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Robbie Shefford has caused quite a stir, both here and overseas, after putting a $100 dollar note up for auction on Trade Me. THIS PHOTO HAS BEEN DIGITALLY ENHANCED

$100 note Trade Me listing causes a stir

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Traditionally unwanted gifts were surreptitiously hidden away to be re-gifted after a suitable period of time.

These days such discretion has gone out the window; Boxing Day is the now the day to sell those unwanted Christmas presents on online auction sites like Trade Me. Ashburton engineer Robbie Shefford was discussing the trend with his brother on Saturday, when the idea of selling an “unwanted” $100 note came up.

“I put it up on Trade Me with a $20 reserve and $150 buy now price as a joke – and it took off,” Mr Shefford said.

He was prepared to take a hit on the auction, but by yesterday morning bidding had peaked at $5150, and the sale

had sparked a media frenzy.

Word of Mr Shefford’s unwanted gift has now spread around the world, and he has been kept busy with interviews.

Yesterday, Trade Me administrators stepped in to weed out some of the larger bids, in doubt of their authenticity, shaving the figure down to $295.

Prior to that a bidder going by the name of Jackson93 was holding the lead with $5100 yesterday morning, before being pipped at the post by poppaelf, who upped the ante by $50.

As it transpired Jackson93’s threeyear-old child had done a spot of bidding, encouraged by older siblings.

Mr Shefford was not surprised by Trade Me’s actions – he too was skeptical about the big punters in his auction.

However the move did not deter

those determined to nab the now famous hundy. Within a couple of hours the price had climbed back over the $500 mark.

Trade Me intervened once more, knocking the figure back to $157 at 3pm yesterday afternoon.

Over the course of the auction 92 people have made bids on the note, 3089 have added it to their watchlist and the page has been viewed by about 165,000.

In the course of the auction Mr Shefford has answered hundreds of questions but has chosen to ignore or remove a lot of the “haters”.

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Corpse flower draws big crowds Adelaide’s latest tourist attraction smells like rotting flesh, grows up to three metres tall and features a giant phallic spike - and it’s drawing big crowds. Mount Lofty Botanic Garden in the Adelaide Hills is playing host to the endangered titan arum or corpse flower, named for its distinctive odour. Curious punters flocked to the garden yesterday as the rare flower began to bloom, an event that only lasts around 48 hours before it collapses in on itself. Photos on social media showed long queues of people waiting to catch a glimpse of the plant.

“Flowering events are rare because the plant is so difficult to cultivate, even in optimum conditions,” horticultural curator Matt Coulter said.

“The titan arum really is one of the world’s most fascinating plants, and we’re ecstatic the South Australian public have the opportunity to see it.”

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Oprah launches weight loss campaign Oprah Winfrey will kick-start 2016 with a weight-loss challenge to her fans and followers. Now a Weight Watchers spokeswoman and company co-owner, after buying 10 per cent of the firm in October, Oprah will document her new year slim down as part of a new public campaign. Her first ad debuted over Christmas and is now available to everyone looking for a little motivation to lose the weight they packed on over the holidays on YouTube.com. In the launch commercial, Oprah uses flashback footage of her past weight-loss efforts and urges fans to join her in her latest slimming effort, stating, “If not now, when?”

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The modern-day lump of coal from Santa was a wooden block and a vulgar message in a PlayStation box for one little boy on Christmas Day. All 9-year-old Scott Lundy, of Massachusetts in the United States, wanted for Christmas was a PlayStation 4. But when he opened the gift from his parents, he found nothing but a gaming console-shaped block of wood and a rude message scrawled in pencil.

Scott’s dad Brian said that when his boy was given the gift he screamed: “This is the best present ever, this is the best Christmas ever.” But when he tore open the box containing the console, Mr Lundy said there was no PlayStation in it: “there was a wooden block”. The piece of wood was cut to the same measurements as a PS4 console, and was wrapped in packing as an original console would have been. Mr Lundy said the box hadn’t been tampered with. “It was like, you know, kind of laughing in your face,” Scott’s stepmother Kristin said. “He’s crying and he’s upset and he’s in the playroom by himself and he just wants to be alone.” She said she was crushed by his sadness.

The family returned the console to Target.

They were given a replacement PS4, a $100 gift card and a game.

“They couldn’t have been any kinder,” Mrs Lundy said.

Unwanted gifts flood Trade Me Unwanted Christmas gifts have flooded Trade Me over the past few days.

Among the slew of socks, bevy of books and crates of cricket gear were oneof-a-kind auctions. The more unusual included a generic KiwiRail Christmas card, touted as “unique” and “personal”. A stormtrooper cookie jar and a batter dispenser were also under the online hammer, as was a Star Wars lightsaber, thumb wrestling book and a Minecraft cardboard head. Trade Me spokesman Logan Mudge said on Boxing Day: “We’re expecting to see thousands of unwanted gifts change hands in the next few days, and bargain hunters and opportunistic sellers will be out in force.” More than 166,000 searches were made on the site on Boxing Day last year for unwanted gifts. The most popular categories included outdoor furniture, baby gear, DVDs and camping equipment. Trade Me’s picks for popular unwanted gifts this year: 1): Adele CDs 2): Selfie sticks 3): Socks 4): Lingerie

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A pet black sheep has been captured on camera ramming his owner’s car door, a day after the vehicle returned from the panel beaters. Watson dented the door of the Toyota at Shiree Palmer’s home. The fluffy animal may have been attacking his reflection in the shiny car. “I got my car back from the panel beater’s yesterday after having the door repaired after someone drove into it,” Ms Palmer said on Facebook. “Today, Watson attacked the door and has totally trashed it! I can’t believe it! Here is the video evidence.” Viewers have jokingly responded to the video. One person wrote: “Why have you never thought of giving the boy a mirror instead?” Ms Palmer also sent the video to her insurance company, which sent her a funny reply. “Thank you for your email. I’m sorry to see the damage Watson has caused and I’m glad to see Watson has taken full responsibility of his actions,” the message read.

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■ NETHERBY DAIRY

Brazen grab-and-go theft

By SuSan SandyS

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A grab-and-go tobacco theft on Boxing Day has left Netherby Dairy owners Gang and Xiufang Deng questioning the ability of the law to protect them.

About 6.30pm Mr Deng served a man who walked into the store, asking for a packet of tobacco.

He put the $70 packet on the counter and as he turned away to get cigarette papers, the man grabbed the packet and ran out of the store.

Mr Deng’s adult son Kevin took chase, along with a customer who had just walked out of the store. However, the offender was able to make his escape in a car parked on nearby Eton Street, but not before another previous customer took the car’s registration number.

Kevin phoned 111 on his return to the store and two police

Netherby Dairy security camera footage from Boxing Day shows a brazen grab-and-go theft of tobacco. officers were at the scene within 20 minutes. The officers viewed security camera footage, and Kevin said they seemed to know who the offender was. They said

they would get back to them the next day, however as of yesterday morning he and his parents were still waiting.

Kevin said they knew police

would come back to them in good time, but his parents were nevertheless concerned about the ability of the law to protect them.

There appeared to be an increasing crime rate in the area, with repeat offenders most likely among the perpetrators.

They had to cope with the prospect of not only grab-andgo thefts and shoplifiting, but also vandalism and the shop frontage had a broken window from an incident earlier this year.

The couple had installed an outdoor security camera to add to the store’s interior cameras in order to be able to record such activity.

Ashburton police said yesterday investigations remained under way, and the file was most likely with an officer who would pick it up upon returning to work.

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Lucky escape Two young Ashburton men walked away from a spectacular crash which involved their vehicle clearing a deer fence.

Ashburton police sergeant Richard Scott said yesterday police were investigating whether speed, alcohol and driver behaviour may have been involved.

The two men were travelling south between Fairton and Ashburton on State Highway One when their vehicle hit a ditch on the right side of the road and flipped and soared over the deer fence, about 6am on Monday.

The car was a write-off but the pair walked away with just minor injuries. They presented at Ashburton Hospital a short time later, whereupon hospital staff called police.

Mr Scott said it was likely charges would follow.

The deer fence looked like it had not been touched, with no broken wires or posts.

“It’s really just sheer luck the driver hasn’t killed someone, and they are lucky to be alive,” Mr Scott said.

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Fatal crash at Bankside

Wastebusters yard was the busiest spot in Ashburton yesterday as people off-loaded Christmas bottles, cardboard and paper.

The organisation’s joint manager Sharon Breakwell said staff had spent a huge day directing traffic and at times had struggled to cope with the amount of material being off-loaded.

“It’s great though, there are so many people recycling and we’re seeing everything coming in and there are so many kids coming in with their parents and helping with their recycling, that’s great to see,” she said.

While there had been periods of the day when people had had to queue for parking spaces, most were happy to wait.

“At times we were out there directing traffic.”

The quantity of glass generated over the Christmas period was huge, Ms Breakwell said.

“While we’re happy to accept glass, we don’t get anything for it, we just take it up the road to

Dust from a rural shingle road may have contributed to the death of a young driver in a crash with a truck.

A man, who police believed was a local in his 20s, was driving on Mitchells Road at Bankside, near Rakaia when the crash happened shortly after midday yesterday.

Senior sergeant Peter Stills said the driver, and sole occupant of the car, may not have seen the second of two oncoming trucks, which had been in the area transporting stock feed.

The car hit the second truck and the force of the collision smashed it off the road and into a farm fence.

The driver died at the scene.

The truck driver is believed to have been uninjured.

Mr Stills did not believe speed played a part.

But he said the fatality highlighted the dangers of driving on unsealed roads, and said drivers should slow down or stop if dust is hindering their vision. - NZME

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■ ULTRAVIOLET LEVELS

Sun-safe products flying off the shelves

BY NADINE PORTER

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Sunscreen and after-sun care products are marching off the shelves in Mid Canterbury this week as ultraviolet levels reach extreme levels.

An Ashburton Countdown spokesperson said shelves containing aloe vera – a soothing product used on sunburn, had been emptied since Christmas, particularly after the Boxing Day races.

While sunscreen had also been flying off the shelves, it was not markedly different from other years although customers were buying sunscreens offering higher UV factors, the spokesperson said.

The pattern was very much the same at New World with sun products in hot demand while at Netherby Four Square co-owner Marilyn Walker said there were gaps on shelves as the hot days persisted.

Yesterday the UV Index reached 11.8 at 1pm – an extreme level brought about by clear skies.

In those conditions those out

Practising being safe in the sun at the Ashburton Domain yesterday was from left: Sophie, Hannah and Louisa Kane.

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in the sun need to reapply SPF 30+ every 2 hours, wear protective clothing and sunglasses with shade essential between 11am and 4pm.

The Cancer Society advises

whenever the UV Index reaches three or above, sun protection will be required because of the risk of skin damage.

Influenced by latitude, the amount of ozone in the atmos-

phere, cloud cover and the reflection from surfaces, Canterbury has among the highest UV levels in New Zealand at this time of year.

MetService meteorologist Peter Little said while there were a number of factors that determined UV levels, the sunny days meant there had been little to no cloud to restrict the amount of UV coming in.

“It’s certainly been very sunny weather and if people are out and about they need to cover up and slip, slop, slap or they will be at greater risk of burning.”

Mr Little said while today would see some showers reach inland Canterbury, it would bring little to no moisture of value to farmers.

“Farmers hoping for a decent amount of rain will be disappointed by today’s falls. We’re not expecting more than a few showers out of this system.”

Meanwhile, New Year’s Eve revellers in Mid Canterbury can expect pleasant conditions with showers clearing by midday and a high of 23 degrees in Ashburton and 22 degrees in Methven.

$100 note auction causes stir From P1 Many people are baffled as to why anyone would do this, oblivious to his sense of humour. One person asked why he didn’t just gift the money to charity if “he didn’t want it”.

However, Mr Shefford does have plans to help out a charity dear to his heart.

“If I come out with anything I’ll make a donation to Ronald McDonald House,” he said.

“My daughter was in the neonatal unit in Christchurch Women’s Hospital for five weeks and my partner Kylie stayed at Ronald McDonald’s, I came back to Ashburton for work but went up every couple of days and stayed there too.”

Bidding on the $100 note closes on Saturday at 4.57pm.

Yesterday a copycat auction appeared on Trade Me but it had only attract bids to the tune of $99.

Mr Shefford is not the only Mid Cantabrian looking to cash in unsatisfactory Christmas presents.

In a section titled Unwanted Xmas gifts, Trade Me has Ashburton listings for, shoes, Go Pro accessories, clothing, jewellery and makeup – not to mention that undesirable old reindeer hide.

Bumper Boxing Day for retailers

BY NADINE PORTER

NADINE.P@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Ashburton retailers reported a bumper Boxing Day with one doubling trade from the previous year and others noticing a significant increase in sales.

Despite the dairy downturn Ashburton retailers reported steady trade during the festive season while most experienced bumper Boxing Day sales.

Paper Plus owner Terry McNab said the shop doubled its Boxing Day trade from the previous year.

“I was quite surprised. Boxing Day has never really been big for us.”

He believed it was vital to be open on that day.

“We’re retailers and this is our harvest. You’re crazy if you’re not open.”

Kicking in earlier than normal in October, the pre-Christmas trade had also been strong, with sales similar to the previous year even though Christmas Eve had been quieter than normal, he said.

Dan Carter’s autobiography proved the most popular Christmas gift from the store with between 250 to 300 copies sold, while adult colouring books featured strongly as well.

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Smith and Church Appliances proprietor Alister Lilley said they had an excellent Boxing Day sale and had been trading solidly this week.

“Boxing Day sales have been increasing every year. It’s the nature of the beast and part of the retail world today.

We are delighted with our promotional activity.”

Mr Lilley said overall preChristmas trading had been similar to the previous year which was “quite surprising” considering Ashburton was a rural town.

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chased, he said, with sales being “phenomenal”.

Robilliards Showcase Jewellers owner Mark Douglas said while the start of December had been slow, there had been a “busy finish” to Christmas shopping.

“Last year there was quite a rhythm to December but this year the rhythm was a wee bit out of kilter.”

Mr Douglas opened on Boxing Day and the following day for the first time in the shop’s history and was pleased with the steady foot traffic through the store, saying he would do it again next year.

He believed profits were on a

par with last year. “It has been quieter since the announcement from the dairy sector in July but December was good.”

Basic items had been the most popular purchases, he said, with silver bangles, watches and charms leading the way while some big ticket items sold nearer to Christmas including diamond earrings.

“There was only a couple of engagement rings this year.”

The Warehouse Ashburton media spokesperson Sarah Leaning said customers had queued before 7am on Boxing Day to make the most of the sales.

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■ JO GOODHEW

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Seven questions for . . .

The Guardian asked Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew to take a quickfire look at the year that was and the year ahead; the highlights and the low points in both her professional and private life.

She also takes a look ahead to 2016.

impact on your year, or who have made a significant difference to the way your year has panned out, and why?

Too many to single out! However, my electorate team of Alison, Tracey and Robyn are absolutely the rock that holds my electorate effort together.

Question 1: looking back at 2015, what have been the highlights of your year – personally and in your public life?

Personal – Mostly successfully juggling family, work and keeping a relatively healthy life, something I had always had to.

Public – Significant engagement with stakeholders in my Ministerial portfolios so that they feel I am working with them to deal with issues that arise.

Managing to keep in touch with constituents on a regular basis is important to me, and I do!

Question 2: looking back at 2015, where have the low points been and why? Has any good

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Question 4: what are the greatest lessons or message you will take from the year; what life style changes might you consider making?

Jo Goodhew come out of these?

Trying to get fit, falling, and suffering a small fracture to my shoulder is definitely a low point to finish the year on! One shoulder gets 6 weeks rest in a sling!

Question 3: who are the people who have had the greatest

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Question 5: have you done anything that has been random or out of character, or have you tried anything new, different or challenging for the first time during 2015?

Actually booked a break away with the family over Easter and Labour weekend, worth repeating!

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Ground crews had to be flown in to a hill country fire in the Ashburton Lakes on Monday.

Methven Volunteer Fire Brigade members were called to the Hakatere Heron Road blaze about 4.30pm, however, could not reach the remote location. Senior firefighter Shane Davidson said the Department of Conservation (DOC) took control of the firefighting. DOC ground crews were flown in and helicopters were used to fight the blaze. DOC did not respond to Guardian requests for further information yesterday.

Methven firefighters spent about one hour at the scene of a rubbish burn off that had got out of control at Lyndhurst on Monday about 5.30pm. Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade members responded to a rubbish fire at Fairton about 8.45pm on Monday.

Burning rubbish in residential areas is not permitted under clean air regulations.

Question 6: what was on your must-do list this year that didn’t get done? Did you knock anything off your bucket list – and what’s left on that bucket list?

I’m always very careful about what gets onto the “to do” list.

Bucket List – Haven’t been to Stewart Island… yet.

Question 7: looking ahead to 2016, what goals, ambitions, challenges have you set yourself?

I am determined to keep doing a good job in my Ministerial portfolios so that if the “right” opportunity arises I can be considered for Cabinet.

I intend to remain accessible and approachable where my constituents are concerned and that takes planning so is always a challenge.

And I am really well aware that maintaining relationships with my family and our friends are very important to balance in life – so need to be prioritised… wherever possible.

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‘Goodbye Virgin’ Aussie actor Russell Crowe has taken to Twitter to express outrage after he was not allowed to take a Segway hoverboard on a flight.

“Ridiculous@VirginAustralia. No Segway boards as luggage? Too late to tell us at airport. Kids and I offloaded. Goodbye Virgin. Never again,” he wrote.

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■ ASHBURTON HOSPITAL

Hospital rebuild ticking along

BY CAITLIN PORTER

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merly the surgical ward.

The existing ambulance bay will also be moved to become part of the new area, however, the main entry to the hospital will remain in place.

All inpatients will get to experience the new and improved section of the hospital.

Not only has the appearance of the hospital changed, but so too have the people within it.

Junior doctors, medical officers

and registrars took up residence at the hospital earlier this month as part of the Canterbury District Health Board’s (CDHB) Proposal for Change.

Board general manager for people and capability, Michael Frampton said the changes would make more doctors available and result in more manageable workloads and reduced hours.

Ashburton’s management roles also underwent a shake-up.

South Link Health Services about the next stage of the build went unanswered for over four months, however, preliminary plans obtained by the Guardian indicated the premises would incorporate an upstairs sleeping space for short term locums, specialists and student doctors.

Staff numbers for the medical centre included eight full-time doctors, 4.7 nurses, 9.8 support staff, a locum, physiotherapist, radiologist and pharmacist.

To ensure health services in Ashburton run smoothly an integrated health alliance was formed earlier this year.

The Ashburton Service Level Alliance (SLA), part of the Canterbury Clinical Network, consists of health providers, leaders and professionals from around the district.

Clinical network facilitator Craig Watson said the aim was to work together to guide the transformation of local healthcare services.

So far the alliance has had three meetings and touched on topics including sustainable after-hours service, mental health services and aged care.

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Work to make Ashburton Hospital bigger and better than ever continued in 2015.

The hospital hit the headlines in June 2013 when an $8.7 million rebuild was announced to strengthen unsafe operating theatres and outpatients buildings.

Originally scheduled to be completed at the end of 2014, work was delayed due to the discovery of asbestos.

This month the concrete slab was poured for the new Acute Assessment Unit (AAU) and theatre building.

Earlier this year, the state-ofthe-art 1050sqm building with central nurses’ station started to take shape.

When complete, in the middle of next year, the new building will link into the old part of the hospital through existing corridors.

While the previous building housed two theatres, the new building will have just one, and a recovery area.

It will be a single-storey building but a lift will be installed to connect it to the second level of the refurbished Ward Block C, for-

Krunal Shukla was appointed to the position of finance manager following the resignation of Sue Sheerin and former senior doctor John Lyons stepped into the senior management team to take over from clinical director Scott Wilson.

The only remaining member of the team, which was appointed following the retirement of Garth Bateup in 2014, is director of nursing, Jan McClelland.

The newly formed role of Ashburton Health Services manager was also confirmed to have been taken up by Bernice Marra.

Ashburton Hospital was not the only health service in Ashburton to undergo some major changes.

In October, resource consent was granted for the proposed two-storey medical centre and pharmacy on Allens Road, set to be up and running by the end of next year.

Developed by South Link Health Services in conjunction with the existing Allenton Medical Centre, the new clinic will see the existing centre moving to the new premises and at least one sole practitioner will merge with the clinic.

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For Blair, the path his life has taken was born purely out of a natural curiosity – research was an ideal way to learn about things he was curious about.

“My interests changed a bit over time from chemistry, to biochemistry, to medical research.

“It was also a great way to follow my travel bug, as scientists can generally get a job anywhere lair Henderson has always – 13 partners in seven countries due to the specialised skill set they been naturally curious.

– worth over 10 million Euro. Re3 passes for Mcleans Island Paintball 1 family pass (2 adults 2 children) to Minihave Golfand without having to know So it was no surprise that search management was an imother languages apart from Engwhen it came time to choosing a portant part of that. lish.” career path, he chose science – an “I was able to manage this and Switzerland has a high number industry where he could research other research projects at a small of foreigners living there, and Blair and explore in depth all that inter- company that specialised in helpsaid the country would stop funcested him. ing scientists apply for and mantioning if they left.

It’s a career which has taken him age large research grants.”

“This is particularly true for the to the other side of the world.

Then, in 2011 Blair moved to ‘menial’ jobs – the likes of cleanBlair currently lives in a small Switzerland to be with his Italian ers, builders, drivers – but also the town called Eschlikon in Switzer- wife Andrea. Andrea is from South more skilled such as nurses and land. It’s about 60km from Zürich Tyrol in the north of Italy – which doctors.” and it’s perfect for him and his was annexed from Austria after Blair said the political right was wife as it’s in the middle of both World War Two. The pair met when 2 family passes (2 adults 3 children) to Orana Park 1 family of four pass very successful in Switzerland, in of their respective workplaces – they worked together in Austria, spite of, or perhaps just because Blair’s in Zurich, and Andrea in St but soon after they started dating of, their appalling attitudes and Gallen. she moved to Switzerland to work advertisements.

Blair works in project manage- as a doctor.

“Most people that you meet are ment with a company that runs a It was 2006, and it meant a lot of friendly, but it is still generally difnetwork of medical laboratories weekend commutes for the pair, ficult to make close friends. Added in Switzerland, and wider Europe before they married in 2010 and to that is the ridiculous cost of liv– a new line of work compared to Blair relocated the following year. ing (the clichés are all true) which what he was doing when he was “Since then I have been inis particularly obvious for enternamed Ashburton’s Young Achiev- volved in a number of projects tainment, eating out, meat, fish er of the Year in 2000. where I can combine my scientific – well most groceries really – and Then, he was working in bio- and project management experi- Blair Henderson with wife Andrea and son Thomas. housing. medical research in Europe, living ence, including building new labs 1 family day pass (2 adults and 3 children) to “The flip-side is the great qualBeverage voucher (R20 venue) For and them, Europe is where in Sweden until late 2000 beforeWillowbank from scratch, optimising process- classes was high, even if I did$25 Food Wildlife Reserve moving to Austria to continue his es in the lab, moving labs, closing choose just maths and the scienc- they’re putting down roots, and ity of life, with pay more-or-less where they’ll call home for many commensurate with living costs, career. labs, changing IT systems … it is es in my last year. and the beautiful country – simi“Ashburton itself was a nice, if years to come.

“I continued doing medical re- varied and quite interesting work.

“Both my wife and I would be lar to New Zealand with lots of search – into atherosclerosis; the “I was also the deputy manager somewhat sleepy, place to grow blocking of the arteries which is for one of the company’s largest into a young adult. I made the keen to spend more time in New mountains and very green, just responsible for heart attacks and labs in Switzerland for one year. most of the sporting opportuni- Zealand when we retire, but obvi- missing the sea.

“Being an outdoor person is some strokes – from 2000 until Now I am head of the project man- ties, with a lot of support from my ously with children here we would still have Switzerland as the home pretty rewarding in Switzerland 2008 at the same lab in Innsbruck, agement office, which means that family.” with great hiking and skiing availToday, he has a young – and base.”

Austria.

I help control all projects running His parents still live in Ashbur- able within a short drive.

“But seeing that I had no real- in the country, as well as manag- expanding – family of his own.

“It is also very well situated in He and Andrea – who is now the ton though, and Blair recalls fondistic chance of getting a tenure ing some of the projects.” position at the university there, I It’s a big job, in a big place, for equivalent of a specialist in gen- ly his winning the Young Achiever the middle of Europe, so Germany, Austria, France and Italy Award in 2000.of Blokart sailing passes moved into project management someone 2x Laserwho Tag grew passesup attending eral medicine working at the 4x 30 minutes “It is always nice to have your are only two to three hours’ drive of scientific research projects.” small New Zealand schools before Cantonal Hospital of St Gallen – He had just been heavily in- spending the last two years of his have an almost two-year-old son hard work acknowledged, and away.”

For him, it’s the perfect place to Thomas, and they’re expecting when this comes from home then volved in writing a multi-national schooling at Ashburton College. it is a lovely confirmation that you call home.

European Union research grant “The variety and quality of the twins in May 2016.

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Polystyrene the scourge of Christmas Sue Newman

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f ever there’s a test of your commitment to zero waste, it comes at Christmas.

In just one day most of us generate more waste paper, more packaging and more polystyrene than we do in a year, and in the big clean up after presents are unwrapped, it’s all too easy to scoop up the wrappings and put them in the rubbish.

This year, however, it seems Ashburton people have taken the recycling message seriously and have avoided the big one-scoop clean up, opting to put anything that could be recycled or reused aside to take to the recycling depot. And that’s admirable because it takes far more effort to recycle than it does to dump.

Yesterday, Ashburton’s Wastebusters’ yard showed the great efforts many have gone to this year to ensure Christmas leftovers don’t linger in the earth for many Christmases to come. The recycling yard was bumper to bumper as people lined up to drop off their waste.

One of the biggest contributors to post-present waste is polystyrene and unfortunately it is also one of the materials that is not widely recycled.

Wastebusters will shortly commission a machine that turns polystyrene into a form that will see it recycled. They’ll be one of the few small recyclers to tackle this task and the job won’t come cheaply.

The polystyrene packaging scourge continues to grow, far outstripping the efforts of recyclers to turn it into a form where it can be reused and reshaped into another plastic product. It’s the product manufacturers love to use but the one they don’t want a bar of once it leaves their factory, but that’s where responsibility should be taken for disposal – at source.

If that became a requirement for use, then the trend towards ever increasing quantities in packaging might quickly drop.

It might be a simple and cost effective form of packaging but it’s one that is expensive to deal with.

Kerbside recyclers don’t want it, its light weight means it’s easily wind blown, if it makes it to land fill it’s space invasive and if that’s its final destination, then it lives forever in landfill. It does not decompose.

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■ IRAQ

Central Ramadi liberated Iraqi forces backed by US-led airstrikes drove Islamic State militants out of the centre of Ramadi yesterday and seized the main government complex there, according to military officials, who said insurgents are still dug into pockets of the city west of Baghdad.

Ramadi, the provincial capital of the sprawling Anbar province, fell to IS in May, marking a major setback for Iraqi forces and the US-led campaign.

Ramadi and nearby Fallujah, which is controlled by IS, saw some of the heaviest fighting of the eight-year US intervention in Iraq.

In recent months Iraqi forces launched several offensives to retake Ramadi, but all had stalled.

Iraqi troops began advancing into some parts of the city, located about 130 kilometres west of Baghdad, earlier this month.

But their progress was slowed by snipers, booby traps and the militants’ destruction of bridges leading into the city centre.

The heavy fighting and limited access to front lines made it difficult to follow the troops’ progress, and Iraqi officials issued a string of sometimes contradictory statements.

Brig. Gen. Ahmed al-Belawi told The Associated Press that IS militants stopped firing from inside the government complex at around 8am yesterday and said troops were encircling it as engineering teams cleared booby traps.

A few hours later, military

With luxury air travel, five-star hotels and vast entourages, the life of a Nigerian politician has been more akin to that of a rap star than a public servant. But after decades of draining government coffers, the country’s political elite are having their business-class wings trimmed. Muhammadu Buhari, the former general elected as President in May, has introduced tough rules slashing the amount staff can spend on perks.

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Train leaks acid It will take several days to cleanup the wreckage of a derailed freight train that spilled tens of thousands of litres of sulfuric acid in northwest Queensland. Wet weather has hampered efforts to reach the train, with police saying one damaged carriage has leaked 31,500 litres of the convoy’s 819,000-litre load. A two-kilometre exclusion zone was established after all 26 carriages overturned at the Quarrells site, 20km east of Julia Creek.

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Uranium ship leaves Iraqi security forces surround the government complex in central Ramadi, 115 kilometres west of Baghdad.

PHOTO AP spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool announced in a televised statement that Ramadi had been “fully liberated”.

But Gen. Ismail al-Mahlawi, head of military operations in Anbar, quickly clarified that Iraqi forces had only retaken the government complex and that parts of the city remained under IS control.

He said IS fighters still control 30 per cent of Ramadi and that government forces do not

fully control many districts from which IS fighters have retreated.

“The troops only entered the government complex,” al-Mahlawi told The Associated Press. “We can’t say that Ramadi is fully liberated. There are still neighbourhoods under their control.”

Iraqi state TV showed troops, some waving Iraqi flags and others brandishing machine guns, chanting and dancing inside what it described as the government complex.

Soldiers could be seen slaughtering sheep in celebration near heavily damaged buildings.

An Iraqi military officer told the AP that the militants had retreated from the government complex to other parts of the city.

“We were totally surprised today,” the officer said.

“We didn’t expect them to retreat from a number of Ramadi areas today, where we entered without any resistance, as if they evaporated,” he said.

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■ UNITED STATES

No indictment for police officer who shot boy A grand jury declined to indict a white rookie police officer in the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, a black youngster who was shot to death while playing with what turned out to be a pellet gun, a prosecutor said yesterday.

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Cuyahoga County prosecutor Tim McGinty said it was “indisputable” that the boy was drawing the pistol from his waistband when he was gunned down - either to hand it over to police or to show them that it wasn’t real.

But McGinty said there was no way for the officers on the scene to know that.

“Simply put, given this perfect storm of human error, mistakes and miscommunications by all involved that day, the evidence

did not indicate any criminal conduct by police,” McGinty said.

He said patrolman Timothy Loehmann was justified in opening fire: “He had reason to fear for his life.”

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A ship carrying more than 11,000kg of low-enriched uranium materials has left Iran for Russia in an Iranian step towards honouring a July 14 nuclear deal with major powers, the US says. Under the landmark nuclear accord, certain US, European Union and UN sanctions are to be removed in exchange for Iran accepting long-term curbs on a nuclear programme that the West has suspected was aimed at creating a nuclear bomb. - Reuters

Globetrotter dies Meadowlark Lemon, the court jester of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team who delighted audiences around the world for some 25 years with an array of trick shots, comedy routines and pure charisma, has died at the age of 83. Lemon, who started a ministry and became a motivational speaker in his later years, died on Sunday in Scottsdale, Arizona, the Globetrotters website announced yesterday. Lemon was the undisputed master of the longrange hook shot, rubber-band ball and other crowd-pleasing tricks during the years he wore the Globetrotters’ star-spangled red, white and blue uniform. - Reuters

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NZ dollar at six-month high

BY JONATHAN UNDERHILL The New Zealand dollar rose to a six-month high on a tradeweighted basis as the nation’s relatively high yields drew investors in the quiet Christmas trading period.

The trade-weighted index rose as high as 74.50, the highest since June 11, and was at 74.48 as at 5pm yesterday in Wellington from 74.12 Monday in Asia.

The kiwi gained to 68.70 US cents from 68.42 cents.

While the Reserve Bank of New Zealand has cut its benchmark rate to 2.5 per cent, it still overshadows Australia’s at 2 per cent and the Federal Reserve in a range of 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent.

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Investors in Clegg & Co Finance and related entities, whose former director Brian Clegg was sentenced to home detention in 2009, got back 58.7 cents in the dollar, according to the failed group’s final receivers report.

Clegg & Co Finance, the holding company of Clegg & Co Leasing and Clegg & Co Capital, was put into receivership in October 2007 by Covenant Trustee Co after breaching rules on related party lending and net assets.

Brian Clegg was sentenced to 12 months home detention in December 2009 after he admitted securities and companies law breaches related to $2 million of

lending to the ultimate holding company, Clegg & Co, which he owned. According to reports at the time, there was no documentation for the loans but the company signed off on prospectuses saying it was in compliance with its trust deed on related party lending.

The final receivers report from BDO, for the period October 2007 to December 22 this year, said total distributions of about $8.9 million, or 58.7 cents in the dollar, were made to 496 investors in the group, leaving a shortfall of $6.2 million. The receivers had initially hoped to return between 70 cents and 85 cents. Unsecured creditors weren’t paid.

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in 2007 said related party loans to Clegg & Co stood at about $3.1 million, “partially secured by a first mortgage over Brian Clegg and Pamela Nicholson-Clegg’s residential property at Algies Bay, north of Auckland, which was subsequently sold.

That report said a deficit of $2.5 million was deemed not to be recoverable because the principal asset of Clegg & Co was an amount due from another of their companies, Classic Finance, which was placed in liquidation in 2007 owing about $4.5 million.

Brian Mayo-Smith and Andrew Bethell of BDO were also appointed liquidators of the group and completed that task on December 22.

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tors push out expectations for when the Bank of England may hike interest rates.

The BoE, which has kept interest rates at 0.5 per cent since early 2009, was earlier this year expected to follow the Federal Reserve in hiking interest rates however most economists now don’t expect a hike until May 2016 and market pricing suggests rates could be on hold for another year.

The New Zealand dollar rose to 94.52 Australian cents from 94.06 cents on Monday, and gained to 4.4554 yuan from 4.4314 yuan. It rose to 82.62 yen from 82.35 yen on Monday and gained to 62.56 euro cents from 62.32 cents.

The two-year swap rate was unchanged at 2.85 and 10-year swaps were at 3.73 per cent.

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fundamentals, they said.

“US investors have been exiting their positions at the end of the year, before the holiday” said Grant Bodle, senior corporate dealer at HiFX.

“They tend to buy the kiwi for the yield, and are buying the Australian dollar as well.”

Investors had already priced in the prospect of the Fed raising interest rates this month for the first time in almost a decade, ahead of the US central bank actually moving, Bodle said.

He expects foreign exchange markets to resume trading on fundamentals by mid-January, which suggests the kiwi will trade lower.

Traders have put the chances of another RBNZ rate cut at 55 per cent to 65 per cent, although Bodle doesn’t see the need for further easing.

The kiwi rose to 46.08 British pence as at 5pm from 45.82 pence late Monday. The pound has fallen out of favour as inves-

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Shareholders urged to take no action after takeover bid

BY SOPHIE BOOT Richfield International, an ASXlisted shipping firm, urged shareholders to take no action while it reviews a takeover offer from veteran corporate raider Ron Brierley’s Mercantile Investment.

Richfield received an unsolicited on-market takeover offer of 20 Australian cents per share from Mercantile on December 23, the Perth-based company said in a statement.

The shares have been unchanged at 20 Australian cents since December 22, and have risen 135 per cent this year.

Mercantile, chaired by Brierley, has increased its stake to 23.6 per cent of Richfield from 19.9 per cent.

The Sydney-based investor built its initial stake from a forced sale in August when Australia’s Takeovers Panel deemed a transaction breached disclosure obligations.

It raised $1.4 million earlier this month in a discounted share placement to local wholesale investors, which it said it will use for general investment purposes.

Richfield said its directors would review Mercantile’s statement, and urged shareholders to wait until the board had made a formal response in its target statement in January.

Brierley built Guinness Peat Group after being forced out of Brierley Investments in the early 1990s.

The group named for him

struggled to recover from the 1987 sharemarket crash and now exists as GuocoLeisure, with its primary listing on the Singapore stock exchange, while GPG liquidated its portfolio and renamed itself Coats for its remaining threadmaking business.

Brierley seized control of ASXlisted Mercantile, then called India Equities Fund, in 2012 when shareholders agreed to a deal giving him 54 per cent of the company and its chair in return for his stakes in Copper Strike, Trinity Group, ING Community Living Group, Australian Pharmaceutical Industries and Trojan Equity.

The dual-listed shares were last at 15 cents on the NZX. - NZME

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■ Add the chicken stock to the baking dish to loosen the pan drippings.

■ Transfer the stock to a small saucepan and add the thyme. Bring to the boil then stir in the cranberry sauce.

■ Combine the cornflour and water.

Add to the saucepan, bring to the boil, stirring constantly. Simmer for one minute or until thickened.

■ Pour the cranberry glaze over the sliced turkey.

■ Serve with buttered new potatoes and a salad or steamed baby vegetables.

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What to do with leftover ham W

hen it first arrives, the Christmas ham is a thing of joy that happily makes an appearance at virtually every meal.

It’s still welcomed at the table for the first few days after Christmas, but as the days tick by and the ham still hogs pride of place in the fridge, the appeal of ham and salad starts to wane.

And that means it’s time to look for new ways to use that expensive Christmas treat.

Fortunately, ham is a meat that’s happily at home in a host of dishes, hot and cold.

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■ Fry the rissoles gently until golden brown on either side and warmed through.

■ Serve with peas and poached egg.

Baked ham and macaroni 250g macaroni 90g butter 1/2 onion, diced 1/4 C flour 2 C milk 2 C grated cheese 1/4 C diced ham (optional) 1/4 C bread crumbs 1/4 C grated Parmesan 1 t garlic salt

Ham and potato rissoles 200g cold cooked ham or gammon 500g potatoes, peeled, boiled and still warm 50g cooked rice 1 medium to large onion, finely diced 1 egg beaten 1t mixed herbs salt and pepper, to taste oil for frying 2T of flour ■ Mince the ham until it is the consistency of minced beef.

■ Put in a large mixing bowl then add the rice and onions. Stir until evenly mixed.

■ Mash the potatoes to slightly lumpy then add to the mixture.

■ Add herbs, a bit at a time, to taste.

■ Mix in pepper and salt if necessary.

■ Mix the beaten egg into the mixture so that it is tacky and will stick together.

■ Put flour on a dinner plate.

■ Take spoonsful of mixture into a floured hand and form into a 2.5 to 3cm patties ■ Put the rissole onto the floured

1 diced chilli 1 clove crushed garlic 1 t turmeric 1 t cumin 1 t nutmeg 1 t coriander 250g diced ham or bacon 2/3 C pumpkin 2/3 C orange juice 2/3 C crunchy peanut butter

■ Cook macaroni according to packet directions then drain.

■ Lower oven rack to a low position. Preheat ovens griller.

Grease a baking dish.

■ In a large saucepan melt the butter.

■ Saute the onion until tender then stir in the flour.

■ Gradually stir in the milk then bring to a boil, reduce heat and stir until thickened.

■ Remove from heat then stir in cheese, stirring until smooth.

■ Stir in the cooked macaroni then pour into the prepared baking dish.

■ In a bowl mix together bread crumbs, Parmesan and garlic powder.

■ Sprinkle over the macaroni then place in the preheated oven.

■ Grill until breadcrumbs are golden brown, 5-10 minutes.

■ Melt butter then saute onion, garlic, chilli, turmeric, cumin, nutmeg and coriander for 1-2 minutes.

■ Stir in the ham (or bacon) and cook until brown.

■ Boil the pumpkin in the orange juice until soft.

■ Puree the pumpkin and orange juice together.

■ Add the spicy ham mixture and the peanut butter to the pumpkin and combine.

■ Serve on boiled rice, steamed couscous or boiled pasta.

Ham frittata 4 potatoes, peeled and cubed 1/2 onion, sliced 1 T vegetable oil 8 eggs, beaten 3/4 C cubed ham salt and pepper to taste 3/4 C (90g) grated cheddar cheese

■ Add p o t a to e s and cook until tender but still firm, about 5 minutes.

■ Drain and set aside to cool.

Meanwhile, preheat oven to 180 degrees C. ■ In a cast iron frypan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onions and cook slowly, stirring occasionally, until onions are soft.

■ Stir in eggs, drained potatoes, ham, salt and pepper. Cook until eggs are firm on the bottom, about 5 minutes. Top frittata with grated cheese and place in preheated oven until cheese is melted and eggs are completely firm, about 10 minutes.

1 1/2 C chopped ham 1/2 t chilli flakes 1 C fresh podded peas (or frozen) 4 handfuls rocket ■ Cook the pasta until al dente in plenty of boiling, salted water.

■ While the pasta is cooking, heat the oil in a heavy frying pan.

■ Toss in the garlic and ham and fry, stirring frequently, until the ham is starting to crisp and brown.

■ Add the chilli flakes and keep cooking for another 2-3 minutes.

■ Just before the pasta is cooked, add the peas to the boiling water.

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Sal’s journey takes an unusual turn

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Sal Withell’s artistic journey is moving along slower than it used to, but has taken an interesting turn.

The Methven painter has begun working with bees’ wax and coloured pigments, and believes she may have just completed one of the biggest paintings in the medium in New Zealand. The impressionistic work takes centrestage on one of her guest house bedroom walls, and is named Atoll.

Bees’ wax is applied hot and sets instantly. Sal likes the purity of colour which results, and they are colours which retain their hue for thousands of years, better than oils which can acquire a yellow tinge.

“You have to work it very, very quickly but it suits my sort of art, because I like to paint quickly.”

Traditionally she had painted in watercolours, a medium she called “magic” and one which also lent itself to quick application.

Sal grew up on her family’s farm at Banks Peninsula, and has been painting and drawing for as long as she can remember. She had wanted to go to art school, but her father did not let her.

“My father said ‘You are not going to art school, artists are people who wear winkle-picker boots and black stockings and put black on their eyes. No daughter of mine is going to art school’.”

So she went nursing instead, a career path she has never regretted and ultimately came to see as her calling. However, during lectures and tutorials, she was always the artist.

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“I used to draw everybody in the room instead of taking nursing notes.”

Sal worked as a nurse in Australia for about nine years before moving to Methven in 1978. A keen skier, she had previously made many winter trips to the town, so buying a house there seemed the logical thing to do.

She had worked with doctors in Sydney who said they did not have anywhere to stay when they went skiing in Methven, so thought she may get into the accommodation industry.

There were no real estate agencies in Methven at the time, so she went to the town solicitor, Bill Talbot, to see if he knew of any houses for sale. Sal ended up buying his old two-storey house on the corner of Main Street and McDonald Street.

It was reasonably run-down at the time, but Sal extensively renovated it and turned it into the arts and crafts cottage and guesthouse, Sal’s Place.

Sal’s Place is still going strong today, and Sal has now lived half of her life in the town of Methven, something she is proud to say.

Guests who come to stay at the lodge are good company for the bubbly artist, particularly as she is not the social butterfly she used to be due to some health issues.

Guests can also enjoy the many artworks which decorate the walls, from a wide range of New Zealand artists.

Sal has exhibited throughout Canterbury during her long artistic career, and is currently one of the painters featured at the Methven Art Gallery’s Cash and Carry exhibition. She has sold hundreds of works over the years.

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December 30 – Public programme at Ashburton Art Gallery to run through to the end of the school holidays. There will be a creative space in action daily for learning lalava, a form of sennit lashing.

January 1 – Ashburton Art Gallery ten days of harakeke (flax) weaving at the learning centre.

January 5 – Methven Summer School kicks off.

To January 10 - Ashburton Art Gallery exhibition Matakaea, Shag Point, by multimedia artist Robyn Webster and writer and poet Bernadette Hall.

January 15 and 16 – Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School performance, British Invasion, at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

January 19 – World Buskers Festival roadshow comes to Ashburton.

To January 24 - Ashburton Art Gallery exhibition Tonga ‘I Onoppooni: Tonga Contemporary.

To January 31 – Methven Cash and Carry exhibition at Methven Art Gallery.

If you have any entries for the arts diary, please email susan.s@theguardian.co.nz

Art eventually won out over nursing for Methven’s Sal Withell.

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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

May 2015

Ashburton College girls’ first XV’s Kate Donald tries to outrun a defender.

Hampstead pupil Jessie Pitney powers towards the finish line during the Mid Canterbury schools’ cross country event.

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Celtic’s Christian Vainerere comes across in cover defence against Lincoln in the Luisetti Seeds Combined Country Cup match in Lincoln.

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Left – College’s Shannon Stockdale keeps her eye on the ball during an ACL Premier Netball clash against Hampstead.

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Right – Hampstead’s Karen McAuley runs around a Craighead defender during her side’s dominant 6-0 win in the Mid-South Canterbury Hockey competition.

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Mid Canterbury’s Amelia McKeown comes forward for a forehand return during the Country Crushers’ 7-5 win over The Northwest Aces in the Wilding Challenge 10s tennis competition.

Ashburton driver Tim Cook is congratulated

by Southland’s Glenn Frew after finally taking out the Ashburton Street Sprints.

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Methven’s Sally Williams does her best to block a pass from College’s Shannon Stockdale.

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Olympic track cyclist Lauren Ellis was in unfamiliar territory trading the boards of the velodrome for grass, dirt and even a kale paddock when she rode in the Mid Canterbury Mountain Bike Club’s Six-Hour race.

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Sheldon Kneale had his tyres smoking during an Ashburton Car Club motorkhana.

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Volcano rated a hot chance Dependable sprinter Volcano is set to give another bold account of himself today.

The six-year-old promises to be in the thick of the action again when he steps out in the PGG Wrightson Kurow Cup. “My only worry is that there is a bit of rain in the forecast – he’s a typical Volksraad and he needs

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good ground,” trainer Lance Robinson said.

“He does his best whenever he goes out and the only times he hasn’t got a cheque have been on wet tracks.”

Five minor placings preceded Volcano’s last-start victory against the open handicappers at Ashburton.

“I couldn’t be any happier,” Robinson said. “He’s come through that win really well, he’s just thriving.”

Another strong performance at Kurow will earn Volcano, who won his first three races from Lance Noble’s Matamata stable, a chance at Listed level.

“As long as he goes well, I’d like

to run him in the Timaru Stakes here at Riccarton on January 30,” Robinson said.

The topweight King Montrose should be close to his peak after two runs this preparation and has the ideal draw to go close.

He is the defending champion having beaten Keepa Tramp and Ishimine 12 months ago. - NZME

Terry Moseley rides Volcano.

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4 87223 Star Of Dionysis (1) 10............ C D Thornley 5 14141 Seel The Deal (2) 10 .......................... R May 6 x2080 Dana Duke (3) 10............................. D Dunn 7 x0000 Eyre County (4) 10 ........................ K Cox (J) 8 14809 Mach Cruiser (1) 20 ................ S Golding (J) 9 99x96 River Black (2) 20........................J Young (J) 10 06005 The Friendlyassassin (3) 20 ....... K Cameron 11 12711 The Smoocha (4) 20 ........................J Curtin 12 97x70 Tijuana Bromac (1) 40 .....................S Ottley 13 63111 Cullect A Guinness (U1) 40 ..............J Dunn 8 4.35 LANTERN COURT MOTEL PACE $8000, 3yo+ c1 pace, stand, 2000m 1 030x6 Major Patron (1) fr ......................... K Cox (J) 2 78308 Shantahlia Knight (2) fr ....................R Close 3 45x41 Bolting (3) fr ............................ C D Thornley 4 81 Game Changer (4) fr ........................P Davis 5 970x0 She’s Extreme (5) fr ...................... K Butt (J) 6 33125 Lis Rulz (6) fr...................................... R May 7 07000 Hestia Franco (7) fr .....................J Young (J) 8 x150x Shezalegend (8) fr ........................... D Dunn 9 500x0 Arcano (9) fr ............................... K Cameron 10 35147 Atchoo (10) fr ...................................J Curtin 11 88779 Canndew (11) fr ...................... S Golding (J) 12 30884 Marquis Eyre (12) fr ..................... M Neilson 13 9x002 Jonah Jones (13) fr ...........................J Dunn 14 6x547 Zena Mac (U1) fr .............................W Higgs 9 5.10 PROPERTY BROKERS LINDA JONES HANDICAP PACE $8000, c1 & faster discrhcp, stand, 2500m 1 88779 Canndew (1) fr ........................ S Golding (J) 2 87755 Stoney Eyre (2) fr .............................J Curtin 3 19x97 Christian Knight (3) fr 4 85086 Spinyback (4) fr ...........................J Young (J) 5 08843 Sonnetsson (5) fr .............................P Davis 6 73730 Billy Jack (1) 10 ............................ M Neilson 7 x0990 Gabby’s Knight (2) 10 ...................B Weaver

74521 Riga Doon (3) 10................................ R May 40704 Drover’s Eyre (4) 10 ................ C D Thornley 8x100 As Kiwi As (5) 10 52562 Whyamibettor (6) 10.................. B Borcoskie 76520 Music (U1) 10....................................J Dunn 14809 Mach Cruiser (1) 25 ......................... D Dunn 10 5.44 THOMAS FREIGHT HANDICAP TROT $8500, 3yo+ c1 to c4 discrhcp trot, stand, 2500m 1 00802 Eilish Aimee (1) fr..............................J Dunn 2 53x21 Cocktail Waiter (2) fr.................... B Crothers 3 x8773 Mistress Castleton (3) fr ......... K Marshall (J) 4 05365 Fireman (4) fr ...............................I Cameron 5 50904 Diana Harbour (5) fr ....................... K James 6 x8344 Speedy Earl (6) fr ....................... K Cameron 7 22450 Unyielding Spirit (7) fr ............. S Golding (J) 8 04333 Sarah Palin (8) fr ..............................R Close 9 53x11 Wilma’s Mate (U1) fr .......................... D Butt 10 53516 The Zigmeister (1) 10.......................P Davis 11 82107 Willie Shine (U1) 10 ......................R Holmes 12 90257 Bobby Breen (1) 20 ..........................S Ottley 13 09769 Clean Break (2) 20 14 0x088 Clifden Clowers (3) 20............. C D Thornley 15 x0008 Thanksforplaying (U1) 20 ................... R May Pacifiers off : Shadowman (R3) SELECTIONS Race 1: Westy Boyz, Glenis Marie, D D Trotter, Kash Valley Race 2: Alice Springs, Donegal Carnbouy, Lyin Eyes Race 3: Windfall, Shadowman, Rainy River, Born To Delight Race 4: Extra Guinness, Danse Macabre, Midnight Flyer Race 5: Millwood Maizie, Mickey Jay, Hilarious Fantasy Race 6: Bettor Be Smooth, Bettor In The Dark, Twitter Bromac Race 7: Seel The Deal, Cullect A Guinness, Idealindiamonds Race 8: Shezalegend, Lis Rulz, Bolting, Shantahlia Knight Race 9: Music, Whyamibettor, Riga Doon, Sonnetsson Race 10: Wilma’s Mate, Unyielding Spirit, Sarah Palin

8 64102 Merci Cherie (9) 54.5 ......... D Prastiyou (a2) 9 30130 Ina Jam (6) 54 ..............................T Moseley 6 3.44pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE F&M MAIDEN $12,000, MDN 2YO&UP F&M, 1200m 1 672x5 Ashwini b (11) 57.5 .................A McKay (a3) 2 49x52 The Cover Girl (5) 57.5 ..........C Barnes (a1) 3 7358x Keepitasecret (4) 57.5 ...................D Bradley 4 6x Minerva (7) 57.5 ..........................L Callaway 5 4262 Tickets On Her (14) 56 ................ C Johnson 6 2 Queen Serene (15) 56 ...................R Bishop 7 4x Magic Mavis (6) 56 ................R Cuneen (a1) 8 387 Enzedjewel (1) 56 .................K Mudhoo (a3) 9 40x Iff You Can (16) 56 ..........................J Chong 10 4x Willow (13) 56 .......................... J Lowry (a2) 11 055. Jona Mac (8) 56 ...........................T Moseley 12 6x Replique (10) 56 .......................S Wynne (a) 13 9x6 My Swissmiss (12) 57.5 14 The Style (3) 56 15 Fun Fair (9) 57.5 16 88 Sheza Diamond (2) 56 17 88x Ruanui 56..................................... Scratched 18 x3668 Unico (17) 57.5 7 4.19pm PGG WRIGHTSON KUROW CUP $25,000, OPN HCP, 1400m 1 10x77 King Montrose tdm (3) 60 .....R Cuneen (a1) 2 0x923 Coup Darci Be td (2) 57.5 .......P Shaikh (a3) 3 60x87 Our Premonition tdm (8) 54 ............B Moore

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Kurow JC Venue: Kurow Meeting Date: 30 Dec 2015 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 12.54pm BENMORE MERINOS/KUROW HARNESS RACING CLUB R65 $8500, R65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 7054x Clem db (2) 60 ......................K Mudhoo (a3) 2 x0020 Why Wait d (5) 59......................S Wynne (a) 3 3x306 Carbide (9) 58.5 ................. D Prastiyou (a2) 4 26x21 Opihi Ranger d (6) 58.5 ..................D Walsh 5 76078 Whackomaco d (8) 58.5 ...................R Black 6 0210x Jigger Inn d (10) 58 ................ B Murray (a3) 7 4146. Lane Frost b (4) 57.........................R Bishop 8 77x35 The Theme (11) 56.5 ............R Cuneen (a1) 9 000x0 Sir Daniel d (1) 55 ...................A McKay (a3) 10 006x0 Southerly Change d (3) 55 .....H Bennet (a3) 11 87004 Curli m (7) 54.5 .............................D Bradley 12 39506 Zeina (12) 54.5 13 250x4 He Ain’t Heavy 58 ........................ Scratched 14 200x3 Golden Castle 56 ......................... Scratched 15 96037 Revolve 54 ................................... Scratched Emergencies: He Ain’t Heavy, Golden Castle, Revolve 2 1.29 RURAL TRANSPORT/MCKENZIE&CO CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT $10,000, R75 Benchmark, 1400m 1 60x06 Dillinger d (4) 61.5.................K Mudhoo (a3) 2 24x90 Gallant Dan d (1) 59.5............C Barnes (a1) 3 43563 Diamond Edge d (9) 58.5 ... D Prastiyou (a2) 4 52834 Zero Tua Hundred d (10) 58.5R Cuneen (a1)

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x0420 Prince Ransom d (6) 57.5 .............D Bradley 20970 Alice Webb Ellis (5) 56.5 .................D Walsh 35411 Doctor Eden (7) 56...........................R Black 06020 Individual d (2) 56 ....................... C Johnson 16x04 Double Blue d (3) 55.5 ...........H Bennet (a3) 00x59 Mitcham (8) 55 ..........................S Wynne (a) 00143 Fantamo db (11) 54.5...... K Kalychurun (a3) 3 2.04pm PROGRESSIVE LIVESTOCK/WOODLEYS TRANSPORT MAIDEN $8000, MDN, 1400m 1 42633 My Plan 58.5 ................................ Scratched 2 523x5 Serengetti Sun (8) 58.5 ....................R Black 3 00x48 Coup Tauranga (7) 58.5 ................D Bradley 4 Enslave (3) 58.5 ..............................T Direen 5 x2426 Son Of Maher (1) 57 ................... C Johnson 6 0 Nasa (4) 57 ............................ B Murray (a3) 7 530 Agent Anna (9) 56.5 ........... D Prastiyou (a2) 8 07x40 No Retreat (5) 56.5 ...................S Wynne (a) 9 85377 Royal Vision (10) 56.5 ..................T Moseley 10 0 Graffiti (2) 56.5 ................................ J Morris 11 96 Barclay Creek (6) 55 .............R Cuneen (a1) 12 0 Miss Knapdale (11) 55 ............A McKay (a3) 13 x0502 All In Touch 56.5........................... Scratched 4 2.39pm MCKEOWN PETROLEUM R65 $8500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1800m 1 54755 High Society (16) 60 ........................R Black 2 275x0 Messines (4) 59.5 ...........................D Walsh 3 62281 Luke (3) 59 ............................R Cuneen (a1)

4 17942 Missteeflying b (6) 58 ............. B Murray (a3) 5 33510 Location (2) 58 6 8x293 Mr Wiz (15) 57.5..............................B Moore 7 10x94 Show MacCool (11) 57.5 K Kalychurun (a3) 8 19950 Tell The World (7) 57 ................ J Lowry (a2) 9 93836 Marcelle (12) 56.5 .............. D Prastiyou (a2) 10 65486 He’s A Bigdeel (1) 56.5 ............... C Johnson 11 24388 Keynote (9) 55 12 59079 Moonofklairessa 54.5 ................... Scratched 13 95003 I’llbeyourplatinum 54 .................... Scratched 14 x8868 Sharp Blade (13) 56 15 0x860 Roc City (5) 54 16 1778x Skeen (14) 56 17 406x0 Tegwin (8) 54 18 03000 Gallant Babe t (10) 54 Emergencies: I’llbeyourplatinum, Sharp Blade, Roc City, Skeen, Tegwin, Gallant Babe 5 3.14pm COUPLAND’S BAKERIES/COUPLAND’S WORKING DOG BISC $12,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1800m 1 32298 No Emotion d (2) 60 ................P Shaikh (a3) 2 85441 Locket d (5) 59.5 ...................K Mudhoo (a3) 3 24892 Norah (1) 56.5 .................................T Direen 4 57626 Commanding Oak d (8) 56.5.........D Bradley 5 4x777 Revolutionary (3) 56 6 61921 Big Hoss d (7) 56 7 7x947 Sir Singo td (4) 56 ....................... C Johnson

M2 Taupo gallops

5242x Tacticall m (10) 54 .....................S Wynne (a) 33441 Volcano d (9) 54 ...........................T Moseley 570x6 Keepa Tramp dm (1) 54...... D Prastiyou (a2) 23x89 Meursault d (6) 54 ....................... C Johnson 68005 Paraketo d (7) 54 32x98 Ishimine d (4) 54 ........................D Chin (a3) 42400 Rivertaine Coup d (5) 54 ...............D Bradley 8 4.54pm COCHRANES FARM MACHINERY 3 & 4 YEAR OLD HANDICAP $10,500, 3&4YO HCP, 1800m 1 x1354 Coulee (2) 60 ........................... J Lowry (a2) 2 x9706 El Nahra (4) 59.5...................R Cuneen (a1) 3 61070 Paw Patrol (6) 57.5......................L Callaway 4 31. Night Nurse (1) 57..........................R Bishop 5 90649 Kolaman (8) 57.............................T Moseley 6 31950 Cristallo (5) 56........................C Barnes (a1) 7 57328 Honor That (3) 55 ............................D Walsh 8 77297 Lochan Ora b (7) 54 ........ K Kalychurun (a3) 9 x7068 Rhythminyafeet 54 ....................... Scratched SELECTIONS Race 1: Lane Frost, The Theme, Curli, Clem, Opihi Ranger Race 2: Zero Tua Hundred, Diamond Edge, Doctor Eden Race 3: Son Of Maher, Serengetti Sun, Barclay Creek Race 4: Missteeflying, He’s A Bigdeel, High Society, Luke Race 5: Merci Cherie, Commanding Oak, No Emotion, Big Hoss Race 6: Magic Mavis, Ashwini, Enzedjewel, The Cover Girl Race 7: Coup Darci Be, Rivertaine Coup, Our Premonition Race 8: Honor That, Coulee, El Nahra, Night Nurse, Cristallo

Today at Taupo Raceway

Taupo RC Venue: Taupo Meeting Date: 30 Dec 2015 NZ 7 x6736 Katie’s So Kool (3) 55..............S McKay (a1) Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 8 Incaseitel 55 ................................. Scratched and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 9 Rapid As (1) 55 .............................L Allpress Rising Shot (7) 55 ..................... M D Plessis 1 1.12pm ZANADU EQUESTRIAN R65 1800 $7000, 10 3 2.22pm GRAEME THOMSON ANTIQUE JEWELRating 65 Benchmark*, 1800m 1 55150 Liquid Asset (2) 60 .......................... C Grylls LERY MAIDEN 1200 $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 499x5 Divergent (8) 58.5 ..................... M D Plessis 2 22703 Jet Trac (4) 59.5 ................ U Holmquist (a2) 2 4 Pentagon Achiever b (2) 57...........O Bosson 3 7x800 Nailed It (3) 59 ..............................O Bosson 3 0x40 Majic El (7) 57 ................................. C Grylls 4 04709 Crimson Prince td (10) 59 .............L Allpress 4 On The Green (4) 57 5 38002 Dukebox (1) 59................................S Collett 5 x549x Livingston (1) 56.5 ..................... Z Moki (a3) 6 1658x Sail Away (9) 58.5 ........................... K Myers 6 9x70x Thegirlfriendsgone (3) 56.5 .........C Lammas 7 96676 Babilloni (7) 58 ............................C Lammas 7 99x Who’s Laughing Now (6) 56.5 .....T Thornton 8 10639 Sylvian m (8) 56.5 ..............L Magorrian (a1) 8 0x24 Scarlet’s Secret b (5) 55.............. D Johnson 9 98709 Peroni (6) 56 ...................................R Myers 9 8. Say You Will (9) 55 .....................R Elliot (a4) 10 10. Casey Marie (5) 55.5 ................ M D Plessis 2 1.47 TAUPO TAB MAIDEN 1000 $7000, MDN, 1000m 4 2.57 KINLOCH R75 1200 $8000, Benchmark, 1200m 1 20x Swiss Warrior b (4) 58.5.................. C Grylls 1 x3750 Rocanto d (2) 60 ......................... D Johnson 2 0x89x Caruso (9) 58.5 ..................L Magorrian (a1) 2 8x09x Her To Eternity (4) 58.5 ............. M D Plessis 3 Hardcase (2) 57 ............................O Bosson 3 1537x Persuasive db (5) 58 ..................M Coleman 4 x549x Livingston (5) 56.5 4 6x22x He Knows b (1) 57.5 ....................... K Myers 5 8x Isalei (6) 56.5 .................... U Holmquist (a2) 5 x6120 Scamp tdb (7) 57.5 .......................O Bosson 6 Striking Kay (8) 56.5 ...........Z N Azman (a3) 6 8678x Clubs Choice d (6) 55.5 .... U Holmquist (a2)

7 x1836 It’s Bianca td (3) 55.5 ....................L Allpress 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 3.32pm STARLIGHT CINEMA CENTRE MAIDEN 1 61422 Absolute Gold d (5) 60 ............S McKay (a1) 2 407x0 Just The Deal d (2) 60..................... C Grylls 1400 $7000, MDN, 1400m 3 x16x2 Xcuses Xcuses (7) 59.5 ................L Allpress 1 340x Parana (4) 58.5 ......................... M D Plessis 4 018 Penn ‘N’ Teller 59.......................... Scratched 2 9x The Boxer 58.5............................. Scratched 5 28x70 Dan The Man d (6) 58.5 .............J Whiteside 3 0x Won Ton (9) 58.5 .............................M Cropp 6 7128 Khalama t (9) 58 ...........................O Bosson 4 43378 Classic Warrior (7) 57 ..................... K Myers 7 36987 The Great Fox m (4) 58 5 Predator (2) 57 ..............................L Allpress 8 3x10x Girlsarebackintown tm (1) 57.5 ... D Johnson 6 0x536 Jesdemona 56.5 .......................... Scratched 9 x9727 Repulse Bay d (8) 57.5 ...................R Myers 7 6 One Fine Day (11) 56.5...................S Collett 8 x8x06 Dix Sept (5) 56.5 .........................T Thornton 10 24196 Thetruthisoutthere d (3) 57 ....... M D Plessis 9 87x97 Four Day High 56.5 ...................... Scratched 7 4.42 HARCOURTS TAUPO CUP R85 $20,000, Rat10 8x0x Rebel Rocker (8) 56.5 ................. D Johnson ing 85 Benchmark, 1950m 1 21007 Canterino (1) 61.5 ...................S McKay (a1) 11 8 Mannie’s Power (6) 55 .......L Magorrian (a1) 2 76x60 Colonel Carrera m (7) 59 ...........R Elliot (a4) 12 Sunspear (3) 55 .............................. C Grylls 3 87216 Saint Kitt (6) 59 ..............................V Colgan 13 The Snow Queen (10) 55..............O Bosson 4 22304 Ysabella Brave m (3) 56.... U Holmquist (a2) 14 Ucayali (1) 55 ..........................S McKay (a1) 5 38445 Sealed By A Dance mb (4) 55 ........ K Myers 15 87x03 Spawn of Elaia 56.5 ..................... Scratched 6 74517 Tiger Tim (5) 54.5..........................L Allpress 16 650 Neat Aza Pin 55 ........................... Scratched 7 07136 Crackling Rosie (8) 54.....................R Myers 17 Real Savvy (12) 55 .........................R Myers Emergencies: Spawn of Elaia, Neat Aza Pin, Real Savvy 8 92110 Dezignator d (2) 54 ......................... R Jones 6 4.07 LOCHINVER STATION R65 1200 $7000, Rating 8 5.17pm RD1-ECOLAB MAIDEN 1800 $7000, 1800m

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Anoke (6) 58.5 ................................M Cropp 0 Crafty (5) 58.5 .................................R Myers 8 Marcellus (7) 58.5 .........................L Allpress x0900 Ratpack (13) 58.5 ...........................S Collett 44 Apprehend (3) 57 ..........................O Bosson 27630 Brigadier (9) 57 .......................S McKay (a1) 87265 Wraithorth b (8) 56.5 ...................C Lammas 53765 Bit Of Crumpet (10) 56.5 ... U Holmquist (a2) 6587x Contestant (1) 56.5 ....................R Elliot (a4) 4 Thoughtful (11) 55...........................A Collett 906 Keep Carmen Carion (2) 55 ...... M D Plessis 77 Piazza (4) 55 ................................... C Grylls 00 Unicorn Zone (12) 55 .................. D Johnson SELECTIONS Race 1: Jet Trac, Liquid Asset, Casey Marie, Nailed It Race 2: Katie’s So Kool, Rapid As, Swiss Warrior, Rising Shot Race 3: Scarlet’s Secret, Divergent, Livingston, Majic El Race 4: Rocanto, Persuasive, Scamp, It’s Bianca, He Knows Race 5: Parana, Predator, One Fine Day, The Snow Queen Race 6: Khalama, Absolute Gold, Xcuses Xcuses, Just The Deal Race 7: Saint Kitt, Tiger Tim, Canterino, Colonel Carrera Race 8: Apprehend, Thoughtful, Wraithorth, Piazza

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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

In brief

■ CRICKET

Black Caps hitting targets New Zealand opener Martin Guptill would have batted with the same abandon against Sri Lanka on Monday had they won the toss and gone in first at Hagley Oval.

As it happened, Guptill smeared an unbeaten 93 off just 30 balls to rush New Zealand to 118 for none, in tandem with Tom Latham, in only 8.2 overs, to set up a 2-0 series lead.

But the point is New Zealand’s ODI batting philosophy is based on aggression.

Having captain Brendon McCullum and Guptill, both naturally brisk scorers anyway, helps.

There’s a determination to click the score over at a fast rate and to that end there are targets for the batsmen to strive for. They are not absolutes, more indicative numbers to aim for.

In the two games at Hagley Oval, New Zealand’s openers had rattled up 108 in 10.1 overs, then the 118 on Monday.

Coach Mike Hesson admitted they were well in excess of the aims.

“In the first 10 overs we set a target, which we certainly well

whatever off 10 overs, it’s just a guideline.

“If you’re seeing it well and finding the gaps, then obviously you’re allowed to go past that, and vice versa if it’s a bit tricky .

“Then you have to suck up the pressure and if we get less than that, and get more in another phase of the game, then so be it.”

Given that no player has scored more ODI runs that Guptill’s 1459 this calendar year, and McCullum is acknowledged as among the most bruising openers in the game, New Zealand are well served for pace at the top.

Even if one of the pair fails, the chances are both won’t and so the run rate is invariably up from the start. ‘’Come the next game if we bat first, we’ve still got to have those targets, and if we get past them we’re away to a good score,” Guptill said. ‘’We have to keep going out and playing the way we do.”

Now throw in that the team’s batting group are given areas of responsibilBrendon ity.

McCullum Hesson talks about the top three players “owning” the first 10

exceeded in both games,” he said.

“Those are guidelines and we very much leave it to the guys out there. ‘’If the wicket is better or harder (for batting) than they expect, they can make the necessary adjustment. Rather than being pressure points, thinking they have to get to 55 or

Proving a point Shaun Marsh is angry, and that spells bad news for the Melbourne Renegades. Marsh will line up for the Perth Scorchers in tonight’s BBL clash with the Renegades after being squeezed out of the Australian Test side. The 32-yearold was dropped for the Boxing Day Test against the West Indies despite scoring a career-high 182 in the previous match. The harsh selection decision means Marsh could only watch on as both Joe Burns and Usman Khawaja posted Boxing Day centuries.

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overs; the top five the first 40.

If those jobs are done well, then “there’s a platform and we can have some fun after that”.

The opposition bowlers naturally have something to do with those objectives and it’s not always going to work out.

Still, New Zealand have now won a record 12 home ODIs on the trot, so there are certain components which are clearly working well.

Despite Sri Lanka’s desperate performances so far, Hesson echoed Guptill’s thoughts: their record speaks for itself and they have a breadth of experience, which the New Zealanders can’t match.

Seven of their 11 have played more than 100 ODIs, a mark only McCullum, Ross Taylor and Guptill can match.

“We know they are experienced, we know they’ve got good quality and we know we’ve played pretty good cricket in the first couple of games and haven’t given them an opportunity to show those skills,” Hesson said.

“But we also know they’re dangerous so we won’t be underestimating them.”

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Ragamuffin second When all the chips were down, quitting wasn’t an option for the crew of Syd Fischer’s boat Ragamuffin which produced a late comeback to snare second place line honours in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

The Australian supermaxi reached Constitution Dock yesterday morning after two days, 19 hours and 48 minutes of sailing, just four minutes ahead of third-placed Rambler, but some 11 hours behind race winner Comanche.

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Schumacher team silent Fans the world over would love to hear some good news, or indeed any news at all, on former Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher and his recovery from a life-threatening skiing accident. Today marks the second anniversary of the accident in the French Alps, and the Schumacher family and his manager Sabine Kehm have released virtually no details on his condition over the months and years. Only the family and the closest friends know how Schumacher is doing.

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■ FOOTBALL

Arsenal hit the front in Premier League Arsenal provisionally moved to the top of the English Premier League yesterday after a 2-0 win over Bournemouth.

Gabriel opened the scoring before Mesut Ozil got the second as Arsenal moved one point above leader Leicester, who play Manchester City overnight.

By not conceding a goal, Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech set a new Premier League record of 170 clean sheets.

Arsenal went ahead after 27

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minutes. Ozil whipped in a corner which was met by defender Gabriel who headed the ball across goalkeeper Artur Boruc in his first goal for Arsenal.

Ozil got the second after 63 minutes when Olivier Giroud flicked the ball to the German who slotted it into the net.

Son Heung-Min’s 89th-minute strike sent Tottenham Hotspur third with a 2-1 win at Watford.

Tottenham took a 17th-minute lead when Erik Lamela stabbed

home following a defensive mixup, before Odion Ighalo stabbed home his 14th goal of the season to equalise for Watford four minutes before half-time.

But Watford lost Nathan Ake to a red card for a waist-high foul on Lamela in the 63rd minute and Son struck at the death.

“The victory is very important for us,” said Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino, whose side are now sitting four points below Arsenal.

England take charge

“We worked hard to try and win and are happy because Watford are a difficult team and beat Liverpool recently.

“We need to feel proud for the players. It was a great effort after only playing 48 hours ago.”

Crystal Palace remain in fifth place following a goalless home draw with Swansea City. They remain ahead of Manchester United, who struggled to a 0-0 draw with Chelsea as pressure grows on manager Louis Van Gaal. - AFP

England tightened their grip on the third day of the first Test at Kingsmead against a South African team weakened by an injury to fast bowler Dale Steyn. England built on a first innings lead of 89, reaching 172 for three in their second innings at the close of play, an overall lead of 261 runs. With plenty of time remaining in the match, England were prepared to grind out their runs with risk-free batting in the second innings. - AP

Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Race- 8 3434x Crowd Goes Wild nwtd................A Turnwald way Meeting Date: 30 Dec 2015 NZ Meeting number: 3 9 8 Super Bad nwtd ...........................M Roberts Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 10 8F6 Magic Maria nwtd ..........................G Atwood 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 4 1.09pm J P PRINT PETONE C0 C0, 305m and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 1 32748 Steffi’s Star nwtd ..................J Woolston-Bell 1 12.16pm ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C0 C0, 305m 2 85648 Smart Dandy nwtd ............................ B Hunt 1 6 Cocoa Bear nwtd ........................A Turnwald 3 54866 Scott A Boy nwtd ........................... R Maisey 2 76885 Gully Screamer nwtd G & ............... J Clarke 4 35287 Ella Baxter nwtd .....................J T McInerney 3 67546 Tank’s Rob nwtd ..............................S Maher 5 1 Cawbourne Spree 17.77 ..............M Roberts 4 Not Listening nwtd .................. T McCracken 6 6 Scott No Show nwtd B & .................... Steele 5 8777x Chief Baxter nwtd...................J T McInerney 7 Cala D’Or nwtd..................................M Flipp 6 4671 Chase Me Apatche nwtd ...............G Atwood 8 Pickering nwtd ....................................J Hunt 7 32637 Scott No Value nwtd B & .................... Steele 9 78882 Another Ranger nwtd .............J T McInerney 8 77 Rally Sarious nwtd .................J T McInerney 10 885 Homebush Johnny nwtd.........J T McInerney 9 28871 Allegro Dasher 18.11 ...........J Woolston-Bell 5 1.26pm LASER PLUMBING C0 C0, 305m 10 77767 Homebush Kayla nwtd ...........J T McInerney 1 32345 Scott No Limbs nwtd B & ................... Steele 2 12.34pm KEENAN CONCRETE WANGANUI C0, 305m 2 85455 Kentucky Doll nwtd............................D Edlin 1 8532 Doosh nwtd ............................J T McInerney 3 Uncle Buddha nwtd ...........................M Flipp 2 African Princess nwtd ..........J Woolston-Bell 4 533 Dreamzone nwtd K & ........................Phillips 3 44664 Annie Way nwtd L & ........................... Morris 5 43654 Another Jet nwtd ....................J T McInerney 4 54276 Scott Some Ticka nwtd B &................ Steele 6 5x363 James McBell nwtd ................J T McInerney 5 67554 Vee Sintilating nwtd G &.................. J Clarke 7 62686 Goldstar Lexie nwtd ................ T McCracken 6 44573 Dark Witch nwtd ............................... P Clark 8 Odd Fellow nwtd D P & ............ K Gommans 7 83452 Pacific Vibe nwtd ....................J T McInerney 9 8 Super Bad nwtd ...........................M Roberts 8 61 Autumn Lights 18.29 ...................A Turnwald 10 88685 Ranger’s Waltz nwtd .......................S Maher 9 83878 Thatz Marion nwtd ............................M Flipp 6 1.44pm THE ROCK 95.2FM C1 C1, 520m 10 88864 Nicky McBell nwtd ..................J T McInerney 1 x4744 Meg’s Me Mum 30.40......................S Maher 3 12.51pm ADEPT ACCOUNTANTS C0 C0, 520m 2 12773 Milly Rivers 31.26 ........................B Hodgson 1 8222F Cawbourne Marcy nwtd .......... T McCracken 3 43231 Cawbourne Gable 31.02 ......J Woolston-Bell 2 42F Double Ice nwtd ................................M Flipp 4 74348 Cawbourne Dallas 31.12..............M Roberts 3 77673 Candy Crusher nwtd ................A Duganzich 5 88x76 Opawa Chris 30.77 ....................... R Maisey 4 42822 She’s Mustard nwtd..........................R Waite 6 23365 Opawa Larry nwtd .............................M Flipp 5 Cawbourne Elpaso nwtd ..............M Roberts 7 63143 Bevs New Point 31.48 ..............A Duganzich 6 72564 Princely Money nwtd ..............J T McInerney 8 38564 Archi Bale 30.49.....................J T McInerney 7 5 Panda Ring nwtd ................................ N Udy 9 58752 Peaky Blinder 31.29 ........................B Marsh

TION C1 C1, 520m 1 25565 Goodtime Mike 30.99 ...........J Woolston-Bell 2 25475 Consumate Ease nwtd G &............. J Clarke 1 53454 Maligned 18.30 U & ..............................Bliek 3 85282 Silver Tokaam nwtd ..................... K Hanover 2 27112 Another Zircon nwtd ...............J T McInerney 4 56467 Lignite Girl nwtd .....................J T McInerney 3 65454 Trinity Flight nwtd .............................T Agent 5 77166 That’s King 30.50 ........................B Hodgson 4 66344 Chaimbo nwtd ........................J T McInerney 6 34583 Lagoon Victory 30.90 ...................M Roberts 5 63346 It’s The Dream 17.86 B & ................... Steele 7 5112x Our Gypsy 30.21 ..............................L Ahern 6 21848 Mangamahu Jack nwtd ...............B Hodgson 8 88625 Scott The Best 30.86..................... R Maisey 7 43285 Snow Demon 17.85 G R &.............. S Voyce 9 64867 Cheries Boy nwtd ...................J T McInerney 8 77341 Allegro Style 17.87 ............................. N Udy 10 86687 Hugglemonster 31.15.................... M Gowan 9 66463 Opawa Token 17.81 ........................S Maher 10 55658 Sedgebrook Charm 18.19 ...................F Kite 11 3.11pm LIQUORLAND WANGANUI C1 C1, 305m 1 77411 Scott The Looks 17.91 B & ................ Steele 8 2.19pm AON CPF C1 C1, 520m 2 82344 Five Kay Leg 17.97 ............................ N Udy 1 45452 Phantom Way nwtd L & ...................... Morris 3 41482 Hyde Baxter 18.14 .................J T McInerney 2 45467 Adda Boy Zeke 30.80....................G Atwood 4 44658 Cosmic Warra 17.94.........................T Agent 3 34247 Opawa Messini 30.72......................... N Udy 5 28868 Homebush Chaos 17.81 D P & K Gommans 4 72361 Alamein Blonde 30.83 ..........J Woolston-Bell 6 31321 Gully Crusher 17.89 G & ................. J Clarke 5 47157 Debonair Pirate nwtd ........................D Edlin 7 17848 Cawbourne Gil 17.74 ...................M Roberts 6 54551 Kirkham Harvey 30.72 .................M Roberts 8 78225 Fortis Fiona 18.02 U & ......................Cottam 7 73584 Cawbourne Philip 30.18 .........J T McInerney 9 1P88x Chinese Magic 18.32 L & ................... Morris 8 26557 Rubbed Out 30.97........................... M Mann 9 86864 Another Belle nwtd .................J T McInerney 10 62773 Another Key nwtd ...................J T McInerney 10 77786 Sheriff Roscoe 30.91 .............. T McCracken 12 3.29 FIVE STAR KENNELS AND RUNS C1, 305m 1 F6428 Magic Gina nwtd ....................J T McInerney 9 2.36pm FIRST SECURITY C1 C1, 305m 2 5434P Caballe 18.03 ...............................K Williams 1 44254 Dipsy Lala nwtd U &..........................Cottam 3 47138 Sammy Baxter 17.95 .............J T McInerney 2 22234 Buzzy As 18.33 ..................................J Hunt 4 124 Cawbourne Martin 18.04 .............M Roberts 3 25282 Opawa Binge nwtd B & ...................... Steele 5 46457 Tulip Muncher nwtd B & ..................... Steele 4 25743 Rua Rama 17.76 ...............................M Flipp 6 27272 Gully Runner 18.21 G & .................. J Clarke 5 28647 Denali 18.00 G &............................. J Clarke 7 73822 Working Jewel 17.83 .......................L Doody 6 64331 Sasha McBell 17.94 ...............J T McInerney 8 67164 Spearmint Juju 18.05 U & .................Cottam 7 2111 Asa Cash Queen 17.42................M Roberts 9 67x67 Carolina Moon nwtd .........................T Agent 8 38654 Fair Cruzin 17.97....................J T McInerney 9 78717 Queen Star nwtd ..............................T Agent 10 87353 Plaiting Puss 18.45 U & ........................Bliek 10 14767 Lily Ma’s Smoking nwtd...................S Maher 13 3.51 DOPEY DOG LASER ENGRAVING C1, 305m 10 2.54pm PALAMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRI- 1 12834 Momma Rae 17.84 ...........................M Flipp 10 75868 Preoccupied nwtd .............................J Black

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Adams in hot form for OKC Steven Adams played almost as many games in the last seven days as all of New Zealand’s overseas Tall Blacks combined, such is the frenetic nature of the NBA schedule.

Adams played four games in seven days, beginning with an exciting 100-99 victory at the LA Clippers.

The lead changed hands five times in the final 60 seconds, while Adams snared 11 rebounds and scored six points in one of his more prominent displays of late.

OKC then demolished the Lakers 120-85, lost on Christmas Day 105-96 to the Chicago Bulls, before overcoming the Denver Nuggets 122-112 on Monday.

There were only three games in the Australian NBL this week but two of them, both played on Sunday, featured Tall Blacks.

Dion Prewster had possibly his most productive game of the season for the Sydney Kings but they still went down, for the fourth time this season, to the Breakers.

Prewster came off the bench to score six points, grab six rebounds and add three assists and two blocks.

Perth Wildcats and Melbourne United then faced off in front of a 10,000 sell-out crowd at Hisense Arena.

The game was played under clear blue skies as the retractable roof was opened for a basketball game at this level for the first time.

Jarrod Kenny was afforded only seven minutes in the sunshine and went scoreless as Melbourne broke a three game losing streak to win an exciting contest 92-87.

In the Spanish League, Isaac Fotu’s return to his former club La Bruixa d’Or Manresa last Tuesday was something of a disaster.

Not only was Zaragoza defeated 86-79 but Fotu was held to just a single shot at basket, departing the game with zero points and two rebounds.

On Sunday Zaragoza hosted bottom of the table Gipuzkoa and quickly established early dominance.

Zaragoza led by six points at quarter-time and 45-28 at halftime before easing to a comfortable 80-59 victory.

Fotu didn’t put up too many shots in that game, either, converting two-from-five from the field with a couple of free throws to finish with seven points, three rebounds an assist and a steal.

Plymouth Raiders picked up their fifth win in fifteen games in the British Basketball League on Sunday.

Daryl Corletto’s men defeated Surrey Scorchers 102-96 with Duane Bailey contributing eight points at an efficient fourof-five shooting clip. Bailey also chimed in with three rebounds

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an assist, a block and a steal.

In American college basketball, Tai Webster scored seven points and added a couple of rebounds and a steal as Nebraska Huskers lost 69-58 at home against Samford.

On the Tall Ferns side, it was hard to go past the performance of Josie Stockill when assessing the standout performance during the pre-Christmas week, although Jillian Harmon and Penina Davidson both produced career-high efforts.

Stockill stole the show as she led Colgate to a 72-59 road victory over Lafayette in the NCAA Patriot League opener, establishing numerous personal and college records in the process.

A week out from her 22nd birthday, Stockill finished with 27 points and 13 blocks, both career-bests.

Her first two blocks were particularly special as it gave her Colgate’s all-time leading blocks title with 182.

Her 13 blocks in the game were also significant as it broke the school’s record for blocks in a single game, while she was just three shy of matching the NCAA’s all-time record for blocks in a game.

In Italy, Harmon fashioned a performance to rival Stockill’s as Le Mura Lucca returned to winning ways with a comprehensive 72-51 victory at home against San Giovanni on Tuesday.

A week after suffering their first loss of the season, Harmon powered Lucca to victory, scoring a career-high 33 points and adding five rebounds and a eight steals.

If Harmon and Stockill produced the individual highlights, Penina Davidson was involved in the game of the week.

Playing a non-conference game against Pac-12 foe, the No21-ranked Cal Berkley Golden Bears came through when it mattered most, outlasting the No19-ranked UCLA Bruins to earn a heart-stopping 108-104 win.

The Bears scored five points in the final 30 seconds as Davidson scored a career high-tying 15 points off the bench. - NZME

SPORTING NOTICES

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PLANTS, PRODUCE

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CONTAINERS for sale or hire, ex shipping: general and insulated. Sidelifter available for delivery. Wilson Bulk Transport, Phone 308-7772.

Raspberries NEW potatoes. Limited supply. Bennett. 22 Melrose Ranui Road.

Season closes December 31.

Tayberry Blackberry LIVESTOCK, PETS freshly picked and PYO. 56 Tinwald Westerfield Mayfield Road, Ashburton.

Phone 308 1338 No eftpos

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

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

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

MOTORING

WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills old, Street. Phone 308-6737.

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Birthday Greetings Holly Husband Happy 8th Birthday Hols.

Love of love Mum, Dad and Riley. xoxoxoxo Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our level 3 office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

Daily Events Wednesday

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

Thursday

10am - METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter.

1pm - 3pm - ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future, Seafield Road.

Report 11.30am for 12 noon

Cash prizes 3 Tee start $20.00 entry

Food available

Contact Bruce Collins 027 426 0849

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TRAVEL

Beckley Coachlines Programme ◊ CHRISTCHURCH REBUILD TOUR Sunday 10th January, departing @ 9.30am.

See the progress made in the City center and at Sumner.

Tickets $38 includes lunch at the Breakfree Hotel.

For bookings phone 308 7646

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Merry Christmas FROM THE

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30 DECEMBER 2015

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM COUNCIL Happy New Year from our Mayor, councillors, management and staff here at Ashburton District Council.

We wish you safe travels on your journeys this holiday season and if you are visiting Ashburton District - a very warm welcome to you.

The Council office is closed and reopens 8.30am Tuesday 5 January 2016.

All requests for service during the holiday period can be phoned through to Council on (03) 307 7700. Our 24 hour call service is operating throughout the holiday period.

All calls will be answered and all urgent requests for service will be attended to by on-call staff. Non urgent requests will be attended to from Tuesday 5 January 2016.

RUBBISH AND RECYCLING

RESTRICTED FIRE SEASON

Up & Coming

New Year collections Resource Recovery Parks The Ashburton and Rakaia Resource Recovery Parks will be closed on: • Friday 1 January 2016 • Saturday 2 January 2016

A restricted fire season has been declared for Ashburton District from midnight Saturday 19 December 2015 and will remain in place until further notice.

Water Restrictions

Methven Recycling Drop-off Facility The Methven reusable household items drop-off facility will be closed on: • Friday 1 January 2016 • Saturday 2 January 2016 Rubbish and Recycling - Kerbside Collection If your collection day is a Friday or Monday there will be a change for New Year.

Collections normally scheduled Friday 1 January 2016 will be collected on Thursday 31 December 2015.

Collections normally scheduled for Monday 4 January 2016 will be collected on Tuesday 5 January 2016.

There are no changes to any other collections. Please ensure all rubbish and recycling is placed at kerbside by 7.30am on collection day.

WEBSITE Find out what’s happening at Council on our website. It’s easy to use and has all the information you need about the services that the we offer you.

Visit ashburtondc.govt.nz

HAVE YOUR SAY Dog Control Survey - We want your feedback.

Under this restriction, fires may only be lit without a permit for the following purposes and must meet strict conditions: • • • •

Gas fired barbeques Hangi, and other ethnic cooking fires Fires in fully enclosed drums Burning of agricultural crop residues

Before lighting a fire for any of the above purposes you must obtain full details of the required conditions and comply with them at all times.

If you are considering lighting a fire for any purpose other than those listed above you must first apply and pay for a fire permit from Ashburton District Council. Permit applications can be made by phoning Council on 307 7700.

Information on the restricted fire season and on conditions required for exempted purpose fires is available from ashburtondc.govt.nz or from the Council offices at 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton.

Lighting a fire without complying with the required permit and conditions may result in prosecution.

This notice is made under section 22 of the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977.

SUMMER AT THE LIBR ARY The Ashburton Public Library have an exciting “Explore New Worlds” reading challenge for children this summer.

Each time a child borrows a book from the Children’s Library they will receive a ‘library penny’. If they read 20 books they can cash in their pennies to claim a prize.

Tell us how we are doing and how you think we can improve dog control services in the district by completing our survey available on our website ashburtondc.govt.nz

Prizes must be claimed by Thursday 21 January 2016. Learn more at ashburtondc.govt.nz/library

Alternatively pick up a survey from Council’s office or Library and post it back to us.

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Survey closes on 31 January 2016.

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Water restrictions are in place until further notice. Visit the Council website for a full list of all water supplies with water restrictions.

Water Consumption Daily water consumption levels are available on Council’s website.

The graphs show how much water is being used in Ashburton, Methven and Rakaia.

For more information, visit ashburtondc.govt.nz

HOLIDAY HOURS The Ashburton Public Library, EA Networks Centre and Ashburton Museum have some changes to their opening hours over the holiday period.

Learn more at ashburtondc.govt.nz

TINWALD POOL If you’re looking for some family fun this summer, why not head down to Tinwald pool?

Opening hours (during school term): Monday - Friday: 4.00pm - 7.00pm Saturday & Sunday: 12.00pm - 7.00pm Opening hours (during school holidays): Monday - Friday: 12.00pm - 7.00pm Saturday & Sunday: 12.00pm - 7.00pm Visit EA Networks Centre website eanetworkscentre.co.nz for more information.

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Puzzles Wednesday, December 30, 2015

www.guardianonline.co.nz CRYPTIC ACROSS 1. Disposal of food inside got confused (9) 5. Drink or eat in the evening? (3) 7. Sounds like a secret store of ready money (4) 8. Without a dead viper around, one had to do without (8) 10. Hums about the space needed by fungus (8) 11. A spoken test for all except the first and last (4) 13. Sound formed by the lips or a bill? A possibility (6) 15. Being inexperienced, everybody gets taken in by Jersey (6) 18. Cut off a weed (4) 19. Might turn one man into a chewer of cud (8) 22. Is in charge of areas of military control (8) 23. A double-curve seen in a tree going backwards (4) 24. A word such as this for those who vote this (3) 25. Put US soldier back in frocks if he wanders off point (9)

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12. The proportion of air to its mixture (5) 14. Gets to be how it suits one (7) 16. See what happens to its news perhaps (7) 17. A sporting animal with a firearm to follow (3,3) 18. Being poorly, get the folding seat in the back (5) 20. After Aberdeen it’s polled (5) 21. Poet is soundly kept out (4)

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DOWN 1. Cut across (8) 2. Scent (5) 4. Face (6) 5. Went backwards (12) 6. Minor illness (7) 7. Melody (4) 8. Sequence of events, one leading to the next (6,6) 12. Five-sided figure (8) 14. Gestures (7) 16. Strengthen (colloq) (4,2) 18. Fool (5) 19. Dirt on surface of liquid (4)

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Decisions that appear to point to a permanent result actually don’t. That’s good.

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TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Resist the temptation to try hard to be liked. You’re already liked. Encourage others to share, and then say very little. Confidence, real or pretend, is the secret to today’s win.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): The choices you make today are based on the education you got long ago.

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CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): From the small choices of diet or dress to the major life decisions, put yourself first. Yes, other people’s needs matter. But you tend to forget that you’re the only one who can live your life. Do it for you.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): When you feel the impulse to share what you’re going through, trust it and unload your feelings. The others need to hear this and will be processing what you’ve said through the night.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Maybe your problems are trivial. It would comfort you to think so, anyway. It’s a good excuse to take in a sad drama about someone’s extremely difficult life. Whatever you can do to put your worries in perspective will help.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Remember when you didn’t think you could do it, but you tried anyway and ended up with a feeling of accomplishment and new skills to boot? Well, that will happen all over again.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Life is so much easier when you act in the optimum moment, i.e., the very moment the impulse rises up in you. It’s not true for every day, but today your timing is stellar!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Your popularity rush has started (thanks to Venus) and you’re already starting to give the world another side of you. They see you as courageous, even though you’re just doing what comes naturally.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): The vagaries become clear as you ask more questions and track the answers. Even more revealing will be the answers that are not forthcoming. Pay attention to the gaps.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Should you blend or pop? Neither will win you the chance to participate.

Instead of thinking in terms of blending in or standing out, think in terms of fitting and you’ll do just fine.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): With all of your grand plans, there’s no time to waste in harbouring resentment. The easiest way will be to cut your losses, but if you can’t take it that far, go in for a short, sweet negotiation.

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WRIGHT – Mark, Marthie and Andy are proud and happy to announce that Clara Francina Wright was born on December 13, 2015.

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BENT, Julia Marie – Passed away on December 29, 2015. Dearly loved wife of Warren and much loved mum of Georga, Nikita, and Jemma. Funeral details to follow.

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Lots of love from; Ross and Katherine, Susan and Neil, Pam and Perry and the 10 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.

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Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy. 0 9:05 M Tommy Boy PGR 3 1995 Comedy Drama. Chris Farley, David Spade, Bo Derek.

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2:55 Great British Food Revival 3 Restaurateur and food writer Yotam Ottolenghi, who has always used nuts in his recipes, learns Britons have a long history of growing nuts, though most of them are barely aware of their existence.

3:30 Antiques Roadshow 3 4:30 Hot Bench 5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country

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6:35 Salvage Hunters PG 7:30 Pacific Warriors PG 8:30 Yukon Men M On Thin Ice. 9:30 Edge Of Alaska M Defend the Frontier. 10:30 How It’s Made PG 11:30 Gold Rush PG Gold Road.

12:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 12:55 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

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7:30 The Making Of Godzilla PG 2014 7:50 Mindscape MLS 2013 Thriller. Mark Strong, Taissa Farmiga.

9:30 Rob The Mob 16VLSC 2014 Crime. Michael Pitt, Andy Garcia.

11:15 National Lampoon Presents – Surf Party 16LSC 2013 Comedy. Khan Chittenden, Matthew Lillard. 12:45 Foxcatcher MVC 2014 Drama. Steve Carell, Channing Tatum. 2:55 Mindscape MLS 2013 Thriller. Mark Strong, Taissa Farmiga. 4:35 The Judge ML 2014 Drama. Robert Downey jr, Robert Duvall. 6:55 Paul Blart – Mall Cop 2 PGV 2015 Comedy.

Kevin James, Raini Rodriguez.

8:30 Hours ML 2013 Thriller.

Paul Walker. 10:10 The Cobbler MV 2014 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Steve Buscemi. 11:50 The Curse Of Downers Grove 16VLSC 2014 Horror.

Kevin Zegers, Bella Heathcote.

7:05 Biography – Anthony Hopkins PG 7:55 Girl With A Pearl Earring PGC 2003 Drama.

Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson.

9:35 Hancock MVL 2008 Action.

Will Smith, Jason Bateman.

11:05 Talladega Nights – The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby MLS 2006 Comedy. Will Ferrell, John C Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen.

12:55 Max Payne 16VL 2008 Action. Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges. 2:35 Disclosure 16LS 1994 Drama. Michael Douglas, Demi Moore. 4:45 Calendar Girls PGC 2003 Comedy. Helen Mirren, Julie Walters. 6:35 Fracture MVLS 2007 Crime. Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, Cliff Curtis.

8:30 The Young Victoria PGV 2009 Drama. Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend. 10:15 Gran Torino 16VL 2009 Crime. Clint Eastwood.

6am Surfing – WSL Women’s World Championship (Highlights) Maui Women’s Pro. 7am The Fishing Show Matt Watson takes us on his epic fishing adventures.

8am L Darts – World Championship Day 11, Session Two. From Alexandra Palace, London.

Noon Cricket – International (Highlights) Australia v West Indies – Second Test, Day Four. From the MCG, Melbourne.

12:28 L Cricket – International Australia v West Indies – Second Test, Day Five. The morning session from the MCG, Melbourne.

2:35 Cricket – International (Highlights) Blackcaps v Sri Lanka – Second ODI. 3:05 L Cricket – International Australia v West Indies – Second Test, Day Five. Coverage of the afternoon session from the MCG, Melbourne.

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12:10 Mystic River 16VL 2003 Drama. Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon. 2:25 Biography – Anthony Hopkins PG 3:15 Disclosure 16LS 1994 Drama.

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12:35 The Cricket Show 1am Football – Chelsea TV Manchester United v Chelsea.

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Cornelius Grobler will fight at trials for the Asia-Oceania Boxing Championships for the right to represent New Zealand.

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On target for national honours

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This year has been a memorable one for Cornelius Grobler; he become the first Ashburton boxer in more than 30 years to win a national title in October and won a Canterbury title a month earlier.

The 30-year-old’s quest for the national crown began with his opening fight against Matthew Heap at the New Zealand Boxing Championships in Invercargill.

Grobler proved too elusive for Heap, utilising his speed to land plenty of damaging punches and win all three rounds.

Heap was caught with a hefty

shot and given a standing eight count late in the third as Grobler outclassed his opponent with some slick combinations to win the bout convincingly.

Grobler then took on North Harbour’s Tameana Puhi in the semi-final, and produced another exceptional display, peppering Puhi at will with shots throughout the fight.

The North Islander received standing eight counts in all three rounds before his corner threw in the towel after receiving another punishing combination.

The final was an all-Canterbury affair with Grobler facing

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Christchurch’s Richard Robinson.

Grobler was awarded the points decision after getting the better of his opponent, extending his record to 27 wins from 35 fights and becoming the country’s finest amateur in the 69kg weight class in the process.

In hindsight, 2015 will be a tough year to top, but Grobler is now turning his attention to the world stage.

Grobler, who is from South Africa, but has lived in New Zealand for the last seven years, will fight next month for the right to represent his adopted country, provid-

ing he is granted citizenship.

Grobler will attend trials in Auckland for the Asia-Oceania Boxing Championships, which will take place in Qian’an, China in March.

At the Auckland trials, he will face New Zealand’s finest in the 69kg weight division, including Josh Nyika, a former national champion, and brother of Commonwealth Games gold medallist, David.

Should Grobler pass this test and be granted citizenship, he will don the black of New Zealand at the Asia-Oceanias, and from there, a place in the team

headed for the Olympics in Rio will not seem a distant pipe dream.

“It would be the most important thing for me, to know that I’m representing New Zealand in China and even going to the Olympics.

“Winning nationals has definitely given me confidence,” he said.

“I’ve been here for seven years and I’ve never been back to South Africa.

“New Zealand is my home.

“I love New Zealand, and I would love to represent New Zealand.”

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