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Family Planning to quit

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By Sue Newman

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A service that offers face-to-face advice for the community across a range of sexual and reproductive health issues is withdrawing its services from Ashburton next month.

Family Planning has been based in Ashburton for several years, holding weekly clinics, but those clinics will end in late June, with the organisation’s national director of operations Kirsty Walsh saying the decision was made on the grounds of financial viability.

“Unfortunately our funding is limited and our target is around providing clinics in areas of high need,” she said.

Numbers attending the Ashburton clinic had varied and there had been times when staff travelled from Christchurch for appointments to find those booked did not turn up.

“It’s been a very difficult decision for us to make,” Walsh said.

All 1500 clients have been contacted about the closure and they will be provided with information and assisted in transitioning to a general practice or to another provider, she said.

Ashburton clients will also have the option of using the telephone consulting service.

This involves making an appointment for staff to contact them by phone at a prearranged

time. This can be done through the Family Planning website.

“There will be a range of things we can do by phone and consultation with a nurse and there will still be the option of clinics in Timaru or Christchurch,” Walsh said.

Clients using the phone consultancy service would be able to receive advice and they would also be able to have prescriptions faxed through to their local pharmacy.

“Our aim is equity of access and choice and people will still be able to talk to a person in a clinic, but it will just be over the phone. As they are in our clinics, our services are confidential and non-judgemental”.

Family Planning staff will be in Ashburton on Monday and will have information on the closure for clients. All clients will be provided with the organisation’s 0800 number to ensure they can make contact readily with staff.

GP practices and stakeholders in Ashburton have all been contacted.

Family Planning offers help with contraception, STI testing and treatment, cervical screening, pregnancy testing, abortion referrals, PMS and menopause, HPV vaccinations, and advice and support for other sexual and reproductive health issues.

It works with people of any gender, age, nationality or sexual orientation.

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■■OPINION

■■POLITICS

Community theatre needs your support

More serious crime before courts

Sister Act is on now at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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nce again Variety Theatre Ashburton has proved beyond doubt that they can produce musicals of the very highest standard.

Not afraid of a challenge, this year they have produced a show that uses all the latest technical wizardry, becoming common in musical theatre today, with the use of a Travelator, or moving stage and high res LED screens on a motorised tracking system, all adding to, not just the visual aspect of the show but also the complexity of the show for the technical crew.

For a community organisation based on volunteers, the dedication needed to achieve the level of production currently being staged at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, involves hundreds of hours of labour by close to 100 people over a 12-month period.

The costs associated with staging a performance of this magnitude are huge and would make any not-for-profit committee or organisation think twice about the risk they are taking on.

With budgets that can now easily exceed $180,000 for the big box office shows like Sister

Act, the risk of financial failure is very real.

However, year-after-year, Variety Theatre Ashburton and its original namesake, The Ashburton Operatic Society, have continually produced outstanding performances while recognising the importance of keeping the ticket price affordable.

In order for them to be able keep the ticket prices low, they need as many bums on seats as possible to cover their costs.

With so much competition around now for your entertainment dollar, it is vitally important that our community supports not just them, but all the locally produced shows,

so as their organisation can continue to grow and provide a much-needed platform for the many incredibly talented local performers to do what they enjoy doing, entertain.

The need recently to replace the very old and earthquake-damaged VTA rehearsal rooms, placed a huge financial strain on their organisation that they are slowly but surely working through.

They need your support to ensure they remain capable of providing this level of high quality theatre, for the community, for many years to come.

Congratulations to everyone involved in Sister Act and thank

you for sharing your talents on our stage and with the community.

If your business is looking for a great organisation to become a financial supporter of, look no further than any of the local performing arts organisations, or join the likes of EA Networks, Heartland Bank and Gary McCormick Transport and become a Business Partner with the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

Your support will enable us to provide a greater level of valuable support to these organisations.

Roger Farr Manager Ashburton Trust Event Centre

■■ RURAL WOMEN NZ

Search for entries in Rural Women awards Mid Canterbury businesswomen are being encouraged to enter the Rural Women NZ business awards.

Entries for the awards close on July 31 and the annual competition provides a great opportunity for rural women to promote their businesses.

Two new categories which focus on rural health and food and beverage have been added to the award format.

Category winners and the supreme award winner will be announced at a special event in Wellington on November 22.

The awards were set up to celebrate innovation, creativity and entrepreneurial excellence in

rural communities. Last year the supreme award went to Marie Taylor, who owns and manages Plant Hawke’s Bay, a native plant nursery supplying the revegetation market with eco-sourced wholesale native plants.

Mid Canterbury Rural Women president Bev Bagrie said the awards did generate a lot of media attention, which was great exposure for rural women and their businesses taking part.

Categories are: Emerging Business - Awarded to a business starting out in its journey and achieving exceptional results. Open to businesses that have been running from

2 to 5 years.

Innovation - An enterprise that challenges the status quo to bring something new and innovating to the market or utilising rural resources in an innovative way.

Love of the Land - Harnessing the potential of New Zealand’s land, environment, or products of the land to create a successful business enterprise.

Creative Arts - A business specialising in the creative arts working in a rural environment or using rural materials.

Rural Champion - A person or business that champions the rural sector or a rural enterprisean outstanding contributor who

goes above and beyond in their support of rural enterprises. The award is open to anybody.

Rural Health & Wellness - Recognising a business that makes an outstanding contribution to supporting the health and wellness of our rural communities in New Zealand.

Bountiful Table - A rural business that embraces diverse and unique natural resources to deliver exceptional food and/or beverage.

Category winners will each receive a trophy and $1000 in prize money.

The supreme winner will receive a further $1000 in prize money.

National leader Simon Bridges says the number of cases before the courts involving serious harm has increased by 25 per cent since the election in 2017.

He is basing his statement on answers to written parliamentary questions from Justice Minister Andrew Little to National’s justice spokesman, Mark Mitchell.

Nationally, cases of serious harm were up 25 per cent, with an increase of 20 per cent in Auckland; 35 per cent in Waitakere; 32 per cent in Wellington; and 40 per cent in Christchurch.

The figures show that the number of serious harm cases before the courts in October 2017 was 17,189, that they steadily increased last year to 19,554 in December, and rose to 21,645 in April 2019.

The questions asked of Little was “What was the number of total active serious harm cases, broken down by district court, each month since October 2017?”

It is not immediately clear whether the increase is due to more crime or a bottleneck in the justice system, or both.

Neither the question nor the answer define “serious harm cases” but Bridges says they would include rape, sexual assault, murder, manslaughter and drug crimes. Bridges said the statistics showed crime was increasing and cases weren’t moving through the courts as quickly.

The increase is serious harm cases before the courts was also occurring at a time when the prison population was decreasing.

“The Government has taken its eye off reducing crime and is focusing on just getting numbers in prison down,” said Bridges.

“I’m hearing from the frontline that youth offenders in particular are being caught by police for serious offending, and are sometimes back on the street within hours, committing more serious offences.”

Slow-moving justice has the biggest impact on victims and that was not fair on people who had already been through serious trauma.

“As a former Crown Prosecutor, husband and father, I find these figures completely unacceptable.

“Our communities are now being directly affected by a Government that is more focused on reducing prison numbers than reducing serious crime in our communities,” he said.

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Russell Anstiss, pictured with wife Olive, has signed off after 20 years as president of the Ashburton Hearing Association.

Mary Ross, Advance Ashburton, and Elizabeth Imrie and Russell Anstiss, hand over the deeds for a $53,000 scholarship fund for hearing related study.

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■■ASHBURTON HEARING ASSOCIATION

Signing off after 20 years

By Sue Newman

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Russell Anstiss might have been a savvy businessman, a staunch supporter of community events, fundraising projects an organisations, but on Friday he showed his soft side when he stepped down as president of the Ashburton Hearing Association.

After 20 years in the role, Anstiss called time on this tenure of the president’s job and doing that saw him reduced to tears.

He started his president’s report strongly, but within a minute he stopped speaking and started mopping his eyes.

“It wasn’t going to be like this,” he said through his tears.

That he was so emotional was a good indication of the strong relationship he had with the associ-

ation, he said.

“The Ashburton Hearing Association is the most passionate group I’ve ever been associated with. The committee is loyal, the members are loyal and support is paramount and forthcoming,” he said.

For him membership of the organisation was a personal thing.

He was diagnosed with a hearing impairment more than 30 years ago and that got him thinking about how he could use his experience with hearing loss to help others.

He joined the hearing association, became its vice-president and in 1999 became president. At that time it had just 50 members and was losing around $10,000 a year. Today it has a similar membership but this year’s balance

sheet shows more than $300,000 in assets.

Some tweaks to spending stopped the outflow of cash and a decision in 2000 to bridge a funding gap for Ashburton’s new Seniors’ Centre meant the association became a partner in a community building that secured it it’s own home – rental income saved and income generated from other users.

The deal came about during a casual conversation with mayor Geoff Geering and Eric Drewitt who were endeavouring to raise $545,000 to build the seniors centre.

“Geoff said, Russell, we’ve got it on hold. We can’t go any further because we’re $75,000 short. So I said, show me your plans and if you can provide the same space

to the association as it’s utilising in the resource centre we could be interested.”

The deal was done and that ‘ownership’ of the building meant the association was able to sub lease office space to three parties to give it income. And that meant it could get on with providing support for people in the community with a hearing impairment.

Anstiss is a life member of the Ashburton Hearing Association and at the 2019 national conference received an award for service.

Incoming president Aine Whiting said that 20 years as president would be a record for the association and it was one she would not be challenging.

“If I did that, in 20 years’ time I’d be 102,” she said.

His last official act as president was to hand over documents that will see $53,000 from the association vested in Advance Ashburton Charitable Foundation with interest to be used as scholarships for people from the district who wish to become audiologists or therapists or to study other hearing related subjects.

It was the association’s intention, Anstiss said, to add another $50,000 to this fund.

For Advance Ashburton grants committee chair Mary Ross said the foundation was honoured and humbled by the gift of funds.

Last year the foundation had more than 100 applications for 30 scholarships and the association’s scholarship would add a new dimension to the funding pool, she said.

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■■ ASHBURTON COLLEGE

A trip down memory lane Linda Clarke

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Ashburton people are being invited to take a trip down memory lane before Ashburton College is rebuilt next year.

The Ashburton College Alumni group is organising an event for August 2 where past pupils, staff, parents and anyone with an interest in the college can take a tour of the campus and then later hear about the $50 million redevelopment that is planned.

Government announced earlier this year that the rebuild would provide 64 new classrooms and add extra non-teaching space. Work is scheduled to begin late in 2020.

The current campus was built 50 years ago to accommodate Ashburton High School and Ashburton/Hakatere Technical School and features concrete block classrooms in several block formations.

Alumni spokesperson Shirley Falloon said the August 2 event was a great opportunity for people to remember special stories about their time at school.

A special time capsule put together by class 3BT would also be opened.

Falloon said she was trying to track down people from the class. A response to the plea on social media suggested it was the work of an English class taken by Miss McIndoe in 1996.

The time capsule, a large brown envelope, is thought to contain letters and other written work. It was discovered recently in the photo archive room in the school’s library.

Falloon said there was already plenty of conjecture about what the written material might be about and some people were predicting hilarious moments when it was opened.

In brief Rakaia crash Emergency services were busy in Rakaia on Saturday after being called to a crash on the Rakaia Highway. They were called at around 3.10pm after a car reportedly collided with a barrier on a rail crossing. Southbound traffic had to be diverted on to Chertsey Line Road, and one person received minor injuries.

Swarm of quakes A swarm of earthquakes has rocked White Island, with 196 of various magnitudes recorded since Thursday. White Island, or Whakaari, lies 50km offshore from Whakatāne and is an active marine volcano. GeoNet duty volcanologist Natalia Deligne confirmed that a swarm of quakes started on Thursday and the rate and magnitude had increased.

Deligne said the swarm does not appear to be linked to volcanic unrest but may result in increased landslide risk on the island. “Since Thursday, 196 earthquakes have been located, 22 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or greater have occurred in the last 24 hours, and the largest three are M3.9, M3.8, and M3.8,” she said.

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Cyclist killed The time capsule created by class 3BT will be opened at an Ashburton College Alumni evening on August 2.

PHOTO SUPPLIED “We are trying to contact as many people from the class as possible so they can come back and be there when the time capsule is opened.”

The August 2 event will begin at 2pm.

There will be tours around the school, so those arriving early will see the campus alive with students.

The school staff room will be commissioned and feature poster boards with photos from earlier decades.

Falloon is also looking for

uniforms of the past to display, including the widely detested romper outfit for girls – commonly referred to as the peanut suit.

“I couldn’t wait to burn mine, but now I wish I had kept it,” she said.

The college has a current role of around 1200 students and the rebuild will provide space for future role growth up to 1600 students.

Principal Ross Preece will outline the rebuild plans during the evening, which also includes

drinks and nibbles.

Falloon said more details about the night would be revealed close to the time but she was hoping people would save the date. There will be a small cost, with the money going to a special project.

“The reason for the night is really all about the rebuild. There will also be some musical entertainment and a few words from our chair Peter Gluyas.”

People wanting to go should register at admin@ashcollalumni.co.nz

■■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Seafield Road open and ready for traffic Driving conditions along Seafield Road will return to normal this week, when extensive improvements to a 550 metre section of the road are completed.

Just over half-a-kilometre of road between the Ashburton Airport and Cochranes Road has been rehabilitated and widened for drivers.

The road opened on Saturday with 50km speed restrictions in place until road marking is completed this week.

Work began on May 8 and has included earthworks, undercutting failed pavement, metal course construction, sealing and drainage works.The project is one of the last of a particular rehabilitation and reseal contract carried out by Fulton Hogan on behalf of the Ashburton District Council.

Other projects have included rehabilitation to 4.37km of Thompsons Track, and 1.21km of Wilsons Road.

The newly rehabilitated section of Seafield Road now boasts a total width of eight metres, providing traffic with ample room in their lane.

Police are close to identifying a cyclist who died after a hit-andrun in central Auckland yesterday – and say the driver allegedly responsible was over the legal alcohol limit. And they have praised a member of the public who saw the fatal collision and followed the driver while on the phone to police. The cyclist was hit by a Honda Logo hatchback on Queen Street near Myers Park at about 2.30am. The driver fled the scene. The cyclist was rushed to Auckland City Hospital but died soon after from his injuries.

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Auckland collision A motorcyclist is thought to have sustained serious injuries following a collision with a car in St Heliers in Auckland yesterday. A police spokeswoman said the collision took place on The Parade around 2.20pm in the east Auckland suburb. She said two people were injured, one serious and the other minor.

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Born on side of road A baby was born on the side of a Southland road yesterday because of a lack maternity services in Lumsden, the local MP says. The expectant mother travelled from a farm about 30 minutes from Te Anau to Lumsden about 5am yesterday to meet her midwife, Sarah Stokes. Once she arrived in Lumsden, it was quickly decided to send her to Invercargill because there was no oxygen supply in the town or any back-up for Stokes.

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Lotto results

Fulton Hogan contractors completing work to widen Seafield Road.

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Official Lotto results for draw number 1858 drawn on Saturday.

Winning numbers (in ascending order): 2, 10, 23, 30, 35, 37.

Bonus number: 21.

Powerball winning number: 4.

Strike: 30, 10, 23, 37.

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■■ OTAHUHU SHOOTING

Shooting victim identified NZME The man gunned down at an Otahuhu park on Saturday morning has been identified — and police say it’s unlikely he knew his killer.

Police were called to Seaside Park at about 4.40am on Saturday after a shooting was reported.

Officers and ambulance located the victim who was critically injured and died at the scene.

He was yesterday named as Samiuela Anania Tupou, 21.

Tupou had recently returned with his family to live in New Zealand from the United States.

In a police statement, Tupou was described as “a fun-loving, hard-working young man who regularly attended church and enjoyed social occasions with his friends and family”.

“At this stage we believe the offender was not known to him,” said Detective Senior Sergeant Darrell Harpur.

“We are committed to locating the offender or offenders and holding them to account.”

“We are appealing for anyone who witnessed this incident, or

Police at the scene of a homicide in Otahuhu. anyone who has any information at all that may help us with our investigation, to come forward and speak with police.”

Tributes have been flooding social media after news of his death.

A relative, believed to be his sister, wrote of her heartbreak in al-

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ready losing one sibling and now losing her beloved brother.

“For the longest time it was just us two. Then Ma’afu came along

and it was us three. But then he broke our hearts when he left us and you promised it was gonna be us two to the end ... but my heart’s breaking again cause now it’s just me.

“Two biggest heartbreaks of my life and they’re both from you and Ma’afu. Can’t bare another one so watch over mum and dad and the fams. You said you got me, so make sure I don’t have another broken heart anytime soon okay?”

A friend wrote “Ofa atu to my toko for life! Samu ofa atu toko ... we out here in the 104 hurting bro! Fly high with Ma’afu!”, while another relative wrote “I miss you toko”.

Harpur said police wanted to speak to anyone who may have sighted a light or gold-coloured people mover, similar to a Honda Odyssey, in the South Auckland area on Friday night or early Saturday morning between 2am and 6am.

If you can help, please contact Counties Manukau Police on (09) 261 1300 or provide information anonymously through Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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Leadership race heats up AP The race to succeed British Prime Minister Theresa May is heating up, the field of Conservative contenders is quickly growing and the focus is squarely on how to handle Brexit.

Former House of Commons leader Andrea Leadsom and former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab joined the fray at the weekend. Both had earlier resigned from May’s Cabinet to protest her Brexit policy.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he is seeking to replace May, joining several others who have announced they will run to become the Conservative party’s next leader, and by default, Britain’s new prime minister.

May announced on Friday she plans to step down as Conservative Party leader on June 7 and remain as a caretaker prime minister while the party chooses a new leader in a contest that officially kicks off the following week.

She plans to remain as party leader through US President Donald Trump’s upcoming state visit and the 75th D-Day anniversary celebrations on June 6.

Her successor will have to try to complete Brexit – a task that May failed to deliver during her three years in office.

While she succeeded in striking a divorce deal with the European Union, the plan was defeated three times in Parliament by British lawmakers from across the political spectrum.

The EU extended Britain’s departure date to October 31 but there still is no consensus among British lawmakers about how or even if the country should leave the bloc.

Even before a new leader is chosen, the Conservative Party is expected to fare poorly when the results of the European Parliament election in Britain are announced.

The best-known contestant for the Conservative leadership post is former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who has said he will take Britain out of the EU on October 31 even if no deal has been reached with EU leaders.

Johnson’s willingness to back a no-deal Brexit is already causing some ripples.

Another Conservative contender, International Development Secretary Rory Stewart, said at the weekend he could not serve in a Cabinet under Johnson if Johnson wins.

Stewart says he could not work for a leader who is comfortable with the idea of

Lei and Jackie Miao

Wife Swap has arrived Fancy escaping your partner for a short time? The catch is, you’ll have to live with someone else’s — and their kids as well. This Thursday TVNZ 2 will premiere Wife Swap NZ, a social experiment peeking into Kiwi households. First up Lei and Jackie Miao, a couple originally from China and now living in West Auckland, will “trade” with Emma and Paul Somerfield — childhood sweethearts from East Auckland. Emma joins Jackie and three children Liwen 12, Jessie 9, and 3-year-old Jackson; Lei will briefly shack up with Paul and two boys, Blake, 18, and Liam, 15. All the signs are that this was a swap that went well.

British Prime Minister Theresa May reacts as she makes a speech in the street outside 10 Downing Street in London, England. May will quit as UK Conservative leader on June 7, sparking a contest for Britain’s next prime minister.

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Princess Charlotte a no-deal Brexit. Stewart complained that Johnson said in a private meeting several weeks ago that he would not push for a no-deal departure but appears to have changed course completely.

Many economists and business leaders have warned that a no-deal departure would have a drastically negative impact on Britain’s economy and also hurt its European neighbors.

The field is likely to grow to about a dozen candidates, with a winner expected to be chosen by mid or late July. Senior Conservatives including Home Secretary Sajid Javid and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt are among those considering a leadership run.

The Conservative Party chooses its leaders in a two-step process. First there’s a series of votes among the party’s legislators to establish two top contenders, then those names are submitted to a nationwide vote

by about 120,000 party members.

The winner becomes party leader and prime minister, although the opposition Labour Party is warning of an immediate challenge to the new leader with an eye toward forcing an early general election.

John McDonnell, Labour’s economic spokesman, told the BBC at the weekend the party would push a no-confidence vote against the new prime minister right away.

“We believe any incoming prime minister in these circumstances should go to the country anyway and seek a mandate,” McDonnell said.

An earlier Labour Party attempt to force an early election failed in January when May’s government survived a no-confidence vote.

The UK’s next general election will be held in 2022 unless a government collapse speeds up the timetable.

Princess off to Battersea Princess Charlotte will attend the same school as her brother, Prince George, according to Kensington Palace. Fouryear-old Charlotte will join her brother at Thomas’s Battersea School in London in September. The school is attended by students aged between 4 and 14 and aims to help raise “caring citizens of the world”. Annual fees are upwards of NZ$36,000 and the school is located just a few kilometres away from the family’s home. According to Headmaster Simon O’Malley, the school is “delighted” that Prince William and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, have chosen the school for Princess Charlotte.

■■NEPAL

Everest traffic jam’s toll rises to 10

Millen Baird and Siobhan Marshall

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Taking on Hollywood

The death toll from a traffic jam of climbers on Mount Everest in the Himalayas, the world’s highest summit, has risen to 10, officials said, as a record number of people tried to use a brief window of good weather to make it to the top.

The latest casualty on the mountain was identified as Robin Haynes Fisher, 44, of Britain, who died at 28,215 feet (8599m), authorities said.

Sherpa guides on the Nepali side of the mountain have complained that the traffic jam at the last stretch of the climb, called “the death zone,” has become the most serious problem for climbers in this northern spring season.

“I have climbed Everest so many times, but this spring’s traffic jam was the worst,” said Tshering Jangbu Sherpa, a guide who summited Everest on May 22.

“Many climbers who moved to the summit without extra supplement oxygen bottles suffered the most. They suffered because of the traffic jam, not because of wind and coldness.”

He said that after his team became stuck in the line, he had to borrow a supplemental oxygen bottle because one member of his expedition was running out. “Otherwise, he could also die there in the high camp,” he said.

The death toll for the 2019 climbing season on the 29,000-foot mountain currently stands at 17 overall, according to

government tallies, the worst in decades, excluding major natural disasters such as avalanches and earthquakes.

Expedition organisers say the number of Everest hopefuls from the Nepal side has increased in recent years after China set a limit on climbers from the Tibetan side.

Only two of the deaths were reported on the Tibetan side.

Nepal’s Tourism Ministry issued permits to a record 381 climbers this season. In 2018, 346 permits were granted.

Among the climbers who have died are four Indians and one each from the United States, Ireland and Britain. Most of the deaths occurred at higher camps on Wednesday and Thursday, when Everest witnessed the worst traffic jam.

Married actors Siobhan Marshall and Millen Baird will tread the boards together in the US for the first time. They will perform in Oracles & Miracles: A New Zealand Story for the Hollywood Fringe Festival. “It will be awesome to do our first thing together in LA,” Marshall tells Spy. “I was familiar with the story. I know Norelle Scott who wrote it and she’d spoken to me about writing a script for Fringe. I had no idea I’d end up playing one of the characters in her play.” Oracles & Miracles also stars New Zealand actors Amy Waller, Donogh Rees, Elizabeth Hawthorne and Oscar Wilson.

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Hollywood glitz and glamour in Methven Methven was treated to a taste of glitz and glamour on Friday night as ball fever rolled into town. Ties were straightened and dresses sorted as senior students from Mount Hutt College prepared for the annual ball. The theme for the evening was A Night at the Original OSCARs, and was held at the Methven Resort. Guardian photographer Heather Mackenzie was there to capture all of the Hollywood action.

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Joel Taylor, Alex Roderick, Adam Shears and Charlie Brown.

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Grace Bleach and Sam Taylor.

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Lauren Pluck and Sam Ree.

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James Hollygate and Annina Birt.

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■■JAPANESE MARTIAL ARTS

Rare collection of martial arts

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An exhibition that celebrates the best of Japanese martial arts is taking pride of place in the Ashburton Museum.

The exhibition is travelling to 39 countries where it will be on display in more than 70 venues and Ashburton has the privilege of being only one of three museums in New Zealand to be playing host. It is the only South Island museum to have won that right.

A staff member spotted information about the exhibition, museum director Tanya Robinson said and an application was made to host an exhibition.

“We’re really excited that we where chosen and it has attracted a lot of attention locally,”

she said. The exhibition opened 10 days ago and runs until June 18. Already there are days where Robinson has back-to-back bookings from school groups wanting to visit.

“I’s been lovely working with the Japanese consular office and the Japan foundation on this and it’s great to see how many people locally are interested in the Japanese culture.”

Some of the martial arts pieces on display are over 150 years old but some are listed as too fragile to travel and craftsmen have made replicas to fill their slots in the touring exhibition.

The work on those is so skilled that it would be impossible for anyone other than a curator specialising Japanese items to know they weren’t the real thing, Robinson said.

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O’Neill set to perform in Ashburton Ashburton’s homegrown opera star Simon O’Neill will be returning to Ashburton in July and he’ll be bringing some of the best in his world with him.

Tenor O’Neill will be performing in the Ashburton Trust Event Centre on July 4 with bass baritone Iain Paterson and pianist Terence Dennis.

Their national tour will include a wide range of offerings from Verdi, Puccini, Bizet and Wagner, to Vaughan Williams and popular songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein and others from the Broadway era.

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ARTS DIARY ■■ Until June 1 – Variety Theatre Ashburton’s Sister Act in on at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

■■ May 30 – New Zealand Country Music Awards 2019 kick off in Gore. The Angelettas, made up of five Year 8 musicians from Mount Hutt College, will be competing.

■■ June 6 – Cancer Society’s Wellbeing and Resilience Presentation at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre by clinical psychologist Julie Zarifeh, 5.30pm.

■■ June 9 - Ashburton Musical Club concert - Chaperones from Christchurch playing Piano trios (6 hands at piano) Sunday 9th June 2pm at Sinclair Centre, Park Street. Visitors welcome $5 at door. Afternoon tea follows concert.

■■ June 15 - Room On the Broom, Ashburton Trust Event Centre, noon to 3pm. CDP presents Tall Stories’ production of Room On the Broom adapted from the book by Julia Donaldson.

■■ To June 18 – In Your Likeness and 2018 Adam Portraiture Award finalist exhibition at Ashburton Art Gallery.

■■ June 22 - Life and Love concert, combined Mid Canterbury Choir and Selwyn Community Choirs, 2pm, Sinclair Centre, Park Street, Ashburton.

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Make sure you share information I

t is a common message we hear from police, but if you do see anything suspicious, make sure to report it.

They often say when it rains it pours, and that has been the case with our small district and suspicious fires.

In the past two weeks, we have had three suspicious fires, two in Ashburton and one in Mt Somers.

In both cases in Ashburton, the police have appealed for any assistance from the public about the fires on Cambridge Street and Peter Street, and have received information from the public that has been of assistance.

While I do not expect suspicious fires to keep happening, I would hope the “ring the police

with information” mentality might stay.

There are often many reasons people might give for not reporting something suspicious to the police.

They might believe it does not warrant the police’s attention, they might believe the police may be too busy to worry about it, or they may just not have faith

in the police to do anything with the information.

Last year while living in Christchurch, I had a day off and was sitting at home, minding my own business when someone walked past my window in a black hoodie with a backpack on.

For a minute I didn’t actually think it was real and went to front door to see if I could see anything.

Nothing. That was odd, so I checked the back door and there he was, a would-be burglar, had I not had the fortune of being home at the time he came sneaking.

He quickly jumped the fence and ran away, so I went back inside, locked the doors and let my flatmates know what had

happened.

It wasn’t until 10 minutes after we got round to ringing the police’s non-emergency number.

Turns out, that was a mistake.

We should’ve rung 111, but they still showed up with a couple of officers and a nice friendly dog that I wasn’t able to get the name of.

They were quickly able to catch up with the fence-hopper, and took him in to custody on a couple of previous burglary charges and charges around being on a property with no good reason, and intending to commit burglary.

Safe to say I was fairly surprised at the outcome.

I was someone that had previously had faith in the police not

quite to that level.

I had greatly under-appreciated the power of a little bit of information.

The officer that took my statement said getting calls with information like that is one of the most important things they can have so they can build a picture of what is happening out in the world.

It was also a message that senior sergeant Leigh Jenkins wanted to send when he took over as the area supervisor for Ashburton.

It makes the police’s job easier, and if it can keep us safer in the long run, it is much easier to make a call and be told the information is not needed than to not make the call at all.

Virginia.

In 1998, Michael Fortier, the government’s star witness in the Oklahoma City bombing case, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after apologising for not warning anyone about the deadly plot. (Fortier was freed in January 2006.)

Ten years ago: Gunmen detonated a car bomb in Lahore, Pakistan, killing about 30 people and wounding at least 250.

Five years ago: Charting an end to America’s longest war, President Barack Obama announced plans for keeping nearly 10,000 U.S.

troops in Afghanistan after 2014 but then withdrawing virtually all by the close of 2016 and the conclusion of his presidency.

One year ago: LeBron James reached his eighth straight NBA Finals as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Boston Celtics 87-79 in Game 7 of the semifinals. Danica Patrick ended her auto racing career at the track that made her famous, losing traction on a slippery surface and crashing out of the Indianapolis 500; the race was won by Will Power.

Today’s birthdays: Former Secretary of State Henry

Kissinger is 96. Former FBI Actor Louis Gossett Jr. is 83. Singeractress Dee Dee Bridgewater is 69. Actor Richard Schiff is 64. Singer Siouxsie Sioux (The Creatures, Siouxsie and the Banshees) is 62. Rock singermusician Neil Finn (The Finn Brothers) is 61. Actress Peri Gilpin is 58. Actress Cathy Silvers is 58. Comedian Adam Carolla is 55. Actor Todd Bridges is 54.

Rock musician Sean Kinney (Alice In Chains) is 53. Actor Dondre Whitfield is 50. Actor Paul Bettany is 48. Rock singermusician Brian Desveaux (Nine

Days) is 48. Country singer Jace Everett is 47. Actor Jack McBrayer is 46. Rapper Andre 3000 (Outkast) is 44. Rapper Jadakiss is 44. TV chef Jamie Oliver is 44. Alt-country singersongwriter Shane Nicholson is 43. Actor Ben Feldman is 39.

Actor Michael Steger is 39. Actor Darin Brooks is 35. Actor-singer Chris Colfer is 29. Actor Ethan Dampf is 25.

Thought for today: “A man who limits his interests limits his life.”

— Vincent Price, American actor (born this date in 1911, died 1993).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, May 27, the 147th day of 2019. There are 218 days left in the year.

This is the Memorial Day observance.

Today’s highlight in history: On May 27, 1941, the British Royal Navy sank the German battleship Bismarck off France with a loss of some 2000 lives, three days after the Bismarck sank the HMS Hood with the loss of more than 1400 lives.

On this date: In 1199, King John of England was crowned in Westminster Abbey nearly two months after the death of his brother, Richard I (“The Lion-Hearted”).

In 1861, Chief Justice Roger Taney, sitting as a federal circuit court judge in Baltimore, ruled that President Abraham Lincoln lacked the authority to suspend the writ of habeas corpus (Lincoln disregarded the ruling).

In 1933, Walt Disney’s Academy Award-winning animated short The Three Little Pigs was first released.

In 1942, Doris “Dorie” Miller, a cook aboard the USS West Virginia, became the first African-American to receive the Navy Cross for displaying “extraordinary courage and disregard for his own personal safety” during Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.

In 1962, a dump fire in Centralia, Pennsylvania, ignited a blaze in underground coal deposits that continues to burn to this day.

In 1985, in Beijing, representatives of Britain and China exchanged instruments of ratification for an accord returning Hong Kong to Chinese control in 1997.

In 1993, five people were killed in a bombing at the Uffizi museum of art in Florence, Italy; some three dozen paintings were ruined or damaged.

In 1995, actor Christopher Reeve was left paralyzed when he was thrown from his horse during a jumping event in Charlottesville,

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Govt needs to resolve education impasse T

here is a lot of uncertainty in the education sector at the moment, as both secondary and primary teachers prepare to strike this Wednesday.

The Government is suggesting a whole raft of changes to education but instead of trying to overhaul everything at once and fix aspects that are already working well, I believe they would have been better to focus on less and deliver more.

Some of the Government’s ideas are sound, for example proposed changes to the NCEA system, particularly the strengthening of the focus on numeracy and literacy skills, have my support.

I also support the changes to scrap NCEA and scholarship fees.

The removal of fees will reduce barriers to NCEA and will see more young people have their qualifications recognised.

To his credit, the Minister of Education, Chris Hipkins, has taken note of concerns raised by schools and the National Party regarding the risks of doing away with NCEA Level 1 and imposing

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compulsory project-based learning on students.

However, the minister has unfortunately not performed as well in managing teachers’ pay negotiations after Labour raised expectations greatly in its election campaign.

Minister Hipkins has overseen gridlock in collective bargaining for over 12 months with primary teachers and more than eight months with secondary teachers.

The Prime Minister and Finance Minister need to step in and help the Education Minister by enabling greater flexibility in their bargaining parameters to provide a circuit breaker to resolve the strikes.

With the first primary strikes

in 24 years, multiple failed offers and hundreds and thousands of hours of teaching and learning lost, teachers, students and parents need this to be resolved.

The upcoming Budget will likely see funding go towards free counsellors for under 25s, adding some promised learning support co-ordinators and providing Ongoing Resourcing Scheme funding for children with complex needs.

While this will be welcome it will not deliver on all of Labour’s promises, and is unlikely to resolve some of the core issues in collective bargaining around pay and teacher workload.

National has committed to reducing teacher ratios which would help reduce workloads.

Teachers are also concerned about having adequate classroom release time and resources to implement NCEA changes.

The previous National-led Government left the current coalition government with growing surpluses.

However, they unwisely chose to spend a massive $2 billion paying the fees of all first year

tertiary students.

This policy has been highlighted as a complete failure as it has not increased enrolments in tertiary study as Labour claimed it would.

The minister’s first priority should have been using this money to ensure there are more teachers in classrooms, instead he’s put it into his ideological vocational education reforms, which are widely opposed and carry the potential for legal action.

If the Government can’t resolve the dispute then on the eve of the Budget we will have the largest ever industrial action by New Zealand teachers.

With strike action looking set to continue, teachers, students and parents deserve to have this resolved.

more expensive and of course, any coal will need to be put back on the ground where it belongs.

All of this, unfortunately, will not stop the seas rising around New Zealand but it may just lead the world to show everyone what must be done but if I suggested all this could be done I think you’d need to check me to see what drugs I am on because even the deepest thinker will know unfortunately none of this will happen until the water is up to the knees of the politicians in their debating chamber in Wellington. R.I.P.

I seem to be getting more out of watching the limited-over cricket, and I am not really a cricket fan. Some mighty 6s and a chase for runs, that is, even allowing for the barrage of head-high bowling sometimes employed.

The penalty count is also a worry.

Not only the stoppages, but more often than not, the offending team is not penalised as it should be. (That is if it should be penalised at all).

The kickers are gaining perhaps 15-20m, and the ball sometimes ends up in the grandstand, whereas the penalty should gain them 40-50m.

Sadly I think the pattern of play has deteriorated badly, and is no longer an exciting spectacle.

Of course, five minutes after I wrote this, I went down to watch the replay of the Highlanders V Stormers which seems to be developing into an exciting game.

You can’t win them all!

The result was not what we wanted, but good watching.

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YOUR VIEW Climate change I have been studying climate change statistics and information for a considerable length of time now and I am convinced that the ice caps are melting, sea levels will rise over six feet, hundreds of millions of people will be made homeless, fresh food and fresh water will be a thing of the past and most of this will happen within the next 20 years.

Almost all of my life I have studied human nature and while I do not propose that I am an expert, I believe I know enough to predict the following: whilst the young will want to do something about it nobody else will bother until it is too late, until the water is lapping around their knees and then they will work out that yes the experts were correct and perhaps they should do something about the carbon emissions.

Perhaps they may even come up with an interesting line to have engraved on their tombstone that they should have done something about it.

What should be done? The biggest problem is the career politicians, all they are concerned about is their popularity and whether they will get re-elected to their well-paying job.

They need to be replaced by the young people who are protesting about nothing happening because it is their life that is being threatened.

You say what do they know about governing a country?

Probably as much as the current batch we have now after all most of those rely on the professional advisers and everyday affairs will carry on the same but they’ll need to make major decisions which are current lot are frightened to do like putting New Zealand back to the 1940s where most of the goods were transported throughout New Zealand by rail, very few people had a car, most use a bicycle, the current cars, unfortunately, will need to be heavily taxed and new electric cars will need to be subsidised with very low-cost recharging stations.

Air travel will have to become

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Super rugby What has happened to our Super Rugby, which seems to have deteriorated into a simple battle of ‘head bashers’? How many scintillating moves do we see vis a vis the ‘crash/bang’ tactics at present employed? Perhaps I had looked up to see what the time was when it happened, and have to wait for the replay.

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This rendering released by Disney and Lucasfilm shows the planned Black Spire Outpost, a village on the planet of Batuu that will be part of a 14-acre expansion project called Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, set to open this summer at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California this week.

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isneyland’s new Galaxy’s Edge attraction promises to transport visitors to a new locale in the Star Wars universe, but any who overstay their visit might not catch their ride on the Millennium Falcon.

The theme park is expecting massive crowds when Galaxy’s Edge opens May 31, and has detailed plans on how to accommodate guests or help them “move along” with the aid of Stormtroopers.

For the first three weeks, guests must have a reservation to enter and will be limited to four hours inside the immersive new land, the largest single-theme land inside a Disney park. It is spread out over 14 acres of rides and experiences, including shops selling personal droids, lightsabers, and

Star Wars-appropriate food and drink.

A special wristband will identify a visitor’s time window, and once it expires, Disney said it will shut off access to key attractions and merchandise locations. Park employees dressed as Star Wars characters will ultimately ask visitors to make their way toward one of the three exits so a new group can enter.

“There might be some First Order officers out there helping us or maybe some Stormtroopers asking people to move along,” said Kris Theiler, vice president of Disneyland park. “We’ll employ the First Order maybe later in the reservation period if we need to.”

It’s just one example of the lengths to which Disney has gone to make Galaxy’s Edge look and feel like part of the Star Wars universe. It’s designed as a grungy

outpost on a distant planet.

The marquee attraction is a massive replica of the Millennium Falcon, where guests can roam the ship’s halls and engage in a dogfight with TIE Fighters.

The park has plenty of other, more subtle ways to manage crowd flow. Theiler said walkways were widened in different areas, and stroller parking is available.

Around 7500 new parking spaces along with new parking lot entrances and toll booths were added. A new pedestrian bridge was also built to help avoid logjams.

Disneyland declined to share the capacity limit for Galaxy’s Edge.

The park will implement a virtual queue system after June 23, when the pre-reservation requirement and four-hour time limit are set to expire.

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fered inside Disneyland only for visitors to reserve a spot to enter the Star Wars attraction, and is intended to alleviate long lines.

Updates will be available through the Disneyland app or a kiosk in the park.

“We believe that we can get a lot of folks through the land, and the wait won’t be unmanageable,” Theiler said.

Theiler said Disneyland has learned from its other attractions, such as It’s a Small World, Dumbo and Matterhorn Bobsled, how to manage crowds.

“Many of these attractions were built in the 1950s,” she said. “We didn’t have the volume back then that we do today. We’ve gotten into the practice of utilising walkway space. We really want to make sure from a guest perspective that we’re ready to go. We’ve been doing a lot of infrastructure

work the last couple years.”

Even before Galaxy’s Edge opens, Disneyland was the second most popular theme park in the world last year with 18.6 million visitors. It is second only to Disney World in Florida, where a version of Galaxy’s Edge is scheduled to open August 29.

Theiler said Disneyland also wants to create a fun and safe environment for visitors who might want to partake in a lightsaber battle or let their personal droid roam. Activities like that will be monitored on a case-by-case basis, she said.

“If everyone’s having fun and no safety issues, we’re going to let people do that,” she said. “But if we start feeling like that’s interfering with other guest experiences or other safety issues, then we’ll have a gentle conversation with that group.”

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By Liam Napier For good reason, the Black Caps are dousing embers of hype after crushing India in their opening World Cup warm-up match in London.

This is the prelims, after all.

Trent Boult and the bowling unit will harness confidence after seizing on favourable conditions to rip through India’s vaunted batting line up, but the Black Caps are also well aware the swing and seam they savoured at the Oval is unlikely to be replicated throughout the tournament.

Boult’s 4-33 and Jimmy Neesham’s welcome 3-26 made an immediate impression.

India’s best had no answers for the sideways movement extracted from the surprisingly moist, green surface, posting a limp 179 from 39.2 overs.

In reply Colin Munro’s struggles to press his claims at the top continued as he departed to a third ball lbw, and Martin Guptill also looked uncomfortable before holing out for 22.

Half centuries from Kane Williamson (67 off 87) and Ross Taylor (71 off 75) guided New Zealand to a commanding six-wicket victory, with almost 13 overs to spare.

Black Caps coach Gary Stead is, however, keeping the result well in context, with one more warm up fixture – against the West Indies in Bristol tomorrow – before the tournament gets under way.

“We haven’t got together and played for the best part of two months now so these two games are really important in terms of reacquainting ourselves with each other and the way we play,” Stead said.

“I thought the lengths our bowlers bowled were outstanding for a first blowout.

“Will the conditions be the same around the country?

“We are planning for them to be a bit different everywhere we play.

“By the time we get to July it might be different. It probably depends on the summer that we have but if it stays dry I expect the spinners will come into play a bit more.

“We pride ourselves on our adaptability.

“We didn’t try preconceive anything just play what was in-front of us.

“Today has no bearing on what’s ahead.

“It’s nice we get some confidence but we’ll let this go pretty quickly and move onto West

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Indies and find out more about them as well.

“When we play India in Trent Bridge in a couple of weeks whatever happened today doesn’t really matter.”

Boult, too, is not banking on such swing throughout the tournament, though he is hopeful of putting the brakes on widespread predictions for mega totals.

“I’d love to expect that everywhere but it looks like there’s some good wickets around the country so it will be a good challenge,” Boult said.

“I hope no one is getting 500.

“I haven’t heard too much chat about that but who knows?

“The one day format is a good challenge.

“Seeing big scores posted is a bit intimidating but on the

flipside these totals are getting chased as well so it’s amazing.

“The ball still has a role to play.

“The 2015 World Cup was some of the most exciting times I’ve been involved in.

“The ball hasn’t really swung around like that since then.

“We know if we put the ball in the right areas and take early wickets that’s a good way to stop an opposition.”

Stead is promising changes for the West Indies with Matt Henry, who sat out this match alongside injured wicketkeeper Tom Latham, due a crack but it seems Munro may yet get another chance to open with Guptill.

“Not sure if we’ll change the order yet but certainly Matt Henry is highly likely to get a run in the next game.

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“We’ve got a squad of 15 and it’s our intention in these first couple of games that we’ve got all guys ready.

“You never know what can happen at the last minute with training injuries.”

Latham’s fractured finger is ahead of schedule, with him batting and catching balls, but there are no guarantees he will be fit for the opening match against Sri Lanka on June 1 in Cardiff.

“Because of that it’s made us look at the options we have around our batting order.

“The reason Henry Nicholls batted at five today shows us the versatility he has.

“We also know he can bat at the top as well so it gives us some different options to keep considering.”

Steve Smith entered the field at Southampton for Australia’s World Cup warm-up match against England to a chorus of boos and loud chants of “cheater” but he had the last laugh.

It was just a taste of what’s to come throughout the World Cup and Ashes as English fans let their feelings for the former Australian skipper be known.

Smith, though, delivered an emphatic response as he and his team-mates enjoyed a 12-run win.

The right-hander scored a superb century, plundering 116 from 102 balls as he piloted his side to 9/297 from its 50 overs.

Smith reached triple figures in the 48th over with a big grin on his face even as another smattering of boos rang out while he celebrated.

Speaking to commentator Michael Clarke after Australia’s innings, Smith played a straight bat when asked how he’s prepared to deal with the boos that will come his way this English summer.

“I’m pretty chilled, everyone’s entitled to their opinions and I’m just happy to be playing and trying to do a job for my team,” he said. “Fortunately I was able to contribute today with a few runs and hopefully I can take this form into the World Cup.” It was a perfect response from Smith which may have the Barmy Army rethinking its strategy to get in his head.

He hit eight fours and three sixes – including two spectacular shots to clear the rope. One was an astonishing slap over point, prompting disbelief from commentator Mark Nicholas. “Unbelievable from Steve Smith, how does he get it there?” Nicholas said.

David Warner too copped some attention from the crowd when he walked out to bat but there was also some tepid applause for him. He was Australia’s second top-scorer, hitting 43 off 55 balls with five fours as he opened the batting alongside captain Aaron Finch.

In reply, England chugged along as neither side was able to grab the ascendancy.

Jos Buttler exploded with a scintillating cameo, giving fans a taste of what they can expect at the World Cup as he cracked five fours and three sixes in rapid time.

But a run out secured Australia’s win as the men in blue were all out for 285.

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Southern final-bound

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

In their 25th year as a club, Southern will have a shot at combined competition glory after a comefrom-behind win against Lincoln in Hinds on Saturday.

Southern coach Andrew Carr said he was extremely excited that the team had made the final, downing the visiting side 36-23.

“I am really excited for the final and really proud of the boys, they have put in a lot of hard work,” he said.

The men from the south have been flying this season, but seemed to hit a roadblock in the first half of their semi-final against Lincoln, heading in to the sheds for the half-time oranges down 15-5.

“They were very clinical and just kept coming at us, we scored the first try but then they scored 15 unanswered points,” he said.

“We had some fairly robust discussion at halftime.”

Carr said the big focuses coming in to the second half were on getting the communication up, bringing more line-speed on defence and playing with a bit more organisation.

“We had a bit more impact off the bench which added to the cause and we managed to score some good tries,” Carr said.

“We had the desire there to get the result and put up a good fight.”

Mr Southern Jon Dampney crossed for two tries and handled the kicking duties, knocking over three conversions, while Atu Takubu, James Hastings, Matt McAtamney and Bryan Hazel all crossed for a try each.

At the start of the season, reaching the final was never the main goal of the squad, who instead had their sights set on making the quarter-finals after going close in the past two seasons.

“Our goal was the quarters and we have just had a one game at a time mentality, so we are pretty

Southern winger Bryan Hazel smashes his way through the defender on the way to scoring a try in his side’s 36-23 win over Lincoln on Saturday.

PHOTO HEATHER MACKENZIE 250519-HM-0387 excited to be involved in the final,” he said.

“We have a really good squad size with a lot of internal competition and it is the 25th jubilee for the club which is special, so there are a combination of factors that play in to it.

“It also might be the last chance

a few of the older guys get at this competition.

“There has been a real desire in the group which has helped us and we have had a lot of conversations with a straight bat and been quite honest about our performances and we have a good team culture.”

Southern will take on Glenmark Cheviot in the final this Saturday in Omihi, after that team defeated Springston 49-7 in the other semi-final.

Further down the competition in a Watters Cup preview, Celtic played host to Rakaia in the 11th12th playoff.

It was the visitors Rakaia who came out on top, downing the green machine 40-24.

Methven and Hampstead were also unable to end their competition runs with win, with Methven losing to Kaiapoi 17-12, while Oxford played host to Hampstead, running away with the win 43-7.

Big crowds turn out at Tiger Park The Southern/Tinwald combined under-13 side look to break the Methven defensive line in the clash between the two sides on Saturday at the Tinwald Domain.

All eyes were on the Tinwald Domain as it became the centre of the Mid Canterbury junior rugby world on Saturday for Tinwald’s club day.

Seven games from under-13s to under-6s were played there on Saturday.

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Crusaders repel the Blues AP Defending champions the Crusaders likely sealed first place in the New Zealand conference, the Jaguares took a surprise lead in the South African conference, and ACT Brumbies are top in Australia on Saturday with just three rounds of Super Rugby’s regular season remaining.

The Christchurch-based Crusaders, the two-time defending champions, cemented their dominance of their conference with a 19-11 win over the Auckland-based Blues in a local derby.

Both teams scored one try but All Blacks flyhalf Richie Mo’unga kicked 14 points – four penalties and a conversion – to clinch a win which lifted the Crusaders 13 points clear of the Wellington-based Hurricanes, who have a bye this round.

The Hurricanes have a maximum of 15 points available to them in their last three league matches but that probably won’t be enough to overtake the Crusaders, who have games left against the Melbourne Rebels and the Chiefs and are unlikely to come out of those without any points.

The Crusaders have lost just once in 14 games this season as they seek to win a record-extending 10th Super Rugby championship.

Argentina’s Jaguares, who joined Super Rugby only three years ago, continue to improve markedly.

Having made the top eight and the playoffs for the first time last season, the Jaguares are in position to finish second overall behind the Crusaders and host a quarter-final after beating the New South Wales Waratahs in Sydney 23-15.

Winger Ramiro Moyano scored two tries – his sixth and seventh of the season – as the Jaguares collected a fourth away win.

The Jaguares lead the South African conference by three points from the Sharks, who beat the Lions 27-17 in round 15’s final game helped by intercept tries from Curwin Bosch and Makazole Mapimpi.

The Brumbies moved six points clear atop the Australian conference standings after beating the Bulls 22-10 on Friday but the Rebels are one point behind after thrashing the last-placed Sunwolves 52-7 on Saturday, outscoring their opponents eight tries to one.

David Havili spots a gap in the Blues defence during their match at AMI Stadium in Christchurch on Saturday night.

In Christchurch, the Crusaders adapted best to cold and slippery conditions on their home ground.

A chip kick from Mo’unga set up a try for scrumhalf Bryn Hall in the 20th minute which helped the Crusaders lead the Blues 13-3 after a dominant first half.

The Blues won more possession and territory in the second half and scored a try through winger Rieko Ioane – his ninth of the season – which cut the lead to five points at 16-11 with 10 minutes remaining.

Mo’unga’s final penalty restored an eight-point margin.

“It wasn’t pretty at times,” Crusaders captain Sam Whitelock

said. “We beat the Blues earlier in the year and it was tough and this game was no different.”

The Jaguares pulled off their second straight win in Australasia having shocked the Hurricanes last week.

Against the Waratahs, the Jaguares monopolised possession in the first half and scored through Moyano in the 25th minute.

Moyano’s second in the 48th gave them a 17-3 lead.

The Waratahs rallied and closed the gap with a penalty try from a collapsed maul. Curtis Rona came off the bench to score a try which slashed the Jaguares’ lead to 17-15 while Pablo Matera was in the bin.

The Jaguares’ defence held strong, though, and they pulled away again with a penalty after the fulltime siren.

Melbourne Rebels took full advantage of their game against Super Rugby’s strugglers to put 50 points on Japan’s Sunwolves.

Wing Marika Koroibete scored two tries and gave up the chance of a hat-trick when he passed to captain Dane Haylett-Perry with the tryline open.

Winger Jack Maddocks also scored a double while Jordan Uelese took the Rebels past 50 points with a try after the fulltime siren.

The Rebels posted their highest score in Super Rugby but at a cost.

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Australia scrumhalf Will Genia was knocked out and will likely miss next weekend’s match against the Waratahs.

The Sharks were 14-0 ahead against the Lions through flyhalf Bosch’s intercept and a close range drive over the line by Daniel du Preez.

The Lions made it 14-14 through center Lionel Mapoe and wing Aphiwe Dyantyi. But Mapimpi’s 90-meter run after intercepting near his own tryline gave the Sharks enough of a cushion.

Also in South Africa, the Cape Town-based Stormers scored four tries to beat the Highlanders 3422.

Robertson praises ‘class act’ after week of upheaval

By Patrick McKendry Crusaders coach Scott Robertson has praised Richie Mo’unga’s professionalism after his first-five played a starring role in his side’s win over the Blues in the midst of the recent allegations in Cape Town which have resulted in a for-

mal investigation by New Zealand Rugby.

Mo’unga kicked five out of six shots at goal in the 19-11 victory in Christchurch and navigated his team around a wet pitch in his usual serene way despite the media furore which greeted him and his team on arrival from South Af-

rica only a few days earlier.

Accused of spitting beer and pinching a woman’s backside in a bar, which Mo’unga and the Crusaders vehemently deny, the 25-year-old was backed by Robertson to do his job despite the distractions and he did so superbly.

Mo’unga’s final penalty with three minutes remaining took the game away from the Blues once and for all and denied them a losing bonus point.

“Richie was exceptional,” Robertson said. “That kick at the end – he was nice and calm and clear and chipped it through.

“I’m really pleased for him. He had some amazing moments.

“He’s a special player and it shows how professional he is and how he can clear his head from a lot of the clutter that has been going on and around him during the week.

“It just shows he’s a class act.”

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Another golden day for Kiwi Carrington NZME

Juniors on the charge Donnie Ross looks to drive his team forward in his side’s game against Parklands United U-13 gold side on Saturday. The MCUFC United U-13 side were unable to convert their homeground advantage at the Ashburton Domain in to a result, succumbing to the Christchurch visitors 5-0. A full breakdown of the weekend’s senior football results will be in Tuesday’s Guardian.

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Warriors pay for lack of intensity

By Michael Burgess Kodi Nikorima maintains the Warriors are on the right track, despite a potentially costly 8-2 loss to the Broncos on Saturday night.

The Warriors were up for the battle – unlike some previous efforts at Mt Smart this season – and threw everything into the contest, in a match of remarkable physical intensity.

But they couldn’t quite get the job done, ultimately lacking the finesse and polish to turn long periods of sustained pressure into points.

The Broncos’ defence was remarkable, reminiscent of their effort against the Roosters a week earlier, but the Warriors needed to find a way through.

But they couldn’t, and it leaves the Auckland team in a precarious position.

At close to the halfway stage of the season, the Warriors (eight points) now have little margin for error if they want to make a run at the playoffs in 2019.

But Nikorima, who tasted his first defeat in Warriors colours, feels it won’t be a season defining moment.

“The effort was definitely there, just [missing] the execution on our good ball attack,” said Nikorima.

“I’ll put my hand up there … I threw one over the sideline and

Kodi Nikorima says the Warriors’ build-up was just a bit off. too many errors like that were costly at the end.” “[But] I spoke to Roger [Tuivasa-Sheck] and Blake [Green] after the game and said ‘we are not going to lose confidence over that’.

“It was a tight game, and a good game; 2-2 at halftime, there was nothing in it, except for that try they got at the end from my mate Milf (Anthony Milford).”

With such a premium put on preparation in the modern game, Nikorima revealed that the Warriors buildup was a little off, which ultimately may have cost them on Saturday night.

“Early on in the week with our training we probably didn’t execute and that sort of showed out there [on Saturday],” said Nikorima. “It’s important that we get

our preparation right in training.

“That is where you get your confidence from and you can use that confidence heading into a game.”

“But I don’t like making excuses … I’m all for turning up and doing the best out there no matter what.

Tonight we were just a bit off.”

They certainly were.

Passes were often in front or behind the runner, and the flow evident in the backline moves in Brisbane and Penrith wasn’t there.

Instead of naturally clicking through the gears, it was all a bit clunky and easy to read.

It wasn’t helped by the Broncos swarming defence, remarkable line speed, and almost impeccable first up contact.

“You have to give credit to

their defence,” said Nikorima.

“They did a good job wrestling our set up play and we didn’t create that ruck speed where they had numbers down.”

Nikorima had a mixed night but never stopped trying.

He copped plenty of attention from his former team-mates, as expected, but also came the closest to scoring, millimetres away from forcing a Green grubber early in the second half.

“I should have attacked it a bit more,” said Nikorima. “The ball was coming in my direction and I just waited that little second and it kept scooting away from me.”

The 25-year-old also had no complaints about a high shot from Kotoni Staggs, with the Broncos centre catching him flush in the face in the first half.

“I got him with a bit of footwork and he stuck his arm out,” said Nikorima.

“It was a lazy tackle on his behalf. He apologised straight away and there was nothing in it.”

After a review session and a few days training early this week, the squad will have an extended weekend break, a chance to take a breath after a draining recent schedule. “[We] look forward to the bye week [and] resting the body,” said Nikorima. “I think it is more mental than physical, and then we come back here in two weeks against Melbourne.”

Top Kiwi canoeists Lisa Carrington and Scott Martlew captured gold for New Zealand at the ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Cup in Poznan, Poland yesterday.

Para canoeist Scott Martlew struck first with an emphatic gold medal in the men’s KL2 200m followed by another K1 200m title for Carrington.

Martlew, who hails from Canterbury, started the Kiwi claims on Lake Malta with a strong victory.

After qualifying fastest, he made a blistering start and established an unbeatable lead.

Crossing a full boat length clear of the opposition he stopped the clock in 41.127 seconds, which was a time significantly quicker than the 41.501sec that he recorded when winning World Cup silver in Hungary just over 12 months ago. ​Federico Mancarella of Italy and Paralympic silver medallist Markus Swoboda of Austria could not be separated for the second spot and shared silver in 42.467.

“The final felt amazing from the get go.

“I felt really strong out of the blocks and I kept progressing the lead to the finish,” a very happy Martlew said.

Carrington unleashed yet another vintage performance to strike gold in the K1 200m and maintain her stunning seven-year unbeaten sequence. She Olympic gold in London in 2012, then Rio four years later.

The 29-year-old quickly assumed control of the race and powered away to an emphatic victory in a time 38.772 – more than a full boat length ahead of her nearest opposition.

Behind, in an extremely close tussle for the silver medal honours, Emma Jorgensen of Denmark, the 2018 World silver medallist, grabbed second spot in 39.864 just 0.016 clear of Poland’s Marta Walczykiewicz, who was the Olympic silver medallist.

Yet this race was all about Carrington, who added yet another gold medal to her sizeable collection.

“Today racing was pretty tough.

“We had windy conditions, although it did help with the times as they were pretty quick,” Carrington said.

“Just seeing our other crews paddling well, including our younger girls and the men’s team has made this a really good regatta.

“There are a lot of countries competing here, which raises standards and makes you race harder.”

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Coll downed in a thriller NZME

Next top netballers on show Methven’s Georgia Monk looks to get her team on the front foot with a centre pass in their clash against Southern in their Year 6 section A clash on Saturday. The EA Networks Centre was a busy place for junior netball on Saturday. Mid Canterbury Netball administrator Aimee Cosgrove said they were really pleased with the number of junior players, with 24 teams in Years 7 and 8 and 20 in Years 5 and 6. The Year 7 and 8 sides just completed week six of their 17 week competition, while the Year 5 and 6 sides wrap up at the end of the term.

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So close, but so far for Kiwi squash pro, Paul Coll in the semi-finals of the British Squash Open against world No.1 Ali Farag of Egypt.

With the odds against him in head-to-head matches Coll took the match to Farag who had won the last seven meeting between the pair.

The first game showed their contrasting styles, but it was Coll who took the advantage.

Farag had to save three game balls to stay in it, but the Kiwi was able to win the tiebreak to take the early lead with a 12-10 scoreline.

Farag won the second game 11-7, before reeling off six straight points in the third for an 11-4 game. But Coll would not give up that easily.

The fifth seed, from Greymouth, took the fourth game after saving two match balls, before then taking an early lead in the fifth, however, it wasn’t to be as Farag had just enough to get himself over the line, booking a place in his maiden British Open final.

In what has already been regarded as the match of the tournament Farag was full of praise and exhausted afterwards.

“It is unfair to talk about it [this match] in just a few sentences. It is one of those matches that you are going to remember forever,” Farag said.

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Leonard masterclass propels Raptors into finals AP Kawhi Leonard had 27 points and 17 rebounds to lead the Toronto Raptors into the NBA Finals for the first time with a 100-94 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks yesterday.

The Raptors overcame a 15-point deficit to win the series in six games and will host the Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Friday.

Pascal Siakam scored 18 points, Kyle Lowry had 17 and Fred VanVleet 14 for the Raptors, who used a 26-3 run late in the third quarter and early in the fourth to turn the game in their favor.

Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 21 points and 11 rebounds, but the NBA’s top team in the regular season saw its bid for a first finals berth in 45 years come to a disappointing end with a fourth consecutive defeat.

Down 76-71 to start the fourth, the Raptors tied it with an 8-2 run while Leonard and Antetokounmpo were both on the bench. Ibaka’s dunk with 10:32 to go tied it at 78. Antetokounmpo returned after a timeout, but Leonard kept sitting.

That didn’t matter to Toronto, with Siakam’s basket giving the Raptors an 80-78 lead, their first lead since it was 6-3.

Leonard’s one-handed slam after Lowry’s steal gave Toronto an 87-79 lead with 6:46 to go before the Bucks responded.

George Hill answered with a layup, Brook Lopez converted a three-point play and Antetokounmpo scored to cut it to 87-86 with 5:19 to go.

Lowry and Lopez swapped baskets before

Gasol’s 3 put the Raptors up 92-88 with 3:50 left.

After another basket by Lopez, Leonard made a 3 to push Toronto’s lead to 95-90 with 3:04 to play.

It was Leonard’s first 3 after missing his first seven attempts of the game.

Toronto made 12 of 27 3-point attempts, including four of eight in the fourth quarter.

Siakam, who missed a pair of free throws late in the fourth quarter of Toronto’s double-overtime win in Game 3, hit one to make it 98-94.

Leonard grabbed the rebound on the second and was fouled. He made both, putting the Raptors up 100-94 with 3.9 seconds to go.

Brogdon and Middleton each made a pair from long range as the Bucks shot 6 for 9 from 3-point range in the first and closed the quarter with 10 unanswered points to lead 31-18.

The Bucks extended their lead to 38-23 on a 3 by Ersan Ilyasova with 7:46 left until half.

Toronto cut the gap to 46-43 on a 3 by VanVleet with 1:07 left in the second, but Eric Bledsoe answered with a 3 and Antetokounmpo split a pair at the line, giving the Bucks a 50-43 advantage at the intermission.

The lead went back to 15 in the third before Leonard finished the period with a flourish.

He had eight points in the final 2:01 and Toronto closed with a 10-0 run, cutting a 15-point deficit to 76-71.

Right – Kawhi Leonard (2) dunks against Giannis Antetokounmpo.

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Spring campaign next up

More questions than answers

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Progressive mare Inscription will head to the spelling paddock next week after completing an impressive treble of wins for Cambridge trainer Ross McCarroll.

The five-year-old Cape Blanco mare showed her customary dogged finishing burst to land the opening event over 1600m at Ellerslie on Saturday, although punters who backed her into favourite at $2.20 did have some concerns when she wasn’t travelling like a winner during the middle stages of the contest.

“That’s pretty much her style these days,” McCarroll said.

“She doesn’t tend to travel that well but once she warms to her task, she has a pretty powerful finishing burst.”

McCarroll, who also shares in the ownership of his charge, has always believed in the mare’s ability after outlaying $12,000 for her at the 2015 sale at Karaka.

“She was a good-looking type as a yearling and was from Cape Blanco’s first crop,” he said.

“I thought we got her for a good price and she has shown plenty of ability right from day one.

“I have also had her older sister Calligraphy in the stable and the two are like chalk and cheese. Calligraphy is a real sprinter-miler whereas I think this mare is going to get even better once we get her over more ground.

“She has only had one run past 1600m where she ran fourth to Rondinella over 2100m at Tauranga, so I’m looking forward to getting her over further in her next prep.”

McCarroll was keen to keep Inscription going for a little longer this winter but with no suitable races available he will send her for a brief break before getting ready for a spring campaign.

“New Zealand winter racing is pretty tough really as there are no races that would entice us to keep her going,” he said.

“All of the winter staying races no longer have any black-type attached to them, so she might as well have a break now and get ready for next season.

“She definitely likes some cut in the ground so we will put her away and work out a programme for the spring where we are likely to strike that type of track.”

McCarroll also reported that older sister Calligraphy has been retired and will most likely be sent to stud during the next breeding season.

“She (Calligraphy) has had a few joint issues that have flared up at her last couple of starts,” he said.

“She just wasn’t herself for those starts so I think she will be heading to the breeding barn in the spring.”

The draws for the Harness Jewels left a couple of huge questions hanging over perhaps the race of the day.

Because while punters will only see two winning chances in the glamour three-year-old Diamond it could become one of the great tactical battles of the day.

And those keen for a bet will be trying to work out whether Belle Of Montana will stay in front of arch-rival Princess Tiffany, and if she doesn’t, whether she has too much raw speed for her?

That will be two of the key questions of Jewels week as the buildup to next Saturday’s exceptional meeting at Addington went into overdrive with Saturday’s draws.

The draws, as expected, settled favouritism for many of the nine group ones, with horses like Sundees Son (four-year-old trot); One Change (two-year-old male pace) and Sweet On Me (juvenile fillies pace) gaining what could be telling advantages over the other favourites in their divisions.

Others to have their favouritism confirmed include Auckland Cup winner Turn It Up, who secured barrier three in the four-year-old male pace and Jesse Duke, who will now start red hot after drawing best of the big names in the three-year-old male pace.

But there are still some puzzles, especially in the three-year-old trot where Enhance Your Calm has drawn the second line with plenty of quality between him and the winner’s circle.

And the two-year-old trot looks the most open race of the day, with favourite Tailored Elegance also drawing the second line.

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Ashvin Goindasamy is all smiles after getting Inscription home on Saturday.

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway 7 34427 Bigtime Diesel nwtd............................L Cole 8 64735 Toki Girl 26.45............................... D Denbee 9 15777 Bigtime Rex nwtd................................L Cole 3 12.55pm AFFORDABLE PET ACCESORIES C1/C2 C1/2, 457m 1 88474 Bigtime Rosie 26.24 G &......... S Fredrickson 2 65874 Jinja Flash 26.30................................D Edlin 3 77668 Lady Jellybean nwtd.....................M Goodier 4 75844 Bill’s Barker 26.58............................S Maher 5 87611 Bigtime Bret 26.21..............................L Cole 6 58662 Tuff Treasure nwtd..........................B Mitchell 7 45386 Goldstar Charger nwtd S &..............B Evans 8 528F5 Tuff Mr. Tee 26.55...........................B Mitchell Emergencies: 9 15777 Bigtime Rex nwtd................................L Cole 4 1.12pm CREATIVE CATERING C1/C2 C1/2, 457m 1 52832 Bigtime Leads 26.03...........................L Cole 2 34575 Kamada Park 26.11.....................A Turnwald 3 34333 Zipping Cobra 26.01...........................L Cole 4 75567 Bigtime Alfie 26.52..............................L Cole 5 64248 Bigtime Forest 25.97...........................L Cole 6 34624 Plan Stan nwtd................................ L Pearce 7 63338 Electrical Storm nwtd....................M Goodier 8 54217 Midnight Molly 26.28....................B Hodgson

9 15777 Bigtime Rex nwtd................................L Cole 5 1.30pm J P PRINT, PETONE C3 C3, 457m 1 631F1 Bigtime Shadow 26.04........................L Cole 2 11116 Bigtime Bruno 26.43...........................L Cole 3 57613 Bigtime Chris 26.27 G &......... S Fredrickson 4 35223 Bigtime Fred 26.04..............................L Cole 5 61554 Jay Mike 26.28.................................... N Udy 6 17441 Bigtime Lilah 25.83.............................L Cole 7 41325 Funky Facts nwtd G &............. S Fredrickson 8 53722 Kia Tere 26.24 S &...........................B Evans 9 44486 Thomas William 25.97................... D Denbee 6 1.48 RED SNAPPER SEAFOODS, CHRISTCHURCH C4 C4, 457m 1 73343 Tommy The Jett 26.17..................A Turnwald 2 32524 Bigtime Homie 26.08...........................L Cole 3 84228 Bigtime Rocco 26.05...........................L Cole 4 12332 Bigtime Rod 26.04..............................L Cole 5 16816 Turanza’s Terror 25.98..................A Turnwald 6 82875 Bigtime Mia 25.95...............................L Cole 7 6F314 Bigtime Acacia 26.09..........................L Cole 8 84851 Bigtime Caleb 25.99............................L Cole 9 33567 Gazza’s Girl nwtd G &............. S Fredrickson 10 18386 Sub Eighteen 26.48............................L Cole 7 2.08pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C3, 410m

1 33854 Awesome Quality 23.24......................L Cole 2 67124 Dino The Fox nwtd........................M Roberts 3 11111 Lochinvar Flash 23.24.........................L Cole 4 62518 Goldstar Major nwtd S &..................B Evans 5 12523 Millie Prince 23.29 J &.........................D Bell 6 75462 Fantastic Teddy nwtd....................A Turnwald 7 14557 Barbarossa Boy 23.98................B Goldsack 8 24678 Cheese And Chalk nwtd.....................L Cole Emergencies: 9 53772 Little Scamp 23.69........................ D Denbee 10 66781 Bigtime Molly nwtd..............................L Cole 8 2.24pm DOUG BRADLEY PAINTERS C4 C4, 410m 1 31244 Cawbourne Ridge 23.56 J &................D Bell 2 25315 Bigtime Honey 24.01...........................L Cole 3 33P13 Limpy Jackson 23.91 J &.....................D Bell 4 17523 Bigtime Ziggy 23.86............................L Cole 5 3124F Mila Mila 24.06.............................A Turnwald 6 51167 Coco Bango nwtd...................... K Gommans 7 73445 Bigtime Emjay 23.56 G &........ S Fredrickson 8 42774 Dynamite Danger nwtd G &.... S Fredrickson 9 37682 It’s Complicated 23.52.........................L Cole 10 55856 Bigtime Minnie nwtd............................L Cole 9 2.43pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C5, 410m 1 28148 Bigtime Banjo 23.58............................L Cole

2 23642 Bigtime Shine 23.28............................L Cole 3 11366 Queen Big League 23.18 G &.S Fredrickson 4 88163 Bigtime Jetty 23.62.............................L Cole 5 11114 Bigtime Pete 23.13..............................L Cole 6 41421 Bigtime Brody 23.40............................L Cole 7 33252 Bigtime Eve 23.26...............................L Cole 8 18833 Fare Dodger nwtd.........................M Goodier Emergencies: 9 38528 Mikachu 24.20..............................A Turnwald 10 67368 Reality Check nwtd................... K Gommans 10 2.58pm DUKE OF EDINBURGH SILVER COLLAR HEATS 2 JUNE C4/ C4/5, 457m 1 55515 Arden Emgrand 26.07..................A Turnwald 2 62717 Bigtime Tank 26.37..............................L Cole 3 61113 Bigtime Levi 25.75..............................L Cole 4 42628 Emgrand Park nwtd......................A Turnwald 5 76162 Fusion Cronulla 25.81..................A Turnwald 6 16815 Blazin’ Carter 25.95............................L Cole 7 22161 Goldstar Trooper nwtd S &...............B Evans 8 71851 Bigtime Kiss 25.95..............................L Cole 9 74565 You Can Be 26.01...............................L Cole 10 66877 All Black Star 26.10........................M Gowan

4 4.11pm MONSTER FISH AT STUD C1 C1, 410m

1 88435 Blackjack Man nwtd....................B Goldsack 2 78811 Bigtime Sheer nwtd.............................L Cole 3 35385 Kellydean nwtd.................................C Morris 4 45342 Goldstar Sawyer 23.85.....................S Stone 5 44632 Kushka nwtd J &..................................D Bell 6 76633 Arm Turner nwtd.........................J McInerney 7 38653 Lucky James nwtd.............................M Flipp 8 63687 Bigtime Ronnie nwtd G &........ S Fredrickson Emergencies: 9 86876 Norton Baxter nwtd....................J McInerney 10 67777 Making It Up 23.75...........................C Morris

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

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway Emergencies: 9 47368 Born Fab 23.84................................S Maher 10 38854 Three Amigos 23.65 J &......................D Bell 2 3.36pm KAMADA PARK C2 C2, 410m 1 52631 True Testament nwtd....................B Hodgson 2 31124 Bigtime Otis 24.63...............................L Cole 3 37276 Goldstar Power nwtd S &.................B Evans 4 28756 Bigtime Marley nwtd............................L Cole 5 11477 Bigtime Silver 24.47............................L Cole 6 88177 Rambo 23.65 H &.............................. Woods 7 63212 Thrilling Ivy nwtd....................... K Gommans 8 36415 Slam It 23.93..............................J McInerney Emergencies:

9 47368 Born Fab 23.84................................S Maher 10 47756 Kirkham Webby nwtd.......................C Morris 3 3.54pm STEVE THE AUCTIONEER DAVIS C1, 410m 1 61823 Paradox Prince nwtd....................B Hodgson 2 56668 Elland Road nwtd.......................J McInerney 3 12667 Thrilling Stan 23.49............................D Edlin 4 47582 Bigtime Sam 23.91 G &.......... S Fredrickson 5 46547 Choice Lass 24.34...........................C Morris 6 22164 Goldstar Dayton nwtd S &................B Evans 7 27453 Jetlag Jag nwtd..........................J McInerney 8 636F6 Bionic Boy 24.41...........................M Goodier 9 66776 Bigtime Panther 23.90.................... M Gowan 10 78875 Wong Full Arrest 23.82....................C Morris

1 86424 Naharis nwtd......................................D Edlin 2 77x64 Always Dizzy nwtd.....................J McInerney 3 64x75 Cawbourne Chops 23.55.......... K Gommans 4 76242 Here’s Hemi nwtd.......................J McInerney 5 71868 Kirkham Coby 23.52........................C Morris 6 25354 Hashtag Blessed 23.63.................M Roberts 7 21314 Bigtime Stella nwtd.............................L Cole 8 47282 Goldstar Auburn nwtd S &...............B Evans Emergencies: 9 66687 I’ll Be Loyal nwtd..........................B Hodgson 10 75787 Go Ring nwtd.....................................M Flipp 5 4.27pm TOTAL BODYSHOP SUPPLIES C1 C1, 410m

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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FZL: About 2500m

Cloudy. Scattered rain early evening.

Northeasterlies strengthening, turning gusty northwesterly late.

Rain about the divide, with scattered falls farther east.

Wind at 1000m: NW gale 65 km/h, easing to 35 km/h in the evening.

Wind at 2000m: NW severe gale 85 km/h, easing to gale 65 km/h in the evening.

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TOMORROW

TOMORROW

High cloud thickening, scattered rain towards evening. Northerlies becoming strong in exposed places.

Scattered rain, persistent near the foothills.

Strong northerlies easing.

FRIDAY A few showers, then rain from afternoon.

Southerlies developing.

World Weather

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

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

FZL: About 2400m

Scattered rain, more persistent about the divide, clearing late evening. Snow lowering to 2000 metres.

Wind at 1000m: N 35 km/h, rising to gale 65 km/h in exposed places in the afternoon, changing W 50 km/h in the evening.

Wind at 2000m: NW gale 65 km/h, rising to severe gale 85 km/h in the afternoon, then easing to W gale 65 km/h in the evening.

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

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Blenheim

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Timaru

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

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

98.6

Nth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

5.22

Sth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

6.28

Rangitata Klondyke at 3:00 pm, yesterday

50.5

Waitaki Kurow at 3:05 pm, yesterday

356.5

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A ridge retreats to the east of the North Island today as strong northerly precedes a front moving up the South Island. A broad, active trough spreads over New Zealand tomorrow, followed by westerlies. Another active trough approaches on Wednesday, and the flow over the country turns strong northerly.

mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers fine showers clearing showers

Cloudy. Chance shower at night.

Northeasterlies.

Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 17.5 20.7 Max to 4pm 8.9 Minimum 3.6 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm May to date 16.4 Avg May to date 52 2019 to date 280.4 272 Avg year to date Wind km/h N 26 At 4pm Strongest gust N 35 Time of gust 3:19pm

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7pm 7:30 9:05 9:35

American Pickers 6:30pm on Choice

SKY 5 6am Jeopardy! PG 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Last Man Standing PG 8:05 The Force MC 8:30 The Flash MVS 9:15 Parking Wars PGL 9:40 NCIS – LA MV 10:25 CSI – Miami MV 11:10 Last Man Standing PG Noon Jeopardy!

PG 12:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 12:50 NCIS MV 2:25 NCIS LA MV 3:10 Last Man Standing PG 4pm The Simpsons PG 4:30 Jeopardy! PG 5pm Wheel Of Fortune PG 5:30 Parking Wars PGL 6pm The Flash MVS 7pm The Force MC 7:30 NCIS – LA MV 8:30 Border Security M 9pm RBT MC 9:30 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away MVL 10:30 CSI – Miami MV 11:20 The Flash MVS

Tuesday

12:05 Last Man Standing PG 12:55 Wheel Of Fortune PG 1:15 Jeopardy! PG 1:35 The Force MC 2am Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away MVL 2:50 RBT MC 3:15 Border Security M 3:40 CSI – Miami MV 4:25 Parking Wars PGL 4:50 NCIS – LA MV 5:35 The Simpsons PG

6am The AM Show 9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:30 DailyMailTV PGR Noon Face The Truth PGR (Part 1) 12:30 Dr Phil AO Amy says her 20-year-old son, Jai, is a ‘rageaholic ticking time bomb’, and worries he will seriously hurt someone, especially since he recently purchased a semiautomatic rifle.

1:30 Dancing With The Stars NZ 3 2:30 I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! 0 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm 4:30 Entertainment Tonight 0 5pm Family Feud Australia 5:30 Modern Family 3 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

MAORI

6am Codename – Kids Next 6:30 Waiata Mai 3 6:40 Avatar 3 7:10 Kainga Whakapaipai 3 Door 3 6:25 Legion Of Super 7:20 Potae Pai 3 7:30 Pipi Heroes 6:50 The Powerpuff Ma 7:40 Darwin + Newts Girls 0 7:15 The Loud 7:50 Paia 3 8am Pukana 3 House 3 7:40 Teenage Mutant 2 8:50 Kete Korero 3 9am Te Ninja Turtles 8:05 League Ao – Maori News 3 9:30 Cam’s Of Super Evil 3 0 8:30 The Kai 3 10am Tangaroa With Thundermans 3 0 8:55 Tiki Pio 3 10:30 F My Party Tour 3 0 9:20 Million Dollar Song 3 11am Whaikorero 3 11:30 Ipukarea 3 Noon Get Your Minute 3 9:50 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR Fish On 3 12:30 Funny Whare 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Antiques – Gamesnight PGR 3 1pm Haka Life PGR 3 1:30 Shear Bro PGR 3 Roadshow 12:40 Ed PGR 3 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari 1:35 Married With Children PGR Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 2:05 The Late Show With Stephen 3pm Waiata Mai 3 3:10 Avatar 3 Colbert PGR 3 3pm Wheel Of 3:40 Kainga Whakapaipai 3 Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 3:50 Potae Pai 3 4pm Pipi 4pm The Chase Australia 0 Ma 4:10 Darwin + Newts 3 4:20 Paia 3 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Everybody Loves 5pm Globe 5:30 Te Matatini Ki Te Raymond 0 5:30 Prime News Ao 6pm Pukuhohe 3 6pm Million Dollar Minute 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News 6:30 Pawn Stars 3 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 7pm Whanau Living 3 7:30 American Pickers 7:30 Carluccio’s Six Seasons 8:30 FBI PGR 8pm Marae PGR 2 A serial bomber seems to be 8:30 M Life, Animated targeting Wall Street’s elite; 2016 Documentary.

Maggie and OA search for a A boy and his family suspect who seems set on overcome great challenges revenge; Dana deals with a by turning Disney animated cocky profiler brought in to movies into language. consult on the case. 0 10:15 Waka Huia 9:30 Game Of Thrones – The 10:45 Te Ao – Maori News 3 Last Watch AO 0

6:30 Thomas And Friends 0 6:40 Masha And The Bear 3 0 6:50 Peppa Pig 0 7am The Zhu Zhus 3 0 7:25 Penn Zero – Part-Time Hero 3 0 7:50 New Looney Tunes 3 0 8:15 Muppet Babies 3 0 8:35 Sofia The First 3 0 9am Infomercials 10am The Middle 3 0 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am My Kitchen Rules PGR 3 0 12:05 Judge Rinder 1:05 Judge Rinder 2:05 Will And Grace 0 2:35 Home And Away 3 0 3:05 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:40 Pokemon 0 4pm Fanimals We meet Flossie the urban sheep and some guinea pigs pay us a visit, plus our dragon Baxter is facing a new challenge in Food World. 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

7:20 Edie ML 2018 Drama.

Shelia Hancock, Kevin Guthrie.

9am Thoroughbreds 16VLC 2018 Comedy. Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy. 10:30 Love Blossoms PG 2017 Drama.

Shantel VanSanten, Victor Webster.

Noon Overboard MLS 2018 Comedy. Eugenio Derbez, Anna Faris. 1:50 Mission – Impossible: Fallout MV 2018 Action. Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill.

4:15 The Little Hours 16VLSC 2017 Comedy. Dave Franco, Alison Brie. 5:45 Red Sparrow 16VLSC 2018 Thriller.

Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton.

8pm Crazy Famous MVLC 2017 Comedy. A fame-obsessed man escapes a mental institution with a band of misfits for one last attempt to be famous.

Gregory Lay, Richard Short.

9:20 All I See Is You 16LS 2017 Drama. A blind woman’s relationship with her husband changes when she regains her sight and discovers disturbing details about their lives.

Blake Lively, Jason Clarke.

11:10 Double Mommy MC 2016 Drama. Morgan Obenreder, Griffin Freeman.

7:15 The Bourne Legacy MV 2012 Action Adventure.

Jeremy Renner, Edward Norton, Albert Finney, Rachel Weisz.

9:30 Pitch Perfect MLS 2012 Comedy. Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Rebel Wilson.

11:25 The Purge 16VL 2013 Thriller. Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey. 12:50 Side Effects MVLS 2013 Thriller.

Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Catherine ZetaJones. 2:35 The Cabin In The Woods 16VLC 2012 Horror. Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchinson. 4:10 War Of The Worlds MV 2005 Sci-fi Action. Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto.

6:05 The Ring 16C 2002 Horror. Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox. 8pm Independence Day MV 1996 Action Sci-fi. As alien craft begin to destroy the world’s major cities, a group of Earth survivors must defeat them. Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Randy Quaid.

10:25 Superbad 16LSC 2007 Comedy. Jonah Hill, Seth Rogan, Emma Stone.

Tuesday

12:40 The Little Hours 16VLSC 2017 Comedy. Dave Franco, Alison Brie. 2:10 Red Sparrow 16VLSC 2018 Thriller.

Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton.

4:30 Crazy Famous MVLC 2017 Comedy. 5:50 All I See Is You 16LS 2017 Drama.

Tuesday

12:15 Wrong Turn 16V 2003 Horror. Desmond Harrington, Eliza Dushku, Jeremy Sisto.

1:40 Side Effects MVLS 2013 Thriller. Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones.

3:25 The Cabin In The Woods 16VLC 2012 Horror.

5am War Of The Worlds MV 2005 Sci-fi Action.

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11:15 Te Matatini Ki Te Ao 11:45 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1

6am Nadiya’s Food Adventure 6:30 Baby Animals – In Our World 7:30 Jelly Jamm 8am Bondi Vet 9am Baggage Battles 9:30 Bondi Vet 11:30 Vintage Hunter 12:30 Expedition Unknown 1:30 Hurricane Man PGR 2:30 Mysteries At The Museum 3:30 Love Nature – Hope For Wildlife 4:30 River Cottage – Winter’s On The Way With winter on the way, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall makes the most of local and seasonal fare.

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

6:30 American Pickers 7:30 The Other Pompeii – Life And Death In Herculaneum PGR 8:30 Britain’s Ancient Tracks With Tony Robinson 9:30 Flying Across Britain With Arthur Williams 10:30 River Cottage – Winter’s On The Way

11:30 Mysteries At The Museum Don Wildman unearths relics from the world’s greatest institutions to reveal secrets from the past, examining each artefact to illuminate the hidden treasures. 12:30 Tiny House Hunting 1am DIY SOS – The Big Build 2am Building The Dream 3am Bondi Vet 4am The Truth About Alcohol 5am The French Collection

SKY SPORT 2

8am Fox Sports News 8:30 Motorsport – Supercars (HLS) Winton Supersprint.

9am Motorsport – Supercars (HLS) Melbourne 400.

9:30 L Motorsport – Nascar Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600. From Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.

2:30 Super Rugby (RPL) Waratahs v Jaguares.

4:30 Super Rugby (HLS) Stormers v Highlanders.

5pm Super Rugby (HLS) Sunwolves v Rebels.

5:30 Super Rugby (HLS) Chiefs v Reds.

6pm Super Rugby (HLS) Crusaders v Blues.

6:30 Super Rugby (HLS) Stormers v Highlanders.

7pm Rugby Nation 8pm The Crowd Goes Wild 8:30 Super Rugby (HLS) Crusaders v Blues. From Christchurch Stadium.

9pm Super Rugby (HLS) Stormers v Highlanders.

From Cape Town.

9:30 Super Rugby Wrap 10:30 AFL – On The Couch 11:30 Fox Sports News

6am Rugby League – The Championship (RPL) 8am Controversy Corner The latest controversies from the NRL are tackled.

8:30 Sunday Night With Matty Johns 9:30 Rugby League – Super League (RPL) Salford Red Devils v Hull Kingston Rovers.

11:30 Rugby League – Super League (RPL) Leeds Rhinos v London Broncos.

1:30 Rugby League – Super League (RPL) St Helens v Castleford Tigers.

3:30 Rugby League – Super League (RPL) Wigan Warriors v Warrington Wolves.

5:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Saturday.

6pm Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Warriors v Broncos.

6:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Sunday.

7pm Sunday Night With Matty Johns Matty Johns is joined by former players and guests to wrap up the round’s NRL action.

8pm Controversy Corner 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 Big League Wrap 10:30 Fight Night

Midnight Golf Central 1am Super Rugby (HLS) Crusaders v Blues. 1:30 Super Rugby (RPL) Sunwolves v Rebels. 3:30 Super Rugby (HLS) Round 15. 3:48 L Football – Fifa U20 World Cup Qatar v Ukraine.

From Poland.

12:30 Rugby League – Super League (RPL) Hull FC v Huddersfield Giants.

2:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Warriors v Broncos.

3:15 UCL Magazine Show 3:48 L Football – Fifa U20 World Cup Honduras v Uruguay. From Poland.

Tuesday

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

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Tuesday

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DISCOVERY 6:35 How It’s Made PG 7:05 How It’s Made PG 7:30 Weather Gone Viral PG Hazards of the Job. 8:20 Gold Rush – Parker’s Trail PG Mercury Rising. 9:10 Silicon Valley – The Untold Story PG Secret Sauce. 10am Aussie Gold Hunters PG 10:50 Air Rescue PG 11:15 Air Rescue PG 11:40 A Crime To Remember M Luck Be a Lady.

12:30 Blood Relatives M Fatal Fuse. 1:20 Killer Instinct With Chris Hansen M The Odds are Murder. 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 How Do They Do It? PG 3:50 Gold Rush PG King of the Klondike.

4:45 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Big, Bad C-10 Build 2/2. 5:40 Air Rescue PG 6:08 Air Rescue PG 6:35 American Chopper M 7:30 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG The Race – Busch v Logano.

9:25 Build To Mega Race PG Countdown to Mega Race.

10:15 Car Crash TV – How Not To Drive PG 10:40 Car Crash TV – How Not To Drive PG 11:05 Naked And Afraid M Contamination.

11:55 Weather Gone Viral M Tuesday 12:45 Killer Instinct With Chris Hansen M 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Treehouse Masters PG 3:15 Bering Sea Gold PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How Do They Do It? PG 5:45 Gold Rush PG

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Sport

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Boult gets in the swing

Mo’unga stars for Crusaders

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IT’S TRY-TIME!

FULL STORY P15 Matt McAtamney on the way to dotting down a try for Southern in their 36-23 win over Lincoln in the semi-final of the Luisetti Seeds Combined Competition on Saturday.

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Promising sprinter signs on the dotted line for New Zealand NZME Any potential switch from athletics to rugby will be put on hold for Edward Osei-Nketia, with the young sprinter committing to Athletics New Zealand.

The 18-year-old has been heavily courted by a number of codes including rugby, league and AFL

due to his sheer pace, and has been open in his desire to one day be an All Black.

At 190cm and 95kg, Osei-Nketia is touted as a top future prospect in arguably any sport that he puts time and effort into, and the son of New Zealand 100m record holder Gus Nketia had multiple alluring offers to weigh up, but

opted to run for New Zealand.

Having lived in Australia for the past two years, there was also the possibility he could look to align himself with Australia going forward.

However Gus Nketia said that it wasn’t such a hard decision to make.

“Edward was born in New Zea-

land and loves New Zealand, so it wasn’t a hard decision to make.

“If someone’s going to break my record it would be good for Eddie to do that. That would be a good story to tell.”

Nketia said he and Edward had a meeting with Athletics New Zealand to discuss how they were going to be able to help Edward get

the best out of his abilities and was pleased with what the organisation said.

It’s understood in addition to an offer from a New Zealand Super Rugby side, there are also six-figure offers from the NRL and AFL for him to switch codes – despite Osei-Nketia having never played Australian rules or league.

Carrington claims another gold for New Zealand

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