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The sold stickers are on the for sale signs at Silver Fern Farms’ mothballed Fairton meat plant, with family-owned food company Talley’s Group confirmed as the buyer.

Talley’s operate a nearby vegetable processing plant and were already a major commercial user of the Fairton site’s cold stores.

SFF head of sustainability Justin Courtney said the meat company had an unconditional offer for the sale of the Fairton site from Talley’s.

“They will use the site to support their vegetable production facilities on the neighbouring land. We will be working with them to have the site ready for handover which is expected in October.

“Eleven staff on the site have been

kept informed of the sale process and we will support them over coming months with employment options,” Courtney said.

Talley’s Ashburton general manager Aaron Chudleigh was yesterday unavailable to comment on the company’s plans for the site.

The sale price was not disclosed.

However, the 485 hectares of land, just north of Ashburton, comprising the 32ha former Fairton plant and 453ha of adjacent rural land, had a combined capital value of almost $40 million in 2018.

At its peak, Fairton had three chains and more than 700 staff, including management and supervisors.

Sheepmeat processing at the plant stopped in 2017, with the loss of 370 jobs, following a continued decline in regional sheep numbers following land

use change, particularly to dairying.

The plant’s final death knell came last year, following the closure of Fairton’s pelt processing operation with the loss of 44 jobs.

SFF has instead consolidated processing at its multi-species Pareora plant, south of Timaru, which processes lamb, goats, bobby calves, cattle and deer and employs about 1000 people in peak season.

The Fairton plant contained two and three-storeyed processing areas, stock yards, offices, freezers and amenity buildings.

The Talley’s Group, owned and operated by the Talley family for more than 80 years, is involved in vegetable, potato, dairy and meat production as well as fish and seafood. It owns the Affco meat company and Open Country Dairy.

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Falloon: From popular, to disgraced A

week is a long time in politics, or at least so they say.

It’s a timeframe in which a party leader can be turfed and replaced, an information leak can blow into one of the biggest stories of the year and it’s a timeframe in which a politician can go from hero to zero.

But few will fall in such a spectacular and shocking fashion as Andrew Falloon did last week.

A popular, well-spoken and dedicated member of parliament, advocating for his electorate with little concern as to whose feathers he might ruffle – Falloon, on the surface, was just what the Rangitata region needed.

Or at least so it seemed.

In hindsight, perhaps the writing was on the wall. Falloon had been quiet, by his usual high standards, for a few weeks leading up to the breaking news that he was stepping down at the election.

He’d touched on mental health in these very pages a week earlier and admitted to battling a few demons.

But what actually was going on was far more concerning.

Falloon knew he was in trouble. He knew that his career would end up hanging on a rope.

So, he tried to save face. He tried to get out before it all came out, in a sense. His announcement last Monday was ambiguous at best. It centred squarely around the mental health issue and mentioned nothing other than the note of “having made some mistakes”.

Perhaps confronting the issue head-on might have been the better way to approach it all.

The animosity out in the community from constituents that they felt ‘duped’ and ‘let down’ might have been a little more complimentary had what unfolded in the hours post that announcement been addressed immediately by the person in question.

Instead, it came out in the ugliest of fashions and Falloon quickly became the one person no-one wanted to talk about.

But as the dust has settled a little and a police investigation

Just over a week ago, Andrew Falloon was a well-liked, respected and valued Member of Parliament. Today, one week on from a dramatic week in politics, the now former Rangitata MP has been labelled a disgrace following allegations of him sending inappropriate messages to young women. Guardian editor, Matt Markham looks back.

Andrew Falloon, a dramatic fall from grace. quietly unfolds in the background, a few are starting to make their thoughts and feelings known. Some might have just met the guy once, others have spent large amounts of time in his presence, but the over-riding emotions are quite evident in all of them.

Shock and disappointment.

One source, who only spoke to the Guardian on the condition of anonymity, said they were left shattered by what had unfolded. Having worked closely with

Falloon for the past three years, the well-known public figure couldn’t quite get a grasp on it all, having seen nothing out of the ordinary during that time.

“You spend a lot of time with a person, you get to know them.

All the good, and all the bad,” they said.

“If you’d asked me what Andrew’s biggest problem was a week ago, I would have said it was that he tried to do too much, tried to be everywhere and tried to be there for everyone, that’s

how it seemed.

“Now, it’s a little more obvious what his biggest problem was, and it’s quite sad really.

“But even now, and I’ve thought about this a lot, there wasn’t one instance where I questioned what he was up to, not one thing that sticks out in my mind that caused concern and I think that’s the toughest thing for a lot of people to come to grips with, no-one saw it coming, there were no red flags there.”

Few would be able to disagree with the comment about Falloon’s dedication to the job. He was a constant presence across Mid and South Canterbury, an active social media user and a prominent advocate for all things that might better his own patch.

But what was going on behind the scenes, has now undone all that hard work.

“That is probably the most disappointing thing of all. He was that good at his job he actually made a bit of difference around here in my opinion – more than anyone else who’d been in that seat anyway.

“But all that hard work, all those hours he spent attending events and meetings – it’s been thrown out the window and his legacy has gone. There was a big future there, he had created himself a pathway to bigger and better things.

“That’s all gone now, though. I haven’t seen him, I haven’t spoken to him, I’m not sure what I’ll say when I do, which is probably the most frustrating part.

“I just hope that if there is some mental health battles going on there that he’s getting the help he needs, because it’s quite clear that somewhere along the line, things have really taken a turn for the worst and that’s how we’ve ended up in this situation.”

The coming weeks will determine what is next to come in this still unfolding scandal. Police have reopened the initial investigation after initially deeming it to have not met the threshold for prosecution.

But the pressure now falls back on Falloon.

He’s got to front up at some point and offer an apology to the constituents of the Rangitata electorate.

The very people who put their faith in him to represent this region three years.

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Bowling green gets makeover The outdoor bowling season might still be more than a month away from getting under way, but the Ashburton Bowling Club in the Ashburton Domain was alive with activity at the weekend.

In order to keep their green to the best possible standard, the Ashburton Bowling Club undertook a process known as planing the green, something that rolls around every 15 years or so.

The process involved taking 25 millimetres off the top of a green and on Saturday more than 30-35 cubic metres of soil was removed from the green.

The process is done to bring the green back to level, but also to combat thatch, or dead areas of a green which are hard to bring back to life. Also a defining factor is the main base of the green and the regrowth of its former existence.

Up until around 30 years ago, bowling greens around New Zealand were based on dioica cotula, a type of fern, but since then clubs have moved to a maniatoto cotula on their greens due to the fact it doesn’t require to be cut as often as the dioica.

But the dioica keeps growing up through and into the greens and creates a difference in the speed at which the bowl travels when it rolls over the top of areas where it is prevalent.

So, by removing the top soil, the

Ray Grigg was in charge of ripping up the Ashburton Bowling Club green at the weekend, but for a good cause.

PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 250720-RH-069 end goal is that the dioica is eliminated.

The machine, brought down from Christchurch for the day, worked in three metre blocks across the green, removing the top soil which was then carted out to be collected by the Ashburton District Council.

The local Golden Oldies rugby club put their hand up to undertake the role of turf shifters

and put in a solid day’s work with around 50 people all up from various roles playing a part in the day.

Ashburton Bowling Club boast two greens on their premises meaning that when the bowling season does kick off they won’t be completely out of action with the regrowing process on the green expected to see it out of action until at least late October.

It is believed the entire process

would cost the club around $8000.

The bowling club is also getting set for another big job in the coming weeks with submissions on the Domain Redevelopment Plan to be heard next month.

The domain has been home to the bowling club for more than 125 years and there has been strong public opposition to the decision to see it removed from its current location in the plan.

$40 million investment welcomed by locals Ashburton Mayor, Neil Brown is hailing a $40 million Regional Business Partner Network which will aid local businesses as they navigate the post Covid-19 environment.

Brown, who chairs the district’s Covid-19 Economic Recovery Advisory Committee, is relieved that more funding has become available to ensure local businesses can access the professional services, and support, that they need.

“Covid-19 has thrust us into the unknown, and much of our recovery will rely on businesses being able to adapt and build their capabilities for a changing environment,” Brown said in a statement

yesterday.

“We can’t hope to achieve that without ensuring businesses can turn to the right providers for the right advice when they need it.”

Earlier this month (July 14) the Government announced the national business support service, which is jointly funded by New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) and Callaghan Innovation will receive $37.25 million to directly fund professional advisory services and $2.75 million to increase resourcing within the RBP Network. This is in addition to the $15 million invested in March.

The Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce is one of

the Regional Partners for Canterbury. Their specialist Growth Advisors help businesses to identify opportunities and can also connect them with the right training, workshops and mentoring programmes from expert providers.

Chamber chief executive, Leeann Watson said the funding will be invaluable to help more business find the support they need to reposition themselves and ultimately recover.

“We have already seen a significant increase in the number of businesses accessing the RBP support as a direct result of Covid-19, so this additional funding will help ensure we have the resourc-

es to help those who may not have reached out for support yet,” she said.

“Trusted advice will be crucial to business survival and success in this ‘new normal’ environment we are now operating in, and this is particularly so for small businesses.”

Funded Covid-19 support via the RBP Network is available to eligible Mid Canterbury businesses where they can access expert ada employvice on human resources, ee relations and legal; financial and cashflow management; health and wellness; business continuity planning; marketing strategy; and digital enablement strategy.

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Meet the candidates night announced The Mid Canterbury community will get the chance to hear from prospective election candidates next month when the Rotary Club of Ashburton holds a Meet the Candidates evening.

Locked in for Wednesday, August 26 at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, the night will provide the opportunity for all candidates standing for the Rangitata Electorate to get in front of the Mid Canterbury locals and state their case.

Five candidates have already confirmed they will attend the evening, with potentially at least two more to be added to the list in the coming weeks. They are: Lachie Ashton (New Conservative), Brannon Favel (Social Credit), Gerrie Ligtenberg (Green Party), Grant Kelynack (NZ Outdoors Party) and Jo Luxton (Labour).

It is expected that the new National candidate, who won’t be known for at least another 10 days, will also be present for the meeting.

There is also suggestions in the community that the ACT Party may also be close to making an announcement on a candidate for the electorate.

The Meet the Candidates evening will begin at 7pm with doors opening at 6.30pm into the auditorium at the Event Centre.

Roger Letham will be the evening’s MC while Ashburton Guardian editor, Matt Markham will be chairperson of the night’s proceedings.

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In brief

Injury caused by careless act Beverley Anne Blair, 82, pleaded guilty to careless driving causing injury in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

Blair was driving south on West Street on February 13 when she proceeded through the roundabout at the intersection of Walnut Avenue. On exiting she drove up onto the left side kerb and struck the complainant, who was standing on the sidewalk waiting to cross the road.

“The force of the impact threw the complainant in the air and several metres away from where she was initially standing,” said prosecuting police officer sergeant Chris McFarlin as he read the police summary of facts.

The woman suffered extensive bruising to the lower half of her body, and cuts and bruising to her right arm.

Judge Alistair Garland convicted and remanded Blair to September 21 to enable the matter to be referred to restorative justice.

Lee Rewi Samual Tekira was convicted for assault and wilful damage after pleading guilty.

Tekira dragged his partner by her hair and struck her with his hand on the cheek, causing tenderness and swelling, after an argument between the two. He then hit a car tyre with an axe to deflate it.

Lawyer Gretchen Hart said the complainant was supporting her partner. She sought referral to restorative justice, however, Judge Garland said due to a history of family violence in the defendant’s past, there was more to consider than the situation between the couple.

“The community has a stake in all family violence,” he said.

He convicted and remanded Tekira to September 7 for a presentence report.

Bodene Lance Boyd was also convicted and remanded for a pre-sentence report to September 7 after pleading guilty to an assault charge.

Boyd pulled his partner to the

“You can tell from that maximum penalty that Parliament takes this offending seriously.”

It was yet another case of internet fraud, and these types of cases were becoming a regular occurrence in front of the courts.

Internet purchases required a high level of trust and it was a crime that involved a breach of trust.

ground by her hair from the car they had both been travelling in.

He punched her once in the face as he held her by her hair, causing a bleeding nose and split lip.

Flavio Kurt Naf received the minimum sentence on a charge of careless driving causing injury.

The 24-year-old had earlier pleaded guilty.

He was driving on Grahams Road on March 17 about 7pm at the speed limit of about 100 kilometres per hour, when he momentarily lost concentration and drove onto the grass at the side of the road. He lost control of the car and the wheels started to squeal and turn and he ended up going across the roadway sideways into the path of another car.

Judge Garland said both vehicles were extensively damaged and the complainant suffered bruising to her head and rib fractures.

The defendant had enquired as to the wellbeing of the victim with police.

“You had the decency to ring and ask after her wellbeing, which isn’t always the case in these sorts of incidents,” his honour said.

Restorative justice had taken place, and the defendant had been “extremely apologetic”.

The complainant knew, being a local, that the camber of the

road tended to throw cars to the side and had caused crashes in the past.

“The victim was very sympathetic to your position, she says this was just an accident.”

Judge Garland convicted and disqualified Naf from driving for six months, which was the minimum sentence he could impose.

Internet fraud has become a regular occurrence in front of the courts, said Judge Garland.

He was talking to Ayden Noel Hill about listing a non-existent cellphone on Facebook and selling it for $710.

The 34-year-old had earlier pleaded guilty to the obtaining by deception charge.

Judge Garland yesterday noted the defendant had paid back the victim, and that was just as well, otherwise he may have been sent to prison.

His Honour instead convicted and sentenced Hill to three months’ community detention.

His honour told Hill that to his credit he had borrowed the sum from his mother to repay the victim in full.

“But for that factor I would be considering a short term of imprisonment,” Judge Garland said.

He told Hill that the offence carried a maximum penalty of seven years in prison.

YOUR VIEW Unholy opinion I strongly object to the judgemental opinion piece by Bill Avenell published in Saturday’s paper.

The paragraph that begins with ‘unfortunately, all who have rejected God ...’ is such a pious slap in the face to the many non-Christian people I work with.

There are a large number of people in this community who have high moral values and standards. They volunteer or commit to making the lives of our local children and families better.

Bill has basically said that unless you have a relationship with a God, then you are not likely to have high morals and standards.

Garry John Webb was caught red-handed as he burgled Wise’s Pharmacy on March 20.

Judge Garland sentenced the 53-year-old to six months’ home detention on each of two charges of burglary for drugs.

In his summing up of the incidents, His Honour said Webb and an associate were driving in the Ashburton area about 6.30am when they formed their burglary plan.

About 7am they got to the East Street Pharmacy and used a tool to try and force the front doors open, but fled when they saw they were being observed.

They went to Wise’s about 7.15am and got shopping trolleys from the nearby Countdown and used them to ram the front and smash a large glass window.

Webb entered and went to the rear of the pharmacy and began filling a bag with medicines, his accomplice was on the lookout but fled when he saw they were being observed.

“The police arrived and caught you red-handed, you were arrested.”

Lawyer Roz Burnside said her client had been drinking and taking medications for his medical conditions, was in pain seeking pain killers, and had a long history of drug offending. He was no longer drinking, was remorseful, and engaged regularly with his doctor and had recently engaged with ACADS. The offending was foolhardy and out of character.

However, Judge Garland told Webb one only had to look at his long record of dishonesty offending to see that it was not out of character.

LETTERS Bill links the recent behaviour of politicians to morality and standards, tarring all politicians with the same brush. That would be the same as me stating that the behaviour of paedophile priests is what can be expected of all men of God. Perhaps Bill should devote his ministry to rooting out the rot within churches before turning to judge the many who do not believe in his God and therefore lack standards and morals.

Peter Livingstone

Car accidents We do seem to have a great number of car crashes compared to the earlier years. The accidents are blamed on speed, road conditions, alcohol, tiredness, etc.

But one possible reason why control is not regained is never mentioned. That is the difference between rear-wheel-drive and front-wheel-drive.

With rear-wheel-drive, if you loose grip on a bend and the car slides, if you remove your foot off the accelerator the rear wheels drag and the car straightens.

Which helps you gain control.

With front-wheel-drive, if you remove your foot off the accelerator the front wheels drag and the car goes completely out of control, I believe the way to gain control is to accelerate.

Not a normal reaction in a loss of control and traction situation.

Would be interesting to hear of any drivers’ experiences with skid control.

Rod Webb

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Suspicious fire Police in Southland are investigating a suspicious fire which destroyed a garden shed at a residential property early on Sunday, July 26. The fire was burning among macrocarpa trees at the rear of the property on Mataura’s Main Street about 3am.

A garden shed on the property was destroyed. Police said they wanted to hear from anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area around the time of the blaze, particularly near the railway tracks between Albion St and Ely St, between 2.45am and 3.30am.

‘Bleach’ seller raided Police and Medsafe have raided the Hauraki Plains property of a man who sells a bleach he claims can cure Covid-19, RNZ understands. The raid came after RNZ reported, in May, that Ngatea man Roger Blake was selling Miracle Mineral Solution, or MMS, which he said helped people who drank it to “overcome” conditions including cancer, HIV, autism and Covid-19. Blake said the authorities seized chemicals, business records and a computer during the raid.

Blake, who sells the chemicals online and through his Ngatea Water Gardens business, said his property was “plundered” by four Medsafe officers and six police on 15 July.

No new Covid-19 cases There were no new cases of Covid-19 reported in the country yesterday. There were no new cases reported on Saturday or Sunday. In a written release yesterday, the ministry said it had been 87 days since the last local case of Covid-19 from an unknown source. Total confirmed cases remained at 1206. A lack of any newly recovered cases in the past 24 hours meant New Zealand’s active cases number remained at 21, all in quarantine and managed isolation facilities with none in hospital.

Lockdown legality The High Court in Wellington is hearing a case on whether the Level 4 lockdown and closing all but essential businesses was lawful. The judicial review is being brought by lawyer Andrew Borrowdale against Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield challenging the legality of the Covid-19 lockdown rules imposed by the government.

Slavery charges A man convicted of human trafficking and slavery has been sentenced to 11 years in prison.

Joseph Auga Matamata, the first person to be convicted of both human trafficking and slavery in New Zealand, appeared at Napier High Court yesterday. Matamata also had to pay reparations of about $183,000 to the victims.

Sentencing the work contractor, Justice Helen Cull said his offending was “abhorrent” and created a “climate of fear and intimidation”. “Once in New Zealand, these Samoan nationals were exploited by you for your own and for your family’s financial gain. “You assaulted them. Some of those assaults caused injury and scarring.”

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OUR VIEW

Matt Markham

EDITOR

Meeting the candidates, more important than ever

T

he opportunity is now there, it’s up to this community to come forth and listen.

Not that you’d probably know it, given everything that’s unfolded in the past seven days, but there’s an election looming.

So, it’s important that everyone is well informed about who they are voting for.

Now more so than ever.

The Rotary Club of Ashburton have provided the avenue in which to gain as much knowledge as possible through their Meet the Candidates next month, and it would be fantastic to see as many people filling the auditorium of the Ashburton Trust Event Centre as possible.

At this stage there are five confirmed candidates for Rangitata and there’s the possibility that there could even be two more added to the list before they take to the stage, giving our electorate more choice than we’ve had for a long time when it comes to ticking the box come September.

These evenings are vitally important because often it’s the first time constituents will get to see and hear from the candidates and they are always a great opportunity to get a feel for who is leading the pack.

Given all the distractions that have occurred in the past few months in the political world, getting down to it and seeing some good hearty debate from various parties about their stance on a range of subjects will be a welcome change.

And who knows?

You might just walk in there with a firm decision made in your head and then walk out with something completely different.

So, lock it in the diary and make sure you get along on August 26 to see who’s offering what and leave yourself best informed to make the right decision for you.

YOUR VIEW

Miserly growth forecasts no help W

hen I first read the government’s Fit for a Better World vision for the primary industries and its goal of an additional $44 billion for primary industries’ export revenue by 2030 I took this to mean a near doubling of 2019’s exports of $46 billion.

I was way too optimistic.

Subsequently it was clarified that what was meant is a cumulative $44 billion in additional export revenue over the whole 10-year period from the Ministry for Primary Industry’s baseline projection.

Confused? I will try to explain it.

MPI’s baseline projection assumes primary industry export revenue will grow from $46 billion in 2019 to $57 billion in 2030. This is a projected 1.9 per cent average annual compound growth rate, barely keeping up with the likely average rate of inflation. MPI’s baseline assumes the Covid-19 global recession will mean zero growth in exports in 2020 and 2021 before growth resumes in 2022 followed by steady but relatively slow annual growth from 2023 to 2030.

Despite the Global Financial Crisis and its aftermath, and despite commodity price fluctuations and a generally strong exchange rate, New Zealand’s primary industries have enjoyed much faster growth rates in recent years. From 2009

Andrew Hoggard FROM THE FARM

to 2019 average annual export growth was 4.8 per cent, with three of those years exceeding 10 per cent growth. MPI estimates that around half the decade’s growth in export revenue was due to volume growth for dairy, logs, and beef, which it considers difficult to sustain in the coming decade.

However, MPI does see potential for smaller but faster growing categories such as horticulture, infant formula, and processed foods to keep growing strongly.

The Fit for a Better World ‘roadmap’ assumes that its interventions – which Federated Farmers mostly supports – would increase annual average growth from 1.9 to 3.4 per cent compounded annually. It projects that in 2030 primary industry exports will reach $67 billion rather than the baseline $57 billion, a $10 billion difference for that year.

So, what about the $44 billion?

This was calculated by taking the differences after subtracting each

year’s baseline projected export revenue from each year’s roadmap projected export revenue and then adding them together. I will let the reader be the judge as to why this curious approach was taken to presenting the numbers.

Fit for a Better World envisages only slightly higher than already sluggish baseline growth rates for dairy and meat and wool, and larger increases in growth rates over baseline for seafood, horticulture, and forestry. These appear to be the favoured sectors and presumably those that will get the lion’s share of attention and funding from its Fit for a Better World initiatives.

While it is good to see strong growth for the likes of seafood, horticulture and forestry, New Zealand has lost billions in export revenue from international tourism and education which have dried up since Covid-19 shut our borders. Even once our borders reopen it will take years for that lost revenue to recover. In the meantime, New Zealand cannot afford to consign its two biggest goods export sectors – dairy and meat and wool – to a future of miserly growth of the nature projected by MPI and barely improved in Fit for a Better World.

It’s certainly hard to reconcile

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any significant aspirations for export growth with the headwinds of government policy, especially on climate change and freshwater, which are intended to limit, if not reduce production for much of the pastoral farming sector and to increase the costs of that production with no guarantee there will suddenly be a price bonanza to get increased export revenue.

If emissions prices are allowed to increase to $50 per tonne and beyond, as is likely under current climate change policy settings, it will be tough on all pastoral farming and could wipe out a lot of sheep and beef farms.

They will reduce agricultural production and export revenue.

Farms will be replaced with plantation forests which might one day sometime in the future result in wood being harvested and forest products exported, but not at best for many years.

And that is before factoring in whether agricultural emissions will be priced at the farmgate, as signalled in the report. What will that do for thriving rural communities?

If any sustained acceleration in agricultural exports is to be achieved, we need to ensure as many of the winds as possible are tailwinds and that we minimise the headwinds.

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MARKET REPORT

By Guy Trafford

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ne thing that the tensions between China and the USA (or Xi and Trump) have shown is that despite the rhetoric, trade can still overshadow politics.

As spoken about before the coronavirus turned everything upside down, China had agreed on a deal to increase trade with the US through a Phase 1 and Phase 2 agreement.

It was looking as though China may renege on purchasing what was agreed, and they would have been entitled to under a force majeure clause created by the pandemic.

However, to date they have not gone down this path.

Up until recently they have been behind on what was agreed but, given the constraints in logistics on both sides of the Pacific, it is understandable and neither side appear to be creating any great fuss over this (not to say there is not a lot being said over almost everything else).

This week however, China has taken a step towards making up at least some of the shortfall.

An order for 1.762 million tonnes of corn for delivery in the 2020-21 marketing year beginning in September has been made. This is the largest single order placed by China (probably anyone) and comes on the back of having also bought 1.17 million tonnes of US soybean this month.

A similar amount of soybean was bought in June when no corn was bought.

However, since March, when China started to make bulk orders from the USA, nearly 4.2 million tonnes of corn has been

purchased.

Apart from soaking some of the USA crop, some interesting signals may be emerging from China (all politics aside).

It appears that government reserves are being depleted at a faster rate than what was earlier expected. This is largely due to the growing recovery of the national pig herd after being decimated by ASF. Currently, corn prices in China are hitting record highs at a time of international prices being low and analysts are estimating there are only two months’ supply in storage (still a massive 50 million tonnes).

China’s own production has been depleted due to floods and the removal of incentives in the Northeast due to excessive supply back in 2016-17.

The bulk of China’s corn imports come from Ukraine, which has lower prices than the USA, although given that some of the stored corn may have quality issues the cheaper price may be for a reason.

Potentially another reason China may be growing its feed reserves is that it is nervous about what is over the horizon.

A similar thought was proposed by ASB senior economist Chris Tennent-Brown in regard to the strong buying by China of Whole Milk Powder at the latest GDT auction.

He limited China’s concerns to “the acceleration in global Covid-19 cases and increased potential for logistics disruption” which makes perfect sense.

However, China is fighting political fires on many fronts at the moment, and any one could lead to constraints with trade.

Meanwhile in the USA, the

additional $US600 per week on top of the usual unemployment benefit is about to come to an end.

Both the Republican and Democratic parties have agreed that it needs extending, but the time taken to get this done appears it will leave a gap in payments.

Despite the generous Covid-19 package for those losing jobs, the unemployment rate in the States has actually decreased from a high of 14.7 per cent in February, which it shot up to after being at a record low of 3.5 per cent at the start of the year.

It is now at 11.1 per cent, however, this still means a massive 18 million people are drawing on the unemployment benefit.

Some in the USA are saying that the lower unemployment rate indicates that the recession (or pancession as it is now starting to be called) is over.

But, with many states hitting record high infection rates and this second wave still not translating into a surge in deaths which is expected to come the odds of clear skies ahead looks distinctly unlikely.

Even the promise of vaccines becoming available is being treated with scepticism, with one

survey quoting that over 50 per cent of those surveyed wouldn’t take a vaccine, yet, as they don’t trust the safety due to the rushing through due process. At the same time African countries are expressing concern that they may be left off the list of early receivers due to their lack of dollars for purchasing ahead of western nations. They want an equitable system of distribution between nation agreed to now before the rush kicks in. The UK has already put an order in for 90 million and 100 million doses of two likely vaccines.

Within the US, given their propensity to sort out issues through litigation, it has surprised me for some time that there is no news of legal action being taken against the President for his lack of leadership of the Covid-19 outbreak which has led to thousands needlessly dying.

A similar action was begun back when Obama was President and continued to Trump’s administration over the USA’s contribution to climate change.

In this case, back in January, the federal appeals court threw out the case, with one Judge stating “the government bluntly insists that it has the absolute right and unreviewable power to destroy the Nation.” and advised the young plaintiffs to seek remedy for climate change from Congress or through elections.

It would be interesting to see how a Covid-19 action would go.

Perhaps fortunately the elections are likely to get rid of this Administration before the courts could rule.

However, it would be interesting to see politicians held to account by the same laws mere mortals are.

The markets Dairy Last week’s GDT auction (-0.7 per cent on previous auction) largely held onto to the gains made at the previous auction (it was up +8.3 per cent).

This has led to one bank (ASB) at least to lift its farm gate forecast price from $6.50 to $6.75 per kg MS. At the moment the outlook for most farm produce is looking positive, with venison still appearing to be the most uncertain.

Saleyards Prices were generally up on the previous week for saleyard stock except for the heavier lambs, which were reported to be somewhat flat with buyers not turning up.

The best buying appears to be in lamb ewes with prices ranging from $114-173.

Cattle lines look to have improved also along with the schedule for cows.

Most schedules were relatively unchanged for the week.

Wool The Napier wool sale experienced a slight lift last week and the most positive thing was low passing in rate of around 12 per cent.

Total volumes were down however.

Partly due to poor shearing weather and no doubt some farmers keeping the wool in the shed until prices improve.

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Long career winds up Russell Lowe has spent almost 50 years selecting, observing, propagating and tasting kiwifruit at Plant and Food Research in Te Puke.

Earlier this year Russell was recognised for his role in developing Zespri’s SunGold kiwifruit.

Forty-eight years ago, research scientist Russell Lowe moved to Te Puke to work at the DSIR’s new research orchard.

There was not a crop in the ground and Russell’s first job was to bang in posts so kiwifruit could be planted.

Now there are more than 40 hectares of fruit planted for research, greenhouses, eight coolstores, purpose-built labs, a packhouse and an office block on site.

Russell is credited with helping develop both Hort 16A, New Zealand’s first export gold kiwifruit and SunGold, the fruit it was replaced with when the disease PSA hit.

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Harry Sherlock at the helm of an impressive Linotype machine, which assembles moulds for lines of text before casting them in molten metal.

The Mail Guardian building and staff, established in 1877.

Spreading the printed word

By Connor Lysaght

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any of us are familiar with typing on our phones and computers, and if you are not able to, then it is not too hard to find someone who can help.

Every day, I am reminded of the fact that we take so much for granted – heat pumps, laptops, hot showers, Facebook, microwaves, and even the typed or printed word.

The ease with which we communicate and share information by typing, or through printed text or images, is something seldom thought about today in a world where we no longer have

to arrange cast metal letters in reverse to print sentences and paragraphs.

From manual to automatic Johannes Gutenberg’s gift to the world, the printing press, allowed for increased literacy and knowledge across the world and through the ages.

Before Gutenberg’s breakthrough invention, carved wooden blocks and ink were used to print books through a painstaking process, thus making printed books a precious commodity.

Buddhist monks in China were arguably the most skilled and prolific early wood block printers, evidenced by one of the earliest

Advert for the Commodore PC Series 2 from the Ashburton Guardian, March 27, 1987. Typical desktop computers today have roughly 50,000 times the hard drive space than this dinosaur!

High school students honing their typing skills, which was a very useful skill to learn when it came to finding employment. books printed using this method, The Diamond Sutra, which was created in the year 868 and still survives today.

Movable type was invented in China by Bi Sheng in the 11th century, and metal type was invented in Korea in the late 14th century.

When Gutenberg’s invention was made available, printed works started to become much more common.

The first printed newspaper, Aller Fuernemmen und Gedenckwuerdigen Historien (Account of All Distinguished and Commemorable Stories) was published in 1605 by Johann Carolus.

The printing world was revolutionised once again during the industrial revolution, with advances such as the industrial cylinder press debuting in the early 19th century.

William Koenig’s industrial cylinder press was steam-powered – a hallmark of the age – and could print both sides of a leaf at once, being able to print 1100 pages an hour.

War of the words As time went on, the world benefited from rapid advances in the

typesetting and printing sectors – Ashburton included.

In the early days of New Zealand’s European settlement, it was a sign of progress and advancement to have a local newspaper in your town – sometimes more than one!

As early entrepreneurs raced around the country setting up gazettes, Ashburton too bore the signs of a prosperous town.

The Mail was established in 1877 by Joseph Ivess, one such paper pioneer who saw opportunity in the open void that was Ashburton’s journalistic landscape.

The Evening Echo came the next year, and the year after Ivess published yet another Ashburton paper, the Evening News.

Ivess was making a grab for the mayor’s seat, and so the owners of the Ashburton Herald (formerly the Echo) founded the Ashburton Guardian to oppose Ivess, whose power grab bore no success.

Over-saturation was an issue at this point, and so the Herald and the Guardian merged in 1880, while the Mail continued on until 1932.

Both papers were owned by

Robert Bell from 1900 onwards.

Clicking, typing, and printing Steam printing gave way to gas power, and eventually electric power became standard.

Technologies such as the Linotype machine, and increasingly efficient printing machines and methods made publishing books and newspapers easier than ever – and yet things only got better from there with the advent of computer word processing and printing.

Over the decades following World War Two, computer processors shrank in size along with production and material costs, while computing power and efficiency increased.

Ashburton embraced the digital age and today we are using computers, phones, tablets, and printers more than ever for our work, hobbies, and leisure activities.

Next time you type something out on your phone or computer, take a moment to think back and appreciate all the iteration and effort it took over the centuries for us to go from using wood blocks and ink to computer technology – I wonder what will come next?

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Celts in Beckley blowout

By Adam Burns

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Celtic have clinched the Bruce Beckley Shield in the most emphatic fashion, halting Collegiate’s reign at seven days.

The green machine gave the defenders an old-fashioned bath on Saturday, romping to a 69-0 home win in Ashburton.

Collegiate, who had only secured the shield a week earlier off Mt Somers, were put to the sword out wide at Celtic’s home ground.

Celtic now await the results of this weekend’s final senior B round, with the team having the bye.

However the side can rest easy knowing it has locked up some silverware for the summer.

The Beckley blowout was not the only one-sided affair during senior B action at the weekend.

Allenton cruised to a 43-14 win over Rakaia away from home, in what was the club’s fourth win of the season.

Rakaia and Southern will face off in a battle for the wooden spoon this weekend

in Hinds, with both clubs yet to register a win this season.

The home side will be able to recruit a maximum of three players from their senior side after their Watters Cup campaign ended on Saturday.

At the other end of the table the unbeaten Methven prevailed over Mt Somers 40-28 in a high-scoring affair at the Mt Somers Domain.

Methven have been faultless after six weeks of the Michael Duff Trophy, securing the maximum allotment of competition points in every game thus far.

The frontrunners host Collegiate in their Paul Williams Cup match-up on Saturday in what will be an entree to the Watters Cup final at the Methven Domain.

However the match of the final round is arguably between Allenton and Mt Somers in Ashburton, with the visitors who currently sit in third spot still not guaranteed of playing semi-final rugby, with Collegiate and Celtic (who are guaranteed five points this weekend) vying for the final Celtic have locked up the Bruce Beckley Shield for the summer and are still a chance of qualifying for the two spots. senior B semi-finals.

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Savea back for the Canes The Bus is back.

Two years after leaving the Hurricanes the former All Blacks winger Julian Savea is returning.

The 29-year-old Savea has spent the past couple of seasons playing for French club Toulon where his initial two-year contract was reportedly worth $1.65 million a season, however he took a pay cut to remain on Toulon’s books this year, but ended up leaving the club in May to return home.

With winger Ben Lam heading to French club Bordeaux having played his final game for the Hurricanes in the side’s surprise win over the Crusaders, there’s now a vacancy at the Hurricanes.

“Looking foward to rejoining my brothers...blessed to get this opportunity and very grateful!,” Savea said on social media.

The Hurricanes have also suffered the loss of All Blacks midfielder Ngani Lau-

mape, who broke his arm in the Crusaders game and will miss the remainder of the Super Rugby Aotearoa season.

Savea hasn’t played a game since returning to Auckland, where he has been based and the Hurricanes have a bye this weekend.

Hurricanes coach Jason Holland believes Savea is in good shape physically.

“He’s been working pretty hard by the sound of it ... it’s awesome that he can come back because he has been part of the furniture here for so long,” he said.

The Hurricanes have a bye this weekend in Super Rugby Aotearoa and play the Chiefs in their next game up, but Savea is unlikely to feature.

“He hasn’t played any club footy, and he won’t be in the hunt for that 11 jersey for the Chiefs game, but we will just what happens after that.”

Julian Savea has been in action for Toulon for the past two years.

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Goals galore in Sunday spectacle Mid Canterbury United’s talented 15th grade outfit continued its stellar form at the weekend, despite its opposition defaulting on Saturday. The young team, who have just been promoted to Mainland’s 15th grade division one, were unable to strut their stuff on Saturday after Nomads United defaulted. However Mid Canterbury faced off in a non-competition catch-up game against Selwyn United the next day at the Ashburton Domain, where both teams let their hair down on attack. Mid Canterbury ran out to a comfortable 8-3 win after leading 5-2 at halftime. Coach Richard Ward said the side continue to impress with their commitment and attitude in every game the side plays.

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RESULTS ■■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club Saturday July 19, Conlands Trophy: N/S 1st Mary Buckland & Trish Small, 2nd Bill Kolkman & Pat Jordan, 3rd Trish & Peter Downward. E/W 1st Sue Rosevear & John Fechney, 2nd Margaret & John Shearer, 3rd Bev Macaulay & John Irwin.

Monday Evening – July 20, Flaxmere & King Trophies: N/S 1st David Robins & George Brown, 2nd Heather & Bruce Sim, 3rd Lynette Adams & David McCormick. E/W 1st Paul Leadley & David Fisher, 2nd Mervyn Jones & Joyce Johnson, 3rd Georgina Black & Carolyn Cameron.

Tuesday Evening – July 21, Ron Sutherland Trophy: 1st Betty Hawthorne & Trish Small, 2nd Rewa Kyle & John Fechney, 3rd Maree Moore & Pauline Fergus, 4th Val Palmer & Annette Blain, 5th Mary Buckland & Judith Edmond, 6th Peter & Trish Downward.

Wednesday July 22, Valetta Trophy: 1st Peter Downward & Mary Buckland, 2nd Sue Rosevear & Kay Robb, 3rd Trish Downward & Rewa Kyle, 4th Trish Small & Leigh Wackrow, 5th Paul & Pauline Fergus, 6th Bev Macaulay & John Irwin.

Thursday July 23 Eileen Willoughby Trophy: N/S 1st Trish & Peter Downward, 2nd Evelyne Taylor & Pat Jordan, 3rd Annette Blain & Rona Brownlie, E/W 1st Kay Robb & John Fechney, 2nd Val Palmer & Johnny Wright, 3rd =Alan Wright & Mike Holmes and Sue Rosevear & Anne Reid.

■■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers no. 5 Training Ride.

27 riders. 25th 7.20. 1st Home Don Sutton 26m 16s. 2nd James Kaye 26m 17s. 3rd Don Morrison 26m 17s. 4th Michelle Knight 26m 18s. 5th Ross Templeton 26m 22s. 6th Marcel Smithers 26m 26s. 7th Debbie Skinner 31m 50s. 8th Andy Skinner 31m 51s. 9th Ron Kennedy 31m 51s. 10th Janette Hooper 31m 51s. 11th Kerry Clough 31m 52s. 12th Alan Johns 31m 52s. 13th Richard Kirwan 26m 38s. 14th Rob Hooper 24m 49s.4f/t. 15th Kristine Marriott 24m 50s.5f/t. 16th Gerrard Morrison 24m 50s. 6f/t. 17th Doug Coley 26m 41s. 18th Nick Grijns 26m 41s. 19th Roger Wilson 27m 33s. 20th Mike Hansen 24m 54s 7f/t.

Tinwald Cycling U17 Development

Open Handicap. 1st Charlotte Neal 2nd Konrad Artz, 3rd Zoe Nicholls, 4th Tineke Artz.

5th Amwolf Artz. Grade Placing, A. Amwolf Artz. B. 1st Konrade Artz. 2nd Zoe Nicholls, C. 1st Charlotte Neal, 2nd Tineke Artz. 1.5km.

Time Trial. 1st Amwolf Artz. 2.05. 2nd Tineke Artz 2.16. 3rd Zoe Nicholls 2.18. 4th Konrad Artz. 5th Charlotte Neal. Grade Placings. A. Amwolf Artz. B. Zoe Nicholls, Konrad Artz.

C. Tineke Artz. Charlotte Neal.

Teams, Girls Team Charlotte Neal, Tineke Artz, Zoe Nicholls, 8m 19s. Boys Team, Konrad Artz, Amwolf Artz, 9.01. thanks to all.

discovered a few different ways could be used to show the scores! We’ll do it again in a few weeks’ time.

On July 30 we’ll play round 5 of the Heather Smith Trophy - a stableford round sponsored by Sega Golf. Our first game in August will be Round 5 of the Jean Drummond Trophy – a stroke round, sponsored

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■■ Golf

Watters Cup Semi Finals: Methven PWL 37 Hampstead 30, Southern Stu Tarbotton Rakaia 25 Senior B – Michael Duff Memorial Trophy: Celtic Kelly’s Café 69 & Bar Collegiate 0, Mt Somers 28 Methven 40, Rakaia 0 Allenton 43.

Senior Women: Lincoln University 28 Celtic B’s Barber 27 Combined Colts: Lincoln13 Methven/Rakia 19, Prebbleton 57 Celtic/Southern 0 1st XV UC Championship: Roncalli 12 MC Combined 13 Under 18 Combined: MCRU Alps 37 Waihora 22.

Under 16 Combined: Saracens 7 MCRU Plains 53, Prebbleton 14 MCRU Alps 27.

Under 14.5 Combined: Prebbleton 5 MCRU Alps 46, MCRU Plains 98 Leeston 12

Ashburton 9 Holers The 9 hole players gathered in the clubroom before play and following a discussion of the do’s and don’ts of match play, we teed off in pairs. Due to logistics and time constraints all pairs played 9 holes and the winners were: Chris Anderson, Maryanne Urquhart, Jenny Matthews, Judith Stoddart, Gordon Clinton, Peter Stechman, Bruce Sim, Eric Weir, Stewart Bennet, Peter Woods, Andre van Rooyen, Gail Gutsell, Joy Nicholas, and Dorothy Knight. Kay Miles and Linda Baker were neck and neck and finished with the same score.

It was a different way to play for most of us and when the scorecards were checked, we

■■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby

Luisetti Seeds Watters Cup Final Saturday, August 1st, Methven Domain

Methven v Rakaia 2:30pm, Methven Free Entry

■■ Squash Celtic Squash Club Results from last week’s round of the Celtic Squash Club’s winter league competition: Team 1 lost to Team 10 9-10: Jason Feutz lost to John McDonnell 1-3, Craig Donaldson beat Neil Keenan 3-1, Rebecca Abernethy lost to Shane Muckle 1-3, Trudy Dalton beat Lucas Raphold 3-1, Kate Williams lost to Tate Dryland 1-3.

Team 3 beat Team 4 13-11: Matt Speedy beat Ben Kruger 3-1, Ron Carlson beat Wouter Myburgh 3-0, Rob Giles lost to Jordie Hooper 2-3, Mike Keen lost to Hamish Trott 2-3, Jan Lee lost to Hamish O’Reilly 0-3, Maggie Clark beat Sian Hurley 3-2.

Team 2 lost to Team 5 11-14: Ben Kruger beat Mick Hooper 3-2, Jimmy Hunn beat Tim Kuipers 3-1, Brendan Clark lost to Chris Lima 0-3, Kirsty Clay lost to Amy Muckle 2-3, Hayden Robinson lost to Chrissie Stratford 0-3, Megan Bell beat Sarah Forbes 3-2.

Team 8 lost to Team 6 6-12: Paul Cousins lost to Chris O’Reilly 0-3, Harry Stanway beat Ron Carlson 3-0, Ian Dolden lost to Chris Lima 0-3, Guy Stanway lost to Riley Broker 0-3, Chrissie Stratford beat Jane Kingan 3-0.

Team points: Rob Giles’ Team 3 leads with 114, Kirsty Clay’s Team 2 is second on 110, Chris O’Reilly’s Team 6 third on 109.

- More results in Wednesday’s Guardian

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DRAWS ■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club Saturday August 1 The finals of the Watson and Newton Cups will be played.

For players not in the matchplay there will be a stableford round.

Number 1 tee 12.00 S McCloy & S Lee v D & B Snowball; T Molloy & B Ferriman v N MacDonald & R Lambert Starting Times: Morning 8.00 (frost dependent) and afternoon report at 11.30 for a 12.00pm start.

Nine hole golfers from 12.30.

■■ Hockey Mid Canterbury Hockey Small Sticks Duty Club: Wakanui Friday July 31 Kiwi Sticks [Yr 5] 3.45 pm Tinwald v Tinwald Foothills [Turf a] H Kidd, J Muir Allenton v Wakanui Black [Turf b] G Muir, R Kidd 4.30 pm Rakaia v Wakanui Blue [Turf a] H Kidd, G Muir Allenton Yr 6 v Rakaia Yr 6 [Turf b] J Muir, R Kidd Methven [Bye] Kiwi Sticks [Yr 6] 5.15 pm Collegians D & E v Wakanui [Turf a] L Ellis, J Muir Methven White v Tinwald Foothills [Turf b] J Ellis, D Law 6.00 pm Tinwald v Methven Black [Turf a] D Law, J Muir 1st Grade Women 6.50 pm Hampstead v Hampstead Blue [Methven, Wakanui] 8.00 pm Methven v Wakanui [Hampstead, Hampstead Blue] Just Hockey SSL Div 1 Boys Marist Park @ St Bedes 4.30 pm Ashburton College 1st XI v Lincoln High School 1st XI [Umpires supplied] Small Sticks Duty Club: Wakanui Saturday August 1 Mini Sticks 10.15 am Methven Yr 3 v Tinwald [Turf a] Coaches Wakanui Black v Methven Yr 4 [Turf b] Coaches, Hampstead v Allenton [Turf c] Coaches Wakanui Blue v Tinwald Foothills [Turf d] Coaches Fun Sticks 11.00 am Draws made on the day [Coaches] Senior Women TIM 4.50 pm Craighead 1st XI v Wakanui [Umpires supplied] Senior Men TIM 2.55 pm Temuka v Wakanui [Umpires supplied] Sunday August 2 2nd Grade Girls Ash NBS 1.40 pm Tinwald v Wakanui [Wakanui Snr Men, Wakanui Snr Women] 1st Grade Men 4.00 pm Hampstead/ Wakanui v Allenton [Tinwald Black, Tinwald Orange] 5.25 pm Hampstead Lowcliffe v Wakanui [Hampstead/Wakanui, Allenton] 6.50 pm Tinwald Black v Tinwald [Orange Hampstead, Lowcliffe Wakanui] Monday August 3 2nd Grade Boys TIM AE 5.40 pm Primary Inv v Wakanui [Umpires supplied] TIM TA 6.50 pm TBHS Falcons v Allenton [Umpires supplied] Tuesday 4 August Kwik Sticks [Yrs 7 & 8] 4.00 pm Allenton v Methven [M Wilson, B Greer] 5.15 pm Tinwald Foothills v Wakanui Black [L Ellis, G Oates] 6.30 pm Wakanui Blue/Collegians v Tinwald Orange [A Mitchell, Harry] Wednesday August 5 Just Hockey SSL Div 2 Girls Nunweek Park 2 6.10 pm Ashburton College 1st XI v Chch Girls High School Red [Umpires supplied]

■■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby Saturday August 1, 2020 Seniors – Luisetti Seeds Watters Cup – Final: Methven PWL v Rakaia, Methven1, 2:30pm K Faalogo, H Grant, J O’Connor, M Southby.

Senior B – Michael Duff Memorial Trophy Methven v Collegiate, Methven2, 12:45pm H Grant, Southern Wholesale Seeds v Rakaia, Hinds1, 12:00pm G Jopson, Allenton v Mt Somers, Allenton1, 2:30pm C Kelland, Celtic Kelly’s Café & Bar bye.

Senior Women Celtic B’s Barber v HSOB, Celtic1, 1:00pm TBC Referee.

Combined Colts Methven/Rakaia v Prebbleton, Methven1, 12:00pm J O’Connor, Celtic/Southern v Waihora, Hinds2, 1:15pm K Opele

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Tuesday, July 28, 2020 1st XV UC Championship St Thomas cc v MC Combined, St Thomas Field1, 12:00pm Under 18 Combined MC Alps v Oxford, Hampstead1, 2:15pm S Bennett Under 16 Combined West Melton v MCRU Alps, West Melton3, 12:30pm, MCRU Plains v Prebbleton, Hampstead1, 1:00pm P Everest Under 14.5 Combined Lincoln v MCRU Plains, Lincoln1, 12:00pm, MCRU Alps v Waihora, Methven3, 12:00pm J Robinson Under 13 Allenton Smallbones v Celtic/Rakaia, Allenton1, 12:30pm Club referee, Celtic v Collegiate Ross Leadley Building, Celtic2, 1:00pm M Tuilaepa, Southern/Tinwald Howden AG v Methven, Hinds2, 12:00pm Club referee Under 11.5 Celtic Green v Celtic White, Celtic3A, 1:00pm, Hampstead v Collegiate Cates Grain & Seed, Hampstead1A, 12:00pm, Methven Black v Southern Coleman Ag, Methven4, 12:00pm L Bell, Methven White v Rakaia, Methven3A, 1:15pm Under 10 Allenton Trembath Constructions v Southern Four Seasons Treecare, Allenton2,

12:15pm, Celtic White v Tinwald Ace Automotive, Celtic3B, 1:00pm, Hampstead v Celtic Green, Hampstead1B, 12:00pm, Methven Black v Rakaia, Methven3B, 1:15pm, Methven White v Methven Red, Methven4, 1:00pm Under 9 Allenton Engineering Solutions v Collegiate/Hamp Regent Cinema, Allenton3, 1:15pm, Celtic v Tinwald Moore Mechanical, Celtic4, 12:30pm, Methven v Southern Hayden McKenzie Contracting, Methven5, 12:00pm, BYE Rakaia Under 8 Allenton Alpine view v Collegiate/Hampstead, Allenton2, 1:15pm, Celtic Green v Celtic White, Celtic4, 1:30pm, Methven/ Mt Somers v Methven, Methven5, 1:00pm, Southern Bush Joinery v Tinwald Gluyas Nissan, Hinds3, 12:00pm, BYE Rakaia Under 7 Allenton Gold Young Electrical v Allenton Auto Maroon, Allenton3, 12:30pm, Methven v Collegiate Ashburton Crane Hire, Methven2A, 12:00pm, Methven/ Mt Somers v Rakaia, Methven1B, 1:30pm, Southern Blue James Doyle Contracting v Tinwald NZ Livestock B, Hinds4, 12:15pm, Southern White Riverlea Ag v Tinwald Skip-2-it Flooring O, Hinds4, 1:00pm, BYE Celtic Under 6 Allenton Gold Ashburton Plumbing Services v Mt Somers, Allenton1A, 1:30pm, Allenton Maroon Sparrow Family v Tinwald Cranfield Glass Blue, Allenton1B, 1:30pm, Hampstead v Celtic White, Hampstead1A, 11:15am, Methven Black v Rakaia, Methven1A, 1:30pm, Methven White v Tinwald Alluvial Black, Methven2B, 12:00pm, Southern Matt Wakelin Contracting B v Celtic Green, Hinds5A, 12:15pm, Southern Harcourts Ashburton R v Tinwald Orange, Hinds5B, 12:30pm, Southern Agspread W v Collegiate Cranfield Glass, Hinds5A, 1:00pm

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August 2020 The following meetings will be held in August 2020 in the Council Chamber, 200 Tuam Street, Christchurch.

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9.30am STEADY AS YOU GO FALL PREVENTION. Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance in a supportive environment. Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817.

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9.30am STEADY AS YOU GO FALL PREVENTION. Otago Medical School

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10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street, Methven.

6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

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9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. For men of all ages and abilities, join us for a cuppa. 8 William Street.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For information phone Age Concern 308 6817.

Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

10am - 4pm

Signing Service, no appointments necessary and no charge, available Tuesday and Fridays. Community House, 44 Cass Street.

1pm STEADY AS YOU GO FALL PREVENTION. Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance in a supportive environment. Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817.

St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Main Road, Rakaia.

1pm - 2.30pm R AND R LINE DANCING ASHBURTON. Weekly beginner line dance class. MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street.

NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street, Methven.

10.30am STEADY AS YOU GO FALL PREVENTION. Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance in a supportive environment. Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817.

Buffalo Lodge Hall, Cox Street.

1.30pm STEADY AS YOU GO FALL PREVENTION. Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance in a supportive environment. Age

3pm - 4.30pm R AND R LINE DANCING ASHBURTON. Weekly intermediate line dance class. MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street.

3.30pm - 5pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Toys to hire, the Triangle, 106 Victoria Street, look us up on facebook - Ashburton toy library.

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. New players welcome, rackets available. EA Networks Stadium, River Terrace.

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Buffalo Lodge Hall, Cox Street.

1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Euchre with prizes and raffles.

All welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, the domain, Philip Street.

6.30pm - 9pm THE MID CANTERBURY LINEDANCERS. 6.30pm - 7.30pm Beginners learn to line dance following onto easy intermediate level, 7.30pm - 9pm. Instructor Annette Fyfe 0274 813 131.

Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): There are things you feel you know about your future self, as you’ve had glimpses of the person you’re growing into. To fuel the vision is not a rejection of who you are now. Your vision guides with a loving push.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You like some of what’s going on now, but you also know that it doesn’t take too long for “more of the same” to feel like a trap. You’ll resist complacency and order something different off of the menu of life.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Relationships are more important than whatever it is that’s being exchanged inside them. You don’t think of people in terms of what they can do for you, but some people do. Avoid those who are gunning for short-term gains.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): To have a place for everything and everything in that place is an achievable ideal. Maybe things will not stay that way for long, but once established, it’s a state that can be returned to with minimal effort.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Most of the wins come from being in the right headspace to cross the goal line.

The actual movement matters less than the mindset that’s making you move.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): The status quo has impressive muscles and will flex them to intimidate change. If you let them, things will go back to the way they were. What are you willing to do to stop it?

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You receive the gift of cosmic clarity and will be motivated by what you learn. You’ll identify a specific area you could improve on, and you’ll see an easy, workable way to this end.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You’re committed to being helpful, and it has only led to better things.

People value you and will ask appropriately.

Nothing you give diminishes you. All that you give makes you bigger.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Everyone stumbles, but not everyone gets back up. Build a fail-safe into your plan so that when you fall down, it will be very obvious what you need to do next to spring back.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You’re ready to try a new approach. You just need a good subject. Pick either someone who already seems up for it or someone who so sorely needs help that any involvement is a step up.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Doing too many things at once can be a method of self-sabotage.

Decide where to focus, and then be strict with yourself. Master one skill. Get that in your bones before you do anything else.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Have a conversation about what the issue is. You don’t want to waste time digging down into the wrong place. Your emotions will show you the spot to work on.

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HART, Elizabeth Jane (Jane) – 18.07.1936 – 27.07.2013 HART, Penelope Jane (Penny) – 22.10.1960 – 28.07.2019 In loving memory of our dear Mum and Sister.

Though your smiles have gone forever and your hands we cannot touch.

We have so many memories of the ones we loved so much.

Your memory is our keepsake with which we’ll never part.

God has you in his keeping, we have you in our hearts.

May the winds of heaven blow softly and whisper in your ear.

How much we love and miss you and wish that you were here.

Thinking of you both daily.

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Wind at 2000m: Light but NW 55 km/h for a time in the morning north of Mt Hutt.

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High cloud. Northeasterlies developing in the morning.

High cloud. Northerlies strengthening.

High cloud with spots of rain, but scattered rain near the foothills. Northerlies.

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Wind at 2000m: Light. N 45 km/h developing in the evening.

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6am Breakfast 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 With Cardi B and Nacho Figueras. 0 10am Tipping Point 3 11am The Chase 3 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PG Jai begins to unravel; Kim and Jamie unite; Rhona confronts Marlon. 0 1:30 Fair Go 3 0 2pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show PG 3 0 3pm Tipping Point 3 4pm Te Karere 2 4:30 Pressure’s On Vanessa Gianfrancesco prepares delicious recipes using her multicooker. 0 5pm The Chase 3 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

6:30 Code Fun 0 6:40 Darwin And Newts 0 6:50 Tinpo 3 0 6:55 Kiri And Lou 3 0 7am Quimbo’s Quest 3 0 7:25 The Jungle Bunch To The Rescue! 3 0 7:40 Spongo, Fuzz, And Jalapena 0 7:50 Bakugan – Battle Planet 0 8:15 Puppy Dog Pals 3 0 8:40 PJ Masks 3 0 9am Infomercials 10am Neighbours PG 3 0 10:30 Murphy Brown 0 11am Siren PG 3 0 11:50 MasterChef Australia – Back To Win PG 3 0 1:05 Judge Rinder PG 3 2:05 Life In Pieces PG 3 0 2:30 Home And Away 3 0 3pm Shortland Street PG 3 0 3:30 Justice League Action 3 0 3:40 Get Arty PGC 0 4:10 Brain Busters 0 4:35 Friends 3 0 5:05 The Simpsons 3 0 5:35 The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6pm Neighbours 0 6:30 Home And Away PG 0

6am The AM Show 9am The Café PG 10am Infomercials 11:25 Millionaire Hot Seat 3 0 12:25 Face The Truth PG 3 Former teen parents Bradley and Jennifer met again, and are now engaged, but she thinks he is cheating because he still talks to his former partner.

12:55 Dr Phil M 3 1:55 Big Brother Australia PG 3 0 3:25 Bondi Vet 3 0 4pm The Fishing Show Classics PG The best fishing action from around New Zealand and the world. 0 4:30 NewsHub Live At 4:30pm 5pm Millionaire Hot Seat 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

6am Jeopardy 3 6:50 Wheel Of Fortune 3 7:40 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 0 8:05 The Thundermans 0 8:30 Batman – The Animated Series 3 0 9am Antiques Road Trip 3 10am The Doctors PGC 11am Container Wars PG 3 0 Noon Hot Bench PG 12:30 L Rugby First XV Southland Boys v King’s High School. 2pm The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG 3 2:30 Married… With Children PG 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 3 5pm Frasier 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Storage Hunters PG 0 6:30 Netball Zone

6:30 Pipi Ma 6:35 Takaro Tribe 3 6:45 Kia Mau 3 6:55 Waiata Mai 7:05 Te Nutube 7:15 E Ki E Ki 7:20 Tamariki Haka 7:30 Darwin + Newts 3 7:40 Haati Paati 3 7:50 Paia 8am Te Ao Tapatahi 9am Whanau Kai 9:30 Ako 3 2 10am Iwi Anthems 3 10:30 Whanau Living 3 11am Nga Tangata Taumata Rau 3 Noon Pukuhohe 3 12:30 Shear Bro 3 1pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 1:30 Ako 3 2 2pm Toku Reo 2 3pm Korero Mai 3 3:30 Ahorangi – Next Generation 3 4pm Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 4:30 Swagger 5pm Pipi Ma 5:05 Takaro Tribe 3 5:15 Kia Mau 3 5:25 Waiata Mai 5:35 Te Nutube 5:45 E Ki E Ki 5:50 Tamariki Haka 6pm Merchants Of The Wild 6:30 Te Ao Marama

6am Tiny House Nation 7am Hugh’s Three Good Things 7:30 Hemsley And Hemsley – Healthy And Delicious 8am The Family Farm 9am Cheese Slices 9:30 James Martin’s American Adventure 10:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC 11:30 Salvage Hunters 12:30 Lost Treasures Of The Maya 1:30 Miriam’s Big American Adventure 2:30 Mediterranean Odyssey – Myths And Legends Of Greece 3:30 Wildest NZ 4:30 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals 5pm Choccywoccydoodah 5:30 Mysteries At The Museum 6:30 Salvage Hunters

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Inside Taronga Zoo 0 8:30 The Dog House PG Terrier puppies Bobo and Lenny, who are completely different in looks and personality, need a forever home; 82-year-old Alan meets Lhasa Apso Ruby. 0 9:30 Coronation Street PG 0 10:30 1 News Tonight 0

7pm Shortland Street PG 0 7:30 MasterChef Australia – Back To Win 0 8:45 First Dates Hotel M Fitness fanatic Bernard, who is 87, meets ballroomdancing grandma Ruth. 0 9:45 Station 19 M 0 10:40 Two And A Half Men PGS 3 0

7pm The Project 7:30 Big Brother Australia PG 0 8pm Bondi Rescue 8:30 NCIS – LA M 9:25 Big Brother Australia 10pm NCIS – LA M 3 0 10:55 NewsHub Late

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Yorkshire Airport Baggage agent Johnny must keep up his track record of reuniting every lost bag with its owner; Chloe deals with oversized hand luggage. 0 8:30 Ordeal By Innocence 16VLSC 0 9:45 Strike Back 18VLSC 10:45 The Breakdown

7:30 Terei Tonight Pio Terei’s new talk show where celebrities, singers, newsmakers, and high-profile leaders share their ideas and views with Pio. 8:30 Last Of The Giants 9:30 Hunting With Tui PGC 3 10pm Waka Ama Sprints 10:30 Te Po Mekemeke 3

7:30 The Restoration Workshop Antiques dealer Gary Wallis and his team find unloved antiques and objects, and transform them into items for the high-end interiors market.

8:30 Property Brothers – Forever Home 9:30 George Clarke’s Old House New Home 10:30 Salvage Hunters

11pm Sunday 3 0 Midnight Shop Well For Less 3 0 1:05 Emmerdale PG 3 0 1:55 Te Karere 3 2 2:20 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

11:05 Mom PG 3 0 11:35 F Paradise Hotel 16L 12:20 For The People M 3 0 1:05 Shortland Street PG 3 0 1:40 Infomercials 2:40 Love Connection 3 0 3:30 Australian Survivor M 3 0 4:40 Emmerdale PG 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:25 The Blacklist 16 3 Red draws the attention of a manipulator; Liz’s quest leads her to study the methods of one of the Blacklist’s most dangerous criminals. 0 12:20 Infomercials

11:55 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG The best of Stephen Colbert’s satire and comedy, discussing politics, entertainment, business, and more.

12:55 Closedown

11pm Whawhai – Fight Night 3 Series that brings together the fighting styles of boxing, kickboxing, and MMA. 11:30 Closedown

11:30 Mysteries At The Museum 12:30 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals 1am Choccywoccydoodah 1:30 Cheese Slices 2am Storage Hoarders 3am Wildest NZ 4am George Clarke’s Old House New Home 5am Mysteries At The Museum PGC

The Dog House

8:30pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 10am Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry PG 3 10:55 Snapped M 3 11:50 The Kelly Clarkson Show 12:50 The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills M 3 1:50 Below Deck – Mediterranean M 3 3pm Keeping Up With The Kardashians PG 3 4pm Child Genius UK 3 5pm Judge Jerry 3 5:30 Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry PG 3 6:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 7:30 Botched M Dr Nassif works on a patient’s nose; Dr Dubrow helps a single mother whose breast implant fell out; a transgender twin needs the doctors to complete her Bimbo Barbie transformation.

8:30 The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills M Lisa invites Dorit and the others on a Roman getaway.

9:30 Killer Couples M 10:30 Snapped M 3 11:20 Babies Behind Bars M 3 12:10 Infomercials

NCIS – LA

8:30pm on Three

Sky 5 6am Jeopardy! PG 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune 6:45 The Simpsons PG 7:10 Pawn Stars PG 7:35 Pawn Stars PG 8am The Force MC 8:25 Storage Wars PG 8:50 Storage Wars PG 9:15 Hardcore Pawn PGL 9:40 Hawaii Five-0 MV 10:25 SVU MV 11:10 Pawn Stars PG 11:35 Pawn Stars PG Noon Raw Live 3:05 Pawn Stars PG 3:35 Pawn Stars PG 4pm The Simpsons PG 4:30 Jeopardy! PG 5pm Wheel Of Fortune 5:30 Hardcore Pawn PG 6pm Storage Wars PG 6:30 Storage Wars PG 7pm The Force MC 7:30 Hawaii Five-0 MV 8:30 Truck Night In America PGL 9:30 The Cops MV 10:30 SVU MV 11:15 Storage Wars PG 11:40 Storage Wars PG Wednesday 12:05 Pawn Stars PG 12:30 Pawn Stars PG 12:55 Wheel Of Fortune 1:20 Jeopardy! PG 1:40 The Force MC 2:05 The Cops MV 2:50 Truck Night In America PGL 3:40 SVU MV 4:25 Hardcore Pawn PGL 4:50 Hawaii Five-0 MV 5:35 The Simpsons PG

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREAtS

6am My Valentine 16VLSC 2019 Horror. Britt Baron, Benedict Samuel. 7:17 State Like Sleep 16LSC 2018 Drama. Katherine Waterson, Michael Shannon.

8:59 Gemini Man MVL 2019 Action. Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

10:54 Level 16 16VC 2018 Scifi. Katie Douglas, Celina Martin.

12:34 Daphne 16LC 2017 Comedy. Emily Beecham, Geraldine James. 2pm My Valentine 16VLSC 2019 Horror.

Britt Baron, Benedict Samuel.

3:20 Grace 16C 2019 Romantic Comedy. Tate Donovan, Katie Cassidy. 5pm Lost In London MLS 2017 Drama. Woody Harrelson, Owen Wilson.

6:45 Slaughterhouse Rulez 16VSC 2018 Comedy.

Simon Pegg, Nick Frost.

8:30 Gemini MVL 2018 Thriller. A personal assistant must solve the murder case of her Hollywood starlet boss, while also dealing with her own demons. Lola Kirke, Zoe Kravitz.

10:05 Hope Springs Eternal PGL 2017 Comedy.

Mia Rose Frampton, Stony Blyden.

11:25 Domino 18VLC 2019 Thriller. Nikolaj CosterWaldau, Guy Pearce.

6am Transformers – Dark Of The Moon MVL 2011 Action. Shia LaBeouf.

8:35 The Other Woman MLS 2014 Romantic Comedy.

Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton. 10:25 50/50 16LS 2011 Comedy Drama.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen.

12:05 The Lord Of The Rings – The Two Towers MV 2002 Fantasy. Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen.

3pm The Host MV 2013 Sci-fi Adventure. Rachel Roberts, Shyaam Karra.

5:05 The Hangover 16LSC 2009 Comedy. Bradley Cooper.

6:45 Alien v Predator MV 2004 Horror. Lance Henriksen, Sanaa Lathan.

8:30 Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead 16VLSC 2007 Crime Drama. When two brothers organise the robbery of their parents’ jewellery store, the job goes badly wrong, triggering a series of unforeseen events.

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney.

10:30 The Monuments Men MV 2014 Action Drama.

George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray.

Wednesday 12:30 The Lord Of The Rings – The Two Towers MV 2002 Fantasy.

Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen. 3:25 The Host MV 2013 Sci-fi Adventure.

Rachel Roberts, Shyaam Karra.

5:30 The Hangover 16LSC 2009 Comedy. Bradley Cooper.

Wednesday

12:55 Grace 16C 2019 Romantic Comedy.

2:35 Gemini MVL 2018 Thriller. 4:06 Domino 18VLC 2019 Thriller.

Sky SPORt 1 7am Rugby Nation 8am Loosehead Footy 9am Super Rugby Australia (HLS) Reds v Force. 9:30 Super Rugby Australia (HLS) Force v Brumbies. 10am Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) Crusaders v Hurricanes.

10:30 Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) Blues v Chiefs. 11am GrassRoots Rugby Noon Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) Blues v Chiefs.

12:30 L First XV Rugby Southland Boys’ v King’s High School. 2:30 First XV Rugby (RPL) Mahurangi College v Rangitoto High.

4pm Rugby Nation 5pm Loosehead Footy 6pm Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) Crusaders v Hurricanes.

6:15 Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) Blues v Chiefs.

6:30 Super Rugby Australia (HLS) Reds v Force.

7pm Super Rugby Australia (HLS) Force v Brumbies.

7:30 Rugby Nation 8:30 The Breakdown 9:30 Loosehead Footy 10:30 Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) Crusaders v Hurricanes.

11pm Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) Blues v Chiefs.

11:30 The Breakdown

Wednesday

12:30 Rugby Nation 1:30 Loosehead Footy 2:30 First XV Rugby (RPL) Southland Boys’ v King’s High School. 4am 24 Sevens 4:30 Super Rugby Australia (RPL) Force v Brumbies.

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; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences 16 years and over; PG Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits FM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

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DISCOVERy

6:30 Would I Lie To You? PG 7am The Vicar Of Dibley PG 7:30 The Graham Norton Show PG 8:20 The Bill MVC 9:10 Lewis M 10:40 Death In Paradise PG 11:40 Father Brown PG 12:25 Midsomer Murders M 2pm The Bill MVC 2:55 DCI Banks MVC 4:35 The Graham Norton Show ML 5:30 Who Do You Think You Are? USA PG 6:20 Qi M 6:55 The Vicar Of Dibley PG 7:30 Qi MLSC Stephen Fry tackles geometry with David Mitchell, Rob Brydon and Alan Davies.

8pm Would I Lie To You? PG With guest panellists Ronni Ancona, Chris Hoy, Gabby Logan, and Danny Wallace.

8:35 Heartbeat MVC After an explosion in the woods, rumours spread that a meteorite has landed in Aidensfield.

9:30 Ackley Bridge MVC Jordan offers to help with baby Jamie’s christening; Cory lashes out during rugby practice; Missy finds herself in hot water.

10:25 Father Brown PG 11:15 Midsomer Murders M

6:35 Fast N’ Loud PG 7:30 What On Earth? PG Curse of Genghis Khan.

8:20 Top Gear – Top Fails PG 9:10 Vegas Rat Rods PG Gassed Up Bootleggers.

10am How Do They Do It? PG 10:25 How Do They Do It? PG 10:50 How It’s Made PG 11:15 How It’s Made PG 11:40 Aussie Lobster Men PG 12:30 Murder Comes To Town M Say it Ain’t So. 1:20 People Magazine Investigates – Cults M Yahweh Nation. 2:10 Top Gear 3pm Bering Sea Gold PG Every Ounce Counts.

3:50 Gold Rush PG Inferno.

4:45 Fast N’ Loud PG 5:40 Aussie Lobster Men PG 6:35 Outback Opal Hunters PG 7:30 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 8:30 Expedition Unknown – Hunt For Extraterrestrials PG Roswell Revealed.

9:25 Mysteries Of The Deep PG Nazi Toxic Hell Sub. 10:15 Contact PG Crash Landing.

11:05 Naked And Afraid M Curse Of The Swamp 2/2.

11:55 Nasa’s Unexplained Files PG Curse of the Red Planet.

12:50 Qi M 1:20 Qi MLSC 1:50 Would I Lie To You? PG 2:25 Who Do You Think You Are? USA PG 3:10 Heartbeat MVC 3:55 Ackley Bridge MVC 4:45 Father Brown PG 5:30 Father Brown PG

12:45 How It’s Made PG 1:10 How Do They Do It? PG 1:35 Gold Rush PG 2:25 Bering Sea Gold PG 4:05 What On Earth? PG 4:55 Naked And Afraid MVL 5:45 Gold Rush PG

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Sport

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Celtic Senior B rampant

Goalfest for the under 15s

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CLIFFHANGER!

Mid Canterbury Combined fullback Charlie Brown was the hero at the death with an injury time penalty.

By Adam Burns

adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

There is a sense of renewed belief among the Mid Canterbury Combined group after they gutsed their way to their first season win at the weekend.

A 14-man Combined pulled off a thrilling last-gasp 13-12 away win over Roncalli Combined in Timaru on Saturday, following a clutch penalty at the death by Charlie Brown.

Down by two, Combined were awarded an injury-time penalty, and Brown stepped up and slot-

ted the kick five metres in from touch to seal a dramatic onepoint win.

The moment was caught on video and shared on the Mount Hutt College Facebook page yesterday.

Combined were forced to play the majority of the encounter a man down after one of their players copped a red card after 10 minutes.

Despite this, Combined were full of running in the first half as a handful of chances went begging, and they had two five pointers

disallowed in the second spell.

“We were a bit unlucky,” head coach Shane Enright said.

“I think we had a bit of white line fever in the first half.”

The Mid Cantabrians would eventually cross the chalk with loose forward Ben Middleton dotting down.

The team have had plenty of challenges thrust upon them throughout this campaign, including injuries and the side’s relative inexperience.

Enright hoped the squad’s confidence and belief had been re-

plenished now they had tasted victory in the campaign.

“By getting that W, hopefully that’s going to give a bit more belief,” he said.

Combined have been bolstered by the return of some of its key players from injury-related layoffs, including Sam Ree and Christian Thompson.

Enright confirmed star recruit Michael Hennings was to make his long-awaited comeback this weekend for Combined from the bench. He said his return to the field could be a significant turn-

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ing point, with some daunting clashes ahead.

“It’s a huge boost from the Fijian boy,” he said. “We just have to be smart over the next seven weeks by giving those players a chance who haven’t had a lot of game time.”

Mid Canterbury is on the road again this weekend where they face St Thomas’ in Christchurch, a team sitting ninth on the ladder.

Combined’s next home game is in three weeks time where they take on current pacemakers St Andrew’s on August 15.

All of Mid Canterbury’s sports draws and results

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