander couldn’t quite muster up the run he needed on the back nine, finishing along-

side four others at eight-under par.

With several players struggling on the back nine, there were moments when it seemed like Paddison could be in the mix for a playoff, but Choi put those hopes to bed with a birdie on the final hole to take the title

at 10-under, one shot ahead of compatriot Soomin Lee. Fellow Kiwi Ryan Fox looked like he’d be joining Paddison in the mix for the top of the leaderboard but he ended his round with three straight bogies to end up shooting an even-par 72.

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NSW Swifts coach Rob Wright has praised his side’s composure after they held off the Melbourne Vixens to secure a spot in the Australian conference of the trans-Tasman championships. The match looked won when the Swifts led by eight goals early in the third quarter, but playing at home with captain Bianca Chatfield for the last time, the Vixens rallied and turned the deficit into a two goal lead by midway through the final term.

In the final minutes it was the Swifts who lifted their defensive game when wing defence Abbey McCulloch won a high ball contest creating a turnover on the Vixens goal circle. As the momentum of the game shifted again, the Swifts ran out four of the last five goals to win 52-48.

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T-Birds win a tight one The West Coast Fever held off a fast finishing Adelaide Thunderbirds to score a much needed transTasman netball league win in Adelaide yesterday. After leading by as many as 10 goals at one stage through the third quarter, the Fever squandered the lead with just minutes remaining before regaining composure to win 63-61. The result snapped a two game losing streak for the Perth-based side.

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In brief Southern still winning Round one winners Southern started round two of Senior B rugby with a 24-0 win over Tinwald. Celtic cleaned up Collegiate to the tune of 59-0 while Hampstead handed Allenton their ninth loss of the season 61-19.

Mt Somers made a fresh start to the second round routing Rakaia 41-15 while Methven had the bye.

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MC United maintains unbeaten record Mid Canterbury United’s Quinn Ritchie (above) looks to shoot between two defenders in Mainland football at the Ashburton Domain oval on Saturday.

The Mid Canterbury 13s had

a big 6-2 win over St Andrew’s College to remain unbeaten after five rounds in 13th grade division four.

In men’s division five Methven drew 1-1 away with Selwyn, while the MCU Masters

were well beaten at home by Universities to the tune of 1-6.

The Methven 18s won 8-0 away to CBHS 4th XI in 18th grade division four and in 16th grade division one the MCU

16s had a 4-1 win over Halswell United.

Yesterday the Methven A women beat Hornby 6-2 in division one, while in division two Methven B were beaten 0-6 by Halswell United.

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Williamson’s average sky-high If Don Bradman is cricket’s speed of light with a test average of 99.94, Kane Williamson has come close to a quantum leap in the past year.

In 16 test innings, with three not outs, Williamson has averaged 92.46 since June.

Of those to have played more than four innings, he is third behind England’s Joe Root (94.84 from 17 innings with four not outs) and Australia’s Steve Smith (94.30 from 12 innings with two not outs).

Curiously, the trio could be captains of their respective test teams for the best part of the next decade.

Williamson has scored five of his 10 test centuries, second to Pakistani Younis Khan’s six in the same period.

Across a 41-test career, only Zimbabwe and Australia have been spared from his metronomic ability to score tons.

New Zealand will meet the latter in six matches by the end of March.

Since his November 2010 test debut, Williamson’s cumulative average, year-on-year, has gone

Kane Williamson: Likely to become New Zealand’s best batsman.

from 37.81 to 31.57, 34.78, 40.28 and now 47.25.

That’s the highest for any New Zealander who’s played more than 15 test innings.

However, intoxicating as the numbers are, it’s more about the character and confidence Williamson imbues in the team.

His humility, determination and influence area core reason why this team succeeds. New Zealand have not lost any of the tests in which he’s scored his previous nine centuries.

Even as Williamson approaches cricket’s version of Einstein’s E = mc2, he felt there was room for improvement after making 132 to set up New Zealand’s 523 and a lead of 60 runs with England 74 for two heading into the fourth day.

“I was a bit brassed off,” Williamson said prudently after making 32 post-century runs in 114 balls. “The English bowled well under the cloud cover which made batting extremely difficult. I always want to score

more, but the crowd was generous. They clap everyone whether you get runs or not.”

Fellow New Zealand cricketer Jimmy Neesham, who’s recovering from injury, summed up Williamson’s undemonstrative century celebration on Twitter: “Kane was less excited scoring that hundred than I was this morning when I got the petrol pump to stop on exactly $100.00. Tad embarrassing.”

Williamson was asked if it was a surprise to see his name printed on masking tape over the next inscription spot on the honours board.

“It was more of a surprise when the cloud came over and I was restricted for runs,” Williamson said. “Plus, Lord’s lunches are so good, but when you’re not out you don’t get to have a good go at them.”

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If the Crusaders miss the playoffs, as they are now likely to, they will look back on many frustrating matches this season but few will be as painful as Saturday’s 32-22 defeat to the Waratahs. Their night began badly when fullback Israel Dagg, who had been named in the reserves following a long spell out with a calf injury, hurt himself in the warm-up at ANZ Stadium so the Crusaders had only seven players on the bench. It improved when Nemani Nadolo scored in the corner after only two minutes but then a stream of errors allowed the Waratahs back in, with inexperienced referee Marius van der Westhuizen failing to act when presented with at least three acts of foul play by lock Will Skelton.

It was more disappointment for the Crusaders in what was a replay of last year’s final won by the Waratahs in the final minutes thanks to a long-range Foley penalty awarded by ref Craig Joubert on McCaw which he later admitted was wrong.

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Canes flying high As the wind and rain continued to lash Auckland on Saturday, Hurricanes coach Chris Boyd gave a simple message to his team ahead of their match against the Blues. “We talked before the game about the things you usually associate the Hurricanes with,” he said. “We wanted to change that for tonight [to] things like ‘clinical’ and ‘accurate’ and ‘patient’ ... I think generally we were able to put into play most of the things we tried.” Boyd’s assessment of the Hurricanes’ comprehensive 29-5 victory at a cold and wet Eden Park was probably overly modest.

The Blues after a competitive opening 30 minutes in which they found themselves defending without respite, the cracks appeared which this increasingly clinical Hurricanes team were easily able to exploit.

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Thorn calls it quits After 460 professional games, 21 seasons and 17 major trophies across two codes, Brad Thorn has drawn the curtain on an incredible career. Thorn played the final game of his unparalleled league and union career yesterday when his Leicester Tigers suffered a semi-final defeat to Sam Burgess’ Bath outfit. The 40-yearold began his career in rugby league, representing Australia eight times. Having made the switch to union, Thorn then went on to earn 59 caps for the All Blacks, winning the World Cup in 2011. Thorn has long stuggled with the idea of retirement, and recently told the Leicester Mercenary that he couldn’t even say the word. - NZME

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Provisional points table Section One Glenmark Oxford Southbridge Celtic Rakaia Lincoln West Melton Prebbleton Kaiapoi Hornby

Methven’s flanker Gary Redmond charges at the Waihora defence during the Luisetti Seeds Combined Country Cup match in Methven on Saturday.

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Section Two Waihora Methven Southern Burn-Duns Darfield Saracens Hampstead Ashley Rolleston Ohoka

W D L

BP F/A Pts

7 0 2 7 0 2 6 1 2 6 0 3

9 157 4 68 7 166 1 101

37 33 33 31

6 6 2 2 2 0

6 44 4 16 5 -107 4 -98 3 -103 2 -244

30 30 13 12 11 2

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Pts

8 7 7 6

0 0 0 0

1 2 2 3

5 6 3 4

37 34 31 27

6 4 3 3 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

3 5 6 6 7 9

2 4 5 7 8 17 7 22 2 -165 0 -219

0 1 0 0 0 0

3 2 7 7 7 9

99 138 74 23

26 21 20 19 6 0

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Methven books a date with Southbridge Methven v Waihora Methven lost the top-of-the-table clash with Waihora 14-18, but with Southern going down they were able to finish second to host Southbridge next week.

“We played much better than we have in recent weeks but it wasn’t quite good enough,” Methven coach Dale Palmer said.

“The intensity was better and we had our opportunities, but a couple of lapses, even just for a minute, let them in and they were good enough to come away with the win.”

A try to wing Tom Cochrane and

penalty from wing Nick Wackwitz had the home side down 8-10 at the break after withstanding plenty of pressure from Waihora.

The visitors then added a penalty to go ahead by five before Wackwitz kicked his second penalty.

Waihora then came up with the match winner, when their loose forward reacted fastest to a loose ball off a lineout and broke through the cover defence to put the visitors up 18-11.

Wackwitz landed his third penalty of the afternoon to put Methven within reach, but they were unable to come up with a match-winning effort.

“The boys were pretty quiet afterwards and down about it,” Palmer said.

“With a bit of luck it turned out we had finished second which perked them up a bit but we have plenty to work on during the week.”

Palmer’s makeshift backline had struggled at times but the forward pack laid another solid platform for them to work from.

However, losing a second close game at home against a quarter-final team is a worrying trend they will want to quickly change before Southbridge come to town next week.

Brenton Connell goes on an elusive run.

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Three local sides into quarters

By Jonathan Leask

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A tumultuous end to the round robin saw all three Mid Canterbury sides set to feature in the quarter-finals of the Combined Country Cup rugby competition lose on Saturday.

A week after all five sides had claimed wins, only one was able register a win, but it was not enough for Rakaia to reach the playoffs.

In section one Celtic went down to defending champions Lincoln, but in picking up a bonus point for losing within seven they locked in fourth place one point ahead of Lincoln and Rakaia.

Glenmark finished in top spot with a 41-8 win over Prebbleton.

Oxford’s bonus point 44-14 win over Hornby and Southbridge’s bonus point 37-13 win over Kaiapoi had the two sides finish tied on 33, but Oxford claimed second spot courtesy of beating Southbridge during the round robin.

Despite the loss Celtic were fourth with Rakaia one point back in fifth after beating West Melton 38-24.

Section two had Waihora finish on top after beating Methven 1814 in the top-of-the-table clash.

Methven managed to finish second after Southern missed the opportunity to move ahead of them when they were beaten

by Ashley 19-39 to finish third.

Burnham-Dunsandel-Irwell maintained fourth spot with a bonus point 34-9 win over Ohoka.

Darfield were fifth but struggled to subdue Rolleston 18-12 and Hampstead slipped down a spot after losing to Saracens 1619.

In the cup quarter-finals Glenmark hosts BDI, Southern heads to Oxford, Celtic are away to Waihora and Methven are at home to Southbridge.

In the trophy section is Rakaia, Darfield, Lincoln - who all featured in the quarter-finals last year - and Saracens.

The plaque has Hampstead, West Melton, Prebbleton and Ashley, while the plate has Kaiapoi, Rolleston, Hornby and Ohoka.

Lincoln v Celtic Three missed penalties in the closing stages had Celtic go down 15-17 to defending champions Lincoln.

Celtic had ample opportunity to grab the win but in losing by just two points they had still done enough to secure a playoff berth.

“We went there looking for at least a point and we got one,” Celtic coach Warren Mackenzie said. “We had our chances of getting a win but at the end of the day we are in the finals.

Celtic’s Sean Strange is bundled into touch by the Lincoln defence during the Luisetti Seeds Combined Country Cup match in Lincoln on Saturday.

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“The opportunity is still there and no matter who you play or where, there are goal posts at each end.”

Lincoln scored an early try and looked to go in for a second soon after, but Celtic wing Sean Strange was yellow carded for a deliberate knock down.

When he returned to action first-five Nathan McCloy landed his second penalty before Lincoln hit back with a converted try.

Despite limited attacking opportunity Celtic kept in touch with a third penalty to go to the break at 12-9 and McCloy started the second half with a fourth penalty to level the scores.

Lincoln then scored their third try to reclaim the lead and McCloy missed a penalty shot - the first of five straight misses.

Celtic lock Ross McKay caught the hosts napping to burst blind off the back of a maul to score, and the unconverted try had Celtic down by two.

Three missed penalties later, they still trailed and Lincoln looked to run it from their own in goal in search of a possible bonus point try.

Replacement prop Tukulua Tolu forced the turnover penalty on halfway and Celtic kicked it into touch, conceding defeat but accepting a playoff berth - and although victorious there was no celebration from Lincoln.

Ashley v Southern Southern were stunned by Ashley 39-18 in Loburn to deny them a home quarter-final.

Instead they will make their return to the playoffs - the first time since 2012 - heading to Oxford coming off a “horrible” performance.

“We got pumped,” Southern

Manu, Cameron Letham, Jackson Donlan, Nete Caucau, Seta Koroitamana and Leps Setava, with four conversions from Andrew Letham.

Saracens v Hampstead Three yellow cards, one red card and a controversial penalty try at the death had Hampstead go down 16-19 to Saracens in Rangiora.

A 13-man Hampstead looked like holding on for what would have been rare back-to-back wins only to concede a penalty try to put the hosts in front.

Yellow cards to centre Tevita Tupou and halfback Tata Misala were made worse when flanker Tevita Ula was red carded for retaliating 10 minutes out from halftime.

Despite being at least one player down for 30 minutes Hampstead were still in the game down 7-12. After conceding an early try, Mariota Samoa scored and Toafa Touli converted before Saracens scored right on halftime to reclaim the lead.

Two penalties to flanker Toafa Touli had Hampstead take the lead before Kenny Faalavaau slotted a 44m dropped goal to go ahead 16-12.

A third yellow card to Kalifa Faalogo with five minutes to go had Hampstead down to 13 and still defending desperately but were deemed to be too desperate - conceding the late penalty try that gifted Saracens the win.

Hampstead coach Regan Broker was left scratching his head over some of the calls but accepted his side had let another one slip away.

“We have been at the point a few times but haven’t been able to close out the game. We just couldn’t get the ball out of our own half and that allowed them to keep attacking,” Broker said.

Making matters worse is a potential season-ending injury to Josh Nonu.

coach Jason Rickard said. “I it is our own fault that we have think we went up there knowing missed the play-offs,” Foxcroft we were in the playoffs thinking said. we would get a win but nothing Had they collected the bowent right. We didn’t tackle, we nus point against Hornby, they dropped the ball and just didn’t would have finished on 31 points play well at all. It was horrible.” - equal with Celtic and by virtue Southern went to halftime of their round robin win over down 7-17 with a try to hooker their local rivals would have takJames Carr converted by Welsh en fourth spot. first-five James Miller.

Instead they finished fifth.

A try straight after the break They went to West Melton to Richard Fridd was converted knowing they needed a bonus

by Miller to pull it back to 14- point win to be any chance and 17 before Ashley kicked on, run- had four tries inside the opening ning out to a big lead.

15 minutes.

There was a late consolation “It was all a little too easy and try to prop Adam Williamson we were up 24-0 before they but it was a long ride home won- evened it up a bit,” Foxcroft said. dering what could have been for West Melton came back with Southern, now having to head two tries of their own to make it across the river again next week. 24-12 at the break.

Rakaia v West Melton Rakaia found further resistRakaia did all they could to ance in the second half with two push for the top four with a bo- tries apiece. nus point 38-24 win over West Their six tries went to Ron Melton but fell one point shy of the playoffs, CLAAS HARVEST CENTRE as results elseCANTERBURY where didn’t go their way. it’s your local Rakaia coach Proudly Supporting Wayne Foxcroft Mid Canterbury Rugby acknowledged that, along with the two losses at home to Glenmark and Oxford, missing out on the bonus point a Ashburton week earlier 03 307 9400 in the night game against Hornby was the death knell in their playoff hopes.

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In brief Doggies win a thriller NSW State of Origin discard Josh Reynolds was the hero for Canterbury yesterday as they held on to beat Canberra 41-34 in a 13-try NRL thriller. Reynolds had a busy afternoon scoring two tries and was placed on report before slotting a crucial field goal in the 80th minute to break a 34-all deadlock and ensure Canterbury escaped with the points after leading 26-0 at one point in the first half. Halfback Moses Mbye scored a try after the restart and converted on fulltime to punctuate the victory.

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Inglis with Maroons

Wakanui Black’s Hugh Copland fights for possession in a goal mouth scramble against Northern Hearts in the Mid-South Canterbury men’s hockey competition match at the NBS Ashburton Turf on Saturday.

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Black produces first-half blitz

By Jonathan Leask

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Wakanui Black subdued rivals Northern Hearts with a blistering burst of first half goals in the Mid-South Canterbury hockey competition.

In the repeat of last year’s final the defending champions Hearts 3-1 at NBS Ashburton Hockey Turf.

Black scored three goals in a five minute period midway through the first half and it loomed as another tough day for the winless Hearts.

Sam Bennett scored from a penalty corner flick, Adam Wilson from a penalty corner

variation, and an outstanding individual field goal from Hayden Bonnington made it 3-0 at the break.

Hearts found their fight again in the second half to be able to deny the host adding to their tally - and getting the four-goal bonus point - and scored a goal of their own mid-way through the second half from a penalty corner flick.

The win keeps Black hot on the heels of the unbeaten Tainui, who scored a 3-2 win over Wakanui Blue in Timaru.

Blue went close with goals from Hayden Sinclair and Brad Going but Tainui were able to

tap three past the goalkeeper for their fifth straight win.

Following their breakthrough 1-0 win over Geraldine in the women’s competition, Hampstead-Collegians coach Donna Mealings said her side need to be “savvier” at finishing off.

Whatever she had her side do mid-week worked a charm as they fired seven unanswered goals past Craighead in Timaru.

Felicity Dalzell scored twice with one goal each to Jaimee Smith, Emma Mealings, Brittany Hindson, Ella Bonnington and Tayla Love.

“It was very much a team effort, with some good quality ball from our defenders to the midfield and onto the strikers,” Mealings said.

“The team is building well and are looking forward to the second round.”

Defending champions Hampstead came back from conceding an early goal to beat Geraldine 4-1.

Geraldine’s early goal sparked the home side into life, with Sophie Morrow scoring twice to go with goals from Nikita Kruger and Karen McAulay to earn a bonus point win.

It may not have been as dramatic as Trevor Gillmeister’s 1995 heroics but Queensland hope Greg Inglis’ emergence from a hospital bed will be just as influential in the State of Origin opener. The Maroons cut an assured figure when they arrived in Sydney yesterday with Inglis safely on board their flight. However, it appears there were some anxious moments for Queensland before Inglis finally received the green light for Wednesday night’s Origin I at ANZ Stadium. Maroons backrower Sam Thaiday revealed Inglis had spent three nights in hospital with tonsillitis before officially getting the Origin thumbs up along with fellow star centre Justin Hodges (foot) yesterday.

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Knights wary of Broncos Newcastle say they are more worried about ensuring they have not presided over a false dawn rather than the returning Wayne Bennett and his undermanned “Baby Broncos”. The Knights are favoured to wrap up back-to-back wins against Brisbane tonight after snapping a five-game losing streak against the Wests Tigers last week. The Knights will be missing just one player because of State of Origin in Beau Scott, after Dane Gagai was released from Queensland camp when Greg Inglis was cleared of tonsillitis. The Broncos will be without Corey Parker, Justin Hodges, Sam Thaiday, Matt Gillett, Josh McGuire and Darius Boyd however they are not suffering a dearth of experience. Dale Copley, Daniel Vidot and David Stagg slot back in while their spine remains pretty much intact, with their halves and hooker remaining the same.

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Cowboys eight straight

Major task for Erakovic to halt rankings slide

North Queensland have made it a club record eight straight wins with an 8-0 victory over the Wests Tigers in Campbelltown. For 77 minutes, a first half penalty goal to Ethan Lowe looked to be the difference in a match that was the lowest scoring game since the infamous scoreless draw between Newtown and Canterbury in 1982.

But Cowboys winger Antonio Winterstein sealed the win in the shadows of fulltime, breaking through on a James Tedesco spilt ball close to his own tryline and breaking the hearts of the modest 8267 crowd. Both sides struggled mightily without their Origin stars, particularly in a first half where neither team could mount any sort of pressure on the opposition, let alone post points on the scoreboard.

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By Matt Brown The next six weeks shape as pivotal in Marina Erakovic’s career as she tries to arrest a slide down the rankings but she was handed no favours at this week’s French Open when drawn against world No4 Petra Kvitova.

The reigning Wimbledon champion beat Erakovic in straight sets in the second round at Paris last year and has won all four of their matches.

Apart from one semi-final

appearance in 2012, however, Kvitova has struggled on the Parisian clay.

“I’ve been close and Petra’s an amazing player, a grand slam champion who can play well on the clay, but why not beat her for the first time?” Erakovic said.

“I will maybe learn from last year and make a few adjustments by playing the match a bit smarter than last year.”

Kvitova prefers faster surfaces, illustrated by her two Wimbledon titles last year and in

2011, but is gradually improving on clay, and won the Madrid Open title for the second time earlier this month after thrashing world No1 Serena Williams en-route.

The Czech is wary of the threat Erakovic poses.

“As I saw the draw, [last year’s game] came to my mind and I know how she can be dangerous. She hits a lot of slice, drop shots and has a great forehand and serve,” Kvitova said.

Erakovic is hoping to rejuvenate a season that is threaten-

ing to fall away. The 27-yearold has progressed past the first round only four times in 11 tournaments this year and only once, in Pattaya in February, has she gone deep when she made it to the semi-finals. But she insists the poor run hasn’t dented her confidence.

“If you look at the last three or four months, all the losses have been really tight,” she said.

“I know I can play really well and I am going to keep working really hard to do my best to get there.”

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Tim Williams guides Have Faith In Me down to the line in the Colts, Geldings & Entires Mobile Pace at Saturday’s Harness Jewels workouts. Follow The Stars (M. T. Elliott) and Hug The Wind (M. J. Anderson) filled the minors, with Isaiah in fourth. All four runners were from the Purdon-Rasmussen barn, which is expected to make a huge impression on Saturday’s raceday proceedings.

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Jewels contenders set hot pace

By Matt MarkhaM

Harness racing new Zealand

At the 800 metre mark at the Harness Jewels workouts on Saturday, Arna Donnelly wondered if her stop watch was broken.

Then at the 400 metre mark, she was convinced it was.

The Cambridge horsewoman had her star pacer, and FourYear-Old Emerald contender, Ideal Success in front of her.

And he was fair bolting.

But the digits on the screen in front of Donnelly suggested that the big gelding was going a lot quicker than he felt.

“I was sure I’d mucked it all up,’’ she said.

“He came off the back straight and was travelling awesome, but we were fair flying along according to my watch.

“And the horse behind me was pulling quite a lot so that made me really think we were going slower than my watch said.’’

Donnelly’s clock wasn’t playing up though, and Ideal Success stopped the clock at 1:54.9

for the mile – shooting him into calculations for at least a placing in next week’s Emerald.

“He did it pretty easy in the end. I was really happy with the way he kept going strongly to the line.’’

Donnelly will watch on from the stands on Saturday, with David Butcher booked to take the reins on Ideal Success.

He will start from barrier one in the red hot Four-YearOld Emerald – and possibly the most pleasing aspect of Saturday’s performance was that he was able to lead from the outside of the front line.

“I spoke to David last night (Friday) and he said to try and make him run out of the gate, he came out pretty quickly which surprised me because he’s never really been a horse for gate speed.

“That gives us a chance from the draw, obviously we will need some luck and to get onto the back of the right horse, but we are on the right track.’’

Outside of the performance

of Ideal Success, the remainder of the five Jewels related heats belonged to the All Stars stable of Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen - who produced four winners.

They started with a real bang when classy two-year-old filly Dream About Me ran her final quarter in 24.8 to run down a free-wheeling Salty Robyn.

“She did it without me pulling the ear plugs,’’ Tim Williams said. “I got a bit of a shock when I saw how quick her quarter was considering how easy she did it.

“She’s bang on for next week and on that you would think that drawing the outside of the front line won’t worry her too much.’’

Williams was also first past the post with Have Faith In Me who came from off the speed to win with plenty in store.

“He’s pretty ready too, obviously the only concern is that he hasn’t had that run under his belt.’’

Follow The Stars boomed

home late in the heat to finish second, running a sub 26 second quarter showing he’s on track for the big show down with his high-flying stablemate on Saturday, while Isaiah and Hug The Wind both received pass marks.

Two-Year-Old trotting filly Missandei was ultra-impressive in her heat after working to the lead at the 1000 metre mark and running home in 27 seconds.

Mark Purdon never chased the well-bred filly out of the gate but did state afterwards that he felt he could if required.

“I think it’s there, I wasn’t too fussed on making her run out of the gate today.

“What she did was really pleasing though. We’ve got a good draw to use so she gets her chance.’’

Purdon’s final win came from Petite One who led and proved too slick for Harrysul and Eyre I Come - the latter of whom galloped out of the gate but made a massive recovery to finish within three or four lengths of the winner.

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In brief Milestone for Johnson Although she is locked in a fierce battle with Matt Cameron for this year’s National Jockey’s Premiership title, Danielle Johnson found time to celebrate on the weekend as she brought up her 500th career success with a victory on Ramarro at Ellerslie on Saturday. The win was the middle leg of a treble for Johnson after she scored with Chill Bill in the previous race before adding the day’s feature when she guided Secret Spirit to success in the Listed Graeme Thomson Jewellers Great Northern Foal Stakes. The three wins took her season tally to 117 and just two shy of Cameron with just over two months left in the title race. “My manager mentioned a few weeks ago that I was getting close to 500 wins but to be honest I didn’t really think about it too much although now I’m very happy to have achieved it,” explained Johnson.

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Hostage delights Egan Stratford trainer Tina Egan was confident she had a strong winning chance at Trentham with stable star Cassie Anne but as it turned out it was travelling companion Hostage that provided the highlight for her with victory in the NZB Insurance Pearl Series Race (1400m). Unfortunately for the connections she isn’t registered for the Pearl Series Incentive Scheme so can’t share in the associated bonus payments available on the race although Egan was still thrilled with taking home the lion’s share of the $30,000 prize money. “She’s actually won two of these races now so it is a shame she isn’t part of the scheme but I’m still delighted with the win,” she said.

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Bachman sidelined Bachman’s Queensland Derby mission is over with trainer Gerald Ryan ruling him out of the Classic following his disappointing Grand Prix Stakes performance. Although Bachman was one of the victims of early interference which led to Luke Tarrant facing a reckless riding charge, Ryan said he did not run out the 2000 metres at Doomben on Saturday as well as he expected and finished 13th.

“He can’t run in the Derby on that.

He lost ground in the last furlong (200m),” Ryan said.“I think his best chance to get a win is over a shorter distance.”

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Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incor- 2 4 Don’t Muzzle Me nwtd G & ................Denby porated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 25 3 43562 Takeaway nwtd L & ............................ Morris May 2015 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4 78F37 Princess Novak nwtd..................... D Donlon 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 5 8x566 Fat Boyz Flyer nwtd.................... G Hodgson 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 6 47627 Mr. Zafonic nwtd ........................J McInerney 1 12.05pm GOMMANS GREYHOUND SUPPLIES C0 375m 7 22622 Spirit Run nwtd............................B Hodgson 8 68 Rubbed Out nwtd ....................... B Johnston 1 1 Kerry Lane nwtd G &..........................Denby 9 46685 Homebush Chaos nwtd .............J McInerney 2 37876 Goodtime Lady nwtd ........................ I Moore 10 28766 Pistols Princess nwtd ........................M Flipp 3 55547 Homebush Rocco nwtd .............J McInerney 4 57688 Homebush Melvin nwtd ........... D T Poutama 4 1.05pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C1, 375m 5 88772 Bundoran Lass nwtd ..................... D Donlon 1 46431 Pukewhai Magic 21.44 ................. P Denbee 6 7 Agent Mick nwtd ....................... S Gommans 2 38786 Working Working 21.68 ................. D Donlon 7 31x33 Forever Autumn nwtd ..................A Turnwald 3 64336 Opawa Jay 21.74 ............................. A Clark 8 23556 Cawbourne Legs nwtd ..............J McInerney 4 27878 Homebush Stew nwtd ...............J McInerney 9 37666 Ranger’s Waltz nwtd .......................S Maher 5 88241 Working Jewel nwtd ........................L Doody 10 87 Bigtime Reign nwtd ..........................L Ahern 6 13856 Preciously 21.89 ........................ G Hodgson 7 44265 Cawbourne Josh 22.04 ....................... L Bell 2 12.25pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C1 C1, 375m 8 14343 Powerhouse Lee 21.85 D & .......J MacAuley 1 24462 To The Bank 21.79 ....................... P Denbee 9 61555 Flirt With Me 22.03 .................. T McCracken 2 44443 Opportunist nwtd L & ......................... Morris 3 33561 Bundoran Lad 22.07 ..................... D Donlon 10 78847 Mighty Twist nwtd .................... D T Poutama 4 64433 Skinny Ankles 21.74 ...................A Turnwald 5 1.25pm BROOKS TIMING C5 C5, 375m 5 72842 Nominal Lily nwtd ............................L Doody 1 21144 Stellar Force 21.45 ................... S Gommans 6 12241 Bigtime Pulse 21.82 .........................L Ahern 2 75714 Caesar Chance 21.38 .................A Turnwald 7 31374 Homebush Bounce 21.90 .........J McInerney 3 26253 Red Moova Hoova 21.50 G & ............Denby 8 76727 Rosa Gallica 21.93........................B Mitchell 4 33515 Elle Packer 21.24 .............................L Ahern 9 62543 Lagoon Fame nwtd ....................... M Gowan 5 43361 Unlikely Attack 21.63 D &...........J MacAuley 10 66664 Dark Faerytales 21.68............. D T Poutama 6 73156 Semantics 21.65 ..............................L Ahern 3 12.45pm GRANT IRVINE PHARMACY LTD C0, 375m 7 74222 Weepu 21.53 ....................................L Ahern 1 x4844 Matalino Twist nwtd .....................A Turnwald 8 88143 Wheelie Good 21.60 ...................A Turnwald

9 11783 Individual Lily 21.40 .........................L Ahern 10 17166 Bigtime Dasher 21.46 ......................L Ahern 6 1.45pm J P PRINT PETONE C3 C3, 375m 1 56223 Here Without You 21.61.............. B Johnston 2 48522 Manu Rama 22.11 ..........................L Doody 3 25622 Lagoon Mac 21.49 .......................M Roberts 4 13124 Worboys 21.69 G R & ..................... S Voyce 5 31463 Zulu Mercedes nwtd......................... A Clark 6 46266 Cawbourne Matty 21.63 ...............M Roberts 7 15523 Up High nwtd ..............................A Turnwald 8 87828 Alamein Kat 21.58 K & ......................Phillips 9 58686 Almost Got It 21.56 ............................ N Udy 10 84763 Grunt Rodgers nwtd ..................J McInerney 7 2.05pm WAREHOUSE STATIONERY C4 C4, 375m 1 21135 Boston Strike 21.76.....................A Turnwald 2 73744 Hanify Ace 21.52................................ N Udy 3 21628 Alamein Duke 21.51 K & ...................Phillips 4 47417 Enhancer 21.51...........................B Hodgson 5 72453 Serena Rose 21.66 ..........................L Ahern 6 85815 Plenty Of Time 21.77 .......................L Ahern 7 36672 Opawa Colin nwtd .............................M Flipp 8 35726 Air Raid nwtd...............................A Turnwald 9 64382 Blue And Curly 21.27 .......................L Ahern 10 57827 What’s Up Gee 21.46 .......................L Ahern 8 2.27pm PERSONAL PROTECTIVE SERVICES LTD C2 FINAL C2f, 375m 1 23452 Cawbourne Teash nwtd................M Roberts 2 62215 King’s Selection 21.77.............. S Gommans 3 21211 Wee Diger 21.63 ........................ G Hodgson

4 21312 Taree Zarr 21.65 .........................A Turnwald 5 882F3 Showem Baby nwtd .................A Duganzich 6 28484 Homebush Crash nwtd..............J McInerney 7 61643 Vinnie Baxter 21.65...................J McInerney 8 71654 Cawbourne Tip 21.77 ...................M Roberts 9 61555 Flirt With Me 22.03 .................. T McCracken 10 11555 Allegro Blast 21.73 ...........................L Ahern 9 2.46pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY LTD C4, 457m 1 68x61 Premier Division 26.13 .....................L Ahern 2 72155 Takamori 26.27 G & ...........................Denby 3 34221 Lagoon Kootchy nwtd...................M Roberts 4 61483 Cosmic Scramble 26.10 ..............B Hodgson 5 46312 Fabio nwtd.......................................... N Udy 6 41646 Peacock Princess nwtd ...............A Turnwald 7 43555 Opawa Shaiden 26.47..................M Roberts 8 53251 Trident nwtd........................................ N Udy Emergencies: 9 21824 Boston Heart nwtd ......................A Turnwald 10 24678 Cawbourne Steve nwtd ................M Roberts 10 3.08pm MANAWATU HARNESS RACING CLUB C2 C2, 457m 1 22123 Chloe’s Prodigy 26.09 ..................M Roberts 2 73324 Wall Age 26.54 ................................L Doody 3 28516 Homebush Lucifer nwtd ............J McInerney 4 51385 Thrilling Toby 26.43 ................. D T Poutama 5 85176 He’s A Jessie 26.28 ........................... N Udy 6 13367 That’s King 26.60 ........................B Hodgson 7 x3551 Illicit Twist 26.68 ..........................A Turnwald 8 76123 Homebush Spook nwtd .............J McInerney

9 543x5 Boris 26.17 ................................. B Johnston 10 67455 Alamein Jah 26.18 K & .....................Phillips 11 3.25pm FAREWELL & THANK YOU TRISH & ERIC C1 C1, 457m 1 316 Thrilling Luke nwtd .......................... K Walsh 2 4326F Alamein Blonde nwtd K & .................Phillips 3 55386 Cawbourne Gable nwtd .......... T McCracken 4 26321 Cawbourne Gracie nwtd ..............M Roberts 5 85441 Zamaddis Lass nwtd .................... T Downey 6 54453 Big Wonder nwtd ........................... M Gowan 7 33332 Malakai Magic 26.66 .................... P Denbee 8 1427 Tuff Diamond nwtd ........................B Mitchell 9 47666 Glad’s Apopping nwtd .....................S Maher 10 55765 Stand Up Girl nwtd .......................M Roberts 12 3.43pm PLASTER BOARD SILVER COLLAR HEATS 31ST MAY C2 C2, 375m 1 42111 Timmy Trumpet 21.34 ..................... K Walsh 2 63763 Venga Guapa nwtd..........................M Olden 3 55656 Cawbourne Aries 21.75 ........... S Gommans 4 11555 Allegro Blast 21.73 ...........................L Ahern 5 24845 Runs For Gas nwtd .................. S Gommans 6 11112 Angie Zarr nwtd...........................A Turnwald 7 37281 Ayra Stark nwtd ................................ A Clark 8 58323 Nikka Century nwtd .......................... A Clark 9 68762 Flying Blake 21.84 .............................. L Bell 10 67727 Spot On Maggie nwtd ..............A Duganzich LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Kiwis grace biggest stage

BY JACK BARLOW It’s the jewel in Formula 1’s already glittering crown.

No other race does glamour quite like Monaco and this weekend Kiwi GP2 drivers Mitch Evans and Richie Stanaway are having the chance to excel at one of the world’s most famous racetracks.

The two had contrasting fortunes during the weekend’s feature race. Both suffered from a rainy qualifying run and started down the order, Stanaway in 14th and Evans 18th.

Stanaway took the initiative and wound his way through the pack to finish a creditable seventh, 25 seconds behind winner Stoffel Vandoorne.

Evans, however, had no such luck and crashed attempting a pass at the end of the famous tunnel on lap 18.

GP2’s reverse grid rules meant Stanaway started in second place for yesterday’s sprint race.

The two New Zealanders have raced at Monaco several times before, although this is Stanaway’s first time in GP2.

Evans has done particularly well at the track, finishing less than half a second behind winner Jolyon Palmer in

Richie Stanaway: Russian Time team going well this year.

last year’s GP2 feature race.

“It’s such an incredible event,” he says.

“Still, I have been on the podium three times and haven’t stepped on the top step yet.

“Every year I’ve really wanted to do it and I think this year I’ve got a fair shot.”

As of lsat night, Evans lay fourth on the GP2 points table, 21 behind third-placed Rio Haryanto.

He’s had an uneven start to the year, his usual pace being punctuated by mechanical

failure and racing incidents.

Still, the season is only three rounds old and it’s easy to get the feeling that he expects things to come together quickly.

“It hasn’t been that smooth, to be honest,” he says, “but I’m doing a lot better than I was at this stage last year.

“The car has been quick and the team [Russian Time] is going good.

“We have a whole new management and engineering team this year and, al-

though it’s taking a bit of getting used to, we’re doing a lot of testing, so hopefully we can do well on the track this weekend.

“If we do, it’ll set us up nicely for the rest of the championship.”

It’s a different scenario for Stanaway.

Unlike Evans, who has been competing in GP2 for nearly three years, 2015 is Stanaway’s first shot in the competitive category.

It’s also a first for his team, Status GP, and they have unsurprisingly found the going tough.

Not that the always realistic Stanaway expected anything different.

“We’ve been hovering just outside the top 10, which I guess is pretty standard given the amount of experience we’ve got,” he says.

“It’s not the type of championship you can just expect to go into and start winning races.

“Running time’s pretty limited, but hopefully we can keep progressing and moving up the order and get some better results.

“We’ve got the potential to do better than in the first two rounds, for sure.”

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Daily Events New deal for Hamilton Monday Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton will earn around NZ$1.4m a week after signing a new three year deal with Mercedes.

The deal is said to be worth 90 million pounds (NZ$191m).

That equates to: $63.6m a year, $1.4m a week, $193,000 a day, $8500 an hour or $140 each minute.

That doesn’t includes bonuses.

Hamilton joked that he earned his “10 per cent” commission from himself after finally signing the lucrative contract he negotiated on his own.

The deal puts an end to growing rumors that the twotime F1 champion from Britain might join Ferrari next season to form a formidable duo with four-time champion Sebastian Vettel.

Speaking about his contract, Hamilton said it was never in doubt, even though he had said in January and again in March that the new contract was imminent, only for the negotiations to drag on and the suspense to grow.

“I took my time. Some weeks

I thought about it, some weeks I didn’t,” said Hamilton, who represents himself since splitting with his advisers after last season.

“It was also the first time I’d ever done it so there was a lot to learn, there was a lot of studying to do, to really understand everything. It was great.

I earned my 10 per cent.”

Although neither Mercedes nor Hamilton revealed the financial aspects of the deal, it is estimated to be worth 90 million pounds, including bonuses.

“I said to Mercedes from the get-go that I wasn’t planning to speak to anyone and I believe that they did the same,” said Hamilton, who has won three of five races this season heading into the Monaco GP. “So it was a very easy decision to make and it’s also great that the team wanted to continue working with me.”

Hamilton will be approaching his 34th birthday when his new deal ends, but does not intend to retire.

“I definitely see (myself) continuing past that,” Hamilton said.

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www.guardianonline.co.nz CRYPTIC ACROSS 1. Give one a dressing-down at Axminster? (6) 8. Prepare for it to be run on the right lines (5) 9. Sententiously brief, it can coil around (7) 11. The people who couple Pa with commotion (8) 12. Take it from what’s said it wouldn’t go foreign (5) 15. Look sullen in colouring (4) 16. Plumb weight of the oldfashioned 5p piece (3) 17. Comfortable, though seasick on yacht at first (4) 19. One-time premier barren country (5) 21. Seeming use of part neap can play (8) 24. The couple most woe comes to (7) 25. Without participation a silly fellow may make a comeback (5) 26. Some liquid bitterness there’s no comeback for (6)

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QUICK ACROSS 1. Absolutely right (4,2) 5. Unsullied (6) 9. Painter (6) 10. Hit hard (6) 11. Scrabble piece (4) 12. Limit (8) 14. Pamper (6) 16. Verse (6) 19. Treachery (8) 21. Atmosphere (4) 22. Vigour (6) 23. Assistant (6) 24. Sorted, arranged (colloq) (6) 25. Reveal (6)

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) An auspicious day for friendship, relationship building and serendipitous developments, will also bring a sense that a weight has been lifted.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) Right in the heart of an auspicious alliance between income, work and career forces there is the right mix of confidence and pressure.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) An alliance between playful and adventurous forces reminds you that life can’t be all work and no play, there’s a danger that could happen.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) Just as life becomes more settled and has stopped throwing curveballs at you, what looked like challenges are turning into opportunities in disguise.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) An alliance between communication, relationship and friendship forces couldn’t be any tighter than it is today, with a need to seize the moment.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) Just as you finally clear a minefield of work/life balance tensions you’re emerging into a world full of income, work and career opportunities.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) Playful and adventurous forces have life’s richer experiences begging for your attention, with going through the motions no longer enough.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) With Venus returning to your career sector later next week, with electrifying results, trust what your professional instincts are telling you.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) With personal and/or relationship tensions easing there should be signs of the communication and/or relationship breakthroughs now possible.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) On the income, work and career fronts you’re at the point where everything until now has been leading up to and everything from now will lead on from.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) Before things become busier a group of playful and adventurous forces are encouraging you to find a balance between work and play.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 21) Keep your finger on the pulse and ear to the ground when it comes to work matters, trusting your emotional and intuitive responses.

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Fine. Wind at 1000m: SW gale 65 km/h in exposed places. Wind at 2000m: Severe SW gale 90 km/h.

Fine. Cold southwesterlies, strong about the coast. However, sleety showers about Banks Peninsula with southwest gales.

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WEDNESDAY

Fine with southwesterlies dying out.

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Fine with high cloud. Northwesterlies developing then strengthening.

Mainly fine with northeasterlies.

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Rise 7:50 am Set 5:09 pm

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Rangitata Klondyke at 4:00 pm, yesterday

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Waitaki Kurow at 12:40 pm, yesterday Source: Environment Canterbury

Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 7.7 14.5 Max to 4pm -0.6 Minimum -4.7 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.2 16hr to 4pm May to date 5.4 Avg May to date 48 2015 to date 236.2 268 Avg year to date Wind km/h S 30 At 4pm Strongest gust S 57 Time of gust 3:05pm

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FOUR

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 With a special performance by Hilary Duff. 0 11am Renovation Game 3 A team of up-and-coming builders and designers put their fees on the line if they fail to raise a property’s value. 0 Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Vanessa panics; Pollard is worried about Val; Lisa is excited about Belle’s return home. 0 1:30 Coronation Street PGR 3 0 2pm Four Weddings USA 3 3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 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 Border Patrol PGR A Brazilian man is caught at the border with drugs in his undies; illegal weapons are stopped at the airport and the mail centre; containers of Formula One cars must pass biosecurity checks. 0 8pm Code –1 PGR 0 8:30 Stalker 0 9:25 Forever AO 0 10:25 One News Tonight 0 10:55 Criminal Minds AO 3 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Tiki Tour 3 0 6:52 The Jungle Bunch Shorts 0 6:55 Pokemon – Black And White 3 0 7:20 Back At The Barnyard 3 0 7:50 The League Of Super Evil 3 0 8:15 Henry Hugglemonster 0 8:35 Art Attack 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 AO 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle PGR 1:30 Judge Rinder 2:35 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3:30 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 4pm Dog With A Blog 3 0 4:30 The 4:30 Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The New Adventures Of Old Christine 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 My Kitchen Rules PGR Flatmates and polar opposites Jane and Emma enter the kitchen, but Jane’s need for order may cause problems. 0 8:45 The Mysteries Of Laura AO 0 9:45 Schitt’s Creek AO 0 10:15 2 Broke Girls 0 10:45 20/20 0

6am Paul Henry Paul Henry hosts a news show.

9am Infomercials 10:30 The Bold And The Beautiful PGR Brooke wonders whether Eric has a hidden motive behind the decision he has recently made.

11am Rachael Ray David Duchovny chats about his new book, new music, and new show.

Noon 3 News 12:30 Baggage AO Game show hosted by Jerry Springer.

1pm Dr Phil AO 2pm The Ricki Lake Show AO 3pm The Real Housewives Of New Jersey PGR 4pm N The Biggest Loser – Glory Days Twenty contestants, all former athletes, begin their weightloss journeys. 0 6pm 3 News 7pm Campbell Live 7:30 The X Factor – Xtra Edition 8:30 F The Blacklist AO The FBI tracks a dangerous Russian assassin; Liz discovers she is being framed by the Cabal, prompting Red to tap into his connections to clear her name. 0 10:20 3 News 10:50 Sons Of Anarchy AO 3 0

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Grojband 3 7:55 As Told By Ginger 3 8:20 Chuggington 3 8:30 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 8:40 Peppa Pig 3 8:50 Bob The Builder 3 9am Thomas And Friends 3 9:10 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 3 9:25 Barney And Friends 3 9:50 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:35 Punk’d PGR 3 5pm Life’s Funniest Moments 5:30 It Only Hurts When I Laugh 3 6pm Malcolm In The Middle 3 0 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3 7pm The Simpsons 3 0 7:30 New Girl PGR 3 8pm F The Goldbergs PGR 8:30 Community PGR 9:05 Parks And Recreation PGR 3 9:35 Us And Them AO (Starting Today) 3 10:05 Bad Teacher PGR 3 10:35 NYC 22 AO 3

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 PGR 3 A celebrity chat show.

2pm The Aristocrats 3 The Rothschild family has given its name to a wine, a song, a giraffe, a butterfly, and a ballet, has founded nations and funded wars.

3pm Storage Wars 3 3:30 The Late Show With David Letterman 5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country 3

12:50 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2 0 1:15 Infomercials 5:05 Impact For Life With Pastors Peter and Bev Mortlock.

5:35 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2 0

11:15 Super Fun Night PGR 3 0 11:45 Samantha Who? 3 0 12:10 Go Girls AO 3 0 1:10 The Family Tools PGR 3 1:35 Infomercials 2:35 Shameless AO 3 0 3:25 Political Animals AO 3 0 4:15 Ellen 3 4:40 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

12:10 Infomercials 5:30 City Impact Church

11:20 Entertainment Tonight 11:45 Infomercials

11:40 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

12:10 Home Shopping 1:40 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2:10 Home Shopping

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Nigel And Adam’s Farm Kitchen 7:30 Kirstie’s Fill Your House For Free 8:30 Talk To The Animals 9:30 Merlin 10:30 Nigel And Adam’s Farm Kitchen 11:30 Bill’s Kitchen – Notting Hill Noon Coast 1pm Kirstie’s Fill Your House For Free 2pm Talk To The Animals 3pm You Live In What? A Ferry.

4pm Rick Stein Tastes The Blues 5pm Holmes Makes It Right 6pm Baggage Battles 6:30 Buying Hawaii 7pm Beverly Hills Pawn 7:30 Travels With The Bondi Vet Bondi Vet Chris Brown is on vacation exploring some of the world’s most beautiful and sometimes bizarre places.

8pm Destination Flavour Down Under Adam shares his passion for all things food and travel.

8:35 Lost Kingdoms Of South America Archaeologist Dr Jago Cooper reveals the true character of this stunning continent through its culture, people and landscapes.

9:30 Long Way Down PGR 10:30 Beverly Hills Pawn 11pm Holmes Makes It Right

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Midnight Deals From The Dark Side PGR 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am You Live In What?

A Ferry. 2am Rick Stein Tastes The Blues 3am Buying Hawaii 3:30 Baggage Battles 4am Travels With The Bondi Vet 4:30 Destination Flavour Down Under 5am Lost Kingdoms Of South America

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The Crowd Goes Wild MythBusters PGR 60 Minutes PGR Silent Witness AO Harry and Nikki discover more about the tangled lives of the inhabitants on Magnolia Drive.

10:40 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7:30 Kia Mau! 3 8am Iwi Anthems 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Hoiho (Starting Today) 3 Annabelle Lee-Harris travels across the country from where the first horse landed in Aotearoa in 1814 to discover Maori horse culture. 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 Korero Mai 3 2 3pm Tangaroa With Pio 3

THE BOX

6am Fishing And Adventure 6:30 Sailing – Volvo Ocean Race 7am Football – International (Replay) Japan v New Zealand Football Ferns. 9am Rugby – Women’s Sevens World Series (Delayed) 11:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Raiders v Bulldogs. Noon The After Match 12:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) England v New Zealand – First Test, Day Four. 1pm Football – Arsenal TV Arsenal v West Bromwich Albion. 4pm Small Blacks TV 4:15 Random Rugby TV 4:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) England v New Zealand – First Test, Day Four. 5pm The Hunters Club 5:30 Cricket – IPL (Highlights) 6pm Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) 6:30 College Netball (Replay) 7:30 L Netball – ANZ Championship Magic v Pulse. From Claudelands Arena in Hamilton.

9:15 Netball Zone 9:45 Random Rugby TV 10pm Cycling – Giro D’Italia (Highlights) Stage 15 – Marostica to Madonna Di Campiglio.

10:30 The Hunters Club

11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) Midnight Fox Sports News 12:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) 1am Netball – ANZ Championship (Replay) 2:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Replay) 4am Cricket – IPL (Replay)

SKY SPORT 2 3:30 Pukoro 3 2 4pm Dora Matatoa 3 2 4:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 5pm Pukana 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 2 6:30 Ako 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Toi Whakaari 2 8pm The Journey To Success 8:30 Native Affairs 9:30 Tales From The Trails 3 10:30 Find Me A Maori Bride AO (Starting Today) 3 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY

6am Law And Order MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Pawn Stars PG 7:40 Parking Wars PGL 8:05 The Amazing Race PG 8:55 CSI – Miami MV 9:45 Transporter – The Series 16VLSC 10:35 CSI – New York MV 11:25 CSI MV 12:15 CSI MV 1:05 Pawn Stars PG 1:30 CSI – Miami MV 2:20 Law And Order MV 3:10 The Amazing Race PG 4pm The Simpsons PG 4:30 Parking Wars PGL 5pm Pawn Stars PG 5:30 CSI – Miami MV 6:30 Pawn Stars PG 7pm Lizard Lick Towing PG 7:30 CSI – New York MV 8:30 Ice Road Truckers PG 9:30 Bosch MV 10:30 The Glades MV 11:30 CSI – New York MV

6am Auction Kings PG Vampire Hunting Kit; Meteorite.

6:30 Deadliest Catch PG New Beginnings. 7:30 Ice Cold Gold PG 8:30 MythBusters PG Walk a Straight Line. 9:30 Moonshiners – Jim Tom Specials M 10:30 King Of Thrones PG 11:30 Murder Comes To Town M 12:30 Disappeared M 1:30 Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry? M 2pm Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry?

M 2:30 How It’s Made PG 3pm How It’s Made PG 3:30 Moonshiners M 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 MythBusters PG 6:30 Treehouse Masters PG 7:30 Auction Hunters PG 8pm Auction Hunters PG 8:30 MythBusters PG 9:30 You Have Been Warned M 10:30 How It’s Made PG 11pm How It’s Made PG 11:30 Momsters – When Moms Go Bad M

12:30 The Amazing Race PG 1:20 Parking Wars PGL 1:45 Law And Order MV 2:35 The Glades MV 3:25 The Simpsons PG 3:55 Ice Road Truckers PG 4:45 Bosch MV 5:35 Pawn Stars PG

Midnight Momsters – When Moms Go Bad M 12:30 Stalked – Someone’s Watching M 1:30 Blood Relatives M 2:30 Auction Kings PG 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Man v Wild PG 5am Dirty Jobs PG

TUESDAY

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MOVIES PREMIERE

Silent Witness

9:30pm on Prime

MOVIES GREATS

6:05 The Mystery Cruise M 2013 Crime. Gail O’Grady, Michelle Harrison.

7:30 Transformers – Age Of Extinction MVL 2014 Action.

Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz.

10:15 The Conjuring 16C 2013 Horror. Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga.

12:05 Pain And Gain 18VLS 2013 Action. Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson. 2:15 The Mystery Cruise M 2013 Crime.

Gail O’Grady, Michelle Harrison.

3:40 Skid Marks 16LSC 2008 Comedy. Tyler Poelle, Dianna Argon.

5:05 Closed Circuit MVL 2013 Crime. Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall.

6:40 The World’s End MVLS 2013 Comedy. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost.

8:30 Twixt MVC 2011 Horror.

Val Kilmer, Elle Fanning.

10pm Live Nude Girls 18S 2014 Comedy. Mike Hatton, Dave Foley.

11:40 A Resurrection 16VL 2013 Thriller. Mischa Barton, Devon Sawa.

6:15 Bulletproof Monk MVL 2003 Action. Chow Yun-Fat, Seann William Scott.

8am Mean Girls MC 2004 Family Comedy. Lindsay Lohan, Tina Fey, Rachel McAdams. 9:35 Jurassic Park PGV 1993 Adventure.

Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum.

11:40 The Lost World – Jurassic Park PGV 1997 Sci-fi Adventure.

Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite. 1:45 Jurassic Park 3 MV 2001 Adventure.

Sam Neill, William H Macy. 3:20 Mr Bean’s Holiday PGC 2007 Comedy.

Rowan Atkinson. 4:50 Slumdog Millionaire MVL 2008 Drama.

Dev Patel. 6:50 13 Going On 30 PGS 2004 Comedy. Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Andy Serkis.

8:30 The X-Files MV 1998 Sci-fi.

David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson.

10:35 The Dukes Of Hazzard MS 2005 Comedy. Johnny Knoxville, Jessica Simpson, Seann William Scott.

1:30 Twixt MVC 2011 Horror.

2:40 Live Nude Girls 18S 2014 Comedy. 4:20 A Resurrection 16VL 2013 Thriller. 5:50 Below The Beltway MC 2010 Comedy.

12:20 The Queen ML 2006 Drama.

2am 13 Going On 30 PGS 2004 Comedy.

3:35 The X-Files MV 1998 Sci-fi.

5:35 The Queen ML 2006 Drama.

TUESDAY

TUESDAY

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11:30 Motorsport – Indycar Series (Highlights) Indianapolis 500.

Noon Motorsport – World Rally Championship (Highlights) Portugal – Day Three. 12:30 Motorsport – Superbike World Championship (Highlights) United Kingdom Round. 1:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Replay) Vixens v Swifts. 3pm Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) Tactix v Firebirds. 3:30 Football – International (Highlights) Japan v New Zealand Football Ferns. 4pm Motorsport – FIA Formula One Championship (Highlights) Monaco Grand Prix.

4:30 Motorsport – World Rally Championship (Highlights) Portugal – Day Three. 5pm Cycling – World Ports Classic (Replay) Stage Two. 6pm Cycling – Giro D’Italia (Highlights) Stage 15 – Marostica to Madonna Di Campiglio.

6:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) 7pm The Hunters Club 7:30 Rugby Nation 8:30 L Rugby League – NRL Knights v Broncos. 11pm Monday Night With Matty Johns

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Midnight Aussie Rules – AFL (Delayed) 3am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) 5am Monday Night With Matty Johns

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Celtic, Methven and Southern secure quarter-final berths Methven’s disappointment at losing to Waihora in the Luisetti Seeds Combined Country Cup was clear to see on Saturday - as all three of Mid Canterbury’s playoff bound sides suffered defeat.

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Olympics could leave ABs vulnerable

BY GREGOR PAUL The great empires, without exception, collapsed when they extended their boundaries too far.

New Zealand, the recognised dominant force and rulers of sorts of world rugby, could see their position weaken next year as they chase glory on two fronts.

The full ramifications of sevens winning Olympic status are maybe only now being fully understood. That decision was made in 2009 but in the next few weeks it’s going to dawn on New Zealanders just what a massive impact the Olympics

are going to have on all forms of professional rugby.

Decision time is approaching for the likes of Julian Savea, Ben Smith, Beauden Barrett and Malakai Fekitoa about whether they are willing to put their All Blacks careers on hold while they chase Olympic glory.

They have to make up their minds in early June.

To even be a chance of making the final cut, they will have to skip chunks of Super Rugby next year. If they win selection for Rio, they won’t be available for the June test series against Wales or the first two games of the Rugby Championship.

Big bad Brad calls time on his career P16

But the bigger risk sits with New Zealand Rugby. Brand All Blacks has taken more than a century to build but could be damaged in a fraction of that time.

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen is publicly supportive of the players thinking about focusing on sevens but privately must be concerned about the prospect of not having Barrett, Smith, Williams, Messam, Savea, Fekitoa and Vito. If he was venting behind the scenes, it would be understandable. The All Blacks could be badly compromised in the quest to win gold.

The All Blacks, the one sport-

ing entity that unites the country and puts it on the world map more than any other, could be left picking good Super Rugby players while genuine internationals are playing the sevens tournament in Brazil.

Is the risk worth it? Have New Zealand Rugby, by publicly stating they want to win two gold medals and for the All Blacks to preserve their winning legacy, set the bar too high?

“We could be in danger of spreading ourselves too thin, particularly given the period of the cycle we are in,” says NZRU chief executive Steve Tew. “And that is something that we will

constantly weigh up and we had conversations on this as recently as yesterday.

“We are mindful that we have set pretty audacious goals. To even say you are going to win two gold medals ... most countries wouldn’t have done that.

“We want to send two teams to the Olympics that have the best possible chance of being on the podium, and we also want the All Blacks to continue to win and to win well.

“Can we do all of those things?

Well, that will be tested over time and we might have to make some judgements and there are some coming up.”

- NZME

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