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ing to the Ministry of Primary Industries.

For the year ended SepA large live sheep and cattle tember, 2014, live aniexport to Mexico will take mal exports rose $94m to place next month with the $110m in part due to live majority of breeding livecattle (including dairy catstock coming from Cantertle) going to China. bury.

When asked to comment Fifty thousand ewe lambs on the export Peter Walsh and 3000 cattle will leave said he “was not prepared the Timaru port in midto make any comment at the June bound for Mexico.

Rick Powdrell moment”.

The Guardian under“We are right in the midstands the shipment is being organised by Peter Walsh and dle of trying to get things organised.”

Mr Walsh said he would be comAssociates – a South Island-wide livementing on the export in a week or so, stock company based in Timaru.

Livestock has been purchased from but he did not want any “hassle” at the farms all over Canterbury and further moment. “We’ll get the job done first.”

The hassle Mr Walsh was referring south before being sent to the Rangitata feedlot where they are fed pellets to was likely to be the public outcry and grown to 35kg prior to shipment. over live-sheep exports following The shipment marks a significant 4179 sheep dying of suffocation en resumption in the live sheep trade, al- route from West Australia to Qatar in though New Zealand does routinely 2014.

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of all live exports, fearing public reaction. The news has taken many in the wider farming industry by surprise with Federated Farmers meat and fibre chairperson Rick Powdrell saying it was “news to him”.

“For farmers in your area, particularly those that have been struck by the drought, it’s certainly another option.”

Mr Powdrell was not concerned about New Zealand genetics leaving our shores.

“We have got to be realistic. We have been exporting our genetics for some years. It’s not about competing with each other, it’s about our lamb competing with other proteins and supply on shelves all year round.”

He was confident that companies exporting sheep had past welfare issues sorted. “If you ask farmers they will tell you they will jump at any additional chances to sell their lambs so long as all the boxes can be ticked regarding animal welfare.”

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Clown horror remake loses director The new adaptation of Stephen King’s creepy clown horror It has reportedly lost its director. Cary Fukunaga, who came on board the project in 2012 and helped pen the screenplay, has ejected from the director’s chair because of New Line’s reluctance to back a two-part film, US media sites report.

Fukunaga (True Detective, Jane Eyre) was reportedly adamant on splitting It into two films but he and the studio could not agree on a budget. Filming was supposed to begin in midJune but the production has now stalled. It, based on King’s 1986 novel, was made into a TV miniseries in 1990 starring Tim Curry as an evil demon in the form of a child-killing clown, Pennywise. But the book has not yet been made into a film because of It’s sprawling length.

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Sealing the Facebook deal A Facebook page has now been set up for the Papakura seal.

The parody account follows a similar page on Twitter that was started when the seal was first spotted on Monday. The pages are not connected. The Twitter poster has said: “The Facebook page is not associated with the official Papakura Seal Twitter feed. Bad language is not fur kids!” The Facebook page does contain profanity. It is unclear who is behind the Twitter feed, which has gained 441 followers since it was set up Monday morning. The first two people to follow the page, perhaps suspiciously, were news reporters.

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Actor Johnny Depp has become an unlikely sponsor for an orphaned bat in Australia. The Hollywood star has been Down Under filming Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, and recently heard about a flying fox that was found near the film’s set. Officials at The Australian Bat Clinic rescued the bat and named her Jacki Sparrow after Depp’s movie character, Jack Sparrow, and now the actor has volunteered to pay for the animal’s care.

He recently invited the bat’s caretakers to the set of the film, Clinic director Trish Wimberley tells the DailyMail.co.uk, “He was very interested in it (Jacki Sparrow) and so we asked if Johnny would like to sponsor her, because we do sponsor little babies and he said yes.

We’re going to be sending Johnny an adoption certificate and little update photos, which is what we normally do with our sponsors.” The news has given Depp something to smile about after he fell foul of Australian law by illegally taking his two dogs into the country without going through the proper quarantine procedures.

Cuteness overload Feel like a cuteness overload? The SPCA is currently live streaming four fuzzy kittens as part of an adoption drive. The “Kitty Cam” live stream was suggested to the RNZSPCA by NZME’s The Hits radio station, after being inspired by similar campaigns overseas. Currently, four adorable kittens appear on screen – three gingers and a tortoiseshell. They were not currently available for adoption, due to their on-screen requirements – but many other cats and kittens were seeking forever homes, said Rona Booth of the Auckland SPCA. However, she said it was important to recognise that cat-ownership was a long-term commitment before adopting. “People shouldn’t just get a kitten because it’s cute and they want to adopt a kitten because it’d be fun.” It was hoped that viewers of the lifestream would also feel compelled to adopt more mature cats as well. http://www.thehits. co.nz/kittycam

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We are happy Kiwis Over 80 per cent of Kiwis are satisfied with their lives and even more have a high sense of purpose according to a survey released yesterday. The 2014 New Zealand General Social Survey (NZGSS), which surveyed 9000 people, showed just over 8 in 10 New Zealanders, 82.6 per cent, rated their overall life satisfaction at seven or above. Slightly more New Zealanders, nine in 10 or 87.1 per cent, rated their sense of purpose highly.

There was a slight drop in life satisfaction from the previous survey in 2012, when an estimated 87 per cent of people were “satisfied” or “very satisfied” with their lives overall. The way the survey was measured changed in 2014 and interviewees were asked to rate their satisfaction level on a scale of 0-10. In previous surveys, those interviewed had to choose one of five options that best described their level of satisfaction.

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■ WASTEBUSTERS

Burglaries leave staff gutted

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By Daisy HuDson

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Staff at Wastebusters Canterbury have been left gutted after burglars stole thousands of dollars’ worth of equipment on Sunday.

Staff arrived at work in Ashburton on Monday morning to find several expensive items missing, including a yellow McCulloch chainsaw, a large quantity of car batteries with silver spray paint on them, and an industrial orange cooler fan.

It appears the burglary was not a one-off event, with an industrial yellow and black De Walt angle grinder stolen the weekend before.

Wastebusters joint manager Sharon Breakwell said the burglaries were disappointing.

“We are a trust, so it does annoy you a bit because we just don’t have lots of money,” she said.

“It’s not like we can just say “oh it doesn’t matter, we’ll just carry on”.”

She said Wastebusters survived through the support of the community, and at the end

By naDine Porter

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Wastebusters staff Matthew Green, Sharon Breakwell, Tony Dawson and Laura Johnstone are less than impressed with the thieves who have broken into the trust’s premises twice this month.

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of the day they wanted to give back to the community.

“We’re not here to get rich, we’re not a big corporate company,” she said.

She suspected the car batteries were taken because they could be sold as scrap metal, and she believed other “bits and pieces” were also missing.

Ms Breakwell said that Sunday’s burglary was caught on their security cameras, and footage had been passed on to police.

■ CIVIC HEADQUARTERS

Eastfield ‘only option’ for civic headquarters By sue newman

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Ashburton District councillors were yesterday given every reason to put the new Eastfield development off Cass Street at the top of the list for the district’s new civic headquarters.

Chairman of the Eastfield board, Brian Davidson and urban planner Craig Pocock made a comprehensive submission on the council’s long term plan and when they spoke to that

submission, they gave councillors a raft of reasons why the Eastfield site should be chosen.

“In our view there is no other suitable site,” Mr Davidson said.

Eastfield could build the council a new headquarters complete with parking options well within the $16 million it had tagged as the cost of a new civic centre, he said.

“There are really only two options, the current building site

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The council could be part of the inner town development through outright ownership of its building, through to tenancy, with a range of options in between.

Having the civic centre as part of a central town development was also good urban

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A central green area is planned as part of the development and this would automatically become a civic square if the civic building was on the site, he said.

No specific site in the complex, bounded by Cass, Burnett and Tancred streets had been tagged for a civic centre, but the corner of Cass and Tancred street was clear and available, Mr Pocock said.

Fertiliser co-operative Ravensdown is leaving its joint venture with the Ashburton Trading Society, leaving ATS to assume full control of its core card business, Ruralco NZ Ltd. Contacted by the Guardian yesterday, Ravensdown deputy chairman Stuart Wright confirmed the co-op would divest its 50 per cent shareholding in Ruralco.

ATS would assume full control of the company on Monday, ending a joint-shareholding that started in 2012.

An ATS representative was unavailable for comment yesterday but said they expected a media statement to be released today.

But in an email sent to shareholders, ATS chairman Phil McKendry said the Ruralco Card would be valid at all suppliers and there would be no charges for ATS shareholders as a result of the change.

The Guardian understands Ravensdown Ruralco card holders will have to pay a fee to keep using their card, to cover administration expenses.

The card was initially launched in the central South Island to offer discounts at local suppliers and retailers.

It has since spread throughout the country.

In his email, Mr McKendry said the card had successfully differentiated itself in a competitive market and that the relationships in Ruralco’s supplier network provided a powerful platform for its continued growth.

Mr McKendry told the Guardian earlier this month that Ruralco was part of ATS’ growth strategy and that the card had good potential.

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■ LONG TERM PLAN SUBMISSIONS

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Plea for new barrier arms

BY SUE NEWMAN

SUE.N@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Rather than dealing with cold hard cash, Ashburton District councillors were yesterday left dealing with emotions on the first day of submission hearings on the district’s Long Term Plan.

Submitter Chris Bristol made a compelling plea for the council to step up and install barrier arms at the North Park Road rail crossing, the scene of two fatalities.

Her nephew George Ellis was killed in the most recent accident on the crossing, on July 7 last year. His death prompted a strong public call for additional warning signals and barrier arms to be installed at the crossing. It also sparked a petition that attracted more than 3000 signatures.

She personalised her presentation with a large photo of Mr Ellis and a video clip of his funeral.

When Mr Ellis was killed the

crossing was marked by a give way sign, but Kiwi Rail indicated lights and bells would be installed. Community and council pressure saw this upped to include barrier arms.

The deal, however, came unstuck with Kiwi Rail back tracking and installing bells and lights only.

Ms Bristol said the council should lead by example and pay for barrier arms to be installed at the crossing.

“We had to say goodbye to a

young man who had his whole life ahead of him. He was 22.

He is now a statistic - but to me, he’s my nephew,” she said.

In the wake of development at the North East Business Park, the council signed a deed (in 2007) with Kiwi Rail that shifted responsibility for rail safety onto council shoulders.

This deed had been filed by council and forgotten, but it had been proactive in pushing for bells and lights. It believed it had secured barrier arms too,

but KiwiRail backed out of the deal. That did not mean council should give up, she said.

Barrier arms at the crossing had made their way into the top 10 on Kiwi Rail’s priority list but they were dropped overnight and were now around 187th on the list.

Ms Bristol’s submission was supported by a similar plea from Neal Shaw who said sunstrike had always been a problem at the crossing.

There were now businesses in the area, he said who were reluctant to let staff use the crossing.

“There has been a 30 year conversation about this crossing but nothing much has happened.”

Councillor Neil Brown told the submitters that the council was on their side and councillor Rod Beavan suggested barrier arms could be funded out of the $650,000 the council had set aside for roading work in the next year.

Waste education Ashburton Wastebusters Trust has asked the council to split its kerbside collection contract into two components next year. It has signalled it would make a bid for the district’s waste education programme and said the council would get better value for money if it had a collection and an education contract. Wastebusters currently holds the Selwyn District Council’s education contract.

Shingle roads Charles Ross wanted the council to put more effort into upgrading shingle roads around the Ashburton District. The council was spending money on 2 or 3 per cent of the district’s roads and ignoring the state of shingle roads, he said.

“This is not good enough. These roads are the lifeblood of the community. I don’t want more money spent, I just want the roading budget re-prioritised.”

Residential C rates The A&P committee was not happy and in its submission on the long term plan said residential C rates should be based on the actual council services provided. The association is also concerned that a clause is registered on its land title signalling the land must return to the council if it is no longer used as a showgrounds.

■ FEDERATED FARMERS

Biodiversity

Rural income drop ‘cannot be ignored’

Ashburton’s branch of the Royal Forest and Bird Society wants the council to employ a full time biodiversity officer. Speaking to its submission, member Val Clemens said the district was losing species it did not know it had because of a low focus on biodiversity issues.

Currently a lot of this work was done by forest and bird volunteers but this situation could not continue indefinitely, she said.

BY SUE NEWMAN

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Farmers have absorbed rising rates for years but the rural economy has changed and those increases can no longer be sustained by the farming community, says Mid Canterbury Federated Farmers vice chair Jessie Chan-Dorman.

Speaking on the first day of submissions hearings on the Ashburton District Council’s long term plan, Ms Chan-Dorman said that after years of

leading other rural districts in economic growth the district had entered a period where prices had slumped and the decade of expansion was over.

“The substantial drop in rural income from the dairy sector and the subsequent negative impact on the economics of urban industry, cannot be ignored,” she said.

Federated Farmers predicted that between $900 million and $1 billion will come out of the district’s economy because of low dairy and grain prices.

“All of that means rural rate-

payers will have little tolerance for an increase in rates.”

The council’s debt was now at $89.5 million and residents had access to first-class facilities, but it was time for consolidation.

The council had to be mindful that the economic health of the district’s export industries were a major factor in the ability of the community to pay continual increases in rates, Mrs ChanDorman said.

“The golden decade is over, it’s time to reduce that debt.”

Reducing spending, however,

couldn’t come at the expense of road maintenance, and Federated Farmers supported the council’s decision to add $650,000 extra to its roading budget, chief executive Kevin Geddes said.

“There’s a very clear message from the rural community that roads spending must be increased; that more of the fuel and excise tax should come back to rural areas. Increased pressure on roads is a real concern. Spending hasn’t kept up with the level of maintenance required.”

Pensioners Doug Forsyth made a pitch for the council to consider pensioners when it undertook new projects that impacted on rates. Wheelie bins would put rates up too much for many older people and the bins themselves would be difficult to put out on the street, he said.

“You’re leaving pensioners with insurmountable costs.”

Great job outcomes for graduates Engineering graduates at Aoraki Polytechnic are almost guaranteed a job thanks to strong industry partnerships.

Hoskins said the work experience component was critical to students’ success.

Among this year’s graduates will be Wade Gillson, who is studying the Certificate in Engineering.

“Success means more than just gaining a qualification. It means becoming employable and progressing out into industry.

Wade has been doing the work experience component of the course at Timaru engineering firm Parr and Co. If he successfully completes the 34 week course he will be taken on as an apprentice.

“Businesses like Parr and Co allow many of our students to get a real taste of what the sector is all about and encourages them to look forward and to see where they could end up.’’

Aoraki Polytechnic portfolio manager for trades Barney Hoskins said the institute had forged strong ties with industry partners like Parr and Co.

Hoskins said the relationship between the polytechnic and Parr and Co was long-standing. The company was one of many the polytechnic worked with to ensure its programmes provided relevant training.

The company offers work experience to students and takes on many of the polytechnic’s pre-trade engineering graduates as apprentices, he said.

Parr and Co general manager engineering Ben Smith said the company had worked with Aoraki Polytechnic since its inception.

In turn, the new employees return to the polytechnic for further study as part of their apprenticeship training.

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Fitness enthusiast: Make yourselves visible at night

By CaitliN Porter

Left – Fitness enthusiast and keen runner Aimee Paterson decks herself out in reflective gear every time she hits the pavement.

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An Ashburton resident is concerned that people are not doing enough to ensure their safety when exercising at night.

Fitness enthusiast and personal trainer Aimee Paterson said she encountered a number of people around the Allenton area, particularly on Farm and Racecourse roads, who are barely visible while exercising.

“No reflective clothing or LED armbands,” she said.

Mrs Paterson took to social media with her concerns and received a lot of feedback from people who had witnessed the same thing in other areas of the district.

Now, she is urging people to kit themselves out with the correct gear before hitting the pavement.

“There is so much reflective running gear you can buy – jackets, armbands, sash, vests, dog collars with lights,” she said. “I run at night and I look

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like a lit-up Christmas tree, but better safe than sorry.”

The Ashburton District Council’s road safety project officer, Rachael Boyd, said she has

heard from quite a few people, mostly drivers, since daylight saving started who have said they have had a few near misses with people dressed in dark

clothing when out running or walking.

Mrs Boyd said over the last five years there have been 24 crashes in the Ashburton Dis-

trict involving pedestrians.

Of those 24, four were fatal, five resulted in serious injuries, 12 in minor injuries and five victims were uninjured.

She said the majority of these crashes were during the winter months and between the times of 6pm to 4am.

“The most important thing for people if they are out and about when it is dark is to wear either hi-vis or light-coloured clothing, not black or dark blue as this makes you very hard to see,” Mrs Boyd said.

“Also, if you are walking your dog, make sure they can be seen as well – as a black lab can very easily blend into the night.”

■ ASHBURTON GYMS

Council’s ‘really stuffed up’

By Sue NewmaN

Sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

An Ashburton gym company owner says ratepayers will be forced to pick up the tab for budget over-runs at the district’s new EA Networks Centre.

Gym Company and Finesse gym owner John Moore has been at loggerheads with the council for months over the running of the new gym.

He believes the council should not be in the business of running a gym, that the business should have been tendered to the private sector.

And he believes the council has been overly ambitious in its

membership targets and too conservative in its fees.

The end result, Mr Moore says, will be a gap between budget and income that will inevitably be footed by ratepayers.

The council has budgeted for the gym to make a $239,000 profit and that would need a membership of 448 from day one. That’s not achievable, he said.

“The prices set as memberships are lower than any gym in town; they’re using their own market power to put pressure on other gyms.

“Their prices are providing a huge, huge incentive for members to leave and go there.”

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Mr Moore believes the council is not driven by profit as it knows it has a rates back-stop.

“I’ve told them they’re wrong; they’ll lose $200,000 in the first year. They’ve really stuffed up, there’s a huge array of questions that should be answered to the public.”

Council service delivery manager Neil McCann said the council’s budget was accurate and it was well researched.

“We had specialists draft our financial model, Steve Prescott reviewed it and then we got a peer review on it as well.

“We had to put the figures in the long-term plan so it had to

stand up to a peer review,” he said.

In running the gym, the council’s number one motivation was to exceed its budgeted figures, Mr McCann said.

“We realise we have to build membership in year one, but in years two and three we’ll be making money.”

While Mr Moore has accused the council of under-cutting privately-owned gyms, Mr McCann said fees were set based on what was charged in other council-run gyms around the South Island.

“We had to pick figures that worked for our budget and were still reasonable for ratepayers.

People need to feel they’re able to afford to use it; we’ve done what others do, we have similar rates.”

Ratepayers would not be subsidising the gym, it was run as a separate entity and it was charged with making a profit within three years, he said.

“If we don’t make a profit, we put it out to tender and let others from the outside make a go of it.”

The council voted in August last year to run the gym itself, believing that would be the best outcome for ratepayers. The management system will be reviewed after three years.

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■ TIDDLYWINKS

Concerns over new intake rules

BY DAISY HUDSON

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A proposal to have set starting dates for new entrants at school, could cause major headaches for Mid Canterbury families and early childhood centres.

The tradition of starting school on your fifth birthday could be a thing of the past as a growing number of primary schools consider setting certain dates throughout the year for new entrants to arrive.

The move is seen to make things easier for schools as they would not have to worry about catering for unexpected arrivals.

However the proposal could end up hitting parents in the pocket.

Government childcare subsidies end once a child turns five and with pupils potentially having to wait up to five weeks after their birthday to start school, parents could have to fork out more for childcare.

The move could also have a significant impact on early childhood centres.

Tiddlywinks director Amanda Moore said centres would have to adapt their programmes to cater for older children.

Under New Zealand law, children can start school any time

Tiddlywinks director Amanda Moore says having set starting dates for new entrants at school could impact on early childhood centres.

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between the age of five and six.

Mrs Moore said centres were licensed for children up to the age of six, but having an increasing number of five year olds staying for longer would impact their teaching programmes.

“Generally when they reach about four and a half most of them are ready for that next step, so I think you’d need to have a look at your programmes,” she said.

Waiting times for Mid Can-

terbury centres could also get a lot longer, she said.

“When children turn five it basically opens up the next space for someone else to come in, so it could be that the waiting list could be longer,” she said.

While Mid Canterbury schools have not adopted the policy yet, Mid Canterbury Principals Association president Chris Murphy said it was an interesting concept.

“There’s no official intake, so

you have kids starting in dribs and drabs all the time,” he said.

However he doubted the practicality of it.

“On the face of it, it’s awesome, but it’s hellishly complicated,” he said.

Ministry head of sector enablement and support Katrina Casey said once a child turns five, and if the parent requests it, the school is obliged to accept the child’s enrolment even if it is outside the school’s ‘intake dates’.

New education policy gets mixed response DAISY.H@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

A proposal by Rangitata Labour Party members to introduce civic education into the curriculum has been met with a mixed response by local principals.

A remit was passed at the party’s regional conference in Ashburton last weekend that urged the party to adopt a new education policy.

Members voted in support of a remit that called for civics to be a compulsory course at sec-

The body of a man found in a Rotorua stream yesterday morning has been recovered by police.

A post-mortem examination would be carried out tomorrow to establish the cause of death.

Police said the circumstances of the death were unknown at this stage.

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■ CIVIC EDUCATION

BY DAISY HUDSON

Body found in stream

ondary school, and for it to be available as an NCEA subject.

Rangitata Labour Electorate Committee (LEC) chairperson Glen Cameron said civics covered how government worked, including how parties and unions were structured.

However while local principals say it sounds good in theory, increasing youth engagement with politics should not be left solely up to schools.

Mount Hutt College principal John Schreurs said it was assumed the easy solution for everything was to put it in

schools. He said there was already a focus on how the government works in junior social studies programmes.

“In the senior school it’s less sort of flexible at that stage and they may not be doing a subject that relates to that,” he said.

Despite that, Mr Schreurs said someone from the Electoral Commission visited schools to talk to students who were eligible to vote.

He believed politicians needed to look at how to engage young voters.

Mid Canterbury Principals Association president Chris Murphy said from his perspective the curriculum was already crowded.

He believed there were opportunities to teach civics in primary schools as part of the existing curriculum, but he questioned what would have to be dropped from the secondary curriculum to make way for it.

“It might be one of those things that sounds great in theory, but is really difficult in application,” he said.

Shop workers from rival stores launched into a dramatic chase through a popular Auckland shopping mall yesterday morning after a shoplifter tried to make off with around $40,000 worth of jewellery. The alleged thief attacked one of his chasers with a hammer, hitting him in the face and leaving him needing dozens of stitches. The hammer attack didn’t deter other workers and even customers, who continued to chase the man and hold him down until police arrived.

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Police cell death A man found dead in a Manukau police station cell yesterday morning was checked on throughout the night and the cause of death remains unknown, police say. The 64-year-old spent the night alone in the Manukau police station custody unit, and was found unresponsive at 5.40am yesterday, police said. Police staff commenced CPR immediately and called an ambulance, but the man was pronounced dead when paramedics arrived.

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Attempted abduction Hawke’s Bay Police are investigating the attempted abduction of a five-year-old boy outside a Hastings school yesterday. Detective Rob Parker said a 10-year-old girl was walking her five-year-old brother to school when a man began following them.

As they reached the school, the male grabbed the five-year-old by the hand and started leading him down the road. The young boy cried out and his sister turned around and called out to him. The man then let go of the boy’s hand and left the area.

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Campbell Live final MediaWorks has confirmed that Campbell Live will end this Friday, and that it will be John Campbell’s last day on air. On the 3News website, group head of news Mark Jennings said TV3 would broadcast a special final episode on Friday to see John off “in style”.

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Honouring the Fallen During the period of the First World War, 1914 to 1915, many men from the Ashburton District signed up to fight for the Empire against the German army. Many did not return - almost 450 from Ashburton were killed. The first Ashburton men were killed on April 25, 1915 - the first Anzac Day. Ashburton philanthropist and patriot Frederick Ferriman presented a special flag and a flagpole to the families of those men. The Ashburton Museum, with the assistance of the Rotary Club of Ashburton, has erected in front of the museum one of the original Ferriman flagpoles, and on the centennial of the death of each Ashburton soldier will fly a replica flag. An original flag is on display in the museum. This week the Ashburton Museum honours: May 30: Leonard John Rountree May 31: Roland Henderson Nicholas June 1: John William Johnston

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Ashburton’s Budget Advisory Service coordinator Jeanette Molloy is providing people all over Mid Canterbury with advice on how to budget, borrow and lend responsibly.

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Ashburton’s Budget Advisory Service is encouraging Mid Cantabrians to borrow and lend money responsibly, in lieu of changes to consumer law.

This comes after a national campaign was launched to promote the new Code of Responsible Borrowing.

The budget advisory services’ coordinator Jeanette Molloy said a typical client in Ashburton has around $10,020 debt.

“We see clients in a range of situations, and many of them owe money,” she said.

Vehicle insurance, licensing, warrants of fitness and registrations, as well as power and rent are the issues Mrs Molloy said she sees most often.

Next week on June 6, throughout New Zealand, a number of changes in regards to consumer credit law will come into force.

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“If people decide to borrow money, these codes will ensure the process happens responsibly.”

Now, she is encouraging local lenders and borrowers to follow a few key tips.

Firstly, she said, make sure the repayments are affordable.

“So often we see where ‘I want’ has overridden the need to pay for basic necessities, like rent and power – these need to come first.”

Other key aspects are, looking at all the possible options before borrowing and finding out more about the loan, as well as providing real information, before signing up.“It’s critical you know what you are signing up to,” she said.

“Ask questions, take the contract away to read it, and get a translator if you need it.”

A copy of the Code of Responsible Borrowing can be found online at www. familybudgeting.org.nz and other information can be obtained from the Ashburton Budget Advisory Service.

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Security around baby formula has been relaxed at New World in Ashburton, following on from discussions between the Ministry of Primary Industries and Foodstuffs.

The Ashburton supermarket will no longer have the powder monitored – a position that was introduced following a threat to contaminate infant milk powder with 1080 poison earlier this year.

New World Ashburton manager Devin Young said the store has taken direction from its parent company, Foodstuffs.

The Ashburton store did implement the use of a monitored area when the threat first broke, but the formula is now back on the shelves.

“The [checkout] operators look at the product before they scan it, it’s a bit of human ingenuity coming into play,” Mr Young said.

Earlier this month Foodstuffs said it continued to take the threat very seriously, and have implemented the checkout point of inspection at its various supermarkets throughout the country.

Over at Countdown Ashburton security measures remain tight as ever.

Countdown’s assistant store manager said the formula remained locked away in

a room, away from customers.

“That is where it has been right from the beginning, we get people to inspect the tin before we hand it over and sell it as per the requirements.”The assistant store manager said that protocol would stay in place for the foreseeable future.

“That is how it is going to stay until we get told otherwise.”

In terms of customer reactions, she said customers appeared complacent when the scandal broke, and have remained that way since.

On a national level MPI confirmed that a Police assessment of the threat had found the risk of the release of contaminated product to be very low.

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No place for racism Stu Oldham

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hether it is upheld or not, a local rugby club’s complaint about alleged racist abuse of its players has thrown a spotlight on racism in Canterbury sport.

Hampstead Rugby Club has complained its players were subjected to racist abuse in their Combined Country Cup match against Saracens, in Rangiora, on Saturday.

The alleged abuse from spectators was too offensive to be published in the Guardian yesterday. If true, the racist epithets were small-minded and disgraceful.

As the investigation began, Canterbury Community Rugby’s boss restated the code’s zero tolerance policy toward racial abuse. He also hoped the incident did not happen.

So will many rugby clubs and myriad Canterbury communities that have grown more diverse as the region welcomes more migrants from all over the world.

Because that is what has happened. Many more people from the Pacific, Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe choose to live here and to contribute to our society.

By-and-large, our communities have welcomed and worked with migrants and have made the most of the diversity of culture, belief and thought that they bring.

Of course, this has not happened evenly. A report last year found some Mid Canterbury migrants experienced discrimination. Civic and social leaders urged us to do better.

What allegedly happened in Rangiora suggests intolerance still casts an unwelcome shadow in Canterbury, even where people meet to share their love of our national sport.

Sledging and a bit of verbal has been part of sport since time immemorial, but players and spectators should expect it to follow social norms and the law.

The world has changed and such public racial abuse is much more the product of smallminded people who have now been well-and-truly left behind.

Social historians call sport a microcosm of society. The response to sideline racism must show that this society has grown up.

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Local Government Minister Paula Bennett set up the Rules Reduction Taskforce “to get rid of loopy property rules and regulations that are stopping people from getting on with the job”.

Rules reduction deadline looms L ocal Government Minister Paula Bennett established the Rules Reduction Taskforce in 2014.

She set the taskforce up “to get rid of loopy property rules and regulations that are stopping people from getting on with the job”.

The taskforce has 11 members. It is co-chaired by Jacqui Dean MP for Waitaki and Parliamentary Private Secretary for Local Government, and Michael Barnett ONZM, Chief Executive of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce.

It is currently seeking submissions from the public on specific rules and regulations that don’t make sense and impact directly on properties and businesses.

The taskforce is hearing frustrations about a broad range of regulations, starting from ‘A’ with the Animal Welfare Act 1999, and moving through the statutes until you get to ‘W’ and the Walking Access Act 2008.

A lot of the submissions made so far focus on the costs and time involved in applying for consents (both building and resource consents); the difficul-

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ties getting clear information about what is required to carry out regulated activities (such as building or subdividing); inconsistency of requirements between different regulations; and changes in rules that can make it difficult for businesses to operate with certainty.

The Ashburton District Council, like many other councils, will be making a submission. Our focus will be on central government regulation that creates problems for us in its implementation.

We want a regulatory system that is as efficient, customerfocused and as effective as possible, but many of the constraints on efficient delivery of services lie with the legislative and regulatory rules that govern the way in which councils operate.

I had a look at Local Government New Zealand’s draft

submission, which says “The immense scale and impact of this regulatory framework, which has shown almost exponential growth over recent years, has created a complex decision-making environment that has had dramatic effects on the cost of local government and its culture …”

One example from the LGNZ submission of an unnecessary cost is: “The pre-election report (LGA2002) The pre-election report was introduced in 2010 to provide voters with summarised financial information to inform their voting decisions. It became mandatory for all councils prior to the 2013 elections. The LGA amendment 2012 required that councils prepare and publish prudent financial benchmarks annually. The information provided by the benchmarks is more accessible and meaningful than the information provided by the pre-election reports. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the pre-election reports had little to no impact on the 2013 elections and were also used by some councils as promotional documents.

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It costs around $20,000 of time and effort to produce the pre-election report every every years. So if it’s unnecessary it would be nice to redirect that time and effort into something that was more important.

If you want to try and cut some red tape, you need to make your submission before June 1, 2015.

Written submissions can be emailed to rulesreduction@ dia.govt.nz or sent to the Secretariat at the Rules Reduction Taskforce, Department of Internal Affairs, PO Box 805, Wellington. Alternatively online submissions about single issues can be made at www. govt.nz/rulesreduction.

The Ashburton District Council’s submission will be on our website www.ashburtondc. govt.nz after June 1.

Our 2013 pre-election report is also on our website, so you can make your own mind up whether it’s worth the expense.

Andrew Dalziel is CEO of the Ashburton District Council

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■ MEXICO

Deadly twister hits Mexico A tornado ripped into a town in northern Mexico, killing at least 13 people and flattening hundreds of homes in a deadly six-second blast of carnage.

The savage twister roared through the Mexican border town of Ciudad Acuna at dawn yesterday, tossing cars and big rig trucks into the air before they smashed into houses and buildings.

Images from the aftermath showed several crumpled vehicles resting against walls and roofs as shellshocked inhabitants of the town of 136,000 struggled to make sense of the devastation.

The tornado came as ferocious weather battered swaths of Mexico and the southern United States, where rescuers hunted for 12 people missing in flash floods across Texas and Oklahoma that left three people dead.

In Mexico, national civil protection coordinator Luis Felipe Puente told Foro TV that “more than 1000 homes” had been affected.

The tornado swept in at “impressive speed” of 270-300km/ h and lasted only six seconds, Puente said.

Coahuila state Interior Secretary Victor Zamora said the death toll rose from 11 to 13.

The victims include 10 adults and three children.

Almost 230 people were hurt after getting hit or cut by

Malian militants have opened fire on two Bangladeshi peacekeepers in Bamako, killing one of them in the capital of what is considered the most dangerous UN mission in the world. One of the peacekeepers died on the scene and the other was rushed immediately to hospital with serious bullet wounds after the ambush on their SUV. With more than 40 peacekeepers killed since its inception in 2013, the 11,000-strong MINUSMA peacekeeping force in the country is considered the most dangerous UN missions.

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Warning for women Islamic State extremists aren’t just a death cult but a raping one too, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has warned young women. Authorities believe there are up to 40 Australian women supporting the terrorists in Syria and Iraq and Ms Bishop hoped to warn any more off joining them. Reports emerged overnight of a Sydney mother who had left two young children to go to Syria, where she planned to marry an IS fighter.

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People stand near a destroyed vehicle after a powerful tornado swept past in Ciudad Acuna, northern Mexico, yesterday.

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objects thrown by the wind, Zamora told Milenio television.

Of those, 88 were still getting treatment in the afternoon.

Ciudad Acuna Mayor Evaristo Lenin Perez said a sevenyear-old boy was missing, while rescuers combed through

the rubble to look for any more victims or survivors.

Most of the fatalities were people who were out on the street.

“We have hundreds of houses that are practically destroyed,” Perez said, appealing for water,

canned food and clothing for the victims. Authorities opened eight temporary shelters for those left homeless.

The tornado whipped up as heavy rains pounded the city, with hail falling in some areas.

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Methamphetamine seizures across much of the Asia-Pacific region have quadrupled over five years, and the United Nations says rising wealth in the region is one reason for the boom in production and consumption. Growing economic integration across the region is also enabling cross-border criminal networks to co-operate in peddling amphetamine-type stimulants and so-called “legal highs”, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says in a report. Between 2008 and 2013, the last year covered by the UNODC figures, regional seizures of methamphetamine known colloquially as meth - rose nearly four-fold from 11 to 42 metric tonnes.

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Fire kills 38 elderly

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Iraqi forces ‘showed no will to fight’ United States Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has warned that Iraqi troops would not be able to defeat Isis (Islamic State) until they developed a “will to fight”, reflecting the deep frustration and surprise inside some quarters of the Obama Administration after the Iraqi military’s collapse in Ramadi last week.

His comments, in an interview that aired yesterday, came after Isis fighters, which had appeared to be retreating in parts of Iraq, swept through the western Iraqi city of Ramadi and were gaining ground in Syria.

US President Barack Obama has described the losses as a “tactical setback” and said the Administration’s overall strategy in Iraq and Syria would not change.

Carter’s comments, though,

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suggest deeper problems with Iraqi forces.

“What apparently happened was that the Iraqi forces just showed no will to fight,” Carter said on CNN. “They were not outnumbered but, in fact, they vastly outnumbered the opposing force.

“And yet they failed to fight.”

US officials have been saying for several months that US airstrikes were degrading Isis fighters in Iraq and the radical Sunni group, under pressure from Iraqi forces, had lost as much as 25 per cent of the territory it gained during its blitzkrieg last year.

A large offensive involving the Iraqi Army, Sunni tribal fighters and American airstrikes was supposed to begin soon in western Iraq’s Anbar province, where Ramadi is the provincial capital.

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The unexpected collapse of Iraqi forces in Ramadi, including elite counterterrorism troops from Iraq’s Golden Division, suggests the Iraqi forces may be weaker than many in the US Government thought.

The recent battlefield setbacks also point to a broader challenge facing the Obama Administration’s campaign against Isis throughout the Middle East.

The President has insisted only local ground forces, bolstered by US training and air power, can defeat Isis fighters who have gained ground and new recruits in Yemen, Libya, Syria and Iraq.

But finding local partners, especially Sunnis, in a region that is being torn apart by unprecedented levels of sectarian fighting has proved difficult.

“The really important question moving forward is how do we find effective partners - not just in Iraq but in Syria and in Yemen and in Libya - that we can work with,” Obama said in a recent interview.

That has proved particularly vexing in Iraq, where Sunni tribesmen have been largely unwilling to battle Isis on behalf of a Shia-dominated Government they think is out to oppress them.

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A fire at a nursing home in China has left at least 38 people dead, with bodies burned beyond recognition and wheelchairs reduced to charred frames. The fire broke out on Monday night in an apartment building at a privatelyowned old people’s home in Pingdingshan, the state news agency Xinhua said. “The bodies were so badly burned, we couldn’t tell who was who,” Xinhua quoted one victim’s relative saying of the identification process.

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Aussies oppose whaling The federal government will consider taking action if Japan resumes whaling in the Southern Ocean. The International Whaling Commission is reviewing a Japanese proposal for a 12-year scientific programme to catch 333 Antarctic minke whales each year for research involving lethal and non-lethal means. Government minister Simon Birmingham told a Senate estimates hearing in Canberra yesterday that it was premature to consider another challenge in the International Court of Justice because Japan’s proposal was hypothetical. But Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson said it was clear what Japan’s intentions were: “They’re going to resume whaling this summer”.

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■ SKY TV

Sky outlines new ideas plans, tightening its existing relationship where customers can be billed for their Sky subscription on their Vodafone bill.

Fellet said Sky was quickly realising there was two markets for paid content - its premium pay TV service and standalone OTT (over the top) services delivered via the internet.

In the medium term the pay TV operator is considering an option to converge Neon and Fan Pass into a single integrated OTT proposition.

He said Sky UK’s approach was “of interest to us” where its internet TV service Now TV has helped drive subscriber growth.

Now TV was launched in July 2012, allowing consumers to watch some of Sky’s exclusive content on a simple monthly contract without the need for new equipment. It started with movie content and later added sports and entertainment.

More recently it launched a dedicated set-top or “puck” box that plugs into a HDMI port and allows access to the ondemand service and a range of other video on demand apps.

Another new development Sky is working on is allowing subscribers to scroll back in time through its television planner so they can watch programmes they missed, a feature is likely to be available next year.

Sky is also about to allow all MySky decoders to connect to the internet, giving access to content in either the traditional linear format or on an on-demand basis.

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Life balance a priority New Zealand workers rated worklife balance as the most important factor in keeping them with their current employer, while job seekers continue to view salary and employee benefits as the No.1 priority, a survey published by human resources specialist Randstad shows. Among nearly 8,000 work-aged Kiwis polled this year, more than 53 per cent weigh work-life balance the most on their decision to stay with the current employer.

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Workers laid off Scott Technology, the industrial automation firm, has laid off 13 workers telling them the company wanted to rely on more temps to fill orders, according to the union representing staff. The Dunedin-based firm last week told workers their positions were now redundant.

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The Stockton mine: May be mothballed if prices don’t improve.

weren’t receiving jobs got them.

That restructure cost 185 jobs, including contractors.

Solid Energy communications officer Bryn Somerville confirmed the contractors’ roles to go included nine with Downer New Zealand who had been working on site rehabilitation.

“This contract was to have finished at the end of May but was extended for another month to get us through the reorganisation period,” Mr Somerville said.

Downer NZ was not the same company as Downer EDI, with which Solid Energy had partnered to form the Stockton Alliance, Mr Somerville said.

Stockton currently employs about 440. It employed over 1100 before Solid Energy hit the skids in 2012.

Solid Energy says the mine has been losing about $2.1 mil-

lion a month this financial year.

The job losses are expected to suck $10m out of Buller’s economy.

Stockton’s annual production will fall from 1.4 million tonnes to 1 million tonnes and shifts will change.

Most remaining mineworkers will work eight-and-a-half-hour to 10-hour day shifts, Monday to Friday, rather than shifts around the clock. The union expects this will advantage workers to live locally, rather than those who commute.

Solid Energy has warned the mine will be mothballed if the coal price doesn’t improve. The international spot price for coking coal has inched up in the last fortnight. It rose US90c a tonne last week, to US$83.05/tonne, and has risen another US70c this week, to US$83.75/tonne.

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Redundancy figures unchanged Solid Energy’s Stockton mine wage workers will gain a better idea today whether they’re likely to retain jobs under the mine restructure.

Workers were receiving letters today confirming the planned restructure and telling them whether they could seek voluntary redundancy, said Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) organiser Garth Elliott.

However, they would have to wait until June 3 to find out whether they had a job offer, he said.

Solid Energy announced earlier this month that about 166 mine jobs would go - 151 among its own workers and about 15 contractors. It’s understood the redundancy figures were unchanged following consultation with workers.

Mr Elliott said consultation with workers on the collective contract finished on May 18, but had been extended for workers on individual contracts because of “issues” with feedback.

Solid Energy is expected to decide on voluntary redundancy applications by mid-June.

There are no guarantees those seeking voluntary redundancy will receive it.

In last year’s restructure, Solid Energy received more voluntary redundancy offers than expected and some people who

Green Cross Health, formerly known as PharmacyBrands, posted a 4.1 per cent decline in annual profit as its staff costs increased. Profit attributable to shareholders fell to $14.4 million in the year ended March 31, from $15 million a year earlier, the Auckland-based company said in a statement.

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Sky Network Television, the country’s dominant pay-TV company, says programming costs as a percentage of revenue will be at the top end of its historic range in 2016.

The programming costs-torevenue ratio is likely to be in the 35 per cent range for the 2016 financial year, up on its historical range of 30 per cent to 35 per cent, the company in presentation slides for an investor day.

Sky TV said it had recently increased its basic and sport tier pricing by $1.15 and $1.61 respectively, partly due to increasing content costs.

Sky chief executive John Fellet outlined three key developments for the pay-TV operator: the extended partnership with Vodafone announced earlier today to offer broadband through

Sky; possibly providing its subscription video on demand service Neon to customers with both Sky Movie and SoHo subscriptions at no additional cost; and enhancing its Fan Pass online and on demand subscription for certain sporting events to include online access to its Sky Sports linear channels.

The latter is an apparent response to competition from the likes of online TV company Coliseum which has the rights to English Premier League games and PGA golf.

Sky TV’s product pipeline also includes introducing an option for consumers to access Sky Sports channels through daily and weekly passes at $15 and $20 respectively.

The deal with Vodafone will see Sky customers get a $10 monthly discount off their Sky subscription if they sign up to one of Vodafone’s broadband

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6,207.52

–0.07

0.00%

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+51.9

+0.91%

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p FTSE 100 index

7,031.7

+18.25

+0.26%

At close of trading on May 22, 2015

p Nikkei 225 index

20,437.5 +23.71 +0.12% At close of trading on May 26, 2015

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1,204.10

London – $US/ounce

–0.9

–0.07%

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17.25

+0.07

+0.41%

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6,197.50

–42.5

–0.68%

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Potato, celeriac and leek gratin with sage and feta Serve this delicious dish with grilled meats or with crusty bread and a salad for a great lunch.

Serves 4-6 as a side dish vegetable oil spray 3 baking potatoes, sliced into 5 mm thick slices 100g feta cheese, crumbled freshly ground black pepper, to taste ½ celeriac bulb, peeled and thinly sliced ½ leek, thinly sliced and rinsed 150 ml boiling water sprig of sage to garnish ■ Preheat oven to 180°C. ■ Spray a round 22 cm diameter baking dish (about 1.5 L capacity) with oil.

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■ Scatter half the feta on top and sprinkle with freshly ground black pepper.

■ Lay celeriac slices on top followed by leeks and remaining feta.

■ Lay remaining potato slices on top, pour in boiling water, then lightly season with freshly ground black pepper.

■ Lightly spray potatoes with oil.

Place a sheet of non-stick baking paper the same size as the dish on top of the potatoes. Cover with aluminium foil and seal tightly.

■ Place in preheated oven and bake for about 1 1/2 hours, then remove foil and baking paper. Place under a preheated grill, and grill until potatoes are golden.

■ Garnish with sage and serve.

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The gourmet quick-fix for week-night meals Easy Week Night Meals

by My Food Bag and Nadia Lim, with Tamara West photography To me Nadia Lim is synonomous with fresh, healthy, Asianinspired New Zealand cooking, but in Easy Week Night Meals she covers the whole world.

Broken up into seasonal sections it contains recipes for the gourmets, vegetarians and families alike – the selection is endless and the flavour combinations take us to India, Thailand, England, Mexico and Japan, to name but a few.

I particularly like the chicken katsu skewers with cabbage and sugar snap soba noodles and the fragrant laab gai with rice.

If you love chimichurri, definitely try the chimichurri steak and potato salad.

You can use store-bought dressings, sauces and pastes, but it sure is worth making your own. The recipes for these are in the back of the book and they are easy.

There are many gorgeous recipes and while some may have a lot of ingredients for the more adventurous, there are just as many keeping it simple.

There’s even a fresh twist on mac ‘n’ cheese, with bacon, spinach and roast tomatoes.

I’m actually hard-pressed to choose a favourite in this book – it’s all so diverse, tasty and full of good stuff.

For the record: My Food Bag was set up in 2013 with the idea of providing healthy and easy recipes, and the ingredients to make them, to busy New Zealand and Australian families using real food to take the battle

600g beef scotch fillet or sirloin steaks (at room temperature) To serve 2 baby cos lettuces, leaves washed 3 tomatoes, sliced 1 firm-ripe avocado, sliced 1/3 C chimichurri sauce (Place 1/2 C chopped flat-leaf parsley, 1/2 C chopped mint leaves, 1/2 C chopped fresh oregano leaves, 5T olive oil, 3T red wine vinegar, 2 cloves garlic, chopped, and 1/2-1t chilli flakes in a food processor and blitz until ingredients are very finely chopped and well combined. Season to taste with salt). Makes 1/2 C. Above – Fragrant laab gai with rice.

Left – Chimichurri steak and potato salad.

out of week-night meals. reviewed by Lisa Fenwick

Fragrant laab gai with rice Serves 4-5 Laab gai 1T oil 8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs, finely diced 2 cloves garlic 4-5 spring onions, finely sliced 1-2 large red chillies, finely sliced (optional) 2 carrots, peeled and grated or shredded 2 lebanese cucumbers, diced 1/2 to 3/4 C roasted, salted peanuts, roughly chopped 2T very finely chopped lemongrass 2T very finely chopped kaffir

lime leaves (tough central stems removed) 2 shallots, finely diced 1 1/2 C chopped mint leaves 1C chopped coriander Dressing 2 1/2 T fish sauce or soy sauce 2T grated palm sugar or brown sugar 1/4 C freshly squeezed lime juice or lemon juice To serve steamed jasmine rice ■ Start by cooking the rice to serve with the meal. While rice is cooking, prepare laab gai. Heat oil in a wok or large fry-pan on medium to high heat. Pat chicken dry with paper towels and season with salt. Fry chicken with garlic for about eight minutes or until chicken is browned and cooked through.

■ Set cooked chicken aside in a large bowl and allow to cool while you prepare the remaining laab gai ingredients.

■ Mix all dressing ingredients together and toss with chicken and remaining laab gai ingredients.

■ To serve: Spoon some rice and laab gai on to each plate.

Chimichurri steak and potato salad Serves 4-5 Potato salzd 800g waxy baby potatoes, cut in half 2 eggs 1 1/2 C corn kernels 1/4 C good-quality mayonnaise 2T lemon juice

■ Bring a pot of salted water to the boil and make the chimichurri sauce first.

■ Cook potatoes in boiling salted water until tender, 12-15 minutes.

Place eggs in a small pot and cover with water. Bring to a gentle boil, then time for 3 1/2 minutes until soft boiled. Drain eggs and run under cold water.

■ Pat steaks dry with paper towels and season with salt. Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a large fry-pan on high heat, or oil steaks and put on barbecue, and cook for about two minutes each side for medium-rare, or until cooked to your liking. Cover with tinfoil and set aside to rest for 5-10 minutes.

■ Drain potatoes and gently crush w ith a fork. Carefully combine crushed potatoes wi th corn, mayonnaise and lemon juice and season to taste with salt and pepper.

■ Peel shells off eggs and cut in half. Slice steaks on an angle against the grain.

■ To serve: Place some lettuce leaves, tomato and avocado slices on each plate, top with some potato salad, sliced steak and half an egg. Spoon over some chimichurri sauce.

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ARTS DIARY ■

May 27 – Ashburton Art Gallery in association with the Regent Cinema is presenting a season of films at film society evenings, last Wednesday of every month from 5.15pm.

On this Wednesday is A Royal Night Out, purchase tickets from the Regent Cinema.

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To May 28 - Joint exhibition at Selwyn Gallery. Good Vibrations by Stephanie McEwin, featuring paintings. Post hoc ergo propter hoc (after this, therefore because of this) by Sarah Kentish-Barnes, featuring collage and paint assemblages.

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To May 29 - Journeys Again, art exhibition by Ngaio McKee and Margaret Digby at the Methven Art Gallery, Methven Heritage Centre, 10am to 2pm.

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May 31 – Jub Jub Club programme kicks off at the new Ashburton Art Gallery, 1.30pm to 3.30pm.

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To June 7 - Ashburton Society of Arts autumn show at the Short Street Studio. Guest artist is Timaru painter and sculptor Zita Waldron.

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June 10 – Dracula, performed

by Ashburton College at the college auditorium, 7pm each night through to June 13.

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June 14 – Ashburton Musical Club celebrating 90 years.

Guest artist jazz quartet from NASDA. At the Sinclair Centre, 2pm, visitors welcome, $5 at the door, afternoon tea provided.

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June 16, 17, 18 – Mount Hutt College production Law and Order Nursery Rhyme Unit (NRU).

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July 6 – Ashburton Society of Arts 51st annual exhibition opening at the Ashburton Art Gallery. Exhibition open to the public the following day, and will run through to July 6.

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Jack Bubb’s character looks like he might be the next meal on the menu as a vampire, played by Murran Buller, closes in.

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A thirst for blood at college

BY SUSAN SANDYS

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Ashburton College students are channeling bloodthirsty vampires as they prepare to perform Dracula.

The horror, based on Bram Stoker’s version of the play, will stage at the college’s auditorium from June 10 to 13 at

7pm each night.

Teacher and director and choreographer Kylie Maddren said there were some first-time actors in the play, including Year 11 pupil Brett Puleaga who plays Count Dracula.

After last year’s performance of Fame, Dracula as a non-musical had attracted some new

■ BOOK REVIEW

The Chocolate Promise The Chocolate Promise Written by Josephine Moon Published by Allen&Unwin I’ve just finished Josephine Moon’s The Chocolate Promise and it’s about a single woman in Australia, busy rebuilding her life after various mishaps, a life that definitely doesn’t include any members of the opposite sex, and her chosen career is in the field of making chocolates.

Specialised, enchanting and tempting chocolates.

The storyline: Christmas Livingstone is determined to live her life by certain selfimposed rules and spends all her time creating a wonderful chocolate products in a shop somewhere in Tasmania. Of course her life is derailed somewhat when Lincoln van Luc turns up, he’s a young, handsome botanist of no fixed abode, who spends a fair bit of time gallivanting around the odder areas of Africa, in search of new and strange plant life.

Their paths keep inter-

twining on several levels; and to add something different to the story, Lincoln thinks he’s discovered a plant somewhere a long, long way away that may be the original source of chocolate.

Still, it’s a well-enough written story, the author has done her chocolate homework well and those who like this sort of thing will definitely be, well, not quite entranced, but at least reasonably satisfied with this one.

Reviewed by Steve Devereux

talent and they were quickly adjusting to the demands of the stage.

The play is in three acts, the first in Dracula’s castle in Transylvania, the second in England where Dracula is headed to, and the third in a forest.

As would be expected it features lots of vampires, and is

set in the Victorian era.

There is sword fighting and contemporary dance, Victorian-style costumes, and a contemporary soundtrack with a heavy metal overtone mixed with epic movie music.

“It really is aimed at a teenage and older audience,” Miss Maddren said.

Guest artists weigh in An impressive list of guest artists is lined up for the Ashburton Society of Arts upcoming annual exhibition at the new Ashburton Art Gallery.

They include Dunedin ceramic artist Rosemary McQueen, who will display her handmade work from white earthenware clay (pictured). Her work is in-

Dunedin ceramic artist Rosemary McQueen will have her work (pictured) on display at the Ashburton Society of Arts annual exhibition.

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spired by iconography derived from the Mediterranean with antecedents in China, featuring traditional European elements.

Fellow guest artists are Murray Stuart, Julie Madden, Sang Kyu Moon, Rahel Brodi-Sharrock, John Gillies, Shaun Garwood, Brent Holley, Rene Boyd and Frida Methusalemsdottir.

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In brief

■ GYMNASTICS

Gymnasts in sparkling form

By Caitlin Porter

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Ashburton’s Dynamic Gymnastic Sports stole the show at the West Melton Recreational Competition last weekend.

Held at the Rolleston Community Centre, head coach Nicci Glanville said that in total the local club had put forward 11 entries, in grades 1, 2, iron bronze and silver.

“With over 160 competitors our club did amazing, bringing home silver in Grade 1 Boys (Hunter Abernethy), bronze in Iron Girls (Georgia Williams-Freeman), bronze in the Bronze Girls (Marlese Schoonderbeek) and silver in the Bronze Girls (Georgia Bennett),” Glanville said.

“One hundred percent effort was given by the whole team – an amazing job,” she said.

The athletes are now preparing for the next competition, which will be held in Blenheim in June.

Warne backs Bayliss

■ TENNIS

Sharapova jeered after French Open win Defending women’s champion Maria Sharapova has reached the French Open second round but was jeered by fans after she refused to carry out an oncourt TV interview.

Second-seeded Sharapova defeated experienced Estonian Kaia Kanepi, who was a quarter-finalist three years ago, 6-2 6-4 to set-up a clash against Fed Cup team-mate Vitalia Diatchenko.

But the 27-year-old Sharapova then irritated the Philippe Chatrier Court crowd by refusing to carry out the traditional on-court television interview, claiming her voice was not

Ashburton College senior boys basketball team made it four wins from five outings in Canterbury Basketball’s new Thompson Trophy competition last night when they thumped Christ’s College 92-45 at the EA Networks Centre. The game early on was a bit of an arm wrestle, with College up just 18-17 at the first quarter and then 36-27 at halftime. But a completely dominating second half saw them pile on 29 points in the third quarter to lead 65-40 and then keep the visitors to just five points in the last quarter to win 92-45. Western Bartlett was on fire from the three-point line, sinking four from four attempts and contributing 18 points all round. Brodie Fransen (15), Kody Stuthridge (14) and Josh Lowe (10) were also in double figures. College plays Cathedral College at the EA centre next Tuesday.

The Houston Rockets, led by James Harden’s 45 points, have staved off elimination from the NBA Western Conference Finals with a dominating win over the Golden State Warriors. The Rockets came out on their home court yesterday and thumped the Warriors 128-115, but they still trail Golden State 1-3 in the best-of-seven series.

Warriors’ star Stephen Curry left the game in the second quarter when he tumbled over the top of Rockets’ forward Trevor Ariza and crashed to the floor.

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College boys run hot

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Right: Dynamic Gymnasts (from left) Marlese Schoonderbeek, Zoe Beckley and Georgia Bennett show off their medals.

strong enough. She said she had been suffering from a cold in a worrying repeat of last year when she was also sick in the run-up to Paris.

“I totally understand that everyone usually does the interviews and answers a few questions to the crowd,” said Sharapova, who was also champion in 2012 and runner-up in 2013.

“It’s absolutely normal. I’m not making any excuses but I’ve got to do what I have to do.”

Meanwhile, ex-world No.1 and 2012 Wimbledon runnerup Agnieszka Radwanska was a shock first-round loser.

The Polish 14th seed, a quar-

Maria Sharapova: Can shriek, but can’t talk.

ter-finalist in 2013, went down 6-2 3-6 6-1 to Germany’s Annika Beck, a player she defeated 6-0 6-0 when they met at Indian Wells last year.

“Maybe I’m getting older,” said the tearful Pole.

Spanish eighth seed Carla Suarez Navarro, a quarter-finalist

in 2008 and 2014, beat Romania’s Monica Niculescu 6-2 6-2.

There were home wins for French 29th seed Alize Cornet, who defeated Roberta Vinci 4-6 6-4 6-1 for her first victory over the veteran Italian in five attempts, and wildcard Amandine Hesse, ranked 272, who hit back to beat Australia’s Jarmila Gajdosova 2-6 6-3 6-2. Hesse’s reward is a second-round match-up with Australia’s 2010 runner-up Samantha Stosur, who defeated Madison Brengle of the United States 6-1 6-3.

Croatia’s Ana Konjuh, the youngest woman in the draw at 17, made the next round with a 6-1 6-4 win over Russian qualifier Margarita Gasparyan.- AFP

Shane Warne has backed “old school” countryman Trevor Bayliss to succeed in the high-profile England cricket team coaching job.

Former NSW and Sri Lanka mentor Bayliss, 52, has reportedly accepted the job after being chosen ahead of countryman Jason Gillespie and his first task will be helping to defeat his home country in the upcoming Ashes series in England.

“If Trevor Bayliss is the new coach of England, then England are very lucky, as he is a ripper and even better, he’s pure old school too,” said Warne on Twitter.

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Swiss stars furious Swiss aces Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka have turned on French Open officials on a day of sensation at Roland Garros. In an explosive start to the season’s second grand slam, Federer and Wawrinka both romped into the tournament’s second round before blasting organisers for shocking breaches of their personal space.

Federer was furious that a teenage fan managed to access centre court and capture a selfie with the tennis megastar following his 6-3 6-3 6-4 win over Alejandro Falla, while Wawrinka slammed a “shit article” on the tournament’s official website that aired his personal life.

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In brief

■ TE AROHA

Fursdon duo in good order Karen Fursdon is expecting both her runners at Te Aroha today to give good accounts of themselves.

The Matamata trainer will be represented by Sunbeam in the Frank & Annie Matijasevich Memorial 1200 and Odin’s Choice in the NZB Insurance Pearl Series Race.

“Both of them are going super and they have taken good improvement out of their freshup runs,” Fursdon said.

“Sunbeam is a lot fitter now and I’m very happy with her.”

The five-year-old, who fin-

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ished in behind the placegetters after a tardy start when resuming at Avondale, has a history of striking form early in her preparations and rider Michael Coleman has been aboard the mare in three of her four wins.

Stablemate Odin’s Choice has weighed in five times from her eight starts and was given a break after she was in the money at Wairoa in February.

She returned at Te Awamutu earlier this month and finished fourth after being in front to the turn.

“She will appreciate the two

Trainer Karen Fursdon

kilos off her back and I’m looking forward to the chances of both runners,” Fursdon said.

Stable apprentice Anna Jones, who is enjoying her best season with 26 winners on the board, will take the mount on Odin’s Choice.

The 23-year-old’s Te Aroha book also includes the in-form Antony Fuller-trained Mareeba in the Karl Davis Real Estate 1200 and Chequesinthemail in the Waihou Tavern Maiden.

Prepared by John Bell and Mark Donoghue, his last-start third at Matamata suggested that he will be a player again in the 2200 metre novice contest.

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McDonald in England James McDonald will further his overseas riding experience in Europe next month. The top New Zealand jockey will leave for England after riding in Brisbane on Stradbroke Handicap day on June 6. “I’m really looking forward to riding over there and I have a good friend in Charles Hills that Godolphin has allowed me to take rides from,” McDonald said. - NZME

Hutchings in Canterbury Champion New Zealand apprentice Rory Hutchings will open his second riding stint in Australia today. He rode briefly last winter for Chris Waller and his current loan spell with the Sydney trainer will begin with three rides at the Canterbury meeting.

Hutchings now has a career tally of 340.

- NZME

Te Aroha gallops Today at Te Aroha Raceway

Racing Te Aroha Venue: Te Aroha Meeting Date: 27 May 2015 NZ Meeting number: 2 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 11.02am (NZT) LUNJEVICH & MARTIN CONTRACTING MDN HWT $7000, MDN HWT, 1600m 1 84632 Raadical Jazz (10) 68 .................. M Mitchell 2 826x0 Sir Al Syd h (3) 68 .......................... C Perrett 3 36x5. Enure (1) 68 .................................... D Nolan 4 0P5Fx Space Oddity h (5) 68 ..................R Cole (3) 5 005 Bay Rocker (9) 68 .....................A Kuru (2.5) 6 Rum’n’coke (2) 68 .............................. A Tata 7 09x8 Hold Your Tears (7) 68 .................D Miller (3) 8 0x800 Jet Fighter (8) 68.............................G Walsh 9 9 Sanisti (11) 68 ................................. T Harris 10 70x Worthiswaitngold (4) 68 ................ E Farr (3) 11 20x69 Ina Jam 66 ................................... Scratched 12 6970x Eva Quick Steph (6) 66 ..............C Studd (3) 13 06x09 Zory Star (12) 66 2 11.32am FRANK & ANNIE MATIJASEVICH MEMORIAL R75 1200 $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m 1 1080x Wainui Prince dm (4) 59.... U Holmquist (a3) 2 64185 Eveready d (1) 56.5.................S McKay (a3) 3 55425 Giardini d (3) 56 ......................B Hutton (a2) 4 860x7 Sunbeam dm (9) 55.5 ................M Coleman 5 033x1 Jesshanimo m (2) 55.5 ...................A Collett 6 69130 Queen Of Navarre tdm (10) 54 7 52570 So Keep Me tmh (5) 54 ................... S Spratt 8 93210 Flying Fantasy tmh (6) 54 .........J Oliver (a2) 9 67671 Shebang dm (8) 54 ....................M Cameron 10 50960 Bagsagold (7) 54............................. R Jones 3 12.02pm SILVER FERN FARMS R65 & JUMPERS HWT 2200 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark & JMPS HWT*, 2200m 1 6364x Moni Nui tm (4) 72.5 ...................D Miller (3) 2 14x07 Top Choice m (11) 70...................R Cole (3) 3 67x1. Notabadrooster m (12) 69 ............. E Farr (3) 4 343Lx Hold The Dream tm (7) 68 ........... M Mitchell 5 379x9 Amity Dane tdm (6) 67.5 .................G Walsh 6 80x60 Pioneer m (5) 67.5 ......................... C Perrett 7 9034x Waitoki Ahi tmh (3) 66.5 ..................... A Tata 8 Fx040 West End m (1) 66.5 .................A Kuru (2.5) 9 3921x Amanood Lad m (8) 66 10 x6626 Thenamesbond tdm (13) 66............ T Harris 11 8009x Araki m (9) 65 ............................C Studd (3) 12 636x0 Istimagic m (10) 65 ..................D Jensen (3) 13 0x087 The Nott (2) 65 .............................H Voss (3)

4 12.37pm WAIHOU TAVERN MDN 2200 $7000, MDN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

23653 Chequesinthemail b (4) 58.5 ....A Jones (a2) 623 El Disparo 58.5 ............................ Scratched 7243 It’s Complicated b (10) 58.5 .......M Cameron 62984 The Talisman (2) 58.5 .................C Lammas 43734 Big Meadsy (14) 58.5 .................V Gatu (a3) 02056 Cruiseo h (13) 58.5 .......................M McNab 05939 Zah Off (16) 58.5............................. C Grylls 9 Muzicmuzicmuzic (5) 58.5............... S Spratt 78542 Sheez The Boss (1) 56.5 ................A Collett 2x0 Special Unit (8) 56.5 ......... U Holmquist (a3) 45884 Excitar (11) 56.5.......................... D Johnson 89657 The Kakahu Express (7) 56.5 .B Hutton (a2) 895 Skills (12) 56.5 ...............................V Colgan 9x5 Tainesupreme (3) 56.5 ..............J Oliver (a2) 88 Candara (6) 56.5 ........................M Coleman 080 Bixby (15) 56.5 00977 Buff The Diamond (9) 58.5 5 1.12pm NEW WORLD MORRINSVILLE 3YO MDN 1600 $7000, MDN 3YO, 1600m 1 8x72 Super Ready (1) 57.5.................M Cameron 2 66 Howland (9) 57.5...........................O Bosson 3 56 Southern Dancer (5) 57.5 ............... C Grylls 4 0 Avimore (11) 57.5....................B Hutton (a2) 5 0x8. Matangi Boy (10) 57.5 U Holmquist (a3) 6 7 Nowhere Man (13) 57.5 ....................L Innes 7 978x3 Big Dreamer b (7) 55.5 ..................V Colgan 8 3 Primrose Hill (8) 55.5 ......................A Collett 9 9x294 Setarossa (2) 55.5 ..........................S Collett 10 40x95 Just Mist (3) 55.5 ........................ D Johnson 11 5 She’s All Clang h (14) 55.5 ...........M McNab 12 896 Shimmy (12) 55.5............................ S Spratt 13 9x0 Raisethestakes 55.5 .................... Scratched 14 90 Stocktake h (16) 55.5 ................J Oliver (a2) 15 8868 Licavoli (6) 57.5 ..........................G Cooksley 16 86x67 Centilly (4) 55.5 17 00977 Buff The Diamond (15) 57.5 Emergencies: Licavoli, Centilly, Buff The Diamond 6 1.47pm NOTTINGHAM CASTLE HOTEL F&M MDN 1200 $7000, MDN F&M, 1200m 1 62x76 Jehanne (11) 57.5 2 97x30 Our Iffraaj h (16) 57.5........................L Innes 3 5x480 Dinah Lee h (15) 57.5 ................M Coleman 4 x5746 Nothinlykher (10) 57.5 5 8468x Reachin’ Out (1) 57.5 6 Katango (12) 57.5 .........................M McNab 7 5. Phoebe Snow (9) 57.5 ..................O Bosson

8 9x6x The Keept Lady (13) 57.5 ........A Jones (a2) 9 6 Luna Dolce (14) 57.5 ......................A Collett 10 50 Nabbed h (5) 57.5 ...................B Hutton (a2) 11 58x Roc’s Are Diamonds (8) 57.5 ...... D Johnson 12 Absolute Gold (2) 57.5 .................... C Grylls 13 I’ll Stand By You (17) 57.5 . U Holmquist (a3) 14 Its A Kinda Magic 57.5 ................. Scratched 15 0 Won By One (3) 57.5 ..................T Thornton 16 9x Keep In Fashion h (6) 57.5 17 0 The Sweet Escape h (4) 57.5 18 8806x Spy In The Huddle h (18) 57.5 19 0x70x Philly Lane h (7) 57.5 20 Fastazelle 57.5 ............................. Scratched Emergencies: Won By One, Keep In Fashion, The Sweet Escape, Spy In The Huddle, Philly Lane, Fastazelle 7 2.22pm DAVE, FRED & MICHAEL LAURICH MDN 1400 $7000, MDN, 1400m 1 3547x The Hawk (9) 58.5 2 0830x Cox Road (10) 58.5 .....................T Thornton 3 x500x Blackjack Man h (17) 58.5........A Jones (a2) 4 66467 Reset The Turbo h (7) 58.5 ...........M McNab 5 8x0x5 The Great Fox (13) 58.5.................. R Jones 6 8757x Strategicleigh (5) 58.5 ....... U Holmquist (a3) 7 Lucky Suggestion h (2) 58.5R Goldsbury (a3) 8 32435 Go Teena b (12) 56.5 .................M Coleman 9 03x82 Beyond Reach h (8) 56.5 ................ S Spratt 10 340x5 Syriana (16) 56.5 ...............................M Hills 11 8x075 Fort Street Dancer (6) 56.5 .....B Hutton (a2) 12 70655 Galvanised (3) 56.5 ..................... D Johnson 13 8 Chantelle (4) 56.5 .......................C Lammas 14 Fastazelle 56.5 ............................. Scratched 15 0 The Sweet Escape h (15) 56.5 16 8x9 Lucretia (1) 56.5 17 x5x00 Hubble Bubble (18) 56.5 18 000x6 Zedsational (11) 58.5 19 58x Roc’s Are Diamonds 56.5 ............ Scratched 20 0 Avimore (14) 58.5 Emergencies: The Sweet Escape, Lucretia, Hubble Bubble, Zedsational, Roc’s Are Diamonds, Avimore 8 2.57pm VICTOR & FRANK MATIJASEVICH MDN 1400 $7000, MDN, 1400m 1 44232 Chadsdale b (10) 58.5 ................C Lammas 2 09x33 Wadapleasure (1) 58.5...............G Cooksley 3 46893 Strong Impact h (14) 58.5 .......B Hutton (a2) 4 x20x4 Trickle Down h (6) 58.5 ..............M Cameron 5 37 Kiddo (9) 58.5 ................... U Holmquist (a3) 6 35756 Saki’s Ace (8) 58.5 ..........................A Collett

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8 62308 Bachata (14) 57.5 .........................M McNab 9 678x2 Aluka dmh (3) 56.5......................C Lammas 10 80x10 Enjoy The Ride (12) 56.5 ................A Collett 11 306x0 Our Eejay dh (1) 56.5 12 35x50 Springloaded dh (16) 56.5 .............. C Grylls 13 6100x Queen Of Clubs (13) 56 ..................S Collett 14 02681 Suggest Gold (9) 56 ..........R Goldsbury (a3) 15 507x9 Dark Gem m (8) 56 .............A Schwerin (a3) 16 905x6 Our Queen Bee m (17) 54 17 85007 I’mdaone dm (15) 55 18 7600x Brondan (4) 54 19 9x060 Pogue dm (11) 55 Emergencies: Dark Gem, Our Queen Bee, I’mdaone, Brondan, Pogue 10 4.06pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES F&M MDN RACE $12,000, MDN F&M, 1200m 1 82534 Odin’s Choice (5) 57.5 .............A Jones (a2) 2 2230x Caileag (17) 57.5 .................... R Smyth (a1) Viktoria Gatu is down to ride the 3 0x32 Tranky Doo (13) 57.5 .................. D Johnson in-form Big Meadsy in the Waihou 4 60892 Arcade (6) 57.5 ...............................S Collett 5 6x902 Bella Mossa (16) 57.5 ....... U Holmquist (a3) Tavern 2200 at Te Aroha today.

6 x3535 Jouet Cuvee bh (12) 57.5................ S Spratt 7 37263 Keen To Keeper (18) 57.5 ...............A Collett 7 5 Most Likely (20) 58.5 ...................T Thornton 8 4x538 Viva La Jour (4) 57.5 ..........................M Hills 8 Run Forrest Run h (16) 58.5 ........... S Spratt 9 66535 Hot Topic (15) 57.5 ........................O Bosson 9 Tony Two Chips (17) 58.5 ..............M McNab 3 Maddee Fae h (8) 57.5................C Lammas 10 24920 Jesdemona (11) 56.5 ....................P Holmes 10 11 52366 All Razzle Dazzle (5) 56.5..............V Colgan 11 4520x Mary Poppins (11) 57.5 ................... C Grylls 12 77463 Puzzlente (9) 57.5 ...................B Hutton (a2) 12 20x Sororia (2) 56.5 ........................... D Johnson 13 0055x Fortune Kept (19) 56.5 ....................S Collett 13 2x644 Trevita (7) 57.5 ...............................V Colgan 14 86x8 Irish (15) 56.5 .................................. R Jones 14 47594 Sian (2) 57.5 ..............................V Gatu (a3) 15 9 Keepherinmind (13) 56.5............M Coleman 15 97x30 Our Iffraaj 57.5 ............................. Scratched 16 62x76 Jehanne (3) 57.5 ........................M Cameron 16 60 All The Answers (3) 56.5 17 x5746 Nothinlykher (19) 57.5.................T Thornton 17 0x0 Chili Pepper (12) 56.5 18 5x480 Dinah Lee h (1) 57.5 18 8806x Spy In The Huddle h (7) 56.5 19 8468x Reachin’ Out (14) 57.5 19 x5746 Nothinlykher (18) 56.5 20 Katango (10) 57.5 20 6 Luna Dolce (4) 56.5 Emergencies: Keepherinmind, All The Answers, Chili Emergencies: Our Iffraaj, Jehanne, Nothinlykher, Dinah Lee, Reachin’ Out, Katango Pepper, Spy In The Huddle, Nothinlykher, Luna Dolce 9 3.32pm KARL DAVIS BAYLEYS REAL ESTATE R65 Blinkers on: Sanisti (R1), West End, Thenamesbond (R3), 1200 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m Muzicmuzicmuzic (R4), Howland, Southern Dancer (R5), 1 1328x Draw The Line mbh (2) 59...........T Thornton Nothinlykher, Roc’s Are Diamonds, Philly Lane (R6), The 2 109x0 Handsome Hermes tm (6) 58.5B Hutton (a2) Great Fox (R7), Sororia, Irish, Nothinlykher (R8), Nothinlykher 3 5528x Iz mh (18) 58.5 ................................ R Jones (R10). Blinkers off: Space Oddity (R1), Cruiseo (R4), Stock4 05044 Gold Hunter tdmh (10) 58 .......S McKay (a3) take (R5), Pogue (R9), Mary Poppins (R10). Winkers on: Su5 1x00x Priority 58 ..................................... Scratched per Ready, Stocktake (R5) Winkers off: Thenamesbond (R3), 6 0x812 Mareeba dm (5) 57.5 ...............A Jones (a2) 7 650x3 Princess Nicole dm (7) 57.5U Holmquist (a3) Chili Pepper (R8). Pacifiers off: Bagsagold (R2)

Today at Hatrick Raceway

Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Race- 6 Another Message nwtd .............J McInerney way Meeting Date: 27 May 2015 NZ Meeting number: 9 7 48x84 Mighty Ba Ba nwtd G R & ............... S Voyce Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 8 6476 Sedgebrook Charm nwtd ....................F Kite 11 and 12; 13 and 14 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 8, 9 9 88 Innu nwtd S &............................C Blackburn and 10; 12, 13 and 14 10 67678 Tank’s Rob nwtd ..............................S Maher 1 12.11pm ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C0 C0, 305m 4 1.03pm J P PRINT (PETONE) C0 C0, 520m 1 76272 Mr. Zafonic nwtd ........................J McInerney 1 44554 Little Prophet nwtd ...........................R Waite 2 35 Anonna’s Miss nwtd ......................... S Clark 2 27433 Ruby Murray nwtd ...........................P Green 3 Nui Magic nwtd .................................M Flipp 3 855x8 Herschke nwtd ................................P Green 4 87 Bigtime Reign nwtd ..........................L Ahern 4 Kick And Pass nwtd .........................L Ahern 5 35563 Cawbourne Legs nwtd ..............J McInerney 5 x5666 Fat Boyz Flyer nwtd.................... G Hodgson 6 56583 El Movin nwtd............................J McInerney 6 48441 Matalino Twist nwtd .....................A Turnwald 7 F7x3 Boston Thunder nwtd ..................A Turnwald 7 26223 Spirit Run nwtd............................B Hodgson 8 32325 Lily Ma’s Smoking nwtd...................S Maher 8 635 Sedgebrook Magic nwtd .....................F Kite 9 78 Sedgebrook Babe nwtd.......................F Kite 9 x6778 Digger Socks nwtd ..................... G Hodgson 10 87778 Homebush Express nwtd K & ........ J Maisey 10 86588 Another Russ nwtd....................J McInerney 2 12.28pm HARRISON HIRE MASTER C0 C0, 305m 5 1.21pm LIQUORLAND WANGANUI C0 C0, 305m 1 4868x Botany Chris nwtd .....................J McInerney 1 32588 Homebush Inquiry nwtd ............J McInerney 2 43575 Kilimanjaro nwtd G & ...................... J Clarke 2 76886 Homebush Melvin nwtd ........... D T Poutama 3 1x334 Forever Autumn nwtd ..................A Turnwald 3 42F42 Brilliant Ava nwtd..........................M Roberts 4 55478 Homebush Rocco nwtd .............J McInerney 4 11 Hayley Holt nwtd .............................. S Clark 5 Sprite On Time nwtd G & ...................Denby 5 88647 Belk Road nwtd G &........................ J Clarke 6 Whatu Trendy nwtd ..........................L Ahern 6 35625 Takeaway nwtd L & ............................ Morris 7 Petite Joy nwtd ..................................M Flipp 7 637 Jack Rob nwtd..................................T Agent 8 74F78 Ampelmannchen nwtd ..................... S Clark 8 77765 Another Penny nwtd ..................J McInerney 9 46758 Goodtime Moni nwtd ................ S Gommans 9 88 Smart Dandy nwtd ............................ B Hunt 10 7x7x8 Absolute Storm nwtd U & ..................Cottam 10 28766 Pistols Princess nwtd ........................M Flipp 3 12.46pm WWW.RACINGTIPS.CO.NZ C0 C0, 305m 6 1.38pm THE ROCK 95.2FM C1 C1, 520m 1 35 Peajay Pringles nwtd G & ............... J Clarke 1 65346 Come On Mickey 31.22 G & ........... J Clarke 2 Rosie Fosi nwtd.................................M Flipp 2 25866 Thrilling Ava 30.22 ..........................B Marsh 3 45534 Krack It nwtd .................................... S Clark 3 16543 Cawbourne Tip 30.46 ...................M Roberts 4 46685 Homebush Chaos nwtd .............J McInerney 4 5441 Nero 30.80 ..................................B Hodgson 5 7 Nina Baxter nwtd.......................J McInerney 5 5x564 Radio Goo Goo nwtd S &..........C Blackburn

6 75452 Nicksta nwtd ..............................J McInerney 7 66755 Goodtime Mike nwtd ............... T McCracken 8 84738 Benji nwtd ............................J Woolston-Bell 9 57657 Stand Up Girl nwtd .......................M Roberts 10 81187 Mercedes Gold nwtd .........................M Flipp 7 1.54pm WANGANUI CHRONICLE C1 C1, 305m 1 231 Cheap Shot Matty 18.03 .....................L Udy 2 81573 Homebush Misha 17.91 ............J McInerney 3 2x14 Vegas Danny nwtd ......................A Turnwald 4 42337 So Unbelievable 18.43 ....................M Olden 5 28242 Cyclone Lusi nwtd U & ......................Cottam 6 4x444 Momma Rae nwtd .............................M Flipp 7 46381 Bigtime Redfoo 17.96.............G Fredrickson 8 84427 Botany John nwtd .....................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 84672 Opehu Flyer 17.78 ...........................R Waite 10 33764 Procrastination 18.08 U & .....................Bliek 8 2.10pm AON CPF C1 C1, 520m 1 67877 Scott The Best 30.86 K & ............... J Maisey 2 42574 Opawa Dosh nwtd .............................. N Udy 3 63214 Cawbourne Gracie 30.37 .............M Roberts 4 61658 Madam Ice 30.65 ........................J McArthur 5 38x34 Rikki’s Rebel 30.83 ..........................R Waite 6 58132 Another Cruise 30.86 ................J McInerney 7 43677 Speedy Feet 30.33 .................... K B Benson 8 45254 Archi Bale 30.49........................J McInerney 9 41478 Sarah Campbell 30.69 ................B Hodgson 10 76864 Taikorea Lass nwtd ...................... T Downey 9 2.33pm WANGANUI SECURITY C1 C1, 305m 1 81424 Aconagua 17.72 G &....................... J Clarke 2 58x52 Marbella nwtd....................................M Flipp 3 44434 Opportunist 18.09 L & ........................ Morris 4 52565 Working Midnight 17.99 .................... B Hunt

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87731 Lynny Southcombe 17.56 .........J McInerney 62754 Allegro Senor 17.81 ...........................W Kite 83463 Renroy nwtd .................................M Roberts 44332 Skinny Ankles 17.74 ...................A Turnwald 36742 Kiss of Death 18.04.........................M Olden 83556 Homebush Ted 18.20 ................J McInerney 10 2.50pm THE DOGZONE C1 FINAL C1f, 520m 1 31323 Meg’s Me Mum 30.40......................S Maher 2 54416 Zamaddis Lass 30.64................... T Downey 3 22651 Opawa Cuddles 30.88.....................S Maher 4 23833 Banbit nwtd ......................................T Agent 5 15221 Boris Gump nwtd ............................. S Clark 6 15511 Nitro Mary 30.53 G R &................... S Voyce 7 667x2 I’m A Catch 30.46 L & ........................ Morris 8 67482 Navajo Blue 31.47 ....................... K Hanover Emergencies: 9 82473 Opawa Rabbit nwtd ...........................M Flipp 10 5x564 Radio Goo Goo nwtd S &..........C Blackburn 11 3.08pm PALAMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION C2 C2, 305m 1 564x4 Abogado nwtd ...................................M Flipp 2 34525 Cawbourne Teash 17.77 ..............M Roberts 3 34581 Five Kay Leg 18.00 ............................ N Udy 4 26654 Embee Dee 17.53 .....................J McInerney 5 82F32 Showem Baby 17.66 ................A Duganzich 6 82413 Working Jewel 17.83 .......................L Doody 7 73621 Another Fantasy 17.80 .................... M Mann 8 12551 Another Fan 17.84 ....................J McInerney 9 46753 All In All nwtd U & .............................Cottam 10 34871 Codie Brea 17.83 ......................J McInerney 12 3.25pm INDULGE SKIN SPA WANGANUI C2, 305m 1 21845 Azure Dreams 17.75 G & ................ J Clarke 2 85F51 Fear Marina 17.71.....................J McInerney

3 86374 Chocdee Alice 17.62 .................J McInerney 4 61823 Trendy Lass nwtd .................... T McCracken 5 65385 Fair Conquest 17.77............................L Udy 6 55141 All About Jazz 17.86 .........................M Flipp 7 21221 Fair Cruzin 17.97.......................J McInerney 8 11126 Angie Zarr 17.64 .........................A Turnwald Emergencies: 9 63763 Venga Guapa 17.88 ........................M Olden 10 37776 Jelly Gem nwtd U & ..........................Cottam 13 3.43pm KEENAN CONCRETE C1 C1, 305m 1 64311 Pukewhai Magic nwtd .................. P Denbee 2 72821 Homebush Dodger 17.78 ..........J McInerney 3 84715 Homebush Pippi 18.02 .................. R Maisey 4 54278 Carolina Moon nwtd .........................T Agent 5 81531 Brilliant Jayla 17.82 ......................M Roberts 6 22411 Bigtime Pulse 17.64 .........................L Ahern 7 61555 Flirt With Me 18.02 .................. T McCracken 8 28426 Nominal Lily 18.11 ..........................L Doody 9 13268 Lord De Air 17.67 U & ...........................Bliek 10 75753 She’s Smashing 18.11 ......................M Flipp 14 4.00pm WWW.DOPEYDOG.NET C1 C1, 305m 1 22522 Brilliant Ashlee 18.34 ...................M Roberts 2 44287 Cosmic Rascal 17.90 .............. T McCracken 3 647x3 Homebush Buck nwtd ...............J McInerney 4 74372 Wellywood nwtd ...................... T McCracken 5 64787 Cala Rapita nwtd...............................M Flipp 6 78442 Elite Dose 18.04............................... A Clark 7 43155 Bigtime Moola 18.09 U & ......................Bliek 8 35552 Making Time nwtd ...............................S Kite 9 8x356 Ganache nwtd ...................................M Flipp 10 84564 Otto Baxter 17.69 ......................J McInerney LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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In brief

■ HARNESS JEWELS

Monbet up for the challenge

By Matt Markham

Harness Racing New Zealand

The challenge of knocking the immovable Speeding Spur off his perch in the three-year-old Ruby at this Saturday’s Harness Jewels might prove to be easier said than done, but defending Jewels champ Monbet looks up the challenge.

And the Woodend Beach training partnership of Greg and Nina Hope plan to have their star trotter on song for the biggest assignment of his three-year-old season.

Last year’s two-year-old Ruby winner has been kept in cotton wool since two very strong Auckland performances behind the rampant Speeding Spur – but has produced two winning performances against the pacers at workouts and trials on the Ashburton track.

“They’ve been exactly what we wanted out of him, each time,’’ Greg Hope said.

“We just have to manage him a little bit.

“We do have an eye on the future with him so are conscious of not pressing him too much this season because he’s capable of winning some big races in the next few years I think.

“But at this stage he’s spot on for the Jewels.’’

Off the second line the imposing trotter is going to have to watch all of his key rivals jostle for early positions, but when you consider the speed

Patience is the key to Sound Proposition realising his full potential and his trainers are prepared to give the three-yearold all the time he needs. The son of Savabeel came a long way in a short time in his first preparation that resulted in a third placing behind the star Australasian threeyear-olds Mongolian Khan and Volkstok’n’barrell in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby. “He’s still quite an immature horse so we’re giving him a nice break,” said Lance O’Sullivan, who prepares Sound Proposition at Matamata with Andrew Scott.

- NZME

Trent Busuttin isn’t underestimating the task ahead of El Roca in the Gr.2 QTC Cup at Doomben on Saturday. “It might be the next tier down from the BTC Cup, but there are still three or four crack Australian sprinters in it and any one of them could win a Railway or Telegraph in New Zealand,” he said. While the Cambridge trainer respects the strength of the opposition, he remains confident his four-year-old can show his true quality with star Australian jockey Tommy Berry booked for the ride.

- NZME Monbet, with Ricky May in the sulky, knows all about winning on Jewels day.

on the front line it could turn out to be a positive provided he doesn’t spot those same horses too much distance by the time he settles.

What should help is that he follows out the very quick Sunny Ruby.

If Ricky May can keep himself on the filly’s back early he might find himself within four lengths of the lead by the time they settle.

Hope isn’t too concerned how things play out as long as his charge is out in clear air at the right time.

“He’s one of those horses who tends to take a bit of time to wind up, so as long as gets out in the open and can get rolling he will run a race.

“The length of the Ashburton straight should suit him as he’ll get every chance to work into it.’’

Speeding Spur should find the front at some point in the race, although Natalie Rasmussen might be keen to allow the keen Prince Fearless his head and stay in front should she get there first.

The battles within battles are what will decide the 3YO Ruby and patience could be the key to success.

And that’s something we know Ricky May has plenty of.

Blacks Caps avoiding ‘kneejerk reaction’ New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum is adamant his team is still playing good cricket and they’ll avoid a “kneejerk reaction” to their 124-run loss to England after conceding a 134run first innings lead.

His opposite Alastair Cook dropped anchor with 162 when it mattered in the second innings.

In response, the New Zealand top order had slumped to 12 for three before lunch on the final day, effectively ruling out the possibility of victory in a fourth innings chase for 345 from 77 overs on a wicket which still appeared batsmanfriendly.

Kane Williamson, BJ Watling and Corey Anderson gave hope for a draw, but it escaped New Zealand’s grasp.

Similarly spinner Mark Craig has enjoyed a phenomenal start

Sound future ahead

Busuttin confident

■ CRICKET

By Andrew Alderson

Ashburton Guardian 17

to his career but struggled to tie down an end in match figures of 46-5-173-2.

Tim Southee also took his share of punishment as a pace spearhead, delivering 58-5266-3.

His main nemesis was Ben Stokes. On the fourth day Stokes contributed significantly to Southee’s spell of none for 53 from six overs with the second new ball. That was scarring, yet Southee still showed a knack for producing brilliance with his deliveries to remove Adam Lyth, Gary Ballance and Ian Bell.

“It hurts a lot,” McCullum said of the loss.

“At the same time there’s an element of pride that we continue to play a style that gives us our greatest chance [of winning].

“At Headingley we may see a different result. Emotionally our guys are steady and that’s

allowed us to play some good cricket so ‘no kneejerk reaction’ will be the message to a performance like this because we were pretty good for most of it.”

McCullum paid tribute to the way Cook dealt with pressure in the wake of the Kevin Pietersen non-selection saga.

“I’ve got a heck of a lot of respect. He’s been going through a tough time so to play the type of innings he did, when his team were behind the eightball, showed steel.

“Not every captain has to play the game in the new, innovative style. It helps when you have guys like Ben Stokes and Joe Root who can play with that sort of freedom under pressure.

“You have to put that down to Alastair’s leadership as well.”

“It’s been a rocky road for us the last two weeks but I’ve never heard Lords’ like that,” Cook said, referring to the crowd support.

“Mentally the match was on a knife edge the whole time.

When we were 134 behind, someone needed a big score.”

He singled out man-of-thematch Stokes, particularly for his first innings contribution.

“I’d love to score as quickly as Ben, but the bottom line is: I can’t. He’ll get plaudits for the century but his [first innings] 92 was unbelievable batting when the ball was moving around corners at 30 for four.”

Stokes had also caught McCullum’s eye in an all-round performance which severed New Zealand’s ambitions.

“The game needs more players like him and Joe Root who can rip a game away. There aren’t too many who have the courage, the freedom and the backing of their captain to play like that. I thought his performance with the bat rolled over to the ball where he was devastating.”

- NZH

Warriors stake moved Sir Owen Glenn is to transfer his 50 per cent stake in the Warriors to the newly established Sir Owen Glenn Warriors Trust to further develop the 13-man game at grassroots and secondary school levels. Former Minister of Sport and Mayor of Auckland, the Hon. John Banks, Bill Birnie, and Mark Rice have been appointed as board members while Sir Ralph Norris will be the Patron of the trust. Sir Owen believes that, under the management of CEO Jim Doyle and with a strong performance from the Warriors on the field, the club should be in a position to pay dividends in the short term. - NZME

Parker meets Tyson One of the lessons learned by New Zealand heavyweight Joseph Parker at a recent training camp with Wladimir Klitschko has led to a chance meeting with Mike Tyson. Parker is including swimming in his training after hearing champion Klitschko talk about its benefits in Miami, with the 23-year-old running into Tyson, the self-styled former Baddest Man on the Planet, in the cafe of his local Las Vegas pool.

Parker is training for his bout with German champion Yakup Saglam in Palmerston North on June 13. “I had seen Mike in the lead up to the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight [earlier this month] on the Vegas Strip and he was charging people US$250 to take a picture with him,” said Parker. “I was blown away he took the time to spend a few minutes with me.”

- NZME

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Accountant Brophy Knight Limited is a well respected Chartered Accounting firm in Ashburton with an excellent range of corporate and agricultural clients. We are looking for either an experienced Accountant, or a fully qualified Chartered Accountant to join our firm.

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work along side partners to meet existing client needs and also grow the client base. Building strong business relationships with our clients has been the key to our success. The successful applicant will need the interpersonal skills required to continue these client relationships.

Brophy Knight Limited is a member of the NZCA group. This is a group of Independent Chartered Accounting firms throughout New Zealand committed to best practice and improving the member firms ability to meet client needs. The NZCA association also gives staff access to a large group of their professional peers and good training opportunities.

For further information about Brophy Knight Limited visit our website www.brophyknight.co.nz or feel free to give us a call on (03) 307 9051. All enquiries are handled in complete confidence If this sounds like you, then forward your CV by June 5, 2015 to: Accountant Brophy Knight Limited P O Box 314, Ashburton 7740 Phone: 03 307 9051 Email: enquiries@brophyknight.co.nz Talley’s is a successful and well known brand, operating several plants throughout the South Island, as well as having many diversified interests in seafood, frozen vegetables, meat and dairy products. We currently have the following positions at our Fairton plant located 10 minutes drive from Ashburton.

Forklift Operators Talley’s Ashburton has Forklift Operator positions available on the Ashburton site.

The Ashburton site runs rotating shift patterns.

Forklift experience would be an advantage but not essential as full training will be given to the right candidates.

Email a copy of your CV with a cover letter to recruitment@ash.talleys.co.nz or complete an application at the guard house on-site.

SECURITY MANAGER Talbot Security Group is seeking a security minded Manager to oversee its day-time operations and site staff.

If you enjoy working as part of a small team, have a strong work ethic and take pride in your work, we want to hear from you. This role would suit a mature minded person, reliability is essential.

A background in the security industry would be preferred, however full training will be provided to the successful applicant.

Essential requirements are: • Strong communication skills, • Self motivated, • Work independently and in a team, • Must have clean criminal record, • Full, clean NZ Drivers licence, • Be able to follow instructions, • A proven ability to learn new skills, • Committed to study and gain qualifications, • A desire to succeed, • Live within the Ashburton area.

An excellent remuneration package will be offered to the successful applicant, including a competitive rate of pay.

For more detail go to: www.talbotsecurity.co.nz E-mail: tsgltd@xtra.co.nz Applicants must be able to attend an interview.

Registered Nurse For Ear Wax Removal Full or Part-time, Ashburton Registered Nurse required for independent Audiology Company, to perform ear wax removal by suction.

• Previous experience not necessary, as complete training in ear wax removal will be available to the successful candidate • Position can be full or part-time negotiable • Be rewarded by a competitive hourly rate • We are looking for someone who will become a valuable member of our team and offer our patients great service

BREASTSCREEN SOUTH LTD Provides screening mammography services for women aged 45 to 69 years as part of the National Breast Screening Programme.

BreastScreen South Ltd is inviting applications for the position of Receptionist on the mobile breast screening unit while it is based at Ashburton Hospital. The mobile breast screening unit visits Ashburton yearly so ideally we would like to employ some one who will be available each year to fill this role.

This year the position will commence in June for approximately 4.5 months.

In following years the position is likely to be available for 3 months.

The person we are seeking will have: • Experience as a receptionist.

• Excellent data entry/computer skills • Excellent communication and organisational skills • Ability to work independently

An empathy with women’s health and cultural issues is essential A job description is available on request.

Applications, including a current C.V and a covering hand written letter, should be forwarded to: The Manager, BreastScreen South Ltd, PO Box 25 087, Christchurch 8144 Email joan.miles@breastscreensouth.co.nz Closes Friday, June 5, 2015.

Inwards Goods Part time position

Casual Truck Drivers

Mitre 10 MEGA Ashburton has a vacancy for a person in their Inwards Goods department.

This is a part time position (20 hrs per week) position Monday - Friday. Hours per day can be flexible to suit applicant.

The successful applicant will need the following: • Be fit and able to lift • Be motivated • Able to use a computer • Reliable • Ability to work in a team.

Please email your CV and covering letter to: HR.ashburton@mitre10.co.nz or Post to Lyn Church, Human Resources Manager, Mitre 10 MEGA, P.O. Box 35, Ashburton 7740.

Applications close on Friday, May 29, 2015.

required digger driver class 4 license Contact: 022 032 8756 03 303 6555 (evenings)

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Just minutes stroll to Countdown Complex

Double garage plus large storage area on a well fenced section must add Here’s an attractive Oamaru Stone Townhouse positioned just minutes walk from the Countdown Complex/ appeal for buyers.

Event Centre etc. 3 roomy bedrooms, master attracts afternoon sun.For Open plan kitchen/dining and living with Sale $283,500 access to the garden. Bathroom offers both bath and shower. WC isView separate.

New hot water cylinder. by appointment A double garage with internal access and auto door ensures ease and security. rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20014 Ashburton Office 03 307 8317

Heating sources are Heatpump, Skope wall heater plus a Nightstore.Mid “Gutterguard” removes concerns about (REAA 2008) Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED blocked gutterings. A garden shed is tucked away. 2 doors have flyscreens so enjoyment of summer breezes won’t entail unwelcome insects.Ceiling insulation even extends above the garage.

Privacy, sun and great location will appeal to many.

T 03 307 8317 E ashburton.nz@raywhite.com 96 Tancred Street, Ashburton 7700 Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited Licensed REAA (2008)

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MOTORING

Mid Canterbury Aero Club Notice of AGM Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 7.30pm To be held at MCAC club rooms at the airport on Seafield Road

MOTORCYCLES WANTED to buy. Solex moped parts or complete bike. Would prefer complete bike but would look at any.

Phone 0274 374 786 or 03 342 9117.

For Sale Offers over $359,000 rwashburton.co.nz Cindy Hayward 027 259 4644 cindy.hayward@raywhite.com

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793 metre square (more or less) Rectangular section next to the park on Cambridge street.

CV $101,000

Potential for investment or build your own new home. 1872m2 (more or less freehold land. Application to District Council for 4 allotment subdivision, subject to resource consent.

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$110,000 View by appointment, 48a Cambridge Street rwashburton.co.nz /AHB20138

For Sale View by appointment, 71 Cambridge Street rwashburton.co.nz / AHB20076

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

1.00pm - 4.00pm Holy Communion, Park Street.

ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY 10.00am 6.00am GROUP. ASHBURTON POTTERY SOCIETY INC. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Every Wednesday, new comers welcome. New rooms open for research. Ground Real women circuit training in hall. 48 floor Heritage Centre, West Street.

Nixon Street, Tinwald.

Allens Road, Allenton.

1.15pm 10.45am 9.00am - 11.00am TINWALD 500 CARDS. M.S.A. TAI CHI. HAKATERE MARAE HEALTH CLINIC. Playing cards and fellowship. Tinwald Hall, Seated exercises suitable for people with Open today at Hakatere Marae, Fairton, Ashburton Allenton Graham Street. limited mobility.

Social Hall, Tranquil at Carters Estate has many added benefits. 2000m2 Lower priced sites are Havelock few and far between.

Stateliving H/W 1. sections with post/rail fences,key pad access to your property.

Flat building platform.

1.30pm Street.

9.30am - 1.30pm Tennis court and pavilion, two hole chip and putt, manicured Rear site provides good privacy.

ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. 1.00pm 3.00pm grounds.

Plenty of space and privacy.

Close to Shopping centre, ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Association and Golf Croquet. Allenton ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN Medical centre, Primary school, and stroll to College.

Owners invite offers! CHURCH. Second time around Opshop.

Cnr Cass $450,000 $95,000 Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

Pre-loved clothing sale, bargains and View appointment, 28a Carters Road rwashburton.co.nz / View by appointment, 39 Clark Street rwashburton.co.nz / andbyHavelock Street.

AHB20185 AHB20039 Anglican church hall, 1.30pm cuppa. St Andrews 10.00am cnr Thomson and Jane Street, Tinwald.

WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. LICENSED (REAA 2008)

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10.00am Sale of Pre loved clothing. Tinwald Methodist Church, cnr Archibald and Jane METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. 9.30am Street, Tinwald.

New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture M.S.A. TAI CHI. 9.30am - 12.30pm Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

Beginners refresher and learning next 9 Main Street, Methven.

ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY INC. moves. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

10.30am Open Thursday and Saturday mornings 9.30am - 11.00am www.toylibrary.ashburtononline.co.nz/ RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. BALMORAL HALL LINEDANCERS. Methodist Church Hall, Baring Square Real women circuit training in the hall, Balmoral hall, Cameron Street.

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1st time free. St Andrews Church, Bridge Ashburton Ashburton 9.30am - 11.30am 9.30am - 1.30pm The new release of five 3Ha and 4Ha properties marks Stage 7a of 1129m2 section on favoured Ludlow Drive.Street Rakaia.

MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. ASHBURTON this landmark development. Each of the lifestyle blocks, ranging in Access to water (although this section is not10.30am water’s edge), BAPTIST CHURCH. - 3.30pm great offer exercise, new sizeDaytime from 3.22 section, to 4.17 hectares, stunning panoramic views boating, swimming, paintball and fine dining.

Second time around Op-shop.

Cnr Cass ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. andplayers a uniquewelcome, connection to the Lakeavailable.

Hood lifestyle It’s all here! rackets EAresort. Discover Street andFormulate Havelock Street. the best of both worlds. your plans now for a spring build!Working day of stitch and chat. Senior Networks Stadium. River Terrace.

10.00am $155,000 Centre, Cameron Street.

View by appointment, 27 Ludlow Drive rwashburton.co.nz / 9.30am - 12.30pm Stage 7a - Lake Hood rwashburton.co.nz /AHB20055 AHB20035 ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. 10.45am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH Fit kidz, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

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MEETINGS, EVENTS ASHBURTON Society of Arts Autumn Show on now at Short Street Studio. 15 members exhibiting. Guest Zita Waldron painting and sculpture. Open Saturdays and Sundays 10am-3pm or when the sign is out.

Enquiries phone 308 4533.

LIVESTOCK, PETS BUYER of unwanted animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals.

We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 621, A/H 03 348 9439.

Mid Canterbury Rugby Supporters Club ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Thursday, May 28 7.00pm Grandstand Lounge Ashburton Showgrounds All rugby supporters welcome

HIRE GENERAL hire.

Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more.

All your DIY / contracting work, Call and see U-Hire Ashburton. 588 East Street.

Open Mon-Fri 7.30 - 5.30pm; Sat 7.30am - 5.00pm; Sunday 8am - 12.30pm. – Ph: 308 8061 A/h: 308 7460 www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

GRAZING GOOD Quality grazing available with experienced Graziers Mid Canterbury Region. Contact Phone No. 027 227 6075.

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CONTAINERS for sale or hire, ex shipping: general and insulated. Sidelifter available for delivery. Wilson Bulk Transport, Phone 308-7772.

MAKE delicious homemade Burgers for you family. With a Burger Press from Kitchen Kapers, for only $11.99.

Make burgers that hold together and cook evenly. A healthier alternative to prepacked, and allows you to experiment with your own flavours.

NEW I-Candy reading glasses - Great coloured frames - fantastic price - all $48.00. Call in to view in The China Shop in The Arcade.

TREES wanted. Suitable for milling and export. No obligation quote. Phone John Rose Logging 03 693 9385 or 021 935 628.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

MISS Eva, abc, gf, no texts all block calls will not answered. Phone 021 044 0698.

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BATTERIES. STARTERS. ALTERNATORS - Starter motor and alternator repair specialist. Free no obligation quotes. Full battery range at super low prices, car, truck, tractor, deep cycle. Eftpos available. Farmlands supplier.

Robbie Bell Autoelectrical, 25 Golf Links Road. Pone 308 7700 or 027 221 3930.

MEETINGS, EVENTS

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Euchre, friendship, fun, afternoon tea.

Waireka Croquet clubrooms, Philip Street.

4.00pm M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Open day to learn to play. M.S.A. Sports grounds,115 Racecourse Road.

7.00pm ASHBURTON UKUKELE GROUP. Beginners and new members welcome. St Paul’s Church hall, Oxford Street.

7.00pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

7.00pm - 9.30pm

MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance 7pm, beginner/ intermediate (8pm-9pm). Annette (instructor) phone 307-7138a/h. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Dancing, music, fitness, fun. New members welcome phone 308-5437.

Buffalo Hall, Cox Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. Results Shadows competition. Entries 2nd open competition. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

Stretching exercises for all abilities. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

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

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong - no counting, beginners welcome. Waireka Club rooms, Philip Street.

1.30pm M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Club Day, new members very welcome.

M.S.A. Sports Grounds, 115 Racecourse

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6.00pm NEW ZEALAND SIGN LANGUAGE TASTER CLASS. Fun, free 45 minute Sign Language class.

Ashburton Public Library, Havelock Street.

7.00pm MID CANTERBURY RUGBY SUPPORTERS CLUB. Annual General Meeting, Showgrounds lounge, Brucefield Avenue.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time /Sequence dancing. Learn to dance, all welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

Noticeboard

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BIODIVERSITY GRANT SCHEME NOW OPEN Funding applications are now being sought from groups and organisations for financial assistance from the Ashburton District Council’s Biodiversity Grants Scheme.

Council provides annual grants to protect and/or enhance indigenous biodiversity in the Ashburton District. The maximum amount per grant can be no more than 50% of the total project cost and $5,000 is the maximum Council can provide per grant. The applicants’ share of the project’s cost can be in kind, or financial. Application forms and full criteria can be found on the Council website ashburtondc.govt.nz or from the Council office.

For more information contact the Council on 307 7700 or email info@adc.govt.nz Applications close 5.00pm on Thursday 18 June 2015.

RUBBISH AND RECYCLING

ROAD SAFET Y CALENDAR

Queens Birthday

We want your artwork in our road safety calendar.

Resource Recovery Parks The Ashburton and Rakaia Resource Recovery Parks will be closed on:

Design a picture with a ‘safe speed’ message and it could be in the road safety calendar for 2016 - and win prizes!

• Monday 1 June 2015 Rubbish and Recycling - Kerbside Collection If your collection day is a Monday there will be a change for Queens Birthday.

Collections normally scheduled for Monday 1 June 2015 will be collected on Tuesday 2 June 2015.

There are no changes to any other collections. Please ensure all rubbish and recycling is placed at kerbside by 7.30am on collection day.

SPORTS FACILIT Y EA Networks Centre EA Networks Centre, Ashburton District’s newest aquatic and sports centre is now open.

The centre boasts four first class swimming pools, a fitness centre - including group fitness classes and Les Mills classes - and an indoor stadium with four courts.

Visit the Road Safety page on Council’s website for an entry form. The road safety calendar competition is for children aged 4-14 years.

You can also email Rachael Boyd, Project Officer at rachael.boyd@adc.govt.nz. Competition closes on 30 June 2015.

KEEPING THINGS HUMMING Council provides a 24-hour call centre service 307 7700.

You can also request service through our website. Click the green “Request It” tab on our front page.

Urgent requests for service are given a priority response.

Non-essential requests are normally responded to on the next working day. We are working to keep our district humming.

BUILDING CONSENTS ONLINE

There’s something there for everyone, all year round.

Getting a building consent is now an easier process for Ashburton District builders and homeowners.

Find out about memberships, prices, programmes at eanetworkscentre.co.nz or drop into the centre and experience it today.

Building consent applications can be made online through the Council website. For more information visit ashburtondc.govt.nz

C AREER OPPORTUNITIES

ADOPT A DOG

Ashburton District Council currently has vacancies for:

Ashburton District Council re-homes suitable dogs that have been abandoned or surrendered, helping them find new homes with caring and responsible dog owners.

• Lifeguards To learn more about these vacancies, visit www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

There are sometimes dogs at the Pound who need a good home. If you would like to adopt a dog, contact Council on (03) 307 7700.

Up & Coming Meetings Finance & Business Support Committee Meeting Thursday 11 June 2015, 1.30pm Environmental Services Committee Meeting Thursday 18 June 2015, 1.30pm Service Delivery Commitee Meeting Thursday 18 June 2015, to follow Environmental Services meeting Council Meeting Tuesday 30 June 2015, 1.30pm

Current Road Works Learn more about road works underway or due to commence in the Ashburton District on Council’s website.

For more information, visit www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

WEBSITE Find out what’s happening at your local council on the Ashburton District Council website. It’s easy to use and has all the information you need about the services that the Council offers you.

Visit ashburtondc.govt.nz

FACEBOOK Ashburton District Council is on Facebook - you can follow us on facebook.com/ AshburtonDC

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QUICK ACROSS 6. Waken (6) 7. Disconnect (6) 10. Wrap around (7) 11. In the midst of (5) 12. Common sense (4) 13. Constant (5) 16. Resist (5) 17. Goes wrong (4) 20. Excessive (5) 21. Give authority to (7) 22. Erase (6) 23. Trial before the real thing (3,3)

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) Mars gives you the courage to speak out, with a chance to give the past a voice, setting the scene for a communication breakthrough.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) With both a smart head for money and hindsight to draw on you’re able to make strategic moves as income, work and career forces come together.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) With intellectual savvy, 20/20 hindsight and a chance to give the past and unsaid words a voice you’re able to push through old blocks.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) A mix of intuition, logic, intelligence and imagination makes time spent in your own head the most valuable use of your time today.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) The door remains open to second chances while a competitive, team and fighting spirit takes personal and professional networking forward.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) A mix of intellectual savvy, hindsight, professional passion and a fighting spirit brings the potential for new opportunities.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) By taking a step away from reality and entering a world full of endless possibilities you’re able to recognise options you were blind to before.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) As a smart head for money, 20/20 hindsight and your financial passions and fighting spirit come together a financial breakthrough is possible.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) With a clearer sense of what you want from your relationships and what they need from you it’s time to fight to make it happen.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) With hindsight, intelligence and your work drives, passions, fighting and competitive spirit engaged anything is going to seem possible.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) As Mercury and Mars align in a playful, romantic and creatively charged part of your chart the door is open to new beginnings.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 21) An important day for talks, discussions and taking action on the home front, also comes with an opportunity for second chances or a do over.

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

CLARKE, Alison Margaret (nee Cooper) – On May 25, 2015, at WesleyCare Hospital, after a brief but brave battle, aged 60 years, loved partner of Roger Baker, mother of Michael, and Adam, and their partners Kate, and Bex; nana of Charlotte; sister of Rob, Jill and Adrienne; special friend to Karl, Corey, Olivia, Sarah, Kingston, Jacob, Sophie, Georgia, Lochie, Jude, Lee, Denis, Rose, Sue and many others. Special thanks to all those involved in Alison’s treatment and care.

Messages may be addressed to The Family of the late Alison Clarke, c/- PO Box 39001, Christchurch 8545. In lieu of flowers donations to Ward 26 Education and Training Fund, would be appreciated, and may be made at the service. A Service to celebrate Alison’s life will be held in our Chapel, 467 Westpark Wairakei Road, Burnside, on SATURDAY, May 30, at 10.00 am.

Lamb & Hayward Ltd FDANZ Phone 03 359-9018 www.lambandhayward.co.nz

DAGLISH, David John – On Sunday, May 24, 2015 tragically taken as a result of an accident at Rocky Point.

Much loved son of Tony and Lonnie Daglish McAllister, loved brother of Kimberley and Hayley, Uncle Dave of Lydia, loved grandson of Flora and the late Jack Daglish, and the late Doug and Freda McAllister and nephew of John, Paul and Brenda, Linda and Shaun Habgood, Owen and Renee and Ashley and Anne McAllister, a loved cousin and friend to many.

Aged 22 years. Messages to 31 Main South Road Greymouth. A celebration of David’s life will be held in the Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Tainui St, Greymouth, on SATURDAY, May 30 at 1pm followed by interment at the Karoro Cemetery.

Anisy Funeral Home Greymouth.

KERSLAKE, Florence Amelia (Amelia) – On May 24, 2015 at Coldstream House, Ashburton. Aged 91 years.

Dearly loved wife of the late Cliff. Dearly loved mum of Diane, and Malcolm and Pauline (both deceased).

Loved gran of Bobby and Kim (Shanghai), and Shelley and Sean Mitchell (Auckland), and great gran of Tara, and Jade; and Kasea, and Robbie.

Messages to Kerslake family P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Amelia’s life will be held at our Chapel, Cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on THURSDAY, May 28, commencing at 2.00pm.

Followed by private cremation the Ashburton at Crematorium.

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MENZIES, Heather Janet (nee Petrie) – On May 21, 2015, peacefully deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz to ensure publication. at Rosebank Hospital, Ashburton, in her 78th year. During office hours notices Loved wife and soul mate of may also be sent to: Gordon. Loved mother and classifieds@theguardian.co.nz mother in law of Shelley and Any queries Lyndon, Gregory and please contact Bronwyn. Loved nana of 0800 Toby, Miranda and Pat; ASHBURTON Courtney, and Cameron.

(0800-274-287).

Loved great nana of Payson.

Loved sister and sister in law of Robin and Wendy, and the late Ray, Esme and Bob Humm, Ngaio and the late Derek. Loved aunty to all her nieces and nephews and their families and her loving, special friend Gwen Biscoe. Canterbury owned, A special thank you to all the locally operated staff at Rosebank Hospital Patersons and Allenton Medical Centre for their professionalism, and Funeral Services care of Heather. Messages to and Ashburton 66a Chalmbers Avenue, Ashburton 7700.

In Crematorium Ltd accordance with Heather’s wishes a private service has Office and Chapel been held.

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TEMPLETON, John Menzies Brown – On Wednesday May 26, 2015 at Ashburton. Aged 89 years.

Dearly loved husband and companion of Shelagh for 65 years. Dearly loved dad and father in law of Jennifer and Gary Cook, and Bill and Wendy. A much loved and respected granddad of Rachel and Graham, Julie and Larry (London), and Tim and Ellen. Brother and brother in law of William and the late Shirley (Gore).

Messages to the Templeton family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Special thanks to the staff of AAU and Ward 1 at Ashburton Hospital and to the staff at Coldstream House. A service to celebrate John’s life will be held at St David’s Union Church, Allen’s Road, Ashburton on FRIDAY, May 29, commencing at 11.00am. To be followed by interment at the Methven Cemetery at 2.00pm.

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River Levels

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Rangitata Klondyke at 3:00 pm, yesterday

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 10.0 10.4 Max to 4pm 0.2 Minimum -4.4 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm May to date 6.2 Avg May to date 52 2015 to date 237.0 272 Avg year to date Wind km/h SW 15 At 4pm Strongest gust W 37 Time of gust 2:09pm

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Wind at 1000m: SW 35 km/h dying out in the afternoon.

Wind at 2000m: SW 50 km/h easing morning, then tending NW 30 km/h in the evening.

Cloudy periods. Winds mainly light, but southwesterlies dying out about the coast about midday.

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A high spreads over New Zealand tomorrow, then recedes to the North Island on Friday as northwesterlies strengthen over southern New Zealand ahead of an approaching trough. The northwest flow spreads onto the North orth Island on Saturday and Sunday, and the trough weakens and becomes slow-moving over the South Island.

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Ronald Curtis Stephen, late of Tinwald, Ashburton, will be MID CANTERBURY FUNERAL SERVICES held at Plot 4247 (New FRIDAY Lawn), Ashburton Cemetery, on THURSDAY, June 4, Galbraith’s provide choice!

Fine with high cloud. Northeasterlies We have a team of highly respected, professional funeral directors and Galbraith’s 2015, at 3.00pm. Ron’s family developing. celebrants. We offer you complete funeral care including pre-arrangement, and friends are cordially and your choice of venue, funeral celebrants and catering. provide choice!

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6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 With special guest Drew Barrymore. 0 11am Renovation Game 3 A team of up-and-coming builders and designers put their fees on the line if they fail to raise a property’s value. 0 Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Sarah has a change of heart; Andy breaks down; Chrissie must keep a lid on her anxiety. 0 1:30 Coronation Street PGR 3 0 2pm Four Weddings USA 3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Fair Go 0 8pm Women In Blue 3 0 8:30 Descent From Disaster PGR Toni Street travels to New Plymouth to rediscover the Taranaki mountaineering disaster. 0 9:30 Extreme Brat Camp AO Documentary looking at the US teen camp industry. 0 10:35 One News 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Tiki Tour 3 0 6:52 The Jungle Bunch Shorts 3 0 6:55 Pokemon – Black And White 3 0 7:20 Back At The Barnyard 3 0 7:50 The League Of Super Evil 0 8:15 Henry Hugglemonster 3 0 8:35 Art Attack 3 0 8:50 Pajanimals 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon Two And A Half Men 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle 1:30 Judge Rinder 2:35 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3:30 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 4pm Dog With A Blog 0 4:30 The 4:30 Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The New Adventures Of Old Christine 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

11:05 Betrayal AO 0 Midnight Football – English Premier League (Highlights) 1:05 Te Karere 3 2 0 1:30 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2 0

11:40 Anger Management AO 3 12:10 Distraction AO 3 12:40 Sullivan And Son PGR 3 0 1:05 Moon TV USA AO 3 1:35 Infomercials 2:30 Shameless AO 3 0 3:30 Political Animals AO 3 0 4:15 Ellen 3 4:40 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Fantasy Homes By The Sea 7:30 You Live In What? A Ferry.

8:30 Planet Food 9:30 Better Homes And Gardens 11am Buying Hawaii 11:30 Auction Hunters Noon Full Frontage 12:30 A Place In The Sun 1pm My Dream Home 2pm Fantasy Homes By The Sea 3pm You Live In What?

4pm NZ Food Culture 4:30 The Cook And The Chef 5pm Carter Can 5:30 Candice Tells All 6pm Baggage Battles 6:30 Buying Hawaii 7pm Toy Hunter 7:30 I Bought My Own Rainforest Wildlife photographer Charlie Hamilton James has just bought 40 hectares of the Peruvian Amazon… without even looking at it first.

8:30 Wild Catch Each episode is filmed in a different place around the world in the quest to catch the most elusive and exotic species.

9:30 All 4 Adventure – Across The Top Explorers Jase Andrews and Simon Anderson undertake a series of rugged expeditions into some of the wildest frontiers and most remote corners of Australia.

10:30 Toy Hunter 11pm NZ Food Culture 11:30 Carter Can

THURSDAY

Midnight Deals From The Dark Side PGR 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am You Live In What? A Ferry.

2am NZ Food Culture 2:30 The Cook And The Chef 3am Buying Hawaii 3:30 Baggage Battles 4am Wild Catch 5am I Bought My Own Rainforest

7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 My Kitchen Rules PGR Promo models Katie and Nikki present their instant restaurant. 0 8:45 The Big Bang Theory PGR 0 9:15 2 Broke Girls AO Max and Caroline’s missing cat is returned by a handsome businessman; Nancy comes home with a surprise. 0 9:45 Once Upon A Time PGR 0 10:45 Resurrection PGR 0

FOUR

PRIME

6am Paul Henry Paul Henry hosts a news show.

9am Infomercials 10:30 The Bold And The Beautiful PGR Determined to win her back, Bill tells Brooke there is nothing standing in the way of their being together.

11am Rachael Ray Biggest Loser trainer Bob Harper is Rachael’s co-host, putting a slow-cooker twist on skinny stuffed bell peppers.

Noon 3 News 12:30 Baggage AO 1pm Dr Phil AO 2pm The Ricki Lake Show AO 3pm The Real Housewives Of New Jersey PGR 4pm Entertainment Tonight 4:30 Million Dollar Minute 3 5pm The Biggest Loser – Glory Days 0 6pm 3 News 7pm Campbell Live 7:30 Best Of Top Gear PGR 0 8:45 M The Fast And The Furious – Tokyo Drift AO 3 2006 Action. 0 10:55 3 News

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Grojband 3 7:55 As Told By Ginger 3 8:20 Chuggington 3 8:30 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 8:40 Peppa Pig 3 8:50 Bob The Builder 3 9am Thomas And Friends 3 9:10 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 3 9:25 Barney And Friends 3 9:50 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:35 Punk’d PGR 3 5pm Life’s Funniest Moments 5:30 It Only Hurts When I Laugh 3 6pm Malcolm In The Middle 3 0 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3 7pm The Simpsons 3 0 7:30 The Simpsons PGR 8pm Family Guy PGR 3 0 8:30 M The Birdcage AO 1996 Comedy.

Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane. 0 10:55 The Ringer AO 3 An attempt is made on Bridget’s life.

11:25 NCIS AO 3 The team investigates when the body of a missing NCIS facilities manager, who disappeared the day the Navy Yard was bombed, is found. 0 12:25 Infomercials

11:45 Entertainment Tonight 12:10 Infomercials

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6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 A celebrity chat show.

2pm Celebrity Wife Swap USA PGR 3 The wives of rapper Flavor Flav and rock star Dee Snider will find out if these music stars can handle their new rules when they switch homes for a week.

3pm Storage Wars PGR 3 3:30 Antiques Roadshow 3 4:30 Hot Bench 5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country 3

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Defeating The Superbugs PGR 8:30 Poldark PGR With Jim gravely ill in Bodmin jail, Poldark and Dwight set out to save him; Demelza is excited to attend a grand ball held by George, who is determined to ruin Poldark.

9:45 Frisky Business AO 10:40 Back Benches PGR 11:40 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

12:10 Rugby League – State Of Origin NSW Blues v Queensland Maroons at Sydney’s ANZ Stadium.

2:10 Home Shopping

MAORI TV

7am AFL Weekly Highlights Round Eight.

8am Inside Supercars A build up to the upcoming weekend races.

9am Motorsport – Formula One (Highlights) Grand Prix de Monaco.

9:30 Motorsport – Swedish Speedway Elitserien (Highlights) 11am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Cheetahs v Lions.

From Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein.

1pm Ultimate Fighter Brazil Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira v Mauricio Rua. 2pm UFC Now 3pm Fight Night 5pm Cycling – Giro D’Italia (Highlights) Stage 16 – Pinzolo to Aprica.

5:30 Rugby – First XV (Replay) Teams TBC. 7pm Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Blues v Hurricanes.

7:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Waratahs v Crusaders.

8pm Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Force v Highlanders.

8:30 The Breakdown 9:30 Golf World 10pm Rugby – First XV Revision (Highlights) 11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 The Breakdown With Jeff Wilson.

12:30 L Cycling – Giro D’Italia Stage 17 – Tirano to Lugano.

3:30 Fox Sports News 4am The Breakdown 5am Rugby Nation

SKY SPORT 2

6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Dora Matatoa 3 2 7:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 8am Pukana 3 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Hoiho 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Korero Mai 3 2 3pm Tangaroa With Pio 3 3:30 Pukoro 3 2 4pm Dora Matatoa 3

THE BOX

2 4:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 5pm Pukana 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 2 6:30 Ako 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Toi Whakaari 2 8pm Koroua 8:30 N Marae Kai Masters PGR 9:30 Whaikorero PGR 3 10pm Te Kauta PGR 10:30 Native Affairs 3 11:30 Te Kaea 3 2 Midnight Closedown

DISCOVERY

6am Law And Order MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Lizard Lick Towing PG 7:40 Parking Wars PGL 8:05 The Amazing Race PG 8:55 CSI – Miami MV 9:45 The Glades MV 10:35 CSI – New York MV 11:25 Transporter – The Series 16VLSC 12:15 Rogue 16VLS 1:05 Pawn Stars PG 1:30 CSI – Miami MV 2:20 Law And Order MV 3:10 The Simpsons PG 3:35 Raw MC 6:35 Pawn Stars PG 7pm Lizard Lick Towing PG 7:30 CSI – New York MV 8:30 NCIS MV 9:30 NCIS – LA MV 10:30 The Glades MV 11:30 CSI – New York MV

THURSDAY

12:30 Counting Cars PG 12:55 Counting Cars PG 1:20 Law And Order MV 2:10 The Glades MV 3am The Simpsons PG 3:30 Counting Cars PG 3:55 NCIS MV 4:45 NCIS – LA MV 5:35 Pawn Stars PG

6am Auction Kings PG Pink Cadillac; Baseball Memorabilia.

6:30 Deadliest Catch PG Crossing the Line. 7:30 Ice Cold Gold PG 8:30 MythBusters PG Flying Guillotine. 9:30 Dual Survival M 10:30 Casino Secrets PG 11:30 Beauty Queen Murders M 12:30 Secret Lives Of Stepford Wives M All Bets are Off. 1pm Secret Lives Of Stepford Wives M Broken Heartland. 1:30 A Crime To Remember M 2:30 How It’s Made PG 3pm How It’s Made PG 3:30 Running Wild With Bear Grylls M Channing Tatum. 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 MythBusters PG Duct Tape Plane. 6:30 Dual Survival M 7:30 Gunslingers M Billy the Kid – The Phantom of Lincoln County.

8:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 9:30 Moonshiners M 10:30 How It’s Made PG 11pm How It’s Made PG 11:30 Swamp Murders M

THURSDAY

12:30 Tabloid M Dressed for Revenge. 1:30 Southern Fried Homicide M 2:30 Auction Kings PG 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Man v Wild PG 5am Dirty Jobs PG

Descent from Disaster 8:30pm on TV One

8:10 The Making Of The Bourne Legacy MV 8:35 How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days PGL 2003 Romantic Comedy. Matthew McConnaughey, Kate Hudson. 10:30 Under The Tuscan Sun ML 2003 Romantic Comedy. Diane Lane, Sandra Oh. 12:20 The Last Samurai MV 2003 Drama. Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe.

2:50 Angels And Demons MV 2009 Crime. Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer. 5:10 The Whole Ten Yards MVS 2004 Comedy Thriller. Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet. 6:50 The Lake House ML 2006 Drama. Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock. 8:30 School Of Rock PGL 2003 Comedy. Jack Black, Sarah Silverman, Joan Cusack.

10:20 Payback 18V 1999 Action.

Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry.

6am Super League Fulltime 7am NRL 360 8am NRL Fulltime 8:30 Cricket – IPL (Highlights) Final – Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings.

9am Cricket – International (Highlights) England v Black Caps – First Test, Day Five.

9:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) Magic v Pulse.

10am Netball Zone 10:30 Golf – OneAsia Tour (Highlights) SK Telecom Open Event.

12:30 Cycling – Giro D’Italia (Highlights) Stage 16.

1pm Tennis – French Open (Highlights) Day Three.

2pm Golf Central 3pm AFL Weekly Highlights Round Eight.

4pm Cricket – IPL (Highlights) Final – Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings. 4:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) England v Black Caps – First Test, Day Five. 5pm Tennis – French Open (Highlights) Day Three.

6pm The After Match With Awen Guttenbeil.

6:30 Warrior’s 20 Year Celebration 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 L Rugby League – State Of Origin New South Wales v Queensland – Game One.

Midnight Groundhog Day PG 1993 Comedy. Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliot.

1:40 The Making Of The Bourne Legacy MV 2:05 The Whole Ten Yards MVS 2004 Comedy Thriller.

3:45 Payback 18V 1999 Action.

5:25 School Of Rock PGL 2003 Comedy.

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Wakanui School pupil Paddy Dekker, 12, flicks a pass onto a classmate during the Physical Activity Leaders programme yesterday.

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Kids learning the importance of leadership Mid Canterbury school children got the opportunity to be a part of the first ever Physical Activity Leaders (PALs) programme run in the district, yesterday.

Facilitated by Jan Cochrane of Sport Canterbury and run by representatives from Christchurch, the programme was de-

signed to instill leadership skills in primary school-aged children.

Students from a handful of schools around the district were selected to partake in the course, held at the EA Networks Centre Stadium yesterday.

Cochrane said the pupils were

taught activities which they could take back to school, and teach their peers.

She said the launch of the programme, coupled with being able to use an indoor facility meant there were no worries.

“It’s good to be able to have an indoor facility that meant it

didn’t get cancelled because of weather,” Cochrane said.

Sport Canterbury coach mentoring advisor Pat Barwick held one of the programme’s sessions yesterday.

She said PALs worked as a great introduction to leadership for the young children.

“We want them to feel supported,” she said.

Not only did the children learn a variety of physical activities that catered to a range of skill levels, they also talked about what it meant to be a leader, and who they identified as leaders.

Thurston backs NSW’s halves

BY LAINE CLARK In a surprise shot in the arm for Mitchell Pearce, Queensland’s milestone man Johnathan Thurston has backed the much maligned NSW half ’s switch to pivot for tonight’s State of Origin opener.

Cynics believe NSW may be at sixes and sevens with their

halves after Blues coach Laurie Daley pitchforked the unproven Pearce into the untried position of five-eighth alongside incumbent Trent Hodkinson.

But Thurston admitted he was living proof that the Sydney Roosters halfback could make the Blues No.6 jersey his own.

Groomed as a pivot at his first NRL club, the Bulldogs, Thurs-

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ton has interchanged between the halves positions effortlessly for the Cowboys, Queensland and Australia, claiming three Dally M Medals and eight straight Origin series wins along the way.

“Yeah, I grew up playing a lot of five-eighth, playing in that position is not unfamiliar - I was recruited by the Cowboys as a

six so I am comfortable with it,” Thurston said.

And he surprisingly backed Pearce to do the same.

“They are both quality halfbacks and have been playing some great footy over the last few weeks so I think it will work,” he said. “And there has been a bit of hoopla over Trent so he will be confident after

guiding them to a series win (last year). Mitchell plays on the ball, so he’ll probably direct the boys around the park.”

Pearce would be forgiven for soaking up all the information he can get from Thurston, who celebrates a record 31st straight Origin tonight. He has not played five-eighth since schoolboy football.

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