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It was time to sort daffodils at the Cancer Society Ashburton headquarters yesterday, and helping out were (from left) Hazel Lowe, 4, Fergus McLeod, 3, and Harper Morgan, 3.

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Ready for Daffodil Day

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Bright yellow blooms in their thousands were distributed in Ashburton yesterday leading up to Daffodil Day on Friday.

The Cancer Society flagship annual appeal kicked off with a bang as Ashburton’s vintage car club members distributed 204 bunches from the society’s Ashburton

headquarters to supporting businesses around town.

Cancer Society Ashburton health promoter Mandy Casey said that numbered 7000 individual daffodils, sourced from Hadstock Farm in Christchurch.

She said it was fantastic to see such huge support leading into Daffodil Day, when volunteers would be out on the streets col-

lecting in Ashburton, Methven and Rakaia.

Last year the street collection alone had raised about $20,000.

“Everyone is touched by cancer, it might be your own family, your friend, your workmate. The daffodil is a symbol of hope,” Casey said.

There would also be the ANZ quiz on Thursday night, with ANZ

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Accident trauma road show coming The Road Traffic Accident Trauma Charitable Trust will be bringing their Road Show to the Mid Canterbury community next month as they look to connect with local communities to discuss the impact that road accidents have on communities.

“With the growing success of the Road Accident Remembrance Day we wanted to present the same opportunities to our rural communities but on a smaller scale,” trust founder Sarah Dean said.

“It is certainly an opportunity for the local community to connect and discuss the implications of road trauma. As the reach is far beyond those directly involved in the crash itself”.

The RTATCT organises the annual Road Accident Remembrance Day, which is an event that is open to the general public and acknowledges survivors and those who have tragically lost their lives in accidents, recognises and thank those involved in post-accident care and recovery.

The speakers at the Ashburton Road Show will include Mid South Canterbury Highway Patrol Sergeant Steve Burgerhout and Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade chief fire officer Alan Burgess.

“We see the road shows as a way of promoting community leadership, collaboration and a sense of connectiveness,” Dean said.

“It is also important we reinforce there are many people in our community that tirelessly dedicate their careers to road safety and post accident care and recovery.

“We have a wonderful line-up of engaging yet informative speakers and it is important we hear their stories and it is our hope it will assist in cultivating human behavioural change to post trauma as well as attitudes to driving.”

Dean says the road shows will demonstrate positive examples of people working together to reduce the impacts of road trauma in Ashburton and the surrounding community.

“We intend to extend the road shows to those areas in the Canterbury region heavily impacted by road crashes, including wider Christchurch and beyond,” she said.

“I am confident that with general awareness we can make a positive impact to these local communities.”

The RTATCT provides support and advice to minimise the impact of road trauma in the community, including other initiatives such as its annual Canterbury Road Trauma Awards, stakeholder consultation and free counselling services.

The road show will be at the Balmoral Hall on September 11 at 7pm, and a gold coin donation would be gratefully appreciated to cover the associated costs to bring the road show to Ashburton.

Hopes for skydiving swooping raft in Mid Canterbury

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

Skydiving Kiwis boss Lee Barraclough is hoping through a bit of crowd-sourcing, canopy pilots will soon be skimming the surface of lakes around the district in the skydiving equivalent of freestyle skiing or snowboarding.

Barraclough is aiming to purchase a canopy piloting landing platform which will allow New Zealand based high performance pilots to train for international events such as Swoop Freestyle, which he finished fifth in in 2016.

“I first had the idea in 2016 but I

had to have surgery on my shoulder and the last two years I have just been focusing on that,” he said.

Barraclough said there are three world events that are currently running, and that organisers do have their sights set on starting a world tour, with a stage in New Zealand if there was enough interest.

The sport involves competitors flying at high speeds across a body of water in order to score points based on style and execution.

Each competition round, the

athletes jump out of a helicopter at 1500m altitude, then release the canopy straight away, before navigating towards the water surface.

At 600m above the landing area, they start a series of turns up to 1080 degrees in order to generate great speeds of up to 150km/h; they use the speeds to propel themselves into executing highly technical freestyle moves across the body of water, prior to landing on the floating platform.

Barraclough said while due to the speeds there is a greater risk than traditional skydiving, all the

pilots go through rigorous training before being allowed to compete.

The ideal location for the training and any events would be Lake Hood he said, but through crowd-funding the purchase of the raft, they would be able to take it to lakes around the district.

The raft is being purchased from China, and measures 30m by 6m.

“The page is for the cost of the raft and shifting it to New Zealand, and if there is any extra change that will be used for course markers and if there is

even more it could be used towards running the first event,” he said.

“Our aim would be to host six training camps a year and one competition first off.”

Barraclough said cost is currently one of the biggest things restricting New Zealand based pilots who have to travel overseas to take part in training camps as well as competitions.

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Ellis’ election saga continues Last week the Ashburton District’s local body elections were thrown into disarray when Ashburton Ward contender, Russell Ellis had his nomination thrown out due to an incorrect nomination. It was deemed that one of his nominators now no longer lived in the Ashburton Ward and therefore the nomination was not accepted and Ellis’ bid for a third term as a councillor was over. Stuart Cross, the nominator in question gives his view on what he calls an appalling blunder in the following letter to the editor.

As the nominator for Russell Ellis as a councillor for the Ashburton District Council for the upcoming local body elections, it is important to respond to comments that the Ashburton District Council sent letters out to inform affected electoral members of ward boundary changes for the purposes of candidates being nominated and also for voting purposes.

I have lived on Carters Terrace for 18 years now and we have always been in the Ashburton voting ward, we are within 250 metres of the town boundary and are zoned Residential D. I received a letter from the Ashburton District Council in an envelope that looked exactly like a rates account, literally hours before the cut-off deadline for when nominations for candidates closed, but as I had commitments, I did not get the opportunity to open and read the letter until after nominations closed.

We have also checked with several neighbours on Carters Terrace and have found eight of these electoral members, who still have not received this important letter to date.

The letter I received was a generic mail merge letter that could have gone out to all voters informing them that there are some minor ward boundary changes and this letter most definitely did not inform me that we had been moved from the Ashburton Urban Ward to the Eastern Rural Ward.

This letter from the Ashburton District Council should have been sent out to all persons concerned, way prior, at the beginning of the candidate nomination process and should have been more specific and also have definitely notified electorate members of the high importance in understanding of the changes to the ward boundaries if you were choosing to be a nominator for a candidate.

I have nominated Russell Ellis in two previous elections and I still live at the same address and in the same house.

My understanding is when Russell lodged his nomination, that his whole nomination form was checked off in front of him against the current electoral roll and then this completed form was all deemed correct and totally valid for the 2019 election.

Russell in my view was really hitting his stride as a councillor and most definitely has the interests of the whole district at heart.

This whole fiasco is an appalling blunder and I feel strongly that something urgently needs to be done by the Ashburton District Council to publicly apologise to Councillor Ellis and all of the Mid Canterbury electorate members, regarding this chronic oversight and the resulting outcome of what appears to be an irreversible situation, and for the fact it has cost us all the loss of a very highly polled existing councillor and for Russell Ellis – his political career for now.

Ashburton District Council chief executive, Hamish Riach responds . . .

The letters relating to the ward boundary changes referred to by Mr Cross were sent out on August 9.

Their intended purpose was to inform electors in and around the boundary change of the potential for them to be in a different ward than they might have expected, and not to be surprised when the voting papers arrived in a month’s time.

The letters did not have an intended purpose to alert potential nominators of candidates as to the legal status of any nomination they may make, although they did

refer to the need for a nominator to be on the roll in the same ward as the ward for which their candidate is seeking election in.

In hindsight it is accepted that highlighting this point in greater detail would be a useful addition to the correspondence.

We will ensure that happens in the future.

It is a fact that when Mr Ellis’ nomination was received and initially checked by a council officer on the afternoon of Thursday, August 15, the invalidity of the nominator was not picked up.

The error was picked up on the morning of Monday, August 19, and while we were initially advised the matter could be ret-

rospectively corrected, by the morning of Tuesday, August 20 the Electoral Officer ruled the nomination was invalid.

The Council Officer is distraught and has offered heartfelt apologies to Mr Ellis. I have expressed regret at the situation and apologised to Mr Ellis.

With no right of review, and with the black and white need for a nomination to be valid at the close of nominations (midday on Friday, August 16), Mr Ellis has been ruled out of the election. It is deeply regrettable and disappointing.

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Home detention for vicious assault A man who punched a woman and stomped on her face, leaving an imprint of the sole of his shoe, was sentenced to 12 months’ home detention when he appeared in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

Darryl Adrian Mead, who admitted a charge of wounding with intent, was also ordered to pay his victim $2000 in emotional harm.

Mead, who now lives in Christchurch, had previously accepted a sentence indication by Judge Joanna Maze who said she

would send him to prison for two years and eight months.

The judge heard yesterday Mead had spent the past 10 months on electronically monitored bail, without a breach. He had also tried to make amends, attended counselling and had paid $1000 to his victim already.

Judge Maze said the family violence assault was particularly vicious.

The victim was at home with her daughter, who was sleeping, when Mead called by. He had

been drinking heavily.

When the victim refused him entry, he smashed a glass pane in the door and grabbed her around the throat and tried to pull her through the broken pane.

She defended herself and Mead then bit her on the hand and arm.

She was able to extricate herself and went to call police. Mead then opened the door and entered the house.

He punched her in the face and she fell to the floor, where Mead stomped on her face, leaving the

imprint of the sole of his shoe on her face. She was bleeding and the blood splatter landed on the child, who had got up to see what was happening.

Judge Maze said the victim suffered significant marks to her arm and hand, a deep cut to her eye and a swollen face. She needed stitches.

She said an early indication that Mead had been in a drug-induced psychosis had not been established.

Crown prosecutor Helen Ben-

nett said police did not support home detention in place of the indicated prison sentence.

Defence counsel Kathy Besire said Mead had shown extraordinary remorse and saved hard, despite losing his job, to be in a position to offer more reparation to the victim. He had complied fully with EM conditions on bail.

Judge Maze said the decision between jail and home detention had been finely balanced, and home detention was still a significant sentence over 12 months.

Remanded for sentence on driving charges at the Ashburton River; another officer called to help was also assaulted.

Judge Maze said there was need for denunciation and deterrence for offenders committing crimes against police who were doing their duty.

Others to appear before Judge Maze: William Christopher Waters admitted charges of careless driving and driving while disqualified. He was remanded to October 14 for sentence.

Waters was driving in Rolleston earlier this year and lost control of his vehicle, which slid across the centre line and hit another vehicle.

He left the crash scene but admitted to police the next day he had been driving. He has at least two previous convictions for driving while disqualified.

The judge asked for the matter to be referred to restorative justice.

A warrant was issued for the arrest of Hyun-Jee Lee, formerly of Rakaia. The 30-year-old is wanted in connection with an indecent assault in Rakaia in early August.

Police said they had made extensive inquiries in an attempt to find him, but had failed.

Christopher Leon Weir was sentenced to 100 hours community work and disqualified from driving for 12 months.

Weir had admitted charges of driving while disqualified, trespass, assault and failing to answer court bail.

Probation said Weir’s past compliance with community-based sentences had been poor but the judge gave him a chance to follow the rules, saying the alternative was six months in prison.

“It is in your hands now, Mr Weir,” she said.

Cameron James Hall admitted a charge of wilful damage and was remanded to September 16 for sentence.

Hall, drunk, went to a woman’s place at 2.35am on June 20 and broke her bedroom window when he wasn’t allowed inside. He has already paid for the window to be repaired.

The judge accepted that Matthew Ranson had acted in self-defence when he stabbed another person with a knife during an altercation last December.

Ranson had admitted a charge of assault with a weapon and was remanded to October 14 for sentence.

Judge Maze said she accepted Ranson had acted in self-defence, though it was excessive in the circumstances.

Crown prosecutor Helen Bennett said Ranson had been at a party on the night in question and two men had been asked to leave. Later in the night the parties faced off in an angry altercation at a Porter Street house.

Ranson was chased by the victim and, fearing for his safety, picked up a small knife and stabbed his pursuer.

Andrew James Morgan, 41, was fined $800 and sentenced to six months’ supervision after he admitted drink driving. He was also disqualified from driving for 12 months and ordered to do drug and alcohol counselling.

Morgan, who has previous convictions for drink driving in 2014

and 2007, was stopped on Harrison Street on July 11. He blew 741mcg; the legal limit for drivers over 20 is 250mcg.

He said he had driven home after having a few drinks with a friend because he wanted to have his work truck, which contained valuable tools, parked securely at home.

His lawyer Gretchen Hart said Morgan would need a work licence, for which he may have to voluntarily install an alcohol interlock device.

Judge Maze said Morgan would be facing a prison term if he was convicted of a fourth drink driving charge.

“That should, in itself, be a sobering thought.”

Hemi Samson Brownie Tipa-McQueen, 20, admitted breaking into a house on Allens Road last September and making off with stolen goods, foreign currency and a $40,000 vehicle.

He was remanded in custody to

September 23 for sentence.

Police said he went to the house on the morning of September 14 last year and broke a window in the front door to gain entry. He searched the place and took personal items, including electronic devices and gift vouchers and foreign currency worth $NZ 1546.

Leaving the house, he went to the garage and took a $40,000 work vehicle which had sporting equipment and roof racks worth $1800.

The vehicle was returned by a third party.

Tayla Rose Townley, 19, was convicted of careless use causing injury and disqualified from driving for six months.

She had pulled over on wet grass to let a passenger out and the vehicle slid when she braked.

It hit a power pole and the man in the front seat had to be cut from the vehicle. He was off work for four weeks.

Judge Maze said she accept-

ed the vehicle had been moving slowly and that Townley was surprised when it went into a skid.

Tyler James Winter is facing a sentence of community detention after his part in an assault where threats of murder and arson were made against two police officers.

The 18-year-old was to have been sentenced yesterday, but Judge Maze said she would not be imposing a fine or community work and that community detention was likely. Winter did not have an address yesterday that was suitable for the electronic monitoring that comes with community detention.

He was remanded to October 14 for sentence, Defence counsel Gretchen Hart said her client had not been responsible for the threats of murder or arson and had actively tried to diffuse the situation.

A police officer was surrounded and harassed by a group drinking

A drunken fight with her mother and police who came to arrest her resulted in 80 hours community work and six months’ supervision for Emma Sarah Small.

Small admitted assaulting her mother and step-father, who came to intervene, and assaulting two police called to the house.

She also admitted resisting police and wilful damage.

Defence counsel Paul Bradford said she had been making good progress on drug and alcohol issues and had attended a stopping violence course.

The offending had occurred when she and her mother had been drinking, he said.

Judge Maze noted she had punched her mother, broken some household items, resisted arrest and kicked out at police when they tried to put her in the patrol car.

“Alcohol is your major problem, but you are motivated to change.”

The judge ordered her to pay $100 in emotional harm reparation to her mother and step-father.

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Control horrifies Forest and Bird

By Susan Sandys

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Shoppers are dashing in and out of their cars at New World, Harvey Norman and surrounding premises as endangered gulls squawk and fly overhead.

“They are not really a nuisance, but you don’t know when they are going to drop something,” said one woman as she ducked into her vehicle after getting her groceries yesterday.

The pavement around is decorated with white splotches, as are any vehicles left for more than a few hours, while building walls resemble the initial stages of a work by Jackson Pollock.

Another shopper said she thought the gulls were more obvious on some days than others.

They did not bother her so much, but she felt sorry for anyone who might have a bird phobia.

“I think it’s more upsetting for some people,” she said.

Retailers in the area are frustrated by the black billed gulls congregating this month, concerned about them being a nuisance to customers and a health issue with bird poo on cars and buildings.

Mitre 10 store manager Simon Lye said he phoned the Ashburton District Council yesterday, which referred him to a pest con-

Critically endangered black billed gulls are making themselves known to retailers and shoppers prior to beginning their nesting season in the nearby Ashburton River.

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troller. He would be seeking the advice of the pest controller in deterring the gulls, but had no plans to harm them.

“To be honest, it’s a huge expense for businesses to be cleaning down (water blasting) the buildings … I wish they would go back to the riverbed,” Lye said.

A Harvey Norman Ashburton spokesperson echoed his sentiments.

“We have gone to the Ashburton District Council and we are just waiting for a reply. Once we

find a few options we will be taking these to our landlord to discuss,” the spokesperson said.

New World Ashburton managers did not wish to comment.

Forest and Bird Ashburton is reminding retailers that the critically endangered black billed gulls are protected by law from any disturbance.

And chairwoman Edith Smith was horrified the council had referred Lye to a pest control company.

Up to about 300 gulls were con-

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gregating at the site, something they did annually on the north side of the Ashburton River as they prepared for the breeding season in the nearby riverbed, usually beginning in September.

It was important to remember the birds were there before the buildings, but they seemed to like gathering at the high point of Harvey Norman.

Smith said while some may be irritated at the birds gathering around the shopping area, many residents were looking forward to

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being able to view them nesting around the nearby State Highway One bridge. The birds’ choice of nesting area helped contribute to Ashburton River’s status as a nationally significant braided river.

“To be a little country town that can boast of having these critically endangered species, that actually choose to nest where people can see them and enjoy them, is fantastic, and we can learn a bit more about their lifestyle,” Smith said.

Council chief executive Hamish Riach said the council had received up to eight calls in the past two weeks related to bird nuisance from the gulls near the areas of Moore Street and East Street.

The council had advised businesses to seek professional advice on appropriate and acceptable deterrent strategies where possible, considering the gulls’ protected status.

“While council does not usually directly refer or recommend any one service provider, we have in this instance referred inquirers to a particular company for professional advice. Having contracted with council previously, they are very familiar with the various bird population and migration activities in Ashburton and non-lethal strategies to manage nuisance,” Riach said.

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New Zealand doctor Tom Mulholland will be sporting his ambulance at the top of the cliff when he rolls into Methven tonight.

Mulholland travels the country in a retro ambulance giving insight into health and wellness in the rural sector.

Dr Tom’s Walk the Talk Wellness Tour, supported by PGG Wrightson, this time round features access to an app which helps people measure their own wellness.

Tonight’s event will be at The Blue Pub, 7pm to 8.30pm.

The emergency room doctor told the Guardian in 2016 that he has himself survived two life-threatening events – a tsunami and being stabbed.

In 1994, he was working as a surf camp doctor in Java when a tsunami hit at 2am and he was smashed up into the jungle.

About 400 people were killed when the large wave hit the island.

Then in Auckland several years ago, he was visiting a friend, when he was viciously stabbed in his arm in a home invasion. The knife hit his radial artery, but emergency surgery ensured he did not bleed to death.

He had also come through a serious bout of depression, brought on after his wife left him when his children were young.

One of the main things which helped him survive was recognising the thoughts which lead to an emotional response, and turning these around with healthy thinking strategies.

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■■DEVRO GREAT NEW ZEALAND SAUSAGE COMPETITION

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The Devro Great New Zealand Sausage Competition is reaching out to the sausage-loving Kiwi public to find New Zealand’s snarler super fan to help crown Aotearoa’s tastiest sausage.

Do you know your bratwurst from your boerewors? Are you fanatical about frankfurters? Can you smell a sausage sizzle from 600 metres? If so, we need your help.

The successful candidate will be part of the judging panel to decide the Supreme award-winning sausage and will have the privilege of tasting some of the finest sausages in the country.

The competition has been running for close to 25 years and is the pinnacle for sausage and

small goods producers and retailers in New Zealand.

Winning the supreme award brings huge opportunities for the victorious producers with last year’s joint winners Westmere Butchery in Auckland seeing queues out of the door and down the street, whilst New World Te Rapa, Hamilton saw record sales in the week following the awards, after taking out the top spots.

General manager of Retail Meat New Zealand Pippa Hawkins was clear on the calibre of candidate they are looking to fulfil this role.

“To be the successful applicant, you need to demonstrate your unadulterated passion for

Taxi driver on trial accused of groping radio host NZME The lawyer for an Auckland taxi driver says radio personality JayJay Feeney is lying when she accuses the man of groping her in his cab.

But the prosecution says the More FM host was indecently assaulted.

Baljeet Singh, 29, faces one charge of indecent assault after an incident during the early hours of October 1, 2017.

His trial began in the Auckland District Court yesterday.

When most people catch a taxi after a night out the very least they should expect is to get there safely, Crown prosecutor Claire Paterson told the jury during her opening address.

“Jay-Jay Harvey [nee Feeney] did not have that experience, she was indecently assaulted,” Paterson said.

Feeney, a radio host on More FM’s drive show, had spent that September 30 night out in Ponsonby with friends.

At about 1am she left the Ponsonby Social Club and attempted to hail a taxi and go home to her apartment in Grey Lynn, the court heard.

After a couple of unsuccessful attempts, the former long-time host of The Edge’s breakfast show hopped into Singh’s taxi.

After the cab left the busy Auckland street the pair began to talk.

“Being a radio host she was friendly and talkative,” Paterson said of Feeney.

However, the Crown prosecutor said Singh’s topic of conversation then turned to Feeney’s relationship status.

Auckland taxi driver Baljeet Singh is accused of groping one of his passengers, well-known radio host Jay-Jay Feeney.

He also allegedly began complimenting her looks and breasts, the court heard.

“The defendant asked if he could touch her breasts,” Paterson said.

Feeney thought it was a joke at first, but Singh carried on and continued asking, Paterson said. “[He] started stroking one of her hands and talked about how he wanted to be her boyfriend.”

Paterson said Feeney replied: “No thanks, no thanks.”

After arriving at Feeney’s home, Singh allegedly said: “Which apartment do you live in? Do you live alone?”

The fare for the cab showed $17, the court heard, but Paterson said Singh told Feeney there was a way she wouldn’t have to pay. “[Singh] turned around and told her she could get the ride for free so long as he could touch her breasts,” Paterson said.

The court heard Singh then allegedly reached over Feeney’s chest and slipped his hand down her top.

After leaving the taxi, Feeney went up to her apartment, but af-

Sausage Competition kicks off next month with the category judging which will see a record 513 entries from 96 stores across 13 categories be put to the test to see which will receive the gold, silver and bronze awards.

From there the top scoring sausages in each of the 13 categories will go forward to compete in the Supreme judging where our sausage super fan will play their significant role, along with the other supreme category judges, in crowning the winner.

The medallists, the People’s Choice winner and the all-important Supreme award-winning sausage will then be announced at a glamorous dinner in Auckland on October 17.

sausages. We’re not looking for technical knowledge or culinary training, we want someone who screams to us ‘I bloody love a snag’.

“This is a unique opportunity to exercise your enthusiasm for a Kiwi staple,” she said.

Prospective applicants are asked to submit 150 words on why they are a sausage super fan and describe the best way to serve sausages.

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ter looking out from her window she noticed Singh standing in the street looking up, Paterson said.

After texting her husband, whom she had not long been separated from, at 1.18am she later posted a message on Facebook about the incident.

Soon after that the police became involved, Paterson said.

When questioned by police Singh confirmed Feeney was one of his passengers but denied any wrongdoing whatsoever.

His defence counsel Marie Dyhrberg QC told the jury yesterday: “One party is truthful, the other party is lying.”

“Jay-Jay Harvey is lying when she says the defendant touched her breast on that evening.

“Can you trust what she says?

The defence says absolutely not.”

Dyhrberg also said Feeney had been drinking heavily on the night of the allegations.

“He never mentioned her breasts, he never touched her breasts,” she said of her client.

The trial, with Judge Claire Ryan presiding, continues this week.

Man sold planes to clear own debt, jury hears NZME Eugene DeMarco is facing six charges relating to fraud during 2016 and 2017 while working for The Vintage Aviator, a company owned by Sir Peter Jackson which sells restored and replica vintage World War One planes.

He’s pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Crown lawyer Sally Carter told the jury DeMarco’s alleged offending started when he found his own finances in a precarious position.

He had become chair of the Airtight Trust, which borrowed $1 million to buy valuable vintage planes.

In 2011, when the finance company came calling for the debt, Sir Peter agreed to buy a hangar owned by the trust and to lend DeMarco $607,000 via his Film Property Trust.

By early 2016 the debt still had not been paid, and the interest had accrued so it was worth more than $1m.

Carter said it was about this time that the NZ Warbirds Association became involved.

They had come to DeMarco at The Vintage Aviator Limited (TVAL) as he was known for dealing with vintage World War One planes. After a trial flight and some discussion it’s alleged DeMarco offered to sell the Warbirds Association two planes for a higher price than they were worth.

DeMarco told TVAL he had been offered a higher price by the association because they wanted to help him pay off his debts – but, Carter said, this was a lie.

In order to avoid any extra tax on the inflated price it was agreed the money would go through DeMarco’s company called The Old Stick and Rudder, then to TVAL. The Warbirds Association and its benefactor believed their money

was going straight to TVAL. They paid 85 per cent of the price in mid-2016, with the remainder due upon delivery.

The Crown said DeMarco used $720,000 to pay off his debt and let another $1m sit in his bank account, and used it for everyday bills.

At the end of October 2016, the defendant arranged the delivery of one of the planes to a hangar in Auckland, without the knowledge of Sir Peter or his company – or with the company receiving any money for the aircraft.

The “first inkling” the plane had been sold came when the Civil Aviation Authority asked for a fee to change the ownership of the plane.

Sir Peter Jackson then saw a photo of his plane on a Facebook page, dated November 2016, in the Warbirds’ hangar.

“And that was the first that he became aware the plane was no longer where it should be, and was with Warbirds,” Carter said.

A complaint was made to the Serious Fraud Office over DeMarco’s behaviour in August 2017.

Carter said the defendant did return some of the money back to Warbirds, that he had in his bank account for about a year.

“In reality, he helped himself to an interest-free loan, but that doesn’t lessen the dishonesty of what was happening at that earlier stage,” Carter told the jury.

DeMarco was also accused of getting a loan for $250,000 from BNZ in May or June of 2016 using another vintage plane as security, despite being part of a shareholder’s agreement that no charges or loans would be made against assets without the consent of all the shareholders.

Sir Peter Jackson is expected to give evidence during the trial, which has been set down for three weeks.

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Fearing the Taliban’s return AP Two yellow burqas are on display at a television station in Kabul, bright versions of the blue ghost-like garments some women in the capital still wear.

For the young women at Zan TV they are relics, a reminder of a Taliban-ruled past that few of them can recall.

Their generation is the most vulnerable, and perhaps the most defiant, as the United States and the Taliban near a deal on ending America’s longest war. Worried about losing what they’ve gained over nearly two decades, they are demanding a voice in high-level talks to determine their country’s future.

“For me, I will not submit myself to the Taliban,” said Shogofa Sadiqi, Zan TV’s 25-year-old chief director, who believes the insurgent group will have less impact as it faces a new generation. She described the burqas as a symbol of the challenges women have faced over the years and practically shuddered when asked if she’d worn one herself. Never, ever. “I don’t like it,” she said, switching to English to make her feelings clear.

About two-thirds of Afghanistan’s population is 25 or younger, with little or no memory of life before 2001.

That’s when a US-led invasion pushed out the Taliban, who had sheltered al-Qaida and its leader Osama bin Laden before the 9/11 attacks and imposed a harsh form of Islamic law that kept women out of public view.

Now this young generation watches as US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad negotiates a troop withdrawal in return for Taliban assurances on countering terror groups.

With talks focusing on secu-

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Yellow burqas on display at the Zan TV office in Kabul. rity, little else is assured.

Few know what the Taliban are thinking or what they will do as international forces leave and the world’s attention moves on.

The insurgent group has recovered from its defeat and now controls roughly half of Afghanistan.

With its position stronger than ever it has rejected negotiations with the Afghan government, though intra-Afghan talks on political and security issues are meant to follow a US-Taliban deal. The Taliban could join the government.

As for women’s rights in this still highly conservative country, the US has said it will be left for Afghans to decide.

For Karishma Naz, a 23-yearold music presenter on Zan TV – Woman TV in the Dari language – the uncertainty is unsettling. She doubts the Taliban have changed their beliefs

and imagines two options if the “dark days” return: she will stay at home by force or leave the country, an option unavailable for many young Afghan women.

“Why are there no women to represent and defend us?” Naz asked, worried about losing the career in front of the camera that she’d wished for as a child.

But as the seconds counted down to her live broadcast she adjusted her pink headscarf, straightened up and put on a smile.

Her generation has seen Afghan women become street artists, CEOs, a member of the Supreme Court and the first female winner of the televised talent show Afghan Star.

Young Afghan women have formed an all-female orchestra and competed in the Olympics.

A woman opened the country’s first yoga studio, another leads the state-run film production company and a third held a Ka-

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bul street concert with her rock band earlier this year.

They have equal rights under the post-2001 constitution, but reality often lags behind. Women still have to stand up to conservative relatives, community members and judgemental strangers. A bill criminalising violence against women still hasn’t been passed.

Little has changed in areas controlled by the Taliban, who have said girls can be educated and even work in politics and the judiciary, though not as president or chief justice.

Maryam Sama, a 27-year-old member of Parliament, said much still needs to be done even in areas under government control. About half of all girls in Afghanistan still don’t attend school, more than half are married before age 19 and domestic violence is widespread despite billions of dollars in humanitarian aid since 2001.

Huge pumice raft discovered in Pacific Ocean NZME A giant mass of floating pumice the size of Manhattan drifting towards the Great Barrier Reef could help restore it by bringing with it millions of marine organisms.

The raft of floating rock is so expansive it can be tracked by satellite.

The eruption of an undersea volcano near Tonga earlier this month caused the pumice “raft” which was discovered by an Australian couple.

“We entered a total rock rubble slick made up of pumice stones from marble to basketball size,” Michael Hoult and Larissa Brill said in a Facebook post.

The waves were knocked back to almost calm and the boat was slowed to one knot.

The rubble slick went as far as we could see in the moonlight and with our spotlight.

“It was extensive in all other directions.”

Satellite imagery of the pumice raft.

The pumice island is expected to drift towards the Australian coast for the next seven to 12 months, bringing with it an abundance of marine life that will attach itself to the volcanic rock.

Pumice rafts can drift for years, helping organisms spread.

Associate Professor Scott Bryan, a geologist from Queensland’s University of

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Technology, said along the way marine life will “hitch a ride” to Australia.

“When it gets here, (the pumice raft will be) covered in a whole range of organisms of algae and barnacles and corals and crabs and snails and worms,” he said.

“This is a way for healthy, young corals to be rapidly introduced to the Great Barrier Reef.”

In recent years rising sea temperatures have wrecked the Great Barrier Reef’s ability to grow.

In 2016, two-thirds of the corals in the northern part of the Great Barrier Reef died in the reef’s worst ever bleaching event.

Heat stress from record high summer temperatures damaged the microscopic algae (zooxanthellae) that live in the tissues on corals, turning them white.

After they bleach, these stressed corals either slowly regain their zooxanthellae and colour as temperatures cool off, or else they die.

The endangered coral structure of the Great Barrier Reef could be hit with catastrophic bleaching every two years unless more is done to limit climate change.

Based on current rising of greenhouse gas levels, bleaching will occur every two years by 2034.

Rod Stewart and his current wife Penny Lancaster have reunited with three of the rocker’s exes for his daughter Kimberly’s 40th birthday. Rod, 74, has eight children with five different women, and had three unsuccessful marriages before finally settling down with Penny, 48, and marrying her in 2007. He and Penny share two sons together, 13-yearold Alastair and Aiden, eight. But Rod remains on good terms with his exes Alana Stewart, who is Kimberly’s mum, Kelly Emberg, and Rachel Hunter – and proved so by meeting up at Rod and Alana’s daughter’s party in Los Angeles.

Sheeran’s royalties frozen Ed Sheeran is locked in another legal battle and facing more allegations that he is guilty of ‘stealing’ other people’s music for his own songs. The British pop mega star is already being sued in a case involving a Marvin Gaye track, but now an unknown musician has taken aim at his wider song writing process. Reports say that Sam Chokri has taken Sheeran to court alleging he is “consciously or subconsciously in the habit of appropriating the compositional skill and labour of other songwriters”. Chokri has taken particular issue with Sheeran’s 2017 number one hit Shape of You.

DiCaprio’s Amazon fund A new environmental foundation backed

by Leonardo DiCaprio is pledging $US5 million ($NZ7.8m) in aid to the Amazon, which has been swept by wildfires.

Earth Alliance was created last month

by DiCaprio and philanthropists Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth. On Sunday, it launched the Amazon Forest Fund in an announcement on their website. The alliance is also seeking donations to help repair the Brazilian rainforest, called the “lungs of the planet”. Brazilian federal experts reported a record number of wildfires across the country this year, up 84 per cent over the same period in 2018.

The funds will be distributed to five local groups working to combat the problem.

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Starting the bad driving conversation W

ant to start a conversation anywhere in New Zealand?

Bring up the topic of troublesome intersection or stretches of road within a region and you’re bound to be inundated with opinion and comments. So, Mid Canterbury, we’re opening up the lines of communication and we want to hear from you.

But first, some cold, hard facts.

This year eight people have died in five separate crashes within our district – accounting for almost a third of the total of road deaths in the entire Canterbury region.

Three of those accidents were deemed to be as a result of failure to give way or stop at an intersection.

That’s eight people too many,

for sure – but also a number of lives lost for the sake of not stopping and checking before proceeding through an intersection.

It’s just extremely sad. And really not good enough.

We’ve talked about the issues around our roads, particularly in rural areas, a lot here in the newsroom this year and each time another accident results in another statistic being added the discussion ignites again.

So, how do we stop it?

Last week we decided to do a little bit of research ourselves.

We can extrapolate all of the data we possibly can from the various websites and information sources available to us, but there’s nothing quite like your own find and gather mission to really get a grasp on the true picture.

What we found was rather disappointing.

Almost 50 per cent of drivers at two different locations within the Ashburton township were in breach of the law when it came to how the approached, and travelled through a controlled intersection.

And that’s in an urban location where drivers are supposedly a little more alert to the road signs

around compared to being in a rural location where the approach tends to be a little more relaxed, unfortunately.

Something has to change with the driving habits in this country, whether it be at intersections or through use of cellphones or even speeding – but no one person or group is going to be able to stem the flow.

It’s a case of making drivers more alert of what’s going on around them and trying to ensure that everyone is doing their best when they get behind the wheel to ensure they actually make it back home.

We can’t do too much, we’re just a daily newspaper, but what we want to achieve is highlighting some of the more troublesome in-

tersections and hot spots around the Ashburton District that you, the community, feel are particularly bad for drivers not obeying the laws of the road.

So, get in touch – let us know what concerns you the most. Let us know what you’ve observed, or tell us some of the stories you’ve seen.

Let’s open up the lines of communication and instead of hiding behind a shadow of national statistics and numbers, we’ll go hyper-local and explore what’s going wrong and where and ensure as many members of this district know exactly where they need to exercise extreme caution when going about their business.

And we can only do that with your help.

Mountbatten and three other people, including his 14-year-old grandson Nicholas, were killed off the coast of Ireland in a boat explosion claimed by the Irish Republican Army.

In 1989, the first US commercial satellite rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida — a Delta booster carrying a British communications satellite, the Marcopolo 1.

In 2005, Coastal residents jammed freeways and gas stations as they rushed to get out of the way of Hurricane Katrina, which was headed toward New Orleans.

In 2006, a Comair CRJ-100 crashed after trying to take off from the wrong runway in Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49 people and leaving the co-pilot the sole

survivor.

Ten years ago: Mourners filed past the closed casket of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. Jaycee Lee Dugard, kidnapped when she was 11, was reunited with her mother 18 years after her abduction in South Lake Tahoe, California.

Five years ago: Both Israel’s prime minister and Hamas declared victory in the Gaza war, though their competing claims left questions over future terms of their uneasy peace still lingering.

One year ago: Under pressure to take part in the national remembrance of the late Arizona Sen. John McCain, with whom he had feuded, President Donald

Trump tersely recognised McCain’s “service to our country” and re-lowered the White House flag, which had been at half-staff only briefly after McCain’s death.

Today’s birthdays: Author Lady Antonia Fraser is 87. Actor Tommy Sands is 82. Bluegrass singer-musician J.D. Crowe is 82. Actress Tuesday Weld is 76.

Actor G.W. Bailey is 75. Rock singer-musician Tim Bogert is 75.

Actress Marianne Sagebrecht is 74. Country musician Jeff Cook is 70. Actor Paul Reubens is 67.

Rock musician Alex Lifeson is 66. Actor Peter Stormare is 66.

Actress Diana Scarwid is 64.

Rock musician Glen Matlock is 63. Writer-producer Dean Devlin is 57. Rock musician Mike Johnson is 54. Rap musician

Bobo (Cypress Hill) is 52.

Country singer Colt Ford is 50.

Actress Chandra Wilson is 50.

Rock musician Tony Kanal is 49.

Actress Sarah Chalke is 43. Actor RonReaco Lee is 43. Rapper Mase is 42. Actress-singer Demetria McKinney is 41. Actor Aaron Paul is 40. Rock musician Jon Siebels is 40. Actor Shaun Weiss is 40.

Actor Kyle Lowder is 39. Actor Patrick J. Adams is 38. Actress Karla Mosley is 38. Actress Amanda Fuller is 35. Singer Mario is 33. Actress Alexa PenaVega is 31. Actor Ellar Coltrane is 25.

Actress Savannah Paige Rae is 16.

Thought for today: “Reality can destroy the dream; why shouldn’t the dream destroy reality?” — G.E. Moore, British philosopher (1873-1958).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, August 27, the 239th day of 2019. There are 126 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On August 27, 2008, Barack Obama was nominated for president by the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

On this date: In 1776, the Battle of Long Island began during the Revolutionary War as British troops attacked American forces who ended up being forced to retreat two days later.

In 1859, Edwin L. Drake drilled the first successful oil well in the United States, at Titusville, Pennsylvania.

In 1904, the foundation stone for Victoria University’s first building laid. Victoria College (now Victoria University of Wellington) was founded in 1897 to mark Queen Victoria’s 60th jubilee.

Until the opening of the Kelburn building in 1906, classes were taught in rented rooms.

In 1911, Pawelka’s last prison break.

Joseph Pawelka’s escape from Wellington’s Terrace Gaol was the last of three bold but seemingly effortless prison escapes he made over a period of 18 months.

In 1928, the Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed in Paris, outlawing war and providing for the peaceful settlement of disputes.

In 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson accepted his party’s nomination for a term in his own right, telling the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, “Let us join together in giving every American the fullest life which he can hope for.”

In 1967, Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles, was found dead in his London flat from an accidental overdose of sleeping pills; he was 32.

In 1975, Haile Selassie, the last emperor of Ethiopia’s 3000-yearold monarchy, died in Addis Ababa at age 83 almost a year after being overthrown.

In 1979, British war hero Lord Louis

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When ‘getting things done’ undoes progress T

he coalition government promoted 2019 as the year of getting things done.

While progress on targets for things like Kiwibuild seem fairly under-done, if you’re in regional New Zealand, be aware that the barbecue is heating up, and you’re squarely on the government’s menu.

With general elections next year, there’s still a lot Ministers Parker and Sage want to achieve when it comes to wider reform of New Zealand’s environmental system.

Despite release dates ever-shifting, over the next six months a significant package of change is coming.

This includes reform of the Resource Management Act (RMA), a new (or amended, depending on who you’re talking with) National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management, a National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity, a new National Policy Statement for Urban Development, a National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land, the Zero Carbon Bill, changes to the Crown Pastoral Land Act, and some additional National Environment Standards thrown in.

The Government has set itself a substantial challenge in driving all of these changes. While there are some areas where both changes and environmental improvements are needed, there are real risks of perverse outcomes if the government’s over-heavy stick approach misses its mark.

If we are to get positive environmental outcomes, we need to take both landowners and the community along on the journey.

Buy-in and partnerships are key, particularly if we want to ensure the impacts on regional New Zealand aren’t overly severe or unreasonable.

As far as changes to the RMA itself goes, the devil will be in the detail. We agree that the Act is now overly cumbersome, costly and complex. It’s a source of much frustration for resource users across the

country.

Due to constant amendments, it is now twice the size it was in 1991, creating a booming market for planners, lawyers and other experts, at the expense of resource users, ratepayers and at times, the environment.

A key driver for RMA change is to enable streamlined, faster plan making. But we caution that it’s hard to make processes move faster, when regional and district councils are already under-resourced, and facing increasing public pressure and inadequate central government support.

Ratepayers know all too well that increased expectations on councils, result in increased expectations in rates bills.

The last thing we need is yet more cookie-cutter national rules and regulations pushed onto local councils, who are expected to ‘make them work’ in a specified period of time, without sufficient funding and resourcing.

Looking over the mass of national regulation coming at both councils and resource users, it’s hard not to be wary of what it all might mean on the

ground.

We still aren’t seeing proper consideration of the economic impacts of regulations on farms, rural communities and regional New Zealand. Too often we see nothing more than a quick tick-box skim, on the basis that anything else is ‘too hard’.

It would be frustrating for proposed changes to disregard the massive investment in time and money that has gone into changing farm practices and infrastructure.

Individual landowners and the wider primary industry are getting a better understanding of the implications for the environment of activities on the land.

These efforts do not result in improved outcomes overnight, but trends are indicating we are heading in the right direction.

Our focus over the next year will be ensuring the government’s “year of getting things done” doesn’t ultimately lead to the undoing of progress made to date.

can enrol right up to election day I assume that the official roll is either digital or that there is a digital supplement to the printed roll. Regardless, if someone is not on the roll, for whatever reason, the nomination is invalid.

So what went wrong and why?

I suspect that rather than telling Ellis his nomination was invalid someone decided to investigate why his nominator was not on the roll. However, that is irrelevant.

What matters is for the candidate to be advised so that he has the chance to fix it before nominations close.

There is plenty of time to investigate later.

In my opinion this shambles exposes a lack of training and experience in handling this process. The alternative is sheer incompetence.

Our elections are currently managed by a Christchurch firm called Electionz and the Electoral Officer (used to be

called Returning Officer) is an employee of Electionz.

The Local Government NZ website tells me that our Electoral Officer is managing 13 City, District and Regional Council elections simultaneously.

While this may be a good arrangement in terms of cost and efficiency, contracting out these functions leads to a lack of knowledge and experience at the local level.

Then, when something goes wrong, there is no one with sufficient knowledge or confidence to deal with the problem and this is borne out by the misguided attempt to fix Ellis’s nomination when it was out of time.

It appears that there was no one at the ADC with the confidence, born of experience, to tell Ellis to fix his nomination and to weather the storm which would have followed. And then tell him again until the message got through.

Who is at fault? Well, I would point the finger squarely at Electionz. They must have a responsibility to provide local education and training and to appoint a competent deputy from within the ADC staff. They are being paid to manage the election and that must mean having systems and procedures in place that ensure that this kind of disaster can not happen. And their contract should say these things. If it doesn’t we need to look within the ADC. Much of what I have said is based on experience in running local government elections over a long period. Hopefully, my comments will draw comment from the responsible parties – Electionz and ADC – so that both the public and Ellis can be told honestly what happened and why.

Anything less is a further disservice to Ellis and an erosion of public confidence in the electoral system.

David Hickman

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FROM THE FARM

Kim Reilly is Federated Farmers South Island Regional Policy Manager

YOUR VIEW Invalid nomination I initially thought that Russell Ellis was, at least partially, the architect of his own misfortune through not taking into account the ward boundary change and probably not leaving sufficient time between submitting his nomination and nominations closing.

However, I then learned that the nomination was submitted 24 hours before the deadline.

This makes any errors made by Ellis regarding the boundary change irrelevant.

Within 30 minutes, or less, of submitting his nomination Ellis should have been told that it was invalid because one of his nominators was not on the urban ward electoral roll. If they were both on the roll there is no problem.

The process of checking a nomination is simple. The three people on the form are either on the roll or not.

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Cost shouldn’t cut borrowers out The Sharemilkers Section of Federated Farmers strongly supports the Farm Debt Mediation Bill (No 2) but would like to see changes to ensure a borrower isn’t shut out of the process because they can’t afford it.

The legislation could make it compulsory for lenders to make funds available to farmers to fund their share of mediation costs, Sharemilkers chairman Richard McIntyre told the Primary Production Select Committee yesterday.

Alternatively, it could require the lender to fund the mediation, “which we as a sector would no doubt fund indirectly through increased fees”.

McIntyre said experience showed that the formal dispute resolution process in sharemilking contracts is not always followed due to the financial imbalance that often exists between a farm owner and sharemilker, with the latter unable to afford their

share of the cost.

“Sadly, the resulting outcome is often less than fair.”

Federated Farmers doesn’t want to see the same thing happen with farm debt mediation, particularly when banks can have control over a farmer’s or sharemilker’s overdraft.

“Our concern is that financially distressed sharemilkers will waive their right to mediation with their lender due to an inability to fund their required share of the mediation. As a result, the process may in effect become voluntary on the part of the lender, as in most cases they hold the purse strings and therefore decide whether or not to make the money available to pay for the mediation,” McIntyre said.

NZ First MP Mark Patterson said the average cost of mediation was around $6000.

Sharemilkers may be “first cab off the rank” if banks look to rein in their exposure on agricultural debt, McIntyre said.

Richard McIntyre at the Primary Production Select Committee hearing on the Farm Debt Remediation Bill.

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“Sharemilkers are future farm owners, but higher risk. When banks are looking to increase their market share in the dairy industry, they will gladly take on

sharemilker debt. However, when they are feeling over-exposed and are looking to reduce their level of dairy debt, it’s the sharemilkers who feel it first.”

The Sharemilkers Section and its parent body, Federated Farmers of New Zealand, want the Bill to proceed but are seeking changes, including that mediators are suitably qualified and experienced not only in mediation but also in agricultural and rural sectors, provision for multiple parties to a mediation, and for an independent party to appoint an appropriate mediator.

Answering an MP’s question, McIntyre said it would be useful for a mediator to ask a borrower about their mental health. Pressure on finances can involve “a great deal of emotion, stress and sleepless nights”.

The point at which compulsory mediation is triggered by the proposed legislation should be set earlier, such as an unachievable condition – for example, a significant clampdown on an overdraft facility that makes it impossible for the business to pay wages and operating costs, he said.

Modest rises for prices – paid and received New from Federated Farmers over the past week.

GDT slips The Global Dairy Trade slipped 0.2 per cent in last week’s auction.

Most of the commodities on offer dropped in price but whole milk powder was a notable exception, climbing 2.1 per cent.

Cheddar was also up 0.8 per cent.

Overall, the average selling price was $US3255 and 34,410 tonnes were sold.

The GDT has dropped at six of the seven events held over the past three months, but the GDT Price Index is up 6.1 per cent on

the same time last year.

Producer prices rise The prices paid and received by businesses rose modestly in the June quarter, according to Statistics NZ’s quarterly Business Price Indexes.

Overall, across all industries, the Producer Price Index for inputs (prices paid) was up 0.3 per cent for the quarter and 2.4 per cent for the year. Input prices for sheep, beef cattle and gains farmers were down 0.3 per cent for the quarter but up 2.8 per cent for the year, while input prices for dairy cattle farmers were also down 0.3 per cent for the quarter but up

2.4 per cent for the year.

Meanwhile the Producer Price Index for outputs (prices received) was up 0.4 per cent overall for the quarter and up 2.2 per cent for the year. Output prices for sheep, beef cattle and grains farmers were up 2.8 per cent for the quarter but were down 0.5 per cent for the year, while output prices for dairy cattle farmers were up 0.5 per cent for the quarter but were down 2.0 per cent for the year.

Farm expenses prices down a little The Business Price Indexes also includes the Farm Expens-

es Price Index for the June 2019 quarter. After increasing 4.4 per cent in the year to December 2018, the FEPI has since declined by 0.1 per cent in each of the first two quarters of 2019 to take the annual increase for the year to June 2019 down to 2.5 per cent.

Most farm expenses edged down a little or were unchanged in the June quarter, but fuel was a notable exception, rising 4.5 per cent. There were also relatively large quarterly increases for seeds (up 2.8 per cent), insurance premiums (up 2.1 per cent) and repairs, maintenance and motor vehicle repairs (up 1.9 per cent).

Interest rates had the biggest quarterly decrease, down 1.4 per cent.

On an annual basis, the biggest increases were for shearing costs (up 11.2 per cent), fertiliser (up 9.3 per cent), electricity (up 5.5 per cent), and local and central government rates and fees (up 5.3 per cent). The only expense to decline on an annual basis was interest rates (down 1.3 per cent).

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By Guy Trafford The Global Dairy Trade auctions come around very quickly and this time most of the results were rather predictable with another small decline.

Overall the GDT average dropped by 0.2 per cent and given the uncertainty percolating around the globe at the moment I think most would agree, not such a bad result.

The news gets better when the most positive result was for whole milk powder which lifted by 2.1 per cent and has got above the $US3000 per tonne mark at $3100.

The falls were led by butter which had a 3.4 per cent fall and now returns $US4025.

It dropped to $3900 for a short period in December last year but apart from that blip we have to go back to November 2016 for prices to be consistently lower.

When trying to dig around to try and get a feel for what is driving the decline in butter, over the last three years or so there are as many entries about the rise in butter as there are for unexpected drops just proving that of all the major dairy products butter does seem to be the most volatile.

Perhaps, unlike cheese and WMP, which both experienced lifts in the latest GDT, butter is less of a staple component of diet and therefore more exposed to the whims of the market. With the uncertainty that exists in world trade at the moment then, butter’s fall (with the benefit of hindsight) may not be a surprise.

Since the Reserve Bank lowered the OCR the NZ dollar has had a modest but steady decline, offsetting many of the negative effects of international prices.

China has also let the Yuan decline in value offsetting some of the effects of the US tariffs for exporters but also making imports more expensive.

Wool has been the first sector to be affected but demand for other primary sectors may also feel a softening also.

Despite this, there are signs that timber demand for New Zealand products are lifting.

New Zealand at least does not try to compete with China, but those countries that do may feel the effects of the weaker Yuan and make them less competitive. It is the ripple effect of these actions, both the US and China, that will begin to further push world economies into recession.

The Chinese internal economy is being bolstered by the central government who are providing tax cuts, providing incentives to stimulate infrastructure spending, and increasing the availability of cheap credit.

The US Fed are predicted to cut the US interest rate three times in the remaining months for this year to try and reduce the Trump trade impacts on the US and help keep the economy reasonably buoyant.

Westpac have put out their August Economic Outlook and it makes interesting reading.

While red meat looks secure, they are pre-

for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural August 26, 2019 current price range Saleyard prices … u LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 118 -140 Prime 160 -220 dicting dairy and wool to both fall over the u HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt next six months along with horticulture and Store 198 -294 forestry. u STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt At the moment, until the next US elecPrime 306 -315 tions in 2020, the current uncertainty will continue to exist. How much longer-term damage is being done to economies and international relationships only time will tell.

New Zealand could do worse than “keep calm and carry on”.

The a2 milk company released their end of June results and profits have continued to rise, particularly in the US and China. a2 now has 6.8 per cent of the Chinese infant formula market.

On the back of this however, its share price fell by nearly 15 per cent. Pundits believe the fall is mainly due to the reduced margins, currently 28 per cent when 32 per cent was predicted and no doubt the global uncertainty has also contributed. a2 is another company to exit the UK, in their case because they believe the pickings are better in China and the US rather than for any explicit Brexit reasons.

However, Japan certainly put a shot over the pro-Brexit politicians’ bows threatening to pull the bulk of their car manufacturing businesses out of the UK as they believe it will be uneconomic to assemble cars there in the future.

If they do, the EU look likely to be the beneficiaries with the assembly lines going there. Nissan has already confirmed that a planned expansion in the UK is now not going ahead.

Fonterra has also joined the share price decline with it dropping to $3.35 over the weekend, a record low since the co-op has been in existence.

This week Processor prices … u LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 122.64 17.5 kg YX SI 138.47 19.0 kg YX SI 150.34 21.0 kg YX SI 166.16 Local trade (c/kg) SI 820 (16-22kg) u MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 118.00 u BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 543.0 (270-295kg) P Cow SI 414 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 493 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 590 (180-280kg) u VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 446 AP Stag 60kg SI 542 AP Stag 80kg SI 722

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ward movement and certainly nothing has dropped.

Sheep Lamb had a small shift upwards and mutton has held on to the lifts from last week.

Saleyard prices looked to have softened slightly for lesser lambs although prime and forward stock of all classes sold well.

Wool The sale was at Napier last week and so not too much should be read into the finer end of the market as little was sold.

Coarse wool sold at much the same level as the previous week and the good news was the low rate of “passing in”.

Cattle A similar story to sheep although saleyard prices appeared to have lifted slightly, perhaps on the back of a milder winter.

Venison No change to the South Island but a small lift in the North Island, which hopefully is an indicator of things to come.

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National floats company tax cut

By Pattrick Smellie NZME

The National Party is floating a cut to New Zealand’s 28 per cent company tax rate among a suite of possible tax changes it would promise going into the 2020 election.

“New Zealand has one of the highest company tax rates in the OECD at 28 per cent and we collect the fourth largest share of tax in the OECD from companies,” the party’s leader, Simon Bridges, said yesterday at a launch of the party’s economic policy discussion document in Auckland.

“Tax is one of the single largest costs for businesses and can be the difference between a business surviving or not. So we’re asking questions about whether the company tax rate is becoming uncompetitive.”

Finance spokesman Paul Goldsmith also re-committed National to its 2017 election campaign position to raising the age of entitlement for national superannuation from 65 at present to 67, but not starting that process for another 18 years, in 2037.

“We made this commitment to ensure the long-term sustainability of the scheme. We will again

campaign on this,” he said.

Also on the table are a proposal to allow savers to deduct the impact of inflation from their taxable interest income, small business tax relief modelled on Australia’s, and accelerated depreciation for business assets.

Bridges accused the government of slowing the economy by slamming the brakes on a range of previously green-lit roading projects and failing to build momentum for plans of its own, such as the Auckland light rail lines.

“National is considering new approaches to infrastructure funding and procurement ranging from commercial revenue schemes, partnerships with the private sector and capital injections from general government spending,” he said.

Congestion charging also remained on National’s agenda to help “efficiently manage the flow of traffic” and which would be “revenue neutral”.

Work on that project began under the previous National-led government but was always some years over the horizon owing to the immaturity of available charging systems. Labour is also open to congestion charging, but

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New Zealand requires a “significant uplift” in renewable generation investment if the country is to get 10716 anywhere close to its 2050 net-zero 10624 carbon target, Meridian Energy said.

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bonisation of the economy – using known technologies – would increase electricity demand by about 50 per cent during the next 30 years.

And within 20 years, almost a third of the country’s existing generation will either have to be replaced or repowered.

“We will need a more positive consenting framework and a population that supports wind farms – even in their backyards,” Barclay said.

Generators are kicking off a round of investment in new plant in anticipation of rising demand, to lower emissions from their existing portfolio, or to replace ageing power stations.

Mercury NZ was due to start work this month on a $256 million, 119MW wind farm at Turitea south-east of Palmerston and Contact Energy

has started appraisal drilling for a new geothermal plant it is considering at its Tauhara field near Taupo.

Last week, Tilt Renewables said it is aiming to make a decision by the end of September on the $270 million, 133-MW Waipipi wind farm it plans to build near Waverley to supply Genesis Energy.

Meridian is yet to commit to the Maungaharuru project north of Napier but has sought a change to the consents so it can install fewer, but larger and more efficient turbines there.

It wants to maintain its generation market share and could start work there after Christmas if the consent change is approved and the board agrees the investment, Barclay said.

On that timetable, full production could be achieved in 2022.

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of targets by the current administration.

Amendments to the Public Finance Act and changes at the Treasury would seek to identify waste in public spending and refocus on the outcomes that policies were achieving.

The paper also commits National to imposing a requirement that all government agencies pay small businesses within 30 days of invoicing and introducing a

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only when sufficient public transport options to replace private car use are in place.

Other elements of the discussion paper that would see National return to policies of the Key/ English government include reintroducing specific health, education and law and order targets that were developed under then Finance Minister Bill English’s ‘social investment approach’ and have been replaced by a wider set

voluntary ‘Small Business Payments Guarantee’, “committing large New Zealand businesses and not-for-profits to ensure New Zealand small businesses are paid on time and within 30 days”.

Bridges also promised a “regulations bonfire,” taking a leaf from the Donald Trump playbook by promising to “repeal 100 regulations in our first six months in government and we’ll eliminate two old regulations for every new one we introduce”.

On tax policy, National has already announced it would index tax brackets to inflation to deal with so-called ‘bracket creep’, where people on lower and middle incomes work their way into the top tax brackets simply because those brackets haven’t been changed for some years.

Goldsmith recommitted that “we won’t introduce any new taxes in our first term”. The party would also repeal the regional fuel tax, repeal the offshore oil and gas exploration ban, overturn the current government’s foreign investment restrictions, and repeal changes to employment legislation, including the removal of 90-day trials for firms employing more than 20 people.

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Meridian posts record profit

By Gavin Evans NZME

Meridian Energy reported record full-year earnings, boosted by higher power prices and generation volumes and a growing customer book in Australia.

The country’s biggest electricity generator said net profit jumped 68 per cent to a record $339 million in the year ended June 30. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and changes in financial instruments rose 26 per cent to $838 million, also a record.

“The results reflect a record level of hydro generation in New Zealand, and higher wholesale prices as a result of supply interruptions at the Pohokura gas field, and periods of low hydro inflows,” chief executive Neal Barclay said in a statement.

The performance enabled the

company to lift total dividends to the government and shareholders by 11 per cent, while overseeing a decrease in average energy prices for households and small businesses, he said.

The company’s New Zealand power stations delivered 13,570GWh of electricity in the period, 8.3 per cent more than a year earlier. Low lake levels late last year and tight gas supplies meant it received an average $123.30/MWh for that output, up from $83/MWh a year earlier.

Contracted retail sales rose 4.3 per cent to 6,240 GWh, although its average retail price was marginally lower at $104.80/MWh. Volumes sold to the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, the firm’s biggest customer, were almost 6 per cent higher at 5310GWh after the smelter restarted a potline in December that

had been shut since 2012.

Retail volumes in Australia were marginally higher than the year before, while generation volumes were 31 per cent higher, reflecting the firm’s purchase of Trustpower’s three hydro schemes there early 2018.

Ebitdaf from the Australian business rose to $64 million, from $44 million a year earlier, while other earnings – mostly from the Powershop UK business and technology arm Flex Federation – rose to $18 million from $17 million.

The company will pay a 10.72 cent final dividend and a 2.44 cent special dividend on October 16 to investors registered at September 30.

That takes the full-year payout, including special dividends, to 21.30 cents, from 19.20 cents a year earlier.

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – How many representatives does Mid Canterbury have on ECan? a. One b. Two c. Three 2 – How many countries begin with the letter U? a. Five b. Six c. Seven 3 – Where is the island of Oahu? a. Hawaii b. Solomon Islands c. French Polynesia 4 – How many senators are there in the US Senate? a. 100 b. 160 c. 245 5 – In cuisine, what does braising mean? a. Roasted very slowly b. Seared and then cooked in oil c. Fried lightly, then stewed 6 – What type of mineral is typically used to make cutters in drilling technology? a. Gypsum b. Diamond c. Calcite 7 – What is a general difference between a tortoise and a turtle? a. The shell b. Its diet c. Its origin 8 – Which of these is a 1974 spoof flim directed

by Mel Brooks? a. Young Frankenstein b. Young Dracula c. Young Werewolf

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Tip: You will need about 2 large bananas for this recipe.

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Papers on canvas

By Kathleen Stringer

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ne never knows what will be donated to Ashburton Museum and recently a rather large and old piece of canvas was brought in, which contained a number of seaman’s discharge papers and letters dating from the 1860s that once belonged to Robert William Shearman.

The canvas and papers turned out to be an important artefact that connects this Ashburton identity to the outside world.

Shearman was born in London in 1844 and, at the age of 15, gained employment as a steward on passenger ships.

This opened his world up to a time of adventure and travel.

His first voyage was to Sydney and his second was to India.

A regular ship he sailed on was the Blue Jacket – a clipper that sounds like a modern day cruise liner.

An advertisement from 1861 states ‘her saloons are very exclusive and superbly appointed for a large number of passengers and supplied with a piano, baths, bedding linen and a milch [milking] cow carried for use of saloon passengers’.

Although, in contrast, the 1864 voyage on the same ship was possibly not so superb with illness affecting the passengers and mutiny amongst the crew.

In 1872 Robert was working on the Zealandia.

On board were a number of birds imported by Cracroft Wilson for his property in Canterbury.

The list of birds that died included sparrows and chaffinches, which shows how, at this time, people just brought whatever animals they wanted into New Zealand, to remind them of home, never imagining the consequences that some creatures might have on native species.

A hurricane Birds weren’t the only issue the Zealandia had to contend with.

On April 12 a hurricane struck the ship. Three people, including the captain and one passenger were washed overboard.

The covering lid of the wheel screw got jammed in the screw [propeller] and the helmsman couldn’t steer the ship to safety. A side of the ship was smashed and the ship began to fill with water.

As one passenger later said: “we were standing up to our hips in water, the doctor’s cabin, in which all the ladies had sought refuge, was blocked by the

furniture and piano. The ship then fell over on her starboard ends and all thought she must go down.”

Thankfully, one of the sailors cut away the braces of the fore yard arm, allowing the ship to right itself.

A letter of thanks was later given to Robert by some of the passengers, complimenting him on his energy and zeal as he assisted them after they were deprived of all their clothing, bedding and cabin furniture.

Despite this horrific adventure Robert made one last voyage as steward. Then in 1873, he made his last journey, this time as a passenger, with his wife and small son, bound for New Zealand as migrants.

One of Robert’s first jobs was as proprietor of Oram Brothers Somerset Hotel. Robert later purchased the hotel.

He became a well-respected citizen of Ashburton.

He was elected to the Borough Council and was on the committee of a number of organisations such as the Town Hall committee.

He was also on the board of directors for the Gas, Coal and Coke Company which, many years later, transformed into the Ashburton Electricity Power Board; and he was involved in the establishment of the Fire Brigade, of which he became a life member.

Melrose Villa The family purchased Melrose Villa, an impressive residence in Racecourse Road. The property, apart from being a large, two storeyed building, had a conservatory and the Shearmans even employed a gardener to manage the grounds.

Life for the Shearmans must have looked very well placed for a settled and happy time, but fate had other plans and Robert died in 1885. He was only 41.

In an unfortunate accident, he fell in the well from which he used to draw water to nourish his collection of ferns, and broke his neck. His wife Elizabeth died in 1927.

Although the canvas now donated to Ashburton Museum has been affected by mould, and the writing on the papers has faded, this piece of history adds a significant backstory to one of our community’s earlier businessmen and reminds us of some of the hardships faced by migrants coming to New Zealand by ship in the early days.

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2. The Somerset Hotel with Shearman’s name at the top of the building.

3. Farewell letter from passengers and crew on Robert’s last voyage on the Zealandia.

4. The canvas with seaman’s discharge papers and letters dating from the 1860s that once belonged to Robert William Shearman, as recently donated to Ashburton Museum.

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RESULTS ■■ Bowls Allenton Winter Bowls August 23 8th Round Hunt Trophy 1st J. Ryk, R. Anstiss & H. Goodall 3 wins, 15 ends & 26 points, 2nd L. Spargo, J. Kewish & M. Hill 3 wins, 12 ends & 29 points, 3rd B. White, B. & S. Holdom 2 wins, 13 ends & 28 points Overall winner of Hunt Trophy: B. Mayson, P. Whinham & M. Foggo with 43 points August 24 6th Round Kiddey Cup 1st B. Mayson & J. Drayton 2 wins, 16 ends & 39 points, 2nd D. McDonnell & L. Muir 2 wins, 16 ends & 27 points, 3rd H. Goodall & L. Spargo 2 wins, 15 ends & 38 points Overall winner of Kiddey Cup: B. Mayson & J. Drayton with 701/2 points

■■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club August 19 Individual & Walker Trophies N/S 1st Kate White & David Fisher, 2nd Lynette Adams & George Brown, 3rd Maryke Blignault & Joyce Johnson. E/W 1st Jeff Williamson & Sue Smith, 2nd Janine Havis & Sheila Lyons, 3rd Jan McClelland & Jill Wilce August 20 Duplicate N/S 1st Trish & Peter Downward, 2nd Jeanette Lovett & Lois Rose, 3rd David Sewell & John McDonald E/W 1st Audrey Rooney & Bill Kolkman, 2nd Maureen Kolkman & Betty Hawthorne, 3rd Trish & Maurice Small August 21 3 rds, diff ptr ea rd N/S 1st Melva Stowell & Peter Downward, 2nd Mary Buckland & Trish Downward, 3rd Shirley Harris & Beth McIlraith. E/W 1st Rewa Kyle & Rosemary McLaughlin, 2nd Kay Robb & Edna Segers, 3rd Val Palmer & Pat Wise August 22 3 rds diff ptr ea rd 1st Anne Reid & Trish Small, 2nd Pauline Fergus & Maree Moore, 3rd Lois Rose & Trevor Coulter

■■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers Winter Series August 24 30 Riders. 16 km.

1st Peter Wood CT.33.05. HT.3.30m. RT. 29m 35s. 2nd Ross Templeton CT. 33.05. HT. 3.30m. RT. 29m 35s.

3rd Ross Proctor CT. 33.06. HT. 3.30m. RT. 29m 36s.

4th Allan Johns CT.33.07. HT. 30s. RT. 32m 37s. 5th Ron Kennedy CT.33.14. HT. Go. RT. 33m 14s. 6th Paul Chapman CT. 33.55. HT. 7.30m. RT. 26m 25s. 7th. Matthew Clough CT.33.55.HT. 7.30m. RT. 26m 25s. 8th. Don Morrison CT.33.56. HT. 7.30m. RT.26m 26s. 9th Simon Chapman CT.34.03. HT. 8.38m. RT.25m 25s. 10th. Paul Macfie CT.34.03. HT.8.38m. RT.25m 25s. 11th Richard Kirwan CT.34.04. HT. 8.10m. RT.25m 54s. 12th John Uden CT.34.18. HT. 8.10m. RT. 26m 08s. 13th. John Delore CT.34.37. HT. 3.30m. RT.31m 07s. 14th Merv Grewer CT.34.39. HT. Go. RT. 34m 39s. 15th Tony Adams CT.34.44. HT. 30s. RT. 34m 14s. 16th Tony Ward CT.34.50. HT. 11m. RT.23m 50s F/t. 17th Michael Gallagher CT.34.51. HT. 11m. RT. 23m51s. 2f/t. 18th. Mike Hansen CT. 34.51. HT. 11m. RT. 23m 51s. 3f/t. 19th Gerard Morrison CT.34.52. HT. 11m. RT. 23m 52s. 4f/t. 20th Rob Hooper CT.34.53 HT.11m. RT. 23m 53s 5f/t. 21st Kristine Marriott CT.34.54. HT. 11m RT. 23m 54s. 6f/t. 22nd Don Sutton CT.35.08. HT. 7.30m. RT.27m 38s. 23rd Martin Hydes CT.35.27. HT.7.30m. RT.27m 57s. 24th Brent Hudson CT. 36.12. HT.3.30m. RT. 32m 42s. 25th Roger Wilson CT.36.26. HT.8.10m. RT.28m 16s.

■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club August 22 9 Hole Golf Results Winners of Round 5 Heather Smith Trophy Stableford Helen Argyle 20 Peter Greening 18 Anne Fleming 17 (by lot) August 24 In the final qualifying round for the Club Championships the Radius Care Player of the day: David Fisher with a score of 82-15=67nett.

Other winning scores: Ian Rive 69; Paul Macfie, Mike Holmes, Terry Molloy and Terry Kingsbury 70; Paul Morrison and Matt Tait 71; Murray Moorehead, Braydon Wood, Kevin Smith, John Power, Sam Clarke and Adrian Hopwood 72.

Twos: Terry Kingsbury Nearest The Pins: Rothbury Insurance: Sam Clarke; Value Plus Processing: Richard McKernan; Braided Rivers: Paul Greer; South Island Seeds: Sam Clarke; Property Brokers 2nd shot #6: Sam Clarke; Charming Thai Longest Putt #9: Liz Cabout; Tinwald Tavern Spot Prize: tba.

Birdie Jackpot: tba, Nett Eagles: tba Draws for the championship rounds will be posted in the Pro shop.

Nine Hole Harvey Bakehouse: Winner: Tonee Hurley 19pts.

Other winning scores: Bruce Leighton 19; Terry McMilli-

Mayfield Golf 9 Hole August 22 Stroke & 7th Stablefords Ladies Stablefords: 1st Tessa Gallagher 14 2nd Jacinta Schmack 12; Mens Stablefords: 1st Eddie Graham 19 2nd Gerald Jacobson 16; Stroke 1st Eddie Graham 51-16-35 2nd Tessa Gallagher 60-20-40 Greg Sim Building & Excavating No 2: Eddie Graham; Mayfield Transport No 5: Not Struck Men’s Mid-Week Stableford Competition Gordon Duthie, Steve King, Wayne Blair 36 Stablefords.

Methven Golf Club August 21 Ladies Division Championship Match Play Bronze A: Jane Helmore beat Heather Santy; Jan Lane beat Lynn Worsfold; Robyn Maw beat Pam Watson Bronze B: Roz Grant beat Dennise Hood, Sandra Marr beat Wendy Wareing, Gail Limbrick beat Margaret Kelk Stableford Round: Ruth Smith 31 Aqua Japanese Restaurant best Nett of the day: Ruth Smith 78 Nearest the Pins: #4 Open Methven Foursquare Heather Santy, #6 Open Methven Travel Jenny Senior, #17 Br B & Open Methven Pharmacy Heather Santy, #13 Open Arabica Jenny Senior, #14 Br B 2nd Shot Supervalue Sandra Marr, #6 Saturday Girls Cinema Paradiso Not Played Twos and Nett Eagles: Heather Santy. Pam Watson.

August 24 Men’s Division First Round Club champs.

Senior: Grant Hargraves 78-8-70 by lot. Intermediate: Athol McAlpine 88-17-71. Junior A: Bruce Dickson 9223-69. Junior B: Alan Lock 99-28-71 Other Good Scores: 70 Frank Sandys.72 Phil Johnson, Russel Currie. 73 Roger Callaghan, Tim Robinson, John McGettigan, Geoff Rhodes. 74 Dave Puckett, Alister Maxwell, 75 Eric Grimwade, Mark Gazzard, Keith Middleton, Michael Kemp, Richard Maw, Alam Smith.

Two’s: Mark Gazzard, Bruce Dickson.

Dubliner Best Nett: Bruce Dickson 69. Methven Foursquare Second Best Nett: Grant Hargraves by lot. Methven Travel Best Gross: Grant Hargraves 78.

Closest to the Pin: Aqua Japanese Restaurant No 4: Michael Kemp. Hunters Wine No 6: Craig Middleton. Ski Time No 13: Tim Robinson. Green Parrot No 17: Mark Gazzard. Cinema Paradiso 2nd shot No 14: Simon Wareing.

Next Week September 1: 2nd Round Club Champs - Tee Times 12.15pm Intermediate/JuniorB. 12.30pm Senior/ JuniorA.

Rakaia Golf Club August 21 Ladies Division, Thomas Trophy Sally Smith 93 – 29 – 64, 43 Stablefords, Val Sisson 105 – 29- 76, 32 Stablefords, Jill Burrowes 104 – 29 – 75, 32 Stablefords, Bev Sutherland 32 Stablefords Railway Tavern 2nd Shot No 3 Bev Sutherland, Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd Shot No 6 Tina Pearce, Val Bell Nearest the Pin No 8 Not Struck, Chertsey Spraying 2nd Shot No 15 Tina Pearce, S. Quinn 2nd Shot No 17 Sally Smith

Tinwald Golf Club August 24 Stroke Leading scores in the stroke round for the August medal and final championship qualifier – 0-12; John Smitheram 68, Struan Scott, Phill Hooper 70, Jeff Naish 73 b/l. 13-18; Rod Harris 69, R Preece 72, Dave Rush 73. 19 Plus; Neil Connelly 69, Des Green 73, Steve Kircher 73.

Women; Barb Harris 73 c/b Elizabeth Collins 73.

Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Robin Simms.

Gluyas Ford # 6; Jeff Naish. House of Travel # 12; Des Green. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Brian Rouse. G & R Seeds 2nd shot # 11; Rod Harris. Two’s; John Smitheram, Des Green, Neil Connelly, Bronwyn Flannery, Robin Simms. Net Eagle; # 11 not struck.

Winner of the Doug Gray Trophy for the best 2 of 3 stableford rounds, also concluded on Saturday was Adam Wilson with 82 points.

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■■ Shooting Ashburton District Rifle Club August 25 At 500 yards.

TR, Allan White 50.7, 50.10, 100.17, John Snowden 50.4, 50.6, 100.10, John Miller 49.4, 50.7, 99.11, Mike Chui 50.1, 48.4, 98.5, John Fleming 48.3, 49.4, 97.7, Coby Snowden 48.3, 48.4, 96.7, Brian Hawksby 45.1.

FO, Jeremy Scarlet 52.1, 54.2, 106.3, and 57.3, 52.1, 109.4.

FTR, Murray Cook 58.4, 59.5, 117.9, Mark Alexander 58.5, 57.2, 115.7, Brian Graystone 54.2, 59.6, 113.8.

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Sky TV take note

By Dylan Cleaver Cricket really has been the winner this winter.

Those who worried that a new era of civility would neuter cricket’s dramatic tension could not have been more wrong.

Here’s just a few thoughts from beyond the boundary as we revel in one of the great test matches of our or anybody else’s time.

In the space of 40 days two of the more extraordinary pieces of sporting theatre have been staged on green fields of England.

Twice the central character has found himself facing odds more improbable than Jack Reacher, yet on both occasions Ben Stokes has elevated himself somewhere beyond the heroic.

Not even Ian Botham or Andrew Flintoff, England’s last two great all-action heroes, conjured up a summer quite like this one of Stokes, so it is worth remembering just how close he came to losing it all.

When video footage emerged of him laying waste to Ryan Ali outside a club in Bristol, Stokes’ career was quite literally in the hands of a jury of his peers.

He was acquitted last year of affray relating to an incident in 2017, using the rather novel defence that he was fighting on behalf of a gay couple who were the subject of homophobic intimidation.

Stokes, it has to be said, has proven himself to be a much better cricketer than a drinker.

Just as it was in the World Cup final, technology again made a compelling argument for robo-umpires. The element of human error is vital in maintaining sports ebbs and flows, but only when it’s the athletes making the mistakes, not the adjudicators.

Umpiring has been extremely difficult in England this summer.

Lousy weather has meant groundstaff around the country have not had the time they would have liked to prepare.

The pitches have all tended to have variable bounce which is why we’ve had an extraordinary amount of umpiring errors for balls wrongly ruled to be hitting the stumps that have instead shown to be going well over.

As a result, some of the best in the game have clearly lost confidence.

You saw that most vividly in the first Ashes test when between them Aleem Dar and Joel Wilson combined for 10 upheld reviews and this didn’t include wrong decisions that were not reviewed.

Towards the end of this pivotal third test you sensed the luckless Wilson and his New Zealand compatriot Chris Gaffaney had lost a bit of nerve.

Gaffaney somehow missed a big nick from Joe Root into his pad, and saw a nick when there was none off Jonny Bairstow (both were successfully reviewed).

Why do we put umpires into these positions? The technology is only going to get better, not worse and when 5G is rolled out, we’re going to be able to get close to real-time ball-tracking, ultra edge and other gizmos.

DRAWS ■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club August 31 The Don Houghton Memorial match will be played in association with the Pro Shop Tournament Starting Times: Morning start at 8.00am; Afternoon report at 11.30 for a 12pm start Nine hole golfers report at 12.30 for a 1pm start.

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The flawed rules around the amount of reviews available and what constitutes out and not out around “umpire’s call” lbws, continue to make a mockery of the men in the middle and add an arbitrary element to the sport that is ludicrous in a day and age when every beer-guzzling viewer has access to the right decision.

There will always be a place for umpires to administer pace of play, to keep decorum, to rule on law and obvious decisions, but with everything we have at hand, it’s crazy that easily rectified umpiring mistakes still have the ability to decide matches, series and tournaments.

In direct contradiction to the point above, it was hard to feel sorry for Australia and their magnanimous skipper Tim Paine when Stokes survived a plumb lbw shout in what turned out to be the penultimate over.

The review wasted on Pat Cummins fanciful appeal against Jack Leach deserves its own place in cricket’s hall of shame.

The Ashes has taken the coverage of cricket to the next level.

Whether it’s the feature-length Ashes specials, the pre-play set-ups or the game coverage itself, the quality has been gobsmackingly good.

Thanks to the Packer revolution, Australia (more specifically Channel Nine) was always seen as the home of cricket innovation until the IPL came in and added elements of Bollywood to its production.

However, as Australia’s coverage devolved into mindless sycophancy and the IPL went too far down the line of hucksterism, England have stepped up and become the unquestioned leaders of cricket coverage.

The camera work is great and the graphics always tell a story, but it is the razor-sharp, unaffected analysis that has pushed them miles in front of the field.

The jungle drums suggest Sky is looking to give its cricket coverage a big shake-up this summer.

They have already announced the signing of Brendon McCullum while existing members of the team could become, like players, red- or white-ball specialists. Under such a scenario you’d expect somebody like Mark Richardson to concentrate on tests, while Scott Styris might be used for limited-overs cricket only.

What the Sky Sports cricket team in the UK has shown, though, is the cult of personality in cricket commentary and analysis comes a distant second to content.

It’s a model Sky TV here would do well to follow.

August 31 Heartland Week 2 East Coast v Agstaff Mid Canterbury, 2:30pm, Gisborne, Ruatoria Mid Canterbury A North Otago v Agstaff Mid Canterbury A, Oamaru, 12:50pm ACL Mid Canterbury Under 18 Mid Canterbury v South Canterbury, Hinds, 1:00pm ACL Mid Canterbury Under 16 Mid Canterbury v South Canterbury, Hinds, 1:00pm ACL Mid Canterbury under 14.5 Buller v Mid Canterbury, Culverden, 12:00pm ACL Mid Canterbury Under 13 Buller v Mid Canterbury, Culverden, 12:00pm

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Another title for Wakanui

Tinwald’s Toby Thomas looks to move the ball up the turf during the Mid Canterbury Hockey first grade men’s final on Sunday night. Thomas and his Tinwald teammates were taking on Wakanui Black, and it was the Wakanui side that came out on top 4-2, making it a weekend double for Wakanui after their seniors also took out the South Canterbury men’s division one final on Saturday.

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Ashes ‘alive and kicking’ AP Cricket World Cup hero Ben Stokes scored a stunning 135 not out as England kept its Ashes hopes alive with a dramatic one-wicket win over Australia in the third test at Headingley.

Stokes scored the winning four yesterday in the afternoon session on Day 4 as England finished on 362-9 in its second innings – chasing what seemed an improbable 359 – after an unbeaten 76-run stand for the 10th wicket with Jack Leach, who scored only one run in the partnership.

It’s the highest successful fourth-innings chase by England in a test match.

Stokes was dropped by Marcus Harris at third man off Pat Cummins and survived an easy runout chance and clear lbw decision close to the end.

The allrounder finished with 11 fours and eight sixes overall in one of the greatest innings by an England batter.

“Today was incredible,” Stokes said.

“I don’t quite know what to say. It hasn’t sunk in yet.”

The teams are now level at 1-1 in the series.

Australia would have secured the famous urn with a 2-0 lead and only two tests remaining in the five-match series.

England started the day on 1563, still needing 203 more runs to win and stay alive in cricket’s oldest regular international series.

Captain Joe Root (77) was out early but Stokes and Jonny Bair-

stow (36) shared an 86-run stand for the fifth wicket, taking England from 159-4 to 245-5 when Josh Hazlewood (4-85) dismissed Bairstow.

England No. 11 Leach survived as Stokes’ final partner, with the pair coming together on 286-9.

When their 50-run partnership came up, the spinner still hadn’t scored. His 1 not out – which leveled the scores – came off 17 balls.

Stokes was man of the match in England’s Super Over win over New Zealand in the World Cup final exactly six weeks ago.

“It’s one I’ll never forget,” Stokes said on Sky Sports after yesterday’s test win.

“I’ve got to try and take it all in.

I’m not sure it’ll ever happen again.

“It’s one of the two best feelings I’ve ever felt on a cricket pitch.”

Australia, missing injured star batter Steve Smith, scored 179 and 246.

England was dismissed for only 67 in its first innings, making the final victory for the hosts even more remarkable.

Australia had two chances to snatch a famous win of their own in the 125th over of an epic innings, but they instead go down as footnotes in Stokes’ story.

With England still one run behind, Nathan Lyon dropped a throw from Cummins at the bowler’s end when a clean take would have allowed him to easily run out the over-exuberant Leach with ease.

Stokes aimed a big slog-sweep at the very next delivery, missing but given not out leg before wicket by umpire Joel Wilson.

Replays showed he was out but Australia had wasted its last review in the previous over on a hopeless shout against Leach.

Three balls later Leach fended Cummins to leg for one, guaranteeing a tie, leaving the stage for Stokes.

He did not linger, planting Cummins through the covers for a winning boundary before letting loose a guttural roar.

The fourth test starts on September 4 at Old Trafford.

Australia won the previous Ashes series 4-0 Down Under in 2017-18.

Day 4 began with four maiden overs and the early dismissal of key man Root, who added just two runs to his overnight 75 before being brilliantly caught at slip by David Warner via bat and pad.

The second new ball was taken shortly after but Stokes joined Jonny Bairstow in a fine, counter-attack partnership worth 86 vital runs in 130 balls.

Bairstow’s patience snapped on 36 and Stokes was involved in a careless runout of Jos Buttler for one.

Chris Woakes and Jofra Archer came and went before the unlikely figure of Leach soaked up 17 balls in an hour, allowing Stokes to pen his masterpiece.

“We’ve seen some freakish things already this summer in the World Cup but I didn’t think we’d see something similar in this series,” Root said.

“It was an incredible game of cricket, an incredible atmosphere and test cricket is alive and kicking. Christchurch-born Ben Stokes launches another one into the “This Ashes is alive and kicking.” crowd.

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Gold for Kiwi in the pool NZME

The A team proves too good Brian Matoramusha looks to make a break during his Mid Canterbury A rugby side’s win over the Canterbury Maori Development side on Saturday. The match was the curtain-raiser to the Heartland Championship round one game between Mid Canterbury and Horowhenua-Kapiti at the Ashburton A&P Showgrounds, and Mid Canterbury A won it 36-28, with Matoramusha dotting down for two tries. Mid Canterbury A will this weekend head to Oamaru to play North Otago A in a Hanan Cup match.

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McIlroy grabs the FedEx AP The crowd rushing to circle the 18th green.

The steady chants.

It all sounded so familiar to Rory McIlroy at East Lake, with one big difference.

Yesterday, it was all for him.

One year after he was an overlooked bystander as Tiger Woods celebrated the missing piece of his comeback by winning the Tour Championship, McIlroy surged past Brooks Koepka and delivered a clutch par putt when he needed it to win the FedEx Cup and the $15 million prize, the biggest payout in golf history.

“It’s amazing how different things can be in a year,” McIlroy said.

With two final birdies, McIlroy closed with a 4-under 66 to end a marathon day at the storm-delayed Tour Championship and finished four shots ahead of Xander Schauffele.

He joined Woods as the only players to win the FedEx Cup twice since it began in 2007.

He smiled at hearing the chants, “Rory!

Rory! Rory!” from a gallery that came under the ropes on the 18th hole to watch the finish.

“I must say, I didn’t enjoy that walk last year like everyone else did,” McIlroy said.

“I never took the fight to Tiger.”

McIlroy had more than the $15 million prize on his mind. He wanted to win this outright and was keeping score to the very end.

The format was changed this year to give top players a head start based on par depending on their standing in the FedEx Cup. Justin Thomas was the No. 1 seed and start-

ed at 10-under par before a shot was hit.

McIlroy was the No. 5 seed and started at 5 under.

He finished at 18 under in the FedEx Cup finale. His actual score was 13-under 267, better than anyone else in the 30-man field.

It will boost him to No. 2 in the world behind Koepka.

Meanwhile top-ranked Jin Young Ko closed with an 8-under 64 yesterday to win the CP Women’s Open by five shots over Nicole Broch Larsen.

The South Korean pulled away with six birdies on the back nine to finish the tournament at 26-under 262.

Defending champion Brooke Henderson of Canada (69) finished seven shots off the lead in a tie for third place with American Lizette Salas (64).

Ko and Broch Larsen, who is from Denmark, entered the final round tied for the lead.

The round was broken up into trios, with groups teeing off at the first and 10th tees to ensure it didn’t run up against the PGA’s Tour Championship finale.

Ko cemented the victory with birdies on four of her last five holes.

She earned $337,500 of the $2.25 million purse with the win.

And Erik van Rooyen birdied the final hole for a 6-under 64 to win the Scandinavian Invitation for his first European Tour victory.

The South African finished on 19-under 261 at Hills Golf & Sports Club to finish one shot ahead of England’s Matt Fitzpatrick (64). Rory McIlroy picked up $15m for his efforts.

The last day of the 2019 FINA World Junior Championships had New Zealand cheering for Erika Fairweather, who won the Gold medal in the final of the Women’s 200m Freestyle.

Fairweather placed first and also broke the New Zealand 15 Years Age Record with an incredible time of 1:57.96 seconds.

An elated Fairweather won the race in front of Australian swimmer Lani Pallister, who took second place and Canadian swimmer Emma O’Croinin, who came third.

Fairweather also broke the New Zealand 15 Years Age Record in the Women’s 400m Freestyle on Day 4 of the competition, when she placed fourth in the final with a time of 4:08.78 seconds.

Michael Pickett did extremely well on Day 3 of the competition.

He made the final in the men’s 50m freestyle and placed fourth with a time of 22.46 seconds.

He was just 0.06 seconds behind Adam Chaney from the United States, who came third.

Pickett placed 14th in the semi-final of the men’s 100m freestyle on Day 5 with a time of 50.49 seconds. He climbed a good seven places from where he placed on the entry list; 21st.

Quinton Hurley has made PBs in all of the individual events he swam at World Juniors.

New Zealand athletes are doing well on the international stage and swimming their fastest times.

Zac Dell won a swim-off to get the first reserve for the semi-final in the men’s 50m backstroke with a time of 25.72 seconds on Day 3 of the competition.

This was a personal best for Zac and just short of half a second slower than the New Zealand open record of 25.24 seconds. Dell also swam in the men’s 200m backstroke on the last day. He placed 27th with a time of 2:04.54 seconds.

Luan Grobbelaar swam the men’s 200m breaststroke on Day 4 of the competition and placed 18th in the heats, with a time of 2:16.26 seconds.

Grobbelaar finished in 4:23.83 seconds and would have had to swim a good 3.5 seconds faster to have qualified for the final.

Brearna Crawford placed 24th in the women’s 100m breaststroke with a time of 1:11.22 seconds on Day 3 of the competition.

On Day 4, she placed 36th in the women’s 200m individual medley with a time of 2:23.70 seconds and on the last day, Crawford placed 25th in the women’s 200m breastroke, she finished in 2:34.52 seconds.

Amadika Atkinson swam in two more freestyle individual events over the week of Junior Worlds, placing 34th in the women’s 50m freestyle with a time of 26.86 seconds.

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Pubs open for late games NZME

A rippa rugby team from Methven Primary School is in Wellington this week, flying the flag for Portugal.

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Methven flying Portugal flag

By Erin Tasker

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When the Rugby World Cup rolls around later this year, Portugal aren’t likely to be title contenders.

But a group of youngsters from Methven Primary School headed to Wellington this week hoping it’d be a different story for Portugal when their own version of the rugby world cup took to the field.

That’s because they are Portugal, at a special Rugby World Cup-inspired version of the Air New Zealand Rippa Rugby

Championship being played in Wellington this week.

It’s many seasons since Mid Canterbury last had a team at the national rippa tournament, but this year, to mark the fact it’s Rugby World Cup year, New Zealand Rugby decided to fund a team from each of the country’s provincial unions to make the trip to take part.

The Year 6 Methven school team earned the right to represent Mid Canterbury after taking out the local competition, and this week a very excited bunch of five boys and five girls boarded a

plane bound for Wellington.

Once there, they were transformed into Portugal, the team they drew to represent.

They were taking to the field in Portugal jerseys, and proudly flying the Portuguese flag, and planned to give it their all.

The tournament got under way yesterday morning, with Portugal’s first game against Auckland – aka Fiji – and although the young Portugal side put up a good fight, Fiji took it out 55-20.

Also in pool B with Methven, or Portugal, were schools from

North Otago (Spain), Wairarapa Bush (Georgia), Taranaki (Australia), King Country (England), Bay of Plenty (Canada) and of course Auckland (Fiji).

The school from East Coast were the lucky ones who drew New Zealand, while other contenders come time for the actual world cup in Japan had been drawn by Manawatu (France), Waikato (South Africa) and Canterbury (Wales).

The national rippa tournament is set to wrap up with semi-finals and the finals later today.

Pubgoers and licensed premises in Northland are thrilled at an impending change in legislation that will allow bars to extend their opening hours during the Rugby World Cup. The legislation change, spearheaded by Act party leader David Seymour, will allow bars and clubs to stay open for live matches rather than having to apply for special licences from their district licensing committees.

Justice Minister Andrew Little will introduce a bill amending the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act and with support from Government coalition partners as well as National, Parliament is expected to pass the legislation before the tournament kicks off in Japan next month.

Klondike Ale House in Kawakawa where All Black Jack Goodhue hails from will extend its opening hours if customer demand is there in case games run past 1am.

Both bars on the premises have licences to open until 1am.

“The legislation change is a positive move but we’re unsure at this stage if we’ll be utilising the opportunity. It will depend on customer demand and if there’s demand, we’ll look positively at that,” co-owner Maria Van-Eyk said.

During the last World Cup final in London, she said her customers were happy to come and watch the replay later that day.

The Act leader said it made no sense that thousands of bars and clubs were having to apply for special licences to open for a few extra hours, only to be turned down.

Little said it was pretty clear some clubs were having difficulty persuading their district licensing committees to grant a special licence to extend their hours so it made sense for Parliament to allow clubs to meet a community desire.

The old-school rugby rise of George Bridge

By Phil Gifford

G

eorge Bridge came to Christchurch with no rugby contract, and no position promised at an academy.

The story of his elevation to the All Blacks has the slightly sepia-toned feel of long lost days when a kid from Putaruru called Wayne Smith, unable to get a start in the Waikato team, could drive south to Canterbury in a clunking old Valiant in 1979, and within a year become an All Black.

Bridge, whose parents, Crispin and Chick, run a hill country farm at Manutuke, 14km out of Gisborne, went to high school at Lindisfarne College in Hastings.

His parents would often drive three hours each way to see him play for the school’s First XV. Another interested observer was Campbell Feather, a former Taranaki and Hurricanes loose

forward, now a sheep and beef farmer in Hawke’s Bay. Feather wasn’t involved with the school, but the teenaged Bridge looked to him to “have a big heart, and the ability to do amazing things on the field.”

So Feather rang an official at the Hawke’s Bay union to ask if they were involving Bridge in their rep teams.

“No,” came the reply, “we don’t think he’s got an X-factor.”

Feather, undeterred by the lack of interest in Hawke’s Bay, called a friend from his playing days, All Black Nathan Mauger, in 2013 the Director of Rugby at the High School Old Boys club in Christchurch. Mauger still remembers the conversation.

“He said, ‘Mate, I’ve got this kid here, and I really see something in him.’”

Before long Bridge was on his way to Christchurch.

“You could see George had a

natural flair,” says Mauger.

“But the most impressive thing about him was that he was a good man who worked really hard.”

The following year Mauger had Bridge in his under 19 rep squad as a fullback, and the progress from there has been as consistent as it has been spectacular.

If Liam Squire is left out of the World Cup team on Wednesday, it will be basically at his own request. Two months ago Squire talked with Steve Hansen before the first All Black squad of the year was named, saying, “Mate, I don’t think I’m ready to play international football.”

Squire is not the first player to opt out of the All Blacks. The most recent case involved Brad Thorn.

New Zealand born but Australian raised, in 2001 Thorn agonised over his decision to turn down selection for an All Black tour.

At the time he wasn’t sure that he would actually be staying in

Christchurch, where he had just played his first season of professional rugby, or return to Australia, and play league again for the Broncos. He was homesick. His family were in Brisbane. Strong personal religious beliefs meant his Brisbane girlfriend coming to live with him in Christchurch was not an option.

He wanted time at the end of the 2001 NPC season to clear his head, to decide whether his sporting quest in rugby would take precedence over his personal life. Not expecting to be selected after his first year in the game, he was stunned when he was named in the All Black team.

“Imagine my state of mind having to ring up and turn down the offer,” he’ said.

“There I was taking all these phone calls congratulating me and I am thinking I do not want to go through with this. I faced more pressure than I had ever felt.”

After a tormented day he rang team manager Andrew Martin and withdrew. At the time some thought he was playing a devious little game in which he wanted to leave his options open so he could make a big bucks return to the Broncos in the NRL. “Watch out next year,” sneered one commentator, “when we’ll see Thorn announce that his heart was always really in league.”

One pretty fair judge of character, Todd Blackadder, was furious about the public bagging of Thorn. As Blackadder would tell me, Thorn was being accused of behaving dishonourably because, in the saddest of twists, he was “just being bloody honest.”

There was a happy ending. Thorn went back to Australia, married, returned to Christchurch, was selected for the All Blacks again, and concluded a stellar career a key man in the 2011 World Cup winning side.

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Hickman strengthens southern army NZME Kevin Hickman is already increasing his South Island-based firepower leading into this year’s New Zealand Cup carnival.

A group of horses owned by the Valachi Downs principal were transported from Waikato yesterday bound for Riccarton, where they will continue their preparations for their respective trainers Stephen Autridge and Stephen Marsh.

“Kevin likes to get to see them race and we’ve got five on this trip and there could be more later, including a two-year-old or two,” Autridge said.

Autridge’s shipment consisted of Woodcote Lass and Last Hoorah and three mares bought by Hickman in England – Red Chois, Blue Valley and Unbeatable Dancer.

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Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 27 Aug 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 3.15pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C0, 295m 1 33372 Goldstar Wynter nwtd S &................B Evans 2 5436 Sonja nwtd......................................D J Lane 3 42 Homebush Lukas nwtd..............J McInerney 4 786x5 Eric Blueblood nwtd...................J McInerney 5 65687 Ohoka Becky nwtd........................ L Waretini 6 TF Cancun nwtd..........................N Wanhalla 7 Xanthe Jewel nwtd........................C Roberts 8 84668 Homebush Maxi nwtd................J McInerney 9 68787 Goldstar Malone nwtd S &...............B Evans 10 888 Homebush Barry nwtd...............J McInerney 2 3.33 HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN MCINERNEY DASH C0, 295m 1 283 Alexia nwtd......................................D J Lane 2 37753 Dreaming Abbie nwtd...................G Kingston 3 87867 Ohoka Megan nwtd....................... L Waretini 4 777x3 Starr Blueblood nwtd..................J McInerney 5 88 Goldstar Tawny nwtd S &.................B Evans 6 82785 Homebush Fonzie nwtd.............J McInerney 7 7785 Homebush Maree nwtd..............J McInerney 8 648F3 Zara Jewel nwtd............................C Roberts 9 68787 Goldstar Malone nwtd S &...............B Evans 10 888 Homebush Barry nwtd...............J McInerney 3 3.51pm CLARKSON’S SIGN STUDIO SPRINT C1, 295m 1 14465 Ineffable 17.40.................................. B Dann

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Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Ascot Park Raceway Meeting Date: 27 Aug 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 12.07pm (NZT) WWW.SOUTHLANDGREYHOUNDS. CO.NZ C0, 390m 1 3324 Citizen Zagreb nwtd...................J McInerney 2 31 Impressive Flash nwtd...............J McInerney 3 Southern Angel nwtd...................R Hamilton 4 22555 Homebush Vassy nwtd...............J McInerney 5 278 Sideline Sally nwtd.....................J McInerney 6 45646 Homebush Jennia nwtd.............J McInerney 7 Pukeko Magic nwtd.........................B Healey 8 52 Souffle Sue nwtd........................J McInerney 9 45477 Take A Hint nwtd........................J McInerney 10 78536 Homebush Liz nwtd...................J McInerney 2 12.25pm CONGRATULATIONS ZANE B C0, 457m 1 32421 Goldstar Willa nwtd S &...................B Evans 2 21 Darla Bale nwtd.............................C Roberts 3 6 Homebush Fairy nwtd................J McInerney 4 My Pablo nwtd..................................R Wales 5 My Khloe nwtd.................................R Wales 6 56 Homebush George nwtd............J McInerney 7 2232x Haidee Bale nwtd..........................D Roberts 8 F2344 Goldstar Vale nwtd S &....................B Evans 9 6644 Impressive High nwtd.................J McInerney 10 67552 Homebush Yuri nwtd..................J McInerney 3 12.41pm TONI@BODYAUDITSOUTH PH021657001 C4, 390m 1 55245 Goldstar Major nwtd S &..................B Evans 2 33138 Go Gunna 22.70..............................R Wales 3 53352 Nozzno Fear nwtd...................... A Bradshaw 4 62118 Homebush Boots 23.21.............J McInerney 5 82323 Dyna Lenny 22.70.........................C Roberts 6 86416 Debbie Baxter 22.57..................J McInerney 7 13673 Special As nwtd J M......................... McCook 8 41134 Black Tori 23.20.......................... A Bradshaw 9 75187 Cawbourne Cruz nwtd..................D Roberts

“The number one priority for the mares is to try and get them to Kevin’s own race, the Valachi Downs Canterbury Breeders’ Stakes (Gr.3, 1400m), on the middle day of the Cup meeting (November 13),” Autridge said.

“If the fillies come up we’d like to get to the New Zealand 1000 Guineas (Gr.1, 1600m) on the last day.”

Woodcote Lass, a daughter of Showcasing, has shown promise with a debut third then a juvenile win at Rotorua in April.

She was then freshened before running a close second at the recent Te Teko trials.

Last Hoorah, a daughter of No Excuse Needed, has yet to race and she also shaped well at the Te Teko trials, winning her 1040m heat.

Of the three imports, Red Chois has been the one to show imme-

diate talent in New Zealand, clearing maiden ranks over 1200m on a heavy11 track at Te Aroha.

A six-year-old daughter of top Australian sprinter and successful sire Choisir, Red Chois was runner-up five times in France before heading to England where she was placed in each of her three starts for William Jarvis.

Blue Valley, a five-year-old mare

by Lope De Vega, was a winner in France for top trainer Andre Fabre and won the second of her trials for Autridge before finishing unplaced in her New Zealand debut at Te Rapa in May. “She won her trial well, but then I made a mistake by running her at Te Rapa,” Autridge said.

“That was when the sand (on the track) was at its worst.”

Unbeatable Dancer, a fouryear-old daughter of Invincible Spirit, was placed a couple of

Kevin Hickman times for trainer Mark Johnston in England and was runner-up in the second at the Avondale trials in May before also failing to handle the Te Rapa track in her first-up run in May. Also on the Riccarton-bound float was the Marsh-trained Bronte Beach, a Reliable Man filly who won second-up at Hastings last April after nearly falling in the

home straight. She was put aside after finishing seventh in a Listed 1100m at Te Rapa in May and was runner-up at the Te Teko trials.

“She will run in a three-yearold 1000m race at Riccarton in two weeks and Chris Johnson is booked to ride her,” Marsh said.

Kurt, another Hickman-owned three-year-old prepared by Autridge, is also earmarked for the New Zealand Cup meeting.

“Long term we’d like to get him to the New Zealand 2000 Guineas (Gr.1, 1600m),” Autridge said.

“He was meant to run at Taupo, but they called the rest of the races off. I’m not sure where he’ll run next, but he’s a smart horse.”

Kurt, a son of Kingman, made ground late in both his starts as a two-year-old and was less than one and a half lengths off the winner, Rainbow Dash, last time in a Listed 1100m race at Te Rapa.

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway 2 35445 Heidi Hates Rap 18.06..................S Hindson 3 12685 Machine Gunn nwtd.......................R Adcock 4 42583 Cosmic Richie 17.30..................J McInerney 5 66523 Whose He 17.44...............................A Joyce 6 44444 Goldstar Jay Jay 17.25 S &..............B Evans 7 75246 Okuku Terra 17.59............................R Casey 8 46342 Smash Over 17.44........................... M Grant 9 46776 Sass ‘Em Up 17.31 J M.................... McCook 10 788x7 Homebush Diego nwtd...............J McInerney 4 4.11 GARRARD’S HORSE AND HOUND STAKES C1, 520m 1 4315x Aussie Muscle nwtd J &...................D Fahey 2 76F77 Opawa Al 30.53...............................R Wales 3 66634 Shermo Bale 30.57.......................C Roberts 4 13222 Go Vegas 30.41 J &.........................D Fahey 5 15438 Born Ellie 30.92...............................R Wales 6 67757 Bossy Affair 30.29......................... L Waretini 7 47667 Tikao Jackie nwtd M &......................... Smith 8 26754 Goldstar Scooby 30.65 S &..............B Evans 9 78487 Homebush Maycee nwtd............J McInerney 5 4.28pm SWIMMING GOAT @ STUD DASH C1, 295m 1 75827 Tickel Up 17.70.......................... M Dempsey 2 37487 Homebush Flynn 17.30..............J McInerney 3 1587 Mulberry Will 17.71....................... K Cassidy 4 315 Gadzooks 17.44................................ B Dann 5 11 Super Over Drama 17.25 S &..........B Evans 6 64737 Goldstar Hurley nwtd.................... L Waretini 7 32644 Know Dollars 17.51........................ G Cleeve 8 23324 Twizel Storm 17.55........................... M Grant 9 46776 Sass ‘Em Up 17.31 J M.................... McCook 10 27568 Rum Gin Mixer 17.37........................A Joyce

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4.46 KAISA EARTHWORKS 0272073323 STAKES C1, 520m 1 13342 Meka 30.19 J &................................D Fahey 2 22148 Goldstar Yankee 30.54 S &..............B Evans 3 F613 Opawa Delight 30.56.......................R Wales 4 34533 Ohoka Carsen 30.88..................... L Waretini 5 512 Know Crime 30.75......................... G Cleeve 6 66135 Smash McDougal 30.95...............D Kingston 7 21232 Go Diego 30.46 J &..........................D Fahey 8 42113 My Giovanni 30.99...........................R Wales 9 78487 Homebush Maycee nwtd............J McInerney 7 5.03pm GLENBYRE TAVERN SPRINT C1, 295m 1 67124 Opa’s Mate 17.71.............................R Casey 2 68646 Sozin’s Onyx 17.88....................J McInerney 3 46546 Jinja Cream Fizz 17.27.....................A Joyce 4 4134 Freya Beauchamp 17.84................... B Dann 5 22164 Big Cod 17.73 J M........................... McCook 6 74648 Cold Affair 17.48........................... L Waretini 7 21761 Homebush Reed nwtd...............J McInerney 8 68538 Goldstar Tasman 17.68 S &.............B Evans 9 46776 Sass ‘Em Up 17.31 J M.................... McCook 10 87757 Knows No Better 17.48.............. M Dempsey 8 5.21pm BENSON’S HAIR & BEAUTY FEATURE C1, 520m 1 211 Tricky 30.60.....................................D J Lane 2 24x74 Isavana 30.67 J &............................D Fahey 3 24286 Jealous Affair 30.61...................... L Waretini 4 33466 Know Anxiety 30.82....................... G Cleeve 5 47321 Opawa Mason 30.46........................R Wales 6 34117 Born Tasha 30.65.............................R Wales 7 86681 Smash Story nwtd............................ M Grant

8 65666 Sefton Jill 30.73...............................R Wales 9 78487 Homebush Maycee nwtd............J McInerney 9 5.38pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH C1, 295m 1 75673 Amuri Liv 17.43..........................J McInerney 2 36262 Andrea Said 18.14 J M.................... McCook 3 86252 Batty Who 17.73 M &........................... Smith 4 82215 Mulberry Brit 17.60....................... K Cassidy 5 21453 Caramel Rose 17.52.................. M Dempsey 6 25846 Smash Out 17.71............................. M Grant 7 67788 Goldstar Power 17.49 S &................B Evans 8 15645 Just Izzy 17.35.................................. B Dann Emergencies: 9 46776 Sass ‘Em Up 17.31 J M.................... McCook 10 27568 Rum Gin Mixer 17.37........................A Joyce 10 5.56pm FLAIR FEATURE C1, 520m 1 66837 Jay Shirley 31.20..............................R Wales 2 76522 Go Ladybird nwtd.............................R Wales 3 58875 High Sparrow nwtd..................... A Bradshaw 4 151 Translation 30.48 J &.......................D Fahey 5 47781 Mega Dream 30.84........................R Adcock 6 87x25 Poppy Rocket 30.47......................M B Fuller 7 43343 Little Secret 30.44......................... L Waretini 8 34775 Goldstar Flora 31.15 S &.................B Evans 9 78487 Homebush Maycee nwtd............J McInerney 11 6.16pm ISLINGTON TAVERN DASH C1, 295m 1 18655 Smash Surprise 17.49..................... M Grant 2 18765 Venetia 17.46................................ K Cassidy 3 11752 Homebush Alexei 17.41.............J McInerney 4 46333 Jingili Jill 17.55 M &............................. Smith 5 44121 Ohoka Lacey 17.67....................... L Waretini

6 24315 Lucky Scar 17.44.............................R Wales 7 77854 Know Legend nwtd........................ G Cleeve 8 84572 Mitcham Shemon 17.61 J M............ McCook 9 46776 Sass ‘Em Up 17.31 J M.................... McCook 10 5887x Macey Baxter 17.22...................J McInerney 12 6.35pm LIVAMOL SPRINT C1, 295m 1 45525 Know Approval 17.28..................... G Cleeve 2 18582 Sozin’s Delight 17.57.................J McInerney 3 76665 Goldstar Avalon 17.31 S &...............B Evans 4 28447 Tonkawa 17.62 M &.............................. Smith 5 86657 Snickerdoodle 17.42......................... B Dann 6 31578 Opawa Jody nwtd............................R Wales 7 42232 Platonic Affair 17.47...................... L Waretini 8 52223 Homebush Scorpio 17.38..........J McInerney 9 46776 Sass ‘Em Up 17.31 J M.................... McCook 10 87757 Knows No Better 17.48.............. M Dempsey SELECTIONS

10 18465 Astro Tipple 22.67...................D J MacMillan 11 3.06pm ORETI BEACH RUN C1, 457m 1 33623 Homebush Carl nwtd.................J McInerney 2 15642 Lakota Kohana nwtd....................... H Cairns 3 54364 Smokey Dodger nwtd................ P Hammond 4 56346 C’Mon Benny Boy nwtd...................J Guthrie 5 33128 Homebush Liam nwtd................J McInerney 6 74438 Melting World nwtd..........................J Guthrie 7 76343 Barrel Runner nwtd.................... A Bradshaw 8 83736 Koputai nwtd...................................J Guthrie 9 72665 Mr Black Magic nwtd.......................J M Lane 10 35753 Homebush Rapper nwtd............J McInerney 12 3.24pm MARK TURNER PAINTER PH021737111 C4/5, 390m 1 75322 Nelso Allen nwtd...........................C Roberts 2 22117 Eyrewell Ebony nwtd....................... H Cairns 3 7671F Princely Gold 22.49....................J McInerney 4 15612 Tee An’ Cee 22.50.......................... B Conner 5 66157 Mohican Run nwtd..................... A Bradshaw 6 45644 Little Krakatoa nwtd................... A Bradshaw 7 11131 Platinum Marshal 22.48................C Roberts 8 35356 Wildebeest nwtd......................... A Bradshaw Emergencies: 9 75187 Cawbourne Cruz nwtd..................D Roberts 10 37856 Nippa Martino 22.47..................J McInerney 13 3.44pm ADDED ENERGY DASH C1, 390m 1 77824 Homebush Miles 22.44..............J McInerney 2 6185 Regal George nwtd....................J McInerney 3 46633 Homebush Comet nwtd.............J McInerney 4 44775 Glass Harpoon nwtd.......................J Guthrie 5 65564 Jealous Much 22.57...................J McInerney 6 4658x Punch On Scooby 22.89............J McInerney 7 57762 Homebush Pierce 22.88............J McInerney 8 74126 Sozin’s Melody 23.52.................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 76577 Homebush Izzy nwtd..................J McInerney 10 67678 Zipping Mia nwtd............................ B Conner 14 4.03pm SOUTHERN LIGHTS AT STUD C1, 390m 1 448x3 Coming Of Love nwtd..... M P Hamilton-Dyett

2 3342F Elton Blueblood 22.96................J McInerney 3 76784 Mick The Mower 22.91...............J McInerney 4 72665 Mr Black Magic 23.05.....................J M Lane 5 33768 Sozin’s Symphony 22.74............J McInerney 6 35753 Homebush Rapper nwtd............J McInerney 7 x3368 Little Lozza nwtd........................J McInerney 8 63844 Avalanch City 22.66...................J McInerney 9 36677 Opal Nora nwtd..........................J McInerney 10 88768 Zipping Jen 22.65.......................... B Conner 15 4.22 RACING AGAIN 10 SEPTEMBER C1, 390m 1 64876 Sozin’s Azure nwtd.....................J McInerney 2 247x5 Tricode Boy 22.84.......................... B Conner 3 21224 My Girl Sofia nwtd...........................B Healey 4 58673 Gracie Lee 23.28.......................J McInerney 5 87413 Homebush Jordie nwtd..............J McInerney 6 22867 Nikko Baxter 22.88.....................J McInerney 7 78522 Lucy Lingers nwtd......................J McInerney 8 5661 Homebush Keasha nwtd............J McInerney Emergencies: 9 47865 Rocky Vincitore nwtd...............D J MacMillan 10 68487 Pukeko Rustler nwtd.......................B Healey SELECTIONS

Race 1: Sonja, Goldstar Wynter, Xanthe Jewel, Eric Blueblood Race 2: Alexia, Zara Jewel, Goldstar Tawny, Dreaming Abbie Race 3: Machine Gunn, Ineffable, Cosmic Richie, Okuku Terra Race 4: Go Vegas, Aussie Muscle, Born Ellie, Opawa Al Race 5: Super Over Drama, Gadzooks, Tickel Up, Homebush Flynn Race 6: Meka, Go Diego, Goldstar Yankee, My Giovanni Race 7: Opa’s Mate, Jinja Cream Fizz, Cold Affair, Homebush Reed Race 8: Tricky, Isavana, Opawa Mason, Jealous Affair Race 9: Amuri Liv, Andrea Said, Mulberry Brit, Batty Who Race 10: Translation, Mega Dream, Little Secret, Go Ladybird Race 11: Homebush Alexei, Lucky Scar, Smash Surprise, Venetia Race 12: Know Approval, Sozin’s Delight, Goldstar Avalon LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Southland dogs Today at Ascot Park Raceway 10 37856 Nippa Martino 22.47..................J McInerney

5 22411 Sausage 26.47 J &...........................D Fahey 6 15165 Eddie Hemi 26.39............................R Wales 7 24254 Goldstar Alaska nwtd S &................B Evans 457m 1 57237 Bruiser’s Day 26.37........................ B Conner 8 52564 Opawa Lara 26.18............................R Wales 2 x5364 Sly Bet nwtd J M.............................. McCook 9 34288 Umbridge Bale nwtd......................C Roberts 3 35724 Go Punter Go nwtd..........................R Wales 10 36448 Shift The Blame 25.94................J McInerney 4 62552 Baldrick nwtd..............................J McInerney 8 2.10 FIND US ON TWITTER@SGRCINFO C3, 390m 5 36515 Lakota Tonka 26.84......................... H Cairns 1 62717 Punch On Jessie nwtd...............J McInerney 6 72875 Vik Vikkers nwtd J M........................ McCook 2 51255 Goldstar Diesel 22.94 S &................B Evans 7 58743 Homebush Boden 26.94............J McInerney 3 73444 Cosmic Jase 22.65....................J McInerney 8 216 King Toliman 27.27........................C Roberts 4 55617 Black Bobby 22.53......................... B Conner 9 47865 Rocky Vincitore nwtd...............D J MacMillan 5 77118 Punch On Rex 22.74..................J McInerney 10 58667 Black Dan 26.48.........................J McInerney 6 84157 Homebush Hundy 22.87............J McInerney 7 28525 Mitcham Reado nwtd.................J McInerney 5 1.16pm TOP CLASS RUN C5, 457m 1 41314 Thrilling Watch 26.52....................D Roberts 8 11764 Regal Jock 22.88.......................J McInerney 2 21561 Go Brat 25.85 J &............................D Fahey Emergencies: 3 24352 Goldstar Trooper nwtd S &...............B Evans 9 16778 Homebush Finn 22.58................J McInerney 4 81144 Shaw Lee 26.29 J M........................ McCook 10 43866 Homebush Rehaina 23.16.........J McInerney 5 37822 Eyrewell Turbo 25.92....................... H Cairns 9 2.30 BODYAUDITSOUTH@GMAIL.COM C2, 390m 6 37381 Egomaniacal 26.06.......................D Roberts 1 66136 Dream Runner 22.67 J M................. McCook 7 18x72 Dyna Elwyn 25.65.........................C Roberts 2 41767 Eyrewell Tango nwtd....................... H Cairns 8 7x617 Dyna Wazza 26.47........................C Roberts 3 71355 Trajan 22.76...............................J McInerney 4 77156 Mitcham Doug 23.22..................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 46171 Famous Lee 26.55 S &....................B Evans 5 51154 Pretty Keen 22.98..............................S Keen 10 84427 Our Jolene nwtd...............................R Wales 6 32131 Homebush Sayer 23.01.............J McInerney 7 52433 Goldstar Galaxie 23.38 S &.............B Evans 6 1.35pm ASCOT PARK DISTANCE C2d, 630m 1 77x25 Opawa Plum nwtd............................R Wales 8 53177 Nippa Enough 23.22..................J McInerney 2 45313 Opawa Silver nwtd...........................R Wales 9 73551 Jax Jewel nwtd..............................D Roberts 3 Vacant Box Three.......................... Scratched 10 18465 Astro Tipple 22.67...................D J MacMillan 4 47467 Galifianakis nwtd................................B Eade 10 2.47pm MR WHIPPY SOUTHLAND C2, 390m 5 67768 Opawa Hope nwtd...........................R Wales 1 25578 Punch On Buzz 22.60................J McInerney 6 Vacant Box Six.............................. Scratched 2 11642 Amuri Magic nwtd......................J McInerney 7 86627 Opawa Tab nwtd..............................R Wales 3 F2545 Blazing Banjo 23.00...................J McInerney 8 8x475 Opawa Abbie Joy nwtd....................R Wales 4 16462 Citizen Aguero nwtd...................J McInerney 7 1.52pm GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C2, 457m 5 21875 Eyrewell Bentley 22.74.................... H Cairns 1 14666 Chunk 26.28...............................J McInerney 6 18383 Pacemaker nwtd........................ A Bradshaw 2 42125 Opawa Roy 26.14............................R Wales 7 73235 Homebush Tesan 22.54.............J McInerney 3 13828 Homebush Hotshot 26.35..........J McInerney 8 55444 Shaw Winner 22.78 J M................... McCook 4 x5214 Orina Allen nwtd............................C Roberts 9 73551 Jax Jewel nwtd..............................D Roberts

4 1.00pm SOUTHLAND & OTAGO PHOTO FINISH C1,

Race 1: Citizen Zagreb, Southern Angel, Souffle Sue, Pukeko Magic Race 2: Darla Bale, Haidee Bale, My Pablo, My Khloe Race 3: Nozzno Fear, Go Gunna, Dyna Lenny, Debbie Baxter Race 4: Go Punter Go, King Toliman, Bruiser’s Day, Baldrick Race 5: Go Brat, Dyna Elwyn, Dyna Wazza, Thrilling Watch Race 6: Opawa Silver, Galifianakis, Opawa Plum, Opawa Abbie Joy Race 7: Sausage, Orina Allen, Opawa Roy, Opawa Lara Race 8: Punch On Jessie, Punch On Rex, Mitcham Reado Race 9: Trajan, Dream Runner, Goldstar Galaxie, Eyrewell Tango Race 10: Homebush Tesan, Pacemaker, Shaw Winner Race 11: Homebush Carl, Homebush Liam, Smokey Dodger Race 12: Nelso Allen, Tee An’ Cee, Eyrewell Ebony, Wildebeest Race 13: Homebush Miles, Sozin’s Melody, Regal George Race 14: Sozin’s Symphony, Elton Blueblood, Mick The Mower Race 15: My Girl Sofia, Nikko Baxter, Gracie Lee, Sozin’s Azure

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

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

10am - 4pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD EXHIBITION. Gathering of Stitches made by guild members items are on display daily from now until 22 September. Ashburton Art Gallery, West Street.

10.10am U3A HAKATEREASHBURTON. Speaker Peter Datlen, former Ashburton College student, now at Rocket Lab, Mahia

Peninsula. Cuppa from 9.30pm. Visitors welcome $10.

St David’s Union Church, 48 Allens Road.

10.30am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome.

Phone Age Concern 308 6817.

All Saints Church, Methven.

1pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome.

Phone Age Concern 308 6817.

Presbyterian Church, Rakaia.

1pm ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE SECTION. Club day, new players welcome. boules supplied. 115 Racecourse Road, Ashburton.

1pm - 2.30pm R AND R LINEDANCING ASHBURTON. Absolute beginners line dance class. Enquiries Rayma 0274 867 504. MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30

aircraft from the past to the future on display. Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday.

Ashburton airport, Seafield Rd. 3pm - 4.30pm R AND R LINEDANCING ASHBURTON. Intermediate line dance class.

Enquiries Rayma 0274 867 504.

MSA Social hall, Havelock St. 6pm sharp RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Winter Series 3km or 6km.

Group run or walk around the perimeter of the domain under lights. All abilities and fitness levels, all welcome, no charge. Meet Walnut Avenue Pavilion.

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Night time section, all welcome, rackets available.

EA Networks Stadium, River Terrace, Ashburton.

7.30pm ASHBURTON TABLE TENNIS. Everyone welcome, every Tuesday, Tennis bats available.

MSA Havelock St.

Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For more information ring Age Concern 308 6817.

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

10am - 4pm ST JOHN SHOP. Opportunity shop open daily, donations welcome. 129 Tancred Street.

10am - 7pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD EXHIBITION. Gathering of Stitches made by guild members items are on display daily from now until 22 September. Ashburton Art Gallery, West Street.

10.30am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome, Phone Age Concern 308-6817.

Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street.

10.30am - 12pm ASHBURTON OPEN COFFEE MORNINGS. Every Wednesday, come for a coffee and chat, child friendly location, all welcome. Phone Adi 027 220 8791 or Sue-ann 021 679 348.

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

Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

10.45am MSA TAI CHI. Seated exercises suitable for people with limited mobility.

MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street (not school holidays).

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

1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Euchre $4. Newcomers welcome we are friendly.

Waireka Croquet Club, the domain, Philip Street.

1.30pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome.

Phone Age Concern 308 6817.

Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox St. 5pm (sharp) RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Wednesday walks, 5km town circuit for all walking abilities

and fitness levels. Meet on Philip Street beside the Croquet lawn.

6.30pm THE MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Beginners learn to Line Dance (6.30pm), lower Intermediate/ intermediate (7.30pm-9pm), Instructor Annette Fyfe Phone 0274 813 131, Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing, all welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Corner Queens Drive and Creek Road.

7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Weekly fitness, fun and friendship. Contact Elizabeth 308 5437. Buffalo Hall, 20 Cox Street.

7.30pm ALLENTON INDOOR BOWLS. All welcome to come and play indoor bowls at the Indoor Bowls Stadium, McNally Street, in the Riverside industrial area.

7.30pm ASHBURTON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC. Results of Natural History.

Entries Portrait. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

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TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Something may sound good or look good on paper, but if it doesn’t work well in real life, it doesn’t work period. Better to feel good about what’s actually happening than to impress people you don’t even know.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Keep things in perspective.

Don’t let perfectionism stop you doing your thing. You don’t have to be the best in the world. You only have to be the best among the current competition.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You belong. But where? With the right attitude, you can belong anywhere you happen to go. But getting that attitude is a lot easier when you work up to it and practice being comfortable in your own skin.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): It’s easy to mistake people for experts when they are really just the ones talking at the moment. Learn who people really are, and don’t mentally bestow them with powers they do not possess.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Entitlement causes people to assume other people are there to serve them. It causes discrepancies in billing, the distribution of funds and causes relationship imbalance. Steer away from entitled people.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): It’s said that you can’t help who you love. This may be true, but you can put yourself in environments that are more likely to have healthier choices available to you in all things, including love.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Some of your favourite people are people you met through relationships that weren’t half as strong. Some relationships seem meant for making others happen.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): It’s pretty challenging to settle a very active mind on the needs and wants of others. A still mind can easily be led to whatever task you need it to take on. This is one of the benefits of meditation.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Close listening takes high level attention and intelligence and is much rarer than most people think. Listen carefully and act on what you hear, and you’ll have an advantage that few can claim.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You’re not getting what you want out of a situation, but you’re not bitter about it. You’re curious. And if you question things and poke around a bit, you just might find a way to get what you need.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Leave the long-term goals for another day. Today you will excel with shortterm assignments and situations that have a definite endpoint. You’ll love what small projects add up to.

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PG 1:40 The Force MC 2:05 Rooster And Butch PGC 2:55 Truck Night In America PGL 3:40 SVU MV 4:25 Lizard Lick Towing PG 4:50 NCIS –

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6am The AM Show News, interviews, and humour to start the day.

9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 Noon Millionaire Hot Seat 3 0 1pm Dr Phil AO Michael Peterson discusses how his children reacted to their mother’s death and their father’s incarceration, and a surprising theory of how some believe his wife may really have died.

1:55 The Block NZ – Firehouse PGR 3 0 3pm Vet On The Hill 3 4pm Entertainment Tonight 4:30 NewsHub Live At 4:30pm Comprehensive coverage of global and local news.

5pm Millionaire Hot Seat 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Project 7:30 The Block NZ – Firehouse PGR 0 8:30 Mean Mums Parents Quiz Night heats up when the grand prize sends the mums into a competitive frenzy. 0 9pm Golden Boy PGR 0 9:30 NCIS AO 0 10:25 NewsHub Late 10:55 Chicago Med AO 3 0

MOVIES PREMIERE

Grey’s Anatomy

PRIME

Wednesday

1:05 The 15-17 To Paris MV 2018 Thriller. Spencer Stone, Jenna Fischer. 2:40 The Bromley Boys PGL 2018 Comedy. Alan Davies, Martine McCutcheon.

4:25 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again PGS 2018 Comedy.

Amanda Seyfried, Lily James.

MOVIES GREATS 6:05 Celeste And Jesse Forever 16LS 2012 Comedy Drama. Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Elijah Wood.

7:35 The Hobbit – The Battle Of The Five Armies MV 2015 Adventure. Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman. 9:55 In Bruges 16VLC 2008 Thriller.

Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson.

11:40 Jumper MVL 2008 Adventure. Samuel L Jackson, Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson.

1:05 Gravity MLC 2013 Drama. Sandra Bullock, George Clooney. 2:35 Scary Movie 16VLS 2000 Comedy Horror. Carmen Electra, Shannon Elizabeth, Marlon Wayans. 4:05 Johnny English Reborn PGVL 2011 Comedy. Rowan Atkinson.

5:45 A Beautiful Mind M 2001 Drama. Jennifer Connelly, Russell Crowe.

8pm Colombiana 16VL 2011 Action. A woman who saw her parents murdered as a child turns herself into a professional killer to get revenge on the gangster responsible for her parents’ deaths. Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan.

9:50 Our Idiot Brother MLS 2011 Comedy. Paul Rudd.

11:25 2 Guns 16VL 2013 Action.

Wednesday

1:15 The World’s Fastest Indian PGL 2006 Drama.

3:25 Deuce Bigalow – Male Gigolo MS 1999 Comedy.

4:55 Johnny English Reborn PGVL 2011 Comedy.

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6:30 Takoha 3 6:40 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 7:10 Kia Mau 3 7:20 E Kori 7:25 E Ki E Ki 7:30 Haati Paati 3 7:40 Huhu 3 7:50 Huritua 3 8am Pukana 3 2 8:50 Paia 3 9am Te Ao 3 9:30 Hangi Pit Masters 3 10am Tangaroa With Pio 3 10:30 Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 11am Nga Tangata Taumata Rau 3 Noon Matau PGR 3 12:30 The Laughing Samoans 1pm Behind The Brush 3 1:30 What’s Up With The Tumoanas? PGR 3 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Takoha 3 3:10 SpongeBob 2 3:40 Kia Mau 3 3:50 E Kori 3 3:55 E Ki E Ki 4pm Haati Paati 3 4:10 Huhu 3 4:20 Huritua 3 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Polyfest Kapa Haka 5:30 Senior Kapa Haka Regionals 3 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News

6am Ultimate Sportsman’s Lodge 6:30 River Cottage – Three Go Mad 7:30 Jelly Jamm 8am Hope For Wildlife 9am Brent Owens – Extreme, Authentic, And Unwrapped 9:30 Backroad Gold 10:30 Britain’s Ancient Tracks With Tony Robinson 11:30 World’s Busiest Cities 12:30 The Great Interior Design Challenge 1:30 Top 10 Treasures Of Egypt 2:30 Billy Connolly’s Tracks Across America PGR 3:30 Hope For Wildlife 4:30 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals 5pm Destination Flavour Singapore 5:30 Mysteries At The Museum 6:30 American Pickers

7pm Whanau Living 3 7:30 Kitchen Kura 3 8pm Te Ao With Moana 8:30 Shear Bro PGR 3 9pm Hunt With Me AO 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO 10pm Whawhai 10:30 Te Ao – Maori News 3

7:30 George Clarke’s Old House New Home 8:30 Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 9:30 Building The Dream 10:30 American Pickers

11pm Senior Kapa Haka Regionals 3 Ngaa Pua o Te Koowhara – Tainui.

11:30 Closedown

11:30 Mysteries At The Museum 12:30 Barry’d Treasure 1am Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals 1:30 Destination Flavour Singapore 2am Man v World 3am Hope For Wildlife 4am Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 5am Mysteries At The Museum

SKY SPORT 1 6am Rugby – French Top 14 (RPL) Castres v Montpellier.

8am Rugby – French Top 14 (RPL) Lyon v Paris.

10am Rugby – French Top 14 (RPL) Bordeaux v Toulous.

Noon Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Hawke’s Bay v Otago.

12:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Wellington v Canterbury.

1pm Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Tasman v Manawatu.

1:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Auckland v Bay of Plenty.

2pm Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Saturday.

2:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Taranaki v Northland.

3pm Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Sunday.

3:30 Rugby – Top 14 (RPL) Clermont v La Rochelle.

5:30 Rugby Nation Highlights and analysis of the latest rugby action.

6:30 Game Of The Weekend 8:30 The Breakdown Discussion about the weekend’s rugby with a panel of former players and experts.

9:30 Rugby – Scotland v France (RPL) 11:30 The Breakdown

Wednesday

12:30 Rugby – England v Ireland (RPL) 2:30 Rugby – First XV (RPL) Nelson College v Christchurch Boy’s High School.

4am Rugby – First XV (RPL) King’s College v St Kentigern College.

5:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Hawke’s Bay v Otago.

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language; HLS Highlights; RPL Replay; DLY Delayed. CLASSIFICATIONS: 16/18 Approved for persons 16/18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

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9am Cricket – Sri Lanka v Blackcaps (HLS) Second Test – Day Five. 10am Cricket – The Ashes (HLS) England v Australia – Third Test, Day Four. 11am Cricket – West Indies v India (HLS) First Test – Day Four. Noon Cricket – Sri Lanka v Blackcaps (HLS) Second Test – Day Five, Last Two Hours. 2pm Cricket – The Ashes (RPL) England v Australia – Third Test, Day Four.

4pm Cricket – Sri Lanka v Blackcaps (HLS) Second Test – Day Five.

5pm Cricket – The Ashes (HLS) England v Australia – Third Test, Day Four.

6pm Cricket – Sri Lanka v Blackcaps (HLS) Second Test – Day Five, Last Two Hours.

8pm Cricket – The Ashes (RPL) England v Australia – Third Test, Day Four.

10pm Cricket – West Indies v India (RPL) First Test – Day Four, Last Two Hours.

6:35 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Ford Galaxie – Nash Healey.

7:30 World’s Deadliest Drivers PG 7:55 World’s Deadliest Drivers PG 8:20 Diesel Brothers PG 9:10 Towies PG 9:35 Towies PG 10am How It’s Made PG 10:25 How Do They Do It? PG 10:50 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 11:40 Evil Lives Here M Something is Different About Robbie. 12:30 Murder Comes To Town M A Place She’d Call Home. 1:20 The 1990s – The Deadliest Decade M A Dangerous Man. 2:10 World’s Deadliest Drivers PG 2:35 World’s Deadliest Drivers PG 3pm Homestead Rescue PG Wolves at the Door.

3:50 Gold Rush PG 4:45 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Dale jr’s Sick Nomad. 5:40 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 6:35 Aussie Lobster Men PG Money Fish. 7:30 BattleBots PG Ice, Ice, Baby. 8:30 What On Earth? PG 9:25 Expedition Wednesday Unknown PG Captain Kidd’s Midnight Cricket – Sri Lanka Treasure. 10:15 Naked And v Blackcaps (RPL) Second Test Afraid M 11:55 How It’s – Day Five, Last Two Hours.

Made PG Wednesday 2am Cricket – The Ashes 12:20 How Do They Do (RPL) England v Australia – Third It? PG 12:45 World’s Test, Day Four. 4am Cricket – Deadliest Drivers PG West Indies v India (HLS) First 1:10 World’s Deadliest Test – Day Four. 5am Cricket Drivers PG 1:35 Gold Rush – T20 Blast (HLS) Somerset PG 2:25 Bering Sea Gold v Glamorgan. 5:28 L PG 3:15 Homestead Rescue Cricket – T20 Blast Durham v PG 4:05 Insane Pools – Off Birmingham Bears.

The Deep End M 4:55 Naked From The Emirates Riverside And Afraid M 5:45 Gold Rush PG Ground.

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Stokes’ winning century

Brian still speed merchant

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Three teams in finals Two defaults and a victory has meant that there will be three Mid Canterbury football teams playing in cups finals this coming weekend.

Both the Mid Canterbury United Football Club’s first team and the Methven FC Senior As were defaulted to on Saturday, giving them a safe passage to the Division 1 and Division 3 cup finals respectively.

The Mid Canterbury United

Mid Canterbury United Football Club’s second team’s Oskar McLauchlan looks to drive forward in his side’s 2-0 victory over Nomads United AFC Pressies on Saturday.

PHOTO HEATHER MACKENZIE 240819-HM-0449 Football Club’s second team had to work for their spot in the final, facing off against the Nomads United AFC Pressies at the Ashburton Domain.

After a cagey first half where both sides got away a few shots but were unable to convert, Mid Canterbury were able to gain control of the game in the sec-

ond half and score twice, firstly through a long-range effort by Bradley Phillips, and the second a well-taken finish inside the box

by Toby Woolf, seeing them take a 2-0 victory.

They will now play the Universities AFC Yellow Jackets in the final, likely to be at the Ashburton Domain.

The Methven FC reserves travelled to the Avondale Domain on Saturday to face off against Parklands United.

It was the home side that came out on top, winning 5-2.

The result sees Methven FC slip down the ladder slightly, currently sitting in eighth position, with three wins, two draws and a

goal difference of -5.

The Mid Canterbury Football committee will be hosting a meeting at the community room at the EA Networks Centre this evening as most of the current committee have handed in their notice after many years, and new members will be urgently needed to keep the club going.

Squire gives selectors green light NZME The odds are shortening on Liam Squire’s dramatic inclusion to the All Blacks World Cup squad after the loose forward informed the coaches that he is keen to attend the tournament in Japan.

According to Stuff, Squire, who had ruled himself out of consid-

eration for the Rugby Championship and Bledisloe Cup this year, has given head coach Steve Hansen the green light to pick him.

Now the onus will be on Hansen to select Squire in his 31-player squad.

If he does so, another big decision will be who to leave out, with

Jackson Hemopo perhaps the most vulnerable given his similarity to his Highlanders team-mate.

Squire’s form last year was badly affected by injury, and this year he ruled himself out of the Highlanders’ trip to South Africa due to what were described as personal reasons.

But he has played well for Tas-

man in this season’s Mitre 10 Cup and would provide a valuable alternative to Ardie Savea on the blindside flank or skipper Kieran Read at No. 8.

Hansen never closed the door on a return for Squire, 28, despite his unvailability and the fact the player is leaving to play for a Japanese club next year.

Hansen will presumably take at face value Squire’s assurance that he is capable of spending up to eight weeks at a high-pressure tournament in Japan.

Now the ball is back in the head coach’s court.

The squad will be announced at midday tomorrow.

Hickman strengthening his South Island army

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