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Tyre plan a win for environment

BY SUE NEWMAN

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Victory for Hampstead P18

A new government initiative to deal with the millions of waste tyres generated each year in New Zealand has been applauded by Ashburton’s recycling expert Craig Goodwin.

The Ashburton District Council waste recovery manager described the initiative to use old tyres as a heat source to make cement as a great solution to what he says has been a significant environmental issue.

“It’s a pretty uncontrolled thing at the moment. They’re often stockpiled

on properties and left sitting there for years.”

While there was a scheme running where tyre retailers paid to have their old tyres collected there was no onshore end use for those tyres. They were generally shipped overseas, he said.

“Having an on-shore solution is something people in the waste industry have been wanting for a very long time. This plan is a very good first step. The rules are so lax at the moment they can end up anywhere, there’s been a lack of oversight around the whole thing.”

Off-loading old tyres at the resource

recovery park comes at a cost and that meant few were officially dumped, but there was plenty of evidence around the district of tyres being tossed into pits or in riverbeds, Goodwin said.

Under the new scheme tyres will be collected and used as a heat source in the manufacture of cement, rather than using coal. This solution has a double benefit – it utilises a waste product and it will reduce carbon emissions.

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■ POLITICS

■ CONSTRUCTION

Luxton a threat to National’s majority

Call to track building materials

By SuSan SandyS

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Labour Party candidate for Rangitata, Jo Luxton.

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There is one thing that Rangitata’s Labour and National candidates agree on.

Both Jo Luxton and Andrew Falloon believe that Luxton will secure more votes compared to what her party attained from the electorate at the last election.

Labour may well be faltering in the polls, but in Rangitata the party has a strong chance of dramatically decreasing National’s majority.

Whether Luxton can get enough votes to turn the traditional blue electorate to red is yet to be seen.

That would be a shock result, but Falloon does not seem to be discounting it.

When addressing a post Budget meeting at Hotel Ashburton featuring the minister of Finance Steven Joyce last week, he made it clear he was not counting his chickens. He quoted 3 News political editor Patrick Gower as having said “Labour are toast” after the latest poll.

“Well don’t believe it,” Falloon said. It would only take National

dropping two points for opposition parties to take the lead.

And in the Rangitata electorate, he was preparing for a battle, although he did not mention Luxton’s name.

“By any metric Labour ran a woeful candidate at the last election,” he said, referring to Steve Gibson’s dismal campaign.

In 2014, Gibson embarrassed his party with a number of outbursts, and ultimately helped National’s Jo Goodhew win the electorate by a massive 13,152 majority.

“I’m not defending any majority, I have to go out and earn every vote,” Falloon said.

Luxton said while it would be great to win the electorate, her main goal was first and foremost to increase the party vote for Labour.

She did not want to compare herself to Gibson, but felt confident of increasing the party and candidate vote from what was received at the last election.

She was looking forward to leader Andrew Little visiting on July 12 to speak to the Ashburton Citizens’ Association.

National Party candidate for Rangitata, Andrew Falloon.

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■ WORK AND INCOME

Still no permanent for Work and Income The Ministry of Social Development has yet to identify a permanent location for Ashburton’s new Work and Income site.

The agency was to have moved into purpose-built offices on Tancred Street, however MSD general manager property Vaughan Crouch revealed a change of plan in early February. ”We continue to work with local staff while we explore permanent options for our new

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Work and Income site in Ashburton,” a MSD spokesperson said.

“We want to ensure we meet the needs of our staff and clients, while also considering the ministry’s property footprint.”

The Tancred Street build, which will house the Ministry for Vulnerable Children Oranga Tamariki (MVCOT) offices, is well under way and is anticipated to be ready for occupation in September.

Ashburton Work and Income staff have worked out of Portacom offices on the grounds of the police station since the shooting deaths of two staff members at the agency’s former Cass Street offices in September 2014.

MVCOT, previously Child, Youth and Family, has been operating from a Portacom adjacent to that occupied by Work and Income since the shooting.

Building materials in New Zealand could be electronically tracked in a bid to save some of the $200 million spent annually on replacing sub-standard products, according to a new report.

Research group BRANZ has released a study looking at the possibility of putting scannable barcodes on building materials to stop items that aren’t up to scratch being swapped in during construction.

“Pressure to manage building costs can provide a strong incentive to source cheaper alternative materials,” the authors said.

“Substitution during construction can provide a means for use of [non-compliant products].”

The report estimates that up to $232 million is spent each year replacing non-compliant building products, plus other costs.

“There are additional costs apart from reconstruction such as redesign costs, extra council fees, loss of reputation and disruption to business.”

It argues having a traceability scheme – such as that used for food internationally – would make it harder to swap materials for cheaper ones and would potentially save $23m a year if the amount of non-compliant product being used was dropped by 30 per cent.

Just a 6 per cent drop would cover the cost of the system.

It would also reduce the risk of injury, the risks to business and potentially speed up design and consenting, the authors say.

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■ 24/7 YOUTH WORK

Cash boost for youth workers

By Sue NewmaN

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A youth programme that largely flies under the radar is making a quiet difference in Mid Canterbury students’ lives.

Ashburton College and Ashburton Intermediate are both linked in to 24/7 Youth Work, a programme that sees youth workers spending time on campus, mixing with students and providing a listening ear and guidance where needed.

The programme has been running nationwide for about 20 years and in Ashburton it is led by the New Life Church, with strong support from several other churches.

And it’s going from strength to strength says its team leader Lisa Anderson.

“The opportunity came to approach the intermediate last year and we have three youth workers in there and we started at the college about five weeks ago with two,” she said.

It’s a presence-based project that’s about building relationships between youth workers and students.

“We call them hand holders who engage with young people. They can be a listening ear, a bridge between students and teachers and we’ll support them outside school as well if a student needs that sup-

Funds from this months Ashburton Youth Council Bite Nite were handed over to 24/7 Youth Work this week. Enjoying the moment were (from left) youth councillors Thea Valmores, Hine Wairepo, Sophie Kettley, Alisa Ikenaga, Alyce Lysaght, Henry Hickman, 24/7 Youth Work members Jono Hooper and Jorjia Colton, youth councillors Marc Juntilla and Artem Kravchenko, and 24/7 Youth Work member Ruby Anderson.

PHOTO SUPPLIED port.” Youth workers have a presence at the schools during lunch and break times, sometimes in classrooms and on occasion, contact may be initiated by a teacher for a student they believe would benefit from support.

“The youth workers are there to listen to the kids, support the kids

and that one-on-one support is really effective,” Anderson said.

The programme wasn’t the magic bullet in helping students who needed support, but it was one block in a whole armoury of tools, she said.

It works through building relationships rather than delivering

a programme and its success is measured in youth workers being there for young people and helping them make good choices.

“We’re there to love the kids. It’s a trust relationship between the church community and the school community.”

Youth workers are paid – 25 per

cent by a school, 25 per cent by the churches involved, with New Life picking up the remaining 50 per cent through fundraising and grants.

And this week the funding gap was bridged by a $650 donation from funds raised the Ashburton Youth Council’s Bite Nite.

Youth council chairperson Alyce Lysaght said the council was delighted with the way the community had supported Bite Nite.

“We had put so much effort into coordinating a fun and entertaining event, and seeing people digging deep to give to this great organisation was incredible,” she said.

The council decided to raise money for 24/7 Youth Work because it saw the positive effect its youth workers were having in the community.

Anderson said she was blown away by the youth council’s grant.

“The support from AYC has been amazing and they really caught the vision of what 24/7 Youth Work is.

We loved helping out on the night and getting to connect with young people. If an opportunity like Bite Nite arose again, we’d love to get involved.”

About 500 people attended the June 7 event where performers, food trucks, giveaways and lanterns brought Baring Square to life.

■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Tyre plan a win for environment From P1 The government will invest $6.4 million to set up tyre collection and shredding facilities in Christchurch and Auckland, with the Christchurch facility to be operational next year.

Five million waste tyres are generated nationally each year and the new scheme will see 3.1 million of those burned each year.

The scheme will also see a ban placed on stockpiles of more than 2500 car tyres and will provide $1.2 million worth of grants for seven smaller tyre waste projects.

For tyre companies, the cost of disposing of old

tyres is huge and is passed on to the customer, Ian Neumann said. At $4 for a car tyre, $10-$12 for a truck tyre and up to $80 for a tractor tyre, the costs simply cannot be absorbed, he said.

While farmers wanting tyres to weigh down silage were a good disposal option for a few years, most now were well stocked with tyres and that avenue had all but dried up, he said.

He’s applauded the new initiative and said he’s now keen to find out what the cost implications might be for tyre companies.

He suggests imposing a disposal levy on a tyre importer would put the costs back where they belonged, with the originator of the product.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Water supplies get tick

BY SUE NEWMAN

SUE.N@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

In the wash-up from Havelock North’s drinking water contamination scare, there are lessons to be learned for all local authorities says a local water expert.

Andrew Guthrie, who is charged with maintaining the health of public water supplies around the Ashburton District, has reviewed the stage one findings of the Government inquiry into the contamination and assessed the status of Ashburton’s supplies against those.

And largely they’ve come up with solid pass marks, the Ashburton District Council’s assets manager said.

In August last year there were

168 confirmed and 355 suspected cases of campylobacteriosis from the supply after faecal contamination of the Havelock North supply.

“Ashburton seems to be a lot better placed with its supplies as the majority come from secure bores and we also have full time chlorination of our supplies and that puts us in pretty good stead,” Guthrie said.

He’s recommended some minor actions for some supplies but said these were all of a ‘business as usual’ nature.

“These steps will manage the risks identified and will give the community confidence that we are managing the water supplies appropriately in light of the

Havelock North event.”

He’s recommending about $20,000 worth of work on water supplies that will be funded through normal maintenance channels.

One of the bigger projects is ensuring all decommissioned wells are appropriately sealed to prevent contamination of the aquifer. The redundant bores are in Ashburton (five), Dromore, Fairton, Hinds, Mayfield (two), and Rakaia (three).

The council will also work with ECan to ensure all of its decommissioned wells in the council’s catchment were also appropriately sealed.

Additional work would also need to be done on accurate

documentation of work that had been carried out, Guthrie said.

A review will also be carried out to assess any potential risks to groundwater aquifers from which the council drew supplies while existing and new catchment options would be carried out for supplies in Hakatere, Methven, Methven Springfield, Montalto and Mount Somers.

These all draw water from creek-type takes or shallow bores.

When the stage two report is released later in the year it would have a lot more breadth and could identify and recommend significant changes to the requirements currently placed on water suppliers, he said.

Fire guts hospital A fire has gutted an abandoned psychiatric hospital near Nelson.

Five fire crews arrived to find the Ngawhatu Psychiatric Hospital “well ablaze” at about 1am yesterday, a Fire Service spokesman said. The building was empty at the time and there were no reports of injury, he said. It’s the second fire at the former hospital – which operated from 1922 to 2000 – in the past year, following a blaze in November.

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Fisherman dies A fisherman has died near a Bay of Plenty river mouth. Members of the public pulled the man onto the beach and attempted CPR about 600m from the Kaituna River mouth, Paengaroa, yesterday afternoon. The cause of the death has yet to be established and the man’s next of kin were being informed, police said.

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One killed in crash One person has died and another has serious injuries following a light plane crash in Otago.

The single-engine aircraft, with two people aboard, crashed at Welshman’s Creek, northeast of the town, police say. “The injured man has been taken to hospital. There are no further injuries,” police said. The aircraft left Taieri yesterday morning but never arrived at its destination of Omarama, a Rescue Co-ordination Centre of New Zealand spokesman says.

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Teenager stable A 13-year-old girl is in stable condition at Waikato Hospital after being hit by a car in Hamilton.

The accident happened at 8pm on Saturday in the suburb of Chartwell. Ambulance staff treated her at the scene then took the girl to hospital in a serious condition.

Police are making inquirie.

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Something for everyone at Mayfield market Bargain hunters were out in force on Saturday at Mayfield for the Marvellous Monthly Mayfield Market. Vern Cork (right) was found checking out the vintage book sections while Maree Chambers (left) did her hunting at the Repurpose Me stall.

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Debonair secret agent dream role

BY SUSAN SANDYS

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John Peneycad is realising a life-long dream, playing the debonair secret agent James Bond.

The 32-year-old is 007 in the upcoming Methven Theatre Company’s Bonking James Bond.

From London originally, Peneycad is spending a year in Methven on a working visa. By day he cleans windows, and by night he gets to extend his passion for acting.

As the title suggests, Bonking James Bond is a comedy, however, there is nothing slapstick about Peneycad’s character. Just like the real James Bond in the movies, he gets to deliver cutting one-liners, sip on a martini and wear a tuxedo.

Peneycad studied film and television at university in his home country, and has always been a James Bond fan.

He liked all the Bond actors and his favourite was Pierce Brosnan, believing he was the smoothest of smooth, and undertook his action sequences perfectly. And there was definite similarities between himself and his character. He is partial to a trip to the casino from time to time and has a soft spot for attractive women.

“But I’m not a spy necessarily,” Peneycad joked.

And when it comes to voice and delivery, he already has just the perfect English accent.

The theatre company is to stage Bonking James Bond alongside Snip over four nights from July 26 to 29 at the Mount Hutt Memorial Hall Peneycad will perform alongside fellow actors Ian Morrison, Gemma Bell, Liam Woods, Tammy Dickson, Linda Young, Dayle Stoliker and Brooke Sandys.

John Peneycad is to play James Bond in the Methven Theatre Company’s upcoming production.

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■ POLITICS

PM outlines campaign

Bill English

after interrupting his speech, again and again, with cheers and applause.

It was about believing in New Zealanders, their ability to excel, their optimism and their innovation.

His vision for New Zealand in 2020 is a country with increased incomes and lower taxes, dynamic and diverse, with high environmental standards and ambitious infrastructure programmes. “I tell you, it’s a good time to have shares in an orange cone company,” he said.

The prime minister started out firing up delegates with praise for their contributions to the party’s success, honour ing the “incomparable Sir John Key” and the united cabinet.

He was also full of praise for the success of Kiwis around the world: “this week

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And it wouldn’t be National’s biggest political event of the year without some opposition bashing.

Labour, Mr English said, was “too negative to welcome opportunity ... their bleak and lazy view of our country smacks of a lack of confidence in New Zealanders – that somehow it’s all too hard to be successful”.

And in a one-liner that raised the biggest laugh: “The Labour leader says it’s time to take a breather. He hasn’t done anything, and he’s already out of breath.”

Mr English’s New Zealand in 2020 is a country that is open to trade and investment and that welcomes Kiwis who stay home for jobs, wages and greater opportunities.

“Already this year we’ve announced significant steps in our plan to ensure all New Zealanders share the benefits of growth,” he said.

There was no new policy announced in the speech, instead Mr English packaged together his promises from the first half of this year,

wrapping them up in his plan for National’s fourth term.

“We will deliver the economy, the environment, the infrastructure, the incomes and the public services to take New Zealand in to the 2020s,” he said. “Before we do anything else, National will keep the economy front and centre of everything we do.”

It’s been apparent throughout the conference that the party knows it has a fight on its hands in September.

Party president Peter Goodfellow has already admitted it’s going to be the toughest campaign the party has ever fought.

“The stakes are so much higher, the opposition is hugely energised, albeit chaotic, and more desperate than they’ve ever been,” he said Mr English ended his offering to delegates by presenting them with a choice between National or an “unruly alliance” of Labour, the Green Party and New Zealand First – in perhaps a sign National won’t look to Winston Peters for support.

“Only one party wants to lead a successful, proud and confident country into the 2020s – it’s National,” he said.

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In his most important speech since becoming prime minister, Bill English has presented what a fourth term under a National government will look like. He had to convince more than 600 delegates at the party’s annual conference in Wellington that he’s got what it takes to win, and he did.

The party’s organisers and campaign workers gave him a standing ovation

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■ POLITICS

Barclay offered to play PM recordings distance himself, Bill Days after struggling English has made the to recall who told fanciful claim that the him National MP recordings may not Todd Barclay may have happened,” he have secretly recordsaid. ed former staff memMr English said he bers, Bill English has did not listen to the admitted the soonrecordings because to-be former MP ofhe didn’t think it was fered to play him the appropriate to take recordings. up Mr Barclay’s offer But the prime minwhen he wasn’t party ister still maintains Todd Barclay to the pair’s ongoing the existence of the dispute. recordings, which He twice avoided questions were at the centre of a 10-month police investigation, has not been about whether he told Mr Barclay to wipe recordings, before finally confirmed.

Mr English told reporters af- saying he had not.

Mr English was also questioned ter his National Party conference speech yesterday morning that he over new claims by Newsroom had not listened to the recordings, that National Party board memallegedly made by Barclay of his ber Glenda Hughes had urged Ms former electorate staffer Glenys Dickson to withdraw her comDickson without her knowledge plaint to police about being secretly recorded by Mr Barclay. during an employment dispute.

“The board member explained “Did he offer to play me the recording? Yes he did,” he admitted. to me if I withdrew my complaint “I simply don’t know [if a re- I would be considered a hostile cording was made]. I know what witness and the police would not I was told and I passed that in- have had a case,” Ms Dickson told formation to people who had the the website.

Mr English said he had not spofull power of the law to actually investigate what happened and ken to Ms Hughes over the weekthey came to a point where they end about the claims.

“Whatever allegations are there did not lay charges.”

But Mr English, who did not I’m sure could be looked at by the tell police about Mr Barclay’s of- party or the police. I’m not aware fer, would not elaborate on how of them,” he said.

One of Mr English’s press secreboth those statements could be accurate, only saying he wasn’t taries then stepped in and tried to denying anything and would not pull him away from the press conquestion a 10-month police in- ference, but backed down when vestigation which did not result in questions turned to Labour.

Mr Barclay announced on charges.

Labour’s Wellington Central MP Wednesday he would not stand as Grant Robertson earlier called National’s Clutha-Southland canclaims questioning the tapes’ ex- didate in the September election and would leave politics after the istence bizarre.

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Posties’ union delivers broadside The Postal Workers’ Union is calling on NZ Post to cancel an increase in FastPost charges, accusing the state-owned mail business of deliberately slowing delivery times to manipulate customer behaviour.

From July 1, NZ Post will increase the cost of sending items

by FastPost by 50 cents per item (a medium-sized letter rises to $2.30). In March it said the drastic decline in mail volumes meant the price rise was needed.

But the union has slammed the service, saying NZ Post should first ensure it comes up to scratch.

Posties and mail sorters are “frustrated and embarrassed” to see the FastPost date stamps showing that they may have missed the service delivery promise, says union spokesman John Maynard.

“NZ Post had deliberately slowed down the delivery of standard letter mail because the company wanted customers sending letters for next day delivery to have to pay extra.”

But NZ Post had also made some changes which would make FastPost delivery less cost-effective and the union was concerned that would be used

to justify pulling the service entirely, Mr Maynard said.

The union was also critical of the two-year-old alternate day delivery regime, saying NZ Post was “downgrading” its letter service and many Mother’s and Father’s Day cards would arrive on the Monday after.

“The union is well aware of the steady decline in posted letters but believes the company’s actions are less about the economics of letter delivery and more about the ideology of privatisation – privatisation by stealth.”

NZ Post has been contacted for comment.

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■ POPULATION

Population to hit six million by 2100 New Zealand’s population is predicted to reach the six-million mark by the end of the century, according to a new UN report.

The United Nation’s World Population Prospects 2017 revision estimates the New Zealand will still only have about 5.7 million residents by 2050, but about 6.1 million by 2100.

The report puts New Zealand’s current population at about 4.7 million.

By comparison, Australia (now at 24.6 million) is expected to reach nearly 42 million people by 2100.

The UN also predicts the average life expectancy for Kiwis to be a bit over 92 years by the end

of the century. That compares to about 82 years now, which will also be the global average by 2100.

According to the report, India is expected to surpass China to be the world’s most populous country at the end of the century, with about 1.5 billion residents.

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■ ROBBERY

Cash truck staff robbed at gumpoint after Lions’ game Cash truck staff were robbed at gunpoint outside Auckland’s Eden Park stadium after Saturday night’s clash between the All Blacks and the Lions, police say.

Two men with guns held up two staff and robbed a van transport-

ing money outside the stadium in Mount Eden at about 12.40am on Sunday.

Fans had already cleared out following the All Blacks’ 30-15 win over the British and Irish Lions with only staff left at the scene,

police said. No one was injured, but cash was taken.

The robbers fled in an white Audi station wagon, which was later found dumped at Royal Terrace.

The car was being forensically

examined and police were appealing for witnesses.

Meanwhile, police said only one person was arrested at the game itself, for running across the pitch after full time.

“The person arrested will be

charged under the Major Events Management Act,” Inspector Gary Davey said.

He said the crowd was otherwise well-behaved, with only three people ejected from the 50,000-spectator ground. - NZME

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June 27 – Answers from the Other Side at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre with psychic medium Sue Nicholson, 7pm.

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June 29 - Dan Bremnes - Wherever I Go NZ Tour, Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Street from 7pm to 8.30pm. Canadian-born Dan Bremnes is a multi-award winning singer-writer, husband and father and one of the hottest names in Christian music today.

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July 3 – Ashburton Society of Arts 53rd annual exhibition opening at the Ashburton Art Gallery, 7pm. Exhibition runs from July 4 to July 28.

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July 4 – New Zealand Guitar Quartet at Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7.30pm. Open hat night.

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July 8 - Mountain Mayhem, Mount Hutt Memorial Hall from 6pm to 9pm. Come and enjoy a full three-hour family show brought to you by Aftershock Pro Wrestling based in Christchurch. A fundraiser event, with all ticket sales going to Our Lady of the Snows and Methven Primary School.

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July 9 – Nor’west Brass Band to play at Ashburton Musical Club’s monthly concert 2pm in the Sinclair Centre. Admission $20, members $10, students free.

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July 14 -16 - Children of Eden, Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

From the pens of Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz and Royal Shakespeare/Royal National Theatre director/ writer, John Caird, comes this heart-warming musical.

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July 16 – Methven Theatre Company plays, Snip and Bonking James Bond, open, staging until July 29.

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July 30 – African Drumming and Dance Workshop in town, registrations with Koffie Fugah africandrumanddancenz@ gmail.com

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To August 23 – Mark Braunias Assemble, Disassemble, Reassemble exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

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Touch of country class

Liam Kennedy-Clark brought a touch of international country home to the Ashburton stage on Saturday night.

Playing to a nearly full house at The Ashburton Trust Event Centre, the young performer was clearly overwhelmed by the support he received for the Hometown Show.

Support act Campbell & Alyssa Landrebe opened the night with a delightful take on traditional country songs, and demonstrated lovely harmony.

Then, charismatic Liam literally jumped on stage to perform his new single, Smile Like That, showcasing a deep vocal and exceptional stage presence.

Now based in Queensland, Liam is taking a break from performing as a guitarist and pianist

in the band of country music icon, Lee Kernaghan, during his 25th anniversary tour.

Liam’s performance on Saturday night proved he has certainly been taking notes and learning from playing to massive crowds.

He then went on to perform last year’s release I Don’t Wanna Grow Up followed shortly by a tender cover of Tear Stained Eye featuring a stand-out slide guitar interlude.

He told the crowd how good it was to be back and how he was “pretty stoked” about playing with Kernaghan, but there’s “no place like home”.

Continuing with covers by his idols, Liam performed The Grand Tour by George Jones and Merle Haggard’s I’m A Lonesome Fugitive.

Both were well suited to his classic, velvety voice.

Debuting tracks off his upcoming new EP, Travelling Lines, he also showcased a new tune, Another You. Crowd favourites proved to be a country-tinged Walking in Memphis, Ray Charles’ Crying Time and Jason Isbell’s Travelling Alone.

Nearing the end of the evening, he introduced Kayla Marshall on stage to perform a number of heartfelt country ballads.

Standout was Randy Travis’ When Mama Prayed with both managing gorgeous harmonies throughout the song.

Liam was also joined by an incredible hand-picked house band featuring Jonny Elder (bass), Joshua Blaikie (drums),

Phil Doublet (guitars) and John Sanchez-Lloyd (keys).

After a reluctant encore, Liam returned to play rock number, This House Is Not For Sale and Are You Old Enough?

With a well thought out setlist, Liam delivered his blend of upbeat, modern country with a touch of nostalgia.

He confidently showcased his growth and musical maturity – and an Aussie accent – from his time spent overseas which captivated a local, supportive audience that had watched him grow up.

His feet may be across the ditch, but he proved his heart is most definitely still back home. reviewed by Megan Gnad

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Who would have thought fungus could be a beautiful thing?

For a roundabout enthusiasts’ group in the United Kingdom, that is exactly how they feel about one of West Auckland’s most well-known landmarks, a fungus-inspired roundabout.

The UK Roundabout Appreciation Society has named the famous Titirangi Roundabout the international roundabout of the year.

It will be featured in its annual calendar next year, as the December cover.

President of the group, Kevin Beresford, said their society had been around since 2003 and was made up of people who had a fascination with the circular junctions.

“There’s nothing more expressive. Anything can go on a roundabout – you’ve got fountains, statues, there’s even – in England – a windmill that produces flour on one.

“That’s the whole beauty of roundabouts.”

The Titirangi Roundabout features three large fungi-inspired sculptures designed by then art student Lisa Higgins in 1993.

It was initially meant to be a temporary fixture, but locals have claimed it as a big part of their home.

Over the years, people have used it to advertise their businesses, the odd garage sale and protests. Beresford, who lived in New Zealand for a few months in 1985, said he received hundreds of emails of roundabouts from all around the world.

But they had never come across one with algae-like sculptures sitting on top of it.

“This is unique and that is what we love about this roundabout.

“As soon as we saw that roundabout, we thought: ‘That is a Maori sculpture’. But it’s not – it’s algae – and that’s what freaked us all out.”

He acknowledged many people might think their interest in roundabouts was a craze shared by only a few; but that was not the case, he said.

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Welcome to the world of paid TV Matt Markham

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ometimes we just don’t know how lucky we are here in little old New Zealand.

And when the opportunity does arise to realise it, we often bounce off in the wrong direction.

On Saturday night, social media went hectic after Sky Television cut to an advertisement straight after the All Blacks had completed their pre-match haka in the first test against the British and Irish Lions at Eden Park.

Fans cried foul. They weren’t happy. An explanation was sought.

How dare such a controversial company pull such a stunt on one of the biggest occasions of the sporting year?

And how dare they prevent their viewers from watching players walk into position to get ready for the start of the game?

Welcome to the world of paid television. Unfortunately, New Zealand’s just been a little late in coming to the party.

In other major sporting countries around the world – any chance to squeeze an advertiser in is jumped upon by producers.

Rugby League and AFL coverage in Australia is littered with ad breaks during stoppages in play and other similar situations.

But we’ve been lucky here in New Zealand. Sky Television haven’t really pushed the barrel too much on it.

They did on Saturday night though. And boy did they get some bite back.

Yet, at the end of the day, did it really impact on our viewing pleasure.

We got to watch the haka and feel the passion, what happened in between the end of that and the kick-off was always going to be insignificant in the grand scheme of things.

Sky Television cop a lot of stick in New Zealand for their services.

And you can’t help but wonder if that built-up frustration played a bit of role in the outbursts on social media on Saturday night.

To their credit, they fronted up on Sunday morning and announced that for the remainder of the series they would cease showing an advertisement between the haka and the start of play.

But that’s only during the remaining matches against the Lions, who knows what might happen after that.

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There’s strong public demand out there for a waterslide to become the next major addition to the EA Networks Centre following on from last week’s announcement that an ice rink and climbing wall were high up on the wish list. Parking at the venue is a rather hot topic too and many of our readers feel that this should become the major priority before any further recreational aspects are added to the venue.

We would love to hear your thoughts on the matter.

Jump onto our Facebook Page to join the discussion and visit www.guardianonline.co.nz to vote in this week’s poll.

Sarah More options would be great, I just hope you’re able to provide the car parking to match. It can get pretty packed now with things like netball on a Thursday night.

Annette Going ahead with the ice rink, and climbing wall, also extra parks .. 10 pin bowling would be awesome

ROLLING POLL This week’s question Q: What would you like to see as the next addition to the Ea Networks Centre?

Shirley Agree the parking will be a problem unless something is done about that. Its a wonderful idea though would make it a popular place for the kids who are our future ratepayers

Results up to 5pm yesterday: Waterslide 33.3%

Alyssha 10 pin bowling is a great idea, ice rink and climbing wall I love those ideas but will definitely need more parking for more activities

Ice rink 25.4% Climbing wall 14.2%

Chris Those two sound great both my teens would go.1 iceskated in auckland b4 we moved here and the other travels to chch to rock 2 climb...gd ideas..

Extra pools 14.2%

LaTisha Hydroslide the pool needs something for the kids... a climbing wall and ice rink would be awesome!

More covered courts 12.7%

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have lost count of the number of new classrooms, administration blocks and other facilities I have visited or opened since I became the MP for Selwyn in 2008, but I know there have been a great many including five brand new schools.

The good news is that more new classrooms are on the way thanks to a $5.5 million investment from Budget 2017 to expand the capacity of schools in the Canterbury region.

This first round of school infrastructure investment under Budget 2017 will provide a total of eleven new classrooms to three schools in Canterbury, adding space for around 220 students.

The schools receiving new classrooms are: ■ Prebbleton School in Selwyn, which will receive around $2 million for four new classrooms; ■ Lincoln Primary School in Selwyn, which will receive around $3 million for six new classrooms; and ■ Allenton School in Ashburton, which will

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receive around $500,000 for one new classroom.

All of these schools have experienced increases to their rolls.

These new classrooms will also provide the opportunity for schools to incorporate flexible learning spaces that can support an innovative learning environment and encourage student achievement.

It is expected that these new classrooms will be up and running during the 2018 school year.

Over the next four years, more than $455 million in total will be put towards school infrastructure projects nationwide including six new schools, two school expansions, 11 new special education satellite units and 305 new classrooms.

This strong investment is about continuing the gains we’ve made on improving school infrastructure and ensuring every child and young person is getting the education they deserve.

Including this new funding the Government has committed over $5 billion to extending and improving our schools since 2008, having inherited a school property portfolio with an average age of 40 years, and that was affected by issues such as leaky buildings and poor maintenance.

We have demonstrated our commitment to upgrading and modernising our nation’s schools, and building extra schools and classrooms in areas where the population of families is growing.

We’ve also prioritised extra money to tackle big issues such as earthquake strengthening, weather-tightness and major redevelopments.

Overall, utilisation of school property nationwide is now sitting at around 85 per cent, compared to 87 per cent in 2008.

This is despite an extra

30,000 students now, which shows the extra capacity we’ve built into the school network.

We’re committed to supporting all our schools to deliver the best education possible, so Kiwi children have the best chance to succeed.

Part of our significant investment in education is aimed at making sure schools are able to accommodate roll growth with learning environments that are comfortable and modern.

A school’s physical environment plays a crucial part in supporting students’ success. Our goal is to ensure students learn in inspiring environments, no matter where they go to school.

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Hackers target parliament Hackers have launched a cyber attack on the British parliament in a bid to break into the email accounts of MPs, peers and their staff.

Users of the Westminster system have been unable to access their accounts remotely due to defensive measures put in place by parliamentary authorities to deal with the hack.

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and National Crime Agency are probing the incident, which comes after reports that passwords for Cabinet ministers and MPs were being sold online by hackers. A parliamentary spokesman said: “We have discovered unauthorised attempts to access accounts of parliamentary networks users and are investigating this ongoing incident, working closely with the National Cyber Security Centre.

“Parliament has robust measures in place to protect all of our accounts and systems, and we are taking the necessary steps to protect and secure our network.

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stricted remote access to the network. As a result, some Members of Parliament and staff cannot access their email accounts outside of Westminster.

“IT services on the parliamentary estate are working normally. We will continue to keep members of both Houses of Parliament and the public updated as the situation develops.”

International Trade Secretary Liam Fox said the incident was no surprise after the recent major hacking attack against the National Health Service.

Fox told the BBC: “We know that there are regular attacks by hackers attempting to get passwords.

“We have seen reports in the last few days of even Cabinet ministers’ passwords being for sale online.

“We know that our public services are attacked so it is not at all surprising that there should be an attempt to hack into parliamentary emails.

“And it’s a warning to everybody, whether they are in Parliament or elsewhere,

that they need to do everything possible to maintain their own cyber security, including having complex and therefore safer code words.”

The attack is believed to have started on Friday involving bids to access email accounts that had weak passwords.

Henry Smith, Tory MP for Crawley, tweeted: “Sorry no parliamentary email access today – we’re under cyber attack from Kim Jong Un, (Vladimir) Putin or a kid in his mom’s basement or something...”

An email sent by parliamentary authorities to those impacted by the incident described the attack as “determined”, according to The Guardian.

It said the email stated: “Earlier this morning we discovered unusual activity and evidence of an attempted cyber attack on our computer network.

“Closer investigation by our team confirmed that hackers were carrying out a sustained and determined attack on all parliamentary user accounts in an attempt to identify weak passwords.

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Al Capone

Artifacts auctioned Artifacts connected to some of the most notorious US gangsters have sold for more than $US100,000 ($NZ137,000) at auction. The Boston-based RR Auction says a diamond pocket watch that belonged to Al Capone fetched the most – $US84,375 ($NZ114,000) – at the auction in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

A handwritten musical composition

by Capone went for $US18,750 ($NZ26,000). The musical piece, Humoresque, shows Capone’s softer side. It was written when Capone was in Alcatraz in the 1930s.

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■ CHINA

15 bodies found after landslide Crews searching the rubble left by a landslide that buried a mountain village under tonnes of soil and rocks in southwestern China have found 15 bodies, but about 100 more people remain missing.

Xinhua, the official news agency, reported that about 1000 rescuers were using detection devices and dogs to look for signs of life in an area that once held 62 homes and a hotel.

“We won’t give up as long as there is a slim of chance,” the agency quoted an unidentified searcher as saying.

Three members of one family were located five hours after the landslide. Qiao Dashuai, 26, said he and his wife awoke to cries from their month-old son around 5.30am on Saturday.

“Just after we changed the diaper for the baby, we heard a big bang outside and the light went out,” said Qiao. “We felt that something bad was happening and immediately rushed to the door, but the door was blocked by mud and rocks.”

Qiao told CCTV his family was swept away by water as part of a mountain collapsed. He said they struggled against the flood of water until they met medical workers who took them to a hospital.

His parents and other relatives were among the missing.

The provincial government said more than 120 people were buried by the landslide.

The landslide blocked a 2km section of a river. The provincial government said on its website that an estimated eight million cubic metres of earth and rock – equivalent to more than 3000 Olympic-sized swimming pools – slid down the mountain.

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Residents leave a tower block on the Chalcots Estate in Camden, London, as the building is evacuated in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire.

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More high rises found unsafe British authorities say 34 high-rise apartment blocks across the country have been found to have cladding that fails fire safety tests ordered after the Grenfell Tower disaster.

Meanwhile, council officials in London scrambled to evacuate four public housing towers after experts found them “not safe for people to sleep in overnight”.

Hundreds of residents hastily packed their bags and sought emergency shelter, with many angry and confused about the chaotic situation.

Some refused to leave their apartments.

Scores of evacuees slept on inflatable beds in a gym while officials sought better accommodation for them.

Camden Council leader Georgia Gould

said the council decided to evacuate the blocks in north London’s Chalcots Estate after fire inspectors uncovered problems with “gas insulation and door stops”.

That, combined with the presence of flammable cladding encasing the buildings, meant residents had to leave immediately, she said.

The evacuation comes amid widening worries about the safety of high-rise apartment blocks across the country following the inferno that engulfed Grenfell Tower on June 14, killing at least 79 people.

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Woman under house for four days Police are investigating why a woman was trapped under a derelict Melbourne house for four days.

The woman, aged in her 30s, was freed from under an Essendon house on Saturday night and it’s believed she crawled underneath and became trapped, the Metropolitan Fire Brigade says.

Firefighters cut a hole in the kitchen floor to free her shortly before 9pm.

A spokesman from Ambulance Victoria said a neighbour heard the woman calling out and alerted authorities.

The woman reportedly told emergency service workers she was under the house for four days.

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Prince Harry admits he once “wanted out” of the royal family. His confession follows his recent comments when he cast doubt that any of the royals “wants to be king or queen”. In an interview for the Mail on Sunday, the fifth in line to the throne said the time he spent in the Army – when he was “just Harry” – was “the best escape I’ve ever had” and he once considered giving up his title. “I felt I wanted out but then decided to stay in and work out a role for myself,” he said. The Prince, who in recent years has dedicated much of his time to charitable causes including helping wounded veterans and mental health, said he and Prince William “don’t want to be just a bunch of celebrities”.

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Alexander England

Offspring returns When Alexander England landed a role in Offspring he went on a binge session. The actor was one of those rare people who hadn’t been following Nina Proudman’s every move since she first burst onto screens in 2010. After landing a part in the show England found himself on a rollercoaster of emotions as he watched the first five seasons from beginning to end. England joined the cast for season six as Harry Crewe – a crisis and culture consultant brought in to help the hospital of St Francis weather a PR issue and, in the meantime, get close to the show’s star, Nina (Asher Keddie).

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QUICK MEAL 2 - 2.5kg 100% NZ pork roast, bone-in skin-on 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh sage 1 tbsp crushed garlic 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh ginger 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp sea salt 1 oven tray of peeled roasting vegetables such as potatoes, kumara, pumpkin pieces, small onions and parsnip, whole small apples or apple halves (skin on), garlic cloves and sage leaves Preheat oven to 220°C. Score the skin in straight lines, 1cm apart, with a sharp knife. Make sure the scores cut through to the fat layer.

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■ INDIA

A visit to an Indian spice market is a feast for the eyes and the olfactory system, but be prepared to sneeze.

Sneezing through India’s spice markets

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arrying a small pack of tissues is often practical while travelling but when walking through the spice market in Old Delhi, it suddenly becomes essential.

“Okay! Cover your nose and mouth,” our guide instructs us, before scurrying off into a narrow alleyway. Hurrying to keep up, I clap my tissue across my face but the coughs are already choking me as we pass huge cane baskets piled with chilli powder.

Spices are an essential part of the assault on the senses that is India. Hindu belief dictates that the religion flows into every part of its followers’ lives, so they look to honour their existence with all five senses.

The bright colours they wear and with which they decorate their homes and temples honour their gods through sight. They’re generally vegetarian to honour the life of the animals around them. They listen to sweet music, breathe in perfumed incense, flavour their food with a variety of spices and wrap themselves in silk and cotton to honour the natural world.

Taking a tour through markets where local commerce has continued largely unchanged for

hundreds of years is to put yourself in touch with historic India, the one that hasn’t yet succumbed to the lure of the mall or an online click-and-purchase.

In the southern city of Bengaluru (Bangalore), our walking tour has already taken in tiffin (Indian brunch) and a trip to a historic palace and fort before we’re delivered via motorised tuk-tuk to Krishna Rajendra (KR) Market.

Definitely a place where you need a guide, we pass vendors with huge bags full of whole and ground spices before threading our way up and down stairs into a massive courtyard, filled with baskets of flowers and where men carrying huge loads yell sharp warnings for us to dodge out of their way.

Climbing above the crowds past sellers of powdered colours, religious artefacts, pots, pans and mechanical parts we suddenly come to a terrace looking down on the array of hues in the courtyard we’ve just left.

Our group angles for the perfect picture of the piled flowers below but my attention’s taken by a woman who’s brought her floral purchases up to a cooler and quieter spot to value-add, weaving tiny white and orange buds into a wreath to be worn in the hair or

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PLAYING THERE: Tours of Bengaluru’s markets with

hung around a deity’s neck as an offering. Her fingers flash as she knots wet white thread around the buds, unerringly selecting the right colour for her pattern as she chats with a friend who’s dropped by.

This market is fairly new, built in 1928 and the first in India to get electricity, meaning its day begins around 3am, seven days a week, when the growers bring their wares into town for local florists and wreath-weavers like the lady upstairs to purchase before the day gets too hot.

That contrasts with the nar-

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Unventured cost INR 2500 ($58) and can be booked through their website at http://unventured.com/package/bengaluru-marketspete-walk/ or similar tours can be arranged online from around $63.

A bespoke tour of the Delhi market can be arranged via the Concierge at The Leela Palace in Delhi while similar tours are available from a number of online operators with prices around $73.

row streets of Old Delhi’s market, which was built in the 17th century by Shah Jahan, who also built the Taj Mahal.

Covering dozens of blocks with buildings rising three and four storeys, Chandni Chowk (Moonlit Market) was once criss-crossed with canals that glittered in the moonlight, hence its name. We take our tour both on foot and by rickshaw, being pedalled expertly through the narrow streets in a group of three vehicles whose riders occasionally race each other when they hit a wider main road.

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On one stop our guide leads us past the choking miasma of spices and up several flights of stairs to emerge on a rooftop where we can see the different regions of the market district sprawling beneath us.

On other roofs, spices, nuts and flowers are being dried on palm matting, while our guide points out the regions where everything’s sold – from jewellery to wedding garments, saris to sunglasses, shoes to cookware and some of the artisan inlay work made famous at the Taj Mahal, a few hours’ drive away.

In its narrow alleyways, each group of shops is punctuated by a food seller or two, who’s there to ensure the vendors are fed during their long days. While the market is officially closed on Sundays, many stalls operate seven days a week and it would be hard to find a time when something wasn’t open.

While it’s not necessary to employ a guide to take you through Chandni Chowk or KR Market, you’ll no doubt have an easier time of it with someone to show you the best spots for a great picture and to give you some idea of the history of the places where India seems truly Indian.

Oh, and to warn you when to get the tissues out.

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Benji back to his best

By Matt Coughlan A resurgent Benji Marshall and rejuvenated Ben Hunt are set to deliver Brisbane some enviable depth in the halves for the remainder of the NRL season.

Both were superb in the Broncos’ 30-20 victory over Canberra on Saturday night, setting up a tantalising clash with league leaders Melbourne in Brisbane next week.

Marshall, 32, had a tough start to his time in Queensland, with form and injury preventing him making an impact.

But he wound back the clock with a sterling performance against the Raiders, having a hand in three tries and troubling their line throughout.

“It was nice to see Benji being Benji,” Bennett said.

“He’s had three or four years of probably not being that player that he was.

“He hadn’t lost the ability, just probably lost the enthusiasm.”

The pair’s combination came about through necessity rather than design with Anthony Milford’s shoulder injury prompting Hunt’s recall from reserve grade after one match for Ipswich.

While he started from the bench, Bennett hooked starting halfback Kodi Nikorima late in the second half, paving the way for the St George Illawarrabound star to make an impression.

Bennett said he told Nikorima he needed to take more control of the game.

“We were losing our way there in that first half in the last 15-20 minutes,” Bennett said. “He’s a young halfback and he’ll get bet-

Confidence in Roache Young utility Nathaniel Roache has been given a vote of confidence in his ability to step up as the Warriors starting hooker. A shoulder injury to Issac Luke meant Roache came off the bench 33 minutes into the Warriors’ 21-14 win over Canterbury in Auckland on Saturday night. Kearney said he wouldn’t have any issue putting Roache in the No.9 jersey if needed. Backrower Simon Mannering also backed his 21-year-old team-mate, who has 18 first-grade appearances to his credit after debuting early last year.

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Foran back to face Manly Warriors five-eighth Kieran Foran is confident of overcoming a quad injury to line-up against his old Manly side in next Saturday’s NRL clash in Perth. Foran sat out Friday’s gritty 21-14 win over the Canterbury Bulldogs at Mt Smart Stadium with a quad strain suffered in the round 14 victory over the Gold Coast. Rookie playmaker Ata Hingano was a solid performer filling in for the Kiwis international but Foran expects another week of rehab will see him fit to return against the Sea Eagles at Nib Stadium.

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Don’t write off Cowboys

Benji Marshall produced a classic game against the Raiders on Saturday. ter for that. I intended to put him back in the second half but the way game was going it just didn’t really work out.”

In the lead up to their clash with the Raiders, Bennett said he wasn’t overly impressed with Hunt’s game in reserve grade.

But he couldn’t say the same about his performance at GIO Stadium, with his second-half

effort propelling the Broncos to an impressive win without Darius Boyd, Korbin Sims and Milford.

“I don’t think anyone’s disappointed with the way Ben played,” Bennett said.

“As I said when I sent him back to the state league, we need Ben, we need him to be at his best though.

“We don’t need Ben’s second best.

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Burnside too strong It was a tough start for Ashburton College in the first of their three sporting exchanges of the year.

Eighteen teams travelled from the College to compete in sports ranging from badminton to rugby against Burnside High School.

It was Burnside who won the exchange, winning 12 of the events, while Ashburton

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could only manage six.

College picked up their wins in the junior boys’ basketball, 1st VI football, Squash, 2nd XB boys’ rugby and two games of netball.

The College will have two more sporting exchanges against Rangiora High School and Lincoln High School before the teams compete in winter tournament week.

North Queensland workhorse Gavin Cooper has warned NRL rivals to write the Cowboys off at their own peril after his club’s stirring win over Penrith on Saturday. With superstar Johnathan Thurston gone for the season with a shoulder injury picked up in Queensland’s thrilling Origin win, many pundits immediately wrote off the Cowboys’ 2017 prospects. Cooper acknowledged there was no way to replace a talent like Thurston but said his team had plenty of good football ahead.

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Golden point victory Mitchell Pearce bounced back from Wednesday’s State of Origin heartbreak to kick the Sydney Roosters to a 25-24 golden-point win over Melbourne at Adelaide.

After the Roosters trailed by 12 points with eight minutes to play, Michael Gordon kicked a conversion from the sideline to send the match into golden point.

In front of 21,492 fans Pearce slotted an off-balance field goal from 35 metres out to claim the victory and lower the gap at the top of the table to two.

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Tigers ‘will be back’ After sitting through the pain of his side’s seventh consecutive defeat, coach Ivan Cleary says Wests Tigers’ long rebuild hasn’t even begun.

With James Tedesco nursing a sore ankle on the sidelines, the lastplaced Tigers went toe-to-toe for 50 minutes with Gold Coast before eventually falling 26-14.

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Brodie Retallick, just one of the outstanding performers for the All Blacks on Saturday night, makes another charge at the British and Irish Lions.

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‘Just the start’ for ABs The morning after the night before and the All Blacks’ dominant performance in going one-up in the test series against the Lions had coach Steve Hansen reasonably satisfied but already searching for improvements ahead of the second test in Wellington.

Ryan Crotty is out – probably for the rest of the series – due to a hamstring strain, and Ben Smith must be in doubt due to another concussion, but Jack Goodhue and Damian McKenzie will be expected to step up, as will the group as a whole following a 3015 win which gives the All Blacks a huge advantage towards claiming the series.

The All Blacks feel they surprised the visitors with their running off halfback Aaron Smith, a strategy which called for bravery from the carriers in black and which effectively nullified the Lions’ line speed on defence.

The finishing for their three tries, two to 20-year-old wing Rieko Ioane and one to hooker

Codie Taylor, was clinical and they again stepped up the pace and intensity in the final quarter of a test through their superior fitness and bench input.

But there were a few defensive wobbles – not least the one which allowed Lions fullback Liam Williams to dodge three would-be tacklers to ignite the sweeping movement which lead to Sean O’Brien’s brilliant try.

The All Blacks missed 17 tackles in total.

And the home side lost four lineouts – four too many for Hansen’s liking.

“It’s just a start,” Hansen said.

“We’ve got a lot of work to do.

“They exposed us in a couple of areas. We didn’t connect that well in our kick-chase so we’ll work on that and try to fix that.

“They challenged us at lineout time and we challenged them.

“I thought both defensive lineouts were very good, we stole ball at crucial times from each other.”

Hansen added: “Williams beat

three people to get out of the 22 and once you do that then you’re really scrambling, but in saying that I was really proud of our scrambling defence.”

All of which will send Warren Gatland back to the drawing board in a bid to beat the odds and win back-to-back tests for the series.

His starting locks George Kruis and Alan Wyn Jones are likely to come in for scrutiny and he must be considering starting Owen Farrell at second-five, with Johnny Sexton at No10, in order to create more finesse in the midfield.

For Hansen, the Lions’ tactics at the breakdown surprised him a little, although he admitted this was was a calculated gamble.

“I thought they were reasonably non-abrasive at the breakdown,” he said.

“They allowed us to get the ball we needed to get by not putting numbers in because they wanted to get line speed ... they

wanted guys on their feet [in the line] rather than attack us at the breakdown.

“They might look at changing that so we’ll have to get better at the breakdown.

“But that comes with disadvantages as well, they might give us more space to attack.”

The All Blacks’ pack, and in particular lock Brodie Retallick and skipper and No8 Kieran Read, who hasn’t played for nearly two months due to his broken thumb, were outstanding, with Ioane, in his first test start, pretty good too.

“I guess we hold the advantage,” Hansen said.

“They’re going to have to chuck everything at us to stay alive and we’ve got an opportunity to wrap it up.”

Of Read’s apparent soreness after the match, Hansen said: “That’s not surprising. It was a test match.

“I didn’t play and I was a bit sore just watching it.”

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Hurricanes boosted by All Blacks’ presence The British and Irish Lions won’t have it easy in their final midweek game of the New Zealand tour after the Hurricanes named a power-packed side.

All Blacks squad backs Julian Savea, Jordie Barrett and Ngani Laumape and forward Vaea Fifita

have been released for the match on Tuesday, which is followed only by the Lions’ last two tests.

The starting XV is close to full strength, with the key absentees being an All Blacks test trio – halves TJ Perenara and Beauden Barrett and flanker Ardie Savea

– along with long-time injured hooker and captain Dane Coles.

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen says he was happy to release a number of his fringe players for the match.

He wasn’t keen to deny them the opportunity to face the tour-

ists and says the experience will be good for their careers.

Hurricanes coach Chris Boyd has named long-serving loose forward Brad Shields as captain.

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Warren Gatland accused his players of allowing the All Blacks to bully them as the world champions comfortably defended a 23year unbeaten run at Eden Park when beating the Lions 30-15 in the first test.

The Lions did score the greatest try witnessed at that venue since that defeat by France in 1994, Sean O’Brien rounding off a length-of-the-field effort inspired by a devastating solo burst by full-back Liam Williams, but it was the inability of the forwards to quell the might of the New Zealand close-quarter challenge that most exercised Gatland in the aftermath.

The Lions head coach was all too aware that history is against his side – only two Lions’ series have ever been won after defeat in the opening game, the Lions coming back in 1899 and also 90 years later, in 1989, both in Australia. Gatland is giving his team a much-needed hurry-up.

“We need to be much more physical next week,” said Gatland.

“That was disappointing.

“We need to improve that. We need to be honest and toughen ourselves. The All Blacks sacked us very well.

“We need to negate that. We know what to expect and we have got to prepare ourselves physically.”

The Lions wasted several openings on the night prompting Gatland to declare that the issues were ‘fixable’ for the second test in Wellington next Saturday.

The Lions play the Hurricanes in the same city on Tuesday with Gatland stating that places are up for consideration ahead of the team announcement on Thursday morning.

It is clear that he needs to boost the energy of the forward pack, making it likely that locks Alun Wyn Jones and Maro Itoje will trade places between the starting line-up and the replacement bench.

Tour captain Sam Warburton will also come into the selection equation with the need to improve the Lions’ efficiency at the breakdown.

Munster back-row forward Peter O’Mahony led the team on the night but Warburton could slot in at that position with Sean O’Brien remaining on the openside.

Gatland insisted that there was no reason to be despondent.

“Absolutely (it will be a close series),” said Gatland.

“I thought we created some great chances, played some lovely rugby and scored some nice tries.

“There were a couple of golden moments that we could have taken and we just switched off when they caught us on a quick tap penalty.

The All Blacks haven’t played champagne rugby and thrown the ball all over the place.

“So we need to fix those things for next week, but they are fixable.”

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In brief Crotty ruled out All Blacks midfielder Ryan Crotty may have played the last of his rugby against the British and Irish Lions after suffering a hamstring injury in his side’s 30-15 firsttest victory. The Crusaders ace hobbled off in the 33rd minute of Saturday’s Eden Park match after a bustling run through the Lions’ defence, appearing distressed. He’s been diagnosed with a hamstring strain. The injury will prolong Jack Goodhue’s time in the All Blacks’ environment, called in by coach Steve Hansen as an injury replacement player.

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The British and Irish Lions team lines up before Saturday’s test at Eden Park.

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Cloudy future for Lions tours The British and Irish Lions could become a “dead concept” if they are subjected to “insane” plans to reduce the number of games and length of future tours and fail to build in adequate preparation time, Gavin Mairs reports.

In the build-up to Saturday night’s first test between the Lions and the All Blacks, leading figures have delivered a sobering verdict on the Lions’ future with warnings that the entire structure could be “killed off”.

Moves to reduce future tours from 10 to eight games and six to five weeks were described as “madness” by John Spencer, a Lions board member and manager of the tour in New Zealand.

Spencer, who was assaulted by a drunk man in an Auckland restaurant this week, warned that coaches and players would turn their backs on the Lions because of the impossibility of the task they faced and the threats to welfare.

The next three-tour cycle of South Africa, Australia and New Zealand has been agreed in principle with a minimum of eight games, as part of the new global calendar from 2019 announced

by World Rugby in March.

However, negotiations between stakeholders to determine the details of the Lions tours from 2021 are ongoing and there is pressure from clubs, particularly in England, to shorten the length of the tour to five weeks, a schedule that officials fear would make the concept untenable.

They believe a two-week preparation time is the minimum requirement.

“If they take a couple of matches away from us, all coaches think that is madness, bordering on insanity – voluntary insanity,” Spencer said. “If we are not careful with preparation, I think the Lions could be a dead concept.

“The clubs would be killing it by demanding extra things every tour – shorter tours, fewer matches, less preparation.

Meanwhile, with one fewer match before the first test, the Lions would come under incredible pressure from the host nation.

“It is easy to say ‘don’t play the midweek matches’ but how do we prepare? Our tour has to have moral force.

“We need to engage with the community, be respectful and go away with a level of integrity and unless we provide meaningful opposition, you just can’t do it.”

There is huge frustration in the current Lions management that they were forced to play their opening game against the New Zealand Provincial Barbarians only three days after their longhaul flight from London because of the refusal of clubs to shift their domestic finals.

The controversy of the six callups last week is further evidence

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Spencer argued that “it would be totally contrary to all our values and common sense to let the Lions go into decline”.

“What other sport could take between 20,000 to 30,000 supporters away from home, help the economy of the host country and keep the creed and concept of the Lions going and here we are artificially trying to hit it around the head with a bat?

“We are going to put such pressure on the coaches and players at the end of a busy season and they will eventually, because it is such an impossible task, not want to go.

“Coaches will say ‘I am not putting my reputation at stake

We understand where you are coming from but why are we going to kill off the king of rugby?

of the challenging schedule. It’s understood the Lions paid Premiership clubs around £470,000 in 2009 to secure agreement for the date of their final to be brought forward to allow a full week of preparation before the tour of South Africa.

The request was rejected four years later by both English and Welsh clubs and not even raised ahead of this tour.

“I fully understand that the Premiership wants more time at the end of the season and do not want overlaps with internationals but one has to contrast with that the huge undertaking and status of the Lions tour,” Spencer said.

Senior sources in the home unions have admitted that the decision to block a plan to reduce the Six Nations from seven to six weeks – which had originally been proposed by the clubs as part of the new global calendar has now left the Lions extremely vulnerable in the battle to maintain the current length of tour and secure more preparation time.

for that’, and players will say ‘we are just going to get beaten up’.”

Lions chief executive John Feehan warned that decline would have alarming consequences for the financing of the game.

“If the Lions are killed over the next three tours, then Northern Hemisphere leverage is gone and a great brand of rugby is gone,” Feehan said.

“When I first started 16 years ago, there was a lot of questioning in the press about whether the concept should be continued or not. The 2005 tour was difficult but what it did do was make a little bit of money.

“But what some unions did not really appreciate back then was how important the tour is financially for the Sanzar unions, as the home union gets to keep the goodies.”

Steve Tew, New Zealand Rugby chief executive and one of the key negotiators in the global calendar, said they had preferred to keep the number of tour games at 10, while eight was seen as the minimum to maintain the tour’s

ethos and revenue generation for the host nation.

“We’ve had a discussion about how many games and we have agreed there must be a minimum to make it still like a tour but also considered the pressure on the players’ workload from clubs’ point of view,” Tew said.

Talks between the Lions board and their Sanzar counterparts over the details of the next three tours are expected to begin before the end of the year.

There is concern that the Lions will lack a strong advocate given any agreement will require the unanimous agreement of the unions some of whom, such as the Rugby Football Union, have to consider their long-term agreement with clubs.

“The Lions have a scarcity value that no other sporting event has. The Sanzar countries are happy for it to go down to eight games because the Lions have less preparation time and the host country has more chance of winning,” Spencer said.

“Also financially, they are not affected because they make their money around the test matches.

“Let’s ask what is right for our guys. Is this what we want? If you ask any player on this tour what they think of the concept, they will tell you it is overwhelming.

It is the peak of their careers, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Every member of the squad and backroom staff feels the same.

“I dread the start of the decline for reasons that can be avoided so easily at this stage. We should sit down with the stakeholders and say ‘we understand where you are coming from but why are we going to kill off the king of rugby?’

“Let’s have a little bit of common sense where we can protect rugby between certain dates once every four years.”

The chairman of Premiership champions Exeter, Tony Rowe, said that if the Lions wanted to retain – or even extend – the sixweek period in which they were granted access to players for this year’s tour, they should pay for the privilege.”

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The mercurial Chiefs utility Damian McKenzie has joined the All Blacks to cover for star fullback Ben Smith, who is under yet another concussion cloud. Smith, who has had two earlier concussions this season, was replaced during the impressive first test win over the Lions at Eden Park. Matt Todd, the Crusaders loose forward, has an injured calf muscle meaning giant Blues loosie Akira Ioane remains with the squad.

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Wallabies undaunted If the Wallabies needed any reminder of the sheer enormity of the challenge that awaits them in their Bledisloe Cup opener, they got it immediately after their fumbling win over Italy. Australia were far from convincing in a 40-27 win over the world’s No.15ranked side, while New Zealand looked as slick and effortless as ever as they scythed past the Lions iat Eden Park. “There’s not many weaknesses there,” Michael Cheika said. But he is confident the Wallabies can spring an upset when they face the All Blacks on August 19 in Sydney.

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Folau back to best Israel Folau believes he’s rediscovered his mojo after a record-breaking June with the Wallabies. Returning to top form after a difficult run at test level, Folau became the first Australian player to score two tries in three consecutive games with his doubles against Fiji, Scotland and Italy. He scored the same amount of tries in his previous 32 internationals, ensuring that at least the Wallabies have their strike weapon at his best ahead of their daunting Bledisloe Cup opener against the All Blacks.

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Irish sweep Japan Ireland have beaten Japan 35-13 in Tokyo to sweep the two-test series between the 2019 Rugby World Cup group rivals. Ireland, 50-22 winners a week ago, took control with four tries in Saturday’s first half at Ajinomoto Stadium, venue for the opening match of the 2019 tournament.

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Argies swamp Georgia Argentina have ended a five-match losing run with a 45-29 win over Georgia in a one-off rugby test in San Salvador de Jujuy. Left winger Ramiro Moyano redeemed himself for a yellow card in the first half by scoring a hat-trick of tries for the hosts. Georgia fell to a fifth defeat in five matches against the Pumas, three of them at Rugby World Cups.

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In brief Roger great on grass Roger Federer has beaten Florian Mayer for an eighth time without a loss to knock the defending champion out of Germany’s Halle Open in the quarter-finals 6-3 6-4.

The Swiss top seed, bidding for an historic ninth title at the grass venue whose stadium and ground are styled after Wimbledon, needed four match points over two games to advance to the final four yesterday, securing victory through a forehand winner after 66 minutes.

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Positive cocaine test The build-up to Wimbledon was overshadowed by scandal yesterday after Dan Evans, the British No3, confessed that he has tested positive for cocaine. Evans has a reputation as a rule-breaker, but this offence is on another level. He faces the theoretical maximum of a four-year ban, and will be lucky to get away with anything less than two. “He’s chucked his career away,” said the former No1 Andrew Castle. “A massive mistake.” - NZME

Manny Pacquiao prays

Hampstead’s Jenna Turnbull looks to create some danger with a penalty corner against Geraldine at the NBS Ashburton Hockey Turf on Saturday.

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Wakanui gets back on track

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

It was another mixed bag of results for Mid Canterbury’s hockey sides on Saturday.

In the men’s first division, Wakanui showed signs of moving up in the world with a compre-

hensive victory against Northern Hearts, winning 6-0 courtesy of three goals in both halves.

The win will now see Wakanui move clear of fellow strugglers Tainui, who lost narrowly to Temuka 4-3.

In the women’s first division,

Hampstead have continued their fine run of form, picking up a 2-0 victory against Geraldine.

The move sees the Hampstead girls remaining in second place behind Timaru Girls’ High School, who were up against the other Mid Canterbury team,

Hampstead/Collegians.

In what was always going to be a struggle for fifth placed Collegians, they fell to a heavy 0-7 loss.

Collegians still have a nine point buffer to last placed Craighead A, who sit on six points from nine matches.

Neal double gets Black Sticks home Two goals from Brooke Neal has lifted the Vantage Black Sticks Women to an important 2-0 win over Australia at the FIH World League semi-final in Brussels.

It was an outstanding defensive effort from the Kiwis, shutting down the Australian attack and recording their second clean sheet at the tournament.

The Black Sticks were dominant across the turf with close to 60 per cent of possession while limiting the Hockeyroos to zero shots at goal for the entire match.

Defender Neal proved the star with penalty corner drag flick goals in the first and fourth quarters to seal the result which sees New Zealand on top of Pool B with six points.

“Its always good to get one up over the Aussies and every time we play them we go out with a winning mindset,” Neal said post-match.

“Its really good to come away with a clean score sheet.

“It’s something we’ve been working hard on defensively and then to be able to convert two penalty corners is pleasing.

“We now look ahead to Belgium, who are going to be tough.

“This tournament is really tight so we need to make sure we are diligent and take advantage of any chances in the attacking circle.”

Neal opened the scoring in the 15th minute, rocketing a drag flick into the back of the net before delivering her second of match in the 57th minute with her flick deflecting off a defenders stick and into the goal.

The Vantage Black Sticks were back on the turf against hosts Belgium at 2.00am this morning.

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Right – Brooke Neal was the star for New Zealand yesterday.

Manny Pacquiao attended a church service in Brisbane yesterday morning but is confident he won’t need any help from above to knock out his first opponent in eight years. The Filipino boxing legend touched down in Queensland on Saturday ahead of his blockbuster against Jeff Horn next Sunday and after a good night’s rest, immediately sought out an appropriate place of worship in the city’s southern suburbs. The 38-year-old gave up drinking, gambling and womanising six years ago. - AAP

Revenge for Lopez Spanish veteran Feliciano Lopez has helped banish the memory of one of his most painful defeats by beating Grigor Dimitrov to set up an Aegon Championships final against Marin Cilic. Three years after failing to convert a match point in the Queen’s Club title match against the Bulgarian, the 35-year-old left-hander avenged that loss with a 7-5 3-6 6-2 victory yesterday.

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Raising the standard New premises, new people: the Castrol Toyota Racing Series, New Zealand’s premier racing category, is once more raising the standard for top-level motor racing. Toyota Racing New Zealand has now confirmed all five rounds of the 2018 Championship which once more begins at Ruapuna with the coveted Lady Wigram Trophy and concludes five weeks later with the New Zealand Grand Prix at Manfeild near Feilding.

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Dixon has a big fan Kiwi Indycar driver Scott Dixon has surprised a young fan who wrote to him after his dramatic Indianapolis 500 crash. Nine-year-old Lucy Heslin’s letter of concern over the motor racing star’s welfare went viral and moved Dixon. So, yesterday he paid a surprise visit to the young fan who was shocked when the 2008 Indianapolis 500 winner pulled into her driveway. “Oh my gosh! Hi,” Lucy said as Dixon got out of the car. “This is so awesome, I just think he’s a really great driver and a great person.”

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Set for exciting season Promising South Island two-yearold Irish Express threw his hat in the ring as a likely contender for the major three-year-old classics next season with a gutsy display at Riccarton on Saturday.

Sent out a warm favourite for the TWS Group sponsored twoyear-old 1000 metre dash off the back of a winning debut earlier in the month, the giant Ekraar gelding didn’t let his multitude of supporters down as he dived late to snatch a courageous win in the hands of leading rider Chris Johnson.

Despite registering his maiden victory in similar conditions to Saturday’s Heavy11 surface, the Ellis Winsloe-trained galloper looked all at sea early in the run home before knuckling down to his task inside the last 200 metres as he out-finished the diminutive Ajay Tee to score by a neck at the line.

Winsloe was taken with the run after expressing some concerns before the race about the track and the influence an inside barrier draw might have on his charge.

“I wondered if he would cope with the track being drawn down on the rail and with 400 metres to run I wasn’t too sure how he was travelling,” he admitted.

“Chris came back in and said he never really handled it at all so that’s why he took him wide to make his run as he felt he needed some clear air to get into his stride.

“To do what he did was quite special and he looks an exciting

Victory for rare filly Unique New Zealand-bred filly Casta Diva has posted her first winning strike in Japan. The white daughter of High Chaparral was successful over 2600m at Hakodate in her third raceday appearance. Casta Diva was bred

by Windsor Park Stud and was sold by them during New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2016 Premier Sale session at Karaka to the Dearest Club for $450,000. She is out of the winning Zabeel mare The Opera House.

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Group One contender The highest hopes are held for Underthemoonlight, although it will be a while before she is asked to realise those expectations. The daughter of El Hermano doubled her black type tally on Saturday when she added the Listed Seeka Tauranga Classic to her record that also features success in the Gr.3 Taranaki Breeders’ Stakes last year.

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Star mare in fine fettle

Chris Johnson and Irish Express after winning at Riccarton on Saturday. prospect. We do think a lot of him as he hadn’t done much before he went to the races and he managed to win on debut and has taken another big step up with this win.”

Winsloe will now ease back on the horse as he sets his sights on a major local prize later in the year.

“He still has a lot of growing and maturing to do so we don’t want to bust him by over-racing him at this stage,” he said.

“We think he could get to a race like the 2000 Guineas if he can keep improving so we have had that race as a goal right from the word go.

“We needed to run him as a two-year-old so we have achieved that now so it might be time to back off him a little and give him some time out.

“He won’t go to the paddock but he can have an easy time of it at the stable and we can just bring him along as we need to.

Bonny southern mare Miss Three Stars is making encouraging progress toward the defence of her Gr.3 Winter Cup title. The sevenyear-old followed up her Wairio Cup success with victory in the Saturday’s Greenwood Amberley Cup at Riccarton ahead of a return for her main goal – the eStarsponsored feature on August 5.

The Tommy Beckett-trained Miss Three Stars showed her class in her latest triumph with a strong finishing bid from the tail of the field under 60kg.

- NZME

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“We followed a similar pattern with Tartan Tights and that worked out okay so we know that’s the right way to go.”

Tartan Tights, ridden by Johnson to win the New Zealand 1000 Guineas and New Zealand Oaks in the 1994-95 season, won the Canterbury Belle Stakes at Riccarton and placed in the John Grigg Stakes at Ashburton en route to her Riccarton classic win.

She was trained by Winsloe’s father Ted.

Eagle flying high Dynamic Eagle is likely to make one more appearance this season before he is put aside ahead of a spring campaign. “I’ve had a bit of luck with the family and they do like a bit of cut in the ground, although I think he’ll perform on better tracks,” trainer Tony Pike said. “We might look for another three-year-old race for him before giving him a break.” A half-brother

by Guillotine to Pike’s Wellington Guineas winner Sacred Park, Dynamic Eagle continued the hot start he has made to his career on Saturday when he won The Frocked Up Girls 1400 at Tauranga. - NZME

Didham believes he has the right material Raw-boned three-year-old Rawmaterial hinted he could be a future open handicapper in the making after overcoming some home straight traffic issues to register a notable victory for Les Didham at Riccarton on Saturday.

The lightly raced gelding

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showed his penchant for his home surface as he made it win number three from just six starts with each of those wins coming at Riccarton.

Handled beautifully by visiting North Island rider Leah Hemi, the Falkirk gelding travelled sweetly

at the rear of the eight-horse field that contested the rating 75 1400 metre event before Hemi asked him to improve between runners on the point of the home turn.

Things got a little sticky at that point with Rawmaterial blocked behind the weakening leaders as

race favourite Waylay made her bid for glory.

Hemi didn’t panic as she moved her mount across heels to follow Waylay through the gap before producing a resolute finish to down the favourite in the shadows of the post.

- NZME

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club: Manawatu 5 26552 Cawbourne Looks 21.46 ..............M Roberts 3 67554 Unaccustomed nwtd L & .................... Morris 4 48143 It’s The Lovely 21.54 ................ K Gommans Raceway Meeting Date: 26 Jun 2017 Meeting 3 Doubles: 1 6 26743 Cawbourne Pottsy nwtd ...............M Roberts 4 78352 Wong All Along nwtd ...................A Turnwald 5 54226 Kaputski 21.39 .......................G Fredrickson and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12; 13 and 7 64475 Slick Star 21.71 ...........................B Hodgson 5 58267 Cawbourne Gonski nwtd ..............M Roberts 6 71671 Bigtime Basher nwtd ..........................L Cole 14 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 8, 9 and 10; 12, 13 and 14 8 82758 Cawbourne Gunna 21.60 .............M Roberts 6 72472 Cawbourne Lick nwtd...................M Roberts 7 37214 Scotta Pie 21.54............................. L Pearce 1 12.39pm (NZT) FORMPRO RATINGS FREE EVERY 9 67626 Bigtime Break 22.81...........................L Cole 8 37674 Cawbourne Crowie 21.38 ............M Roberts 7 54757 Americano nwtd .....................G Fredrickson 8 32724 Feel The Force nwtd ................ S Gommans 9 78267 King’s Call 21.96 ..............................R Waite 10 68386 Cawbourne Gil 21.80 ...................M Roberts MONDAY C0 C0, 375m 9 46848 Noonoo nwtd L & ............................... Morris 1 44357 Bigtime Rosie nwtd ................G Fredrickson 4 1.32pm USE PETRAVELLER.COM.AU C3 C3, 375m 10 64748 Timma Turtle 21.80 ............................L Cole 2 x4332 Loco Amigo nwtd S &................C Blackburn 1 25541 Don’t Muzzle Me 21.50 ..............B Goldsack 7 2.27pm STEVE THE AUCTIONEER DAVIS C3, 375m 10 75684 Cawbourne Danial nwtd ........... K Gommans 3 2364 Two Hungwid nwtd ................... K Gommans 1 85253 Cawbourne Foxy 21.70 ................M Roberts 10 3.27pm TAB FIXED ODDS C1 C1, 457m 2 12326 Billy Marlow 21.49 .............................M Flipp 4 43431 Tomorrow Star nwtd ................. S Gommans 1 35421 Classy Delta 26.63 L & ...................... Morris 2 45123 Deman Blue Blood 21.72 .......J T McInerney 3 51871 Homebush Skip nwtd .............J T McInerney 5 84222 Cawbourne Gibbo nwtd ...............M Roberts 2 11663 Bigtime Jack 26.46 .............................L Cole 3 34211 Mr. Maize 21.67...........................A Turnwald 4 52285 Cool Rythm 21.81 .......................B Hodgson 6 72427 Homebush Gracie nwtd............ K Gommans 3 56737 Scodelario 25.90 .............................L Doody 4 33774 Cawbourne Stick 21.47 ................M Roberts 5 81155 Bigtime Sugar 21.64 ..........................L Cole 7 7324 Idol Patches nwtd ..............................M Flipp 4 43586 Bigtime Monty 26.40 ..........................L Cole 5 43581 Act Naturally 21.63...........................S Stone 6 81542 Cawbourne Elpaso 21.53.............M Roberts 8 26325 Ms Rubble Double nwtd ...................R Waite 5 55747 Cawbourne Barcia 26.01 .............M Roberts 6 44562 Harkonen Bale 21.48 L & ................... Morris 7 38716 Fusion Cronulla nwtd ..................A Turnwald 9 55534 Goldstar Gizmo nwtd ......................L Doody 6 32121 Bigtime Michelle nwtd ........................L Cole 7 83744 All In Berlin 21.58 ............................B Marsh 8 28113 Cawbourne Kaz 21.58 .................M Roberts 10 1 Rapper Tilly nwtd ................................S Kite 7 58748 Bonus Lotto nwtd ............................L Doody 8 17752 Kirkham Kylie 21.67 .....................M Roberts 9 68x38 Hawkesbury Fever 21.38 L & ............. Morris 8 87775 Raewyn nwtd J & ................................D Bell 9 68x38 Hawkesbury Fever 21.38 L & ............. Morris 10 26585 Stole Me Car 21.47 .................. K Gommans 2 12.57pm J P PRINT, PETONE C1 C1, 375m 9 66757 Chase Me Apatche nwtd ...............G Atwood 1 65536 Air Express 21.83...................J T McInerney 5 1.50 HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEORGIA COLE C5, 375m 10 65558 Ear’s Boris 21.40 ...............................M Flipp 2 13764 Wetchester 22.13 ................................ L Bell 1 34161 Bigtime Blackie 21.42 ........................L Cole 8 2.42pm TAB SUPPORTS GREYHOUNDS C1, 410m 10 68847 Bigtime Coffee 25.89..............G Fredrickson 3 23162 Mahala Bay 22.22 ............................. I Howe 1 23422 Cawbourne Brandy nwtd J & ..............D Bell 11 3.44 PRESTONS MASTER BUTCHERS C2, 457m 2 57511 Daisy Lara 21.49 ................................L Cole 4 x5387 Buddy Swift nwtd ..................... K Gommans 1 63732 Cawbourne Buckle 26.35 .............M Roberts 2 x8773 Bigtime Ranson nwtd .............G Fredrickson 3 22222 Bear Inda Square 21.31 .....................L Cole 5 61141 Bigtime George 22.10 ........................L Cole 2 74776 See Eye Aye nwtd ..............................L Cole 3 54348 Homebush Myra nwtd ............J T McInerney 4 17168 Lover 21.79 .................................A Turnwald 6 65456 Linny Stopwatch 22.53 .....................S Stone 3 15113 Bigtime Paddy 26.08 ..........................L Cole 4 35554 Blackie Chan nwtd ........................B Mitchell 5 55315 Bigtime Fever 21.44 ...........................L Cole 7 14853 Homebush Lucifer 21.59 ........J T McInerney 4 58146 Meteor Vege nwtd ....................E Duganzich 5 77748 Take The Shorts 23.88 L &................. Morris 6 11853 Bigtime Jane 21.44 ............................L Cole 8 21145 Mitsuta 21.83 ....................................D Edlin 5 x1654 Autumn Lights 26.04 ...................A Turnwald 6 251 Apricity nwtd................................A Turnwald 7 12473 Scooter’s Rose 21.46 ........................M Flipp 9 46863 Goodtime Lady 21.72....................... I Moore 6 36334 Cawbourne Cents nwtd................M Roberts 7 15355 Opawa Bucks 23.59 .........................R Waite 8 11155 Bigtime Thinker 21.53 ........................L Cole 10 3767x Smart Dandy nwtd ............................ B Hunt 7 62211 Bigtime Caleb 26.63...........................L Cole 8 76715 Billie Tee nwtd S & ....................C Blackburn 9 67826 Cawbourne Jarrod 21.53 .............M Roberts 8 3F686 Ace Bale 26.25 L & ............................ Morris 9 55556 Cawbourne Angus nwtd ...............M Roberts 10 88637 Cawbourne Mezza 21.40 .............M Roberts 3 1.15pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C2 C2, 375m 9 85757 Stinger nwtd ......................................M Flipp 10 86452 Take Action nwtd ..........................M Goodier 1 66473 Cawbourne Hint 21.73 J & ..................D Bell 6 2.07 AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES C4, 375m 2 45626 Opawa Crusade nwtd .......................M Flipp 12 4.07 HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. PRESIDENT C4/5, 457m 1 35485 Cawbourne Nath 21.68 ................M Roberts 9 3.09 OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C1/2, 410m 3 8285x Electric Dandy nwtd .......................... B Hunt 1 26462 Bigtime Jason 26.00 ..........................L Cole 1 27472 Untouchable nwtd .......................A Turnwald 2 45131 Bigtime Blue 21.54 .............................L Cole 4 75335 Enhancer 21.51...........................B Hodgson 2 55345 Map My Run 26.04.............................L Cole 2 78463 Celestial Action nwtd J & ....................D Bell 3 63875 Hypocritical 21.46 ........................M Roberts

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18863 Spring Allegro 25.88 ..........................L Cole 12434 Vince Fawn nwtd .........................A Turnwald 21661 Bigtime Doug 25.93 ...........................L Cole 24571 Five Eyes 26.09 ........................... P Denbee 26356 Tranquil Rue nwtd .......................A Turnwald 36125 Bigtime Flyer 26.04 ............................L Cole 16267 Bernie’s Boy 25.89 ........................B Mitchell 53778 Bigtime Dazzler 26.32 ........................L Cole 13 4.27 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE SERVICES C1, 375m 1 68563 Ebony Haze nwtd .............................S Stone 2 718 Bigtime Sneaky nwtd .........................L Cole 3 47424 Baduzzi 21.75 ........................J T McInerney 4 73774 Pacific Vibe 21.66...................J T McInerney 5 57446 Wong Full Arrest 22.19 L & ................ Morris 6 46735 Cyndi Action nwtd J & .........................D Bell 7 23637 Toki Girl nwtd ............................... P Denbee 8 52385 Jack’s Up 21.57 ..........................B Goldsack 9 75462 Cawbourne Owen 21.69 ..............M Roberts 10 35378 Roketto nwtd .....................................D Edlin 14 4.42pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C1, 375m 1 42547 Adrenalin Kick 21.77 ..............J T McInerney 2 65244 Bigtime Boy nwtd .........................M Goodier 3 26848 Rally Sarious nwtd .................J T McInerney 4 45543 Cawbourne Merl 21.64 J & .................D Bell 5 57426 Plum Krazy nwtd ........................B Goldsack 6 22277 Unawares 21.81 ..........................A Turnwald 7 82456 Crazy Sunday nwtd ................J T McInerney 8 14874 Bigtime Tomac 21.97..............G Fredrickson 9 72666 Don’t Mention It 22.20 L & ................. Morris 10 x6547 Set The Limit nwtd ..........................S Maher LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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■ AMERICA’S CUP

No complacency in Team NZ camp After a laconic performance throughout the America’s Cup campaign to date, Team NZ helmsman Peter Burling was able to land a couple of verbal jabs to the ribs of rival Jimmy Spithill in the wake of Oracle’s first finals win.

The American syndicate still trail 4-1 in the race to seven points over this series, but may have turned momentum their way with victory in yesterday’s second race, winning their first start and converting that into a final 11-second margin.

That result gave Spithill his 14th America’s Cup finals victory, tying him with Sir Russell Coutts for the most wins.

But Burling did his best to remain calm, even as the spectre of his team’s capitulation in San Francisco four years ago rears its head ... again.

“It was great to see a little bit of fight out of these boys,” he quipped, although noone could quite tell whether he was being condescending or simply tongue-in-cheek.

“It’s only just beginning, mate,” responded Spithill, as the post-race press conference erupted into laughter.

“We’re excited,” continued Burling.

“We’ve made no secret we’re set up for a good battle and we feel like we’ve got one.

“It showed today that there was great racing out there – there were plenty of lead changes in the first race and we were really happy with how we fought back into that second one.

“It was a bit of a shame, probably my fault with the shifts up the top, to give it back to them, but whoever sails their boat better will win.”

No-one among the Emirates Team NZ outfit, their supporters or anyone in the sailing world needs reminding that the Kiwis were in command 8-1 against Oracle four years ago, when Spithill took advantage of a lay day to turn the match around

and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

If anyone had forgotten, they were, of course, reminded at the press conference, where Burling face a question on his team’s state of mind after their first lapse.

“We’re pretty happy with it,” he replied, reverting back to form somewhat. “We felt like the boat was going really well, but we obviously had a few issues like everyone did.

“We’re happy with the speed. When we put the boat in the shift – it was incredibly shifty out there today – it went really well and it was a bit of a shame we threw away that last race after having a pretty good lead halfway up the last beat.”

Spithill returned fire, hinting that the Kiwis had been complacent over the rest days.

“We worked pretty hard this week, obviously,” he said. “We saw these guys take days off during the week and we made a commitment inside the team we would use every single one of them to make the boat faster.

“I think we all saw today that the boat is faster.”

The counterpunch from Burling ...

“I find it a bit funny when people say we had days off last week. It was a great opportunity for our shore crew to get on top of a job list. It’s no secret we’ve faced a lot of adversity to get here, we capsized our boat under three weeks ago and we’re still just getting on top of everything.

“The whole time these boats have been relatively similar. We obviously had a pretty good edge last weekend, but it shows you, with how you sail the boat and how you mode it for particular wind strength, you can make the boat go significantly faster or slower.

“We feel like we’ve got a good yacht race on our hands now and we’re excited to get back into it again tomorrow and keep chipping away.”

- NZME

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Try to see the neutrality in things this week. Nothing is worse or better than it is, except when you choose to think of it that way. Your thoughts will make it so.

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GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): It feels like you started this journey ages ago, but you’re not in the final stretch yet. You’re not even halfway there! Be consistent with your efforts and march on.

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LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): A school of thought is like a brick-and-mortar school in that the one you attend will change everything – the people you know, the activities you become involved in, even where and how you live.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): The teacher will not recruit a class; instead the students will seek a teacher. Don’t wait for the opportunity to learn. Decide what you want to know, and go find someone who knows it already.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): To remain true to your core won’t be a rigid stance but a flexible one.

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SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): The challenge calls for a vision into the far-off future. If you can’t get a good idea of what’s to come, you can at least have faith that it’s something good. It’s important that you don’t sell your future for a quick fix today.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Don’t worry about the money so much. Creativity will take over where the money leaves off. In this and other ways the ends will find their own magical way of meeting.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): To create is to feel vitality flowing through you, to be animated by the force of life. The nature of the material world is to have an ending, but the nature of creation is to live on.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): To ask “What’s in it for me?” isn’t selfish; it’s practical. And if you don’t negotiate it, who will? It would be irresponsible to depend on others to be your advocate when you’re suited for the job.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Even though people yearn for excitement, they also crave predictability.

There’s a balance to be struck here, and you’ll succeed in bringing a little of both to a relationship.

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Guardian

Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

HAYES, Elsie Lorna (Lorna) –

On June 23, 2017, peacefully at Christchurch Hospital. In her 95th year. Loved wife of the late Don and mother and mother in law of Alison and Ray Garforth, Rod and Anita, and Gerald and Janet.

A loved “Darn” of all her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Messages to 5 Reid Crescent, Ashburton 7700. A service to celebrate Lorna’s life will be held at the Baring Square Methodist Church Lounge, Baring Square, Ashburton on TUESDAY, June 27, commencing at 1.00pm.

Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

RANGIORA

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Canterbury owned, locally operated

Patersons Funeral Services and Ashburton Crematorium Ltd Office and Chapel Corner East & Cox Streets, Ashburton

Ph 307 7433

Colleen, Mark, Lynda and families wish to express our warmest appreciation for the love and support extended to us with our recent loss of Kees. Your kindness with cards, flowers, baking and meals. Your attendance at Mass for Kees’ farewell was a comfort to us all. Father Geoff for his continued support during a difficult time. The dedicated care from Day Care, Rosebank and Radius Millstream.

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Wind km/h less than 30 fine

30 to 59 fog

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Canterbury Plains

snow

hail

60 plus

TODAY

FZL: Rising to 1600m

Fine and frosty, severe in sheltered places.

High cloud developing in the evening, with scattered rain about the divide, falling as snow to 1200m. Wind at 1000m: NW 25 km/h rising to 50 km/h in the evening. Wind at 2000m: NW 30 km/h rising to 50 km/h in the morning and to gale 65 km/h later.

Fine with morning frosts, severe in sheltered places. Some high cloud from afternoon.

Northeasterlies developing in the morning.

TOMORROW High cloud, with sunny spells developing in the afternoon. Northerlies easing in the afternoon.

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9 Jul

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4.25

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 3:00 pm, yesterday

82.0

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4.33

Sth Ashburton at 12:10 pm, yesterday

6.05 nc

Rangitata Klondyke at 3:05 pm, yesterday

39.9

Waitaki Kurow at 12:12 pm, yesterday

233.1

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Canterbury Readings

Wednesday

5:04 11:18 5:36 11:52 6:01 12:16 6:33 12:49 7:01 1:12 7:31 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 4 minutes.

Bad

fine

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fine

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Tuesday

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Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing Monday

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Cloudy periods and northeasterlies.

Auckland

Nelson

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Morning and evening cloud, otherwise fine.

Light winds.

Cloudy periods. Northeasterlies developing.

overnight max low

Scattered rain about the divide, falling as snow above 1200 metres, clearing late morning. Increasing fine spells elsewhere.

Wind at 1000m: N 30 km/h dyying out.

Wind at 2000m: Turning NE 25 km/h.

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A narrow ridge covers central New Zealand. A series of fronts move onto the south and west of the South Island this afternoon. A trough to the west of the country becomes slowmoving on Wednesday, then weakens on Thursday while a ridge over the South Island moves onto central New Zealand.

mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers fine showers clearing showers

WEDNESDAY

Winter is coming.

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June 23, 2017. Loved Mum Ph/Fax 308 5369 We have a team of highly respected, professional funeral directors and Galbraith’s deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz celebrants. We offer you complete funeral care including pre-arrangement, and tomother-in-law of Rod or 0274 357 974 ensure publication. and your choice of venue, funeral celebrants and catering. provide choice! and Anita, and loved “Darn” ebcarter@xtra.co.nz We believe that every life is unique and every person’s funeral needs to NZMMMA Member To place a notice during of Michael, Nichola, Penelope reflect their individuality - ask us how we can be of assistance to you and Call us on your family. office hours please contact and Oliver Hayes and Joanna, Call us on 308 3980 us Jack, on 03 Tom 307 7900 Martyn, and Char308 or call in and visit 3980 our new premises at for more information lotte Vercoe.

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Monday, June 26, 2017

DEATHS

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 7.8 9.4 Max to 4pm 1.0 Minimum -2.1 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 5.4 16hr to 4pm June to date 41.8 Avg Jun to date 52 2017 to date 410.2 334 Avg year to date Wind km/h N7 At 4pm Strongest gust S 46 Time of gust 5:45am

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6am Breakfast 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show PGR 0 10am Tipping Point 11am The Chase 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale AO 0 1pm N Red Rock PGR Crime drama exploring the lives, secrets, and feuds of the residents of a fictional Dublin seaside town.

1:55 N Yes Chef 2:55 Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 Four In A Bed Four In A Bed becomes Four in a Camp Bed as four sets of camp-site proprietors compete. The first visit is to Amber’s Bell Tent.

4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Sesame Street 0 6:55 Tashi 3 0 7:25 Beyblade Burst 3 7:50 Inspector Gadget 3 0 8:15 Captain Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 8:40 The Lion Guard 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am First Dates Australia PGR 0 Noon Jeremy Kyle PGR 1pm Judge Rinder AO 3 2pm Mike And Molly PGR 3 0 3pm Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:32 Leon 0 3:35 The Adam And Eve Show 0 4:05 Kirby Buckets On Prank Williams jr Day, Kirby meets a strange man who claims to be Kirby from the future. 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Fair Go 0 8pm Code 1 PGR A fly-on-the-wall documentary following the crews of the Westpac Rescue Helicopter. 0 8:30 Lucifer AO 0 9:30 Beyond The Darklands PGR 30 10:30 1 News Tonight 0

7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Survivor New Zealand 0 8:35 Camp Twitch AO A week in the lives of some young New Zealanders with Tourette’s Syndrome. 0 9:30 Hell’s Kitchen AO 0 10:25 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0 10:55 Cougar Town PGR 3 0

11pm Criminal Minds – Beyond Borders AO 0 11:45 Unforgettable AO 3 0 12:35 Te Karere 3 2 1am Infomercials 5:05 Impact For Life 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

11:25 F Filthy Rich AO 3 0 12:15 F Desperate Housewives AO 3 0 1:10 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:35 Infomercials 2:35 Switched At Birth PGR 3 0 3:25 The Real PGR 3 4:15 Family Matters 3 4:40 The Adam And Eve Show 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

THREE 6am The AM Show 9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:25 Family Feud 3 0 Noon Dr Phil AO 1pm The Block New Zealand PGR (Starting Today) 3 In 12 weeks, the teams must build and showcase their design skills. 0 2:25 Baggage PGR 2:55 Entertainment Tonight 3:20 Sticky TV 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm Susie Nordqvist presents comprehensive coverage of global and local news.

4:25 The Biggest Loser Australia In Last Chance Training, most of the contestants increase their efforts to deliver results at the weigh-in.

5:25 Family Feud 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Project 7:30 The Block New Zealand PGR 0 8:30 Hyde And Seek AO 0 9:30 F Chicago Med AO The new doctor arrives, sparking a competition with Dr Rhodes. 0 10:25 NewsHub Late 10:55 Satisfaction AO 3 0 11:50 The Project News and entertainment show hosted by Jesse Mulligan, Kanoa Lloyd and Josh Thomson.

12:15 Infomercials 5:30 City Impact Church

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BRAVO 10am Million Dollar Listing LA 3 10:55 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 11:20 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 11:50 Snapped PGR (Starting Today) 3 12:45 Shahs Of Sunset AO 1:40 Intervention Canada AO 3 2:35 Botched – Post Op 3 3:05 Botched – Post Op 3 3:35 Hoarders 3 4:30 Dance Moms 3 5:30 Million Dollar Listing LA 3 6:30 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 7pm Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta JoLee’s mother would be happy to see her daughter in any white piece of clothing as long as it hides her figure; Marie-Ann’s mother will not be there for her wedding.

7:30 Masters Of Flip 8:30 Million Dollar Listing NY PGR 9:30 Killer Couples AO 10:30 Intervention Canada AO 11:30 Snapped PGR 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

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Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart.

7:40 Batman v Superman – Dawn Of Justice MV 2016 Action. Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams.

10:10 The Quiet Ones 16VS Secret Cities 2014 Horror. Jared Harris, Sam Claflin. 11:45 The 7:30pm on Choice Martian ML 2015 Drama.

Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain.

THE BOX 2:05 Sully ML 2016 Drama.

6am Wheel Of Fortune PG 6:25 Jeopardy PG 6:50 Criminal Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart.

3:40 The Quiet Ones 16VS Intent MV 7:40 The Force 2014 Horror. Jared Harris, MC 8:05 Container Wars Sam Claflin. 5:20 The End Of PG 8:30 The Simpsons PG 8:55 Criminal Minds 16VS The Tour MLS 2015 Drama.

9:45 Law And Order – LA Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Segel.

MV 10:40 Law And Order 7:05 Americons 16VLSC 2015 – LA MV 11:35 Jeopardy Drama. Set during the apex PG Noon Wheel Of Fortune of the real estate boom, an PG 12:25 Pawn Stars former football star gets a shot PG 12:50 Border Security at making some big money PG 1:20 Criminal Intent MV 2:10 CSI – Miami MV 3:05 The and is soon swallowed by greed and over indulgence.

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PG 1:50 Criminal Minds 16VS 11:45 Regression 16VLSC 2:40 Jeopardy PG 3:05 Pawn 2014 Thriller. TUESDAY Stars PG 3:30 The Simpsons 1:30 Americons 16VLSC 2015 PG 3:55 The Crayfishers Drama. 2:55 Sinister 2 16VLC PG 4:20 Deep Undercover 2015 Horror. 4:30 Swing MVLC 4:45 Helicopter ER M State 16LSC 2016 Comedy.

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6am Avatar – The Last Airbender 3 6:30 Sailing – America’s Cup 8:55 Million Dollar Minute 3 9:25 Wheel Of Fortune 3 9:50 Jeopardy 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 12:35 Escape To The Country 3 1:30 Legends AO 3 2:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3pm Escape To The Country 3 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 0 5pm Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Prime News 6pm Wheel Of Fortune 6:30 Jeopardy

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Human Planet PGR 3 0 8:35 M The Fast And The Furious AO 2001 Action.

10:50 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR

11:50 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 The team presents the best of the day’s sports news.

12:20 Closedown

MOVIES GREATS 7:50 Last Night ML 2010 Romantic Comedy. Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington.

9:20 Flight 16LS 2012 Thriller. Denzel Washington, Nadine Velazquez, Don Cheadle. 11:35 Van Wilder 16LSC 2002 Comedy.

Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid.

1:05 The 40-Year-Old Virgin 16LS 2005 Comedy.

Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd. 3pm The Day After Tomorrow M 2004 Action. Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal.

5pm Grown Ups PGL 2010 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Salma Hayek. 6:40 Sucker Punch MV 2011 Action Fantasy. Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish. 8:30 The Other Guys MVLS 2010 Comedy. Two mismatched New York detectives seize an opportunity to be like the city’s top police officers, whom they idolise, but things do not go as planned. Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg.

10:20 Orphan 16VLSC 2009 Thriller. Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman.

TUESDAY 12:20 Out Of Sight MVL 1998 Action Comedy. George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames.

2:20 The Nutty Professor M 1996 Comedy. 3:55 The Day After Tomorrow M 2004 Action. 5:55 Grown Ups PGL 2010 Comedy.

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6:30 Pukoro 2 7am Miharo 2 7:30 Pukoro 2 8am Tao 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Kawe Korero – Reporters 9:30 R & R 10am Korero Mai 2 11am Toku Reo 2 Noon Korero Mai 2 1pm Toku Reo 2 2pm Opaki 2:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 3pm Pukoro 2 3:30 Miharo 2 4pm Rugby League 3 5:30 Polyfest Kapa Haka (HLS) Scenes from the largest secondaryschool Polynesian festival in the world, which attracts 9,000 performers and 80,000 spectators.

6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu Te Waikaukau.

6:30 Te Kaea 2 7pm Kawe Korero – Reporters 7:30 Cam’s Kai 8pm School Of Hard Knocks 8:30 The Great Australian Race Riot AO (Part 2) 9:30 Best Of Hunting Aotearoa PGR 3 10pm Whawhai Fight Night 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2

11pm Kawe Korero – Reporters News reporters dissect and discuss the day’s news and events.

11:30 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 6:30 Sailing – America’s Cup Day Four – Emirates Team NZ v Oracle Team USA. 8am L Sailing – America’s Cup Race Day Review. 8:30 Netball – ANZ Premiership Pulse v Mystics. 9:30 Cricket – International England v South Africa – Second T20.

10am Cricket – Women’s World Cup England v India.

11am Hockey – Women’s World League Belgium v Black Sticks. 12:30 Sky Sports News UK 1pm Rugby – Lions Series All Blacks v British and Irish Lions – First Test. 1:30 Golf – US PGA Tour Travelers Championship – Round Four. 2pm Golf – LPGA Tour 2:30 Golf Central 3:30 Sailing – America’s Cup 4pm Rugby – Women’s Sevens Series 5:30 Rugby – First XV 7pm Rugby – Lions Series 9pm Netball – ANZ Premiership 9:30 Sailing – America’s Cup 10pm Motorsport – Formula One World Championship 10:30 Motorsport – MotoGP 11pm Netball – ANZ Premiership 11:30 Hunters Club TUESDAY Midnight Aussie Rules – AFL 3am Motorsport – Nascar Xfinity Series 4am Sailing – America’s Cup 4:30 America’s Cup – Race Day Review 5am L Sailing – America’s Cup Day Five – Emirates Team NZ v Oracle Team USA.

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language; HLS Highlights; RPL Replay; DLY Delayed. CLASSIFICATIONS: 16/18 Approved for persons 16/18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

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6am Benny Hinn 6:30 The Living Room 7:30 North Pole – Ice Airport 8:30 Russia On Four Wheels 9:30 Jamie’s Comfort Food 10:30 Restoration Man 11:30 Auction Hunters Noon Jamie’s Food Escapes 1pm Russia On Four Wheels 2pm The Living Room 3pm The Cook And The Chef 3:30 The Predator Coast 4:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things 5pm Nigel Slater Eating Together Nigel discovers soup recipes that have come from around the world – fish tea from Jamaica, miso from Japan, and Jewish classic, chicken soup.

5:30 Waterfront House Hunting 6pm Tiny House World 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Secret Cities Janina and Alastair get to know the Catalan capital of Barcelona through its art and architecture.

8:30 Treasures Decoded 9:30 Cuba With Simon Reeve 10:30 American Pickers

11:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things Midnight Nigel Slater Eating Together 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Dangerous Roads 2am Hardcore Pawn PGR 2:30 Auction Hunters 3am The Fashion Fund 4am Treasures Decoded 5am Cuba With Simon Reeve

SKY SPORT 2 6am Rugby – Lions Series (HLS) All Blacks v British and Irish Lions – First Test.

6:30 L Motorsport – Nascar Sprint Cup Series Toyota Save Mart 350.

10am Fox Sports News 10:30 Sailing – America’s Cup (HLS) Day Four – Emirates Team NZ v Oracle Team USA. 11am Rugby – Lions Series (RPL) All Blacks v British and Irish Lions – First Test. 1pm Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Warriors v Bulldogs. 3pm Motorsport – Nascar Xfinity Series (HLS) American Ethanol E15 250.

4pm Motorsport – Nascar Sprint Cup Series (HLS) Toyota Save Mart 350.

5pm Sailing – America’s Cup (RPL) Day Four – Emirates Team NZ v Oracle Team USA. 6:30 America’s Cup – Race Day Review 7pm Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Sunday’s Games.

7:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Warriors v Bulldogs.

8pm The After Match 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 Monday Night With Matty Johns 10:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Tigers v Titans.

11pm America’s Cup – Race Day Review 11:30 Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Roosters v Melbourne Storm.

TUESDAY 1:30 Cricket – International (RPL) England v South Africa – Third T20.

5am Rugby – International (HLS) Samoa v Wales.

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DISCOVERY 6:35 Gold Rush PG The Merger. 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 MythBusters PG Motorcycle Flip. 9:10 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 10am Railroad Australia PG 10:50 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 11:40 Swamp Murders M One for the Road.

12:30 Blood Relatives M Murder Mansion. 1:20 A Crime To Remember M Devil’s Advocate. 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 Space Cowboys.

3:50 Gold Rush PG The Night Shift. 4:45 What On Earth?

PG Strange Symbols in the Desert. 5:40 MythBusters PG Coffin Punch. 6:35 Railroad Australia PG 7:30 Auction Hunters PG 8pm Auction Hunters PG 8:30 MythBusters PG Jato Rocket Car – Mission Accomplished?

9:25 What On Earth? PG Dagger of Tutankhamun.

10:15 Deadliest Catch PG Seismic Shift. 11:05 A Crime To Remember M Devil’s Advocate. 11:55 Blood Relatives M Murder Mansion.

TUESDAY 12:45 Gold Rush PG 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am Auction Hunters PG 2:25 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:55 How Do They Do It? PG 5:20 Auction Hunters PG 5:45 Moonshiners M

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Sport Big three in doubt Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy is not certain his rested State of Origin stars will be ready to return to the NRL against Brisbane on Friday night.

Billy Slater, Cooper Cronk, Cameron Smith and Will Chambers all missed Melbourne’s 25-24 golden-point loss to the Sydney Roosters on Saturday.

They will each be monitored before a call on whether they face the Broncos at Suncorp Stadium. Bellamy said he made the decision to rest his big three based largely on their age and the Storm’s hectic Origin schedule.

Southern dominated visitors Hampstead in a 76-19 rout in Hinds on Saturday.

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Celtic upsets Rakaia

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

The 2017 edition of the Watters Cup has turned up its first upset, with Celtic taking down coholders Rakaia, while Southern did the expected, and romped to victory against Hampstead.

Celtic co-coach Shane Enright was pleased with the 27-24 victory against Rakaia, but is not planning on resting on the success for the rest of the tournament.

“One battle doesn’t win the war, it was good to get the result but there is still plenty more to go,” he said.

“It was good to get the four points but we’ve still two hard battles to go.”

Enright said the forwards played a strong part in Satur-

day’s victory, challenging the Rakaia pack and dominating the game.

For Rakaia co-coach Wayne Foxcroft, the loss came down to attitude.

“We didn’t turn up on the day wanting to win,” he said.

“We were 14-0 up after about 10 minutes and just switched off and let them in to the game.

“It is disappointing but we just have to get back out there next week and pick up the maximum points.”

In the other match, Southern romped to a high-scoring victory, beating Hampstead 76-19, dotting down 12 tries in the process.

After a slow start against Methven in the previous week, Southern co-coach Michael Ellis

was pleased with how his team started the game.

“We thought if we could get in to them early on we would make it difficult for them,” he said.

“Apart from the 10 points (in the past two games) it is pleasing to know that we can score tries which is something we have struggled with this season.”

Helping to get the try numbers up was fullback Gideon Lambrechts, who picked up a hat-trick of tries in the victory.

Player numbers have been a recurring issue for Hampstead this season, but Ellis was quick to acknowledge the effort the struggling side put in.

“To their credit they battled away for the entire match. The boys would’ve known they had a game,” he said.

Hampstead co-coach Regan Broker knew a challenge awaited him when he arrived in Hinds and discovered five of his players had been roped in to playing for the B team in the curtain-raiser.

“Twenty minutes before the game I was still running around chasing players.

“To the boys that were there I just told them to go out there and throw the ball around and enjoy it,” he said.

“I’m proud of the fellas that stepped up.

“Despite the result they were in the changing room after the match saying ‘don’t worry we’ll be here next week to give it another crack’.”

Methven sat out this round of fixtures with the bye.

Central Pulse book a place in netball final The Central Pulse are the only challenger left with a chance of spoiling the Southern Steel’s unbeaten season.

The Pulse have beaten the Northern Mystics 59-52 in the preliminary final, advancing to

take on the 15-0 Steel in Invercargill on Wednesday night.

It will be a deserving conclusion to the debut Premiership season.

However, the gap between the Pulse and the dominant Steel

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has been significant, with the Pulse likely needing a virtuoso performance to overcome their toughest challenge.

They certainly won’t be able to start slowly, like they did against the Mystics. The Mystics’ lead got

as large as seven goals, before the Pulse dragged themselves into the contest. A 4-0 run at the start of the fourth quarter gave the Pulse a lead; one they would never relinquish as they sealed their place in the final. - NZME

Kvitova Barty into final Ashleigh Barty will take on twotime Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in the final of the Aegon Classic in Birmingham after an upset semi-final win over Spain’s Garbine Muguruza. Ranked 77th in the world, the Australian made the most of her opportunities to beat the 2016 French Open champion and 2015 Wimbledon finalist 3-6 6-4 6-3 yesterday. The match turned when Barty broke at 2-2 in the second set after Muguruza had looked comfortable. Kvitova won Wimbledon in 2011 and again in 2014.

Spieth in narrow lead Jordan Spieth closed with a 20-foot birdie putt for a four-under 66 in the US PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship, giving him a one-stroke lead for the third straight round at TPC River Highlands. The 23-year-old Texan had a 12-under 198 total, with fellow American Boo Weekley his nearest rival after he shot a five-under 65 in Cromwell, Connecticut. The 43-yearold Weekley, playing just in front of Spieth, birdied five of the last eight holes.

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