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Dairy farmer staying positive

By Linda Clarke

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Methven dairy farmer Nathan Currie has made a decision to be positive about farming in the next 12 months, despite nearly half the nation’s farmers expecting the rural economy to worsen.

Public perception of farming, financial pressures from banks and new environmental policy are contributing to farmer stress and Currie says the biggest changes in his career will be in the next couple of years.

“I could have stuck my head in the sand and said I can’t handle it. Or I can embrace the change and look for opportunities.

“I am going to stay focused looking for opportunities and try to better my business.”

Currie says while he has made a conscious decision to be optimistic, there was genuine hardship amongst farmers

and they were feeling unloved.

“It’s very tough and not pleasant times.”

While Fonterra last week announced a $605 million loss, he saw optimism in a forecast milk payout next season that could be in the $7kg range.

“If we can get a couple of years over the $6.50 and control our costs or our costs don’t bolt out of control, we will all be paying back debt.”

He said it might take a couple of years after that for the spin-off effects in Ashburton to be felt, but it would be a return to positive territory.

Part of Currie’s plan to stay mentally positive is meeting regularly with mates to chat. He and others, farmers and non-farmers, have committed to meeting on a Thursday at the Methven Golf Club in the early evening to play and chat.

Currie says he’s no golfer, but he will

take the opportunity to get off the farm, talk with others and relax. He encouraged other farmers to join him.

Last week’s Rabobank survey found 41 per cent of farmers expected the rural economy to worsen in the next 12 months, compared to 23 per cent in the previous survey.

Dairy farmers recorded the biggest decline in sentiment when it came to the outlook for their own farm businesses in the year ahead.

Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon said the sharp drop in farmer confidence should be of huge concern to Government.

He said the negative outlook was extraordinary considering prices across most farming sectors were up on previous years.

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■■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

i-Site angst around council table

By Sue Newman

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When the closure of Ashburton’s I-Site was included in the issues that stood out during the current term of the Ashburton District Council, it struck a nerve with councillor Selwyn Price.

Chief executive Hamish Riach listed the i-Site closure in his end of term report presented at Thursday’s council meeting, but Price was quick to point out that the decision to close was made during the previous council’s term.

The council commissioned an independent Section 17A review of both Grow Mid Canterbury and Experience Mid Canterbury and that led to the closure. That report was commissioned by the previous council, Price said.

That was correct, Riach said, but the physical closure had come during this term.

“That’s confused a lot of people because they say it was this term of council that made the decision and it wasn’t,” Price said.

It was also not correct to say that council had closed the i-Site, Neil Brown said.

One of the recommendations in the Section 17 A report was to stop funding Grow Mid Canterbury and that was what the council did, and the organisation ceased to exist.

Included in the Experience Mid Canterbury report was a recommendation that both the Methven and Ashburton i-Sites closed.

A rally organised to protest about the closure of the Ashburton i-SITE back in 2017 attracted big crowds.

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The report and its findings were presented to the Experience Mid Canterbury board to discuss, Brown said.

“It was Experience Mid Canterbury’s board that made the decision to close the i-Site. The report recommended they close both

Methven and Ashburton but they chose to close only one. It was the directors decision, not the councils,” Brown said.

That was correct Riach said, but the council was not a completely passive observer in the process because it commissioned the re-

port, but it did not make the decision to accept the recommendation and close one of the sites, he said.

There was also confusion in some people’s minds between an i-Site and an information centre, Stuart Wilson said, and what

most wanted was a place to get information rather than to do the bookings an i-Site would do, he said.

The council plans to establish a information centre in its new administration headquarters in Baring Square east.

■■ RAIL RELOCATION

Ashburton rail yard relocation a slow, slow burner

By Sue Newman

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Trying to deal with Kiwi Rail is like wading through an “advocacy graveyard,” says Ashburton District Council chief executive Hamish Riach.

The long-running project to

relocate Ashburton’s town centre rail head and shunting yard to the North East Business Park was raised at Thursday’s council meeting but while the council might be keen, it was struggling to get any engagement with Kiwi Rail, Riach said.

“It’s a big file and many people have tried to engage with Kiwi Rail and while we might have renewed energy for this it’s not an easy matter and it’s not easy to even contact them on this,” he said.

If Kiwi Rail did suddenly decide

to bring the project to life, the council had not made any funding provisions for this in its longterm plan, Stuart Wilson said.

Even if the council offered to fund the project the chance of Kiwi Rail suddenly bringing it to life was pretty remote, Riach said.

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“But if that happened we’d find a way to fund it,” he said.

The rail relocation project has been on the council’s wish list for several years and while there was initial interest from Kiwi Rail, the project appears to have fallen off the organisation’s radar.

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■■ WASTEWATER NETWORK

Start date for wastewater upgrade A significant project that will future-proof Ashburton’s wastewater network is set to begin on November 4 and the Ashburton District Council is advising residents that the $7 million, 14-month project will affect sections of the Ashburton/Hakatere and Ashburton-Lake Hood River Trails.

The Ashburton River crossing and pump station project will see a larger wastewater pipe installed under the Ashburton River, replacing the current pipeline, and connected to a new pump station to be built next to the wastewater treatment plant in Tinwald.

Council service delivery group manager Neil McCann said the multimillion dollar project will provide for Ashburton’s continued growth, ensuring the town’s infrastructure can meet future population projections.

“We’re very pleased to be delivering this necessary upgrade. It will benefit residents - both now and into the future. Understandably, the project’s proximity to the Ashburton/Hakatere and Ashburton-Lake Hood River Trails means that these facilities will be affected, however we have worked hard to minimise any disruption to them, and residents will still be able to access the trails.”

While the Ashburton/Hakatere River Trail (on the northern side of the river) will remain open for the majority of the project, minor

The wastewater project upgrade may affect river trail users. closures are expected. These closures will be restricted to a matter of minutes over one or two days as trees are felled.

A section of the Ashburton-Lake Hood River Trail (on the

southern side of the River) will be closed near the construction site at Boundary Road. People travelling to or from Lake Hood will be directed to use a detour via Grahams Road and Grove Farm Road.

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The detour route will be signposted, along with additional project information at various access points to the two river trails.

McCann said measures will be in place to protect the welfare of

the Ashburton River.

“We have been working closely with Te Runanga o Arowhenua and Environment Canterbury to ensure the river is protected throughout construction and have procedures and safeguards in place achieve this.”

Qualified ecologists will prepare a fish salvage and relocation plan to ensure passages for fish are maintained and inspections will be carried out around the worksite to identify bird breeding areas. If breeding sites are identified, the ecologist will make recommendations to minimise any disturbance to them.

The new pipeline will be installed from Milton Road South across the river towards the wastewater treatment plant in Tinwald between Boundary Road and Grove Farm Road. A small section of Milton Road South (Ashburton River end) will be closed to the public, however this will not affect residents’ access to their properties or the Ashburton/Hakatere River Trail.

Siepp Construction will be carrying out the work on behalf of the council, which is expected to be completed in December 2020.

Updates on the Ashburton River crossing and pump station project will be available via the council’s e-newsletter. Residents are invited to sign up to the free resource at ashburtondc.govt.nz/ stayinformed.

Dairy farmer staying positive about future From P1 “Government policy is identified as the key worry, with a host of measures being introduced that will affect the profitability and viability of farming.”

He said it was telling that the survey was taken before Government announced its water reforms.

“We can only imagine the further declining in confidence those reforms will have brought.

“Our farmers are the best in the world when it comes to food production and environmental impacts.

“The Government should be backing them, but right now many are feeling under siege.”

Rabobank CEO Todd Charteris

said farmer confidence was now at its lowest level since the March 2016 quarter.

While Government policy was the main cause for pessimism, farmers were also concerned about Fonterra’s performance, negative public perceptions of farming and turbulence in overseas markets.

Labour MP Jo Luxton, who lives

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in the Rangitata electorate, said she had been visiting local farmers to hear their concerns, and relaying those up the political chain.

“I know that some farmers are feeling under pressure and there are some global headwinds, but I’d encourage them to focus on the positives, because there is a lot to be positive about.”

She said the freshwater con-

cerns had been discussed at length with Federated Farmers, a local farmer and mayor Donna Favel recently and she had relayed their concerns to colleagues in Wellington.

“We are aware of all the good work that is going on already to look after our environment, and we want to build on this partnership with the farming sector.”

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■■ TINWALD SCHOOL

Bees the buzz at school

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

For the month of the September Tinwald School has been abuzz with the discussion about the importance of bees.

The students took part in the New Zealand-wide initiative of Bee Aware Month by planting a flower garden to mark the 10year anniversary of the month and the importance of bees and their role in biodiversity.

TranzAlpine Honey donated lavender, pansies and strawberry plants for the students to plant in pots and areas designed around the school’s four house colours.

Students said they chose those plants as they were bee-friendly.

TranzAlpine Honey managing director Yuriy Soshnikov said it was important to teach the students the role that bees can play in our lives.

“A lot of people see bees and scream and associate them with wasps,” he said.

“Bees are not our enemies, they are our friends, and we can live together quite easily.”

The students have been taught the role bees play in pollinating plants and producing honey, Soshnikov said.

Pollen is collected from the plants and is used to feed young bees in the hives, while nectar from the plants is what is used to create honey.

A beehive will remain at the school in a fenced off area to allow the students to see the bees coming and going about their business.

Tinwald School principal Peter Livingstone said it was a unique opportunity for the students.

Above - Tinwald School students have planted a bee-friendly flower garden at the school.

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Police say they have finished a number of significant scene searches in their investigation into the death of Rakaia dairy farm worker Tony Waldron. Police searched a property in Papanui, a second farm in Rakaia and an area along the Rakaia River bed on Saturday. Detective Senior Sergeant Richard Quested said police were still asking anyone with information that could assist the inquiry to contact them on 105 or go to the nearest police station. They are confident the investigation will be brought to a successful resolution and are following a number of positive lines of inquiry. They regard it as an isolated incident. Mr Waldron, a father of two, was found dead at his Rakaia home on September 18.

Information can also be provided anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.

son, of the University of Canterbury, said there were many deserving individuals and organisations that made an enormous contribution to road traffic trauma reduction.

“I urge those in the post-trauma care and road safety sectors to consider entering this year’s awards, not just to share their stories of success, but to inspire others to make an influential contribution to the reduction of road trauma in our community,” he said.

He said those that are first at the scene of a road crash site often made a significant difference to the outcome of the patient.

The Canterbury Road Trauma Awards began in 2017 and are aimed at individuals, teams or professional organisations making a special contribution to road safety, public education, road trauma prevention initiatives and displaying a professional duty of care.

The winners will receive their awards at the Road Traffic Ac-

cident Trauma Charitable Trust road accident remembrance day in Christchurch today.

Trust founder Sarah Dean said the trust would mark 10 years next year and it aimed to nationalise the awards.

“We believe the reach and need for acknowledgement is far greater than just those directly involved within the Canterbury community.”

Information on how to enter the awards is at www.roadtrafficaccidenttrust.org.nz.

■■ FIRE AND EMERGENCY

Clothes dryer fills house with smoke He said a build-up of lint in the dryer had blocked air flow and the appliance’s motor had overheated.

The home occupiers had discovered the fire and unceremoniously dragged the dryer off the porch and into the garden, where firefighters found it and doused it with water.

He said the lint had been cleared earlier, but built up again quickly because of the towel fab-

New Zealanders will be able to vote for a whole flock of their favourite native birds in Forest & Bird’s Bird of the Year contest this year. A change in the voting system means people will be able to vote for up to five of the New Zealand birds they love in order of preference. Previously, they have been able to only vote for one bird.

The lighthearted competition has a serious purpose in spreading awareness about the threats to native birds. Voting opens on October 28.

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Final chance for road trauma awards

A clothes dryer that filled a house with smoke provided some drama for a Winchmore household on Saturday afternoon.

Ashburton volunteer firefighters were called to the house about 3pm and found the appliance in the garden, still hot.

Fire chief Alan Burgess said the dryer had been sitting on a porch and in use to dry towels when the motor overheated, creating smoke that filled the house.

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■■ ROAD TRAUMA AWARDS

Today is the last chance for Mid Canterbury firefighters, paramedics and others called out to road crashes in our district to be part of this year’s Canterbury Road Trauma Awards.

The awards honour industry professionals, volunteers and members of the public – often first at crash scenes – who work to minimise road crash trauma, both directly at road crash scenes and in an ongoing way.

Award committee chairman Emeritus Professor Alan Nichol-

In brief

ric. Ashburton had another callout later on Saturday night, when they attended a small backyard rubbish fire about 9.30pm.

Rakaia firefighters attended a vegetation fire on Friday afternoon near the Rakaia River.

A crew cutting firewood in the riverbed unintentionally started a small blaze, which was put out quickly.

Hinds firefighters were called from their beds just after mid-

night on Saturday when two cars collided at the intersection of Isleworth Road and State Highway 1.

Fire chief Dave Kingsbury said the three people involved were lucky to escape with minor injuries; they were exiting their vehicles as firefighters arrived.

Ambulance and police also attended and one of the injured parties was taken to Ashburton Hospital.

Gardening guru Ruud Kleinpaste is urging Ashburton youngsters with green thumbs to enter a national competition for budding gardeners aged 5-15 years. Contest organisers want to hear from youngsters who love getting in the garden and sharing their passion for growing things; entrants need to fill in an entry form, answer some gardening questions and submit a video or photos or their garden. To find out how to enter and terms and conditions visit https://www.yates.co.nz/buddingyoung-gardener. Entries close October 6.

Body located Police have located a body believed to be 9-year-old Emily Branje, who was swept away while whitebaiting at the Hokitika River mouth. A statement from police said they were alerted to the body, found near the mouth of the Grey River near Cobden on the West Coast, at about 8.30am Saturday morning. While formal identification is still to be carried out, police say they believe it is Emily, who was swept into the water at the Hokitika River mouth on Thursday.

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■■ ASHBURTON COLLEGE

AshColl’s Champions of Change

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

Ashburton College students have take the first steps in understanding how they can effect positive change on Mid Canterbury through sustainability.

The first Champions of Change Youth Hui was held at the school on Thursday, which is a collaboration between the school and the Kanuka Mid Canterbury Regeneration Trust.

Trust community connector Angela Cushnie said the hui was about exploring way to build and strengthen the relationship between young people, the communities and the environment.

“We started the day by asking them why are they here and what did they want to get out of the day,” she said.

“We then asked them what they were worried about, what their concerns were.”

Concerns including plastics, pollution, trees, Co2, species and plants and transport.

Cushnie said it was important for the students to focus on affecting change in their circles,

through their friends, family and neighbours.

“We also spoke about who is involved with change, councillors, conservationists,” she said.

“We also asked them what they are most proud of in the region, and some things they would like to see changed and why it is important to change those things.”

Cushnie said the idea came about after seeing similar things in Christchurch, and realising there was nothing in this area.

Teacher Carolyn Clough was responsible for organising the hui at the school, and said the event had come about through simple conversations.

“This year the Year 9s are doing a new concept called innovation, and the first topic they will be doing next year in Year 10 is called sustainability, so it all fits in nicely,” she said.

Cushnie said she hoped the hui would give the students the opportunity to engage with things local the local Water Zone Committee and attend meetings to add their thoughts.

Amy Stilgoe (from left), Mitch Cushnie, Jessalene Eclipse and Tarquin Kittlety-Williams at the Champions of Change Youth Hui at Ashburton College last week.

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■■ ENVIRONMENT CANTERBURY

Several hundred submissions on proposed plan change Environment Canterbury has received several hundred submissions on proposed Plan Change 7 to the Land & Water Regional Plan.

Planning Manager Andrew Parrish said the exact number would be known in a few weeks after the independent hearing panel decided whether it will accept late submissions.

“It is safe to say, however, that we have never received anywhere near as many for any previous plan change – or even for the original Land & Water Regional Plan,” he said. “This shows how interested communities are in important freshwater provisions that may affect them – with further focus now on the Government’s Action Plan for Healthy Waterways as well.”

A summary of decisions requested will be prepared by Environment Canterbury and publicly notified for further submissions later this year.

Following this, a public hearing of submissions and evidence will happen. The hearing, in front of an independent hearing panel, is likely to be held during the first half of 2020.

The independent hearing panel will prepare a set of recommendations for Environment Canterbury to consider and potentially adopt as its decision.

The proposed Plan Change 7 includes the use of managed aquifer recharge (MAR) as a technique to improve the volume and quality of groundwater across the region.

A pilot MAR project near Ashburton that began three years ago has lowered nitrates and raised groundwater levels downstream of the MAR site.

The change will also implement recommendations from the Hinds Drains Work-

ing Party; changes to drains in the area have improved fish life and habitat. Water quality is monitored and tested across the drains. The proposed Plan Change 7 is currently in the middle of the formal Resource Management Act process under the legislation as it now stands and is not affected

by Government’s recently released freshwater action plan at this stage.

If, however, the Government reaches the stage of gazetting a new National Policy Statement-Freshwater (NPS) before the independent hearing panel delivers its recommendations on Plan Change 7, the panel will consider the contents and relevance of the new NPS when preparing its recommendations.

Parrish said ECan was currently considering the detail of the Government’s freshwater announcements. The proposals included actions that are already being taken in Canterbury – for example, it has been working with the farming community to bring down nutrient limits for nearly a decade. Proposed Plan Change 7 is a further development of this approach, with specific rules for OTOP and Waimakariri as well as new region-wide rules.

“Land use consent to farm, Farm Environment Plans (FEP) and independent FEP audits have been features of Canterbury’s planning regime for some time. We have in place rules around stock exclusion and winter grazing, and the farming community has responded to these as they have been introduced.

“ECan is considering the detail in the proposals, but overall there are no surprises and Canterbury is well down the track already with changes through its plans and the community’s response.”

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■■FEMALE CHAPTER

Mongrel Mob Kingdom announces female chapter NZME

Snow brought excitement and glee to St Joseph’s School.

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■■ ST JOSEPH’S SCHOOL

Snowy end of term surprise

By Susan Sandys

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St Joseph’s School students had an end-of-term surprise on Friday when Grant Hood Contracting delivered a truck load of snow from Mt Hutt.

Business operators Grant and Carolyn Hood had children at the school some years ago, and every year would bring snow for pupils to play in. With a staff member who had children at the school this year, they decided they would make the delivery again for old time’s sake.

Pupils showed their appreciation by leaping into the cold white mound in the school grounds with glee.

Snowball fights quickly en-

sued, and as well as lots of shrieks, laughter and smiles, there were a few inevitable tears.

Acting principal Claire Corbett said the delivery had been particularly welcome after snow falling in Ashburton on Wednesday night.

Many students, and even teachers, had anticipated this would result in lots of snow on the ground the next day to play in, however, there had not been enough for this.

The last day of term had also been Loud Shirt Day, where children dressed up and brought along a donation to support the cause of funding cochlear implants for the hearing impaired.

Salote Fifite, 9, and Emma-Jane Crawford, 7.

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■■HEALTH

Medical imaging technologists set to strike Mid Canterbury people with health appointments are being urged to keep abreast of information regarding two strikes by medical imaging technologists.

The technologists are planning to strike for 24 hours from 7am today and from 7am on Wednesday, October 2.

Medical imaging technologists (or MITs) are the health care professionals who carry out a wide range of x-rays and scans.

Canterbury DHB Chief Medical Officer Dr Sue Nightingale said anyone who has a prebooked outpatient appointment that involves an x-ray or scan

that has to be rebooked as a result of this industrial action, will be contacted by phone or text to reschedule their appointment.

Once arranged, the new appointment will stand even if the strike doesn’t go ahead.

“As part of our contingency plans, services from some private providers will be used more extensively than usual. We may transport some hospital patients to a private provider for urgent scans or x-rays and we will be working closely with our urgent care and general practice partners to keep disruption to a minimum.

“This does mean that some people who are clinically stable may have to wait longer for an x-ray or scan, and we apologise in advance for that,” she said.

Anyone who needs emergency care during the 24 hour period of the strike will receive it, including any x-rays or scans necessary for safe care.

Canterbury DHB has an arrangement with the union that enables staff who may otherwise be on strike, to provide emergency care if needed. Sonographers who provide ultrasound scans are not affected by this strike and will continue to work as normal.

Canterbury DHB employs 144 MITs and operates radiology services from Christchurch Hospital Campus, Burwood and Ashburton Hospitals.

The services affected include staff who carry out general x-ray, fluoroscopy, image intensifiers and bone densitometry. Other services affected are CT scans, MRI scans, interventional radiology and nuclear medicine.

Nightingale said anyone who needed health advice or care should continue to make their general practice team their first port of call, 24-7. In an emergency, people should call 111.

The largest Mongrel Mob chapter in the world, Waikato-based Mongrel Mob Kingdom, is establishing an all-female chapter.

Paula Ormsby, who will lead the group, said the chapter would be running by the end of 2020. It would be named the Mongrel Mob Wahine Toa and would be a part of the Mongrel Mob Kingdom.

University of Canterbury director of criminal justice and gangs expert Dr Jarrod Gilbert said the move showed how dramatically women’s roles within the Mongrel Mob were changing.

“In the past, women in gangs were used for domestic and sexual purposes only. They were always seen as secondary to the gang and within that culture they were treated abysmally,” Gilbert said.

The Mongrel Mob, which had banned women from membership before now, had in many ways been the “worst of the worst” in terms of its treatment of women, and the public would likely need to see results before they changed their minds about the gang, he said.

Ormsby acknowledged past treatment of women who associated with gangs was “atrocious”.

Some women had been patched in the past, but there were only two ways of achieving that, either by fighting or being “blocked” (a euphemism for being “raped by the members”).

That was the first thing current Mongrel Mob Kingdom president Sonny Fatu changed when he became a leader, Ormsby said.

National manager of organised crime, detective superintendent Greg Williams, said police were aware of a gang presence in Waikato including a women’s support group.

“In our view the Waikato Mongrel Mob remains a criminal organisation and the only thing that has changed in recent years is their attempt to improve their image in a variety of ways, including using social media,” Williams said.

He said each week 800g of methamphetamine was detected in Hamilton City which equates to $400,000 going toward organised crime.

“In saying that, we welcome any examples of positive messaging and genuine movement by gangs away from criminality, particularly changes to ensure their young people do not fall into the same spiral of violence, drug use and offending.”

Ormsby said the launch of a female chapter was part of a wider move to distance the organisation from other Mongrel Mob chapters, which the Kingdom no longer “sits at the table” with.

“We want to get the message across that enough is enough around methamphetamine and other types of things that the gangs are still doing that we don’t agree with,” she said.

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Sikh deputy fatally shot AP One of the first sheriff’s deputies in the United States to wear a traditional Sikh turban on duty was fatally shot from behind at the weekend while conducting a traffic stop in the Houston area, authorities said.

Sandeep Dhaliwal, a 10-year veteran of law enforcement, was shot multiple times by one of two people in the stopped car, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez told reporters, reports The Washington Post.

“He wore the turban. He represented his community with integrity, respect and pride,” Gonzalez said. “And again, he was respected by all.”

Dhaliwal, 41, was returning to his patrol car when a man got out of the stopped car with a pistol and shot him “in a coldblooded manner, ambush-style,” Gonzalez said.

He said he did not know the reason for the stop or the motive for the shooting.

First responders brought Dhaliwal to a hospital, where he was declared dead.

Robert Solis, 47, was charged with capital murder in connection with the killing, the sheriff’s office said. He had an active parole-violation warrant in a January 2017 case in which he was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

A woman whom police believed to be a passenger in the stopped car was also in custody, the sheriff’s office said. Officials said they had confiscated the gun they believed Solis used in the shooting.

Sandeep Dhaliwal Dhaliwal, whom his colleagues described as a “trailblazer,” owned a lucrative trucking business before he sold it to join the sheriff’s department, said Harris County Commissioner Adrian Garcia.

A husband and a father of three children, Dhaliwal joined the Harris County Sheriff’s Office as a detention officer and worked his way up. He was the first adherent of Sikhism, a monotheistic religion that origi-

nated in India, to become a deputy.

The Harris County sheriff in 2015 announced that Dhaliwal would be allowed to wear his religion’s beard and turban while on patrol. At the time, only police departments in the District of Columbia and Riverside, California, had made that accommodation.

Dhaliwal was known to have a giving heart, Gonzalez said. He co-ordinated the arrival of a tractor-trailer that brought donations from California to the Houston area in 2017 after Hurricane Harvey. When a colleague’s relatives in Puerto Rico needed help after Hurricane Maria the same year, Gonzalez said Dhaliwal joined the department’s trip to provide aid there.

Dhaliwal’s last actions were ones of service, Gonzalez said.

“He died a hero,” Gonzalez said. “He died serving the Harris County community.”

Sheriff’s Office Major Mike Lee, who watched the dashboard-camera video of Dhaliwal’s traffic stop, said the driver-side door of the suspect’s car was open for about two minutes while Dhaliwal talked with him.

The conversation did not appear combative, Lee said.

Dhaliwal then shut the car door and began to walk back to his patrol car, Lee said.

About three seconds later, Lee said Solis opened the door, got out with a gun in his hand and ran toward Dhaliwal. He shot Dhaliwal in the back of the head, Lee said.

Tour cancelled Metallica’s highly anticipated October/ November tour has been cancelled following the announcement that lead singer James Hetfield has checked into a recovery programme to deal with ongoing addiction issues. A statement released by band members Lars, Kirk, and Rob reads: “We are truly sorry to inform our fans and friends that we must postpone our upcoming tour of Australia and New Zealand. As most of you probably know, our brother James has been struggling with addiction on and off for many years. He has now, unfortunately, had to re-enter a treatment program to work on his recovery again.” Tickets will be fully refunded via Ticketmaster for both the October 31 and November 2 shows at Mt Smart Stadium.

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Impeachment a real threat for Trump AP From the moment Donald Trump became a national political figure, he has been shadowed by investigations and controversy.

They have been layered, lengthy and often inconclusive, leaving many Americans scandal-weary and numb to his behaviour.

And with each charge against him, Trump has perfected the art of deflection, seemingly gaining strength by bullying and belittling those who have dared to take him on.

Now Trump is facing a high-velocity threat like none he’s confronted before.

It has rapidly evolved from a process fight over a whistleblower complaint to an impeachment inquiry within two weeks.

Much of the evidence is already in public view. A rough transcript of a phone call in which Trump asks Ukraine’s president to help investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden. The whistleblower’s detailed letter alleging the White House tried to cover up the call, and possibly others.

Unlike special counsel Robert Mueller’s two-year investigation, which circled an array of people in Trump’s orbit but not always the president himself, Trump doesn’t have the benefit of distance. His words and his actions are at the centre of this investigation.

“The Mueller report, it was always Manafort this and his son that. There was a cascade of players,” said presidential historian Douglas Brinkley, referring to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Donald Trump Jr. “This was just Donald Trump and a disturbing conversation with another world leader.”

So, suddenly, Washington is different and the history of Trump’s presidency has changed. By year’s end, he could become

Donald Trump only the third American president impeached by the House of Representatives.

That new reality caught Trump and his advisers off guard, according to people close to the president. If anything, they thought the specter of impeachment had been lifted after the Mueller investigation ended without a clear determination that Trump had committed a crime.

The contours of that investigation played to Trump’s strengths. Mueller spent two years in silence, allowing the president to fill the vacuum with assertions that the investigation was a “hoax” and a “witch hunt.” The details of the investigation that did leak out were often complicated and focused on people in Trump’s sphere.

Even Mueller’s pointed statement that he had not exonerated Trump did not seem to stick. There was ultimately plenty of smoke, but no smoking gun.

Numerous other Democratic inquiries appeared likely to meet a similar fate, including House investigation into Trump’s business dealings, his tax returns and a variety of administration scandals. For many Americans, they were one big blur of investigations without any clarity of purpose.

Then the whistleblower gave the Democrats what they needed: a simple, easily explainable charge – that the president sought a foreign government’s help for personal political gain – and his words to back it up.

For House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, and several Democratic moderates who had resisted calls for impeachment, the calculus shifted. It was now more of a risk to recoil from impeachment than charge ahead.

“What we’re seeing right now is a completely different moment in the history of this country,” said Rep Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, D-Florida.

One thing that didn’t change – at least not immediately – was the clear partisan divide over Trump’s actions, both in Washington and across the country.

According to a one-day NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll conducted last week, 49 per cent of Americans approve of the House formally starting an impeachment inquiry into Trump. Among Democrats, 88 per cent approve of the investigation, while 93 per cent of Republicans disapprove.

Mike Staffieri, a retiree and Republican who lives just outside of Richmond, Virginia, said Democrats were trying to “throw enough poop at the wall and hope something sticks”.

On Capitol Hill, some Trump allies concurred, confidently dismissing the impeachment inquiry as just another partisan effort to take down a president who is despised by many Democrats. That rough transcript of a phone call in which Trump presses Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, to work with Attorney General William Barr and personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on an investigation into Biden? It’s just Trump being Trump, according to his backers.

Fans visit set Diehard Shortland Street fans queued on Saturday to get a glimpse of the set as the show opened its doors. West Auckland’s South Pacific Pictures’ doors opened at 10am to thousands of eager soap fans, causing traffic delays around Henderson. Fifteen-minute tours took fans into the world of Ferndale, showing them the ED, triage centre, the I.V. bar and TK Samuels’ apartment. Cast members including Benjamin Mitchell (TK), Ben Barrington (Drew McCaskill), Sam Bunkall (Boyd Rolleston), Nicole Whippy (CeCe King) and Michael Galvin (Chris Warner) were on hand to greet fans outside the studios.

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Meghan visits memorial Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has visited a memorial to a young South African woman whose rape and murder inspired thousands of people to protest the country’s high rate of sexual violence.

In a quiet stop during a royal tour, Meghan tied a ribbon to the memorial at the post office where 19-year-old university student Uyinene Mrwetyana was attacked last month. The assault has led outraged women to march in the streets in major cities and rally behind an online campaign called #AmINext. A post on the royals’ Instagram account called the death “a critical point in the future of women’s rights in South Africa” and said the visit was “personally important” to Meghan.

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First taste of netball Winning possession for her team was Kimberley Carr.

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Charlotte McLeod looks to the hoop.

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Putting her all into putting the ball into the hoop was Alexis Sherborne-Nelson.

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Future netball stars spent their Thursday afternoons in term three getting their first taste of the sport at Ashburton’s EA Networks Centre. All term, Mid Canterbury Netball ran a Future Ferns programme for Year 1 and 2 kids, and Guardian photographer Heather Mackenzie went along to the final session to capture some of the action.

Kimberley Carr prepares to put a shot up.

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ARTS DIARY ■■ October 4 – Mid Canterbury

Children’s Theatre production Chitty Chitty Bang Bang JR. at Ashburton Trust Event Centre to October 6. October 4: 7pm, October 5: 5pm, October 6: 2pm. All tickets $22.50, fees apply.

■■ October 6 - Mid Canterbury Choir’s Let Us Entertain You, 2pm at the Sinclair Centre, Park Street. Door sales $10.

Join the choir for songs from the shows – My Fair Lady, Les Miserables, Abba, Oklahoma, The Music Man and more.

■■ October 9 – The Keys Are In The Margarine, documentary theatre on dementia and Alzheimers, weaving hilarity with heartbreak, time TBC, Ashburton Trust Event Centre, open hat performance.

■■ October 12 - Ashburton Musical Club’s Grande Finale, 7.30pm at the Sinclair Centre, Park Street. Visitors welcome, $5 at the door, students free, supper served.

■■ To November 3 - AEIOU - Explore the Maori Alphabet. An engaging and interactive exhibition exploring the Maori language through art and objects at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

George Cushen is a soloist in the upcoming Mid Canterbury Choir concert.

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Among soloists at the Mid Canterbury Choir concert on Sunday will be George Cushen.

At the age of just 10, the Allenton School pupil has already decided he wants to one day make singing his career.

George has music in his blood.

His mum Anna is from Russia and his grandfather Valery Petrov is a professor of Russian folk music at the Music Academy in Moscow.

At the age of five, living in Moscow, George became a student at the musical school named after

Sergey Rachmaninov, and studied solfeggio, rhythmics and piano for a year before he and his family immigrated to New Zealand.

George said he initially was learning piano, with Ladybank School of Music, when he switched to singing.

That’s when he realised how much he enjoyed using his voice, and thought he may be able to take it to the performance level.

“Before that I used to have some favourite songs to sing along to, and my dad would play them in the car.”

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Those favourites included Gangnam Style and We Will Rock You. George also likes Michael Jackson’s music, and aspires to being as good an entertainer as the late superstar.

This year George became one of two Allenton School students to pass auditions for the Mid Canterbury School Representative choir, directed by Elaine Vallender. Members performed at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre in June, in front of a full house.

At the Mid Canterbury Choir concert George will sing Castle

on a Cloud, from Les Miserables, with the Mid Canterbury Choir, and will also sing his own solo, Can You Feel the Love Tonight, from The Lion King.

Fellow guest artists at the concert will be Olivia Stewart, who will sing Pie Jesu with the choir along with two of her favourite Andrew Lloyd Webber songs.

The Mid Canterbury Choir will be performing songs from the shows – My Fair Lady, Les Miserables, Abba, Oklahoma, The Music Man, Carousel and more.

Let Us Entertain You will be at the Sinclair Centre at 2pm.

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Arigato Japan and well done Y

ou have to hand it to the Japanese, they are great hosts.

They have provided some magnificent stadiums for the Rugby World Cup and players and fans there for the big event are being treated royally well.

The All Blacks might be used to the adoration of their fans in New Zealand, but in Japan they are revered and stalked and photographed at every opportunity.

I think it would be fair to say the locals love the ABs almost as much as they love their own national team.

So it was especially rewarding to see their brave Cherry Blossoms beat Ireland in the Rugby World Cup on Saturday.

I was willing time to fly faster

than usual in the last five minutes so they could take the win and enjoy a few minutes of adoration from the huge crowd at Shizuoka Stadium.

The Blossoms’ ability to claim the occasional big scalp is testimony to their improving rugby programmes and the input of some talented players and coaching staff from other parts of the world.

Sharing the love and sharing the knowledge is great for the game globally, because rugby is a business and Kiwis are regarded as the best in that trade.

Rugby rates fifth as Japan’s most popular sport, behind baseball, football, basketball and volleyball; it has just 125,000 registered players though that may change now the Blossoms are performing more consistently at top level.

The Japanese have shown the world some stunning and innovative stadiums for the Rugby World Cup, the International Stadium in Yokohama is the largest with a seating capacity of 72,000.

One of the smallest is Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium; with a capacity of 16,000, it was built as a tribute to the more than 1200

people of the town who died in the devastating 2011 quake and tsunami.

The same stadium was the scene of plenty of emotion when minnows Uruguay beat fancied Fiji last week.

The Japanese have managed to cover all the bases, from emotion to infrastructure, food and places to stay.

You can even download an app to find the nearest bar that is screening the day’s action.

I was lucky to visit Japan 11 years ago, with a junior Mid Canterbury football team.

The boys were billeted out with local families while they took part in a tournament known as the Friendship Games and the adults stayed in a local hotel, but were

welcome in the hosts’ homes.

As visitors we saw their culture, their passion for sport and their sense of fun.

They are respectful and polite and will generally assume a non-Japanese person needs to speak in English.

Making an effort to learn some basic Japanese was appreciated, and the end result was often an hilarious conversation using plenty of hand gestures.

Visitors will be agog at the vending machines that are everywhere, selling everything from coffee to gin and grape juice.

If you’re not sure what you’ve bought, it doesn’t matter.

The same goes with food, just taste it and go with the flow.

Arigato Japan and well done.

Gorbachev retired President Andrei A. Gromyko from the Politburo and fired other oldguard leaders in a Kremlin shake-up.

In 2001, under threat of US military strikes, Afghanistan’s hard-line Taliban rulers said explicitly for the first time that Osama bin Laden was still in the country and that they knew where his hideout was located.

Ten years ago: A powerful earthquake rocked western Indonesia, killing 1115 people.

Five years ago: The first case of

Ebola diagnosed in the US was confirmed in a patient who had recently travelled from Liberia to Dallas. Jerry Brown signed the nation’s first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery and convenience stores.

One year ago: With more than 800 already confirmed dead from an earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia, rescuers struggled to reach additional victims in several large coastal towns.

Today’s birthdays: Actress Angie Dickinson is 88. Singer Cissy Houston is 86. Singer Johnny

Mathis is 84. Actor Len Cariou is 80. Actress Victoria Tennant is 69. Actor John Finn is 67. Singer Deborah Allen is 66. Actor Calvin Levels is 65. Actor Barry Williams is 65. Singer Patrice Rushen is 65. Actress Fran Drescher is 62.

Country singer Marty Stuart is 61. Actress Debrah Farentino is 60. Rock musician Bill Rieflin (R.E.M.) is 59. Actress Crystal Bernard is 58. Actor Eric Stoltz is 58. Rapper-producer Marley Marl is 57. Rock musician Robby Takac (Goo Goo Dolls) is 55. Actress Lisa Thornhill is 53. Actress

Andrea Roth is 52. Actress Amy Landecker is 50. Actor Silas Weir Mitchell is 50. Actor Tony Hale is 49. Actress Jenna Elfman is 48. Actor Ashley Hamilton is 45. Actress Marion Cotillard is 44. Actor Christopher Jackson is 44. Actress Toni Trucks is 39.

Tennis player Martina Hingis is 39. Actress Lacey Chabert is 37.

Actor Kieran Culkin is 37.

Thought for today: “The idea is to die young as late as possible.”

— Ashley Montagu, AngloAmerican anthropologist (19051999).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, September 30, the 273rd day of 2019.

There are 92 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On September 30, 1777, the Continental Congress — forced to flee in the face of advancing British forces — moved to York, Pennsylvania.

On this date: In 1399, England’s King Richard II was deposed by Parliament; he was succeeded by his cousin, Henry of Bolingbroke, who was crowned as King Henry IV. In 1846, Boston dentist William Morton used ether as an anesthetic for the first time as he extracted an ulcerated tooth from merchant Eben Frost.

In 1938, after co-signing the Munich Agreement allowing Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain said, “I believe it is peace for our time.”

In 1939, the first college football game to be televised was shown on experimental station W2XBS in New York as Fordham University defeated Waynesburg College, 34-7.

In 1949, the Berlin Airlift came to an end.

In 1952, the motion picture This Is Cinerama, which introduced the triple-camera, triple-projector Cinerama widescreen process, premiered at the Broadway Theatre in New York.

In 1954, the first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, was commissioned by the US Navy.

In 1955, actor James Dean, 24, was killed in a two-car collision near Cholame, California.

In 1962, James Meredith, a black student, was escorted by federal marshals to the campus of the University of Mississippi, where he enrolled for classes the next day; Meredith’s presence sparked rioting that claimed two lives.

In 1988, Soviet leader Mikhail S.

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ollowing the terrorist attack in Christchurch in March Parliament made a number of changes to New Zealand’s gun laws including banning military style semi-automatic weapons capable of firing large capacity rounds.

The Government is now proposing a second tranche of gun reforms.

While my National Party colleagues and I support measures that will improve community safety, we do have concerns with aspects of the Government’s new Arms Legislation Bill.

We believe that the Government has unduly focused responsibility and regulation on law-abiding gun owners and hasn’t done enough to address access to guns by gangs and those involved in criminal activity.

The overwhelming majority of firearm owners are good, law-abiding citizens.

We therefore want to see reforms that will focus on people who could pose a risk to society and won’t unduly impact law-abiding New Zealanders.

The last thing we want to see is over-burdening regulations which could result in some

organised groups such as clubs or ranges folding because it is all too onerous.

This in turn may drive some gun-owners to shoot their firearms on private property with less oversight on their activities than we currently have.

In our view a number of changes need to be made to these proposed reforms before we will consider supporting the legislation. These changes include: ■■ Introduce Firearms Prohibition Orders which would automatically disqualify a person from being able to own, possess or reside near firearms if they are a member of, or have close affiliations to, a gang and have been convicted of a serious offence.

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■■ Provide more clarity around the operation of the proposed Firearms Register by defining this in the legislation.

■■ Retaining the licence period at 10 years rather than changing it to five years. The proposed change to five years will impose further cost on owners.

Under the proposed bill, there will be ongoing requirements to inform police about changes in circumstances, and there are new powers for police to inspect premises. There are also other provisions relating to the disqualifications of licenses, new provisions allowing improvement notices and temporary suspensions to be imposed, and a higher standard for owners to be ‘fit and proper’.

■■ Including safeguards on healthcare practitioners reporting to police regarding the mental and physical health of firearms owners.

■■ Removing excessive regulatory powers from the act.

■■ Introducing new and consistent exemptions for sports shooting.

■■ Providing for greater flexibility for pest control exemptions.

■■ Adding common sense amendments for collector exemptions.

■■ Amending the fit and proper person test to require some clear rules for assessing patterns of behaviour; and ■■ Requiring common sense rules for visitors purchasing firearms over prohibition.

If you have views on the proposed additional changes to our firearms legislation, I encourage you to have your say.

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Hokianga, this hauntingly beautiful area, is home to the world’s oldest and largest kauri trees.

Road-tripping the Bay of Islands T

he Double K, Kawakawa and Kerikeri, fits that bill perfectly, being steeped in some of New Zealand’s grandest heritage.

Proudly strutting down Kawakawa’s main street, Gabriel the green and red steam engine, circa 1927, is the poster-child of the Bay of Islands Vintage Railway.

An inspirational triumph of cando community spirit, this is a

History and scenery are a winning combination for the road-tripper. Enjoy a break in the winterless north, where so many salivating experiences are in easy reach from your launch-pad of Paihia, writes Mike Yardley. railway of famous firsts.

Following the discovery of coal in 1864, the railway at Kawakawa was the North Island’s first line to be opened and the first to run

a rail passenger service, as well.

The track ran all the way to Opua from 1884.

Following the railway’s closure in 2000, nine years later, the

Kawakawa and its neighbour Kerikeri have plenty of sights to keep both the tourists and locals entertained.

vintage railway roared back into life and continues to wow the crowds.

From Kawakawa, it’s a 25km hop north on State Highway 1 and 10 to the succulent citrus bowl of Kerikeri.

Not one, but two of our nation’s oldest buildings stand shoulder to shoulder on the upper reaches of the inlet, as time-honoured vestiges of the mission that was established in 1819, adjacent to the Ngapuhi pa site of chief Hongi Hika.

A sole survivor of the Musket Wars of the 1820s, Kerikeri Mission Station’s Kemp House is New Zealand’s oldest standing European building. Built to house the Rev. John Butler in 1821, delight in viewing the workmanship of this gracious home, which has been thoughtfully furnished to capture the essence of its pioneering occupants.

After the Butler family, it was the home of the Kemps from 1832 to 1974. Next door is the landmark Stone Store, built in 1832 to house mission supplies and wheat from the Te Waimate mission farm.

This sturdy, stately building brims with vintage homeware and hardware merchandise, plus an abundance of local crafts, traditional toys and old-fashioned

confectionery.

I also struck out west, through Northland’s heartland tucks and folds to the mighty Hokianga.

This hauntingly beautiful area is home to the world’s oldest and largest kauri trees and marks the land Maori first set foot on in New Zealand.

More than a 1000 years ago the great explorer Kupe arrived here, and was also the place he left from to return to his homeland. Legend has it he left behind two taniwha in the harbour which guided the safe landing of subsequent Polynesian arrivals, including his grandson.

Passing through picturesque Oponini, the rustic harbourside town will soon be home to a blockbuster tourism attraction.

The Manea Footprints of Kupe project is currently being developed, a multi-million dollar cultural heritage tourism centre that will celebrate the journeys and discoveries of the Polynesian explorer. 4D interactive wizardry will transport visitors across the ocean on-board Kupe’s mighty waka.

After soaking up the epic scenery around the Hokianga, and those humungous sand dunes, I met up with my fellow travellers in Omapere for a twilight guided walk with Footprints Waipoua.

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A rather moody looking Hokianga.

Led by Maori guides, this fabulous little tour operator will heighten your sense of awe for the natural world and the taonga of our kauri forests.

Stretching from Cape Reinga to the Coromandel, 98 per cent of our mighty kauri had been felled by 1900.

Waipoua, plus the adjoining forests of Matararua and Waima, make up the largest remaining tract of Northland’s native forest.

It’s also home to the oldest and largest kauri trees.

My guide, Charlie, who exuded a worldly aura, didn’t gloss over the brutal reality bearing down on Waipoua. European settlers may have felled most of the trees, but the forest is now facing the menacing threat of kauri dieback disease.

DOC has been upgrading tracks and boardwalks, with state-of-the-art shoe cleaning machines at the track entrances.

The die-back disease is a remarkably hardy pathogen that can stay alive on shoes for six days.

Ghost-white skeleton kauri trees are already a tragically conspicuous sight in Waipoua.

Huge efforts are being made to

safeguard the top-tier taonga, including Tane Mahuta. The pathogen is already lapping at its feet.

The water or soil borne pathogen has jumped the creek and now a kauri only 60 metres from New Zealand’s most famous tree has succumbed. Charlie blames wild pigs for unearthing the soil-borne pathogen from deep underground, spreading it like wildfire by carrying it on their hooves all over the North Island’s forest floor.

There is no known cure for the disease but more research is being conducted into phosphate injections and traditional rongoa Maori healing methods.

Charlie suggested it is an open question how much longer Waipoua Forest will remain open to the public or whether a rahui will be declared across the site.

Leading us through the forest, we admired vast stands of rimu, northern rata and kauri, while also being enlightened about traditional Maori uses for a variety of plants.

Charlie swears by the tupakihi tree for its powerful healing properties, particularly good for

internal injuries, broken bones and sprains. He made us a cup of tea using manuka honey and kawakawa, a native tree with a mint and peppery taste. Quite the health tonic.

The top draws in Waipoua include the Four Sisters, a family of four kauri who have been living together for 500 years, sharing their food.

The second largest living kauri is Te Matua Ngahere, the Father of the Forest. Estimated to be well over 2000 years old, and with the biggest girth of any known kauri, he’s probably been standing longer than the Lord of the Forest, Tane Mahuta.

The 51 metre high colossus, steeped in Maori folklore, is estimated to be between 1200 and 2500 years old.

As darkness descended, we gazed upon his thrusting majesty, while Charlie performed a waiata to this living taonga.

As we quietly drifted out of the forest, the kiwi were up and about, with the distinctive male call faithfully promoting a response from the female. http://footprintswaipoua. co.nz/

Kerikeri is the home of two of our nation’s oldest buildings which stand shoulder to shoulder on the upper reaches of the inlet, as time-honoured vestiges of the mission that was established in 1819.

The Lord of the Forest, Tane Mahuta.

An inspirational triumph of can-do community spirit, the Bay of Islands’ Vintage Railway is a railway of famous firsts.

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Big things expected of Adams NZME

Allenton lawns a busy place It was a blustery old day to be out on the lawns, but that didn’t hold back players at the Allenton Croquet Club on Saturday.

Among those taking part in the afternoon of croquet was Georgina Black.

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Caught up in the usual whirlwind of player movement that consumes the NBA off-season, Oklahoma City Thunder coach Billy Donovan is finding comfort in constancy.

The Thunder parted ways with long-time point guard and former league most valuable player Russell Westbrook, leaving Kiwi centre Steven Adams as the team’s longest tenured player.

During his time with the Thunder, Adams has established himself as not only a force on the court, but has just as big a presence in the community and as a personality.

Now, heading into his seventh campaign with the Thunder, he’s expected to add the title of leader to his resume.

“We’re expecting big things out of Steven, being a veteran guy and being an anchor to our team,” Donovan said. “What he’s done and what he’s meant to the organisation, we’re looking forward to seeing how much he’s improved from last year to this year.”

Adams is expected to be a point of focus for many spectators and pundits during preseason play as he leads what will be a very different Thunder outfit, particularly when the side meets the Breakers on October 11.

But Adams’ won’t be the only Kiwi connection familiar to Donovan when the Thunder meet the Breakers, with Donovan having coached Breakers owner Matt Walsh during his college days in Florida.

It’s a relationship that has been maintained since Walsh’s final year of college in 2005.

Earlier this year, the pair caught up while Walsh was in the States scouting talent. The same day, news broke of the Thunder trading superstar Paul George to the Clippers. The losses of Westbrook and George saw the Thunder part ways with their first two options on offence.

With Donovan now having to plan around his new assets, which include perennial all-star point guard Chris Paul and veteran forward Danilo Gallinari, he said it was too early to tell how it might affect Adams’ role on the court.

“I don’t know if his role definitely changes,” Donovan said.

“This will be my fifth year with Steven and the one thing that’s been great for me to see is how much he’s grown, and improved as a player. Steven has always been a team guy first, I think he enjoys finding ways that he can help the group.”

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Shock result throws draw wide open NZME

Japan’s Kenki Fukuoka scores the match-winning try during the Rugby World Cup Pool A game at Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa between Japan and Ireland.

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Japan does it again AP Kenki Fukuoka was supposed to be a spectator at Shizuoka Stadium.

The star winger strained his calf three weeks ago, limped early out of the warmup match against South Africa and ended up in hospital.

He missed Japan’s Rugby World Cup-opening win over Russia last week, and was also supposed to just be watching Ireland from the sideline on Saturday.

But then starting left wing William Tupou injured his left hamstring in the morning and was withdrawn.

Lomano Lava Lemeki was promoted from the reserves, and Fukuoka was told to get dressed.

“We had a plan to use him

against Samoa (next weekend) and we accelerated that a bit,” coach Jamie Joseph said.

“I remember his first touch and he took it forward and broke away.

“If he’d played a bit more rugby, I think he would have scored.”

With his second touch he did score – the match-winner – as Japan stunned Ireland 19-12.

“I’m filled with joy as all the hard work (to recover) paid off,” Fukuoka said. “I targeted being fit for this game doing the rehabs.

The callup came suddenly, but I was prepared.”

Fukuoka was sent on in the 50th minute with Japan trailing Ireland 12-9.

Nine minutes later he was a hero.

Japan made a few rucks from

a scrum in the Irish 22 when inside centre Ryoto Nakamura, noticing the Irish defence up quick but too close in, fired a flat misspass to center Timothy Lafaele, who in the act of being collared flicked on even quicker to an unmarked Fukuoka to stroll over untouched.

As Japanese fans erupted in the stands, he was enveloped by grateful team-mates.

“My team-mates put their bodies on the line and all I had to do was ground it,” he said.

“I want to thank everyone. The last pass was fantastic.”

He wasn’t finished yet, though.

Fukuoka had a chance to put the Irish away for good when Lafaele forced a loose pass from Jordan Larmour which Fukuoka intercepted 60 metres out.

Fukuoka would have normally expected to burn off the metres but limited training after the calf injury got him only 55 metres.

Still, he earned Japan a penalty which pushed them seven points ahead with seven minutes to go.

“It would have been better if I could finish it but I was still some way off, condition-wise,” he said.

“I’d like to finish it off if I get the next chance.”

Fukuoka was only a backup in the 2015 World Cup squad and appeared only once, in the only game Japan lost, to Scotland.

Since that tournament, he’s played for Japan at the Olympics and scored 10 tries in 17 tests.

He’s a starter now, when he hasn’t strained something. For sure, he will get another chance in this Rugby World Cup.

Japan’s incredible upset over Ireland, in a repeat of their Brighton miracle at the last Rugby World Cup, has thrown the All Blacks’ quarter-final opponent wide open.

Technically the All Blacks are yet to qualify for the quarter-finals but having repelled the Springboks and with Canada, Namibia and Italy in the coming weeks the greatest upset in World Cup history would be required to prevent Steve Hansen’s men topping their pool.

Who the All Blacks will face in the first knockout round, though, promises to be a fascinating subplot.

As it stands it could be any one of Japan, Samoa, Ireland or Scotland.

Ireland’s 27-3 opening victory over Scotland seemingly set Joe Schmidt’s side up to top Pool A and avoid the All Blacks in a quarter-final clash but the dominant nature of that result now seems a distant memory.

This 19-12 defeat relegates Ireland to second place in their pool – three points behind Japan.

Joey Carbery kicking the ball out to end the match appeared a defeatist attitude but the bonus point Ireland secured by finishing within seven points of Japan could yet prove crucial to hopes of progression.

Ireland have Samoa and Russia to play and will hope to secure bonus points from those matches but their fate, and that of who the All Blacks will face in their quarter-final, won’t be decided until Scotland meets Japan in the final pool match on October 13 in Yokohama.

This poses potential challenges for the All Blacks as they may now have less time than previously expected to analyse their quarter-final opponent.

Should Japan defeat Scotland, the All Blacks may meet Ireland in a heavyweight quarter-final.

Equally, though, Samoa and Scotland could beat Japan and Ireland may top the pool.

With any number of possibilities in play suspense will build until kickoff in that final pool match.

Sitting top of their pool with nine points from two games, Japan are on the verge of qualifying for the knockout rounds for the first time in history, a dynamic that is sure to grip the host nation.

Goodhue brimming with confidence over World Cup debut NZME Midfielder Jack Goodhue will almost certainly play his first World Cup match when the All Blacks take on Canada in Oita on Wednesday following his recovery from a hamstring strain.

And if his appearance in a press conference alongside Sonny Bill

Williams is any guide, Goodhue, 24, hasn’t lost any confidence during his lay-off since he suffered the injury in the defeat against the Wallabies in Perth last month.

His good spirits are no doubt pegged to his impending return – the All Blacks team will be announced today.

The centre also now appears

as comfortable off the field as he is on it despite facing a big media contingent in Beppu.

After making fun of his mullet hairstyle and the first time he’d heard of Williams, Goodhue spoke of the closeness he feels with the former league star and other midfield team-mates Ryan Crotty and Anton Lienert-Brown, a combi-

nation as competitive and yet as tight as any other in this team.

“Yeah it would be my first World Cup game so of course [I’m excited],” Goodhue said.

“This is the peak. I want to play and of course it’s been a while – since Perth in a Bledisloe Cup game, a hamstring injury which seemed to drag out, frustrating as

it was. It’s feeling really good now.

“I’m confident. Now I just want to get out and play. It’s more about the mental side of things when you haven’t played for a while.”

The Crusaders midfield linchpin has been an automatic All Black selection this year and is part of a midfield mix which could cut the Canadians open in Oita.

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Another loss for the Hammers

By Erin Tasker

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Mid Canterbury have again fallen short, beaten 31-17 by Thames Valley in round six of rugby’s Heartland Championship in Ashburton on Saturday.

The loss means that with just two games remaining before the competition heads into its business end, Mid Canterbury still have just one win to their names and are second-to-last on the points table, with only East Coast below them.

It isn’t the position that Mid Canterbury coach Dale Palmer envisioned his side to be in at this point of the season, but they won’t be giving up.

He knows his players are yet to produce their best, and if Mid Canterbury can pick up wins in those final two games, finals footy is still a possibility, with the Lochore Cup still well within reach.

But if they don’t win those two games, their season will be over, it’s as simple as that.

So just like they did last week, Palmer and his co-coach Jason Rickard will be posing some tough questions this week.

Mid Canterbury headed into the Thames Valley match feeling pretty good, despite having only picked up the one win from their first five games.

They knew they had to start winning, and felt like they had the answers to turn their season around.

And the day started well, with a stiff breeze at their backs Mid Canterbury scored their opening try within the first two minutes, but by the end of the 80 minutes the defending Meads Cup champion Swamp Foxes had well and truly sealed the deal.

From holding a 10-0 lead early on, Mid Canterbury found themselves down 14-10 at half time, and a penalty followed by two quick tries – the second being an intercept try – increased the visitors’ lead to 31-10.

That was how it remained until the final play of the game when Mid Canterbury replacement back Timoci Nabakeke crossed

Mid Canterbury winger Lima Savaiinaea climbs high to claim a ball during his side’s loss to Thames Valley on Saturday.

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for a consolation try to make it 31-17.

“Obviously it’s very disappointing that we couldn’t get a win this week again, especially at our home ground in front of our home supporters,” Palmer said.

After the strong start, Palmer said Mid Canterbury fell back into the habit of trying to compete up front, and went away from the things they’d talked about during the week.

Palmer said Thames Valley were another big side and their line speed was good, shutting down any opportunities that came Mid Canterbury’s way.

But he said Mid Canterbury only have themselves to blame.

They’ve put themselves into the position they’re in, and now they have to fight hard to win those final two games if they want their season to extend into the finals.

In other results on Saturday,

West Coast survived a scare against East Coast, just holding on for a 21-19 win in Ruatoria, while Wairarapa Bush just got home against Buller 20-17.

South Canterbury also ensured they would stay in the top echelon with a narrow 21-19 victory over King Country, while Wanganui moved up the table with a 27-22 win over North Otago, and Horowhenua-Kapiti picked up their third win of the competi-

tion, beating Poverty Bay 38-28.

With two rounds to go before the competition splits into finals – the Meads Cup for the top four, and the Lochore Cup for fifth to six – Mid Canterbury are six points away from the top eight.

The top four is currently South Canterbury, West Coast, Thames Valley and North Otago, and the next four is Wairarapa Bush, Wanganui, Buller and Horowhenua-Kapiti.

Otago retain the Shield Hodge hits back NZME

NZME Otago have kept their grip on the Ranfurly Shield, seeing off Waikato 45-35 yesterday afternoon.

It was their fourth defence, having previously beaten Southland, Manawatu and Taranaki, and leaves them needing to beat Canterbury next week in order to lock the Shield away for the summer.

Yesterday’s win was their most impressive to date, beating the first Premiership side who had contested the Shield, and a team out for revenge after Otago had wrestled the Shield away from them late last season.

However, Waikato’s chances of retaining the Log o’ Wood were dealt a major blow within the game’s first half hour, when Otago ran in three tries, taking a 20-0 lead.

The visitors reduced the gap to 27-21 early in the second half, but a yellow card to pivotal firstfive Fletcher Smith for an offside infringement saw Otago extend their lead, and it was only two late Waikato tries that made the result’s margin more respectable.

The defeat also sees Waikato miss out on a chance to move into the top four in the Premiership.

Instead they are still sitting three points behind Auckland with two games to go.

Otago remain third in the Championship and look set for a semi-final berth, though by beating Canterbury they could lock in that accomplishment – and with it lock away the Shield for the summer.

Scoreboard: Otago 45 (Vilimoni Koroi 2, Slade McDowall, Jona Nareki, Henry Purdy, Aleki Morris-Lome tries; Josh Ioane 3 cons, 3 pens) Waikato 35 (Samisoni Taukei’aho 2, penalty try, Mitchell Jacobson, Simon Parker tries; Fletcher Smith 4 cons)

Banned Wallabies winger Reece Hodge has hit back at critics after he was ridiculed for his lack of knowledge of the new tackling laws of rugby.

Hodge will miss the next three games of the Rugby World Cup following a dangerous tackle in Australia’s opening win over Fiji.

The disciplinary committee “deemed that the incident was an act of foul play and warranted a red card in line with the high tackle sanction framework”, World Rugby said.

The committee also put out a written report that said Hodge had “no effective knowledge” around the sanctions for head high tackles.

Hodge posted a message on Instagram hitting back at his knowledge of rugby’s new tackling laws saying that was ‘utter fabrication’.

“Those that have played Rugby would know that we don’t think about the numbered elements of a decision-making tree for referees and TMOs in the split second before a tackle.

“Numerous articles suggesting I admitted to not knowing the ‘new tackle techniques’ are an utter fabrication.

“During the hearing, I was asked of my knowledge of the framework specifically, not of any ‘new tackling techniques’ or whether I knew tackling high was going to be penalised.

With that said, it was an obvious accident and I will pay a heavy price.”

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Swimmers nationals bound

By Erin Tasker

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Three Ashburton swimmers are heading north this week to take on some of the country’s best.

Ashburton Swim Team members Mitchell Veix, Blake Farr and Hannah King will all be in action when the National Age Group Short Course Championships hit the water at the Sir Owen Glenn National Aquatic Centre in Auckland this week.

It’s set to be a huge event, with five full-on days of racing pitting the country’s best short course swimmers against each other, and the Ashburton trio hope to more than keep pace.

All are looking to make a splash at the event, which will be raced in age groups.

Farr will be swimming in the 15 year age group, competing in the 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle events.

Veix is in the 14 year age group and competing in the 50m and 200m butterfly, 400m and 800m freestyle and the 400m individual medley, while King will compete in the 13 year old age group in the 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle, 100m and 200m breaststroke, 200m butterfly and 400m individual medley.

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but they’re ready for what lies ahead.

The national swim meet will get under way tomorrow, and conclude on Saturday.

Ashburton swimmers (from left) Mitchell Veix, Blake Farr and Hannah King are off to the National Age Group Short Course Championships this week.

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Important win for Armstrong in Sochi Kiwi race driver Marcus Armstrong has swept to a convincing win in the penultimate race of the 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship on the Russian F1 Grand Prix race circuit at Sochi.

Fastest in free practice, Armstrong then turned a P3 qualifying position into a dominant victory in a mixed wet-dry race.

Afterward, an ecstatic Armstrong said his first feature race win was hard won on the low grip 5.8 km Formula One circuit at the Sochi ski resort in Russia.

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“I’m really happy. The start was pretty good again just like Monza even though the track was not in ideal conditions.

“I took a risk with the clutch mapping which paid off because the grip was very low. I pushed a bit too hard trying to fight with Nico Kari but in the end, I was all out. Credit to Robert [team-mate Robert Shwartzman], who played it fairly but I knew he wasn’t doing anything stupid so I didn’t take risks, just took my chances, pushing to take the win.”

Rain complicated matters and while it wasn’t strong enough to

Marcus Armstrong require a change to wet tyres, it meant multiple drivers crashed and marred the first quarter of the race with virtual and full safe-

ty car periods. As Armstrong took the chequered flag Shwartzman came through in second place, a second behind.

His win creates a three-car Prema ‘redwash’ in the season points table, with Shwartzman now holding an unassailable championship lead on 202 points, Jehan Daruvala second in 157 and Armstrong third on 144.

Armstrong has led more laps than any other driver on the grid this season and the Prema trio have already handed their team a resounding victory in the teams’ championship.

Mid Canterbury’s two rugby league teams – the Ashburton Barbarians and the Chertsey Oilers – will fight it out this weekend for the second spot in the Aoraki competition final.

The third and final games of the four-team Duncan McGregor Memorial tournament played out at Timaru’s Ashbury Park on Saturday, with the Country Cowboys doing enough to secure themselves the top spot and a direct route into the final.

But it was far from easy. They took on the Chertsey Oilers in the first game of the day in what was a top-of-the-table clash, and it was the Oilers who had the early running as they continued their best season yet.

Formed just three years ago, the Oilers started this season with their first win ever – beating the Timaru Outlaws – and followed that up with their first ever win over the Barbarians, and with 10 minutes to go against the Cowboys they looked set to make it three-from-three.

The Oilers led 22-16, but the Cowboys came back with a late try to tie things up at 22-all, which was how it remained at full time.

It meant that while both the Oilers and the Cowboys had two wins and a draw to their names, the Cowboys finished on top after the Oilers were forced to forfeit their competition points in round one due to fielding an ineligible player.

So the Oilers finished second, while the Barbarians finished in third courtesy of their 34-22 win over the Timaru Outlaws on Saturday.

That result ended the Outlaws’ season and put the Barbarians into a semi-final showdown with the Oilers this weekend.

That game will take place this Saturday on Oilers’ home turf, at the Rakaia Domain, which was also the scene of the Oilers’ 3620 win over the Barbarians last weekend.

Roosters to face Raiders in NRL grand final NZME The Sydney Roosters have the opportunity to become the first team to win back-to-back NRL titles in 26 years after reaching the final by beating the Melbourne Storm 14-6 on Saturday night.

The Roosters will take on the Canberra Raiders in next Sunday’s showpiece decider in Sydney, their record eighth final this century.

After Canberra’s 16-10 win over the South Sydney Rabbitohs on Friday, Saturday night’s preliminary final was equally low-scoring and defence-dominated.

Playing in front of 32,000 fans at the Sydney Cricket Ground, the Roosters tackled stoutly in a physical contest.

There was drama right from the first play. Melbourne’s Nelson Asofa-Solomona ran the ball back at fellow prop Siosiua Taukeiaho, the pair traded blows and both were sin-binned just 19 seconds into the game.

Latrell Mitchell kicked the resultant penalty and also another around the half hour mark.

Those sandwiched the only try of the first half, scored by Roosters second rower Boyd Cordner in the 14th minute.

Cordner was again prominent but had only to catch and ground the ball after Daniel Tupou did all the hard work. The wing caught a bomb and then somehow got his pass away surrounded by three Storm tacklers.

Scoring opportunities were limited but the feisty exchanges continued when Roosters five-eighth Luke Keary copped a strong fend in the face from Storm second rower Felise Kaufusi. Keary responded by grabbing a handful of Kaufusi’s hair and catching him with a swinging arm. That forced Kaufusi off and an earlier rib injury kept him off.

The Roosters led 8-0 at the break, with the Storm held scoreless in the first half for just the second time this season.

Kiwis prop Asofa-Solomona finally got the Storm on the board 10 minutes into the second half, planting the ball on the tryline barely 90 seconds after replacing HIA-bound Jesse Bromwich.

The Roosters thought that they had restored their eight-point advantage heading into the game’s final quarter when Joseph Manu ripped a bomb out of Cameron Munster’s arms, but the bunker ruled a hard-to-spot knockon from fullback James Tedesco

while contesting the kick.

There was no denying Tedesco with 12 minutes remaining as he found a gap close to the tryline between Kenny Bromwich and Ryan Papenhuyzen, who clashed heads in their failed attempt to stop him.

Mitchell kicked the conversion to give the Roosters a decisive lead, while Papenhuyzen was forced off in a match littered with head knocks.

Sydney Roosters 14 (Boyd Cordner, James Tedesco tries; Latrell Mitchell con, 2 pens). Melbourne Storm 6 (Nelson Asofa-Solomona try; Cameron Smith con) Halftime: 8-0

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Classy win for Sorrentina

Pitman team revs up With just a little over six weeks until the start of New Zealand Cup & Show Week, the southern training ranks are in count down mode as they ready themselves to repel the invasion from the visiting northern stables. The Riccarton-based father and son team of Michael and Matthew Pitman will be amongst the front line in the inter-Island battle with Michael Pitman unequivocal in his support for the South Island’s biggest racing event. “Our owners know that we target our horses for Cup Week and that’s the way they want it,” he said. - NZME

NZME The winning roll of owner Lib Petagna with the progeny of Waikato Stud’s super stallion Savabeel continued at Ellerslie on Saturday when promising filly Sorrentina delivered an eye-catching victory.

Sorrentina, who races under Petagna’s JML Bloodstock banner, had looked a winner in waiting when she debuted with a gutsy third in the Listed The O’Leary’s Fillies Stakes (1200m) at Wanganui earlier in the month.

That performance made her the ninth black-type Savabeel for Petagna from the 12 he has owned and on Saturday’s display she looks likely to garner further success at the highest levels after she produced a determined burst to down her three-year-old rivals over 1300m.

Settled in midfield behind a pedestrian speed set-up by Tears Of Jupiter, Sorrentina and rider Danielle Johnson travelled nicely as they bided their time before making their claim early in the run home.

Briefly pocketed behind the tiring London Bound, Johnson asked for a supreme effort in the final 150m with Sorrentina responding to surge clear from minor placegetters Blackrocksdetox and Flaunting, who both finished gamely after being well back in the early stages.

Trainer Stephen Marsh confirmed the filly would be returning to Ellerslie next month for another taste of black-type racing.

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Flying start for Burdan A cursory glance at the state of play on the national jockeys’ premiership for this season will bring a smile to the face of those pundits looking to what the future might hold. Apprentices currently hold seven of the top twenty places including the top spot with Ashvin Goindasamy. Sitting in 15th is Te Akau apprentice Chelsea Burdan who had a red-letter day at Te Rapa last Wednesday when winning three races on the seven-race programme. In just her second year of race-riding, Burdan has made steady progress since kicking home her first winner aboard Lady Zeraph when making her debut in September last year.

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Danielle Johnson gets Sorrentina down to the line at Ellerslie on Saturday. at the 600m we were in a bit of trouble,” Marsh said.

“She didn’t really get much of a go at them in the straight but I loved how she got out, flattened out and attacked the line.

“We will definitely be back for the Soliloquy (Gr.3, 1400m) en route to the South Island.”

The Gr.3 Partners Life Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) is the feature event at Ellerslie on October 26 while the filly holds a nomination for the Gr.1 Gavelhouse.com New

Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton on November 16.

Johnson was also impressed with the performance provided

by Sorrentina at just her second raceday start.

“I was a little bit nervous around the corner as she had dropped the bit, just due to the track conditions,” she said. “She’s definitely shown the X factor when she has picked up to go to the line.

“She’s got class and she’s got a good attitude as well.”

A $180,000 purchase from Waikato Stud’s Book 1 draft at the 2018 National Yearling Sale, Sorrentina is a daughter of unraced O’Reilly mare Rush and hails from the extended family of multiple Group One winner and now very successful stallion, Sacred Falls.

TAB bookmakers responded quickly to the performance as they slashed her odds to $12 in the Fixed Odds market for the One Thousand Guineas.

James pleased with debut A slashing run for second in Friday’s Gr.2 Stocks Stakes at The Valley was just what the doctor ordered for trainer Roger James and his quality racemare Rondinella. After being held up at a vital stage approaching the home corner, Rondinella saw daylight a fraction too late as she charged through a gap to finish second to Group One winner Princess Jenni.

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Sharrock has a field day on his home track Local trainer Allan Sharrock dominated the early events at New Plymouth on Saturday when he produced the first four winners on the eight-race card.

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two starts when he burst between runners to dash clear in the opening 990m contest under the guidance of Sharrock’s 3kg claiming apprentice Hazel Schofer.

Sharrock believes Schofer has the ability to become a headline

act in the riding ranks and his assessment looked right on the money following the conclusion of the second race after punters witnessed an almost unbelievable winning effort from red-hot favourite Akerra.

The four-year-old Ekraar mare missed the start of the 1300m contest by a conservative six lengths.

Schofer then was confident to let Akerra find her feet before tacking on to the back of the field with 600m to run.

Sent to the extreme outside in the home straight, Akerra rounded up her rivals with a couple of huge bounds before driving clear to win by an increasing twolength margin at the winning post.

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway 4 26627 Homebush Razor nwtd..............J McInerney 5 81758 Cool Wolf 23.70.............................. D Donlon 6 44122 Gotcha Marshall nwtd................J McInerney 7 65553 Slam It 23.93..............................J McInerney 8 55756 Chat Ya Later nwtd............................. I Howe Emergencies: 9 85488 Rambo 23.65.................................W Woods 10 56787 Taramakau nwtd.........................J McInerney 4 2.57 RED SNAPPER SEAFOODS, CHRISTCHURCH C1 C1, 457m 1 24313 Summer Glee 26.85...................J McInerney 2 71711 Big Time Tatum nwtd...........................L Cole 3 4663F Zipping Romeo 26.61 J &....................D Bell 4 35555 Tuff Mr. Tee 26.54...........................B Mitchell 5 12428 Big Time Kobe nwtd............................L Cole 6 74634 Diamond Geezer 26.93.................M Goodier 7 52744 Double That 26.48 G &........... S Fredrickson 8 65625 Gunnar Blueblood 26.34............J McInerney 9 78648 Jetlag Jag nwtd..........................J McInerney 10 7688F Bionic Boy nwtd............................M Goodier 5 3.17pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C1, 457m 1 84664 Arm Turner nwtd.........................J McInerney 2 76722 Pick A Pascal 26.24 G &......... S Fredrickson 3 54255 Zipping Cobra 26.01...........................L Cole 4 37532 Big Time Benny 26.60.........................L Cole 5 54267 Bigtime Rosie 26.24 G &......... S Fredrickson 6 22558 Tuff Knight 26.78............................B Mitchell 7 43236 Bigtime Alfie 26.52..............................L Cole 8 28181 Morning Sun nwtd......................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 78648 Jetlag Jag nwtd..........................J McInerney 10 7688F Bionic Boy nwtd............................M Goodier

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3.34pm J P PRINT, PETONE MAIDEN DISTANCE FEATURE C0d, 660m 1 65565 Haze Adams nwtd........................A Turnwald 2 76463 Waitohi nwtd.................................A Turnwald 3 53464 Bill’s Barker nwtd..............................S Maher 4 15775 Fusion Cronulla nwtd...................A Turnwald 5 Box Vacant 6 48242 Grunty Mama nwtd S &..............C Blackburn 7 65577 It’s Timmy nwtd..........................J McInerney 8 14577 Buddy Loaded nwtd.................... G Hodgson 7 3.52pm KERNOW CONSTRUCTION GUARANTEED $15K PICK 6 C2 C2, 410m 1 43174 Eye Kno 23.65...............................W Woods 2 41131 Spring Fox 23.78 D &..................J MacAuley 3 32412 Bigtime Daisy 23.61............................L Cole 4 13827 Big Time Clare nwtd............................L Cole 5 24111 Mother’s Touch 23.63 J &.....................D Bell 6 24462 Bigtime Honey 24.01...........................L Cole 7 65642 Bigtime Chris 23.88 G &......... S Fredrickson 8 21486 Jay Grim 24.10 J &..............................D Bell Emergencies: 9 86716 Bigtime Diesel 23.76 G &........ S Fredrickson 10 86658 Little Scamp 23.65........................ D Denbee 8 4.12pm DOUG BRADLEY PAINTERS C2/3, 410m 1 22873 Bigtime Jasmine 23.63........................L Cole 2 54173 Millie Prince 23.29 J &.........................D Bell 3 43525 Bigtime Jamie nwtd.............................L Cole 4 72121 Harpoon Harry 23.91 D &...........J MacAuley 5 21218 Shozip Boomer nwtd........................T Patton 6 612F2 Bigtime Cutie nwtd..............................L Cole 7 54683 Bigtime Molly nwtd..............................L Cole 8 64777 Tres Vite nwtd...................................T Patton

9 88717 Bigtime Thor 23.38..............................L Cole 10 86658 Little Scamp 23.65........................ D Denbee 9 4.27pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C1/C2 C1/2, 457m 1 51565 Thomas William 25.97................... D Denbee 2 76527 Bigtime Mike 26.18.............................L Cole 3 11552 Simply Smooth 26.28..........................L Cole 4 77642 Tuff Temptress nwtd.......................B Mitchell 5 34325 Bigtime Fred 26.04..............................L Cole 6 61216 Big Time Trae 26.74............................L Cole 7 46437 Here’s Hemi 26.33.....................J McInerney 8 81128 Big Time Vince 26.40..........................L Cole 9 58351 Bigtime Forest 25.97...........................L Cole 10 58877 Toki Girl 26.45............................... D Denbee 10 4.47pm STEVE ‘THE AUCTIONEER’ DAVIS C4/C5 C4/5, 410m 1 45116 Awesome Quality 23.24......................L Cole 2 61533 Bigtime Eve 23.26...............................L Cole 3 54176 Big Time Marlisa 23.37.......................L Cole 4 13262 Billy’s Churn 23.50...................... G Hodgson 5 46362 Dynamite Danger 23.55 G &... S Fredrickson 6 71285 Bigtime Bee 23.51...............................L Cole 7 38714 Bigtime Banjo 23.58............................L Cole 8 85332 Bigtime Lizzy 23.43.............................L Cole 9 62344 Big Time Chance nwtd........................L Cole 10 37163 Funky Facts 23.27 G &........... S Fredrickson 11 5.06pm PNGRC SECTIONAL TIMES @ PNGREYHOUNDS.KIWI C2/C3 C2/3, 457m 1 53783 Electrical Storm nwtd....................M Goodier 2 32256 Big League Diva 25.95 G &.... S Fredrickson 3 55734 Tommy The Jett 26.17..................A Turnwald 4 12214 Cheeseball 26.11................................L Cole

5 15185 Big Time Ocean 26.14........................L Cole 6 75526 Bigtime Caleb 25.99............................L Cole 7 75313 Tuff Treasure 26.52........................B Mitchell 8 87543 Gazza’s Girl nwtd G &............. S Fredrickson 9 58351 Bigtime Forest 25.97...........................L Cole 12 5.24pm TOTAL BODYSHOP SUPPLIES C4/5, 457m 1 34163 Bigtime Puma nwtd.............................L Cole 2 17831 Fare Dodger 26.03........................M Goodier 3 16741 Big Time Rhino 26.30..........................L Cole 4 61544 Bigtime Shadow 25.75........................L Cole 5 64138 Bigtime Brody 25.94............................L Cole 6 23322 Bigtime Levi 25.75..............................L Cole 7 36355 Turanza’s Terror 25.98..................A Turnwald 8 64162 Arden Emgrand 25.93..................A Turnwald Emergencies: 9 27723 Bigtime Benji 26.11.............................L Cole 10 86841 Trojan Hoarse 25.99............................L Cole SELECTIONS Race 1: Big Time Nash, Gemmas Dilemma, Big Time Camila Race 2: Arthur’s Crown, Barbarossa Boy, Elsa Blueblood Race 3: Opehu Express, Cool Wolf, Slam It, Gotcha Marshall Race 4: Big Time Tatum, Double That, Diamond Geezer Race 5: Big Time Benny, Bigtime Alfie, Tuff Knight, Morning Sun Race 6: Waitohi, Fusion Cronulla, Haze Adams, Bill’s Barker Race 7: Spring Fox, Bigtime Chris, Eye Kno, Bigtime Honey Race 8: Bigtime Jasmine, Harpoon Harry, Tres Vite, Bigtime Molly Race 9: Simply Smooth, Big Time Vince, Bigtime Mike, Bigtime Fred Race 10: Dynamite Danger, Bigtime Banjo, Bigtime Lizzy Race 11: Cheeseball, Tommy The Jett, Electrical Storm Race 12: Bigtime Levi, Arden Emgrand, Bigtime Shadow LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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■■HORSE OF THE YEAR

Spankem collects the top gong HRNZ Spankem’s return from obscurity to win the Miracle Mile saw him crowned Horse of the Year at the New Zealand Harness Racing Awards in Christchurch on Saturday night.

The Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen trained pacer’s brilliant rise to the top of the grand circuit ranks, after suffering a season ending injury as a 3yr-old, was rewarded when he won pacer of the year and four year old male pacer of the year, before he took the awards evening’s top prize.

The current New Zealand Cup favourite put seven group race titles on his resume during his outstanding season.

Spankem notched four Group 1 wins in the Miracle Mile, Canadian Club Classic, Taylor Mile and New Zealand Messenger Championship.

The Bettor’s Delight gelding also bagged wins in two Group 3 Interdominion heats and the Group 2 Kaikoura Cup. Spankem’s brilliant season and the incredible talent within last term’s 4yr-old male pacing ranks meant Auckland Cup, Easter Cup and Harness Jewels winner Turn It Up could not make Saturday night’s trophy list.

Despite that pacer missing out, Purdon and Rasmussen’s All Stars stable predictably took home a boot load of prizes.

Leading category contenders Tailored Elegance (2yr-old trotting filly), Sweet On Me (2yr-old pacing filly), One Change (2yr-old male pacer), Ultimate Sniper (3yr-old male pacer) and Elle Mac were all rewarded for their standout seasons.

New Zealand Cup winner, Thefixer, took the 5yr-old and older male pacer of the year and Dream About Me won the 5yr-old and older pacing mare of the year title.

Purdon and Rasmussen were crowned trainers of the year and stable client, Jean Fiess, took the owner of the year category.

Purdon’s brother, Barry, was the only pacing category winning trainer outside of the All Stars stable. Belle Of Montana beat out her arch rival, Princess Tiffany, to win the 3yr-old filly of the year award.

Sundees Son’s rise from the middle grades

to the top of the New Zealand trotting ranks saw him crowned trotter of the year. The current Dominion favourite sealed his win with a break out autumn, in which he scored a hat-trick of Group 1 wins in the ANZAC Cup, Rowe Cup and Harness Jewels.

The Robert Dunn trained squaregaiter also won 4yr-old male trotter of the year.

The trotting awards categories featured some of the most hotly contested trophies at the awards.

Bolt For Brilliance’s Group 1 Harness Jewels win saw him crowned 2yr-old male trotter of the year.

New Zealand Trotting Derby winner, Lotamuscle, edged out Great Northern Trotting Derby winner, Enhance Your Calm, to win the 3yr-old male trotting category.

Other trotting winners included Tickle Me Pink (3yr-old filly) and Kenny’s Dream (4yr-old mare). Destiny Jones won 5yr-old and older trotting mare of the year and Speeding Spur took out the award for 5yrold and older male trotters.

Canterbury couple Colin and Julie deFilippi’s forty year contribution to the industry was recognised when they won the Outstanding Contribution To Harness Racing Award. Julie deFilippi was also recognised for her work with retired racehorses when she was presented the Outstanding Contribution To Life After Racing award.

One of the most popular moments of the awards evening came when Overzealous won the Best Moment Of The Season Award. The trotter came back to win two races and run second in the New Zealand Trotting Oaks after being injured in a horrific road accident that left her trainers Margo Nyhan and Peter Davis with serious injuries.

The evening’s breeding awards went to Bettor’s Delight (pacing stallion), Majestic Son (trotting stallion), Della’s Speed (trotting broodmare), Reality Check (pacing mare).

Other award winners included Blair Orange (driver), John Morrison (junior driver), Ben Hope (UDR junior driver), Kaleb Bublitz (cadet) and Alana Cameron (cadet runner-up).

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MEETINGS, EVENTS

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9.30am for 10am start ASHBURTON VETERANS GOLF. Gross in grades. Rakaia.

9.30am - 10.30am DAYTIME NETBALL. $5 a game, first game free. EA Networks

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10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

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1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display. Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

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Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

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Cryptic crossword

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Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): It’s better to focus on your desire than on what’s blocking you from having it. Remember that you’re very likely to get more of whatever you focus on, so keep your eye on the prize.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): A self-care regimen is something you don’t give a lot of thought to because the habits are engrained in you. Your needs are beginning to change though, so let your lifestyle lean into the shift.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): It would be cruel to blame yourself for the coping strategies you created when you didn’t know any better. No-one walks this earth who doesn’t have some kind of maladaptive way of dealing with stress.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Courage will speak to you with the vocal range of a great actor.

Sometimes it’s a whisper telling you to make move, try again, speak up... and sometimes it’s a holler and a push.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): The reason you should give yourself credit has nothing to do with pride; rather, it’s the kindest thing you can do for those around you. When you know your worth, you don’t lean on others to validate you.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): When it gets a little weird, one option is to retreat, a natural impulse. But it’s not the best one to follow if you need a little help. You might be surprised who will step up if given the chance.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Bringing people together changes things regardless of your reason for doing so. Whatever you can do to bring people together will be not only appreciated but also crucial to the alliances of the future.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Don’t build, simplify. Shore up what already exists. Get rid of the excess, and you’ll be struck by the value that was there inside all along. It’s like finding a perfectly formed pearl inside a shell.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): It’s OK to be out of your league. It’s okay because you’ll live and learn. The gift of a big experience is that it teaches you quickly.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You might not be able to say it the way the other person would like to hear it, but why should you? Instead of concerning yourself with other people’s preferences, stay true to what you mean.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): As you operate in groups today, spread your attention. Each person has something to contribute. Don’t let yourself get so dazzled by the flashier talents that you ignore the rest.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Actively seek help and a mentor will materialise – the first of many. Maybe this one won’t take you the whole way, but what’s important is getting inspired, educated and empowered to take the next step.

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ELLIS, Vernon George (Vern) – (Retired JP), on September 27, 2019.

Passed away peacefully at Terrace View Retirement Village, Ashburton, aged 85 years.

Much loved husband of Phyl for nearly 60 years. Dearly loved father and father in law of Brian and Megan, and Sue and Brent Gutsell. Special Grandad to Matthew and Nicole, Lauren and Tim; Aaron and Amy, Jason and Nic ,and Ryan and Crystal, and great ‘VG’ to Austin, Beckett, and Joe. Donations to St John would be appreciated and may be left at the service.

Messages to the Ellis family c/- PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Vern’s life will be held at St David’s Union Church, Allens Road, Ashburton on Monday, October 7, commencing at 11am, followed by a private family interment.

SCARTH, Jillian (Jill) – On September 28, 2019.

Passed away peacefully at Terrace View Retirement Village, Ashburton, with her family by her side. Much loved wife of the late Kelvin. Dearly loved mother and mother-inlaw of Lisa and Robert, and Shane and Amber. Special Nana to Jeremy, Candice, Ryan, Brandon, Bailey, and Evan, and great Nana to Declan, Ashlee, Riley, and Jessika. Treasured sister of Paula Lauese, and Mandy Hutton. Messages to the Scarth family c/- PO Box 472, Ashburton. Donations to the Ashburton Cancer Society would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to remember Jill will be held at Our Chapel, cnr East & Cox Streets, Ashburton on Thursday, October 3, commencing at 2pm. Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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6:30 MyaGo 3 0 6:40 PJ Masks 0 7am The Tom And Jerry Show 0 7:25 Beyblade Burst Turbo 0 7:50 Bunnicula 0 8:15 Mickey And The Roadster Racers 3 0 8:35 The Lion Guard 3 0 9am Infomercials 10am The Middle 3 0 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Army Wives PGR 3 0 Noon Mom PGR 3 0 12:30 2 Broke Girls PGR 3 0 1pm Judge Rinder PGR 3 2pm Will And Grace PGR 0 2:30 Home And Away PGR 3 0 3pm Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:30 Mech-X4! PGR 3 0 3:55 Clarence 0 4:05 Fanimals 0 4:35 Friends 3 0 5:05 The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

6am The AM Show 9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 Noon Millionaire Hot Seat 3 0 1pm Dr Phil PGR Twenty-year-old Laurie Depies vanished one night 26 years ago from her boyfriend Marc’s apartment parking lot; now, he and her mother meet to discuss what might have happened to her.

2pm Married At First Sight NZ PGR 3 0 3:30 Open Homes 3 4pm Entertainment Tonight 4:30 NewsHub Live At 4:30pm 5pm Millionaire Hot Seat 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

6am The Powerpuff Girls 3 0 6:30 Kung Fu Panda – Legends Of Awesomeness 3 0 7am Sky Sport News 8am Henry Danger 3 8:30 The Moe Show 3 0 9am Million Dollar Minute 9:30 Hot Bench 10am The Doctors PGR 3 11am Antiques Roadshow 3 Noon Sky Sport News 12:30 Robot Wars PGR 3 1:30 Just Shoot Me PGR 3 0 2pm The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 3pm Judge Judy PGR 3:30 Jeopardy 3 4pm The Chase Australia 0 5pm 3rd Rock From The Sun 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm ICC Cricket 360

6:30 Takoha 3 6:40 Pukoro 2 7:10 Tamariki Haka 3 7:20 E Kori 3 7:25 E Ki E Ki 7:30 Te Nutube 7:40 Darwin + Newts 3 7:50 Kids’ Kai Kart 3 8am Pukana 3 2 9am Te Ao – Maori News 3 9:30 R&R 3 10am Tangaroa With Pio 3 10:30 Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 11am One World – He Ao Kotahi PGR 3 Noon Waka Ama Sprints 3 12:30 Funny Whare – Gamesnight PGR 1pm Moving Out 3 1:30 Finding Aroha PGR 3 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Takoha 3 3:10 Pukoro 2 3:40 Tamariki Haka 3 3:50 E Kori 3 3:55 E Ki E Ki 4pm Te Nutube 4:10 Darwin + Newts 3 4:20 Kids’ Kai Kart 3 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Globe 5:30 Te Matatini Ki Te Ao 3 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News

6am Tiny House Hunting 6:30 Gordon Ramsay – Ultimate Home Cooking 7:30 Jelly Jamm 8am Seasonal Wonderland 9am A Taste Of South Africa 9:30 Big House, Little House 11:30 A Cook Abroad 12:30 The Great Interior Design Challenge 1:30 The Home Show 2:30 Big House, Little House 3:30 Hope For Wildlife 4:30 Hugh’s Three Hungry Boys Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall challenges three mates to holiday for five weeks without money, and they begin their relationship with Daisy the milk float on the hills of Dartmoor.

5pm Gourmet Farmer 5:30 Mysteries At The Museum 6:30 American Pickers

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Fair Go 0 8pm Border Patrol PGR 0 8:30 F Wild Bill AO 0 9:30 Q+A 0 10:30 1 News Tonight 0

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7pm The Project 7:30 Married At First Sight NZ PGR 0 8:30 F The Gulf AO The investigation finally falls into place, and Harding steps up; Ruby has the final piece of the puzzle, but someone else knows Jess’s secret. 0 9:25 SVU AO 0 10:25 NewsHub Late 10:55 The Hui 3 0

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7pm Whanau Living 3 7:30 Sachie’s Kitchen 3 8pm The Negotiators Featuring Mavis Mullins, Rangitane Tamaki nui a Rua. 8:30 Finding Fela! AO 10:35 Marae PGR 2

7:30 Secrets Of Royal Travel 8:30 Joanna Lumley’s Japan 9:30 Secrets Of The Bermuda Triangle Exploration of the truth about one of the world’s best-known mysteries, an area in the Atlantic Ocean known as the Bermuda Triangle, where ships and aeroplanes have vanished without trace.

10:30 American Pickers

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11:15 Cougar Town PGR 3 0 11:40 Lethal Weapon AO 0 12:35 Devious Maids PGR 3 0 1:20 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:45 Infomercials 2:45 Army Wives 3 0 3:30 I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here Australia PGR 3 0 4:50 Regular Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:30 NewsHub Nation 3 An in-depth weekly current-affairs show hosted by Simon Shepherd and Emma Jolliff. 0 12:40 Infomercials

11pm Athletics – Xterra World Tour Athletes from around the world gather to race in off-road triathlons and trail runs.

11:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 12:30 Closedown

11:05 Te Ao – Maori News 3 The latest news, with an inclusive approach to Maori news by connecting directly with communities.

11:35 Closedown

11:30 Mysteries At The Museum 12:30 Dream Gardens 1am Hugh’s Three Hungry Boys 1:30 Gourmet Farmer 2am Brother v Brother 3am Hope For Wildlife 4am Joanna Lumley’s Japan 5am Mysteries At The Museum

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9:30 Buried In The Backyard AO 10:30 Snapped PGR 3 11:25 The Disappearance Of Maura Murray PGR 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

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7:25 Occupation MVL 2018 Sci-fi. Dan Ewing, Temuera Morrison.

9:25 Forever My Girl PGC 2018 Drama. Alex Roe, Jessica Rothe.

11:15 Elvis Goes There – Paul Feig MC 2019 Documentary.

12:10 BlacKkKlansman 16VLSC 2018 Drama.

John David Washington, Adam Driver.

2:25 Glass MVC 2019 Drama.

James McAvoy, Bruce Willis.

4:30 Father Figures MLSC 2017 Comedy. Owen Wilson, Ed Helms.

6:20 Colossal Youth MC 2018 Romantic Comedy.

Troy Osterberg, Kimmy Caruso.

8pm 7 Days In Entebbe MVL 2018 Thriller. Inspired by true events, a group of terrorists hijack Air France Flight 139 and hold the passengers hostage.

Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl.

9:50 Slut In A Good Way 16LSC 2018 Drama.

Marguerite Bouchard, Romane Denis.

11:20 Mad To Be Normal 16VLSC 2017 Drama.

David Tennant, Elisabeth Moss.

7:25 Savages 18VLSC 2012 Crime. Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, John Travolta.

9:35 Tower Heist MLS 2011 Comedy. Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy. 11:20 The Campaign 16VLS 2012 Comedy. Will Ferrell.

12:45 Get Smart PGV 2008 Comedy. Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway. 2:35 Wild Wild West PGV 1999 Action.

Will Smith, Salma Hayek.

4:20 The Pledge 16VL 2001 Drama. Jack Nicholson, Benicio Del Toro. 6:20 Mama MVLC 2013 Horror.

Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj CosterWaldau, Megan Charpentier.

8pm The Animal MS 2001 Comedy. After a car accident, a would-be police officer is repaired by a mad scientist using animal parts, with unexpected results.

Edward Asner, Rob Schneider.

9:25 Transformers – Dark Of The Moon MVL 2011 Action. The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon, and must reach it before the Decepticons reach it and learn its secrets.

Shia LaBeouf.

11:55 Shutter Island 16VL 2010 Thriller.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo.

Tuesday 2:10 Wild Wild West PGV 1999 Action.

Will Smith, Salma Hayek.

3:55 The Pledge 16VL 2001 Drama. Jack Nicholson, Benicio Del Toro.

5:55 Mama MVLC 2013 Horror.

Tuesday

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SKY SPORT 1 6am Rugby Nation 7am Rugby – Premiership Cup (RPL) Northampton Saints v Wasps. 9am Rugby – Pro14 (RPL) Munster Rugby v Dragons. 11am Rugby – NRC (RPL) Canberra Vikings v Fijian Drua. 1pm L Rugby – New Zealand Schools v Fiji Schools From Hamilton.

2:50 L Rugby – New Zealand Schools Barbarians v Australian U18 From Hamilton. 5pm Rugby – Pro14 (RPL) Edinburgh v Zebre.

7pm Pro14 Highlights Show 8pm Rugby – Premiership Cup (HLS) Leicester Tigers v Exeter Chiefs. 8:30 Rugby – Premiership Cup (HLS) Northampton Saints v Wasps.

9pm Rugby – French Top 14 (HLS) 9:30 Rugby – New Zealand Schools v Fiji Schools (HLS) 10pm Rugby – New Zealand Schools Barbarians v Australian U18 (HLS) 10:30 Rugby – Farah Palmer Cup Otago v North Harbour. 11pm Rugby – Farah Palmer Cup Manawatu v Auckland. 11:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Otago v Waikato. Tuesday Midnight Rugby – New Zealand Schools v Fiji Schools 12:30 Rugby – New Zealand Barbarians v Australian U18 1am Rugby – Premiership Cup (RPL) Northampton Saints v Wasps. 3am Rugby Nation 4am Rugby – NRC (RPL) Canberra Vikings v Fijian Drua.

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SKY SPORT 2 6am Women’s Cricket – Australia v Sri Lanka (RPL) First T20.

9:30 Cricket – T20 Blast (HLS) 10am Women’s Cricket – Australia v Sri Lanka (HLS) First T20.

10:30 L Cricket – CPL Barbados v St Kitts.

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2:30 Cricket – CPL (HLS) Barbados v St Kitts.

From Kensington Oval, Bridgetown.

3:30 Cricket – T20 Blast (HLS) 4pm Cricket – CPL (RPL) Barbados v St Kitts.

From Kensington Oval, Bridgetown.

7:30 ICC Cricket 360 8:30 Cricket – CPL (HLS) Barbados v St Kitts.

From Kensington Oval, Bridgetown.

9:30 Women’s Cricket – Australia v Sri Lanka (HLS) First T20.

10:07 L Women’s Cricket – Australia v Sri Lanka Second T20.

From North Sydney Oval, Sydney.

Tuesday

1:30 Cricket – CPL (HLS) Barbados v St Kitts.

2:30 Cricket – CPL (HLS) St Lucia v Jamaica.

3:30 Cricket – India v South Africa (HLS) First T20.

4am Cricket – India v South Africa (HLS) Second T20.

4:30 Cricket – India v South Africa (HLS) Third T20.

5am ICC Cricket 360 30Sep19

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7:30 Weather Top Tens PG Top Ten Most Bizarre Weather.

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9:10 Blowing Up History PG 10am How It’s Made PG 10:25 How Do They Do It? PG 10:50 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 11:40 Evil Lives Here M The Demon in His Eyes. 12:30 Murder Comes To Town M The Last Face She Saw. 1:20 People Magazine Investigates PG Who Killed Jane Doe 59?

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TOUGH START FOR HANAN GIRLS

By Erin Tasker

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Otago sounded the first and loudest warning shot as the South Island Under-18 Girls’ Rugby Tournament got under way at the Methven Domain yesterday morning.

Otago came up against the Hanan Shield side, which features five Mid Canterbury players, in the opening round of the tournament yesterday and turned it on to run away with the game 64-0.

Defending champions Canterbury also picked up a strong win

It was a challenging start to the South Island Under-18 Girls’ Rugby Tournament yesterday, going down to Otago 64-0.

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first-up, beating Tasman 31-12, while the other game of the first round between Southland and Canterbury Development ended in a 7-all draw.

For the young Hanan Shield side, the big loss to Otago wasn’t the ideal start to the tournament, and they headed into the afternoon’s second round with much higher hopes, and fared much better.

They took on Canterbury

Development in game two and in a vastly different game from their first one, drew 5-all, while Otago backed up their morning win with a 17-12 win over Tasman, as did Canterbury, beating Southland 31-12.

The Hanan Shield side features two players from the Ashburton College and Mount Hutt College combined girls’ rugby side – Aidan Elvines and Madison Trusler-Clark – along with three

Mid Canterbury girls who attend Craighead in Timaru, Olivia Mackenzie, Nikita Clemens and Taylor Allan.

In today’s action they will take on Southland in the morning round, which kicks off at 10.30am, while Otago take on Canterbury, and Canterbury Development will meet Tasman.

The Hanan side will then take on Tasman in the afternoon round, at 1.30pm, while the two

Canterbury sides get to battle it out in a derby match, and Southland play Otago.

Tomorrow morning the Hanan girls will play Canterbury, while Tasman play Southland and Canterbury Development play Otago, at the earlier time of 9.30am.

The top two teams will then face off in the tournament’s final at midday tomorrow at the Methven Domain.

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