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Illegal dumping has reached a new low as the Ashburton Cemetery becomes the latest place for someone to offload their household rubbish.

Litter-Free Ashburton volunteer Bev Skates noticed the large cardboard box of soiled clothing, DVDs and old school text books from the roadside as she was on her regular litter pick-up trip along Seafield Road on Sunday.

Skates said two ladies were on a recreational walk through the cemetery at the same time and were just as shocked as she was.

“They were not happy to think that people would do such a thing in a very special place,” Skates said.

The rubbish was representative of a bigger problem of locals using green spaces to offload household items.

From a rest area opposite the Ashbur-

The Ashburton Cemetery has become the latest target for illegal dumpers.

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ton Raceway, she and fellow volunteers cleared a massive 2.3 tonnes of rubbish in the months leading up to Christmas.

The Ashburton riverbed is another popular place for people to offload all manner of household items, from televisions and mattresses to furniture and clothes.

In this latest case it should not be too difficult for authorities to prosecute the offender, as the text books had a name on them.

Ashburton District Council service delivery group manager Neil McCann said the council’s process when finding such rubbish was to go through it to look for identification.

“If we find this, we then contact that person to see if they can help us with

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our enquiries. If we have substantial evidence such as a witness and a vehicle registration number, we will pursue the offender for costs to clean up the mess,” McCann said.

“If it’s a repeat offender, we then will go further and explore the legal options such as infringements. When we do find evidence and make contact, the offenders will often voluntarily go and clean up the dumping.”

Levels of illegal dumping in Mid Canterbury were relatively minor when taken in the context of the whole district.

“These levels remain fairly steady, not fluctuating very much over time.”

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Support for top line civic centre and library

By Sue NewmaN

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If the a new civic centre and library are planned for the Ashburton District, then the community would be sold short if a cheap option was chosen, a number of ratepayers say.

On Wednesday the Ashburton District Council held two public meetings to talk through four options for the new complex.

These ranged in price from $39 million to $53 million, with the size and services in the library changing according to the price model chosen.

The meetings were held to talk through project and to explain to the community how its budget had increased from $22 million in just one year.

At the afternoon meeting many said they were appalled at the increase and questioned the need for such an expensive building, but at the evening meeting there was strong support for the project, Mayor Donna Favel said.

While the council’s preferred option is for the $45 million build, several at the evening meeting said that it would be short sighted to go for anything but the best at $53 million, Favel said.

“They said we were building this for the future so why not.”

Several commented that the council should have taken a longer view with the EA Networks Centre and made this facility larger, she said.

There were some questions around a possible duplication of facilities with the $53 million build including a tiered theatre area, but some speakers said that was a space that would be well used by schools.

People were supportive of the range of facilities proposed for the new library, particularly in providing a gathering space for teenagers, she said.

In the $45 million build the library would include a range of spaces for displaying collections, a children’s discovery centre, teen space, lounge and study areas, activity spaces including a wet space, video/audio studio for music and film and meeting spaces catering for up to eight people.

The $53 million build library would have the addition of performance/event space with tiered seating, larger meeting rooms and enhanced energy and cost efficiency features such wind turbines to reduce long term electrical use.

Councillors Selwyn Price and Mark Malcolm spoke at a GreyPower meeting earlier last week and said they were heartened by the support members gave the project with many saying the council should aim high and build the $53 million option.

“A lot said, do it once and do it right,” Malcolm said.

There was a lot of positivity and people liked the way the intergenerational funding model, Price said.

Rural Women Marion Dent (left) and Trish Small are looking forward to seeing what their 2019 cooking class graduates will create these school holidays.

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Cooking classes for children on again

By LiNda CLarke

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Places in the Mid Canterbury Rural Women’s annual cooking class for youngsters are expected to fill up quickly.

Members of the organisation will tutor 28 Year 4-8 students in a free cooking class at Ashburton College on April 18, during the coming school holidays.

Organiser Marion Dent said it was the fourth year Rural Women had run the programme and six young cooks who had been part of previous classes had already signed up.

She said the day was always a whirlwind of fun and food, while helping young people learn to cook a healthy meal for their families as well as snacks and sweet treats.

The 28 youngsters are pair up

for the day and will cook under the supervision of 14 Rural Women tutors, who are there to dispense advice and timely instructions and make sure no-one burns their fingers.

The young cooks will make morning tea, a hot meal, a salad and a dessert. They will eat some of their cuisine on the day and take the rest home.

Dent said hot meals at previous programmes included spaghetti bolognaise and stir-fries, and the aim of the day was to give children the skills they needed to cook at home. The 2019 menu will only be revealed on the day.

The programme is free, a with all food that is to be cooked provided by Rural Women with funding from the Ashburton District Council and Rural Women’s Pat Evans fund.

“It is just an awesome day.

We’ve been asked if we could do it every holidays, and every Saturday.

“It is a cook and eat class. They make something for morning tea and while that is cooking they get on and prepare their lunch.”

Dent re-writes all the recipes to ensure the quantities are appropriate for a family of four, and that all the instructions and processes are in child-friendly language and easily understood.

She said while the focus of the day was on food, it was also a chance for Rural Women members to forge new friendships with the young cooks.

The class will be held in the college’s food and nutrition classroom.

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Carew Domain benefits from classroom project Students from Carew Peel Forest School took a break from their usual classroom activities yesterday to plant more than 100 plants at the Carew Domain.

School principal Sharon Ketter said some of the students had been growing the plants as an optional class at the school, with the plants that were grown from seed now big enough to be planted.

“It is great for the kids to be able to see the little plants they have been growing going somewhere,” she said.

Ketter said the ideal situation would be that the children will be able to come back to the domain in the future and say that they planted those plants.

Plenty of parents turned out on the day to help out with the grunt work, with many bringing along picks as well as shovels to get through to rocky ground to dig the holes for the plants.

Right – Blake Patterson and Blaize Hopkirk work on their planting skills at the Carew Domain yesterday.

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Rakaia’s emergency service crews kept busy

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

Emergency services in Rakaia were kept busy over the weekend responding to two motor vehicle accidents On Saturday afternoon the Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade were called to a two-car crash in the Bankside area west of State Highway 1, fire chief Tyrone Burrowes said.

A total of seven people were involved with the crash, with two receiving serious injuries and being transported to Christchurch Hospital by helicopter.

Four other patients were

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transported to Christchurch Hospital by road, two with moderate injuries and two with minor injuries.

On Monday morning a two car crash occurred on State Highway 1 around 6.20am.

“There was nothing injury wise, the drivers were checked out by St John and were not transported,” Burrowes said.

“There was major damage to one of the vehicles, it ended up in the park by the road and hit a tree.

“Once the patients were looked after it was just cleaning the road and moving the vehicles.”

■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Drop-in day useful Ashburton District Councillors are relishing the opportunity to talk to ratepayers about the proposed new library and civic centre.

A drop-in day on Sunday at the former iSITE on East Street gave councillors a chance to talk oneon-one with people about the project.

Council’s preferred option is a $45 million joint library and civic centre but it is consulting on four options, including bigger and smaller library options and a standalone civic centre with the existing library strengthened.

Councillors said yesterday people should take time to read the

consultation document, so they understood the issues and then make a submission.

Council has been working towards a new administration building and library for a number of years. The existing library will have to close in 2020 if left in its current state as it is an earthquake risk.

Two community meetings and two drop-in days are part of the consultation phase; the second drop-in day will be on April 5.

Councillors yesterday said they had spoken to a range of people about their views on the project and taken the opportunity to talk

about the need for the facility and how it would be paid for.

Details of the project and a comprehensive breakdown of features in the four library options are contained in the consultation documents available at council or online.

The building is expected to meet the needs of the community until 2070.

People have until 5pm on April 14 to make a submission.

At 4pm yesterday, council’s website showed 12 submissions had been received, all but one supporting the $45m and $53m options.

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■ RAKAIA

Proposed cycleway would link Mid Canterbury walkways

By SuSan SandyS

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Experience Mid Canterbury has prioritised investigation of a cycleway project, linking Rakaia, Methven, Ashburton and Mt Somers.

General manager Bruce Moffatt is welcoming suggestions from Rakaia Community Association president Neil Pluck that now is the time to regenerate the cycleway suggestion after a group initially looked at the project some years ago.

“I think it’s a wonderful idea,” Moffatt said yesterday.

Mid Canterbury was the ideal place to look into linking walkways developing in the district, with its flat landscape and stunning scenery.

There were already moves afoot to examine such a project, led

by Experience Mid Canterbury, which had talked to a couple of members of the original committee and been able to obtain some of the original maps.

The organisation planned to begin investigating the project midyear, covering issues such as the value of the project, the cost, how

Rakaia Community Association president Neil Pluck is welcoming new investigations into extending the Rakaia and other walkways throughout Mid Canterbury to create a cycleway.

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quickly it could be up and running, and what are the strengths and weaknesses.

“We feel that it’s an opportunity for us to be able to drive more visitors into our district, and most im-

portantly, have a facility our own residents can use,” Moffatt said.

Pluck said linking up Mid Canterbury’s walkways would be of great benefit to residents and tourists.

The community association and its beautification sub-committee has been gradually improving and extending the Rakaia Walkway since its establishment about 10 years ago.

■ MT HUTT

Severe wind warning

By SuSan SandyS

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Mt Hutt Ski Area’s summer crew will stay off the mountain today if winds hit forecast levels.

The MetService is predicting a strong north-west flow covering the South Island ahead of an active front over the Tasman Sea, moving over southern New Zealand today.

Ski area manager James McKenzie said he was expecting gusts up to 200 kilometres per hour.

“That’s a good nor’west,” he said.

With tables stropped down and storm boards on the windows, it was hoped there would be no damage.

However, staff would need to stay away as small stones would become airborne and crack windscreens and

“sandblast” vehicles. In addition, winds at high speeds could rip doors off vehicles when people alighted from their cars.

Wind gusts have reached over 250 kilometres per hour at Mt Hutt, and the roof of the Summit Six terminal has been ripped off, terrain park features have blown down the mountain and smashed into the base lodge, and trailers have been catapulted out of the car park.

McKenzie said storm boards on the base lodge windows protected them from being smashed by flying rocks, and these were taken off for winter each year. This was because they were not needed in winter, as the snow covered the rocks so stopped them from being lifted in winds.

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“It’s pretty ferocious once the wind gets going,” McKenzie said.

“We will probably all spend the day down in Methven.”

This would be the first big nor’west to hit the mountain this year, and normally there would be about one dozen such events in a year, he said.

The MetService is also forecasting heavy rain, however, McKenzie said he expected this to remain in the Great Divide and not reach Mt Hutt.

Ashburton and other towns on the plains in Mid Canterbury may not escape the strong winds, as the MetService has issued a Weather Watch.

The watch is for north-west winds, which may approach severe gales in exposed places up to 11pm tonight.

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Pluck is pleased with the way the Rakaia Walkway is coming together, with 2000 plants being added over the last two years alone.

Volunteers are now extending the walkway’s wide shingle track along a previously overgrown area, thereby completing it into a circuit. This stretches from the town centre and along the riverside, with an option to double back through the Rakaia Domain.

The track is well used by cyclists and walkers.

Pluck said ultimately he would like to see the walkway extend an extra 20 kilometres or so, all the way to Highbank.

Ideally, the Methven Walkway would come the other way to link up with it, while Ashburton’s popular Lake Hood walkway could extend along the river’s stop bank to the RDR, thereby linking in to the Mt Somers and Methven areas.

“We are not Fiordland or the Bay of Islands, but there’s a beautiful mountain range, and you would be looking at a beautiful braided river, it’s pretty unique,” Pluck said.

LED street lighting for Rakaia EA Networks is planning to roll out its new, brighter LED street lamps to Rakaia soon.

The company’s field services team has been working with the Ashburton Council on an LED upgrade for council-owned streetlights throughout Ashburton with work 90 per cent complete in the town.

The transition from standard streetlights to more powerful LEDs provides a longer-lasting brighter light which will improve safety around streets and homes.

The streetlight changeover is 95 per cent complete

in Methven and finished in Hinds and Tinwald. Rakaia will follow in the coming months.

Residents on social media sites have been commenting on how lit up and bright their streets now appear.

EA’s contracts manager Richard (Spike) Sampson is pleased with the results of the project.

“Our team is proud that we can partner with the council to deliver improvements to local infrastructure which supports evening safety and visibility within our community.”

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Rakaia has its big fish and soon Hinds will have its hinds.

Two large and life-like hinds, female deer, crafted from steel and concrete by a wildlife sculptor, will be bolted in place tomorrow in front of the giant limestone rock at the Hinds Domain.

The rock was placed there as part of a project to welcome in the new millennium and now the Hinds and Districts Lions Club is marking the next 20 years by adding the hinds.

Club spokesman Dave Thomson said the domain corner had been enhanced over the years with plantings, new toilets and a children’s playground and the hinds would create new interest.

The hinds were a pointer to the district’s agricultural scene, which includes deer farmers, and a play on words of the township’s name, he said.

The idea came from club member Alan Taggart, who has also provided some funds for the project.

The deer have been created by Mid Canterbury sculptor Clive Seddon, using re-e nforced steel, chicken wire and concrete.

“He has made a wonderful job,” Thomson said.

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weighs about 420kg and stands taller than the average man. They will be permanently fixed to a concrete pad already poured in front of the millennium rock.

Thomson said the area was an inviting spot for local fami-

lies and travellers, and the hinds would be visible from State Highway One. The club will unveil the hinds at a special ceremony at 11am tomorrow, before invited guests and local schoolchildren.

Members of the Hinds and Districts Lions Club had the hinds onsite temporarily recently to work out the positions of the concrete platforms. They will be unveiled tomorrow.

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Mosque attack inquiry announced

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Many attend multi-faith vigil A multi-faith peace vigil was held in the open air near the Holy Name Catholic Church in Ashburton on Sunday, as parishioners responded in prayer to the Christchurch terror attacks. Vigils, gatherings and memorial services continue to be held around the country, to remember the 50 who died and others who were injured. In Ashburton on Sunday, people were encouraged to pray in their native tongue and stand together in love and solidarity.

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A Royal Commission of Inquiry will look into events leading up to the Christchurch mosque terror attacks.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said a Royal Commission was reserved for the most grave events, and the attack on two mosques in Christchurch on March 15 was one of them.

Cabinet agreed last week that there would be an inquiry to look at the specific circumstances leading up to the terror attacks and the role of agencies. Yesterday it agreed it would be a Royal Commission.

“While New Zealanders and Muslim communities around the world are both grieving and showing compassion for one another, they are also quite rightly asking questions on how this terror attack was able to happen here,” Ardern told media.

“This includes questions around the accessibility of semi-automatic weapons, the role social media has played generally and the focus of the intelligence and security services.”

The inquiry would look at what could have or should have been done to prevent the attacks. It would look at the alleged gunman and his activities before the attacks.

It would look at the SIS, GCSB, Police, Customs, Immigration and any other relevant agencies.

It would look at events leading up to the attack but not the immediate response. The work of first responders would be looked at separately.

Ardern said the precise terms of reference, including who would lead the inquiry and its duration, would be finalised within a fortnight.

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■ UNITED STATES

Trump hails ‘exoneration’ President Donald Trump is misrepresenting the conclusions of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, claiming vindication from a summary of the Mueller report after attacking his work for months as biased, unreliable and illegal.

He describes Attorney General William Barr’s summary of principal conclusions from Mueller’s report as a “total exoneration”.

But Barr’s summary quotes specific text from Mueller that makes clear the report does not put the president in the clear.

The Mueller matter capped a week that saw Trump go on an unusual tangent: a sustained and bitter dressing down of the late Republican senator, John McCain.

He accused McCain of failing his fellow veterans, staining public policy and trying to make trouble for him in the Russia probe.

He widely mischaracterised McCain’s record in the process.

A look at his claims and the facts: Russia Investigation TRUMP: “No Collusion, No Obstruction, Complete and Total EXONERATION.” – tweet Sunday.

TRUMP: “There was no obstruction, and none what so ever, and it was a complete and total exoneration.” – remarks to reporters Sunday.

SARAH SANDERS, White House press secretary: “The Special Counsel did not find any collusion and did not find any obstruction. AG Barr and DAG Rosenstein further determined there was no obstruction. The findings of the Department of Justice are a total and complete exoneration of the President.” – tweet Sunday.

THE FACTS: It was not a total vindication. Mueller’s exact words in the report, as quoted by the attorney general, say otherwise: “While this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”

The summary by Barr notes Mueller did not “draw a conclusion – one way or the other – as to whether the examined conduct constituted obstruction,” setting out evidence for both sides and leaving the question unanswered. Barr wrote in the summary that ultimately he decided as attorney general that the evidence developed by Muller was “not sufficient” to establish that Trump committed obstruction of justice.

Barr’s summary also notes that Mueller did not find that the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with Russia.

To prove a crime, Mueller must generally meet a standard of proving an offence beyond a reasonable doubt.

The summary did not clear

Tem starring in Dora Kiwi actor Temuera Morrison will star in the new adventure movie Dora the Explorer and the Lost City of Gold. The live-action film is born out of the hugely popular Nickelodeon children’s cartoon Dora the Explorer and scheduled to hit cinemas on August 2. The movie sees Dora, played by Isabela Moner, adjusting to life in the city after having spent much of her childhood growing up in the jungle. Now in her early teens, Dora is set for her biggest adventure yet, as she explores the uncharted territory of high school and young adulthood.

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US President Donald Trump is saluted as he steps on to the White House lawn. the president of improper behavior regarding Russia but did not establish that “he was involved in an underlying crime related to Russian election interference,” Mueller said in a passage from the report quoted by Barr.

The four-page summary gave the bottom line only as he and his deputy saw it. Mueller’s detailed findings remain confidential at least for now.

TRUMP on Mueller: “I know that he’s conflicted and I know that his best friend is Comey, who’s a bad cop.” – remarks Wednesday at the White House.

THE FACTS: Though James Comey succeeded Mueller as FBI director, and though they served together in the Bush administration, the men are not known to be social friends.

There is certainly no evidence, as Trump has repeatedly suggested, that they are “best friends.”

TRUMP, on the Mueller report: “It’s sort of interesting that a man out of the blue just writes a report.” – remarks Wednesday.

THE FACTS: Mueller didn’t wake up one day “out of the blue” and decide he wanted to write a report.

It’s mandated under the regulation that spells out the grounds for his appointment and duties as special counsel.

TRUMP on the formation of the special counsel investigation: “Again I say, a deputy, because of the fact that the attorney general didn’t have the courage to do it himself, a deputy that’s appointed appoints another man to write a report.”

– remarks Wednesday to reporters at the White House.

THE FACTS: The attorney general at the time, Jeff Sessions didn’t lack courage in the matter; he lacked standing.

He recused himself from anything to do with the Trump campaign’s interactions with Russia because his work for the campaign placed him in a potential conflict of interest.

It then fell to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to decide whether to appoint a special counsel, and he did.

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TRUMP on McCain: “I gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted. ... I didn’t get ‘thank you.’ That’s OK. We sent him on the way. “ – remarks Wednesday at the Army tank factory in Lima, Ohio.

THE FACTS: Trump did not “give” a funeral for McCain.

He did sign off on the military transport of McCain’s body. But the venues and arrangements were the responsibility of others. Thanks were conveyed.

McCain’s family made clear that Trump was not welcome during the weeklong, cross-country ceremonies that the senator had planned himself. Instead, McCain invited former Presidents George W. Bush, who defeated McCain during the 2000 GOP nomination fight, and Barack Obama, the Democrat who defeated him in 2008, to deliver eulogies on the value of pursuing goals greater than oneself.

Trump went golfing and was uncharacteristically quiet on Twitter during the Washington events.

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Wiggles back on tour The Wiggles are returning to our shores in June for a nationwide tour. The Wiggle Fun Tour will see the colourful quartet of children’s entertainers perform seven shows throughout Auckland, Hamilton, Napier, Palmerston North, Wellington, Dunedin and Christchurch.

Group members Emma Watkins, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce and Anthony Field will appear along with popular characters Dorothy the Dinosaur, Wags the Dog, Henry the Octopus, Captain Feathersword and their brand new friend Shirley Shawn the Unicorn. Each tour stop will include 10am and 1pm matinee.

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re we building for the future or building for the now? That’s the multimillion dollar question around Ashburton’s new civic centre.

Judging just how the community is feeling about the announcement that the original price, which was earmarked around the $22 million mark last year, is now sitting at a more likely price range of between $39 million and $53 million has really invoked some strong public opinion from all quarters – as you’d expect it would.

But will those who take the time to bemoan a potential decision based on a social media posting actually then take the

time to put their thoughts down in the submission process, or make their voice heard at one of the public meeting?

Chances are they won’t.

There has been no hiding from the fact that the blow-out is not what anyone wanted to happen.

But it has and how it’s dealt with going forward is almost as important as what the actual final

decision might be.

And for that, you have to give those in charge a bit of kudos.

The council, councillors and mayor have been pretty forthcoming in their desire to get a true indication of public opinion on the matter and they have handled it well, so far.

There has been, and continues to be, plentiful opportunities for members of the community to have their voices heard, whether it be through public meetings which were held last week, an open day in the old i-SITE building yesterday or through the submission process on the Ashburton District Council website.

It’s only fair too that those

avenues are opened to give the community a voice.

But it’s up to the people of the Ashburton District to take that opportunity and run with it.

Give their opinion the best chance of being heard and lend their support to whichever side of the fence they may sit on.

Now, some already have and those who are proactive enough to do so also deserve some plaudit, but the truth is that the majority of this wide-ranging district’s people won’t have their say.

They’ll have a lack of faith in the system, or they’ll feel that their lone voice doesn’t get its chance to stand out from the

crowd. But the truth is, that it does.

These comments and submissions are all being documented to present before a final decision is reached.

So, if you don’t like the proposal, then have your say.

If you do like the proposal, have your say.

This is the most basic and simplistic message that can come from this discussion. Your opinion is only really valid if you take the time to state it through the meetings and the submissions.

Do that and you can have your voice heard, don’t do it and you remain as a part of the vocal minority.

boxing champion Mike Tyson to six years in prison for raping a Miss Black America contestant.

(Tyson ended up serving three years.)

In 1997, the bodies of 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate technoreligious cult who committed suicide were found inside a rented mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, California.

In 2005, German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger stood in for Pope John Paul II during the Easter Vigil Mass at the Vatican. (Ratzinger later succeeded John Paul, becoming Pope Benedict XVI.) In 2013, Italy’s top criminal court overturned the acquittal of American Amanda Knox in the grisly murder of British

roommate Meredith Kercher and ordered Knox to stand trial again.

(Although convicted in absentia, Knox was exonerated by the Italian Supreme Court in 2015.)

Ten years ago: A 23,000-ton Norwegian-owned vessel with a crew of 27 was hijacked by pirates off the Somali coastline.

(The Bow Asir was released two weeks later.) A Soyuz capsule carrying a Russian-American crew and US billionaire space tourist Charles Simonyi blasted off for the international space station.

Five years ago: Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, was convicted in New York for his role as al-Qaida’s fiery chief spokesman after 9/11. (He was

later sentenced to life in prison.)

One year ago: A toxicology report obtained by The Associated Press revealed that the late pop music superstar Prince had levels of fentanyl in his body that multiple experts described as “exceedingly high”. Two women and their six adopted children were killed when one of the women drove their SUV off a cliff into the ocean about 150 miles north of San Francisco; authorities said Jennifer Hart was drunk when she intentionally drove the vehicle over the cliff.

Today’s birthdays: Actor Alan Arkin is 85. Actor James Caan is 79. Singer Diana Ross is 75. Rock singer Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) is 71. Singer and TV personality

Vicki Lawrence is 70. Actor Ernest Thomas is 70. Country singer Ronnie McDowell is 69.

Movie composer Alan Silvestri is 69. Rock musician Monte Yoho is 67. Country singer Charly McClain is 63. TV personality Leeza Gibbons is 62. Actress Jennifer Grey is 59. Actor Eric Allan Kramer is 57. Actor Michael Imperioli is 53. Rock musician James Iha is 51. Country singer Kenny Chesney is 51. Actress Leslie Mann is 47. Actress Bianca Kajlich is 42. Actress Keira Knightley is 34.

Thought for today: “Make voyages. Attempt them. There’s nothing else.” — Tennessee Williams, American playwright (1911-1983).

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Matt Markham

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, March 26, the 85th day of 2019. There are 280 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On March 26, 1979, a peace treaty was signed by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and witnessed by President Jimmy Carter at the White House.

On this date: In 1812, an earthquake devastated Caracas, Venezuela, causing an estimated 26,000 deaths, according to the US Geological Survey.

In 1827, composer Ludwig van Beethoven died in Vienna.

In 1896, the Brunner mine disaster killed 65. At 9.30am an explosion tore through the Brunner mine in Westland’s Grey Valley. Two men sent underground to investigate were later found unconscious from black damp, a suffocating mixture of nitrogen and carbon dioxide. The final death toll was 65 – almost half of Brunner’s underground work force. This remains New Zealand’s deadliest industrial accident.

In 1934, Britain enacted a Road Traffic Act reimposing a 30 mileper-hour speed limit in “built-up areas” and requiring driving tests for new motorists.

In 1945, Former British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, 82, died in Ty Newydd, Llanystumdwy, Wales.

In 1967, Pope Paul VI issued an encyclical, “Populorum Progressio”, on “the progressive development of peoples”, in which he expressed concern for those trying to escape hunger, poverty, endemic disease and ignorance.

In 1988, Jesse Jackson stunned fellow Democrats by soundly defeating Michael S. Dukakis in Michigan’s Democratic presidential caucuses.

In 1989, the science-fiction TV series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula as an errant timetraveller, premiered on NBC. In 1992, a judge in Indianapolis sentenced former heavyweight

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ike most Kiwis I was truly shocked at what happened in Christchurch last week, just a sense of utter disbelief that this could happen in our country.

This is the sort of stuff we expect to hear happening in Europe, the Middle East or the USA, not New Zealand.

It’s very easy to watch the news, read a blog, a series of tweets, watch a YouTube video and think that you can categorise an entire group of people into one neat little box and make assumptions on that basis, like this murderous filth did.

However, when you actually talk to individual people, then you realise that, lo and behold, actually they ain’t that different.

Just before I got married, back in 2008 I did one last big adventure, this time to the Middle East, a tour through Syria, Jordan, and Egypt.

Trepidation-wise Syria scared me the most, the insurgency in Iraq across the border was still going on (though of course three years later everything got a hell of a lot worse), but yeah, I had my pre-conceived ideas as to what it would be like.

However, as the tour went by, and I interacted with more locals and noticed daily life, those preconceived ideas disappeared.

A really good part of the trip for me was not only visiting some mosques but also a teaching facility that acted as an outreach centre.

I got to sit down with the Imam and several students and discuss theology and understand what Islam is all about – what is actually part of the rules, as it were, and what is more some of the host country’s culture.

It just reinforced that you just can’t go and put blanket assumptions on anyone.

Back here in New Zealand, things have started to change.

They have to change in response to this terrorist attack and one of the first things to alter are our gun laws.

I, like many New Zealand farmers, have a firearms license and own firearms.

Predominately they’re used for

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YOUR VIEW A Syrian husband, wife, and daughter relax inside the courtyard of the Ummayad Mosque, a place of worship but also a popular place for Syrian families to socialise and children to play.

Andrew Hoggard visited Syria and found his preconceived ideas disappeared the more he interacted with Syrians. pest control, thankfully not too often for euthanising stock, very occasionally for hunting, and at one point when I had time, I was doing target shooting.

But we have to accept that we have faults with the system.

The fact that this piece of filth was able to come to our country, get a licence and then assemble the cache of weapons that he did to carry out this attack shows changes must occur.

We must also not forget that only weeks before, police in Christchurch were carrying weapons at all times due to armed criminals.

The rural community also suffers from a whole collection of idiots driving up roads,

pointing spotlights and rifles out windows, blasting away at the first set of reflecting eyes they might see.

The wrong sort of weapons are getting into the wrong hands.

If I have to go through a few more hoops, employ a bit more security, and pay a bit more for the verification and a new system, then I’m okay with that if it stops those who shouldn’t get guns getting them.

But it’s not just about passing laws, it’s also about enforcing them and putting in place deterrents and suitable punishment for those that ignore them.

Back to my original point around how when we have these tribal politics, where each group

is poking the stick at the other group and trying to come up with labels for others – this is what leads to the extremes of each group being able to justify sick actions in their warped heads.

We need to get back to understanding the individual, don’t bother trying to put a pre-conceived label on them.

And with regard to social media, why don’t we all start owning our own words.

If you don’t have the courage to say something under your own name, then don’t say it, and the rest of us don’t bother following or listening to anyone that is too gutless to own their own words.

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Civic Centre So eight people making submissions proves that 30,000 residents are overwhelmingly in support of the new $45,000,000 Council Chambers and Library?

Who did the arithmetic to come up with this decision?

Can we see an aerial plan view of the proposed venture showing buildings and parking for all the staff and visitors, food stalls etc.

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■ SOUTH ISLAND AGRICULTURAL FIELD DAYS

Farmers love farm machinery displays

By Tim Cronshaw

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A higher milk payout on the back of healthy commodity prices points to farmers having a bit of spare cash to spend at the South Island Agricultural Field Days at Kirwee.

Even rain today is unlikely to put a dampener on the March 2729 event starting tomorrow as it is forecasted to peter out tonight to make way for clear skies.

Organisers are optimistic that farmers will come with open wallets after Fonterra lifted its milk price to $6.30-$6.60 a kilogram of milksolids and with other milk companies similarly placed.

Commodity prices remain overall strong for lamb, sheep meat, beef, venison and fine wool.

Field days spokesman Dan Schat said the hot summer had been both a help and a hindrance for farmers, depending on their production, but most of them were in a good space.

A positive milk payout augured well for farmer spending at the field days, he said.

“The payout is certainly sustainable at $6.60/kg and we would rather have $6.60/kg every year than an $8.40 and then $4 which makes it tricky for everybody, but that’s not how it works.

“I guess it leads on for a positive mindset if we know there’s a bit more money to come and all of a sudden that upgrade or special at the field days [becomes more attractive]. That bodes well for the event and the exhibitors.’’

Schat said the summer had assisted harvesting and cropping often did well if dairying was in a good space.

Typically 30,000 visitors attend the event over the three days.

Organisers are usually unboth-

Farm machinery displays are a magnet for farmers and are expected to have the same pulling power this week. ered if there is a spot of rain as farmers unable to harvest head to the field days.

Schat said a good turnout could be expected for the first day tomorrow if the weather cleared as crops would still be damp for arable farmers and dairy farmers would not need to irrigate.

Cropping farmers were close to completing their harvest with mostly small seed crops yet to be lifted, he said.

“I would say Wednesday should have a really good turnout.’’

Site numbers are up this year with 640 exhibitors booked for the event.

“We’ve got some new ones and the same exhibitors keep coming back,’’ said Schat.

“We are not as expensive as some field days so they get value for money and we get a good turnout of farmers from the West Coast, Southland and other areas.’’

The Westpac rescue helicopter is due to land at 10am on the first day and organisers are highlighting the service as many rural people are often rescued in remote places.

A charity auction will be held after machinery displays are completed on the 10 hectare demonstration site with proceeds from lucerne, maize and grass to go to Farmstrong, which promotes farmer wellbeing.

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The crops were put in by local farmer Tony Redmond, who is on the organising committee and leases the field days block, with local contractors and companies providing services for free.

Schat said organising committee volunteers could only put in the amount of work they did for the event because of the assistance of their partners and staff.

He was staggering his milking runs to attend tomorrow.

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MARKET REPORT

BY GUY TRAFFORD The recent press release from Fonterra senior management is predictable given the straits they have got themselves into with only an $80m profit for the first six months of trading this financial year.

And, given the demise of the Westland Co-op, it is even more important that Fonterra survives and provides a benchmark for producers to gauge their processors performance.

So, a back-to-basics approach and circling of the wagons is understandable, however, the press release by chairman Monaghan did bring back memories of the 1980s when New Zealand started off its fire sales to balance the books.

Is it naive to expect farmers to gain a premium for “sustainability and provenance” when their product is increasingly going to be buried under a 3rd party brand?

The auction system, be it wool or the GDT, is useful for disclosing a market price, but they do not necessarily do anything to help lift prices, many would argue the reverse is true.

Fortunately, at the moment the GDT is continuing to move in the right direction with another lift. Over all products prices went up 1.9 per cent and WMP 4 per cent last week.

So short term the concentration on meeting the commodities price seems to be a winner, however, this approach may will leave Fonterra languishing in the dust as the other international companies continue to grow, probably with the help of New Zealand raw products.

Markets

Sheep Little has changed since last week except that it has got drier. Despite this lamb and ewe prices are holding at good levels.

The weather forecast is for heavy rain this coming week so that may be the catalyst, and with the passage of time, to start to lift prices.

Already the saleyards are staying ahead of the works published schedules and while behind prices at the same time last year, which were up to $30 a head for heavy lambs, most farmers would still consider current prices to be good.

Wool A slight softening for ewe wool lines however lambs wool had a jump on the previous week’s sale.

What feels like harking back to New Zealand in the 80’s, selling Inlaca, the Venezuelan added value company, for a $126 loss if ever a company was going to be sold below its true value it would have to be selling now in Venezuela.

If concentrating on core business means giving away Fonterra’s international investment there have to be concerns at the sellat-all-costs strategy because to buy back into established markets is going to take considerably more than $16m.

So, if this is the trend for future sales then shareholders shouldn’t be holding their breath for a major second half turn-around.

Let’s hope that Fonterra does not go the way of Polaroid, once a world leader in innovation but because of its lack of ability to evolve it is now relegated to the shelves of memorabilia.

A comment made from another observer: “So, they (Fonterra) are abandoning any pretence of taking signals from customers/ consumers, going back to the idea that people will want what they make. “provenance”, “heritage”.

This is very old-school, customers-last strategy. Hard to see it working out for them.”

Synlait have released their half year 19 NPAT which is down nearly 10 per cent on the same time last year sitting at $37m.

The reduced margin is stated to be due to a result of the new pricing agreement entered into with The a2 Milk Company last July. Still at nearly 50 per cent of the Fonterra return and with a value approaching $2b compared to Fonterra’s $13b.

Cattle A similar story to sheep. Schedules for the most part are holding, even some lifts in the North Island which haven’t flowed down to here.

However, cow took another 10 cent drop.

Saleyards are reporting that little prime stock is flowing through with most farmers unloaded for winter. Weaners sales are yet to begin in any scale with a few occurring in the North Island and are not yet reflective of what this year’s prices will be like.

Venison Yet another fall in the schedule, this is the 25th week in a row that venison has been dropping, a complete reversal of last year’s season.

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Auction prices … u SI WOOL indicator prices (c/kg, clean) Mid mic (23.1-31.5) 921 939 Fine Xbrd (31.6-35.0) 467 372 Coarse Xbred >35 mic 307 303 Merino 2,428 2,596

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Source: WSI, NZMerino 1,038 1,557 727 324 467 302 307 352 239 1,588 2,980 1,588

425 425 416

Source: Midlands Grain 375 430 300 375 428 280 380 424 290

Processor prices … u LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 99.78 17.5 kg YX SI 112.66 19.0 kg YX SI 122.31 21.0 kg YX SI 135.19 Local trade (c/kg) SI 700 (16-22kg) u MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 100.75 u BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 474.0 (270-295kg) P Cow SI 333 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 443 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 500 (180-280kg) u VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 454 AP Stag 60kg SI 551 AP Stag 80kg SI 734

Local market prices … u GRAINS ($/tonne, delivered Canterbury) free price Wheat, milling,12.5%p 419 419 Wheat, feed 419 419 Barley, feed 410 410

International market prices … u LOGS indicator prices, $/tonne Forest index February-19 129.00 130.00 128.00

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6,644 3,964 4,515 5,286

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■ VECTOR

Power-affected users paid out

By Grant Bradley Vector paid out about $400,000 to customers affected by power cuts for the years in which it was fined $3.57 million for not meeting quality standards.

The Auckland lines company pays $50 to residential consumers and $200 to businesses when “applicable service level is not met’’ following power cuts.

On Friday the High Court imposed the big fine – which goes to the Crown – following breaches in 2015 and 2016 after it was found to have breached power cut frequency and duration.

Vector was the first lines company to be fined for such breaches and is in the gun for further breaches in 2017 and 2018.

The action was brought by the Commerce Commission, whose deputy chairwoman Sue Begg said Vector failed to deliver the service Auckland consumers had a right to expect.

She said the commission was concerned at Vector’s overall decision-making and management

practices.

Chief networks officer Andre Botha said Auckland’s growth, and the impact it was having on the company’s operating environment, was a constant challenge.

“We are constantly evolving our business to meet Auckland’s significant growth through ongoing investment decisions that

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Ardern to visit China Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will travel to China on Sunday for a one-day meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang. Ardern said the visit had been planned some weeks ago and was originally to have included a business delegation. It was cut back due to the attacks on the Linwood and Al Noor mosques in Christchurch earlier this month.

“This is an important visit. New Zealand places a high priority on our relationship with China. Our businesses value the relationships and I do look forward to our ongoing engagement,” Ardern said yesterday. “I expect discussions will include a broad range of bilateral regional and international issues of common interest.”

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A South Waikato iwi has won the right to challenge a decision over land where NZX-listed power business Mercury NZ has a dam and two stations. The Raukawa Settlement Trust can now progress its position after a successful judicial review in the High Court at Wellington. That overturned the Waitangi Tribunal’s decision last October, withdrawing Raukawa’s right to appear as an interested party in proceedings.

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improve long-term outcomes for customers and improve the performance of Vector’s network.’’

Justice Alisa Duffy singled out several Vector failings, including its vegetation management to prevent trees falling on lines.

Botha said Vector had significantly increased investment in our vegetation management programme, including an education

programme for tree owners.

The government had committed to this year review tree regulations.

Depending on voltage of lines, growth around them must be 0.5m to 4m away.

“Under current regulations we are limited in our ability to trim vegetation around our powerlines, which can have a negative impact on our network,’’ Botha said.

The judge also criticised the company for not planning for the foreseeable increase in traffic and allocating work crews to ensure a fast response.

Botha said Vector was working with Auckland Council, Vector’s outage response crews now have access to bus lanes to reach faults faster.

That was helping to reduce excessive restoration delays caused

by Auckland traffic.

He said restoration times could also be affected by the time lines staff had to wait for emergency services to allow access to a fault site.

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The Samsung Galaxy S10+ with 128-gigabyte storage is expensive, but you can spend even more if you get a 512 GB model ($2099) and the one terabyte variant sets you back $2599.

With Apple’s iPhone Xs Max uhh, maxes out at $2799 for 512 GB storage which can’t be expanded like the Galaxy phones that can add another 512 GB with microSD memory cards.

If you want to spend more than that, Samsung’s got you covered with the Fold that’s not available yet in New Zealand, and which will go for $US1980 or $NZ2895 which will no doubt become a figure closer to four grand after GST and other costs are added.

Then there’s not yet available Galaxy S10+ 5G that works with the latest and greatest cellular technology, adds a bigger screen and time-of-flight cameras front and back for 3D depth sensing.

It’ll cost more than S10+ because of the added features and it’s a little odd to think that the pricey phone I have isn’t close to being top of the range.

Nevertheless, the S10+ is every millimetre a premium smartphone that’s very nicely put together.

There’s Gorilla Glass 6 for the front, and Gorilla Glass 5 for the back, which on my device was had a prismatic white finish, achieved with nano-film. Maybe a bit over the top, but it does look very stylish.

Samsung’s stubbornly clinging onto the 3.5mm phone jack, instead of outputting audio via the USB-C jack or Bluetooth only.

Dolby Atmos support means you get good sound from the S10+ without earphones, but a pair of wireless Galaxy Buds (bundled with the preorder of the phone currently) are probably worth getting for music, movies and gaming enjoyment.

Fire up the S10+ and you’ll see a stunning curved dynamic Infinity-O AMOLED display that measures 6.4-inches diagonally, and can be set to a very high 3044 x by 1440 pixel resolution.

By default though, the S10+ display runs at a lower 2280 by 1080 resolution, and in both cases you get a 19:9 ratio.

The display covers most of the phone and is HDR10+ certified with fantastic colours and two mil-

lion to one contrast ratio. Also, it emits 40 per cent less nasty blue light (yeay!).

Samsung’s put an ultrasonic fingerprint reader into the display so there’s no bezel at the bottom of the device (or a scanner at the back, thank goodness).

It works pretty well, and I switched to using only fingerprint biometrics as Samsung’s facial recognition unlocking isn’t as secure as Apple’s variant and doesn’t work very well in the dark.

There’s no notch to squeeze in scanners and sensors on the S10+, but the twin front cameras have a little hole cut for them in the screen.

Port hole? Punch hole? Either way, the cut-out isn’t too noticeable in my opinion.

There’s either 8GB of RAM for the 128GB and 512GB storage models, or 12 GB of RAM with the 1TB device.

Every year phone makers cram more powerful chips into their devices, and the 64-bit Exynos has eight cores, two of which that can run as fast as 2730 MHz. Another two run at up to 2314 MHz, and a further four cores top out at 1950 MHz. They drop the speed to as low as 442 to 507 MHz and turbo up and down to save battery and keep cool.

Apple’s Xs Max A12 Bionic is still a bit ahead overall, and quite a bit in graphics, but Samsung’s new system memory is really super fast.

It’s not quite an apples for apples comparison, but processor in the S10+ is around 10 per cent faster than the 3.1 GHz Core i5 part in my 13-inch MacBook Pro on most tasks.

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz

Left – Local photographer Heather Stewart took this photo of a newly emerged monarch butterfly with the chrysalis still apparent.

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Beef cannelloni

■ Preheat oven to 200°C. ■ Heat a non-stick frying pan over a medium-high heat. Add beef to the frying pan, breaking it up with a wooden spoon as you go.

Cook for about 10 minutes or until brown. Remove mince from the frying pan and set aside.

Drain off any excess fat.

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1 ■ Add oil to the frying pan and cook onion for 5 minutes until soft. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add beef back to the frying pan.

■ Add 1 1/2 cans of tomatoes with oregano and sugar and simmer the beef mixture for 20 minutes.

■ To make the white sauce: Heat butter in a small pan. When it is foaming, stir in flour and cook mixture for 1 minute. Add milk gradually, stirring all the time to avoid lumps forming, then cook the sauce for 2 minutes, still stirring it continuously.

■ Remove pan from the heat and season the sauce to taste. Cover pan with plastic wrap to prevent

a skin from forming on the sauce and set it aside.

■ To assemble the cannelloni: Spread the remaining tomatoes over the base of a large baking dish. Spoon the beef mixture into the cannelloni tubes using a teaspoon and place the tubes on top of the tomatoes. Pour over white sauce and sprinkle over the Parmesan.

■ Cook the cannelloni in the preheated oven for 40-45 minutes until the pasta is tender and the topping is golden. Serve with steamed broccoli.

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Tough lives in early homes

BY CONNOR LYSAGHT Renting a flat can be a massive headache – challenges often come in many forms such as appalling flatmates, black mould, inadequate insulation, and so on – but none of these come close to the hardships faced by early European settlers.

Polynesian settlers, upon their arrival in New Zealand, quickly utilised their prior knowledge of Pacific Island systems to establish themselves around key resource areas.

By the time of European settlement, Maori had mastered the land, centuries prior, while the new arrivals had little idea of what to expect in Aotearoa.

A 1946 documentary on New Zealand housing inspired me to consider early housing in this country, particularly the early settler houses of the early-mid 19th Century.

What was life like in the early huts that dotted Canterbury’s landscape? To what degree did these borderline shanties provide comfort for early European settlers?

Literary accounts, photographs, and artistic depictions give us plenty of information to piece together an adequate vignette of early Canterbury life and its challenges.

Roughing it Freda Morland recounts the experiences of her grandfather, Burton Shipley, in her book Burton Shipley: A Canterbury Settler.

During his early years in New Zealand, Shipley lived at Snowdon Station in the Rakaia Gorge for a time, as well as on a farm up in West Melton.

Morland claims that Shipley and his family would have lived in houses made of sod. These houses were not entirely weatherproof or suitable for all temperatures, which meant that harsh weather could lead to major hardship for settlers living in them, and attempts at gentility were often hampered.

Morland states, in reference to the family having to stay in one of these dwellings at West Melton, that “considerable hardships must have been endured there”.

One incident occurred at the residence involving a pig, which had rushed in as soon as Shipley’s mother had set the table, and to her grief the pig pulled the tablecloth off the table, smashing her irreplaceable dishes.

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chologically draining it would have been to live in such a house, and even more so if you were to lose sentimental items like this when you had little to begin with.

The tyranny of distance Isolation was a major issue for settler families such as the Shipley’s, because of the lack of opportunities to socialise with others and the distance from necessities, such as doctors’ practices and stores.

This harsh fact is demonstrated

by Burton’s efforts to procure medicine for his sick family; Burton walked from West Melton to Lyttelton and back to get medicine for his wife, who sadly died along with his daughter in 1868. (Following roads, walking that distance oneway would take seven and a half hours today.)

Overall, the nature of the houses that early settlers lived in, as well as that of the early New Zealand landscape, made daily life for settlers such as Burton Shipley and his family extremely difficult.

Rising standards As you have probably noticed, sod huts that were prone to pig mishaps are thankfully no longer the dominant form of housing in this country.

While the earliest examples of substantial European-style buildings included Georgian-style designs, they were only available to a few people.

Notable Georgian houses include the Kerikeri mission house and the Treaty House in Waitangi, which was once home to the first British resident of New Zealand, James Busby.

Following the initial popularity of the Georgian-style and as migration increased in later periods,

Victorian houses took the pole position in terms of New Zealand’s most popular style of abode.

As new houses in new styles have continually spread across the country, others more or less retain their original forms. Examples include many of the Victorian villas across Ashburton – some of which still display original period motifs, such as the wooden scrollwork and decorative patterns that adorn many a veranda across town.

Of course, alterations are often necessary with older houses – insulation, electrical systems, internet connections, plumbing, and many other aspects of homes, need to be upgraded every once in a while.

Thankfully, from a conservation point of view, many people choose not to alter the original style of their house too much when making essential or non-essential changes.

The progress we have made in housing is staggering and I am truly grateful for it – just imagine trying to install electrical wires in a sod hut while trying to keep the pigs away!

1. Original sod homestead at Longbeach.

2. A primitive hut on Alford Run, 1860.

3. An example of a slightly later hut, built around 1866 at Fairview Farm, Wakanui Road.

4. A hut at Hakatere, showcasing some crude construction in places but otherwise stable.

5. Watercolour painting of Samuel Butler’s cottage at Mesopotamia, painted by William Packe.

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Honouring the Fallen During the period of the First World War, 1914 to 1915, many men from the Ashburton District signed up to fight for the Empire against the German army. Many did not return – almost 450 from Ashburton were killed.

The first Ashburton men were killed on April 25, 1915 – the first Anzac Day. Ashburton philanthropist and patriot Frederick Ferriman presented a special flag and a flagpole to the families of those men.

The Ashburton Museum, with the assistance of the Rotary Club of Ashburton, has erected one of the original Ferriman flagpoles in front of the museum, and on the centennial of the death of each Ashburton soldier will fly a replica flag. An original flag is on display in the museum.

After the cessation of hostilities when the Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918, a number of other soldiers, including some from Ashburton, died from wounds received, from illness and from accident.

Therefore, this week the Ashburton Museum honours:

March 30: Dudley Edward HARRISON

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RESULTS ■ Bowls Hampstead Bowling March 22 Friday Half Day Triples - Proudly Sponsored by the Devon Tavern 1st R. Holdom, G. Doig, W. Blackwell 3 wins, 14 ends, 31 points; 2nd M. Quinn, J. Drayton, W. Watson 3 wins, 13 ends, 32 points; 3rd R. Mitchell, Not. Named, Not. Named 2 wins, 14 ends, 26 points.

■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club March 18 - B & C Ladder N/S 1st Sheila Lyons & Ruth Logan, 2nd Jill Wilce & Ann Gilbert, 3rd Bev Blair & Mary Bruce. E/W 1st = Wendy Parr & Jan McClelland and Mervyn Jones & Graham Gilbert, 2nd Colin Clemens & Pauline Scott , 3rd Pat Wise & Joyce Johnson March 19 - A Ladder N/S 1st Kay Robb & Rosemary McLaughlin, 2nd = Mary Buckland & Trish Downward and Martin & Jan de Jong, 3rd Melva Stowell & Pauline Fergus. E/W 1st Sue Rosevear & John Fechney, 2nd Rewa Kyle & Maree Moore, 3rd Leigh Wackrow & Mike Holdaway March 20 - Individual Ladder N/S 1st Mary Buckland & Judith Edmond, 2nd Rosemary McLaughlin & Rewa Kyle, 3rd Melva Stowell & Peter Downward E/W 1st Maree Moore & Pauline Fergus, 2nd Kay Robb & Johnny Wright, 3rd Perry Jowers & Edna Segers March 21 - 2 rds, diff ptr N/S 1st Mary Buckland & Judith Edmond, 2nd Martin de Jong & Rosemary McLaughlin, 3rd Lynette Leadley & Johnny Wright E/W 1st Paul & Pauline Fergus, 2nd John Shearer & Sheila Lyons, 3rd Carolyn King & Graham Gilbert

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club March 23 Pro Shop Tournament Winner: Tom Blacklow with +20 (81-17=64 nett).

Other winning scores: Charlie Alexander +16; Jamie Stone, Gaby Jansen, Sue Hastie and John Power +15; Guildford Lane +14; Ian Rive, Chris Lovelock and Kevin Smith +13; Brent MacGregor, Phil Kerr, Bill Mason and Robert Pawsey +12; Bev Chinn +11 by c/b.

Twos: Lucas McGee(2), Tufuga Sa(2), Greig Sparrow, Charlie Alexander and Grant Smith.

Nearest The Pins: #4 Bruce Day, #8 Phil Kerr, #12 Alison MacGregor, #14 Paul Morrison.

Longest Drives: Women Sue Hastie; Men Tom Blacklow.

Nine Hole: The Harvey Bakehouse player of the day was Paul Houston 21pts on c/b from Bruce Leighton 21pts. Third was Peter Wright 17pts.

Mayfield Golf Club March 20 Mid-Week Stableford Competition Ian Beach 46 Stableford points, Christen Ross 42, Charley Rapsey 42, Kerry Read 41, Wayne Blair 40, Roger Lake 38, Grant Early 38, Allan Dixon 37, Gordon Duthie 36.

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Nearest the Pin: John Low March 21 9 holes Best Nett: Men 1st Eddie Graham 53.17.36, 2nd John Greenslade 57.18.39. Ladies 1st Bernie Morrison 65.22.41, c/b Jacinta Schmack 61.20.41 Putting: 1st Lynley Mackenzie c/b Jacinta Schmack c/b Eddie Graham 15 Putts Greg Sim Building & Excavating No 2: Cate Hogan-Wright, Mayfield Transport No 5: Cate Hogan-Wright

Methven Golf Club March 15 9 Hole: 1st Stableford and 2nd Sue Bunt Slaver Kevin Thompson 51-14-37, 17 Stablefords, Morag Neil 54-16-38, 17: Adrienne Goodwin 63-25-38, 17.

PGG Wrightson Best player Kevin Thompson. Methven Travel 2nd shot Barbara Duffy.

March 20 Ladies Division: 1st Waddington Plate: Katrina Glass 87-21-66, Tania Wilson 90-21-69, Dennise Hood 102-33-69 1st Margaret Lilley Putting: Bev Isherwood 29, Katrina Glass 30, Tania Wilson 31 Aqua Japanese restaurant best net of the day: Katrina Glass 66 Nearest the Pins: #6 Silver Methven Foursquare Sara Gallagher, #17 Bronze A Methven Travel Jane Helmore, #4 Bronze B Methven Pharmacy Sharon Burrell-Smith, #13 Open Aribica Katrina Glass, #14 Sat Girls Supervalue Gayle O’Duffy, #4 Sat Girls Cinema Paradiso Ellen Kemp Two’s and Nett Eagles: Margaret Kelk. Jane Helmore. Katrina Glass. Robyn Maw. March 22 9 Hole 2nd Stableford and 3rd Sue Bunt Slaver Mike Markillie 52-16-36, 18 Stablefords : Adrienne Goodwin 32-24-38,18: Barbara Duffy 57-19-38,16.

PGG Wrightson Best player Mike Markillie Methven Travel 2nd shot Mike Markillie March 23 Men’s Division: Duff Trophy Qualifying, Stroke Round. Senior: Pete Wood 80-12-68.

Intermediate: Paddy Helmore 81-12-67. Junior A: Roger Callaghan 91-21-70. Junior B: Cruise Tane 87-23-64.

Other Good Scores: 68 Pete Wood, Athol McAlpine. 70 Phil Elliott, Dave Puckett. 71 Gary Foy, Ben Rutter, Mark Gorman, Bernard Walsh, Eric Grimwade, Paul Plimmer, Ian Lucas. 72 Jeff Kelk, Baldi Lucas by loy Two’s: Jim Rooney, Stuart Wilson, Baldi Lucas, Chris Pannett, Piers Rolton, Alister Maxwell, Eric Grimwade.

Dubliner Best Nett: Cruise Tane 64. Methven Foursquare Second Best Nett: Paddy Helmore 67. Methven Travel Best Gross: Pete Wood 80 By Lot. Closest to the Pin-Aqua Japanese Restaurant No 4: Stuart Wilson. Hunters Wine No 6: Michael Kemp. Ski Time No 13: Keith Middleton. Green Parrot No 17: Eric Grimeade. Cinema Paradiso 2nd shot No 14: Craig Middleton.

Next Week March 30: 1st Round Duff Trophy.

Rakaia Golf Club March 20 Ladies Division Nancy McCormick 36 Holes AM Winners: Val Sisson & Freda Bierema 103 – 30 – 73; PM Winners: Sandra Quinn & Sally Smith – 99 – 22 – 77 Overall Winners: Sandra Quinn & Sally

DRAWS ■ Bowls Ashburton Bowling Club March 27 Sponsored by Toyota/Skip2it 12.30pm start - Whites or Club colours to be worn The following Skips have entered teams: M Anderson, J Argyle, N Atkinson, T Blain, G Body, P Collins, M Eder, G Eder, J Eddington, G Eddington, H Goodall, D Gutberlet, B Harper, R Herriott, D Hickman, A Hill, T Inwood, D Kinvig, M Lloyd, E Maw, D Muir, R Prendergast, M Reid, RK, N Sharplin, M Skilling, M Smallridge, J Smart, W. Suttie, W Watson, B Williams.

This is the rained off Friday Triples, now on Wednesday March 27 For information contact: G Eder 307 7498

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club March 30 A Stableford round will be held Starting Times: Morning players at 8am; Afternoon report at 12.00 for a 12.30pm start. Nine hole golfers report at 1.00 for a 1.30pm start.

Smith 153 Points 9 Hole Players Stroke Round: Judy Moore 50 – 16 – 34 by Lot from Lillian OHanlon Railway Hotel 2nd Shot No 3 – Judy Moore, Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd Shot No 6 – Not Struck, Val Bell, Nearest the Pin No 8 Bronwyn Oakley - Val Sisson, Chertsey Spraying 2nd Shot No 15 – Bev Sutherland, S. Quinn 2nd Shot No 17 – Bev Sutherland.

Tinwald Golf Club March 21 Twilight Stroke Leading scores in Thursday’s twilight stroke round: -6; Steve Anderson 32 b/l Kevin Bishop 32, Paul Boon 33. 7-10; Tim Stoddart 332, Justin Smith 33, Michael Thomas, Robin Simms, Dave Allan 34. 11 plus; Alex Bec 30, Tony McAndrew 32, Les Hunter 34. Women: 0-14; Mara Kennedy 33. 15 plus; Karen Young 31. Nearest the pin: # 6 Steve McCloy # Richard Jamieson. Two’s; John Schofield.

Radio Hokonui hacker of the night was Wayne Mellish with net 45.

March 23 Stableford Leading scores in the Stableford round.

-12Rod Harris 40, Jeff Naish 39, Ryan Ford 37 b/l. 13-18 Alex Roa 39 c/b Andrew Barrie, Chris Bell 39.19 plus Cameron Miller 41, Lyndon Moore 39, Des Green 37 b/l. Women; (stroke) Maree Moore 70 c/b Leen Bell 70 c/b. Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Leen Bell. Gluyas Ford # 6; Pete Marshall. House of Travel # 12; Myson. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Richard Thompson. G & R Seeds 2nd shot # 11; Jeff Naish. Two’s; Ross Preece, Struan Scott, Ryan Ford, Richard Thompson, Andrew Barrie. Net Eagle; # 10 Not struck

26:23; Gary Whiting 26:33; Bill Hood 26:44.

■ Shooting Fullbore Target Shooting March 24 700 yards at The Butts.

TR: John Snowden 47.2, 49.3, 96.5, Allan White 45.2, 47.3, 92.7, John Fleming 47.4, 44.3, 91.7, John Miller 41.1, 48.3, 89.4, Brian Hawksby 40.1, 48.5, 88.6, Coby Snowden 43.2, 38.0, 81.2 F class: Murray Cook 54.3, 55.3, 109.6, Mike Chui 51.0, 57.2, 108.2, Brian Graystone 53.1, 54.0, 107.1, Mark Alexander 50.1, 54.3, 104.4

■ Squash Celtic Squash Club Results from last week’s round of the Celtic Squash Club’s summer league competition: Chris O’Reilly drew with Harry Stanway 2-2, Nathan Forbes lost to Pete Blacklow 10-2, Chris Lima beat Reece Wallington 3-0, Michelle Boleyn beat Guy Stanway 3-0.

Billy Nolan beat Jimmy Hunn 3-0, Craig Campbell lost to Rob Giles 1-2, Hamish Trott lost to Neil Keenan 1-2, Jane Kingan lost to Charlotte Smith 2-3.

Paul Cousins lost to Ben Kruger 2-3, Jordan Hooper lost to James Bowker 1-2, Rebecca Abernethy drew with Brendan Clark 2-2, Jan Lee lost to Robbie Kok 0-3.

Billy Nolan beat James McCloy 3-0, Chris Thompson lost to Ron Carlson 0-3, Melissa Wilson lost to Tim Kuipers 2-3, Sian Hurley lost to Amy Muckle 0-3.

Kevin Milne drew with Mick Hooper 2-2, Rob Giles beat Ian Dolden 3-0, Chris Lima lost to Steve Devereux 1-2, Sam Kuipers beat Chrissie Stratford 2-1.

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■ Petanque Ashburton MSA Petanque Club Men’s Drawn Doubles: Winners: Peter and Henry Marriott, Second: Richard Browne and Colin Jones, Third: Jonathan Crum and Trevor Nish, Fourth: Mick Little and Allen Moore.

Women’s Drawn Doubles: Winners: Karen Bensdorp and Betty King, Second: Wil Nuberg and Marion Harrison, Third: Rewa Kyle and Johnny Wright, Fourth: Bev Attewell and Adair Jones

■ Run and Walk Run and Walk Ashburton March 23 3km Turkey Trott Competitors estimated their finish time. The Winner/s is the person/s whose actual time came closest to their estimated time.

Runners Angel Spooner 12:42 (Winner – within 2 seconds)); Joe Ford 12:43; Brian Goodes 13:01; Ian Broadbelt 14:00; Zach Fox 14:20; Tam Grant 14:21; Alison Conway 15:33; Merv Gilbert 16:26; Stacey Hooper 17:57; Eamon Hooper 18:09.

Walkers Paul Severins 21:32 (Winner – within 1 second); Judith Crozier 21:45; Chrissie Stratford 22:00; Marie Batty 22:38; Lori Rusbatch 23:22; Barbara Taylor 24:14 (Winner – within 1 second); Colin Phillips 25:52; Lynda Bayne 26:15; Janet Hood 26:18; Jackie Gilbert

Mid Canterbury Tennis March 23 A Grade Allenton lost to Hampstead 6 matches to 0 B. Looij & R. Watt lost to C. Brosnahan & R. Pangilinan 3-6, 0-6, J. Parsons & J. Aldridge lost to N. Molina & D. Bishop 1-6, 0-6, B. Looij lost to C. Brosnahan 1-6, 3-6, J. Parsons lost to R. Pangilinan 0-6, 1-6, R. Watt lost to G. Evans 1-6, 1-6, J. Aldridge lost to N. Molina 2-6, 1-6.

Tinwald beat Fairton 4 matches to 2 C. McCracken & P. Leonard beat R. Cromie & T. Leonard 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-5), T. Groves & D. Leonard beat P. Crozier & J. Leslie 6-3, 6-4, C. McCracken beat R. Cromie 7-5, 6-3, P. Leonard lost to T. Leonard 6-3, 2-6, 0-1 (8-10), T. Groves lost to H. Dargue 6-4, 4-6, 0-1 (3-10), D. Leonard beat J. Leslie 6-3, 6-0.

Southern beat Methven by default A Reserve Allenton Wekas lost to Methven 7 sets to 6 L. Adam & I. Cabalse lost to O. Bubb & V. Talbot 2-6, 1-6, M. Hopkins & K. Green beat N. Alombro & M. Munro 7-5, 6-0, M. Hopkins beat N. Alombro 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-8), L. Adam lost to O. Bubb 0-6, 2-6, I. Cabalse beat V. Talbot 6-3, 6-3, K. Green lost to M. Munro 4-6, 0-6.

Junior A Methven Silver lost to Allenton Eagles 5 matches to 1 J. Campbell & S. Furndorfler lost to D. Gilbert & A. Crombie 4-6, A. Cavanagh & E. Watson lost to J. Gilbert & A. Parsons 0-6, A. Cavanagh beat D. Gilbert 9-3, J. Camp-

Ashburton Guardian 15 bell lost to J. Gilbert 0-9, S. Furndorfler lost to A. Crombie 1-9, E. Watson lost to A. Parsons 3-9.

Hampstead beat Southern 6 matches to 0 R. Breen & E. Bessai beat C. O’Connell & I. Adam 6-2, H. Feutz & A. Spooner beat I. Brook & A. Whittaker 6-1, R. Breen beat C. O’Connell 9-0, H. Feutz beat I. Brook 9-2, A. Spooner beat I. Adam 9-4, E. Bessai beat A. Whittaker 9-1.

Methven Bronze beat Dorie 6 matches to 0 B. Giera & A. Armour beat S. Kingsbury & O. Jackways 6-2, R. Giera & L. Farrell beat S. Pye & F. Veix 6-3, B. Giera beat S. Kingsbury 9-3, R. Giera beat O. Jackways 9-4, L. Farrell beat S. Pye 9-0, A. Armour beat F. Veix 9-1.

Junior B Southern Slammers beat Methven Black 5 matches to 1 S. Wilson & L. Jones beat H. Redfern & H. Judd 6-5, R. Jones & R. Kidd beat C. McSweeney & N. Cavanagh 6-1, S. Wilson lost to H. Judd 1-6, L. Jones beat H. Redfern 6-2, R. Jones beat C. McSweeney 6-3, R. Kidd beat N. Cavanagh 6-0.

Methven White lost to Southern 6 matches to 0 G. Oates & C. Robinson lost to J. Ellis & T. Ellis 1-6, P. Humm & R. Humm lost to J. Johnson & L. O’Connell 2-6, G. Oates lost to J. Ellis 5-6, C. Robinson lost to T. Ellis 1-6, P. Humm lost to J. Johnson 3-6, R. Humm lost to L. O”Connell 0-6.

Dorie B beat Dorie/Hampstead 6 matches to 0 D. McBain & D. Dolan beat M. Kelland & O. Flack 6-2, H. Bradford & C. Heneghan beat L. Sloper & S. Williams 6-1, D. McBain beat M. Kelland 6-1, H. Bradford beat O. Flack 6-4, C. Heneghan beat L. Sloper 6-2, D. Dolan beat S. Williams 6-0.

Junior C Methven Red lost to Methven Blue 5 matches to 1 N. Cavanagh & A. King lost to K. Furndorfler & F. McGrath 1-6, P. Redfern & L. Campion lost to I. Giera & R. Humm 5-6, N. Cavanagh lost to K. Furndorfler 3-6, A. King lost ot F. McGrath 3-6, P. Redfern beat I. Giera 6-0, L. Campion lost to R. Humm 3-6.

Allenton Kiwis lost to Southern Stars 4 matches to 2 C. Molina & C. van Rooyen beat G. Greenslade & I. Carr 6-4, M. Scarlett & H. Askew lost to H. Shearer & F. Ellis 3-6, C. Molina lost to G. Greenslade 5-6, M. Scarlett beat I. Carr 6-2, H. Askew lost to H. Shearer 1-6, C. van Rooyen lost to F. Ellis 3-6.

Hampstead beat Allenton 4 matches to 2 I. Wall & L. Watson beat A. Leete & S. Thompson-Hart 6-5, B. McCrea & L. Hyde lost to M. Gormly & H. Gormly 5-6, I. Wall lost to A. Leete 3-6, L. Watson beat S. Thompson-Hart 6-2, B. McCrea beat M. Gormly 6-5, L. Hyde beat H. Gormly 6-3.

Methven Yellow lost to Tinwald 6 matches to 0: E. Armour & O. Glass lost to A. Houston & K. Taylor 2-6, K. Oates & A. Glass lost to B. Hydes & M. Trounson 2-6, E. Armour lost to A. Houston 2-6, O. Glass lost to K Taylor 1-6, K. Oates lost to B. Hydes 1-6, A. Glass lost to M. Trounson 3-6.

Grade Unknown Allenton Keas lost to Tinwald 6 matches to 0 O. Flack & T. Hart lost to D. Burgess & J. Chapman 4-6, T. Amos & J. Reed lost to D. Soshnikov & P. Soshnikov 0-6, O. Flack lost to D. Burgess 0-6, T. Hart lost to P. Soshnikov 1-6, T. Amos lost to D. Soshnikov 1-6, J. Reed lost to J. Chapman 0-6.

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■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby March 30 Seniors – Luisetti Seeds Section A Southern Stu Tarbotton Contracting v Dunsandel/Irwell: BDI, Hinds1, 2:45pm G Peddie, M Gallagher, P Arnold Hampstead Devon Tavern v Darfield, Hamp 1, 2:45pm R Goodman, J O’Connor, M Southby Luisetti Seeds Section B Railway Tavern Rakaia v Glenmark, Rakaia1, 2:45pm K Opele, G Jopson, A McGirr Methven Wareings v Southbridge, Methv1, 2:45pm J LeGros, H Grant, G Clement Luisetti Seeds Section C Celtic v Prebbleton, Celtic1, 2:45pm K Faalogo, S Bennett, N Forbes Senior B – Michael Duff Memorial Trophy Celtic v Allenton, Celtic1, 1:00pm S Bennett Hampstead v Mot Somers, Hamps1, 1:00pm J O’Connor, M Southby, M Tuilaepa; Methven R&R Spreading v Rakaia, Methv1, 1:00pm H Grant Southern v Collegiate, Hinds1, 1:00pm M Gallagher, J Robinson, G Williams Pre- Season Senior Women Celtic v TBC, Celtic1, 1:00pm N Forbes Pre-Season March 31 U 11.5 Allenton V Rolleston, Allenton1, 1pm J Robinson

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Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Angel does best at Argyle Park An old event found a new home at the weekend, and runners and walkers were all smiles when they took off at the starting line.

That event was the annual Run and Walk Ashburton 3km Turkey Trot, a race where watches were forbidden and competitors estimated their finish time, with the winner being the person whose actual time came closest to their estimated time. It had always been held around the Ashburton Domain, but this year it moved to a new venue at Argyle Park. Angel Spooner was the winner for the runners with both the fastest time and the closest guess. Her time of 12.42 minutes was just two seconds off her estimate.

For the walkers, Paul Severins won, with his time of 21.32 minutes the fastest and just one second away from his estimate. Sharing the prize for the best estimation for the walkers was Barbara Taylor who was also one second off her guess with her walking time of 24.14 minutes.

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■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Emotional week expected Warriors coach Stephen Kearney is anticipating another emotional week for his NRL side as they head to Christchurch to take on Manly on Saturday.

Less than two weeks after the terror attacks in the New Zealand city, the Sea Eagles will host the Warriors at AMI Stadium.

A heavy-hearted Warriors belted Canterbury in their season-opener in Auckland last week, but were fell back to earth when routed by Wests Tigers on Sunday.

“I thought it was a big week for the footy club last week as I said after that game, for a number of reasons,” Kearney said after the loss to the Tigers.

“The lesson for this footy team is that the NRL, it’s every week.

“You’ve got to turn up ready, regardless of who the opponent, what round it is and where they are on the table.

“It doesn’t matter.

“I thought possibly there were some individuals tonight who were still on the cloud that they finished off with last week.

“But it’s a good lesson for them.”

But any disappointment will likely

pale in comparison to the landscape that awaits for them when they travel to Christchurch this week.

After confirming the NRL fixture would still proceed, the Sea Eagles have already indicated heading over early to assist the community in any form possible.

Kearney predicted more emotion ahead for both teams.

“I reckon if last week’s anything to go by, it’s been a pretty sombre week back home for obvious reasons,” he said.

“It’s been wonderful to see the country and all communities rally behind the tragedy that’s happened.

“I get a sense that Manly will see that firsthand this week.

“Our focus is making sure that we prepare correctly for a good performance next Saturday.”

The Warriors will be aiming to bounce back after an insipid display against the Tigers, who poured on six tries in the final 45 minutes of the contest.

“There were parts where we tried in the first half, but I think some of us thought it was going to be an easier night than what they anticipated,” Kearney said.

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In brief Two-round ban Warriors prop Sam Lisone is set to be rubbed out for two weeks for a crusher tackle on the Wests Tigers’ Thomas Mikaele. Lisone was yesterday charged with grade one dangerous contact by the NRL match review committee and is poised for a stint on the sidelines because of his poor record. The charge only carries a 100-point penalty, meaning players can usually play the next week with an early guilty plea.

But his penalty carries significant loading because he has two prior similar offences and one prior non-similar offence during the past two years. It means that even with an early guilty plea, he will miss his side’s clashes with Manly and the Gold Coast.

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Taumalolo sidelined North Queensland forward Jason Taumalolo is facing up to 10 weeks on the sidelines after scans revealed the full extent of a knee injury sustained in their NRL round-two loss to Brisbane. The Cowboys have confirmed Taumalolo suffered a grade-three medial ligament tear and is expected to be sidelined for six to 10 weeks. A week after running 301m in the season-opening win against St George, Taumalolo damaged his knee in a tackle early in Friday’s Broncos clash and battled on before being replaced.

The Cowboys enforcer took no part in the second half as Brisbane stormed to a 29-10 win.

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Dogs changes likely

Warriors skipper Roger Tuivasa-Scheck.

Nick Meaney and Rhyse Martin will come into consideration this week as Canterbury attempt to arrest their meek start to the season.

After conceding 76 points in their opening losses to the Warriors and Eels, Bulldogs coach Dean Pay is urging patience from everyone, especially their fans and the media.

Following their 36-16 defeat to the Eels on Sunday, Pay was reminded that patience is a virtue often in short supply in league.

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In brief

■ CRICKET

Bold future for cricket

By Erin TaskEr

Erin.t@thEguardian.co.nz

Major changes are in the wind for Mid Canterbury cricket following a club forum held to address the future direction of the sport last week.

Low numbers and the prospect of Mid Canterbury’s open grade competition falling to just three teams next year were the catalyst for the meeting, which attracted around 40 people keen to have their say.

Mid Canterbury Cricket’s cricket manager Mark Medlicott said a plan had been developed from that forum which would include Mid Canterbury’s remaining open grade sides joining the Canterbury Country competition, the resurrection of a second-grade competition in Mid Canterbury to be played either mid-week or on Sundays, and the development of a new Year 9 and 10 competition also to be held mid-week.

A survey went out on the Mid Canterbury Cricket Facebook page yesterday, to further gauge the feeling and support for the plan.

Mid Canterbury’s open grade competition fell from five teams in 2017/18, to just four due to the withdrawal of Allenton in 2018/19, and if things continued as they were it was possible only three teams would take to the field next season.

“What we are looking to do is the senior clubs, we have got a spot for them in the Canterbury Country competition.

“They will still play under their Mid Canterbury club name, in their senior grade, not their premier grade,” Medlicott said.

Changes were also likely to be made in that Canterbury Country senior competition next season, with a split into a southern and a northern section proposed to reduce travel times for some clubs.

Mid Canterbury would fall into

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Milne may miss IPL Adam Milne’s frustrating run of injuries has continued, with the New Zealand fast bowler set to miss the entire Indian Premier League with a heel injury. The seamer, who hasn’t played for the Black Caps since November due to various ailments, made his return in February for a New Zealand XI, but could get through only four overs before rolling his left ankle. His subsequent absence from domestic cricket was described as precautionary, but it was seemingly far more serious, with his Mumbai Indians side now considering a replacement.

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Cup fires up Morgan

Mid Canterbury club cricketers will be looking at a new competition next season.

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the southern section and with Methven having indicated they were unlikely to be able to field a senior team next year, Mid Canterbury is likely to have three teams involved – Lauriston, Tech and Coldstream.

Medlicott said those teams are due to come back to him this week as to whether they are keen, or able, to join the Canterbury Country competition.

In Canterbury Country there was a promotion/relegation system in place so if a Mid Canterbury team won the 40-over senior competition – played on Saturdays – they would get the opportunity to earn promotion to the premier grade.

Medlicott said the re-creation of a second-grade competition to

potentially be played mid-week was a huge part of the plan.

It would be aimed at those who wanted to play, but not at the higher level – young people, or those who wanted to play socially.

“If we can get something like that going in the week, that might bring some of the social ones that have gone to golf back,” Medlicott said.

“We don’t want it to be like business house cricket, we want it to be a bit more serious than that.”

They were also hoping to create a mid-week Year 9 and 10 competition, which the clubs would help run and potentially provide umpires for, which would help to create links between young peo-

ple and Mid Canterbury’s cricket clubs.

Medlicott said it had been clear that something needed to change to ensure the future of cricket in Mid Canterbury and it was hoped the plan they’d come up with would do that.

“What we had is pretty much gone, and what we are looking at is to bring in the mid-week or Sunday, and hoping that the three main teams will have enough numbers and be able to travel and go into that country southern competition,” Medlicott said.

He hoped to know by the end of the week which of the three main teams were keen to do that, and was hopeful that it would be a ‘yes’ from all three.

England’s limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan said switching focus to one-day international (ODI) cricket had helped to raise the bar of the sport in the country with the team looking at the Ashes and World Cup on home soil with equal importance. England are the number-one ranked team in ODIs and are hosts for the 2019 World Cup, a tournament they have never won, which begins on May 30. The first of five Ashes tests against Australia starts on August 1.

“The two (test and ODI) teams are building up to a big summer and you have guys who are in both squads that equally feel the importance of the Ashes and the World Cup,” Morgan said.

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Kiwi scoring system As the Northern Hemisphere summer begins, up to 2000 cricket clubs throughout England and Wales will don whites, toss a coin and strap on their pads. But the tradition of teams swapping scorebooks is quickly becoming something of a relic in cricket and a New Zealand company is behind it all.

NV Interactive began in the corner of Matt Pickering’s Christchurch bedroom 21 years ago alongside his brother Gus. Gus moved out of the room soon after but he remains with the company as technical director. It means all levels of cricket across the UK and New Zealand can have access to high performance data and ball-by-ball analysis which has previously been on offer to New Zealand Cricket and the England Cricket Board’s elite sides.

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Warner sounds a serious warning for World Cup The form of Aaron Finch, Usman Khawaja and David Warner is set to create a splitting headache for Australia’s selectors.

Warner was a bundle of nerves upon his Indian Premier League return on Sunday but it didn’t show, with the suspended superstar blasting 85 for Sunrisers Hyderabad to make an emphatic World Cup statement.

Finch and Khawaja helped Australia complete a venue-record ODI chase of 285 in Sharjah just hours after Warner’s eye-catching Twenty20 effort.

The incumbent openers put on a 209-run stand, having shared a 193-run partnership earlier this month in India that ignited the team’s resurgence as a World Cup contender.

Warner was expected to reunite at the top of the order with Finch at the World Cup but that discussion has been complicated by the form of Khawaja.

Settling on which two members of the

current 15-man squad should be axed to accommodate Warner and Steve Smith’s return will also prove incredibly tough.

“I really hope Davey and Steve have a fantastic IPL in prep (for the World Cup),” Nathan Lyon said.

“That’s just going to cause massive headaches for our selectors ... they’re obviously world-class players. It’s a great problem ... we’ve got enough players to be adaptable to whatever conditions and whatever scenarios are thrown at us.”

Selectors meet in early April to pick the World Cup squad.

Chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns described the IPL as a good test for Warner and Steve Smith to gauge their condition after a year in exile.

Warner, in his biggest cricketing test since the Cape Town cheating scandal, showed few signs of rust in a 53-ball blitz that gave a clear signal of intent.

The hard-hitting opener scored freely and quickly against a Kolkata Knight Riders attack featuring star spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Sunil Narine. “(Normally) I am pretty chirpy in the change room (before a game),” Warner said.

“I didn’t really say much (before this game).

“I was that nervous, I went to the toilet a couple of times.”

Warner helped Hyderabad to a total of 3-181, which Kolkata overhauled in the final over thanks to Andre Russell’s astonishing 19-ball 49.

The sacked vice-captain, branded “never to lead again” as part of Cricket Australia’s sanctions following the sandpaper saga, clobbered three sixes and nine fours.

“If you look at the last couple of years, he was outstanding for us,” Hyderabad’s stand-in skipper Bhuvneshwar Kumar said.

“He’s won matches single-handedly.” - AAP David Warner has instantly hit top form.

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In brief Good start at Maadi Ashburton College rowers have made a solid start on the opening day of the Maadi Cup at Lake Karapiro. Head girl, Mollie Gibson, led the charge for the day with a comprehensive win in her heat of the Girls’ Under 18 single sculls.

Gibson finished seven seconds ahead of her closest rivals to post one of the top eight fastest times in the heat round. Aidan Elvines, who competed in the same category finished fourth in her heat. The pair had earlier combined to finish second in a heat of the Girls’ Under 18 coxless pair with the sixth fastest time.

Emma Stagg and Grace Adams finished fourth in their heat of the Girls’ Under 18 double sculls, while Ged Wall and Patrick Dekker were sixth in their heat of the Under 17 double sculls. The duo finished sixth in their respective heats of the Boys’ under 17 single sculls.

Reds on the charge

Brentton Donaldson plays a shot on his way to winning the Mid Canterbury Bowls Junior Open Singles title at the weekend.

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■ BOWLS

Donaldson nabs double

By Erin TaskEr

Erin.t@thEguardian.co.nz

Brentton Donaldson completed an enviable double on the greens at the weekend, picking up the Mid Canterbury Bowls Junior Open Singles title and the champion of champion pairs title in the space of two days.

Having qualified for post-section play in the junior open singles the weekend prior, the Ashburton Bowling Club member lined up against eight other

hopefuls at the Ashburton Bowling Club on Saturday with his own hopes high.

He started the day with a tough win over newcomer Craig Harrison from the Allenton Bowling Club, and then went on to beat the MSA’s Linton Muir, and Ashburton’s Jim Mills, and then beat Methven’s Aaron Allred in the final.

It was the second year in a row Donaldson had been crowned the junior open singles champion,

but not content with that great effort, he was back on the greens looking to add more silverware to his collection on Sunday.

He was back at the Ashburton Bowling Club for the Mid Canterbury Bowling Sub Centre’s champion of champion singles, competing against all of the junior champions from Mid Canterbury’s other bowls clubs.

After three rounds of competition he was back on top of the standings again, taking out the

junior men’s title in stunning style with wins over opponents from the Rakaia, Allenton and Methven club champions.

Earlier this season, Donaldson lined up in another of the prestigious singles competitions on Mid Canterbury’s greens – the Lowry Cup. He went in to the elite competition as the defending champion, but had to settle for runner-up this year, with Brent Mayson winning.

Queensland have warned they’ve got plenty more in the tank after storming back into the Super Rugby frame with a bonuspoint defeat of the Brumbies.

Just four points – equal to one win – separate all four Australian franchises after the Reds’ 36-14 win in Brisbane on Sunday gave genuine life to the Brad Thorn era at Ballymore. After watching his young side flounder in a six-win season last year, Thorn thinks it’s finally starting to click in what could be a warning sign for the competition.

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Tackle sparks debate A video shared online of a ruthless tackle during a high school rugby game has sparked a heated debate on social media. The video of the brutal tackle from a Monument Boys versus Paarl Boys game in South Africa has been viewed more than 64,000 times, after former Namibia and Saracens loose forward Jacques Burger re-tweeted it to his account. While some fans were in awe, others slammed Burger for sharing the video after it was revealed that the tackle had left the player unconscious and suffering head trauma. “As much as I like a good hard tackle, that was not pleasant at all… hope the lad is okay,” one user commented.

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■ RUGBY

All Blacks ‘still World Cup front-runners’

Martin Johnson

The All Blacks may not be so dominant, but England legend Martin Johnson still thinks they will win the 2019 Rugby World Cup. And while many people think that there are plenty of contenders to topple the defending champions, Johnson, who led England in the 2003 World Cup triumph, surprisingly does not sound overly impressed by Six Nations winners Wales.

“The All Blacks have been incredibly consistent for what seems like forever but all the rest of them, there’s no guarantee that any of the other teams beat New

Zealand on any given day,” the former England lock told reporters. “(All Black dominance is) maybe not as clear as they were last year, but I still think they’re the team in front and the ones to beat.”

Wales had their noses in front amongst the Six Nations contenders, but he said their 2019 Grand Slam win needed to be viewed in context six months out from the World Cup in Japan.

“I don’t think there’s any definites out of the Six Nations. England, Wales and Ireland are all

pretty close to each other,” said Johnson. “The atmosphere in Cardiff when it gets going is very difficult to overcome and they were inspired. [But] the World Cup is six months away and in a neutral venue. It’s a different thing.”

Johnson, a former England coach, further downplayed the Six Nations result as a major World Cup pointer.

“England’s performance against Ireland was probably the single most impressive performance of the tournament,” he said. “They then had a bad second half in Wales and blow a

31-point lead against Scotland.

“Wales were 16-0 down at halftime against France and won it on a pass that made you think ‘goodness, don’t throw that’.

“You can be the best team in the tournament and have a bad hour and a half and you’re going home.”

The All Blacks lost their invincible tag after defeats to South Africa and Ireland, while Wales have now displaced Ireland as world number two, but even despite that, Johnson doesn’t think any team has sufficiently closed the gap on Steve Hansen’s side.

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In brief

■ AWAPUNI

Lotto winner on a roll Lotto winner Lou Te Keeti could be poised to strike it lucky again this weekend with a first Group One prize on the racing stage.

A Tauranga local, Te Keeti scooped $10.3m in the Powerball jackpot in July 2017 and has invested part of his winnings in thoroughbreds with young Matamata trainer Jacob McKay entrusted with three of his horses and all are competing at Saturday’s Awapuni meeting.

Chasing the ultimate result will be Aalaalune in the Gr.1 Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m), while Mr Universe and Vittachi will contest a three-year-old 1200m and a rating 72 2200m respectively.

McKay will also have a fourth runner at the meeting, Mighty Connor in the Gr.3 Higgins Concrete Manawatu Classic (2000m) with Lisa Allpress booked for the mount.

Aalaalune went down a short head to Yourdeel in the Gr. 1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) at Eller-

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Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 26 Mar 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 1 2.14pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C0, 295m 1 54362 Special As nwtd J M........................ McCook 2 5 Gotcha Marshall nwtd ...............J McInerney 3 52365 Homebush Diego nwtd ..............J McInerney 4 7 Mr. Hardwick nwtd H & ........................Taylor 5 86787 Lucy Lingers nwtd .....................J McInerney 6 33834 Vik Vikkers nwtd ...........................C Roberts 7 1 Baccus 17.57 ................................... B Dann 8 6 Jinja Lola nwtd .............................D Roberts 9 55 Sonny Jewel nwtd ........................C Roberts 10 6565P Barrel Runner nwtd ...................A Bradshaw 2 2.34pm ADDINGTON EVENTS CENTRE STAKES C1, 520m 1 12554 Amelia Rob 30.58 ..................... M Robinson 2 68646 Know Leave 30.73 .........................G Cleeve 3 58285 Heated Threat 30.73 .................... L Waretini 4 455x3 Go Belle 30.96 ................................R Wales 5 25253 Ben Vane King nwtd ..................J McInerney 6 58466 Goldstar Whitey 30.35 S & ..............B Evans 7 35765 Nuclear Jewel nwtd ......................C Roberts 8 63122 Know Anxiety 30.82 .......................G Cleeve 9 76767 Opawa Hope 31.36 .........................R Wales 10 x6887 Opawa Hunter 30.98 .......................R Wales 3 2.54pm SPRINGSTON HOTEL STAKES C1, 520m 1 62645 Goldstar Charger 31.01 S &............B Evans 2 23422 Elland Road nwtd ......................J McInerney 3 55756 Tikao Jackie nwtd M & ........................ Smith 4 43854 Midnight Maggie nwtd S & ..............B Evans 5 148x6 Know Talent 30.75..........................G Cleeve 6 13235 Ester 30.33 J & ...............................D Fahey 7 235x1 Opawa Jane 30.57 ..........................R Wales 8 45277 Bossy Affair 30.29 ........................ L Waretini 9 76767 Opawa Hope 31.36 .........................R Wales 10 x6887 Opawa Hunter 30.98 .......................R Wales 4 3.13pm CULVIE BOY’S SYNDICATE SPRINT C0,

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slie last start and on that performance, as well as her big finishes for sixth and third in the Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) and Gr.2 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) respectively, she should appreciate the step up to 1400m on Saturday.

“She has been racing so well and deserves to win a good one,’’ McKay said.

“She went so close in the Sistema. She tried so hard and the 1400m will be much better for her at Awapuni. Reese Jones will ride her again.’’

Aalaalune was given a brief letup after the Sistema Stakes and McKay is pleased with her condition going into Saturday’s Group One assignment.

“She did a bit of quiet half-pace on Saturday and I was really happy with her,’’ he said.

“It won’t take much to have her spot on for the Sires’. She’s already race fit.’’

A win in the Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes will be a mile-

Trainer Jacob McKay stone for McKay. He experienced Group One success with Puccini when training in partnership with his father, Peter, but a Group One win on his account will be a major boost to the 26-year-old’s profile.

Aalaalune will be the main focus for McKay this weekend, but he also rates the prospects of his other three Awapuni starters.

Mighty Connor, a three-yearold gelding by Sebring, quit maiden class at Taupo over 1800m last December and followed up with a couple of placings before finishing eighth in the Gr.2 Waikato Guineas at Te Rapa last month.

“He beat home Crown Prosecutor and Langkawi that day and the form out of that race is all around him,’’ McKay said.

“He raced upside down in the Guineas and he’ll be ridden handier on Saturday. I’m expecting a bold run.”

Vittachi won three races for Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman before changing hands and joining McKay’s team. While he hasn’t won for McKay, he has been placed in half of his eight outings for the young Matamata trainer, including a second two starts ago at Matamata.

“He’s a promising stayer and I’d like to have a crack at the Rotorua Cup with him, but he needs to win or go close on Saturday’’ McKay said.

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Strong derby trials Trainer Mike Moroney has two strong chances heading towards the Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m) with Arrogant and Chapada. The pair finished second and third respectively in Saturday’s Gr.1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m) with Arrogant pushing hype colt The Autumn Sun to within a head. “They’re both lovely chances in the Derby I would have thought,” Moroney said.

“Arrogant ran a great race over a mile and a half in the New Zealand Derby (Gr.1, 2400m) and didn’t get a lot of luck. I think the give in the ground here (in Sydney) is really going to help him too.”

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Voyage in cruise mode Voyage Warrior’s win in the Class 4 Pine Tree Hill Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday has been lauded as one of the most impressive debut performances in recent memory in Hong Kong. Bred by Bob Emery, Voyage Warrior is a half-brother to New Zealand stakes winner Speech Craft. A graduate of both the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales and the NZ Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale, Voyage Warrior was sold for $280,000 as a two-year-old to Hong Kong trainer Ricky Yiu. - NZME

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway 295m 1 6 Creasy Bear nwtd ........................... D Voyce 2 33222 Pacemaker nwtd .......................A Bradshaw 3 53444 Dream Runner nwtd J M ................. McCook 4 5 Culvie Ness nwtd H & .........................Taylor 5 77 Gotcha Bailey nwtd ...................J McInerney 6 35533 Homebush Velma nwtd .............J McInerney 7 34662 Raquel Allen nwtd ........................C Roberts 8 Belfast Demo nwtd H & .......................Taylor 9 55 Sonny Jewel nwtd ........................C Roberts 10 6x751 Tearaway Tara 17.43 J M ................ McCook 5 3.32 A2C ASPHALT 2 CONCRETE PH 0800222583 SPRINT C1, 295m 1 47132 Smash Achiever 17.27 .................... M Grant 2 36383 Black Eye Bill 17.68 .................. M Dempsey 3 87548 Jealous Much 17.50 ..................J McInerney 4 72564 Okuku Terra 17.59...........................R Casey 5 55744 Right On Time 17.54 ..................H Anderton 6 26333 Homebush Hazel 17.52.............J McInerney 7 45274 Goldstar Diesel 17.46 S &...............B Evans 8 26345 Know Dollars 17.51 ........................G Cleeve Emergencies: 9 76578 Zip Zap Zoe nwtd ......................J McInerney 10 88778 Homebush Mikey 17.81 ............J McInerney 6 3.49pm STEVE ANNGOW DRAPES & BLINDS PH 0272719588 DASH C1, 295m 1 73248 Extroverted nwtd J M ...................... McCook 2 26463 Homebush Austin 17.43 ............J McInerney 3 26741 Memphis Jewel 17.41 ..................C Roberts 4 33556 Goldstar Galaxie 17.66 S & ............B Evans 5 26784 Fiery Fagan 17.29 ...........................R Casey 6 81134 Know Cause 17.29.........................G Cleeve 7 38684 Cathy Maree 17.17.......................... M Grant 8 81658 Chop Shop 17.32 ......................J McInerney 9 76578 Zip Zap Zoe nwtd ......................J McInerney 10 4888x Inky Lord 17.53 ............................S Hindson 7 4.06 CRATE & BARREL HOTEL SPRINT C1, 295m 1 73842 Abacus Magic 17.39 .................... L Waretini 2 14266 Aquiver 17.59 ................................... B Dann 3 44482 Homebush Scorpio 17.38 .........J McInerney

4 75872 Mr Black Magic nwtd S & ................B Evans 5 714 Opawa Lacy nwtd J & .....................D Fahey 6 68328 Call Me Joe 17.44 .................... A Botherway 7 78648 Dapper Danny 17.56 ................... J McMillan 8 24854 Blazing Banjo nwtd ...................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 76578 Zip Zap Zoe nwtd ......................J McInerney 10 87686 Step Inside Love 17.74 ....................A Joyce 8 4.23 AMBER CLEANING SERVICES SPRINT C1, 295m 1 23665 Goldstar Auburn nwtd S &...............B Evans 2 78627 Cannonball Bolt 17.45.....................R Casey 3 54211 Smash Empire 17.36 ...................... M Grant 4 82648 Dime Diva 17.55..............................J Tanner 5 x6355 Hey Jude nwtd ..........................J McInerney 6 38684 Homebush Tasha 17.44 ............J McInerney 7 46262 Heidi Hates Rap 18.06 .................S Hindson 8 43676 Know Approval 17.32 .....................G Cleeve 9 76578 Zip Zap Zoe nwtd ......................J McInerney 10 57887 Homebush Ellie 17.39 ...............J McInerney 9 4.39pm GARRARD’S HORSE AND HOUND SPRINT C1, 295m 1 318 Doomsday 17.37 .......................J McInerney 2 62678 Homebush Skip 17.50...............J McInerney 3 53873 Half Silver Fern 17.39 ...............J McInerney 4 x24x6 Hannah Rhiannon 17.33 J M .......... McCook 5 27631 Dyna Elliot nwtd ...........................C Roberts 6 42881 Call Me Dolly 17.63 .................. A Botherway 7 58375 Goldstar Tasman 17.74 S & ............B Evans 8 88737 Thornado 17.47......................... A Bradshaw 9 76578 Zip Zap Zoe nwtd ......................J McInerney 10 88776 Rum Gin Mixer 17.37 .......................A Joyce 10 4.56pm THE TURF BAR DASH C1, 295m 1 77533 Jingili Jill 17.55 M & ............................ Smith 2 42423 Okuku Billy 17.48 ............................R Casey 3 27265 Goldstar Liberty 17.55 J M.............. McCook 4 15481 Homebush Boots 17.42 ............J McInerney 5 34578 Darlek Ian nwtd .........................J McInerney 6 71126 Chortle 17.49 ................................... B Dann 7 37465 Forbury Flyer nwtd ....................J McInerney 8 12 Busy Rocca 17.44 ........................... M Grant

9 76578 Zip Zap Zoe nwtd ......................J McInerney 10 87686 Step Inside Love 17.74 ....................A Joyce 11 5.14 DURASTEEL STRUCTURES PH 033796195 STAKES C1, 520m 1 461F6 Homebush Izzy nwtd .................J McInerney 2 54344 Know Refusal nwtd ........................G Cleeve 3 22325 Ohoka Carsen 30.88 .................... L Waretini 4 25123 Lennox Heads 30.20 J & .................D Fahey 5 84766 Opawa Queen 30.67 .......................R Wales 6 62444 Goldstar Montana nwtd S & ............B Evans 7 84673 Matariki 30.92 ..................................A Joyce 8 55643 Our Jolene 30.68 ............................R Wales Emergencies: 9 76767 Opawa Hope 31.36 .........................R Wales 10 58628 Dig Dig Dig 30.63 J M ..................... McCook 12 5.36pm KOLORFUL KANVAS STAKES FINAL C1f, 520m 1 33522 Know Potential 30.71 .....................G Cleeve 2 36261 Opawa June 30.25 ..........................R Wales 3 68261 Goldstar Miley 30.25 S & ................B Evans 4 121 Our Hemi 30.30...............................R Wales 5 34332 Know Denying 30.48 ......................G Cleeve 6 32212 Eyrewell Ebony 30.52 .................... H Cairns 7 652x1 It’s A Trick 30.13 J & ........................D Fahey 8 37762 Goldstar Chief 30.85 S & ................B Evans 9 x7673 Token Pick 31.15 .............................R Wales 10 66753 Opawa Kong 30.81 ........................ G Farrell 13 5.53pm ISLINGTON TAVERN SPRINT C1, 295m 1 35526 Batty Who 17.73 M & .......................... Smith 2 47387 Homebush Flynn 17.30 .............J McInerney 3 64448 Smash Grenade 17.59 .................... M Grant 4 52452 Koroibete 17.92 H & ............................Taylor 5 72126 Raptor Attack 17.38 ..................A Bradshaw 6 12147 Know Charisma 17.46....................G Cleeve 7 58788 Goldstar Bindi 17.57 S &.................B Evans 8 56825 Crushington 17.77.....................J McInerney 9 76578 Zip Zap Zoe nwtd ......................J McInerney 10 85888 Okuku Mistress 17.85 .....................R Casey 14 6.09pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER SPRINT C1, 295m

1 57765 Opawa Pam nwtd ............................R Wales 2 87347 Ohoka Pheobe 17.43 ................... L Waretini 3 45626 Another Cold One 17.40 J M .......... McCook 4 87566 Mitcham Moody 17.37...............J McInerney 5 54751 Know Burden 17.60 .......................G Cleeve 6 21157 Goldstar Vegas 17.62 S & ...............B Evans 7 36354 Homebush Pierce 17.83 ...........J McInerney 8 51652 Smash Hurricane 17.58 .................. M Grant Emergencies: 9 76578 Zip Zap Zoe nwtd ......................J McInerney 10 4888x Inky Lord 17.53 ............................S Hindson 15 6.25pm PROTEXIN DASH C1, 295m 1 77733 Paringi Pam 17.43 M & ....................... Smith 2 45773 Gotcha Penny 17.37 .......................C Steele 3 86685 Goldstar Hurley nwtd ................... L Waretini 4 66545 Sefton Jay nwtd.........................J McInerney 5 58467 Evie Rose 17.49 J M ....................... McCook 6 65157 Blue Sky nwtd H & ..............................Taylor 7 76345 Homebush Miles 17.42 .............J McInerney 8 55614 Bombinate 17.41 .............................. B Dann 9 76578 Zip Zap Zoe nwtd ......................J McInerney 10 88776 Rum Gin Mixer 17.37 .......................A Joyce SELECTIONS

Race 1: Baccus, Jinja Lola, Gotcha Marshall, Homebush Diego Race 2: Amelia Rob, Know Anxiety, Go Belle, Opawa Hunter Race 3: Ester, Opawa Jane, Goldstar Charger, Bossy Affair Race 4: Pacemaker, Tearaway Tara, Raquel Allen, Creasy Bear Race 5: Smash Achiever, Goldstar Diesel, Black Eye Bill Race 6: Know Cause, Memphis Jewel, Fiery Fagan, Chop Shop Race 7: Opawa Lacy, Aquiver, Homebush Scorpio, Call Me Joe Race 8: Smash Empire, Hey Jude, Heidi Hates Rap Race 9: Doomsday, Dyna Elliot, Hannah Rhiannon, Thornado Race 10: Busy Rocca, Jingili Jill, Homebush Boots, Chortle Race 11: Lennox Heads, Our Jolene, Ohoka Carsen, Opawa Queen Race 12: It’s A Trick, Our Hemi, Opawa June, Know Potential Race 13: Raptor Attack, Homebush Flynn, Crushington, Batty Who Race 14: Another Cold One, Mitcham Moody, Homebush Pierce Race 15: Gotcha Penny, Paringi Pam, Bombinate, Blue Sky

LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incorporat- 7 46835 Kellydean nwtd ................................C Morris 8 12667 Cawbourne Moss nwtd ................M Roberts 7 2.05pm KAMADA PARK DISTANCE C1/2d, 660m ed Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 26 Mar 2019 8 17746 Jetlag Jag nwtd .........................J McInerney 9 787x8 Bigtime Fred nwtd ..............................L Cole 1 55876 Iris Allen nwtd G & ................. S Fredrickson NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 9 67887 Lissadell Marcus nwtd................... D Donlon 5 1.30pm TOTAL BODYSHOP SUPPLIES C2 C2, 410m 2 5x658 Bigtime Chloe nwtd ......................M Goodier 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 10 28888 Here’s Hemi nwtd ......................J McInerney 3 13825 Allen Mack 39.15 .........................M Roberts 1 74541 Blue Precision nwtd ........................C Morris 1 12.20pm FORMPRO RATINGS FREE EVERY MON- 3 12.55pm AFFORDABLE PET ACCESORIES C1, 410m 2 22324 Billy’s Churn nwtd....................... G Hodgson 4 72871 Don’t Knocka Gee 38.46 ....................L Cole DAY C1 C1, 410m 5 84213 Cawbourne Taylor nwtd ................M Roberts 1 87735 Bigtime Sam nwtd G & ........... S Fredrickson 3 57883 Cawbourne Ridge 23.56 J & ...............D Bell 1 66663 Choice Lass 24.34 ..........................C Morris 6 68112 Cawbourne Zulu nwtd ..................M Roberts 2 58544 Spark ‘Em Up nwtd .................. K Gommans 4 72241 Barbarossa Boy 24.11................B Goldsack 2 75765 Thrilling Stan 23.49 ...........................D Edlin 7 85874 Mija Sydney 39.00 ......................A Turnwald 3 48584 Flying Dewy 24.27 ......................A Turnwald 5 64752 Electrical Storm nwtd ...................M Goodier 3 85448 Arm Turner nwtd........................J McInerney 8 11145 Lady Jellybean nwtd ....................M Goodier 4 76867 Making It Up 23.75 ..........................C Morris 6 68685 Bigtime Mike nwtd ..............................L Cole 4 82676 Tuff Temptress nwtd ......................B Mitchell 5 37543 Idol Patches nwtd ..............................M Flipp 7 62578 White Comet 23.69 ....................... D Donlon 8 2.25pm CITY OF PALMERSTON NORTH GOLDEN 5 65866 Bionic Boy 24.41 ..........................M Goodier 6 32766 Slam It nwtd ..............................J McInerney 8 53644 Plan Stan nwtd ............................... L Pearce CHASE 29TH MARCH C1, 457m 6 45673 Cassia nwtd ............................. S Gommans 7 36565 Cawbourne Assist nwtd ...............M Roberts 9 787x8 Bigtime Fred nwtd ..............................L Cole 1 31334 Bill’s Barker 26.58 ...........................S Maher 7 55868 Bigtime Cooper 23.66 ........................L Cole 8 22542 Diamond Geezer 24.06 ................M Goodier 6 1.47pm STEVE ‘THE AUCTIONEER’ DAVIS C2/C3 2 11747 Van Jack nwtd .............................. D Denbee 8 64677 Bigtime Clever nwtd G & ........ S Fredrickson 9 67887 Wong Full Arrest 23.82 ...................C Morris C2/3, 410m 3 22824 Tuff Mr. Tee 26.55 ..........................B Mitchell 9 28888 Here’s Hemi nwtd ......................J McInerney 10 67887 Lissadell Marcus nwtd................... D Donlon 4 44315 Aussie Muscle nwtd J & ..................D Fahey 1 78746 Born Fab 23.84 ...............................S Maher 10 67887 Wong Full Arrest 23.82 ...................C Morris 4 1.12pm J P PRINT, PETONE C2 C2, 410m 5 4x413 Vibe nwtd ....................................A Turnwald 2 67886 Bigtime Minnie nwtd ...........................L Cole 2 12.37pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C1 C1, 410m 6 48223 Bigtime Hunter nwtd...........................L Cole 1 53336 Kirkham Coby 23.52 .......................C Morris 3 34573 Mitsuta nwtd ......................................D Edlin 1 55884 Homebush Clint nwtd ............... K Gommans 7 73584 Tuff Treasure nwtd .........................B Mitchell 2 83763 Blackjack Man nwtd ...................B Goldsack 4 61111 Awesome Quality 23.24 .....................L Cole 2 54788 Judge Me Jackie nwtd.................... L Pearce 8 342x1 Turanza’s Terror 26.05.................A Turnwald 3 6478F Cool Wolf 23.70............................. D Donlon 5 67826 Tazia nwtd .................................... D Denbee 3 57358 Apricity nwtd................................A Turnwald 9 54683 Mister Ebby 26.09 .......................A Turnwald 4 18881 Rambo 23.65 H & ............................. Woods 6 54126 Americano 23.50 G &............. S Fredrickson 4 56735 Kaytee Gibbs nwtd ............................M Flipp 5 31152 Bigtime Banjo nwtd ............................L Cole 7 22417 Retail Mayhem nwtd....................... L Pearce 10 28888 Here’s Hemi 26.33 ....................J McInerney 5 21272 Jax Jewel 23.83 ...........................M Roberts 6 34612 Cawbourne Foxy 23.39 ...................C Morris 8 145x7 Limpy Jackson nwtd J &......................D Bell 9 2.45pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C2, 457m 6 33348 Bigtime Ronnie nwtd G & ....... S Fredrickson 7 11532 Eye Far nwtd .....................................M Flipp 9 787x8 Bigtime Fred nwtd ..............................L Cole 1 58435 Bigtime Talker 26.20 ...........................L Cole

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

62223 Tuff Knight 26.78 ...........................B Mitchell 57375 Midnight Molly 26.28 ...................B Hodgson 27232 Sausage nwtd J & ...........................D Fahey 86474 Cawbourne Palmer 25.93 ...........A Turnwald 23455 Buddy Loaded 26.23 .................. G Hodgson 46543 Tommy The Jett 26.48.................A Turnwald 62115 Pick A Pascal nwtd G & ......... S Fredrickson 787x8 Bigtime Fred 26.04 .............................L Cole 13467 Firefly Laffey 26.47......................A Turnwald 10 3.04pm 5K BONUS QUADDIE HERE FRIDAY 29TH MARCH, 2019 C4 C4/5, 457m 1 74222 Fare Dodger 26.03 .......................M Goodier 2 36366 All Black Star 26.10..................E Duganzich 3 11185 Bigtime Forest 25.97 ..........................L Cole 4 52213 Bigtime Pete nwtd ..............................L Cole 5 14114 Bigtime Lilah 26.05 ............................L Cole 6 35117 Bigtime Chris 26.27 G & ........ S Fredrickson 7 38637 Arden Emgrand 26.07 .................A Turnwald 8 86334 Thomas William 25.97.................. D Denbee 9 77741 Quistis Bale 26.15 ........................M Roberts 10 57385 Bigtime Leads 26.03 ..........................L Cole LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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What. Just. Happened.

The Raptors must have thought they broke every mirror and walked past every black cat in Toronto after the Hornets produced the craziest game winner the NBA has seen since 2010 when Jeremy Lamb tossed up a half-court prayer on the buzzer to steal a 115-114 win yesterday.

The Hornets were down by two with just 3.1 seconds left on the clock as they in-bounded the ball after a timeout.

Any chance of snatching the win appeared to evaporate in an instant when Lamb fumbled the in-bound pass over to the other side of the half-way line.

He only just had time to retreat to snatch up the loose ball before turning back to his own

basket and hurling a long-range bomb all in the one chaotic motion.

His prayer sailed high through the air before landing with a thud against the backboard and a swish through the net as the home Canadian crowd went instantly silent.

As the stunned crowd tried to make sense of what had just happened, Charlotte players streaked from the bench to get a piece of the action as Lamb started celebrating with anybody in a general 10m radius.

His shot is the stuff of pure folklore.

ESPN stats reported it was the longest-distance buzzer-beater seen in the NBA since 2010.

The 48-foot miracle gave the Hornets a third straight win.

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9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church. 48 Allens Road.

9.30am - 11am WALKING NETBALL. GOLD COIN DONATION. EA Networks Centre, River Terrace (not school holidays).

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

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EA Networks Stadium, River Terrace, Ashburton.

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Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): If justice is what you crave, you can get it within the confines of a game with consistent, unchanging and indifferent rules.

So, basically a computer game. Real-world justice will be arbitrary by comparison.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Self-judgment does nothing for your motivation. It makes sense you’d think it could help, in the way of a drill sergeant or sports coach. But it only makes emotions get stuck inside you, where they’ll do no good.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You thrive under the burden of responsibility as a weightlifter thrives through consistent lifting. Of course, in both cases, the trick is to push yourself without hurting yourself. Know when to back off.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): There’s comfort in believing everything will be all right. When you require that to happen in one particular preferred way things get stressful. Trust it will work out, and don’t worry so much about how.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Preachers aren’t all in pulpits.

They’re ranting at lunch tables, condemning in newsrooms, declaring to anyone who’ll listen. You know when the message is for you. When it’s not, you stay out of it.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Regarding that frustrating (or perhaps just terribly boring) situation in your life, decide definitively whether you are in or out. Next thing you know, it gets better.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): When it comes to enforcing the rules, you have a bag of tricks. Sometimes you use rewards, and other times you use cunning. Then there are the times like today, when you enforce the rules by bending them.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): When you sincerely misstep, giving an apology is appropriate. But to regularly apologise for minor things that are not your fault will only weaken your position.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Life is like the school play today. People get the roles they fit into.

Not everyone is right for the role that has the most lines, so don’t worry about who gets it. Happiness is in getting the role you’ll be best in.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): It’s pretty much the job of older people to misunderstand the preoccupations and proclivities of the younger generation. Today’s lucky move will be to resist the stereotype.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): The sound of a foreign accent reminds you there is more of the world to experience. Dream, scheme and plan about the next time you’ll go where people live and communicate differently.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): If only life came with more “do not disturb” features. Alas, you have to come up with your own strategy to keep from being interrupted all day. Then again, there’s something good about being so needed.

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6:30 Thomas And Friends 0 6:40 Kiddets 3 0 6:50 Kiri And Lou 3 0 6:55 Peppa Pig 0 7am Tangled – The Series 3 0 7:25 Zak Storm 3 0 7:50 New Looney Tunes 3 8:15 The Lion Guard 3 0 8:35 Mickey And The Roadster Racers 3 0 9am Infomercials 10am The Middle 3 0 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Once Upon A Time PGR 3 0 Noon Jeremy Kyle AO 1pm Judge Rinder 2pm Will And Grace 3 0 2:30 Home And Away PGR 3 0 3pm Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:30 Peppa Pig 0 3:35 F Lab Rats – Elite Force 0 4pm Fanimals 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

6am The AM Show 9am Entertainment Tonight 3 9:30 Getaway 3 Getaway is a travel and lifestyle show featuring incredible and exotic locations with advice, information and tips for aspiring travellers.

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7pm The Project 7:30 Married At First Sight Australia PGR The couples head out on a girl’s and boy’s night out, where the spread of scandalous gossip leads to a confrontation that threatens to change everything. 0 9pm NCIS AO 0 9:55 NewsHub Late 10:25 The Wrong Girl AO 3 0

11:10 Sunday 3 0 12:05 The Philpott Fire – Five Years On AO In May 2012, Mick Philpott started a fire in his house that killed six of his children. A look at what happened that night. 0 1am Te Karere 3 2 0 1:25 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

11:10 Hell’s Kitchen USA AO 12:05 Love Island Australia AO 0 1am Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:25 Infomercials 2:30 Mike Tyson Mysteries AO 3 2:40 How To Get Away With Murder AO 3 0 3:25 Jeremy Kyle AO 3 4:15 Judge Rinder PGR 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:25 The Blacklist AO Cooper risks his reputation to appeal to the White House on Red’s behalf; Liz and the Task Force resume their search for The Corsican.

12:25 Infomercials

MOVIES PREMIERE

Eat Well for Less

7:30pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 10am Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 11am Snapped PGR 3 Noon The Real Housewives Of Cheshire AO 1pm Britain’s Next Top Model PGR 3 2pm Million Dollar Listings Los Angeles PGR 3 3:30 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 4:30 Dance Moms 3 5:30 Top Chef 3 6:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 7:28 The Dish PGR 7:30 Hoarders 3 A family face losing their home if they cannot bring it up to code; a man’s health is at risk because of his wife’s hoarding of Christmas decorations.

8:30 The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills PGR 9:30 Mexican Dynasties AO The three dynasties get together on the canals of Xochimilco to celebrate Mari and Fernando’s 31st wedding anniversary.

10:33 The Dish PGR 10:35 Snapped PGR 3 11:30 Intervention AO 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

7am The Competition MLS 2017 Romantic Comedy. Thora Birch, Chris Klein. 8:45 The Book Of Henry MLC 2017 Drama.

Naomi Watts, Jacob Tremblay.

10:30 Tully MLS 2018 Comedy. Charlize Theron, Ambulance Australia Mackenzie Davis.

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Simpsons PG 7:15 Can’t Kate Bosworth, Thomas Jane.

Pay? We’ll Take It Away 3:40 Directors – Ridley MVL 8:05 Shipping Wars Scott PG 4:10 Woman On UK PG 8:30 Supergirl The Edge 16VC 2017 Thriller.

MVS 9:20 Parking Wars PGL Rumer Willis, Jeffery Patterson.

9:45 NCIS LA MV 10:30 CSI 5:45 Solo – A Star Wars – Miami MV 11:15 Can’t Story MV 2018 Action.

Pay? We’ll Take It Away!

Aiden Ehrenreich, Emilia Clarke.

MVL Noon Jeopardy! PG 8pm 3 Generations MLC 2017 12:30 Wheel Of Fortune Drama. Three generations of PG 1pm Raw Live MVC women must confront their 4:05 The Simpsons PG sense of identity when one of 4:35 Jeopardy! PG 5pm Wheel them decides to transition from Of Fortune PG 5:30 Parking female to male. Elle Fanning, Wars PGL 6pm Supergirl Naomi Watts.

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6:30 Takoha 3 6:40 Dora Matatoa 2 7:10 Kia Mau 3 7:20 Te Nutube 3 7:30 Haati Paati 3 7:40 Huhu 3 7:50 Huritua 3 8am Pukana 2 8:50 Kete Korero 3 9am Te Ao – Maori News 3 9:30 Best Of Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Kai Ora 3 10:30 Our Songs 3 11am Nga Tangata Taumata Rau 3 Noon Hoiho 3 12:30 Funny Whare – Gamesnight PGR 3 1pm Finding Aroha PGR 1:30 Both Worlds 3 2pm Opaki 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Takoha 3 3:10 Dora Matatoa 2 3:40 Kia Mau 3 3:50 Te Nutube 3 4pm Haati Paati 4:10 Huhu 3 4:20 Huritua 3 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Swagger 5:30 Nga Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua 3 6pm It’s In The Bag 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News 7pm Whanau Living 7:30 Angelo’s Outdoor Kitchen 3 8pm School Of Training 3 8:30 Piri’s Tiki Tour PGR 3 9pm Wild Kai Legends AO Jack’s old mate Sam has organised a shoot at a local farm.

9:30 Nanakia PGR 3 10pm Whawhai 10:30 Te Ao – Maori News 3

6am Four Rooms 7am Barn Hunters 7:30 Tiny House Nation 8:30 River Cottage Autumn 9:30 Saltwater Heroes PGR 10:30 Best Laid Plans 11:30 My Dream Home 12:30 Mysteries At The Monument 1:30 Our Guy In Russia 2:30 Alex Polizzi’s Secret Italy 3:30 Earth’s Natural Wonders Stories of some of the world’s most spectacular places, and how they have shaped the lives of those who live there.

4:30 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals Jamie prepares a classic British picnic, including sausage rolls, mackerel pâté, asparagus, crunchy salad, and Pimm’s Eton mess.

5pm Food Safari – Earth 5:30 Posh Pawn 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces On his New Zealand road trip, George visits Peka Peka Beach, just outside Wellington, to visit an ingenious build by the sea.

8:30 My Dream Home 9:30 Building The Dream 10:30 American Pickers

11:45 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR The best of Stephen Colbert’s satire and comedy, discussing politics, entertainment, business, and more.

12:45 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 The team presents the best of the day’s sports news.

1:15 Closedown

11pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 Ngati Kohanga Reo ki Tauranga Moana.

11:30 Closedown

11:30 Posh Pawn There is an international deal for pawnbroker James in Lanzarote for a wine collection potentially worth onemillion Euro.

12:30 Jamie’s 30Minute Meals 1am Best Laid Plans 2am Four Rooms 3am Junk Gypsies 3:30 Shed And Buried 4am Luxury Uncovered 4:30 Travel Man – 48 Hours In 5am Building The Dream

MOVIES GREATS 6:55 The Omen 16VL 2006 Horror. Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles. 8:45 Magic Mike 16LS 2012 Comedy Drama. Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Olivia Munn.

10:35 Gone MVL 2012 Drama Mystery. Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Carpenter, Wes Bentley. 12:10 The Animal MS 2001 Comedy.

Edward Asner, Rob Schneider.

1:35 Anna Karenina MS 2012 Drama. Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Emily Watson.

3:40 Scream 16VL 1996 Horror. Neve Campbell, Drew Barrymore, Rose McGowan, David Arquette.

5:30 Armageddon ML 1998 Action. Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Steve Buscemi, Liv Tyler.

8pm Delivery Man ML 2013 Comedy. When a man finds out he has fathered 533 children through anonymous sperm donations, he sets out to discover the father he could become. Vince Vaughn, Cobie Smulders.

9:50 The Recruit MVL 2003 Thriller. Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, Bridget Moynahan.

11:40 Sliding Doors MLS 1998 Romantic Drama. Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch.

WEDNESDAY

1:20 Scream 16VL 1996 Horror. 3:10 Delivery Man ML 2013 Comedy. 4:55 The Recruit MVL 2003 Thriller.

SKY SPORT 1 6am Super Rugby Wrap 7am Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) Pulse v Steel.

7:45 L Netball – Super League Celtic Dragons v London Pulse.

10am Cricket– IPL (HLS) 10:30 Golf – PGA Tour Event (HLS) Valspar Championship.

11:30 Golf – European Tour Event (HLS) Maybank Championship.

Noon Super Rugby Wrap 1pm Sky Sports News 1:30 Pro14 Weekly Highlights Show 2:30 Rugby – Gallagher Premiership (HLS) 3:45 Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Knights v Panthers.

5:45 Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Hurricanes v Stormers.

From Westpac Stadium, Wellington.

8pm The 1014 Rugby Show Hosted by Gareth Dinneen and Steven Prescott.

8:30 The Breakdown 9:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Bulls v Chiefs.

From Pretoria.

10pm Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Blues v Highlanders.

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HOME GROUND WIN

Methven FC’s Josh Burrows was one of his side’s standouts during a pre-season football tournament in Methven at the weekend, which Methven FC went on to win.

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BY ERIN TASKER

ERIN.T@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Methven FC hosted their own pre-season football tournament for the first time at the weekend, and ensured it would be an occasion to remember by winning it.

Methven FC’s John Peneycad said the weekend couldn’t have gone better – it was a weekend of good football, played in good spirits, topped off by a win by the home side.

The tournament attracted a range of teams from around Canterbury, including some who played in Mainland Football competitions from division one right down to division seven, and it was the two FC Twenty 11 teams from Christchurch who were the favourites on paper.

The eight teams were split into two groups for the early stages,

with the division one FC Twenty 11 Fizzers in group A along with Methven’s division three side – the Methven FC Seniors – and FC Twenty 11’s division two side, the FC Twenty 11 Mavericks, were in group B with Methven’s division seven side, Methven Reserves.

Methven FC had a 4-0 win over Geraldine Black in their first game, before going down to the FC Twenty 11 Fizzers in game two 4-1, and then beating Banks Peninsula 4-1 in their final game of group play.

Those results saw them finish second in their group behind the FC Twenty 11 Fizzers, while group B was – as expected – topped by the FC Twenty 11 Mavericks, with Geraldine Red finishing second to take the fourth semi-final spot.

The young Methven Reserves finished pool play winless, going

down 4-1 to Geraldine Red in game one, 8-0 to FC Twenty 11 Mavericks in game two, and just 1-0 to Hornby United in game three.

The two FC Twenty 11 teams were the ones to beat, and both Methven FC and Geraldine Red did just that in the semi-finals.

Methven FC beat the FC Twenty 11 Mavericks 4-1, while Geraldine Red beat the FC Twenty 11 Fizzers 2-0.

Methven FC then beat Geraldine Red 1-0 in a hard-fought final, with the winning goal coming off the boot of Callum Angus just 16 seconds after the opening whistle.

Peneycad said Geraldine Red was a technically gifted side but the game belonged to Methven FC. “They controlled it and could have added to it, and at the end of

the day the best team won, I believe,” Peneycad said.

This year’s Methven FC side was set to feature some talented young locals, and one of them – Josh Burrows – was one of the side’s standouts at the weekend.

He produced a hat-trick in his side’s semi-final win over the FC Twenty 11 Mavericks before having to leave the field due to a knock to the head which resulted in him missing the final.

The 2019 was set to be a big one for Methven FC. They won the Mainland Football division four competition last year – losing just one game all season – and earned themselves promotion to division three.

So they couldn’t have asked for a better start to the football season than winning their own pre-season tournament and

while they were looking forward to what the rest of the 2019 season held, they were also already looking forward to defending the Methven Supervalue Cup next season.

Peneycad said they’d had to turn teams away from the first of what would become an annual tournament, and the feedback from the teams who did play had been fantastic.

“We’ll expand it if we can, but we probably need another pitch to do that, so that’s not really a possibility at the moment,” he said.

Having not even made the final, it was hoped the FC Twenty 11 sides would be among those eager to return for another shot in 2020.

“That will hopefully make them want to come back next year and set the record straight,” Peneycad said.

An exciting future being organised for local cricket

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