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Pelthouse closure confirmed

Every effort had been made to ensure residents of Lochlea Lifestyle Resort were aware of the rebate scheme.

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Rates rebate windfall for retirement village residents

By Sue Newman

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Many of Ashburton’s retirement village residents can count in thousands of dollars the lost opportunity to claim a rebate on rates paid on their village homes.

The rates rebate scheme was introduced in 1973 to help low-income homeowners with their rates. It is funded by the Government and administered by local councils, but from the outset it did not include owners of properties in retirement villages.

With the passing of the Rates Rebate (Retirement Village Residents) Amendment Act 2018, however, some of those residents will now be able to put up to $640 a year in their back pocket.

The rules now allow retirement village property owners whose income is little more than superannuation, to access the scheme.

In the current financial year 49 retirement village residents in the Ashburton District have claimed a rebate; many more are likely to be eligible but have not completed the paperwork.

Lochlea Lifestyle Resort manager Tony Sands said every effort had been made to ensure residents were aware of the rebate scheme.

“We’ve been absolutely open about it and we’ve had staff from the council’s rates department come and address residents,” he said.

Application forms were available from the village office reception, but the whole process

around any application was completely confidential, Sands said.

Rates on retirement village units are included in the weekly maintenance fee all residents pay.

Achieving parity for retirement village residents with private home owners was a huge win that had been a long time coming, said Retirement Village Association president Graham Wilkinson.

“We saw it as absolutely inequitable because one of the fallacies about retirement villages is that only the wealthy can live in a village, but there are large numbers of people in most villages who don’t have significant assets other than the unit they live in,” he said.

That was borne out by the

large numbers, nationally, who had claimed a rebate, upwards of 40 per cent of residents in some parts of New Zealand.

His association had been active in promoting the rates rebate scheme and had worked with its members to ensure all residents checked whether they were eligible.

Eligibility for a rates rebate measures income against rates paid.

As an example, a single person living alone would receive $21,380 a year from superannuation (before tax). If they earned a total income of $30,353 or less and paid rates of $1500 a year, they would be eligible for a $640 rebate.

This rebate is paid directly to the property owners, not the retirement village.

Silver Fern Farms has confirmed it will close the Fairton pelthouse and consolidate pelt volumes at its Finegand site in Balclutha.

All 44 people processing pelts at the Fairton site have been presented with redundancy, as well as work options at other Silver Fern Farms sites in the region, said GM Operations Mark Leslie.

Silver Fern Farms will continue to operate the Fairton farm as it looks to future options for the site.

“We understand this decision will have a significant impact on our 44 people working in the Fairton pelthouse,” he said. Four staff preparing pelts at Pareora, in Timaru, are also affected.

“We let our people know that we appreciated the professional way they went through this consultation process, that we value their skills and welcome the chance to retain them at our other sites.

“We have set up a resource centre to assist our people with decisions around their employment. We have roles available for them at our other sites, should they wish to take them up.”

Silver Fern Farms has investigated alternative further processing options for pelts with others in the industry.

Continued low sheepmeat numbers in the South Island had led to a situation where there was excess pelt processing capacity in the South Island. Pelt processors were also seeing low returns from the global market.

These factors, coupled with the large overheads at the site, made pelt processing unsustainable at Fairton.

“We now intend to consolidate our volumes at our Finegand pelt preparation facility, bringing efficiency gains through this early part of the pelting process. We will then use specialist pelt processors to finish the products.

“We believe there is mutual benefit in this process and we will be running a process to determine the best fit for our needs,” Leslie said.

Silver Fern Farms will continue to operate the Fairton farm as it looks to future options for the site.

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■■REAL ESTATE INSTITUTE OF NEW ZEALAND

Ashburton produces rural rising star Ashburton-based Tim Gallagher began selling farms for PGG Wrightson Real Estate in October 2017.

After completing his first full year in the role at the end of March, his skill as a salesperson was recognised this week with a major national award: He was named as the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand’s 2019 Rural Rising Star of the Year.

Gallagher said his success in the challenging world of rural property was due to his direct communication style.

“For me, a handshake means everything. What every farmer wants is honesty. They want to hear the truth, good bad or ugly. Most farmers very quickly realise when someone is telling them what they want to hear, instead of telling them the truth.

“I always keep that in the front of my mind when I am dealing with anyone, particularly farmers,” he says.

Although he grew up in Taupo, Tim reckons Canterbury always felt like home.

“My extended family used to farm here, on a cropping farm at Lowcliffe, so I spent school and university holidays in Mid Canterbury, where my uncle kept me interested in farming, and I always thought I’d be in business here somewhere,” he said.

Gallagher completed a BCom in Commercial Law and Business Management at Victoria University before heading away overseas, where he took up various farming and agricultural contracting roles in Canada, the USA and Germany.

“When we graduated, all my friends at university took jobs and focused on career progression. I never wanted to be stuck in an office, so went travelling for a year, which ended up turning into five and a half years. I never wanted to rush.

“I wanted my career to fall into place naturally, and looking at it now, that is how it has happened.”

Back from Germany to visit family in 2014, he was hunting in the

South Island with some mates when he spotted a PGG Wrightson advertisement for a junior livestock agent. Still intending to return to Europe, he applied on impulse and was offered a position.

Making the most of the new role, working with farmers between the Rakaia and Rangitata rivers, he rapidly grew his client book. With his livestock business gaining traction, Gallagher’s career then went in another unplanned direction.

He was encouraged to sit his real estate exams by PGG Wrightson rural real estate salesman Robin Ford (Fordy), who saw a bit of his younger self in Gallagher.

“We were working for the same company and dealing with the same clients, so came to know and respect each other.”

That was mid-2015. After initially saying no, Gallagher thought about it for the next year or so, before deciding to give it a go. He has never looked back. He and Fordy now work alongside each other in the same Ashburton office, co-operating closely.

That chemistry of old and new has worked well, with the key role he played in 13 rural property sales during the past 12 months instrumental in his Rural Rising Star of the Year award at the Cordis Hotel in Auckland this week, which came directly after the New Zealand Rookie of the Year that he took out at the PGG Wrightson Real Estate awards last week.

According to national sales manager for PGG Wrightson Real Estate Camron Meade, Gallagher’s success is well deserved.

“In a short space of time, Tim had achieved considerable success in a tough market. His honesty, integrity, drive, direct communication style, and ability to think outside the square are the main factors contributing to the exceptional start he has made to his real estate career.

His passion for the rural sector and the discipline his legal training provide are also excellent qualities that make him so effective in the role.”

Right – REINZ Rural Rising Star of the Year 2019 Tim Gallagher, of PGG Wrightson Real Estate Ashburton, and partner Hanna Downey.

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Every decision that Council makes comes with a cost that comes straight from the pockets of ratepayers. After forty years of running a business locally, I have the practical experience to ask the hard questions.

Council has an obligation to invest in quality infrastructure and to spend your money wisely, and I’ll bring that discipline to the Council table.

Keeping a lid on rates Quality infrastructure Responsible governance Vote John Falloon for Ashburton Ward to get the basics right.

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Museum set for busy season

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

The team behind the Ashburton Fire Museum are preparing to open their doors for the first open day of the season.

The museum will be open to the public tomorrow alongside the Plains Railway Museum’s open day and will kick off what is expected to be a big summer.

“We have been trying to deter people in the winter because it can be quite cold with the type of building it is but we have still had quite a few groups through,” Peter McQuarters said.

“We have made a commitment in the summer months to not only open for the open days alongside the railway museum, but we are also going to be open every single Sunday until the end of May.” The museum operates on a donation system, and is open from 10.30am to 3.30pm.

“It runs on a donation principle and is reasonably well supported so there is no actual charge, we don’t want to penalise people for coming for a day out,” he said.

“Some people that want to come and have a day out don’t have a lot of spare cash and this is something that has been funded through the community through a lot of work by a lot of service clubs for the community.”

Alongside the museum’s expansive collection of the Ashburton Fire Brigade’s memorabilia, a local syndicate of enthusiasts

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Mid Canterbury’s three MPs have racked up more than $60,000 in expenses for the last three months.

These expenses are strictly limited to travel costs when MPs are undertaking Parliamentary activities.

Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon had a total expenses bill of $18,656 for April to June 2019.

“As with most regionally-based MPs my flight costs to and from Wellington are much higher than MPs based in Auckland,” he said.

Quad bike rider injured A quad bike rider was taken to hospital after their vehicle was hit by a truck on State Highway 1 north of Oamaru yesterday.

The quad bike was pulling out of Carrolls Road, near Glenavy, when it was hit by the southbound truck.

It appeared the rider didn’t see the truck, Sergeant Kevin Reynolds, of Waimate, said. The rider was taken to Oamaru Hospital with what is believed to be a moderate head injury. The highway had to be closed for a time.

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A local syndicate of enthusiasts has purchased a rare British 1953 Dennis F14 100ft turntable ladder to be shown alongside the Ashburton Fire Museum’s collection.

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It is fully operational and in original condition, and is believed to be one of only two, maybe three, left of this particular model in the world.

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museum and we will be exhibiting it and hopefully it will provide a nice point of difference,” McQuarters said.

The museum has now started a small merchandise store which will allow visitors to purchase items like cups or replica helmets.

“We will quietly be adding to the range,” he said.

ton Fire Brigade, first registered in January 1953.

It has had two private Canterbury-based collector owners since being decommissioned several decades ago.

“While it doesn’t fit the criteria of the museum which is absolutely okay, a lot of the syndicate have a working relationship with the

Crunching the numbers on MPs’ expenses

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay

In brief

tika,” Falloon said. Luxton said she has found her expenses have remained around the same since she first joined Parliament.

“I’m always conscious of my expenses, and am always mindful of ensuring I’m saving money where necessary and possible,” she said.

In total Adams claimed $28,803 for the quarter, spending $9642 on air travel and $9075 on surface travel. www.guardianonline.co.nz Luxton claimed a total of $17,328, spending $6296 on air travel and $2378 on surface travel.

have higher travel costs.”

“Where I can I fly Jetstar to keep In the quarter, $6167 of the excosts as low as I can, ultimately penses accounted for air travel, it’s taxpayers’ money and all MPs while $3291 went towards surface need to be conscious of that.” travel.

Falloon said the costs can flucAll three MPs, Falloon, Labour tuate from quarter to quarter list MP Jo Luxton and Selwyn MP based on how regularly ParliaAmy Adams all paid $8323 in Welment is sitting. lington accommodation costs.

“Recently I held 20 constituenAdams claimed $1762 for cy clinics over four days in smallnon-Wellington accommodaer communities across Mid and tion, Falloon claimed $874 and South Canterbury, so while there Luxton $330. were no flight costs, my petrol January 9, 2018 Development 2 Ashburton my Regional costs were higher than usual thatGuardian “In Tuesday, portfolio I do have the occasionweek,” he said. al accommodation expense in “It’s a big area to cover and places like Invercargill or Hokimost MPs with larger electorates

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Summer singing school now in session

By Katie todd

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If you’re on your way past the Ashburton Trust Event Centre this week, keep an ear out for the hard-working vocal chords of 149 Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School (MCSSS) students.

The group launched into a week of practice yesterday before they bring a musical theatre production to the stage on Friday and Saturday.

It’s the biggest production yet for the MCSSS, which has been operating each January for 18 years and is musically helmed

by Ashburton singing tutor Jo Castelow.

“We now have people from all over, from as far as Timaru and Christchurch, and each time brings a new mix of voices,” said Castelow.

Some singers have been involved in the week-long course for more than 10 years, she said,

while more than half of this year’s junior group are newcomers.

The group range in age from 9 to 21 years and includes mem-bers of NAZDA and first-year university students.

This year’s production is themed Time Travellers and will cover musical theatre and tunes from across the ages – from My Fair Lady and Bing Crosby to recent hits like Hamilton and Moana, along with everything in between, Castelow said. “Among the juniors everyone knows the songs from Moana, but they find that they love singing the older ones just as much,” she said.

And not only does the theme provide something for everyone in the audience, she said, but gives the young singers the opportunity to learn about various musicals. The group received their music a month ago, and auditioned for solo positions on Sunday. They are currently undergoing two days of musical

Do you need sliding wardrobe doors or wardrobe interiors?

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A number of older buildings around the Ashburton District will shortly be sporting signs that spell out how they rank against new building standards.

As part of the on-going drive to ensure all buildings will be earthquake safe, the Ashburton District Council will be sending signs to owners of buildings built prior to 1976 and will be asking them to display those signs prominently on the outside of their property.

The public notification is part of the council’s drive to ensure every older building has been inspected by engineers and that where required, strengthen-

ing work is either carried out or planned in the future.

It’s been a long process getting to this point, council building services manager Michael Wong said, but the placard templates had now arrived and these would be sent to property owners over the next month.

The placards would serve a two fold purpose – making the public aware of a building’s compliance level and encouraging owners to carry out necessary strengthening work.

Wong anticipates there will be about 150 sent out in February to owners of non-compliant buildings.

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Cool start to spring New Zealand is in for a “particularly unsettled” start to spring with below average temperatures forecast over the first few weeks. There was also an elevated risk of sharp cold snaps for September and early October, according to Niwa’s spring outlook released this week. It comes as Auckland experiences one of its wettest Augusts on record, with 29 days of rain. Niwa meteorologist Chris Brandolino said while this weekend would provide a warm, fine start to spring, by late next week and the following week would see below average temperatures.

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A fishy tale?

A fishy photo of a baby shark swimming in a Parakai Springs pool has emerged online with many wondering if the tale is true.

Parakai Springs has shared a photo of the shark on social media, claiming that it ended up there due to a flash flood from a river.

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Ski town turns in

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Getting pitch perfect for their production later this week are Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School students (from left): Lucy Clough, EJ Stockman, Emily-Jane Farr and Annah Casey-Solly. practice, before director Alice Sollis steps in to help with the actions from Wednesday onwards.

Three 80-minute performances of Time Travellers will take place on Friday night, Saturday after-

already assessed. Then we’ll do another desk top review and pick up the ones we may have missed and we’ll work with them,” he said.

Buildings that have not been assessed will be given the lowest rating until an assessment is done, Wong said.

There had been a proposal to change the rules so the cut-off date for engineering assessment would have moved forward to cover all buildings built before 2004 and that would have seen hundreds of buildings around the district bearing stickers, he said.

The consultation process ensured there was no date change

Te Araroa walkers are on the rise, benefiting the summer tourism industry in Methven.

Many who do the 3000-kilometre trail, which runs the length of New Zealand, end up in the ski town, as it is a natural resting point near the uncrossable Rakaia River.

Methven i-SITE consultant Lyndsay Agnew said December to February was peak season for assisttrail walkers, and she was assist ing about half a dozen per week.

“Most of them are doing the whole trail or the whole South Island, depending on how much THE time they have got,” she said.

“They are really interesting people, you have to be a certain breed to want to go and walk 3000 kilometres.”

They mostly came from Europe and North America, and walked north to south, hitch-hiking into Methven from above Lake Coleridge. They generally stayed in the campground or backpacker lodges in Methven.

“It’s nice to have them here and they spread the word when they go back,” she said.

Walkers rejoin the trail on Blackford Road in the Rakaia Gorge, and Methven Travel provides transport on the “empty” section of its school bus run, and operates an on-demand shuttle service in school holidays.

After a couple of days rest in Methven, the Te Araroa tr The Te Araroa section through Mid Canterbury goes from here to the Hakatere Heron Road, takhitchhiked to Methven, fered a Hikers’ Special made it all ing a public access easement over at the weekend aiming to the more attractive.

Glenariffe Station, then crossing north of Lake Coleridge to “My feet were pretty banged up, the 60,000-hectare Hakatere Conthe trail. so I decided to hang out for just servation Park.

Beckett said the trail to one more day,” Beckett said.

Among those undertaking Te had many river crossin He flew into Auckland in midAraroa is American Clayton Becksome mountainous ter December, and had his cellphone ett. His trail name is Chef, he has well as farm tracks and di stolen in his first two days. He a travel blog at chefspecial5.com Besides the road walks, w flew to Queenstown and shuttled and is from Connecticut. did not like as they lacked to the southern end of Te Araroa The 26-year-old is walking the derness appeal of true tr at Bluff, and walked 555 kilomeSouth Island section, south to ing, and a lack of markers tres north to Twizel over the next north, and was in Methven at the areas, he was enjoying th fortnight, staying in high country weekend. He said he ended up ery and meeting lots of pe huts and his tent. With last week’s staying two nights instead of one Of the few fellow hiker storm system forecast he decided at Snow Denn Lodge because he met, most were walking to skip the next section and he needed the rest, and the fact it of-

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Counties Manukau Police are hunting a gunman who held up a superette in Mangere on Thursday night. The offender, armed with a shotgun, threatened staff before climbing over the counter and stole cash and cigarettes before fleeing the scene. He was last seen walking through nearby Sutton Park. The shotgun-wielding offender barged into the store around 8.15pm. CCTV cameras caught him red-handed in the crime.

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noon and Saturday night at the Event Centre, with tickets now available from Ticket Direct.

From P1 Near Methven, Lucy Raisbeck’s free range egg stall was also burgled on Sunday night.

While taking out the bins yesterday morning, she said she noticed that the security camera had been taken and the padlock had been cut off from her honesty box.

All money had been cleared from the box before the theft, but Raisbeck said she was still gutted to discover the break-in, which she presumes is the work of people “who don’t care about other people”.

However, with new security methods for Raisbeck and an ultra-secure honesty box for Billie, both stalls are continuing to operate.

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and that dramatically reduced the number of buildings coming into the net locally.

If a building is required to have a placard displayed it will contain information on the percentage it complies with building standards and the year with which it will need to be strengthened to come up to code, Wong said.

Older buildings that have been assessed and found to be up to strength or that have already been strengthened will not need to display placards.

Details on the placard-bearing buildings will be held on a public register with the Ministry of Building and this is accessible to anyone.

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A section of the big quiz crowd that packed into the Hotel Ashburton for Thursday night’s Daffodil Day quiz.

Quiz for cancer raises $20,000 Some 400 quizzers at the ANZ’s annual Daffodil Day quiz generated $20,000 for the Cancer Society in Mid Canterbury on Thursday night.

While some were there to win the big prizes using their smarts, others were there to have fun; the end result was 81 teams testing their local and general knowledge for a good cause.

Ashburton Online (Kieron Gray, Darion Gray, Cathal Gray, Nathan Mills and Lyndon Moore) were ultimately the winners on 80 points (from a possible 100), with defending champions For Fox Sake (White Fox Jones) second after winning a tie-break over Super Schemers, on 78 points.

A trophy contested between the district’s law firms went to White Fox Jones.

The quiz questions, in eight rounds with topics ranging from television shows to sport and geography, were interspersed with raffles and auctions, all to raise money for the Cancer Society’s work locally.

A signed All Blacks jersey sold at

auction for $1800, while a Richie McCaw helicopter flight went for $1600 and a signed Black Caps cricket bat donated by young Tom Bell went for $1200.

It was the fifteenth year the ANZ bank’s Ashburton branch has run the quiz, which has raised around $150,000 for the community. This year’s version

was the largest yet, with 81 teams, and a waiting list of teams wanting to enter.

You’d have been in with a chance if you knew that Southern and Glenmark had drawn their big rugby game this season, that scat singing related to jazz music and that Tiger Woods’ first name was Eldrick.

Above – Testing the brain matter for a good cause, and helping raise $20,000 for the Cancer Society in Mid Canterbury.

Left – Ashburton Online, the winners of the 2019 ANZ Daffodil Day quiz.

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Youngsters get behind a good cause Showing their support for the Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day appeal by wearing yellow are Tiddlywinks youngsters (from left) Josh Giles, 2, Charlotte Morrison, 3, Elsie Corbett, 4, Quinn Horrell, 3, Evie Holdaway, 4, Aaliyah Barros, 3 and Evie Holdaway, 4.

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Chinese fugitive surrenders

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A Chinese businessman, who was living undetected in New Zealand, has surrendered himself and will return voluntarily to Australia to face charges relating to an alleged multimillion-dollar tax fraud.

Li Zhang, 56, appeared yesterday in the Auckland District Court where Judge Nevin Dawson and everyone else in the room expected him to fight the Australian Government’s attempts to extradite and prosecute him.

But Zhang, who has been held in a Kiwi prison since his arrest on April 4 this year, soon began raising his hand and interrupting the proceeding.

Crown prosecutor Fiona Culliney said it appeared Zhang was now willing to voluntarily return to Australia.

“Yes sir,” Zhang told Judge Dawson.

“Exactly,” he continued to proclaim.

He then briefly consulted with his lawyer Quentin Duff.

“Sir, I’ve got written instructions that he’s ready to be sent back to Australia,” Duff told the judge.

The Australian Government wants to prosecute Li Zhang over alleged tax offences.

Zhang was then led away back into the cells, but before doing so he turned to a tearful family member in the public gallery and with a big smile gave two thumbs up.

The alleged fraud he is accused of is linked to a luxury New South Wales golf course and resort in which the Australian Government claims it was defrauded of $10.5 million.

The total loss to the Australian Government is alleged to be more than $19m.

Zhang was arrested by the New Zealand Police when officers attended a minor car crash in April before an Australian warrant for his arrest was endorsed by Judge Ajit Singh.

The Chinese-born Australian citizen had left New South Wales in 2009 when police and tax offi-

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cials were looking for him under a search warrant.

He disappeared from authorities for a decade.

It later became apparent that Zhang had been living at a highend rental property north of Auckland.

It is not clear how long he was living in New Zealand.

According to the Australian Taxation Office, Zhang owned the Chinese construction company Hightrade. More than 100 of its subsidiary companies collapsed 10 years ago.

The company’s finance head, Simon Chan, also left Australia and has not returned.

The ATO was looking at Hightrade for the way it behaved during the construction of the Pokolbin golf course and its resort in the Hunter Valley.

The Australian Government alleged the construction group inflated the cost of building the resort by more than $115m.

Hightrade executive Song (Peter) Chang was charged with tax fraud.

Chang was jailed in 2017 for five and a half years for conspiracy to defraud the Australian Government.

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National response to measles NZME The battle against the growing measles outbreak has gone national.

The Ministry of Health yesterday activated the National Health Co-ordination Centre to co-ordinate the response to the outbreak in Auckland, and monitor the situation in the rest of New Zealand, Associate Minister of Health Julie Anne Genter said.

“The NHCC will work with Auckland DHBs and the Auckland regional Public Health Service and strengthen the response.

“People under the age of 50, especially children, who have not been vaccinated, should seek a free vaccination from their doctor as soon as possible.”

As of earlier yesterday there had been 762 confirmed cases of measles in the Auckland region, Genter said.

“New Zealand has not escaped the outbreak of measles occurring globally ... I want to reassure the public that co-ordinating the response to the measles outbreak will be a top priority for the Ministry of Health in the coming days.”

NOTICE OF HELICOPTER USE FOR VISUAL INSPECTION OF TRANSMISSION LINES IN YOUR AREA. Methven

Transpower, the owner and operator of the national grid, will be carrying out a routine visual maintenance inspection of transmission lines in your area by helicopter.

We will be undertaking inspections of the structures on the Glenavy to Waitaki 110 kV line and also our Roxburgh to Islington 220 kV line (as shown on the map) by a low flying helicopter over the next two months.

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Our first flyover date is planned for Thursday 5 September 2019.

The helicopter will fly at a constant speed of about 30 km/h, starting at Waitaki and will take approximately 4 hours per session.

Helicopter will be operating at low levels in around the transmissionTekapo line in highlighted zone.

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Big crowds gathered to watch the junior netball final between Methven and Allenton last Saturday.

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The week in pictures It has been another busy week across Mid Canterbury and we have all the best photos from the past week to share.

The Nor’Westers entertained crowds at the Devon Tavern last Sunday.

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Left – Mid Canterbury United Football Club’s Ben Holland looks to cut back past the defender in their clash against Nomads United AFC Pressies last Saturday.

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Right – It was time to sort daffodils at the Cancer Society Ashburton headquarters on Monday with Harper Morgan, 3, and Hazel Lowe, 4, lending a hand.

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Above – Mid Canterbury’s Tyler Blackburn looks to clear the ball from the back of the ruck in their clash against Horowhenua Kapiti last week.

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Above right – Ashburton College centre Poppy Kilworth looks to find a free teammate in the Premier Netball final against Celtic A last Saturday.

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Right – The Ashburton Embroidery Exhibition was well attended last Saturday.

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‘Airbnb for parking’ startup raises $4.6m

By Chris Keall NZME

Parkable chief executive and co-founder Toby Littin with Spark future of connectivity lead Renee Mateparae. thousand carparks around NZ, with its app displaying real-time availability and pricing.

And on the host side of the equation, it lets you monetise your work carpark space after hours or turn an unused piece of commercial land into a carpark,

using Parkable for bookings.

Parkable takes a 20 to 40 per cent stake, depending on the number of spaces involved and whether you manage your own carpark.

The company also has a new enterprise product, which allows

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“While the labour market is undeniably tight at the moment, that appears set to change,” she said.

A key downside risk over the year ahead is that employment indicators have deteriorated.

That is to say the employment intentions section of all the major business surveys, and actual job ads, point to less hiring.

If there’s anything that will stop your shopping spree in its tracks, its losing your job.

To get a sense of the balance between business and consumer confidence, ANZ puts together a composite index.

Closely tracking actual GDP growth the combined index provided a better indicator than either series individually, Zollner said.

Unfortunately it still shows a negative trend.

It suggests we could see GDP growth dipping at least as low as 2 per cent in the next six months (It’s currently 2.5 per cent year on year).

But that’s not a recessionary slump.

“The composite remains within recent low ranges, in line with our pick that while economic growth slowed this year it is finding a floor,” Zollner said.

“We expect that the 50bp OCR cut delivered in August will filter through to consumers in time which should lift confidence, as long as the labour market holds up.”

So there’s hope. Get out there this weekend and have some fun, buy those new shoes.

You’ll be doing your bit for the economy.

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an we shop our way through an economic downturn?

After cutting rates to a record low this month, Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr called on consumers to spend more and businesses to invest more.

Based on two key confidence surveys released this week, only consumers were listening.

The ANZ Business Outlook survey on Thursday was ugly.

Both business’ confidence in the general outlook and confidence in their own prospects fell to lows last seen in the global financial crisis.

Investment and hiring intentions now look grim for a number of sectors including construction and agriculture.

But yesterday’s ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Index showed sentiment rising in August – just.

It’s still slightly below the historical average but it rebounded from a bigger fall in July.

Consumers’ perceptions of their current financial situation rose, with a net 16 per cent feeling financially better off than a year ago.

A net 27 per cent of consumers expect to be better off financially this time next year – a six-point bounce-back versus last month.

And a net 39 per cent think it’s a good time to buy a major household item, unchanged.

“Households are feeling relatively robust at the moment,” said ANZ chief economist Sharon Zollner.

That was good news for retailers, she said.

But is it sustainable?

Can consumer spending head off a recession in the face of a slowdown in other more productive sectors of the economy?

Paul Gruenwald, chief economist at S&P Global Ratings, thinks it might be.

New York based Gruenwald, who visited Auckland this week, notes that consumer spending now accounts for nearly 70 per cent of GDP in the US. In New Zealand that figure is more like 57 per cent.

So even as trade-war woes hit market confidence and sectors like manufacturing and agriculture in the US, recession was not a certainty, he said.

Volatile equity markets and gloomy bond markets, with inverted yield curves, make the headlines.

“That’s a path to pay attention to,” he said.

“But really, the more important one for the US is employment, wage growth and consumer spending. That’s going to be the big driver.”

As long as employment and consumer confidence stay solid there is likely to be a baseline of at least some GDP growth.

So far unemployment levels have remained stuck near record lows in both the US and New Zealand.

We saw unemployment fall to just 3.9 per cent in the second quarter.

Despite that, there was still concern around the employment outlook in New Zealand, ANZ’s Zollner said.

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Parkable’s journey from a tiny outfit renting driveways around Eden Park to global player continues.

The Auckland start-up has raised $4.6 million in a Series A round led by Spark, and supported by Trade Me alumnus Rowan Simpson, former Vista executive Peter Beguely, former Edelman Asia-Pacific boss David Brain and early PushPay backer Jason Kilgour.

The money was raised at a $36m valuation, meaning founders Brody Nelson (the tech brain), Warwick Beauchamp (the business coach and investor) and Toby Littin (the manager) retain majority control.

Spark already had a small holding. Other small investors include the Crown-backed New Zealand Investment Fund and menswear scion Duncan Greive.

When the Herald first caught up with Parkable in 2015, the threeman startup was using its app to list driveways and off-street parking spaces near Eden Park for an All Black test.

Today, it lets punters reserve or grab-on-the-fly one of several

was in the process of being set up.

Sensors are placed in the middle of each carpark, which in turn allow an admin at Spark to keep up to date via dashboard software which shows which spaces are filled, and when (and here, Parkable strays into the territory occupied by Frog Parking, which sells sensor systems for commercial carparks).

Parkable charges $15 per space per month for its management system, with no setup costs.

In February, Parkable expanded across the Tasman by buying Park Genie.

Chief executive and co-founder Toby Littin said the deal would give his company access to 1200 carpark spaces in Brisbane, on top of the 5500 it already has on its books in NZ. At the time, the startup said it had around 50,000 users in Auckland, Christchurch, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington and Brisbane. Today it boasts 60,000.

May saw Parkable push into China, via a joint venture with a trio of expats who have spent decades navigating that market.

Littin said the move could double the size of Parkable’s business within 12 months.

large organisations to manage their carparks – for which Spark was a pilot customer, along with Datacom, IAG and KPMG. It can be used for allocating guest carparks, or to wrangle the “hotdesking” of shared spots.

The chief executive says the enterprise service, which costs from 50 cents per space per day, is Parkable’s key point of difference in what he concedes is a crowded market worldwide (Parkable did have two competitors here, when the Herald first profiled it during its Eden Park days, but both have subsequently bitten the dust).

Spark future of connectivity lead, Renee Mateparae pitched her company’s investment as an internet of things (IoT) play.

“We see parking as a key vertical in our IoT segment and this is a strategic investment for us. The Parkable platform offers a unique value proposition in this space for our customers across many industries. It truly demonstrates one of the early use cases for IoT technology – providing a valuable service for consumers and businesses alike and allowing for better asset utilisation.”

The Herald visited Spark, where Parkable’s system for businesses

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Doing double duty during yesterday’s Cancer Society fundraising breakfast, society staff and volunteers (from left) Mandy Casey, Sally Reid with Columbus staff member Ellayne Kelly, and Catherine Leadley and Karen McRae. PHOTOS SUE NEWMAN 300819-SN-0031

Digging deep and dining out

By Sue Newman

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You could smell the food and hear the happy buzz from the carpark as dozens of people started their Friday with breakfast for a cause.

From 7am there was standing room only at Columbus Cafe with tables packed with happy diners, doing their part to raise money for the Cancer Society.

Columbus owner Nigel Heney and his staff were running to keep up with the orders of bacon and eggs, hot cakes and bagels with salmon, with staff and volunteers from the Ashburton branch of the society doing double duty as wait staff.

“It was a really enjoyable morning,” Heney said.

“The decision to do it was very easy, the ladies have been a great support to us and generally come here for their daily coffee and it was a great opportunity for us to give something back.

“I think everyone had a good time, it’s nice to be able to contin-

ue the really strong relationship we have with the Cancer Society.”

For the Cancer Society team, the fundraising breakfast was a great way to start the organisation’s annual Daffodil Day appeal.

It’s the first year the breakfast has been held and tickets were quickly snapped up, health promoter Mandy Casey said.

“We’ve had wonderful support from the community and Nigel has been fantastic in holding this and donating part of the price of every ticket sold,” she said.

Columbus was the first cafe in Ashburton to become smoke-free and Heney was keen to do something to help raise funds locally, Casey said.

Schools and preschools were also keen to be part of the big fundraiser, with many students dressing in yellow and bringing along gold coin donations.

At Allenton, the school turned yellow with students gathering en masse to show their support.

Their gold coin appeal raised $624.90.

Tiddlywinks pre-school youngsters were also keen to be part of the day and dressed for the occasion.

Thousands of daffodils were picked and delivered by members of Ashburton’s vintage car club earlier this week and yesterday volunteers were out street-side with collection buckets.

Every year the Cancer Society helps thousands of New Zealanders with emotional, physical and practical support for both the cancer patient and their family.

Last year across Canterbury and the West Coast there were 1600 calls to the cancer support line and more than 20,000 faceto-face visits were made.

A total of 12,496 bed nights were used in the society’s two Christchurch properties, Daffodil House and Daffodil Lodge.

One in three people are affected by cancer and it is now the number one cause of death in New Zealand and is predicted to increase by 50 per cent over the next 15 years.

Doing their part to raise funds for Ashburton’s branch of the Cancer Society at yesterday’s fundraising breakfast at Columbus Coffee (from left) Juliet McLeod, Lesley Faulkner and Vicky Bell.

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Racing to keep the coffees coming during yesterday’s Cancer Society fundraising breakfast, Columbus staff Renee Irving and owner Nigel Heney.

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Orders placed and waiting to enjoy their Cancer Society fundraising breakfast (from left) Hayley McLeod, Susie O’Reilly and Pam Carr.

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Arrests target activists Hong Kong police arrested well-known activist Joshua Wong and another core member of a pro-democracy group yesterday, and authorities denied permission for a major march in what appears to be a harder line on this summer’s protests.

The organisers of today’s march, the fifth anniversary of a decision by China against allowing fully democratic elections for the leader of Hong Kong, said they were calling it off after an appeals board denied permission.

It was unclear whether some protesters would still demonstrate on their own.

Police have been rejecting more applications for rallies and marches, citing violence at or after earlier ones. They also are arresting people for protests earlier this summer.

Andy Chan, the leader of a pro-independence movement, was arrested at the airport on Thursday night. Three others were taken in earlier this week for the vandalising of the legislature offices on July 1.

“The first priority of the Civil Human Rights Front is to make sure that all of the participants who participate in our marches will be physically and legally safe. That’s our first priority,” said Bonnie Leung, a leader of the group. “And because of the decision made by the appeal board, we feel very sorry but we have no choice but to cancel the march.”

Police said that Wong and Agnes Chow are being investi-

‘I feel like a nobody’ Actress Kirsten Dunst has opened up about her experiences, saying she often feels “like a nobody” in her industry.

Dunst has starred in a number of culthit films, such as Marie Antoinette, Melancholia and Drop Dead Gorgeous, but the star said she feels ignored by Hollywood. When asked if she recognised the power of her work, Dunst said she has “never” felt it. “I’ve also had a lot of disappointment,” she said. “Of the things that people like, remember when Marie Antoinette — y’all panned it? And now you all love it. Drop Dead Gorgeous?

Panned. Now you all love it ... I feel like a lot of things I do, people like later.”

Well-known pro-democracy activists Agnes Chow (left), and Joshua Wong have been arrested in a crackdown by Chinese authorities.

PHOTO AP gated for their role in a June 21 unauthorised protest outside a police station. Both face potential charges of participating in the demonstration and inciting others to join it. Wong also is being investigated on suspicion of organising it.

Wong is secretary-general of Demosisto and Chow is a prominent member. He was one of the student leaders of the Umbrella Movement, the major pro-democracy demonstrations in 2014.

Isaac Cheng, the vice chair of the group, said the arrests

are an attempt to spread fear and “white terror” among Hong Kong residents.

He accused authorities of trying to identify leaders in a “leaderless” movement that has rocked Hong Kong for nearly three months.

The Communist Party-ruled government in Beijing is pulling the strings and has misjudged the situation, he said, urging residents to continue protesting despite the risk of arrest.

Demosisto first reported the arrests on its social media

accounts, saying Wong was pushed into a private car as he was heading to a subway station around 7.30am and has been taken to police headquarters.

It later said Chow had also been arrested, at her home.

Wong was released from prison in June after serving a two-month sentence related to that protest.

He has been speaking out regularly in support of the pro-democracy protests that have racked Hong Kong this summer.

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Reef outlook lowered to ‘very poor’ The government agency that manages Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has downgraded its outlook for the corals’ condition from “poor” to “very poor” due to warming oceans.

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s condition report, which is updated every five years, is the latest bad news for the 345,400 square kilometre colourful coral network off the northeast Australian coast as climate change and coral bleaching take their toll.

The report issued yesterday finds the greatest threat to the reef remains climate change.

The other threats are associated with coastal development, land-based water runoff and human activity such as illegal fishing.

“Significant global action to address climate change is critical to slowing the deterioration of the reef’s ecosystem and heritage values and supporting recovery,” the report said.

“Such actions will complement and greatly increase the effectiveness of local management

The government agency that manages Australia’s Great Barrier Reef yesterday downgraded its outlook for the corals’ condition from “poor” to “very poor” due to warming oceans.

PHOTO AP actions in the Reef and its catchment.”

The report is the agency’s third and tracks continuing deterioration since the first in 2009. The deterioration in the reef’s outlook mostly reflects the expanding area of coral killed or damaged by coral bleaching.

The report said the threats

– which include the star-ofthorns starfish that prey on coral polyps – are “multiple, cumulative and increasing”.

“The accumulation of impacts, through time and over an increasing area, is reducing its ability to recover from disturbances, with implications for reef-dependent communities and industries,” the au-

thority’s chairman Ian Poiner said.

“The overall outlook for the Great Barrier Reef is very poor,” he added.

A study of coral bleaching on the reef, published in the journal Nature in 2017, found 91 per cent of the coral reef had been bleached at least once during three bleaching events of the past two decades, the most serious event occurring in 2016.

A fourth major bleaching struck later in 2017 after the Nature study was published.

The United Nations’ World Heritage Committee expressed concern about bleaching in 2017 and the latest report could lead to the World Heritage-listed natural wonder being reclassified by UNESCO next year as “in danger”.

Environment Minister Sussan Ley said she was not surprised by the downgrade in the reef’s condition given the damage done by recent cyclones and latest bleaching events in successive years.

Hemsworth breaks silence Liam Hemsworth is back on Instagram – and focusing on work. In his first post since he confirmed his split with wife Miley Cyrus, he pushed his new film, Killerman, which opens in the US this week. “I’m incredibly proud of the work everyone did on it,” the 29-year-old Australian star wrote, adding, “Blood, sweat and tears were shed from all who were involved.” The message signals a return to promotional duties after Hemsworth cancelled his appearance at a press junket and premiere screening of the indie action thriller in Los Angeles.

Net worth revealed The Chase is easily one of the most popular shows in the country so it makes sense that its host is probably well paid.

Not only has Bradley Walsh fronted the reality quiz series for a full decade, he’s also fronted a number of other UK shows, appeared on Coronation Street and was once a pro footballer and recording artist.

It’s a career spanning 40 years, but his net worth might surprise you. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Bradley Walsh has more than $12 million ($US8m) in the bank. His earnings from his work go into his company Wingit Productions, which he runs with wife Donna, and is currently worth just under $13 million.

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There is such a thing as a free lunch I

t’s probably a sad indictment on society that we even have to go through the discussion, but the idea of free lunches in schools is a pertinent subject and one that needs tackling head-on.

So, you probably won’t find too much disagreement around the place about the announcement this week from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern that children in 30 primary and intermediate schools will begin receiving a free lunch every school day from term one next year.

It’s a good stepping stone towards the future – and one most taxpayers will be happy to bear the cost of as well – after all, find me someone who would want to see a child go hungry, my guess is

you’d be searching for a while.

The programme, which will see more than 21,000 children covered within the next two years, begins at the start of school next year and will initially only cover 5000 students – all of whom are based in Rotorua and the Hawke’s Bay. That’s a start, but it will, initially at least, only cover a small portion of the country with a

problem that’s felt nationwide.

It’s a hard one to even fathom, in some senses.

The prospect of a child going to school without something in their lunchbox just doesn’t seem like anything you’d normally see in our country – but the problem is, it’s happening.

And even more sadly, I know it happens from time-to-time at schools within the Mid Canterbury region too.

For years those schools have been picking up the tab and ensuring that no students go unfed, calling on the support of the school community or generous donations from other businesses or organisations around the place.

To think that eventually that responsibility will be taken off them would be welcome news – almost as pleasing as the thought of no child going through the school day without good sustenance in their system.

But the sooner we, as a society, wake up to the fact that it is a very real problem – and it’s pleasing to see that our government has taken a big step forward in that respect – the better it will be for everyone.

It’s not just a simple solution though, there’s a lot that will need to be sorted out.

The days of school children being able to sit down and eat the same thing together are long gone with a plethora of dietary re-

quirements, religious beliefs and allergies to be taken into account.

The management of that alone would require a huge amount of work to ensure that everything was exactly as it should be, but the rewards at the end of the day in the knowledge of every child being fed would certainly far outweigh the issues.

At the end of the day, the prospect of free school lunches won’t be for everyone and nor will it be applicable to everyone, but a nationwide sweep of the programme would go a long way to ensuring that educators and parents collectively can know that each student is getting the opportunity they deserve to do their best in the classroom.

arms to belligerents.

In 1939, the first issue of Marvel Comics, featuring the Human Torch, was published by Timely Publications in New York.

In 1974, leader of the Labour Party since 1965 and prime minister since late 1972, ‘Big Norm’ (Norman Kirk) died suddenly at the age of 51.

In 1980, Poland’s Solidarity labour movement was born with an agreement signed in Gdansk that ended a 17-day-old strike.

In 1989, Britain’s Princess Anne and her husband, Captain Mark Phillips, announced they were separating after 15 years of marriage.

In 1994, the Irish Republican Army declared a ceasefire. Russia officially ended its military presence in the former East Germany and the Baltics after half a century.

In 1997, Prince Charles brought Princess Diana home for the last time, escorting the body of his former wife to a Britain that was shocked, grief-stricken and angered by her death in a Paris traffic accident earlier that day.

In 2017, rescuers began a block-byblock search of tens of thousands of Houston homes, looking for anyone who might have been left behind in the floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey.

Ten years ago: Extremely dangerous and strengthening Hurricane Jimena roared toward Mexico’s resort-studded Baja California Peninsula.

Five years ago: On the Sunday talk shows, leaders of the House and Senate intelligence committees prodded President Barack Obama to take decisive action against what they said were growing threats from Islamic State militants on US soil.

One year ago: Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul”, was laid to rest after an eight-hour funeral at a Detroit church.

Today’s birthdays: Japanese monster movie actor Katsumi

Tezuka (Godzilla) is 107. Rock musician Jerry Allison (Buddy Holly and the Crickets) is 80.

Actor Jack Thompson is 79.

Singer Van Morrison is 74. Actor Richard Gere is 70. Rock singer Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze) is 62. Rock musician Gina Schock (The Go-Go’s) is 62. Actor Jaime P. Gomez is 54. Rock musician Jeff Russo (Tonic) is 50. Rock musician Greg Richling (Wallflowers) is 49. Actor Chris Tucker is 47.

Thought for today: “When you pray, rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart.” — John Bunyan (1628-1688).

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EDITOR

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Saturday, August 31, the 243rd day of 2019. There are 122 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On August 31, 1986, 82 people were killed when an Aeromexico jetliner and a small private plane collided over Cerritos, California.

The Soviet passenger ship Admiral Nakhimov collided with a merchant vessel in the Black Sea, causing both to sink; up to 448 people reportedly died.

On this date: In 1841, the brig Sophia Pate was wrecked on a sandbar at the entrance to Kaipara Harbour with the loss of 21 lives. It highlighted the dangers of navigating New Zealand’s poorly-chartered coastal waters.

The 165-ton Sophia Pate had been chartered by three Irish Wesleyan (Methodist) families to carry 23 settlers from Sydney, via Auckland, to the Kaipara district, where they planned to establish a settlement in the Kaihu Valley.

In 1886, an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.3 devastated Charleston, South Carolina, killing at least 60 people, according to the US Geological Survey.

In 1888, Mary Ann Nichols, believed to be the first victim of Jack the Ripper, was found slain in London’s East End. In 1894, the Arbitration Act became law. The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration (IC&A) Act made New Zealand the first country in the world to outlaw strikes and introduce compulsory arbitration.

Following the failure of the transTasman Maritime Strike of 1890, some major employers refused to recognise unions, blacklisted their members and slashed wages and conditions. The Liberal government that took office in 1891 was determined to find an alternative to industrial conflict and to foster the union movement, which it saw as a key political ally.

In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act prohibiting the export of US

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Just over it. Ok ...

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.39. Not a bad first effort after a lifetime habit in my house of IBDTVF. Now that’s an acronym you may not have come across before and the likely reason is that I literally just made it up – 10 seconds ago.

But I like it, I feel quite pleased with it and I’m expecting it will take on very quickly and spread like wildfire, just like LMAO and LOL. LOL is a tricky one for those not down with the kids on the social media language code. Like the person who wrote on the attendance register at a funeral: “So sorry Bob died. LOL.” Thinking of course that it meant “lots of love”. Not “laugh out loud”. Not the best choice of words for a mortal send-off.

Anyway back to IBDTVF – Incessant Brain Dead Televisual Fatigue.

And 6.39.

The night before I wrote this, Mrs Mac had an evening work engagement, which meant I had free run of the establishment at home. The early evening and beyond was mine to orchestrate, shape and fashion in any old way I pleased.

So the first point to note is the TV didn’t go on. At all. All evening.

Or at least until she came home, much later.

I tell you it was absolutely glorious. No canned laughter over non-events. No fake hysteria. No banality. No insane uproarious

Peter Mac

PETE’S PERSPECTIVE

applause in and out of every break during The Project. No knobs from the audience fluffing their way through a teaser segment for the next break. Why the hell do they do that? Who was the idiot who ever imagined that was good TV? No painful tolerating one of the seemingly thousands of unfunny nobodies who claim to have won some award or another at some “comedy festival” somewhere.

Now, that I’m a man within spitting distance of pension-nabbing vintage, I have become that grumpy old bugger I have often criticised others for being on my way through.

And it feels great.

Too much water under the bridge to give a fairly large rodent’s rear end about what other people might think. About anything really. But happy to tell them what I think.

And my favourite current subject is “Most TV is crap”.

I’d happily post the thing for sale on Facebook Marketplace.

Most days.

6.39. It’s now tonight. Mrs Mac isn’t working tonight, but she’s knee-deep in creativity in the

kitchen.

And, unbelievably, she doesn’t seem to notice the television isn’t on. Because the reality is that when she is home it is ALWAYS on. In its place there’s a wonderful silence, the sound of nothing, except the beautiful silent space around life itself. It is, simply, quite wonderful. Two nights in a row!

Until finally she’s done.

She sweeps past me towards the TV. I become anxious. Perhaps she’s going beyond to check on her elderly mother, but no, she reaches for the remote. And on it comes.

Just in time to catch a promo for The Block NZ. My very favourite worst programme. I swear, even the promos stretch my temperament.

It’s 6.39 and finally we are back into the same old, same old.

For me, everything I want to know is on my iPad, anytime I want it. I don’t have to wait til 6 o’clock to see about 100 people deliver the news, sport and weather.

I don’t have to watch the annoying man with the English accent who escaped from Hobbiton tell me the weather.

I can eliminate all that, get what I need, when I need it, without the fluff.

It’s so good.

When you’ve reached your 60s and in full stride, one doesn’t need to bow to pressures, follow instructions or suffer fools. Not at all.

Unless, of course, the wife is home, then all that goes out the window.

Tonight, with a Guardian deadline looming, it has been my get-out-of-jail card to head upstairs and caress the keys on the PC while the people on The Crock work their magic way out of my space.

The problem with being this age, is that there’s another part of you that still believes you are somewhere around 39.

I went to a local auto accessories store today and the woman (not girl) behind the counter said 1957 thanks.

I was taken aback. A little stunned I asked her “how did you know when I was born?”

“No, that has come to $19.57 thank you.”

She also volunteered that her dad was also born in 1957 but in August, making him actually even younger than me.

As I thanked her I remarked, next time you see your old man you can tell him you’ve actually met someone older than him.

Yeah, I know it’s not that funny, but neither are most of the comics on TV. Pull the plug.

Broadcaster Peter Mac is Ashburton born and bred and the afternoon host on the Hokonui Radio Network.

The views expressed in this column are his and do not reflect the opinion of his employer or the Ashburton Guardian.

There is a glimmer of hope, and Jesus wept W hen He was on earth, did Jesus weep? Get angry and frustrated?

Feel lonely? Feel grief? Laugh and feel happy? Was He pressured?

Misunderstood? Used?

The Bible says He experienced all of these feelings.

He wept at Lazarus’ death; he generated a real fury when He cleansed the Temple; He was pressured by the throngs who followed Him; became frustrated with His disciples.

Yet he rejoiced with children, enjoying their innocent laughter.

Was He used? He surely was, by the authorities, the Jews, and by the Romans, as a bargaining tool.

In fact, He shared all of the feelings we experience at some time.

Which leads me to ponder, does he still have these same feelings 2000 years on? The ones we can share only with our very best friend, the ones we don’t share at all.

Lois Ranson

CHRISTIAN COMMENT

We can still share them with Him. I’d like to share this poem by Edwin Boyce:

And Jesus Wept He looked down on the Earth and saw the horrors of wars and asked, Where are the peacemakers who will be called the children of God? And Jesus wept.

He looked down on the Earth and saw the children who hunger and are abused and said, I told them to let the little children come unto me, And Jesus wept.

He looked down on the Earth and

saw the greed of people, and said I told them to sell all that they have and to follow me, And Jesus wept.

He looked down on the Earth and saw how it has been polluted and said, Look what they have done to the gift they were given, And Jesus wept.

He looked down on the Earth and saw the hatred between races and said I told them to love one another as I had loved them, And Jesus wept.

He looked down on the Earth and saw churches that were empty and said, Didn’t I tell them to go into all the world and make disciples?

And Jesus wept.

He looked down on the Earth and saw a grandparent reading a Bible to a child, and he said there is hope, And Jesus wept.

You may have guessed that I am a grandmother.

People of my generation grew up with the comforting gentle Jesus Meek & Mild prayer as our guide. And that was fine – then.

But as we matured, Meek and Mild took on a slightly wimpy meaning and it just wasn’t enough anymore. Jesus was certainly no wimp. He was, and is, a shining example of courage, compassion and, above all, of hope.

The violence and atrocities we see on TV make it obvious that the world is in trouble. Most of humanity has turned away from God. But every now and then, like the grandparent in Edwin’s poem, there is a glimmer of hope.

Jesus saw it. And he wept.

Rev Lois Ranson Assistant Priest Ashburton Anglican Parish

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Their team’s season may have come to a heartbreaking early end, but two members of the AshHutt girls’ rugby team still have plenty to play for.

Madison Trusler-Clark and Aidan Elvines have been named in the Hanan Shield girls’ team to contest the South Island Under-18 tournament, which is this year being hosted by Methven in the next school holidays.

For Elvines – a 17-year-old number eight – it’s a return to a team she’s been a firm fixture in over recent seasons, but for Trusler-Clark it’s the first time she’s made the cut, and she’s over the moon.

“I definitely didn’t think I would make it because I’m still only under-15, and it’s an under-18 team,” Trusler-Clark said.

But the 15-year-old caught the selectors’ eyes, and although she’s played most of the season at flanker, she’s set to play at second-five or halfback for the Hanan Shield side.

She’s not too worried where she plays on the field though, she’s just happy to be playing.

Trusler-Clark plays rugby, hockey, basketball and, in the summer, softball.

But rugby is the one that is top of the pack, and the one she really sees her playing future in.

“I just want to go as far as I can, if that eventually means dropping everything else, I would definitely do that,” Trusler-Clark said.

It’s a similar story for Elvines.

A Year 13 student this year, the 2019 season was her last for the AshHutt side – a combination of players from Ashburton College

and Mount Hutt College – but she plans to continue playing, wherever life takes her.

“I want to keep playing rugby for as long I can, so long as my body will let me,” Elvines said.

She credits her family for getting her into the sport. She’s a rower too, but having a dad and brother involved in rugby prompted her to give the sport a go in Year 9, and she loved it.

It’s been a real family thing for her.

This year her dad was the AshHutt coach and her mum the manager, but unfortunately the season didn’t go as well as they’d hoped. They took on Timaru Girls’ High School in the semi-finals of the Aoraki secondary schoolgirls’ competition and let a lead, and the game, slip through their fingers.

Timaru Girls’ High School went on to take on Craighead in the final, which Craighead won.

The Hanan Shield team – selected from that competition – is a wide cross-section of players from all teams, and while Elvines is one of the more experienced players when it comes to rugby at that level, Trusler-Clark is one of the youngest.

Elvines was a late starter in the sport, compared to Trusler-Clark.

She’s been playing rugby since she was four, and played in boys’ teams up until a couple of seasons ago, giving many a boy a run for their money.

Trusler-Clark said she plays in headgear, so often it wasn’t until the end of games when she took her headgear off to shake hands with the opposition, that a lot of players realised they’d actually

been playing a girl.

Playing in a girls’ team, in a girls’ competition, took some getting used to initially, but she loved it and really saw her future in the game.

First though, both Elvines and Trusler-Clark’s attention is on the job at hand – the South Island tournament.

They had a fun season playing for AshHutt, with great teammates, great coaching staff and great sponsors who all played a vital role in getting the team on the pitch, and if they can finish the season off with a top showing at South Islands, they’ll be happy.

Elvines said two years ago the Hanan Shield girls came second, and with 2018 having been somewhat of a rebuilding year, it’s hoped the side can step it up a notch in 2019.

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Mid Canterbury will take to the park in Ruatoria today confident, but at the same time respectful and wary of their East Coast opposition.

That’s because East Coast, although they’ve been regular cellar-dwellers in Heartland Championship history, are a rugby team that can never be taken lightly.

So while Mid Canterbury coach Dale Palmer would like to think that by the end of the day his side will have a tick in the ‘win’ column, he also knows they’ll have to be on top of their game to do it.

The Heartland Championship is a competition where no team can be taken lightly, as illustrated by last weekend’s opening round where a few teams that went in as favourites – including Mid Canterbury – lost.

East Coast lost to Buller in round one, but each year, East Coast are a little unpredictable.

They’re always strong up front and have talent out wide, and with a former All Black in their midst this year, they could be a team to watch.

That former All Black, Zac Guildford, will start at centre today, and there’s another couple of faces Mid Canterbury players will recognise in the forwards.

Adaam Ross, a former Mid Cantabrian and son of former All Black Jock Ross, now lives on the East Coast and will start at lock, while another former Mid Canterbury Heartland player, Hakarangi Tichborne, will form part of the East Coast front row.

When it comes to the visiting side’s starting line-up, Palmer and co-coach Jason Rickard have made five changes to the starting 15 from their opening loss to Horowhenua-Kapiti.

Matt Bentley comes in at lock to replace Ataata Langilangi, while a strong showing for the Mid Canterbury A side last week sees Angus Lindsay come back into the side at seven, replacing Seta Koroitamana, who is away playing for the New Zealand

TODAY’S TEAMS Mid Canterbury:

1. Tom Heywood 2. Jackson Donlan 3. Sorby Sorvea (loan) 4. Eric Duff 5. Matt Bentley 6. Tom Blyth 7. Angus Lindsay 8. Jon Dampney (captain) 9. Tyler Blackburn 10. Corey McKay (loan) 11. Lima Savaiinea 12. Nete Caucau 13. Josh McAtamney 14. Timoci Nabakeke 15. Matt McAtamney 16. Jacob Sutton 17. Adam Williamson 18. Kody Nordqvist 19. Sam Madden 20. Manasa Bari 21. Cory Sinclair 22. Inoke Tonga

East Coast:

1. Hakarangi Tichborne 2. Wyntah Rikki 3. Perrin Manual (player of origin) 4. Scott Lasenby 5. Adaam Ross 6. Hone Haerewa 7. Trent Profit 8. Mitchell Crosswell (loan) 9. Hamuera Baker 10. Chris Richardson 11. Epeli Lotawa (loan) 12. Tawhao Stewart 13. Zac Guilford (loan) 14 Verdon Bartlett 15. Zane Crooks 16. Pera Bishop, 17. Laman Davies, 18. Anton King, 19. Hoani Te Moana 20. Benny Haerewa, 21. Billy Manuel, 22. William Martin

Angus Lindsay returns to the starting line up for Mid Canterbury’s clash with East Coast in Ruatoria today.

PHOTO ERIN TASKER 170819-ET-0043 Heartland XV against Samoa.

The other change in the forwards sees Welshman Tom Blyth starting at six, replacing Tevita Ula, while in the backs Tyler Blackburn will start at halfback in place of an unavailable Will Mackenzie, and Matt McAtamney starts at fullback in place of Richard Catherwood.

Coming in to fill gaps left on the bench are Sam Madden in the forwards, Cory Sinclair as halfback cover, and Manasa Bari for the backs.

A player more commonly found in the forwards, Bari is also handy in the backs, as he showed when he started on the wing in Mid Canterbury’s pre-season

game against South Canterbury.

Meanwhile, returning to the side for his second start will be loan first-five Corey McKay, who plays his club rugby in the Dunedin premier competition for Taieri.

He only came into the fold in the days leading up to Mid Canterbury’s opening round loss to Horowhenua-Kapiti, but looked like he’d been with the team for much longer, showing the kind of promise that has his coaches excited.

In fact, there was promise all around the field in round one – it just didn’t quite all come together as hoped.

But Palmer is hopeful that to-

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day will be different.

He said this week at training they’ve worked hard on the problems identified in that opening game, and are well prepared for whatever East Coast throw their way.

“They will be pretty keen to chance their am and throw the ball around, and they have some big forwards, so they will be a physical side, I would say,” Palmer said.

“But we always go in with belief that you can do it, and that’s what we are aiming to do, but you don’t underestimate anyone.”

Mid Canterbury will take on East Coast at Ruatoria’s Whakarua Park at 2.30pm today.

A BIT OF HISTORY A look back on the history between Mid Canterbury and East Coast.

Played: 19 matches (between 1991-2018). East Coast wins - 4, Mid Canterbury wins - 15.

Last match: Mid Canterbury 56 East Coast 7, in Ashburton (September 29, 2018).

Last East Coast win: East Coast 20 Mid Canterbury 13 in Ashburton, (September 15, 2012).

Highest score East Coast: 51 in Tokomaru Bay, in the NPC (September 29, 2003).

Highest score Mid Canterbury: 76 in Ruatoria, (October 1, 2016).

Biggest differential: Mid Canterbury by 55 (67-12) in Ruatoria (September 27, 2014).

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By Liam Napier Compare the All Blacks’ past three World Cup squads, and variances in positional numbers and overall experience spring out but so, too, are similarities evident.

The reality is stats only ever reveal so much.

The main anomaly this time around, as the All Blacks seek a third straight crown in Japan, doesn’t come from numbers alone.

Rather it’s found in the question marks surrounding preferred starters and combinations, particularly in the backline.

Before we get to the nitty-gritty of this Cup campaign, let’s first ponder the comparative facts.

The first point to acknowledge when analysing New Zealand’s World Cup reign of supremacy, is 2015 was a one-off in terms of squad experience, one unlikely to ever be repeated.

With 1484 total caps, New Zealand’s last World Cup squad was easily their most experienced, bolstered by four centurions in the form of Richie McCaw, Dan Carter, Tony Woodcock and Keven Mealamu.

Ma’a Nonu hovered on 97 tests at the start of the tournament while Conrad Smith, Kieran Read and Owen Franks weren’t far behind.

This time around, with Franks left out, Sam Whitelock and Read fly the centurion flag. The 2011 group surprisingly started with not one 100-cap veteran.

Aaron Smith (86 caps), Ben Smith (79), Beauden Barrett (77) and the injured Brodie Retallick (77) sit in this year’s next tier of experience, with Sam Cane, Dane Coles and Sonny Bill Williams others in the All Blacks leadership group.

From England’s sole success in 2003 to South Africa’s second triumph in ‘07 and the All Blacks thereafter, World Cups are historically captured by an experienced core.

Reason being is this arena brings expectation and scrutiny like no other.

Forget the Six Nations and Rugby Championship, World Cups stand alone.

When scoreboard pressure, dwindling time and knockout atmosphere combine, those who have been there before generally remain more calm, regain control, and lead.

Don’t fret, though.

Despite selecting one-test rookie Luke Jacobson and 19 players to attend their first World Cups – two more than 2015 – the experience of this All Blacks squad outweighs that of their 2011 counterparts by 62 caps, though there is one more player with 30 permitted for the New Zealand-hosted tournament.

This year’s squad has two fewer than 2011 attending their third World Cups (Whitelock, Read and Williams) but two more (nine in total) in their second dig.

Those such as Cane, Barrett, Coles and Codie Taylor have grown immensely from their

first global showpiece but, with an average age of 27, this is the youngest World Cup squad the All Blacks have assembled in the past three cycles.

Similarities are found in the 17 forwards, 14 backs splits Steve Hansen favoured for the 2015 success and this edition in Japan.

Retallick’s concerning shoulder injury has forced a change in the lock/loose forward balance, with only three second-rowers selected in 2015.

Eight years ago, the All Blacks approached the 2011 tournament with two first five-eighths in Carter and Colin Slade, with Piri Weepu’s versatility offering cover.

We all recall the injury calamities to Carter, Slade, Aaron Cruden and Weepu that transpired, before Stephen Donald snuck that penalty to edge the All Blacks home.

Over the next four years, much emphasis was, therefore, placed on grooming first-fives to ensure that situation would not repeat.

And it did not, as Carter delivered three world-class performances, two of them on the grand Twickenham stage.

Yet this time, nerves similar to 2011 persist about the lack of depth at No. 10 where Beauden Barrett and Richie Mo’unga, the Crusaders general with 12 tests and five starts, are tasked with not only guiding the All Blacks, but staying healthy throughout.

No Cruden, Donald or Lima Sopoaga wait in the wings. Instead, it is uncapped Highlanders playmaker Josh Ioane who may be called upon from outside the squad, should serious injury again strike.

Four years ago the presence of three first-fives – Carter, Barrett, Slade – forced a cull in the back three, leaving room for four outside backs. With five on hand for Japan, this is where selection conversations get murky.

The All Blacks have been forced to adapt and adjust more during this cycle than the previous two, largely because they don’t possess the same established depth or settled combinations.

Think, for instance, how long the Jerome Kaino- McCaw-Read loose trio was locked in for 2011 and, once Kaino returned from abroad, 2015 as well. The starting

tight-five for both tournaments were settled. Ditto the peerless Nonu-Smith midfield.

Nehe Milner-Skudder burst on the scene in 2015.

By and large, though, most combinations were set some way out.

For Japan the same can’t be said for the back three, midfield or loose forwards. Jack Goodhue is locked at centre, as is halfback Aaron Smith, but the remaining backline personnel and positional set up could be considered contestable.

Ardie Savea-Cane-Read is the preferred loose trio but that, too, is recent and against the bigger packs, the All Blacks will ponder Scott Barrett at blindside.

Damian McKenzie’s mid-season injury forced the All Blacks to arrive late at the Mo’unga-Barrett dual playmaker combination.

That they have only started three tests together highlights their work-in-progress status.

Liam Squire’s absence leaves the All Blacks blindside candidates combining for two starts over the past four years, while Nepo Laulala, Ofa Tu’ungafasi and Angus Ta’avo and have collectively started 14 times at tighthead prop in the same timeframe.

The flexibility of this All Blacks squad leaves them with multiple game plans which creates uncertainty for the opposition but it also translates to a potential lack of cohesion.

Such understanding only comes through time together.

The other point to note is at the previous World Cup the All Blacks harnessed ridiculous depth with Beauden Barrett, Williams, Cane, Tawera Kerr-Barlow, Victor Vito, Charlie Faumuina, Ben Franks and Mealamu all coming off the bench for the final.

Replicating that same impact four years on may be difficult, having dug much deeper into reserves.

What to take from all this?

Well, the All Blacks remain favourites to clinch a third, successive World Cup title in Japan but prospects feel much more akin to the tense nature of the 2011 final than the dominance the 2015 squad delivered.

This tournament should come with a heart warning.

Tony Woodcock scores the winning points in the 2011 Rugby World Cup, surrounded by a bit of All Black experience.

Mid Canterbury’s Seta Koroitamana will start at seven for the Heartland XV in their game against Manu Samoa this afternoon in Auckland.

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Koroitamana gets Heartland XV start Mid Canterbury’s Seta Koroitamana is set to start in what will be a historic rugby clash at Auckland’s Eden Park this afternoon.

Koroitamana will run on to the field in the number seven jersey when the New Zealand Heartland XV takes on Manu Samoa in a game that will form part of a massive double-header.

The Pasifika Challenge II is an international double header, with the New Zealand Heartland XV taking on Manu Samoa at 2pm, followed by a much-anticipated clash between Tonga and Fiji.

Heartland XV coach Mark Rutene said with 18 players returning from last year’s squad it meant that when his side came together in Auckland this week, they hit the ground running.

“It was pretty seamless coming in and the new faces we do have, have fit in really well.”

Thames Valley’s Brett Ranga will captain the side from blindside flanker and Rutene said there is leadership across the park in key positions.

The front row of Carl Carmichael, Troy Tauwhare and Scott Cameron combined in both New Zealand Heartland XV matches last year, as did halfback William Wright and first five-eighth James Lash.

Vice-captain Craig Clare brings first class experience from Mitre 10 Cup and Super Rugby to the fullback position, while Buller’s Jeff Lepa gets his first cap in the Heartland XV jersey at number eight, as does Thames Valley speedster Harry Lafituanai on the wing.

Timoci Serawalu and Kalavini Leatigaga are also in line for debuts off the bench, but there is plenty of experience on the bench, too, with Ralph Darling and Lindsay Horrocks both veter-

ans of several Heartland XV campaigns.

Rutene said the team know what to expect from a Manu Samoa team who are building up towards the Rugby World Cup, so the focus is what they can bring.

“We have had a bit of a look at the Samoa team, but it is more on us.

“We need to be ready to adjust to the intensity and pace of the game so that’ll be our biggest challenge.

“The players are absolutely jumping out of their skin to get out onto the field, for many of them this match will be the biggest of their career.

“I want them to bring that excitement to the game.”

HEARTLAND XV 1. Carl Carmichael (King Country) 2. Troy Tauwhare (West Coast) 3. Scott Cameron (Horowhenua Kapiti) 4. Josh Clark (North Otago) 5. Campbell Hart (Wanganui) 6. Brett Ranga – c (Thames Valley) 7. Seta Koritamana (Mid Canterbury) 8. Jeff Lepa (Buller) 9. William Wright (South Canterbury) 10. James Lash (Buller) 11. Willie Paiaaua (Horowhenua Kapiti) 12. Sione Holani (West Coast) 13. Peni Nabainvalu (Wanganui) 14. Harry Lafituanai (Thames Valley) 15. Craig Clare (Wanganui) 16. Glen McIntrye (Thames Valley) 17. Ralph Darling (North Otago) 18. Meli Kolinisau (North Otago) 19. James Goodger (Wairarapa Bush) 20. Aaron Lahmert (Horowhenua Kapiti) 21. Lindsay Horrocks (Wanganui) 22. Timoci Serawalu (Horowhenua Kapiti) 23. Kalavini Leatigaga (South Canterbury)

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SISS champs looming

By Erin Tasker

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They’ve already ticked one massive goal off their to-do list, but the season is far from over for Ashburton College’s A netballers.

They’re off to Nelson this week for the annual South Island Secondary Schools’ Championships, and they couldn’t have asked for a much better build-up than winning the Mid Canterbury Netball premier one title last Saturday.

But that win over Celtic A, which saw them crowned Mid Canterbury’s best for the first time since 2010, has already been put behind them as they prepare to take on some of the South Island’s best.

Ashburton College A head to Nelson eyeing up a top 16 finish, but know that make that a reality they’ll have to be on top of their game from game one, because they’ve drawn a tough pool.

Thirty-two teams will contest the championships’ A grade section and Ashburton College are in a pool with last year’s runners-up Southland Girls’ High School, a strong Marlborough Girls’ High School team, and Nayland College.

Even Nayland, the team promoted to A grade from B grade this season, could pose a tough challenge, Ashburton College A coach Kaye Kennedy said.

But she, and her team, were looking forward to the week ahead.

“There’s nothing like heading away on a tourament with your team, with your team-mates and playing against your peers.

“It’s a really exciting week and the pinnacle of our season,” Kennedy said.

Teams really needed to take at least two wins in pool play to make the top half of the draw come play-offs.

“It’s going to be tough so you really just need to take it one game at a time,” Kennedy said.

“We got 15th last year so we are hoping to better that by one or two places, and anything over and above that is a bonus.”

The win in the local premier competition had given College A a big boost, but they knew that when it came to secondary school netball, it was a whole different picture.

The Ashburton College A netball team that will this week contest the South Island Secondary Schools’ tournament in Nelson. Absent is Billy Surridge.

PHOTO ERIN TASKER 190819-ET-0013 Each week during the netball season, College A has travelled north to play in the top tier of the Christchurch secondary schools’

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grade, meaning they’d start next season needing to win promotion/relegation games if they wanted to stay in the top grade.

It’s going to be tough so you really just need to take it one game at a time

netball competition, SuperNet. They played their final SuperNet game of the season last week and went down to Cashmere by one, leaving them a disappointing eighth in the eight-team A

While they will lose a few players from this year’s squad – as happened with school netball sides – they’d be ready for any challenge that came their way, just as they will be this week.

The College A team that will take to the court in Nelson is the same as that which took the court in the Mid Canterbury Netball premier competition, with one addition.

Billy Surridge has joined the team from the Ashburton College Year 10 A side.

They won’t be the only Mid Canterbury team in action either, with a team from Mount Hutt College also featuring in the B grade tournament.

A basketball tournament also being played in Nelson next week means that teams taking part in the netball tournament will have the added challenge of both indoor and outdoor games.

Kennedy said the first two days will be inside, and the next two outside.

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Age group structure changed Changes to Netball New Zealand’s programme of national tournaments mean that Mid Canterbury won’t have an under-17 team heading away to nationals next year.

That’s because there won’t be a national under-17 tournament any more.

Netball New Zealand (NNZ) is set to implement two new tournaments next year, following consultation with the netball community as part of a high performance review.

From 2020 a New Zealand open championship and a national under-18 championship are set to replace the current under-19 and under-17 national tournaments traditionally played in July.

The new under-18 age group event will remain in the second week of the July school holidays, while the open is likely to be contested early to mid-September outside the school holidays.

The changes are intended to broaden the base of athletes able to participate at a national event, while maintaining high performance resources targeted at ANZ Premiership and Beko Netball League.

The New Zealand Open Championship will cater to netballers who want to represent their centres at a national level, while lifting an age group event to under 18 ensures the majority of school aged athletes will be eligible to play.

The NZ Secondary Schools’ Championships will remain in place, involving the country’s top 16 schools drawn from the three regional events held during winter tournament week.

Meanwhile, a new tournament which is a collaboration between Netball South and Netball Mainland will also be held in Dunedin later next month.

The inaugural South Island Senior Championships will be staged at the Edgar Centre from September 27-29 and feature premier teams from throughout both zones, although there’s no team from Mid Canterbury taking part.

All aboard for the annual tournament week Sporting teams from South Island secondary schools are setting off on an annual winter week of fun and games this weekend.

There’s a long list of titles up for grabs around the South Island, as the annual winter tournament week gets under way.

All up, Ashburton College has 10 teams taking part in tournaments across five different sporting codes, while Mount Hutt College has two.

Mount Hutt College’s boys’ first

XI football team is off to Nelson to play in the NZSS Jim Wishart Tournament, while the school’s A netball team is off to Nelson to play in the South Island Secondary Schools’ netball tournament.

Mount Hutt College will contest the B grade section, while Ashburton College’s A netballers will contest the A grade at the same tournament.

Ashburton College has three hockey teams in action, too, with their boys’ first XI heading down

to Invercargill to play in the Johnson Cup tournament, while their girls’ first XI is off to Cromwell for the Jenny McDonald tournament.

Their other hockey team doesn’t have to travel far at all – the boys’ second XI is playing in the Coaches Cup tournament which is being hosted in Ashburton, and played at the Ashburton hockey turf at the Ashburton Domain.

Ashburton College’s girls’ football first XI isn’t far from home,

either. They’re heading to Timaru to play in the Gary Sowden Tournament, while the school’s junior boys’ rugby team is heading an hour in the other direction, playing in the Rural Livestock tournament in Christchurch.

The school’s remaining teams heading away are all basketball teams.

The senior girls are off to the AA Secondary Schools Premiership Zone 4 Tournament in Nelson, while the senior boys will also be

in Nelson, playing at the AA Secondary Schools’ Non-Qualifying Tournament.

Ashburton College’s junior girls’ basketball side will also be in action this week.

They’re off to Dunedin for the Junior Secondary Schools’ Premiership for zone four.

That tournament gets under way today and runs through until Tuesday, while most other tournaments start either on Monday or Wednesday.

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It’s not over till it’s over

A couple of hundred metres out from home in the opening race at yesterday’s Ashburton Racing Club meeting and it looked as though the winner would come from Donnatina (inside) and Last Letter. However, neither would get past the post first with Jildi Jildi emerging from the pack to run the pair down with Last Letter holding on for second and Donnatina succumbing late to finish fourth.

PHOTO MATT MARKHAM

Results from yesterday’s Ashburton races The weather was fine and the track slow7 for the Ashburton Races at Ashburton yesterday.

RACE 1 MATT SMITH CONSTRUCTION LTD, $10,000, 2200m 2-1 Jildi Jildi (5) R Hannam 1 6-6 Last Letter (8) S Weatherley 2 8-8 Morrigone (6) C Johnson 3 All Started.

Also (in finishing order): 9-9 Donnatina, 5-5 Bahhgoofy, 4-4 Raise Your Sights, 3-3 Five Princes, 1-2 Steele Canyon, 7-7 Suffragette, 10-10 Beauden Bee. 2-3/4L, Nk, 1/2L. Time: 2:25.66. Win: $3.30.

Places: $1.30, $4.40, $5.30. Quinella: $35.40.

Trifecta: $833.40 (5,8,6). First4: $2935.10 (5,8,6,7). Sub: Steele Canyon (1).

Trainer: Sarah Haisma, Rangiora. Breeding: 7 m Ekraar (USA)-Volksmist.

R2 RD PETROLEUM, $11,000, 2200m 1-2 Pamir (2) R Mudhoo 1 2-1 Pickup (1) C Johnson 2 3-3 Red Rose Warrior (3) K Mudhoo 3 All Started.

Also (in finishing order): 4-4 I’llav Bubbles, 6-5 Prawn Star, 5-6 Dowry Duty.

1-1/4L, 1-1/4L, 2-1/2L. Time: 2:24.98. Win: $2.80. Places: $1.70, $1.50. Quinella: $3.10.

Trifecta: $14.40 (2,1,3). First4: $23.50 (2,1,3,4). Sub: Pamir (2).

Trainer: John Luxton, Riccarton Park. Breeding: 6 m Raise The Flag (GB)-One Chance.

RACE 3 IDEAL RACING MISSES FRANK BURROWS MEMORIAL $10,000, 1600m 4-3 Gee Tee Eleanor (8) K Mudhoo 1 12-12 Roullette (6) K Kwo 2 2-4 Vows You Made (7) K Williams 3 Scratched: Bruce Banner.

Also finish order): 5-5 Secretaria, 3-2 Verses, 1-1 Acre, 11-11 Hillersden, 10-10 Smart Gar-

den, 7-7 Love Me Tender, 8-8 Pushyaluck, 9-9 Mio Padre, 6-6 Divinexcuse (Lost rider).

1-1/2L, 1/2 nk, 1L. Time: 1:41.98. Win: $7.00.

Places: $2.10, $14.10, $2.20. Quinella: $222.50. Trifecta: $4844.50 (8,6,7). First4: $3132.60 (8,6,7,11). Double: $12.30 (2+/8), $63.50 (2+/6). Treble: $76.70 (5/2+/8).

Sub: Acre (13).

Tr: Mike McCann, Riccarton Park. Breeding: 4 m Sweet Orange (USA)-Miss Vintage.

RACE 4 QUIGLEY CONTRACTING LTD, $10,000, 1600m 1-1 Bojangles (2) M McNab 1 6-6 To Love You (8) B Murray 2 9-9 Rothacker (3) T Moseley 3 Scratched: Feel The Breeze.

Also (in finishing order): 4-2 Reliable Glow, 11-11 Melbourne Born, 3-4 Heaven Knows, 10-10 Lincoln Zephyr, 7-8 Knutquacker, 5-5 Golden Valkyrie, 8-7 Opihi Ranger, 2-3 Billabong Billy.

3/4L, 3-1/2L, 3/4L. Time: 1:40.90. Win: $2.80. Places: $1.00, $4.70, $6.50. Quinella: $21.00.

Trifecta: $445.30 (2,8,3). First4: $1856.60 (2,8,3,4), $4715.80 (2,8,3,10). Sub: Bojangles (2).

Trainer: Jamie Richards, Matamata. Breeding: 6 g Roc de Cambes-Stever House (USA).

RACE 5 SUPPORT US ON DAFFODIL DAY MID CANTERBURY, $10,000, 1250m 9-10 All Or Nothing (15) L Callaway 1 2-2 Capodanno (2) S Collett 2 4-5 Leonardo (1) J Laking 3 Scratched: Highly Charged, Faux Pas, Miss Oaks, Per Form, Vague, Romantic Hero.

Also (in finishing order): 1-1 Dublin Rose, 7-7 Miss Dazzler, 5-4 Ruby Noir, 6-6 Stratton, 8-8 He’s Irish, 3-3 Athene, 11-11 Hilda Fox, 12-

12 La Tinkla, 10-9 Inthelineoffire.

Nse, 3/4L, 3L. Time: 1:17.76.

Win: $43.20. Places: $10.80, $1.40, $3.00.

Quinella: $119.90. Tri: $3291.00 (15,2,1). First 4: $5110.90 (15,2,1,6). Quaddie: $6705.70 (2+/8/2+/15). Double: $41.00 (2+/15), $3.20 (2+/2). Sub: Dublin Rose (6).

Trainer: Jamie Bullard, Riccarton Park.

Breeding: 4 g Rusty Spur (USA)-Silke.

RACE 6 BARNESWOOD FARM STKS DAY 19 OCTOBER, $10000, 1250m 11-11 Sorceress (11) K Asano 1 9-9 Sanctify (9) D Prastiyou 2 2-2 Xplosion (3) S Weatherley 3 All Started.

Also (in finishing order): 10-10 Global Star, 7-7 Take A Risk, 5-5 Glory Chance, 1-1 Lethal, 3-3 Touchabeel, 4-4 Sombra Deamor, 6-6 Samantha, 8-8 Bella Eve. 5-1/4L, Lg nk, Nk. Time: 1:17.07.

Win: $63.60. Places: $11.00, $6.40, $1.90.

Q: $238.70. Tri: $3965.50 (11,9,3). First4: $13238.20 (11,9,3,10). Treble: $8684.60 (2+/15/11). Sub: Lethal (1).

Trainer: Andrew Carston, Riccarton Park.

Breeding: 3 f Showcasing (GB)-Gelinda.

RACE 7 - RYAL BUSH TRANSPORT ASHBURTON LTD, $10,000, 1250m 5-5 Pure Class (9) R Beeharry 1 3-4 Miss Ricky Bobby (8) S Collett 2 2-2 Thom Brown (3) C Johnson 3 Scratched: Lady Davone, Indulgent, Miroslava, St Regis, Iffida, Knutquacker.

Also (in finishing order): 6-6 Arnage, 7-7 Vice Marshall, 4-3 Severine, 11-11 Heart Of Fame, 8-8 Where Angels Walk, 9-9 Rosarito, 1-1 Publicist, 10-10 Decision Kept.

Hd, 2-1/4L, Nk. Time: 1:17.07.

Win: $7.40. Places: $2.40, $2.30, $1.90.

Quinella: $21.10. Trifecta: $219.40 (9,8,3).

M2 Whangarei gallops

First4: $1684.90 (9,8,3,6). Double: $574.70 (11/9), $140.70 (11/8). Sub: Publicist (2).

Trainer: Kenny Moore, Rangiora. Breeding: 4 m Ocean Park-Mystify.

R 8 RURAL TRANSPORT LTD, $11,000, 1400m 4-6 Miss Doherty (5) B Murray 1 8-8 Whitney (9) T Moseley 2 2-2 Gifted (4) K Williams 3 Scratched: Splendior.

Also (in finishing order): 7-5 Nakyama, 1-1 Fabulous Flight, 3-3 Windsor, 6-7 Cinto Bay, 5-4 Iffida.

Hd, 3/4L, 3-3/4L. Time: 1:27.86.

Win: $7.70. Places: $2.90, $3.90, $1.50.

Quinella: $74.60. Trifecta: $511.40 (5,9,4).

First4: $2943.30 (5,9,4,2). Sub: Fabulous Flight (1).

Tr: Danny Crozier, Riccarton Park. Breeding: 6 m Iffraaj (GB)-Tinkerbabu (AUS).

RACE 9 - DAVE THOMSON AT HARCOURTS, $10,000, 2200m 9-10 King Of The Dance (3) R Mudhoo 1 8-7 Spider Lily (9) S Weatherley 2 2-2 Bridget Town (5) R Beeharry 3 All Started.

Also (in finishing order): 3-4 Mamba, 6-6 Metasequoia, 10-9 Redesdale, 1-1 O’Kiwi, 7-8 Roc The Cradle, 5-5 Smokem Up, 4-3 Iwo Jima, 11-11 She’s Payback, 12-12 Bet She Is. 1-1/2L, 1/2L, 1-1/4L. Time: 2:22.87.

Win: $19.60. Places: $5.70, $3.50, $2.20.

Quinella: $143.70. Trifecta: $2388.50 (3,9,5).

First4: Not Struck. Quaddie: Not Struck.

Place6: $547.00 (2+,3,8/1,2,15/3,9,11/3,8,9/ 4,5,9/3,5,9). Double: $109.60 (5/3), $38.50 (5/9). Treble: $2139.20 (9/5/3). Sub: O’Kiwi (4).

Tr: Charles/Corbett, Timaru. Breeding: 5 g Animal Kingdom-Spirited Dancer (IRE).

In brief Helena camp happy Helena Baby’s winning streak may have come to an end last start when finishing fifth in the Gr.2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m), but jockey Donavan Mansour believes he has improved since that run.

The John Bell-trained gelding had won his previous five starts and Mansour’s only concern heading into today’s Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings is the Dead5 track. “I honestly feel that he is better and has turned the right way this week and Mr Bell has done a fantastic job with him. We are looking forward to it,” Mansour said.

- NZME

Touched by gesture Tye Angland has expressed his gratitude to the Kwok family, the owners of New Zealand-bred champion Hong Kong galloper Beauty Generation, following their $1 million gift to his family.

Angland, who rode horses for the Kwoks in Australia and Hong Kong, became a quadriplegic after suffering spinal injuries in a race fall in Hong Kong in November.

The Kwok family’s donation was made at a racing function in Hong Kong just days out from the start of their new season. The money will be placed into trust funds for Angland’s three children. - NZME

Today at Ruakaka Raceway

Whangarei RC Venue: Ruakaka Meeting Date 31 Aug 2019 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 12.00pm MICHAEL PEREIRA SUPPORTING NORTH HAVEN HOSPICE $30,000, R82 Benchmark, 2100m 1 9281x Call Me Royal dm (8) 62.5 Goindasamy (a3) 2 x0540 Kaharau tdh (1) 62.5...............C Burdan (a3) 3 32554 He’s Cavalier tdm (3) 61.5.M Hashizume (a4) 4 67765 Pacorus dm (6) 60.5................. D Danis (a2) 5 44113 No Loitering dmb (7) 58........E Leighton (a4) 6 P7546 Francis Drake td (4) 57.5................. S Spratt 7 33622 Locally Sauced dm (5) 54.5....J Fawcett (a1) 8 40x32 Amazing Az tdbh (2) 54...............C Lammas 2 12.30pm HARCOURTS BREAM BAY $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1600m 1 55211 Crystallize 60.5............................. Scratched 2 96108 Wooden Edge dm (4) 58...... T Yanagida (a2) 3 09010 Red Dynamo tdh (9) 57.5............. D Johnson 4 2x230 Super Gee bh (6) 56....................C Lammas 5 x2145 Symbio b (2) 55.5................S Weatherley (a) 6 62422 Don’t Doubt Me b (3) 54............ D Danis (a2) 7 00051 I See Red td (5) 54...................E McCall (a3) 8 7x932 Badea t (8) 54..................M Hashizume (a4) 9 07x06 Single Moment t (1) 54.................... A Calder

10 77700 Fast And Furious (7) 54.............. L Satherley 3 1.05pm NORTH HAVEN HOSPICE - LIVING EVERY MOMENT $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 61352 Magnify (8) 59.................................V Colgan 2 51735 Mr Incredibull d (12) 58.5.................R Smyth 3 x2090 Lady Sequoyah th (6) 57.5...........C Lammas 4 13 Anneofpaisley m (7) 57.................... S Spratt 5 x0561 Havana Heat td (10) 57....M Hashizume (a4) 6 19000 Pokuru Wild d (14) 57 7 407x8 I Walk Alone (13) 57.................... L Satherley 8 19 One Madison mb (5) 56.5.... T Yanagida (a2) 9 x5833 Shesonfire (9) 56.5...................... D Johnson 10 43017 Cologne m (2) 56................S Weatherley (a) 11 1498x Deluxe (4) 56.................................. A Calder 12 70x69 Akoya Pearl dm (3) 55.5.A Goindasamy (a3) 13 09338 Moet Molly dm (11) 54.5..........E McCall (a3) 14 0058x Bayeux (1) 54.......................................C Dell 4 1.40pm CAMBRIDGE STUD NORTHLAND BREEDERS STAKES 14/09 $25,000, 3YO SW+P, 1000m 1 139x Exuberant d (4) 57.5.................... D Johnson 2 x4231 Elliot Power td (1) 57.5.................... A Calder 3 31 Zelenski tdh (7) 57.5...........S Weatherley (a) 4 7x033 Easyrider (3) 56....................S Johnson (a4) 5 35x Divine Dive (8) 56 -

6 Double Impact (10) 56... A Goindasamy (a3) 7 631x Anna Cecelia (9) 55.5...................... S Spratt 8 1 Annie’s Song tdh (2) 55.5.............C Lammas 9 19x Familia td (6) 55.5................ T Yanagida (a2) 10 2x Minnallines (11) 54.................... D Danis (a2) 11 39x Miradello (12) 54..................................C Dell 12 Love Struck (5) 54............................ R Jones 5 2.19 HARCOURTS JUST RENTALS $30,000, Rating 82 Benchmark, 1400m 1 2255x In A Twinkling (9) 62................C Burdan (a3) 2 04461 Magic Of The Sun td (5) 59.5........... S Spratt 3 00633 Go Nicholas d (1) 59............ T Yanagida (a2) 4 2390x Vernanme (8) 59.......................... D Johnson 5 43411 Light Shadow td (3) 58.5................. A Calder 6 3536x Cutting Up Rough db (10) 58Goindasamy (a3) 7 05025 Spider tdh (4) 58.............................V Colgan 8 x1002 Bluetwentytwo m (2) 56...M Hashizume (a4) 9 x1883 Braavos d (7) 56......................J Fawcett (a1) 10 1011 Mac Attacka tdh (6) 54.5..............C Lammas 6 2.54pm HARCOURTS WHANGAREI $35,000, OPN HCP, 1200m 1 6922x Watch This Space tdm (4) 60.... D Danis (a2) 2 4773x Magnum tdb (3) 57.5........................ S Spratt 3 1x13x Avantage dm (7) 57.............S Weatherley (a)

4 8919x Crown Prosecutor (2) 57.............. D Johnson 5 300x1 Hello It’s Me tdh (5) 56.5..............C Lammas 6 23029 Rikki Tikki Tavi tdh (9) 54............ L Satherley 7 0503x William Wallace d (1) 54................. A Calder 8 52714 Time To Fly td (6) 54........................ R Jones 9 27145 Memories Only td (8) 54.A Goindasamy (a3) 7 3.29 BEAR MORGAN@HARCOURTS BREAM BAY $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1200m 1 4196x Amastar dm (12) 61.5 2 5338x Orakei Overlord dm (5) 61.5 3 83941 Bruegel td (6) 60.................. T Yanagida (a2) 4 6306x Bit Lippy d (10) 58...........................V Colgan 5 95010 O’Guy t (8) 58.................................. S Spratt 6 5561x Stand Tall d (3) 58.......... A Goindasamy (a3) 7 5x81x Byzantine d (11) 57.5...................C Lammas 8 x1164 Scarfi dbh (1) 57.............................. R Jones 9 1442x Meteoric Lass d (4) 56.5.....S Weatherley (a) 10 x5112 Supreme Heights m (7) 56.5........... A Calder 11 8138x Maison Roxanne db (2) 55.5........ D Johnson 12 69x25 One Kotukustreet db (9) 54 Hashizume (a4) 8 4.04 RUAKAKA CHRISTMAS AT THE RACES - BOOK NOW $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 71042 Super Hoof b (11) 59..............J Fawcett (a1) 2 43414 Dr Velocious m (5) 58.5 -

3 x0981 Splendido td (10) 58.5......M Hashizume (a4) 4 58212 Van Blanc mb (1) 58.5....................V Colgan 5 02899 Nothing Trivial d (13) 57.5...S Weatherley (a) 6 x7004 Effervescent (7) 56.5............ T Yanagida (a2) 7 07x90 Smedley tdm (2) 56.5................ D Danis (a2) 8 6x000 Thee Auld Cruizer (8) 56.5........... D Johnson 9 50x86 Misha’s Star (9) 55.5........................ S Spratt 10 59805 Tipping Point (3) 55.5...................... A Calder 11 0x008 Uabasso (12) 55..............................R Smyth 12 x0090 Mr Big m (4) 55....................................C Dell 13 0x754 Each Way (6) 54.......................... L Satherley Blinkers on: Fast And Furious (R2), Memories Only (R6), Smedley (R8) Blinkers off: I Walk Alone (R3), In A Twinkling, Vernanme (R5), Crown Prosecutor (R6), Tipping Point (R8) Winkers on: Anneofpaisley (R3), Zelenski (R4)

SELECTIONS

Race 1: No Loitering, He’s Cavalier, Francis Drake, Call Me Royal Race 2: Don’t Doubt Me, Badea, I See Red, Symbio Race 3: Magnify, Anneofpaisley, Shesonfire, Mr Incredibull Race 4: Annie’s Song, Zelenski, Familia, Elliot Power Race 5: Mac Attacka, Vernanme, Spider, Magic Of The Sun Race 6: Avantage, Magnum, Rikki Tikki Tavi, Watch This Space Race 7: Bit Lippy, Bruegel, Byzantine, Amastar Race 8: Van Blanc, Splendido, Super Hoof, Mr Big, Misha’s Star

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Saturday, August 31, 2019

Ashburton Guardian 21

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Sink or swim for Sardine in Australia NZME Riverton trainer Kelvin Tyler has sent seven-year-old mare Flying Sardine across the Tasman and the 11-time winner will make her Australian debut for ex-pat Kiwi trainer Rachael Frost when she contests the Clanbrooke Racing Handicap (1400m) at Caulfield today.

The dual Group Three-placegetter has settled in well to Frost’s

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“She has been there just over two weeks. She is eating well now and had a couple of nice gallops and is not a high maintenance horse.

She is pretty adaptable and would probably fit in most places.”

The daughter of Flying Spur is a $41 outsider in early markets for today’s contest.

“This is going to be a starting point for her,” Tyler said. “It will probably be too short for her and whether she can keep up or not we will find out.”

Trainer Kevin Tyler

Forbury Park harness Tomorrow at Forbury Park Raceway

Forbury Park Trotting Club Inc Venue: Forbury Park Meeting Date: 01 Sep 2019 NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.09pm SOUTH COAST BUILDING & JOINERY HANDICAP TROT $7500, non-winners & r40 spechcp, stand, 2200m 1 37006 Be Bee Lass (1) fr..........................B Orange 2 Myara (2) fr.............................. N Williamson 3 09666 Midsummer Queen (3) fr............... B Norman 4 65980 Whangamata (4) fr.......................B McLellan 5 48745 Dem Bones Dem Bones (U1) fr..R McIlwrick 6 8DD02 The Night Sweats (U2) fr............... B Barclay 7 229 Justan’s Sister (U3) fr............S Tomlinson (J) 8 6P359 Pat The Monkey (1) 30M................R Holmes 9 8006P Svelt (2) 30M................................... K Franks 10 x0x00 Apollo Mission (3) 30M.................. A Armour 11 00598 Topnotch Eagle (4) 30M.......... J Morrison (J) 12 75x90 Barham Belle (5) 30M...................T Williams 13 055x5 Cuddly Trouble (6) 30M............ M Williamson 2 12.39pm DUNEDIN CITY MOTORS PACE $7500, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 2700m 1 50769 Miss Behavin (1) fr...............................K Butt 2 800x The Cruise Missile (2) fr...................J W Cox 3 44435 Jacks Anne (3) fr............................R Holmes 4 00840 Phoebe’s Delight (4) fr.................B McLellan 5 0450 Maldito (5) fr............................. M Williamson 6 0 Fly Lika Falcon fr........................... Scratched 7 00060 Le Tissier fr................................... Scratched

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worth a few dollars as a broodmare so if we were lucky enough to win a race in town or something I would sell her as a broodmare.

“So that is probably the main mission, hopefully she races competitively over there and I will sell her on.”

Tyler said an Australian campaign for Flying Sardine was something he had thought about for 12 months and he was happy to roll the dice.

Mornington base after finishing third to Dez in the Gr.3 Winter Cup at Riccarton earlier in the month.

“I know Rachael a little bit from back here and I wanted to keep her to a small team and she is someone I can trust,” Tyler, who owns the mare, said.

“She is a mare that was getting up in the weights a bit here, so I thought I might send her for a few of the mares’ races over there.

“On her breeding, she is probably

8 80640 Jamies Bad Boy (6) fr................B Williamson 9 33425 Loissonya (7) fr.................................J Young 10 6068x President Pat (8) fr..........................N Burton 11 58 Pocket Watch (9) fr.....................M Anderson 12 00690 Dalness Arizona (10) fr.................. A Armour 13 92786 Absolut Russian (11) fr..................B Orange 14 3 Standout (12) fr....................... J Morrison (J) 3 1.14 MACCA LODGE MOBILE PACE $7500, non-winners 3yo+ f&m., mobile, 2200m 1 x0x08 Jingle Jingle (1) fr..........................T Williams 2 9 Milliethepiper (2) fr................... C D Thornley 3 05007 Supreme Lincoln (3) fr.........................K Butt 4 Chevron Flies (4) fr....................M Anderson 5 82090 Precocious Megan (5) fr.................R Holmes 6 x0x00 Kennington Girl (6) fr..................E Barron (J) 7 9 Cotton Socks (7) fr............................J Young 8 73344 Minnelli Smile (8) fr................. J Morrison (J) 9 6 Payment Plan (21) fr......................B Orange 10 3575x With The Stars (22) fr............... M Williamson 11 x00x0 Marsue (23) fr................................ A Armour 4 1.49pm RICOH MOBILE PACE $7500, non-winners 3yo+., mobile, 2200m 1 3 Glen Elgin Stara (1) fr................M Anderson 2 28078 Mach O’Melley (2) fr....................R McIlwrick 3 Plutonium (3) fr..............................B Orange 4 50240 Huckabee (4) fr........................ M Williamson 5 00060 Le Tissier (5) fr...............................R Holmes 6 0 Fly Lika Falcon (6) fr..................J Harrington 7 50940 Charlton Reactor (7) fr..........S Tomlinson (J)

8 25272 Iron Woman (8) fr.................... J Morrison (J) 9 70x06 Silent Shadow (21) fr........................J Young 10 6x Days Of Destiny (22) fr..............B Williamson 11 69800 Red Onyx (23) fr...................... N Williamson 12 Hokuri Platter (24) fr......................T Williams 13 87245 A Cracker Knight (25) fr................. B Barclay 14 90999 Top Pocket Chance (26) fr....................K Butt 15 7x05 Jive (27) fr................................ C D Thornley 16 56984 Old Luke (U1) fr...........................B McLellan Emergencies: Le Tissier, Fly Lika Falcon 5 2.24pm NORWOODS FARM MACHINERY CENTRE HANDICAP TROT $8500, r51+ discrhcp, stand, 2700m 1 77709 Amabede (1) fr......................S Tomlinson (J) 2 931x6 Mekong Princess (U1) fr................B Orange 3 82284 Neverneverland (U2) fr................C Ferguson 4 83525 That’s The Story (1) 10M..........B Williamson 5 63D90 King Cassidy (U1) 10M.................T Williams 6 21305 Robbie Royale (U2) 10M................ B Barclay 7 14111 Imran Khan (1) 20M.............................K Butt 6 2.59pm NZ HORSE TRANSPORT MOBILE PACE $8000, r40-r47., mobile, 2200m 1 18677 Cruisin Reuben (1) fr.....................T Williams 2 04630 Opawa Mach (2) fr.........................R Holmes 3 77207 Carlo Gambino (3) fr...................C Ferguson 4 63703 Running On Empty (4) fr..............B McLellan 5 69076 Honour Scroll (5) fr......................R McIlwrick 6 5080x Magic Blaze (6) fr..................... L McCormick 7 32060 Frosty Reception (7) fr.....................J W Cox 8 94062 Rah De Rah fr............................... Scratched

9 50150 Ideal Asset (21) fr........................... A Armour 10 05660 Dreaminsover (22) fr................ N Williamson 11 25700 Alexy (23) fr.......................................J Young 12 78823 First Son (24) fr.....................S Tomlinson (J) 13 000x8 Fatherdantherodeoman fr............. Scratched 14 980x0 Hannah Extreme (25) fr.................B Orange 7 3.34pm Z500 ARCHITECTS CHRISTCHURCH PACE $8000, 3yo+ r40-r55, stand, 2200m 1 597x4 Wolf West (1) fr.............................T Williams 2 P0x70 Star Paige (2) fr....................................K Butt 3 65866 Bound To Impress (3) fr.................J Versteeg 4 28051 Tact Denzel (4) fr.........................R McIlwrick 5 03093 Hannity (5) fr............................ M Williamson 6 10x67 Artfilly Crafted (6) fr.................. C D Thornley 7 43757 Chaaat (7) fr............................. L McCormick 8 15 She’s A Rebel (8) fr....................M Anderson 9 74134 Tetrick (9) fr..................................B McLellan 10 4534x Donegal Mary Francis (10) fr.........B Orange 11 76704 Zulu Courage (11) fr..........................J Young 8 4.09 OTAGO HARNESS AWARDS 14TH SEPTEMBER TROT $8000, r40-r50,r51-r55 w/c, stand, 2200m 1 27241 Sierra Gold (1) fr............................R Holmes 2 80516 Winning Bones (2) fr...................... B Barclay 3 41936 Bono Hest (3) fr....................... J Morrison (J) 4 83341 Solsbury Hill (4) fr.................... M Williamson 5 16347 Ayutthaya (5) fr........................... L McKay (J) 6 02221 Prestissimo (6) fr...........................J Versteeg 7 22020 Crusher Collins (U1) fr............. N Williamson 8 2859x Zoned Scarlett (U2) fr.................R McIlwrick

9 60x70 She Aint No Angel (U3) fr................J W Cox 10 0000x Rydgemont Son (U4) fr.............B Williamson 9 4.44 NEXT RACEMEETING 17TH OCTOBER MOBILE PACE $8500, 3yo+ r48-r65., mobile, 2200m 1 40412 Glacier Coaster fr.......................... Scratched 2 53458 Hurricane Banner (1) fr..............E Barron (J) 3 1 Spirit Of St Louis (2) fr............. M Williamson 4 5x51x Vi Lee fr......................................... Scratched 5 32130 Loma Jaccka (3) fr......................... B Barclay 6 88x03 Balius (4) fr............................S Tomlinson (J) 7 40260 Aveross Rustler (5) fr.....................B Orange 8 61456 Four Starzzz Shiraz (6) fr...........D O’Connell 9 20x11 Arden Roanoke (21) fr...............M Anderson 10 62218 Possente Cavallo (22) fr.............M Hurrell (J) 11 44875 Ivana Legacy (23) fr....................... A Armour 12 6319x Ideal Draw (24) fr..........................T Williams

4 7x7 Do The Twist (2) 68......................... S Fannin 5 07559 Pythagoras tm (4) 68................... B Lammas 6 076P3 She Said Yes (5) 68............................ A Kuru 7 0P85P Starbro (1) 68...........................L Douglas (3) 6 3.52pm EPIC JOURNEYS OPEN STEEPLECHASE $20,000, RST OPN STP, 4200m 1 4192L Gagarin tdm (9) 70...... B Thomas-Rantall (3) 2 842PP Chocolate Fish tm (4) 68.5..............S Phelan 3 75442 Crash Bandicoot tdm (3) 68.5..........M Gillies 4 82133 Just Got Home tm (10) 66.5................ E Farr 5 4x13P Doctor Hook (6) 66.......................... S Fannin 6 93346 Magic Wonder tm (2) 65............... B Lammas 7 P702P Caballo Noir tm (1) 65................... T Moki (3) 8 24917 El Corby tm (7) 65.............................. A Kuru 9 7P87L Kings Kite m (8) 65..........................M Cropp 10 43607 Whopper’s m (5) 65 7 4.27 KEVIN MYERS RACING 1400 $10,000, MDN, 1400m 1 3x932 Answer Back (9) 58.5..... A Goindasamy (a3) 2 683 Into The Deep (3) 58.5 -

3 5 Abu Dhabi (2) 58.5................E Leighton (a4) 4 Buddy Perfect (8) 58.5............C Burdan (a3) 5 329 Haere Up (5) 56.5...................... R Scott (a3) 6 4 Cape Gem (6) 56.5.............. T Yanagida (a2) 7 4x0 In The Zone (1) 56.5...............J Fawcett (a1) 8 08x6 Jutanugarn (7) 56.5.............S Weatherley (a) 9 x9x68 Quintana (10) 56.5................R Beemud (a4) 10 00 Wicked Woman (4) 56.5............ D Danis (a2) Blinkers on: Infoxicated, Carlsberg (R2), Fast Mover, Keep The Cash (R3) Blinkers off: Magnanimous Man (R2), Hesagoodboy (R3) Winkers off: Caballo Noir (R6)

9 46874 Blitz ‘Em Rene 18.33 U &...................Cottam 10 15468 Waerenga Star 18.63 U &..................Cottam 9 3.26pm MT WELLINGTON TAB STAKES C4/5, 527m 1 41261 Cameo Syd 30.45..............................B Craik 2 21133 Pinny Mack 29.90............................. S Clark 3 35473 Frosty Blaze 30.57........................... T Green 4 51525 Heart Shaped Box 30.50....................B Craik 5 77x34 Busy Flash nwtd W &.......................T Steele 6 188F6 Ti Amo 30.73......................................B Craik 7 41421 Opawa Magic 30.66........................ G Farrell 8 73774 Jinja Murphy 30.50 W &...................T Steele 10 3.43 HEWLETT ELECTRICAL SPRINT C4, 318m 1 33532 Manila Bala 18.24 R &.................N O’Regan 2 55626 Zugzwang 18.60............................. S O’Neill 3 62135 Nangar Panther 18.53..................... G Farrell 4 21x62 Relevance 18.35........................... H Mullane 5 21553 Shallay Pallay nwtd U &.....................Cottam 6 22337 Mobility Scooter 18.65......................M Black 7 63413 Native Scout 18.68...........................P Green 8 12211 Does He Exist 18.53........................R Roper 9 51184 Bigtime Hunter 18.83.................... H Mullane 10 12246 Raging Demon 18.26 R &....................L Udy 11 4.01pm PUMP & ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD STAKES C1, 527m 1 61237 React Respond 31.10......................R Roper 2 68756 Dignity Dented 31.23....................... T Green 3 65563 Amy Amy 30.47............................... G Farrell 4 47463 Monsoon Malabar 30.93 U &.............Cottam 5 38585 Bigtime Ollie nwtd....................... M Prangley 6 86272 Opawa Nemo nwtd W &...................T Steele 7 56745 Just Maddie nwtd..............................M Black

8 53268 Charlow nwtd R &........................N O’Regan Emergencies: 9 28574 Flying Dewy nwtd R &..........................L Udy 10 8x877 Bigtime Paige nwtd....................... H Mullane 12 4.18 STITCHES UPHOLSTERY STAKES C2/3, 527m 1 24477 Zipping Monty nwtd......................... G Farrell 2 25124 Go Angel 30.70............................... G Farrell 3 21845 Bear Claws 30.81 W &.....................T Steele 4 18737 Kapai Tahi 31.00 R &...........................L Udy 5 53412 Dig Dig Dig 30.71............................ S O’Neill 6 47671 San Tan Samson 30.68.................... T Green 7 1F564 Pam Arising 30.81........................... S O’Neill 8 66312 Opawa Big 30.91............................ G Farrell Emergencies: 9 85873 Billy Bright nwtd..........................P Ferguson 10 24211 Jinja Babe 31.03................................E Potts 13 4.36pm JACK’S WHOLESALE MEATS SPRINT C1, 318m 1 24324 Jay Wendy nwtd.................................. N Udy 2 63251 Just Like Harry nwtd........................... N Udy 3 6871 Happy Medium nwtd R &.............N O’Regan 4 65872 Unconscionable 18.61 R &..................L Udy 5 23142 Thank You Next 18.66........................B Craik 6 66235 Andrea’s Magic nwtd........................... N Udy 7 24443 Jetsun Bear 18.65...........................G Wilson 8 45578 Scott No Value 18.51......................S E Hunt Emergencies: 9 67858 Snoopy’s Hero 18.63........................... D Ray 10 16776 Duke Bruce nwtd................................. N Udy

Pacifiers on: Neverneverland (R5) Pacifiers off: Robbie Royale (R5), She Aint No Angel (R8)

SELECTIONS Race 1: Justan’s Sister, Pat The Monkey, The Night Sweats Race 2: Standout, Pocket Watch, Loissonya, Maldito Race 3: Chevron Flies, With The Stars, Minnelli Smile Race 4: Glen Elgin Plutonium, Fly Lika Falcon, Silent Shadow Race 5: Imran Khan, King Cassidy, Neverneverland Race 6: Cruisin Reuben, First Son, Hannah Extreme Race 7: Hannity, Donegal Mary Francis, She’s A Rebel Race 8: Crusher Collins, Ayutthaya, Sierra Gold, Bono Hest Race 9: Arden Roanoke, Loma Jaccka, Possente Cavallo

Te Aroha gallops Tomorrow at Te Aroha Raceway

Racing Te Aroha Venue: Te Aroha Meeting Date: 1 Sep 2019 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 5, 6 and 7 1 12.57pm JOHN WHEELER RACING STABLES HURDLE $20,000, RST OPN HDL SWP, 3100m 1 F6475 Hesalljazz tdm (7) 68...............L Douglas (3) 2 315F6 Duffers Creek m (9) 66.5................ S Fannin 3 1453P Henry Tudor tdm (4) 66.5..............R Cole (3) 4 09622 In A Minute m (5) 65.......................S Phelan 5 06F64 Grandiscoccymelums (3) 65........ B Lammas 6 8x898 Aigne t (2) 65........................M Roustoby (3) 7P PRPP Porotene Magnum (8) 65.................. A Kuru 8 x7831 Florence Ivy m (6) 64.5................. T Moki (3) 9 64101 Trisha Lea tdm (1) 64.5.................... C Studd 10 532F3 Tittletattle (11) 63................................ E Farr 11 x600F Fort Street Dancer 63................... Scratched 12 67xB9 Press My Buttons (10) 63................M Cropp 2 1.32 PAUL NELSON CORRINA MCDOUGAL RACING $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark HWT*, 2200m 1 76P0P Infoxicated m (10) 68.5.................R Cole (3)

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Auckland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Manukau Stadium Meeting Date: 01 Sep 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 11, 12 and 13 1 1.06pm (NZT) SPEEDMAPS ON TAB MOBILE APP SPRINT C0, 318m 1 7487 Donny nwtd U &.................................Cottam 2 33523 Pukekohe Smurf nwtd........................H Scott 3 8x766 White Fire Opal nwtd R &............N O’Regan 4 75664 Coober Pedy nwtd R &.................N O’Regan 5 88442 Ford Man nwtd R &..............................L Udy 6 Cosmic Meteor nwtd..................... D R Laing 7 231 Sir Yens nwtd..................................... S Clark 8 7858 Forego nwtd M &............................... J Smith 9 56586 Smash Burton nwtd R &......................L Udy 10 8882 Mr Felix nwtd.....................................M Black 2 1.23pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE BRAD CODLIN STAKES C1, 527m 1 73255 Replica Rango nwtd............................ N Udy 2 24647 Pour It Up 31.15.................................B Craik 3 47423 Crackling Gal 30.49 U &....................Cottam 4 66872 Opawa Kong nwtd........................... G Farrell 5 15542 Sakichi nwtd................................P Ferguson 6 67555 Zipping Memphis 31.07 R &.........N O’Regan 7 34433 Thrilling Arnold 31.07.......................S Codlin 8 46746 Little Apple 31.03 W &......................T Steele 9 65577 Jinja Jake nwtd W &.........................T Steele 10 47558 Happy Days nwtd.............................P Green 3 1.41pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS SPRINT C1, 318m 1 26842 Mega Munchies 18.61 U &.................Cottam 2 23316 Tamantha 19.04.................................B Bond

2 9x664 Nunchucks (2) 68.5..... B Thomas-Rantall (3) 3 8820P Toorak Tower (1) 68.5.......................... E Farr 4 07377 Magnanimous Man tdm (6) 68........S Phelan 5 43607 Whopper’s dm (7) 68 6 04105 Keepella Heights tdmb (5) 66.5..S Fannin (1) 7 080x0 Carlsberg (3) 66.5.................M Roustoby (3) 8 028Px Markwood (9) 65.5........................ T Moki (3) 9 0x580 Century Miss m (8) 65.....................M Gillies 10 x8070 Baboonski tdm (4) 65...........................C Dell 11 90x00 Jailhouse Rock (11) 65...............C Studd (2) 3 2.07 CRAIG & SHAUN PHELAN RACING $10,000, MAIDEN, 1000m 1 63229 Fast Mover (11) 58.5................. D Danis (a2) 2 4237x Keep The Cash (8) 58.5......S Weatherley (a) 3 43 New York Jazz (7) 58.5...........J Fawcett (a1) 4 6560x Flying Flame (9) 58.5.......M Hashizume (a4) 5 77x40 Hesagoodboy (10) 58.5..........C Burdan (a3) 6 Antigua (12) 58.5 7 7677x Senor Moss (4) 58.5.............S Johnson (a4) 8 Happy Ego (6) 58.5............... M Kareem (a4)

9 0x Red Mitzy (5) 58.5 10 x0640 Keep It Real (1) 56.5............ T Yanagida (a2) 11 80x0 Jakama Jill (2) 56.5........ A Goindasamy (a3) 12 9x000 Kate Louise h (3) 56.5..............E McCall (a3) 4 2.42pm STEPHEN RALPH RACING 1000 $10,000, MDN 3YO, 1000m 1 200x King Midas (5) 57.5................... D Danis (a2) 2 35x Divine Dive (2) 57.5............. T Yanagida (a2) 3 Klassic Zed (1) 57.5............S Weatherley (a) 4 Woodhall Road (6) 57.5.A Goindasamy (a3) 5 329x Greyvee h (8) 55.5..................J Fawcett (a1) 6 685 Power Of Hope (7) 55.5..........C Burdan (a3) 7 Show The Love (3) 55.5...........E McCall (a3) 8 9x Altar Girl (9) 55.5 9 Imakeepa h (4) 55.5.............. M Kareem (a4) 5 3.17pm ANN BROWNE RACING STEEPLECHASE $10,000, MDN STP, 4200m 1 34234 Willare (7) 68................................. T Moki (3) 2 44737 Kangaroo (3) 68 3 x0564 Crackthegoodstuff m (6) 68..........R Cole (3)

SELECTIONS Race 1: Duffers Creek, Trisha Lea, Florence Ivy, Hesalljazz Race 2: Nunchucks, Whopper’s, Toorak Tower, Carlsberg Race 3: New York Jazz, Fast Mover, Antigua, Happy Ego Race 4: Divine Dive, Greyvee, King Midas, Klassic Zed Race 5: Willare, Do The Twist, Crackthegoodstuff, She Said Yes Race 6: Gagarin, Chocolate Fish, El Corby, Doctor Hook Race 7: Answer Back, Haere Up, Abu Dhabi, Into The Deep

Auckland dogs Tomorrow at Manukau Stadium 3 1668 Shambi’s Girl 18.96.....................K T Herbert 4 71 Just Nia 19.14...................................M Black 5 5F838 Talkabout Izzy 18.81........................... D Ray 6 52111 Hot Chilli nwtd..................................... N Udy 7 65321 Botany Esmay 18.69........................P Green 8 48143 Monty 18.96........................................ N Udy 9 24741 Manimal nwtd...................................... N Udy 10 35762 Waiterimu Ripper 18.51 R &................L Udy 4 1.58pm $4,000 BONUS FIRST4 SPRINT C3, 318m 1 38376 Statman Dave 18.72 W &.................T Steele 2 56747 One Cool Chap 18.47 W &...............T Steele 3 46758 Clover Victoria 18.65........................S Codlin 4 27267 C’est L’Amour 18.67...........................B Craik 5 85512 Asserting Power 18.77.................... S O’Neill 6 41245 Bigtime Jason 18.53..................... H Mullane 7 37883 Jetsun Singer 18.99........................G Wilson 8 42134 Oskitz 18.57.....................................S Codlin 9 84746 Paddy’s Passion 18.33..................... T Green 10 15468 Waerenga Star 18.63 U &..................Cottam 5 2.16 QUALIFIED PET SERVICES SPRINT C5, 318m 1 45317 Classy Impact 18.35........................ T Green 2 42182 Too The Nail 18.36.............................E Potts 3 12152 Kiwi Boy 18.18 U &............................Cottam 4 31121 Buddy Boom 18.26 U &.....................Cottam 5 21237 Fantastic Amy 18.29.........................S Lozell 6 16143 Artic Miss 18.43.......................... G Pomeroy 7 68711 Ashen 18.47.......................................B Bond 8 66184 Blocker 18.52 R &........................N O’Regan 9 53338 Alex Attack 18.38 U &........................Cottam 10 34735 Jinja Bailey 18.75 U &........................Cottam 6 2.33 TROPHIES PLUS SERIES HEAT 1 C2q, 318m

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■■OPINION

You make your own luck

By Gregor Paul

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arely does luck have much of a role to play in top level sport.

Nearly all of what happens is governed by conscious decision-making and selections and outcomes are determined by deliberate choices and acts.

Sport is not like the roulette wheel. It doesn’t find itself helpless against the vagaries of fate and while there are occasions when luck genuinely intervenes, most of what we see is heavily planned and the consequence of endless, considered decisions that are made as part of an overall plan.

Yet, in the week the All Blacks named the 31 players they are taking to Japan, the impression was given that luck was responsible for some players making it in and others missing out.

Supposedly Owen Franks and Ngani Laumape were the two unluckiest players in the country.

But here’s the thing – they weren’t unlucky.

Bad luck didn’t do them out of a World Cup place, just as good luck wasn’t a factor in anyone making it in.

The All Blacks selectors didn’t put the names of the five competing midfielders into a hat, pull out four and then ring Laumape

to tell him the bad news that he had been unlucky.

They didn’t toss coins to whittle their six props down to five, or do paper, scissors, rock until somehow Franks was ejected from the squad.

It wasn’t a random act of fate that led to Franks and Laumape missing out, but a considered, rational decision that there were other players who were better.

Their fate was sealed not by an uncontrollable set of circumstances.

Far from it. Their non-selection was in fact the antithesis of unlucky – it was entirely deliberate and made after lengthy consideration.

Unlucky is breaking a leg. Unlucky is falling over at an inopportune moment. Unlucky is the ball bouncing in instead of out or out instead of in.

Luck is what can’t be controlled and therefore luck had no part to play in the non-selection of Franks and Laumape.

What kept Franks out was his continued failure to deliver what had been asked for away from the scrum.

The coaches had a vision and others proved they were better at fulfilling it.

It was surprising that after 11 years of consistent selection and with 108 test caps, Franks was

dropped. It was shocking even, because no one was predicting his likely demise.

But it wasn’t unlucky. Franks had the opportunity to stake his claim and didn’t do it and as one of the game’s great professionals who understands that hard work and discipline got him to where he was, he accepted relatively easily that it wasn’t luck which took it away. The detailed, professional, clinical analysis of his game which led to him enjoying a great All Blacks career, also led to him being dropped.

Laumape has no better grounds to be considered unlucky. He was dropped last year amid concerns his communication was poor. The All Blacks want their No. 12 to be a decision-maker, eyes and ears for the first-five to be guided by.

They want their second-five to be a distributor and while Laumape fulfilled the brief to be direct and confrontational, he didn’t provide anything convincing to suggest he’s fixed the shortcomings in his game.

This is the All Blacks, competition is fierce and it wasn’t bad luck that Ryan Crotty sneaked ahead of him, but instead a clinical assessment that the experience, composure and greater all-round skill-set of the older man would be more valuable at a World Cup.

Ngani Laumape The sentiment that Franks and Laumape are entitled to feel aggrieved is understandable, but the language is wrong: to see their respective omissions as being attributable to bad luck is to devalue the work of others and demean the skill of the selection panel.

Steve Hansen and his selection team have had four years to as-

sess their players, build the wider skill base and evolve a gameplan based on how they see global trends and their own development affecting their options.

Franks and Laumape don’t fit into that vision as well as others and it’s a fallacy, to imagine that not every player the All Blacks pick is subjected to rigorous analysis of both their ability and personality, which is then meticulously measured against the needs and expectations of the team.

Only fools believe in good luck and bad luck being determining factors in the high performance world.

Hard work, discipline, skill development, personal growth and mental strength are the determining factors that decide who is in and who is out, just as they determine which team wins and which loses.

Which is why it’s equally obtuse to use luck as the means to characterise victories or great moments, and on the eve of the World Cup it is a concern that confusion reigns as to what is controllable and what is not in top level sport.

And so it should be stated now that whichever team wins the World Cup, will have done so on merit and there will be no need or justification to tag them as lucky.

■■OPINION

The three wise men: how their minds tick over

By Phil Gifford

J

ack Gleeson, the coach of the first All Black Grand Slam team in Britain, in 1978, once told me what happened when he helped select his first New Zealand team.

He was the low man on the three selector totem pole, and the seniors, Ivan Vodanovich and Bob Duff, told him he could pick one player in the squad.

“After that, my job was to make the tea and take notes while they picked the rest,” Gleeson said as we drove to Auckland together in the 1970s after a game in Whangarei.

Steve Hansen and his colleagues, Ian Foster and Grant Fox, travelled a more sophisticated road as they selected their squad this week for the World Cup. They didn’t sit in a smoke-filled room at the back of a grandstand, listening for a kettle to boil. Instead, on the Monday before the announcement on Wednesday they had a conference telephone call.

There would have been no acrimony in their discussions.

“We’d sent out some notes to each other, and funnily enough came up with the same group,” Hansen told Simon Barnett and myself on NewstalkZB just an hour after the squad was named.

“On the Monday we discussed a few things, and asked a few

questions.

“Have we got this right? Have we got the right combination here?

“We felt satisfied with where we were at, and that was it.”

He swore the process was not run as a dictatorship.

“We’ve always been able to hear each other, and we’re open to other people’s ideas, until we get to the point where we all agree.”

It’d be a sad day for rugby when a good proportion of the other 4.8 million people in New Zealand weren’t keen amateur selectors, with strong views of their own, often not aligned with the three men paid to do the job.

Hansen says himself that one of the selections that took the longest to decide was whether to omit Ngani Laumape, who’s been a midfield wrecking ball for opposing defences all year.

“It was a very tough call to make. If we could have taken five (midfielders) he would have made the side.”

How could Laumape – fit, young and injury free – have not made the squad, asked many doubters online, when Sonny Bill Williams, at 34, eight years older than Laumape, and frequently sidelined with injuries, is selected for Japan?

The Williams naysayers may be proven right, but keep in mind that in 2019 nobody is better

informed on the state of the top players’ bodies and minds than the selectors.

Constant, accurate information flows into the All Black camp.

Once that certainly wasn’t the case.

North Canterbury farmer Andy Earl hadn’t played a club game for weeks in 1992 because he and everyone else in the Rotheram area was dragging stock out of snow drifts after the massive storm that winter.

But when All Black coach Laurie Mains rang to ask him if he was match fit enough to join the All Blacks in Australia as an injury replacement his immediate reply was, “hell yeah”. (Earl’s standout game in the sweltering heat of Brisbane remains one of the gutsiest displays of mind over exhausted body I’ve ever seen.)

Now, says Hansen, “we monitor the form, and the fitness, and the injuries, with players we’re interested in in all of the provinces. [With Sonny Bill] it’s a little bit like Dan Carter at the last Cup, when people said we shouldn’t pick him.

“In Sonny’s case, he’s a freak of an athlete for one. He can do things with the ball that other people can’t do. He gives us a point of difference that the other three midfielders, four if you include Ngani, can’t do. It’s nice to have that in your bag of tricks.

“You understand criticism is

part of the job. Sonny understands that too. But a lot of the time the criticism he gets is misguided, because they don’t understand the man.

“If people had the chance to sit down with the guy they’d find he’s a very decent human being.”

In 2015 the All Blacks were, by a long distance, the most attack-minded side of the four teams who made the semi-finals.

That attitude, says Hansen, won’t change in Japan.

“That’s how we play. We’re kidding ourselves if we go away from one of our strengths.

“I think you’ll see a lot of teams trying to do the same things. Naturally for us we like to move the ball, and that can put us under pressure.

“But by and large it’s been a pretty good recipe.”

Before the 2015 Cup I spoke at some length with Hansen about his selecting philosophy, which, in part, boiled down to finding the delicate balance between not keeping veterans too long, and not picking young players too soon.

You can see the knife edge being walked in the 2019 squad with the retention of Ben Smith, and the elevation of 22-year-old Luke Jacobson.

There’s a slightly macabre connection between the two. At the start of May when the Chiefs and the Highlanders were slugging

out a 31-all draw in Dunedin there was a legal but massive collision between Jacobson and Smith, that bent Smith’s knee back to a sickening angle.

That’s the injury Smith has been recovering from this season.

On a happier note Jacobson has fulfilled the promise he showed that night in Dunedin when in this column on May 6 I noted that he did so much in the game, from bruising defence to skilful attack, that “you wanted to look closely to make sure he didn’t have an identical twin brother on the field with him”.

Smith, Jacobson, and the rest of the squad are in pragmatic, vastly experienced hands in the group led by Hansen.

This is the last hurrah for the coach, and, if he wins back-toback World Cups as head coach, his place as an All Black coaching immortal will be set in stone.

As he often does, a touch of Zen emerges when Hansen is asked to ponder the big picture.

“If you get too far ahead of yourself, or you start feeling nostalgic, and start looking at everything you’ve done, you’re going to drop the ball. We just have to stay in the moment, and enjoy that for what it is and do it the best we can.

“If we get that day right, and if we do that day in day out, that’s the best way to get improvement.”

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Coco Gauff of the United States celebrates after defeating Timea Babos of Hungary during the second round of the US Open yesterday.

■■GOLF

■■TENNIS

Coco on a wild ride

Ko finds old form

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Coco Gauff is still not quite used to hearing her name shouted by thousands of US Open spectators revelling in each booming serve, each “How did she do that?” shot and each victory by a 15-year-old American who is the youngest woman in the US Open’s third round since 1996.

Imagine what things might be like for what comes next: a showdown against No. 1 seed and defending champion Naomi Osaka.

“For me,” Gauff said, “it’s still wild.”

Proving her captivating run to Week 2 at Wimbledon was no fluke, Gauff improved to 5-1 in her nascent, two-tournament Grand Slam career by edging Timea Babos of Hungary 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 at a rollicking Louis Armstrong Stadium yesterday.

“This is just the beginning, I promise,” Gauff told the appreciative crowd that serenaded her with “Let’s go, Coco!” at the final changeover.

When play resumed, Gauff broke Babos’ serve to end a second consecutive three-set win.

“I was thinking, like, maybe they feel like I’m Golden State in Game 7 or something. It’s different, because you’re an individual player, so it’s weird, I guess.

“Most of the time you hear the chants, it’s for a whole team, not just for, like, me,” she said. “So it was pretty cool.”

Not since Anna Kournikova did it 23 years ago had someone who was 15 made it this far at Flushing Meadows.

Gauff covered the court so well, tracking down shot after shot from Babos, running so fast and so fearlessly that she ended up face-down on court after falling.

She pounded serves at up to 118mph, recording nine aces, and mixed in drop shots, passing winners and all manner of other magic to great effect.

“A 15-year-old girl with power on the serve like this – I wish I had that when I was younger,” said Babos, a 26-year-old ranked 112th in singles and seeded No. 1 in doubles in New York.

“If she continues like this, it’s definitely a very bright future.”

Another young American woman made some noise, too: Taylor Townsend, 23, whose pure, raw emotion came through after she delivered one last crisp forehand volley to complete her 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) upset of two-time major champion Simona Halep.

Townsend, a qualifier ranked 116th, clenched her fists, raised her arms and yelled, “Yes! Yes!” before patting her heart.

Moments later, Townsend’s voice cracked and tears began to flow as she told fans in Arthur Ashe Stadium, “It’s been a long journey. Just haven’t been able to get over the hump.”

Townsend pulled off the biggest victory of her up-and-down

career with an entertaining, net-rushing, serve-and-volleying brand of lefty tennis against former No. 1 Halep.

“It’s been a long road. A lot of haters. A lot of people who weren’t sure.

“I mean, I’ve heard it for a really long time that I was never going to make it, that I wasn’t going to be able to break through or do this or do that,” Townsend said.

“This was a huge, monumental moment. It was a very defining moment for me to realise that I belong here.”

She was marked for greatness long ago.

Townsend won singles and doubles junior titles at the 2012 Australian Open, turned pro that year at age 16, then cracked the top 100 in the rankings while still a teen.

But a drop out of the WTA’s top 300 followed and she came into yesterday 9-16 at Grand Slam tournaments and 0-10 against top-10 women.

Against Wimbledon champion Halep, she wasted a pair of match points, one via double-fault, while serving for the win at 5-4 in the third, but never wavered.

Townsend then saved a match point for Halep at 6-5.

“When I’ve played her before, I was just trying to make balls (in).

“I think I played not to lose,” said Townsend, who’d been 0-3 against Halep and sought her advice after a loss to her at the Mi-

ami Open earlier this season.

“And today I played to win.”

How did she do it?

By moving forward at every opportunity, something rarely seen these days on tour. She won the point on 64 of her 106 trips to the net; Halep went 6 for 10.

Townsend serve-and-volleyed 61 times, Halep once.

Gauff and Townsend provided the most attention-grabbing results on a busy Day 4 at the year’s last major tournament.

Osaka, who has practised with Gauff but never faced her, moved on with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Magda Linette.

Three-time US Open champion Rafael Nadal reached the third round when his opponent, Thanasi Kokkinakis, withdrew with an injured right shoulder.

Townsend now will try to get to the fourth round at a Slam for the first time.

For all of the discussions about how US women’s tennis will do once the Williams sisters move on, the group looks to be in pretty good shape right at the moment.

“Honestly, that conversation doesn’t really matter to me. ...

Any time that someone has one good result or two good results, they’re ‘The Next.’ You know what I mean?” Townsend said.

“It was, like, maybe I was, maybe I wasn’t. I don’t know.

“But it doesn’t matter, because I’m here now.”

New Zealand’s top golfer Lydia Ko sits just three shots off the pace after the opening round of the latest LPGA event.

In another good sign of a return to form from the Kiwi superstar, Ko shot a five-under 67 at the Cambia Portland Classic yesterday.

That put her in a tie for 12th place in the tournament, three behind leaders Mi Jung Hur (South Korea) and Australia’s Hannah Green.

Ko had five birdies and 13 pars in her opening round as she attempts to climb back up the world rankings after struggling for most of the season.

Lydia Ko also recorded a five-under 67 the previous week in Canada.

The former World No. 1 has dropped to No. 25 in the women’s world rankings and has come under fire from critics.

However, her latest round is the second five-under 67 she’s shot in four rounds – the 22-year-old recorded a 67 in the second round of the CP Women’s Open in Ontario, Canada, last week.

She eventually finished tied for 35th with rounds of 73, 67, 69 and 71.

Top-ranked Jin Young Ko finally made a bogey, ending a record run of 114 consecutive holes without dropping a shot, and finished with a 4-under 68.

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The CanInspire Charitable Trust was founded in 2010 with the intention of providing workshops for those affected by illness, trauma or loss. The CanBead programme is hugely successful and the jewellery making programme is growing throughout New Zealand. The Trust employs workshop tutors and also relies on a large number of dedicated volunteers.

The Trust now wants to focus on duplicating the CanBead success with the CanTackle programme, whereby participants learn fly fishing skills, as a fun distraction, a sense of purpose and accomplishment in a supportive and caring environment.

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This role will be multi-faceted, from developing partnerships to seeking tutors, promoting the programme and various administrative duties.

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

MUSHROOM Compost at Westside Hire, 171 Alford Forest Road. $22 per scoop.

Call now on 308 0006, premix and chip too. Pickup and delivery options, You can even hire a trailer!

MEETINGS, EVENTS

SCOOTERS - new and secondhand three and four wheel-electric scooters and wheel-chairs.

Call Fred Reddecliffe at Electric Mobility Ashburton today. Phone 308 3602.

Mid Canterbury Football Club

We currently have vacancies within our company for School Bus Drivers in the Ashburton area.

AGM Tuesday, September 10, 7pm EA Networks Stadium, meeting room.

Assistance may be available for suitable applicants to obtain the required licences.

For further enquiries to:

information,

please

direct

The Manager Pearsons Coachlines Ltd 403 West Street Ashburton Email: pearsonsashburton@xtra.co.nz Phone: (03) 308 2992 or 021 344 647 Website: www.pearsonscoachlines.co.nz

Birthday Greetings Harry George Happy 1st Birthday to our wee miracle. We can’t wait to celebrate with you.

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

COMPUTER PROBLEMS??

For professional computer servicing and laser engraving, see Kelvin at KJB Systems, 4 Ascot Place. Phone 308 8989. Locally owned and serving Ashburton for 30 years. Same day service if possible.

Supergold discount card welcomed.

SITUATIONS WANTED I’M a 32 year old male who is looking for a live in Dairy farm position. I’m experienced, hard working, reliable and honest. Preferably Ashburton - Christchurch area. Thank you. Please call 027 294 1407.

RURAL TRADING POST

EDUCATION

SMART PHONE COURSE for ANDROID owners.

Any enquiries to: Three 90 minute lessons. admin@mcfootball.co.nz Starting September 4 at The Tutoring Centre, in Sinclair Centre, Park Street. Special introductory price $50.

LIVESTOCK, PETS BUYER of unwanted animals. Contact Muriel 027 964 5380.

Cattle, bobby calves, horses and all farm animals. We ADULT also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 ENTERTAINMENT 621, A/H 03 348 9439. HERE’S hoping, attractive bust.

Available for appointments. No texting, HIRE phone 0210 275 9055.

GENERAL hire. Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, NEW to town. Asian ladies, trailers, and more. All your size 8, sexy body, 34DD, busty.

DIY / party hire, call and see Chinese prostate massage.

Ashburton U-Hire. 588 East Two girls available. In/out Street. Open Monday-Friday calls. Phone 021 046 4314.

7am - 6pm; Saturday 7.30am - 5pm; Sunday 8.30am 12.30pm. Phone 308 8061. www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

MAIZE grain 14.8 ME. Locally grown. Better bang for your buck than feed wheat or barley. Phone 027 GRAZING 227 3661 any time. Also wanted for surplus to requirements GRAZING lambs.

Phone balage. good quality. store Mitch 027 313 1320.

MEADOW hay.

Good Guardian Classifieds quality. Shed stored. $6 per 307 7900 bale. Phone 027 555 1123.

Guardian Motoring

307 7900

Daily Events SATURDAY 7.30am (sharp) RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Rise and Shine Saturday. Runners and Walkers, all welcome. Meet at Frontrunner, 28 Moore Street. Visit our facebook page for more details.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY.

SUNDAY 8.30am ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB. Bridle path, Port Hills, all welcome.

Phone Jenny 308 6862. Meet Ashburton Courthouse, Baring Square West.

8.30am HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH. Mass, Holy Spirit Church, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship service led by Rev Jim Young followed by the Annual General Meeting. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am

MONDAY 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road.

9.30am - 10.30am DAYTIME NETBALL. $5 a game, first game free. EA Networks Centre, River Terrace (not school holidays).

10am ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS

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Raising the bar, always Consistently one of Bayleys high performers, Mike has enjoyed continuous success with Bayleys Canterbury. Backed by a boundless energy, informed intellect and determined hard-work, Mike’s rise to the top of Ashburton’s rural property sector is no means by accident.

Experience the results that Mike Preston brings to the table today.

MIKE PRESTON M 027 430 7041 D 03 307 2400 mike.preston@bayleys.co.nz www.mikepreston.co.nz WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

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Guardian Situations Vacant

307 7900

August 30, 31 & September 1, 2019 Open Thursday and Saturday mornings for toy hire. Victoria St, The Triangle.

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

10am - 12pm VINTAGE CAR CLUB MUSEUM AND

PARTS SHED. Open. Ashburton Vintage Car Club, Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome.

Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

10.30am - 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.

1.30pm RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON.

Ashburton Business Park club championships, 6 and 8km. Ashford Avenue. Afternoon tea and prize giving at Fairton hall. Visit our facebook page for more details.

1.30pm MID CANTERBURY SOCIAL WHEELERS. Registrations at 1pm, start time 1.30pm sharp. Fords Road, Tinwald.

ASHBURTON METHODIST CHURCH. Morning worship with Rev Heather Kennedy. Paterson’s Chapel, corner East and Cox streets (note - new venue).

10am HAKATERE PRESBYTERIAN PARISH. (Formally St Paul’s/St James Presbyterian Church). Morning Worship led by Valmai McKenzie, all welcome. 65 Oxford Street.

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

10am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Thomson Street, Tinwald.

10am

ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning Worship, service led by Rev Eric Mattock, all welcome, Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

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

10am ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Morning service, all welcome. 67 Cass Street.

10am - 4pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD EXHIBITION. Gathering of stitches made by

guild members items are on display daily from now until 22 September.

Ashburton Art Gallery, West Street.

10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street (Tinwald School hall).

10.30am GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping God and transforming lives. 63 Princes Street, Netherby.

11am - 4pm THE PLAINS RAILWAY COMPLEX. Open for Father’s Day, dads ride free on K88 Steam train with a fare paying child. Browse the fire museum, Lynn’s woodworking museum and much more. 12 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

11am - 4pm RAILWAY AND PRESERVATION SOCIETY PLAINS MUSEUM. Welcome all craft people. Bring your friends, make new friends and enjoy your day doing your craft. $2. Plains Museum, Maronan Road, Tinwald.

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.

7pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street (Tinwald School hall).

GOLF. Mayfield Golf Course at 9.30am for a 10am start.

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

10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For more information ring Age Concern 308 6817.

Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP. Quality clothing and homewares.

Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street.

10am - 4pm ST JOHN SHOP. Opportunity shop open daily, donations welcome. 129 Tancred Street.

10am - 4pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD EXHIBITION.

Gathering of Stitches made by guild members items are on display daily from now until 22 September.

Ashburton Art Gallery, West Street.

12pm BAPTIST CHURCH FREE LUNCH. Weekly lunch, available at Baptist Church, Cass Street.

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.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome.

Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road.

Trades & Services To place a Trades & Services ad, call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

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Home and Business Solutions • • • •

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WINDOW CLEANING SPECIALISTS

Alarm Installation Alarm Servicing Alarm Monitoring Alarm Response

WINDOWS IS ALL WE DO AND LOVING IT! ESTABLISHED 2006

E - operations@talbotsecurity.co.nz phone 03 307 2409 anytime 24/7

Call Gary 03 302 8707 or 0274 339 763 Methven - Mid Canterbury Area

Mobile Mower servicing • Rotary Mowers • Ride-on Mowers • Water Blasters • Small Motor Repairs

• Reel Mowers • Chainsaws • Rotary Hoes • Generators

Stan Keeley, Owner

Ph 307 0002 - Mobile 021 88 34 36 CALL GROUTPRO (MARK OR BRETT) FOR AN HONEST DISCUSSION ABOUT YOUR GROUT AND TILE AFTERCARE

To deal with Dirty Tiles and Grout CALL GROUTPRO WE HELP YOU KEEP ON TOP OF YOUR SHOWER AND TILE MAINTENANCE

• Tile shower makeovers • Professional tile and grout cleaning • Re-colouring existing grout

• Sealing and repairing/replacing tiles/grout • Replacing mouldy and tired silicon

Keeping your property protected with a security camera system from Masterguard Protect your biggest asset with a home security camera package from Masterguard Call me today for a free, no obligation quote

WE TRANSFORM TILES/GROUT IN BATHROOMS, KITCHENS, SHOWERS, BALCONIES, CONSERVATORIES AND ANY TILED AREA

Hartley Curd phone 0800 788 393 or 021 328 301

Contact GroutPro Brett Muir or Mark Butler for a quote and an upfront honest discussion.

0508 422 532

www.groutpro.co.nz

57 Dobson Street, Ashburton.

YOUR LOCAL TV RECEPTION SPECIALIST

HEAT PUMPS KEEP YOUR HOME THE PERFECT TEMPERATURE ALL YEAR ROUND

HEAT PUMPS

electriCOOL Ltd Phone Paul Crequer, your local authorised Daikin dealer for a free quote on all domestic and commercial systems phone 0274 362 362 or 308 4573.

• • • • • • •

Your local authorised Freeview installer Commercial TV systems Extra phone points TV wall mounting Future proof pre-wire of new homes Authorised Sky installer Home theatre installation

ASHBURTON TV & AUDIO LTD Ph 308-7332 or 027-277-1062

Trades & Services To place a Trades & Services ad, call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

TALBOT SECURITY GROUP

To advertise here contact Cushla on 021 959 783 or 03 307 7955

Key Cutting Solutions • • • • •

Key Reprogramming House Keys Transponder Car Keys Car Remotes Car Keys

E - operations@talbotsecurity.co.nz P - 03 307 2409 anytime 24/7 Cushla Harborne

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Monday - Friday 9am - 5.30pm Saturday 10am - 2pm Sunday By appointment only

To advertise here contact Neil on 021 272 2399 or 03 307 7907 Moore Street Medical Centre, Moore Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Saturday until 8am Sunday. Consultations will be by appointment only. To make a booking please phone 0800 700 155.

Weekend Services

MEDICAL SERVICES

IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY PHONE 111.

For all medical assistance, please phone your usual General Practice. Your call will be answered and a nurse will give you free health advice on what to do or where to go if you need urgent care.

DUTY DOCTORS Three Rivers Health, Allens Road, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Saturday until 8am Sunday. Please phone 308 9139 for an appointment.

Tinwald Medical Practice, Archibald Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Sunday until 8am Monday. Clinic will be held from 10am to 12 noon and from 6pm to 7pm. No appointment necessary. Phone 0800 700 155.

Please bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, New Zealanders should bring some form of ID.

Methven & Rakaia Area

For weekend and emergency services please phone Methven Medical Centre on 302 8105 or Rakaia Medical Centre on 303 5002 for details on how to access the after-hours service each weekend.

Healthline is a free health advice service. It operates

Pharmacies

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency Lifeline

Ashburton Rest Homes

Art Gallery

COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, unrestricted visiting.

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 308 1133.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm, Wednesday: 10am – 7pm

Emergency Dentist

Ashburton Museum

Dog, Stock & Noise Control

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 307 7890.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm

If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 for the name of the rostered weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours 9am - 5pm, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.

HELPLINE SERVICES Alcoholics Anonymous

Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or visit www.aa.org.nz for more information.

Mental Health - Call free on 0800 222 955.

Ask for the Crisis Team.

Safe Care - 24hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis

Support. Phone 03 364 8791

Victims Support Group

24hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846).

Direct dials to a volunteer.

Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm, outside of these hours leave a message.

24 hours a day, seven days a week. The toll-free number to call is 0800 611 116. Healthline is staffed by registered nurses who are trained to assess health problems and offer Alcohol Drug Help Line advice over the phone. The service is free and confidential. Call us free on (0800 787 797).

Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

Toll-free: 0800 353 353.

Bus Departures

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Sunday and from 5pm - 7pm both evenings.

COMMUNITY SERVICES

Ashburton Public Library

ANIMAL SERVICES Ashburton District Council 03 307 7700 - 24hr service.

Animal Welfare Centre

All enquiries - phone 308 4432 or 027 3329286.

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday: 10am - 1pm.

Sunday: 1pm - 4pm.

Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter

EA Networks Centre - Pools

Veterinarians

Contact - President 021 1356 969.

20 River Terrace - phone 03 308 4020. WEEKEND HOURS: ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, Sat and Sun 7am - 7pm. Public holidays 10am - 5pm.

149 Cameron Street, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein.

Full emergency service all weekend.

Mail Closing Times ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm 1 Smallbone Drive, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

POST DELIVERY CENTRES Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm Cnr East Street and Seafield Road, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Harriet Mills.

Information Centre Vet Ent and Vet Life operate a joint after-hours SMALL Methven - Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 10am until 3pm. Phone 302-8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

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6am Te Karere 3 2 0 6:30 Country Calendar 3 Terrace Edge. 0 7am Keeping Up With The Kaimanawas 3 0 7:30 Infomercials 9am Whanau Living 3 0 9:30 Tagata Pasifika 10am Tipping Point 3 10:55 F Britain’s Best Home Cook 3 0 12:10 Call The Midwife PGR 3 0 1:25 Coast v Country 0 2:25 Fantasy Homes By The Sea 0 3:25 F Supershoppers 3:55 The Power Of Weather 0 4:30 Fishing And Adventure The crew go to Whangarei for an overnight adventure at the Mokohinau Islands, and make the most of a squid session under lights before catching kingfish and big snapper. 0 5pm The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Extreme Chocolate Makers 0 7:30 MasterChef Australia 0 8pm L Lotto 8:05 MasterChef Australia 0 8:45 The Story Of Rugby PGR 0 9:45 Anika Moa Unleashed AO 0 10:15 Kath And Kim AO 0 10:50 Liar AO 0

6am The Wot Wots 3 0 6:20 The Wiggles, Emma! 0 6:30 PJ Masks 3 0 6:55 The Insectibles 3 0 7:05 M Gnomeo And Juliet PGR 2011 Animated. Voices of James McAvoy, Emily Blunt. 0 8:35 Beyblade Burst Evolution 3 0 9am We Bare Bears 0 9:10 Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man v The Sinister 6 0 9:35 The Simpsons 3 0 10am Fresh 10:30 F Regular Show 3 10:40 Ant And Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 12:10 Splitting Up Together PGR 0 1:05 American Housewife PGR 1:35 Car Crash TV 0 2:05 Renters PGR 3 0 2:35 Celebrity Treasure Island 0 5:35 The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Young Sheldon 3 0 7pm M Shrek Forever After PGR 2010 Animated Adventure. Rumpelstiltskin tricks a mid-life crisis burdened Shrek into allowing himself to be cast into a dark alternate timeline where Rumpelstiltskin rules supreme. 0 8:40 M The Matrix Revolutions AO 2003 Sci-fi Action. 0

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 The Project 3 7:25 Infomercials 9:30 NewsHub Nation 0 10:30 Survivor – Game Changers 3 11:25 Face Off PGR 3 12:25 The Block NZ – Firehouse PGR 3 0 1:55 The Block NZ – Firehouse PGR 3 0 3pm The Block NZ – Firehouse PGR 3 0 4pm The Block NZ – Firehouse PGR 3 0 5pm F America’s Next Top Model The one the judges deem next-level fierce will be crowned America’s Next Top Model in a runway hosted by fashion designer Philipp Plein. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm America’s Got Talent 0 8:55 M Grown Ups AO 3 2010 Comedy. After their high-school basketball coach dies, five good friends and former team-mates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend. 0 10:55 M The Best Man Holiday AO 3 2013 Comedy.

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6am Codename – Kids Next Door 3 0 6:25 Kung Fu Panda – Legends Of Awesomeness 3 0 6:50 Duck Dodgers 3 0 7:15 Hank Zipzer, The World’s Greatest Underachiever 3 0 7:40 Danny Phantom 8:05 Teen Titans 0 8:30 Batman – The Animated Series 0 9am Justice League Unlimited PGR 10am Raw PGR 3 11am SmackDown PGR 3 Noon NRL Try Time 1pm Hot Bench 3 1:30 L Rugby – Pasifika Challenge Samoa v NZ Heartland XV. 4pm L Rugby – Pasifika Challenge Fiji v Tonga.

From Eden Park.

6:30 Storage Wars 3 7pm Mighty Machines PGR 0 7:30 Mayday Air Disaster – The Accident Files PGR A crash minutes after take-off, a paralysed first officer, and a very costly drug habit; to err is human, but any mistake made by a pilot can cost the lives of hundreds. 0 8:30 Silent Witness AO 0 10:45 The Halcyon PGR 3 0

6:30 Te Ao – Maori News 3 7am Tamariki Haka 3 7:10 Pukoro 2 7:40 Kainga Whakapaipai 3 7:50 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 8:20 Smooth 3 8:30 Pukana 3 2 10am Basketball – Fiba World Cup Qualifiers 3 Noon Waka Ama Sprints 3 1pm Haati Grassroots Rugby 3 2pm College Basketball Nationals 3 3pm The Pits TV 4pm Marae PGR 3 2 4:30 He Kakano 3 5pm Fresh 5:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News The latest news, with an inclusive approach to Maori news by connecting directly with communities.

7pm M Fly Me To The Moon 2008 Animated Adventure.

Three young flies set off to become the first insects on the moon by hitching a ride on the Apollo 11 space flight.

8:30 M Walkabout AO 1971 Drama.

10:30 Te Ao – Maori News 3

11:45 Blindspot AO The team’s attempt to get Jane back pits her against Remi. 0 1:30 Coronation Street Catch-Up PGR 3 0 3:35 Infomercials

11:15 M Face/Off AO 1997 Action. 0 1:50 M Batman – The Killing Joke AO 2016 Animation.

3:05 The Bachelor PGR 3 0 4:40 Home Improvement 3 0 5:05 Fresh 3 5:30 Masterstroke 3

1:20 Infomercials 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

11:45 SAS – Who Dares Wins AO 3 Ant and his elite team test the 12 remaining recruits by sowing distrust in the group, testing bonds with a difficult river-crossing, and a trust exercise of abseiling off a waterfall. 0 12:45 Closedown

11pm Whare Puoro 3 A creative music series showcasing artists promoting the Maori language.

11:30 Closedown

The Story of Rugby 8:45pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 10am Yours, Mine, Or Ours PGR 3 10:30 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles PGR 3 11:30 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles PGR 3 12:30 Top Chef Jr 3 1:35 Catfish 3 2:30 Catfish 3 3:30 The People’s Court 3 4:30 The People’s Court 3 5:30 Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry 3 6:30 Little Big Shots – Forever Young 3 7:30 Botched PGR 3 8:30 Keeping Up With The Kardashians AO Kourtney is upset when Scott introduces the children to his girlfriend without her permission; the family are determined to redeem themselves on Celebrity Family Feud; Kim has a problem taking selfies.

9:30 Southern Charm PGR 10:35 Cults And Extreme Belief AO 3 11:30 Catfish 3

Sunday

12:20 Infomercials 5am Undercover Boss 3 0

Shrek Forever After 7pm on TVNZ 2

SKY 5 6am 9JKL PG 6:20 Modern Family PG 6:45 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 9:35 Modern Family PG 10am 9JKL PG 10:25 Salvation MV 11:10 Grimm MV 11:55 Ice Road Truckers PG 3:40 Highway Thru Hell PG 4:30 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 7:30 Modern Family PG 8pm 9JKL PG 8:30 Counting Cars PG 9pm Highway Thru Hell PG 10pm Mountain Men PG 10:50 Classic Pawn Stars PG 11:20 The Simpsons PG 11:50 The Simpsons PG

Sunday

12:15 The Simpsons PG 12:40 The Simpsons PG 1:05 The Simpsons PG 1:30 The Simpsons PG 1:55 Counting Cars PG 2:20 Ice Road Truckers PG 3:05 Ice Road Truckers PG 3:50 Ice Road Truckers PG 4:35 Ice Road Truckers PG 5:20 Ice Road Truckers PG

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

7:20 Boundaries MLSC 2018 Comedy.

Christopher Plummer, Vera Famiga. 9:05 Wildlife MLSC 2018 Drama. 10:50 The Wife MLS 2018 Drama.

12:30 Black Panther MV 2018 Action. 2:40 Boundaries MLSC 2018 Comedy.

4:25 Nothing But Trailers M 4:55 Action Point 16VLSC 2018 Comedy. 6:20 Welcome Home MVLS 2018 Thriller.

Aaron Paul, Emily Ratajkowski.

8pm The Old Man And The Gun ML 2018 Drama. A 70-year-old prison escapee commits an unprecedented string of robberies that confound authorities and enchant the public. Based on a true story. Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek.

9:35 The Girl In The Spider’s Web 16VC 2018 Action. A young computer hacker and a journalist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals, and corrupt government officials.

Claire Foy, Sverrir Gudnason.

11:30 They’re Inside 18VLC 2019 Horror. Karli Hall, Amanda Kathleen Ward.

Sunday 12:55 Elvis Goes There – Guillermo Del Toro MC 2019 Documentary.

1:55 Welcome Home MVLS 2018 Thriller. 3:35 The Old Man And The Gun ML 2018 Drama. 5:10 The Girl In The Spider’s Web 16VC 2018 Action.

6:10 The Dark Knight Rises MV 2012 Action Thriller. Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway.

8:55 12 Years A Slave 16VS 2013 Historical Drama. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender.

11:10 Grudge Match MVL 2013 Comedy. Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone. 1:05 After Earth MV 2013 Sci-fi.

Will Smith, Jaden Smith.

2:50 Jumper MVL 2008 Adventure. Samuel L Jackson, Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson. 4:20 Our Idiot Brother MLS 2011 Comedy.

Paul Rudd. 5:50 Mission – Impossible: Ghost Protocol MV 2011 Action. Tom Cruise.

8pm This Is The End 16VLSC 2013 Comedy. While at a party, six friends find themselves trapped in a house after a series of strange and catastrophic events in the Los Angeles area. James Franco, Jonah Hill.

9:50 Spider-Man 3 MV 2007 Action. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst.

Sunday 12:05 The Hobbit – The Battle Of The Five Armies MV 2015 Adventure. Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman. 2:25 About Schmidt ML 2002 Comedy.

Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Kathy Bates. 4:30 Jumper MVL 2008 Adventure.

SKY SPORT 1 6am Rugby – Heartland Championship North Otago v Wairarapa Bush. 6:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Otago v Manawatu. 7am L Rugby – France v Italy Coverage from Stade de France, Paris.

9:10 Mainfreight Rugby 10:10 First XV Rugby Revision 10:40 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Wellington v Counties Manukau.

11:10 Kick-Off Noon L Rugby – Farah Palmer Cup Canterbury v Wellington.

From Orangetheory Stadium, Christchurch. 2pm Rugby – Heartland Championship North Otago v Wairarapa Bushh. 2:30 L Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Canterbury v Southland. 4:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Otago v Manawatu. 5pm Rugby – France v Italy 5:30 L Rugby – Farah Palmer Cup Waikato v Auckland.

From FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton. 7:30 L Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Waikato v Auckland.

From FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton. 9:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup 11:30 On The Grill With Marshy 11:55 L Rugby – Currie Cup Semi-final One – Golden Lions v Griquas. Sunday 2:55 L Rugby – Currie Cup Semi-final Two – Free State Cheetahs v Sharks.

5:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup

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

6am Stars In Their Cars 6:30 Restoration Man 7:30 The Secret Lives Of Owls 8:30 The Great Interior Design Challenge 9:30 Mysteries At The Museum 10:30 James Martin’s Great British Adventure 11:30 American Pickers 12:30 Restoration Man 1:30 Escape To The Chateau – DIY 2:30 Big Dreams Small Spaces 3:30 Tribes, Animals, And Me 4:30 Food Safari 5:30 Best Cake Wins 6pm N Alaska Pickers Kelly and Becky look for items to supply their antique store before winter sets in.

6:30 Cesar To The Rescue

7:30 American Pickers 8:30 China’s Megatomb Revealed AO With access to the latest excavations at the First Emperor of China’s Mausoleum, Albert Lin, National Geographic Explorer, discovers new secrets hidden within his tomb.

10:30 Ozzy And Jack’s World Detour PGR 11:30 Breaking The Magician’s Code – Magic’s Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed AO 12:30 Best Cake Wins 1am Food Safari 2am Uncommon Grounds PGR 3am Tribes, Animals, And Me 4am Ozzy And Jack’s World Detour PGR 5am Cesar To The Rescue

SKY SPORT 2 10am Cricket – T20 Blast (HLS) Kent v Gloucestershire.

10:30 Cricket – Women’s Super League (HLS) Southern Vipers v Loughborough Lightning. 11am ICC Cricket 360 Noon Cricket – T20 Blast (HLS) Somerset v Middlesex. 12:30 Cricket – West Indies v India Second Test – Day One. 1:30 Cricket – Sri Lanka v Blackcaps (RPL) Second Test – Day Five, Last Two Hours. 3:30 Cricket – West Indies v India (RPL) Second Test – Day One, Last Two Hours. 5:30 Cricket – T20 Blast Somerset v Middlesex. 6pm Cricket – West Indies v India Second Test – Day One. 7:30 Cricket – T20 Blast (RPL) Somerset v Middlesex. 10:20 ICC Cricket 360 11:20 Cricket – The Ashes England v Australia – Third Test, Day Four.

Sunday

12:20 Cricket – Sri Lanka v Blackcaps Second Test – Day Five. 1:20 Cricket – West Indies v India Second Test – Day One. 2:20 L Cricket – West Indies v India Second Test – Day Two, Morning Session. From Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica.

4:35 Cricket – Blackcaps v Sri Lanka First T20.

5:05 L Cricket – West Indies v India Second Test – Day Two, Afternoon Session.

From Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica.

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DISCOVERY 6:35 How It’s Made PG 7:05 How Do They Do It? PG 7:30 Aussie Lobster Men PG Superstition.

8:20 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 9:10 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 10am Aussie Gold Hunters PG 10:50 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 11:40 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 12:30 Expedition Unknown PG Captain Kidd’s Treasure.

1:20 What On Earth? PG 2:10 Diesel Brothers PG 3pm Aussie Lobster Men PG Superstition. 3:50 BattleBots PG It’s a Flippin’ Robot Party!

4:45 BattleBots PG It’s Fork Lifting Time! 5:40 BattleBots PG I’m Here to Kick Some Bot. 6:35 BattleBots PG Ice, Ice, Baby. 7:30 Nasa’s Unexplained Files PG Curse of the Full Moon. 8:30 UFOs – The Lost Evidence PG Past and Present. 9:25 Deadliest Catch PG 10:15 Frontier China – Sound Of The Road PG 11:05 BattleBots PG 11:55 How It’s Made PG Sunday 12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 What On Earth? PG 1:35 World’s Deadliest Drivers PG 2am World’s Deadliest Drivers PG 2:25 People Magazine Investigates M 3:15 The 1990s – The Deadliest Decade M 4:05 American Monster M 4:55 Murder Calls M 5:45 Killer Instinct With Chris Hansen M

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6am Blue Planet 3 0 6:50 The Aussie Property Flippers 3 0 7:45 Tagata Pasifika 3 8:10 Praise Be 3 8:40 The Big Ward 3 0 9:10 20/20 AO 0 10am Marae PGR 2 0 10:30 Waka Huia 11am Attitude 0 11:30 Fair Go 0 11:55 Sunday 0 12:55 Coast v Country 0 1:55 Heavy Rescue PGR 2:55 The Story Of Rugby PGR 3 0 3:55 Inside The London Fire Brigade 3 0 4:55 The Celebrity Chase With Dan Snow, Sarah Greene, Amanda Lamb, and Donna Air. 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

6am Paw Patrol 0 6:20 Thomas And Friends 0 6:30 Puppy Dog Pals 3 0 6:55 Alvinnn!!! And The Chipmunks 3 0 7:05 Chuggington – Little Trainees 3 0 7:10 Kitty Is Not A Cat 0 7:35 Andi Mack 0 8am What Now? 10am Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:10 The Bachelor PGR 0 1:50 The Real O’Neals 3 0 2:45 Home And Away 3 0 5:05 Friends 3 0 6pm The 100k Drop Game show where pairs of players start with $200,000, and must prevent it from dropping out of the game by avoiding the wrong answers. 0

7pm Country Calendar Fruit Salad. 0 7:30 Sunday 0 8:30 Runaway Millionaires AO Story of Kara Hurring and Leo Gao, an ordinary New Zealand couple who went on the run after an extraordinary sum of money was mistakenly deposited into their bank account. 0 10:30 Deep State AO 3 0 11:30 Secrets And Lies AO 3 Eric discovers he and Danny have more in common than he first believed. 0 12:20 Attitude 3 0 12:50 Coronation Street CatchUp PGR 3 0 2:55 Infomercials

Runaway Millionaires 8:30pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 6am Undercover Boss 3 0 6:45 Masters Of Flip 3 7:35 Masters Of Flip 3 8:25 Masters Of Flip 3 9:15 Catfish 3 10am Catfish 3 10:50 Botched PGR 3 11:40 Love It Or List It – Vancouver PGR 3 12:30 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles 3 1:25 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles PGR 3 2:20 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles PGR 3 3:15 The People’s Court 3 4:10 The People’s Court 5:05 Dance Moms 3 6pm Love It Or List It – Vancouver 7pm M PS I Love You PGR 3 2007 Drama. Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Lisa Kudrow. 0 9:30 M Eat Pray Love AO 3 2010 Romantic Drama. 0 Monday 12:05 Yours, Mine, Or Ours PGR 3 12:30 Don’t Be Tardy AO 12:55 Don’t Be Tardy AO 1:20 Infomercials

©TVNZ 2019

7pm Celebrity Treasure Island 0 8pm M Big Daddy PGR 1999 Comedy. 0 9:55 M War Dogs AO 2016 Comedy Drama. During the Iraq War, a government initiative allows bids on arms supplies, leading two inane friends to deal with some very shady people. Based on a true story. 0 Midnight M Scenic Route AO 2013 Drama Thriller. Josh Duhamel, Dan Fogler. 1:30 Mike And Molly PGR 3 0 2:35 Regular Show 3 2:50 Infomercials 3:25 Quantico AO 3 0 4:10 Masterstroke 4:40 Love Connection PGR 0 5:30 Infomercials

War Dogs

9:55pm on TVNZ 2

SKY 5 6am Counting Cars PG 6:25 Mountain Men PG 7:15 Ice Road Truckers PG 8am Ice Road Truckers PG 8:45 Ice Road Truckers PG 9:30 Ice Road Truckers PG 10:15 Ice Road Truckers PG 11am NCIS – New Orleans MV 11:50 Highway Thru Hell PG 12:40 Mountain Men PG 1:30 Counting Cars PG 2pm The Amazing Race PG 3pm Raw MVC 5:45 SmackDown MVC 7:30 NCIS – New Orleans MV 8:30 NCIS MV 9:30 NCIS MV 10:30 Main Event MV 11:25 The Amazing Race PG

Monday 12:15 Smackdown MVC 1:55 Main Event MV 2:45 NCIS – New Orleans MV 3:35 The Amazing Race PG 4:25 NCIS MV 5:10 NCIS MV

THREE

PRIME

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am Life TV 3 8:30 Turning Point 9am Andy And Ben Eat Australia PGR 3 9:30 The Hui 0 10am NewsHub Nation 3 0 11am Tasty Conversations 3 11:10 Ocean Bounty 3 0 Noon Entertainment Tonight Weekend 1pm Motorsport – Titans RX 2pm Motorsport – New Zealand Rally Championship 3pm Motorsport – MotoGP 4pm Motorsport – British Touring Car Championship Hosted by Shaun Summerfield and Paul Radisich.

5pm Big Angry Fish 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Block NZ – Firehouse PGR 0 8:30 M X-Men – Apocalypse AO 3 2016 Action Adventure.

In the 1980s the X-Men must defeat an ancient, allpowerful mutant, En Sabah Nur, who intends to thrive through bringing destruction to the world. James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac. 0 11pm Golden Boy PGR 3 Lisa must cheer Tama up; Mitch gives Dave driving lessons, which goes horribly wrong. 0 11:30 Mean Mums 3 Parents’ Quiz Night heats up when the grand prize sends the mums into a competitive frenzy. 0 Midnight Chicago PD AO 12:55 Infomercials

7pm Storage Wars PGR 7:30 Inside The Red Arrows PGR 0 8:30 Endeavour AO A murder at an army base threatens long-held secrets and sidelines Thursday, so Endeavour and Strange must manage without him; protests expose growing racial tensions in Oxford. 0 10:30 60 Minutes PGR 11:30 American Crime Story – The Assassination Of Gianni Versace AO Naval officer Jeffrey Trail comes faceto-face with Andrew Cunanan for the first time; Gianni Versace reveals his true self to the world. 0 12:30 Closedown

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

7:05 Elvis Goes There – Guillermo Del Toro MC 2019 Documentary.

8:05 Action Point 16VLSC 2018 Comedy. Johnny Knoxville.

9:30 Welcome Home MVLS 2018 Thriller. Aaron Paul, Emily Ratajkowski. 11:10 The Old Man And The Gun ML 2018 Drama. Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek. 12:45 Murder On The Orient Express MC 2017 Crime. Kenneth Branagh, Johnny Depp. 2:40 Tag MLSC 2018 Comedy. Ed Helms, Jeremy Renner. 4:20 The Bromley Boys PGL 2018 Comedy. Alan Davies, Martine McCutcheon.

6:05 Megan Leavey MVLS 2017 Drama. Kate Mara.

8pm Robin Hood MV 2018 Action. War-hardened crusader Robin of Loxley and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown. Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx.

10pm Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again PGS 2018 Comedy.

Amanda Seyfried, Lily James.

11:50 The Bachelor Next Door 16C 2017 Thriller.

Michael Welch, Haylie Duff.

Monday 1:15 Tag MLSC 2018 Comedy. Ed Helms, Jeremy Renner. 2:55 The Bromley Boys PGL 2018 Comedy. Alan Davies, Martine McCutcheon.

4:40 Megan Leavey MVLS 2017 Drama. Kate Mara.

6am Our Idiot Brother MLS 2011 Comedy. Paul Rudd.

7:30 Mission – Impossible: Ghost Protocol MV 2011 Action. Tom Cruise.

9:40 Spider-Man 3 MV 2007 Action. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst. 12:05 The Hobbit – The Battle Of The Five Armies MV 2015 Adventure. Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman. 2:30 This Is The End 16VLS 2013 Comedy.

James Franco, Jonah Hill.

4:15 Hollywood Homicide MVL 2003 Action Thriller.

Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lou Diamond Phillips.

6:10 The Debt 16VL 2011 Thriller. Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Tom Wilkinson. 8pm Identity Thief MVLS 2013 Comedy.

A family man inadvertently sets out on a crosscountry adventure with the woman who stole his identity. Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy.

9:55 30 Days Of Night 16VL 2007 Horror. Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Ben Foster.

11:45 Killer Joe 18VLS 2011 Crime.

Matthew McConaughey.

Monday

MAORI

6am Religious Programme 7am Nella The Princess Knight 3 0 7:30 Religious Programme 10:30 Sport Box Noon Mountains – Life Above The Clouds 3 0 1pm Rugby – Heartland Championship 2pm Mad About You PGR 3 2:30 Rugby – Hurricanes Regional Final (RPL) Palmerston North Boys’ High v Hastings Boys’ High.

4:30 Rugby Nation 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Great Escapers Expats open a dive school; two British B&B owners have difficulties; a couple from Hereford run a vineyard in France.

1:25 Hollywood Homicide MVL 2003 Action Thriller.

Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lou Diamond Phillips.

3:20 The Debt 16VL 2011 Thriller. 5:10 Killer Joe 18VLS 2011 Crime.

CHOICE

6:30 Te Ao – Maori News 3 7am Tamariki Haka 3 7:10 Pukoro 2 7:40 Kainga Whakapaipai 3 7:50 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 8:20 F Smooth 3 8:30 Waka Ama Sprints 3 9am Marae Kai Masters 3 10am Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 10:30 Tangaroa With Pio 3 11am Game Of Bros PGR 3 11:30 Off The Grid With Pio 3 Noon Shear Bro PGR 3 12:30 IVF World Sprints 3 1pm Touch Rugby – Junior National Championships 3 2pm M Fly Me To The Moon 2008 Animated Adventure.

3:30 Grid 3 4pm The Puna 3 4:30 Waka Man 3 5pm Tagata Pasifika 5:30 Nga Tangata Taumata Rau 3 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News 7pm Te Ao With Moana 3 7:30 The Laughing Samoans PGR Excerpts from the live comedy shows.

8pm L Basketball – Fiba World Cup New Zealand v Brazil.

10pm Te Ao – Maori News 3 10:30 Whare Puoro

11pm Stand Up Stand Out Final round of Auckland’s premier youth music and dance competition, where the top aspiring entertainers compete for the prize.

Midnight Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 6am Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Waikato v Auckland.

6:40 L Rugby – French Top 14 Bordeaux v Toulon.

From Stade Chaban Delmas.

8:45 Rugby – French Top 14 (DLY) Bayonne v Clermont.

11am Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Northland v Hawke’s Bay. 11:30 Rugby – Pasifika Challenge (HLS) Fiji v Tonga.

Noon Rugby – Pasifika Challenge (RPL) Samoa v New Zealand. 2pm L Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup North Harbour v Bay of Plenty.

From North Harbour Stadium.

4:15 L Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Taranaki v Tasman.

From Yarrow Stadium, Taranaki.

6:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Northland v Hawke’s Bay. 8:30 Rugby Nation 9:25 Rugby – Farah Palmer Cup (RPL) Waikato v Auckland.

9:55 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) North Harbour v Bay Of Plenty.

10:55 L Rugby – French Top 14 Racing 92 v Castre.

From Stade Olympique Yvesdu-Manoir.

Monday 12:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Taranaki v Tasman. 2:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Northland v Hawke’s Bay. 3am L Rugby – French Top 14 Lyon v Toulouse. From Matmut Stadium de Gerland.

5:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) North Harbour v Bay of Plenty.

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

6am Alaska Pickers 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Leading The Way 7:30 Tribes, Animals, And Me 8:30 American Pickers 9:30 Pilgrimage With Simon Reeve 10:30 Ben Fogle – Return To The Wild 11:30 Food Safari Noon American Pickers 1pm Best Cake Wins 1:30 Ben Fogle – Return To The Wild 2:30 Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle 3:30 The Story Of Cats 4:30 Gordon’s Great Escape – India 5:30 N Kai Safari 6pm Rachel Khoo – My Swedish Kitchen 6:30 The Home Show

7:30 American Pickers 8:30 M Kath And Kimderella PGR 2012 Comedy.

10:30 M Jackie And Ryan AO 2014 Family Drama. A travelling musician, and a former singer at a crossroads in her marriage, have a chance encounter while the musician is busking.

12:30 Rachel Khoo – My Swedish Kitchen 1am American Pickers 2am Uncommon Grounds PGR 3am The Story Of Cats 4am Gordon’s Great Escape – India 5am The Home Show

SKY SPORT 2 6am ICC Cricket 360 10am Cricket – T20 Blast (HLS) Somerset v Middlesex.

10:30 Cricket – Blackcaps v Sri Lanka (HLS) T20.

11am Cricket – Women’s Super League (HLS) Southern Vipers v Loughborough Lightning.

11:30 Cricket – T20 Blast (HLS) Kent v Gloucestershire.

Noon Cricket – T20 Blast (HLS) Somerset v Middlesex.

12:30 Cricket – Blackcaps v Sri Lanka (HLS) T20.

1pm ICC Cricket 360 2pm Cricket – West Indies v India (HLS) Second Test – Day Two. 3pm Cricket – Blackcaps v Sri Lanka (HLS) T20.

3:30 Cricket – Women’s Super League (HLS) Southern Vipers v Loughborough Lightning.

4pm Cricket – West Indies v India (RPL) Second Test – Day Two, Last Two Hours.

6pm Cricket – Blackcaps v Sri Lanka (RPL) T20.

9:20 ICC Cricket 360 10:20 Cricket – Blackcaps v Sri Lanka (HLS) T20.

10:50 Cricket – West Indies v India (RPL)

Monday

12:50 Cricket – Blackcaps v Sri Lanka (HLS) T20.

1:20 L Cricket – Sri Lanka v Blackcaps First T20.

From Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy.

5am ICC Cricket 360 1Sep19

DISCOVERY 6:35 How It’s Made PG 7:05 How Do They Do It? PG 7:30 Decade Of Danger PG 8:20 UFOs – The Lost Evidence PG Past and Present.

9:10 BattleBots PG Ice, Ice, Baby. 10am Expedition Unknown PG Captain Kidd’s Treasure. 10:50 Gold Rush – White Water PG Sacrifice and Sabotage. 11:40 Outback Opal Hunters PG 12:30 Aussie Lobster Men PG Superstition. 1:20 Deadliest Catch PG Clip Show 3.

2:10 Expedition Unknown PG The Vanished Empire.

3pm Expedition Unknown PG The Lost Colony of Roanoke.

3:50 Expedition Unknown PG Cloning the Woolly Mammoth.

4:45 Expedition Unknown PG Journey to the Ice Age. 5:40 Expedition Unknown PG Cracking the DB Cooper Case.

6:35 Expedition Unknown PG Lasseter’s Gold.

7:30 Blowing Up History PG 8:30 Cajun Navy PG 10:15 Nasa’s Unexplained Files PG Curse of the Full Moon.

11:05 What On Earth? PG 11:55 How It’s Made PG Monday 12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 Naked And Afraid M 2:25 Naked And Afraid M 3:15 Naked And Afraid M 4:05 Naked And Afraid M 4:55 Naked And Afraid M 5:45 Naked And Afraid M

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DEATHS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

THOMAS, Margaret Ruth (Ruth) – Passed away peacefully at Coldstream Lifecare, Ashburton on August 29, 2019, with her loving husband Peter by her side. Loved Mum of Sharon and Kevin Hedge and Andrew and Rosie. A much loved Gran of Matthew, Ben and Anastasia; Samantha, Jayden, Georgia and great Gran of Victor.

Messages to the Thomas family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. In lieu of flowers donations to Alzheimer’s Canterbury would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A memorial service to celebrate Ruth’s life will be held at our Chapel, cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton, on SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, commencing at 11.00am.

BOON, Alesha Joy – Nick and Ann and families would like to sincerely thank everyone for their messages, cards, floral tributes, food and support following the sad passing of Alesha. This has been truly overwhelming. For all those who attended Alesha's celebration and made a donation to Organ Donation NZ, this was very much appreciated and humbling. Thank you also to the Dunsandel Fire Brigade and BDI Rugby Club for their guard of honour for Alesha.

Please accept this as a personal acknowledgement of our heartfelt thanks.

DEATHS MUNRO, Ronald Norman (Ron) – Peacefully on August 29, 2019 in loving care of the Talbot Park staff and surrounded by loving family, in his 81st year. Loving husband of the late Margaret.

Loved father and father-in-law of Sue and Grant Hastie (Ashburton), Andrew and Tony (Christchurch), Sarah Ryan (Pleasant Point) and Hamish and Liz (Pleasant Point). Loved and much treasured Grandad of Oliver and Jack, Jacob, Ella and Samuel; Lachlan and Harry.

A service to celebrate Ron’s life will be held at Aoraki Funeral Services Chapel, 160 Mountain View Road, Timaru on WEDNESDAY, September 4, 2019 at 1pm. In lieu of flowers donations to Alzheimers Foundation will be gratefully accepted and can be left at the service.

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TODAY

TODAY

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fine

Fine. Light westerlies, tending northeast for a time in the afternoon.

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Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: W 40 km/h.

Hamilton

fine

Napier

fine

TOMORROW

TOMORROW

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Fine with light winds, then some evening cloud and southwesterlies developing.

Fine.

Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: Light.

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fine

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FZL: Gradually rising to 2600m

FZL: Lowering to 1600m

Morning cloud, then fine. Southwesterlies turning northeast.

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Fine. Light winds, but southwest breezes about the tops.

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fine

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Fine, but some morning and evening cloud.

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Cloudy periods. Northeasterlies.

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HART, Penelope Jane (Penny) – Chris and Mary-Jean, Anthony and Kirsty, Michelle and Andrew, wish to thank everyone most sincerely for the love and support shown to us with the recent passing of a very much treasured sister, sister-in-law, aunt, great aunt and super friend (Penny). We appreciated all those beautiful flowers, cards and tributes, phone calls and home visits. A big thank you to Dr Penny Holdaway, Ashburton Hospital and staff at Ward 1 and 2, St Georges' Cancer Care, and Radius Millstream staff for the super care of Penny during her illness. Thank you to Barry and team at Paterson’s Funeral services for your care and to all who attended Penny’s funeral service. A big thanks to all who made a donation to Ashburton Cancer Society this was very much appreciated.

Ashburton District Council - Penny’s long term employer many thanks for your support and caring during Penny’s illness.

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Cryptic crossword

Saturday, August 31, 2019

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Those who pay more attention to their own minds than to environmental cues often annoy those playing by the rules of context. Then again, the renegades have something to teach.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): If you’ve seen a lot, it’s easier to tell how to handle situations and what level of control is best to assert at any given time. If you haven’t seen a lot, less is usually more in this regard.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Social media and self-esteem hang in tricky balance. It’s easy to get seduced by the rush of approval in a digital setting but it’s not worth it if it costs you being unselfconsciously involved in life.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): In a world where unsolvable mysteries abound, it’s pretty awesome to land on a solvable one, then sit back and enjoy the satisfaction until it dissipates, as it always does, a little quicker than you want.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Does someone owe you money?

Do you owe someone money? This is a good day to settle up. The new start will have more momentum when the issue of old debts is settled.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Children don’t have the same social references and currencies as people who have lived decades on the planet.

Children will lie, but they are still the most honest things we’ve got.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): At some point, incuriousness is an insult. To appreciate a person is to be curious about that person. Among your favourites right now are the ones with question marks in their eyes.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You’ll never understand a subject quite so well as when you teach it.

Deciding to teach things you don’t even know about is one of the fastest ways to learn.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Nuance takes experience.

Experience doesn’t always fall your way; you often have to build it. In the end, you’ll create something lovely and nuanced because you pushed for a bigger experience.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): When you put something out into the world without worrying too much about what it means or what’s going to become of it, that is an act of love. Love and release are often inextricable.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): The way things look is obviously very important to how they are received. Think twice before you clutter your work or your look with promotions from the world. Sometimes it’s just about you.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): If a person doesn’t seem to understand your worth, it may be that you have yet to impart the bigger vision.

Let people know the whole of you as you understand yourself right now.

ACROSS 1. Such an angle may have been a bit thick (6) 8. Utterly defeats the suitor one left bewildered (5) 9. On which hermit lies, his writing being undecipherable (7) 11. See a trap that one might take apart (8) 12. A rapid number of cars on a firm’s business (5) 15. Shepherd who was the first victim of fratricide (4) 16. Verse that may be taken on in the theatre (3) 17. Be the first batsman, to be frank (4) 19. Smith, being concerned here, will strike a false note (5) 21. A barrow, and chart prepared for it (4-4) 24. Longed to have some time with a boy (7) 25. Written instruction as to neatness (5) 26. Wig men use, sounding catty (6) DOWN 2. A green stone for this girl (5) 3. What goes up when it comes down (8) 4. In two ways you and I can find the sheep (4) 5. Money that’s needed for the staff of life (5) 6. A cougar putting back up at Mother (4) 7. Actual existence may be either way up (4) 10. Journal, as written by one in office? (4,5) 12. A stable junior (4) 13. 24 hours from now, it never comes (8) 14. Beatnik needed to be seen around the joint (4) 18. Get one run or twenty (5) 20. Olive, for one, is inexperienced (5) 21. An owl’s cry one wouldn’t give, uncaring (4) 22. Shows one agrees as one starts falling asleep (4) 23. Call it Hilary, for one (4)

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How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed.

There’s at least one five-letter word.

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ACROSS 1. Accept blame (4,3,3) 7. Consumed (5) 8. Machine-like (7) 10. Washes (8) 11. Swindle (4) 13. Church district (6) 15. Follow (6) 17. Restless desire (4) 18. Notions (8) 21. Appears (7) 22. Plagued (5) 23. The online world (10)

Previous solution: ciré, cirés, cries, ers, ice, icer, ices, ire, ires, rec, recs, rice, rices, rise, sec, sei, sic, sice, sir, sire

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