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Watson to be interviewed

Convicted double murderer Scott Watson will be interviewed by a journalist in prison. Michael White applied to the Department of Corrections to interview Watson, convicted in 1999 of the murders of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope on his boat Blade on January 1, 1998.

Corrections confirmed yesterday morning that White’s application had been approved and the interview would go ahead. “The interview will be subject to certain conditions related to security of the prison and the interests of victims,” said Corrections spokesman Vincent Arbuckle. “Corrections reconsidered the application in light of the High Court’s ruling in June 2015 that determined that ‘where no concerns of prison security are raised, and where the communication is to a reputable journalist, then that is a circumstance where the (freedom of expression right) in the NZ Bill of Rights Act should almost always prevail’.”

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Liu welcomes son Actress Lucy Liu Is a first-time mum after welcoming a son via surrogate. The Elementary star surprised fans yesterday by announcing she is the proud mother of little Rockwell Lloyd Liu. She took to Instagram to share a photo of herself holding the little one in her arms, adding the caption: “Introducing the new little man in my life, my son Rockwell Lloyd Liu. In love!” Her representative also confirmed to Us Weekly that the newborn was born “via gestational carrier”. “Mum and baby are healthy and happy,” the rep told the publication. Prior to yesterday’s big reveal, Liu gave no indication she was planning to become a mum.

Who can play wildest on an instrument no-one can see? A record 30 air guitarists from a dozen countries are jamming on a stage in northern Finland to answer just that question. The 20th Air Guitar World Championships kicked off yesterday (NZ time) with 30 “dark horses” hoping to be among eight advancing to today’s final, joining seven national champions who automatically qualify. The competition started as a joke by a local musician, adding to the small Nordic nation’s reputation as an inventor of offbeat summer events such as the “mosquito slapping” and “wife carrying” competitions. It has gradually spread worldwide with national events held annually in several countries. The 2002 champion, London architect Zac Monro, is back after a break of 13 years seeking to rekindle that “special flame that breaks the mundane”.

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A grand piano that featured on many of ABBA’s biggest hits is going up for auction in London next month.

Sotheby’s is offering the instrument, owned by the Stockholm music studio where the 1970s Swedish supergroup often recorded. The auction house said the piano by Swedish designer Georg Bolin – played on hits including Waterloo, Dancing Queen and Money, Money, Money – was expected to sell for between £600,000-£800,000 ($NZ1.43 million-$NZ1.9 million) on September 29. It’s the first major piece of ABBA material to be auctioned, and comes with a certificate of authentication.

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Kudrow on stage with Swift Actress Lisa Kudrow resurrected her Friends character Phoebe for a surprise performance with Taylor Swift in Los Angeles on Thursday (NZ time). The Comeback star shocked fans when she appeared onstage at the Staples Center with a guitar and performed Phoebe’s most famous song Smelly Cat in the character’s strained singing voice alongside Swift.

She remained in character during the performance, with Swift saying, “What song are you going to sing, Phoebe?” and in the middle of their rendition, Kudrow cut in, as Phoebe, and told the singer, “That’s good, but you have to really feel the lyrics ... You’ll get there.” After the show, Kudrow wrote on Twitter: “So @taylorswift13 is THE best person I’ve ever met. That was fun. Thanks Taylor.” Swift ended her final night in a five-date residency at the venue with more celebrity guests including Justin Timberlake, who performed his track Mirrors with Swift.

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Police: Gang brawl could have killed someone

By Daisy HuDson

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Someone could “easily” have been killed during a violent gang brawl in an Ashburton park on Thursday, according to police.

Ten people, believed to be rival gang associates, were arrested on Thursday afternoon on Davis Crescent following an organised fight involving an axe, a baseball bat and golf clubs.

The incident left members of both factions battered and bruised, while one person was taken to hospital with head injuries.

Ashburton police senior sergeant Scott Banfield said the fight could have “quite easily” turned into a death.

“You don’t take axes and baseball bats to a brawl like that and not think you’re going to hurt somebody,” he said.

He was adamant that Ashburton does not have a “gang problem”, and police drug raids last year had “cleaned up” a lot of gang activity.

“Events like yesterday, we’re not used to seeing things like that, there’s no two ways about it,” he said.

“You shouldn’t be seeing things like that in a kid’s playground.”

However, every community did have gang members and gang associates living in it, he said.

“We know who our people are here who we need to target and when we have the luxury of evidence, we make arrests,” he said.

“Up until then we simply keep gathering intelligence on

them and keeping tabs on what they’re doing and when we get the chance, we lock them up.”

While there had been speculation about the specific gangs involved, none of the alleged offenders were wearing patches and police were still trying to determine their gang involvement, Mr Banfield said.

Three people managed to evade police at the scene and inquiries were continuing as to their names and involvement, he said.

“I know there’s been a lot of discussion in the community, and there will be, but they need to know we dealt with it pretty quickly, pretty swiftly,” he said.

“It’s up to us to keep policing those individuals and those groups, and make the best of it that we can.”

Eight people appeared in the Christchurch District Court yesterday morning, all charged with taking part in a riot.

They were: Breeze HuntWeston, 22, Emitana Reece Aranui, 30, Maria Aranui, 23, Mahaki Hemi Aranui, 26, Chase Aranui, 22, Malia Veatupu, 26, Larissa Huriwai, 33, and William Kiteanga Kimiia, 26.

All are from Netherby.

Two other people appeared in the Timaru District Court yesterday morning, charged with the same offence.

Crime statistics for the 2014 calendar year showed overall crime in Mid/South Canterbury dropped by 11.3 per cent from the year before.

However, violent crime was on the rise, with acts intended to cause injury increasing by 7.7 per cent in the region last year.

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By Julia HollingswortH Fashion blogger Harley McVicar loves tucking into oysters, snapping photos on her phone and thinks accessorising is very important.

Oh, and she’s only eight.

The pint-sized fashionista is the youngest blogger at New Zealand Fashion Week, but with director Pieter Stewart as a grandmother, it’s hardly her first time to the front row.

“I’ve been at fashion week

since I was in mummy’s tummy and I was born 10 days after it,” she said.

She’s been at every fashion week since, and has even been whisked away to Waiheke Island by Pamela Anderson.

“Pamela gave me her sunglasses which were priceless I think.”

This year, Harley tried her hand at blogging after her photos at previous fashion weeks were a hit.

She’s scored front row seats

and eaten expensive treats, but best of all, she met her favourite fashion designer, Project Runway’s first Kiwi winner, Sean Kelly, even interviewing him about his win and his personal style.

“I was so shocked I couldn’t remember the other questions I wrote down,” she said.

“I like his dresses, especially the one that you can take in the rain.

“He wants to do a show, but I don’t think Mimi [Dame Piet-

er] will let him do that, like, put rain down [on the catwalk].”

Like the other fashion week attendees, she’s paid attention to her look: her nails are painted silver and her hair’s pulled back with a bright pink leopard print headband which matches her bracelet.

“I’ve also got pink lipstick, but I think it’s worn off,” she said.

Her make-up artist mum, Kirsten Stewart, has been involved in fashion week throughout its 15-year history - but this

time she’s also playing chaperone. “She’s always had an opinion,” she says of her daughter.

But though Harley is the envy of her classmates at Christchurch’s Fendalton Open-air School, fashion blogging isn’t what she wants to do when she grows up.

“I think I might be a graffiti artist or a fashion designer or just an artist,” she says.

“I think my blood was born to be doing art.”

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■ CANTERBURY REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

Ashburton leads the way

By Sue NewmaN

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Ashburton is Canterbury’s leader when it comes to having good programmes in place to ensure new migrants feel welcome and are able to settle into their new homes, says mayor Angus McKay. And because of its well es-

tablished role in working with newcomers, the district was the logical leader of a newcomer and migrant project that forms an integral part of Canterbury’s Regional Economic Development strategy released yesterday by minister for economic development Steven Joyce.

The project is part of a seven

pronged strategy developed by the Canterbury mayoral forum to put in place building blocks for a future that will ensure a strong and vibrant economy across the entire region.

Of the 10 territorial authorities that make up Canterbury only Ashburton, Selwyn and Waimakariri are tipped for an-

nual population growth over the next 20 years.

All will watch their population age at a faster rate than the New Zealand average and with an unemployment level that is already very low, it is becoming increasingly important to attract new people into the region, Mr McKay said.

He presented a paper to the mayoral forum a year ago, outlined the steps the district was taking to encourage migrants (both international and national) that would make them feel welcome.

And that made it logical for the district to tackle this section of work when the district’s mayors developed their 20-year strategy, he said.

“This has always been very close to our hearts but now it’s coming to the front of the minds of the mayors of Canterbury who know they also have to attract immigrant workers.”

Mr McKay said it was very clear in his mind that attracting new people to the district had to include attracting them from around New Zealand. The region needed to make it easy for them to call Canterbury their home.

Ashburton already had a large immigrant population with more than 5000 of the 32,000 people living in the district at the 2013 Census listing some-

What is the Canterbury Regional Economic Development Strategy?

It is an action plan developed by 11 local authorities that identifies and removes barriers to growth, knocks on and opens doors to opportunities and advocates with one strong voice for Canterbury and its communities.

What are the seven work programmes within the strategy?

■ Integrated regional transport planning and infrastructure investment ■ Digital connectivity – extension and uptake of fast broadband in rural areas ■ Freshwater management and irrigation infrastructure ■ Value added production ■ Education and training for a skilled workforce ■ Newcomer and migrant settlement support (skilled workers, cohesive communities) ■ Regional visitor strategy

Who has developed the strategy?

The Canterbury Mayoral forum has driven the strategy.

It is made up of the mayors of Ashburton, Huruni, Mackenzie, Timaru, Waimate, Kaikoura, Selwyn, Waimakariri and Waitakai district councils, the Christchurch City Council and forum chair, Dame Margaret Bazley chair of the Canterbury Regional Council.

What happens now?

Mayoral forum leaders will promote the strategy’s common vision for the region and continue to involve communities in the actions that will follow.

Facts about Canterbury ■ Canterbury is New Zealand’s largest region by land area and second largest by population ■ Between 2009 and 2014 the region’s economy expanded more than any

other region (39 per cent) ■ In 2014 Canterbury had the second largest GDP increase, 106 per cent ■ GDP per capita is currently $53,054 (New Zealand $51,319) ■ The region’s unemployment rate is 3.3 per cent (New Zealand 5.9 per cent) ■ The biggest contributors to the region’s economic growth between 2008 and 2012 were Ashburton, Selwyn, Hurunui, Timaru and Waimate districts ■ Projected average annual population change to 2043 will be led by Selwyn, 2.2 per cent, Waimakariri, 1.3 per cent and Ashburton 0.9 per cent. All the other Canterbury areas are expected watch their population decline ■ Through to 2043 the natural increase (more births and deaths) will decline across Canterbury except in Ashburton and Selwyn ■ In the year to June 2015, 6800 manufacturing jobs were created in Canterbury.

where other than New Zealand as their place of birth, he said.

Developing a Canterbury wide policy for migrants had to include a pitch with a united voice to improve access to health and education, Mr McKay said.

“When we speak with one voice we are much stronger than just one mayor.”

Some of the key issues in the newcomer and immigrant strategy will be to introduce open work visas; increase access to primary health care for people on work visas of less than 24 months; create better access to multi-lingual information for immigrants and ensuring immigrants and their families had good access to tertiary education.

“We want immigrants to have the same opportunities as people who were born here.”

While it was important to attract newcomers to Canterbury, it was also important to retain people who had already moved her, Mr McKay said.

“We have 41,000 workers in Christchurch now for the rebuild and they have skills. We need to make sure we keep them and their skills.”

Mr McKay said his next step would be to draw up a paper detailing how an approach would be made to the Ministry of Health to improve access to newly arrived immigrants.

Ensuring Canterbury will thrive In releasing the Canterbury Regional Economic Strategy yesterday, economic development minister Steven Joyce says the document identified ways to ensure the region thrived after the post-earthquake rebuild is completed.

With it having the lowest unemployment rate in the country, 3.3 per cent, it was vital to look at ways to attract, upskill and maintain skilled workers to ensure it was positioned for growth, long term, Mr Joyce said.

“This region has a strong can-do attitude. Many doubted we could collectively pull together a big enough workforce for the rebuild but we’ve done that and now we are committed to ensuring Canterbury remains the engine room of the South Island economy,” he said.

“I’ve always said that Canterbury will emerge after the earthquakes as a stronger, economically vibrant, more resilient region. This strategy, executed well, will help ensure that future.”

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Initiative welcomed by district newcomers

By Caitlin Porter

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A plan led by Ashburton District mayor Angus McKay to support newcomers and migrant settlement in the district, is being warmly welcomed by one Filipino family.

The plan is being developed in Ashburton, and wider Canterbury to make newcomers and migrants feel welcome and settle quickly. It is one of the seven work programmes in the Mayoral Forum’s Canterbury

Regional Economic Development Strategy, launched by the Minister for Economic Development Steven Joyce, yesterday.

Patricio Dandin and his wife Sonia moved to Ashburton 10 years ago, coming here for farm work.

Mr Dandin had a wealth of experience in the dairy industry, completing a relevant university qualification in the Philippines and then heading to Saudi Arabia where he worked in the industry for three years.

The couple said they wanted to come to Ashburton because they had a friend in New Zealand who described the country as “a paradise”.

And he wasn’t wrong, Mr Dandin said.

“It was very easy when we came, I had very good references and experiences, that is why it was so easy.”

The move to New Zealand was also relatively easy, Mrs Dandin said the couple had no issue with work visas or residency and last

Objective:

Newcomers and migrants are attracted to Canterbury and feel welcomed and supported to settle quickly and well, contribute in the workforce, participate in our communities and call Canterbury home.

year they and their two daughters became citizens.

“We feel at home now,” she said.

But the transition wasn’t quite as easy. When they first arrived in Mid Canterbury there was only a small proportion of people from the Filipino community working on dairy farms, however now there are thousands.

Even though, both said a plan that welcomed newcomers would be a great idea.

Now that they’re so established, the Dandins have made it their mission to welcome new migrants to the community.

Owning a Filipino dairy and a restaurant and being active within the dairy industry and church community helps with that.

“We struggled sometimes without family … so every time we have a new friend that arrives here, we introduce them,” Mr Dandin said.

“We are helpful of each other.”

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■ ASHBURTON ART GALLERY AND HERITAGE CENTRE

In brief

Parking battle finally settled

BY SUE NEWMAN

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A bitter battle that has raged between the Ashburton District Council and neighbours of the district’s new art gallery and heritage centre for four years, has finally come to an end.

The two parties were at loggerheads over an agreement that was designed to set aside a section of Wills and Cameron streets as resident-only parking when events were held in the complex.

The council and five residents signed the agreement in 2011 but it could not be implemented without the council rewriting its transportation and parking bylaw.

The council acknowledged the agreement had been entered into in good faith but it was unable to comply with the agreement because doing so would have compromised its decision making powers under the Local Government Act. The two parties were then in a stand-off but this week the

After a four-year battle, the parking dispute in the streets immediately around the Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre is finally settled.

council said it regretted it could not implement the no parking zone and it agreed to meet ‘reasonable’ costs the group had incurred in fighting their case.

In return, the residents agreed to remove the residents only parking requirement.

Costs were earlier estimated to be about $20,000.

Council chief executive Andrew Dalziel said that negotiations through a third party had resulted in a written statement that was acceptable to both

parties. “The settlement marks the end of a long process and the council looks forward to a positive relationship with the neighbours of the new facility,” he said.

Last year it appeared likely the issue would have ended up in the High Court and this could have landed the council with a bill of up to $100,000 to defend its position.

The art and heritage centre’s neighbours have challenged a number of issues around the

building since planning started in 2008.

Last year the council estimated delays caused by those challenges added around $700,000 to the project’s overall cost because of the time delays created.

The resident-only parking clause was part of an appeal against a resource consent for the centre.

It was a condition reached during mediation convened by the Environment Court and would have applied to three properties on Wills Street and two on Cameron Street.

One of those involved in the agreement, Alister Argyle, said he was satisfied with the outcome and the neighbours were happy the matter was at an end.

While the disagreement had run for several years and there had been a degree of perceived acrimony surrounding it, Mr Argyle said that at no time had any concerns voiced by the neighbours group been directed at the council’s planning staff.

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Symantec said it had blocked thousands of spam emails with domains related to Ashley Madison. Subject lines enticing people to click include: • “Ashley Madison Hack Should Scare You” • “How to Check if You Were Exposed in Ashley Madison Hack” • “Ashley Madison hacked, is your spouse cheating?”

Symantec urged Kiwi consumers to be vary of any email purporting to relate to the breach and exercise caution with websites offering to check if someone’s details are included in the breach. They should never pay anyone offering to remove personal details from the leaked data because it can’t be done.

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Armed police out Armed police have been on the streets of central Auckland. Multiple callers to the Herald reported seeing officers armed with guns in the Lorne St/Albert Park area. One said they saw armed officers talk to a couple of girls outside the Precinct on Lorne apartments on Lorne St then enter the building. The only information police would provide was that officers were “looking for someone”.

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Car collides with cow A cow had to be euthanised by police after it was hit by a car on Racecourse Road early yesterday morning. Police said the driver of the vehicle was not injured, but the cow had to be put down at the scene.

Crash victim named Police have named the man who died in a two-car crash near Riversdale in Southland yesterday.

He was 44-year-old Pradeep Edirisinghe of Sri Lanka. Police said Mr Edirisinghe, who died at the scene of the crash, had been working on a dairy farm and living in the Riversdale community. The two-vehicle crash occurred on the Riversdale Waikaia Road and Two Chain Road intersection about 9.30am. The road was closed for four hours as police conducted a scene examination with the Serious Crash Unit in attendance.

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‘Greatest dad ever’ “The greatest dad ever – I couldn’t have asked for better,” is how Jared Wallace has described his father, Rob, who died in a workplace accident in Oamaru on Thursday. “He showed me everything I know.” Robert (Rob) George Wallace (58) was working on a truck at North Otago Truck Repairs when the deck fell on him, trapping him against the chassis. He was found by a fellow worker. Weston and Oamaru Fire Rescue, along with a St John ambulance and police, were called about 4.35pm, but he had died. Police and Worksafe NZ are investigating the accident.

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Crashes cause delays Two crashes just out of Auckland’s central city caused major traffic delays last evening. The first crash was on the s-bend on the Southern Motorway after Gillies Avenue. While the crash had been cleared traffic was still heavy from the city to Mt Wellington, the NZTA tweeted. There were also delays west of the city after a crash on the westbound lane near St Lukes Road. NZTA said the off ramp at St Lukes was completely blocked and motorists were urged to use the Great North Rd offramp.

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Death ‘no accident’ Police investigating the death of 4-year-old Maggie Watson, whose body was found in her Onehunga home early on Friday, August 7, believe her death was not an accident. The officer in charge of the homicide investigation, Detective Inspector Hayden Mander, said results from tests and examinations have been disclosed to police. “Those results, combined with a number of discussions with various experts, lead us to the conclusion that another person or people were involved in Maggie’s tragic death. “We have carried out a considerable number of inquiries over the past three weeks and the investigation is ongoing. “My staff have remained in contact with various members of Maggie’s scattered family over this time in an effort to keep them informed of progress.”

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In brief School fire Fire investigators were yesterday sifting through the charred remains of a classroom block gutted by fire at Hari Hari early Thursday night. Six rooms in the technology block at South Westland Area School were either destroyed or badly damaged in the blaze, which is believed to have started in the home economics room, shortly after 7pm. Hari Hari Volunteer Fire Brigade chief fire officer John MacIntosh said the building was well involved when they arrived, and back-up was called from Whataroa. Mr Macintosh said firefighters worked for more than two hours to contain the fire, with two crews working inside, and another on the roof removing the iron to douse the flames from above. Principal Ross Brockbank said the school was closed today and would remain closed until Tuesday, while staff and the board of trustees worked out a re-occupation plan. - NZME

Glenmark fire Fulbright scholar and former Pendarves resident, Emily Lambie, heads off to the United States in the New Year.

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■ FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP

Off to study quake effects

By Caitlin Porter

Caitlin.p@theguardian.Co.nz

There is something about the effect of geological events on people that 25-year-old Emily Lambie is fascinated by.

Her interest in the topic has resulted in Miss Lambie, who grew up in Pendarves, spending years at university researching, and that research has seen her accepted into the prestigious Fulbright Programme.

Fulbright is an international education exchange founded by an American senator who, following the aftermath of World War Two, believed a mutual understanding between different cultures was crucial to ensuring peace.

New Zealand was the fifth

country to sign up to the Fulbright programme in 1948, since then more than 3000 Kiwis have been granted the opportunity for an exchange.

As a Fulbright scholar, Miss Lambie will head off to California State University as a visiting student researcher to research human behaviour during earthquake shaking.

Geology has been a passion of hers for some time – she started her studies with a Bachelor in Geology at the University of Canterbury – but it wasn’t until she was nearing the end of her degree, when the devastating Canterbury earthquakes struck, that she became fascinated by how geological events affect people.

At that time no objective research into human behaviour during the earthquakes had been done, so Miss Lambie decided to do it herself.

She examined lots of CCTV footage and coded what people did during the shaking.

“Because it hadn’t been done, it was about methodology, there is so much CCTV footage so [I had to work out] how to collect and analyse it,” she said.

That research was the basis of her Master’s degree in Hazard and Disaster Management, which she has since completed, graduating with first-class honours.

While undertaking the research she decided to submit an application to the Fulbright

programme – a process that was long and arduous.

However, it was something she was passionate about and her four supervisors supported her throughout the process.

“They really helped me through that,” she said. “I’m one of those people that if I get a little taste of something I’m like ‘this would be so cool’.”

Come January Miss Lambie, who will have completed her fixed term position with GNS Science in Wellington, will take her research to America and present it to various academics and researchers to get their input.

She plans on returning next November, with research in hand, ready to put it to use.

■ DATING AGENCY CLOSING

Cupid hanging up his rural bow and arrow By nadine Porter

nadine.p@theguardian.Co.nz

After nearly 20 years helping rural men and women find love dating agency Country and City Contacts is hanging up its cupid’s arrow.

The Christchurch based company owned by Sally Wilson was well known throughout New Zealand and in particular among lonely single rural men, as pickings of women diminished from farming areas.

Ms Wilson confirmed to the

Guardian that she had made her last love match but declined to comment further until all her clients had been notified.

She did, however, admit the plethora of international dating networks coming into New Zealand via the Internet had affected her business.

Wellington based Matchcompany dating agency owner Rosie Bowie said although there were many internet dating sites, she believed there would always be a need for

face-to-face agencies, particularly with professionals, like farmers, who were “not as socially forthright”.

Ms Bowie said her agency was different as it concentrated on professionals and she interviewed her clients and vetted prospective love matches.

Some internet dating sites had dishonest users, whereas an agency offered a “safe place” for clients.

Taking clients from all over New Zealand, and in Christch-

urch next week, Ms Bowie said she does have rural clients but said farmers needed to be “open minded” when looking for love.

“They can’t expect to find someone by staying in their area. They need to get out and meet people.”

Census 2013 results show rural men might continue to have their work cut out for them when it comes to finding love with areas such as Clutha and Southland showing men far outnumber women.

All Blacks great Alex ‘Grizz’ Wyllie has picked through the charred remains of his famous North Canterbury rugby clubrooms which burned down overnight Thursday and lamented the loss of decades of “irreplaceable” rugby memorabilia. The midnight blaze has gutted Glenmark Rugby Club’s historic 91-year-old wooden clubrooms at Omihi Domain.

The walls of the clubrooms - due to host the club’s annual endof-season prizegiving and ball tonight - were lined with trophies, silverware, team photos and All Blacks jerseys. Club legend Wyllie was delivered the bad news at 6am. He drove straight up to the domain. “It’s not a very pleasant look at all. All those jerseys, oneoffs, they are gone,” he said.

Thankfully, he said, the club had earlier taken copies of most of the team photos. Now, he says he will “wait and see what comes out of it all”. The investigation into its cause is ongoing.

- NZME

Car washing curbed Washing your car in the driveway is a thing of the past for Porirua residents. The city council has passed a new bylaw - aimed at preventing pollution going into the Porirua Harbour. People will need to wash their cars on grass, or at a commercial car wash facility, councillor Bronywn Kropp said.

Instead of soap suds and other nasties going down the drain into the water which goes straight to the harbour, it’s filtered through grass and other plants, she said.

- Newstalk

Fire in laundry Spontaneous combustion is believed to have triggered a large fire at an Auckland laundromat yesterday morning – just the latest in a string of laundry buildings to catch fire from the unusual cause in recent months. Six fire engines were needed to fight the blaze at the laundromat on O’Donnell Avenue, Mt Roskill about 1am. Early indications suggested spontaneous combustion was behind the fire, that took 30-minutes to extinguish, Auckland City Fire Service Assistant Area Commander Geoff Purcell said.

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■ CDHB

E.coli outbreak ‘hopefully over’

By Caitlin Porter

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The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) is hopeful last week’s E.coli outbreak at an Ashburton early learning centre is over.

In a statement provided to the Guardian yesterday, Canterbury Medical Officer of Health Dr Alistair Humphrey said the CDHB believed the outbreak of the toxic bacteria Verotoxin E.coli (VTEC) at an Ashburton pre-school has been contained, and was hopeful no more cases

will be identified.

The outbreak was detected after three children and one parent linked to an Ashburton preschool contracted E.coli late last week. The issue was brought to light when it became apparent a child at the pre-school had diarrhoea.

The outstanding response from parents, children and staff of Jigsaw Pre-school helped Community and Public Health to quickly control what could have been a nasty outbreak, Dr Humphrey said in the state-

ment.

“Over the last week we have collected faecal samples from almost every child and every teacher and this has helped identify those carriers who are risk of transmitting the infection,” he said.

“The vast majority of children and all the staff tested so far are not infected with VTEC which is a great relief.”

The laboratory results identified that nine individuals were infected with the bacteria, all of whom were connected to

the preschool. The majority of these cases have now been cleared of injection.

However, Dr Humphrey said thorough hand washing still remains very important.

“We have not been able to identify the source of the bacteria, but we do know that as we head into spring VTEC infections traditionally spike as more children come into contact with baby farm animals, who are a source of VTEC.” Dr Humphrey explained VTEC and other stomach bugs

are transmitted from person to person when people fail to wash their hands properly.

“Good hand hygiene, particularly after going to the toiler and before preparing food, is key to preventing the spread of these illnesses.”

“Children are most at risk of being infected as they are more difficult to get into the habit of washing their hands thoroughly. It’s always worth asking your child whether they have washed their hands properly when they come back from the toilet.”

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Mt Hutt Ski Area could be crowned New Zealand’s best ski resort.

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Mt Hutt Ski Area in line for top resort award Mt Hutt Ski Area is in the running for the title of New Zealand’s best ski resort.

The ski area has been shortlisted for the category in the 2015 World Ski Awards and is up against the likes of Cardrona Alpine Resort, Coronet

Peak, Mackenize Winter, Ohau, Porters, The Remarkables and Treble Cone.

Mt Hutt’s general manager James Urquhart said it’s the first time they’ve been nominated.

“We’re gonna give it a crack

and see how we get on,” he said.

“We’re really going to push for it, so we’re asking everybody that skis and rides with us to hit the link and vote yes.”

Mr Urquhart said not only is it good for the mountain, but the wider community too.

“It’d be good kudos for the whole area … and great for the region.”

Staff at Mt Hutt are asking Mid Cantabrians to get behind them, and vote for them at worldskiawards.com/vote/mthutt-2015

Dunedin hospital rebuild timeframe slipping By eileen Goodwin Repeated stalling on the $300 million Dunedin Hospital redevelopment shows the timeframe is slipping, but the Government will not admit it, North Dunedin MP David Clark says.

The formation of a group of Wellington officials called the “partnership group” to write

a business case for the clinical services building project has been repeatedly pushed back.

It was supposed to be confirmed in April.

A spokeswoman for Health Minister Jonathan Coleman this week said the group was in the “final stages” of being formed, the same response his office gave when asked more than two months ago.

On a visit to Dunedin on Thursday, Prime Minister John Key was asked if the business case would definitely be signed off by Cabinet by the end of the parliamentary term, in 2017.

“That’s our hope, that we can get to that point. We’re working closely with the commissioners. Originally, the business case was to be ready this

year, but the date has been pushed back a couple of times,” Mr Key said.

“This Government wants to invest heavily in health here in Dunedin. The Government intends to undertake a major rebuild and refurbishment of the new hospital here and, to do that, it needs to have a lot of confidence that the DHB can manage its issues.” - NZME

A memorial ride has been planned for mountain biker Cole Walker, who lost his life after crashing in the Whakarewarewa Forest.

One man planning on taking part is Sandy McNeil, from Tauranga, who sat with the 20-year-old for 90 minutes after his crash last Saturday. Mr Walker died on Tuesday at Waikato Hospital.

Mr McNeil was riding in the forest with his son and his son’s friend.

“We were about to go into another track when the guy who saw him [Mr Walker] doing the jump, ran up and grabbed me,” Mr McNeil said.

“He asked if I had a phone to call 111. He went back to the carpark to show them the way and I stayed with him while on the phone to emergency services.”

He said the two boys, both 11, stayed on the road while he sat and talked to Mr Walker. He didn’t know who the other rider was, other than that he was also from Tauranga.

The Rotorua Daily Post understands that man’s girlfriend has been in touch with Mountain Bike Rotorua, who were trying to track the pair down on behalf of family.

“The guy who saw it happen said he came off and landed on his head. It was a seriously big jump I went over.

“There wasn’t a lot I could do for him. The main thing was to follow instructions. It’s just a real shame.

“I sat there talking to him, trying to calm him down.

“It happened at 2.30pm and we were there until around 4pm. After they left, I said to the boys that we’d have one last ride. We’ll be coming back for the memorial.”

- NZME

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■ BOOK REVIEW

Reading the Riot Act a good record

By Maria HiBBert JP Reading the Riot Act by Philip Harkness is a recently-published history of the office of Justice of the Peace in New Zealand.

It begins with the appointment of Thomas Kendall and the hopeless task he was charged with. Devoid of support and financial assistance (and where have we heard that before?) he struggled to garner support from the Maori chiefs who did not understand English Common Law and considered some of its judgements and decisions to be unjust and humiliating.

As time progressed a mutually agreed system of joint consideration of issues arising between the Tangata Whenua and settlers became the norm and was surprisingly successful.

It is to be regretted that this system of a form of courts of arbitration did not become the law in the new country, as many of the issues dealt with – drunkenness, family violence, petty crime and children without proper care and family support – are issues still being grappled

Ashburton Justices of the Peace Association president Paul Dixon presents a copy of Reading the Riot Act to Ashburton Library chief librarian Jill Watson to mark the 200-year anniversary of JPs in New Zealand.

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with today.

The usual story of centralisation and bureaucracy overriding local community wishes, plus reducing costs of administration where possible, was the order of the day.

From early beginnings the role of JPs continued to be important as the colony became more independent and central government, rather than decree by the governor-general, took over the judicial system.

The book goes on to detail a steady, but by no means inevitable, decline in their importance due to many different factors not least of which were the actions, or lack of, by JPs themselves.

In parts this makes for sad reading, but is very instructive and a clear and readable outline of where we are at today.

The book goes on to list some of the many problems that have continued to dog the office of JP and judicial JPs; outlines the thinking and words of those who have supported and those who have opposed the work of judicial JPs; lists the actions of the royal federation to counter opposition and to suggest alternatives and offers some thoughts on “where to from here”.

Although the book is titled Reading the Riot Act, it is not about that particular ancient duty of JPs. An instruction book of 1581 set out in detail just how justices should go about carrying out the various methods of capital punishment that JPs, as lay

magistrates, had to undertake in England.

The Riot Act in NZ was rarely used and did afford protection by allowing that any beating, wounding, or killing of rioters that might result was justifiable.

Thank heavens for that, as failure of a JP to read the Riot Act when instructed to do so by a policeman carried a penalty of two years’ imprisonment! The act was abolished in 1987.

As someone interested in history, and New Zealand history in particular, I enjoyed this book and learned a lot from it and would urge those with similar interests to do the same.

If history and early New Zealand history is not your thing, this book would not offer much as it concentrates on the use of judicial JPs in various historical and present-day manifestations, and where things may evolve in the future.

Based on solid research and with an excellent bibliography, this will keep the specialist reader happy for more cold winter days indoors.

I recommend it.

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When you are a prisoner Trapped in a body that won’t work, Claire Reilly lives with motor neurone disease.

The Guardian’s Caitlin Porter sits down to chat with her about life, her disease and what she’s up to now.

C

laire Reilly is a prisoner in her own body.

Claire lives with motor neurone disease (MND), otherwise known as ALS, and has done so for the past eight years.

MND is a terminal, neurological condition for which there is no effective treatment or cure.

The disease leads to the death of nerve cells, or neurones, that control the muscles needed to move, speak, breathe and swallow.

With no nerves to activate them, the muscles gradually weaken and waste away.

The average life expectancy for someone with MND is 27 months from diagnosis and, while the disease is uncommon, it is by no means rare. There are around 300 people living with MND in New Zealand at any one time and each week six people die and six more are diagnosed.

When Claire was given her diagnosis she was told she had two to three years to live.

“My deterioration initially was pretty rapid, I went from working fulltime to a wheelchair in six months ... then I plateaued.

“Some [people] go from diagnosis to death in six months.”

As a doctor, Claire first noticed something was wrong when she began tripping, twitching and having trouble with simple tasks, such as doing up her buttons.

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he Walk 2 D’Feet Motor Neurone Disease event is one Claire Reilly is passionate about. It’s the first nationwide event of its kind and as project manager, Claire is encouraging Mid Cantabrians to get behind the cause.

People can register for the walk at www.walk2dfeetmnd.co.nz it is $10 per person or $20 per family to sign up.

The Christchurch leg will begin with a 9am registration in North Hagley Park on September 20. The walk will officially start at 10.45am, and upon completion a cricket challenge with Sir Richard Hadlee and various auctions and other activities will take place.

Growing up on the West Coast, Claire moved to Alexandra before attending Otago University to study medicine.

After graduating she moved to Melbourne where she got her dream job.

It was only eight months into this job that her world began crashing down.

Claire started off in obstetrics before moving into medical administration work where her principal role involved investigating different events and determining what went wrong

in “disaster” scenarios.

Then she became involved in organ transplants.

“It was an overseeing type role, but I really liked it.

“It was a bugger [the diagnosis], I had found my niche.”

Back when she was diagnosed MND wasn’t something she, or her colleagues, saw often.

“We got told we would see one or two patients [in our career], but we were told whatever you do, don’t miss it.

“It’s a devastating diagnosis.”

A week before her diagnosis,

she experienced a weird turn of events.

Claire was listening to a radio show in which a prominent Australian, who had just been diagnosed with MND, was describing what it was like.

She said she remembers thinking how horrible it would be to go through that. A week later 32-year-old Claire was diagnosed with MND. While it’s not a common disease, it’s far more devastating and debilitating than the likes of bowel cancer, which is very com-

mon, she said.

Having MND for eight years is unusual and she believes it might be because she got diagnosed at such a young age, she said.

Eight months ago Claire moved to Ashburton, to be closer to her family – her brother is based here and her parents live in Geraldine.

Most people haven’t heard of MND, she said, until you mention Stephen Hawking. However, his type of MND is extremely unusual.

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Above – Claire pictured with Sir Richard Hadley last year.

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Left – Claire Reilly was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease over eight years ago.

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A few notable New Zealanders have been touched by MND. Claire lists New Zealand chef Brett McGregor’s father and Sir Robert Muldoon’s daughter amongst others.

“It can happen to anyone,” Claire said.

“But the more awareness and support [out in the community] then people might notice something in themselves and get it checked.”

Claire gets fatigued and can’t sit up for long periods of time.

She refers to her position in her

favourite armchair in the lounge as “mission control”. “It’s very fatiguing.”

“I’m lucky I can use my laptop.”

“I don’t get any time to myself, there is no privacy.”

Having MND has impacted on Claire’s sense of identity and independence.

“If I get a fly on me I have to wait for it to go.”

And if there are things you like a certain way, like tea or coffee, well tough luck.

She has a rotation of fulltime

carers, but said at times it can feel like relatives that just won’t leave.

She doesn’t interact with many people living with MND in the community, as she said it can be tricky to locate people because of the confidentiality element.

To combat that, she set up a Facebook group called Kiwi PALS (People with ALS).

“People can talk to each other about their concerns or problems and get advice.”

“You need social media to connect with each other.”

Claire said cases of MND are increasing and no-one knows why.

“It could be because we are living longer or environmental factors.”

The number of people with MND has doubled in the past 10 years, and the disease now affects two people in every 100,000.

“And it’s not just the person themselves, it’s family and friends ... the ripple effect.”

Now Claire spends her time campaigning for a very impor-

tant cause – putting money towards research to help find a cure, although Claire knows that won’t benefit her.

“It might help my friends ... or people I don’t know.”

Claire loves living in her own home and has no plans to move into a resthome facility.

“I like being in my own home, I’ve got pets (two dogs Georgie and Rosie, and a cat, Maggie), I’ve got internet and a laptop and I am comfortable.

“I’d prefer if people came to me if they can.”

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■ MID CANTERBURY SCHOOLS

Concerns over school house sell-off

By Daisy HuDson

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Mid Canterbury principals fear pressure to entice them to sell off school housing will only make things tougher for schools struggling to attract teachers.

With teachers flocking to larger cities to hunt for jobs in their droves, schools in rural areas have found it increasingly difficult to attract staff.

Local principals say the problem could get even worse if schools are pressured into selling housing assets.

The government proposal expands on a pilot scheme aimed at off loading up to $160 million worth of “non-core” properties owned by the Ministry of Education.

However documents released to the Labour Party under the Official Information Act reveal that officials would like to include “core” properties, such as principal’s houses and properties used to attract staff to rural areas.

According to the joint proposal from the ministry and

Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), the purpose of the exercise is not to “coerce” boards into selling houses, but to “inform them of holding costs and the value of the housing asset base under their ownership”.

Mid Canterbury Principals Association Chris Murphy believes the proposal, coupled with a shortage of rental properties in places such as Methven, would only worsen the district’s teacher shortage.

“Being able to put in the job ad that there is a house available

is of benefit to everybody,” he said.

Teachers also get a 25 per cent discount off the market rate for school rental properties, which provided another incentive, he said.

Mount Somers Springburn School principal Brent Gray said the school’s board was not keen to sell school housing any time soon.

Attracting staff to rural areas was difficult enough and having housing available was important, he said.

“The board would always see it as an attractive proposition for attracting a principal,” he said.

Ministry of Education Head of Education Infrastructure Service Kim Shannon said schools still had the choice whether to sell their houses or retain them.

“This is an excellent opportunity for schools to remove old, unused school houses, often on land which is elsewhere in town, and put it towards improving their school,” she said.

■ DAFFODIL DAY

Turning yellow to raise funds on a special day Children Hannah n’ Henry’s Pre-school have been hard at work raising money for the Cancer Society.

Pre-school teacher Nicole Martin said she and other members of the teaching team have been helping the children make art to sell at a silent auction, the proceeds from which will go to the Cancer Society.

The weeks of hard work came to a close yesterday when the children had a Yellow Day, embracing the spirit of Daffodil Day. Kids at Hannah n’ Henry’s were bright and cherry in their yellow ensembles yesterday, (clockwise, from bottom left) Olivia Broker, Isabella Case, James Dunne, Carter Wilson, Archie Maginness, Freddie Hanrahan, Archer Cawte, Mack Dwyer, Sienna Register, Madison Hattrill and Daisy Glenn.

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Contestants put knowledge to test Hundreds of Mid Cantabrians eager to test their general knowledge packed into the Hotel Ashburton for the annual ANZ Daffodil Day Quiz on Thursday night.

All 72 tables sold out prior to the event, raising $3600 for the Cancer Society.

Thousands of dollars were also raised from auctions and raffles that ran throughout the evening.

A team from the Ashburton Guardian eventually claimed the top spot.

Getting in on the quiz action were Barbara Sheard and Leanne Chisnall.

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Braving the cold to raise funds Owen Everest (left) and Arthur Pawsey from the Pakeke Lions Club braved the cold, collecting donations for Daffodil Day on the streets of Ashburton yesterday.

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Battling her wa Raewyn Lovett is one of New Zealand’s high achieving businesswomen, but she’s also a wife and mum of two who has struck a happy balance between work and family time who says her childhood on an Ashburton farm and education at Flemington School and Ashburton College laid solid foundations for her legal career. She talks to reporter Sue Newman

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oday she’s a highachieving, high-powered businesswoman, but even as a four-year-old Raewyn Lovett showed the work ethic that would take her to the top as a partner in law firm Duncan Cotterill and into the chairwoman’s position of several large boards.

Her dad John recalls her dedication to the small task of allocating staples to fence posts and her willingness to tackle jobs around the farm. That she’s risen to become one of New Zealand’s high achievers is no surprise to her family.

Getting to the top, however, hasn’t always been easy, Raewyn admits.

Entering the legal profession was a last-minute decision.

Teaching had been her number one choice, but when she was accepted for teachers’ college the doubts set in.

“I started thinking that this wasn’t what would make me happy. Law appealed. I didn’t really have much of an idea about what a lawyer did, but it sounded interesting,” she said.

Thirty-three years ago she was

one of several women to start their studies and one of few who completed them.

Then, around 30 per cent of graduates were female; today it’s more than 60 per cent.

Raewyn started her career in Christchurch before heading overseas and working in a law office in London. She discovered that if women were a minority in the profession in New Zealand, they were a rarity in England.

“I went into a large legal firm, a staff of 400 and I was the only Kiwi. I certainly wasn’t used to their hierarchy. The senior partners often had people in tears all over the place and some staff were actually sick in the toilets before our Monday morning

meetings.”

The rigours of an old-style legal office, where juniors and women were treated as secondclass employees, was a good preparation for a return to New Zealand, a position in a traditional Auckland legal office and eventually a partnership.

The English experience made it easier to deal with issues such as being called “blossom” by senior partners and being asked to “run off and photocopy a document”.

As the years ticked by and her experience grew, Raewyn became focused on becoming a partner in her firm, but to achieve that ambition she had to overcome prejudice and entrenched attitudes.

“Some of the males felt women didn’t have the presence to be taken seriously. You had to show you were tough enough to work in that environment, but coming from a farming background meant I was comfortable with a men-only environment.”

For several years she was the only female partner, but says she never played the feminist card.

Earning respect and being accepted as an equal was important to her. That equality was earned by being good at what she did, rather than fighting the issue, Raewyn said.

Staying at the top in what was then largely a male world made it very difficult when she decided to have children.

“I only had three months off before going back. As the first female partner I didn’t think I could afford to be out of work for long. I tried to do motherhood as close as I could to the bloke’s way of doing things. That was the way I thought I had to do it, I had to make sure I got it right.”

When her first child was born 22 years ago, Raewyn felt responsible for setting the tone for other female partners to come by ensuring they weren’t looked at as a liability when they opted to have children.

The legal profession for women is a vastly different world today. When she graduated females were paid less than males during the first few years,

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wearing trousers was prohibited and to succeed they not only had to do as well as men, they had to exceed their achievements.

“It’s not till you look back you realise that many of the things that were big issues for us are not issues now.”

As the years ticked by Raewyn thrived in the legal environment but found herself looking for new challenges. She spotted an advertisement for an independent board member for Netball New Zealand and decided that could provide the challenge she was looking for.

She dusted off her CV, brushed up on her interview techniques and found herself embarking on her first board position, one that

would lead to a second career as a board chairwoman.

For nine years (seven of those as chairwoman) she worked with Netball New Zealand, an immensely rewarding experience.

During her time on the board the ANZ championship was established and a partnership forged with Australia.

“That was a pretty amazing experience sitting down and working with Netball Australia – we’d never played nicely with them and we couldn’t agree on anything at the start. We had to build trust, think things through and find our common goals.”

Her achievements with Netball New Zealand saw her become an Officer of the New Zealand

Order of Merit in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours. Her nine-year term has finished, but as one board term ended, another began, with Raewyn becoming chairwoman of Dunedin Venues Management which includes the controversial Forsyth Barr Stadium.

She also chairs the Quotable Value board, the Auckland Sports Trust, Triathlon New Zealand selectors and CHT, which operates resthome and hospital facilities in the upper North Island.

Her board work takes her out of her Auckland office at least four days each month.

While most of her board work has been with sporting organisations, Raewyn has been a social

rather than highly competitive participant in sport, but involvement in sporting codes at governance level is like being part of a new family, she said.

Bringing a legal background to a board means you are well versed in working through issues by using logic and sound judgement. Her legal areas of expertise are mainly in commercial, employment and corporate law.

Women have a valuable role to play on boards, but currently the male-female balance on most is heavily skewed in the favour of men. Raewyn sees that changing as young women making their way in professions and the business world rise to the top.

She admits she’s never been a

rigid planner, but has always had ambition. “I have things I work towards, but in an unplanned way and that seems to work for me.”

Her involvement in a number of boards and the enjoyment she’s gained from governance roles has given her a fresh vigour for legal work, she says.

And while she doesn’t consider herself a leader in her field, if she can inspire other women to achieve, Raewyn said there’s a huge satisfaction to be gained from that.

“My award was a real shock.

The best thing for me was when women sent me cards saying I was an inspiration, because you don’t think about what you’re doing, you just to it.”

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Mount Hutt College’s winning boys’ snowboarding team members (from left) Bailey Kinvig, 17, Jack Sheridan, 15, Devin Francis, 18, and Ben McKenzie, 14.

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Snowboarders ready for battle

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Mount Hutt College boys’ snowboarding team is preparing to go all out to defend their South Island Secondary Schools’ Ski and Snowboard Championships title next month.

Every Wednesday afternoon during ski option, members have been joining with the college’s competitive skiers to un-

dertake race training leading into the races on September 12 and 13 in Wanaka.

The team took out the boys’ team title last year, and this year are in the running after winning the Canterbury secondary school regional championships at Mt Hutt this month.

As well as practising hard, Devin Francis, Bailey Kinvig, Jack Sheridan and Ben Mc-

Kenzie are discussing strategies for speed, particularly for their favourite event - the “fast and furious” border cross. That event sees groups of four competitors race off against each other at once in a challenging course with berms and turns, and sometimes jumps.

Their strategies include basics such as sharpening their edges and making sure their

boards are well waxed, as well as things such as getting down lower and leaning onto their edges more. They even joked about getting spikes put onto elbow pads, “just to hold your line”.

They are hoping for a good course and good weather, hopefully an improvement on last year when the course was icy.

Team members will be accom-

panied by the school’s equallydetermined skiers. The school’s mixed ski team also won at the South Island’s last year, while they were placed second at the 2015 Canterbury champs this month.

Year 9 pupil Ellie Boekholt performed particularly well, gaining a fourth place in the girls’ event, out of 47 Year 9 to Year 13 competitors.

NZ can dominate rowing worlds, says Drysdale By david Leggat Mahe Drysdale is buzzing ahead of the world championships, starting in France tomorrow night.

But it’s not just his own situation which has the big single sculling maestro particularly chipper.

At the most recent world cup regatta in Lucerne last month, New Zealand won 11 medals – six gold, three silver, two bronze – and retained their crown as the world’s best rowing nation,

despite only contesting two of the three World Cups.

With the sport in this country on a serious high, New Zealand are on track for a terrific Olympic Games in Rio next year. But there are no guarantees and first things first, Aiguebelette is the next step on the ladder, and it’s Olympic qualifying time.

New Zealand are targeting a place on the startline in all 14 Olympic classes in Rio. The signs are massively encouraging.

“I’m hugely excited about

the potential of what we can achieve,” Drysdale, the defending Olympic champion and winner of five world titles, said.

“Lucerne was out of this world really, medals across the board and young guys stepping up and performing on one of the biggest stages.

“If we repeat that [Lucerne] it’ll be the best world championships we’ve ever had. Then we build the momentum, keep pushing but this is certainly the strongest team we’ve ever had.”

Simply qualifying for Rio

should be an uncomplicated business for several New Zealand crews for whom victory is the objective.

Among those who face an intriguing week of racing are the smallest women, lightweight double scullers Julia Edward and Sophie Mackenzie.

They will enter their heat as defending champions after a remarkable regatta in Amsterdam a year ago. The pair had spent only five weeks together, after Edward’s original partner, Lucy Strack, withdrew.

No matter, Mackenzie, fresh off winning the world under-23 gold, slotted in neatly at short notice and they won in a world best time.

This year they were beaten

by British pair Charlotte Taylor and Katharine Copeland in the second cup regatta in Italy but rebounded to win in Lucerne.

Edward knows a tough battle is ahead to retain their title, but says she and Mackenzie clicked at training. “I had a good feeling about it and knew we were definitely in the mix.”

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Mystics share Craig with Tall Ferns

By Dana Johannsen

Left - Tall Fern Megan Craig (centre) will also be turning out for netball’s Northern Mystics next year.

The ANZ Championship is set for its first two metre plus player after the Northern Mystics pulled off the shock recruitment of Tall Ferns’ basketball international Megan Craig.

Standing at a towering 2.04m, Craig will easily be the tallest player in the trans-Tasman league next year eclipsing the Jamaican shooters Jhaniele Fowler-Reid (1.98m) and Romelda Aiken (1.96m).

Craig, who played netball through high school before taking up a basketball scholarship in the US, has been signed as a shooter and the Mystics are hoping to mould the 22-yearold into one of the league’s most prolific scoring threats.

But Mystics coach Debbie Fuller is realistic about the transition Craig will have to go through to get there. Fuller said she isn’t expecting the youngster to make an immediate impact next season.

“We’re not expecting her to come out and save games in this first season because we’re very well aware how hard it is. She’s going to be making a huge adjustment this year _ it’s an opportunity to learn something new, challenge herself and give it a go,” said Fuller.

“The movement patterns are very different, there’s a lot of short, sharp movements and more power movements, especially at goal shoot, so I anticipate it will take a while for Megan to get the footwork right.”

Fuller is clear she is not poaching Craig from basketball, with the Auckland franchise to work closely with Tall Ferns

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coach Kennedy Kereama to try and align their programmes.

The two sports have often found themselves in a tug of war over talent, with another battle looming over Auckland teen Maia Wilson, who at 17 has already represented the Tall Ferns at senior level but is also firmly on the radar of the Netball New Zealand selectors.

“It was made very clear in my initial discussions with Kennedy that this is an opportunity for both sports to work together, respect each other’s programmes and objectives and see if it can work,” said Fuller.

“It’s a really good opportunity to show that it can work and that athletes can move seamlessly between sports without

having to cut themselves off.”

Craig, who grew up in the Otaika Valley outside of Whangarei, said the willingness of the Mystics to work with Basketball New Zealand made her a lot more comfortable about making the leap to netball next season.

“I’m very happy, and very lucky, that Debbie and Kennedy have worked together to make this happen,” she said.

“And while I haven’t been in New Zealand a lot for the last few years, mum is a huge Mystics fan and has kept me in the loop with the team.”

The addition of Craig brings the number of shooters on the Mystics books to just three alongside veterans Cathrine

Latu and Maria Tutaia. That leaves the Auckland side without any specialised back-up to Tutaia in the goal attack bib, a move Fuller admits is a big risk.

But she said with the introduction of a new domestic league next season, there will be a full Mystics development squad training alongside the team and playing in their competition every week, which the team can draw from if required.

“The beauty of the new competition is we know there are going to be readily available players underneath the Mystics who will be prepared and conditioned to step up at any given time,” she said.

Rounding out the Mystics squad alongside Craig is mid-

Tallest shooters in the ANZ Championship: 2.04m Megan Craig 1.98m Jhaniele Fowler-Reid 1.96m Romelda Aiken 1.93m Caitlin Bassett 1.90m Irene van Dyk

courter Fa’amu Ioane, a former national schools’ representative from Avondale College.

To ensure Craig and Ioane put their best foot forward in 2016, they’ll be part of a new “Transition to ANZ” programme that Fuller and Noeline Taurua will run from October to December. There they’ll be joined by fellow Mystics newcomers Holly Fowler (18) and Michaela Sokolich-Beatson (18), plus players in the Mystics’ development squad.

“This programme will fully prepare them - especially with regards to game education and quality daily training habits for the intensity shift that will be asked of them in January,” said Fuller.

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■ WINTER TOURNAMENT

Green machine takes school trophy

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St Joseph’s School’s year 7/8 netball team won the Rowberry Trophy at the Primary Sport Canterbury Winter Tournament in Christchurch on Thursday.

St Joseph’s qualified for the competition after winning the Mid Canterbury primary schools tournament and continued their fine form to win all seven of their group games.

The winning teams of

four pools qualified for the semi-finals, where St Joseph’s downed Tai Tapu School 7-5 before winning the final against Ashgrove 6-5 with a last-minute goal.

St Joseph’s manager Marie Kennedy praised the players for their impressive unbeaten run.

“They played awesome, just fantastic, and we’re really, really proud of them.” She said.

“It was a fabulous end to the great season they’ve all already had.”

St Joseph’s winning netball team included (from left) Poppy Kilworth, Katie Danielson, Sophie Ness, Sophie Adams, Millie Ness, Annabelle Murphy, Amber Kennedy, Faith Scott, and Izzy Gibson in the front.

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Ula unavailable for Hammers

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Mid Canterbury travelled north yesterday to take on Wanganui at Cooks Gardens in week two of the Heartland Championship today.

Mid Canterbury coach Grant Keenan will field a similar 15 to the one that downed South Canterbury 34-17 at the Ashburton Showgrounds last weekend, but loose forward Tevita Ula will be unavailable.

Ula will be replaced at number 8 by left wing Seta Koroitamana, Gideon Lambrechts will step up from the reserves to don the number 11 jersey in place of Koroitamana and 18-year-old Celtic wing Christian Vainerere has been added to the replacements list.

Keenan said his side’s last training session in Ashburton on Thursday evening was positive before a light run in Wanganui yesterday.

“It was a nice solid session on Thursday, we worked on some set pieces and around the contact zones,” he said.

Wanganui coach Jason Caskey will be without loose forward Daniel Fitzgerald, prop Brett Turner, first five-eighth Areta Lama and wing Stephen Perofeta.

Wanganui downed Horowhenua Kapiti 39-34 in Levin last weekend but Caskey is hoping his side can produce a more convincing performance against the

The Perth Wildcats will be able to unleash the most daunting front court in the NBL after luring 143kg powerhouse Nathan Jawai to the club. The Wildcats beat out the Adelaide 36ers to sign Jawai, who recently helped the Boomers secure qualification to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Jawai last played in the NBL eight years ago, when he won the Rookie of the Year award after producing a standout season with Cairns. Since then, the 209cm giant has featured for NBA outfits Toronto and Minnesota, before playing for European teams Partizan Belgrade (Serbia), UNICS Kazan (Russia), Barcelona (Spain), Galatasaray (Turkey), and MoraBanc Andorra (Spain).

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Meads Cup holders today.

“We trained pretty well and we got a bit achieved so it was good, we just worked on tightening up our defence and our organisation,” he said.

“We’ve had a few new backs this year, so we worked on getting those combinations and working together.”

Heartland Championship, week two: Wanganui vs Mid Canterbury, Cooks Gardens, Wanganui, 2.30pm.

Mid Canterbury: Mark Andrew, Jackson Donlan, Tama Tuirirangi, Eric Duff, Adaam Ross, Scott Vessey, Jon Dampney, Seta Koroitamana, Will Mackenzie, Murray Williams, Gideon Lambrechts, Nete Caucau, Fa’aitu Tuamoheloa, Ashton Tuck, Matt Thatcher.

Replacements: James Annabell, Adam Williamson, Simon Fleetwood, Maikeli Mudu, Tomasi Mavae, Ewan Scott, Christian Vainerere.

Wanganui: Kamipeli Latu, Cole Baldwin, Viki Tofa, Sam Madams, Jon Smyth, Jon Smyth, Malakai Volou, Peter Rowe (Capt), Lindsay Horrocks, Zyon Hekenui, Troy Brow, Samu Kubunavanua, Poasa Waqanibau, Michael Nabuliwaqe, Trinity Spooner-Neera.

Replacements: Roman Tutauha, Tawhio Gupwell, Bryn Hudson, Ranato Tikoilosomone, William Short, Simon Dibben, Ace Malo.

Milner-Skudder a must for RWC squad If Steve Hansen needs another reason to select Nehe MilnerSkudder, he should cast his mind back to the last World Cup final.

In that match, won 8-7 by the All Blacks against France at Eden Park four years ago, defence reigned; the home side scoring through Tony Woodcock, who burst through a lineout in a move few of the players thought would work in a big match, and France responding in the second half through flanker Thierry Dusautoir, who slid in by the posts after running a nice line between Ma’a Nonu and Israel Dagg.

Apart from those two highlights, the test was rugby’s version of trench warfare; it’s hard to remember a clean break by the All Blacks in the second half, such was the French desire to send them back from whence they came.

And this is where MilnerSkudder becomes increasingly relevant. He doesn’t have the experience or ability under the high ball that Cory Jane does and Hansen is likely to pick ei-

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ther one or the other - but the little bloke originally from Taihape has the form, composure and fast feet required to break this World Cup open.

The All Blacks are often referred to as the most analysed team in rugby and in MilnerSkudder they have a player with a point of difference. In a position increasingly filled by big, powerful players, Milner-Skudder, a shade over 90kg, relies on getting around opponents rather than going through them, although he showed when scoring his second try on debut in Sydney that he doesn’t lack strength.

In that he is a bit like Jane, who has been a fantastic performer for the All Blacks, but who has been struggling with an ankle injury. Jane doesn’t have the size of many international wings either, but he has a knack for taking the right option and a fend like a claw hammer. However, Hansen has suggested he is unlikely to take players with niggling injuries. Will

that count against Jane?

Milner-Skudder’s performances for the All Blacks and Hurricanes this year have caught the attention of another groundbreaking wing Jonah Lomu, who told the Guardian newspaper that he believed Milner-Skudder was a star in the making.

“There’s Nehe Milner-Skudder - the man is electric. He is lightning. If you give him too much space and too many options he will turn you inside out,” Lomu said.

“He’s an exciting machine to watch. He’s not like your

big wingers, he is lightning in a jar. He can step someone within 5 metres. It’s a very good sign for New Zealand.

“The last guy I saw of that size and skill was [England wing] Jason Robinson. He’s in that sort of calibre, turning guys inside out, and he’s got a turn of pace to go with it.”

Kicking will take precedence in the knockout matches, and this is an area where Milner-Skudder can make a difference as well.

Opposition teams will target him under the high ball, and he is competent in receiving under pressure should he have to. But if teams kick too deep, he has the potential to punish disorganised defences with his running game or create space for Ben Smith and Julian Savea to create their own brand of mayhem.

In saying he must be prepared to roll the dice, Hansen has spoken about taking only three specialist locks. He should also take the little force of nature rugby’s lightning in a jar.

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Australia’s Olympic athletes must agree to having their bags searched by team officials, who have introduced a new ban on sleeping drugs.

Australian athletes have been banned from taking sleeping medication from the time they’re selected on an Olympic team. Previously, athletes were banned from using drugs such as Stilnox for three weeks before a Games.

All athletes selected for next year’s Rio Olympics must agree to the ban - and sign an agreement permitting team officials to search their bags. Stilnox was central to controversy within Australia’s swim team at the 2012 London Olympics.

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Pocock, Beale stay Flanker David Pocock and utility back Kurtley Beale, both members of Australia’s 31-man Rugby World Cup squad, have extended their contracts with the Australian Rugby Union. Pocock signed for one more year to the end of 2016, staying with Super Rugby’s ACT Brumbies. Beale will remain at the New South Wales Waratahs for two more years through to the end of 2017. Beale has had disciplinary problems in the past, including a $40,000 fine last year for sending an offensive photograph by text to a former team business manager.

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Messi the best Lionel Messi added another individual trophy to his collection this week, being voted UEFA’s Best Player in Europe for last season. The Barcelona star beat Luis Suarez, his teammate at the Champions League winner, and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo in a Europe-wide poll of journalists. Messi, the four-time FIFA world player of the year, got the UEFA honor after a season-long duel with Ronaldo for the Champions League scoring record. Both resume this season on 77 goals. German Celia Sasic won the women’s award.

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More than 340 children took part in Sport Canterbury’s Have a Go day at the Ashburton Domain yesterday.

Year three and four students from St Joseph’s, Hampstead, Rakaia, Wakanui and Netherby schools had the chance to try football, cricket, touch, softball, track and field athletics, tennis and new age bowls.

Sport Canterbury’s regional manager Janice Cochrane said the youngsters en-

joyed trying new sports despite the damp weather. “Although the weather was bleak, the children enjoyed the opportunity to have a go, experiencing summer sports,” she said.

“Encouraging students to be active from a young age sets good habits early on and helps them develop the skills they need to stay active throughout their lives.

“The day is about having fun, introducing new sports to them that may encourage them to play sport for a club or at school.”

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Above left - Hampstead School’s Emma Ledingham, 8, hones her cricket skills.

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Coach keeps close eye on comebacks New Zealand women’s coach Mark Hager will have a keener eye than usual on the national league, which starts today.

His Black Sticks have confirmed their place in next year’s Rio Olympic Games, but experienced former internationals who have been missing for the past year are lining up in the league.

Former national skipper Kayla Whitelock and seasoned defender Emily Naylor took time out of the game – Whitelock to have her first baby – and Auckland striker Katie Glynn has been bedevilled by injuries to a knee and bulging discs in her back in the past couple of years.

All three are returning, and Hager is sure to take a sharp look at their form.

Whitelock was the rock in the national side, and Hager will be keen to have his talisman back and firing.

Glynn has been a prolific scorer – only national skipper Anita Punt with 82 goals has scored more for New Zealand than Glynn with 77 – and she has acknowledged the road back to full

fitness has not been easy.

“It is almost a year since I last played hockey competitively. I still get pain in my back but it’s decreasing over time,” she said.

Auckland coach Jude Menezes is liking what he’s seen from her in the leadup to the national league.

“She’s been training really well, looking good on the ball and we all know she can score goals,” Menezes said.

“She just wants to take it one game at a time, Rio is the ultimate prize and she’s working her way towards that. She’ll be an asset.”

Auckland also have long-serving experienced attacker Krystal Forgesson back, after she retired at the end of last season.

As well, Auckland striker Charlotte Harrison and Central’s Cathryn Pollock – two other members of the London Olympic team, who finished fourth – have indicated interest in pushing for Rio spots, The women’s national team, ranked fourth in the world, have the Oceania Cup clash with Aus-

Left - Striker Katie Glynn is itching to get back on the turf.

tralia coming up in Stratford in October, the world league final in Rosario, Argentina in December, and Rio. The Black Sticks men have to beat Australia at the Oceania

Cup to qualify for Rio. Auckland again look strong in both teams, loaded with internationals, and the men have a new coach in former international Lloyd Stevenson.

Midlands, Central and Canterbury should be competitive in the women’s competition, while Northland, who will host the last five rounds and the finals, were beaten finalists last year and in Stacey Michelsen, Ella Gunson and Brooke Neal should have a quality leadership group.

The other men’s teams have a smattering of internationals but none match Auckland’s depth.

Capital, Canterbury and North Harbour shape as their closest challengers.

Auckland have won the last three Challenge Shields, and shared the 2011 title with Central. The women’s K Cup has been won by five different teams in the past six years.

- NZH

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Saturday, August 29, 2015

■ FUTSAL

Futsal wins fans in Mid Canty

BY JAMES FORD

JAMES.F@THEGUARDIAN .CO.NZ

Futsal is taking Mid Canterbury by storm since its introduction at the Ashburton EA Networks Centre in July, and organiser Greg Feutz, with Mid Canterbury United football, are confident the sport will continue to grow.

Futsal is a form of five-a-side football that was developed in Brazil in the 1930s and unlike the 11-a-side game, is played indoors on a hard surface between two teams of five with a ball that is smaller and less bouncy than a conventional football.

Feutz, who first became involved in futsal through his son competing in Christchurch, said the introduction of the sport has coincided well with the opening of the EA Networks Centre.

“It’s so far, so good, new things are always interesting for people to have a go at, to have the new sports facility that everyone wanted for a long time and a new type of game to go with it,” he said.

With an emphasis on close control, technique and special awareness, futsal has helped develop some of Brazil’s finest players and Feutz believes the sport will benefit young local 11-a-side players greatly.

“The more kids have a ball at their feet, the more their skills develop, I’d love to see the game develop in Ashburton and as many kids to get involved as possible,” he said.

Futsal is a hit in Mid Canterbury, with games at the new EA Networks Centre.

Feutz estimated that more than 100 players in total attend junior and youth sessions on Wednesdays and senior sessions on Sundays.

“We already know there’s plenty of interest out there. Our intent is to run everything on a

Sunday and eventually separate the senior grades in to competitive and social.”

“I’d love for Mid Canterbury to achieve higher results and remain a competitive region not to be taken lightly. I know other regions play the indoor game, it

all helps and you can play it all year round.”

The 7-11 junior age group and the 11-15 youth group play from 4pm-6pm on Wednesday, while the senior grade compete on Sundays from 4pm-7pm at the EA Networks Centre.

■ OPINION

Watching what you’re paying to watch

I

was looking forward to seeing how our up-and-coming cricketers would handle the step up against South Africa over the last few days, knowing they would be facing a team bristling for revenge after that scintillating World Cup game at Eden Park a few months back, and the timing was right for night owls too.

But - Sky TV said that it couldn’t agree to a deal with the South African cricket folks, so no cricket.

Sort of like no English Premier League.

And no Lydia Ko (or Danny Lee) winning stuff on the golf course.

All due to monetary considerations; they can’t afford to pay for these things (things which I might have thought were fairly central to their core business, but hey what do I know).

Monetary considerations, from an outfit that has just an-

nounced its net profit for the year to June was up to $171.8 million.

So . . . I’m paying more, they’re making more profit, but they say sorry, can’t afford to bring you live sport that you want to see.

Instead we get kabaddi.

Lots of kabaddi.

Pro-Kabaddi, kabaddi live, wall-to-wall of kabaddi.

It’s a game apparently popular in Asia, where some men hold hands, while another man appears to try and tag them then run away.

Now I’m sure there’s thousands and thousands of Kiwi sports viewers rabidly awaiting the next game (match? round? play-group event?) of kabaddi to hit their screens, but personally I’d rather see Lydia on the golf course, English football live, or the Baby Black Caps doing their thing against a world top three opponent.

Steve Devereux MY SHOUT

I must just be the odd one out.

I could have settled for watching the England and Australian women fight it out on the cricket pitch, Sky managed to bring us that.

Back to our cricket, the South Africans put it up streaming live on the internet, for free, which you could interpret as a remarkably magnanimous gesture to cricket fans, or a blatant ‘testing the waters’ for how things are going to be in the future.

I know there are lots of very clever folks out there who already watch any sporting event they want to for free, live, anytime; folks with bandwith to spare and genuinely fast broad-

band who revel in searching the internet for their sporting fix and finding a way to get it on to their big screens.

Indeed that is the way of the future, but that still leaves thousands of punters who just want to sit down, turn on the telly with one button - press and watch their favourite sportspersons doing battle, without worrying about connections, online bugs, lagging, dodgy webstreams and RTSP, RTP and RTCP problems.

But I suspect there is more and more of those punters unhappy with the service provided by their current sports service provider, and after the Rugby World Cup is all done and dusted, there might be a few more of them reviewing the possibility of checking out Google to (easily) find a better deal, legal or illegal, where they can actually watch the sports they want to.

Mangere keen for fairytale More than 1000 FijianIndian football fans are expected to travel to Madills Farm today to support underdogs Mangere United in their Chatham Cup semifinal against Eastern Suburbs.

Mangere, who are a midtable side in Auckland’s second tier league, have been the fairytale story of this year’s competition after defying the odds to reach the club’s first Chatham Cup semifinal.

They are also one of the best supported clubs in Auckland. More than 70 Mangere fans travelled to Dunedin to watch their epic quarter-final extra-time win over Dunedin Technical and the club is expecting a groundswell of 10 times that to congregate for today’s match.

Central League champions Napier City Rovers travel to Shepherds Park to take on Birkenhead United AFC in the second semi.

Magpies show up Steelers So much for the Premiership and Championship divide.

As they did in 2014, the Championship province Hawkes Bay came to Pukekohe, saw and conquered.

This time they already had the Ranfurly Shield, but the manner in which they went about their work was again impressive. They scored four tries and could have had at least three more, such was their dominance.

Fullback Israel Dagg had little ball to show his wares as he did in his hattrick outing against Otago, but his hefty right boot was on show. His old mate Zac Guildford had an eventful night on the right wing, scoring one intercept try, having two ruled out and lucky to avoid a yellow card for a dangerous tackle on Cardiff Vaega. All Blacks prop Ben Franks got through 63 minutes of work for Hawkes Bay. The Steelers just could not convert their opportunities, losing 35-11. - NZME

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■ RACING

Rogerson to fight proposed changes Internationally-successful trainer Graeme Rogerson is speaking out against a reduction in domestic racing.

And the Waikato-based trainer, who operates one of New Zealand’s biggest stables at Tuhikaramea with his wife Debbie, is forming a heavyweight pack to challenge the New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) proposals.

Rogerson has circulated an open letter to racing clubs and supporters to sound his concerns.

The NZTR strategic plan due for release in October will recommend a proposal to reduce the number of races between December 1, 2015 to the end of the season by 69 and 21 fewer race meetings in the 2016-17 season.

“They want to cut race meetings and we don’t agree with getting rid of any race dates or cutting clubs from two day meetings to one,” Rogerson said.

“We don’t think they understand the fabric of New Zealand racing and the way local communities work with racing

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clubs. The board don’t seem to have the best interests of racing at heart.”

Prominent trainers Murray Baker, Lisa Latta, Kevin Myers, John Wheeler and Rogerson will meet in Hamilton next Thursday with leading breeders Sir Patrick Hogan and Garry Chittick to discuss their options.

“This is not a step in the right direction and we’re definitely opposed to it,” Rogerson said.

“We might have to take extreme measures.”

NZTR’s consolidation strategy is based on a declining foal crop – down from 4162 in 20102011 to an estimated 3550 this year.

Export figures also show more than 1700 horses left the country in the year to July 2015.

“The number of horses who raced in New Zealand last season was only down one per cent from the previous year,” Rogerson countered.

“There are horses coming in from Australia as well, I’m getting 11 next week to be trained here.”

NZTR General Manager of

Graeme Rogerson

Racing Matthew Hall said there would be an exhaustive consultation process to be followed.

“We are trying to act for the good of racing and we will listen to what anyone has to say.

We will hear their views and get feedback from all parties, even after the release of the strategic

plan.

“The foal crop is in decline and so is the total number of starters so we have to confront that in terms of the number of races we schedule.

“Prize money savings and fixed cost savings from that can then increase aggregate and av-

erage prize money on the races that remain. We’re trying to provide opportunities for people to race for better stakes.”

Hall said the plan would be flexible and if the pool of horses in New Zealand increased, so would their racing opportunities.

- NZ Racing Desk

5x Raven Cherry b (5) 55.5 .....A Schwerin (a3) Amelia (1) 55.5...........................G Cooksley 0 Keepish (9) 55.5 .......................A Jones (a2) 4 2.30pm COBRAS RUGBY CLUB MAIDEN 1000 $7000, MDN, 1000m 1 323x2 Saber (8) 58.5 ............................R Elliot (a4) 2 36x Buffalo Hunter (5) 58.5 .................... C Grylls 3 40x57 Frodo (1) 58.5 ....................................M Hills 4 070 Basil Brush (2) 58.5 ........................A Collett 5 48 Danica (11) 56.5 ............... U Holmquist (a3) 6 4x059 Bronze Lass (10) 56.5................G Cooksley 7 Fastazelle (3) 56.5 .......................... R Jones 8 I’m A Single Lady (4) 56.5........A Jones (a2) 9 08x78 Lowrider (6) 56.5 .............................S Collett 10 5 Smoochy h (9) 54 ........................T Thornton 11 El Bayardo (7) 56 Emergency: El Bayardo 5 3.06pm BEN FOOTE RACING STEEPLECHASE

$20,000, RST OPN STP, 3500m 1 13224 Get Flash tdm (6) 68 .......................M Gillies 2 11386 Kick Back tdm (7) 67 ..............L Kennedy (3) 3 P4243 Goosebumps tm (2) 66.5 ........... E Farr (2.5) 4 x58P6 Sinista (11) 65 ............M Gibbs-Manssen (3) 5 45593 Comte de Jeu tmh (8) 65 .................. A Kuru 6 38146 Hold The Dream tm (3) 65 ..............M Cropp 7 07878 Araki m (5) 65 ..............................R Cole (3) 8 LB6F2 Nells Belle (1) 65 9 65358 Pioneer m (10) 65 ...................... S Karnicnik 10 68328 Storm Home m (4) 65 .................. M Mitchell 11 x8FP3 Sunset Pass (9) 65......................D Miller (a) 6 3.42pm TE AROHA SUPPORTERS CLUB MAIDEN 1400 $7000, MDN, 1400m 1 x6832 Special Duke (1) 58.5 ................M Coleman 2 200x2 Shinko Shibata (7) 58.5 ............. Z Moki (a3) 3 0x20 The Archduke (4) 58.5 .................... C Grylls 4 78x64 I Gotta Hunch (3) 58.5 .............A Jones (a2) 5 5 El Luchador (8) 58.5 .......................S Collett

6 5 Locally Sauced (2) 58.5 ..................A Collett 7 Can You Hear Me (5) 58.5..........M Cameron 8 00 Gemzer (6) 58.5 ................ U Holmquist (a3) 9 98026 Lady Quasar 56.5 ........................ Scratched 10 4x059 Bronze Lass 56.5 ......................... Scratched 11 0 Tui’s Blue (9) 56.5 ........................... R Jones 7 4.18pm TE AROHA STALLION PLACEMENT SCHEME R65 1600 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 52013 The Arabian Duke 59 ................... Scratched 2 009x8 Vegas Night tdm (7) 59 ...................S Collett 3 38Fx7 Sontana d (5) 58 .................... L Werner (a4) 4 60510 Rajasthan m (6) 57.5 ...................... C Grylls 5 35190 The Best Man tdm (2) 57 ............T Thornton 6 48742 Cardon Boy mh (4) 56.5 ...........A Jones (a2) 7 x4003 Lucky Desire dm (9) 56.5 ................ R Jones 8 55046 Raisedinasandpit tdm (3) 54.5 ...M Cameron 9 83009 Alezan (1) 54..............................R Elliot (a4)

Trainer: Charles/Corbett, Timaru. Breeding: 4 g Sir Percy (GB)-Switch Hitter.

RACE 4 NEUMANNS TYRES MAIDEN, $7000, 1400m 1-1 Tukawa (1) L Allpress 1 4-3 Jigger Inn (2) D Bradley 2 2-2 Emergency Call (7) C Johnson 3 Scratched: Reset The Turbo, She’s Galvanised, Kilmarnoch.

Also (in finishing order): 3-4 Hardy’s Revenge, 5-6 Zah Keisha, 6-5 Luke, 9-9 Shantahlia Express, 11-11 Late Freight, 1010 Moonlight Dancer, 7-7 Reynen Rose, 12-12 Full Of Excuses, 8-8 Mirage.

1L, 1-1/2L, 1/2 nk. Time: 1:27.33.

Win: $3.30. Places: $1.50, $2.60, $1.60.

Quinella: $13.90.

Trifecta: $62.50 (1,2,7).

First4: $201.80 (1,2,7,3).

Quaddie: $532.50 (6+/1/1/1+).

Sub: Tukawa (1).

Trainer: Pam Robson, Riccarton. Breeding: 6 g Faltaat (USA)-Reinette.

RACE 5 PREMIER EQUINE VETS RATING 65, $8000, 1400m 3-3 Sheez All Heart (6) D Bradley 1 4-4 Maggie’s Secret (11) S Wynne 1 1-1 Secret Power (2) R Myers 3 Scratched: Gild The Lily.

Also (in finishing order): 2-2 Sandy’s Star, 8-9 Wanderin Star, 10-10 Kevildo, 6-8 Incontrol, 12-12 Slumdog Millionare, 7-6 Ironworker, 9-5 San Michele, 11-11 Popp ‘N Lindauer, 5-7 Tantella.

Dead heat, 1-1/2L, 1/2L. Time: 1:25.88.

Win: $4.50 (6), $4.70 (11). Places: $2.70, $2.90, $1.40.

Quinella: $33.50.

Trifecta: $114.70 (6,11,2), $141.90 (11,6,2).

First4: $550.30 (6,11,2,4), $719.60 (11,6,2,4).

Double: $14.80 (1+/6), $12.90 (1+/11).

Sub: Secret Power (2).

Trainer: T & M Stokes, Waikuku (6), T & M Stokes, Waikuku (11). Breeding: 6 m Lion Heart (USA)-Treble Tone (USA) (6), 4 m Sakhee’s Secret (GB)-Maggie (11). \TAB 28/08/15 1512NZ RACE 6 SIM’S BAKERY RATING 75, $10000, 2100m 3-2 Speedy Jax (5) C Johnson 1 8-8 Gold Leaf (3) D Prastiyou 2 6-6 Cavatino (7) T Moseley 3 All Started.

Also (in finishing order): 1-1 Astroturf, 2-3 Absolution, 4-4 Slick Nickel, 7-7 Pennys From Heaven, 5-5 Revelator, 9-9 Varvara, 10-10 Hydraulic.

Lg hd, 1/2L, 1-1/4L. Time: 2:17.26.

Win: $4.30. Places: $1.60, $5.10, $3.80.

Quinella: $38.20.

Trifecta: $787.60 (5,3,7).

First4: $3298.30 (5,3,7,1).

Sub: Astroturf (1).

Trainer: K & P Hughes, Riccarton. Breeding: 5 g Spartacus (IRE)-Aromay.

RACE 7 HOTEL ASHBURTON RATING 85, $12000, 1600m 2-2 Fastfoot (3) J Lowry 1 4-5 Uppland (1) D Prastiyou 2 1-1 Madam Victoria (2) C Johnson 3 All Started.

Also (in finishing order): 7-6 Cody Cat, 3-3 Lakota, 6-4 Rockahoy, 5-7 Keep The Courage.

1/2L, Lg hd, Nse. Time: 1:40.83.

Win: $6.40. Places: $2.40, $4.40.

Quinella: $27.70.

Trifecta: $82.80 (3,1,2).

First4: $719.20 (3,1,2,5).

Quaddie: $579.50 (1+/6/5/3), $564.80 (1+/11/5/3).

Place6: $481.20 (1,2,4/1,9+,10/1+,2,7/2+,6 ,11/3,5,7/1,3).

Double: $22.40 (5/3), $17.00 (5/1).

Treble: $84.90 (6/5/3), $132.80 (11/5/3).

Sub: Madam Victoria (2).

Trainer: Steve Tyler, Wingatui. Breeding: 6 g Iffraaj (GB)-Catch The Day.

Te Aroha gallops Tomorrow at Te Aroha Raceway

Racing Te Aroha’s meeting at Te Aroha on August 30.

NZ Meeting number: 5. Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7.

1 1.00pm (NZT) ANN BROWNE RACING MAIDEN HURDLE $10,000, MDN HDL, 3100m 1 67832 Hunters Creek (5) 68 ........................ A Kuru 2 63333 Regalo Reaal m (9) 68 ................D Miller (a) 3 55xP0 Scimitar Lad h (4) 68.................. E Farr (2.5) 4 22470 Raisafuasho m (1) 68................... M Mitchell 5 08x92 Ciskay m (7) 68 ......................L Kennedy (3) 6 46P85 Kings Kite (11) 68 ...........................G Walsh 7 90x70 Tomtom (10) 68 ............................R Cole (3) 8 x7027 Waikirikiri (6) 68 ..............................M Gillies 9 44624 Nancho Lass (8) 66......................... C Studd 10 885PP Sir Al Syd h (2) 68 ...........................M Cropp 11 833P6 Ngatira Gold (3) 68 Emergency: Ngatira Gold 2 1.30pm GRAND TAVERN OPEN HURDLE $20,000,

RST OPN HDL, 3100m 1 4571P Thenamesbond tdm (9) 70.............. C Studd 2 88647 Back In Black tdmh (7) 65.5 ......... M Mitchell 3 13638 D’Llaro tdm (6) 65 ............................. A Kuru 4 8x666 Prestigiosa dm (8) 65 .............L Kennedy (3) 5 32127 Bahhton tdm (5) 65 .................... E Farr (2.5) 6 84741 Candidly m (4) 65........................D Miller (a) 7 52914 Master Michael tdm (1) 65 ........................ M Gibbs-Manssen (3) 8 F3219 Magna Carta m (2) 65 9 0021P Yardarm tdm (3) 65 .........................M Gillies 3 2.00pm TE AROHA MEMORIAL RSA 3YO MAIDEN 1000 $7000, MDN 3YO, 1000m 1 Acrylic (7) 57.5 ................................ C Grylls 2 Esprit De Corps (6) 57.5 ............M Cameron 3 Honkietonk Tiger (3) 57.5............T Thornton 4 El Bayardo (8) 57.5 .........................S Collett 5 42x22 Okagbare b (2) 55.5 ...................R Elliot (a4) 6 Dare To Dream (4) 55.5 .............M Coleman

7 8 9

10 0x286 Eva Quick Steph (8) 54 ..............M Hills

ASHBURTON RESULTS The weather was overcast and the track dead for the Ashburton Races at Ashburton yesterday.

RACE 1 ASHBURTON LIFE MEMBERS RATING 75, $10000, 1400m 1-1 Diamond Edge (6) D Prastiyou 1 2-2 Alice Webb Ellis (2) K Williams 2 3-3 Montrachet (4) D Walsh 3 All Started.

Also (in finishing order): 5-5 Edensong, 6-6 Sadlers Rock, 4-4 Gild The Lily, 7-7 Rosheen.

1/2 hd, 1-1/4L, Hd. Time: 1:27.65.

Win: $2.30. Places: $1.60, $1.80.

Quinella: $4.00. Trifecta: $17.30 (6,2,4).

First4: $42.50 (6,2,4,3).

Sub: Diamond Edge (6).

Trainer: Kennedy/Furlong, Riccarton.

Breeding: 6 g Iffraaj (GB)-Gimmee Moore.

RACE 2 CHRISTMAS AT THE RACES 18 DECEMBER MAIDE, $7000, 2100m 6-6 Masterzed (1) T Moseley 1 5-5 High Commissioner (4) K Williams 2 7-7 Tycoon Class (2) R Black 3 Scratched: Perfect Secret.

Also (in finishing order): 8-8 Royal Chance, 9-9 High In Demand, 1-1 Location, 4-4 Spider Lily, 3-3 Mustang Sally,

10-10 Strictly Limited, 2-2 She’s Riveting.

Nk, 1-1/2L, Nk. Time: 2:16.83.

Win: $11.00. Places: $3.40, $2.70, $3.60.

Quinella: $36.60.

Trifecta: $676.10 (1,4,2).

First4: $2600.90 (1,4,2,5).

Sub: Location (3).

Trainer: Leonard Stewart, Washdyke.

Breeding: 7 g Zed-Barbarelle.

RACE 3 KPMG PRIVATE ENTERPRISE ASHBURTON OFFICE, $8000, 2100m 3-3 Howzat (1) R Black 1 1-1 Ruby Tuesday (9) C Johnson 2 4-4 Maeve Davone (10) L Allpress 3 Scratched: Lady Lindauer, Google Me, Zenno Rolls Royce, Slick Nickel, Varvara, Hydraulic.

Also (in finishing order): 8-9 She’s Payback, 6-5 Blu Mach, 7-6 Stella, 2-2 High Viz, 10-12 Revenge, 12-10 Tell The World, 11-11 Putt For Cash, 9-8 Harmonize, 5-7 McMay. Nk, 3/4L, 3L. Time: 2:16.52.

Win: $8.00. Places: $2.80, $1.80, $2.80.

Quinella: $16.30.

Trifecta: $169.50 (1,9,10).

First4: $1332.20 (1,9,10,5).

Double: $49.50 (1/1), $14.20 (1/9+).

Treble: $228.30 (6+/1/1).

Sub: Ruby Tuesday (9).

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■ PGG WRIGHTSON

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“Our farmers are acutely aware of the need to ensure that today’s inputs do not negatively impact on tomorrow’s needs.”

Ms McCormick said environmental respect is about ensuring today’s inputs do not impact on tomorrow’s needs.

In its 25th year the awards honour the stewardship, sustainability, safety and community outreach efforts of the world’s leading agricultural retailers and distributors.

Since its inception in 1991, more than 6000 businesses have participated. More than 600 have earned state/provincial awards.

The awards are sponsored

by DuPont Crop Protection, CropLife magazine and FCI magazine.

DuPont territory manager Raymond Forney John Smith, DuPont global stewartship manager Raymond Forney, PGG Wrightson’s Catherine McCormick and client Eric Watson.

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consideration. Where investments have occurred they have focused primarily on dairy and real estate development.

Interestingly, a significant proportion of investment from China is into new assets rather than the acquisition of existing assets.

Canada was New Zealand’s most significant source of FDI accounting for 22 per cent based on gross consideration data.

China accounted for 14 per cent, USA 13 per cent and Australia 11 per cent.

Investors from the United States were the largest acquirers of land for the 2013-2014 period, followed by investors from China and the Netherlands.

The largest 20 transactions for 2013 and 2014 account for approximately 64 per cent of the total reported overseas investment.

Australia’s influence on New Zealand through FDI appears to have reduced since the last KPMG report. This is likely, however, to be related to the

Matt Hannah is a director of KPMG Private Enterprise

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recent changes to regulations which have relaxed the requirement for Australian companies to obtain OIA approval as opposed to a material shift in investment.

Recent experience suggests that many Australian companies are considering investment in New Zealand given our strong economic growth over the last two years.

It is important to understand the benefits of FDI, which can be a valuable contributor to the nation’s prosperity. This is particularly true where it results in investment into new productive assets and the development of export focused business ventures.

Strong trade relationships and the creation of employment opportunities for the next generation underpin a healthy economy.

When it comes to sport, art or business, New Zealanders pride themselves on the way we achieve on the global stage.

This can be difficult to do and requires us to move outside our comfort zone to try new things and form new relationships.

The same view can be applied to FDI.

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here has been a great deal of attention paid to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and it often tests the comfort zone of our country.

People get anxious about dealing with new cultures, skeptical about the actual benefits, concerned about the impact on the next generation and can view FDI as a loss of our kiwi-ness.

Constructively debating and discussing the merit of FDI is normal. With this in mind, KPMG has prepared an analysis of FDI into the productive assets of our country, businesses and agriculture. The report captures the larger investments into New Zealand by overseas investors and helps clarify what is happening with FDI. It is clear New Zealand continues to enjoy a wide range of investment interest from other countries and across a number of sectors.

It may surprise people that approximately 59 per cent of FDI continues to come from North America, Australia and Europe while Asia accounts for 33 per cent of total investment.

Despite public attention, China’s share of investment has not increased substantially from our previous analysis in 2013, contributing to only 14 per cent of total FDI based on gross

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PGG Wrightson’s Ashburton rural supplies store has won an internationally renowned environment award.

Environmental Respect Awards honour outstanding environmental stewardship among those who supply farmers with inputs crucial to safe and effective crop production around the world.

The winners exemplify environmental care in areas of security, risk management, product handling and use, worker safety and education and outreach to their communities.

PGG Wrightson Ashburton Rural Supplies Store Manager, Catherine McCormick, attended the awards ceremony in Wilmington, US, last month and brought home both the Environmental Respect Award and the Ambassador of Respect Award.

“The Ashburton store and the farmers we service have been recognised internationally with

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OUR VIEW

Migrant plan a community plan Stu Oldham

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he Ashburton District will lead the rest of Canterbury in a new plan to attract, help settle and ultimately keep new migrants, but the plan’s real worth will be in the way it is supported by the community.

The Canterbury Mayoral Forum has adopted a regional economic development strategy to maintain the economy’s momentum and counter a postquake slowdown and the end of the dairy boom.

Ashburton has been given the task with leading the region’s response to newcomer and migrant settlement so that all Canterbury councils are working from the same playbook by 2020.

The district has form. Perhaps more than many other regions, it has had to look overseas rather than, say the North Island for people not shy of relocating to the provinces for work.

It has an established newcomers’ network and support groups for many of the distinct cultural groups attracted here. It is a microcosm of what progressive regions could do if they were committed to making themselves home to new New Zealanders.

Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay deserves credit for frontfooting the mayors’ response to migration issues. He presented the case for migrant support just as he has, consistently, in his own district.

Support groups, orientation brochures, government departments and social services help migrants settle, but many are more likely to stay where they feel they are part of the place in which they live.

Previously, Mr McKay said settlement happened when locals invited new arrivals to their sports clubs, their interest groups and their social societies.

It happened when people were made a part of a community.

The Government’s new points scheme will attract migrants to regional Canterbury, but the provinces will keep them if the region’s migration strategy is framed around the communities it hopes to grow.

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■ A FARMER’S WIFE

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t was to be my first day off work in quite some time and the house was condemnable, with laundry as high as the windows, kids’ toys and the Farmer’s mail littering every conceivable nook and cranny.

And so it was that I found myself the night before relaxing and blissful in the knowledge that I could have a night off and fix the shambles in the morning.

Languidly the next morning I dressed the kids, packed their lunches and had nearly got them on their way when the Farmer asked me if I had remembered the bank manager was coming.

Now I’m not suggesting the Farmer was wilfully being deceitful, but I’m pretty sure he hadn’t told me of this joyous occasion. On surveying the chaos, dirt, dishes and dust that surrounded me I attempted to find my inner Zen and stay calm – reasoning that I could get the place spotless before lunchtime.

“Fine,” I said between gritted teeth and asked him what time I could expect the royal arrival.

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lantly announced he would be here at 9am. I glanced at the clock and nearly blew a gasket.

It was now 8.05am.

I should have known by now, after 15 years of being married to a farmer that they don’t see colossal mess that makes hoarders look like clean freaks as any sort of impediment to having a chat with a visitor.

Why, I asked tightly, did you have to ask him at 9am?

His response was nonplussed.

“So I can get on with my work for the day love ... Now, I’ll just go and make sure the lambs are okay and be back by the time he gets here.”

Wisely, he disappeared before I could even contemplate the many ways in which I could inflict my frustration on him.

In a manic frenzy I loaded and dumped toys, newspapers and tried to do the dishes while trying to ignore the scary voice

in my head saying that this was a bank manager coming!

You see in the old days my mother-in-law rolled out the red carpet for our bank manager. There were freshly-made cream cakes, scones and Dilmah brewed tea. There was a couch he could lounge back on and a red carpet.

Sure enough the Farmer arrived back just as the bank manager pulled up (all smiles of course) and led the earnest young man in. I was relieved to know that Mr Banker was a bachelor boy and so I was sure budget wine biscuits, instant coffee and dirty houses were not far from his realm of reality.

And so it was that I set to giving a good impression as the dutiful housewife, while the Farmer did the sums.

I carefully made the coffee just the right temperature so as not to scold any delicate lips and sat down to smile and nod at all the right places, knowing this was the role I must fulfil when it comes to the farmer and his finances.

All seemed to be going well until the Farmer took a sip and spluttered dramatically. I glared at him as he exclaimed

loudly “what the hell did you put in that coffee?”

I looked from the bank manager back to the Farmer, conveying with my eyes the need to pipe down if he wanted to survive another day.

Much to my horror he nudged the bank manager.

“You try it,” he urged. “Don’t know what she put in it but it’s not good.”

Trembling, I watched as the Banker took a sip and did his best not to pucker up his lips.

“Did you use salt?”

The Farmer grinned as I went bright red realising I had forgotten to re-label certain containers in the pantry – to which the Banker snickered.

Needless to say I was not great company for the rest of the meeting and even less so when the Farmer declared as the Banker left that I’d better get on and make a “decent” lunch.

“Why?” I demanded, already agitated to the point of combustion.

“Because,” he smiled warmly, “The farm consultant’s due in and I thought we’d give him a spot of lunch. Nothing fancy, but I think he quite likes roasts.”

Dellwyn Moylan

CHRISTIAN COMMENT

War One, there are several other anniversaries connected with wars and conflicts. Did you know it was the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, 70 years since the end of World War Two, 65 years since the beginning of the Korean War, 55 years since the end of the Malayan Emergency and 40 years since the end of the Vietnam War. All these will be acknowledged in a service at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on Sunday, September 13, at 10am, everyone is welcome to come and remember our unsung heroes.

I suspect many of you know

the feeling of doing things for others without recognition. Not being in the spotlight but doing things that shape, help and improve others’ lives.

Just as our service personnel can’t serve without the unsung heroes, neither can our faith communities or indeed our communities function effectively without the many men, women and young people who quietly go about doing things.

Unsung heroes do not set out to win the best or biggest rewards, in fact they don’t go looking for recognition and if it is offered they are often embarrassed and reluctant to accept it.

Many people go about doing what they can for others, hoping not to be recognised for it, they just do as God has called them to do. Many in our community feed the hungry,

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Private 74309 – My unsung hero F rom the wars and other conflicts that our country has been involved in it has seen its heroes.

Recently I read The Mark of the Lion, which is the biography of New Zealand hero Charles Upham. The war hero our country has most recently honoured is Lance-Corporal Willie Apiata and these two men are heroes, but there have been so many unsung heroes, like my dad.

Nowhere are their stories recorded, nowhere are they listed as a hero. And there are thousands of other New Zealanders who are just the same, they are not listed as heroes, but they all are – they disregarded themselves to serve others, to serve their country and to make other people’s lives better.

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clothe the naked, visit the poor, sick and lonely, or a friend who has lost someone special to them and they drop off a meal.

These people are rewarded because they feel good for doing for others and they can see what a difference their service makes.

With Tuesday’s anniversary of the end of World War Two some of us will pause to remember, acknowledge and give thanks for our armed service personnel, both those who have and who are serving our country.

As I do that I will give thanks for my greatest unsung hero Private 74309, my dad, who also served his family, his country and his community.

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■ AUSTRIA

In brief Puerto Rico braced Tropical Storm Erika lashed Puerto Rico early yesterday with heavy rains and wind after killing four people and causing devastating floods in the eastern Caribbean island of Dominica, where several people remained missing. The storm was expected to dump up to 31 centimetres of rain across portions of the droughtstricken northern Caribbean as it carved a path toward the US Forecasters said Erika might fall apart over Hispaniola or Puerto Rico or possibly strengthen into a hurricane as it nears South Florida early next week.

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Facebook milestone For the first time, a billion people used Facebook in a single day on Monday. CEO Mark Zuckerberg marked the occasion with a post on his Facebook page, saying that one out of seven people on Earth logged in to the social network to connect with their friends and family. The 1 billion figure is different from the daily user numbers Facebook discloses each quarter when it reports its financial results. Those are the average number of daily users, counted over a 30-day period. Facebook had 968 million daily active users in June. Overall, Facebook has nearly 1.5 billion users who log in at least once a month. It hit the 1 billion user milestone in October 2012. Most people on Facebook live outside the US and Canada.

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Abuse accused dies Investigators search traces at a truck that stands on the shoulder of the highway A4 near Parndorf south of Vienna, Austria.

Seventy-one migrants were found dead in the truck.

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Three arrests in deaths Police arrested three people in Hungary in connection with the deaths of 71 migrants found in a refrigerated truck abandoned on Austria’s main highway, a police official said yesterday.

The migrants likely suffocated, said Hans Peter Doskozil, chief of police in eastern Burgenland province.

A Syrian travel document was found, indicating that at least some of the dead were

refugees fleeing violence in Syria, though it wasn’t clear if some were from elsewhere.

The 71 included eight women and four children.

It was the latest tragedy in a year that has seen tens of thousands of people risking everything to seek a better life or refuge in wealthy European countries.

Migrants fearful of death at sea in overcrowded and flimsy boats have increasingly turned

to using a land route to Europe through the Western Balkans.

They start in Greece, which they can reach via a short boat trip from Turkey. But the discovery of the bodies in the truck showed there is no truly safe path.

The refrigerated truck was found parked in the safety lane of the highway from Budapest, Hungary, to Vienna on Thursday.

The death toll was initially

estimated at 20 to 50. The bodies were partially decomposed and police had the truck towed to a refrigerated warehouse before they began a body count and tried to identify them.

Autopsies were being conducted.

At least two of those arrested are Bulgarian citizens, while the third has Hungarian identity papers, police said.

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■ LIBYA

Authorities collect victims’ bodies from water Libyan authorities were collecting the bodies of migrants who drowned off the Libyan coastal city of Zuwara, with some 200 feared dead in the latest disaster involving desperate people trying to reach Europe.

An Associated Press photographer at the scene saw workers removing bodies from the water, and pulling a flood-

ed boat into the harbour that contained several drowned victims floating face down. At least one victim, a man, was wearing a life vest.

They were put into body bags and lined up on the waterfront.

In a statement, the United Nations refugee agency said that up to 200 people were missing and feared dead, after

the Libyan coast guard carried out rescue operations for two boats carrying an estimated 500 migrants.

Dozens of boats are launched from lawless Libya each week, with Italy and Greece bearing the brunt of the surge.

Since a 2011 civil war that ended with the overthrow and killing of longtime dictator

Moammer Gadhafi, the oilrich north African country has plunged into chaos.

It is divided between an elected parliament and government based in the eastern port city of Tobruk and an Islamist militia-backed government in the capital Tripoli — with militants from the Islamic State group also exploiting the chaos.

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The Vatican’s former ambassador to the Dominican Republic, who had been charged by church prosecutors with sexually abusing children in the Caribbean country, died yesterday of apparent natural causes as he awaited trial, the Vatican said. Jozef Wesolowski, 67, was found dead early yesterday in the Vatican room where he has been held on house arrest, a statement from the Vatican said.

Vatican officials immediately intervened and initial checks “indicated the death was from natural causes,” a statement said. It said the Vatican prosecutor ordered an immediate autopsy and that Pope Francis was informed.

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Officials dismissed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed top officials in the wake of a recent standoff with South Korea, state media reported yesterday, a move that suggests the young leader holds them responsible for allowing the confrontation to nearly spin out of control. The rival Koreas earlier this week threatened strikes against each other before agreeing on measures to reduce animosity. - AP

Arrests in killing Police in Bangladesh have arrested two more suspected members of a banned militant group thought to be behind the slaying of a secular blogger in the fourth such killing this year. Dhaka Metropolitan police official Mahbub Alam said Kausar Hossain Khan, 29, and Kamal Hossain Sardar, 29, were arrested and were suspected members of the Ansarullah Bangla Team blamed for attacks on atheist bloggers and writers.

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■ UNITED STATES

Shooter said he’d make headlines Vester Flanagan fulfilled a threat to put his conflict with co-workers into “the headlines” when he gunned down two employees of a Virginia TV station during a live morning broadcast — one of them a cameraman who had filmed his firing two years earlier.

But as station employees struggled yesterday to explain the events that framed Flanagan’s anger, others who had run across the gunman in the time since he lost his job at WDBJ-TV described a man whose hair-triggered temper was increasingly set off by slights that were more often imagined than real.

A former co-worker at a call centre where he worked until late 2014 recalled how her off-hand comment that the often boisterous Flanagan was acting quiet led him to try to grab her by the shoulder, and tell her never to talk to him again.

At a bar in Roanoke, the manager recalled Flanagan was so incensed when no one thanked him as he left that he sent a nearly 20-page letter, lambasting employees’ behaviour.

On Thursday, Flanagan

killed 24-year-old Alison Parker, a reporter for WDBJ, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, while the two conducted a live interview for the station’s morning broadcast, then went online to claim that they had wronged him in the past.

After the killing, Flanagan texted a friend suggesting he had “done something stupid,” investigators wrote in a search warrant. He turned the gun on himself when police caught up to him a few hours later. Inside his rental car, investigators found extra licence plates, a wig, shawl, sunglasses and a hat as well as some stamped letters and a “to-do” list.

Colleagues of the journalists shot to death returned to their morning show yesterday, in a broadcast that opened with images of Parker and Ward.

“We come to you with heavy hearts. Two of our own were shot during a live shot yesterday morning,” said Kim McBroom, the anchor whose open-mouthed shock was seen around the world Wednesday after Ward’s camera recorded the attack.

- AP

Ebola survivor Victoria Yillia (left), Pastor Gabriel Abu, (centre), holding Yillia’s newborn son Barnabas, and Anthony Yillia sing before prayers during a church service in Kenema.

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■ SIERRA LEONE

Ebola survivor gives birth to son Ebola did not take Victoria Yillia’s life. And it could not prevent the birth of her son.

And yet it loomed, even on this, her happiest day.

She delivered her child just a few minutes’ walk from the ward where just last year she had hovered between life and death, and nurses and medical staff still wore full protective suits and masks for fear of any lingering infection.

Doctors gave her formula and told her not to nurse her baby until they ran tests to be sure there were no traces of the virus in her breast milk.

Her husband Anthony beamed in the maternity ward as they talked about names for the boy nestled in a blanket with a yellow knit cap. But Victoria burst into tears: Her mother was not here to help her, to show her what to do with her first child.

Nor was her grandmother, or her three older sisters.

The couple and their new baby are all that remain: Twenty-one members of her family died of ebola when the virus ripped through this corner of Sierra Leone.

“Because I lost all my relatives, God has blessed me and I

can start a new family,” she said, softly cradling the boy. “With this baby, all I have lost has come back to me.”

Victoria is not just her family’s sole survivor — she was also the first person to survive ebola in Sierra Leone. Her survival was celebrated nationally: She met the president, and the day of her release, June 8, is now National Survivors Day. If she is the face of survival in Sierra Leone, it is fitting that her life of hope and sorrow mirrors that of an ebola-ravaged country struggling to move on, despite its anguish.

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10.00am - 1.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP.

New rooms open for research. Ground floor Heritage Centre, all welcome, West Street.

10.00am - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

11.00am - 1.00pm FAIRFIELD SOFTBALL CLUB 2015.

Opening Day at Hampstead Club, Bridge Street.

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6.00pm HOLY NAME PARISH. Mass, Holy Name Church, Havelock Street.

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Worship Service. 48 Allens Road.

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Service and worship with Rev Tevita Taufalele.

Baring Square Church Lounge. Baring Square East.

9.30am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship with Martin Reid from the Gideon’s Society - retiring collection please, all welcome. 65 Oxford Street.

10.00am ASHBURTON MODEL AERO CLUB. Radio controlled aeroplane flying, weather permitting. Lovetts Road, off Maronan Road.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

10.00am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10.00am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church service with Rev David Brown, Cnr Havelock and Park Street.

10.00am HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Sealy Street.

10.00am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion every Sunday. 151-153 Thomson Street, Tinwald.

10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

10.30am EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping God and transforming lives. 63 Princes Street, Netherby.

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

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Club and family day, everyone welcome. M.S.A. Grounds, 115 Racecourse Road.

4.00pm - 5.30pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Youth Group meet . 48 Allens Road.

7.00pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

7.00pm ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church Service with Rev David Brown in the Sinclair Centre, Cnr Havelock and Park Street.

Monday

New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

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

1.00pm - 4.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. New rooms open for research. Ground floor Heritage Centre, East St. All welcome.

3.30pm HAMPSTEAD TENNIS CLUB. Annual General Meeting, Hampstead Tennis

Courts, Corner Chalmers Avenue & Cameron St. 6.00pm RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Circuit training, 1st time free. St Andrews Church Hall, Bridge Street, Rakaia.

6.00pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allens

Road, Allenton.

7.30pm CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE. Euchre . Holy Name Parish Hall, Winter Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON BIRD CLUB. Monthly meeting. Rovers Den, Mania-o-roto Scout Park, Chalmers Avenue.

8.00am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

8.30am HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH. Mass, Holy Spirit Church, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

9.00am - 6.00pm ASHBURTON SOCIETY OF PERFORMING ARTS. Piano, vocal and instrumental competitions.

Ashburton Trust Event Centre, Wills Street.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH.

6.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE.

ADOPTED TOGETHER IF POSSIBLE

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They are 8-10 months old, desexed males. They get on well with other animals and children.

Adoption fee for the two together of $100 applies. Contact Samantha on 027 528 2409 for further details.

15 month old doberman. Has been desexed, microchipped and had his injection.

Good temperament and very friendly.

Contact Mere on 027 622 6687

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Trades & Services To place a Trades & Services ad, call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

EXECUTIVE HOME CLEANING & GARDENING LIMITED Sandra & John

03 307 8184 or 027 292 0180 Professional service and a friendly team for a job well done, qualified gardener.

MOBILE MOWER SERVICING • Rotary Mowers • Ride-on Mowers • Water Blasters • Small Motor Repairs

• Reel Mowers • Chainsaws • Rotary Hoes • Generators

COMpETITIVE RATES Ù gardens Ù pruning Ù lawns

Ù home Ù commercial Ù office

Stan Keeley, Owner

Ph 307 0002 - Mobile 021 88 34 36

Roofing Specialists

HEAT PUMPS KEEP YOUR HOME THE PERFECT TEMPERATURE

HEAT PUMPS

We specialise in:

•New roofs and re-roofs •Five Rib roofing •Corrugated roofing •Fascia, spouting and downpipes •Qualified fixers.

Perfect all year round

• Wall or floor mounted available • Most models will continue to heat even with outside temperatures of minus 15°C

electriCOOL Ltd

Phone Paul Crequer, your local authorised Daikin dealer for a free quote on all domestic and commercial systems phone 0274 362 362 or 308 4573.

Free Measure & Quote

03 307 0593 or 0508-453-696 42 J.B. Cullen Drive

sales@canterburylongrun.co.nz

PAINTING & DECORATING CONTRACTORS

HEAVY VEHICLE DRIVER LICENCING Certified Assessor for licencing from Learner to Full • Licence classer 2 - 5 • Wheels, tracks & roller endorsements • NZTA Certified • Tranzqual Assessor Drive Rite - But Keep Left

Contact Paul McCormick

Phone 03 307 7402 Mob 027 433 5766

If you are renovating or building a new home you need someone to trust in all your PAINTING and DECORATING NEEDS – Commercial or Residential.

• Interior decorating • Exterior decorating

• Wallpapering • Waterblasting • Roof painting

For any enquiries call us today on Ph/Fax 308-8432 Mob 0274 332 259 Email: trudgeon@vodafone.co.nz

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Ashburton Painters & Decorators specialise in: ’s re he re e sT t U ps H i us Tr Dr No

Bluegum, Oregon and Old Man Pine... that’s the good stuff!

• Interior & exterior Painting • Wall papering • Gib stopping Call today for a FREE QUOTE - Quentin 027 2828 909 - Phil 027 2828 908

Trades & Services To place a Trades & Services ad, call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

RECYCLED HARDWOOD - FROM TIMARU PORT • • • • • • •

French door frames Double glazing Stairs Doors Window frames Kitchens Custom machining

You want a woodie – you want a goodie! You NEED JMac Joinery 7 Laughton Street, Washdyke, Timaru

Phone 03 688 2725

www.jmacjoinery.com

Doaky’s Plumbing Ltd • Plumbing • Drainlaying • Blocked Drains NOW RURALCO SUPPLIERS

Lindsay 027 555 5575 150 Smithfield Rd, Ashburton doakys@xtra.co.nz - 03 308 1248

YOUR LOCAL TV RECEPTION SPECIALIST

Locall y made

Horse float manufacturers and alterations.

All makes and models.

201 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton - (03) 307 8353 mainlandcoachwork@gmail.com - www.mainlandcoachwork.co.nz

Plaster & Coatings

Harder. longer. Better. satisfaction guaranteed.

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Your local authorised Freeview installer Commercial TV systems Extra phone points TV wall mounting Future proof pre-wire of new homes Authorised Sky installer Home theatre installation

ASHBURTON TV & AUDIO LTD Ph 308-7332 or 027-277-1062

Wardrobe organiser We can refit your existing wardrobe or fit out your new one.

(as licensed applicators we give warranties)

The Finishing Company

For a free measure and quote phone 308 2966

03 307 8870 or 0274 444 856

Custom made for your home

int./ext. Plaster (rockcote applicator) & textures specialist Coatings: Resin/Stone floors, Waterproofing

To advertise here contact Debbie on 021 959 783 or 307 7955 Debbie Sykes

PHONE 308 2966 51 Robinson Street, Ashburton www.lysaghtltd.co.nz

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SITUATIONS VACANT

Production Technician

SITUATIONS VACANT

Farm Environmental Plan (FEP) Assistant

Oil Seed Extractions (OSE) is an Ashburton based company who develop, produce and supply high quality speciality seed oils to the global food, skincare and health product sectors (www.seedoils.co.nz), and is a subsidiary of the Midlands group of companies.

Due to ongoing growth we are currently recruiting for an additional Production Technician to join our existing team. The key focus of this permanent full time role based in Ashburton, is to work closely with the Production team in all aspects of the day-to-day operations of the processing facility.

Key responsibilities include: • Operate oil extraction processes, filtration and packaging • Bulk Stock Control - organise, locate and prepare, large amounts of bulk stock for dispatch • Handle inwards and outwards goods, and on-site product storage • Complete consignment records, stocktakes, and general logistic administration records What you will need to bring to this role: • Strong productivity and time management abilities • Initiative and a capability to work unsupervised • Good accuracy and attention to detail • Ability to work in a team environment • Friendly attitude and cooperative values • Strong and physically fit as some heavy lifting will be required • Forklift licence and Food Handling experience/qualifications would be an advantage OSE is a progressive company with a strong vision for growth.

Recognised as an industry leader, this role will provide an excellent career opportunity for the successful applicant.

For further information and a position description please visit the following website www.midlands.co.nz. Applicants must hold current New Zealand residency.

To apply please send your cover letter along with current CV to the following address, to reach us by Monday, September 14, 2015.

Production Technician Oil Seed Extractions PO Box 65 Ashburton Or email to:- lyn.scammell@seedoils.co.nz

Recycling Co-ordinator/Driver Full-time position

Wastebusters Trust is a non profit organization, and has been a part of the Ashburton Community for over 20 years. We are a small team; we take pride in finding good markets for our Recycling and are always looking at new ways to divert items from the waste stream.

If you would like to be a part of a small local team whose goals are to Reduce, Recycle and make a different to our community. Then we would like to hear from you.

We are searching for the following: Position Title: • Recycling Co-ordinator/Driver.

Duties/Key Tasks: • Carry out the collection of rural recycling materials.

• Communicate current and anticipated volumes with team members.

• Manage the materials required for the day to day running of the rural collections.

• Assist with town collections and other duties as required.

Responsibilities: • Maintain and develop relationships with current and future customers.

• Ensure compliance and maintenance of plant and vehicles.

• Ensure Health and Safety standards are met.

Qualifications/Experience: • Current class 2 and forklift licences.

• An understanding and appreciation of the Ashburton rural community.

• Computer literate.

Applications close .... September 18.

If this sounds like you then please email your CV to: accounts@wastebusters.net.nz

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Ashburton Lyndhurst Irrigation Limited (ALIL) and Mayfield Hinds Irrigation Ltd (MHIL) are water supply companies sourcing water from the Rangitata Diversion Race and distributing to shareholder members.

The RDR irrigation schemes are now operating under a land use consent that requires the implementation of Audited Self-Management programmes including individual Farm Environment Plans and monitoring of nutrient loss to groundwater from farms. The schemes have agreed that a proactive approach to environmental management will provide for real improvement in the quality of the water resource that is the lifeblood of the vibrant Mid Canterbury community.

To ensure the schemes meet their obligations a new position is available to cover the following: • Co-ordinate the online completion of Farm Environmental Plans (FEP’s) for ALIL and MHIL shareholders.

• Provide direct assistance either in workshops or working one-on-one with shareholders.

• Collate data collected for analysis and auditing purposes.

A practical person with an understanding of irrigation and agriculture would be an advantage. The applicant would also have the ability to communicate with farmers effectively, understanding their varying levels of technical and IT expertise. A degree qualification would be an advantage.

This is a full-time position for an initial 6 month fixed term contract. In a rapidly evolving area of expertise, longer term opportunities are likely for the right applicant.

A job description and application form are available on request. Applications close 5pm, Monday, August 31, 2015 and are to be submitted with a current CV and cover letter for the attention of:-

Carmen Foster Ashburton Lyndhurst Irrigation Ltd 18 Kermode Street Ashburton 7700 Phone: 03 307 8382 E-mail: carmen@alil.co.nz

Recycling Retail Position Recycling Yard / Forklift Position Wastebusters Trust have two positions available for weekend work.

Would you like to be a part of a small local team who’s goals are to Reduce, Recycle and make a different to our community.

Are you looking for part time weekend work?

Would you like to help us provide the best service possible to our customers in Ashburton.

If the answer to these questions are yes then this could be the job for you.

If you are fit, healthy and not afraid of some heavy lifting, someone who is able to work by themselves and within a team, work quickly, efficiently, have good communication skills, is reliable and trustworthy with a good customer focus.

This position is for Saturday and Sunday.

Weekends off by negotiation.

If all this sounds like you then we look forward to hearing from you.

Applications close ... September 11.

Please email in your CV to: accounts@wastebusters.net.nz or drop into: Wastebusters, 7 McNally Street, Ashburton

For all subscriber enquiries, missed delivery, new subscriptions, temporary stops, call our subscriber hotline 0800 274 287 0800 ASHBURTON

Looking for a builder with a little more experience?  Housing

 Commercial  Farm

Contact Des anytime for an obligation free quote.

Ph 03 308 9936 or 0274 323 258

Career Opportunities Customer Services Officer Two full time positions (permanent and fixed term) Being the first point of contact for our customers, you will provide exceptional customer service, face to face, on the phone or via email, for a wide range of enquiries. You’ll need to be outgoing and calm when the pressure is on, preferably with prior experience in customer service.

Sports Facility Office Assistant Permanent, part time, 20 hours per week In this administration role based at the EA Networks Centre; challenge and variety is guaranteed. You will take responsibility for managing retail stock and accounts whilst providing cover or extra support to reception. You’ll need to be a confident computer user who relates well to our wide range of customers, with a willingness to handle anything that comes your way.

Learn to Swim Instructor(s) Casual initially then permanent part time Working in our purpose built facility, you will help us deliver quality swim instruction to a wide range of customers from babies through to adults. We’re looking for outgoing individuals who are creative, motivating and have the ability to coach others to achieve results to work primarily afterschool hours and Saturday mornings.

To find out more about these vacancies and what the Ashburton District Council has to offer you – go to our website.

Applications for these roles close Wednesday, 2 September 2015.

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/careers

Geraldine High School

Relievers Required We require relievers for a wide range of subjects Must be current New Zealand registered teachers.

Apply: g.rogers@geraldinehs.school.nz Phone 693 0017

Beach Road Dairy

We have a part time position available for a mature person in our busy store.

• We are looking for an honest, reliable and customer friendly employee • Liquor Licence and experience would be an advantage however full training will be provided.

• You will be required to do shift work, up to 20-25 hours per week, our open hours are 7am - 8pm, 7 days a week • You must be able to work unsupervised and also in a busy team environment • We offer the successful applicant an attractive hourly rate.

If this sounds like you, please deliver your CV with a cover letter to: Beach Road Dairy, 30 Beach Road, Ashburton.

We design, we build, we innovate.

211 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton (03) 307 6130 www.calderstewart.co.nz

Part-time Shop Assistant A part-time position is available in our busy retail shop.

Your working week would include school holidays and Saturdays 10am - 1pm as required. We are looking for a flexible, organised, reliable, and honest person who enjoys helping our customers and offering excellent service.

Please post handwritten letter or email, with references, to: Tots to Teens The Arcade, Ashburton tots2teensannette@gmail.com The Arcade Phone 307 7340

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TRADES, SERVICES

DRUMMOND & ETHERIDGE ASHBURTON

Y SEED CANTERBUR

Drummond and Etheridge Ltd have a long history in the MidCanterbury area, selling and servicing the renowned Nissan automotive brand. We have now expanded into some well-known and reputable marine brands, such as Yamaha, Stabicraft and Haines Hunter.

AUTOMOTIVE SALESPERSON

We are looking for a proven Automotive Salesperson to join our Sales team in Ashburton selling new Nissan and Used vehicles.

Ideally the candidate will have; • Proven sales experience (preferably automotive or similar) • A strong customer focus.

• Confidence to hunt for their next sale.

• Ability to build long term relationships with our large and varied customer base.

• Computer skills are essential.

• A self starting attitude.

• The ability to work well alongside our sales, service and parts teams.

Canterbury Seed Company is a successful and well respected seed production, marketing and trading company recognised for experience in the fields of pea, forage, cereal and vegetable seed. Canterbury Seed’s large array of seed products are marketed domestically and to over forty countries around the world.

Due to an internal promotion, we are recruiting for the role of Seed Storeman at Canterbury Seed Company. We are looking for motivated individuals who are willing to do what is required to get results.

To be successful you need to be motivated and willing to work to strict deadlines. An understanding of the seed industry would be an advantage.

Seed Storeman Previous experience is essential in this role along with attention to detail and accuracy with figures. Also flexibility to adapt is a key.

AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN

To be successful in the above role you will need:

We are also looking for an experienced Technician to complete our team at our Moore Street branch.

Ideally the candidate will have; • An automotive mechanical background, within a franchise environment.

• A knowledge of, or experience in marine or small engines would also be of benefit.

• A team player attitude and enjoy a diverse range of work.

• A technical trade qualificiation or long term experience on late model vehicles.

• Passion for cars/boats and the automotive/marine sector and enjoy a team environment.

• A good level of physical fitness as there will be some lifting required.

• A current forklift licence • Good communication skills • Be a team player and willingly participate with others to achieve common goals • Have a good understanding of the local grain and seed industry • Computer skills

Seed Cleaner - Treater Operator This role is a newly created position to operate our Westrup cleaning plant at our Range Street cleaning and treating facility. Previous experience operating seed cleaning machinery is preferred, the role will be quite broad with flexibility to adapt a key. Attention to detail and accuracy with figures are essential to this position, along with a current forklift licence.

To find out more about this opportunity please apply, with an up to date CV and application, to: Courtney Hyde - HR Manager Drummond & Etheridge Ltd PO Box 340 Ashburton 7740

As part of the Carrfields Group of businesses, we offer our staff excellent working conditions and company benefits. Based in our Range Street site in Ashburton, you will work within a large team encompassing all Carrfields businesses.

To apply for the above positions please email your C.V. to: office@canseed.co.nz Or phone 03 307 6979 for further information.

e: courtney@dne.co.nz p: 027 486 7773

Headstart Early Learning Centre is a small rural centre situated in Hinds, 15 minutes south of Ashburton.

We are seeking a qualified Early Childhood Teacher or Teacher in their third year of study to work in our centre.

The person we are seeking must be mature, passionate and enthusiastic about early childhood. You must be a team player, have a high level of professionalism, motivation and organisational skills.

Hours are 30 - 35 per week, Monday to Friday, there may be times when you will be needed to work additional hours, and there is also an expectation to attend staff meetings and professional development courses as required.

All applications need to be in by Friday, September 11, 2015.

For more information please contact: Jo Luxton on 303 7805 or email applications to headstartelc@gmail.com or post to Headstart Early Learning Centre RD5 - Ashburton 7775

Grocery Assistant Part - time

We currently have a position available in our store.

To be successful in this role, you will: • Be honest and reliable • Have a high level of fitness • Enjoy being part of a busy team • Have the ability to provide excellent customer services The days and hours for this position will be: • Monday 9.00am – 5.30pm • Tuesday 9.00am – 5.30pm • Friday 9.00am – 6.00pm • Saturday 10.00am – 6.30pm To be considered for this role, please apply in writing to: Human Resources Manager Ashburton New world P O Box 444 Ashburton 7740

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New Hospitality Shop Opening KEBIZZA selling Kebabs, Pizzas and more 2 positions available, 1 leading to management $17-$19 per hour.

40 & 30 hrs/week.

For more info contact Sandra on 021 456 553 or email your cv to turkishkebabs@ hotmail.com

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ASHBURTON BRANCH Automotive & Marine 153 Moore Street Ashburton, 7700 www.dne.co.nz | 0800 432 633

TENDERS

Prime Commercial Section

For sale by Tender 13 Peter Street, Ashburton 1012 m2 section This well located section is being made available for development by the Ashburton RSA as it is surplus to their requirements.

Location and size would suit light commercial or retail operation.

Tenders closing 12 noon Thursday, September 17.

Address for Tenders:

Tavendale & Partners, 234 Tancred Street, Ashburton Documents Available from RSA Office:

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12 Cox Street, Ashburton

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES • Bark • Oamaru stone • Rocks • Organic compost • Sand • Screened soil • Home deliveries available

Plus much more FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

Dobson Street West Ph: 307 8302 Hours: Mon-Fri: 7.30am - 5pm Sat: 7.30am - 12 noon

WANTED WANTED Cleaner/Gardener part-time. Up to 3 hours weekly. Includes general household duties, window cleaning etc. Phone 027 438 2343.

TRADES, SERVICES COMPUTER PROBLEMS? For prompt reliable service.

Contact Kelvin Boult, KJB Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place.

Ph 308 8989. 30 years Local service. Same day service if possible.

SUPERGOLD Discount card welcomed.

COMPUTER Tuneup and Repairs, New Computer Sales & Setup, Internet setup, Onsite Day Or Evenings and Weekends, LOW FEES, call Robin Johnstone at Networks Firewalls & PCS 308 1440 or 027-768 4058.

HOME handyman available.

Minor repairs, painting etc. Ph 027-677-1952.

RAFFLES

Raffle Results Life Education Trust Mid South Canterbury Harold’s Holiday Raffle 2015 Wanaka Prize package - Ticket 5439 - Sue Kerr Hanmer prize package - Ticket 3533 - Barbara McKenzie Mt Cook prize package - Ticket 5420 - J.H. Stevens Drawn under Police supervision.

The Trust wishes to express its sincere thanks to the donors of the prizes and all those who supported our fundraising raffle.

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Birthday Greetings Brought to you by Kitchen Kapers.

Harrison Kingan Happy 10th Birthday to our gorgeous boy. Hope you have a great day and weekend. Love Mum, Dad, Lachlan, Bailey, and Sophia. xxxx Harrison Kingan Happy Birthday. Wow 10.

Have a lovely day.

Love Gran Anne, Grandad, Grandma and Great Nana. xx

Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested.

Photos will be available at our level 3 office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

NOMINATIONS for President, Vice President, Treasurer and Committee persons on the prescribed form duly completed close with the undersigned at

5.00 pm on Monday, September 7, 2015 Fiona Stuart Secretary

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PUBLIC NOTICES

MEETINGS, EVENTS ASHBURTON FANCIERS SOCIETY

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT 1991

HASTINGS MCLEOD LTD Hastings McLeod Limited Licensed REAA 2008

Telephone 03 307 9176

LARGER FAMILY HOME

DEADLINE SALE WESTSIDE 37 Oak Grove

WEB ID AU44978

Delightfully warm and sunny large four bedroom home with recently updated kitchen, walk in pantry and two smart bathrooms. Large internal access double garage plus further garage and hobby room plus games room. Fantastic home for the busy teenage family, room for everyone here.

VIEW By Appointment DEADLINE SALE closes Wednesday 16th September, 2015 at 2.00pm, (unless sold prior)

NEW LISTING

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www.propertybrokers.co.nz RURAL TRADING POST

Environment Canterbury and Ashburton District Council have received applications for resource consents to establish and operate a compost processing facility.

Applicants: Stuart Tarbotton Contractors Limited (STC) Address for service: C/- Urbis Ashburton, PO Box 603, Ashburton 7740. Attn: David Harford Stuart Tarbotton Contractors Limited (STC) has applied for resource consents under the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) to Ashburton District Council and Environment Canterbury to establish and operate a compost processing facility on Lot 2 DP 355990 at 203 Frasers Road, Ashburton.

NZTM Ref: NZTM BY21 9483- 3658.

The proposed method of composting is by open windrowing, with an initial (4-6 weeks) ‘active’ phase wherein the windrows are periodically turned, followed by a maturation phase of 4 weeks where the windrows are left to mature.

The applications made are: Ashburton District Council: LUC14/0115: Land use consent to establish and operate a green waste facility.

Environment Canterbury: CRC156136: To use land for the stockpiling of silage and organic matter.

CRC156137: To discharge contaminants (odour) to air from composting processing.

CRC156138: To discharge stormwater to land from composting processing.

An unlimited consent duration is sought for LUC14/0115 and CRC156136 and a 35-year duration is sought on CRC156137 and CRC156138.

SUBMISSIONS The above applications may be viewed at Environment Canterbury, 17 Sir Gil Simpson Drive Christchurch, or the Ashburton District Council office at 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton; the Rakaia Mobil Petrol Station, 50 Elizabeth Avenue Rakaia, Asburton Public Library, 180 Havelock Street; and the Methven iSite, 160 Main Street Methven.

The applications may also be viewed on the Environment Canterbury’s website at: http://www.ecan.govt.nz/news-and-notices/notices/ and the District Council’s website: http://www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/our-services/planningguidance-and-resource-consents/Pages/default.aspx.

Any person may make a written submission on the above application.

All submissions should be sent to Environment Canterbury, PO Box 345 Christchurch 8140. Your submission may also be emailed to Environment Canterbury. The email version of the submission form may be found on the Environment Canterbury website at the following address: http://www.ecan.govt.nz/news-and-notices/notices/ A submission should include your name, address and phone number; the applicant’s name and consent application number. A submission must state your reason for submission, whether you support or oppose the application and if you wish to be heard in support of your submission. The submission must be signed, and a copy forwarded to the Applicant’s address for service.

For advice on the Environment Canterbury applications please phone 03 353 9007 or 0800ECINFO (0800 324 636) or visit Environment Canterbury’s website (www.ecan.govt.nz).

PUBLIC NOTICES

SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY ENVIRONMENT CANTERBURY NOT LATER THAN 5.00PM ON MONDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER 2015.

PUBLIC NOTICES

Bill Bayfield CHIEF EXECUTIVE ENVIRONMENT CANTERBURY

Notice of Special Meeting

Mid Canterbury Rugby Referees Association

Ian Hyde DISTRICT PLANNING MANAGER ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Tuesday, September 8, 2015, 7:30pm Ashburton Showgrounds

Kevin Opele Secretary MCRRA

TRADES, SERVICES

MOTORING

MATURE couple with vast experience cleaning are available to clean a few houses, Methven/Ashburton.

Reasonable rates, references available. Phone Sharon 303 0956.

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

RURAL TRADING POST

LIVESTOCK, PETS

BUYER of unwanted animals. Cattle, bobby calves, 25 BAGS of calf milk horse and all farm animals. replacement powder for sale. We also sell pet food. Call $20 kg bags - $75 each. Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 Phone 302 4804.

621, A/H 03 348 9439.

RANGITATA DIVERSION RACE CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE FROM Sunday 6 September 6pmSaturday 12 September 6pm The Rangitata Diversion Race will be shut down for maintenance over this period and will therefore be closed for any recreational use. Maintenance will occur throughout the length of the Race and the public is advised to keep clear of any works for their own safety.

For further information please contact: Ben Curry: 021 893 944 or Vaughan Ward: 027 768 1722 Ben Curry CHIEF EXECUTIVE

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

PLANTS, PRODUCE

Lettuce $1.99 ea Royal Gala 1kg Cauliflower N.Z Orange 1.5kg Parsnip 1kg

$1.99 bag $2.49 ea $2.99 bag $2.99 bag

Specials available from 25/08 - 1/09

OPEN 7 DAYS Road The Green Grocer Main SouthTinwald

HIRE

FLOAT hire - single, double and tandem. Reasonable rates. Morrison’s Saddlery & AKAROA - CHARMING, Feed. Phone 308-3422 anyspacious holiday home, 3 time. bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod GARDENING young gardener cons, short walk to village. KEEN Phone Brian 307-8000 or wanted to dig garden. Please phone 308 0319.

308-6180.

October 11, 2015 Entries close September 26, 2015 Write for selling schedule to: B. Glassey No 4 Rd, Ashburton

ENTERTAINMENT

Beckley Coachlines Programme ◊ CIRQUE DU SOLEIL “QUIDAM” February 18 @ 8pm Horncastle Arena, Christchurch. ◊ CHRISTCHURCH REBUILD TOUR September 13. ◊ OPERATUNITY September 2, Theatre Royal, Timaru at 11am features Suzanne Lynch. Includes lunch.

For bookings phone 308 7646

GARAGE SALES MONSTER garage sale, Fairton Saturday 29 from 10am to 2pm. Sign out on fence at 10am. Bargains galore.

FOR SALE FIREWOOD - semi to dry old man pine - $150, green old man pine - $120, dry bluegum - $250, green bluegum 3 $140. All 3.6m . Phone Shane James Firewood 303 7063.

KNITTING wool sale - 100% pure wool, mohair, machine knitting yarn, cotton.

Redundant yarn priced to clear. Two days only Thursday, Sept 3 and Friday, Sept 4, 10am - 4pm, Allens Road, Ashburton.

MOTOR drive golf trundler and charger. Has had very little use. $300 ono. Phone 03 308 7945 after 6pm.

SCOOTER’S - new and secondhand three and four wheel electric scooters and wheel chairs. Call Fred Reddecliffe at Electric Mobility Ashburton today.

Phone 308-3602

“Proposal to Restructure Delivery of Refereeing”

Notice is hereby given to current financial members and life members of the Mid Canterbury Rugby Referees Association that a “Special Meeting” will be conducted on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 7:30pm for the purpose of “Restructuring the Delivery of Refereeing” in Mid Canterbury which may involve the winding up of the MCRRA. A copy of the proposal is available to financial members and life members by contacting Gary Clement on 027 488 2433 or Ian Patterson on 027 222 7374.

As per the MCRRA Constitution this special meeting is called by five (5) financial members being Gary Clement, Graham Shaw, John Greenslade, Kevin Opele, Ant McGirr.

Poultry Auction

Fresh Fruit & Vege

308-1095

FLOORING Call today for an obligation free quote East to Burnett St, Ashburton • Phone 03 308 5269

TECHNATOOL wood lathe, complete with motor, steel stand, face plates, chucks, D.E. grinder, 12 chisels, wood blanks. $475 ono. Phone 03 308 7945 after 6pm.

WHITEBAIT net for sale.

1200wide x 450high - $60.

Please phone 308 0397.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT CINDY, Kiwi attractive, late 30s, size 8. Ph calls only 027 363 7916.

MISS Eva, attractive and busty, friendly. Straight and clean. No texting, no blocked calls will be answered. Phone 021 044 0698.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL THREE bedroom, plus sunroom, villa to rent. 8km’s from Tinwald. Expressions of interest, phone 027 229 5226.

TO RENT: Sunny, warm, two bedroom flat. West side. Heat pump, single garage.

Available September 14. $290pw. Phone Sue 027 322 8422.

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Church Services Cnr Cass & Havelock Sts Phone 308 5409 www.ashburtonbaptist.co.nz

10am Morning Service Speaker: Bob Ritchie

40 Days Of Community Life 2 da Max (Kids Church)

Creche available Refreshments to follow 6.00pm House of Prayer ALL VERY WELCOME

Saturday 5th September 2015 7.00pm

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES (Ashburton)

St Andrews Church Havelock Street, Ashburton Tickets $15 from Choir Members or at the door Musical Director Accompanist Guest Chamber Group Guest Piper

Anthony Ferner Deborah Sloper The Phoenix Trio Hamish Sloper

www.mcc.ashburtononline.co.nz Kindly sponsored by

LIVESTOCK, PETS

GARAGE SALES

Huge GARAGE SALE

WANTED

Good Quality Cull Cows Immediate Pickup Competitive Pricing

Contact Dave Marsh 027 492 0875 www.carrfields.co.nz ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

FOR SALE

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

WANTED: house to rent for working couple with wellbehaved dog. Prefer country, TWO bedroom brick home long term, good references. with single garage. North end Phone 302 4968 or 027 319 of town. Log burner. No dogs, 4753. cat(s) okay. Outside smoking only. Available Tuesday, September 1. $280pw. Phone 308 4197 or 029 777 5585.

Massive Fashion

Saturday, August 29 - 9.00am McNally Street (by Wastebusters)

$30 $50 19 Peters Street Hinds (SH1) 03 303 7621

Call the Guardian today for your situation vacant advertising requirements.

307 7900

307 7900

Assembly Of God Sunday Meeting 10.00am Hakatere Marae SH1, Fairton

Needing a new staff member?

Havelock St. Worship 10am & 7pm

Jubilee Christian Fellowship 10am Every Sunday All welcome

Summer Clearance Sale

Something for everyone: • Bedroom Furniture • Beds • Tools • Drape Fabric • Curtain Tracks • Mowers • Kitchenware • Carpets, Rugs

Guardian Real Estate

Join us for an Encounter with Jesus Christ Sundays@10.00am Including Children’s Church Everyone is welcome.

See you at Cnr Cass & Cameron Sts Ph 308 7610 or 308 7062

St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

I can face tomorrow just because he lives.

206 Cameron Street Pastors Jim & Ida Heath Ph 308 7511

You are welcome Enquiries Phone 308-8699

Guardian Real Esate

307 7900

Call Mitch David to tend to all your rural electrical needs . . ElectraServe, for everything electrical 24/7 Breakdown Service Dairy Effluent Irrigation Generators

Industrial Commercial Residential

the ElectraServe guarantee

Blair Blair Watson, Watson, General General Manager Manager personally personally guarantees guarantees ElectraServe’s ElectraServe’s tradesmen’s tradesmen’s workmanship. workmanship. IfIf you you are are not not 100% 100% satisfied satisfied with with the the quality quality of of the the work, work, ElectraServe ElectraServe will will put put it it right right .. .. .. every every time, time, or or your your money money back. back.

a 166 moore street ashburton p 03 308 9008 e service@electraserve.co.nz w www.electraserve.co.nz

Weekend Services

MEDICAL SERVICES

HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring 0800 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice.

DUTY DOCTORS

This service is for emergency medical care only. Please remember your Community Services Card.

Sealy Street Medical Practice, Sealy Street will be the duty doctor for Saturday until 8am Sunday.

They will hold surgery from 10am until 12 noon and from 6pm until 7pm. No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 1212.

Tinwald Medical Practice, Main South Road will be the duty doctor for Sunday until 8am Monday.

They will hold surgery from 10am until 12 noon and from 6pm until 7pm. No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 6565.

Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Sunday, and from 6pm - 8pm both evenings.

Methven Pharmacy, 101 Main Street, Methven will be open Saturday, from 9am - 1pm.

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

org.nz for more information.

EA NETWORKS CENTRE - POOLS MID CANTERBURY SPCA

MENTAL HEALTH

20 River Terrace - Phone 03 308 4020 WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm.

Public Holidays 10am - 5pm.

WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: All enquiries - Inspector John Keeley: 308 4432 or 0274 342 646

SAFE CARE - 24 hr Rape and Sexual

MAIL CLOSING TIMES

MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER - Contact (cats) Tracey 021 1356

Call free on 0800 222 955. Ask for the Crisis Team.

ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791 ASHBURTON HOSPITAL FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm WARD 1 - DAILY, 10 - 11.30am & 2 - 7.30pm.

STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP Children must be accompanied by an adult.

POST DELIVERY CENTRES 24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 WARD 6 - (including Assessment, Treatment & 846) - Direct dials to a volunteer.

Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Rehabilitation Unit) - OPEN VISITING. Mon - Fri 4.30pm Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - Methven & Rakaia: MATERNITY WARD - DAILY, 10am - 8pm.

2pm - outside of these hours leave a message. ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS -Husbands and patient’s own children may visit Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE the patient from: 7am - 10pm.

Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm Call us free on (0800 787 797).

TUARANGI HOME (Cameron St) - DAILY, INFORMATION CENTRES Lines open 10am 10pm seven days.

-unrestricted visiting.

ASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm.

LIFELINE - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353 Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until ASHBURTON REST HOMES 2pm. Phone 308-1050.

COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS OMMUNITY ERVICES METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, Holidays 10am until 3pm.

ART GALLERY Saturday, and Sunday doctor and emergency unrestricted visiting.

Phone 302-8955 or methven@i-site.org 327 West Street, phone 308 1133. details - please telephone the Methven Medical EMERGENCY DENTIST Open Daily: 10am – 4pm Wed: 10am – 7pm Centre, ph 302 8105.

BUS DEPARTURES If you do not have or cannot contact your Ashburton Hospital DOES NOT ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service. regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 provide an accident and emergency service.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. for the name of the rostered weekend dentist Except in cases of emergency persons requiring in Christchurch. Hours 9am-5pm, Saturdays, BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Saturday: 10am - 1pm, Sunday 1pm - 4pm medical attention must consult their own or the Sundays and Public Holidays.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

ASHBURTON MUSEUM duty general practitioner. Persons subsequently 327 West Street, Asburton. Ph 307 7890. Open requiring treatment at Ashburton Hospital must NIMAL ERVICES ELPLINE ERVICES weekdays 10am - 4pm, weekends 1pm - 4pm. have a general practitioners note of referral.

HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027 Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East 857 2133 or visit www.alcoholics-anonymous.

PHARMACIES

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Research facilities weekday afternoons.

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DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24 hour service.

969 or (dogs) Dawn 021 828 350

VETERINARIANS

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - PH 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. 24-hour Emergencies: Large: Nathan Roberts, Neroli Wall, Andrew Robinson. Small:

Ref Vetlife.

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton.

Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Steve Williams.

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East St & Smithfield Rd, Ashburton.

Saturday clinic 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Large: Erin Caswell, Matthew Hart. Small: Laura Mulshine.

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein. Full emergency service all weekend.

Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint afterhours small animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

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6am Te Karere 3 2 6:30 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Rural Delivery 7:30 Infomercials 9am Tagata Pasifika 9:30 Come Dine With Me UK PGR 30 Noon Cook Me The Money 3 1pm F Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook – Through The Seasons 3 0 1:30 Kiwi Living 3 0 2:30 Highway Cops PGR 3 0 3pm Rapid Response PGR 3 0 3:30 SCU – Serious Crash Unit PGR 3 0 4pm NZ Story 3 0 4:30 The Game Chef 0 5pm Monster Fish 0 6pm One News 0

6am Sooty 0 6:10 Wiki The Kiwi 3 0 6:15 Angry Birds Stella 0 6:25 Transformers Rescue Bots 3 0 6:45 Paw Patrol 3 0 7:10 The Jungle Bunch – To The Rescue! 0 7:35 Thunderbirds Are Go 3 0 8am Teen Titans Go! 3 0 8:20 Transformers Robots In Disguise 0 8:45 Beware The Batman 3 0 9:10 F Regular Show PGR 3 0 9:35 N Lab Rats 0 10am 2Kaha PGR 10:30 Step

By Step 3 0 11:05 Full House 3 0 11:35 Family Matters 12:05 M Son Of The Mask PGR 2005 Comedy. 0 2:05 Pretty Little Liars PGR 3 0 3:05 Malibu Country 3 0 3:35 The Neighbours PGR 3 0 4:05 The Amazing Race 0 5:05 America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 My Wife And Kids 3 0 6pm Wipeout 0 7pm M Barnyard 7pm Country Calendar 0 PGR 2006 Animated.

7:30 Outback Truckers PGR 0 Voices of Kevin James, 8pm Lotto This week’s Lotto draw.

Courteney Cox, Danny Glover.

8:05 Outback Truckers PGR 0 Continued. 0 8:45 M I Don’t Know How 8:30 Coronation Street PGR 0 She Does It PGR 2011 9:30 Mr Selfridge AO 0 Comedy. Sarah Jessica Parker, 10:30 Word Up PGR 3 0 Greg Kinnear. 0 10:30 M The Rebound AO 2009 Romantic Comedy.

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Justin Bartha, Art Garfunkel. 0 11pm Best Bits AO 3 0 11:30 Love Child AO 3 0 12:30 Doc Martin PGR 3 0 1:30 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:25 Neighbourhood 3 0 4:20 L Football – English Premier League

CHOICE TV 6am Better Homes And Gardens 7:30 Holiday Home Sweet Home 8:30 Love Nature – Monkey Thieves 9am Love Nature – World’s Wildest City 9:30 Donna Hay – Fast, Fresh, Simple 10am Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook – Cosmopolitan Cook 10:30 Decks, Docks And Gazebos 11am House Crashers 11:30 Auction Kings PGR Noon My Dream Derelict Home 1pm Beyond River Cottage 1:30 Better Homes And Gardens 3pm American Restoration 3:30 Yard Crashers 4pm The Apartment 5pm The Fashion Fund 6pm Travels With The Bondi Vet 6:30 Baggage Battles 7pm Shark Man 7:30 Love Nature – Natural World: The Last Grizzly Of Paradise Valley 8:30 Guy Martin Industrial Wonders – How Britain Worked 9:30 Toy Hunter 10pm Auction Room 10:30 American Restoration 11pm The Apartment

SUNDAY

Midnight The Fashion Fund 1am Guy Martin Industrial Wonders – How Britain Worked 2am Shark Man 2:30 Travels With The Bondi Vet 3am Baggage Battles 4am Auction Room 4:30 Yard Crashers 5am Toy Hunter

TV THREE 6am Charles Stanley 3 6:30 Gone Fishin’ 3 7am Outdoors With Geoff 3 Geoff joins a group of friends cruising the islands of Vavau in Tonga; former All Blacks coach Sir Graham Henry gives local schoolboys a few pointers on the rugby field.

7:30 Infomercials 9:30 The Nation An in-depth weekly local current affairs show.

10:30 Smokefree Rockquest 2014 3 11am Survivor – Philippines 3 12:30 Winter Games 2:30 MasterChef New Zealand 30 4pm MasterChef New Zealand 30 5pm Outdoors With Geoff 5:30 The Simpsons 3 0 6pm 3 News 7pm Safe Crackers PGR 0 7:30 American Ninja Warrior The top 30 contenders from the St Louis qualifier compete in the St Louis finals course. 0 8:30 Blue Bloods AO Erin’s former husband reappears in her life and goes up against her in court. 0 9:25 SVU AO 0 10:25 Winter Games

12:25 M Battle Of The Year 12:30 Infomercials PGR 2013 Music. Josh Holloway, 5am Hillsong 3 Laz Alonso, Josh Peck. 2:35 Jeremy 5:30 Charles Stanley 3 Kyle USA PGR 3 3:30 The Bachelor Pad PGR 3 0 5:05 2Kaha PGR 3 5:30 It Is Written 3

FOUR

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6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 8:25 Sidekick 3 8:50 BeyWheelz 3 A peaceful city becomes the site of a battle between good and evil.

9:15 Power Rangers – Megaforce 3 9:40 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Big Time Rush 3 5:30 Victorious 3 6pm iCarly 3 6:30 M Beethoven’s 4th 3 2001 Family Comedy.

Judge Reinhold, Julia Sweeney, Joe Pichler.

8:25 M The Karate Kid Part II PGR 3 1986 Family Action Romance. When Daniel accompanies his mentor to see his dying father and confront his old rival in Okinawa, he inadvertently makes an enemy of his own.

Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, and Nobu McCarthy. 0 10:40 Entertainment Tonight Weekend 3

6am Home Shopping 11:30 Rugby League – NRL Fulltime (Highlights) Round 25 of the NRL Premiership.

Noon The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus 3 All the shows from the past week replayed.

2:30 Celebrity Wife Swap USA 3 Actor Alan Thicke and wife Tanya live on a ranch with their 15-year-old son; comedian Gilbert Gottfried and wife Dara live a frugal life in New York with their children.

3:30 Rugby – ITM Cup Counties Manukau v Hawke’s Bay. 5:30 Prime News 6pm Deal Or No Deal 3 6:30 Great British Food Revival MasterChef UK’s John Torode, a selfconfessed carnivore whose passion is British beef, has concerns for its future.

7pm Storage Wars – Texas 3 7:30 MythBusters Top 25 Special PGR 3 9:35 Silent Witness AO Nikki is wooed by a science minister as she and Jack investigate a murder.

10:45 The Moaning Of Life AO 3

6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:40 L Football – Championship Blackburn v Bolton.

9am Golf – Feherty 10am Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Rabbitohs v Broncos.

From Allianz Stadium, Sydney.

10:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Sea Eagles v Roosters.

11am Rugby – First XV Revision Noon L Rugby – Women’s Provincial Championship Auckland v Canterbury.

2pm World Rugby 2:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Auckland v Canterbury.

4:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Tasman v Manawatu.

5pm Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Counties Manukau v Hawke’s Bay. 5:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Taranaki v Otago.

7:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Wellington v Northland.

From Westpac Stadium in Wellington.

9:30 Fox Sports News The latest sports news and previews of sporting action still to come.

10pm Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Auckland v Canterbury.

From Eden Park.

11:35 90210 PGR 3 Naomi plans a lingerie show at the Playboy Mansion to impress the West Beverly alumni group.

12:20 Infomercials

11:45 Qi AO 3 A quiz show where the answers are quite interesting.

12:20 Home Shopping

Midnight Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Taranaki v Otago. From Yarrow Stadium in New Plymouth.

2am Soccer Saturday UK football action. 4:30 Fox Sports News 5am L Motorsport – FIM Speedway Grand Prix Gorzow Grand Prix. From Gorzow in Poland.

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Dora Matatoa 3 2 7:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 2 8am Tribe 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Project Matauranga 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Toku Reo 3 2 2pm The Big Hit 3 2:30 Homai Te Pakipaki 3 3:30 Rugby League – Fox Memorial Shield Playoff one.

THE BOX 6am The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes. 8:30 Last Man Standing PG 8:55 Modern Family PGL 9:20 Survivor Marathon PG 12:40 Alaska Off-Road Warriors PGL 1:30 Shearing Gang PG 1:55 Smashed Palace ML 2:20 Duck Commander ML 2:45 Wild West Alaska M 3:35 SVU MVS 4:30 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes. 7:30 Last Man Standing PG 8pm Modern Family PGL 8:30 Duck Commander ML 9pm Counting Cars PG 9:30 Alaska Off-Road Warriors PGL 10:30 Shearing Gang PG 11pm Smashed Palace ML 11:25 Crossing Lines MV

SUNDAY

12:25 Raw MC 3:10 Crossing Lines MV 4am Last Man Standing PG 4:25 Modern Family PGL 4:50 Duck Commander ML 5:15 Survivor Marathon PG

SKY SPORT 2 5:30 Te Kaea 3 2 6pm Marae Kai Masters 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 M Five Children And It PGR 3 2013 Family Fantasy Adventure. Tara Fitzgerald, Freddie Highmore, Alex Jennings.

9:30 M The Station Agent AO 3 2003 Drama. Peter Dinklage, Patricia Clarkson, Bobbie Cannavale.

11:05 Te Kaea 3 2 11:35 Closedown

DISCOVERY

Pretty Little Liars 2:05pm on TV2

MOVIES PREMIERE

6am Chaos Caught On Camera M 6:30 MythBusters PG Dumpster Diving. 7:30 MythBusters PG Antacid Jail Break. 8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:30 Catching Monsters PG Feast or Famine. 10:30 Saltwater Heroes PG South Australia. 11:30 100 Miles From Nowhere PG River of No Return. 12:30 Sons Of Winter PG Thief in the Night. 1:30 River Monsters PG With Jeremy Wade.

2:30 River Monsters PG With Jeremy Wade. 3:30 River Monsters PG 4:30 River Monsters PG 5:30 River Monsters PG 6:30 Outrageous Acts Of Psych M 7pm Outrageous Acts Of Psych M 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG 8:30 Epic Mancave Builds PG 9:30 The Last Alaskans M 10:30 Auction Hunters 11pm Hour China – Ultimate Warfare M

6:05 Hours ML 2013 Thriller.

Paul Walker. 7:40 Delivery Man ML 2013 Comedy. Vince Vaughn.

9:25 Dracula Untold MVC 2014 Action. Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon.

11am Noah MV 2014 Drama.

Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly.

1:15 Transcendence MV 2014 Sci-fi. Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany.

3:15 The Butterfly Room MVL 2012 Horror. Barbara Steele, Ray Wise.

4:40 X-Men – Days Of Future Past MVL 2014 Action. Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence. 6:50 Bad Neighbours 16LSC 2014 Comedy.

Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne.

8:30 3 Days To Kill MVL 2014 Action.

Kevin Costner, Hailee Steinfeld.

10:30 Draft Day MVL 2014 Drama.

Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner.

Midnight Aeroplane Repo PG 1am Crimes That Shook The World M 2am Edge Of Alaska M 3am Edge Of Alaska M 4am Edge Of Alaska M 5am MythBusters PG

12:20 Jamesy Boy 18VLSC 2014 Crime. 2:10 X-Men – Days Of Future Past MVL 2014 Action.

4:20 Bad Neighbours 16LSC 2014 Comedy. 5:55 The Butterfly Room MVL 2012 Horror.

SUNDAY

SUNDAY

Blue Bloods

8:30pm on TV3

MOVIES GREATS 6am Sherlock Holmes MV 2009 Action. Robert Downey jr, Jude Law, Rachel McAdams. 8:05 The Hours MC 2002 Drama. Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman.

10am Edge Of Darkness 16VL 2010 Thriller. Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone.

11:55 The Sweetest Thing 16LS 2002 Romantic Comedy.

Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, Selma Blair. 1:20 The Four Feathers MVC 2002 Drama.

Heath Ledger, Kate Hudson.

3:30 The Ringer MLS 2005 Comedy.

Johnny Knoxville, Katherine Heigl.

5:05 American Beauty 16VLSC 1999 Drama. Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening. 7:05 Observe And Report 16VLS 2009 Comedy.

Seth Rogen. 8:30 Troy MV 2004 Action. 11:15 Ocean’s Twelve ML 2004 Action.

SUNDAY

1:20 The 40 Year-Old Virgin 16LS 2005 Comedy. 3:15 American Beauty 16VLSC 1999 Drama.

5:15 The Four Feathers MVC 2002 Drama.

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

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6am Fox Sports News The latest sports news and previews of sporting action still to come.

7am Golf – Big Break Palm Beaches.

8am Darts – Auckland Masters (Replay) Day One. Noon Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Sea Eagles v Roosters.

From Brookvale Oval in NSW. 12:30 L Rugby League – Holden Cup Eels U20 v Sharks U20.

From Pirtek Stadium in Parramatta.

2:30 L Rugby League – NSW Cup Wyong v Wentworthville.

4:30 L Rugby League – NRL Eels v Sharks. From Pirtek Stadium in Parramatta.

7pm L Rugby League – NRL Knights v Bulldogs.

From Hunter Stadium, Newcastle.

9:30 L Rugby League – NRL Storm v Cowboys.

From AAMI Park, Melbourne.

SUNDAY

Midnight The F1 Show In depth interviews with drivers and a wrap of the week’s action.

1am #SkySpeed With Greg Murphy and Stephen McIvor.

A review of the week’s motorsport highlights and the progress of Kiwis on the world stage.

1:30 L Rugby League – UK Challenge Cup Final – Leeds Rhinos v Hull KR. From Wembley Stadium.

4:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Week Three. Featuring Auckland v Canterbury, Taranaki v Otago, and Wellington v Northland.

5am Triathlon – ITU World Series (Highlights) From Stockholm, Sweden.

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6:30 F The Fishing Show – Classic Episodes 0 6:55 Sunday 3 0 7:40 Tagata Pasifika 3 8am Praise Be 8:30 Attitude 0 9am Q+A 0 10am Waka Huia 10:30 Marae 2 11am Neighbourhood 0 11:30 Fair Go 3 0 Noon F Wild Planet – North America 3 0 1pm F What’s Up Down Under 1:30 F Global Radar 3 0 2pm George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 3 0 3pm Tricked PGR 3 0 4pm Australia’s Deadliest 0 4:30 Wild Vets 3 0 5pm Biggest And Baddest 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Sunday 0 8pm Topp Country PGR 0 8:30 Sunday Theatre – Abandoned The Rose Noelle and four crewmen went missing in 1989; after 119 days adrift at sea, they were cast ashore on Great Barrier Island, but their survival was only the beginning. 0 10:15 Mrs Brown’s Boys AO 3 0 10:50 A Place To Call Home AO 3 0

6am Fishtronaut 3 0 6:25 Art Attack 3 0 6:45 Henry Hugglemonster 3 0 7:10 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 7:35 Kung Fu Panda 3 0 8am What Now The New Zealand Ballet; the Young Ocean Explorers go on another adventure in the Deep Blue Sea; more Sno Pro tips.

10am N ANT Farm 0 10:30 The Bachelorette PGR Noon Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 3 0 2:30 N Selfie After a workplace mishap goes viral, the social mediaobsessed Eliza enlists marketing expert Henry to help rebrand her reputation. 0 3pm N Hot In Cleveland 0 3:30 Home And Away Omnibus 30 6pm Hart Of Dixie 0 7pm Repeat After Me PGR 0 7:30 I Can Do That USA The celebrities perform with the stage company of Avenue Q, the dance team Pilobolus and the martial-arts stunt group Board Breakers. 0 8:30 M Bad Teacher AO 2011 Comedy. Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake. 0 10:20 M Contagion AO 2011 Thriller.

Matt Damon, Kate Winslet. 0

6am Life TV 3 6:30 Brian Houston 3 7am Charles Stanley 3 8am Universal Church Of The Kingdom Of God 3 8:30 Turning Point 9am Three60 Mike McRoberts presents a look at the week’s major international politics and business events.

9:30 Re-Think 10am The Nation An in-depth weekly local current affairs show. 0 11am Missing Pieces 3 0 11:30 Prison Families PGR 3 0 11:55 Family Secret PGR 3 0 12:30 Winter Games 2:30 Motorsport – Jet Sprints 3pm Motorsport – Gold Rush Rally 4pm Motorsport – IndyCar Pocono (Highlights) 5pm Big Angry Fish 6pm 3 News 6:30 3News – All Blacks Squad Announcement 7pm MasterChef New Zealand The top 10 contestants cook one savoury dish and one sweet dish for the MasterChef New Zealand judges. 0 8:30 M Fast Five AO 3 2011 Action.

Dominic and his crew find themselves on the wrong side of the law again as they face a drug lord and a federal agent.

Vin Diesel, Paul Walker. 0

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Strawberry Shortcake 3 7:25 Rugrats 3 7:50 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 8am Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 3 8:10 Max Steel 3 8:35 Rocket Power 3 Animated series in which a group of friends seek adventure through extreme sports.

9am Lalaloopsy 3 9:25 Sticky TV Omnibus Noon Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Barney And Friends 3 3:20 Infomercials 4:20 Pukana 2 4:50 M Monte Carlo PGR 3 2010 Comedy. Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester.

7pm Glee PGR 3 8pm Community PGR 3 Britta fears someone in the group is a sociopath after her anonymous personality test turns up unsettling results.

8:30 M Love And Other Drugs AO 3 2010 Comedy.

Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway. 0 10:40 Parks And Recreation PGR 3

11:50 Q+A 3 Local political affairs programme. 0 12:55 Attitude 3 0 1:25 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:35 Infomercials

12:30 The Walking Dead AO 3 0 2:05 Mike Tyson Mysteries AO 2:30 According To Jim 3 0 2:50 Infomercials 3:25 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 4:15 It Is Written 3 4:45 Hart Of Dixie 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:05 Winter Games FIS Snowboard Halfpipe World Cup final.

1:10 Infomercials 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 3

11:10 Entertainment Tonight Weekend The biggest entertainment stories of the last week.

12:05 Infomercials

7pm Laughing Samoans 7:30 Rugby League – NRL (Delayed) Warriors v Tigers.

9pm M Melancholia AO 2011 Sci-fi Drama. Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a new planet threatens to collide with Earth.

Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland.

11:30 Te Kaea 3 2 Midnight Closedown

6am Cycling – La Vuelta (Highlights) Stage Eight.

6:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Round 25 Saturday.

7am Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Week Three. 7:30 Darts – Auckland Masters (Replay) Day Two. 9:30 Rugby League – Challenge Cup (Replay) Final.

Leeds Rhinos v Hull KR. Noon Cycling – La Vuelta Sunday Theatre – Abandoned Selfie (Highlights) Stage Eight.

8:30pm on TV One 2:30pm on TV2 12:30 Sky Sports UK News 1pm Sport 365 1:30 L Rugby League – MOVIES PREMIERE MOVIES GREATS Holden Cup 7:25 Observe And Report 7:25 3 Days To Kill MVL Tigers U20 v Warriors U20.

16VLS 2009 Comedy. Seth Rogen.

2014 Action. Kevin Costner, 8:50 Troy MV 2004 Action. Brad Pitt, 3:30 L Rugby League – NRL Hailee Steinfeld. 9:20 Draft Day Tigers v Warriors.

Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom.

MVL 2014 Drama. Kevin Costner, 5:55 The After Match 11:30 Ocean’s Twelve ML 2004 Jennifer Garner. 11:10 X-Men 6:30 Golf Central Action. George Clooney, Brad Pitt.

– Days Of Future Past MVL 7:30 Fox Sports News 1:35 The 40 Year-Old Virgin 2014 Action. Hugh Jackman, 8pm Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) 16LS 2005 Comedy. Steve Carell, Jennifer Lawrence. 1:20 Bad Week Three. Featuring Bay of Plenty Catherine Keener.

Neighbours 16LSC 2014 Comedy. v Waikato and Southland v North 3:30 Autumn In New York ML 2000 Harbour.

Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne.

Drama. Richard Gere, Winona Ryder. 8:30 Rugby Nation 3pm Red 2 MVL 2013 Action.

Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren. 4:55 300 5:15 Rush Hour 2 MVS 2001 Action. 9:30 All Blacks Announcement Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker.

– Rise Of An Empire 16VLS 2014 (Replay) Announcement of the Action. Eva Green, Sullivan Stapleton. 6:45 Fantastic Four PGR 2005 Rugby World Cup squad.

Action. Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, 6:40 Housebound MVLC 10:30 Rugby – ITM Cup Julian McMahon.

2014 Horror. Morgana O’Reilly, (Highlights) Week Three.

8:30 Yes Man MLS 2008 Comedy.

Rima Te Wiata. 8:30 The Giver 11pm Rugby – ITM Cup Jim Carrey, Rhys Darby.

MV 2014 Drama. Jeff Bridges, (Highlights) Week Three.

10:15 The Aviator MC 2004 Meryl Streep. 10:10 Edge Of 11:30 Rugby League – NRL Biography. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tomorrow MVL 2014 Action.

(Highlights) Round 25 Sunday.

Cate Blanchett, Jude Law. Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt.

MONDAY MONDAY MONDAY Midnight Football – Chelsea Midnight Knights Of Badassdom 1am Kate And Leopold PGL 2001 TV Chelsea v Crystal Palace.

16VLC 2013 Comedy Horror.

Romance. Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman. 3am Motorsport – Nascar Xfinity 1:25 300 – Rise Of An Empire 16VLS 2:55 Autumn In New York ML 2000 Series (Highlights) Road America 2014 Action.

Drama. Richard Gere, Winona Ryder. 180. 4am Rugby – Women’s 3:05 Housebound MVLC 2014 Horror. 4:40 Rush Hour 2 MVS 2001 Action. Provincial Championship (Replay) 4:55 The Giver MV 2014 Drama.

Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker.

Bay of Plenty v Waikato.

CHOICE TV 6am Baz’s Extreme Worlds PGR 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Love Nature – Natural World: The Last Grizzly Of Paradise Valley 8am American Restoration 8:30 Guy Martin Industrial Wonders – How Britain Worked 9:30 The Apartment 10:30 The Fashion Fund 11:30 Toy Hunter Noon Shark Man 12:30 Yard Crashers 1pm Travels With The Bondi Vet 1:30 Love Nature – Natural World: The Last Grizzly Of Paradise Valley 2:30 Full Frontage 3:30 Better Homes And Gardens 5pm Thai Street Food With David Thompson 5:30 Flea Market Flip 6pm Garage Gold 6:30 The Living Room 7:30 Penn And Teller – Fool Us In Vegas PGR Hosted by Jonathan Ross, this spectacular show throws down the gauntlet to every aspiring magician in the UK to perform their most mystifying tricks to fool Penn and Teller.

8:30 Detachment AO Adrien Brody, Marcia Harden.

10:30 Flea Market Flip 11pm Garage Gold 11:30 Being Erica PGR

MONDAY

12:30 Detachment AO Adrien Brody, Marcia Harden.

2:30 Buying The Bayou 3am Full Frontage 4am Better Homes And Gardens 5:30 Thai Street Food With David Thompson

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box The best of the past week’s sports from New Zealand and around the world.

Noon Australia With Simon Reeve PGR 3 Adventure journalist Simon Reeve travels across Australia and meets the winners and losers of the country’s resources boom.

12:55 Defeating The Superbugs PGR 3 2pm Storage Wars – New York PGR 3 2:30 Mainfreight Rugby 3:30 Animal Airport 3 4pm Deal Or No Deal 3 4:30 Rugby Nation 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Great British Bake Off 3

8am Motorsport – British Touring Car Championship 9am Rugby – First XV (Replay) Top four Regionals.

10:30 Cycling – La Vuelta (Highlights) Stage Eight.

11am Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Counties v Hawke’s Bay. 11:30 Rugby – ITM Cup Saturday Highlights.

Noon L Rugby – Women’s Provincial Championship Bay Of Plenty v Waikato.

2pm Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Week Three.

2:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Bay of Plenty v Waikato.

4:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Southland v North Harbour.

6:30 L All Blacks Announcement

7pm Storage Wars 7:30 Top Gear – Ambitious But Rubbish PGR 8:35 Weekend Murders – Lewis PGR Lewis visits his friend Louise, whose husband Jack has walked out on the family; a mix-up at the local crematorium reveals an unidentified body has been burned.

10:35 Psych PGR

7:30 Football – Arsenal TV Newcastle United v Arsenal.

10:30 Mixed Martial Arts – King In The Ring (Highlights) Super Heavyweights.

11:30 Vegas AO 3 With his wife’s help, Savino begins grooming a new gang-friendly candidate for the top job in the mayor’s office; Lamb investigates the murder of a dentist with a dependence on poker chips.

12:25 Home Shopping

12:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Bay of Plenty v Waikato.

2:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Southland v North Harbour.

4:30 Fox Sports News 5am All Blacks Announcement (Replay) The All Blacks World Cup Squad announcement.

MAORI TV 10am Korero Mai 3 Series using drama to teach te reo Maori. 2 1pm The Rugby Show (Replay) Auckland’s First XV rugby competition.

2:30 Code 3 3:30 Rugby League – Fox Memorial Shield Playoff two. TBC. 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Waka Huia 6:30 Paepae Chris and Tupoutahi Winitana debate the latest issues with te reo speakers from around the country.

THE BOX 8:35 Crossing Lines MV 9:25 The Simpsons Super Sunday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes.

11:55 Raw MC 2:40 WWE Main Event MC 3:40 SmackDown! MC 5:25 Shearing Gang PG 5:50 Smashed Palace ML 6:15 Counting Cars PG 6:40 Alaska Off-Road Warriors PGL 7:30 Longmire 16V When a man missing for 30 years shows up dead, Walt must deal with the media frenzy and determine if he really is the longlost heir to a mining fortune.

8:30 Hawaii Five-0 MV Five-0 is called in to locate a dangerous escaped prisoner.

9:30 Hawaii Five-0 MV 10:30 Cleaners MVLS 11:30 Longmire 16V

MONDAY

12:30 SmackDown! MC 2:15 Cleaners MVLS 3:05 Hawaii Five-0 MV 3:55 Hawaii Five0 MV 4:45 Counting Cars PG 5:10 Longmire 16V

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DISCOVERY 6am Chaos Caught On Camera M 6:30 MythBusters PG Hidden Nasties. 7:30 MythBusters PG Food Fables. 8:30 Alaskan Bush People M 9:30 Epic Mancave Builds PG 10:30 Incredible Engineering Blunders – Fixed PG 11:30 The Last Alaskans PG 12:30 Alaskan Bush People M 1:30 Alaskan Bush People PG 2:30 Alaskan Bush People M 3:30 Alaskan Bush People M 4:30 Alaskan Bush People M 5:30 Saltwater Heroes PG 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Enigma Man – A Stone Age Mystery PG 8:30 NASA’s Unexplained Files PG 9:30 How The Universe Works PG 10:30 Epic Mancave Builds PG 11:30 Outrageous Acts Of Psych M

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Midnight Outrageous Acts Of Psych M 12:30 MythBusters PG 1:30 Edge Of Alaska M 2:30 Chaos Caught On Camera M 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Survive That! PG 5am Edge Of Alaska M

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Family Notices 42 Ashburton Guardian BIRTHS

FINDLAY, Nancy – On August 27, 2015. Dearly loved and cherished mother and mother in law of Lyall and Christine Watson. Dearly loved nana of Shannon and Marcia Watson, Daniel and Rebecca Watson and Melissa and John Girvan and dearly loved great nana of Reece, Sophie, Charlotte, and Austin; Fox, Cohen, and Sienna.

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August 29, 2010.

Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us every day.

Unseen, unheard, but always loved, and remembered every day.

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Wind at 1000m: Gale NW 70 km/h, easing to 30 km/h in the evening.

Wind at 2000m: Severe gale NW 90 km/h, easing to 50 km/h in the evening.

Mostly cloudy, with scattered morning rain.

Northeasterlies, fresh about the coast, dying away in the evening.

TOMORROW Becoming cloudy, with light rain or drizzle at times. Southeasterlies developing.

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FZL: 1500m, lowering to 800m

Cloudy, with rain at times. Snow to 1100m at first, lowering to about 600m at night.

Wind at 1000m: NW 55 km/h, dying away towards evening.

Wind at 2000m: Gale NW 65 km/h, easing to 30 km/h in the morning, dying away evening.

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Periods of rain. Strong northeasterlies tending southerly.

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A trough spreads over much of the country tomorrow, while a high to the south extends a ridge over the east of the South Island. The high moves east of New Zealand on Monday and Tuesday, while a low in the trough deepens over the west of the North Island, directing a moist easterly flow across most of New Zealand.

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BENNETT - DAVERN – Sam and Jasmine are pleased to announce the safe arrival of Harper Jane Bennett born August 8, 2015 at 10.16pm, weighing 6lb 1oz.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Granddaughter of Jillian, Aron, Diana and Robbie.

Special wee girl to all her FINDLAY, Nancy – extended family.

Dearly loved mum of Bruce and Margaret Watson. Loved nana of Jason and Kerri and Ira and Anna. Loved great nana of Hollie, and Grace; and Jakob.

GILPIN, Jocelyn Rita – “Always in our memories.”

Victoria, Robert, Virginia, Barry, Hamish, Janine and FINDLAY, Nancy – sincerely thank all Loved mother and mother in families who have expressed law of Martin and Donalda those sympathy, kind thoughts Watson. Loved nana and their and support following the BURROWES – great nana of Macarlla, Brent, death of their beloved Joc. James and Corinna wish to Hayley, William, and Hamish announce the latest addition Ellmers; Grant, Amy, and Levi Many thanks to the St John’s to our family. Baby girl born Watson; Philip, and Teresa Ambulance, Paramedics, the staff of the Acute Admissions on August 17, weighing 7lb Watson.

Ward, Ashburton Hospital, 4oz. Mum, dad and siblings “Fond memories.”

John Goodwin, Ralph Penno are all very proud and comand Robin Fagan. pletely smitten with our wee FINDLAY, Nancy – Dearly loved mother of girl.

Stephen Watson. nana and FUNERAL great nana of Kelly, Craig, DEATHS Aaron, Joel, Sarah, and FURNISHERS FINDLAY, Nancy – Paris.

MASTER On August 27, 2015. Passed “Love you Mum will always MONUMENTAL MASON away peacefully at Rosebank cherish the memories.”

Hospital, Ashburton. Aged 90 E.B. CARTER LTD years. Loved wife of the late MEYRICK, Ian Lionel – For all your memorial Dave. Much loved mother Passed away peacefully on requirements 26, 2015 at and mother in law of Martin August New headstones and designs and Donalda Watson, Bruce Ashburton. Aged 86. Dearly Renovations, and Margaret Watson, loved husband of Jeanette.

Additional inscriptions, Pauline Smitheram, Lyall and Loved father and father in law Cleaning and Concrete work Christine Watson, and of Craig and Irene, Glen and Carried out by qualified Stephen Watson. Loved nana Jo, and Paul and Gudryn. tradesmen. of all her grandchildren and Proud and precious Nuggie of 620 East Street Ashburton great grandchildren. Phoebe, Thomas, and Jack; Ph/Fax 308 5369 Messages to Watson family, Alex, Libby, and Tessa; and or 0274 357 974 PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Caleb and Niamh. Messages ebcarter@xtra.co.nz A special thank you to the to P O Box 472, Ashburton NZMMMA Member staff at Rosebank Resthome 7740. A service for Ian will be and Hospital for their held at Our Chapel Cnr East kindness and caring of Nancy & Cox Streets, Ashburton on ENGAGEMENTS August 31, SULLIVAN - VARLOW – and ourselves. Donations to MONDAY, Ashburton St John commencing at 2.00pm. Katie and Kirk are delighted announce their Ambulance would be much Followed by private cremation to the Ashburton engagement to family and appreciated and may be left at friends. at the service. A service for Crematorium.

Nancy will be held at Our Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton Chapel, cnr East & Cox Ph 307 7433 Streets, Ashburton on MONDAY, August 31, commencing at 11.00am.

Please note all late death Followed by private notices or notices sent cremation. outside ordinary office hours Paterson’s Funeral Services must be emailed to: FDANZ Ashburton Ph 307 7433

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You might not know exactly where you’re going or how to get there, but you know people. That’s the knowledge that will take you anywhere in the world.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): There is magic in giving your full attention to a task or person. You’ll handle what’s right in front of you brilliantly, mostly because you’ll ignore what’s behind you.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): People follow and friend you in real life, and so why wouldn’t they do the same in the digital world? You already share your good taste and on-trend insights with the world.

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CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You justly give priority to what pays the bills, and you’ll raise or lower that priority according to what’s going on with the people you love. Creating fond, fun memories is pretty high on your list, as it should be.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You’re always astounded when friends prove they know you better (or at least differently) than you know yourself. Understanding is the form of love you’re offered this weekend.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Some emotions are beyond comprehension, but you still benefit from trying to account for them. Could you write, sing, dance or paint about it? Try. Self-expression can heal!

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You want to be around people smarter than you are. They’re hard to find.

And when you find them (befriend them, even hire them), it only proves that you’re the smart one.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Your muse is trying to get your attention again, and this time it’s not a whisper. No matter how much or little money you make, you won’t be sorry you followed your muse.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Work and wait — that’s getting old. You want faster results, or at least a delicious distraction to make the waiting go faster.

Your wish will be granted.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You feel like a tourist in someone else’s reality, and that’s exactly how they feel about being with you. How far do you want to let them in? Are they allowed to take pictures?

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You’ll give up what’s sweet for what’s good for you. You’ve done this before, and it won’t be any easier. Rewards for doing what’s right will rush to embrace you.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): With the full moon in your sign, you are even more sensitive, powerful and soulful than usual. The concerns of yesterday will seem very far away as you raft along the ethereal river that floats us all.

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Hinds 125 Peters Street Warm and Wonderful

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An amazing opportunity presents itself here with this large

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family home coming to the market TO BE SOLD. The owners have invested a considerable amount on upgrading this lovely home to now include a New Double internal access garage, New Separate large laundry, New Separate wet room Bathroom.

Tinwald 176 Thomson Street

Auction 3pm 18th September Unless sold Prior Open Home Sat 1:00pm - 1:30pm rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20923 Ashburton Office 03 307 8317 Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)

Ashburton 10 Charelsworth Drive

Ashburton 174 Chalmers Avenue

Brand new, ready for immediate possession. 3 double bedroom (master - WIR & ensuite) plus office. Sizeable open plan kitchen & living space. Private sheltered covered outdoor living. Heatpump and stylish electric fire. Sought after location.

New to the market this 3 Bedroom is to be sold.

Looking for a family who loves the homes of yester-year but is looking for cosy.

Close to Hamstead school and priced to enjoy. Come and view!

Are you looking for a red brick house, with 3 Bedrooms on a quarter acre at a reasonable price? Then look no further.... This well maintained home and section offers everything we’ve loved over the years.

Price By Negotiation Open Home Sat 10:00am - 10:30am

Offers Over $249,000 Open Home Sat 10:30am - 11:00am

For Sale $320,000 Open Home Sat 11:00am - 11:30am

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20928

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20926

Enquires ove $259,000 Open Home Sat 11:00am - 11:30am

Tinwald 60 Grove Street

Tinwald 120a Thomson Street

Ashburton 10 Allison Street

* 3 double bedrooms with built in wardrobes * Separate laundry; toilet and bathroom (complete with bath & shower) * open plan kitchen, dining, living area

Why buy new? When you could buy this 5 year old, fully functional three bedroom home. Modern and well decorated complete with fantastic wardrobe storage and ensuite off master bedroom. Large open plan dining, living, kitchen areas with a walk in pantry.

* 3 Bedrooms * 2 Bathrooms (2 WC) * Open plan kitchen/dining * Polished floors

For sale $299,000 Open Home 11:30am - 12:00pm

For Sale $405,000 Open Home Sat 12:00pm - 12:30pm

Offers over $320,000 Open Home Sat 12:30 - 1:00pm

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20851

Ashburton 14 Wakanui Road

Wouldn’t it be great to own your own home rather then pay weekly rent to your landlord? Here is fantastic opportunity to get onto the property ladder with this three bedroom well maintained weatherboard home in a premium location in Hamstead.

For sale $295,000 Open Home Sat 11:30am - 12:00pm rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20909

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20918

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20928

Ashburton 127 Harrison Street This place is for YOU. This 3 bedroom family home sits in the heart of Allenton. Easy walking distance to local shops and school. Get on the property ladder now.

Enquires over $259,000

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20930

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB2091