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Saturday, October 26, 2019

Ready to rodeo for the 50th time

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

Sunny skies and big crowds are set to pack out the 50th edition of Methven’s iconic rodeo tomorrow.

The hard work has been done by the committee and it is now time for the cowboys and cowgirls to take the spotlight in what is set to be a bumper competition across the board.

Open class competitors will be competing for special 50th anniversary buckles and prize jackets, and rodeo secretary Rosa Deeker said entries are as strong as they have been for those grades.

“We have 105 entries for the barrel racing this year and we normally have entries in the 80s and I don’t have exact numbers for the other competitions but we have big numbers,” she said.

The second division bull riding had to be removed from last year’s event due to Mycoplasma bovis concerns with the bulls being sourced locally, but Deeker said systems had been put in place to allow the event to run this year.

Bringing all this action to the crowd for the first time will be a big screen that will show the action from the ring live, which Deeker said organisers were excited about.

“We are hoping for a really good crowd given it is the 50th,” she said.

“We have a really good area set up for the sponsors and the big screen which is an amazing thing to have.

“There will also be a memorabilia tent and there has been a lot of hard work gone in to getting different pieces for that.”

Life members of the organisation will also be recognised which will be followed by an after-party at the Methven Resort.

Deeker said she was not aware of anyone that was coming from overseas for the event, but there were plenty travelling from the North Island to take part.

A three-legged race for students from schools in the Methven area always generates plenty of vocal support from the crowd with Methven Primary School coming out on top last year.

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Willie Waru might have lost his hat but did not lose his grip at last year’s edition of the Methven Rodeo.

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Jenkins said there will be a strong police presence in Methven over the long weekend for the rodeo.

“A mixture of Ashburton and Christchurch staff will be in attendance,” he said.

The wellbeing of the public will be the main focus for the officers, alongside providing assistance for the organisers with any overly intoxicated or problematic behaviour.

Additional support will be provided for licensed premises and there will be a strong presence on the roads focusing on road safety.

And Jenkins’ advice for rodeo attendees: “Enjoy the day and please approach any police staff with any concerns or queries you may have.”

The rodeo began as an offshoot of the Methven A&P Show as a way of raising money and to give the locals another event to be en-

Crowds regularly top 5000 at the Methven Rodeo. tertained at as the interest grew in the events a rodeo had to offer.

For many years the rite of passage to the A&P show chairman’s role was via the chair of the rodeo.

Local cowboys that felt rodeo was a good fit for their local community after having competed nationally and some internationally knew a good event would be

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well supported and undertook the mammoth task of building an arena.

Renowned rodeo commentator,Craig Wiggins said that the 50 year success story has seen the event rise to become one of the biggest on the annual calendar.

“The foresight those early members had has proved to be

successful with over 6000 people attending the event in the past years,” Wiggins said.

“The Methven Rodeo is now seen as the largest in the country both in crowd size and numbers of competitors in the arena.”

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Compiling rebuild wish list

By Sue Newman

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Ashburton College principal Ross Preece and his staff are building a wish list that will provide the blueprint for design work on their rebuilt school.

The Ministry of Education has committed to spending $60 million to replace the college’s 50-plus-year-old buildings and while he accepts they won’t get everything on the list, the 50 page education brief will make it very clear the kind of school the college wants, Preece said.

“It outlines our hopes and dreams for the type of buildings we want. It’s a vision, in the form of a document, on the exact nature of the school we’re requesting, the things that are important to us.”

Included were things such as a chessboard of some kind that would provide the new campus with a central point, a variety of flexible teaching spaces, a strong focus on the future, teaching spaces that opened to the outdoors and solar heating options.

The document would be given to the ministry’s architects and it would shape the master plan, he said.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Ashburton College Principal Ross Preece back in March.

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“It’s still a work in progress but we’ll be presenting it for sign off at the final board meeting of the year on November 27.”

The master plan is scheduled to be completed by July next year.

“One of the significant things this will decide will be where the new school is located within the greater campus. I’ll be guided by

the experts on that – it’s a very foolish principal who thinks he is an expert,” he said.

The college was fortunate in having plenty of open space and that meant building could start on vacant land along Walnut Avenue, Middle Road or Belt Road but the location of the buildings would be driven by the experts, Preece said.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the rebuild during a visit to the college in March.

Initially it will have classroom space for 1350 students but when the project is completed it will have 76 classrooms and the ability to cater for a roll of 1600.

The new school is expected to be completed by the end of 2025.

Aviation and law; hopefully an attractive mix

By Sue Newman

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Greg Martin has a deal he hopes young lawyers won’t be able to resist – a job with the incentive of a free pilot’s licence thrown in.

Like most provincial legal firms, Arrowsmith Law struggles to recruit young lawyers. It doesn’t matter that the work is great, the client contact is first class and the pay is good, young lawyers seem to want bright lights and a city lifestyle, director Greg Martin said.

“Recruting is really difficult.

It’s not just Ashburton, it’s a South Island thing too, but we feel it acutely in Ashburton,”

he said. The battle for staff is being fought on an uneven playing field and Martin wants to change that by adding in the incentive of learning to fly.

As part of the deal he’s offering a young lawyer joining his firm is the opportunity to gain their private pilot’s licence and that’s worth up to $17,000 over two years, but it’s an investment the firm is prepared to make, Martin said.

“Finding the right staff is the biggest headache for businesses in Ashburton. It’s a battle trying to persuade people to give it a go. It’s a problem we all have.”

Martin has been flying for two years and said the oppor-

tunity to gain his pilot’s licence was one of the reasons he came back to Ashburton to live and work.

“Ashburton’s airfield is such great amenity. It’s a fantastic place to learn. The airfield’s just five minutes from town, it has more runways than most and it’s surrounded by uncluttered skies.”

He knows the opportunity to gain a pilot’s licence won’t appeal to every law graduate, he just wants one. And once they’re here and realise what the district has to offer, Martin believes there’s every chance they’ll stay.

Flying and law are not quite

the odd mix they might seem, as both require attention to detail and a professional approach, he said.

For a pilot, the open air space and nearby Southern Alps created a perfect way to explore the district. It also meant the rest of the South Island was just a short flight away, Martin said.

“It’s likely to take about two years of flying and fairly hard study, but it’s a hugely rewarding thing do to.”

He’s launched his recruitment campaign and hopes the novel package he’s offering will see a new lawyer and aspiring aviator on his team by the end of the year.

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Be wary of contracting Legionnaires Canterbury Medical Officer of Health Dr Alistair Humphrey is warning gardeners to be wary of contracting Legionnaires’ disease this spring.

Last year there were 48 hospitalisations from Legionnaires’ in Canterbury, and there have been 12 cases of the disease already confirmed in the region since June this year. Mid Canterbury last had cases in August last year, when two elderly men were hospitalised.

Humphrey said Legionnaires’ is a form of pneumonia, which can be contracted from potting mix and compost.

“It’s caused by the Legionella bacteria that live in moist organic material and people can catch the disease by inhaling airborne droplets or particles containing the bacteria,” he said.

“The bacteria thrive in bags of potting mix and compost.”

In Canterbury there is typically a spike in cases in early November that can be attributed to the increased gardening activity over Labour weekend, and with a promising forecast this Labour weekend, now is the time for people to take the necessary steps to avoid catching the disease, he said.

The illness may be mild but can sometimes be fatal. It is more common in older people, particularly if they smoke, have poor immunity or a chronic illness. However, sometimes even healthy young people have died from legionella pneumonia.

Symptoms can include dry coughing, high fever, chills, shortness of breath, muscle aches, headaches and diarrhoea.

Five simple actions gardeners should take are: Open bags carefully using scissors. Wear a well-fitting disposable face mask and gloves, and remember not to touch your mask when gardening. Reduce dust by dampening down potting mix or compost with a sprinkle of water. Work with potting mix or compost in a well-ventilated outdoor area. Thoroughly wash your hands after handling potting mix or compost.

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Fifty years of Grey Ghost fishing

By Bernard Egan Rightly or wrongly, those who enjoy fishing sometimes get accused of telling tall tales.

Usually relating to the size of the one that got away.

Tomorrow, members of the Grey Ghost Fishing Club will be sharing a few stories when they gather to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their club.

No doubt some of those stories will recount memorable catches but most will be about the good times and camaraderie shared by members over the years.

From the early 1900s through to the 1980s the Ashburton River was renowned for the large number of salmon heading upstream and for the size of those fish.

Consequently the river attracted many anglers.

In the mid-’60s several fishermen, who all worked in various roles at the Ashburton Hospital, would often find themselves fishing together at the Ashburton River mouth after having travelled there individually.

It was decided to pool cars and as a result a fishing club was born.

In July 1969 seventeen keen anglers met at the Tinwald Tavern for the inaugural meeting of the Grey Ghost Fishing Club.

The late John Washington, who was also known as the Great White Hunter, was the first president of the club.

The members adopted a Mission Statement which established the club’s principal objective – “To promote and arrange fishing of all forms and provide good fellowship and enjoyment”.

Members of the Grey Ghost Fishing Club, doing what they do best.

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In the early days sea fishing expeditions often took place out of Picton or Havelock.

These trips were very successful and no tall tales were needed to describe the catches although it was rumoured it helped having a skipper who was a firm believer in the navy tradition of a tot of rum. Or two.

Which club members were happy to provide.

The Ahuriri River became a popular and bountiful destination after three club

members Peter Gourdie, Les Read and Dick Smith went on a reconnaissance mission.

They stayed in Omarama and the tale of their trip is a legendary part of the club’s history.

While enjoying some refreshments they decided to test the theory a fish could be deboned by pushing it over the neck of a beer bottle.

The experiment was unsuccessful, the carpet didn’t look all that pretty and one

of the trio was unwell next morning and missed a day’s fishing.

Access to a house in Otematata meant annual trips to that area became regular events on the club’s calendar.

Later the base changed to Twizel.

Increased costs and the introduction of quotas spelt the end of trips to the Marlborough Sounds so Moeraki and Oamaru became new destinations for sea fishing.

In the years since those places have been affected by fishing pressures and limit bags.

With the decline in salmon numbers and fewer sea-run trout club members who have always been prepared to try new fishing spots have, with considerable success, turned their skills to back country rivers and lakes.

Broadening its horizons has seen the club venture further afield to places like Ikamatua, Kokatahi, Waitaki, Naseby and Wanaka.

Club members have even fished for flounders at Lake Ellesmere.

Currently the club has 30 members including three life members.

Wives and partners are involved and interesting programmes are a feature at regular monthly meetings which have included visits to local attractions, trying new sports or hearing speakers from groups like Fish and Game.

Over 50 years the fishing spots and the angling may have changed but the original objectives of the Grey Ghost Fishing Club have not and the fellowship, camaraderie and telling of tales – all true – is as strong as ever.

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celebrates 140 years of service He likes Adjectives, but Verbs are Doing Words T

here are not many newspaper subscribers who read every full stop, comma and quota�on marks. Ashburton has one and he’s been checking the punctua�on for nearly 60 years.

But Russell Ans�ss reads more than the occasional semi-colon. He’s absorbed every word of every issue since he became a subscriber in 1963.

His habit of devouring newspapers stretched back long before then. Russell recalls his mother reading the Guardian aloud at the dinner table.

Russell was only 12 and the habit became a fix, almost an obsession, by the �me he opened for business.

His interest has been s�mulated by his strong iden�ty as a proud Mid Canterbury resident.

“I’m local, involved in what’s around me and need to know what’s happening,” he says.

As an East Street bookseller, Russell regarded the Guardian as Ashburton’s newspaper.

“When in business I adver�sed in it to sell my merchandise and I needed to know what my compe�tors were adver�sing.”

It’s a healthy newspaper that carries the community’s news, a cross-sec�on of opinion and is indispensable for retailers to adver�se their latest products.

For most of his retail life, the Guardian was the only local media and it provided Russell with the best results. The newspaper a�ended book launches, interviewed and photographed outstanding authors and publicised news items generated by Russell and his business.

Russell must be one of the first to read the Guardian. He gets up at 4am, picks the newspaper up from the door and reads it before returning to bed. He reads it again during the day.

Russell may be re�red from business, but he hasn’t re�red from life. During the �me he replied to Guardian ques�ons, he’d chaired three trusts and two commi�ees, volunteered for Meals on Wheels and taken a friend to Rotary.

He says he can’t do without the Guardian. It “keeps me informed of the happen-

ings and events in the town and beyond”.

Russell believes he’ll be around for a few years yet and, while s�ll ac�ve, his preference is strongly for the wri�en word above radio and TV. Russell has evaluated the Guardian through seven decades – from front page adver�sing to broadsheet and now compact.

He believes the newspaper’s new wardrobe is not for the sake of change, but more to keep pace with life and remain compe��ve with other newspapers.

“Each change has come as no surprise and, at present, it’s probably the most interes�ng it’s ever been,” he says.

In iden�fying staff, he says Sue Newman is “amazing” and editor, Ma� Markham, puts his “heart, brain and soul into his editorials”.

While the Guardian has been referred to as the glue that keeps the community together, Russell calls it “the district’s memory box”. He’s lost count of the �mes he’s sought informa�on of past events from the Guardian and been able to find the answers.

Russell modestly refers to Mid Canterbury as the best district in the whole wide world and the Guardian is “the district’s best daily paper”.

That means the paper ranks somewhere above the New York Times and the Sydney Morning Herald.

“I strongly believe Ashburton is the best town in which to live and I always look forward to ge�ng home to read the Guardians I’ve missed,” he says.

And the commas, full stops, speech marks, colons and, woe be�de, any split infini�ves.

Russell Ans�ss

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f Ashburton Library listed its five most popular books for 1900, it’s likely they would have included The War Of The Worlds by H.G. Wells. It was printed in hardback in 1898 and distributed around the globe.

The War of the Worlds would’ve been a scary topic around the �me Robert Bell purchased a financial interest in The Ashburton Guardian in 1900. It told the story of how Mar�ans, resembling spiders on steroids, invaded Great Britain. It’s likely there’d be men�on in the Guardian’s pages.

The updated two-part BBC series, which ended recently, impressed viewers about the genius of Wells who wrote the classic novel 120 years ago.

What isn’t known is a rare science fic�on book en�tled The Great Romance, wri�en by The Inhabitant in 1881. Even more amazing is that The Inhabitant was an unknown Ashburton man, who remains a mystery today.

We do know that this incredible book about space travel was published by the Ashburton Guardian two years a�er the newspaper was established. It’s so rare and valuable that only two copies exist today, one at the University of Canterbury and the other at the Alexander Turnbull Library.

It tells the story of John Hope, who awakens in 2143 from a sleep that’s lasted 193 years. He’s a scien�st who emerges into a world where people have advanced telepathy, leading to a new moral order.

Hope has developed new power sources enabling him to create flight and explore space. Together with Alfred and Edith Weir and another scien�st, Charles Moxton, he travels in a spacecra�, called Star Climber, to Venus.

When H.G. Wells’ invaders came from Mars, John Hope flew in the other direc�on.

What makes The Great Romance stand out like none other is the descrip�on of challenges he meets on his way to Venus. He faces the absence of gravity, muscle fa�gue and meteor damage. The spacecra� needs cooling systems and it lands in the ocean, similar to the way US capsules splashed back on earth.

The Great Romance was probably the first science fic�on book wri�en in New Zealand and one of the first pioneers of the genre in the world. That it was published by the Ashburton Guardian was a proud moment in the newspaper’s impressive history.

Nearly 140 years later, the Guardian would love to find out the author. If any subscribers have informa�on about the writer, the newspaper would love to hear from you so the full story can be told.

There is one slight clue. The following year, in 1882, the Christchurch Star suggested the author could be Mr Henry Honor, “a gentleman resident in Ashburton” but nothing was confirmed.

As it celebrates an important milestone, this is one story the Guardian would love to crack. It will tell you first.

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Heading for the big time NZ Racing Desk A pair of bargain buys at the New Zealand Bloodstock May Sale in 2014 could lead to the biggest day in racing for Ashburton thoroughbred trainers Sarah and Matthew Smith.

The husband and wife team headed north to Karaka five years ago to acquire some future racing stock and came home with Diorissimo and Splendior, who they purchased for $1300 and $300 respectively.

“I had marked Splendior in the book, I liked that family and I liked her,” Sarah Smith said.

“We hadn’t marked Diorissimo because being a supplementary entry she wasn’t in the catalogue. We were just sitting in the outside ring and I saw her walk past and I thought she meant business.

“She was never big, but just the way she walked caught my eye.”

Both mares will start at Riccarton today, with Diorissimo being the headline act, lining up in the $50,000 Spring Classic.

The couple are excited ahead of this weekend with Diorissimo vying to add a first stakes victory to the trainers’ tally.

“It would be absolutely amazing, but we will just see what happens,” Smith said.

Smith hails from a harness racing and showjumping background, but said her interest in thoroughbred racing was piqued by her involvement with the breed in the show ring.

“I started riding as a kid,” she said. “I was out competing at four in the show ring. Mum and dad had standardbreds, so there has always been horses around.

“I got up to Grand Prix at national level and all our ponies were part thoroughbred. I got a couple off the track when I finished university and did some showjumping.

“My mother got given a thoroughbred that I pottered around with and it rolled on from there.

We got a few hand-me-downs from people.”

Smith then decided to try her hand with breeding, however, her first foray ended in tragic

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In brief Synlait buys Dairyworks Synlait has announced the conditional purchase of Dairyworks for $112 million, subject to Overseas Investment Office approval. The company also bought cheese manufacturer Talbot Forest recently. Synlait CEO Leon Clement said Dairyworks was a great strategic fit and an important step in growing the presence in the Everyday Dairy category. “Dairyworks is a nimble and innovative company. It will fit well with Synlait and provides us with an opportunity to keep optimising our value chain while giving access into Australia where Dairyworks presence is growing.”

Dairyworks will operate as a standalone business under the Synlait umbrella, with its CEO, Tim Carter.

Lowcliffe crash Ashburton’s Sarah (centre) and Matt (right) Smith with Diorissimo. circumstances.

“I had a mare called Dior Rose, I got the papers for her and put her in-foal,” she said.

“But I lost her and her colt foal, foaling. That is where the Dior comes from. They have all got Dior in their names in honour of her.”

While Smith was always destined for a life with horses, she said Matthew was less inclined until she became involved in racing and he eventually joined her in a training partnership in the 2015/16 season.

“He hadn’t had a lot to do with the horses, he grew up in town,” she said. “We met at high school and as I got into racing he got more interested, he wasn’t too interested in the showjumpers.”

Smith said they get great satisfaction out of doing all the work with the horses themselves.

“We break them in and Matt shoes them,” Smith said. “I do all the track work riding, so I get to know them pretty well, which is good.”

The Smiths are excited about the prospects of both of their mares ahead of the weekend.

Diorissimo heads into the Spring Classic off the back of two runner-up performances in the New Zealand Cup Trial Handicap (1800m) and North Canterbury Cup (2000m).

“It was a really good run in the North Canterbury Cup last start,” Smith said. “She did a bit of extra work out wide on the turn.

“It wasn’t her ideal track conditions (Dead6) either. She goes on a heavy and a hard surface, but she doesn’t seem to like the sticky surface, so I am hoping it dries out a little bit.

“She is a really honest mare.

She always puts in 100 per cent.

With her draw (barrier three) on Saturday, she will hopefully get an easier run.”

Smith has been happy with the six-year-old and is hoping to gain some black-type with her mare who has been installed as a $4.60 favourite by TAB bookmakers.

“I would love to see her in the top three and get some blacktype,” Smith said. “We will just see what happens, it is a really nice field.

“Her work has been good. We are aiming for the New Zealand Cup, so she has just been building up to that.

“We would like to think she would get the 3200m. She did the 2500m reasonably well and she settles well. We’ll then look to possibly do a bit of travelling up north, there are some nice races up there.”

The Smiths will also line-up

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Splendior today in another race on the programme and the sixyear-old mare is also heading into her race off the back of a nice runner-up performance over 1600m at Timaru last start.

“She has come back a lot better this season,” Smith said. “We turned her out for quite a big break and she is progressing very well. Her work has been really good.

“A wide draw (barrier 11) for her on Saturday is not ideal because she gets out of the gate pretty quick, so she might end up parked. But she just keeps trucking, she is another really honest mare.

“I would like to get her over a bit more distance in the near future.”

Smith, a real estate agent, is currently enjoying a sabbatical from her job and is enjoying dedicating more of her time to her three-strong racing team and educating some younger stock.

“I am having a wee break just to focus on the horses. We have quite a few young ones here now and with Matt’s business he has been very busy.

“Our younger horses are just doing education work and we have also got a couple of foals this year, they are lovely types, so it’s very exciting.”

Emergency services responded to a report of a crash about 4.50pm on Thursday. A truck crashed into a fence post at the intersection of Isleworth and Dobsons roads in the Lowcliffe area. The driver sustained moderate injuries and was transported to hospital by ambulance.

SPCA prosecution An Auckland man who slit the throat of his flatmate’s puppy has been jailed for more than two years. Micha Brotherston was convicted of wilful ill-treatment and ill-treatment of an animal and sentenced to 26 months’ jail in the North Shore District Court yesterday. He has also been disqualified from owning animals for seven years and ordered to pay $1742 in veterinary fees, $1000 reparation and $500 to each victim. Brotherston’s jail term is the longest ever handed down for an SPCA prosecution.

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Warnings ahead of long weekend Ahead of the three-day Labour weekend, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is reminding travellers of a useful tool that shows predicted traffic flows at particular times, based on previous years’ travel patterns.

Travellers this long weekend are being advised to check www.nzta. govt.nz/holidayjourneys before hitting the roads to ensure they are aware of any potential delays they may meet on their journey.

“Holiday weekends are always busy across the South Island and with good a weather forecast, congestion and delays are inevitable at peak times,” Transport Agency Journey Manager Tresca Forrester said.

“But if everyone leaves plenty of time for their trip, is patient and aims to enjoy the journey, then people can arrive at their destinations safely and passengers will have enjoyed it too.”

Because predicted peak times can change based on incidents (sometimes caused by crashes), weather and driver behaviour, it is suggested that you check www. nzta.govt.nz/traffic-and-travel-information before you leave for accurate information about current road and traffic conditions.

The Transport Agency’s holiday journeys site shows the busiest areas through the South Island over

Motorists are being reminded that with any long weekend usually comes with heavy and often congested traffic, especially in areas like Ashburton.

PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN long-weekend periods, inlcuding State Highyway 1 through Kaikoura and North Canterbury, south of Christchurch through Ashburton and Timaru, SH7 through the Lewis Pass, SH70 near Geraldine, SH73 Arthur’s Pass route between Canterbury and the West Coast SH6, between Nelson and Blenheim, and also through Murchison SH6 into and out of Queenstown and Wanaka.

Some driving tips to remember are to drive to the conditions, whether it’s the weather, the time

of day or amount of traffic.

Take regular breaks to stay alert and ensure fatigue doesn’t affect your driving. Share the driving if you can. Keep a safe following distance from vehicles in front so you can stop safely.

Be patient – overtaking is unlikely to make a significant difference to your journey time due to the amount of traffic expected over the weekend.

Allow plenty of time, remember you are on holiday and avoid the need to rush. Check your car is

safe, warranted, wipers/lights are working and you have a spare tyre inflated before you head off.

Road safety charity Brake is reminding drivers to help keep themselves and others safe on the roads by following a few simple but essential road safety messages.

With the Rugby World Cup semi-finals also taking place this weekend, Brake is calling on drivers to pledge not to drink any amount of alcohol if they’re driving, because even small amounts affect reaction times and co-ordi-

nation. In 2017, 130 people were killed and 446 seriously injured in crashes where alcohol and/or drugs was a contributing factor.

As fans head to friends’ houses, or out to bars to watch the game, the charity is advising everyone to plan before heading out, and if they’re drinking, to make sure they have safe, alternative travel arrangements.

This could involve using public transport or taxis, having a designated sober driver, or walking if there is a safe route.

The charity is also urging drivers to give the road their full attention when they’re at the wheel, and to ensure that everyone in their vehicle is wearing a seat belt or appropriate child restraint on every journey.

“We want everyone to enjoy the long weekend, and the rugby, and to get to their destination safely, so we’re reminding drivers that even small amounts of alcohol affect your driving, and urge you to pledge not to drink any amount of alcohol if you have to drive,” Brake’s NZ director Caroline Perry said.

“If you’re drinking, arrange an alternative, safe way to travel.

Crashes have devastating consequences and we don’t want to see someone’s long weekend to end in tragedy.”

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Final price list for prohibited firearms published Police have published a final amended price list for prohibited firearms and parts eligible for compensation under the buyback scheme.

There are now a total of 49 prohibited parts on the price list due to the addition of AR lower receivers for the first time.

“Police want to make it clear to firearms owners that AR-style modular lower receivers are now a prohibited part no matter what upper receiver – for example a centre-fire or rimfire – they are attached to,” Deputy Commissioner Mike Clement said.

“If you have in your possession an AR lower receiver you will need to hand it in.

“There is less than two months to go to hand in all prohibited firearms and parts if you want to receive compensation.

“Don’t wait, it’s not worth risking prosecution.”

An additional 39 firearms have been included into the buy-back price list, bringing the total to 454 firearms now eligible for compensation.

The latest buy-back price list incorporates a number of firearms submitted by the public to police for consideration for the price list.

These firearms were assessed by the KPMG reference group, and those added to the list meet the criteria for compensation under the Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines and Parts) Amendment Regulations 2019.

This is the fifth and final iteration of the price list since the announcement of the buy-back and amnesty on June 20, 2019.

Some firearms owners may also be eligible for compensation under unique prohibited items criteria if they have a prohibited rare or unique firearm or part.

Alternatively, if the firearm has been modified in such a way that its value is at least 30 per cent greater than the standard model listed on the buy-back price list.

Information on the criteria for unique prohibited items and how to apply is available on the police website or by calling 0800 311 311.

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Getting your life back on track after a stint in prison or on a non-custodial sentence isn’t easy. It takes determination, a willingness to grab opportunities and most of all it takes people who believe in you. Reporter Sue Newman talks to two Corrections staff who help people walk the bridge from prison and into the workforce.

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hen you’re fresh out of prison and you’re desperate to get your life back on track, you need good people fighting in your corner.

Two of those people are Garron Starr and Amanda Wallis. They work with Corrections Employment Services and it’s their job to find jobs for prisoners.

For the pair, however, what they do is far more than just a job, they’re passionate about getting their clients into work and on track for a second crack at life.

Amanda’s officially a recruitment consultant and her boss Garron’s official title is principal advisor employment development. They’re grand words for jobs that work at the grass-roots level to change lives.

The men and women Garron and Amanda support into employment all have offending in their histories, they’ve been through the court system. Some may be completing long spells behind bars, others may be on community sentences or orders or parole. One thing most have in common is that they’re out of work and it’s Garron and Amanda’s challenge to find them jobs.

They find jobs for the people that most

do not want to employ. Their jobseekers often have low skill levels, some may have recently acquired a qualification, others may have skills that have not been used for years.

Changing lives, however, isn’t always easy when on one hand your clients are offenders and, on the other, you need to identify employers who are prepared to take them on. It’s a challenge, but when you get it right, it’s incredibly rewarding, Amanda said.

Nothing happens overnight. Preparation for life beyond prison or a non-custodial sentence begins long before freedom day. A large slice of a prison’s population will start a sentence with few skills, but there are a raft of opportunities they can take advantage of to change that, she said, NCEA pass levels can be achieved and apprenticeships worked towards. There’s a range of study options and practical work opportunities for the willing, for those wanting to make a fresh start postsentence.

And many take advantage of those opportunities, leaving prison or completing community sentences work ready.

Construction, service industries, manufacturing, farming and horticulture training in those fields is available in most prisons. There are work release programmes that take prisoners outside the wire fence each day and there are work opportunities inside.

One of those opportunities came when earthquake-damaged homes moved into the grounds of Rolleston Prison. That meant meaningful work and those who wanted to learn new skills and gain qualifications for employment in construction-related industries on release.

Amanda, as a frontline work broker spends hours with prisoners, encouraging them, supporting them and helping them believe in second chances.

Second chances, however, rely on finding employers and they’re not always easy to find, even in areas with low unemployment, she said.

“The hardest part is the perception of employers. It’s about finding employers willing to give us a chance. The employers we find are really good, but our people sometimes end up with jobs that are bottom of the barrel.”

They’re not always happy with step-

ping down the ladder, but work is work and there will always be new opportunities. The key is finding that first job.

If there’s a lag between a person leaving prison work ready and an employer coming on board, it can be pretty demoralising after they’ve put in months working towards the goal of employment, Amanda said.

A work-ready prisoner will have a CV prepared, will understand what’s needed in a new job and they’ll have learned a range of skills that will equip them for their new independence.

They also know that they need to be honest and upfront about their offending, she said.

It’s not uncommon for a person completing a sentence to have lost their driver’s licence as part of their offending and that often poses an additional barrier to employment.

This is a big challenge for corrections and we are doing a great deal of work to get people’s licences renewed and to get their licensing journey under way through our services in the community before people leave prison, Amanda said.

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Left – The team from Corrections Employment Services, Amanda Wallis and Garron Starr, make it their mission to help people ending courtimposed sentences undergo the training and education they need to secure work, that will help them make a successful second chance at life.

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“It becomes difficult for things like shift work or labouring jobs where they need to travel to get to work in areas where there isn’t good public transport.”

For various reasons, many of the people we work with have not achieved in the school system, so included in the work-ready projects are addressing gaps in a person’s numeracy and literacy skills.

“And motivation is definitely the key here. We try to hook into something they’re really interested in rather than learning in a classroom situation. Our big push is to get people into jobs and to get them to stay in those jobs.”

Adjusting to life outside prison was never easy, but having a job helped immensely, Amanda said.

“They need to get into a routine, learn the ropes. Their lives are not over, they’re only starting. It’s about helping them to make a new life, a new start.”

Behind every prisoner there was a story and a reason for their offending. Some of those stories were sad, some were bad. Most people we have been working with have been on a slow slide through circumstances that ultimately ended up

in prison time, Amanda said.

“We talk to them, listen to their story and that helps when we’re placing them with an employer. We’re absolutely non-judgemental and I don’t think you can get someone a job unless you invest your time in them. You get quite involved in their lives, you learn so much about them. They are all people with their own stories.”

For some prisoners, working with a recruitment consultant may be the first time they’ve had someone go into bat for them, she said.

“It’s so good for someone with a criminal record having someone standing beside them. We’ll take them to an interview if they want and we’ll be there for them.”

The team’s goal, Garron said, was to ensure people who’d completed a custodial or non-custodial sentence were able to assimilate back into the community and not reoffend.

“Our big driver is motivating people.

95 per cent of these people want to work and they want to change,” he said.

The employment team also works with prisoners to help them build up confi-

dence and transferable skills to their new workplace. The service is a wrap-around one. Employers and employees are not introduced and left to their own devices.

“Once a person is in a job we don’t just leave them to get on with it. We work alongside employer and employee for as long as we need to. We would never put our name on someone who wasn’t work ready. We want employers to come back to us,” he said.

For some it was hard to accept that their type of offending may dictate where they can work and that the job they were able to secure might be a job that is light years away from a previous career, Garron said.

Often the jobs available were on the bottom rung and that might be hard for someone such as a white collar criminal or a semi-professional to accept, but every job was a start on a new life, he said.

Yes, there are occasions when a job placement goes sour. It’s disappointing, but when that happens you have to go back and take a second look at all the success stories, Garron said.

“One success outweighs 10 failures

because of the great impact on that life.”

For corrections, changing employer attitudes was key and the best way to do that was for one employer who had a success story talking to another, he said.

Corrections could also provide some financial support if there was an employment hurdle such as equipment, clothing, training or a drug test that was needed.

The service is free, corrections is not an employment agency.

Amanda and Garron work in prisons across the South Island. Their goal is for every prisoner to be in relevant study, work or training on release. They know that’s an aspirational goal as there will always be a core of people who are not motivated to change their lives.

They’ll talk to any employer anywhere.

They want to break down barriers, to help employers to understand that people who’ve been to prison can still become valuable and skilled employees.

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Given the right temptation anyone can stumble. Ask Josh (not his real name). He went from student to offender and on the way kissed goodbye to a promising career. He talks to reporter Sue Newman about the corrections work broker team who presented him with a second chance and an opportunity to rebuild his life.

Slipping into crime J

osh was a young man looking at a bright future. He was partway through a degree,when by his own admission his life started running off the rails.

Bit by bit his connection with life as a student started to slide, and bit by bit he was slipping into life as a heavy drug user. The outcome was easy to see – drugs, antisocial behaviour, breaking the law and a date with the court system.

“Life started to become a big problem. I couldn’t complete my degree, I was off the rails, involved in legal drama and getting to rock bottom,” he said.

Josh was lucky he was caught before his offending escalated, before he was staring at a custodial sentence. Instead, he faced six months on community detention, followed by nine months on probation.

And he was lucky. That put him into a system that showed him a way out, a way back up if he was prepared to listen, prepared to learn and, most of all, prepared to get clean.

It was tough. He was on curfew.

Night hours meant he stayed home. His movements were electronically monitored. His life was lived in a very small space, his opportunity to interact with the world was limited.

But what was not limited, was the opportunity to get his old life, his good life back. Take the opportunities, do the hard yards and, while it might be a while coming, if he kept his nose clean, he would eventually be a man who was going somewhere good.

When corrections employment services came knocking Josh was

sceptical. He had some work experience, a partially-completed degree and not much more. And he had a non-custodial sentence hanging over his head. Job prospects, at best, looked grim, he said.

Amanda Wallis, work broker, became his lifeline to life after community detention.

“She was fantastic, very engaging. I had to pass a drug test and she was a real support for me when I was low.”

There’s no point in pretending it’s easy to turn your life around.

It’s not, Josh said.

He goes to counselling, attends anger management courses, he’s off drugs and he reckons he’s getting back to where he needs to be. Yes, he’s working late shift in a job he might not have chosen in his previous life, but he’s grateful to be getting a second shot.

“It’s work, it’s a job and it’s giving me a sense of value and purpose, a reason to get up every day. My life is getting back on track.”

You don’t notice when your life is on a slow, downward spiral, you need to hit the bottom with a pretty hard thud to make you see how far you’ve fallen,” Josh said.

“But I can now see how I can get to the place I need to be. I’m on an upwards trajectory. I’m building towards my goals to where I want to be, putting in place the building blocks.

I can

now see there is redemption and it’s not always easy to see that.”

With community detention behind him, he’s working through his time on probation, checking in on schedule with his probation officer, doing everything he can to make sure there’s no chance of a black mark during those nine months.

“It’s pretty simple stuff really, being communicative, getting to appointments on time, doing what’s expected.”

Josh knows he’s had a lucky escape. His offending was relatively low level. Yes, he’s lost his immediate chance at a career, yes he will have given 15 months of his life to corrections, but the opportunities are there for any offender to get back on track – if they want to, he said.

People like Amanda, who believe in you, who

encourage you and who help you identify opportunities are there for every offender, he said.

Ultimately the choice has to be the individual’s, but it’s a system that’s about second chances – if you want them, Josh said.

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CORRECTIONS EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

S T C A F THE About 250 people each year in Corrections Release to Work programme travel outside prison each day to a regular job.

Corrections manages around 59,000 new sentences and orders each year. Over 40 per cent of those are community work sentences which provide 2 million hours of unpaid labour to communities each year.

At any one time around 4000 people in corrections care are subject to electronic monitoring conditions on home detention, community detention, residential rstricted and extended supervision or GPS Release to Work.

Around 15,000 people are released from prison each year and thousands more complete community sentences.

Research shows that people who are working a regular job after they’ve been in prison or served a community sentence are less likely to re-offend.

In the 13 months to October 31, in Canterbury, corrections placed 328 people in jobs, helped 199 with career planning, and 571 were prepared for job seeking. A total of 1773 people were given employment assistance.

Up to 70 per cent of people in corrections care have difficulty reading and writing and essential literacy and numeracy skills are part of their training programme.

People who employ staff through corrections are provided with on-going support and the person they employ comes with full disclosure so their employer will not have to guess about their conviction.

Corrections employs over 350 instructors to help train people in prison to achieve meaningful job skills.

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Accept a job and learn to fly I

f you’ve ever been in the market for a new job, and let’s face it – at some point in time we all probably have – you’ll know all about the little kicker that you’re after when you are going about your search.

It might be the promise of a company phone, or even better a company vehicle. Or perhaps it’s one of those rare jobs that actually lists what remuneration package is attached to the role.

They are the things our eyes tend to scan toward first. We want to know, most importantly, what’s in it for us. What stuff is important and going to change our lives and what the potential employer is going to offer me to make me want to apply.

The options are almost end-

less. Life insurance, days off on your birthday, shares in the company or even five weeks’ leave a year instead of four.

But a new one hit the market this year and, whether or not it’s a slice of marketing genius or not won’t be known until local firm, Arrowsmith Law, find what they’re looking for.

They’ve got all the usual bells and whistles attached to their current listing. It’s attractive

enough to anyone in that particular field who might be on the look-out for potential employment.

But they’ve gone even a step further and thrown in a sweetener which would make anyone stop and have a second look what they’re offering.

There’s an option there, if you want to take it up, to learn how to fly a plane. At the business’ expense.

It’s not just a pie-in-the-sky (literally) moment either. There is no one-flight wonder with this little kicker. It’s the full hog.

They are prepared to put the successful applicant through their entire pilot’s licence, an expense of about $17,000 over the course of two years.

Not a bad wee addition, is it?

In a market where it can often be a battle to get job specific, young and qualified people to come and live in our district at times, anything that might entice someone to make the move is a clever idea.

It might not work but it also could and that wee addition to the job listing might be the difference in the business getting the outcome they want and need to make things tick for them in the future.

It’s certainly something a little bit different and the move has gained Arrowsmith Law a boost in coverage with interest from national news agencies, so for them it’s probably already a success, irrelevant of the final

outcome.

It’s just nice to see employers and businesses thinking outside the square to lure people to the Ashburton District. It’s quite clearly evident that the more young professionals we have rolling around in our community the better served we will be.

And any step towards making that happen is a good one.

Today it’s flying lessons, but who knows what this one decision might lead to next.

The next advert you read might just list all those little gems you’re looking for when hunting for a job and then something completely out of the square that makes you sit up, take notice and get that application in.

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Today’s birthdays: Actress Shelley Morrison is 83. Actress Jaclyn Smith is 74. Hillary Rodham Clinton is 72. Musician Bootsy Collins is 68. Actor James Pickens Jr. is 67. Rock musician David Was is 67. Rock musician Keith Strickland is 66. Actress Lauren Tewes is 66. Actor D.W. Moffett is 65. Actress-singer Rita Wilson is 63. The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, is 60.

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Thought for today: “Without a song, each day would be a century.” — Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer and civil rights activist (born this date in 1911, died in 1972).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Saturday, October 26, the 299th day of 2019. There are 66 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On October 26, 2001, President George W. Bush signed the USA Patriot Act, giving authorities unprecedented ability to search, seize, detain or eavesdrop in their pursuit of possible terrorists.

On this date: In 1825, the Erie Canal opened in upstate New York, connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River.

In 1881, the Gunfight at the OK Corral took place in Tombstone, Arizona, as Wyatt Earp, his two brothers and Doc Holliday confronted Ike Clanton’s gang.

Three members of Clanton’s gang were killed; Earp’s brothers and Holliday were wounded.

In 1942, the New Zealand Women Jurors Act allowed women to sit on juries. The Act provided for women aged between 25 and 60 to have their names placed on the jury list on the same basis as men – if they so desired.

In 1944, the World War Two Battle of Leyte Gulf ended in a major Allied victory over Japanese forces, whose naval capabilities were badly crippled.

In 1949, President Harry S. Truman signed a measure raising the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour.

In 1965, the Beatles received MBE medals as Members of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.

In 1979, South Korean President Park Chung-hee was shot to death by the head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, Kim Jae-kyu.

In 1980, Israeli President Yitzhak Navon became the first Israeli head of state to visit Egypt.

In 1984, “Baby Fae,” a newborn with a severe heart defect, was given the heart of a baboon in an experimental transplant in Loma Linda, California. (Baby Fae lived 21 days with the animal heart.)

In 2002, a hostage siege by

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Is Ashburton’s day of shame imminent?

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his has been a big week or two around the country in local body politics and locally our new Ashburton District mayor and councillors have been sworn in to their respective roles for the next three years.

Congratulations to all those who comprise our new leadership and a special congratulations to councillor Liz McMillan who has accepted the role of deputy mayor under new mayor Neil Brown.

The table feels fresh yet a bit familiar, a nice blend of a few new heads along with some more established faces.

But is Ashburton’s day of shame imminent?

The day I’m alluding to is the day when, if current policy is enacted, the building that has until very recent years housed our information centre, is jacked up and carted away.

Because if that does happen without any review by the new team, then I and I suspect many others, will indeed consider it a great shame.

The recent elections will be read differently by various people but would it not be reasonable to conclude that some of the big shocks were as a result of elected representatives not listening to the weight of public opinion?

People power won the day with the water feature debate and a bad former council deci-

Peter Mac

PETE’S PERSPECTIVE

sion was revoked.

Could it happen again in the nick of time with the information centre?

Will this new council reconsider what many still consider to be a flawed decision?

It has always been my position that the best and only place for a local information centre is exactly where it is.

Aside from superficial maintenance neglect in recent times, the structure looks great and to this eye looks really fabulous where it is.

The old council decided it could dispense with an information centre, yet after public pressure, decided to make a space for one in the new civic building still some time away from eventuating.

Problem is, it is doomed to fail.

No one will enter a civic administration centre to access that information. This sort of operation needs to be boutique, stand-alone, in your face, where the heart of the town is and part of the buzz.

And that’s where the existing, now closed centre came into its own.

We were told that no one uses information centres any more.

It’s all online.

They are old hat.

That was now several years ago.

I did some research on this and ran out of steam. There are so many of them. The number of manned information centres around New Zealand ranging from major centres to some really small places number north of 80. Heaps of them up and down the country. Places large and small. There’s seemingly more than 100 if you count other set-ups doing primarily the same thing but in different guises.

Clearly they are not dropping like flies, the doors aren’t being boarded up shut.

The thirst for quality people-manned information dispensing and promotional centres is still as great as ever.

They are a hub, a meeting point of visiting strangers.

We appear to be the anomaly.

Ashburton. Bucking the trend.

Against the tide. Why? Oamaru, Opotiki, Ohakune and Otarohanga are all still in the i-SITE business. How about Ranfurly, Raglan and Reefton.

Kaiapoi, Invercargill and Westport all have them.

But Ashburton, no! A bit out

of step don’t you think?

As a main street experience it could be observed that Ashburton struggles to maximise its vibe with no commerce on the western side of East Street in the main CBD block. What the information centre gave us was a buzz, a vibe, activity and life on the other side of the road.

When the doors were open, the lights were on, the buses pulled up and people were too-ing and fro-ing, the town had its ying and yang in place. Since that building has closed, it’s a different feel altogether.

The CBD, even in its refreshed state, is going to need all the help it can get to keep our town’s pulse alive.

If the new team would consider the importance of this and restore something that was never broken, then maybe that’d be a very encouraging start for a fresh team. At least take the time to reconsider it.

I wish them all the best for a dynamic three years.

The first weeks around the table will certainly be very interesting.

Broadcaster Peter Mac is Ashburton born and bred and the afternoon host on the Hokonui Radio Network.

The views expressed in this column are his and do not reflect the opinion of his employer or the Ashburton Guardian.

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Relationships are shaped by social justice

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n many places, the church reaches out to people in need with agencies such as Presbyterian Support and Methodist Mission, as well as Salvation Army and St Vincent de Paul.

This mission imperative is often referred to as social justice.

What does social justice mean for the church? There is no definition of social justice in the dictionary.

Interestingly, it tells you what social class is, what a social climber is, social credit, social development, differentiation, disease, environment, process, science, service, studies, welfare, work. But ... social justice happens to be missing from the list!

I looked up the words separately then and found that “social” means, “pertaining to, devoted to or characterised by, friendly companionship or

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relations”. And “justice” means “the quality of being just, being motivated by truth – the moral principle which determines just conduct”.

Together, it means living in a relationship with other people that is shaped by honesty and morality.

For Christians, that means living in such a way that our relationships with other people, are shaped by our understanding of God’s justice.

So, how do we determine exactly what God’s justice is? The gospel writers Matthew, Mark and Luke repeat over and over that what was more important

to Jesus than sheer wealth or poverty, was whether people cared for each other. Rich or poor, the question was, did their hearts go out to others?

Mother Teresa said that “the biggest disease in the world today is the feeling of being unwanted. And the greatest evil in the world today is the lack of love – the terrible indifference towards one’s neighbour which is so widespread”.

It’s not that wealth is inherently wrong; rather the danger is, a preoccupation with wealth and indifference to the needs, and the welfare of others. Not because possessions are incompatible with the love of God, but because people can become totally self-absorbed, caring only for our own comfort.

Too often, people’s worth is measured by their job, their sta-

tus, their wealth. Too often our possessions are seen as what gives our lives meaning. We can be so driven to possess things, however, that we end up being owned by them. When that happens, we can find ourselves becoming indifferent to the needs of others.

People in Jesus’ day would have considered wealth as being God’s blessing, but Jesus was calling them to a new way of seeing.

So, who do we see sitting waiting for us to notice them, maybe waiting for a word of recognition, companionship, love, forgiveness, or justice? Social justice is shorthand for the community where true riches are understood as integrity, love, faith, compassion.

Who is missing out then? Are there young people or immi-

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grants in this town who need help? Are there lonely folk who feel rejected? Further afield, are there people, especially women and children in countries such as Syria, waiting for us to see them and respond?

Social justice might not be part of the dictionary’s vocabulary, but let’s pray that Jesus can help us to see things in perhaps new ways so that it never ceases to be part not only of our vocabulary but of our lives.

Heather Kennedy is the minister at Ashburton Methodist Church. The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof.

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■■TOURISM

Making the most of a tourism lull

By Grant Bradley

Webster said that with current low interest rates, “money is just flooding in’’ for tourism ventures, from Kiwisaver funds and Australian private equity investors.

He too is worried that red tape surrounding building is delaying projects. Hotels are being finished two years too late.

There have been well-publicised problems with local government funding for infrastructure in the South Island, but also around the Waitomo things are “absolutely broken’’ and central government needs to front up, Webster said.

Local authorities need to be careful about imposing their own taxes such as the proposed bed tax in Queenstown.

In light of the slowdown, Tourism NZ is concentrating on core markets – Australia, China and the United States.

Tourism NZ expects the slowdown trend to continue for the rest of the year before picking up in the second half of 2020.

Other markets such as Korea would open up, with Air NZ flying to Seoul and Korean Airlines increasing capacity.

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in the industry.

A survey about to be released shows that more than 40 per cent of tourism businesses questioned believe business is going to get better in the coming year, in contrast to the gloomy tone of other confidence surveys.

One area that two or three years ago threatened to staunch future growth was the lack of hotel capacity, but there has been a surge in hotel building in Auckland and Queenstown.

And there are signs of a slight pick-up across the board, especially in the domestic market.

Last week Statistics NZ figures

showed the first increase in international guest nights for nine months – up 0.5 per cent.

Total guest nights were up 3.7 per cent at 2.62 million in August from a year earlier, with domestic guest nights up 5.6 per cent at 1.66 million.

The new tax on visitors from most countries aside from Australia and the Pacific Islands, will raise about $80 million.

A review of how the estimated $1.7b in GST paid by international visitors could be spent on tourism has been requested by some.

The chief executive of Tourism Holdings Ltd, Grant Webster, says

the tourist industry should learn the lesson of the global financial crisis (GFC).

“Back in the GFC, one of the biggest issues for the industry was a dramatic pull back on expenditure. We’ve had the growth.

This is a pause to invest in infrastructure for the next phase.’’

Tourism surged around the 2011 Rugby World Cup, then continued its strong run, putting pressure on infrastructure and tourism facilities.

But tourism businesses need to watch their operating costs during what is clearly a more difficult time.

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The Sudima Christchurch hotel lobby.

The results were shown in Sudima’s exceptionally strong staff retention rates, Roberts said.

Sudima Hotels receives a prize valued at over $20,000, including $10,000 international air travel.

The NZME people’s choice award for the second year in a row went to Forgotten World Adventures. The business attracts travellers to a community well off the beaten track with its innovative use of a decommissioned rail track in the Taumarunui region.

It now offers rail cart journeys, jet boat and helicopter tours, and has opened a motel to encourage visitors to stay longer in the area.

Tourism’s most prestigious individual honour, the Horwath HTL Sir Jack Newman Award, went to Glenys Coughlan, who has enjoyed a stellar career in tourism.

Her roles have included high

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profile management positions at Air New Zealand, New Zealand Tourism Industry Association (now Tourism Industry Aotearoa), Positively Wellington Venues and Tourism Central Otago.

The Marsh Tourism Industry Champion Award went to Fergus Brown who over 40 years, has displayed an “unwavering passion’’ and enthusiasm for the tourism industry.

Currently chief executive of Holiday Parks New Zealand, his career has included roles across government, his own tourism business, and various sector and regional groups.

Roberts said this year’s awards were extremely competitive, a reflection of a thriving industry that is providing economic, environmental and social benefits to New Zealand.

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Hotel group Sudima has been judged the top tourism business in the country.

It won the Air New Zealand Supreme Tourism Award for excelling as an employer and in environmental performance.

Sudima Hotels were also named as the winners of the Tourism Talent Employer of Choice Award and the Enviro-Mark Solutions Environmental Award.

The award judges said Sudima is getting better all the time, with a broad range of superb initiatives that are making a difference to the business, the environment and the wider community.

Starting as a family business, Sudima has expanded rapidly, with four properties in Auckland, Rotorua and Christchurch, including the recently opened Sudima Christchurch City. Two more will open in Auckland City and Kaikoura in 2020.

Sudima properties are designed to be accessible to all, regardless of physical ability.

It was first hotel group in New Zealand to be awarded a carboNZero certification. Its environmental efforts extend to its suppliers, who are selected for their commitment to sustainability.

Tourism Industry Aotearoa chief executive Chris Roberts said creating a tremendous staff culture has been integral to Sudima’s success.

The judges described Sudima chief executive Sudesh Jhunjhnuwala as a visionary in his people approach which is best summed up as “look after your people and they look after your business”.

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Tourism businesses are making the most of a breather in the rate of visitor growth.

The sector experienced 30 per cent growth in the five years to 2018, reaching more than 3.8 million visitors as air links expanded and the global appetite for travel grew rapidly. For international visitors, New Zealand was a hot destination.

But that’s changed. The number of new airlines coming here has levelled off and economies have soured in some of those visitors’ home countries.

Tourism New Zealand says holidaymaker growth has stalled – running exactly flat at 0.0 per cent in the year to July – while the number of people visiting friends and family, and for business, is growing in the low single digits.

That’s well shy of overall annual growth of up to 12 per cent when the market was running hot.

Does that mean this country’s biggest earner of foreign exchange is in the doldrums? Far from it.

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Battle lines drawn

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By Erin Tasker

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A few weeks ago, Ashburton netballer Kate Lloyd’s immediate playing future was a bit uncertain.

Without a contract for the 2020 ANZ Premiership, Lloyd was preparing to throw herself head-first into her studies and find a job, but then she received a call that changed everything.

The London Pulse wanted Lloyd to join them for the United Kingdom’s 2020 Superleague season, and after giving it a bit of thought and talking it over with her family, the 22-year-old decided it was an opportunity she couldn’t turn down.

So Lloyd, a 190cm tall defender who last year played for the Mainland Tactix, will fly to the UK after Christmas ready to join the London Pulse for what she hopes will

be a season of growth.

She’s a mixture of excitement and nerves at the moment, but knows she’s made the right decision.

London came calling at just the right time. Having missed out on an ANZ Premiership playing contract, and having just turned down a training partner contract with the Tactix, Lloyd had been weighing up her options.

“When I didn’t get a contract this year I just wanted to have a summer where I could recharge my batteries and get a bit of money behind me,” Lloyd said.

That plan’s now gone out the window. She won’t even get a full summer, leaving just as the Kiwi summer is getting into full swing and heading to the depths of an English winter, but she couldn’t be happier.

Ashburton netballer Kate Lloyd is off to the UK in December to join the London Pulse.

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Like a lot of Kiwis her age, she saw herself going on an OE at some stage. Now, she can do it knowing there’s a job waiting for her, doing exactly what she loves to do, and it will take her all around England, Scotland and Wales.

Playing for the Pulse is a paid gig and she’ll be able to earn a bit of extra money on the side by doing some coaching. It’s money she hopes to put toward a bit of travel around Europe at the end of the season.

“I’ve always wanted to go and travel and this has probably given me the kick up the bum to do it,” Lloyd said.

What will follow her season with the Pulse, Lloyd doesn’t

know. But, even after she finishes the last of this year’s exams over the next week or two, she’ll still have five papers left to complete in her sport and recreation degree at Lincoln University.

Study will be put on hold while she’s in the UK though, allowing her to focus fully on the job at hand – helping the Pulse make it to the top in the UK Superleague.

It’s a competition made up of 10 teams from across England, Wales and Scotland, which began in 2005, and the defending champions heading into the 2020 season are the Manchester Thunder.

The London Pulse club was only formed in 2017 and this year’s squad features a Kiwi in Lloyd, a Jamaican in Adean Thomas, and a

South African-born shooter who has joined the Pulse after two seasons with the Surrey Storm – Sigi Burger.

Lloyd will be joined in the defensive end by England Futures star Halimat Adio, young Roses star Zara Everitt and ex-Saracens Mavericks player Lindsay Keable.

It’s a team full of tall timber, so Lloyd knows she’ll have to work to get starts, but she’s always up for a challenge.

The London Pulse will play their first pre-season game on January 12, and start their season proper away to the Strathclyde Sirens on February 22, with their first home game – at Copper Box Arena – being against the Celtic Dragons in round three.

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English myth to be dispelled NZME With just one selection the All Blacks have recast themselves as the big bad wolf to England’s Little Red Riding Hood.

A dynamic that was being painted as the swerve and verve of the All Blacks against the crushing confrontation of England is having to be re-drawn now that Scott Barrett has been selected at blindside.

It’s just one change but it’s significant because it’s the All Blacks signalling they are going to target England where they have so often been portrayed as strong, but where the All Blacks suspect they are now weak.

England, the masters of physical, set-piece rugby, have a lineout that is begging to be attacked.

They have a scrum that may not be as solid as everyone assumes and they might not in actual fact have all the hardware they need to work effectively in the collision zones.

They only have two genuine lineout options, which is the price they have to pay for picking twin openside flankers and the thundering Billy Vunipola at No 8 who could, should he jump, possibly get high enough to have an envelope slipped under his feet.

So the All Blacks are trying to take the sanctity of the touchline away from England. They want the lineout to be a place they fear not a place to which they escape.

But there’s more yet to the Barrett introduction. There’s deeper connotations.

The All Blacks aren’t throwing away their all-out attack game as a result of picking Barrett, but they are making it clear they want to be yet more direct and confrontational than they were against Ireland.

The All Blacks pack is strangely never rated in the art of beating up other teams. The talk is always of their attack, of their skillsets, of their amazing capacity to conjure some ball playing magic.

It’s England and South Africa who tend to hold the narrative

Scott Barrett’s selection signals the All Blacks will target the English at the lineout. about being bruisers, scrummagers and hard nut warriors and a bit dense and lacking out wide.

But this is a myth All Blacks coach Steve Hansen is eager to expose. The ABs ran Ireland ragged, but they beat them up first.

The damage looked like it was done by the speed and skill of the backs, of the flashing feet of Sevu Reece and George Bridge, but it was the relentless thunderous ball carrying of Kieran Read, Joe Moody and Sam Whitelock that really did the damage.

Ireland had the life drained out of them in the middle of the field by the confrontational work of the All Blacks’ forwards.

That’s why they didn’t have the legs to chase down Reece, Bridge and Beauden Barrett when the All Blacks did opt to go wide.

Scott Barrett brings another bruising, ball carrier to the party.

He’s another big man with hard shoulders and soft hands: a player who can slip those telling late passes and a player who can drop his shoulder and clamber over the top of a tackler.

Ireland’s vaunted defence never turned up to the quarter-final, but England’s will and it’s on a different level. It will require a more thorough job to break it down.

Against Australia they didn’t give an inch. The Wallabies had the ball for an age, they ran this way and that, danced here and ducked there but they couldn’t find even a crack to prise open and it was frustration that did them in the end.

Frustration that no holes would appear. Frustration that despite

the endless onslaught, England didn’t give any soft entry points – there were no dumb penalties. No rash decisions.

But the Wallabies maybe ran everywhere but the one place they should have: hard and straight up the middle of the field.

The All Blacks don’t look likely to make the same mistake and that’s where they are going to attack first, knowing that England, for all their resources and clever coaches, haven’t actually worked out how to defy science.

Not even England can cover every inch of the field when eight of their forwards can barely move as a result of having to relentlessly tackle.

The selection of Barrett is potentially a tactical masterstroke

by Hansen, but its real value may

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be the psychological impact.

By sticking him in the No 6 jersey, the incredible thing is the All Blacks have a more foreboding physical presence than England do now.

England are going to maybe feel vulnerable in the places they don’t typically feel vulnerable.

This will be new psychological territory for England to face an All Blacks team whose bigger threat may lie with numbers one to eight as opposed to nine to 15.

All those years of everyone bagging England for sticking the ball up their jumper and playing with the imagination of a fork and it’s the All Blacks who are coming into their semi-final clash with the bigger pack and the more obvious intent and ability to dominate the set-piece.

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No early mistakes are key to All Black success

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f the All Blacks get a good start against England, I’m confident they will make the Rugby World Cup final.

The English will provide tougher opposition than Ireland mustered in the quarter-final – they are a more clinical team and very physical, especially in the forwards.

Against Australia, England pounced on every mistake. That’s how they got their early tries.

If the All Blacks make early mistakes, whether it be dropping the ball or giving away penalties, this England side will make the

most of it in Saturday night’s semi-final.

But if the All Blacks get fast forward momentum in the first five minutes, and first points, they will be a hard team to stop.

If they allow England to get a good start, and the English get the sort of lead they did at Twickenham last year, it will be tricky for the All Blacks to catch up.

Hang on to the ball. That’s the key for the All Blacks.

We all know how fit the All Blacks are, and what Beauden Barrett can do after 15 phases of play.

He is someone who never seems to get tired – he still

sprints at his fastest and can spot any hole in the defence after a long period of play.

He is very difficult to stop over the first five or 10 metres.

And what I really noticed in the Ireland game is how strongly he carries the ball into contact, compared to Richie Mo’unga for instance.

Barrett engages two or three defenders which creates space on the outside, or helps halfbacks Aaron Smith or TJ Perenara find the space.

I’m a little bit surprised that Scott Barrett will start at blindside flanker. To me, Sam Cane is the type of loose forward you

start, rather than bring off the bench. I understand he had a niggly wrist injury from the Ireland game so maybe that is a factor.

But it doesn’t matter whether you start or come into the game – any injury can still be aggravated.

But in formulating his side for this game, Steve Hansen had to start Ardie Savea as one of the loose forwards. He has been absolutely massive, with so much energy on attack and defence.

I’m sure starting in the slightly unfamiliar position won’t be a problem for Scott Barrett.

The Barretts seem to have this incredible gene – no matter

where you put them, at whatever time of the game, they perform to their best.

Owen Farrell is a vital component for England, including in the goal kicking battle with Mo’unga. Farrell landed eight out of eight against Australia.

And Manu Tuilagi is another danger man in the centres.

He carried the ball really hard against Australia.

Which team can hold on to the ball the longest? That, I think, will be the key.

– Michaela Blyde was World Rugby Women’s Sevens Player of the Year 2017 and 2018.

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In brief Ayton suspended Phoenix Suns centre Deandre Ayton has been suspended for 25 games without pay by the NBA for violating the terms of the NBA/ NBPA Anti-Drug Program by testing positive for a diuretic. The NBA announced the suspension yesterday. The first overall pick last year out of Arizona, Ayton averaged 16.3 points and 10.3 rebounds as a rookie. He had 18 points and 11 rebounds Wednesday night in the Suns’ season-opening home victory over Sacramento.

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More croquet to decide winners Watching the progress of one of his shots during the Pat Burgess competition at the Waireka Croquet Club on Tuesday was Rod Webb. The tournament was played in two grades – the senior grade for handicaps -6 to 7, and 8-16 handicaps – and while the senior grade was decided on Tuesday, the 8-16 grade played seven games this week and will play the final four this coming Tuesday. The senior grade was won by Bill Allnutt, who won all three of his games, while Gail Benseman, Bev Blair and Brian Goodwin won one game each.

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The NZ Breakers are likely to be without stoic centre Rob Loe for some time, after the 28-yearold sustained a skull fracture in the side’s big win over Illawarra on Thursday.

Loe left the court clutching his head just four minutes into the game after a seemingly innocuous collision with Illawarra guard LaMelo Ball. He was unable to return to the game and was transported to hospital.

Initial reports of a fractured skull were confirmed by the Breakers yesterday, however the club won’t know anything more on just how serious the injury is until Loe undergoes more tests in hospital over the weekend.

“We don’t know the extent of what’s happened yet. We’ve got to find that out,” Breakers forward Thomas Abercrombie said.

“If it is something serious and he’s out for a long time it will be a huge blow. He had a great off-season with the Tall Blacks and brought that form into this team and I think we’ve seen the

Conor McGregor will return to mixed martial arts in January with a UFC fight in Las Vegas.

The Irish fighter said yesterday he will return “fully focused” on January 18 at the T-Mobile Arena.

“That is my comeback fight. It is 12 weeks this Saturday. I am in prime physical condition. I have agreed the date with the company,” McGregor said, adding that he knows his opponent’s name but won’t reveal it.

“If I was to give you people the name, which I would love to do, I know the UFC would flip it because they are a crafty company.”

The 31-year-old McGregor hasn’t fought since losing by submission to Khabib Nurmagomedov in October 2018. He was banned for six months and fined $50,000 for his part in a post-fight brawl.

McGregor said he is targeting two more fights, including a rematch with Nurmagomedov in Moscow. He also aimed a string of insults at the Russian fighter.

McGregor said he would then like to fight the winner of the November 3 bout between Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal.

Rob Loe shoots over Steven Adams in a preseason game. different ways he can impact a team with his smarts.

“He’ll be a massive loss if that’s the case, we’ve just got to find out a little bit more information first.”

Loe had made an important impact with the Breakers in the few matches they’ve played in their young campaign, and looked like he would be among the focal points of their game going forward.

However, they’ll now have to plan to be without him for at

least today’s visit to Melbourne United and likely much longer.

Loe’s absence didn’t hamper the Breakers against Illawarra, as the side’s shooters were locked in from the outset.

Shooting at 55 per cent from the floor and 45 per cent from beyond the three point arc, the Breakers gave the 8000-plus in attendance at Spark Arena plenty to cheer about.

Thursday’s win saw the Breakers improve their record to 1-2.

President Donald Trump says he is planning to attend the World Series on Sunday if it goes to a fifth game. The president, a New York Yankees fan, confirmed his plans while presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Roger Penske, a businessman and founder of one of the world’s most successful motorsports teams.

The Washington Nationals and the Houston Astros are playing, with the fifth game scheduled for Sunday in Washington. The Nationals lead the series 2-0 and could conceivably win it before Sunday’s game.

- AP

Classic rescheduled Barcelona’s rescheduled “clásico” match against Real Madrid looks set to go ahead on December 18.

The Spanish league said that it is appealing to sports authorities and ordinary courts to rule on whether the clubs and Spanish federation followed correct procedures to reschedule the match, which was originally set to be played this Saturday but was moved because Catalan separatists are planning another large rally in Barcelona.

The league is objecting to playing the game on a weekday – December 18 is a Wednesday – because of lower TV ratings but said it will not ask for the game to be put on hold while a decision is made.

- AP

Fan inks RWC result A “crazy” All Blacks fan is so confident that New Zealand is going to win the 2019 Rugby World Cup, that he has already got a tattoo branding the team this year’s winner. Masterton man Shaun Pollard, who is a massive All Blacks and Hurricanes fan, shared a photo of a recent Webb Ellis Cup tattoo he got along with the years the All Blacks have won – including 2019, which hasn’t been awarded yet. The 37-year-old married father of two said he got the entire tattoo on Tuesday and had no doubt that the All Blacks will win this year’s Rugby World Cup. - NZME

Ski star rising Teenager Alice Robinson is a world ski star in the making. After an amazing 2018/19 season during which she won a World Cup final silver medal in Andorra to go with her junior gold medal, the giant slalom ace has set her sights high.

The 17-year-old Queenstown schoolgirl’s quest to join the skiing elite kicks off again in Austria this weekend, when the 2019/20 World Cup circuit begins. Robinson, New Zealand’s youngest winter Olympian, is tipped to be a major medal prospect at the Beijing Games in three years’ time. - NZME

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Saturday, October 26, 2019

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Tech look to continue winning ways

By Erin Tasker

erin.t@theguardian.co.nz

Mid Canterbury’s two teams tackling the Canterbury Country Cricket senior grade this season are set to square off at the Ashburton Domain today.

Allenton will host Tech in round three of the competition’s south section today, in what will be a real test for both sides.

Tech headed into the competition as one of Mid Canterbury’s strongest sides from recent seasons, while Allenton headed in as the unknown quantity.

A team made up entirely of players from India, most of the new Allenton team had never played competition cricket in New Zealand and their season didn’t get off to the best start, well beaten in a crossover match with north section side Swannanoa.

In round two though, they picked up a good five-wicket win thanks largely to a knock of 70 off just 47 balls by Manpreet Singh. He hit seven sixes to get his side out of trouble and see them home, after they were 5/28 after 12 overs, chasing Weedons’ total of 128.

So Tech will have to keep an eye on him as they look to make it three-fromthree to start their debut Canterbury Country season.

Tech beat Weedons in round one, and then beat Peninsula-Harbour in round two with just 10 players, and will certainly come out strong today with local bragging rights on offer.

They’ve got a team more than capable of doing some damage with bat and ball, too. Tech are the only one of Mid Canterbury’s four senior teams from last season who chose to play in the Canterbury Country competition, after that was selected as the path to go down this year when the old Mid Canterbury Cricket senior grade got to the point of no return, with only three clubs likely to have been able to field teams this season.

As a result, Tech have picked up a few players from Coldstream and Lauriston. Neither club had enough players to commit to entering the country competition, but they did have some players keen to give it a go, and Tech welcomed them with open arms.

The core of last year’s Tech side remained, but they’ve been bolstered by the addition of the likes of Lauriston’s Liam O’Connor, Bevan Richan and Nick Gilbert, and Coldstream’s Jay Houston and Richard Print.

It’s made for a team with a lot of bowling firepower, while some of the Tech old boys like Des Kruger, Jason Morrison and Will McKee are likely to give their bowlers some big totals to defend as the season goes on. And they’ll no doubt be hoping today is one of those days.

Today’s 40-over local derby will be played on the Allenton Cricket Club’s wicket at the Ashburton Domain, off Walnut Avenue, starting at 1pm.

Monday, October 28 Ashburton Racecourse First race 12.27pm Free race book and admission.

Come and see this years leading NZ Cup contenders when they line up in the Ashburton MSA Liquor Centre Flying Stakes.

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Allenton celebrated their first win last weekend, but they’ll face a tough challenge today in the form of fellow Mid Canterbury side Tech.

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Saturday, October 26, 2019

M6 Canterbury gallops Today at Riccarton Raceway

Canterbury Racing Canterbury JC Riccarton Park Meeting Date: 26 Oct 2019 NZ Meeting number: 6 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 12.05pm COMMODORE AIRPORT HOTEL MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1600m 1 3 Red Light District h (8) 58.5..........T Moseley 2 047 Always (4) 58.5........................ K Asano (a3) 3 3x98x The Saintly One h (1) 58.5...........L Callaway 4 576x6 Monash h (12) 58.5.................T Comignaghi 5 67763 Oceans Away (2) 58.5.............J Fawcett (a1) 6 08900 Our Royal (7) 58.5.........................K Mudhoo 7 8x0 Take The Deel (3) 58.5.....................J Laking 8 97962 Last Letter (6) 56.5..............S Weatherley (a) 9 x9372 Rumour Has It h (10) 56.5........... C Johnson 10 46364 Miss Oaks h (9) 56.5.....................K Williams 11 x048x Latasso h (13) 56.5........................ C Barnes 12 0x0x Bi Ying (11) 56.5..............................S Wynne 13 77x07 Per Form (5) 56.5.................... B Murray (a2) 2 12.40pm CANTERBURY LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1800m 1 43331 Frankie The Fox th (7) 59...... R Mudhoo (a3) 2 62997 Smiling Assassin tmh (11) 59Weatherley (a) 3 1x376 Riviera Rock (9) 58.5........................J Lowry 4 02117 To Love You tdm (10) 58.......... B Murray (a2) 5 3x431 The Growler h (4) 58........................J Laking 6 35821 Ahyum tmh (8) 56...................J Fawcett (a1) 7 75251 Bridget Town tm (2) 56........ C Campbell (a2) 8 67x04 Upscale th (5) 55.5..........................S Wynne 9 6x770 Cinto Bay h (1) 54.........................T Moseley 10 15573 True Elegance m (3) 54........R Beeharry (a3) 11 76000 Pop ‘n’ Rock (6) 54........................K Williams 3 1.15pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE $22,500, 2YO SW+P, 800m 1 4 Ready For This bh (12) 57............... T Harris 2 7 La Romanee (9) 57.........................S Wynne 3 Opihi Commander (7) 57.... C Campbell (a2) 4 9 Silent Zone (8) 57.........................T Moseley 5 1 Ohio Showgirl tdh (6) 56.5K Chowdhoory (a2) 6 2 Laced With Gold h (10) 55..S Weatherley (a) 7 3 Queen Of The Prom (3) 55..........L Callaway 8 4 Sweylani (1) 55............................ C Johnson 9 Independent Lady (4) 55......J Anderson (a4)

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6 2.58 JACK THOMPSON $25,000, Rating 72 Bench-

mark, 1200m 1 6x99x Caprikosa (6) 60.5................... K Asano (a3) 2 6725x Vendima tdh (8) 59.......................L Callaway 3 9339x Jin Lu h (3) 59......................... B Murray (a2) 4 41422 Boundtobehonored dbh (1) 57.5...... T Harris 5 210x7 Clara tdh (13) 57.5............................J Lowry 6 810x3 Wekaforce dh (4) 57.5...................K Williams 7 059x4 Hee’s Our Secret tdh (12) 57.5Campbell (a2) 8 50681 Mediterranean Star dh (7) 57.5.......S Wynne 9 400x3 Lake Chalice th (10) 57...........T Comignaghi 10 41x15 Quattro Katie tdmh (9) 57................J Laking 11 1L532 Nellie Bly tdh (5) 56.5..... K Chowdhoory (a2) 12 373x9 Pipiana tdh (14) 56.5...........S Weatherley (a) 13 62008 Grand Rio m (2) 56.5................... C Johnson 14 4x131 Red Chois dmh (11) 56.................T Moseley 7 3.33pm WAR DECREE STAKES $80,000, 3YO SW, 1600m 1 27x43 Aotea Lad h (13) 56.5......................J Laking 2 3x341 Charlie Awesome dh (6) 56.5.........S Wynne 3 42541 Chuck A Luck th (7) 56.5. K Chowdhoory (a) 4 67x15 Sherwood Forest (11) 56.5.............. T Harris 5 433 Lightning Jack (3) 56.5.......... C Campbell (a) 6 4x525 All About Magic th (12) 54.5.S Weatherley (a) 7 31x13 Woodcote Lass tmbh (2) 54.5.......T Moseley 8 1594 Far Site mh (5) 54.5.....................L Callaway 9 4x092 The Tailors Niece b (10) 54.5........K Williams 10 4x401 Feel The Rush m (9) 54.5.......... K Asano (a) 11 162 Sorceress h (8) 54.5.................... C Johnson 12 7x497 Bronte Beach h (1) 54.5..........T Comignaghi 13 x1805 Hot Tap m (4) 54.5....................J Fawcett (a) 8 4.08 COUPLAND’S BAKERIES MILE TRIAL HANDICAP $35,000, OPN HCP, 1400m 1 1x221 Kiwi Ida tdm (8) 60................... K Asano (a3) 2 4x054 He Kin Fly tdh (6) 60.....................T Moseley 3 6748x Son Of Maher tdh (9) 59.....S Weatherley (a) 4 5311x Sacred Day d (5) 57.5...................... T Harris 5 11x35 Camino Rocoso (2) 56.5.............. C Johnson 6 94502 Darci Mac dmh (13) 55.. K Chowdhoory (a2) 7 51041 Ticket To Ride tdmh (12) 54..........K Williams 8 53x77 Remington tdh (11) 54........ C Campbell (a2) 9 33211 Monza Circuito tdmh (7) 54... R Mudhoo (a3)

7 2x700 Orepuki Lad m (7) 53....................K Williams 8 249x6 Anythingcouldhappn t (1) 53........ C Johnson 9 21x04 Savapak h (6) 53.............. K Chowdhoory (a) 10 32167 Sitarist td (9) 53.............................. C Barnes 11 01231 King Of The Dance (2) 53....... R Mudhoo (a) 12 12x64 The Style m (12) 53.............. C Campbell (a) 13 23673 Chief Sequoyah bh (10) 53.S Weatherley (a) 10 5.18pm PRYDE’S EASIFEED $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 130x9 Letsbringiton t (9) 60................ K Asano (a3) 2 36x12 I Am A Rock t (4) 59.5.............J Fawcett (a1) 3 143x5 Kandari dh (14) 59........................K Williams 4 331x4 Leaderboard h (5) 59....................... T Harris 5 54x93 Devious tmh (1) 58.5............... B Murray (a2) 6 61x49 Rivaldo dh (6) 58.5.......................L Callaway 7 99x40 Masu 58........................................ Scratched 8 05x82 Splendior d (11) 57............. C Campbell (a2) 9 499x0 El Campeador tdh (7) 57.............D Prastiyou 10 0x019 Pushyaluck dmb (2) 56.5............. C Johnson 11 02x86 Sainted Pearl h (8) 56.5...................J Laking 12 00436 Effervescent h (16) 56.5..................S Wynne 13 60634 Gloss dh (10) 56.................S Weatherley (a) 14 x8x86 Blue Valley dh (3) 55.5..................T Moseley 15 20x78 Sharp ‘N’ Silver th (17) 55.5..........K Mudhoo 16 620x6 She’s Gallant tdh (15) 55.5... R Mudhoo (a3) 17 0x500 Admiral Rous t (12) 56.................K Kwo (a3) Kylie Williams will be trying to take 18 970x8 Zah Wanted h (13) 55.5 out the Christchurch Casino Spring Blinkers on: Magnify (R5), Feel The Rush (R7), Sacred Day (R8), Classic aboard Orepuki Lad at Ric- Chief Sequoyah (R9), El Campeador (R10) Blinkers off: Bungay (R4) Winkers on: Red Light District (R1), La Romanee, Sweylani, carton today.

Follow Your Heart (R3), Mistress Quickly (R4), Bronte Beach (R7), 10 81x75 Xcuses Xcuses d (1) 54..........J Fawcett (a1) Zah Wanted (R10) Winkers off: Magnify (R5), Feel The Rush (R7) 11 147x1 Sheezallmine t (10) 54....................S Wynne SELECTIONS 12 08x01 Tantalising th (3) 54 Race 1: Miss Oaks, Monash, Red Light District, Oceans Away 13 6x168 Upperhand tdm (4) 54.............T Comignaghi Race 2: To Love You, The Growler, Riviera Rock, Bridget Town 9 4.43pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO SPRING CLAS- Race 3: Ready For This, Ohio Showgirl, Sweylani, Showemhowitsdone Race 4: Savvy Lad, Xplosion, Exaltation, Touchabeel, The Buffer SIC HANDICAP $50,000, OPN HCP, 2000m 1 40114 Kaharau (13) 60........................J Fawcett (a) Race 5: Mister Mocha, Magnify, Highly Unlikely, Can’t Say Enough 2 x4141 Lochan Ora tdm (11) 57............. K Asano (a) Race 6: Clara, Boundtobehonored, Pipiana, Wekaforce 3 1x693 Dee And Gee t (4) 55..............T Comignaghi Race 7: Aotea Lad, Sherwood Forest, Charlie Awesome, Chuck A Luck 4 11252 Galway Garry tdmb (5) 54..............K Kwo (a) Race 8: Sacred Day, He Kin Fly, Kiwi Ida, Remington, Darci Mac 5 2x422 Diorissimo tdmb (3) 53....................S Wynne Race 9: Zentessa, Savapak, Galway Garry, Diorissimo, Kaharau 6 00x32 Zentessa th (8) 53.........................T Moseley Race 10: I Am A Rock, Devious, Leaderboard, Sainted Pearl

Wellington gallops Today at Trentham Raceway

Wellington RC Venue: Trentham Meeting Date: 26 Oct 2019 NZ Meeting number: 4 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 12.17pm BOOK YOUR WELLINGTON CUP PARTY TODAY! MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1600m 1 484x2 Hey Happy (9) 58.5..........................R Myers 2 0x0 Blue Dann (4) 58.5................. H Andrew (a1) 3 68978 Cardinal O’Ceirin (1) 58.5............... J Parkes 4 Theliteheavyweight (5) 58.5......... R Hannam 5 5328 Rox (7) 56.5...................................L Allpress 6 7962 This Lady Rocks (8) 56.5................. M Singh 7 80x0 Fiftyshadesdarker (6) 56.5........ R Goldsbury 8 0 Sweetchildofmine 56.5.................. Scratched 9 87 Clownin Around (3) 56.......................L Hemi 10 64435 Platinum Bordeaux b (2) 54...............R Elliot 2 12.52pm HIREMASTER PREMIER $30,000, Rating 82 Benchmark, 2400m 1 08x79 Gorbachev t (1) 60.5..........................R Elliot 2 35551 High Quality tm (2) 58..................... J Parkes 3 11x0P Master Fin tdm (3) 56.................. Z Moki (a2) 4 98211 Aigne m (7) 55........................ T Taiaroa (a4) 5 3x934 Soleseifei td (5) 54........................... M Singh 6 x0912 Casino El Jay (6) 54.......................L Allpress 7 12655 Mondorani (4) 54..............................R Myers 3 1.27 HAPPY 80TH SIR PATRICK AND LADY JUSTINE HOGAN $25,000, 3YO SW+P, 1200m 1 7301 Second Slip d (1) 57.5........... H Andrew (a1) 2 x1x20 Trifolium (5) 56.5............................L Allpress 3 432 Magness (3) 56..................................L Hemi

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10 6 Showemhowitsdone h (11) 55.B Murray (a2) 11 Chokito (5) 55......................R Beeharry (a3) 12 0 Follow Your Heart h (2) 55.............K Williams 4 1.50 HELSTON ASSOCIATES MAIDEN $10,000, 1200m 1 3x50x Sligo h (5) 58.5......................... K Asano (a3) 2 68x Dal Lad h (14) 58.5............... R Mudhoo (a3) 3 0x Mistress Quickly h (6) 56.5..........K Kwo (a3) 4 04x00 She’s Foxy h (2) 56.5....................K Mudhoo 5 2 Savvy Lad h (17) 56............S Weatherley (a) 6 30 The Buffer (3) 56...........................T Moseley 7 Lachie’s Mate h (11) 56.................. C Barnes 8 Our Echo (13) 56 9 453x8 Touchabeel (16) 54.................T Comignaghi 10 4x353 Xplosion h (7) 54................. C Campbell (a2) 11 47x Clubcard h (8) 54............................S Wynne 12 0 Bella Eve (1) 54............................K Williams 13 Exaltation h (15) 54...................... C Johnson 14 9 Elle Makfi h (4) 54.......... K Chowdhoory (a2) 15 0 Bungay h (12) 58.5 16 0 Bright Flash 54.............................. Scratched 17 0x Saboteur (10) 58.5 18 67763 Oceans Away (9) 58.5 5 2.24pm NZB READY TO RUN SALE $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 13x Mister Mocha dh (14) 60.....S Weatherley (a) 2 106x7 Seduttore dh (10) 60............... B Murray (a2) 3 107x0 The Swiss Maestro tdh (18) 60Chowdhoory (a2) 4 85x20 Clooney d (3) 59.5........................T Moseley 5 2439x Fly To The Sky tdh (7) 59.5..........L Callaway 6 2800x Docket d (6) 59....................R Beeharry (a3) 7 3400x Highly Unlikely h (9) 59...................S Wynne 8 35273 Magnify dbh (2) 58.5........................ T Harris 9 6143x Midsummer Magic tdh (16) 58.K Asano (a3) 10 3670x Happy Hitter d (5) 57.5............J Fawcett (a1) 11 5580x Perfidia t (17) 57.5.................M Mudhoo (a4) 12 07197 Heat Seeker d (4) 57.5......................J Lowry 13 1 Can’t Say Enough d (11) 57......... C Johnson 14 3281x Spring Blossom dh (12) 56.5...........J Laking 15 0670x Parvina h (1) 55 16 037x9 Starmaker td (13) 54.5 17 9060x Running Man dh (8) 56 18 980x0 Titanium Jack tdh (15) 56 Emergencies: Parvina, Starmaker, Running Man, Titani-

$50,000, 2YO SW, 1000m 1 1 Cool Aza Beel m (4) 56.5................ J Parkes 2 Power ‘n’ Glory (8) 56.5.................... M Singh 3 1 Platinum Dubai (3) 54.5............... R Hannam 4 1 Play That Song (6) 54.5...................R Myers 5 2 Amosia (2) 54.5..............................L Allpress 6 2 De La Terre (7) 54.5...........................R Elliot 7 Only Words (5) 54.5...........................L Hemi 8 Neon Moon (1) 54.5.......................D Bradley 5 2.34pm TUI BACKING A WINNER SINCE 1889 PREMIER $30,000, Rating 82 Benchmark, 1200m 1 22036 King Cougar dm (2) 59.5................. J Parkes 2 x400x Shadow King m (11) 59.5.......... D Hirini (a1) 3 424x9 Sweepstake d (9) 57.5.....................R Myers 4 355x1 Island Bay d (6) 56.5..........................R Elliot 5 35687 Resurrect dm (1) 55.5......................D Turner 6 0115x Skarloey dm (7) 55........................... M Singh 7 x965x Rock ‘N’ Affair td (4) 54.5...............L Allpress Darryl Bradley will be riding the in- 8 52226 Mars Bars d (8) 54 form Guillada in the $70,000 Gee 9 708x1 Princess Amelie tdm (5) 54.......... R Hannam 19304 Brother One tdm (10) 54 Hickton Handicap at the Welling- 10 11 56345 Technician dm (3) 54..........................L Hemi ton meeting Trentham today.

6 3.08pm HARRISONS ENERGY SOLUTIONS PREMIER $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2200m 4 244 Mascarpone (6) 56.............................R Elliot 1 14692 Johnny Lincoln m (4) 60............... R Hannam 5 7x738 Curve (7) 56.................................... J Parkes 2 48206 Lovetokeephim tdm (9) 59..... H Andrew (a1) 6 14 Belle Plaisir dm (2) 55.5...................D Turner 3 90x05 Don’t Know Jakk (6) 58.5...............L Allpress 7 64x7x La Joya (4) 54..................................R Myers 4 21123 Floral Art m (11) 58......................... J Parkes 4 2.01pm HANLEY FORMULA WELLESLEY STAKES 5 x8045 Humble Pie m (10) 58......................R Myers

6 00160 Speed Call m (1) 58.................. R Goldsbury 7 05314 Fully Charged m (2) 57........... J Bassett (a4) 8 39597 Ascomanni m (3) 56.................... Z Moki (a2) 9 06009 Itellyouonething d (5) 55.5 10 20833 Mizzena dm (7) 55.5..........................R Elliot 11 07506 Hypatia (8) 54.5......................... D Hirini (a1) 12 78808 Em Kay Pops tm (12) 54....................L Hemi 7 3.44pm HARRISONS CURTAINS & BLINDS PREMIER $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 82472 Armaguard tdm (5) 59.5.............. Z Moki (a2) 2 20615 My Father’s Gun (10) 59..................D Turner 3 79x75 Bellissimo d (3) 58................. H Andrew (a1) 4 15x65 Savannah Gem th (8) 57.5.............D Bradley 5 97906 Call Me Bob dm (6) 57.5..................R Myers 6 53709 Colorado Bay m (1) 57.5............ D Hirini (a1) 7 300x6 Just Fabulous d (2) 57...................L Allpress 8 31730 Lincoln Dreamer m (7) 57............... J Parkes 9 68x80 Stormy Habit tm (9) 56.5........... R Goldsbury 10 90520 Zeefa Zed m (4) 56.5.........................R Elliot 8 4.19 GEE HICKTON FUNERAL DIRECTORS THOMPSON HCP $70,000, OPN HCP, 1600m 1 43134 Dolcetto tdm (5) 60............................R Elliot 2 21529 Mauna Kea dm (6) 55.5...................D Turner 3 42x88 Jessiegee td (3) 53.5.....................L Allpress 4 6x831 Secret Allure tdm (4) 53...................R Myers 5 42111 Polly Grey dm (8) 53....................... R Kozaki 6 380x0 Platinum Invador d (2) 53............. R Hannam 7 64130 Irish Flame tdm (1) 53........................L Hemi 8 14x12 Guillada d (7) 53............................D Bradley

9 4.54 HARRISONS CARPET PREMIER $25,000, Rat-

2 92055 Andoyas td (12) 59.5...... A Goindasamy (a2) 3 648x0 Excalibur td (13) 59..........................S Collett 4 8x714 Orakei Overlord dmb (1) 59.............J Riddell 5 x65x5 Richie McHorse td (9) 58.5............J Waddell 6 10919 Vigor Winner (6) 58.5...................D Mansour 7 543x3 Artiste tdm (3) 58....................C Burdan (a3) 8 661x6 Justamaiz d (5) 58........................... S Spratt 9 41180 Light Shadow td (7) 57.5................. S McKay 10 51x50 Tightlign tdb (8) 57........................... C Grylls 11 710x4 Intrigue dm (11) 55.5..........................L Innes 12 330x6 Star Karen (15) 55.5....................... A Calder 13 96x51 Clementina d (2) 54.5.................M Cameron 14 35x43 Savy Yong Blonk b (10) 54.............M McNab 15 43136 Codecracker tm (4) 54................M Coleman 8 4.34 BARNESWOOD FARM SOLILOQUY STAKES $70,000, 3YOF SW, 1400m 1 132x1 Aretha (3) 56.5............................M Cameron 2 4x204 Aalaalune b (10) 56.5...................T Thornton 3 640x2 Bavella t (7) 56.5................................L Innes 4 43x02 Bella Mente (14) 56.5.......................J Riddell 5 12273 Flaunting m (15) 56.5....................... S Spratt 6 31 Sorrentina tm (16) 56.5 7 11 Travelling Light dm (2) 56.5..............S Collett 8 332x5 Hasstobegood (5) 56.5...................V Colgan 9 71x33 Loire (13) 56.5.............................M Coleman 10 2x1 Chiaretta (4) 56.5............................. C Grylls 11 33x24 Jennifer Eccles (11) 56.5.............D Mansour 12 15x85 First Rock (8) 56.5.......................... A Calder 13 9x424 Familia (1) 56.5............................... S McKay 14 21 Diamonds Galore d (6) 56.5 15 21 Manchu 56.5................................. Scratched 16 17 Annie’s Song b (17) 56.5................M McNab 17 187 London Bound mb (12) 56.5....... L Satherley 18 35 Kaareraway (9) 56.5 9 5.09pm AUCKLAND CO-OP TAXIS 1400 $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 31578 Irish Mist tdm (3) 60....... A Goindasamy (a2)

2 6414x Oratia (4) 59.5..................................J Riddell 3 6x31x Alaskan Gold m (2) 59.................D Mansour 4 6254x Fluorobus d (8) 59........................... A Calder 5 x61x5 San Siro 59................................... Scratched 6 5414x Sir Aglovale (5) 59...........................V Colgan 7 390x6 Pullyoursocksup td (10) 58.5........... S Spratt 8 164x2 Church Road 58.5......................... Scratched 9 x2031 Manrico (12) 58.5....................C Burdan (a3) 10 348x3 Masque m (11) 58.5.....................T Thornton 11 2158x Decadence (6) 57............................ C Grylls 12 1679x Kinshasa (7) 57...........................M Coleman 13 192x She’s Fearless 57......................... Scratched 14 1 Ferindi (16) 56.5...............................S Collett 15 16x33 Choctoc (14) 56.5..............................L Innes 16 42421 Shebringsmerubies d (13) 56.5 17 494x7 Secret Ambition (9) 58...................M McNab 18 100x8 Rusavy td (1) 57.5 19 66085 William Tell d (17) 57............ T Yanagida (a2) 20 5960x Forseeable 57............................... Scratched 21 33848 Moet Molly dm (18) 54.5 22 8x50x Majic Ruler t (15) 54 Emergencies: Secret Ambition, Rusavy, William Tell, Forseeable, Moet Molly, Majic Ruler

ing 72 Benchmark, 1600m 1 660x0 Balham d (7) 63...................... T Taiaroa (a4) 2 3242x Amorata (9) 59................................ J Parkes 3 847x0 Hank Moody d (6) 58.5....................D Turner 4 12x41 Duke Of Plumpton d (2) 58..............R Myers 5 31020 Kahu Rock dm (11) 58.......................R Elliot 6 16x85 Awesome Al td (3) 57.5 7 64L69 Centre Attention tdm (10) 57.5 8 29810 Lord Turbo dm (1) 57.5................ Z Moki (a2) 9 x2372 Mohaka (4) 56.5........................... R Hannam 10 31156 Facetime m (8) 55..........................L Allpress 11 x7033 Ricky Baker (5) 55.......................... R Kozaki

Blinkers on: Cardinal O’Ceirin (R1), Centre Attention (R9) Blinkers off: Blue Dann (R1), King Cougar (R5), Em Kay Pops (R6) Winkers on: Clownin Around (R1), Resurrect (R5) Winkers off: Fully Charged (R6), Colorado Bay (R7), Centre Attention (R9) Pacifiers off: Mohaka (R9)

SELECTIONS Race 1: Hey Happy, Rox, This Lady Rocks, Theliteheavyweight Race 2: High Quality, Gorbachev, Soleseifei, Aigne, Mondorani Race 3: Trifolium, Mascarpone, Second Slip, Magness Race 4: De La Terre, Cool Aza Beel, Platinum Dubai, Amosia Race 5: Mars Bars, Skarloey, Princess Amelie, King Cougar Race 6: Mizzena, Floral Art, Don’t Know Jakk, Johnny Lincoln Race 7: Just Fabulous, My Father’s Gun, Bellissimo, Zeefa Zed Race 8: Secret Allure, Dolcetto, Jessiegee, Guillada, Irish Flame Race 9: Mohaka, Duke Of Plumpton, Facetime, Kahu Rock

Auckland gallops Today at Ellerslie Raceway

Auckland RC Venue: Ellerslie Meeting Date: 26 Oct 2019 NZ Meeting number: 2 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 12.28pm (NZT) AUCKLAND CO-OP TAXIS MAIDEN 1400 $10,000, MDN 3YO, 1400m 1 338x2 Blackrocksdetox 57.5.................... Scratched 2 56x49 All The Rage (12) 57.5.................T Thornton 3 340x8 Quiz Kid (7) 57.5.............................. S Spratt 4 4 Aqueduct 57.5............................... Scratched 5 5 Clever Approach (3) 57.5...................L Innes 6 Deep Beauty 57.5......................... Scratched 7 75 Tyson (13) 57.5.............. A Goindasamy (a2) 8 Wordsworth (2) 57.5....................... A Calder 9 6 Dawnting 57.5............................... Scratched 10 Bokchoy Hero (8) 57.5................M Cameron 11 Dragon Leap 57.5......................... Scratched 12 58x0 Gus The Maverick (11) 57.5 13 Ripper Of A Dream 57.5............... Scratched 14 35 Kaareraway (4) 55.5.........................S Collett 15 3 Two Illicit (5) 55.5.........................D Mansour 16 3x05 Seven Seas (9) 55.5...................M Coleman 17 9x67 Altar Girl (10) 55.5................................C Dell 18 40x Custom Cruiser (6) 57.5...................J Riddell 19 3x0 Lovecharm 55.5............................ Scratched 20 Tibetan (1) 57.5...............................V Colgan Em: Altar Girl, Custom Cruiser, Lovecharm, Tibetan 2 1.03 STELLA ARTOIS 880 $22,500, 2YO SW+P, 880m 1 1 Cool Aza Beel m (12) 57.5 2 Press Baron (3) 56.........................M McNab 3 Ford (7) 56.................................. L Satherley 4 Johnny Canuck (9) 56...................... C Grylls 5 Trident (10) 56.................................V Colgan 6 Alice Tinker (5) 54........................T Thornton 7 5 Belle Folie (6) 54............ A Goindasamy (a2) 8 Bonita Aurelia (13) 54.................M Cameron 9 Only Words (2) 54 10 Sweet Hunter (1) 54......................... S Spratt

11 Devotioninmotion (11) 54.............D Mansour 12 Najah (8) 54................................M Coleman 13 Neon Moon (4) 54............................S Collett Emergency: Neon Moon 3 1.38pm OTAKIRI RESERVE 2400 $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2400m 1 22x09 Lucetta (2) 59..............................M Cameron 2 20134 Hunua Hank m (6) 58.5....................S Collett 3 87165 Zedcrest 58.5................................ Scratched 4 22423 In A Minute m (4) 58...... A Goindasamy (a2) 5 74593 Zenntari (7) 57.5..............................J Riddell 6 7x03P Te Waewae Bay t (1) 57.................. A Calder 7 04313 Century Miss tm (10) 56.5............... S Spratt 8 23619 Unacceptable m (5) 56..................... C Grylls 9 39597 Ascomanni m (11) 56...................T Thornton 10 06847 Single Moment (3) 55......................V Colgan 11 P257P Flyingwithoutwings (8) 54............D Mansour 12 04967 Meant To Be (9) 54............... T Yanagida (a2) 4 2.14 BARFOOT & THOMPSON 2100 $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 2100m 1 x5379 Dougie tdm (1) 63..................... D Danis (a2) 2 51411 Rodolfo tdm (9) 60.5....................T Thornton 3 21411 Double Happy dm (6) 60....................L Innes 4 115x5 Dragon Storm d (5) 60................M Cameron 5 31522 Deejay Mac m (2) 59...... A Goindasamy (a2) 6 10330 Deluxe Edition tm (4) 59............ R Scott (a3) 7 23121 Junior dm (8) 58...............................J Riddell 8 29x13 Yatima b (10) 56.5............................ C Grylls 9 6x421 Vainglory m (7) 56.......................M Coleman 10 10x05 Gabriel d (3) 56................................S Collett 5 2.49pm OMF 1400 $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1400m 1 3112x Mercy Hill db (8) 60.5................. R Scott (a3) 2 18838 Braavos td (2) 60.5............... T Yanagida (a2) 3 191x9 Raposa Rapida d (1) 60..........C Burdan (a3) 4 41338 Bruegel d (6) 59.5............................J Riddell 5 1220x Gino Severini d (9) 58.5.......................C Dell

6 4274x Master Painton t (19) 58.5..............M McNab 7 14488 Saignon dm (17) 58.....................T Thornton 8 610x2 Verbalizer 58................................. Scratched 9 306x1 Red Sky At Night tdm (10) 57.........V Colgan 10 93212 Badea b (4) 56.5................................L Innes 11 x327x Jip Jip Rock d (16) 56.5.................. A Calder 12 131 Anneofpaisley dm (18) 56................ S Spratt 13 91286 Annie Okay tdm (5) 56.....................S Collett 14 16x61 Ladylax d (14) 56............................. C Grylls 15 420x3 Pierina (15) 56 16 5325x Vichy 56........................................ Scratched 17 1219x Zenvo 55.5.................................... Scratched 18 6375x Za Za Gabor d (12) 55.5..............D Mansour 19 18035 Come Back Tiger td (13) 57...........J Waddell 20 33848 Moet Molly dm (7) 54 21 546x9 Langkawi d (3) 58.5 22 31578 Irish Mist tdm (11) 56.5 Emergencies: Zenvo, Za Za Gabor, Come Back Tiger, Moet Molly, Langkawi, Irish Mist 6 3.24pm STELLA ARTOIS/FASTTRACK $5K 1400 $40,000, OPN HCP, 1400m 1 1721x Supera d (8) 60...........................M Coleman 2 2x446 Watch This Space tdm (11) 59.5.D Danis (a2) 3 508x8 Tiptronic d (7) 58..........................D Mansour 4 73x34 Magnum d (4) 57.5 5 x1x40 Southern Icon dm (12) 57.5.............J Riddell 6 17x32 The Mitigator td (1) 57.5.................. S McKay 7 4x50x All Roads d (2) 56................................C Dell 8 480x5 Ronchi tm (6) 55.5........................... C Grylls 9 01223 Hanger dm (13) 55.............................L Innes 10 23926 Battle Time tdm (10) 54.5........C Burdan (a3) 11 3600x Mongolianconqueror d (5) 54.5......M McNab 12 40270 Te Toro Pearl dm (3) 54.................... S Spratt 13 6x124 Viktor Vegas tdmb (9) 54.............M Cameron 7 3.59pm SOUTH AUCKLAND RACING CLUB CUP $30,000, Rating 82 Benchmark, 1600m 1 33441 Go Nicholas td (14) 60.5...... T Yanagida (a2)

Blinkers on: Tyson, Gus The Maverick, Seven Seas (R1), Meant To Be (R3), Richie McHorse, Savy Yong Blonk (R7), Flaunting (R8) Blinkers off: Intrigue (R7) Winkers on: Raposa Rapida (R5), Intrigue (R7) Winkers off: Flaunting (R8), Kinshasa (R9)

SELECTIONS Race 1: Two Illicit, Clever Approach, Kaareraway, Quiz Kid Race 2: Cool Aza Beel, Press Baron, Only Words, Sweet Hunter Race 3: Century Miss, Lucetta, Unacceptable, Hunua Hank Race 4: Double Happy, Rodolfo, Vainglory, Dragon Storm, Dougie Race 5: Raposa Rapida, Anneofpaisley, Ladylax, Jip Jip Rock Race 6: The Mitigator, Hanger, Supera, Magnum, Viktor Vegas Race 7: Vigor Winner, Intrigue, Codecracker, Go Nicholas, Artiste Race 8: Aretha, Travelling Light, Hasstobegood, Loire, Sorrentina Race 9: Alaskan Gold, Kinshasa, Choctoc, Fluorobus, Masque

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Hoping to turn frustration to elation

By Matt Markham

petitive when he’s on the ball and not making the task that much harder by making mistakes.

Drawn barrier one on Monday, the key – in May’s eyes – will be getting through that first few hundred metres safely and hoping there’s not too many lead changes which give him the opportunity to get a quiet run along on the markers behind a hot speed.

Then, the hope is, that the staying prowess and speed that AG’s White Socks possesses might actually be seen in this cup buildup.

It’s already been a tough week for May and the Hope stable with champion trotter Monbet back in the paddock after suffering yet another injury.

The comeback trotter had been trialling up brilliantly as he looked to recapture his best form and was pointed toward Monday’s Ashburton Trotters’ Flying Mile but after a solid trial on Tuesday was withdrawn.

“The trouble has always been with his back legs, but this time it’s a front one. That’d be about the end for him I think.”

Greg Hope said on Thursday that no decision would be made on the future of the former Horse of the Year until he’s had time out in the paddock for the injury to heal.

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The frustration in the voice of Ricky May tells the story that the champion horseman knows he should be getting more from his New Zealand Trotting Cup aspirant, AG’s White Socks.

Brilliant at points in his career, the Greg and Nina Hope trained pacer’s career has also been littered with disappointing efforts, not helped by a mannerism which has crept into his repertoire which leaves him chasing, as opposed to being the one who is chased.

“He used to be really solid from the stand start,” May said.

“But he’s got into this habit of going away but then going really rough and it’s costing him.

“He was doing it this time last year too.”

After showing plenty of promise with a good second fresh up behind Classie Brigade, it’s been hard luck stories and disappointing efforts ever since and May, who knows a thing or two about a New Zealand Trotting Cup preparation, can’t take any confidence into this weekend’s assignment, the Ashburton Flying Stakes on Monday.

“You’d like to think that it’s a good draw for him and that he

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Ricky May and AG’s White Socks will be chasing happier times in Monday’s Ashburton Flying Stakes.

PHOTO NZME small and a top four finish for anything else outside of their runners would be a huge result.

“We’re chasing them at the moment and not making up too much ground to be honest.

“I know my guy if he was at his best would be right up there with them, he’s shown he can be so the best thing we can hope for is that he does things right and gets the

could ping away and get onto the speed and be handy enough to be a player, but I just don’t know what he’s going to do at the moment.”

With a plethora of runners from the Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen stable lining up in the $50,000 feature, the chance of anything outside of their stable winning were always going to be

right kind of trip to help build the confidence levels back up.”

If you needed any proof that the big pacer was up to mixing it with the big guns, his narrow defeat into second in the Easter Cup earlier this year behind the brilliant Turn It Up would be all you’d need.

A Group One winner and multiple times group placed, he’s com-

Tuapeka harness Tomorrow at Forbury Park Raceway

Tuapeka Harness Racing Club Inc at Forbury Park Meeting Date: 27 Oct 2019 NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 12.30pm (NZT) LAWRENCE TOWNHOUSE/CHAPMAN CONSTRUCTION HCP TROT $10,000, non-winners & r40 spechcp, stand, 2200m 1 Sunnivue Phileah (1) fr...............C Ferguson 2 46775 The Power Broker (2) fr........ K McNaught (J) 3 70644 Whangamata (3) fr.......................B McLellan 4 00600 Goose Healy (4) fr..........................B Orange 5 450x6 Tommy Tiddler (5) fr................. M Williamson 6 Hawaiian Hula (6) fr................. N Williamson 7 0x729 Orlando Magic (7) fr..........................S Ottley 8 60 Muscle Power (U1) fr........................ A Clark 9 x9060 Barham Belle (1) 30M............. J Morrison (J) 2 12.58 BILL FITZGERALD CONTRACTING/YOUNG FAMILY MBL PCE $8000, r40-r45., 2200m 1 93704 Shindal (1) fr...............................R McIlwrick 2 15056 Ideal Asset (2) fr.................................. C Butt 3 5546x Miss Fandango (3) fr...................... K Barclay 4 50072 Vigoroso (4) fr............................M Hurrell (J) 5 94680 Dreaminsover (5) fr...................B Williamson 6 62695 Ellnbac (6) fr.................................B McLellan

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Auckland Greyhound Racing Club Venue Manukau Stadium Meeting Date: 27 Oct 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 1.42pm (NZT) SPEEDMAPS @FORMPRO RATINGS SPRINT C0, 318m 1 Rowdy Ratbag nwtd.........................S Codlin 2 53627 Smash Burton nwtd R &......................L Udy 3 66676 Riccitelli nwtd....................................M Black 4 66858 White Fire Opal nwtd R &............N O’Regan 5 734 Bailey And Cream nwtd R &................L Udy 6 8 Black Bridge nwtd............................R Roper 7 45845 Pukekohe Smurf nwtd........................H Scott 8 33226 Noise Maker nwtd............................P Green 9 Cambodian King nwtd R &...........N O’Regan 2 1.59pm PUMP & ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD STAKES C1, 527m 1 71878 Our Scarlett nwtd............................ G Farrell 2 27211 Irinka Jacob 31.10.............................S Lozell 3 27244 Jinja Babe 31.03................................E Potts 4 85854 Hua Hua nwtd...............................R McPhee 5 77275 Hey Khali 30.90 U &...........................Cottam 6 34148 Mrs. Presley 31.26.......................... S O’Neill 7 46711 Dignity Dented 31.23....................... T Green 8 23678 Jetsun Doll 30.78............................G Wilson 9 55886 Zipping Memphis 31.07 R &.........N O’Regan 10 5767F Happy Days nwtd.............................P Green 3 2.17pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELISSA MCQUILLAN C1/2, 318m 1 84864 Waerenga Star 18.63 U &..................Cottam 2 46654 Stay Rich 18.55 M &......................... J Smith

7 90057 Tetrick (7) fr.............................. N Williamson 8 00563 Running On Empty (8) fr...................S Ottley 9 29809 Motoring Major (21) fr....................B Orange 10 078P9 Annie Fitz (22) fr.........................C Ferguson 3 1.33 CLUTHA L.T./MACCA LODGE/BAYLEYS METRO PACE $10,000, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 2700m 1 Mr Bohannon (1) fr........................ S Lethaby 2 79474 Phoebe’s Delight (2) fr................C Ferguson 3 9309x Makasar Boy (3) fr............................S Ottley 4 000x Clifton Jessie (4) fr............................ A Milne 5 964 Cotton Socks (5) fr....................B Williamson 6 0435 Lennox Bromac (6) fr.......................J W Cox 7 5x953 With The Stars (7) fr................. M Williamson 8 35500 Jacks Anne (8) fr..................... J Morrison (J) 9 89826 Loissonya (9) fr.......................J Young-Grant 10 22666 Gilligans Island (10) fr....................B Orange 11 89x0x Ellz Angel (11) fr..........................B McLellan 4 2.08pm LYDERS CONTRACTING/TUAPEKA DIPPING MOBILE PACE $9000, r47-r54., mobile, 2200m 1 00x00 Von Richthofen (1) fr.............S Tomlinson (J) 2 0813x Notaword (2) fr......................... N Williamson 3 10x00 Maahes (3) fr.................................. K Barclay 4 x0634 Jacks N Jazz (4) fr................... M Williamson

5 22156 Donegal Mary Francis (5) fr..... S O’Reilly (J) 6 14707 Stick Man (6) fr...............................B Orange 7 53466 Duke Of Dundee (7) fr.....................K Larsen 8 45367 Candidasa (8) fr...................... J Morrison (J) 9 40434 Woodlea Shawn (21) fr.............B Williamson 5 2.43pm EDINBURGH REALTY/WATTLEBANK STBREDS MBL PACE $10,000, 3yo+ r55-r65., 2200m 1 42521 Hands Up Jack fr.......................... Scratched 2 321 Arden’s Reality (1) fr..................M Anderson 3 315 Deus Ex (2) fr........................... N Williamson 4 08x22 Bridesdale Robyn (3) fr...............C Ferguson 5 42900 Donegal Carrickfin (4) fr....................S Ottley 6 121 Spirit Of St Louis (5) fr............. M Williamson 7 93167 Ay Boy (6) fr.................................B McLellan 8 92016 Stun Gun (7) fr...............................B Orange 6 3.18pm NIGHT ‘N DAY LAWRENCE/BALCLUTHA/ MILTON MBL TROT $9000, 2yo+ r40-r55., 2200m 1 02064 Crusher Collins (1) fr................ N Williamson 2 96441 Zoned Scarlett (2) fr..................B Williamson 3 7306x Gorilla Playboy (3) fr.........................S Ottley 4 46499 Mdina (4) fr.......................................... C Butt 5 6024x Abby May (5) fr............................C Ferguson 6 13524 Justan’s Sister (6) fr..............S Tomlinson (J)

7 x6255 Spur To Action (7) fr....................R McIlwrick 8 44491 Spotlight The Valley (8) fr........ J Morrison (J) 9 250x9 Only One Way (21) fr............... M Williamson 10 x3944 Davey Mac (22) fr......................P Williamson 11 000 Crown Range (U1) fr......................... A Clark 12 79125 Its Alf (U2) fr...................................B Orange 7 3.52pm TUAPEKA LODGE CUP HANDICAP PACE $15,000, r60-r100 spechcp, stand, 2700m 1 x4236 Essence Of Easton (1) fr.......... M Williamson 2 47x12 Triroyale Brigade (2) fr............. N Williamson 3 660x0 Swamp Major (3) fr...........................S Ottley 4 2x417 Bettathanfast (4) fr.....................M Anderson 5 06x00 Chiller Bay (5) fr........................B Williamson 6 69605 Four Starzzz Shiraz (6) fr........J Young-Grant 7 01657 Aveross Rustler (U1) fr.....................J W Cox 8 86x59 Sagwitch (1) 20M.......................M Hurrell (J) 9 759x1 Cast No Shadow (2) 20M...............B Orange 10 x2713 Robyns Playboy (3) 20M.............C Ferguson 8 4.27THOMPSON CONTRACTING/CRAWFORD FAMILY MBL PACE $10,000, non-winners 3yo+., 2200m 1 20563 Hans Ideal (1) fr....................S Tomlinson (J) 2 970 Miss Auckland (2) fr....................C Ferguson 3 6x82 Targaryen (3) fr...............................K Larsen

4 07x0x Kath’s Finale (4) fr.............................S Ottley 5 4 Major Watson (5) fr.................. N Williamson 6 0000 Changeover Jo (6) fr................ S O’Reilly (J) 7 89x25 Delight N Gold (7) fr......................... E Swain 8 90947 Top Pocket Chance (8) fr.....................K Butt 9 Under Wraps (21) fr.......................B Orange 10 44 Major Meister (22) fr....................... K Barclay 11 85650 Tiger Moth (U1) fr.................... J Morrison (J) 12 9x00x Lucys Delight (U2) fr....................B McLellan

9 F8266 It’s Pawsible 18.61...........................P Green 10 27447 Nangar Dream 18.56...................... G Farrell 9 4.01pm HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY SELWYN LOADER C1/2, 527m 1 74266 Looking Snatched 31.10....................B Craik 2 53338 Monsoon Malabar 30.93 U &.............Cottam 3 57575 Waiterimu Ripper nwtd R &..................L Udy 4 34568 Jetsun Singer 30.73........................G Wilson 5 16766 Amy Amy 30.47............................... G Farrell 6 65225 Jinja Nice 31.08.................................E Potts 7 56614 El Narco 30.69.................................P Green 8 83851 Bold Diesel 31.06............................. T Green 9 31878 Sefton Stan nwtd...............................S Lozell 10 74873 Wairoa Angel nwtd...................... M Prangley 10 4.18pm MT WELLINGTON TAB STKS C3/4, 527m 1 52332 Go Angel 30.70............................... G Farrell 2 82F73 Isn’t She Sassy 30.37.....................P Henley 3 23311 Charlow 31.01 R &.......................N O’Regan 4 6F67F Gao Gao 30.53............................... G Farrell 5 85724 Jinja Bailey 30.36 U &........................Cottam 6 231F7 Kiwi Gal 30.40 U &.............................Cottam 7 47785 Zipping Monty nwtd......................... G Farrell 8 87522 Crackling Gal 30.49 U &....................Cottam 9 43453 Bear Claws 30.81 W &.....................T Steele 10 78675 Jinja Might 30.42 U &.........................Cottam 11 4.36pm QUALIFIED PET SERVICES C5, 318m 1 17427 Native Scout 18.68...........................P Green 2 351F4 Your Valentine 18.57..........................B Craik 3 42631 Ashen 18.42.......................................B Bond 4 61377 Electric Dancer 18.48 W &...............T Steele 5 23384 Call Me Leo 18.69............................ T Green

SELECTIONS Race 1: Orlando Magic, Whangamata, The Power Broker Race 2: Motoring Major, Miss Fandango, Running On Empty Race 3: Gilligans Island, Mr Bohannon, With The Stars Race 4: Stick Man, Duke Of Dundee, Jacks N Jazz Race 5: Arden’s Reality, Bridesdale Robyn, Stun Gun Race 6: Only One Way, Crusher Collins, Spotlight The Valley Race 7: Robyns Playboy, Cast No Shadow, Bettathanfast Race 8: Major Watson, Under Wraps, Targaryen, Major Meister LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

Auckland dogs Tomorrow at Manukau Stadium 3 11361 Choo Choo 18.81............................ G Farrell 4 46266 Jetsun Paint 18.53..........................G Wilson 5 12435 Gain Capital 18.81.............................B Craik 6 87438 Kapai Lana 18.57 R &..........................L Udy 7 88876 Clover Victoria 18.65........................S Codlin 8 x5255 Kuridrani 18.71..................................M Black 9 88748 Tilly’s Silly 18.95 R &............................L Udy 10 75688 Was Just Saying 18.59 R &.................L Udy 4 2.34pm LAST ONE STANDING STAKES C0, 527m 1 F Spring Queen nwtd............................E Potts 2 3 Our Hotrod nwtd U &..........................Cottam 3 88676 Indi Shae nwtd................................ S O’Neill 4 56372 Donny nwtd U &.................................Cottam 5 456F6 Sleek Mover nwtd............................ S O’Neill 6 72355 Xena Poppy nwtd R &..........................L Udy 7 4342 Rich Lister nwtd................................S Lozell 8 54F41 Master Brady nwtd...........................S Codlin 5 2.52 HEWLETT ELECTRICAL SERIES FINAL C3f, 318m 1 73738 Tres Vite 18.56.................................T Patton 2 31331 Thank You Next 18.63........................B Craik 3 37844 I’m A Leo 18.46 W &........................T Steele 4 84711 Ti Amo 18.53......................................B Craik 5 62473 Podium Phobia 18.89.........................B Craik 6 64564 Oskitz 18.52.....................................S Codlin 7 55F24 Pat Tama 18.70................................. S Clark 8 41223 Platinum Earner 18.85...................... S Clark 9 74756 Mobility Scooter 18.65......................M Black 10 74755 Nangar Panther 18.53..................... G Farrell 6 3.09pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS SPRINT C1, 318m 1 57423 Out Of Paper 18.81..................... G Pomeroy

2 47421 Coober Pedy 18.99 R &...............N O’Regan 3 13888 Karaoke Prince 18.70 R &...........N O’Regan 4 22757 Yella Ella 18.58 R &.............................L Udy 5 3156x Our Greg nwtd...................................E Potts 6 76847 Ford Man 19.06 R &.............................L Udy 7 76338 Just Nia 19.14...................................M Black 8 57426 Billy Bullet 18.68................................H Scott 9 77676 Tamantha 19.04.................................B Bond 10 33577 Extroverted 18.65............................ S O’Neill 7 3.27 $15,000 GUARANTEED PICK6 STAKES C1/2, 527m 1 81848 Kapai Tahi 31.00 R &...........................L Udy 2 51235 Botany Esmay nwtd.........................P Green 3 35621 Glow Up 31.02...................................B Craik 4 48587 Opawa Plum 30.79......................... G Farrell 5 F6171 Kai Nan 30.80................................. G Farrell 6 84746 Frosty Blaze 30.57........................... T Green 7 73364 Billy’s Bake nwtd..............................P Green 8 53533 It’s A Stroll 30.66 U &.........................Cottam 9 31878 Sefton Stan nwtd...............................S Lozell 10 74873 Wairoa Angel nwtd...................... M Prangley 8 3.45 SPORTSBOWL FUNCTION CENTRE SPRINT C3/4, 318m 1 71788 Bigtime Hearty 18.66.........................B Craik 2 21111 Carbon Tiger 18.71 W &..................T Steele 3 4F728 Manila Bala 18.24 R &.................N O’Regan 4 24652 Hands Of Steel nwtd........................ T Green 5 15875 Artic Miss 18.43.......................... G Pomeroy 6 2F657 Alex Attack 18.38 U &........................Cottam 7 11762 Talkabout Izzy 18.61........................... D Ray 8 24x15 Manicorn 18.45..................................B Craik

6 34618 Thrilling Katie 18.40...........................E Potts 7 52261 Jinja Mongo 18.34 W &....................T Steele 8 18218 One Cool Chap 18.47 W &...............T Steele 9 18435 Classy Impact 18.35........................ T Green 12 4.53 JACK’S WHOLESALE MEATS SPRINT C1, 318m 1 62436 Snoopy’s Hero 18.63........................... D Ray 2 65382 Rainy River nwtd.............................S E Hunt 3 32864 Go All Lin nwtd................................ S O’Neill 4 6F172 Madam Bucks 18.86................... G Pomeroy 5 66874 Mr Felix 19.01...................................M Black 6 44774 Bigtime Gal nwtd R &...................N O’Regan 7 66385 Jinja Lad nwtd...............................R McPhee 8 67265 Rion King nwtd R &..............................L Udy 9 6F8x6 Agbeze 18.98....................................M Black 10 38657 Little Moo 18.57 U &..........................Cottam SELECTIONS Race 1: Pukekohe Smurf, Bailey And Cream, Black Bridge Race 2: Irinka Jacob, Jinja Babe, Hua Hua, Dignity Dented Race 3: Choo Choo, Stay Rich, Kapai Lana, Kuridrani Race 4: Master Brady, Spring Queen, Rich Lister, Donny Race 5: Ti Amo, Thank You Next, Tres Vite, Pat Tama Race 6: Out Of Paper, Coober Pedy, Tamantha, Our Greg Race 7: Kai Nan, Glow Up, It’s A Stroll, Billy’s Bake, Kapai Tahi Race 8: Hands Of Steel, Manila Bala, Alex Attack, Carbon Tiger Race 9: Monsoon Malabar, Amy Amy, Waiterimu Ripper, Bold Diesel Race 10: Go Angel, Jinja Bailey, Isn’t She Sassy, Gao Gao Race 11: Jinja Mongo, Ashen, Thrilling Katie, One Cool Chap Race 12: Madam Bucks, Snoopy’s Hero, Go All Lin, Mr Felix LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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We help save lives every day through the research and development of improved diagnosis, better prediction and treatment of heart disease in our hospital and community.

Find out how you can help by visiting: www.otago. ac.nz/chchheart

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9am - 12pm ASHBURTON FARMERS MARKET. Local fresh produce, hot drinks and more.

North end West Street carpark.

9am ASHBURTON DAHLIA CIRCLE. Dahlia tubers and plants at Ashburton Farmers Market, West Street car park.

9am - 12pm

SUNDAY 8am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

8.30am HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH. Mass, Holy Spirit Church, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship service led by Rev Henry Mbambo.

48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST CHURCH. Morning worship with Rev Heather Kennedy.

MONDAY (Labour Day) Some events may not run, check with the group.

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

9.30am - 10.30am DAYTIME NETBALL. $5 a game, first game free. EA Networks Centre, River Terrace (not school holidays).

Our sports coverage is one of the cornerstones of the business.

Our readers are passionate players, watchers and arm-chair critics who love nothing more than reading a good yarn about local sporting stars or teams.

Sport takes place at any time on any given day, so you’ll be flexible with your working hours and willing to go above and beyond the call of duty to provide the sports coverage that the paper requires.

You’ll also get the opportunity to swing one of our cameras around from time to time too.

Weekend work in this role is a given, but that does mean that you’ll get time off during the week to enjoy everything our district has to offer. That could mean that in Winter you are on the slopes within an hour of raising your head from the pillow or in summer out on the lake after just a 10-minute drive.

If you think you could be the sporting star we are looking for, then we would love to hear from you.

Send us an application letter along with your CV, telling us about your passion for sport and what you could bring to the Guardian team.

Please send your application, along with CV to Matt Markham by e-mail: matt.m@theguardian.co.nz or post to Box 77, Ashburton 7740.

Applications close, November 1.

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October 26, 27 & 28, 2019 CRAFT MARKET. Woodwork, jewellery, Rawleighs products etc. West Street car park.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open Thursday and Saturday mornings for toy hire. Victoria Street, The Triangle.

9.45am - 3pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Association singles morning and doubles af-

ternoon. Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip Street.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am - 12pm VINTAGE CAR CLUB MUSEUM AND PARTS SHED. Open. Ashburton Vintage Car Club, Ma-

ronan Road, Tinwald.

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome. Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

10.30am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display. Open daily with

extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf croquet doubles, new members welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Golf and Association Croquet. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

Paterson’s Chapel, corner East and Cox sts.

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

10am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Thomson Street.

10am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship service led by Rev Eric Mattock, all welcome, Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and Hall of Memories. 160 Main

Street, Methven.

10am HAKATERE PRESBYTERIAN PARISH. Morning worship led by Rev Helen Wallis, all welcome. 127 Thomson Street, Tinwald.

10am ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Morning service, all welcome. 67 Cass Street.

10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street (Tinwald School hall).

10.30am GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping God and transforming lives. 63

Princes Street, Netherby.

10.30am - 3.30pm ASHBURTON FIRE MUSEUM. Stunning exhibition of firefighting history at the Plains Historic Village in the Tinwald Domain, Maronan Road.

11am - 4pm THE PLAINS MUSEUM AND HISTORICAL MUSEUM. Running day with museum open.

Maronan Road, Tinwald.

11am - 4pm RAILWAY AND PRESERVATION SOCIETY PLAINS MUSEUM. Combined craft days, Bring your craft, lunch and friends. $2 charge. Come along and

make new friends. Maronan Road, Tinwald.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display. Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet doubles, new players welcome.

Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

7pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street (Tinwald School hall).

9.30am - 4pm ST JOHN SHOP. Opportunity shop open daily, donations welcome. 129 Tancred Street.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for

the over 60 years. For more information ring Age Concern 308 6817. Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP. Quality clothing and homewares. Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street.

12pm BAPTIST CHURCH FREE LUNCH. Weekly lunch, available at Baptist Church, Cass Street.

1pm - 3pm

ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display. Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome. Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

1.15pm

ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Golf and Association Croquet. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

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

7.30pm ASBURTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Monthly meeting with guest speaker Pam Whiteford on Herbs. Domain Pavilion, Walnut Avenue.

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SITUATIONS VACANT

Due to growth, we have two positions available

Trainee Drycleaning Garment Technician / Customer Service Person Full-time position This position involves learning all aspects of drycleaning, operating garment finishing equipment and interacting with our customers in our retail area.

Ideally you will have an interest in fashion and fabrics, an eye for detail and a high standard of personal presentation.

You will also be involved in other areas of our busy laundry.

Customer Service / Delivery Person Fixed term 1/12/2019 - 30/6/2020 to cover extended leave.

This role involves delivery and collection of laundry.

You need to be able to keep to a schedule and have the ability to retain information well. This role involves repetitive lifting of laundry bags, so you need to be physically fit and strong. In this role you are the face of our business, so you must be customer focussed.

A full, clean, class 1 drivers’ licence and the ability to drive a range of vehicles competently with a good local knowledge.

At Wrights Apparelmaster we have a great team. To join our team you will possess and be able to demonstrate the following: A can do attitude, ability to find solutions rather than problems, understand the importance of customers and respect other team members in the workplace.

We are a locally owned growing business, with great systems to ensure clear workflow.

To apply for either of these positions, please email a covering letter and your CV to: admin@wrightsdrycleaners.co.nz

Gym Instructor - Part-time Are you passionate about health and fitness and enjoy helping others to reach their goals?

We’re looking for a part time Gym Instructor to be on the floor providing exceptional customer service and encouragement to our clients. To ensure our customers get the best, you’ll need to hold a relevant qualification or have previous experience in the industry, as well as being able to work two nights per week.

To find out more about this vacancy and what the Ashburton District Council has to offer you - go to our website.

RECEPTIONIST VACANCY

Part-time Due to Rakaia Medical Centre’s continued growth, there is an opportunity for a part-time receptionist to join our professional, enthusiastic and friendly team. The position is for 31 hours We are looking for an accountant with exceptional people skills and per week. a positive outlook who is ready to further their career. You’ll need We are a well-established and forward-looking to be committed to providing a high level of service and great at medical centre with approximately 2400 prioritising your own work while being flexible enough to change patients. We place a strong emphasis on priorities. providing personalised, high quality care for our patients.

Ideally you’ll be a Chartered or Associate Chartered Accountant We are looking for someone with that same with three years’ industry experience. Work pattern flexibility will attention to customer care and who has a be considered for the right candidate. positive, friendly and understanding attitude while knowing how to prioritise work flows.

To find out more about these ARTWORK APPROVAL Do you have what we are looking for? vacancies and what the • Experience in a medical reception role for at ARTWORK APPROVAL Ashburton District Council least a year has to offer you - visit Full our Colour Magnet 90 x 50 mm • Excellent communicationQuantity and80 interpersonal website. skills 22/06/17 Full Colour Magnet 90 x 50 mm 80 • GreatQuantity computer skills with MedTech and Applications close Microsoft Office experience 22/06/17 • Good time management skills and ability to Sunday, 3 November 2019. multi-task • High level of accuracy with a variety of administration work and a quick learner www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/careers Actual Size: 100% when viewed on A4 paper • Ability to build strong rapport with team members • Appreciation of patient confidentiality is an Actual Size: 100% when viewed on A4 paper absolute must Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work permit.

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Applications close Monday, 28 October 2019.

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Birthday Greetings Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested.

Photos will be available at our level 3 office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

Accountant

Carter Rose Happy Birthday buddy.

Love from Mum, Brad and Breanna. xxxx

Carter Rose Happy Birthday Carter.

Lots of love always.

Nana and Grandad Ian, Dad, Emily, Addy and Breanna. xxxx

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2019 at the Domain Pavillion.

We are looking for experienced Truck and Trailer Drivers to provide cover on a casual basis as workload requires.

Experienced driving trucks carting and spreading aggregates an advantage.

Call Maurice Wotton 027 484 1115

PLANTS, PRODUCE OPEN garden and nursery.

Labour weekend, 10am 4.30pm daily. Lily bulbs, trees, shrubs, perennials.

Women’s clothing, size 14 - 16. Eftpos available, 50 Hoods Road, Mt Somers Village. www.lilyfields.co.nz

HIRE

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GENERAL hire. Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more. All your DIY / party hire, call and see Ashburton U-Hire. 588 East Street. Open Monday-Friday 7am - 6pm; Saturday 7.30am - 5pm; Sunday 8.30am 12.30pm. Phone 308 8061. www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

MOTORING

WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills COMPUTER PROBLEMS?? Street. Phone 308 6737.

For professional computer servicing and laser engraving, LIVESTOCK, PETS see Kelvin at KJB Systems, BUYER of unwanted animals.

4 Ascot Place. Phone 308 Cattle, bobby calves, horses 8989. Locally owned and and all farm animals. We WANTED serving Ashburton for 30 FIREWOOD tree lines wanted, years. Same day service also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 20 tonne digger to clean if possible.

Supergold up. Phone 027 611 3334. discount card welcomed. 621, A/H 03 348 9439.

WE require a two bedroom home with garage. Must be warm, safe and clean.

Urgent.

No agents.

Phone 0220 920 756.

Please reply to:

tulleyfitz1@gmail.com

Guardian Motoring 307 7900

FOR SALE FIREWOOD green pine $160, green blue gum $200, cedar $200, dry firewood available all 3.6m³. Phone Shane James Firewood 027 611 3334.

SCOOTERS - new and secondhand three and four wheel-electric scooters and wheel-chairs.

Call Fred Reddecliffe at Electric Mobility Ashburton today. Phone 308 3602.

Text 021 271 3399 Phone 0800 274 287 Email circulation@ theguardian.co.nz 272709 A10

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT AMAZING Asian. Sexy body, busty 38DD, curvy, naughty.

Exciting time. Good Massage.

Phone 022 470 1840.

NEW to town, Asian ladies, size 8, sexy body, 34DD, busty.

Chinese prostrate massage.

Two girls available. In/out calls. Phone 021 046 4314.

Today’s construction is tomorrow’s legacy  Housing  Commercial  Farm  Renovations

Contact Des anytime for an obligation free quote on 03 308 9936 Level 2, 73St, Burnett Ashburton Members I.B.A.N.Z & & Brokernet Ltd. NZ Ltd. LevelSt, 2, 73 Burnett St,|Ashburton |of Members of NZBrokers I.B.A.N.Z & NZ Brokernet Level 2, 73 Burnett Ashburton | Members of I.B.A.N.Z Level 2, 73 Burnett St, Ashburton | Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet NZ Ltd. or 027 432 3258 www.visioninsurance.co.nz Level 2, 73 Burnett St, Ashburton | Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet NZ Ltd.

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CONNECTIONS To advertise here contact Neil on 021 272 2399 or 03 307 7907

Monday - Friday 9am - 5.30pm Saturday 10am - 2pm Sunday By appointment only

East Street, Ashburton Phone 03 308 5771 www.sparrows.co.nz

Neil Cushen

To advertise here contact Neil on 021 272 2399 or 03 307 7907 Moore Street Medical Centre, Moore Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Saturday until 8am Sunday. Consultations will be by appointment only. To make a booking please phone 0800 700 155.

Weekend Services

MEDICAL SERVICES

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

Pharmacies

Lifeline

IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY PHONE 111.

For all other medical assistance outside of normal hours, please phone your General Practice team, 24/7, to speak with a health professional who will give you free health advice on what to do or where to go if you need urgent care Ashburton Rest Homes COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS and If you don’t have a regular General Practice, call any GP PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, unrestricted visiting. team 24/7 for free telephone health advice.

DUTY DOCTORS

Emergency Dentist

Support. Phone 03 364 8791

Methven & Rakaia Area

For weekend and emergency services please phone Methven Medical Centre on 302 8105 or Rakaia Medical Centre on 303 5002 for details on how to access the after-hours service each weekend.

Victims Support Group

Healthline is a free health advice service. It operates

Alcohol Drug Help Line

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 - 24hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis 24hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846).

Direct dials to a volunteer.

Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm, outside of these hours leave a message.

24 hours a day, seven days a week. The toll-free number Call us free on (0800 787 797). to call is 0800 611 116. Healthline is staffed by registered Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days. nurses who are trained to assess health problems and offer advice over the phone. The service is free and confidential.

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Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

COMMUNITY SERVICES RESOURCE RECOVERY PARKS

The Ashburton Resource Recovery Park will be open on Monday (Labour Day) October 28, 2019 and Rakaia Resource Recovery Park will be closed.

Art Gallery

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.

Sealy Street Medical, Sealy Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Saturday until 8am Sunday. Consultation will be by appointment only.

Moore Street Medical Centre, Moore Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Sunday until 8am Monday (Labour Day). Consultation will be by appointment only.

Three Rivers Health, Allens Road, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Monday (Labour Day) until 8am Tuesday.

Please call ahead for an appointment.

Please bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, New Zealanders should bring some form of ID.

Bus Departures

Toll-free: 0800 353 353.

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Sunday and from 5pm - 7pm both evenings.

Monday (Labour Day) from 8.30am - 6pm.

ANIMAL SERVICES Dog, Stock & Noise Control

Ashburton District Council 03 307 7700 - 24hr service.

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 308 1133.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm, Wednesday: 10am – 7pm

Animal Welfare Centre

Ashburton Museum

Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter

All enquiries - phone 308 4432 or 027 3329286.

Contact - President 021 1356 969.

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 307 7890.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm

Veterinarians

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, 149 Cameron Street, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein.

Full emergency service all weekend.

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, EA Networks Centre - Pools 20 River Terrace - phone 03 308 4020. WEEKEND HOURS: 1 Smallbone Drive, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

Sat and Sun 7am - 7pm. Public holidays 10am - 5pm.

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Mail Closing Times Cnr East Street and Seafield Road, Ashburton. Saturday ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, POST DELIVERY CENTRES West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton. Saturday and Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Sunday clinic: 9am - 12 noon: Harriet Mills Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm Monday (Labour Day): Steve Williams.

ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS

Ashburton Public Library

Havelock Street. Phone 308 7192. Saturday: 10am - 1pm.

Sunday: 1pm - 4pm.

Business Area: Residential Area:

Vet Ent and Vet Life operate a joint after-hours SMALL animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

Mon - Fri 5pm Mon - Fri 1pm

Information Centre

Methven - Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 10am until 3pm. Phone 302-8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com

For just $10!* Book your birthday greeting, including a photo, for just $10!

Ten words only.* (Under 12 children’s birthday greetings remain FREE) *Terms and conditions apply.

F Phone 03 307 7900 Email: classifieds@theguardian.co.nz Level 3, Somerset House, 161 Burnett Street

Trades & Services To place a Trades & Services ad, call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

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• regular full house cleans • one off spring cleans • farm houses • builders cleans • floor buffing • All staff are police vetted •Able to travel out of town

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Mobile Mower servicing • Rotary Mowers • Ride-on Mowers • Water Blasters • Small Motor Repairs

• Reel Mowers • Chainsaws • Rotary Hoes • Generators

Stan Keeley, Owner

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Key Reprogramming House Keys Transponder Car Keys Car Remotes Car Keys

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CALL GROUTPRO (MARK OR BRETT) FOR AN HONEST DISCUSSION ABOUT YOUR GROUT AND TILE AFTERCARE

To deal with Dirty Tiles and Grout CALL GROUTPRO WE HELP YOU KEEP ON TOP OF YOUR SHOWER AND TILE MAINTENANCE

• Tile shower makeovers • Professional tile and grout cleaning • Re-colouring existing grout

• Sealing and repairing/replacing tiles/grout • Replacing mouldy and tired silicon

Keeping your property protected with a security camera system from Masterguard Protect your biggest asset with a home security camera package from Masterguard Call me today for a free, no obligation quote

WE TRANSFORM TILES/GROUT IN BATHROOMS, KITCHENS, SHOWERS, BALCONIES, CONSERVATORIES AND ANY TILED AREA

Hartley Curd phone 0800 788 393 or 021 328 301

Contact GroutPro Brett Muir or Mark Butler for a quote and an upfront honest discussion.

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HEAT PUMPS

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KEEP YOUR HOME THE PERFECT TEMPERATURE ALL YEAR ROUND

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electriCOOL Ltd Phone Paul Crequer, your local authorised Daikin dealer for a free quote on all domestic and commercial systems phone 0274 362 362 or 308 4573.

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9:30 Killer Couples PGR 3 10:30 Accident, Suicide, Or Murder AO 3 11:30 Catfish 3

Sunday

12:20 Infomercials 3 5am Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3

The Witches

7pm on TVNZ 2

SKY 5 6am 9JKL PG 6:25 Modern Family PG 6:50 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 9:35 Modern Family PG 10:05 9JKL PG 10:30 Salvation MV 11:20 72 Dangerous Places To Live MVC 12:10 The Flash MVS 1pm SmackDown Live MVC 3:05 Main Event MV 3:50 Highway Thru Hell PG 4:40 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 7:30 Modern Family PG 8pm 9JKL PG 8:30 Counting Cars PG 9pm Highway Thru Hell PG 10pm Mountain Men PG 10:50 Classic Pawn Stars PG 11:20 The Simpsons PG 11:50 The Simpsons PG

Sunday

12:15 The Simpsons Super Sunday PG 2:15 Counting Cars PG 2:40 The Flash MVS 3:30 Main Event MV 4:20 Mountain Men PG 5:10 Chicago PD 16V

7pm F America’s Got Talent 0 8:55 M The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel AO 3 2011 Comedy Drama. British retirees travel to India to live in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than advertised, the hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways. 0

CHOICE

6:30 Te Ao – Maori News 3 7am Tamariki Haka 3 7:10 Pukoro 2 7:40 Kainga Whakapaipai 3 7:50 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 8:20 Huritua 3 8:30 Pukana 3 2 10am Hip Hop – NZ Nationals 3 10:30 Celebrity Playlist 3 11am School Of Hard Knocks PGR 11:30 School Of Training 3 Noon Waka Ama Sprints 3 1pm Haati Grassroots Rugby 3 2pm Basketball – College Nationals 3 3pm The Pits TV 4pm Marae PGR 3 2 4:30 F He Kakano 3 5pm Fresh 5:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News 7pm M Once Upon A Forest 1993 Animated.

When a badger almost dies from toxic fumes, her animal friends set out to find a cure.

8:30 M A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night AO 2014 Horror Fantasy.

10:20 Te Ao – Maori News 3 10:50 Hunting Aotearoa AO 3

11:55 SAS – Who Dares Wins AO 3 11:20 Closedown The final seven recruits must make it through the most demanding phase designed by the course instructors. 0 12:55 Closedown

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

6:30 Slaughterhouse Rulez 16VSC 2018 Comedy.

Simon Pegg, Nick Frost.

8:15 On The Basis Of Sex ML 2018 Drama.

Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer.

10:10 Christopher Robin 2018 Drama. Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell. 11:55 Speed Kills MVL 2018 Action. ohn Travolta, Katheryn Winnick.

1:35 Stuck MC 2017 Drama.

Giancarlo Esposito, Ashanti.

3pm Woman Walks Ahead 16VSC 2018 Drama.

Jessica Chastain, Sam Rockwell.

4:40 Dumb – The Story Of Big Brother 16VLC 2017 Documentary. 6pm Instant Family M 2019 Comedy.

Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne.

8pm The Front Runner ML 2018 Drama. The rise and fall of US Senator Gary Hart, who seemed to have a clear path to the White House, but became caught up in a love affair.

Hugh Jackman, JK Simmons.

9:55 Stan And Ollie PG 2018 Comedy. Steve Coogan, John C Reilly.

11:30 Maine 16LS 2018 Drama. Laia Costa, Thomas Mann.

Sunday 12:55 Woman Walks Ahead 16VSC 2018 Drama. Jessica Chastain, Sam Rockwell. 2:35 The Front Runner ML 2018 Drama.

Hugh Jackman, JK Simmons.

4:25 Stan And Ollie PG 2018 Comedy. Steve Coogan, John C Reilly.

7:10 Lara Croft – Tomb Raider MV 2001 Action Adventure. Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight. 8:55 Anchorman 2 – The Legend Continues MLS 2014 Comedy.

Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd.

10:55 Silver Linings Playbook MVLS 2012 Comedy Romance. Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence.

1pm Parental Guidance PG 2012 Comedy. Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei.

2:45 The Devil Wears Prada PGL 2006 Comedy.

Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway.

4:35 Charlie’s Angels MV 2000 Action. 6:15 Charlie’s Angels – Full Throttle MV 2003 Action Adventure. Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu. 8pm Step Brothers 16LSC 2008 Comedy. When two men must live together as stepbrothers after their parents marry, their narcissism and laziness threaten family togetherness.

Will Ferrell, John C Reilly.

9:40 Scream 4 16VLC 2011 Horror. Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette.

11:30 Savages 18VLSC 2012 Crime. Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, John Travolta.

Sunday

MAORI

6am The Powerpuff Girls 3 0 6:25 Kung Fu Panda – Legends Of Awesomeness 3 0 6:50 Max Steel 3 0 7:15 Hank Zipzer, The World’s Greatest Underachiever 3 0 7:40 Danny Phantom 3 8:05 Teen Titans 0 8:30 Batman – The Animated Series 0 9am Justice League Unlimited PGR 10am SmackDown PGR 3 11am Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) 1pm Rugby League – Jillaroos v Kiwi Ferns (RPL) 3pm Rugby – Oceania Cup (RPL) 5pm Fishing Classics There has always been speculation about the existence of 18kg snapper so, when Matt finds a source with evidence of these huge fish, he goes on a trip to get one for himself. 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Antiques Roadshow 0 7pm Shipping Wars PGR 0 7:30 L Basketball – NBL Melbourne United v New Zealand Breakers.

9:30 M Escape To Victory AO 1981 War Drama. During the Second World War, a group of Allied soldiers interned in a German prison camp use an exhibition football match as a ruse for an escape. Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine. 0

1:40 The Devil Wears Prada PGL 2006 Comedy.

3:30 Charlie’s Angels MV 2000 Action. 5:10 Charlie’s Angels – Full Throttle MV 2003 Action Adventure.

SKY SPORT 1 6am Mainfreight Rugby 7am Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Championship Final – Bay of Plenty v Hawke’s Bay. 7:30 L Pro14 Ulster v Cardiff.

9:35 Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Championship Final – Bay of Plenty v Hawke’s Bay. Noon L Farah Palmer Cup Premiership Final – Canterbury v Auckland.

From Christchurch.

2:30 Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Championship Final – Bay of Plenty v Hawke’s Bay. 3pm L Meads Cup Final – North Otago v Wanganui.

From Oamaru.

5:30 L Mitre 10 Cup Premiership Final – Tasman v Wellington.

From Trafalgar Park, Nelson.

8:30 Farah Palmer Cup (RPL) Premiership Final – Canterbury v Auckland.

11pm Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Championship Final – Bay of Plenty v Hawke’s Bay. 11:30 Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Premiership Final – Tasman v Wellington.

From Trafalgar Park, Nelson.

Sunday

2:25 Farah Palmer Cup (HLS) Premiership Final – Canterbury v Auckland.

2:55 L Pro14 Dragons v Warriors.

From PA Rodney Parade.

5:10 L Pro14 Connacht v Cheetahs.

From Sportsground.

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 Tiny House Hunting 6:30 Restoration Man 7:30 Brazil Untamed 8:30 Big Dreams, Small Spaces 9:30 Mysteries At The Museum 10:30 James Martin’s American Adventure 11:30 American Pickers 12:30 Restoration Man 1:30 Escape To The Chateau – DIY 2:30 Big Dreams, Small Spaces 3:30 Ocean Parks 4:30 French Food Safari A celebration of French cuisine, filmed around Australia and France.

5pm Food Safari – Water The simplicity of cooking and serving seafood in one pot is a hallmark of cuisines around the world, and chef Angie Hong shares the secrets of Vietnamese claypot.

5:30 Antiques Roadshow 6:30 Mysteries At The Museum 7:30 Kolkata With Sue Perkins Comedian Sue Perkins explores the story of India through the life of the city of Kolkata.

8:30 M Manhattan Nocturne AO 2016 Crime Drama.

The story of a New York City tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. Based on Colin Harrison’s novel. Adrien Brody, Yvonne Strahovski.

11pm Discovering… Chicago PGR 11:30 Breaking The Magician’s Code – Magic’s Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed AO 12:30 Discovering… Foreigner PGR 1am French Food Safari 1:30 Food Safari – Water 2am American Pickers 3am Ocean Parks 4am Antiques Roadshow 5am Mysteries At The Museum

SKY SPORT 2 7:35 ICC Cricket 360 8am Blackcaps v England 2018 (HLS) Second Test.

From Hagley Oval, Christchurch.

12:37 L Women’s Big Bash Strikers v Hurricanes.

From Allan Border Field, Brisbane.

3:30 ICC Cricket 360 4:07 L Women’s Big Bash Heat v Scorchers.

From Allan Border Field, Brisbane.

7pm L T20 World Cup Qualifiers Ireland v Nigeria.

From Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi.

10:30 Woman’s Big Bash (HLS) Strikers v Hurricanes.

11pm L T20 World Cup Qualifiers Netherlands v Bermuda.

From Dubai International Stadium.

Sunday

2:30 Woman’s Big Bash (HLS) Strikers v Hurricanes.

3am ICC Cricket 360 3:25 T20 World Cup Qualifiers (HLS) Oman v Canada.

3:50 T20 World Cup Qualifiers (HLS) Ireland v Nigeria.

4:20 L T20 World Cup Qualifiers Namibia v Singapore.

From Dubai International Stadium.

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DISCOVERY 6:35 How It’s Made PG 7:05 How Do They Do It? PG 7:30 Gold Rush PG 8:20 Aussie Salvage Squad PG The Storm is Coming.

9:10 Aussie Salvage Squad PG You Scratch My Back and I’ll Scratch Yours. 10am Aussie Salvage Squad PG The Tide is King. 10:50 Aussie Salvage Squad PG Man’s Best Friend. 11:40 Aussie Salvage Squad PG Family And Friendship. 12:30 Expedition Unknown PG Mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

1:20 Strange Evidence PG Return of the Witch.

2:10 Fast N’ Loud PG SEMA Dreamin’. 3pm Outback Opal Hunters PG 3:50 Outback Pilots PG 4:45 Outback Pilots PG 5:40 Outback Pilots PG 6:35 BattleBots PG Last Chance Rumble.

7:30 Nasa’s Unexplained Files PG Stonehenge on Mars. 8:30 Houdini’s Last Secrets PG Buried Alive.

9:25 Deadliest Catch PG 10:15 The Day I Ran China PG 11:05 BattleBots PG 11:55 How It’s Made PG Sunday 12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 Strange Evidence PG 1:35 Weather Gone Viral PG 2:25 Evil Lives Here M 3:15 Murder Chose Me M 4:05 American Monster M 4:55 Murder Calls M 5:45 Killer Instinct With Chris Hansen M

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6am Heavy Rescue 3 0 6:45 Tiny House Nation 3 7:35 Tagata Pasifika 3 0 8:05 Praise Be 3 8:45 The Big Ward 3 0 9:10 The Curious Mind 3 0 10am Marae PGR 2 0 10:30 Waka Huia 11am Attitude 0 11:30 Fair Go 3 0 11:55 Sunday 3 0 12:55 Coast v Country 0 1:55 F Outback Truckers PGR 3 0 2:55 Rugby – World Cup (RPL) Semi-final One – All Blacks v England. 0 4:55 The Family Chase Family teams of four must answer quick-fire questions, with each correct answer earning them $2,000 as they seek to stay one step ahead of the chaser. 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Country Calendar 0 7:40 N Your Home Made Perfect A home-makeover show in which couples try before they buy as rival architects reveal new visions for their homes using virtual reality. But only one will be built in reality. 0 9pm L Rugby – World Cup Semi-final Two – Wales v South Africa. 0

6am Paw Patrol 3 0 6:25 Thomas And Friends 0 6:35 Puppy Dog Pals 3 0 7am Alvinnn!!! And The Chipmunks 3 0 7:10 Chuggington – Little Trainees 3 0 7:15 Powerpuff Girls 0 7:35 Elena Of Avalor 0 8am What Now? 10am Regular Show 0 10:20 Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 3 Prince receives a blow; Nicole makes a bad call; Louis’s dreams come crashing down. 0 11:55 The Bachelorette PGR 0 1:45 Kevin Can Wait PGR 0 2:40 Home And Away Omnibus 3 0 5:05 Friends 3 0 6:05 The 100k Drop 0

12:45 Attitude 3 0 1:15 Coronation Street Catchup PGR 3 0 3:20 Infomercials

12:20 The Walking Dead AO 3 0 1:10 M Tales Of Halloween AO 2015 Comedy Horror. Adrienne Barbeau, Hunter Smit, Cameron Easton.

2:55 Infomercials 3:30 Quantico AO 3 0 4:15 Masterstroke 4:45 Mike And Molly PGR 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

Your Home Made Perfect 7:40pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 6am Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 6:50 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 7:40 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 8:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 9:25 Catfish 3 10:10 Catfish 3 10:50 Botched PGR 3 11:40 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 12:35 Million Dollar Listing NY 3 1:30 Million Dollar Listing NY 3 2:25 Million Dollar Listing NY 3 3:15 The People’s Court 3 4:10 The People’s Court 3 5:05 Dance Moms 3 6pm Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 7pm M The Mummy Returns AO 3 2001 Adventure.

Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz.

9:35 M Into The Blue AO 3 2005 Thriller.

11:50 Pregnant In Heels PGR 3 12:40 Infomercials 3

7pm M Star Wars – The Last Jedi PGR 2017 Sci-fi Action.

While Rey’s recent abilities begin to develop under the watchful eye of Luke Skywalker, the Resistance prepares for battle in a final showdown. 0 9:50 M Terminator Genisys PGR 2015 Sc-fi Adventure. 0

The Clinton Affair 9:40pm on Prime

SKY 5 6am Counting Cars PG 6:25 Mountain Men PG 7:15 NCIS – New Orleans MV 8am Main Event MV 8:45 The Amazing Race PG 9:35 The Flash MVS 10:25 Classic Pawn Stars PG 10:55 NCIS – New Orleans MV 11:50 Highway Thru Hell PG 12:40 Mountain Men PG 1:30 Counting Cars PG 2pm The Amazing Race PG 3pm Raw MVC 5:45 SmackDown MVC 7:30 NCIS – New Orleans MV Pride fights for his life in the ICU as the team searches the city for the woman who attempted to assassinate him.

8:30 NCIS MV 9:30 NCIS MV 10:30 Chicago PD 16V 11:25 The Amazing Race PG

Monday

12:15 SmackDown MVC 1:55 Chicago PD 16V 2:45 NCIS – New Orleans MV 3:35 The Amazing Race PG 4:25 NCIS MV 5:10 NCIS MV

THREE

PRIME

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am Life TV 3 8:30 Turning Point 9am Getaway 3 9:25 Tasty Conversations 3 9:30 The Hui 0 10am NewsHub Nation 3 0 11:05 Around The World With Manu Feildel 3 0 Noon Entertainment Tonight Weekend PGR 1pm Motorsport – Muscle Garage 1:30 Motorsport – Formula E Street Racers 2pm Motorsport – Titans RX 10 3pm Motorsport – MotoGP 4pm Motorsport – British Touring-Car Championship Presented by Paul Radisich and Shaun Summerfield.

5pm Ocean Bounty 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm Australian Ninja Warrior 0 8:40 M Shooter AO 3 2007 Action. A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into service and finds himself on the run after he is framed for trying to assassinate the president.

Mark Wahlberg, Danny Glover. 0 11:10 The Hui 3 0 11:45 NewsHub Nation 3 An in-depth weekly current-affairs show hosted by Simon Shepherd and Emma Jolliff. 0 12:55 Chicago PD AO 1:45 Infomercials

MAORI

6am Religious Programme 7am Nella The Princess Knight 3 0 7:30 Religious Programme 10:30 Sport Box The best of the past week’s sports from New Zealand and around the world.

Noon 100 Day Renovation 3 0 1pm Mainfreight Rugby 2pm Mad About You PGR 3 2:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Premiership Final – Tasman v Wellington.

4:30 Rugby Nation 5:30 Prime News 6pm Netball – Constellation Cup (DLY) Game Four – Australia v Silver Ferns. 0

7:30 Cruising With Jane McDonald PGR 0 8:30 The Cult Of The Family AO 0 9:40 The Clinton Affair AO 0 10:40 SmackDown PGR

11:40 60 Minutes PGR Billionaire investment-fund pioneer Ray Dalio tells Bill Whitaker capitalism is broken; Lesley Stahl reports on efforts to fix Japan’s nuclear disaster in Fukushima.

12:40 Closedown

CHOICE

6:30 Te Ao – Maori News 3 7am Tamariki Haka 3 7:10 Pukoro 2 7:40 Kainga Whakapaipai 3 7:50 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 8:20 Huritua 3 8:30 Waka Ama Sprints 9am Haka At Home 10am Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 10:30 Tangaroa With Pio 3 11am Game Of Bros PGR 3 11:30 Piri’s Tiki Tour PGR 3 Noon Toa – Toa O Aotearoa PGR 3 12:30 IVF World Sprints 2018 3 1pm Touch Rugby – Junior National Championships 3 2pm M Once Upon A Forest 1993 Animated.

3:30 Grid 3 4pm Ride Or Die 4:30 Easy Eats 3 5pm Tagata Pasifika 5:30 Matangi Rau 3 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News 7pm F Te Ao With Moana 3 7:30 The New Zealand Wars 3 1/5.

8:30 M Pop Aye AO 2017 Drama. An architect bumps into his long-lost elephant on the streets of Bangkok, and they go on a road trip across Thailand.

Thaneth Warakulnukroh.

10:30 Te Ao – Maori News 3

6am French Food Safari 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Leading The Way 7:30 Love Nature – Ocean Parks 8:30 Kolkata With Sue Perkins 9:30 Mysteries At The Museum 10:30 Better Homes And Gardens Noon Food Safari – Water 12:30 American Pickers 1:30 Antiques Roadshow 2:30 Kolkata With Sue Perkins 3:30 Bondi Vet 4:30 Heston’s Feast In each episode, Heston Blumenthal invites six celebrity guests to a fourcourse feast in which the dining room, food, and presentation are themed around a period of history.

5:30 Kai Safari 6pm Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers

11pm Nanakia PGR 3 Three friends, Chey Milne, Kimo Houltham, and Tiare Tawera set out on a boys’ road trip.

11:30 Closedown

11pm Heston’s Feast Midnight Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 1am Bondi Vet 2am American Pickers 3am M Three Summers AO 2017 Comedy. Robert Sheehan.

5am Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

6am People Interview – Bradley Cooper And Lady Gaga 2018 Drama.

6:25 Dumb – The Story Of Big Brother 2017 Documentary. 7:45 Instant Family M 2019 Comedy.

9:45 Maine 16LS 2018 Drama.

Laia Costa, Thomas Mann.

11:10 The Front Runner ML 2018 Drama. Hugh Jackman, JK Simmons. 1:05 Stan And Ollie PG 2018 Comedy.

Steve Coogan, John C Reilly.

2:35 People Interview – Bradley Cooper And Lady Gaga 3pm The 15-17 To Paris MV 2018 Thriller.

Spencer Stone, Jenna Fischer.

4:35 30 And Single MLS 2019 Romantic Comedy.

6:10 Ladies In Black PGL 2018 Drama. Julia Ormond, Angourie Rice. 8pm The Mule MLC 2018 Drama. An elderly man is offered a job that simply requires him to drive but, unknown to him, he has just signed on as a drug runner for a Mexican cartel. Clint Eastwood, Laurence Fishburne.

10pm Another Kind Of Wedding MLSC 2018 Comedy.

Kathleen Turner, Kevin Zegers.

11:25 Stronger 16VLSC 2017 Drama. Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany.

Monday 1:20 The 15-17 To Paris MV 2018 Thriller.

2:55 Ladies In Black PGL 2018 Drama. 4:45 The Mule MLC 2018 Drama.

6:55 Step Brothers 16LSC 2008 Comedy. When two men must live together as stepbrothers after their parents marry, their narcissism and laziness threaten family togetherness.

Will Ferrell, John C Reilly.

8:35 Scream 4 16VLC 2011 Horror. Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette.

10:25 Savages 18VLSC 2012 Crime. Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, John Travolta.

12:35 The Mexican MVL 2001 Action. Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt.

2:35 The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button MLS 2008 Drama. Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett.

5:20 Troy MV 2004 Action. Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom.

8pm World War Z MVLC 2013 Action. A former United Nations employee must help stop a world-wide zombie pandemic. Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos.

10:05 Mr And Mrs Smith M 2004 Comedy Thriller.

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie.

7:30 L Pro14 Edinburgh v Scarlets.

From PA BT Murrayfield.

9:35 Meads Cup (HLS) Final – North Otago v Wanganui.

10:05 Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Premiership Final – Tasman v Wellington. 10:35 Farah Palmer Cup (HLS) Premiership Final – Canterbury v Auckland.

11:05 Mainfreight Rugby Noon L Farah Palmer Cup Championship Final – Otago v Hawke’s Bay. From Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin. 2:30 L Lochore Cup Final – West Coast v South Canterbury.

From Greymouth.

5pm Meads Cup (HLS) Final – North Otago v Wanganui.

5:30 Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Premiership Final – Tasman v Wellington. 6pm Farah Palmer Cup 6:30 Gallagher Premiership (RPL) Gloucester v Wasps. 8:30 Rugby Nation 9:30 Farah Palmer Cup (RPL) Championship Final – Otago v Hawke’s Bay. 11:30 Lochore Cup (RPL) Final – West Coast v South Canterbury.

7:40 Blackcaps v England 2018 (HLS) Fourth ODI. 8:05 Women’s Big Bash (RPL) Strikers v Hurricanes.

11am Women’s Big Bash (RPL) Heat v Scorchers.

2pm England v Blackcaps 2015 (HLS) Second ODI. 2:30 England v Blackcaps 2015 (HLS) Third ODI. 3pm Women’s Big Bash (HLS) Strikers v Hurricanes.

3:30 Women’s Big Bash (HLS) Heat v Scorchers.

4pm L Australia v Sri Lanka First T20.

From Adelaide Oval.

8pm Nathan Astle’s 222 A blow by blow look at Nathan Astle’s world record double century from the 2002 English cricket tour of New Zealand.

10pm England v Blackcaps 2015 (HLS) Second ODI. From The Oval, London.

10:30 England v Blackcaps 2015 (HLS) Third ODI. 11pm L T20 World Cup Qualifiers Scotland v Netherlands.

From Dubai International Stadium.

12:05 The Mexican MVL 2001 Action. Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt. 2:05 The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button MLS 2008 Drama. Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett. 4:50 Mr And Mrs Smith M 2004 Comedy Thriller. Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie.

1:30 Farah Palmer Cup (HLS) Championship Final – Otago v Hawke’s Bay. 2am Lochore Cup (HLS) Final – North Otago v Wanganui. 2:30 Mitre 10 Cup Premiership Final – Tasman v Wellington. 3am Rugby Nation 3:55 L Gallagher Premiership Tigers v Saracens.

From Welford Road.

2:30 Women’s Big Bash (HLS) Scorchers v Strikers.

2:55 Australia v Sri Lanka (HLS) First T20. 3:50 T20 World Cup Qualifiers (HLS) Netherlands v Bermuda.

4:20 L T20 World Cup Qualifiers UAE v Canada.

From Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi.

Monday

SKY SPORT 1

7pm M Barnyard PGR 2006 Animated. An irresponsible barnyard cow finds the courage to be a leader. Voices of Kevin James, Courteney Cox, Danny Glover.

9pm M Three Summers AO 2017 Comedy. At a summer music festival, the lead singer of an Irish folk band meets a folk music-hating Theremin player, and sparks fly.

Monday

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

SKY SPORT 2

Monday

27Oct19

DISCOVERY 6:35 How It’s Made PG 7:05 How Do They Do It? PG 7:30 Why We Hate 16 8:20 Houdini’s Last Secrets PG Buried Alive. 9:10 BattleBots PG Last Chance Rumble.

10am Expedition Unknown PG Mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls. 10:50 Outback Opal Hunters PG 11:40 Gold Rush PG 12:30 Aussie Lobster Men PG 1:20 Deadliest Catch PG Unbreakable.

2:10 Aussie Lobster Men PG 3pm Aussie Lobster Men PG 3:50 Aussie Lobster Men PG The Pranksters.

4:45 Aussie Lobster Men PG The Season’s End. 5:40 Aussie Lobster Men PG 6:35 Aussie Lobster Men PG 7:30 Blowing Up History PG 8:30 Why We Hate 16 9:25 Outback Opal Hunters PG 10:15 Nasa’s Unexplained Files PG Stonehenge on Mars.

11:05 Expedition Unknown PG Mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

11:55 How It’s Made PG

Monday

12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 Naked And Afraid M 1:35 Weather Gone Viral PG 2:25 Naked And Afraid M 3:15 Naked And Afraid M 4:05 Naked And Afraid M 4:55 Naked And Afraid M 5:45 Naked And Afraid M

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DICK, Ivan William – Peacefully at Rosebank Hospital, Ashburton on Wednesday, October 23, 2019, aged 69 years. Dearly loved husband and soul mate of Marg, loved father of Wendy, and Tony, loved stepfather of Jody and a much loved Grandad and greatgrandad. Messages to the Dick family, c/- PO Box 6035, Ashburton 7742. A memorial service to celebrate Ivan’s life will be held at Feeney’s Lounge at the Devon Tavern, Victoria Street, Ashburton on SATURDAY, November 2, at 1.00pm.

McQUEEN, Robert James (Rab) – 27/08/1971 to 26/10/2018 It's been one year since you left us already and it still feels like it was yesterday. So much has changed in that year, your great niece Millie Jane McAndrew was born and we know how much you would have adored her, she has brought joy into our lives through our saddest and toughest times. We love and miss you so much everyday.

You will always be close in our hearts and memories.

Dad, Tony and Sheryl, Mum, Sambo, Tiddo, Jimmy and Millie. xxxx

BUNTING, Deanna May (Anna) – Passed away peacefully at Christchurch Hospital on October 18, 2019. Loved wife of the late Joe and loved partner of Gray. A loyal, trusted and honest friend to all who knew her.

In accordance with Anna’s wishes a private funeral service has been held.

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GORMAN, JOHN – On October 24, 2019. Aged 82 years. Died peacefully at Ashburton Hospital after short illness. Dearly loved husband of Colleen. Loved father of Mary, Kevin and Niki, Danny and Julie, Johnny and Kate, Eddie and Lam, Phillip, Ben and Emily, Matt and Kim. Loved brother to the late Patrick, and Mick and survived by Andy. Loved granddad, brother-in-law, uncle and friend to many.

Messages to 14 Morgan Street, Methven 7730. A Requiem Mass will be held at Our Lady of the Snows Church, Main Road, Methven on TUESDAY, October 29 commencing at 11.00am followed by interment at the Methven Cemetery. Vigil service, Monday, October 28 at 7.00pm at the Church.

GORMAN, JOHN – On October 24, 2019. Loving Granddad to: Hannah, Jacob, Olivia, Alex, Josh, Sophie, Amelia, Felicity, Matilda, Jackson, Gabriella, Anabel, Charlotte, Patrick, Michaela, Thomas and Aidan.

HAWKE, Yvonne May – Wayne, Michael and Heidi, Theresa and Craig and their families would like to acknowledge and thank you most sincerely for your kind thoughts and expressions of sympathy following our sad loss of Yvonne a much loved partner, mother, mother-inlaw, grandmother and friend.

Thank you to the Sealy Street Medical Centre, the Cancer Support Group and the staff at Ashburton Hospital for your support during Yvonne’s illness. Your kindness during this time has been very much appreciated and will always be remembered.

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Full moon 13 Nov 2:36 am

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Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday 159.1 Nth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday

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Sth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday

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Rangitata Klondyke at 2:25 pm, yesterday

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Waitaki Kurow at 2:09 pm, yesterday

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Canterbury Readings

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Partly cloudy. Scattered showers mainly about the eastern foothills from afternoon as westerlies turn northeast.

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Forecasts for today

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overnight max low

Becoming cloudy, with rain spreading north about the divide, scattered falls from afternoon in east. Snow lowers to 2000m.

Wind at 1000m: NW gale 65 km/h, rising to 80 km/h for a time in the afternoon.

Wind at 2000m: NW gale 75 km/h rising to severe gale 100 km/h in the morning, then easing to 80 km/h in the evening.

TOMORROWFZL: Lowering to 2000m late evening

MONDAY

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FZL: Rising to 3200m

Warm and sunny. High cloud developing late evening. Wind at 1000m: NW 25 km/h developing, rising to 50 km/h in the evening.

Wind at 2000m: SW 40 km/h, turning NW in the morning, rising to 75 km/h in evening.

Early frosts, then warm and sunny.

Northeasterly breezes.

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TODAY

Saturday, 26 October 2019

A ridge covers much of New Zealand, while northwesterlies strengthen over the South Island ahead of a trough approaching from the Tasman Sea at night. A front tracks up the South Island tomorrow and North Island on Monday, displacing the ridge from earlier in the weekend.

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TOMORROW: Fine with high cloud. Northeasterlies.

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BLAKEMORE, Margaret Betty May – 5-08-1928 – 25-10-2019 Passed away peacefully in the care of Tuarangi Home, Ashburton. Loved wife of the late Russell, loved mother and mother-in-law of Maxine and Bill Hooper, Pauline and Lockey Higgins, Wendy and the late Paul Lennon, Neville and Tracey.

Loved Grandmother and great Grandmother and special Aunty to her nieces and nephews. The family would like to thank the staff and careers at Tuarangi Home for the wonderful care of their mum.

Messages to Blakemore family, PO Box 472 Ashburton 7740 At Margaret’s request a private service will be held.

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TODAY: Warm and sunny.

Northeasterly breezes.

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Map for today

Ashburton Forecast

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 11.2 11.9 Max to 4pm 0.0 Minimum -1.9 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.2 16hr to 4pm October to date 69.6 Avg Oct to date 48 2019 to date 625.6 561 Avg year to date Wind km/h SE 11 At 4pm Strongest gust S 33 Time of gust 10:50am

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Cryptic crossword

Saturday, October 26, 2019

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): That thing you were expecting from a loved one may be causing more trouble than it’s worth. Erasing the expectation will be like a magic spell lifting the gloom. Suddenly, the best sort of surprises are in store.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): It used to happen every night, but we are so far from the tribe and fire now that any dance seems like a special occasion. Tonight should be so much fun that you’ll vow to make this happen more often.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You may have given too much of the wrong thing up front because you didn’t know better. You’ll now make adjustments that have to do with what you’re willing to give to get what you want, or to stay in the game.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): It’s a strange feeling to learn that you misunderstood something and held the wrong belief for a long time, but such is life. Many never reassess what they know for accuracy’s sake. In this way, you’re ahead.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Once you tested the boundaries without realising what you were doing, and now you’re quite deliberate about it. It comforts you to know the limits, though that won’t keep you from pushing past them.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): The spiritual and scientific will coexist quite nicely in your mental processes today. Whatever you’re not able to make logical sense of will possess some poetic or emotional quality that pulls your attention.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Memories are dynamic ideas that get rewritten each time they are revisited. Today, you’ll think of how you’d like to remember something as it’s actually occurring.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Love is all the power you need in the situation. You don’t have to believe this for it to work. Ask what part of the situation you might flow more love to, and then do it and watch things start to shift.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): It would take a long time to clear all paths of rocks, but with good shoes, the terrain is not a problem. It’s much easier to protect your vulnerabilities than to change the whole world.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Those who don’t have a lot of truth at their disposal will cling to a few beliefs with tenacious certainty. With more truth comes more intelligence; with more intelligence comes flexibility of thought.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Because you’re so modest, sometimes you have to be talked into accepting and appreciating yourself. How about loving yourself so you can love others more?

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): The ability to recognise beauty where other people don’t is a sign there is great beauty inside of you. You wouldn’t be able to see such loveliness if it weren’t resonating inside the chambers of your heart.

ACROSS 1. Misplace nothing inside a scrum of this sort (5) 4. A Lancashire town that kept going, one hears (7) 8. Work out how to act: a clue given, when about fifty (9) 9. Movement one can’t help sounding like credit (3) 10. A girl involved in a Hawaiian net test (7) 12. The web, a late development (4) 14. It is a sad old fuel mixture (7) 17. Eastern European returned almost whole waltz to France (4) 18. Spirit may be shown in hard work, causing great upset (7) 20. In the Diplomatic Corps, a person who’s a rotter (3) 21. CD due? IOUs needed to be shed (9) 23. Is confined to company of such a sort (7) 24. Should one cotton on to such dances? (5) DOWN 1. Be short of a laic dais for the listless (13) 2. Go up to fish when giving one the eye (6) 3. Reduction to a common standard necessary in algebra (8) 4. Vegetable may be sweet if it comes into bloom (3) 5. See the West is upset by such animals (4) 6. Stagger along with a rag-and-bone man (6) 7. Must bolt: can is spilled by those such as Lady Macbeth (13) 11. In overturning tree, ten bring it into active operation (5) 13. Dismissed the jockey for a carriage attendant (8) 15. Met up with – and entered – a bicycle made for two (6) 16. Is downcast, having received nothing in code (6) 19. Set in order the neap that turns up (4) 22. Fish shortly to be paid for at the door (3)

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

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ACROSS 1. Undemanding (10) 7. Munches (5) 8. Rescue (7) 10. Trespassed (8) 11. Slide (4) 13. Assorted (6) 15. Thin layer (6) 17. Daring (4) 18. Disappeared (8) 21. Look at (colloq) (7) 22. Mayhem (5) 23. Foot bone (10)

DOWN 1. Choose (5) 2. Cracks (8) 3. Hastened (6) 4. Cadence (4) 5. Chain (7) 6. Possible (10) 9. Final result (3,7) 12. Pleasures (8) 14. Release from duty (7) 16. Flower (6) 19. Shack (5) 20. Long tale (4)

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

There’s at least one five-letter word.

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Previous cryptic solution

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