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KB Panel and Paint director Kieran Breakwell (left) says his Filipino employees Grant Toral (right) and Emerson Remolacio are two of the best painters he has ever seen.

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Migrants filling a desperate need

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An Ashburton business owner is calling on the government to think carefully before it changes the rules over migrant work visas.

Kieran Breakwell, director of KB Panel and Paint, is concerned that changes to the rules that would make life tougher for migrant workers in New Zealand would have a negative effect on Mid Canterbury, as well as New Zealand as a whole.

“It’s definitely going to affect us and I’m very, very, concerned,” he said.

He was pleased to hear the government was reconsidering those changes, especially those planned for the skilled migrant visa, which could see a large number of workers have to leave the country for 12 months every three years, as well as cutting entitlements for their partners and children.

Breakwell said the migrant workers he knew added a lot to the businesses they

worked for and the communities they lived in.

“It’s a myth these guys are not skilled,” Breakwell said, adding he employed two Filipino workers and did not want to lose them.

“Their skills – the quality of their work and their work ethic – is exceptional,” he said. “They’re the best painters I’ve ever seen.”

He said the panelbeating industry nationwide was desperate for workers and migrants were not taking jobs from people born in New Zealand.

“We can’t get enough painters and panelbeaters. It’s just impossible. The workers aren’t there.”

There was already a stringent process to follow in order to get migrant workers into the country, he said, and it made no sense to crack down even more.

“A big drive for these Filipino workers is they want a better life for their families. They are nice, genuine people, desperate to be here and they are a real

asset to the community.

“With the rules the government is looking at changing, it’s unlikely they will get residency, so a big part of that drive to come here is gone.”

Breakwell said he had already heard anecdotally of migrant workers in his industry instead looking to Australia for work.

“There’s already guys packing up and going.”

It was not just in panel shops and the dairy industry where migrant workers played an important role in the Mid Canterbury economy, he said, they were also prominent in many other sectors, including as mechanics, on building sites and as engineers.

“They’re part of the community and we don’t want to lose them.”

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Migrants fulfilling a desperate need

A report recommends the status quo remains for the immediate future of the East Street bus stop.

From P1 Greenstone Recruitment director and immigration consultant Graydon Sharratt, of Hamilton, who specialises in agricultural recruitment, is adopting a wait and see approach as to what aspects of their earlier immigration proposals the government might change.

He does not expect the complete package to be dropped, rather that changes will be targeted.

Proposals that most needed to change included the standdown period for skilled migrants who did not meet a remuneration threshold, that the partners of those migrants would only get visitor visas, and that their children would not be eligible for school fee subsidies as domestic students, in effect making education too expensive for them.

Sharratt, who spoke at the recent South Island Dairy Event at Lincoln, said he was working with Federated Farmers and DairyNZ on different options.

However, he believed the government was listening to rural New Zealand.

Shortages of farm workers were getting worse, not better, he said, particularly in the South Island, so farmers and their migrant workers needed more clarity as to what changes the government was planning to push through.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Extra bus bay no-go – for now

By Sue NewmaN

Sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

Buses loading and unloading passengers on Ashburton’s East Street might be causing congestion for motorists, but the Ashburton District Council does not want another designated bus park in town.

A request for additional bus parking was made to the council in April by Experience Mid Canterbury chief executive Bruce Moffat. He said there was an increasing number of tour buses

stopping in town and that at times they were banked up waiting for parking space because their arrival often clashed with scheduled stops by Inter City buses.

Moffat wanted an extra parking space on East Street and said providing space in the West Street car park was not a viable option. The East Street bus stop was convenient and safe, he said.

The request was made in April and at tomorrow’s service deliv-

ery meeting councillors will see a report that recommends the status quo remains for the immediate future.

That decision was made by council officers because there are too many unknowns in the central business area with the impact of the civic centre buildings, the Eastfield development and other changes in the CBD likely to have some effect on traffic movement.

While the extra bus stop would have made the bus juggling ex-

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ercise easier, Moffat said he had always been mindful there was already pressure on parking spaces in town and realised extra bus spaces meant fewer casual car spaces.

“I think this is probably the right outcome. We needed to signal this, to make council aware, that’s our responsibility,” he said.

Moffat said the bus congestion wasn’t an all day, every day occurrence but on ‘more than the odd day’ there were two plus buses competing for space.

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‘Watch speed near schools’

By Katie todd

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Emergency services responding to a crash on Oak Grove yesterday.

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Car collides with road sign on Oak Grove Ambulance staff did not have to far to travel to attend a crash which occurred right beside the hospital yesterday afternoon.

A car collided with a road sign between Oak Grove and Elizabeth

Street at approximately 1.40pm.

It is understood children were on board. No serious injuries occurred but fire, police and ambulance attended the scene and one person was assessed and treated by am-

bulance staff. The road was not blocked but the car, a Nissan Micra, had to be towed from the scene.

Police said that their inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the crash are ongoing.

Motorists may have had a temporary reprieve from slippery road conditions around Ashburton, but are being urged by police to stick to sensible speeds as children return to school.

Acting Road Policing Manager for Canterbury Rural Leairne Dow said the first week of school was a good time for children and motorist to make a collaborative effort towards school road safety.

“If your child gets to school themselves, it’s a good idea if you can to take a practice walk or bike with them, so you can discuss any likely hazards and confirm the best places to cross roads.”

She said motorists also need to remember that young ones

can behave in “unpredictable” ways, and often unable to see over the bonnet of a car or to effectively judge the speed of vehicles.

“This means drivers need to take extra care in paying attention to their surroundings and driving at appropriate speeds in areas near schools and where children congregate.”

“Keep your attention fully on the road and be alert for any children who may dart out in front of you unexpectedly.”

Borough School principal Sam Winterbourn said his message to all drivers would be a simple “be vigilant and slow down.”

Out at the more rural Lauriston School, acting principal Colin Brodie said he’d like to see more people “driving to the conditions”.

Higher summer river flows frustrate water scientists

By Linda CLarKe

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Scientists are no closer to identifying sources of the main contaminants in the Ashburton River because of higher than usual flows in the river over the past summer.

Environment Canterbury staff took 10 water samples between December and March but only two had enough E. coli in them to warrant further analysis.

Of the 10 samples, all but one were under 200 bacteria per 100ml, the recommended minimum level for analysis. The one that was showed 1120 but was

discarded as the river was in flood.

ECan scientist Adrian Meredith told the Ashburton Water Zone Committee yesterday that the two E. coli samples further analysed had markers for ruminant, human and avian sources.

He said the E. coli bacteria concentrations were relatively low all summer because of the higher flows, which was frustrating the team trying to track the source of faecal contamination that historically meant the river was graded unsafe for swimming.

The samples showed predomi-

nant ruminant (livestock) sources with evidence of bird and human sources; these represented a background level of bacterial contamination in the river but did not help explain the sources of high concentration episodes that had the biggest impact on swimmability.

The Ashburton River normally runs low, around 4 to 5 cumecs, over summer but there was about six times more water in the river than usual in November and December because Trustpower had shut down its Highbank power station and water not wanted for hydro generation or irrigation

was being released into it.

The zone committee supported another summer of sampling for faecal source tracking analysis for the coming summer.

The higher than usual flows would have pleased members of the Save the Rivers group who wrote to the committee asking for a progress report on work to raise the minimum flow in the river to six cumecs by 2023.

Chairman of the group Keith Gunn said its members had been concerned about the river and its low flow for many years.

Not enough water take consents would lapse before the target

date for the flow to improve.

ECan commissioner David Caygill said recalling all the water take consents on the river for review would be a controversial and major undertaking.

Save the Rivers wanted a public meeting to discuss issues related to achieving the targets but it is likely the river will be the subject of a committee workshop later in the year.

Scientists are already undertaking more technical modelling on the river, working out how groundwater next to the river is hydraulically connected to the flow.

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Five sister cities five too many?

By Sue NewmaN

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If mayor Donna Favel has her way, Ashburton could be establishing a sister city relationship with a town or city in the Philippines.

She has asked council officers to investigate the possibility of establishing this link and tomorrow, she’ll be asking her councillors whether they’re as keen

as she is on the idea. Ashburton currently has four established sister city relationships. Two are moderately active – Shiozawa in Japan and Puyang City in China.

The other two, Pulaski in the United States and Ashburton in the United Kingdom are inactive.

Sister cities as a concept developed after World War Two as a way of establishing relationships

between people at grass-roots level to bring about world peace.

There are currently about 140 of these relationships around New Zealand but only Ashburton and three other Canterbury councils have sister cities.

Favel is using the high number of Filipino migrant workers in the Ashburton District and the election of the district’s first Filipino councillor in October as

drivers for wanting to establish a sister city link.

Southland District Council is considering a similar link and Favel is keen for Ashburton to have New Zealand’s first or equal first Filipino relationship.

Research shows that benefits from the relationships are intangible rather than economic. They are seen as having a ceremonial function at mayoral level.

■ CELEBRATING ONE HUNDRED YEARS

High tea a highlight for special birthday boy

By Sue NewmaN

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Vic Chambers has always been a man of the outdoors.

Today he might not be quite as agile as he was when he farmed several hundred acres of land on Methven’s Cairnbrae Road, but he still likes nothing better than pottering in the garden and walking in the sun of his new home at Princes Court.

While he might not remember everyone’s name, today he’ll be celebrating his 100th birthday with close family members and a good, old fashioned high tea.

Yesterday, with wife Betty and daughter Maree, Vic was talking through plans for the celebration and while he might be a man of few words it was very clear he was looking forward to the big event, perhaps the party more than the age, Maree suggested.

Vic is one of five children who grew up in the Methven area.

Their parents did not live to a ripe old age and Vic and two of his siblings could be setting new age goalposts in their family. He has a brother who is 98 and his youngest sister turns 97 this year.

Like many men of his era, Vic was part of the huge army of men and women who served in World War Two. His service was largely in Egypt behind the wheel of a tank.

Unlike many he returned home uninjured and was able to live his dream of making a living on the land. When the Govern-

In brief Loading zone a no-go The construction of a loading zone on Cass Street outside Briscoes store is now off the Ashburton District Council’s to-do list. Earlier this year Briscoes approached the council requesting an area of parking space be designated a loading zone between 6am and 9am. The council agreed, but Briscoes has now sought a variation to that saying the time allocated does not fit their delivery cycle. The store wanted the loading zone to be active from 7.30am to 10.30am because deliveries did not arrive until after 7.30am. At its meeting tomorrow a report from council officers is likely to see the new request declined because it would take at least two car parks out of operation at a time the area is well used.

El Ninos rising Extreme El Nino events, which have cost New Zealand hundreds of millions of dollars in the past, are likely to become twice as common under climate change, a new study has found. And the Australian scientists behind the research say the frequency of these events was projected to increase even if nations could meet the Paris Agreement ambition of halting global mean temperature at 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.

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Taking family time to count down a century, Betty and daughter Maree Chambers help Vic celebrate his special birthday.

PHOTO SUE NEWMAN 250717-SN-012 ment put blocks of land into a ballot for returned servicemen, Vic put his name in the hat. He was successful and went on to put his heart and soul into his farm.

He met his wife to be Betty at a church ball, they married and had one child, Maree.

When she talks about her husband’s hobbies and interests,

Betty says the farm was always number one, that and bowls and gardening. And when they retired to town 32 years ago, his gardening passion came into its own, she said.

If age hadn’t caught up with his memory, Maree believes her dad might still have been living at home. He went into care at 97½, and is now happy to call Princes

Court home. “He’s still pretty bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, it’s just that his memory’s a bit faded,” she said.

At 92 Betty is still sharp, agile and looking forward to helping her husband celebrate his birthday today.

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■ ASHBURTON COLLEGE

Syrian refugees to benefit from 40 Hour Famine World Vision met with students at Ashburton College yesterday to receive a donation, raised by the students as part of the annual 40 Hour Famine.

Students who partook in the 40 Hour Famine selected something to go without for 40 hours – food, furniture, technology, talking or otherwise – and collected money from sponsors.

Altogether the students raised $2026.10 which would be put towards helping Syrian refugee children in Jordan with teaching, stationery packs, sports facilities and child friendly spaces.

World Vision School Partnerships Manager Alex Hitchmough told the students they should feel “really really proud” of their fundraising, which was enough to train 20 teachers.

“It’s such good work for a rural Canterbury school … you guys should stand tall and be very proud,” she said to the students.

The winning house was green house, who contributed $690. Orange house were hot on their heels in second place.

The combined efforts of students across New Zealand raised an impressive $1.6 million for Syrian refugees this year.

It is the second year World Vision have donated proceeds to the cause, bringing total contributions to $3 million.

Brooke Olsen of the student executive said she was happy with the efforts of her classmates.

“It’s so cool to see everyone getting involved and helping to make a difference”.

Right – Ashburton College’s Brooke Olsen (front left) of the student executive met World Vision’s Alex Hitchmough (front row, second to right) yesterday to present the $2026.10 raised for Syrian refugees. Also celebrating were green house and orange house students who made the biggest contributions.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Conscience vote on social housing

By Sue NewmaN

Sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

Councillors will be asked this week to cast a conscience vote on whether or not the Ashburton District Council should become a provider of social housing.

For some time Ashburton’s Presbyterian Support has been working on a project that would see a house built to accommodate elderly people who could not afford market rental housing but whose asset threshold was high-

er than that set for the council’s housing units.

The social agency had identified a growing need in this area, saying the elderly were one of a number of groups of people who needed community provided housing.

The organisation’s regional upper South Island manager recently approached mayor Donna Favel asking that the council make a section it owned available on which a house could be built. The

organisation indicated it would contribute $400,000 to the build and that it would provide ongoing management of the house.

It envisaged the house would contain five en-suite bedrooms with a shared living and cooking space.

Presbyterian Support also indicated the district had other areas of homelessness including single men with mental health issues, people who needed short to medium term sustainable housing

and immediate need emergency housing.

When they meet tomorrow councillors will be asked to vote on three options for the social housing project – not to support it but to ask for additional information to provide a robust business case; commission its own needs analysis to determine the true demand for social housing or to offer Presbyterian Support a house it owns at 1 Alford Forest Road, rent free. This would be an

interim measure to provide evidence on demand and to test how well the shared accommodation initiative would work.

To date the council has not been involved in providing social housing due to its limited resources and that lack of evidence of a significant need. How the councillors cast their votes will determine whether or not council makes a significant change of direction in its involvement in social issues.

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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

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■ NEW ZEALAND DEAF BLACKS

Deafness no barrier to rugby dream

By Katie todd

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When deaf and mute Maara Tuare discovered rugby, he discovered far more than just a sport. He discovered a passion and a powerful new talent – that earlier this year saw him selected to play for the Deaf Blacks NZ team to tour England, as part of the International Deaf Rugby Tour 2017.

But players selected from around New Zealand must raise at least $4000 towards the trip, and now Maara is reaching out to the Ashburton community for help.

Maara was born deaf in Aitutaki in the Cook Islands, and moved to Ashburton in late October 2014.

He’s carved out an impressive rugby career in the mere three years since moving to New Zealand – making appearances for the Celtic B, Senior A, Northern Regional Deaf Squad, Northern Marlins, the Southern Zone Deaf Rugby Team and the New Zealand Deaf Blacks.

When Maara’s not tearing his way round the rugby field as prop, he can be found fishing, playing volleyball, gardening, practising carpentry, playing soccer or other sports. Maara is also learning New Zealand sign language.

But according to Maara’s brother Metua, rugby is Maara’s true “fascination”. Travelling to England would be

a dream come true. “He’s looking forward to the travel, to the experience, to see the other side of the world – and to win.”

Maara’s team manager, Evelyn Pateman at The Southern Zone Deaf Rugby team, says Maara has become an “essential part of the team”. Maara has helped the Southern Zone Deaf Rugby team in their National Championship shield six-year winning streak.

On previous appearances in the New Zealand Deaf Blacks, Maara has also proved irreplaceable – helping them to win in one game against Argentina last year by scoring a try in the last minute.

The journey to England will see the New Zealand Deaf Blacks competing in the International Deaf Rugby Tour 2017 and strutting their stuff against the England Deaf Rugby Team. The tour will take place in England from November 1-19, 2017.

Maara and his teammates must raise $4000 each to cover their share of the tour costs, plus other money for incidental expenses, food and insurance.

“He will be most grateful with all the help he can get,” Metua said.

Donations can be made to NZDRFU (NZ Deaf Rugby Football Union) using the account number 02-0152-001261767 and the reference “Maara”.

Players have until August 17 to collect donations.

Maara Tuare sure won’t let deafness and muteness get in the way of rugby triumph – but now he’s calling on the Ashburton community to help him achieve his dreams.

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■ MONTROSE SALMON HATCHERY

Smolt release delay due to bad weather

BY KATIE TODD

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Sixty-thousand salmon smolt will have to wait at least another week for their release into the Rakaia River after flooding near the Montrose Salmon Hatchery impeded their release at the weekend.

The annual salmon smolt release was scheduled for Sunday morning, but walking tracks around the area were washed out by the weekend’s rain deluge and became “too dangerous” to open to the public.

The event takes place each year through the combined efforts of Montrose Estate and Fish & Game and is organised by neighbouring Rakaia Gorge farmer Donna Field.

It is also held as a fundraiser for Methven Care Trust.

Fish and Game hatchery manager Dirk Barr said work was under way to restore the

tracks to a safe and walkable state. However, the size of the wash- out and the breakdown of a digger meant they could not yet confirm a new event date.

The Annual Salmon Smolt Release occurs in July each year and is attended by around 150 volunteers. Children also have the unique opportunity to learn about the life cycle of salmon and to help carry smolt from the hatchery to the creek.

The event is also a vital part of protecting future salmon populations and stocks.

It is estimated that only 1 per cent of salmon smolt survive and anglers catch about a third of the remaining fish. Therefore for every salmon caught in a run, around 300 smolt must be released into the river.

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OUR VIEW

Disaster can strike so very quickly Matt Markham

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isaster can strike at any time and in any place, especially when motor vehicles and children are involved.

And here is a personal encounter of just how easily it could happen.

When police issued a statement asking for drivers to stick to sensible speeds on our roads with children back at school this week, I never thought that within the hour I would be witnessing first-hand just how dangerous a simple drive out into the countryside can be.

Luckily, my tale is a happy one.

Sometimes they are not.

On Monday, I was returning to Ashburton from a job out in the country and as I came around a bend I noticed a school bus parked on the side of the road with a child hopping off.

Naturally I reduced my speed and happened to think to myself that it appeared as though the child was going to run straight out in front of me from behind the bus.

And that’s exactly what he did.

Without even a cautionary glance in my direction he ran from the door, around the back and went to go straight across the road.

I had slowed right down at this point so I was never going to hit him, but you can’t help but wonder what might have been had I not spotted him.

I could have been changing my radio station, looking down at something on the passenger seat or have just plain been looking at something else and it would have been a disaster.

So, people, please be aware of what is happening around you while driving around. Particularly before and after school when there is a plethora of kids around the roads.

And parents, please have the chat with your kids about road safety, even if you’ve had it before.

It might just end up being the best conversation you ever have with your kids. Or at least it might be the most worthwhile.

I know I certainly don’t want these pages filled with a tragic accident that could have been easily prevented.

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Tania Nick Bike track to Lake Hood with the children, visiting the art gallery for fun kids crafts, swimming at EA Network’s and coffee at EAT/Somerset Grocer!!

Lauren Visiting the Ashburton Plains Railway and Museum!!

Steam trains, fire engines, traction engines and minature train rides!!!

Sarah During the summer heading up to the lakes, spring and Autumn are beautiful around town - through the domain. Winter months are perfect for visiting the museum and art gallery.

Kylie Drive to Mayfield, go to Panthers Rock for lunch then wile away the afternoon at Overflow with my daughter.

Coby Long range target shooting at the fabulous new range, with the beautiful mountains in the background.

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Lakes, rivers, multiple golf course’s, good hunting and fishing.

Plenty of places to explore and see that’s right on our back door step.

Lyn Just coming back to where grew up Look at beautiful mountains .spending time with family seeing awesome friends and going back to Staveley and taking my mother to Staveley store for lunch !Oh and going to lushingtons !!

Kate Swimming in the lazy river at the EA networks!!

Christine I love going for a drive pretty much anywhere however Hakatere and Wakanui Beaches are favourites, and taking photos.

Shannae Going to the park or domain on a nice sunny weekend day to have lunch with my family and let the kids have a play.

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ext week, we will begin receiving our new wheelie bins, as we count down to the start of the new kerbside collection service on September 1.

Keep an eye out for your new red and yellow wheelie bins, which will start being delivered from August 1.

The new system will replace the bag and recycling crate systems operating in Ashburton, Chertsey, Methven, Mt Somers, Mayfield and Hinds, as well as the bag system in Rakaia.

It is also being introduced to more than 1000 properties that haven’t previously received council kerbside collection services, including Lake Hood, Fairton and Winslow.

The new service is part of Ashburton District Council’s zero waste vision, which we have been working towards since 2011.

By reducing the amount we send to landfill, we are helping ensure the Ashburton District remains a beautiful place to live for us and future generations.

As a community, we have already made good progress on improving our waste practices.

We recycle 1545 tonnes from kerbside collections each year and compost 1606 tonnes of green waste at the resource recovery parks.

There is even a group of volunteers that spend time in the weekends, sorting recycling in Rakaia, at the local resource recovery park. In total, we divert 5186 tonnes per year through our resource recovery services.

However, more than half of what we send to landfill from our homes can still be avoided or recycled. The new kerbside collection service includes two containers for recycling – a yellow wheelie bin for plastics, cans and paper, and a green crate for bottles and jars.

Our target over the next 10 years is to increase the amount we recycle as a community by at least 20 per cent, taking our recycling to an average of 188kg per household each year.

The new kerbside collection service provides an exciting opportunity to create a sustainable district for generations to come, but like anything new it will take some time to adjust to.

The council will be providing feedback throughout the first few months to make sure we all stay on track.

Donna Favel is the Mayor of Ashburton.

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BY JIM GOMEZ Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to continue his bloody war on illegal drugs despite international and domestic criticism and warned that offenders will end up in “jail or hell”.

In his second state of the nation speech, Duterte also insisted he would not hold peace talks with communist rebels because of continuing attacks.

Security issues dominated his most important annual speech, including a disastrous two-month uprising by proIsis (Islamic State) militants in a southern city, the worst crisis he has faced.

Thousands of protesters marched outside Congress demanding he deliver on a range of promises which mirror the diverse burdens of his presidency, from protecting human rights to improving internet speed.

Two months after more than 600 pro-Isis militants blasted their way into the southern city of Marawi, the military is still fighting the last gunmen – fewer than 100, about 10 of them foreign.

Duterte told reporters after his speech that the Govern-

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. ment counteroffensive will not stop “until the last terrorist is taken out”.

The crisis, however, may not end soon, according to Duterte, because troops have to move carefully to ensure the safety of about 300 hostages he said are being held by the gunmen.

“I don’t want these innocent

people to be slaughtered,” he said.

Congress overwhelmingly voted at the weekend to grant Duterte’s request to extend martial law in the south to the end of the year to allow Duterte to deal with the Marawi crisis and stamp out other extremist groups across the south, something five presidents before

him have failed to do. About half a million people have been displaced by the Marawi fighting.

Rebuilding Marawi will require massive funds and national focus and will be fraught with pitfalls. Amid the despair and gargantuan rebuilding, it’s important “to ensure that extremist teachings do not find fertile ground,” said Sidney Jones, director of the Jakartabased Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict.

Despite criticism and threats of criminal prosecution, Duterte said his drug crackdown, which has left thousands of suspects dead, will go on.

“Do not try to scare me with prison or the International Court of Justice,” he said.

“I’m willing to go to prison for the rest of my life.”

“The fight will not stop until those who deal in (drugs) understand that they have to stop because the alternatives are either jail or hell,” Duterte said, to applause from supporters in the audience.

When then-US President Barack Obama, with European Union officials, raised alarm over the mounting death toll, Duterte lashed out at them, telling Obama to “go to hell”. - AP

‘The future of pop’ A teen musician hailed as the future of pop is coming to New Zealand with just a handful of singles to her name. At the age of 15, Los Angeles teen Billie Eilish has received overwhelming hype ahead of the release of her first EP next month.

Nylon Magazine hailed her as “the future”, Vogue called her “Pop’s next ‘It’ Girl,” and i-D called her “one of pop’s most promising talents”. Does she deserve the hype? We can soon make up our minds for ourselves – she’s coming to New Zealand. Eilish will perform at The Tuning Fork in Auckland on September 11 ahead of her debut EP, don’t smile at me.

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Five hurt in Swiss chainsaw attack

Susan Sarandon plans to make feminist porn when she turns 80. The 70-year-old actress worries that people form ideas about sex and relationships from watching the X-rated videos online, so she plans to document the realities of sex. Susan explained: “It troubles me that so many young kids have everything on their phones, and they’re seeing porn as the example of how they’re supposed to act as a man or woman. It’s so violent and not interesting. They are sexualised and have to live up to these strange standards – that’s a huge burden.” Despite her strong feminist views, the actress insists that doesn’t mean she has to support everything being done by women. “Real equality means that you can have a**holes that are women as well as men.”

A man armed with a chainsaw wounded five people at a health insurer’s office yesterday in the northern Swiss city of Schaffhausen, police said, triggering a manhunt for a suspect described as aggressive and psychologically unstable.

Suspect Franz Wrousis, 51, has two previous convictions for weapons offences and no fixed residence, authorities said.

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A dog-walker said she had seen him in the woods near Schaffhausen for the last few weeks.

The attacker wounded two insurance agency employees in their ground-floor office in the old town of Schaffhausen yesterday morning, said Christina Wettstein, a spokeswoman for insurer CSS. The perpetrator had fled by the time police arrived.

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Authorities sealed off the city’s old town until mid-afternoon but kept up their manhunt.

Swiss police ruled out terrorism.

“This was first and foremost a crime against this insurance agency,” senior regional police official Ravi Landolt said, though there was no exact word on the suspect’s motive.

“We have information that

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this man is dangerous, that he is aggressive and, shall we say, psychologically disturbed,” Landolt added.

Prosecutor Peter Sticher said Wrousis has two previous convictions for offences against weapons laws, one from 2014 and 2016. He didn’t say where they were committed, but said Wrousis has no previous record in Schaffhausen, near the German border.

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One-stop shop for building supplies Ashburton’s new ITM store in the industrial estate is set to show that there’s more to the building supplies brand than meets the eye.

With over 100 years of experience in the timber and building industries, the new-look family owned and operated company is a welcome addition to an already proven to be successful formula.

With a new look and some dazzling new features, the now Range Street based business will offer more than it ever has before with key new additions to enhance the customer experience when using the independently owned business.

A state of the art frame and truss manufacturing set up has been added to the repertoire while a sawmill from which timber will be produced is also a new addition.

As an independent company, ITM holds a massive advantage over many of its rivals in that it can alter its products and prices to reflect the community demand.

With a strong focus on rural building supplies as well as the everyday needs of others from within the Ashburton community the knowledgeable team of staff will be able to help with everyone’s needs.

Built on the base of a strong relationship with sister stores in Kaiapoi and Timaru, as well as the

Ashburton ITM management team Amy and Chris Sherwin. sawmill and prenail factory, Ashburton ITM also has the ability to call on any of the other 90 co-operative stores across New Zealand.

The ability and the buying power to make sure the customer gets

the best brands and materials, at the best prices, is as good as you will find anywhere else.

With its strong community focus on not just delivering to the people of the Ashburton District,

ASHBURTON YOU ARE INVITED TO OUR GRAND STORE OPENING! Please come and join us to celebrate the opening of our new store in Ashburton.

Enjoy a BBQ put on by the Allenton Meat Centre

And be in to win a signed Crusaders Rugby jersey, presented by All Black and Crusader Matt Todd, along with plenty of spot prizes

but also giving back through their community support and sponsorship roles, ITM is really your onestop shop for building supplies.

If you need something building related, chances are they will have

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So, make sure you head in and check out the new store and your first possible opportunity.

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Want pay increase? Be prepared “I’ve been working for the same company for the past 10 years,” says Mandy, who works in the financial sector.

“I’ve done a really good job and helped the company go from strength to strength, but my salary has stayed relatively stagnant.

I have not had an increase for three years now.”

Mandy said she thinks it’s time for New Zealand employers to start paying people what they’re worth. “My company makes a good amount of profit and it’s feeling like it’s at the expense of the employees. I will be having that difficult conversation soon – pay up or I’ll leave.”

Fifty-four per cent of skilled professionals say they intend to ask for a pay rise in their next review, with another 22 per cent considering doing so, according to findings in the recently re-

leased Hays Salary Guide.

The problem is, this follows news that the salary increases employers intend to offer this year can best be described as “sedate”, according to Hays.

Jason Walker, Hays managing director for NZ, said it’s looking like in the near future the number one challenge for businesses will be skills shortages. The America’s Cup win will require more skills for infrastructure projects and the intention to cut down immigration means fewer people to do that and other work.

The employment market is tipping in the favour of candidates, Walker said. “However, this isn’t having a big impact on salaries coming through – not yet, but it will.”

He said it was not a balanced market in terms of people who are getting salary increases. The

demand for talent is for people with certain skills and qualifications, who can add value from day one.

“They’re the ones who can help the company generate income and build revenue streams. As an example, engineers in consultancy work who are doing investigations in Wellington after the earthquake and those who are doing design work for the larger infrastructure and commercial projects are seeing an increase in their salaries. Same goes for architects.

“We’ve also seen significant increases for software developers and IT experts and, in particular, those who are mining data, but we’re not seeing much changes in other skilled areas and semiskilled areas.”

The reason could be three-fold.

“Firstly, technology has taken

over a number of those roles – if your position can be taken over by technology, it’s unlikely it will be in demand or that you’ll get an increase.”

A lot of high-volume work has been sent offshore. “Where it’s trades and labour, salary increases aren’t coming through because the jobs that are happening now were priced 18 months to two years ago. If higher salaries come in, the margins for the company become really tight.

“That’s why there’s a disconnect between employers and employees on salaries. Think of airport check-in jobs, supermarket teller jobs and others that are being replaced with technology – their salaries are not moving.

It’s causing resentment – the rich getting richer and the poor being replaced, but it’s really because of technology.”

Advice to employees who want to get an increase would be to firstly recall when they last got a salary increase.

Walker says it’s important to do your homework – know what your job is worth in the market.

It’s possible to find this information online. “Know what the standard income is for your job – what the band is, and where you fit in that band.

“You need to be well prepared and well informed. Be prepared to tell the company what you’ve done to add value to the company, know what the market is paying, and when you last got a pay rise. Be realistic – in the past five years, increases have been low and limited. They’ll still be sedate in the next 12 months – two-thirds of organisations will be increasing salaries by less than 3 per cent.”

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2000-plus high genetic merit animals. No price was disclosed.

LIC established the Deer Improvement subsidiary in 2003 as part of its multi-species strategy, which identified deer as an industry which could benefit from the co-op’s experience and transferable knowledge in animal breeding.

Since then, Deer Improvement has contributed an average 15kg liveweight gain per animal over the 10 years to 2014 (based on yearling weight).

LIC’s reproduction technologies have also increased the number of high genetic merit stags available for deer farmers to purchase.

“LIC has generated significant genetic gain for the deer industry with Deer Improvement and the sale is a natural progression for

the business. The new owners are great advocates for the deer industry and will take the business into the next phase of its growth,” said LIC chief financial officer, Linda Cooper.

LIC is the leading supplier of artificial breeding and herd improvement services for New Zealand’s dairy industry. Approximately three-quarters of the country’s dairy cows are sired by an LIC bull.

Earlier this month it reported an annual profit after its biological bull team was revalued sharply higher and it was upbeat about the current financial year.

Net profit was $20.8 million in the 12 months ended May 31, compared to the prior year’s loss of $4 million.

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Livestock Improvement Corp, the farmer-owned co-operative that focuses on herd genetics, farm software and automation is selling its Deer Improvement subsidiary business in order to concentrate on its dairy business and reinvest funds back into areas that are more focused on adding value for its dairy farmer shareholders.

The buyers are South Canterbury sheep, beef and deer farmers Tom and Samantha Macfarlane and associated parties and the sale is expected to be completed on October 5.

It includes the 390-hectare Southland farm at Balfour, artificial breeding collection and laboratory facilities and the herd of

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Insurance, especially for travel, remains the largest category of complaints investigated by Financial Services Complaints Limited (FSCL), a not-for-profit external dispute resolution scheme for financial service providers and their clients.

FSCL was incorporated in 2009 and lists chairman and Wellington barrister Kenneth Barry as its sole shareholder.

It was the first scheme approved by the Minister for Consumer Affairs under the Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008 and its services are free to consumers, according to its website.

It charges brokers and advisers

annual fees to participate in its scheme.

“Insurance – predominantly travel – remains the largest category of complaints formally investigated by FSCL, followed by consumer credit,” the company said in a statement.

Enquiries and complaints rose 21 per cent to 4365 in its latest year, “continuing the steady yearon-year increase the scheme has seen since it was established in 2010”.

Chief executive Susan Taylor says the increase was across the board, but a common theme underlying the complaints FSCL investigated was a communication breakdown.

“Many complainants say they were not given important infor-

mation, or that the information they were given was ambiguous or poorly worded,” she said.

“Other times the complainant hasn’t disclosed certain information or simply hasn’t understood the information provided, be that the terms of an insurance policy or a written recommendation or plan.”

Dispute resolution schemes in the financial services industry are also operated by the Banking Ombudsman, the Insurance and Financial Services Ombudsman and Financial Dispute Resolution, a scheme operated by FairWay Resolution Ltd, which describes itself as New Zealand’s largest specialist conflict management company, handling 12,000 disputes a year.

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 - In The Wizard of Oz, which character wanted a heart? a. Scarecrow b. Tin Man c. Cowardly Lion 2 - Which religion was founded first? a. Hinduism b. Islam c. Sikhism 3 - In which year did the Gulf War take place? a. 1987 b. 1989 c. 1991 4 - How many packs of cards are used in the card game Canasta? a. One b. Two c. Three 5 - The carotid arteries are major blood vessels in which part of the body? a. Neck b. Calves c. Wrists 6 - On which avenue in Washington DC is the White House situated? a. Carolina Avenue b. Virgina Avenue c. Pennsylvania Avenue 7 - Who is widely regarded as the patron saint of travellers? a. Saint Christopher b. Saint Stephen c. Saint Augustus 8 - What sort of acid would you find in a lemon? a. Acetic acid b. Citric acid c. Ascorbic acid

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Beef burger pitas Not just your average burger - this version is created with a simple mince patty, topped with a refreshing mix of mint, yoghurt and a crumble of blue cheese for added flavour. Serves 4 Beef 500g Quality Mark beef mince 1/2 C fresh white breadcrumbs soaked in 3T milk 4 spring onions, trimmed and finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 egg, lightly beaten 2T Worcestershire sauce 3T finely chopped parsley Pinch dried red chilli flakes To serve 1C natural unsweetened yoghurt 2T shredded mint leaves 4 pita breads 8 handfuls small salad leaves or shredded iceberg lettuce 100g blue cheese, crumbled

Beef ■ Place all the ingredients in a large bowl and mix well. Season well and shape into four large patties. Heat a dash of oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat (or heat a barbecue plate until hot) and place the patties on. Cook for 16-18 minutes, turning and cooking the sides as well until they are cooked through.

To serve ■ Mix together the yoghurt and mint.

Soften pitas as per packet instructions or toast. Place salad leaves moistened with a little yoghurt and mint dressing into the pita, follow with the beef patty and a scattering of blue cheese. Serve with remaining yoghurt and mint dressing in a small bowl.

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bread cases.

■ Whisk eggs and milk together in a mixing bowl.

■ Pour the egg mixture on top of the fillings.

■ Sprinkle with black pepper.

■ Bake for 15 minutes or until the cases are golden and the egg is set.

hen you’re wanting a quick lunch and toasties don’t quite cut it, why not take a muffin tray from the cupboard and make filled bread cases. Bread cases don’t have the toastie downside of filling spilling out but they do take a little more effort to make. The reward, however, is worth it with the filling, now contained, being as wide as the imagination.

Simple bacon and egg cases 12 pieces streaky bacon 12 pieces bread 12t tomato chutney 12 eggs 1/4 C parsley

Creamed corn bread cases 10 slices bread Butter (for spreading) 1 small onion, chopped fine 2t rice bran oil 1 can cream-style corn 2 slices ham 1T chopped fresh parsley Grated tasty cheese Spring onion or chives to sprinkle before serving ■ Butter bread and remove crusts.

■ Cut into rounds with a mug or cookie cutter and use to line a muffin tin, buttered side down.

■ Bake at 190°C for 10 minutes until crisp and lightly golden.

■ Heat oil in a frying pan and sauté onion until clear. Add the corn.

■ Chop ham into small cubes and add to corn with the parsley.

■ Heat until just bubbling.

■ Fill bread cases, top with cheese and herbs.

■ Return to oven to grill tops.

Salmon bread cases 24 slices sandwich-slice white bread 50g butter, melted

3 green onions (green shallots), finely chopped Salt and pepper 1/4 t ground paprika 1/2 t dijon mustard 1t (5ml) lemon juice 1t finely chopped parsley (firmly packed) Extra parsley, for decoration Preheat oven to 190°C. Spread bread with butter.

Remove crusts.

Cut into rounds and use to line patty tins, buttered side down.

■ Bake at 190°C degrees for 10 minutes until crisp and lightly golden.

■ Remove skin and bones from the salmon and break it into small chunks.

■ ■ ■ ■

■ Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat.

■ Stir in flour and cook, stirring, until the mixture bubbles.

■ Remove saucepan from heat.

■ Add about one third of the milk.

■ Stir until mixture is well combined and as smooth as possible.

■ Stir in remaining milk.

■ Return saucepan to medium or medium-high heat.

■ Stir continuously until mixture bubbles and thickens.

■ Remove from heat.

■ Add green onions, salt, pepper, paprika, mustard, lemon juice and parsley to white sauce.

■ Stir until well combined. Add the salmon and mix gently.

■ Fill the cooked bread cases with the salmon mixture.

■ Preheat oven to 200°C. Grill or pan-fry bacon until just cooked.

■ Roll breadout thin, then brush with oil.

■ Gently press bread into large muffin pans.

■ Place a rasher of bacon in each case with a spoonful of chutney ■ Break an egg into each. Season.

■ Bake for 10 to 15 minutes until egg white has set. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

■ Bake about 7-10 minutes.

Spaghetti cases

Ham, cheese and pineapple cases 12 slices wholegrain bread, crusts removed 2T butter 1C combination chopped ham, crushed pineapple and cheese 4 eggs 3T milk Black pepper ■ Preheat oven to 200°C. ■ Slightly flatten bread with a rolling pin to make shaping easier.

■ Spread butter thinly on one side of the bread.

■ Press bread slices into muffin tins (butter side down).

■ Divide filling evenly between the

12 slices sandwich bread 50g butter, melted 420g can spaghetti or baked beans 1C grated cheese ■ Trim the crusts from the bread and brush one side of each slice with a little melted butter.

■ Push the bread slices, buttered side down into 12 muffin tins.

■ Bake at 180°C for 15 minutes until crispy.

■ Fill the cases evenly with a spoonful of spaghetti or baked beans.

■ Top each with grated cheese.

■ Bake at 180°C for 15 minutes until the cheese has melted.

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In brief

■ RUGBY

Crusaders OK with Jackson Referee Glen Jackson, who handed out a lopsided penalty count against the Crusaders in their only Super Rugby defeat of the season recently, has been confirmed as the man with the whistle for the southerners’ semi-final against the Chiefs in Christchurch.

The Crusaders got little joy from Jackson in their 31-22 defeat to the Hurricanes in Wellington the week prior to their quarter-final victory over the Highlanders.

They conceded 17 penalties to the Hurricanes’ eight, and would have been upset at several other calls, or non-calls by Jackson, including a forward pass in the lead up to Vaea Fifita’s try, and the fact that Mitchell Drummond was tackled while already on the ground when he was metres short from the Hurricanes’ try-line.

But afterwards coach Scott Robertson was more disappointed at the lack of discipline from his side than anything else, and they showed a huge improvement in that area when shutting out the Highlanders at AMI Stadium last Saturday 17-0, conceding only two penalties in the first half and finishing with a 6-9 count in their favour.

Robertson felt his side didn’t “manage” Jackson properly throughout, a byproduct per-

haps of the fact that regular skipper Sam Whitelock was on the reserves bench until the second half.

He felt the managing of Australian Angus Gardner was far better during the match against the Highlanders in atrocious weather conditions, and Crusaders assistant coach Jason Ryan feels his side will be better for their disappointment in Wellington.

“We learned a lot from that game, clearly, and that showed in the penalty count for us this week,” Ryan said.

“We just concentrate on what we need to be better at.

“I think we only gave up two penalties in the first half and not a lot for the whole game.

“You’ve got to adjust and you’ve got to get better otherwise we won’t be standing here on Monday.”

Jackson, a former first-five, played for six seasons the Chiefs, but is considered one of Sanzaar’s best referees.

Gardner is likely to be given the other semi-final between the Lions and Hurricanes in Johannesburg.

Referee appointments at Super Rugby level are handed out on merit rather than nationality, but it would have been odd for Gardner to get the Crusaders two matches in a row.

- NZME

He may be down a man, but Wallabies coach Michael Cheika is still in no mood to recall out-offavour playmaker Quade Cooper to his national side. Cross-code star Karmichael Hunt is sidelined for two months with a leg injury, after lining up at inside centre for all three of Australia’s June internationals against Scotland, Fiji and Italy. And while Cooper missed selection for the squad preparing for the Bledisloe Cup and Rugby Championship campaign, many assumed he would be first cab off the rank in event of injury. They assumed wrong.

- NZME

Springbok hero Joel Stransky fears the Lions’ charmed run through this year’s Super Rugby competition will come back to bite them in Sunday’s semi-final against the Hurricanes. By finishing top of the table through the regular season, the Johannesburg-based side clinched home advantage through the playoffs, but struggled to overcome the Sharks at the first knockout stage. Amazingly, they earned their lofty position without facing any New Zealand franchises and Stransky thinks the Lions are ripe for the picking.

- NZME

Tough training regime

Thorn secret weapon for Wallabies

Brad Thorn was a World Cup winner with the All Blacks. it smells fishy, looks suspect and feels more like Thorn’s presence was designed to make the All Blacks uneasy, because how else are they going to feel about seeing a former All Blacks legend, photographed in the enemy camp with a Wallaby on his jersey, just about the same place as he used to have a silver fern?

It’s not as if Thorn, who so proudly represented the All Blacks between 2003-11, winning 59 caps, would have any desire to offer up any insights into the All Blacks.

He’s not that sort of bloke – he’s built his reputation on his integ-

Cooper on the outer

Ripe for the picking

Right – The Crusaders have been exceedingly diplomatic over the appointment of Glen Jackson as referee for Saturday night.

Supposedly, on the basis their Super Rugby teams failed to land a solitary victory against New Zealand opposition this year, Australian rugby is dying a not-soslow death and the fight has been all but sucked out of the game across the Tasman.

That’s not how things really are over there, however.

The Wallabies, despite a difficult June series, where they struggled past Fiji and Italy, are going to find a way to compete and trouble the All Blacks next month.

They have certainly already found a way to get under their skin, sending a little reminder that while the rivalry may appear to have lost some of its edge on the field, it continues to be ever spicier off it.

The presence of former All Black Brad Thorn at a Wallabies training camp this week may be more about making the All Blacks feel a little uneasy than advancing the coaching education of the former lock.

The Wallabies can make a legitimate argument that Thorn, who is on Australia’s coaching pathway, was invited in to observe and advance his understanding of how the national team sets itself up.

No-one can dispute that, yet

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rity and honesty, and he wouldn’t walk into the Wallaby camp and data-dump secret intelligence that could prove invaluable to the Wallabies.

Besides, having last played for the All Blacks in 2011, he wouldn’t have much in the way of current knowledge.

But even knowing that Thorn is highly unlikely to have offered a single word of insight into the All Blacks, his presence at the Newcastle training camp will have induced an uneasiness within the New Zealand coaching team in the same way the Wallabies would be curious to see someone

such as their former captain, Nathan Sharpe, hanging around at All Blacks training.

No international rugby side likes to see one of their own disappear behind enemy lines.

The All Blacks were wary when former coach Graham Henry finished up in 2011 and was then working with the Pumas in 2012.

It’s a professional game these days and career opportunities arise wherever they do. Former test players and coaches follow the jobs, and there is industrywide acceptance of that.

But that doesn’t mean that former teams like seeing former players or coaches working for rivals.

They accept it, but don’t enjoy it and Wallabies coach Michael Cheika – astute, driven and fiercely competitive – knows exactly what effect it will have had on the All Blacks, seeing Thorn in Wallabies coaching kit.

The Bledisloe Cup rivalry is far from dead.

There is nothing but fight within the Wallabies and Cheika, who – by the extreme force of his will to succeed – is going to manage to inject a similar fire and belief within his players these next few weeks, while also doing what he can to unsettle the All Blacks.

- NZME

Michael Cheika’s punishing training schedule already seems to be producing the response he was hoping for from the players in his extended Wallabies squad. Coach Cheika has made no secret that conditioning is a key plank of his preparation for the anticipated high intensity back-to-back Bledisloe Cup matches, which mark Australia’s start to their Rugby Championship campaign next month. The players left their hotel around 9am on Monday and finally ended up back there around 11 hours later. - NZME

Front rowers re-sign The Crusaders have re-signed a trio of key front rowers for at least the next couple of seasons. Hooker Ben Funnell and loosehead prop Tim Perry have extended their contracts through to 2019 while tighthead prop Oliver Jager has signed on until 2020. Funnell made his Crusaders debut in 2012, after growing up in the Manawatu near his Whitelock cousins, George, Adam, Sam and Luke.

- NZME

Discipline the key The Crusaders have no doubt that winning an eighth Super Rugby title will boil down to discipline.

All of their big games this season have been swung by the penalty count and assistant coach Jason Ryan is sure that will be the case in Saturday’s clash with the Chiefs in Christchurch. The teams’ only meeting this season, in Suva two months ago, was an even, freeflowing affair won 31-24 by the Crusaders. The Chiefs scored four tries to three but were hammered by the whistle, allowing Richie Mo’unga to kick four unanswered penalties. The need for discipline has been hammered home since.

It let the Crusaders down when strangled by the Lions in June and then again in the final-round loss to the Hurricanes two weeks ago.

The response was emphatic in last week’s 17-0 quarter-final demolition of the Highlanders. - NZME

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In brief

■ SWIMMING

Medals galore for swimmers Mid Canterbury’s star swimming team have been back amongst the medals again, this time at the Canterbury West Coast Short Course Championships.

The Jennian Homes Ashburton Swim Team came up against more than 220 swimmers from Otago, Hokitika, Blenheim, Nelson and Canterbury, picking up plenty of good results.

Bree Middleton, Grace Sommerville and Rikuya Shibahara were all amongst the medals, with nearly all swimmers placing in the top 10 in at least one event.

Results: Courtney Elliott 9th place in 100m Freestyle and 13th in 100 Individual Medley.

Josh Giles 10th in 200IM, 4th 100m Backstroke, 11th in 200m Freestyle, 8th 400m Freestyle, 6th in 200m Breaststroke and 11th in 100 IM. Leith Harrison 10th in 200m Freestyle, 5th in 200m Breaststroke, 10th in 100m Breaststroke Bree Middleton 3rd in 800m freestyle, 4th in 50m freestyle, 1st in 200 freestyle, 2nd equal in 100m Butterfly, 2nd in 100m Freestyle, 3rd in 200m Backstroke and 7th in 200m IM. Jared Scammell 5th in 50m Butterfly, 9th in 200m freestyle, 5th in 400m Freestyle, 7th in 100m Butterfly, 4th in 100m freestyle and 5th in 100m IM Rikuya Shibahara 4th in 400IM, 3rd in 200IM, 5th in 50m Backstroke, 2nd in 200m Butterfly.

Grace Sommerville 1st in 200m Butterfly and 1st in 400 Freestyle Bailey Tait 7th in 50m Freestyle, 11th 50m Butterfly, 5th in 100m freestyle and 12th in 100m IM Andrew Peel 9th in 1500m Freestyle, 14th in 400m IM, 12th 400m freestyle and 9th in 200m Breaststroke Mitchell Veix 17th 100m Butterfly

Adelaide stalwart Scott Thompson has confirmed he’ll retire at the end of the AFL season. The dual Crows club champion has only added one AFL match this season to his career tally of 308 games.

Thompson, who has finished in the top 10 in Adelaide’s club champion award nine times in the past 11 years, will continue to be available for AFL selection until season’s end.

- AAP

Hipwood not a clone Comparisons to Lance Franklin are coming thick and fast for young Brisbane Lions forward Eric Hipwood. While admitting their styles are similar, the tall left-footer aims to make his own mark on the AFL rather than live in the shadow of the Sydney Swan. A star in the Lions’ defeat of Carlton, Hipwood is dreaming of back-to-back victories when the Lions meet West Coast in Perth on Sunday.

- AAP

High expectations Port Adelaide has trouble dealing with AFL expectations, defender Tom Jonas says. He admits the Power is failing the pressure-test, having dropped to fifth with a loss to Melbourne. “It’s something that is mental that we’re working on. We haven’t been able to deal with that expectation so far.”

- AAP

Harley next Sydney boss

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■ NETBALL

Grant sticking with Central Pulse

Ferns captain, is already looking forward to building on the momentum achieved this year.

“Our young ones were outstanding and did so much for us this year,” she said.

Novak Djokovic’s elbow injury is likely to force the former world No.1 to miss the US Open. Serbian doctor Zdenko Milinkovic said Djokovic will need to rest for six to 12 weeks, effectively ruling him out for the rest of the ATP Tour season.

Djokovic last appeared on court in a Wimbedon quarter-final, where he was unable to continue against Tomas Berdych.

- NZME

Crow stalwart retires

Right – Bree Middleton (clockwise from top left), Rikuya Shibahara and Grace Sommerville all finished amongst the medals at the recent Canterbury West Coast Short Course Championships.

Central Pulse captain Katrina Grant will return for a ninth consecutive campaign for the Wellington-based team in 2018.

The influential defender and popular captain is the first player announcement for the Pulse’s 2018 ANZ Premiership roster.

The Pulse this year had their most successful season to date, making the play-offs for the first time in their 10-year history.

“I’ve been with the Pulse a long time and we made the finals this year which was significant,” said Grant.

“I am obviously getting that little bit older and the Pulse have been really good to me over the years I’ve been with them.

“I love Wellington, I love the people and I really wanted to be loyal to them.”

Voted the Pulse’s Most Valuable Player for 2017, the agile defender, who is also the Silver

Djokovic out of Open

“They’ve grown immensely and watching how far they can go with another year under their belts would be pretty special.”

Already well into her planning for next year, the retention of

Grant was key for coach Yvette McCausland-Durie.

“It’s critical because she’s obviously a quality player and that makes a massive difference in terms of performance,” the coach said.

“On top of that, what I think has been really great to see in her this year is lots of growth.

“Growth in her leadership, growth in her performance and through that we saw greater consistency. She’s still got so much to offer in terms of that professionalism and her ability to know what’s required in tough matches is really huge for us.

“She leads by example. She puts the highest standards of expectation on herself.

“She engages well with the rest of the group but the priority for her is let’s do what we can to make sure our performance is right.”

- NZME

Former AFL star Tom Harley will be Sydney’s next chief executive, taking over from Andrew Ireland at the end of 2018. A dual premiership-winning captain with Geelong, Harley was appointed as the Swans’ head of football in late 2014.

The Swans’ succession plan for Harley includes the retiring Ireland remaining on the board.

- AAP

RESULTS ■ Shooting Ashburton Rifle Club Bruce Dellow 90.1, Allan Mitchell 96.3, 94.2, Paul Fletcher 90.2, Greg Menzies 97.5, 195.13, James Storey 88.3, L Storey 33.1, L Young 64, G Kerkhofis 78.1, Rodney McDowell 96.5, Grant Glassey 98.5, Garth Wright 86.2.

Mt Somers Rifle Club Arlo Bruce 61, 65, Lachlan Rooney 73, 81, Fergus Middleton 60, 76, Harry Redman 90.1, 82, Naomi Douglas 86, 86.2, Tatem Claassens 74, 89, Josh Jones 70.1, Jeremy Jones 85.3, Weik Claassens 78.4, 83, Mark Smith 92.1, 93.3, 89.2, Brent Frame 94.4, 97.4, Andy Oram 93.2, 96.5, Julian Evans 90.1, Kevin Fews 80, Dave Millichamp 96.2, Wayne Tubb 94.2.

Mayfield Rifle Club Martin Fleming 98.6, 94.4, 99.6, Nicholas McDowell 81.1, Robert Spencer 88.1, 88.2, Ben Nordqvist 89, Daniel Gould 67, Fernando Torres 96.1, Carl Nordqvist 99.6, 97.3, John Fleming 97.5, 99.7, Alan Wakelin 91.4, Andrew Donaldson 98.2.

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All roads leading to Sydney Lightly-tried stakes winner All Roads is on his way to Australia.

The progressive five-year-old has enjoyed a lucrative season from the Ruakaka stable of Donna Logan and Chris Gibbs, which has prompted connections to try their luck further afield.

“He’s going to go over to Chris Waller in mid-August,” Logan said. “He’s in work with Tony Cole and they think it’s worth having a tilt in Sydney.”

All Roads began his career with Cole before he shifted north last year to take advantage of the bet-

ter tracks. That move quickly paid off with four wins and a second from five starts on his home track.

The Road To Rock gelding subsequently finished runner-up in the Rich Hill Mile. His last appearance resulted in a close sixth in the Gr.2 Easter Stakes.

Meanwhile, Logan and Gibbs are expecting a bold showing from their sole representative at Matamata on Wednesday. Devine Love was a debut fifth behind Bombard at Ruakaka in May and she will be ridden by Trudy Thornton in the Matamata Hire 1200.

- NZME

Trainer Donna Logan

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3 8x1. Bakela tm (10) 58.5 ......................T Moseley 4 6x31 The Kraken m (17) 58.5 ................ C Barnes 5 72408 Shakti (11) 58.................................R Bishop 6 40646 Bridget Town (9) 57.5 ............ A Morgan (a2) 7 4610x Switched On (5) 57.5 8 47x96 Bushido d (6) 57.5....................... C Johnson 9 39137 Queen Serene dm (18) 57 ......P Shaikh (a2) 10 03602 Toetwotoe dm (2) 57 .......................A Collett 11 0x602 Doctor Eden m (7) 57..................L Callaway 12 x3850 Rock Solid dm (12) 56 ..........K Mudhoo (a1) 13 0x205 Nowhere Man (1) 57 14 20369 Sir Jack Remington dm (15) 56.5 15 04660 Mother Superior (16) 54 16 08049 Letmego m (13) 54 17 7x6x6 Westerly (3) 54 18 02724 Killa Question dm (14) 59.5 Emergencies: Nowhere Man, Sir Jack Remington, Mother Superior, Letmego, Westerly, Killa Question 8 3.29 CROMBIE AND PRICE OAMARU CUP $30,000, OPEN HANDICAP, 1600m 1 64117 Miss Three Stars tdm (6) 60...........S Wynne 2 43113 Twoznotenough d (4) 59 ................. J Morris 3 37256 Flying Ibis d (10) 57.5 ................. C Johnson 4 16112 Luke tdmb (8) 57 ...........................K Kwo (a) 5 76818 Pretty Good Excuse dmb (7) 56...K Williams 6 20311 Belle Boy dm (2) 55.5...................T Moseley 7 35372 Electronic Motion tdm (3) 54 . R Firdhaus (a) 8 02138 Flying Sardine d (1) 54.................. C Barnes 9 5x542 Wise Move dm (5) 54 ...............H Bennet (a)

10 14211 Lord Sibford tdm (9) 54 ...................A Collett

9 4.04pm EASY MADE $22,500, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m 1 54214 Accidental Offside dm (1) 60...........A Collett 2 13451 Elfee m (2) 59.5..............................S Wynne 3 42229 What’s Up Alf dmb (3) 59 ............K Kwo (a3) 4 16341 Gold’nguru m (8) 58.5 ..................T Moseley 5 31229 Waylay dmb (6) 57 ............. C Campbell (a4) 6 52423 Elusive Boxers td (9) 56.5 ............K Williams 7 26x11 Wize Act tm (12) 56.5 ................. C Johnson 8 09112 Strolling Vagabond dmb (5) 56.M Singh (a3) 9 24311 All Black Magic tdm (10) 56 ........L Callaway 10 11252 Nakyama m (7) 55 ..................T Jonker (a3) 11 31152 Madame Libre m (11) 54.5 12 68756 Milk It m (4) 54 .................... R Firdhaus (a3)

Blinkers on: Kneazle (R4), Vapo, Loopy, Zah Captain (R6) Blinkers off: Flying Ibis (R8) Winkers on: The Kraken (R7), Flying Ibis (R8) Winkers off: Major Ish Choux (R4), Loopy (R6)

SELECTIONS Race 1: The Man, Precious Percy, Delacroix, Shantav Race 2: I’m Horace, Bullitt, Moby, Shezatoucha, Morgan Bet Race 3: Locally Sauced, Dream Divine, Gingerbread Man, Skeen Race 4: Platinum Edition, Xpersei, Ajay Tee, Euphrasia Race 5: Somethings Burning, Timy Tyler, Caramac, Shaara Race 6: Little Bossing, Southern Cool, Advent, Jane Avril Race 7: Master Platinum, Toetwotoe, Back In The Day, Shakti Race 8: Twoznotenough, Miss Three Stars, Luke, Wise Move Race 9: Strolling Vagabond, Wize Act, Elusive Boxers, Nakyama

M2 Matamata gallops Today at Matamata Raceway

Racing Matamata Venue: Matamata Meeting Date: 26 Jul 2017 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 12.17pm MATAMATA SADDLERY 2000 $10,000, MAIDEN, 2000m 1 9x223 Suliman bh (6) 58.5 2 092x Shackeltons Edge (1) 58.5 ..............J Riddell 3 383 Ted Willdoit (7) 58.5 .........S Weatherley (a1) 4 x0503 Wagner (12) 58.5 5 03875 Magic Cannon h (5) 58.5 ................ R Jones 6 048 Rippy (8) 58.5..............................T Thornton 7 x0095 Tama Akarana (11) 58.5 ...........S McKay (a) 8 x90x7 Aongatete Express (9) 58.5 ............ T Harris 9 88632 Belle Volant (2) 56.5 10 68325 Sensibility (3) 56.5 11 20337 Brookbars (13) 56.5 ...................R Elliot (a1) 12 74 Barb Dwyer (10) 56.5 ............... D Danis (a3) 13 5x607 Izzanorange (4) 56.5 ..............J Fawcett (a3) 2 12.52pm MATAMATA HIRE 1200 $10,000, MAIDEN 2YO, 1200m 1 322 Socially Excited b (9) 57.5 .........M Cameron 2 34 Inca Warrior (7) 57.5 3 General Sherman (3) 57.5 .............. T Harris 4 65 Jewel Of Patch h (5) 57.5............C Lammas 5 De Koning (6) 57.5 6 5. Devine Love (8) 55.5 7 5 En Soie h (4) 55.5 8 7x Hingis (1) 55.5............................R Elliot (a1) 9 Shiitake h (2) 55.5 -

3 1.27 COLIN WEST PANELBEATERS 1200 $10,000, MAIDEN, 1200m 1 8x434 Vinsanity (10) 58.5 ....................S McKay (a) 2 37. Dragon Rio h (1) 58.5 3 Copper Xpress (13) 58.5 4 Full Of Talent (4) 58.5 5 Gabriel (11) 58.5 6 506x6 Masters Choice (14) 58.5 7 0x The Bieber (7) 58.5 ....................A Sims (a3) 8 67x20 Lily Grecia (3) 56.5.......................... S Spratt 9 728x Sally Lunn h (9) 56.5 ...................T Thornton 10 00x45 Happiness Is (5) 56.5 ...................... R Jones 11 Black Pearl (15) 56.5 12 75 Threadtheneedle (6) 56.5 ..........M Cameron 13 46x96 Boho Chic (12) 56.5 14 Xtrapenny (16) 56.5 .......................... V Gatu 15 x99x7 Stevie’s Surprise h (8) 58.5 16 x90x0 Jacky Paper (2) 58.5 Emergencies: Stevie’s Surprise, Jacky Paper 4 2.02pm BDO ROTORUA 1200 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 1380x Summer Dale dm (12) 60............ E Farr (a2) 2 x1686 Cameahotfriday tdm (3) 59.5 3 7x1 Hay Tiger tdmh (7) 58.5 4 4580x Chachi Arcola (2) 58 5 9x987 Classic Warrior m (1) 58 .................J Riddell 6 32230 Esprit De Corps mh (8) 58 ...T Newman (a4) 7 02202 Salted Caramel tdm (9) 57.5 .... D Danis (a3) 8 6x822 Sleeping Beauty h (10) 57.5 Weatherley (a1)

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

7x9x5 Amachi (11) 56.5 150x0 Cascata d (4) 56 ........................M Cameron 70x43 Senassy dm (13) 55.5 719x6 Smoochy dmh (5) 55.5 ..............S McKay (a) 45890 Maenoha 55 ................................. Scratched 0x696 Its A Kinda Magic tdmh (15) 54 79300 Stryda tm (14) 55 7x000 Battlefield (6) 55 0x320 Elegant Lad 57.5 .......................... Scratched 5 2.37pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE $12,000, MDN F&M, 1400m 1 22. Imblaze (6) 57.5 2 43232 Ticket To Ride b (5) 57.5 3 7x544 Miss Bumblebee (4) 57.5 4 29236 Quaintrelle (2) 57.5 5 73 I’manood Lass (8) 57.5 6 30 Nuttee h (3) 57.5 .........................C Lammas 7 356 Reilly Central (9) 57.5 ................M Cameron 8 89 Ala Carte (7) 57.5 ..................... T Miles (a4) 9 807x8 Cielito Lindo (1) 57.5 10 0x80x Liz’s Gift (10) 57.5 11 0 Mizen Peak h (11) 57.5 6 3.12pm THE MEAT CO ROB’OWS TWO TONES 1600 $10,000, MAIDEN, 1600m 1 93322 Imran (7) 58.5 .................................A Collett 2 x2852 Learning To Fly b (9) 58.5 ...............J Riddell 3 05934 Karaka Red (10) 58.5...................... T Harris 4 0 Torched h (3) 58.5 5 x90x0 Jacky Paper (6) 58.5 .................T Wenn (a3)

M3 Wanganui dogs

6 70x8 Taazman h (8) 58.5 .................. D Danis (a3) 7 4322 Recollect h (2) 56.5 8 2x752 Stolen Night (1) 56.5 9 6 Century Miss (4) 56.5...............J Nason (a2) 10 80x69 Secret Merchine (5) 56.5 ............C Lammas 7 3.47pm FAIRVIEW MOTORS 1600 $10,000, Rating 70 Benchmark, 1600m 1 x3012 Pacquiao dmh (13) 59.5 2 43673 Ali Baba tdh (15) 58.5 3 32683 In A Minute dm (2) 58.5 4 x2161 Innamincka dm (3) 58.5 ..................A Collett 5 28x60 Kingsgrave dm (6) 58.5 .........H Marzuki (a3) 6 9151 Repo Sun tdm (1) 58.5 7 9x611 Roger That m (10) 58.5 8 34235 Deluxe Edition tdmbh (9) 57.5 9 10321 Good Vibes tmh (7) 56.5 10 79592 Lamason t (14) 55 11 01000 Hoyt Axton (8) 54 12 0x406 Betterbegood m (5) 54 13 x6850 Dahls Delight tdmh (4) 54 14 77759 Wee Sonya (11) 54 15 51197 Whopper’s 57.5 ............................ Scratched 16 415 Nordic Hero dmb (12) 56 ...........M Cameron Emergencies: Whopper’s, Nordic Hero 8 4.19 DALTONS LTD 2000 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2000m 1 63553 Loriggio mb (15) 60 2 75981 Divine Duke th (2) 59 .......S Weatherley (a1) 3 80521 Sacre Coeur tdm (17) 58.5 .......S McKay (a)

4 x0541 Cool Cassie dm (8) 57.5 ............A Sims (a3) 5 33723 Cardon Boy m (6) 57.5 ............. D Danis (a3) 6 3x547 Catarina tdmh (16) 56 ..................... A Jones 7 0x544 Wannabe Royale m (5) 56 ..........T Thornton 8 80x08 War Story m (13) 56 9 839x0 Master Poet mh (10) 55.5 ............... R Jones 10 00x87 Lotus Laud tm (1) 55 11 0x057 Rich Habit m (9) 55 12 0x592 Sakhee’s Star m (12) 54.5 13 x0089 Raisedinasandpit tm (14) 54 .H Marzuki (a3) 14 0x664 Spawn of Elaia m (11) 54 15 0x987 Freewheeler 55 ............................ Scratched 16 8513x Kokanee Gold m (3) 55 17 90x09 Bo Ying d (7) 54 18 00x00 Big ‘N’ Rich td (4) 55 Blinkers on: Rippy (R1), Devine Love (R2), Nuttee (R5), Secret Merchine (R6), Dahls Delight (R7) Blinkers off: Brookbars (R1), Salted Caramel (R4), Miss Bumblebee (R5) Winkers on: Kingsgrave (R7), Wannabe Royale (R8) Winkers off: Smoochy (R4), Catarina (R8) Pacifiers off: Liz’s Gift (R5) SELECTIONS Race 1: Belle Volant, Sensibility, Ted Willdoit, Brookbars Race 2: Socially Excited, Inca Warrior, Devine Love, De Koning Race 3: Lily Grecia, Threadtheneedle, Vinsanity, Black Pearl Race 4: Sleeping Beauty, Salted Caramel, Senassy, Esprit De Corps Race 5: Imblaze, Quaintrelle, Miss Bumblebee, I’manood Lass Race 6: Recollect, Learning To Fly, Imran, Karaka Red Race 7: Pacquiao, Repo Sun, Innamincka, Nordic Hero Race 8: Divine Duke, Cool Cassie, Cardon Boy, Catarina, Loriggio

Today at Hatrick Raceway

Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Race- 8 78 Ahuroa Flyer nwtd ..........................R Murray way Meeting Date: 26 Jul 2017 NZ Meeting number: 3 9 88666 Sedgebrook Freda nwtd ......................F Kite Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 10 27688 Homebush Gracie nwtd............ K Gommans 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 4 1.01 ADEPT ACCOUNTANTS WANGANUI C0, 305m and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 1 6788 Lace nwtd...................................... M Gowan 1 12.10pm ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C0 C0, 305m 2 68874 Monkey Bars nwtd............................ S Clark 1 74876 Paris Global nwtd ...................J T McInerney 3 x5443 Ziggy Attack nwtd ...............................L Hunt 2 56754 Carefree Highway nwtd ................K Williams 4 75845 Yoko Rama nwtd .............................L Doody 3 Luke Skywalker nwtd .........................L Hunt 5 2436 Stole Me Keys nwtd ................. K Gommans 4 63585 Pickering nwtd ....................................J Hunt 6 85247 PikoPiko Connor nwtd ..................... C Brider 5 688F8 Carrick nwtd I C & ..........................J Lenden 7 83323 Tiger Uppercut nwtd............................ L Bell 6 47467 Cawbourne Broady nwtd.................L Doody 8 88 Star Secret nwtd ..........................K Williams 7 643 Kylie’s Stiletto nwtd L & ...................... Morris 9 75868 Homebush Bow nwtd .............J T McInerney 8 72655 Cawbourne Jeff nwtd ...................M Roberts 10 88777 Hossiffa nwtd............................ S Gommans 9 46688 Hey Boy Oh nwtd .......................C M Henley 5 1.18pm J P PRINT PETONE C1 C1, 520m 10 27688 Homebush Gracie nwtd............ K Gommans 1 7x26x Elaborate nwtd G H & ............. PC Ferguson 2 12.26pm WANGANUI CHRONICLE C0 C0, 520m 2 43255 Goldstar Holly 30.58 .........................M Flipp 1 42527 Cawbourne Bluey nwtd J & .................D Bell 3 1884 Forever And Ever 30.88 ..................... N Udy 2 386 Mischief Viking nwtd........................... N Udy 4 38787 Opawa Alex nwtd ............................... N Udy 3 754 Sapphire Club nwtd.....................A Turnwald 5 13368 Strike Lotto nwtd G H & .......... PC Ferguson 4 Bigtime Eve nwtd ...............................L Cole 6 54666 Cawbourne Lick 30.46 J & ..................D Bell 5 77374 Last Man Alive nwtd ........................M Olden 7 x5552 Steel The Gold 30.53 L & ................... Morris 6 66422 Waterloo Blue nwtd ............................W Kite 8 72246 Bigtime Jack nwtd ..............................L Cole 7 735 Al’s Apprentice nwtd...........................W Kite 9 67742 Sings Like Elvis nwtd ....................... S Clark 8 35643 Cawbourne Gibbo nwtd J & ................D Bell 10 76868 Opawa Judy nwtd..............................M Flipp 9 8 Bigtime Trev nwtd ...............................L Cole 6 1.36pm THE ROCK 95.2FM C0 C0, 305m 10 88666 Sedgebrook Freda nwtd ......................F Kite 1 665 Ahuroa Panther nwtd .....................R Murray 3 12.43pm METEOR OPD WANGANUI C0 C0, 305m 2 23 Just Like Ma nwtd J & .........................D Bell 1 82378 Mojito Rama nwtd ...........................L Doody 3 25368 Pat Patterson nwtd ............................M Flipp 2 48567 Foster Boy nwtd ...........................K Williams 4 64376 Poppet nwtd L & ................................. Morris 3 33271 It’s Electric nwtd ............................... S Clark 5 75354 Ms Rubble Double nwtd ...................R Waite 4 5F442 Kinetic Shadow nwtd........................... L Bell 6 57684 Piko Piko Dawn nwtd ...................... C Brider 5 5x232 Miss Muffet nwtd .........................J McArthur 7 84587 African Violet nwtd .................J T McInerney 6 6 De Blonde nwtd................................. B Hunt 8 28 Bigtime Liam nwtd..............................L Cole 7 7766x Hello It’s Me nwtd ............................... N Udy 9 46886 Loco Amigo nwtd S &................C Blackburn

1 32263 Unflinching 17.84 L & ......................... Morris 2 77853 Lip It Up 18.04........................J T McInerney 3 38351 Shakti 17.89 ......................................M Flipp 1 73376 Wong Full Arrest 30.75 L & ................ Morris 1 435F5 Ivanhov 17.81 K & .............................Phillips 4 34722 Wellington Wind 18.02 K & ...............Phillips 2 56767 Erasmus nwtd G H & .............. PC Ferguson 2 53472 Homebush Lucifer 17.53 ........J T McInerney 5 15337 Rapper Tilly 17.76 ...............................S Kite 3 61267 Cawbourne Barcia 30.90 J & ..............D Bell 3 11262 Making It Up 17.79 L & ...................... Morris 6 34516 Rosie 17.86 .................................J McArthur 4 56273 Opawa Janet nwtd ............................M Flipp 4 67233 Culvie Den 17.80 J & ..........................D Bell 7 15477 Cawbourne Dora 17.76 J &.................D Bell 5 32446 Secret Agenda 30.81 ..................B Hodgson 5 63654 Let’s Go Sprite 17.65 .............G Fredrickson 8 76715 Billie Tee 18.23 S & ...................C Blackburn 6 65143 Wood He 30.82 ...........................A Turnwald 6 87687 Bev’s New Point 17.80 .............A Duganzich Emergencies: 7 78843 Bigtime Michelle 30.65 .......................L Cole 7 65471 Celtic Rover 17.93......................... M Gowan 9 76862 To Much Andre 18.04 ...................K Williams 8 54315 Thrilling Stan 30.75 ...........................D Edlin 8 36432 Sioux Baxter 17.90.................J T McInerney 10 85673 Jandel Man 17.81 .................... K Gommans 9 48485 Bonus Lotto nwtd ............................L Doody Emergencies: 10 77577 Rosco Action 31.00 ......................M Goodier 9 33746 Uno Again 17.74 ................................ N Udy 14 3.56pm MAX REFRIDGERATION C1 C1, 305m 8 2.11pm PALAMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION 10 22775 Unawares 18.21 ..........................A Turnwald 1 44533 Another Relm 17.98 ..........................M Flipp 11 3.04pm LIQUORLAND WANGANUI D C1d, 645m 2 88371 Cawbourne Spook 17.87 J & ..............D Bell C1 C1, 305m 3 83511 Judge’s Call 17.88 J & ........................D Bell 1 55142 Cawbourne Kai nwtd ....................M Roberts 1 85588 Cawbourne Spree 17.66 J & ...............D Bell 4 85617 Goldstar Gizmo 18.13 .....................L Doody 2 84244 Silky Sock nwtd ............................M Roberts 2 66622 Homebush Bailey 17.94 .........J T McInerney 5 54544 Bigtime Boy 17.79 ........................M Goodier 3 75642 Hezaman nwtd ................................. P Clark 3 77888 Ben Nevis Knight 17.97............A Duganzich 6 55887 Opawa Bucks nwtd ..........................R Waite 4 61828 Cawbourne Westy nwtd ........... K Gommans 4 82545 Botany Dianne nwtd ...............J T McInerney 7 63415 Guru’s Choice 17.95 ....................K Williams 5 66214 Unbeknown nwtd ........................A Turnwald 5 47531 Bigtime Rapid 17.69...............G Fredrickson 8 22125 Nippa Joy 18.14 .....................J T McInerney 6 33322 Cawbourne Buckle nwtd ..............M Roberts 6 47126 Set The Limit 17.72 .........................S Maher 9 45672 Sweet Lovin’ nwtd ..................G Fredrickson 7 47877 Cawbourne Eski 37.83 J &..................D Bell 7 44712 Cala D’Or nwtd..................................M Flipp 8 41176 Electric Lotto nwtd G H & ........ PC Ferguson 10 84367 Lissadell Babe 17.99..................... D Donlon 8 16462 Alamein Kinetic 18.31 K & ................Phillips 9 88114 Alzheimer’s nwtd G H & .......... PC Ferguson 15 4.11pm LASER PLUMBING WANGANUI C1, 305m Emergencies: 9 67671 Buzzy Gem 17.96 ..............................J Hunt 12 3.22 BOOK YOUR FUNCTION@HATRICK C1, 305m 1 78864 Butterball 17.97 ............................. M Gowan 2 64312 Devil’s Tongue 18.01 ........................S Stone 10 75456 Slick Star 17.74 ...........................B Hodgson 1 7541F King Cormack 18.10 L & .................... Morris 3 56453 Bigtime Champ 17.93 ........................L Cole 9 2.28pm FIRST SECURITY C1 C1, 520m 2 35183 Jamaica Mistaica 18.05 K & ..............Phillips 4 78721 Goldstar Beckham 18.35 ................L Doody 1 63324 Opawa Crusade nwtd .......................M Flipp 3 45681 Crazy Sunday 18.07...............J T McInerney 5 28353 Two Hungwid 17.93.................. K Gommans 2 53368 Cawbourne Bryce nwtd J & ................D Bell 4 61F4 Homebush Minnie 17.96 ........J T McInerney 6 66578 Opawa Poppy 17.53 ..........................M Flipp 3 54624 Fast Rigby 30.12 ............................ T Pilcher 5 31425 Cawbourne Mack nwtd J & .................D Bell 7 27133 Sozin’s Galaxy 18.18 .............J T McInerney 4 x8814 Five Starlass 30.96 ...................... P Denbee 6 45254 Orangey Yellow 17.80...............A Duganzich 8 77658 Pepper’s Choice 18.06 .................K Williams 5 34776 Stinger 29.94.....................................M Flipp 7 22573 Scissor Clip 18.02 .......................A Turnwald 9 77626 Bigtime Spirit 17.55 ................G Fredrickson 6 45881 Sedgebrook Angel nwtd ......................F Kite 8 63365 Mahala Bay 18.24 ............................. I Howe 10 35653 Cawbourne Merl 17.64 J & .................D Bell 7 75443 Take Action 30.84.........................M Goodier 9 34782 Uno Nathan 17.77 .............................M Flipp 8 84365 Rising Hawke nwtd G H & ....... PC Ferguson 10 85763 Barn Door Billy 17.88 ............... K Gommans LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track 9 75647 She’s Mustard 30.61 ........................R Waite 13 3.39pm HATRICK DASH C1 C1, 305m 10 88777 Hossiffa nwtd............................ S Gommans

7 1.53pm AON CPF C1 C1, 520m

10 47775 Dyna Bevlin nwtd .........................C Roberts

10 2.45pm WANGANUI TOYOTA C1 C1, 305m

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Ashburton Guardian

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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

In brief Adams on the move?

Kiwi NBA star Steven Adams has been linked with a move to the New York Knicks, according to reports.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are reportedly chasing Knicks star Carmelo Anthony. The Thunder would need to give up a big money contract in the likes of Adams or Enes Kanter to pull off the trade.

In November Adams signed a $US100m four-year deal with the Thunder. Kanter signed a four-year, $70m deal in July 2015.

- NZME

Duncan back on top Kiwi Courtney Duncan has taken back the lead in the women’s motocross world championship.

Duncan had a first and second in the latest round at Loket in the Czech Republic to head the series by three points from Italy’s Kiara Fontanesi and defending champion Livia Lancelot (France) by seven points. Her coach Josh Coppins said he was proud of what she achieved, in only her second season competing at the highest international level.

- NZME

Warriors could get third The No.18 green at the Ashburton Golf Club had a new water feature like many other parts of the course after record-rainfall over the weekend.

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A few extra water hazards

By Jaime Pitt-macKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

Despite large sections of Ashburton’s two golf courses being under water on Saturday, the greens are once again open.

After record rainfall last Friday, flooding was at levels rarely seen at both courses.

Ashburton Golf Club pro Matt Davis said it was the worst flooding he had seen on the course in his five years at the club.

Despite that, the club was back open again at mid-day on Monday.

“We are quite lucky here that our greens are sand-based and go down about a metre, so as soon as it stops raining the water just drains away,” he said.

“Apart from a few hollows in the ground where it has pooled up it was fine and it is all gone now.”

Davis said other clubs could

possibly struggle with underfoot conditions if they are built on clay and heavy soil.

Over at the Tinwald Golf Club, it only took an extra day for the course to return to a playable condition.

“It is all gone now and it receded pretty quickly,” said Tinwald Golf Club president Chris Hart.

“There is still a wee bit of debris around the course but apart from that it is okay.

“There was a lot of water over there, but we are now back in business.”

Hart said that it was some of the worst flooding he had seen at the course, with flooding reaching similar levels a few years ago, but not as bad as the weekend.

“The only disappointing thing is the Saturday golf round was lost but that was about it,” he said.

What’s wrong with Lydia’s game? Not much

By Niall aNdersoN Lydia Ko’s title drought now spans over a year, spawning questions over what has happened to women’s golf most dominant player.

The answer might be more complicated than it looks.

The dry spell since last July has ended Ko’s 85-week reign at the top of the world, and dropped her back into fourth in the rankings, behind South Korea’s So Yeon Ryu, Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn and American Lexi Thompson.

The easy – and favoured – explanation for her winless stretch is to blame the personnel changes she made, with Ko having changed her coach, caddy and clubs.

However, correlation does not equal causation.

While Ko did change her swing coach (moving from David Leadbetter to Gary Gilchrist), her clubs (Calloway to PXG) and

caddy (her 10th caddy in three years), her statistics belie a vast drop-off in form as a result of the sweeping alterations.

Ko’s key on-course indicators have barely budged from 2016, a year in which she won five times, but a slight dip has combined with a sudden increase in the competitiveness on the LPGA Tour to create a comparatively barren drought for the 20-yearold Kiwi.

Compared to the 2016 season, Ko has barely slipped in most of the key categories. She has dropped from first to sixth in putting average (an extra 0.4 putts per round), her scoring average has dipped slightly (69.6 to 69.8), and she has improved her driving accuracy.

It’s hardly the sign of her game falling apart, and as a result Ko is still feeling upbeat, despite all the changes.

“I’ve had weeks where I’ve been really good at ball strik-

Lydia Ko ing, but the putter wasn’t there, and then sometimes the putter is there, but the ball striking is not as good,” Ko said during last weekend’s Marathon Classic.

“It’s just to be able to get the balance, and put those rounds together.

“The more times that I put myself in position, and put myself in contention, or shoot under par, those are the confidence boosters. I’m just trying to do that, and, basically, I’ve got my team supporting me and helping me

to get myself to be able to play consistently and go out there with confidence.”

While Ko hasn’t raised a trophy aloft since July 2016, she has earned 10 top 10 finishes in 24 events since that time, and has only missed one cut.

A victim of her own excellence in many ways, expectations have been raised to a place where anything short of world-leading form becomes somewhat of a disappointment.

Despite that, Ko’s recent winless record is still an extremely good stretch that every New Zealand golfer – and most of the world’s best – would gladly accept.

In 2017, Ko has hit greens in regulation at exactly the same rate as she did in 2016 – a 70.4 per cent clip. However, she has dropped in the LPGA Tour rankings from 31st to 50th – a sign that maintaining the same level of play is not going to cut it in the evolving nature of women’s golf.

- NZME

It’s that time-honoured tradition of working out if the Warriors can make the playoffs. The side hasn’t made the NRL playoffs since 2011, and currently sit six points outside of the Top 8. However, here’s something Warriors fans can hang onto.

According to the NRL.com table predictor, the Warriors can finish as high as third place. All they have to do is win their remaining six games against the Sharks, Knights, Raiders, Rabbitohs, Sea Eagles and Tigers.

- AAP

Cronk still undecided Departing Melbourne Storm star Cooper Cronk says he’s no closer to making a decision on his playing future and he’s not negotiating with any NRL clubs. The 33-yearold halfback is leaving Melbourne to move to Sydney at season’s end to be closer to his fiancee but is still tossing up whether to play on or retire. Cronulla are one club believed to be interested in luring the test No. 7 but Cronk wouldn’t be drawn on his future. “There’s nothing to add – I haven’t made a decision on my future,” he said. - AAP

Kostjasyn retiring Rory Kostjasyn has retired from the NRL without playing a game for Newcastle after being unable to fully overcome a throat injury.

Kostjasyn, 30, suffered the injury in a pre-season training mishap after joining the Knights at the end of 2016 from North Queensland, where he won the premiership a year earlier. He suffered narrowed airway despite multiple surgeries.

Kostjasyn said his body was unable to adapt to the reduced airway, forcing him to give up rugby league reluctantly.

- AAP

DCE for Dally M Manly coach Trent Barrett has backed captain Daly Cherry-Evans to be among the favourites to claim the Dally M Medal at season’s end.

The coach also gave an interesting defence of his much-maligned halfback, comparing him to one of the current-day greats. CherryEvans has dished up 23 try assists this season, piloting the unfancied Sea Eagles to sixth place.

- AAP

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Resource Management Officer Ashburton Zone Team Full-time Permanent position Environment Canterbury is changing the way regional governance is managed in one of New Zealand’s largest, most diverse and naturally stunning regions, using a customer-centered approach to facilitating sustainable development.

Do you understand farming systems? Do you have the ability to connect with a diverse range of people?

Environment Canterbury’s Ashburton Zone Team is working proactively with communities, resource users, rūnanga and stakeholders to support real change in on-the-ground management of natural resources.

We are looking for a person who: • Has excellent communication skills with the ability to encourage people to achieve bottom lines and inspire them to go that step further; • Is motivated to work together with our community to support continuous improvement in environmental performance; • Has proven experience in the agricultural or rural support industries.

We currently have a vacancy based in Ashburton District and are keen to get the right person for this role. While local area knowledge is not a prerequisite, local applicants are encouraged to apply.

Indicative salary depending on expertise and experience $45,000 $65,000.

Applications close, 5.00pm Wednesday, August 2, 2017.

Please access more information relating to these roles at: careers.ecan.govt.nz and apply online.

Chef Wanted Japanese Chef Wanted for a busy Japanese Restaurant.

Successful candidates must have 5 or more years experience in cooking Japanese food in a Japanese restaurant or cuisine.

Please send CVs to Miyabi Japanese Restaurant, 82 McMurdo Street, Tinwald Ashburton Or email to miyabiashburton@ hotmail.com

SITUATIONS VACANT

Building Supplies Customer Service Person - Full Time Mitre 10 MEGA Ashburton has a vacancy in their very busy Building Supplies department. This is a full time position and will include one weekend day.

This position involves working in a sales role serving our large customer base of both Trade and DIY customers.

Experience in building materials or an interest in DIY would be preferred, but not essential, as full training will be given.

To be successful, applicants will have: • The ability to work well in a team environment • Excellent communication and people skills • Accuracy • Reliability • Ability to use initiative

Receptionist We are looking for an enthusiastic and conscientious person for our busy reception area.

To be successful in this role you must be customer focused, have accurate and competent computer skills. Attention to detail is a must as is the ability to work as part of a team. Knowledge of Microsoft Office is essential.

As well as day to day office duties you will also take responsibility for accounts payable, banking and data entry.

Applicants should apply in own handwriting by July 31, 2017 to: The Administration Manager PO Box 104 Ashburton 7740

Full-time Teacher Position

Please send your CV and covering letter to: hr.ashburton@mitre10.co.nz or post to: Human Resources, Mitre 10 MEGA, PO Box 35, Ashburton 7740.

Applications remain confidential and close Wednesday, August 2, 2017.

Applicants must be qualified (minimum) Diploma ECE and be registered.

For further information contact: Association Manager PH: 03 3083779 or Email: association@ ashkindy.co.nz Application close July 31, 2017

NOTICE OF MEETINGS The following meetings will be held in August.

All meetings will be held in the Environment Canterbury offices, 200 Tuam Street, Christchurch:

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Thursday 10 August Performance, Audit and Risk Committee 2.00 pm

PO Box 104, Ashburton 7740

Thursday 24 August Council 10.00 am

rhys@ruraltransport.co.nz (03) 308 4079 or 027 593 2142

Friday 25 August Canterbury Regional Transport Committee 2.30 pm

www.ruraltransport.co.nz

REGULATION HEARING COMMITTEE In addition to the above meetings, the Regulation Hearing Committee is scheduled to meet weekly.

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

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In this role you will be: • Liaising with a diverse range of consent holders, including dairy farms, meat works and irrigation schemes, carrying out site visits and assessing technical data in order to monitor resource consent compliance; • Engaging with farmers and supporting them to understand and implement good management practices; • Responding to general complaints and, when necessary, enforcing the Resource Management Act; • Working with farmer leaders and industry groups to influence the opportunities for efficient and effective resource use; • Working with the community to leverage community solutions to community issues.

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TRADES, SERVICES

TINWALD 12 Whiteoak Grove $585,000 bayleys.co.nz/555152

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PAWN SHOP new in Ashburton New Pawn Shop and second hand dealer now open in Ashburton on 175 Burnett Street.

SUN CONTROL WINDOW TINTING. Quality window films for privacy, UV (fading), heat, safety and security. For cars, homes and offices.

Phone Craig Rogers 307 6347 or 0800 TINTER. Member of Master Tinters NZ. Check us out on FACEBOOK.

SITUATIONS WANTED

SITUATION wanted. Looking for full time work. Great experience in sales, customer service, administration, export, insurance and purchasing.

Meet and interview me, you won’t regret it. Call Andrew 027 930 3070.

Applications close at 5pm, Friday, July 28, 2017.

For further information and application forms, please contact: The Secretary Mackenzie Charitable Foundation C/- Croys Ltd Level 2, 161 Burnett Street PO Box 582 Ashburton 7740 Phone: 03 308 8353 Email: mcf@croys.co.nz www.mcf.org.nz

MOTORING

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Office closed Monday, July 31

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The office and shop of Pool & Pump World will be closed on Monday, July 31 due to bereavement.

We will reopen on Tuesday, August 1.

Thank you Jackie Cooper

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

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Steady as you go exercise group. 48 Allens Road.

Thursday 9.30am ASHBURTON AGE CONCERN. Ladies low impact exercise classes held weekly. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Steady as you go exercise group. 48 Allens Road.

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

9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Daytime session, new players most

TICKETS $35 + booking fee

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PUBLIC NOTICES Ashburton Branch Manchester Unity Annual General Meeting Tuesday, August 8, 2017 - 5pm at St John Meeting Room, 241 Tancred Street, Ashburton.

All members welcome to attend.

Followed by subsidised dinner at Braided Rivers.

Please book 03 307 7586

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BUYER of unwanted animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals.

We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 621, A/H 03 348 9439.

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NEW ASIAN, beautiful, really busty lady, hot sexy, great body, friendly. Have a good time. Phone 021 0890 4861.

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DENTURES. Dr Peter Rumping, retired dentist, continues to provide full dentures. Repairs to existing dentures also available.

Phone 027 220 9997.

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HOUSE to rent, 5 mins from town. Three bedroom plus two attached to double 27 Gordons Road, Ashburton garage. HRV, heat pump, log burner with wet back. $450.

RURAL TRADING POST RURAL TRADING POST Recently redecorated. Phone TRAILER – Size 7m x 4m.

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FEED for sale: Year 2000. Warranted and MOTORING RYE GRASS Wheat straw $50/bale. $900.00.

In WHEEL alignments at great registered.

FOR SALE Doaky’s Barley straw $55/bale. prices. Maximise the life excellent order. Phone 0276 Rye grass straw $75/bale. of your tyres with an 405 101.

Plumbing Ltd 3x3 bales $44 + gst Square balage $90/bale. alignment from Neumanns 3x4 bales $ 65 + gst Round balage $80/bale.

Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills ADULT Winter quality 4x3 grass Street. Phone 308-6737.

150 Smithfield Rd, Ring/text Bruce Silage $75 + gst ENTERTAINMENT Ashburton 027 553 3085.

NAKED house cleaning. NO doakys@xtra.co.nz Phone Dave SEX. 37 year old, European 03 308 1248 Guardian Classifieds 027 201 1826 female. 16DD bust, brown 03 307 9028 or 308 5659. hair, blue eyes. Phone 027 307 7900 Lindsay 370 7791.

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9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST OP SHOP. “Second time around” good clean clothing for sale. Ashburton Baptist Church, cnr Cass and Havelock Streets.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Park Street.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Seated exercises suitable for people

with limited mobility. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

1pm - 3pm ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Drop in and pre loved clothing shop. Cnr Thomson and Jane Streets, Tinwald.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research. Heritage Centre, West Street.

1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Euchre - come and join us. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance (7pm), beginner/ intermediate (8pm - 9pm). Instructor Annette phone 307-7138 a/h. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Dancing, Music, Fitness and Fun, Buffalo Hall, Cox Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC. Entries for natural history, results Photojournalism. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

welcome. E A Network Stadium, River Terrace.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Thursday and Saturday. Methodist Church hall, Baring Square East.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST OP SHOP. Good clean Second Time Around clothing for sale. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Streets.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

Main Street, Methven.

10.15am M.S.A. TAI CHI.

Beginners refresher and learning of Tai Chi for Arthritis. M.S.A, Social hall, Havelock Street.

10.30am - 3.30pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. Stitch and chat, Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

10.45am M.S.A.TAI CHI. Stretching exercises for all abilities.

M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

11am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Fall prevention exercises to strengthen muscles and improve balance. Salvation Army Rooms, Cass Street.

1pm AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON.

Fall prevention exercises to strengthen muscles and improve balance. St Peters Church, Harrison Street, Allenton.

1pm AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Fall prevention exercises to strengthen muscles and improve balance. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of may aircraft from past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1pm - 4pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mah Jong Social at the Waireka Croquet Club rooms, Philip Street.

1.30pm - 3pm ASHBURTON SENIOR NET.

Robin Burton available to help problem solve. Pop in and ask your questions. $2.

M.S.A. Reading room, Havelock Street.

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Social afternoon, you are welcome to have a go. 115 Racecourse Road, Ashburton.

2pm R.S.A. WOMENS SECTION. Entertainment. R.S. A. Cox Street.

7pm ASHBURTON R.S.A. DARTS SECTION. Club night for all new and returning players, Doris Linton Lounge, Cox Street.

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Insert the missing letter to complete an eight-letter word reading clockwise or anti-clockwise.

How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed. There is at least one fiveletter word.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Your most useful tool of the day will be an easy social demeanour and a genuine desire to help people. Helping people can be tricky. Sometimes you help them best by not helping.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Logic dictates that the best choice is an educated one made after careful examination of the options. Life will prove to you otherwise. Dumb luck can prove brilliant.

An inkling can lead somewhere astounding.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You know what it’s like to land right in the sweet, gooey centre of your joy. You also know what it’s like to drift out from that, which isn’t all bad. There’s clarity in the drift. Today, you’ll appreciate all sides.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You were not meant for a zombie mindset – you’re too alive for that.

It’s better to do nothing than to fill your hours with hollow distraction. Meaningless things cause you to forget who you are.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Infatuation is an exhilarating, addicting drug that produces an often lovely and very temporary false reality. To minimise the side effects, depend on a grounded and unaffected friend as a guide.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Genuine compliments will have you buzzing with the delicious charge that often accompanies social acceptance.

Phony compliments do the same. The only difference is the intent of your complimentor.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Trying to do too much today will lead to stressful feelings of inadequacy.

Cut your list in half. You’ll get the same amount accomplished but you’ll feel terrific about it instead.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): An ambitious mood can be the enemy of realistic goals, but go with how you’re feeling anyway. You’re mature enough to the find equilibrium between big dreams and real life.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Maximise your contacts by serving them as well as you can and use them only to the extent you can easily repay.

People who lean too hard on their network may find it not as robust as they thought.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Your quest is to grow and improve. But growing things do not always appear to be getting taller or larger.

Rest and recovery is an essential part of the growth process and not to be skipped.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Good information will lead you to make arrangements that benefit all. The best tips will initially seem frivolous or useless.

That’s your genius. You think playfully.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You are modest and accommodating, but it won’t fool the wise.

Smart people sense your gravitas and will think of you as an equal partner and a like mind.

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thanks to the staff of Ward 6 and Ward 1, Ashburton Hospital. A service to celebrate Gonny’s life will be held at our Chapel, cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on FRIDAY, July 28, commencing at 1.30pm.

Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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HARPER, Annie Elizabeth Helen (Gonny) – Passed away on July 25, 2017 at Ashburton. Dearly loved wife of the late John Henry (Jack) loved mother and mother in law of Bruce and Prue, and Shirley, adored “Gonny” of Georgie and Jamie Falloon; Penny and Mick Sidey and Sarah and Zac Kyle and her great grandchildren Joe, Johnny and Annabel Falloon; Henry, Charlie, Angus, and Sophie Sidey and Margot, and Murphy Kyle. Messages to Harper family PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Special thanks to the staff of Ward 6 and Ward 1, Ashburton Hospital. A service to celebrate Gonny’s life will be held at our Chapel, cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on FRIDAY, July 28, commencing at 1.30pm.

Followed by private cremation the Ashburton at Crematorium.

Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton Ph 307 7433

HOPE, William Hartley (Bill) Formerly of Mataura – On July 25, 2017, peacefully at his home in Ashburton after an optimistic battle.

Aged 75 years. Dearly loved husband of the late Sandra.

Very much loved father and father in law of Jacqueline (Jackie) and Paul Hooper, Stephanie Hope, Johanna and Tom Bedggood, Penelope (PJ) and Vernon Perry, Jarrod and Brenda Hope and Gareth and Donique Hope. Sadly missed grandad of his 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Messages to Hope family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740.

Your way, to the end Dad. A service celebrating Bill’s life will be held at our Chapel, cnr East and Cox Streets on MONDAY, July 31 commencing at 1.30pm. by private Followed cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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HOPE, William Hartley (Bill) – On July 25, 2017, peacefully at his home. Loved son of the late Hartley and Cora Hope.

Dearly loved brother and brother in law of Jeanette and Ron McGrath.

NEEDHAM, Graeme Alan – On July 23, 2017. Dearly loved son of Jean and the late Ted. Much loved brother of Stuart and Dianne and family.

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EastBoxand Cox Streets, New headstones and designs Donations toon theHartley Christchurch Auckland few showers 15 9 HOPE, William Ashburton THURSDAY, TODAY TODAY FZL: 1200m rising to 1800m in the afternoon Renovations, Kidney would be (Bill) July –27,Society commencing at Additional inscriptions, Fine, some morning frosts. Cloud increasing High cloud, rain about the divide, a few appreciated may be left Hamilton fine 15 5 On July 25, and 2017, peacefully 11.00am.

Followed by Cleaning and Concrete work from afternoon with a few spots of spots elsewhere. Wind at 1000m: NW gale thehome. service. to at his son of the interment atLoved theA service Ashburton Carried out by qualified fine 15 4 celebrate will evening rain. Northerlies, freshening in the 70 km/h in exposed places. Wind at 2000m: Napier late and CoralifeHope.

New Hartley Lawn Graeme’s Cemetery. tradesmen. be held loved at Funeral our brother Chapel, cnr 620 East Street Ashburton Dearly and Paterson’s Services afternoon.

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N turning S in the Please note all late death fine 14 6 Rain, heavy falls possible, and snow to 400m. Nelson interment at the Ashburton On July 23, 2017.

Dearly or notices sent morning, strong in exposed places.

Newnotices Lawn Cemetery. loved son of Jean and the Wind at 1000m: NW 60 km/h, easing and outside ordinary office hours Blenheim fi ne 15 5 Paterson’s Funeral Services late Ted. Much loved brother changing S 20 km/h in the evening. Wind must be Ashburton emailed to: FRIDAY FDANZ ofdeathnotices@theguardian.co.nz Stuart and Dianne and at 2000m: NW gale 65 km/h, easing and Greymouth rain 12 7 Showers, with snow to 400m at first, Ph 307 7433 family. to ensure publication. changing S 25 km/h in the evening. becoming few and far between in the Christchurch fine 14 5 To place a notice evening. Southerlies.

Please note all lateduring death FRIDAY office hours please contact notices or notices sent Timaru fine 12 1 us on 03 307office 7900hours SATURDAY Snow showers, becoming isolated in the outside ordinary for more information Remaining showers clearing and becoming must be emailed to: evening and clearing overnight. SE, rising to Queenstown few showers 10 2 deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz Any queries fine. Light winds. strong or gale in exposed places. to ensure publication. please contact Dunedin few showers 12 5 SUNDAY SATURDAY To place a notice0800 during Invercargill showers 12 3 ASHBURTON office hours please contact Fine and frosty. Southeasterlies dying out.

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9:10 Alaskan Bush People M 10am Dr Karl’s Outrageous Acts Of Science PG 10:50 Street Science PG 11:15 Street Science PG 11:40 Web Of Lies M 12:30 Murder Comes To Town M Secrets of a Country Store. 1:20 Murder Among Friends M Friends in Low Places. 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 Auction Hunters PG Auction Hunter Shuffle.

3:50 Gold Rush PG New Blood.

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10:15 Edge Of Alaska PG Thaw and Order.

11:05 Murder Among Friends M Friends in Low Places.

11:55 Murder Comes To Town M Secrets of a Country Store.

Midnight Inside Supercars 1am NRL 360 2am League Life 2:30 Queenslanders Only 3am Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Raiders v Storm.

5am #SkySpeed 5:30 The Darts Show

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Sport Man U snares Lukaku Romelu Lukaku is determined to make history with Manchester United and help Jose Mourinho “rebuild the club”. Mourinho, who was in charge at Chelsea when Lukaku was given the green light to leave three years ago, swept in earlier this month to lure the 24-year-old Belgium striker to Old Trafford for a fee starting at STG75 million. And the United boss believes the frontman can play a big part in taking the club back to the top of the English game – a challenge Lukaku is relishing.

The Russians are back Southern will have the home ground advantage come the senior B final this Saturday, but Mt Somers will be fighting hard to celebrate at home.

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Mayfield to host final

BY JAIME PITT-MACKAY JAIME.P@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

After flooding cancelled all but one game of rugby in Mid Canterbury last weekend, all the games have now been re-scheduled for this weekend.

As the fields are currently in the best condition, the senior B final/Bruce Beckley Memorial Cup match will be played at 2.30pm at the Mayfield Domain.

Mid Canterbury Rugby CEO

Ian Patterson said a compromise had been reached between the two sides, with Mt Somers holding the after-match function, with Southern hosting the match.

The Mid Canterbury Combined Schools 1st XV will play in the curtain-raiser match against Burnside High School at 12 noon.

Patterson said there is still a decision to be made about the

game between the 1st XV and Marlborough Boys’ High School that was called off due to the weather.

With the weather set to take a turn for the worse again this weekend, Patterson said they are still confident all matches will be able to be played, unless there is snow.

“Looking back at it, we probably could have played the senior B final match in Mayfield

(last weekend), but we have the best option available now,” he said.

All other matches will be played as they were scheduled last week, with it being confirmed that Hampstead will play Celtic/Methven in the Under 16 final.

The JAB Town v Country will be held at the Methven Domain on Sunday, with six matches being played.

Rain damage means squash courts off limits The Collegiate Squash Club has been forced to cancel a tournament and temporarily close its courts following last weekend’s big rain event.

Around 130mm of rain fell on Ashburton last Friday and Saturday and that translated into problems for the squash club, which was due to hold its annual tournament in a week’s time.

The deluge caused leaks that resulted in ceiling damage and water saturating the carpeted area in front of their three glassback courts.

Treasurer Perry Hunt said the area was being dried and builders were assessing the extent of the repair work required. “The courts themselves are not affected but player safety is paramount.”

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Members have been told the courts are off limits until the facility is safe for people to enter again.

Three home games of interclub had to be relocated last night to other venues and the club’s last round of winter league on Thursday is cancelled.

The annual club championships are on hold.

Members had hoped to still be able to hold their annual tournament on August 5-6 but with the extent of the damage unknown, there was no way to know if repairs could be made in time.

“It was a hard decision to make and we’re gutted, but player safety comes first.

“We just don’t know how much work will need to be done.”

Russia plans to send 19 athletes to the track and field world championships in London next week despite their suspension from international competition for widespread doping.

The 19, including three former world champions, have been given exemptions from Russia’s suspension after the IAAF reviewed their history of drug testing. Maria Lasitskene is the overwhelming favourite to retain her high jump title, following an unbeaten season in the Diamond League. No other woman has leapt over two metres this year, but Lasitskene has done it at 11 different competitions.

Boyd back for Broncos Brisbane captain Darius Boyd will return from a broken thumb against Parramatta on Friday night. The fullback admitted the injury was still on his mind, but is confident he will be able to play his part and continue the Broncos’ winning ways. Boyd needed pins in his thumb after the injury in Queensland’s epic 18-16 Origin II win, but says the rest may do him good ahead of the NRL finals.

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