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Tourism funding may be cut

BY SUE NEWMAN

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Experience Mid Canterbury has been put on notice that its funding lifeline from the Ashburton District Council could be cut.

When district councillors worked through next year’s budgets yesterday, they put the tourism organisation on the chopping block, questioning the value of the Ashburton and Methven i-Sites. They also decided the amount of funding

given to the parent organisation might be reduced.

In its budget Experience Mid Canterbury made a pitch for an increased grant from council, but councillors questioned the value they were getting from the tourism organisation.

Councillor Stuart Wilson wanted the $254,000 Experience Mid Canterbury requested to run its business slashed to $100,000 and the $146,000 requested for the i-Sites cut to $70,000.

“Every year it’s the same old

story and we keep putting this off until the next year. The information centres are not making money and yet we’re putting more money into them and what for? Putting $400,000 into this sector is ridiculous; it’s the only business that is subsidised by ratepayers,” he said.

He received strong support from several other councillors.

But cutting funding wasn’t as easy as just taking it out of the budget, council community relations manager Gavin Thomas

said. “We’ve just set tourism up as a council-controlled organisation. Expectations have been outlined and these include no surprises.

“If we’re going to change our funding, we need to talk to the organisation first and find out the effects of cutting this funding rather than have a knee-jerk reaction and stopping funding,” he said.

Talking was a cop-out, Mr Wilson said.

“It’s up to the council to stick

to its guns. We won’t save any money if we talk to them.”

The council’s liaison committee will meet with the Experience Mid Canterbury board to discuss the impact of reduced funding for the next financial year.

The council has just completed the paperwork to set the tourism body up as a council-run organisation.

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Pink’s youngest fan Most kids have a favourite bedtime song so it’s no surprise Pink’s two-year-old daughter Willow likes mum’s hits. “Putting my little girl to bed tonight while she sings herself to sleep ... “So what...

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It was recently announced that Pink will be performing at the Academy Awards on March 2, joining the likes of Pharrell Williams.

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School benefits by $25m Filmmaker George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, are donating $NZ30 million to a prestigious private school on Chicago’s South Side. The University of Chicago said yesterday that the grant from The George Lucas Family Foundation will pay for a new arts hall at the university’s Laboratory Schools. The building will open in 2015 and will be named after Gordon Parks, a photographer, musician and social justice advocate. Hobson is president of the Chicagobased Ariel Investments. She married the Star Wars filmmaker in 2013. Lucas says in a statement that art can “transform lives and communities” and says he hopes Parks’ legacy will inspire future generations.

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A ranking of 800 international universities by discipline has placed four New Zealand universities in its top 50. The highest position reached by a New Zealand university was 19th – achieved by the University of Canterbury for civil engineering, University of Otago for psychology, and Massey University for agriculture. The ranking was compiled by a British company specialising in education abroad, Quacquarelli Symonds.

University of Auckland was the country’s best-performing institution, making the top 200 in 29 of the 30 disciplines. The university’s strongest subject was accounting and finance, in which it ranked 24th.

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He teaches the Koran to boys and girls at Alborz elementary school in the town of Varamin, 35km south-east of Tehran. He built the robot at home with basic tools.

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■ CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT COURT

Fugitive remanded in custody

By Myles HuMe and Kurt Bayer

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An Ashburton fugitive caught after two weeks on the run appeared in court yesterday on family violence charges.

Christopher Allan Esmy Quinton, 41, was tracked to an Ashburton property and arrested on Tuesday afternoon, following a tip-off to Ashburton police.

He was taken into custody

and appeared in Christchurch District Court on five charges.

Quinton, whose charging documents listed him as having “address unknown”, was accused of breaching a protection order on June 23 and December 28 last year.

He was also accused of breaching a restraining order made under the provisions of the Children Young Persons and Their Families Act 1989.

Quinton is further charged with threatening to kill a wom-

an on June 23 last year, and also possessing a knife that day, where he “showed an intention to use it to commit an offence involving the threat of violence”.

Duty lawyer Phillip Allan made no bail application.

Judge Duncan Harvey remanded Quinton in custody without plea to next appear at the Ashburton District Court on March 17.

Quinton had been on the run after a warrant for his arrest

was issued on February 12. He was believed to have been hiding in the Ashburton area.

Police believed members of the public were assisting him in hiding.

Senior Sergeant Grant Russell, of Ashburton, would not divulge how police would deal with those people, but he would not rule out charges being laid.

“We are looking into what we will do there at the moment.

Because it is ongoing I’m not going to say any more,” he said.

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■ EAST STREET HOUSE FIRE

Investigators rule fire as being suspicious

By Myles HuMe

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A fire that made an East Street home unliveable this week has been deemed suspicious by investigators.

Members of the Ashburton police CIB and fire investigators spent five hours at the smokedamaged house on Tuesday after firefighters extinguished the fire about 12.30pm. Yesterday constable Scott Genet, of Ashburton, confirmed the fire was considered suspicious.

He would not say why investigators believed so, but pointed out the homeowners were not home at the time.

“I have conducted some inquiries with neighbours, but nothing has turned up as of yet,” Mr Genet said.

“We are going to await reports from fire safety. In relation to the fire, we would like to hear from people who may have seen someone acting suspiciously around that street between 9am and noon on Tuesday.”

The fire is the latest to be deemed suspicious after a string

of fires on rural properties on Saturday authorities believed were deliberately lit.

Timaru fire safety officer Kevin Collins said he was now compiling a report into the fire.

“We will have that ready for police in due course, that will be within weeks rather than days,” he said.

Ashburton volunteer Fire Brigade deputy chief fire officer Graeme Baker said on Tuesday the house was extensively smoke damaged after the fire started in a bedroom.

The owners rushed home from work, visibly upset, to find smoke billowing out the roof.

Their cat was trapped inside and died from smoke inhalation.

Private investigators from the homeowner’s insurance company were at the Netherby home on Tuesday and yesterday.

Sightings of suspicious people at the northern end of East Street between 9am and noon on Tuesday can be reported to Ashburton police on 307-8400 or anonymously on Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Councillors cut into budgets

By Sue NewmaN

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Ashburton District Councillors yesterday took the pruning shears to next year’s budgets in an attempt to drive down next year’s rate increase.

They started the day with a 6.68 per cent increase on the books and while this was 2.2 per cent lower than projections in its long term community plan, they believed they could still push the increase lower.

The rates pain will not be spread evenly across the dis-

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With first draft budgets on the table, the district’s urban ratepayers are likely to face an increase ranging from 6 to 9 per cent

trict. With first draft budgets on the table, the district’s urban ratepayers are likely to face an increase ranging from 6 to 9 per cent in Ashburton, Meth-

ven, Hinds, Chertsey, Mt Somers, Lake Hood and Hakatere.

Rural ratepayers are likely to see little change in their rates, while property owners in May-

Wastewater budget may get a much-needed reprieve

By Sue NewmaN

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Ashburton ratepayers could see their projected rate rise of around 8 per cent drop if $200,000 is cut from the Ashburton District Council’s wastewater budget.

Urban ratepayers will bear the brunt of this year’s rate increase, which is tipped to be an across the board 6.68 per cent, but councillors are now working through budgets line by line to see where savings can be made.

While the $200,000 could be saved this year, the downside would be more money would be needed in next year’s budget and that would see a spike in urban rates, council group business support manager Paul Brake said.

The call to carve $200,000 from the wastewater budget came alongside criticism from councillors that there were wastewater projects on the books that were planned and

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not yet started.

The Ashburton relief sewer project should have been finished by now but had not yet started, there was work needed on the borough catchment sewer and Tinwald faced ongoing issues with sewage overflow, councillor Neil Brown said.

Council assets manager Andrew Guthrie said that structurally the sewer in Tinwald’s problem area, Grove Street, was fine but the wider network, built in 1965, was not performing as

it should. Mayor Angus McKay was far from happy.

“For any mayor or councillor to have to explain to anyone why sewage is coming up in their street is just not an option.

“Why shouldn’t we, as a council, by not getting on with this project, be allowing this to happen. We have to keep our foot on the pedal here. I don’t want a report on this, I just want it done,” he said.

If it was a matter of money, then the $200,000 that could be saved should probably stay in the budget, Mr McKay said.

“There may not be a pipe dug up or renewed, but let’s get this project started.”

The council couldn’t put enough money in the budget this year to make a dent in Ashburton’s wastewater problems, Mr Guthrie said.

“There are no quick fixes here, it will take a few years. The borough sewers were built in 1920 so we’re putting our money where the best buck is.”

field and Fairton could see rates rise by 4 per cent.

In its first draft rate requirement, the council needs $28.384 million from rates to run the district next year.

That figure is up $1.776 million on this year’s rate take but down $643,576 or 2.2 per cent on projections in its long term plan.

They ended day one with a long wish-list on the board of items they want to revisit when deliberations are over.

Heading those is a plan to add an extra $500,000 into the

roading budget for work on rural roads. This work is likely to be unsubsidised.

It also ended the day with a long list of follow-up work that will involve crucial meetings with both Experience Mid Canterbury and Grow Mid Canterbury after councillors signalled they were far from happy with funding levels for both organisations.

A second day of budget deliberations will run today, with the draft annual plan and revised rate rise to be presented to the council on April 3.

Funding for Grow Mid Canterbury under the spotlight

By Sue NewmaN

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Ashburton District councillors are questioning whether they’re getting the best bang for their buck with the money they give Grow Mid Canterbury each year.

As they worked through the first draft of next year’s budget, councillors said they wanted more detail on how, and where, the organisation spent the money it was granted.

It is asking the council for $246,000 for the coming year but there were too many questions over where previous grants had been spent for councillors to sign that off, said councillor Peter Reveley.

“We need facts and figures and I’d have to say I’m pretty skeptical,” he said.

The principles the organisation was founded on were good and some of its functions such as its youth support arm were commendable but its main func-

tions were a long way from what it was set up to do said councillor Stuart Wilson.

Councillor Ken Cutforth said the council should be establishing an exit strategy from funding the organisation or it should be looking at merging it with Experience Mid Canterbury so there was just one body promoting business and tourism for the district.

“It goes on and on. “Quite frankly, I’ve had a gutsful of this outfit,” he said.

Grow Mid Canterbury received funding from several other organisations and the council could only ask for accountability over spending its money, council chief executive Andrew Dalziel said.

“I don’t think they’re showing to our satisfaction what our $247,000 is funding and we need to have some detail on this.

“It’s my intention to make this a lot clearer going forward,” Mr Dalziel said.

‘We should be sealing more and strengthening more’

By Sue NewmaN

Sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

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Ashburton District councillors are so concerned at the state of the district’s rural roads they’re considering boosting next year’s roading budget by $500,000.

While contracts manager Brian Fauth had prepared a budget that was almost $600,000 below the figure signalled in the council’s long term plan (LTCP), councillors decided they needed to spend more money rather

than less. “We should be happy, but we’re not; we want roading going up, not down,” councillor Neil Brown said.

“We need to spend more money on roads; we should be sealing more and strengthening more.”

The budget was close to that agreed in the LTCP and if more money was invested in roading it would not attract a New Zealand Transport Agency subsidy, Mr Fauth said.

Two projects that were planned were not included in

next year’s budget - the widening of Thompson’s Track and the extension of Park Street to Dobson Street West.

Councillor Stuart Wilson was happy to see an extra $1 million put into the roading budget, which is currently $5.618 million.

With subsidies and targeted rates, this figure is boosted to $10.188 million.

“I object to spending money on roads for tourists, this isn’t what ratepayers want. They want our network upgraded

and maintained. In our area people are pretty hostile about the roads,” he said.

For the current year, the council opted to inject about $450,000 of additional unsubsidised money into its roading budget.

This is being spent on minor improvements and on unsealed roads.

Councillors decided to hold off making a decision on giving next year’s roading budget a $500,000 boost until the end of their two day budget meetings.

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In brief Thieves target farms Police are warning Northland homeowners to lock up their equipment and keep an eye out for suspicious activity after a spate of rural burglaries targeting expensive machinery. Sergeant Paul Nicholas, of Whangarei police, said thieves have been active on rural properties in the Mangakahia/Wheki Valley area, including on State Highway 14 and Mangakahia Rd in recent weeks, targeting equipment like ride-on lawnmowers, chainsaws, quad and motor bikes and trailers. - APNZ

Allergic reaction An elderly woman who suffered a severe allergic reaction after being stung by a wasp is recovering in Auckland Hospital. The 71-yearold was flown from Warkworth in a critical condition on Tuesday afternoon after going into anaphylactic shock. Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter paramedic Ross Aitken said the woman was initially treated by ambulance staff. When the helicopter arrived, she was completely conscious, but her airway had become very swollen, he said.

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■ ASHBURTON SCHOOLING

Autistic support ‘not there’

By Myles HuMe

Myles.h@theguardian.co.nz

An Ashburton parent whose autistic child was mainstream educated believes schools were forced to discipline her child over behavioural issues because they lacked funding to support her.

The local mother, who did not want to be named, spoke of her ordeal following a High Court decision this week that Auckland’s Green Bay High School acted illegally when excluding a pupil with Asperger’s Syndrome after a confrontation with a teacher over a skateboard 10 months ago.

The mother said she had encountered a similar incident more than a decade ago when her child, who is on the autis-

tic spectrum, was suspended for pinching another pupil under the eye because she was frustrated she could not go swimming.

“She’s 21 now and she was six at the time, so it was a few years ago but it goes to show schools haven’t really changed much, they take the easy option and look at it as a behavioural issue when they know there’s more to it,” she said.

Her child was out of school for a month while she was assessed and eventually granted funding for a teacher aide.

She has another child now who she believes may also be on the spectrum, and today she is still having problems, with a school recently asking her to pick up her child because she

was being disruptive.

“But I refused to ... I have always argued when kids are at school with behavioural problems the schools should be getting help for them, but they lack the funding to deal with that.”

She said ultimate responsibility lay with the Ministry of Education, but schools also needed to better train their teachers to deal with challenging pupils.

Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president Neil Simons said schools were dealing with more pupils “presenting issues” than ever before, but he believed schools were doing their best.

“The funds are extremely tight from the ministry and we do have to go in to battle sometimes.”

Mr Simons said high needs pupils may only get up to 15 hours of teacher aide funding a week, so schools may have to top up the remaining 15 hours with money from their operations grant.

The Ministry of Education said schools should come to them with their concerns, as they “usually jointly find a solution that works well for students and for the school”.

It said each year the Government spends approximately $530m on special education, of which almost $400m goes directly to schools and early childhood providers.

“We believe that the large amount of resources going into this area is being targeted effectively.”

Car crashes into club An elderly woman was injured when a car crashed into the Hawkes Bay Deaf Club yesterday afternoon. The woman’s car was believed to have crashed into the building on Lee Rd in Taradale, near Napier, about 12.40pm, a central ambulance communications spokesman said.

She was taken to the Taradale Medical Centre with minor injuries.

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Fire in medical centre A medical centre in Masterton damaged by fire might not be able to reopen for weeks. Patients and medical staff fled from a blaze at the Masterton Medical supersurgery on Tuesday night while flames tore through the roof and ceiling tiles melted to the floor.

A temporary clinic was being arranged across the road but those needing urgent medical attention should go to Masterton Hospital.

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WOW brings $22.6m Wellington’s World of Wearable Art brought in $22.6 million for local businesses last year, a market and economic assessment shows.

Commissioned by Wellington City Council and the World of Wearable Art (WOW), the assessment found more than 47,000 people attended a WOW show last year during the two-week September season. The $22.6m total was $7.5m more than in 2009.

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Top acts attracted by open air stage

Toxic algae warning

By susan sandys

Hurunui River users in North Canterbury have been warned of a potentially toxic blue-green algae. Canterbury District Health Board has warned people and animals, particularly dogs, to avoid the water in the Hurunui River.

Dr Alistair Humphrey, Canterbury Medical Officer of Health, says the cyanobacteria looks like dark brown to black mats and can produce toxins harmful to people and animals.

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Topp Lodge owners Lynda and Donna Topp are building a stage, and a performance empire, in their Staveley garden.

The couple have been flooded with requests from musicians since a summer season of performances at the lodge, topped off with a performance

by The Johnnies, an all-girl Johnny Cash band, in January.

Donna and Lynda Topp of Topp Lodge at Staveley will host a winter season of class acts on a stage they are building in their garden.

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“We got such a good feedback, we had artists ring us wanting to play here,” Donna said yesterday.

One thing led to another and next thing Donna was asking her builder nephew to construct an outdoor stage, which will be completed this weekend.

“It’s beautiful, it’s right in the garden,” she said.

The stage will be opened with a performance by Anika

Moa and Donna’s son Cameron Luxton on April 19.

Donna said Ms Moa had been impressed with Cameron’s talent and asked him to open for her.

He would also be performing with the Kiwi songwriting star for some items.

A winter season of shows will follow the April performance. Suzanne Lynch from 1980s duo The Chicks will play in June, Casey Thompson,

who opened for Sir Elton John when he last performed in New Zealand, will take the July slot, renowned country artist and song writer Al Hunter will perform in August, while Australasian fiddle player Marion Burns will entertain audiences in September.

While the large stage is covered, performances will be held on it depending on the weather.

Topp Lodge also features a large indoor performing area.

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■ ASHBURTON MEETING

In brief

Principals learn about clan labs

By Myles HuMe

Myles.h@theguardian.co.nz

Clan labs were one of the talking points at a recent Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association meeting.

The group invited Detective Mark Kolmer, of the Canterbury fraud squad, to speak at their monthly meeting last week, who informed them on the tell-tale signs of clandestine laboratories as police continue to crackdown on the illegal operations throughout the region.

“They thought it might be useful for me to visit.

“Given the fact that some principals of schools in their role visit the homes of their students it is something for them to be aware of,” he said.

Clan labs are hazardous because they can create toxic fumes, poisonous gases, burns and explosions.

Mr Kolmer said although he was not aware of any clan lab busts in Mid Canterbury during his two years in the role, it was important members of the public knew the signs so infor-

mation could be passed to the police.

He advised the principals of the equipment used in the clan labs which may be scattered about the home, strong odours, unusual stains and the harm the chemicals can have on people.

“Some of the equipment that is used to make methamphetamine can be available in school science departments, so it is important schools can account for their equipment,” Mr Kolmer said.

“Someone might be using

that equipment for illicit purposes, whether they are using it themselves or selling it on to others, it is something principals should probably be aware of.”

Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president Neil Simons said the presentation was worthwhile, despite no reports of local principals stumbling upon clan labs.

“I think it was very informative, when you have children at the heart of the matter, having the knowledge to protect them is quite invaluable.”

■ ASH DANCE 2014

Dancers strut their stuff for the judges Dancers from all genres descended on the Ashburton Trust Event Centre on Tuesday night.

A range of acts including CJ Reyes’ Dimple Crew took part in the annual Ash Dance 2014, seeing performances from contemporary dance and jazz to hip-hop.

Contemporary dancers Olivia Stewart and Jess Dray were the overall winners to the song Stay, while Olivia also claimed second prize with her solo performance to the song Heaven.

Multichoice, a group of Year nine pupils consisting of Hannah Wakelin, Tessa Inwood, Britney Moore, Mickayla Milmine and Lily Burdett, claimed third, performing to the song Like a Drum.

Judging dance teacher Justine Hanrahan and new college drama teacher Kylie Maddren were impressed by the talent, praising the number of Year nine acts.

A Christchurch bus driver was bashed, robbed, and spat at by three people late Tuesday night. Pierce Michael Harrison, a 23-year-old gib stopper, along with 17-year-olds Lucy Anne Hamilton and Riapo Piripi Tipene, robbed a driver aged in his 40s on Marine Parade in New Brighton about 11.30pm, police say. All three appeared in court yesterday.

While the males assaulted the bus driver the female grabbed the coin tray from the bus, and the group made off with a small amount of cash, police say. The three alleged offenders were located by a police dog unit and arrested nearby.

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■ RAKAIA SALMON FISHING COMPETITION

Entries down for this year’s event Low and clear water is believed to be behind fewer than usual registrations ahead of the annual Rakaia Salmon Fishing Competition.

The competition officially gets under way tonight, with a social event and pre-competition briefing, with the first fishing lines to hit the water before dawn tomorrow morning.

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The body of an elderly woman was found on Dunedin’s St Clair beach yesterday morning. The body was found near the wooden piles on the beach by a man walking his dog. The man contacted emergency services after discovering the body above the tideline just after 6am, Southern police district deployment coordinator Senior Sergeant Matt Scoles said. The death was not believed to be suspicious “at this point in time”.

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Christchurch Botanic Gardens have taken the top honour of Judges Supreme Award with their horticultural exhibit called Burn after Reeding at the Ellerslie International Flower Show. The display featured reeds and rushes in a contemporary setting with a hint of darkness. Convenor of Judges Andy Sturgeon said the display had brilliant composition, colour, texture and form. “High on horticulture, sculpture and drama with a strong and clever concept.”

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son said the entries were down a little, thought to be due to the river conditions.

“They have been fairly low for some time and the fresh that we hoped for hasn’t arrived,” Mrs Jackson said.

“But it’s not all about the fishing, it’s about the camaraderie and catching up and everything.”

It’s an event for young and old.

“Our limit is 750 seniors and there have been a few years over the past few years where

we have actually reached that number and had to close entries and have a waiting list,” Mrs Jackson said.

This year they’ll be lucky to reach 700 senior fishermen and women, while they’ll also be well under the limit of 150 juniors.

Many of those fishing will know the river well and have their secret spots lined up as they’ve been taking part since day one – almost 30 years ago.

Some of the original committee is also still there ensur-

ing the event – which has also attracted competitors from Australia and the North Island – ticks along smoothly.

Fishing can be done anywhere between the Rakaia River mouth and an area known as the White Posts just above the Rakaia Gorge.

All fish must be weighed in prior to the prizegiving at 1pm on Sunday at the Rakaia Community Centre.

The event’s MC will be radio personality Gary McCormick, back for his second turn as MC.

Two Invercargill men face charges after a logging truck was taken on a 50km joyride on Tuesday night. Senior Constable Murray Hewitson of Owaka police said two men broke into the smoko room of a transport yard in East Taieri, taking the keys to a fully laden logging truck and trailer. The pair drove the truck about 50km south on State Highway 1, before abandoning the truck and trailer in Stony Creek Rd, about 6km north of Balclutha, Mr Hewitson said. The truck was found at 5am, and the two men were found hitchhiking to Invercargill. The truck’s engine was damaged. Two Invercargill men, aged 20 and 23, were arrested and face charges of unlawfully taking a vehicle, burglary, theft from a vehicle, and breaching bail. - APNZ

NZ Post cuts jobs Up to 100 NZ Post jobs are to go in Wellington, it has been announced.

A spokesperson confirmed that the Petone call centre is to close, leading to the loss of 44 jobs, Newstalk ZB reported. Some 30 of those were expected to be relocated to either Christchurch or Auckland. Another 70 jobs are also expected to be axed from various back-office positions in Wellington.

NZ Post chairman Sir Michael Cullen said in November that up to 2000 jobs were expected to be axed.

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■ METHVEN CAR RALLY

Wolseleys always attract admirers

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If you’re a vintage car fan, then there’s nothing better than checking out what’s under the bonnet of a fellow vintage car owner’s vehicle.

From left Joe Barker, Colin Hey and Gary Wall take a close look at the inner workings of a vintage Wolseley.

A team of elderly Wolseleys, the oldest made in 1900, were in Ashburton this week as part of the national Wolseley rally based in Methven.

The vehicles can be spotted out and about on the district’s roads but the 1900 model will be travelling by trailer rather than under its own steam.

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Cocaine found

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A $1 million stash of cocaine found by chance in a shipping container in Christchurch was likely intended for European consumption, police say.

Police revealed yesterday that the three packages of the Class A drug - each weighing 1kg - were worth about $1.05 million on New Zealand streets.

But they believe the container was intended for the Dutch city of Rotterdam, and had been shipped around the world for up to a year before landing at Lyttelton and being sent for repair.

The cocaine was found at the Lyttelton Port Company’s Woolston depot.

Police and Customs officers were alerted after one of the packages containing white powder fell from a refrigeration unit inside an empty shipping container that was being repaired.

Two other packages were also discovered hidden in refrigeration ducts. - APNZ

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Leen Bell, Tracey Robertson, Shirley Merrilees, Emma Neumann, Maxine Muckle, Jo Jackson and Natasha Green celebrate their own flower show with a spot of high tea.

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Organiser Shirley Merrilees said each of the seven office ladies brought in a floral arrangement that was placed in the window of Neumann’s main reception area.

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he story of an Auckland school suspending a boy with Asperger’s syndrome will resonate with parents of children with special needs in Mid Canterbury.

A judge on Monday decided that the Green Bay High School decision to expel the student was illegal and that the 14-year-old should return to school.

The suspension occurred in July after the boy got into an argument with a teacher over riding a skateboard in class time.

New Zealand should be proud of its wonderful history of mainstream education that allows for children with all disabilities to attend school with their peers.

This principle has promoted an inclusive attitude in our society from an early age, educating children with disabilities but also teaching their peers about individuals with different needs.

Some children with special needs can attend schools without any fuss and with little adjustment for the school, teachers or families required.

Others, with either serious physical, intellectual or behavioural issues may not be so easy to include in a mainstream classroom. Some parents and disability advocates staunchly demand that every child in New Zealand should be enrolled in ordinary schools. This may have prompted the Government to close some special education schools, but for certain students these schools are the only realistic option.

The family teenager at Green Bay School does not feel he falls into that category, but he does have a behavioural disability that manifests itself when he is placed in a confrontational situation. The judge determined that the teacher should have known better than to chase the boy to grab his skateboard which escalated the situation.

The family claims the school simply used to incident to remove the boy from their care and sadly there are many schools in New Zealand that actively discourage disabled children from enrolling.

The judge’s decision will be a boost for those fighting for the rights of disabled students and will hopefully teach certain principals that education is not a privilege but a right for every student.

YOUR VIEW Animal welfare

Road signs

Why, after a complaint to the SPCA, some weeks ago and, more recently, dog control are there still issues with inadequate welfare for the dogs in question?

The Welfare Act states, animals must have adequate shelter, food and water.

The dog in question has still been tied to a tree without shelter.

The property is fenced with the gates left open, not an ideal situation for pedestrians when the dogs are not secured.

Can someone in authority please address these issues ASAP. Pete White-Driver

Please could the Ashburton District Council consider some road signs in the annual plan for areas off the beaten track.

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Cat photo Good work on behalf of St John trying to save someone’s beloved cat, but rather insensitive publishing photo.

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Apparently I do not exist

Yesterday’s result Q: Is $18.50 a realistic amount for minimum wage?

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’m used to rejection and being told no. I’m used to being ignored or having my opinion challenged. But this last week dealing with Not My Fault Pay has taken the rejection bar to a new low: nonexistence.

Our friends the Oompa Loompas at Noxious Pay, (I should stop calling them Oompa Loompas as that is a slight on our dear little friends with orange skin and green hair) have eagerly sent out a School Annual Accrual Report – SAAR. In fact they were so excited they sent out one to me and one to the chairperson.

The aim of the SAAR is to support the completion of your annual financial statements.

This is very serious stuff indeed, especially as all the political parties receive copies of our annual reports.

Imagine bachbench list MPs from Whakamatua reading how much we spent on Star of the Week Certificates and whiteboard markers – serious stuff !!

Well the SAAR lists payroll and financial data, including the pay of the school principal.

Peter Livingstone OUT OF SCHOOL

Now I have to quote what my SAAR said about my pay: “Estimated annual earnings for school principal: **Err-No Principal Found** including salary, taxable allowances and employer contribution to superannuation is $0.00.”

Disappointed I pondered the reality of my payslips that told me on a regular basis how much of my salary was deducted in income tax to pay for initiatives like charter schools.

Then in a burst of frenzied activity, akin to three pensioners walking to the library, Tweedledum and Tweedledee from No Chance of Pay sent a second email that day! Incredible productivity!

This email contained instructions and clarification to understand your SAAR. And there on page 4 under the section titled ‘How To Read

Your Report’, point 9 explains “Err-No Principal Found.” It seems there are two reasons for this. They are: 1) There was more than one principal during the year. Nope, I have been here since 2009 and intend to be here for all of this year.

Here’s the second reason: 2) There is currently no principal on record for your school.

So there you go – I don’t exist. Even though every fortnight Nearly Got It Right Pay have been sending me reports about our payroll with a separate section listing me as the principal.

I must say it hasn’t been difficult to maintain this state of non-existence.

I have turned up to work, been to meetings, ranted like Rumpelstiltskin in the paper about said pay company and generally got on with being a school principal.

And being in a state of non-existence does have its advantages. When the special biscuits go missing in the staffroom, no-one blames me.

Or when I forgot to be on duty, no-one corners me and tells me I should have been out deal-

ing with girls who decided they didn’t want to be friends anymore. But best of all – I didn’t write this column taking the mickey out of Novopay – because they know that I don’t exist.

Now I will go back to my other existence as principal.

Back to supporting teachers worrying over the progress their children are making.

Supporting and guiding the board of trustees as they work through the Strategic Plan.

Supporting my wonderful school secretary who has battled with Novopay to have a teacher paid, after they were paid nothing for three weeks work this year.

And best of all, working with children as they try to come to terms with this part of life we call schooling.

Every time they call out ‘Hi Mr Livingstone’ it confirms to me – I exist!

Peter Livingstone is the principal of Tinwald School. The views expressed in this column are his and do not represent the views of his school, the Ashburton Guardian or the Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association

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■ RUSSIA

Bid to calm Ukraine tensions World powers have sought to ease tensions over Ukraine as the country’s interim authorities grappled with the threat of economic collapse and separatism after the dramatic ouster of pro-Moscow president Viktor Yanukovych.

Russia softened its angry tone over the sudden, weekend regime change in Ukraine, while senior EU and US diplomats visited the ex-Soviet country that Yanukovych had tried to steer towards Moscow but whose new leaders have tilted firmly towards the West.

Frantic talks took place between US, European and Russian diplomats as Ukraine appealed for $42 billion in aid to avoid bankruptcy and interim president Oleksandr Turchynov warned of a secessionist threat.

The European Union had said it stood ready to give conditional financial assistance to Ukraine.

“In several regions of Ukraine there are very dangerous signs of separatism,” Turchynov told parliament, voicing

In brief Afghanistan exit threat President Barack Obama threatened to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan by the end of this year if a crucial security pact is not signed — and he ordered the Pentagon to accelerate planning for just that scenario. At the same time Obama indicated he was willing to wait his mercurial counterpart out and sign a security agreement with a new Afghan president after April elections. That would allow the US to keep as many as 10,000 troops in the country.

-AP

Freedom for IRA man

Tensions are building in the Crimea, where ethnic Russians who make the majority of the local population are deeply suspicious of the new Ukrainian authorities.

- AP

fears that the pro-Russia east could push for partition after a pro-Western administration took charge of the country following months of protests.

Russia had initially reacted with fury to the weekend’s rapid-fire political changes brought about by last week’s clashes that left nearly 100 dead - accusing the new leadership of waging an “armed mutiny”.

But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sought to soften the tone, saying Ukraine should not be forced to choose between Russia and the West.

“We confirmed our principled position of non-intervention in Ukraine’s internal affairs,” Lavrov said. “We are interested in Ukraine being part of the European family, in all senses of the word,” he said. “It is dan-

gerous and counter-productive to force Ukraine into a choice.”

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton also sought to calm tensions during a press conference in Kiev.

“We offer support, not interference for the future,” Ashton said in a bid to downplay claims that the West wants to bring Ukraine into its sphere of influence.

- AFP

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■ NIGERIA

Dozens killed in school attack Islamic militants set fire to a locked dormitory at a school in northern Nigeria, then shot and slit the throats of students who tried to escape through windows during a pre-dawn attack Tuesday. At least 58 students were killed, including many who were burned alive.

They “slaughtered them like sheep” with machetes, and gunned down those who ran away, said one teacher, Adamu Garba.

Soldiers guarding a checkpoint near the coed government school were mysteriously withdrawn hours before it was targeted by the militants, said the spokesman for the governor of northeastern Yobe state.

Female students were spared in the attack, said the spokesman, Abdullahi Bego, though girls and women have been abducted in the past by militants of the Boko Haram movement.

This time, the insurgents went to the

female dormitories and told the young women to go home, get married and abandon the Western education they said is anathema to Islam, Bego said. All of the dead were teenage boys or young men.

Local officials buried the bodies of 29 victims and another 29 were taken to Damaturu Specialist Hospital, according to the hospital records and an Associated Press reporter who went to the mortuary. Most of the victims appeared to be between 15 and 20 years old, Bego said.

Eleven wounded survivors of the attack were being treated at the hospital.

Touring the smoldering ruins Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam decried the government’s failure to protect the population.

“It is unfortunate that our children in schools are dying from lack of adequate protection from the federal government,” Gaidam told reporters.

- AP

An Irish Republican Army veteran charged with the IRA killing of four soldiers in London’s Hyde Park in 1982 has been freed from custody after a judge ruled that the British government misled the man into thinking he could travel to England without fear of arrest. London High Court Justice Nigel Sweeney found Britain’s Northern Ireland Office in 2007 provided John Downey with a confidential document promising him he was not wanted for any outstanding IRA crimes. The judge said Northern Ireland police knew that their London counterparts still wanted to arrest Downey and soon recognised the mistake in the government’s letter to Downey, but failed to tell anyone to retract the letter.

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■ A2 MILK CORPORATION

Gearing up to expand into US

By Christopher AdAms

The A2 Corporation is making a move into the US fresh milk market.

country.

“We’ve already been talking with farmers,” he said.

“We’ve been talking to potential players who can assist us in contract manufacturing and distribution.”

Babidge said it was too early to say when sales might kick off

in America.

“We’re starting to engage with [US] retailers,” he said.

“We believe the product will be positively received by the retailers.”

The company will promote its milk at a major food show in Anaheim, California, next month.

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■ GOVERNMENT SELL-OFF

Compiled by

The Government anticipates that by selling a smaller stake in Genesis it could increase the price by offering fewer shares to more bidders.

owned enterprises or mixed ownership companies - either this term or after the election,” English said, reiterating earlier comments by Prime Minister John Key. “We’ve achieved what we wanted to with the share offers in energy companies and Air New Zealand.”

The remaining state-owned enterprises are a combination of small entities, natural monopolies or companies in sectors that are unsuitable for future share offers, English said.

The government anticipates that selling a smaller stake in Genesis in a front-end bookbuild could increase the price by offering fewer shares to more

bidders, English said. A decision on how much of the company is to be sold will be made ahead of the offer.

Genesis is the country’s largest power company by customer numbers but the smallest of the partial privatisations by asset value. New Zealand retail investors in Genesis will be offered loyalty bonus shares and a simpler investment statement detailing the offer, English said.

MightyRiverPower listed in May at $2.50 and recently traded at $2.06.

Meridian’s instalment receipts listed in October at $1 and recently traded at $1.055.

- APNZ

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New Zealand’s government will sell down 30 to 49 per cent of its holding in Genesis Energy and list the power company on the nation’s share market in April, marking the end of its spate of partial asset sales over the past year as a general election looms.

Genesis shares will be priced at the start of the initial public offer period in March, in what is known as a front-end bookbuild, Finance Minister Bill English said in a speech in Auckland yesterday.

That will provide more certainty for investors and allow sharebrokers to bid for the stock at the same time as institutional investors, creating stronger competition, English said.

The government has previously said it expected to reap between $700 million and $1.1 billion from the sale of 49 per cent of Genesis, following on from last year’s partial privatisation of MightyRiverPower and Meridian Energy, and a reduction in its holding in national carrier Air New Zealand.

So far, the government has raised about $4 billion, reducing its overseas debt requirements and helping fund schools, hospitals and faster broadband, English said yesterday.

“The government won’t be selling any more shares in state-

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selected to produce A2 beta-casein protein, which is claimed to provide health benefits over the more common A1 variety.

Babidge said the company had identified A2 cows it could source its milk from in the US and was close to establishing a subsidiary company in that

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NZX-listed alternative dairy company A2 Corporation is gearing up to expand its fresh milk business to the United States and says its infant formula launch in China is progressing, with distribution arrangements in place in 13 Chinese provinces.

Managing director Geoffrey Babidge said the United States had the potential to become a bigger market for A2’s fresh milk than Australia, where the company estimates its fresh milk now has market share of 8 per cent, by value, of the grocery channel.

“The product is very attractive and the demographic [in the US] is very interested in innovative, healthy and natural food,” Babidge said.

“We are very positive about the opportunity in North America, particularly the US.” A2 sources its milk from cows

A2 yesterday announced a 22 per cent lift in half-year sales to $54 million, while earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (ebitda) - before share of associate earnings - fell to $2.6 million from $3.4 million a year earlier.

Marketing costs in the six months to December 31 increased by $3.2 million, largely because of launch costs for A2’s Platinum infant formula brand in China, New Zealand and Australia.

A2 shares, which have gained nearly 80 per cent in the past year, were up 4.3 per cent at 97c just before midday.

Babidge said A2’s Chinese infant formula sales were “starting to build”.

The company’s baby milk brand is contract manufactured

by Canterbury dairy processor Synlait and A2 has secured state-owned China State Farm as its Chinese distributor.

- APNZ

 NZX 50 index

4,973.2

+5.69

+0.11%

 NZX 20 index

3,899.97

–0.52

–0.01%

 NZX All index

5,325.41

+3.36

 Rises 50

+0.06%

 Falls 45

WORLD MARKETS

 S&P/ASX 200 index

5,437.0

+3.2

+0.06%

At close of trading on February 26, 2014

 Dow Jones Indust.

16,179.66 –27.48 –0.17%

At close of trading on February 25, 2014

 FTSE 100 index

6,830.5

–35.36

–0.52%

At close of trading on February 25, 2014

 Nikkei 225 index

14,970.97 –80.63 –0.54%

At close of trading on February 26, 2014

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

 Gold

1,339.0

London – $US/ounce

+4.25

 Silver

21.73

+0.32%

London – $US/ounce

–0.32

–1.45%

 Copper London – $US/tonne

7,115.0

–15.0

–0.21%

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Source: BNZ

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his year celebrates the 140th Annual Temuka and Geraldine A & P Associations Winchester Show. It is an amazing tribute to all the past and present committee members, presidents and volunteers that it continues to be as strong today as it is.

Saturday’s show will show case a combination with the days gone past with the best today has to offer. We have used the 140th anniversary as our theme “Vintage” and have activities through out the day and exhibitions in the sheds.

On offer for those not competing to get involved in is our revamped talent quest Winchester’s Got Talent which kicks off around 11am. After lunch in our main ring is our star attraction, Sonia Duncan.

This amazing women will complete astounding stunts on her horse at high speed. She has to be seen to be believed.

We will have plenty of rides and attractions for the kids and adults alike with the pioneer bikes showing off their skills all day. Their team includes a world champ.

Also on offer will be trade

sites galore with anything on sale from merino socks to wooden toys, motorbikes to irrigation systems. And if you’re hungry we promise our food vendors will cater to all with anything on offer from hot chips to whitebait patties.

We are incredibly lucky to have such a strong local support at our show with many business’s sponsoring us with not only funds, but prizes and hardworking bodies.

So come one and all to the A & P show on Saturday. Gates open at 8am and there will be plenty for all to see and do.

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Everything on Matt Lovett’s custom-built effluent spreader is big.

In a job when every minute counts, the Joskin Euroliner spreader’s bigger tank, bigger pump and 18-metre boom speeds the job up considerably.

The machine is the biggest in the country and was imported from Belgium by Murray Implements. It landed at Lyttelton on Saturday.

“We had to take the tractor up to the port to pick it up,” Mr Lovett said.

Fresh off the boat, the spreader was already at work on a Mid Canterbury dairy farm on Tuesday, and living up to expectations.

The high spec machine was ordered in August, with added features like an articulated, turbo filling arm to access aboveground tanks, auto-lube and a hydraulic mixer in the tank.

Using hoses to dribble the effluent on to the paddocks works well on Canterbury’s stony soils.

“Five days later the grass will be growing and you wouldn’t know we’d been there,” Mr Lovett said.

Each cow produces about 40 litres of effluent a day, and while most of this lands directly in the paddocks, farmers have to store manure dumped in the dairy yard in effluent ponds.

Using this effluent slurry as a fertiliser makes perfect sense, but until recently there’s been a lot of guesswork in knowing what the nutrient content is and what rate to spread it at.

Mr Lovett analyses a sample from each pond, so the farmer knows the nutrient value, and the

new spreader is programmed to deliver a precise amount based on this information.

While spreading effluent doesn’t come cheap, it alleviates the need for additional fertiliser,

and empties the pond, off-setting the costs.

And with the capacity of three septic tank trucks, a fill time of about four minutes and six minutes to discharge the spreader

gets the job done quickly.

“We have to get in and out quickly because the sheds are still being used, and there’s more effluent coming in – they (farmers) don’t want us in their way,” Mr

Lovett said. Mr Lovett has been in the business for about two and a half years, and has clients across Canterbury, including three who have indoor milking operations.

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Inspiration for dairy farming women Food personality Nadia Lim and motivational speaker Darryl Sabin will challenge dairying women to live their lives to the fullest by nurturing both mind and body at this year’s Dairy Women’s Network’s conference.

“Even when I was 12 years old I knew the best food came from our own garden and I stand strong by this philosophy – eat food from the ground, sea or sky, and don’t tamper with it; what nature provides is nutritious and delicious as it is,” Ms Lim said.

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“I played rugby since I could walk and I was good at it.

“The concussions started when I was 15 and everyone told me to stop playing, including my dad. But I had my dream to become an All Black. I really should have listened to my dad,” Darryl said.

When his brain started bleeding on Anzac Day 2009 Darryl

fell into a coma and couldn’t be revived.

The doctors said he wouldn’t survive. His father Mike refused to accept that.

His presentation Get Busy Living captures his rehabilitation journey with inspiring video footage and a heartfelt summation of five life lessons he has learned along the way.

Other key note speakers include managing director of Fisher Funds Carmel Fisher, ASB chief executive Barbara Chapman and sports psycholo-

gist David Galbraith.

The third Dairy Woman of the Year award winner will be announced at the conference gala dinner and will be awarded a position on the prestigious Women in Leadership 12-month programme run by Global Women, worth $25,000.

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An American scientist checks his smart phone to watch as a corn trial plot is sown in Alabama, during a presentation in the Hotel Ashburton.

Not only can Dr John Fulton see how much progress has been made, he can also see the input applications, seed population and any deviations in spacing, along with many more data layers.

Dr Fulton, from Auburn University, specialisies in precision agriculture and was in Ashburton to talk to farmers on Tuesday morning, courtesy of the Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) and the New Zealand Centre for Precision Agriculture.

He says data is the future of agriculture and the US is spending millions, attracting investors like Google to invest in data space.

“At Auburn University we build information for farmers, by educating consultants, running farmer workshops and offering on-farm assistance and research, and bringing technology on to farms to engage farmers a lot more about data management,” Dr Fulton said.

“Farmers need to get interested in data management to drive decisions and invest in technology.

“Data is the number one discussion in the US, where the goal is to double production by 2050, by increasing yield and production – the environmental stuff is coming but not to the level New Zealand deals with. We don’t have the regulations

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Dr Fulton said in the future agricultural data will be crucial to farm management and farmers without the data will not be able to prove sustainable management practices and could be shut out of markets.

Agricultural data services, such as those driven by Monsanto and John Deere, are forcing farmers into data space – the big question is ownership.

“Farmers own the data – the question is ownership versus licensing, if Monsanto owns the licence the data automatically goes to Monsanto’s cloud – the licence allows them full access,” Dr Fulton said.

“Data streams and connectivity mean machine and agronomy data is flowing between compatible bases and clouds.

“Every machine has a modem from which they can peel data off. You need to think about how it could be used against you.”

Dr Fulton said farmer groups in the US were looking at ways to put some regulations around data use to protect privacy.

It is already possible to buy remote sensor imagery which details how much crop a farmer has in, the varieties and the potential yield and how much is in the silos.

“If I can fly over your farm and collect that data, who would own it?” he asked.

In the worst case scenario, such information could be used to influence markets, he said.

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1 Which district was rated as the most populated in the last census? a. Methven b. Tinwald c. Hinds 2 A Hollywood movie starring Chris Pine and Amanda Seyfried has been filmed where? a. Banks Peninsula b. Mt Cook c. Oamaru 3 What is a ‘moped’? a. An instrument to decorate cakes b. A small motorbike c. A seventies hairstyle 4 Which bird, thought to be extinct, has recently been classified as surviving? a. Huia b. North Island Warbler c. South Island Kokako 5 – Fiano is a kind of … a. cheese b. quiche c. wine 6 Valerie Adams is sister of NBA basketballer Steven Adams a. True b. False 7 A new version of which B movie classic has recently been released? a. Terminator b. Robocop c. Conan the Barbarian 8 Which British TV personality was recently knighted? a. Simon Cowell b. Michael Palin c. Tony Robinson

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exus’ new ES300h is seriously comfortable, impressively quiet, loaded with gear and decidedly frugal on fuel!

These front -drive ES’s, are Lexus’ entry level, luxury sedans. They are priced from $80,995 for the 300h.

Engine options are either the 2.5-litre petrol-electric hybrid as driven or a 3.5-litre, petrol V6 for the ES350. There are Limited versions of both.

These cost an extra $14,000 and get a three-zone air-con, add cooling to the heated front seats and a concert class, 15 speaker Mark Levinson surround sound system and more.

ES’s are larger than the more sporty IS cars, but similar in size to the rear-drive GS models The previous ES looked similar to, and indeed were pretty much refined Camrys.

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and body for maximum space, refinement and comfort.

While they front up with the now distinctive Lexus family grille the, they have a “Euro” look about them with nicely flared wheel arches and sculpted sides.

And while the German competition offers a classy array of diesels, Lexus offers none, preferring to take a different approach to economy with premium, petrol-electric hybrids.

This hybrid system consists of the 2.5-litre petrol engine and an electric motor working together to provide a combined output of 151kW. This drives through a vibe free, step-less, continuously variable transmission. It does its job really

well, but there is a sequential manual shift together with sports modes if required.

Left to itself there’s an always-willing response and always a very usable amount of power both at cruise and on call for prompt overtaking.

From standstill 100kmh can be achieved in 8.5 seconds.

The petrol engine only sounds busy when hurried and the electric motor, naturally is almost silent.

For its size the ES hybrid is very frugal fuel-wise, with Lexus rating it at 5.5 litres/100km overall.

With my ever-varied driving, the com-

puter average was 6.6l/100km and a 950km range. And of course there’s no RUCs to pay!

While the ES’s dynamics are comfort focused and deliver with a really plush ride, it is very well mannered through corners and the extra weight of the battery pack is not noticed.

The electric steering is very user friendly around town and it firms up sufficiently at speed.

Although not giving much in the way of “feel” it’s predictable and adds to the ES’ overall very easy driving nature and straight-line stability.

At cruise and under normal acceleration it’s super quiet.

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Famous Lotus returns home Roger Hart

Which is of course what one expects when travelling in the typically Lexus, VIP cabin with its impeccable décor, fit and finish, complete with soft-touch surfaces, loads of gear and quality leather furnishings.

With lots of power adjustments the driver’s seat is easy to set up.

There’s expectedly abundant space and cosseting comfort both front and rear.

The combination of this, the hushed ride and with the power rear window sunshade in place, seemed to habitually encourage snoozing passengers.

Meanwhile the driver appreciates the efforts made to make all the controls, info and communications systems so easy to see on the large screens and dials.

I particularly liked the easy operation of those various functions care of the “mouse-like” multi controller, the touch sensitive metal bars to change the temperature and

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the analogue clock.

This is completed by the sat-nav, a reversing camera, smart entry/engine start, the impressive standard sound system and sunroof.

Luggage-wise the power operated boot-lid discloses a practical 425-litres of space, so it’s not tightened up too much by the battery pack and you do have the reassurance of a full sized spare.

Safety-wise all ES’s in addition to vehicle stability/traction control and 10 air-bags have front and rear sensors, the reversing camera and blind spot monitors together with the maximum 5 star rating.

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lassic Team Lotus, the historic and classic car division of the legendary UK sportscar and motorsport company, has welcomed back to its original Team Lotus workshops at Hethel the extraordinary Lotus type 56 which in 1968 so nearly won the World’s greatest race; the Indianapolis 500.

Extraordinary is the word for this wedge shaped, gas turbine powered, four wheel drive rocketship. In 1968 Colin Chapman had already established a reputation for innovation in motorsport but, even so, the World was amazed by the type 56.

The gas turbine produced ideal horsepower for the Indianapolis circuit. It did not need a traditional cooling radiator and this enabled

a striking wedge shape which reduced both drag and positive lift over the bodywork.

If it was amazing just to look at when it was on the track it blew everyone away, flying past with barely a whisper from the turbine engine.

The drivers were intimidated to begin with, by the creaks and groans of a racing car which normally were drowned out by a roaring engine.

Team Lotus built four type 56s at Hethel; tragically one was written-off in a fatal testing accident for Mike Spence.

The Andy Granatelli STP Racing team ran a car for Joe Leonard while Team Lotus ran Works cars for Graham Hill and Art Pollard.

Leonard and Hill qualified on the front row and looked good for victory.

But winning the Indy 500 is never easy and so it proved, with an off for Hill, and almost simultaneous fuel pump failures for Leonard (when all set to win) and Pollard – with just nine laps to go.

Clearly the Lotus was set to dominate Indy car racing and the authorities were not keen on the prospect. After much political manoeuvring the rules were changed to limit the power of gas turbine engines such that they were rendered uncompetitive.

Happily the significance of the cars means they survive to this day, and the new American owner has made the excellent decision to return his 56 to running condition and elected to send her home for restoration by Classic Team Lotus.

FINALE I’ll close as I started by repeating that Lexus’s new ES300h is seriously comfortable, impressively quiet, loaded with gear and decidedly frugal on fuel!

As well, my passengers felt rather spoilt riding therein and volunteered for more!

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And for the daring even further!

For its four-wheel drive capabilities are further enhanced by a Torsen LSD with difflock.

As well there’s, hill-start/ downhill assist systems and traction control.

As well its Kinetic Dynamic Suspension System which is designed to help on and off road performance means this Prado, with its almost Lexus quality, seven-seat cabin, powerful, torquey V6, is a relaxed and quiet highway cruiser, yet equally in its element on secondary roads and tracks.

It’s a great cross country express!

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www.guardianonline.co.nz Allenton Croquet Club There was a good attendance at our recent meeting. Members have been busy playing club competition games; flag matches as well as visiting other South Canterbury clubs for tournaments.

Some members have played in national tournaments as well as annual tournaments in Timaru.

Recently the club travelled to Methven to play in the annual Rawlinson Tray event. It is always a lovely day up there, close to the mountains.

The club has sent a congratulatory note to Croquet NZ on the National team winning the International MacRobertson Shield played recently in New Zealand.

The annual Garden walk fundraiser was held recently and was very successful.

Three lovely gardens in Tinwald were visited and the sales table at the clubhouse afterwards was well patronized.

Our annual fun night quiz is to be held on Friday, May 2 starting at 7-30pm.

Start organising your team. There are prizes, raffles, supper and the promise of an enjoyable evening.

Our lawns are in wonderful order thanks to Richard and with his and Trevor’s help our gardens are in good shape.

Tony Blain, Colin Bird, Annette Blain, John Lilley, John Smart, Ian Blackwood, Anne Gowan, Roger Herriot and John Bell. Finals date to be advised.

The visit to Cashmere Club is 25th March at a cost of $15 - names to be on board please. More info later. Hubert is selling tickets for the dinner on closing day, cost is $10. Please contact him if you will be attending.

Ladies drawn fours was played over 3 games of 10 ends. Winners were Margaret Eder, Gillian Kelly, Shirley Johnston and Ollie Collins with two wins and 1 draw. Congratulations ladies.

The re-scheduled drawn triples are to be played on March 18, names on the sheet in the ladies room. We still need a couple more to make up the teams.

To those of you ill and infirm our thoughts are with you and we wish you all a speedy return to good health. Till we meet again on the greens cheerio to all.

Ashburton Club and MSA

Golf Section Sunday February 16th our golf section played at the Ashburton Golf Club a match against the R.S.A golf section for the Don Kenny (men) Bevan Worsfield(women) trophies. The M.S.A Allenton Outdoor Bowling came out on top for both trophies with Club an average of 34.0 to 32.0 men, 34.6 to Progressive Pairs: 01/02/14 Leads: 1st 33.0 to the women .Well done members Barrie Hunt, 2nd Maureen Knox, Skips: who participated.

1st Ken McLaren, 2nd Alan McIntosh.

Best scores for our section were men 08/02/14 Leads: 1st Bruce Hopwood, Rodney Harris 40 stablefords Lindsay 2nd Bruce Boothroyd. Skips: 1st Jackson37 Eddie Tulip37, women Trish Alan McIntosh, 2nd Marius Cabout.

Cates 39 Pat Bell 38 Lyn Bird 36 Trish 15/02/14 Leads: 1st Barry Molloy, 2nd Clarke 36 Brian Marsden. Skips: 1st Tom SutTwo’s Trish Cates ton, 2nd Alan McIntosh. 22/02/14 Nearest the pin No.14 Joan Undy No. 4 Leads: 1st Barrie Hunt, 2nd Bruce BooBrent Smith throyd. Skips: Ant McGirr, 2nd Alan Next outing for our club is at Maungati McIntosh. Corner To Corner Ant McGolf Club Sunday 9th March .Please put Girr. Tuesday Night Pairs: 04/02/14 names up on notice board and check out 1st M.Lawson, M.Smallridge. 2nd: departure time and if lunch is available A.McIntosh, L.Tarbotton. 3rd: R.Coyle, R.Smitheram. 4th: M.Anderson, C.Bird. Ashburton Electronic KeySponsor: Wolfson Casing Co. 11/02/14 board & Organ Club 1st: G.Bishop, L.Neal. 2nd: S.Doig, J.Drayton. 3rd: C.Bird, S.Crack. 4th: Rose, Audrey & Fairlie were the HostessJ.Cartwright, A.Sargisson. Aggregate: es for this evening our first for the year.

1st: Winham/Harper 2nd: Anderson/ Lorraine Boud started the evening with playing in on the piano, a great selection Crack/Bird, 3rd: Bishop/Neal Sponsor: Wolfson Casing Co. 06/02/14 of music that had a number of people singing along.

Motz Trophy: 1st: G.Bishop, R.Bennett, At 8pm Michael welcomed us all includI.Kaye, A.Sargisson. 2nd: R.Gutberlet, D.Gutberlet, G.Crack, M.Quinn. 3rd: ing two visitors.

G,Eder, M.Eder, S.Maw, W.Lee. Sponsor: Notices given were Karen Smith’s afterALT 18/02/14 Barr Memorial: 1st: noon on February 19.

B.Holdom, B.Ravenscroft, D.Thomas. In March we are having a visit from the 2nd: A.McIntosh, B.Molloy, M.Reid. North Shore Club so everyone will be 3rd: A.McGirr, T.Johnson, B.Hopwood. rung re the events for this weekend 15Once again our grateful thanks goes to 17 March. our terrific Sponsors and please support The North Shore Group are entertaining at the RSA on the Saturday, and them at all times. Whew! Well Bowled everyone and well entered in all events. on Sunday we are having an afternoon at Michael and Judy Kingsbury’s home, It has been a very full programme and to continue getting the support we do is including dinner and on Monday Club night the Visitors are joining us at the great. Well Done. Catch you next week.

Snr. Centre for our night.

Michael then handed the evening back Ashburton Bowling Club to our hostesses.

We have had a few winners in foreign circles. At Hinds the Ladies fours Gloria Fairlie introduced Elizabeth McCormick who played Cheery Blossom, Yellow Hawkins, Gladys Body, Relda PrenderBird, Side by Side and On the Street gast and Jo Dennis finished 3rd with 2 where you Live. Well done Elizabeth. wins. At Methven the Lock Cup Murray Anderson with Murray Smallridge, Irene Williams and Bev French followed on piano and accordion with My CathRay Milne and Peter Whinham were the erdral, I really don’t want to know and winners. Friday Triples at Ashburton, 2 local teams were in the winning circle. More Beer. It was nice to hear the two George Crack, Ian Blackwood and Barry instruments together.

O’Sullivan had 3 wins 16 ends and 36 Lorraine Pluck than gave us a couple of stories. points. In 5th place Jo Dennis, Heather Janet Smith was next to go on stage Goodall and Heather Mowatt scored with 2 wins 1 draw and 16 ends and 34 with My little corner of the World: I’ll be seeing you, then a change of beat with points. Well done all.

Auntie Alice and Among my Souvenirs.

The rescheduled visit of RSA Indoor Bowlers saw over 20 visitors who came Next to entertain was Margaret Twamley to try our greens and in mixed teams. and Bev French on organ and piano.

Trophies of tins of fruit for their efforts They played There goes my everything, Between two trees (or to quote Bev. Bewere given to three teams. The aftertween two knees) and A mother’s love’s noon was completed with a tasty aftera blessing. Raffles came next, congratunoon tea and grateful complements to lations to all the winners. Bernard Redthe organisers.

We were very pleased to see a good decliffe was next on the organ with Carcrowd of our own members turn up to oline Bay, Vienna Forever, and favourites of his Snow Waltz and Sweethearts in help with the day. the spring.

The Ladies Trust Triples was played and We then had another couple of stories 22 teams turned out for the day. Local from Lorraine Pluck. Neil White was next players of Gloria, Relda and Joyce Gray to entertain with Entertainor, Stardust, were 2nd, Diane, Gillian and Ollie 3rd Top of the World and Old Cape Cod, and and Gladys, Lois and Ursula 5th. The rafnot one piece of music to be see. Ron fle was well supported.

Greygoose and Lorraine accompanied Corner to Corner has been run on 10 ocby Audrey sang Serenade of the Bells, casions and the finals will be held before The Old Master Painter from Faraway the end of the season.

Finalists so far are Barry McLauchan, Hill.

Our evening then finished with Irene Williams on the accordion playing Mario Moments, Venetic Clocken and Come Back Paddy Reilly. A good evening had by all. Michael thanked the Hostess’s and everyone who played and supper was served.

Ashburton Golf Club A great weekend just passed on the Brandon course, with a wonderful field and a full club house enjoying the inaugural Harvey Norman Classic. I think everyone liked the new format; I got a lot of positive feed back from golfers of varying abilities.

A massive thank you has to go to Dean, Brad and their staff at Harvey Norman; they gave us great the support with their sponsorship, and the pillows were a super addition.

Also thanks to all our other sponsors whose names are on display in the clubhouse, please read the list and support them when you can.

Thanks have to go as well to all the helpers, committee’s, and staff who have put in a lot of effort over the past months to make sure the event went well, these tournaments don’t just happen, a lot of work has to be done, you can all give yourself a pat on the back.

Take five minutes break, then we can jump back on board for the Lefti’s tourney. The course has been closed this week for maintenance, but will be open again for Friday night golf, Saturday we have a stableford round, and Sunday is a mixed day featuring the White trophy, everyone welcome to the mixed day if your in the trophy or not, come down and we will fix you up with a game.

Please note that I have had to make a change to the calendar, on March 29 we had the club champs’ 1st knockout round.

We have now found out that this clashed with the Tinwald 3500, so we have moved the Club champs to the 5th of April, therefore allowing our members to support our good neighbours over the bridge. Sorry for any inconvenience this alteration may cause to anyone. Good golfing.

Ashburton Pakeke Lions Club The February meeting for Ashburton Pakeke Lions took the form of an outing into the Ashburton backcountry. Two buses transported the 70 members up through Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mt Somers, into the Ashburton Gorge up to Erewhon Station.

Noel Lowe and other former residents of the Districts pointed out familiar landmarks as we travelled inland. There were an amazing number of members who had connections with the areas On entering the gorge Alastair Urquhart, a well known former resident of the Ashburton Gorge and Meredith Lowe who was familiar with the area identified points of interest and historic landmarks such as the early lime works, the lucrative coal mine, and names of stations and families who were once owners and occupiers . There are many stories that have come from the pioneering days that make up its colourful history.

Of particular interest from the modern era is how Mt Sunday become world famous. How once the meeting place for early residents so named because they met to socialise on a Sunday suddenly became famous.

The small nuggety knob in the Mt Potts area became the set for the village of Endoras in one of the Lord of the Rings movies. One Pakeke member who had participated in the filming as a ‘film extra’ described the scene as it had been and of the interesting time that he experienced. Not all in the film industry is glamorous!

Once into the gorge proper we encountered one of its climatic trademarks, the giant nor’wester. The scenery from the bus was spectacular all the way up to Erewhon Station. The current owner, a well known breeder of draught horses demonstrated a team working the traditional way and some were able the to enjoy a wagon ride behind the team of large horses.

Refreshments were a welcome respite from the wind.

Our tour took us back to Mt Potts where we were hosted for a sumptuous meal

of roast lamb followed by a talk from Alastair Urquhart on his experiences and the ups and downs from days gone by living in isolation far from civilisation.

The amazing day concluded with notices and reminders particularly of the Charity Auction and grateful thanks to the organisers of our day out. Special thanks to Alastair and Meredith for providing us with comprehensive notes to remind us of our day.

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bowls have been played to reach this ultimate goal Ladies Juniors Singles won by Glenda Ryan runner up Di Callaghan Pairs won by Di Callaghan and Lyn Fensom Open Ladies Singles Final still to be played between Melva Middleton (2 Lives) and Ruth Smith Ashburton Writers’ Group Pairs The February meeting of the Ashburton Won by Melva Middleton and Wendy Writers’ Group was held recently. John Suttie against Maureen Sullivan and spoke of the Treaty of Waitangi. The As- Raiona Isherwood. signment for the meeting was to write a Triples poem – rhyming or not. Members wrote Won by Maureen Sullivan, Raiona Isherof The Sea and Me, Apocalypse, House wood and Melva Middleton against Ruth Hunting, 30 Today, Wairarapa Trip and Smith Wendy Blackwell and Mary Stone scorched green hills. The instant exerFours cise was to write about what irritates us Final yet to be played between about speech today. Members wrote Maureen Sullivan, Raioan Isherwood of text language, on the flip side, “New Melva Middleton and Wendy Suttie V Zealand”, the use of the words “like”, Ruth Smith, Wendy Blackwell, Wendy “you know”, “basically” and “I myself”. Carter and Mary Stone This exercise caused a lot of lively disCongratulations to all winners to date. cussion.

Men Champs still have a lot of games to The meeting concluded at 2.50pm with play but results of finished sections the serving of afternoon tea.

Colts pairs won by Rob Fensom and Jim The assignment for the March meeting is Lattimore to write a crime story.

Junior men Visitors are welcome to the meetings, Pairs won by Ivan Syme and Andy Gorplease phone Rae at 308 8927. man Triples won by Ivan Syme Rob Fensom College Cricket Club and Jeff Limbrick Green put up a great fight against Lau- Open Men riston last weekend. Lauriston racked up Pairs won by Craig Carter and Simon 239, thanks mainly to Caleb Early who Fleetwood against Brent Mayson and notched up 116. Connor Wilson was the Bruce Harper. best of Green’s bowlers picking up 4/40, Triples won By Craig Carter Jeff Nowell Matthew Begg returned to the game to and Simon Fleetwood. snare a couple of wickets and William Congratulations to these winners.

Tod also got one.

Other club winners If only Green had a few more overs Alan Hill and Bruce Redmond, plus Alan they fell agonisingly close and finished Smith and Rob Fensom have won a at 229/7 after 40 overs. Both Wilson round in Timpson Trophy (70) and Tod (35 not out) continued Craig Carter and Joyce Thomas 2 wins their good form with the bat. Harry Ferand Alan Hill and Glenda Ryan have won guson chimed in with 28. rounds in the Hart Trophy Gold also posted a good total against an Friday at Hinds triples Brent Mayson under strength Red. Gold managed 223 Kevin Meilejohn and Ivan Syme were the off its 40 overs with boom boom Jayden winners, well done Reid hitting 48 off 27 balls, Brad Horrell We had our Dave McLaughlin open fours (41), Tom Ravenscroft (38) and Andrew Saturday This Is Sponsored by PaterTait (29) where the best of the rest. Con- son Funeral Directors. We had Jennifer nor O’Grady with 4/32 was Red’s best McLaughlin present a nice new trophy to closely followed by Jarod Hopwood’s the winning team. Congratulations to: three while Daniel Bennett and Bradley 1st Ivan Syme, Barb Gawn, Graham Van Der Eik grabbed one each.

Brooker and Mary Stone Red’s Blair Snowball was the shining 2nd Craig Carter, Brent Mayson Wendy batting light, smashing 57 off 39 balls, Carter and Adrian Kemp including five sixes, unfortunately Ben- 3rd Alan Smith Jim martin Joyce Thomnett was the next best with 7. Gareth as and Rob Fensom Hunt managed to grab three wickets, 4th Alan Hill Melva Middleton, Dave CalReid picked up a double, Sam Turner laghan and Anthony Holmes and Ben Niles took one each.

Well done to all our winners. Good luck Creative Fibre - Ashburton to all our players playing in the champions of champions next weekend.

February meeting The president welcomed 30 members to Nor’westers the meeting on Monday 17th February. It January 2014 Jam was noted that Dawn Giles and Bev BenWell finally got my act together and nett are either in hospital or have been got the January review done. Openand we wish them speedy recovery. ing the day we had Eddie on guitar/ Everyone should have a copy of this vocals, joined by Phil on bass, playing a year’s programme let Sue know if you polished set including Lay Down Sally, haven’t got one.

Hurts So Good, Mustang Sally, Peaceful Coming events. The Mystery trip has Easy Feeling, Sweet Caroline, Cocaine been postponed until April 16 which is and Johnny Be Good, nice going guys. a Wednesday, please note. The number Glitch were up next, and they rocked of people going will determine whether through some classics with Crossroads, bus or private cars will be the mode of Rocky Mountain Way, Black Knight, Psytransport. cho Killer, Funk #7 and finished off with New member Diane is having a sale this CCR’s Green River. As usual very proSaturday at her home 17 Thomson Street fessional performance always gets the from 10am. For sale are two spinning crowd going this band. wheels and a drum carder.

Next to take centre stage was Hoover on Two certificates were presented to Pabass, Zippy on drums, Paul on electric tricia McLaren and Fenn Leadley for the guitar and Kinnear on electric guitar and most number of samples of their work vocals. last year on the Show and Tell table.

They played a great rollicking set includSHOW AND TELL TABLE: Mittens for a ing covers from Filter, Staind, Kings Of child and also an adult, a woven rug in Leon, Tom Petty, Black Keys and a terbeautiful colour blending, a knitted tri- rific Rocking In The Free World by Neil angular shawl in a delicate lacy pattern, Young. three sets of babies jerseys, hats and Always a crowd pleaser, cheers guys, boottees, thick wool bread-basket and Glitch returned again to wind up the day mat crocheted set, a felted lady’s hat, with some Fleetwood Mac, Van Morria man’s jersey in natural blended tones, son, Eagles, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and a lady’s jersey and a flax woven basket a ripper White Rabbit from Jefferson and woven flowers.

Airplane, a beauty! A great day as usual, At the conclusion of the meeting Marga- and thanks to everyone involved. ret and Anne demonstrated how to do The photos of this jam are on the Nor cross woven squares on special boards.

Westers face book page and the FebLunch followed and a time to chat. ruary jams photos will be on shortly.

The February jam review will be in next Methven Bowling Club Thursday’s (March 6) club news - bit I’m pleased to be able to give you some early but on a roll, just in case I forget! of our club champs. Many hours of

Club news 22 Ashburton Guardian MSA Outdoor Bowling On Saturday February 22 the final of the Men’s Championship Singles was played in warm but blustery wind conditions.

Congratulations to Guildford (spelt with a D) Lane on becoming the MSA 2014 Men’s Champion when he beat Larry Neal, Larry is a 3rd year player and showed he was more than equal to the challenge. After always being the bridesmaid, in this case best man, it was pleasing to see Guildford at last winning the title. Those who witnessed this match were treated to some nail biting moments and especially on the last end when the score was 20—20, Guildford held shot and Larry with the last bowl in hand had a drive in an attempt to remove shot bowl but it missed and Guildford went into orbit, I think from his reaction he may have taken up “Ballet”?!?.

Congratulations Larry and Guildford, a wonderful display of bowls.

The ladies section had a final which completed all Championship games.

In extreme heat the Fours Championship was played with a convincing win to Shirley Taylor(s) Robin Parkin,Cynthia Dudley, Margaret Watson, when they beat Joan Hardy(s) Marie Harnett,Rene Devereux, Helen Dowdle. Congratulations to M.S.A Champion Fours.

Another mixed bag with the 2/3’s Teams when they travelled to Kaipoi on Saturday 22nd. Section (1) Syd Harrison (s) Hamish Nish, Barry Stott Lost 12—18 Joan Hardy, Margaret Watson, John Withell Lost 9—26. Section (2) Brian Lynn(s) Joyce Cleghorn, Rene Devereux Won 26—9 John Argyle (s) Ronnie Cockburn, Trevor Nish, Won 16—15 an extra end had to be played.

Next Saturday these teams will play at home against Richmond.Good bowling all.

Tea Duty: March 4—6 Eileen Wild, Kath Muir

Seniornet Ashburton Inc Our Open Day on Wednesday 19 February was very successful and we thank all the people that attended this afternoon.

As usual the presentation by Grant Sidaway was informative, as he explained where technology had come from, where it is now and where it is going.

He also brought with him a 3D printer, which at this stage prints in plastic, but in the future, he thinks it will be wood, then metal and further in the future body parts, eg a heart from your DNA cells. Exciting, a bit scary, but a fascinating machine. We would like to thank

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

■ CYCLING

Rhino on the hunt for world medals

By Michael Brown

Simon van Velthooven Sam from Noel Leeming, Nicky from the Library, and Debbie from PC’S Plus for their displays and information for our members.

Thank you to our committee & helpers for all their work.

We will be starting workshops & forums in March.

Beginner’s classes: Monday March 10 at 10am – Windows 8.

Tuesday March 11th at 10am – Windows XP & Windows 7 Wednesday March 12th evening 7pm -Tablets/ipads/phones forum Thursday March 13th 1.30pm – Skype forum Wednesday 19th March 1.30pm – Mail merge & Labels We can also have Word or Excel workshops for March, both beginners or ad-

It’s probably not surprising to learn someone known colloquially as Rhino considers the keirin his favourite event “because it’s so lawless”.

It’s a fascinating event that sees multiple track cyclists follow a motorised pacer until the final 600m when nerve is as much of an asset as power. Or the bullishness of a rhino.

Simon van Velthooven won bronze in the keirin at the 2012 Olympics, a medal he shared with Teun Mulder of the Netherlands when the two couldn’t be separated, and famously invited New Zealand to a party at his house to celebrate.

The 25-year-old will be among the favourites in both

the keirin and kilo time trial at the track cycling world championships in Colombia that start today (NZ time).

He won silver in the time trial at last year’s world championships in Minsk and comes into the event in good form after finishing third in the World Cup rankings.

France’s Francois Pervis, who recently broke the world record in the kilo time (56.303 seconds) and is current world champion, will be tough to beat but van Velthooven is predicting good times in Cali.

The track is covered but doesn’t have walls which means the elements could play a significant part (it was flooded earlier this week). It also has tight corners and long straights so the poten-

tial for crashes is higher.

That risk is part of what van Velthooven enjoys. He likes the time trial (“the kilo is measurable so it tells me where I am at against the best in the world,” he said) but it’s the keirin that excites.

“The keirin is my favourite event because it’s so lawless and anything can happen.

It’s the person with the most grit who does well.”

It’s been lucrative for van Velthooven but he won’t look to renew his contract after the upcoming season as he looks to focus on the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Van Velthooven wants back in the New Zealand’s team sprint side - Eddie Dawkins, Sam Webster and Ethan Mitchell rode the event in London.

- APNZ

course for people over the age of 65 to do balance exercises to help stop falling over as we all get older.

The courses run for 10 weeks and encourages people to get together and set up their own groups and enjoy regular exercise. Diane will help groups get started and there is information to follow. Audrey thanked her for coming.

Our thoughts were with Aine in the sad passing of her dear husband Norm who will be missed so much by everyone. 15 apologies were accepted. Correspondence and Treasurers report were read out. There was a resignation from Margaret Bain.

Members were reminded that subs will be due at the next meeting. Natilie has visited four sick members.

The movie for March is to be Saving

Mr Banks at the Regent Theatre on Wednesday 5 at 11am.

Audrey gave a brief talk about the visit to the Sock Factory which members visited recently. Wilma gave a profile on her life and then morning tea was served. Our main speaker was Maxine Watson from the Art Society. She explained that temperature is important for storing their artefacts etc.

As they have had all sort of problems setting up the Gallery it will not open until at least September this year. The art gallery is upstairs and the museum downstairs.

There has been talk about opening a cafe in the gallery bur at this time that is not sure what will happen. The raffle was won by Noeleen Murdoch. The meeting closed at 11.15am.

Green sues.

Starters Duty; am, B Collins. pm B Collins, 9:00 T1 Hampstead Blue v Tinwald DolK Bonnington. Cards; L Jackson phins; T2 Hinds Hawks v Longbeach Stars; T3 Wakanui Whackers v Ashburton Tinwald Women’s Golf Christian School Flyers; T4 Allenton YelMarch 4 low Sox v Netherby Strikers.

L G U 3rd Burrows Cup Maree Moore 3rd 10:30 T1 Borough Black v Longbeach Mildred Williams (B3) Strikers; T2 Hampstead Yellow v St JoNo 1Tee seph Tigers; T3 Allenton Blue Sox v Al9am B Cochrane B O,Neill S Cain lenton Red Sox; T4 BNZ Rakaia Royals v 9.05 P Ellis S Durry S Young Borough Red; 9.10 S Vucetich B Harris P Bishop 9:00 U11: D1 Netherby Black Sox v ADC 9.15 L McClea M Pawsey P Templeton Cubs, Hampstead to umpire; D2 Tinwald 9.20 B Jackson M Oakley L Bird Black Sox v JFM Rakaia Red Sox, Demons to umpire; D3 Allenton White Sox v MetNo 10 Tee alcorp Hampstead Allstars, Fairfield to 9am J Vander Heide C Linney P Smith umpire; K Mc Auliffe P Bell A Dwan 10:30 U13: D1 ADC Bluejays v Fairfield 9.10 D Wellman L Glassey M Smith Juniors, Rakaia to umpire; D2 ADC Cardi9.15 M Bennett J Undy D Lowe nals v Ashburton City Tigers, Hampstead to umpire; D3 Bridgestone Rakaia Ravens No13 Tee v Pirates, Demons to umpire; 9am C Shanks V Prendergast M Kennedy 1.00pm D1 Fairfield Marines v Nosh 9.05 T O’Connell I Divers D Boon Hampstead Hawks, Rebels to umpire; D2 Bedrock Panthers v ADC Renegades, 9 Hole Women Stableford Rustys to umpire; No 17 Tee 3.00pm D1 Bedrock Panthers v Nosh 9am N Costin D Ellery G Whipp Hampstead Hawks, Fairfield to umpire; 9.05 J Cartwright V Johnston M Sherriff D2 ADC Rustys v ADC Rebels, Renegades to umpire.

Starters J Undy M Bennett Cards P Bell C Shanks Tea Duty AM N Costin PM B Cochrane Mid Canterbury Open S Cain

A Grade 1.30pm Dorie v Allenton; Tinwald v Hampstead; Hinds Bye

vanced, if there is enough interest.

If you would prefer an evening class, please ring and express your interest.

Some of these classes have people registered, but there are still vacancies, so please ring either: Jenny 308 8424 or Margaret 307 7498. Thursday March 6 at 1.30pm, question and answer afternoon will be held in the MSA Lounge: Topic for the month will be a presentation by Nicky Farrell from the library, on downloading books to your ebooks. Bring your ebooks along.

The Plains Ladies Probus Club On February 24 Audrey welcomed a good attendance to our monthly meeting. Diane Moss was welcomed as our mini speaker. She has been on a training

SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS

Draws ■ Bowls Hampstead Bowling Club Skips names that have entered in Hampstead Devon Friday Triples 28th February 12.30pm start will be held at Hampstead.

Whites to be worn.

M. Smallridge, W. Watts, K. Butterick, R. Cockburn, R. Mitchell, B. Neilson, R. Anstiss, J. Ryk, R. Harrison, B. Holdom, A. Waddell, G. Taylor, C. Leech, A. McKenzie, B. Harper, T. Watson.

Methven Bowls The Mary Stone Ladies Triples March 5 9am start Sponsored by Methven Super Value D Gutberlet, M Eder, G Hawkins, N Mckenzie, H Goodall, L Boyd, H Boag, R Isherwood, S Pagey, M Middleton, S Scott, W Watson, S Holdom, J Hardy, C Hands, D King

■ Golf

Ashburton Golf Club Midweek Women March 4 Aoteoroa Cup,Coronation Medal,Senior Vets Trophy, Junior Links. Draw Steward: Kathryn Green 308 5393. Tuesday Starters: D. Simmons and E. Porter. No 1 Tee. 9.00 V. Moore, H. Hawksby, D. Hinton. 9.06 J. Mitchell, R, Fail, M. Urquhart.

9.12 H. Robertson, R. Bennett, J. Williams.

9.18 D. Engelbrecht, S, Simpson, K. Green.

9.24 E. Porter, D, Simmons, M. Watson.

No. 10 Tee. 9.00 A, Hunt, L. Small, J. Montgomery. 9.06 B. Watkins, J. McKeown, R. Evans. 9.12 F. Matsinger, G. Lane, B. Davidson. 9.18 J. Ackerley, W. Carter, C. Emery. 9.24 B. Gregory, M. Chisnall, J. Leferink.

Nine Hole Men and Women’s Section Thursday February 6. Rnd 2 Marion Marshall Trophy – stroke Report 9.15 am. Nine Hole ConvenorsCarol O’Reilly 308 8758 and Wendy Smith 308 9207 March 1 Aoteoroa Cup, Coronation Medal, Senior Vets Trophy, Junior Links – report 8.20 am for 8.45 start. All women players welcome to join weekend ladies.

Club Captain – Jenny Williams

Tinwald Golf Club

2nd Round of the Doug Gray Trophy March 1 Morning players will have a clubhouse draw for an 8am start. Players are asked to report 15 minutes prior to tee off times No 1 Tee 12.30, B McFarlane, T Clarke, L Jackson, B Shanks 12.36, R Harris, P Hefford, A Pierce, N Rayner 12.42, B Collins, P Marshall, K Bonnington, R Thompson No 10 Tee 12.30, S Lane, E Collins, J VanderHeide, Mid Canterbury Softball 12.36, G Rennie, R Wards, B Rouse, R March 1 Bruce Softball draw for this week as follows.

No 13 Tee Please notify me of any changes or is12.30, W Mason, O Everest, E Tulip, D

■ Softball

■ Tennis Grade

Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre March 1 A Reserve 12.15pm Allenton v Foothill Flyers; Hampstead Blue v Methven; Hampstead Ferns v Rakaia

Results ■ Bowls Ashburton Bowling Club Ladies Drawn fours February 25 1st Margaret Eder, Gillian Kelly, Shirley Johnston and Ollie Collins 2 wins 1 draw 17 ends; 2nd Noeline MacKenzie, Rosemarie O’Sullivan, Annette Blain and Wendy Herriot 1 win 1draw 17 ends; 3rd Gaynor Crack, Relda Pendergast, Lois Connell and Betty Joyce 1 win 1 draw 15 ends.

■ Golf

Tinwald Women’s Golf February 25 Pat Mc Lauchlan All Irons Debbie Boon nett 74 Teresa O’Connell nett 78 c/b Barb Cochrane 78 c/b Lesley Glassey Stroke Round Diane Lowe nett 69 June Bruhns nett 73 Phyliss Smith nett 74 S Durry nett75 Nearest The Pin No 6 Stables Family Restaurant Madge Sherriffe; No 2 Colleen Linney 9 Hole Ladies Stroke Madge Sheriffe 34

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

Ashburton Guardian 23

■ BASKETBALL

■ SPEEDWAY

Trophies on the Bruton still hoping for dream end line at speedway

BY KRIS SHANNON

BY JONATHAN LEASK

JONATHAN.L@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

The Ashburton speedway returns full of remembrance on Sunday.

The first memorial meet has three commemorative trophies on the line with two up for grabs in the adult ministocks.

The first running of the Tony Newman Memorial, the former two-time national champion who passed away last year, and the 10th anniversary of the Philip Duffield Memorial Trophy, will create some fiercely contested racing in the ministocks.

Newman’s old car, number 51A, will be in the race with new owner Craig Butterick who will be one of the many drivers

M9 Fields for Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club meeting at Addington Raceway today. 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.

RACE 1, 12.05pm (NZT) SUPER PETS SPRINT C3, 295m 1 88668 Smash Amego 17.60 ...................... M Grant 2 128x1 Noble Fantasy 17.34 S & ................B Evans 3 65154 Botany Pete nwtd ......................J McInerney 4 78666 John Dory 17.45........................J McInerney 5 85384 Criniti’s nwtd ......................................J Dunn 6 28542 Kin Nikki 17.26 ............................. L Waretini 7 88332 Sosan 17.43 .................................C Roberts 8 338F6 Star Dreamer 17.34 C & .................... Fagan 9 77852 Blue Gale Rise 17.28 ....................... B Dann 10 7F5x8 Tepirita Charger 17.47 ......................J Dunn RACE 2, 12.23pm (NZT) CHRISTCHURCH CASINO SPRINT C4, 295m 1 12117 Cawbourne Tomcat 17.18 W &.......... Nissen 2 23573 Will Excite 17.36 .......................... L Waretini 3 46351 Mildred Lillian 17.35 ..........................M Flipp 4 68245 Know Escape 17.02 .......................G Cleeve 5 85478 Cawbourne Chief 17.39 .................. M Grant 6 77634 Isabelle Domain 17.21 ..............J McInerney 7 65554 Stolen Money nwtd ........................G Cleeve 8 37467 Butterbean 17.29 M & .....................P Binnie 9 13778 Matti Oah 17.08 ........................J McInerney 10 58577 Wandy Hallee 17.29 .......................G Cleeve

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looking to be the first to take home the new trophy.

Defending Duffield Memorial champion, Aaron Gray of Nelson, won’t be competing this year, meaning both trophies will find new owners.

The third trophy up for grabs has the A grade saloons race for the Jo Giles Memorial, the TV and speedway personality who lost her life in the February 2011 earthquake. Terry Catlow comes back as defending champion but will face a fight from a big field on the fourth running of the memorial race.

The other grades will also be on the track fine-tuning ahead of the Ashburton Speedway’s biggest weekend, the New Zealand title weekend in May.

The addition of basketballer CJ Bruton was a catalyst for the Breakers’ successful streak so it’s almost appropriate his departure will coincide with the conclusion of that glittering run.

Bruton, barring a miracle, has five games left in his career at the Kiwi club. The 38-yearold is undecided on his playing future but it won’t lie in New Zealand.

The serial winner desperately wants to add at least another couple of play-off games before he heads home across the Tasman. That much was evident at the defending champions’ final full practice before they host Townsville tonight, with the veteran giving his team-mates a typical spray at the session’s end.

“I don’t think [practice] was

intense as it needed to be and we didn’t get the job done,” he said. “We’ve had a quite a few days like that, not only in practice but in the games. You can only say so much and it comes on each individual.

“We’re a team but, as individuals, there are certain things that you have to bring to make this team stronger. If you bring it, it makes it that much easier, and that’s why we have those [championship] banners up there.

With another banner unlikely to be raised, Bruton’s sixth season with the Breakers has perhaps been the most dispiriting, as ageing legs and a lack of form have combined to restrict him to a reduced role on a struggling side.

He did show a glimpse of his former self last Sunday, draining a pair of late three-pointers in an attempt to edge Adelaide

for a win that would have left the Breakers better-placed in the finals race.

Instead, the game was lost, along with most of the team’s remaining hope of making the playoffs and defending the Australian NBL title that has been locked away on the North Shore since 2011.

That was Bruton’s third year at the club and the culmination of an unambiguous goal of bringing the Breakers a maiden championship. Two more followed - his fifth and sixth rings - but it’s looking improbable that a seventh will be added to his personal collection.

The Breakers need to win their final five games to have a shot at the play-offs. It sounds fanciful for a side whose longest winning streak this season stands at two, but four are at home and the team have retained faith.

- APNZ

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway RACE 3, 12.41pm (NZT) THURSDAY PLACE PICK DASH C3, 295m 1 13786 Bad Week 17.33........................J McInerney 2 24745 Memphis Hotcakes 17.24 .................M Flipp 3 11257 Hanna The Spanna 17.23 .................J Dunn 4 37463 My Foolish Heart 17.52 H & ................Taylor 5 73552 Starburst Benny 17.55 .................... M Grant 6 82266 Homebush Craig 17.29 ...................... I Kaye 7 24523 Fleur Du Liys 17.57 ...................R Blackburn 8 73373 Embee Dee 17.43 .....................J McInerney 9 46276 Gorilla On Drums 17.31 ...................A Joyce 10 58357 Ohoka Hart 17.50 ........................ L Waretini RACE 4, 12.59pm (NZT) KOLORFUL KANVAS STAKES C3, 520m 1 26668 Celestrial Magic 30.27 J & ..............D Fahey 2 28544 Laudable 30.48 .............................R Adcock 3 55425 Homebush Iris 30.66 .................J McInerney 4 53235 Take A Trick 30.62 .............................M Flipp 5 22665 Cawbourne Crazy nwtd................C Roberts 6 66588 Fear Go 30.48 ................................G Cleeve 7 72852 Opawa Mez 30.37 J & .....................D Fahey 8 64211 Gee Cee Bee 30.70 ...................H Anderton 9 63478 Waimak Dave 30.88 ..................J McInerney 10 71588 Lochinvar Camaro 30.40 ..............C Roberts RACE 5, 1.17pm (NZT) CAROL’S TAB SPRINT C5, 295m 1 71436 Billy West 17.18 .....................M K Dempsey 2 33515 Take No Prisoner 17.17 .................G Cleeve 3 81744 Zebidiah 17.02 ..........................A Bradshaw

4 51256 Trans Tasman 17.23 ..................R Blackburn 5 56112 Cawbourne Jelly 17.19 W & .............. Nissen 6 85116 Wandy Grant 17.19 ........................G Cleeve 7 23775 Arkaden 17.44...............................R Adcock 8 43742 Homebush Edith 17.21 .............J McInerney 9 28773 Fly Canary Fly 17.74 .................J McInerney 10 21888 Cawbourne Porshe 17.27 W & .......... Nissen RACE 6, 1.35pm (NZT) SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES C3/4, 520m 1 35437 Opawa Bro 30.38 L & ......................... Wales 2 66135 Hustler Ambition 30.58.................M Roberts 3 62626 Botany Kevin 30.56 ...................J McInerney 4 76451 Joyville 30.58 ............................J McInerney 5 36877 Popstar Rocket 30.57 ........................M Flipp 6 43343 What I Like 30.59 ......................J McInerney 7 33365 Opawa Jed 30.06 J & ......................D Fahey 8 24317 Rambunctious 30.63 .................A Bradshaw 9 86476 Bigtime Kelina 30.36 M & ..................Jopson 10 63478 Waimak Dave 30.88 ..................J McInerney RACE 7, 1.52pm THE MILLER BAR & CAFE DASH C5, 295m 1 13633 Homebush Mayhem 17.26 ........J McInerney 2 58461 Wandy Boiler 17.33 ........................G Cleeve 3 74661 Swip And Tear 17.28 H & ....................Taylor 4 215x4 Starburst Josh 17.04 ....................... M Grant 5 3662F Keramus 17.16 ...............................G Cleeve 6 73532 Mr. Whippy 17.17 W & ....................... Nissen 7 11381 Dixie Lee 16.91 .........................R Blackburn 8 81585 Blonde Tori 17.47 ......................A Bradshaw

9 28773 Fly Canary Fly 17.74 .................J McInerney 10 21888 Cawbourne Porshe 17.27 W & .......... Nissen RACE 8, 2.10pm I PAVE CONCRETE DASH C4, 295m 1 27637 Cawbourne Dasher 17.19 W & ......... Nissen 2 83777 Opawa Rufus 17.34 S &..................B Evans 3 14338 Team Dream 17.44 C & ..................... Fagan 4 36632 Wandy Chick 17.36 ........................G Cleeve 5 86664 Know Favours 17.37 ......................G Cleeve 6 15725 Jumpin’ Julia 17.30....................J McInerney 7 67718 Georgie Wong 17.16 ......................... J Rush 8 61631 Excuse Please 17.35 .................. J McMillan 9 13778 Matti Oah 17.08 ........................J McInerney 10 7784x Know Trust 17.23 ...........................G Cleeve RACE 9, 2.27pm CHRISTCHURCHGREYHOUNDS. CO.NZ DASH C5, 295m 1 47526 Life’s A Laugh 17.17..................R Blackburn 2 31363 Iona Haka 17.44........................J McInerney 3 83435 Wandy Luck 17.44 .........................G Cleeve 4 65284 Sting Me 17.12 ................................ M Grant 5 26431 Rusty Knife 17.26 W & ...................... Nissen 6 42766 Know Jealousy 17.29 .....................G Cleeve 7 52514 Know Pride 17.26...........................G Cleeve 8 11311 Damarjo 17.09 H & .............................Taylor 9 28773 Fly Canary Fly 17.74 .................J McInerney 10 21888 Cawbourne Porshe 17.27 W & .......... Nissen RACE 10, 2.45pm FLAIR STAKES C4/5, 520m 1 12477 Not A Know 30.33 ........................A Waretini 2 2512 Cracking Chain nwtd J & .................D Fahey 3 311F7 Harlem Haka 30.51 ...................J McInerney

4 82511 Homebush Chopper 30.47 ........J McInerney 5 51687 Starburst Clemmy 30.54 ................. M Grant 6 13655 Jinja Power 30.41 J & .....................D Fahey 7 16376 Opawa Swede 29.95 J &.................D Fahey 8 41118 Raw Energy 29.89 ....................J McInerney 9 86476 Bigtime Kelina 30.36 M & ..................Jopson RACE 11, 3.05pm COALGATE TAVERN DASH C5, 295m 1 88241 Sophie’s Terra 17.10 C & ................... Fagan 2 86238 Go Housie 17.03 ............................G Cleeve 3 26718 Dillmanstown 17.36...........................J Dunn 4 43311 Pick The Tip 17.07 .......................... D Voyce 5 22214 Drysdale 17.17 ....................................A Lee 6 23677 Homebush Churro 17.29...........J McInerney 7 77186 Speedy Kazza 17.27 .................J McInerney 8 54525 Know Lies 17.37 ............................G Cleeve 9 28773 Fly Canary Fly 17.74 .................J McInerney 10 21888 Cawbourne Porshe 17.27 W & .......... Nissen RACE 12, 3.22pm SPEIGHT’S SPRINT C4, 295m 1 54525 Know Charity 17.35........................G Cleeve 2 61427 Sprinkles 17.33 .........................J McInerney 3 35787 Pearl’s Boy 17.19 ...........................G Cleeve 4 38523 Red Carpet 17.29...........................G Cleeve 5 68854 Mer De Noms 17.32 ..................R Blackburn 6 668x6 Ate Pizza 17.18 .................................J Dunn 7 63574 Sheza Gamble 17.33 W &................. Nissen 8 68236 Campaigner 17.15 H & .......................Taylor 9 13778 Matti Oah 17.08 ........................J McInerney 10 88853 Another Colt 17.19 ....................J McInerney

10 113 Thebestlove (21) fr ..............................A Butt 11 x7060 Brite N Lovely (22) fr ....................I Cameron 12 1 Eyre I Come (23) fr ............................R May 13 x7660 Fatal Reunion (24) fr ........................J Curtin 14 8083 Princess Galleon (25) fr ....................J Dunn 15 10P4P Rocky Six (U1) fr .............................. D Dunn Emergencies: All Settled Down, Yankee Commando RACE 8 8.50pm GARRY THOMPSON COMEBACK PACE $7000, 3yo+ c1 pace, stand, 2600m 1 74553 The Flying Scotsman (1) fr..........N McGrath 2 00206 Art Pleaser (2) fr ...............................J Dunn 3 41300 Royal Flight (3) fr..............................J Curtin 4 1x27 Jaccka Len fr ................................ Scratched 5 x7P6x Azarenka (4) fr ................................. J Keast 6 20009 Riverboat Princess (5) fr ............ R Close (J) 7 95150 Caesar (6) fr ................................. G O’Reilly 8 49260 Midfrew Tarpediem (7) fr ............C Markham 9 02295 Born In The USA (8) fr ..................... D Dunn 10 18708 Alma Eyre (9) fr .......................... K Cameron 11 58500 Can’t Teach That (10) fr..................T Chmiel 12 77003 Playaway (11) fr ...................... C D Thornley 13 08700 Shantahlia Knight (12) fr ..................P Davis 14 24286 Ohoka Benson fr .......................... Scratched 15 89600 Greshees Angel (13) fr.....................G Telfer 16 6083P Elbeau (U1) fr............................... S McNally Emergency: Greshees Angel RACE 9 9.15pm AUTO LOAN COMPANY F&M MOBILE PACE $6500, 3yo+ f&m c0 mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 336x Pal Amino (1) fr ..................................R May 2 0x726 Armazem (2) fr ....................................A Butt 3 6 Harlequin Bromac (3) fr.................... D Dunn 4 0x820 Trevi Bromac (4) fr.................J Anderson (J) 5 26346 Endeavour Arizona (5) fr .............. G O’Reilly 6 8x546 Go Da Jag (6) fr ...........................A Veint (J) 7 35262 Macy Blue Chip (7) fr ..................N McGrath

8 5 Sicilian Secret (8) fr........................T Chmiel 9 99x87 Rainbow Classic (9) fr ......................P Davis 10 330x Abbey Cullen (21) fr ..................... S McNally RACE 10 9.40pm SIMPLE SOLUTIONS INTEX MOBILE PACE $6500, 4yo+ c1 mob. pace jun.d, mobile, 1950m 1 0580x Halston Bromac (1) fr ............ J Markham (J) 2 32800 All For D B (2) fr ...........................A Veint (J) 3 1689x Party Girl Deb (3) fr ............. J Harrington (J) 4 78000 Lockey (4) fr ............................ S Golding (J) 5 75724 Franco Tyrone (5) fr .................... L Lester (J) 6 53979 Shantahlia’s Star (6) fr ....... B Williamson (J) 7 48708 Incomparable (7) fr ................J Anderson (J) 8 43979 Machs A Flyin (8) fr ..................N Purdon (J) 9 03331 Johnny Vegas (9) fr .................... T Quate (J) 10 48221 Tangos Delight (21) fr..............B Thomas (J) 11 2598x Scotlynn Jiggs (22) fr .................... K Cox (J) 12 05437 Perissa (23) fr.........................V Atherton (J) 13 91549 Vega Sicilia (24) fr ...................... R Close (J) 14 18263 Face The Facts (25) fr ................... K Butt (J) 15 3060x Lady Godiva (U1) fr ...................M Purvis (J) Emergency: Lockey RACE 11 10.05pm GO THE KIWIS IN THE INTERDOMINION FINAL HCP PACE $7500, 4yo+ c2 & faster discrhcp pace, stand, 2600m 1 72060 Jack Hammer (1) fr ................. C D Thornley 2 5199x McCracken (2) fr .............................. D Dunn 3 42502 Franco Revel (3) fr ........................ G Chmiel 4 60331 Loch In C (4) fr ............................. G O’Reilly 5 44592 Special Bella (5) fr......................C Markham 6 32180 All Cash (6) fr ......................................A Butt 7 36217 Kid Galahad (1) 10 .............................R May 8 32650 Roo Star (2) 10 ...........................T McMillan 9 25395 Little Tess (3) 10 .............................T Chmiel Pacifiers on : Fancy Pants (R3), Lady Godiva (R10) Pacifiers off : Bounty Eyre (R1), Roydon’s Jewel (R5)

Rangiora harness Today at Addington Raceway

Fields for Rangiora Harness Racing Club Inc meeting at Addington Raceway today. NZ meeting number: 8.

Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11.

Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11 RACE 1 5.35pm (NZT) BISHOPDALE-BUSH INN TAB/ TAVERN HAREWOOD MBL PACE $6500, c0 to c2 & others with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 07005 President Obama (1) fr ............D Thompson 2 x0910 Eleanor G (2) fr ................................S Blake 3 x0005 Lexington Lad (3) fr .......................R Burnett 4 79046 Glacier Express (4) fr ........................T Ward 5 P1040 Narissa Franco (5) fr ........................ G Cook 6 4721x Bounty Eyre (6) fr ......................... P Wallace 7 99077 Montenegro (7) fr ......................... R Sissons 8 15037 Arden’s Attack (8) fr ................... M Maynard 9 83393 Comenche (9) fr .............................R Reekie 10 80910 Supreme Estella (21) fr ...............M Stratford 11 79066 Good Girl Becqui (22) fr ...................A White 12 97000 Tiana Franco (23) fr .....................J Reardon 13 10632 Proven R (24) fr................................B White RACE 2 6.05pm ISLINGTON TAVERN MOBILE PACE $6500, 2yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 70069 Fiery Rock (1) fr .......................... J Sheenan 2 000 Ling Rowl (2) fr........................... R Harneiss 3 00x0 Mr Meddle (3) fr ............................... D Dunn 4 444 Riga Doon (4) fr .................................R May 5 0 Across The Universe (5) fr ............B Orange 6 9 Cossack Stride (6) fr .................... S McNally 7 89760 Hotdiggitydog (7) fr ................... C McDowell 8 3 Blingiton (8) fr......................................A Butt 9 x487x Rise And Shine (9) fr............... C D Thornley 10 76029 Houdini (21) fr .......................... T Woodward 11 25496 The Ultimate Storm (22) fr ...... M Neilson (J) 12 6 No Way Else (23) fr ........................T Chmiel 13 09x00 Black Shiraz (24) fr................J Anderson (J) RACE 3 6.35pm MORRISONS SADDLERY & FEED/

N.C. TROTTING HCP TROT $7000, 3yo+ c1 to c3 discrhcp trot, stand, 2600m 1 00045 All Royal Gal (1) fr .............................J Dunn 2 02009 Thanksforplaying (2) fr .............. C McDowell 3 55088 Valmagne (3) fr ..................................R May 4 03220 Fancy Pants (4) fr ...........................T Chmiel 5 78740 Continental Halo (5) fr ............... M Edmonds 6 30738 Brite N Early (6) fr ........................ P Wakelin 7 35067 Gin Rummy (U1) fr .......................I Cameron 8 68000 Gunsight Pass (U2) fr............... S Smolenski 9 x0x00 Peterhof (U3) fr ..............................G Archer 10 78100 Tarn (1) 10........................................J Curtin 11 54356 Trick Star (2) 10...........................T McMillan 12 0P050 Monorail (3) 10 ............................. A Lethaby 13 23617 Wishes Star (4) 10 ....................... G O’Reilly 14 558x8 Glendaloch (U1) 10 ............. D D McCormick 15 99670 Eyrewell Pegasus (1) 20 ..................P Davis 16 82443 Astral Traveller (2) 20 ..........................A Butt 17 73283 Juneamy Castleton (3) 20 .............B Orange Emergencies: Gunsight Pass, Peterhof RACE 4 7.05pm HSW ACCOUNTING PACE $6500, 3yo+ c0 pace, stand, 2600m 1 Our Hugh (1) fr ..............................R Holmes 2 96359 Taia’s Kid (2) fr ............................. P Wakelin 3 87 Floreta (3) fr ......................................J Dunn 4 x0000 Willywinit (4) fr............................. J Sheenan 5 46059 Private Jones (5) fr....................C Hunter (J) 6 06x0 Agnes de Gerolstein (6) fr ......... C McDowell 7 8x Zakspatrol (7) fr.............................B Orange 8 70060 So You Think fr ............................. Scratched 9 96333 Mustang Bullitt (8) fr ...........................R May 10 5x85 Joe The Hunter (9) fr ............... C R Thornley 11 5328 Scanreco Bay (10) fr .....................L O’Reilly 12 50744 Lavros Cash (11) fr ................. C D Thornley 13 6386 Grin Again (12) fr ......................... G O’Reilly 14 37756 Monkey Puzzle (13) fr ......................P Davis

15 80540 Coyote (U1) fr..................................R Curtin 16 055 Phil Monty (U2) fr ............................. D Dunn Emergency: Willywinit RACE 5 7.35pm SEELITE WINDOW&DOORS SIRES STKS PRELUDE MBL TROT $7000, 2yo mob. trot, mobile, 1950m 1 3 Wanna Play (1) fr ............................. D Dunn 2 Ygritte (2) fr ......................................J Curtin 3 7 Roydon’s Jewel (3) fr.........................J Dunn 4 1 Monbet (4) fr ......................................R May 5 4 Springbank Eden (5) fr ....... B Williamson (J) 6 2 Arya (6) fr ......................................B Orange RACE 6 8.00pm ALLWOOD TREES MOBILE PACE $8000, 4yo+ c3 to c4 mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 3x138 Angus T Jones fr .......................... Scratched 2 7P754 Alta Capone (1) fr..........................K Barclay 3 78700 Debs Pal fr ................................... Scratched 4 90205 The Burning Question (2) fr ............ G Smith 5 18675 Robyn’s Raider (3) fr .........................J Dunn 6 90456 Lifesofine (4) fr ................................. D Dunn 7 P1875 Uncle Trevor (5) fr......................... G O’Reilly 8 22011 Arising Easton (6) fr ......................B Orange 9 11898 Jeans Mattjesty (7) fr .........................R May 10 57531 Hi Jinx (21) fr................................. G Chmiel RACE 7 8.25pm PGG WRIGHTSON NZ YEARLING SALES SERIES MBL TROT $100,000, 3yo mob. trot, mobile, 1950m 1 x6335 K D Muscles (1) fr ..................... M Edmonds 2 243x0 Hot Pants (2) fr ..............................B Orange 3 48 Eilish Monarch (3) fr ........................ G Smith 4 0x All Settled Down (4) fr .............. T Woodward 5 Yankee Commando (5) fr 6 8 Allineedisamiracle (6) fr ..........B Thomas (J) 7 Majestic Peak (7) fr .................. S Smolenski 8 0x789 Mr Natural (8) fr............................ S McNally 9 42175 The Earth Moved (9) fr ..................K Barclay

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New course Daily Events for The Hills Sir Michael Hill has unveiled further plans to turn his exclusive golf course into the Augusta of the South.

On the eve of the $900,000 New Zealand Open’s return to Arrowtown, Sir Michael announced he intended to build a nine-hole par-3 course at The Hills in the style of the Augusta National club that hosts the Masters.

He also plans to carry out extensive redevelopment work to five of the existing holes on the multi million-dollar 18-hole course, and add more of the sculptures that have added to the venue’s character.

“We’ve just got to keep pushing and make this course better and better,” he told the Otago Daily Times.

The No 2, No 3, No 6, No 12 and No 16 holes will undergo various levels of redevelopment.

It will be led by John Darby, who designed the course.

- APNZ

Weekend Entertainment

At St Stephen’s Church, Park Street

By Daniel RichaRDson

course,” Hendry said of The Hills. “Generally you put Michael Hendry has a strong yourself in position off the working relationship with tee and then you attack the The Hills. flags from there.

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Hendry was due No Kiwi has to open the tourMichael Hendry claimed the tinament at Milltle since Mahal brook with playing Pearce got it done at Midd- partner Rocco Mediate today, lemore in 2003 and there’s a while there’s a collection of growing feel among the New other Kiwis who have designs Zealanders that it’s time for on having their named etched that drought to be broken. in to the Brodie Breeze TroThis week’s Open, which phy on Sunday. takes on a new-look pro-am Left-hander Gareth Padformat and starts today, will dison has already won an see everyone play a round event this season on the PGA at The Hills and the nearby Tour of Australasia when he Millbrook Resort with the fi- claimed the Victorian PGA nal two rounds taking place at Championship three weeks The Hills. ago.

Hendry spent last year on “I think of late, I’m definitethe Japan Tour where he fin- ly coming to tournaments as ished 69th on the money list a contender,” Paddison said. and only just retained his card “My mindset has changed. for this season given the top “When I won the Victorian 70 held on to their playing PGA, those were my thoughts rights. from my first tee shot.”

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

Main Street, Methven.

10.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit kidz, St David’s Union Church, 48 Allens road.

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10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Exercises in the Social hall, Havelock Street.

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12.50pm M.S.A. PETANQUE. Come and try Petanque, everyone welcome.

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1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC 3. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

2.00pm TINWALD GARDNE CLUB. Margaret Rickard Advance Ashburton. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time / sequence dancing.

Learn to dance, all welcome.

Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

Friday 9.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am - 11.30am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH TINWALD. Drop in for a cuppa and chat.

Cnr Jane and Thomson Street, TINWALD. 10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

Main Street, Methven.

10.00am - 4.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, all welcome, upstairs 254 Cameron Street.

10.30am - 12noon.

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1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display.

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm ARTHRITIS GET TOGETHER. Monthly get together, Trevor Wilson Centre, Tancred Street.

1.30pm R.S.A. CARD SECTION. Euchre, Ashburton R.S.A. Cox Street.

7.00pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH JUNIOR YOUTH GROUP. Swimming at Fisher’s home, bring a friend, 163 Harrison Street

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ACROSS 1. One has the care of growing trees and a large kangaroo (8) 4. Mast, yard or boom of lustrous mineral (4) 8. In particular, Marines have to get guns (3) 9. Is following fate turning right (5) 10. Virginia makes such a hat legally adequate (3) 11. Electric cell for an artillery unit (7) 12. A bit of snow starts freezing on Windermere (5) 13. Having indentures showing price pedant demanded (11) 17. Body starts to rust like this and will break in pieces (5) 18. Incredible to find New Zealand adopting the agami like this (7) 20. Admit it’s one’s personal property (3) 21. Pigment may be used for money (5) 22. There’s too much formality in rocks (3) 23. Repair holes with a mild expletive (4) 24. Sets one apart from site also prepared for it (8)

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DOWN 1. With too much flesh, flog half and put the baby out (6) 2. Terms of reference may merit sorting out (5) 3. One’s appearance on the stage may be written up (5) 5. Plunder the pile lag assembles (7) 6. It may change one’s course, taking fish with hesitation (6) 7. Recklessly wasteful profit to be made with a broken leg (10) 9. Mental lapse made rating go wrong at taking one on (10)

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by England and Australia (5) 19. This board prompts the speaker to make a fool of himself (5)

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QUICK ACROSS 6. Bargains (7) 7. Stop (5) 9. Arid (3) 10. Husband or wife (colloq) (5,4) 12. Accelerated learning process (5,6) 15. Dependable (11) 17. Valour (9) 19. Your (archaic) (3) 21. Ponder (5) 22. Marksmen (7)

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) Professionally it’s no longer about where your heart stands, but it’s not quite time to begin the real journey, you’r halfway between the two.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) Your relationship focus shifts today, with the love gods starting a mission of establishing something deeper by looking to the past.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) Thanks to the Moon’s position in your financial sector over the last few days you’re motivated, with any financial tension keeping you on your toes.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) Make the most of a smart head for money and the hindsight Mercury brings into play, spending as much time as you can back at the drawing board.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) The busier life gets the more precious those times when you can retreat into your own home space and lock the door to the outside world will become.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) Two days before a New Moon in your relation-ship sector will offer new beginnings, you’re able to give the past a voice today.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) Just a week before lucky Jupiter is due to turn direct in your career sector the money gods send in a crew to look for untapped income potential.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) Ceres turns retrograde in your sign today, giving you a chance to turn your attention to the past to identify your real needs.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) You may have a sense of being detached from the real world today but reality is over rated. Give yourself permission to daydream.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) At what is already an important time for friendship and relationship building, the doors open even wider to second chances today.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) With the doors already open to the past and second chances on the work front, they start opening to second chances on the career front as well.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20) In the final days of a trip down love’s memory lane the love gods remind you that it’s all about the journey, bringing a sense adventure into play.

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Family Notices 26 Ashburton Guardian GOOD, Colin Leslie – On February 26, 2014 at Timaru Hospital. Dearly loved uncle and great uncle of Sue, Steve, Nicholas and Amber Stratford (Ashburton); Stephen, Hayley and Georgia Good (Perth); Carolyn, Terry, Christopher and Hannah Brown (Auckland). Great great uncle of Connor Stratford.

Forever In Our Hearts.

Forever In Our Memories.

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SUTTON, Gordon Walter – 08-12-1942 - 27-02-2013. In loving memory of our Dad, father in law, Pop and GreatPoppie, who passed away one year ago today.

Those we love don’t go away, They walk beside us every day.

Ruth, Peter, Kenny, Hamish, Suzie and Emily.

Celebrate and honour your loved ones

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OVERNIGHT MIN

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10: 15 – 5: 10 AM

PM

PROTECTION REQUIRED Slip, Slop, Slap and Wrap

Waimate less than 30 fine

30 to 59 fog

isolated snow thunder flurries

sleet thunder

Canterbury Plains

snow

hail

60 plus

TODAY

TODAY

TOMORROW

SATURDAY

Any remaining showers clearing in the morning and becoming fine. Southerlies dying out.

Fine or becoming fine. Light winds at low levels, southwest breezes about the tops.

SUNDAY

Mainly fine, but a few showers late in the day, snow lowering to 1600 metres. Light winds at low levels, SW about the tops.

World Weather fine rain showers cloudy fine showers fine fine showers showers thunder fine fine showers cloudy

m am 3 3

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9 noon 3

Geneva Hobart Hong Kong Honolulu Islamabad Jakarta Johannesburg Kuala Lumpur London Los Angeles Madrid Melbourne Moscow Nadi New Delhi

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fine fine fine fine rain rain thunder cloudy rain showers drizzle drizzle fine thunder thunder

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10 19 22 27 17 31 24 33 11 18 11 22 0 30 21

New York Paris Perth Rarotonga Rome San Francisco Seoul Singapore Stockholm Sydney Taipei Tel Aviv Tokyo Washington Zurich

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8:44 2:53 9:05 3:24 9:36 3:45 9:58 4:16 10:26 4:37 10:51 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.

Rise 7:08 am Set 8:23 pm

Gluyas Motor Group has a long history of 84 years service to Mid Canterbury.

Good

Good fishing Rise 4:13 am Set 6:37 pm

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New moon

1 Mar

9:01 pm

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Queenstown Dunedin Invercargill

Rise 7:09 am Set 8:21 pm

Bad

Rise 7:10 am Set 8:19 pm

Bad fishing

Bad

Rise 5:27 am Set 7:16 pm

First quarter

9 Mar www.ofu.co.nz

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River Levels

2:28 am

Bad fishing

Rise 6:42 am Set 7:52 pm

Full moon

17 Mar 6:10 am

Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa

For the very latest weather information, including Weather Warnings, visit metservice.com

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cumecs

0.72

Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 12:00 pm, yesterday 136.3 Nth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday

3.89

Sth Ashburton at 12:15 pm, yesterday

5.85

Rangitata Klondyke at 2:00 pm, yesterday

53.6

Waitaki Kurow at 9:00 am, yesterday

490.8

Source: Environment Canterbury

Canterbury Readings

Saturday

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Timaru

Forecasts for today

14 3 24 4 20 24 10 20 13 24 27 19 1 4 3

6

Nelson

Christchurch

Fine or becoming fine. Southwesterlies about the tops dying away.

Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing Thursday

Wellington

Greymouth

MONDAY

Fine or becoming fine with light winds.

Palmerston North

Blenheim

SUNDAY

MONDAY

Adelaide Amsterdam Bangkok Berlin Brisbane Cairns Cairo Calcutta Canberra Colombo Darwin Dubai Dublin Edinburgh Frankfurt

Napier

FZL: Lowering to 1400m

26 fine 28 drizzle clearing 24 fine 27 fine 22 fine 23 fine 26 mainly fine 19 mainly fine 25 mainly fine 25 mainly fine 22 mainly fine 23 cloudy 21 mainly fine

Hamilton

A period of showers, snow to 1500 metres.

Wind at 1000m: NW dying out. Wind at 2000m: NW turning SW, easing to 30 km/h.

Mainly fine. Northeasterlies developing, turning southerly later with a few showers.

overnight max low

Auckland

FZL: Lowering to 3000m in the south

Fine. Wind at 1000m: NW, rising to gale 70 km/h in the evening. Wind at 2000m: NW, rising to gale 85 km/h in the evening.

SATURDAY

Professional Partnership

NZ Today

Canterbury High Country

Showers developing, some possibly heavy with a change to cooler southerlies.

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rain

Thursday, 27 February 2014

The front over southern New Zealand moves over the rest of the country tomorrow, followed by colder disturbed southwesterlies, which remain over the country for the remainder of the forecast period.

mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers fine showers clearing showers

TOMORROW

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NZ Situation

Wind km/h

Fine apart from areas of morning cloud.

Northeasterlies dying away.

Please note all late death notices or notices sent outside ordinary office hours must be emailed to:

Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 22.0 22.5 Max to 4pm 8.8 Minimum 4.3 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm February to date 39.2 Avg Feb to date 42 2014 to date 73.0 100 Avg year to date Wind km/h NE 26 At 4pm Strongest gust E 41 Time of gust 3:43pm

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Northeasterlies dying away.

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LEONARD, Noeline Elizabeth – On February 24, 2014 at Rosebank Hospital, Ashburton, after declining health. In her 79th year. Wife of John for 55 years. Loved mother and mother in law of Bruce and Rose, Alison and Gavin Fuller, Stuart and Diane, and Gary. Loved nana of Megan, Peter, Lizzy, Jayden, and Liam. Messages to P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A special thank you to the staff at Rosebank for their care and support of Noeline.

“Now at peace” A funeral service for Noeline will be held at Our Chapel, Cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on THURSDAY February 27, commencing at 1.30pm, followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

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6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Handy Manny 3 0 6:53 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 6:55 The Looney Tunes Show 3 0 7:20 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 7:45 Beyblades Metal Masters 3 0 8:15 Doc McStuffins 3 0 8:35 Mike The Knight 3 0 8:50 Fireman Sam 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Melissa And Joey 3 0 11am Neighbours 3 0 11:30 Home And Away 3 0 Noon Shortland Street 3 0 12:30 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0 1pm Jeremy Kyle 2pm Bethenny 3pm Hope And Faith 3 0 3:30 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 3:35 Rated A For Awesome 0 4pm Jessie 0 4:30 The 4:30 Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm New Adventures Of Old Christine 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street Chris realises he has all he needs; Harper gets an unexpected offer; Brooke begs for mercy. 0 7:30 Police Ten 7 0 8pm Motorway Patrol 0 8:30 Arrow AO 0 9:30 20/20 0 10:30 The Originals

11:30 Police Ten 7 3 0 Midnight Rookie Blue AO 3 0 1am Street Hospital PGR 3 0 1:25 Infomercials 2:25 Greek PGR 3 3:15 Gossip Girl PGR 3 0 4am Hot In Cleveland PGR 3 0 4:35 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

TV THREE

FOUR

6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 10:30 The Shopping Channel 11:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 Noon 3 News 12:30 Dr Phil AO A discussion about the trend of older women dating younger men.

1:30 The Dr Oz Show PGR Kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart reveals how she found strength during her captivity, and why gratitude paved the way for her newfound happiness.

2:30 Rachael Ray Julie Chen and Sharon Osbourne discuss hot topics.

3:30 Grand Designs Australia 3 0 4:30 Big Brother Australia An unexpected visitor pays the housemates a visit.

6pm 3 News

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Pingu 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 The Wild Thornberrys 3 7:55 Rugrats 3 8:20 Chuggington 3 8:30 Care Bears 3 8:55 Bananas In Pyjamas 3 9:05 Bob The Builder 3 9:15 Thomas And Friends 3 9:25 Peppa Pig 3 9:35 Barney And Friends 3 10am Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Peppa Pig 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:30 Four Live 6pm Malcolm In The Middle Malcolm experiences his first crush.

0 6:30 Just Shoot Me! 0

7pm Campbell Live 7:30 Dream Factory PGR A stock-car wedding with a twist for a deserving Christchurch couple; a boy takes a voyage into outer space; feel-good furry animals; a car wash with a difference. 0 8:30 CSI AO 0 9:30 Hens Behaving Badly AO 0 10:30 The Paul Henry Show

7pm The Simpsons 0 7:30 Family Guy PGR When the Griffins move to a farm, Peter launches an illegal drug business.

8pm American Dad PGR 8:30 Bob’s Burgers PGR 9pm South Park AO 3 9:30 House of Lies AO 10:45 Lie to Me AO 0

11:10 Underbelly – Badness AO 30 12:15 Blue Bloods AO 3 1:15 Infomercials 5am Joyce Meyer 5:30 Infomercials

11:40 Entertainment Tonight 12:05 Infomercials

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

7am Deal Or No Deal 3 Game show hosted by Andrew O’Keefe that gives contestants the opportunity to win up to $200,000.

7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR A talk show focusing on tough medical questions in an open forum.

1pm The Test PGR Celebrities and viewers answer moral questions.

2:05 America’s Got Talent 3 The last 12 semi-finalists compete.

4pm The Late Show With David Letterman 3 5pm Deal Or No Deal 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm Deal Or No Deal 6:30 Millionaire – Hot Seat 3 Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

7:30 American Idol PGR The top 13 perform.

9:30 Reign AO When King Henry accuses Queen Catherine of treason and adultery, she sets out to save her life by exposing Bash’s past; Nostradamus reveals the truth about the castle ghost.

10:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3

6am Sky Sport – What’s On 6:30 Netball – ANZ Championship Preview Show 7:30 Motorsport – The Dirt Sprintcars – King of the Springs.

8am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Warriors v Broncos (Pre-season).

From Waikato Stadium in Hamilton.

10am Ironman And Ironwoman Series (Replay) Coverage from round six from Coolum Beach, Queensland.

12:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 1pm L Ice Hockey – NHL Detroit Red Wings v Montreal Canadiens. From Joe Louis Arena in Detriot.

4pm Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Warriors v Broncos (Pre-season).

From Waikato Stadium in Hamilton.

6pm Rowing – New Zealand Championships (Highlights) From Lake Ruataniwha.

7pm Total Rugby Reflecting on the best of rugby union around the world.

7:30 The Cricket Show 8:30 Fight Night Tommy Coyle v Daniel Eduardo Brizuela.

10:30 Cycling – UCI Track World Championships (Replay) Day One. From Velodrome Alcides Nieto Patino in Cali, Columbia.

11pm The Late Show With David Letterman A late-night comedy and talk show.

Midnight Home Shopping 1:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2am Home Shopping

1am Ice Hockey – NHL (Replay) Detroit Red Wings v Montreal Canadiens. 3am Football – A-League (Replay) Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United. 5am The Crowd Goes Wild 5:30 Cycling – UCI Track World Championships (Highlights) Day One.

MAORI TV

6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction 7am The Hook And The Cook 7:30 Candice Tells All 8am Designer Travel 8:30 Cash And Cari 9am Food Safari 9:30 Bath Crashers 10am The Cook And The Chef 10:30 Candice Tells All 11am American Restoration 11:30 Autospeed Noon Make My Home Bigger 12:30 The Hook And The Cook 1:30 Days Of Our Lives PGR 2:25 Hugh’s Fish Fight – Save Our Seas 3:30 Cash And Cari 4pm Rachel Allen’s Easy Meals 4:30 The Pioneer Woman 5pm Carter Can 5:30 Dear Genevieve 6pm Designer Travel 6:30 Yard Crashers 7pm 20th Century Roadshow 7:30 Bill’s Kitchen – Notting Hill 8:05 Ask The Butcher 8:35 Destination Flavour Japan 9:20 Ottolenghi’s Mediterranean Feast 10:25 Outland 11pm 20th Century Roadshow 11:30 She’s Got The Look

FRIDAY

TV TWO

12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Cash And Cari 1:30 Outland AO 2am Rachel Allen’s Easy Meals 2:30 The Pioneer Woman 3am Carter Can 3:30 Dear Genevieve 4am Designer Travel 4:30 Yard Crashers 5am Flatmates AO 5:30 Destination Flavour Japan

10am Korero Mai 3 11am Toku Reo 3 Noon Korero Mai 3 1pm Toku Reo 3 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3 3:30 F Cyberchase 2 4pm Miharo 3 2 4:30 Pukana Ka Pao 3 5pm Toi Whakaari 3 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga o te Motu 3 6:30 Ako 3 2

THE BOX 6am SVU MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Pawn Stars PG 7:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 8:05 Monk PGV 8:55 Most Shocking M 9:45 Law And Order MV 10:35 CSI – Miami MV 11:25 NCIS PGV 12:15 Criminal Intent MV 1:05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:30 Most Shocking M 2:20 SVU MV 3:10 Monk PGV 4pm Pawn Stars PG 4:30 The Simpsons PG 5pm CSI MV 6pm America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 6:30 The Simpsons PG 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 CSI – Miami MV 8:30 Hell On Wheels 16VLS 9:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 10:30 Law And Order MV 11:30 CSI – Miami MV

FRIDAY

12:30 Monk PGV 1:20 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:45 SVU MV 2:35 Law And Order MV 3:30 Hell On Wheels 16VLS 4:20 Criminal Minds 16VS 5:10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 5:35 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG

SKY SPORT 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 The Kapa Twenty-four top kapa haka performers from Aotearoa enter into a contest to become one of the final eight in an elite haka group.

8:30 The U AO 10:10 F Hunting Aotearoa AO 3 10:40 Te Taua Moana 3 11:10 Te Kaea 3 2 11:40 Closedown

DISCOVERY

10:30pm on TV3

MOVIES PREMIERE

6am Destroyed In Seconds PG 6:30 Naked And Afraid PG 7:30 Man v Wild PG 8:30 Mythbusters PG 9:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 10:30 Moonshiners M 11:30 Stolen Voices, Buried Secrets M Noon Stolen Voices, Buried Secrets M 12:30 Nightmare Next Door M 1:30 Evil Kin M 2:30 Bear Grylls – Get Out Alive PG 3:30 Naked And Afraid PG 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 Mythbusters PG 6:30 Gold Rush PG 7:30 Gold Rush PG 8:30 Bering Sea Gold Under The Ice PG 9:30 Gold Fever PG 10:30 Porter Ridge M 11pm Fatal Encounters M

FRIDAY

The Paul Henry Show

Midnight Disappeared M 1am Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry?

M 1:30 Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry? M 2am Factory Made PG 2:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 3:30 Deadliest Catch PG 4:30 Howe And Howe Tech PG 5:30 First Time Filmmakers Japan PG

7:30 Identity Thief MVLS 2013 Comedy. Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy. 9:20 Secrets In The Walls MC 2010 Drama. Jeri Ryan.

10:45 Manhattan Hustle ML 2011 Drama. Ryan Eggold, David Gallagher.

12:25 Knife Fight ML 2013 Comedy. Rob Lowe, Julie Bowen.

2:05 Ghost Rider – Spirit Of Vengeance MVL 2011 Action Fantasy. Nicolas Cage, Ciaran Hinds.

3:40 Identity Thief MVLS 2013 Comedy. Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy.

5:30 Freeloaders 16LS 2012 Comedy. Olivia Munn, Nat Faxton.

6:55 Lay The Favourite MLS 2012 Comedy. Bruce Willis, Rebecca Hall.

8:30 Oblivion MVS 2013 Sci-fi.

Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman.

10:35 Project X 18LS 2012 Comedy.

Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper.

FRIDAY

12:05 The Thirst 18VLS 2006 Horror.

Matt Keeslar, Clare Kramer. 1:35 Biography – George Clooney PG 2009 2:30 Project X 18LS 2012 Comedy. 4am The Thirst 18VLS 2006 Horror. 5:30 Freeloaders 16LS 2012 Comedy.

Reign

9:30pm on Prime

MOVIES GREATS 6:35 Independence Day MV 1996 Action Sci-fi. Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Randy Quaid. 9am The Fugitive MV 1993 Action. Tommy Lee Jones, Harrison Ford.

11:10 Gangs Of New York 16VLS 2002 Historical Drama.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel DayLewis, Cameron Diaz.

1:55 Shanghai Knights MV 2003 Action. Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson.

3:50 The Pursuit Of Happyness ML 2006 Drama.

Will Smith, Jaden Smith.

5:45 Saving Private Ryan 16V 1998 Drama. Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Edward Burns.

8:30 The Insider ML 1999 Drama.

Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Diane Venora, Christopher Plummer.

11:10 Little Miss Sunshine ML 2006 Comedy. Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin, Steve Carrell.

FRIDAY

12:50 Shanghai Knights MV 2003 Action. Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson.

2:40 Saving Private Ryan 16V 1998 Drama. Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Edward Burns. 5:25 Little Miss Sunshine ML 2006 Comedy.

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

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6am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Sharks v Hurricanes. From Kings Park in Durban, South Africa.

8am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Highlanders v Blues. From Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin.

10am Basketball – NBL (Replay) Adelaide 36ers v New Zealand Breakers. From Adelaide Arena.

Noon Milwaukee Fishing And Adventure Hosted by cousins Scott and Mig, as they take you to some of New Zealand’s top fishing destinations.

12:30 Sky Sport – What’s On 12:50 L Cycling – UCI Track World Championships Day One. From Velodrome Alcides Nieto Patino in Cali, Columbia.

3:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Highlanders v Blues. From Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin.

5:30 Inside The PGA Tour 6pm Sochi Winter Olympics Review 7:30 L Basketball – NBL New Zealand Breakers v Townsville Crocodiles. From North Shore Events Centre in Auckland.

10pm Rugby League – Club International (Replay) Roosters v Wigan. From Allianz Stadium in Sydney NSW.

FRIDAY

Midnight Swimming – New Zealand Ocean Series (Highlights) La Grande Swim.

12:30 L Golf – European Tour Tshwane Open – Round One. From Copperleaf Golf and Country Club in Centurion, South Africa.

4:30 Total Rugby 5am Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Highlanders v Blues.

5:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Crusaders v Chiefs.

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Sport Quality field for Ride the Rakaia The mass start peloton wheels its way across the Rakaia bridge in the 2013 Ride the Rakaia.

By Jonathan Leask

jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Teenagers have owned the Ride the Rakaia to date but that could all change in the third edition of the unique cycling race on Saturday.

The inaugural race was won by 18-year-old Simon Acker in 2012 and 19-year-old Jaron Ste-

phens took the win last year.

Stephens is back to defend his title and Acker is also in the line-up that features plenty of quality riders capable of getting home fastest.

The 103km Rakaia River round trip features four bridge crossings, two at each end of the river, starting with a mass start

across the Rakaia Bridge on State Highway 1, with the riders having a 15-minute window to cross the 1.8km bridge while traffic is stopped.

The number of riders is up this year with the addition of a 22km recreational ride, with over 250 riders to be in the initial peloton. The race had 235

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riders last year and a similar number in the inaugural year.

After the mass crossing of the Rakaia bridge the peloton goes over the overhead bridge and turns west for a 50km trip to the Rakaia Gorge, except for the recreation riders who stop off at Te Pirita, and bus back to Rakaia. The King and Queen of

the Gorge titles will be won by the first rider of each gender to emerge at the top of the Rakaia Gorge, before the 50km return leg on the other bank of the river back to Rakaia.

This year the finish line is on the main road before the Rakaia Domain, with the road closed from Baker Road from 9am-1pm.

■ RUGBY

Perry to start against the Blues

By Jonathan Leask

jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Former Mid Canterbury prop Tim Perry has held onto his starting spot to face his former Super Rugby franchise when the Crusaders play the Blues in Auckland tomorrow night.

Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder has wielded the axe after the frustrating opening round loss to the Chiefs last week, making four changes but Perry, who made his debut for the franchise last week, did enough in the first half to keep his starting spot ahead of All Black Wyatt Crockett.

He held his own in the scrum against big Ben Tameifuna and was busy around the park, with the only low point the collaring of Aaron Cruden that cost his side three points before halftime.

Perry has another opportunity

CRUSADERS TEAM TO PLAY BLUES ■ 1 Tim Perry, 2 Corey Flynn, 3 Owen Franks, 4 Samuel Whitelock, 5 Dominic Bird, 6 George Whitelock, 7 Richie McCaw , 8 Kieran Read (C), 9 Andy Ellis, 10 Tom Taylor, 11 Nafi Tuitavake, 12 Ryan Crotty , 13 Reynold Lee-Lo, 14 Rob Thompson, 15 Colin Slade.

■ Reserves: 16 Ben Funnell, 17 Wyatt Crockett, 18 Nepo Laulala, 19 Luke Romano, 20 Matt Todd, 21 Willi Heinz, 22 Adam Whitelock , 23 Israel Dagg. to stake his claim this weekend when he goes up against his old side the Blues, which he played eight games for last year.

Perry could be in for another big test up front with All Black Front rowers Tony Woodcock and Keven Mealamu set to return for the Blues to join Charlie Faumuina.

The Crusaders pack is bol-

stered by the return of Kieran Read for his first start of the season ahead of Luke Whitelock at number eight in one of the four changes, with the other three changes in the backline that was lacklustre in last week’s performance.

Tyler Bleyendaal’s wayward boot has seen him drop out of the Crusaders 22 all together,

with Tom Taylor promoted to start at first-five.

Colin Slade has recovered from his bruised calf and will start at fullback, moving Israel Dagg back to the bench.

Blackadder dropped Dagg, a consistently good performer for the All Blacks, last year after a run of mediocre matches but has acted much earlier this season.

There is no room in the side for wing Johnny McNicholl, with wider training group player Rob Thompson starting in the 14 jersey.

Nafi Tuitavake will make just his second start on the other wing with no room for former All Black Zac Tim Perry Guilford.