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Three face 158 charges Three people facing 158 charges of burglary, theft and dishonesty are out on bail following appearances in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

Stacey Leigh Curtis, 28, was re-

leased yesterday to a Christchurch address, and Jayden Eric Cromie, 29, to an Ashburton address.

Quentin James Parkinson, 38, was already on bail at an address in the Wairarapa.

The charges relate to crime sprees in Ashburton earlier this year, when some buildings but mostly vehicles were broken into and property ranging from a camera and laptop to wallets, hand-

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The three had already been individually facing multiple dishonesty charges but crown prosecutor Helen Bennett told Judge Joanna Maze yesterday that 150 new

charges, some laid jointly, were about to enter the criminal justice system.

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Windscreens have to be clear

By Katie todd

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Mother Nature might be dousing any vehicles parked outdoors with an overnight coat of ice – but a hasty defrosting job is not enough, say local police.

An obscured windscreen could cost you $150 – or a careless driving charge if you cause an accident.

A little porthole on the windscreen is not appropriate – and could be putting others at risk, Canterbury Highway Patrol Acting Manager Steve Burgerhout said.

He had last year issued a ticket for a motorist photographed driving towards a school with their windscreen iced over and their head out the window to see.

“The whole windscreen should be clear and that doesn’t take long to do,” he said.

Cyclists in particular could be put at risk by drivers with no peripheral vision, as well as pedestrians and other motorists.

Burgerhout recommended covering up the windscreen with a window cover or tarpaulin at night or using an ice scraper in the morning.

Lukewarm water could also be used to remove ice, but anything too hot could crack the glass.

“It is important for their safety,

and the safety of others on the roads, that everyone maintains their vehicles to the best condition, and this includes visibility through the windscreen,” police said.

Burgerhout also urged motorists to keep an eye out for dark, potentially icy spots on the road.

Canterbury Police had attended two ice-related incidents near State Highway 8 and the Geraldine-Fairlie Highway at the weekend, and sub-zero temperatures were forecast for roads throughout the South Island in coming days. If motorists spot a shaded area on the road, they should slow down before reaching it, Burgerhout said.

“The spots might look dry, but if you hit black ice with too much speed you’ll find yourself losing control. There are times when 100km/h is the speed limit, but it’s not appropriate.”

Another time at which 100km/h might not be appropriate is early in the morning whilst commuting, particularly if heading north toward Christchurch, he said.

“The sun can be quite low in the sky and cause sun strike,” he said.

Police also advise motorists that they can find out the latest winter driving conditions in their area by visiting www.nzta.govt.nz/traffic

Three face 158 charges From P1 The crown needed six weeks to sort through the sheer volume of paperwork associated with the trio and condense summaries detailing the offending, she said.

All three have been remanded to August 13, when the judge will review progress of the case.

Lawyer for Curtis, Roz Burnside, said her client would be strongly challenging some of the allegations.

Curtis had spent the past three months in custody because she had not been able to find a bail address but she now had a place to live in Christchurch, Burnside said. She had been dealing with

her drug addiction while in custody and had completed an alcohol and drug recovery programme.

Cromie’s lawyer Marilyn Gilchrist said her client was maintaining not guilty pleas to earlier charges and agreed to the six-week adjournment while the new charges were processed. He wanted bail so he could begin sorting out the charges against him, she said.

Judge Maze granted bail, with a condition to report daily to the Ashburton police station.

She said it was clear some rationalisation of the charges was needed and that would take time because of the large number of further charges.

Shortly before 1pm yesterday, shady conditions remain on Company Road near the Ashburton Business Estate entrance.

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Council combatting icy spots in high priority areas

By SuSan SandyS

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The Ashburton District Council does not appear to be meeting its own requirements for trimming trees shading roads, except in high priority areas.

In order to combat icy conditions, council requires that no tree should cast a shadow on the road between 10am and 2pm on the shortest day of the year.

However, the council is targeting only high priority areas for the rule, where the greatest safety and cost-saving benefits can be achieved.

The high priority areas meet the four criteria of high traffic volumes, historical crashes from icy roads, roads with a 100km/h speed limit, and roads that frequently need gritting.

Council has set out to tackle the issue over the past two years, and most roads in the district have at some time had trees which do not meet the requirements.

Roading manager Brian Fauth said his roading department could not target every road, and according to the four criteria had identified almost 50 kilometres of icy areas. It had since worked with private property owners in those areas to get trees to an acceptable height.

“The property owners have generally been good to work with, and together we have achieved some great results and improved safety on the district’s roads,” Fauth said.

“To date, more than 28 kilometres of these 50 kilometres of trees have been cut to a suitable height, which has significantly improved the safety of some of our major roads in the district over winter.”

This had included where the council itself was the property owner, and trees on all seven of the council’s properties on the 50 kilometres of icy spots had been cut to a suitable height.

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fers along Company Road near the Ashburton Business Estate entrance remain untrimmed, however, and the council has no immediate plans to cut them.

Fauth understood council did own the Company Road trees, however, they were outside the 50 kilometres of high-priority area, meeting only one of the four criteria, which was being on a 100km/h road.

Setting an example and trimming the trees regardless of not being in a high priority area, would be an “extremely difficult” proposition, Fauth said.

Council owned a lot of property throughout the district, including tree plantations, and could argue private property owners in the same situation should be doing the same thing.

“The Company Road trees have not received any attention as yet, as the area has only moderate traffic volumes, no recorded crashes, and the frequency of ice gritting is low,” he said.

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■ MT HUTT SKIFIELD

Ideal conditions sees huge numbers flocking to skifield Despite their first closed day for the season, everything’s pumping on the slopes of Mt Hutt after the first two weeks of 2018.

Huge numbers have been flocking to the skifield, particularly on the weekends to enjoy the snow on offer with the Methven township starting to really buzz as the numbers grow.

In a press release yesterday, Mt Hutt staff said that the recent sunshine and dry snow had made for great skiing and snowboarding.

“Saturday was a big day on the mountain with plenty of people enjoying blue skies and great skiing and boarding,” they said.

The weekend also saw the first park event for the season – the 10 Pin Rail Jam which was open for all ages in a relaxed format with a huge emphasis on having fun and enjoying the competition.

In the event, competitors attempted their best tricks on a custom built feature setup the Jib Garden Terrain Park.

Poppy Freeman won the best female ski title, Willam Wylars was victorious in the Groms ski category, Vincent MD won best open board and best trick, Tom Fischer won best trick on skis, Sandra Ryses took the female board honours, Asher Bold was the winner of the Groms board title and Jack Thomas won best male ski.

Next week will see a huge influx of skiers to the mountain with the start of the Australian school holidays which sees large groups of students and minders travelling to the district to enjoy the mountain, right before the New Zealand school holidays kick in too which brings a new wealth of skiers to the slopes.

Winners of the first park event at Mt Hutt for the season on the weekend. From left: Poppy Freeman, Willam Wylars, Vincent MD, Tom Fischer and Sandra Ryses.

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■ ASHBURTON HOSPITAL

Nurses’ strike to disrupt services

By SuSan SandyS

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Ashburton Hospital patients requiring urgent and emergency care will be prioritised in the case of nurses striking for 24 hours next week.

Last ditch industrial negotiations continued yesterday, but the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) has already put contingency plans in place after receiving notice last week that New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants are planning to walk off the job 7am Thursday.

Urgent and emergency care, as well as acute care services, will remain available. This includes

Ashburton Hospital’s Acute Assessment Unit, Christchurch’s Emergency Department, as well as acute surgery, maternity services, all intensive care units, oncology and kidney dialysis services.

At this stage Ashburton is planning on closing its Medical Day Unit, which provides chemotherapy services. Oncology services will remain open at Christchurch Hospital.

Chief people officer Michael Frampton said with close to 5000 nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants employed by Canterbury DHB who may strike, he anticipated it would “severely disrupt” non-urgent services.

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The CDHB’s contingency plans include preparing to postpone non-urgent surgery and outpatient appointments at all Canterbury DHB Hospitals, Health Hubs and Health Centres. This included clinics in maternity.

“We will shortly begin the process of notifying people whose appointments may have to be postponed, by letter and by phone.

“We apologise in advance for any inconvenience and distress this may cause but this is a necessary measure to ensure that we can concentrate on those that require urgent and emergency care during this period of disruption.”

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would be no support expected from them and a limited ability to provide trauma and specialist services in Canterbury to patients from other DHB areas.

By agreement with DHBs, the NZNO would provide nursing/ midwifery staff for life preserving services, providing core minimum staffing in areas where it had been agreed patients could be harmed if nursing services were completely withdrawn.

“We are putting a number of measures in place to ensure we can continue to provide urgent and emergency care.

“Our contingency plans are about rescheduling what isn’t urgent and reducing the demand on the staff who will be work-

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The CDHB would discharge as many patients as possible ahead of the strike period, providing it was safe to do so, and gearing up community support as appropriate.

“We need to ensure those working during that period are available to care for patients with high and complex needs, as well as those needing emergency care.

Women in labour or needing urgent attention will still receive services from both their LMCs and the DHB during the strike,” Frampton said.

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Assault could earn jail term An Ashburton man who beat up his friend during a boys’ trip to Queenstown pleaded guilty to assault with intent to injure when he appeared in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

Scott Andrew Parkin, 42, admitted knocking his friend of 20 years to the ground, and stomping on his head and upper body during a weekend trip to Queen-

stown in May. Police prosecutor Sergeant Ian Howard said the pair had been drinking when they got into an argument at 11.20pm on May 25 at a bar.

The altercation became physical and bar staff had to drag Parkin off his friend, he said. The victim was treated in hospital for concussion.

The defendant left the area but was located later by police.

Defence lawyer Paul Bradford said Parkin was seeking help from the Ashburton Community Alcohol and Drug Service.

Judge Joanna Maze remanded Parkin on bail to August 13 for sentence.

Conditions of bail included he abstain from alcohol and

violence, and take part in a restorative justice meeting with the victim.

She said Parkin needed to understand that stomping on a vulnerable part of the body may mean a starting point of imprisonment when it came to determining a penalty.

Bradford said Parkin was fully aware of his situation.

Seven drink drivers up before the judge Others to appear before Judge Joanna Maze were: John Kenneth Collins was fined $400 and disqualified from driving for six months after he admitted charges of driving while disqualified, possessing a small amount of cannabis and failing to answer bail to attend court in Rotorua.

Collins, who had been banned from driving indefinitely in 2009, was caught behind the wheel at 2.40am on March 31.

He had been to pick up his partner and a friend who were marooned at a hotel.

Shaun Les McIvor, 30, a Christchurch builder, was sentenced to 65 hours community work and six months supervision after pleading guilty to drink driving.

He was also disqualified from driving for nine months.

McIvor was stopped on the Rakaia highway at 9am on June 2, when he blew 523mcg. Another motorist had reported him to police for using his cellphone while driving.

Defence council Marilyn Gilchrist said he had been drinking the night before and thought he would be right to drive by the morning, when he was to travel to Timaru.

Hugh Jowers Donaldson, 18, admitted drink driving on West Street on June 7.

Police said he blew 400mcg; there is a zero limit for drivers un-

der 20 years of age.

He admitted drinking and said he was driving friends home when he was stopped at 11pm.

Donaldson’s lawyer Paul Bradford said he would be filing an application for a discharge without conviction and the defendant was remanded to August 13 for sentence.

Greer Ellen Fomison, 33, was remanded to July 16 for sentence on a charge of driving with excess alcohol.

Fomison was stopped at 12.30am on March 18 for a breath check, which she failed. A sample of her blood taken later showed 203 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood.

She has previous convictions for drink driving.

Simone Maisie Hine Wilson was fined $550 for drink driving in Hastings on May 16.

Police said she was breath tested after a minor nose-to-tail accident and found to be driving with 696mcg.

She was also ordered to pay court costs of $130 and disqualified from driving for six months.

Levi Christopher Westgarth McCoy, 23, of Rolleston, admitted driving drunk on Rakaia highway on June 16. He was fined $900, plus $130 court costs, and disqualified from driving for six months.

McCoy was stopped by police who had been following him about 11.10pm and he said he

had consumed four stubbies. He blew 999mcg.

Officers said he was weaving in his lane, crossing the centre line and following too closely.

Defence lawyer Marilyn Gilchrist said McCoy made a rash decision to drive to Timaru for a family function.

It was a decision totally out of character and he was otherwise a good citizen, she said.

Judge Maze said McCoy had obviously consumed more than four stubbies.

“The real concern is that in the state you were in, you were intending to travel from Rolleston to Timaru.”

Dene Colin Robertson, 52, admitted charges of careless driving and driving drink. He was fined $750, plus $130 court costs and disqualified from driving for six months.

Robertson, of Eiffelton, had been drinking before he drove home on Dawsons Road on June 9 and crashed through a farm fence. The vehicle had veered to the left, he had over corrected and lost control, crashing through a fence and into a paddock on the farm where he worked.

A breath test showed 695mcg.

Defence lawyer Marilyn Gilchrist said the crash had been a wake-up call. “He thought about his grandchildren and how lucky he was not to hurt himself or anyone else.”

A woman who stole from her uncle while he was in hospital ad-

mitted a charge of theft.

Rosa Louise Pagie Steer, 27, had been living with her relative in Christchurch when he went into care for two weeks. While he was away, she took 102 DVDs, worth $1000, and sold them for $57.

Steer was remanded to August 13 for sentence following a restorative justice meeting.

A man who hired a car and then tried to sell it on social media admitted a charge of theft. Simon Marshall Culbertson was remanded to July 16 for sentencing.

Police said Culbertson hired the Ford vehicle on December 14 last year and extended the hire contract several times in the following weeks before advertising the vehicle for sale on social media for $80,000 in late January.

A month later he tried to trade it for a van.

The hire company is seeking $7000 reparation for damage to the vehicle.

Malu Tavai Soo, 31, was sentenced to come up for sentence if called upon in 12 months after admitting two charges of assault.

She used a baking tray to hit the complainant, who had thrown a soft toy at her in jest.

She then v punched him to the face and scratched his face and body.

Judge Maze declined an application to discharge Soo without conviction because she was going to train for a job as a social worker.

Police freeze $70m Nearly $70 million in New Zealand bank accounts has been frozen as part of a global investigation into a wealthy Chinese businessman accused of running a massive pyramid scheme from Canada.

Xiao Hua Gong has built a business empire in Toronto including a hotel chain and television channels, as well as attending fundraisers for Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and donating to the governing Liberal Party. But the entrepreneur, also known as Edward Gong, has now been forced to deny his success and influence was gained from an alleged $202 million pyramid scheme selling medicines in China.

He was arrested in Canada and charged with fraud and money laundering last December in connection to the alleged pyramid scheme involving the “fraudulent sale of hundreds of millions of dollars” in shares in China. - NZME

Body identified A body found in the Coromandel bush on Saturday afternoon has been confirmed to be Shannon Earle Makowharemahihi. The body was found in dense bush in the area around Castle Rock, in the Coromandel ranges behind the Coromandel township, during a search for the missing 37-year-old local man. Mako was last seen on June 1, and was reported missing on June 9. His vehicle was located on June 12 in the area of Castle Rock, a popular climbing area.

A search and rescue operation started that day and continued until Mako was found on Saturday.

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Bad joint A North Otago man who was feeling a little green after consuming cannabis called 111 on himself yesterday. A police spokeswoman said they received a call about midday yesterday by a man who was “outside Mobil and needed ambulance assistance’’ after his Sunday night session in Omarama went south. “He said he had consumed cannabis the night before and was having a reaction.’’

The man “was not in possession of any drugs’’ and has not been charged, the spokeswoman said.

The man was due to have a medical assessment yesterday afternoon.

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Obsolete coins give kids a helping hand Graeme Neale (right) of Pakeke Lions is one of the people who has helped collect more than 20 tonnes of old coins and banknotes as part of the Heads Up For Kids campaign, which asks people to donate old New Zealand currency and foreign money.

The obsolete money is redeemed for New Zealand dollars and used to fund education programmes for young New Zealanders who would otherwise not get the opportunity.

Once a month Neale calls into the Ashburton branches of ANZ, BNZ and Westpac, along with the Ashburton District Council, which collects obsolete coins from parking meters.

Neale estimates he collects about 8kg of coins every month, which he takes to the Resene ColorShop. Since the campaign started in 2010 it has raised about $500,000.

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Homeless athlete offered help, home A handful of Good Samaritans have offered jobs and shelter to a gold medallist living in Auckland who has found herself jobless and homeless.

The mother-of-three was being moved out of a women’s refuge yesterday and into emergency accommodation provided by the Ministry of Social Development, which has said she can stay for a week.

She has an abusive ex-partner who is being released from jail next month and she fears that the accommodation – a motel unit – will not be secure. The woman asked to remain anonymous for safety reasons.

The Herald received offers from several people around the country yesterday who wanted to help her.

One reader, noting that the woman had worked as a teacher, said they had a job available at a

daycare in Ellerslie.

A family in the Manawatu said they had a teaching job and a place for the woman and her children to live.

And another, who said she had also been a victim of domestic violence, said the woman’s family could live with her in Hamilton.

Further offers were made on the Herald’s social media pages.

The sportswoman said she deeply appreciated New Zealanders’ sympathy for her plight and was considering some of the offers.

“I am keeping an eye out for local support,” she said.

“This is a devastating situation for my family right now with only a few days in this motel.”

She came to live in New Zealand in the early 2000s after a successful sporting career over-

seas which included a gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in British Columbia, an appearance at the Olympics and places at World Championships.

But she was left with chronic injuries from her sporting career, and after settling in Auckland she became involved in an abusive relationship and fell into depression.

Her ex-partner was sentenced to 18 months’ jail for various offences including threatening to kill. His release date is next month.

Jobless and suffering from anxiety as a result of her domestic abuse, the woman was accepted into a women’s refuge five months ago.

The refuge said it was ending her tenancy because it was not an emergency housing provider and she was not at immediate risk.

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■ SMOKEFREE ROCKQUEST

A first and a third for Ashburton College bands

By Katie todd

Katie.t@theguardian.co.nz

Ashburton College made their musical mark on the annual Smokefree Rockquest regional final.

Their two entries have taken home the third place award and the Smokefree Best Vocals award, despite tough competition from 14 other bands and solo-duos.

The event was held in Timaru’s Theatre Royale last Friday, and saw high school performers from Mid and South Canterbury battling it out for a spot in the national finals.

Jack Bubb from Ashburton College band Redwall won the Smokefree Best Vocals, while three-piece band Two n Half took out third place.

The grand winner was Pseudo Sane from Geraldine High School,

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and second place was given to ALRM from Opihi College.

Smokefreerockquest Founder and director Glenn Common said there are more bands than ever before reaching the high standard required from national finalists.

It had been a tough job for the judges this year, organisers noted.

Mount Hutt College had also entered two performers – band North Yarn and soloist Jaime Lamond.

Ashburton College’s Redwall has won musical gear from associate sponsors NZ Rockshops, and have the opportunity to gain selection for the national final in September.

SFRQ founder and director Pete Rainey said in regional cities the Smokefreerockquest final is often the year’s biggest youth gig and a major influencer.

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OUR VIEW

Frosts bring all sorts of dangers W

e should be doing it anyway but now, more so than ever, we need to be vigilant on our roads.

There’s no point in time where being on the road is more dangerous than during the winter months with the ever-present threat of the unknown lurking around every corner.

As the mercury plummets overnight, the return of the annual frosty mornings brings a whole new level of danger to the everyday driver around our district.

Only so much work can be done to well known hazard spots on the road by our local council so there’s a huge element of having to take precautions placed on those in control

of motor vehicles.

Already this winter season we have seen an accident, not locally but involving locals, where a driver has failed to take the right measures on an icy road – the result of that accident luckily wasn’t too serious, but it did leave some with injuries and really, one accident is one too many.

What is probably most pertinent to remember is that

although we might be aware of the conditions our roads can be at this time of the year, others may not.

It’s not a finger-pointing exercise at tourist drivers, but there are a lot more of them on the road during winter and many would be unaware of the impact of black ice, or just ice in general in the mornings.

So while being aware of our own movements, it’s worthwhile being aware of the movements of others at critical points around the district.

Anyone who is a frequent user of Mid Canterbury roads will know the exact spots which tend to be treacherous and as we approach those spots the caution levels rise considerably.

Lines of trees along the roadside often bring forth the worst of things and while remedial work will always be done on these type of locations, it’s only ever a measure to try and bring down the risk and doesn’t eliminate them completely.

Other notable ‘hotspots’ around the district include the climb up, and then back down, the Rakaia Gorge, the access road of Mt Hutt and a number of our long and straight rural roads that can go from simplistic to dangerous in a matter of metres.

For the number of vehicles that travel through our region everyday we do have a reasonably low amount of accidents on our roads when you look at

it by the pure numbers, but that should never be an opportunity to rest on our laurels.

Because for every nine good drivers out there every day you could almost guarantee that the tenth isn’t as good.

And so the onus falls on those of us who fit into the former category, as opposed to the latter.

You’re never going to be able to stop everything, but by just being that little bit more cautious each day when commuting – no matter how well you know the road, we can ensure that the chances of this winter going by without a serious, or tragic accident are lessened considerably.

And that would be a great result for everybody.

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, June 26, the 177th day of 2018. There are 188 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On June 26, 1948, the Berlin Airlift began in earnest after the Soviet Union cut off land and water routes to the isolated western sector of Berlin.

On this date: In 1483, Richard III began his reign as King of England (he was crowned the following month at Westminster Abbey).

In 1541, Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, was slain in Lima by rival conquistadors.

In 1917, the first troops of the American Expeditionary Force deployed to France during World War One landed in St. Nazaire.

In 1925, Charles Chaplin’s classic comedy The Gold Rush premiered at Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.

In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated for a second term of office by delegates to the Democratic national convention.

In 1959, Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson knocked out Floyd Patterson in the third round of their match at New York’s Yankee Stadium to win the heavyweight title.

In 1963, President John F. Kennedy visited West Berlin, where he delivered his famous speech expressing solidarity with the city’s residents, declaring: “Ich bin ein Berliner” (I am a Berliner).

In 1977, Elvis Presley performed his last concert at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis.

In 1988, three people were killed when a new Airbus A320 jetliner carrying more than 130 people crashed into a forest during a demonstration at an air show in Mulhouse, France.

In 1993, President Bill Clinton announced the US had launched missiles against Iraqi targets because of “compelling evidence” Iraq had plotted to assassinate former President

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Taxing meat idea is a red herring M

yopia with taxing farmers seems to be mildly contagious in some circles at present. Water use, livestock emissions, land/capital value, environmental goals…

Hey, let’s put a tax on it!

The latest outbreak is among a group of consumer and food science researchers at Otago University who have suggested a meat tax would highlight the environmental impacts of raising livestock.

Federated Farmers takes issue not only with the notion that extra taxes are the way to fix pretty much any problem but also with the thinking that people should in some way feel guilty about eating red meat from New Zealand’s farmed animals.

Firstly, there are meat’s credentials as a food source.

They’re probably well known to all readers, but just a quick re-cap: red meat is an excellent source of protein and, if visible fat is trimmed away, is low in total fat and saturated fatty acids.

It’s rich in monounsaturated and omega 3 fatty acids, not to mention iron and zinc, selenium, Vitamins D and B, taurine,

Miles Anderson FROM THE FARM

carnitine, creatine and some endogenous antioxidants.

And 95 per cent of New Zealanders find it delicious.

Family budgets are stretched enough in many Kiwi households without putting a tax on what is for many a diet staple and primary protein source.

Raising red meat for human consumption is frequently cited as having significant environmental impacts, including excessive water, energy and land use, greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity impacts, etc.

The thing is, so much of that is based on North American research and experience, where the industrial feeding grains on feedlots approach to farming is the norm.

The NZ situation is very different. Our animals are well cared for, and they’re out on hills and

paddocks eating grass.

Yes, plant and horticulture crops emit comparatively insignificant levels of greenhouse gases.

But the fact is, much of New Zealand’s farmed topography is not suitable for growing crops suitable for human consumption.

Kiwi sheep and beef farmers have since the 1990s made significant productivity and ecoefficiency gains, producing more from less.

Reports commissioned by Beef + Lamb New Zealand show the production of 1kg of New Zealand beef generates 22kg of carbon dioxide-equivalents (a unit of greenhouse gases that includes methane and nitrous oxide), and 1kg of lamb generates 19kg of CO2-e. That compares with global medians of 26.6kg for 1kg of beef and 25.6kg CO2-e for 1kg of lamb.

Since 1990, GHG emissions per kilogram of saleable product have dropped by 40 per cent and nitrate leaching per kilogram of saleable product has declined by 21 per cent.

Farmers are not saying they’ve

done enough to reduce their environmental footprint.

The two key planks in Beef and Lamb NZ’s new environmental strategy, launched in May, are continuing encouragement for sheep and beef farm to have active environment plans, and for the sheep and beef sector as a whole to be well on the way to carbon neutrality by 2050.

A vital part of New Zealand’s prosperity will continue to hinge on our sheep and beef farmers specialising in selling premium red meat in domestic and export markets, including to increasingly discerning consumers who want assurances about environmental credentials.

So enjoy that steak or chop without feeling guilty.

Miles Anderson is Federated Farmers Meat & Wool Chairperson. The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof

YOUR VIEW Showcasing our dairying area In Western Australia there is a small town called Cowaramup.

It is a dairying area near Harvey where there are many life-sized Friesian cows and calves as ornaments in all sorts of poses beside the main street running through the small town.

Many tourists stopped to take photographs and the models certainly brightened the town. This could create a very interesting and colourful area around Baring Square.

I understand the cow models were imported from Italy and painted up by the locals, representing the variety in black and white colours of Friesians.

This would be a very appropriate way of showcasing our dairying area.

Mrs M. Haskett Right – Mrs M. Haskett with one of the Cowaramup cows.

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■ TURKEY

Erdogan’s powers grow Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was proclaimed the winner of a landmark election that ushers in a government system granting the president sweeping new powers and which critics say will cement what they call a oneman rule.

The presidential vote and a parliamentary election, both held more than a year early, completed NATO-member Turkey’s transition from a parliamentary system to a presidential one, a process started with a voter referendum last year.

“The nation has entrusted to me the responsibility of the presidency and the executive duty,” Erdogan said in televised remarks from Istanbul after a near-complete count carried by the state-run Anadolu news agency gave him the majority needed to avoid a runoff.

The head of Turkey’s Supreme Election Council, Sadi Guven, declared Erdogan the winner after 97.7 per cent of votes had been counted. The electoral board plans to announce final official results on June 29.

Based on unofficial results, five parties passed the 10 per cent support threshold required for parties to enter parliament, Guven said.

“This election’s victor is democracy, this election’s victory is national will,” Erdogan told a cheering crowd outside his party headquarters in An-

Nielsen gives birth at 54 Danish actress Brigitte Nielsen has given birth to her fifth child and first daughter at the age of 54. She and her Italian husband, Mattia Dessi, 39, said they were overjoyed by the birth of baby Frida in Los Angeles on Friday. Nielsen is best known for starring in Rocky IV and Cobra alongside her second husband Sylvester Stallone. She has also had a successful modelling and reality television career.

“We are overjoyed to welcome our beautiful daughter into our lives,” the couple told People magazine. “It’s been a long road, and so worth it. We’ve never been more in love.”

Turkey’s President and ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan casts his ballot in Turkey’s elections at a polling station in Istanbul.

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kara, adding that Turkey “will look at its future with so much more trust than it did this morning.”

Earlier, cheering Erdogan supporters waving Turkish flags gathered outside his official residence in Istanbul, chanting “Here’s the president, here’s the commander.”

“Justice has been served!” said Cihan Yigici, one of those

in the crowd. Thousands of jubilant supporters of the proKurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party, or HDP, also spilled into the streets of the predominantly Kurdish south-eastern city of Diyarbakir after unofficial results from Anadolu showed the party surpassing the 10 per cent threshold and coming in third with 11.5 per cent of the parliamentary

vote. The HDP’s performance was a success, particularly considering it campaigned with nine of its lawmakers, including its presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtas, and thousands of party members in jail.

It says more than 350 of its election workers have been detained since April 28.

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■ NIGERIA

Clashes between farmers, herders; 86 dead Nigeria’s presidency announced a “deeply unfortunate killings across a number of communities” in central Plateau State as one report cited police as saying 86 people were dead in clashes between mostly Muslim herders and Christian farmers.

President Muhammadu Buhari appealed for calm as the military and police tried to end the bloodshed, and said “no efforts will be spared” to find the attackers and prevent reprisal attacks.

Nigeria’s government did not announce a death toll.

But the independent Chan-

nels Television cited a Plateau State police spokesman, Mathias Tyopev, as saying 86 people had been killed, with at least 50 houses destroyed, in violence.

Deadly clashes between herders and farmers in central Nigeria are a growing security concern in Africa’s most populous country, which is roughly split between Muslims in the north and Christians in the south.

The fighting between herders and farmers by some accounts has been deadlier than Nigeria’s Boko Haram extremist insurgency, which contin-

ues to carry out attacks in the northeast.

That extremist threat has been cited as one cause of the growing tensions in central Nigeria as herders – also feeling the effects of climate change – are forced south into more populated farming communities in search of safe grazing.

The widespread security issues pose a major challenge to Buhari, a Muslim former military ruler who won office in a democratic transfer of power in 2015, as elections approach next year.

While few details emerged immediately of the latest kill-

ings, Nigerians on social media shared a growing sense that something awful had occurred.

Earlier in the day the Plateau State governor, Simon Bako Lalong, announced a 6pm to 6am curfew after saying had woken up to the “shocking news” of the attacks.

In a series of messages posted on Twitter he gave few details about “this horrible situation”.

The governor said the curfew affects the communities of Jos South, Riyom and Barkin Ladi “and is in effect until further notice”.

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■ ZIMBABWE

Election ‘to go ahead as planned’ after blast The explosion at a campaign rally for Zimbabwe’s president that injured 49 people will not delay next month’s historic election, officials said, as a vice-president called the attack “terrorism” and said any frightened candidate would be provided with protection.

“Let me make it very clear that nothing will stop the elections in Zimbabwe, nothing at all,” Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, who was lightly bruised in the blast, told a rally outside the capital, Harare.

“That act of terrorism that happened in Bulawayo is

nothing,” he added. But if contenders are “afraid and scared, we will give them security.”

The protection at Chiwenga’s rally appeared no heavier than normal, with no security checks for those attending.

State media have called the

blast in Bulawayo, an opposition stronghold, an assassination attempt. President Emmerson Mnangagwa was unscathed. Police said an investigation continued and a “substantial reward” was offered for information.

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I’ve lost everything’ In an emotional interview, Roseanne Barr says she definitely feels remorse for the racist tweet that prompted ABC to cancel the revival of Roseanne. Barr recorded a podcast interview with her longtime friend, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, who published an edited transcript and recording of the conversation. In the interview, Barr claims she “never would have wittingly called any black person a monkey”. Barr spoke through tears for much of the interview, her first since the cancellation of Roseanne.

Tom Hardy the next Bond?

Pierce Brosnan, the 65-year-old actor – who starred as the iconic British agent from 1995 until 2002 – has heaped praise on Daniel Craig for his performances as Bond, and suggested that London-born Tom Hardy is the ideal candidate to eventually replace him. Pierce explained: “I think a woman could play Bond but it wouldn’t be James Bond. Daniel Craig has been an incredible Bond. He’s very physical, he looks lethal. You genuinely believe this is someone who could kill a man.” A number of high-profile stars have been linked with the coveted role over recent years, but Pierce believes Tom, 40, has all of the necessary talent and experience to make a brilliant Bond.

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Kiwis get fresh with German giant

Tips for reducing fuel consumption: 1. Make sure your tyres are pumped correctly The Automobile Association (AA) has found incorrect tyre pressure uses nearly 8 per cent more petrol than having them pumped the correct amount.

2. Try to avoid rush hour Idling for long periods and constant stopping and starting uses more fuel than a smooth run from A to B. The AA says turning your engine off if you’re stuck in traffic for longer than 30 seconds is better than keeping the car running, and the MTA recommends planning ahead to run errands during off-peak times.

3. Don’t speed According to the MTA, fuel consumption increases by about 6 per cent for every 10km/h faster you go over 90km/h. For most drivers, 100km/h is a good compromise between travel time and fuel economy.

4. Keep your load light A bag of golf clubs in the boot or a pair of bikes making an unnecessary trip to the supermarket on the roof rack mean more petrol is needed to propel your car around, the AA

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says. Reduce your load and only take what you need with you.

Use your aircon – but only for a little bit It seems counter-intuitive, but opening your windows to cool the car down is actually less fuel efficient than using the air-conditioning because it creates drag, the AA says.

However, blasting the A/C or leaving the back window demister on after they’ve done their job is an unnecessary drain on fuel.

Take care of your car Regular services and tune-ups could reduce your fuel consumption by up to 4 per cent, the MTA says. The AA puts the numbers even higher, saying a well-maintained car can use 10 to 20 per cent less fuel than one that’s badly looked after.

Drive smoothly Don’t accelerate aggressively, as this uses more fuel than necessary. Smooth starts and stops help conserve petrol.

The simplest way to cut down on petrol costs is to drive less Short trips to the dairy don’t need to be done in the car and the AA estimates a third of trips in New Zealand are less than 2km long.

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Aucklanders have been warned to expect long queues at the pumps this week as motorists rush to fill up before the Regional Fuels Tax legislation comes into effect.

The new law will come into effect on July 1 if the final reading of the Regional Fuels Tax bill is passed in Parliament today and the legislation gains royal assent.

The legal change would see the price of petrol and diesel increase by 11.5 cents – which Gull general manager Dave Bodger believes will result in motorists rushing to the pumps this week. “Unfortunately, a legislated increase of this magnitude will be passed on to motorists and we apologise in advance for expected queues at the pump in the days prior.”

He also weighed in on the debate about the fuel tax, calling it a “hurried” move that will affect both consumers and businesses.

“It is not acceptable that businesses that rely on fuel such as commercial vessels, market gardeners, subdivision and roading developers do not know yet if they qualify for an ‘off road’ rebate for the tax or how they may process it,” he said.

Bodger also suggested that the new legislation might run into problems down the line.

“Unfortunately this could be a mess that business must tidy up following the hurried legislation.

“My concern is that business will have to wear a major cost increase until matters are rectified.

Uncertainty and greater costs could potentially be passed on to consumers, which is not a great state of affairs.”

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“It sounds like something is weighing on your mind, so we’re sending you our Hello Fresh Start pack, so you can kick-start your health goals and say hello to a new you.

“So in short we’ve decided “yeah, nah”, and we wish you fellas a good day.

“Otherwise our lawyers, Gumboot & Gumboot, are always good for a yarn. They’re top draw red

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“It’s pretty cool that you’ve heard of our awesome Fresh Start programme down here in NZ. “What’s not cool is you fellas trying to stop us saying “hello” to our Fresh Start family. That’s just not the Kiwi way.

“In fact, we thought you guys must be pulling our leg?! Down here in God’s Own, all of us have the right to say hello, kia ora or g’day. Just ask Winston.

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In response, My Food Bag has decided to give the multi-national a taste of some Kiwi slang with a quirky letter on why it won’t be changing its advertising.

Here’s the letter in full: “Kia ora Herr Griesel and Herr Ries, Greetings from Aotearoa.

“We don’t often get heavyweight German multi-national corporations taking the time to write to us Kiwis. Ka pai.

bands. Haere raa, The My Food Bag Family.”

Notably, My Food Bag’s ad featured the words “Hello” and “Fresh” on different lines and in different fonts rather than as a single moniker as seen in the HelloFresh branding.

MyFoodBag founder Cecilia Robinson called the legal letter “bizarre”, saying that it seems the multi-national doesn’t want her company to say “hello” to part of its customer base.

“Who would’ve thought a simple ‘hello’ could get you in so much trouble?

“This is a word we have used in our communications with customers since we first launched My Food Bag in 2013 – surprising as that may be – and we will continue to do so,” Robinson said.

Robinson said that while it was a serious legal matter, the strange nature of it all demanded a quirkier approach.

She said that this move would be akin to My Food Bag stopping other companies from using the word ‘My’ in their names.

“We simply wouldn’t do that,” she said.

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25/5

My Food Bag has penned a stern but tongue-in-cheek response to a legal letter from a German multi-national organisation.

Berlin-based food delivery service HelloFresh, via law firm Bird & Bird, requested that My Food Bag refrain from using the phrase “Hello Fresh” in any of its branding.

The company, which has operations in Germany, UK, Australia, and a number of other countries, sent the letter in response to a My Food Bag ad that featured the phrasing “Hello Fresh Start the Programme”.

“HelloFresh SE is the sole and unrestricted owner of the word mark ‘HelloFresh’ inter alia in New Zealand with respect to goods and services...

“We are therefore exclusively entitled to use the word mark ‘HelloFresh’ to label our goods and services and to prevent others from using our word mark or descriptions materially similar to our word mark,” said the legal letter from the firm.

HelloFresh has taken exception to a My Food Bag ad featuring the phrase ‘Hello Fresh Start The Programme’.

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Bank lifts milk price forecast Supply growth across the big seven dairy exporting regions has stalled in recent months and set the tone for a more bullish market, with a New Zealand milk price of NZD 6.80/kgMS now within reach for 2018/19, according to Rabobank’s latest Dairy Quarterly report.

The bank says with milk supply growth out of Europe and the US failing to meet market expectations, global farmgate milk prices have moved off the lows posted at the start of the year and are expected to move seasonally higher through the second half of 2018.

Report author, Rabobank dairy analyst Emma Higgins, said the rally in global commodity prices, driven by unfavourable weather which tempered milk production in the EU spring peak, and expectations for the New Zealand dollar to ease slightly, had fed into the bank’s upward revision to its full-year forecast from NZD 6.40/kgMS to NZD 6.80/ kgMS for the 2018/19 dairy season.

“Recent milk pricing announcements in a number of regions, including New Zealand, confirm that the price cycle has now turned in most key export regions,” she said.

“While this will trigger a supply response, this response is likely to take time and be curbed somewhat by the pressure of rising feed costs on farm margins, and as such the global market is expected to remain well-balanced for the next six months.”

Higgins said output from the ‘big seven’ increased by just 0.5 per cent (year-on-year) in the three months to June 2018, the lowest since the end of 2016.

“Looking forward to the next three months, the combined global milk supply across the

Dairy analyst Emma Higgins is predicting New Zealand’s milk production will lift by 2 per cent in the 2018-19 dairy season.

PHOTO SUPPLIED major export regions is expected to grow by only 0.4 per cent,” she said, “with momentum in supply not expected to build until the start of 2019.”

For New Zealand, the report said a favourable milk price and adequate feed reserves were likely to contribute to a lift in production for the new dairy season.

“Assuming normal weather conditions, we anticipate New Zealand milk production will lift by 2 per cent in the coming dairy season,” Higgins said.

In terms of demand, the report said many buyers across the

globe have cover and will remain sidelined in the coming months, however, China is expected to re-enter the market in a more meaningful way in the second half of 2018.

“Chinese import demand has slowed, but they are expected to become more active in the second-half of the year,” she said.

“We expect much of the production growth out of New Zealand to be absorbed by increased demand out of China, with China heavily reliant on New Zealand product, particularly whole milk powder.”

Without a disruptive event, Higgins said, global dairy markets should continue to be relatively stable, with global commodity prices expected to be largely range-bound for the rest of the year.

“But it is not all smooth sailing,” she warned, “with some real risks to the outlook.”

Higgins said central among these risks were the potential for further culling of the New Zealand dairy herd due to mycoplasma bovis and an escalation in trade tensions between the US and Mexico, China and Canada.

Synlait plant to open by next season Synlait has confirmed its new nutritional manufacturing site in Pokeno, Waikato, will be commissioned for the 2019-2020 season.

The functionality of Synlait’s first nutritional spray dryer at Pokeno has also been expanded as a result of forecast customer demand.

The nutritional spray dryer will be capable of producing a full suite of nutritional, formulated powders (including infant-grade skim milk, whole milk and infant formula base powders) and the capacity has increased to 45,000 metric tonnes (MT) from an initial 40,000 MT. The initial capital investment is estimated at $250 million, excluding the land previously acquired.

Synlait has the capital required to fund this programme through a combination of cashflow and an increased bank revolver facility.

“Our immediate focus is on establishing the nutritional spray dryer and associated services, including a wetmix kitchen and warehousing,” Synlait managing director and chief executive John Penno said.

“But additional capacity and capabilities may be added in future as Synlait seeks to develop the site to a similar level as Synlait’s Dunsandel site over time,” he said.

Initially, Synlait Pokeno will produce infant-grade ingredients while regulatory registration is obtained for infant formula base powder production.

Milk supply will be sourced from the Waikato region from June 1, 2019, and Synlait will grow their a2 Milk and Lead With Pride programmes through new suppliers.

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Fonterra targets tea, coffee trends

Anchor Food Professionals chef Keith McDonald making tea macchiatos with Fonterra general manager marketing, Global Foodservice, Susan Cassidy.

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Beverages made with yoghurt, topped with cream cheese and mixed with cream are growing in popularity, leading Fonterra to establish a new channel within its Global Foodservice business, Beverage House.

Almost 600 million cups of tea and coffee are consumed out-ofhome daily in the Asia Pacific region, a 22 per cent increase on five years ago.

General manager marketing, Global Foodservice, Susan Cassidy says Beverage House will provide premium Anchor Food Professionals products to the growing number of modern coffee and tea houses, beverage kiosks and dessert bars.

“In Asia, consumers are moving from traditional ‘straight’ brews to drinks with dairy, as they look for a more indulgent way to enjoy their daily fix of coffee or tea,” Cassidy said.

The trend of adding dairy to more traditional beverages started in China with the tea macchiato, which is green tea topped with a mix of cream and cream cheese.

“This trend was really driven by youth and took off, with people queuing for hours to get the latest creation from their favourite tea house.”

“We moved quickly and as a

result the tea macchiato alone grew the volume of our cream and cream cheese sales by 47 per cent in the first half of the 2017-18 financial year.”

Since the start of 2018 Beverage House has sold more than 30,000 metric tonnes of product, enough to create the equivalent of more than 400 million tea macchiatos.

“Beverage House has mainly been focused on China so far, but the potential for growth in other markets is huge.

“We are now using what we’ve learnt to look at other markets where beverages with dairy are growing in popularity.”

Beverage House sits alongside Fonterra’s existing Foodservice channels: Quick Serve Restaurants, Italian Kitchen and Asian Bakery.

“Having a standalone channel within our Foodservice business means we can be more targeted with the service we offer our beverage customers and gain a better understanding of changing consumer tastes and trends,” Cassidy said.

Shifting more milk, quicker, into value-added products through our Consumer and Foodservice business is a key part of Fonterra’s strategy to add more value to our farmers’ milk.

Focus on early disease detection As the Government and farmers grapple with the mycoplasma bovis outbreak facing New Zealand, AgResearch is working on developing new methods to detect diseases hidden at very low levels in livestock.

A disease like M. bovis can lie dormant at low levels in an animal for months before the illness becomes apparent. Detection at such low levels may help decision-making which can reduce the spread of a disease.

AgResearch has been working

with OSPRI for more than 25 years on the eradication of bovine tuberculosis (Tb) from cattle herds in New Zealand, using diagnostic tools to identify infected animals.

As good progress has been made in addressing mycobacterium bovis (the bacterium causing Tb in the cows) in New Zealand, attention has recently turned to how to detect the hard-to-find instances of the disease.

AgResearch senior scientist Dr Neil Wedlock says although M. bovis is a different organism to that

which causes Tb, there is potential for applying some of the new techniques to a range of hard-to-detect infections.

“We are having to be more sophisticated in how we detect lowlevels of disease,” Wedlock said.

“Some of the tools we are looking to employ include the use of improved blood-based diagnostics for early detection of an animal’s response to disease. There are technologies we are using that measure compounds that both the bacteria and infected-host pro-

duce. We can then compare the profiles of healthy (uninfected) and infected animals to establish the presence or absence of the bacteria.”

The recent use of whole genome (DNA) sequencing of the M. bovis organism is also providing detailed information about the paths of lot calised Tb outbreaks in livestock.

“In cases where tests for disease may be negative, because the diagnostic tools currently available are not sensitive enough to detect the disease-causing bacteria at

very low levels, there are exciting new technologies that are capable of concentrating the dispersed individual disease-causing organisms to levels that allows sensitive diagnostic tools to identify them,” Wedlock said.

“Every disease is unique, but as we test different approaches, it may be that we can add to New Zealand’s toolkit, and develop methods to detect a very damaging disease like M. bovis earlier, and perhaps with less invasive methods.”

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for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural 25-Jun-18 current price range Saleyard prices … u LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 86 - 123 Prime 111 -171 u HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt Store 233 -252 u STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt Prime 253 - 270 This week

Processor prices … u LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 119.25 17.5 kg YX SI 133.85 19.0 kg YX SI 144.80 21.0 kg YX SI 159.40 Local trade (c/kg) SI 760 (16-22kg) u MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 107.31 u BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 503 (270-295kg) P Cow SI 381 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 475 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 530 (180-280kg) u VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 550 AP Stag 60kg SI 666 AP Stag 80kg SI 888

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Auction prices … u SI WOOL indicator prices (c/kg, clean) Mid mic (23.1-31.5) 878 1,029 Fine Xbrd (31.6-35.0) 355 370 Coarse Xbred >35 mic 345 348 Merino 2,438 2,332

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Source: WSI, NZMerino 727 1,168 727 398 424 302 350 399 267 1,588 1,867 1,588

Local market prices … u GRAINS ($/tonne, delivered Canterbury) free price Wheat, milling,12.5%p 396 396 379 Wheat, feed 388 386 379 Barley, feed 386 384 379

Source: Midlands Grain 334 396 300 326 388 280 335 386 290

International market prices … u LOGS indicator prices, $/tonne Forest index May - 2018 18 130.00 127.00 128.00

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

7,956 2,893 4,305 5,304

Fonterra milk price Fonterra dividend Fonterra share price

8,468 3,234 4,688 5,887

8,330 3,029 4,832 5,770

7,309 2,611 4,464 4,994

2017/18 f'cast $6.75 2017/18 f'cast 0.15-20c

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2018/19 f'cast $7.00 2018/19 f'cast tba NZX FCG $5.17

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u EXCHANGE RATE (NZ$1.00=) US dollar 0.6879 Euro 0.5929

Source: PF Olsen 139.00 114.48

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onterra’s relationship with Beingmate has taken another turn for the worse if the reports coming out of China are correct.

Beingmate is accused of its infant formula containing additives that may not have come from licensed suppliers and whether the additives were certified for use.

After an audit of Beingmate’s Heilongjiang infant formula factory, Chinese authorities announced last Friday the issues which basically consist of a DHA algae oil powder (similar to fish oil powder) used in its products which is “inconsistent with the material requirements of your company”.

Several large Chinese daily newspapers have published warnings to mothers to “be aware” and one pondered whether this would re-ignite the controversies around milk powder safety in China.

Fortunately, perhaps, Beingmate is one of several companies accused of similar issues.

These include Dumex China, which was previously owned by French group Danone before being sold to Yashili in 2015.

Fonterra has vigorously defended its Chinese partner and downplayed the breach as a technical issue.

A spokesperson for the co-operative said an enterprise standard (individual company standard) had been used on packaging by Beingmate’s regular supplier, rather than the national food safety standard.

They said the issue was rectified the same day and there was no issue with the product.

“It was not a food safety issue, no product was recalled or removed from shelves and no warning was issued to consumers

by Chinese authorities.”

However, enterprise standards within China are considered to be of an inferior standard and firms are “encouraged to use/adopt national standards, professional standards and local standards if they are available”.

A Fonterra spokesman has said that as an only 18.8 per cent shareholder it was not Fonterra’s business. However, Auckland-based dairy commentator Jane Li is quoted as saying that as the second largest shareholder in Beingmate, Fonterra is liable for Beingmate’s financial losses and they can also be held liable for Beingmate’s infant formula food safety issues in China.

Li said that in February Fonterra chair-

man John Wilson was warned there was “a moderate to high risk” Beingmate would be implicated in a food safety issue involving infant formula in China.

In March, Li also warned that financial losses in the Beingmate investment wasn’t the “worst-case scenario”, and that there was “potential for more serious risk exposure”.

Fonterra’s seemingly cavalier attitude is playing right into Acting PM Winston Peters’ hands and if the rumours are found to be true and especially if Chinese media “wind up” consumers and it further worsens Beingmate’s financial state and standing in China, Fonterra’s senior management are going to come under further flak.

No-one has accused Beingmate of selling unsafe products, but they and Fonterra have been made aware that Chinese authorities were lifting the stakes around infant formula compliance and, back in March, Wilson admitted that Beingmate was having difficulty in making the transition.

Sheep A week ago, it looked like the saleyard prices for sheep were starting to come back. However, last week’s prices rallied and both quality and prices appear to have improved.

Schedules for lamb have lifted by some processors, although the only South Island change for mutton was 10 cents down.

Wool Wool prices at last Thursday’s Christchurch wool auction matched the previous Christchurch sale. However, bale numbers were down and very little wool at the finer end came in to make judgements on what that class is doing.

Cattle Cattle prices have held in the yards and the schedule for prime is unchanged, although are well down from where they were a year ago.

A positive shift took place with manufacturing and prime cow with most companies lifting by 10 cents per kilogram.

Most likely on the back of a reducing Kiwi versus US dollar. Although this lift didn’t extend to the bull grades.

Venison No change occurring here.

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 - How heavy was the largest gold nugget ever discovered in New Zealand? a. Approx. 3kg b. Approx. 8kg c. Approx. 12kg 2 - Which sculptor’s works include The Kiss and The Thinker? a. Pablo Picasso b. Auguste Rodin c. Henry Moore 3 - How high is the wicket in a game of cricket? a. 58.1cm b. 71.1cm c. 80.1cm 4 - In what year was TV show Fair Go first broadcast? a. 1977 b. 1979 c. 1981 5 - In a beehive, which are there more of? a. Queens b. Drones c. Workers 6 - In which movie does the song How Deep Is Your Love feature? a. Grease b. Saturday Night Fever c. Flashdance 7 - According to a 2016 survey, what is New Zealand’s favourite type of tea? a. Black tea b. Earl Grey c. English breakfast 8 - Two gases are liquified to make rocket fuel: Oxygen and...? a. Hydrogen b. Helium c. Methane

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■ Add another dash of oil to the saucepan and add the onion, carrot, celery and garlic and cook until they begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Return mince to the saucepan.

■ Add the mushrooms, tomatoes, tomato paste, stock and thyme.

Bring to the boil, then reduce heat to low, cover and simmer mince for 45 minutes. Stir mince

from time to time and taste for seasoning. Remove lid towards the end of the cooking time if you need to thicken the mince a little.

■ To serve: Serve magic mince on toast, top with a dollop of sour cream and parsley. See tips for more serving suggestions.

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ew Zealand is a geological anomaly. As a land mass we sit next to Australia, but our best geological friends are New Caledonia and Noumea.

Australia is closer, but we share an underwater bridge with French Polynesia and very little geological relationship with our cross-Tasman relations. Tres Bon! So the make-up of our little patch of dirt is quite different from that of our otherwise nearest neighbours.

One particular aspect of the Ashburton region’s geology is the very high grade silica sand found in the Mt Somers area.

This was noted by Australian born William Tate, who in the early 1920s joined with a group of prominent Christchurch businessmen and Ashburton’s Mayor, Robert Galbrath, to start a glassworks.

Tate took into his employ a Mr H. Schnurpfeil from Czechoslovakia, an expert in glass production.

The required silica sands were there, now too was the expertise.

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time for the region. The glassworks were built in double brick, and all looked promising.

In March, 1930, the first glassware rolled off the line under the name Southern Cross Glass Company.

But within two weeks, the primary chimney of the glassworks had imploded, due to poor bricks in the high structure.

The Great Depression soon meant that planned orders were also cancelled and the Southern Cross Glass Company closed down, not long later, in 1932.

The double brick structure that housed the glassworks still stands. It has been used for plywood manufacture and, more recently, as a granary. While industries have come and gone, the raw architectural bones of the building still stand. It is listed as a Category 1 Historic Place, by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga.

Recently a set of small salt cellars came to light from this brief period of glass production in our district. These tiny objects tell of a much wider story, hopes and plans.

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5 – Two tiny salt cellars and a piece of glass found at the site of the glassworks

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RESULTS ■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club June 17 Conlands Trophy N/S 1st Melva Stowell & Beth McIlraith, 2nd Mary Buckland & Trish Downward, 3rd Anne Reid & Trish Small E/W 1st Bill & Maureen Kolkman, 2nd Rewa Kyle & Mike Holmes, 3rd Maree Moore & Iris Taylor June 18 Irwin Trophy N/S 1st Michael Brierton & George Brown, 2nd Mervyn Jones & Mary Bruce, 3rd Catherine Robins & Marjorie Hoar E/W 1st Joyce Johnson & David Fisher, 2nd Pat Wise & Hilda Blee, 3rd Averil Leckey & Jackie Chisnall June 19 3 rds diff ptr ea rd N/S 1st David Wilkinson & Judith Edmond, 2nd Sue Rosevear & John Fechney, 3rd Val Ferrier & Alan Wright E/W 1st Carolyn King & Trevor Coulter, 2nd Maureen Kolkman & Maurice Small, 3rd John McDonald & Maurice Reid June 20 2 rds, diff ptr N/S 1st Sue Rosevear & Pat Jordan, 2nd Melva Stowell & Trish Downward, 3rd Mary Buckland & Johnny Wright E/W 1st Rewa Kyle & Kay Robb, 2nd Helen Rinaldi & Jeanette Meijer, 3rd Val Palmer & Edna Segers June 21 Smith Trophy N/S 1st = Melva Stowell & Rona Brownlie & Martin de Jong & Peter Downward, 2nd Margaret & John Shearer, 3rd Pauline Fergus & John McDonald E/W 1st Bill Kolkman & Audrey Rooney, 2nd Sue Rosevear & David Sewell, 3rd Ian Doel & John Irwin

■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers June 23 28 Riders 1st Kristine Marriott CT.32.42. HT. 8.00m.

RT. 24m 42s. 4f/t. 2nd Dave Knight CT. 32.42. HT. 8.00m. RT. 24m 42s. 3rd Paul Macfie CT.32.43. HT. 8.00m. RT.24m 43s.

4th Shane Gerken CT.32.43. HT. 7.10m.

RT.25m 33s. 5th Ronnie Campbell CT. 32.44. HT.7.10m. RT. 25m 34s. 6th Don Morrison CT.32.44. HT.5.40m. RT. 27m 04s. 7th Roger Wilson CT.32.44. HT.5.40m.

RT.27m 04s. 8th Shona Proctor CT.32.45.

HT. 7.10m. RT. 25m 35s. 9th Tony Ward CT. 32.51. HT. 9.00m. RT. 23m 51s. F/T. 10th Lucy Kirwan CT.32.59. HT.5.00m. RT. 27m 59s. 11th Richard Kirwan CT. 33.02. HT. 24m 02s. 2f/t. 12th Brad Hudson CT.33.07. HT. 9.00m. RT. 24m 07s 3f/t. 13th Nigel Chatterton CT. 33.07. HT.5.40m. RT. 27m 27s.

14th Andy Skinner CT.33.39. HT. 5.40m.

RT. 27m 59s. 15th Doug Coley CT. 33.41.

HT.7.10m. RT. 26m 31s. 16th Dave Shurrock CT.33.43. HT.5.00m. RT. 28m 43s. 17th Brian Ellis CT. 33.45. HT.5.00m. RT. 28m 45s.

18th Emma Hudson CT. 33.45. HT.5.00m RT. 28m 45s. 19th Ross Proctor CT.33.46.

HT. 5.00m. RT.28m 46s. 20th Brent Hudson CT. 33.46. HT. 5.40m. RT. 28m 46s.

21st Colin Teahan CT. 33.46. HT. 5.40m. RT. 28m 06s. 22nd Lyn Scammell CT.34.56. HT. 5.00m. RT. 29m 56s. 23rd Alan Johns CT. 34.58. HT. Go. Rt. 34m 58s. 24th Janette Hooper CT.36.27. HT. 5.00m. RT.31m 27s.

25th Debbie Skinner CT. 36.27. HT. 5.00m.

RT.31m 27s. 26th Liz Wylie CT.36.28. HT. 5.00m. RT. 31m 28s. 27th Brent Kircher CT.37.11. HT. 7.10m. RT. 30m 01s.

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club

Tuesday, June 26, 2018 June 30 The quarter finals of the President’s Trophy and Plate will be played, for those not in the match play a stableford round will be held.

Number 1 Tee 12.00 Gordon Crawford v Charlie Alexander; Ray Lambert v Barry Jury 12.06 Ian Rive v Chris Lovelock; Brayden Wood v Brian Fauth 12.12 Adrian Hopwood v Greig Sparrow; Murray Moorehead v Blair Franklin 12.18 Pat Turton v Sean Strange; Dylan Stoddart v Noel Sutton Starting times: Morning 8.30am; Afternoon report to the Pro Shop at 11.30am for a 12.00pm start Nine Hole golfers report at 12.30pm for a 1.00pm start.

Mayfield Golf Club June 20 Mid-Week Stableford Competition Andrew Lake 40 Stableford points, Kerry Read 39, Andrew Peck 37, Allan Dixon 37.

Nearest the Pin: Ian Beach.

Two’s: Andrew Lake & Allan Dixon.

Methven Golf Club June 22 9 hole golf 5th Putting / 6th Stableford Kevin Thompson 53-15-38 18 Putts / 18 Stablefords, John Barwell 65-28-37 19 Putts / 17 Stablefords, Angela Simonett 71-29-42 17 Putts / 16 Stablefords 131 Stablefords: Kevin Thompson PGG Wrightson Best Player: Adrienne Goodwin & Karen Currie Methven Travel 2nd Shot: Kevin Thompson June 23 Men’s Division 3nd Round Mt Harding trophy & 3rd Round Callaghan trophy Senior: Alister Maxwell 78-8-70 37pts. Intermediate: Barry Wackwitz 84-15-69. Junior A: Jim Roomey 90-23-67 40pts. Junior B: Allan Smith 102-31-71 36pts.

Other Good Scores: 37 Paddy Helmore, 36 Michael Kemp, Gavin Santy.

Two’s: Piers Rolton, Phil Elliott, Rod Carson.

Dubliner Best Nett: Jim Rooney 67, Methven Foursquare Second Best Nett: Barry Wackwitz 68, Methven Travel Best Gross: Alister Maxwell 78.

Closest to the Pin-Aqua Japanese Restaurant No 4: Russell Currie, Hunters Wine No 6: Neil McArtherl.

Ski Time No 13: Jim Rooney. Green Parrot No 17: Piers Rolton. Cinema Paradiso 2nd shot No 14: Rod Carson.

Next Week June 30: 2 Man Ambrose.

Rakaia Golf Club June 16 Men’s Division Stableford Less Putts John Cockburn 84 – 18 – 66 -+11, John McBeath 75 – 8 – 67 +11, Andy Gray 86 - 18 – 68 +9 Nearest the Pins: No 8 & 17 John McBeath, No 6 Tony Tarbotton, No 15 Andy Gray 2nd Shot No 5 Andy Gray 3rd Shot No 5 Not Struck Two’s Kelvin Ross – Andy Gray 9 Hole Players John Harcourt 47 – 11.5 – 35.5 Winner of the Dolan June 9: Brian Brown June 23 Men’s Division Taylor Cup Junior 1st Round – Rest Stroke John Cockburn 86 – 18 – 68, Jeff Hurst 86 – 14 – 72, Symon Restieaux 86 – 14 – 72 Nearest the Pins: No 8 & 17 Symon Restieaux, No 6 Not Struck, No 15 John McBeath No 7 3rd Shot Joe Lepaio, 4th Shot Not Struck Two’s: Symon Restieaux

Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Final round scores from LPGA Tour event, the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship yesterday (par-71).

192: Nasa Hataoka (JPN) 64 65 63198: Austin Ernst (USA) 65 68 65200: Minjee

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Lee (AUS) 64 65 71, Lexi Thompson (USA) 67 64 69, Sandra Gal (GER) 66 68 66, Ryann O’Toole (USA) 67 68 65, Ally McDonald (USA) 66 67 67, Brittany Altomare (USA) 65 68 67201: Kang Haeji (KOR) 67 71 63, Ko Jin Young (KOR) 66 70 65, Lydia Ko (NZL) 66 69 66, Cristie Kerr (USA) 70 65 66, Anna Nordqvist (SWE) 68 67 66, Mariah Stackhouse (USA) 67 66 68202: Celine Boutier (FRA) 66 66 70, Lee Mirim (KOR) 64 69 69, Moriya Jutanugarn (THA) 64 72 66203: Lizette Salas (USA) 64 69 70, Lee Jeong-Eun (KOR) 67 69 67, Thidapa Suwannapura (THA) 69 64 70, Pornanong Phatlum (THA) 70 68 65204: Ryu So Yeon (KOR) 67 69 68, Liu Yu (CHN) 70 68 66, Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong (THA) 66 71 67, Feng Shanshan (CHN) 66 70 68, Stacy Lewis (USA) 66 72 66205: Brittany Lincicome (USA) 66 70 69, Rebecca Artis (AUS) 69 68 68, Park Inbee (KOR) 68 69 68, Kim Hyo Joo (KOR) 65 70 70, Ariya Jutanugarn (THA) 66 66 73, Mo Martin (USA) 65 71 69, Christina Kim (USA) 67 71 67, Wichanee Meechai (THA) 71 68 66.

Travellers Championship Final round scores from PGA TOUR event, the Travellers Championship yesterday (par-70).

263: Bubba Watson (USA) 70 63 67 63266: Paul Casey (ENG) 65 67 62 72, Stewart Cink (USA) 68 68 68 62, J.B. Holmes (USA) 66 68 65 67, Beau Hossler (USA) 65 67 68 66267: Russell Henley (USA) 66 65 67 69, Brian Harman (USA) 64 66 69 68, Kevin Tway (USA) 71 64 67 65268: Chase Seiffert (USA) 66 71 67 64, Bryson DeChambeau (USA) 66 66 68 68, Anirban Lahiri (IND) 67 67 65 69269: Rory McIlroy (NIR) 64 69 69 67, Jason Day (AUS) 66 68 66 69, Ryan Blaum (USA) 69 65 66 69270: Charley Hoffman (USA) 69 66 69 66, Danny Lee (NZL) 67 68 66 69, Kyle Stanley (USA) 67 69 65 69, Patrick Cantlay (USA) 69 68 65 68271: Jamie Lovemark (USA) 68 69 64 70, Zach Johnson (USA) 63 68 71 69, Brooks Koepka (USA) 68 69 69 65, Emiliano Grillo (ARG) 69 67 66 69, Matt Jones (AUS) 65 66 70 70, David Lingmerth (SWE) 67 67 71 66, Fabian Gomez (ARG) 71 67 68 65272: Peter Malnati (USA) 64 72 68 68, Richy Werenski (USA) 68 69 68 67, Steve Marino (USA) 66 68 70 68, Kim Si Woo (KOR) 66 70 70 66, Sam Ryder (USA) 68 70 70 64, Patrick Rodgers (USA) 69 68 67 68, Blayne Barber (USA) 68 69 68 67273: Tyler Duncan (USA) 68 69 68 68, Kevin Streelman (USA) 68 69 67 69, Alex Cejka (GER) 67 71 70 65274: James Hahn (USA) 70 67 67 70, Seamus Power (IRL) 70 67 70 67275: Russell Knox (SCO) 73 64 70 68, Scott Stallings (USA) 68 67 73 67, Brandon Harkins (USA) 72 66 68 69, Lanto Griffin (USA) 70 63 70 72276: Brett Stegmaier (USA) 70 67 69 70, Mackenzie Hughes (CAN) 67 68 71 70, J.J. Henry (USA) 68 68 71 69, Jordan Spieth (USA) 63 73 71 69.

■ Motor racing GP France Results from the GP France yesterday (53 laps): 1. Lewis Hamilton (MER) 1hr 30min 11.38s 2. Max Verstappen (NED/RBR) +0.000 3. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/FER) 4. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/RBR) 5. Sebastian Vettel (GER/FER) 6. Kevin Magnussen (DEN/HAA) 7. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/MER) 8. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/REN) 9. Nico Hulkenberg (GER/REN) 10. Charles Leclerc (MON/SAU) 11. Romain Grosjean (FRA/HAA) 1 lap 12. Stoffel Vandoorne (BEL/MCL) 1 lap 13. Marcus Ericsson (SWE/SAU) 1 lap 14. Brendon Hartley (NZL/STR) 1 lap 15. Sergey Sirotkin (RUS/WIL) 1 lap 16. Fernando Alonso (ESP/MCL) 3 laps 17. Lance Stroll (CAN/WIL) DNF 5 laps Not classified: Sergio Perez (MEX/FOR) 26 laps Pierre Gasly (FRA/STR) 53 laps Esteban Ocon (FRA/FOR) 53 laps

Lewis Hamilton climbs out of his Mercedes after taking the chequered flag in the French Grand Prix.

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■ MOTOR RACING

Hamilton in front again

Lewis Hamilton capitalised on a mistake by rival Sebastian Vettel to enjoy a wire-to-wire victory at the French Grand Prix yesterday and retake the lead in the Formula One title race.

Starting third behind Hamilton and Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas, Vettel tried to use his faster set of tyres to make a good start.

But the German’s lunge on the inside of the first corner crunched his Ferrari into the back of Bottas, damaging both cars and sending them into the pits for repairs.

Vettel emerged with a new front wing and the entire field to fight through, and even though he made quick work of the slower cars he had to settle for a fifthplace finish.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Kimi Raikkonen in his Ferrari crossed second and third to complete the podium at the Paul Ricard Circuit.

Defending champion Hamilton has 145 points after eight races. Vettel, who entered the race with a one-point lead, leaves trailing by 14.

While Hamilton thanked his team for its “great work” via the radio after crossing the finish line, Vettel regretted that he “had lost the race on the first lap.”

“My start was too good. Then I ended up with nowhere to go,” Vettel said. “It was my mistake, I tried to brake early and get out of it, but I had no room and no grip, being so close to the car in front and also next to me.”

Hamilton dominated the race, boosted by an engine upgrade that Mercedes had expected to roll out in Canada, when Hamilton finished fifth.

“A fresh engine is always a good thing,” Hamilton said.

“After seven races there is no way it can have the same power as a brand new engine. The guys did a great job. They work to create the best engine in the world.”

It was Hamilton’s 65th career win. Only Michael Schumacher has more victories with 91.

Kiwi driver Brendon Hartley started off the back of the grid having taken a penalty for engine changes and managed to avoid the drama in front of him on the opening lap. But the Toro Rosso simply didn’t have the pace to take advantage. He stretched his opening stint long in case the rain that threatened to impact the race eventuated but it didn’t come.

He fell to last after his pit stop but managed to pass the Williams of Sergey Sirotkin and Lance Stroll in the closing laps.

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■ RUGBY

Tew has Hansen’s back New Zealand Rugby boss Steve Tew has backed the intent behind All Blacks coach Steve Hansen’s message to World Rugby about the need for the game’s governing body to look at its officiating in tests.

Hansen was frustrated in Dunedin despite watching his side sweep the series against the French 3-0 due to the continuing debate about match officials’ decisions due to the inconsistency from one game to the next or even within a game.

The series was marred by contentious decisions by referees – to the point where it was dominating the debate rather than the on-field performances by the players.

Hansen called on World Rugby to take another look at the roles of the referee and the three assistants and to also differentiate between foul play and a lack of intent in incidents or accidents.

He pleaded for a common sense approach while also expecting a “slap on the knuckles” for speaking his mind.

“If there’s a pleasing thing for me it’s that everything has erred on the side of player safety,” Tew said yesterday.

“I agree with Steve that the situation is very fluid.

“We’ve got bigger, fitter and faster athletes involved with more collisions than ever before and we’re going to have to con-

DRAWS ■ Indoor Bowls Prattley Trophy The following players have been selected to play South Canterbury for the Prattley Trophy at the Ashburton Indoor Bowls Stadium on McNally Street on Sunday, July 9.

Grant Wilson, Matt Markham, Chris Talbot, Graeme Chapman, Ken Mackenzie, Mark Sheard, Murray Bassett and Geoff Laird.

Start time to be advised, players to bring their own lunch.

The following players have been selected to play in the Triangular representative fixture in Timaru on Saturday, July 14.

Grant Wilson, Chris Talbot, Bernice Laird, John Gibbs; Matt Markham, Martin Nordqvist, Jeff Nowell, Robyn Atkinson; Ken Mackenzie, Murray Bassett, Kevin Smith, Joan Hardy; Mark Sheard, Geoff Laird, James Stewart, Helen Rennie; Russell Ellis, Maurice Sunbeam, Charlie Cleghorn, Gaylene Smith; Graeme Chapman, John Cuthbertson, Rowena Mackenzie, Joyce Cleghorn.

10am cup of tea, $15 per player for lunch and transport to be advised.

Players who are unavailable for either fixture should text or call Matt Markham, 0273333257.

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club June 23 President’s Trophy match play Winners: Gordon Crawford, Charlie Alexander (19th), Ray Lambert, Barry Jury, Ian Rive, Chris Lovelock, Brayden Wood (19th) and Brian Fauth.

The Radius Care Player of the day: Gaby Jansen with a score of 79 -14=65 net. Other winning scores: Peter Walker and Richard McKernan 67; Peter Bain, Brian Wilson and Tim Newton 70; Hamish Niles, Gene Hunt, Jason Mactier and Matt Davis 71; Grant Smith 72.

“World Rugby, at the rugby committee level, will continue to look at stuff and make changes we think are in the best interests of the game.”

stantly be going back and looking at things.

“I understand the frustrations of some coaches. Steve is not the only one who has had a few words to say.

“World Rugby, at the rugby committee level, will continue to look at stuff and make changes we think are in the best interests of the game.”

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika was also left frustrated and bewildered after watching his side lose the third and series-deciding test to Ireland in Sydney, a test in which fullback Israel Folau was controversially sinbinned for a mid-air challenge on Peter O’Mahony.

Twos: Charlie Alexander, Gene Hunt, Hamish Niles, Brayden Wood, Peter Walker, Brian Wilson, Blair Franklin and Pat Turton.

Nearest The Pins: South Island Seeds: Jason Mactier; Rothbury Insurance: Brian Wilson; Allenton Meat Centre: Peter Walker; Braided Rivers: Charlie Alexander; Charming Thai Longest Putt: Matt Tait; The Stables Family Restaurant Lucky Draw: Mel Trewavas.

Birdie Jackpot: #10, Nett Eagles: #3

■ Hockey Mid Canterbury Hockey Association Playing Times Grade Teams June 29 Small Sticks - Duty Club: Methven 3.45pm - 4.27pm Kiwi Sticks [Yr 5] Tinwald Mayfield v Tinwald Smith & Sons [T1] [Rebecca Kidd & Tim Connelly-Whyte] Allenton v Tinwald Emmily Harmer [T2] [Grace Austin & Emma Begg] 4.30pm 5.12pm Wakanui v Methven [T1] [Rebecca Kidd &Emma Begg] 4.30pm - 5.12pm Kiwi Sticks [Yr 6] Hampstead v Bye [T2] 5.15pm - 5.57pm Allenton v Collegians [T1] [Grace Austin & Georgia Muir] Tinwald Read Farming v Methven White [T2] [Lachlan Adam & Tim Connelly- Whyte] 6.00pm 6.42pm Wakanui v Tinwald The Tool Shed [T1] [Lucy Ellis & Maddie Wilson] Tinwald Mayfield Transport v Rakaia [T2] [Lachlan Adam & Georgia Muir] 6.50pm - 7.55pm 1st Grade Women Tinwald Combined v Methven White [Hampstead & Methven Black] 8.00pm - 9.05pm Hampstead v Methven Black [Tinwald Combined & Methven White] At Nunweek Park 3 6.40pm Connetics SSL Boys Div 1 Ashburton College 1st XI v Christchurch Boys’ High School 2nd XI [Umpires supplied] June 30 Small Sticks - Duty Club: Methven 9.30am - 10.05am Mini Sticks [Yr 3] Allenton v Hampstead [T1] Collegians Green v Wakanui [T2] Rakaia v Tinwald Engineering Solutions [T3] Tinwald Mayfield v Collegians [T4] 10.10am - 10.45am Mini Sticks

In brief Rugby a nanny state Rugby will have turned into a “nanny state” if Israel Folau is suspended for challenging a high ball against Ireland, according to Waratahs assistant coach Simon Cron. Folau could miss Friday’s crucial clash with the Rebels depending on the outcome of a World Rugby disciplinary hearing over an incident in Australia’s defeat to Ireland. Cron said he would be stunned if Folau was suspended for his ninth-minute aerial clash with Irish captain Peter O’Mahony, suggesting it was World Rugby who needed to reacquaint themselves with their own rules.

- AAP

England supports Jones

Hansen has said he would prefer the television match official was scrapped in a favour of a challenge system for coaches.

It is an approach to World Rugby he put forward about five years ago but it fell on deaf ears, he said.

Tew, speaking to the media after a New Zealand Rugby board meeting, confirmed the test against France in Dunedin bucked the trends at Eden Park and Westpac by not selling out.

Forsyth Barr was “a few hundred short” but still exceeded budgeted income, he said.

He also insisted that South Africa remained committed to Sanzaar despite speculation they [Yr 4] Allenton v Methven White [T1] Methven Black v Wakanui [T2] Rakaia v Tinwald Skip-2-It FX [T4] Tinwald Bonnington Painting v Bye 11.00am - 12.00noon Fun Sticks [Yrs 1 & 2] Draw unknown at time of publication At Ashburton 1.00pm Senior Women Hampstead v TGHS 1st XI [James Tavendale & Brent Gray] At Timaru 2.40pm Craighead v Hampstead/Collegians [Timaru Umpires] At Ashburton 2.40pm Senior Men Wakanui v Northern Hearts [Chris Watson & Matt Marshall] July 1 4.00pm 1st Grade Men Hampstead v Tinwald Lowcliffe [Rex Turnbull & Stephen Mealings] 5.15pm Tinwald Black v Wakanui [Blue Hampstead & Tinwald Lowcliffe] 6.30pm Wakanui Black v Allenton [Tinwald Black & Wakanui Blue] Tinwald v Bye 2nd Grade Girls Draw unknown at time of publication July 2 At Timaru TA 6.15pm 2nd Grade Boys St Kevin’s 1st XI v Allenton/Methven [Timaru Umpires] at Ashburton 6.15 pm Wakanui v TBHS 3rd XI [Rachel Law & Wakanui SM] July 3 3.45pm Kwik Sticks [Yrs 7 & 8] Wakanui 8s v Collegians [Jed Cameron & Maddison Trusler-Clark] 4.45pm Wakanui 7s v Methven Black [Karen Dalgety & Georgia Muir] 5.45pm Allenton Vipers v Tinwald/Mayfield [Erin Connelly-Whyte & TBA] 6.45pm Tinwald Black v Methven White [Wakanui Black SM Allenton SM] Allenton Hornets v Bye July 4 At Ashburton 5.45pm Connetics SSP Boys Champs Draw unknown at time of publication [Erin Connelly-Whyte & Jacob Gray]

■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby Senior Ashburton Celtic v Southern Stu Tarbotton Contracting, Celtic1, 2:45 pm, R Goodman, A McGirr, P Arnold Railway Tavern Rakaia v Hampstead: Dev-

could be set to realign with the Northern Hemisphere.

He said a Sanzaar meeting next week in Singapore would “progress our thinking about what Super Rugby and The Rugby Championship might look like in the future”.

“The South Africans have made it clear their priority is Sanzaar still. They used the Pro12 opportunity to find a home for the two teams they took out of Super Rugby ... but they have made it very clear to us they want their best teams playing in Super Rugby.”

NZ Rugby have also bid for an international women’s sevens tournament to sit alongside the men’s event in Hamilton. - NZME on Tavern, Rak1, 2:45 pm, M Gallagher, G Clement, M Southby Methven bye Senior B Grieve Construction Allenton v Southern Wholesale Seeds, Allen 1, 1:30pm, D McKibbon, R Glenie T Grieve Methven v Collegiate, Meth1, 2:30pm, J O’Connor, G Jopson, C Marshall Mt Somers v Rakaia Rugby Club: Railway Tavern Rakaia, Mt Som, 2:30pm, H Grant,, Ashburton Celtic bye Colts Oxford v Rakaia/Methven Colts Ashburton Celtic bye Under 18 SCRFU: Aoraki City v Methven: Methven/ Hampstead Ashburton Celtic Hanham Concrete U1 v Rolleston, Celtic1, 1:00pm, P Arnold Southern bye Under 16 Waihora v Hampstead Mid Canterbury Mechanical, RD Petroleum Tinwald v Ohoka Waimak Stags, Tinwald 1, 1:30pm , N Forbes Under 14 Hampstead v Collegiate, Hamp 1, 1:00pm, G Barr Methven v Celtic, Methv1, 1:00pm, G Jopson Under 13 Celtic v Southen Allenton Tinwald ,Celtic 2, 1.15pm, A McGirr Methven v Collegiate,Meth 2, 1:15pm, B Connell Under 11.5 Celtic Ashburton Online Green v Collegiate Ross Leadley Building,Celtic 2, 12:00pm Hampstead v Methven Black, Hamp 2, 1:00pm, Waiting for Confirmation between Methven and Hampstead Ashburton Celtic Lysaght Glass White v Southern: Howden Ag,Celtic1,12:00pm,,, Methven White v Rakaia, Methven 2, 12:00pm Under 10 Ashburton Celtic Blacklows Celtic Green v Southern Progressive Livestock Andrew Robins, Celtic 4, 1:30pm Ashburton Celtic Blacklows White v Col-

Eddie Jones retains the Rugby Football Union’s support but chairman Andy Cosslett insists Twickenham would be willing to act by making a change at any point before next year’s World Cup if deemed necessary. Cosslett has stopped short of guaranteeing Jones will remain England’s head coach by the time Japan 2019 arrives but has been encouraged by the victorious end to this month’s tour of South Africa. - PA

Picking up the pieces Michael Cheika will begrudgingly extract the positives from Australia’s deflating series loss to Ireland before attempting to mastermind back-to-back Wallabies wins over the All Blacks for the first time in 17 years. Cheika admits it will take time to digest the defeat to Ireland before turning his attention to the Rugby Championship and Bledisloe Cup series.

- AAP legiate Ashburton Crane Hire, Celtic 4, 12:30pm Methven v Allenton Carrfields, Methv 4, 1:30pm Under 9 Ashburton Celtic Blacklows Celtic v Hampstead: Hampstead Gold, Celtic 3A, 1:30pm Collegiate Cates Grain & Seed v Southern Quigley Contracting, Collegiate 2, 1:00pm Methven Black v Methven White, Methv 4, 12:30pm Rakaia v Hampstead Blue, Rak 4, 1:30pm Under 8 Allenton v Methven Red, Allen 2, 1:00pm Ashburton Celtic McCrea Painters & Decorators G v Tinwald U8, Celtic 3A, 12:30pm Methven White v Methven Black, Methv 5, 1:00pm Mt Somers v Ashburton Celtic Summerfield Builders W, Mt Somers, 1:30pm Rakaia v Collegiate Johnson Gluyas Tractors, Rak 4, 12:30pm Under 7 Allenton Under 7 v Southern Riverlea Ag B, Allen 2, 12:00pm Ashburton Celtic Finishing Company G v Southern Coleman Ag W, Celtic 3b, 1:45pm Ashburton Celtic Summerfield Builders W v Collegiate R Redpaths, Celtic 3b, 1:00pm Methven Black v Methven White, Methv 3A, 1:15pm Rakaia v Hampstead,Rak 1A, 1:45pm Southern Hayden Mackenzie Contracting R v Tinwald Under 7, HInds 4, 1:00pm Under 6 Allenton Gold v Southern Busch Joinery W, Allen 3, 12:15pm Allenton Maroon v Tinwald under 6, Allen 3, 1:00pm Ashburton Celtic Anderson Joinery W v Southern James Doyle Contracting B, Celtic 3B, 12:15pm Methven Black v Collegiate McIntosh Group Gold, Methv 3B, 1:15pm Methven Red v Collegiate Cranfield Glass Red, Methv 3A, 12:30pm Methven White v Collegiate Property Brokers Black, Meth 3B, 12:30pm Mt Somers v Ashburton Celtic Summerfield Builders Red, Mt Somers, 12:45pm Rakaia v Ashburton Celtic Anderson Joinery G, Rak 1B, 1:45pm

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Tuesday, June 26, 2018

■ MENANGLE

In brief

Mile promises fireworks

By AdAm HAmilton Strap yourself in for a magical Len Smith Mile at Menangle next Sunday.

Sure the Group 1 Len Smith Mile itself will take centre stage with the likes of My Field Marshal, Soho Tribeca, Majordan, Match In Heaven and others doing battle.

But there will be so many delicious side dishes through the NSW Breeders Challenge finals.

The biggest names in action include Australia’s most exciting three-year-old Ignatius and gun former Kiwi four-year-old Let it Ride.

Ignatius, who upstaged Sicario to win the Breeders Challenge 2YO final last season, has been sparingly raced since, but extended his record to 13 wins and a third from just 14 starts.

His Penrith win two starts back had many seasoned experts saying he was the next big thing.

And there is a lovely symmetry with former dual Inter Dominion

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winner Beautide, having started his career for Rattray clan in Tasmania before moving to Jimmy Rattray’s Menangle stable.

Rattray had an armchair drive on Ignatius in their Breeders Challenge semi on Saturday

night, working to the front, dictating terms then ripping home in 55.1 and 27.0sec to win under a hold by 6.2m in a 1min 53.1 mile.

Importantly, the other semi was won in a quicker 1min52.6sec by

Crack New Zealand-bred stayer Werther overcame a string of setbacks to finish a gallant runner-up in Sunday’s Gr.1 Takarazuka Kinen at Hanshin. The son of Tavistock suffered from weight loss in the leadup to the Japanese feature event and jumped from a wide gate on a track firmer than he would have liked. However, Werther showed his quality in beating all bar the local hope Mikki Rocket.

- NZME

Kevin Pizzuto’s Picard, but Ignatius sat parked outside him and crushed him in that heat of the series at Penrith.

Everything points to Ignatius easily winning the final and then focus turning to whether Rattray heads to the Queensland Derby or waits to focus on the Breeders Crown.

Let It Ride stamped himself as the one to beat in a strong fouryear-old Breeders Challenge division with a narrow, but impressive semi-final win.

Anthony Butt snagged him to last from a wide draw and had to sustain a long three-wide run to beat a gallant and underrated leader San Domino in a 1min51.4sec mile.

Let It Ride was clocked to run a staggering 54.1sec last half, out three-wide for much of it.

But this will be a strong final with the tough Atomic Red doing a power of work and still proving too strong for stablemate Joes Star Of Mia in a 1min51.6sec mile.

- HRNZ

Volpe Veloce luckless The rub of the green went against leading New Zealand mare Volpe Veloce in Queensland, according to rider Jake Bayliss. “I was very happy with her. She came over here to try her luck and she hasn’t disappointed us,” he said. “She just needed a bit more luck.” The Railway winner finished tenth in Saturday’s Tatts Tiara.

- NZME

Rough day for Liefting Rudy Liefting experienced the highs and lows of racing at Te Aroha on Sunday. The Pukekohe trainer produced Joey Jonz to win the first event, but tragedy struck two races later when the wellperformed Danza Lad fractured a leg when he fell in the open hurdle and had to be put down. - NZME

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway

Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club at Addington Raceway 4 36564 Eyrewell Tango 30.80 ..................... H Cairns 2 81482 Rocky Vincitore 17.66 ...................... B Dann Meeting Date: 26 Jun 2018 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 5 12 Dyna Elwyn nwtd .........................C Roberts 3 788x5 Super Stevie 17.36.....................J M Jopson and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 6 34766 Shift The Blame 30.47...............J McInerney 4 88757 Opawa Shay nwtd ...........................R Wales 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 7 55322 Stompin’ Ground nwtd S & ..............B Evans 5 84853 Okuku Billy 17.49 ............................R Casey 8 F6426 Goldstar Renee 31.73 S & ..............B Evans 6 8x448 Moonshine Boy nwtd S & ................B Evans 1 3.13pm THER FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C1, 295m 9 x8657 Fab Action 30.62 ........................D Stapleton 7 87163 Ring Clown nwtd ............................. M Grant 1 67352 Dunk It 17.62.................................... B Dann 8 22546 Jealous Much 17.67 ..................J McInerney 2 51866 Epic Boom 17.47........................J M Jopson 4 4.11 CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN C1, 295m 9 48867 Tricky Action 17.48 S & ...................B Evans 3 47667 Homebush Fued 17.42 .............J McInerney 1 63345 Dime Diva 17.55..............................J Tanner 4 64654 Aroha 17.42 ...................................B Pringle 2 76457 Know Dollars 17.51 ........................G Cleeve 10 6878x Homebush Jasper nwtd ............J McInerney 5 46376 Goldstar Bindi 17.89 S &.................B Evans 3 25446 Feral Kaiaka 17.72 .......................M A Butler 7 5.06 MURRAY WIGLEY@RAY WHITE PH 021480250 6 53235 Holly Grace 17.92 ........................... M Grant 4 86578 Goldstar Power 17.65 S &...............B Evans STAKES C1, 520m 7 51655 Feral Dove Love 17.83 .................M A Butler 1 77844 Where’s Snoopy nwtd H & ..................Taylor 5 46176 Running Freer 17.28 ..........................C Weir 8 65638 Matariki nwtd ....................................A Joyce 2 85472 Goldstar Scooby 30.97 S &.............B Evans 6 36422 My Ginger Kiss 17.80 S & ...............B Evans 9 58767 Homebush Ellie 17.39 ...............J McInerney 3 76724 Know Leave 30.73 .........................G Cleeve 7 35433 Koroibete 17.92 H & ............................Taylor 10 48867 Tricky Action 17.48 S & ...................B Evans 4 42633 Go Belle 30.96 J & ..........................D Fahey 8 81376 Okuku Terra 17.61...........................R Casey 2 3.36 AMBER CLEANING SERVICES DASH C1, 295m 9 58767 Homebush Ellie 17.39 ...............J McInerney 5 36575 Botany Alan 30.46.....................J McInerney 6 75575 Eyrewell Lucy 31.14 ....................... H Cairns 1 46763 Disobedience 17.74 S & .................B Evans 10 28887 Batty Who 17.73 M & .......................... Smith 1 Dyna Walter 30.35........................C Roberts 2 74565 Ohoka Pheobe 17.62 ................... L Waretini 5 4.26 ADDINGTON EVENTS CENTRE DASH C1, 295m 7 8 65567 Opawa Bucks Eye 30.78 ............H Anderton 3 46524 Dapper Danny 17.56 ................... J McMillan 1 33744 Say Cheese 17.63...............................A Lee 9 x8657 Fab Action 30.62 ........................D Stapleton 4 57246 Tikao Jackie 17.63 M & ....................... Smith 2 56732 Verbena 17.52 .............................. K Cassidy 5 x7724 White Not Wong 17.53 ...............J M Jopson 3 57251 Goldstar Galaxie 17.66 S & ............B Evans 8 5.24pm CHRIS & LISA EARL SPRINT C1, 295m 6 77368 My Bro Michael 17.43 ............... M Robinson 1 5F225 Gordy Junior 17.51 ....................J M Jopson 4 77626 Little Snicko 17.54 .....................J McInerney 7 35656 Avalanch City 17.59 ..................J McInerney 2 36556 Homebush Sloan 17.53 ............J McInerney 5 22732 Ohoka Magic 17.45 ...................... L Waretini 8 1F Astrid 17.56 .......................................J Dunn 3 26563 Poetik 17.59 S & .............................B Evans 6 16668 Distinctive Miss 17.50 ......................A Joyce 9 88767 Bursar 17.40 ................................ K Cassidy 4 14645 Snickerdoodle 17.42 ........................ B Dann 7 32147 Jingili Jill 17.55 M & ............................ Smith 10 66778 Goldstar Dodge nwtd S & ...............B Evans 5 21281 Chitina Tin 17.42 .................................A Lee 8 77276 Cathy Maree 17.17.......................... M Grant 3 3.54pm CULVIE BOY’S SYNDICATE STKS C1, 520m 9 66678 Magic Tracey 17.42 ...................J McInerney 6 71758 Idol Georgie 17.31 ............................ J Rush 7 87686 Goldstar Chief nwtd S &..................B Evans 1 17527 Eyrewell Ebony 30.75 .................... H Cairns 10 8x868 Unfettered 17.51 .........................B Freeman 2 44375 Opawa Pam nwtd ............................R Wales 6 4.46 CLARKSON’S SIGN STUDIO SPRINT C1, 295m 8 74383 Coleridge Jim 17.60 M &..................... Smith 9 88767 Bursar 17.40 ................................ K Cassidy 3 24433 Opawa Millie 30.92.......................D Roberts 1 38655 Jinno Gino 17.51 ......................... J McMillan

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Werther impresses

10 6878x Homebush Jasper nwtd ............J McInerney

9 5.41pm THE TURF BAR SPRINT C1, 295m

1 56744 Rum Gin Mixer 17.37 .......................A Joyce 2 45633 Auros Advantage 17.67 S & ............B Evans 3 32557 Abacus Magic 17.43 .................... L Waretini 4 77547 Cut The Ribbons 17.44 ...................J Tanner 5 57622 Culvie Chairman 17.47 H & ................Taylor 6 16543 Homebush Hazel 17.52.............J McInerney 7 87371 Mamma Rose 17.73........................R Casey 8 16764 Twizel Storm 17.95.......................... M Grant Emergencies: 9 66678 Magic Tracey 17.42 ...................J McInerney 10 66778 Goldstar Dodge nwtd S & ...............B Evans 10 5.56 ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH C1, 295m 1 48748 Goldstar Tu Puc 17.50................J M Jopson 2 5F224 Sozin’s Treasure nwtd ...............J McInerney 3 87365 Mr Black Magic nwtd S & ................B Evans 4 81758 Astro Tipple 17.53 ...........................J Tanner 5 67865 Idol Eve 17.43 .................................R Wales 6 17563 Fiery Jemma 17.83 .......................... B Dann 7 23443 Smash Gator 17.51 ......................... M Grant 8 26575 Giancana 17.36............................S Hindson 9 58767 Homebush Ellie 17.39 ...............J McInerney 10 28887 Batty Who 17.73 M & .......................... Smith 11 6.16 GARRARD’S HORSE HOUND STKS C1, 520m 1 x4824 Goldstar Whitey 31.16 S & ..............B Evans 2 44534 Forza nwtd ................................ M Robinson 3 32574 Verta Bale 30.65 ..........................C Roberts 4 113 Sefton Force 31.00..........................R Wales 5 53685 Smash Rebel 30.58 ........................ M Grant

6 7 8 9

28764 Know Courtesy 30.89.....................G Cleeve 45x48 Kelly’s My Name nwtd .................... H Cairns 78146 Eyrewell Bentley 31.20................... H Cairns x8657 Fab Action 30.62 ........................D Stapleton 12 6.36pm LIVAMOL SPRINT C1, 295m 1 82632 Taieri Terra 17.61 ............................R Casey 2 34447 Goldstar Diesel 17.46 S &...............B Evans 3 56326 Come Sunday 17.35 ...........................A Lee 4 87452 Bula Roberts 17.40 ......................C Roberts 5 84Fx7 Hilton Forabeer 17.48 ............C N Anderson 6 77542 Ohoka Tess nwtd.......................... L Waretini 7 45467 Cornali 17.68..............................J M Jopson 8 24357 Homebush Pansy 17.69 ............J McInerney 9 48867 Tricky Action 17.48 S & ...................B Evans 10 88x78 Roo Baloo 17.79 ........................D Stapleton SELECTIONS

Race 1: Dunk It, Epic Boom, Holly Grace, Homebush Ellie Race 2: Astrid, Disobedience, My Bro Michael, White Not Wong Race 3: Dyna Elwyn, Eyrewell Ebony, Opawa Millie, Opawa Pam Race 4: Dime Diva, Koroibete, Running Freer, Know Dollars Race 5: Goldstar Galaxie, Verbena, Say Cheese, Jingili Jill Race 6: Super Stevie, Ring Clown, Moonshine Boy, Okuku Billy Race 7: Dyna Walter, Go Belle, Goldstar Scooby, Botany Alan Race 8: Poetik, Chitina Tin, Snickerdoodle, Homebush Sloan Race 9: Abacus Magic, Mamma Rose, Homebush Hazel Race 10: Giancana, Goldstar Tu Puc, Fiery Jemma Race 11: Sefton Force, Goldstar Whitey, Smash Rebel, Forza Race 12: Taieri Terra, Cornali, Hilton Forabeer, Come Sunday LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Otago dogs

Today at Forbury Park Raceway

Otago Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Forbury Park Race- 6 65474 Pam Arising nwtd .......................J M Jopson 6 58x26 Zircon 18.58 ...............................J M Jopson way Meeting Date: 26 Jun 2018 NZ Meeting number: 3 Dou- 7 65385 Token Pick nwtd ..............................R Wales 7 33712 Chasing Fame 18.54 .........................S Keen bles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 8 23222 Idol Ben nwtd ..................................R Wales 8 44782 Unverified 18.67 ........................J McInerney 13 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 11, 12 and 13 9 34552 Idol Jan nwtd ...................................R Wales 9 42165 Go All Lin nwtd .......................... A Bradshaw 1 12.02pm (NZT) OGRC MAIDEN SPRINT C0, 310m 10 7x7 Go Ladybird nwtd ............................R Wales 10 48155 Idol Star 18.77.................................R Wales 1 43665 Homebush Izzy nwtd .................J McInerney 4 12.55 BRAMWELL SCAFFOLDING STKS C1, 545m 7 1.47pm KEYOSK SERVICE BAR STKS C1/2, 545m 2 36 Smokey Dodger nwtd ............... P Hammond 1 63443 Elland Road nwtd ......................J McInerney 1 13248 Valyrian Steel nwtd ...................J McInerney 3 77638 Nippa Mint nwtd ........................J McInerney 2 3x253 Freckle Flyer 33.46.............................J Allen 2 45441 Sozin’s Emperor nwtd ...............J McInerney 4 Pukeko Rustler nwtd ......................B Healey 3 28612 Archie’s Ranger 33.20................J M Jopson 3 35561 Gotcha Rocky nwtd ...................J McInerney 5 Unhinged nwtd ......................... P Hammond 4 6F764 Glass Harpoon nwtd ......................J Guthrie 4 45643 Know Other 32.80 ..........................G Cleeve 6 Bruiser’s Day nwtd ...................... B I Conner 5 62464 Know Shame nwtd .........................G Cleeve 5 58726 Darlek Ian 32.43........................J McInerney 7 88746 Homebush Nesbo nwtd .............J McInerney 6 F7552 Homebush Ragna 33.00 ...........J McInerney 6 61351 Randy Fields 32.61 .........................C Steele 8 52x25 Zara Nixon nwtd ........................J McInerney 7 78768 Pianissimo 32.49......................... B I Conner 7 38714 Little Krakatoa nwtd .................. A Bradshaw 9 57475 Pretty Keen nwtd ...............................S Keen 8 66845 Forbury Flyer nwtd ....................J McInerney 8 41378 Opawa Al nwtd ................................R Wales 10 788x5 Cassia nwtd ..............................J McInerney 9 32362 Peekay Shout 33.27 ........................R Wales 9 14385 Zipping Jen 33.01 ....................... B I Conner 10 44747 Awesome Annie 32.70 ................ B I Conner 10 57655 Tartan Watch nwtd .........................J Guthrie 2 12.20 VICE PRESIDENT’S NOVICE SPEC, 310m 1 48448 Koputai 18.73 .................................J Guthrie 5 1.12pm PRESIDENT’S SPRINT C1, 310m 8 2.05pm ST KILDA VET CENTRE SPRINT C2, 310m 2 76535 Southern Fantasy 18.90 .................B Healey 1 18437 Homebush Bow 19.07 ...............J McInerney 1 81743 Game Controller 18.50...................G Cleeve 3 1223 Tee An’ Cee nwtd ........................ B I Conner 2 31214 Magic Jess Lass 18.67 ..................C Healey 2 43513 Sea Spray Elsa 18.70 .................B Freeman 4 3183 Flying Canary nwtd ...................J McInerney 3 65377 Zip Zap Zoe 18.92.....................J McInerney 3 14633 Homebush Tasha nwtd ..............J McInerney 5 341 El Happy Jack nwtd....................J M Jopson 4 67558 Trendy Blake nwtd .....................J McInerney 4 77221 Asserting Power nwtd ............... A Bradshaw 6 22862 Cosmic Marty nwtd ...................J McInerney 5 28625 Rib Curler nwtd ..................................J Allen 5 13324 Wong Box nwtd ..........................J M Jopson 7 118 Beck Eleven nwtd..........................R Adcock 6 83141 Homebush Maycee nwtd...........J McInerney 6 66614 Opawa Poppy 18.57 ........................R Wales 8 23536 Zipping Ripley nwtd ..................... B I Conner 7 61882 Cosmic Ryder nwtd ...................J McInerney 7 58541 Sozin’s Angel 18.65 ..................J McInerney 9 88877 Bouncer Milos nwtd...................J McInerney 8 64814 Chasing Great 18.97 .........................S Keen 8 82861 Chief Doug 18.72 ......................J McInerney 10 75878 African Violet nwtd ....................J McInerney 9 74866 Zephaniah nwtd ........................A Bradshaw 9 5416F Mounga 18.71 ...........................J McInerney 3 12.37pm WWW.GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ 10 48875 Homebush Hundy 19.18 ...........J McInerney 10 12273 Boston Powers nwtd ................. A Bradshaw C0, 545m 6 1.30 BROCKLEBANKS DRY CLEANERS C2, 310m 9 2.23 BAGLEY DRIVER LICENSING SPRINT C3, 310m 1 43737 Springheel Jack nwtd .....................J Guthrie 1 75118 Half Silver Fern 18.75 ...............J McInerney 1 36432 Sea Fever nwtd ........................... 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■ OCEAN RACING

Tuke, Burling just beaten DongFeng Race Team picked a good time to find their first leg win of the Volvo Ocean Race.

In a three-way tie for first place heading into the final leg from Gothenburg, Sweden, to the Hague, the Chinese were rewarded for taking an early risk to win the overall title.

Around the midway point of the leg, the fleet were forced to make a decision of which way to sail around an exclusion zone.

DongFeng went east down the longer route, while the other contenders in Blair Tuke’s MAPFRE and Peter Burling’s Team Brunel went west.

It looked as though Daryl Wislang’s DongFeng had made the wrong call, however, the closer they got to the Hague, the smaller the gap became. Taking the long route, while more miles, allowed them to catch the breeze and not have to worry about gybing around the final mark before heading to the finish.

It proved to be the right call for DongFeng, with skipper Charles Caudrelier steering them home to their first leg win and the Volvo Ocean Race title.

- NZME Mayfield’s Emma Dyke (bottom right) and her New Zealand women’s eight celebrate their silver medal at the World Rowing Cup II in Austria.

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Silver lining on road to Lucerne The New Zealand Rowing women’s eight – featuring Mayfield’s Emma Dyke – has won silver at the World Rowing Cup II in Linz-Ottensheim, Austria.

That combined with the three gold medals the New Zealand crews also won, meant it was a pretty successful first appearance on the world stage for Kiwi crews in 2018.

Every year there’s three World Cup events held, but New Zealand only attends the second two, so they’ll now be setting their sights on improving even more heading into the next event.

Before heading to Europe, Dyke and her crew mates had Romania pegged as one of the crews to beat. They were world and European champions, but in the first World Cup event this season, it was the Netherlands who came out on top.

The Dutch crew were the ones making the early moves in Linz, too.

Romania and Australia came out fast, with Australia taking an early lead, but that was soon taken off them by the Netherlands.

It was close though; only a second separated the top five boats, including New Zealand. The only boat that was off the pace was China.

Once the Netherlands took the lead, they started to move away, with Australia holding on to second as the Kiwis moved into third.

Still at 39 strokes per minute, Romania were still on the pace back in fifth, but all the action was further up the water.

New Zealand, led by coxswain Sam Bos-

worth, did a piece and overtook Australia and started eyeing up the Netherlands.

The Dutch crew maintained their 39 strokes a second as Australia attempted to close on New Zealand, but that was the order in which they were to stay.

The Netherlands won gold, with New Zealand taking silver and Australia taking bronze.

For the Kiwi women’s eight, it was a great start to their European campaign as they build towards the world championships later this year.

“We felt like we executed our plan which we have been practising so it’s a good starting point leading to Lucerne.

“We’ll take a couple of weeks of good training,” the crew’s stroke Kelsey Bevan said.

Earlier, the New Zealand women’s eight had achieved the fastest time in their test race with a 6.08.98 minute effort moving forward to the final.

Also in the medals in Linz were the women’s pair, the double sculls and the men’s single sculls, all winning gold.

Linz-Ottensheim is the venue for the 2019 World Rowing Championships and the weekend’s event was the first qualification for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, so it was an important test for teams and the event organisers.

World Cup III is being held in Lucerne, Switzerland from July 13-15, and from there the Kiwi crews will return home before a team is selected for the world championships in Bulgaria.

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In brief Paine feels the pain Australia captain Tim Paine intends to bide his time over deciding on his own white-ball future after his side fell to a 5-0 whitewash against England. Jos Buttler’s stunning century steered England to a thrilling one-wicket victory over the Aussies at Old Trafford yesterday to wrap it up. But while the run of bad results has left Paine unsure about his one-day captaincy, he fully intends to continue leading the test team. “I haven’t thought about it to be honest,” he said. “I’ve said it a few times before, when you are my age it’s a bit foolish to look ahead.

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Tactix end the slide The Southern Steel are officially in the midst of their first losing streak in the ANZ Premiership. The Steel hadn’t dropped two games straight through their 24 games since the competition’s inception in 2017, but that run came to an end at the hands of the Mainland Tactix. The Steel were left to rue a slow start as the Tactix claimed a 53-52 win in Dunedin. For the Mainland side, the win ends a run of five straight losses.

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Federer win streak ends PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 240618-RH-001

Top international tips on the turf Former German national hockey coach Alex Feustel puts Elle Kingston through her paces during a Sporting Edge follow-up coaching camp at the Ashburton hockey turf on Sunday. Feustel also conducted a two-day camp for young local players back in April, with both that camp and Sunday’s catering for all age and skill levels, from year one right through to secondary school.

Feustel was assistant coach for the German women’s team from 2009 until 2010, attending the World Cup in Argentina and the London Olympics. He had also spent 10 years coaching German age group teams, including some at national level.

Borna Coric ended Roger Federer’s 20-match winning streak on grass by beating him in the Halle Open final while also bringing to a halt the Swiss maestro’s reign as world No.1. Federer was denied a 10th title in the German grasscourt tournament as Croatian Coric handed the 36-year-old his first setback on an otherwise serene road towards defending his Wimbledon title. The defeat meant that Rafael Nadal will return to the top of the world rankings.

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Kearney may select trio

Tackle ‘had to be made’

Warriors coach Stephen Kearney may renege on his pledge and select his three New Zealand internationals for NRL duty this week despite their involvement in the Denver test loss to England. Kearney will assess the fitness of winger Ken Maumalo, centre Peta Hiku and hooker Issac Luke when they arrive back in Auckland today.

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■ RUGBY LEAGUE

It’s being hailed as his very own Scott Sattler moment.

But NSW halfback Nathan Cleary says he was just lucky to bundle flying Queensland winger Valentine Holmes into touch at a critical junction in their State of Origin series-clinching win.

The Blues were leading by four late in game two when Holmes seemingly found himself in the clear at ANZ Stadium, only for Cleary to produce his try-saving cover tackle.

“I saw him go over and I was just in the right place in the right time. I knew he was going to take me on down the sideline. I just had to make it,” Cleary said.

“He was very fast but I knew I just had to go in hard and hope for the best.”

It was another Penrith star in Sattler who etched his name into NRL grand final folklore with his desperate tackle on Sydney Roosters winger Todd Byrne in the 2003 decider.

Cleary was just six at the time but is well versed in the Panthers’

Ivan Cleary congratulates son Nathan on Origin victory. history-making moment.

“You see it all the time. It’s the greatest moment out there, but I don’t think it was much like that.

“I didn’t have to run that far.

It’s just lucky it came off,” Cleary said.

The flashpoint also comes four years after a 16-year-old Cleary

sat in the Blatchys Blues section of the crowd in NSW’s only other series win in the past 13 years.

He thought running out four years later to help the Blues recapture the shield was a pipe dream.

“For it to come true at 20 years of age, I’m absolutely blessed and

so lucky to be out here playing with these boys.

“I’m lost for words,” he said.

Like they did in his Origin debut in Melbourne, both Nathan and dad Ivan verged on tears sharing the victory together in the sheds after the match.

“We were getting a bit teary ... (he’s) really a bit of a softie, that bloke.

“It’s such a special moment. It’s absolutely priceless.

“He didn’t say too much, he just hugged me,” Nathan said.

The victory also seemingly ends the halfback curse for the Blues, with Cleary the state’s 10th halfback since the beginning of the Queensland’s dynasty in 2006.

Cleary said he was hoping he wasn’t going to be just another name on the lengthy list.

“It’s the biggest belief, that we could get the series win,” he said.

“I felt so much pressure (with) the whole weight of NSW on your shoulders.

“They’ve been through some hard times so hopefully we can turn the tide now.”

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One year after Andrew Johns labelled NSW ‘dumb’ for their State of Origin choke, Queensland champion Johnathan Thurston has done likewise on his beloved Maroons. The Blues claimed just their second series win in 13 years with a fourpoint victory in game two, despite being down to 12 men. And Thurston lashed out at the Maroons for failing to take full advantage of the extra man, including a third-tackle kick from halfback Ben Hunt that went dead. “I’m a little bit dumbfounded by the way the Queenslanders played with 12 men on the field ... I don’t think they targeted that edge much.”

- AAP

Ponga makes his mark Billy Slater will trudge off into State of Origin retirement knowing his beloved Queensland No.1 jersey is in safe hands when he passes the baton to heir apparent Kalyn Ponga. Slater admits he was lost for words as he marvelled at the Newcastle phenom’s blistering performance during his Maroons debut in the 18-14 loss to NSW. - AAP

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England fans euphoric A euphoric mood has swept England as fans begin to believe that their underachieving team can win the World Cup, after they smashed little Panama.

The 6-1 victory in Russia overnight puts England into the last 16 with a game against powerful Belgium to spare.

Captain Harry Kane’s hat trick means he leads the Golden Boot race.

Even Panama’s coach HerHarry nan Dario Gomez added to the excitement, by congratulating his England counterpart Gareth Southgate at halftime with the score already at 5-0.

Kane summed up and encouraged the mood saying: “You have to believe. To achieve anything in life you have to believe.

“There’s a long way to go and a lot of hard work but we’ve got to stick together and

keep to our game plan.”

Sports Illustrated’s “England Fans go Into Meltdown” headline typified the coverage of how England supporters, starved of success, were reacting after wins over Tunisia and Panama via an eight goal spree.

“England fans simply couldn’t believe what they were watching from their traditionally insipid side,” SI reckoned.

The BBC thought it was Kane “Ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous.”

“It’s safe to say most England fans have not experienced elation like this in a long time,” it reported, adding many recent efforts were “pitiful”.

The Sun newspaper seemed to find street parties and jubilant fans throughout England, accompanied by loads of photos of crowd scenes.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Work on your skills. No matter how talented you are, you need the skills to back it up, and those skills will take you much, much further than natural ability ever could.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): When the best idea comes along, the others just don’t look the same anymore. They pale in comparison. You’ll know it when you see it, and once you do, you can’t unsee it. There’s no going back.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You’d often rather pay a little more for the monthly cost than get the discount of the yearly subscription.

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CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You may acquire the winning formula and disagree with it, or seek wise counsel and then do the opposite. You want to become a better you, not an effective clone of some other successful person.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Never doubt your power. Don’t lie down. Castles are built one brick at a time.

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VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Though you’re not out to get any special attention, someone sees you for who you really are – and will also happen to choose the perfect moment to let you know this.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): It will be almost impossible to sell an idea to someone who has to first admit being wrong. You’ll graciously let someone save face, or gloss over your differences in the name of moving forward.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): The movie heroes control their emotions, which is part of the appeal.

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AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You’ll work hard; that’s a given. But there’s such a thing as overworking it, too. This thing you’re dealing with could use a different approach. Step back. Ask around. There’s got to be a better way.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Love changes. Anyone who’s had relationships knows that feeling less euphoric and amorous than you did at the beginning of a relationship is the norm. But there are more highlights to come. Hang in there.

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Millie. Messages to the McEwan, VanderwegCarolyn family, and PO John Box Richards, David and 472, Ashburton 7740.Judi A Kirk, Jill Leonard, Phillip special thanks to Albert and and Joan Kirk, Gregory and the staff at Radius Millstream Hayley and their families.A for theirKirkcare of Anner.

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On June 22, 2018.

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CARTWRIGHT, On June 22,Margaret 2018 at Adele (nee Kirk) – Christchurch Hospital.

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TITHERIDGE, Albert Noel, (Noel) – On June 22, 2018 after a brief illness, at Ashburton. Aged 90 years. Dearly loved husband of Elva. Much loved father and father-in-law of David and Jae-Eun, John and Odette, Jane and Brian Franks, and Paul and Kara and loved Grandad of Fiona, and Sarah; Troy; Courtney; Tara-Mae, and Tane. Loved brother and brother-in-law of the late Ross, and Doris.

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4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Dog Squad 0 8pm The Force PGR 0 8:30 I Am AO The story of Lynda Whitehead and her seven-year journey transitioning from a man to a woman. 0 9:30 Coronation Street PGR 0 10pm Under The Influence AO 0 11pm Sunday 3 A weekly in-depth current affairs show. 0 Midnight Major Crimes PGR 3 0 12:50 Te Karere 3 2 1:15 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

World’s Wildest Flights 9:30pm on Prime

BRAVO 10am Child Genius UK 3 11am Catfish 3 11:50 Escaping Polygamy PGR 3 12:40 Below Deck Mediterranean PGR 3 1:35 Sell It Like Serhant PGR 3 2:30 Escaping Polygamy PGR 3 3:30 Dance Moms 3 4:30 Child Genius UK 5:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 6:30 Catfish 3 7:28 M The Dish AO 2000 Comedy. A remote Australian antenna, manned by quirky characters, plays a key role in the first Apollo moon landing.

Sam Neill, Patrick Warburton.

7:30 Tabatha’s Salon Takeover 3 8:30 Botched – Most Outrageous Before And Afters 9pm Botched – Most Outrageous Celebrity Patients 9:30 The Real Housewives Of New York City 10:33 The Dish 10:35 Killer Couples AO 11:30 Escaping Polygamy PGR 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

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6:30 The Wot Wots 3 0 6:40 Darwin And Newts 3 0 6:50 Peppa Pig 0 6:55 Ranger Rob 0 7:20 The Zhu Zhus 3 0 7:45 Zak Storm 3 0 8:15 Art Attack 3 0 8:35 Goldie And Bear 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11:05 Heartbreak Island 3 0 11:55 Jeremy Kyle AO 1pm Judge Rinder PGR 1:55 Home Improvement 3 0 2:25 Home And Away 0 3pm Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:30 Chuggington – Little Trainees 3 0 3:35 Dog With A Blog 3 0 4pm Fanimals 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 Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Heartbreak Island 0 8:30 The Resident AO 0 9:25 Grey’s Anatomy AO 0 10:10 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0 10:40 Cougar Town PGR 0

11:05 Mom PGR 3 0 11:35 Scandal PGR 3 12:25 Beyond 1:10 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:35 Infomercials 2:35 Stitchers 3 3:20 Jeremy Kyle 3 Jeremy Kyle Vault.

4:15 Judge Rinder PGR 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

Escape to the Chateau – DIY, 8:30pm on Choice

SKY 5 6am Jeopardy! PG 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Scorpion ML 8:05 MacGyver M 8:55 Counting Cars PG 9:20 Pawn Stars PG 9:45 NCIS MV 10:40 SVU MV 11:35 Jeopardy!

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4:30 Entertainment Tonight 0 5pm Family Feud Australia 5:30 Modern Family 3 With some urging from Claire, Jay begrudgingly agrees to return to ClosetCon, and things become interesting when he is reunited with some old colleagues. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Project 7:30 Grand Designs UK Revisited PGR 0 8:35 NCIS AO 0 9:30 SVU AO 0 10:25 NewsHub Late 10:55 Chicago PD AO 0

6am Avatar – The Last Airbender 3 6:25 Ben 10 – Ultimate Alien 0 6:50 Kung Fu Panda – Legends Of Awesomeness 3 0 7:15 The Fairly Odd Parents 7:40 Trulli Tales 7:55 Atomic Puppet 8:05 Batman – Brave And The Bold 0 8:30 The Thundermans 3 8:55 Tiki Tour 3 0 9:20 Jeopardy 3 9:50 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Flog It! 3 12:40 Ed PGR 1:35 Married With Children PGR 2:05 Football – Fifa World Cup Russia 0 3:10 Wheel Of Fortune 3:35 Jeopardy 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 5pm Frasier 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm American Restoration 3 0 6:30 Pawn Stars 3 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Inside Windsor Castle PGR 3 0 8:30 The Sixties PGR 0 9:30 World’s Wildest Flights AO Story of the escape from the air crash on the Hudson; passengers panic on a burning plane in Peru; a solo flight goes wrong. 0 10:30 N The Great Indoors PGR

6:30 Zoomoo 6:40 Dora Matatoa 2 7:10 Te Mana Kuratahi 7:40 Pukana 2 7:50 Huritua 3 8am Te Kaea 3 2 8:30 KaweKorero 3 9am KTK – Next Level 3 9:30 Best Of Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Native Kitchen 3 10:30 Sisters 3 11am Aotearoa 3 Noon Code PGR 12:30 F The Laughing Samoans 1pm What’s Up With The Tumoanas? PGR 3 1:30 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 F Nga Pari Karangaranga 3 3pm Zoomoo 3 3:10 Dora Matatoa 2 3:40 Te Mana Kuratahi 4:10 Pukana 3 2 4:20 Huritua 3 4:30 Fresh 5pm Tagata Pasifika 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Senior Kapa Haka Regionals 6:30 Te Kaea 3 2 7pm KaweKorero 7:30 Angelo’s Outdoor Kitchen Angelo dives in Jackson Bay for South Island crayfish.

8pm Matau 8:30 Piri’s Tiki Tour PGR 9pm Nanakia PGR 9:30 Real Husbands Of Hollywood 10pm Whawhai – Fight Night 10:30 SmackDown PGR 3

6am Four Rooms 7am Auction Kings 7:30 Love Nature – Cloud: Challenge Of The Stallions 8:30 Restoration Man 9:30 River Cottage Autumn 10:30 American Pickers 11:30 The Last Days Of Pompeii 12:30 Britain’s Most Historic Towns 1:30 Heritage Rescue 2:30 Treasures Of Ancient Egypt 3:30 Love Nature – What Females Want And Males Will Do 4:30 Jamie’s Comfort Food Jamie Oliver, shows how to make delicious and simple guilty pleasures, with curried fish pie, butter-and-sage gnudi, hummingbird cake, and a bacon sandwich.

5:30 My Welsh Sheepdog 6pm David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities 6:30 Cash Cowboys 7:30 Million Pound Property 8:30 Escape To The Chateau – DIY As Jonathan and Michael prepare their chateau for the wedding, they have a sewage problem in one of the guest rooms that threatens to take the first floor out of action.

9:30 My Dream Home 10:30 My Welsh Sheepdog

11:50 Infomercials

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Midnight The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 12:30 Closedown 5:45 L Football – Fifa World Cup Russia Iceland v Croatia.

11:30 Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 Midnight Closedown

11pm David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities 11:30 Jamie’s Comfort Food 12:30 Auction Kings 1am Cash Cowboys 2am Love Nature – What Females Want And Males Will Do 3am Heritage Rescue 4am Million Pound Property 5am Escape To The Chateau – DIY

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8:20 Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them MV 2016 Adventure. Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston.

10:30 Fist Fight 16VLSC 2016 Comedy. Ice Cube, Charlie Day. Noon An Inconvenient Sequel – Truth To Power PG 2017 Documentary. Al Gore, Barack Obama, Donald Trump.

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3pm Time Of Death M 2013 Thriller. Kathleen Robertson, Gianpaolo Venuta.

4:35 Dare To Be Wild MLSC 2015 Drama. Emma Greenwell, Tom Hughes. 6:15 Logan 16VLC 2017 Sci-fi Action.

Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart.

8:30 Ouija – Origin Of Evil MVC 2016 Horror. To enhance her fraudulent seance business, a widowed mother of two unwittingly invites a supernatural spirit into their home through an Ouija board.

Elizabeth Reaser, Lulu Wilson.

10:10 30 Nights Of Sex MLS 2017 Comedy. Alyssa Brayboy, Nick Bush.

11:40 Capsule ML 2015 Drama. Edmund Kingsley, Lisa Greenwood.

6:55 What Just Happened MVLS 2008 Comedy.

Robert De Niro, Sean Penn.

8:40 Connie And Carla PGS 2004 Comedy. Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette, David Duchovny.

10:15 Wrong Turn 16V 2003 Horror. Desmond Harrington, Eliza Dushku, Jeremy Sisto.

11:40 Snow White And The Huntsman MV 2012 Action Adventure. Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth.

1:45 Daddy Day Care 2003 Comedy. Eddie Murphy, Steve Zahn, Anjelica Huston.

3:15 What Just Happened MVLS 2008 Comedy.

Robert De Niro, Sean Penn.

5pm Quartet ML 2012 Comedy. Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon.

6:40 End Of Watch 18VL 2012 Crime Drama. Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña.

8:30 The Incredible Hulk MV 2008 Action. Fugitive Dr Bruce Banner must utilise the genetic accident that transforms him into a giant to stop a dangerous former soldier.

Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, Robert Downey jr.

10:25 Pushing Tin ML 1999 Comedy.

6am Rugby – First XV Sacred Heart College v St Kentigern’s College. 7:30 Rugby – International Australia v Ireland – Game Three.

8am Rugby – International Argentina v Scotland.

8:30 Rugby – International All Blacks v France – Game Three. 10:30 Fox Sports News 11am Aussie Rules – AFL Hawthorn v Gold Coast Suns. 2pm Golf Central 3pm Golf – PGA Tour Travelers Championship Event. 4pm Golf – LPGA Tour Walmart NW Arkansas Championship – Round Three.

4:30 Rugby – International All Blacks v France – Game Three. 5pm Rugby – First XV Sacred Heart College v St Kentigern’s College.

6:30 Rugby – International Australia v Ireland – Game Three. 7pm Rugby – International Argentina v Scotland. 7:30 Rugby – International South Africa v England – Game Three.

8pm Rugby – International All Blacks v France – Game Three. 8:30 The Breakdown 9:30 The Back Page 10:30 BMX – UCI World Championships 11:30 The Breakdown

6am Rugby League – International (HLS) Kiwis v England. 6:30 Rugby League – State Of Origin (RPL) NSW Blues v QLD Maroons – Game Two. 8:30 Fox Sports News 9am The Crowd Goes Wild 9:30 NRL 360 10:30 Big League Wrap 11:30 Cricket – Women’s T20 International (HLS) England v New Zealand. Noon Cricket – Women’s T20 International (HLS) England v South Africa.

12:30 Rowing – World Cup (HLS) 1pm BMX – UCI World Championships (HLS) 2pm Tennis – Roland Garros Review Show 3pm The World Sailing Show 3:30 Netball – ANZ Premiership (RPL) Pulse v Stars. 5pm Netball – ANZ Premiership (RPL) Steel v Tactix. 6:30 BMX – UCI World Championships (HLS) 7:30 Rugby League – State Of Origin (HLS) NSW Blues v QLD Maroons – Game Two. 8pm Rugby League – International (HLS) Kiwis v England.

8:30 NRL 360 9:30 The Fan 10pm Queenslanders Only 10:30 Rugby League – State Of Origin (RPL) NSW Blues v QLD Maroons – Game Two.

12:25 Signs M 2002 Sci-fi Thriller. 2:10 End Of Watch 18VL 2012 Crime Drama.

3:55 People Interview – Jake Gyllenhaal 4:45 The Incredible Hulk MV 2008 Action.

12:30 Rugby – First XV Sacred Heart College v St Kentigern’s College. 2am UFC Fight Night Cerrone v Edwards. 4am L Hockey – Men’s Champions Trophy Argentina v Belgium.

12:30 Rugby League – NRL Pacific Test (HLS) 1am NRL 360 2am Big League Wrap 3am Rugby League – State Of Origin (HLS) 3:30 The Back Page 4:30 NRL 360 5:30 Queenslanders Only

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3:05 Logan 16VLC 2017 Sci-fi Action. 5:20 Ouija – Origin Of Evil MVC 2016 Horror.

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12:30 Blood Relatives M So Lonesome I Could Die. 1:20 A Crime To Remember M 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 How Do They Do It? PG 3:50 Gold Rush PG Man On Wire. 4:45 MythBusters – The Search PG Shooting Blind.

5:40 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Double Trouble Galaxie. 6:35 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Escaping the Zoo. 7:30 BattleBots PG We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Bracket – The Round Of 32, Part 1.

8:30 MythBusters – The Search PG 9:25 What On Earth? PG 10:15 Naked And Afraid M 11:05 Naked And Afraid M 11:55 A Crime To Remember M

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FIRING UP

Mid Canterbury Combined put everything into their haka before taking on St Andrew’s College in Ashburton on Saturday.

BY ERIN TASKER

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For half the game, Mid Canterbury Combined were in with a shot against St Andrew’s College (STAC) in the latest round of Canterbury secondary school rugby’s UC Championship on Saturday.

But after half-time the game got away from them and STAC went back to Christchurch with a 38-10 win to their names.

That’s been the story of the season for the Blair O’Donnell-coached side.

For a fair chunk of their games they’ve been within just a few points at the halfway point, like two weeks ago against Shirley Boys’ High School where they were down by just one at the break, but went on to lose 54-20.

O’Donnell said it came down to depth.

“We were really, really impressed with the way they fought. It was an arm wrestle right up until about 20 minutes to go, but they just had a lot more depth and our boys had to tackle all day and they got tired,” O’Donnell said.

This year’s Mid Canterbury Combined side was young, with 12 players eligible for the team again next year, and this season was about building and learning, O’Donnell said.

“The last few weeks they have really put a lot of energy in and it’s paying off in the first half. We just can’t quite get there. Another 10-15 minutes of pressure and they would probably crack a few teams,” O’Donnell said.

The STAC side that travelled to Ashburton to play on Saturday featured a couple of familiar faces.

They had two former Ashburton College players, Josh Ree at first-five and Liam McCormick at halfback.

But O’Donnell said Mid Canterbury Combined’s halfback Brynmor Workman stood up well to the challenge of McCormick and was his side’s player of the day in the backs, while Jacob Smith was the forwards player of the day.

“The last couple of weeks the energy, the fight and the commitment they have been showing has been great,” O’Donnell said.

“If they can get close like that at half-time then it’s a win for us.”

The competition’s traditional power-

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house schools had more resources and bigger numbers and were always going to be tough to beat.

“We know that they are going to be fitter because they start so early, and they have a bit more coming off the bench and they have to fight for their positions, where we had to find pretty much anyone who wanted to play,” O’Donnell said.

Mid Canterbury were now targeting their next game, in Timaru against Timaru Boys’ High School (TBHS) on Saturday – the day after the Ashburton College school ball.

Mid Canterbury Combined were bottom of the table with zero wins to their name heading into the match, while TBHS were just two places ahead, with just one win to their name so far this season.

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