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Hinds burglar sentenced A young man who was part of a burglary ring stealing cigarettes worth more than $40,000 from rural businesses was sentenced to nine months supervision and 125 hours community work when he appeared in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

Robert Wikohika, 18, must also

pay reparation of $2250, his share of the losses dealt to the Canterbury service stations and cafes after insurance claims.

Wikohika admitted five charges of burglary and was amongst those who broke into the Glentunnel dairy and a Hororata service station on February 12 last

year; a Leeston dairy and service station on February 25 and the Hinds Tavern on March 2.

The Ashburton man was among four offenders who went to Hinds on March 2. They parked outside the tavern at 3am then smashed a lock on the main doors to get inside.

They took a standalone ATM machine, containing $5000 cash, and two cash registers and $300 cash.

In most of the other cases, the thieves smashed their way in and removed tobacco cabinets, taking cigarettes worth $41,247 that they later sold.

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The burglaries were committed by a number of offenders, though only some have been identified, including Wikohika and alleged co-offender Lancer James, 32.

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A policeman’s hardest job NZME Just five more minutes of normality.

For a police officer, the most difficult part of the job is telling a family their loved one won’t be coming home — to break that normality and shatter their world.

National road policing manager Superintendent Steve Greally distinctly remembers pulling up to someone’s home with his partner and spotting them through the window of their home from the street. ”[I thought], my God, I want to give them five more minutes of normality if I can, just five more minutes of thinking everything is going to be okay,” he said. “You’re going to absolutely change their lives and it is not easy.

“It is traumatic and that’s what

affects our cops. It’s one of the hardest things to deal with is how that plays on your mind.

“How do you go to someone’s place and tell them that their husband, their wife or their kid is not coming home. How do you do that? It’s horrific.”

Greally was speaking after a horror two-car smash between an SUV and a van on State Highway 1, near Ohakuri Road, Atiamuri, on Sunday morning which left eight people dead and a 9-yearold boy fighting for his life.

The crash took place less than 20 minutes away from where five family members died on April 1 after they crashed into a tree on Tirohanga Road.

An 11-year-old was the only person to survive that crash, which killed three sisters and two men.

The police officers who attended the crash were the same officers who attended the crash on April 1.

That’s the harsh reality for frontline police officers, Greally said.

“To join police is a vocation, it’s work you want to do to help people knowing full well these sorts of things happen, unfortunately far too often,” he said.

“There’s every chance as a police officer you will be going to one of these horrific things which is something that we do prepare for.”

The trauma experienced at the scene of any crime or any incident doesn’t always leave officers when they step back into their cars and head away either.

“These crash scenes are particularly difficult for all people attending them, not just police but

also other emergency services, including fire and ambulance. As you can imagine, some of them are at high speed, involve the human body which doesn’t put up with much impact unfortunately, so you can imagine the scenes are particularly horrific at times.”

But it isn’t just the gruesome part that gets to people, he said.

“It’s more than just the physical stuff, it’s what plays on people’s minds when you turn up and there’s only a limited amount of things you can do to alleviate someone’s pain,” Greally said.

“So it’s not always about the fatal crash, it’s also about those which have serious injuries, people who have life-altering injuries for the rest of their lives, you can imagine that’s particularly hard to deal with as well.”

This April has been the deadli-

est April on New Zealand’s roads in 10 years, according to the Ministry of Transport, with 45 people killed this month alone. It brings the road toll to 137 — eight more than at the same time last year.

Greally said it was “profoundly gutting” that crashes like this continue to occur despite efforts to reduce the road toll.

“I’m lucky I don’t have a family member or close friend who’s been through this, but I know a lot of people who have,” he said.

“When you interact with these people you understand exactly the grief. But even then it’s very, very hard to recognise exactly what they’re going through unless you’ve done it yourself, and I just hope most people don’t ever have to go through that amount of trauma.

“It’s particularly gruesome.”

Deluge means slow going for some motorists Burglar

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Commuters across the district went from full-time vehicle drivers to part-time boat captains in the surface flooding after heavy rain fell throughout the day yesterday.

As of 4pm yesterday, the Metservice had recorded 38.2mm of rainfall since midnight, and forecast the total to reach 38.5mm.

The rain reached its peak at around lunchtime, with 11.8mm falling around noon.

Surface flooding was prominent in some areas around Ashburton, with cars having to slow along West Street beside the Ashburton Domain due to surface water, while cars were reduced to a crawl when travelling through the Harrison Street/ Walnut Avenue roundabout.

The forecast for the rest of the week brings slightly sunnier prospects, with today’s temperature expected to reach 15 degrees.

The temperatures are expected to increase throughout the week,

with a forecast high of 20 degrees for Thursday.

Conditions are expected to be

fine at some point every day until Friday, with a chance of an early frost forecast for tomorrow.

Traffic was reduced to a crawl through some of the surface flooding in town yesterday.

From P1 James has pleaded not guilty to seven charges and is still being dealt with by the court.

Wikohika’s lawyer Marilyn Gilchrist said it was a case where her client had been influenced by older people. He had since got a job and become a father.

Judge John Macdonald said he accepted Wikohika had been under the influence of older and more experienced people.

However the burglaries were serious, involving thousands of dollars in damage on top of the stolen cash and cigarettes, he said.

Court-ordered reports prepared for sentencing said an electronically-monitored sentence of home detention or community detention would be too stressful on an 18-year-old.

Supervision and community work was recommended.

Judge Macdonald said Wikohika’s sentence reflected his lesser role in the operation.

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Cracker duck shooting season likely

By Linda Clarke

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Dawn this Saturday will herald the start of the duck shooting season and Mid Canterbury hunters have been told to enjoy themselves, but stick to the rules.

Central South Island Fish and Game officer Rhys Adams said opening weekend was traditionally a time for families and friends to get together to enjoy hunting and harvesting game birds, and bird counts suggested a cracker season ahead for the district.

Adams said paradise shelduck and black swan populations had increased notably this year and there would be plenty of birds to hunt.

“The favoured game bird species to hunt are mallard duck and paradise shelduck, but other game pursued on opening weekend will include black swan and Australasian shoveler duck.”

He said the social aspects and tradition of opening weekend was far more of a draw card than the prospect of a big haul, but hunters needed to stick to the rules and rangers would be visiting shooting spots on public and private land this year to check compliance.

The most common offences

were hunting without a licence or hunting with lead shot within 200m of an open water way.

Duck shooters on the Mid Canterbury plains favour irrigation ponds on private property or public areas of riverbeds on the Ashburton and Rangitata River.

Other habitats include coastal wetlands, irrigation ponds, farm paddocks, high country lakes, spring creeks and smaller streams.

During opening weekend last year, around 30,000 ducks were shot.

“We have some of the most rewarding hunting in New Zealand and the harvest rate is often the highest in the country, with 1-2 harvested on average for an hour of hunting.

Fish and Game population surveys indicate that this coming season will provide excellent hunting and plenty of birds to harvest.”

Adams said rangers last year canvassed hunters in public areas, but this year they would be going onto private land to check compliance.

“Rangers have the right under the Wildlife Act to go anywhere.”

Hunters found acting illegally risked facing criminal prosecution and having their equipment

Duck hunters are being told to stick to the rules ahead of opening weekend this weekend.

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confiscated.

Charges of hunting without a licence or being found in possession of lead shot, even if it

was in a pocket, carry maximum fines of $5000.

Adams said there was no excuse for hunters to be without

a licence, which can be bought from a sporting shop or online.

Day licences are also available.

Duck hunters get a warm-up ahead of opening weekend

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

Duck hunters, from around the district and further afield, gathered in Ashburton on Saturday to test themselves and attempt to get their eye in ahead of the opening of the duck shooting season.

The Ashburton Clay Target Club hosted their annual

Duck Day on Saturday, and club secretary Shane Green said the day was a success.

“We had a good turnout and everyone seemed to get their eye in,” he said.

With the duck shooting season opening this coming Saturday, it was the last chance for many hunters to get some practice in before doing it for real.

“Most people are pretty pumped, it is a day that is a real highlight, a lot of work goes in to getting ready for it,” he said.

Green said that while it can be difficult to tell until the day, he said many people were saying they already have good numbers of duck on their ponds ahead of the big day.

Left – Ashburton Clay Target Club secretary Shane Green gets his eye in ahead of the opening of the duck shooting season at the club’s duck day on Saturday.

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Stolen ute found in riverbed A 17-year-old Ashburton dairy farm worker admitted two charges of burglary and three of theft, after a $27,000 double-cab ute with $10,000 worth of electrical equipment was stolen and crashed in a river.

Jayden Richard Breakwell was remanded on bail to June 17 for sentence when he appeared before Judge John Macdonald in the Ashburton District Court yesterday. The five charges have also been referred for restorative justice.

In the summary of facts handed to the court, police said Breakwell walked up a 200m drive on Tinwald Westerfield Mayfield Road on March 22 and stole the double-cab ute.

Later that morning the vehicle was found near Sheates Road, drowned in the Ashburton river bed.

It was extensively damaged and written off by insurers. About $10,000 worth of domestic electrical equipment and tools was also discarded and written off.

The same day Breakwell took a Nissan Navara, worth $18,000, from a house on Sheates Road.

The vehicle was later found behind a treeline on Valetta Westerfield Road. Breakwell produced the keys from his pocket when questioned by police.

The three thefts related to petrol station drive-offs in early March. His vehicle was filled at Mobil Mart Ashburton with petrol

worth $101, at Z Energy in Geraldine with $101 and at Z Energy in Ashburton with $50.

He said he had filled up each time with the intention of driving off without paying.

Others to appear before Judge Macdonald yesterday: Nicholas Norman Wood, 34, of Ashburton, admitted driving with excess breath alcohol (529mcg) on State Highway One south of Christchurch. He had been in the driver’s seat, but swapped with a passenger at Burnham; the car was stopped at Chertsey, where he admitted driving earlier.

He was fined $500, ordered to pay $130 court costs and disqualified from driving for six months.

Daniel John Sampey, 29, of Ashburton, admitted driving while disqualified. He has two previous convictions for similar offences.

He was remanded to May 27 for sentence.

Ashtonay Lea Moke, 17, admitted a charge of assault, resulting from a punch she threw on a doorstep when she was “sticking up for her friend”.

She was remanded to May 27 for sentence.

Stephen Francis O’Sullivan was fined $650 and disqualified from driving for six months after admitting driving with excess

breath alcohol at Rolleston on March 2. He blew 698mcg.

Members of the public concerned to see him cutting corners and weaving on State Highway One called the police.

He was also ordered to pay court costs of $130.

drive it; he no longer needed an alcohol interlock licence.

He blew 553mcg the second time around.

Judge Macdonald remanded Leath for sentence on June 17, noting the short period between the two drink driving offences.

Jemma Leigh Laird, 29, of Ashburton, gave her sister’s name and details when stopped by police after being seen driving erratically. She went on to be processed for drink driving, when the lie was discovered.

Laird, a shearer, admitted charges of driving with excess breath alcohol, giving false information to police and driving having previously been forbidden.

She was stopped on Racecourse Road, where her breath alcohol level was 600mcg.

She was fined a total of $850, disqualified from driving for six months and ordered to pay court costs of $130 on each of the three charges.

Edwin James Wild was fined $850 as punishment for drink driving. He was also disqualified from driving for six months and ordered to pay court costs of $130.

The offence happened earlier in summer, but sentencing was deferred while Wild finished employment as a harvest contract worker.

Judge Macdonald said 890mcg had been a high reading, but he accepted Wild no longer had a vehicle and would be farm-bound during his disqualification.

A 23-year-old man sentenced to an alcohol interlock device on January 21 this year was found driving drunk in the McDonald’s carpark just five days later.

Joshua John Leath admitted charges of driving with excess breath alcohol, driving while disqualified and refusing to accompany police.

Leath said he had since sold his car so he would not be tempted to

Bail was refused a man who admitted cutting off his electronically-monitored ankle bracelet while on home detention.

Nicholas Chapman also admitted charges of breaching community work and theft of petrol, grocery items and clothing.

He was remanded in custody to May 6 for sentence.

Chapman’s lawyer Gretchen Hart said he had cut off his bracelet in February because he feared for his safety and needed to hide.

Chapman also faces three charges of unlawfully possessing firearms.

Nicholas Whall, 33, admitted charges of drink driving on a zero alcohol licence and breaching a protection order.

He was found behind the wheel of a car on Allens Road with a blood alcohol level of 82 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. The protection order breach related to messages sent via Facebook to a woman.

Scott Keith Paton admitted doing donuts in a van on the sandy beach of a wildlife reserve where sealions lived.

Paton admitted charges of drink driving and driving with sustained loss of traction. He was remanded to June 17 for sentence.

Police said Paton was on Stewart Island last month with friends, when he drove to a beach in the van. He reversed the vehicle into the sand and did donuts for about two minutes. The driving was filmed and police called.

Paton was taken to the island’s medical clinic where a sample of his blood was taken. It was analysed at 95 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood, nearly twice the legal limit.

He told police he had drunk one stubbie before driving to the beach and several more drinks afterwards.

He said he deeply regretted driving the vehicle so close to a protected wildlife reserve and on a beach where sealions were present.

Plumbing job ends up in court; man fined $1000 An Ashburton man who admitted doing unauthorised plumbing work said he could not make sense of the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers website to check if he was allowed to do it.

Damian James Perriton, selfemployed, had admitted a representative charge of doing unauthorised work at three locations.

He told Ashburton District Court Judge John Macdonald yesterday that he had checked on the web-

site and thought he was good to go.

The judge fined him $1000 and ordered him to pay court costs of $130 and prosecution costs of $226.

The charge was brought by the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board and related to work done

by Perriton in early 2017.

In one house, he disconnected and reconnected a toilet pan after lino was laid, in another he installed a new shower pan and mix-

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Perriton’s lawyer Marilyn Gilchrist said there had been no fault with the work done in the bathroom renovations and no complaint made. The cases had come to light while the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board had been conducting research on Facebook.

She said Perriton had checked on the board’s website and viewed

a DIY Mitre 10 video and believed he was authorised to do the work, though he now accepted that was not the case.

The technicalities of what constituted authorised work had been hard to interpret from the website, she said. He had not been working on any new connections to wastewater systems.

“What the plumbers and gasfitters are worried about is the whole plumbing that takes waste water

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away.” The lawyer presented paperwork to the court that showed Perriton did routinely use plumbers as required.

Judge Macdonald said it was no defence that Perriton had trouble interpreting the website but he had gone to the trouble to check, which made the crime less serious.

Crown prosecutor Helen Bennett said the plumbers’ board believed the information on the website was perfectly clear.

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Take steps to prevent burglaries Police are urging people to once again take precautions against opportunistic burglaries after two men appeared in the Christchurch District Court with 80 charges of burglary, theft and fraud between them.

Police say many of these offences were opportunistic and could have been prevented by taking simple precautions.

“Police are committed to making a difference and have a number of initiatives under way to help prevent crime in our communities,” senior constable Suzy Lewis said.

“However we can’t do it alone – now is a great time to take some real care around security of property.

“Simple actions, such as locking your property or setting a burglar alarm, can help prevent crime in your neighbourhood and make the whole community safer.”

Police say they understand that it is not only inconvenient at times, but that it leaves people feeling vulnerable and exposed.

“Police can prevent a lot of this crime from happening but we know that we are much more effective when we have the public backing,” Lewis said.

“Don’t be complacent. Take care of security issues today rath-

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er than waiting for tomorrow, and make sure you report any suspicious behaviour to police immediately, no matter how trivial it is or how uncertain you may be.

“This includes behaviour that may not just be about burglaries or thefts – get in touch and let us decide.”

Businesses in Tinwald have

been the latest to be stung by a string of burglaries, with the Tinwald Tavern, Kebizza and Spice Express all being burgled within the past two weeks.

Tips for keeping your property and your neighbours’ property safe: ■■ Lock doors, sheds and garages, and secure windows with security stays.

■■ Always lock your car. A car alarm or steering lock is an extra deterrent. Don’t leave cash or valuables in your car. If you have to, make sure they are out of sight.

■■ Keep bushes and trees trimmed – don’t give burglars a place to hide.

■■ Find ways to connect and bring your neighbours together, such as street parties or pot lucks, and discuss issues affecting your community. Connected communities are safe communities.

■■ A house that looks lived in is less likely to get burgled. Help out your neighbours when they’re going away by bringing in their mail, mowing their lawn, or parking in their driveway.

■■ If you see something say something. Report crime or suspicious behaviour to police.

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Black panther resurfaces NZME It bounded out in front of their car – a black panther-like cat moving at speed.

Marlborough woman Juliearna Kavanagh, from Picton, says she was stunned when a huge animal leapt across the road, just a few feet in front of the car she was in just before Ward on the east coast of the South Island.

The business owner is warning people in the area to be careful in case the creature attacks.

She has contacted police and Ministry of Primary Industries about the encounter.

“It was in full flight; it was big and sleek and with a cat’s head and a huge tail,” she says.

Along with partner Warren Lewis, Kavanagh was travelling on SH1 about 11.30pm, returning from Invercargill on Friday.

Kavanagh, who owns and operates the Hop on Hop off wine tour company in Marlborough and Queenstown, says the strange encounter has left the pair bewildered.

“We both looked at each other, thinking what the heck had just happened?

“We pulled off the road, slightly hysterical and went through every animal that it could possibly be, but nothing made sense.

“It was shocking,” Kavanagh said.

Controversial church leader Bishop Brian Tamaki has warned of revolts in prisons if the Government continues to deny access to Destiny Church’s Man Up anti-violence programme.

Despite his claims, the Government and Corrections have repeatedly said Destiny Church has never made an application to run the course in Corrections’ facilities.

Yesterday in a series of tweets, Tamaki warned of prisoner uprisings, he and his wife Hannah traded insults with Finance Minister Grant Robertson and Tamaki called Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis a liar.

Juliearna Kavanagh says she was stunned when a huge animal leapt across the road late at night.

There have been numerous reports of large cats in New Zealand’s South Island, with some dating back to the early 1900’s.

A pregnant puma was documented as having escaped from a circus in Lyttelton harbour and the possibility of using cougars was discussed as a way of controlling the thriving deer population in the Canterbury foothills.

But officials have always deemed the sightings to be of a

feral cat.

Kavanagh says she had slowed down to go around a bend when the cat leapt across the road.

“It was just there, right in front of our headlights, right out of the blue. It was so quick; it was either chasing something or had heard our car.”

The Escape to Picton hotel owner says she has no doubt that what she saw was a puma.

“I couldn’t live with myself if I’d kept quiet and then it at-

tacked a small child or livestock.

“A big cat isn’t the first thing that we naturally thought of, after all we don’t live in a country where you expect to see them.

But that’s what it was,” she says.

“I don’t scare easily, I’ve seen some s***, but it was big, quick and black and I was struck by how big its tail was.

“If that was a feral cat, it’s a feral cat on steroids. Curiosity killed the cat but it’s not the cat I’m worried about.”

Yesterday PM Jacinda Ardern bit back, calling it “irresponsible” to incite violence in prisons.

“We’ve made the point time and time again that there is a process that we have to go through.

We’re obliged to make sure that when anyone is seeking to put a programme into Corrections that there’s a procurement process,” Ardern told reporters at her regular weekly press conference.

“My best advice is that Man Up has not gone through that process. They’ve repeatedly criticised the Government for not allowing them into prisons but then do nothing to formally make an attempt to put anything towards Corrections and enter into a process.”

“I do think it’s irresponsible to try to incite violence in the prison system because you’re not getting your way.”

She said Tamaki was trying to claim his course was being denied access to prisons but she understood he had never tried to.

“If this is all about trying to get his programme into prisons then he should focus on doing it properly.”

In December last year, Tamaki led a rally of 2000 supporters including leather-clad bikers, to Parliament to urge the Government to allow the church to work in prisons.

Tamaki presented a petition to Little asking the Government to allow the Man Up programme

into prisons.

Little said he would table the petition in Parliament and it would be looked at by MPs. “I want to talk with you about what you’re doing, what we can do and what we can do together,” Little said at the time.

However, Davis told the Newsroom website yesterday he wouldn’t trust Destiny Church with a Corrections contract.

“I don’t trust any contract that they had, if they were to work in prisons, wouldn’t go into funding an extravagant lifestyle, overseas holidays, cars, jewellery, and Harley Davidsons. I don’t believe the money would go where they say it would go,” Davis told Newsroom.

■■LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS

Make sure to check your voting eligibility The October local government elections are approaching and the Ashburton District Council is reminding residents to check if they are eligible to vote as a ratepayer elector in other districts.

If you live and vote in one council district, but also pay rates on a property in another district, you may be eligible to enrol as a non-resident ratepayer elector in that other council

SeniorNet workshop A story which appeared in Saturday’s Guardian incorrectly stated the date of the SeniorNet group’s scam awareness workshop.

The original story stated the event would be held on Wednesday this week but the correct date is in fact Thursday, May 2 at 1.30pm at the MSA. The Guardian apologises for this error.

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A firm, company, trust, corporation or society which pays rates on a property may nominate one of its members or officers as a non-resident elector.

This also applies to partners, joint tenants and tenants in common. In both cases, the nominated person and the nominator must both be registered as Parliamentary electors at ad-

dresses which are outside of the council district that the property is located.

People may also be able to register as a ratepayer elector for community or local boards in areas that they own a property in.

The Ashburton District has one community board – the Methven Community Board.

To enroll, or nominate a person for the ratepayer electoral

roll, an enrollment form for ratepayer electors is needed from your local council.

The Ashburton District Council is located at 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton.

Voting for this year’s local body elections will be open from ​September 20 and close on October 12.

The official results will be advertised from October 17.​​​​​​

Ever wondered about what is involved in being a trustee on a school board? Well if you want to have your questions answered, head along to the New Zealand Secondary Trustees’ Association’s information evening in Methven tonight.The evening is a free and informal information sharing session for anyone interested in learning more about the role of a school trustee, said governance adviser Leigh Kennedy. “The biggest challenge for people is understanding the difference between governance and management and that is one of the most common questions we get,” she said. “If you have got an interest in equality and value and you want to help improve your local school it is well worth finding out more.” The information evening will be held in Methven at Methven Primary School tonight at 7pm.

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by Big 7 Travel. According to the travel website, the Kiwi accent is “outrageously charming” and beats out our close-sounding neighbours Australia. “To a novice ear, the New Zealand accent might sound just like the Australian accent, but Big 7 Travel readers disagree. The ‘Newzild’ dialect is outrageously charming. The sexiest accent in the world? It’s official,” the website said about the Kiwi accent. Us Kiwis fended off stiff competition from the Italians, the Irish and South Africans, who were fourth, third, and second in the poll respectively.

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Call to resit licence Kiwi motorists should resit their driver licence tests every 10 years, motorsport legend Greg Murphy says. The former V8 Supercar star and road safety campaigner said the horrific head-on crash that killed eight people near Taupo yesterday highlighted the need for fresh action. The Government regularly talked about fixing roads and speed as the key goals to improving road safety, but this hadn’t worked to lower the road toll, he said. “The definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again and expect a different result,” Murphy said in a post to his Facebook page.

Improving driver training should instead become the priority, he said. “We should all be forced to resit our driver’s licence every 10 years at the max.” He regularly saw experienced drivers develop bad habits that could be eliminated or scrutinised by periodic tests, he said.

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The new cold war NZME China is leading an effort to turn the highest point in Antarctica into a special zone for “scientific research and protecting the environment” and says it is open to working with other countries.

The foreign ministry said Beijing was taking the lead in “open negotiations” to turn Dome Argus, which is also known as Dome A, into a protected region – or Antarctic Specially Managed Area (ASMA).

China has the biggest presence on Dome Argus and was the first nation to reach the remote plain of ice, at 4093 metres above sea level, in a land expedition in 2005, according to Chinese researchers.

It established the Kunlun station there 10 years ago, setting up research facilities including a telescope array for astronomical observation and monitoring space debris.

But the US has since set up its own, temporary base about 100km away from Kunlun, which some Chinese researchers see as an attempt to block Beijing’s ASMA plan.

The US base appears to be backed by the US military programme supporting Antarctic activities, Operation Deep Freeze, according to a Chinese polar scientist who asked not to be named due to the political sensitivity of the issue.

The US Antarctic Programme declined to comment on the development.

China has stepped up its activities in Antarctica in recent years, building a permanent airfield, two permanent stations, Great Wall and Zhongshan, and two seasonal stations, Kunlun and Taishan.

A fifth Chinese station is also being built.

Chinese scientists say the US

Kate Moss speaks out Kate Moss insists she’s never taken heroin. The 45-year-old supermodel was often connected with the drug, especially after dating known addict Pete Doherty from 2005 to 2007, but has now insisted she’s never taken the illegal substance and is “p***ed off” that people still call her “horrible” names because of the rumours. She said: “I’ve been described a lot. The horrible things, I disregard. Like, ‘Kate’s a smackhead’. There was a T-shirt that said that. I was p***ed off because I never did heroin. I just thought, ‘F***ing hell, I might as well!’” Although she never touched heroin, Kate did have a history with alcohol addiction and spent five weeks in rehab in 1998.

has also expanded its presence in the region, raising concerns that competition between the two countries has now been extended to the South Pole.

Responding to a query about the US presence, the foreign ministry stressed that China was open to co-operating with other countries in Antarctica.

“The South Pole is crucial to the survival and sustainable future of the human race. [It] should become a new frontier of multinational co-operation, rather than an arena for power plays,” the ministry said.

“Building a peaceful and stable Antarctica which is environmentally friendly and with a fair governance system is in the interests of mankind,” it continued.

“China is willing to work together with other countries to turn Antarctica into a new high point of international co-oper-

ation and for the further development of the South Pole.”

Under the Antarctic Treaty System signed by 54 nations, the role of an ASMA is to “assist in the planning and co-ordination of activities within a specified area, avoid possible conflicts [and] improve co-operation”.

The country that proposes an ASMA usually has the biggest say on how it is managed.

But Beijing’s campaign, which has been going on for several years, has met with fierce opposition from the US, according to one scientist who was familiar with the negotiations.

“It is a battle of political will, military power, global influence – and it has been heating up noticeably in recent months,” said the government researcher who declined to be named because he is not au-

thorised to speak to the media.

It was not clear when the US base was established but some Chinese researchers said it appeared to have been set up “overnight”, with equipment and personnel flown in by air.

Although it appears to be a makeshift facility, it is the only other presence in the area apart from the Chinese station and has been seen by Beijing as a prelude to further US activities.

Many satellites including spy and military probes use a polar orbit to achieve global coverage, and after service they become junk.

The US has expressed interest in setting up a powerful laser in Antarctica to be used to fire at, and clean up, space debris.

Dome Argus could be an ideal location to mount a big laser.

Marvel owns the universe Avengers: Endgame shattered the record for biggest opening weekend with an estimated $350 million in ticket sales domestically and $1.2 billion globally, reaching a new pinnacle in the blockbuster era that the comic-book studio has come to dominate. The Avengers finale far exceeded even its own gargantuan expectations.

The movie had been forecast to open between $260 million and $300 million in US and Canadian theatres, but moviegoers turned out in such droves that Endgame blew past the record of $257.7m set last year by Avengers: Infinity War.

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‘It fell off the back of a truck, Your Honour’ Traffic was backed up when motorists were caught stuffing their pockets after a truck carrying more than $30,000 in cash lost its load.

Last week Michigan motorists saw it raining cash when a truck on a Grand Haven motorway lost a load of money.

Drivers jumped at the opportunity to pick up the cash, but police are now demanding motorists hand back the cash saying “finders keepers” is no excuse.

“Officers temporarily closed traffic lanes and were assisted by witnesses with picking up the money,” the department said in a statement.

Initially, $3550 was recovered and returned to the owner who had forgotten the cash box was on the truck’s bumper.

“He said that he inadvertently left the box on the bumper of his truck.

The box fell off his bumper while he was driving north on Beacon Boulevard, sending the cash across the roadway just south of the bridge,” police said.

Police have appealed to those who picked up the cash to hand it in.

So far one woman handed in nearly $5500 while two teenagers have turned in $900 each.

According to police, more than $30,000 is still blowing in the wind, or yet to be returned.

“Thank you and way to go! We commend you for your honesty!! The owner of the money will be grateful,” police wrote.

Facebook commenters also praised those who had returned money, with many saying it was “awesome” to see integrity and honesty when it would be easy to keep the cash for themselves.

Adele ‘divorced now’ Adele has confirmed her divorce. The 30-year-old singer – who has a six-yearold son called Angelo with Simon – confirmed she and Simon had split earlier this month, and now it has been claimed the pair have already signed papers to legally terminate their marriage, with Adele reportedly telling her friends she’s “divorced now”. Insiders said Adele has been telling friends: “I’m divorced now, so I’m trying to find my new normal.”

In May 2018, she was listed on the UK Sunday Times’ annual Rich List, topping the Under 30 ranking with £140 million ($271m) to her name.

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here’s plenty of talk it would appear, but not much action when it comes to making things safer on New Zealand roads.

And it’s pretty safe to say that whatever the message is that’s been pushed by organisations isn’t working – if anything it’s getting worse.

Today is the last day of April and it will bring to a close one the worst months on our roads in more than a decade with countless lives lost, highlighted by a horrific scene near Taupo on Sunday morning in which eight people lost their lives.

And the questions are why, how and what are we doing that’s so bad that it’s come to this.

With time and education, plus a strong message being pushed out nationally the figures are supposed to be getting better.

The numbers are supposed to be reducing, yet here we are faced with one of the worst four-week periods most of us will be able to remember.

And sadly, unlike most other times – the Ashburton District isn’t exempt from the story.

We had our own tragedy at the start of the month with a triple-fatality at the Hepburns and Mitcham Roads intersection – a young mother and two of her children gone in an instant.

Our exception to the rule is that it didn’t happen on a public highway, or busy part of our huge roading network, but instead a reasonably quiet rural intersection where it’s likely that 99 times out of 100 someone could run through the give way sign and not be met by another vehicle.

And perhaps that’s part of the problem.

As Kiwis, we are too complacent with our driving habits. We’re too used to getting behind the wheel and travelling a stretch of road

that we travel more than a hundred times a year and tend to not treat the journey with the respect that it should deserve.

There’s a lot of focus on improving the state of the roading between us and our nearest major centres – but perhaps the focus should also be centered around improving driving conditions and educating people in handling vehicles on our rural roading network.

You’re never going to be able to put a complete stop to accidents and deaths on our roads, but the fact we currently sit with statistics that suggest a road death on average every day and an accident which leaves someone injured almost every hour would

state without fail that whatever plans, advertising campaigns and conversations that are being had around the place at the moment are firmly failing.

So, it must be time to change tack. Stop dancing around the cold hard truth of what’s happening on our roads and roll up the sleeves in a good old Kiwi fashion and do something about it.

No one wants to be a statistic, especially when it comes to road accidents.

But unless we get smarter and respect our roads, those who use them alongside us and the motor vehicles that we are in charge of then we’re going to keep going backwards and endure more horrific months like April.

Steffi Graf.

In 2004, Arabs expressed outrage at graphic photographs of naked Iraqi prisoners being humiliated

by US military police; President George W. Bush condemned the mistreatment of prisoners, saying “that’s not the way we do things in America”.

Ten years ago: The Iraq war formally ended for British forces as they handed control of the oil-rich Basra area to US commanders. A man drove his car into a crowd of parade spectators in Amsterdam, killing seven people in an attempt to attack the Dutch royal family (the attacker, Karst Tates, died of his injuries).

Five years ago: Iraq voted in its

first nationwide election since US troops withdrew in 2011. Police in Northern Ireland arrested Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams over his alleged involvement in the Irish Republican Army’s 1972 abduction, killing and secret burial of a 38-year-old Belfast widow, Jean McConville (Adams was released without charge).

One year ago: Central Americans who travelled in a caravan through Mexico to the US border near San Diego began turning themselves in to US authorities to seek asylum in a challenge to the Trump administration. The Time’s Up campaign, devoted to helping women in the aftermath of sexual abuse, called for further

investigation into allegations that singer R. Kelly had sexually abused women.

Today’s birthdays: Actress Cloris Leachman is 93. Singer Willie Nelson is 86. Actor Burt Young is 79. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden is 73. Actor Perry King is 71. Singer-musician Wayne Kramer is 71. Singer Merrill Osmond is 66. Movie director Jane Campion is 65. Actor Paul Gross is 60. Country musician Robert Reynolds is 57. Actor Adrian Pasdar is 54. Rock singer J.R. Richards (Dishwalla) is 52.

Rapper Turbo B (Snap) is 52.

Rock musician Clark Vogeler is 50.

Rhythm-and-blues singer Chris “Choc” Dalyrimple is 48. Rock

musician Chris Henderson is 48.

Country singer Carolyn Dawn Johnson is 48. Actress Lisa Dean Ryan is 47. Rhythm-and-blues singer Akon is 46. Rhythm-andblues singer Jeff Timmons is 46. Actor Johnny Galecki is 44.

Singer-musician Cole Deggs is 43. Actor Sam Heughan is 39.

Actor Kunal Nayyar is 38. Rapper Lloyd Banks is 37. Actress Kirsten Dunst is 37. Country singer Tyler Wilkinson is 35. Actress Dianna Agron is 33. Country singer Brandon Lancaster is 30.

Thought for today: “The trouble with our age is all signposts and no destination.” — Louis Kronenberger, American author (1904-1980).

- AP

Matt Markham

EDITOR

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, April 30, the 120th day of 2019. There are 245 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On April 30, 1975, the Vietnam War ended as the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces.

On this date: In 1789, George Washington took the oath of office in New York as the first president of the United States.

In 1803, the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for 60 million francs, the equivalent of about $15 million.

In 1812, Louisiana became the 18th state of the Union.

In 1864, In one of their first armed operations, several hundred Pai Mārire fighters attacked a British redoubt at Te Mōrere (Sentry Hill) in Taranaki. Scores were killed and wounded.

In 1865, Robert FitzRoy, the second governor of New Zealand (184345), took his own life at his home near London. Opinion on his governorship has always been divided.

In 1917, William Sanders received the Victoria Cross (VC) for bravery during a German U-boat (submarine) attack on his ship.

He became the first – and only – New Zealander to win the British Empire’s highest military decoration in a naval action.

In 1945, as Soviet troops approached his Berlin bunker, Adolf Hitler committed suicide along with his wife of one day, Eva Braun.

In 1968, New York City police forcibly removed student demonstrators occupying five buildings at Columbia University.

In 1970, President Richard M. Nixon announced the US was sending troops into Cambodia, an action that sparked widespread protest.

In 1983, blues singer and guitarist Muddy Waters died in Westmont, Ill., at age 68.

In 1993, top-ranked women’s tennis player Monica Seles was stabbed in the back during a match in Hamburg, Germany, by a man who described himself as a fan of second-ranked German player

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o one wants another global financial crisis. No one wins when the banking system fails.

The problem, though, that society faces is that the world of economics is largely based on theories and modelled scenarios and that policies are often put in place to fight the last war rather than what might be coming down the track.

Another problem is that policy makers are increasingly risk averse even at the expense of imposing significant costs. Put the two together and we have a real challenge.

To help reduce the risk of a banking crisis, the Reserve Bank wants to tighten up on bank capital requirements. I am for anything that can protect our economy and enable it to weather storms but we also need to think about the costs.

The Reserve Bank’s consultation paper is called, How Much Capital is Enough? and people have until May 3 to respond to its proposals.

In a nut shell, what the Reserve

Bank is proposing to do requires banks to hold significantly more high quality capital to levels that would make New Zealand one of the most conservative in the world.

We are a tiny nation in the Pacific that relies largely on the primary industries and tourism to keep it afloat.

We are not pulling rocks out of the ground on a large scale and, excluding meat and dairy processing, we do not have a big manufacturing sector.

We are but a few small, thinly-populated islands at the end of the world, susceptible to global economic forces, weather and biosecurity incursions – our banking system does need to be safe for our well-being.

Yet nothing is costless and

there has been much debate in financial circles on how much capital actually is enough, and what the costs might be.

Do we really need to protect our banks from a 1-in-200-year event and, if so, will the $20 billion cost to the banks be worth it? Especially if it is recouped through increases in lending interest rates or by toughening their lending conditions?

Given the $63 billion of debt held by the agricultural sector, an increase in lending rates or tougher conditions would be most unwelcome, especially when it comes on top of other challenges being faced by farmers, such as water, climate change, biodiversity, employment, immigration and, of course, the spectre of a capital gains tax and environmental taxes.

As well as causing considerable stress, these are also hammering farmers’ sense of what is fair.

Federated Farmers will be making a submission on the Reserve Bank’s proposals and I

hope they take our points into consideration – the points are in line with making sure everyone is kept safe – but not at any price.

We want the Reserve Bank to revisit the proposed increases in bank capital to ensure an appropriate level of risk tolerance is chosen, a robust and independent cost-benefit analysis is undertaken, and transitional arrangements allow for a more measured, gradual pace of change, thereby easing costs of getting to desired new levels for bank capital.

Otherwise, we might well reduce the already very small risk of bank failure but the everyday cost to us all mightn’t be worth it.

and plan to be back at the end of September 2019.

Our twelfth season went well for us, a few new stallholders joined us and added to the variety and atmosphere but we would love to welcome more.

We have appreciated having a

few buskers at some markets and thank them for their time.

We thank all our loyal customers who have supported us, wet or fine, and will welcome you all back next season.

We would also like to encourage more locals to visit and sup-

port our local producers.

Should anyone be interested in joining us as a new stallholder, this is an excellent time to start thinking and planning.

Judith Crozier Ashburton District Farmers’ Market Secretary

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YOUR VIEW Farmers’ Market The Ashburton District Farmers’ Market committee and stallholders wish to advise all their customers and the people of Mid Canterbury that they are taking a break over the winter months

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Tax refunds warning

By Tamsyn Parker

of the issue but it was not a problem with the system.

“It is a matter of how a few people have used the new system rather than a problem with the system itself.

“The best thing people can do if they are unsure is contact their accountant or bookkeeper who can deal directly with Inland Revenue.”

Topp urged people to be careful with the money which would likely need to be paid back.

“If this happens to you it’s probably best NOT to go wild and spend it – because it’s 99.9 per cent likely you’ll have to pay it back.”

He urged people to get in touch with their accountant.

The tax system overhaul will mean tax refunds are automated this year for salary and wage earners.

From mid to late May all salary and wage earners will hear from the tax department with around 1.6 million people expected to be due a tax refund of which around 440,000 people will be getting a refund for the first time.

The refunds will come direct into people’s bank accounts and people are being urged to check their account details are correct in their myIR account before the end of May. On the flip side 240,000 will be told they have tax to pay (unless it’s under $50) – of those, about 86,000 also will have had no recent contact with Inland Revenue over their tax.

Those with a tax bill will have until February 7, 2020 to pay it.

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An accountant is warning people to be wary if they received an “accidental tax refund” over the Easter/Anzac holiday period and says it is likely the money will have to be paid back to the tax department.

Jason Topp of SMYD Chartered Accountants, posted a message on Facebook after he was contacted by a client questioning why they had suddenly received a refund from the Inland Revenue.

“He said: “I’ve had some money come into my account, do you know what it is?”

Topp said he put two and two together and assumed it was an issue connected to the IRD’s shut-down.

The IRD shut down its services on the Thursday before Easter and brought them back up on Friday at 8am as part of a major revamp of the tax system.

Topp said it appeared the IRD may have automatically refunded people with credit balances while updating their system.

He believed it was linked to those who had paid provisional tax to the IRD. Provisional tax is a way of pre-paying a final year tax bill and is used by businesses to help smooth their tax costs.

“My assumption is as people have paid provisional tax in throughout the year, it has been seen as a credit balance and therefore refunded.”

A spokesman for the Inland Revenue said it was aware

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Spark says it’s still trying to locate the cause of the latest Spark Sport glitch, which saw Formula One fans missing out on some of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix action in the early hours of yesterday morning.

But the telco is playing down the issue.

“We had a minor issue last night with the pre-pre race programme.

“There was a playback issue that lasted 12 minutes before it was corrected.

“This was over an hour before the start of the race.

“The pre-race coverage and the race itself played out perfectly.

“We had around 12 sporting events playing out over this weekend – 11 of which played out without issue.”

Nevertheless, the pre-race glitch saw a number of subscribers vent online, or send angry emails to the Herald.

Subscriber Scott Moyse was one of those who took to social media to complain, posting: “New Zealand @F1 fans being let down again by shoddy quality feed from @ sparknzsport... The entire life feed is down.

“It’s telling me that the channel is unavailable.”

Last week Spark blamed recent problems with an Australia-NZ hockey match and the Bahrain Grand Prix on human error.

Separately, Spark’s broadband network was hit by a DNS (domain name server) issue on Sunday afternoon and evening, which saw websites loading slowly or not at all for some customers, at times.

Households affected included that of Telecommunications Users Association of NZ (Tuanz) head Craig Young.

During an extended Geekzone discussion on the problem, one veteran member who lists themselves as working for Spark posted, “FYI, as part of the RWC capacity build we are replacing our DNS infrastructure with a more distributed platform, more capacity and using some new functions to support better CDN [content delivery network] balancing.

“The current system will be retired shortly.”

While it’s sensible for Spark to beef up its content delivery network ahead of the World Cup, having such a major infrastructure project apparently still under way just 144 days from kick off is cutting it fine.

“The importance of a seamless experience over the time of the Rugby World Cup later this year

cannot be underestimated and given the recent problems experienced by users of the Spark Sport platform, we hope that Spark have no other significant system upgrades planned close to the event,” Young says.

“The success (or otherwise) of streaming of NZ’s premier sporting event will set user expectations for the foreseeable future.”

On the DNS problem, a spokeswoman said, “We had an issue with one of our DNS servers yesterday – as only one server was impacted, some customers would have had trouble connecting to a website on an initial attempt, but would have reconnected on a second or third attempt.

“That comment on Geekzone is a bit misleading.

“There was no connection between the issue yesterday and the work we are undertaking in preparation for the Rugby World Cup.”

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Anzac soldiers’ portraits

By Tanya Zoe Robinson Each Anzac Day, we remember those who served or lost lives through military service. Yet, for many people during wartime, remembering soldiers was also very much a part of daily life.

Portraiture was an important reminder of loved ones stationed far from home, so an essential task prior to departure for service was to have a professional portrait taken by a photographer. These photos could then be left with loved ones back home, or given as a gift to be remembered by.

In 2017, a rare collection of glass plate negatives was found under an Ashburton shed that was being demolished. The property owner rescued the fragile plates and delivered them to Ashburton Museum.

Over the past months, staff have worked to rescue these images, carefully prising each fragile plate apart, cleaning, scanning and documenting them. The plates 1.

A classic World War One soldier’s seated portrait, showing details of uniform.

2. Two soldiers, possibly mates, brothers or cousins. Possibly a photographic reproduction taken from an existing image.

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are now known as the Halma Collection, after the Ashburton studio where they were made.

While working on the glass plate negative project, museum staff have been struck by how many soldiers are portrayed in the collection, which includes the period during, and around, World War One. World War One soldiers were the first corps to be comprehensively photographed. By 1914 photography was relatively widespread, and wartime photography in the field was common, not only on the battlefield or when on furlough but also, particularly, through portraiture.

While many of the portraits in the Halma Collection are unnamed, they still speak to the importance of soldiers’ portraiture during this time.

The Halma Collection is currently on display at the museum, and we hope that visitors will spot family members and help us identify these soldiers.

As well as portraits of individual sol-

diers in the collection, there are groups, families, brothers and friends.

While there is no way of knowing if these men returned from war, it is easy to see what they would leave behind, and what they hoped to be returning to.

There are young men photographed in uniform alongside new brides, and with young wives and children. Others are photographed alongside mothers and sisters. There are also groups of siblings.

Photography was also used to create reproductions of portraits. One image shows two soldiers – possibly brothers, cousins or friends – that appears to have been taken from an existing printed image.

In another, a young woman is seated alongside a framed portrait of her soldier.

While the story behind this is unclear, the sentiment is clear.

These practices of remembrance were as important at the time they were made as they are today.

Lest we forget.

3. A young looking soldier standing for his portrait.

4. A young woman seated alongside a framed portrait of her soldier.

5. Soldiers were also present in photographs in other ways. The

young woman in the centre of this image wears a sweetheart badge – a small version of the insignia worn by her soldier.

6. An image labelled ‘Tully’ - it is unknown if this pair are a couple or siblings.

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Rain loosens soil to even field for pl

By Tim Cronshaw

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The nation’s top ploughmen and women will start arriving this weekend for the coming New Zealand Ploughing Championships in Chertsey.

Competitors are arriving early for the two-day event which runs from May 11 in order to get their ploughs and tractors match fit at official practise runs in the leadup to the main event.

The line-up will include defending national reversible champion Bob Mehrtens, from South Canterbury, whose main competition is expected to come from Putaruru dairy farmer Malcolm Taylor. Mehrtens attended the last world event and on the second day finished third in the grasslands ploughing.

The field for the Silver Plough trophy has opened up with Marlborough ploughman Ian Woolley electing not to defend his title in the conventional class.

Woolley was third in the world championships in Germany last year and would have been hard to beat.

Without him in the line-up, organisers are reluctant to list favourites as the top of the field has narrowed with several front runners.

None of the competitors will be able to quibble about local ploughmen having home advantage as rain this week will likely even up soil conditions.

“The ground will be in perfect condition with this rain in my opinion,’’ said organising committee member John Hall.

“It was a bit dry earlier on and now with the moisture it will make for ideal ploughing conditions.’’

He said event volunteers would make a start preparing the site for the competition this week.

Ashburton agriculture student Jess Cunliffe will be competing in the young farmer class.

“We are going to start marking out the paddocks on Thursday and there will be a working bee to drive the posts and put up temporary fencing so the public can wander around the ploughing

boundaries without getting too close to the tractors.’’

Public access will be about seven metres from the end of the plot when competitors turn their machinery around or

make a reverse sweep.

Hall’s whare will be stationed as event headquarters from Thursday at the Chertsey site on the Wilkinson family’s farm at Wilkinson Road.

He said competitors would be arriving early from this weekend with most of them settled in by Monday for the practise runs next week.

Hall said the grass to barley at-

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oughing champs tempt was coming together with three massive tractors and 12 furrow ploughs confirmed for the display.

Farmers will attempt, in one hour, to have a large Chertsey grass paddock cultivated, ploughed and cultivated again into a seedbed for drilling in winter barley using the equipment.

This is understood to have never been attempted before in such a short time span as it is unusual to have the machinery working on such a small site.

Attempts will be made each day on two four hectare paddocks at 2.30pm, after the close of competitive ploughing, to draw in more onlookers for the national event.

The largest of the three tractors is Peter But-

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terick’s 525 horsepower eight wheeled Versatile with the May brothers and fellow agricultural contractor Roger Smith on John Deere tractors. All of them will tow 12 furrow ploughs and are expected to make short work of the sprayed grass paddock.

A quad track tractor with a large set of discs from Hewson Farms will also be part of the attempt and Power Farming will be drilling the barley.

The last time the national championships were held in Mid Canterbury was in 2010 during the world championships.

Organisers have invited vintage tractor enthusiasts to bring their machinery without registering on May 10 for a display.

“The ground will be in perfect condition with this rain.

Bob Mehrten at work.

Mehrtens’ remarkable ploughing run Reversible ploughman Bob Mehrtens is making his 41st appearance when the two-day New Zealand Ploughing Championships start on May 11.

The Timaru truck driver is the defending champion in the reversible class.

Other veterans are Kelvin Stokes, who is in the conventional class and has attended 30 national finals. Hamilton farmer John Guy is close behind with 28 appearances.

Silver Plough conventional class: Angela Taylor, dairy farmer, McCormick C Max 85 Kverneland plough Scott McKenzie, farmer, Clinton, Iseki tractor/Kverneland plough Robert Casey, farmer, Temuka, John Deere 6300 Kverneland plough Adam Mehrtens, contractor, Timaru, Fiat tractor Kverneland plough Kelvin Stokes, farmer, Taupiri, David Brown tractor Kverneland plough Jeff Cridge, farmer, Kirwee, Ford 4600 Kverneland plough Eric Gin, farmer, Oamaru, John Deere 5220 Kverneland plough Warwick Seaton, farmer, Canterbury, Massey Ferguson 4707 Kverneland plough Ken Readman, manager, Christchurch, John Deere tractor Kverneland plough Simon Reed, farmer, Canterbury, John Deere 5225 Kverneland plough Hamish Baird, student, Gore, Massey Ferguson 35 Kverneland plough Brad McKenzie, farmer, Winton, Daedong tractor Kverneland plough Mark Dillon, farmer, Riversdale , Massey Ferguson 362 Kverneland plough John Guy, farm manager, Hamilton, Massey Ferguson 185 self-made plough Tryphena Carter, land valuer, Riversdale, Ford 4110 Kverneland plough Reversible class: James Burnby, farmer, Clinton, Case IH MX90 Kverneland plough Bob Mehrtens, truck driver, Timaru, Ford tractor Kverneland plough Murray Baird, farmer, Balfour, John Deere Kverneland plough Malcolm Taylor, dairy farmer, Putaru-

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ru, McCormick 95 CX Ashley Seaton, farmer, Courtenay, Massey Ferguson, Kverneland plough Vintage class: John Butt, engineer, Blenheim, 1947 Caterpillar D2, 1950? Reid & Gray 3 furrow plough John Stalker, retired farmer, Lincoln, Massey Harris, Reid and Gray plough Pearce Watson, retired farmer, Ashburton, John Deere/ Reid & Gray plough Maurice Millar, retired farmer, Ashburton, John Deere /Reid and Gray Murray Grainger, builder, Mosgiel, Ferguson TEA Reid and Gray plough Ian McSporran, farmer, Napier, Allis Chambers WF 45 Reid & Gray plough Paul Houghton, mechanic, Hamilton, David Brown 25, Reid & Gray plough Ian Cocker, farmer, Rongotea, John Deere Reid & Gray plough Tom Fowler, retired farmer, Tuatapere, Farmall FC Fowler approx 1880 Graeme Anderson, retired farmer, Winton, Massey Ferguson 35 Reid and Gray plough Horse class: John Booth, shift electrician, Ashburton, Dayboo Samuel, Dayboo Anja, Reid and Gray plough John and Sharon Chynoweth, farmers, Oxford, long handled plough, make unknown, horses: Flash and Blue Sean Leslie, contractor, and Casey Rae, farm worker, Middlemarch, single furrow Reid and Gray Paul Eaton and Des McGregor, farmers, Dipton, single furrow Reid and Gray Kylie Northcott, saleswoman, Taranaki, single furrow plough Young farmer class; Paul Kowalewski, student, Waimahaka, Massey Ferguson 240 Kverneland plough Joe Marychurch, civil construction, West Melton, Ford 4000 Fiskars plough Jess Cunliffe, agriculture student, Ashburton, Ford tractor/Fiskars plough Matt Ridge, farmer/contractor, Methven, Ford/Kverneland plough

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MARKET REPORT

By Guy Trafford

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Farm gate price watch …

for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural 29-Apr-19 current price range Saleyard prices … u LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 112 -120 Prime 129 -160 u HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt Store 203 -254 u STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt Prime 245 - 251 This week

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Auction prices … u SI WOOL indicator prices (c/kg, clean) Mid mic (23.1-31.5) 1,025 952 Fine Xbrd (31.6-35.0) 508 476 Coarse Xbred >35 mic 332 309 Merino 2,291 2,596

1,077 432 307 2,239

Source: WSI, NZMerino 751 1,557 727 371 476 302 331 352 280 1,588 2,980 1,588

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Source: Midlands Grain 375 430 300 375 428 280 378 424 290

Processor prices … u LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 103.08 17.5 kg YX SI 116.38 19.0 kg YX SI 126.35 21.0 kg YX SI 139.65 Local trade (c/kg) SI 700 (16-22kg) u MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 103.11 u BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 478.0 (270-295kg) P Cow SI 340 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 448 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 500 (180-280kg) u VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 446 AP Stag 60kg SI 542 AP Stag 80kg SI 722

Local market prices … u GRAINS ($/tonne, delivered Canterbury) free price Wheat, milling,12.5%p 418 420 Wheat, feed 418 420 Barley, feed 410 412

International market prices … u LOGS indicator prices, $/tonne Forest index April-19 130.00 131.00 130.00 u DAIRY (NZ$/tonne) Butter Skimmilk powder Wholemilk powder Cheese - cheddar Fonterra milk price Fonterra dividend Fonterra share price

8,326 3,697 4,909 6,486

7,811 3,795 5,011 6,116

6,383 3,934 4,156 5,269

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Comprehensive data is available from the supplier www.interest.co.nz/rural

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Upon the release of the Environment Aotearoa Report 2019 the media ran abuzz with the blame game.

Particularly targeted was dairying with agriculture coming closely behind. The reality of the report should hit home to almost if not every Kiwi.

The environment is suffering from all aspects of human impact be it in cities and towns that are expanding onto productive lands, to our fisheries being over fished to too many vehicles polluting the atmosphere.

I can’t think of anyone who can point a finger at any other sector and say they’re to blame without knowing that they also are part of the problem.

From the houses we live in, the roads we drive on, the clothes we wear and the food we eat, they all come with some degree of ‘mining’ of our natural resources.

New Zealand, as with most other countries, is way behind in making positive decisions about how and when changes, no, sacrifices need to be made.

If people are serious about trying to remedy the mistakes of the past, then everybody has to take some responsibility.

Pointing to agriculture alone misses the issue entirely that New Zealand has a problem and New Zealand has to take collective responsibility.

That is, of course, if we value our environment and want to leave our children and grand children something of what the older generation grew up with.

Governments roll out the phrase that

we need growth and prosperity. Perhaps it’s time we went back to this premise if it means that to achieve it requires inflicting yet more harm upon our environment and future resources.

New Zealanders can say any sacrifices made by them are a waste as we are such a small part of the solution, but this time we are talking about our environment and our economy.

Markets The combination of Easter and Anzac Day have made the saleyards almost as quiet as the Christmas period.

Those yards that have had sales have had such small numbers as to make them barely worth recording as they could be misleading. Likewise, there were no wool sales last week with changes being due to a changing rolling average.

Readers may notice a slight change on some data ie dairy products and foreign exchange. This is due to a change in sources to align better with the mother ship of interest.co.nz Schedules Last week there was little movement on all schedules which was put down to the successive shorts weeks and it was expected that due to the reports of lifting markets internationally and the reduction in livestock coming forward there would be a significant lift for the coming week as things cranked up again.

Apart from Alliance having a 10cent lift on all sheep meats all other processors and schedules remained quiet with no change, either up or down.

Perhaps next week will see some positive movements.

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – In which city would you find Jubilee Park? a. Palmerston North b. Dunedin c. Invercargill 2 – Which of these countries does not have a star on its flag? a. Morocco b. Israel c. Saudi Arabia 3 – Which of these actors starred in the movie The Aviator? a. Leonardo DiCaprio b. Christian Bale c. Ben Affleck 4 – When did the Maori Land Wars take place? a. 1818-1837 b. 1845-1872 c. 1883-1903 5 – What type of animal is a bichon frise? a. Cat b. Dog c. Horse 6 – Jair Bolsonaro is the President of which country? a. Mexico b. Brazil c. Spain 7 – The Viking spacecraft was the first to photograph which planet’s surface in 1976? a. Mars b. Venus c. Jupiter 8 – Which is not a NZ native tree? a. Kanuka b. Ranuka c. Manuka

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Italian pork meatball wraps

■■ Turn oven to 180°C (160°C fanforced).

■■ In a large bowl place the mince, garlic, onion, cumin, egg, parsley, breadcrumbs and salt. Mix well.

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QUICK RECIPE Pork meatballs: 500g pork mince 1 clove garlic, crushed 1/2 onion, finely chopped 1/2 t ground cumin 1 egg 1/2 C chopped Italian parsley 1/4 C breadcrumbs 1/2 t salt 1T olive oil, to cook Sauce: 2T olive oil 1 onion, thinly sliced 1t oregano 400g can diced tomatoes 1 C chicken stock To serve: 6 tortillas 1 1/2 C grated mild cheese 2 C coleslaw

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Roll into 18 golf ball size balls and place on a plate. Cover and chill in the fridge until ready to cook.

■■ To make the sauce, heat the oil in a large frying pan over a low heat. Add the onion and cook for 15 minutes until golden. Add the oregano, tomatoes and chicken stock and mix well. Cook for 5 minutes until slightly thickened.

Keep covered to keep warm.

■■ Meanwhile, to cook the meatballs, heat a little oil in another large frying pan. Brown the meatballs on all sides, in batches, for a few minutes each. Then return them all to the pan for about 10 minutes to cook through, turning frequently.

■■ Add the meatballs to the tomato sauce and gently mix through to coat. Reheat if required and keep warm.

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■■ To serve, place a sprinkle of coleslaw on each tortilla. Top with 3 meatballs, some sauce and a sprinkle of the remaining cheese.

■■ Wrap and enjoy!

Recipe courtesy of www.countdown.co.nz

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3rd Handicap & Putting 1st Eddie Graham 52:17:35 c/b, 2nd Bernie Morrison 57:22:35 Putting 1st Jill Ludemann 16 c/b John Greenslade 16 Greg Sim Building & Excavating No 2: John Greenslade, Mayfield Transport No 5: Eddie Graham

RESULTS ■■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club April 22 Mixed Grade N/S 1st Mary Buckland & Mary Bruce, 2nd Maree Moore & Heather Sim, 3rd Hilda Blee & Rosemary McLaughlin. E/W 1st Kay Robb & Wendy Parr, 2nd Debbie Seddon-Sewell & David Sewell, 3rd Sheila Lyons & Amanda Watson April 23 2 rds, diff ptr N/S 1st Lois Rose & Bill Kolkman, 2nd Mary Buckland & Pat Jordan, 3rd = Melva Stowell & Mike Holdaway and Edna Segers & Jan de Jong. E/W 1st = John McDonald & Jim Rooney and Rewa Kyle & Trish Small, 2nd Maree Moore & Linda Baker, 3rd Sue Rosevear & Alan Wright April 24 Duplicate 1st Mary Buckland & Val Palmer, 2nd Melva Stowell & Pat Jordan, 3rd John Fechney & John McDonald April 25 Smith Trophy N/S 1st John Fechney & Maree Moore, 2nd Melva Stowell & Pauline Fergus, 3rd Paul Fergus & Lynette Leadley. E/W 1st Rewa Kyle & Pat Jordan, 2nd Lois Rose & John Irwin, 3rd Audrey Rooney & Shirley Harris April 27 Mid Canterbury Pairs AM N/S 1ST Kathryn Tennant & Hayden Seal, 2nd Trish Scott & Naomi Hannah- Brown, 3rd Jill Lockett & Giles Hancock. EW 1st Joan Small & Liz Armstrong, 2nd John Kelly & Dennis Johnston, 3rd Sarah Garland & Neal Phillips PM N/S 1st Mary Buckland & Trish Downward, 2nd Eamon Jackson & Darcy Preston, 3rd Andrew Lesley & Kay Nicholas. E/W 1st Sarah Garland & Neal Phillips, 2nd Sue Rosevear & John Fechney, 3rd Tony Fitzgerald & Liz Fitzgerald.

■■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers April 20 - 23 Riders. Winter Series 1st Debbie Skinner CT. 33.13. HT. Go. RT. 33m 13s. 2nd Paul Sinclair CT.33.25. HT. 9.15m. RT. 24m 10s. 2f/t. 3rd Mark Summerfield CT.33.25. HT. 9.15m. RT. 24m 10s.

3f/t. 4th Chris Reid CT.33.26. HT.7.20m. RT. 26m 06s.

5th Paul Summerfield CT.33.26. HT.8.15m. RT. 25m 11s.

6th Shona McGrath CT.33.27. HT.7.20m. RT. 26m 07s.

7th Nick Grijns CT.33.27. HT. 7.20m. RT. 26m 07s. 8th Matt Marshall CT. 33.28. HT.9.15m. RT. 24m 13s 4f/t.

9th Doug Coley CT.33.29. HT.6.20m. RT. 27m 09s. 10th Richard Kirwan CT. 33.29. HT. 9.15m. RT. 24m 14s. 5f/t.

11th Tim Hansen CT.33.29. HT. 4.00m. RT.29m 29s. 12th Lucy Kirwan CT.33..51. HT.4.00m. RT. 29m 51s. 13th Mike Hansen CT.34.01. HT.8.15m. RT. 25m 46s. 14th Tony Ward CT.34.03. HT. 10.05m RT. 23m 58s. F/T. 15th Roger Wilson CT.34.06 HT.7.20m. RT.27m 46s. 30m 17s. 23rd Don Sutton CT.37.06. HT.8.15. RT. 28m 51s.

■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club April 25 The annual Anzac day match between the men and the women for the Baker Trophy resulted in a win for the women with an average score of 35.1 pts to 34.5.

Individual winners were: Perry Hunt 46; Matt Davis & Bruce Day 41; Paul Greer, Daphne Hinton & Marilyn Walker 39; Wilson Hii & Sharon Bradford 38 by c/b.

Twos: Adrian Hopwood and Matt Davis.

Nine Hole: The winner with 21 pts was Kevin Hurley.

Mayfield Golf Club April 26 9 Hole Mayfield Golf Club 9 Hole

DRAWS ■■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby May 4 Hampstead Club Day Luisetti Seeds Section A Devon Tavern Hampstead v Waihora: Waihora Div 1 14:45 Hamp: 1 Matt Gallagher, Joc O’Connor, Sam McKnight Southern Stu Tarbotton Contracting v Hornby RFC: Hornby Div 1 14:45 Hinds: 1 Marty Gameson, Hamish Grant, Mike Southby Luisetti Seeds Section B Ohoka Div 1 v Rakaia Senior 14:45 Mand: Mand 1 Saracens: v Methven Wareings 14:45 Sthbk: Sbk1 Kevin Opele Seniors – Luisetti Seeds Section C Oxford Div 1 v Celtic Darryl Phillips Motor Company 14:45 Oxford: OxOval

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Methven Golf Club April 24 Ladies Division: 2nd Margaret Lilley Putting: Jenny Senior 29, Fay Redfern 30, Sara Gallagher 30 Best Scores: Catrina Glass 87-21-66, Robyn Maw 9222-70, Heather Santy 98-26-72, Tania Wilson 92-2072, Jenny Senior 87-15-72 Aqua Japanese Restaurant best Nett of the Day: Catrina Glass 66; Mt Hutt Lodge Best Nett of the Month: Catrina Glass 66 Nearest the Pins: #4 Open Methven Foursquare Sara Gallagher, #6 Open Methven Travel Catrina Glass, #17 Br B 2nd Shot & Open Methven Pharmacy Sandra Marr, #13 Open Arabica Ruth Smith, #14 Sat Girls 2nd Shot Supervalue Ellen Kemp, #6 Sat Girls Cinema Paradiso Bev Isherwood Twos and Nett Eagles: Sally Jones x2. Catrina Glass x2.

Dennise Hood.

Keep up the great play our Saturday Girls who are currently in 1st place in their Sunday Pennants.

April 27 Men’s Division Stroke round, 2nd Round Middleton trophy Senior: Piers Rolton 71-8-63. Intermediate: Ross Breach 87-17-70. Junior A: Bernard Walsh 84-18-66.

Junior B: Gary Kermode 95-25-70.

Other Good Scores: 67 Pete Wood. 68 Paul Plimmer.

70 Jim Rooney, Alister Maxwell. 71 Michael Kemp, Mark Gorman. 72 Craig Middleton, Phil Elliott, Phil Johnson, Bruce Dickson. 73 Peter Kemp, Gavin Santy, Cruise Tare, Roger Callaghan.

Two’s: Pete Wood, Craig Middleton Dubliner Best Nett: Piers Rolton 63. Methven Foursquare Second Best Nett: Ben Rutter 64. Methven Travel Best Gross: Piers Rolton 7.

Closest to the Pin-Aqua Japanese Restaurant No 4: Paul Plimmer. Hunters Wine No 6: Peter Kemp. Ski Time No 13: Simon Wareing. Green Parrot No 17: Michael Kemp. Cinema Paradiso 2nd shot No 14: Mark Gorman.

Next Week 4th May: 3rd Round Club Champs Qualifying, Medal Round, 3rd Round Callaghan Trophy. May 9: Lions Tournament contact Allan Lock (03)3028030.

Rakaia Golf Club April 24 Ladies Division Stroke Round: Teresa Booker 92 – 20 – 72, Freda Bierema 108 – 34 – 74 9 Hole: Stroke Round: Val Bell 57 – 16 – 41 Railway Hotel 2nd Shot No 3 Freda Bierema, Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd Shot No 6 Sally Smith, Val Bell nearest the Pin No 8 Not Struck, Chertsey Spraying 2nd Shot No 15 Jo Johnson, S. Quinn 2nd Shot No 17 Freda Bierema

Tinwald Golf Club April 27 4BBB and Stroke Leading scores in the stroke round: Phil Keir 63, Poko Paraia 68, Maeva Timote 69, Ross Preece 69, Dave Horrell 70.

Women; Christine Kinita 74, Sally Lane 75 b/l.

Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Struan Scott.

Gluyas Ford # 6; Chris Hart. House of Travel # 12; Lyndon Moore. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Cameron Millar.

G & R Seeds 2nd shot # 11; Brent Smith. Two’s; Struan Scott, Cameron Miller. Net Eagle; # 5 not struck.

Winning pairs in the 1st round of the Findlay Cup 4BBB: Lawrence McCormick and Mike Sandrey, Lyndon Moore and Roger Bruce, Brent and Wayne Smith, Jeff Naish and Bruce Collins, Des Green and Alec Millar, Kieron Gray and Craig Meyrick, Pete Marshall and Snow Pierce, Gordon Rennie and Alan Anderson.

As is often the case the 1st and 2nd qualifiers have been eliminated in the first round leaving the field wide open.

Women’s Senior Premier Linwood Rugby Club: Women’s v Celtic B’s Barber Women 13:00 Linfie: 3 Senior B – Michael Duff Memorial Trophy Allenton v Collegiate, 2:30, Alt1 Gary Clement, Linda Kelsall, TBA Hampstead v Celtic RFC: Kelly’s Cafe & Bar, Hampst1, 1:00pm Sam McKnight May 2 Night Game Southern Wholesale Seeds v Methven R & R Spreading, Hinds1, 7:00pm Paul Arnold May 3 Night Game Rakaia v Mt Somers, Rak1, 7:00pm Jock O’Connor Combined Colts Oxford Colts v Celtic EuroAgri Colts 13:00 Oxford: OxOval Southern: Colts v Lincoln: Colts Bales 13:00 Hinds: 1 Hamish Grant UC Championship Ash College Mid Canterbury Combined v Marl Boys College: 1st XV 12:00 AshCol: 1 Kalifa Faalogo, Charlie Kelland, Mike Southby

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■■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby April 27 Darfield 28 v Southern Stu Tarbotton Contracting 26 Kaiapoi 66 v Devon Tavern Hampstead 26 Luisetti Seeds Section B Methven Wareings 25 Springston 24 Rakaia 32 Oxford 24 Seniors – Luisetti Seeds Section C Celtic Darryl Phillips Motor Company 22 Hurunui 11 Women’s Senior Premier Celtic B’s Barber Women 26 Burnside 36 Senior B – Michael Duff Memorial Trophy Celtic Kelly’s Café 19 & Bar Collegiate 40, Methven R & R Spreading 32 Allenton 24, Mt Somers 12 Southern Wholesale Seeds 20, Rakaia win by Default Combined Colts Methven/Rakaia Combined 3 Springston 71 Waihora 65 Celtic EuroAgri Colts 17 Darfield Colts 59 Southern: Colts 7 Under 18 Combined Comp Springston 7 Mid Canterbury Rugby Union Alps 45 Ellesmere/Mid Canterbury Under 16 Mid Canterbury Rugby Union Alps 31 Lincoln 40 Ohoka: Waimakariri 31 Mid Canterbury Rugby Union Plains 52 Ellesmere/Mid Canterbury/North Canterbury U 14.5 Mid Canterbury Rugby Union ALPS 65 Prebbleton 12 Darfield 50 v Mid Canterbury Rugby Union Plains 22

■■ Run and Walk Run and Walk Ashburton April 27 Handicapped Cross Country, held at Tinwald Domain Runners U8 girls (2km) Winner on handicap Hazel Rickard 12:50; Fastest time Brooke Edmond 12:43; U6 Boys (2km) Winner on handicap and fastest time Jack Rickard 14:03; U14 girls (4km) Winner on handicap and fastest time Angel Spooner 17:25; U16 boys (6km) Winner on handicap and fastest time Jack McKenzie 24:25; Vet women (6km) Winner on handicap and fastest time Toresa Hooper 27:46; Vet men (8km) Winner on handicap Ian Broadbelt 37:11; Fastest time Joe Ford 33:25; 65+ Men (6km) Winner on handicap and fastest time Merv Gilbert 31:19.

Walkers (6km) Fastest time men - Dave Strong 41:39; Fastest time women - Judith Crozier 42:08; Lori Rusbatch 46:12; Lynda Bayne 46:26; Bill Hood 49:52; Winner on handicap Barbara Taylor 51:11; Colin Phillips 51:47; Janet Hood 51:47; Karen Hodgson 56:36.

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Fifth F1 win for Bottas It’s beginning to look a lot like 2016 in Formula One. Just much friendlier.

When Valtteri Bottas beat Lewis Hamilton to win the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday, it was the fourth Mercedes onetwo in as many races, the best start to a season by a two-car team in Formula One history.

Ferrari can barely keep up.

It’s been three years since the title was last decided between Mercedes teammates. Back then, Nico Rosberg bested Hamilton in a titanic ontrack clash which became a bitter personal feud.

This time round, Hamilton and Bottas are full of praise – so far – for each other’s driving.

“Today he was very fair in giving me space and after that he was faultless, so he truly deserved the win,” Hamilton said of the man who leads him in the standings by one point.

“It’s going to take some really great performances from both of us to outperform each other and that’s how it should be.”

Bottas is in the form of his life, with two of his five career wins coming this season.

“It obviously means a lot. It’s incredible as a team the kind of level we are performing at now,” Bottas said. “It’s only my fifth win so of course it feels great.”

Vettel was third as Ferrari failed to challenge Mercedes on a track that had been widely considered to favour the Italian team.

- AP

Results from last week’s round of the Celtic Squash Club’s winter league competition: Team 6 lost to Team 2 5-16: Billy Nolan lost to John McDonnell 0-3, Ron Carlson lost to James McCloy 0-3, James Bowker lost to Blair Horrell 1-3, Melissa Wilson beat Brendon Clark 3-1, Hamish Trott lost to Reece Wallington 1-3, Kate Williams lost to Jan Lee 0-3.

Team 4 lost to Team 1 4-15: Kevin Milne lost to Nick Marshall 0-3, Mick Hooper lost to Harry Stanway 2-3, Ian Dolden lost to Julie Smith 0-3, Chris Lima lost to Tim Kuipers 1-3, Hayden Robinson lost to Guy Stanway 1-3.

Team 7 beat Team 8 13-12: Chris O’Reilly lost to Jason Feutz 2-3, Jimmy Hunn beat Pete Blacklow 3-2, Nathan Forbes beat Jordy Hooper 3-0, Shane Muckle lost to Melissa Wilson 2-3, Michelle Boleyn beat Charlotte Smith 3-1, Jane Kingan lost to Jan Lee 0-3.

Team 5 lost to Team 3 9-16: Paul Cousins beat Adam Clement 3-1, Ed Harrison lost to Ben Kruger 1-3, Steve Devereux lost to Chris Thompson 1-3, Neil Keenan lost to Rob Giles 2-3, Amy Muckle lost to Rebecca Abernethy 0-3, Sian Hurley lost to Hayden Robinson 2-3.

Under 18 Combined Comp Mid Canterbury Rugby Union ALPS v Dunsandel Irwell Plains United, Celtic1, 1:30pm Nathan Forbes Ellesmere/Mid Canterbury Under 16 Mid Canterbury Rugby Plains v Waihora: U16, Hamp2, 1:30pm Phill Everest Rolleston: College v Mid Canterbury Rugby Alps 13:00 Roll: 1 Ellesmere/Mid Canterbury/North Canterbury Under 14.5 Rolleston Gold v Mid Canterbury Rugby Union ALPS, Roll5, 12:15pm Mid Canterbury Rugby Plains v West Melton, Hamp2, 12:15pm Greg Jopson Under 13 JAB ACL Celtic v Celtic/Collegiate, Celt2, 1:00pm Jeremy Robinson Hampstead v Southern/Tinwald, Hampstead 1, 11.45 George Williams Methven Black v Methven White, Meth 1, 1:00pm Ant McGirr Under 11.5 JAB ACL Allenton v Collegiate, Allenton1, 1:15pm Linda Kelsall Celtic v Celtic/Rakaia, Celt3, 1:00pm Liz

Bell Methven v Hampstead/Tinwald, Methv2, 1:00pm Moon Tuilaepa Southern Bye ACL Under 10 Celtic v Methven White, Celtic4, 1:30pm Collegiate v Methven Black, Collegiate 2, 1:30pm Rakaia v Southern Rak 4, 1:00pm Hampstead Bye ACL Under 9 Allenton v Celtic White, Allenton 2, 1:30pm Celtic Green v Methven/MtSomers, Celtic 4, 12:30pm Collegiate v Methven Black, Col2, 12:30pm Methven Red v Tinwald, Methv 4, 1:00pm Rakaia v Methven White, Rakaia1A, 1:00pm Bye Southern ACL Under 8, Allenton v Celtic Green, All2, 12:30pm Celtic White v Tinwald, Celt3, 1:00PM Collegiate v Methven White, Coll1A 1:00pm Methven Black v Hampstead, Meth5 1:00pm Rakaia v Southern Blue, Rak1B, 1:00pm Bye Southern White ACL Under 7

Valtteri Bottas Allenton v Tinwald Black, All3, 1:45pm Celtic Green v Mt Somers, Celtic 2a 1:00PM Celtic White v Tinwald Orange, Celtic 2B, 1:00pm Collegiate Gold, Southern Blue, Coll1b, 12:30pm Collegiate Red v Methven White, Coll1b 1:15pm Methven Black v Hampstead, Meth3, 1:15pm Rakaia v Southern White, Rakaia 2A, 1:00pm ACL Under 6 Allenton Gold Auto Centre v Tinwald Black, Allt3, 1:00pm Allenton Maroon Young Electrical v Tinwald Orange, All3, 12:15pm Celtic Green v Mt Somers, Celtic 1A, 13:00pm Celtic White v Methven White, Celtic 1b, 1:00pm Collegiate Gold v Methven Black, Collegiate 3, 12:30pm Collegiate Red v Southern Blue, Collegiate 3 1:15pm Rakaia v Southern Red, Rakaia 2b 1:00pm Bye Southern White

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■■FOOTBALL

Methven coast past the Spirit Methven FC’s Seniors headed to Christchurch needing a good result from their Mainland Football division three match on Saturday, but it turned out they gained much more than that.

The match against Coastal Spirit was just the second time the Methven FC Seniors had taken to the field this season, after two games were called off late in the piece, and after 20 minutes of end to end action the visitors finally got a grip on the match and never looked back.

Gareth Saltmer was a one man show, taking on anyone in sight and jinking his way into the box before gliding a shot past the keeper at his near post, to put his side on the board, and it wasn’t long before it was two.

Methven were awarded a penalty after Josh Burrows and a defender slapped into each other and the young winger was felled, and Liam Hett took responsibility from the spot and clinically dispatched his shot home.

On came new signing and super sub, Nick Eden, who in a five minute period grabbed himself two quickfire goals and all of a sudden it was 4-0.

Just before the interval Saltmer added the necessary seasoning to a fine move, striking his effort beyond the frustrated keeper and adding his second goal of the day, and it wasn’t long after half-time that the hosts were again feeling the strain of the well-oiled Methven side.

Methven FC showed no mercy with relentless attacks, and Thabs Khabu made it 6-0 when he connected with a long ball on the half volley, leaving the keeper with no chance.

Darcey Taylor and Diego Moreira then grabbed their first goals of the season to make it 8-0, before what was arguably the highlight of the match.

Tummerhang Limbu from the Methven FC Reserves looks to keep control of the ball against the Halswell United Globetrotters.

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Shifting the play at their leisure, Methven got back into goal scoring territory where John Peneycad joined the party late.

He charged down a defender’s frantic clearance and muscled his way past a second before sliding his shot past the fast approaching keeper.

It wasn’t a great day for Spirit’s keeper, but it was for Methven keeper James Wasley, who buried the demons from the side’s last

outing, diverting a goal bound header in the dying moments to maintain a clean sheet.

It wasn’t such a good day for the Methven FC Reserves in Methven though, as they went down 6-2 to the Halswell United Globetrotters in their Mainland Football division six competition game.

The excitement of hosting their first home match of the season unfortunately didn’t result in a

win, with goals from Juan Fissore and Wes Torres not enough to overcome the opposition.

Mid Canterbury United’s team in the same competition picked up a 4-3 win over Oxford FC on Saturday, which put them out in front on the top of the table as the only team with four wins from four outings.

Meanwhile Methven FC’s 14th grade team finished on the wrong side of a high scoring match, los-

ing 9-6 to Ferrymead Bays 14 in the Mainland Football 14th grade competition.

The youngsters were down 6-1 in the first half, but with their backs against the wall and with no regard for damage limitation, they took the game by the scruff of the neck and almost pulled off an incredible comeback.

At one point they got it back to 6-7 but unfortunately, they ran out of steam.

Big win on the road Technology favours City A trip away to face Cashmere at Christchurch’s Garrick Memorial Park was always going to be Mid Canterbury United’s biggest test so far this season.

But it was one they passed with flying colours.

Both teams headed into the Mainland Football division one match with two wins to their names, but it was the visiting side that made it three, taking a resounding 5-1 win.

Mid Canterbury started strong with Luciano Drudi opening the scoring in the 13th minute with a good finish, while Luke Martin added the first of his two goals five minutes later.

Cashmere’s options were few as they elected to play long and in the air, making it easier for the Mid Canterbury back line to defend and counter attack.

They enjoyed large periods of possession and controlled the game in the midfield with Miller McLauchlan putting in an outstanding performance, giving Jamie Smitheram a

free rein along side him in the midfield.

Despite Cashmere’s best efforts in the second half, defending proudly, Mid Canterbury’s pressure was too much and Stan Poki Poki scored from left half after a fine run in the 62nd minute, followed shortly by one from Smitheram, who made a strong run at right half before blasting a fine finish home in the 80th minute.

Martin’s second goal two minutes later made it five, before a late opportunity presented itself for Cashmere.

Mid Canterbury’s keeper and coach Marty Fitzgerald made a great save from a corner and then kept out an almost own goal from Jack Dudley.

It was saved off the line by Fitzgerald after scrambling back, but with time almost up Cashmere eventually did manage to finish off from a corner to get on the board.

Coach Fitzgerald said he was impressed with the performance, despite conceding a late goal.

Cruelly denied by VAR in its agonising Champions League exit, Manchester City relied on technology to keep its Premier League title charge on course yesterday.

City scraped past Burnley 1-0 thanks to a scruffy strike by Sergio Aguero that needed the confirmation of goal-line technology.

The distance over the line?

Less than 3 centimetres.

The nervy wait before referee Paul Tierney awarded the goal was in keeping with a tense match at Turf Moor that ended with City having six defenders on the field – including four center backs – and under instructions from Pep Guardiola to “get it in the corner”.

A win by any fashion is gratefully received by City as it looks to stay ahead of Liverpool in the two-team title race that looks set to go to the final weekend.

With its 12th straight victory in the league, City – seeking to retain the title for the first time – moved one point clear of Liverpool with two games left.

City’s last two games are at home to Leicester and away to Brighton, while Liverpool still has to face Newcastle away and Wolverhampton Wanderers at home.

Aguero joined Thierry Henry as the only players to score 20 or more goals in five straight Premier League seasons.

Technology has ruled City’s fate this season.

Another big call in the league came in its 2-1 win over Liverpool in January, when City defender John Stones cleared the ball off the line – off his own deflection – with 11 millimeters to spare.

That remains Liverpool’s only loss this campaign.

But it was another story in the Champions League when an injury-time goal by Raheem Sterling, which would have sent City through against Tottenham in the quarter-finals, was belatedly ruled out for offside by the video assistant referee.

At least City knows that it will have another chance to win the Champions League next season.

The same probably cannot be said of Manchester United any more after its latest disappointing result, a 1-1 home draw with Chelsea.

Arsenal is also struggling to qualify for Europe’s top club competition – by virtue of its Premier League placing, anyway – after getting beaten 3-0 at Leicester.

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In brief Player of the year Virgil van Dijk has been voted English soccer’s player of the year in recognition of his commanding performances in Liverpool’s defence as it bids to win the topflight title for the first time since 1990. The Netherlands center back collected the Professional Footballers’ Association award at a ceremony in London yesterday.

Van Dijk joined Liverpool from Southampton in January 2018 for $99 million, a world-record fee for a defender, and helped to improve a defence that was previously shaky under Juergen Klopp. - AP

Spurs on shaky ground Tottenham Hotspur’s thin and stretched squad might be close to breaking point at the most crucial stage of their season. Three days before their first Champions League semi-final in 57 years, Spurs produced a lethargic display in losing 1-0 to West Ham in the English Premier League for a first defeat in their new billiondollar stadium. Spurs are not yet certain of a top-four spot. This result gave Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United renewed hope in the race for Champions League qualification.

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Warriors chase Nikorima

Opuke-Hakatere’s Sierra Chambers looks to put a shot away against Craighead’s 2nd XI on Sunday.

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■■ HOCKEY

Rare loss for Hampstead

By Erin Tasker

erin.t@theguardian.co.nz

Hampstead’s senior women’s hockey team suffered something on Saturday that they haven’t experienced a lot in the past couple of years – a loss.

And it was a convincing one, too, going down 5-1 to Timaru Girls’ High School in Timaru.

But it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, according to the side’s new coach Nickey Foden.

Foden – a former North Harbour hockey rep who had recently moved south for work – said the loss was a chance to reflect.

She said her players needed to look at what went wrong in their game and work out what they needed to do next time to get a better result.

“It actually gives us a chance to reflect and look at our position, but it also makes the team appreciate everyone else a bit more because we had some key players away,” Foden said.

Those absences showed just how important it was that players knew other positions, and that teams had cover for such scenarios.

Playing in the new four quarter format, the first three quar-

ters well and truly belonged to the young Timaru school side, and Foden had one big ask of her side in the final 17 minutes – get on the board.

They did, with Tayla Love scoring her side’s sole goal in that final quarter.

Hampstead were Mid Canterbury’s only side in the Mid/ South Canterbury competition this season, following the moving of Hampstead/Collegians back to Mid Canterbury Hockey’s first grade competition, and there’s just one Mid Canterbury team in the senior men’s competition, too.

That team – Wakanui – wasn’t in action on Saturday, as they had the bye.

Both Wakanui and Hampstead picked up wins in their opening games of the season, before having a week off due to the school holidays, with round two hitting the turf on Saturday.

Mid Canterbury’s young side in the Mid/South Canterbury division two competition – Opuke-Hakatere – were also in action on Sunday.

They took on Craighead’s 2nd XI at the Ashburton hockey turf and came away with a resounding 4-0 victory.

■■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Barbarians in hot form ahead of big challenge

By Erin Tasker

erin.t@theguardian.co.nz

In their last two outings the Ashburton Barbarians have scored 126 points, making their coach Steve Gamble one happy man.

On Saturday they topped 60 points for the second week in a row, beating the Shirley Hawks 60-16 in Christchurch.

It was a resounding win, but probably not the type of game that Gamble’s side would have liked ahead of their biggest chal-

lenge of the season for them this weekend in the form of an unbeaten Marist side.

Shirley were light on players when the Barbarians arrived to play, and although they managed to get a team on the field, a couple of injuries in the second half left Shirley in a position where it looked like the game might have to be called off.

But the Barbarians stepped up and lent Shirley a couple of players.

“I think 14 of their points came from our two boys we sent over there, and I said to them if for-and-against comes in at the end of the day, you buggers need to stop scoring tries,” Gamble said.

In all, Gamble said it was a good performance where the Barbarians’ players stuck to their structure for the full 80 minutes.

They have now turned their focus to their next challenge –

Marist in Ashburton this weekend.

Marist beat the defending champion Burnham Chevaliers a week ago, and on Saturday the Chevaliers suffered a rare second loss on the trot, beaten by the Woolston Rams.

Gamble said if the Barbarians could topple Marist this weekend it would really stamp the Barbarians’ mark on the competition and potentially set them up for a season to remember.

The Warriors have dropped an NRL bombshell by making an immediate bid to sign Bronco Kodi Nikorima to solve their halves crisis, according to a media report. The Brisbane Courier-Mail says the Warriors will table an offer for the 25-year-old, who has played 13 tests for the Kiwis, within the next 24 hours.

The Warriors are certainly facing major challenges in the halves. The loss of Shaun Johnson to Cronulla and an injury to Blake Green left them fielding forward Tohu Harris in the halves alongside rookie Chanel Harris-Tavita in their latest NRL game.

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Johnson ‘gutted’ Shaun Johnson’s topsy turvy career has suffered another blow with Cronulla saying his injury appears to be a major one. Coach John Morris was gloomy over the former Warriors star’s hamstring problem.

“He left the field in some discomfort. We have got to get him scanned and hold our breath again,” coach John Morris said after the loss in Brisbane. “When he walks off with that amount of pain you wouldn’t expect it to be a minor complaint so fingers crossed.” Johnson made for a disconsolate figure in the sheds and was reported to be “absolutely gutted”.

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Tiger misses Wells Fargo Masters champion Tiger Woods is not ready to get back to work. He did not enter the Wells Fargo Championship this week at Quail Hollow, meaning he likely will go an entire month without playing until the PGA Championship at Bethpage Black on May 16-19.

“He’s not ready to go,” said agent Mark Steinberg. “The Masters took a lot out of him. He’s not hurt but he is being smart.” This would be only the third time Woods did not play between majors. He went nine weeks between the Masters and US Open in 2006 when his father died, and eight weeks between the Masters and US Open in 2008 when his left leg was badly injured.

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■■HONG KONG

In brief

Kiwi Group One trifecta The New Zealand influence was heavily stamped all over the result of the Gr.1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday night.

The John Size-trained Beat The Clock claimed his second elite level success when he wore down Savabeel’s son Rattan in the shadows of the post with a brave Little Giant, a son of Swiss Ace, close up in third in the $HK16 million contest.

Beat The Clock is a graduate of the 2015 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale, sold out of the Prima Park draft for $200,000.

Rattan also made his way through the New Zealand Bloodstock sale series as a graduate from the Mapperley Stud draft at the 2015 National Yearling Sale where he was knocked down to the bid of local bloodstock agent Bruce Perry for $150,000 before finding his way to Hong Kong.

Little Giant is a product of Gerry Harvey’s Westbury Stud in Karaka and was unbeaten in two starts in New Zealand for trainer Lisa Latta before being sold to Hong Kong clients.

“I would say the race actually went perfectly for him,” winning rider Joao Moreira said.

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Cullenburn in upset win A former Kiwi won the $50,000 Group Carousel at Menangle, but just not the one punters threw their weight behind. The former All Stars four-year-old Sicario had been set for the race by Brent Lilley, but weakened disappointingly from the top of the home straight for seventh. Instead it was Cullenburn, having just his second run for the Craig Cross and Luke McCarthy combination, who took a sit on Sicario, blew straight past him to win by a half a neck in a brisk 1min54.4sec mile rate. - HRNZ

Pelosi in record form American Ideal filly Pelosi smashed the clock winning her Aussie Gold heat at Albion Park. She put 23.3m on her rivals in a 1min53.3sec mile rate, which is the second fastest a juvenile has gone in Queensland.

Only Muscle Factory’s 1min53.2sec is faster. The speed is no surprise given she’s out of former exciting filly For Dear Life, who is from the great Honan family breed. - HRNZ

Pacific targeted

Beat The Clock, Rattan and Little Giant fight out the finish in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize.

“Rattan wasn’t giving up, he was dashing home and made it very hard but fortunately we have a very brave horse.

“He tries his best and once again he’s done it.”

It was Beat The Clock’s eighth win and his second at Group One level, having taken the Gr.1

Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m) in January but this was certainly his finest moment after minor placings this day last year and in the Gr.1 Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) last December.

“He is a joy to take to the races, that’s for sure, because he’s so consistent and such a willing par-

Kiwi mare Our Step Up keeps clocking up the wins in preparation for her ultimate Victorian goal.

Steve Telfer’s five-year-old mare boasts four wins and a ripper second in five Aussie starts this raid, the latest in easy style at Melton. Her goal is the $100,000 Group 1 Queen of the Pacific at Melton on May 18.

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ticipant,” trainer John Size said.

“He’s come strong at five years of age and it should be his best season and he’s done that, he’s delivered with his two Group Ones.”

However, he is unlikely to run again this season but rather prepared for next season and a likely crack at December glory. - NZME

Wairarapa harness Today at Manawatu Raceway

Wairarapa Harness Racing Club Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 30 Apr 2019 NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 2.25pm COMMITTEE HANDICAP TROT $8000, 3yo+ discrhcp, stand, 2500m 1 87996 Buller Whitebait (1) fr.................... B Mangos 2 P3009 Lundqvist (1) 30M........................A Poutama 3 70096 Superfast Ninja (2) 30M 4 26847 Caitlin’s Surprise (1) 40M.............. P Fleming 5 05872 Belmont’s Greatest (2) 40M 6 48578 Commando One (3) 40M..................J Curtin 7 63234 Leesa Castleton (4) 40M.................S Phelan 8 56168 Capelli (5) 40M......................... B Butcher (J) 9 10112 Such Fun (U1) 60M........................Z Butcher 10 94863 Majestic One (1) 80M................. J Abernethy 2 2.52pm LEVIN WOOL BUYERS MOBILE PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+ mr40 to mr49., 2000m 1 50022 Final Delight (1) fr......................... D Butcher 2 60324 Gladamare (2) fr............................ B Mangos 3 4P3 Kayla Maguire (3) fr..........................J Curtin 4 86676 Downtown Babe (4) fr........... D Ferguson (J) 5 24487 Zip Code (5) fr..............................A Poutama

M3 Otago Greyhound Racing Club Venue Forbury Park Raceway Meeting Date: 30 Apr 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 11, 12 and 13 1 12.07pm FORBURY MAIDEN SPRINT C0, 310m 1 1 Versailles nwtd...................................J Dunn 2 8x253 Goldstar Dayton nwtd S &................B Evans 3 65778 Three Gold Stars nwtd....................C Healey 4 27 Baldrick nwtd..............................J McInerney 5 44 Taramakau nwtd.........................J McInerney 6 Opawa Lowie nwtd.....................J McInerney 7 36 Pontiac Pat nwtd........................J McInerney 8 5 Nippa Credit nwtd......................J McInerney 9 57745 Starr Blueblood nwtd..................J McInerney 10 76746 Unhinged nwtd.......................... P Hammond 2 12.25pm WWW.GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C1, 310m 1 57423 Avalanch City 18.80...................J McInerney 2 26333 Homebush Hazel 18.77.............J McInerney 3 17687 C’Mon Benny Boy 18.73.................J Guthrie 4 21215 Ezra Blueblood 18.93.................J McInerney 5 81358 Dream Hard 19.03......................... B Conner 6 88458 Chop Shop 18.48.......................J McInerney 7 34456 Lonely Baxter nwtd....................J McInerney 8 88536 Cosmic Ryder nwtd....................J McInerney 9 34855 Jealous Much 18.80...................J McInerney 10 57667 Pukeko Rustler 19.13......................B Healey 3 12.42 GREEN ISLAND BARBER SPRINT C1, 310m 1 26574 Astro Tipple nwtd....................D J MacMillan 2 44544 Blazing Banjo 18.78...................J McInerney 3 13652 Black Bobby nwtd........................... B Conner 4 54287 Homebush Razor 19.00.............J McInerney 5 46484 Gotcha Rocky 18.60..................J McInerney

6 05256 Changed My Mind (6) fr 7 57640 Laydeenwaiting (7) fr 3 3.17 THE MAD BUTCHER PALMERSTON NORTH MOBILE PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+., 2500m 1 3234P Shot In The Dark (1) fr 2 Claytons Bettor (2) fr..................... B Mangos 3 8x54 Prop Rock (3) fr............................A Poutama 4 8 He’s Gratis (4) fr................................B Taylor 5 48x63 Midnight Murray (5) fr............... B Butcher (J) 6 33473 Lady Ameera (6) fr..........................S Phelan 7 0x Dr Ton (7) fr....................................Z Butcher 8 38070 Kacie Cullen (U1) fr 4 3.42 NZ SOTHEBYS REALTY LTD/CONNIE STEWART MBL PACE $8000, r40-r47., mobile, 2000m 1 69480 Waingaro Mara (1) fr.......................S Phelan 2 46347 Katamach (2) fr............................. D Butcher 3 32480 Express Play (3) fr.......................A Poutama 4 39866 Jack Bates (4) fr............................ B Mangos 5 62818 El Dinero (5) fr 6 23800 Vanhalem (6) fr..............................Z Butcher 7 99623 Itsokbeingbetter (7) fr................. J Abernethy 8 08508 Rake (21) fr

9 00544 Lincoln Lovely (22) fr................ B Butcher (J) 10 P1500 Ohoka Matty (23) fr...................... J Alford (J) 11 0000x Turkish Trousers (24) fr.....................J Curtin 12 43635 Amaro (25) fr......................... D Ferguson (J) 5 4.07pm LARNOCH STUD MOBILE PACE $8000, 3yo+ r49-r54., mobile, 2000m 1 53408 Sheikh Yabooty (1) fr....................A Poutama 2 0x000 Ohoka Johnny (2) fr 3 62365 Art Courage (3) fr 4 31264 Notorious (4) fr...............................Z Butcher 5 27135 Uncle Drew (5) fr................... D Ferguson (J) 6 89197 Bettor Lady (6) fr.......................... J Alford (J) 7 32212 The Kapiti Express (7) fr............ J Abernethy 8 0067x Madiba (21) fr 9 22100 Tia Dalma (22) fr 10 74271 Honour The Bet (23) fr 11 x1617 Brooke’s Image (24) fr................... D Butcher 12 85265 Fancy Schmancy (25) fr 6 4.33pm PGG WRIGHTSON WAIRARAPA CUP MOBILE PACE $9000, r57-r75., mobile, 2000m 1 46272 Mister Harris (1) fr...........................S Phelan 2 12569 Lincoln Moment (2) fr................. J Abernethy

3 34876 Westar Sam (3) fr.......................... D Butcher 4 18725 Anna Barclay (4) fr 5 55534 Ruebe Star (5) fr........................... B Mangos 6 95650 Big Mach (6) fr...............................Z Butcher 7 x9368 Sociable (7) fr............................... J Alford (J) 8 90560 Mogul (21) fr 7 4.58pm POST OFFICE PAHIATUA MOBILE PACE $8000, r49., mobile, 2500m 1 80580 Arcano (1) fr......................................J Curtin 2 90425 Jackhammer Joe (2) fr 3 92425 Betstars Blue Jean (3) fr 4 07743 Scelta Uno (4) fr...........................A Poutama 5 49563 Contractual Issues (5) fr........ D Ferguson (J) 6 81709 Xmas Bay (6) fr 7 22100 Ain’t Nothing Bettor (7) fr...............Z Butcher 8 98932 Geoff’s Legacy (21) fr.............. B Butcher (J) 9 96755 Pure Desire (22) fr........................ D Butcher 10 53451 Beaudiene Emerald (23) fr............ B Mangos 11 05696 Red River Dash (24) fr............... J Abernethy 12 33971 Our Wicklow (25) fr.........................S Phelan 8 5.23 MICK DEVENPORT MEMORIAL MOBILE PACE $8000, r54-r60., mobile, 2000m

1 28015 My Mate Ben (1) fr 2 13403 Go Getta (2) fr 3 87218 J Bee (3) fr............................... B Butcher (J) 4 77x12 Stately (4) fr 5 63931 Ideal Tiger (5) fr...............................S Phelan 6 12569 Lincoln Moment (6) fr................. J Abernethy 7 77465 Stars Delight (7) fr......................... D Butcher 8 43699 Jetenara (21) fr..............................Z Butcher 9 36513 Dana Dawn (22) fr........................A Poutama SELECTIONS

5 77838 Homebush Ellie nwtd.................J McInerney 6 77127 Zip Zap Zoe 18.92......................J McInerney 7 85x47 Flying Canary 19.20...................J McInerney 8 88653 Dream Stone Jade 18.73...................S Keen Emergencies: 9 86875 Magic Jean Lass nwtd....................C Healey 10 4565x Homebush Razz nwtd................J McInerney 13 4.17pm FORBURY NOVICE SPRINT C1, 310m 1 12667 Homebush Velma nwtd..............J McInerney 2 33218 Homebush Diego nwtd...............J McInerney 3 56626 Smokey Dodger 18.94.............. P Hammond 4 25744 Mitcham Becky nwtd..................J McInerney 5 66136 Elton Blueblood nwtd.................J McInerney 6 77644 Rocky Vincitore nwtd...............D J MacMillan 7 22736 Koputai 18.73..................................J Guthrie 8 65245 Punch On Rex nwtd...................J McInerney 9 4565x Homebush Razz nwtd................J McInerney 10 86875 Magic Jean Lass nwtd....................C Healey SELECTIONS

Race 1: Such Fun, Majestic One, Belmont’s Greatest, Capelli Race 2: Gladamare, Kayla Maguire, Laydeenwaiting Race 3: Shot In The Dark, Kacie Cullen, Dr Ton, Prop Rock Race 4: Katamach, Itsokbeingbetter, El Dinero, Rake Race 5: The Kapiti Express, Notorious, Sheikh Yabooty, Madiba Race 6: Big Mach, Sociable, Anna Barclay, Mister Harris Race 7: Betstars Blue Jean, Jackhammer Joe, Our Wicklow Race 8: Stately, My Mate Ben, Dana Dawn, Ideal Tiger LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

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Today at Forbury Park Raceway 6 77627 Jinja Cody 18.47........................J McInerney 7 68288 Homebush Izzy 19.03................J McInerney 8 57674 Sefton Jay 19.09........................J McInerney 9 46x55 Valyrian Steel 18.73...................J McInerney 10 568F8 Glass Harpoon 18.76......................J Guthrie 4 1.00pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER SPRINT C2, 310m 1 83325 Gracie Lee nwtd.........................J McInerney 2 37284 Gotcha Zena 18.91....................J McInerney 3 44248 Homebush Scorpio 18.41..........J McInerney 4 75673 Goldstar Power 18.83 S &................B Evans 5 82618 Goldstar Miley nwtd S &...................B Evans 6 21311 Ma Chere 18.92......................... A Bradshaw 7 x7771 Cee Ash 18.93................................G Cleeve 8 42818 Homebush Austin 18.62.............J McInerney 9 67646 Homebush Comet 18.73............J McInerney 10 12567 Boston Powers 19.00................. A Bradshaw 5 1.17pm BROCKLEBANKS DRY CLEANERS STKS C1/2, 545m 1 48317 Chat Ya Later nwtd S &....................B Evans 2 26525 Know Leave 33.62..........................G Cleeve 3 32248 Sausage nwtd J &............................D Fahey 4 44341 Goldstar Scooby nwtd S &...............B Evans 5 68526 Bashful Buffy 32.64....................J McInerney 6 84665 Black Dan 32.67.........................J McInerney 7 33116 Lennox Heads nwtd J &...................D Fahey 8 24671 Classy Witch 32.54.........................G Cleeve 9 48254 Midnight Maggie 33.16 S &..............B Evans 6 1.40 ALL FENCING SOLUTIONS SPRINT C2, 310m 1 81552 Homebush Miles 18.46..............J McInerney 2 72148 Goldstar Tasman nwtd S &...............B Evans 3 84641 Loco Lola 18.65......................... A Bradshaw 4 18454 Trajan nwtd.................................J McInerney 5 41312 Thornado 18.56......................... A Bradshaw

6 72173 Forbury Flyer nwtd.....................J McInerney 7 55647 Mulberry Minx 18.96......................R Adcock 8 67752 Sozin’s Blue 18.69.....................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 34762 Homebush Hundy 19.18............J McInerney 10 53888 Sergess 18.36............................J McInerney 7 1.57pm ST CLAIR SPRINT C3, 310m 1 43554 Go All Lin 18.87......................... A Bradshaw 2 66142 Cosmic Jase 18.43....................J McInerney 3 77633 Botany Alan 18.46......................J McInerney 4 11244 Raptor Attack 18.94................... A Bradshaw 5 57582 Debbie Baxter 18.44..................J McInerney 6 68583 Cosmic Ruben 18.50.................J McInerney 7 22631 Aroha 19.09....................................B Pringle 8 27674 Homebush Tesan 18.69.............J McInerney 9 21115 Digger Ace 18.60...........................R Adcock 10 23628 Sierra Delta 18.58 S &.....................B Evans 8 2.19 BRIAN BAGLEY DRIVER LICENSING SPRINT C4, 310m 1 36483 Inside Affair nwtd...............................J Dunn 2 21611 Homebush Boots 18.87.............J McInerney 3 63113 Malaga Molly nwtd.....................J McInerney 4 75562 Mitcham Faye 18.75...................J McInerney 5 85513 Black Tori 18.86.......................... A Bradshaw 6 25583 Beck Eleven 18.89.........................R Adcock 7 34315 Goldstar Jay Jay 18.60 S &..............B Evans 8 58633 Shanly Star 19.04......................J McInerney 9 11456 Nozzno Fear 18.44.................... A Bradshaw 10 76788 Homebush Boden 18.60............J McInerney 9 2.37pm ST KILDA VETERINARY CENTRE STAKES C1/2, 545m 1 75744 Cosmic Stu 32.65.......................J McInerney 2 65734 Melting World nwtd..........................J Guthrie 3 46317 Goldstar Chief nwtd S &...................B Evans

4 54138 Dave’s Dot 32.22........................J McInerney 5 24215 Know Denying nwtd........................G Cleeve 6 65562 Chunk 32.91...............................J McInerney 7 17356 Canya Sniper nwtd J &....................D Fahey 8 21172 Spring Mechanic nwtd J &...............D Fahey 9 48254 Midnight Maggie 33.16 S &..............B Evans 10 3.01pm PETER SINTON PLUMBING SPRINT C4, 310m 1 24842 Mitcham Reado 18.52................J McInerney 2 46536 Joe Bonanza 18.77....................J McInerney 3 14676 Tee An’ Cee 18.54.......................... B Conner 4 34473 Opawa Jumper 18.35.......................R Wales 5 43743 Torpedo Tuck nwtd..................... A Bradshaw 6 58581 It’s A Joke 18.42.........................J McInerney 7 18472 Goldstar Trooper 18.41 S &..............B Evans 8 52663 Reign Of Fire 18.59....................J McInerney 9 434F8 Princely Gold 18.31....................J McInerney 10 81788 Nicky Baxter 18.94.....................J McInerney 11 3.26pm ST KILDA DASH C5, 310m 1 46152 Must Be Rusty 18.77..................J McInerney 2 56215 Pita Ramos 18.56..............................J Dunn 3 72773 Zefside 18.51.............................J McInerney 4 12217 Goldstar Dodge 18.72 S &...............B Evans 5 12242 Hankenstein 18.48..................... A Bradshaw 6 718F1 Forehand Raid 18.95.........................J Dunn 7 45115 Magic Jess Lass 18.65...................C Healey 8 18315 Little Krakatoa 18.64.................. A Bradshaw 9 31516 Wildebeest 18.64....................... A Bradshaw 10 56136 Mohican Run 19.06.................... A Bradshaw 12 3.51 RACING AGAIN TUESDAY 14 MAY C1, 310m 1 56484 Zipping Jen 18.56.......................... B Conner 2 26327 Homebush Skip 18.76................J McInerney 3 33855 Half Silver Fern 18.75................J McInerney 4 67824 Homebush Sloan 18.54.............J McInerney

Race 1: Versailles, Goldstar Dayton, Taramakau, Baldrick Race 2: Avalanch City, Chop Shop, C’Mon Benny Boy Race 3: Blazing Banjo, Black Bobby, Gotcha Rocky, Jinja Cody Race 4: Ma Chere, Gracie Lee, Cee Ash, Homebush Comet Race 5: Classy Witch, Sausage, Chat Ya Later, Bashful Buffy Race 6: Loco Lola, Thornado, Mulberry Minx, Sozin’s Blue Race 7: Cosmic Jase, Raptor Attack, Debbie Baxter, Digger Ace Race 8: Homebush Boots, Beck Eleven, Black Tori, Nozzno Fear Race 9: Spring Mechanic, Canya Sniper, Dave’s Dot, Cosmic Stu Race 10: Mitcham Reado, Goldstar Trooper, Joe Bonanza Race 11: Must Be Rusty, Forehand Raid, Little Krakatoa Race 12: Homebush Sloan, Dream Stone Jade, Half Silver Fern Race 13: Homebush Velma, Homebush Diego, Mitcham Becky

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

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As you strive for a state of mental openness and receptivity, your stress levels plummet pleasantly.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): At some point, you’ll get as much a return from your work as can happen. Keep in mind the law of diminishing returns. Work you do after that point will yield less. Be alert about when to move on.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Your way would have worked under different circumstances and with a different cast of characters. Alas, compromises were made. Good thing you’re so flexible and you’ll make the most of it.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): “Give ‘em the sizzle, not the steak,” may be the expression of con artists, though it’s not always a bad thing to get one less steak. Maybe the sizzle is enough right now. It applies across the board today.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): To form a vision is the essence of creativity and the heart of leadership. Build a border of practicality and reality around the vision to keep it from crossing into the realm of delusion.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You’ve learned to be selective in what you share with people. You’ll stick with that strategy today to avoid engendering envy or causing people to focus on things that don’t matter to the relationship.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You could go deep; you’re more than capable of understanding nuance and complexities. But to what purpose? There’s so much to accomplish on the surface now.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Go with temporary, lighter commitment for a while, just to try things out and get a better appreciation and understanding for the full range of what’s available.

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You’d rather brave the way of the doer have nothing to show for it.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): It takes confidence to keep it simple, and you’ve plenty of that. If there are too many fancy extra things, no one knows where to devote one’s attention. Anyway, you’re impressive without trying to be.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Because you trust yourself and your timing, when circumstances arise that require immediate action, you go for it.

The others who don’t know you yet haven’t learned what you can do, but they’ll learn.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): While fun is contagious, it’s also subjective. When they’re having fun and you’re not, or vice versa, it’s a sign that you’re in the wrong place. Keep moving until the good vibes are mutual.

ACROSS 7. Freight we hate distributing, as it weighs 57kg (13) 8. May be on to it as ten make a pretentious display (11) 12. In desperation they’re clutched at as drinking-tubes (6) 14. Is this a bunk or the ocean floor? (6) 16. Clerk may have nothing in cupboard requiring a key (6) 18. A fine mess of fish, in this cooking vessel (6) 19. Twins’ simultaneous appearance on the stage for bookkeeping (6-5) 23. Deigning to see Conservative on the climb-down (13) DOWN 1. Woman has nothing on for leading character (4) 2. Don’t obey proof correction in order to test it (4) 3. There are various nets in such courts (6) 4. Promises that one uses bad language (6) 5. Monkey that’s taking it up repeatedly (4) 6. Will almost polish the front of the leg (4) 9. One croc so confused, it will blow in from North Africa (7) 10. It does the rounds, space-wise (7) 11. Push it gradually to the brink (4) 12. An experienced sailor will add piquancy to it (4) 13. You and I, having eaten nothing, suffer misery (3) 15. Make up the required measure in a week evidently (3) 17. It’s an appetiser one will eat with enjoyment (6) 18. Guard ring for the man behind the wicket (6) 19. The way one’s feeling is upsetting to one’s destiny (4) 20. Give us our due, it’s partly the language (4) 21. It may be spring that’s affected by the moon (4) 22. Pull a king any way to begin with (4)

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DOWN 2. Inspect (7) 3. Playhouse (7) 4. Symbolise (9) 6. Cherish (5) 7. Of little importance (7) 8. Go backwards (7) 13. Correct behaviour (9) 14. Far off (7) 15. Portable light (7) 17. Contempt (7) 18. Radical (7) 20. Edge along furtively (5)

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ACROSS 1. Superior (6) 5. Sales talk (6) 9. Fictional (4,2) 10. Dull (6) 11. Present (4) 12. Speed up, facilitate (8) 14. Edit out (6) 16. Lots (6) 19. Ominous (8) 21. Hardens (4) 22. Meeting plan (6) 23. Overjoyed (6) 24. Bulk liquid carrier (6) 25. At a distance, but visible (6)

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SIMMONS, Deidre Marie (Dee) (nee Rodgers) –

SIMMONS, Deidre Marie (Dee) – On April 27, 2019. Much loved and very integral part of the Simmons family. Dearly loved daughter-in-law of the late Peter and Patricia Simmons of Ranfurly, valued sister-in-law and friend of Gerard and Anne Simmons, Catherine and David Quirk, and Mary and Allan Rivett.

The ever fun Aunty to all her nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews.

So sadly missed, so quickly gone.

REST IN PEACE

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On April 27, 2019. Died peacefully surrounded by her loving family after a brave struggle, at Ashburton Hospital, aged 70. Dearly loved wife and best mate of Tom for 47 years, amazingly loving and devoted mother and mother-in-law of Jan and Greg White, Mark and Phillipa, Brad and Emma.

Fun-loving Gran-Dee to Emily, Thomas, Grace, James, Chloe and Oliver, who she adored and was so proud of. Loved daughter of the late Margaret and Henry Rodgers of Dunedin.

Messages to 19 Davidson Street, Ashburton 7700. A Mass to celebrate Dee’s life will be held on THURSDAY, May 2, at the Church of the Holy Name, Sealy Street, Ashburton, commencing at 11.00am, followed by private interment. Dee has asked people to wear her favourite colour red. A recitation of the Rosary will be held at our Chapel, cnr East and Cox streets, Ashburton on Wednesday commencing at 7.00pm.

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Wind km/h less than 30

Fine, apart from areas of morning cloud and frosts. Winds mainly light, but northeasterly breezes developing in the afternoon.

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Fine. Winds mainly light, southwesterlies about the tops.

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Fine, apart from some morning and evening cloud. Northeasterlies developing.

Fine, some morning and evening cloud.

Light winds.

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Northeasterlies.

World Weather

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CARTER, Merle – Passed away peacefully on April 29, 2019, at Ashburton.

Aged 76. Dearly loved wife of John. Loved mother and mother-in-law of Dean and Andrea, Bryce and Toni, Shari and Brendan and Nana to Oliver, Lewis, and Jacob.

Messages to the Carter family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Merle’s life will be held at our Chapel, cnr East and Cox streets, Ashburton on FRIDAY, May 3, commencing at 11.00am.

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Bottas upstages Hamilton

Tough day for Reserves

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Ben Wilkinson (left) and Aaron Briggs were among those battling it out on the squash courts at Hinds.

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All-Ashburton final

By Erin Tasker

erin.t@theguardian.co.nz

The top seed lived up to the hype on the squash court in Hinds at the weekend.

Ashburton squash player Lee Barker was the favourite to take out the Hinds Open’s open grade title and he did just that, beating

fellow Ashburtonian Steve Leckie 3-1 in the final.

Leckie was the tournament third seed and he toppled second seed Agustin Maunier on his way to the final.

The A grade final was an allHinds affair, with Shayne Jones and Chris Davison battling it out

on their home courts, and Jones taking it out.

In B grade, a former local player now based in Christchurch – Tim Sullivan – took on Hinds player Rodrigo Resende in the final, with Sullivan coming out on top.

The C grade final featured two South Canterbury players,

with Temuka youngster Flynn Brookland winning out against Pleasant Point’s Hamish Kelynack.

It was an all-Hinds affair again down in the D grade, with Mark Thomas taking out the final against club-mate Josh Wardell.

Players will now turn their at-

tention to the next tournament on the Midlands Squash calendar, the Geraldine Open on May 10 and 11.

The next Mid Canterbury club to host their annual tournament will be Celtic, with the Ashburton Celtic Open taking place on May 17 and 18.

Rarity: Defeat for Hampstead on the hockey turf

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