Ag 26 september 2015

Saturday, Sept 26, 2015

Since Sept 1879

www.guardianonline.co.nz

WEEKEND

Living for rugby P20

INSIDE

Retail $2 Home delivered from 95c

THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF MID CANTERBURY

Senior making a big splash

STORY

P18

COUNCIL PUTS HEAT ON GYM FULL STORY

P3 Ph 03 307 7900 to subscribe!

Weather: High 9˚ - Overnight 2˚ Page 38

Puzzles: Page 39

Television: Page 36-37

Family Notices: Page 38

www.guardianonline.co.nz

Inside cover 2 Ashburton Guardian

5 BITES 1

www.guardianonline.co.nz

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Five things that may interest you

Flavour boon for wine New research into how microbes affect the local character of wines could be a boon for New Zealand’s viticulture industry, scientists say. The flavour and aroma of different wines was previously thought to depend on climate and soil minerals, but a University of Auckland study of six major New Zealand wine-growing regions suggested microbes in wine yeast had a bigger impact. Research Fellow Sarah Knight said the research findings were small, but significant.

“We were only dealing with one kind of yeast, and we still found a lot of variance.

In a wine-making situation, you’re dealing with multiple yeasts,” Ms Knight said. She said understanding the chemical compounds responsible for different flavours, such as the apple taste common to Nelson wines, could let growers preserve the regional character of their products.

INSIDE TODAY

2

House of straw A house which will feature in the New Zealand version of the British television programme Grand Designs is taking shape on a hillside above State Highway 6, south of Queensberry. The two-storey house is visible from the Luggate to Tarras road, and is distinguished by an unusually curved roof. It appears not all its windows are yet in place.

Senior publicist for the show Jean Mowatt said the house is being built by Mike Hodges and Cathy Mann and overlooks the Clutha River from a rocky outcrop. Ms Mowatt said it was being being built “completely out of straw and hemp” with floors made from clay, lime and earth, and other features from schist and kanuka. “It is a grand design in every sense of the word.” The house was “almost completed” and was expected to feature about halfway through the series, Ms Mowatt said. The programme is being hosted by Wellington architect Chris Moller. A concrete house being built in the Catlins will also feature in the series. Grand Designs New Zealand will start on TV3 on October 4.

4

P1-10 P14 P15 P16 P17-23 P26-27 P39 P38 P36-37

CONTACTS General manager Desme Daniels desme@theguardian.co.nz

Chris Moller

3

NEWS WORLD BUSINESS YOUR PLACE SPORT OPINION PUZZLES FAMILY NOTICES TELEVISION

Help for zoo curator’s family

Newsroom Call 03 307-7957

More than $17,000 has been raised in an internet appeal for the children of Hamilton Zoo curator Samantha Kudeweh, who was killed by a Sumatran tiger last weekend. A Givealittle webpage has since the appeal began on Wednesday attracted $17,008.50c in donations from 138 people, toward a trust set up for Ms Kudeweh and her husband Richard’s children, 9-year-old Billy and 3-year-old Sage. The Kudeweh Family Trust says all proceeds are to go towards the children’s education needs, and ensuring their physical and emotional wellbeing.

- NZME

Chief reporter sue.n@theguardian.co.nz After hours 021 481-074 Letters to the Editor editor@theguardian.co.nz

History-making All Blacks jersey A 110-year-old jersey worn by a legendary New Zealand captain is expected to fetch the highest ever price for a rugby shirt – after being kept by a Welsh laundryman for generations. Dave Gallaher wore the famous jersey during his country’s first tour of the British Isles. It is expected to be sold for between £20,000 and £40,000 because it was the first time the famous all black strip was worn on tour. Gallaher exchanged his muddy jersey with his Welsh counterpart after their match. Wales captain Gwyn Nicholls took it to his family laundry business in Cardiff, before handing it to his rugby-mad van boy Thomas Mahoney.

The jersey was kept in his family for generations but is up for auction next month. The price for Gallaher’s shirt is expected to top the world record for a rugby jersey, set in May when a fan bid £21,500 for a New Zealand shirt worn during the same ‘Originals’ tour and kept at a local rugby club in South Wales.

5

Asst advertising manager emma.j@theguardian.co.nz Call 03 307-7936 After hours 021 662 884

Nehe makes good Yesterday’s man of the match Nehe MilnerSkudder is glad he made up for a mistake in the Rugby World Cup opener after copping some grief from Sonny Bill Williams during the week. Milner-Skudder was one of the stand-out performers in the All Blacks less than convincing 58-14 win over Namibia after botching a try in the opening win over Argentina. Williams looked to hand the Hurricanes speedster an easy try in the opener but Milner-Skudder dropped the pass cold. The All Blacks rookie didn’t have any problems with his hands yesterday picking up two tries in the opening half.

“I had a bit of fun out there,” he said after the match. “I was just happy to catch the ball. Sonny Bill’s been giving me stick all week and he’s been giving me a few passes after training.

Enquiries Call 03-307-7900 enquiries@theguardian.co.nz Address Ashburton Guardian Level 3, Somerset House 161 Burnett Street PO Box 77, Ashburton Customer service/subscription circulation@theguardian.co.nz Call 03 307-7900 Missed paper 0800 ASHBURTON (0800 274 287)

www.guardianonline.co.nz

?

E L A S E * E G E A R R F r o f GA e c i t o n e l garage sa r u o y k o o B

les only. ply. Private sa conditions ap * Terms and

S!!te!d garage sale poster PL*U lamina

you a FREE ur ad.

We will give hoto with yo p * E E R F a and

Level 3, Somerset House 161 Burnett Street

Phone 03 307 7900 Email: classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

News www.guardianonline.co.nz

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Ashburton Guardian

3

Client Jicinta McBain says: “Monique is extremely motivating and never pushy. I’ve lost three dress sizes since I’ve been coming and that’s without even trying. This situation proves there’s a lack of communication. At the end of the day if the neighbours complain, they have that right but in order to keep the business working, what does she need to do? The council needs to nurture small businesses. What support do they offer – do they make things easy or hard with their regulations?”

Home gym’s big battle

DISTRICT PLAN RULES ■

BY SUE NEWMAN

SUE.N@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Monique Rouxel’s gym might be the most popular exercise spot in town, but that doesn’t make it legal, the Ashburton District Council says.

The Alford Forest Road gym has been running in Mrs Rouxel’s back yard for 18 months and over that time its membership has grown from just a handful to 150. And it’s that popularity that has earned it the ire of its neighbours and a clash with the council that could see it forced to relocate or close.

A battle has been running for seven months over the gym’s future after a neighbour complained about noise and the number of cars parked in the area.

The council responded by telling Mrs Rouxel she needed a resource consent to operate her business in a residential zone.

She’s continued to run her gym but has taken a long, hard look at what’s required to make that gym legal. The cost is high

in time and money.

“I didn’t realise I needed a consent when I started but now I’ve been told someone’s complained about the cars, that I’m running a business, but it’s just a home business. It’s not like it’s running all day, every day,” she said.

For many of her clients, the gym has become a second home, for others it’s been a life-changer. Their 45-minute exercise sessions have reshaped bodies and brightened lives.

Using her physical training background and experience in the New Zealand Army, she started a fitness programme for people who may not normally go to a gym.

“I can’t give this up. Too many people rely on me, not just for exercise but for mentoring and support. It’s not just about clipping the ticket, I spend a lot of time with them.

“The gym is about community and it’s about enjoyment. What you wear and how you look is unimportant and that’s helped

many people get over the perception of gyms being for people who looked and dressed a certain way,” she said.

She’s gutted that 18 months of work might have to be scrapped.

“I’ve met with the council and they came back with all these conditions and requests.

“I’ve sent them two emails over the last two weeks and they didn’t answer, now they’ve given me notice that I have to be out today (Friday). I asked for an extension but they haven’t replied.”

She’s angry that her fitness sessions are now being treated as a business and is upset that an unidentified neighbour has complained about the activity.

“I’m determined I won’t be shutting down. Too many people rely on me. I’ll move to a local clubrooms if I have to but moving away will change everything for us.”

Council environmental services group manager Jane Donaldson said council was obliged to investigate any complaint a

resident made. It was clear Mrs Rouxel was running a business from a residential address, in a residential area, and a resource consent was needed.

The council first spoke to Mrs Rouxel in February and she was advised she would either need to move her business or obtain a resource consent, Ms Donaldson said.

“One of the vital aspects of obtaining a resource consent is that surrounding neighbours have a chance to have their say on the activity.

“Council is concerned that neighbouring properties have had an unauthorised activity in their midst which has continued and is proposed to increase. The gym is advertising on social media that 6am classes will start in October.”

While no formal action had been taken at this stage, the council had sent Mrs Rouxel an advisory letter suggesting the gym cease operating until the consent issue was resolved, she said.

■

■

■

“Residential areas have always contained a range of complementary non-residential activities relating to the educational, spiritual, social, recreational and day to day economic needs of residents….

Some of these activities can have a major impact when they involve the generation of significant traffic and onstreet parking which causes annoyance to neighbours..

An aspect of non-residential activities is the operation of businesses based in homes, commonly called home occupations which provide residents with a source of employment with many social and economic advantages, but they can cause problems in residential areas.

The range of activities and their character and scale vary considerably. Like other nonresidential activities, it is often the traffic generating and noise aspects of these activities which is of concern.”

LETTERS

26

News 4

Ashburton Guardian

Saturday, September 26, 2015

www.guardianonline.co.nz

■ ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN

In brief

Incentive ‘not enough’

By Daisy HuDson

Daisy.h@theguarDian.co.nz

A comprehensive economic development plan to encourage workers to Ashburton will be far more beneficial than a one-off financial incentive, according to Labour finance spokesman Grant Robertson.

While on a whirlwind stopover in Ashburton on Thursday, Prime Minister John Key said a $3000 relocation allowance promised to people moving to Christchurch to work on the rebuild was also available to those who moved to Ashburton for work.

However, Mr Robertson, who also visited Ashburton on Thursday for a presentation about the future of employment, believes a financial incentive is not comprehensive enough to encourage workers to the regions.

“You need to make sure there are the opportunities for people to come to, and that involves a much stronger regional development plan which actually says we’re going to invest in industries, we’re going to support the growth of those,” he said.

“It kind of feels like the cart’s gone before the horse a little.”

An agreed economic development plan between local government, the business community, and central government was vital to growing the regions, he said.

Another factor was making sure there was robust infrastructure in each region.

“There’s going to be an ICT growth sector here,” he said.

“We need ultra-fast broadband, we need everybody in a position to do that, obviously we need the roads to be good, and we’ve got concerns about regional road funding being diverted away.”

Education and training was also a concern.

With a merger between Aoraki Polytechnic and CPIT on the horizon, Mr Robertson said it was imperative to still have tertiary opportunities available in Ashburton.

“In regions like this, we need to make sure there is an opportunity for everyone to access tertiary education.”

While the bulk of Ashburton’s tertiary courses were focused on trades and primary industries, there was scope to diversify, he said.

FUTURE OF WORK PRESENTATIONS The Labour Party has been taking policy development to the grassroots level during its Future of Work presentations.

During the meeting in Ashburton on Thursday night, Mr Robertson talked to the party faithful about the future of employment and training, including education opportunities, changes in technology, and the need to provide opportunities for workers to retrain.

The meetings are part of a two-year process in which the party will develop policies heading into the 2017 election.

“It’s about giving people an opportunity to take part in this project,” Mr Robertson said.

About 30 people attended the discussion, including mayor Angus McKay and district councillor Donna Favel.

■ BOOKARAMA

Bag a book bargain at bibliophiles’ heaven

The flooding that affected the western North Island in June caused about $70 million worth of damage to up to 800 rural properties, the Ministry for Primary Industries says. Ministry spokesman David Wansbrough said the greatest impact of the storm was on sheep and beef farms, due to landslides and damage to infrastructure. - NZME

Smoke bomb An old air force smoke bomb sparked a bomb scare in west Auckland yesterday. A resident on Fred Taylor Drive, Massey found the item in their basement and called police about 11.30, said a police spokesman. He said the “bomb” turned out to be a 50-year-old air force smoke bomb.

The police bomb squad responded and removed the item.

- NZME

Arrest warrant An arrest warrant has been issued for a Christchurch man accused of punching and kicking two dogs after he failed to appear in court yesterday. John Noel Taukiri, a 44-year-old from Aranui, has been charged with ill-treating the animals on September 8. He received a registrar’s remand earlier this month and was due in Christchurch District Court yesterday. But when he failed to appear, Judge Garry Barkle issued a warrant for his arrest.

- NZME

Anniversary of death The family of 5-year-old Jack Dixon have voiced their ongoing grief on the first anniversary of his death. A huge wave swept away Jack moments after he was photographed with his cousins on Mauao’s Shelly Beach at Mt Manganui on October 1 last year.

Hundreds of lifeguards and other volunteers searched for Jack in the weeks after his disappearance, but he was never found.

In a public statement, Jack’s family said they “wake each day with heavy hearts” and time had not eased the pain of losing him.

- NZME

By sue newman

sue.n@theguarDian.co.nz

They’re stacked spine to spine on trestle tables, in boxes and in some cases in plastic shopping bags and they’re all waiting for new owners.

Today thousands of books that form the stock in trade of Ashburton Rotary’s annual bookfest, Bookarama, are lined up in orderly rows; today the Ashburton Sports Hall is a place of quiet concentration, but come Monday it will be nothing short of chaos.

When the doors open on this year’s Bookarama, they’ll open on the largest and collection of books ever amassed for the big event, said Rotarian Lindsay Holland.

Books have been coming into the club’s store shed since the doors closed on last year’s event.

They continued to come in while Rotarians were stacking books category by category on trestle tables and they’ll continue to flood in during the weeklong event, he said.

“We’ve had a tremendous flow of material this year and the quality has been very good but the numbers have meant we’ve had to be pretty ruthless on quality.”

Books that don’t make the cut are recycled.

This year for the first time the impact of technology was apparent, with large numbers of dictionaries being cleared from bookshelves.

Damage totals $70m

Trucks hits house A truck has crashed into a house in Pye’s Pa, Tauranga. The truck appears to have come off a work site and rolled into the house.

Police weren’t immediately available to comment, but a witness said no one was injured in the crash.

- NZME

Lake Tekapo deaths

Rotarian Hugh Blaikie checks out one of the thousands of books waiting for new owners in this year’s Bookarama.

PHOTO JOSEPH JOHNSON 250915-JJ-012

Inevitably among the thousands of books delivered for sale are some treasures that fetch a high price on the dealers’ market.

Mr Holland is Rotary’s expert eye and he ensures the highly collectible volumes are sold for the best possible price.

While that might take them out of the reach of bargain hunters, it ensures the maximum

amount of money is raised for charity, he said.

This year there is a large military history collection on offer along with several very old volumes of Punch magazine.

“We’ve certainly got the quality this year, all we need now is the buyers to come in and take it all away,” Mr Holland said.

With the second-hand book market remaining relatively

static, Bookarama prices had not risen for several years, and this year some would be dropping, he said.

“We do rely on the dealers to take a significant amount away and we send a circular out to all dealers around the South Island telling them what we’ve got.”

Bookarama opens at 8am on Monday and runs until noon on Saturday.

Two men have died after a sudden turn in the weather caused waves to swamp their kayaks, tipping them into the icy cold water in Lake Tekapo yesterday. The pair, believed to be visiting from overseas, were part of an elevenmember group that had gone out onto the lake. The remaining nine were pulled from the water alive and were treated for hypothermia - two were sent to Timaru hospital, via ambulance, in a serious condition. Mid-South Canterbury Area Commander Inspector Dave Gaskin says when the group first went out the weather was calm.

But he says they were hit by a north westerly at speeds of around 40k/hr.

- NZME

News Saturday, September 26, 2015

www.guardianonline.co.nz

Ashburton Guardian 5

■ CHILD, YOUTH AND FAMILY

Staffed care homes proposed

By Caitlin Porter

Caitlin.p@theguardian.Co.nz

Setting up staffed care homes could ensure the country’s most vulnerable children were looked after, says a former Ashburton Child, Youth and Family (CYF) social worker.

Jill Ross, who was also an emergency foster mother, was responding to an interim report released yesterday by Social Development Minister Anne Tolley.

The report, from an independ-

ent expert panel, showed the CYF system was not delivering effectively for vulnerable children and young people, and as a result transformational change was required.

Mrs Ross said the system needs a child centre approach with a shift away from multiple short-term placements.

“Foster care is fraught with difficulties for children and young people as well as the caregivers,” she said.

When a child goes into care,

they are first placed with a family short-term while things are assessed, she said.

A longer term home must then be sought out, and sometimes short-term placements can be extended.

However, often that doesn’t work.

“Therefore you get a number of placements over the years and children go from place to place ... after two or three placements they have lost their ability to fit in,” Mrs Ross said.

To avoid being bounced around the system, children could instead be looked after in staffed homes, she said.

Mrs Ross said there used to be a lot more care available for young people with short-term spells and institutions, but they all closed down in the late 1980s. “[The intention was] for all care being provided in the community, well that hasn’t happened.”

To ensure children don’t get lost in the system a stable home

- something between institutions and the girls’ and boys’ homes of old - could be investigated, she said.

“At times when children are too disturbed for foster parents to manage it’s very hard to find placements and you need a staffed situation.”

It could also aid in families being kept together. “[If] kids could keep the bond with their siblings that would be much better, but that doesn’t happen – it’s too hard.”

■ ASHBURTON BOROUGH SCHOOL

Schools come together to celebrate For just the second time since their merger in 2001, pupils from both Ashburton Borough School and its Lagmhor site came together at Lagmhor for a milestone event.

Yesterday marked the opening of the site’s new tennis court, scooter track and building renovation.

As well as the tennis court and scooter track, which were the result of a dedicated fundraising effort, many of the site’s buildings were renovated and upgraded recently.

The completion of the projects was marked with a celebration involving the whole school, as well as Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew and Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay, yesterday afternoon.

Making the most of the sunny skies, hundreds of staff, students and invited guests watched as the school’s kapahaka group gave a rousing performance to kick off the ceremony.

That was followed by performances by both the Lagmhor pupils and the school choir.

Ashburton Borough School board of trustees chairman David Harford said the Lagmhor site was an integral part of the school, and he congratulated the Lagmhor committee on its dedication to getting the projects finished.

Ashburton Borough School pupil Jessie Martin performs a haka at Lagmhor yesterday.

BLENHEIM ROAD RETAIL AND WAREHOUSE PROPERTIES - CAN BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY 455 Blenheim Road, Christchurch Exceptional Blenheim Road Retail and Warehouse Opportunity.

Target Furniture Retail Building - 2,814m² retail building on prominent 5,197m² corner site. Leased to a well established tenant on a new eight year lease.

Parkland Products Building - 1,513m² retail/wholesale on 3,991m² site with dual access. Leased to a National Tenant for $181,184 + gst per annum.

Either of these prime retail/showroom warehouse properties can be purchased individually, or alternatively there is an opportunity to purchase all four individual titles that make up this exceptional 2.1 hectare site. Quality long term tenants are in place.

D

PHOTO JOSEPH JOHNSON 250915-JJ-024

455 Blenheim Road Deadline Private Treaty 1pm, Thurs 15 October, 2015

(unless sold prior) www.bayleys.co.nz/550638

George Phillips

D

M 021 163 3838 B 03 375 4703

D

george.phillips@bayleys.co.nz

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008.

Angela Webb

M 027 349 1997 B 03 375 4733 angela.webb@bayleys.co.nz

Pacific

GREAT VALUE 3 Piece Bench Setting

499

$

1500 x 900mm rectangular table and two 1340mm bench seats.

Hardwood construction. Bench cushions included.

Rectangular Table $299 Bench Seat $149 each

!88013 19 181073 24 228998 9

19

Props not included

FREE UMBRELLA*

*Spend over $1000 on Outdoor Furniture and get a FREE 2.7m Romance Umbrella or 3m Steel Cantilever Umbrella Spend over $2000 and get a FREE 3.3m Romance Umbrella or 3m Olefin Cantilever Umbrella

FREE

FREE

THROW CUSHIONS (6)* with any Lounge Setting over $2000

LOCAL DELIVERY *

On Outdoor Furniture & BBQs purchased over $500

*Friday 25th - Monday 28th September 2015. Terms & conditions apply. See in-store for details.

1999

No Payments & No Interest

for 500 days on Outdoor Furniture & BBQs $1000 & over*

*Offer ends Monday 28 th September 2015.

Q Card lending criteria, fees, terms and conditions apply.

See in-store for details.

1249

$

$

Contempo 4 Piece Sectional Lounge Setting

NEW PRODUCT Pacific 7 Piece Setting

1700 x 840mm sectional lounger, one footrest and a glass top coffee table.

Black powder-coated aluminium frame. Spun polyester cushions included.

2 year warranty.

2080 x 1070mm rectangular table and 6 armchairs.

248421 35

Rectangular Table $449 Armchair $149 each

79

!88894 20 248058 25 248170 6

49

1799

$

NEW PRODUCT Icarus 7 Piece Setting

1800 x 1000mm rectangular table and 6 armchairs.

BONUS BO B Single Lounger Sin S Priced at $299 P Pri

Rectangular Table $699 Armchair $189 each !88912 14 248081 26 248076 7

71

(248422)

$

599

Contempo 3 Piece Conversational Setting

Two single seater round lounge chairs and a coffee table.

Spun polyester cushions included.

2 year warranty.

248173s

23

$

1999

$

Pa Palazzo 7 Piece Setting

17 1700mm round glass top table with removable lazy su susan and 6 tub chairs. Seat cushions included.

W Wicker-look with aluminium construction.

Cu Cushion included. 3 year warranty.

Ro Round Table $999 Tub Chair $199 each Tu

!88010 21 228974 29 202023 12 !88

79

2699

Palazzo 4 Piece Lounge Setting Three seater lounge chair, 2 single seater lounge chairs and a glass top coffee table.

202136 15

107

$

3799

NEW PRODUCT Milano 9 Piece Setting

2000mm round table and 8 armchairs..

Table has in-built lazy susan.

Round Table $1499 Armchair $299 each

!88908 18 248069 28 228990 8

151

FCB 9068 ASL

Ashburton

81 West Street Phone: 308 5119

Opening Hours

Monday - Friday: 7.00am - 6.00pm Saturday: 8.00am - 6.00pm Sunday & Public Holidays: 8.00am - 5.00pmÂ

We accept the following Card

GREAT VALUE

449

$

NEW PRODUCT

GREAT VALUE

Mosaic 3 Piece Setting

GREAT VALUE LUE

599

399

$

600mm mosaic top round table and 2 armchairs.

Rustic slate top, metal finishing with cement base.

$

!88946 5

17

Weber Baby Q Portable a able Gas BBQ

Contempo Hanging Egg Chair

All weather wicker. ith Powder-coated steel stand wi with adjustable height feature.

Seat cushion included.

H: 1900mm, Dia: 1000mm.

2 year warranty.

Sleek styled roasting hood. ize.

Convenient small si size.

Piezo ignition.

Includes cookbook. k k.

5 year limited warranty. ra anty.

248424 10

23

BBQ stationary ca cart art (sold separately)) $169 $ 239457 39 239466 38 8

15

Triple* Fly Buys Points

ON ALL OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND BBQs

3 points points for every $25 spent. Offer available Friday 25th - Monday 28th September 2015. Terms & conditions apply. See in-store for details.

*

199

$

each

Whitford 3 Piece Garden Setting 610mm round table and 2 folding chairs.

E-coated steel construction.

Available in lime, white or yellow.

202053 34

7

1499

549

$

$

NEW PRODUCT

Weber Q 2000 BBQ

Palazzo 2 Piece Daybed

All weather wicker.

Aluminium construction.

Durable spun polyester cushions.

3 throw cushions included.

3 year warranty.

248419 13

59

Sleek styled roasting hood. Piezo ignition.

Two fold down side shelves. Includes cookbook.

5 year limited warranty.

H: 370mm, W: 800mm, D: 410mm.

BBQ stationary cart (sold separately) $249 239458 40 239465

21

449

$

Portofino 5 Piece Dining Setting

965mm square 5mm tempered glass top table and 4 armchairs.

Seat cushions included.

248090 36

17

1599

$

499

$

4 Burner Hooded BBQ

Gasmate Horizon 4 Burner Hooded BBQ

Classic powder-coated hood and body.

Side burner. Red. 269296 3

Como 3 Piece Lounge & Daybed Setting

19

228977 33

$

Vitreous enamel hood with viewing window. Black powder-coated body.

2 year warranty.

229234 4

31

Three seater lounge chair, ottoman and convertible glass top coffee table (with removable cushion).

63

799

$

799

NEW PRODUCT 4 Burner Hooded Retro Cream BBQ

Vitreous enamel hood and powder-coated steel.

Si Side burners.

248377 1 24

31 3

1699

$

Broil King 4 Burner Hooded BBQ

Cold rolled stainless steel hood panel and body. Four reversible cast iron cooking grids.

Lifetime warranty on casting.

Battery powered rotisserie kit included.

2 year limited warranty.

248379 2

67

FREE Grillman Pizza Stone or Rotisserie F with any BBQ BBQ purchased purcha purchas over $799

1999

9998

$

$

NEW PRODUCT

2.7m Hardwood Umbrellas

Siena 3 Piece Bench Setting

2000 x 900mm lightweight concrete-look table and two 1800mm bench seat.

248100 32 239465 37

79

each

38mm pole and hardwood frame.

UV coated polyester canopy with convenient double pulley system.

Black or green.

H: 2420mm, Dia: 2700mm.

248043 31 248044

FCB 9068 ASR

* If you find a lower price on an identical stocked product locally we will beat it by 15%.

If you find the same product cheaper from another Mitre 10 store or Mitre 10 website we’ll match that price. Excludes trade and special quotes, stock liquidations and commercial quantities. The in-store price may be lower than that advertised.

Available from Friday 25th – Monday 28th September 2015, while stocks last. SP1772

find us mitre10.co.nz

139

$

each

Cantilever Umbrellas

Durable steel powder-coated frame. 180g polyester fabric.

X base to use with weights or pavers. Black or taupe.

H: 2560mm, Dia: 2920mm.

202110 30 202111

5

News Ashburton Guardian

8

Saturday, September 26, 2015

www.guardianonline.co.nz

New hub takes shape The former Work and Income New Zealand building is being refurbished for Ashburton’s Community House. The Guardian’s Caitlin Porter sat down with Kathryn Barr and John Driscoll to chat about renovations, tenants and the community’s ongoing support.

I

t’s been nearly five years in the making, but Ashburton’s Community House is only months away from opening its doors.

The Ashburton Community House Trust raised the last of the $1.6 million needed to buy and refurbish the former Work and Income New Zealand building on Cass Street, ensuring a a positive future for a building with a tragic past.

A final $500,000 grant from the Community Lotteries Facilities sealed the deal.

The process was kickstarted by a $500,000 grant from the Ashburton District Council but other money from the Ashburton Trust Lion Foundation, the Mid South Canterbury Community Trust, Mackenzie Charitable Trust and Lochead Trust was also pooled, as well as a number of small donations.

Now the money is in the bank, the refurbishment of the building is ploughing ahead.

Trust board chair John Driscoll said the interior and exterior of the former Winz building look remarkably different.

Earlier this year the renovation of the building was awarded to local firm JKF Homes and director Geoff Frew has taken on the role of project manager.

“He’s been great to work with, he’s so community minded,” Mr Driscoll said.

“We are quite excited.”

While a lot was being renovated, the building was not being fully revamped. Some areas, including the staff room and amenities, will remain intact, and the heating system is being left as is, Mr Driscoll said.

“The ultimate aim is getting it decorated and up and running. It is a community hub for Ashburton and it is really for the community.”

The new building will boast permanent and temporary offices, a staff room and two meeting rooms – one of which is set to be kitted out with the latest technologies including an interactive whiteboard and data projector thanks to the Rotary Club of Ashburton.

The anchor tenant for the building is Safer Ashburton but already 11 other permanent tenants have signed on, as have a handful of temporary tenants.

However, six spare office spaces are still available for lease.

Mr Driscoll said he always knew interest would be high, as

Community House’s last premises hosted nearly 30 tenants.

While the interest is there it will be a while yet before tenants can move in, Mr Driscoll said.

The projected completion date for the building is mid to late March.

Not only is the interior getting a facelift, the exterior will also be modernised.

Its primary feature will be a memorial dedicated to the victims of the Winz tragedy; it will be located on the Cass Street side of the building.

With the building work on track, Community House manager Kathryn Barr said some of the finer details can now be finalised, including working out phone and data systems.

Both Mr Driscoll and Ms Barr said support from the community throughout the process of moving has been overwhelming.

“We have had so much support, from both Rotary clubs and Lions clubs with raffles, a golf tournament and Boulevard Day,” Mr Driscoll said.

“We can’t thank the community enough for what they have done.”

Community House manager Kathryn Barr and trust chair John Driscoll check out one of the many new offices.

PHOTO JOSEPH JOHNSON 240915-JJ-023

WHO IS MOVING IN? ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Work is ongoing to fit out the interior of the new Community House building.

PHOTO JOSEPH JOHNSON 240915-JJ-022

■ ■ ■ ■

Birthright Ashburton Alzheimers Canterbury Ashburton Senior Citizens Disabled Persons Assembly Barnardos Rural Canterbury Primary Health Organisation Riding for the Disabled Ashburton Road Safety Council Needle Exchange Mid Canterbury Play Centre Safer Ashburton CCS Disability CanInspire Trust Those with a temporary base: MoleMap The JP Signing Centre Volunteer Mid and South Canterbury Overeaters Anonymous

E U L B

E L A S

24 MONTHS

FINAL DAYS!

HURRY! T THESE OFFERS MUST END TUESDAY! E

40 % 30 % 25

%

40

%

COMPUTERS & TABLETS

$

OFF

LIMIT 1 PER CUSTOME WHILE R STOCKS LAST!

DESKS

OFF

CHAIRS

Excludes clearance & already discounted items.

50

%

60 CANVAS %

OFF

OFF

PHOTO FRAMES & ALBUMS

659383etc

Includes iPad #See below for details.

579eaa

BOOKCASES

OFF

on purchases $499 & over # Now on Q Card!

HOT PRICE

OFF

UP TO

INTEREST FREE

Assembly Required

SAMSUNG GALAXY S5 215671etc

98ea

$

SAVE $50

99ea

automatic & continuous backup

$

1TB BACKUP PLUS PORTABLE HARD DRIVE

7" QUADCORE TABLET

Colours may vary by store. 215333/4/5/6

217434

HURRY! THESE OFFERS MUST END SUNDAY!

40

%

OFF

THE 2ND IDENTICAL INK OR TONER^

^Second item must be identical to the first & purchased in the same transaction.

Excludes clearance.

30% 60

OFF

OFF ALL PRINTERS

SINGLE REAM $ 49

SAVE $100

4 ea

399ea

$

BOX

(5 REAMS)

4

$

per ream

29

$

PREPAID SIM VALUE PACK INCLUDED

SAMSUNG GALAXY S5 MINI BLACK Limit 1 per customer. 216695

STOCK LIQUIDATION!

DATA TALK TEXT FREE WiFi 1GB/DAY +SPOTIFY PREMIUM

750MB 150MIN UNLIMITED

OFFICE A4 COPY PAPER

A4. 80gsm. 500 pack. White. 531844

CLEARANCE DEALS AVAILABLE INSTORE & ONLINE NOW. HURRY! ONLY WHILE STOCKS LAST!

TERMS & CONDITIONS: Offers available until Tuesday 29th September 2015 unless otherwise stated or while stocks last. Weeks 7-8. Promotions in this advertisement are not available with trade terms, clearance products, special quotations, or in conjunction with any other promotional offers. Suggested savings are measured against normal retail prices. Suggested value of items relates to normal retail prices. Gift/Bonus/Free product only available with associated purchase & only while stocks last. We reserve the right to restrict the purchase of commercial quantities. SPARK TERMS & CONDITIONS: Spark terms, conditions & charges apply. See spark.co.nz/prepaid for more information & full terms & conditions. #FINANCE TERMS & CONDITIONS: Finance not available online. 24 months interest free is available on purchases $499 & over on Q Card Flexi Payment Plans, Gem Visa or GE Creditline only. Minimum monthly payments of 3% of the monthly closing balance, or $10 for Q Card or $20 for Gem Visa (whichever is greater), are required throughout the interest free period. Paying only the minimum monthly payments will not fully repay the amount financed before the end of the interest free period. On expiry of the interest free period, the prevailing interest rate of 25.25% p.a for Q Card, or 25.45% p.a for Gem Visa, or 29.95% p.a for GE Creditline will apply to any outstanding balance. An establishment fee of $55 for new Q Card or Gem Visa cardholders, a Q Card Advance Fee of $35 for existing Q Cardholders, & an annual account fee (Q Card $50, Gem Visa $52 or GE Creditline $50) apply. Offer expires 27th September 2015. Q Card or Gem Visa or GE Creditline lending criteria, fees, terms & conditions apply. Offer does not apply to Marble Finance.

99E_WSL_01118_AG

BUY 1 & GET

News 10 Ashburton Guardian

www.guardianonline.co.nz

Saturday, September 26, 2015

■ FONTERRA

CEO’s pay rise draws farmer flak

By NadiNe Porter

NadiNe.P@theguardiaN.co.Nz

Contemporary jeweller Johanna Zellmer, preparing for this afternoon’s opening of her exhibition, Forged, in the Ashburton Art Gallery.

PHOTO JOSEPH JOHNSON 250915-JJ-016

Jeweller taps into immigrants’ journeys

By Sue NewmaN

Sue.N@theguardiaN.co.Nz

The very personal stories of New Zealanders caught between two cultures formed the inspiration for contemporary jeweller Johanna Zellmer’s exhibition Forged, opening at the Ashburton Art Gallery today.

As a German citizen who had lived in New Zealand for 15 years, Zellmer found herself questioning her reasons for continuing to remain a resident in her new country rather than throwing away her German passport and becoming a New Zealand citizen.

If she was grappling with this issue she knew there would be other new, New Zealanders dealing with the same question. She went looking and was overwhelmed by the number of

people wanting to share their stories and their reasons.

And those stories became the catalyst for a new range of work that would see her create very personal items of jewellery that would be worn by just one person, the holder of the passport number punched into its heart.

Her exhibition Forged is an exhibition in two parts. In one she has taken coins, flattened these and created intricate landscapes. Each piece is mounted in a display box.

The piece de resistance, however, are the multiple human passport works.

Each tells the story of an immigrant who has held onto their culture and nationality in their new country. Zellmer has listened to their stories and

then retold those stories by creating a single ear ring from a coin and hearing aid tube.

The ear ring appears as ‘brand’ on each neck and that, Zellmer said is symbolic of a nation’s branding.

“This has been quite an emotional project for me. Often these people told me very personal stories about their experiences. They felt no one had listened to them before, no one had ever wanted to know,” she said.

She has published a book that will be for sale during the exhibition.

This book tells the stories of the individuals who are part of the exhibition.

Zellmer trained as a jeweller in Germany but with her apprenticeship behind her decided

to push her boundaries beyond the tradition of bending over a bench working on small pieces of adornment.

She continued to study, training as a silversmith and working with larger items such as utensils and plates.

In 2000 she moved to New Zealand, taking up a position at the Dunedin School of Art and began working again on smaller pieces of jewellery.

Forged has been funded by the Otago Polytechnic and at the end of its touring exhibition, the ear rings will become the property of each individual portrayed.

Forged opens at the Ashburton Art Gallery today at 2pm and the opening will feature readings by Zellmer from her book.

Two charged after meth lab busted

PRESENTS..

Tickets $20 each Friday, October 2, 7pm Saturday, October 3, 7pm Sunday, October 4, 2pm The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum With Music and Lyrics of the MGM MOTION PICTURE SCORE

By Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg Background Music by Herbert Stothart

PROUDLY SPONSORED BY Tickets available from Ashburton Trust Event Centre Wills Street, Ashburton or www.ticketdirect.co.nz

Two people have been charged after a standoff with police at a meth lab bust in Auckland yesterday. The stand-off ensued when armed police stormed the home on Gowing Drive, Meadowbank, about 5.30am.

Inspector Tony Wakelin said neighbouring properties were evacuated and the street closed off as a “small number” of armed police and other staff entered the house to execute a search warrant.

A man barricaded himself inside and tried to set fire to chemicals on the premises.

Mr Wakelin said it was a volatile and dangerous situation but police were able to resolve it.

“Considering that this lab is right in the middle of a residential area, the dangers of their actions are unable to be described.” - NZME

Relief at Fonterra’s increased payout to dairy farmers is being overshadowed by anger at the 18 per cent increase in the chief executive’s salary.

At the same time as the giant milk co-operative announced a 750 staff lay-off, it emerged Theo Spierings had been given a substantial pay increase.

During the 2013/14 season, Mr Spierings received between $4.17-$4.18 million but that had risen to between $4.93-$4.94 million for the year ending July 31.

The salary announcement was met with a maelstrom of reactions from suppliers both for and against the increase.

Locally, Ashburton Forks dairy farmer Graham Lowe was not impressed.

“I thought it was ironic that you can get an 18 per cent pay rise when the payout is $8.50, but when it goes down it’s not their fault.”

Fonterra claims successes but no-one accepts failures, he said.

Although relieved by the increase in payout Mr Lowe believed Fonterra still had a way to go, particularly when it came to dealing with governance issues.

The increase from $3.85 to $4.65 per kilogram milksolids would still not enable Mr Lowe to break even at his production cost of $5.60 but he was now hopeful he might break even by the end of the season.

Timaru Track dairy farmer Peter Ormsby did not have a problem with Mr Spierings’ salary increase.

“In my view you have to have good people and to get them you have to pay them well.”

Mr Ormsby said the payout increase was “really good news for us” and would enable him to come close to breaking even with his 9000 herd.

When compared to smaller Australian dairy companies, Mr Spiering’s salary was not vast.

Bega Cheese CEO Aidan Coleman receives $1.4 million on total revenue of $1.1 billion while Warrnambool Cheese and Butter CEO David Lord was paid $2.2 million on total revenue of $454 million.

News Saturday, September 26, 2015

Ashburton Guardian

11

■ INVERCARGILL INCIDENT

Boy faces further surgery

By Jimmy Ellingham The 10-year-old boy struck in the head by an electric fence post at his Invercargill school remains paralysed down one side and faces further brain surgery.

The family of Kade Phillips yesterday released an update on his condition, a week after an incident at Sacred Heart School.

Kade was taken initially to Southland Hospital and then

transferred to Dunedin, where he remains. There are plans to move him to Starship Children’s Hospital in Auckland.

Kade’s grandfather, the family spokesman, said relatives remained at the boy’s side.

“Kade’s a very sick boy with a long, tough road ahead of him.

He has to date lost all movement and feeling in his right-hand side. He has an operation in the next 10 to 12 days to replace a huge piece of skull, once the

■ CHRISTCHURCH REBUILD

brain has reduced to its normal size. He has lost the muscle movement needed to swallow.”

Kade is being fed from a tube but his grandfather said he can talk and has not lost his memory.

He has a large family and its members are taking turns at being at his side and helping mum Theresa Smart and Kade’s 14 and 16-year-old brothers and 9-year-old sister.

“There’s always two people with him at night time so if one

The announcement heralds a return of decision making roles to the community, she said.

“Agencies will have to work in a strong partnership with central government to make this transition successful,” Ms Dyson said.

“Everyone wants it to work so Canterbury is able to deliver on the big challenges ahead.

“This plan provides the much needed certainty which local and international investors have been calling for, and will give them the confidence to look at the region as a place to invest in and to do business.”

The first step will be to jointly appoint a chairperson to guide the Regenerate Christchurch establishment unit.

The new organisation will work with the city council’s existing Development Christchurch Limited and a Crown-controlled company, which is also being developed.

Legislation is required to set up Regenerate Christchurch as there is currently no shared ownership model which meets the objectives of both council and Crown.

The work is under way as part of the Greater Christchurch Regeneration Bill, supporting regeneration of greater Christchurch following the expiry of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act 2011.

The new bill is expected to be introduced to the House next month.

- NZME

Kade’s grandfather said money from that would go towards the boy’s short- and long-term care and to help his immediate family.

They are facing much disruption and cost, particularly when Kade is transferred to Starship.

“They are going to need support, the whole lot of them,” Kade’s grandfather said.

A 9-year-old boy involved in the incident was spoken to by police, who have closed the case file.

- NZME

■ RECYCLING

New agency set up for Chch rebuild A new Christchurch rebuild agency has been launched to oversee the multi-billion redevelopment of the earthquakeravaged city centre and red zones.

Regenerate Christchurch is a joint entity between the Government and Christchurch City Council designed to drive the city’s $40 billion rebuild.

Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee and Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel yesterday outlined the plans for Canterbury’s postCERA structures.

Its functions are likely to include developing plans to assist with regeneration, monitoring regeneration outcomes and interventions, “facilitating seamless investor experience”, and providing independent advice to council and the minister.

An independent board will ensure it will be managed in a completely different way to the current entities, the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority and the Christchurch City Council, they said.

After five years, the organisation will transfer to the city as a fully Council Controlled Organisation (CCO).

Ms Dalziel said the new entity is a first for New Zealand and can provide a new model for Crown and council collaboration beyond Christchurch.

The move was welcomed by Labour’s Canterbury Earthquake Recovery spokeswoman, Ruth Dyson.

needs to sleep, the other can take over,” Kade’s grandfather said.

“And during the day it’s the same thing, so we’ve got someone at his side at all times.”

Whoever’s there also records everything that’s happened in case hospital staff need to know.

Kade’s grandfather said the family had received “phenomenal support” from the community.

The PTA at Sacred Heard has set up a Givealittle page, and

Recycling boost

Mayfield School’s year-long focus on sustainability has been given a boost thanks to the donation of four new recycling bins. Pupils have been learning about the benefits of recycling during the year as part of the project, which has also seen them work on improving the school’s food garden. Making the most of the school’s new bins with Mastaguard’s Sheryl Stivens were pupils Trista Farnell, 9, and Mia Graham, 9.

PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 230915-TM-048

Getting to grips with recycling The children at the Headstart Early Learning Centre in Hinds this week learned all about reducing, reusing and recycling.

WasteBusters educator Katie Elser visited the preschool on

Thursday to perform a waste audit on rubbish collected from around the Hinds area.

“The children did really well picking up rubbish and we spread it out on a mat to look through it all to see what could

have been recycled,” Mrs Esler said.

The rubbish collection was part of Keep New Zealand Beautiful week which was celebrated all around New Zealand earlier this month.

Weekend focus 12

Ashburton Guardian

Saturday, September 26, 2015

www.guardianonline.co.nz

YOUTH

Welcome to the Guardian’s new monthly segment YOUth. Each month a team of talented Ashburton College students will collate articles, opinion pieces and photographs produced by their peers, which will then find a home across two pages in the Guardian.

YOUth will give Mid Canterbury teens a chance to make their voices heard, share their views on the big issues, and showcase their talents with the wider community. Enjoy!

Exam stress grows

By Olivia scOtt

G

lancing at my watch, my knees start to shake as I see the time change to 9:58am. In two minutes all the study, prep and long nights will be over. It has all come down to this.

What makes all senior students get so stressed, nervous and sleep deprived?

One word. Examinations.

The whole year has come down to the three hours spent in a room so silent you could hear a pin drop.

For junior students it’s hard to understand why all the

stress and worry over a little test.

A little test? Are you kidding? It’s the most important thing for university, endorsements, and, oh maybe a little thing called PASSING. Senior students are constantly bombarded with advice on how to study more efficiently and it can all get a bit confusing separating the truth from the myths. I think the hardest part of studying is actually just starting.

Once you are started and into it, it isn’t so bad, but actually getting off the couch or off your phone (or even both)

seems to be the most difficult thing. But I get it, taking two steps to your desk is a lot more difficult than it sounds - I know.

The most important advice most students are given time and time again is planning.

With a solid study timetable even the most stressed student is able to keep up to date.

Study timetables for every month are a really good idea to keep up to a routine. There are numerous websites such as StudyIt (http://www.studyit. org.nz/studyandexam/) which has a study timetable template and other helpful study tips. Another good website is

Academic Tips (http://www. academictips.org/acad/index. html) which has useful study techniques for coping with exams.

To quote Benjamin Franklin “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.”

Ashburton College NCEA coordinator Mary Buckland says that one of the most important things to remember is to check when you have an exam.

“Every year we have students miss exams because they got the day wrong, or else they turn up in the afternoon for their morning exam. If this happens the college can do

A WASTE OF $26M

By ElisaBEth Bramhall Why do young people not get a say about the New Zealand flag? Is it because we are young and under the age to vote? Or is it because they think that this won’t affect us as young people?

I remember being little and having our New Zealand flag hanging in my classroom.

New Zealand’s flag has been around for so many years, and now they want to change it and have a new one around for the next 50-100 years.

However, some New Zealanders have grown an

attachment to the flag and are proud of it – including many young people.

The flag represents New Zealand’s history and give it its symbolic and emotional value rather than just being a design.

For example, when New Zealand wins a medal at the Olympics or at any event New Zealand participates in, we are well known for the flag that hangs behind us.

Many New Zealanders have also fought and died under our current flag during battles.

People are saying that the New Zealand flag is too similar to Australia’s

and that they often get confused with each other, but that seems like a weak excuse.

In April the New Zealand Herald did a survey that asked people in New Zealand what they wanted to happen with our flag.

Overwhelmingly, 70 per cent of New Zealanders disagreed with having our flag changed, while 25 per cent agreed to having it changed and 5 per cent were undecided.

A number of New Zealanders are not proud of our flag, but many more are.

John Key is wasting $26 million.

nothing to fix the situation,” she said.

“If a Year 13 student misses a November exam their admission to university could be in jeopardy, so it is vital to know when your exams are.”

The most important thing for all students sitting exams is to make sure you plan and to check when your exam is.

These two seemingly small tips could make a big difference between passing or failing.

My code is called out, I walk in the room with a deep breath, knowing that I have done all the preparation I could. Let’s do this.

Weekend focus Saturday, September 26, 2015

www.guardianonline.co.nz

Ashburton Guardian 13

TIPS

■ Never underestimate the power of afternoon naps. This is my secret to staying functional when my life gets super busy.

■ Power naps are the best when I’m out late with rehearsals or homework, because you can sleep straight after school, then in 20 minutes you’ll be as good as new!

■ Have ‘me’ time. Lauren Rattray says if she’s been studying for a while she’ll go to the gym to get her mind off things and just chill out. Have regular breaks when you’re studying and do something you enjoy.

■ You’ll feel better and you won’t dread your study time as much.

■ Do what best for you, your education and your wellbeing.

■ Lucy Clough advises prioritising your work. “If you are behind in class, then study,” she says. “You need to know when enough is enough and take time to look after your social wellbeing.”

With end-of-year exams rapidly approaching, Ashburton College students are putting their heads down and getting to work.

PHOTO SUPPLIED

‘Don’t they realise what I’ve got to do tonight?’

By Annelise DiAmonD

“

Right class, I want this essay finished by tomorrow.”

That must be one of the most used phrases in an English teacher’s career.

As students we think “tomorrow? You’ve got to be kidding right? I mean, don’t they realise what I’ve got to do tonight?”

Truth is, they don’t.

Taking six subjects and having exams is enough to worry about - throw in everyone’s extra-curricular activities and

you’re not left with many hours.

Personally, I’m heavily involved in theatre. You name the latest show that’s on, and I can almost guarantee that I’m involved with it either on or off the stage. The event centre has practically been my second home since it opened in 2008!

That aside, there’s singing lessons, rehearsals, dance lessons, school leadership roles, and of course, work.

So when my English teacher turns to me and says “I want this essay finished by tomor-

PHOTOS BY SARAH BRAMHALL

row”, instead of complaining and making the situation worse, I simply say “I’ll do my best”.

Ashburton College student Nicole Johnson says teachers always say ‘balance your life’, but then expected students to finish something in just a few days.

“They don’t realise that some things take time for a good grade, and you don’t always have that time,” she said.

Another student, Katie Hill, made the point that all teachers think their subject is a priority, whereas in reality everything is

equally important.

“Everything I do, I like to do it to a high standard, and with a busy life teachers don’t always understand,” she said.

“I feel they forget with the amount of students they teach, just as us students are quick to comment on how long teachers take to mark something you stayed up all night doing to finish on time.”

Of course, my mum has always had this rule that school work comes first, and I always try to stick to that because

otherwise due dates just become a calendar full of extensions, resubs, and sleepless nights.

Speaking of sleepless nights, adolescents need around 9-9½ hours of sleep each night. Can you guess what the average is?

Seven. Just seven hours.

During show week, I’m lucky to scrape at least six some nights. However I know I’m not the only teenager on the planet with a busy schedule, so here’s take some advice from other busy students to help you make it through.

World 14 Ashburton Guardian

www.guardianonline.co.nz

Saturday, September 26, 2015

■ SAUDI ARABIA

Stampede kills 717 A huge stampede has killed at least 717 people and injured at least 863 more at the hajj in Saudi Arabia in one of the worst-ever tragedies at the annual Muslim pilgrimage.

The stampede, the second deadly accident to hit the pilgrims this month following a crane collapse in Mecca, broke out in Mina yesterday during the symbolic stoning of the devil ritual, the Saudi civil defence service said.

Bodies could be seen in piles, surrounded by discarded personal belongings and flattened water bottles.

In some areas rescue workers laid bodies in long rows on stretchers, limbs protruding from beneath white sheets.

The civil defence service said it was still counting the dead, who included pilgrims from different countries, and that at least 863 people had also been hurt.

Nearly two million people

from across the globe were attending the hajj, one of the largest annual gatherings in the world.

Iran said at least 90 of its citizens died, and accused Saudi Arabia of safety errors.

But a Saudi minister blamed the pilgrims themselves, saying they had not followed hajj rules.

“Many pilgrims move without respecting the timetables” set for the hajj, Health Minister Khaled al-Falih told El-Ekhbariya television.

“If the pilgrims had followed instructions, this type of accident could have been avoided.”

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, who chairs the kingdom’s hajj committee, met senior pilgrimage officials in Mina and ordered an official investigation, the official Saudi Press Agency reported.

The findings will be submitted to King Salman “who will take appropriate measures”, SPA added.

- AFP

In brief Indonesia quake More than 60 people have been injured and 200 houses damaged after a powerful earthquake rocked remote eastern Indonesia.

A disaster agency official warned the number of victims could rise.

People were woken up and ran screaming out of their homes when the 6.6-magnitude undersea quake struck in the Papua region at about 1am local time, not far from the coastal city of Sorong.

Seventeen people were so far known to have sustained serious injuries and 45 to have suffered minor injuries, while 200 houses were damaged, said disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.

- AFP

France wants painting

A rescue worker attends to a man injured in Mina, Saudi Arabia, during the annual hajj pilgrimage.

AP PHOTO

France says it is willing to pay 80 million euros ($NZ141 million) to acquire one of two Rembrandt paintings being sold by the Rothschild family for the Louvre museum. The two full-length portraits of a young couple painted shortly before their wedding in 1634 have been owned by the wealthy Rothschild banking family since the mid-19th century and have rarely been seen in public.

Culture Minister Fleur Pellerin said the offer had been submitted and would be “exceptionally financed by the Bank of France”.

- AFP

■ UNITED STATES

Please note open homes and times in today’s Property Guide are incorrect.

The correct times are: A tour bus and a chartered passenger bus collided yesterday in Seattle.

AP PHOTO

Four dead in bus smash A school bus carrying international students has collided with a tour vehicle in the city of Seattle, killing at least four and critically injuring 15 others, officials said.

Images of the fiery accident on a busy bridge showed extensive damage to the left side of the bus, part of which was completely sheared off by the force of the crash.

Melissa Mixon, spokeswoman for North Seattle College, said 45 students and staff with the school’s international programme were on board the bus.

She could not immediately provide information on the nationality or age of the victims.

Local news reports said the four killed were all students.

College president Warren Brown said the students were going to visit Safeco Field, a sports stadium, as part of their

orientation programme.

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray said authorities were assisting families of the victims who were flying into Seattle from several countries.

“The accident occurred when a charter bus travelling with the students collided with a ‘Ride the Ducks’ tour vehicle,” Mixon said.

The college hosts some 1000 international students from 50 countries, including China, Korea and Japan, according to its website.

The school year is scheduled to begin on Monday.

Passengers on board the bus and the “Ride the Ducks” amphibious vehicle used for tours in several US cities - could be seen crawling out of the wreckage, some of them dazed and bloodied, while others were carried away on stretchers.

- AFP

Saturday, September 26

Start

Finish

9 Alford Forest Road

Open Home

10:00 AM

10:30 AM

12 South Park Road

Open Home

10:15 AM

11:00 AM

263a Cameron Street

Open Home

10:45 AM

11:15 AM

6 Ascot Place

Open Home

11:00 AM

11:30 AM

88 Creek Road

Open Home

11:30 AM

12:00 PM

Sunday, September 27

Start

Finish

103 Walker Street

Open Home

11:30 AM

12:00 PM

73 Thomson Street

Open Home

12:15 PM

12:45 PM

4 Anne Street

Open Home

1:00 PM

1:30 PM

7 Waterford Place

Open Home

2:00 PM

2:45 PM

16 Waterford Place

Open Home

2:00 PM

2:45 PM

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Business www.guardianonline.co.nz

Ashburton Guardian

Saturday, September 26, 2015

15

■ MIKE PERO

Mortgage business locked in battle

BY HAMISH FLETCHER

Mike Pero

Pero, who grew the business from a minnow to a mammoth hasn’t had a financial stake in it for years. He sold half of it in 1996, bought it back again in 2004 and sold it in the same year for $15 million.

However, he still had a place on Mike Pero Mortgages’ board until June 2014 - two months before it launched legal action against him, the details of which are not public.

The Christchurch-based entrepreneur now focuses his at-

with Liberty, the Australian group still ultimately owns the Mike Pero trademark.

As well as its dispute with its founder, Mike Pero Mortgages is also embroiled in a High Court wrangle with a group of its former heavy hitters.

In that action, seven former Mike Pero franchisees are contesting the parts of their contracts that prohibit them from competing with the mortgage business until 2017. They want a judge to declare that these restraint of trade terms are void and unenforceable.

Mike Pero Mortgages has since been to court itself and obtained orders that prevent the group from competing with it in the meantime.

One of the franchisees, award-winning Christchurch broker James Heath, unsuccessfully challenged the injunction last month. However, evidence Heath put before the judge gives a flavour of what could be ar-

Guardian Shares & Investments

■ MORTGAGE LENDING

Compiled by

NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

Source: NZX and Standard & Poors

INVESTOR CRACKDOWN ■ New rules to take effect from next Thursday: ■ Residential property investors in Auckland using bank loans must have deposits of at least 30 per cent.

■ The existing “speed limit” for high LVR borrowing outside Auckland increases from 10 per cent to 15 per cent to reflect the more subdued provincial housing market conditions.

■ Existing 10 per cent speed limit for loans to owner-occupiers in Auckland at LVRs of greater than 80 per cent retained.

■ All buyers must have a New Zealand bank account and IRD number which will help track the number of overseas purchasers.

■ Quick-flick tax being introduced to tax capital gain on any investment property bought and sold within two years. and it was important to look at increases in the number of first home buyers borrowing for a mortgage.

That number had increased to nearly 2000 in the month of August, a jump of more than 50 per cent when compared to August last year.

“That’s on top of borrowing by more than 22,000 other owner occupiers in August. Taken together, the number of first home buyers and owner occupiers - 24,400 - is much higher than the 5600 investors.”

This week the Herald reported that auction clearance rates in Auckland had dropped, together with attendance rates, with experts attributing the turn to investors pulling out of the market because of the new rules.

One mortgage broker said landlords lost their appetite for Auckland from about July when most banks implemented the 30 per cent deposit restrictions.

The Taxation (Bright-line Test for Residential Land) Bill, due to take effect from October, arose from the 2015 Budget and was one of several measures designed to quell the Auckland property market.

It would tax capital gain on any investment property bought and sold within two years, but has been criticised by the NZ Law Society and others, who say speculators will change their behaviour, and the measures will net the wrong people, such as those forced to sell their properties for reasons such as illness or redundancy.

- NZME

Sell price

Last sale

71 72 72 245 247 245 3027 3040 3027 106.5 107 107 505 507 506 269.5 270 269.5 62 62.5 62.5 494 495 494 517 535 535 1222 1300 1230 750 751 751 690 691 691 552 560 560 556 560 558 195 195.5 195.5 116 116.5 116 112 113 113 303.5 304 303.5 140 141 141 130 130.5 130.5 1522 1525 1522 225.5 226 225.5 412 413 412 137 139 137 259 261 259 371 375 375 97 98 98 339 345 340 55 57 55 1700 1705 1705 114.5 115 115 148 149 149 400 401 400 735 737 735 136 137 137 485 490 487 380 386 385 310 311 311 267 275 265 369 370 369 205.5 207 207 369 370 369 757 760 760 320 323 320 171 178 173 256 258 256 3312 3355 3350 1455 1500 1455 649 650 649

Daily Volume move ’000s

+1 +1 +6 – +6 +2 +0.5 – –5 +29 –11 –12 +12 +7 – –0.5 +1 +2 –5 +1 +17 +3 –5 +1 –2 –5 – – +1 +1 +1 +1 +9 +10 +4 – +5 –6 +2 +2 +2 +9 +10 – +2 +4 –7 +25 +11

305.5 1.1m 46.53 353.7 1.4m 789.2 1.9m 8.5m 109.0 263.5 838.5 1.8m 2.0m 328.5 2.9m 652.5 544.0 750.6 687.3 640.5 40.23 6.8m 631.0 398.7 815.6 587.5 184.9 24.83 58.74 7.19 646.2 173.9 312.6 560.1 913.0 635.4 1.1m 3.6m 28.27 135.4 146.2 224.1 157.0 54.24 108.9 76.41 61.00 72.17 1.0m

S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross 5730 5690 5650 5610 5570 5530

25/9

Investors took out nearly $2 billion in mortgages in a month, the latest statistics show - 33 per cent of all new lending.

The Reserve Bank figures for new national residential mortgage lending show that investors accounted for $1.989 billion of lending in August, up from $1.167 billion the previous year.

All borrowing amounted to $5.94 billion, including $624 million lent to first home buyers, and $3.251 billion to other owner occupiers.

The figures come as new restrictions targeting investors come into effect next week.

The Reserve Bank rules will require 30 per cent deposits for Auckland landlords. There will also be a tax on capital gain on any investment property bought and sold within two years.

Labour housing spokesman Phil Twyford said the Reserve Bank figures showed Auckland remained “a speculator’s paradise”.

“This follows analysis by Quotable Value finding more than 40 per cent of properties in Auckland are being sold to investors.”

Mr Twyford said National had tinkered around the edges, including its so-called “bright line” tax, when what was needed was a massive, state-backed building programme.

Finance Minister Bill English said Mr Twyford was wrong,

a2 Milk Company ATM Air NZ AIR ANZ Banking Gr ANZ Argosy Prop ARG Auckland Intl Airpt AIA Chorus CNU Coats Gr COA Contact Energy CEN Diligent Corp DIL Ebos Gr EBO F&P Healthcare FPH Fletcher Building FBU Fonterra Share Fund FSF Freightways FRE Genesis Energy GNE Goodman Prop Tr GMT Heartland NZ HNZ Infratil IFT Kathmandu Hldgs KMD Kiwi Property Gr KPG Mainfreight MFT Meridian Energy MEL Metlifecare MET Metro Perf Glass MPG Mighty River Power MRP Nuplex Ind NPX NZX NZX Orion Health Gr OHE Pacific Edge PEB Port Tauranga POT Precinct Properties PCT Prop For Industry PFI Restaurant Brands RBD Ryman Healthcare RYM Skellerup SKL Sky Network TV SKT Sky City SKC Spark SPK Steel & Tube STU Summerset Gr Hldgs SUM Tower TWR Trade Me Gr TME TrustPower TPW Vector VCT Vital Hlth Prop Tr VHP Warehouse Gr WHS Westpac Banking WBC Xero XRO Z Energy ZEL

Buy price

18/9

Company CODE

At close of trading on Friday, September 25, 2015

11/9

S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross constituents

4/9

Investors borrow $2b in a month

BY NICHOLAS JONES

gued at a full hearing over the restraint of trade.

Heath claimed the value of Mike Pero Mortgages’ intellectual property and brand had deteriorated significantly. He also alleged the business’ customer management systems were unreliable and “embarrassingly unprofessional”.

Mike Pero Mortgages disputes Heath’s claim.

Pero himself, who at Liberty’s request stepped in to try resolve the situation, was diplomatic about the franchisee dispute: “I can see both sides.”

While he claims he would have handled the whole matter differently, he said it wasn’t his business anymore.

And he doesn’t want people to think that every decision Mike Pero Mortgages makes is necessarily endorsed by him.

“When is Mike Pero not Mike Pero? When he’s a mortgage business.”

- NZME

28/8

Call it a brand identity crisis.

Mike Pero probably wouldn’t, even though the mortgage business that still bears his name is now fighting with several former franchisees.

“There’s not too many brands that are in this situation, where the founder has sold the rights to the name,” said the 55-yearold, who set up Mike Pero Mortgages in 1991.

“At times I get frustrated to think that someone has control almost of my identity,” he said.

“The general public do get confused that Mike Pero is a brand and is owned by an Australian company.”

That company is Liberty Financial, founded and managed

by American-born businessman Sherman Ma. It bought into Mike Pero Mortgages in 2006 and took full control of it in 2013 from the beleaguered NZF Group.

tention on Mike Pero Real Estate, where he is chief executive.

That business, jointly-owned

by Liberty’s and Pero’s interests, appeared on last year’s Deloitte Fast50 list with revenue growth of almost 330 per cent.

That meant the real estate company, by Deloitte’s reckoning, was the country’s 23rd-fastest-growing business.

However, the ongoing legal issues between Liberty and Pero are unlikely to have made for the most cordial of boardrooms.

Pero, in any event, stepped down from the board last month to focus on running the business, with his interests now represented by a professional director.

“I liken it to maybe a truckie that’s built up a fleet of trucks getting back out on the road.

I absolutely love rolling my sleeves up and working with our business owners in real estate,” Pero said.

Whatever his relationship

p S&P/NZX 50 Gross

5,687.35 +10.54 +0.19%

p S&P/NZX 20 index

4,166.4

+2.23

+0.05%

p S&P/NZX All Gross

6,108.4

+11.85

+0.19%

p Rises 63 q Falls 47

WORLD MARKETS

q S&P/ASX 200 index

5,042.1

–29.6

–0.58%

At close of trading on Sep 25, 2015

q Dow Jones Indust.

16,201.3 –78.57 –0.48% At close of trading on Sep 24, 2015

FTSE 100 index q

5,961.5

–70.75

–1.17%

At close of trading on Sep 24, 2015

p Nikkei 225 index

17,880.5 +308.68 +1.76%

At close of trading on Sep 25, 2015

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

p Gold

1,154.50

London – $US/ounce

+31.6

+2.81%

q Silver London – $US/ounce

14.79

–0.15

–1.00%

q Copper London – $US/tonne

5,046.0

–85.0

–1.66%

NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ

Country

As at 4pm Sep 25, 2015

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

TT buy

0.9194 0.8623 4.3045 0.5811 1.3978 0.4242 77.92 1.7768 8.9142 23.33 0.6471

TT sell

0.8878 0.8299 3.7751 0.5555 1.2871 0.4091 74.60 1.546 8.5827 22.23 0.6235

Disclaimer: NZX and MetService have endeavoured to ensure the correctness of the information; neither NZX, MetService related companies, nor this newspaper, nor any of their respective employees or agents make any representation as to its accuracy or reliability nor will they, to the extent permitted by law, be liable for any loss arising in any way from, or in connection with, errors or omissions in any information provided (including responsibility to any person by reason of negligence). Please note: All products and services are subject to change without notice.

Your place 16 Ashburton Guardian

TEST YOURSELF

www.guardianonline.co.nz

Saturday, September 26, 2015

YOUR PETS

TOP 5 ONLINE

Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz

1 – In Ashburton, the average 24-hour high temperature for October is...? a. 14 degrees b. 16 degrees c. 18 degrees 2 – Motorola phones were first produced in which country? a. Sweden b. United Kingdom c. USA 3 – By mass, what percentage of the sun is helium? a. 16% b. 28% c. 42% 4 – In what year did Led Zeppelin receive a Grammy for ‘Celebration Day’? a. 1974 b. 1994 c. 2014 5 – Which cake is said to have been invented by a King of Poland? a. Chocolate eclair b. Black Forest gateau c. Rum baba 6 – How do you spell the name for white blood cells? a. Luekocytes b. Leucocytes c. Leukocytes 7 – Most of the world’s vanilla comes from which country? a. Colombia b. Madagascar c. Thailand 8 – Heather du Plessis-Allan is a presenter on which TV programme? a. Seven Sharp b. Story c. 60 Minutes

Yesterday’s top 5 stories on guardianonline.co.nz: 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

PHOTO GALLERY

6

Leon Lewis-West, 5, shows off two-week-old pet lamb Pebbles at the Wakanui School pet day recently.

PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 220915-TM-010

Write to us!

Email us!

Call us!

Editor, PO Box 77

editor@theguardian.co.nz

03 307-7929

4 6

7 5 2

6

Go to guardianonline.co.nz to check out the new photo galleries.

4

Do you have any photographs or recipes you could share with our readers?

3

7

7

1

5

9

YESTERDAY’S3 1 3 4 ANSWERS

6 9 7 1 4 8 3 5 2

1 4 5 2 3 7 6 9 8

2 3 8 5 6 9 7 4 1

4 1 9 6 7 2 5 8 3

8 5 2 4 1 3 9 6 7

7 6 3 8 9 5 2 1 4

5 2 6 7 8 1 4 3 9

3 7 1 9 5 4 8 2 6

9 8 4 3 2 6 1 7 5

EASY SUDOKU

Answers: 1. 18 degrees 2. USA 3. 28% 4.

2014 5. Rum baba 6. Leukocytes 7. Madagascar 8. Story.

Pork stir fry

■ Cook the rice noodles according to packet instructions then drain, refresh with cold water

3

7 5

Wakanui School pet day

QUICK MEAL 150g rice noodles 1t sesame oil 600g 100% NZ stir fry pork 2T Thai red curry paste 1T peanut oil 1x red onion, sliced into thin wedges 1x red chilli, finely chopped 1x stalk lemongrass, very finely chopped (tough outer layers discarded) 1T finely chopped ginger 2x garlic cloves, finely chopped 1x red and 1x yellow capsicum, sliced 150g snow peas 2T fish sauce 2T lime juice 1T palm or brown sugar 1/2 C Thai basil leaves or substitute Italian basil 1/2 C coriander

PM says move to Ashburton Methven area man killed Boundary battle brews Family ‘may have to move’ Easing the cost of shows

6

and toss with sesame oil and set aside.

■ In a bowl combine the pork and curry paste and set aside.

■ Heat the oil in a wok and stir fry the onion, chilli, lemongrass, ginger and garlic for one minute. Add the pork and stir fry for two minutes. Add the capsicum and snow peas and stir fry for a

further 2 minutes.

■ Add the rice noodles and then the fish sauce, lime juice and sugar, stir to combine and heat through. Remove from the heat and stir through the herbs.

Recipe courtesy of www.pork.co.nz 100% NZ Pork

4

4

3 9

5

1 7 1 2 8 3 4 5 2 3 7 9 4 5 4 2 6 1 8 6 1 2

Solutions for today in tomorrow’s Your Place page.

6 1 7 9 4 3 2 8 5

9

4

2

8 1

5

www.guardianonline.co.nz

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Sport

Ashburton Guardian 17

View or purchase photos online guardianonline.co.nz

Adrenalin rush Keen athletes will ski, bike and run from Mt Hutt’s summit at 2086 metres to the Blue Pub in Methven for the 16th Peak to Pub today.

The event will see some of New Zealand’s finest multi-sport athletes to those looking to pit themselves physically and mentally against the elements.

This year’s competition is looking as fierce as ever with the reigning women’s champion and last year’s runner-up, Femke Hilbink and Iva Prazakova returning along with Sez Peddie, who has won the race several times in the past.

Also back to defend their crown is men’s open team winner Bang Ding Ow.

Irrigation Watermeter Installation

• E-CAN watermeter installation deadlines are looming • E-CAN approved watermeter installer • E-CAN approved watermeters and data monitoring • Cost effective installations tailored to meet your needs • Package deals including water meters, data collection and monitoring • Multi site data collection and monitoring • Free quotations, phone Robin Jenkinson today on 0274 841 112

Ashburton Contracting Limited P 03 308 4039 A 48 South Street, Ashburton W www.ashcon.co.nz Gold

Sponsor

Sport 18

Ashburton Guardian

www.guardianonline.co.nz

Saturday, September 26, 2015

In brief Celtic in good shape Celtic manager Ronny Deila is predicting a bright future for the Scottish champions as exciting players like Socceroo Tom Rogic begin to hit their straps. Speaking ahead of their clash against Hearts at Parkhead, Deila believes his squad are in much better shape than last season and headed in the right direction. “People know what to expect in the different roles, so we are stronger as a squad now,” Deila said. - AFP

Battle to dodge axe

The Mid Canterbury under 15 girls’ hockey teams.

PHOTO JOSEPH JOHNSON 250915-JJ-002

Tournament time for U15s

By James Ford

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

Mid Canterbury’s under-15 boys’ hockey team are Wellington-bound today to compete at the National Under-15 Boys’ Championship Tournament, while the girls’ team will head to Christchurch for the National

Under-15 Girls’ Championship Tournament.

Mid Canterbury were unable to field an under-15 boys’ team last season, but manager Aaron White said his players are up for the challenge at the National Hockey Stadium this year and hopes to finish at least

in the top half of the 16 teams competing.

The girls’ team will be competing against 17 other sides, and coach Karen McIntyre said that her players have prepared well, producing some promising results in their lead-up games.

“We’ve got a good bunch of girls.

“We’ve won six of our eight lead-up games so we’re pretty happy with that,” he said.

“We asked the girls what they’re aiming for and they said a top 10 finish so that’s what they’re going for.”

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers and Newcastle boss Steve McClaren face another nerve-wracking weekend on the touchline as they fight desperate battles to avoid the sack.

Rodgers has come under fire after a woeful run of form which has left his side languishing in 13th in the Premier League.

Rodgers’ plight is mirrored on Tyneside, where McClaren is already losing the support of the locals just eight games into his reign. The former England manager has watched his side slump to second bottom of the table after failing to win any of their first six matches.

- AFP

Email access granted Swiss prosecutors say they’ve received a pledge from FIFA to allow them access to the emails of suspended secretary general Jerome Valcke if certain conditions were met. Switzerland’s Attorney General Michael Lauber has demanded access to all of Valcke’s emails as part of his probe into corruption allegations surrounding the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Lauber has obtained troves of electronic documents in connection with the case, but the correspondence of Valcke - FIFA chief Sepp Blatter’s former right-hand man - has so far been blocked by world football’s governing body.

- AFP

Spanish invasion An infusion of Spanish talent and a less punishing schedule have Western Sydney confident of bouncing back from their first poor A-league season.

Losing grand finalists in their first two seasons and Asian Champions League title winners at their first attempt, the Wanderers crashed to ninth in the domestic competition last season and failed to get beyond the ACL group stage. The influx of newcomers includes Socceroos Dario Vidosic and Mitch Nicholls, Italian striker Federico Piovaccari, Spanish midfielders Anderu and Dimas.

- AFP

Proposals rejected

The Mid Canterbury under 15 boys’ hockey team.

PHOTO JOSEPH JOHNSON 250915-JJ-001

The Western Sydney Wanderers have slammed a proposed police crackdown on crowd behaviour as excessive. The Wanderers believe the proposals, which included prohibiting banners and flags, and stopping supporters marching en-masse to the ground, will detract from their home ground experience.

- AAP

Sport www.guardianonline.co.nz

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Ashburton Guardian 19

In brief Solid start for Lee Kiwi golfer Danny Lee has made a strong start to the opening round of the season ending Tour Championship. Lee fired a one-under 69 to sit in a share of 11th place, six shots behind leader Henrik Stenson. Lee had three birdies and two bogeys in his round. New world number one and FexEd Cup leader Jason Day also fired a one-under round.

- NZME

Bathurst in sights V8 Supercars driver James Courtney is set to have more treatment on his injured ribs in a bid to be fit for next month’s Bathurst 1000. The Holden pilot broke five ribs and damaged cartilage in a freak accident in Sydney a month ago when he was hit by debris whipped up by a low-flying helicopter. He hopes the treatment he received yesterday will help him recover in time for the iconic race at Mount Panorama on October 11.

- AAP Ellis Buchanan was the oldest competitor at the South Island Short Course Swimming Championships at the EA Networks Centre last week.

PHOTO JOSEPH JOHNSON 190915-JJ-032

■ SWIMMING

‘It beats pounding pavements’

By James Ford

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

Ellis Buchanan is feeling the benefits of masters’ swimming after returning to the group last month for the first time since 1988.

Mr Buchanan swims at least twice a week and at 88 years old, was the oldest competitor at the South Island Short Course Championships at the EA Networks Centre last week.

Mr Buchanan has swum since being a pupil at Ashburton Borough School, and said the sport has contributed to his good health.

“I think first of all it’s a very relaxed form of exercise.

“It’s not like pounding the pavement, and I enjoy it, it’s more relaxed than competitive,” he said.

“Walking, swimming, any form of exercise on a regular

bases is good for you, it gets you out of your environment, gets the muscles moving and keeps the blood flowing.”

The masters’ group meet at the EA Network Centre on Saturdays and Sundays as well as competing at four meets annually, and Mr Buchanan has been making the most of the facilities, which are a far cry from the cold pools he learnt to swim in as a child.

“The pool complex is quite outstanding.

“It’s so far ahead of its time, the water is warm, it’s just so convenient,” he said.

“It’s so easy and so affordable, I can go in and do my 20 lengths and have ten minutes in the sauna and five minutes in the steam room.

“You get a sense of satisfaction out of completing a training programme that you’ve

set for yourself.”

The South Island Short Course Championships attracted more than 80 masters’ swimmers last week, and, despite being the only participant in the 85-89 age group, Mr Buchanan received a medal at the awards presentation at the Ashburton Hotel.

“Afterwards we went out to dinner at the hotel where the presentations were made.

“It was great, when each of the names were called out you got your medals, the applause was great, it’s so supportive and friendly” he said.

Mr Buchanan credited the masters’ group for renewing his interest in swimming, and hopes to compete at masters’ events in other parts of the country in the near future.

“It’s renewed my interest in swimming and I enjoy the at-

mosphere of the whole complex.

“It’s great, it’s nice to get out and do something you enjoy,” he said.

“I’ve found with the masters’ group that they’re all very encouraging.

“It’s available to anybody who wants to belong to it and I find that it maintains my physical fitness.”

Masters’ swimming committee member Steve Prescott, who will compete at the North Island Short Course Championships in Levin next month, said the group is open to all and encouraged any interested swimmers to attend the masters’ swim sessions on Saturday from 5pm to 6pm or Sunday from 8am to 9am.

For more information on masters’ swimming, committee member Steve Prescott can be contacted on 0278362711.

■ CRICKET

World Cup success leads to big rise in registrations The true legacy of the Black Caps’ world cup success last summer is being realised with a record spike in youngsters signing up to play this season.

Auckland cricket clubs are reporting unprecedented rises in registrations ahead of the 2015/16 season.

As the forecast long, hot summer draws closer, some clubs are experiencing a 20 to 30 per cent jump in registrations, especially in the junior ranks.

Auckland Cricket community cricket manager Adrian Dale said the “huge boost” was down to the fact New Zealand had co-

hosted the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup - and that the Black Caps had played so well and made the final.

However, he also stressed it had come after a lot of hard work by a wide range of groups.

New Zealand Cricket also has a new initiative encouraging

people to get involved in cricket starting this week.

NZC is launching for the first time ever the Superstar Cricket Road Show, which will be touring the country and offering people the chance to meet Black Caps and White Ferns and test out their cricket skills. - NZME

Kvyat sets F1 pace Red Bull driver Daniil Kvyat had the quickest lap in a wet second practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix yesterday, edging Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton. Kvyat clocked 1 minute, 49.277 seconds around the Suzuka circuit, two hundredths of a second ahead of Rosberg with championship leader Lewis Hamilton half a second back in third. With rain falling, several drivers complained about aquaplaning.

- AP

Selectors vindicated Kevin Pietersen has admitted England’s successful Ashes campaign vindicated the selectors’ decision not to pick him against Australia. Pietersen began the season hoping for an unexpected recall to the Test team following conciliatory comments from new England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Colin Graves. But when Pietersen’s former captain Andrew Strauss was appointed as managing director, his first move was to rule out a comeback for the controversial 35-yearold. But England’s 3-2 series win over Australia to regain the Ashes had even Pietersen conceding Alastair Cook’s side had shone without him. - AFP

Cummins eyes T20 Paceman Pat Cummins is hoping to be fit for next year’s World T20 cricket tournament in India following his latest cruelly timed injury setback.

The NSW speedster was yesterday ruled out of Australia’s looming twoTest tour of Bangladesh due to a stress fracture in his back. Cummins, 22, said his rehabilitation plan would be worked out in the next couple of days. “Stress fractures are a long injury,” Cummins said.

“The goal I’ve set in my head at the moment is the World T20 early next year (MarchApril in India).

- AAP

Sport 20 Ashburton Guardian

www.guardianonline.co.nz

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Relishing the Heartland experience

Christian Vainerere has impressed his Heartland under-19 coaches in Taupo.

By James Ford

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

M

id Canterbury wing Christian Vainerere will be unavailable for the Hammers today after being selected for the Heartland under 19 team to compete at the Jock Hobbs Memorial Tournament at Owen Delany Park in Taupo.

Following a successful inaugural tournament last year, New Zealand Rugby has made the competition a permanent fixture to develop emerging talent like

Vainerere. Used as a stepping stone, the under-19 tournament includes 16 teams; 14 provincial union teams, an additional Auckland B side and the Heartland Union side.

The teams will compete across two divisions, the premiership and championship, for the Graham Mourie Cup and the Michael Jones Trophy.

Vainerere was selected following some impressive displays for Mid Canterbury Development this season, and made his first

senior Heartland appearance as a late replacement during the Hammers’ 25-17 win over King Country three weeks ago.

The Celtic player said he is enjoying his time in Taupo and is hoping to learn as much as possible over the eight-day tournament, which will begin with the Heartland under-19 side taking on Counties Manukau tomorrow afternoon.

Mid Canterbury assistant coach Craig Dunlea, who is the Hammers’ former rugby devel-

PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 200815-TM-74

opment officer, is coaching the under-19 team and has watched the 18-year-old’s progression through the ranks closely.

“He came to light in an under 16 tournament.

“He’s a very talented young man and what he’s done here this morning (Friday) in his first training session has been outstanding, he’s shown some great leadership too, he’s been very impressive,” he said.

Dunlea said the Heartland camp will give Vainerere and

his team-mates the opportunity to experience a high level of coaching in a focused environment.

“This tournament gives our Heartland players the opportunity to live and breathe rugby for eight days,” he said.

“They will be getting great exposure to some invaluable development and position-specific sessions from quality New Zealand Rugby resource coaches that they may not get access to in the unions.”

Winging it - and making a big impact

By James Ford

he is now looking to win his second and the Hammers’ third ideon Lambrechts is gun- Heartland title.

Lambrechts, who plays at ning for a second Meads second five and centre for his Cup triumph with Mid club sides Pacaltsdorp EverCanterbury and is making the greens and Southern, has been most of increased playing time plying his trade on the wing for in his second Heartland camthe Hammers, with the imposing paign. duo of Nete Caucau and Fa’aitu The 29-year-old arrived from Pacaltsdorp, a suburb of George, Tuamoheloa forming a solid partnership in midfield. in South Africa’s Western Cape The South African has adapted in April and impressed while playing for Southern this season. well to his new role, contributing two late tries against East Coast It’s Lambrechts’ second stint last Saturday, and is confident in Mid Canterbury after being Mid Canterbury can achieve an part of the successful Meads unprecedented three-peat.

Cup winning team in 2013, and

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

G

“We’ve got good coaching staff that’s doing a good job and a lot of our players can adapt and slide in to slots, so we have a good chance,” he said.

Mid Canterbury coach Grant Keenan said Lambrechts has made a big impact when brought on and offers a positive influence on and off the field.

“He adds good impact when he comes on and always works hard.

“He’s very good with the ball in hand and he’s very good off the field as well, he’s very well received by the other guys,” he said.

The Hammers will lock horns

with Poverty Bay in week six of the Heartland Championship at 2.30pm in Gisborne today.

HAMMERS Mark Andrew, Jackson Donlan, Tama Tuirirangi, Eric Duff, Adam Ross, Scott Vessey, Jon Dampney, Tevita Ula, Will Mackenzie, Murray Williams, Seta Koroitamana, Nete Caucau, Fa’aitu Tuamoheloa, Ashton Tuck, Ewan Scott.

Replacements: Penisimani Fakatoka, Adam Williamson, Logan Bonnington, Sam Watt, Mavae Tomasi, Gideon Lambrechts, Andrew Letham.

Gideon Lambrechts.

Sport www.guardianonline.co.nz

Saturday, September 26, 2015

ABs given stern workout

By Patrick mckendry

though.

They entered the match playo records for the All Blacks ing for pride and the avoidance in their 58-14 victory over of Japan’s 145-10 thrashing Namibia yesterday, but

by New Zealand in 1995, and most importantly, no major inju- they had the All Blacks under ries against a team which provid- pressure at times, scoring a ed stiffer competition than many brilliantly-worked try through expected. second-five Johan Deysel, At an arena which hosted who was the beneficiary the Olympics in 2012 in such a of a superb switch move wonderful spirit, the All Blacks, from a lineout. and Richie McCaw in particuDeysel also had lar, received a noticably kinder plenty to do himself welcome from the 51,820 crowd to get over the line than at Wembley in their openfor easily the most ing match against Argentina four popular try of the days ago. night.

Namibia weren’t quite as hosIn loose forwards pitable, though, which was not Jacques Burger and only good for them and the Tinus du Plessis they World Cup, but the sport itself. had two long-haired The All Blacks scored nine tries Terminators, the sort in total, with Nehe Milner-Skudthat seem to enjoy smilder and Julian Savea scoring ing through a mouthful of two each. Hooker Codie Taylor blood. scored the final one on the 80th Unfortunately the game minute. ground to a halt midway In between there was some through the second half good stuff and some untidy stuff due to a long series of re-set from the All Blacks. Beauden scrums combined with referee Barrett, who played most of the Romain Poite’s constant whisgame at No10, was sharp, as was tling and TMO George Ayoub’s centre pairing Sonny Bill Wilconstant interfering. liams and Malakai Fekitoa.

The departing skipper Burger Not so good were the handling received a standing ovation from errors - players passing the ball a section of the crowd but the unnecessarily under pressure. buzz had gone.

- NZME Credit has to go to Namibia,

N

T

his World Cup has so much going for it that it feels wrong, almost churlish to be having a moan about it.

But it’s impossible not to be beyond frustrated at the officiating.

Someone needs to get a grip on this before the tournament grinds to the quarter-finals with half the world nowhere to be seen: out walking the dog or building a new shed.

Doing anything other than watching games that have become interminable.

The opening game thought it had set a hard to reach benchmark for TMO interference and time total time taken.

But then the All Blacks played Namibia and the bar was raised higher.

Painful. Excruciating even.

The game can’t be refereed like that or everyone will die of boredom.

It’s not a case of the World

In brief No special attention Warren Gatland says Wales will not single out Sam Burgess for special attention in tomorrow’s crunch clash against England. Burgess’ selection is considered in many quarters to be a major gamble by England head coach Stuart Lancaster, as both teams face an early major test of their quarter-final ambitions. Wales head coach Gatland said: “We won’t be trying to single out Sam Burgess at all. We will be going out there to smash him like everyone else”.

- PA

Jones still bullish Eddie Jones says Japan are still in a perfect position to reach the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals despite a heavy defeat

by Scotland. The 55-year-old, who masterminded the shock 34-32 victory over two-time world champions South Africa, said he had to get Japan back on course after their 45-10 hammering by Scotland. “The reality is we’re in a perfect situation to achieve what we came here to achieve, and that’s to make the quarterfinals,” he said.

- AFP

Stanley in for Pisi

Codie Taylor scores a try during the Rugby World Cup Pool C match between New Zealand and Namibia at the Olympic Stadium, London, yesterday.

AP PHOTO

Time to rein in meddlesome officials

By GreGor Paul

Ashburton Guardian 21

Cup deserving better - it has Olympic Park yesterday. to have better or the feel-good Romain Poite and TMO sweeping England will suddenly George Ayoub wanted to check stop. everything and then do it again.

And not many people will be The maddening part was the feeling so good.

Poite seemed to be perfectly They will be feeling quite bad placed to make on the spot calls in fact. and yet without fail, Ayoub Angry, irwould either take or be ritated and asked to take demanding responsibility to know for any deciwhy it is sion that Poite who it as felt could be well - that contentious. has decided It’s fair each and enough seekevery deciing video evision has to dence to check be made by a try has been committee. scored, but Players, coaches and George Ayoub: A blight on the game. what’s with this obsession fans all want now of havto see the right decisions being made. But ing a quick look at nearly every not at the expensive of losing breakdown to see if there was the will to live in the process. foul play?

There has to be a better balThat’s the killer. ance to be struck than the one Not just in the time it takes, that was on view for all to see at but for what it is robbing

from the sport.

There will be a bit of physical stuff at the collision area nothing serious, a bit of a shove here, a grapple there.

It’s a tough sport and no one minds as long as fingers stay out of eyes.

But that’s not happening at this World Cup. Anything remotely aggressive is being pinged by the TMO and players have to be wondering why?

They are more concerned, though, by the culture of checking and double checking when there is no obvious reason to do so.

Referees might say they will be pilloried for getting it wrong.

Which is true, they will be.

Now they might feel like they are being pilloried for taking too long.

Which they are.

Somewhere in the middle lies their path to least resistance.

They should follow it.

The World Cup will be so much better if they do.- NZME

Mike Stanley will take over as Samoa’s playmaker in tomorrow’s crucial Rugby World Cup clash with South Africa as Tusi Pisi pays the price for erratic kicking against the United States. Coach Stephen Betham refused to criticise the experienced Pisi after the 25-16 win over the Americans, But several missed penalties by the 33-year-old could have proved costly against a more clinical and experienced side. - AFP

The munch bunch Canada are proving to be the big boppers of world rugby off the field after eating World Cup organisers out of house and home. The team’s kitchen staff needed a supermarket scramble for steaks after the squad consumed 22lbs of roast beef in 15 minutes.

The players need more than 5000 calories a day, with an allowance of bacon, pancakes, maple syrup, blueberries, strawberries and yoghurt on match days.

- AFP

The triangle haka In time, the All Blacks will reveal what their new arrowhead haka formation symbolises.

Intriguing as that answer will likely be, what’s of more interest is why the All Blacks reached the point of feeling they needed to make the change. The answer to that is already partly known: ahead of the World Cup they wanted to make a deeper, connection with the haka and the All Black jersey.

The World Cup squad, the day after it was named, visited the Ngati Toa marae in Wellington.

The purpose of the visit wasn’t to reshape the haka per se, but for the players, particularly the younger ones, to understand and connect better with a ritual that has come to define the All Blacks.

- NZME

Sport 22 Ashburton Guardian

www.guardianonline.co.nz

Saturday, September 26, 2015

In brief

■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Smith fires up at critics

By James MacSmith Skipper Cameron Smith has lashed out at critics of Melbourne’s playing style ahead of tonight’s NRL preliminary final with North Queensland, labelling such attacks as “laughable”.

The Storm’s go-slow ‘wrestling’ tactics have again come under scrutiny following their qualifying final win over Sydney Roosters two weeks ago.

Roosters coach Trent Robinson said he was surprised with what the Storm were allowed to get away with by the referees, and his Brisbane counterpart Wayne Bennett chimed in saying Melbourne’s approach to rugby league was boring.

But Smith was on the front foot yesterday as his team eyes a sixth grand final appearance in 10 seasons, saying Melbourne make no apologies for the way they play.

“There is a lot of confidence within our squad at the moment and we have found a pretty good formula with our game plan and the way we are playing,” Smith said.

“A lot of people have labelled it quite boring but I can assure you winning football matches isn’t boring.

“We are just confident on what

Cameron Smith: ‘The NRL has no issue with the way we play’

we have built over the past four to six weeks.

“We have played some pretty good football teams in that time including these guys (the Cowboys) and we have had some good results and we are not going to go away from that too much.

“We are not going to go away and play a different game plan to make other people happy.”

Smith said it was criticism he had heard many times before.

“It doesn’t surprise me at all and the key word is renewed,” Smith said.

“It comes up every time around

the same time of the year so for us we haven’t focused on it at all.

“To me it is quite laughable.

“We haven’t changed our style of football all year but apparently it is an issue come finals time.

“I know the referees have a hard job to do but they have refereed the same way all season and that is all we can ask for in the finals.

“There is no doubt there have tried to be a few seeds planted in a few people’s (the referees’) minds.

“But the NRL has addressed it and they have no issue with the way we play.

“We always work hard on our defence and we are not going to change that tomorrow night.”

Cowboys coach Paul Green wasn’t interesting in continuing the debate yesterday but said the Storm were the best side in the NRL at slowing the game down.

“It is something I have said all along, I haven’t really bought into the wrestling stuff,” Green said.

“Everyone tries to control the ruck and tries to slow the playthe-ball down as much as the refs will let them, that way you get your defensive line organised.

“Melbourne are probably better at it than most teams.

“As long as the refs continue to referee the way they have been I will be happy.”

Marika Koroibete is set to be a late withdrawal for the Storm due to a leg injury. Young Tonumaipea will take his place.

KEY STATS * Coming into this match these two teams have the best completion rates in the competition, with the Storm completing an average of just over 79 per cent and the Cowboys just under 79. * Melbourne’s defence has been strong all season, conceding the second fewest points (14.6 per game). However they will be tested this week against a Cowboys side which has scored more tries (110) than any team this season. * The Cowboys make the most run metres of any team in 2015, averaging 1589 per game, while they also concede the fewest (1329 per game). * Craig Bellamy will coach his 29th finals match this week, moving him ahead of both Jack Gibson and Brian Smith as the third most capped finals coach in the Compulsory Grand Final Era (1954-onwards) behind Wayne Bennett, who will take charge of his 58thfinal against the Roosters and Tim Sheens (32).

- AAP

Cowboys have no fear on NRL finals road

By James MacSmith The mental worries on the road that have long troubled North Queensland are a thing of the past, coach Paul Green says, and the Cowboys are out to prove that to the rest of the NRL on their way to this year’s premiership.

The Cowboys’ poor away record has traditionally stood in the way of their premiership claims.

But in their second year under Green, the Townsville-based outfit have blown that away.

Their 9-3 effort away from North Queensland this season was the NRL’s best.

And they will need to bring all of that with them to AAMI Park tonight for the preliminary final against Melbourne as they chase just a second grand final berth and an inaugural premiership.

The Cowboys have won just two of 11 at the venue, including a round-25 loss last month.

But they were missing representative stars James Tamou and Michael Morgan for that

Taniwha toothless The Bay of Plenty Steamers did enough to remain in the Championship semi-finals calculations in this dreary 37-5 encounter in Whangarei last night. Off the back of a scrum that had Northland in reverse and a lineout that pressured the home side, the Steamers gained the upper hand early on and never relinquished the initiative.

The Taniwha, with their shaky mix of a few Super Rugby reps mixed with the cream of Northland’s club scene, were again largely powerless to hold back the Bay. - NZME

Warriors crushed The Junior Warriors’ dreams of another NYC title lay in tatters after their defence was destroyed by Penrith in last night’s semi-final at Suncorp Stadium. The reigning champions were seeking a fourth grand final appearance in six seasons but were instead thrashed as the Panthers ran in eight tries.

A week after thumping the Broncos to advance to the final four, the Warriors’ attack was largely blunted while their defence was in complete disarray. - NZME

Gallen v Sonny Bill?

Cronulla Sharks and Origin captain Paul Gallen is hoping to arrange a boxing match against Sonny Bill Williams by the end of 2016. Gallen is preparing to don the gloves for his Super Eight bout on November 3 against Warriors back-rower Bodene Thompson, but made it clear a match-up against Williams is his main goal. Williams, currently starring for the All Blacks, is a former NZPBA heavyweight champion and WBA international heavyweight champion and boasts an unbeaten record of seven wins.

- NZME

Painkiller crackdown

Johnathan Thurston: Knows what’s required in the big games. game.

Green says his team are in a good position ahead of their door-die clash with the Storm.

“That (away) record gives you that confidence as a team,” Green said yesterday in Melbourne.

“It was more a mental thing to get over for me.

“There was a few things over our scheduling and our training that we had to get right but that

doesn’t worry us anymore.

“We have been able to win well on the road this year.

“To win on the big day, you have to win away so that is something we have addressed.”

Morgan played in the Cowboys’ qualifying loss to Brisbane and last week’s semi-final thumping in his return from an ankle injury.

“Him getting that game under his belt against the Broncos was

good for him,” Green said.

“It wasn’t a great night for him; it was probably a game he felt he could have contributed more on the night.

“But last week’s game will be good for his confidence.”

As always, Johnathan Thurston will be key to any Cowboys’ hopes of victory.

“He has played in plenty of big games and he knows what is needed,” Green said.

- AAP

The NRL was investigating greater testing for the abuse of prescription painkillers before Dylan Walker and Aaron Gray’s overdose. South Sydney pair Walker and Gray were released from hospital yesterday after recovering from a prescription painkiller overdose. The contrite Rabbitohs outside backs said their plight should serve as a warning to others to not abuse prescription medication. The club, police and NRL have launched an investigation into the incident.

- AAP

JT a shoo-in Johnathan Thurston sits on the cusp of making Dally M history but there is one glaring omission on his resume before his ascension to Immortal status is rubber-stamped guiding a North Queensland side to a NRL premiership. The Cowboys’ maestro is a shoo-in to have a record fourth Dally M hung around his neck on Monday night in Sydney. - AAP

Sport www.guardianonline.co.nz

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Ashburton Guardian 23

In brief

■ RUGBY

Consistent Smith shows way

By Patrick Mckendry To paraphrase the old saying, there are few certainties in life apart from death, taxes and a good performance from All Black Ben Smith.

Smith, like the rest of his teammates, was frustrated at the stopstart nature of the match against Namibia which allowed the tier two nation to control the pace of the game and marshal a tiring defence, but he, just about more than anyone, took full advantage of the space that was available.

Coming on at fullback in the 52nd minute once Colin Slade went off with a tight hamstring, Smith was quickly at his best with the ball - especially in broken play where he must rate as one of the best runners in the game.

It is a comfort for the All Blacks selectors to know what they will get from him, no matter the importance of the game, and that’s why he has become one of the first names on the team sheet for a big test.

There will be much bigger tests to come for the All Blacks in the near future, but whereas some of his team-mates ran into contact and pushed needless passes, Smith played in his usual heads-up style which reaped benefits for himself and his team.

Despite being on the field for only 28 minutes, he carried the ball five times for 46m, beat five defenders and scored a try.

He paid credit to Namibia’s defence for limiting the All Blacks to nine tries in the 58-14 victory.

“They did really well at reading our play and shutting down from the outside. A couple of times when we got phases together we looked a lot better so that’s probably our work-on - to be a bit more patient and the opportunities will come.

“We have to try to get some fluidity in our game so we can put teams under pressure.”

Another who impressed was right wing Nehe Milner-Skudder.

The little Hurricanes player scored two first-half tries - the

Ben Smith: One of the best ball-runners in the game.

AP PHOTO

first with his footwork and the second with his finishing in the right corner - and he generally had a happier time of it than

four days ago against Argentina at Wembley Stadium.

“He scored a couple of great tries and he’s got some great footwork,” Smith said.

“It was good to see him dot down and get the ball in his hands because he’s so dangerous when he does.”

After going through a spell of not scoring in three tests, Julian Savea scored two tries to improve his remarkable tally to 32 in 37 matches.

“I was just trying to get involved as much as I could,” he said. “It’s good to dot down, but I’m just trying to do what I can for the team first.

“They put a lot of pressure on and we made a lot of errors. I guess for our skillset and standards it probably wasn’t good enough for us.”

As for Sonny Bill Williams’ freakish ability to get the ball away under pressure, Savea said: “Being able to get the ball away with four defenders on him is helpful to us so I’m glad he’s on our side.”

- NZME

2015

September 19 - November 1

Hansen ‘frustrated’ Steve Hansen has expressed his frustration at the constant second-half stoppages which halted his side’s momentum yesterday. Romain Poite’s whistle dominated, along with TMO George Ayoub who wasted no opportunity to get involved.

Asked about the TMO’s interference, Hansen said: “The goodwill probably goes out the door and you get frustrated. I’m talking about the fans rather than us as players and coaches.” - NZME

Seeking redemption After committing the rugby version of hara-kiri following their sensational defeat by Japan, South Africa are ready to get their campaign back on track against Samoa.

The biggest upset in modern-day rugby led to leading administrators, coach Heyneke Meyer and players into a rash of public selfflagellation rarely seen in sport.

And still fresh in the memory is the way Samoa pushed South Africa all the way in the 2011 World Cup before going down 13-5. Ten of Samoa’s matchday squad remain from that day, something not lost on Meyer.

- AFP

NZ TIMES SHOWN - WATCH ON SKY TV

RESULTS - Friday, September 25

FIXTURES - Saturday, September 25

v

v

Pool C, Match 12

Pool C, Match 13

58 NEW ZEALAND

ARGENTINA GEORGIA

NAMIBIA 14

Olympic Stadium

Kingsholm Stadium @ 3.45am

FIXTURES - Sunday, September 27 & Monday, September 28

v v v

v v v

Pool D, Match 14

ITALY

Pool B, Match 17

SCOTLAND CANADA

USA

Elland Road @ 1.30am Sunday

Elland Road @ 2.30am Monday

Pool B, Match 15

Pool D, Match 18

SOUTH AFRICA SAMOA

IRELAND

ROMANIA

Villa Park @ 4.45am Sunday

Wembley Stadium @ 4.45am Monday

Pool A, Match 16

Pool A, Match 19

ENGLAND

AUSTRALIA WALES

Twickenham Stadium @ 3.45am Sunday @AshGuardian

URUGUAY

Villa Park @ 12 midnight Monday www.facebook.com/ashguardian

www.guardianonline.co.nz

s r e g Mana

FOR

12 6

PLUS

Deals in

MAKE NO REPAYMENTS

! t n e m t r pa DAY! every de END SUN

HURRY

, MUST INSTORE

MONTHS

ON EVERYTHING OVER $499

MONTHS

ON FURNITURE & WHITEWARE OVER $499

EASYPAY OPTION MEANS ALL YOU PAY IS THE ADVERTISED PRICE PLUS INSURANCE & CREDIT FEES. CONDITIONS APPLY, SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS.

BEST EVER DEAL ON THIS SUITE!

BY SYNARGY

VALENTINA 5 SEATER LEATHER LOUNGE SUITE

55” FULL HD LED TV

SAVE $400 WAS $169999

129999

$

LOUIS MARY 5 PIECE BEDROOM SUITE WITH QUEEN SLAT BED

SAVE $220 WAS $59999

379

$

99

32LF550B

SAVE $2000

BEST EVER PRICE! DON’T TELL THE BOSS!

PACKAGE PRICE

1399

99

Mattress, linen & pillows sold separately.

PAEDICREST QUEENSIZE MATTRESS & BASE

SAVE $190

99

SAVE $800 $

7KG WASHING MACHINE

UNDER HALF PRICE!

WAS $85999

669

$

WAS $499999

2999

$

55LF5500

32” HD LED TV

EASYPAY

99 HWM70-1201

583L SIDE BY SIDE FRIDGE/FREEZER

SAVE $800 WAS $149999

699

$

SAMSUNG GALAXY S5 BLACK

8 ONLY

99 SOHO FURNITURE

AT THIS HOT PRICE

SAVE $220

SAVE $600 WAS $239999

1799

$

99

579

$ SRS583NLS

Finance available on everthing you see here

WAS $79999

99

SAVE $1000

EASYPAY® OPTION MEANS ALL YOU PAY IS THE ADVERTISED PRICE PLUS INSURANCE & CREDIT FEES. EASYPAY® IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF SMITHS CITY (SOUTHERN) LIMITED. MINIMUM PRODUCT VALUE FOR EASYPAY® OPTION IS $499 (OTHER PAYMENT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE LESS THAN $499). ALL FINANCE OFFERS ARE SUBJECT TO NORMAL CREDIT GRANTING PROCEDURES. INSURANCE COVER IS MANDATORY AND CREDIT FEES ARE REQUIRED. A DEPOSIT MAY BE REQUIRED ON COMPUTERS, MOBILE PHONES, CAR AUDIO PRODUCTS AND NEW ACCOUNTS. INTEREST IS CHARGED FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE, HOWEVER IF YOU COMPLETE THE ACCOUNT IN FULL WITHIN THE EASYPAY® OPTION PERIOD ALL YOU PAY IS THE ADVERTISED PRICE PLUS THE CREDIT FEES AND INSURANCE CHARGE. WEEKLY PAYMENTS IF STATED ARE BASED ON A 36 MONTH TERM AND INCLUDE CREDIT FEES, INSURANCE & INTEREST CHARGE. APPLE PRODUCTS, SELECTED COMPUTERS, GAME CONSOLES & SOME PROMOTIONAL ITEMS ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN CONJUNCTION WITH DISCOUNT OR EASYPAY® OPTIONS OFFERS. UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, DISPLAY ACCESSORIES ARE NOT INCLUDED. DEPENDING ON COLOUR AND COMBINATION, SOME LOUNGE FURNITURE MAY HAVE TO BE ORDERED TO CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS. ALL OFFERS AND PRICES IN THIS ADVERTISEMENT ARE VALID FOR A MAXIMUM OF SEVEN DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION OR WHILE STOCKS LAST. SOME PRODUCTS MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE IN SOME STORES. CARPET & INSTALLED HEATING AVAILABLE ON A MAXIMUM OF 18 MONTHS EASYPAY®.

7 PIECE DINING SUITE

WAS $229999

129999

$

SAVE $200

WALL UNIT 900x1400

WAS $89999

69999

$

38 Kermode St, ASHBURTON Ph: 307 9110

4546JT

ADOPTED TOGETHER IF POSSIBLE

ADOPT A PET Find out more about these pets by contacting the Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter on 021 135 6969

Boss

Two kittens

They are 8-10 months old, desexed males. They get on well with other animals and children.

Adoption fee for the two together of $100 applies. Contact Samantha on 027 528 2409 for further details.

15 month old doberman. Has been desexed, microchipped and had his injection.

Good temperament and very friendly.

Contact Mere on 027 622 6687

Proudly sponsored by

Proudly sponsored by

Farming GUARDIAN

MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER

Burnett Street, Ashburton 03 307 7900

Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter is a non-profit organisation, a small group of volunteers who foster and care for animals Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter takes into care animals orphaned and abandoned in our community.

All shelter animals available for adoption are vet checked, flea and wormed, and get desexed through the shelter.

Dogs are micro-chipped, de-sexed, vaccinated and registered prior to

re-homing.

We always provide the best shelter, food and environmental enrichment possible, giving 110% to all animals in care.

We are not funded by council or government agencies, we depend on donations and fund raising to finance the daily care of the animals.

All funds received through adoption etc goes back into the shelter, to enable us to do what we do.

Our aim, with the help from the community members, is to prevent unwanted pets, and help care for those in need and assist in rehoming where possible.

We will be placing a drop-off bin at Beaurepaires, West Street (ask for Tim), between Monday 28th September–Monday 5th October Please drop off: • Chef Kitten Food • Vita Milk • Purina Healthy Option Kitten Food A big thank you to all our sponsors of our shelter, we have had a huge success in rehoming our cats and dogs that we currently only have two left. Your help has been much appreciated, THANK YOU.

217 West St, Ashburton, 03-307 9176 www.propertybrokers.co.nz

21 Archibald Street, Tinwald 03 307 0420

Servicing Mid Canterbury (03) 308 5293 │ (027) 433 3563

Cnr South and Cass Streets, Ashburton 03 308 9984

Burnett Street, Ashburton 03 307 5911 www.ashburtontrust.co.nz

149 Cameron Street, Ashburton 03 307 8660

Opinion 26 Ashburton Guardian

Saturday, September 26, 2015

www.guardianonline.co.nz

OUR VIEW

Aussie’s Kiwi crims not wanted Stu Oldham

EDITOR

N

ew Zealand’s special relationship with Australia is far too valuable to be used to challenge the detaining and eventual deportation of Aussie’s Kiwi criminals.

But it is being invoked in calls for the government to make “forceful representations” about New Zealanders being held at the Christmas Island immigration centre.

Dozens have reportedly been sent there from mainland Australia under a new policy that lets the federal government revoke the visas of foreigners who have served more than a year in prison.

By late yesterday, there were claims many of the potential deportees were taken from established, Australia-born families and from lives where Australia was their preferred home.

It was also claimed many of these New Zealand passport holders are as-near-to Australian as possible without being a citizen and that deportation will violate their human rights.

Back here, some politicians have decried a policy that treats New Zealanders the same as other overstayers and have said Australians in a similar situation would be treated better, here.

It is not the way mates treat mates, they said, especially when mates have open borders and an enduring and close relationship underpinned by decades of hard-won mutual benefits.

All this makes for marvellous, emotive soundbites but it exaggerates what New Zealanders should expect from a sovereign country that just happens to be a very close friend.

Australia is entitled to decide how it should apply its laws. A law to get rid of miscreant foreigners might be a sop to voters but that is how domestic politics – and countries – work.

There may be concern for those affected but the call to get tough with the Aussies is still a call for a mate to ask a mate to give special treatment to people who abused a privilege.

That is not how a relationship built on mutual benefits is fostered and it would not wash if it happened here.

YOUR VIEW Gym battle The future of Ashburton’s Figure Fitness (page 3 today) is a hot topic on the Guardian’s Facebook page: I am a client at Figure Fitness and absolutely love it. It is the only gym I have ever really enjoyed and that has actually improved my fitness and strength.

Monique is such an inspiration and I am soooo angry at Ashburton council for putting her in this situation. They should be supporting local business people not making it harder.

Marie Alexandra Askew I am a Figure Fitness client. I have been a member of various gyms and fitness centres over the years. Figure Fitness and Monique offer a unique environment that is often not found at other facilities. That is one of incredible support, encouragement, friendship, excellent chal-

CRUMB

lenging classes, family orientation and the privilege to feel part of others’ awesome journeys to health and wellbeing.

The Ashburton District Council should be held to account for their aggressive action, lack of communication and lack of clarity/moving goalposts in this process. Monique is someone who has made an enormous difference in this community work with her NOT against her.

Delwyn McConnochie I am a client and love the classes I attend. The spirit of the people and the support are personal and come from a genuine passion from Monique Rouxel to see people strive to push themselves to achieve the best results possible! Where is the support for our local businesses Ashburton District Council!

Iona Couper Figure Fitness is not just a business - it is a family, it is a

by David Fletcher

way of life, it is our routine, it makes us better people. Anyone who has ever been lucky enough to experience the environment at Figure Fitness will tell you it’s special! You don’t get this kind of personal support and motivation anywhere else in Ashburton. Monique has created this amazing family feeling environment by going the extra mile and by really truly caring about each client.

The council need to listen to us their ratepayers - we are all saying we want this to stay where it is, as it is.

Theresa Husband Without Monique there is no such thing as Figure Fitness.

It’s not about the money it’s not about a new fitness revolution. It’s just about one mother doing what she loves and sharing that love with a community.

Of course she needed to make a business out of what she can do and it just so happens that

she could make it work financially for her and her family.

Don’t take the goodness away.

We as a community need more mothers like Monique! I use the term mother because she is to five children! And that’s a job in itself but she is still giving the community something to feel good about. Did you know fitness helps with depression!!!

And a happy community is better that a sad one. ADC be the bigger better corporate and help Monique!!!! She is actually doing you a favour!

Eliza Waszczack I am a client of Figure Fitness.

Monique is amazingly supportive and I love both being at classes and also afterwards knowing I’ve been pushed to do things I wouldn’t have been able to do not that long ago.

The council are being totally unreasonable and you have my full support Monique.

Pip Duffell

Opinion Saturday, September 26, 2015

www.guardianonline.co.nz

Rainy days bring on the blues for farmers

Ashburton Guardian 27

POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Should the boss of Fonterra get a pay rise?

No 95.6%

Yes 4.4%

Nadine Porter

Today’s online poll question Q: Are you going to Boulevard Day?

HALFWAY THERE

F

armer (definition): Normally a fairly happy species, but with predisposition to bouts of grumpiness in two particular causes of mood depressants that occur regularly within their life cycle.

The first known cause is stimulated by the onset of bill paying day, towards the end of every month and is dreaded by all who co-habitate with the farmer species.

Slight tension and a furrowed brow are the first onset of symptoms, particularly the night before the scheduled event.

The following morning the symptoms have increased to mutterings and exasperated grunts as all manner of white paperwork is pulled and analysed from a pile of invoices.

The day does not progress well as a form of psychosis emerges, presenting itself in the form of limited appetite, particularly in relation to wholesome food but mysteriously, appetite for sweet foods such as lollies significantly increases.

Scientists studying this medical phenomenon report that just before the apocalypse loosely termed as ‘internet

CONTACTS News tips Call 03 307-7957 After hours news tips sue.n@theguardian.co.nz Advertising Call 03 307-7936 emma.j@theguardian.co.nz

banking’ takes place, a few loud curses can be heard - but they advise not to panic as this is very normal behaviour, and if they increase to a shriek once the final bill payment is keyed in and the reduced bank balance is shown, do not feel the need to comfort the species.

Instead, just find a quiet nook as far away to ensure your personal safety.

The second cause requires a little more patience on your behalf as it may go on for several days at a time, scientists report.

In a strange twist they noticed a marked departure in behaviour on rainy wet days where the species has no excuse to avoid bookwork and

recording it has otherwise been ignoring.

It was noted that temporary cases of insanity were found to be present in partners of the species at this time due to the farmer’s irritable stomping around the house from morning to night. The constant need to check weather conditions seemed not only to agitate the farmer but the partner as well, particularly should the farmer take over the remote control to check the weather channel’s rain radar every minute.

Internet was also hogged as the farmer checked the MetService, Niwa and all newspaper sites for updated conditions in between heavy and repeated

sighing as if in some sort of ritual, it was observed.

Be not alarmed though – scientists believe the species is not in medical terms depressed, but is in the grip of what is loosely coined ‘farmer blues’.

A species more accustomed to the great outdoors, scientists believe being forced inside is akin to being jailed and not a happy jailmate at that.

Distraction at all costs is recommended in the form of soothing noises, a hot meal (anything with roast meat seems to suffice) and a sedative (cold beer shows excellent recovery rates).

Continue for three days or until the cause has passed.

Classifieds Call 03 3077-900 classifieds@theguardian.co.nz Missed paper Call 0800 ASHBURTON 0800 274 287 Text us!

021 052-7511

Write to us!

Editor, PO Box 77

Email us! editor@theguardian.co.nz Facebook us! facebook.com/ ashguardian

Your

PRESS COUNCIL

matters

So tell us what you think Address correspondence to The Editor, Box 77, Ashburton, or e-mail editor@theguardian.co.nz

Guardian ASHBURTON

www.guardianonline.co.nz

@AshGuardian

www.facebook.com/ashguardian

Subscribe at www.guardianonline.co.nz

This newspaper is subject to the New Zealand Press Council.

Complaints must first be directed in writing to editor@ theguardian.co.nz If unsatisfied, the complaint may be referred to the Press Council PO Box 10-879, The Terrace, Wellington 6143 or email info@presscouncil.org.nz Further detail and an online complaints form are available at www.presscouncil.org.nz

$2000 Holiday Voucher Giveaway!

Yes...just list your property with us before the end of September & you can go in the draw to win - simple!

Conditions apply.

Trevor 0275 435 799

Karen 0274 384 706

Eliza 0210 391 770

Sue 0273 228 422

Stephen 0274 339 695

Janine 0277 720 692

191 Burnett Street, Ashburton Phone: 308 6173

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

HEAT PUMPS

How do you put a dollar value on keeping your property protected?

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

Hartley Curd phone 0800 788 393 or 021 328 301 57 Dobson Street, Ashburton.

MOBILE MOWER SERVICING

KEEP YOUR HOME THE PERFECT TEMPERATURE

HEAT PUMPS Perfect all year round

• Wall or floor mounted available • Most models will continue to heat even with outside temperatures of minus 15°C

• Rotary Mowers • Ride-on Mowers • Water Blasters • Small Motor Repairs

• Reel Mowers • Chainsaws • Rotary Hoes • Generators

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.

Stan Keeley, Owner

Ph 307 0002 - Mobile 021 88 34 36

HEAVY VEHICLE DRIVER LICENCING

Roofing Specialists

Certified Assessor for licencing from Learner to Full

•New roofs and re-roofs •Five Rib roofing •Corrugated roofing •Fascia, spouting and downpipes •Qualified fixers.

• Licence classer 2 - 5 • Wheels, tracks & roller endorsements • NZTA Certified • Tranzqual Assessor Drive Rite - But Keep Left

Contact Paul McCormick

Phone 03 307 7402 Mob 027 433 5766

We don’t charge by the hour marketing strategy brand development websites advertising social media design

Rushton marketing.nz | 03 307 7274 Connections JUNE.indd 1

We specialise in:

Free Measure & Quote

03 307 0593 or 0508-453-696 42 J.B. Cullen Drive

sales@canterburylongrun.co.nz

PAINTING & DECORATING CONTRACTORS If you are renovating or building a new home you need someone to trust in all your PAINTING and DECORATING NEEDS – Commercial or Residential.

• Interior decorating • Exterior decorating

• Wallpapering • Waterblasting • Roof painting

For any enquiries call us today on Ph/Fax 308-8432 Mob 0274 332 259 Email: trudgeon@vodafone.co.nz

4/06/2015 8:37:36 a.m.

We provide • Morris lubricants • A full range of filters for all types of vehicles and machinery • Powerbuilt tools with a life-time warranty

Call Merv today on 021 743 980 FRIENDLY SERVICE - GREAT PRICES

Phone 0800 48 48 49 www.oasisclearwater.co.nz

Truck and trailer of dry firewood delivered.

Bluegum, Oregon and Old Man Pine... that’s the good stuff!

Minimum

4 m3

RINI Contracting Ltd

Eftpos available.

Hurry and order now!

Call or text me 027 451 7300

CALL ME OR TEXT ME.

• Woodfire Installation • Chimney Cleaning • Fire Maintenance and Parts • Bird Netting Installation

Rob and Janelle Neal Ph 308FIRE - 308 3473

Flaming Good Service!

Ivan McColl Masonry Bricklayer, Plasterer, Tiler, Block layer

RV parts, maintenance and alterations

Restoration Work Over 40 years’ experience

Ph: 027 3326 716 Call today for a free Quote

201 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton - (03) 307 8353 mainlandcoachwork@gmail.com - www.mainlandcoachwork.co.nz

RECYCLED HARDWOOD - FROM TIMARU PORT • • • • • • •

French door frames Double glazing Stairs Doors Window frames Kitchens Custom machining

You want a woodie – you want a goodie! You NEED JMac Joinery 7 Laughton Street, Washdyke, Timaru

Phone 03 688 2725

www.jmacjoinery.com

Doaky’s Plumbing Ltd • Plumbing • Drainlaying • Blocked Drains NOW RURALCO SUPPLIERS

Lindsay 027 555 5575 150 Smithfield Rd, Ashburton doakys@xtra.co.nz - 03 308 1248

Wardrobe organiser We can refit your existing wardrobe or fit out your new one.

Experienced tiler available NOW for free measure & quotes!

Comparative rates • No job too small • Local

For a free measure and quote phone 308 2966 Custom made for your home PHONE 308 2966 51 Robinson Street, Ashburton www.lysaghtltd.co.nz

Martin Clark Ph 021 239 7781 www.trademasterpaintersdecorators.co.nz

We strip heritage homes & buildings.

We can remove multiple layers of paint wether it be on timber, plaster, brick & cement and off weatherboard villas & commercial buildings

Adam Taylor • P 021 409 267 • E adam.tileco@gmail.com

Trademaster PAINTERS AND PAPERHANGERS

“We do it all”

PAINTERS | PAPERHANGERS | PAINT STRIPPING

Martin Clark

Mobile: 021 239 7781 Email: trademastermarty@icloud.com ALL WORKMANSHIP GUARANTEED | FREE QUOTES

PROFESSIONAL DECORATORS

New Builds

Colouring in is 25% of it

Home Alterations Bathrooms

Get someone else to do the rest.

Decks Painting/Plastering Renovations

The Finishing Company 03 307 8870 or 0274 444 856 Int./Ext. Plaster (Rockcote Applicator) & Textures Specialist Coatings: Resin/Stone floors, Waterproofing

Extensions

Phone Keith 027 274 9359 ktmbuilders@xtra.co.nz

Kitchens Re-Roofing Insurance Work

Lifestyle

CONNECTIONS

BACK IN-STORE

Invisible Tan Invisible Tan is an organic moisturiser that nourishes your skin without any synthetics or toxic ingredients.

Winter Skin A divine luxe moisturiser perfect for transforming the fairest beauty into a bronzed goddess!

Plants for all projects.

- Landscaping Plants - Ornamental & Specimen trees.

- Native plants for all purposes.

- Hedging plants & Topiaries.

- Fruit & Nut plants.

House of Hearing

SOUTHERN

WOODS

100% NZ Owned & Operated

Experience. The Difference

PLANT NURSERY

1133 Main South Road - Call 0800 800 352 - www.southernwoods.co.nz

Where Style Is Created

NOW AVAILABLE 100% Human Hair Extensions

Ph 03 308 7707 PODIATRY SOLUTIONS

Pippa Pettigrew BHSc. POD. PNZ

Kirsten Harvey BHSc. POD. PNZ

Ashford Village 415 West Street, Ashburton

COME, VISIT AND SEE WHAT’S IN STORE Charitee & John Adams 03 324 3605 www.ellesmeredrapery.co.nz 80 High Street, Leeston Mon-Fri 9am -5pm & Sat 9.30am-1pm Like us on Facebook - Ellesmere Drapery 2013 Ltd

Foot specialists diagnosing & treating conditions such as: toe nail problems, corns, calluses, foot/ankle pain, knee & hip pain.

Orthotics/ Gait assessment

CALL US 03 308 9489 - 39 Tancred Street, Ashburton (Trevor Thomas Building)

Your Rieker Destination Store www.comfyshoes.co.nz

49 Main Road, Pleasant Point Phone: 03 614 8750 - A/H 0508 RIEKER 743537

UR WAY COMING YO SAILS INGS - SHADE BLINDS - AWN S NS - UMBRELLA - INSECT SCREE

The Shade House team is thrilled to introduce Joel Aronsen.

To advertise here contact Elaine on 021 836 543 or 307 7907

QUOTE EASURE AND FOR A FREE M ake 00 to m Call 03 684 90 el to call r a booking fo Jo

Joel visits Ashburton and Geraldine on a regular weekly basis.

www.theshadehouse.co.nz

Hours: 11am - 4pm Tuesday to Saturday

Elaine Dillon

Classifieds www.guardianonline.co.nz

Ashburton Guardian

Saturday, September 26, 2015

SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

Service Coordinator Child, Family and Adult Services

WE ARE

100% MADE OF NEW ZEALAND Process Workers Needed

Part Time - 20 hours per week

• Ashburton Location • Mid Canterbury

Gym Instructor Permanent 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 join the EA Networks Centre team. You’ll need to be enthusiastic, able to relate with a wide range of people and provide sound health and fitness advice. Full on the job training will be provided so previous experience is not essential, but passion for people, health and fitness is a must.

Ashburton Area If you:

Silver Fern Farms is looking for seasonal staff for the 2015-16 processing season at our Fairton Plant, Ashburton.

We offer a great team environment, the money’s good, and you’ll be working with a proud team of people in a progressive food processing company.

So if you enjoy working as part of a team, have a ‘can do’ attitude, keen to learn, not afraid of a bit of hard work, and are a New Zealand Citizen/Resident, or hold an open valid work permit, then we want to hear from you.

Just remember that Silver Fern Farms is working hard to maintain a drug and alcohol free workplace.

Pre-employment drug testing is mandatory.

Lifeguards Do you enjoy keeping fit and are you keen to be part of the team at the EA Networks Centre? We’re looking for lifeguards to work evenings and over the summer to join our team now. You’ll need to be 16 or older, able to swim 200m in 4 – 6 minutes, be willing to obtain or hold a First Aid Certificate and a Pool Lifeguard Practicing Certificate (selftaught through a workbook) which is valid for two years. You will work in a first-class facility under the backdrop of the Southern Alps, with a variety of duties including supervising aquatic activities, assisting with events and the opportunity to work in the gym, stadium and customer service.

To find out more about these positions and learn more about what the Ashburton District Council has to offer, see our website.

Applications close 5 October 2015.

To apply call into the Fairton Plant Main Office, Office Rd Fairton, RD 2 Ashburton to complete an application form or email francis.renner@silverfernfarms.co.nz

• Are looking for satisfying work.

• Have excellent communication skills.

• Enjoy working with disabled people, their families and whanau.

• Are confident advocating for and supporting people to live the life of their choice • Want to be a part of a well-established, values-based community organisation.

• Have relevant work/life experience and/or human service qualifications.

We at CCS Disability Action would like you to contact us.

An application form and job description are available and should be completed and returned along with a full CV to: Sheryl Catchpole CCS Disability Action Canterbury West Coast PO Box 1506, Christchurch 8140 Email: sheryl.catchpole@ ccsdisabilityaction.org.nz Phone: (03) 365 5661 ext 3863

Alternatively apply online at careers.silverfernfarms.co.nz

Applications close at 5pm Friday, October 9, 2015 CCS Disability Action is committed to the Treaty of Waitangi and our Equal Employment Opportunities policy.

www.silverfernfarms.com

Guardian Job Vacancies

SERVICES:

Hay covers, farm truck seat covers, upholstery repairs, shade sails and blinds, marquee and event hire.

31

AUTO TRIM, CANVAS & SHADE

307 7900

Call Toni & Peter May on 03 308 8893 to find out more!

151 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton www.petermay.co.nz

Birthday Greetings Brought to you by Kitchen Kapers.

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.

Brandi Lynch

Brandi Lynch

Ruby Ross

Zara Lee

Happy 3rd Birthday Princess. Lots of love Mummy and Jasmine

Happy 3rd Birthday Brandi.

Lots of love Nana and Grandad.

Happy 3rd Birthday to our beautiful ‘big girl’.

Love always Mum, Dad and Toby. x

Happy 7th Birthday.

Lots of love Mum, Dad, Zoe, Niwa, Nana and Grandad and Mia. xxxx

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/careers

Warehouse Production Manager CM Trailer Parts is a fast growing, industry leader in the supply of light trailer parts to the New Zealand market. The company is built on innovation, quality products and people with a passion.

We require an experienced, proactive Warehouse Production manager for our busy operation based in Ashburton. This is a hands-on role and you will be expected to lead by example while managing two hardworking team members. You will be responsible for the production and packaging of our brake assemblies and trailer products, inventory control, and ordering of product packaging.

For this position you will have excellent communication skills and attention to detail. Other attributes that are a must: • A strong mechanical knowledge • Excellent time management skills • Basic computer skills • A full driver’s licence • A team player with a positive attitude • A self-starter who is able to identify and implement process improvement • You must be physically fit, well presented, and energetic and have a great sense of humour.

Welcome to the World Quality Preschool TLC for your VIP

Monday - Friday 7.30am - 5.30pm Ph 308 2959, 25 Main South Rd, Tinwald www.childsplaypreschool.ac.nz

Please apply via email with your CV and covering letter to:

alasdair@cm.net.nz Applications close on or before October 9, 2015.

Guardian Real Estate

307 7900

Baby: Fred die (Freder Big brothe ick) James r Osc M are thrilled ar and parents, Dav cKimmie e and Sara to welcom h, e th ei born Sept ember 5, 20 r new addition, 15 at 9.26pm 8lb 4oz, 56 , cm long.

SPA

CES

AVA IL A

BLE

Classifieds 32 Ashburton Guardian SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

Customer Service/ Administration We are seeking a bright enthusiastic personality to join our friendly team based in our Tinwald office, which is Head Office for our three branches and handles all incoming calls and orders nationwide.

This position requires someone with excellent communication and people skills and a real understanding of customer service.

We are looking for someone who has the following attributes:-

• • • • •

SITUATIONS VACANT

A positive friendly personality and a sense of humour Ability to work under pressure, highly organised and able to multitask Able to work in a team environment and share the workload Excellent telephone and customer service skills High accuracy with computer data entry Have a good mathematical brain, and able to think outside the square

If this sounds like you please email your application letter along with a copy of your CV to fionat@rxplastics.co.nz, alternatively post to the address below no later than Friday October 2, 2015.

Fiona Taylor Customer Services Manager RX Plastics Ltd P O Box 360, Ashburton 7740

Looking for a change?

We have a vacancy for a Legal Executive with at least 5 years experience to handle residential conveyancing.

This is a full time role in our Ashburton office and will suit someone with proven experience in property related legal services, who is capable of handling their own files. Experience essential, formal qualifications an advantage.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, be familiar with LINZ, ADLS Web forms and Microsoft Word. Training in our Practice Management software will be provided.

If you would like to be part of a growing, supportive, busy team, with the backing of the systems of a central city Christchurch law firm, then please send a covering letter and CV to pjb@whitefox.co.nz

SITUATIONS VACANT

Forklift Driver / Warehouse Person

Experienced Legal Executive

RX PLASTICS

•

www.guardianonline.co.nz

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Mitre 10 Mega Ashburton has a vacancy for a forklift driver/warehouse person.

This position is part-time (Monday – Friday, 9am - 3pm).

The person we are looking for must have the following qualities: • A current forklift licence • The ability to work as part of a team and as an individual • Be safety conscious at all times • Accuracy with numbers • Be motivated and reliable • Fit and active Please email your C.V., along with a covering letter, to: hr.ashburton@mitre10.co.nz or post to: Human Resources, Mitre 10 Mega, PO Box 35, Ashburton 7740 Applications remain confidential and close on Friday, October 2, 2015.

Arable Farm Employee Required

– – – –

Irrigated property Modern equipment and practices 18kms from ashburton Flexible start and finish dates - could be a permanent position for the right person.

– Ad also on trade me – Agricultural experience essential and references

Rakaia Storeman Position Cates Grain & Seed is a specialist grain and seed production and marketing company based in Ashburton, Canterbury.

A full-time storeman position has become available in our Rakaia seed processing store.

Reporting to the store manager your duties will include product intake, seed dressing and bag handling, serving farmer clients, forklift operation and general store duties.

Applicants will need to be physically fit as the role will require the handling of bags of seed and the loading of containers.

The successful applicant will have a positive attitude and be able to work well in a small friendly team environment.

Knowledge of the grain and seed industry would be an advantage but not necessary as full training will be given.

To apply please email your application along with CV to: Greg Taylor at rakaia@cates.co.nz or for further details phone (03) 302 7319.

All applications will be treated in the strictest of confidence.

Applications close 5pm, October 9, 2015.

Contact Scott 03 315 5942 or email martin87@farmside.co.nz

75 Burnett Street, Ashburton

Guardian Motoring

307 7900

Daily Events Saturday

1.15pm GOLF CROQUET DOUBLES WAIREKA. Golf Croquet Doubles, Waireka Croquet, Philip Street.

5.00pm ASHBURTON MASTERS SWIMMERS SOCIAL EVENINGS. A social group for Masters swimming. E A Stadium, River Terrace.

6.00pm HOLY NAME PARISH. Mass, Holy Name Church, Havelock Street.

fellowship, each Saturday, weather permitting. Behind the St Andrew’s 9.00am - 12.30pm Anglican Church, 157 Thomson Street, ASHBURTON FARMERS MARKET. Local fresh produce, coffee and hot food. Tinwald.

9.30am - 12.30pm Northern end West Street Car Park.

ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY INC. 9.00am - 12.00pm Open Thursday and Saturday mornings CRAFT MARKET. Good variety of crafts, West Street Car www.toylibrary.ashburtononline.co.nz/ Methodist Church Hall, Baring Square Park.

East.

9.30am 10.00am ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. TINWALD. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Community garden working bee and Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

Main Street, Methven.

10.00am - 12.00pm VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road. Tinwald.

10.00am - 12.00pm ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Pre-loved clothing bargains. St Andrews Anglican Church, Cnr Thomson and Jane Street. Tinwald.

10.00am - 1.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP.

New rooms open for research. Ground floor Heritage Centre, all welcome, West Street.

10.00am - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

12.45pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Association Doubles and Singles, Waireka Croquet, Philip Street.

Sunday

Taufalele. Baring Square Church Lounge.

Baring Square East.

9.30am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship and Scout parade, all welcome. A.G.M. to follow. 65 Oxford Street.

10.00am ASHBURTON MODEL AERO CLUB. Radio controlled aeroplane flying, weather permitting. Lovetts Road, off Maronan Road.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture

Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

Main Street, Methven.

10.00am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10.00am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Celebrating Citizen Sunday, Cnr Havelock and Park Street.

10.00am HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Sealy Street.

10.00am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion every Sunday. 151-153

GOLF CROQUET, DOUBLES WAIREKA. Thomson Street, Tinwald.

Golf Croquet, doubles. Waireka Club, 10.30am Philip Street.

VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. 1.30pm Worship God and study his word. 131 ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

Club and family day, everyone welcome.

10.30am EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. M.S.A. Grounds, 115 Racecourse Road.

Worshipping God and transforming lives. 7.00pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. 63 Princes Street, Netherby.

Worship God and study his word. 131 1.00pm - 3.00pm Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from 7.00pm the past to the future. Ashburton airport, ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Evening Worship in the Sinclair Centre, Seafield Road.

Cnr Havelock and Park Street.

1.15pm

Monday

WOMENS INSTITUTES. Half yearly meeting with good speakers.

Rakaia Church, Main Road, Rakaia.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

12noon - 1.30pm BAPTIST CHURCH FREE LUNCH. Every 2nd and 4th Monday, entry of Cass

Street. Cnr Cass and Havelock Streets.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Seafield Road.

1.00pm - 4.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. New rooms open for research. Ground floor Heritage Centre, East St. All welcome.

6.00pm RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Circuit training, 1st time free. St Andrews Church Hall, Bridge Street, Rakaia.

6.00pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7.30pm CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE. Euchre . Holy Name Parish Hall, Winter St.

8.00am 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. Family Service led by Kidz Church. 48 Allens Road.

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Service and worship with Rev Tevita 6.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.45am PLAINS LADIES PROBUS CLUB. Monthly meeting, Doris Linton Lounge, R.S.A. Cox Street.

10.00am MID CANTERBURY FEDERATION OF

7.30pm ASHBURTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Speaker Nancy Ridder ‘Alpines’, Decorative ‘Daffodils’. Sports Pavilion, Walnut Avenue.

7.30pm ASHBURTON BIRD CLUB. Annual General Meeting. Rover Den, Mania-o-roto Scout Park, Chalmers Avenue.

Classifieds www.guardianonline.co.nz

Saturday, September 26, 2015

SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

Ashburton Guardian

33

SITUATIONS VACANT

AG FENCING Sales Manager Timber Manager Due to a staff departure we have an immediate vacancy for the roles of Hardware Manager and Timber Manager for our Ashburton ITM store.

Goldpine Rakaia and Ashburton are part of a network of twenty two retail stores who, with the assistance of our three production sites and Nelson based support team; provide outdoor timber users with specialist advice and product options to ensure we deliver the best value for our customers.

Due to an internal transfer an opportunity is available for an experienced leader, who has proven success managing either a retail, sales, multi-site or customer focused business.

Both roles will require the successful applicants to carry out direct sales activities, including maintaining and developing business relationships with existing and prospective clients.

To be successful in this role you will need to: • Be active in building relationships with customers including on site visits for you and your teams.

• Be target driven, with a proven sales/performance history.

• Achieve store KPIs and provide regular and accurate reporting on all aspects of the business.

• Plan and organise your time to ensure the smooth day to day running of the two stores.

• Successfully lead and develop your teams, and manage employment related issues effectively.

• Support, implement and champion our strategies and values.

A priority will be placed on maintaining good communication with clients, responding to and following up sales enquiries efficiently.

The successful applicants will possess the following attributes: Excellent communication skills- you will be required to liaise at all levels with a variety of people.

To relate to our customer base rural/farming knowledge is preferred, with experience in our industry an advantage but not essential.

RAKASHJOB-SEP15

To view a position description and complete an online application visit http://careers.goldpine.co.nz Should you have any questions regarding this opportunity please contact Mel Thompson, Goldpine Talent Adviser on 027 244 8170.

Applications close Monday 12 October 2015

Both positions offer fantastic opportunities for the right person.

The sooner the st art, the smoother the transition into the role, so if you fit our description, we want to hear from you today.

Great People, Great Opportunities

Apply in writing to the address below with CV and a cover-letter outlining your relevant skills and current circumstances:

Talley’s is a successful and well known brand, operating several plants throughout the South Island, as well as having many diversified interests in seafood, frozen vegetables, meat and dairy products. We currently have the following positions at our Fairton plant located 10 minutes drive from Ashburton.

Ashburton Hospital are looking for Casual Registered and Enrolled Nurses to work in all areas from medical, surgical, assessment, treatment and rehabilitation, or health care of the elderly.

If you have experience in these areas, please apply online on the CDHB website or call Sara Grant on (03) 307 8491 for more information.

Family Store Van Driver/Store Worker Ashburton We are looking for a very special person to support our Family Store. Duties will include collection of donated goods and delivery of purchases and other store related tasks.

This is a paid position for 10 hours per week.

Please contact Ken Smith at the church office, Cnr Cass and Cameron Streets for full job description, hours of work and job application form.

Applications close September 30, 2015

RENZ ashburton Trevor Hurley Real Estate Limited REAA 2008

The Fresh Name in the Freezer

allanm@helmackitm.co.nz Allan McCormick Helmack ITM 92 Dobson Street, Ashburton 7700

Casual Nurses

We seek a Special Education Needs Co-ordinator, .7 position.

We are currently seeking an individual to join our fencing company in a full time position, due to an increase in workload.

We are looking for someone who: ‒ Is keen to learn (experience not essential) ‒ Holds a current New Zealand full drivers licence ‒ Has NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa ‒ Is a punctual, honest, reliable team player ‒ Has high standards of quality and safety ‒ Has a good attitude and sense of humour To apply or for information please contact:

Cheryl 021 255 5754 Adam 027 249 1828 or email adam@agfencing.co.nz

General Farm Worker

Packout Manager

Position available on 500ha mixed cropping/ livestock property 7kms west of Rakaia in Mid Canterbury.

Ensuring ALL targets and goals are achieved and managed within the guidelines and timeframes, as set out by the company in conjunction with the customer’s needs, while complying with regulatory governance.

You require all the skills above as well as experience in effective leadership which may include Kaizen, Lean Thinking and 5S training: a proven history in organising, data collection and analysis: a full understanding and implementation of the needs of food safety, health and safety, compliance, industry standards and customer specifications are essential.

Applicant has to be fully experienced in the operation of high horsepower tractors and able to carry out all primary cultivations, including ploughing to a very high standard.

Nurturing, guidance and support of the staff is expected to maintain morale and boost training while stimulating continuous improvement.

If this position interests you, please forward your CV to: Recruitment, PO Box 244, Ashburton, or email: recruitment@ash.talleys.co.nz Note for Non Residents: Only applicants that are legally entitled to work in New Zealand will be considered for advertised position.

Experience in the operation of high density balers also essential.

Applicant also required to assist with on farm irrigation duties when required as well as the feeding and care of 1800 dairy cows during the winter period.

Required qualifications include Safe use of Pesticides PA1 and PA2, ATV Handing Certificate, Health and Safety Certificate for the use of Telehandlers and Certificate for the Safe use of Veterinary Medecine.

On farm accommodation available.

Please reply to: billdavey@xtra.co.nz

Nightfill Forklift Driver – Fixed Term

SENCO HAMPSTEAD SCHOOL

http://careers.goldpine.co.nz

RAKAIA / ASHBURTON Manager

(2 positions)

• Computer skills and accuracy.

• Ability to multi-task, manage significant workloads and meet deadlines.

• Ability to work both independently and in a collaborative team environment.

• Ability to manage staff.

ASHBURTON

Here at Goldpine, we are proud of being not just Kiwi-owned, but family-owned.

We are the ‘Outdoor Timber Specialist’, run by and focused on rural people.

We are committed to working as a team, to deliver value to our customers and achieve our company and individuals’ success.

Mitre 10 Mega Ashburton has a vacancy for a forklift driver to join their nightfill team. This fixed term position is parttime, 20 hours per week (Monday – Friday, 5pm - 9pm) for six months.

www.talleys.co.nz

Auto Electrician

The person we are looking for must have the following qualities:

We are looking for an experienced Auto Electrician • A current forklift licence URL Closing to join our friendly team at Methven Motor Services. abilitydate to work An experienced teacher work with a range Rachel x unsupervised Proofwill read by:_______________________________ With: _______________________________ Date:_______________________________ tested: x• Thechecked: We work in a modern, well equipped workshop • Be physically fit as some heavy of special needs students as well as English as a second language students and the general and service a wide range of vehicles using modern lifting is involved student population. Adapting and implementing diagnostic and scanning equipment. The job would An immediate revisions:start is required. programmes will occur. include air conditioning and fleet work.

2 3 4 5 C.V., along with a Please1 email your We help save lives every day The position commences 1-2-16. $0 $0 $25 $50 $75 We offer a supportive working environment and covering letter, to: through the research and ongoing training.

Applications close October 6, 2015 development of improved hr.ashburton@mitre10.co.nz or post to: diagnosis, be er prediction andPLEASE NOTE: job: C53063 Applicants for the position should have NZ residency Apply via email: peter.m@hampsteadschool.co.nz Human Resources, Mitre 10 Mega, treatment of heart disease in our that we have prepared this or a valid NZ work visa. hospital and community. advertisement proofPO Box 35, Ashburton 7740 based on our size: 13 x 3 format: b&w understanding of the instructions Enquiries to: Andrew 0274 362 840 Honda’s range of lawn and garden Applications remain confidential and Find out how you can

advertising proof

advanced 4-stroke technology products publication offer everything you need to make Press gardening a dream.

ASHBURTON 832 East St 03 307 9911

Ashburtion Guardian

www.dne.co.nz 0800 432 633

Timaru Herald TradeMe

2015

run date position sort Please email your CV to: Sat 19 Sept Manufacturing methven.motors@hotmail.co.nz Wed 23 Sept Sat 26 Sept

Sat 19 Sept Sits Vacant Sat 26 Sept Sat 19 Sept Manufacturing Sat 26 Sept Wed 16 Sept

We Help Save Lives

received. In approving the costhelp (excl gst) onresponsibility Friday, October 2, 2015. by visiting: advertisement, it close is client’s $923.91 www.otago.ac.nz/chchheartto check the accuracy of both the $794.04 advertisement, the media and the position nominated. $free Cancellation of adverts booked with

$414.57 media will incur a media cancellation fee of $50. $414.57 A University of Otago Centre of Guardian Situations Vacant Research Excellence $313.56 your contact: Rachel $313.56 $161.96

307 7900

Classifieds 34 Ashburton Guardian

www.guardianonline.co.nz

Saturday, September 26, 2015

RURAL TRADING POST

SPORTING NOTICES

PLANTS, PRODUCE

NZ Oranges $1.99 1.5kg bag Expression of interest are now open for coaching in 2016 for:

Senior, Senior B and Colts

Applications must be made in writing and close on October 9 and send to:

Ashburton Celtic Rugby Club c/o 68 Allens Road, Ashburton

Enquiries: Stefan Brook 027 255 1025 ashburtonceltic.co.nz

PLANTS, PRODUCE

TRAVEL

TRADES, SERVICES

Travel 2U

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES

Escorted small group experiences Free, informative, relaxed, visual presentation ASHBURTON – Friday, Oct 9 - 10:00am Ashburton Club & MSA To RSVP call Travel 2 U on 0800 12 12 22

For all subscriber enquiries, missed delivery, new subscriptions, temporary stops, call our subscriber hotline 0800 274 287 0800 ASHBURTON

We design, we build, we innovate.

211 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton (03) 307 6130 www.calderstewart.co.nz

• Bark • Oamaru stone • Rocks • Organic compost • Sand • Screened soil • Home deliveries available

Plus much more FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

Dobson Street West Ph: 307 8302 Hours: Mon-Fri: 7.30am - 5pm Sat: 7.30am - 12 noon

DAFFODILS - Locally grown.

At Ashburton Farmers Market, Saturday, September TRADES, SERVICES HOME handyman available. 26. West Street, car park.

Minor repairs, painting etc. Ph Carol and Keith Gunn.

027-677-1952.

PEASTRAW for sale. 3x3x6.

Medium squares, $42. Phone RURAL TRADING POST 308 5659 or 027 235 3988.

FREE silage tyres. Delivered to your farm. Phone 03 347 TREE and shrub yard sale.

Saturday, September 26.

9354.

From 9am - 1pm. 119 Maronan Road, Ashburton.

PUBLIC NOTICES (No Eftpos).

Winchmore Tennis Club

Annual General Meeting Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at 7.30pm at the Winchmore Hall.

All current, passed and new members are most welcome.

Pumpkin - small $1.99 ea Agria Potatoes - 5kg $3.99 bag Onions - 5kg $2.99 bag Truss Tomatoes $5.99 kg Specials available from 22/09 - 29/09

OPEN 7 DAYS

Road The Green Grocer Main SouthTinwald

Fresh Fruit & Vege

MEETINGS, EVENTS Car Boot Sale and a Produce and Cake Stall

MEETINGS, EVENTS

All welcome.

LIVESTOCK, PETS

N!

ISSIO

DM EE A

CHURCH FAIR

FR

St Andrews Presbyterian Church Sinclair Centre, Park Street

Ashburton RSA, Car Park, 14 Cox St, Ashburton Saturday, September 26 8.30am - 11.30am

308-1095

Saturday, September 26, 2015 9.00am - 11am Garden stall, treasure trove stall, cake stall, preloved clothing, book and records, bric-a-brac, hand made cards, morning tea, sausage sizzle amd more!

MOTORING

BUYER of unwanted animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals.

CASH paid for all unwanted We also sell pet food. Call cars, vans, 4WD’s, trucks, Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 tractors. Including scrap 621, A/H 03 348 9439. metal. Phone 027 476 2404.

HIRE

WHEEL alignments at great HOLIDAY prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an ACCOMMODATION alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills AKAROA - CHARMING, Street. Phone 308-6737. spacious holiday home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village.

Phone Brian 307-8000 or 308-6180.

FIREWOOD - Green Oregon and old man pine $140, blue GRAZING wanted for store gum and Macrocarpa $160. lambs. Phone Steve Sim 027 Split and delivered. Ph Shane 321 6060.

James, Firewood 303 7063.

LAMB grazing wanted for SCOOTER’S - new and mobs 300 plus, preferably secondhand three and four grass. Phone Mitch 027 313 wheel electric scooters and 1320. wheel chairs. Call Fred Reddecliffe at Electric Guardian Classifieds Mobility Ashburton today.

Phone 308-3602 307 7900

Guardian Situations Vacant 307 7900

FLOAT hire - single, double and tandem. Reasonable rates. Morrison’s Saddlery & Feed. Phone 308-3422 anytime.

FOR SALE

FIREWOOD - Green old man pine $140 per 3 cubic meters, split and delivered. Ph 303 6280, Tim Boyd, Elite Firewood Ltd.

GRAZING

Call Andrew to service your heatpumps . . . ElectraServe, for everything electrical Heat Pump filter clean & service check

Have your filters cleaned + receive a 14 point maintenance check.

Urban $89 including GST Rural $99 including GST

the ElectraServe guarantee

Blair Watson, General Manager personally guarantees ElectraServe’s tradesmen’s workmanship. If you are not 100% satisfied with the quality of the work, ElectraServe will put it right . . . every time, or your money back.

a 166 moore street ashburton p 03 308 9008 e service@electraserve.co.nz w www.electraserve.co.nz

Weekend Services

MEDICAL SERVICES

HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring 0800 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice.

DUTY DOCTORS

This service is for emergency medical care only. Please remember your Community Services Card.

Gym Company Medical, 39 TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON, will be the duty practice for Saturday until 8am Sunday. They will hold surgery from 10am -12noon and from 6pm - 7pm. No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 9489.

Moore Street Medical Centre, Moore Street Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Sunday until 8am Monday. They will hold surgery from 10am -12noon and from 6pm - 7pm. No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 3066.

PHARMACIES

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Sunday, and from 6pm - 8pm both evenings.

Methven Pharmacy, 101 Main Street, Methven will be open Saturday, from 9am - 1pm.

HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS

ASHBURTON HOSPITAL WARD 1 - DAILY, 10 - 11.30am & 2 - 7.30pm.

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

WARD 6 - (including Assessment, Treatment & Rehabilitation Unit) - OPEN VISITING. MATERNITY WARD - DAILY, 10am - 8pm.

-Husbands and patient’s own children may visit the patient from: 7am - 10pm.

TUARANGI HOME (Cameron St) - DAILY, -unrestricted visiting.

ASHBURTON REST HOMES

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027 857 2133 or visit www.alcoholics-anonymous. org.nz for more information.

MENTAL HEALTH

Call free on 0800 222 955. Ask for the Crisis Team.

SAFE CARE - 24 hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791

H

S

Public Holidays 10am - 5pm.

MAIL CLOSING TIMES

ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm POST DELIVERY CENTRES Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm 24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS 846) - Direct dials to a volunteer.

Mon - Fri 5pm Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - Business Area: Mon - Fri 1pm 2pm - outside of these hours leave a message. Residential Area:

ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE Call us free on (0800 787 797).

Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

LIFELINE - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353

C

S

COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS OMMUNITY ERVICES and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, Saturday, and Sunday doctor and emergency ART GALLERY unrestricted visiting. details - please telephone the Methven Medical 327 West Street, phone 308 1133.

EMERGENCY DENTIST Centre, ph 302 8105.

Open Daily: 10am – 4pm Wed: 10am – 7pm If you do not have or cannot contact your Ashburton Hospital DOES NOT ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 provide an accident and emergency service.

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. for the name of the rostered weekend dentist Except in cases of emergency persons requiring in Christchurch. Hours 9am-5pm, Saturdays, Saturday: 10am - 1pm, Sunday 1pm - 4pm medical attention must consult their own or the Sundays and Public Holidays.

ASHBURTON MUSEUM duty general practitioner. Persons subsequently 327 West Street, Asburton. Ph 307 7890. Open requiring treatment at Ashburton Hospital must ELPLINE ERVICES weekdays 10am - 4pm, weekends 1pm - 4pm. have a general practitioners note of referral.

Research facilities weekday afternoons.

METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA

EA NETWORKS CENTRE - POOLS hour service.

20 River Terrace - Phone 03 308 4020 MID CANTERBURY SPCA WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm.

INFORMATION CENTRES

ASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm.

Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until 2pm. Phone 308-1050.

METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays 10am until 3pm.

Phone 302-8955 or methven@i-site.org

BUS DEPARTURES

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

ANIMAL SERVICES

WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: All enquiries - Inspector John Keeley: 308 4432 or 0274 342 646

MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER - Contact (cats) Tracey 021 1356

969 or (dogs) Dawn 021 828 350

VETERINARIANS

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton.

Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Renate Haveman.

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East St & Smithfield Rd, Ashburton.

Saturday clinic 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Large: Ciprian Verdes, Shannon Thomson-Laing. Small: Jess Wood.

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 111, 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: Duty vet: Jo Hallenstein. Full emergency service all weekend.

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - PH 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. 24-hour Emergencies: Large: Andrew Robinson, Nathan Roberts. Small: Ref Vetlife.

Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint after-

DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL hours small animal emergency service. To use Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24

this service please phone your vet as usual.

Classifieds www.guardianonline.co.nz

Ashburton Guardian

Saturday, September 26, 2015

LET OR LEASE

35

FOR SALE

bio vermis

Expressions of Interest

– Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre, Cafe Lease Ashburton District Council are seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the operation of a commercial cafe at the Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre, located on the corner of West Street (SH1) and Cameron Street, Ashburton.

VERMICOMPOST Nutrient Rich Organic Soil Conditioner “For sustained growth and yield”

Made up of WORM CASTINGS and DECOMPOSED ORGANIC MATTER The natural and comprehensive alternative to chemical or artificial fertilisers.

For further information visit ashburtondc.govt.nz or to request documents please email info@adc.govt.nz or phone (03) 307 7700.

20 litre bags $12 each incl GST Bulk $48 per scoop (approx. 1/3 m³) incl GST Truckloads $250 per tonne excl GST.

Expressions of Interest close Thursday 15 October 2015 at 4.00pm and should be made in writing to:

Sales between 9.00am and 12 noon, Monday to Friday Ashburton Meat Processors Ltd, 170 Bridge Street, ASHBURTON Phone 03 308 2019

“EOI Cafe Operations” The Chief Executive Ashburton District Council PO Box 94 Ashburton 7740

Bill Irwin’s new book out now!

Officer for enquiries: James Webb, Commercial Manager.

Lots of summer labels arriving Be in quick for our 3 day promotion Saturday Sunday Monday

Andrew Dalziel Chief Executive www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

PUBLIC NOTICES

BOATS, ACCESSORIES

CRESTA Craft 4.9 Sport.

90hp Johnson. Many extras.

Ph 027 241 6371.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

MISS Eva, attractive and busty, friendly. Straight and clean. No texting, no blocked calls will be answered. Phone 021 044 0698.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

FOR RENT - Tidy and warm two bedroom unit, attached garage and storeroom. $285 per week. Ph 027 480 5662.

TO LET: Four - five bedroom home. Warm and sunny.

Walnut Avenue. Call 021 109 7806 or 308 2650.

TO LET - Three bedroom house warm and sunny.

Alford Forest Road, Allenton.

Log fire. No dogs. $320 wk.

Ph 307 0009. Text only 027 507 0009.

Buy one get one half price on all full price stock including just arrived

Packed with beautiful Mid Canterbury photography, this book is the ideal present for birthdays and Christmas. The perfect gift for your loved ones, easy to mail!

Available at local bookstores and iSites in Mid Canterbury.

For more info, please visit billirwinarts.com

Church Services

(Note: half price purchase on all stock at same or lower price of original purchase excluding sale items.)

Join us for an Encounter with Jesus Christ Sundays@10.00am Including Children’s Church Everyone is welcome.

See you at Cnr Cass & Cameron Sts Ph 308 7610 or 308 7062

The Merino Story, Cafe Macaroon 19 Peters Street, Hinds (SH1) 03 303 7621

OPEN 7 DAYS

TO RENT: two bedroom cottage. $180 per week. Ph 308 7829.

Jubilee Christian Fellowship

HAMILTON CALEDONIAN

10am Every Sunday All welcome

90TH JUBILEE The 90th Jubilee of the Hamilton Caledonian Society and Pipe Band will be celebrated during the weekend of November 7, 2015 and the organisers would be grateful to anyone who can supply contact details of any former members and supporters, especially email and postal addresses.

Registrations will be open until 26 October.

For further information or to register, contact Trevor Andrews at twandrews@vodafone. co.nz or at PO Box 493, Hamilton 3240

Happy Birthday

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.

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

Cnr Cass & Havelock Sts Phone 308 5409 www.ashburtonbaptist.co.nz

10am Morning Service

Fear is your enemy but faith restores the soul.

206 Cameron Street Pastors Jim & Ida Heath Ph 308 7511

Speaker: Pastor Rob Davison Creche available Refreshments to follow 6.00pm House of Prayer ALL VERY WELCOME

Assembly Of God Sunday Meeting 10.00am Hakatere Marae SH1, Fairton You are welcome Enquiries Phone 308-8699

Guardian Classifieds

307 7900

Television 36 Ashburton Guardian

www.guardianonline.co.nz

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Saturday, September 26, 2015 TV ONE

©TVNZ 2015

6am Te Karere 3 2 6:30 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Rural Delivery 7:30 Infomercials 9am Tagata Pasifika 3 9:30 Come Dine With Me PGR 3 0 Noon Cook Me The Money 3 1pm New Zealand With Nadia Lim 3 0 1:30 Kiwi Living 3 0 2:30 Situation Critical PGR 0 3pm Rapid Response PGR 3 0 3:30 SCU Serious Crash Unit PGR 30 4pm Piha Rescue 3 0 4:30 Tales From Northumberland With Robson Green 0 5pm Monster Fish 0 6pm One News 0

7pm Country Calendar 0 7:30 Outback Truckers PGR 0 8pm L Lotto 8:05 Outback Truckers PGR Continued. 0 8:30 Coronation Street PGR Roy is in a quandary as he attempts to betray his moral code; Leanne accuses Peter of neglecting Simon; Tina is angry with David. 0 9:30 Mr Selfridge AO 0 10:30 Last Tango In Halifax AO 3 0 12:45 Doc Martin PGR 3 0 1:40 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:50 Neighbourhood 3 0 4:20 Infomercials 5:20 L Football – English Premier League Newcastle United v Chelsea from St James’s Park in Newcastle.

CHOICE TV 6am Better Homes And Gardens 7:30 Nick Knowles’ Original Features 8:30 Love Nature – Monkey Thieves 9am Atlantic Edge 9:30 Destination Flavour Down Under 10am Michela’s Classic Italian 10:30 Buying Alaska 11am House Crashers 11:30 Auction Kings Noon The 100 Day Bach 12:30 The Get Growing Roadshow 1pm Buying Alaska 1:30 Better Homes And Gardens 3pm American Restoration 3:30 Yard Crashers 4pm The Apartment 5pm 10 Years Younger UK 6pm Travels With The Bondi Vet 6:30 Baggage Battles 7pm Shark Man 7:30 Natural World – Saving The Panda Granted exclusive access to the world’s top panda research centre, this series celebrates 50 years of the WWF and looks at efforts past, present and future to save its muchloved icon, the giant panda.

8:30 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy 9:30 Toy Hunter 10pm NZ Hunter Adventures PGR 10:30 American Restoration 11pm The Apartment

SUNDAY

Midnight 10 Years Younger UK 1am 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy 3am Mad Dogs AO 4am NZ Hunter Adventures PGR 4:30 Yard Crashers 5am Toy Hunter 5:30 American Restoration

TV TWO

©TVNZ 2015

TV THREE

FOUR

6am Sooty 0 6:10 Wiki The Kiwi 3 0 6:15 Transformers Rescue Bots 3 0 6:40 Paw Patrol 0 7:05 The Jungle Bunch – To The Rescue! 0 7:15 Thunderbirds Are Go 3 0 7:45 Pokemon XY 0 8:10 Transformers Robots In Disguise 0 8:35 Beware The Batman 3 0 9:05 Breadwinners 0 9:30 Lab Rats 0 10am 2Kaha PGR 10:30 Step By Step 3 0 11am Full House 0 11:30 Family Matters Noon M The Three Musketeers PGR 2011 Adventure.

Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen.

0 2:10 Pretty Little Liars AO 0 3:05 Galavant PGR 0 3:35 The Neighbours PGR 3 0 4:05 The Amazing Race 0 5:05 America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:35 F My Wife And Kids 3 0 6pm Wipeout 0 7pm M Bridge To Terabithia PGR 2007 Fantasy. Zooey Deschanel, Josh Hutcherson, Annasophia Rob. 0 8:55 M The Green Hornet AO 2011 Action. The exploits of a newspaper publisher whose secret identity is the Green Hornet, a crime fighter dedicated to protecting the city’s citizens. Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz. 0

6am Charles Stanley 3 6:30 Gone Fishin’ 3 7am Outdoors With Geoff 3 Some rugby players join Geoff on the water to catch big fish.

7:30 Infomercials 9:30 The Nation 10:30 Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Home Cooking PGR 3 0 11am Survivor – Caramoan 3 Noon The Real Housewives Of New Jersey PGR 3 1pm Stacey Dooley Investigates… Thailand’s Drug Craze PGR 3 0 2pm Dream Factory 3 0 3pm MasterChef NZ 3 0 4pm MasterChef NZ 3 0 5pm Outdoors With Geoff 5:30 Storage Hunters 3 6pm 3 News

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 8:35 Sidekick 3 9am BeyWheelz 3 A peaceful city becomes the site of a battle between good and evil.

9:30 Power Rangers – Megaforce 3 9:55 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Mr Young 3 5:30 Smokefree Rockquest 2015 6pm iCarly 3 6:30 It Only Hurts When I Laugh 3

7pm M Epic 2011 Animated Family. Transported to a magical world, a teenager is recruited by a nature spirit, Queen Tara, to help the ‘Leafmen’ save their forest from evil warriors. Voices of Amanda Seyfried, Beyoncé Knowles, Colin Farrell. 0 9:05 M Happy Gilmore AO 3 1996 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen. 0

7pm Top Chef Duels PGR (Starting Today) 3 Richard Blais faces Marcel Vigneron.

8pm Troy PGR 3 Troy makes mischief at a boat party and surprises the crowd with his mind-reading powers. 0 9pm World’s Scariest Holidays PGR 3 10pm South Park AO 3 10:30 Entertainment Tonight Weekend 3

11:20 M Blitz AO 2011 Action.

Jason Statham. 0 1:20 M The International AO 2009 Crime. Clive Owen, Naomi Watts. 0 4:25 Jeremy Kyle USA PGR 3 5:05 2Kaha PGR 3 5:30 It Is Written 3

11pm Blue Bloods AO Danny learns about voodoo while investigating a stabbing committed by someone in costume on Halloween.

0 Midnight Hannibal AO 3 12:55 Infomercials 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

11:25 90210 PGR 3 Naomi and Max go to counselling to decide on the future of their marriage; Teddy sets out terms for his support of Silver.

12:15 Infomercials

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6am Home Shopping 7am Rugby – World Cup Highlights 3 Day Five.

7:35 Home Shopping 11:30 Rugby League – NRL Fulltime (Highlights) Semi-finals of the NRL Premiership.

Noon The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus 3 2:30 Celebrity Wife Swap USA PGR 3 Melissa Rivers leaves behind her 12-year-old son and hectic life of television in Los Angeles for Bristol Palin’s less structured life of snow and boisterous boys in Alaska.

3:30 Rugby – ITM Cup Northland v Bay Of Plenty.

5:30 Prime News 6pm Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) Day Six. 6:35 Storage Wars – Texas PGR 3

6am Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) All Blacks v Namibia.

6:30 Rugby – World Cup (Replay) Argentina v Georgia. 8:30 Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) Day Four.

9am Rugby – World Cup (Replay) All Blacks v Namibia. 11am Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) Argentina v Georgia. 11:30 Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) Day Four.

Noon L Rugby – Women’s Provincial Championship Counties Manukau v Otago. 2pm Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) All Blacks v Namibia. 2:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Counties Manukau v Tasman. 4:30 Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) Argentina v Georgia. 5pm Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) All Blacks v Namibia.

5:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Otago v Southland.

7pm Storage Wars – Texas PGR 3 7:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Manawatu v North Harbour.

7:30 The Brokenwood Mysteries From Arena Manawatu in PGR 3 Palmerston North.

9:35 N A Very British 9:30 L Roof Top Rugby Murder AO Lucy Worsley looks at a real-life crime from 10pm Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) All Blacks v the first half of the nineteenth Namibia. century and investigates how 10:30 Rugby – World Cup (Replay) the modern pre-occupation Argentina v Georgia. with murder began.

10:30 Rugby – World Cup Highlights 3 11:05 60 Minutes PGR 3 Current affairs from New Zealand and around the world.

12:05 Home Shopping

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Dora Matatoa 3 2 7:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 8am Patapatai 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am The Fit Club 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Toku Reo 3 2 2pm The Big Hit 3 2:30 Homai Te Pakipaki 3 3:30 Pacific Games 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Taniwha Rau 3

THE BOX 6am The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 8:30 Last Man Standing PG 8:55 Modern Family PGL 9:20 Survivor – Marathon PG 12:40 Alaska Off-Road Warriors PGL 1:30 Shearing Gang PG 1:55 Smashed Palace ML 2:25 Hardcore Pawn PGL 2:50 Wild West Alaska M 3:40 Law And Order – LA MV 4:30 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes.

7:30 Last Man Standing PG 8pm Modern Family PGL 8:30 Hardcore Pawn PGL 9pm Counting Cars PG 9:30 Alaska Off-Road Warriors PGL 10:30 Shearing Gang PG 10:55 Smashed Palace ML 11:20 Chosen MVL

SUNDAY

12:10 Raw MC 3:55 Last Man Standing PG 4:20 Modern Family PGL 4:45 Hardcore Pawn PGL 5:10 Survivor – China PG

12:30 Roof Top Rugby Jeff Wilson and guests talk about rugby, from New Zealand House in London.

1:15 L Rugby – World Cup Italy v Canada. From Elland Road, Leeds.

4:30 L Rugby – World Cup South Africa v Samoa.

SKY SPORT 2 7pm N Street Dance Nationals 7:30 M Race The Sun PGR 1996 Adventure. Halle Berry, Casey Affleck.

9:20 M The Conspirator PGR 2010 Historical Drama. A woman is charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and, as the whole nation turns against her, she must rely on her lawyer to uncover the truth.

Robin Wright, James McAvoy.

Epic 11:20 Te Kaea 3 2 7pm on TV3 11:50 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Kings PG 6:30 Mythbusters PG 7:30 Mythbusters PG 8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:30 River Monsters PG 10:30 River Monsters PG 11:30 100 Miles From Nowhere PG 12:30 Incredible Engineering Blunders – Fixed PG 1:30 Naked And Afraid XL M 2:30 Aeroplane Repo PG 3:30 Deadliest Catch PG 4:30 Auction Hunters 5:30 What On Earth? PG 6:30 River Monsters PG 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG 8:30 Flipping Ships PG 9:30 Treasure Quest – Snake Island M 10:30 Auction Hunters PG 11pm Untamed China With Nigel Marven PG

SUNDAY

Midnight Aeroplane Repo PG 1am Auction Hunters 1:30 Crimes That Shook The World M 3:30 Auction Hunters 4am Bering Sea Gold PG 5am Mythbusters PG

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:15 The Hobbit – The Desolation Of Smaug MV 2013 Adventure.

Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen.

8:55 Reasonable Doubt 16VL 2014 Crime. Samuel L Jackson.

10:25 The Making Of Everest 10:45 Stand Up Guys 16VLS 2012 Comedy. Christopher Walken.

12:20 The Hobbit – The Desolation Of Smaug MV 2013 Adventure. Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen.

3pm Kid Cannabis 16VLSC 2014 Comedy. Jonathan Daniel Brown, Ron Perlman.

4:50 Transcendence MV 2014 Sci-fi. Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany.

6:50 The Wedding Ringer MLSC 2014 Romantic Comedy. Kevin Hart.

8:30 47 Ronin MV 2013 Fantasy Adventure. Keanu Reeves.

10:30 Let’s Be Cops MLSC 2014 Comedy. Jake Johnson.

SUNDAY

A Very British Murder 9:35pm on Prime

MOVIES GREATS 6:45 Head Of State MLS 2003 Comedy. Chris Rock, Bernie Mac. 8:20 A Few Good Men PGL 1992 Drama. Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise.

10:35 American Gangster 16VLSC 2007 Crime. Denzel Washington.

1:30 Austin Powers – International Man Of Mystery M 1997 Comedy. Michael Myers, Elizabeth Hurley.

3pm 2 Fast 2 Furious MV 2003 Action. Paul Walker, Cole Hauser.

4:50 The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy PGV 2005 Sci-fi Comedy.

Martin Freeman, Bill Bailey.

6:40 The Bourne Supremacy MVL 2004 Action. Matt Damon.

8:30 Insomnia MVL 2002 Crime.

Al Pacino, Hilary Swank.

10:30 Live Free Or Die Hard MVL 2007 Action. Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Cliff Curtis.

SUNDAY

12:40 The Dukes Of Hazzard MS 2005 Comedy. 3:25 2 Fast 2 12:15 Fright Night 2 16VLSC 2013 Furious MV 2003 Action. 5:10 The Horror. 1:55 Transcendence MV Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy 2014 Sci-fi. 4:55 The Wedding Ringer MLSC 2014 Romantic Comedy. PGV 2005 Sci-fi Comedy.

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language. RATINGS: 16 Approved for persons 16 years or over; 18 Approved for persons 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

26Sep15

6am Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) St Helens v Warrington. 6:30 L Rugby League – Super League Playoffs – Huddersfield v Leeds. 9:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 10am Sport 365 10:30 Sky Sports UK News 11am The Crowd Goes Wild (Highlights) 11:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Preliminaryfinal One. Broncos v Roosters.

Noon Sport 365 12:30 Sea Master Sailing 1pm NZCT Aims Games (Highlights) 2pm Sport 365 2:30 Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Playoffs – Huddersfield v Leeds. 3pm Tennis – Davis Cup (Highlights) Semi-final One – Great Britain v Australia. 4pm Tennis – Davis Cup (Highlights) Semi-final Two – Argentina v Belgium. 5pm Triathlon – ITU World Series (Highlights) 6pm Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Preliminary-final One. Broncos v Roosters.

6:45 L Rugby League – Holden Cup Preliminary-final Two. Cowboys U20 v Sea Eagles U20. 9pm L Rugby League – NRL Preliminaryfinal Two. Storm v Cowboys.

SUNDAY

Midnight Rugby – ITM Cup Saturday Highlights.

12:30 Surfing – World League (Highlights) Billabong Pro Teahupoo.

1:30 Fox Sports News 1:58 L Rugby League – Super League Bradford v Halifax.

5am Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) St Helens v Warrington. 5:30 Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Playoffs – Bradford v Halifax.

metservice.com | Compiled by

Television Saturday, September 26, 2015

www.guardianonline.co.nz

Ashburton Guardian 37

Sunday, September 27, 2015 TV ONE

©TVNZ 2015

TV TWO

©TVNZ 2015

7:30 Tagata Pasifika 3 8am Praise Be 8:30 Attitude 0 9am Q+A 0 10am Waka Huia 10:30 Marae 2 11am Neighbourhood 3 0 11:30 Fair Go 3 0 Noon River Monsters PGR 3 0 1pm The Life And Times Of Temuera Morrison 3 0 1:30 Radar Across The Pacific 3 0 2pm Building The Dream 0 3pm The Incredible Mr Goodwin PGR 0 4pm Off Their Rockers UK 3 0 4:30 Paul O’Grady For The Love Of Dogs 3 0 5pm F Biggest And Baddest 0 6pm One News 0

6am Fishtronaut 3 0 6:25 Art Attack 3 0 6:45 Henry Hugglemonster 3 0 7:10 Fish Hooks 3 0 7:35 Kung Fu Panda 3 0 8am What Now 10am ANT Farm 0 10:25 The Bachelorette PGR Noon Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 3 0 2:30 Selfie PGR 0 2:55 Empire Season 2 – Game On PGR 3:20 Home And Away Omnibus 30 5:45 Hart Of Dixie 3 0 6:40 M Shrek PGR 2001 Animated. Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy. 0

7pm Sunday 0 8pm Topp Country PGR 0 8:30 Winter AO Eve’s sister Melanie, a psychologist, attempts to unlock Indiana’s memory by hypnosis; Luke reveals a secret that may lead her a step closer to Karly’s killer. 0 9:30 Ordinary Lies PGR 0 10:35 F A Place To Call Home AO 3 0

8:30 M The Lone Ranger AO 2013 Western. The story of the famed masked hero told through the stories of his companion Tonto. Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer. 0

11:35 Q+A 3 Local political affairs programme. 0 12:40 Attitude 3 0 1:10 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:05 Marae 3 Maori current affairs show. 2 3:35 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Baggage Battles 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Natural World – Saving The Panda 8am Toy Hunter 8:30 The Apartment 9:30 10 Years Younger UK 10:30 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy 11:30 Baggage Battles Noon Shark Man 12:30 Yard Crashers 1pm Travels With The Bondi Vet 1:30 Natural World – Saving The Panda 2:30 Brand New House On A Budget 3:30 Better Homes And Gardens 5pm Cheese Slices 5:30 Sarah Beeny’s How To Sell Your Home 6pm Garage Gold 6:30 The Living Room 7:30 Penn And Teller – Fool Us 8:30 M Then She Found Me AO 2007 Drama. A New York schoolteacher has a midlife crisis when, in quick succession, her husband leaves, her adoptive mother dies and her biological mother turns up. Helen Hunt, Colin Firth, Bette Midler.

10:30 Sarah Beeny’s How To Sell Your Home 11pm Garage Gold 11:30 Being Erica PGR

MONDAY

12:30 M Then She Found Me AO 2007 Drama. Helen Hunt.

2:30 Buying The Bayou 3am Brand New House On A Budget 4am Better Homes And Gardens 5:30 Cheese Slices

11:35 Constantine AO 0 12:30 M Witches – The Darkest Evil AO 2009 Horror. 0 2:10 The Walking Dead AO 3 0 2:55 Infomercials 3:30 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 4:15 It Is Written 3 4:45 Hart Of Dixie 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

TV THREE

FOUR

PRIME

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Strawberry Shortcake – Berry Bitty Advent 3 7:25 Care Bears – Welcome To Care-a-Lot 3 7:45 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 8am Moerethon 3 0 8:55 Chuggington Badge Quest 3 9am Lalaloopsy 3 9:25 Sticky TV Omnibus Noon Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Barney And Friends 3 3:25 Infomercials 4:20 Pukana 2 4:50 M First Daughter PGR 3 2004 Comedy. The first daughter of the United States president heads off to college, where she falls for a graduate student with a secret agenda. Katie Holmes, Marc Blucas, Michael Keaton. 0 7pm Glee PGR 3 A pushy, tightly wound tween wants to book New Directions for his bar mitzvah.

8pm Community PGR 3 8:30 M Just Wright PGR 3 2010 Romantic Comedy. A physical therapist falls for the basketball player she is helping to recover from a career-threatening injury.

Queen Latifah, Common.

10:35 Parks And Recreation PGR

6:45 Roof Top Rugby Jeff Wilson and guests talk about rugby, from New Zealand House in London.

7:15 Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) Argentina v Georgia.

From Kingsholm, Gloucester.

7:45 L Rugby – World Cup England v Wales. From Twickenham, London.

10am Rugby – World Cup (Replay) Italy v Canada. From Elland Road, Leeds.

Noon Rugby – World Cup (Replay) South Africa v Samoa.

2pm Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) Day Seven.

2:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Waikato v Wellington.

4:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Canterbury v Taranaki.

6:30 Rugby – World Cup (Replay) England v Wales.

7pm Storage Wars PGR 8:45 Rugby Nation Highlights 7:30 Doctor Who PGR and analysis of the latest 8:30 N The Brokenwood rugby action.

Mysteries AO When 9:45 Rugby – World Cup Brokenwood’s rugby coach is (Highlights) Day Five. All found dead, there is no doubt Blacks v Namibia. it is murder, but who would 10:15 Roof Top Rugby have wanted to kill him?

10:45 The Cup Runneth Over 10:30 Rugby – World Cup Highlights 3

11:10 M Black Swan AO 3 2010 Thriller. At the New York City Ballet, a featured dancer finds herself in a web of competitive intrigue with a new rival at the company. 0 1:25 Infomercials 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 3

11pm Entertainment Tonight Weekend The biggest entertainment stories of the last week.

11:55 Infomercials

11:05 Psych PGR Gus gets a girlfriend; Juliet goes undercover on an online dating site to catch a killer; Shawn must control his jealousy. Midnight Vegas PGR 3 1am Home Shopping

6:30 Paepae 7pm Rugby League – NRL Premiership Semi-final – Roosters v Broncos.

8:30 M Paris, Texas AO 1984 Drama. A dishevelled man who wanders out of the desert seems to have no idea who he is.

Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell.

11:15 Te Kaea 3 2 11:45 Closedown

6am Tennis – Davis Cup (Highlights) Semi-final Two. 7am Rugby – ITM Cup Saturday Highlights. Featuring Counties Manukau v Tasman, Otago v Southland and Manawatu v North Harbour.

7:30 #SkySpeed 8am Soccer Saturday 10am Roof Top Rugby Winter Percy Jackson – Sea of Monsters 10:30 Sport 365 11am The F1 Show 8:30pm on TV One 8pm on TV3 Noon Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) Playoffs – Bradford v Halifax.

MOVIES PREMIERE MOVIES GREATS 6:55 Biography – Nicole Kidman 12:30 Rugby League – NRL 6:35 47 Ronin MV 2013 Fantasy (Highlights) Preliminary-final One. Adventure. 8:30 Let’s Be Cops MLSC PG 2007 Broncos v Roosters.

7:45 The Bourne Supremacy MVL 2014 Comedy. Jake Johnson.

1pm Rugby League – NRL 2004 Action. Matt Damon.

10:15 Fright Night 2 16VLSC 2013 (Highlights) Preliminary-final Two. 9:30 Insomnia MVL 2002 Crime.

Horror. Will Payne, Jaime Murray.

Storm v Cowboys.

Al Pacino, Hilary Swank.

11:55 The Wedding Ringer MLSC 1:30 Sport 365 2014 Romantic Comedy. Kevin Hart. 11:25 The Dukes Of Hazzard MS 2pm Rugby League – Super 2005 Comedy. Johnny Knoxville.

1:35 47 Ronin MV 2013 Fantasy League (Highlights) Playoffs – 1:10 Live Free Or Die Hard MVL Adventure. Keanu Reeves.

Bradford v Halifax.

2007 Action. Bruce Willis.

3:30 Fugly! 16VC 2014 Drama.

2:30 L Rugby – Jock 3:15 Mr Bean’s Holiday PGC 2007 4:55 Tammy ML 2014 Comedy.

Hobbs Memorial National U19 Comedy. Rowan Atkinson.

6:30 Lone Survivor 16VLC 2013 Tournament Counties Manukau v Action. Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch. 4:45 Inside Man MVL 2006 Crime.

Heartland.

Denzel Washington, Clive Owen.

8:30 The Hobbit – The Battle 4:10 L Rugby – Jock 6:50 Team America – World Of The Five Armies MV 2015 Hobbs Memorial National U19 Police 16VLS 2004 Animated Action. Tournament North Harbour v Adventure. Martin Freeman.

8:30 XXX MV 2002 Action. Vin Diesel, Otago.

10:55 The Reckoning MVLS 2014 Samuel L Jackson, Marton Csokas.

Thriller. Jonathan LaPaglia.

5:50 L Rugby – Jock 10:35 Kiss The Girls 18VL 1997 Hobbs Memorial National U19 MONDAY Crime Thriller. Morgan Freeman.

Tournament Taranaki v Wellington.

12:20 Paranormal Movie 7:45 L Berlin Marathon 16VLSC 2013 Comedy. Kevin Farley.

MONDAY 11pm Football – Chelsea TV 1:50 Fugly! 16VC 2014 Drama.

12:30 Mr Bean’s Holiday PGC Newcastle United v Chelsea.

3:15 The Making Of Lone 2007 Comedy. Rowan Atkinson.

Survivor – Will Of The Warrior MC 2am Inside Man MVL 2006 Crime.

MONDAY 3:35 The Hobbit – The Battle Denzel Washington, Clive Owen.

2am Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Of The Five Armies MV 2015 4:05 Team America – World Waikato v Wellington.

Adventure. Martin Freeman.

Police 16VLS 2004 Animated Action. 4am Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) 5:55 Tammy ML 2014 Comedy.

5:40 XXX MV 2002 Action.

Canterbury v Taranaki.

MAORI TV 10am Korero Mai 3 Series using drama to teach te reo Maori. 2 11am Native Affairs 3 Regional and national stories from a Maori perspective, as well as international indigenous news.

Noon Korero Mai 3 2 2pm Whanau Living PGR 3 2:30 Code 3 3:30 The Rugby Show – French Top 14 Clermont v Grenoble.

5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Waka Huia

THE BOX

11:15 Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) Day Seven. 11:45 L Rugby – World Cup Australia v Uruguay. From Villa Park, Birmingham. 2:15 L Rugby – World Cup Scotland v USA. 4:30 L Rugby – World Cup Ireland v Romania.

SKY SPORT 2

DISCOVERY

6am Survivor – Marathon PG 8:35 Chosen MVL 9:25 The Simpsons Super Sunday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes.

11:30 The Simpsons PG 11:55 Raw MC 2:40 WWE Main Event MC 3:40 SmackDown! MC 5:25 Shearing Gang PG 5:50 Smashed Palace ML 6:15 Counting Cars PG 6:40 Alaska Off-Road Warriors PGL 7:30 Longmire 16V Walt seeks closure for both his wife’s murder and Henry’s case; although Branch is suspended, he continues to look into Jacob Nighthorse.

8:30 Texas Rising 16VLSC 9:30 Hawaii Five-0 MV 10:30 Cleaners MVLS 11:30 Longmire 16V

6am Auction Kings PG 6:30 Mythbusters PG 7:30 Brothers In Blood – The Lions Of Sabi Sand M 9:30 Flipping Ships PG 10:30 Incredible Engineering Blunders – Fixed PG 11:30 River Monsters PG 12:30 Hustling The House M 1:30 Casino Secrets M 2:30 River Monsters PG 3:30 Dirty Jobs Down Under PG 4:30 Treasure Quest – Snake Island M 5:30 Naked And Afraid XL M 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Brothers In Blood – The Lions Of Sabi Sand M 9:30 Alaskan Bush People M 10:30 Flipping Ships PG 11:30 What On Earth? PG

12:30 SmackDown! MC 2:10 Cleaners MVLS 3am Texas Rising 16VLSC 3:50 Hawaii Five-0 MV 4:40 Counting Cars PG 5:05 Longmire 16V

12:30 Mythbusters PG 1:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 2:30 Auction Kings PG 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Yukon Men M 5am Bering Sea Gold PG

MONDAY

SKY SPORT 1

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box The best of the past week’s sports from New Zealand and around the world.

Noon Bear Grylls Wild Weekends PGR 3 Bear Grylls helps Jonathan Ross to discover his inner Tarzan on an expedition to the rainforests on the volcanic island of La Palma, one of the least-known of the Canaries.

1pm Mayday PGR 3 2pm Storage Wars – New York 3 2:30 Mainfreight Rugby 3:30 Animal Airport 3 4pm Deal Or No Deal 3 4:30 Rugby Nation 5:30 Prime News 6pm Rugby – World Cup (Highlights) 6:35 Storage Wars – Texas PGR 3

6am Life TV 3 6:30 Brian Houston 3 7am Charles Stanley 3 8am Universal Church Of The Kingdom Of God 3 8:30 Turning Point 3 9am Three60 9:30 Re-Think 10am The Nation 0 11am F Missing Pieces PGR 30 11:25 Prison Families PGR 3 0 11:50 Family Secret PGR 3 0 12:25 Crime Exposed PGR 3 0 12:55 Hamish And Andy’s Gap Year – South America PGR 3 0 2pm Motorsport – NHRA Chicago.

3pm Motorsport – FIA RallyCross Canada, round seven.

4pm Motorsport – WEC 5pm Big Angry Fish 6pm 3 News 7pm MasterChef New Zealand 0 8pm M Percy Jackson – Sea Of Monsters PGR 2012 Adventure. To restore their dying safe haven, the son of Poseidon and his friends set out for the Sea of Monsters to find the mythical Golden Fleece while trying to stop an ancient evil from rising.

Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Douglas Smith. 0 10:10 Odyssey AO 0

MONDAY

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language. RATINGS: 16 Approved for persons 16 years or over; 18 Approved for persons 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

27Sep15

metservice.com | Compiled by

our wonderful husband, father and grandfather. We would also like to thank those that attended Brent’s service, it was a comfort having your support and friendship, please accept this as a personal thank you to you all.

Guardian

Family Notices 38 Ashburton Guardian BIRTHS

Weather

classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

9

Canterbury owned, locally operated

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

FUNERALLilian Frances – ROBERTS, Lil’s family would like to thank FURNISHERS everyone most sincerely for MASTER their many cards and MONUMENTAL MASON expressions of love and sympathy following the recent sadE.B. lossCARTER of a muchLTD loved all your memorial mother,For mother in law, ma and greatrequirements grandma. Please New headstones accept this as and a designs personal Renovations, acknowledgement.

Ph 307 7433

MID CANTERBURY FUNERAL SERVICES Ashburton, Geraldine, Temuka & Surrounding Districts since 1905

Galbraith’s provide choice!

Additional inscriptions, Cleaning and Concrete work Carried out by qualified tradesmen.

Galbraith’s provide choice!

620 East Street Ashburton Ph/Fax 308 5369 Call us on or 0274 357 974 Call us on 308 3980 308 or call in and visit 3980 our new premises at ebcarter@xtra.co.nz NZMMMA Member or 246 callHavelock in andStreet visit our new premises at Guardian Classifieds 246 Havelock 307 7900 Street

We have a team of highly respected, professional funeral directors and

celebrants. We offer you complete funeral care including pre-arrangement, and your choice of venue, funeral celebrants and catering.

We believe that every life is unique and every person’s funeral needs to reflect their individuality - ask us how we can be of assistance to you and your family.

Ra n

Septem ber

fine

www.

guar dian

ONLIN

E.co

guardia

nonline

.co.nz

our new

s, online,

all the

Panp to Gu a nod maga ardian zine

ASHB

URTO

you

JANUARY

N

17 2015

magazine

www.g ua

time

rdian

online .co.nz

.nz

TH E IND EPE

T VO ICE OF MID CA NT

Stadiu m on tim build ea on tra nd ck

WEEK

END LIFE IN

ND EN

THE OVEN

ERB UR

For your local news, community events and places to visit.

Ph 03 307 to subs 7900 cribe!

ASHBURTON

Call Luke Worsfold today for a free quote @AshGuardian

www.guardianonline.co.nz 0274 508 199 or 307 1381

www.facebook.com/ashguardian

email: luke@perfectpolish.co.nz

Guardian Situations Vacant

307 7900

NZ Situation

30 to 59 fog

isolated snow thunder flurries

sleet thunder

Canterbury Plains

snow

hail

15

OVERNIGHT MIN

2 3

TODAY

fine fine rain cloudy showers showers fine fine cloudy rain fine fine fine fine cloudy

FZL: 1200m

TOMORROW

FZL: Rising to 1600m

m am 3 3

6

Saturday 9 noon 3

6

1:21

Hamilton

fine

Napier

rain

Nelson

fine

Blenheim

showers

MONDAY

Greymouth

fine

Cloudy periods, and possibly a few showers.

Light winds.

Christchurch

showers

TUESDAY

Timaru

showers

Queenstown

fine

Dunedin

showers

Invercargill

showers

WEDNESDAY

Cloudy periods. Northwesterlies.

Frankfurt Geneva Hobart Hong Kong Honolulu Islamabad Jakarta Johannesburg Kuala Lumpur London Los Angeles Madrid Melbourne Moscow Nadi

9 7 25 9 13 19 26 27 4 25 22 24 28 8 10

cloudy fine fine showers showers showers cloudy fine rain fine fine fine fine fine drizzle

19 19 18 32 31 30 34 30 33 17 34 28 20 24 27

10 10 7 27 25 20 23 15 25 7 22 14 7 12 21

New York Y Paris Perth Rarotonga Rome San Francisco Seoul Singapore Stockholm Sydney Taipei Tel Aviv Tokyo Washington Zurich

fine fine fine showers cloudy fine cloudy showers fine showers drizzle fine drizzle rain cloudy

9 pm am 3

6

Sunday 9 noon 3

6

Rise 6:16 am Set 6:33 pm

Good fishing Set 4:49 am Rise 4:11 pm

Full moon

28 Sep 3:52 pm ©Copyright OceanFun Publishing Ltd.

9 pm am 3

Bad fishing

Set 6:27 am Rise 6:26 pm

Last quarter

5 Oct 10:08 am www.ofu.co.nz

6

Monday 9 noon 3

6

9 pm

Rise 7:13 am Set 7:36 pm

Bad

Bad fishing

Set 7:04 am Rise 7:43 pm

New moon

13 Oct 1:07 pm

Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa

For the very latest weather information, including Weather Warnings, visit metservice.com

16 9 10 20 19 16 17 26 10 13 24 23 19 14 9

River Levels

7 5 7 4 6 2 1 3 2 2 1 5 0

cumecs

5.30

Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 3:10 pm, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 3:00 pm, yesterday 123.8 Nth Ashburton at 1:30 pm, yesterday

no data

Sth Ashburton at 12:15 pm, yesterday

9.62

Rangitata Klondyke at 3:00 pm, yesterday

52.4

Waitaki Kurow at 12:40 pm, yesterday

314.5

Source: Environment Canterbury

Canterbury Readings

Rise 7:14 am Set 7:35 pm

Bad

23 18 26 26 27 24 29 33 16 19 29 33 25 21 14

17 18 14 14 11 14 13 15 11 10 14 10 12

Palmerston North fine showers

7:33 1:51 8:03 3:13 9:25 3:43 9:52 4:05 10:17 4:33 10:43 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 4 minutes.

Good

fine

Wellington

1 0

Auckland

Forecasts for today

24 16 31 17 23 27 36 34 16 30 34 34 37 17 16

overnight max low

Mainly fine, but a few early showers about the foothills.

Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: Light.

Cloudy periods, and possibly the odd shower. Northwesterlies developing.

Cloudy periods. Light winds.

World Weather

NZ Today

Cloudy, with occasional showers clearing in the evening.

Wind at 1000m: SE 30 km/h easing.

Wind at 2000m: SE 25 km/h.

WEDNESDAY

Saturday, 26 September 2015

60 plus

Canterbury High Country

Cloudy periods, and possibly the odd shower. Light winds.

Adelaide Amsterdam Bangkok Berlin Brisbane Cairns Cairo Calcutta Canberra Colombo Darwin Delhi Dubai Dublin Edinburgh

rain

Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing

Y

OVERNIGHT MIN

A ridge intensifies across the South Island tomorrow and covers much of the country through to Wednesday.

mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers fine showers clearing showers

TUESDAY

Supporting local

13

1

Midnight Tonight

n

2

Gua rdia n

1879

ia

less than 30

Cloudy periods, and possibly a few showers.

Light winds.

Official Opening 18 Feb - 9am til 4pm

MAX

Wind km/h

MONDAY

A University of Otago Centre of Research Excellence

OVERNIGHT MIN

TUESDAY: Cloudy periods. Light winds.

Waimate

and fine spells increasing. Northeast breezes.

www.otago.ac.nz/chchheart

MAX

MONDAY: Cloudy periods. Light winds.

10

thrilled to announce their engagement in Perth WA to TOMORROW family and friends. Lovely Remaining showers clearing in the morning news!

Find out how you can help by visiting:

13

2

gitata

Cloudy. Occasional showers retreating to the coast from evening. Southeasterlies, dying KING - BALL – Ashleigh and Lyndon are out towards evening.

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

10

MAX

bur to

OVERNIGHT MIN

TIMARU

Eion McKinnon

Ash bur ton

Ash

Geraldine

ROBERTS, Lilian Frances – Lil’s family would like to thank everyone most sincerely for their many cards and expressions of love and sympathy following the recent sad loss of a much loved mother, mother in law, ma and great grandma. Please accept this as a personal acknowledgement.

We Help Save Lives

LYTT LY TTEELT TT LTON ON

9

ka

9

MAX

TOMORROW: Increasing fine spells. Northeast developing. www.guardianonline.co.nz

AKARO AKAR OA

Ra

9

Managing Director

Since

10

TODAY FLETT, Jenifer – On behalf of the Flett family and Alan Esker, we would like to thank everyone for their wonderful support since Jenny’s passing. All the beautiful cards, flowers, baking and support are truly appreciated. Thank you to Carol Gunn for the lovely service. Special thanks to everyone that supported Jenny through her journey.

Thanks also to Netherby Pharmacy for everything, Always loved, never forgotten.

11

LIN LI N CO L N

ASHBU BURT BU RTO ON

TODAY: Occasional showers.

Southeasterlies dying out.

CHRISTCHURCH

Rakaia

MEYRICK, Ianthe Lionel On behalf of Flett–family Jeanette, Craigweand Irene, and Alan Esker, would like Glen andeveryone Jo, Paul and to thank for their Gudryn, and families, wish to wonderful support since thank Jenny’s everyone passing. forAll their the kindness and loving flowers, support beautiful cards, given toand us on the sadareloss of baking support truly a very much loved appreciated.

Thankhusband, you to father, Gunn father-in-law and Carol for the lovely Nuggie. Thank for the service.

Specialyou thanks to flowers, baking cards we everyone thatandsupported received and your attendance Jenny through her journey. at Ian’salsofarewell.

Your Thanks to Netherby kindness has deeply touched Pharmacy for everything, us all. Please Alwaysaccept loved,this as a personal acknowledgement. never forgotten.

ENGAGEMENTS

Any queries please contact 0800 ASHBURTON (0800-274-287).

Celebrant

9

MEE THV THVEN EN

Ashburton Forecast

Wa i m a ka r i r i

DARFIEELD DARFI

Map for today

A CKNOWLEDGEMENTS FLETT, Jenifer –

CAMERON, John Colin – A year ago tomorrow you sadly left us.

Always in our thoughts.

HARRISON – Sadly missed.

Johnny and Jane (nee Bev, Alistair, Ross and Fiona, Copland) and big brother, and families.

Ryan, are delighted to announce the arrival of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Lochie David Harrison on September 12, 2015. Many CHING, Brent – thanks to Ben Sharp and Bev, Michelle, Brent, Sharon, Adrian Hill and the teams at Paul and families would like Christchurch Women’s and St to express our sincere thanks George’s. to everyone for the many cards, flowers, baking and meals that we received DEATHS following the loss of Brent, Please note all late death our wonderful husband, father notices or notices sent and grandfather. We would outside ordinary office hours also like to thank those that must be emailed to: attended Brent’s service, it deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz was a comfort having your to ensure publication. support and friendship, During office hours notices please accept this as a personal thank you to you all. may also be sent to:

Rob Cope-Williams

RANGIORA RA

LAKE COLLERIDG LAK RIDGEE

Saturday, September 26, 2015

IN MEMORIAM

10

8

Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 9.7 12.5 Max to 4pm -0.6 Minimum -4.6 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.2 16hr to 4pm September to date 50.6 Avg Sep to date 42 2015 to date 475.6 503 Avg year to date Wind km/h SE 15 At 4pm Strongest gust E 24 Time of gust 2:16pm

© Copyright Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited 2015

to 4pm yesterday

Methven

Christchurch Airport

Timaru Airport

10.7 11.3 0.4 –

11.8 12.2 1.0 -1.3

10.0 11.8 3.3 –

0.0 116.1 – 837.8 –

0.0 54.8 37 377.6 479

0.0 29.4 34 283.2 362

S2 – –

E9 E 22 2:42pm

SE 15 SE 20 12:46pm

Compiled by

Natural, modern & stylish

Perfect Polish is dedicated to providing you with the highest quality polished concrete finishes • Exterior decorative grinding • Polished concrete contractor specialising in HTC Superfloor

Call Luke Worsfold today for a free quote

0274 508 199 or 307 1381 email: luke@perfectpolish.co.nz

Puzzles Saturday, September 26, 2015

www.guardianonline.co.nz CRYPTIC

ACROSS 1. Chorus on lyres performed by toddlers’ classes (7,6) 9. Pester one to agree blue can be changed (9) 10. Is widely known to have acquired 14, say (5) 11. The smallest amount can become stale (5) 12. It makes electricity green, a rot that produces it (9) 13. Hits, as no other way will amaze one (8) 15. A delay occasioned by a highwayman perhaps (4-2) 18. Boats that remain back around the church (6) 20. Child’s companion in drama that upsets team (8) 23. Gate miser might take as he goes to live abroad (9) 24. Crowd of people who were motorists? (5) 25. 11, in itself halved, one will banish (5) 26. Where people wait on mates, or change for them (9) 27. They take off after their cases (6,7) DOWN 1. Can tell lion by air of nobility (9) 2. Trusting in it, learn about it (7) 3. Some deep activity shown by moon’s age at start of year (5) 4. Most junior toy guns are made around the East (8)

1

2

3

4

7

5

6

9 11

12

13 14

15

17

22

21. Tender sound of sweet, fullbodied sherry (7) 22. Put too much effort into the melody (6) 23. Reflective poem written for instance in a cathedral city (5) 24. Greek order a party with the endlessly wealthy (5)

21 23

24

5. Is compassionate when looking after people (6) 6. Collection one may present to a Conservative (9) 7. Restricted diet may follow attempt to lose weight, topless (7) 8. A bird in a high waterproof boot (5) 14. Infamy of the orient with toy manufacture (9) 16. Ladies who see sprees organised for them (9) 17. Is in secret session with code, lest it be broken (8) 19. A despicable fellow would act if doubly confused (7)

16

18

20

19

39

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across 1. Pipe one’s eye 8. Operates 9. Vain 10. Geese 13. Shoe 16. Opal 17. Slap 18. Dyed 20. Agree 24. Ease 25. Finalist 26. Competitors Down 2. Idea 3. Evade 4. Needs 5. Eaves 6. Foot soldier 7. Interpolate 11. Extra 12. Elver 14. Hold 15. Make 19. Dream 21. Grist 22. Exact 23. Pier

8

10

Ashburton Guardian

QUICK Across 6. Balloon 7. Famed 9. Bed 10. Menagerie 12. Never-ending 15. Benediction 17. Octagonal 19. Fad 21. Heals 22. Feather Down 1. Later 2. Ill 3. Fore 4. Eavesdrop 5. Deviant 8. Talent 11. Generally 13. Editor 14. Leeches 16. Dated 18. Area 20. Ate

25

QUICK ACROSS 7. Wandered (6) 8. Time period (6) 10. Prickly weed (7) 11. Thick Scottish fabric (5) 12. Burden (4) 13. Horseman (5) 17. Glue (5) 18. Detest (4) 22. Approximately (5) 23. Without purpose (7) 24. Relating to horses (6) 25. Superior (6)

DOWN 1. Easily broken (7) 2. New and extreme (7) 3. Small-minded (5) 4. Focused on (7) 5. Creator (5) 6. Prepared (5) 9. Huge sea monster (9) 14. Separation (7) 15. Artist’s board (7) 16. Size up (7) 19. Cautious (5) 20. Add (3,2) 21. Drive forward (5)

For all your Scaffolding and Edge Protection Requirements Locally owned and operated

Contact Scott 021 440 364 | Office 03 307 6126 | elitescaffolding@clear.net.nz

WE OFFER: • H Frames • Aluminium Scaffold Towers • Full Edge Protection • Tube & Clip Scaffolds • Proping

26/9 ALL PUZZLES © THE PUZZLE COMPANY

SUDOKU Fill the grid so that every column, every row and 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9.

www.thepuzzlecompany.co.nz

YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): The marketing experts impose a deadline on their offers to get people to “act now” or miss out. Try the same tactic with someone, as your open-ended stance isn’t producing results.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’ve been lost before, and that’s why you feel so grateful for your current state of mind. You know what you need to do, and you’ll get there through hard work and discipline.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You’re not one to be pushed into a belief. If you can’t pick and choose your beliefs, what can you do? You’re not about to submit to doing what you’re told without reasons that make good sense to you.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): It will happen like it does in the theatre. The curtains close on the last scene, and then there will be a lull. Relax. Let the universe change the set. When the curtains reopen, there will be a new scene to work out.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): There’s a part of your past you now consider to be more interesting than you previously thought. Understanding it better will open up an even more interesting part of your future.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Some things don’t feel right to you, because they are not right. Don’t let anyone persuade you to return to a place that gives you an uneasy feeling.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You relate to people on their plane, but you don’t assume to know that plane until you’ve tested the waters. In giving so generously of your attention you’ll attract fans of all ages.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): The day always comes when the student becomes the teacher. Find a worthy teacher — one you can study with for a good while before the turnaround.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Take luck out of the equation, and don’t let it factor into your activities at all. Assume that this is all in your hands.

This is the mindset that will help you push on.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Even though you embrace the “what you see is what you get” mentality, everyone — even you — has a private world. When you learn of someone else’s private world today, you’ll think more about your own.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Something to remember: You as a relaxed person are far more versatile than you as an uptight person. Your mantra: All is happening in perfect time.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): When someone looks up to you because of all you’ve done right, just remember it’s your mistakes, not your victories, that allow you to meaningfully connect with this person.

SATURDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER 15 Westpark Close, Ashburton

10:45 - 11:15pm

4

2

2

2/83 Cox Street, Ashburton

11:00 - 11:30am

2

1

1

167 Grahams Road, Ashburton

11:00 - 11:30am

3

2

2

36 Lochead Crescent, Methven

11:00 - 11:30am

4

2

2

10 Allison Street, Ashburton

11:15 - 11:45am

3

2

2

14 Wakanui Road, Ashburton

11:30 - 12:00pm

3

1

1

120a Thomson Street, Ashburton

11:30 - 12:00pm

4

2

2

8 Manse Place, Ashburton

12:15 - 12:45pm

3

2

2

95B Thomson Street, Tinwald

12:15 - 12:45pm

3

1

1

16 Oak Grove, Ashburton

1:00 - 1:30pm

4

3

2

1054 Grahams Road, Ashburton

12:00 - 1:00pm

2

1

2

18 Rolleston Street, Rakaia

12:30 - 1:00pm

3

1

2

6 Halston Close, Lake Hood

2:00 - 2:30pm

3

2

2

SUNDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER

103 George Street, Tinwald

2:00 - 2:30pm

3

1

1

VIEW OUR LISTINGS ONLINE AT: rwashburton.co.nz

Ashburton 15 Westpark Close

* 4 Bedrooms + Study and Rumpus Room * Large Modern Kitchen * Large Outdoor Entertainment area * Double Garageing + Plenty of Off Street Parking * Large Lawn Area with Easy Care Garden

Offers Over $699,000 Open Home Sat 10:45am - 11:15am rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20941

Ashburton 16 Oak Grove

* large windows making this home light and spacious * 3 Large bedrooms with lovely built in wardrobe organisers * Exceptional Office Area with shelving and office bench * Lovely Open Plan Sunny Living Areas one opening to entertainment area * Long Double Garage plus Off Street Parking

Offers Over $495,000 Open Home Sat 1:00pm - 1:30pm rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20947

Ashburton 10 Allison Street * 3 Bedrooms * 2 Bathrooms (2 WC) * Open plan kitchen/dining * Polished floors * Sloping section with many fruit trees

Offers Over $320,000 Open Home Sat 11:15am - 11:45am rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20954

2

Ashburton 35 Suffolk Street * 2 bedrooms *Newish kitchen * Open plan living * Heat pump *Shower over bath Quaint property on a quiet street. Lovely sheltered sunny spot on the west side of property to enjoy your afternoon coffee.

Small manageable section with single lock up garage.

Ashburton 14 Wakanui Road

This home features open plan modern kitchen/dining complete with heat pumps plus a gas fire to keep you warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Single garage plus work shop - and off street parking!

All within walking distance to primary and intermediate schools and shops while 5 minutes to the CBD.

For Sale $259,000 Open Home Sat 11:30am - 12:00pm rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20909

For Sale $180,000 View By Appointment rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20957 Ashburton Office 03 307 8317 Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)

Ashburton 167 Grahams Road

Take a look at this 4.5299 hectare block. This house is a two story, Oamaru Stone, Four bedroom home with Awesome sheds. This home has great heating with a log fire and nightstore to warm the whole house. It also has an upstairs and downstairs toilet and great views of the mountains. A second entrance takes you down to the shed and yards.

For Sale $770,000 Open Home Sat 11:00am - 11:30am rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20945

Ashburton 1054 Grahams Road

Lake Hood 6 Halston Close

For Sale $469,000 Open Home 12:15pm - 12:45pm

Offers in the vicinity of $369,000 Open Home Sun 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Offers Over $524,000 Open Home Sun 2:00pm - 2:30pm

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20936

1

A Little Charmer

Asburton 8 Manse Place

* 3 Spacious bedrooms including Ensuite and WIR in Master Bedroom * Near new condition * Huge open plan living and kitchen area * Large computer nook/office * Extra large double garage

1

* * * * *

2.05 Ha (5.06 acres) 2 bedroom home in average condition double garage (1 auto door) & hobby room plus additional toilet.

3 bay shed (2xopen bays & 1 x lockable workshop) Numerous outbuildings & animal shelters

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20948

There’s something quite special about living beside the water. Here you’ll enjoy private uninterrupted sunsets all year round. This 2005 Stonewood (brick) home, at Lake Hood, is thoughtfully designed to capture the sun. Extensive paving and a private jetty beckons for outdoor living.

rwashburton.co.nz/