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Ashburton College students Fred Belford and Sophie Kemp had to create a tasty mocktail as part of their lesson on alcohol laws on Wednesday.

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Serving up a liquor lesson Using teenagers to help educate their parents on a lack of liquor law knowledge is a big focus for health educators, who describe parents as not often knowing even the basics.

Health promoter Tania Scott spoke with senior students at Ashburton College on Wednesday about liquor laws, and requirements for those intending to provide alcohol.

The topics covered included express consent needed to be given from parents before alcohol could be provided to those under-18, and around what anyone intending to supply alcohol at a party.

“Parents also don’t tend to have the best knowledge on these things so if

these guys can go home and tell their parents,” she said. “A lot of parents don’t know the basics of what anyone supplying alcohol needs to do.”

Anyone intending on supplying alcohol, whether they are a licensed premises or not, must have water or non-alcoholic beverages and food readily available, and a transport plan in place.

“If the plan is to have everyone sleep in the lounge, that is an option, or if you call them a taxi or provide a phone for them to call a taxi, that is an option,” she said.

“Just as long as you are making sure anyone who has been drinking isn’t going to get in a vehicle (and drive).”

Scott said recently released statistics had shown that the messages had start-

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“It is great news and that is part of the problem that so much we see is bad news about alcohol so for there to be good news is great,” she said.

“That is why I got the media down here because we want to get those messages through to the parents as well.”

To add an engaging element to the talk, students from each of the college’s four houses were tasked with creating a mocktail in four minutes, which were taste tested by teacher Claire Bubb.

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Thursday, June 27, 2019

Bag yourself a crafty bargain Midwife

crisis bypasses district

By Sue Newman

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For members of Altrusa Ashburton, every day in recent weeks has been like Christmas Day. As box after box of donated fabric, haberdashery, patterns, wool and the myriad of items that make up a handcraft person’s world arrive at their sorting station, members say that each box yields constant surprises.

The women are old hands at the job, with most having been involved in the annual Fabric and Craft Bazaar for several years, but event organiser Helen Hooper said they never failed to be excited by opening new boxes of donated goods.

Collection boxes have been out for several weeks now and on Wednesday club members were in the final stages of sorting, pricing and boxing items ready to be laid out on sales tables on Saturday morning.

“There’s everything you could imagine and even a few things that we don’t know what they are or what you’d use them for,” she said.

This year, in addition to every kind of craft item imaginable, the bazaar will also have a loom, sewing machines, a spinning wheel and a knitting machine looking for new homes.

There are also many partially completed craft, sewing or knitting works waiting for a new own-

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Beverley Gellatly and Helen Hooper are part of the Ashburton Altrusa team preparing for Saturday’s Fabric Bazaar.

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Items come from all over and for all reasons, from deceased estates, people moving house to those who have simply lost interest in handwork, Hooper said.

It’s an event designed to raise money and while the thousands of items that will be on sale on Saturday will be priced to attract

buyers, members are always focused on raising as much money as they can. Funds raised seem to increase each year, with last year’s tally topping $10,000. Proceeds support local charities.

“Every year it’s amazing the people who come, and people of all ages who’re looking for bits and pieces,” she said.

This year buyers will have the option of paying in cash or by eftpos.

Fabric Bazaar started life as Stash Rehash, a fundraiser for the Arthritis Foundation, but this is now Altrusa’s fifth year at the helm. It runs in the Park Street Sinclair Centre from 9am until 4pm on Saturday.

Community minded? Your district needs you

By Sue Newman

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Wanted, 10 good men or women for jobs that mean they must be willing to put their community before themselves.

They will each need around 25 hours to dedicate to the job each week and in return they’ll receive a modest income, but no holiday pay.

They will however, if they immerse themselves in their work, gain an immense amount of job satisfaction.

If that sounds like you, then

your district needs you to put your name in the hat as a candidate for the Ashburton District Council at this year’s local body elections.

Jobs up for grabs are for one mayor, five people to represent the Ashburton Ward and two each for the eastern and western wards.

Nominations for all of those positions open on July 19 and to make sure potential candidates are well informed about what the job entails, the council is holding a candidate information evening

on July 23.

This will be at 5.30pm in the council chamber.

There are also five jobs on the Methven Community Board, six on the Ashburton Trust and two as Mid Canterbury constituency of ECan jobs available.

Prospective ECan councillors will have a chance to find out what the role is all about at a candidates information evening at ECan’s Christchurch headquarters at 200 Tuam Street, on July 15 from 5.30pm.

At this local government elec-

tion, Environment Canterbury will return to a fully-elected 14-member council with two members each in seven constituencies.

Nominations for all positions close at midday on August 16.

Voter packs will be sent to everyone on the electoral role from September 20 when voting opens.

Votes must be cast by noon on October 12 and while preliminary results will be known later that afternoon, official results will be released on October 17.

Ashburton has currently avoided the worst of the midwifery shortage that has plunged maternity services in some parts of New Zealand into crisis.

The Canterbury District Health Board has ongoing advertisements for midwives with the vacancy levels remaining steady. Those vacancies cover primary maternity units from Ashburton to Kaikoura.

The district, however, is in a much better position than the other seven centres with Ashburton maternity centre manager Julie Dockrill saying the area was well served by a stable team of lead maternity carers.

The district did, however, face the same pressures as the rest of New Zealand when it came to recruiting additional staff, but unlike some areas where there were several vacancies, Ashburton was well placed with nine lead maternity carers available, she said.

While there had been recent stories of women giving birth in vehicles or offices because of limited services, that was not the case in Ashburton, Dockrill said “We don’t feel there is any compromise of safety here even though births can always be unpredictable. We’re very lucky with our lead maternity carers and our staffing levels are pretty good.”

Statistics show that there are more than 6000 babies born in Canterbury each year.

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Thursday, June 27, 2019

Donation boost for Cancer Society

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

The Ashburton Cancer Society has received a boost thanks to health and safety conscious workers from a local business.

On Wednesday, a cheque for $800 was presented to the Cancer Society by Ballance Agri Nutrients service centre manager Cory Timothy.

“Most of these charities all effect us in some way, so it is a nice thing to do,” he said.

The money for the donation was put forward by the company after workers reached all of the health and safety key performance indicators set for them in a month, things like ensuring all injuries were reported.

“We have had four in a row and it is on a per month basis,” he said.

“I think the last one was an antenatal charity because one of the staff members had used them recently.”

Cancer society manager Annie Bonifant said it was always fantastic to receive donations, especially ones out of the blue.

“We are so grateful and it is going to enable us to support those with cancer in our community,” she said.

“When they are unexpected

Cancer society workers Sharon Robinson (left) and Annie Bonifant (centre) gratefully received a donation from Ballance Agri Nutrients’ Cory Timothy this week.

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Day, New Zealand’s largest street fundraising appeal.

More than 800 volunteers in the Canterbury/West Coast region alone will be taking to the streets as part of Daffodil Day on August 30.

and just a phone call to say we are going to be making this donation it is special in itself and a pleasant surprise.”

The donation comes ahead of a busy time for the Cancer Society as they prepare for Daffodil

This year’s day is themed change for better, recognising that every dollar donated to the Cancer Society helps make hard times better for the one in three Kiwis affected by cancer, their family and friends.

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Lesson on alcohol laws From P1 She said the timing of the lessons happened to coincide with ball season and that they wanted to remind the senior students about the legality of drinking alcohol and hosting parties.

It was the second year they have run the lesson, an easy decision given the success of it last year.

“It brings alive those safety messages and gets them thinking about them,” she said.

“It is an engaging away to get those messages across to the students.”

Scott said it was a great way to get the message of responsible drinking across to young people, especially with the Good Choices campaign that will start in July.

Premises that are signed on under the alcohol accord have been set the task of creating a healthy mocktail and promoting it as an alternative to drinking alcohol.

The businesses will compete to create the best-tasting drink, which they will be judged on, while sales will also be measured to find the winner of the competition.

Chance to have your say on health services

By Sue Newman

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The community has a strong role to play in the way health services are designed and delivered in the Ashburton District, says Ashburton Service Level Alliance chair Gordon Guthrie.

The alliance works alongside the Canterbury Clinical Network and Ashburton Health Services to ensure the district is provided with the right health services to meet local needs.

And a big role in identifying what those needs are is a group formed in 2016, the Ashburton Consumer Forum.

Guthrie said its job was to pro-

vide feedback from the community and from people who access health services. They were the ones who knew what was needed, what worked and what did not.

“It provides us with good community feedback across the board.”

The alliance’s job is to look at models of care from a patient perspective and its goal is improvement across the board from hospital, to GP and everything in between, Guthrie said.

Currently the forum is recruiting new members in eight areas – child and youth, older persons health and aged care, mental health, maternity, Maori, Pasifika

and migrant perspectives. Forum members attend a meeting about every eight weeks.

Feedback from the forum comes to the service alliance and is important as it develops projects on its workplan, The forum provides an avenue for the grassroots community to influence health services through its members who became the health sector’s eyes and ears, he said.

Current issues are older persons health, the frail elderly, and ensuring enrolment with a GP and access to health services is equitable for everyone and mental health.

Since it was established, the

forum has contributed to work around how patients access urgent care, specifically outside working hours.

It was pivotal in the success of the carearoundtheclock campaign which advises patients to call their usual GP number regardless of the time of day or night. This ensures they will speak to a health professional who can provide advice about what to do and where to go if you need urgent care.

“Having a consumer voice means that the way services are designed and how they are delivered can be sense-checked by the people who’ll be using them. It

also gives our community a space to make suggestions and have a voice when they’re hearing feedback from their communities,” Guthrie said.

Absolute number one key was getting good feedback on what customers really needed, he said.

People interested in being part of the health forum can complete a nomination form found on the Canterbury Clinical Network website – go to ccn.health.nz/ NewsStories and read the Chance to shape health services across Ashburton story and click: complete the nomination form.

Nominations for the positions close on July 12.

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■■ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT

In brief

Supervision follows violence A 54-year-old Methven man accused of assault against his ex-wife and son was sentenced to supervision at a judge-alone trial at Ashburton District Court yesterday.

Graeme Murray Walter Goodwin had earlier pleaded not guilty to three charges, one of breaching a trespass order on his former family home on a farm near Methven, and one of assault against his ex-wife and one of assault against his teenage son.

Judge Kevin Phillips gave a condition of mental health screening and assessment, as well as counselling and undertaking any programmes the defendant may be directed to attend.

In his summing up, Judge Phillips said he accepted the victims’ evidence, alongside that from other prosecution witnesses, relating to the two assault charges.

The court heard Goodwin separated from the complainant in 2011 and the couple subsequently divorced. He was served a trespass order, but had been welcome to pick up and drop off the children at times.

After 10pm on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, the defendant phoned his ex-wife and angrily told her he was coming to retrieve an old vacuum cleaner and grinder his son had previously taken from his premises.

Everyone was in bed for the

night, and she told him not to, as he was angry and there were no lights in the nearby seed-cleaning shed where the vacuum cleaner was, and that she would deal with it in the morning.

But about 10 minutes later she heard his vehicle travel down the driveway to the shed.

“I decided I would not go out to the seed cleaner because I was afraid of Graeme, and his mood. I could tell when I talked to him on the phone that he was very angry,” the complainant said.

About five minutes later she heard banging and yelling from the other side of the house, and ran down the hall to have her 17-year-old son tell her his dad was outside and angry.

Goodwin was at the door and told to go home, and she and her son walked back through the house with her son going back to his bedroom. But Goodwin entered the house through the unlocked door, before pushing his ex-wife up against the wall in the hallway.

The former couple’s younger teenage daughter was in the bedroom behind where the incident occurred and said she heard the thumping sound of her mother against the wall. The victim sustained tenderness to her back from the incident.

The son then came out and as he tried to push his father from the premises, Goodwin punched his son in the chest four times

with a closed fist, resulting in bruising to the boy’s chest.

The judge remarked upon the difficulties of legal proceedings since the charges had been brought, with Goodwin having dismissed successive lawyers planning to represent him. Consequently Goodwin did not have a lawyer as such, but the judge had called upon barrister Douglas Brown to assist the court in the cross examination of alleged victims that Goodwin was not able by law to cross examine himself.

Goodwin was able to write suggestions for cross examination on a piece of paper to give to Brown, but the judge in his summing up did not give any weight to a line of questioning which appeared to suggest Goodwin acting in self-defence.

“I see the reality of the circumstances was that he was totally irate and out of control,” Judge Phillips said.

The judge remarked upon

Goodwin seeming to still be angry following the incident, and had to pull him up on various erratic behaviours throughout proceedings, including “being smart” for answering “at home” to the question of where he lives, chewing while he stood in the dock at the start of the proceedings, and talking to Brown while a witness was testifying.

His Honour also had the defendant remanded in custody during adjournments throughout the day.

However, Goodwin told the judge he was not angry, and also was not angry when he went to his former family home on the night of May 15 last year.

“I was totally calm and rational,” Goodwin said.

Judge Phillips also remarked upon the incongruence of a 54-year-old man with no previous convictions finding himself before the court on such a matter.

His Honour dismissed the trespassing charge, but convicted Goodwin on the two assault charges and ordered him to make emotional harm reparation to each of the two victims of $750 each. He sentenced him to nine months supervision, with conditions including those related to the mental health screening, as well as attending a stopping violence programme and undertaking other counselling as directed by his probation officer.

Farmers count costs of 18 dog attacks Farmers are calling for stricter rules surrounding dog control after 18 reports of dog attacks on livestock in 2019.

Over the past month alone there have been 12 reports of dogs “worrying” stock – a lesser form of attack – and 143 sheep killed in different locations, causing financial and emotional distress to landowners.

About nine farmers met with Hastings Mayor Sandra Hazlehurst yesterday and discussed the situation and how to address it.

Farmer spokeswoman Denise Davis, who had five properties targeted by roaming dogs, said although there were dog attacks on stock in 2018, it was nowhere near the scale seen this month,

resulting in a significant loss of revenue.

“It’s not just from the loss of the animals, it’s also employing someone to dispose of the carcases, the vet bills for the injured sheep and then there is the stress affecting the rest of the flock, and their productivity. We take great pride in finishing our stock well and it’s devastating.”

She called for current legislation to be reviewed to better protect livestock and make irresponsible dog owners more liable.

“In the meantime we know moonlit nights are a problem and are preparing for the next full moon in July – any help the community can give by reporting dogs would be appreciated.”

Extremely icy roads Ashburton police received reports of a single-vehicle crash at the intersection of Thompsons Track and Hatfield Overdale Road at around 10am.

A St John spokesman said one ambulance attended the scene, and transported one patient to Ashburton Hospital with moderate injuries. A police spokesperson said it appeared that the road was extremely icy at the time.

Altercation in square Two people have been taken into custody by police following an altercation in Mona Square on Wednesday afternoon. A police spokesperson said they had responded to reports of an altercation between a group of people, and that two people were taken into custody, but that no charges had been laid at that stage. A St John spokesman said they were notified of an incident at Cass St and Mona Square, and that ambulance staff took one patient, in a moderate condition to Ashburton Hospital.

McConnell stung $1.1m The parent company of a defunct building business has been ordered to pay $1.1 million for slowing a leaky school claim from the Ministry of Education. The High Court has ruled McConnell Ltd, the ultimate shareholding company of H Construction North Island, should pay increased costs after it rejected a settlement offer and attempted to seek an adjournment that wasn’t just unsuccessful, but unnecessary. Last year, the ministry won its case against H Construction North Island, which was ordered to help repair nine leaky buildings at an Auckland College.

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End of Life debated National MP Amy Adams has described watching her mother die a “painful and dehumanising” death as she threw her support behind David Seymour’s controversial assisted dying bill.

It was during the second reading and debate on the fiercely argued End of Life Choice Bill in Parliament last night. MP Adams said while she felt the bill needed more work, it contained “kernels” of a system to give people choice.

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Hakatere stone buildings recognised

By Sue Newman

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For more than a century a cluster of stone buildings have been a marker on the long road into the Ashburton Gorge and the Mid Canterbury back country.

Recently those buildings, part of Hakatere Station, were recognised for their heritage value, with the unveiling of an Historic Places Mid Canterbury blue plaque.

This is the sixth blue plaque to be placed on a building with significant heritage value in the district.

Hakatere Heritage Committee patron Joyce Grieve, who worked at Hakatere corner for a number of years cooking for the single men, musterers and shearers, unveiled the plaque.

She has written a book about her time up there.

David Howden outlined the history of the restoration project.

The plaque commemorates the settlement of Hakatere Station by Thomas Henry Potts in 1857 and the associated farm buildings, including the recently restored old Stone Cottage (built circa. 1865).

Historic Places Mid Canterbury chairman Nigel Gilkison said the restored condition of the buildings was a credit to the Hakatere Heritage Committee members who had put in a huge number of hours working at the site and fundraising.

Funding to restore the Stone Cottage came mainly from the Department of Conservation who manage the site.

The blue heritage plaques have gained partial funding through a grant from the Ashburton District Council.

Other Mid Canterbury plaques are on Railway Overhead Bridge, Pioneer Hall, Holy Name Catholic Church, Ashford’s Millhouse and Federated Farmers building.

A seventh plaque will be unveiled in July recognising the value of Ashburton’s art deco courthouse building on Baring Square West.

Historic Places Mid Canterbury hope to get another five plaques made later this year, ready to be installed on another five historic buildings over the summer.

Above – Unveiling one of the Ashburton District’s historic blue marker plaques that recognises the significance of the cookhouse at Hakatere Station are (from left) David Howden, Joyce Grieve and John Greenslade.

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Left – Hakatere Station’s stone buildings’ historic value have been recognised with an Historic Places Mid Canterbury plaque.

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Schools block 300,000 porn searches in a month

By Simon Collins NZME

Schools blocked 300,000 attempts to access pornographic websites in a single month this year.

Ministry of Education associate deputy secretary Pauline Cleaver disclosed the figure for the month of March at a parliamentary committee hearing yesterday on a petition by two Wellington High School students for better sex education in schools.

“We have heard from parents and young people about the increasing curiosity of young people at increasingly young ages,” she told National MP Nikki Kaye during the hearing.

“We know that school sites are blocking, we know in one month that 300,000 searches were blocked from our school net-

work. That tells us that children are curious, that they are seeking access.

“It tells us that safeguards and blocks are in place, but it means that we have to have community, parents, whanau and teachers feeling confident and skilful enough to have conversations about the harmful effects of pornography.

“That’s not just an in-school issue or challenge. It’s a broader societal issue or challenge.”

Network 4 Learning, the state enterprise that provides internet access to schools, said the attempts to access porn sites were a tiny fraction of a huge number of attempts to access content that has been blocked to school users either nationally or by individual schools.

In May, N4L filtering tools

stopped more than 399 million attempts to access inappropriate content.

Apart from porn, N4L also blocks all access nationally to sites depicting child abuse, discrimination, drug abuse, violence, extremist groups, illegal hacking, other illegal activities such as tax evasion, adult sexual material, malicious websites designed to damage users’ systems and websites found in spam emails.

Its system also allows schools to block additional categories of material and many schools choose to block social media sites such as Facebook and Instagram.

N4L chief executive Larrie Moore said many of the attempts to access social media sites were from students’ cellphones that

are set to automatically update social media throughout the day, but are blocked while they are in school.

The network serves just over 800,000 students in 2500 schools, so the 300,000 searches that triggered blocked porn sites in March represented about one for every two or three students.

“We have to consider the context of multiple devices going into a school environment. It’s on average more than one per child,” he said.

Cleaver said some teachers were feeling ill-equipped to teach children topics like consent, sexuality, sexual violence and the harmful effects of pornography.

She said sexuality guidelines used by teachers would be updated this year to include more information about those topics.

A woman who caused a significant rat infestation after leaving waterlogged bags of muesli around the home she was renting has been ordered to pay her landlord more than $17,000.

Landlord Michael Jenkins says it took him three days to tidy up his Northland rental which had holes in the walls, damage to part of the spa pool and numerous valuable items missing.

In a decision released this month the Tenancy Tribunal ordered Taara Muir, who failed to turn up to the hearing, to pay Jenkins $17,211 for all of the damage, stolen property and outstanding rent.

Muir had been evicted from the property earlier this year following a separate tribunal hearing.

Once she moved out of the Dargaville home Jenkins found nine holes in the walls and water pipes and switchboard for a spa pool had been smashed.

A $5000 “heat pump” style hot water cylinder that Jenkins had stored on the property had also been pulled apart.

“Mr Jenkins provided a photograph confirming that it was at the property before this tenancy. At the end of the tenancy Mr Jenkins found it in a completely dismantled state. It appears it had been pulled apart in order to remove the copper from inside, although this style of unit has very little copper in it.”

Some of the stolen items included a motor used for longline fishing, an electric fence unit and a customised water heater.

The property was also infested with rats.

“The tenants were involved in a small business whereby they would acquire bulk amounts of muesli from a supplier in Auckland and sell it as stock food.”

When Jenkins retook possession of the property there were many tonnes of this product left in bags and boxes inside and outside the shed.

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Kindy kids wrap up Matariki learning Weeks of activities, games, stories and songs came together yesterday for students at Hampstead Kindergarten in a Matariki performance for parents. Showing their taniwha were four-year-olds (from left) Jasmine Teepa and Stevie-Rose Gardyne with Elijah Cobden who was Tane, God of Light.

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Serious criminals may face longer monitoring by the Parole Board after convicted murderer Paul Russell Wilson murdered again last year, eight years after he was released from jail.

Wilson, also known as Paul Tainui, served 16 years in jail after murdering his girlfriend Kimberley Schroder in 1994.

Eight years after he was released in 2010, he murdered 27-year-old Nicole Tuxford in Christchurch last year. In March he was sentenced to life imprisonment for the second murder with a minimum non-parole period of 28 years.

Nicole Tuxford’s mother Cherie Gillatt and Kimberley Schroder’s mother Nancy Schroder appealed this week to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for an independent review of the way official agencies dealt with Wilson since 2010.

Ardern has responded by effectively endorsing a suggestion by Parole Board chair Sir Ron Young that the board should monitor serious criminals for longer than their current mandate of one year after they leave prison.

Wilson continued to be monitored by Corrections under his first life sentence for Schroder’s murder after the Parole Board’s oversight ended in 2011.

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■■10-YEAR DEATH ANNIVERSARY

Tributes flow for Jackson AP Hundreds of Michael Jackson fans gathered at his grave for a day-long celebration of his life and music yesterday, with some travelling thousands of miles to join in the singalongs, selfies and moment of silence that marked the 10th anniversary of the death of the King of Pop. “If you have a depressing day, and you listen to Michael Jackson, it just seems to make everything better,” said Kurt Williams, 21, who was dressed as Jackson and flew in from South Carolina for the occasion.

“He was a master singer, a master dancer and a master humanitarian.”

It was largely a lively celebration outside the mausoleum that is Jackson’s final resting place at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, where his music played loudly amid a sea of floral arrangements and poster-sized pictures of the pop superstar who died at age 50 on June 25, 2009.

A solemn moment came as more than 200 fans joined hands in a giant circle at 2.26pm, the time Jackson died. After a moment of silence, they pointed at the sky and yelled Michael! in unison.

“There are people dying, if you care enough for the living, make it a better place, for you and me,” the crowd sang together in an emotional group rendition of Jackson’s anthem Heal the World.

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Jackson’s estate also paid tribute to his life and artistry on the anniversary.

“Ten years ago today, the world lost a gifted artist and extraordinary humanitarian,” the estate said in a statement.

“A decade later, Michael Jackson is still with us, his influence embedded in dance, fashion, art and music of the moment. He is more important than ever.”

Jackson’s estate has doggedly worked to protect and enhance Jackson’s legacy, a task made more challenging this year when two men accused Jackson of molesting them as boys in the HBO documentary Leaving Neverland, sparking new scrutiny of years-old claims that Jackson preyed on

children. Jackson was acquitted of abuse allegations in 2005 and always vehemently denied such allegations, and the estate and his family angrily refuted the men’s claims when the documentary was released in March, noting the men had at one time been among Jackson’s biggest defenders and one testified on his behalf at his criminal trial.

For many of those gathered at the cemetery it was a demonstration of solidarity in the wake of the documentary.

“Now more than ever, we’ve got to show that we know that Michael Jackson is innocent,” Williams said, as Jackson’s song Smooth Criminal blasted in the background. “There is no muting going on.

There is just a life of celebration. It’s cool to be around people who feel the same way.”

Some parents brought their children to Forest Lawn.

Dominic Lendo, 6, drew the attention of much of the crowd as he showed off Jackson dance moves while wearing the singer’s Billie Jean-era garb.

“I like to sing like him, and I like to dance like him,” Dominic said as he stood with his father, Omar Lendo, 43, who added, “He loves to dance and that’s all he does all day. If it’s not Michael Jackson he doesn’t want to hear it.”

Michael Leon, 25, came from Beijing for the occasion and led the crowd in a rendition of You Are Not Alone, one of Jackson’s later hits.

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The inhabitants of a small town in eastern Germany made their own stand against neo-Nazis by buying up all the beer in the local supermarket.

The people of Ostritz, on the border with Poland, were unhappy their town was chosen as the venue for a neo-Nazi rock festival.

Hundreds of far-Right supporters flocked to the town from across Germany at the weekend to attend the Schild und Schwert, or Shield and Sword Festival – named to get round an official ban on using the initials SS. But they were forced to go without beer after the townspeople bought up more than 200 crates in a co-ordinated action. “It was planned a week in advance. We wanted to dry the Nazis out,” Georg Salditt, one of those behind the plan, told Bild newspaper.

The festival goers had already been banned from bringing their own beer after a local court ordered the venue be made a dry zone for safety reasons, after ruling the festival had an “aggressive nature”.

Police confiscated more than 4000 litres of beer from far-Right supporters as they arrived, and no sales were allowed at the venue.

Thirsty festival-goers began heading into town in search of a drink, so locals decided to buy out the only supermarket’s stock of beer.

Where is Cooper?

An Instagram celebrity sausage dog has gone missing from his home in the hills above Te Kuiti, prompting his desperate owners to post a $2000 reward for his safe return. Cooper the short-haired miniature dachshund, who has 16,800 followers on his Instagram page, disappeared during a thunderstorm on the night of May 30. His owners Ben and Emily Scott own the 700ha King Country farm where Cooper lives with Ralph, a long-haired black and tan dachshund, and have searched everywhere for their fur baby. “He was wearing his tracking collar but it seems to be out of range and will have run out of battery by now.”

Right royal reno The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s home was renovated with $3.06 million of taxpayers’ money, royal accounts revealed yesterday. Prince Harry and his wife Meghan’s residence near Windsor Castle, called Frogmore Cottage, underwent major work to turn five properties back into a single home for the couple and their baby son Archie.

Fixtures, fittings and furnishings at the Victorian-era structure were paid for by the royal couple. The figures were part of the release of the royal family’s accounts, which showed the British taxpayers spent $85.2m on the monarchy in 2918-19.

Cardi B pleads not guilty Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B was arraigned yesterday on new felony charges in connection with a fight last year at a New York City strip club. “Not guilty, sir, honour,” said the rapper dressed in a dark blue and light pink pantsuit with her hair tinted blue as she pleaded in state court to two counts of attempted assault and various misdemeanor charges, including harassment, criminal solicitation, conspiracy and reckless endangerment.

The rap star, whose chart-topping hits include I Like It and Bodak Yellow, has showcased her fashion style at each of her court appearances.

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Feds join M. bovis support

By Linda Clarke

linda.c@theguardian.co.nz

Federated Farmers has launched a special support group for Mid Canterbury farmers under surveillance for suspected mycoplasma bovis in their dairy or beef herds.

Farmers under active surveillance had no access to advice from MPI, but were in a stressful situation and needed information, Mid Canterbury Federated Farmers’ boss David Clark said.

Feds have formed a Farmer Assistance Group and it will be led by respected dairy farmer Jessie Chan-Dorman, of Dorie.

Figures at June 19 show 80 Mid Canterbury farms under surveillance for the cattle disease. Another 20 properties were under notice of direction (restricting stock movements) and five properties were still classified as active or infected.

Twenty farms have been cleared of the disease through the culling and disinfection programme.

Nationally, 173 properties have been found to have mycoplasma bovis, with

around 40 considered still active; the others have been cleared.

At June 12, there were 223 properties under a notice of direction and 569 under surveillance. Some 102,222 animals had been culled in the eradication programme so far. M. bovis programme director Geoff Gwyn said MPI, Beef + Lamb and DairyNZ had asked Federated Farmers for help.

“Asking them for further support and engagement is to ensure that affected farmers are as supported as possible and that we’re all doing everything we can to make eradication a success.”

He said Ashburton was the most affected area and MPI was working with Feds and alongside the Ashburton Regional Advisory Group, chaired by Ashburton Mayor Donna Favel.

“Farmers under active surveillance are not under movement restrictions but often find it a difficult situation to manage.

“While they are able to continue farming normally, including moving and trading stock, we know that many farmers find this difficult.”

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A local rural supplies co-operative has been given recognition as being one of New Zealand’s leading gender diverse organisations.

Rural co-operative, Ruralco, stood alongside some strong New Zealand businesses at the recent Women in Governance Awards, including Canterbury-based law firm, Saunders Robinson Brown Law, which was the eventual winner.

Run by Women on Boards, a division of Governance NZ, the awards recognise and celebrate innovation, excellence, creativity and commitment to diversity by both organisations and individuals.

Ruralco chief executive Rob Sharkie said the recognition was a positive step forward for the company’s strong focus on its people.

“Gender diversity and equity go to the heart of our business and our company values, flowing through the board of directors, the executive team, middle management and right through the shop floor managers and senior leaders,” he said.

“Women in our business are managing the stores, they are on the farm advising our farmers, advising on fuel, or electricity choice. They’re also sitting at our board table devising strategies to propel the business forward and safeguard the needs of our farmer shareholders.

“We are lucky to have a great gender balance and we know it helps the performance of our business. We are proud of that, particularly in what is traditionally perceived as a conservative, male-dominated industry.”

Ruralco has managed to change the perception of its own shareholders.

At the 2018 annual meeting there were two positions available on the board and six candidates. It was women who ulti-

mately filled both positions, voted in by the shareholders.

Governance in the organisation has inspired and fostered diversity of gender, age, ethnicity and background and the bios of each of the directors indicate how a mix of strengths can contribute to the organisation as a whole.

Ruralco shareholders have come around to this conclusion and see their co-operative as forging new ground in workplace diversity and equity.

In the context of the rural sector, Ruralco is well ahead of the gender diversity game.

Women make up 57 per cent of the board of directors. When that is compared to the latest national statistics Ruralco is ahead of its peers.

According to 2017 figures, women made up only 22 per cent of the directors on the top 100 NZX listed companies.

The executive team is composed of 33 per cent female, 37 per cent of the senior managers and 61 per cent of all staff are women.

“Having diversity around the boardroom table is energising from a gender, age and background perspective. Our farmer director candidates were voted on by our farmer owners, acknowledging that they had the best skills to take the co-operative and the board to the next level. It’s proven to be a winning formula and has truly advanced our aims,” Sharkie said.

One of those directors is independent director, Sue Lindsay, who said that the situation at Ruralco was vastly different to the majority of corporate New Zealand.

“I’ve served on the boards of multiple corporate organisations,” she said.

“The gender balance on the Ruralco board is not common in corporate NZ and certainly not in agribusiness.”

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OUR VIEW

Taking a step back and looking closer I

was stopped on the street yesterday by someone I’d never met before. It’s not uncommon for this to happen for some reason, but the reason for stopping me is always the same – they want to talk about what’s happening around our district.

Yesterday’s discussion was a little different to the others though – largely thanks to the fact it was a positive conversation, whereas a lot of the others tend to hang a little bit more on the negative side of the fence.

Although a different approach, there was still the underlying tone in the conversation that is in so many discussions I have with people around the district and it’s that we tend to focus on the things that are of trouble and

concern too much in these pages and not enough on the good things that are happening.

I’d like to think we try each day to find that almost impossibly perfect balance – the combination of the hard news that really impacts on the community and that nice feelgood stuff that warms the cockles of your heart and makes you proud to live in such a good district.

Normal transmission for con-

versations like the one yesterday sees things tending to focus on who’s doing what and which group isn’t doing their job properly. There are motives questions, decisions argued against and a constant scream for commonsense from those in positions of power.

But yesterday, all that the person who stopped me wanted to discuss was the great things that there are in this district – and it completely changed my mindset on what I thought was going to happen when the chat was first initiated.

They talked about the presence of Ashburton on the Mainland, and its central location making it a great spot for anyone travelling north or south of the major cities.

They talked of the natural beauty around the district with massive mountains, wide-spanning fields with all variances of animals and crops among them and they talked about the people.

It always comes back to the people.

A reasonably new resident to the district, they heaped praise on the people of our district for the way that their family had been welcomed into our area, how community groups had given them great encouragement to get out and become involved in the district across a wide range of platforms.

But they questioned our need to always look at the negative aspects in so many things, that the first reaction for people in

this district seems to be all-out attack and that taking a step back and looking at things for a while before making judgement is a rare commodity.

And I kind of had to agree with them.

We do live in a really cool part of New Zealand. We are unique in our own lifestyles and surroundings and can offer a few things that no other region can and we deliver pretty much everything with great gusto and enthusiasm.

I always enjoy conversations with people on the street, it’s the best way of getting a feel for what’s happening in the community and how people are feeling.

And eye-opening conversations like yesterday’s make me want to have even more.

was traced to a mirror that had not been ground to exact specifications; corrective optics were later installed to fix the problem.)

In 2005, the Supreme Court ruled, in a pair of 5-4 decisions, that displaying the Ten Commandments on government property was constitutionally permissible in some cases but not in others. BTK serial killer Dennis Rader pleaded guilty to 10 murders that had spread fear across Wichita, Kansas, beginning in the 1970s. (Rader later received multiple life sentences.)

In 2008, North Korea destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons programme, the cooling tower at its main atomic reactor at Yongbyon. (However, North Korea announced in September 2008 that it was restoring its nuclear facilities.)

Ten years ago: Dr Conrad Murray, the cardiologist who was with Michael Jackson during the pop star’s final moments two days earlier, sat down with investigators for the first time to explain his actions.

Five years ago: Over Russian objections, Ukraine’s new president, Petro Poroshenko,

signed a free-trade agreement binding his country more closely to Western Europe. Bobby Womack, 70, a colourful and highly influential R&B singersongwriter who had influenced artists from the Rolling Stones to Damon Albarn, died in Los Angeles.

One year ago: The Supreme Court ruled that government workers can’t be forced to contribute to labour unions that represent them in collective bargaining.

Today’s birthdays: Business executive Ross Perot is 89.

Former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt is 81. Singer-musician

Bruce Johnston (The Beach Boys) is 77. Fashion designer Vera Wang is 70. Actor Brian Drillinger is 59. Writer-producerdirector J.J. Abrams is 53.

Olympic gold and bronze medal figure skater Viktor Petrenko is 50. TV personality Jo Frost is 49.

Actress Madylin Sweeten is 28.

Pop singer Lauren Jauregui (Fifth Harmony) (TV: The X Factor) is 23. R&B singer H.E.R. is 22.

Thought for today: “The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything – or nothing.” – Viscountess Nancy Astor, American-born British politician (1879-1964).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Thursday, June 27, the 178th day of 2019. There are 187 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On June 27, 1991, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first black jurist to sit on the nation’s highest court, announced his retirement. (His departure led to the contentious nomination of Clarence Thomas to succeed him.)

On this date: In 1846, New York and Boston were linked by telegraph wires.

In 1880, author-lecturer Helen Keller, who lived most of her life without sight or hearing, was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama.

In 1905, the Industrial Workers of the World was founded in Chicago.

In 1936, Maori and Pakeha from around New Zealand converged on a Taranaki marae to attend the unveiling of a memorial to Sir Maui Pomare.

In 1944, during World War Two, American forces liberated the French port of Cherbourg from the Germans.

In 1974, President Richard Nixon opened an official visit to the Soviet Union.

In 1975, Mark Williams topped the New Zealand music charts for three weeks with Yesterday was Just the Beginning of My Life.

In 1984, the Supreme Court ended the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s monopoly on controlling college football telecasts, ruling such control violated antitrust law.

In 1988, at least 56 people were killed when a commuter train ran into a stationary train at the Gare de Lyon terminal in Paris.

In 1988, Mike Tyson retained the undisputed heavyweight crown as he knocked out Michael Spinks 91 seconds into the first round of a championship fight in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

In 1990, NASA announced that a flaw in the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope was preventing the instrument from achieving optimum focus. (The problem

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Bridge jumper sad fact of life in busy London Peter Mac

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hanks to the marvels of social media, many will be aware that Mrs Mac and myself have recently returned from a bit of an adventure galavanting around the United Kingdom for three weeks.

And utterly fabulous it was too. My admiration for a lot of what we discovered can wait for another time, but this week I thought I’d share something we encountered which was totally unexpected and quite bizarre ... and very sad.

The better half had decided that a visit to the Tower of London would be on her priority list, so we decided to organise ourselves a Hop-On Hop-Off Bus ticket and we would get off at that stop. Not being a castle kind of chap, I’d probably buy fish and chips and watch the world revolve around me whilst she indulged her medieval fantasies.

Not long before we were in the vicinity of the nearest stop to Tower Bridge, another tour bus pulled alongside us and the guide on the other bus had news for ours.

“You won’t get across the bridge. It’s closed. There’s a jumper.”

There was a reasonable level of ambient big city noise around us and I’m completely deaf in one ear but I turned to Mrs Mac and asked, “did he just say there’s a jumper on the bridge?”

She indeed confirmed that fact and in a slightly bewildered condition, we wondered, “what do we do now?”

There was no other information and not really a great appreciation for what was happening or how long it would tie things up, so we elected to get off the bus anyway and play things by ear.

As we left the bus and walked a bit and turned left, there in front of us and everybody else, was quite a confronting sight.

High up on the steel up-sweep of the left hand side of Tower Bridge, was a lone, almost naked figure, clearly not in his natural environment.

He had managed to haul himself up about two thirds of the steelwork but things got incredibly steep after that, and here he was, clinging on, and contemplating if he could go through with what he had in his head.

Next to being right there in the epicentre of the Christchurch earthquake as it happened, this was the most surreal thing I think I have ever experienced.

The scene around us was equally bewildering. A mix of those who were unaware of what was going on and those that were, yet seemed quite ambivalent about it.

In fact, and this was the most incredulous bit for me, some

parents were watching with their kids and it all appeared to be merely another aspect of the spectacle that is London.

All this continued to play out for I guess, half an hour or more whilst we were there. Some bystanders speculated he was sunbathing! It was a lovely warm spring day and when he wasn’t occasionally darting his head about and looking down on the considerable distance of the murky River Thames on one side and the bridge roadway on the other, he would lie motionless on his back and just hold on and stay there.

There was speculation as to whether a substantial fall would

take him out, or maybe just injure him.

I pulled out my phone and googled “London Bridge jumper” to see if the newsfeeds had anything to say about all this.

Nothing at all that was current to this event.

I looked back up ... and he was gone!

Where this lone speck had been on this immense structure there was now no one. Gone!

Puzzled I looked around me. A woman sitting in the sun enjoying a coffee behind me could see the question on my face.

“He jumped,” she volunteered, but without any great emotional attachment.

Of course it was the only explanation, but something in your head wants it not to be true.

What happened next I could not see, but on the river below, rescuers on standby wasted no time in recovering him and that was that.

The bridge quickly reopened.

In literally seconds, it was like nothing had happened. Life went on.

Some days later I decided to see if the news feeds were reporting any follow-up.

Indeed they were.

He had apparently been picked up conscious and breathing from the dirty brown murky River Thames.

At least he was alive and there was a palpable relief in that.

Who knows the back-story, who knows the confusion and voices that were resonating in this poor man’s head. Who knows if this will be the catalyst to a turning point where he gets the help he needs to live a better life, or whether he remains to live out more of his inner torment and pain.

The takeaway from all this for me was the extent to which society has desensitised itself for tragedy like this.

For a great many on that sunny spring day very recently in London, it appeared just another sight with which to entertain themselves. Nothing more, nothing less. “Another coffee?”

Sad.

Broadcaster Peter Mac is Ashburton born and bred and the afternoon host on the Hokonui Radio Network. The views expressed in this column are his and do not reflect the opinion of his employer nor the Guardian

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Westland dairy farmers fret in voting countdown

By Andrea Fox NZME

“We had a proud history, we were all proud of the company. Right from farmers to the workforce to directors, we were all on the same page to do the best we could.”

Fourth generation West Coast dairy farmer Murray Stewart is recalling why the century-old Westland dairy co-operative, poised for sale to a Chinese mega-company, decided not to join the 2001 industry merger that created Fonterra.

He was a Federated Farmers leader at the time and says going it alone was a no-brainer for the West Coast dairying community.

Fast forward 18 years and that pride is a dusty memory. These days Stewart says he just feels cornered and frustrated.

“We’ve been jammed in a corner and this looks like the only way out. A number of us feel very frustrated that we’ve been driven into this corner. “(Staying independent) was the right thing at the time, but in the past 10 or 12 years, our directors and management have gone off on their own tangents.

“Instead of directors actually setting the strategy and goals for the company, they let management do it and then haven’t pulled

them up when they haven’t delivered what they said they would.”

On July 4, the day Americans celebrate their declaration of independence from Britain, Westland’s farmer-owners will be voting on whether to lose theirs.

Heavily indebted and in recent years lagging other dairy companies in milk payout to its farmers, Westland has called for the doctor.

For its 420 or so farmer-owners the medicine is bitter. The price of new capital will be the loss of the West Coast’s 150-year-old co-operative dairying legacy.

But with their livelihoods on the line, they can’t ignore a deal their directors tell them is a peach.

China’s biggest dairy company, state-owned and Shanghai stock exchange-listed Yili is offering $3.41 per farmer share, while Westland’s own independent advisor Grant Samuel values them at between 88c and $1.38. The average Westland farmer stands to get a cash payout of $500,000.

Powerful added incentives are that Yili, which owns the Oceania dairy company in South Canterbury, has committed to pick up all existing milk supply and to match Fonterra’s farmgate milk price for 10 years. There are other pressures to consider too.

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dead because of Westland’s low payouts, would perk up with the sale.

Stewart, who would receive about $680,000 for his shares, says the prospects for Westland trying to continue alone are grim.

He says they’ve been told earnings retentions of 20c-40c per kg milksolids would need to be made.

With Westland’s milk payout lucky to make $6/kg – the industry benchmark for a farm to make an operating profit – that would be tough. Some farmers are still trying to recover from the global milk price slump five years ago.

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The country’s biggest rural lender, ANZ, is understood to be well-exposed in the region and is said to be taking a close interest in this conditional sale process.

(Less than a year ago Westland successfully applied for a $10m loan from the Government’s Provincial Growth Fund. It soon emerged Treasury had counselled against the loan, partly because Westland couldn’t get a bank loan to fund a value-adding processing project. The loan offer was cancelled with the Yili proposal, the commercial terms never revealed.)

It’s predicted the West Coast dairy property market, all but

says, is that Yili, if its Oceania supplier contracts are a guide, would pay 85 per cent of a season’s milk price as an advance and 15 per cent in the winter. Westland pays 60 per cent. That means as Yili milk suppliers they’d get an extra $1.80/kg at the toughest feed time of the year.

Stewart takes a dim view of the surprise replacement section in the Westland sale scheme booklet that reveals six executives will receive cash bonuses of $1.64 million if the deal with Yili is successful.

This undertaking was not in the original scheme. The first 15 per cent will be paid upon entry into the implementation of the transaction, a further 60 per cent paid upon actual implementation and the remaining 25 per cent six months after the deal is completed.

Chief executive Toni Brendish, who joined in 2016, was paid more than $1m last year and will receive $680,000 of the cash bonus.

Milford Asset Management director and Herald columnist Brian Gaynor has said many Westland shareholders are “appalled” by the cash bonuses because the management team has contributed to Westland’s poor performance.

New Zealand’s economic expansion has lost momentum and while the near-term outlook is expected to improve, risks are increasingly tilted to the downside, according to the International Monetary Fund.

The global body of 189 member countries, set up to foster international monetary co-operation, said the expected improvement in the second half of this year and in 2020 largely reflects increased monetary and fiscal policy support, while the terms of trade are expected to continue supporting domestic demand.

“The near-term boost in growth should lead to a positive output gap and a gradual acceleration of inflation towards the 2 per cent midpoint of the RBNZ’s target range,” the IMF said in its concluding statement describing the preliminary findings of visiting staff.

It noted the current monetary stance fits the subdued inflation conditions.

The Reserve Bank lowered the official cash rate from 1.75 per cent to 1.50 per cent in May and is due to make a rate decision today. While it is widely expected to keep rates on hold, the statement will be closely scrutinised to determine whether it might cut rates further.

“With downside risks to growth, employment, and inflation, insufficient monetary accommodation still is a bigger concern than upside risks to inflation if the monetary policy stance turned out to be too expansionary,” the IMF said.

In the medium term, the IMF said

it expects the output gap – which is where economic growth spurs on inflation – to narrow, with growth slowing to the potential pace. That potential growth is also seen easing as falling net migration moderates the nation’s labour supply.

“On the domestic side, the fiscal stimulus could be less expansionary if policy implementation were to be more gradual than expected, and the domestic housing market cooling could morph into a downturn, either because of external shocks or

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The IMF was positive about the Government’s 2019 budget, saying it “strikes an appropriate balance between supporting policy priorities and maintaining prudent debt levels”. It also said addressing low productivity growth will be central from a well-being perspective.

The IMF team welcomed the introduction of a new research and development tax credit regime, the creation of the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, and the reform of the vocational education

The Govt’s 2019 budget strikes an appropriate balance between supporting policy priorities and maintaining prudent debt levels

diminished expectations.”

On the international front, the IMF said global financial conditions could be tighter and dairy prices could be lower.’ It noted that “risks to global trade and growth from rising protectionism have increased, and this could have negative spillovers to the New Zealand economy, including through the impact on China and Australia”.

It also said that high household debt remains a risk to economic growth and financial stability.

and training sector.

It also welcomed the Government’s commitment to achieving its emissions targets under the Paris Agreement and the intention to set up a framework for climate change policies.

The IMF said the introduction of a target band for net public debt beyond 2021 “will provide a transparent medium-term public debt anchor for budget decisions, while avoiding the drawbacks of a narrow, time-bound debt target”.

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – In the US TV comedy show Frasier, what is the profession of Frasier Crane? a. Taxi driver b. Psychiatrist c. Bar owner 2 – If you were eating une glace in France, what would you be eating? a. An ice cream b. A sandwich c. A salad 3 – In cricket, which two teams play for the Wisden Trophy? a. West Indies and England b. India and Pakistan c. Australia and South Africa 4 – Which of these cities has the most westerly location? a. Amsterdam b. Athens c. Amman 5 – In which country would you find the cities of Prince Rupert and Prince Albert? a. South Africa b. Canada c. Australia 6 – Of which colour is bistre a shade? a. Brown b. Green c. Blue 7 – What kind of animal is a pudding-wife? a. Bird b. Fish c. Insect 8 – The world’s largest hotel is in Malaysia. How many rooms does it have? a. 7351 b. 9852 c. 11,790

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Amsterdam 5. Canada 6. Brown 7. Fish 8. 7351.

Serves 4 Lamb 1 Quality Mark lamb rack with 8 cutlets Potato rosti 6-7 medium potatoes, peeled and grated 2t rosemary, finely chopped 2T butter, melted 1/4 C oil Pistou 1/2 C fresh parmesan, grated 1C fresh basil leaves 1/2 C fresh mint leaves 1 clove garlic, crushed 3 anchovy fillets 1T red or white wine vinegar (or use lemon juice) 4T olive oil ■■ Preheat the oven to 220°C. ■■ Lamb: Trim the fat layer off the lamb rack. Rub the rack with a little oil and season with salt and pepper. Heat a frying pan until hot, then sear the lamb for a

few minutes each side to brown (or if you leave the fat layer on, cook this side longer to render out some of the fat and crisp it up nicely). Transfer the lamb to a roasting dish and bake in the oven for 12-16 minutes depending on how you like it done.

Remove from the oven, cover loosely with foil and leave to rest for 10-15 minutes before carving across the grain.

■■ Rosti: Squeeze as much liquid out of the grated potato as you can – the more the better.

Combine the potato, rosemary and melted butter in a bowl and season with salt and pepper. Press down into 5-6 patties about 2cm thick. Heat oil over a medium-high heat and fry the rosti until golden brown on both sides, about 5-7 minutes. Transfer to the middle of the oven for 15-20 minutes to finish cooking while the lamb rests.

■■ Pistou: Place all ingredients in a food processor or mortar and pestle and blend (or chop everything very finely). You may need to add more oil if it’s too thick. Taste and season if required.

■■ To serve: Slice the lamb rack into 1 or 2 bone cutlets, drizzle with a little pistou and serve with the rosti and a salad or vegetables.

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counts, went very well.

With Mid Canterbury Provincial taking over from Lynnford Rural Women Branch who have been providing meals for this event for over 50 years, it brings fresh ideas into the organisation for the day.

Much fun and laughter and hard work has been had at these events over the years from the days when it was all organised in the paddock using tents that could on occasion be blown over in the nor’westers to the luxury of a shed with water and electricity.

The weather has varied to very cold to this year it being very hot. Another trip down memory lane.

Our annual general meeting is next month after a finger food lunch.

Held this year at Elaine Lowe’s 11.30am.

The 68th AGM was held at the Ashburton Hotel on June 20 where we met at 11.45am.

Audrey Leath presented her very full report for the past year, she thanked everyone for their contribution to the success of the past year.

Presentations were made to outgoing Committee followed by the business side of the meeting before our Patroness took the chair for the election of officers The new officers as follows: Patroness: Mary Leighton President: Audrey Leith Past President: Pat Tarbotton Vice-president: Nancy Ridder Secretary: Jennifer Marks Treasurers: Shirley Thomas, Heather Gray Committee: Anne Gamblin, Claire Wesley, Brenda Law, Noeline Inch, Lynette Milne, Barbara Lischener, Bernice Laird.

Trophies were presented by Norma Galway who is a Life Member.

Most entries: 1st Pat Tarbotton, 2nd Lois Bradley, 3rd equal Mary Leighton and Jennifer Marks Most points: 1st Pat Tarbotton, 2nd Audrey Leath, 3rd Audrey McKay Spring flower show: 1st Nancy Ridder, 2nd Heather Gray, 3rd Lois Bradley.

A winter break will be taken in July, the next meeting will be held on August 15 at the Seniors Centre with a speaker to be arranged.

U3A Hakatere/Ashburton June Meeting

Lion Graeme Mabley receiving an Honoured Lloyd Morgan recognition for his extensive service record in The Lions Club of Ashburton Pakeke. From left: Zone Chairman Garth Bateup, Lion Graeme Mabley and Past President Ron Paterson

Ashburton Pakeke Lions Club Ashburton Pakeke Lions Club June meeting with many visitors from other clubs, was the annual Change Over event when the Incoming President and his Board were duly installed by visiting Lion Garth Bateup. Following a good winter meal, Toasts to Visitors, Lions International and the Ladies were given by Lions Meredith Lowe, Noel Lowe and Arthur Pawsey and were suitably replied to.

Lion Jim Allison was granted Privileged Membership Status an honour bestowed on members who have given long and valuable service to the Club but for various reasons now find it difficult to attend meetings and

Ashburton Golf Club Well what a crazy weekend we just had.

Some massive upsets in the Presidents Trophy round of 16, and some good and bad in the Pennants.

In the Presidents cup quarter-finals, Vince and Ron will square off after taking out George and Tuffy. This will be a cracker with both of them playing off massively inflated handicaps.

I think Vince is the form horse though.

Barry will lock horns with Braydon, real case of teacher and pupil here. Barry is super steady, Braydon is rocks and diamonds, but if he brings his cheering squad again, it may put Barry off his game. Too close to call.

Stewart will face Paddy. A one-horse race if ever I’ve seen one. The last game will see Robbie take on Pauly G, who both won on the 19th last week. This will be the tie of the round, both giants of club match play.

Obviously “giant” is metaphorical in one instance, but you know what I mean.

I think Pauly will just sneak this one.

Should be a great day good luck to all.

Pennants – The Holmes boys had a good win and hold onto third spot in their league so are tracking well.

It was the final round in the Patterson round robins with both Ashburton teams sitting top going into it. Tom’s boys had a bye and had to sit and watch. A great result came through and they held on to 2nd place by a point and head into the

semis at their first time of asking. Well done boys.

After 12 years of misery the other team went to Point in high spirits ready to break their duck. With only two wins from six players required.

Captain Blythe gave a stirring speech in the trench. Shouted “follow me boys”, jumped over the top and stormed the opposition, picking up a great win. He turned round and the rest of the team were still in the trench drinking tea, meekly waving their white flags.

Oh well maybe next year. Sorrows were well drowned on the way home.

None matchplayers have a Stableford round this week. Come on down and join

Run and Walk Ashburton Another busy week for members with lots of activity on offer.

Tuesday evening threshold session again had six runners take part, this included Joe Ford doing a plug for the club and talent spotting a guy out on his evening run, who was invited to join in.

Seems he fitted in quite nicely setting a good pace along with the others.

Walkers Paul Severins and Rob Beale also met and clocked up 6km at a very quick pace.

Another great training on Thursday night.

A group of seven including Ted Yee who brought two students from his College in America who had just had a 19-hour flight, but were happy to join in and do 6 x 1km reps.

The Wednesday evening walkers also had a terrific turn out of six who set a steady pace on their town circuit. Well done to everyone turning up in the evenings, tempting I’m sure to stay by the warm fire, but such a satisfying feeling afterwards!

Our members were spoiled for choice on Saturday June 22! The Early Bird runners enjoyed a mild morning without battling frosts for a change.

A total of six, including one cyclist, again utilising the river track appreciated kick starting their day with a solid run before

actively participate in activities. Lion Graeme Mably was honoured as a Lloyd Morgan Recipient recognising the outstanding practical service he has given over many years to Pakeke Lions.

President Lion Ron outlined his Annual report highlighting the significant projects that had been achieved during the year. The most notable being the Dementia Awareness Breakfast coinciding with the visit of Greg Kelly resulting in a $10,000 donation to Dementia Canterbury for use in our District, the Charity Garage Sale, Service in the Community including Meals on Wheels, Christmas Raffle and assistance with Street Appeals. For the 17th year Pakeke hosted the Annual Day Out for the Ashburton College

the fun. Good golfing.

Lynnford Rural Women Our birthday month of May was different this year as it was spent at the Provincial fundraiser, at the movies to see Red Joan. When discussed at our June meeting it was interesting the different opinions to this movie.

Supper was at the Phat Duck after the movie.

Our June meeting was a smaller than usual meeting with no speaker, so was very informal.

Alisa had her 90th birthday on our meeting day, so was one of those who sent

returning to Columbus Café for coffee.

Fast forward a few hours to the afternoon meet of eight walkers who enjoyed a 75-minute walk which started from the Domain Oval. Heading over the rail bridge, down to Trevor’s Road and onto the river track before returning via Park Street.

The third choice of the day was Timaru, which certainly put on a great show of weather for the annual South Canterbury Cross-Country Champs held at the Scenic Reserve, Centennial Park.

Five members travelled to take part and all agreed it was a great course. Pathways twisted through native bush and open grassland and incorporated the new suspension bridge.

An undulating course which gave competitors a good challenge both physically and mentally.

Everyone seemed happy with their individual results: Walkers 6km – 1st Place Bill Hood 53:05; Runners Women 6km - Masters Women 50+ 2nd Place: Alison Conway 35:33; Runners Men 10km - Men 35+ 3rd place Jeremy Hayes 43:54; Masters Men 50+ 1st Place Joe Ford 42:48; 3rd Place Ian Broadbelt 51:50.

Until next week, keep warm and keep moving everyone!

Special needs Group, a rewarding exercise.

Club Officers for the coming year are President Lion Noel Lowe, 1st VP Lion Meredith Lowe, 2nd VP Lion Trevor Andrews, Secretary Lion Dave Bennett, Treasurer Lion Peter O’Neill, Past President Lion Ron Paterson with Lions Robert Spencer and Joe Butchard as Directors. Other position include Health and Safety Lion Dave Horrell, Bulletin Editor Lion Meredith Lowe, Tail Twister Lion Robert Spencer and meals Lion Graeme Mably.

Entertainment for the evening provided by Lanae and Bruce Hill was much appreciated President Noel closed the meeting by asking for the continued enthusiasm that is the trademark of Pakeke Lions.

apologies. In her absence, we wished her a very happy birthday week with her family and all present signed a card to forward on to her.

With the passing of a former member, Janet Moore formerly Smith, we reminisced about former members and the farms where they lived and who now lived there and in some cases who resided there before that member.

It was quite a trip down memory lane. $50 was collected at a recent meeting for Gum Boot Friday and forwarded to I am Hope.

The annual Young Farmers Ploughing Match held at Ian Lowe’s property in Hinds was reported on and by all ac-

This month’s speaker was Felicity Milburn who is the curator at the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waihetu where she works collaboratively with artists on a wide range of projects, from temporary installations through to large-scale survey exhibitions.

Felicity has been a curator for 20 years having worked at the Robert McDougal and Christchurch galleries. She works with a team of five curators and loves curating big shows and working with the artists to select their works.

Art has taken her to Venice, London, Melbourne and Sydney. A highlight was the Giacometti exhibition. Temporary exhibitions were set up around Christchurch while the gallery was closed so art was still available to people.

She writes regularly for the gallery’s exhibition catalogues, website and quarterly magazine and also contributes to local and international publications, including Art New Zealand, Takahe, Landfall and World Sculpture News.

Her essays have featured in books on several New Zealand artists, including Joana Braithwait, Seraphine Pick, Lisa Walker and Jaqueline Fahey.

Recently Felicity has curated exhibitions on Jaqueline Fahey and Juliet Peter for the gallery and her latest project is Wheriko-Brilliant, an exhibition of contemporary light art.

It was this project that Felicity talked about, showing pictures of the art and describing how the artists formed their ideas, what they wanted the viewer to interpret and how each art piece was formed.

Felicity’s talk captured one’s imagination and gave a feeling of being immersed in the piece being described.

The 66 people present felt inspired to expand their imaginations and have a fresh look at various art forms.

Next meeting is July 23.

The speaker is Professor Robin Palmer, Director of Clinical Legal Studies, Canterbury University.

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SBW to turn out for Ponsonby NZME Sonny Bill Williams could almost start as many games of club rugby as he did for the Blues this season, with the All Blacks midfielder expected to turn out for Ponsonby over the next two weeks.

Williams endured another difficult, injury-disrupted season for the Blues which restricted him to three starts – his final appearance against the Hurricanes in Wellington on June 15 coming after a 10-week layoff following knee surgery.

Such a frustrating campaign left him lacking game-time and match fitness ahead of the Rugby Championship and World Cup in Japan.

The 33-year-old therefore appears keen to use the grassroots avenue to continue his comeback.

The Herald understands at the end of the Blues’ Super Rugby

season Williams reached out to former All Blacks, Crusaders and Chiefs halfback Kevin Senio and New Zealand sevens playmaker Rocky Khan, both of whom are involved at Ponsonby, about the chance to play for the proud club.

Williams is tied to the tiny Puni club, situated over the Pukekohe hill in the Counties Manukau catchment, and previously played one match for Bombay in his return from suspension after the British and Irish Lions series in 2017.

As a contracted Counties player, Williams needed clearance to play for Ponsonby.

Now that has been officially approved by Counties and Auckland – his registration with Ponsonby coming before the last round cutoff on July 6 – Williams is available for the Ponies’ next two matches.

Williams’ presence will be a huge boost for Ponsonby, Gallaher Shield champions, but

at the Orakei Domain.

Next week could be even more significant, with Williams potentially running out at Western Springs as Ponsonby host Eden.

All Blacks great Sir Bryan Williams, a life-long servant of Ponsonby, will be among those smiling at the prospect.

The club is also home to Rieko and Akira Ioane, and has produced the most All Blacks of any at the grassroots.

Playing for Ponsonby over the next two weeks should allow Williams to build conditioning, confidence and fitness as he works towards the All Blacks’ first test of the year against the Pumas in Buenos Aires on July 21.

While many believe Williams faces an uphill battle to make the World Cup squad, given the faith the All Blacks retain in him the reality is he probably only needs to regain full fitness to make the plane.

Sonny Bill Williams will play for Ponsonby Rugby Club this weekend. also Auckland club rugby on the whole.

No doubt there will be additional supporters lining the sidelines,

clambering to see the 51-test second five-eighth in action this Saturday, provided he is selected, as Ponsonby takes on Grammar TEC

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Lawton signs two-year deal to stay with the Warriors

By Christopher Reive NZME

Karl Lawton didn’t need much time to consider a two-year contract extension from the Warriors before signing on the dotted line.

Since making the move over from the Gold Coast Titans in March 2018, the 23-year-old has taken his opportunities with the club and appears to have secured a regular spot in the line up as a result of his current form.

“It fit like a glove, I think,” Lawton said of his role with the Warriors. “It’s a really good club, a really good country. I love representing the club and it’s a nice feeling.

“You get a lot of support, I think that’s a big thing. That’s what really drives this club; the fans and the supporters, and it shows on the field.”

Lawton, who will now remain at the club until the end of 2021, will make his 13th appearance for the Warriors this weekend against the Penrith Panthers when he runs out in the No.9 jersey, after playing 12 times in two season with the Titans.

Lawton will share hooking duties with Nathaniel Roache this Sunday, who makes his return from a back injury from the bench.

“He’s a really good player and a really good competitor,” Lawton said of Roache.

“He’s a real attribute to the team, his speed and his defence is really strong so it’s always handy to have him out there when I come off.”

The Warriors will take confidence into the game after winning in Penrith earlier in the year, but are well aware of Panthers’ current four-game winning streak.

After some early season struggles, Penrith have found their way and, with impressive wins over the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Sydney Roosters, Parramatta Eels and Manly Sea Eagles, have fought their way back to within two points of the top eight.

The Panthers will be without first-choice half Nathan Cleary, who has been ruled out for up to a month after suffering an ankle injury while playing for New South Wales in game two of the State of Origin series.

Jarome Luai will take his spot alongside James Maloney in the halves in what will also be his 13th game in the NRL. “Just like any other team, people come up and down and when they come up they’ve got to step up to the plate,” Lawton said.

“They’re a very strong team. They’re going good, they got a tight win [in their last game] and they’ll be a real challenge for us.”

June 22 and 25 – Sunmeade Rnd 2 - Gross Silver: Pauline Bell 80 H E Cook Rnd 2 - Gross Bronze 1 and 2: Joyce Van Der Heide 92, Jacqui Welch 95, Liz Cabout 95 Nearest the Pins: No 4 Gabites: Not struck, No 8 House of Travel: Not struck, No 12 Lynn’s small Salon: Not struck, No 14 Todds of Ashburton: Marilyn Walker, No 4 Somerset Grocer 2nd shot: Madeleine Stoddart, No 18 2nd Shot to Green: Madeleine Stoddart Twos: Joyce Van Der Heide No 14

Mayfield Golf Club June 25 – Ladies Division LGU 3rd Handicap 5th Stableford Grade 0-20 Christine Ross 82-13-69 Jan Clucas 92-18-74.

Grade21-29 Anne Maree Blair 101-27-74 Helen Rapsey 99-25-74 .Grade30+ Margaret Read 10634-72 Judy Fielder 112-39-73.Stablefords Christine Ross 39 Margaret Read 35. Sims Bakery No 5 Nearest the Pin Judy Fielder. MR Manns Bakery & Café.

Not Struck. Marilyn Cross 2nd Shot 2&11 Grade 0-29 Jan Clucas Grade 30+ Sue Graham

June 25 – Ladies Division Medal Silver: Sue Newman 89-18-71, Bronze 1: Colleen Linney 100-24-76, Bronze 2: Barb Cochrane 10831-77.

Nearest the Pin: Murray Young Property Broker (2nd Shot) #2 Jan Fitzerald, Sims Bakery #6 Barb Cochrane, Mac & Maggie #12 Mara Kennedy, Outdoor Adventure (2nd Shot) #16 Colleen Linney.

Euromarque Longest Putt #9 Not Struck, Euromarque Longest Putt #18 Val Prendergast.

9 Hole Competition – Par Round Margaret Pawsey Square, Denise Morgan Square

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Futsal for all, including kids It’ll be a case of futsal for all at Ashburton’s EA Networks Centre on Sunday.

A week after a new fustal competition began at the EA Networks Centre for adults, the EA Networks Centre is set to host a kids futsal have-a-go day this weekend, free for kids aged five and over.

The have-a-go day is a joint venture between the EA Networks Centre and Mainland Football, and they’re keen to get as many kids down there giving the sport a go as possible, with a future kids competition in the pipeline.

A new futsal competition for adults got under way at the EA Networks Centre on Sunday. With teams of five, made up of both women and men, it’s being played on Sundays from 5pm until 7pm.

The one-off kids’ have-a-go day will be held at the EA Networks Centre from 3pm until 5pm on Sunday and it’s open to all kids aged five and up, with no need to RSVP.

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Martial arts changed Kiwi kickboxing star’s life NZME

Kicked out of school at 16, Sam Hill’s decision to turn to martial arts was one that saved his life.

It was a relationship set up though the common adversity of playground bullying. A sevendays-a-week boarder at South Auckland’s Wesley College, Hill was constantly getting picked on through his early high school years.

“I wanted to learn to protect myself,” Hill said. “Eventually I got asked to leave school [for fighting]. I found a kickboxing gym which I honestly think put me on the straight and narrow and saved me from a whole lot more trouble in my youth.”

Hill got started in the workforce after leaving school and began training at SMAC gym in Manurewa. It wasn’t long before he decided to focus on fighting

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Right – Stephen Halmshaw looks to control possession during the opening night of a new fustal competition at the EA Networks Centre on Sunday.

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full time and in 2017 won the welterweight title at the King in the Ring eight-man elimination kickboxing tournament. Now 27 and training at the world renowned City Kickboxing, Hill will look to defend his crown this weekend when the welterweights return to the King in the Ring stage.

Hill made the move to City Kickboxing about 18 months ago, looking for more experienced sparring partners to work with and learn from. With the gym’s stable consisting of UFC stars Israel Adesanya, Dan Hooker, Kai Kara-France and Shane Young, as well as a host of former King in the Ring winners, it was the right place to go.

“When you’re sparring people more experienced, you tend to learn a lot more. It’s a lot harder and you get a lot more gains.

If you want to get further in the

sport, I think eventually you have to find those more experienced sparring partners.

“The guy that’s hit me the hardest and didn’t look like he was even trying was Dan Hooker.

I sparred with him once and he landed a kick – it didn’t even look like it was hard, but far out it did the damage.”

Hill will be hoping the increased level of training pays off this weekend in the King in the Ring tournament that could see him fight up to three times in the night. An eight-man elimination tournament, fighters need to win three bouts on the night to claim the title.

It was a concept that fuelled some nerves in Hill initially, but he quickly learned the format suited him nicely.

“The thought of it, it was like ‘holy hell’, fighting three times I was a bit nervous but I actually

feel better every fight,” he explains.

“First fight, you’re kind of getting rid of the nerves and I’m a slow starter, too, I take a while to warm up so by the second fight I feel great. Third fight I didn’t feel nervous at all, I was willing to die in there. I think being the third time in that night, the nerves were gone.”

This weekend’s eliminator looks set to be Hill’s last outing in the ring for the next three or four months as he turns his attention toward making his mixed martial arts debut.

He says he wants to spend the next few months working on his wrestling and grappling with his sights set on a debut in the cage toward the end of the year or early in 2020; and defending his crown will be the perfect way to briefly step away from competition.

First it was ANZ now another one of netball’s major partners has issued a negative statement on Maria Folau.

Health Insurance company HCF, who sponsor Folau’s Super Netball side, the Adelaide Thunderbirds, reportedly told Netball Australia: “We do not support Maria Folau’s stance.”

Further to that they expressed to Netball Australia the need for “a strong, clear and well-enforced social media policy and education amongst its players and staff”.

That edict came in the wake of Maria Folau reposting her husband Israel’s initial Instagram request for funds to fight his legal battle against Rugby Australia as she promised to support him.

“We appreciate the complexities of the Folau matter and acknowledge that views do differ in the community, however, we do not support Maria Folau’s stance on this matter,” an HCF spokesman said, according to Nine Media.

“There is no place in our society for discrimination of any kind, including on the basis of gender, religious belief, age, race or sexual orientation.”

HCF taking their stance came shortly after it was reported that banking giant ANZ had put pressure on Netball New Zealand over Maria Folau.

On Wednesday ANZ released a statement to distance itself from the accusations.

“We value our partnership with Netball NZ and any suggestion we have tried to pressure them is absolutely incorrect,” the statement read.

Israel Folau’s campaign for $3 million run by the Australian Christian Lobby has already eclipsed an astonishing $1.8 million.

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It’s make or break time

By Erin Tasker

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For one team, a win tonight would make them the surprise leading contenders heading into Mid Canterbury Netball’s premier one championship round.

But for another it’s a surprise case of needing to win to give themselves the best shot of avoiding having to play in next week’s dreaded promotion/relegation match against the top premier two team.

The team with a chance of finishing as the clear team to beat is United A, and the team in danger of relegation is Methven A, last year’s runners up who have struggled in round two in 2019, failing to pick up a win so far.

And if any team knows what it’s like to be in the kind of position Methven A is in, it’s United A. That’s because last year United A were in a similar boat. They found themselves on the bottom of the ladder at the end of premier one’s second round and playing off against the top team from premier two, Celtic B. In a shock result, United A lost, meaning they spent the final round of 2018 and the first round of 2019 in premier two, and they were devastated.

But at the first possible opportunity, they were back in premier one – winning premier two’s opening round this season to take the automatic promotion that came with it.

Since then, they’ve been unstoppable, maintaining their unbeaten record this season to be the unexpected leaders heading into the last games of round two.

Tonight, they face Celtic A, the defending champions who were

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Sophie Worsfold and her United A team-mates have been unstoppable since earning promotion to Mid Canterbury Netball’s premier one competition.

PHOTO ERIN TASKER 200619-ET-0041 last week beaten for the first time in a couple of seasons by College A, leaving United A as the sole unbeaten side.

Celtic A will be determined to get back to their winning ways tonight, but United A are just as determined to prove themselves, meaning the 7.30pm game on court one should be a great spectacle.

By the time that game hits the court, it will be known which team will be back at the EA Networks Centre next Tuesday night, playing in that promotion/relegation game.

For that team to not be Methven A, they must beat Hampstead

A, and rely on College A backing up their win over Celtic A with a win over Mt Somers.

Mt Somers are three points ahead of Methven A at the bottom of the leaderboard, courtesy of their win over Methven A a couple of weeks ago.

Whether it’s Methven A or Mt Somers in that promotion/relegation game will be found out tonight, but it’s likely the team they’ll have to play in that game will be Southern A. Down in premier two, Southern A’s only loss so far this season came in the last game of round one at the hands of United A. It was a game that effectively decid-

ed which of the two sides – both of which were relegated from premier one last season – would earn that automatic promotion.

Tonight, Southern A can send a warning to whichever side it is they play next week, by finishing off an unbeaten round two against the side that had been looking most likely to challenge them for that spot up until last week, College B. But College B fell to a loss to Celtic B last week, the side relegated from premier one at the end of round one.

Celtic B tonight play Hampstead C, while Hampstead B play Methven B.

Trials looming for our netballers An open trial to decide who will represent Mid Canterbury seniors on the netball court this season will be held this weekend.

The trials are open to any senior players registered to a Mid Canterbury Netball Club, but they need to put their hands up for selection first.

Anyone wanting to trial must register online by the end of today, through the Mid Canterbury Netball website and players who want to make themselves available but are unable to attend trials can fill out an exemption form.

The trials will take place at the EA Networks Centre on Sunday from 2.30pm until 4pm.

This year the Mid Canterbury Netball team will play in the annual Hanan Shield tournament, which is being hosted by Waimate at the Waimate Event Centre on August 4, as well as at a Selwyn Field Day event in Lincoln on July 28.

Coaching the Mid Canterbury side again this year will be Claire Tappin, who is also the coach of the United A side in the Mid Canterbury Netball premier one competition.

■■RUGBY LEAGUE

Brandon Smith – the Kiwis unlikely breakout star NZME Kiwis hooker Brandon Smith almost missed the team bus on Saturday afternoon, as the squad left from their inner city hotel for the journey to Mt Smart.

The 21-year-old had gone down to Victoria Park to watch his old club team – the Waiheke Rams – play in the local league competition.

Time slipped by as he was engrossed in the game, before he had to urgently bolt back to Sky City hotel and made the departure with only minutes to spare.

But it was his only false move all day, as Smith turned in a man of the match performance at dummy half in the Kiwis 34-14 victory over Tonga.

It was a remarkable display, given his NRL time at hooker has been limited to a handful of minutes, as he fills a utility role at the Storm, stuck behind future NRL immortal Cameron Smith.

His distribution was crisp, he took good options and was part of a Kiwis middle unit that defended

Brandon Smith starred in the Kiwis win over Tonga. with gusto.

But the highlight was his running game, as he constantly parted the red sea.

Smith beat three defenders on a 35 metre solo run for a brilliant opening try, and a similar strong burst and well judged kick led to Roger Tuivasa-Sheck’s touchdown just after halftime, which

seemed to break the back of the Tongan resistance.

The Waiheke Island product revealed some advice from coach Michael Maguire had guided his stunning performance.

“Madge told me I’m not Cameron Smith,” said Smith. “I don’t play like him so he wants me to just be me when I am out there.

He said I had a good running game so just use that, off the back of the forwards play the balls. “[It was great] for him to believe in me like that, and telling me my strengths are running. Sometimes when I am at Melbourne if I get put in hooker I feel like I try to play like Cameron Smith but that is not my game. The words that he said to me really stuck in my head during the game.”

His try was a special moment, with hopefully a bonus reward for the large contingent that had made the ferry trip across the gulf to see their favourite son.

“Heaps of Waiheke Islanders probably had money on me for first try scorer. I think I owed it to them,” laughed Smith. “It was an unreal moment. I don’t think I’ve scored a try from outside the 10m line in … years. To do that, in front of home crowd and a roaring Tongan crowd, it was a long way to run. I’m not the fastest in the world. It was a surreal moment.

“I was pretty happy with my performance. Friends and family

got to see it and I got a try, but that is just off the back of what all the boys did. We had a great week in training and it really showed.”

In an eye-catching hour on the field, Smith ran for 127 metres, made 10 tackle busts and also contributed 40 tackles.

It followed on from his compelling performance on debut against the Kangaroos last year and has sealed his status as the Kiwis top No.9 option.

“He hasn’t played hooker all year and he was outstanding,” said Maguire. “The way he rolled the forwards onto the ball and then took his opportunities.”

Smith was part of the Kiwis trip to England last year, and felt the continuity from that extended time away aided the New Zealand side on Saturday night.

“Most of the boys were on the England tour, we were already a pretty tight unit,” said Smith.

“Credit to the Tonga team. They didn’t get a tour that we had last year; when we came into training we slotted in Benji [Marshall] like it was nothing.”

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In brief Stakes task ahead Vibrato shook off his rivals at Rotorua yesterday to score a comfortable victory in the At Cook Contraction 2YO (1230m). The son of Sacred Falls led from the jump under a steady ride from Jonathan Riddell and strode away from his only challenger, Elliot Power, to win by two and a half lengths. The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained Vibrato was having his second career start.

Forsman indicated they would now consider a start in the Listed Ryder Stakes (1200m) at Otaki on July 27. Vibrato is the second winner for four-time Group One winner Sacred Falls and is raced by David Seldon and his father Bob.

Initiative launched

Ross Houghton is the new head trainer at Dancingonmoonlight Farm.

PHOTO THE DIGITAL BIRDCAGE

■■DANCINGONMOONLIGHT FARM

Houghton new head trainer HRNZ Ross Houghton has started a new chapter in his harness racing career by being appointed the head trainer at Dancingonmoonlight Farm.

The horseman has quickly built up a bumper team in his first few weeks at the Swannanoa property.

Dancingonmoonlight Farm boss Robert Famularo had been on the look-out to a trainer to make use of its high class training facilities, which had been vacant since Gavin Smith moved to Rangiora in 2017.

Houghton, who has recently been a key part of Robert Dunn’s stable, said he jumped at the opportunity to train from the prop-

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erty and take the logical next step in his harness racing career.

“I certainly did enjoy my time at the Dunns, I had been there for years helping out before I started full time,” the trainer said.

“But, it was time for me to go and have a go myself and give it a crack.”

“When this opportunity came up it was well worth having a go.”

Houghton initially planned to train six to seven horses while getting himself established at the property.

He already has 14 horses in work, mostly rising 2yr-olds.

Houghton said he plans to make training young horses, and giving them individual care and attention, the centre of his training business.

“It is not going to be a numbers thing, every horse is going to get the proper attention.”

“I like doing the young ones and breaking them in.”

“The satisfaction from seeing them pacing and getting them up and running can be better than training them.”

Houghton said the excellent facilities at Dancingonmoonlight Farm should help give those young horses every chance to succeed.

The addition of a head trainer at Dancingonmoonlight Farm means the property will effectively be a one-stop shop for anything horse related.

Horses will be bred, weaned, agisted and trained at the property.

Famularo said his focus would remain on the breeding and agistment business at the farm.

Houghton would be charged with handling some of his young stock while also training horses for other owners.

“We highly respect Ross and we are very excited for him,” Famularo said.

Houghton headed to the Swannanoa property after playing a vital role, which largely had him working behind the scenes, at Robert Dunn’s Woodend Beach stable.

During his time there, he added the latest of his three winners as a trainer – from just 22 starters – to his CV. Houghton has had 63 wins as a driver in New Zealand.

Westbury Stud have developed two acceleration programmes to attract and retain talent in the thoroughbred industry. The initiative will recognise and inspire personal growth by creating career pathways and building skills and experience. The Gamechanger programme will award an existing Westbury Stud staff member with a 12 month programme where they will spend time in each of the farm’s departments before travelling overseas to a sister stud in the northern hemisphere.

Changing of the guard Chris Luoni, the driving force behind the establishment of the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame, is stepping down as chairman after serving seven years in the post but will continue as a director. Chris was the catalyst behind establishing the Racing Hall of Fame,” past chairman and director Gerald Fell said. “I was the first chairman of the hall of fame and between us we drove the development of it. “I retired and Chris took over, and it has just got stronger and stronger.”

The biennial event, which was first held in 2006, will next take place in May 2020. Stepping into the Chairperson role is Cherry Taylor, co-owner of Trelawney Stud and manager of her insurance company C N Taylor Consulting. Taylor brings a wealth of knowledge of the thoroughbred industry and has extensive experience as a member of several other boards and committees.

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Forbury Park harness Today at Forbury Park harness

Forbury Park Trotting Club Inc Venue: Forbury Park Meeting Date: 27 June, 2019 NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 5.09pm (NZT) RICOH MOBILE TROT $7500, non-winners 3yo+., mobile, 2200m 1 68909 Sweet Jeweliette fr........................ Scratched 2 Its Alf (1) fr.....................................B Orange 3 76x76 Whangamata (2) fr.......................B McLellan 4 23P94 Jimmy Carter (3) fr................... M Williamson 5 6580 Winning Bones (4) fr........................J W Cox 6 7x743 Ayutthaya (5) fr........................... L McKay (J) 7 50655 Be Bee Lass (6) fr..........................C Buchan 8 0x004 Piper Moss (7) fr.........................C Markham 2 5.34pm DUNEDIN CITY MOTORS MOBILE PACE $7500, non-winners 3yo+ mr46 to mr50., mobile, 2200m 1 0 Play By Ear (1) fr...................... N Williamson 2 Miss Paddy Wagon (2) fr...........B Williamson 3 x45D3 Woman In Charge (3) fr..M Hurrell (J) 4 2609x Hurrikane Poker (4) fr......................T Chmiel 5 8x357 Molly Dooker (5) fr................S Tomlinson (J) 6 747 Delightful Gloria (6) fr.............. J Morrison (J) 7 00x Smokin Annie (7) fr......................B McLellan 8 752 Wecandream (8) fr.........................B Orange 9 80440 Taumalolo (21) fr...................... M Williamson 10 05549 Honour Before Glory (22) fr..........T Williams 11 24x05 Old Luke (U1) fr 3 5.59pm FORBURY PARK JUNIOR DRIVERS TROT $8000, 4yo+ r40-r55 jun.d, stand, 2700m

1 009x1 Rogie Falls (1) fr..........................M Lewis (J) 2 7066P Pat The Monkey (2) fr.................E Barron (J) 3 6P382 Anothersuperstar (3) fr...........B Laughton (J) 4 4240x Miss Bamboocha (4) fr...............M Hurrell (J) 5 37230 Grace O’Malley fr.......................... Scratched 6 78554 Dusky Eyre (5) fr........................ L McKay (J) 7 Px436 Ardee Trouble (6) fr.................. S O’Reilly (J) 8 2190x Missy Moo (7) fr...................... J Morrison (J) 9 75694 Scarlett Lane (8) fr................S Tomlinson (J) 4 6.24pm PICK 6 STARTS NOW PACE $7500, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 2200m 1 97 Top Pocket Chance (1) fr...............C Buchan 2 69379 Holy Havoc (2) fr...................... M Williamson 3 00028 Tact Denzel (3) fr.........................R McIlwrick 4 5xP06 Bub’s VC (4) fr.............................C Ferguson 5 899x7 Winsomechange (5) fr......................J W Cox 6 0xP Red Onyx (6) fr....................... J Morrison (J) 7 43452 Opal (7) fr.....................................B McLellan 8 30570 Bombshell (8) fr...............................T Chmiel 9 x9946 Loissonya (9) fr........................ N Williamson 5 6.49pm MID WINTER XMAS BUFFET 4th JULY MOBILE PACE $8000, 3yo+ r40-r49,r50 w/c., mobile, 2200m 1 37678 Alexy (1) fr......................................B Orange 2 22362 The Red Robber (2) fr.............. N Williamson 3 7x337 Ellnbac (3) fr.................................B McLellan 4 20036 Edie Jaccka (4) fr..........................T Williams 5 0x009 Clifton Tactic (5) fr...................... L McKay (J) 6 15705 Aveross Ferrari (6) fr.................B Williamson 7 28348 Groomsman (7) fr.......................E Barron (J)

8 148x6 Running On Empty (8) fr 9 90269 Omar Sharif (21) fr...........................J W Cox 10 07750 Whiskyinthejar (22) fr............... M Williamson 11 86x59 Lets Hustle (23) fr.................S Tomlinson (J) 12 456x0 Carlo Gambino (24) fr 13 51887 Dismara (25) fr...........................M Hurrell (J) 14 73384 First Son (26) fr....................... J Morrison (J) 6 7.14pm NZ HORSE TRANSPORT LTD MOBILE PACE $7500, non-winners 3yo+ mr40 to mr44., mobile, 2200m 1 988x0 Phoebe’s Delight (1) fr 2 60x88 The Naenae Express (2) fr.......... D Keast (J) 3 50643 Phil’s Last Chance (3) fr.............M Hurrell (J) 4 08000 G T Reactor (4) fr...........................B Orange 5 30687 Sunset Red (5) fr..................................G Lee 6 0x382 Lei Miss (6) fr..................................T Chmiel 7 33578 Fraud fr.......................................... Scratched 8 99836 Dreaminsover (7) fr.....................R McIlwrick 9 56660 Jamies Bad Boy (21) fr............ J Morrison (J) 10 68442 Ideal Asset (22) fr.............................J W Cox 11 80x6x Vincenzo Denario (23) fr..............B McLellan 12 90005 Extreme Robyn (24) fr.............. M Williamson 13 0x094 Baldoon (25) fr............................M Lewis (J) 14 79634 Divine Justice (26) fr.......................K Larsen 7 7.42pm FORBURY PARK JUNIOR DRIVERS MOBILE PACE $8000, 4yo+ r40-r60. jun.d, mobile, 2200m 1 92088 Vigoroso (1) fr........................B Laughton (J) 2 09804 Glacier Coaster (2) fr............K Tomlinson (J) 3 44624 Rosinupthebow (3) fr..................M Hurrell (J) 4 36414 Iwanadancewitsumbody (4) fr....E Barron (J)

5 07031 Jungle Gem (5) fr........................... K Butt (J) 6 40219 Ay Boy (6) fr 7 85100 Sounds Bettor (7) fr.................... L McKay (J) 8 560x4 Go Kiwi (8) fr................................ B Hope (J) 9 40247 Nanelle Franco (21) fr............. J Morrison (J) 10 440x5 Pete’s Dash (22) fr................... S O’Reilly (J) 11 03468 Georgie Martin (23) fr.................M Lewis (J) 12 07940 Cruisin Reuben (U1) fr..........S Tomlinson (J) 8 8.07pm YALDHURST HOTEL MOBILE PACE $8500, r50-r60,r61-r65 w/c., mobile, 2200m 1 98541 Little Rain (1) fr..............................B Orange 2 03715 The Croupier (2) fr...........................J W Cox 3 99x69 Archman (3) fr.............................C Ferguson 4 06624 Classie Margaret fr........................ Scratched 5 05807 Sharnae (4) fr........................... M Williamson 6 764x7 His Royal Harness (5) fr........S Tomlinson (J) 7 64411 The Maroon Marauder (6) fr S O’Reilly (J,.Cl) 8 26x10 Ivana Legacy (7) fr E Barron (J,................Cl) 9 51008 Pocket Call (21) fr.....................B Williamson 10 81811 Betterthanspraying (22) fr.............T Williams 11 03867 Hurricane Banner (23) fr......... J Morrison (J) 12 37154 Kotare Elite (24) fr.......................... K Butt (J) 13 4x411 April Rose (25) fr...................... N Williamson 14 12681 No More Change (26) fr K Tomlinson (J,...Cl) 9 8.32pm FORBURY PARK CLAIMERS SERIES MOBILE PACE $7500, claimers 4yo+., mobile, 1700m 1 65090 Knockmanaugh (1) fr....................T Williams 2 54004 The Night Hawk (2) fr..................R McIlwrick 3 36363 Star Ruler (3) fr........................ M Williamson 4 8P625 Gimmefiveminutesmore (4) fr.S Tomlinson (J)

5 36141 Anna Barclay (5) fr.........................B Orange 6 15471 Ideal Breeze (6) fr..............................A Beck 7 75046 Square Dealer (U1) fr.......................J W Cox Pacifiers on : Bub’s VC (R4) LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down SELECTIONS: Race 1: Jimmy Carter, Ayutthaya, Piper Moss, Whangamata Race 2: Taumalolo, Miss Paddy Wagon, Wecandream, Woman In Charge Race 3: Missy Moo, Rogie Falls, Ardee Trouble, Anothersuperstar Race 4: Opal, Red Onyx, Loissonya, Top Pocket Chance Race 5: The Red Robber, Running On Empty, Edie Jaccka, Ellnbac Race 6: Lei Miss, Phil’s Last Chance, Ideal Asset, Sunset Red Race 7: Go Kiwi, Jungle Gem, Georgie Martin, Iwanadancewitsumbody Race 8: April Rose, The Croupier, The Maroon Marauder, Archman Race 9: Ideal Breeze, Star Ruler, Anna Barclay, The Night Hawk

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M9 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 27 June 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 4.10pm (NZT) THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C0, 295m 1 87 Sozin’s Onyx nwtd......................J McInerney 2 76664 Creasy Bear nwtd............................ D Voyce 3 56475 Cadillac Mack nwtd....................J McInerney 4 Smash McDougal nwtd................D Kingston 5 72325 Caramel Rose nwtd................... M Dempsey 6 67 Goldstar Rebel nwtd S &..................B Evans 7 42576 Homebush Jennia nwtd.............J McInerney 8 326 Sozin’s Melody nwtd..................J McInerney 9 85678 Homebush Combat nwtd...........J McInerney 10 6878 Goldstar Malone nwtd S &...............B Evans 2 4.28pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHIRLEY MCMILLAN DASH C2, 295m 1 52115 Goldstar Shiloah 17.40 S &..............B Evans 2 61877 Hatfield 17.28................................ L Waretini 3 44442 Homebush Boden 17.47............J McInerney 4 17733 Giancana 17.36.............................S Hindson 5 11121 Opawa Lacy 17.04 J &.....................D Fahey 6 74756 Shanly Star 17.15......................J McInerney 7 32462 Goldstar Whitey 17.45 S &...............B Evans 8 37331 Smash Rebel 17.59......................... M Grant 9 76277 Botany Alan 17.85......................J McInerney 10 67828 Go Marsha Go 17.32.........................J Dunn 3 4.45pm KAISA EARTHWORKS PH.0272073323 DASH C0, 295m 1 3F5 Goldstar Flora nwtd S &...................B Evans 2 3223x Lucky Scar nwtd...............................R Wales

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Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway 3 4F3 Sozin’s Azure nwtd.....................J McInerney 4 873 Opal Nora nwtd..........................J McInerney 5 68 Pierre nwtd.................................R Blackburn 6 52334 Honey Dew Jewel nwtd.................C Roberts 7 26734 Homebush Reed nwtd...............J McInerney 8 Amuri Magic nwtd......................J McInerney 9 85678 Homebush Combat nwtd...........J McInerney 10 6776 Goldstar Hadlee nwtd S &................B Evans 4 5.01pm FOX & FERRET @ THE PALMS DASH C2, 295m 1 22177 Rion King 17.45............................... M Grant 2 86772 Kalonga 17.36 S &...........................B Evans 3 23483 Nikko Baxter 17.32.....................J McInerney 4 42335 Goldstar Galaxie 17.40 S &.............B Evans 5 33x21 Taieri Terra 17.34.............................R Casey 6 34185 Blazing Banjo nwtd....................J McInerney 7 45861 Smash Calling 17.34........................ M Grant 8 216x7 Sefton Force nwtd............................R Wales 9 76277 Botany Alan 17.85......................J McInerney 10 67736 Jinja Cream Fizz 17.27.....................A Joyce 5 5.25pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK SPRINT C0, 295m 1 42 Sozin’s Assassin nwtd................J McInerney 2 Amuri Liv nwtd...........................J McInerney 3 53842 Dreaming Abbie nwtd...................G Kingston 4 78823 Tickel Up nwtd........................... M Dempsey 5 32343 Big Cod nwtd J M............................. McCook 6 52865 Goldstar Perrie nwtd S &.................B Evans 7 21 Homebush Rapper nwtd............J McInerney 8 84736 Smash Burton nwtd......................... M Grant 9 85678 Homebush Combat nwtd...........J McInerney 10 68853 Homebush Gina nwtd................J McInerney 6 5.47pm GARRARD’S HORSE & HOUND DASH C2, 295m

1 13578 Goldstar Renee 17.42 S &...............B Evans 2 3xF36 Cold Affair 17.48........................... L Waretini 3 61361 Homebush Comet 17.55............J McInerney 4 22123 Smash Grenade 17.38..................... M Grant 5 36226 Thornado 17.47.........................A Bradshaw 6 33573 Crushington 17.51......................J McInerney 7 66525 Miss Dupre 17.33..........................D Roberts 8 77218 Gotcha Penny 17.37........................C Steele 9 76277 Botany Alan 17.85......................J McInerney 10 77727 Snickerdoodle 17.42......................... B Dann 7 6.08pm CLARKSON SIGN STUDIO STAKES C0, 520m 1 Opa’s Joy nwtd.................................R Casey 2 3356 Goldstar Vale nwtd S &....................B Evans 3 23834 Maybe Right nwtd................................A Lee 4 Our Amber nwtd...............................R Wales 5 22332 Skinny Binny nwtd J &.....................D Fahey 6 Punters Bolt nwtd.............................R Wales 7 Our Cook nwtd.................................R Wales 8 Our Scarlett nwtd.............................R Wales 9 65757 Shermo Bale nwtd........................C Roberts 8 6.33pm CRATE & BARREL HOTEL STAKES C0, 520m 1 23 Bye Bye Punter nwtd J &.................D Fahey 2 Punters A Hero nwtd........................R Wales 3 367 Homebush Surgeon nwtd..........J McInerney 4 Our Olive nwtd.................................R Wales 5 Opawa Oscar nwtd..........................R Wales 6 54545 Smash Story nwtd............................ M Grant 7 54456 Don’t Cry Joni nwtd..............................A Lee 8 87565 Our Bonnie nwtd..............................R Wales 9 65757 Shermo Bale nwtd........................C Roberts 9 7.00pm AMBER CLEANING SERVICES STAKES

C0, 520m 1 264 Goldstar Yankee nwtd S &................B Evans 2 Our Pat nwtd....................................R Wales 3 46466 Haze Adams nwtd J M..................... McCook 4 Punters Kirsty nwtd..........................R Wales 5 2 Our Anna nwtd.................................R Wales 6 7 Go Punter Go nwtd..........................R Wales 7 65488 Homebush Erin nwtd..................J McInerney 8 277 Rivalries nwtd J &............................D Fahey 9 65757 Shermo Bale nwtd........................C Roberts 10 7.24pm ISLINGTON TAVERN STAKES C2, 520m 1 43733 Opawa Flash 30.60..........................R Wales 2 23455 Thrilling Watch 30.60....................D Roberts 3 22173 Opawa Sweet 30.23 J &...................D Fahey 4 37575 Deception Diva nwtd........................C Steele 5 15636 Opawa Silver 30.55..........................R Wales 6 11252 Boss Cobra 30.28 J &......................D Fahey 7 24826 No Kissy Missy nwtd..................A Bradshaw 8 76651 Dyna Elliot 30.80...........................C Roberts 11 7.51pm FLAIR SPRINT C3, 295m 1 11811 Fleur Dior 17.27.........................R Blackburn 2 38576 Debbie Baxter 17.11..................J McInerney 3 56317 Paringi Pam 17.39 M &........................ Smith 4 25451 Broken Penniless 17.40..................G Cleeve 5 72584 Black Tori 17.35..........................A Bradshaw 6 11437 Justin Ryan 17.27 S &.....................B Evans 7 23345 Culvie Lass 17.33 H &.........................Taylor 8 63486 Dyna Kushida 17.00......................C Roberts 9 58488 Cash A Roo 17.27 S &.....................B Evans 10 76878 Dunk It 17.24..................................... B Dann 12 8.19pm PROTEXIN SPRINT C3, 295m 1 64415 Dyna Lenny 17.17.........................C Roberts 2 13373 Sierra Delta 17.34 S &.....................B Evans

3 42472 Inside Affair 17.16..............................J Dunn 4 12251 Golden Bay 17.13 J M..................... McCook 5 77351 Cathy Maree 17.17.......................... M Grant 6 58x48 Special Affair 17.30....................R Blackburn 7 14252 Know Logic 17.21...........................G Cleeve 8 46x38 Know Scrutiny 17.24.......................G Cleeve 9 58488 Cash A Roo 17.27 S &.....................B Evans 10 76878 Dunk It 17.24..................................... B Dann SELECTIONS: Race 1: Sozin’s Melody, Caramel Rose, Sozin’s Onyx, Cadillac Mack, Homebush Jennia Race 2: Opawa Lacy, Goldstar Shiloah, Shanly Star, Homebush Boden, Giancana Race 3: Goldstar Flora, Lucky Scar, Amuri Magic, Sozin’s Azure, Homebush Reed Race 4: Kalonga, Rion King, Taieri Terra, Goldstar Galaxie, Blazing Banjo Race 5: Sozin’s Assassin, Homebush Rapper, Big Cod, Amuri Liv, Tickel Up Race 6: Smash Grenade, Cold Affair, Thornado, Miss Dupre, Gotcha Penny Race 7: Skinny Binny, Our Cook, Punters Bolt, Our Scarlett, Maybe Right Race 8: Bye Bye Punter, Punters A Hero, Opawa Oscar, Our Olive, Homebush Surgeon Race 9: Rivalries, Our Anna, Goldstar Yankee, Our Pat, Punters Kirsty Race 10: Opawa Sweet, Boss Cobra, Thrilling Watch, Opawa Flash, Opawa Silver Race 11: Fleur Dior, Dyna Kushida, Debbie Baxter, Justin Ryan, Cash A Roo Race 12: Dyna Lenny, Golden Bay, Know Logic, Sierra Delta, Know Scrutiny

8 3.17pm IPLEX MAIDEN 1650 $10,000, MDN, 1650m

9 41089 Cullen Bohannon (4) 57 10 58447 Allure m (10) 54.5.....................M Singh (a2) 11 3x077 Dance For Money (9) 54.5........... R Hannam 12 9x777 Thats Amore (14) 54.....................R Elliot (a) Emergencies: Blackgammon, Staccato, Da Jin Shan, Zedabel Lass, Wonder Lass Blinkers on : Not Usual Litening (R1), Keepin Harmonee, Whiteout (R4), Out To Impress (R5), King Oberon, Wonder Lass (R6), Nicolini, Xmas Wonder (R7), Whiteout (R8), Top Ofthe Straight, Zedabel Lass (R9), Magic Ivan, Big Ben, Zedabel Lass (R10) Blinkers off : Cheeky Azz, Jayperno, Muzzarati, Breath Of Fire (R2), Handsome Blue (R7), Prince Turbo (R9) Winkers on : Cheeky Azz, Breath Of Fire, Retzena (R2), Dancing Delight, Golden Pera (R4) Winkers off : Keepin Harmonee, Cardinal O’Ceirin, Whiteout (R4), Wonder Lass (R6), Whata Red Prince, Xmas Wonder (R7), Whiteout (R8) Pacifiers off : Platinum Volos (R3)

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Waverley Racing Club Venue: Waverley Meeting Date: 27 June, 2019 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 11.22am (NZT) NUFARM MAIDEN 1200 $10,000, MDN 2YO, 1200m 1 7x Easyrider (3) 57.5.........................R Elliot (a) 2 8x Hasler Lad (12) 57.5.................... R Hannam 3 Leighton Warrior (1) 57.5................ J Parkes 4 7 Second Slip (5) 57.5......................L Allpress 5 Blue Rata Eligius (6) 57.5...... H Andrew (a2) 6 7 Not Usual Litening (2) 57.5............. S McKay 7 World Tour (7) 57.5...................... C Johnson 8 4x736 Platinum Bordeaux (9) 55.5.C O’Beirne (a3) 9 3x66 Alto Potenza (10) 55.5.....................S Collett 10 Bubble Gum (4) 55.5........................D Turner 11 Friday h (11) 55.5 12 Vedette Rouge (8) 55.5.............M Singh (a2) 2 11.52am RELIANCE MAIDEN 1200 $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 50x72 Blue Arrow (3) 58.5..........................S Collett 2 2 Cheeky Azz (17) 58.5.......... C O’Beirne (a3) 3 x336x Benson b (8) 58.5...................... D Hirini (a1) 4 50x64 Thewayyoumademe (2) 58.5....... R Hannam 5 3x5x2 Beckidboo (7) 56.5................. H Schofer (a3) 6 7x3 Trendy Belt (10) 56.5.............. H Andrew (a2) 7 4454x Our Katy Cruz (11) 56.5...................D Turner 8 309x5 Sheezanicegirl (16) 56.5 9 0680x Facetime (12) 56.5.......................... S McKay 10 Fashion Belt (9) 56.5......................L Allpress 11 7755x Jayperno (1) 56.5.............................A Collett 12 595x Muzzarati (6) 56.5..................M Hudson (a3) 13 06x50 Gratuity (18) 56.5 14 Burglar (15) 56.5.......................... C Johnson Emergencies: Houdini, Shady Grey, Special Girl, Easy Habit, Breath Of Fire, Retzena 3 12.22pm PIONEER 1200 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 5x036 Rufus Ruffcut tdmh (16) 59.5.........L Allpress 2 250Px Platinum Volos d (17) 59...... C O’Beirne (a3) 3 2L1x0 Stumpy d (10) 58.5................ H Andrew (a2)

M3 Waikato Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Cambridge Raceway Meeting Date: 27 June, 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 12.12pm (NZT) WELCOME TO CAMBRIDGE RACEWAY SPRINT C0, 375m 1 27377 Ariana Sunset nwtd.................. B Goldsack 2 Enjoy The Perks nwtd...................P Henley 3 36256 Stormin’ Home nwtd S &..........C Blackburn 4 22254 Sovereign Pride nwtd......................S Ross 5 76454 Grunty Mama nwtd S &...........C Blackburn 6 31 Thrilling Roar nwtd......................... K Walsh 7 26776 Pukekohe Smurf nwtd......................H Scott 8 662 Looby’s Story nwtd.................. A Lawrence 9 8xF Diamond Double nwtd................ H Mullane 10 8678 Mad Jack nwtd............................... T Green 2 12.31pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS SPRINT C5, 375m 1 71123 Typical 21.25....................................S Ross 2 11181 Zugzwang nwtd............................ S O’Neill 3 13534 Alex Attack nwtd U &.......................Cottam 4 4136x Zipping Buddy nwtd.........................B Craik 5 82272 Classy Impact 21.13...................... T Green 6 86126 Botany Wayne 21.24......................P Green 7 28811 Sparta 20.81.................................. K Walsh 8 25551 Fancy Fox 21.21...........................C Henley 9 17634 See Eye Be 21.04....................... H Mullane 10 47357 Mobility Scooter 21.20....................M Black 3 12.48pm VETORA CAMBRIDGE SPRINT C1, 375m 1 124 Prerogative 21.39.........................P Henley 2 26512 Gain Capital 21.66...........................B Craik 3 15686 Platinum Tears 21.49.....................R Roper 4 68238 Tilly’s Silly 21.55 R &.........................L Udy

4 70x19 Yes Boy dh (7) 58.5..........................S Collett 5 7x004 Mutechi dm (5) 58.........................R Elliot (a) 6 310x0 Toro Rosso (15) 58..........................A Collett 7 10x40 Amazing Banker d (13) 57.5.....M Singh (a2) 8 Dx456 Armaguard dm (18) 57.5 9 01 Penelope Cruise m (14) 57............. J Parkes 10 2281 Tarabeebee dm (8) 57............ H Schofer (a3) 11 455x5 Classy Lane dm (1) 56.5................. S McKay 12 x7189 Justa Small Ransom dh (4) 56... D Hirini (a1) 13 24918 La Turque dm (2) 56..................... C Johnson 14 309x9 Dana’s Prophecy (3) 55.5.........B Ansell (a4) Emergencies: That’s Funny, Bella Padoza, Da Jin Shan, Destiny One 4 12.57pm TASMAN TOYOTA MAIDEN 1400 $10,000, MDN, 1400m 1 75423 Rio Star b (1) 58.5............................S Collett 2 22 Tavis Court b (5) 58.5.....................L Allpress 3 4235x Keepin Harmonee b (12) 58.5...M Singh (a2) 4 578x4 Mr Jimmy Pocket (2) 58.5................A Collett 5 746 Jaw Gee (15) 58.5........................R Elliot (a) 6 Harry Hewitt (14) 58.5............ H Andrew (a2) 7 68 Cardinal O’Ceirin (11) 58.5....M Hudson (a3) 8 7x O’So Suave (3) 58.5........................ S McKay 9 27x47 Dancing Delight (7) 56.5.............. C Johnson 10 8x5 Meila Rei (4) 56.5.............................D Turner 11 666x Floral Art (16) 56.5....................... R Hannam 12 00x50 Great North Road (9) 56.5......C Burdan (a4) 13 69x Golden Pera (17) 56.5................ D Hirini (a1) 14 0 Irish Trix h (8) 56.5 Emergencies: Tigertiger, Chasing The Crown, Lincoln Dreamer, Whiteout 5 1.32pm DONAGHY’S MAIDEN 2200 $10,000, MDN, 2200m 1 0x262 Rex Royale (17) 58.5...................... J Parkes 2 5x327 Kion b (19) 58.5.............................L Allpress 3 90x57 The Rolling Stone (18) 58.5.............M Cropp 4 0 Vacation (1) 58.5..............................D Turner 5 Px505 Coconut (11) 58.5.....................B Ansell (a4) 6 0 El Senor (20) 58.5............................ A Jones 7 68 Johnny Mac h (13) 58.5................T Johnson 8 x3787 Royal Inn (6) 58.5.............................S Collett

9 6x0 The Fot (4) 58.5........................... C Johnson 10 x2933 Cast In Bronze (7) 56.5................ R Hannam 11 06303 Cog Knish (3) 56.5................. H Andrew (a2) 12 0x504 Mrs Twinkletoes (2) 56.5............ D Hirini (a1) 13 x5885 Out To Impress (8) 56.5.................. S McKay 14 36x79 Dashing Ruby (15) 56.5................R Elliot (a) Emergencies: Tycoon Zed, Take A Gamble, Galapagos, Houbouchoux, Our Charli’s Angel, Infoxicated 6 2.07pm DUKE OF GLOUCESTER CUP 2200 HARVEY/ANN WILSON $11,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 2200m 1 211x0 Tallyho Twinkletoe dm (3) 71.S MacNab (am) 2 730x3 Hamiltonian m (7) 70.......... M Northcott (am) 3 x0061 Look Out dm (13) 70............B Harrison (am) 4 x08x6 King Oberon m (11) 69.5.........E Quinn (am) 5 116Px The Shackler m (12) 69.5.......S Fannin (am) 6 0x000 Goodwill (2) 68.5 7 42131 Mondorani (10) 68.................... L Myers (am) 8 81x61 Bad Boy Brown dmh (6) 67.5.. J Lupton (am) 9 08217 Lovetokeephim dm (9) 67.5.. J Fillmore (am) 10 90066 Pierian Spring dm (1) 66.5.B Rogerson (am) 11 4x1x0 Sardeen (8) 66.5...................... K Singh (am) 12 6040x Barb Dwyer m (14) 66.5..........J McIlroy (am) 13 1001x Ready Eddie m (4) 66.5.........E Taiaroa (am) 14 00x69 Wonder Lass tdh (5) 66.5.....J Sanders (am) 7 2.42pm MARINE SERVICES WANGANUI MAIDEN 1650 $10,000, MDN, 1650m 1 2254x Country Bumpkin b (10) 58.5.......... S McKay 2 33 Tubthumping h (16) 58.5................. J Parkes 3 3 Billy The Kid (5) 58.5.....................R Elliot (a) 4 45 Whata Red Prince (1) 58.5.......M Singh (a2) 5 68755 Yeah Right (4) 58.5...................... R Hannam 6 0880x Handsome Blue (11) 58.5................M Cropp 7 577x9 Makoura Lodge (15) 58.5.................D Turner 8 0x Nicolini h (13) 58.5.........................L Allpress 9 44x6 Sister Monica (14) 56.5.......... H Schofer (a3) 10 50x85 Midnight Shocka (18) 56.5...............A Collett 11 0x007 Smooth Cognac (12) 56.5.................J Baillie 12 0 Xmas Wonder (9) 56.5........... H Andrew (a2) Emergencies: Valerius, Bella Nero, El Senor, Take A Gamble, Our Charli’s Angel, Infoxicated

1 x2273 Fattore Otto (5) 58.5.......................L Allpress 2 577x4 Hesagoodboy (14) 58.5..........C Burdan (a4) 3 05 Brian Boru (11) 58.5....................... J Parkes 4 075 Master Black Jack (1) 58.5........... C Johnson 5 008x8 Heavenly Echo (9) 58.5.......... H Schofer (a3) 6 98980 Senor Pinyata (4) 58.5.....................A Collett 7 7x8 Whiteout (6) 58.5............................ S McKay 8 62246 Heirloom (7) 56.5................... H Andrew (a2) 9 33043 Blue Rata Anna (18) 56.5................S Collett 10 49345 Black Anasta (17) 56.5.....................D Turner 11 098x0 Princess Jenni (10) 56.5...................J Baillie 12 Reliable Miss (16) 56.5.................R Elliot (a) Emergencies: Valerius, Bella Nero, El Senor, Take A Gamble, Our Charli’s Angel, Infoxicated 9 3.52pm NORWOOD’S TARANAKI 1650 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1650m 1 x8356 Charlie Horse m (1) 59.5..................D Turner 2 09095 Gobuyit tm (2) 59......................B Ansell (a4) 3 72317 Welcome Back (5) 58.5..................L Allpress 4 44x00 Wonderful Barbie tdm (3) 58.. H Andrew (a2) 5 100x0 Top Ofthe Straight (14) 58............... S McKay 6 60x05 Chartwell (7) 57.5........................ R Hannam 7 02535 He’s Ric b (6) 57.5........................T Johnson 8 00x02 Brahmarahma (13) 57...............M Singh (a2) 9 06231 Aratoka m (10) 56.5............... H Schofer (a3) 10 6x098 Prince Turbo (8) 56.5.................. D Hirini (a1) 11 1890x Straight Jacket m (15) 56.5.. C O’Beirne (a3) 12 31x66 Fantasy Flight (16) 56...................R Elliot (a) Emergencies: Blackgammon, Staccato, Da Jin Shan, Zedabel Lass, Wonder Lass 10 4.22pm NIAGARA SYND. 1650 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1650m 1 360x4 Ruffy Rahtwo m (16) 59.5...... H Andrew (a2) 2 22215 Thomas Aquinas (5) 59..................L Allpress 3 7x616 Mister Geronimo td (1) 58.5.............S Collett 4 74402 Rockoneve th (15) 58...................... J Parkes 5 7x658 Magic Ivan m (6) 58........................ S McKay 6 93016 Princeville (3) 58.................... H Schofer (a3) 7 80x09 Big Ben m (2) 57.5....................... C Johnson 8 49x64 Veracious m (13) 57............. C O’Beirne (a3)

SELECTIONS: Race 1: Not Usual Litening, Easyrider, Platinum Bordeaux, Leighton Warrior, Hasler Lad Race 2: Fashion Belt, Blue Arrow, Beckidboo, Trendy Belt, Thewayyoumademe Race 3: Penelope Cruise, Tarabeebee, Classy Lane, La Turque, Yes Boy Race 4: Tavis Court, Keepin Harmonee, Harry Hewitt, Rio Star, Mr Jimmy Pocket Race 5: Rex Royale, Kion, Cast In Bronze, Cog Knish, Mrs Twinkletoes Race 6: Mondorani, Lovetokeephim, Sardeen, Hamiltonian, Tallyho Twinkletoe Race 7: Tubthumping, Billy The Kid, Whata Red Prince, Country Bumpkin, Yeah Right Race 8: Heirloom, Fattore Otto, Brian Boru, Master Black Jack, Blue Rata Anna Race 9: Charlie Horse, Chartwell, Top Ofthe Straight, Brahmarahma, Welcome Back Race 10: Rockoneve, Veracious, Ruffy Rahtwo, Thomas Aquinas, Mister Geronimo

Waikato dogs Today at Cambridge Raceway 5 F5547 On Demand nwtd............................M Black 6 62527 Sir Kinloch nwtd...............................S Clark 7 56672 Blackjack Man 21.56................ B Goldsack 8 57575 Jinja Lad 21.72...........................R McPhee 9 46575 Jay Grim 21.67..........................J T Pruden 10 1668 Afridi nwtd W &..............................T Steele 4 1.06pm AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES SPRINT C2, 375m 1 76443 Barbarossa Boy nwtd............... B Goldsack 2 63622 Little Trilise 21.57..................... A Lawrence 3 38357 Yella Ella 21.54 R &...........................L Udy 4 61475 Snoopy’s Hero 21.44........................ D Ray 5 57631 Jinja Jake 21.62 W &.....................T Steele 6 54155 Flying Dewy 21.87 R &......................L Udy 7 33324 Bigtime Zack nwtd...................... H Mullane 8 41133 Stay Rich 21.52 M &....................... J Smith 9 58466 Elouera Mist 21.33....................P Ferguson 10 68786 Audrette nwtd................................S Codlin 5 1.23pm FARMLANDS VIRKON STAKES C3, 457m 1 13753 Opawa Magic nwtd........................G Farrell 2 25631 San Tan Samson 26.25................. T Green 3 F3131 Athenais nwtd..................................S Ross 4 33455 Frosty Blaze nwtd.......................... T Green 5 64478 Amy Amy nwtd...............................G Farrell 6 72483 Billy Bright 26.10......................P Ferguson 7 24421 Odnoc Ankie 25.85...................P Ferguson 8 18811 Paddy’s Passion nwtd.................... T Green 9 7888x Bigtime Kiowa nwtd.................... H Mullane 6 1.41pm MAYHOUNDS RACING RETIREMENT PROJECT SPRINT C1, 375m 1 71 Sophia Noir 21.56.................... A Lawrence 2 4x425 Grunt nwtd W &.............................T Steele 3 85633 Grouch Pawset 21.57....................P Green 4 55245 Out Of Paper 21.43.................. G Pomeroy

5 54712 Fancy nwtd................................. H Mullane 6 6F863 Hallo Star 21.08 R &..........................L Udy 7 87634 Secret Babe nwtd......................J T Pruden 8 12864 Billy Bullet 21.47..............................H Scott 9 47468 Our Simba nwtd.............................G Farrell 10 57568 Jack No Lag 21.60........................ Y Castro 7 1.58pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR SPRINT C3, 375m 1 54726 Raging Demon 20.99 R &..................L Udy 2 54137 Oskitz nwtd....................................S Codlin 3 34334 Asserting Power 21.62................. S O’Neill 4 12282 Kelly’s Girl 21.30....................... G Pomeroy 5 33162 Finkle Foot Fred 21.14...................... D Ray 6 46146 Opawa Big 21.44...........................G Farrell 7 86767 Sisco Kid 21.22.............................C Henley 8 84114 Party Every Day nwtd R &.................L Udy 9 177Fx Bigtime Jason nwtd.................... H Mullane 10 22676 Nangar Dream 21.16.....................G Farrell 8 2.16pm FARMLANDS COPRICE SPRINT C2, 375m 1 84328 Bigtime Hunter nwtd................... H Mullane 2 52243 Token Jasper 21.30.........................S Clark 3 32415 Sheyna 21.17.................................S Lozell 4 56275 Talkabout Izzy 21.33......................... D Ray 5 17732 Unconscionable 21.45 R &................L Udy 6 57414 Always Dreaming 21.40.................G Farrell 7 26851 Call Me Leo 21.28......................... T Green 8 88857 Lunch Special nwtd.................... H Mullane 9 68786 Audrette nwtd................................S Codlin 10 58466 Elouera Mist 21.33....................P Ferguson 9 2.33pm NZ RACING SERIES NOVICE (C0-C1) HEAT 1 NZRSq, 457m 1 57765 Jinja Ted nwtd.................................S Lozell 2 61261 Zoro 25.85............................... A Lawrence

3 67784 Just Maddie nwtd............................M Black 4 18886 Bigtime Jasper nwtd................... H Mullane 5 52714 Little Apple nwtd W &....................T Steele 6 51313 Thrilling Audrey 25.68.................... K Walsh 7 63F62 Arm Turner nwtd......................J McInerney 8 21332 Here’s Hemi nwtd....................J McInerney 9 78575 Shozip Luca nwtd..........................T Patton 10 6678x Stellar Babe nwtd P &.................. J Cleaver 10 2.51pm NZ RACING SERIES NOVICE (C0-C1) HEAT 2 NZRSq, 457m 1 65232 Tiddy Cash nwtd......................J McInerney 2 65238 Kapai Tahi nwtd R &..........................L Udy 3 43867 Thrilling Arnold nwtd......................S Codlin 4 33456 Don Morocco 25.70 P &.............. J Cleaver 5 25142 Tuff’s My Mum nwtd.........................S Ross 6 54322 Opawa Nemo nwtd W &................T Steele 7 34556 Jetlag Jag nwtd........................J McInerney 8 82555 Shozip Boomer 26.25....................T Patton 9 24674 Chong Lai nwtd...........................R McPhee 10 31 Thrilling Roar nwtd......................... K Walsh 11 3.08pm NZ RACING SERIES NOVICE (C0-C1) HEAT 3 NZRSq, 457m 1 14226 Stefano nwtd............................ A Lawrence 2 37485 Talkabout Sophie nwtd...................M Black 3 56543 Slam It nwtd.............................J McInerney 4 58336 Valyrian Steel nwtd..................J McInerney 5 24872 Extroverted nwtd........................... S O’Neill 6 34244 Opawa Jimbo 25.91 W &...............T Steele 7 28871 In Focus nwtd P &....................... J Cleaver 8 33322 Jinja Nice nwtd................................E Potts 9 31 Thrilling Roar nwtd......................... K Walsh 10 76456 Shozip Ruby nwtd..........................T Patton 12 3.26pm MIKE STENT DECORATORS LTD STAKES C4/5, 457m

1 18281 Isn’t She Sassy 25.73...................P Henley 2 51811 It’s A Stroll nwtd U &........................Cottam 3 85745 Waiterimu Ripper 25.94 R &..............L Udy 4 61114 Too The Nail nwtd............................E Potts 5 52165 Pat Tama 25.59................................S Clark 6 114F1 Our Rick 25.62.................................E Potts 7 75451 Bigtime Jacob 26.04................... H Mullane 8 12232 Barossa nwtd........................... A Lawrence

SELECTIONS: Race 1: Looby’s Story, Sovereign Pride, Enjoy The Perks, Diamond Double, Pukekohe Smurf Race 2: Sparta, Zipping Buddy, Fancy Fox, Typical, Classy Impact Race 3: Prerogative, Gain Capital, Platinum Tears, Sir Kinloch, On Demand Race 4: Little Trilise, Snoopy’s Hero, Bigtime Zack, Stay Rich, Barbarossa Boy Race 5: Opawa Magic, Odnoc Ankie, Billy Bright, San Tan Samson, Paddy’s Passion Race 6: Sophia Noir, Fancy, Grouch Pawset, Grunt, Out Of Paper Race 7: Kelly’s Girl, Raging Demon, Finkle Foot Fred, Sisco Kid, Asserting Power Race 8: Token Jasper, Call Me Leo, Bigtime Hunter, Lunch Special, Unconscionable Race 9: Thrilling Audrey, Zoro, Here’s Hemi, Jinja Ted, Little Apple Race 10: Tuff’s My Mum, Opawa Nemo, Tiddy Cash, Don Morocco, Kapai Tahi Race 11: Stefano, Opawa Jimbo, Jinja Nice, Slam It, In Focus Race 12: Too The Nail, Our Rick, Isn’t She Sassy, It’s A Stroll, Barossa

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Australia’s David Warner (right) celebrates with teammate Australia’s captain Aaron Finch after getting 50 runs not out during their Cricket World Cup match between England and Australia at Lord’s cricket ground in London.

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Another century partnership, another day at the office for Aaron Finch and David Warner.

The best double act of the Cricket World Cup so far shared a record opening stand of 123 on Tuesday at Lord’s, the launch pad Australia used to beat England by 64 runs and confirm a semi-finals spot with two matches to go in the round robin.

Captain Finch made 100, his second century of the tournament, and Warner 53.

That’s just the tip of the iceberg of remarkable numbers for Australia’s opening combination.

They became the first duo to post a fifth consecutive 50-plus opening stand in a World Cup. They have century stands of 146 against Pakistan, 173 against Sri Lanka, and the 123 against England.

They are averaging 91.71, making them the second most successful opening pair in World Cups after Upul Tharanga and Tillakaratne Dilshan, who averaged 100 for Sri Lanka in 2011 over nine innings.

Both openers have two centuries and have passed 50 five times.

Finch has tallied 496 runs, second in this tournament only to Warner’s 500.

Before they got going on Tuesday, both had to endure a withering start from the England pace attack in humid conditions, including bruise-making strikes to their thighs.

Finch was particularly edgy in front of the hostile crowd. He gave a tough fingertips chance to James Vince in the sixth over, and survived a good lbw review

by England in the seventh.

But once the new ball softened up, they took the fight

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back to England. Finch pulled too-short balls to the boundary and Warner saw off the three slips he was surrounded by early on.10mm x 30.7mm The century stand came in the 18th over, Finch reached his 50 in the 19th, and Warner his 50 in the 20th.

Warner was out in the 23rd, taken aback by spinner Moeen Ali. His 53 came off 61 balls, and any boos for him from the crowd were drowned in cheers for Joe Root, who caught him at backward point.

Finch was out in the 36th 60mm x 30.7mm over, a ball after reaching his 15th ODI hundred, and seventh against England. He lasted 116 balls and hit 11 boundaries and two sixes.

“To get out straight after a hundred is never ideal,” Finch said. “I didn’t play too badly.

Any time you contribute to a win, that’s the most important thing.”

Batting conditions were challenging to begin with for the opening pair.

“It wasn’t the easiest wicket to start on. The ball was moving for the seamer,” Finch said.

“We were conscious to get through that and were able to.”

Finch and Warner clicked the first time they opened for Australia in ODIs. They combined for 163 in 2014 in a chase 63.5mmin x 63.5mm against England Melbourne.

They partnered up again to prepare for the 2015 World Cup and enjoyed enough big scores to enter that home tournament as the openers. Only, they didn’t fire as they had.

Their best partnership was 57, the only one over 30. Despite it, Australia still won a fifth World Cup. They’re on fire here, though, and are giving Australia the greatest base to win a record-extending sixth World Cup.

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Cryptic crossword

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): There’s nothing worth losing your cool over. Finding a solution to the problem depends on maintaining a certain frame of mind. Do the self-care that allows you to relax.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): It often takes a struggle to change your status. But if maintaining a position continues to be a struggle, consider that it’s not a good fit. Life isn’t meant to be easy, but it shouldn’t be hard all of the time.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You know that you can’t please everyone and have in fact learned that if too many people love what you’re doing, it’s not a plus. Rather it’s an indication to drill further into your own uniqueness.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You’ve no use for other people’s curiosity right now. You only want to draw attention to yourself when you have a specific reason to do so. Go under the radar until the moment you’re ready to lead.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Friendship is the high form of love that allows you to give purely today and with the sole purpose of making another person happy and building a strong relationship.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Be mindful of how different people bring out different sides of you. The sorts of things you do in the company of one person will be totally different from what you wind up doing with someone else.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Right has might and you’re in its strong clutches. The question that arises today: How do you know what’s right, especially when other people believe that they are just as right?

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You have a gift for seeing what’s interesting about people and situations even when it’s not apparent to others. Because of this, you can turn just about anything into an interesting experience.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Excellence is never everywhere. By definition, the position of excellence is held by precious few. If there’s too much of a thing, then it’s not worth as much. The best things in life are always rare.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You’re so busy building up reasons for people to appreciate you that there’s no time to worry about the money. In the end, the money is actually a certificate of appreciation that naturally flows toward your efforts.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Your true friends aren’t sitting around breaking down the nuances of your every word, move or mistake. They get your heart and extend the benefit of the doubt to you.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Your imagination is so powerful today that you could easily put it to use for time travel. Project yourself to the far future. What you see there will help you create your best strategy.

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Canterbury High Country

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TODAY

Fine with some morning frosts. Light winds.

Fine with morning frosts. Areas of cloud or fog in the sheltered valleys breaking for a time in the afternoon.

Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: Light.

TOMORROW Fine with morning frosts. Light winds.

NZ Today

FZL: 2200m

TOMORROW

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SUNDAY Mainly fine with early frosts. Northeasterlies developing.

FZL: 2200m

SATURDAY Fine, morning frosts or fog. Northwesterlies.

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Mainly fine, cloud developing later.

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Rise 8:09 am Set 5:03 pm Bad

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Hamilton

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Napier

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Wellington

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Nelson

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Blenheim

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Christchurch

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Queenstown

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Dunedin

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Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 3:00 pm, yesterday

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Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 3:00 pm, yesterday

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Sth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

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Rangitata Klondyke at 3:25 pm, yesterday

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Waitaki Kurow at 3:05 pm, yesterday

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Canterbury Readings

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Fine, morning and evening frosts and cloud or fog in sheltered valleys.

Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: Light.

Mainly fine with early frosts. Light winds.

Thursday, 27 June 2019

A ridge of high pressure persists over the country into the weekend, before moving away to the east on Sunday. A northeast flow develops over the country on Sunday ahead of a front that moves onto the South Island on Monday.

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6:30 Takoha 3 6:40 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 7:10 Kia Mau 3 7:20 E Kori 7:25 E Ki E Ki 7:30 Haati Paati 3 7:40 Huhu 3 7:50 Smooth 3 8am Pukana 3 2 8:50 Kete Korero 3 9am Te Ao – Maori News 3 9:30 Cam’s Kai 3 10am Tangaroa With Pio 3 10:30 My Reggae Song 3 11am Tales From The Trails Noon Pukuhohe 3 12:30 Billy T James AO 3 1pm Toa – Toa O Aotearoa PGR 3 1:30 Both Worlds 3 2pm Ipaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Takoha 3 3:10 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 3:40 Kia Mau 3 3:50 E Kori 3 3:55 E Ki E Ki 3 4pm Haati Paati 3 4:10 Huhu 3 4:20 Smooth 3 4:30 Te Iti Kahurangi 3 5pm Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 5:30 Te Matatini Ki Te Ao 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News

7pm Whanau Living 3 7:30 Kai With Anne Thorp 3 8:30 Nga Whetu O Matariki II 9pm The Koi Boys 9:30 The Ring Inz AO 3 10pm The Hui – Kaupeka Wha 10:30 Te Ao – Maori News 3

11pm Te Matatini Ki Te Ao Highlights from 2019 Te Matatini Kapa Haka Festival, held at Westpac Stadium, Wellington.

11:30 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1

6am Tom Kerridge’s Best Ever Dishes 6:30 Heston’s Feast 7:30 Jelly Jamm 8am Bondi Vet 9am Sold!

9:30 Unplugged Nation 11:30 Supercar Mega Build 12:30 Expedition Unknown 1:30 Arabia With Levison Wood PGR 2:30 Nor’easter Men 3:30 Into The Wild – India 4:30 The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food The Hairy Bikers cook some of their favourite comfort food.

5:30 Mysteries At The Museum Don Wildman unearths relics from the world’s greatest institutions to reveal secrets from the past, examining each artefact to illuminate the hidden treasures.

6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Jade Fever The Bunce family’s jademining operation employs most of the town’s residents, and they aim to turn various claims into million-dollar jackpots.

8:30 Agnetha – ABBA And After 9:30 Paranormal Survivor AO 10:30 American Pickers 11:30 Mysteries At The Museum 12:30 Tom Kerridge’s Best Ever Dishes 1am The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food 2am Inside King’s Cross 3am Into The Wild – India 4am Paranormal Survivor AO 5am Mysteries At The Museum

SKY SPORT 2

6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:30 Netball – Fiji v New Zealand Men (RPL) 8am Netball – Silver Ferns v All Stars (RPL) 9:30 The Kiwi Basketball Show 10am Fox Sports News 10:30 NZ Press Box 11am The Crowd Goes Wild 11:30 The Back Page 12:30 Women’s T20 Cricket – England v West Indies (HLS) 1pm Golf – The Challenge Series (HLS) 1:30 Golf – PGA Tour (HLS) American Family Insurance Championship.

2:30 Golf Central 3:30 Golf – Asian Tour (HLS) Kolon Korea Open.

4:30 Netball – Silver Ferns v All Stars (RPL) 6pm L Netball – Fiji v All Stars 8pm L Netball – Silver Ferns v New Zealand Men 10pm Grassroots Rugby A showcase of club rugby matches and homegrown stories from some of the 600 rugby clubs throughout New Zealand.

11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild

6:30 Cricket – World Cup Review Pakistan v Blackcaps.

7:35 Cricket – World Cup (RPL) Pakistan v Blackcaps – First Innings.

From Edgbaston Stadium, Birmingham.

12:10 Cricket – World Cup (RPL) Pakistan v Blackcaps – Second Innings.

From Edgbaston Stadium, Birmingham.

4:05 Cricket – World Cup (HLS) England v Australia.

From Lord’s Cricket Ground, London.

5pm Cricket – World Cup (HLS) India v Afghanistan.

From Rose Bowl Cricket Ground.

6pm Cricket – World Cup (HLS) Blackcaps v West Indies.

From Old Trafford Cricket Ground.

7pm Cricket – World Cup (HLS) Pakistan v Blackcaps.

From Edgbaston Stadium, Birmingham.

8pm Cricket – World Cup Review Pakistan v Blackcaps.

9pm L Cricket – World Cup India v West Indies – First Innings.

From Old Trafford Cricket Ground.

Midnight First XV Rugby Revision 12:30 Kick-Off 1am Fox Sports News 1:30 SkySpeed 2am Netball – Fiji v All Stars (RPL) 3:30 Netball – Silver Ferns v New Zealand Men (RPL) 5am Cycling – Criterium Du Dauphine (HLS) Eight Stages.

1:35 L Cricket – World Cup India v West Indies – Second Innings.

From Old Trafford Cricket Ground.

5:30 Cricket – World Cup (HLS) England v Australia.

From Lord’s Cricket Ground, London.

Friday

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

Friday

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DISCOVERY 6:35 How It’s Made PG 7:05 How It’s Made PG 7:30 Car Crash TV PG 7:55 Car Crash TV PG 8:20 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Racing a 1967 Dodge Dart 2/2. 9:10 Deadliest Catch PG 10am Homestead Rescue PG High and Dry. 10:50 Outback Opal Hunters PG 11:40 Swamp Murders M Oasis of Death. 12:30 The Perfect Murder M MurderIn-Law. 1:20 Murder Calls M Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing.

2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 How Do They Do It? PG 3:50 Gold Rush PG Bilizzards and Bullets. 4:45 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Frustrated with a 1932 Ford: Return to Pike’s Peak 1/2.

5:40 Outback Opal Hunters PG 6:35 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 7:30 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 8:30 Gold Rush – Parker’s Trail PG Uncharted Territory.

9:25 Gold Rush – Dave Turin’s Lost Mine PG 10:15 Deadliest Catch PG 11:05 Naked And Afraid M Curse of the Swamp.

11:55 Car Crash TV PG Friday 12:20 Car Crash TV PG 12:45 Murder Calls M 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Moonshiners M 3:15 Gold Rush – White Water PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How Do They Do It? PG 5:45 Gold Rush PG

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Sport

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Make or break time

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Ladies take to the Collegiate squash courts It was all about the ladies at the Ashburton Collegiate Squash Club on Sunday, when event three of the Ladies Stellar Squash Series stopped off for a visit. Among those taking part were Aimee Baird (left) and Rachael Sullivan. Each of the events so far has been well supported, with around 18 entries, and everyone who took part went into the draw to win a new squash racquet. The focus of the series is on getting women interested in the sport and giving coaching to new players.

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Canes combo a big threat

By Patrick McKendry NZME

Australian Nic Berry, the referee assigned to the Crusaders v Hurricanes semi-final in Christchurch on Saturday, is an official who will not lack for advice during the 80 minutes and in particular from visiting halfback TJ Perenara, one half of a partnership that the home side will fear the most.

Noticeable even over the television broadcast last weekend of the Hurricanes’ 35-28 victory over the Bulls in Wellington was how much Perenara talked to referee Berry – not in breaks of play but as play continued – and it was reminiscent of the No. 9’s performance against the Blues at Eden Park this season when he was in ref Nick Bryant’s ears to the extent the official told him to give it a

rest in the end.

It can be a fine line but Perenara tip-toes on the right side of it better than most due to his experience and it’s that time on the field, especially alongside first-five Beauden Barrett, that the Crusaders are most wary of because it’s perhaps the only area they can’t match.

The pair played their 100th Super Rugby game together last weekend, an incredible achievement, and a feat which has obvious advantages for the Hurricanes in terms of their understanding and confidence as a crucial partnership.

The Crusaders have superb leadership in the form of Sam Whitelock and Kieran Read, among others, but while their halfbacks Bryn Hall and Mitchell

Drummond are extremely useful operators who complement each other, they don’t have the ability to influence a referee like Perenara, who seemed to get away with being blatantly offside when defending scrums against the Blues last month via his force of personality alone.

Together, Perenara and Barrett are a formidable pair, as Crusaders assistant coach Ronan O’Gara, a former Ireland first-five who earned 130 test caps, admitted yesterday.

“Obviously I’m a big admirer of Beauden Barrett – I have been for a long time,” he said. “He’s a fantastic player and competitor and so is TJ Perenara, so to play 100 games together from my point of view – I think people underestimate how hard that is to do. So

much preparation goes into it – that’s something they’ve achieved so they probably have an advantage in experience over our No. 9 and No. 10.

“We have two No, 9s on top of their game at the minute and we have Richie [Mo’unga] who has been on top of his game for a long time. He’s looking to dethrone Beaudy, but Beaudy has the advantage of being a superstar at test level. I think Richie can get to that space so it makes for an exciting game.”

It’s clear Mo’unga and Barrett, two players who shone last weekend, are set to define this repeat of last year’s semi-final. In scoring 23 points, including two tries, in his team’s 38-14 win over the Highlanders, Mo’unga again pushed his claim as New Zea-

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But O’Gara again stressed caution as far as the Crusaders’ recent success in shutting down Barrett is concerned.

“That’s probably the short perception of it, but I think for that to happen you need to win up front, it’s as simple as that,” he said. “If you win the collisions and if you win the gain line, no matter how good you are as a No. 10 your time is diminished significantly and our boys have done a good job in that regard in previous campaigns. But when the ball is in Beauden Barrett’s hands it’s not a good sign for any opposition.”

Crusaders and All Blacks midfielder Ryan Crotty said: “He’s a world class player, as simple as that, and they’ve got quite a few of them across the park.”

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