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■ NEW ZEALAND SOCK COMPANY

Immigration rules could force Ashburton company off-shore

By Sue NewmaN

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Tighter immigration laws could see an Ashburton company with an international reputation forced to take its business offshore.

NZ Sock Company owner Euan Sparrow desperately needs an additional five skilled sock technicians to keep his production line running the 24 hours a day needed to fill orders from around the globe.

He’s identified suitable employees but in virtually every case they stumble at an Immigration New Zealand hurdle.

The reasons given for turning down the applicants are always trivial and indicate there is absolutely no understanding of the complexity of highly technical sock production, Sparrow said.

He’s tried to employ Kiwis but said they either do not have the skills to operate the high-tech Italian machinery or they’re unwilling to be trained.

On every level the staff he wants to bring in from overseas meet immigration skill requirements, he said.

Currently the company has two potential employees ready to relocate to New Zealand but they are struggling to get paperwork ticked off. One of those is a qualified sock technician trainer who could upskill New Zealanders, but he still failed the immigration test.

“We keep getting turned down and every time it’s for the most trivial of things. They say we’re not a skilled industry but clearly they don’t understand what we do.

This is trivial, nit-picking stuff.”

It appeared city employers had a real advantage when it came to securing workers from overseas, Sparrow said.

“They’ve let 150 Chinese builders into Auckland to build a hotel

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In this file photo from 2015, NZ Sock Company general manager Tina Moore talks socks with staff members.

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that’s owned by Singaporean and Chinese and they’ll let sex workers in.

“It seems to me it’s a regional thing, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru, everyone is saying the same thing. They try to find reasons to turn us down.”

The inability to staff the business at the required level raised the question of its viability in New Zealand. And that, Sparrow said, could ultimately mean a relocation of the entire business to China, he said.

“We’ve worked our butts off to get business and we get it because people want product that’s made in New Zealand. If we go back to

them and say can we make it in China with New Zealand expertise they won’t be happy, it’s not what they want. Made in New Zealand is the selling point, that’s why we get the business.”

Outdoor outfitter Kathmandu is the company’s largest client and the New Zealand made factor was key to keeping that contract, Sparrow said.

Moving his business off shore after 40 years based in Ashburton will be his last recourse, but with new business coming on stream the company would be unable to fulfil contracts unless Immigration New Zealand understood the skilled technicians needed were

simply not available in New Zealand, he said. He’s determined to fight the case for the regions, enlisting the help of Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon.

And that battle will be fought on two fronts, the Sock Company as an individual case and at policy level.

“It worries me that the current government’s policy on immigration will cost a business like Euan’s and make it more likely he’ll take his manufacturing to China,” Falloon said.

If that occurred it would be a significant loss not only to the Ashburton District, but nationally also, he said.

Sock company director Gary Leech said that finding the Immigration New Zealand category specialist technicians fitted into was ‘unduly prescriptive and difficult’.

“There is absolutely no doubt or dispute that these specialists cannot be found in New Zealand or indeed the Southern Hemisphere.

We cannot grow our export business without technicians to keep our machines running and running well,” he said.

The uncertainty around securing qualified and experienced technicians is a major inhibitor to us committing to the demand for our leading edge socks, he said.

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We’re a domestic violence hotspot

BY KATIE TODD

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Organisations are grappling with a surge in domestic violence issues in Ashburton, which has seen the town labelled a “particularly bad spot”.

Over the past 12 months, the Mid South Island Women’s Refuge & Family Safety Services say there has been a marked increase in incidents and demand for their services in Ashburton.

Though the refuge is based in Timaru and services a large area – from Rakaia to Palmerston and as far west as Twizel – it will soon be sending a second case worker to Ashburton to cope with the high demand.

“It’s busier here now than it ever has been in the past,” said refuge manager Dawn Rangi-Smith.

A case worker travels to Ashburton about twice a week to provide aid to normally around eight to 12 families and the refuge also facilitates education programmes at Community House.

Separate facilitators work with children.

The refuge also works alongside other agencies and organisations, such as Ashburton police and offers residential care in Timaru.

Rangi-Smith said she was not sure why Ashburton was particularly bad, but noted the rate correlated with high levels of methamphetamine use.

“That can have a huge impact on families,” she said.

Family violence was not restricted to age, culture or economic status but occurred “right across the board”.

However, when it comes to ask-

Women helping women – Mid South Island Women’s Refuge & Family Safety Services manager Dawn Rangi-Smith (third from left) receives a cheque on Thursday from the Ashburton County Lions members (from left): Helen Whiting, Janet Kingsbury and Carolyn Nelson.

PHOTO KATIE TODD 240518-KT-005 ing for help, she said it can be harder for people of certain cultures, she said.

The refuge works with women to help them stand up for their needs, realise when relationships are unhealthy, and safely leave.

Rangi-Smith said women in abusive relationships often remember what the relationship felt like at the beginning and feel determined to get back to that happy point.

“But what I tell them is that the

goal posts are always going to get set further and further away,” she said.

The refuge has also started working with men and teenage boys to encourage attitude and behavioural change and also work with a small number of male victims.

Women’s Refuge & Family Safety Services operate around New Zealand as the country’s most significant domestic violence organisation.

The Mid South Island refuge is allocated baseline funding each year, but only about two-thirds of what they need to operate, said Rangi-Smith. “We’re always around $100,000 short and I have to cross my fingers and hope for enough support.”

Ashburton County Lions were one such organisation to provide a generous boost on Thursday, presenting Rangi-Smith with a $2250 cheque.

The Lions are focusing on the

theme of “empowering women to serve the community”, and that extends to helping one another, they said.

The funds were raised via a raffle and president Carolyn Nelson said it generated a huge response.

“We were really impressed with the support we got.”

The group said they were glad to be supporting such a worthy cause, having not realised the real extent of the domestic violence problem in Ashburton.

Significant step forward taken in civic centre build project

BY SUE NEWMAN

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A giant step has been taken in a project that will see Ashburton with a new civic centre and public library.

With land secured in Baring Square east for the project, the Ashburton District Council went to the market asking for tenders

from companies interested in being appointed project managers for the work.

The civic centre and library project control group met on Monday to consider applications and again on Thursday to interview shortlisted candidates.

Group chairman Paul Brake said the 11 applicants were of a

very high calibre and narrowing the list down to just three required hours of deliberations. The final three applicants were then interviewed.

A preferred candidate has been selected and a recommendation will go to an extraordinary council meeting on June 14.

“The role will be to oversee the

project from start to finish and the company will start in the role pretty soon after June 14,” Brake said.

The civic centre and library will be built on land previously owned by the Methodist Church and businessman Paul May, as well as a large block of councilowned land earlier home to the

former Ashburton County Council and now home to the council chamber.

The project will see the Methodist Church hall demolished and funds gained from the sale of that section of its building and an area of land will help fund a restoration project on the earthquakedamaged church.

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■ MID CANTERBURY POULTRY FARM

New Mid Canterbury chicken farm set to get clucking

BY LINDA CLARKE

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The first batch of chickens will arrive at a new Mid Canterbury poultry farm next month.

The eight-shed farm is being developed by Kiwi Free Range Ltd on a block at Dromore with the first of the 138m x 20m sheds already complete. Chickens are grown out in an eight-week cycle before being transported for processing in Christchurch under the Tegel brand.

Kiwi Free Range spokesman Blair Robinson said construction of the other sheds on the 95ha block was on schedule and the project should be complete early next year.

The work is being carried out

by Novasteel, which specialises in poultry farm construction; up to 30 people are working onsite at any given time during the development stage.

Robinson said farm managers Len and Ashleigh Wilson and their family had moved from the North Island to run the farm. The

company has a similar farm near Auckland. “Len will be looking to hire an assistant manager in the next month or two and at least one further team member by the end of the year.”

The first batch of chickens were only weeks away from arriving, he said.

The sheds are climate and odour controlled.

Robinson said biosecurity was important, as on all farms, and security cameras and alarms had been installed around the property. New Zealand is free from the majority of avian illnesses found in other countries, so maintaining the health status of the national poultry flock and native birds is critical.

The company’s livestock and flock welfare programmes, include controlling people and vehicle movements, rodents and wild birds and efficient clean down and sanitation procedures after each growing cycle.

Regular sampling and testing will be carried out.

Right – An aerial view of the poultry farm under construction.

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Police on the hunt for hooded man

BY KATIE TODD

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Ashburton police are appealing for information following recent suspicious activity in Tinwald.

During an incident at approximately 4.30pm on May 20, a resident noticed a suspicious person enter Thompson Street from Carter’s Terrace, said Constable Richard Glennie.

“This resident outlined the behaviour appeared suspicious to her as this person concerned was looking into several neighbouring properties with no obvious legiti-

mate purpose – and as a result she was concerned enough to film the person,” he said.

Police have now released a photograph from the footage, and are seeking information to identify the person in it.

They are also seeking information on “any other occurrences where the individual pictured has been observed acting in a suspicious manner”.

Information can be reported by calling Ashburton police on 3078400 and asking for Constable Glennie.

Ashburton police said they would like to use this as an opportunity to encourage members of the public to maintain sound security measures at home and business by locking doors/windows when not in use, leaving parked vehicles in a secure state and working with neighbours to exercise vigilance in looking after each other’s property.

Ashburton police actively encourage the reporting of any suspicious behaviour via Crimestoppers on 0800 555-111 or police on 111.

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■ MOUNT HUTT COLLEGE BALL

A sparkling night of mystery

BY KATIE TODD

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They came in glittering gowns and suave suits, aboard transport options from the unique to the downright peculiar – and all were ready to dance the night away.

One hundred and thirty-five students descended on the Mount Hutt Heritage Centre last night for their eagerly anticipated senior ball.

This year’s event took the form of a Night of Mystery – a theme which organiser Jaime Lamond said tied together art deco, masquerade and murder mystery elements.

Live music from local band Wishlist lured throngs to the dancefloor, while others enjoyed the photo booth and steady supply of catered foods.

An alcohol-free after-ball was held at the Methven Racecourse courtesy of a group of parents, and kept the party going well into the night.

For more coverage of Mount Hutt College’s ball, check out Monday’s paper.

The Mount Hutt College ball committee all set for a big night.

Farming company fined A farming company has been fined $12,000 after a 6-year-old was injured in a quad bike accident in 2016.

The victim was visiting the 24 hectare farm owned by his grandparents during school holidays.

He was riding on the back of a quad doing tasks on the farm when he fell from the quad and was run over by equipment being towed behind it.

The quad was being driven by the boy’s uncle who was employed on the property.

The victim was taken to hospital by helicopter and suffered a fracture to his left leg that required multiple surgeries.

The farming company, Greystone Holdings Limited, will also voluntarily pay reparation of $15,000 into a trust account of the victim.

Worksafe is using the incident as a reminder to the public that children and quads don’t mix.

WorkSafe deputy general manager, investigations and specialist services Simon Hum-

phries said that whether you own a small holding or a high country station, children do not belong on adult-sized quad bikes as riders or passengers.

“It might look like fun and a way to keep the kids amused but the risk of death or injury needs to outweigh the entertainment factor,” Humphries said.

“These are heavy and powerful machines that require the rider’s full attention. A child does not have the physical strength or risk recognition to be an independent passenger, especially on a vehicle that is not designed for carrying extra people.”

WorkSafe’s investigation found that while Greystone was aware of the dangers associated with quad bikes, it still allowed children to ride on the quad on occasion.

It also found that Greystone should have directed its workers that only one person was to ride the quad at a time and that children were not to be carried as passengers.

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■ ASHBURTON TRUST LION FOUNDATION

Eight groups receive big funding boost

BY SUE NEWMAN

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Ashburton’s gaming machine fans have played their way to helping fund eight local organisations.

In the latest round of grants from gaming machine profits, the Ashburton Trust Lion Foundation regional grants committee this month gave away almost $200,000.

One of the big winners was the Mid Canterbury Vintage Machinery Club.

This organisation has been in search of a new home for several years and looked at a number of options including a site at the Plains Museum.

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It is now in the final stages of signing a deal to build a new club rooms, display sheds and training facilities at the Ashburton Showgrounds.

The organisation has been given $40,000 towards the project from the gaming machine fund.

The new location will give the organisation a much higher profile and will allow display sheds to be open to the public when events are being held at the showgrounds.

It is also intended the facility will provide an opportunity for schools and tourists to visit and learn more about the way in which agriculture has changed

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the Mid Canterbury plains. Other big ticket donations were to Mid Canterbury Cricket, $45,000 for salaries and insurance and Mid Canterbury Hockey, $40,000 for salaries, turf rent and coaching.

Other recipients were: Fairton School, $20,630 for swimming pool liner; Ashburton Community Alcohol and Drug Service, $20,000 for rent and salaries; Ashburton Indoor Bowls Assn, $15,652 for venue hire; Ashburton Squash Rackets Club, $9383 for squash balls and coaching; Olympic Gymnastics Sports, $8640 for acromat floor strips.

A total of $199,305 was given in grants.

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Guilty verdict in shooting A jury took less than an hour to conclude that Rory Manuel was the “man in blue” who blasted a man at point-blank range during an armed robbery of a Christchurch tinnie house.

Rory Edward Manuel, 35, denied being one of two men who allegedly bust into a house in the northwest suburb of Bryndwr in the early hours of December 29, 2016 and at gunpoint robbed three people of drugs, cash, booze, jewellery, laptops and cellphones, before fleeing in a stolen car.

The issue of identification and whether the Crown could prove Manuel was one of the armed invaders was central to the trial at Christchurch District Court.

Yesterday, after the jury unanimously found Manuel, of Shirley, guilty on a charge of aggravated robbery with a firearm causing grievous bodily harm, Judge Jane Farish told them of his criminal history for the first time.

With previous drugs, weapons, and violence convictions, Manuel was “not someone who is a stranger to violence”, the judge said.

She thanked the jury for their service, noting that they had probably been “exposed to a side of Canterbury life that you probably didn’t even know existed”.

It was a case about the “violent theft” of drugs, money, and other property, Crown prosecutor Sean Mallett told the jury of seven men and five women.

Two men and a woman were home at the Morley Street flat when the raid happened, the

Rory Manuel was found guilty of an armed raid on a Christchurch tinnie house that ended in a man being shot. PHOTO NZME court heard. They had just smoked some meth, Mallett told the jury, and were watching a movie when at about 2am or 3am there was a knock at the door.

One man yelled out to ask who was there. A voice responded, “Chris”.

When the other male tenant went to open the door, it was either kicked or shoved open and a gun was pointed in his face, the court heard.

Two men, described of being of Maori or Pacific Island descent, one dressed in blue, one in red, told the men to lie face down on the floor.

The woman was told to face the wall, the court heard, and a blanket was put over her head.

She was allegedly told she’d be shot if she didn’t stop screaming.

The two intruders asked where money, drugs, and other valuables were before searching and “looting” property, Mallett said. They found a suitcase in a bedroom and allegedly began loading it up with laptops, cellphones, jewellery and other property, including bottles of vodka.

The two men were patted down, and had car keys, watches and wallets taken, the court heard, before the raiders started moving furniture around the room.

One of the occupants was told to stand up and walk to the toilet.

It was then that the gun went off and the victim was shot at close

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range in the neck and shoulder.

The two intruders immediately fled in one of the alleged drug dealers’ 1998 purple Honda Accord, which was later found burnt out and abandoned.

The victim of the shooting underwent surgery but at the time was expected to make a full recovery.

Later that morning, the woman inside the house identified Manuel as the man dressed in blue who was holding the gun.

A police scene exam of his home found a fingerprint on a Vodafone box that had been delivered to the Morley St house two months earlier.

It matched with a left thumb print of Manuel, the Crown claimed. Two bottles of vodka were also found at his house, the court heard.

Data recovered from Manuel’s cellphone allegedly showed he sent a text at 2.12am that showed he was in the vicinity of a Bryndwr cellphone tower near Morley St. When Manuel was spoken to by police, he denied any involvement, saying he didn’t know who lived at Morley St and he had never been there.

The second alleged intruder has never been identified.

Defence counsel Tim Fournier said the only issue for the jury was whether the Crown could prove beyond reasonable doubt Manuel was “the man in blue”.

Judge Farish gave Manuel a first-strike warning and remanded him in custody to be sentenced on July 25.

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In findings released yesterday, coroner David Robinson ruled they both drowned as the result of an accident, and made no recommendations over the circumstances of their deaths.

The Rams, from Fiji, lived in Christchurch with their 6-month-old daughter.

Avneel Ram operated an airconditioning company with a close mate.

The coroner noted that Sheetal

Ram had decided to try and get her driver’s licence, and passed her learner’s test in August last year.

Two days before the Christchurch tragedy, her husband had bought a red Toyota Cynos for her to learn in.

On Tuesday, September 12 last year they went to Westlake Reserve for a lesson.

Witnesses described the car accelerating down the slope and

Jailed for medal theft A Christchurch man who stole a priceless war medal has been sentenced to five years in jail.

Joshua Lukic stole the New Zealand Memorial Cross medal during a burglary of a Redwood house in December. The medal was given to the family of Ian Jones, after his uncle died fighting in El Alamein in Egypt. Property including jewellery, foreign currency, digital camera, and Fire Service medals were also taken. In sentencing, Judge Stephen O’Discoll called the 30-year-old a high-risk offender with a history of offending dating back to 2002. Jones said the sentence was not long enough but at least he could now put the incident behind him.

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Pedestrian hit by car The critically injured victim of an Auckland car crash is understood to be a young adult. A car hit the person in Birkdale on Auckland’s North Shore. The St John ambulance service attended the crash at about 8.20am yesterday.

Officers treated and took the person to hospital. The collision happened at the intersection of Birkdale and Beach Haven roads.

The police said the serious crash unit was investigating the collision.

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Coroner commends would-be rescuer The bravery of a bystander who dived into a freezing Christchurch lake to try to save a husband and wife who drowned after a driving lesson turned to tragedy has been commended by a coroner.

Avneel Ram, 26, and his 31-year-old wife Sheetal died after she accidentally drove into the lake in the Halswell area of Westlake Reserve on September 12 last year.

A motorcyclist has died after a crash in the Tasman District.

Emergency services were called to the scene of a crash on State Highway 63, St-Arnaud-Kawatiri Highway, just before 3pm yesterday. The motorcycle was the only vehicle involved in the crash.

The Serious Crash Unit is investigating.

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entering the lake without braking. Avneel Ram went into the water, chasing after the car.

A member of the public grabbed a rock with the intention of breaking a window to help get Sheetal Ram out of the car.

She entered the water to help, the coroner said, but turned back as she was not a confident swimmer either. Nobody else entered the water.

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A 17-year-old Auckland man has been arrested after a vicious assault that left a man with a fractured eye socket and deep gash to his head. A 25-year-old Colombian man was waiting for his train at the Onehunga station on Saturday, May 19, about 1.40pm when he was approached by the male offender. The offender allegedly assaulted the victim, and robbed him of his wallet, phone and belt bag. Police arrested a man on Thursday evening, Detective Senior Sergeant Scott Armstrong said.

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Olympic champion jailed for sex crimes Olympic champion Arthur Parkin has been jailed.

In February, a jury found him guilty of two of five indecent assault charges.

Yesterday, before Judge Robert Ronayne in the Auckland District Court, Parkin was imprisoned for one year and eight months.

Parkin shook his head during his sentencing and looked back at the public gallery sheepishly as he was led away to the cells.

“I note for the record that you shake your head, you continue to deny what you did,” Judge Ronayne’s voice boomed towards the now 66-year-old.

The former Black Stick star was accused of indecently assaulting young girls in Whangarei, Auckland and Coromandel between 1975 and 1983.

Eleven of the 12 jurors found him guilty on two charges, of which there was independent evidence, relating to the second of the three women. All the complainants’ identities are permanently suppressed.

The second complainant said she was indecently assaulted by

Parkin, then in his late 20s, at an Auckland home. On another occasion, when she was only 11, Parkin forced her to touch his erection.

She testified during Parkin’s trial that she was sitting in a sleeping bag on a couch when the Olympian reached inside, under her clothes, and abused her.

The jury unanimously ruled that Parkin was not guilty on the charges relating to the two other women.

“Imprisonment is very much on the cards,” Judge Ronayne told Parkin after the verdicts were read out.

An emotional victim impact statement from the second woman was read to the court yesterday.

“When I was 11 years old, on the cusp of turning 12, you Arthur abused your role … and sexually abused me,” she began.

“My parents entrusted me into your care, and I trusted you as one of the two adults in the house with me.”

“You made me not only touch you but stroke you,” she addressed Parkin. “I was 11, I was a

child, and you were the adult.”

She said Parkin had made the decision to abuse her and then “just brushed [it] off”.

“Those decisions have influenced my life ever since,” she said.

“Those decisions you made will continue to influence my life until the day I die.”

She described her abuse as a “disease that has grown and infected my life”, causing enormous damage.

“Enormous self-doubt and a belief that I didn’t matter,” she said. “I didn’t matter, my voice didn’t matter.

“Alienated, misunderstood, told I was aggressive, cold even, hard. Even my sexuality was questioned.”

She said when she was giving evidence during Parkin’s trial abuse survivors approached her.

They were those who “were too afraid to go public, but said they were on the stand with me”.

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 - Which computer game is often referred to as GTA? a. Gran Tourismo America b. Grand Theft Auto c. Geo Training Activity 2 - What does the word vaccilate mean? a. To be indecisive b. To be greedy c. To be offensive 3 - Which two boxers fought in the famous Rumble in the Jungle in 1974? a. Ali and Foreman b. Foreman and Norton c. Frazier and Foreman 4 - What sort of Chinese dish is Foo Yung? a. Stew b. Omelette c. Dumplings 5 - In which year did Elton John originally have a hit with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road? a. 1971 b. 1973 c. 1975 6 - From which country does copper get its name? a. Canada b. Cuba c. Cyprus 7 - Which of these is not the title of a Disney animated film? a. Rio b. Inside Out c. Strange Magic 8 - What was the sequel to the 1960 novel To Kill A Mockingbird? a. Go Set a Watchman b. In Times of Strife c. The Woman in the Wall

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450-500g Quality Mark rump steak 3T oil 2T lemon juice 2-3 large cloves garlic, crushed 1 long red chilli, deseeded and very finely chopped 2 ripe tomatoes, cored and diced 1 medium-sized red onion 1 avocado, cut in half, stone removed and peeled Juice of 1 lime or 1/2 lemon 2T coriander leaves, roughly chopped 2-3C red or green cabbage, finely shredded (or use shredded iceberg or cos lettuce if you prefer) 4 corn tortillas Lime wedges

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Mash the avocado using a fork, add the lime juice and season to taste. Stir through half of the chopped coriander. Stir the remaining coriander through the finely shredded cabbage.

Warm tortillas to make pliable.

Spread mashed avocado over tortillas, place on some cabbage, pico de gallo and sliced rump steak and fold in half.

Serve with lime wedges.

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North keen to save talks North Korea said it’s still willing to sit for talks with the United States “at any time, (in) any format,” a remarkably restrained and diplomatic response, from a nation noted for its proud belligerence, to President Donald Trump’s abrupt cancellation of a summit with the North’s leader, Kim Jong Un. The statement by Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, a long-time nuclear negotiator and senior diplomat, which said the North is “willing to give the US time and opportunities” to reconsider talks that had been set for June 12 in Singapore, could be driven by a need to use the summit to ease crushing international sanctions, or by a determination that a summit with the mercurial Trump is the best opportunity the North will ever have to elevate itself, and its nuclear programme, to equality with its archrival. Regardless of the motivation, Kim’s statement was the latest whiplash development in efforts to diplomatically address what might be the world’s most dangerous standoff.

Focus will now swing back to how Trump will respond to the North’s seemingly concil-

Freeman apologises Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman has apologised to anyone who may have felt “uncomfortable or disrespected” by his behaviour. It comes after CNN reported that multiple women have accused the actor of sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour on movie sets and in other professional settings.

“Anyone who knows me or has worked with me knows I am not someone who would intentionally offend or knowingly make anyone feel uneasy,” the actor, now 80, said via his publicist, Stan Rosenfield. “I apologise to anyone who felt uncomfortable or disrespected — that was never my intent.”

A guard stands at the entrance of the north tunnel at North Korea’s nuclear test site shortly before it was to be blown up, at Punggye-ri, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea.

PHOTO AP Korean counterpart on their touches on a nuclear-armed iatory gesture. shared border and explodmissile programme meant to The stakes are high. A scraping parts of his nuclear testtarget the entire US mainland. ping of diplomacy could see a ing site in an apparent sign Since January, Kim has taken return to the torrent of weapof good faith. The Singapore a radically softer approach to ons tests – and the fears of summit would have been the foreign affairs, sending his siswar they created – that North culmination of this outreach. ter to the Olympics in South Korea unleashed last year as - AP Korea, meeting with his South it sought to put the finishing

■ CANADA

Apology for interview

Hooded figures detonate bomb in restaurant Police have released images of two hooded suspects who walked into a restaurant and detonated a bomb inside, injuring at least 15 people.

Multiple people have been injured after the suspects walked into the restaurant and exploded an improvised explosive device in Toronto.

They then fled the scene.

Dozens of emergency crews rushed to the scene in Mis-

sissauga, Ontario, at about yesterday where paramedics said they had transported 15 patients of which three were “taken to trauma centres with critical blast injuries”.

“Two parties fled the scene immediately after the incident,” Peel Regional Police tweeted. “When officials went into the restaurant they appeared to see another device,” CTV’s Miranda Anthistle re-

ported. It comes just a month after 25-year-old Alek Minassian killed 10 people and injured 15 more in a bloody van rampage in the city.

The injuries have been described as “penetrating trauma injuries”, according to Jeremy Cohn, a reporter on the scene.

“At this point there is a very heavy police presence,” he said, adding that tactical, K9

and explosives disposal units were also present. Firefighters have pulled back as police search for more possible explosive devices.

The cause of the explosion remains unclear but it is believed the blast occured at a Bombay Bhel restaurant, a local Indian eatery.

There are as yet no confirmed reports on casualties.

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Jason Bateman and Tony Hale are apologising for comments they made in defence of their Arrested Development costar Jeffrey Tambor, who has been accused of harassment on the show’s set.

In a series of tweets, Bateman says his comments were “wrong” and that it seemed like he was “condoning yelling at work”. He adds that he’s “incredibly embarrassed”. Bateman was reacting to a cast interview in The New York Times in which actress Jessica Walter alleged Tambor verbally harassed her on the set.

Bateman responded in the interview that “a lot of stuff happens in 15 years”. He later tweeted “I realise that I was wrong here”.

■ UNITED STATES

Judge orders ‘deadbeat’ son out of home A 30-year-old New York man who was evicted from his parents’ house must move out by noon on June 1.

State Supreme Court Justice Donald Greenwood signed the eviction order this week. It sets a hard deadline for Michael Rotondo to peacefully leave his parents’ home in Camillus – before county sheriffs can be called in to forcibly remove him.

Rotondo had asked for at least 30 days to leave, arguing for a full six months during court arguments – which the judge called “outrageous”.

The judge said Rotondo’s mother was entitled to remove him right away, but wrote that

Michael Rotondo she requested he be given until June 1 to vacate.

In an interview with the Daily Mail after this week’s hearing, Michael said that his

issues with his parents, Mark and Christina, are tied to his custody battle over his son.

Michael says he lost custody of his son back in September.

The boy now lives with his mother full time, who Michael says he was never married to, or in a relationship with.

He says he immediately filed an appeal as a “poor person” so that his court fees could be waived going forward. But he says his parents complicated matters when they said he needed a job and health insurance if he was to continue living with them.

Michael refused, saying that his job at the moment was getting his son back. When they

offered to pay for his health insurance, Michael explained that he couldn’t take that money because it would compromise getting the “poor person” status.

Shortly after, he says his parents stopped providing food for him, and cut off his cellphone. They also said he couldn’t use the laundry machines in the house anymore.

His parents also went to court to try to get visitation of their grandchild.

Michael says it was two days after that hearing that he got his first letter, in which his parents said they had “decided that you must leave this house immediately”.

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Jackson special slammed The estate of Michael Jackson is objecting to an ABC TV special on the end of the King of Pop’s life, calling it a crass attempt to exploit Jackson without respect for his legacy or children. The estate said that The Last Days of Michael Jackson is not sponsored or approved

by Jackson’s heirs, and will most likely violate their intellectual property rights — an assertion ABC denies. Advertising for the two-hour documentary says it will reveal new information on Jackson and focuses on his apparent decline in the run-up to his death at 50 on June 25, 2009.

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here are things a town takes pride in being recognised for and there are things that should make it hang its community heads in shame.

We like to pride ourselves on being a town and district that’s going places, that’s forward thinking and that cares about the people who make up our community.

We have support organisations by the dozen and each one does a sterling job.

But we have a gaping hole in our social landscape, one that simmers below the surface, one that few see and even fewer want to recognise. But we can’t ignore it. We’re a town where domestic violence is a growing problem, a town where a growing number of women, men and children live in fear of their ‘significant other’.

We have been labelled as a

particularly bad spot for domestic violence.

That shameful recognition has come from the most reliable of sources, from the people who deal with the issue at the front line, the Mid South Island Women’s Refuge and Family Safety Services. This small group of people do an amazing job in the most taxing of circumstances.

If they say the demand for their services in Ashburton is high and growing, then it’s true.

For most Mid Cantabrians

reading that refuge and safety staff are seeing up to 12 families every week is horrifying. And if you think that’s bad, the service says a big contributor to the problem is the high use of methamphetamine in the area.

Ashburton clearly has a huge problem, but it’s one most of us are refusing to see. Sadly, the attitude that it can’t be happening in our town, our street, next door is well and truly alive. Family violence doesn’t just happen to strangers, it could be happening to our friends and in our own family.

Family violence has a stigma around it. And that’s the problem, it means that victims are afraid to speak out so no-one knows because perpetrators are unlikely to boast about their ability with their fists.

It happens across the social strata, across all ages and all races.

Fear and shame stop victims asking for help, fear of their abuser, shame that others will think less of them for not having the courage to pack their bags and walk away.

For anyone who has not been involved in abuse it’s difficult to understand how after the first punch, a woman does not either call the police or leave. But that first punch may have come after years of controlling behaviour, intimidation, isolation and a general destruction of self-esteem.

Many have nowhere else to go.

Thank God for the women’s refuge team. They’re the people who rebuild shattered lives.

They can’t mend broken bones or repair torn skin, but what they

do is even more important. They help people rebuild their lives in a safe and secure environment.

Working with women at risk is what they’ve done for decades, but they’re now spreading their net in a way that will take them to the foundation of the problem, working with men and teenage boys to help them develop healthy attitudes towards women.

Their focus is on the ambulance at the top of the cliff.

The growing demand for their services is unfortunately rarely matched by increased funding.

They’re allocated set funding each year and if they need more then they have to go out and raise it.

Thankfully our community, while we might be contributing to their workload on one hand, is also contributing to the organisation’s funding on the other.

mainly in New Jersey, not New York.

Ten years ago: Chinese officials said they would waive their one-child policy for families with a child who was killed, severely injured or disabled in the country’s devastating earthquake.

Five years ago: A Nigerian tugboat carrying 12 crew members capsized and sank in about 100 feet of water; a sole survivor (Harrison Odjegba Okene) was miraculously rescued three days later. The lesbian romance Blue

is the Warmest Color: The Life of Adele won the Palme d’Or at the 66th Cannes Film Festival.

One year ago: President Donald Trump, attending a G-7 meeting in Sicily, vowed to crush “evil organisations of terror” following an attack on Coptic Christians that killed at least 28 people near Cairo, Egypt.

Today’s birthdays: Sportscaster Brent Musberger is 79. Rock musician Garry Peterson (Guess Who) is 73. Singer Stevie Nicks is 70. Actress Pam Grier is 69. Actor

Philip Michael Thomas is 69.

Country singer Hank Williams Jr. is 69. British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is 69. Actress Margaret Colin is 60. Country singer-songwriter Dave Robbins is 59. Actor Doug Hutchison is 58. Actress Genie Francis is 56.

Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait is 56. Singer-actor Lenny Kravitz is 54. Actress Helena Bonham Carter is 52. Distance runner Zola Budd is 52. Rock musician Phillip Rhodes is 50. Actor Joseph Fiennes is 48. Singer Joey Kibble

(Take 6) is 47. Actor-producerwriter Matt Stone is 47. Actress Elisabeth Harnois is 39. Actor Hrach Titizian is 39.

Thought for today: “The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.” – Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American feminist (1815-1902).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Saturday, May 26, the 146th day of 2018. There are 219 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On May 26, 1868, the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ended with his acquittal on the remaining charges.

On this date: In 1647, Alse Young was hanged in Hartford, Connecticut, in the first recorded execution of a “witch” in the American colonies.

In 1805, Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned king of Italy in Milan.

In 1897, the Gothic horror novel Dracula by Bram Stoker was first published in London.

In 1918, the Democratic Republic of Georgia declared its independence. (Georgia was invaded by the Soviet Union in 1921 and did not reclaim its independence until 1991.)

In 1940, Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of some 338,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began during World War Two. In 1954, explosions rocked the aircraft carrier USS Bennington off Rhode Island, killing 103 sailors. (The initial blast was blamed on leaking catapult fluid ignited by the flames of a jet.)

In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the AntiBallistic Missile Treaty in Moscow.

(The US withdrew from the treaty in 2002.)

In 1978, Resorts Casino Hotel, the first legal US casino outside Nevada, opened in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

In 1981, 14 people were killed when a marine jet crashed on to the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off Florida.

In 1998, the US Supreme Court made it far more difficult for police to be sued by people hurt during high-speed chases.

The Supreme Court ruled that Ellis Island, historic gateway for millions of immigrants, was

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n a blur of bureaucracy and a flood of figures, the eagerlyanticipated Budget has come and gone.

Yes, it’s history for another year. And didn’t the man behind it, Minister of Finance Grant Robertson, look pleased with both it and himself.

Yes indeedy, “Pleased as punch” was the only way to describe the deep lines of satisfaction etched in his experienced features, a combination that made the legendary Cheshire Cat look positively depressed.

He purred. He swaggered.

He embraced his leader. He acknowledged the cheers of his parliamentary chums. He sat down.

The job was done! The foundations laid for three years of sustained spending, a “socialist” re-drawing of the boundaries of government and a boost to the expectations of all of us Kiwis.

It was overwhelming politics, full of financial bravado and rhetorical flourish.

Should Jacinda decide she prefers motherhood to running the country she can be confident she now has a successor waiting in the famous wings only too keen to take up the reins should she opt to relinquish them.

What her minuscule coalition colleagues thought of it all may be assumed to be marginally less enthusiastic, the Greens, in particular. Gestures towards support for the environment could be detected and there was much emphasis on the flamboyant, “Get off the couch” Mr Jones and his one million trees, all of which should be up and thriving over the next 10 years.

For James Shaw – male Green co-leader – it was not a day for back-slapping, high-fives or hugs amongst his eight-strong team, six of whom are conspicuously female.

It was much more, “thank our lucky stars we are here at all after what Metiria Turei did to – single-handedly – get within a whisker of destroying our party altogether in the run-up to the last election”.

Further along the line, Winston Peters, dapper as ever, was smiling as only he can, tasting the cream but also recalling his most recent whisky, as he heard Mr Robertson announce a major boost for our international em-

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Pleased as punch was the only way to describe the deep lines of satisfaction etched in Grant Robertson’s experienced features. bassies and the kudos that goes with them.

It will enhance the Foreign Minister’s standing in the Chancelleries of the world where, he hopes, his words will be hung on and his path eased.

Peters, as if you needed reminding, is also our Prime Minister designate. Once one or two final stages in her condition are accomplished – and in the near future, at that – Jacinda – on the arm of her manly, fisherperson partner, Clarke Gayford – will be off on maternity leave, during which the new Ardern/ Gayford addition will make its welcome entry into a new world actually being fashioned by its mother. He/she will be the very first person ever to be so blessed.

Fancy that. A home-grown world to inherit!

The question hanging in the climate-changing air: Will Winston attempt to make use of the responsibility he has had, gratefully, thrust upon him, and attempt to further his own cause of equality for all in Aotearoa, New Zealand. No suggestion of Them and Us. Or will he toe the line set out for him by Jacinda in the helpful

letter she has written him advising him on how she expects him to carry out his sacred duties as acting Prime Minister while she is otherwise engaged.

It’s hard to see Winston Peters following orders, whoever they come from. Personally, I hope he will find an opportunity to stress his equality crusade. Presumably, he has been pleased to note various communities over the weekend voting no to Maorionly wards.

So we are about to enter a period of uncertainty during which we shall be “ruled” by a man who lost his seat in our most recent election and whose party accounts for a mere 7 per cent of the electorate.

Only in NZ. Can’t see a similar scenario developing in South America or a lot of other volatile parts of the world. Perhaps we really are like sheep.

ford speaks disparagingly of the “kids” from the Treasury.

Mr Seymour argues that any new state houses in leafy Epsom will lower the tone.

Once a cricketer, Mark Richardson, now a self-created media personality, shares Mr Seymour’s opinion. “Such people,” says Richardson, should live in “special areas”.

Trevor Mallard showing what a poor choice he was for Speaker of the House.

How can a leopard be expected to change its deeplyembedded spots or an inveterate poacher metamorphose into a God-fearing game keeper within the always-edgy atmosphere of Parliament? Can’t be done, and Mallard, the man of many expulsions from the House, hopelessly inadequately equipped even to pretend to try.

Have these people no shame?

Further thoughts From the Budget: $100m to be spent on staging the America’s Cup in 2021. Maybe more? Looks like taxpayer-sponsored this time round, rather than Emirates.

From the politicians: Mr Twy-

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“As the partner of a recent resident in Princes Court, I was struggling with guilt and grief and felt very alone and upset by the turn our lives had taken.

Then I received an invitation to attend the Carers Support meeting at Greenvale House, the offices of Princes Court. It was great to realise I was not alone after all, suddenly I was with people who were on the same journey as me, albeit at different stages.

We meet approximately once a month for a shared lunch and to share our stories and I find the time flies.

We talk and laugh, occasionally shed a tear and always come away feeling supported.

We are husbands, wives, sons and daughters of dementia sufferers and we welcome anyone who is travelling the same path as us.

I personally have been helped to reach acceptance and to shed the guilt of not being able to manage my loved one at home any longer.”

At Princes Court it is not just about putting life in those years of our residents; it is also about providing support for their family too. We are all on the same journey.

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Aussie’s rich-listers and their big money links to NZ

By Anne GiBson Australia’s wealthiest people identified yesterday by the 2018 Financial Review Rich List operate major businesses in New Zealand where they are spending $790m in Newmarket and $100m in Hamilton lately.

From packaging to shopping centres, our trans-Tasman neighbours have huge influence here and are spending more on already well-established assets in this country.

Australia’s wealthiest man is Anthony Pratt with an estimated $A12.9b. His Visy dominates box manufacturing and recycling on both sides of the Tasman.

Visy Board NZ has a factory in Auckland, but a new corrugated packaging plant at Hamilton Airport was last year reported to be making a $100m investment on an 8.5-hectare site at the airport. Visy Board is headquartered at 235 Roscommon Road in Wiri.

Visy’s website lists a beverage can operation on Langley Road, Manukau, material recovery facility at Victoria Street, Onehunga, plastics business on the Albany Highway and boxes business at Wiri.

ANTHONY PRATT

HARRY TRIGUBOFF

Many Kiwis have stayed in some of the 75,000 residential dwellings created by Australian apartment development tycoon Harry Triguboff, ranked second with $A12.77b. His business is The Meriton Group. Meriton Suites are in popular resort areas in Brisbane, Sydney and the Gold Coast.

Meriton says: “Established in 1963, Meriton has made a significant impact on the Austral-

ian landscape. We have designed, developed and built an estimated one in 10 apartments in Sydney, along with some of the tallest residential towers in Sydney, Brisbane and the Gold Coast. The private company has designed, developed and built more than 75,000 apartments across the east coast of Australia.

The next two wealthiest Australians appear to have fewer ties with

Guardian Shares & Investments Compiled by

NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

Source: NZX and Standard & Poors

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3.8m 497.5 7.38 983.8 1.5m 985.3 – 176.5 29.63 412.2 30.93 643.5 611.3 2.7m 94.59 252.6 23.37 377.7 148.3 446.5 141.5 60.58 611.8 61.43 1.9m 1.6m 116.7 179.3 402.5 248.1 213.2 171.4 506.6 164.0 758.5 535.5 40.54 56.27 222.9 5.2m 126.2 559.8 441.0 295.3 58.75 62.99 127.2 106.4 6.50 491.7

S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross 8740 8658 8576 8494 8412 8330

25/5

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S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross constituents

At close of trading on Friday, May 25, 2018

p S&P/NZX 50 Gross

8,638.4

+47.63

+0.55%

p S&P/NZX 20 index

5,699.88 +32.17 +0.57%

p S&P/NZX All Gross

9,405.81

+49.9

+0.53%

p Rises 61 q Falls 43

WORLD MARKETS

q S&P/ASX 200 index

6,032.8

–4.3

–0.07%

At close of trading on May 25, 2018

q Dow Jones Indust.

24,811.8

–75.0

–0.30%

At close of trading on May 24, 2018

q FTSE 100 index

7,716.7

–71.7

–0.92%

At close of trading on May 24, 2018

p Nikkei 225 index

22,450.8 +13.78 +0.06% At close of trading on May 25, 2018

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

p Gold

London – $US/ounce

1,304.85 +15.85 +1.23%

q Silver London – $US/ounce

16.51

–0.02

–0.12%

p Copper London – $US/tonne

6,835.0

+35.0

+0.51%

NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ

Country

As at 4pm May 25, 2018

Australia Canada China Euro Fiji Great Britain Japan Samoa South Africa Thailand United States

TT buy

0.9316 0.9118 4.7029 0.6062 1.4814 0.5281 77.69 1.8462 8.7471 22.52 0.7077

TT sell

0.9006 0.8783 4.1281 0.58 1.3648 0.5096 74.43 1.6158 8.4257 21.44 0.6824

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GINA RINEHART New Zealand: Gina Rinehart of Hancock Prospecting is third with $A12.68b followed by Hui Wing Mau with $A9.09b.

But the fifth-ranked has had a big influence here and a long association and his family have visited over the years as they expanded.

Frank Lowy, one of the founders of shopping centre business Westfield, has an estimated

$A8.42b. The Scentre business in New Zealand is headquartered in Newmarket and co-owns five of this country’s largest malls along with a Singaporean government investment fund.

In Auckland, Scentre has its biggest play since that business was formed in 2014, spending $790m redeveloping Westfield Newmarket, a job which started last year and is due to finish later next year and bring the David Jones department store to Auckland for the first time.

The Australian publication said it listed 76 billionaires, the most in its 34-year history.

“The combined wealth of the top five male rich-listers more than doubles the combined wealth of the top five female richlisters, totalling $A46 billion compared to $A18.37 billion,” it said yesterday.

“Property remains the dominant sector on this year’s list.

Of the 200 people on the list, 51 make most of their money in the property sector. Many on the list that have made money in other industries have poured their proceeds into property development or management businesses,” it reported.

– NZME

Auckland April storms cost $72m

By TAmsyn PArker The April storm which cut power to thousands of Auckland homes for days has cost insurers more than $72 million and could put New Zealand on track for the costliest year for weather-related claims.

Figures from the Insurance Council show more than 13,000 claims were made after the storm hit on April 10 and 11.

As hurricane-force winds ripped through the city at up to 140km/h, the storm knocked out power to over 200,000 Auckland properties. Lines company Vector reported that homes were affected for 11 days following the storm.

“The 10 and 11 April storm has been the most expensive so far this year and has cost more than cyclones Gita and Fehi combined,” Insurance Council chief executive Tim Grafton said.

“It has cost more than cyclones Gita and Fehi combined.”

The storm was the fourth storm to hit New Zealand this year and could put the country on track for the most expensive year for weather-related insurance claims.

“Last year was the most expensive year on record for severe weather events with $243 million in insured losses.

“This storm brings the total for this year to $173.1 million and we are only in May and still have the late-April floods to calculate so it is not hard to imagine this year

FIVE BIGGEST STORMS OF THIS CENTURY ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

15-16 February 2004, Lower North Island storms: $148.3m 3-7 April 2017, Cyclone Debbie: $91.5m 11-12 September 2013, Nationwide storms: $77.1m 10-12 July 2007, Far North/Auckland:/Coromandel $72.7m 10-11 April 2018, Nationwide storms: $72.1m

TIM GRAFTON being another big one,” Grafton said. House and contents claims made up the biggest number and dollar value with 10,713 claims and $34.9m while there were 1810 commercial claims for $34.2m.

Marine claims cost $228,125 while motor claims added up to $2.2m.

The council also says the April storm was the fifth biggest this century.

With more extreme weather events the Insurance Council welcomed yesterday’s recommendations from the Climate Change Adaptation Technical Working Group on adapting to climate change in New Zealand.

The working group called upon the Government to start on a national adaptation plan that would define what needs to be done first and who does what, along with a countrywide risk assessment to inform it.

It called for strong leadership on climate change, including a review of policy and legislation and factoring climate impacts into government and council procurement processes.

“Every dollar spent on adaptation now will be more than repaid in future savings,” Grafton said.

“The longer we wait to adapt, the more it will cost us and if we fail to adapt altogether it will cost us the most.”

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ADVERTISING FEATURE MAY 2018

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Hotel Ashburton ADVERTISING FEATURE

Saturday, May 26, 2018

Clearwater a restaurant for all occasions The Hotel Ashburton offers dining options for every occasion from casual meals and a la carte dining in its restaurant to bar meals and catering options for large scale events.

It’s been an Ashburton icon for decades, said functions co-ordinator Verity Lydford and it wants to build on its proud history to reinforce itself as the dining place of choice for Ashburtonians.

Gone are the days when the hotel was a place only visited for special occasion meals; today its place in the everyday dining market is very firmly cemented among casual diners who want great food in an attractive and welcoming environment, she said.

“Today we’re all about keeping our food much simpler, we’re not so high end. Our food is food everyone will enjoy, it’s high quality, but it’s not high end, it’s familiar food with a 21st century twist.”

The hotel’s cozy Clearwater Restaurant dining area links neatly with the house bar and overlooks the pool area and gardens.

This is its dining star and its atmosphere is a long way from the formal dining experience that was the original, large Clearwater Restaurant.

The a la cart menu is prepared with care and with consideration of local dining preferences and local ingredients by chef Mehul Ganjawalla.

His winter menu is now available and it’s one he’s taking pride in – there’s a wide range of dishes, without being overwhelming and there are options that will please every diner. It’s a menu that takes tradition and moves it forward, he said.

Some of the taste tempters include scallops on spinach puree, salmon with a parmesan crisp, venison on kumara hummus, cider cured pork belly with caramelised cabbage, apple and shitake mushrooms. Even the perennial favourite, lamb shanks are there but they’re given a Moroccan touch.

While it might sound expensive, the restaurant might look expensive, it’s anything but, Verity said.

“Our restaurant can be enjoyed by everyone.”

Until July 1 the hotel will be taking part in a national game bird food festival where

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restaurants introduce a new game bird dish to the menu. For the hotel this will be duck, a special recipe of Mehul’s, twice cooked duck.

As well as an a la cart menu the hotel offers a bistro style menu that’s available in the turf bar and in the house bar for lunch.

“It’s definitely bistro food, definitely not pub grub,” Verity said.

The bistro menu includes fish, steaks, pasta and a roast of the day.

For people using the house bar as a casual meeting place or for after work drinks, there are also platters and casual grazing food available.

And if that is not enough, the hotel’s staff will also cater for pool parties, garden parties and high teas.

Breakfast is available to both casual and in-house diners. If the numbers are large it’s a buffet, but if it’s a quiet day in-house then breakfast becomes an a la cart affair.

The hotel’s kitchen is busy. Every day it turns out large numbers of meals for both menus and often kitchen staff are catering for functions, anything from a small group meeting to one of 200 people or more.

“We do virtually anything and everything in the way of functions and food, from birthdays and funerals to corporate events and multi day conferences or weddings,” Verity said.

Weddings are a speciality at the hotel and they can be a walk in – walk out affair if that’s what people want, with the hotel providing everything needed for a

reception. That choice is there when it comes to food for large scale events as well with staff working with hosts to ensure a menu is designed that will meet their needs.

“We have standard menus but we can tailor everything to suit special needs or special diets or culture,” she said.

The Clearwater as a casual dining place has everything going for it Verity said.

“We’re a nice quiet space where people can get away from the hustle of town; we’re far more than a hotel.”

Hotel Ashburton, Racecourse Road, open for breakfast from 6.30am – 9.30am, lunch 11am – 5pm, dinner 5pm – 9pm. www.hotelashburton.co.nz

We’re a nice quiet space where people can get away from the hustle of town.

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Miyabi Ashburton Guardian

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Miyabi, Ashburton’s slice of Japan Ashburton’s Japanese restaurant Miyabi owes its development to owner Ton Kittikote’s love of Japanese food.

He might be a highly experienced Thai restauranteur, but Ton knew there was something missing from Ashburton’s dining scene and he decided it was time to plug the gap by opening a Japanese restaurant he knew would be a welcome addition to the town’s dining experiences.

With 14 years as the owner of Ashburton’s highly successful Charming Thai behind him, Ton decided to branch out and bring high quality Japanese food to Ashburton.

And two years down the track he says his belief in the community’s desire for new dining experiences has been well rewarded.

Miyabi opened its doors in mid 2015 and since then has become a restaurant that many nights of the week can count its customers in a full house.

“I knew that people were driving to Tekapo or to Christchurch to eat Japanese food and I decided it was time to do something about that,” he said.

Key for him was securing the right premise and when the lease became available on a large space in the East Street Redpath building he was quick to sign the deal.

Then began the search for staff and Ton knew he could not get better than top Thai chefs who had undergone extensive training in Japanese cuisine. That team is now running the Miyabi kitchen and turning out a wide range of dishes that would be as at home in Japan as they are in Ashburton.

“They’ve designed the menu, they worked it all out and they also run our teppanyaki,” Ton said.

The restaurant is divided into dining spaces and seats where the drama of teppanyaki can be experienced first hand.

Walking into Miyabi you feel you have stepped into another world. The interior is Japanese inspired, with subtle lighting and beautifully themed wall panels. It is atmospheric and inviting.

If the restaurant is welcoming, the menu is inspiring.

For first timers Japanese food might be confusing and Ton suggests they try the Tuesday buffet. This runs over two sittings,

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5pm and 7.15pm and most nights it’s fully booked.

“We can have 100 at each sitting.It good because there is a great variety of food.

If you come to the buffet first then the next time you will know what you want to order.”

The menu itself is a visual delight. Each dish is described and most are photographed and while that might mean it’s difficult to choose, diners have the comfort of knowing exactly what to expect, Ton said.

There are 14 entrée choices across a range of seafood, chicken, meat and vegetarian dishes. Number one in popularity every time are the Gyoza (deep fried pork dumplings).

Turn the page and the sashimi and sushi choices total 24 including individual serves and platters for two or three and large sushi trays for a group.

And then there’s the a la carte menu, one dish meals, bento boxes, and a selection of vegetarian dishes. Add to that a kids menu and teppanyaki, the showman side of top Japanese restaurants.

The menu changes regularly but every dish maintains its integrity to Japanese cuisine, he said.

Like any menu there are dishes that have remained popular month after month, and among those are the range of meals containing noodles. Vegetarian options are also very popular.

It might sound odd but the consistently best seller on the dessert menu is Madam Treasure, deep fried icecream with candy floss. Over the past three years more than 2000 dishes have been sold.

Nothing is precooked in the Miyabi kitchen and that’s helped the restaurant build up a growing band of regular diners.

Miyabi has a full licence and a well stocked bar, but diners have the option of BYO wine. A $6 corkage applies to this but it’s an option that’s popular with groups, Ton said.

There are also takeaway and home delivered meal options.

There’s a special takeaway menu that closely mirrors the restaurant menu – minus teppanyaki.

If your choice is for a home delivered meal, and that’s a growing side of the business, he said. This comes with a $5 delivery fee. Deliveries are only to within the Ashburton and Tinwald town boundaries.

Miyabi, East Street, Ashburton.

Phone -308 8080.

Opening hours, 11.30am – 2pm and Wednesday to Sunday and 5pm – 9pm Tuesday to Sunday.

Nothing is precooked in the Miyabi kitchen and that’s helped the restaurant build up a growing band of regular diners.

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BYO Wine – 18+, max 1 bottle/person ($6 corkage, min $20 spend/person)

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Buffet – Every Tuesday (lunch, a la carte and take out not available)

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New kids menu available

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Lots of takeaway options

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Check Facebook for details

Bookings are essential – spaces are limited.

Phone 03 308 8080 to book.

Unit 4, 688 East Street, Ashburton Phone 308 8080

Hours: Wed-Sun Lunch 11.30am-2.00pm Tue-Sun Dinner 5.00pm-9.00pm

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Speight’s Ale House ADVERTISING FEATURE

Saturday, May 26, 2018

Speight’s, making you feel at home Whether it’s Auckland or Ashburton, if the name above the door is Speight’s, then diners know there’ll always be meals on the iconic brand’s restaurant menu they’ll instantly recognise.

And that’s one of the great things about being part of a nationwide franchise that has grown on providing consistently great food, great beer and great hospitality, says Speight’s Ashburton owner Wendy Ritchie.

Like every Speight’s outlet around New Zealand, Wendy must have six key items on her menu – Blue and Gold (fish), Cherry Chicken, Chicken Parcel, Southern Man Steak, Shearers Shanks and Speight’s Crumble. And they’re the must haves because customer demand shows they’re exceptionally popular and that means every Speight’s customer will always know that whether its North Cape or Bluff, they’ll find meals that look and taste identical.

“Every chef with every one of those dishes has to follow their recipe and the meals have to look and taste exactly the same, it’s part of the ale house philosophy,” she said.

But that’s where the similarities end.

Wendy, like the owner of every other Speight’s Ale House, designs the rest of the menu to suit the season, their area and what they know their customers will enjoy.

Seasonality is important, Wendy said, and her Ale House winter menu was launched at the end of April.

Come winter the roast will make a return at weekends and a changing variety of soup will go up the priority list and will be added to the unfailingly popular seafood chowder that’s become such a favourite Wendy knows she’d remove from the menu at her peril.

“People say they come to Ashburton for our seafood chowder and we sell quite a few takeaways too,” she said Daily specials add to the wide ranging menu and that provides variety, not only for customers but for the restaurant’s chefs who can come up with and test new ideas, Wendy said.

Every Speight’s will have dishes that others don’t and that’s usually around what customer preferences are. In Ashburton, hearty food such as bangers and mash is always a winner.

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In ringing the changes and keeping the menu fresh and exciting, Wendy said she has to be careful not to take off any favourites.

“And that makes it pretty hard, people come and say oh no, something isn’t there any more.”

While Speight’s is known for generous portions, many dishes come in half sizes.

If anyone wanted another dish as a smaller meal, staff would be happy to oblige, she said.

“We do our best to always say yes.”

Going the extra mile is what the hospitality business is all about Wendy said, and the team at Speight’s will do their best to help guests celebrate special occasions. Table settings will fit the occasion and a slice of birthday cake will come courtesy of the house.

For regulars, Speight’s offers a loyalty card that provides a 10 per cent discount once a $200 spend is reached. It’s well used by locals, Wendy said.

Lunch specials are also offered at $15 and the options change daily. These run Monday to Friday. And when it comes to lunches for business groups in a hurry, there’s also the option of pre-ordering to ensure there’s no waiting.

Booking, particularly at weekends is always advised, she said.

They also do brisk business with preordered food to take away, something that surprises many, but once they know they often become converts. And there’s nothing nicer than dialling up dinner while you’re still at work, Wendy said.

The kitchen is open until 9pm, but bar snacks are available after that.

Like all restaurant owners, she knows good staff are the key to success and particularly in the kitchen. Success is measured in meals enjoyed.

“We’ve been very lucky with our staff across the board really. There’s nothing I like better than picking up plates from the kitchen, looking at them and thinking, wow, these guys have done a good job.”

A good restaurant requires more than just good food, however, she said.

“People need to walk in the door and think the place feels good. It’s a complete package, it’s all part of the one whole.”

Speight’s, Burnett Street Phone 3085980. www.speightsashburton.co.nz

People say they come to Ashburton for our seafood chowder and we sell quite a few takeaways too.

GREAT FOOD GREAT BEER AND GREAT SERVICE!

245 Burnett Street, Ashburton GIVE US A CALL ON (03) 308 5980 OPEN 7 DAYS FROM 11AM TILL LATE www.speights.co.nz

DINING Mid Canterbury

Braided Rivers

ADVERTISING FEATURE

Saturday, May 26, 2018

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Great food, great wine, great atmosphere Whether it’s after work drinks, a family dinner or a special occasion, the aim of the team at Braided Rivers is to provide the perfect experience for any and every person walking through the door.

And with more than 21 years in the hospitality industry, Michael and Angela Kelly believe they know what it takes to provide just that – great staff, great food, great atmosphere and warm hospitality.

They established Kelly’s on East Street 21 years ago and two and a half years ago bought the Burnett Street restaurant and bar Braided Rivers, from the Ashburton Trust. It’s now their second home.

“What I think people like about this place is whether they come as a work group, with friends or family, if it’s a casual occasion or a special occasion they can have the style of meal they want, casual with a drink in a nice atmosphere or they can have really, really good food with great wines,” Michael said.

That’s what’s important and that’s the key to the businesses success, he said.

“We offer such a wide range of food we fulfill a different market with the choice you get here.”

Turning out dishes across three menus successfully has everything to do with the great team in the kitchen, Michael said.

Head chef Josh Martin worked with the Kellys during their time running Lake Hood’s Lake House Restaurant and he leads an international team including a South African, Mexican and Filipino.

“And having that great mix has enabled us to give real authentic flavours to our menu. They bring something extra,” he said.

The a la carte menu currently includes kangaroo, Peking Duck as well as taste tempters from Mexico with the same happy touch of international cuisine showing in dishes on the super special and all-day menus making choice a very difficult thing – a soup, roast, a variety of tacos, pizza, venison, steak. The options are endless.

And if that’s not difficult enough, the super special and all day menus are constantly changing giving the chefs plenty of scope to try new dishes.

“We have a huge range on our menu and

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people comment on that, but it’s because of the people we have on our staff with the ability and the interest to keep trying something new.”

In the dining room, guests have the option of meals from both the a la carte and all day menu, while in the bar area they can choose from both of these as well as the super special menu.

For people in a hurry there’s the option to pre-order and that ensures your meal is on the table shortly after you sit down to dine and that’s popular with work groups in particular, Michael said.

While food is a huge part of their business, the bar area is buzzing virtually every night of the week with people who’re happy to graze from a platter and

enjoy a drink at a leaner and those who’re choosing the bar as their dining spot.

And on Saturday nights there’s always music. With around eight bands on the roster, there’s plenty of variety from week to week and on many nights the place is packed, Michael said.

The mezzanine floor above the bar can be booked for groups of between 20 and 50. It has its own private bar and the Braided kitchen will provide whatever food is required. Downstairs the central courtyard or Red Room can also be booked and this is a good space for up to 20 people.

Braided Rivers opens its doors at 11am every day and when the doors are open the kitchen is open too.

“You can order whatever you like from any menu. The kitchen’s open till everyone’s finished for the night.”

Looking ahead, Michael and Angela say they’re looking forward to the development of the Eastfield Hotel next door and to ongoing development of the Eastfield site.

That will create a really vibrant hospitality space for Ashburton, they say.

They have plans for more cosmetic changes to their building but the one thing they won’t be changing is the warm Irish hospitality that keeps their customers coming back for more.

Braided Rivers, Burnett Street Hours, 11am – late www.braidedrivers.co.nz

The a la carte menu currently includes kangaroo, Peking Duck as well as taste tempters from Mexico

ALL DAY MENU RESTAURANT & BAR FROM 11AM – LATE DAILY SPECIALS $12 (ALL DAY) PHONE 03 307 2541 WWW.BRAIDEDRIVERS.CO.NZ

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The Somerset Grocer ADVERTISING FEATURE

Saturday, May 26, 2018

Tempting inner town tastebuds With eight years at the helm of The Somerset Grocer, Nicky and Mark Milmine knows exactly what’s needed to keep their customers happy – great food, great coffee and great staff.

From eye-catching, taste tempting snacks and meals in the counter cabinets, to menu dishes and daily specials, Mark, Nicky and their team make it their daily mission to make every customer’s experience a good experience.

Food from the cabinets along with fresh muffins, scones and friands are daily staples for many inner town workers, and the café is also a meeting place for locals.

While they ring the changes in cabinet and menu food, they say their regulars soon let them know if they’re no longer making their favourites.

Top of the list when it comes to a product that keeps customers coming back, is great coffee, Mark said.

And that relies on ensuring the best trained barista possible are behind the coffee machine at all times, he said.

“We absolutely want to ensure every one of our coffees is perfect.”

Customer feedback is the best measure possible when it comes to knowing you are meeting the high standards the café sets across all of its activities, Mark said.

The café takes a multi-pronged approach to the hospitality business – café, deli, bar and catering.

“It’s all part of the whole; they all mix in together so well,” Nicky said.

To many The Somerset Grocer is a daily habit. Queues of regulars line up every morning for coffee and it’s the same at lunch time where the only difficulty is choosing what to eat from the large range of cabinet food that includes healthy salads, hot dishes and a comprehensive lunch menu.

The deli is close to Nicky’s heart. She’s passionate about stocking its shelves with foods that are a little different, foods you are unlikely to find in a supermarket.

“It’s a real juggling act between what I really like, what I need to stock and what I know will sell.”

The grocer now has an additional string to its bow, with an intimate bar area that’s open on Friday nights often with live music. The bar area is Mark’s passion. It has its own menu and its own special vibe.

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The Somerset Grocer, 161 Burnett Street Opening hours: Monday and Tuesday, 7.30am – 5pm; Wednesday and Thursday, 7am – 5pm; Friday, 7am – 5pm; bar open until 10pm; Saturday, 8am – 4pm; Sunday 9am – 3pm www.somersetgrocer.co.nz;

Nicky, Mark and their team make it their daily mission to make every customer’s experience is a good experience.

Book your next function at the Somerset Private functions and outside catering available Enjoy a customised gourmet menu Join us in the bar Friday evenings Great selection of wines, beer and more

Somerset House, Burnett St, Ashburton Phone: 307 5899 www.somersetgrocer.co.nz

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Cleavers Corner

ADVERTISING FEATURE

Saturday, May 26, 2018

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Producing familiar food with a stylish twist In just nine months the team at Cleavers Corner have carved out a solid reputation and a strong and constantly growing number of regular customers.

Currently their winter menu is about to be launched, with the team doing final taste testings and making the hard calls on what goes on and what does not, said coowner Nikita Moore.

While new menus are exciting, it becomes a juggling act between the popular staples that can’t disappear and the exciting new meals that will offer new dining options. The list of those that must stay is long and includes the ever popular lamb rump, dumplings gnocchi and crispy chicken burgers, she said.

With any menus there are always surprises and Nikita admits that when she looks at what sells well at Cleavers Corner she’s constantly surprised that it’s their crispy chicken burger that people come back for time after time.

That good honest dishes have become firm favourites should be no surprise because that’s part of the Cleaver’s food philosophy, Nikita said.

“We have food from fancy to basics, but the basics are cooked really well and they all come with a twist” They’ve borrowed a little bit from several international cuisines, but they believe it’s important diners recognise the food they’re eating and that means traditional food taken to another level.

The Cleavers’ team has a strong belief in home made is best. They make virtually everything from scratch and use the best possible ingredients and where ever they can, they use locally sourced products.

Knowing where your products come from has a real feel-good factor, Nikita said.

And knowing what’s in every dish is very important, she said.

“Our staff are all trained that when we take a booking we ask if there are any dietary requirements. They taste every dish so they know exactly what’s in each.

Product knowledge is really key.”

When the West Street restaurant opened its door in August the customers flooded in and nine months down the track they find they’re fully booked several nights most weeks, she said.

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“We started with a bang and it stayed very steady and that’s really rewarding nine months down the track. There are plenty of nights of the week when it’s really recommended you book if you want to be sure of a table,” she said.

Today Cleavers Corner runs like a welloiled machine. Its menu offers choices to diners of all tastes and virtually any dietary need can be accommodated.

The restaurant offers breakfast, with this menu running until 11.30am as well as lunch and dinner, but a brunch menu is in the wings, particularly for weekends when late risers are often looking for breakfast style food late morning.

“We’re still learning about our customers’ likes, dislikes and quirks as we go and that’s

good because you don’t want to get too comfortable,” Nikita said.

While the dining room is the main focus of their business, Cleavers Corner also has a snug booth area that’s always busy. It’s booked by groups for after work drinks, by businesses wanting coffee meetings and by a steady stream of casuals who are happy to sit, sip and read the paper or work on their laptops.

The Cleavers’ team know that good food is the foundation for a restaurant’s success, but they also understand that good customer service is an important part of the mix, Nikita said.

“Our staff are well and truly on board with this, it’s everyone’s genuine goal. We all know that a smile makes such a difference.”

Their state highway one location means there’s a captive market passing their door, but there’s a real satisfaction in knowing up to 80 per cent of your customers are locals.

And that means as time ticks by Nikita and her team are now getting to know many these by name.

They’ve begun taking on the odd out-catering job and Nikita admits she’s surprised herself by tackling two weddings later in the year.

Looking to the future, they could be the fore runner of more event catering.

Cleavers Corner, West Street Opening hours, 8am – late Phone 3074343

There’s a real satisfaction knowing 80 per cent of your customers are locals.

THE PLACE TO LOOK AFTER OUR LOCALS.

Top quality food, beverage & service BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER

OPEN 7 DAYS 8am - Late

For bookings (03) 307 4343

admin@cleaverscorner.co.nz

159 West Street, Ashburton

Follow us at facebook.com/cleaverscorner

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Stables Family Restaurant ADVERTISING FEATURE

Saturday, May 26, 2018

Building a reputation for good, honest food Tinwald’s Stables Restaurant has carved out a special place for itself in Ashburton’s dining history.

For decades the eatery has earned itself a solid reputation as a place that will unfailingly deliver great bistro meals that remain true to that style of eating – no fuss, no fancy trimmings, just good honest food, cooked well.

And in the hands of new owner Greg King, that won’t change, but there might be the odd tweak, the odd concession to today’s eating styles, but any changes will build on and add to the essential Stables experience.

It would be a brave man to tamper with the grass roots Stables style, however, Greg said.

“We’ve always had a great reputation as a traditional Kiwi style bistro restaurant and people love that. Our customers love that style of food, they like simple, honest food done well,” he said.

And that food includes such staples as blue cod, schnitzel, roasts and steak, salad and chips or vegetables, the choice is yours.

The Stables customers divide into basically two categories – pensioners who enjoy a special lunch deal and families and groups in the evening.

Among the over 65s the Stables has become a regular lunch meeting spot and many days the restaurant is buzzing with older diners, Greg said. And at $16 for a main meal, dessert and tea or coffee, that should be no surprise.

“We have a great clientele so why would we try and re-invent it. We do what our customers want. We buy good ingredients and we don’t over complicate our food.

Too many places try to make their food far too fancy and then they struggle to do that when they’re really busy,” he said.

Any changes in the Stables restaurant will take into account customer preference and Greg is planning to bring back a few old favourites as well as offering a wider range of specials to tempt diners to try something new.

“It’s a balancing act between getting more and newer customers while we look after our loyal regulars, they’re our bread and butter. But, if you do the same thing

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for ever, you’ll end up going backwards” Vegetables have always been a feature of Stables meals and they’re sourced from around Canterbury. Greg is also selective about his meat and fish suppliers, opting to buy only quality ingredients.

Later this year he’s planning big changes in the greater tavern complex. The main bar area will undergo a little modernisation and there will be a wider range of food available in that area. This will include lighter meals and snacks, platters that can be ordered by patrons who’re consuming alcohol. A coffee machine is also to be installed in the bar area.

He knows there’s a captive market outside his front door on State Highway One and he wants to capture more of that

both as Stables patrons and in what will soon be the redesigned bar area.

“We’re looking at a lot of options in the future and I’m looking forward to putting my own stamp on it, but any changes we make will be small changes that create atmosphere, it’s the small things that make the big difference,” he said.

But with just eight months as the complex owner, and having worked his way through the transition from previous owners the Ashburton Trust, Greg says he’s not rushing things. It’s more important to understand his business and his customers first.

While having come from ownership of Kelly’s Bar and Café meant he had a good handle on food and alcohol sales, his new

venture meant Greg also had to learn the ropes of running a bottle store and motels.

That’s a lot to learn, but he says he’s loving every minute of every day.

As he grows his business, Greg said he will not be losing sight of the fundamental quality that has driven the Stables as a restaurant.

“We are absolutely a community place,” he said.

The Stables, State Highway One, Tinwald.

Phone 3087714.

Hours: Tuesday – Thursday, noon – 2pm; 5pm – 8.30pm.

Friday – Sunday, noon – 2pm; 5pm – 9pm.

We’ve always had a great reputation as a traditonal Kiwi style bistro restaurant and people love that.

The Stables Restaurant, family, friendly, local restaurant serving traditional style menus.

OPENING HOURS Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday 12 – 2pm, 5 – 8.30pm Friday / Saturday / Sunday 12 – 2pm, 5 – 9pm

103 Main South Road, Tinwald | Phone: 03 308 7505

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The Lake House Saturday, May 26, 2018

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Lakeside dining for every occasion When it comes to dining with a view it’s impossible to beat Ashburton’s The Lake House.

The restaurant at the heart of the Lake Hood settlement is now an established part of Ashburton’s dining scene and has settled into a new era in the hands of Venetia Bingham.

She’s been owner-operator for three years and says she loves the lake environment so much she’s now opted to build a house there. But it’s the restaurant that is her real passion.

“We’re about creating great food with really good flavours, flavour combinations that really work, dishes that are something different to what most people would cook at home,” Venetia said.

The Lake House food is not over complicated and there’s something for every taste, every occasion, she said.

“It’s pretty casual, particularly during the day. You can just call in or sail up in your boat. At night dining is a little less casual but we’re not fine dining. We want people to come in and enjoy good quality meals that are good value too.”

The Lake House is a feeling, an experience because of its unique location, she said.

“This is the most beautiful place.”

And it’s a beautiful place that more and more people are enjoying – for a la carte dining, coffee and a muffin, a drink or a casual snack. And it’s a place that is in high demand for functions, events and weddings.

She is grateful to the building’s designers that they created so many flexible spaces.

The dining area can be divided with roll in shelves, there are two meeting rooms that can double as private dining rooms and there is a casual indoor area with a pool table and dart board. And then there’s the deck that is full with happy guests most of the summer.

Large functions and weddings are able to have the entire complex and smaller events can be catered for in any of the side rooms.

Venetia said the success of her restaurant has everything to do with the enthusiasm and skill of her chefs. They’re the creative team and she gives them plenty of scope to

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come up with regular menu changes.

Currently the menu changes fortnightly, to reflect seasonal produce. Some things are never taken off that menu however, – seafood chowder, fish and chips and a variety of burgers.

“We have so many regulars and they say it’s nice to have something they know and love as well as something different. We always ask our diners what they think of anything new on the menu.”

The restaurant buys and sources as much produce as possible locally.

Currently feijoa are being delivered in quantities to the kitchen door and staff have devised a feijoa ice cream served in a brandy snap basket that’s wowing anyone who tries it.

“The chefs love this sort of thing, for them it’s like getting back to basics.”

They are moving away from large scale commercial meat suppliers, to Allenton Meats and staff have been on-farm

checking out the angus beef they’ll be using so they understand where it’s from and what it is fed.

From opening at 10am the restaurant’s kitchen doesn’t close. Breakfast morphs into lunch that drifts into dinner. A few menu items change depending on the time, but if you want to dine, then you simply order and your meal will be served – with a smile.

Venetia has high expectations and that means wait staff must ensure great food is matched by great service.

The Lake House also sells takeaways – fish and chips can be ordered along with coffees, soft drinks and muffins to go. And come summer that’s big business with casual lake visitors.

People wanting to enjoy the lake environment without having a full meal can do so by choosing from the snack menu – dumplings, bao buns, southern fried chicken.

“It’s great to see people coming here for a coffee or a meal and lingering to enjoy this beautiful environment.”

During the winter there are regular theme nights – wine and beer tasting, quiz nights, casino nights, Fawlty Towers nights.

Coming up are mid-winter Christmas dinner nights.

Come spring, weddings become big business at the The Lake House. They’re Venetia’s specialty and she has hosted 370 weddings over the years but of all locations, The Lake House, is perfect, she said.

The Lake House, Huntingdon Ave, Lake Hood.

Open September to Mid May - 7 days a week, 10am util later; mid-May – August, closed on Monday night, but group booking inquiries welcome.

Phone 302 6064, www.lakehouselakehood.co.nz

During winter there are regular theme nights - wine and beer tasting, quiz nights, casino nights, Fawlty Towers nights.

The Lake House Bar and Restaurant is a stunning and exciting social space situated on the edge of Lake Hood. From casual dining during the day to sunset dinners over the lake in the evening. Perfect for special occasions - weddings, birthdays.

Boardrooms and meeting spaces for presentations and conferences are also available.

Open 7 days a week 10am to late | Lake Hood Drive, Lake Hood Phone 03 302 6064 or book online at www.lakehouselakehood.co.nz

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The Brown Pub ADVERTISING FEATURE

Saturday, May 26, 2018

Country, done good There’s a certain warmth that envelops you when you walk into the Brown Pub restaurant. An almost calming like feature that puts you immediately into a relaxed state of zen.

Whether it’s the familiar feeling of a country-type pub with it’s laid back feel, or the warmth emulating from the log-burner that heats the longstanding building in the heart of the Methven township, you automatically feel comfortable.

For decades, The Brown Pub has been delivering exactly what it perceives itself to be. Good, old fashioned, food that is done well.

Based on that sole premise, it’s built a reputation on being an establishment that sits right on the edge of your typical pub-type venue and being a little more upmarket than the normal which draws it more toward being the fully-fledged restaurant it actually is.

The chatter and laughter from the locally-strong bar next door to the two dining areas only adds to the atmosphere.

But while the reputation is what it is, there is a really strong desire to be different and the wheels are in motion for The Brown Pub to become even more in the near future – opening themselves up potentially to a whole new market of customers.

“We know what works here, but we are also keen to try and develop things further,” manager Jan Lukasek says.

“What we offer is what people expect, but there is a really strong push to bring something new to the table too.”

With a menu that boasts a wide array of food – from the traditional dishes like the shrimp cocktail and the famous Brown Pub Chicken Burger to the new-look additions such as the beef cheek and roasted monkfish.

Head chef, Conrad Amaru has spent the best part of the last few months tweaking the new-look menu – an assignment that hasn’t been without it’s challenges.

“Getting the perfect balance is the key ingredient,” he says.

“We have so many dishes on here that are what this place is renowned for, I know that if I take our chicken schnitzel off the menu, we might as well not open.

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“But there is the desire for us to get away from just being the country pub that does country pub food too.

“So, making sure we have enough of the tried, true and trusted as well as introducing some new dishes is what it has been all about.”

The chicken schnitzel is a dish of infamy at the Brown with customers returning from week-to-week just to enjoy its luxury.

A generous portion with a mouthwatering mushroom sauce poured over the top alongside a decent serving of fries and salad, it’s the first choice for many a visitor to the establishment.

Amaru said of everything that’s been added and tweaked, it’s the light meal of beef chilli that he’s most excited about.

“It’s just slow cooked beef and beans, but with polenta fries.

“I’ve never been a big fan of polenta, but these things are incredible.”

Continuity is a big part of things too.

Patrons who walk through the doors will find, after being struck by the warmth of the log fire, that the menu doesn’t alter throughout the day.

What’s on offer at lunch time is exactly what is also on offer in the evening – serving the purpose of catering for

everything from the casual family dinner to the business lunch.

The family aspect is a huge part of The Brown Pub make up too.

With the Kids Eat for Free promotion, where kids under 10 eat for free is always popular and sees the mantra of the building being a country pub, turned into a real family orientated restaurant.

Brown Pub, Main Street Methven Phone: 03 302 8045 Opening Hours: Open 7 days 11am until late

We know what works here, but we are also keen to try and develop things further.

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Kids 10 and under eat and stay for free*

T&C’s apply

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Cnr Main St and Forest Dr, Methven | 03 302 8045 | stay@thebrownpub.co.nz

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The Blue Pub

ADVERTISING FEATURE

Saturday, May 26, 2018

Ashburton Guardian

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Iconic, traditional and a little bit different Built on its iconic brand, The Blue Pub in Methven has been serving the demands of tourists and local in Methven for decades.

Best known for its chilled atmosphere and live music, the attached restaurant is the real hidden gem of a world-renowned establishment that has recognition in all parts of the globe.

And just as the rest of the world around it evolves, The Blue Pub is evolving too – looking to cater for everything anyone might want and need, whether it be a light meal and a cold beer at the end of a hard day up on the slopes, the casual visitor looking for a unique experience on their journey or the hardy local who is in search of quality food, largely produced locally and delivered by the familiar faces that have been serving the Methven community for so many years.

What The Blue Pub does well is entertain – and translating that from the hardwood floors of the main bar into the restaurant has been the challenge of the hard-working team of staff who are out to ensure that a complete experience is offered to anyone who walks through the doors.

“We have this platform in which we can make someone’s experience of visiting Methven,” manager, Casey Crawford said.

“It’s about giving them everything they might need, whether it be a platter to share amongst friends or a more serious meal at the end of the day – we need to be over everything and offering as much as we can.”

Traditionally, that’s meant good food, delivered fast and efficiently, but the new focus is now more on the quality of what is being offered to customers.

The recent arrival of new head chef, Heath Bashford has brought about a new look feel to the Blue Pub menu with a real noticeable shift towards a more gastro-pub like feel to the food being offered.

Bashford comes to the business with a wealth of experience in the food industry.

He’s worked in some of the best-known restaurants and hotels in New Zealand, played a part at the huge successful Salmon Tales in Rakaia and has plied his trade in England and Ireland, working in five-star restaurants, honing his skills and picking up little things here and there

which are clearly evident in the new winter menu that the Blue Pub is launching next month.

“There’s a lot of what I’ve learned in there,” Bashford said.

“But I want this to be more about what the customer wants than what I think might work so we’ve tried to bring a little bit of everything to the table.”

There’s a lot to be said for a nice cold drink, sitting looking out over the main street of Methven after a day up the mountain and the introduction this season of three variations of platters, catering for everyone’s needs will be welcomed with

open arms.

The platters come at three set prices, $30, $40 and $50 with each a little more up market than the next – opening the possibility of not only ski bunnies enjoying their delicacies but also other groups.

“There’s something in them for all sorts of groups,” Bashford said.

“The more traditional platter is for the likes of sporting groups, with the slightly more upmarket versions for business groups or large groups of friends out on a social engagement.”

Everything that has been iconic on The Blue Pub menu is still there though.

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You’ll still get a wicked bowl of wedges or nachos, if you so desire, but the options are now more wide-reaching than they have ever been.

Bashford’s leaning towards game foods and seafood drips its way through the menu too with the Wild Game Burger featuring tahr, venison and pork sure to be a hit with the hearty souls looking for something with substance.

The Blue Pub, Main Street Methven Phone: 03 302 8046.

Opening Hours: Open 7 days 11am until late

What the Blue Pub does well is entertain.

RECENTLY RENOVATED ROOMS AND GREAT VIEWS* T&C’s apply

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T&C’s apply

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1 Bakers Rd, Methven | 03 302 8046 | info@thebluepub.co.nz

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Ski Time ADVERTISING FEATURE

Saturday, May 26, 2018

Ski Time, a Methven icon “We just enjoy what we do,” says Ski Time owner Pete Wood when explaining the secret behind his successful restaurant and bar.

Harking back to the early years of Mt Hutt, the restaurant and bar retains an iconic status in the skifield town of Methven, and is a destination dining experience for Mid Cantabrians.

Of Methven’s many restaurants, it is the furthest away from the town centre, located on the outskirts, on Racecourse Avenue. That adds to its countryside appeal, with views from its well-patronised verandah up to the nearby Mt Hutt and surrounding Southern Alps.

People come not only for the views, but also for the warm ski-lodge atmosphere, enhanced by a roomy bar area and open fire, extensive wine list, and amazing food.

Peter said that as well as enjoying what they do, Ski Time management, chefs and fellow restaurant staff focus on simplicity and consistency.

“We don’t try to do anything too fancy. I think that’s always been our strong point,” he said.

But it is simplicity whipped up with a whole lot of flair, as the current Ski Time a la carte menu is testimony to. The chefs focus on drawing in a range of flavours to create some tantalising sensations.

Take for example the entrées of pan-fried scallops and prosciutto with lentil salad, and the Greek-style lamb fillet with toasted almond and salsa verde. Even if you don’t know what some of those words mean, be comfortable in the knowledge they translate to delicious.

Salads feature ingredients designed to satisfy the palate in every way possible, with additions such as goat’s cheese, roasted capsicum and rocket, new potatoes, blue cheese, pear, and paprika mayo.

Entrée and mains include vegetarian options, and for customers with special dietary requirements, they are advised to just sing out and let restaurant staff know so they can dish up a tasty meal.

Among the more creative main options are a rosemary and lemon duck breast, served with a honey roasted kumara, green beans, red currant and whisky jus, as

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well as beetroot-marinated salmon served with pea puree and gourmet potatoes.

These sit alongside the forever popular pork, ribeye and lamb dishes, all cooked to perfection.

Desserts are just as divine, and include a caramel and pecan tart with brandy cream, lemon and coconut crème brulee, and chocolate and bourbon pudding with toffee mascarpone and pistachio.

The restaurant menu is changed every four to five weeks, except in winter, where an extended menu is set for the season.

Peter said he and wife Susi are helped by their focus on employing good staff, and nurturing their talent accordingly. There is to be a team of four chefs over winter,

increasing from the allocation of two-anda-half over summer.

“Happy staff makes happy food which makes happy customers,” Pete said.

Ski Time is among restaurants throughout the town in the kids-for-free programme, so one adult ordering from the main menu entitles one child aged 10 and under to a free meal from the children’s menu.

Ski Time was first established by Pete’s brother Owen in 1985. The pair were from Australia, and Pete made the trip across the Tasman after Owen invited him over, and he has been here ever since. His background is in hospitality, and he is a former head chef and hotel manager.

The restaurant has been at the cutting edge of dining trends over the years. It began by making its own breads and pastas, and had a cook-your-own steak grill in the 1980s. It was the first place in town to get an espresso machine, and was even the first restaurant in New Zealand to go smoke-free.

Summing up what he and so many others like about Ski Time, which also offers accommodation, Pete said it was “all about hospitality, atmosphere, and creature comforts”.

“Everything about Ski Time is just right, from the open fires, en-suite rooms and cosy ambience, to the extensive wine list, great food and brilliant service.”

We don’t try to do anything fancy. I think that’s always been our strong point.

The perfect location for your event…

www.skitime.co.nz (03) 302 8398

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Saturday, May 26, 2018

CAFE PRIMO

Ashburton Guardian

muffins and cakes is sometimes supplemented with those from a specialist bakery in Christchurch.

Dishes prepared each day to order are delicious to say the least, and the specials board is a regular feature much loved by customers. On the lunchtime specials this week was chicken and mushroom pie with Primo salad and sauces, and thyme and chicken liver pate, with feijoa chutney and toasted ciabatta.

Marya began her affair with superb cuisine when she was in her 20s.

“I don’t like complicated fusion stuff, I like real flavours,” she said.

She was in Zurich and working as a live-in personal assistant for a family where the parents were both architects.

Sharing their passion for food with their young assistant, they gave her a Betty Bossi cook book.

“I just loved this cook book, I couldn’t wait to meet Betty Bossi, only to find out she didn’t exist, it was just a brand.”

Marya went on to own and operate a successful New Zealand baking company, before returning to her home region of Canterbury more than 20 years ago with her young children.

Café Primo also does catering, and can open for groups outside of its regular hours of 7am to 5pm seven days per week.

Great food with a smile Serving great food with a smile is the speciality of The Pantry in Methven.

The eco-friendly takeaway coffee and sandwich shop on Main Street is a bright and busy spot in the town centre.

Whether it’s for sandwiches made from scratch, or a freshly-prepared cabinet option, The Pantry is the perfect place for those wanting to grab something healthy for morning tea or lunch.

The Pantry owner-operator Victoria Totty and her customers delight not only in the fresh food, all prepared on site, but also amazing coffee.

Coffee is from Vice which roasts and sells a variety of high quality beans from around the world. People can choose a disposable cup, keep cup or ceramic mug from the shop’s new colourful mug wall.

Most popular pre-made sandwich options include a chicken pesto ficelle, and coronation chicken. Many like to have sandwiches made to order, and for this customers choose a main filling, a dressing, and either lettuce salad or coleslaw. These are served on wholegrain bread, while alternative bread and gluten-free options are available.

Baking is the speciality of Victoria and The Pantry staff, and the in-store cabinet has a bountiful display of slices, muffins and scones, replenished daily. The business is well known around Methven for its cheese and spinach scones, available every day.

Ingredients are sourced from

throughout the district or region. All eggs are free range, from local hens on an MPI-approved farm.

Victoria first began to give consideration to establishing The Pantry as she raised her young children in Methven.

Her background was in hospitality, having worked in hotels in her home country of England. She came up with the idea after seeing that while there was plenty of variety when it came to dine-in cafes in Methven, there was a lack of grab-and-go lunch options.

“I felt there was a market for something like this,” she said.

The Pantry has developed a local following, with regularly updated Facebook and Instagram pages letting people know about new initiatives and any new food items for sale.

Customers regularly post their praise on the reviews area of The Pantry’s Facebook page, and the business has an enviable five-star rating.

“I’m just very proud of it really,” Victoria said of the business.

“When you go with an idea in your head and you can make something happen, all those nerves never go away.

But the satisfaction of doing something like this is a real boost.”

The Pantry is open seven days per week, hours are 6.30am to 2pm Monday to Saturday and 7am to 2pm on Sunday.

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Wholesome food with an eclectic vibe Locals and visitors to Methven can not help but gravitate towards Café Primo & Secundo in downtown Methven.

They are attracted not only by the wholesome and nourishing food on offer, but an eclectic vibe giving the feel of a café which is a home away from home.

Café Primo is a place where the music is always playing, and in-house vintage furniture, bric-a-brac, artworks and collectibles create many a cosy nook for customers to hide away from the pressures of the world.

“Here, there and everywhere,” is the standard answer proprietor Marya Trengrove gives to customers who ask where she gets all the shop’s collectible items from. They, alongside the soulsustaining coffee and food, are all for sale.

Visitors enjoy the stammtisch, that is the “table for locals”, catching up on the day’s newspapers and enjoying a view straight out the window up to Mt Hutt.

Marya is a foodie from way back, and one of the dishes she specialises in, perfect for a ski town, is soup.

The tomato soup with parmesan and herbs has been served every day ever since the café opened 14 years ago, while other popular varieties include bacon bone and mushroom.

Food is prepared on the premises, although the range of enticing scones,

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Keeping the public fed for 14 years After 14 years in the café business, Scott Stringer knows a thing or two about what makes a café run.

He’s been the baker, pie maker, sandwich maker and front person at Tinwald’s Café Time for all of those years and says there’s only one secret to keeping a café pulling in the crowds and that’s food that’s of a consistently high quality and food that matches customers’ expectations.

Over those years, Scott says he’s created a range of cabinet and hot food that has not changed significantly.

Some items have been deleted, others introduced, but it’s the pies, toasties, rye bread sandwiches and a range of good, honest lunch food that have carried the day.

“We’ll try new things every one or two months but people keep coming back and asking for the old favourites. I guess people are quite habitual,” Scott said.

“Pies are definitely some of our best sellers, as well as chicken on rye sandwiches and we sell a lot of wraps and a lot more meals today. Normally we’ve been a quick stop for a takeaway and a coffee, but now people are likely to want to stop for a bit longer and have a meal.”

Scott says his café does not try to emulate the food styles of upmarket city

cafes, he specialises in good, honest food well prepared and well cooked.

“We’re no frills, we do what we do and we do it well. All cafes are different but I never check out other cafes, I don’t believe in that I just concentrate on what we’re doing here.”

And what he’s doing is baking mouth watering cakes, pies and quiches, preparing bread rolls, panini and sandwiches that are more than generous with their fillings and filling the hot food cabinet with hand crafted pies and savouries, hot chips, toasties and cheese rolls that keep customers coming back week after week, month after month.

Scott is still doing the 4am shift that starts the day’s baking and he still likes nothing better than spending time behind the counter serving customers.

As well as their café, owners Lisa and Scott Stringer offer a catering service and fundraising options and will bake speciality large cakes to order. They are also able to make pies for those with their own meat.

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Creating food that tastes as good as it looks When Sarah Kingsbury checks the food cabinets in her café, Reflections, she’s looking for just one thing – food that looks so good you simply want to eat it.

And she knows that her team of chefs have the same belief. When it comes to food, good looks and great taste and you can’t go wrong, she said.

With a background as a chef and baker, Sarah has a solid knowledge of the food industry to draw on, but while she looks at food with a professional’s eye, she knows that it’s what her customers want and like that’s really important.

As well as great cabinet food, the café has a daily menu that offers salads, soups and in winter a hot dish.

Quiche, stuffed potatoes, toasties, smoked chicken pizza, bacon, mushroom and cranberry filo, souvlaki with Moroccan chicken, frittata, those are just a small sample of the creations designed to tempt the palate.

Add to those a range of cakes and muffins, and making your lunch time choice is not easy.

If you’re an early riser, the café also offers a range of breakfast items that ensures the dining area is buzzing from early morning until it shuts for the day at 4pm.

No matter how good your food, if your customer service is not up to the mark,

then you’ll never be a winner in the hospitality business, Sarah said.

“And that means I like to be out front, but I’m also available if I’m needed in the kitchen.”

Her customers are always keen to try new items in the food cabinet, but they also make it clear there are favourites that must remain – custard squares and special toasties are two of those.

There are two layers to the Reflections business – the café and catering, with the café the front shop for the growing catering arm.

“The two feed really well into one another.”

With two and a half years as café owner behind her, looking ahead Sarah says she’s keen to relocate to a large premises, one where she’ll have additional space to accommodate groups wanting to combine a meeting with lunch. But whatever the location or size, the one thing that won’t change is food that looks good and tastes good, she said.

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Making healthy food that’s also great Providing healthy food that looks good and tastes great are all the motivation Kim Jamison needs to keep her café Taste at the top of its game.

She’s been the driving force behind the Countdown complex café for 11 years and says she loves the business as much today as she did on day one.

“I love food, coffee and people and those are the three things you need in a café,” she said.

Over the years Taste has grown, changed and matured, but that’s all been done carefully and by gauging customer reaction, Kim said.

“We’re trying to bring in healthier options, but we need to do this slowly because we’re changing people’s habits.

I’m a believer in food that’s good for your soul and that means thinking about flavours and making a change to things that are better for you,” she said.

In saying that, there are still staples that have been on Taste’s menu for all of those 11 years. Some things will never be changed. Scones, friands, salads, they all sell out most days.

Everything at Taste is made in the café kitchen – except bread.

“Yes, I’m really fussy about ingredients.

It might cost a little more but it’s worth it.”

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based around whatever is in season and in the summer ‘soul bowls’ have been extremely popular. They’re bowls filled with healthy savoury foods.

Kim’s place in the café is behind the coffee machine. It’s something she’s passionate about and she knows that a café that makes great coffee will build a solid base of regular customers.

“I’m in at 6.30 each day and I do coffee.

I love making coffee and I like to make sure everything is set up for the day, food’s in the cabinet and it’s all looking good.”

She’s adopting an earth friendly approach to business, no longer stocking plastic containers and utensils and providing discount incentives to customers to use keep cups for hot drinks.

Out-catering is a side of the business Kim loves and while it might be time consuming making dozens of canapes and creating taste tempting platters, the end result is worth the effort when she delivers those platters to office, business and home functions.

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Fast, friendly service with top notch food When Dale Gray unlocks the door at his Robert Harris Café each morning he looks at traffic on State Highway One and knows it’ll be another busy day.

Dale and partner Steph Ching have been three years in their business and say they’re as passionate about providing good food and good service to hundreds of customers every day as they were on day one.

Great food and great coffee are the two hallmarks of any café, but the extras they provide are fast, first class service and an assurance for customers that the food cabinets will never be empty.

While some cafes might stock up their cabinets once, they’re cooking, baking, filling sandwiches and rolls throughout the day. Cabinets are stocked from scratch each morning with Dale starting prep at 5am.

Like any franchise there are certain menu items that are required, but Dale and Steph have added a wide range of both cabinet and menu items. For them, there’s nothing better than watching customers struggling to make their minds up about what to eat because the choice is so wide.

And it covers just about every type of café food – from scones and muffins through cakes, slices, panini, quiche, tarts, sandwiches and hot food from

cheese rolls to toasties and just about everything in between.

Breakfast is big business at Robert Harris with their menu covering everything from top seller eggs benedict and ‘the big breakfast’ to breakfast stacks and museli. It’s available until 2pm.

Top sellers from the menu are the angus beef burger and a chicken or salmon salad. There’s always soup on the menu and that’s a big hit come winter, Dale said.

“Everything here is made on site so it’s all very fresh and the only thing we buy in is gluten free biscuits.”

No matter how busy the café, Dale and Steph say waiting time at the counter is short. That’s how the café is designed and that’s how it’s staffed.

“We like to work out front and be seen, people like to see the owners out there working. It’s our business and we want to be out there on the floor making sure everything is running the way we like it to run.”

One of the café’s big strengths is the great team of employees, Dale said.

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Starring salmon and much, much more From the moment they open their doors in the morning, the team at Rakaia’s Salmon Tales Café are kept on their toes serving a steady stream of customers – passing traffic, locals and virtually every day bus loads of tourists.

And for many of those customers, the meal of choice involves salmon.

Owner Judy Brown is passionate about food and passionate about ensuring every customer walking through the café’s doors has food they’ll enjoy, food they’ll remember.

Salmon Tales is not about elegant or fancy food, it’s about good food, hearty meals with everything well cooked and well presented, she said.

“We are very aware that people are spending good money and we want to ensure they receive a generous serving of really good quality food.”

While a feature of the café are the outdoor salmon ponds, the salmon they serve comes from Akaroa and it stars in several cabinet food items and features regularly on the menu – salmon salad, salmon cakes, pan fried salmon, eggs benedict with salmon. There are also packs of smoked salmon to buy.

The menu and cabinets are also stocked with home made pies and toasties, an ever-changing choice of soup, quiche, pannini, filled rolls and fresh from the oven scones and muffins.

As winter warmers, little hot pots are also featuring.

“Staff come up with dishes for the specials board and I’m always open to different ideas,” Judy said.

Perhaps surprisingly for an inland restaurant, cruise ships are big business.

Bus loads of passengers from ships moored in Akaroa harbour have been calling in for more than seven years.

While enjoying morning tea, their buses are loaded with packed lunches made on premises. Some days those number 180.

Tour buses also have the café on their agenda. Most phone ahead, but it’s not uncommon for one or two buses to pull up and unload dozens of passengers all wanting food at the same time.

And that’s where having a great team in the kitchen and behind the counter makes all the difference, Judy said.

“I’m really hot on welcoming service, greeting people with a smile. We like to make people feel good.”

A slice of Salmon Tales business is done behind closed doors, in a private meeting room that can be hired, catering provided of course.

The café has also become a mid-way meeting point too for people coming from Christchurch and Timaru.

Salmon Tales, Rakaia. Phone 3035450.

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Great food, great people

Carrying on a proud tradition It has been no small task for Michael and Debbie McCormick in taking over Café Mayfield.

Among items on their job description has been to carry on a proud tradition of a store and coffee shop servicing locals and tourists for generations.

Café Mayfield was formerly owned and operated by Debbie’s parents, Kevin and Gaye Monson, for about 25 years. And they left some big shoes to fill, not only operating the business as a tea rooms and café, but also a convenience store selling groceries, and a giftware shop.

It’s a challenge Debbie and Michael, whose backgrounds are in accountancy and building respectively, have risen to, and are enjoying immensely.

Debbie said her parents were a hardworking couple, who have now settled into retirement in their home country of Australia.

She and Michael took over the business in September last year, and had kept a similar formula to Kevin and Gaye. They had, however, refined the gift store to

include just the most popular items, and extended the café side of the business, according to demand from both locals and tourists.

Village residents, visitors and tourists driving along Scenic Route 72, can not resist popping in for a coffee, and taking a seat either at one of the café’s indoor tables or outside in an adjoining courtyard.

Everyone loves a good coffee, Debbie said, and Café Mayfield staff are trained baristas.

The café side of the shop does not restrict itself to traditional café fare, but also sells hot food. Takeaways have boomed over the years, and Café Mayfield is known in particular for its fish and chips.

Café Mayfield sandwiches are made on site, while hot pies, muffins and other baked items are sourced locally.

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Sport HAMMERS NEXT UP

Alex Walker is a Japanese flanker spending this season plying his trade for the Southern Rugby Club’s seniors.

BY ERIN TASKER

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Alex Walker left his home in Japan to come to New Zealand to play rugby on the advice of his father.

Three months in, he’s glad he listened.

His father’s advice brought him to Mid Canterbury, where he quickly made himself at home at the Southern Rugby Club, and he was now eyeing up a spot in the Mid Canterbury team for this year’s Heartland Championship.

The 20-year-old flanker arrived with pretty good credentials.

He’d been playing rugby since he was six and played rugby for Japan’s under-18 side, but in New Zealand Walker said he had found the style of rugby a whole new ball game than what he’s used to.

Where Japanese players were often small and fast, in New Zealand Walker was finding teams to be generally bigger, and much harder hitters.

That, he said, was a good thing.

A lock back in Japan, Walker said he wasn’t tall enough – at 183cm – to play lock in New Zealand, so he’d found his niche on the flank for Southern.

“The contact, the power and the passion, it’s just great.

“It’s going to make me a better player, with the hard contact,” Walker said.

Walker was born in Australia, to an Australian dad and a Japanese mum. When he was three the family moved to Japan and he grew up in Fukuoka, which was similar in size to Christchurch.

Playing rugby abroad wasn’t something young Japanese players often did.

For many, the language barrier held them back, but for Walker – whose first language was Japanese, but who also had a good grasp of the English language thanks to his Australian roots – that wasn’t an issue.

So he took the daunting step of getting on a plane and heading to a country that was completely foreign to him, where he knew no-one, to learn more about the game he loved.

The biggest issue was getting used to a whole new way of life.

He was a university student back home, and in New Zealand he’d got his first job – working at Robert Harris Café in Ashburton – and was living in a flat with one of his new workmates.

It was the first time he’d lived in a country that wasn’t Australia or Japan, and the first time he’d been out on his own in the world.

Already, the experience was helping him to grow both as a person, and as a rugby player, he said.

Walker said his father knew what he was talking about. As a rugby player who played abroad himself in his younger days, he told him he should travel, play rugby and see the world while he was still young.

It was his father who came across the opportunity for his son to play in New Zealand, for Southern.

Walker knew little about the country he was set to call home for a fair chunk of 2018.

“I just knew the rugby is good, and they have a good nature, and didn’t know anything about New Zealand other than that,” Walker said.

“So everything is new, every day.

“I’m learning something new every day.”

Walker said the Southern club had welcomed him with open arms. They brought him over, helped him find a job and a place to live, and he felt like part of the Southern family in no time.

But with university to go back to, he

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wasn’t here to stay. He’d committed to this season and planned on focusing on completing his university studies next year before heading overseas to play rugby again.

He’d quickly learned about the teams and the competitions in Mid Canterbury though, and talked about the opposition teams as though he’d been playing against them all his life.

With the Combined Country Cup semifinals out of Southern’s reach heading into today’s final round robin match against Hornby, the Watters Cup champions were already looking ahead to the local competition and defending the title they won by defeating Rakaia in the 2017 final.

Once that was done, Walker had his eyes on one of the import spots in this year’s Mid Canterbury Heartland Championship squad.

“I want to be a better player, and I like it here, so I want to stay for as long as I can,” Walker said.

It will all help towards his ultimate goal of maybe one day playing for the Japanese national side, or the newest goal for any Japanese rugby player, playing for the Sunwolves in Super Rugby.

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In brief Yorkshire frustrated There’s frustration from Yorkshire that Kane Williamson’s fourth county season with them has been cut back. The news comes after the Black Caps captain was asked to lead the IPL’s Sunrisers Hyderabad in the absence of David Warner.

That prompted NZ Cricket to request his workload on the English circuit be reduced from 11 to nine T20 matches and three rather than four first-class games. Yorkshire’s director Martyn Moxon expressed disappointment, but says they still look forward to welcoming a player of his calibre.

- NZME

Smart watch warning Pakistan players have been slapped on the wrist by an anti-corruption official after members of the team wore smart watches on day one of the opening test against England at Lord’s. “The ACSU officer came to speak to us and told us it’s not allowed to wear them so we won’t be wearing them,” Hasan Ali said.

Pakistan provoked England’s latest batting collapse by combining disciplined bowling with superb catching. England lost its last five wickets for 16 runs to be dismissed for 184 soon after tea.

- NZME

Kerr grabs contract New Zealand’s gun teenage spinner Amelia Kerr has won a contract in the English women’s T20 competition. Kerr, the 17-year-old Tawa College pupil, has been signed by the Southern Vipers for the Kia Super League season, starting on July 23. Her captain will be the NZ skipper Suzie Bates. The Vipers were beaten finalists in last year’s competition. Two other senior New Zealand players, Sophie Devine and Amy Satterthwaite, are likely to be confirmed soon with other teams in the six-team competition.

- NZME

Smith in Canada Mt Somers A’s Kate Cairns looks to get a pass away under pressure from her College A opposite during Mt Somers A’s win on Thursday night.

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Debut win for Mt Somers

By Erin TaskEr

Erin.t@thEguardian.co.nz

Mt Somers A have celebrated their promotion to Mid Canterbury Netball’s ACL premier one grade with a win in their first game in the top flight.

Their debut win didn’t come easy though with College A putting up a strong fight and almost snatching a last-minute victory, but Mt Somers held on for a narrow 33-23 win at the EA Networks Centre.

A week after winning by just one goal against United A to end round one, College A started the stronger of the two and led Mt Somers 9-6 at the end of the first quarter, but the competition newcomers found their feet in the second quarter and moved ahead to lead 16-14 at half-time.

College battled hard and were still well in the hunt at three quarter time, just two down at 24-22, setting up a tense final quarter.

Mt Somers maintained a slender advantage for much of the final stanza, but a couple of late turnovers saw College tie things up at 32-all with just a couple of minutes left on the clock.

When Mt Somers slotted goal

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“I actually think that was the best total game we’ve had in terms of completing all four quarters, and I’m really proud of them for doing that.

“My girls are getting better and better, and that’s exciting.”

That’s what we need really, to get a few of these games under our belts

number 33, College needed a couple of quick turnovers, and they got them, but couldn’t convert.

“We had that opportunity to even it up, and yeah, just a bit of inexperience really,” College A coach Kaye Kennedy said.

“But I was really pleased with the way they played.

Mt Somers spokesperson Kate Oliver said the match had been a real step up for her side, after going through the first round of premier two unbeaten to earn promotion to premier one.

“But it was good, that’s what we need really, to get a few of these games under our belts and really find our feet,” Oliver said.

Meanwhile, in the night’s other action premier one grade Celtic A maintained their unbeaten record so far this season with a 3417 win over Methven A. The game got off to a slow start with Celtic leading just 6-3 at quarter time, but they continued to build as the game progressed to go away with a convincing win.

In the third game, United A suffered their second loss in a row, going down to Hampstead A 3427.

Over in premier two, the side automatically relegated from premier one at the end of the first round – Southern A – took on Celtic B and fell to a 32-22 loss.

Making it a great night for the Celtic club, Celtic C also notched up a win, 44-28 over Methven B, while the night’s closest premier two game was between Rakaia A and Ashburton College B, with Rakaia A sneaking the victory 3736.

Steve Smith’s comeback to cricket has begun, with the suspended former Australia skipper being named as a marquee player in Canada’s T20 league. Smith will join fellow Australian Chris Lynn as well as international stars including Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi in the six-team tournament beginning on June 28.

The 28-year-old was stripped of the captaincy and handed a 12-month suspension from international cricket for his role in the Cape Town test ball-tampering scandal in March.

- AAP

Big Bash clubs line up The Big Bash League battle to sign South African superstar AB de Villiers is on. De Villiers revealed this week he’d ended an international cricket career spanning 114 Tests, 228 ODIs, 78 Twenty20s and numerous astonishing boundaries.

Several BBL clubs have since reached out to de Villiers’ management. De Villiers, who has long been among the most in-demand players on the T20 circuit because of his batting talent, would be a blockbuster addition to any of the eight franchises. Sydney’s two teams are among the BBL clubs to have made a play for the 34-year-old in the past, only for his international commitments to make it impossible, and they’re still definitely very keen.

- AAP

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■ RUGBY LEAGUE

In brief

‘Defensive energy’ key Warriors coach Stephen Kearney believes an energetic defensive effort is key to his side’s hopes of beating the Rabbitohs in tonight’s NRL clash at Mt Smart Stadium.

The third-ranked Warriors are looking to build on last week’s away win over Parramatta and rediscover the consistency that saw them go unbeaten through the first five rounds before falling to three defeats in their last six matches.

Desperate goal line defence, a straight chasing line, and strong tackling in the middle has defined the Warriors most impressive victories this season over the likes of the table-topping Dragons, Wests Tigers, Eels, and their round one win over the Rabbitohs in Perth.

If there’s one thing Kearney wants to see from his side this week, it’s that same intensity and determination to keep their line intact, as they look to avoid a third defeat in front of their home fans.

“When we’ve played our best footy we’ve had a great defensive energy,” said Kearney.

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“We had that last week and when we’ve had our wins, I reckon most of the time it’s been built off the back of that.

“So with that, it looks like the kick-chase and our try line defence and all those bits that everyone calls the one-percenters.

“That’s really important for us.”

The fourth-placed Rabbitohs have posted three straight wins over the Knights, Dragons and Cowboys, and arrive much improved from the outfit that started the season with captain Greg Inglis, gun second-rower Angus Crichton, and halfback Adam Reynolds all working their way back from injuries.

Kearney reiterated the point that attitude and discipline will be vital to his side once again containing a formidable Rabbitohs pack also featuring the three Burgess brothers, Sam, George and Tom, and in-form 293-game veteran John Sutton.

“First and foremost, if we turn up with the right attitude and the right mindset, that’s a pretty big start,” he said.

“And it’s about making sure

Stephen Kearney that we’re disciplined because when you give them free metres coming out of trouble it makes it easy for them.

“So we’ve got to be disciplined with our defence, particularly when they’re coming out of the back-field, and make the big guys go behind the footy to take a bit of gas out of them.

“We’re pretty clear on what we need to do we’ve just got to make

sure we go out there and do a good job of executing that.”

The loss of Rabbitohs speedster Alex Johnston to a hamstring injury has forced Inglis to switch from centre to fullback, but the Warriors believe they can minimise the Queensland and Kangaroos star’s influence by stifling his side’s go-forward.

“Greg, wherever you put him, he’s a threat,” said Kearney.

“Put it this way, we won’t be kicking to him intentionally.

“But Greg, like the big guys we’ve spoken about, I don’t think you can take his effect right out of the game, but you can certainly limit what impact he does have so we’ll be looking to try and do that.”

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David Fusitua 3. Peta Hiku 4. Solomone Kata 5. Ken Maumalo 6.Blake Green 7. Mason Lino 8. James Gavet 9. Issac Luke 10. Agnatius Paasi 11.

Simon Mannering 12. Tohu Harris 13.

Adam Blair Interchange: 14. Jazz Tevaga 15. Chris Satae 16. Bunty Afoa 17. Isaiah Papali’i 18. Gerard Beale 20. Karl Lawton 21.

Albert Vete 22. Anthony Gelling

Origin no distraction Penrith coach Anthony Griffin insists his players won’t be distracted by their State of Origin chances in today’s top-of-the-table NRL clash against St George Illawarra.

Only 1200 tickets are left for a blockbuster contest at Panthers Stadium where not only top spot is on the line, but a host of Origin jumpers for the series opener on June 6. At least 12 players from both teams are considered in contention to be picked for either NSW or Queensland, with Blues coach Brad Fittler openly declaring the match-up as an Origin audition.

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The sin-bin advantage The NRL’s once-feared sin-bin hasn’t been a match-deciding deterrent for teams in 2018, with statistics showing punished sides are winning two-thirds of games.

According to Fox Sports Stats, 49 players were sin-binned over the opening 11 rounds of the competition – more than the total amount of any other full season since 2001.

At this rate, the league is set to pass 100 sin-bins in a year for the first time, fulfilling an off-season pledge to try to end deliberate penalties on a team’s own tryline.

But in a worrying trend, the threat of playing with 12 men for part of the game isn’t proving to have a real impact on sides this year.- AAP

Injury fears eased RIGHT AT HOME

AT YOUR PLACE. 5

BY LAINE CLARK An Achilles injury that has troubled James Roberts for months won’t stop him playing for NSW, Wayne Bennett says.

But it remains to be seen how many other Brisbane players make the State of Origin cut.

Broncos coach Bennett played down concerns for Roberts, saying he would be fit for Blues selection next week despite limping off in the second half of their 1810 NRL win over Parramatta on Thursday night.

Bennett revealed Roberts had been nursing the injury since the pre-season but claimed the strike centre would not be a fitness concern before Blues selectors name their Origin I team on Monday.

“It flares up every day but he will be right.

“I am sure he will play Origin if he gets picked,” Bennett said.

But the jury is out on how many Broncos will feature for the Maroons.

The only years Brisbane players have not featured in a Queensland side were 1995 and 1997 during the Super League war.

And traditional powerhouse Brisbane’s Queensland representation looks set to take a hit this year with Matt Gillett (neck) out of the series and fellow test backrower Josh McGuire (ankle) battling to be fit for game one.

However, Bennett talked up his Maroons hopefuls Darius Boyd, Corey Oates, Joe Ofahengaue, Andrew McCullough and Sam Thaiday and did not rule out McGuire making a comeback for Queensland.

Asked if sidelined McGuire could play in June 6’s Origin opener, Bennett said: “I think he is close – he nearly played (against the Eels) and been training flat out.”

Maroons left wing contenders Boyd and Oates impressed against the Eels before

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However, speculation is rife that the spot has already been snapped up by form Cronulla flyer Valentine Holmes, who scored three tries in Origin III last year.

Bennett believed Oates – dumped after game one last year – “can’t do any more” to earn an Origin recall.

Oates scored a try – his seventh in six games against Parramatta – and amassed a whopping 216m on Thursday night in an inspirational display on the left wing.

“His last two games are certainly the best I have seen him play,” Bennett said of 23-year-old Oates, who has played four Origins. “He wants to get involved, he wants to make a difference. He hasn’t always done that.

“He sat out there on the wing and was happy to get cold and listen to the crowd.

“But his last two games ... he was in there looking for the ball, did some good carries, he can’t do any more.”

McCullough is hoping to replace Cameron Smith following the ex-skipper’s shock representative retirement.

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■ RUGBY

Tahs eye another NZ hurdle

By Daniel Gilhooly They bulldozed one Kiwi Super Rugby wall last week but the NSW Waratahs aren’t satisfied as they target an even stiffer frontier against the Chiefs.

The Australian conference leaders have barely paused to celebrate the end of New Zealand’s stranglehold in trans-Tasman matches.

Coach Daryl Gibson wasn’t getting carried away with the team’s hex-busting 41-12 thrashing of the Highlanders in Sydney, ending 40 straight losses for Australian teams against Kiwi foes.

Today’s match provides an immediate chance to snap another gloomy record.

It’s more than three years since an Australian team won on New Zealand soil.

Michael Cheika’s Waratahs of 2015 toppled the Hurricanes in Wellington but it’s been one-way traffic since.

Gibson is pinning his hopes on a gradual improvement this month continuing if they are to win in Hamilton for just the second time in 18 years.

A Waratahs’ low point was their 29-0 home embarrassment against the Lions in round 10.

Since then, narrow losses to the Blues and Crusaders were followed by last weekend’s breakthrough.

“Certainly it was a performance that was on par with where we were projecting,” Gibson said.

“That was why the outcome on Saturday was pleasing, because it continued that trajectory that we were on.”

Gibson’s pragmatism continued when assessing the strength

of the Chiefs. He says their raw physicality and ability to pounce on turnover ball through the likes of five-eighth Damien McKenzie makes them a potent outfit.

Most impressive, however, was an obvious togetherness that has kept the two-time champion Kiwi outfit in contention despite a horrendous injury run.

“They’ve coped with that all year.

“They’ve had 20-odd injuries and they seem to be a remarkably resilient team.”

Chiefs assistant coach Neil Barnes was nevertheless relieved to welcome back four All Blacks who missed last week’s loss to the Sharks in Durban while on training camp duty with the national team.

Anton Lienert-Brown, McKenzie, Brodie Retallick and Nathan Harris would inevitably lift standards, he said.

“When the heat comes on, you need people who are used to that sort of pace of the game, and the intensity.

“It helps get people pointed in the right direction.”

Barnes said a Waratahs team featuring one starting change – the return of Wallabies halfback Nick Phipps – would be buoyed by their Highlanders performance.

They have chosen not to dwell on the brilliant form of Waratahs fullback Israel Folau.

“He’s obviously an amazing athlete and an amazing footballer,” Barnes said.

“You have to treat that with respect but we haven’t done anything special about defending him.”

- AAP

By Murray Wenzel

Israel Folau is in brilliant form for the Waratahs.

Collegiate has iron grip on the trophy Collegiate will head into the final round of senior B rugby’s Michael Duff Memorial Trophy with Mid Canterbury Rugby’s newest prize locked away in their trophy cabinet.

Collegiate took home the new Paul Williams Cup courtesy of their 52-36 win over Methven last weekend, which kept them in the top half of the senior B points table.

The new cup was donated by the family of the late Paul Williams, a stalwart of Mid Canterbury Rugby who passed away last year.

Williams – a former Mid Canterbury coach who had played more than 100 games for Mid Canterbury himself, as well as for the New Zealand Maori side – was born and bred in Methven, before joining the Old Boys club

Wounded Reds ready for battle

in Ashburton, so the new trophy would be played for annually by Methven and Collegiate.

Collegiate was one of two sides to have only dropped one of their five games so far this season, along with Southern, but above them on the points table was the unbeaten Rakaia senior B side.

The final round would see the top-of-the-table Rakaia side take

on Collegiate, while Southern would tackle a Mt Somers side currently sitting in fourth spot, with three wins to their name this season.

Down at the bottom of the table Allenton were still hunting for their first victory and they will take on Celtic today, while Hampstead will be preparing for a big clash with the boys from Methven.

James Slipper’s suspension for drug use has been hard to cop for his friend and team-mate Scott Higginbotham.

But the Queensland Reds captain says it hasn’t taken the steam out of his Super Rugby side and that there is a genuine excitement to return to the field today against a vulnerable Highlanders outfit.

Slipper on Thursday copped a two-month ban and fine for cocaine use, revealing after the announcement that he had been suffering from depression.

“Not well, in terms of our mate being in a bit of trouble,” Higginbotham said of how the squad had dealt with the news.

“That’s not what you want to see for a friend.”

His absence against New Zealand’s Highlanders (7-4) at Suncorp Stadium tonight adds to the long list of off-field distractions the Queensland club has encountered this season.

But on the field Brad Thorn’s young squad (4-7) have produced some good, bad and ugly rugby that should provide optimism for fans seeking a Reds revival.

Pointing to a tight 38-34 loss away to the 10-2 Crusaders last weekend, Higginbotham is adamant they can finish a controversial week with a victory.

“Absolutely, we’re still really keen to play football,” Higginbotham said.

“There’s still a lot to be achieved out of this season and when you show how you can play – the young guys start to realise how they can compete at this level – the only way is up.”

The Highlanders have problems of their own after a 41-12 loss to the Waratahs broke Australian Super Rugby teams’ 40game drought against New Zealand opponents last weekend.

All Blacks squad members Ben Smith, Luke Whitelock, Shannon Frizell and Liam Coltman have been omitted this weekend, while gun No.9 Aaron Smith is on the bench in an attempt to manage the workload of the team’s test contingent.

Having bumped Wallabies lock Kane Douglas to the bench, 19-year-old Harry Hockings is the latest Red to earn a run-on debut, while Izaia Perese returns to the wing.

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Nabura cops six-week ban for ugly incident Highlanders flyer Tevita Nabura has been suspended for six weeks after being red-carded for an ugly raised leg which collided with the face of Waratahs winger Cameron Clark in their match last Saturday night.

Nabura has been suspended from all forms of the game for six weeks, up to and including Friday July 6 2018.

With the June international

test window coming up, the Highlanders will not be in action for two weeks and will then play the French Barbarians in the final week.

The incident occurred in the 17th minute of the match in Sydney.

The Sanzaar Foul Play Review Committee of Nigel Hampton QC (Chair), Stefan Terblanche and John Langford assessed the case.

In his finding, Foul Play Review Hampton ruled the following: “Having conducted a detailed review of all the available evidence, including all camera angles, and a statement from the player and submissions from his legal representative, Aaron Lloyd, the Foul Play Review Committee upheld the Red Card under Law 9.12 (physical abuse – kicking).

The player’s action was seen by

the Committee as a misguided effort by an inexperienced player to both try and regain balance whilst in the air and ward off the approaching opposing player.

“Taking into account mitigating factors including the Player’s excellent record, his remorse, his inexperience and his guilty plea the Foul Play Review Committee reduced the suspension to a sanction of 6 weeks.”

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Brad Thorn

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In brief Enever in for Arnold The battle for Rory Arnold’s Brumbies starting position has been won by Blake Enever. The move into the No.4 jersey for tonight’s Super Rugby clash with the Bulls will help Enever’s claims for a Wallabies berth in the test series against Ireland in June. The vacancy arose after Arnold was sent off for a high tackle against the Lions last week, resulting in a three-game suspension. Arnold’s twin brother, Richie, started in the Brumbies’ round win against the Sunwolves but he will come off the bench.

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Injury count rising The Crusaders have suffered another injury blow with Jordan Taufua ruled out of last night’s clash against the Hurricanes.

The All Blacks rookie injured his calf during a training camp with the test squad during the week.

Props Joe Moody and Owen Franks were already sidelined through suspension, while fellow prop Tim Perry returned from the All Blacks camp with a hamstring strain.

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Friend off to Ireland

Rakaia’s Nete Caucau will miss today’s match against Kaiapoi through suspension but will return for next week’s quarter-finals.

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Rakaia going all-out

By Erin TaskEr

Erin.t@thEguardian.co.nz

Just because they’re already assured of a play-off spot it doesn’t mean Rakaia will be taking their foot off the gas heading into the final round of rugby’s Combined Country Cup today.

Rakaia booked their place in the top four of section B with a win over last year’s runners-up Darfield last weekend, and they face Kaiapoi in the final round.

Rakaia coach Wayne Foxcroft said their top four spot might be secure, but what is yet to be determined is where they’ll finish in that top four, and a win over Kaiapoi will earn them a home semi-final.

“We really want that home semi-final,” Foxcroft said.

Last season Rakaia made the semis but played away, at Darfield, and they lost.

Sitting in second equal spot on the ladder heading into the final round, a win over Kaiapoi should propel Rakaia into either first or second.

The competition’s newcomers, and the season’s surprise package, Springston are at the top of the table with 37 points while

Rakaia and Prebbleton are one point back.

With Springston and Prebbleton playing each other in the final round, a win will see Rakaia leapfrog one of them.

Rakaia will still be without the services of Nete Caucau against Kaiapoi, with the big Fijian still serving a suspension after being sent off for a high tackle in his side’s game against Methven.

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Lincoln last weekend needing a win to give them the best shot of a top four finish, but lost, leaving them third on the ladder with defending champions Southbridge, Glenmark and Lincoln all a chance of pushing Celtic out of the top four today.

Neither Glenmark or Lincoln have it easy in the final round though, with the two sides at the top of the section A ladder

We really want that home semi-final

He will return next week in time for the quarter-finals.

Rakaia are the only Mid Canterbury team safe in the top four heading into the final round, with Celtic the only other local team in with a shot.

But Celtic can do nothing but wait to find out their fate today, as they have the bye in the final round.

The green machine headed to

– Waihora and Saracens – their respective oppositions, while Southbridge take on a West Melton side only three spaces off the bottom of the ladder.

The bottom side in section A is Hampstead, who haven’t won a game yet this season, and they’ll take on the side just one spot above them today, Ashley.

It’s a game they’re targeting to be their first win.

Hampstead coach Shaun Bovey said his side came close to beating West Melton last weekend and a win over Ashley would give Hampstead a much-needed confidence boost heading in to Mid Canterbury Rugby’s Watters Cup competition.

“Hopefully we will shock a couple of teams in the Watters Cup, which is the goal,” Bovey said.

But Hampstead hasn’t had it easy in recent weeks.

A fair chunk of their players are employed at meat works which have been working flat out due to an increased work load lately.

That meant Hampstead had just 15 players at the start of last week’s match, with three players arriving at half-time to half-fill the previously empty bench having just finished the night shift.

Meanwhile back over in section B, a loss to Kaiapoi last week dashed Southern’s hopes of making the finals, and they take on Hornby in the final round.

Just a few points behind Southern, Methven have hit their straps in the past couple of weeks and will finish the Country Cup round robin at home against Rolleston today.

Dumped Australian men’s rugby sevens coach Andy Friend will join Irish club Connacht on a threeyear deal. His contract was not renewed, with Friend replaced by women’s sevens coach Tim Walsh following April’s Commonwealth Games. Friend takes over from New Zealander Kieran Keane, who was released by the province earlier this month, less than 12 months into a three-year contract after the club finished their Pro14 campaign with a 7-14 record. - AAP

Hobbs weighs in Former Highlander and Blues rugby player Michael Hobbs has entered the US debate on refusing to stand during the national anthem. Hobbs, writing in the New York Times, was reacting to the NFL announcing it would fine teams whose players refuse to stand for the national anthem on the field. “Among those protesting police brutality and racial injustice were 10 players from the Saints who sat on the bench during the national anthem. My good friend Kenny Vaccaro was one of them.

We had no idea, however, that Kenny’s decision would incite such rage in our donors that it would hinder our project to help kids in Kenya.’’ Hobbs, the son of former All Blacks great Jock Hobbs, has been involved in humanitarian work in Africa.

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Reward for Hodge Rest and reward are behind the decision to hand Reece Hodge the five-eighth jersey for the Melbourne Rebels’ Super Rugby clash with the Sunwolves. Hodge will start as chief playmaker for the first time after impressing coach Dave Wessels when he shifted to the position during their tight win over the Brumbies.

Wessels says the 23-year-old has earned the start but he also wants to give Jack Debreczeni a rest after starting every other game this season. Debreczeni has been told to take mini-break to freshen up as they push for a maiden finals berth.

- AAP

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■ TRENTHAM

One race at a time Peter McKenzie isn’t planning too far ahead with his wet-track performer Our Bandit.

“There were two or three races we intended to run him in last winter, but they were cancelled so we’ll just see what happens this time around,” the Levin trainer said.

Our Bandit will return from a seven-month break to open his campaign at Trentham today in The Hanley Formula Autumn Sprint Championship Final (1200m).

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Our Bandit will have Tony Allan aboard at Trentham today.

Today at Addington Raceway

9 8200x Shot In The Dark (9) fr ................... A Faulks 10 x580x Viewfield Navajo (21) fr ......... O Thornley (J) 11 43620 Jungle Gem (22) fr .................... B Borcoskie 12 20467 King Of Heroes (23) fr .................C DeFilippi 13 04584 Comfortably Numb (24) fr ................R Close 14 9x863 Moytura (25) fr..................................S Ottley 15 90524 Capital Plan (26) fr .................. L McCormick 16 40x08 Onedin Express (27) fr .........M Anderson (J) Emergencies: Don’t Tell Ange, Viewfield Navajo 3 6.35pm FERNLAW - GARRY THOMPSON SOLICITOR MOBILE PACE $10,000, 3yo+ r56 to r75 mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 91494 Karmic Way fr ............................... Scratched 2 P0721 Maninthemirror (1) fr ........................S Ottley 3 29115 Bridget Blue Chip (2) fr .................R Holmes 4 20338 All About Henry (3) fr .......................D White 5 88411 Alta Shelby (4) fr .............................. D Dunn 6 14156 Tennyson Bromac (5) fr ................T Williams 7 x4219 Mikey Maguire (6) fr ....................C DeFilippi 8 4164x Unico Legend fr............................ Scratched 9 11048 Gunpowder (7) fr .............................J W Cox 10 33442 Shezza GNP (21) fr.......................B Orange 11 23231 Mach Up (22) fr ........................N Purdon (J) 4 7.03pm THE GOOD HOME FERRYMEAD MOBILE TROT $14,000, r59 to r80 mob. trot, mobile, 1950m 1 39626 Chivasion (1) fr .......................... M Edmonds 2 56102 Anna Kate (2) fr................................J Curtin 3 49132 Mystical Star (3) fr ............................S Ottley 4 12710 Rum In The Sun (4) fr .....................J W Cox 5 21056 Diana Harbour (5) fr ....................C DeFilippi 6 1023D Trouble Giero (6) fr ....................... S McNally

7 5048x Donsmedad (7) fr ..........................B Orange 8 08023 Arran Chief (8) fr .............................. D Dunn 9 0Px37 Heard The Whisper (9) fr..............T Williams 10 18111 Pres The Belle fr .......................... Scratched 11 37984 Ruthless Kayla (21) fr............. J Morrison (J) 12 56x40 Medusa (22) fr............................ K Cameron 5 7.30pm PEEK EXHIBITION JUNIOR DRIVERS MOBILE PACE $10,000, 4yo+ mares r56 to r70 mob. pace jun.d, mobile, 1950m 1 16098 Tyron Bettor’s Ella (1) fr..............B Munro (J) 2 0881P Bird Of Paradise (2) fr ........... O Thornley (J) 3 73410 Possente Cavallo (3) fr .................. K Butt (J) 4 92788 Highland Reign (4) fr ............... S O’Reilly (J) 5 72116 Pat Campbell (5) fr ....................M Purvis (J) 6 06577 Delightful Dash (6) fr .................M Hurrell (J) 7 08164 Spirit Of Delight (7) fr ...............N Purdon (J) 8 51169 Queen Bee Bardon (8) fr......M Anderson (J) 9 85990 Ultimate Desire (9) fr .............. J Morrison (J) 10 11020 Mad Lu Li (21) fr.......................... B Hope (J) 6 8.00pm PI & GJ KENNARD BLOODSTOCK MOBILE PACE $10,000, non-winners 2yo+ mob. pace, 1950m 1 4x Prestonpans (1) fr ...............................B Butt 2 3300x Tracksarefortrains (2) fr ....................S Ottley 3 8333x Cheezel (3) fr .......................... C D Thornley 4 242 Koromiko Eyre (4) fr .....................T Williams 5 73 Stars Tonight (5) fr................M Anderson (J) 6 6 Bettor Beontoit (6) fr......................B Orange 7 658x2 Mahksman (7) fr ............................... D Dunn 8 Diamond Edition (8) fr .................. G O’Reilly 9 55830 Betterthankaty (9) fr .................. R Anderson 10 06 B Mac C (21) fr................................J W Cox

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8.30 PLUMBING WORLD HORNBY MOBILE TROT $10,000, 3yo+ r50 to r56 mob, mobile, 1950m 1 68330 Unique Rose (1) fr........................T Williams 2 70881 Lightworkofit (2) fr ............................ D Dunn 3 x8890 Alpine Sun (3) fr ........................... S McNally 4 46029 Spurred By Success (4) fr ................J Curtin 5 24106 Rusty I Am (5) fr ........................... P Wakelin 6 00800 Unique Marshall (6) fr ............... M Edmonds 7 96183 One Over Da Skye (7) fr .............C DeFilippi 8 10606 Speedy Command (8) fr................ T Trathen 9 6245x Idle Moose (9) fr ............................B Orange 10 07970 Superfast Maggie (U1) fr ......... A Stewart (J) 11 00085 Jerry Garcia (U2) fr .......................L O’Reilly 12 80000 Jaw D Nancy (U3) fr .................. R Houghton 8 9.01 THANKS COLIN BERRY FOR 60 YEARS OF SERVICE PACE $10,000, r40 to r50, stand, 2600m 1 64393 The Director (1) fr............................. D Dunn 2 40800 Jay FM (2) fr .....................................R Close 3 x6000 Out Of Aces (3) fr ...................... R Houghton 4 4276x War Horse (4) fr ............................B Orange 5 89522 Take After Me (5) fr ..............M Anderson (J) 6 77540 Joey Maguire (6) fr ...........................S Ottley 7 68644 Handsome Hero (7) fr .................. G O’Reilly 8 43600 Bound To Impress fr ..................... Scratched 9 46179 It’s A Deal (8) fr ..........................R Cameron 10 02089 Gotta Future (9) fr ........................T Williams 11 x8570 Takitimu Express (10) fr ................ K Butt (J) 12 50x85 Gucci Cavallo (11) fr .............. J Morrison (J) 13 1774x Cullens Joy (12) fr ....................N Purdon (J) 14 0x00x Guna (13) fr......................................J Curtin 15 33389 Jonty James (14) fr ................. C D Thornley

16 098x0 Nui Ba Den fr ............................... Scratched 9.30 WOODLANDS STUD MOBILE PACE $10,000, 3yo+ r50 to r56 mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 49x78 Paravani (1) fr...................................J Curtin 2 04776 Some Excusesomewhere (2) fr ........R Close 3 19169 Glenisthebettor (3) fr ................. R Anderson 4 04570 Anytime (4) fr .......................M Anderson (J) 5 56179 Every Option fr ............................. Scratched 6 07727 Mighty American (5) fr...................B Orange 7 53x06 The Golden Boy (6) fr....................R Holmes 8 0406x Sans Le Sou (7) fr ............................R Alfeld 9 38895 Black Art fr ................................... Scratched 10 91494 Karmic Way (21) fr ......................N McGrath 11 1P327 Tall Poppy (22) fr ..............................S Ottley 12 6021x Direct Control (23) fr ........................P Court 13 2100x Like Ya More (24) fr ................. L McCormick 14 71505 London Delight (25) fr ...................... D Dunn 15 36310 Miss You (26) fr ............................ G O’Reilly Emergency: Karmic Way

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Pacifiers off: Unique Marshall (R7) SELECTIONS

Race 1: Lovey Dovey Moment, Whatwillbeewillbee, Sunrise Spur Race 2: Matau Gem, Moytura, King Of Heroes, Fun Sponge Race 3: Shezza GNP, Tennyson Bromac, Mach Up Race 4: Donsmedad, Diana Harbour, Rum In The Sun Race 5: Queen Bee Bardon, Delightful Dash, Mad Lu Li Race 6: Stars Tonight, Bettor Beontoit, Prestonpans Race 7: One Over Da Skye, Jaw D Nancy, Lightworkofit Race 8: Cullens Joy, The Director, Take After Me, It’s A Deal Race 9: Some Excusesomewhere, Direct Control, Paravani

Counties gallops Today at Pukekohe Park

Counties RC Venue: Pukekohe Park Meeting Date: 26 4 44x45 Lord Sibford dm (1) 54 .................... S Spratt May 2018 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5 310x0 Crafty Jess dm (3) 54.................M Cameron 5; 6 and 7 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 5, 6 and 7 6 3428x El Luchador tdm (5) 54 ...................S Collett 1 12.15pm VERSATILE HOMES & BUILDINGS 2100 3 1.19 HAUNUI FARM 1200 $35,000, OPN HCP, 1200m $30,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 2100m 1 2120x Longchamp dmb (5) 60 ....... T Yanagida (a4) 1 20x11 Roger That m (1) 59 ....................T Thornton 2 2335x New York Minute dm (2) 54 ........M Cameron 2 147x6 Banbury Lad dm (6) 58.5 ........... L Satherley 3 0x646 Marciano m (6) 54 ...........................S Collett 3 61621 Princess El Jay td (3) 54.5S Weatherley (a1) 4 11x60 Sleeping Beauty dm (4) 54S Weatherley (a1) 4 0x785 Suggestive Heights dm (2) 54 5 7x556 Fire Jet tdm (7) 54....................... D Johnson 5 0x093 Cool Cassie m (7) 54 .................A Sims (a3) 6 0x458 He’s Cavalier tm (3) 54........... K Cowan (a3) 6 84262 Delegate dm (4) 54 ................ K Cowan (a3) 7 0x813 Kitaya tdm (1) 54 ....................... R Scott (a4) 7 x0432 Dontbreakmyheart m (5) 54 ...........S McKay 4 1.54pm MARTIN SMOKEY MORGAN 1200 $25,000, 8 08628 Arite Guru tm (8) 54 .................. R Scott (a4) Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m 9 060x0 Heeza Dreimer dm (9) 54 ........ D Danis (a3) 1 2428x Wooden Edge dm (2) 60.5 .........A Sims (a3) 2 12.45pm LONE STAR PUKEKOHE 1600 $35,000, 2 985x8 Solmization dm (14) 60 . K Chowdhoory (a4) OPEN HANDICAP, 1600m 3 237x0 Kensington tdm (15) 59.5 ........E McCall (a4) 1 34066 Brilliant Shine m (2) 60................ D Johnson 4 1958x No Need dm (16) 58.5 ...............M Cameron 2 13021 Tomelilla dm (4) 57.5....................... T Harris 5 303x1 Justacanta tdm (11) 58 ................... S Spratt 3 x0641 Admiral tdm (6) 57.5 ................. R Scott (a4) 6 26523 Fortune Patch d (10) 57.5 S Weatherley (a1)

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to place on a dead track behind Hiflyer in the Gr.3 Thompson Mile (1600m) in October.

“It’s a pretty smart field at Trentham on Saturday and it’s a case of seeing how he measures up against the better ones,” McKenzie said.

In Our Bandit’s favour at the weekend is his well-known affinity with Trentham – he has won four races there on rain-affected going including an open handicap success off the back of a Rating 75 victory.

- NZME

NZ Metro harness

NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 26 May 2018 NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 5.40pm IN LOVING MEMORY OF COLIN STEELE MOBILE TROT $10,000, non-winners 2yo+ mob. trot, mobile, 1950m 1 5656x Sunrise Spur (1) fr........................J Versteeg 2 00000 This Way Comes (2) fr .................D Burrows 3 Blue Coman (3) fr.......................... T Trathen 4 58006 Foreigner (4) fr ..................................G Hunt 5 8003 Wee Man Trouble (5) fr.........................B Hill 6 Desert Wings (6) fr ......................C DeFilippi 7 03742 Lovey Dovey Moment (7) fr ........ D Keast (J) 8 9x75 Taimate Angus (8) fr.................. L McKay (J) 9 87436 Skyline (9) fr ................................. G O’Reilly 10 88707 Noble Mistress (21) fr ...................M Perriton 11 530 Majestic Chevron (22) fr ..............N McGrath 12 Whatwillbeewillbee (U1) fr..........B Munro (J) 13 Sioux Princess (U2) fr ............. L McCormick 14 Monrika (U3) fr ............................. S McNally 2 6.09 COCA-COLA AMATIL MOBILE PACE $10,000, non-winners 3yo+ mr40 to mr45 mob. pace, 2600m 1 53794 Franco Garcia (1) fr ...................... S McNally 2 73863 With The Band (2) fr ......................L O’Reilly 3 800x9 Don’t Tell Ange (3) fr 4 7859P Santanna Lad (4) fr ......................M Heenan 5 04P39 Nicky Anew (5) fr .......................... G O’Reilly 6 82225 Fun Sponge (6) fr 7 x3002 Matau Gem (7) fr.............................J W Cox 8 37856 She’s Outstanding (8) fr .......... C D Thornley

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“It’s been a while, but I’m very happy with the way he’s coming up,” McKenzie said.

Our Bandit has had the benefit of a 1200m trial at Waverley earlier this month in the hands of Tony Allan, who will take the ride today.

“He’s ready to run and go pretty well, Tony has been riding him in his work,” McKenzie said.

Our Bandit won five races last year and finished fourth in the Gr.3 Metric Mile (1600m).

“He was put aside after failing

7 1642x Banrock t (8) 57 ..................... K Cowan (a3) 8 35x72 Bella Gioia d (5) 56.5 .................. D Johnson 9 52772 Irish Mist m (13) 56.5 ..................... A Calder 10 534x4 Myrcella tdm (1) 55.5 .................M Coleman 11 19x04 Ricky Baker d (6) 55.........................S Rusof 12 x3484 Sellwood m (7) 55 .................... D Danis (a3) 13 07x06 Good Vibes tm (12) 54 ............... L Satherley 14 1x841 Imblaze m (4) 54 ..................T Newman (a4) 15 6690x Critics Choice dm (9) 54 16 2x464 Manhattan Flame tdm (3) 58 Emergencies: Critics Choice, Manhattan Flame 5 2.30pm VETERINARY ASSOCIATES EQUINE 1400 $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 1243. Slow Hands (9) 59.5 .....................O Bosson 2 96x58 Two Thirty dm (4) 59.5 .................... T Harris 3 557x1 Braavos t (1) 59........................ D Danis (a3) 4 145x0 Sun Genes tdm (7) 58......................S Rusof 5 170x7 Repeat dm (8) 57.5 ..................... D Johnson 6 39933 Artic Storm (6) 57.5....... K Chowdhoory (a4)

7 4906x Rocanic (10) 57............................... A Jones 8 42499 Swissilicious (3) 56.5 .........................M Hills 9 70x79 Innamincka tdm (5) 56.5 ........... R Scott (a4) 10 4100x Miss Campbell tdm (2) 56 11 90x00 Dainty Rose t (11) 55.5 .............. L Satherley 6 3.09 SSANGYONG AUCKLAND FUTURITY STAKES $50,000, 2YO SW, 1400m 1 223 Ole Ole (5) 56.5 ..............................J Riddell 2 74x1 Cyber Attack (6) 56.5 .....................V Colgan 3 3 Sol Invictus (2) 56.5 ........................ T Harris 4 4 Senor Moss (7) 56.5 ....................R Elliot (a) 5 73x22 Peaceful b (4) 54.5 .....................M Cameron 6 1 Grand Ariana (8) 54.5 ......................S Rusof 7 18 Van Irving (1) 54.5....................... D Johnson 8 56x96 Elle D’Berry (3) 54.5...........S Weatherley (a) 7 3.49 MOUNT SHOP 1600 $25,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1600m 1 90x24 Grand Rio dmb (9) 61 ................M Cameron 2 81212 Ambitious Winner (2) 59.5...............J Riddell

3 4020x El Disparo m (10) 59 ......................V Colgan 4 41x90 Opera Knight (6) 58 ........................ S Spratt 5 16231 Soroc 57.5.................................... Scratched 6 91931 Lady Painton t (3) 56 ............T Newman (a4) 7 0x271 Direct Capital m (8) 56 ................... A Calder 8 115x0 Where Are You m (5) 54.5 S Weatherley (a1) 9 45561 Touch Of Silver m (4) 54.5 Chowdhoory (a4) 10 517x0 Cosmic Storm 54 ......................... Scratched 11 13613 Hot Saki d (7) 54 .....................E McCall (a4) 12 1058x Summer Warrior m (1) 54 ...............R Smyth Blinkers on: Manhattan Flame (R4), Elle D’Berry (R6) SELECTIONS

Race 1: Roger That, Delegate, Dontbreakmyheart, Banbury Lad Race 2: Tomelilla, Admiral, Crafty Jess, El Luchador, Brilliant Shine Race 3: New York Minute, Sleeping Beauty, Kitaya, Fire Jet Race 4: Justacanta, Wooden Edge, Fortune Patch, Solmization Race 5: Slow Hands, Artic Storm, Braavos, Miss Campbell Race 6: Ole Ole, Grand Ariana, Cyber Attack, Van Irving Race 7: Ambitious Winner, Touch Of Silver, Where Are You

Wellington gallops Today at Trentham Raceway

Wellington RC Venue: Trentham Meeting Date: 26 May 1 358x9 Rosewood dm (8) 63 ................. W Pinn (a4) 2018 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 2 06372 Glory Days d (9) 58 .................... Z Moki (a3) and 7 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 5, 6 and 7 3 64824 Pinsraad d (6) 57.5 ............. C O’Beirne (a3) 1 12.30pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEN CARSON MAID- 4 72448 Classic Touch (3) 56.5................. R Hannam 5 010x7 Veracious tdm (1) 55 .....................M Tanaka EN $10,000, MDN, 1600m 6 x2755 Sophia Magia tm (5) 54............ K McCulloch 1 4x9x7 Grinner (1) 58.5......................... W Pinn (a4) 7 0x086 Do Ya tdm (4) 54 ........................ A Shin (a4) 2 9x37 Prince Oberyn (7) 58.5 ..................S Wynne 8 9x090 Showing Grace d (7) 54 ....... S MacNab (a2) 3 0x023 Bella Nero (2) 56.5 ......................... J Parkes 9 09006 Veuve Clicquot m (2) 54 4 x9562 Blue Rata Anna (3) 56.5 ...............M Tanaka 5 82 Our Little Secret (8) 56.5...... T Johnson (a2) 4 2.03pm GO RACING HANDICAP $22,500, Rating 65 6 03528 Reliably Perky (6) 56.5 ................ R Hannam Benchmark*, 1600m 7 09077 Destiny One (5) 56.5 .............C Waddell (a4) 1 1007x De Gaulle tdm (8) 60......................S Wynne 8 95007 Nancees Gold h (4) 56.5 ............ Z Moki (a3) 2 8x501 Spondulix dm (12) 60 ................ W Pinn (a4) 2 1.00pm IRT NORTH ISLAND CHALLENGE STAKES 3 18x86 Gerardasun dm (5) 59.5................. J Parkes $35,000, OPEN HANDICAP, 1400m 4 8678x Mr Cool Boy tm (13) 59 ............. D Hirini (a2) 1 002x0 Nashville tdm (3) 60 ............ C O’Beirne (a3) 5 x0074 Master Platinum m (9) 58.5...... K McCulloch 2 776x1 Art Deco tdm (4) 54 .................. W Pinn (a4) 6 65123 Duellicious 58............................... Scratched 3 x3506 Platinum Command tdm (1) 54 .....M Tanaka 7 53814 Thats Amore td (11) 58 .................M Tanaka 4 80162 Strolling Vagabond tdm (2) 54..M Singh (a3) 8 x6034 Dal Sir Tee tm (2) 57.5 ......... T Johnson (a2) 5 00868 Brother One m (5) 54 ............C Waddell (a4) 9 233x8 Lady Style b (7) 57 ..........................D Turner 3 1.30pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE 10 33x26 Dark Princess mb (6) 56.5 ..............R Myers 11 x0x90 Artaxerxes tdm (3) 56 ................. R Hannam $27,500, R75 Benchmark Fillies and Mares, 1400m

12 x8900 Class Above dm (4) 56.............M Singh (a3) 13 826x0 Senassy m (10) 54.5 ......................... T Allan 14 x4760 Indian Maid 54 ............................. Scratched 15 6060x Mr Darcee’s Gold tdmh (1) 55 .... Z Moki (a3) 16 705x3 Cape Du Jeu 55 ........................... Scratched Emergencies: Mr Darcee’s Gold, Cape Du Jeu 5 2.41pm WRC LIFE MEMBERS TRENTHAM GOLD CUP $25,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2100m 1 16513 Master Pat tdmh (12) 61 ............. R Hannam 2 40513 Sylvester tdb (3) 59 .........................R Myers 3 557x8 Zartan tdm (9) 59 ....................... Z Moki (a3) 4 30201 Trisha Lea dm (1) 58 ................M Singh (a3) 5 x5491 Animator 58.................................. Scratched 6 316x1 Princess Dillon dm (5) 56.5 ............ J Parkes 7 47x41 Zedac dm (4) 56..............................D Turner 8 14x07 Zedeedudadeeko tdm (7) 55C O’Beirne (a3) 9 799x2 Hard To Be Humble dm (8) 54.5....M Tanaka 10 88x54 I Suggest dm (10) 54 .....................S Wynne 11 0x084 Bang (2) 54 ....................................... T Allan 12 77533 El Bayardo tdm (6) 54 .............. K McCulloch 13 47010 Onawing td (11) 54 14 03750 Raise The Phantom (13) 54 ...... W Pinn (a4)

6 3.21 HANLEY FORMULA AUTUMN SPRINT CHAM-

PIONSHIP FINAL $50,000, R85 Benchmark, 1200m 1 9540x Our Bandit tm (2) 59 ......................... T Allan 2 x3311 Redefine dm (4) 59 ..................M Singh (a3) 3 2251x Dougie dm (3) 56.5 ................... W Pinn (a4) 4 98911 Casaquinman td (7) 56 ...................D Turner 5 75x41 Manhattan Street dm (1) 56 ..... K McCulloch 6 x0143 Paddy Bourke td (10) 56 ...... T Johnson (a2) 7 243x8 Perfect Harmonee dmb (5) 55.5......R Myers 8 520x1 King Cougar 55 ............................ Scratched 9 1x921 Magicella dm (9) 54 ......................M Tanaka 10 51x34 Ram Sam Sam tdm (8) 54 ........ D Hirini (a2) 11 78x22 Hundyamonth dm (6) 54 ................S Wynne 7 4.01pm UPPER HUTT COSSIE CLUB HANDICAP $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 6x785 Vatican News td (4) 60 ........ C O’Beirne (a3) 2 36785 Tellyawhat (5) 59 ....................... W Pinn (a4) 3 436x5 Centre Attention t (11) 58.5......M Singh (a3) 4 819. Leighs Mate d (10) 58.5 5 753x0 That’s Funny dm (3) 58 .................M Tanaka 6 1596x Miss Lizzie dm (1) 57.5 ........ M McNelis (a4) 7 451x Belle Tem (6) 57 ............................. J Parkes

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8x342 Dreams Of Platinum m (9) 57 .. K McCulloch 1635x Pure Daze dm (8) 57.......................R Myers 7x221 Strada Roccia (17) 57 ............... D Hirini (a2) 780x3 Last Chance dm (7) 56.5 ............ R Hannam 1x0x9 Pickngo dm (16) 56 ........................S Wynne 40x84 Chester Carlson (13) 56..................D Turner 6206x Andarta m (14) 55 ................ S MacNab (a2) 50076 Just You (12) 55.5 40x97 Jet Charged 54 ............................ Scratched 0x086 Do Ya tm (15) 54 00868 Brother One m (2) 55 ............C Waddell (a4)

Blinkers on: Rosewood (R3), Perfect Harmonee (R6), Pickngo (R7) Blinkers off: Showing Grace (R3), Artaxerxes, Class Above (R4), Sylvester (R5), Our Bandit (R6) Winkers on: Leighs Mate (R7)

SELECTIONS

Race 1: Bella Nero, Blue Rata Anna, Our Little Secret, Reliably Perky Race 2: Art Deco, Nashville, Strolling Vagabond, Brother One Race 3: Rosewood, Classic Touch, Sophia Magia, Pinsraad Race 4: Spondulix, Lady Style, Dark Princess, Thats Amore Race 5: Princess Dillon, Master Pat, Trisha Lea, El Bayardo Race 6: Manhattan Street, Dougie, Redefine, Our Bandit Race 7: Belle Tem, Dreams Of Platinum, Tellyawhat, Vatican News

Sunday racing www.guardianonline.co.nz

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Rangiora harness Tomorrow at Rangiora Raceway

Rangiora Harness Racing Club Venue: Rangiora (All weather) Meeting Date: 27 May 2018 NZ Meeting number: 5 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 11.28am TAVERN HAREWOOD AMATEUR DRIVERS CHAMPS H2 MBL PACE $7500, 4yo+ r40 to r44 mob. pace inv.d, mobile, 2600m 1 7x509 Ireby Meg (1) fr ................................B White 2 8x009 Opawa Mach (2) fr ..................... M Maynard 3 00000 Shadowman (3) fr .............................S Wigg 4 86906 Bettor Backim fr ........................... Scratched 5 68306 Game Changer (4) fr ........................L Darby 6 74060 Claus (5) fr ........................................C Wigg 7 08734 Ildivo (6) fr ..................................... B Wilmott 8 36788 Flamboyant (7) fr ............................S Phillips 9 68960 Aveross Ferrari (8) fr .......................N Munro 10 07905 Aveross Brachole (21) fr ........... R Frampton 11 00355 Alexy (22) fr .......................................A Edge 12 00790 Living Legend (23) fr .....................C Sharpe 2 11.53am MATT BLAIR MOTORS TROT $7000, nonwinners 3yo+ trot, stand, 2600m 1 Px0 Pastrana (1) fr ..............................K Hadfield 2 8 Cabella Noir (2) fr.............................R Close 3 6 Windsor (3) fr ............................ M Edmonds 4 9 Clover Lou (4) fr ..........................C DeFilippi 5 4 Break Out (5) fr ....................... S O’Reilly (J) 6 Madeleine Stowe (6) fr .....................P Davis 7 88707 Noble Mistress (7) fr .....................M Perriton 8 0 Star Dude (8) fr ............................. T Trathen 9 45500 Tequila Sunset (9) fr ................... K Cameron 10 x8006 One Yankee Son (U1) fr ................L O’Reilly 3 12.18pm BISHOPDALE TAB AMATEUR DRIVERS CHAMPS H3 MBL PACE $7500, 4yo+ r45 to r55 mob. pace inv.d, mobile, 2600m 1 x8080 Myboylolliepop (1) fr ..........................A Edge 2 8980x Stop Means Stop (2) fr .............. R Frampton 3 97857 Gabby’s Star (3) fr ...........................N Munro 4 53326 Going To California (4) fr ...............C Sharpe 5 60x43 Den’s Legacy (5) fr ......................... C Negus 6 14x90 Lucky Luciano (6) fr ................... M Maynard

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Ashburton Guardian 45

Saturday, May 26, 2018

7 85237 Queen Of Glory (7) fr ........................S Wigg 8 19003 Trailer Park Girl (8) fr ........................B White 9 60900 Westar Sam (9) fr ..............................C Wigg 10 76660 Mr Midnight (21) fr......................... B Wilmott 11 76531 Pegasus Kommander (22) fr ..........S Phillips 12 56179 Every Option (23) fr..........................L Darby 4 12.44pm CANTERBURY STANDARDBRED BREEDERS MOBILE PACE $7000, non-winners 2yo+ f&m mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 37856 She’s Outstanding fr..................... Scratched 2 674 Already Gone (1) fr 3 25 Pop The Bubbles (2) fr ................. S McNally 4 05030 Three Ply (3) fr .....................M Anderson (J) 5 4 Its Official Babe (4) fr .............. M Williamson 6 800x9 Don’t Tell Ange (5) fr 7 Molly Ringwald (6) fr ................N Purdon (J) 8 Maleka (7) fr .................................K Hadfield 9 060 Night Lights (8) fr ..........................R Holmes 10 Rock On (21) fr ................................ D Dunn 11 Kacie Cullen (22) fr 12 Mrs French (23) fr .........................B Orange 13 Brightest Moment (24) fr ................T Chmiel 14 00x00 Ngatira (25) fr ............................ R Houghton 15 24548 Reklaw’s Gem (26) fr .......................R Close 16 3 Uptown Lady (27) fr .........................S Ottley 17 Robyn’s Gem (U1) fr ............S Tomlinson (J) Emergencies: She’s Outstanding, Don’t Tell Ange, Ngatira 5 1.14pm CANTERBURY COUNTRY HARNESS RACING CLUB HCP TROT $8000, r40 to r60 spechcp trot, stand, 2600m 1 00960 Elvis P (1) fr .................................M Perriton 2 83356 Heavenly Love (2) fr .................. M Edmonds 3 55427 The Fox (3) fr ................................. D Nyhan 4 00085 Jerry Garcia (U1) fr .......................L O’Reilly 5 x8860 Tricky Rastus (U2) fr ............S Tomlinson (J) 6 33550 BK Dawn (1) 10............................ P Wakelin 7 4x47x One Yankee Ginga (2) 10 ..............R Holmes 8 80490 Motu Great Sensation (3) 10..... B Borcoskie 9 77712 Flyinova (4) 10 ............................. J Wheeler

10 93037 Jean Sebastien (5) 10 ........... J Markham (J) 11 31692 Beyond The Horizon (1) 20 .............. J Smith 12 09841 My Eyre (2) 20 .................................P Davis 13 2390x Mr Fahrenheit (3) 20 ........................ D Dunn 6 1.49 REMEMBERING OUR FRIEND COLIN STEELE PACE $7000, non-winners 2yo+ pace, stand, 2600m 1 Slick Joe (1) fr .................................. D Dunn 2 38 Sweeney Todd (2) fr .......................T Chmiel 3 0 Amira (3) fr ...........................S Tomlinson (J) 4 54700 Flyingmasterwilliams (4) fr ............L O’Reilly 5 Fun It Is (5) fr ..................................J W Cox 6 29 Tinker Tailor (6) fr ..........................B Orange 7 00097 Gotta Ticket (7) fr .................... C D Thornley 8 4 Zippidy Doodah (8) fr ................... G O’Reilly 9 25815 Bronx Village (9) fr ...............M Anderson (J) 10 Been To Jenny’s (10) fr .............. K Cameron 11 94567 Silent Shadow (11) fr ............. J Morrison (J) 12 46x70 Mockingjay (12) fr.............................J Young 13 4x Prestonpans (13) fr .............................B Butt 14 73452 Sounds Bettor (14) fr.....................K O’Reilly 7 2.24pm CANTERBURY HONDA LTD PACE $8000, 3yo+ r40 to r55 pace, stand, 2600m 1 02422 Kensington Kate (1) fr ..........M Anderson (J) 2 x0250 Tres Vite (2) fr...................................S Ottley 3 88599 Corena Lea (3) fr................................ R May 4 33080 Astuto (4) fr .................................. G O’Reilly 5 06070 Donegal Carnbouy (5) fr ...............B Orange 6 54122 Shadow Minister (6) fr ...................L O’Reilly 7 68306 Game Changer (7) fr ........................P Davis 8 810 Abiento (8) fr .................................R Holmes 9 4276x War Horse (9) fr .............................T Chmiel 10 3021 Fletch (10) fr................................C DeFilippi 11 00189 Red Terror (11) fr.................... J Morrison (J) 12 x6000 Out Of Aces (12) fr .................... C Purvis (J) 8 2.59pm JOAN BELCHER LEGACY MOBILE TROT $8000, r40 to r60 f&m mob. trot, mobile, 2000m 1 90x74 Wot Up (1) fr................................. S McNally 2 76302 Whatasista (2) fr........................M Hurrell (J) 3 00004 Tehoro Tease (3) fr ........................R Holmes 4 70850 Ali Lindenny (4) fr ..........................B Orange

$9000, 3yo+ r56 to r80 discrhcp pace, stand, 2600m 1 65071 OK I’m Bad (1) fr ..............................J Curtin 2 78538 Nota Bene Denario (2) fr ................T Chmiel 3 32304 Pembrook’s Passion (3) fr .............B Orange 4 13243 Hayden’s Meddle (4) fr .........M Anderson (J) 5 77466 Smarter VC (1) 10 .......................C DeFilippi 6 15121 Hundie (2) 10 ................................... D Dunn 7 9x283 Rocki Warrior (1) 20 .........................S Ottley 8 37592 Franco Tristan (2) 20 ............... C D Thornley 10 4.09pm HAPPY RETIREMENT COLIN BERRY MOBILE PACE $8000, 3yo+ r40 to r55 mob. pace, 2600m 1 08x00 Vinny Gambini (1) fr ................ M Williamson 2 00090 The Jandel Machine (2) fr ................P Davis 3 80443 Hes Fast And Furious (3) fr ..S Tomlinson (J) 4 P6009 Locked Out Of Heaven (4) fr .............. C Butt 5 82428 Johnny White (5) fr ...............M Anderson (J) 6 00x04 Ohoka Johnny (6) fr ........................... R May 7 0x80x Omar Sharif (7) fr .............................S Ottley 8 56762 Debnita Rose (8) fr........................... D Dunn 9 76641 Downtown Train (9) fr ................M Hurrell (J) 10 00273 His Royal Harness (21) fr ..............L O’Reilly 11 58500 Real Dash (22) fr............................T Chmiel 12 10272 Storm Prince (23) fr ......................B Orange 13 019 Awesome Rush (24) fr .....................R Close Pacifiers off : Shadowman (R1), Locked Out Of Heaven (R10)

SELECTIONS

Samantha Ottley drives Rocki Warrior in the Morrison’s Saddlery Handicap Pace at the Rangiora meeting tomorrow.

Race 1: Claus, Alexy, Ildivo, Opawa Mach, Game Changer Race 2: Break Out, Windsor, One Yankee Son, Clover Lou Race 3: Pegasus Kommander, Trailer Park Girl, Den’s Legacy Race 4: Kacie Cullen, Pop The Bubbles, Already Gone Race 5: Flyinova, Jean Sebastien, Beyond The Horizon, Heavenly Love Race 6: Zippidy Doodah, Tinker Tailor, Slick Joe, Prestonpans 5 x4867 Agatha Tyron (5) fr ....................... G O’Reilly Race 7: Kensington Kate, War Horse, Tres Vite, Red Terror 6 64140 Natives Lasting Love (6) fr ......... K Cameron Race 8: Westar Maggie, Daiquiri, Agatha Tyron, Tehoro Tease 7 59418 Westar Maggie (7) fr .......................... R May Race 9: Hayden’s Meddle, Hundie, Smarter VC, Rocki Warrior 8 x8100 Light Year Franco (8) fr ............ C D Thornley Race 10: Johnny White, Hes Fast And Furious, Debnita Rose 9 58113 Daiquiri (9) fr ............................B Williamson LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Re10 00025 Crusher Collins (U1) fr ..................... D Dunn tired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly 11 03408 Tijuana Taxi (U2) fr .................. M Williamson beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession 9 3.34 MORRISON’S SADDLERY HANDICAP PACE driver which allows horse to start one class down

Hawera gallops Tomorrow at Hawera Raceway Egmont RC Venue: Hawera Meeting Date: 27 May 2018 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8

Johnathan Riddell

M9

1 0x03. Off The Grid (5) 58.5 .......S Weatherley (a1) 2 57x6x Westside (12) 58.5 .................... W Pinn (a4) 3 7. Blue Arrow (1) 58.5 .........................R Myers 4 6x7x Van Diamond (7) 58.5 .................... S McKay 5 72 Glimpse (11) 56.5 ................ T Johnson (a2) 1 12.28pm TARANAKI STEELFORMERS 1600 $10,000, 6 345x9 Bella Roccia (4) 56.5......................... T Allan Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 7 25637 Feel The Breeze (6) 56.5 ............... J Parkes 1 77262 Razors Edge (8) 59.5 ........... T Johnson (a2) 8 488x Rippin (8) 56.5 ...........................M Cameron 2 651x6 Fishermans Blues d (13) 58.5 .........R Myers 9 88x5. Sky Hi Rahtwo (9) 56.5 .............. Z Moki (a3) 3 410x0 Cornerstone (3) 58 ..................... A Shin (a4) 10 050x Bloomsbury (10) 56.5......................S Collett 4 1808x Beau Jeu (2) 57.5 ...........................J Riddell 11 8x880 Black Anasta h (2) 56.5...................D Turner 5 9x430 Nom du Beel (1) 57.5 ........................ T Allan 12 05x69 Joy Ride (3) 56.5 ...........................M Tanaka 6 1x9x4 Mistress Porotene dm (7) 57 .........M Tanaka 13 Robusto 56.5................................ Scratched 7 14460 Makamojito d (6) 56.5 .....................S Collett 8 9x431 Replica dm (11) 56.5...................... J Parkes 4 2.08pm MACK TRANSPORT 1400 $10,000, Rating 9 89187 Battle Kat td (9) 55.5 ................... R Hannam 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 3751 One More Round (3) 59 ..................D Turner 10 7x388 Kool Connection dm (5) 55.5 ......... S McKay 2 4x213 Heineken Rocks d (9) 58.5..............S Collett 11 0857x Bigredmoon (10) 55 3 418x7 Gladstone Belle h (8) 58 ...... S MacNab (a2) 12 9x090 Showing Grace (4) 54 .......... S MacNab (a2) 4 309x3 Turncoat (12) 58 ........................ W Pinn (a4) 13 09006 Veuve Clicquot m (12) 54 5 7x214 Midnight Story d (6) 57.....S Weatherley (a1) 2 12.58pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE 6 940x7 Cameahotfriday dm (1) 57 .. C O’Beirne (a3) $12,000, MDN F&M, 1200m 7 079x6 Charli Rose m (10) 56.5 .............M Cameron 1 446x4 Miss Bumblebee (8) 57.5 ............... J Parkes 8 x590x Cotes De Bourg m (13) 56.5 ...........R Myers 2 3 Classy Lane (12) 57.5 ...................D Bradley 9 800x0 Dragon Dancer dh (4) 56.5 ........ Z Moki (a3) 3 309x Belindabella (10) 57.5 ......... C O’Beirne (a3) 10 8x17x Eepa Neema m (7) 56..............M Singh (a3) 4 x4040 Mizzelli (3) 57.5 ...............................J Riddell 11 546x0 Deja Roo (2) 55.5................. T Johnson (a2) 5 4957x Howzangel (5) 57.5 .........................S Collett 12 416x8 Royal Empress (14) 55.5 ............... J Parkes 6 07x65 Reilly Central (2) 57.5 ................M Cameron 13 705x3 Cape Du Jeu dm (15) 55............. R Hannam 7 98758 Garment (6) 57.5......................... R Hannam 14 05x30 Dance For Money (11) 55 8 09077 Destiny One (4) 57.5 .............C Waddell (a4) 15 0x086 Do Ya dm (16) 54 9 Empress Wu (11) 57.5 ................... S McKay 16 0857x Bigredmoon (5) 55 10 x609x Kariokka (9) 57.5............................... T Allan Emergencies: Do Ya, Bigredmoon 11 27860 Midnight Poetry (7) 57.5 ...S Weatherley (a1) 12 My Zed (1) 57.5........................M Singh (a3) 5 2.42 SANDFORDS RURAL CARRIERS 1600 $11,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1600m 3 1.33pm HOLDEM CONTRACTING / UNDER WRAPS 1 8020x Nitro Ted tmh (2) 59.5 .......... T Johnson (a2) 2 8840x Rodrico d (3) 59.5 ...........................J Riddell MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1400m

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6573x Hamiltonian m (8) 59................M Singh (a3) 6x3x9 Crikey Cron m (1) 58 .................. Z Moki (a3) 2x464 Manhattan Flame m (6) 58.........M Cameron 21x36 Time Bomb dm (4) 56.5 ............ W Pinn (a4) 06372 Glory Days t (9) 56 ..........................R Myers 534x8 Big Ben dmh (7) 56 ........................ J Parkes 50x48 Effectav d (5) 54.5 .........................M Tanaka 6 3.18pm TOTAL LOG HAULAGE & R&L FREIGHT LTD MAIDEN $10,000, MAIDEN 3-Y-O, 1600m 1 73 Calvados (7) 57.5 ....................... Z Moki (a3) 2 58x45 Hezhightensile (4) 57.5 ........ T Johnson (a2) 3 4 Ruffy Rahtwo (5) 57.5 .....................S Collett 4 36895 In Segreto (8) 57.5 ......................... S McKay 5 8 Major Domo (6) 57.5 .......................J Riddell 6 00 Mister Pinns (9) 57.5 ...................... J Parkes 7 0x04 Dancilla (3) 55.5 .........................M Cameron 8 97459 Parka’s Lady h (1) 55.5 ............. W Pinn (a4) 9 0x9 Eight Mile h (10) 55.5 ......................D Turner 10 0 Run Lee (2) 55.5 ...........................M Tanaka 7 3.53pm NORWOOD FARM MACHINERY MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1600m 1 38234 Handyman (10) 58.5 .............C Waddell (a4) 2 35532 Mauna Kea h (6) 58.5 .................... J Parkes 3 3729x Queen El Jay b (5) 56.5 .............M Cameron 4 63455 Dancing Auriole h (2) 56.5 5 345x Jayperno b (9) 56.5 .........................R Myers 6 88653 Later On (1) 56.5............................... T Allan 7 089. Acantabelle (8) 56.5 ................... Z Moki (a3) 8 6x766 All In Abreeze (4) 56.5 ......... S MacNab (a2) 9 990x0 Porotene Mhia h (7) 56.5 ................D Turner 10 50x8 Sienna Grace (11) 56.5...................S Collett 11 0x0 Up In Smoke (3) 56.5 ........... T Johnson (a2) 8 4.25pm RICH HILL 2100 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 P13x5 Bad Boy Brown dm (13) 59.5 ......... S McKay 2 177x0 Blazing Opal tdm (7) 59.5 .... S MacNab (a2)

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

97x90 Hutch (1) 59.5 ...................... M McNelis (a4) 60120 Brilliant Action mb (4) 59 .................J Riddell 843x3 Red Rascal tmh (3) 58 ............... Z Moki (a3) 6x002 The Huntsman dm (11) 57.5 ...........D Turner 0x772 Lambrusco (2) 57 ............................R Myers x97x0 Youvebeenlitup dm (6) 57 ..........M Cameron 70801 Bella Margarita (12) 56.5 ..... T Johnson (a2) 10886 Deep Blue t (9) 56.5 ........................S Collett 35948 Cottoneva (10) 56 .......................... J Parkes 3140x My Isabella m (5) 56 ................M Singh (a3) 0x90x Wee Biskit tdm (8) 55 ............C Waddell (a4) 5x523 Mister Geronimo (14) 54.5S Weatherley (a1)

Blinkers on: Kool Connection (R1), Garment (R2), Bella Roccia, Black Anasta (R3), Manhattan Flame (R5), Major Domo, Eight Mile (R6), Porotene Mhia (R7), Cottoneva (R8) Blinkers off: Showing Grace (R1), Reilly Central (R2), Mister Pinns (R6), Acantabelle (R7) Winkers on: Dragon Dancer (R4), Ruffy Rahtwo (R6) Winkers off: Belindabella (R2), Parka’s Lady (R6), Cottoneva (R8)

SELECTIONS Race 1: Replica, Mistress Porotene, Fishermans Blues, Makamojito Race 2: Classy Lane, Empress Wu, Miss Bumblebee, Reilly Central Race 3: Rippin, Feel The Breeze, Glimpse, Blue Arrow, Westside Race 4: Heineken Rocks, Turncoat, Eepa Neema, Royal Empress Race 5: Rodrico, Manhattan Flame, Big Ben, Time Bomb Race 6: Calvados, Ruffy Rahtwo, Hezhightensile, In Segreto Race 7: Mauna Kea, Dancing Auriole, Jayperno, Queen El Jay Race 8: Brilliant Action, Red Rascal, Lambrusco, The Huntsman

LEGEND: Runner Form b - Beaten favourite at last start c - Won at this distance on this course d - Won at this distance on another course h - Home track m - Won in heavy going t - Won at track X - Spell of three months

Auckland dogs Tomorrow at Manukau Stadium

Auckland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Manukau Sta- 1 26748 Star Mechanic nwtd ....................... L A Hunt 6 74236 Retired Mouse 18.81....................... T Green 9 56447 Fancy Chap 18.65 ......................D Schofield dium Meeting Date: 27 May 2018 NZ Meeting number: 9 2 77247 Tilly Toodle nwtd............................... S Clark 10 25844 Jack No Lag nwtd........................... Y Castro 7 35182 It’s The Lovely 18.87 ........................M Black Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 3 7 Wairoa Arna nwtd ........................ H Mullane 6 2.34pm AQUA MOUSE STAKES C1, 527m 8 12132 Majik Mikado 18.64 ...........................B Craik 12 and 13 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 11, 4 42323 Crampton nwtd..............................A Cleaver 9 82185 Princess Alea 18.94 .......................C Henley 1 43837 Jetsun Swan nwtd ..........................G Wilson 12 and 13 5 36563 Billy Bright nwtd .........................P Ferguson 2 25464 Little Bit Silly 30.80.....................D Schofield 10 68166 Wait For Us nwtd U &........................Cottam 1 1.06pm WELCOME TO THE MANUKAU SPORTS- 6 4344 Talkabout Sophie nwtd ...................G J Hore 3 85668 Jetsun Doll 31.31 ...........................G Wilson 9 3.27pm THRILLING BRAT DISTANCE C1/2d, 603m 7 Simply Music nwtd ..........................

T Green BOWL SPRINT C0, 318m 1 55512 Oity Allen nwtd .............................M Roberts 4 63465 Bigtime Wayno 31.11 ................... H Mullane 8 65455 Riccitelli nwtd ................................A Cleaver 1 7F Jin Jin nwtd .................................... G Farrell 2 67421 Cristiane Cyborg nwtd.................. H Mullane 5 83264 Talkabout Ziggy 30.95 R & ....................Hunt 2 7 Pukekohe Smurf nwtd ...................H R Scott 4 1.58pm GREYHOUND FUNCTION CENTRE SPRINT 6 66276 Jetsun Stampede 31.39 .................G Wilson 3 46533 Vince Fawn nwtd .............................S Codlin 3 53734 Mighty Mezz nwtd R & ................N O’Regan C2, 318m 4 151x6 Electric Lotto nwtd..........................G J Hore 7 55554 Twelve Gauge nwtd ..........................M Black 4 47265 Jetsun Woody nwtd ........................G Wilson 1 86251 Amazing Contact 18.67.....................B Bond 5 11111 Dusty Gambler nwtd ....................... K Walsh 8 26323 Electric Dee Eye 30.71 ...................P Green 5 62 Wairoa Lenny nwtd ...................... H Mullane 2 82124 Mobility Scooter 18.81 .....................M Black 6 33144 Thrilling Raider 35.09 ...................... K Walsh 9 84785 Unprofound nwtd ...............................E Potts 6 27541 Snippy Pippi nwtd R &.........................L Udy 3 65571 Bigtime Sophie 18.62 ........................E Potts 7 2.52pm WINSOME DOSH STAKES C2, 527m 7 46511 Very Choosy nwtd ..........................P Henley 7 2 Thrilling Dexter nwtd ....................... K Walsh 4 66214 Finkle Foot Fred 18.62 R & ...................Hunt 8 46323 Gray Bale nwtd.............................M Roberts 1 75267 Jinja Bailey 30.65 U & .......................Cottam 8 3221 Botany Wayne nwtd ........................P Green 5 67218 Luke Skywalker nwtd ..................... L A Hunt 9 22267 Barge Bale nwtd...........................M Roberts 2 44721 Secret Rory 30.98 .......................... G Farrell 9 85568 Tribal Conquest nwtd R & ...................L Udy 6 32412 Ken Wilde 18.53 ........................... H Mullane 3 65256 Opawa Loyal 31.12 .......................... S Clark 10 3.44pm SANDY SHANE STAKES C4/5, 527m 10 88666 Jetsun Shadow nwtd ......................G Wilson 7 5x887 Hannah Rhiannon nwtd R & ...............L Udy 1 1147x Westworld 30.37 ...............................B Craik 4 54854 Salvarotti 30.70 ..........................D Schofield 2 1.23pm CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN SPRINT C4, 8 86478 All Hail Caesar 18.58 U & .................Cottam 5 56137 Go Angel 31.30 .............................. G Farrell 2 55324 Soaring Hawke 30.57.....................G J Hore 9 74133 Simple Request 18.58 .......................B Bond 318m 3 34653 Quistis Bale nwtd .........................M Roberts 6 57136 San Tan Samson 30.68 ................... T Green 1 878x8 Mega Munchies 18.61 U &................Cottam 10 31145 Stay Rich 18.75 M & ........................ J Smith 4 11144 Cameo Syd 30.57 .............................B Craik 7 17287 Cawbourne Taylor nwtd ................M Roberts 2 41283 Subzero Princess 18.57 .................C Henley 5 2.16 DUKE OF EDINBURGH SILVER COLLAR 10 8 54334 Fancy Fox nwtd ..........................D Schofield 5 13352 Trip To Eden 30.06 .....................D Schofield 3 16283 Elouera Mist 18.53 .....................P Ferguson JUNE C1, 318m 6 14473 Zipping Kirby 30.72 ....................D Schofield 9 33741 Token Jasper 30.92 .......................... S Clark 4 77757 Kapai Lana 18.57 R & .........................L Udy 1 8x743 Sings Like Elvis nwtd ....................... S Clark 10 11448 Draxler nwtd ................................... G Farrell 7 73421 Zipping Vito 30.39 ......................D Schofield 5 31621 Nangar Panther 18.53 ................D Schofield 2 56257 Parra Eels 18.97 R & ..................N O’Regan 8 3.08 DELI’S SPORTS BAR CLENDON INN SPRINT 8 11122 Over Indulgence 30.98 ...................P Henley 6 12F81 Blitz ‘Em Rene 18.41 U &..................Cottam 3 14211 Looking Sassy nwtd ........................ K Walsh C3, 318m 9 12351 Uno Twenty Five 30.72 ................... G Farrell 7 57632 Leroy Spirit 18.49 ............................S Codlin 4 63136 Bright Concept nwtd R &.....................L Udy 1 55135 Ice Princess 18.75 ......................... G Farrell 11 4.01pm MT WELLINGTON TAB STAKES C1, 527m 8 37326 Mad Harry 18.47 .............................. S Clark 5 818 Botany Esmay 18.73 .......................P Green 1 34361 Fancy Gas nwtd M & ........................ J Smith 2 24526 Jinja Roman nwtd W & ....................T Steele 9 64538 Brotastic 18.57 ..................................B Craik 6 21662 C’est L’Amour nwtd ...........................B Craik 2 57335 Jinja Liv 31.08 U & ............................Cottam 3 13151 Kuridrani 18.71 ..............................A Cleaver 10 46316 Alex Attack 18.38 U & .......................Cottam 7 x5831 Billy Bullet 18.68 ...........................H R Scott 3 57813 Phuket Paul 31.16 S H & ..................G Hunt 4 52363 Waerenga Star 18.63 U & .................Cottam 8 85567 Scott Tied Up 18.63 U & ...................Cottam 3 1.41pm STEINY BLUE STAKES C0, 527m 4 33426 Red Dot Special nwtd .......................B Craik 5 31475 Unconscionable 18.61 R & .................L Udy

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57325 My Red Hero 30.87 R & ........................Hunt 54426 Barwon Storm 31.33 ..................D Schofield 26513 Finkle Foot Hero 31.36 R &...................Hunt 25227 Aussi Joshy nwtd ............................. S Clark 43837 Jetsun Swan nwtd ..........................G Wilson 83264 Talkabout Ziggy 30.95 R & ....................Hunt 12 4.18 QUALIFIED PET SERVICES SPRINT C5, 318m 1 87861 Audrette 18.45...................................B Bond 2 17324 Formation 18.25 ................................B Craik 3 62163 Alyeska 18.54 ...................................B Craik 4 22211 Kiwi Boy 18.37 U & ...........................Cottam 5 28257 On Fleek 18.56 .................................B Craik 6 45313 Highland Laddie 18.32 ................. H Mullane 7 54144 Raging Demon 18.26 R & ...................L Udy 8 33332 Obstinatus 18.25 R & ..................N O’Regan 9 33245 Classy Impact 18.35 ....................... T Green 10 x1477 Bushman’s Idol 18.70.................P Ferguson 13 4.37 JACK’S WHOLESALE MEATS C1, 318m 1 81372 Crackle nwtd .................................. L A Hunt 2 77x14 Marinara Girl 18.77 ...........................E Potts 3 76321 Barwon Bandit 18.68..................D Schofield 4 16855 Agbeze 18.98 ................................A Cleaver 5 57737 King Shaq 18.45 ............................. T Green 6 86726 Snoopy’s Hero 19.05 R & ......................Hunt 7 57712 Wairoa Angel 19.22...................... H Mullane 8 14233 Mai Meng nwtd..................................B Craik 9 68644 Was Just Saying 18.59 R &.................L Udy 10 77845 Going Bananas nwtd........................M Black LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Racing 46 Ashburton Guardian

www.guardianonline.co.nz

Saturday, May 26, 2018

In brief

■ INVERCARGILL

First runner for McIlwrick Colourful southern personality Rory McIlwrick will break new ground at Invercargill today.

After topping last season’s National Junior Drivers premiership, the Roxburgh-based McIlwrick has continued driving winners in the open ranks this term while also taking the first steps towards establishing a career in training.

In race four at Ascot Park today, Wolfenstein will be his first runner.

A three-year-old by Auckland Reactor, he is bred and raced by Central Otago couple Warren and Dale Clague.

“Geoff and Jude Knight broke him in and gave him his first preparation, then he came to me at Christmas time straight out of the paddock,” said McIlwrick.

“He’s still learning, I’m still learning, we both need more experience.”

Standing to McIlwrick is the number of top southern stables he has had an association with through his career, such as the Williamsons and Graeme Anderson.

Of his ten winners as a driver

Top junior driver Rory McIlwrick has entered the training ranks. this season, nine were prepared at Roxburgh by the Knights.

The fledgling trainer is appreciative of their support.

“I can’t thank them enough, they’ve helped guide me, I owe

them a lot.”

Last season McIlwrick won seven for Greg and Nina Hope.

Much earlier, an All Stars connection.

“I didn’t work with horses till I

was 14 and Mark Purdon was the first trainer I worked for.

“I was at high school in Christchurch then, when he was at Russley.”

Wolfenstein has won both his trials by a nose, the first from midfield, the second after leading all the way and qualifying in 3:03.0.

But his laid-back trainer is not getting carried away.

“He goes nice enough but this is step-up; as long he acquits himself well I’ll be happy,” McIlwrick said.

And when it comes to happiness, it’s hard to beat the effervescent reinsman who names his most memorable moments in the game as the banter, chat and quality laughs he has with everyone.

While he rates his winning drive aboard Golden Gate at the 2016 Cup Carnival as right up there, McIlwrick recognises every win is special to someone.

“It doesn’t matter how big it is, there are happy owners after every race and it’s good to reward the people who have supported you.”

- HRNZ

■ HIFLYER

Australia beckons Tavistock’s gifted son Connections of the Group One performer Hiflyer are looking at their offshore options.

“At this stage, we’re looking at going over in three or four weeks to either Melbourne or Sydney,” Te Aroha trainer Peter Lock said.

“We would give him two runs and then bring him home to freshen up for a crack at the first day of the Hawke’s Bay carnival.

“Then again, if he goes really well in Australia he may stay a bit longer and I could send Dougie and Honneur Noir over as well.”

Hiflyer is a dual Group Three winner and hasn’t raced since he finished third in the Gr.1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) at Trentham in January.

“He looks great and he’s ready to go,” Lock said.

“I was going to trial him next week (at Te Awamutu), but the way the weather is he won’t be going there.”

Meanwhile, high hopes are held for Dougie’s staying future, but in the meantime he is expected to give a bold account of himself over a shorter trip at Trentham.

The four-year-old will resume in the Hanley Formula Autumn Sprint Championship Final (1200m) in the hands of Wiremu Pinn.

“He’s not screwed down 100 per cent, but he’s been working a treat,” Lock said.

“He’s a very good horse with a good 1200m record.

“I’ve got an in-form apprentice and the horse likes bad ground.

Later on we’ll find a nice staying race for him.”

- NZME

Quality mare returns Group performer New York Minute will make a fresh start from her new quarters at Pukekohe Park today. Formerly trained by partowner Ilone Kelly, she will resume from a break for Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman in the Haunui Farm 1200m. “We’re happy with her, she’s going well,” Baker said.

“We’ll see how she goes in her first couple of starts before we decide what we’ll aim for.” New York Minute placed in last season’s Gr.3 Winter Cup (1600m) and the Gr.3 Rotorua Stakes (1400m). - NZME

Cup target for stayer A trip north beckons Hard To Be Humble following her Wellington assignment today. The Roc de Cambes mare was a strong laststart second over a mile at New Plymouth and she will step up to a middle distance in the WRC Life Members’ Trentham Gold Cup (2200m). “It was a good run first-up and she had every reason to throw the towel in after being three and four wide all the way,” trainer Janelle Millar said. - NZME

Encouraging outlook Signs of Southern Princess resuming her promising career are positive. The Guillotine four-yearold has won three of her nine starts, including a last-start defeat of the subsequent Listed Hawke’s Bay Cup (2200m) winner Richie McHorse. “After Ellerslie we found she had a hairline fracture of her cannon bone,” part-owner and trainer Peter Lock said. “It was screwed and the x-rays have given her a clearance, but we’ll be giving her more time in the paddock.”

Waller camp confident Trainer Chris Waller is hoping his faith in the lightly raced Kiwi-bred Omineca pays off in the Gr.3 Grand Prix Stakes (2200m) at Doomben today. “He’s only had four race starts this horse. He’s a really good horse, it is not like us to step up our horses out of grade, but I have just had a bit of confidence with him. So here he is, one of the favourites for a Group Three race. He’s the young star of the three-year-old colts. Let’s see how we go toward a Queensland Derby.”

- NZME

Derby hopes on the line Greycliffe will need to produce something special at Sandown TOday to keep his Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2200m) hopes alive. The New Zealand-bred son of Tavistock was runner-up in the Listed Port Adelaide Guineas (1800m) two runs back before he was seventh in the Gr.3 Chairman’s Stakes (2035m) after making the pace each time. Greycliffe will be opposed at Sandown by the in-form New Zealand-bred pair of Lucky For All and Mazzuro. - NZME

Lewis heading north

Hiflyer may have tickets booked to head across the Tasman for a couple of races.

The Auckland junior driver ranks are set to be boosted with promising reinswoman Mikayla Lewis heading north next season. Lewis is set to leave Brent White’s Temuka stable to take up a position with Barry Purdon. Her new job will have her working alongside her partner, Nathan Purdon. Lewis is looking forward to her move north and hoping to make an impact on the Northern junior ranks. - HRNZ

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Rockets take a thriller Eric Gordon came off the bench to score 24 points and his steal on Golden State’s last possession secured a 98-94 victory yesterday that gave the Houston Rockets a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference finals.

The Rockets head into Game 6 tomorrow in Oakland one win away from knocking off the defending champions and advancing to the NBA Finals for the first time since winning back-to-back titles in 1994-95.

Chris Paul scored 20 points and James Harden struggled for his 19, but Paul had to leave the game in the final minute with what appeared to be a hamstring injury.

Kevin Durant scored 29 points for the Warriors, who lost in Game 5 of a playoff series for just the second time since 2015.

The Rockets won a second straight defensive struggle between the two potent offenses, leaving the Warriors a loss from missing the NBA Finals for the first time since 2014.

“We had to rely on our defense once again,” Harden said.

“Game 4, we weren’t making shots but defensively we were really good.

“Same thing tonight.”

Draymond Green made a 3-pointer with just over minute left to get Golden State within one.

Harden, who was 0 for 11 on 3s, missed his last one with less than 30 seconds left, giving the Warriors the ball back.

Stephen Curry missed a floater and Trevor Ariza grabbed the rebound and was fouled with 10 seconds left.

But he made just one of two free

throws to give the Warriors another chance.

But Gordon came up with his steal when Green lost control in the lane and added two free throws with 2.4 seconds left to put it away.

Klay Thompson shook off a knee injury that had his status for this game in question to score 23 points and Curry added 22.

A bruised left knee kept Andre Iguodala out for the second straight game, and Kevon Looney started in his place.

After losing Game 1 of the series, the Rockets made the best of homecourt advantage this time, thrilling a sellout crowd that included Justin Timberlake, Houston Texans star J.J. Watt and rapper Travis Scott.

It’s Houston’s second straight win in the series after snapping Golden State’s NBA playoff-record, 16-game home winning streak with a 95-92 victory on Wednesday.

Golden State led by one to start the fourth before Paul got going, scoring seven points to power a 10-5 run that gave the Rockets an 81-77 lead with about 9 1/2 minutes left.

Thompson made a 3-pointer after that and then officials reviewed Paul’s first basket of the quarter and ruled he got it off after the shot clock expired, leaving the Warriors ahead 80-79.

The Rockets were clinging to a one-point lead with about seven minutes left when Durant fouled Gordon on a 3-point attempt, losing one of his shoes in the process.

Gordon made all three free throws to start a 7-2 spurt that extended the lead to 88-82 midway through the quarter.

- AP

Tom Walsh can tick off another achievement when he lines up in the Prefontaine Classic in Oregon tomorrow. The big Canterbury shot putter has had a stellar couple of years, winning two world indoor titles, the outdoor crown in Birmingham last year, claiming bronze at the Rio Olympics in 2016 and winning the Commonwealth Games title on the Gold Coast in April. But he wants an Olympic gold on his resume and a Diamond League victory at the event named after the American star who died in 1975. He threw his personal best, 22.67m in Auckland this year. - NZME

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Houston Rockets guard James Harden scores over Golden State Warriors forward Kevon Looney yesterday. PHOTO AP

Ashburton Rest Homes

HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring 0800 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice.

COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, unrestricted visiting.

Emergency Dentist

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This service is for emergency medical care only. Please bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, New Zealanders should bring some form of ID. Sealy Street Medical Practice, Sealy Street, will be the duty practice for Saturday and Sunday until 8am Monday.

Clinics will be held from 10am to 1pm and from 2pm to 5pm both days. Please phone 308 1212 for an appointment from 9.30am on Saturday and Sunday morning.

If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 for the name of the rostered weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours 9am - 5pm, Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays.

HELPLINE SERVICES Alcoholics Anonymous

Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or visit www.aa.org.nz for more information.

Mental Health - Call free on 0800 222 955.

Ask for the Crisis Team.

Safe Care - 24 hr Rape and Sexual

Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791 For weekend and emergency services please phone 302 Victims Support Group 8105 for details on how to access the after-hours service 24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846) each weekend.

Direct dials to a volunteer.

Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm Pharmacies outside of these hours leave a message.

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Alcohol Drug Help Line Sunday, and from 5pm - 7pm both days.

Call us free on (0800 787 797).

Methven & Rakaia Area

Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

Lifeline - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353.

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Price hikes and cancelled flights are ruining the Champions League final for some fans before Real Madrid and Liverpool even kick off.

Some owners of hotels and hostels in Kiev have raised prices by more than 10 times for Sunday’s game, while the city’s two airports have been unable to accommodate a rush of extra charter flights.

That led to British travel operator World Choice Sports cancelling three flights on Thursday, leaving hundreds of Liverpool fans stranded.

- NZME

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

COMMUNITY SERVICES Art Gallery

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 308 1133.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm - Wednesday: 10am – 7pm

ANIMAL SERVICES

Ashburton Museum

Dog, Stock & Noise Control

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 307 7890.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm

Ashburton Public Library

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday: 10am - 1pm.

Sunday: 1pm - 4pm.

Ashburton District Council 03 307 7700 - 24h service.

Mid Canterbury SPCA

WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: All enquiries - 308 4432.

Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter -

Contact - President 021 1356 969.

20 River Terrace - Phone 03 308 4020. WEEKEND HOURS: Veterinarians Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm. Public Holidays 10am - 5pm.

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, Mail Closing Times West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Steve Williams.

STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, POST DELIVERY CENTRES 149 Cameron Street, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein.

Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Full emergency service all weekend.

Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS 1 Smallbone Drive, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Information Centres Cnr East Street and Seafield Road, Ashburton. Saturday Methven - Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays 10am until clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

3pm. Phone 302-8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com

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James

Photos of NBA star Steven Adams in Wellington hit Facebook yesterday, confirming the New Zealand sportsman is back home.

The Oklahoma City Thunder star centre arrived home after his team crashed out of the NBA playoffs, and he was quick to exchange the basketball shoes for jandals.

He might earn $37 million a season, but the sporting sensation was snapped in Wellington this morning looking Kiwi as, in slides and shorts even on a winter’s morning.

- NZME

Walsh eyes big target

Weekend Services

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Adams back home

Vet Ent and Vet Life operate a joint after-hours SMALL animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

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Daily Events SATURDAY 7.30am RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Rise and Shine Saturday runners meet at Frontrunner, 7.30am sharp. 28 Moore Street.

9.30am - 12.30pm THE ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY INC.

SUNDAY 8am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

8am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Table fellowship/breakfast followed by worship service at 9.30am, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

8.30am HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH. Mass, Holy Spirit Church, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

MONDAY 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road.

9.45am PLAINS LADIES FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Monthly meeting, Doris Linton Lounge, R.S.A. rooms, Cox Street.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL.

May 26, 27 & 28, 2018 Open for toy exchange, 106 Victoria Street in the Triangle.

Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL.

10am - 3pm ASHBURTON MARKET/GARAGE SALE.

NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. 9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Morning worship with Tevita Taufalele.

Baring Square East.

10am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship led by Rev Helen Wallis at St James, Tinwald, no service at St Paul’s today. 127 Thomson Street, Tinwald.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am - 3pm AGE CONCERN, 206 CLUB. Fun fill days for 60 years and older, for more information ring 308-6817. Cameron Street. (excludes public holidays).

12pm - 1pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. A Free lunch. Ashburton Baptist Church, entry off Cass Street.

New Clothing, jewellery, art, Scentsandmelts, Patricias’s home made goodies (profits Ronald McDonald house), knitwear, handcrafts and more. Tinwald hall, Graham Street, Methven.

10am ST ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship, Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

10am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

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

1pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Weekly Mahjong, counting, come and enjoy!

Waireka Croquet Club, The Domain, Philip Street.

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

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY

Street, entrance off McMurdo Street.

WHEELERS.

10am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM.

1pm registration, 1.30pm sharp start. Fords Road, Tinwald.

A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON.

1pm MID CANTERBURY SOCIAL

Afternoon Social meets - runners and walkers. 5km handicapped run and walk.

Meet Ashburton Domain Oval Pavilion.

Facebook page for more details.

10am ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH.

A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

Morning service, all welcome. 67 Cass Street.

Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

2pm ASHBURTON FRIENDSHIP AND ENTERTAINMENT CLUB (SAVAGE CLUB).

10.30am GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

Musical, singing and comedy. $2 entry.

Savage Club Hall, Cnr William and Cox Street.

10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH.

Worshipping God and transforming lives. 63 Princes Street, Netherby.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. HISTORY GROUP. Open for research. Heritage Centre, 327 West Street.

6pm BOOTCAMP. Catering for all levels of fitness. Walnut Avenue Pavilion. Contact Georgia 0276888686 or Aleisha 0278489309.

6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road.

7pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

7.30pm CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE. Euchre evening, new players welcome. Holy Name Pastoral Centre, Cnr Winter Street and Burnett Street. (every Monday, excludes public holidays).

7.30pm ASHBURTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Meeting with guest speaker, Samantha Rose Flowers. Domain Pavilion, Walnut Avenue.

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PROPERTY MANAGER MOUNT HUTT COLLEGE METHVEN Full time or Part time, permanent position.

We are looking for a well organised and proactive individual who will maintain and upkeep the College buildings, property and grounds throughout the whole year.

Work with and supervise Caretaker and Gardener. Excellent communication skills for working with outside agencies e.g. Ministry of Education, contractors and our school community. Confident with planning processes and documentation including Health and Safety.

• Be•seeking a role disposition with multiple progression opportunities Have a pleasant and career a positive can-do attitude

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• Have a pleasant and a positivewhere can-do attitude At ANZ we aim todisposition create a work environment employee

differences such as a gender, age, culture, disability, sexual orientation,

The Ashburton Golf Club invites interested persons to apply for the position of selfemployed caterer.

This includes catering for men’s and women’s club days, course bookings and the option of catering for large tournaments.

For further information please contact: The club on 03-308-6371 or email your CV to: admin@ ashburtongolf.co.nz

At ANZ we aim to create a work environment where employee family and caring responsibilities and religion are valued. differences such as a gender, age, culture, disability, sexual Please apply online www.anz.co.nz/careers quoting job are valued. orientation, family and at caring responsibilities and religion reference number NEW031886.

Please apply online at www.anz.co.nz/careers quoting job Applications close: 27/05/2018 ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited. reference number NEW031886.

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This position will begin Monday, July 16, 2018 or by negotiation.

An application pack including job description and job specifications is available by emailing: Mrs E. Lumsden (Administration Manager), college@mthutt.school.nz, or our website www.mounthuttcollege.co.nz.

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For further information, please phone the College on 302 8437 ext 2.

Talleys is a successful and well known brand operating several plants throughout the South Island, as well as having many diversified interests in seafood, frozen vegetables, meat and dairy products.

Applications close on Thursday, June 14, 2018.

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ABERDEEN FARM LIMITED

MIXED ARABLE FARM POSITION

We are looking for an Experienced Part-Time Teacher-Aide.

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate the following: Initiative, flexibility, working one to one with children, following specific programmes and working within existing classroom programmes.

The hours will be 16 per week, five days a week with the chance of extra hours.

Position commences June 5 or by negotiation.

Please apply by email to: principal@tinwald.school.nz Applications close 12pm, Wednesday, May 30, 2018.

Carer/Nurse

Caring for person requiring full assistance including feeding and personal cares, in private home.

Day shifts and on-call work -some nights and weekends.

Payment through government funding-good hourly rate.

Must be based within 1 hour of Ashburton, have drivers license and be a non-smoker. Travel allowance available.

MUST have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

Please email: legisnas@gmail.com or phone 022 1255 802

We are looking for an experienced farm assistant to join our mixed arable/seed potato farming operation based 10km from Methven.

You'll be converse with working on new and well loved equipment, and some welding and engineering skills would be an advantage, as would a basic knowledge of hydraulics. You will have the ability and integrity to work unsupervised, as well as be part of a team.

This position requires a self-motivated individual with the skills to independently operate a range of modern farm machinery for cultivating, planting and harvesting of crops. The ability to confidently supervise and manage seasonal harvest staff will also be required.

Other areas of the position for which some work will be required include irrigation work, farm maintenance and general farm duties. The ideal candidate will be able to work flexible hours at peak times within our crop/potato harvest and potato planting seasons. A HT license is an advantage but not essential.

If you have a responsible work ethic, are enthusiastic, honest, reliable with good communication skills then we would like to hear from you.

The opportunity for seasonal work for a partner may be available if suitable.

Applicants for this position must have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

For further information please contact: Richard Redfern on 027 220 8268 / 302 1976 or aberdeenag@gmail.com

Our Ashburton Mechanical Workshop team supports field to factory operations, in terms of ensuring that our varied range of plant and vehicles are maintained and operated according to the highest standards. We also welcome applications from people with more of an engineering/fitting background.

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We have a position available for an experienced Mechanic to operate both at our Fairton site workshop, and in the field during our vegetable harvesting season, ensuring our plant and vehicle fleet operates to maximum performance.

Please note, only applicants that are legally entitled to work in New Zealand will be considered for this position.

If this position is of interest to you, please forward your CV to Mechanics Position, PO Box 244, Ashburton or email warrick.lefeber@talleys.co.nz

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PUBLIC NOTICE PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE CANTERBURY REGIONAL COUNCIL FLOOD PROTECTION AND DRAINAGE BYLAW 2013

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Senior Agri Sales Manager – Mid Canterbury About Us At LIC we value the NZ farming industry and are proud of our successful contribution to this sector. We’ll do whatever it takes to support and grow our farmer community - our customers are key to how we do business. Our vision is to improve prosperity and the productivity of our farmers; and we want great people to join us on our journey.

This is a permanent role ideally based in the Ashburton region that is part of the NZ Markets group which operates as the channel to our customers and customer voice.

LIC is seeking a sales professional to join its dynamic, solutions-focused team, which puts the customer at the centre of everything LIC does. You’ll be able to draw on significant resource while maintaining a good deal of freedom to provide solutions to customers on a case-by-case basis.

About You As the face of LIC on-farm, you’ll display strong empathy toward farmers, complemented by a ‘can-do ‘attitude. Reporting to the Territory Manager, you’ll be comfortable talking the language of the dairy farmer, and you’ll understand the issues and challenges they face, both day-to-day, and long-term.

You’ll be aware of the changing dairy industry and the continuous need for improvement to ensure sustainable and profitable farming. You will be able to convey to farmers an understanding of opportunities that exist to create wealth through improvement made to cow performance.

As a sales professional, you’ll have the necessary drive, ambition, and determination to meet or exceed sales targets.

To be successful at LIC means you’ll thrive in a fast-paced, busy environment and you’ll be adaptable to change. You’ll also enjoy working within a team of dedicated individuals, and be able to deliver a professional approach when working with a wide array of customers.

How to Apply If you’re after a rewarding and social career that offers development, learning and truckloads of exceptional experiences then look no further, you’ve found it.

At LIC we are leading the way and we would love to welcome you to the team.

For more information and to apply, go to our website www.careers.lic.co.nz Job code: 29279 Applications close: Tuesday, 5 June 2018

careers.lic.co.nz TRADES, SERVICES

ALL residents who receive kerbside collection the week beginning Monday 4 M T W T F S June will have their bins and/or crate collected the day after their usual collection day.

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Please ensure all rubbish and recycling is placed at the kerbside by 7.30am on collection day.

Neil McCann Group Manager Service Delivery

Paper Plus Short Story/Poetry Competition Special Prize - Mid Canterbury Suffrage 125 For age groups 10 years and under and 11-13 years.

Prizes are book vouchers. Entry is for residents of the Mid Canterbury area.

Also this year we have a special section to celebrate 125 years since Kate Sheppard’s Women’s Suffrage Petition was created and circulated throughout the country. The topic for this section is ‘Kate Sheppard’s Dream for the 21st Century’.

Entry forms and conditions of entry are available from schools or by sending a stamped, addressed envelope to: Rae Magson Unit 19, 10 Creek Road, Ashburton 7700 Or email: raejohn@xtra.co.nz Entries close: Friday, July 6, 2018 With the assistance of the Creative Communities Scheme, Mid Canterbury Suffrage 125 and Ashburton Paper Plus.

PLEASE NOTE

PEASTRAW for sale. Small bales. $4 pick up Allenton. $5 delivered Ashburton area.

Wet and dry bales available.

Please phone or text Molly on 027 827 9168.

9am - 1pm Monday - Friday

MOTORING WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308-6737.

For news tips, classifieds, advertising, subscription, missed papers or general enquiries, phone us on 307 7900 anytime between 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday.

AFTER HOURS NEWS TIPS CLASSIFIEDS ADVERTISING MISSED PAPERS

editor@theguardian.co.nz classifieds@theguardian.co.nz emma.j@theguardian.co.nz 0800 274 287

Buying or selling a property?

Call the Guardian today for your real estate advertising requirements.

307 7900

WANTED

LIVESTOCK, PETS

FISHING - Collector buying old/vintage fishing rods, reels and tackle. Top prices. Phone BUYER of unwanted Steve 03 324 2064. animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals.

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

Rumping, retired dentist, continues to provide full LET OR LEASE dentures. Repairs to existing dentures also available. STORAGE units to let.

Phone 027 220 9997.

Various sizes within town boundary. 24 hours video monitored Guardian Classifieds surveillance compound. Phone 0274 491 871.

307 7900

LET OR LEASE

WANTED to lease, Ashburton. A blue chip tenant is looking for a ground floor commercial space of approximately 300 square metre to lease. Must have good access to public transport. Contact Colin Depree, Catalyst Consulting 027 412 2214 or 093 795 333.

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION AKAROA - CHARMING, spacious holiday home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village.

Phone Brian 307-8000 or 308-6180.

HIRE

• On the Environment Canterbury website: ecan.govt.nz/bylawreview; or • At the offices of Environment Canterbury: 200 Tuam Street, Christchurch; 75 Church Street, Timaru; and 96 West End, Level 2, Kaikōura.

The Statement of Proposal can be downloaded free of charge from the Environment Canterbury website. Alternatively, paper copies of the Proposal are available from Environment Canterbury’s Customer Services for a cost as set in the Long-Term Plan 2015-2025.

Submissions Submissions are invited on the Proposal.

Any person may make a submission on the Proposal. Submission forms can be obtained: • Online at ecan.govt.nz/bylawreview

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PLANTS, PRODUCE

OUR RECEPTION HOURS HAVE CHANGED

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Monday collections will be picked up Tuesday Tuesday collections will be picked up Wednesday Wednesday collections will be picked up Thursday Thursday collections will be picked up Friday Thur Friday collections will be picked up Saturday

ASHBURTON WRITERS’ GROUP

Inspection and availability of the Proposal A copy of the Statement of Proposal, which includes the proposed amendments to the Bylaw and the reasons for the Proposal, is available for public inspection:

Rubbish and Recycling - Kerbside Collection We are kiwi innovators at the forefront of dairy science and we’re looking for talented people to lead us to success in our industry.

Pursuant to section 156 of the Local Government Act 2002 (LGA) the Canterbury Regional Council (Environment Canterbury) gives public notice of the proposal to amend the Canterbury Regional Council Flood Protection and Drainage Bylaw 2013 (the Proposal) following its review of the Bylaw under section 158 of the LGA.

• At the offices of Environment Canterbury

MUSICAL

Beckley Coachlines Programme ◊ TEN TENORS June 7. Theatre Royal, Timaru. ◊ SIMON O’NEILL in Concert June 13.

Isaac Theatre, Christchurch. ◊ TOUR CROMWELL July 26 - 29. Day trips of Central Otago For bookings phone 308 7646 or 027 249 1827

GRAZING GRAZING wanted for store lambs. Phone Steve 027 321 6060.

• By calling Customer Services on 0800 324 646 Submissions can be made: • Online at: ecan.govt.nz/bylawreview • By email to: mailroom@ecan.govt.nz • By post to: Freepost 1201, Flood Protection and Drainage Bylaw, Environment Canterbury, PO Box 345, Christchurch 8140 • By hand at: The offices of Environment Canterbury in Christchurch, Kaikōura, and Timaru.

The closing date for submissions is 5pm on Monday 2 July 2018.

Process for submissions on the Proposal A hearing panel will hear submissions received on the Proposal. Submitters giving notice of their wish to be heard will be advised of the hearing.

For further enquiries please email bylawreview@ecan.govt.nz or call Customer Services.

Bill Bayfield CHIEF EXECUTIVE

GARAGE SALES GARAGE sale, 31 Davidson Street, 9am, Saturday, May 26. Household goods to go.

MARKET garage sale, Tinwald Hall, Saturday, May 26, 10am to 3pm. New clothing, polar fleece jackets, beanies, knitwear, handicrafts, paintings, stone, wood, artwork, jewellery, scentsandmelts.

Patricia’s Goodies (profits go to Ronald McDonald). Cash only.

FOR SALE FOR sale and specials.

Sheep skin slippers, baby wear, blankets, door and draught stoppers, etc.

Knitwear, crocheting and sewing. Phone 03 308 5551.

GENERAL hire.

Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more.

All your DIY / party hire, call and see Ashburton U-Hire.

588 East Street. Open MonFri 7.00 - 6.00pm; Sat 7.30am FOR sale - Ashburton - 5.00pm; Sunday 8.30am - College kilt. Phone 308 9006.

3.00pm. – Ph: 308 8061 www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz HORIZONTAL and vertical metal cutting bandsaw.

Guardian Classifieds Excellent condition offers over $380.00. Phone 308 307 7900 9914 or 027 250 7425.

FOR SALE SCOOTER’S - new and secondhand three and four wheel electric scooters and wheel chairs. Call Fred Reddecliffe at Electric Mobility Ashburton today.

Phone 308-3602

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT 100% new. Echo and Tina, two Asian ladies. Good fun.

Excellent service. Good massage. in/out calls. Phone 021 046 4314.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL FOR RENT - Available now three bedroom house 10 minutes’ walk to town, easy care section, no dogs. $325.00 per week. Phone 027 439 7546. References please.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

REFURBISHED warm two bedroom and sleepout house in Hinds. Available now.

Phone Paul 027 222 3485.

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6am Te Karere 3 2 6:30 Country Calendar 3 Paradise Found. 0 7am Rural Delivery 0 7:30 Infomercials 9am Code 1 PGR 3 0 9:30 Tagata Pasifika 10am Tipping Point 11am 5 Star Family Reunion 0 Noon Coronation Street 3 0 1:55 F Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 3 0 2:55 Design Junkies PGR 3 0 3:55 Dream Catchers 0 4:25 Radar Across The Pacific Radar visits Niue, and discovers how a country of only 1400 people survives, goes swimming with killer sea snakes, and visits the island’s only prisoner. 0 4:55 The Celebrity Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

6am Paw Patrol 3 0 6:25 Thomas And Friends 0 6:35 Peppa Pig 0 6:45 Best Of Chuggington Collection 0 6:55 Jamie’s Got Tentacles 3 0 7:05 Penn Zero – Part-Time Hero 3 0 7:30 Transformers – Robots In Disguise 3 0 7:50 The Legendaries 3 0 8:15 Pokemon Sun And Moon 3 0 8:40 We Bare Bears 3 0 9am Regular Show 3 0 9:10 Walk The Prank 0 9:35 Bizaardvark 0 10am Fresh 10:30 Regular Show 0 10:40 The Barefoot Bandits 0 11:05 Melissa And Joey 3 0 11:35 F First Dates New Zealand PGR 0 12:35 Survivor New Zealand 3 0 2:10 The 100 PGR 3 0 3:10 Once Upon A Time PGR 3 0 4:10 F You’re Back In The Room UK 0 5:10 M Big Hero 6 2014 Animated Adventure. 0

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 The Project 3 News and entertainment show.

7:25 Infomercials 9:30 NewsHub Nation An in-depth weekly current affairs show hosted by Lisa Owen. 0 10:30 Married At First Sight USA PGR 3 Have the couples decided to stay married or get a divorce? 0 Noon Dancing With The Stars 3 Seven couples attempt to win votes and the judge’s points to stay in the competition. 0 1:30 Dancing With The Stars 3 0 2:30 9JKL PGR 0 3pm F Survivor – Ghost Island 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

6am Avatar – The Last Airbender 3 6:25 Ben 10 – Ultimate Alien 0 6:50 Kung Fu Panda – Legends Of Awesomeness 3 0 7:15 League Of Super Evil 3 0 7:40 Duck Dodgers 3 8:05 Batman – Brave And The Bold 3 0 8:30 Henry Danger 3 8:55 The Thundermans 10am Robot Wars PGR 11am The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus 3 1:30 NRL Try Time 2:30 Storage Hunters PGR 3pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 4pm Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) Coverage from week three.

5pm Fishing Classics 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Antiques Roadshow 0

7pm Britain’s Got Talent 0 8pm L Lotto The Lotto draw.

8:05 Britain’s Got Talent Continued. 0 8:20 The Hotel Inspector PGR Alex Polizzi goes to the west coast of Ireland for her most intriguing challenge yet. 0 9:20 N One Of Us 0 10:30 Sunday Theatre – Catching The Black Widow AO 0

7pm M Jumanji PGR 1995 Family. Two children from the present discover a man trapped in a board game he played as a child 20 years earlier. 0 9pm M Ocean’s Twelve AO 2004 Action. 0

7pm M Titanic PGR 1997 Drama. A tale of love, courage, and faith set against the backdrop of the Titanic’s maiden voyage in 1912. 0 10:45 M If I Stay PGR 2014 Drama. 0

7pm Container Wars PGR 7:30 Phil Spencer’s Stately Homes A grand tour of Britain’s magnificent stately homes, beginning with the Elizabethan architecture of Burghley House. 0 8:30 World’s Scariest AO 0 9:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (DLY) Chiefs v Waratahs.

12:30 Indian Summers AO 3 Aafrin’s troubles deepen as his personal and political worlds collide; Ralph must befriend the slippery but powerful Mahrajah of Patiala and his mistress Sirene. 0 1:30 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:35 Infomercials 5:30 The Key Of David

11:30 M Seeking Justice AO 2011 Crime Thriller. 0 1:20 Grey’s Anatomy AO 3 0 2:55 The Exorcist AO 3 0 3:40 Once Upon A Time PGR 3 0 5:10 Baby Daddy PGR 3 0 5:30 Beyond The Search

12:50 Infomercials 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

MOVIES PREMIERE

The Hotel Inspector 8:20pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 10am Beverly Hills Pawn 3 10:25 Beverly Hills Pawn 3 10:53 The Dish PGR 3 10:55 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 11:20 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 11:50 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 12:15 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 12:43 The Dish PGR 3 12:45 Back With The Ex PGR 3 1:50 I’m Having Their Baby 3 2:43 The Dish PGR 3 2:45 Sell It Like Serhant PGR 3 3:40 Catfish 3 4:35 Catfish 3 5:30 Catfish 3 6:30 The Getaway 7:30 Below Deck PGR 8:28 The Dish PGR 3 8:30 Life Of Kylie PGR 9pm Life Of Kylie PGR 9:30 Southern Charm AO 10:30 Final Appeal PGR 3

SUNDAY

12:15 Infomercial 5am Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3

6:50 Pork Pie MVLC 2017 Comedy. James Rolleston, Dean O’Gorman. 8:35 Love Blossoms PG 2017 Drama.

Shantel VanSanten, Victor Webster. 9:55 Second Chances PG 2013 Thriller. Melissa George, From Paris with Love Ryan Scott Greene. 11:20 All 8:30pm on Choice Eyez On Me 16VLSC 2017 Drama Biography.

SKY 5 Demetrius Shipp jr, 6am Raw MVC Danai Gurira. 1:40 Pork 8:30 Smackdown MVC Pie MVLC 2017 Comedy.

10:15 Main Event MVC James Rolleston, 11:10 Wild West Alaska M Dean O’Gorman. 3:25 It 12:05 Ice Road Truckers PG Had To Be You 16LS 12:55 Deep Undercover MVLC 2015 Romantic Comedy.

1:25 The Amazing Race Cristin Milioti, Dan Soder.

PG 2:20 Supernatural MVS 4:45 It Comes At Night 16VLSC 3:10 Arrow MVS 4pm Wild 2017 Horror. Joel Edgerton, West Alaska M Christopher Abbott.

5pm The Amazing Race PG 6:15 Snowden MLS 2016 6pm The Simpsons PG Drama. Joseph Gordon6:30 Supergirl MVS Levitt, Shailene Woodley.

7:30 The Flash M 8:30 Flatliners 16VSC 2017 Team Flash confront a new Thriller. A group of medical bus meta who has the ability students take part in a risky to swap people’s DNA, and experiment that has a series accidentally takes Barry’s speed of paranormal consequences. away and gives it to Iris.

Ellen Page, Nina Dobre.

8:30 DC’s Legends Of 10:25 Bridget Jones’s Tomorrow M Baby MLS 2016 Comedy.

9:30 Arrow MVS Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth.

10:30 Supernatural MVS SUNDAY 12:25 Extortion 11:30 Wild West Alaska M 16VLC 2017 Crime. Eion Bailey, SUNDAY 12:30 Supergirl Bethany Joy Lenz. 2:15 It Had MVS 1:25 The Flash M To Be You 16LS 2015 Romantic 2:15 DC’s Legends Of Comedy. Cristin Milioti, Tomorrow M 3:05 Arrow Dan Soder. 3:35 Snowden MVS 3:55 Supernatural MVS MLS 2016 Drama. 5:50 It 4:45 Ice Road Truckers PG Comes At Night 16VLSC 2017 Horror.

5:35 The Simpsons PG

11:30 Rugby League – NRL (DLY) Warriors v Rabbitohs.

From Mt Smart Stadium.

1:15 Closedown

MOVIES GREATS 6:05 Green Lantern MV 2011 Action. Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively. 8am The Others M 2001 Thriller. Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan.

9:45 Whipped 16LS 2000 Comedy. Amanda Peet, Brian Van Holt. 11:05 Flight 16LS 2012 Thriller.

Denzel Washington, Nadine Velazquez, Don Cheadle. 1:20 Hot Fuzz MVLC 2007 Comedy.

Simon Pegg, Martin Freeman.

3:20 Green Lantern MV 2011 Action. Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively. 5:15 Out Of Time MV 2003 Thriller.

Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes, Sanaa Lathan, Dean Cain. 7pm Dodgeball – A True Underdog Story MS 2004 Comedy. Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Rip Torn. 8:30 Looper 16VLS 2012 Sci-fi. In 2044, a man works for the Mafia as a ‘looper’, who kills victims sent back in time, but when he is retired, his future self is sent back as a target for his younger self. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis.

10:30 Moulin Rouge MS 2001 Musical. Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor.

SUNDAY 12:35 Arthur PGVL 2011 Comedy.

Russell Brand, Helen Mirren.

2:25 People Interview – Nicole Kidman 3:10 Looper 16VLS 2012 Sci-fi. 5:05 Moulin Rouge MS 2001 Musical.

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6am American Pickers 7am A 6:30 Takaro Tribe 3 Place In The Sun – Summer Sun 6:40 Pukoro 2 8am Colin And Justin’s Cabin 7:10 Te Nutube 3 Pressure 8:30 Love Nature 7:20 Nia’s Extraordinary Life – Wild Things With Dominic 7:30 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 Monaghan 9:30 James Martin’s 7:40 Huritua 3 French Adventure 10:30 Buying 7:50 Smooth 3 And Selling With The Property 8am Te Kaea 3 2 Brothers 8:30 Morena 3 11:30 American Pickers 9am Celebrity Playlist 3 12:30 Alan’s Garden Secrets 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 1:30 Primal Survivor 10am KaweKorero 3 2:30 Sandcastles 12:30 Matau PGR 3 3pm Better Homes And Gardens 1pm Basketball – Secondary 4pm Four Rooms Schools Championships 3 5pm Auction Hunters 2pm The Pits TV 5:30 American Restoration 3pm Waka Ama Sprints 3 6:30 Tribal Bootcamp 4pm F Get Your Fish On 3 4:30 Marae Kai Masters Special 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Pukuhohe 3 6:30 Haka Nation 3 7pm Whanau Factor 7:30 American Pickers 7:30 Raw PGR 8:30 M From Paris With 8:30 M Much Ado About Love AO 2010 Action. In Paris, Nothing PGR 3 2012 an employee in the office of Romantic Comedy. A modern the US Ambassador meets an retelling of Shakespeare’s American spy trying to stop classic comedy about two a terrorist attack in the city. pairs of lovers with different John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys takes on romance, and a way Meyers. with words.

10:30 Iron Chef America 10:25 Whaikorero AO 3 10:55 Black As AO 3 11pm Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 11:30 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 7:35 L Rugby – Super Rugby Jaguares v Sharks.

From Velez Sarsfeld, Buenos Aries.

10am Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Crusaders v Hurricanes.

Noon The World Rugby Show 12:30 The Darts Show 1pm Rugby League – Super League (RPL) Warrington Wolves v Hull FC. 2:58 L Rugby League – Queensland Cup Dolphins v Capras.

5pm The Professor’s Farewell Tour 5:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Jaguares v Sharks.

6pm Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Rebels v Sunwolves.

From AAMI Park, Melbourne.

6:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Crusaders v Hurricanes.

7pm L Rugby – Super Rugby Chiefs v Waratahs.

From FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton.

9:40 L Rugby – Super Rugby Reds v Highlanders.

From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.

11:45 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Chiefs v Waratahs.

SUNDAY

12:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Crusaders v Hurricanes.

1am L Rugby – Super Rugby Bulls v Brumbies.

3:10 L Rugby – Super Rugby Stormers v Lions.

5:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Reds v Highlanders.

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

11:30 Four Rooms 12:30 Colin And Justin’s Cabin Pressure 1am American Restoration 2am M From Paris With Love AO 2010 Action. John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

4am Iron Chef America 5am American Pickers

SKY SPORT 2 6am The Kiwi League Show A rugby league lifestyle show that follows New Zealanders plying their trade in the NRL and Super League.

6:30 L Rugby League – Super League Warrington Wolves v Hull FC. 9:30 Cricket – IPL (HLS) Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kolkata Knight Riders.

10am Cricket – International (HLS) England v Pakistan – First Test, Day Two. 10:30 Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Raiders v Sea Eagles.

12:30 Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Cowboys v Storm.

2:30 #SkySpeed 3pm Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Crusaders v Hurricanes.

5pm L Rugby League – Fox Memorial Premiership Mt. Albert v Point Chevalier.

7pm L Rugby League – NRL Warriors v Rabbitohs.

From Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland.

10:20 L Cycling – Giro D’Italia Stage 20 – Susa to Cervinia.

SUNDAY

3am The Kiwi League Show 3:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Warriors v Rabbitohs.

4am Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Friday.

4:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Broncos v Eels.

5am L Football – UEFA Champions League Final – Real Madrid v Liverpool.

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DISCOVERY 6:35 MythBusters PG Alaska Special 2. 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Deadliest Catch PG 10am The Perfect Murder M Love and Death.

10:50 Evil Lives Here M 11:40 New Zealand – Evolution Islands PG Extreme Survivors. 12:30 Street Science PG Forces of Nature.

12:55 Street Science PG Tension Demolition.

1:20 Diesel Brothers PG Flippin’ Diesel. 2:10 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Hot Off the Pantera.

3pm Gold Rush – Parker’s Trail PG Footsteps of Legends.

3:50 Gold Rush – Parker’s Trail PG Racing the Freeze.

4:45 Gold Rush – Parker’s Trail PG Hypothermia.

5:40 Gold Rush PG The Spoils of War. 7:05 Gold Rush PG Win Big or Die Trying.

7:30 Treehouse Masters PG Alaskan Mountain Treehouse.

8:30 Deadliest Catch PG 10:15 Auction Hunters PG Carolyn Goes Topless.

11:30 What On Earth? PG SUNDAY 12:20 Gold Rush PG 1:35 Gold Rush PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 3:15 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:45 MythBusters PG

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6am Rural Delivery 3 0 6:25 Fishy Business 0 6:50 Sunday 3 0 7:15 Dare To Dream 3 0 7:40 Tagata Pasifika 8:05 Praise Be 8:35 Waka Man 0 9am Q+A 0 10am Marae PGR 2 10:30 Waka Huia 11am Attitude 0 11:30 Fair Go 3 0 11:55 Coronation Street 3 0 12:55 Tiny House Nation 1:55 First Crossings 3 0 2:55 Heavy Rescue 401 3:55 Chasing Monsters 0 4:55 The Celebrity Chase British celebrities Dave Gorman, Michelle Hardwick, Melinda Messenger, and Nigel Havers set out to win money for charity by outwitting The Chaser. 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Country Calendar 0 7:30 Sunday 0 8pm F Coast New Zealand 0 9pm The Philpott Fire – Five Years On Documentary looks at what happened on the night in May 2012 when Mick Philpott started a fire in his house, killing six of his children. 0 10:05 F Seven Types Of Ambiguity 0 11:10 F When We Go To War AO As rumours of a Gallipoli evacuation spread, Charles, Manaaki, and Bea start making plans for the future; back home, Awa and Cissy find their circumstances changed. 0 12:10 Q+A 0 1:10 Attitude 3 0 1:40 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:35 Infomercials

The Philpott Fire – Five Years On, 9pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 6am Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 6:45 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 7:35 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 8:20 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 9:10 I’m Having Their Baby 3 9:53 The Dish PGR 3 9:55 I’m Having Their Baby 3 10:45 Below Deck PGR 3 11:30 Catfish 3 12:13 The Dish PGR 3 12:15 Final Appeal PGR 3 1:55 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 2:20 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 2:50 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 3:15 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 3:43 The Dish PGR 3 3:45 I’m Having Their Baby 3 4:45 Catfish 3 5:40 Catfish 3 6:35 Catfish 7:35 Making A Model With Yolanda Hadid PGR 8:35 Back With The Ex 9:40 Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry 10:43 The Dish PGR 3 10:45 Don’t Be Tardy AO 11:15 Don’t Be Tardy AO 11:40 Sell It Like Serhant PGR 3 12:30 Infomercials

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6am Miles From Tomorrowland 3 0 6:25 Thomas And Friends 0 6:35 Peppa Pig 0 6:45 Best Of Chuggington Collection 0 6:55 Chuggington – Little Trainees 3 0 7am Alvinnn!!! And The Chipmunks 3 0 7:10 Tangled – The Series 0 7:35 Andi Mack 3 0 8am What Now 10am Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 0 Noon The Bachelor 3 0 1pm Ugly Betty 3 0 2pm Mike And Molly PGR 3 0 2:30 Home And Away Omnibus 0 5pm The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 American Housewife PGR 3 0 6pm The Middle 3 0 6:30 The Big Bang Theory 3 0 7pm Survivor New Zealand A reward challenge has everyone wanting to win; hoping to eliminate strong players, a blindside could be on the cards at the tribal council. 0 8:30 M Olympus Has Fallen AO 2013 Action. 0 10:45 Time After Time AO 0

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am Living Church Of God 8:30 Turning Point 9am R&R 9:30 The Hui 0 10am NewsHub Nation 3 0 10:55 The New Celebrity Apprentice 3 0 11:35 Wedding Town 3 Noon Entertainment Tonight Weekend PGR 1pm Motorsport – Formula E Championship (HLS) 2pm Motorsport – Supercars (HLS) 3pm Motorcycling – MotoGP (HLS) 4pm Motorsport – WRC (HLS) 5pm Ocean Bounty The hoki trawler Amaltal Columbia is brought around from the South Island’s West Coast into Lyttelton’s dry dock for a refit. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm Dancing With The Stars Six celebrities and their dance partners bring it all to the dance floor, hoping that they won’t be going home in tomorrow night’s elimination.

8:30 Olivia Newton John – Hopelessly Devoted To You AO (Mini-series) 0 10:25 Chicago Med AO 3 0

11:40 M Silent Hill – Revelation 3D AO 2012 Horror. 0 1:20 Emerald City AO 3 0 2:05 Infomercials 2:40 Red Band Society PGR 3 3:25 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 4:15 Beyond The Search 3 4:45 Full House 3 0 5:05 The Muppets 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:20 Entertainment Tonight Weekend PGR Entertainment stories of the past week.

12:15 Infomercials

Round Planet 6pm on Prime

SKY 5 6am Ghost Mine M 6:50 The Amazing Race PG 7:40 The Simpsons PG 8:10 Deep Undercover MVLC 8:40 Supernatural MVS 9:30 Chicago Justice MV 10:25 Supergirl MVS 11:15 The Flash M 12:10 DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow M 1:05 Arrow MVS 2pm Raw MVC 4:45 SmackDown MVL 6:30 Main Event MVC 7:30 Mountain Men PG Winter causes problems in the mountains, leaving Rich to predators, and pushing Tom to his limit.

8:30 NCIS – LA MV 9:30 Chicago Justice MV 10:30 Longmire 16V 11:25 Raw MVC

MONDAY

1:55 SmackDown MVC 3:30 Main Event MVC 4:20 Longmire 16V 5:10 NCIS – LA MV

CHOICE

10am Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 10:30 Hangi Pit Masters 3 11am Native Affairs 3 11:30 The Puna 3 Noon Both Worlds 12:30 Toa Hunter Gatherer PGR 3 1pm Matau 3 1:30 Haka At Home 2:30 On The Ladder 3 3pm My Party Song 3 3:30 Touch Rugby – Junior Championships 4:30 Kai With Anne Thorpe Anne prepares slow-braised lamb shoulder, twice-cooked titi, kingfish ika mata, and a healthy juice.

5pm Marae PGR 3 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Aotearoa 3

7pm Storage Wars – New York PGR 7:30 Prime Planet – The Queen’s Green Planet 0 8:30 Forensics New Zealand AO 0 9:35 60 Minutes PGR 10:35 Wayward Pines AO

7pm Game Of Bros PGR 3 7:30 SmackDown PGR 8:30 M Blue Jasmine AO 2013 Drama. When everything falls to pieces, a New York socialite moves into her sister’s apartment in San Francisco to re-examine her life. Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin.

10:30 Ipukarea 3 10:50 Te Kaea 3 2 11:20 Closedown

11:35 Top Gear PGR 3 A race between a mountain bike and a car through the streets of Lisbon; yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car. 12:35 Closedown

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MOVIES GREATS

7:20 Flatliners 16VSC 2017 Thriller. Ellen Page, Nina Dobre. 9:15 Bridget Jones’s Baby MLS 2016 Comedy. Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth. 11:15 Extortion 16VLC 2017 Crime.

Eion Bailey, Bethany Joy Lenz.

1:05 Snowden MLS 2016 Drama. Joseph GordonLevitt, Shailene Woodley.

3:20 Bravetown MLSC 2015 Drama. Josh Duhamel, Lucas Till. 5:15 Café Society MVSC 2016 Comedy. Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart. 6:50 Gifted ML 2017 Drama. Chris Evans, Jenny Slate. 8:30 The Hitman’s Bodyguard 16VL 2017 Action. With a criminal trial looming, the world’s top bodyguard is forced to put his differences aside when he is hired to work alongside a callous hitman. Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L Jackson.

10:30 Kill The Messenger MLC 2014 Biography Crime.

Jeremy Renner, Robert Patrick, Jena Sims.

MONDAY 12:20 A New York Christmas MLS 2016 Romance. Ross McCall, Jaime Ray Newman.

1:50 Bravetown MLSC 2015 Drama. Josh Duhamel, Lucas Till. 3:40 Café Society MVSC 2016 Comedy. Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart. 5:15 Gifted ML 2017 Drama. Chris Evans, Jenny Slate.

7:10 Out Of Time MV 2003 Thriller. Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes, Sanaa Lathan, Dean Cain. 8:55 Dodgeball – A True Underdog Story MS 2004 Comedy. Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Rip Torn. 10:25 Arthur PGVL 2011 Comedy.

Russell Brand, Helen Mirren.

12:15 Looper 16VLS 2012 Sci-fi. Joseph GordonLevitt, Bruce Willis.

2:10 Moulin Rouge MS 2001 Musical. Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor. 4:15 The Holiday MLS 2006 Romance. Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black. 6:30 Underworld 16VC 2003 Action Thriller. Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Michael Sheen. 8:30 Ocean’s 13 PGV 2007 Crime Thriller.

Danny Ocean rounds up the boys for a third robbery after a casino owner double-crosses one of the original eleven.

Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Matt Damon.

10:35 Bring It On MS 2000 Comedy.

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4:55 Nothing But Trailers MVLSC 5:25 Ocean’s 13 PGV 2007 Crime Thriller.

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6pm Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Bulls v Brumbies.

6:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Stormers v Lions.

7pm Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Chiefs v Waratahs.

7:30 Rugby Nation 8:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Crusaders v Hurricanes.

From AMI Stadium, Christchurch.

9pm Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Reds v Highlanders.

From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.

9:30 Cricket – International (HLS) England v Pakistan – First Test, Day Three.

From Lord’s Cricket Ground in London.

10:15 L Motorcycling – FIM Superbike World Championship British Round – Race Two. 3am L UFC Fight Night Till v Thompson.

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

6am Real Deal 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Christ Embassy 7:30 Waterfront House Hunting 8am Four Rooms 9am Sandcastles 9:30 Auction Hunters 10am Tribal Bootcamp 11am Better Homes And Gardens Noon Real Deal 12:30 American Restoration 1:30 World’s Greatest Motorcycle Rides 2:30 American Pickers 3:30 Walking Through History With Tony Robinson 4:30 The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food The Hairy Bikers cook some of their favourite comfort food.

5:30 Lone Star Restoration With his dog Romeo, Brent Hull and his team from Hull Historical set out to save America’s architectural history one project at time.

6:30 Get Out Alive 7:30 American Pickers 8:30 M Ain’t Them Bodies Saints AO 2013 Crime Drama.

An outlaw escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met. Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster.

10:30 Unplugged Nation 11:30 World’s Greatest Motorcycle Rides 12:30 Sandcastles 1am The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food 2am M Ain’t Them Bodies Saints AO 2013 Crime Drama.

Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster. 4am American Pickers 5am Lone Star Restoration

SKY SPORT 2 9:30 NZ Press Box 10am Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Warriors v Rabbitohs.

10:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Saturday.

11am Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Friday.

11:30 Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Warriors v Rabbitohs.

1:40 L Rugby League – NSW Cup Knights v Dragons.

3:30 L Rugby League – NRL Knights v Sharks.

6pm L Rugby League – NRL Tigers v Bulldogs.

From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

8pm Sunday Night With Matty Johns 9pm Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) Stars v Magic.

From Bruce Pulman Park, Auckland.

9:30 L Canoeing – Sprint World Cup Day Two. 11:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Reds v Highlanders.

From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.

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12:05 The World Rugby Show 12:35 Golf – PGA Tour (HLS) Fort Worth Invitational – Round Three.

1:05 Golf – LPGA Tour (HLS) Volvik Championship – Round Three.

1:40 L Cycling – Giro D’Italia Stage 21.

5:20 L Golf – PGA Tour Fort Worth Invitational – Round Four.

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DISCOVERY 6:35 MythBusters PG Prison Escape. 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Gold Rush PG The Spoils of War. 9:35 Gold Rush PG Win Big or Die Trying. 10am Rocky Mountain Railroad PG 10:50 Moonshiners M 11:40 Deadliest Catch PG 1:20 What On Earth? PG 2:10 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 7:30 Rocky Mountain Railroad PG Record Breaking Haul. Canadian Pacific freight crews tackle one of their most challenging loads; the team must haul a 210-tonne reactor on a cross-country journey.

8:30 New Zealand – Evolution Islands PG A Very Strange Parrot.

Most parrots are colourful, and fly in noisy flocks, but New Zealand’s kakapo breaks all the rules.

9:25 Railroad Australia PG 10:15 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 11:05 Gold Rush PG The Spoils of War.

MONDAY

12:45 MythBusters PG 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 3:15 Treehouse Masters PG 4:05 MythBusters PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How It’s Made PG 5:45 MythBusters PG

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): If you can swing it, the right time to repair an item will be the minute it’s broken. Otherwise, an accumulation starts to take place that’s bound to weigh you down.

Broken things are bad feng shui.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): It is in a moment when cracking a joke might seem most inappropriate or potentially offensive that you are likely to find out the positive force of humour – necessary and relieving.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): What’s the point in having joy if you’re not able to enjoy it? And shouldn’t you be proud of your pride? Wherever you are emotionally, let it be. Sink into it. Play it for all it’s worth.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): The change you want to see in others (perhaps one “other” in particular) is the change you’ll request of yourself. It is in leading by example that you will alter the course of a relationship.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You may not be sure how high to set the bar. You want candidates to choose from, after all. If none are forthcoming, it’s impossibly high. Don’t worry: It’s easy to tell when it’s too low. Your stomach will tell you.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Those who take pleasure in the success of others have no trouble finding, joining or running in circles of excellence. It’s why you find yourself at a table of winners today.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Love is complicated, if not now, then sooner or later; that much is unavoidable. However, don’t confuse “complicated” with “creepy,” which is something else, nothing to do with love.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You work hard, and then it’s time to rest. That’s not a step you can skip without consequence. If you don’t make time for rest, rest will happen anyway and without regard to your other plans.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Focusing on others won’t always bring happiness, but obsessive self-focus is a route to unhappiness. You’ll strike a mighty fine balance, the reward for which will be long stretches of contentment.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You started out with natural talent, but you’re getting better as you go. It’s like you were meant for this. It’s what you’re good at. And because of this you don’t need external validation. You know.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Plan ahead. Where are you leaving yourself vulnerable to interruption?

The stops and starts will cost you, but with a little forethought, this and other obstacles to success will be preventable.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Dating isn’t a game, though it’s been turned into one by TV and board games. Both people should be winning. This is about a relationship, not an acquisition.

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