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It’s all in the foam Many people can easily carry a fully loaded tray of beers to their leaner but, give them a couple of takeaway coffees without lids, there’s drink all over the floor. It turns out coffee really is more prone to sloshing out all over the show – and some American physicists have discovered it all comes down to foam. The Smithsonian Magazine this week reported that, just as solid foam reduces noise by absorbing sound waves, liquid foam does the same for motion. The researchers discovered foam’s insulating effects by performing controlled lab experiments on coffee and beer. The more foam that was present, the more energy was absorbed and the less sloshing occurred. Just a few layers of bubbles were enough to make a difference, but the thicker the head, the less likely the spill.

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Message of peace from Russia Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has a Christmas tree this year thanks to an unusual patron: the Russian government.

Amid high tension between Russia and the West over violence in Ukraine, Russia’s ambassador to France says the “tree is a message of peace”. When the rector of Notre Dame told foreign embassies this month that the cathedral needed money for the huge tree, Russia was the first to offer. Ambassador Alexander Orlov told The Associated Press this week, “we thought this would be a rather nice present.” He wouldn’t say how much it cost. He insisted it has nothing to do with politics or a troubled deal to sell a French warship to Russia, stalled because of Ukraine. Still, Notre Dame officials promise to seek a Ukrainian-funded tree next year.

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Madonna returns to Malawi as a VIP Madonna is in the African country of Malawi for the first time since she had a falling out with the former president last year.

Madonna yesterday launched a 50-bed pediatrics ward at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in the commercial capital Blantyre. Sarah Ezzy, director of the charity Raising Malawi, said the new facility is the first dedicated pediatric intensive care unit in the country. Former Malawi President Joyce Banda had stripped Madonna of her VIP status last year by forcing the singer to check into her private jet as an ordinary passenger.

New President Peter Mutharika has restored the singer’s VIP status.

Dem bones A giant ancient penguin far taller than any species alive today has been described for the first time after its fossil remains sat for decades inside an Auckland storage shed. The fossilised bones of the penguin, yet to be named, were found in North Waikato in 1971, but had been largely ignored until recently rediscovered by Massey University zoologist Dr Daniel Thomas. The unusual features of the 28-million-yearold specimen have convinced Dr Thomas it is a new species, and the first of its kind to be discovered in the North Island. Dr Thomas estimates the bird would have stood at 1.3m – slightly taller than the ancient Kairuku penguin discovered in 2012, and about 30cm taller than today’s largest penguin, the emperor.

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Kidman going to extremes Desperate to get her tiny waist even smaller, Nicole Kidman revealed she actually broke a rib for Moulin Rouge! trying to get into a corset. The Australian, who played the courtesan Satine in Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 flick, has explained the painful lengths she went to for the part. “I hurt myself dancing in heels at three in the morning and I fell downstairs,” Kidman said on The Graham Norton Show. “I then re-broke my rib getting into a corset. I had this thing that I wanted to get my waist down to 18 inches, which Vivien Leigh had on Gone with the Wind, and I was just like, ‘tighter, tighter’!” It wasn’t the only tough part about Moulin Rouge! for Kidman, who says singing tunes like Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend wasn’t easy. “Moulin Rouge was really hard for me because singing is not something that comes naturally to me. It is so frightening to have to sing in front of people. I get terrified,” she says.

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Hail batters crops Drivers had to negotiate icy roads around the airport for a short time yesterday morning.

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Left - Pea crops in the Ashton district were hammered by yesterday’s hail storm.

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Yesterday’s hailstorms took a toll on vulnerable winter barley and pea crops in Mid Canterbury’s coastal districts.

Up to five centimetres fell on arable farmer and contractor Andy Molloy’s property in Ashton, and the marrow fat pea crop took a beating.

“The peas, which were just about starting to flower, look like coleslaw,” he said.

“I don’t know if the peas will survive it, they will be the most worrying but time will tell on them.

Mr Molloy also grows a range of cereal and small seed crops, and the storm is also set to cost him on his winter barley. He reckons he will lose two to three tonne to the hectare off the top the crop, which is about a month off harvest.

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WHAT NEXT? still standing but the hail has stripped pickles off it – it hasn’t taken entire heads off like it does sometimes, but we’ve lost the top four-odd pickles of each head.”

Clover and maize crops were hammered too, but Mr Molloy said it was early enough in the season for them to bounce back.

“It’s an absolute bugger, but we can’t do anything about it,” he said. “For the past couple of months we’ve been saying we’re going to run into big risks this season, the way the weather’s

been – that we are going to get a heap of hail come through.”

Crop insurance is too expensive for many farmers to contemplate, Mr Molloy included.

“I haven’t got any crops insured,” he said.

“Wheat is insured through the wheat board levies, but those crops don’t seem to be too bad, it’s early enough and it hasn’t really affected the wheat.

“There will be a fair bit of bruising come out, but at this stage it doesn’t look too bad.

“It’s not flash but it’s not a dis-

aster, a couple of inches of rain would have been better.”

In the Wakanui area Greg Lovett’s potato, onion and carrot crops bore the brunt of the short but brutal storm.

While he won’t know the extent of the damage until today, he said it will have an impact.

“It has to have had an impact, but it’s so early in the season the potatoes will just grow a couple of new leaves and grow again.

“The carrots and onions will also come back – it will just set them back a bit.”

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In brief

Grant would save future rent

By Caitlin Porter

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Community House Mid Canterbury will not need further ratepayer funding in the years after it receives a $500,000 grant from the Ashburton District Council, its chairman assures.

The council will soon consider a council committee recommendation to help Community House buy the now-empty, $1.1 million former Winz building on Cass Street.

Community House has a conditional agreement to buy the property and settlement is due in January.

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manager Paul Brake told councillors Community House would not need the council’s $30,000 annual grant if the $500,000 pledge was made.

However, it remained unclear whether the Community House board could categorically state no additional funding would be needed in the future, Mr Brake reported.

Board chair John Driscoll yesterday said the annual grant was used to pay rent for the current building and that rent money would not be needed in the premises.

Mr Driscoll said budgets and planning in to the foreseeable future suggested the trust

would not need to ask for additional council funding support.

However, the future remained hard to predict.

The trust was also seeking further funding from other sources, including Lotteries and Community Trust Mid and South Canterbury. He hoped that funding would be available by mid-January.

Another source of income would be rent from tenants.

Community House will continue to provide low-cost rental to the social service hubs of Ashburton.

The trust hoped Safer Ashburton would be an anchor tenant which, in turn, will help

funding. The property will be owned by Community House Mid Canterbury Trust but it will be a community investment.

The report presented to councillors this week said the trust had a windup clause in its constitution so that its assets were vested to the council in the event of it ceasing to operate Mr Driscoll said he hoped a memorial may be set up to the memory of the women shot during the double homicide in the former Winz building September.

This would be discussed with their families.

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Police callouts Ashburton Police were kept busy attending domestics this week.

They attended one at 12.10am yesterday, and two in the early hours of Thursday morning – 2.10am and 4.30am.

Alarm activated The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade was called out at 10am yesterday to an alarm activation at the Ashburton Aviation Museum.

ATS demolition By mid-morning today, the demolition job at the ATS building on Burnett Street should be completed. Originally due to be completed on Thursday night, strong winds brought the demo to a standstill. Cranes came in to continue the job yesterday, and demolition was expected to get back under way at first light this morning, and be finished by mid-morning. The section of the building, built in 1926, was being demolished due to only sitting at 8 per cent of the building code. ATS plans on rebuilding.

Grease auditions Variety Theatre Ashburton will hold Grease pre-audition dance workshops at the Hampstead School Hall on December 2 and 4 from 7.30pm. The auditions, by appointment only, are on December 6. People wanting to audition for main roles need to also attend the dance workshops.

Anyone wanting an audition appointment can contact Nicky Milmine on 308 9249 or 027 544 9524. The uber-cool stage show will run in May 2015.

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Ashburton Operatic Society past and present presidents Faye Johnston (left), Leen Braam and Bridget Danielson are happy with the society’s $40,000 funding windfall, which will boost the rebuild coffers for the society’s earthquake-damaged buildings.

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Boost for operatic room rebuild By toni Williams

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The Ashburton Operatic Society’s earthquake-damaged buildings have been injected with a $40,000 funding windfall courtesy of the Community Trust of Mid and South Canterbury.

The society is planning the rebuild of two buildings - its Party People costume hire shop and the society’s storage/rehearsal buildings. Both were damaged in the Canterbury earthquakes.

It was expected the first building – the costume hire shop on Victoria Street - would be demolished by Bradfords before Christmas. Party People

is currently operating out of a rear building on Wills Street.

Ashburton Operatic Society president Leen Braam said the funding was a generous boost for its existing kitty, especially as it benefited the arts.

“It’s amazing, it’s a real great start and well appreciated,” he said.

“We are a community organisation and it’s certainly staying in the community and being used for the greater community.”

He said plans for the new buildings, which would create a purpose built space for society members, were with the Ashburton District Council. Party

People Costume Hire and the rehearsal building would be adjoining.

The rehearsal building would eventually include an exact stage setting to match the dimensions of those at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

However the society is still negotiating with their insurance company about any final pay-out figure.

Mr Braam was hopeful of getting more than $500,000 in the settlement.

The operatic society was among several Mid Canterbury groups to benefit in the Community Trust’s latest funding round.

In total 15 community organisations in Mid and South Canterbury were given more than $257,000.

The Mid Canterbury Newcomers Network was given $5000 towards co-ordinator costs, Mid Canterbury Hockey (NZ) got $4895 towards their participation officer activities at junior level and Age Concern Ashburton received $750 towards a computer upgrade.

The Community Trust uses investment returns to fund its philanthropy. It estimated over the past five years it has donated about $1 million to community organisations and their projects.

Ashburton’s Santa Parade looks set to be “much bigger than last year,” but more volunteers would be appreciated. Organiser Carol Johns said the number of entrants – not including costume walkers – has nearly doubled since last year with over 60 registrations.

There has been a lot of interest this year she said, from preschools, schools, the Hakatere Marae and the Big Little Theatre Company just to name a few. About 25 more volunteers are needed to wear costumes – which include clowns, Bananas in Pajamas, Shrek and Big Bird. Anyone interested can contact Carol Johns at Hokonui FM. Volunteers will meet at noon in Mona Square on Saturday December 6. There is also preparade entertainment at the chessboard at 11am.

Smith ‘low’ on return Phillip Smith’s lawyer said it would not be in the public interest to charge him for escaping custody.

Tony Ellis, who has acted for Smith in the past and received a call from him when he fled the country while on temporary release, said he expected Smith to call him when he arrived back in the country tomorrow morning. Dr Ellis said he thought Smith would be feeling “rather low” about his return.

“I would imagine that having successfully escaped and then being captured and then, worse still, being brought back to New Zealand he could be in quite a poor state.”

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■ SPORTS CLUBS

Bad behaviour risks sponsorship

By Daisy HuDson

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Mid Canterbury sports teams could lose out on lucrative sponsorship deals if they fail to curb alcohol-fuelled bad behavior.

That was the message from the Ashburton Trust, which offers sponsorships to local sports teams, as well as arts and cultur-

al societies, and special interest and education organisations.

The drinking culture of sports clubs has been thrust into the spotlight after a coroner’ court hearing into the deaths of two young men killed in a high speed car crash after leaving a rural pub, where they’d been drinking and celebrating

a birthday after rugby practice.

Ashburton Trust CEO Giles Beal said teams that displayed bad behavior could “absolutely” lose their sponsorships.

The Ashburton Trust had cancelled sponsorships of sports teams in the past because of drunken bad behaviour, he said.

Mr Beal said sponsorship

agreements included a requirement that teams displayed appropriate behavior.

Local police have also been meeting with sports clubs to discuss how they can improve alcohol-related behavior.

Mid-South Canterbury alcohol harm reduction officer Sergeant Grant Lord said police

and sports clubs were working hard to mitigate the harm of alcohol-fuelled bad behavior.

“Sports clubs are acutely aware of the damage that their drunken antics cause,” he said.

Mr Lord said discussions with clubs were focusing on what they could do about the problem, rather than what police could do.

Event Centre nominated for award The Ashburton Trust Events Centre and its manager have been nominated for prestigious national awards.

The centre is one of four finalists in the Entertainment Venues Association of New Zealand Small Venue of the Year Award, while manager Roger Farr is one of two finalists in the Rising Star Award.

The venue award is open to those of up to 1000 seats. The other finalists are the Airforce Museum, Christchurch; Q Theatre, Auckland and The Great South Pacific Tuning Fork, Auckland.

Mr Farr was yesterday thrilled that he and the centre were finalists in awards that set Ashburton alongside some of the best-recognised big-city players in the business.

The venue awards were considered by a panel of judges and recognised venues’ achievements as hosts, businesses and their work in the community.

The Entertainment Venues Association of New Zealand represents 88 venues including 40 theatres, 30 event centres, 10 outdoor stadia and eight convention centres.

Its awards are presented on Monday night at a gala evening in Dunedin.

Colour treatment for playcentre birdhouse Four-year-old Ashton Gare puts the finishing splashes of colour on his birdhouse at Ashburton Playcentre yesterday.

Staff from Mitre 10 Mega joined the children for a morning of DIY, making birdhouses which they then painted. Painting away in the background is two-year-old Cyrus Brokenshire.

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■ EXTENDED TRADING

Retailers rally for longer shopping hours

By Caitlin Porter

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Moves are afoot to formalise extended retail hours in central Ashburton in the lead-up to Christmas.

Prompted by calls for longer hours over Christmas and even over the year, retailers were last week willing to talk about opening longer – all it would take was someone taking the initiative.

It emerged yesterday some in the central business district have taken the next step and extended their hours, together.

New business group Business Mid Canterbury had started gauging interest.

So far, that interest was shown in extended opening hours being offered in the Ashburton Arcade and many shops along East Street.

Paper Plus Ashburton operator Terry

McNab, a long-time supporter of extended Christmas shopping hours, said businesses should band together and open later.

Every year, he enjoyed good, later custom and every year he struggled to answer customers who asked what else was open. “If we all just did it, everyone would know,” he said.

Mr McNab commended Richard Wilson, of Sparrows Mens & Ladies Fashions, for pro-actively encouraging the stores in their block to extend their hours.

Mr Wilson said a few retailers on his street are still keen to open: “It is not as successful as we would have liked, but it’s still pretty good”.

Other retailers including Todds of Ashburton, and the Ashburton Arcade will also add extra hours to their regu-

lar opening times in the period before Christmas.

Business Mid Canterbury last week offered to support member businesses as they prepared for the Christmas period.

Since then, no new retailer members had signed up.

However, he was in talks with retailers and spent time last week canvassing business owners.

Opening hours would be promoted next week and it would be great for individual businesses to get on board and extend their hours in the week leading up to Christmas, he said.

Mr McNab urged caution. Retailers might not expect a sudden influx of shoppers during the extended hours.

“It takes people two to three years to get used to it.”

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Ashburton Arcade and Todds of Ashburton hours Saturday December 13 10am – 4pm Saturday December 20 10am – 4.30pm Monday December 22 9am – 8pm Tuesday December 23 9am – 8pm Sparrow’s Mens & Ladies Fashion and other retailers on the same block Thursday December 4 open until 9pm Sunday December 7 open until 4pm Thursday December 11 open until 8pm Sunday December 14 open until 4pm Thursday December 18 open until 8pm Sunday December 21 open until 4pm Paper Plus Ashburton Monday December 8 – Friday December 12 closing 9pm Monday December 15 – Friday December 19 closing 9pm

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Workers’ resilience praised Staff at Ashburton’s Work and Income office have been praised for their resilience in returning to work less than three months after two co-workers were shot dead in cold blood.

A temporary services centre re-opened on Wednesday just 350m from the old office where the daylight shooting happened on September 1.

Front-counter Winz workers Peggy Turukira Noble, 67, and Susan Leigh Cleveland, 55, were killed.

Co-workers Lindy Louise Curtis, 43, who was was shot in the leg, and Kim Elizabeth Adams survived.

Social Development Minister Anne Tolley and Police Minister Michael Woodhouse attended an “informal opening” yesterday at the temporary centre in prefabricated buildings on Cass Street, attached to the town’s police station. The visit was to “acknowledge the staff and the trauma they have been through and their strength in coming back to work”, Mrs Tolley said.

“It’s been a very traumatic journey but today is a very significant day because it’s the start of getting back to normal,” she said.

“For them to get back into regular routines and starting

Canterbury Police have arrested and charged the female passenger in the fleeing vehicle involved in the crash on Yaldhurst Road on Monday. The vehicle fled police before ramming through an armed police roadblock and colliding head-on with another car, a Honda Jazz, causing injuries to the three elderly occupants. The woman, 27, from Auckland, will appear in Christchurch District Court charged with Possession of Methamphetamine for Supply following a detention under the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 1978. “The woman was detained until the internally concealed drugs were passed” acting Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Cottam said.

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Ashburton’s temporary Winz building is now open.

to deal with the public again, as difficult as that might have been... I’ve come away thinking that we’ve got just a great group of staff there.

“They are a tremendous, very resilient group of people and most of them were looking forward to getting back to work.”

Two security guards will be stationed at the new office, which is by appointment only.

Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay said this week that the reopening was a “positive step”

on the town’s road to recovery.

“I can only wish [the staff] all the best.”

On the day of the shooting, Mr McKay said locals were resilient enough to cope.

“That has happened, and we are getting on with life,” he said.

“We’re a small, rural provincial town and one thing we’re extremely good at is looking after each other.”

The Ministry of Social Development said that along with Work and Income, Studylink

and Senior Services would operate a full service at the offices from this week.

Child, Youth and Family will move in early February.

Homeless man Russell John Tully, 48, has entered no pleas to two charges of murder, two of attempted murder, and others of theft, unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition, and setting a man trap.

He will reappear in the High Court at Christchurch for a pretrial callover on February 10.

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Stitch in time paints district’s picture

By Toni Williams

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Members of the Ashburton Embroiderers’ Guild are painstakingly threading Mid Canterbury’s landscape into a tapestry for inclusion in a national project.

The project is being co-ordinated by the Tapestry Trust of New Zealand.

Ashburton Embroiderers’ Guild member Roylan Austin said more than 225 hours had already gone into the Mid Canterbury tapestry scene sketched by national designer Alex Gilks with input from the Ashburton members.

The completed design, on a New Zealand wool backing, exceeded the expectations of the members and included three rivers: Rakaia, Ashburton, Rangitata, a hot air balloon and the vast farming area of the plains.

Mrs Austin said the most difficult part of the project for the Ashburton members has been getting the colour combinations right.

“It’s daunting but fun,” she said, of the project.

By the end of the project all of Ashburton’s members were likely to have contributed to the

Arrest follows chase

Two people are dead and seven others injured after a milk tanker and van collided near Reporoa.

The crash, on State Highway 5 south of Settlers Rd, happened about 4.30pm yesterday. A St John Northern Communications spokesman said two people were dead when the ambulances arrived at the scene. Another person suffered critical injuries and was flown to Waikato Hospital by the Greenlea Rescue Helicopter, he said. Two others with moderate injuries and four with minor injuries were transported to Rotorua Hospital by ambulance.

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Track record Riding around - and around, and around, and around, and around - the Mosgiel velodrome for 24 hours will make you look 30 years older. That’s what Andrew Nicholson thought when he looked in the mirror yesterday. He had just shattered the New Zealand outdoor 24-hour cycling record, previously held by Kapiti rider Stuart Downes, by 85.77km.Minus a quick stop to fix a puncture and shoe change, Nicholson (44) circled the velodrome continuously from 7am on Thursday until 7am yesterday, cycling a staggering 776.77km in the process. “It was the hardest event I have ever done, and I’ve done some hard events,” he said. “I got a shock when I looked in the mirror. I’m 44 now but I looked 74 when I finished. I looked in the mirror when I had a wash and I had sunken eyes and I just looked awful.”

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embroidery piece in some way.

Mrs Austin said so far guild members had touched on the outer areas of the tapestry before they planned to navigate the harder to reach centre piece…the braided flow of the Ashburton River.

This middle area would see two embroiderers working to-

gether – one in front, one behind – to complete the scene.

It was expected the tapestry would be completed in time for the guild members’ exhibition on August 1, 2015 at the Ashburton Art Gallery. It was then destined for display in a Dunedin building housing the history of New Zealand.

Ashburton Embroiderers’ Guild member Roylan Austin with Mid Canterbury’s contribution for the national project by the Tapestry Trust of New Zealand.

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The man accused of stabbing his ex-partner to death had previously booked a plane ticket home to South Africa and according to his best mate had “nothing left”.

Brent Donovan Scott, 49, appeared in North Shore District Court yesterday accused of the murder of Heidi Welman-Scott, 41, and attempted murders of Taryn Leigh Welman, 22, and her boyfriend Matija Miletic, also 22. The alleged incident took place outside Ms Welman-Scott’s home, which she previously shared with the defendant, in the suburb of Albany just before 9am yesterday. An hour earlier, Scott began repeatedly texting his best mate of more than 10 years, saying he had “nothing left”.

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Saturday, November 29, 2014

■ HINDS DISTRICT

Committee backs drain plans By michelle nelson

Group is looking for $5400, from Environment Canterbury’s Immediate Steps fund, to put large boulders in the drains, to alter the flow in the fast-flowing, shallow water to create riffles to support invertebrates, and provide protection for fish and fish nurseries.

The plan is to create trout habitats in Taylors Drain, which flows into the Hinds River, to encourage new spawning grounds.

The juvenile fish would then return to the river.

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Additional funding to restore two drains in the Hinds district as native and sport fish habitats has the tacit approval of the Ashburton Water Zone Committee.

Central South Island Fish and Game officer Mark Webb put the request to the committee at its final meeting of the year, this week.

The proposal concerns the Taylors and Windermere drains, both just above Surveyors Road.

The Hinds Drains Working

ecosystems it is hoped native fish will enter the coastal wetlands. This would also meet the cultural requirements to provide for mahinga kai – the opportunity to gather food from traditional areas.

At sites where farmers have laid concrete posts into the drains to allow centre pivot irrigators to walk through the riffle effect necessary to slow down the water to create suitable fish food production had occurred.

In one case big boulders, which had originally been set into the bank to help stop erosion, had

rolled into the stream creating the same effect, Mr Webb said.

“For native fish we also need riffle features but consultants say for native fish clumps of boulders scattered about to create diversity of habitat.”

As the man-made features were initially installed to provide drainage, it was important not to compromise the ability to carry away flood waters.

“Before we start we will do an estimate of fish populations in areas of drain we will be working on, and monitoring control work – it will be interesting to

■ ST ANDREW’S CHURCH

In brief

Parishioners celebrate Scottish heritage

By Toni Williams

Toni.w@Theguardian.co.nz

The skirl of the bagpipes will flow from St Andrew’s church this weekend as parishioners celebrate the church’s namesake and remember Scottish connections on Scotland’s national day.

St Andrew was the patron saint of Scotland.

St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church ministry assistant Dellwyn Moylan said St Andrew’s Day - on November 30 - was a day of celebration as many in the congregation had Scottish ancestry. Members of the Ashburton County Scottish Society would also be present.

The 10am service would include several Scottish themed hymns.

Parish member Peter Ireland would play bagpipes and other parishioners would bring or wear their tartans to church on Sunday.

Mr Ireland has played the bagpipes for more than 65

see what is happening in the first flood,” Mr Webb said.

DairyNZ has committed to fund the monitoring work, and Fish and Game the fish population monitoring.

Mr Webb is keen to get the project under way, next week if possible. “If you can convince them (farmers) it’s a good idea, they say right – ‘let’s get in and do it’,” he said.

The zone committee supported the project in principle, and delegated the biodiversity subcommittee to rubber stamp it after ECan has cleared the way.

New trial for Banks Amanda Banks has emerged as an extremely good wife to John Banks with her “obsessive” detective work turning up crucial evidence that led to the former Act Leader’s electoral fraud conviction being overturned yesterday.

Mr Banks was celebrating after the Court of Appeal overturned his conviction and ordered a new trial.

He was convicted in the High Court earlier this year after failing to disclose donations from Kim Dotcom to his Auckland Mayoralty campaign in 2010. Mr Banks appealed, introducing affidavits from two US-based businessmen who he says were at the same lunch at which Mr Dotcom claimed donations were discussed. The pair - David Schaeffer and Jeffery Karnes - both said donations were not discussed at that lunch.

Lucky lunch years. His Scottish heritage came from his maternal line; his grandparents were Beatons from within the clan McLeod.

Miss Moylan said any tartans at the service would be blessed during the Kirking of the Tartan ceremony.

After the service a haggis – made by parish member Helen

Coldicott – would be carved during the traditional haggis ceremony and toast to the piper.

It would be followed by a high morning tea.

“Anyone of Scottish decent or with an interest in Scottish things are most welcome to join us for the service and morning tea,” Miss Moylan said.

Piper Peter Ireland will play at St Andrew’s Church service this weekend as the minister David Brown and ministry assistant Dellwyn Moylan (pictured) and church parishioners remember their Scottish connections.

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MSA men’s choir members Bill Corbett and Murray Haywood rehearse in preparation for their appearance at the St Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Advent Gospel Service on Sunday evening. Special guests at the service also include speaker Kevin Geddes. An offering will be taken and a light supper will follow.

The service starts at 7pm.

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He went to the dairy to buy some lunch and walked out $9 million richer. An Auckland man, who wants to remain anonymous, checked his Big Wednesday ticket at the shop on Thursday, only to discover he had won the jackpot in the mid-week prize. The lucky punter said he couldn’t believe his eyes when ‘First Division winner’ flashed up as he scanned the ticket. “I just stood in front of the ticket-checker, blinking,” he said. “Then I scanned my other ticket and it said ‘Second Division winner’. “I thought it must have been a mistake, so handed my tickets to the Lotto assistant and said ‘you’d better check these for me’.” It wasn’t until the retailer stepped out from behind the counter to shake the winner’s hand that the man began to realise just how lucky he was.

Bug closes school An Auckland primary school has been closed by the Ministry of Health. Willowbank School in Howick has published a message on its website saying: “We have been officially closed by the Ministry of Health, parents and caregivers can you please collect your children from school immediately.” The school has had many pupils and staff come down with a vomiting bug.

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■ HEALTH

Records online for Ashburton mums

By Caitlin Porter

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Ashburton women will soon be able to access all their maternity records online with the rollout of the new national maternity information technology system.

The Maternity Clinical Information System (MCIS) has been in development since 2012 and will act as a secure online system to bring together all information collected by various systems throughout hospitals and in communities.

Furthermore, it will be developed so the near 60,000 women who have babies each year in New Zealand can access their own information.

It is being progressively rolled out across all District Health Boards. The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) will be joining the roll out and the system is intended to be fully enabled

by September/October next year.

While the dates are provisional, CDHB chief medical officer Dr

Nigel Millar said it will be among the leaders in implementing the system.

Dr Millar said there are countless benefits to the system, including improved communication within and between all the clinicians involved in the care of mother and baby, increased patient safety and better quality of care. Risk will also be reduced by “enabling the woman’s maternity journey to be monitored throughout, with up-to-date records including clinical alerts shared between acute and community services”.

Health Minister Jonathan Coleman welcomed the rollout earlier this week.

Dr Millar said currently the clinical maternity records within the CDHB are on paper, as are a portion of neonatal records.

While patients can obtain copies of these records, once the system is implemented all of the information corresponding to a patient will be able to be accessed online.

College artists show portfolios The creative skills of Ashburton College senior students were on display at an art exhibition at the Walnut Avenue pavilion on Thursday night. Over 70 portfolios of student work were showcased at the NCEA Level 1 and 2 Art, Painting, and Photography Exhibition. Ella Hurley, 14, checked out some of the photos on offer at the exhibition.

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■ METHVEN COMMUNITY BOARD

Fun way to boost town planning

By SuSan SandyS

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Methven Community Board members are planning to hold a family fun day in February to encourage community engagement on the town’s strategic plan.

A date for completing the seedling town skate park and developing the Mt Hutt bike park are among possible goals which could be included in a refreshed plan.

The board and Ashburton District Council are undertaking a stocktake of the 10-year plan, which was developed in 2009 as an update to previous documents.

Council policy advisor Fleur Mulligan said community consultation was required “to continue to develop Methven as a great place to live and visit”.

The stocktake would highlight what had been achieved to date and what could be prioritised for future.

The board has so far discussed targets such as adding a date to have the skate park completed,

potential for a youth hangout space, developing the Mt Hutt bike park, developing an emergency plan for the town by 2016, reducing family violence, and setting up an annual Methven youth award.

Board members decided at their last meeting that a family fun day could see more people come along and be involved, rather than if a public meeting was held.

Chairwoman Liz McMillan said yesterday much in the current plan had already been achieved, including Methven Railway Reserve improvements and installing a second Methven Primary School accessway.

Ms McMillan said the family fun day would have information available on the plan, alongside other activities. A date had yet to be organised.

“There will be an opportunity for people to voice their opinions and say what they think needs improving in town and add to the plan as well.”

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Teachers celebrate first milestone After years of hard work, six Mid Canterbury teachers celebrated the completion of their teachers’ registration at a special function on Thursday night.

About 90 members of the New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) attended the organisation’s annual Graduand and Retirees Dinner at the

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Toni Bishop (Netherby School) and Emma Kelly (Rakaia School) also graduated, but were unable to attend the event.

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Above – Black-billed gulls nest in colonies to help protect each other from predators.

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It’s a to Critically endangered river gulls nesting on the Ashburton River have a tough life.

Susan Sandys reports.

Left – The black-billed gull is more slender and elegant that the red-billed gull, with a longer bill. The bill and legs are black.

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ough life for black-billed gulls

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ach September the skies around Ashburton fill with the cries of the world’s most endangered gull.

Black-billed gulls begin to familiarise themselves with their nesting location on the Ashburton River and will fly around the town and river.

Coming in from surrounding pastures and coastal areas where they feed over winter, the birds have an unsettled patch before they choose a nesting location.

Last year they spent several days on the roof tops of West Street buildings near the public library, much to the dismay of pedestrians as they dodged their associated white splotches on footpaths.

Once the birds settle they are determined to stay to raise their young, and will remain at their nesting site come hell or high water. The latter can be a real risk, as the Ashburton River changes with floods and freshes. The main threat to the birds however is disruption from humans.

As much as the birds may look like a bunch of common seagulls

milling on the river and causing a nuisance, they are unlike New Zealand’s other two common gull species. Black-billed gulls are not only native, but also endemic in that they are found only in New Zealand. They are more slender and elegant that the red-billed gull, with a longer bill. The bill and legs are black.

The species is in serious decline and has the same endangered status as the takahe and kakapo.

This year, after settling briefly at the Ashburton River mouth before a fresh came through, a large colony inhabited the river just downstream of the State Highway 1 bridge. It numbers about 6000 birds and is believed to be the largest in New Zealand. The birds typically nest in the vicinity of the bridge each year.

Human interference can range from someone walking an unleashed dog, to four-wheeldrivers or trail bikers disobeying signs and barriers in the area.

Disrupting a colony is against the law and two years ago an Ashburton man was imprisoned

after he drove into the river colony.

As well as human interference, eggs and young birds are at risk from introduced mammals, harriers and black-backed gulls.

ECan undertakes a trapping programme on the river each year to protect the gulls and other native river birds and over 10

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stones, or even in the water, they are less afraid if you come from the water,” Mr Attwood said.

He said the birds were “fiercely devoted parents”. The male and female take turns sitting on eggs and feeding chicks. The birds nested in colonies for protection.

“Many pairs of eyes” helped keep on top of predators, and

Not only were black-billed gulls rare globally, but so was the bird’s river habitat

weeks this spring caught 12 feral cats, 22 stoats, six ferrets and 115 hedgehogs.

Christchurch-based nature photographer and conservation blogger Steve Attwood has photographed the birds on the Ashley and Waimakariri rivers.

He said the birds were “hyperalert”, so getting close enough to get their picture was a challenge.

“I have a camouflage net thrown over me, lying over

the birds would fight off attacks. The colonies were far from harmonious places, and nesting pairs were in a constant state of tension with their neighbours.

“The basic rule in most colonies is you don’t nest within beak reach of your neighbour,” Mr Attwood said.

The birds would stay on their nests on the hottest days, panting to stay cool, in order to protect their chicks from predation

and overheating. He once heard a colony of 400 birds panting in unison from 100 metres away.

“They weren’t even going to go and get a drink of water, even though the water was just 20 feet away.”

Mr Attwood did not know why the colonies sometimes chose busy areas such as near bridges. It could be that shingle banks were relatively stable there and at a height which gave protection from floods.

“There’s obviously something about that site that appeals to them,” he said of the Ashburton River colony near State Highway 1.

He said not only were blackbilled gulls rare globally, but so was the bird’s river habitat. The gulls had evolved to nest in the braided rivers of Otago, Canterbury and the North Island, and they could not go anywhere else.

The Ashburton River colony has built its nests, and chicks are expected to begin hatching this coming week. In January the chicks will complete fledging and the colony will leave the river.

From bottom left to right – Black-billed gulls can nest only on braided rivers.

Gulls pant on hot days to stay cool.

Young gulls are dependent on their parents for food and protection.

Two young gulls go for a swim on a hot day.

News 16 Ashburton Guardian

Saturday, November 29, 2014

■ SHORT STREET ART STUDIO

Art students showcase year’s efforts Art tutor Jenny Thompson admires the works of more than 30 budding artists at the Short Street Art Studio yesterday in their annual end of year exhibition. The artists, of Jenny’s Art Group, are showcasing works created during the year. Some of the items are listed for sale. The exhibition finishes today and runs between 10am and 4pm.

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Festival promises peace vibe Ashburton will play host to an R16 charity music festival this weekend aiming to raise money for disabled youth.

The Peace Fund and Harmony event will be held at a Gartartan Road property.

It starts at 3pm today and runs until midday tomorrow.

The festival will host a mixture of South Island bands and DJs, appealing to a variety of musical tastes.

Christchurch resident Lucas Panton said the festival was to bring youth and community together.

“I wanted to throw this event in Ashburton because I believe that it is a good way to get the youth and community together and on a positive peaceful vibe.

“This is my way of spreading the love and hopefully influencing some people to do what they can to help the community.”

The festival had drawn widespread support and organisers anticipated a good turnout.

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■ UNITED STATES

By Jennie Matthew

Protesters kneel down with their hands up in front of Los Angeles police officers in downtown Los Angeles.

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A Missouri grand jury decided not to prosecute Officer Darren Wilson, who fired the fatal shots - a move that inspired coast-to-coast anger in the United States as well as a rally across the Atlantic in London.

The simmering fury led a small group of protesters to attempt to storm St Louis city hall.

After they were rebuffed, extra police and a National Guard Humvee were called in to protect the building.

In Ferguson late on Wednesday, the group of mostly young people - bundled up against the

cold - shouted, “This is what democracy looks like.”

One or two taunted and swore at the 50 National Guard members in riot gear who stood on duty at the police department.

Witnesses said police took one person into custody.

During the day volunteer clean-up crews swept the streets of Ferguson, where angry crowds had torched businesses and looted stores.

Heavy security - police, state troopers and National Guard troops - was still visible in the streets Wednesday, but the situation was stabilising. Already,

Tuesday night did not see the scale of destruction that followed Monday’s decision.

In Britain thousands of sympathisers angered by Brown’s treatment marched in London chanting the same slogan: “Hands up, don’t shoot.”

“We need to send a message to Mike Brown’s family,” said Carol Duggan, the aunt of Mark Duggan, a 29-year-old black man whose shooting by British police in 2011 sparked riots in London.

US civil rights leaders have called for more protests today.

Similar rallies were held last year after the acquittal on murder charges of neighbourhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who shot dead another unarmed black teen, Trayvon Martin, in Florida.

Brown’s mother, Lesley McSpadden, told CBS News that they hoped protests would remain peaceful.

“We continue to ask for calm,” McSpadden said.

Brown’s parents however had harsher words for Wilson, who had said he had a “clean conscience” about the shooting.

The jury found that Wilson had shot Brown in self-defence after an altercation with him. A total of 12 shots were fired.

In his first televised comments since the incident, Wilson told ABC News he had feared for his life during the confrontation.

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■ JAPAN

Bad weather delays asteroid probe

By Miwa Suzuki Bad weather will delay the launch of a Japanese space probe on a six-year mission to mine a distant asteroid.

Hayabusa2 had been set to blast off aboard Japan’s main H-IIA rocket from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan tomorrow.

But thick cloud expected over the weekend means scientists need to postpone the launch, a statement by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said.

“The new launch day will be announced as soon as it is determined,” it added.

The 31 billion yen project is sending a probe towards the unpoetically-named 1999 JU3

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New shooting video Video of US police officers shooting dead a 12-year-old black boy holding a replica gun seconds after confronting him has further stoked anger in the country.

Surveillance video released on Thursday showed that the boy, Tamir Rice, was shot last weekend just seconds after two officers arrived in a patrol car at a Cleveland, Ohio park.

Audio broadcast on US TV shows that a man who first saw the boy waving and pointing the gun and called police, specified at least twice he thought it was probably “a fake”.

But the dispatcher speaking to officers rushing to the scene fails to mention that the witness thought the gun was not real.

The video emerged as tensions eased in Ferguson, after two days of often violent unrest sparked by Monday’s decision by a grand jury not to charge a white policeman who shot dead an unarmed black teenager.

Just a few dozen protesters and clergy braved rain and light snow to protest outside the police department in the St Louis suburb, where 18-yearold Michael Brown was killed on August 9.

The shooting sparked weeks of protest and a debate about race relations and militarystyle police tactics.

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asteroid in deep space.

It will blast a crater in the asteroid to collect virgin materials unexposed to millennia of solar wind and radiation, in the hope of answering some fundamental questions about life and the universe.

“The asteroid is carbonaceous and we may find organic matter and water, the stuff of life,” Hitoshi Kuninaka, project leader at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), said in an interview posted on the agency’s website.

Analysing the extra-terrestrial materials could help shed light on the birth of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago and offer clues about what gave rise to life on Earth, he said.

Hayabusa2, about the size

of a refrigerator, is expected to reach the asteroid in mid2018 and will spend around 18 months studying the surface.

It will also drop tiny MINERVA-II rover robots as well as a French-German landing package named Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout (MASCOT) for surface observation.

In a galactic first, Hayabusa2 will drop an “impactor” that will explode above the asteroid’s surface and fire a metal bullet into the crust at a speed of 7,200km/h - six times the speed of sound on Earth.

The bullet is expected to create a small crater that will enable the probe to collect material from the asteroid.

The Hayabusa2 mission will blast off just weeks after the

European Space Agency succeeded in making mankind’s first-ever landing on a comet this month.

Scientists said initial data sent from the robot lab Philae showed traces of organic molecules and a surface much harder than imagined.

Philae, released from its mothership Rosetta, has gone into hibernation on comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko, having used its onboard battery power after 60 hours of prodding and probing.

Engineers hope that the lander’s solar panels will charge its batteries in the coming months as the comet, with Philae hopefully still clinging to its surface, moves closer to the Sun. - AFP

Expensive posts An international poker player has been awarded $340,000 over defamatory comments that were published about him on Facebook.

Nicholas Polias took Tobin Ryall, Andy Hun Wei Lee, Sandy Jan and Rhys Gould to court after comments were made on the social networking site implying he was a thief. In awarding Mr Polias damages in the NSW Supreme Court yesterday, Justice Stephen Rothman said although the post reached only a small number of readers, its significance was great.

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Hangover cure Scientists have developed the ultimate hangover cure - a drug that reduces the harmful effects of binge-drinking on the brain. The same drug may open the door to new treatments for Alzheimer’s and other brain diseases, researchers believe. Tested on rats experiencing the equivalent of a human binge-drinking bender, it curbed brain cell loss and inflammation and improved their memory. Evidence suggests that binge-drinking may have longterm effects on memory, decisionmaking and the ability to pay attention. Teenagers are especially at risk because their young brains are still developing.

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Storms hit Brisbane There was a chance thunderstorms could hit Brisbane, but residents certainly didn’t expect the ferocious, violent supercell that pummelled the city. As the massive clean-up gets under way, frightening tales have emerged of people being pelted by hailstones, trees falling on cars and roofs being torn from buildings. James Marriott says his flatmate is shell-shocked after the storm tore apart their riverside apartment in Toowong. Mr Marriott wasn’t home when the tempest struck, but his flatmate was in the kitchen of their top-floor unit when all hell broke loose. “The poor guy - a bomb’s gone off in his house, the apocalypse is happening and he’s running for his life and it’s an absolute miracle that he is OK,” Mr Marriott said.

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Tongans dump MPs Tongans voting in the general election have dumped half of their MPs as the tiny kingdom faces up to a grim economic outlook. Official results released by the Tongan Electoral Commission yesterday show 12 of 17 people’s representatives and one of nine nobles - members of the extended royal family - have been voted out of office in the 26-seat parliament. New Zealand-based Tongan political scientist Malakai Koloamatangi had said ahead of the poll that Tonga “continues to suffer” from an ailing economy and that this would have an impact on the vote.

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Pope visits Turkey Pope Francis is set to visit to Turkey in a challenging trip aimed at building bridges with Islam and supporting the embattled Christian minorities of the Middle East. The Pope will spend today in the capital Ankara, notably holding a meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at his and hugely controversial presidential palace.

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Finding time to talk Stu Oldham

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atepayers’ enthusiasm for exhaustive community consultation will be tested by their councillors’ pledge to grant $500,000 to Community House Mid Canterbury.

Ashburton District councillors want the council to make the grant to help Community House buy the $1.1 million, tragedy-tarnished former Winz building on Cass Street.

The council is pressed for time. Community House has a January settlement date for the building and it needs a foundation donor to encourage other funders to help meet the shortfall.

There is little doubt the grant will go to a worthy cause and will help restore as a community asset a place abandoned after the horror of the September shootings.

But ratepayers might wonder whether the bid shows council needs a way to gauge support for big-ticket spending when timeframes make traditional consultation hard to do.

The grant will replace the $30,000 annual grant the council usually gives Community House but, as a lump sum, it is of a size that would usually go to out to consultation.

This time around, councillors were advised a decision was needed soon, but that there had been no visible negative public reaction to the news stories about the project.

This is probably the case but the paucity of negative letters to the editor is not the most rigorous test as to whether ratepayers are happy to forgo their chance to have their say.

Consultation might have shown people think Community House is the best response to revitalising what has become a forlorn memorial.

It might have shown ratepayers are happy to contribute $500,000 from council reserves, to forgo $25,000 in interest and recoup more than $100,000 in tax benefits for the trouble.

It might also have shown ratepayers are happy to pay more than a decade’s worth of grants in one hit, confident Community House will not need to ask for more later on.

But without some form of rapid-fire consultation, councillors will have to make a decision based on previous experience, gut feeling and a sense of moral obligation.

YOUR VIEW Toot for Tucker Ashburton County Lions Club wishes to extend their very sincere appreciation to the members of the community of Ashburton and the rural areas who so generously donated to our annual Toot for Tucker appeal.

To the large number of volunteers who gave of their time so willingly to drive and collect food on behalf of the two community food banks we thank you.

These included members of other Lions Clubs, Ashburton and Hinds Volunteer Fire Brigades, and a number of other service clubs, girl guides, brownies, cadets, banks and local businesses. Thank you to you all.

To the radio stations, Property Brokers and local publications, a big thank you for the way you advertised the event

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for us. Once again, a very big thank you to all those involved in another very successful Toot for Tucker.

Cynthia Tindall Ashburton County Lions Club

Shopping On the Guardian’s Facebook page, people were talking about shopping and some businesses leaving the Ashburton Arcade: The face of ‘shopping’ is changing – if we can’t rock into a shop and buy it there and then, we get it online. Afraid to say ‘the big red shed’ has a lot to do with the way people shop – kills it for the boutique shops.

Living in Christchurch, Ashburton needs to embrace the Arcade – look at ‘The Tannery’ in Woolston, it is a hive of activity every day.

by David Fletcher

Yes I know per capita way more people in Christchurch to shop, but Ashburton people need to shop locally and at the smaller boutique shops.

Save the Arcade guys, way too much history in there to let it go.

Lisa Ward Haven’t been in the arcade for a long long time... In fact haven’t shopped in Ashburton in years, the choice is just not there.

Christchurch has it all.

Jane Slaven Depends what you want I suppose, but usually manage to get what I want and I think it’s important to support local.

Maree Lawlor I shop at Chicago Joes and (buy) sushi. But shouldn’t the arcade be a protected building?

David Favel

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A place for peace and science Left – The most penguinfriendly continent on earth.

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ecember 1 is Antarctica Day, a day to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the signing of the Antarctic Treaty, eat ice cream, and generally turn our attention south.

This year I am taking that sentiment further than most, heading back to the frozen continent on board a cruise ship to lecture on the very treaty that Antarctica Day marks.

Being someone who can’t stand the cold, it seems unnatural that I would opt to spend my summer in a place famed for its chilly climate. Antarctica is worth making exceptions for.

Antarctica is the coldest, highest, driest, windiest, most penguin-friendly continent on earth.

It is also particularly interesting from a political angle.

The continent itself is governed by the Antarctic Treaty System, a complex maze of annexes and adopted conventions that govern everything from the catch limits for fish in the Southern Ocean through to the environmental monitoring that must be undertaken before establishing a research station.

Meetings are held once a year and all decisions are made by consensus. Twelve nations – including New Zealand – were the original signatories back in 1959, but these days there are over 50 nations signed up

to the Antarctic Treaty. That treaty has many purposes, but most importantly, it designates Antarctica as a place for peace and science. Military activity is not allowed and science is the focus on the continent.

What does all this mean for us in Canterbury? Well, the big grey C-17 plane that spends the summer commuting between the Ross Ice Shelf and Christchurch International Airport whilst full of scientists in orange and red parkas is one local link.

Antarctica Day is also a good chance to take a moment to remember just where those bitterly cold southerly winds that can assail our shores have their origins.

Our ship visits the other side of Antarctica: the peninsula region is located directly south of the tip of South America. Still, the same weather rules apply: take Auckland’s five seasons in one day, push them into a giant freezer and you’ll get the idea.

It’s in the midst of that weather that I will be celebrating both Antarctica Day and Thanksgiving; with a number of US nationals on board, the American holiday can’t be missed.

In the spirit of both, I’m thankful to be back showing visitors around this amazing frozen continent and I’m doubly thankful to have such a supportive family back home who encourage me to go literally to the ends of the world and back.

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ooking out the window of my study I see windruffled trees against the backdrop of a clear blue sky.

Higher up, the odd pigeon dances and tumbles in the strong breeze. In the foreground I spy some blackcurrant bushes and beside them the green fruit hanging from the branches of the greengage.

There is a story to that greengage. I planted it about seven years ago. The first spring seemed so full of promise. The little tree was absolutely laden with blossom on every branch and I eagerly awaited tasting some plums in the very first season.

Alas, a late severe frost put

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paid to all my hopes. Not only was all the blossom destroyed, the frost even damaged the tips of the branches as well.

The next year saw very little blossom and no fruit. The year after that was the same, and the one after that, and the one after that too. I began to despair and wondered if I should chop the tree out and start again with another.

Last year I even planted another greengage. The Coes golden crop I had planted

alongside as a pollinator had grown well and fruited well too.

This season it looks as though I will have a good harvest from that greengage tree.

In Psalm 1, we read about a tree that yields its fruit in its season. Ecclesiastes chapter 3 begins with the words “for everything there is a season”.

We live in an age that doesn’t have much time for seasons.

Such is life in an instant society. We want what we want when we want it. Most little children do. As parents we try to educate our children not to take that approach to life, and yet by our example often send a different message (Interestingly, recent research indicates that

delayed gratification in children is a better predictor of success in later life than any other factor). Time is a necessary ingredient in growing to maturity.

The Bible is full of illustrations and teaching about sowing now and reaping later. Getting a good harvest is about establishing the right plant, providing the right nourishment, and then waiting until the season is right for the harvest.

The word of God is nourishing food and the harvest will be the fruit of the Spirit. Bon appetit. the Rev. David Bayne of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church

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The McIntosh Group is here New residential construction built in 2013

The McIntosh Group new premises located in the Ashburton Business Estate

When it comes to building homes with Construction in progress of new home at Lake Hood

Residential

While they may have moved their business to modern premises at the Ashburton Business Estate, Alastair and John McIntosh say they haven’t grown too big to look after the small jobs.

Far from it.

Small refurbishments and renovations were the bread and butter for the business in its earlier days, with every job adding value to the McIntosh Builders Ltd brand. Alastair himself used to work at the freezing works, and would complete renovations in his spare time.

“It’s who we were then, and it’s who we are today.

“We don’t lock ourselves into a particular niche or price bracket, we are just as happy to complete a refurbishment of a cottage as we are with designing and building an architectural design at the lake.

“We are lucky to have a wealth of experience in our team. From appren-

tices who are embracing technology and advances in the building industry, to experienced craftsmen who specialise in the refurbishment of older homes, we have the right builder for the job.

“We wouldn’t be where we are today

if it weren’t for the skill and dedication

of our staff, some of whom have worked with us for 30 or so years.” Alastair said.

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of local experience, the McIntosh name is synonymous with expert

workmanship. From the design and

conception phase, to construction and

finishes, the building firm can look after as much, or as little of the construction cycle as is requested.

Their precast concrete division allows

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Timely, affordable quality, McIntosh

Builders Ltd are the experts at turning houses into homes.

class, constructing new office premises, pouring precast concrete panels for stadiums or even renovating the bathroom, the key to a successful project is the perfect blend of quality workmanship and affordability.

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Construction isn’t a contract, it’s a relationship where trust and integrity are upheld.

McIntosh Commercial Construction Ltd provide a range of commercial construction options, from precast panel solutions, to conventional timber trusses or steel framing. It constantly diversifies its areas of expertise to meet the changing needs of its clients.

John McIntosh was the driving force behind McIntosh Commercial Construction Ltd. He worked for his father, Alastair, and served his time as an

apprentice 14 years ago. His passion evolved toward the commercial side of the business, with a fascination with In situ construction and precast concrete.

He constructed his own home out of precast concrete when he was 25.

John saw a gap in the market for another commercial construction company to be formed, and was dedicated to stamping the McIntosh name throughout the district’s commercial builds. In 2011, with the support of his wife, John started to test the waters for McIntosh Commercial Construction Ltd, and has never looked back.

Whether it’s a farm building, of-

Construction of Smallbones Dealersh fice block, warehouse or workshop, McIntosh Commercial Construction Ltd provide a comprehensive depth of industry experience to deliver innovative solutions.

Using precast concrete panels from their own division, McIntosh Commercial Construction Ltd can control the reliability of its product as well as the timing and delivery of its panels and beams to site. With a lot of precast concrete resources heavily involved with the Christchurch rebuild, it is this guarantee of a timely completion which makes McIntosh Commercial Construction Ltd an attractive option in the market.

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Effective project management is one of the foundations underlying every successful commercial build. This is why McIntosh Commercial Construction Ltd aim to use the best project management strategy possible including an elemental timeline so you can see how long your project will take.

McIntosh Commercial Construction Ltd want to see your business stand the test of time, just as theirs has.

Since land was purchased at the Ashburton Business Estate in September 2012, McIntosh Precast Ltd embarked on the ambitious journey of establishing themselves in the market of precast concrete.

Led by John McIntosh, the project kicked off with little more than four or five shipping containers and an earnest attitude.

The precast division now has five precast bases, employs approximately 20 people and is rapidly developing a name within the precast and construction communities for tackling the jobs which others have walked away from.

As well as the development of the precast yard, every division of the McIntosh Group is located in the Business Estate, under one roof. This has streamlined the business and allowed the three divisions to work closely with each other.

Clients can expect the same personalised service as when they used to visit John or Alastair at their home, previous to the construction of their new office.

With a range of large projects successfully completed, McIntosh Precast Ltd are developing a name within the complex architectural precast market, for both residential and commercial

elements.

Its work in conjunction with Naylor Love at the EA Networks Centre is an example of how precast concrete can be used to achieve a challenging architectural aesthetic.

McIntosh Precast Ltd also undertook a challenging task for the rebuild of the Knox Church in Christchurch, for Higgs Construction, which combines heritage restoration with earthquake resistant design.

The precast element was ambitious, and many companies had declined the contract. John and his team undertook the difficult request, and through many weeks and months of labour-intensive testing, it completed the post-tensioned beams, believed to be a world-first.

The design has been nominated for a national award, and research is currently being conducted to confirm that the successful placement of the post-tensioned precast beams is a world-first.

Not just for commercial use, precast panels and design elements are becoming increasingly popular in the residential building market.

John McIntosh built his home using precast concrete, and commented that if he had to build for himself again, he would use precast concrete every time.

The biggest advantage to precast panels is time. Where it may take two

Knox Church rebuild – supply of Precast panels and beams months for a conventional build to complete the foundation and walls of a build, it can take only two weeks constructing the same building using precast methods.

Not only is it fast, it’s also versatile.

Precast panels can be poured to achieve a range of design effects. Think of the decorative driveways you may have seen, using a range of colours and visible stones. This same look can be achieved on the exterior and interior of your home using precast panels. Exposed aggregate, colour, acid washed, honed and sand-blasted are just some of the achievable design palettes. In a

recent example, McIntosh Precast Ltd transported specially coloured stones to achieve a desired look for a client’s precast elements.

“It’s extremely satisfying to complete highly technical projects, pushing the boundaries of what architectural components can be achieved with precast, whether it be in a community space or a high-end residential home,” John said.

If a client has a particular look they are trying to achieve, McIntosh Precast Ltd allows it to provide architectural solutions for challenging designs.

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Record numbers expected for Coastal Challenge An improved weather forecast should see the Longbeach Coastal Challenge crack 1000 entrants for the first time tomorrow.

In its eighth year the event that has competitors bike, run or walk their way around the course on the historic Longbeach Estate was on track for the thousand mark when online entries closed.

Left: Commonwealth Games gold medallist Anton Cooper will be a big drawcard for this year’s event.

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With registration opened in the morning for the usual walk-up crowd, organisers said they should at the least surpass last year’s record total of 937 entries.

One of the extra entries this year will be course record holder and Glasgow Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Anton Cooper, who missed the event last year.

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Around the grounds Saturday * Shingle Sprints The Ashburton Car Club’ Shingle Sprints along a 1.9km strip of Rutherford’s Road in Staveley from 9.45am. * Lake Hood Rowing Regatta The Ashburton Rowing Club’s annual two-day rowing regatta at Lake Hood has racing today and tomorrow from 9am. * Senior cricket Round four of the Pritchard Shield sees Tech host Lauriston A, Methven at home to Coldstream and Allenton heading out to meet Lauriston B on Line Road. * Senior Tennis After a two week hiatus Open A grade Interclub returns with Hampstead against Allenton, Dorie-Fairton take on Tinwald and Methven meet HindsMayfield from 1.30pm at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre. * Softball Mid Canterbury Softball has T-Ball and Little League from 9am with open grade matches from 1pm at Argyle Park.

Sunday * Grass Court Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis has a grass court available to be played from 10am on the short lawn the original site of grass court tennis in Mid Canterbury. The courts are open to be played on all day with an exhibition match – using wooden rackets and wearing tennis attire suitable for the era. * Twenty20 Cricket Mid Canterbury Cricket have a T20 Tournament at the Domain.

The hosts play Canterbury Country at 10.30am and then Canterbury A at 2.30pm – both games played on the Oval - while South Canterbury plays both sides on the Ashburton College wicket. * Terrace Downs Open The annual 18-hole Terrace Downs Open. A stroke and stableford tournament open to any golfer with an official NZGA handicap.

Registration from 9am for a 10am tee off. * Longbeach Coastal Classic The annual Longbeach Coastal Classic on the historic Longbeach Estate has runners and walkers head out for 21km, 12km or 5km course from 8.45am with the mountain bike events, 35km, 21km and 12km, to follow. *Mid Canterbury Bowls The Mid Canterbury Bowls Championships Pairs plays out at the Ashburton and Hampstead Greens on Sunday from 9am. *Tinwald Cycling Club The Tinwald Cycling Club will contest a 48km handicap event around the Grahams Road block for the seniors at 2pm, with the juniors and division two riders covering 16km at 12.45pm.

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Allenton bowler, Sandra Keith, collected bronze with New Zealand pairs partner Angela Boyd at the Hong Kong International Classic recently.

The New Zealand pair were knocked out of contention by Australia’s Kelsey Cottrell and Carla Odgers in the semi-finals, having to settle for third equal.

“We were a bit unlucky we didn’t go further as we got beaten in a tie breaker 3-2 in the semifinal,” Keith said.

In group play they only won four of their 11 matches with three draws, but was enough to qualify third from their group.

In a crossover quarter-final they beat Malaysia before falling to the Australians - but their Tasman rivals then went down to

the Philippines in the final.

It was another Black Jacks appearance for Keith – who missed out on attending the Commonwealth Games earlier this yearbut is aiming to get back in the mix for a few more international matches this summer.

Keith is still a member of the squad, but that gets re-named following the New Zealand Bowls Nationals in Auckland in January.

While she was in Hong Kong she missed out on playing in the New Zealand Open, also in Auckland, but isn’t too bothered with her bigger goal coming at the end of the year.

“You can’t get to everything and it’s not as important as the nationals and I missed the start being in Hong Kong.”

Right: Ashburton’s Sandra Keith has eyes firmly on future glory.

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Hughes’ death stuns Black Caps By andrew aLderson The Black Caps are “struggling” since hearing the news of the death of Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes’ death.

Hughes, 25, was struck by a bouncer during a domestic firstclass match at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday.

While he underwent emergency surgery at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney to reduce pressure on his brain, the lefthander remained in an induced coma in the intensive care unit.

Australian team doctor Peter Brukner announced Thursday afternoon Hughes had died, surrounded by family and close friends.

Play on the second day of the third cricket test between New Zealand and Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates was abandoned.

Heath Mills, chief executive of New Zealand Cricket Players Association said the players were “hurting”.

“They’re struggling ... our players have played against [Hughes] or in teams with him... for about seven or eight years,” he told 3News yesterday.

“He’s a well-known colleague of a number of our players and they’re hurting.”

He said the players were thinking “It could have been anyone of us”.

Safety standards would be discussed by the association in coming weeks, Mr Mills said.

Phillip Hughes

“Our whole entire focus has been on getting through what’s happened this week. we haven’t really turned our minds yet to safety standards ... that needs to come in time but we need to focus on our people.”

Counselling has been provided to the players.

Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke, a close friend of Hughes, was at St Vincent’s when he died.

Clarke read a brief statement on behalf of Hughes’ parents, brother and sister following his death.

“We’re devastated by the loss

of our much-loved son and brother Phillip. Cricket was Phillip’s life, and we as a family shared that love of the game with him ... We love you,” Clarke said while holding back tears.

Many other former and current Australian players visited Hughes during his final two days.

Hughes, who would have been 26 on Sunday, was at the crease for South Australia when he attempted to hook a short-pitched ball from New South Wales fast bowler Sean Abbott.

Although he was wearing a helmet, the ball struck an unprotected area at the back of his head. He stumbled, leaned over and then collapsed after the hit.

International Cricket Council chief executive David Richardson said his death had been devastating for the cricketing community.

“He was a naturally gifted player who entertained many with his attacking approach to the game.

“All those who play, have played or are in any way connected to the game are devastated by the news,” he said.

In Sharjah, Hughes’ photo adorned the scoreboard and there was a sense of disbelief that a test cricketer could die in such a fashion.

No players emerged from the dressing rooms during an initial delay of an hour while officials discussed the appropriate response.

Soon afterwards the rawness of the news meant treating the day as a rest day was the only appropriate course of action.

Black Caps coach Mike Hesson said the team was devastated.

“It’s an unthinkable loss and I can tell you it’s an incredibly sombre dressing room.”

New Zealand players expressed their condolences on Twitter.

Ross Taylor wrote: “RIP Phil Hughes. Gone too soon.

Thoughts and prayers are with you and the family. Shocked”.

Jimmy Neesham wrote: “I’ve never before felt so keenly the loss of someone I’d never met.

My thoughts go out to his family and friends. RIP Phil Hughes.”

New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White said: “Cricket is a family. Quite apart from its super-competitive edge, it is a game of kinship, mateship and friendship; of camaraderie and community.”

Hughes is the second player in two years to sustain a fatal blow.

Darryn Randall, 32, was killed after being struck on the side of the head during a Border Cricket Board Premier League match in the Eastern Cape last year.

In 1998, former India test player Raman Lamba died after being hit on the head while fielding during a domestic match in Bangladesh.

Abdul Aziz died after he was hit over the heart in a 1959 Pakistan first-class match. - NZME

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■ HOCKEY

‘Improvement needed’

By DaviD Leggat New Zealand warmed up for the Champions Trophy with an encouraging 3-1 win over Germany in Mendoza yesterday but captain Anita Punt wasn’t entirely impressed.

Pleased with the win in the practice game yes; less so with some of the play the Black Sticks produced.

“We didn’t play very well so it was a positive to come away with a win,” midfield dynamo Punt said yesterday. “We have to learn when we’re playing badly how to win these games.”

Getting the basics of passing and trapping right is key as a platform for success and Punt felt her players were off colour in those departments yesterday.

“That was disappointing, but coming into a tournament you never know. I’ve gone into some tournaments not playing very well but been fine during the tournament.”

New Zealand, ranked No 4, start against world No 10 Japan, before tackling the world No 1

Sophie Cocks: Back after recovering from a knee injury.

Netherlands and No 5-ranked Chinese.

“Every game is going to be a challenge. These are top eight teams so there’s no bunnies.

“The Dutch are No 1 and playing that way at the moment, but you don’t go into any game to lose.”

The two injury worries, attack-

er Sophie Cocks and defender Liz Thompson, played full games against the Germans. Cocks had some knee pain but should be ready for the Japanese, as with Aucklander Thompson who split her knee earlier in the week and has put up with some stiffness.

Meanwhile, head coach Colin Batch has recalled world class midfielder Ryan Archibald and gifted striker Nick Wilson for the four-test home series against Canada, starting in Nelson on December 9.

Archibald, 34, took a break from the international game after the London Olympics. His 274 caps are the third-most by a New Zealander. Wilson has been battling knee problems since late 2012 but his abilities have never been in doubt.

“Nick has worked very hard to recover from a serious knee injury and it’s great to have him back,” Batch said.

Canterbury defender Nick Haig is out after breaking a finger against Japan this month, while Simon Child retains the captaincy from that series. - NZH

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The week that was The BIG local news stories of the week:

Perriton power Bailie Perriton did enough with two thirds and a second in the final round of the Australian Superbike Championships to finish third overall in the Ninja 300cc Championship.

Hammer of the Year Mid Canterbury flanker, Gary Redmond, has been nominated for the Heartland Player of the Year in the 2014 Steinlager Rugby Awards to be held in Auckland on December 11.

Lauren to London Hinds cyclist Lauren Ellis retained her spot in the BikeNZ team to return to the scene of the London Olympics for the second of three UCI World Cups in London next week.

■ CRICKET

Second-season syndrome for Neesham, Anderson By anDrew aLDerson A fascinating chapter of the cricketing summer involves how Jimmy Neesham and Corey Anderson cope with the symptoms of ‘second season syndrome’ that can affect top sportspeople after impressive starts to their careers.

Both are unquestionable talents who, presumably, will be around for the next decade fighting out the all-rounder spot in New Zealand sides.

Yet, they have recently struggled for form.

In Neesham’s case it’s since his twin half-century contributions on the West Indies tour, which helped win the third test at Bridgetown, followed by a tidy Caribbean Premier League with Guyana.

For Anderson it’s since the Indian Premier League where facing the hype would have been as gruelling as braving any pace attack.

Neesham’s had the added difficulty of dealing with the experiment as an ODI opener as New Zealand look to incorporate him in a starting XI. He then only managed 39 runs across four test innings against Pakistan. His bowling has seen

Jimmy Neesham: Highest test score by a No. 8 on debut.

him take two wickets across his last two tests, two ODIs and two T20Is. Anderson still looks more suited as a test No.6 than No.5.

He’s filling a gap in the team balance with McCullum opening.

The current match, on a flat Sharjah wicket, presents a chance to justify his spot after a series top score of 48.

His left-armers have provided a variation at Brendon Mc-

Cullum’s disposal but haven’t troubled the Pakistani batsmen to a great degree. He has demonstrated venom on occasion, like when he fractured opener Ahmed Shehzad’s skull in Abu Dhabi.

The pair were schoolboy prodigies. Anderson first appeared for Canterbury in 2007 aged 16 years and 89 days, the youngest first-class debutant in 59 seasons.

Neesham won the schoolboy speedball radar competition in 2008 with a full delivery of 132km/h (cunningly he’d worked out if he pitched up it would go quicker through the air than if it hit the pitch).

The pair’s stocks rocketed on the international scene last summer.

Anderson played the innings of a lifetime in Queenstown, inflicting grievous bowling harm on the West Indies attack, making a century off a world record 36 balls.

His New Year’s Day performance lit up media worldwide in a traditionally quiet period.

Significantly, he became one of the three most popular searches on the cricketing website Cricinfo, whose biggest market is Indian fans.

The kudos earned him an $866,000 IPL contract with the Mumbai Indians. The payment structure meant he didn’t earn all that, but it doubtless provided a handy nest egg.

Neesham was handed a test cap after the Doug Bracewell/ Jesse Ryder shenanigans prior to the first test against India in Auckland.

He set the highest score by a No.8 batsman on debut with

137. That effort, after waiting to bat almost nine hours and 123 overs, was backed up with a century in the West Indies to make him one of eight cricketers, and the first New Zealander, to score centuries in his first two tests.

Neesham had already impressed Indian Premier League eyes with his Champions League performances for Otago. He secured a $195,000 IPL contract with the Delhi Daredevils.

Now the pressures of secondseason-syndrome apply. The term is used in reference to their break-through season; both had made sporadic New Zealand limited overs appearance prior to 2013-14.

With the benefits of exposure on the international stage come the difficulties of having your technique unpicked frame-byframe by opposition video analysts.

Media and fans follow suit, asking questions about whether such blazing trails will run out of fuel.

The pressure will now intensify with a World Cup about to start on New Zealand’s doorstep.

Andrew Alderson travelled to the UAE courtesy of Emirates.

- NZH

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Chalmers grabs lead in Open

By Darren WaLton Globetrotting Greg Chalmers stands in the way of another dream final-round Australian Open duel between Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott.

Chalmers, a two-time former champion contesting his sixth tournament in six weeks, seized the outright halfway lead with a sizzling second-round five-under-par 66 yesterday.

McIlroy is one stroke behind on a jam-packed leaderboard after carding a rollercoaster 69, the world No.1 mixing an eagle with six birdies and six bogeys.

Adam Crawford (69), Conrad Shindler (68) and inform amateur Todd Sinnott (67) share second with the defending champion, while American drawcard Jordan Spieth (72), newly-turned professional Geoff Drake (70) and Brett Rumford (69) are two back at three under.

Scott rebounded from his first-day shocker to match Chalmers’ 67 in a flawless display highlighted by an eagle three at the par-5 14th that ignited his fightback.

After being five over for the tournament after his opening nine holes, Scott is now two under and poised for another serious challenge in his quest to atone for last year’s final-hole slip-up that allowed McIlroy to snatch the trophy at Royal Sydney.

“We had a good morning for it so I had to take advantage just for the sake of getting myself back into the tournament,” Scott said.

“Yesterday, I got off to a bad start and, in the wind, it was tricky and I didn’t scramble when I had to early in the round and it was slipping away from me.

“Today, it didn’t start much better - I was scrambling - but I scrambled well and then, all of sudden, I made eagle at 14 and momentum is on your side.”

All up, 16 players are within five shots of the lead, including another two-time champion in Robert Allenby at two under with Scott after a 69.

Jamie Lovemark went one better than Scott and Chalmers to snatch the course record at the revamped layout with a 65 that left the littleknown American well in the hunt.

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■ GOLF

Only way is up for young team

By Jonathan Leask

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Mid Canterbury’s young guns will lead the Aorangi charge in next week’s New Zealand men’s Interprovincial Championship at the Hamilton Golf Club.

Ashburton’s Cameron Grant and Jordan Green will play at one and two respectively with Tinwald’s Josh Smith at three, all return after playing for Aorangi last year where the side finished without a win.

Tinwald’s Jeff Hewitt makes his senior debut at number five with the starting line-up completed with Gleniti’s Travis Cook who played well for the Aorangi Masters team at the Freyberg Masters Nationals earlier this month.

Temuka’s Jake McLachlan will travel as the reserve.

Manawatu-Wanganui ended a 49year drought when they won the tournament last year at the North Shore Golf Club.

Bay of Plenty were the beaten finalists in 2013 while Tasman boasts two New Zealand representatives and will be hunting their first title since 1996.

Canterbury, who last won the event in 2000, are an unknown quantity as they have six new players from last year while Wellington, the most successful team in the tournament’s history with 13 titles, also has an experienced side as they try to win the title for the first time since 2010.

There are no easy matches in the team’s matchplay contest with any of the 15 provinces able to put themselves in contention over the seven rounds.

Aorangi meets Southland and Bay of Plenty on day one, Waikato and Otago await on Wednesday before they meet big brothers Canterbury on Thursday. Aorangi then meet Taranaki before a bye in the final round on Friday.

There are two divisions, based on the previous year’s results, and the final day of the event sees semi-finals and a final to decide the champion.

The New Zealand Women’s Interprovincial will follow the men’s tournament from December 9-13 at the Lochiel Golf Club where Aorangi women’s team also has a distinct Mid Canterbury presence.

Tinwald’s Catherine Knight will play as number one with Ashburton’s Nicole Nathan at two, Sharon Bradford at three and Nicole Hamilton-Cross, with Pauline Bell as the reserve.

Geraldine’s Ginny Bolderston will play at four.

Bell’s daughter, Catherine will line up for Canterbury - who took out the South Island Interprovincial earlier this month. Aorangi came third beating Otago, for the Latimer Trophy, and Tasman but missed out beating Southland by half a point.

Josh Smith will play at

■ OBITUARY

Alan Browne

Ashburton golfing great, Alan Brown, in his heyday on his home course that he dominated throughout his playing career.

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Alan Browne is a local sporting legend.

Alan died earlier this month but his exploits on the grass, with his golf clubs or a tennis racket in hand, will leave a lasting legacy on Mid Canterbury’s sporting landscape.

While he plied his trade in the family shoe business at the shop on East Street, the naturally gifted sportsman excelled at whatever he did.

Although he received no formal professional coaching, he is considered Mid Canterbury’s most successful golfer as well as holding records on the tennis court as well.

Alan was member of the United Tennis Club on Oak Grove, which had 17 grass courts where the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre now stands.

At 18 he won his first Mid Canterbury Gala Cup men’s singles title in 1958. He then won six consecutive titles from 1960-1965, along with some doubles titles as well.

His record of seven titles still stands and was only equalled by Rhys Cromie in 2012.

It was on the golf course where he really shone.

He started at golf at 13 and two years later in 1954 he won a Canterbury Secondary Schools’ tournament by 15 strokes.

He won the Ashburton intermediate title in 195 lowing year the lanky won his first senior clu same day his father Joe termediate title.

He would go on to clai edented 17 senior titles, eight runner-up finishes By 18 he was playing handicap, whittling tha 21 in four years to beco ton’s first golfer to reach He was a Canterbury tive golfer at 19 and whe Canterbury formed as a tive district in 1961 he tomatic selection playin one for many years.

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Spieth ‘spewing’

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Masters runner-up Jordan Spieth was left steaming after a clumsy marshall trod on his ball and potentially cost him the outright lead during the second round of the Australian Open. Spieth recovered from the incident on the par-3 fourth hole, his 13th of the day, to finish with back-to-back birdies at three-under-par for the championship. But the American was still seething and bewildered - after signing for a one-over 72 after he’d teed off one stroke clear of the field. The marshall’s mishap occurred after Spieth’s tee shot rolled just over the back of the green and into light rough. The marshall didn’t own up and it was left to spectators to alert Spieth to what had happened.

“I went from a chance at making a two there to making a four,” he said.

- AAP

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New Zealand Golf needs to find a way to entice Lydia Ko to line up at Clearwater at the national women’s open in February. The organisation rarely pay appearance fees but a compromise needs to be created to have the most exciting player in the women’s game play in New Zealand.

There are few Kiwi superstars who regularly compete in their backyard in any sport but Ko has shown tremendous support for the event in recent years.

- NZH

Hard work, discipline key for Ko in the region and an accurate putter, gave him the ability to always recover.

The legend of the Brandon course recorded countless wins and impressive rounds –with two standing out that define his renowned status.

During the Labour weekend tournament in 1962, Alan carded a round of 77 in the morning before breaking the course record by four strokes in the afternoon with a 33-32-65 eight under par.

That scorecard was mounted in the clubhouse as the record until 16-yearold Jordan Green broke the record by one shot in 2011.

Alan had missed one qualifying round for the club championships, needing to complete two of the three rounds, and was delayed on his way home from Australia to arrive late to the final round.

He teed off at 5.25pm and proceeded to card a 77 in one hour and 12 minutes, finishing in darkness.

Car lights shone on the course over the last two holes to light the way but a cigarette lighter illuminated the cup on the final hole for his 7-foot putt.

The stuff of legend.

Alan is survived by his wife Jill and three children Rachel, Anthony and Jonathan. * Compiled by Jonathan Leask

By Wynne Gray While we may be staggered at the speed and size of Lydia Ko’s success on the LPGA tour her triumphs have not surprised this country’s golfing knight.

Not that you’d expect any flamboyant reaction from Bob Charles who continues to carry the sensible button-down demeanour which marked his illustrious career.

Wasn’t he a bit surprised at the rate of Ko’s success, especially at her age and in her first year on the professional circuit?

“Not at all,” he said emphatically.

“I played with her at the Hills a couple of years ago and I could see then that she had a great future and a lot of that credit has to go to her upbringing.

“I’ve met her mother on a few occasions and Lydia gives a lot of credit to her, her coach Guy Wilson, NZ Golf and others.”

Her success was an illustration of what hard work, discipline and desire could create. She was a great role model and Charles hoped many others would take up the sport to keep them off the streets and away from electronic games.

“If they get into golf there are all sorts of upsides,” he added.

Sir Bob Charles: Lydia Ko is the full package.

“I have played professionally for more than 50 years and she has an opportunity for an extended period in the game which should bring her many victories, some majors and financial security.”

Ko won three LPGA titles in her rookie year, icing the season with a NZ$630,000 playoff victory in Florida boosted by a NZ$1.26m bonus for nailing the season-long points race.

It was a massive result for Ko who went through a number of changes this year basing herself in Florida and swapping to work with new coach David Leadbetter.

Charles had not seen enough of Ko’s work to comment on the coaching swap but the logistics made sense

if she was based in the States. Her success was not the result of one special attribute or skill.

“It is the combination of a lot of things,” said Charles.

“She is the full package. She has a wonderful repeating golf swing.

“This game is not about how many good shots you make, it is how few bad shots you hit. She is a short but accurate hitter, fairways and greens are her forte and the ingredients to good scores.

“She has got the mental side of the game sorted. Nothing breeds success like success and she has the confidence from that. You see a lot of players who spit and curse and slam their clubs but she is the total opposite.”

Charles managed to watch Ko play a couple of the sudden-death playoff holes at Christchurch Airport before flying north this week where he attended a golf function and inspected three new courses being built in Auckland.

During his career, Charles was renowned as one of the best putters on tour with his deadly bullseye.

“I accepted I would have some bad days but I never lost confidence. If you master your technique you don’t wonder if you have a misread or a miscue. It is about repetition and belief and confidence.”

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Breakers down Sydney The team play of the Breakers outshone the individual efforts of Josh Childress as the Kiwi club grabbed their fifth straight win last night, 107-96. The Breakers (9-3) looked in the first half to be enjoying the displays of Sydney’s star man as much as the Vector Arena crowd, but a much-improved defensive performance after the major break saw the home side emerge triumphant.

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Jailed for headbutt Bastia’s Brazilian striker Brandao has been jailed for a month and fined 20,000 euros ($A30,000) for headbutting Paris Saint-Germain’s Thiago Motta. The three judges yesterday went beyond the prosecutor’s request for an eightmonth suspended term and 15,000 euro fine. Yves Madre, the President of the Paris court, regretted Brandao’s failure to appear in court, which prevented the judges from considering alternative sentences such as community service. - AFP

‘The Power’ coming Darts supremo Phil Taylor will join the small band of sporting world beaters to have played here when he competes in tournaments at Invercargill’s Stadium Southland and Wellington’s Te Rauparaha Arena in January. It is quite a coup for New Zealand sport and the down-to-earth Taylor is more than happy to be playing away from darts’ usual high-profile track. Taylor has dominated a sport like virtually no other, with sixteen world titles to his name.

- NZH

Merrick in trouble Wellington Phoenix coach Ernie Merrick expects to be on the sideline to watch his side take on Melbourne City at Westpac Stadium tomorrow despite a potential FFA sanction looming over him. Merrick was issued a “show cause” letter from the FFA this week with regards to the comments he made about the officiating following his team’s 2-1 loss to Adelaide on November 15. The Phoenix have responded on Merrick’s behalf and the FFA were considering Wellington’s stance on the matter before deciding whether Merrick had breached the FFA’s Code of Conduct.

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Warriors want to stay The Warriors will fight to keep their home at Mt Smart, but new chief executive Jim Doyle believes a waterfront venue remains the best long-term solution to Auckland’s stadium conundrum.

Doyle is against the NRL club moving to Eden Park or North Harbour Stadium, and wants the council to revisit the waterfront stadium idea and give Auckland a world-class multi-purpose sporting and events venue in the centre of the city. In 2006, a Government proposal for a $500 million waterfront stadium triggered furious debate before the idea was eventually shelved in favour of the $256 million Eden Park upgrade.

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Future Black Sticks on show Lochie Friel, 7, attempts to tackle Ollie Smith, 5, during the final night of Mid Canterbury hockey’s Summer Small Sticks on Thursday night at the NBS Ashburton Hockey Turf.

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■ OPINION

Surfeit of riches at number 10 T

he build-up and entrance of the Welsh team in last weekend’s big clash at the Millenium Stadium was something to behold.

The marketing department did themselves proud; the pomp and ceremony was up there with anything the Americans could produce; it’s all becoming quite a fashion statement, as those who can’t play, coach, advise, cook or clean find their own way to contribute to the team cause and create a visual and aural extravaganza.

And it’s all topped off with the national anthems and the haka.

Our own national anthem is, along with the flag, under increasing fire from well-meaning folk who want to drag us kicking and screaming into the 21st century.

Sure it’s not as bouncy and

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fluffy as the Aussies’ effort, as violently patroitic as the Yanks’, or as emotively stirring as the Welsh, French or Italian versions, and if you analyse the lyrics some of them are downright absurd - but it’s ours, and it still brings (or should do) a lump to the throat when sung by anybody halfway good in front of the thousands singing along in the stands.

You’ll notice that the players are even singing the Maori half now, brilliant!

And when it’s followed by a rousing haka, especially if the opposing team do their bit and

challenge the challenge, that’s us set up nicely for a huge test match.

The men who select those players who take part in that haka currently have a dilemma on their hands, a dilemma that any team would love - too many top-class number 10s.

A possible answer to the upcoming World Cup puzzle is to select three of them - and that’s Barrett, Slade and Cruden - and take along Dan Carter as a consultant, water boy, whatever you want to call him.

All year Carter has been lauded as the best first five in the world - but he’s not.

Absolutely no question he has been at times the best (or maybe second best, sorry Richie) rugby player in the world over the past decade, but on current form he’s fourth in the pecking order.

The men in charge are

voicing confidence that a few months of Super rugby will get him back to the top, and here’s hoping they are right on the money.

But if he doesn’t get back to his best, it certainly isn’t the end of the world, as proven when a very tight tussle last weekend was broken open by the introduction of Slade at pivot, bringing a fresh perspective to the backline and allowing Barrett more room to shine from fullback.

Two tries worth of shine to be exact.

Also, history suggests that at Cup time we tend to motor through first fives at an alarming rate; to have someone like DC in the travelling party would be an undreamed-of luxury, one that every rugby fan (in our country anyway, not in any other) would be extremely happy about.

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■ MIRACLE MILE

Terror ‘rank outsider’ Trainer Paul Court says one of his rivals could provide the best chance Terror To Love has to turn around the month from hell in tonight’s Miracle Mile.

The wonderful Canterbury pacer began November on the verge of becoming the only four-time winner of the New Zealand Cup but will finish as the rank outsider in the A$750,000 (NZ$815,000) mile at Menangle.

That comes on the back of three unplaced runs - all containing some merit - but even worse drawing the outside of the front line for the Mile.

Court says he and father Graham never considered pulling the plug on the trip but they are realistic enough to know what the draw means for them.

“It would have been a pretty rubbish thing to do, to pull out of a Miracle Mile just because we got a bad draw,” he says.

“But it means that we are almost certainly going to end up last, and we need them to go crazy early, like the first 800m in 54 seconds, to come back to us.

“Even if that happens though we still have to give Beautide, Christen Me and For A Reason a start and come wider than them to win.”

The only more favourable scenario Court sees is Victorian stayer Guaranteed taking

NZ Meeting number: 15, RACE 7 -11.40pm SEW EURODRIVE MIRACLE MILE MOBILE PACE (G1) $A750,000, invit, mobile, 1609m 1 6X313 Easy On The Eye (1) fr D Morris (C) 2 21121 Avonnova (2) fr S Graham 3 X3411 Beautide (3) fr J Rattray 4 13351 Christen Me (4) fr D Dunn 5 X4413 For A Reason (5) fr L McCarthy 6 12374 Chariot King (6) fr J Douglass 7 X1112 Guaranteed (7) fr G Lang 8 11141 Suave Stuey Lombo (8) fr L Panella (C) 9 24512 Bettor Bet Black (9) fr D McCall 10 X1644 Terror To Love (10) fr R May Emergencies: Chariot King, Bettor Bet Black

Danica Guy’s pair of Tomorrowland and China Silk confirmed they were on track for higher future honours with victories at Otaki yesterday.

Tomorrowland furthered his record to four wins from six appearances when he prevailed in the Rating 75 Sarah Haworth Harvey’s Real Estate Otaki Premier to keep alive his Gr.1 J & N Berkett Telegraph Handicap hopes.

“We’re stepping him through the grades and ideally the Telegraph would be his grand finale,” Guy said.

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Early Classic fancy Volkstok’n’barrell is the only horse at a single figure quote in the early market for the Gr.1 TV3 New Zealand Derby. The Donna and Dean Logan-trained contender is currently a $7 chance for the Ellerslie classic on February 28. He hasn’t raced since he won the Bonecrusher Stakes in December. - NZME

Joanna steps up again

Terror To Love and regular driver Ricky May at their happiest hunting ground, Addington.

off and being the first horse to move up three wide, with Terror To Love tracking him.

“So we are wanting a lot to go right for us and some of the others to be unlucky.

“But he is well, we have trained him for speed and we are

going there under no pressure.”

Terror To Love’s big-time failures at Menangle are well known, but he did finish second to Baby Bling in the first of two Miracle Miles which were staged last year, albeit a weak version.

Fellow Kiwi pacer Christen Me has continued to be the best-backed horse in the race this week, with the Australian TAB reporting 90 per cent of fixed odds turnover on either him or favourite Beautide.

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Veyron ‘the right weight’ for Eagle Stakes Cambridge horsewoman Linda Laing says she has spent seven years trying to put weight on Veyron’s massive frame and now she struggles to get it off the million-dollar earner.

Veyron lost 10 months of his

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career with foot problems and early inactivity through that time bulked up his frame, but he is finally close to his racing weight for today’s Eagle Technology Stakes at Ellerslie.

“He was a tick off 600kg at

one point, but four races this time back have got him pretty close for this race,” Laing told the Herald yesterday.

Last start Veyron finished fourth, 1.7 lengths from Fay Fay at Tauranga.

Laing says Veyron is so big he struggles fitting into the starting stalls used by Tauranga and hurt himself leaving them.

Laing is also of the opinion that rain close to the race did not suit Veyron at Tauranga. - NZH

Ross McCarroll continues to be pleasantly surprised by his Captain Rio mare Joanna. She won for the second time in her eight-start career at Otaki yesterday when she romped home in the New World Levin Premier for Matt Cameron. “She’s better than I thought,” McCarroll said. “I thought at first that she was a bit average, but she just keeps stepping up to the mark.

It was a really impressive effort today.”

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Apology from Cropp Lisa Cropp has issued the following open letter of apology to the racing fraternity.

“I would like to personally apologise to all my supporters and to all industry participants for my actions during and after my failed drug test at the Waipa Racing Club meeting on Thursday, November, 27, 2014.

With the support of my family and friends I will face this issue head on and get the necessary help and rehabilitation I need to move forward with my life and career in a positive way. I am prepared to face a judicial inquiry and abide by any penalties handed to me for my conduct.”

M2 Auckland gallops Today at Ellerslie Raceway

Auckland RC Venue: Ellerslie Meeting Date: 29 Nov 2014 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.25pm DUNSTAN FEEDS CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER R75 2100 $25,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2100m 1 20x24 Chazelle d (13) 59 ..................... M D Plessis 2 0x641 The Fire Inside d (7) 59.................O Bosson 3 x0332 Bachelor’s Dream t (3) 59 ............... S Spratt 4 3x903 Full Monty d (5) 59 .......................... N Harris 5 0x551 Duquesa td (8) 58.5 ........................S Collett 6 P1214 Fast Profit d (4) 58 .............. R Hutchings (a) 7 2x037 Ekraarstatic t (1) 57.5.....................V Colgan 8 76674 Sworntoperfection td (14) 57.5 ..........L Innes 9 8x121 Cursive d (6) 57........................... D Johnson 10 2x088 Take Charge t (2) 57 ....................... C Grylls 11 3x145 Gesemi dm (9) 56 ......................M Cameron 12 0x631 Proud Life (11) 56 13 39002 Rocket Queen m (10) 56 ................. M Wenn 14 32954 Smedley tdm (12) 55 ..........L Magorrian (a2) 2 1.00pm MORE FM R65 2100 $20,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 x1796 Deebee Don (10) 59 .........................L Innes 2 01205 Le Bon Fin dm (6) 59 .................M Sweeney 3 15531 Varro (5) 58 ....................... U Holmquist (a3) 4 70x22 Rasa Lila b (16) 57.5......................V Colgan 5 32x01 Bergerac (12) 57.5 .................. R Smyth (a1) 6 82721 Heistheone d (14) 57.5 ............... D Johnson 7 26314 Keep Rocking t (19) 57.5 ................ R Jones 8 09x63 Mons Calpe d (1) 57.5 ............... Z Moki (a3) 9 96616 Deschabeel (18) 57................... M D Plessis 10 x6003 Jimmy Hoffa td (11) 57 ............S McKay (a3) 11 5x352 Zeldara b (8) 56.5 .........................O Bosson 12 55216 Table One db (15) 56 13 83154 Victoryshallbemine m (17) 56 ......... N Harris

14 51109 Silver Minx d (2) 55.5 .........L Magorrian (a2) 15 5x873 Pink Diamond (7) 54.5 .................... S Spratt 16 2x707 Panno Rossa (13) 56.5 17 38584 Savabella Rose (4) 54 18 16030 Bach m (3) 55.5 .............................. C Grylls 19 89368 Don Envy (20) 55.5 20 30774 First Response 54 ........................ Scratched 21 0x336 Longbeach (9) 57.5 Emergencies: Panno Rossa, Savabella Rose, Bach, Don Envy, First Response, Longbeach 3 1.35pm JR WEBB & SON R85 1100 $30,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1100m 1 11143 Airfield Road tm (2) 59.5 ............. C Dell (a1) 2 x1982 One Cool Message tdm (9) 59.5 . D Johnson 3 7x810 Statham t (4) 59.5 ............... R Hutchings (a) 4 41x06 Shezhardtocatch t (8) 57.5................L Innes 5 844x0 Alvesta m (3) 57 ......................S McKay (a3) 6 1412x To Be Sure b (1) 56.5 .................M Cameron 7 5x302 Living The Dream t (10) 55.5 .... M D Plessis 8 42Lx3 Cartell (6) 55.5 ........................... Z Moki (a3) 9 0x021 Onlyarose (11) 54 ....................A Jones (a3) 10 01023 Princess Nicole m (5) 54 ... U Holmquist (a3) 11 50028 Artifact m (7) 54 ......................B Hutton (a3) 4 2.10pm LINDAUER R65 1100 $20,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1100m 1 74x92 Peridot t (13) 59 .................L Magorrian (a2) 2 2321. Merckx t (2) 58.5 ......................... C Dell (a1) 3 2305x Zaperb (11) 58 ..............................O Bosson 4 6152x Silver Platter (6) 57.5 .................. D Johnson 5 3182x Soltina (1) 57.5...............................V Colgan 6 1x Priority t (10) 57.5 ........................... M Wenn 7 12707 Charlie Farley (3) 57.5 .................... S Spratt 8 152x7 Funhouse (14) 57...................... M D Plessis 9 07864 Offangone m (16) 57 ............... R Smyth (a1)

10 x6905 Super Lethal (8) 57 ......................... C Grylls 11 x417x Imanana 56 .................................. Scratched 12 14863 Anaheim m (5) 55 ............... R Hutchings (a) 13 966x1 Mi Apache Horse (12) 55 ....A Schwerin (a4) 14 4x166 Letmego (4) 54.........................A Jones (a3) 15 x379x The Rich Lister 57 ........................ Scratched 16 1787x Flyinby m (7) 57 ......................... Z Moki (a3) 17 0008x Edge Of Fame (15) 54 18 34246 Buffalo Lass mb (9) 54 ...... U Holmquist (a3) Emergencies: The Rich Lister, Flyinby, Edge Of Fame, Buffalo Lass 5 2.45pm SWISS DELI MAIDEN 1400 $20,000, MDN, 1400m 1 24743 Rarooney (2) 58.5 ............... R Hutchings (a) 2 422x5 Storm Bro (9) 58.5 ...................... D Johnson 3 2230x The Show b (3) 58.5 .....................O Bosson 4 x4x93 End Of The World (14) 58.5 ...... M D Plessis 5 8x552 Meeska Mooska (15) 58.5 .............. C Grylls 6 544x0 Show MacCool (12) 58.5 ...............V Colgan 7 7x45 Strong Impact (16) 58.5 ............. L Satherley 8 5 Talented Kirky (6) 58.5 ...............M Sweeney 9 4x086 Dragonstone (13) 58.5 10 x30x5 Emmuska (1) 56.5..............L Magorrian (a2) 11 x38x4 Hot Lady (10) 56.5 .......................... S Spratt 12 2. Sonsy (5) 55...............................M Cameron 13 4 Diamond Duchess (4) 55 14 4 Flying Dragon (11) 55 ..................... N Harris 15 44 Magic Spell (7) 55 ........................... M Wenn 16 85 Zabelle (8) 55 ....................................L Innes 6 3.25pm TREVOR EAGLE MEMORIAL 3YO $50,000, 3YO SW+P, 1500m 1 x1292 Passing Shot (12) 58.5.............. M D Plessis 2 43403 Buffalo Boy (5) 58.5 ............ U Holmquist (a) 3 1 Ambitious Unicorn (1) 57.5 ...........O Bosson

4 1 Smarts Encosta (4) 57.5 ...................L Innes 5 11 Liten Prinsessa (10) 56.5 ............ D Johnson 6 62x11 Thee Auld Floozie (2) 56.5 .............. C Grylls 7 x4110 Los Vargas (9) 56.5 ....................M Cameron 8 352x3 Midnitemagicman (7) 56 ................. N Harris 9 21 Tavy t (6) 55.5 ................................V Colgan 10 51 Ezra (3) 55.5 .............................. L Satherley 11 7x515 Flavigny (11) 55.5 ............... R Hutchings (a) 12 x5646 Divissima b (8) 55.5 ........................ S Spratt 7 3.57pm DUNSTAN FEEDS CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER R65 MILE $20,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 0x678 Endorsement (15) 60 ................J Oliver (a3) 2 720x1 Stand Your Ground td (16) 59 ....M Cameron 3 56441 Attica dm (8) 58.5................ R Hutchings (a) 4 17x32 Sir Sunny 58.5 ............................. Scratched 5 170x1 Undiscovered d (3) 58.5 .................. C Grylls 6 00x10 Bitethebullet td (11) 58 ..................M McNab 7 3x601 Eight To Rule (2) 58 ................B Hutton (a3) 8 07005 Sing For The Sun tdm (14) 58 9 20x71 Tiara d (4) 56.5 ..................L Magorrian (a2) 10 1. Margin Trader (10) 56.5.....................L Innes 11 3878x Culto La Vida d (9) 56.5 ..........S McKay (a3) 12 13x50 Emily Monk tb (6) 56 ......................V Colgan 13 78214 Nailed It d (12) 56 .........................O Bosson 14 22313 Zvonareva (13) 56 ....................... D Johnson 15 1x606 Cantina (1) 55 ........................... M D Plessis 16 10x55 Katorie 55..................................... Scratched 17 16x88 Team Pete td (7) 55.....................T Thornton 18 75x73 Apache Fireworks d (5) 54.5 ......M Sweeney 8 4.32pm EAGLE TECHNOLOGY STAKES $70,000, OPN-SW&P, 1600m 1 x0904 Veyron tdm (9) 57.......................... R Norvall 2 111x4 Graphic td (11) 57 ........................... C Grylls 3 26310 Deane Martin td (6) 56 ......................L Innes

4 01120 Biologist tdm (8) 55.5 ....................M McNab 5 7x499 Capone tdm (1) 55 .......................... R Jones 6 x3111 Sakhee’s Soldier td (4) 55 ..........M Cameron 7 50x05 Packing Tycoon d (3) 55 ...... R Hutchings (a) 8 x9237 Shandream td (2) 53 ......................V Colgan 9 42302 Secret’s Only tdm (10) 53 ......... M D Plessis 10 0x245 Perfect Start tdmb (5) 53 ................. N Harris 11 112x2 Dresden Park t (7) 53 .................. D Johnson 9 5.12pm BENTLEYS CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS R75 1400 $25,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m 1 7474x High Rise 59 ................................ Scratched 2 00x54 Our Pink Diamond td (2) 58U Holmquist (a3) 3 23423 Lucky Feather tdm (9) 58 ................ R Jones 4 0x203 Matimba d (8) 58 ................. R Hutchings (a) 5 223x5 Fast Learner td (6) 57.5 ............ A Collett (a) 6 385x9 Travino (5) 57 ..........................S McKay (a3) 7 247x2 Sports Illustrated d (15) 56............O Bosson 8 115x2 Ultraviolet d (11) 56 ......................... S Spratt 9 14308 Tiger Moss tdm (4) 55.5 .................. C Grylls 10 73868 Mr Knowitall m (1) 55.5 ..............M Cameron 11 7515x The Grinner (7) 55.5 ................... D Johnson 12 x18x1 Close Up t (10) 55 ..................... M D Plessis 13 405x7 Girl Of My Dreams (13) 54 ...... R Smyth (a1) 14 161x0 So Danso m (14) 54 ........................ N Harris 15 0x101 Irresistabelle 54............................ Scratched 16 20x32 Sheez Torkin dm (3) 54 ...................S Collett 17 0x0x7 Double Parked (12) 54 ...................V Colgan 18 25x71 Miss Foxwood 54 ......................... Scratched Emergencies: Double Parked, Miss Foxwood Blinkers on: Rasa Lila, Victoryshallbemine (R2), Rarooney, The Show, Dragonstone (R5) Blinkers off: Don Envy (R2), Super Lethal (R4), Divissima (R6), Emily Monk (R7), Lucky Feather (R9) Winkers on: Chazelle (R1), Heistheone (R2), Emily Monk (R7) Winkers off: Silver Platter (R4), Endorsement (R7)

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2. Spend time to get informed Knowledge is empowering and creates confidence. A good rule-of-thumb is never to invest in something that you don’t understand or can’t explain easily. There’s no need to become a financial engineer, but a grasp of simple investment concepts will help. For example, understanding if your investments will make you an owner (shares) or a loaner (bonds), will help frame your understanding of investment risk and ensure that you sleep at night without undue anxiety.

3. Seek financial advice Seeking advice does not

5. Prioritise saving for retirement By deducting savings before discretionary income, KiwiSaver is now an effective way for New Zealanders to save relatively effortlessly for retirement. But beware of a false sense-of-security.

Most savers will discover that there’s likely to be a significant gap between their desired income in retire-

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Selwyn Sloan and Michael Coleman are Investment Advisors with Forsyth Barr Limited in Ashburton and are both qualified Authorised Financial Advisers. This column is general in nature and should not be regarded as personalised investment advice. Disclosure Statements are available on request and free of charge.

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NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

Source: NZX

Company CODE

Buy price

a2 Milk Company ATM 0.63 2.42 Air NZ AIR 34.65 ANZ Banking Gr ANZ 1.10 Argosy Prop Tr ARG 3.87 Auckland Intl Apt AIA 2.07 Chorus CNU 6.10 Contact Energy CEN Diligent BM Services DIL 5.00 1.82 DNZ Prop Fund DNZ 9.30 Ebos Gr EBO 5.48 F&P Healthcare FPH 8.19 Fletcher Building FBU Fonterra Sh’ders Fund FSF 6.11 5.43 Freightways FRE 2.05 Genesis Energy GNE 1.12 Goodman Prop Tr GMT 0.51 Guinness Peat Gr GPG 1.10 Heartland NZ HNZ 2.80 Infratil IFT 2.95 Kathmandu Hldgs KMD 1.19 Kiwi Prop Tr KIP 15.70 Mainfreight MFT 1.70 Meridian Energy MELCA 4.31 Metlifecare MET Mighty River Power MRP 2.90 3.04 Nuplex Ind NPX 0.62 NZ Oil & Gas NZO 1.18 NZX NZX 2.56 Oceana Gold OGC 0.88 Pacific Edge PEB 16.56 Port Tauranga POT 1.11 Precinct Properties PCT 1.46 Prop For Ind PFI 3.71 Restaurant Brands RBD 8.00 Ryman Healthcare RYM 1.48 Skellerup SKL 3.93 Sky City SKC 6.44 Sky Network TV SKT 3.05 Spark SPK 2.93 Steel & Tube STU Summerset Gr Hldgs SUM 2.71 1.98 Tower TWR 3.79 Trade Me TME 7.49 TrustPower TPW 2.82 Vector VCT 1.53 Vital Hlth Prop Tr VHP 3.08 Warehouse Gr WHS 35.30 Westpac Banking WBC 16.98 Xero XRO 4.19 Z Energy ZEL

Sell price

0.64 2.43 35.35 1.10 3.89 2.07 6.15 5.03 1.85 9.45 5.49 8.23 6.13 5.50 2.06 1.12 0.51 1.11 2.85 3.03 1.21 15.80 1.73 4.32 3.00 3.05 0.66 1.20 2.64 0.89 16.90 1.12 1.47 3.75 8.17 1.49 3.98 6.49 3.12 3.00 2.72 1.99 3.82 7.50 2.87 1.60 3.10 36.00 17.05 4.25

Last sale

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Daily Volume move ’000s

0.63 -0.01 2.43 +0.09 34.72 -0.48 1.10 +0.005 3.87 -0.04 2.07 +0.005 6.13 -0.07 5.00 -0.10 1.82 -0.02 9.42 -0.08 5.48 -0.08 8.19 +0.07 6.11 -0.03 5.45 – 2.06 +0.01 1.12 +0.02 0.51 – 1.10 -0.04 2.80 -0.07 3.00 -0.04 1.20 -0.04 15.75 – 1.72 +0.06 4.32 -0.03 3.00 +0.05 3.05 – 0.63 -0.01 1.18 -0.03 2.64 -0.13 0.88 +0.05 16.75 -0.12 1.11 +0.005 1.46 – 3.71 – 8.01 -0.21 1.48 -0.01 3.93 -0.09 6.48 -0.04 3.06 -0.05 2.95 -0.02 2.71 -0.01 1.99 +0.03 3.79 -0.05 7.49 -0.06 2.82 -0.09 1.53 -0.02 3.10 +0.01 35.30 -0.65 16.98 -0.13 4.20 +0.01

1.4m 2.4m 14.94 1.2m 1.2m 1.8m 961.7 152.6 399.1 64.27 1.0m 990.4 659.1 616.7 957.3 4.5m 1.1m 1.3m 953.1 197.5 1.7m 50.90 4.2m 260.0 4.9m 72.93 766.9 227.3 8.79 742.9 85.82 2.5m 334.0 47.75 490.0 182.6 794.2 1.0m 3.0m 794.8 188.3 123.0 920.3 47.19 162.3 153.8 63.73 15.72 238.6 137.4

NZX 50 index last 4 weeks 5540 5506 5472 5438 5404 5370

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7. Plan for big moments This not only means ensuring that you have a readily accessible rainy-day-fund in the event of unexpected financial stress (eg temporary loss of paid employment), but that you plan ahead for any major financial events that you are (or hope to be) fully in control of, other than your retirement. For example, payment of your children’s tertiary study fees, replacement of motor vehicles, or essential house maintenance.

In summary, there’s no quickfire mechanism to ensure future financial prosperity; patience and planning are key. While the early bird may get the worm, it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese. That means that when it comes to investing, cultivating those habits which focus on both the process and the opportunity are most likely to realise the financial success you seek.

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4. Manage debt The key word here is “manage”, which does not infer “eliminate”. Debt can be a useful tool in achieving certain financial goals and is an essential tool for most people seeking to acquire a substantial asset such as their home, or an investment property. But debt that makes you poorer can be described as “bad debt”. In other words, debt where the cost of borrowing exceeds the value created by the loan, may not be in your best financial interest. Typically, money borrowed for motor vehicle purchases, to fund negative credit card balances, or other consumer loans can all be characterised as forms of “bad debt”.

6. Diversify portfolios While the principles behind this concept are generally well understood, less well known is the need to diversify within asset types, not just across them. This may mean holding fixed interest investments with different maturity dates or credit ratings to maintain and enhance yield, or investing in company shares across complementary economic sectors with a combination of growth and income characteristics.

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mean sacrificing ownership of your investment decisions. A good adviser will discuss financial matters collaboratively with you, not from a position of assumed superiority. If ever you feel that your interests and concerns are not being taken seriously, or are being taken flippantly, you should probably seek advice elsewhere.

Advice from family and friends can be helpful and trusted, but it will be limited to their frame of investment experience, which simply means you won’t necessarily learn everything you need to know.

New Zealand’s relatively high interest rates will continue to lure global investors to the kiwi, creating headaches for local policy makers who, like the rest of the world, want a weaker currency to drive export growth, according to a Sydney-based fund manager.

The kiwi dollar has dropped about 11 per cent against the greenback from a peak in July, recently trading at 78.44 US cents, but will continue to find favour as New Zealand interest rates remain higher than its peers, even though they’re low in absolute terms, Gold-

man Sachs Asset Management managing director investment division Philip Moffitt said at an investors’ lunch this week.

New Zealand is one of several jurisdictions, including Australia, the US, peripheral Europe and Spain, that provide high quality and high yielding investment exposure.

“They’re the high yielders in the world, and there’s been very strong demand continuing in these markets, even though rates have come down,” Moffitt said. “In a low inflation, low rate, low growth environment, the market continues to look for relatively high yields.”

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1. Regularly review finances Many people have little idea of where their money is being spent, with one study suggesting that fewer than 40 per cent of people track their spending very closely (KeyBank; Harris Interactive, US). Perhaps as a direct result of this, further research suggests that 40 per cent of people will never gain a net worth in excess of $10,000 (American Dream Education Campaign).

Financial self-awareness and the ability to defer nonessential spending is the fundamental step in being able to become a saver or investor. Most people are aware that as their personal income increases, so will their expenditure; however fewer are easily able to reduce spending if their income falls.

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ment and the income that their accumulated savings will generate. That’s why it’s important to supplement regular retirement savings with any wind-fall lump sums which may arise from an inheritance, an employment bonus or any other one-off payment.

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Seven key habits of effective investors recent global survey of investors by BlackRock (US) suggests that there are seven habits which characterise those who manage their financial affairs in a highly effective way.

According to the survey, those who are able to consistently apply these habits are twice as likely to be confident they are making the right savings and investing decisions, twice as likely to say they enjoy managing their investments and have more than 2.5 times the retirement savings of others.

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–0.57% –0.57% –0.48%

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WORLD MARKETS

S&P/ASX 200 index

5,320.8

–80.10

–1.48%

At close of trading on Nov 27

Dow Jones Indust.

17,827.8

+12.81 +0.07%

At close of trading on Nov 28

FTSE 100 index

6,723.4

–5.75

–0.09%

At close of trading on Nov 28

Nikkei 225 index

17,459.8

+211.3 +1.23%

At close of trading on Nov 28

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

Gold

1,194.8 16.4 6,621

Silver

London – $US/ounce

–2.75

–0.23%

London – $US/ounce

–0.19

Copper

–1.14%

London – $US/tonne

–28.0

–0.42%

NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ

Country

As at November 28, 2014

Australia Canada China Euro Fiji Great Britain Japan Samoa South Africa Thailand United States

TT buy

0.9602 0.9408 5.4296 0.6679 1.6417 0.5293 98.180 2.0086 9.1729 27.340 0.8308

TT sell

0.9077 0.8754 4.5085 0.6187 1.4595 0.4918 91.100 1.6424 8.4425 24.900 0.7740

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Summer hunting and fis Mid Canterbury is a fisher and hunter’s paradise known for bountiful catches and hunting, and as the weather heats up early indications are promising for Summer fishing and hunting activity.

Even whitebaiters’ are covered with many likely on the district’s river mouths this weekend to net the last of the season’s run – the season ends here tomorrow.

Fish and Game New Zealand, South Island communications advisor Andrew Currie says fish stocks are in good condition however the fishing and recent opening of the high country season has seen the region’s fishers hit by wind most days.

“Fishing across the region has been hampered a little by the wind we have been experiencing most days. Angling has been especially tricky on the high country waterways, where the Nor’wester has been blowing very strong some days,” he says.

Andrew says there are reports of especially good salmon at Lake Heron where the fish are land locked Salmon.

“Many caught have been approaching the limit for length which is a maximum of 450mm.”

“The catches appear to be up on last year and numbers being caught are promising.

“The Tekapo River (down south) has also fished really well, with fish in great condition and plenty in the 1.5kg to 2kg weight range,” Andrew says.

The McKenzie Hydro Canals, joining the Tekapo, Ohau and Pukaki lakes, are proving popular but Lake Heron is also attracting the anglers.

The high country lakes were popular on opening weekend and Andrew suggests keen fishers, looking for a sizable catch for the dinner table head to Lake Heron.

“Based on reports coming in, a trip to Lake Heron on a calm day would be great,” he says.

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While Fish and Game New Zealand are experiencing “no compliance issues of real note” Andrew says an issue has been the ignorance of some anglers leaving rubbish and fish frames along the hydro canal edges.

“The power companies will not tolerate this forever and may look at putting access restrictions on anglers if attitudes do not change,” Andrew warns.

“Please take your rubbish away with you.”

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“Early season salmon have begun to turn up, and they appear to be in great condition so there will be a bit of ‘fever’ building among the salmon anglers.

“Sea run brown trout in the lower reaches of the coastal rivers have provided great sport on an evening, with great condition, good size fish being landed.”

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shing signs promising Firearms Safety basic rules (from DOC website): • Treat every firearm as loaded • Always point firearms in a safe direction • Load a firearm only when ready to fire • Identify your target beyond all doubt says its business as usual with hunters applying for hunting permits on conservation land. The open area permits are done online.

The conservation land in Mid and South Canterbury districts has more than 20 hunting blocks and the DOC website says there are regularly new conservation lands added to the district as a result of tenure reviews.

In the blocks there are deer, wallabies, goats, pigs and Tahr.

The area is managed from its Geraldine office.

The key areas of this office include the conservation areas of the upper Rakaia / Rangitata

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catchments, reserves on the Hunter Hills and adjacent foothill catchments.

People wanting to hunt on conservation land need to get a permit: each hunter needs their own permit.

And they need to get permission of landowners to cross private land.

As more people take to the outdoors, walking and tramping, hunters are reminded hunting incidents do happen: even to the most experienced hunters.

Remember to identify your target and do not hunt during the hours of darkness.

• Store firearms and ammunition safely • Avoid alcohol or drugs when handling firearms • When hunting with a companion, stop hunting if visual contact is lost • Always wear high visibility clothing • Know and conform with the Arms Code

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Kindergarten Teacher Ashburton Kindergartens

FULL TIME PICKER / PACKER We are seeking a physically fit, strong and reliable person to fill a position picking and packing orders.

You will be required to pick and pack orders on a daily basis, assist with the processing of incoming shipments, package/assemble and label products as required along with general warehouse duties.

We are looking for someone who is a self starter and enjoys challenging themselves.

We require you to have excellent work ethics, good maths and written skills, and a desire to work in a team environment. To be considered for this position you will need to be able to communicate clearly and have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

We offer a stable and interesting work environment plus long term career prospects for quality staff. Hours of work are approx. 8am to 5pm, Monday – Friday.

If this sounds like you, please email your CV, including references, to alasdair@cm.net.nz or post to: Picker/Packer Position CM Trailer Parts PO Box 124, Ashburton 7740 Applications close Friday, December 5, 2014.

have 2 full time permanent teaching positions available to commence 19 January 2015.

If you have ECE qualifications, Teacher Registration and would be interested in working in the kindergarten environment we would like to hear from you.

For further information phone 03 308 3779 or email association@ashkindy.co.nz Applications close 5 December 2014

Experienced Claas Lexion Operator Seeks Harvest position.

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Field Consultant Midlands Seed Limited (MSL) was established in 1990, to support and encourage the production and export of arable crops to Europe and South East Asia. Since then, the company has grown rapidly to become one of New Zealand’s major producers and marketers of vegetable and herbage seeds, pulses, oilseeds, cereal grains and related value added food products. Midlands takes great pride in providing quality products and services derived from the arable industry.

Ashburton District Council is opening the EA Networks Centre, a $35 million indoor stadium and pool complex in early 2015. This is a state of the art facility, which is set to be our district’s sport and leisure hub.

A vacancy currently exists for a Field Consultant to join Midlands busy field team and be responsible for the Methven/North Canterbury area.

Key responsibilities for this role include: • The contracting of a wide range of arable and vegetable seed crops with growers • Supporting growers of contracted crops with regular visits and the provision of agronomic advice to maximize crop performance • Maximising crop quality • Procurement of uncontracted crops • Maintaining Midlands profile and professional reputation in the area.

• Growing the client base and business opportunities

Booking Coordinator Be the point of contact for bookings and scheduling across the range of services our Centre provides, using effective relationship building and marketing skills to communicate the exciting activities and services we offer.

Gym Supervisor

Midlands seek someone with the following attributes: • A good working knowledge of arable seed and crop production • Good agronomy skills for production of mainstream crops • An interest in learning about specialist vegetable seed production • Strong communication and relationship building skills • A strong results based work ethic • Positive attitude and ability to work as part of a team

Drive the success of the fitness area of the EA Networks Centre by taking responsibility for the operation and ensuring a continuous high level and range of service is delivered to our community.

Plant & Maintenance Officer

In return Midlands offer: • A very competitive remuneration package including company vehicle • An opportunity to join a privately owned, growing company with a can-do approach

Become an expert at the operation and maintenance of the wide range of plant and equipment required for the new, dynamic EA Networks Centre and other Council sports facilities.

To register your interest, or discuss in more detail, contact Craig Atkinson on c.atkinson@ eqconsultants.co.nz or call 021 223 2124

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

Applications close December 5th, 2014

Applications close 8 December 2014.

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Dispatch Manager Based in Methven, Mid Canterbury, the heart of New Zealand’s cropping region. We provide our clients with a specialised service spraying a diverse range of pasture, processed and arable crops.

Due to increased workload and restructuring within the company we require a Dispatch Manager to assist our Operations Manager.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated person with a can do attitude to join our team.

Experience in agriculture and a good understanding of the farming climate and conditions in Mid Canterbury is an advantage.

Responsibilities will include: • Daily phone communication with clients.

• Organising and allocating of the daily work load to operators.

• Ensuring that both the clients and the operators requirements are met.

The successful applicant will have: • Excellent communication skills with the ability to build and maintain good working relationships.

• A high standard of time management.

• Attention to detail and accurate record keeping.

• Confidence in use of IT - Microsoft Office.

In return we offer a competitive remuneration package with employee benefits.

Applicants for this position should have New Zealand residency or a valid New Zealand work visa.

Please send your CV with cover letter to: David Molloy P O Box 85 METHVEN or email: david@molloyag.co.nz

Truck Driver & Yardman We are currently looking to employ a Truck Driver / Yardman for our modern seed processing plant.

The successful applicant will have: • Accuracy with figures & recording • Knowledge of grain / seed industry (preferable but not essential) • Good communication Skills • Ability to work with minimal supervision • Tidy appearance. Must be punctual & dependable • Regular overtime offered • Must hold Class 5 License

Apply in own hand writing to:

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This is a full time position based at our busy Ashburton store. Your duties will include; Inwarding and dispatching of stock, stock control, the loading and unloading of trucks, plus helping in our busy retail store.

A high level of accuracy and urgency is required for processing together with a good understanding of window based computer programmes. Health and Safety awareness and a good level of fitness is essential.

Training will be given to help you not only for you to succeed in the role but to give you the opportunity to progress within the business.

Holding a current Forklift licence and Dangerous Goods licence would be preferable.

Duties will include the unloading of seed at harvest time, interstore transport of seed and container cartage to port

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We are a large, modern, family-owned seed processing and storage company, based in the heart of Ashburton.

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Ideally you will have; • Excellent communication skills • Self-motivated with good organisational skills • An enthusiastic and positive approach to your work • The ability to work unsupervised If this position interests you, please email your application together with your CV to: hr.manager@ats.co.nz Applications close Wednesday 10th December 2014.

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Cleaner required for Ashburton Merlo/Telehandler Operator, Dunsandel • Do you want to work on a challenging project?

• High profile project with a highly motivated team We are looking for someone to join our team on a large construction project in Dunsandel.

This role will be the Telehander/Merlo operator for the site, as well as assisting with general laboring as required to assist this energetic team.

Ideally you’ll have Unit Standard 23637 to enable you to drive a telehandler, however training can be given to the successful applicant.

To be successful you will have: • Onsite laboring experience • Ability to work within a team • The required qualifications to drive a telehandler or a forklift • Strong verbal communication skills • Be of good fitness to work on this very busy site.

The successful applicant will work 50 hours a week including Saturday work.

Specialist training may be provided to the successful applicant, to supplement existing qualifications.

Please email your CV including relevant qualifications to michelle.cheeseman@ebert.co.nz

Full or Part time permanent opportunities.

Security Clearance is required.

If you are organised, of tidy appearance and want to be part of a team of professionals please call 0800 253 263.

Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work Visa.

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Part Time Baker Wanted A vacancy has become available at our busy Café/Bakery for a Bakers position. The position covers a very wide range of baking, some general cafe work and includes some weekend work.

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PIZZA CHEF. Join our team at The Dubliner, new Irish Bar & Restaurant, Methven.

Duties include, making pizza, ordering, kitchen duties.

Experience not required. Full training will be given. Hours five evenings a week. Contact Karen, 022 0898 293, 03 303 2000.

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Experience preferred but not necessary as full training will be given.

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If you want to join our fun hardworking team please email your CV, with a cover letter, to: info@cafetime.co.nz or phone Scott or Lisa 307 2776 or 021 664 887.

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Daily Events Saturday 9.00am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FARMERS MARKET. Local produce by local producers and hot food!!. North End West Street car park.

9.00am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON CRAFT MARKET. West Street.

9.30am

Sunday 8.00am ST STEPHENS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Morning worship with Rev Tevita Taufalele.

Church lounge, Baring Square East.

9.30am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship. First Sunday of Advent led by Paul Inwood. All welcome. 65 Oxford Street.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship service led by Rev Laurence Ennor, 48

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ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH TINWALD. Community garden working bee and fellowship, each Saturday, weather permitting. Behind the St Andrew’s Anglican Church, 157 Thomson S, Tinwald.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Large variety of toys for hire. Methodist Church hall, Baring Square East.

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

10.00am - 12.00noon ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10.00am - 12.00pm

ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, all welcome. Upstairs 254 Cameron Street.

10.00am - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATON MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC3.

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

12.45pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB.

Association Croquet, singles and doubles.

Waireka Croquet Club, The Domain, Philip St. 1.15pm “GOLF CROQUET” WAIREKA. Doubles, drawn partners, Waireka Croquet Club, The Domain, Philip Street.

1.30pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association Croquet. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

Allens Road, Allenton.

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

10.00am ASHBURTON MODEL AERO CLUB. Radio controlled aeroplane flying, weather permitting. Lovett’s Road, Maronan Road.

10.00am ASHBURTON M.S.A. QUOITS. All welcome to have a throw. Racecourse Road M.S.A. Sports ground.

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 STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park 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. Classic aircraft on display including DC 3.

Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.15pm “GOLF CROQUET” WAIREKA. Social Golf Croquet. The domain, Philip St. 1.30pm M.S.A. PETANQUE. Come and try Petanque, everyone welcome. Racecourse Road.

2.00pm

ASHBURTON CIVIC MUSIC COUNCIL. Bands in the Park, including Highland dancing this time. Ashburton Domain, West Street entrance.

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 St. 7.00pm ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Advent Gospel Service with MSA Men’s Choir and speaker Kevin Geddes. 65 Oxford St.

Members will play the 4th round of the Heartland. Ashburton Golf Club.

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

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC3.

Seafield Road.

1.30pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association croquet club day. Allenton Sports Club. Cavendish Club.

6.00pm RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Real women circuit training in the hall, St Andrews Church, Bridge Street, Rakaia.

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

For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street.

9.00am 9.30am - 10.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allens AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Ladies weekly health and fitness class.

Road, Allenton.

Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

9.00am - 4.00pm 10.00am ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. SERVICE INC.

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Have your Say

– Draft Development & Financial Contributions Policy Ashburton District Council’s draft Development and Financial Contributions Policy is now available for community consultation.

The policy details the approach Council will take to ensure developers pay a fair share of the costs associated with providing additional infrastructure capacity specifically to cater for future new development.

Council wants to hear what you think of the proposed policy.

The policy and accompanying information can be found on Council’s website ashburtondc.govt.nz, from the Ashburton Library, or the Council office at 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton.

Submissions close at 5.00pm on Friday 16 January 2015. www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

MOTORING

4 BERTH CHEVRON liteweight caravan for sale, registered and warranted and electrical WOF, full awning, hot and cold water, fridge, recently updated interior, very tidy condition. $9000 ono.

Phone 027 279 8952.

Safer Ashburton have moved to 143 Tancred Street upstairs.

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.

Office hours are: 8am – 5pm Monday – Friday Over the Christmas period we will be closed from 4pm Tuesday, December 23, 2014 and reopening 8am Monday, January 5, 2015

Birthday Greetings Brought to you by Kitchen Kapers.

Jake Dolan

Happy 6th Birthday Jake.

We are very proud of you.

Love always Mum, Dad, Benjamin, Daniel and Ryan.

Ryan Dolan Happy 6th Birthday Ryan.

We are very proud of you.

Love always Mum, Dad, Benjamin, Daniel and Jake.

Jake and Ryan Dolan To our special Grandson’s what a joy you both bring.

Happy Birthday. Nana and Grandad Andrews.

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.

Number cake tins $15 for 7 day hire

The Arcade, Ashburton 03 308 8287 www.kitchenkapers.co.nz

In summer, exceptional demand for water can sometimes limit the ability of our schemes to consistently deliver water to all properties at the required pressure.

Water conservation measures are used to even out demand and enable residents to continue to enjoy reasonable use of water for gardening and other non-essential purposes.

Ashburton District Council advises residents connected to Council water schemes, that water conservation measures are in place until further notice.

Water conservation measures apply to any use of water from a hose connected to a Council water supply, including garden irrigation systems.

Level 1 - Alternate Days Water Conservation Schemes Ashburton Hakatere Methven Rakaia

Days you have full use of water Even numbered properties - even dates Odd numbered properties - odd dates

Chertsey

Properties on the east side of Maldon Street and all properties east of Maldon Street - even dates All other properties - odd dates

Fairton

Properties on Waymouth Street and Deans Street even dates All other properties - odd dates Properties east of the railway line - even dates Properties west of the railway line - odd dates Properties on the east side of Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road and all properties east of Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road - even dates All other properties - odd dates Properties of Pattons Road - even dates All other properties - odd dates Permanent water conservation measures are in place. No use of water from a hose connected to the Council water supply is permitted.

Hinds Mayfield

Guardian Job Vacancies

Located at: 143 Tancred Street, upstairs, Ashburton 7700 Phone: 03 308 1395 www.saferashburton.org.nz Email: info@saferashburton.org.nz We offer a collegial, family friendly and flexible work environment.

Water Conservation

Call the Guardian for all your classified requirements.

307 7900

Birthday Greetings Brought to you by Kitchen Kapers.

Olivia Stockdill

12 tomorrow. Have a fantastic day. All our love Mum, Dad and Sam. xxxx

Olivia Stockdill Happy 12th Birthday for Sunday. Love Nana, Popa, Aunty Deborah, Uncle Bruce, Braden and Jordyn. xxxxxx Ryan Galbraith Have a great 3rd birthday little Ryan!

Love Dad, Mum, Connor, Keeley and Nana Vicki.

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.

Number cake tins $15 for 7 day hire

The Arcade, Ashburton 03 308 8287 www.kitchenkapers.co.nz

Mt Somers Dromore Methven / Springfield Motalto

Level 2 - Time Restricted Alternate Days Hosing Schemes Days you have use of water

Hosing is only permitted between the hours of 7.00pm and midnight

Lake Hood

Even numbered properties - even dates Odd numbered properties - odd dates

Further information on Council’s water conservation approach and tips on how to conserve water are available from ashburtondc.govt.nz Neil McCann Group Manager Service Delivery www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

MEETINGS, EVENTS Mania-O-Roto Scout Zone Annual General Meeting 8pm Tuesday, December 9 in the Scout hall Mania-O-Roto, Chalmers Avenue All welcome

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

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

LIVESTOCK, PETS

DAIRY SERVICE Bulls, for sale. 2 year old mixed breed.

Ready for work, BVD tested, Bouillis vaccinated, TBC 10. $1680 +GST. Phone 0274 532 087.

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

AKAROA - CHARMING, spacious holiday home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village.

Phone Brian 307-8000 or 308-6180.

“LEGAL NOTICE” All persons having claims against the under mentioned estates are required to send particulars of such claims certified as owing as at date of death of the deceased to Perpetual Guardian at its office at Level 13, 191 Queen Street, PO Box 1934, Shortland Street, Auckland 1140, within one month from the date of publication of this notice.

Creditors and other claimants are warned that any claim not lodged by that date is liable for exclusion.

Guardian Classifieds

This notice is issued pursuant to Section 35 of the Trustee Act 1956.

307 7900

Perpetual Guardian is a trading name of The New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Limited and Perpetual Trust Limited.

Chalmers

William John

Of Ashburton, Retired Farmer, Died 07 Sept 2014

Classifieds www.guardianonline.co.nz

Saturday, November 29, 2014

PLANTS, PRODUCE

GARAGE SALES

New Potatoes (rocket) $2.99 kg N.Z Tomatoes 1kg Strawberries N.Z Orange 1.5kg 3 pack Pepper

GE GARA E SAL

OPEN 7 DAYS Road The Green Grocer Main SouthTinwald

Fresh Fruit & Vege

GENERAL hire.

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

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

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

GRAZING GRAZING for lambs wanted.

Will consider small blocks.

Phone 308 1350.

FUN

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$1.99 bag $2.99 punnet $2.99 bag $2.99 bag

FOR SALE

308-1095

FOR SALE

## 790 East Street, Ashburton ## Fully refurbished, brand new interior. 3 double bedrooms, 2 living areas. Fully insulated, double glazed, log burner, heat pump. Rewired, new carpet, roof.

Open home Sunday 11-12 and 3-4.

Enquiries > $350k.

TradeMe #EBK929.

SET OF BB Plus Golf clubs.

Large tailor made golf bag (new). White golf shoes size 10. Phone 308 7687.

“TONE’E H.” Art, Clothing, Jewellery, Gifts etc.

Affordable Style that’s Fun and Fabulous. November 2930, 10am - 4pm. 77 Racecourse Road or online: www.tonee.co.nz All welcome.

CARAVANS, TRAILERS

FOR SALE - 1989 20ft Qxford 200 caravan. Tandem axle, FOR SALE: Feed wheat. perm D/bed. All extras GARAGE SALES $400 per tonne. Near included, excellent condition.

GARAGE SALE - Grove Tinwald. Please phone 308 Ph 03 308 3693 - 027 475 3797.

Street, 8am start. Plenty for 7816. everyone.

Small chest freezer, kitchen appliances, ADULT blankets and lots more.

FOR SALE: Spa pool. Good ENTERTAINMENT order. $950 ono. Phone 308 GARAGE Sale. Racecourse 6577.

ASIAN New, pretty, 25 years, Road. 8.30am, Saturday, busty, 36 DD, long hair. Sexy 29.

Woodturners, Nov and friendly. Stocking and crockery, cutlery, glasses, SCOOTER’S - new and high heels. Good Service. etc. Something for everyone! secondhand three and four Phone 021 110 7034, Jessie. wheel electric scooters and SOMETHING for everyone. wheel chairs. Call Fred CINDY Kiwi, 38, size 6, Cass Street. 9am - 2.30pm. Reddecliffe at Electric attractive, busty, long hair.

Sign at gate. (Intermediate Mobility Ashburton today. GFE. Phone calls only. 027 School end).

448 7011.

Phone 308-3602

G FUN !

Saturday, November 29, 11am - 3pm 60 Hollands Rd, Ashburton

Specials available from 25/11 - 2/12

HIRE

ENTERTAINMENT

Bring some small change and come along and grab a bargain in our big garage sale!

There will also be a sausage sizzle and a cake stall!!

Treat the kids to a PONY RIDE or purchase a raffle ticket for a Decadent Christmas Cake and other yummy prizes!!!

If you are feeling extravagant there will even be some Art for sale and some larger garage sale items including T.V, exercise equipment and other household furniture.

All money raised will go towards paying for the costs of a life changing procedure for Andrea Campbell to potentially cure he extremely debilitating MS.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL FOR RENT - Three bedroom brick home. Separate garage - well fenced. Available Dec 1. $340 per week. No pets.

Ph 027 480 5662.

HOUSE TO RENT. Large four bedroom house with large garden 7km from Mt Somers. $350 per week.

Phone 0274 532 087.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

HOUSE TO RENT - Three bedroom, log fire, single garage, ¼ acre section, no dogs. Tucker Street location.

References required.

Available Dec. Ph 302 1881 after 5pm.

NEW three bedroom. House to rent. $430 per week. No pets. Ph on 308 5863 after 5pm week nights. Anytime weekends.

0800 274 287 0800 ASHBURTON

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Church Services

Beckley Coachlines Programme

◊ COURT THEATRE “ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS” 8th January @ 6.30pm

Assembly Of God Sunday Meeting

◊ CHRISTCHURCH REBUILD TRIP 10th January depart 9.30pm ◊ KENNY ROGERS 13th February

10.00am Hakatere Marae SH1, Fairton You are welcome Enquiries Phone 308-8699

◊ SOLO MIO 5th March ◊ RICKY MARTIN 21st April

For bookings phone

308 7646

Cnr Cass & Havelock Sts Phone 308 5409 www.ashburtonbaptist.co.nz

Beckley Coachlines Programme ◊ COURT THEATRE “ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS” 08 January @ 6.30pm ◊ SOLO MIO 05 March

◊ KENNY ROGERS 13th March PARKSIDE house located in quiet west side area. Four ◊ PHANTOM bedrooms, study, plenty of OF THE OPERA storage, double garage.

26 April Looking for caring tenants (non-smokers). No dogs. ◊ MRS BROWN Phone 027 440 0417.

19th March, 2016

For all subscriber enquiries, missed delivery, new subscriptions, temporary stops, call our subscriber hotline

Ashburton Guardian

For bookings phone

308 7646

Guardian Classifieds Call the Guardian for all your classified requirements.

10am Morning Service and Communion

Join us for an Speaker: Maurice & Encounter with Miriam Atkinson Jesus Christ LIFE 2 da MAX (Kids Church) Creche available Sundays @10.00am Refreshments to follow Including Children’s church 6.00pm House of Prayer Everyone is welcome. ALL VERY WELCOME See you at Cnr Cass & PRESBYTERIAN Cameron St’s CHURCHES Ph 308 7610 or 308 7062

Jubilee Christian Fellowship 10am Every Sunday All welcome Fear binds you but the truth will set you free.

206 Cameron Street Pastors Jim & Ida Heath Ph 308 7511

307 7900

(Ashburton)

St Andrew’s Havelock St. 10am & 7pm St James Thomson St. St Paul’s Oxford St. 9.30am St James - St Paul’s 7pm at St Paul’s

Call Andrew to service your heatpumps . . . ElectraServe, for everything electrical Heat Pump filter clean & service check

Have your filters cleaned + receive a 14 point maintenance check.

Urban $89 including GST Rural $99 including GST

the ElectraServe guarantee

Blair Watson, General Manager personally guarantees ElectraServe’s tradesmen’s workmanship. If you are not 100% satisfied with the quality of the work, ElectraServe will put it right . . . every time, or your money back.

a 166 moore street ashburton p 03 308 9008 e service@electraserve.co.nz w www.electraserve.co.nz

Weekend Services

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring 0800 Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Sunday and from 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice.

6pm - 8pm both evenings.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

DUTY DOCTORS

MENTAL HEALTH Call free on 0800

MEDICAL SERVICES

HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS

Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027 857 2133 or visit www.alcoholicsanonymous.org.nz for more information.

closed until further notice.

COMMUNITY POOL

WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 9am - 5pm.

MAIL CLOSING TIMES

ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm SAFE CARE - 24 hr Rape and Sexual POST DELIVERY CENTRES Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791 Allenton: Mon - Fri 5pm VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm 24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 Methven: Mon - Fri 4.30pm 846) - Direct dials to a volunteer.

Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS 2pm - outside of these hours leave a message. Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE Call us free on (0800 787 797).

INFORMATION CENTRES ASHBURTON REST HOMES Lines open 10am - 10pm Seven days.

ASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm.

COLDSTREAM HOUSE - DAILY, unrestricted Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA LIFELINE - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353 visiting. until 2pm. Phone 308-1050.

Saturday and Sunday doctor and emergency CAMERON COURTS - DAILY, unrestricted METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public details - please telephone the Methven OMMUNITY ERVICES visiting.

Holidays 10am until 3pm.

Medical Centre, ph 302 8105.

PRINCES COURT - DAILY, unrestricted ART GALLERY Phone 302-8955 or methven@i-site.org Ashburton Hospital DOES NOT visiting.

Due to relocation, the Art Gallery is closed provide an accident and emergency service.

BUS DEPARTURES until further notice.

EMERGENCY DENTIST Except in cases of emergency persons Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

If you do not have or cannot contact your ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY requiring medical attention must consult Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802. regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. their own or the duty general practitioner.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm. for the name of the rostered weekend dentist Saturday: 10:00am - 1:00pm Persons subsequently requiring treatment Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm. in Christchurch. Hours 9am-5pm, Saturdays, Sunday 1:00pm - 4:00pm at Ashburton Hospital must have a general Sundays and Public Holidays. practitioners note of referral.

ASHBURTON MUSEUM NIMAL ERVICES Due to relocation, the Ashburton Museum is DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL PHARMACIES ELPLINE ERVICES This service is for emergency medical care only. Please remember your Community Services Card.

Sealy St Medical Centre, Sealy Street is the duty practice for Saturday until 8am Sunday.

The surgery will be open from 10am - 12 noon and from 6pm - 7pm. No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 1212.

Tinwald Medical Practice, Main South Road is the duty practice for Sunday until 8am Monday. The surgery will be open from 10am 12 noon and from 6pm - 7pm. No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 6565.

ASHBURTON HOSPITAL WARD 1 - DAILY, 10am - 11.30am and 2pm - 7.30pm. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

WARD 6 - (including Assessment, Treatment & Rehabilitation Unit) - OPEN VISITING. MATERNITY WARD - DAILY, 10am - 8pm.

-Husbands and patient’s own children may visit the patient from: 7am - 10pm.

TUARANGI HOME (Cameron St) - DAILY, -unrestricted visiting.

222 955. Ask for the Crisis Team.

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Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24 hour service

MID CANTERBURY SPCA

WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: All enquiries - Inspector John Keeley: 308 4432 or 0274 342 646

MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER - Contact (cats) Tracey 021

1356 969 or (dogs) Dawn 021 828 350

VETERINARIANS

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallentstein. Full emergency service all weekend.

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, Main Rd, Methven.

Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Fiona Chapman, Steve Williams.

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East St & Smithfield Rd, Ashburton.

Saturday clinic 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Large: Reon McMurtrie. Small: Jess Wood.

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321 1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. 24-hour Emergencies: Large: Nathan Roberts. Small: Juan Gray.

Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint afterhours small animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

Television 48 Ashburton Guardian

TV ONE

©TVNZ 2014

6am Te Karere 2 0 6:30 Fishing Show 3 0 7am Rural Delivery 7:30 Infomercials 9am Come Dine With Me Omnibus PGR 11:30 Tagata Pasifika Noon Chef On A Mission 0 1pm Heston’s Fantastical Food PGR 3 0 2pm Four Rooms PGR 2:55 Unsung Heroes PGR (Starting Today) 3 0 3:25 Rapid Response PGR 3 0 3:55 N New Zealand With Nadia Lim 0 4:25 N Shark Man 0 4:55 The Fishing Show – Classic Episodes 0 6pm One News

7pm Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook – Through The Seasons 0 7:30 MasterChef Australia 0 9pm Coronation Street PGR 0 9:30 Nashville AO Rayna finds an unlikely ally in Lamar when he sides with her against Teddy; Jolene sees Juliette struggling and tries to find a way to help. 0 10:25 F The Doctor Blake Mysteries AO 0 11:40 M The Yellow Handkerchief AO 2008 Romantic Drama.

1:50 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:50 L Football – English Premier League Liverpool v Stoke.

CHOICE TV 6am Celebrity DIY With Craig Phillips 6:30 Holmes Makes It Right 7:30 Back To Basics With Nick Nairn 8am Auction Room 8:30 Get Growing 9am Nick Knowles’s Original Features 10am Lonely Planet – Best In Asia 10:30 Gourmet Farmer 11am House Crashers 11:30 The Liquidator Noon Food Safari 12:30 Movie Preview PGR 12:45 Gardeners’ World 1:30 Better Homes And Gardens 3pm West End Salvage 3:30 LA Frock Stars 4pm Fantasy Homes By The Sea 5pm Get Growing 5:30 Kirstie Allsopp’s Home Style 6:30 Bid America 7pm Survival School 7:30 Natural World In-depth stories about incredible animals, along with award-winning photography.

8:30 Liberty Of London 9:30 M Jesse Stone – Thin Ice AO 2009 Mystery.

Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker.

11:30 Kirstie Allsopp’s Home Style

SUNDAY

12:30 West End Salvage 1am LA Frock Stars 1:30 Bid America 2am Survival School 2:30 M Jesse Stone – Thin Ice AO 2009 Mystery.

Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker.

4:30 Lonely Planet – Best In Asia 5am Fantasy Homes By The Sea

www.guardianonline.co.nz

Saturday, November 29, 2014

TV TWO

©TVNZ 2014

TV THREE

FOUR

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6am Guess How Much I Love You 0 6:10 The Adventures Of Chuck And Friends 0 6:30 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 0 6:55 The Tom And Jerry Show 0 7:15 Robot And Monster 0 7:40 Teen Titans Go! 0 8:10 Green Lantern – The Animated Series 0 8:35 Adventure Time 0 9:05 Regular Show PGR 0 9:30 Zeke And Luther 0 10am 2Kaha PGR 10:30 Baby Daddy 3 0 11am The Voice Omnibus 0 2pm Secret Life Of The American Teenager PGR (Starting Today) 3 3pm N Twisted PGR 4pm Step By Step 3 0 4:30 Full House 3 0 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 According To Jim 3 0 6pm Wipeout 0 7pm The Voice 0 8pm L Lotto 8:05 The Voice Continued. 0 9pm M Evil Woman AO 2001 Comedy.

Two friends conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman.

Jack Black, Steve Zahn.

10:50 M My Best Friend’s Girl AO 2008 Comedy.

Kate Hudson, Dane Cook. 0

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Outdoors With Geoff 3 Geoff Thomas showcases the outdoors in New Zealand and abroad.

7am Gone Fishin’ 3 7:30 Infomercials 9:30 The Nation An in-depth weekly local current affairs show.

10:30 The Block – Glasshouse 30 11:35 The Block – Glasshouse 30 12:35 The Block – Glasshouse 30 1:40 The Block – Glasshouse 3 0 2:55 The Block Unlocked 3 0 4pm Beauty And The Geek Australia 3 5pm Gone Fishin’ 5:30 The Simpsons 3 0 6pm 3 News 7pm Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Home Cooking 3 0 7:30 For The Love Of Cars PGR 0 8:35 SVU AO 0 9:30 F Blue Bloods AO 0 10:30 M Devil MV 3 2010 Horror.

Trapped in an elevator above Philadelphia, five people discover the devil is among them.

Chris Messina, Jenny O’Hara.

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 8:35 Fairly Odd Parents 9:05 Casper Scare School 3 9:30 Power Rangers – Megaforce 10am Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Smokefree Rockquest Rockquest discovers the next wave of New Zealand’s musical talent as it builds towards the final.

6pm The Nanny 3 0 6:30 M Nanny McPhee Returns PGR 3 2010 Family.

Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rhys Ifans, Maggie Smith.

0 8:45 M Coming To America AO 3 1998 Comedy.

An African prince decides to find a wife in America.

Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Jones, James Earl Jones. 0

6am Home Shopping 11:30 University Challenge Auckland v Lincoln.

Noon The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus 3 2:30 Bondi Rescue 3 Series that follows Bondi Beach surf lifesavers through their working day.

3:30 Lorraine Pascale – Baking Made Easy 3 Lorraine shares her recipes for tarte tatin, puff pastry, and a three-tier red-velvet cake.

4:30 Better Homes And Gardens 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm Big, Bigger, Biggest A look at the technological breakthroughs that have enabled engineers to build the world’s tallest airport terminal, Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport.

7pm Storage Wars 3 7:30 The Great British Bake Off The bakers take the thinnest ever Technical Challenge, and make biscuit towers.

8:35 Midsomer Murders AO 10:50 Never Mind The Buzzcocks AO 3

6am Golf – Australian Open (Highlights) Round Two. 7am Basketball – NBL Championship (Highlights) New Zealand Breakers v Sydney Kings. 7:30 Sea Master Sailing 8am L Darts – Players Championships Day One, Session Two. Noon Sport 365 12:30 Sky Sport – What’s On 1pm Basketball – NBL Championship (Highlights) New Zealand Breakers v Sydney Kings.

1:30 #SkySpeed 2pm The Cricket Show 2:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) Pakistan v New Zealand – Third Test, Day Three.

3pm Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) 3:30 L Cricket – Super Smash Auckland Aces v Canterbury Kings.

7pm L Cricket – Super Smash Central Stags v Northern Knights. From McLean Park in Napier.

10:30 #SkySpeed

12:45 M Street Fighter – The Legend Of Chun Li AO 2009 Action. 0 2:35 M Lost In Space PGR 1998 Comedy. 0 4:50 Posh Nosh 3 0 5am 2Kaha PGR 3 5:30 It Is Written 3

12:15 Infomercials 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

11:10 It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia AO 11:35 Excused AO 3 12:05 Excused AO 3 12:30 Infomercials

11:25 Trollied AO 11:55 True Blood AO 3 1am Home Shopping

11pm Darts – Players Championships (Highlights) 1am Sky Sport – What’s On 1:30 Cricket – Super Smash 2am L Snooker – World Tour 4:30 Golf – Australian Open 5:30 Sky Sport – What’s On 5:55 L Hockey – FIH Women’s Champions Trophy

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Miharo 2 7:30 Pukana 3 2 8am Toi Whakaari 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Putahi 3 2:30 Through The Lens 3 3:30 Kia Ora Hola (Starting Today) 3 4pm Kia Ora Molweni (Starting

THE BOX 6am The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes.

8:30 Last Man Standing PG 8:55 Survivor Marathon PG 12:30 Wild West Alaska M 1:20 Gator Boys PG 2:10 Call Of The Wildman PG 2:35 Billy The Exterminator PGL 3pm Elementary MV 3:50 SVU MV 4:40 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes.

7:30 Last Man Standing PG Vanessa blames Mike for not being invited to the neighbours’ parties, and Mandy and Eve have car troubles.

8pm Call Of The Wildman PG 8:30 Billy The Exterminator PGL 9pm American Daredevils M 9:30 Wild West Alaska M 10:30 Gator Boys PG 11:30 Psych MC

SUNDAY

12:30 Raw MC 3:15 Psych MC 4:05 Survivor – Amazon PG 4:45 Survivor – Pearl Islands PG

SKY SPORT 2 Today) 3 4:30 Swagger 3 5pm Kia Mau! 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Journey To The West 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 M Slappy And The Stinkers PGR 1998 Comedy.

9pm Radio Kuka AO (Starting Today) 3 9:30 M Get On The Bus AO 3 1996 Drama.

11:30 Te Kaea 3 2 SUNDAY Midnight Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Hunters PG Disco and Dice. 6:30 MythBusters PG Seasickness – Kill or Cure.

7:30 MythBusters PG Paper Crossbow. 8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG Fast and Deep.

9:30 Cold River Cash PG 10:30 Ultimate Fish – Snapper PG 11:30 River Monsters PG American Killers.

12:30 Airplane Repo PG 1:30 MythBusters PG Plane Boarding.

2:30 Auction Hunters PG 3:30 Marooned M Thailand.

4:30 You Have Been Warned M 5:30 Yukon Men M 6:30 Dual Survival M 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG 8:30 Redwood Kings PG 9:30 Gunslingers M 10:30 Nobu’s Japan PG 11pm Philippines In Sync PG 11:30 Ice Lake Rebels M

SUNDAY

12:30 Codes And Conspiracies M 1:30 Stalked – Someone’s Watching M 2am Jungle Gold PG 3am Jungle Gold PG 4am Jungle Gold PG 5am MythBusters PG

6am Football – A-League (Replay) Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United.

8am The Crowd Goes Wild An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

8:30 Bowls – New Zealand Open (Highlights) Women’s Singles.

10am Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) Central Stags v Otago Nashville Wipeout Volts. From McLean Park in Napier.

9:30pm on TV One 6:00pm on TV2 10:30 L Bowls – World Singles Champion Of Champions MOVIES PREMIERE MOVIES GREATS Day One. From the Fendalton 6:35 Step Up 3 PGL 2010 Drama.

8:30 Captain Phillips MV 2013 Bowling Club in Christchurch.

Sharni Vinson. 8:20 Dumb And Drama. Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi.

5pm Darts – Players Dumber PGV 1994 Comedy. Jim 10:45 This Is The End 16VLS 2013 Championships (Highlights) Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly.

Comedy. James Franco, Jonah Hill.

Day Two, Session Two. 10:10 Hitman 16VLS 2007 Action.

12:30 A Good Day To Die Hard 7pm L Football – A-League Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott.

MVL 2013 Action. Bruce Willis, Jai 11:45 Step Up 3 PGL 2010 Drama.

Courtney.

Brisbane Roar v Perth Glory.

2:10 The Hobbit – The Desolation Sharni Vinson.

9pm Rugby – International 1:30 The Queen ML 2006 Drama.

Of Smaug MV 2013 Adventure.

(Highlights) Wales v All Blacks.

Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen.

Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen.

4:50 Parker 16VL 2013 Action. Jason 3:10 Shallow Hal ML 2001 Comedy. 9:30 L Football – A-League Western Sydney Wanderers v Sydney Gwyneth Paltrow, Jack Black.

Statham, Jennifer Lopez.

5pm Collateral MV 2004 Thriller.

6:50 After Earth MV 2013 Science FC. From Pirtek Stadium in Sydney.

Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx.

Fiction. Will Smith, Jaden Smith.

11:30 L Sky Sport – What’s 7pm Mr Bean’s Holiday PGC 2007 8:30 Now You See Me MVLS 2013 On A look at what is coming up on Comedy. Rowan Atkinson.

Thriller. An elite FBI squad finds the sports channels over the next 8:30 Bulletproof Monk MVL 2003 themselves in a game of cat and week. mouse against The Four Horsemen, Action. Chow Yun-Fat, Seann a super-team of the world’s greatest William Scott.

SUNDAY 10:15 Blood Work MVL 2002 illusionists. Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Midnight Bowls – New Zealand Thriller. Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Ruffalo.

Open (Highlights) Men’s Singles.

Anjelica Huston.

10:30 The Wolf Of Wall Street 1:30 Football – A-League (Replay) 18LS 2013 Drama.

SUNDAY Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill.

Brisbane Roar v Perth Glory.

12:05 The Three Musketeers PGR 2011 Adventure. Logan Lerman, SUNDAY 3:30 Sky Sport – What’s On A look Matthew Macfadyen. 1:55 The 1:25 Chasing Mavericks PGL 2012 at what is coming up on the sports Drama. Gerard Butler, Jonny Weston. Queen ML 2006 Drama. Helen channels over the next week.

Mirren, Michael Sheen. 3:35 3:20 Biography – Brad Pitt PG 4am Football – A-League (Replay) Shallow Hal ML 2001 Comedy.

2010 Documentary.

Western Sydney Wanderers v Sydney Gwyneth Paltrow, Jack Black. 5:25 4:05 Parker 16VL 2013 Action.

Collateral MV 2004 Thriller.

Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez.

FC.

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6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am Universal Church Of The Kingdom Of God 8:30 Turning Point With David Jeremiah 9am Mind The Gap – A Special Report On Inequality 3 0 9:55 The Nation 3 0 10:55 The Best Of Campbell Live 3 11:35 3rd Degree 3 0 12:30 The Michael J Fox Show PGR 3 1pm Entertainment Tonight Weekend 2pm Motorsport – New Zealand Super-Tourers Round Three – Enduro.

5pm World’s Deadliest Roads PGR 3 0 6pm 3 News 8:30 F Gotham Following a 7pm M Ice Age – misstep, Gordon is reassigned Continental Drift PGR 2012 to duty at Arkham Asylum; Animated. Voices of Ray Selina leads a new friend on Romano, Denis Leary, John a perilous journey through Leguizamo. 0 8:55 The Night Shift AO A violent Gotham to evade the storm pummels San Antonio, assassins after her. 0 sending numerous patients 9:30 M Joe Dirt to the emergency room. 0 PGR 2001 Comedy.

9:50 Hawaii Five-0 AO 0 A janitor goes on the road 10:50 Hannibal AO 0 to search for his family.

Christopher Walken, David Spade.

6am Rural Delivery 3 6:25 Country Calendar Specials 3 0 7:10 Sunday 3 0 7:35 Tagata Pasifika 8am Praise Be 8:30 Attitude Summer Series PGR 0 9am Q+A 0 10am Marae 2 10:30 Waka Huia 11am Neighbourhood 0 11:30 Being Me 11:55 Africa 0 1pm Undercover Boss USA PGR 30 2pm Hotel Inspector PGR 3 0 3pm Location, Location, Location 30 4pm The Zoo 3 0 4:30 Paul O’Grady For The Love Of Dogs 0 5pm River Monsters With Jeremy Wade 0 6pm One News 7pm F Sunday 0 7:30 Our Big Blue Backyard On New Zealand’s remote Open Bay Islands, New Zealand fur seals protect their newborns from surging seas, starvation, and predation by great white sharks. 0 8:30 Happy Valley AO 0 9:35 Secrets And Lies AO 10:35 Rake AO 0

6am Pajanimals 0 6:10 Buzzy Bee And Friends 0 6:15 Dinosaur Train 0 6:30 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 0 6:50 Sofia The First 0 7:15 Wander Over Yonder 0 7:40 Sanjay And Craig 0 8am Regular Show 0 8:15 Spongebob Squarepants 0 8:40 M Big Top Scooby-Doo 2012 Family. Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Grey DeLisle. 0 10am Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 3 0 Noon M Batman Returns PGR 1992 Action Adventure.

2:35 Ravenswood PGR 3:35 Home And Away Omnibus 30 6pm The Neighbors 0 6:30 M Tangled PG 2010 Animated. 0

11:50 Q+A 3 Local political affairs programme. 0 12:55 Being Me 1:25 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:35 Infomercials

11:20 F Almost Human AO 0 1:15 Fringe AO 0 2:55 Infomercials 3:30 Jeremy Kyle USA PGR 4:15 It Is Written 4:45 The Catalina PGR 0 5:30 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Bid America 6:30 Survival School 7am Natural World 8am Liberty Of London 9am West End Salvage 9:30 LA Frock Stars 10am Fantasy Homes By The Sea 11am Kirstie Allsopp’s Home Style Noon Early Edition 1pm Natural World 2pm Liberty Of London 3pm The Garden Pantry 3:30 Gardeners’ World – The Edible Garden 4pm Paul And Nick’s Big Food Trip 4:30 River Cottage Forever 5pm Italian Food Safari 5:30 Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 6:30 Selling London 7:30 The Roux Scholarship With a 30-year heritage, no other cooking competition on TV has the credentials, the history, or the integrity of The Roux Scholarship.

8:30 Injustice AO 9:30 Locomotion – Dan Snow’s History Of Railways 10:30 Mr Sunshine PGR 11pm Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses

MONDAY

Midnight River Cottage Forever 12:30 Italian Food Safari 1am The Garden Pantry 1:30 Gardeners’ World – The Edible Garden 2am Paul And Nick’s Big Food Trip 2:30 Selling London 3:30 Injustice AO 4:30 Mr Sunshine PGR 5am The Roux Scholarship

TV THREE

11:45 24 Hours – Police AO (Starting Today) 3 0 12:50 Infomercials 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV

FOUR 6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Rugrats 3 7:25 Sidekick 7:50 Grojband 3 8:10 Fairly Odd Parents 8:35 Casper Scare School 3 9am Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 – Fused 3 9:25 Sticky TV Omnibus Noon 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 Mr Young 3 6pm The Nanny 3 0 6:30 Survivor – San Juan Del Sur 7:30 America’s Next Top Model PGR The models race around Seoul as part of a timed challenge, during which one model gets caught in a lie.

8:30 Witches Of East End AO 9:30 Burn Notice AO 10:25 Friends With Benefits AO 3 10:50 Entertainment Tonight Weekend

11:45 Infomercials

PRIME

10am Korero Mai 3 2 2pm Tangaroa With Pio 3 Pio arrives in Rapanui and visits the majestic Moai before heading out fishing.

2:30 My Country Song 3 3:30 Rugby League – Fox Memorial Shield 3 Mangere East Hawks v Pt Chevalier Pirates.

5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Waka Huia 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Karanga – The First Voice 3

THE BOX 6am Survivor – Pearl Islands PG 7:40 Call Of The Wildman PG 8:05 Billy The Exterminator PGL 8:30 American Daredevils M 8:55 The Simpsons Super Sunday PG A marathon of Simpson’s episodes.

11am The Simpsons PG 11:25 Last Man Standing PG 11:50 Raw MC 2:40 WWE Main Event MC 3:40 SmackDown! MC 5:25 American Daredevils M 5:50 Gator Boys PG 6:40 Wild West Alaska M 7:30 N Covert Affairs MV 8:30 CSI – Miami MV 10:30 Matador MVLS 11:30 Covert Affairs MV

MONDAY

12:30 SmackDown! MC 2:10 WWE Main Event MC 3am CSI – Miami MV 3:50 CSI – Miami MV 4:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 5:05 Matador MVLS

SKY SPORT 1

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box The best of the past week’s sports from New Zealand and around the world, highlighting sport for young New Zealand fans.

Noon MasterChef USA 3 /'Day two of MasterChef auditions.

1pm Whose Line Is It Anyway UK PGR 3 Hosted Clive Anderson.

1:30 Undercover Boss UK 3 Isuzu Truck CEO Nikki King returns to the shop floor to gain an insight to steer the company to greater success?

2:30 Better Homes And Gardens 3 3:35 Great Outdoors 3 4:30 Escape To The Country 3 Jonnie Irwin helps a horse-loving couple find a rural retreat.

5:30 Prime News 6pm Jamie’s Family Christmas 6:30 Great British Food Revival 7pm Storage Wars 3 7:30 Chatsworth 8:30 F Midsomer Murders PGR When Barnaby and Nelson work with two Danish detectives after the boss of a biscuit company is murdered, they soon discover the victim had more linking him to Copenhagen than his famous biscuits.

10:30 N Jimmy And The Giant Supermarket PGR 11:30 Inside Gatwick PGR Gatwick tries to adapt to the global recession as the world of commercial aviation becomes an even more challenging industry to operate in.

12:30 Home Shopping

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7:30 Yachting – The Volvo Ocean Race 8am L Darts – Players Championships Day Two, Session Two. Noon Yachting – The Volvo Ocean Race 12:30 Sky Sports News UK 1pm Hockey – FIH Women’s Champions Trophy (Replay) New Zealand v Japan. From Estadio Mendocino de Hockey in Mendoza, Argentina.

2:30 Sky Sports News UK 3pm Cricket – International (Highlights) Pakistan v New Zealand – Third Test, Day Four.

3:30 L Cricket – Super Smash Central Stags v Canterbury Kings.

From McLean Park in Napier.

7pm L Cricket – Super Smash Northern Knights v Auckland Aces. From McLean Park in Napier.

10:30 Football – Arsenal TV West Bromwich Albion v Arsenal.

1:45 L Darts – Players Championships Day Three, Session One.

SKY SPORT 2 8pm Te Iti Kahurangi – The Journey To Success Featuring sign language interpreter Zane Hema, ta moko and Maori visual medium artist Wiremu Barriball, and violinist Elena.

8:30 M Life Is Beautiful M 1997 Drama. An Italian Jew and his family are caught up in the Nazi occupation of Italy. Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi.

10:30 The Festival PGR Our Big Blue Backyard 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30pm on TV One 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Hunters PG Miami Heat. 6:30 MythBusters PG Archimedes Death Ray. 7:30 MythBusters PG Plane Boarding.

8:30 You Have Been Warned M Cowboys of Chaos.

9:30 Body Bizarre M 10:30 Yukon Men M Day of Reckoning.

11:30 Redwood Kings PG 12:30 Great Southern Land PG 1:30 Codes And Conspiracies M Alcatraz.

2:30 The Unexplained Files M Lost Giants of Georgia – Bridge of Death.

3:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Of Moose and Men. 4:30 Ice Lake Rebels M 5:30 River Monsters PG 6:30 Tethered M 7:30 Great Southern Land PG 8:30 Naked And Afraid M 9:30 Marooned M 10:30 How China Works PG 11:30 Redwood Kings PG

MONDAY

12:30 Body Bizarre M 1:30 Redrum M 2am Redrum M 2:30 Auction Hunters PG 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Flying Wild Alaska PG 5am Dirty Jobs PG

6am Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) Central Stags v Northern Knights. From McLean Park in Napier.

6:30 Bowls – New Zealand Open (Highlights) Men’s Singles.

8am Hockey – FIH Women’s Champions Trophy (Highlights) New Zealand v Japan.

9:30 Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) Auckland Aces v Christchurch Kings.

America’s Next Top Model 10am L Bowls – World 7:30pm on FOUR Singles Champion Of Champions Day Two. From the Fendalton MOVIES PREMIERE MOVIES GREATS Bowling Club in Christchurch.

6am After Earth AO 2013 Sci-fi. Will 7:25 Mr Bean’s Holiday PGC 2007 5pm L Football – A-League Comedy. Rowan Atkinson. 8:55 Smith, Jaden Smith.

Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne Bulletproof Monk MVL 2003 Action. City. From Westpac Stadium in 7:40 Now You See Me MVLS 2013 Chow Yun-Fat, Seann William Scott. Wellington.

Thriller. Jesse Eisenberg, Mark 10:35 Blood Work MVL 2002 Ruffalo. 9:35 Biography – Brad 7pm L Football – A-League Thriller. Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Newcastle Jets v Central Coast Pitt PG 2010 Documentary.

10:25 Chasing Mavericks PGL 2012 Anjelica Huston.

Mariners.

Drama. Gerard Butler, Jonny Weston. 12:25 The Three Musketeers MV 9pm Bowls – New Zealand Open 2011 Adventure. Logan Lerman, 12:20 Parker 16VL 2013 Action.

(Highlights) Men’s Singles.

Matthew Macfadyen.

Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez.

10:30 Football – A-League 2:15 Gone In 60 Seconds MV 2000 (Highlights) Wellington Phoenix 2:15 Identity Thief MVLS 2013 Action. Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie. v Melbourne City. From Westpac Comedy. Jason Bateman, Melissa 4:10 Space Cowboys PGL 2000 McCarthy.

Stadium in Wellington.

Comedy. Clint Eastwood, James 4:05 Prisoners 16VLC 2013 Crime.

11pm Football – Chelsea TV Garner, Donald Sutherland, Tommy Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal.

Sunderland v Chelsea.

6:35 Red 2 MVL 2013 Action. Bruce Lee Jones.

MONDAY 6:20 Live Free Or Die Hard MVL Willis, Helen Mirren.

2am L World Snooker Tour 8:30 Jack Ryan – Shadow Recruit 2007 Action. Bruce Willis, Timothy – UK Championship Day Five – Olyphant, Cliff Curtis.

MV 2014 Action. Chris Pine, Kevin Session One. From York, England.

8:30 Mean Girls MC 2004 Family Costner.

4:30 Cricket – Super Smash Comedy.

10:20 Evil Dead 18VL 2013 Horror.

(Highlights) 10:10 Sweeney Todd – The Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez.

Demon Barber Of Fleet Street 16V Central Stags v Canterbury Kings.

11:50 Hummingbird 16VLS 2007 Crime.

2013 Action. Jason Statham.

From McLean Park, Napier.

5am Cricket – Super Smash MONDAY MONDAY (Highlights) 1:30 Red 2 AO 2013 Action. Bruce 12:05 Shanghai Noon PGV 2000 Northern Knights v Auckland Aces.

Willis, Helen Mirren. 3:25 Evil Action Western. 1:55 Gone From McLean Park in Napier.

Dead AO 2013 Horror. Jane Levy, In 60 Seconds MV 2000 Action.

5:30 Sky Sport – What’s On Shiloh Fernandez. 4:55 Jack Ryan 3:50 Mean Girls MC 2004 Family A look at what is coming up on the – Shadow Recruit AO 2014 Action. Comedy. 5:25 Space Cowboys Chris Pine, Kevin Costner.

PGL 2000 Comedy. sports channels over the next week.

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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BEGBIE, Rod – A valued member of the Ashburton St John Health Shuttle Team. Will be missed by us all. Rod - you have done your last duty. Thank you for touching our lives and the lives of others.

Office and Chapel Corner East & Cox Streets, Ashburton

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MUIR, Muriel – The family of Muriel Muir, Ashburton, would like to thank family and friends for their sympathy and support in the loss of a loved wife, mother, mother in law and nana. Our special thanks to the staff of Rosebank hospital unit for the wonderful care and support of Muriel during the four months she was with them. Thank you to those who came to Muriel’s memorial service and those who visited when she was ill.

This was greatly appreciated

by Muriel, Ken and family.

The support of friends really did made this hard time slightly easier. Please accept this as a personal thank you from us all.

GOULDING, Bernard Joseph Reverend Father – Loved and respected priest of MID CANTERBURY FUNERAL SERVICES the Christchurch Diocese for SMITH, Lyndsay – 57 years. Passed away Galbraith’s provide choice! Judith, Andrea, Lynette, peacefully at Anthony Wilding Galbraith’s We have a team of highly respected, professional funeral directors and Michelle, Martin and their Retirement Home, celebrants. We offer you complete funeral care including pre-arrangement, families would like to thank all provide choice!

Christchurch, on Friday and your choice of venue, funeral celebrants and catering.

We believe that every life is unique and every person’s funeral needs tofamily and friends for their November 28. their individualityCall - ask us howus we can be of assistance to you and on love, support and acts of “Requiescat in Pace.” reflect your family. kindness extended to them Requiem Mass will be Call us on 308 3980 308 3980 following the sad loss of celebrated at St Marys Pro-or call in and visit our new premises at or246 callHavelock in andStreet visit Lyndsay. We offer our sincere Cathedral, 373 Manchester Street, Christchurch, on our new premises at appreciation and thanks to members of the Rakaia TUESDAY, December 2 RobatCope-Williams Eion McKinnon 246 Havelock Volunteer Fire Brigade for 1.00pm followed by interment their very special presence at in the Priests section of Street Lyndsay’s service. Donations Bromley Cemetery. Rosary made to the Ashburton will be prayed at St Marys Official 18 Feb - 9am til 4pm District Volunteer Rural Fire Pro-Cathedral on MONDAY, EMORIAM IN MOpening Fighters Fund were gratefully December 1 at 5.30pm.

John Rhind Funeral Directors CRAWFORD, Ean McEwan received. Thank you all.

(Pop) – “Someone so special FDANZ In loving memory of our can never be forgotten.”

Phone 03 379 9920 precious Pop who passed away 6 years ago. Always in HARRISON, Peter – On November 22, 2014. our thoughts and forever in FUNERAL Passed away peacefully at our hearts. Lots of love Jul, FURNISHERS Coldstream House, Andrew, George, Nicholas, MASTER Ashburton, aged 84. Dearly Angus and Jen and Tayla.

MONUMENTAL MASON beloved husband of Valmai, xxxxx loved father of Barbara, Colin, E.B. CARTER LTD Gayle, Stephen and partners. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS For all your memorial Loved granddad of Aaron, requirements Deanna, Jason, Sarah, Kylie, New headstones and designs Jamahl, Jeffrey, and Alicia.

Renovations, Loved great granddad of Additional inscriptions, Aiesha, Toby, Brooklyn, Cleaning and Concrete work Caleb, and Madinson.

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Messages to Harrison family, DOLBEY, Ngaire Rose – 620 East Street Ashburton P O Box 472, Ashburton Keith and family wish to Ph/Fax 308 5369 7740. At Peter’s request a sincerely thank the many or 0274 357 974 private service has been held. friends, family and workmates ebcarter@xtra.co.nz NZMMMA Member Paterson’s Funeral Services for the beautiful flowers, the FDANZ Ashburton lovely cards, the many phone Ph 307 7433 calls, the wonderful baking and most especially for the ENGAGEMENTS HARRISON, Peter – love and support shown DIGBY - DOYLE – Loved son of the late Daisy during the recent sad loss of Mark and Bryony, along with and Thomas Harrison, our amazing and much loved Pat and Annette, would like to brother of Tom, and the late Ngaire. A special heartfelt announce the engagement of Harry, Dudley, Dorothy, thanks to those that attended Jessica and Luke.

Hannah, and Isobel. Loved the church service and the uncle of all his nieces and graveside, some of whom nephews. travelled a great distance to be with us. A very special SHEARD, Keith Wilkins – thank you to Heather and On November 28, 2014 at John from the St John Christchurch. Aged 85 years. ambulance service, the Dearly loved husband of Bev. Ashburton volunteer fire Much loved father of Mark service and the police for (Sharkey), Barry, Barb, Jo, their help, respect and the late Robert and their understanding. The family partners.

Dearly loved wish to thank the Sunday Dog Gangan of all his Walkers for their marvellous grandchildren and great guard of honour which Ngaire grandchildren. Messages to would have loved. A heartfelt Call thanks LuketoWorsfold for a free quote Sheard Family P O Box 472, you all. Thanktoday you Ashburton 7740. A service to to Ann Craig and Ray celebrate Keith’s life will be 0274 Thompson508 for the 199 wonderfulor 307 1381 held at our Chapel, Cnr East and moving eulogies. A very and Cox Streets, Ashburton email: luke@perfectpolish.co.nz special thank you to Carol on WEDNESDAY, December Gunn, Paterson’s and Trott’s 3, commencing at 2.00pm. garden for a fitting and Followed by cremation at the personal service and send off Ashburton Crematorium. for our gorgeous Ngaire.

Paterson’s Funeral Services Please accept this as a 190 East St, Ashburton FDANZ Ashburton personal acknowledgement of Ph 308 8945 Ph 307 7433 our thanks to you all. www.flowersandballoons.co.nz Ashburton, Geraldine, Temuka & Surrounding Districts since 1905

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FLEMING, David William – Allison, Brenda, Carmen and Kerry would like to than family, friends and neighbours for their love and support shown to us during the recent loss of Dave.

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Thank you to Rev David Brown, Garden City Helicopter, the Radiotherapy Unit, the ENT Unit and the Intensive Care Unit at Christchurch Hospital. Your kindness will always be remembered. Please accept this as our personal acknowledgement to you all.

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BEGBIE, Roderick John, Please note all late death (Rod) – notices or notices sent outOn November 27, 2014. side ordinary office hours Suddenly but peacefully at must be emailed to: ICU Christchurch Hospital, deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz surrounded by his loving to ensure publication. family. Aged 74 years. Dearly loved husband of Margaret. During office hours notices may also be sent to: Much loved father and father in law of Richard and Denise, classifieds@theguardian.co.nz Stuart and Melanie, and Any queries Rachel. Treasured granddad please contact of Jason, and Paul; Nikita, 0800 and Sacha; and Travis, and ASHBURTON Cole. Messages to 61 Aitken (0800-274-287).

Street, Ashburton 7700. In lieu of flowers donations to St John, Ashburton would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A service for Rod will be held at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Havelock Street, Ashburton on TUESDAY, Canterbury owned, locally operated December 2, commencing at 2.00pm, followed by private Patersons cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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TOMORROW

TOMORROW Occasional showers, possibly some with hail. Cold southwesterlies, fresh in exposed places.

MONDAY Occasional showers. Cold southwesterlies, fresh in exposed places.

FZL: 1200m

FZL: Lowering to 1000m

Showers clearing, becoming fine.

Southwesterlies dying out.

Occasional showers, with snow to 700 metres. Wind at 1000m: Northwest dying out. Wind at 2000m: Gale westerly easing during the morning. Free air freezing Level: About 1000 metres.

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MONDAY

Fine with high cloud. Northeasterlies developing.

Occasional showers, clearing west of the foothills. Light winds at low levels, southwesterlies about the tops.

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Wellington

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Puzzles Saturday, November 29, 2014

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ACROSS 1. How he acts in a wider sense when he’s on the air (11) 9. Lamb-like as one appears in the impetuosity of the French (5) 10. To understand more, PC involves hothead at the finish (10) 11. Maguey from East Virginia and Georgia running east to west (5) 12. Deceitful use Ovid made of it (7) 14. People of fashion are not to be turned (3) 15. Either way, be exhausted on deck (4) 16. Local disturbance at end of September: grab one by the neck (6) 17. Availed oneself of the American edition (4) 21. Any possible involvement of tungsten for the bore (4) 22. Public address takes a man aback ... my hat! (6) 23. Every single one can be a schoolmaster abandoned by the head (4) 26. Go in for exam ... after standing successfully? (3) 27. Breathing-space, or a holier setting for it (7) 29. Contact one may put one’s finger on, but not if out of it (5) 30. Public showing might inhibit tailless oxen from appearing (10) 31. Don’t submit to authority: dance around the bridgehead (5) 32. Having wide influence on charger if an adaptation is made (3-8)

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CRYPTIC Across 1. Implication 8. Ordering 9. Lido 10. Hyena 13. Then 16. Emir 17. Pass 18. Urge 20. Scots 24. Curt 25. Eminence 26. Bird-watcher Down 2. Mode 3. Lorry 4. Canon 5. Islet 6. Double Dutch 7. Counts sheep 11. Exits 12. Addio 14. Heal 15. Ring 19. Enter 21. Comma 22. Tonic 23. Knee

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QUICK Across 1. Factotum 7. Adapt 8. Boulevard 9. See 10. Echo 11. Scarce 13. Supernumerary 15. Shanty 16. Step 18. Due 20. Go bananas 21. Ladle 22. Beheaded Down 1. Fable 2. Cough up 3. Over 4. Unaccountable 5. False 6. Utterly 7. Adorned 12. Arrange 13. Swaddle 14. Attuned 15. Seedy 17. Posed 19. Knee

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DOWN 2. Dog hunting by scent is a right pain (5) 3. Tact of the old PC I may turn to (9) 4. Not liking to serve it out after a starter (6) 5. Formal composition involves sitter with half of 23 (8) 6. Fieldwork Sappers construct with a coal-tub (5) 7. Kipling boy turned up at a party with emperor of Japan (6) 8. Furiously took dinner ... not holding back on the booze (11) 12. Sort of film of the century ... a Mod version of it (11)

13. Small animal starts vaulting over low enclosure (4) 18. Distinguishing mark will help to overturn the reviewer (9) 19. One spotting birds is a fool dear to the French (8) 20. Ring round the moon has low ends removed (4) 24. Plump little river-fish will get by (6) 25. Make nonsense of boast offered up by the French (6) 26. It may be bracketed with a sandbank (5) 28. Underclothing one has right to seize includes top of nightie (5)

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QUICK ACROSS 7. Locality (13) 8. Butchers’ knives (8) 9. Vigour and style (4) 10. Kiosks (6) 12. Whole (6) 14. Shed (3) 15. Do without (6) 17. Hit hard (6) 19. Brass instrument (4) 21. Fragile (8) 23. Doing as others do (9,4)

DOWN 1. Prosperous (4-2-2) 2. Horrified (6) 3. Competent (4) 4. Hobbies (8) 5. Menace (6) 6. Settee (4) 11. Confrontation (8) 13. Drink of fruit juice and spirits (8) 16. Make possible (6) 18. Adjourn (6) 20. On top of (4) 22. Yearn for (4)

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SUDOKU Fill the grid so that every column, every row and 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9.

YOUR STARS

by Forecasters

ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) There is a need to keep both your professional and money hats on over the weekend, but with the right time management you can do it all.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) Embrace what is the last weekend for several months, where you have the luxury of being able to keep your professional hat off.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) You have a chance this weekend to get your professional bearings and to take stock, looking to how you’re going to play these final weeks.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) Hold onto financial instincts and valuable clues, hunches and insights gained over the last few days, letting things settle over the weekend.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) We’re not supposed to get everything right all the time, so long as your main focus is on the things and people that really matter.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) On cue this weekend’s stars want you to make home, family and relationship matters a priority, conscious of how busy life is set to get.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) You’ve got a glimpse of what is destined to become an issue during early 2015, which is finding a balance between work and play.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) Take a bold approach to speaking out, with plenty of support on the way and communication becoming a major issue over the coming months and years.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) As you move into your new solar year be prepared to walk the talk in a way that is more about taking time and doing it right from the get go.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) You’ve got a sense of what excites you, your passions and of what the future could hold, which will make it easier to determine which old doors to close.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) This weekend has the kind of energy that is conducive to light bulb moments, where one idea can provide the spark to change everything.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 21) While your professional star is on the rise you can’t afford to let life become all work and no play, not with a sense of adventure in the air.

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