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Hospital under Big dry forces feeding out early threat – fact or fiction?

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By Sam Morton The future of Ashburton Hospital is at the centre of a war of words between two MPs. Jo Goodhew and Labour’s new health spokesperson Annette King are at loggerheads over the future of the hospital, following Mrs King’s claims that the Government is considering reducing services at Ashburton Hospital.

Yesterday, Mrs Goodhew and the Canterbury District Health Board strongly refuted all claims.

Speaking from her Parliament office yesterday, Mrs Goodhew responded by saying Mrs King is “dreaming and tilting at windmills”, but Mrs King insists her source of information is genuine.

Mrs King’s comments were made in an article focusing on the future of Wairau Hospital in Blenheim, of which she made the reference to Ashburton Hospital as an example of the Government targeting provincial New Zealand.

“Look out provincial New Zealand, they’re at it again,” Mrs King said.

However, Mrs Goodhew was taken aback by the “out of nowhere” comment and immediately asked around to determine what justification Mrs King had to suggest such a claim.

“I’ve talked to a few people about this and where she has got this from, we can’t imagine,” Mrs Goodhew said.

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“It hasn’t come from the Canterbury District Health Board, it hasn’t come from the minister and it certainly hasn’t come from me. I guess she’s just trying to scare up a storm, but I think she should start doing her job and look at facts.”

However, Mrs King told the Guardian yesterday a high ranked staff member at Ashburton Hospital had sent her a confidential email, flagging great concern and expressing their fear for the future of the hospital.

“I’m not here to scare the public, I’m simply here to get the public asking these questions themselves,” Mrs King said.

“I have a long memory and previously under the National Government, many provincial hospitals were on the block.

“Over time Ashburton has seen so many services go and I think sadly we are lacking any plan of

Is our hospital under threat again? Two MPs have expressed differing views.

development under this government,” Mrs King said.

“Once these services go, they are very difficult to get back.”

But Mrs Goodhew wasn’t impressed and said Mrs King was scaremongering the community.

Instead, she was confident Ashburton Hospital’s future was not in doubt and gave the public a strong assurance – which she later voiced in Parliament.

“There has been assurances that we will have the theatre services restored and that the theatre block will be rebuilt in Ashburton ... and I’m absolutely certain they will,” she said.

“While there has been a slight change in provisional services, the earthquake damaged wards are being addressed and I suggest Mrs King should stick to the facts.

“There are no plans scheduled to reduce the services at Ashburton Hospital,” Mrs Goodhew said.

Mrs King would not release the name of her source yesterday, but insisted it was a credible staff member at the hospital.

“I no sooner get this job and I was contacted by this person who told me about the downgrading going on at Ashburton Hospital and the removal of some key services.

“They (the source) believe that Christchurch will pick up most of the work and they believe that the removed services won’t be replaced,” Mrs King said.

Mrs King added her informant did not believe the public fully understood the theory behind rural hospital medicine specialists, who have been appointed at the hospital in absence of resident anaesthetists and surgeons.

“This person is concerned that the public doesn’t understand the seriousness of that change,” she said.

“Perhaps she (Mrs Goodhew) ought to spend more time asking people at the hospital about their thoughts and questioning those affected in the health sector – I know I will be.”

Meanwhile, CDHB chief executive David Meates confirmed there were no plans to reduce services at Ashburton Hospital.

Methven dairy farmer Tim Loos has been forced to feed out early to his cows as dry conditions set in.

By Susan Sandys The big dry is biting in Mid Canterbury, with dairy farmers in particular affected.

Farmers on the Barrhill Chertsey Irrigation (BCI) scheme have been without irrigation for almost two weeks.

General manager John Wright said farmers were anxiously awaiting a change in weather pattern. Levels in the Rakaia River, from where the scheme sources its water, were low.

A stable easterly weather pattern had been good for harvest, but some crops needed water for finishing, and dairy farmers needed water for grass growth.

Farmers on the scheme will as of March 7 have the capacity to buy storage capacity at

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“The issue is we have to store water before we can use it, it’s unlikely we can store water on the current river flows,” Mr Wright said.

“We can keep our fingers crossed, and this weather pattern can’t go on forever.”

Mid Canterbury Federated Farmers dairy section chairperson Hamish Davidson said feeding out was under way on his farm, which was unusual for February.

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As a BCI customer he had not had been able to irrigate for about 10 days.

“We need some rain. It’s not a ground breaker (dry period) yet, but we do need some rain,” Mr Davidson said.

Dairy farmers were doing all the things they should be doing in the conditions – feeding out and reducing their stocking rates by dropping cull cows.

A dairy farmer on well irrigation in the Ashburton area said this season had been “difficult”

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and “tough”. Summer’s dry conditions had followed a cold spring which had restricted growth.

Methven farmer Hamish Molloy, on the BCI scheme, said feeding out had begun on the property’s dairy platform on Tuesday.

“We just have to farm around it,” he said.

Tim Loos, on a Methven dairy unit with 500 cows, irrigates via a centre pivot fed from the Rangitata Diversion Race scheme. Restrictions had kicked in throughout the season, and restrictions could go from one day per week to three days per week soon.

The lack of grass growth was having a “drastic” effect, in that feed supplies generally used in late March were being used now.

Irresponsible farmers may be fined for burn-offs

By Sam Morton Some Mid Canterbury farmers will be prosecuted for irresponsible burn-offs this season, rural fire boss Don Geddes says.

Mr Geddes, who is the district’s principal rural fire officer, has recently returned from leave after six weeks away from Ashburton.

Not wasting any time and catching up with latest occurrences in the district, Mr Geddes has been shocked by the number of inadequate fire breaks put in place by farmers this summer.

Mr Geddes believes the number of callouts is on par with previous years, but he has been less impressed with the quality and effort of some fire breaks.

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Volunteer firefighters have spent hours this summer battling outof-control burn-offs and it appears some employers’ patience levels are starting to wear thin.

Mr Geddes believes some employers are getting frustrated at the frequency of callouts and one employer has asked their volunteer firefighter to begin prioritising and selecting urgent calls.

“You can understand that too, some of these calls are absolutely unnecessary,” Mr Geddes said.

“I’m disappointed that our volunteers have had to leave work, leave their families and attend a vegetation fire as a result of irresponsible burning practices – that really shouldn’t be the case.”

“Most farmers have been very considerate and have looked out

for their neighbour, but there is a select few who have let everyone else down,” he said.

In the next week, Mr Geddes will review all callout reports that resulted in a 111 response and determine if any of the fires were illegal.

He was confident there would be one or two cases heading to court and urged all farmers to go through

the right processes to ensure they don’t add to the incident figures.

“It’s something I do every year to keep the message circling and I have a lot of backing from Federated Farmers in my approach to this.

We have a zero tolerance to irresponsible practices and there is no excuse for not following the correct process,” Mr Geddes said.

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that continue to push the boundaries and that’s my job to go through and find enough evidence to proceed with prosecution. The facts have to stand up in court and quite often we have cover-ups, although I have an extensive rural background and it’s very difficult to pull the wool over my eyes.”

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ANNOUNCEMENTS DEATHS ABNETT, Richard John (Dick) – Peacefully at home, on February 27, 2013. Loved husband of the late Cherry, precious father of Kate and Mike Harland, Jenny Abnett and Roger Gray. Adored Poppa of Angela, Tracy, Mark, Nick, Carl, and Amy. Loved Dick Pop of four greatgrandchildren. A service for Dick will be held at Whangamata RSA, Port Rd, Whangamata on SATURDAY, March 2, at 11am, followed by private cremation.

TWENTYMANS ANDREWS, Mark Duval (Teddy) – On February 25, 2013, peacefully at Ashburton Hospital. Aged 55 years.

Much loved husband of Vicki. Loved father of Bruce, and Douglas. Stepfather of Zak, and Kayla. Grandad of Ella. Messages to P.O. Box 13, Rakaia. Donations to Ashburton St John Ambulance would be much appreciated and may be left at the service. A special thank you to the Rakaia Fire Brigade and the AAU at Ashburton Hospital for their special care of Mark. A service for Mark will be held at the Rakaia Community Centre, TODAY, THURSDAY, February 28, commencing at 2.00pm. Followed by interment at the Rakaia Cemetery.

Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton BUCKLAND, Douglas Albert (Doug) – 9-4-1926 - 25-2-2013. Loved dad of Phylis and Gavin Smith and grandad of Jemma and Justin.

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GALLAGHER, Norman Garth – Died February 21, 2013 at Rosebank Hospital, Ashburton. Dearly loved husband of Helen. Loved and respected father and fatherin-law of Peter and Michele, Christchurch; Kay and Grant, Tasmania; Neil and Richard, Marton; Rhonda and Ceri, Ashburton; and Alison, Sydney. A farewell gathering has been held at home. Heartfelt thanks to all those who supported Garth and family during the last few years of his life.

Messages to 103 Walker Street, Ashburton 7700.

TAIT, Geoffrey Norman Alexander (Geoff) – On Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at Christchurch Hospital, after a long illness.

Loved partner of Julius.

Loved father and father in law of Carlene and Dean (Oxford), Phillip and Sylvia (Temuka), and Mandy and Nigel (Temuka). Loved son of the late Jack and Jean Tait. Loved brother and brother in law of John and Lyn (deceased), Heather and Ernie Windmill, Ron and Evelyn, Margaret and the late Peter Pirika, and a loved grandfather and uncle to all their families.

Messages to M Pirika, 11a Kitchener Street, Ashburton 7700. Donations to the Ashburton branch of the Cancer Society would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate Geoff’s life will be held at Our Chapel, Cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton, on FRIDAY, March 1, commencing at 2.00pm. Followed by private cremation.

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Housing – ‘it’s not council’s job’

By Sue Newman Providing social housing is a job for the Government not local authorities, Ashburton’s mayor Angus McKay says.

The Christchurch City Council is tapping into funding sources to rebuild its social housing stocks after the Canterbury earthquakes, but Mr McKay does not believe the Ashburton District Council needs to follow suit.

Ashburton has 186 properties owned by Housing New Zealand and while the council had discussed adding to that with its own low income housing units, no decision had been made to proceed, he said.

The council already owns 112 elderly housing units in Ashburton,

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With the state houses and the elderly units we already have it was thought that was sufficient at this stage

Methven and Rakaia.

“With the state houses and the elderly units we already have it was thought that was sufficient at this stage. The council could decide to become involved in this area, but there’s the question of how we’d fund it. It’s my belief that it’s a government’s responsibility to house its people.”

He did not rule out future involvement, but if the council decided to enter the social housing field, it would need to be done in a way that would not impact on rates, he said.

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The Rakaia Bridge is a stretch of road typically avoided by cyclist, but not this weekend when Ride the Rakaia hits the small Mid Canterbury town.

In fact, pedal pushers will dominate the country’s longest bridge early Saturday morning, which will be closed to traffic as more than 230 competitors cycle their way across.

The unique 103km race will traverse the picturesque Rakaia landscape, starting off in the Rakaia township and crossing two bridges before climbing the gorge.

Riders will then cycle to Mount Hutt Station before making a brisk return to Rakaia.

In its second year, race director John Moore said it was a unique event to Mid Canterbury which has enticed riders from Auckland to Invercargill this year.

Last year the event was marred by driving rain and strong winds, but Mr Moore and his wife Carol, who helped organise the event, hope the forecast will hold out for a fine day this year.

Mr Moore said the majority of riders came from Christchurch and he was hoping more keen riders would put themselves to the test as entries close at noon today with the possibility of late entries on the day.

Several spot prizes, including a $5400 bike, will be up for grabs, but Mr Moore is expecting the prestigious coloured shirts to be the biggest attraction.

“We have poker dot jerseys for the first male and female to the top of the gorge climb, and then yellow jerseys for the male and female who win the overall race,” he said.

Live music, prize giving and stalls scattered around the Rakaia

Ashburton businesses have been quick to put their hands up to be part of the Christchurch rebuild by signing on to Collaborate Canterbury’s website.

The website was put up by the Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce, with chief executive Peter Townsend saying it had attracted strong interest from a

The Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade rolled a truck back onto its wheels yesterday, after a minor collision between a car on Bowen Street. Nobody was injured in the prang and the scene was cleared within half an hour. The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade was also called, but turned back before arriving at the scene.

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• Rena wreckage The future of Rena will be left in the hands of the Environment Court if the community cannot make its mind up. On Tuesday, the first of two community information days to discuss the future of the wreck was held. John Owen, senior claims manager for Rena insurer The Swedish Club, said a decision had to be made soon. If the community could not come to a decision, the matter would be taken through the courts, Mr Owen said.

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• Brawl regretted A man involved in a gangrelated brawl outside a child’s first birthday party says he deeply regrets his actions.

Aaron Leslie Davis, 35, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on three charges relating to the street fight in September.

He had earlier pleaded guilty to one charge of injuring with intent to injure, one charge of possessing an offensive weapon and one charge of intentionally damaging a motor vehicle.

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Ride the Rakaia race director John Moore (from left), his daughter Emily and wife Carol, are hoping to see more than 230 competitors at the unique event this year.

Domain will follow the race as part of the town’s Community Day. Children will also be able to

wide range of South Island businesses.

It’s objective is to link Christchurch businesses with out-of-the city businesses as a way of providing additional labour for the rebuild, Mr Townsend said.

“This is about local companies in Christchurch having the key to unlock opportunities for companies outside Christchurch by building up scale for them to be involved and we’re getting active interest from

take part in a duathlon while the adults ride the northern part of the district.

“It’s a great event for the whole

town and the Rakaia community are getting right behind it,” Mr Moore said.

Competitors can enter individu-

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Ashburton.” That interest was coming not only from the construction centre, but from professionals as well, he said.

“For example there are law firms in Christchurch that have more work than they can handle so they’re involving firms out of the city too.”

The rebuild was rapidly gaining momentum and its scale would require ‘all hands to the pump’ and that meant work opportunities that

would reach well beyond the city, Mr Townsend said.

One of the key issues with the rebuild was not stripping the rest of New Zealand of labour and Collaborate Canterbury aimed to push work out into other parts of the South Island.

“We want to keep people and resources in their own centres, we don’t really want them in the city.

The idea is for them to be involved in work that can be outsourced

from Christchurch. ” Mr Townsend described Canterbury’s growth of 7.5 per cent as “Chinese growth rates” and said the matching of city businesses and out of town business would provide untold opportunities for a long period of time.

The chamber will hold an information evening on Collaborate Canterbury in Ashburton on April 23 at 5pm. A venue has yet to be decided.

Two women have appeared in court charged jointly with assaulting homicide victim Amandeep Singh and attempting to pervert the course of justice by removing forensic evidence from a car. The women were granted interim name suppression and remanded in custody by consent until March 13.

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• Cranes ‘valuable’ An expert says rusty old port cranes offered for sale as scrap metal are valuable community assets. Greymouth Heritage Trust commissioned registered heritage conservator Ian Bowman to inspect the cranes. He found they were extremely rare and had highly significant heritage and cultural value.

Owner in no rush to demolish railway station Approval to demolish Ashburton’s historic railway station might have been signed off, but owner Peter Hanson is in no rush to make a final call on its future.

He says he is still considering his options for the station and its site.

His company Redson Corporation bought the Troup built station in 1987 and in 2008 applied to the Ashburton District Council for consent to demolish after a 10-year struggle to find tenants.

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The Rakaia brigade then rushed out to a Southbridge farm, to assist with their tanker at a vegetation fire.

The brigade was called out about 3pm and was still at the scene at 5pm yesterday.

The fire was under control through the duration of the callout.

Firms keen to sign up for Chch rebuild

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properties in Ashburton – 85, 1-2 bedroom homes, 84, 3-bedroom homes and 17 with four or more bedrooms. Again there is a strict criteria around eligibility.

Numbers are unlikely to change in the foreseeable future, a spokesperson said, as vacancies are keeping pace with the numbers of families seeking accommodation, a spokesperson said.

The latest addition to Housing New Zealand’s Ashburton stocks were in 2008, six smaller units on Archibald Street.

The Government has set aside $104 million in a social housing fund to assist families with acute housing needs. The first grants from this fund, worth $3.11 million, were announced last week for new social housing units in Auckland, Nelson and Canterbury.

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units are self-funding with rentals providing money for upgrades and maintenance.

A social housing project could be funded in a similar way to the development of the Ashburton Industrial Park, where the council borrowed against its assets, repaying this money as sections were sold, or in the case of social housing, through rent.

The council has a self-imposed borrowing limit and if it wished to over step that it is required to consult the community first. It would be community demand and com-

munity sanction that would see social housing up for debate, Mr McKay said.

“It would be up to the people to say if they wanted us to borrow money to do this.”

Eligibility criteria for the council’s units is tight and is based on age, income and having limited assets.

Currently all units are full and there is a waiting list, but many of those people may not meet eligibility criteria, said council property manager John Rooney.

“We’re always conscious of having a waiting list and the easy answer would be to say yes, let’s build more units but the question is, what if we commit dollars to this and they’re sitting empty. We believe our stocks are largely meeting demand.”

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A celebration of peace Ashburton people will have an opportunity to share in a celebration of peace on Sunday when a Peace Dance is held at the Staveley campsite.

The event is being held under the umbrella of the Dances of Universal Peace which uses simple, meditative, multi-cultural circle dances.

The introductory day will be guided by dance teacher Shafia Stevens who will help partici-

pants breathe, walk, dance and chant together, using the body as an expression of prayer in movement. No experience is required.

The simple repetitive form is ideal for all people of any level of fitness.

Registrations are essential and these close with Sally Brake on 3070507 or 027 315 6361.

The peace dance will be held at the Staveley Camp site on Sunday between 10am to 4pm.

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This was declined and in 2010 Mr Hanson appealed the decision in the Environment Court where a decision was made to allow the Ashburton Heritage Trust a period of time to raise community funds to buy the building. Time ran out in December and the court granted the owner consent to demolish.

The original application to demolish the station was accompanied by plans for a new commercial complex for the site. Those plans are now five years old.

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House deposits may be raised

By Sue Newman Getting on the first rung of the housing ladder may become an even bigger stretch for young couples, with deposit rules tipped to change.

Finance minister Bill English has tagged bigger deposits as one of the key elements in a raft of proposals he is considering to take the heat out of the red-hot housing market.

In a speech in Auckland yesterday Mr English said he was looking at ways to give the Reserve Bank greater ability to influence the amount of lending done by banks and other financial institutions. New rules around home buyer deposits is one of those.

Currently the deposit required for a home ranges from 5 to 20 per cent, said Heartland Ashburton branch manager Andrew Wilson.

“When things were a bit tighter banks were looking for deposits

up to 20 per cent, but as the economy improved and they’ve moved to 10 or even 5 per cent in some cases because there’s been a bit of money around.”

Anecdotally Mr Wilson said he was aware of occasions where loans were granted with zero deposit, a practice he described as “pretty scary.”

Heartland had stuck with the 20 per cent deposit, he said.

He suggested an alternative to an across the board lift in the deposit required for a home loan, could be lending controls through a requirement for banks to hold additional capital on their balance sheets as a buffer for residential lending. This would also cool the market, he said.

The real estate bubble that was pushing prices up was not nationwide and there could be a case for coming up with individual solutions for the hot market in Auckland and the variable Christchurch market, Mr Wilson said.

• Still battling fire Dozens of firefighters continue to battle a large scrub fire burning north of Auckland since Saturday. Auckland principal rural fire officer Bryan Cartelle said the blaze had remained well within containment lines overnight on Tuesday. However, a helicopter, digger and 70 firefighters remained at the site yesterday and Mr Cartelle said they were making good progress.

The fire broke out on cutover forestry land next to a commercial pine forest, about 10km north of Warkworth.

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Real estate agent Hamish Niles believes lifting the percentage of deposit required will not have a significant impact on house prices or on buyers in the market.

“Yes there are first home buyers with 5 per cent deposits but I don’t thing the percentage who are using 95 per cent borrowing is as high as it has been at other times.”

Over the past 20 years, home deposit limits had fallen significantly to a point a few years ago where a home could be bought with 100 per cent finance, he said.

“And at the other end of the scale, 20 or so years ago, it took at least a month to get finance and 20 to 25 per cent deposit was the rule.”

Mr English has signalled change in the rules around residential lending could be introduced by the middle of this year, but he intends to consult with the Reserve Bank over the options he has tabled.

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Bollywood films popular

By Susan Sandys Bollywood has come to Mid Canterbury.

The Ashburton Regent Cinema will kick off screenings today at 5.40pm of Special Chabbis, the latest of several Hindi cinema films it has screened in recent times.

Cinema owner David Favel said more than 100 Indian families lived in Ashburton, and the cin-

Doing it for Duncan Get out your running shoes and do it for Duncan!

On March 9 a fun run or walk will be held in support of Duncan Crozier and his family in their cancer journey.

The course consists of 2, 4 or 6km options covering a route which will take participants through the Ashburton Domain.

It is a flat course suitable for all levels of fitness.

The emphasis will be on participation, having fun and showing support to the Crozier family, with sausage sizzles, raffles, cake stalls and spot prizes on offer.

Registrations start at 3pm at the Walnut Avenue Pavilion, for a 4pm start. Entry fee is $10 per person, $5 for children under 12 or $25 for a family.

ema was approached late last year requesting it show Bollywood films.

“Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindilanguage film industry based in Mumbai,” he said.

Special Chabbis, aka Special 26, was based on a true story. In the early 1980s in India a group of con artists robbed well-known businessmen and politicians of large amounts of money by posing as tax officials or intelligence officers.

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“If you’ve not seen a Hindi film yet, we do recommend that you experience it,” Mr Favel said.

Other Bollywood, or Hindi cinema films shown by the cinema in the past include Bol Bachchan, Oh My God, Ek Tha Tiger and Jab Tak Hai Jaan.

He said Bollywood movies generally had one quarter English with subtitles. He had seen Special Chabbis.

“I enjoyed it, and understood it,” he said.

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DOC huts in line for a coat of paint Monarchs alive and in numbers Nationally DOC is charged with maintaining 973 back country huts, used by around 300,000 people each year.

Opening the first bucket of paint yesterday, Minister of Conservation Dr Nick Smith said the donation would allow DOC to accelerate its maintenance programme.

“Bringing business partners on board allows DOC to do more in tight financial times. The bonus is that Dulux will be throwing its marketing muscle into the cause with a nationwide campaign promoting our backcountry hut network and further to this will also make a contribution towards a biodiversity sponsorship programme in the future, ” he said.

By Michelle Nelson Fear not – the monarch butterfly is alive and well in Ashburton!

In response to a story in yesterday’s Guardian, claiming an absence of the butterflies in local gardens this year, several readers called in to say they had monarchs aplenty.

Margaret Glassey was the first to pick up the phone and put us right.

She has dozens of monarchs at all stages of development – from tiny eggs to newly hatched butterflies, drying their wings in preparation to fly away.

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Her swan plants have been stripped; cocoons hang from other plants and from under the eaves of her Friendship Lane home.

Mrs Glassey has gone so far as to rescue cocoons which have fallen to the ground after their greedy caterpillar relatives have munched off the leaves they clung to.

These are carefully tied to the stair rail with cotton.

“I’ve hatched quite a few that way,” Mrs Glassey said.

“I just love to watch them in all their stages – but I’ve never had this many before.”

Mary Ranson was the second to call – she had counted 28 mon-

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A trip into Ashburton’s back country might bring a few surprises for regular trampers over the coming months.

In a unique business–conservation partnership, Dulux has given the Department of Conservation 45,000 litres of paint worth about $1.5 million, to spruce up its back country huts.

And for the Ashburton District, part of the Raukapuka conservancy, headquartered in Geraldine, that means about 23 huts and bivvies in the district’s back country will receive a coat of paint.

In the Mid-South Canterbury area DOC has about 40 huts and bivvies.

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OPINION

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A changing of the guard in NZ soccer T

he resignation of Ricki Herbert as coach of the Wellington Phoenix is a major event in New Zealand football and New Zealand sport.

The coach walked the plank this week before he got pushed, as the pressure for him to quit had increased substantially following a disappointing season in the A-league.

Herbert is a well-known face in New Zealand sporting circles and also in Ashburton where the national coach was the guest speaker at the Mid Canterbury sports awards in

OUR VIEW 2011.

Anecdotal evidence indicates that Herbert has always found time in his busy schedule to help his friends in Ashburton for fundraising or simply getting tickets to Phoenix or All Whites games.

As most professional coaches do, Herbert has copped his fair share of criticism from sports writers, including yours truly.

I was fortunate enough to cover the All Whites campaign

over the years and witnessed that incredible night against Bahrain in Wellington when Herbert’s men secured their ticket to South Africa and their subsequent unbeaten run at the World Cup. Like other scribes I have often questioned Herbert’s conservative defensive attitude to the game, but it is hard to deny his achievements with club and country.

In his 150 games at the helm,

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the Phoenix were the only club in the A-League to qualify for the play-offs in the past three years. Even though more than half of the teams, six out of 10 qualify for the finals, his side has shown to be the most

consistent among them.

Unfortunately his team was never able to reach a Grand Final, and with the team going backwards this season, it was clearly time for a new approach at New Zealand’s only professional football club.

Herbert will stay on as a technical advisor at the club but will now focus more on the All Whites campaign to qualify for next year’s World Cup in Brazil.

The former defender was voted Halberg Coach of the Year in 2011, but many wondered

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business. Instead he opted to remain a big fish in a small pond, pulling every string in New Zealand football and the Phoenix.

His resignation in Wellington could be a blessing for the All Whites at such a crucial stage, but also opens the door for a new face and new ideas at the Phoenix.

Herbert has been the dominant factor at club and country since 2006, so the end of this World Cup campaign may also be a changing of the guard at national level.

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whether Herbert was taking the credit for Ryan Nelsen’s leadership on and off the field.

Now Nelsen has retired, Herbert can show his critics that he can repeat New Zealand’s wonderful feat without his charismatic captain, starting with the crucial qualifier against New Caledonia next month.

On the back of his success at the World Cup, Herbert was expected to take up a coaching role in a strong European league to measure his skill against the best in the

YOUR VIEW Roadside car sales The recent article regarding road side car sales and the councils approach on how to deal with this, is again another money grabbing exercise with out thinking logically and getting every ones backs up.

The council states it is illegal to sell cars road side so if that is the case why doesn’t our beloved council think out side the square?

That is if any one there is capable.

And provide an area for cartruck- tractor sales on a week end for example what the council has had a hand in, in Blenheim.

John McGuire

Police chase After reading the article “Teen arrested following high speed chase” on the front page of yesterday’s Guardian, I’m wondering if the Dukes of Hazard are in town.

It appears that it took a number of officers, in at least two police cars, 42 minutes to bring this young person to a halt.

In my mind the time involved and the amount of petrol expended, not to mention the angst caused to residents disturbed from their sleep, didn’t match the crime.

Perhaps the tyre deflation device should have been employed earlier in the chase.

Joy Nicholas

Noms de plume When a person speaks as an authority on a subject or they are

someone whose views I respect, then I will give credence to their opinion.

The views of those who write under a nom de plume are worthless.

Your “letters” column of February 27 highlights the point.

Lynton Laing

Hobbit fiasco So now the truth is out that Warner’s New Line Cinema was always going to film the Hobbit movie in this country, and all the whingeing from Peter Jackson and Co, was just a smokescreen so this tacky government could hobble some lowly paid New Zealand actors.

In the process they tried to embarrass the actors and Council of Trade Union’s Helen Kelly, but now the truth is out, they are the ones with egg on their faces.

So add that to the other lies, including the Tea Pot Tapes scandal, and the ongoing Sky Tower convention centre rort to show what type of government New Zealand is stuck with at the moment.

Simon Blissett

Religious education In reply to Agnostic Mum, February 27.

Firstly as parents you have the choice of whether your children take part in the lessons.

They are not compulsory (as the article on February 26 stated)

but most principals see that they back up the values that school teaches anyway; i.e. respect, resilience, responsibility.

As a young person I made a choice to base my life on the principles and commandments in the Bible.

Although not perfect in following these I have avoided a lot of strife and damage.

You refer to the teachings of the Bible as “fairy tales”.

These moral teachings are what our country’s laws were based on. It is the decay of these values that has led to the lawlessness and many problems in our society now.

Look at the Ten Commandments. Many today think they are old fashioned and irrelevant but these laws were put in place by God to protect us and keep us from much hurt.

Imagine the improvement in our society if our aim was to live within these safe boundaries.

The values your child will learn from the Bible make sense in a world that doesn’t make sense anymore.

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In response to Agnostic Mum yesterday, I welcome religious studies in school but only if they truly aim to educate our children about ALL forms of religion - not just Christianity!

Knowledge is the key to tolerance and with the changing cultural mix in New Zealand and

Mid Canterbury we should teach our children about ALL religions to foster understanding of core beliefs within different groups of our community.

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Thank you A big thank you to the following businesses who contributed to making the 11th Mobile Home Extravaganza in Ashburton another great success.

Spraymarks, Jeff Marshall Motorcycles, A to B Rentals, Gary McCormick Transport, Z West Street, Ashburton Guardian, Telecom, Wrights Dry Cleaners, Drummond and Etheridge and the Lions Club who manned the gates and contribute their money from the gate takings back to the community.

Last but not least to our band of loyal and hard-working volunteers who give their time to making this event a huge moneyspinner in our town.

We thank you all.

Bev and Murray Meadows

Burn-offs The answer is simple, hang your washing inside and get over it.

If they ban farmers burning stubble we will all be drinking more chemicals because that is where all the extra hundreds of thousands of litres of chemicals will end up - in the underground springs and in our wells!

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The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the New Zealand Maori Council to block the Mighty River Power partial privatisation.

The full court of five Supreme Court judges was unanimous in its findings and the decision lets the government proceed with the sale of up to 49 per cent of Mighty River Power.

In their decision, Justice Dame Sian Elias, John McGrath, Susan Glazebrook, William Young and Robert Chambers said they had concluded “that the partial privatisation of Mighty River Power will not impair to a material extent the Crown’s ability to remedy any Treaty breach in respect of Maori interests” in respect of the Waikato River.

“For that reason, we decide that the appeal must be dismissed.”

The decision gives the Government the green light to proceed with its flagship “mixed ownership model” policy under which it hopes to raise $5 to $7 billion by selling up to 49 per cent of Mighty River, Meridian Energy, Air NZ and possibly Solid Energy.

It plans to sell shares in Mighty River in the second quarter of this year.

The appeal was brought by the Maori Council and the Waikato River and Dams Claims Trust after their High Court bid to block the sale of Mighty River was dismissed late last year.

In the Supreme Court hearing late last month and early this month they challenged the High Court’s Justice Ronald Young’s ruling that the sale of shares was not reviewable by the courts for consistency with the principles of the Treaty.

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the council on this point but not on the issue of whether the sale of shares would affect the Government’s ability to make subsequent redress for any claims over water and geothermal resources.

Lawyers for the Crown had hoped the decision would be delivered last Monday to allow the partial sale of Mighty River to go ahead according to the Government’s “preferred timetable’’.

However the court informed the Maori Council and Crown lawyers it could not meet that timeframe.

The delay in delivering the decision has fuelled speculation the five judges hearing the case had differing views.

The Supreme Court also found against the council on their argument that the Government had failed to meet requirements under 2010 Waikato River settlement legislation requiring it to consult with Waikato River iwi over the disposal of rights over the river.

Finance Minister Bill English and State Owned Enterprises

Tony Ryall Minister Tony Ryall said Cabinet would next Monday consider a timetable and other details of the Mighty River offer, “including how New Zealanders will be at the front of the queue for shares”.

“We expect to be in a position to confirm those details soon afterwards.

“We are pleased to be getting on with what we were elected to do.”

Ryall said the Government “has always been firmly of the view that the partial sale of shares does not in any way affect the Crown’s ability to recognise rights and interests in water, or to provide redress for genuine Treaty claims.”

English, in a speech delivered this afternoon, reiterated his commitment to the programme of power company floats.

The float would be a “shot in the arm” for capital markets and was expected to remain 80 to 90 per cent owned by New Zealanders, English said in a lunchtime speech to the Auckland Chamber of Commerce yesterday.

“New Zealanders will be at the front of the queue for shares,” he said. “Including the Government’s majority stakes, ministers expect 85 per cent to 90 per cent of the shares across the programme to be held by New Zealanders, after the IPOs.” English said New Zealand needed to become a magnet for investment. Although he conceded there was no “silver bullet” to make that happen the Government had to be doing “hundreds of small things well” to get the business environment right.

On Tuesday, English said information from the Mighty River Power float could lead to a revision of the overall estimates of proceeds from the Government’s SOE sales programme.

“It’s possible the numbers will move around.”

A $5 to $7 billion figure was the estimate given in the May 2011 Budget for the sale proceeds of up to 49 per cent of four state-owned enterprises (Mighty River Power, Genesis, Meridian, Solid Energy) and Air New Zealand.

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Stakeholders try to put brakes on Hyde St keg party

By Hamish McNeilly and Debbie Porteous The number of revellers at Dunedin’s annual Hyde St keg party is set to be curtailed, as stakeholders try to minimise the impact of the all-day drink-fest.

At its peak an estimated 5000 people attended last year’s party, which featured 15 arrests, a roof collapse from being overloaded with partygoers, and 80 people requiring treatment by St John.

While the keg party was not an Otago University Student Association (OUSA) event, the association was assisting street residents and stakeholders to organise a safer event, president Francisco

Hernandez said. Stakeholders include tenants, landlord, police, St John, the Fire Service, Dunedin City Council, and the University of Otago.

A debrief of last year’s party indicated “a need to reduce numbers”, with concerns also raised about safety issues and non-students attending the event, Mr Hernandez said.

OUSA had met Hyde St tenants and stakeholders to discuss this year’s event, the date for which has not yet been confirmed, and a meeting for students would be held Monday at noon at the Union Hall to discuss plans.

“We are at the very early stages still and it needs to be clear that the event is run by the tenants of

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While police don’t support the Hyde St party, we are aware of the need to work with stakeholders to make the event as safe as possible

Hyde St, and that OUSA is just one of many stakeholders involved to try and help them run and safe and positive event with a focus on harm minimisation.”

However a plan to limit the number of party-goers to between 25003000 - with each tenant of the one-way street given 15 invites - sparked heated debate on the OUSA Facebook page.

Mr Hernandez told Channel 9 if students were not willing to nego-

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tiate the terms of the event, there was a risk they could lose it all together, as the recently rejected North Dunedin liquor ban proposal could be back on the table.

On the same Facebook page he wrote “At Hyde Street last year far too many people got far too wasted”.

“It needs to be said, OUSA put only a small amount of money in to the event compared to what the tax payer was effectively left with, particularly the health services.”

Dunedin-Clutha area commander Inspector Greg Sparrow said police were actively involved in meetings for the event, but their position on the Hyde St party was clear.

“While police don’t support the Hyde St party, we are aware of the need to work with stakeholders to make the event as safe as possible.”

Councillor Kate Wilson, who was behind efforts that resulted in the council decision not to expand Dunedin’s CBD liquor ban to North Dunedin, as was suggested after last year’s Hyde St party, said she hoped the party-goers were as prepared to make a better go of the event as their representatives, the OUSA, were.

“I think it would be foolish to even consider going back. I hope they all

have a good, safe, time.”

Mayor Dave Cull said if things got out of hand the council could technically shut down future parties, like it did the Toga Parade, but he was “increasingly confident” it would not come to that.

He believed the council would not reconsider installing a liquor ban in the area if the party went bad, as it would be difficult to do under new liquor legislation.

He was optimistic the party, which was increasingly better run each year, would be even better controlled this year.

“This is their chance to prove they can do things responsibly etc, and what OUSA is proposing in terms of limits on the party is fabulous.”

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Shark attack victim mourned

By APNZ Police shot at a killer shark from a boat as they desperately tried to rescue a man who was under attack off Muriwai Beach on Auckland’s west coast yesterday afternoon.

Local man Adam Strange, 46, died after he was attacked by a large shark at the south end of the beach about 1.30pm.

Mr Strange was an award-winning television and short film director and father to a baby daughter.

Inspector Shawn Rutene confirmed police shot at the shark, measuring about four metres long, but could not say how many times.

The officer was on the water in an IRB with three lifeguards. Mr Rutene said one of them saw a second shark. It was unclear whether the second shark had been involved in the attack.

He said after being shot the shark “rolled away”, but refused to say whether it was still attacking the man at the time.

Mr Rutene said Mr Strange’s family were “devastated” and his wife, Meg, was being supported by Victim Support and police at the scene.

Muriwai Volunteer Lifeguard Service chairman Tim Jago fought back tears as he spoke about the fatal incident.

He said Mr Strange was well known to Muriwai lifeguards including those who tried desperately to save his life.

Mr Jago would not go into the specific details about what the lifeguards on the IRB with police saw, but he said it was “traumatising”.

The lifeguards were young, and were being offered support and counselling.

He said it was unusual for sharks to be at Muriwai, especially one this size.

“This is something completely shocking,” he said.

All beaches on Auckland’s west coast had been closed until further notice. The shark responsible for

the attack had not been located.

Pio Mose watched the attack unfold about 1.30pm while fishing with a group of men on the rocks between Maori Bay and Muriwai Beach.

He saw the “huge” shark attack a man alone swimming from the bay back to the beach about 50 metres from where he was standing.

“All of a sudden there was blood everywhere.”

Mr Strange struggled with the shark before it swam away. He was keeping his head above the water before the shark returned.

“I yelled at him to swim to the rocks. There was blood everywhere.

The water was red. It’s pretty scary.”

He said after the second attack three or four other sharks came to the area.

Mr Mose and the other fisherman watched as the shark took Mr Strange’s body out to sea and when lifeguards eventually arrived they directed them to where the group of sharks were.

His body was later retrieved.

“Its awful - it’s scary like a nightmare to me. I was shaking, scared, panicked,” said Mr Mose.

He said he had never seen sharks in the three years he’d been fishing in that spot.

“All I was thinking was I wanted to jump in the water and help but I didn’t want to get attacked by a shark too.”

Mr Mose said those who went out to retrieve the man’s body fired about six shots at the shark.

A member of the public called police to report a man under attack by a shark at 1.24pm.

Police raced to the scene by road and the Eagle helicopter was also dispatched.

Eagle crew members spotted the shark while it was still near the man’s body. A source told the Herald the Eagle stayed above the shark so police in the IRB could locate it.

Police believe the shark was likely to be a great white.

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Cathedral row heads back to court

By Kurt Bayer A multi-million dollar insurance payout for the earthquake-crippled Christ Church Cathedral should be used to help fund the Anglican Church’s temporary cardboard cathedral, a court heard yesterday.

The legal row over the landmark Christchurch building has returned to the High Court, with the church seeking a decision over whether it can use $4 million of its insurance money to pay for the majority of the temporary cathedral costs, which is already under construction in the city.

It sought the clarification after a High Court hearing last year when Justice Lester Chisholm suggested in his judgement that it was illegal to do so and ordered a halt to the demolition of the stricken cathedral.

The Great Christchurch Buildings Trust (GCBT) took the neo-Gothic style cathedral’s owner, the Church Property Trust (CPT), to court in October in a last-ditch legal bid to have it repaired.

The cathedral was badly damaged in the fatal February 22, 2011 quake, which snapped its spire.

Its damaged state prompted the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera) to issue a section 38 unsafe building notice, which demanded urgent action.

Anglican Bishop Victoria Matthews announced plans to deconstruct the cathedral to a safe level of 2 to 3 metres above the ground last year.

The decision sparked public protests and the GCBT, led by former MP Jim Anderton,

battled to save the landmark city centre building.

They sought a declaratory court judgment to determine whether the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch’s decision to deconstruct breached an Act of Parliament designed to protect church buildings.

Justice Chisholm said the CPT, while having to make a difficult and complex decision under tight time pressures, was wrong to think its cathedral trust was there only for the advancement of religion and maintenance of the ecclesiastical institution, not particular buildings.

Yesterday, lawyer for the CPT, Jared Ormsby argued that since the parish paid for the church’s insurance policy, which covered all of its assets, as well as material damage, contents and fixtures, the pay-out should be for the whole parish - not just one particular building.

He said the case centred around two fundamental questions: whether the insurance money should only be used for the cathedral, and whether a cathedral is a simply a building or one that includes “wider spiritual elements and dimensions”.

When members of the congregation gave their offertories, he said there was no doubt in their minds that it was for “the wider purposes of the church”.

And the money is held “on wider terms”, Mr Ormsby said.

“The funds are held not only for the business of the cathedral, but for the purposes of the cathedral parish.”

The hearing, before Justice Graham Panckhurst, continues and is expected to conclude tomorrow.

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A disgraced Catholic priest jailed for slotting $150,000 of parish cash into pokie machines could still work for the church once released from prison.

Father John Fitzmaurice, 57, was a trusted administrator and clergyman at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament and Addington’s Sacred Heart Parish in Christchurch for 34 years.

But while he stood in front of his diocese as a well-respected church leader, Father Fitzmaurice was quietly siphoning funds from the church.

He wrote hundreds of cheques and paid them into his personal bank account.

The money - $149,000 over five and a half years - was used to support his spiralling gambling addiction.

Yesterday, at Christchurch District Court he was sentenced to two years and three months behind bars after pleading guilty

Swastikas ‘cannot be removed’

By Edward Gay

There is a row over whether an insurance payout should go towards paying for the cardboard cathedral or go to restoring the quake-damaged cathedral.

Jail for spending church funds on pokies

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to eight fraud charges that Judge John Macdonald said amounted to “sustained criminal conduct”.

Crown prosecutor Marcus Zintl said it was ironic that Father Fitzmaurice was a man of faith, and the faith people had in him that was betrayed.

But church leaders, who said the long-serving clergyman’s fall from grace had caused “great scandal” for his fellow priests and Catholic community, vowed to support him “until the day he died”.

“He’s part of the church family.

We’ll support him all the way,” said Bishop Barry Jones outside court.

Defence counsel Jonathan Eaton said the man who joined the seminary at 17 and became a priest at 23, could still work for the church he had devoted his life to.

While he could never work in Christchurch again, Mr Eaton said an “olive branch” had been extended by the Bishop of Auckland.

He also indicated they would be challenging the sentence and

applying for Father Fitzmaurice’s release on bail pending the hearing of an appeal.

His client’s descent into addiction came when he became “isolated and lonely” about seven years ago.

Father Fitzmaurice began dabbling in playing pokie machines.

It escalated into a pathological addiction, which Mr Eaton highlighted afflicts many New Zealanders.

The pokies led to his repeated pattern of writing cheques which he cashed directly into his personal bank account.

When church leaders found large sums of money were missing, they spent $31,000 on hiring a private investigator.

The investigator began probing bank accounts and the trail soon led to Father Fitzmaurice who admitted the offending.

After murmurings in September 2011 that Fitzmaurice had been suspended for “financial irregularities”, Bishop Jones confirmed the shocking news by having a

letter read at masses throughout the city. Bishop Jones yesterday expressed “disappointment” that his once-trusted priest had been jailed, having pleaded to the court for him to receive home detention.

He was also saddened to lose the services of “a very able and gifted” priest.

“His offending has caused great scandal - he had a very high reputation amongst people and people were very shocked to hear this had happened.

“But he’s exercised an excellent ministry for over 30 years, and now we don’t have that from him anymore.”

The church will continue to support him through his “turmoil”, and after counselling, he expected Father Fitzmaurice to come out of prison “stronger”.

They’d paid his living costs, covered his legal fees and counselling costs, and since the convicted fraudster had no assets or any savings were realistic that he couldn’t pay any reparation.

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Swastikas and other racist symbols painted on Jewish graves in Auckland can never be fully removed and will serve as a constant reminder of the pain and suffering of the holocaust, a religious leader says.

Robert Moulden was sentenced to 320 hours of community work, nine months of supervision and ordered to pay $3000 in reparations when he appeared at the Auckland District Court yesterday.

The 20-year-old turned towards the wall in the dock as Judge Russell Collins sentenced him for one charge of wilful damage.

“What you did here meets the definition of a hate crime,” Judge Collins said.

The court heard how Moulden and a friend had been drinking before they went to the Jewish cemetery on Auckland’s Karangahape Rd last October and spraypainted swastika symbols as well as the numbers 88.

Judge Collins said the eighth number in the alphabet is “H” and 88 can be inferred to mean heil Hitler.

The pair also painted obscenities.

Photos of the graffiti were sent to members of the media.

Judge Collins said he took into account Moulden’s age, his previous clean record and his early guilty plea.

He also considered a Restorative Justice conference that Moulden took part in with members of the Auckland Jewish community.

The judge said some members of the community had lost loved ones in the holocaust and endured “enormous pain” as a result of Moulden’s graffiti.

He said it was admirable that some members of the Jewish community had offered to help Moulden get an education and improve his life.

“One of them has invited you into his home to celebrate a religious ceremony ... and to your credit, you took that opportunity.”

Judge Collins recognised that Moulden had been subjected to media attention but he said it was right that the matter was given publicity.

Outside court the co-president of the Auckland Jewish Council Geoff Levy said the damage caused by Moulden can never be undone and the “ghosting” of the images will always be there.

“What it means is that the great killers of the Jewish people throughout the world have had their names imposed on our gravestones. That is an insult and a desecration.”

Mr Levy said some of the graves damaged by Moulden date to the 1860s and while a report has been commissioned by the Auckland Council, it is still not known what can be done to fix them.

Police say the total cost of the damage is more than $27,000.

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Suicide bomber attacks army bus A man wearing a black overcoat and carrying an umbrella as a shelter against the heavy snow crossed a street in the Afghan capital early yesterday morning toward an idling bus filled with Afghan soldiers, where he laid down and wiggled underneath. Then he exploded, engulfing the undercarriage of the bus in flames.

The suicide bomber killed himself and wounded at least seven people — six soldiers and one civilian, the Kabul police chief’s office said. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack in a text message to The Associated Press.

Though no deaths were reported, the attack — the second attempted strike in the capital this week — was a reminder of the Taliban insurgency’s ability to hit the Afghan government even with about 100,000 international troops helping secure the country.

The Afghan government uses buses to ferry soldiers, police and office workers into the center of the city for work every day. These vehicles, which run regular routes, have been a common target for insurgents.

A handful of soldiers were about to board the bus when the attacker slid underneath and deto-

nated his vest, said Ahmad Shakib, who saw the attack unfold as he waited across the street.

Shakib said the attacker did not rush but moved purposefully across the snowy street.

Shakib thought when the man started to push himself under the bus that maybe he was a driver’s assistant trying to fix something.

“I thought to myself, ‘What is this crazy man doing?’ And then there was a blast and flames,’” Shakib said.

“It was a very loud explosion. I still cannot really hear,” he added.

The owner of a bakery nearby said that six people who were waiting outside his shop to buy bread were also wounded. The windows of Mirza Khan’s bakery also shattered.

The attack comes three days after a would-be car bomber was shot dead by police in downtown Kabul. That assailant was driving a vehicle packed with explosives and officials said he appeared to be targeting an intelligence agency office nearby.

RIGHT: US soldiers stand guard at the scene of the suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan.

David Wilson’s death, also thought to be suicide, in the same place.

Inge acknowledged that her daughter had faced many battles but now: “Her spirit found healing on the other side.”

McCready’s personal problems started in 2004 and included a custody battle with her mother over one of her sons. She was briefly hospitalised in 2010 after police responded to an overdose call to a home her mother owned in North Fort Myers, Florida, and she later appeared on “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew,” where she declared herself clean from drugs.

McCready’s family declined to address any custody issue at the funeral.

“She wanted them to know that nothing, not even death, could separate her from them,” Gayle Inge said of McCready’s two sons, Zander Ryan and Zayne Christopher. “She’s healed. She’s no longer sick,” she added, referring to what she told McCready’s sons.

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The two terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, eight years apart, converged this week in the form of a piece of granite — part of a memorial to those who died in 1993 that was itself destroyed on September 11, 2001.

The jagged fragment was displayed during a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the 1993 attack.

A bell tolled for a moment of silence at 12:18 pm, the exact time of the explosion under one of the twin towers that killed six people. More than 1000 people were injured when terrorists detonated a truck bomb in an underground garage.

Family, friends and city officials stood near the memorial to those who perished in the 2001 attack, which toppled the same tower targeted in the 1993 explosion.

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other days when you expect to see him in the morning, when you wake up,” Stephen Knapp said after the ceremony, his voice breaking as he remembered his father, also named Stephen Knapp. He was 18 when his father died.

Knapp joined about 50 people — including Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Mayor David Dinkins — for the anniversary ceremony.

Knapp and Michael Macko, who also lost his father, read the victims’ names before New York Police Department bagpipers played “Amazing Grace.” White roses were laid over the six names chiseled into granite over one of the 9/11 memorial’s two reflecting pools, alongside the names of more than 2700 people killed in 2001 when terrorist-hijacked planes brought down the twin towers.

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A fire swept through a six-storey building housing illegal shops in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Wednesday, killing 19 people who were unable to flee the inferno, local officials said. Hundreds of firefighters gathered at the scene of the blaze at the Surya Sen market near the railway station in the centre of the former colonial capital, where decrepit and poorly maintained buildings are vulnerable to fires. A total of 38 people who were sleeping in the building when the blaze broke out at around 4am (0930 AEDT) were rescued. Many have been transferred to two city hospitals for treatment. “We found dozens of people lying unconscious with severe burn injuries on the floors of shops and some died of suffocation in their sleep,” state fire services director Gopal Bhattacharya told AFP, adding that 19 corpses had been recovered.

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A Maldives court has sentenced a 15-yearold alleged rape victim to 100 lashes and eight months under house arrest after she admitted having had premarital sex in a separate incident. During a police probe into allegations the girl had been raped by her stepfather, investigators uncovered evidence that she had had consensual sex with another man. “Though she has been sentenced she will be lashed once she turns 18,” a court official told AFP. “But the sentence will be enforced immediately if she wants it to be carried out now.” Premarital sex is illegal under the Indian Ocean nation’s strict Islamic law.

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Country singer buried 20 years since attack As her music played in the background, country music star Mindy McCready was remembered this week by friends and family as a fun and talented singer who also “wanted to be healed” from her past.

About 200 friends and family gathered in the 37-year-old singer’s Florida hometown of Fort Myers. A large screen behind the altar of Crossroads Baptist Church was filled with her images and her portrait stood nearby.

“Our Mindy was so tired. She felt helpless,” McCready’s mother, Gayle Inge, said. “She was in her darkest moment and she was hurt by so many allegations. She was too emotional to understand.”

McCready, whose real name was Malinda Gayle McCready, committed suicide February 17 at her home in Arkansas, days after leaving a courtordered substance abuse treatment program. The mother of two died from a single gunshot to the head about a month after her longtime boyfriend

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Fisher & Paykel Appliances has committed to taking on more staff in its Dunedin product design centre as part of an expansion plan being driven by Chinese owner Haier, the world’s largest appliance manufacturer.

FPA chief executive Stuart Broadhurst said the company planned to hire 100 research and development staff for its Dunedin and Auckland operations, as well as creating more jobs in other areas of the company.

While not being able to specifically say how many of the jobs would be created in Dunedin, Mr Broadhurst said the number would be a “significant share” of the total.

“This is really good news for Dunedin.”

FPA employed more than 100 staff already in the city.

“This expansion of specialist skills will entrench our company’s expertise, enabling us to continue to deliver the worldleading innovation we are known for with continued emphasis on quality.”

In the next few months, the company would release the largest number of new Fisher & Paykel products at any one time in the company’s 79-year history.

Those products included new refrigeration, cooktops, a new over platform and new laundry products, he said.

FPA always had ambitions to become a premium global brand and was working towards that goal when Haier acquired the company last year. “We were playing around in China and India but now, with a clear vision, we have been asked how fast we can accelerate our plan.”

The Dunedin staff would also be working on developing new technology and products for the overall Haier group,

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“It’s about training people. We have a unique environment in Dunedin. We bring in graduates and keep training them. We don’t keep all of the people we hire here in New Zealand. Some of them leave for other businesses but that benefits the whole of the country,” he said.

Otago Chamber of Commerce president Peter McIntyre said it was a vote of confidence in the city and what it could offer to a company like Fisher & Paykel.

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A fat tax may be imposed on sugary drinks and junk foods in Australia if a panel of nutritionists, doctors and health economists has its way.

It’s still early days, but a process started at a Brisbane hotel yesterday could lead to in a new way to discourage foods that cause childhood obesity.

The biggest problems are sugar-sweetened beverages, processed meats, snack foods and some of the lower-quality formula-type products marketed for infants and toddlers, says the convener of the panel, Dr Tracy Comans.

Cooked food eaten away from the home is also a major concern.

Tax is one weapon. Another is subsidies, Dr Comans says.

The first task of her group - the early childhood expert panel on nutrition and obesity prevention - was the “complex question” of defining junk food.

“First of all we wanted to identify the main culprits and then if it is feasible to tax them,” she told AAP yesterday.

“The two areas where everyone felt it would be reasonable and practical to tax were sugary drinks and food away from home.”

Other methods were needed for snacks, as the panel decided it was too difficult to define “what is a good snack, what is a bad snack and what’s in-between”.

The panel felt subsidising healthy food would be a good option.

The next step in the project, funded by the Australian National Preventive Health Agency, will be to consult a random group of 20 ordinary people in May or June.

“Obesity rates have been spiralling out of control,” Dr Comans, a health economist at Griffith University, said.

“We know the key to dealing with the problem is prevention.

This means targeting parents’ food preferences.

“These are things we are saying should be explored.”

The public would help decide what was acceptable and what was no-go.

She said the consensus was that parents needed to follow the revised Australian dietary guidelines.

That meant children under five should be having no sugarsweetened drinks and no fruit juices in the first 12 months, and then a maximum of half a cup of non-sweetened fruit juice a day.

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companies around New Zealand which are laying off staff, this really is a boost to our confidence as a city. In Dunedin, we pride ourselves on the development of intellectual property and technology. This is the ideal space Dunedin wants to be in.

“In the next 100 years, we want to be involved in this type of manufacturing development rather than the manufacturing of the 20th Century,” Mr McIntyre said.

Mr Broadhurst had recently returned from China where he finalised among other things, an agreement for the New Zealand-based production machinery business to undertake some projects to automate production facilities over the next five years.

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Karen Walker’s daughter Valentina had input into the new designs.

Kiwi fashion designer Karen Walker is venturing into children’s wear for the first time through a partnership with a Japanese retail giant that will see the collection sold around the globe.

The range of 20 pieces including dresses, tops, pants and skirts will be available from April at Tokyo-based Uniqlo’s 262 premier stores in countries such as the United States, China, Britain and Japan.

Auckland-based Walker wouldn’t give any figures on what the partnership could be worth to her business but said it was “lucrative”.

She said the collaboration would increase awareness of the Karen Walker brand among consumers around the world.

Local consumers, however, won’t be able to

purchase the range as Uniqlo doesn’t operate stores in this country and its online service doesn’t deliver to New Zealand, Walker said.

She said the children’s wear line - available for one season only - drew inspiration from her brand’s other collections, while her 5-year-old daughter Valentina had also had some input into the designs. The concept behind the collection, which features alphabet and mathsthemed prints, is “child geniuses”.

Prices range from US$16 to US$22 ($19 to $26).

Children’s wear is a notoriously challenging area of the fashion business - Trelise Cooper shelved her girls’ clothing line in 2011 in response to declining sales - but Walker said Uniqlo offered the scale required to be successful in that segment of the trade.

The Japanese retailer, which reported annual sales of 928 billion ($12 billion) last year, has been expanding rapidly around the world with its affordable, basic fashion offering.

“One of the things I love about the collaboration with Uniqlo is that it fits with the strategy that we’ve got that you can buy Karen Walker at any price point - if you go into any of our stores right now you can get something for $15 or $50,000 [a diamond ring] and anything in between,” said Walker.

In addition to the children’s wear range, Karen Walker has also created a line of women’s T-shirts for Uniqlo.

Despite the economic woes currently facing many developed economies, Walker said her business was on track to have its best financial year ever.

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Fonterra holds payout Fonterra has confirmed its payout forecast range for the 2012-13 season of $5.90-$6 before retentions for a fully shared up farmer, unchanged from the previous forecast range.

Fonterra is required to consider its Farmgate Milk Price (FMP) every quarter as a condition of the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act (DIRA).

The co-operative confirmed yesterday a forecast FMP for the 2012-13 season of $5.50 per kilogram of milksolids, unchanged from the previous forecast.

Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings

said dry weather conditions, particularly in the North Island, in mid-December and January had resulted in a slowdown in milk supply growth. “We had a strong start to the season and milk collection volumes were running 6 per cent ahead of last season on a year-to-date basis,” Mr Spierings said.

“However, the dry conditions mean we are currently forecasting total milk collection volumes to finish approximately 1 per cent ahead for the full season.”

Global dairy prices remained relatively flat through December and January, with

the GDT-TWI increasing by 2 per cent over this period. The index has since gained 5 per cent in February. Given current global conditions, the FMP forecast anticipates global dairy prices are likely to move higher in the second half of the season.

The current FMP forecast of $5.50 kgMS is based on no substantial change to the current exchange rate for the rest of the season. If there was a further significant strengthening of the New Zealand dollar against the USD then this may adversely impact on the forecast.

FAR trials early wheat crop It’s not that uncommon to still have some of last year’s grain in the silo at the start of harvest, but how about having next year’s crop in the ground before you’ve put the header away for the season?

While most Canterbury cropping farmers are pleased to be at or near the end of their grain harvest, one property in Ellesmere has already sown some of next year’s wheat crop.

The early drilling at Paul and David Birkett’s is part of a research project aimed at finding new ways of increasing wheat yields, project manager Rob Craigie from the Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) said.

“FAR and Plant & Food Research are working on a research programme called 20 tonnes by 2020. As the name suggests we are aiming to increase wheat yields, hopefully up to 20 tonnes per hectare by the year 2020. Sowing dates can have a big impact on wheat yields, so for the last couple of years we have run trials comparing early

and traditional sowing dates.

“Results to date have shown that bringing the time of sowing forward to the end of March has either increased yields or been neutral in its effect. These new investigations into February and March planting will look at a range of factors including yield, cultivar choice, frost risk and crop management requirements in comparison to more standard April planting dates.”

At the Ellesmere site, a 7ha commercial paddock has been divided into three segments being sown in February, March and April, with the aim of carrying out in-depth studies on both small plots and a commercially sown crop.

Nick Poole, FAR’s director of research and extension, says the project represents the first in what is expected to be a series of major collaborative research programmes between FAR and Plant & Food Research.

“The project has already attracted much

interest from within New Zealand and overseas, with agricultural companies looking to evaluate products in an environment where yields can top 15t/ha. We know that early sowing will not suit every property or rotation, but we believe it is important to fully evaluate these options.

“So while operating headers and drills at the same time might cause some logistical headaches, as with all things on farm, if the benefits are great enough systems will change!”

Currently the average yield for wheat in New Zealand is around 9t/ha, while the world record, also grown in New Zealand, stands at 15.63 t/ha. In last season’s trials at the Ellesmere site the highest trial plot yields were almost 17t/ha, a new record for FAR small plot work.

An in depth analysis of last season’s work in this area will be presented at FAR’s Regional Results meetings this April.

DairyNZ offers drought advice Industry body DairyNZ is joining with other agencies and organisations to co-ordinate a range of drought support mechanisms for Northland and other North Island dairy farmers, with a focus on facilitating farmerto-farmer advice.

A state of drought was officially declared in Northland yesterday, with other regions likely to follow soon.

DairyNZ’s regional team manager, Craig McBeth, says dry conditions are being experienced throughout the North Island and the industry body has already been sending out weekly newsletters with practical advice to farmers. It is also using its local discussion groups to help farmers find out how others are dealing with the dry conditions.

DairyNZ is also working with other groups to help drought-hit farmers.

“It’s important for farmers to know they are not alone,” he says. “The best support can be talking to your neighbours and just hearing what others are doing. That’s what we’re trying to facilitate through our farmer networks. We’ll also be running some dry summer events to give more detailed advice and support. Farmers should contact their local consulting officers for updates on when and where these events will be held.”

Mr McBeth says farmers need to keep an eye on young stock as well as milking stock and their body weights and take action quickly. “What condition dairy cattle are in

Drought has been declared in Northland. now will impact on how well they are able to make it through the winter and through calving later in the year. This can have long term impacts on a herd’s productivity.”

DairyNZ senior economist Matthew Newman says Northland milk production for the month of February 2013 is about 20 per cent lower than February 2012.

“Dairy farmers in Northland will have $13 million less income from milk produced in the month of February 2013 compared to the same month a year ago. About $8 million of this is from reduced milk production, while

the remainder is from lower milk prices.

“Looking across the whole of the North Island, we estimate that just for February this year North Island farmers will receive $114 million less milk revenue than February 2012. The drought counts for a reduction of $64 million and lower milk prices for $50 million.

“This is based on a prediction of 15 per cent lower milk collected this year compared to last year for the month of February across the North Island,” he says. “The economic effects of that drop will ripple through rural communities. If it stays dry for another three or four weeks, and herds have to dry off early, then the medium term impacts will be a lot more dramatic.”

Dairy farmers experiencing dry conditions should: Look after yourself and talk with other farmers in your area.

Monitor and record your cow body condition. Make sure you know how to do this or get an expert to help.

Focus on milking on with a core group of cows until it rains.

Assess how you can destock.

Have a plan around feed, financials, stock and communicate the plan to your team (family, staff, consultant, banker). Don’t be afraid to change to Plan B if things change.

Manage young stock on and off the farm.

Talk to your grazier.

Owners and directors of Brazilian fertiliser and limestone companies recently took part in a factfinding tour of businesses and farming operations in the Ashburton district.

The 15-strong party spent six days visiting different businesses throughout New Zealand with a view to gaining a greater understanding of the fertiliser industry within New Zealand. One day was spent in Mid Canterbury and included a visit to Agri-Optics NZ Ltd at Methven. The group also visited two local quarries – Mt Alford and Mt Somers, and were given a fertiliser and lime spreading demonstration before heading to ATS Ashburton for a tour of the local rural farm supplies store.

The group recognised and understood the importance of agriculture in New Zealand and the visit provided an ideal opportunity to ensure they were up to date with any technology, quarry

management and lime products that may have been developed here.

ATS general manager operations Jono Pavey says the visit was a great information-sharing exercise for all parties. “It gave the visitors the opportunity to see and touch products, and to have their questions on the local industry answered by those in the know.”

Given the size and scale of agriculture in Brazil, it was also a good opportunity for locals to learn about its agricultural practices and needs. Brazil is 15 per cent larger than Australia and just one group of four fertiliser/limestone companies that market together in one state of Brazil produce more than all of New Zealand’s annual requirements.

The tour was organised by Farm To Farm Tours Ltd (based in Rangiora) which brings overseas groups here to look at New Zealand’s primary sector.

Prime sheep under hammer John Harrison casts his eye over prime lambs on offer at the Tinwald Saleyards this week.

Heavy prime lambs made $95-106, with medium lambs $76-85 and small ones $65-70. Heavy prime ewes sold for $85-95, medium ewes $65-75 and light ewes $40-55.

A small yarding of store lambs fetched between $45 and

Mathers calls for palm oil labelling Green Party food spokeswoman Mojo Mathers launched a petition calling for mandatory palm oil labelling in New Zealand.

Ms Mathers said palm oil had major environmental and health impacts.

A group called unmask palm oil, a youth-led campaign for mandatory palm oil labelling in New Zealand, has coordinated the petition.

Currently palm oil can be labelled as one of 200 different scientific names, or as a generic term ‘vegetable oil’.

“Many consumers want to avoid food that contains palm oil, because of the massive destruction palm oil plantations are causing to rainforests; homes to many critically endangered species including the orangutan.”

“Companies have an ethical obligation to fully disclose if their products contain palm oil with upfront labelling that doesn’t hide behind general terms such as ‘vegetable oils’,” Ms Mathers said.

“If they are using palm oil from certified sustainable sources, there is nothing to stop companies including that information on the label as well.”

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ATS general manager operations Jono Pavey (third left) with his Brazilian tour party in Ashburton.

Brazilians check out district’s fertiliser, limestone stores

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$60. A line of capital stock breeding ewes sold on account of Elginhaugh Farm also went under the hammer.

Some 240 Coopworth/Texel one shears sold for $113 each, with another group making $118. Two-shear Coopworths made $117 and three-shears $121. The rest sold for $96.

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Loons seize new beginnings post quake They were to perform that night, and had to go on stage shortly after establishing their family members were okay.

The Canterbury earthquakes have ended up being The Loons’ building itself had brick from the para“a blessing” from a creative perspective for The Loons pets loosen, and when Mr Friend returned the next Circus Theatre Company. day he witnessed many of the company’s circus perThe second anniversary of the February 22 event formers climbing the building to remove them in their last week gave cause to reflect for company creative hundreds. director Mike Friend in Ashburton.

The building remained in use until the June earthWhile the company is based at Lyttelton, Mr Friend quake struck later that year. has found himself spendAt the time he was outside the ing much more time in Mid building with his eight-year-old Canterbury since the earthdaughter. quakes of 2011 closed The They ran terrified out into the ‘For me the earthquake Loons venue in the portside middle of the street and saw dust has been a blessing,’ town. and boulders from nearby hills He has become involved with rain down.

- Loons creative director Ashburton’s Big Little Theatre He walked into the building Company (BLTC), creating new after the earthquake and thought Mike Friend work for the kids’ theatre group, “that’s it”. and is spending more time However, almost two years rehearsing at the Ashburton later, half a million dollars has Trust Event Centre with venues in Christchurch been raised for restoration. Another $200,000 needs remaining earthquake damaged. to be raised and the building will re-open in about six Mr Friend was in Ashburton last week for rehearsals months time. of his show The Lepidopterist, which premiered at the Mr Friend and The Loons Circus Theatre Company centre over the weekend. will continue to come to Ashburton, as the town will He is excited about an upcoming project, a post- remain the first tour stop for their shows. apocalyptic version of Macbeth which the BLTC senior It was losing The Loons’ venue which forced Mr group will perform in August.

Friend to begin creating solo works such as The He said the February earthquake struck as he and Lepidopterist. other company members were in Rotorua staging The “For me the earthquake has been a blessing, because Butler. it’s given us a new beginning,” he said.

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Mike Friend of The Loons Circus Theatre Company found an outlet for his creative skills in Ashburton following the Canterbury earthquakes.

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ew York City, not-too-distant-future: Eric Packer, a 28-year-old finance golden boy dreaming of living in a civilization ahead of this one, watches a dark shadow cast over the firmament of the Wall Street galaxy, of which he is the uncontested king. As he is chauffeured across midtown Manhattan to get a haircut at his father’s old barber, his anxious eyes are glued to the yuan’s exchange rate: it is mounting against all expectations, destroying Eric’s bet against it. Eric Packer is losing his empire with every tick of the clock.

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Art enthusiast Heather Coulter enjoys the art on display at the Ashburton Society of Arts Summer Show at Short Street Studio last week. The show, which began earlier this month, features more than a dozen artists showcasing their work through the week and through until next month.

The summer show is expected to run for eight to 10 weeks. The selling gallery will usually be open for viewing on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday from 10am to 2pm.

Arts

• March 1 – Natural Selection: Artists Rebecca Smallridge, Louann Sidon and Josie Dawson exhibiting printmaking, drawing, sculpture at the Selwyn Gallery in Darfield, through to March 28.

• March 2 – Views of Distant Towns exhibition opens at Ashburton Art Gallery, featuring emerging sculptors Marela Glavas and Mat Logan. Runs until March 24.

• March 3 – The Eastern, at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

New Zealand’s hardest working country music band.

• March 4 – JGeeks at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

• To March 5 - Ashburton artist, William Liebisch exhibiting at the Methven Heritage Centre.

• March 13 – Views of Distant Towns artist talk 6pm at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

• March 14 – Floral Notes, at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. A musical written by Geraldine Brophy about two best friends.

• March 23-24 – Made to Move, the Royal New Zealand Ballet. A spirited comedy set in a Bavarian beer hall, created by artistic director Ethan Stiefel.

• April 4 – Terrace Downs art gallery exhibition A Piece of You and Me opening, featuring works from Tanya McCabe and Joanne

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• To April 7 - A Micronaut in the Wide World - The Imaginative Life and Times of Graham Percy at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

• April 14 – Sons of Sinatra, a high energy musical tribute to the young lions of jazz singing, who uphold the vocal traditions set down by the one and only Frank Sinatra.

• May 3 - The Nutcracker, Moscow Ballet La Classique. Ballet skills, lavish costumes and magnificent sets, this show has it all.

• May 5 – Roger Hall’s Taking Off. A sensitive comedy that trails four Kiwi girls on their big OE. At the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

• Ashburton Society of Arts weekly art and printmaking group Wednesdays 10am to 2pm, life drawing group first Monday of the month 10am to midday, mixed media art group Mondays 10am to 2pm, Saturday painting group 10am to 2pm.

If you have an event coming up and you think it might be suited to the Arts Diary, please let us know by contacting Susan Sandys on 307-7961 or susan.s@theguardian.co.nz

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TAURUS (Apr 21st May 21st) Whatever you’re up to today, there’s plenty of opportunity for romance and for finding potential dates. Your social zone continues to be very busy, which is perfect for helping you get ahead in romance and business. Use this opportunity for networking, making new friends, joining groups and generally having a fine time of it.

GEMINI (May 22nd Jun 21st) You continue to be busy dreaming up new schemes and fabulous ideas. With Saturn currently in your employment zone, your hard work may soon pay off.

Don’t be put off by promises that never seem to happen as a special focus today suggests you may hear some good news. Romance-wise, you may get a big surprise - but a good one.

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CANCER (Jun 22nd - Jul 23rd) Your psychic senses get a boost, and could be spot on for some time. If you meet someone special and they seem familiar, there could be a karmic link. Note any dreams you recall upon awakening, as there may be a message there for you.

Don’t stop moving out of your comfort zone.

This is the best way to make progress in a number of areas.

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LEO (Jul 24th - Aug 23rd) It’s a good idea to connect with other go-getters, perhaps like you, if you want to make progress today.

However, with a major focus on spiritual and ethereal matters, you may feel more reclusive. Your mind may be working overtime, busy with dreams and the hatching of new ideas. Allow yourself space to let these plans develop more fully, then take action.

VIRGO (Aug 24th Sep 23rd) You need to be careful of those who may make promises they have no intention of keeping, especially if you’re dealing with important issues or deadlines.

Today though, love may be your prime concern.

The chances are that you may be seeing someone through rose-tinted specs.

However, there’s a twist to this tale that might surprise you.

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LIBRA (Sep 24th Oct 23rd) The Moon in your zodiac sign puts you at ease with life and helps you feel more confident about your chances of success.

It may be that financial constraints are causing you to dream up ways to earn more money, whether this means taking on an extra job or starting a business to compliment your earnings.

The main point is to be practical.

SCORPIO (Oct 24th - Nov 22nd) You may have an overwhelming desire to accomplish something big now that Saturn in your sign is pushing you to focus on your ambitions. As your creative energy is at a peak, this is an excellent time to dream up those big ideas and break them down into manageable steps to see how you might accomplish them.

Show the world what you’re capable of.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23rd - Dec 21st) Your usual confident personality may not be quite so upbeat today. This might be due to fears that have no real substance. Not knowing the truth may be exhausting in this situation. Somehow you’ll need to make time to consider what is true for you. What are your limits and are they being violated? It may be time to stand up for yourself.

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CAPRICORN (Dec 22nd - Jan 20th) A touching influence today may reveal your more vulnerable side to someone who matters. Sharing your feelings may be the best thing you do to help a growing relationship develop still further. Your latest love interest may be surprised by your revelations, as you may not hold back today. For once, you can be willing to give your all.

AQUARIUS (Jan 21st - Feb 19th) Shopping may be on your mind today, especially if you have something in mind that seems to promise you feelings of happiness and completeness. You may want to rush out and buy an object that could help you escape from the harsh realities of life - perhaps a new TV or tablet. There’s no problem with this, but it may not make you as happy as you think.

PISCES (Feb 20th Mar 20th) There’s a positive accent on contact with enthusiastic people who share your passions. Turning on the charm means emphasising your uniqueness, which can make you quite convincing today. Keep your feet on the ground, especially if those who surround you seem determined to generate confusion. You’ll need to keep your boundaries intact too.

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The sub centre champion of champions have been completed and our senior ladies were victorious in the triples last Sunday bringing Allenton’s total to 8 championship titles.

Playing Ashburton in the final, Sandra Holdom, Wendy Watson and Rachael Davies fought very hard for their win on a green which played amazingly faster as the day progressed.

This match was very even with Allenton one up playing the final end. A very precise drive from Diane Gutberlet earned Ashburton one shot to force an extra end.

Our Allenton ladies really put the pressure on in this extra end and came away with a 20-17 win.

Great bowling from all of you.

Our senior men went down to Ashburton in their final, congratulations Ashburton also congratulations to Hinds who cleaned up both the men’s and ladies junior titles.

The men’s Barr Memorial Trophy has been completed, practically in the dark I believe! By the time this goes to print the Rickard cup will also have been completed and these results will all be published in the sports results section.

Sandra Keith continues on her winning way and contributed to a Canterbury regional win in Auckland over the weekend. If my Google skills are correct she skipped Serena Mathews in the pairs. Well done Canterbury.

It has been a busy bowling month but we are slowly wearing the season down. Good luck to everyone playing in the centre championships which are the culmination of our season.

Ashburton Bowling Club In the Friday Triples (Feb 15) a local team of Charlie Leech, Mike Quinn and Maurice collected 3rd prize with 3 wins 1 draw and 28 points, Brian Williams, Colin Dennis and a Methven player (Alan Smith) were 4th, and Roger Gutberlet, Diane Gutberlet and Ursula Crack 5th. In the Todd Cup(Feb 16) at Allenton Charlie Leech, Alastair and Noeline MacKenzie and Ian Blackwood were 3rd with 3 wins.

The Langley Cup (Feb 21) played at Rakaia, the Ashburton team of Jo Ryk, Murray Anderson, Graham Tayloy and Noeline Woods play well to beat Papanui 18-9 and then beat Linwood 30-8.

They helped with these scores to help Country to beat the Townies.

Next day at Hinds in the Friday Triples 3rd place went to Geo Crack, Ursula, and Ian Blackwood with 2 wins and 1 draw. 4th place claimed by Graham Taylor, John Lilley and Roy Keeling also with 2 wins and 1 draw.

Hampstead was the venue for the Ch of Ch Triples finals. Ashburton men led by Roger Gutberlet with Mike Quinn and Harold Kemp came away with the glory but the ladies team of Diane Gutberlet, Gillian Kelly and Ollie Collins could not quite get there losing on an extra end to Allenton. The Junior men and ladies were out played, but well done for getting there. Next year it may be your turn.

Nan Marsh Tiples were played at MSA greens (Feb 25) and Gloria Hawkins, Relda Prendergast and Joyce Gray were unlucky to be 2nd going down by 1 point to the 1st team, and only being 1 point ahead of 3rd. Such a very close result. On MSA greens (Feb 21) the same team of ladies were 3nd with 2 wins, playing in the Joan Chapman triples.

In the Ladies Stepping Out Triples (Feb 18) there was only 1 Ashburton player mentioned in the results, Noeline Woods playing for Lynne Curd helped them take the honours. Diane and her team were a close 4th place in a count back but not in the prizes.

Congrats to Gladys Body, Gillian Kelly, Rosemarie O’Sullivan and Ursula Crack winning the club Ladies drawn fours (Feb 26). There were 4 teams competing.

There are only a few more competitions to be completed before the close of this hot season.

Let’s hope for some rain soon to help the greens and the gardens.

Ashburton Celtic Rugby Trainings have commenced on Tuesday and Thursday nights for senior, senior B’s, colts and U18’s. Dave McCrea (0274753002) and Brian McCormick are senior coaches, Pete Gowans (0273683999) for B’s, Paul Summerfield Colts (0274346815) and Don Summerfield U18’s (0274353231). Ring the above if you want to play.

Senior trial games are Sunday 10th March against Timaru Celtic, along with a B’s game and on 17th March vs. MacKenzie Country for the Mick Casey Memorial Trophy in Fairlie, including the B’s. The West Melton game has been cancelled so we are trying to get another game organised so watch this space. The U18’s will have two games and are just confirming dates.

JAB registration has been held and was another huge turnout and will result in a team in each grade and maybe two in some. March is very busy with the successful Schools Rippa Rugby Competition starting on Tuesday March 5, to be followed by a JAB club picnic to be held on the 16th at 11am which will include the popular “Milo Cereal� day, waterslide, games, bbq and giveaways. 31st March we have an U13 game with the touring Napier Marist team. The season kicks off in April with the 7-aside tournament on the 6th at Allenton and the competition starts on 13th April. For any enquiries about the above contact Darion Gray, 0276880647 or 3071446.

The Celtic golf tournament was a great success with a massive turnout from players, spectators and volunteers.

The overall winning team consisted of Matt Fine, Jeff Shanks and Paul Summerfield. We would like to thank all sponsors for being part of this and also a huge thanks to Kieron and Darion Gray for all the work they put in to organizing this. February 16th 2013 has already been locked in!

Our major project of leveling and re-seeding the main field has been a great success with numerous positive comments about how it looks and is under foot now.

A working bee is to be held THIS SATURDAY 8am, so come along to give a hand.

Netball have been holding trials over the last few weeks which has seen over 40 turn up every night so if you want to play netball and have missed the trial nights don’t panic, just ring Mieke Brook on 0277595782 or 3071072.

Remember to check our website, www.ashburtonceltic.co.nz for updates or news

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10.45am. M.S.A. T’AI CHI CLUB. Qigong exercises, newcomers welcome. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

2.00pm. R.S.A. WOMENS SECTION. Social meeting, R.S.A. Cox Street.

2.00pm. TINWALD GARDEN CLUB. Jenny Baker, easy floral arrangements. Tinwald hall, Graham Street.

9.00am. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real Women circuit training in the hall. 48 Allens Road.

10.00am. WORLD DAY OF PRAYER. Church service.

Ashburton Baptist Church, Cass Street.

10.00am - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, museum open. Seafield Road.

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

2.00pm. CAVEDISH CLUB. Memory of a holiday. 31 Tancred Street.

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10.00am - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, museum open. Seafield Road.

10.30am - 3.30pm. ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. Workday with Lynette Crowther or own stitching. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

7.30pm. GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time/sequence dancing. learn to dance. All welcome. Pipe band hall, creek Road.

7.30pm. DIABETES ASHBURTON. Open meeting, speaker Brent Holley. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

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The Dahlia Season is now at the peak of flowering, hence the great display of blooms at the National Show.

Our local members were rewarded for their efforts.

John and Jeanette Cuthbertson had six vases awarded on to the top table from the Open Class.

They also won the Best vase in Show.

New member Ian Jackson also earned a placed on the top table with best in show for the 1st time exhibitor.

Thank you to Mayor Angus McKay for opening the Show and presenting these top awards. Sheena Clarke and Paul Strachan gained three trophies in the Novice Section, while Spencer and Bev Cornwall received two prizes in the Intermediate section. It was a spectacular display well supported by the Public who went along.

Thank you for the support. 728 vases were entered along with 77 photos in the photography section and 19 floating bowls of water lily dahlias. Lastly 12 entries in the Floral Art Section all made for the magnificent display.

A busy month with our 2nd table show on Tuesday night again had some great flowers. A Special welcome to Anna, a new member along with 21 members in attendance for the Circle meeting.

Champion Bloom in the Novice Section, Dorothy Hastings – (Hamari Accord ) Champion Bloom Intermediate Section, John Hoogweg – (Richard S ) Champion Vase Novice Section, Alison Donald – (Dorothy May) Champion Vase in the Open Class Alistair Davey - rural Sharon) Champion of Champions & Champion Bloom in Open Class A. Davey – (Kenora Wildfire) On Sunday 3rd March we have the annual

Combined Show Canterbury / Ashburton Dahlia Show in the Tinwald Hall. Open to the Public 1pm – 3.30pm. No door charge.

Ashburton Garden Club This meeting was part of our Garden Walk which was held instead of a bus trip. As we gathered for lunch at Norma Galway’s home the President held an informal meeting. We did not have secretarial notes or treasurers report. We visited the following gardens: June and Ben McOmish, Grey Street Mary McCosker, Walnut Avenue Lunch and garden at Norma and Clarrie Galway, Mason Place Ngaire Griffiths, Oak Grove Irene and Steven Johnston, Jordan Avenue These gardens were all very pretty and very different. Thanks and a small gift was offered to these people for their generosity. Many thanks to Norma for organizing this day for us and donating the gifts, also our thanks to Heather Gray for donating the spot prizes.

In conclusion a very pleasant day was enjoyed by 35 people including guests.

The garden walk in January had to be put off through the weather, and Jenny thanked Gaye for taking over the organisation of this and to those who assisted her.

Thanks to members Kay Holder-Day, Marilyn Cross, Mary Smith, Ellie Leak, Ann Gamblin and Lynn Rickard for offering us their gardens. A lot of effort was put into this by the people and it was such a shame that the weather was unkind and the event was cancelled.

Last November’s luncheon and scholarship was considered a great success.

Ashburton Golf Club The Harvey Norman Bonanza two day tournament was a great weekend thanks mainly to our sponsors, committee and volunteers, well led by Captain Fantastic, Neil.

All the helpers turn these events into special occasions, there’s too many to mention but you know who you are, thanks and well done.

Don’t forget all our sponsors, we have a diverse group, so whatever you are doing or buying, check the sponsors board and give them first try( tell them why you are there, to show them that sponsorship does work).

Onto the golf: well done Kath Shaw, great seeing her back in the winner’s circle, after some tough times recently, and to Dave Marsden, though how he managed to cobble his handicap up to six is beyond me. It was a mixed bag of winners, with newcomers like Karen Mcrae, and Hilary Lovett, foreigners in the Smith boys, and some old favourites like Clarky, Arkright and good old Leaky Lambert. Congrats to all the winners.

Weekend stories: first one goes to Lefty May, who got confused with his par scores, when he got a lovely 5 at the par 3, 12th which he followed with an eagle 3 at the par 5, 13th.

I don’t know whether to say well done or hard luck.

A certain her indoors deserves a mention, with a tracer bullett drive down 18 on Saturday, taking the longest drive prize, the drive finished 30 metres short of the green, she then proceeded to chip on and four-stab it for a glorious 6! Looks like the doghouse for me again.

The Gorilla hunt on Sunday looked like fun, I’ve never seen so much testosterone on show in such a confined area. The markers had the right idea, they stood in the middle of the fairway, where they knew they were safe.

After all the huffing, puffing and chest beating, Steve Richards picked up the winner’s purse, he was lucky I was helping with the results, and didn’t get a chance to knock my 5 iron passed him. Good on yer Steve.

Finally yours truly’s performance, after playing the first 9 on Saturday in level par, I started writing my victory speech, but as all ways I peaked too early, (story of my life so Shaz says) and normal service resumed‌until the raffle and first prize, a new golf bag, came waltzing my way.

Ashburton Hearing Association Our first Bus Trip for the year was arranged for 21 February. We travelled via Lyttelton to “Ohinetahi�, Sir Miles Warren’s property at Governor’s Bay, Christchurch. Sir Miles greeted us on arrival and shared details of the history and the part he has played in the development of this world-renowned house and garden.

The property has been gifted to the people of New Zealand.

Sir Miles recently announced he has created the Ohinetahi Charitable Trust to preserve it for New Zealanders and tourists.

The property, founded in 1865, features a garden and park of national significance, along with a historic building that has been extensively repaired since the September 2010 earthquake. The building also houses Sir Miles’ personal art collection.

Introductions were made to the two full-time gardeners employed to maintain the gardens and when we heard it would take two and a half months to trim all the hedges, including buxus topiary, it would seem they would be well occupied all year.

Views of the sea were enjoyed while we had our lunch and after further exploration of the grounds we set off for Diamond Harbour at 2.00 pm.

On arrival we were joined by a resident of the village, Rata Boyd, who guided us around the points of interest in the area.

An extensive new sub-division in Church Bay included many lovely homes and we heard of the improvements that have been made to amenities over the last few years.

The building of a church, medical centre, fire station, rugby rooms, bowling greens, etc were funded by voluntary labour and many fundraising events – a wonderful testimony to the strength of the community which enjoys life in an idyllic part of Canterbury.

The homeward journey took us over Gebbes Pass and through Lincoln where we stopped to enjoy an icecream.

Ashburton Pakeke Lions Club President John welcomed a good number of members and visitors to the February meeting of the Pakeke Lions Club.

Apologies were read and clipboards for various forthcoming events were circulated, being collection for Plunket and a Club Bowls Tournament.

Zone Chairman Tony Thomas spoke briefly on the Club Excellence Process and encouraged our Club to take part in this.

He also reminded members of the forthcoming Area Convention to be held in Ashburton and the National Convention to be held in Christchurch as well as the Berwick Outdoor Training Camp to be held shortly at Outram which is sponsored by the Taieri Lions Club.

He also outlined the Lions Public Speaking Competition for young contestants throughout the district to be held in Oamaru in May and encouraged members to promote this via the local high schools.

The winner’s prize for this competition is six weeks tour of the USA. The speaker for the evening was Mr Howard Mahere who was introduced by Lion Arthur Pawsey.

Mr Mahere spoke at length about his life in Zimbabwe growing up in a poor family, to achieving his goal of becoming an accountant and auditor. He moved to New Zealand in 2008 with his wife Emily and his family to live here in Ashburton. Eventually they set up the Lollie Shop called “Lolliemania� in the Arcade.

Howard is also a life coach who lectures in goal setting. A most entertaining and interesting speaker and was thanked by Lion Bob Rodgers.

Secretary Lion Barry Bluett read thank you letters from various recipients of our funds.

Lion Peter O’Neill reported on the forthcoming auction which is being held on Friday the 1st March at the racecourse and reminded members that full Club participation is required as this is the Club’s major project for the year.

After the drawing of the raffles Lion Ron then

extracted a few dollars from various members for any misdemeanours they may have committed during the month.

The meeting closed with the singing of the National Anthem accompanied by Betty George on the piano.

Ashburton Rifle Club We have been blessed with nice fine days for our weekly shoots this season, and may it continue.

Not quite so hot today 23 degrees, but plenty of mirages, even had to request our excellent markers, Megan and Chrissie, to use larger spotters so we could see them through the scope.

Some very good shooting again with Peter Newman’s the only possible, Tim Webb and John Snowden 49s and John Miller, two, and Darian Miller and Sandy Collett 47s, well done in very hard sighting.

I am pleased to see casual shooters are using the targets supplied for zeroing rifles at The Butts, although I will need to paste paper over it at least once a week so they can identify their shots. Next week a lot of us are heading to Oamaru for their Championships, and we are looking forward to that, so our next shoot at The Butts will be 2 x 700 yards Sunday March 10 at 1 pm.

Ashburton Senior Citizens The Ashburton Senior Citizens held their monthly Social afternoon on Tuesday 11 February 2013 in the Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

The audience arrived to the sound of Hope’s delightful piano playing. Arthur welcomed everyone to the meeting and Happy Birthday was sung for those who had had a birthday. The notices were that the subs of $15 for this year are now due (before the end of April). They can be paid at Community House which is at the back of the Westpac building or at the March meeting.

Rose, Beverley and Audrey (the three pianists who played together) played lovely pieces and especially ones with a Chinese flavour. They were followed

by Sarah with her guitar and started “Sailor, Paper Roses and the Gospel Song – One Day at a Time�.

Yvonne played “You needed me� on the keyboard and ‘Autumn in the Black Forest�. Catherine and Joy accompanied by Yvonne did the Hokey Tokey repeating it several times with increased tempo and actions and audience participation. The three pianists returned to give us more of their lovely entertainment – “March of the Clockwork Soldiers�.

After the raffles were drawn Sarah returned with Yvonne and sang “Pania of the Reef� and “Pokarekare Ana�. Yvonne played some very catchy tunes. Sarah returned to sing with Yvonne accompanying her to complete the entertainment.

Thanks were given to all those lovely entertainers and to Hope. Afternoon tea concluded another lovely afternoon.

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Ashvegas Country Club The clubs monthly premier day was held at Hororata last Sunday with the golfers that played participating in a stableford round.

The best round of the day was recorded by Brock Peddie who finished with a score of 43 points after an outstanding round of 75. Brock is well known for his weekly form reversals and after finishing a distant last at Methven the previous week Sunday’s performance was, to put it mildly, totally unexpected.

There would be little doubt that if he was a racehorse he would have spent the majority of his career with the stipes in the swabbing box.

Another to have a good day was Mitch who finished a point behind Brock on 42 points after his round of 85 and it is clear that his days of playing off a generous 20 handicap are probably just about over.

Steve Cowie with 38 points and Bryan McFarlane with 36 did best of the others while Terry Kingsbury claimed the putting prize with 27 putts.

This Sunday’s club day is scheduled to be held at Ashburton at the normal tee off time of 10.00am.

College Cricket Club The College girls had an amazing game on Saturday beating competition leaders Timaru Girls High, who even bought up a couple of players from Dunedin that morning to play. Losing the toss the girls batted first making a slow start losing some top order batsmen cheaply. They recovered well and ended up 109 for 9.

Livvie Kennedy and Lydia McCosker were invaluable with the bat playing some nice shots with Kennedy making 18 and McCosker 16. The girls had their best day fielding showing some tight bowling and extremely good commitment and had Timaru all out for 50. The pick of the bowlers were Kieren Bell taking 3 for 6 and Stacey Hopwood taking two wickets on her birthday for 0 runs.

Gold’s captain Kody Stuthridge won the toss and opted to bat first, opening with the littlies (Hampton and Naldrett). Dylan Shore managed to put Naldrett on his backside with one fearsome bouncer. They got to 27 before Hampton (11) was deceived by the slower ball of Michael Burton. Harry Ferguson and Zach put on 52 runs against excellent line and length bowling.

Just as the pair looked to increase the run rate, Harry was out lbw for 27 (Harry disagreed and showed the umpire the piece of wood that had come off his bat). Naldrett (28) then fell to a great catch

by Burton. Gold lost wickets trying to increase the pace but managed some lusty blows at the end by Blair Snowball and Connor Wilson. Green’s best bowlers were Andrew Jopson with 2-9 (including Jayden Reid who was caught by Andrew’s younger brother Cameron), Burton 3-10, Andrew Tait 2–9.

Oliver Adlam took two great catches at keeper.

Green’s chase for 138 started with Kody Stuthridge striking three times in his first four overs (Adlam, Burton and Angus Mckenzie).

With Green wobbling, Dylan Shore (who we believe had a headache and didn’t want to run) gave an Lance Cairns impersonation smashing 58 not out off 35 balls (with 5 sixes, including one into the tennis courts), and 4 fours.

Bradley Horrell stuck with Dylan until stumped by Naldrett off Ferguson. Andrew Jopson (21) was Green’s next best until he was caught and bowled by Patrick “The Cat� Sandrey flinging himself full length to the left. Kody brought himself back on bowled Andrew Tait to finish with 4-19. However Shore’s innings saw Green home by 4 wickets.

Collegiate Rugby Club The 2013 season is off to a great start with Collegiate entering a Senior B and a Colts team in this years’ competition. We are very excited to have the Colts in the Club and look forward to a great season with our open grade teams.

The Senior B’s have had a great response with their “Sponsor a Jerseyâ€? campaign – we have 21 sponsors on board for this - Redpath, Anderson Joinery, N Z Couriers, R D 1, Maxim Homes, Milzy’s Painting and Decorating, Cates Grain & Seed, Property Brokers, The Shed, Morgan Fencing Ltd, Kelly’s CafĂŠ & Bar, Todds, Eden Fishing Ltd, Spraymarks, Ross Leadley Building, Four Seasons Tree Care, Honda Country, Turf Bar, Dominator Doors, Riverside Vets, Neumanns Tyre Services The New jerseys are due for delivery before the start of season which is fantastic. Eclipse remains our main sponsor for the B’s and everyone’s support is greatly appreciated.

The B’s and Colts train every Wednesday and Thursday evening at 6.30pm at the Smithfield Road grounds – everyone is welcome.

If you have not registered yet links to registration forms can be found on the website www.collegiaterfc. webs.com JAB registration was held on February 21 at the Clubrooms with a great turnout. If you missed out on this you can still register by either contacting Phil Nicolson on 0272828908 or on line at www. collegiaterfc.webs.com Netball trials were held recently and the ladies look to be fielding a Senior A team and a social team.

Hockey are starting to get organised for their season – if you wish to play for Collegiate contact Angela on 02040035390.

There has been a lot happening at the Club already this year and we look forward to another great season.

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Black Sticks achieve rare victory over Argentina The New Zealand women’s hockey side achieved the apparently near impossible yesterday, beating Argentina 4-1 on home soil in Rosario in their third of their five-test series.

It was only the third time the Black Sticks have won in the 21 times the teams have met in the

past 10 years. “We are pretty satisfied with that performance. We started a little bit slow and were under the pump quite a bit early on. [Goalkeeper] Bianca Russell kept us in the game in the first 10-15 minutes,” said coach Mark Hager.

“After that, we upped the tempo

and increased our chances to score and ultimately converted. It was a really fast paced game which was good.”

A 1-0 New Zealand halftime lead was a good start thanks to Katie Glynn scoring from a penalty corner late in the first half.

The game quickened in the

CLUB NEWS Methven Bowling Club On Wednesday at Rakaia the team of A Hill, R Smith, W Blackwell, B Harper helped Mid Canterbury win the Langley Cup over Canterbury a very good result for the teams from Mid. We held our second night of the Neville Goodwin Pairs on Thursday winners were E Maw & N Bilby; 2nd B Gawn & G Turnbull; 3rd W Blackwell & G Lock. At Hinds on Friday A Hill, B Harper, D Callaghan won the Pagey Cup. Well done guys. D Isherwood, R Isherwood, G Pagey 1 win. On Saturday we held the Dave McLaughlin Open Fours which was proudly sponsored by Patersons Funeral Services winners were a local team once again R Smith, R Isherwood M Stone, A Holmes good stuff well done; 2nd G Clarke, I Kaye, J Drayton, W Watson; 3rd B White, R Tonks, G May, N Woods; 4th N Skerten, A Hill, G Pagey, J McCrory. At the Champion of Champions Triples on Sunday our men’s team of D Isherwood, B Harper, E Maw lost their first game against Allenton, the ladies team of M Sullivan, R Isherwood, W Suttie had a win over Rakaia in their first game but lost to Ashburton in the semi final in a very close match that could have gone either way. The junior men’s team of A Holmes D Callaghan, J Lattimore won their first match over Ashburton but lost the final to Hinds.

Congratulations to the winners Ashburton senior men; Allenton senior ladies; Hinds junior men; Hinds junior ladies. Well done to our players the club is proud of you all. Also on Sunday one of our colts Rob Fensom played with Larry Neal from the MSA club in a junior pairs tournament in Christchurch and with 3 wins and a draw they came 2nd great achievement guys good bowling. On Monday at the Nan Marsh Triples the team of S Pagey, B Gawn, W Breach had 3 wins 3rd well done girls; W Suttie played with S Thomas and J Harkness (Rak) 2 wins 4th; R Smith, W Blackwell, M Stone 2 wins; M Sullivan, R Isherwood, M Middleton 1 win. Happy bowling everyone.

Methven Friendship Club On February 14, five members of the Methven Friendship Club gathered to travel to picnic in Mt. Somers.

Some members were unable to go for one reason or other, which was a pity. After a pleasant trip we arrived early, so set about making a cuppa and something to eat. Four other members joined us. The day was lovely and warm and sitting around talking and catching up with everyone was great.

The museum was opened for those who hadn’t been in there before. What a lot of history there was just so much to see. Close by was a musterers’ hut, transported to the Domain from Mt. Somers around four years ago. It was the ideal place to set it down. It was filled with so many things that represented the mustering life in those days.

Lunch was next on the programme. The request for food for a shared lunch had the table overflowing with a diverse range of contributions, everything was yummy. The Hall had been

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(G) Why let your antiques collect dust in the attic when you can sell them.

3.55 Te Karere. (T) 4.25 Ellen. (G) 5.25 Millionaire Hot Seat.

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8.30 Agent Anna. (AO, T) On the verge of losing her job, Anna is saved by her boss who seems overly keen to take her to a real estate conference in Tauranga for the weekend.

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opened as a backstop if the weather was unkind to us but we all went anyway. There was an extremely wonderful collection of cross-stitching which had been done by one of our members.

So many different pictures of flowers, animals (the two kittens was a special one to so many of us) a Traction Engine, a Sailing boat. A picture of a tram crossing in front of the cathedral was judged as being priceless, considering what happened to the Square 2010/2011. Unfortunately none of these pieces were for sale. There was a piano was in the Hall ready to be played so we had a sing song, which gave us a chance to test our vocal chords.

Reluctantly it was time to pack up and head for home, but not before going to the Mr. Somers Cemetery. The entrance was lovely. Stone walls on each side and down an avenue of trees was really pleasant. The Mt. Somers’ ladies pointed out some old headstones and told the history of them. A section had just been finished. There was a special area for families to place their loved one’s ashes .It formed a circle around a tree. It will be beautiful and peaceful when the tree reaches its potential.

We couldn’t go home without visiting the Staveley Store and buying an icecream which ended our day beautifully.

Nor’westers Muso’s Club The January Jam (PART 2) Up next after Two Crates we had the welcome return of Underpass, with Colin on guitar/ vocals, Paul Taylor on bass, Chris Atkinson on lead guitar, & Hoover keeping the beat on the drums, they rocked through a slick set including Proud Mary, Dominion Road, some Beatles, and finished off with Johnny B Good.

Still the entertainment keeps coming, up next we had Alleycatz - Don on guitar/vocals, Fiona on flute/vocals, Zippy on the drums and local legend Bruce (Guitar Legend ) Hortin on the bass. A very polished set including Moondance, Is This The Way To San Hos’e - that doesn’t look right! Making Whoppie, and a mighty Route 66.

Cougar Lounge kicked in next with Brett Colgan on guitar/vocals, Simon ( bout time ) Christensen on the skins & Steve Symonds on bass, They went straight into six superb original numbers, then a few covers including Dragon’s April Sun In Cuba, great stuff guys and come back soon.

Time now for the Jam Bands, first up Andy Western on bass, Sam Blissett on drums Mark Soster on acoustic/vocals and Colin on guitar, then a change around with Simon taking over the skins and Sam going to bass. All these guys played like they have played together for ever.

They played some terrific tunes, highlighting with a terrific Bob Dylan number - Shelter From The Storm.

The last act for the day was from another newcomer to the club, a very talented young lady with a very sweet voice, Brit was her name and she took to the stage on her own with just an acoustic guitar, and played like a pro, everyone was very impressed and the hearty applause spoke for itself !.

Well what a day, everyone was treated to an outstanding array of music, thanks to everyone involved and as usual a big thanks to all the staff

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The Feb. jam write up will be on the Thursday preceding the next jam on the last Sunday of March.

For those interested photos of the jams are on the Nor’westers facebook page.

A big apology to Nathan Kennedy who’s surname I printed as Sparrow, sorry mate, will buy you a pint next time you cross the ditch, till next jam Keep On Rocking In The Free World !

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7.30 Family Guy. (PGR, R) Peter puts his foot down after Lois begins a modelling career, and Stewie talks Brian into joining a pyramid scheme.

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played her 50th international test.

Captaining the side was Gemma Flynn.

The Black Sticks have today off before they play their fourth match tomorrow at 1pm (NZ time).

New Zealand 4 (Katie Glynn, Anita Punt x2, Krystal Forgesson) Argentina 1 (Giselle Juarez). HT: 1-0 - APNZ

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DOWN 1. Jeopardy (5) 2. Charm (8) 3. Regard (6) 4. Flour (4) 5. Bewilder (7) 6. Binding (10) 9. Ignoring (10) 12. Produce (8) 14. Argue (7) 16. Origin (6) 19. Wrongs (5) 20. Expectant (4)

SOLUTIONS TO PUZZLE No 12,132 Across: 1 Availability; 7 Chaos; 8 Bingo; 9 Car; 10 Incorrect; 11 Prompt; 12 Podium; 15 Temptress; 17 Sit; 18 Ounce; 19 Knave; 21 Cantankerous.

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(G) two illusionists. Rupert Angier 2.05 All Saints. (PGR, R) (Hugh Jackman, below) is a skilled The MRU is called to a magician who exists in the shadow car wrecking yard where of fellow conjurer Alfred Borden two men are injured in a fight, and Adam and Amy (Christian Bale). The shared unease deal with Natasha, a is elevated when Borden pulls young woman who has off an astounding, mind-bending tried to commit suicide. trick. Enraged, Angier is led down 3.00 Sea Patrol. (PGR) ©The Central Features discovery Press of a an obsessive path to try to expose miracle drug from the Borden as a fraud by deploying sea sees treachery and his assistant (Scarlett Johansson, deceit. below) to spy on him. Magic.

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were after when Giselle Jurez converted a penalty corner making it 3-1.

Punt continued to make her influence count when she scored the fourth and final goal of the match from a penalty corner flick.

The standout players were Punt, Forgesson and Russell who

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7.30 Police Ten 7. (R, T) 8.00 Highway Patrol.

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It is a very busy time trying to finish in-house competitions and to support other clubs tournaments.

Methven Loch cup over 60’s, W Lee, J Bell, B Wade and R Diamond 2 wins fourth place.

Ashburton Friday triples on the 15th, three teams entered, M Eder, G Whipp and J Rooke 2 wins G Eder, W Lee and D Duff 2 wins, R Herriott, J Bell and W Herriott 1 win. Allenton Todd Cup R Herriott, M Eder, R Diamond and W Herriott 2 wins, G Eder, W Lee, J Bell and J Rooke 1 draw.

Congratulations to G Eder selected in the development team to Town v Country, Witch Country won, well done to all players.

ACROSS DOWN Ashburton Steeping Out Ladies Triples, M Eder, Maw and 1.

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Pedestal (6) held on Thursday leaving at 9am for Akaroa. present the prizes. Methven Dave McLaughlin 10.JIntolerant (9)and R Diamond 15. Siren (9) The raffle was won by Pat McLauchlan.

Fours, D Duff, Bell, B Wade We were very lucky to have17. a mini talk from 13. Emit (5) Pose (3) our 1 win.

Fay Overburg who is visiting for a month from Champion of Champions Triples, our ladies lost 14.in Calculate (6)and the men lost weight South Dakota USA. There, 18. it is Small sometimes 15 (5) to Ashburton the first round 16.

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Please forward Down: 1 Shallow; 2 Horrify; 3 Cooler; 5 Conjugal; 6 main source of heating is propane gas. names to Gwen phone 3084116 or Gavin phone Thesis; 7 Exodus; 13 Imprison; 14 Maximum; 15 Deflate; The town near them has a population of 500, six 3077498, by March 14.

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churches and a high school of about 70. They have cable TV at $99 a month. Fay gave us a wonderful insight into life over there.

After morning tea we were treated to a talk and display from Tash Simm, a glass artist (Throwin Shapes Glass).

Tash did her apprenticeship in Ashburton and became the first female in New Zealand to become a qualified glazier. After this she travelled to Ireland and worked in a glass factory. She also went to Scotland and worked as a charity worker for three weeks and then got a job in Edinburgh. Back in New Zealand, Tash knew she would like to work for herself. Her father built her a workshop and she now makes things from recycled glass like leadlight windows and beautiful jewellery. A lot of her glass is imported. Her kiln is her baby. A window can take about 50 hours to complete. Tash is very arty and enthusiastic about what she does and loves creating pieces.

She is entering a piece of jewellery in a show in Auckland and hopes to win with it. Ladies were able to purchase some of her beautiful jewellery. Tash was thanked by Rae Holdsworth and presented with a tray of fruit.

See you at our next meeting and AGM on March 25.

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We had a successful Open Day on Wednesday 20th February.

Approx. between 80 – 90 people attended and it was very busy.

Our displays were viewed with interest, with many people signing up and asking about future workshops. We will be having an introductory afternoon for members on Thursday afternoon 28th February at 1.30pm in our rooms at the Reading Room in the MSA. This will be an informal meeting to explain to people how to find the programs on their computer and to find out which workshops they would like to attend.

We will be getting Windows 8 installed on our computers at the beginning of March, so please ring to enquire, as we have many people asking for windows 8, or come to the Introductory afternoon. Our Mac computers will be a bit later coming. Our thanks go to Debbie from PCs Plus and Noel Leeming for their attendance and help in answering many questions.

Grant Sidaway Executive Office from NZ Seniornet Federation gave us a very informative talk on future technology and where it is going.

We have a lot to think about and understand, but we must not stand still or be afraid to learn.

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and got it around defenders, into the goal circle and passed the keeper.

The scoreline stretched to 3-0 when Krystal Forgesson made the most of a penalty corner variation - receiving from Punt and flicking it high into the net.

Argentina finally got what they

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second half and despite the home crowd chants, two green cards and increasing pressure from the Olympic silver medallists, the young Black Sticks side continued to attack and score.

Ten minutes into the second half, the speedy Anita Punt picked up the ball at the halfway mark

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1.30 Soccer. Capital One Cup. Final.

Swansea City v Bradford City. Replay.

3.30 Soccer. A-League. Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets. Highlights.

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10.00 SKY Sport What’s On. 10.30 Crowd Goes Wild.

11.00 Premier League World.

11.30 Soccer. English Premier League. West Brom v Sunderland. Replay.

1.30 Total Rugby.

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Coles wants to fire up again

By Michael Brown Dane Coles became All Black 1117 on last year’s end-of-year tour but doesn’t pretend to think he has arrived as an international player.

The 26-year-old was picked as the third hooker for the tour of the UK and Italy, coming off the bench in all four tests, on the back of an impressive season with the Hurricanes and Wellington.

He is quick, a good ball-runner and handy defender and will need recapture his form of 2012 to have

a chance to pull on the black jersey again.

“It was the greatest experience of my life,” he said of the All Blacks tour. “Everything I had ever done was to get to that moment and the chance to put the jersey on was a day I will never forget.

“Just getting a taste of it, I want to get back there again. I don’t really think too far ahead – I take it week-to-week – because I’m not a good enough player to do that.

If I do, I’m going to trip myself up.

I just want to have a good season with the ‘Canes and, if I’m playing

consistent footy, things will take care of themselves.”

It’s why he returned to preseason training earlier than he needed. As an All Black tourist, he was entitled to stay off until January 30 but returned to the training ground in the second week of January.

He also spent considerable time in the gym. Coles is not huge by hooker standards (he’s listed as 1.84m and 108kg) and there are still concerns about his scrummaging. It’s why the All Blacks coaches advised him to hit the weights.

“I’m not going to get too much bigger but perhaps a bit stronger in the gym,” he said. “If I can get that 1-2 per cent, it will help me. I have never been the biggest guy, so I have always had to step up and play against the big boys.”

It’s what the Hurricanes did as a unit last year, when they confounded pessimistic pre-season predictions to narrowly miss out on a place in the playoffs, and an attitude that would serve them well again.

They were tipped up 34-20 last weekend by a Blues side who are

trying to rebuild after last year’s dreadful campaign but have the chance to atone against the Reds in Brisbane tomorrow night.

“It was a bit gutting,” Coles said of the defeat. “We obviously knew what the Blues situation was because we were in the same situation last year. We let ourselves down.

“Everyone now knows we can play good footy so it’s like we have a target on our backs. We need to embrace that pressure, not hide from it. We need to play good rugby and give it 100 per cent because

if we don’t we are going to have a bad year. The boys know what they have to do.”

They are buoyed by the fact skipper Conrad Smith is available after picking up a head knock late against the Blues and coach Mark Hammett has made only one change to the starting XV, with Jeffery Toomaga-Allen coming in at tighthead prop for Ben May. The Reds lost their opener to the Brumbies in Canberra but responded with a 25-17 victory over the Waratahs last weekend.

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Golf Ashburton Golf Club Midweek Women’s Tuesday 5th March Medal, Rnd 2 Sunmeade Trophy, Rnd 2 H E Cook Trophy, Rnd 2 Longbeach Cup Draw Steward: Leigh Wackrow – 308 3790 Tuesday Starters: M Urquhart, F Matsinger No 1 Tee 9.00 J Guilford, C Trott, D Hinton 9.06 J Welch, B Turton, H Argyle 9.12 V Moore, S Elliot, J Mitchell 9.18 W Parr, H Hawksby, H Lovett 9.24 F Williamson, M Urquhart, L Wackrow 9.30 F Matsinger, H Ward, M Watson No 2 Tee 9.00 J Williams, T Cates, S Simpson No 7 Tee 9.18 P Bell, G Sloper, A Grant 9.24 A Hopwood, H Robertson, D Simmons 9.30 R Bennett, D Engelbrecht, K Robb 9.36 E Porter, J Dunlop, B Martin No 10 Tee 9.00 M Bean, K Shaw, C Ness 9.06 A Hunt, M Stoddart, J Hetrick 9.12 B Gregory, B Cameron, B White 9.18 J McArthur, J McKeown, E Langford 9.24 R Evans, B Watkins No 11 Tee 9.00 H Trott, K McRae, J Early Nine Hole Men and Women’s Section Wednesday 6th March instead of usual day Thursday - report 8:45am Nine Hole convenors – Carolyn King 308 7022 and Carol O’Reilly 308 8758 Saturday 9th March - report 8:20am for 8:45am start Club Captain – Alison Grant 302 4635 All members and visitors welcome

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Starters: D. Mitchell, M. Bennett. Cards: C. Shanks Tea Duties: am N. Costin; pm M. Moore, S. Cain No 1: 9am B. O’Neill, C. Cochrane, R. Kinvig: 9.05 S. Cain, S.Vucetich, P. McLauchlan; 9.10 L. Glassey, D. Sharplin, P. Bishop; 9.15 M. Bennett, D. Mitchell No 4: 9am T. O’Connell, E; Pierce, I. Divers; 9.05 V. Hampton, S. Durry, M. Pawsey No. 10: 9am M. Smith, M. Moore, C. Shanks; 9.05 V. Prendergast, M. Kennedy, M. Colville; 9.10 S. Young, P. Ellis, P. Templeton, A. Dwan No 13: 9am: C. Linney, J. Smith, C. Shanks; 9.05 J. Van Der Heide, D. Lowe, K. McAuliffe; 9.10 V. Cartney, M. Reddecliffe, B. Jackson Bradford 9 Holes; 1st 2J’s Cup and Putting No 10: 9.15 V. Johnston, B. McBride, R. O’Brien, I. Ross No 17: 9am M. Sherriff, J. Hills, N. Burrows, N. Costin; 9.05 J. Johns, K. Young, G. Whipp, P. Gibson.

Mid Canterbury Special Olympics sent a team of nine and came home with nine medals from the regional qualifier in Nelson at the weekend.

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February 23 Progressive Pairs - (Leads) 1st Peter Gibson 2 wins 1 draw +21. 2nd Bruce Boothroyd 2 wins 1 draw +12. (Skips) 1st John Cartwright 3 wins. 2nd Bob Harrison 2 wins 1 draw.

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Chal Fire powers home at Ashburton trials A small field of horses was on track on Tuesday for the Ashburton Trotting Club’s trials. In race two David Mitchell made smart work of the 2400m mobile pace when he brought Chal Fire home at the head of the field. The Western Terror–Chal Rocco four-year-old ran the distance in 3:09.7, taking line honours one length clear of the Ben Waldron trained and driven Julia Bardon.

Wagner impresses against England

Ladies Drawn fours February 26 Won by Gladys Body, Gillian Kelly, Rosemarie O’Sullivan and Ursula Crack.

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New Zealand XI strike bowler Neil Wagner received support from an unlikely source following a determined bowling effort against England yesterday.

The left-armer is in a head-to-head battle with Wellington’s Mark Gillespie to nab the final spot in the Black Caps test squad which is being kept vacant for a pace bowler.

Otago all-rounder Jimmy Neesham

may have forced a change to those plans with a fine performance of four for 65.

But Wagner has Ian Bell’s vote. The England No 5 posted an undefeated 127 on the opening day of the fourday game to help England reach 357 for seven.

“I think Wagner ran in all day and was quite impressive, actually,” Bell said. “[He has] Good pace and he looks like he was desperate to get a place in the test team. So of all the bowlers

proper game for almost a year, the Mid Canterbury bocce team cleaned up the competition.

The boys’ pairs won gold and the women’s pair silver before they combined to walk away with gold in the fours.

“It was an excellent weekend and everybody medalled. All

he was quite impressive.”

Gillespie might argue the point. He felt he had captured Bell’s wicket late in the day and appealed confidently for a caught behind.

He stood hands on hip and glared at the batsman from a metre away when the decision went in favour of the Bell.

Bell said he would have reviewed it straight away had it been given out and if the technology was in use in the game. It is not.

While Wagner toiled hard for his two for 65 from 20 overs, Neesham had

more success in the wickets column.

He took three wickets in the morning session, including the prized scalps of Kevin Pietersen and Jonathan Trott.

“It was very memorable. It was moving around a little bit with the new ball and that was definitely the time to be bowling,” Neesham said.

“We did well to get a few wickets early. But I think they took the honours. If we had kept them to 30 or 40 less it probably would have been even.”

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At a time when he was to have been presented to the rugby league world as the face of the NRL at last night’s season launch, Ben Barba was instead preparing to enter a private clinic to have his gambling and drinking issues assessed. Before he was stood down indefinitely

by Canterbury on Monday Barba was to officially launch the new season at Sydney’s Star Casino - a role handed on to Johnathan Thurston - and to feature as the star of this season’s NRL advertising campaign. Instead the Canterbury fullback’s career is at the crossroads as medical experts plot a course of action that will get his life back on track and allow him to return to the rugby league field. Barba is set to visit a private clinic this week to address the behavioural issues that have dogged him during the off season. “The club is doing what is best for Ben Barba, not just what is best for Canterbury,” a source said.

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the swimmers improved their times and I was rapt with our bocce team,” secretary of Mid Canterbury Special Olympics Group Colleen Lindsay said.

After the strong performances in Nelson the medallists now look forward to a trip to Dunedin in November for the National Special Olympics.

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Breakers’ coach Andrej Lemanis will reach a significant milestone tonight when he is in charge for his 250th ANBL match, but there’s growing doubt about how many more he might add. Lemanis has applied to take over from Brett Brown as Australia men’s coach and is seen as a favourite, along with arch-rival and Perth coach Rob Beveridge. It has been advertised as a part-time position, and Basketball Australia chief executive Kristina Keneally said the successful applicant could continue to coach an ANBL side, but Lemanis is reportedly keen to work fulltime if he is successful because he doesn’t think he could do justice to two teams.

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Bentley, 15, was the standout claiming four medals in the pool, but it was the performance of the bocce team that was the real surprise story.

Without an actual bocce facility to practise on after being turfed out of the Mackenzie Centre in March last year, and without a

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Michael Hendry will have a host of good memories to call upon if adversity strikes at the NZ PGA Championship this week.

The defending champion was in a relaxed mood on the eve of his title defence at The Hills and said having played so well at the course last year gave him confidence this time around.

“Any time that you come to a golf course that you’ve had success round it probably puts you a little bit at ease and just being able to recall good memories of shots in particular areas and things like that probably enables you to play the course a little bit better than others at times,” Hendry said.

“So I suppose good memories feed through your game and give you a little Michael bit more confidence when you’re playing.”

As last year’s winner, Hendry acknowledged there was an element of expectation hovering over him this week but said he was more focused on how he played rather than etching his name on the trophy again.

“I think people always put a little bit of extra pressure on you when you’re coming in to an event that you’ve won before. But if I play well I’ll be happy. If I don’t I obviously won’t be happy. So it’s like any other week, really. I’ll go in and try and play as well as I can and if I do I’ll be happy with that. If that means I win, great. If that means I come 10th, well that’s fine as well.”

Hendry brings some decent form

with him in to the week having already recorded two top-five finishes in Australia this year.

He will play his opening round today with Australian Michael Sim and Japanese Tour professional Toshinori Muto.

Following on from Queenstown, Hendry will line up at the WGCCadillac Championship in the United States next weekend, a start he earned courtesy of finishing second on the money list on last year’s Australian PGA Tour.

The event looms as the biggest tournament of Hendry’s career and the 33-year-old would love to head stateside with another NZ PGA title under his belt.

Hendry leads a strong Kiwi contingent in this week’s tournament at Sir Michael Hill’s private course, including Mark Brown, Josh Geary, Gareth Paddison, Ryan Fox, Hendry Steven Alker and Phil Tataurangi.

Alker won the event in 2009, while Brown and Paddison have been consistent on the Australian PGA Tour during the past six months.

Australian Brendan Jones is the highest-ranked player in the field with a world mark of 82, while Muto is the world No 124.

Muto has also received some support in the betting market and after opening at $200 to win the tournament the five-time winner on the Japanese Tour had backed in to $50 as of this afternoon.

Other notable Australians to look out for include Nick Cullen, Matt Giles, Steven Jones and Stephen Dartnall.

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By Jonathan Leask Hinds Primary School lifted the Mid Canterbury Cricket Year 5/6 trophy by a solitary run yesterday at the Ashburton Domain Oval.

Hinds took out a tense final against Allenton, finishing one run ahead.

The inter-school tournament started with eight teams, With batsmen batting in pairs facing two overs each pair, and every player bowling one over, the decisive factor in the matches is scoring runs without losing wickets.

Every time a wicket is lost teams lose three runs and it was Hinds’ ability to take late wickets and hold onto their own at the death that sealed the win.

Batting first Allenton was on

Check out our video track for a solid target but a late flurry of wickets in the final over, with three runs taken off per wicket, had Hinds reduce them to a total of 36.

Allenton made runs hard to come by for Hinds in the early exchanges but a hurry up in the middle overs got Hinds within sight of the win and they managed to hold on for a one-run win, finishing up on 36.

Defending champions Tinwald qualified for the top eight but finished third in pool play, end-

ing their run of three consecutive finals. Tinwald finished fifth, outscoring Rakaia 53-33.

Last year’s runners-up and 2011 winners Lauriston also missed out on the final, battling out for third but Methven, who were third last year, claimed third again making 52 to Lauriston’s 45.

Longbeach and Mt Somers, the 2010 winners, squared off for seventh with Longbeach comfortably winning with a score of 34 to Mt Somers’ 17.

Mystery hovers over the Blues and Crusaders as they prepare for their Super 15 duel tomorrow at Eden Park.

Rene Ranger’s allegiance hovers about the hosts while questions circulate about a change of style for the visiting competition standardbearers.

The Blues centre admitted he was open to overseas offers but had not signed any deal as he still retained his dream of adding to his three All Black caps.

“I have still signed with the NZRU for a year, still playing for Northland and just hope to have a good season,” he said.

There is greater immediate interest in his midfield battle with Robbie Fruean as the Blues look to consolidate their opening win and the Crusaders shake off the rust of a last-round bye.

Fruean brings a huge physical presence and is a damaging attacker but has yet to persuade the national selectors his workrate is high enough for the test arena.

Ranger gets involved and produces some freakish work but has also been too inconsistent since his 2010 season in the All Blacks.

Centre is the position already provoking interest after Richard Kahui’s decision to shift to Japan, Tamati Ellison’s shoulder surgery and Conrad Smith’s ideas about a sabbatical.

Curiosity will also focus on whether there is any discernible shift in the Crusaders’ patterns this season. They have spoken about reworking the style which has got them to the playoffs – but no title – in the four seasons under coach Todd Blackadder.

They have 10 All Blacks in their opening selection and it is unlikely they will deviate far from a serious test of the Blues pack. Set-piece is a work in progress for the Blues and a Crusaders pack with Matt Todd as their only uncapped forward will search for a strong impact in those areas.

Dominance and width have been the Crusaders’ reworked calls as Aaron Mauger and Tabai Matson arrive with their new approach to expressive backplay.

“For years they have won through attrition, now they are talking and hinting about expansion,” said Blues coach John Kirwan.

“I think they are trying to change their game. We have seen some different stuff from them and we need to be ready for it.”

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He played for the Hurricanes in the Super 14, and was a huge asset for the Cardiff Blues when he played there, captaining them to victory in the EDF Energy Cup Final.

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Mystery hovers over Blues, Crusaders

Crusaders team to play the Blues at Eden Park tomorrow (7.35pm): Tom Taylor, Adam Whitelock, Robbie Fruean, Ryan Crotty, Israel Dagg, Dan Carter, Andy Ellis, Kieran Read (c), Matt Todd, George Whitelock, Samuel Whitelock, Luke Romano, Owen Franks, Corey Flynn, Wyatt Crockett.

Reserves: Ben Funnell, Joe Moody, Dominic Bird, Luke Whitelock, Willi Heinz, Tyler Bleyendaal, Tom Marshall.

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Low cloud, clearing by early afternoon, but returning at night. Northeasterlies north of the Rakaia, fresh during the afternoon. Light winds and sea breezes further south.

Fine and sunny.

Wind at 1000m: NW developing.

Wind at 2000m: NW 30 km/h.

MAX

29 OVERNIGHT MIN 12

MAX

21 OVERNIGHT MIN 12

MAX

19 OVERNIGHT MIN 10

MAX

17 OVERNIGHT MIN 8

Midnight Tonight

ia

Wind less than km/h 30

Canterbury High Country

SUNDAY: Cloudy periods. Light winds.

AKAROA

Ra

Canterbury Plains

TODAY: Morning low cloud morning, then fine. Light winds.

SATURDAY: Cloudy, drizzle at times.

Light winds.

22

LINCOLN

Ashburton Forecast TOMORROW: Fine, morning and evening cloud. Light winds.

CHRISTCHURCH

30 to 59

Auckland Hamilton Napier Palmerston North Wellington Nelson Blenheim Greymouth Christchurch Timaru Queenstown Dunedin Invercargill

60 plus

morning min max

fine fine cloudy fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine

17 12 13 11 15 12 10 12 13 10 9 13 11

26 27 23 28 23 25 28 20 24 28 25 22 24

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TOMORROW TOMORROW Areas of morning and evening cloud, otherwise fine. Light winds.

SATURDAY Cloudy, with drizzle at times. Light winds.

SUNDAY

NZ Situation Cloudy periods. Light winds.

A ridge of high pressure covers the country, as low systems lie to the north-east and south-west of New Zealand. A weak southerly flow affects the MONDAY country tomorrow, before another ridge begins to Fine with light winds. build over the South Island on Monday.

FZL: Above 3000m

FZL: Above 3000m

Fine and sunny.

Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: Light.

SATURDAY Mostly fine, however drizzle at times about the foothills. Light winds.

SUNDAY Cloudy at times. Westerlies developing.

MONDAY Fine with westerlies.

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fine cloudy showers cloudy showers showers showers fine thunder fine thunder fine cloudy cloudy cloudy cloudy showers drizzle fine showers rain thunder thunder rain fine snow showers snow showers fog rain drizzle fine showers cloudy fine fine thunder fine thunder cloudy rain fine rain cloudy

15 -2 26 1 21 25 14 19 17 22 26 20 0 0 1 -2 11 18 20 8 26 16 24 3 12 1 16 -8 24 11 3 2 19 25 2 9 0 24 -3 21 17 12 5 -1 1

23 6 34 7 29 33 23 33 22 31 33 27 7 7 7 5 17 22 27 19 33 31 34 9 23 8 21 1 31 24 9 6 33 29 12 17 12 32 2 26 24 19 13 9 5

River Levels

cumecs

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 1:45 pm, yesterday Nth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday Sth Ashburton at 9:30 am, yesterday Rangitata Klondyke at 9:00 am, yesterday

116.2 4.75 6.13 46.4

Source: Environment Canterbury

Canterbury Readings

to 4pm yesterday

max

Ashburton Airport

21.8 14.3 14.4

Temperatures °C

Average

22.7

10.9

Timaru Airport

22.1

11.6

20.9

10.1

24.4 96.2

E 30

0.0

20.8 58.0

NE 31

–

0.0

23.4 79.0

E 28

43

102

36

78

38

84

Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing m am 3 3

6

Thursday 9 noon 3

6

9 pm am 3

6

max gust

0.0

9.5

22.3 13.2

Average

Wind km/h

9.3

9.2

Christchurch Airport 22.8 11.7 Average

Rainfall mm

min grass 16 hour Feb 2013 min to date to date

nc nc

Friday

9 noon 3

6

9 pm am 3

6

Saturday 9 noon 3

6

9 pm

2 1 0

12:08 6:19 12:29 6:40 12:55 7:05 1:17 7:30 1:45 7:55 2:09 8:24 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.

Rise 7:09 am Set 8:21 pm

Bad

Bad fishing

Set 9:30 am Rise 9:07 pm

Last quarter

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Rise 7:11 am Set 8:19 pm

Bad

Bad fishing

Rise 7:12 am Set 8:17 pm

Bad

Bad fishing

Set 10:39 am Rise 9:40 pm

Set 11:49 am Rise 10:16 pm

12 Mar 8:53 am

20 Mar 6:28 am

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