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Harvest promising

BY LINDA CLARKE

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Mid Canterbury is poised on the brink of a promising harvest, with farmers now willing the sun to shine for crops to ripen.

Regular spring rain and warmer temperatures have produced a good growing season so far; contractors and farmers are busy making silage and baleage, winter feed crops have been sown and seed crops will begin to be harvested in coming weeks.

Mid Canterbury Federated Farmers arable spokesperson Jo Burke said it was shaping up for a nice harvest.

Viners were currently working on pea crops around the district, with wheat, barley and small seed crops starting to be ready for harvest towards the end of January.

“We just seem to be getting the rain at the right time in the right spots. We are aware we have a soil moisture deficit going on but that is okay for harvest, the weather just needs to settle down and

clouds to part.” Burke said farmers had cleared the bulk of stored grain from last year’s harvest and sown less feed barley this year.

Cereal surveys earlier this year estimate the harvest area for feed barley has dropped by 41 per cent since the 2015 harvest, while feed wheat remained constant. The harvest area for milling wheat was predicted to rise by 55 per cent from unusually low levels.

Burke said wheat prices per tonnage had “thankfully” increased on the spot market and farmers would be in a better position for sales over the next year.

Farmers are also being asked to be vigilant for the weed pest velvetleaf.

Burke said the plants would be just poking their heads out of any ground sown in fodderbeet last year and farmers should be alert from now until April.

Velvetleaf is a serious cropping weed, potentially affecting many arable crops by competing for nutrients, space and water. It came into the country last year in contaminated fodderbeet seed.

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It flowers from spring through autumn.

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The plant has distinctive seedpods with 12 to 15 segments in a cup-like ring. Each seedpod is about 25 millimetres in diameter.

At present, most velvetleaf is at the end of its season and is dying, leaves may have dropped and only dark brown/ black dried seed heads may remain.

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Track permanently closed

By Linda CLarke

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The Sharplin Falls track at Mt Somers has been permanently closed because of rockfall danger.

The scenic, family-friendly walk has been out of action since February 2015 because of falling rocks after earthquakes in the area; the Department of Conservation had been considering repairs but new rockfalls recently have wiped those plans.

The Mt Somers Walkways Society helps DOC manage nearby Mt Somers track and its members say an alternative track to the falls is being investigated.

But society chairman Barry Austin said the new route needed DOC approval and was some time away.

In the meantime, the society has created a new walk and picnic area as a substitute walk.

Austin said members had just finished putting gravel on the new track and had installed a picnic table. The new bridge pool track is accessible just before the bridge and extends about 60m to the picnic table and steps leading to a pool; the track is graded easy and suitable for pushchairs.

“It is an alternative to Sharplin Falls and we are trying to create a few other attractions that are short and easy.”

The closed walking track ran 1.2km alongside Bowyers Stream

Quake hits Seddon Thousands have reported feeling the “severe” 5.5 magnitude quake which rattled central New Zealand yesterday and saw residents ducking for cover, propping up possessions and jumping in fright as the earth rolled once again.

The tremor, which hit at a depth of 15km, 35km to the east of Seddon at 3.34pm, appears to have caused little damage barring a few frazzled nerves and some spilt paint. The quake was widely felt with more than 7000 reporting they felt the quake on GeoNet. A number of aftershocks have followed, the largest a 4.7 quake at the same location as the original tremor.

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Mt Somers Walkways Society members complete a picnic table at the new bridge pool walk (from left) Colin Bellamy, Allan Totty, Allan Wakelin and Robert Schikker.

PHOTO SUPPLIED to Sharplin Falls, which drops several metres from the Mt Somers southern fault system.

Austin said the falls had been photographed over the past 100 years and had changed many times because of earthquakes.

Staveley Store owner Budd Lister said despite the fact the Sharplin Falls track had been off limits for nearly two years and DOC had a current alert on its website, he

still had families and other walkers coming into the store disappointed they could not walk it.

Austin said the new bridge pool walk was accessible from the Staveley carpark and DOC would soon be installing signs.

The work had been carried out by a crew over three working bees and Westside Hire had provided a digger.

A section of the track from Pin-

nacles Hut to the Staveley carpark will be inspected in January and improvements made to cope with a higher number of people walking that part of the Mt Somers track. People can walk to the hut and back in a day.

There are good numbers using the track over the holiday period, with day walk options also from the Woolshed Creek end of the track.

Dry, sunny forecast to see year out Mid Canterbury should see a dry and sunny end to the year.

Meterologist Emma Blades said a warm, wet flow would push over the North Island and it would be wet in the west and south of the South Island, but Canterbury could expect strong, nor’west foehn winds with temperatures reaching the low thirties.

There will be a police presence around the district on New Year’s Eve, with officers checking holiday-makers in known party spots including the Ashburton lakes.

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false alarm callouts within eight hours yesterday morning, are also hoping for a quiet time.

An urn generating steam at the Mania-o-Roto scout park activated a fire alarm about 7.30am and minutes later they were called to the Ashburton Business Park, where an alarm was going off in the EA Networks building.

Around midnight firefighters spent 30 minutes searching for the source of a smoke smell at a house in Allenton.

“Given the amount of traffic, it has not been too bad,” said Ashburton fire chief Alan Burgess.

Police are warning motorists to watch their speed and following distances and to wear their seatbelts, as the road toll climbs this holiday period.

National road policing manager Superintendent Steve Greally said the road toll was already equal with last year and police had had to break devastating news to 12 families who lost loved ones in fatal crashes.

“I can’t say it enough, watch your speed, your following distances and wear your seatbelts.

Adjust your driving to the conditions, whether it’s weather, the

state of the road or the driving of other motorists.

“And above all, if you see any driving that causes you concern, don’t hesitate to call *555.

“We will do something about it.”

Greally said while the fatal crashes were under investigation, all were avoidable. Also of significance was that a third of the deaths had been motorcyclists.

“Every time you approach a car or motorbike with keys in your hands, you need to be aware that your decisions affect more than just yourself.”

A man shot in Christchurch early yesterday was targeted by armed intruders who broke into his home, police say. A 25-year-old man was to have had surgery in Christchurch Hospital yesterday after he was shot about 2am. The wounds are not thought to be life-threatening. Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Ford said the man was shot by one of two intruders who entered his home. It was thought all those involved were known to each other.

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Motorcyclist missing Police are concerned for a 24-yearold man last seen on December 27.

Lucas Sven Halgren, known as Sven, was last seen on his motorbike, a blue Suzuki 650 road bike, licence plate unknown.

Halgren is currently living and working at Aoraki Mt Cook, police said. At 7pm Halgren left the staff accommodation at the Hermitage Mt Cook on his motorbike. The following morning he had not reported for work or contacted anyone. There are concerns for his whereabouts.

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Checkpoints revealed Police have slammed the users of the growing number of Facebook pages which alert motorists to where checkpoints might be.

Superintendent Steve Greally, national road policing manager said police were aware the pages existed and monitored them.

“While we welcome the public being more aware of the risks around drink driving, checkpoint warnings on social media is not the way to minimise risk.

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Donaldson twins skiing their way to the top

By Sue NewmaN

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There’s not much of the world George and Hugh Donaldson haven’t seen – from the water of a lake.

The Ashburton 17-year-olds are about to spread their travel net a little wider today as they leave for the World Junior Water Ski Championships in Santiago, Chile.

This morning they were up at 4am, bags packed and ready to hit the road with mum Janene and dad Neil, looking forward to playing their part in earning honours for both the New Zealand team and for themselves.

George and Hugh are no strangers to international competition. They’ve been competing in the Oz-Kiwi championships every year since they were 10 and this is their second outing as members of the New Zealand junior team to the world champs.

Last time the pair scored personal bests in several events and this year, older and stronger, they’re hoping to make the finals and perhaps come home with medals. For the last event in Peru they were the team babies; this time they’re the old hands.

In an odd quirk this year’s New Zealand team is made up of two sets of twins (both males) and two individual females.

This is the first time the event has hosted teams of six (previously teams were made up of four skiers) and that will make securing

George and Hugh Donaldson, ready to take on the world at the junior water ski championships in Chile.

PHOTO SUPPLIED top placings just that bit more difficult, mum Janene said.

Making it onto the world stage doesn’t come without hours, months and years of practice. For the pair that means Lake Hood is their second home.

Standing out at the top simply

means being better, faster and turning on more complex and perfectly executed tricks than the competition.

“But the better you get the harder it gets to keep improving,” Hugh said.

Getting better, however, means

water skiing has to become the number one focus in your life, George said.

“We never get sick of it. We’ve got friends all over from skiing and it’s great to ski with friends.”

Trips to international events are usually family affairs, with the

opportunity taken to spend a few days post event on holiday. This time that will include a few days in Buenos Aires and a trip to the Iguazu Falls; at the Peru champs they walked the Inca trail.

If there’s a downside, it’s the travel to training camp, the days of missed schooling and the lack of time to play other sports.

George and Hugh will be Year 13 students at Ashburton College next year and know they’ll have to make some big decisions before that year is over. Already there have been approaches from American universities, but both are noncommittal when they look at where their future might lie.

The pair have been water skiing since they were six, competing since they were seven. The sport is what the Donaldsons do as a family.

Like any sport, water skiing comes with a high chance of injury and 19 stitches in George’s mouth are an example of how easily a jump can go wrong even for an expert.

The pair are looking forward to competing on a lake that is as close to the perfect venue as you can get – privately owned with wrap-around shelter.

Like every other competitor, they’ll be fighting for water time during the five-day lead up, but with months of training behind them, George and Hugh say they’re as ready as they’ll ever be to foot it on the international stage.

■ CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

Festive decorations need more fizz

By Sue NewmaN

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Locals and visitors alike have given Ashburton’s inner town Christmas decorations the thumbs’ down.

The most commonly heard comment around town has been ”what decorations …?” and no one is more embarrassed by the lack of festive display than Ashburton Mayor Donna Favel.

In response to a letter to the

Guardian from a resident who said they were “appalled at the sight of our so-called Christmas decorations”, Favel said she could only agree.

“I must admit I’ve had similar thoughts; they’re disappointing,” she said.

The letter writer went on to say the decorations were a disgrace.

“They’re the worst I have seen in any town I have visited, and they

do nothing to inspire any passing traveller to stop, and stay. If we cannot do better than that, then I suggest we do nothing. They discredit our lovely town of Ashburton,” the writer said.

Not only were the Christmas decorations underwhelming, they were also very late in being installed this year, Favel said.

“Yes, we might have a couple of new things such as lights in the ce-

dar trees and they do look better than nothing, but even they were late going up.

“My first concerns have been around the timing but even when they‘ve gone up they don’t look terribly good.”

She’s determined that next year Christmas will come early and in a much brighter way to the streets of Ashburton.

Responsibility for festive light-

ing has been assigned to another area of the council and when budgets are set for the coming year, she says she’ll be looking for a cash injection into the festive lighting pool.

She’s optimistic about next year’s display and said there are already ideas coming forward that should see Ashburton’s festive display match that of other towns around New Zealand.

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■ RICH-LISTERS GIVE IT AWAY

Wave of philanthropy

BY MARION DAKERS “The man who dies rich, dies disgraced.”

This was the sentiment that drove the Scottish industrialist Andrew Carnegie to pledge his fortune to building libraries in America at the turn of the 20th century, leaving him a legacy long after the steel mills he founded fell silent.

A yearning to create an impact beyond their business empires, plus a dash of peer pressure, has driven more than 150 of the world’s richest men and women to join Bill Gates and Warren Buffett in a pledge to give away the majority of their wealth.

Like Carnegie’s “gospel of wealth”, the hope of the fouryear-old project is to create a wave of philanthropy.

The motivations of the signatories beyond this are as broad as their businesses.

Buffett, known as the Sage of Omaha for his investment prowess, has not used his stock-picking abilities to single out particular charities, but expects his fortune to be used within a decade of his death.

“I want my money spent on current needs,” he has said.

Mark Zuckerberg, on the other hand, used the giving pledge last year to commit to long-term projects “that will take a decade or longer to reach their goals”.

Richard Branson has joined the group of super-rich signing the giving pledge.

The Facebook founder and his wife Priscilla Chan recently set up an initiative to cure diseases.

Elon Musk, Richard Branson and George Lucas are among the other super-rich who have signed the giving pledge.

Many signatories said they were already giving away money quietly, but the billionaires’ call persuaded them to set an example.

Blockbuster donations to charity are relatively rare, but

their impact can be enormous.

According to the banking firm Coutts, there were 355 donations in Britain that broke the £1 million (1.78m) barrier last year – up from 298 in 2014.

These gifts brought a total of 1.83b to 267 different institutions, with about a third going to universities.

This is a significant slice of the 10b that the Charities Aid Foundation estimates individual Britons gave away last year.

One of the biggest donors,

Lord Sainsbury, gave more than 60m to his long-running Gatsby Charitable Foundation.

The supermarket scion, who has also signed the giving pledge, cites his time as a Cambridge undergraduate for his commitment to investing in neuroscience research.

Michael Spencer, who founded the trading firm ICAP, helped to raise 8.2m last week during the firm’s annual charity day.

ICAP hauled in everyone from Prince Harry to Tom Hardy to work alongside fancy-dressed traders for the day, before donating the proceeds, amounting to 4 per cent of the last year’s pre-tax profits, to various causes.

Over the past 24 years, the charity day has cast its net wide, supporting 2200 different causes from cataract surgery in India to a missing persons hotline in Europe.

“By selecting a limited group of charities, which tend to be on the smaller end of the scale, we can make a sizeable donation,” said Spencer of the annual donation process.

“We hope this will have a transformational impact and will allow the charity to launch new projects and build their operations.

“What is most important is that they are efficiently run and have a proven track record.”

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Ariana ‘objectified’ Ariana Grande has shared a shocking story about being objectified by a male fan. The singer posted about the incident yesterday. “Went to pick up food with my boyfriend tonight and a young boy followed us to the car to tell Mac that he’s a big fan,” Grande wrote on Twitter. “He was loud and excited. I thought all of this was cute and exciting until he said, ‘Ariana is sexy as hell man, I see you, I see you hitting that!!!’

“Hitting that? The f**k??” the singer wrote. “I am not a piece of meat that a man gets to utilise for his pleasure. I’m an adult human being in a relationship with a man who treats me with love and respect.”

Rihanna unfollows J-Lo Musicians Jennifer Lopez, 47, and Drake, 30, have seemingly confirmed that they are an item. A loved-up picture appeared on both of their official Instagram pages yesterday morning, and even though it came with no explanation, it seemed to be enough to reaffirm the tryst.

The cuddling holiday post won’t be something that his ex-girlfriend Rihanna, 28, is waking up to, since it comes just one day after the news that she unfollowed her love rival last weekend.

Early speculation of a romance has led some to question whether Jenny From The Block went against the ‘girl code’ by dating a fellow musician’s ex.

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Actress Debbie Reynolds dies at age 84 Hollywood legend Debbie Reynolds, who sang and danced her way into the hearts of millions of moviegoers around the world in musicals like Singin’ in the Rain, has died aged 84, one day after the death of her

daughter Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher.

Reynolds, one of the most enduring and endearing Hollywood actresses, died hours after being rushed to hospital in Los Angeles after suffering

a stroke, her son, Todd Fisher said.

Reynolds, who rose to stardom in the film Singin’ In the Rain, appeared in dozens of other films.

She starred opposite Gene

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She received a best actress Academy Award nomination for the 1964 musical “The Unsinkable Molly Brown.” - AAP

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At the end of each year, Guardian staff choose the best of the year’s photos to share with you all and reminisce.

Left – The dancing queen Julie Hawke was awarded the Order of Merit in the Queen’s Birthday Honours line-up.

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Left – SmallVille rocked the stage at the Ashburton College Lip Sync competition.

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Above – June saw the weather getting chillier and the Coats for Kids initiative stocked up on warm jackets, scarves, gloves and hats for those in need.

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Above – Ashburton College Year 13 students (from left) Taylor Cousins, TJ Sparks and Summah Ralston tested their CPR skills during a first aid course with St John.

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Above – Sixty students worked hard as cast and crew to present Ashburton College’s production of Threads.

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Left – Community members took advantage of an open day at the managed aquifer recharge pilot site at Lagmhor in June.

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Right – Dozens of dancers took to the stage for the Ashburton Highland and National Dancing Association’s annual competition.

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Left – Melodic tunes from hundreds of young Mid Canterbrians could be heard during the final rehearsal for the Mid Canterbury Primary School’s Festival.

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Right – More than 200 keen hunters gathered in the Hotel Ashburton carpark to weigh their kill for the Mid Canterbury Hunting Competition held in June.

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Above – Caroline Baker (left) and Diana Marshall hang up one of the pieces of art shown at the annual Ashburton Society of Arts exhibition in the Ashburton Art Gallery.

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Above – Carol Smyth and Barry Ackroyd (patron of the Ashburton Bird Club) looked at the budgies, on sale at the annual bird show.

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Did one deal topple mayor?

Sue Newman

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lot can change in a year – ask former Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay. This time last year, McKay had every reason to hope he might get the nod for a third term, but he’s now a photo on the wall in a long line of mayors, consigned to history.

As the weeks post-election have ticked by, McKay will be over the disappointment and with his typically upbeat approach to life, will have moved on to new ventures.

So what went wrong? Why did he fall at the same three term hurdle that’s tripped up many a sitting mayor? It could be summed up in just one word – water.

The McKay team were the drivers for a land sale deal that came complete with a water consent.

That’s fine in theory, just another business deal, but this business deal was with a company that wanted to bottle water and sell it off-shore.

When ratepayers got a sniff of the deal there was an uproar. Water should not be for sale, the opposition said.

There were accusations of deals done under the table, behind closed doors and from the xenophobic howls of outrage that the land deal was to a Chinese company.

The deal became known as Lot 9 (the number of the piece of land at the Ashburton Business Estate that was at the heart of the sale). And it galvanised the community.

An action group in opposition was formed, petitions were signed and protest marches staged. Ashburton became the poster town for water sale opposition lobby groups from around New Zealand. What had started out as a sale and purchase agreement between a council and a businessman became a hot bed of controversy.

Inevitably Mr McKay was viewed as the deal’s instigator and just as inevitably he became the public’s whipping boy. Did the emotion surrounding the issue rule October’s election?

Lot 9 may have gone underground but it hasn’t disappeared.

In the new year the current council team will be asked to vote on the future of its water consent. Let’s hope those votes are cast on the back of informed opinion.

Water is this district’s lifeblood and it’s future should be ruled by science, not emotion.

YOUR VIEW Traffic issues Tinwald residents have been battling with the traffic for years now, but NZTA won’t acknowledge the need for traffic lights to assist us.

No wonder there was an accident at Wilkin Street as one has to be brave to enter the traffic stream.

It appears that East Street was also busy yesterday. Surely the answer is to construct a ring road away from town so that people not wanting to visit Ashburton can bypass us.

If people want to visit us for meals, petrol or just to sightsee, they will make the effort to visit, the same as happens in countries around the world.

Most of the vehicles causing the traffic problem wouldn’t be interested in stopping in Ashburton, they just want to get where they are going.

A ring road could also serve the people of Lake Hood well, so that they could get into town without driving through the suburbs.

Come on NZTA . . . we are not stupid. You just don’t want to spend money on a small South Island town.

Helen Eccleston

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■ AIRBUS 380

Setback for superjumbo

first entered service in 2007.

Tom Williams, chief operating officer of Airbus, admitted in an interview with the Telegraph earlier this year that the A380 programme “would never

be profitable” and the decision to build the giant jet may have been a mistake, but the company was operating in a different environment at the time.

Despite the poor sales and further troubles for the A380, they are unlikely to mean the imminent demise of the

giant jet.

Av i a t i o n analyst Howard Wheeldon said: “I don’t think it signals the end of four engines despite airlines maybe wanting that. Such is the difference in size of the A380 to say, a Boeing

777, that I do not believe, even if it were possible, that the overall market are ready for a 500-plus seat twin engine jet yet.”

However, Mr Wheeldon did acknowledge the superjumbo presents challenges for airlines.

“The A380 is a technical wonder and well loved by passengers,” he said.

“But for airlines as operators it carries a large element of risk in terms of ability to fill every seat.

“It may be ahead of its time but then, we said that about the 747 in 1969 and look what happened a few years after that.”

Airbus said to help compensate for the financial impact of later deliveries, it would accelerate cost cuts.

Emirates is the biggest customer for the A380, with a total of 140 either in service or on order. Rolls scored a coup last year when it landed its largest ever order, winning the contract to supply engines for Emirates A380s, a deal worth £6.1bn.

- PA

Eyes on Facebook Facebook’s Oculus has acquired The Eye Tribe, a company that tracks eye movement in virtual reality to improve the experience. Oculus confirmed the acquisition of the Copenhagen-based startup, without stating a price. The acquisition was reported this week by TechCrunch.

Eye Tribe is the latest in a series of tech acquisitions this year for Oculus. Facebook is especially interested in eye tracking because the company wants to take the lead in social interactions in VR. The ability to follow eye movement makes it easier to understand people’s expressions and let them communicate effectively with each other in a virtual world.

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■ CHINESE STEEL

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petition and enhance consumer welfare.

The opposition members of the committee opposed the bill, saying it weakened important protections for New Zealand businesses which suffer from unfair international competition, particularly small businesses.

The Labour, Greens and NZ First MPs said they weren’t convinced the test was adequately accurate, rigorous and consistent, and submitters had been “overwhelmingly opposed” to the bill, saying it would tilt the playing field in favour of dumped or subsidised imports rather than supporting local industry.

The bill was drafted in direct response to concern about the cost of building materials in New Zealand, the opposition MPs said.

In 2014, the government announced the removal of tariffs and duties on building materials covered under existing legislation with the intention of improving housing affordability, an issue that continues to plague policymakers.

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On December 22, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment announced an investigation into claims Chinese galvanised steel coil imports, used in construction, have been dumped on the local market, causing “material injury” to New Zealand industry.

The government department said it considers there’s enough evidence that Chinese imports are undercutting New Zealand Steel, a subsidiary of ASX-listed BlueScope, leading to lower prices for the company which meant it wasn’t able to recover increasing costs, putting a squeeze on profit and investment.

In a submission on the trade legislation, NZ Steel said it opposed the bill as being “an unnecessary and radical shift in New Zealand’s trade policy” with “no principled reason why New Zealand producers should be expected to compete with goods illegally dumped here below their cost of production offshore”.

Chinese steel imports have been a bone of contention around the world, with the world’s most populous nation facing down Europe and US claims of dumping.

When New Zealand was dragged into the matter in June, there were claims that Kiwi companies could face a backlash if the government pursued an anti-dumping probe.

MBIE’s investigation must be completed within 180 days, excluding the holiday period, after which a recommendation will be made to the commerce minister, with recently appointed Commerce Minister Jacqui Dean making a final decision on whether to impose duties or not by July 9.

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Parliament split on dumping Parliament’s commerce select committee was split on a bill which seeks to introduce an additional test before anti-dumping penalties can be imposed, with opposition MPs opposed, in the run-up to a formal investigation into Chinese steel dumping.

The Trade (Anti-dumping and countervailing duties) Amendment Bill, first announced in August 2015, suggests introducing a bounded public interest test – one which would consider the cost of duties only on downstream industries and consumers – as part of an investigation into dumping.

The test would include public interest elements such as competition and consumer benefits, and would add 90 days to the existing investigation timeline.

Dumping is when manufacturers export products at a lower price than they sell to their domestic market, while countervailing is when foreign governments provide a subsidy on exports.

Currently, a duty is imposed on those dumped products considered to harm New Zealand manufacturers or a local industry, but the costs of imposing duties are not considered.

The committee was tied on voting on the bill and couldn’t agree on whether to recommend it be passed, it said in its December 9 report back to parliament.

National Party members of the committee supported the bill, which they said would be fairer than the current regime as it would allow the commerce minister to consider the wider effects of a duty, and would increase com-

Once upon a time, Pumpkin Patch was a runaway success story. At its peak in 2007, the kids’ fashion label founded by New Zealander Sally Synnott was valued at $830 million, with hundreds of stores across the globe. Nine years later the clothing empire is worthless, with its receivers unable to find a white knight willing to take on the basket case of a company after it was placed into administration, owing $76 million. By February, Pumpkin Patch will be no more, leaving 1600 employees in the lurch.

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Airbus’s troubled A380 “superjumbo” has suffered a fresh blow with the pan-European planemaker delaying delivery of a dozen of the giant airliners.

The company said that 12 of the aircraft scheduled for delivery to airline Emirates across 2017 and 2018 will now be pushed back by a year.

The hold-up is down to a deal between Emirates and RollsRoyce, after the airline raised concerns about the performance of engines Rolls is supplying for 50 of its new A380s.

This is the second cut to production Airbus has announced for the A380 this year, having said in July that it would reduce the rate to 12 a year in 2018, down from the 27 a year ago.

While highly rated by passengers, the A380 has proved a slow seller for Airbus, with only 319 examples of the $433m jet

ordered, as airlines opt for twinengine aircraft which, while able to carry fewer passengers than the four-engine superjumbo, are cheaper to operate.

As a result, Airbus only began to break even on A380s this year, having lost money on each of the earlier jets, which

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1 Showyouhow SC RATC HED 6 07060 Sniparinda (9) 57 J & K Parsons C Johnson 1 2 26325. Waimate Bill (3) 58.5 Blair-Edie/Cheng L C allaway 7 62X00. Yourlips Ar Movin (7) 55 J O'Flanagan R C uneen (a)

3 4245X Moby (11) 58.5 Champion/Murphy

S Wynne 8 4040X I’llbe yourplatinum (6) 54 P Collins K Kalychurun (a2) 4 0X500 Drought Bre ake r (8) 58.5 K & L Rae C Kwo (a4) 9 79300 San Miche le (3) 54 T & L Prendergast C Barnes 5 660X6. Gre y Ghost (9) 58.5 T Hawes K Kalychurun (a2) 12:5 6pm COUPLAND’S BAKERIES HANDICAP 6 Hans Mayar (5) 58.5 M Weastell J Lowry (a1) opt 612 $8,5 00, Rating 65 Be nchmark*, 1400m 2 7 2203L Strowan (10) 57 A Carston C Johnson 2 1 80295. Sarookh (3) 59 P Robson J Lowry (a1) 3

8 No Re vie w (6) 57 N Ridley R Yatim (a3) 1 2 8X073 Whackomaco (4) 58.5 S Laming L C allaway 9

Susie Wolff SC RATC HED 3 3 125X7 Long Harbour (2) 58 B Court S Wynne 4

10 484X3 Los Cabos (4) 56.5 J Hay K Williams 4 10X40. Cotta Pin (8) 57 K & L Rae T Moseley 11 20X04 Winde rme re Lass (7) 56.5 J Blackadder C Barnes 5 100X4 Switche d On (9) 56 Champion/Murphy C Johnson

12 67X66 Macha (2) 56.5 L Robinson T Moseley 4 6 65070. Smichae l (10) 56 N Ridley R C uneen (a) 0 13 9X90X Palmy Girl (1) 56.5 R & Ashley McKay K Mudhoo (a2) 7 86900 Alice We bb Ellis (6) 55.5 M Tapper K Kalychurun (a2) 8 1558X Gale lla (1) 55.5 B & S Anderton C Barnes 2:41pm MCKEOWN PETROLEUM HANDICAP 9 80X09 Be ach Be auty (7) 55 J Hay $8,5 00, Rating 65 Be nchmark*, 1800m K Williams opt 615 10 45904. Rapt (5) 55 N Coulbeck 2 1 15012 He Ain’t He avy (5) 60 Blair-Edie/Cheng K Mudhoo (a2) L C allaway 1

2 80051 Montoya Star (6) 57 M & M Pitman

1:31pm RURAL TRANSPORT/MCKENZIE&CO CHARTERED S Wynne ACCOUNTANT $10,000, R75 Be nchmark, 1400m 3 32589 Que e n Se re ne (8) 57 M & M Pitman opt 613 1 4 4 00466 Opihi Jade (7) 56.5 M & W Coles

Opihi Rang er SC RATC HED K Mudhoo (a2) 2 0700X Sir Singo (4) 59 M & M Pitman 3 5 07X65 The Man (3) 56 B & S Anderton S Wynne C Barnes 3 24X68 He ’s Gold (2) 58.5 Champion/Murphy R C uneen (a) 6 68100 Asoma (10) 55 J & K Parsons G Jog oo (a2) 4 24165 Fantamo (6) 58 K Tyler K Kalychurun (a2) 7 01007 You Are Amazing (2) 55 A Carston R Firdhaus (a3) 1 5 67352 Dynamic (8) 57.5 M & M Pitman P Shaikh (a3) 8 80607 Rising Son (9) 55 J & K Parsons C Johnson 6 90X95 The Re al De al (10) 56.5 D Crozier J Lowry (a1) 9 00968 Stone mason (1) 55 A Carston K Williams 12:21pm opt 611

BENMORE MERINOS HANDICAP

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gM4 1 REC Horse (Barrier) kg Trainer

1:15 pm opt 411

PX #

Taupo Races Today at Taupo

6 1 $7,000, MDN, 1800m 7 Jockey 3 8

CENTRAL TRANSPORT 1800

1 7X882 No Loite ring (11) 58.5 I Marks 2 2

Te Taika 1 3 56 Guy Fox (8) 58.5 K Myers 4 Flash As (5) 58.5 R & R Rogers 3 5 7524 Lord Sibford (14) 57 S Cameron 6 88664 Plimme r (4) 57 P McKay 4 7 9378 Smiling Assassin (7) 57 G & D Rogerson 8 476X7 Tyrion (9) 57 P McKay 9 Dragon Duke (2) 57 G Old 10 Rosso Corsa (1) 57 J Bell 11 458X0 Ove r Torque (12) 56.5 K Fursdon 12 0X807 Champagne Tilly (3) 56.5 S Wenn 13 98 She ztomuch (10) 56.5 G Old 14 99 Miss Ellan Vannin (6) 55 G Richardson 0 15 467X0 Elly May (13) 56.5 G & D Rogerson 16 Just Jiffi

A Jones (a1) SC RATC HED K McC ulloch M Hills S McKay (a) T Thornton M Du Plessis C Lammas M C ameron S C ollett L Satherley V C olg an D Johnson C Grylls SC RATC HED

December 30, 2016

3. Akoya (2) 55 S Marsh Island Bay (8) 55 G & D Rogerson 6X68. The lma (6) 55 G & D Rogerson

3

D Johnson C Grylls C Lammas

11 87989 Lis Rulz (22) G & N Hope 12 50097 Cannde w (23) M Nyhan 4 13 59964 Star In The Future (24) R Anderson 14 00759 Be ttor Be Smooth (25) R Paterson 15 75X00 Jackalack Sue (26) M Fuller 0 16 70900 Spinnake r (27) A Russell 2:5 5 pm 816

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R May P Davis S Ottley B Butt J C urtin A Russell

ROSCO CONTRACTORS REEFTON CUP (HANDICAP PACE) 4YO+ C2 & faste r DiscrHcp, 3200m 6 $14,000,

1 35433 Johnny Eyre (1) M Brown 3 2 00X21 Gle nisthe be ttor (2) R Anderson 3 X0026 Eastwood Chie ftain (3) G & N Hope 4 P9305 Take Afte r Me (4) G Scott 5 X7351 Midfre w Tarpe die m (5) W Lake 6 Precious Sara 7 45546 Pay Me Visa (1) A Stuart 8 67387 Karanga Re d Fantasy (2) D Jones 9 09049 He re We Go Again (u1) J Gameson 1 10 111X9 Say My Name (1) R Dunn 11 84167 Pe rissa (2) M Jones 2 12 21512 Bronze Ove r (3) B Butt 4 13 11000 Burn Off (u1) G & N Hope

7

S Ottley R Anderson R May P Borcoskie C Markham SC RATC HED S Golding J C urtin C D Thornley J Dunn R C lose B Butt D Dunn

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12 13 14

2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9 2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 4-5-6-7-8-9

88046 Ze na Mac (11) M Jones 04626 He stia Franco (12) L Smart 66500 All Nuts N Bolts (u1) D Pearce

3:5 8pm 818

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W Hig g s J Morrison (J) B Borcoskie

JONES PACE $8,000, 4YO+ DiscrHcp, 25 00m 8 PROPERTY BROKERSC1LINDA& faste r

1 08570 Don Pie rre (1) S Smolenski 2 00705 Lottie Franco (2) H Hunter 3 55103 Extre me Spark (3) M Heenan 4 4 63264 Ranfurly Rulz (4) G & N Hope 5 95835 Swe e t Alice (5) B Weaver 1 6 91912 Pre cious Sara (1) G & N Hope 7 19858 Contractual Issue s (2) M Heaton 3 8 X0314 Young Miste r Grace (u1) J Bartlett 9 77820 Sails (u2) S Smolenski 10 15600 Arcano (1) M Pash 2 11 5X016 Graduate Unde r Fire (1) R Dunn 4:23pm 819

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LANTERN COURT MOTEL PACE

Track Information Type: Grass; Expected: Dead; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1600m; Straight: 350m; Rail: Rail true; Weather: Fine

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70000 Le tme go (4) 54 B Inglis

3:13pm opt 616

6

T Moseley

VILLAGE INN GERALDINE HANDICAP

$8,5 00, Rating 65 Be nchmark*, 1800m

1 8X732 Ablaze (11) 59 B & S Anderton 2 1 2 0X033 Lukande r (9) 59 M & M Pitman 4 3 L8010 Misste e flying (2) 58 A Carston 4 60X09 Rive r Raide r (7) 58 Charles/Corbett 3 5 31646. Locally Sauce d (3) 57.5 P Robson 6 70087 The Be aut (6) 57 K & L Rae 7 96077 Alyth (5) 56 J & K Parsons 8 55X80 Mystify Me (4) 56 B Inglis 9 85700 We apon Of Choice (8) 56 Blair-Edie/Cheng 10 7760X Le t’s (10) 55 M Tapper 11 00000. She zatoucha (1) 55 J & K Parsons

9

J Lowry (a1) P Shaikh (a3) R Firdhaus (a3) S Wahab (a4) C Johnson T Moseley K Mudhoo (a2) L C allaway

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

J C urtin C Hunter M Heenan C D Thornley B Weaver R May J Morrison (J) R C lose D Dunn B Borcoskie J Dunn

REMEMBERING CHARLIE MURCOTT TROT $8,5 00,

4YO+ C1 & faste r DiscrHcp, 25 00m I C ameron C D Thornley R Anderson S C larke S Whatuira (J) K C ameron B C rothers P Davis D Dunn J C urtin SC RATC HED J Best (J) J Dunn

2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9 2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 4-5-6-7-8-9

0 15 7876X Sunse t Girl (13) 57.5 C Spittles 4:26pm 618

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PGG WRIGHTSON KUROW CUP

$25 ,000, OPN HCP, 1400m

1 578X4 Absolut Exce le ncia (1) 60 K & L Rae 3 T Moseley 2 2 47336 Coup Darci Be (7) 58.5 M & M Pitman P Shaikh (a3) 3 Something s Burning SC RATC HED 4 4 77616 El Chico (9) 58 M & M Pitman 5 26360 Lochan Ora (4) 57.5 K Tyler 1 6 40X71. Me ursault (6) 56.5 A Carston C Johnson 7 265X5. Capo (3) 55 N Coulbeck K Mudhoo (a2) 8 48610. Anothe r Coup (5) 54.5 M & M Pitman S Wynne G Jog oo (a2) K Williams 9 28X13 Madam Be ntle y (8) 54.5 J & K Parsons K Williams G Jog oo (a2) 10 46649 Elusive Gold (10) 54.5 Kennedy/Furlong 11 X5367 Nippin (2) 54 K & L Rae 3:45 pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE K Kalychurun (a2) opt 617 $12,000, MDN 2YO&UP F&M, 1200m 12 93015 Opihi Range r (11) 54 M & W Coles 13 The Real Deal SC RATC HED 1 830 Excuse Me Hone y (12) 57.5 N Coulbeck S Wynne 4 2 347X He ll Bound (5) 57.5 S Robertson T Moseley 4:5 9pm COCHRANES FARM MACHINERY 3 & 4 YEAR OLD 3 74208 Silve rmist (6) 57.5 R & Ashley McKay K Williams opt 619 $10,5 00, 3&4YO HCP, 1800m 3 4 04 Thre e Shots (1) 57.5 S Woodsford S Wahab (a4) K Kalychurun (a2) 1 55X38 Be lle Boy (2) 60 K Tyler 5 9054 Young Ursula (10) 57.5 Blair-Edie/Cheng 2 2 49133. Blue Print (3) 57.5 L Robinson C Johnson P Shaikh (a3) 6 3 3 03813 Wild Jack (8) 57 Blair-Edie/Cheng

Miss Knapdale SC RATC HED L C allaway 1 4 80051 Montoya Star (4) 55.5 M & M Pitman 7 0X Royal Mistre ss (7) 57.5 S Woodsford S Wynne R C uneen (a) 8 X9760. Unico (2) 57.5 L Stewart G Jog oo (a2) 5 32589 Que e n Se re ne (10) 55.5 M & M Pitman 9 77X92 Always Explosive (4) 56 J Blackadder K Williams R Firdhaus (a3) 6 44415 Barclay Cre e k (1) 55 Kennedy/Furlong 1 10 3 Pe r Form (8) 56 P Gray 4 7 35164 Flying Sardine (7) 54.5 K Tyler K Kalychurun (a2) C Johnson 8 X9187 Se rve De Aunt (5) 54.5 B & S Anderton 2 11 2 We lcome (11) 56 J & K Parsons C Barnes 12 9

Sammi Lou SC RATC HED Shezatoucha SC RATC HED 0 13 54000. Mothe r Supe rior (3) 57.5 M Tapper J Lowry (a1) 10 85700 We apon Of Choice (6) 54 Blair-Edie/Cheng R Yatim (a3) 0 14 009X Be ats Worke n (9) 57.5 R & Ashley McKay K Mudhoo (a2) 11 X0026 Se bring Dragon (9) 54 Charles/Corbett G Jog oo (a2)

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Track Information Type: Grass; Expected: Good; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1475m; Straight: 250m; Rail: Rail true; Weather: Fine 3:35 pm 415

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STARLIGHT CINEMA CENTRE 1200

$8,000, Rating 75 Be nchmark, 1200m

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

1 X0779 Gin Rummy (1) I Cameron $8,000, 3YO+ C1 PACE, 2000m 2 60800 Clifde n Clowe rs (2) S Mounce 1 1 65672 Jonty Jame s (1) S Smolenski S Golding 3 07023 Gle nis Marie (3) R Anderson 2 70005 Flamboyant (2) D Taylor C Markham 4 10X00 Trial Se paration (4) S Clarke 4 3 51 Samarias Falcon (3) G & N Hope 4 5 D1 Ronald J (5) P Nairn R May 2 4 76321 Bobby M (4) B Hill R C lose 6 79045 Monke y Luck (6) K Cameron 3 5 00104 Buffy Bay (5) J Harrington J Harring ton (J) 7 05057 Cocktail Waite r (7) B Crothers 6 09X00 Aqua Je tstre am (6) B Morgan T Walsh 8 63734 Sarah Palin (8) M Nyhan 7 9X044 Dana Dawn (7) R Stuart 2 9 0411 Arditi (1) D Hunter R Anderson 8 3 10 06166 Dark Ops (2) B White Rocknroll Nevin SC RATC HED 9 8519 Shark Attack (8) M Heenan 11 My Amour S Ottley 10 70900 Spinnake r (9) A Russell A Russell 12 0700X The Prince (u1) A Best 11 10 Indie (10) G & N Hope 1 13 D0012 De stiny Jone s (1) D Hunter D Dunn 3:30pm opt 817

5

GRAEME THOMSON ANTIQUE JEWELLERY 1400 $7,000, MDN, 1400m

1 52 Up ’n’ Rolling (4) 58.5 T Autridge 1 S McKay (a) C hiron SC RATC HED $7,000, MDN, 1200m 2 1 1 78226. Solomon (3) 58.5 K Fawcett S McKay (a) 4 3 Sufficie nt Funds (7) 58.5 G Old M Tanaka 2 Chiron (1) 58.5 A Oliveira L Satherley 3 4 646X7 Me lbourne Born (10) 57 J Bell L Satherley 3 3870X Mr Davinci (4) 58.5 P & J Brosnan E Farr (a2) 5 The C ossack SC RATC HED 4 74X Kickatinalong (9) 57 G & D Rogerson C Grylls 6 0 Dare de vil (9) 57 W Hillis M Du Plessis 2 5 I’m Murphy (5) 57 O'Sullivan/Scott S Weatherley (a2) 7 Dainty Rose SC RATC HED 3 6 6. Cut To The Chase (2) 57 C Chipperfield M C ameron 8 9008X Le tizia (6) 56.5 S Cameron K McC ulloch 7 Felice’s Dream SC RATC HED 2 9 5X Swe e t Chastity (3) 55 S Ritchie D Johnson 4 8 Stand Firm (7) 55 R Gregory T Thornton 10 79X0 Choux Lace (1) 55 K Fursdon A Jones (a1) 9 8X Dazzle Stre e t (8) 55 S Ritchie D Johnson 11 0 Dre ams Of Paris (2) 55 D Guy S Weatherley (a2) 10 Orange Shore (6) 55 P McKay M Du Plessis 12 608X He ave nly Gold (8) 55 P & J Brosnan R Elliot (a2) 13 70 She ’s A Rippe r (5) 55 Fraser-Campin/Campin T Thornton 3:00pm THE KIRTON SPRINT 2:25 pm opt 413

1 6413X Re minisce (7) 59 G & D Rogerson 3 C Grylls 1 2 24526 X cuse s X cuse s (2) 59 J Bary S Weatherley (a2) R Elliot (a2) 1:5 0pm ADVANCED STORAGE 1000 3 105X4 Lucky Edie (6) 59 G & D Rogerson 4 4 5X517 Eight Points (9) 57 T Pike L Innes opt 412 $7,000, MDN, 1000m 1 0 Our Brockste r (5) 58.5 K & D Bussey 5 39628 Lucky’s Re ve nge (1) 56.5 P McKay D Johnson 4 2 34466. Don’t Be Che e ky (7) 57 G & D Rogerson E Farr (a2) 6 X6007 Massofdash (4) 56.5 J Collett S C ollett 3 7X Culze an (3) 57 G & D Rogerson R Elliot (a2) 7 3X510 Gre at Expe ctations (8) 55.5 G Richardson K McC ulloch 4 2 8 10X51 Sugge stions (3) 55.5 T Pike De l Boy (4) 57 R Lang L Satherley V C olg an 2 5 5532X Fe lice ’s Dre am (1) 56.5 G Richardson S McKay (a) 9 180X9 Starstripe (5) 54 Moroney/Gerard M C ameron

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Track Information Type: Grass; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1149m; Weather: Mainly Fine

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4:15 pm 416

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BROADWAY PARTNERSHIP 1200

$7,000, Rating 65 Be nchmark*, 1200m

1 87X23 Al Pacino (6) 60 P McKay 2 X524X Worldclass (10) 58 Lowry/Cullen 3 3 33X93 Ste ppe nwolf (4) 58 J Bary 4 569X5 Roc Me (5) 57.5 T Autridge 5 33X99 Absolute Gold (8) 57 M Murray 1 6 7X43X She Is Stryking (9) 56 F Ritchie 2 7 1 Prince ss Ke re ru (3) 55.5 K & B Kelso 4 8 X2441 Save The Stars (7) 55.5 O'Sullivan/Scott

S McKay (a) K McC ulloch C Lammas M Tanaka S C ollett D Johnson M Du Plessis C Grylls

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 2-3-4, 6-7-8 1-2-3-4, 5-6-7-8 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 3-4-5-6-7-8

9 48067 Straight Se ts (2) 55.5 G & D Rogerson 10 X100X Alakazam (1) 55 Moroney/Gerard 11

Stylish Achiever

E Farr (a2) M C ameron SC RATC HED

4:5 0pm 417

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$20,000, Rating 85 Be nchmark, 195 0m

5 :25 pm 418

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$7,000, Rating 65 Be nchmark*, 1800m

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HARCOURTS TAUPO CUP

1 06X65 Bre aking Dawn (3) 59.5 J Mason 4 2 56856 Vince nt Stre e t (6) 56.5 W Hillis 2 3 X0619 Tige r Tim (1) 55.5 J Bary 1 4 23465 Francis Drake (9) 55 G & D Rogerson 5 50205 Be lla’s De light (4) 54 J Scott 6 31776. Doiknowyou (5) 54 B Ropiha 7 6X609 The Be ama (8) 54 L Knight 8 26057 Se conds Out (2) 54 I Marks 3 9 73632 He r Choice (7) 54 N Bishara opt

1 91801. Evadir La Bala (7) 59.5 K Myers 2 2 0X948 Voxe r (3) 58.5 Lowry/Cullen 1 3 56253 Volts (6) 57 D Greene 4 9X507 Cool Tart (4) 56.5 R James 3 5 70X05 Duke box (5) 56.5 K Burne 6 Pushtheboundaries 4 7 X7199 Wilijonmcbride (1) 56 G & D Rogerson 8 06X00 Just Jiffi (2) 54 L Skinner

T Thornton D Danis (a4) C Grylls E Farr (a2) S McKay (a) M Tanaka R Goldsbury (a2) S C ollett A Jones (a1)

RD1-ECOLAB 1800 K McC ulloch C Lammas

V C olg an S C ollett SC RATC HED C Grylls T Thornton

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12:15PM OPT 301

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SCRATCHED

Barrier

Stratford Races

Tomorrow at Stratford

December 31, 2016

18 0 Invoke (4) 56.5 K Buttimore 0 0 19 0X7 Eventide (15) 56.5 L Pickford $7,500, MDN, 2000m 0 20 0567X Acclaim (18) 58.5 R Gibbs Jockey

TOKO STAYERS 2000 SPONSORED BY STAMANOL NZ

PX # REC Horse (Barrier) kg Trainer

1 22X32 Razors Edge (1) 58.5 D & C Bothwell 1 2 3 2 X4793 Adequacy (6) 58.5 J Wheeler 4 3 38X85. Stage Diving (8) 58.5 K Myers 4 Lady Ferner 1 5 8X293 Our Wonder (5) 56.5 E & JJ Rayner 6 X6764 Gaelic Beauty (4) 56.5 J Wheeler 7 X98X5 Off With Her Head (2) 56.5 T Bliss 1 8 0X005 Avatrix (9) 56.5 D & C Bothwell 1 9 29008 Keen To Keeper (7) 56.5 S Manning 10 94967 Zimmabelle (3) 56.5 T Keegan 1

K McCulloch S McKay (a) A Collett SCRATCHED J Parkes S Collett

1:25PM OPT 303

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DOUGLAS DASH BY CENTRAL TYRES & AUTOMOTIVE $7,500, MDN, 1200m

Track Information Type: Grass; Expected: Good; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1600m; Straight: 400m; Rail: Rail true; Weather: Mainly Fine 2:34PM 305

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MIDHIRST MILE BY KEANO STANDING AT SENTRY HILL $7,500, MDN 3YO, 1600m

1 22 Figurable (1) 57.5 K Lane 1 2 2 4335 Shadow King (7) 57.5 K Myers 3 3 7524 Lord Sibford (8) 57.5 S Cameron 4 4 04 Sublime Habit (6) 57.5 J Wheeler 5 X4486 Spondulix (5) 57.5 I Adams 6 670. Plutonium (2) 57.5 S Ritchie 7 Rocking Good Time (4) 57.5 R Manning 8 Imeldas Girl (3) 55.5 R Manning 9 Midnight Duchess (9) 55.5 T Keegan 1

H Tinsley R Myers

1 945X5 Deep Blue (9) 58.5 T Egan 1 S Collett 2 90750. Brother One (11) 58.5 K Buttimore D Bradley S McKay (a) 3 Zavistic SCRATCHED D Bradley 4 4 Don’tblamethemusic (8) 57 Autridge/Richards D Turner A Collett 3 5 Follow Suit (1) 57 K Myers E Farr (a2) L Hemi (a1) 1 6 2 Garment (10) 56.5 L Pickford K McCulloch M Tanaka 7 338X Grandly (5) 56.5 T Egan 1 L Hemi (a1) M Hills M Hills 8 4X896 Bellontherocks (3) 56.5 T Keegan 1 M Hills

9 Refugee SCRATCHED 3:12PM BARRY HOLLAND PLATE BY OFFSHORE PLUMBING CARDIFF SPRINT BY N.PLYMOUTH TAB @ RICHMOND 12:50PM 2 10 36257. Ave Maria (7) 55 K Myers SERVICE $10,000, R65 Benchmark*, 1600m OPT 306 CENT $7,500, MDN, 1480m OPT 302 R Hannam 3 3 1 0X380 Bear Gryls (12) 58.5 A Clement 1 7713 King Cobra (11) 59.5 A Schumacher 1 L Satherley 11 503 Fiftyshadesofpink (2) 55 A Clement T Johnson (a2) S McKay (a) 2 5 Sylvester (16) 58.5 S Kay 2 2 00301 Terracotta Warrior (15) 59.5 T Keegan 1 S McKay (a) 12 8X Call Me Kate (6) 55 G Sharrock 1 M Hills A Collett 3 00X82 Boysway (4) 59 K Myers 3 Beware (19) 58.5 B Baker E Farr (a2) 13 76X90. Nikita (4) 55 S Ritchie A Collett 4 Tuku (6) 58.5 S Lennox M Tanaka 2:00PM S MacNab (a4) NGAERE SPRINT BY BRIAN DARTH FUNERAL SERVICES 4 X155X Gingerbread Man (7) 58.5 K Myers 5 405 Rascallion (8) 57 J Wheeler 4 5 99529 Vega (1) 58.5 P Keegan H Tinsley OPT 304 H Tinsley $7,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 6 75X99 Danny Wizz Bang (17) 57 K Myers 1 6 22303 Mendip (10) 58 J Wheeler R Myers 1 4X023. Star Of Greenbeel (9) 60 K Myers L Hemi (a1) S McKay (a) 1 7 22X44 Dream Dancer (2) 56.5 D & C Bothwell 1 J Parkes 7 X4471 Equilibrium (13) 57 S Ritchie A Jones (a1) 2 34X48 Shindano (12) 58 S Lennox S Collett 8 4 8 26683 Skuffle (5) 56.5 K Buttimore 2 3 3213X Spritz (1) 57.5 Autridge/Richards Davey Crockett SCRATCHED D Bradley M Tanaka 9 4DX Katiem Marie (14) 56.5 K Myers 1 4 21X Gingernuts (4) 57.5 Autridge/Richards S MacNab (a4) M Cameron 9 56956. De Gaulle (9) 57 J Lynds K McCulloch 10 3855X My Isabella (9) 56.5 F Auret J Parkes 5 93X41 Deja Roo (11) 57 D & C Bothwell 1 K McCulloch 10 148X Battle Kat (6) 56.5 J Millar J Parkes 11 459X Allmosta (13) 56.5 A Sharrock D Turner 6 2747X Bisou Bisou (10) 56 K Myers R Myers 11 94165 Chonney (5) 56.5 T Keegan 1 L Hemi (a1) 12 0X400 Kaiwaka (7) 56.5 J Millar A Collett 7 X6522 Gladstone Belle (5) 56 A Clement L Satherley 12 61398 Gobuyit (17) 56.5 J Bliss 1 D Turner 13 86X Victoria’s Secret (3) 56.5 S Ritchie 3 8 0X240 Piece Of Kate (6) 56 G Sharrock 1 S Collett S McKay (a) 13 0297X Amarone (14) 56 S Kay E Farr (a2) 2 14 84. Korakonui (1) 55 R Manning T Johnson (a2) 14 8X301 Whipped (2) 55.5 K Myers K McCulloch 9 1486X Queenofharpz (8) 56 J Lynds R Myers 0 15 0 15 5846X Listowel (16) 54.5 F Auret R Hannam La Bella Rosa (11) 56.5 T Egan 1 L Hemi (a1) 10 10X39 That’s Funny (2) 56 L Pickford R Hannam 4 11 1766X Katie’s So Kool (3) 54.5 T Keegan 1 0 16 0 16 61075 Outoftime (3) 54 P Pascoe Wapiti (10) 58.5 S Lennox M Hills 17 0 17 98585 Call Me Irish (12) 56.5 G Sharrock 1

Megajoule SCRATCHED 12 20X09 Olivia Mary (7) 54.5 A Schumacher 1 S Collett

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12:28PM 601

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Waikouaiti Races Sunday at Waikouaiti

OTAGO DAILY TIMES / HARBOUR FISH / SPEIGHTS

$8,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1975m PX # REC Horse (Barrier) kg Trainer Jockey OPT

1 55512 Precious Percy (4) 59.5 L Dobbs 3 2 2 X4503 The Energizer (13) 58 K Tyler 3 20260 Skeen (16) 57.5 S Clark 1 4 80051 Montoya Star (9) 57 M & M Pitman 5 32589 Queen Serene (6) 57 M & M Pitman 6 0X654 Shantav (8) 57 B Verlinden 7 X5712 Karayah (11) 56.5 M Daly 4 8 36793 Rosheen (14) 56.5 J & K Parsons 9 X00X9 Kildangan (10) 56.5 B Verlinden 10 X1707 The Heat Is On (2) 56.5 C Anderton 11 06X06 Keep The Lot (12) 55 J & K Parsons 12 55336 Lady Lindauer (5) 55 S Tyler 0 13 X5006 Hardy’s Revenge (7) 56 A Hoffman 0 14 70087 The Beaut (17) 56 K & L Rae 0 15 0X090 Lydia (15) 54 T Kennedy 0 16 754X0 Royal Dollar (1) 54 D Horrell 17 Rising Son 0 18 00000. Shezatoucha (3) 54 J & K Parsons

C Johnson K Kalychurun (a2) L Callaway S Wynne W Papier (a4)

11 6X100. Justice Well (1) 57 S Prince 12 81X80. Retallick (7) 56 K & L Rae 4 13 86027 Intense (13) 56.5 K Tyler 0 14 15X00. Robin Charles (14) 56.5 J Phillips 0 15 087X9 Rajiv (8) 55 G Tippett 0 16 68X00 Alottatow (5) 55 J McKay 1:41PM 603

OPT

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January 1, 2017 S Wahab (a4) L Callaway K Kalychurun (a2)

CARGILL CONTRACTING/BLUESKIN NURSERIES/PURE SERV $7,000, MDN 2YO&UP, 1250m

1 422 Brunello (10) 58.5 S Prince 2 C Johnson G Jogoo (a2) 2 39 Beethoven (12) 58.5 L Beck S Muniandy 3 3 22477. Zakynthos (4) 57 M & M Pitman 4 4 28 Slammer (8) 57 B & S Anderton T Moseley 5 30. Augustace (3) 57 K & L Rae T Moseley K Williams 6 80378 Galisini (2) 57 R & Ashley McKay K Mudhoo (a2) 7 2452X Janefield Jewel (5) 56.5 T Kennedy S Wahab (a4) 8 52 Leila Eve (6) 56.5 J & J Gordon K Mudhoo (a2) 9 027 Higher Authority (14) 56.5 J Phillips R Cuneen (a) 10 84X40. Vicar’s Daughter (1) 56.5 J Hay 11 Play For Time SCRATCHED SCRATCHED 1 12 23. Sensei (7) 54 M & M Pitman S Wynne 0 13 6X0 Hee’s Our Secret (13) 57 A Carston K Kalychurun (a2) 14 Rosie Jane SCRATCHED 1:03PM HOPE & SONS FUNERAL DIRECTORS/RICHARD TEMPLETON Gorgeous George SCRATCHED $8,000, R65 Benchmark CG&E*, 1250m 15 OPT 602

Hoofbeat SCRATCHED 1 1 46814 Flicka Of Gold (3) 59 S Tyler J Lowry (a1) 16 0 17 0 Minue (9) 56.5 N & B Blatch 2 2379X Johnny Jones (9) 59 J & K Parsons G Jogoo (a2) 0 18 0 Ensign (11) 58.5 T Kennedy 3 08X09 Alitron (2) 58.5 B Verlinden 4 6X341 Ice Of Reilly (11) 58.5 E Winsloe C Barnes 2:19PM EAST OTAGO TRANSPORT / COOKE HOWLISON HYUNDAI 2 5 X0929 Red Ace (10) 58.5 A Cowan $10,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1975m T Moseley OPT 604 S Wahab (a4) 6 06501 Flytime (15) 60 R & Ashley McKay R Cuneen (a) 1 47817 Keep The Courage (3) 60.5 K Tyler 3 2 12X50 Gallant Defender (1) 58.5 B & S Anderton S Muniandy 7 44976 El Bee Darci (16) 57.5 R & Ashley McKay 2 3 72513 McMay (5) 57 T & L Prendergast 8 88100 Flash Suggestion (6) 57.5 T & L Prendergast 4 45753 Vantaa (4) 57 T & L Prendergast 9 3310X Rapid Rise (12) 57.5 K & L Rae 4 5 2X719 Patrick Erin (2) 56.5 B & S Anderton 3 10 X0X25 Waipari Lad (4) 57 M & M Pitman J Lowry (a1) S Wynne

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Galleons Pleasure (8) N Munro R Swain BISHOPDALE/BUSHINN TABS/TAVERN HAREWOOD PACE 8

12:25PM Barrier $7,000, 4YO+ C1–C2, 2000m 9 Clockwork Orange (21) A Stuart S Golding PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver C Barron 1 X0064 Regal Suzy (1) M Stratford M Stratford 10 7X64 Millie Kate (22) C Barron M Anderson (J) 2 79359 Sweet Loress (2) P Anderson P Anderson 11 26090 Willedu (23) P Kerr C DeFilippi 3 98013 Royal Jester (3) M House A Edge 12 8524X Speedy Mach (24) B Mowbray R May 4 09X86 Caesar Rocks (4) L Sinnamon G Sinnamon 13 667X Cindy Bromac (25) G & N Hope 5 00090 Live To Tell (5) S Blake S Blake BECKERS TRANSPORT/SAMUEL FENCING JR DVRS PCE 2:05PM 6 53573 Bettor Backim (6) S Blake P Cook $7,500, 4YO+ C1 JUN.D, 2000m G Crawford (J) 7 44400 Whoosh Factor (7) A Stuart T Woodward 1 28143 Seduce Me (1) G & J Knight 2 X7842 Compliant (2) K & T Barron K Cox (J)

8 38860 Redmaro (8) G Cook

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Barrier 3 6X682 Ice Crusher (3) M Jones M Anderson (J) 9 90370 Loose Cannon (21) W Low W Low 4 22228 Absolutely Delighted (4) B Mowbray S Tomlinson (J) 10 72763 Elusive Flight (22) P Williamson N Munro 5 213X8 Nyree Franco (5) S McRae 11 07194 Em Ay (23) B Negus C Negus 6 0X051 Belmont Jet (6) D Williamson A Fitzgerald (J) 12 94136 Atom Hanover (24) G & J Knight J McDermott 7 32422 McKenzie Mara (7) N Williamson M Purvis (J) 13 87601 Eja Patron (25) B Mowbray 8 07966 Alexy (8) D O'Connell

M Hurrell (J) M Maynard

Barrier 14 00927 Franco Caliph (26) D Taylor R Sissons 9 30644 She’s A Flyin (21) S Boyd DUNCAN AGRICULTURAL CONTRACTORS/OMAKAU AUTO 10 03636 The Persuader (22) E Latimer M Parker (J) 12:55PM CENT $8,500, 3YO+ C1–C2 SpecHcp, 2600m 11 81365 Richard Le Fort (23) J Lethaby K Butt (J) 1 00007 Syndirella (1) D Williamson 12 77527 Chief Kapai (24) E Latimer 2 37125 Armori (2) G McLay G McLay 13 80205 Porsche Canardly (25) H Hunter C Faithful (J) 3 58606 Dream Big (3) M Tapper A Milne HOUSE OF TRAVEL MOBILE PACE 4 044X3 One Yankee Ginga (4) R Holmes R Holmes 2:38PM $8,000, 4YO+ C0 MOB. PACE, 2000m 5 17210 McLovin (5) R Jenkins A Lethaby 1 53236 Manuka Valley (1) C Barron C Barron 6 00X04 Gorilla Playboy (6) C McKay M Williamson 2 X5P26 Lorretta Franco (2) R Todd C D Thornley 7 82570 Belmont’s Greatest (u1) D McCormick L McCormick 3 X2480 Take A Gamble (3) R Jenkins R Jenkins 8 9X140 Lucky Pat’s Son (u2) G Woodhouse C Ferguson 4 94960 Canardly Remember (4) H Hunter H Hunter 9 000X0 Madam Spur (1) P Williamson R McIlwrick (J) 5 29X35 Silver Dale (5) G & J Knight M Williamson 10 13947 Bobbins (u1) P Williamson B Williamson 6 803P Nicky Anew (6) C Morrison J Morrison (J)

7 37769 Pegasus Merrily (7) D Mitchell S McNally GALLAGHER FAMILY GOLD CUP/CRAIG & MARIE MCNEILL 1:30PM $8,000, 3YO C0 MOB. PACE, 2000m 8 40045 Eastwood Suzy (8) A Edge B Orange

1 Magicol Delight (1) T Stratford D Dunn Barrier 07 Change It (21) E Swain E Swain 2 Ourbigwednesday (2) G & J Knight M Williamson 9 10 94926 Lakeisha (22) R Holmes R Holmes 3 7260 Delishka (3) B Mowbray B Williamson 4 88X80 Ashi Jetsun (4) D Mitchell B Williamson 11 8X337 Bullys Princess (23) L Sinnamon 5 06 Maidonthebeach (5) H Hunter H Hunter SKEVINGTON CONTRACTING/SOUTHERN WIDE REAL 6 Supreme Banner (6) M Kerr M Kerr 3:13PM ESTATE $8,500, 4YO+ C1–C2 SpecHcp, 2600m 7 07 Jay FM (7) A Stuart 1 77259 Denn Nee Nose Best (1) E Swain E Swain

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Track Information Type: Grass; Expected: Good; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1550m; Straight: 350m; Rail: Rail true; Weather: Brief rain

6 X3500 Quartet (9) 55.5 B & S Anderton 7 01914 Verna Audrey (6) 54.5 M Daly 8 30481 Consolidate (8) 54 E Winsloe 1 9 0X033 Lukander (7) 54 M & M Pitman

C Barnes G Jogoo (a2) T Moseley P Shaikh (a3)

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26683 Skuffle (8) 54 K Buttimore

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FRITZ REUTER IMMIGRANTS STRATFORD JUBILEE CUP $40,000, OPN HCP, 2000m

1 378X0 Sebrose (2) 60 Autridge/Richards 2 3 2 662X8 Just The Tip (4) 57.5 J Millar 3 22463 Cruiser (3) 57 H Wilson 1 4 38461 Woodsman (1) 57 T Gillies 5 29805 Savaria (12) 55.5 R Bergerson 4 6 00X53 Silhouette Noire (9) 55 L Somervell 7 93552 Antonio (11) 54.5 S Kay 8 58785 Cassie Anne (6) 54 T Egan 1 9 40110. Hotshot Lass (13) 54 J Bliss 1 10 60701 I Suggest (8) 54 T Keegan 1 11 34063 Runway (14) 54 J Wheeler 12 64751. Garfunkel (10) 54 K Myers 13 02600 Heistheone (7) 54 J Wheeler 14 98585 Call Me Irish (5) 54 G Sharrock 1

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STRATHMORE SPRINT BY MCDONALD REAL ESTATE $8,500, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1480m

1 1323X Selwyn (2) 59 K Myers 2 2112X Hushed (1) 58.5 Autridge/Richards 2 3 360X5 Twoznotenough (8) 58 A Sharrock 4 4 40860 Cool Moon (5) 56.5 A Clement 3 5 6X740 Catwomandu (6) 55 A Sharrock 1 6 57511 Keeping Tom (4) 54.5 S Manning 7 5400X Brave Kat (3) 54 R Patterson 8 26X80. Macklemore (7) 54 J Wheeler DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6 4:07PM OPT 607

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A Collett H Tinsley K McCulloch R Hannam R Myers D Bradley J Parkes L Hemi (a1) D Turner M Hills S McKay (a) T Johnson (a2) M Tanaka S Collett

S MacNab (a4) J Fawcett (a4) D Turner L Satherley J Parkes T Johnson (a2) R Hannam R Myers

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 2-3-4, 6-7-8 1-2-3-4, 5-6-7-8 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 3-4-5-6-7-8 PGG WRIGHTSON / BRENT LUCAS BUILDERS $12,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1250m

1 4154X Jazzman (7) 63.5 M & M Pitman 2 P Shaikh (a3) 1 2 X1141. First Serve (8) 62.5 M & M Pitman S Wynne FOUR SQUARE PALMERSTON / SKEVINGTONS MAIDEN 2:59PM K Kalychurun (a2) $7,000, MDN, 1975m 3 566X5. All Spice (3) 60 J McKay OPT 605 4 News Flash SCRATCHED 3 1 86430 Holy Mackerel (10) 58.5 N & B Blatch L Callaway S Wahab (a4) 2 0X0 Mister Dennis (9) 58.5 T Kennedy S Wahab (a4) 5 X3679 Gallant Dan (4) 58 B & S Anderton T Moseley 3 06986 Pickup (12) 57 K James C Johnson 6 X5057 Fastfoot (9) 57.5 S Tyler G Jogoo (a2) 4 4 36332 Sweet Indulgence (2) 56.5 S Woodsford K Williams 7 16X20 Tomm Jones (6) 57 J & K Parsons 5 72228 Penny Perfect (8) 56.5 S Woodsford R Cuneen (a) 8 X5367 Nippin (5) 56.5 K & L Rae C Johnson 1 6 8X024 Lin (6) 56.5 J & K Parsons G Jogoo (a2) 9 7X830. Madame Jamai (10) 54 Autridge/Richards 2 7 02X54 Silver Spier (1) 56.5 J & J Gordon S Muniandy 10 4150X Mare Mia (1) 54 S Woodsford 4 11 02511 Mr Typhon (11) 54 M & M Pitman 8 04X20 Velvet Rose (7) 56.5 D Horrell T Moseley 3 12 16052 Enzo’s Lad (2) 54 M & M Pitman 9 837X7 Porotene Rippa (4) 56.5 D Crozier 10 65450. Madam De Soir (3) 56.5 J Phillips K Kalychurun (a2) 4:42PM NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE $12,000, R65 11 75765 Misty Trella (5) 56.5 M & M Pitman S Wynne Benchmark Fillies and Mares*, 1250m OPT 608 12 97900 Allaquila (11) 55 M & M Pitman 4 1 X4307 Popp ’N Lindauer (7) 60 S Tyler J Lowry (a1) 0 13 X5990. Darci Inn (14) 58.5 J & K Parsons 1 2 X647X What Choux Want (9) 58.5 A Carston 0 14 090 El Bee Dancer (13) 57 R & Ashley McKay 3 06301 Over Take (3) 58.5 L Beck K Kalychurun (a2) 3 4 X3605 Passito (4) 58.5 S Prince 3:32PM COOLMORE AUSTRALIA WAIKOUAITI CUP C Johnson OPT 606 $25,000, OPN HCP, 1975m 5 1X840 Knutquacker (13) 58 E Winsloe T Moseley 2 1 26122 Revelator (1) 60 J & K Parsons K Mudhoo (a2) 6 50500 Overnightsensation (8) 58 K & L Rae L Callaway 3 2 X4331 No Emotion (6) 58.5 M & M Pitman 2 7 53163 Mia Mamma (12) 57 J & K Parsons P Shaikh (a3) G Jogoo (a2) 3 77616 El Chico (2) 58 M & M Pitman 8 51390. Fade To Grey (6) 57 M & M Pitman S Wynne 4 4 94547. Kaharau (3) 57 K & L Rae T Moseley 9 X679X Princess Athena (5) 56.5 D Crozier 5 X7090. Southern Sav (7) 56 M & M Pitman S Wynne 10 100X0 Sunflower (2) 56.5 J & K Parsons K Mudhoo (a2) 1 6 54051 Princess Brook (5) 54.5 T Kennedy C Barnes 11 X770X Good Mama (11) 56 R & Ashley McKay K Williams 7

Night Nurse SCRATCHED 12 79300 San Michele (10) 55.5 T & L Prendergast 8 26851 Zhanim (4) 54 S Woodsford 0 13 21000 Carmenize (1) 55.5 A Hoffman K Williams

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2 00882 Majestic De Fence (2) C Morrison 3 41098 Barham Belle (3) R Hanson 4 45524 King Kone (4) G & J Knight 5 31 Geena’s Success (5) D Mitchell 6 00800 Redwood Invasion (6) R Holmes 7 16008 Lavros Texas (1) R Jenkins 8 0469X Brads Kenny (2) P Williamson 9 41221 Rydgemont Milly (3) Shirley/Larkins 3:48PM

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FULTON HOGAN / WEDDERBURN TAVERN PACE $8,000, 3YO+ C0 PACE, 2600m

1 0 Senorita Margarita (1) M Jones 2 P25X4 Capital Plan (2) D Ross 3 96855 Hi Delight (3) P Hunter 4 56447 Mini Wee VC (4) H Hunter 5 Like Ya More (5) L McCormick 6 42X77 Millwood Charity (6) M Prendergast 7 80684 Matai Valour (7) A Milne 8 08P7X Gracey Lacey (8) D O'Connell 9 Selena Franco (9) S McRae 10 Days Of Redemption (10) D Mitchell 11 Kiel (11) L McCormick 12 3 Captain Mannering (12) T Stratford 4:24PM

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J Morrison (J) R Swain G Crawford (J) B Williamson R Holmes A Lethaby M Williamson C Barron

B Orange M Williamson P Hunter H Hunter N Williamson M Prendergast A Milne A Beck C D Thornley B Williamson L McCormick D Dunn

ALEXANDRA SUPER LIQUOR/MACCA LODGE FFA TROT $9,000, FFA, 2600m

1 516X3 Father Christmas (1) P Williamson 2 3525P Monty Python (2) P Williamson 3 04643 Aile Rouge (3) R Holmes 4 X1300 Springbank Eden (4) P Williamson 5 46923 Kowhai Whiz (5) M Jones 6 0P5P1 Phil’s Gift (6) P Williamson

Master Lavros (7) M Jones 7 412X1 Barrier

R McIlwrick (J) M Williamson R Holmes B Williamson B Orange N Williamson M Jones

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 1-2-3, 5-6-7, 9-10-11 2-3-4-5, 8-9-10-11 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 6-7-8-9-10-11

5 390P3 Torrid Bromac (5) R Todd 6 6X977 Dissolution (6) Cox/McGrannachan 7 10112 Flashing On (7) S Breen

Bettor Ops (8) K Larsen 8 41133 Barrier 5:35PM

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MCLARENS TRANSPORT/RD PETROLEUM TROT CUP PCE $30,000, FFA, 2600m

1 X5007 Clive (1) D Ross 2 X9783 Scotlynn Mach (2) D Taylor 3 30210 Franco Texas (3) D Taylor 4 23213 Ears Burning (4) N McGrath 5 X1212 Captain Dolmio (5) M Brinsdon 6 86186 Robyn’s Bad Boy (6) R Wilson 7 45922 Maverick (7) N McGrath

Tangos Delight (8) P Burrows 8 79744 Barrier

9 52611 Classie Brigade (21) N McGrath 10 48436 Mossdale Conner (22) G & N Hope 11 1X7X6 Costa Del Magnifico (23) B Shirley 6:13PM

S McNally M Williamson B Williamson K Larsen

C R Thornley C Barron J Young N McGrath D Dunn C Ferguson C DeFilippi G Smith B Orange R May N Williamson

MAY CONTRACTING PACE 11 ALEXANDRA NEWWORLD/ANDY $8,500, 3YO+ C1, 2000m

1 25576 Floreta (1) A Edge 2 72870 Pat’s Legacy (2) H Hunter 3 1 Mossdale Rose (3) G & N Hope 4 00442 El Dinero (4) R Wilson 5 50218 Mickey Jay (5) E Latimer 6 07561 One Direction (6) R Todd 7 05190 Honey Cullen (7) K Larsen

Bold Ruler (8) P Hunter 8 35523 Barrier DAVE COCKBURN CONSTRUCTION/RJ SAM BROWN PACE 4:59PM

9 06304 Hunter Bromac (21) M House $9,000, 4YO+ C2–C3, 2600m 1 00X71 Marat Saf Finn (1) D Taylor J Young 10 234X0 Our Quinn (22) J Lethaby 2 13046 Gotta Del (2) K & T Barron B Orange 11 38317 Quite Ideal (23) B Mowbray 3 85715 Spirit Of Chronos (3) E Latimer 12 Exceptional Man M Parker (J) 4 X4827 Ultimate Desire (4) B Mowbray D Dunn 13 68509 Flushing Meadows (24) E Swain

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Above: Raylene Heads in action during the Ladies MidWinter Triples tournament at Allenton Bowling Club.

Above left: Fullback Kerry Claydon-Wade got Ashburton College off to a flying start after converting his own try in the opening five minutes against Rangiora High School.

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Above right: Ashburton College’s Josh Lowe rises above Burnside’s Toby Gillooly on his way to the basket.

Left: Isla Russell won two gold and one bronze medal at the recent Canterbury Westland Karate Championships.

Right: Rakaia vice-captain Jackson Donlan is ready for the form book to go out the window when the Watters Cup kicks off.

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In brief

■ ELLERSLIE

3YO back in fine style Class was the word freely bandied around after Savile Row beat his older opposition at Ellerslie.

The three-year-old was making a fresh start in yesterday’s viva.co.nz 1200 and he returned in a blaze of glory, coming from off the pace to account for Cartell and Latin Rose, with the latter coming off a runner-up finish in the Gr.3 Canterbury Breeders Stakes.

“We’re getting him ready for the Group One at Wellington so he needed a good hit-out,” said Mike Moroney, who prepares the son of Makfi with Pam Gerard.

“We weren’t quite sure what to expect, but he’s got class.

“He’s quite casual on the track and he obviously saves it for race day.”

Runner-up in the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas, Savile Row has the Gr.1 Randwick Meats Levin Classic at Trentham on January 14 on his immediate programme.

“He’s still a colt and we’d like to win that Group One mile and then go for the Derby,” Moroney said.

“He’s as good a type as you’d see.”

Jockey Michael Coleman has now ridden Savile Row in both his career victories, having part-

Tony Pike will bide his time about a decision on another start for his Karaka Million-bound youngster Felton Road. The Cambridge trainer produced the two-year-old to win the Timeout 1200 at Ellerslie yesterday and, in his first attempt, the colt banked $5900 to sneak into the top 20 for the rich juvenile event. “We rolled the dice with Karaka coming around quickly and we weren’t sure whether he could win from a wide gate,” Pike said.

“We’ll have a look at the order to see if he needs to run again.” - NZME

Smart ride gets colt home An aggressive ride from Opie Bosson brought out the best in the highly-regarded Mongolian Legend at Ellerslie yesterday. The top jockey headed straight to the front from a potentially tricky barrier and the heavily-backed Fastnet Rock colt was untroubled to win in his second race day appearance. “We were confident, but the draw was a little bit awkward,” said Andrew Forsman, who trains in partnership with Murray Baker. “He’s got a lot of scope and he’ll only get better with more racing.”

- NZME

Good news in HK Michael Coleman gets Savile Row home in the viva.co.nz 1200 at Ellerslie yesterday.

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nered him to a debut victory at Te Awamutu last season.

Coleman was also pleasantly taken aback by the colt’s latest winning effort.

“He surprised me.

“I thought he might have been a bit outpaced over 1200 metres on a good track, but he’s got class,” he said.

“When the pace went on from the half mile it really helped us and as soon as I got him to the outside I knew he was home.”

- NZME

■ KAWI

Crack galloper ready to chase further glory Kawi’s upcoming domestic summer campaign will revolve around a pair of Group One assignments before trainer Allan Sharrock looks further afield.

The Savabeel gelding will reappear in the NRM Sprint on February 11 with the Haunui Farm Weight-For-Age Classic to follow a fortnight later.

“He’s in the paddock at the moment and he looks terrific,” New

Pike on Million watch

Plymouth trainer Allan Sharrock said.

“He’ll be ready to run fresh-up at Te Rapa and then he’ll go to Otaki. We’ll be looking to Brisbane with him now we know he’s a relaxed traveller.”

He was referring to Kawi’s trip to Western Australia where he picked up $A62,500 with fourth placings in the Gr.1 Kingston Town Classic and the Gr.2 Lee

Steere Stakes and a sixth in the Gr.1 Railway Stakes.

Sharrock was delighted with how Kawi coped with the long haul to Perth, but a little disappointed the six-year-old didn’t finish closer in the Kingston Town.

“We copped it on the chin and we’ll go again,” he said.

The New Plymouth horseman is also excited about the

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prospects next year of the Darci Brahma mare Whispering, who is unbeaten in her last four starts.

“She’ll run at the Marton meeting on January 7 and then back up at New Plymouth. After that I’ll be working on bigger plans for her,” Sharrock said.

“She’s a quality mare who can run phenomenal sectionals. She’s just needed time and she’s doing a fine job now.”

- NZME

Stablemates step out Group One winners Xtravagant and Heroic Valour enjoyed a spin around Ellerslie yesterday to further their summer preparations.

The Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards-trained stablemates worked over 1000 metres coming home their last 600 in 33.27. Stable jockey Opie Bosson was aboard Xtravagant while Michael McNab rode Heroic Valour. “We haven’t been able to fault Xtravagant at home and he’ll trial at Cambridge on January 10 and then go to the Telegraph,” Richards said. - NZME

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Recent results from Hong Kong augur well for a Darci Brahma colt in The Oaks Stud’s Premier Sale draft at Karaka next year. The youngster (Lot 338) is out of the Group Three-winning Pins mare Pins ‘N’ Needles and he is a brother to the rising star D B Pin, who is unbeaten in his last three starts for trainer John Size. “He was a beautiful horse and in a year when the Darci Brahmas didn’t sell that well he still made $200,000,” The Oaks Stud’s Rick Williams said.

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Friday, December 30, 2016

In brief

■ RUGBY

Rule changes boost Lions Andy Farrell believes the introduction of Six Nations bonus points this season will boost the British and Irish Lions’ hopes of defeating the All Blacks for the first time since 1971.

Farrell, the defence coach for the 10-match tour in June and July next year, says bonus points will encourage teams to be more attacking.

Last month, the Six Nations confirmed that a new scoring system would be trialled for the next three years – four points for a win, with an extra point for scoring four tries or more.

Losing teams will also claim a point, if the margin of their defeat is seven points or fewer.

The championship starts on February 4.

A similar system has been in place in the southern hemisphere’s international competitions since the Tri-Nations was launched in 1996.

Farrell, who already has two defeats of the All Blacks on his coaching CV, with Ireland in Chicago in November and with England in 2012, claims the move

British and Irish Lions’ defence coach Andy Farrell. will prove a significant step forward in developing the attacking mindset of the Lions.

“We have been in front against them [New Zealand] with teams I have been involved with and they are masters at the comeback, staying calm and being clinical,” he said.

“The way to score that bonus-point try is exactly like that – staying calm, being clinical, not being frantic, and going about your job as you should do, rather than being too emotional.

“It will create excitement as it goes. You’ll know what you need to do along the way, but you still won’t get away from the fact that you need to win.

“It is good for us, because we want to play a good attacking style of rugby in Ireland.

“We have shown that with the tries we have scored of late.

“I believe it is going to be good for us, but everyone knows that you have to score points against New Zealand.”

But Farrell’s over-riding pri-

ority, as it was when Ireland recorded an historic 40-29 victory last month and in his former role as England defence coach under Stuart Lancaster, will be to stop the All Blacks from scoring points.

Farrell estimates that any side hoping to defeat New Zealand will have to score at least 28 points and recent history suggests the target will probably have to be significantly higher even than that.

In this year’s Rugby Championship, Steve Hansen’s side scored 262 points in six matches, at an average of more than 43 points per game.

“They are pretty good at scoring point themselves,” said Farrell. “It is my job to keep it as low as possible.

“Everyone talks about 24-28 [points]. I said to the boys in Chicago, ‘You need to score 28 to 30 points against them, because they are very clinical’.

“We managed to score 40 and five tries, which was a dream.

“That one was pretty special.”

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■ THEY SAID IT

Sporting quotes which brightened our year It’s been a helluva sporting year.

And what better way to look back on 2016 than through the words of the combatants themselves?

Here’s your quotes of the year, category by category.

Australian, Queensland and Melbourne captain Cameron Smith and his frustration over rugby league players constantly being in trouble: “I don’t see why it’s so hard to be a good person and do the right thing ... The ones I get really annoyed and upset about are the avoidable situations that footy players get themselves into. I don’t understand why they have to be there at that time to get in that strife.”

Jonathan Liew of the London Daily Telegraph: “UFC has all the trappings and visual cues of an elite sport, it must be an elite sport, rather than a bestial cultural excrement more suited to the stairwell of a multi-storey car park. UFC is sadism under the guise of artistry, male fantasy under the guise of human empowerment, textbook capitalism under the guise of proletarian rebellion. It teaches that victory exonerates any depravity”.

Broncos league star Sam Thaiday on Jarryd Hayne: “He’s always a player that you have to watch, but there’s no guarantee of him playing. He might have a dream tomorrow night and leave the game again, take up water polo or something. Who knows?”

Former Wallaby and erstwhile Sydney Morning Herald column-

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fully, the focus on this unsavoury aspect of the incident may cause those who claim to love the game to reflect upon whether the practice of sledging is worthy of its participants. An outsider is left to wonder why such a beautiful game would need such an ugly underside.”

Michael Cheika ist Peter FitzSimons: “The Michael Cheika rant, after the loss to the All Blacks, about how offended he was by the NZ Herald’s caricature of him as a clown?

Mistake. Bad mistake. The All Blacks had as much to do with that caricature, as the newspaper did with the ABs’ lineout calls.

How a coach as experienced as Cheika doesn’t get that, I am at a loss to explain.” Too right Fitzy.

One very thin skin.

NSW bowler Doug Bollinger, allegedly, to Tom Cooper, the batsman at the other end to Phillip Hughes, on the day he was killed by a bouncer bowled by NSW fast man Sean Abbott: “I am going to kill you.”

Bollinger, at the inquest into Hughes’ death: “I know in my heart I didn’t say that.”

NSW coroner Michael Barnes’ formal conclusion on the death of Hughes: “No finding is made as to whether the sledging actually occurred. However, hope-

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rassed to be sitting here to be honest with you”.

Golfer Robert Allenby on his times and misdemeanours, and the media’s coverage: “Good doesn’t sell. S--- sells ... Do I like to have a good time? Hell yeah.

I’m not different to anyone else.

Everyone does it. The funny thing is, there are only four or five incidents over 45 years of my life but they are, apparently, the ones people want to use to paint a picture of Robert Allenby.”

None of it’s your fault of course, Robbie.

Wallaby coach Michael Cheika on the All Blacks-Wallabies relationship: “I’d say they’re on top and we’re nowhere, that’s the relationship between the two teams.” We’d have to say he’s right.

Reporter to Venus Williams at the US Open: “Just talk about the joy quotient versus the win quotient.” Venus: “The what?”

Philadelphia Eagle Josh Huff on carrying a handgun: “I’m a professional athlete. What professional athlete don’t have a gun? I have a wife and I have a son at home. My job is to protect them at all costs, and my job is to protect myself as well, even though I know I have security here, but I have to protect myself as well.”

Australian cricket captain Steve Smith after his team’s fifth loss on the trot: “I’m embar-

Giacomo takes victory New Zealand entry Giacomo has been declared the overall winner of the 2016 Sydney to Hobart yacht race. Race officials yesterday confirmed the Volvo 70-class yacht, owned and skippered by winemaker Jim Delegat, will be awarded the Tattersall’s Cup on corrected time, with none of the 53 boats still at sea able to oust her.

- AAP

Rousey ready to rumble Ronda Rousey has plenty of people doubting her UFC comeback, with an unusual preparation fuelling theories she’ll either be prepared incredibly well or poorly. The former champion just hit back at any doubts over her physical condition in the most emphatic way possible, posting a body comparison shot to her Instagram account. Rousey’s remarkable body transformation since her stunning defeat to Holly Holm in Melbourne last year was highlighted last week.

- AAP

Heat sell out Gabba Brisbane Heat’s blazing start to the Big Bash has helped see the Gabba sell out for their first home clash tonight against the Hobart Hurricanes. Tickets have all been snapped up since the Chris Lynninspired Heat came from behind to record a stirring three-wicket win over defending champions Sydney Thunder on Wednesday night. It’s the first time the Gabba has been sold out prior to match day and it’s record BBL crowd of 33,783 is set to be smashed.

- AAP

Sydney FC on a roll With Melbourne Victory on their tails, midfielder Milos Dimitrijevic says it’s vital A-League leaders Sydney FC avoid dropping points to fellow pacesetters Brisbane tonight. Victory have closed the gap on the unbeaten Sky Blues to seven points with a game in hand while the third-placed Roar are nine points adrift of the summit, but can shorten that to six with a win at Allianz Stadium. “We know it will be tight at the end so we want to take every point,” Dimitrijevic said.

- AAP

Alli gets Spurs home Tottenham Hotspur have kept up the pressure on the Premier League’s top four after coming from behind to beat 10-man Southampton 4-1 at St Mary’s Stadium thanks to two goals from Dele Alli and one apiece

by Harry Kane and Son Heung-min.

Alli cancelled out Virgil Van Dijk’s second-minute opener before Kane fired Tottenham ahead and missed a penalty after Southampton winger Nathan Redmond hacked down Alli and was sent off. - AAP

Hard road in Supercars

Tyson Fury Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury: “I’ve done lots of cocaine. Lots of it. That ain’t a performance enhancing drug.”

- NZME

A tough road always lay ahead in 2017 for Simona de Silvestro, the first full-time female Supercars driver in 32 years. But six-time Bathurst 1000 podium finisher Cameron McConville has spelled out exactly how steep he believes the learning curve will be for the former F1 test driver in her rookie year. “There’s no sugar coating it. If she can finish most, or all, of her races, keep her nose clean and get some top 20 finishes that will be a massive pass mark.” De Silvestro will become the first female full-time driver since Christine Gibson in 1975.

- AAP

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Front rowers ‘revered’ in French rugby

By Wynne Gray Charlie Faumuina will quickly become a crowd favourite when he pulls on the Toulouse jersey on next year’s European circuit.

While many of us delightedly recall the subtle running, mystical skills and intricate passing French backs have brought to rugby, passionate club supporters save their greatest admiration for the men in the front row.

They revere the large men with the smallest numbers on their backs, blokes who are charged with carrying the honour of the club and setting those standards in the macho scrum and maul contests.

Toulouse will get that ballast at tighthead from Faumuina and much more if the 30-yearold stays fit and tuned for the next phase of his rugby career.

For such a big man Faumuina has an array of ball-handling and running skills which will raise the ooh-la-la levels amongst his club and opposing teams.

He’s got a sharp turn of speed, a dainty move or two from those massive legs and the ability to charge ahead or time his offload to a team-mate.

Then there’s the full beard, a big set of pearly whites and a mischievous sense of humour which will circumnavigate any translation dramas and if he stays for some time, come out once he’s become more fluent in the language.

Faumuina probably has a good five years of top footy left in him once he plays out his final campaign with the Blues and then tussles for a role against the touring Lions.

He could have stayed but with primary All Black tighthead Owen Franks signed on until the next World Cup and other props hunting down the backup duties, Faumuina chose to give it a go in Europe.

It was time to cash in on his skills and offer his wife and young family a change of pace and lifestyle.

He’d have to forego the All Black trimmings and a chance

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Charlie Faumuina at the 2019 World Cup in Japan but based in Europe, he’d spend much less time away from home as he concentrated all his energy on playing for Toulouse.

Only an All Black in his prime like Faumuina would comprehend the enormity of the decision and the emotions involved as he weighed up his choices before the media release came with the stock lines about a great time in NZ and an opportunity to mix it in the Top 14 in Europe.

It may have been a no-brainer for the 46-test All Black or he may have spent months fretting about the pros and cons of moving on.

Only Faumuina and others like Ben Smith, Israel Dagg and Aaron Cruden who are mulling over offers, know what its like.

They can gather all the advice from their agents, people on the All Black staff, lawyers, tax consultants and others who have played in Europe, but in the end they have to decide what suits them.

For the most-capped All Black Richie McCaw that was to play out his days in New Zealand while for rookie outside back Charles Piutau it was to leave at an early age.

Faumuina is somewhere in the middle and has chosen to give it a go in Europe.

Bonne chance Charlie, make the headlines for all the right reasons in Toulouse.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Humans consider living in the moment to be an art. Dogs find it to be a way of life. Today you’ll be better off not thinking much about it, and simply riffing off of the energies around you.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Create accountability, collect data and set up an organised system for doing so. Life is better with systems.

You’re already following many of them, although unconsciously, to good effect.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): People study to learn what you already know instinctively. You’re too close to understand your own talent, but when you act naturally it will lead to outstanding results today.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You will be happiest in relationships that offer you challenges. You’ll work for someone’s attention, which makes that person all the more attractive (and attracted) to you.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Freud noticed that guilt and remorse are often confused, the former stemming from aggressive wishes, the latter a form of self-punishment for the wish fulfilled. Today, both emotions are useless.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): There’s someone out there who would love to double your joy and divide your grief. Perhaps this person is already in your world, only you haven’t yet shared enough to know how well you fit.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): It would be nice to be left in your own little corner of the world to do your thing, but life won’t let you. Getting along with difficult people will be the difference between success and failure.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): There will be moments of feeling lost. Love is the magic that will keep you moving toward “found” status. Connect with that kindred spirit who pushes you forward, forward, ever forward.

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PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): One changed habit will be all it takes to alter your reality. What do you grumble about most often? Give it up for the next three days and your life will change, incrementally at first, and then remarkably.

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HARRIS, Timothy Keith, (Tim) – On December 27, 2016.

Unexpectedly, on the Otago Rail Trail. Aged 58 years.

Adored husband, travelling companion and best mate of Shirley. Loved eldest son of Elaine Gorton and the late Bob Harris and brother of Garth and the late Carl Harris. Much loved son in law of Keith and the late Ngaire Dolbey and brother in law of Rosalie, Carolyn and Richard Copland, Robert and Merran, Lenny and Patrina, and Wayne. A loved uncle and mentor of Emelia, Michael, and Issy. Godfather to Jasper.

“Loved friend of many.”

Messages to Harris family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740.

In lieu of flowers donations to the Hyperbaric Chamber, Christchurch Hospital would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate Tim’s life will be held at the Sinclair Centre, Park Street, Ashburton on WEDNESDAY, January 4, commencing at 1.30pm.

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6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Sesame Street 0 6:55 Wiki The Kiwi 3 0 7:05 Numb Chucks 3 0 7:25 Ben 10 – Omniverse 3 0 7:50 Kung Fu Panda 3 0 8:15 The Lion Guard 0 8:40 Goldie And Bear 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 According To Jim 3 0 11am Step By Step 3 0 11:30 Melissa And Joey 3 0 Noon The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 1pm Jeremy Kyle PGR 1:55 M Herbie – Fully Loaded 2005 Family. Lindsay Lohan, Michael Keaton, Matt Dillon. 0 3:50 M Flipper 1996 Family Adventure. Elijah Wood, Paul Hogan. 0 5:35 The Simpsons When Milhouse moves to Capital City, Lisa and Bart become best friends. 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0

6am Country Calendar 0 6:30 Neighbourhood 0 7am Dickinson’s Real Deal 8am Jo Frost Family Matters PGR 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show PGR 0 10am Tipping Point 11am The Chase Australia 0 Noon Emmerdale 0 1pm Coronation Street PGR 3 0 1:55 F Brendan’s Magical Mystery Tour 0 2:25 F Four In A Bed 2:55 Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 Millionaire Hot Seat 0 5pm The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

7pm MasterChef Australia 0 8:10 Miranda PGR 3 0 8:50 Coronation Street PGR David reacts to a double blow; Sean and Billy take things to the next level; Steve agrees to make a sacrifice. 0 10:40 The Player AO 0

7pm Reno Rumble 0 8pm M Journey 2 – The Mysterious Island PGR 2012 Adventure Comedy. A man partners with his stepfather on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.

Dwayne Johnson. 0 9:50 The Voice 0

11:35 Castle AO 3 The murder of a high-school mean girl draws Castle back to one of his many alma maters, where he learns the evidence points to a surprising perpetrator. 0 12:35 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2 1am Infomercials

11:45 Scrubs PGR 3 0 12:35 Schitt’s Creek PGR 0 1am Infomercials 2am iZombie AO 3 0 2:45 Shameless AO 3 0 3:40 How To Get Away With Murder AO 3 0 4:25 America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 4:50 Baby Daddy PGR 3 0 5:10 The Neighbours 3 0 5:35 Crash And Bernstein 3 0

George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces, 7:30pm on Choice

BRAVO 10am Million Dollar Listing NY PGR 3 10:55 Hoarders 3 11:45 Snapped – Killer Couples 3 12:40 Vanderpump Rules PGR 1:35 Below Deck 3 2:30 #killerpost 3 3:30 Flipping Out 3 4:30 Dance Moms 5:30 Hoarders 3 6:30 Million Dollar Listing NY 7:30 Snapped – Killer Couples AO 3 8:30 M The Breakfast Club PGR 1985 Drama. Chicago high-school students bare their souls and become friends while spending a Saturday detention together. Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy.

10:35 Hoarders 3 11:30 N Snapped – Killer Couples Two teens take their obsessions to the extreme when their romance is threatened by a fellow classmate.

SATURDAY

12:20 Infomercials 3 5am Dance Moms 3

Top Gear – Best of British 7:30pm on Prime

THE BOX 6am CSI – New York MV 6:50 Criminal Intent MV 7:40 The Amazing Race PG 8:30 Shipping Wars PG 8:55 The Simpsons PG 9:20 Criminal Minds 16VS 10:10 NCIS MV 11am Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away MVL 11:55 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

US PG 12:20 Whose Line Is It Anyway? US PG 12:50 Container Wars PG 1:15 Criminal Intent MV 2:10 CSI – New York MV 3:05 Branson Taxi PGL 3:35 Shipping Wars PG 4:05 The Amazing Race PG 5pm The Simpsons PG 5:30 Criminal Intent MV 6:30 Branson Taxi PGL 7pm Container Wars PG 7:30 NCIS MV 8:30 Bosch MVL 9:30 Law And Order – UK MV 10:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 11:25 NCIS MV SATURDAY 12:15 Shipping Wars PG 12:40 Container Wars PG 1:05 The Amazing Race PG 1:55 Criminal Minds 16VS 2:45 CSI – New York MV 3:30 The Simpsons PG 3:55 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away MVL 4:45 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

US PG 5:10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? US PG 5:35 Branson Taxi PGL

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7am Sticky TV 7:05 Kate And Mim 7:35 The Moe Show 0 8am Sticky TV 8:05 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 8:30 Sticky TV 9am Rachael Ray 10am Infomercials 11:30 Baggage PGR 3 Noon The Biggest Loser Australia 3 1pm M Client Seduction PGR 3 2015 Thriller.

Ally Sheedy, Rhys Ward, Annie Clark.

2:55 Entertainment Tonight 3:25 M Cheaper By The Dozen 2 3 2005 Comedy. The Bakers take their 12 kids to rustic Lake Winnetka, but their retreat turns cut-throat when they enter a competition with a rival family of eight children.

Steve Martin, Eugene Levy. 0 5:25 The Best Of Family Feud Hosted by Dai Henwood. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm Now That’s Funny! PGR 3 0 7:30 All Star Family Feud PGR 3 0 8:30 The Graham Norton Show AO 3 0 9:30 Live At The Apollo AO Greg Davies presents stand-up comedy from the Hammersmith Apollo, introducing sets from Hal Cruttenden and Simon Evans.

10:30 Bob’s Burgers PGR 3

6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 7:30 Pukana 2 8am Miharo 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Fresh 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Ako 3 2 3pm My Country Song 3:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 4pm Iwi Anthems 3 4:30 Whare Taonga 5pm Kapa Haka Regionals 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Pukoro 3 2 6:20 Huhu 6:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 7pm Pukuhohe 7pm Modern Family PGR 3 7:30 Whanau Bake-Off 3 7:30 Top Gear – Best Of British 8pm Paki Vault 3 Jeremy Clarkson, James 8:30 M Beverly Hills Cop III May, and Richard Hammond AO 1994 Comedy. Axel Foley celebrate all that is great is back on the beat, cornering about Britain’s motor industry a criminal at a southern in front of the most obvious California amusement park. venue, Buckingham Palace.

Eddie Murphy, 8:35 Married Behind Bars PGR 3 Judge Reinhold, 9:35 Fear The Walking Dead AO Bronson Pinchot.

10:35 Jane The Virgin PGR 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2

6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Tiny House Nation 7:30 Mountain Gorilla 8:30 10 Years Younger UK 9:30 Better Homes And Gardens 10:30 Great British Garden Revival 11:30 Money Barn Noon Tiny House Nation 1pm River Cottage To The Core 2pm The Truth About Alcohol 3pm 10 Years Younger UK 4pm Catching The Impossible Fishing enthusiasts travel throughout Britain to catch the biggest fish.

5pm Rick Stein’s Spain Rick goes on a culinary journey through Spain.

6pm Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers

11pm American Dad PGR 3 Steve goes to work with Stan, and discovers the NSA. 11:30 Community PGR 3 Abed films a wedding when Garrett gets married to a classmate with whom he shares a surprising connection.

Midnight Entertainment Tonight 12:30 Infomercials

11:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 A celebrity chat show.

12:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

1am Closedown

11pm Rick Stein’s Spain Rick goes on a culinary journey through Spain.

Midnight Getaway 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am 10 Years Younger UK 2am Catching The Impossible 3am Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 4am Gardeners’ World 4:30 Better Homes And Gardens

6am The Fairly Odd Parents 6:50 The Penguins Of Madagascar 7:15 Bella And The Bulldogs 7:40 Henry Danger 8:05 Endangered Species 8:30 Sanjay And Craig 8:55 Million Dollar Minute 3 9:25 Wheel Of Fortune 3 9:50 Jeopardy 3 10:25 The Doctors PGR 3 11:20 Hot Bench 11:50 The Great British Bake Off – Masterclass 3 1pm Qi PGR 3 1:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 2:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3pm Escape To The Country 3 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 0 5pm Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Prime News 6pm Wheel Of Fortune 6:30 Jeopardy

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6:45 Ant-Man PGVL 2015 Action. Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly. 8:40 The Finest Hours PG 2016 Drama.

Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster. 10:35 Fatal Flip MVC 2015 Thriller.

Dominique Swain, Mike Faiola.

Noon Deadly Voltage PGC 2016 Drama. Mike Dopud, Alaina Huffman. 1:25 AntMan PGVL 2015 Action.

Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly.

3:20 The Finest Hours PG 2016 Drama. Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster.

5:20 Ex Machina MLSC 2015 Drama. Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson.

7:05 Grimsby 16VLSC 2016 Comedy Action. A football hooligan and father of nine is thrust into the world of espionage after reuniting with his long-lost brother, the world’s greatest spy. Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Rebel Wilson.

8:30 Focus MVLS 2015 Crime.

A talented con man discovers love and deception do not mix when his former protégé turns up in the middle of his latest job. Will Smith, Margot Robbie.

10:20 Concussion MLC 2015 Biography Sport. Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks.

7:50 Superbad 16LS 2007 Comedy. Jonah Hill, Seth Rogan, Emma Stone.

9:45 Lions For Lambs MVL 2007 Drama. Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise.

11:15 Meet Joe Black MLS 1998 Drama. Brad Pitt, Claire Forlani.

2:10 Tin Cup ML 1996 Comedy Drama.

Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Don Johnson.

4:25 The Lincoln Lawyer MVLS 2011 Thriller.

Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei.

6:25 The Town 16VLS 2010 Crime. Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall.

8:30 Due Date 16VLSC 2010 Comedy. A father-to-be must hitch a ride with an aspiring actor if he is to make it on time to his child’s birth. Robert Downey jr, Zach Galifianakis.

10:05 Whip It MLS 2009 Drama. Ellen Page, Drew Barrymore, Kristen Wiig.

11:55 Hannibal Rising 18V 2007 Horror. Gaspard Ulliel, Li Gong, Rhys Ifans.

SATURDAY

12:20 Krampus MVLC 2015 Horror Comedy. 1:55 Ex Machina MLSC 2015 Drama.

3:40 Grimsby 16VLSC 2016 Comedy Action.

5:05 Concussion MLC 2015 Biography Sport.

SATURDAY

1:55 Tin Cup ML 1996 Comedy Drama.

Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Don Johnson. 4:05 The Lincoln Lawyer MVLS 2011 Thriller.

Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei.

11pm Te Kauta 3 Chat show featuring guests who reminisce about their younger days and some of their most naughty secrets.

11:30 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 6am Rio – Athletics (RPL) 9am Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v Bangladesh – Second ODI. 9:30 Cricket – International (HLS) Australia v Pakistan – Second Test, Day Four. 10am Fox Sports News 10:30 UFC Unleashed 11:30 Fight Night 1:30 Basketball – NBL (RPL) Cairns Taipans v Melbourne United.

3:30 Cricket – International (RPL) Blackcaps v Bangladesh – Second ODI. 5:30 Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (HLS) Melbourne Renegades v Perth Scorchers.

6pm World Rugby 6:30 Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v Bangladesh – Second ODI. 7pm L Cricket – Super Smash Northern Knights v Wellington Firebirds.

From Seddon Park, Hamilton.

10:30 The Cricket Show 11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 Ice Hockey – NHL (RPL) Tampa Bay Lightning v Toronto Maple Leafs.

SATURDAY

1:30 Basketball – NBL (RPL) Sydney Kings v New Zealand Breakers. 3:30 Cricket – Super Smash (HLS) Northern Knights v Wellington Firebirds.

4am Cricket – International (HLS) Australia v Pakistan – Second Test, Day Five.

4:30 Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (HLS) Heat v Hobart Hurricanes. 5am The Cricket Show 5:30 World Sailing – December

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language; HLS Highlights; RPL Replay; DLY Delayed. CLASSIFICATIONS: 16/18 Approved for persons 16/18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

7pm Money Barn 7:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 8:30 Better Homes And Gardens 10pm Gardeners’ World 10:30 Money Barn

SKY SPORT 2 6am Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (HLS) Melbourne Renegades v Perth Scorchers.

6:30 World Sailing – December 7am Football – NZ Premiership Highlights Show 7:30 Football League Show 8am L Darts – World Championships Day 12, Session Two. Noon Football – NZ Premiership Highlights Show 12:30 Sport TBC 1pm Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (HLS) Melbourne Renegades v Perth Scorchers.

1:30 L Ice Hockey – NHL Tampa Bay Lightning v Toronto Maple Leafs. 4:30 Sky Sport Select 5pm Spartan Race World Championship (HLS) 6pm Golf World Summer Series 6:30 UFC 207 Countdown 7pm Darts – World Championships (HLS) Day 12 – Match of the Day. 7:30 Fox Sports News 8pm World Rugby 8:35 The Cricket Show 9:05 L Cricket – T20 Big Bash League Brisbane Heat v Hobart Hurricanes.

SATURDAY

12:35 Cricket – International (HLS) Australia v Pakistan – Second Test, Day Five. 1:05 The Cricket Show 1:30 Darts – World Championships (HLS) Day 12 – Match of the Day. 2am L Darts – World Championships Day 13, Session One. 5:30 World Rugby 30Dec16

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Hunters 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG Unsafe and Unsound.

7:30 How Do They Do It? PG Saffron; Ice Roads; Shelby.

8am Auction Hunters 8:30 MythBusters PG Soda Cup Killer. 9:25 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 10:20 River Monsters – Invisible Killers PG 11:15 Deadly Sins M Betting On Death.

12:10 Disappeared M 1:05 Evil Kin M Brother in Blood. 2pm How It’s Made PG 2:25 How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG Toilet Paper; Absinthe; Cricket Balls. 3:20 Auction Hunters 3:50 Gold Rush PG Golden Bombshell. 4:45 Bering Sea Gold PG Hello Heartache, Goodbye Nome.

6:35 MythBusters PG Volunteer Special.

7:30 You Have Been Warned M Facepalm.

8:30 What On Earth? PG Lost City of Gold.

9:30 Railroad Australia PG 10:30 How It’s Made PG 11pm How It’s Made PG 11:30 You Have Been Warned M Urban Legends.

SATURDAY 12:30 Evil Kin M 1:25 Disappeared M 2:20 Auction Hunters PG 2:45 Auction Hunters 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:10 Treehouse Masters PG 5:05 Moonshiners M

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Ivanovic retires Former world No.1 Ana Ivanovic has announced her retirement from tennis at the age of 29. The 2008 French Open champion made the announcement via her Facebook page, saying that due to injuries she feels she can no longer play at the elite level she demands from herself. “I’ve decided to retire from professional tennis,” the 29-year-old Serb said. “This has been a difficult decision but there has been so much to celebrate. By the time I had I was ranked No.1 in the world in 2008 I had seen highs I’d never dreamed of.”

Champs to chumps

Australia in command in rain-ruined test

From champs to chumps, the Sydney Thunder are promising to repay dispirited fans for their comical BBL loss to the Brisbane Heat. The Thunder faithful booed skipper Shane Watson after his dolly of a dropped catch in the final over completed the humiliation and left his side’s title defence in tatters. In a jaw-dropping finish, the Thunder grassed four routine catches in the last five overs and allowed the Heat to smash 77 runs in 34 balls to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat at Spotless Stadium.

Captain Steve Smith (above) led the way for his team at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday, scoring a hard-fought century to put Australia in a strong position at 465 for 6, in reply to Pakistan’s 443 for 9 declared. Opener David Warner also passed the century mark, while Usman Khawaja fell agonisingly short, out for 97.

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Williamson key for NZ

BY ANDREW ALDERSON New Zealand kept their composure to buck history and defend 251 against Bangladesh in the second one-day international at Nelson yesterday, the lowest first innings total in seven completed one-day internationals at the ground.

The 67-run win established an unassailable 2-0 series lead with a match to play.

The visitors were dismissed for 184 in 42.4 overs, but reached 105 for one in the 23rd over.

They looked poised to post a first away victory against the Black Caps in nine attempts.

However, three wickets for 22 in a five-over Kane Williamson spell took the pace off the ball and the belief from Bangladeshi hearts and minds.

The tourists forced their shots and literally played into New Zealand hands.

His off-spinners created two catches and a stumping.

Fellow spinner Mitchell Santner also applied a tourniquet with one for 20 from eight overs.

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In addition, Williamson featured in the run-out of Sabbir Rahman, in a comical episode which had Sabbir and batting partner Imrul Kayes both racing frantically for the same crease.

The hare, coming from the striker’s end, beat the tortoise, but their 75-run partnership from 90 balls gave them the opportunity to win. Imrul top scored with 59 and Sabbir contributed 38.

Earlier, an intense and committed Bangladesh restricted

the hosts to 251 after winning the toss.

New Zealand benefited from a mid-innings flourish, anchored by man-of-the-match Neil Broom’s maiden ODI century of 109 off 107 balls, but regular wickets meant full throttle could not be reached.

Broom and Jimmy Neesham (28 off 31) added 51 for the fourth wicket off 58 balls, followed by 64 off 72 balls with Luke Ronchi (35 off 38) for the sixth wicket. It was Ronchi’s highest score in 10 ODI innings.

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End of the road Sir Bradley Wiggins has announced his retirement from professional cycling. The 36-year-old Briton retires from the sport with the 2012 Tour de France title his biggest achievement.

“I have been lucky enough to live a dream and fulfil my childhood aspiration of making a living and a career out of the sport I fell in love with at the age of 12,” Wiggins said on his Facebook page. “What will stick with me forever is the support and love from the public though thick and thin, all as a result of riding a pushbike for a living.”

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