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Musical treat Koffie Fugah introduced a number of people to the art of West African music through drumming yesterday.

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Ranfurly Shield fever set to hit

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Ranfurly Shield fever will sweep over the Ashburton District ahead of this Friday’s clash with Canterbury for the legendary piece of New Zealand rugby silverware.

The Mid Canterbury Hammers will line up for their 15th shot at the Log O’ Wood at the Ashburton Showgrounds on Friday afternoon and take on the might of big brother Canterbury in the clash which will garner national attention.

A big crowd is expected to roll into the showgrounds for the match and while not keen to speculate on what the ground numbers could reach, Mid Canterbury Rugby Union boss, Ian Patterson was expecting a good turnout.

“It’s probably not like it was 20 years ago where the town would shut down for the afternoon,” he said.

“But I’ve noticed, even just over the

course of the weekend that there is a real growing interest in it, whereas probably a couple of weeks ago it didn’t really feel like there was.”

The recent deluge of rain that has fallen on the Ashburton District has made preparations for the match difficult, particularly the main field at the showgrounds which Patterson said has been handled with care.

“That’s been the main concern for us, is getting the ground ready to play on.

“The amount of rain that has fallen certainly hasn’t helped that but hopefully after a couple of good drying days like we have had for the past couple of days it will be as good as we can possibly get it.”

With uncertainty around crowd numbers, preparing the space for spectators has also proven to be a difficult task to undertake.

Extra seating for a few hundred more people has been brought in to sit adjacent to the main grandstand while the usual vantage point from the hill will also be in action.

“There’s been some good support from local businesses who have been keen to come into the corporate areas too. It’s really just a case of seeing what rolls through the gate.”

The match is set to kick-off 2.35pm with admission $20 for an adult and children under 17 free.

The Mid Canterbury side had a rough time of it in their final hit-out for the match when they were beaten well and truly by Southland in Waikouaiti on Saturday, losing 68-7.

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■ BARRHILL CHERTSEY IRRIGATION SCHEME

■ POLITICS

Bid to buy out company National

By Linda CLarke

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Farmer shareholders in the Barrhill Chertsey Irrigation Scheme have three weeks to come up with at least $17.7 million to buy out the company that helped them get off the ground.

EA Networks, then trading as Electricity Ashburton, put $10m into the scheme in 2010 so it could start using a resource consent to take water from the Rakaia River. Over the years the utility company continued to invest in the joint partnership, with good financial returns for its consumer shareholders.

But now farmers want to steer their own ship and if they raise the funds necessary from a Product Disclosure Statement then the relationship with EA Networks will be over, but on friendly terms.

BCI general manager John Wright said EA Networks had been an important partner and had allowed BCI to give effect to the water consent before it lapsed. The water is used for both irrigation and electricity generation.

“It would not have happened otherwise. The time has come where irrigators can deal with it themselves and EA has other things on their plate. It is a very amicable split.”

Wright said the BCI distribution network had tripled in size and was currently delivering irrigation water to around 20,000 hectares of Mid Canterbury arable, wintering and dairy land.

The 200km pipe network delivered pressurised water to around

150 shareholders and included a small hydro generation facility in the Rakaia River.

Wright said shareholders who invested further capital would gain a return in the form of reduced annual water charges.

A scheduled review of the joint venture arrangement in 2016 highlighted the opportunity for the farmer co-operative to take 100 per cent control of the scheme and in April shareholders supported moves to prepare for the buyout and to seek new capital from shareholders.

Wright said EA Networks had provided development expertise, sound governance and capital during some challenging economic times; the company’s strong balance sheet provided confidence to financiers.

The Product Disclosure Statement distributed to BCIL shareholders last week seeks to raise a minimum of $17.7m, and up to $33m. The funds will be used to take 100 per cent control of the BCI Scheme through buying the 50 per cent share currently held by EA Networks for $26m. Any surplus funds will be used for debt reduction and potentially for the development of a storage facility near Highbank which is currently in a consenting process.

“BCIL believes that it is time to take control of the strategic direction of the irrigation scheme, and that the proposed reduction in annual charges for those who invest will add real value to those farming businesses.”

The capital raise has a closing date of August 21.

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Farmer shareholders in the Barrhill Chertsey Irrigation Scheme want to buy out the company that helped them get off the ground.

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The coldest night of the year so far Clear skies and icy temperatures were good news for Mt Hutt skifield, but made for slippery conditions on roads around Mid Canterbury yesterday.

Saturday night was the coldest night of the year with a minimum air temperate of -5.2 recorded at 7.37am yesterday by Graham’s Weather Station in Ashburton.

Around the country other cities also experienced their coldest night of the year, with temperatures in Tekapo measuring -11.8 degrees on Saturday night.

The cause of the cold was a ridge of high pressure over the country and the coldest locations were ones still holding onto a covering of snow from last week.

Cloud building along the west of the South Island heralds the arrival of a front bringing warmer air, and also marks the end of the cold snap. As the front progresses north most of the rain will be in the west, with heavy rain warnings out for Fiordland and southern Westland today.

A low forming on the front over

the Tasman Sea will affect the country late on Wednesday. Easterly winds as the low approaches the North Island will be one to watch, with a chance of heavy rain in the Far North, but also a chance of lighter rain for Otago and Canterbury which are still trying to dry out from the heavy rain over a week ago.

There are few surprises in National’s party list with the top candidates ranked according to their seniority in cabinet.

The cabinet ministers fill all top rankings on the list released on Sunday, apart from Speaker and list MP David Carter at No.3.

The party’s whips and existing members of parliament then follow before non-MPs are listed.

Former Prime Minister John Key’s former adviser Nicola Willis is the highest ranked non-MP on the list at No 48.

National currently has 59 seats in parliament, 40 of which are electorate seats and 19 of which are list MPs. If the party repeated its performance from the 2014 election, then 13 new MPs and 47 returning MPs would gain a seat in parliament this year, party president Peter Goodfellow said.

“This is National’s most diverse list ever,” he said.

“We’re incredibly proud to represent New Zealanders from all walks of life, with a range of ethnicities and backgrounds.

“We’ve got businesspeople, teachers, farmers, community advocates, scientists, and a pilot just to name a few.”

Twelve National MPs are retiring this election, including Mr Key, former Education Minister Hekia Parata, former Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully and Todd Barclay in CluthaSouthland.

Mr Barclay is retiring from his seat after being embroiled in a scandal involving the recording of one of his staff member’s conversations.

There is no replacement yet for him on the party list, but that candidate will be ranked No 68 once they have been chosen.

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■ ASHBURTON TRUST LION FOUNDATION

Rugby union big grants winner The Mid Canterbury Rugby Union was the big winner in the latest round of grants made by the Ashburton Trust Lion Foundation Regional Grants Committee, picking up $80,000.

The union received the largest grant of the round from the committee who provide substantial support to many local groups within the community.

Their funding has been allocated for the purchase of portable seating, also to assist with

the costs of hosting the Ranfurly Shield Challenge on Friday and also for salaries.

The next highest recipient was the Ashburton Collegiate Rugby Football Club, who received $60,000 to assist with the upgrade of their clubrooms.

Funding for the grants is drawn from gaming machines operated in Ashburton Trust premises and this round of funding totalled $366,000 with 17 organisations benefiting, from a wide range of

organisations within the community. Grants for the year, to the end of March, now total more than $1.6 million again, spread across a wide range of organisations supporting the community, sports, education and health initiatives.

July distributions: Ashburton Collegiate Rugby Football Club, $60,000 – clubrooms upgrade, Ashburton Community Alcohol and Drug Service, $20,000 – office rent and salary, Ashburton District Neighbourhood Support Inc,

$15,000 – annual salary, Ashburton Golf Club, $20,000 – mower, Ashburton Mackenzie Community Group Inc, $10,000 – annual salaries, Ashburton Parents’ Centre Inc, $20,000 – operating costs, Ashburton Seniors’ Centre Charitable Trust, $15,958 – painting and air conditioning, Ashburton Society of Performing Arts Inc, $411 – venue hire, Ashburton Swim Team Inc, $28,000 – travel, Community House Mid Canterbury, $9000 – office construction, Lions

Club of Ashburton County Charitable Trust, $3208 – venue hire, Mid Canterbury Children’s Theatre Inc, $16,500 – venue hire and fees, Mid Canterbury Rugby Union Inc, $80,000 – portable seating and annual salaries, Tinwald Golf Club, $35,000 – mower, Waireka Croquet Club Inc, $9000 – lawn maintenance, Young Men’s Christian Assn of South & Mid Canterbury, $15,000 – purchase of a van, Youth Institute of Ashburton Inc, $9000 – salaries.

■ WEST AFRICAN DRUMMING WORKSHOP

Sharing culture through West African music

By Matt MarkhaM

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The desire to bring a little of his own culture to New Zealand led Koffie Fugah to Ashburton.

The Ghana native held his first West African Drumming Workshop at Community House yesterday and labelled the day a great success, with around 15 people attending his introduction to the unique style of music.

“It was fantastic, when it got to the end of it we actually had to keep going because no one wanted to stop,” Fugah said.

“And for me that’s a great result and exactly what I wanted to see from it.”

Fugah moved to New Zealand three and a half years ago and quickly realised there was a niche market available to teach people about the art of West African music and in particular its drumming style.

Yesterday was the first session he had held in New Zealand, and he guaranteed it wouldn’t be his last.

“I want to share my culture with as many people in New Zealand as I can.

“And doing it through the use of music is a wonderful way to do exactly that. I even had people asking where they could purchase the drums.”

Fugah said it was a definite he would return to hold another workshop at some stage in the future and that his only change would be a potential shift to a Saturday instead of a Sunday.

The four-hour course attracted good numbers, but he felt it could have been more if it had been held on the Saturday.

“I had a lot of people say to me that they would have come if it had been on Saturday and not Sunday.

“So, that’s something I might look to change for next time for sure.”

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■ MONTROSE SALMON HATCHERY

Smolt release cancelled

BY KATIE TODD

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Enduring flooding damage is continuing to cause headaches at the Montrose Salmon Hatchery, where the annual salmon smolt release has now been cancelled.

The smolt release was originally scheduled for Sunday, July 23, but flooding wreaked havoc on paths around the Rakaia River.

The walking tracks were ren-

dered unsafe for public access, and parts of the river may now be unfit for young salmon to swim in.

The event was initially postponed but now has been altogether cancelled.

Fish & Game hatchery manager Dirk Barr said the whole area is still swamped with water, with slipped paths, blocked culverts, a sediment-filled river and a house, buried by shingle, from the hills.

The area is still unsafe and flooding clean-up has now become a “major job,” he said, with trucks working to shift shingle and diggers working to clear paths.

“The river is a horrible yellow clay colour … we’re worried there might just be a bit too much silt for the salmon,” he said.

The event takes place each year through the combined efforts of Montrose Estate and Fish & Game and is organised

by neighbouring Rakaia Gorge farmer Donna Field.

This year’s smolt release was planned as a fundraiser for Methven Care Trust.

Barr said the 60,000 young salmon would have to be released at some point, but the organisers were also hoping to arrange another public event later in the year.

“We will try and make something happen,” he said.

Fiery crash in Levin Three people are dead after a car crashed into the back of a parked truck and burst into flames on the lower North Island. The car hit the large truck and trailer, which was parked on Cambridge Street in Levin, at 12.20am yesterday. The driver and two passengers all died after fire engulfed both vehicles, police say. No one was in the truck.

The cause of the crash is not yet known and police are yet to identify the three bodies. Locals tried pulling people from the burning car but the heat was too intense, Fairfax reports. One witness told journalists a person could be heard screaming for help from inside the car.

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Serious head injuries

■ STABBING

A man has been left with serious head injuries after a bar brawl in Invercargill. Two people got into a fight outside Tillermans Music Lounge on Don Street around 2.15am on Saturday. A 42-year-old man was left with serious head injuries. He is currently in a stable condition at Dunedin Hospital.

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Broadcaster’s son stabbed in Wellington News broadcaster Barry Soper has been left “shocked” after his son was stabbed in an early morning altercation in Wellington.

The Newstalk ZB political editor says his 23-year-old son Henry got into an argument in Courtenay Place in the inner city on Saturday morning when a man pulled a knife on him.

His son attempted to fend off the blow, but the knife struck him in the arm, Soper told NZME. “I was shocked, totally shocked. I can’t understand someone coming to town carrying a knife,” Soper said.

His wife, journalist Heather du Plessis Allan, penned a column yesterday talking about some of the behind-the-scenes battles that come with a violent act, such as the six months it will take to recover.

Police have arrested a 37-year-old man, who is charged with wounding with intent to injure. He is due to appear in Wellington District Court today.

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In brief

Man stabbed Police are appealing for witnesses after a Tongan man holidaying in New Zealand was seriously hurt in a stabbing in Auckland. The 42-year-old was seen walking down the middle of Kitchener Street, in the city centre, impeding traffic, when a car pulled up at about 3.40am on Saturday morning, police say. Those inside the car and the man exchanged words, before the car sped off leaving him lying on the ground.

He is now in critical care at Auckland Hospital with serious head injuries. Police have called on those in the car to come forward and speak to them. The man had been on holiday and was due to return to Tonga in two weeks’ time, police said.

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■ THE SOMERSET GROCER

Art of chocolate making explained Master chocolatier, Oonagh Browne, talks to chocolate lovers from around Ashburton who were treated to a masterclass in the sweet stuff on Thursday night at the Somerset Grocer.

More than 20 people attended the event hosted by Browne. Nicky Milmine, who operates the Somerset Grocer along with her husband Mark, said that the night was a great success and the plan was to hold more similar events in the future.

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Lotto results Official Lotto results for draw number 1668 drawn on Saturday.

Winning numbers (in ascending order): 10, 13, 24, 29, 33, 40.

Bonus number: 4.

Powerball winning number: 9.

Strike: 40, 13, 10, 33.

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■ CANTERBURY MUSTANG CLUB

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Mustangs converged on Lake Hood yesterday with the Canterbury Mustang Club stopping in lakeside to take in the sights and allow avid car followers to check out some of vehicles.

Laura Bagrie was there with camera in hand.

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Canterbury Mustang Club captain Rick Paulsen with his 1966 Mustang Coupe Notchback which he has owned since 2000.

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Dennis Phillips with his 1973 Dodge Challenger 440 magnum.

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Errol Wells with his 1995 Mustang convertible 5 litre HO.

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■ ONLINE GUN SALES

Call for online gun sale inquiry Labour has demanded an inquiry into online gun sales, following revelations the man behind Northland’s double fatal shooting was able to buy firearms online.

But the police minister says the police need to be left to carry out their investigation.

The Herald on Sunday revealed yesterday that Quinn Patterson – who killed two property inspectors in Whangarei on Wednesday – was able to buy weapons on Trade Me, despite not having a firearms licence. He was also selling gun accessories online.

Police have not said whether they asked to see his collection of amour after being called to the property to inspect a structure Patterson said he used for “target practice” about a month ago.

Labour’s police spokesman Stuart Nash said the Government should launch an independent inquiry into online sales.

“Someone independent who can look at what went on, why it did and why this chap could buy guns so easily, and flout the system.

“I am concerned about guns being sold on the internet.”

Quinn Patterson He still believed firearms should be allowed to be sold on Trade Me but there had to be a “much more robust process”.

“That could include both parties meeting at a police station for the transaction, or go through a licenced gun dealer.

“This put all gun owners in a bad light,” Nash said.

All online guns sales should be suspended, until there’s been an inquiry, Nash said.

But police minister Paula Bennett said “Labour are all over the place when it comes to laws and rules around firearms”.

“Police are investigating how this guy got hold of guns.

“They certainly turned him

down for a licence. I think there are unanswered questions but I think that we should all make sure that police are given the space to do a proper investigation. If there is a loophole then we will close it.”

“The calls from Labour are them barking at every car. We don’t know all the facts.”

She said the loophole had been fixed after NewstalkZB radio host Heather du Plessis-Allan was able to buy guns online.

“Those who want to buy a gun online have to go into a police station and show their licence and identification.

“To date, what I’ve seen is it is enough. But I want police to do their investigation thoroughly.”

Patterson shot dead mother and daughter Wendy and Natanya Campbell last week. He shot contractor Jeff Pipe, who had gone with them. Pipe is recovering at home.

A former police negotiator, Lance Burdett, told du PlessisAllan on NewstalkZB yesterday he was surprised at how easily Patterson was able to buy weapons on Trade Me. But he didn’t want to see every-

one persecuted over it.

“Should we licence firearms or people, or should we do both?

“There will always be a criminal element. And we shouldn’t target everybody with that same brush and punish the whole country over one or two incidents.

“I’m sure there is a better way than what we currently do. It is very easy to get firearms into the country it would seem.”

Du Plessis-Allan said Patterson displayed several warning signs and asked how quickly police would have realised what they were dealing with.

“They are very dynamic these situations,” Burdett said.

“Obviously if there has been a shooting, than there are firearms.

How many firearms do they have?

You find out over due course and that’s the kind of thing you concentrate on as a negotiator, try and find out what’s gone on.

“It’s so easy to go back over these events and say ‘We should have done this, we should have done that’. Because we can join the dots after the event.”

He said police were caught between a “rock and a hard place”

when dealing with potential criminals in terms of the police and Government becoming “overbearing”.

“There are some generalisations we can make. The person is isolated... usually they are in a very remote location. They often wear camouflage clothing, round the streets all the time. that’s very, very common with these types of shootings.

“I have to say that no normal person would wear camouflage clothing down Queen Street for example unless they are military or going hunting later that day.

“However do you want to persecute everybody based on generalisations? Possibly no.”

He said it was “the lack of human contact” that caused shootings.

“How many of us know our next door neighbour? We become isolated like that, we start to feel the rest of the world is against us.

“The more isolated we physically are, the more isolated mentally we become.

“Socialisation of one of the best things you can do for yourself.”

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Music to entertain in August

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Mid Cantabrians who love music will be spoilt for choice this coming month.

This week sees Jesse Morris from Byron Bay, billed as one of the Australian east coast’s most prolific touring artists, popping in to the Blue Pub in Methven on Thursday as part of his New Zealand tour.

The soul roots reggae artist will be joined by Dunedin’s Julian Temple and two local musicians Fraser Chirnside and Chris Grieve.

On August 7, Gary Mullen and The Works arrive to rock Ashburton with One Night of Queen at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, while on August 12 the Mid Canterbury Choir presents One Earth – Many Voices, with Australian choir Serendipity, at the Sinclair Centre, hosted by the Ashburton Musical Club.

On August 19, Hobnail, billed as one of New Zealand’s best live acts, will perform at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, performing their illustrious blend of bluegrass, Celtic folk, pop, and rock’n’roll.

The three-time New Zealand Music Awards finalists have played internationally and recently released their seventh album, Blue Sky Songs. It is said to have thoughtful lyrics, soaring melodies, and a feel-good vibe.

Hobnail was formed by Rob Joass in 1994, an ex-Sydneysider who came to New Zealand more than 25 years ago with a guitar over his shoulder and a bag full of original tunes, and Jo Moir, a violinist whose voice proved a perfect counterpoint to Joass’.

Other performances throughout the month include the Ashburton Civic Music Council Festival Concert at 2pm on August 20 at St Stephen’s Church, while August 23 will see the Royal New Zealand Ballet perform its popular Tutus on Tour at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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August 3 – South roots reggae performer Jesse Morris and fellow artists at the Blue Pub in Methven.

August 5 – Anya Sinclair exhibition Forest Lives at the Ashburton Art Gallery, 2pm opening, runs to September 24.

August 5 - Ashburton Embroiderers’ Guild exhibition The Joy of Stitching at the Ashburton Art Gallery, 2pm opening, runs to September 3.

August 7 – One Night of Queen with Gary Mullen and The Works, 8pm, Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

August 11 – Kelvin Cruickshank presents Soul Food at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

August 12 – Mid Canterbury Choir presents One Earth – Many Voices, with Australian choir Serendipity, 2pm at the Sinclair Centre. Door sales $15, includes afternoon tea, hosted by the Ashburton Musical Club.

August 20 – Ashburton Civic Music Council Festival Concert, 2pm, St Stephens Church, admission $5.

August 23 – Royal New Zealand Ballet Tutus on Tour at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre To August 23 – Mark Braunias Assemble, Disassemble, Reassemble exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

September 1 and 2 – Hospice Mid Canterbury presents Night of the Southern Stars at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7.30pm, featuring Simon O’Neill with Tim Beveridge, Tizane McEvoy and accompanied by Stephen Small.

The MSA Men’s Choir will be performing as well as Ashburton College choirs Phoenix rising and Phoenix Chorus.

To September 10 – Annabel Menzies-Joyce exhibition Unless at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

September 12 – Bill Massey’s Tourists at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. Written & performed by Jan Bolwell Bill Massey’s Tourists has left audiences weeping and laughing. 7.30pm . Open Hat Night.

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■ POLITICS

Little considered stepping down Andrew Little

Labour leader Andrew Little has told One News he had considered stepping down in the face of bad polling, but his colleagues told him to stay in the race.

The latest Colmar Brunton One News poll has Labour at just 24 per cent – it’s lowest level in the poll in 20 years while the Green Party had rocketed up four points to 15.

It comes after Green co-leader Metiria Turei’s admission of welfare fraud dominated the headlines for the past

fortnight. Little told One News he had considered stepping down and spoken to senior colleagues about it. But they told him to stay. “They said they want me in the fight.”

In other results, National was holding steady on 47 per cent and NZ First was steady on 11 per cent. The Opportunities Party had made further gains – up one to 2 per cent and the Maori Party was on 1 per cent.

Little referred to the party’s polling at

the launch of Labour’s campaign for the Maori seats in Mangere today, telling supporters the polling had been “a bit rough.”

“And I get that. But I look at what the Labour Party stands for, what we’ve spent the last three years talking about our kaupapa. And it is a strong kaupapa.”

He urged supporters to keep that message uppermost in their minds and to campaign hard.

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■ CANTERBURY QUAKES

Kaiapoi church blessed after quake repairs St Bartholomew’s Church in Kaiapoi has been blessed after a year of earthquake repairs and restoration work.

The category one-listed Anglican church reopened its doors on Saturday and there was a reopening blessing service yesterday.

In 1855 St Bartholomew’s, the oldest wooden church in the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch, was built in Darnley Square. In 1858 the church was moved to its present site in Cass Street after its foundations on a sand dune in Darnley Square gave way.

It was moved off its foundations in Cass Street last year so rotten substrate timber could be replaced and new piles installed and was then rolled back into position.

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Timaru house fire Ten people attending a Pacific Island prayer meeting escaped injury when a fire gutted a Timaru house yesterday. Four fire engines from Timaru, Temuka and Washdyke attended the blaze about 10.30am. The home’s occupants were alerted by a neighbour, who spotted the fire in a back bedroom. Washdyke fire station officer Trevor Karton could not confirm the cause of the fire, as firefighters were unable to enter the house. The roof collapsed in the blaze, creating the risk of heavy falling tiles.

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St Bartholomew’s Church in Kaiapoi.

Ngaio Gorge slip too dangerous to clear Large boulders and rocks are continuing to fall on the road up Ngaio Gorge in Wellington, halting plans to start clearing it with a digger.

The site has been declared too dangerous to tackle at the moment, and plans to bring a 20-tonne digger to start work yesterday were abandoned.

In brief

More boulders and rubble fell onto the road about midday yesterday, Wellington City Council says.

Engineers and council staff will meet this morning to consider options for stabilising the site and clearing the debris.

The landslide grew significantly overnight since the first

material came down off a steep bluff and closed the road early on Saturday morning. The road is now completely covered by large boulders and rubble.

The road linking central Wellington to the suburbs of Ngaio and Khandallah is likely to be closed for several more days.

Motorists are urged to use

other routes like the Ngauranga Gorge, Onslow Road and Churchill Drive via Wadestown.

The nearby and very narrow Old Porirua Road has been temporarily closed to through traffic due to congestion and safety problems. Residents are allowed to use it.

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Labour says by building affordable homes and state houses, it will reduce homelessness and help more Maori buy their own homes. The party released its Maori housing policy from South Auckland’s Nga Whare Waatea Marae yesterday, promising Maori will have the same home ownership opportunities as non-Maori care of its $20 million policy initiatives. The party plans to house 20,000 more Maori and help more than 2500 Maori on the social housing waiting lists. It will spend $20m over four years on non-government organisations and Maori providers who deliver supported home ownership services.

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Russian’s 60,000L a day to water lawn Consent given for a Russian oligarch to use 60,000 litres a day of fresh, local water for the garden at his luxury lodge is a “slap in the face”, some locals say.

Businessman Alexander Abramov will use the water in summer at his $50 million resort in Helena Bay, Northland.

Abramov, who is worth several billion dollars according to Forbes, is a former scientist who made his fortune by amassing the largest steel and iron empire in Russia.

Locals who gather watercress

from the stream the water was consented from have called it “frivolous” and a “slap in the face” to Maori, Fairfax reported.

A non-notified resource consent to extract up to 60,000 litres of water a day from the nearby stream was granted to Abramov by the Northland Regional Council.

Lodge staff apologised for failing to properly consult with neighbours, Abramov’s spokesman Chris Seel told Fairfax.

However he said the water was only 3 per cent of the river’s low-

est flow levels and it was needed to showcase a clean, green image of New Zealand to wealthy visitors.

“There is no recorded history of this stream running dry or close to dry,” he said.

“What is the purpose of water?

It is to create life. We are growing grass, I do not think that is frivolous at all.”

In New Zealand, common law dictates that naturally-flowing freshwater is treated as a public good, or that “no one owns the water”.

As such, there are no charges for water in New Zealand, only for infrastructure – like the maintenance of the pipes that bring it to your house – or for resource consent application and monitoring fees paid to regional councils by water users such as farmers, horticulturists or bottlers.

The fight for the country’s water has heated up in recent months with some Kiwis starting to fight back against the idea that large commercial operators can take the water essentially for free.

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Higher education plan Fees would be abolished and education made free at all New Zealand universities and colleges under an election pledge by United Future. Party leader Peter Dunne announced the plan yesterday, but said, while students would not pay fees, they would also no longer receive government living allowances. Instead, they could choose to take out loans to support their day-to-day living expenses. United Future argued its policy would help students avoid crippling debts and encourage more people to study and gain qualifications.

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n a region where sport has always had such a stranglehold on entertainment value, are we now starting to see the demise of people going to watch live sporting events?

Saturday night’s all-New Zealand, Super Rugby semi-final between the Crusaders and the Chiefs at the purpose-built AMI Stadium in Addington should have been a sell-out affair – and not all that long ago, it would have been.

Instead, just over 13,000 fans packed into the arena to watch the match between two very good, free-running, rugby sides.

A figure well short of the 21,600 that it can hold.

So why is such a momentous occasion being given the snub by the public?

Some will say it’s too cold while others will say it’s too expensive.

Then there’s those who stay at home because they see more and really enjoy listening to Justin Marshall commentate (just joking) and there’s also those who just don’t care.

The poor turnout on Saturday night moved the usually cool, calm and collected Crusaders boss, Hamish Riach, to get a little fired up.

His business will just break even on the match on Saturday night with $100,000 appearance fee being paid to the Chiefs and a third of their travel costs having to be met by the Crusaders as well.

He says now is the time for an all-purpose, covered stadium in Christchurch.

And while his motives may be a little biased towards his own camp, he makes a rather valid point. Six years on from the earthquakes that totalled the venue of 100 names which is otherwise known as its most famous moniker of Lancaster Park, and we seem to be no closer to a resolution.

The Addington base has proven to be a more than worthy substitute in a desperate time of need. But, it’s lifespan was only ever intended to be short and we must be getting close to reaching the point of pulling the plug.

A new-look, state-of-the-art facility would raise the profile of Christchurch once again and give the local economy a much-needed boost with the possibility of bringing more and more people into the region.

A temporary stadium is just that.

But at what point does it start to feel like it’s a little more permanent than it should be?

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et weather, flooding and snow over the last couple of weeks have certainly made this a winter to remember.

Last week during question time in Parliament I asked Civil Defence Minister Hon Nathan Guy about the impact of the weather conditions.

The Minister said the impact of the flooding would be felt for some time but the focus had moved from response to recovery.

Guy also recognised the tireless efforts of Civil Defence and council staff, emergency services, volunteers, lifeline utilities, and a host of other agencies who had contributed to a number of local and regional responses.

Ashburton and Timaru, along with the surrounding rural areas certainly saw huge rainfalls with Ashburton totalling 120mm while Timaru had 84mm, well in excess of normal July totals.

On the first day of the “big wet” I had been in Ashburton and while visiting residents at Radius Millstream noted how full the drainage swales in the area had become.

My drive back to Timaru later that afternoon took three and a half hours instead of the usual hour due to surface flooding and the slow, cautious and appropriate approach being taken by most other drivers.

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ter passing on to him “on the ground” information about what I was seeing and hearing in the electorate.

Timaru’s rainfall resulted in a state of emergency being declared, while that wasn’t deemed necessary in Ashburton.

In some areas around rivers and waterways it was good to note people being proactive and self-evacuating when they felt that was necessary.

Washdyke businesses were particularly badly affected and I visited flooded businesses on the Saturday morning checking in with them about damage suffered and helped where I could moving stock and cleaning up.

It was great to see other people prepared to help too, volunteering their time to help businesses recover.

One of the busiest groups during the flooding was Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ). This of course is the new name for the Fire Service, both paid and volunteers.

Ironically I spent the previous Saturday evening with members of the Methven Volunteer Fire Brigade and FENZ dignitaries

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On the night all present acknowledged the significance of the support Selwyn had received from his wife and his family.

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Airport security boosted Screening at Australian airports has “intensified” and travellers should expect delays after security agencies thwarted a terrorist plot to bring down an aircraft.

Travellers have been warned to arrive two hours earlier because of “additional scrutiny” and bag checks.

“What people can expect to see is an increased police and security agency presence,” Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin said in Sydney yesterday.

“You can expect longer delays to make sure that more screening is being done on baggage – both hold luggage as well as hand luggage.”

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull described the measures, which began at Sydney Airport on Thursday before being extended across Australia, as an “intensifying” of current arrangements.

“Some of that will be visible, some of it will not be visible, but it will take more time,” Mr Turnbull said.

The prime minister urged travellers to limit baggage where possible.

On Saturday afternoon, NSW and Federal Police swooped on properties in the Sydney suburbs of Surry Hills, Lakemba, Wiley Park and Punchbowl and arrested four men.

Police say the operation disrupted a conspiracy to bring down a plane using an improvised device.

Mr Colvin said terrorists were becoming “ingenious” about coming up with ways to bypass security, but he described the measures at Australian airports as some of the best in the world.

“We’re very confident that those measures are effective and would have been effective in this circumstance,” he said.

He said there was no reason to believe the integrity of airport security had been compromised during the most recent terror plot. The terrorism threat level in Australia was raised to “probable” in 2014.

Since that time, terror incidents overseas have involved everyday items including vehicles being used as weapons.

But in a submission to a Senate committee examining aviation security, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) noted “civilian aviation will remain a high-value terrorist target for the foreseeable future”.

Terrorists were “adapting to security measures already in place and subsequently changing and refining their methods”, the committee’s report said.

The Australian Border Force maintains a permanent presence at Australia’s major international airports, along with a counter-terrorism unit.

Mr Turnbull yesterday moved to reassure the public that Australia’s security and intelligence services were the finest in the world.

“Be assured that our number one priority is to keep you safe,” he said.

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Kidman chases comedy Nicole Kidman says she never gets offered comedic roles, but she’s game to take one on. “They always say I’m not funny,” the Australian said yesterday at a panel for TV critics to talk about her upcoming role in SundanceTV’s Top of the Lake. The 50-year-old Oscar winner said she’s at a point in her life where she’s eager to try anything and isn’t worried about failure. “I’m willing to fall on my face,” she said. She also added that she’s learning about comedy from her nine-year-old daughter Sunday Rose whom she’s “sure has Lucille Ball in her”.

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Plea for peace after London man’s death The family of a young black man who died following a London police chase have appealed for peace, a day after street protests over his death turned violent.

Relatives held a vigil outside an east London police station on Saturday for 20-year-old Rashan Charles, who died in a hospital last week after he was pursued and apprehended by an officer in the capital’s Hackney area.

The Independent Police Complaints

Commission is investigating the case and said it will consider whether any misconduct or crimes were involved.

Clashes broke out on the streets of east London late on Friday as riot police tried to disperse protesters, who hurled bottles and fireworks at officers, barricaded a road with garbage cans and mattresses, and later set the objects on fire. Some held “Black Lives Matter” placards.

Scotland Yard said the violence over-

night was “separate” from a peaceful protest at a police station earlier on Friday.

Police said the unrest resulted in damage to “vehicles, a cash machine and a number of windows”. An officer was injured and a 17-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of causing bodily harm.

Unverified footage on social media appeared to show at least one police officer attempting to restrain Charles on the floor of a shop.

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Charles ‘believed he had right to mistress’ The Prince and Princess of Wales’ marriage turmoil and sex life is laid bare in a new documentary – with Diana claiming her husband asserted his right to have a mistress.

Using controversial video tapes of Diana speaking to her voice coach, the Channel 4 TV programme chronicles her relationship with those closest to her in her own words.

When she confronted Charles about why Camilla Parker Bowles was still a part of his life Diana said he replied: “Well, I refuse to be the only Prince of Wales who never had a mistress”.

Diana confessed she found solace with her married police protection officer Barry Mannakee, a relationship she suggested was not sexual, but in the tapes she reveals she considered fleeing the Royal Household to be with him.

She also claimed she had sex with her husband Charles “once every three weeks” but it fizzled out six or seven years before the tapes were made, around a few years after Prince Harry was born in 1984.

The Princess claimed Prince Philip had told his son he could have an affair with Camilla – if his marriage had failed after a set period.

In the video recordings – aired in a US documentary 13 years ago but never screened in the UK – a relaxed and candid Diana said: “My father-in-law said to my husband ‘if your marriage doesn’t work out, you can always go back to her after five years’.

“Which is exactly – I mean, for real

Princess Diana I knew that it had happened after five (years) – I knew something was happening before that but the fifth year I had confirmation.”

Diana described how she approached the Queen, or “the top lady” as she called her, for advice, and in the footage she still appeared visibly dissatisfied with the response as she told the story.

She said: “So I went to the top lady, sobbing, and I said ‘what do I do. I’m coming to you, what do I do? And she said ‘I don’t know what you should do. Charles is hope-

less’. “And that was it, and that was help.”

The Princess hired Peter Settelen between 1992 and 1993 to help with her public speaking voice, following her collaboration with author Andrew Morton on a biography, and ahead of her bombshell Panorama interview in 1995.

The footage, captured at her private residence in Kensington Palace, shows Diana rehearsing her speaking voice.

Speaking about Mannakee, Diana, said she fell “deeply in love” with the officer but when he later died she described the moment as the “biggest blow of my life”.

At the time in the mid 1980s she was a mother caring for young princes William and Harry and said: “I was quite happy to give all this up ... just to go off and live with him. Can you believe it? And he kept saying he thought it was a good idea, too.”

Rumours of an affair between Diana and Mannakee spread throughout the Royal Household, and he was assigned to other duties – or “chucked out”, as Diana put it.

He later died in a motorcycle accident.

A batch of some 20 videos had been held

by Scotland Yard after being seized in a January 2001 raid on ex-royal butler Paul Burrell’s home.

The content of the tapes was regarded as so sensitive that the prosecution agreed not to use them in Burrell’s Old Bailey trial which collapsed in 2002.

The tapes were later sold to American broadcaster NBC for an undisclosed sum and excerpts were broadcast in 2004.

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Gold lunar module stolen A rare gold replica of the lunar space module has been stolen from the Armstrong Air and Space Museum in the US state of Ohio. Police in Wapakoneta, in northwest Ohio, responded to an alarm at the museum just before midnight on Friday and discovered the 12.7cm high, solid-gold replica had been stolen.

Replicas of the lunar excursion module produced by Cartier were presented to Neil Armstrong and his two fellow astronauts, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, in Paris shortly after their historic space mission. Armstrong, a Wapakoneta native, became the first person to step on to the moon’s surface in July 1969. - AP

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Clooney threatens to sue George Clooney has threatened a magazine with prosecution after it published pictures of him and his wife Amal with their newborn twins. The actor said photographers from French publication Voici scaled their fence and a tree to snap them and their children.

Voici printed the pictures on Friday, claiming they were the first images of Ella and Alexander to be published and said they were taken at their residence in Lake Como, Italy. “Make no mistake, the photographers, the agency and the magazine will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. The safety of our children demands it.”

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Red Sun Camels

The Japanese cemetery.

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here’s a swash-buckling spunk to Broome, a last frontier spirit that infectiously sweeps you up.

Sixteen hours after from wheels-up in Christchurch, touchdown finally beckoned in Broome. On our final approach to the airport, an epic camelcoloured sunset streaked the horizon, as the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean washed the bone-white sands of glorious Cable Beach. What a welcome, what a spectacle.

As I soon discovered, Broome binges on spectacles. So many aspects to its bewitching terrain harbour astonishing natural novelties that left my jaw regularly on the floor.

In a serious stroke of good luck, my visit coincided with a big full moon, which sets the stage for the monthly Broome spectacle called Staircase to the Moon.

This mesmerising illusion is a stirring phenomenon which occurs when the full moon rises over Roebuck Bay’s exposed mudflats. A clear night and a low tide allow the moon’s reflection to create an optical trick, rippling across the mud flats, like layers of light reaching up to the moon.

It’s best viewed from the Town Beach or Mangrove Hotel, be-

Pinned to the Dampier Peninsula at the top of Western Australia, it’s an epic trek from Canterbury to Broome, via Perth, but well worth the endurance test, for a unique slice of Australia, writes Mike Yardley. tween March and October.

The Dampier Peninsula has been dubbed Australia’s Jurassic Park due to the discovery of 21 different types of dinosaur tracks, over a 25km stretch of coastline.

The easiest ones to see are just south of Cable Beach, at Gantheaume Point. At low tide, marvel at massive dinosaur footprints pressed timelessly into the red rocky reef, from where they walked the earth over 130 million years ago. The footprints are embedded in the sandstone, below the cliff. Some of the footprints are nearly two metres in length.

Neighbouring the vast outback deserts, camels have been a regular part of the landscape in these parts for well over a century. At last count, Australia is still home to 500,000 wild camels, some of which are captured and sold to the Middle East, because these dromedary camels (one humped Arabians) are prized for their lack of disease.

I joined a camel train on Cable Beach for a morning ride in the fresh air with Red Sun Camels.

Many of their herd have been rescued from circuses or nursed back to good health after incurring injuries in the wild. Loping along the soft white sands, with the breakers crashing on the rocks from the Indian Ocean, while learning about Australia’s enduring connection to these graceful creatures was an enthralling way to start the day.

The sunset camel rides are insatiably popular, but the sunrise affair is a far quieter, less peopled experience. www.redsuncamels. com.au Pearling is central to the story of Broome and the ensuing boom and bust cycle. Their European discovery in the 1800s fuelled a feverish wave of Asian migration to Broome, as epic as a gold rush. Pearl divers arrived in their droves to make their fortune, and that melting pot of multi-culturalism remains a key part of Broome’s character today.

The town is home to Australia’s largest Japanese cemetery, where tragedy drips from every headstone. Many young fortune-

hunters died from drowning, the bends or shark attacks, while diving for pearls. Over 900 Japanese are interred here.

Broome is still home to South Sea pearls, among the largest and most coveted commercially harvested cultured pearls in the world. You can visit a local pearl farm including the acclaimed Cygnet Bay or Willie Creek, while Chinatown boasts a scrum of showrooms touting the little dazzlers for sale.

A spectacular way to immerse yourself in the indigenous richness of Broome is to take a tour with Bart Pigram of Narlijia Cultural Tours. The young enterprising Yawuru man has developed some fascinating walking tours that thread together dazzling landscapes, dinosaur trackways, an ancient shell midden, storytelling and cultural insights, including a taste of Pigram family cuisine in the Runway Bar. His family have a long history in pearling and music. You’ll sample a range of bush tucker including gubinge, snowball

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bush, bird flower pea and tropical sandalwood. narlijiatours@ gmail.com Fancy a sun-splashed Broome break with all the frills? Cable Beach Club Resort is a hospitality show-stopper. Founded by the eccentric British politician, Lord Alistair McAlpine, he turned his dream into a reality, after buying the land with a contract signed on the back of a beer coaster in the Roebuck Bay pub.

Opened in 1988, the sumptuous resort, liberally swathed in tropical gardens and magnificent art installations, is a decadently dreamy spot to wallow in the beauty of Broome. Bonus points to the resort for concertedly training and employing dozens of young, local Aboriginals, who are unfailingly charming and personable.

But whether you’re staying inhouse or not, as the sun lowers to the west, make a beeline to the Sunset Bar & Grill.

Grab a ring-side seat, order up a cocktail and bask in the show – locals, tourists, loping camels and a blistering sunset setting fire to the Indian Ocean. www. cablebeachclub.com For more information on Broome and Western Australia, head to www.westernaustralia. com

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In brief Expensive fight tickets It’s supposed to be the hottest item in sports. But fans aren’t exactly storming the box office to buy tickets for Floyd Mayweather Jr’s fight next month with Conor McGregor. An online check revealed hundreds – even thousands – of seats still available from Ticketmaster for the August 26 fight.

There are so many open seats that fans with enough room left on their credit cards can buy six tickets together in 162 different spots throughout the 20,000 seat arena. That might be because of the astronomical prices set by promoters – the cheapest original tickets on Ticketmaster have a face value of $3500 (NZ$4650). - NZME

Jackson backs Hasler Senior Canterbury forward Josh Jackson has come out in support of Bulldogs coach Des Hasler as conjecture continues to surround his NRL future. Hasler is set to miss the finals for the first time since his debut coaching year with Manly in 2004 this season, while the Bulldogs’ absence will be their first since 2011. Canterbury have won seven games this year to sit 13th.

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Only one Mid Canterbury Hockey side was able to pick up a win in a tough round of fixtures this week.

In the men’s first division, winning the second half 2-0 was not enough for Wakanui as they fell

to Northern Hearts 5-2 in Ashburton.

The result brings the danger of the wooden spoon back in the picture, with Tainui now sitting only three points behind Wakanui.

In the women’s first division, Hampstead continued their fine

season, taking down Geraldine 2-0 in Timaru.

The win sees Hampstead move seven points clear of Cambridge in third place, while Timaru Girls’ High School sit well clear in first place, 13 points clear.

Hampstead/Collegians had the tough task of hosting Timaru

Girls’, with the league-leaders having too much quality, running away with a 6-1 victory.

The results sees Collegians sitting pretty in fifth place, eight points clear of last placed Craighead, and nine points behind the fourth placed Geraldine team.

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Mostert leads another Ford quinella By ed JacKson Ford star Chaz Mostert’s Supercars revival has continued with a drought-breaking win in Sunday’s 200km race at Queensland Raceway.

The Prodrive Racing Australia star secured his first win since victory at Phillip Island in April to cap a strong weekend at Ipswich which included Saturday’s runner-up finish in race one.

Mostert started the race in second behind pole-sitter and championship leader Scott McLaughlin but jumped the DJR Team Penske pilot at the start and barely looked back.

A safety car with just seven laps remaining in the 65-lap race threatened to undermine his good work but Mostert pulled away at the restart and claimed victory by half a second from McLaughlin.

McLaughlin’s second place, combined with his win on Saturday,

means he leaves Ipswich with a healthy 129-point championship lead over Jamie Whincup who finished fourth.

Shane Van Gisbergen completed a double of third-place finishes for the weekend to close within 28 points of third-placed Fabian Coulthard in the championship.

The series next heads to Sydney Motorsport Park on August 18 to 20 for the final round before the endurance season.

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Johnathan Thurston has called on the NRL to sin-bin defenders who target playmakers late and after they pass the ball. The issue has returned to the spotlight in recent weeks after Sia Soliola was suspended for five weeks for a late and high hit on Melbourne fullback Billy Slater last week. “I think what we can do is just a sin-bin offence.

If it’s that late, like Sia’s shot, high and late, sin-bin them.”

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Archer defends refs Referees boss Tony Archer insists his bunker got it right in denying St George Illawarra two tries in their NRL loss to Newcastle, as Dragons coach Paul McGregor faces a hefty fine for slamming officials over the calls. McGregor was livid after the 21-14 loss, labelling head referee Gavin Badger and senior bunker official Ashley Klein as “embarrassing and incompetent” over two first-half no-try decisions on Saturday. - AAP

Raiders still confident It has been their own worst enemy all year, but Canberra coach Ricky Stuart hopes confidence can help the Raiders through a difficult path to the NRL finals. The Raiders got through their first of six sudden death games against South Sydney on Saturday night, keeping their season alive with a 32-18 win. The victory kept them in 10th, four points back from eighth-placed St George Illawarra, but still potentially requiring five wins from their final five games to make the play-offs.

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By Patrick Mckendry

The Crusader horsemen do their rounds at AMI Stadium, whipping up the crowd in preparation for the Super Rugby semi-final.

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Crusaders march into final By angelo risso An offensively ruthless and defensively brilliant Crusaders have wrapped up their place in next week’s Super Rugby final, beating the Chiefs 27-13 in Christchurch.

With their backs against the wall for much of Saturday’s match, and barely one third of possession, the Crusaders seized on every chance.

Midfielder-cum-winger Seta Tamanivalu bagged a clinical double, after earlier efforts by halfback Bryn Hall and test stalwart Israel Dagg.

Without the ball, the Crusaders were equally impressive.

Making 117 more tackles than the Chiefs alone is testament to the tenacity of Scott Robertson’s men this season.

On Saturday night they held a territorially dominant Chiefs outfit – with Damian McKenzie constantly lurking from the deep – to a single try, a late consolation to lock Brodie Retallick.

They now look ahead to next weekend’s final in Johannesburg .

The Chiefs, meanwhile, will

say goodbye to club mainstays Aaron Cruden, Tawera Kerr-Barlow and James Lowe, as well as coach Dave Rennie.

“We didn’t have the ball much in that first half and the boys were definitely blowing,” Crusaders skipper Sam Whitelock said.

“Full credit to the boys – they were hanging on tough out there.

“We knew that if we could weather that storm, we’d hopefully come over the top.”

The match featured end to end attacking movements on an average surface, with a greasy ball, mixed with the brutality we’ve come to expect from these teams.

With Chiefs support players ready to clean out opposition when the ball carrier hit the deck, the Chiefs achieved crucial continuity and forced the Crusaders to defend, defend and defend.

In stark contrast to last week’s mutilation of the Highlanders, the Crusaders struggled to get the ball in the first half, with the Chiefs chancing their arm and enjoying three-quarters of possession.

The Chiefs were perhaps un-

Crusaders centre Jack Goodhue doing what he and his teammates did all night – tackle.

lucky to have Tim Nanai-Williams’ try rubbed out by TMO Glenn Newman.

Referee Glen Jackson awarded the try, only for Newman to deem the Samoan wing lost the ball over the line. If the Chiefs felt hard done by they certainly were

by Jackson not going back to the advantage he was playing.

Yet a long-distance Crusaders try drew first blood in the 16th minute, with Ryan Crotty offloading to Dagg, who slid Hall into space and across the line.

From that point on, Scott Robertson’s troops suffered under an avalanche of Chiefs possession and territory – yet, barring a pair of McKenzie penalty goals and a disallowed try, held on to halftime.

Dagg’s fortuitous five-pointer quickly followed the break, capitalising on a clever poach from Richie Mo’unga, before Tamanivalu’s double – one a barging effort and the other a smart finish on the right – put the match to bed.

“Rugby’s a momentum game and we thought we created a lot of chances, had momentum at times, but you’ve got to give credit to the Crusaders,” Cruden said.

“When it looked like we had them on the ropes, they were able to just do enough.

“We didn’t give up.

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Crusaders halfback Bryn Hall scored the first try of the match, well against the run of play, but on top of some superb lead-up work from All Blacks Ryan Crotty and Israel Dagg.

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The Crusaders’ reward for their gutsy semi-final victory over the Chiefs is a flight to Johannesburg to play the Lions in the final; the good news for them is that No8 Kieran Read has made it too.

Scott Robertson’s men met at Christchurch airport at 4.15 yesterday morning for the flight to South Africa via Sydney for the final at Ellis Park next Sunday morning.

After Saturday night’s 27-13 victory over the Chiefs at AMI Stadium, Robertson wasn’t sure of All Blacks skipper Read’s fitness due to a knee injury late in the match which forced the Crusaders to play the final minutes with 14 Kieran Read men.

Fortunately for the Crusaders, Read’s knee – “tweaked” according to Robertson – isn’t as bad as first feared.

A Crusaders spokeswoman confirmed yesterday morning that Read is on his way with the rest of the squad.

The opponent and location of the final wasn’t confirmed until early yesterday after the other semifinal between the Lions and Hurricanes, won by the South Africans 44-29 after the visitors had taken a 22-3 lead.

The Crusaders players’ bags were packed earlier in the week and once the result was confirmed thoughts went to a longhaul flight rather than another home match.

They should travel in good spirits given they have no major injury issues and showed in beating the Chiefs with only about 30 per cent possession that they are a team that can dig deeply if required, but the Hurricanes’ performance highlighted the need for accuracy in terms of preparation and game plan this week.

The Hurricanes got few favours from the four South African officials, with Beauden Barrett’s yellow card in the second half for a playing the ball on the ground in a ruck which looked more accidental than anything particularly costly.

Robertson is aware too that they can’t afford another team to dominate possession and territory again, and the Lions, while they made mistakes against the Hurricanes, showed in their second half effort that they can be extremely dangerous with the ball and from anywhere on the field.

“It’s satisfying but it’s a funny feeling because we’re not finished,” Robertson said.

“You get this far and the opportunity is really close and we have to perform for one more week.”

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■ RUGBY

‘Plenty to work on’

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

The Mid Canterbury Hammers received a wake-up call from the Southland Stags in Waikouaiti on Saturday afternoon.

The 68-7 scoreline in favour of Southland does not make for optimistic reading for Hammers fans, but co-coach Craig Dunlea is pulling plenty of positives from the result.

“In the early stages the boys realised it was a different level completely,” he said.

“There are still a hell of a lot of positives to come away with from the game.”

Losing three key players in the first 15 minutes was always going to make life difficult for the Hammers.

Seta Koroitamana had to be withdrawn due to a shoulder injury, while player of origin Phil Watson pulled up with a hamstring injury.

“The big thing was the boys realising that the things they got away with at club level is not something they are going to get away with there,” he said.

“Things like tackling higher and carrying the ball higher you just can’t get away with because these guys are just bigger and stronger.

“Once we sorted it out at the half-time break things improved a lot and we were in the game a lot more.”

Dunlea said that if the score

Canes ‘not good enough’ The Hurricanes are not crying over spilled milk but they do concede they were not good enough in the second stanza of their extraordinary 44-29 semi-final reverse to the Lions in Johannesburg.

While coach Chris Boyd had doubts over the call by assistant ref Rasta Rasivhenge to say he had a clear grounding for the Lions’ first try, when in fact there was sufficient doubt to check, and disagreed that Beauden Barrett’s yellow card, his fourth of the season, was warranted, he was not using that as an excuse for the fatigue and the errors. “At the end of the day they made a good line break and that was costly for us,” says Boyd, reflecting on the fact his changes have missed the final for the first time since 2014.- NZME

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Mid Canterbury discovered they still have plenty to work on after falling 68-7 to Southland in Waikouaiti on Saturday.

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“They had their chances and took them, we had ours but we didn’t,” he said.

“Talking with their coaches

after the game they were quite complimentary of how we played.”

With the Ranfurly Shield challenge against Canterbury now less than a week away, Dunlea

said there are plenty of workons for training this week, with big focuses on tackling and ball carrying ahead of the clash at the Ashburton Showgrounds on Friday.

Top officials must get the nod

By PatricK mcKendry

Angus Gardner has proved to be one of best referees around in Super Rugby this year.

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Super Rugby’s organising body will be pleased with the make-up of the finalists – a team from New Zealand and a team from South Africa, both of whom lost only once in the round-robin – now Sanzaar has to get the make-up of the match officials right.

Angus Gardner, who has had a good season with the whistle, will be the favourite to officiate the final at Ellis Park between the Lions and Crusaders.

He was on the AMI Stadium sidelines as an assistant referee for the Crusaders’ semi-final win over the Chiefs, and it would surprise if he didn’t get the main job in the big one.

Sanzaar no longer allocate referees according to their nationality – but Gardner has the added advantage of being an Australian.

He also has the advantage of not being involved in the Lions v Hurricanes semi-final, a match in which, perhaps inevitably, the spotlight fell on the performance of the four South African officials.

The Hurricanes had several reasons to be disappointed with the performance of ref Jaco Pey-

per – particularly for the second-half yellow card shown to Beauden Barrett, who was sinbinned for playing the ball with his legs in a ruck when replays showed he was simply trying to get out of the way.

The Lions were hot on the attack, but there was no team warning, just a straight yellow from Peyper, and the home side capitalised first with the easy penalty kick and then a converted try while Barrett was off.

Modern rugby at Super Rugby and test level is an incredibly difficult game to referee given the pace and intensity of it, and a set of neutral officials would immediately remove the perception of partiality.

The Hurricanes made some poor errors in letting slip a 22-3 lead but Peyper and his assistants Rasta Rasivhenge, Marius van der Westhuizen and TMO Marius Jonker were involved in some big decisions which went against the visitors.

The grounding of two tries was questioned by Hurricanes skipper Dane Coles, with assistant referee Rasivhenge in no doubt about the second – even telling Peyper not to go to the TMO when a more considered

approach might have been appropriate.

Viewed in isolation, the issue might not appear significant.

But the performance of the South African match officials in the Stormers v Blues match this season threatened to undermine the integrity of the competition all by itself.

That was the match in which several dubious calls were made against the Blues by referee Jaco van Heerden, TV match official Shaun Veldsman and the assistant refs Marius van der Westhuizen and Cwengile Jadezweni.

Clearly the worst of which was deciding Shaun Treeby’s swinging arm to the jaw of Piers Francis, which knocked the Blues No10 unconscious, was not a red card offence.

Van der Westhuizen went on to have the honour of officiating on the sidelines at Ellis Park this weekend.

A Gardner appointment as referee for next weekend would be the first step for Sanzaar, but they must get the rest of his team right too for the sake of the competition.

The final has the best two teams in it, now we need the best officials.

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In a paradoxical way it was the fact the Crusaders were dominated in so many areas yet still won their semifinal with a degree of comfort that marks them as such strong candidates to win the final. The Crusaders just wouldn’t buckle. It was understandable that AMI Stadium was a sea of empty seats last week when Christchurch was in a state of emergency. But to see a similarly scant crowd turn up for a semi-final on a dry night against a fearsome domestic rival, suggests that Super Rugby may well be broken beyond repair.

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Mitchell takes on Bulls He’s no stranger to high-pressure coaching jobs but John Mitchell knows he has his work cut out with his latest endeavour. The former All Blacks coach is the man South Africa’s struggling Bulls have turned to in a bid to change the fortunes of a team that could only manage four wins this season in Super Rugby – a competition they won in 2007, 2009 and 2010. The newly-appointed director of rugby at Loftus Versfeld has warned, however, this “won’t happen overnight”. “There is a lot of expectation. The pressure here will be no different to wherever I’ve been,” Mitchell said.

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SWB-Gallen fight all on All Blacks star Sonny Bill Williams is inching closer to confirming a boxing match with Cronulla Sharks NRL captain Paul Gallen, according to a report out of Australia yesterday. The Sydney Morning Herald reports Williams’ agent and promoter Khoder Nasser have settled on terms with Gallen’s management.

The only details apparently left to be ironed out surround where the fight will be broadcast in Australia.

Nasser has over the last 15-years been dealing with Main Event, a division of Australian pay television company Foxtel, but is canvassing all options in a bid to secure the best deal.

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New plan for Rebels Billionaire mining magnate Andrew Forrest and former Wallaby John Welborn have renewed calls for the ARU to facilitate a Brumbies takeover of the Rebels, saying the Western Force are simply too valuable to axe. RugbyWA and the ARU will begin arbitration in Sydney today, with the fate of the Force hanging in the balance.

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■ SEASON FINALE

Flicka Of Gold fires up

Bowie brave at Rotorua

Rejuvenated South Island galloper Flicka Of Gold snatched a last gasp victory at Timaru yesterday to claim back-to-back victories for the first time in a career that began before several of his race rivals were even born.

The hardy seven-year-old made his first appearance as a two-year-old at Ruakaka in July 2012 from the Stephen McKee stable.

Brought to the South Island in May 2016, the Bachelor Duke gelding has now produced three of his five career victories in the care of trainer and part-owner Steve Tyler.

Successful in a similar 1200 metre contest at Wingatui last month, Flicka Of Gold looked like having to settle for a minor placing on this occasion when he appeared to be battling in behind the race leader Nakyama with just 200 metres to run in the rating 75 contest.

Pulled to the outside by apprentice Rafi Firdhaus the experienced campaigner refused to give in as he raised a final effort that saw him snatch victory at the winning post.

Firdhaus remained unconvinced they had arrived in time and it was a clearly elated rider who produced a beaming smile and fist pump when the result was announced.

“I wasn’t too sure he’d got there either as I was on a bad angle when they hit the line,” admitted Tyler after the race.

“I actually thought we would be lucky to hold third halfway down the straight but he never

Rugged four-year-old Bowie capped off a memorable year for the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman training partnership at Rotorua on Saturday when he provided the duo with their final winner for the 2016/17 racing season.

In a thoroughly professional effort the Iffraaj gelding bounced out well from an outside barrier to settle handy to the pace before taking control of the race at the top of the straight.

Kept up to the mark by apprentice Sam Weatherley, Bowie dug deep to comfortably fend off the challenge of Stratford visitor Hotshot Lass in the run to the winning post.

“It was a good positive ride by Sam as they did a fair bit of work to get across them on a good early clip,” noted Forsman after the race.

“Obviously being on pace in the race was a bit of an advantage.”

Forsman admitted there had been confidence in the camp before the race as Bowie attempted to make it back-to-back wins after scoring at Matamata earlier in the month.

“He has raced well here before so that gave us a bit of confidence,” he said.

“Normally he gets himself a little worked up and has a bit of a sweat but we’ve kept him fresh and he seems to be enjoying what he’s doing.”

The performance took the allconquering Cambridge team’s final tally to 107 wins as they combined to take out their second National Trainer’s Premiership title in just the fifth year of their partnership.

It also completed the second leg of a winning double for the stable after promising filly Crafty Jess had scored earlier on the card.

The victory also provided apprentice Weatherley with the first leg of a winning treble that included the feature race on the day, the Listed Woods Contracting Taumarunui Gold Cup on Gentil Tonton.

The young Matamata hoop, who is indentured to the Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott team at Wexford Stables, also had cause to celebrate as he claimed the mantle of leading apprentice for the season with 67 victories in his first full season in the saddle.

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Young jockey Rafi Firdhaus leaves it very late, but gets up to win at Timaru yesterday.

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knows when he is beaten and he found some more for us today.

“He’s no champion, just a good honest horse that will always give you his best so what more could you ask for.”

Tyler will now take some time to work out his next move with the horse although he believes he has found the key to getting the best from him.

“I think I’ve nutted him out although it has taken a while,” he said.

“He needs time between his races as he seems to go his best when he is fresh.

“I gave him two weeks off after his last win and he’s hardly had a gallop before today.

“It’s a worry on these wet tracks as you wonder if you’ve got them

fit enough but he has really blossomed of late.

“I’m not sure if he is really a Riccarton type so the Grand National meeting could be too big an ask.

“But if we do miss going there then there is a race for him back at home later in the month so we do have a couple of options available to us.”

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Exceptional pacer passes away One of New Zealand’s most popular ever racehorses has passed away with a record that may never be matched.

Tiny pacing hero turned stallion Courage Under Fire died in Australia yesterday where he was standing at Yirribee Stud in New South Wales.

He would have turned 22 on Tuesday.

While he was a very commercial stallion who sired recentlyretired Inter Dominion champion Smolda, it is as the Mighty Mouse of pacing that Courage Under Fire will be best remembered.

He won his first 24 starts, being unbeaten at two and three, that classic season including a record six Derby victories.

It is doubtful any galloper would ever have contested six Derbys and very few harness horses probably have either, let alone winning them all. So his rarest of places in racing history would seem to be Courage Under Fire’s alone forever.

The Derbys were part of a 41win career from 56 starts that saw him amass $1,551,941 in stakes after starting his career in New Zealand with Bruce Negus and then being transferred to champion NSW trainer Brian Hancock after a sensational failure in the 2000 Inter Dominion in Melbourne.

Courage Under Fire suffered his first defeat in a heat of that series, prompting Moonee Valley commentator Dan Milecki to yell “the world must be ending” as Kyema Kid surged past Courage Under Fire.

While the world survived, Courage Under Fire’s career plateaued by his earlier standards and he was never as dominant as an older horse, winning a series of good races but never one of the great ones.

He was narrowly beaten in both a Miracle Mile and Victoria Cup and fourth in an Inter Dominion Final but picked up Grand Circuit races like the South Australia Cup, Queensland

Pacing Champs and Australian Pacing Champs.

He came back to the pack because while he was a pacing machine at three he never got much stronger or faster, forever looking a fast teenager racing grown men.

But as a three-year-old he captured the racing – and some nonracing – public’s imagination in a golden era that also saw Christian Cullen and Lyell Creek draw huge fan bases.

The other two were better older horses, albeit all too briefly in Christian Cullen’s case, but Courage Under Fire’s size endeared him to race fans, his little legs whirling like a cartoon character when he was at full speed.

Off the track he was a little softy.

“He loved people and was the loveliest little horse to have around,” says original trainer Negus.

“He had so many fans and when little kids came up to him to pat him, which happened all

the time, he would lower his head down so they could get to him.

“Once, when Brian Hancock was training him, they couldn’t find Brian’s six-year-old granddaughter and they were all panicking.

“They couldn’t believe it when they found her in Courage’s paddock and she was patting him as he nuzzled her. This was when he was a seven-year-old stallion, he was just such a gentleman.”

So did training a racing icon change Negus’s career or even life?

“It definitely helped my career because we had a lot of good horses, many for his owner Greg Brodie after Courage left the stable. But it also changed my life.

I met so many people and was once asked to speak at a racing awards dinner because I was the guy who trained Courage Under Fire.

“I met my wife Colleen at that function, so I owe Courage more than he would ever have known.”

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■ TONY PIKE

Spring riches abound

Newcomer a winner

some time at Te Rapa in his build-up to his first start for the season.”

Pike’s potential 2000 Guineas contenders don’t end there with Haussman, Felton Road and Bostonian all possibilities to make the journey south provided their form warrants the trip.

“Haussman really impressed in his last win and he would definitely appreciate the roomy Riccarton circuit while Felton Road and Bostonian are another pair who we feel have the ability to make it to a race like the 2000 Guineas,” said Pike.

“The challenge is going to be separating them during their campaigns as I don’t really want to race them against each other unless we have to.

“It is inevitable they will clash but where we can we will try and keep them all apart.”

Pike also has high hopes for rising three-year-old filly Ujjayyi who will be kept to racing righthanded after making a mess of the Matamata Breeders’ Stakes.

“Ujjayyi has any amount of ability but it’s fair to say she will be only be going right-handed at this stage,” he chuckled.

“We will be looking at some of the good filly’s races at Ellerslie with her where we think she can be competitive.”

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A new kid on the jumping block has given a number of his more experienced and better-performed rivals plenty to think about.

In just his second appearance over fences, Monarch Chimes made his mark in open company at Rotorua on Saturday with an excellent display to claim top honours in the Harcourts Taumarunui Hurdle.

Ridden by Shaun Phelan, the Shinko King five-year-old comfortably accounted for the reigning Grand National Hurdles champion Ngario and Raisafuasho, a four-time winner over hurdles.

“It was a big step up for him and he was up against a few guns so it was lovely to see how well he finished off,” said Emma-Lee Browne, who trains the gelding with her husband David.

Monarch Chimes’ performance, which came off the back of his novice hurdle win at Te Aroha, has firmed plans to target the Schweppes Great Northern Hurdles at Ellerslie on September 9.

“Obviously we’ll talk to Shaun as he’s done all the work on him, but that’s certainly in the picture,” Browne said.

Monarch Chimes travelled easily behind the pace before he cruised up to challenge 400 metres from home and he drew clear to beat Ngario.

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With the onset of a new racing season just around the corner the anticipation of feature race success and the creation of the next generation of equine stars is building throughout racing stables across the country.

One man who seems to have almost an embarrassment of riches is Cambridge conditioner Tony Pike.

Fresh off the back of another solid season that saw him tally 53 local victories while going agonisingly close to tearing off the time-honoured Victoria Derby with Sacred Elixir, Pike is gearing up for a spring that will see him with multiple contenders for the early three-year-old feature titles.

“I’m pretty lucky in that we had a good year with the two-yearolds and it looks as though they are all coming up well as we start getting them ready to make their return to the track in the next month or so,” he advised.

“Like most trainers we are in a little bit of a holding pattern with the tracks being as wet as they are but we have a few options we can utilise to get them up to speed.

“The new training track at Te Rapa is one of those options and we have already taken a couple there for jump-outs.

“It looks as though they may be

Trainer Tony Pike is looking forward to spring racing. going to schedule more regular jump-outs there so we will definitely be heading back to use the surface where we can.”

Aim Smart, a brilliant winner on debut at Pukekohe last November, is one who has already taken advantage of the Te Rapa opportunity as he continues a preparation that began eight weeks ago after a niggling issue saw him put aside after failing at his second raceday appearance.

“Aim Smart is working along nicely and had a gallop at Te Rapa last Thursday,” said Pike.

“He is one we won’t risk on the heavy tracks so he will miss the Te Teko trials in favour of heading back for another jump-out at Te Rapa. He has come back in superb order and is well on track at this stage.

“He will most likely have the Hawkes Bay Guineas as an early target before we look towards the 2000 Guineas at Riccarton.”

Debut Te Rapa winner Sacred Rebel is another that Pike isn’t prepared to risk trialling on heavy ground as he gears up for a similar campaign to Aim Smart.

“He is a lovely horse who did plenty wrong on debut but still got the job done that day,” noted Pike.

“He’s been back for a while now as we didn’t to give him too big a break as he is a pretty gross character who puts on the condition quite easily.

“He will also have Hastings and Riccarton as his focus.

“We won’t risk him on heavy ground either so he will be another of the team who will spend

M4 Levin gallops Today at Awapuni Raceway

Levin RC Venue: Awapuni Meeting Date: 31 Jul 2017 NZ 1 8x0x3 Revolution (11) 58.5 ........................R Myers Zeduzzi (1) 58.5 ................................ T Allan Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 2 3 05x06 Elamo (2) 58.5 ..................... T Johnson (a2) and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 4 709 To Rio (5) 58.5 ....................L Allpress 1 12.08pm (NZT) OTAKI CHRISTMAS AT THE RACES 5 6500x Gates King Max (8) 58.5................ C O’Beirne (a3) 1 DEC & 21 DEC $10,000, MDN 3YO, 1200m 6 Mustafa h (3) 58.5 ..........................H Tinsley 1 King Cougar h (1) 57.5................... J Parkes 7 0x70. Zah Captain (9) 58.5 ...............L Hemi 2 53x Play The Field (5) 55.5 ..................M Tanaka 8 69524 Garment b (4) 56.5 3 x6564 Lhotse (3) 55.5 ..........................A Chan (a2) 9 6x9x2 Patricia Anne (12) 56.5 ......... H Andrew (a2) 4 Belle Canto h (4) 55.5 .....................R Myers 10 698x4 Em Kay Pops (7) 56.5 ....................S Wynne 5 65x97 Lesedi La Rona (7) 55.5 ...................L Hemi 11 06x Party Marty (10) 56.5 ................A Chan (a2) 6 Oh Choux Fly (2) 55.5............ K Cowan (a3) 12 0 Wonderful Barbie (6) 56.5 .............. J Parkes 7 0x7 Strophe (6) 55.5 ............................L Allpress 4 1.45 FASTTRACKINSURANCE HANDICAP $25,000, 2 12.38 EKRAAR AT LINWOOD PARK STUD HANDI- Rating 85 Benchmark, 1550m CAP $30,000, OPEN HANDICAP, 1200m 1 21212 Dr Watson mb (2) 60.5 ..............A Chan (a2) 1 4x365 Salamanca tdmh (1) 60.......... K Cowan (a3) 2 11311 Our Bandit m (4) 59.5 ...................L Allpress 2 44165 Gypsy Fair tdm (2) 58 ...............A Chan (a2) 3 x7032 Leeds tmh (1) 58.5 ......................... J Parkes 3 05118 Darci Mac tdm (4) 56 ....................L Allpress 4 74698 Justlikeyasister tmh (7) 54 ................L Hemi 4 48369 Zorrali tdm (5) 55.5 .............. T Johnson (a2) 5 5656x Double O Seven tm (6) 54 .... H Andrew (a2) 5 x7257 Bannockburn tdmh (3) 54 .............D Bradley 6 74214 Itsagem tmh (5) 54 6 46123 Lord Ernesto dm (7) 54 .................. J Parkes 7 61250 Ticket Clipper tmh (8) 54 .................R Myers 7 59x48 Lucy Liu tdm (6) 54 ..................M Singh (a3) 8 49864 Acutelygold tm (3) 54 ....................D Bradley 3 1.08 LEVIN TAB & SPORTS BAR MAIDEN $10,000, 5 2.20pm B.S YOUNG HANDICAP $22,500, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2100m MAIDEN, 1400m

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1 21122 Sylvester td (11) 59 ........................... T Allan 2 82231 Landlord tm (4) 58.5..................A Chan (a2) 3 04850 Pencuri tm (3) 58.5................ H Andrew (a2) 4 91097 Perfectlyenchanted dmb (10) 58 .......L Hemi 5 45415 Mr Cool Boy tdm (9) 58 ........ T Johnson (a2) 6 38x60 Dragon Beauty tdmh (2) 57......M Singh (a3) 7 64x33 Finn tmb (8) 57............................... J Parkes 8 x1717 Follow Suit dm (1) 57 ......................R Myers 9 308x5 Nitro Ted dm (6) 57 .........................D Turner 10 18149 Stormy Habit m (5) 56 ....................S Wynne 11 66611 Yamato Nadeshiko tdm (7) 55 .......L Allpress 6 2.55 COURTESY FORD RYDER STAKES $50,000, 2YO SW, 1200m 1 60x33 Waldorf (5) 56.5 ............................. J Parkes 2 6. Zah Wanted (3) 56.5 .....................D Bradley 3 3414. Allure dmh (7) 54.5 .........................R Myers 4 5221 Nuclear Fusion tdm (6) 54.5 .........L Allpress 5 67x14 Style By Design dmb (1) 54.5 ....... C Barnes 6 31. Veuve Clicquot dmh (4) 54.5 .............L Hemi 7 262 Kate Louise (9) 54.5......................M Tanaka 8 86282 Beltoy (2) 54.5 ................................S Wynne 9 Parka’s Lady (8) 54.5 .............. H Andrew (a) 7 3.34pm GRAHAM SHELDON SMELLIE MEMORIAL $22,500, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m

1 60x96 Cool Moon tdm (5) 59 .......... M McNelis (a3) 2 94111 Redefine dm (2) 58.5 ........................L Hemi 3 1740x Stephenstihls h (1) 57.5 .................H Tinsley 4 20315 Malacanto dm (8) 57 ............. H Andrew (a2) 5 x22x1 Perfect Harmonee dm (6) 56.5....... J Parkes 6 30x58 Watch Your Man dm (7) 56.5 ..........S Wynne 7 9x411 Sensible Princess m (13) 56 .........L Allpress 8 32614 You’ll Do Me dm (12) 56 ............A Chan (a2) 9 59x48 Lucy Liu tdm (4) 55 .........................R Myers 10 01521 That’s Funny tdm (10) 55 ..............D Bradley 11 27x80 The Ark d (9) 55 ..................... K Cowan (a3) 12 x4519 Lady Pinot dm (3) 54............T Newman (a4) 13 x9080 Talk The Torque tdmh (11) 54 .......M Tanaka 8 4.12pm FOX CONTRACTING HANDICAP $20,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1550m 1 35112 Highbrook (12) 60 ...........................R Myers 2 60x51 De Gaulle tmh (17) 59...................L Allpress 3 8x334 Dougie mb (8) 59 ...........................H Tinsley 4 22424 The Great Guru tmh (1) 59 .... K Cowan (a3) 5 62315 Master Patrick (10) 58.5 ..................D Turner 6 54665 Mr Darcee’s Gold tm (18) 58.5 .M Singh (a3) 7 22145 Cape Du Jeu mh (13) 57................S Wynne 8 0x000 Spendaholic tmh (3) 57 ......... H Andrew (a2) 9 73137 Gifted m (11) 56.5 ................ T Johnson (a2)

10 21333 Swiss Angel mb (4) 56.5 ...........A Chan (a2) 11 7x042 Itellyouonething (14) 56 ................. J Parkes 12 037x9 Sea Cruiser (6) 56.............................L Hemi 13 78x64 Wilijonmcbride (15) 55.5 ...............M Tanaka 14 72670 Amarone t (5) 54.5 ............................ T Allan 15 x0858 Lastrollofthedice h (9) 55.5 16 x0090 Miss Interpreted mh (2) 54 17 61624 I’m Horace (16) 59 18 49864 Acutelygold tm (7) 54 Emergencies: Lastrollofthedice, Miss Interpreted, I’m Horace, Acutelygold Blinkers on: Gypsy Fair (R2), Elamo, Gates To Rio, Zah Captain (R3), Dragon Beauty (R5), Allure (R6), Amarone (R8) Blinkers off: Lucy Liu (R2), Lucy Liu, The Ark (R7) Winkers off: Gates To Rio, King Max (R3) SELECTIONS Race 1: Belle Canto, Play The Field, Lhotse, Strophe Race 2: Darci Mac, Gypsy Fair, Salamanca, Zorrali, Lucy Liu Race 3: Party Marty, Gates To Rio, Revolution, Zeduzzi Race 4: Our Bandit, Leeds, Dr Watson, Justlikeyasister, Itsagem Race 5: Finn, Sylvester, Yamato Nadeshiko, Perfectlyenchanted Race 6: Waldorf, Veuve Clicquot, Allure, Style By Design Race 7: Sensible Princess, Redefine, Stephenstihls, That’s Funny Race 8: The Great Guru, De Gaulle, Highbrook, Cape Du Jeu

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

1 22733 Classy Delta 26.63 L & ...................... Morris Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incor- 3 1.35 AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES C2, 410m 6 21324 Bigtime Thinker 21.53 ........................L Cole 2 51868 Banshee Reel nwtd ..........................R Waite porated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 31 Jul 1 38618 Bigtime Ranson nwtd .............G Fredrickson 7 58168 Scooter’s Rose 21.46 ........................M Flipp 3 74312 Apricity nwtd................................A Turnwald 2017 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 2 24585 Cawbourne Foxy nwtd L & ................. Morris 8 26756 Cawbourne Jarrod 21.53 J & ..............D Bell 4 14171 Light ‘em Jax nwtd........................... K Walsh and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 3 43713 Americano nwtd .....................G Fredrickson 9 68378 Kirkham Coby 21.54 J & .....................D Bell 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 4 35367 Thrilling Cassie nwtd ................ K Gommans 6 2.27 WANGANUI STAYERS HEATS 4TH AUGUST 5 26768 Cawbourne Barcia 26.01 J & ..............D Bell 6 33241 Opawa Crusade nwtd .......................M Flipp 1 1.00pm FORMPRO RATINGS FREE EVERY MON- 5 27751 Unawares nwtd ...........................A Turnwald C3 C3, 375m 7 15664 Toki Girl nwtd ............................... P Denbee 6 23426 Cawbourne Owen nwtd J & ................D Bell DAY C0 C0, 375m 1 84421 Cawbourne Web nwtd J &...................D Bell 8 36826 Cawbourne Bryce 26.37 J & ...............D Bell 7 38754 Cawbourne Toddy nwtd................M Roberts 1 F4424 Kinetic Shadow nwtd........................... L Bell 2 14574 Cawbourne Elpaso 21.53 J & .............D Bell Emergencies: 8 155F6 Mr. Maize 23.45...........................A Turnwald 2 43685 Stole Me Keys nwtd ................. K Gommans 3 38716 Fusion Cronulla nwtd ..................A Turnwald 9 75755 Chase Me Apatche nwtd ...............G Atwood 9 18646 Homebush Skip 23.78 ............J T McInerney 3 53681 Pat Patterson nwtd ............................M Flipp 4 85641 Bigtime JayJay nwtd...........................L Cole 4 5434 Mikachu nwtd ..............................A Turnwald 10 26775 Billy Marlow nwtd ..............................M Flipp 5 58522 Hard Merch nwtd........................... M Gowan 10 56477 She’s Mustard nwtd..........................R Waite 5 52721 Cawbourne Bluey nwtd J & .................D Bell 4 1.52pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C2 C2, 375m 6 27111 Mila Mila 21.82 ............................A Turnwald 9 3.28pm $5,000 BONUS QUADDIE C2D C2d, 660m 1 26372 Gentleman Tim nwtd J & .................D Fahey 6 2 Bigtime Eve nwtd ...............................L Cole 7 11537 Bigtime Do It 21.57 ............................L Cole 1 11583 Mija Sydney nwtd ........................A Turnwald 2 66314 Phantom Way nwtd L & ...................... Morris 7 53548 Ms Rubble Double nwtd ...................R Waite 8 43145 Kirkham Jasper 21.53 J & ...................D Bell 2 84325 Cawbourne Stick 21.47 J &.................D Bell 3 65552 Pacific Sunrise 40.86 ........................M Flipp 8 283 Bigtime Liam nwtd..............................L Cole 9 33865 Kaputski 21.39 .......................G Fredrickson 3 86411 Butterball 21.84 ............................. M Gowan 4 47767 Stinger 38.94.....................................M Flipp 9 74678 Cawbourne Broady nwtd.................L Doody 4 46517 Bigtime Pink 21.91 .............................L Cole 10 87765 Bigtime OnFire 22.12 .........................L Cole 10 75868 Homebush Bow nwtd .............J T McInerney 5 71367 Bigtime George 22.10 ........................L Cole 7 2.42pm ADRIAN CLARK - BLOODSTOCK CONSUL- 5 14215 Tranquil Blossom 38.69...............A Turnwald 6 51422 Cawbourne Kai nwtd ....................M Roberts 6 76264 Bigtime Break 22.81...........................L Cole TANT C4 C4, 375m 2 1.17pm J P PRINT, PETONE C1 C1, 375m 7 33224 Cawbourne Buckle nwtd ..............M Roberts 7 188x6 Miss Mowhawk 21.50 ................... P Denbee 1 64327 Sioux Baxter nwtd ..................J T McInerney 1 71357 Nero 21.28 ..................................B Hodgson 8 21476 Unbeknown nwtd ........................A Turnwald 8 58336 Cawbourne Gunna 21.60 J &..............D Bell 2 74334 Baduzzi 21.75 ........................J T McInerney 2 63266 Bigtime Fever 21.44 ...........................L Cole 9 37763 Deman Blue Blood 21.72 .......J T McInerney 3 22125 Nippa Joy nwtd.......................J T McInerney 3 73214 Cool Rythm 21.81 .......................B Hodgson 10 3.44pm IONLYFLYFIRSTCLASS.COM C2, 457m 1 72833 Jinja Loren 26.57 G R &.................. S Voyce 4 71333 Sozin’s Galaxy nwtd ...............J T McInerney 10 85665 Stole Me Car 21.47 .................. K Gommans 4 45244 Cawbourne Kaz 21.58 .................M Roberts 2 37224 Bigtime Sam 27.07.................G Fredrickson 5 132 Yella Ella 22.04............................A Turnwald 5 2.10pm USE PETRAVELLER.COM.AU C4/5, 375m 5 65851 Kirkham Kylie 21.67 J & ......................D Bell 3 x3312 Idol Leanne nwtd...............................M Flipp 6 11 Harry Brown 22.20 .............................L Cole 6 83211 Danny Dee nwtd ............................. K Walsh 1 66817 Bigtime Blue 21.54 .............................L Cole 4 66611 Cawbourne Lick nwtd J & ...................D Bell 7 47132 Celtic Rover nwtd .......................... M Gowan 7 57262 Hypocritical 21.46 ........................M Roberts 2 71171 Lover 21.65 .................................A Turnwald 5 48112 Thrilling Fergus nwtd....................... K Walsh 8 51156 Judge’s Call nwtd J & ..........................D Bell 8 54181 Don’t Muzzle Me 21.50 ..............B Goldsack 3 44173 Bigtime Sugar 21.38 ..........................L Cole 6 34255 Cawbourne Muzza 26.33 J & ..............D Bell 9 63337 Ebony Haze nwtd .............................S Stone 9 68378 Kirkham Coby 21.54 J & .....................D Bell 4 72124 Bear Inda Square 21.31 .....................L Cole 10 68128 Crazy Sunday nwtd ................J T McInerney 5 38643 Bigtime Jane 21.44 ............................L Cole 8 3.09pm STEVE THE AUCTIONEER DAVIS C1, 457m 7 43152 Tammy’s Fire nwtd ............................M Flipp

8 14671 Blackie Chan 25.94 .......................B Mitchell Emergencies: 9 77823 Blackjack Man 26.32 ..................B Goldsack 10 45471 Trendy Mind 26.14 .................G Fredrickson 11 4.09pm WANGANUI CUP HEATS 4 AUGUST C3/4 C3/4, 457m 1 51346 Autumn Lights 26.04 ...................A Turnwald 2 11115 Cawbourne Brandy nwtd J & ..............D Bell 3 48417 Timma Turtle 25.89 ............................L Cole 4 77376 Five Eyes 26.09 ........................... P Denbee 5 31113 Cororooke Chook nwtd ...............A Turnwald 6 67213 Bigtime Caleb 26.54...........................L Cole 7 27454 Bigtime Doug 25.93 ...........................L Cole 8 41447 Bigtime Dazzler 26.32 ........................L Cole 9 67662 Bernie’s Boy 25.89 ........................B Mitchell 10 47586 Cawbourne Nath 26.02 ................M Roberts 12 4.27 M&M MASTER BUTCHERS NOW IN THE KAPITI COAST C5 C5, 457m 1 21216 Map My Run 26.04.............................L Cole 2 61F32 Tranquil Rue 25.97 ......................A Turnwald 3 23311 Allegro Gun 25.98 ..............................L Cole 4 21113 Timmy Trumpet 25.83 ..................... K Walsh 5 14162 Nitehawk Rose 26.12 ..................B Hodgson 6 61248 Bigtime Jason 26.00 ..........................L Cole 7 22141 Takamori 25.71 ..........................B Goldsack 8 63682 Spring Allegro 25.88 ..........................L Cole LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Kiwi striker in demand

By Michael Burgess All Whites striker Chris Wood is a wanted man.

According to British media reports, the Leeds striker is being tracked by several English Premier League clubs, including Swansea, Stoke and Southampton.

They are all said to be pursuing the 25-year-old, despite Leeds reportedly putting a price tag of 20 million ($35 million) on his head.

Such a fee would make him easily the most expensive player in New Zealand football history – surpassing the likes of Wynton Rufer and Winston Reid – and one of the highest paid sportsmen from these shores.

The interest is due to his incredible feats last season, when he scored 27 league goals for the Elland Road club and was the Championship’s top scorer.

Wood has been a consistent scorer throughout his time in England, bringing up his 100th senior goal in British football towards the end of last season, but went to a new level in the last campaign.

But it wasn’t enough to propel his club to promotion and that, along with the departure of manager Garry Monk from Leeds to Middlesbrough, might be enough to see him try his luck elsewhere.

Wood retains Premier League ambitions, after a brief taste of the world’s most high profile football league while at Leicester and a few appearances for West Bromwich as a teenager.

Wood still has two years left on his contract at Elland Road, where he moved from Leicester at the end of the 2014-15 season.

Big spending Chinese club Tianjin Quanjian made a bid for Wood in January but Leeds turned down their approach.

New Leeds manager Thomas Christiansen is apparently determined to keep Wood.

He has already signed Huesca forward Samuel Saiz to offer more support to the Kiwi target man and former Manchester City striker Alvaro Negredo is also a potential target.

Wood has made 85 appearances for Leeds, netting 43 goals, and previously enjoyed profitable spells at Leicester, Millwall, Brighton, Birmingham and Bristol City.

It’s shaping as a pivotal few months for Wood, who will lead the line for New Zealand against the Solomon Islands in September, then, if the All Whites progress, be the main source of attacking inspiration against South American opposition in November.

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Wenger insists Sanchez staying with Gunners

By Mark Mann-Bryans Arsene Wenger has reiterated his stance that Alexis Sanchez will not leave Arsenal this summer and that he will return to the club tomorrow.

The Chile international has yet to begin pre-season training with his team-mates after Confederations Cup in Russia, where he helped the Copa America champions reach the final.

He was due to start training on yesterday while his team-mates took part in the Emirates Cup, but his return has been delayed as he is suffering from flu.

Speculation that Sanchez was avoiding returning to Arsenal was rife after he posted a picture to Instagram on Friday morning.

The 28-year-old was wrapped in a scarf and looked miserable as he captioned the picture “sick”.

His Emirates Stadium future remains up in the air as he enters the final season of his current contract, with talks on a new deal seemingly at an impasse.

But Wenger, who has insisted he would rather allow Sanchez to leave for free next summer rather than sell him this year, confirmed the forward is ill and that he will return when he feels better.

“He has flu yes, I had him on text yesterday,” Wenger, speaking after his side beat Benfica 5-2 in the Emirates Cup, said.

“He will come back as soon as possible and we were in touch with him and his

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Tuesday Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez doctor and he has no basic problem apart from the fact that he should come back tomorrow, but he comes back on Tuesday.

“Your job (as journalists) is to be suspicious.

“Your job is built on mistrust and mine is built on trust. So that’s why I prefer my side.

“He’s flying back as soon as he’s in a position to fly back. He has flu and that’s a question of normally four or five days.”

Asked if there had been developments over Sanchez’s future, he replied: “There’s no development – he is staying, of course.”

Sanchez is not the only player whose deal expires at the end of the season, with Mesut Ozil, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Jack Wilshere among those reaching the end of their contracts.

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Cryptic crossword

Monday, July 31, 2017

ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Moods are like weather. They are not contained inside our body; rather, they radiate out and affect anyone nearby.

The angry find irritation in every object. The amorous find love in every eye.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Though there are instances when a little competition makes things interesting, in your current cosmic position it is not advised. In fact, competition may very well be the killer of romance and friendship.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): What you feel with your heart and soul may be impractical, illogical and beyond your comfort level. Regardless, your heart and soul have the wheel. They’ll steer whether or not it makes any sense.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You have a strong point of view but will not be inclined to argue it. After all, it’s not that important to you that others think you’re right or do it your way. What’s important is finding a way to work together.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Embrace the entirety of who you are – your strengths and vulnerabilities, the parts that align with the popular morals and rules, the parts that don’t, the refined and the rough. There is power in self-acceptance.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Mastery tempered with humility – this is the balance to strike. When you are knowledgeable and skilled yet wisely humble, you’ll be able to rein in and direct the power in you toward a challenging aim.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Every dalliance demands a tribute. The costs are usually not upfront and marked on the menu. You learn them by weighing carefully each interaction. Let one question guide you: What’s in it for them?

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): A sincere desire to learn – this is all a teacher will ask of you. So don’t worry about whether you are prepared or have the prerequisites to absorb the lesson.

For a willing student, education is inevitable.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You’ll be first to suggest a smart, loving compromise to the problem plaguing your relationship. But it doesn’t end there. This is the start of the conversation.

This is something you can handle together.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): It’s a principle of advertising: More exposure equals more response. The best ad in the world won’t work if no one sees it. Get your message out as many times and to as many people as possible.

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PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Special things are only special if they happen infrequently. A rare thing is precious because it’s rare. Be choosy about when and to whom you offer the special thing you give, or it will become ordinary.

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FZL: Rising to 1800m everywhere

Rain about the main divide, some heavy falls possible and snow to 1200m. High cloud and a few spots further E. Wind at 1000m: NW 30 km/h, rising to gale 65 km/h in the afternoon. Wind at 2000m: NW 40 km/h, rising to severe gale 100 km/h in the afternoon, the easing to 65 km/h at night.

TOMORROW

Often cloudy, with showers developing from afternoon with snow possibly lowering to 500 metres. Southerlies developing in the morning.

THURSDAY

overnight max low

Auckland

fine

Hamilton

fine

Napier

fine

mainly fine

Nelson

mainly fine

Often cloudy, occasional showers later. Snow lowering to 900 metres. Wind at 1000m: NW 60 km/h easing, changing S 20 km/h later.

Wind at 2000m: NW gale 70 km/h easing.

Blenheim

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Greymouth

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Christchurch

mainly fine

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mainly fine

Queenstown

few showers

FZL: Lowering to 1200m

Mostly cloudy, occasional showers with snow down to 500 metres. Light winds.

Occasional showers, with snow to 500m. SE.

FRIDAY

Mostly cloudy, isolated showers. Light winds.

Dunedin

few showers

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few showers

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Mostly cloudy, isolated showers. Light winds.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 7.7 8.2 Max to 4pm -4.1 Minimum -6.9 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.2 16hr to 4pm July to date 223.0 Avg Jul to date 54 2017 to date 636.2 399 Avg year to date Wind km/h NE 17 At 4pm Strongest gust NE 31 Time of gust 2:17pm

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6am Breakfast The Breakfast team presents news, interviews, weather, and information.

9am Dickinson’s Real Deal 10am Tipping Point 11am The Chase 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm Red Rock PGR 1:55 Instant Gardener 0 2:55 Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 Four In A Bed The competition starts at Lilly’s Pad in Lincolnshire, where Sue and Louise aim to win over their guests with their personalities, but with mixed reactions.

4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Fair Go 0 8pm Code 1 0 8:30 Beyond The Darklands AO 0 9:30 Lucifer 0 10:25 1 News Tonight 0 10:55 Criminal Minds – Beyond Borders AO 0

11:45 Unforgettable AO 3 When a convenience-store robbery goes wrong, and a tabloid cameraman is killed, Carrie and Al discover it could be a cover-up for something bigger. 0 12:35 Te Karere 3 2 1am Infomercials 5:05 Impact For Life 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

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THREE

6am The AM Show Duncan Garner, Amanda Gillies, and Mark Richardson present news, interviews, and humour to start the day.

9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:25 Family Feud 3 0 Noon Dr Phil AO 1pm The Block New Zealand PGR 30 2:25 Lip Sync Battle PGR 2:55 Entertainment Tonight 3:20 Sticky TV 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm Susie Nordqvist presents comprehensive coverage of global and local news.

4:25 Married At First Sight USA Tom and Lillian grow closer, but Tom keeps back a secret.

5:25 Family Feud 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Project 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 The Block New Zealand PGR 8pm The Mick 0 Mickey and Alba go on a 8:30 Westside AO 0 gambling binge; Jimmy, 9:25 Blue Bloods AO 0 Sabrina, and Chip fight for 10:20 NewsHub Late control over the house, but one of them must watch over 10:50 Satisfaction AO 3 0 Ben. 0 8:30 Wentworth AO 0 9:30 Claws AO 0 10:30 Two And A Half Men AO 3 0 11:40 The Project 11pm Cougar Town PGR 3 0 News and entertainment show 11:30 F First Dates UK AO 0 hosted by Jesse Mulligan, Kanoa 12:25 Desperate Housewives AO Lloyd, and Josh Thomson.

3 0 1:10 Shortland Street PGR 3 12:10 Infomercials 0 2am Infomercials 3am Baby 5:30 City Impact Church 3 Daddy 3 3:25 The Real PGR 3 4:15 Family Matters 3 4:40 The Adam And Eve Show 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials 6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Sesame Street 0 6:55 Peppa Pig 0 7am Tashi 3 0 7:25 Randy Cunningham – 9th Grade Ninja 3 0 7:50 The Day My Butt Went Psycho 3 0 8:15 Goldie And Bear 3 0 8:40 Miles From Tomorrowland 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 0 11am Cupcake Wars Noon Jeremy Kyle PGR 1pm Judge Rinder 2pm Mike And Molly PGR 3 0 2:30 Home And Away 3 0 3pm Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:30 Leon 0 3:35 The Adam And Eve Show 0 4:05 Girl Meets World After receiving a bad grade, Riley realises high-school scores count towards her permanent record. 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

MOVIES PREMIERE

Westside

8:30pm on Three

BRAVO 10am N Top Chef PGR 10:55 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 11:20 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 11:50 Snapped PGR 3 12:45 Real Housewives Of Orange County AO 1:40 Barely Famous AO 3 2:05 Hollywood Darlings AO (Starting Today) 3 2:35 Million Dollar Listing NY 3 3:35 Hoarders 3 4:30 Dance Moms 3 5:30 Million Dollar Listing NY 3 6:30 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 7pm Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta A bride wants to incorporate camouflage into her wedding gown; a bride who hates shopping needs help finding her dream dress.

7:30 Masters Of Flip 8:30 Million Dollar Listing NY PGR 9:30 Snapped – She Made Me Do It PGR 10:30 Snapped PGR 11:30 Hoarders 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

PRIME

6:20 The Forest MVC 2016 Horror. Natalie Dormer, Eoin Macken. 7:55 The D Train 16LSC 2015 Comedy.

Jack Black, James Marsden.

9:35 Rock The Kasbah MVLSC 2015 Comedy.

Bill Murray, Kate Hudson.

Ice Road Truckers 11:20 10 Cloverfield 7:30pm on Prime Lane MVC 2016 Thriller Horror. John Goodman, THE BOX Mary Elizabeth Winstead, 6am Wheel Of Fortune John Gallagher jr.

PG 6:25 Jeopardy PG 1:05 Keeping Up With 6:50 Covert Affairs MV The Joneses MVLS 2016 7:40 The Carbonaro Effect Comedy. Gal Gadot, PG 8:05 The Carbonaro Effect PG 8:30 The Simpsons Jon Hamm. 2:50 Black PG 8:55 Criminal Minds 16VS Mountain Side 16VC 2014 9:45 Law And Order – LA Horror. Shane Twerdun, MV 10:40 Law And Order Michael Dickson, Carl Toftfelt.

– LA MV 11:35 Jeopardy 4:30 Ghostbusters PGL 2016 PG Noon Wheel Of Fortune Action. Melissa McCarthy, PG 12:25 Pawn Stars Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon.

PG 12:50 Piha Rescue PG 6:25 The Infiltrator 16VLSC 1:20 Heroes MV 2:10 CSI – Miami MV 3:05 The 2016 Crime. Bryan Cranston, Carbonaro Effect PG 3:30 The Diane Kruger. 8:30 The Witch Carbonaro Effect PG 4pm The 16VC 2016 Horror Mystery.

Simpsons PG 4:30 Wheel Of A family in 1630s New England Fortune PG 5pm Jeopardy is divided by witchcraft, PG 5:30 Covert Affairs black magic, and possession.

MV 6:30 Piha Rescue Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, PG 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 CSI – Miami MV Kate Dickie.

8:30 The Crayfishers PG 10:05 Daddy’s Home MVLS 9pm Deep Undercover 2015 Comedy. Will Ferrell, MVLC 9:30 Helicopter ER Mark Wahlberg.

M 10:30 Criminal Minds 11:40 Legend 18VL 2015 16VS 11:25 CSI – Miami MV Biography Crime. Tom Hardy, TUESDAY Emily Browning, Taron Egerton.

12:20 Covert Affairs MV 1:20 Wheel Of Fortune TUESDAY PG 1:50 Criminal Minds 1:50 Ghostbusters PGL 2016 16VS 2:40 Pawn Stars Action. Melissa McCarthy, PG 3:05 Supernatural Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon.

16V 3:55 The Crayfishers 3:45 The Infiltrator 16VLSC PG 4:20 Deep Undercover 2016 Crime. 5:50 The Witch MVLC 4:45 Helicopter ER M 5:35 Piha Rescue PG 16VC 2016 Horror Mystery.

CHOICE

6am The Legend Of Korra 6:25 Bella And The Bulldogs 3 6:50 Kid v Kat 3 7:15 The Fairly Odd Parents 3 7:40 League Of Super Evil 3 8:05 The Penguins Of Madagascar 3 8:30 Kung Fu Dino Posse 3 8:55 Million Dollar Minute 3 9:25 Wheel Of Fortune 3 9:50 Jeopardy 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 12:40 Escape To The Country 3 1:35 Class AO 3 2:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3pm Escape To The Country 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 0 5pm Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Prime News 6pm Wheel Of Fortune 3 6:30 Jeopardy 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Ice Road Truckers PGR Ice-road legend Alex Debogorski returns and tackles an untested crossing; to expand his squad, Polar boss Mark Kohaykewych tests driver Steph Custance. 0 8:30 Deadliest Lovers AO 0 9:30 Mayday AO 10:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR

6:30 Takoha 6:40 Nga Papara Kapi 7am Penguins Of Madagascar 3 7:30 Pukana 2 7:40 Huritua 7:50 Paia 8am R And R PGR 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Kawe Korero – Reporters 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Ako 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Takoha 3 3:10 Nga Papara Kapi 3 3:30 Penguins Of Madagascar 3 4pm Pukana 3 2 4:10 Huritua 3 4:20 Paia 3 4:30 Rugby League (HLS) 5:30 Polyfest Kapa Haka (HLS) 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 6:30 Te Kaea 2 7pm Kawe Korero – Reporters 7:30 F Cam’s Kai 8pm School Of Hard Knocks 8:30 N One World – He Ao Kotahi AO 9:30 Best Of Hunting Aotearoa PGR 3 10pm Whawhai Fight Night 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2

6am Benny Hinn 6:30 The Living Room 7:30 Jimmy Doherty’s Escape To The Wild 8:30 Secrets Of Great British Castles 9:30 Jamie’s American Road Trip 10:30 Tiny House Nation 11:30 Poh’s Kitchen Noon Jonathan Phang’s Gourmet Trains 1pm Secrets Of Great British Castles 2pm The Living Room 3pm Poh’s Kitchen 3:30 Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan 4:30 Scandimania Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall goes in a new direction, exploring what makes Scandinavia unique.

5:30 The House That 100K Built – Tricks Of The Trade Kieran Long and Piers Taylor help homeowners as they take on ambitious building projects.

6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Inside Kings Cross A train loses power on the Mainline; rail staff must free customers trapped in an elevator; the team at a London depot must repair a breakdown before morning.

8:30 The Man Who Discovered Egypt 9:30 Treasures Decoded 10:30 American Pickers

11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 The team presents the best of the day’s sports news.

Midnight Closedown

11pm Kawe Korero – Reporters News reporters dissect and discuss the day’s news and events.

11:30 Closedown

11:30 Scandimania Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall goes in a new direction, exploring what makes Scandinavia unique.

12:30 Benny Hinn 1am 10 Years Younger UK 2am Fantasy Homes By The Sea 3am Location, Location, Location 4am Treasures Decoded 5am The Man Who Discovered Egypt

MOVIES GREATS 7:35 Star Trek MV 2009 Sci-fi Action. Chris Pine.

9:40 Along Came Polly MS 2004 Romantic Comedy.

Ben Stiller, Jennifer Anniston.

11:10 Resident Evil – Afterlife 16VL 2010 Horror. Milla Jovovich, Wentworth Miller.

12:50 Finding Neverland PGC 2004 Drama. Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Dustin Hoffman.

2:30 Hitch MLS 2005 Comedy.

Will Smith, Eva Mendes.

4:25 Australia MVL 2008 Adventure. Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman.

7:05 The Last Exorcism 16V 2010 Horror. A troubled evangelical minister agrees to let his last exorcism be filmed by a documentary crew.

Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell.

8:30 Black Hawk Down 16V 2001 Action. A United States covert military operation in Somalia goes badly wrong.

Based on true events.

Ewan McGregor, Josh Hartnett.

10:55 Signs M 2002 Scifi Thriller. Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin.

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12:40 10,000 BC MV 2008 Adventure. Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis.

2:30 Australia MVL 2008 Adventure. Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman. 5:10 Hitch MLS 2005 Comedy. Will Smith, Eva Mendes.

SKY SPORT 1 6am L Darts – World Matchplay Final – Day Nine.

8am Fox Sports News 8:30 Rugby League – NRL Warriors v Sharks. 9am Rugby League – NRL Saturday.

9:30 Rugby League – NRL Sunday. 10am Cricket – International Sri Lanka v India – First Test, Day Five. 10:30 Sky Sports News UK 11am Cricket – International England v South Africa – Third Test, Day Four. 11:30 Rugby Nation 12:30 Sky Sports News UK 1pm Cricket – International Sri Lanka v India – First Test, Day Five. 1:30 Rugby League – NRL Saturday.

2pm Rugby League – NRL Sunday. 2:30 Spartan Race World Championship Seattle. 3:30 Motorcycling – Road Racing Series Southern 100 – Part One. 4:30 Motorcycling – Road Racing Series Southern 100 – Part Two. 5:30 Ironman – Championship Series France. 6pm Darts – World Matchplay Final – Day Nine.

8pm Rugby – Super Rugby Semi-final – Lions v Hurricanes.

8:30 Rugby – Super Rugby Semi-final – Crusaders v Chiefs. 10:30 Rugby Nation 11:30 Fox Sports News

TUESDAY

Midnight Aussie Rules – AFL 3am Motorcycling – Road Racing Series 4am L Cycling – Tour Of Poland Stage Three.

5:30 InCycle

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

SKY SPORT 2 6am Rugby Nation 7am Motorsport – Formula One World Championship (RPL) Magyar Nagydij.

9:50 Motorsport – GP3 Series (RPL) Hungary – Race One. 10:40 Motorsport – GP3 Series (RPL) Hungary – Race Two. 11:30 Motorsport – GP2 Series (RPL) Hungary – Race One. 12:30 Motorsport – GP2 Series (RPL) Hungary – Race Two. 1:30 Motorsport – Formula One World Championship (HLS) Magyar Nagydij. 2pm Motorsport – Supercars (HLS) Ipswich Supersprint – Race 15.

2:30 Motorsport – Supercars (HLS) Ipswich Supersprint – Race 16. 3pm Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Warriors v Sharks.

5pm The After Match 5:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Semi-final – Lions v Hurricanes.

7:30 The Hunters Club Reloads, Reels and Rebuilds.

8:30 NRL 360 9:30 Monday Night With Matty Johns 10:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Warriors v Sharks.

11pm Spartan Race World Championship Seattle.

TUESDAY

Midnight NRL 360 1am Monday Night With Matty Johns 2am Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Rabbitohs v Raiders. 4am Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Roosters v Cowboys.

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DISCOVERY 6:35 Gold Rush PG 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 MythBusters PG YouTube Special. 9:10 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 10am Treehouse Masters PG 10:50 Dr Karl’s Outrageous Acts Of Science PG 11:40 Web Of Lies M 12:30 Murder Comes To Town M 1:20 A Crime To Remember M 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 Auction Hunters PG 3:50 Gold Rush PG 4:45 What On Earth? PG Lost Empire of the Amazon.

5:40 MythBusters PG Car v Rain.

6:35 Megatrains PG France.

7:30 Auction Hunters PG Betsy’s Last Stand.

8pm Auction Hunters PG Risk and Reward.

8:30 MythBusters PG 9:25 What On Earth? PG 10:15 Deadliest Catch PG 11:05 A Crime To Remember M 11:55 Murder Comes To Town M

TUESDAY

12:45 Gold Rush PG 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am Auction Hunters PG 2:25 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How Do They Do It? PG 5:20 Auction Hunters PG 5:45 Moonshiners M

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Sport Burling finds his form Olympic gold medallist Peter Burling has jumped up the leaderboard after the second day of gold fleet sailing at the Moth world championships in Italy. Fourth after day one, Burling now sits second behind British sailor Peter Goodison after four races in light to moderate breezes on Lake Garda. In his first competitive outing since helping steer Team NZ to America’s Cup glory in Bermuda a month ago, Burling has steadily worked his way into medal contention after finishing 15th in qualifying.

Halanukonuka a Warrior

Southern celebrate a successful season on the paddock after downing Mt Somers in the Senior B final at Mayfield on Saturday.

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Pirates take the spoils

BY JAIME PITT-MACKAY JAIME.P@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Southern and Mt Somers played out a brilliant end to the Senior B rugby season in Mayfield on a stunning Saturday afternoon.

With a bite of frost still lingering in the air, Southern flew out of the gates, piling the pressure on the Mt Somers defence early, with pick and go after pick and go allowing Southern to dot down in the corner.

Edward Griffiths was unable to convert, giving Southern a five-point lead.

The major talking point of the game came not long after, with Southern’s Fraser Hutchinson being given a red card, leaving Southern with more than 70 minutes to play with 14 men.

The Southerners did not let this get them down and defend-

ed strongly for long periods.

However, Mt Somers were always going to get the chance to spread the play and make Southern pay, and that they did.

Spreading the ball out to the right wing, Mt Somers captain Adam Bishell had the legs to chase down a kick and chase for Mount’s first points of the game.

Bishell was not able to convert however, leaving the scores tied at 5-5.

Mt Somers nearly scored a second in an identical fashion, but the Southern defence was switched on and able to deal with the danger.

Southern took the lead through a Griffiths’ penalty late in the half, giving Southern a slender 8-5 advantage at halftime.

Southern picked up another

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penalty not long after, extending their lead to six.

Mt Somers were finally able to make their numerical superiority count, with their lively passing backs finally able to combine fully, creating numerical superiority in the corner.

Southern looked to have held on with several try-saving tackles being put in, but it was not enough.

A great conversion from the sideline followed, giving Mt Somers their first lead of the game, albeit a very narrow onepoint one.

The pressure was then on the 14-man Southern to make something magical happen, and that they did.

With the bit between their teeth, they were able to pressure Mt Somers with phase after

phase, just as they had done in the first five minutes.

Eventually, the ball was spread to the right wing corner, with Southern reclaiming the lead with a well-taken try.

The conversion was missed, leaving Southern leading 16-12.

Mt Somers, cheered on by a large group of fans, battled on, but were unable to break down the wall of Southern defence.

The game would not be without one last bit of drama, with Southern’s kick for touch to end the game nearly not making out, requiring one bounce before crossing the line.

The win wraps up an unbeaten run in the second half of the Senior B campaign for Southern, as well as securing them the Bruce Beckley Memorial Cup.

Highlanders prop Siua Halanukonuka has signed a two-year deal at Glasgow Warriors. He will make the shift in October at the end of his commitments with Tasman in the national provincial championship.

Halanukonuka, 30, has spent the last two seasons at the Highlanders and will link up with Chiefs coach Dave Rennie in Glasgow. He has played six tests for Tonga after making his debut in 2014, and previously played European rugby at French club Narbonne in 2014-15.

Eels rule out De Gois Parramatta have ruled that journeyman hooker Isaac De Gois will not play for the NRL club again after a pre-season concussion. The 32-year-old suffered a head knock in a clash against Gold Coast in Alice Springs in February and News Corp Australia reported that time has been called on his career at the Eels. “It all comes back to a duty of care issue,” Eels chief executive Bernie Gurr said. “It’s not a money issue and it’s not a salary cap issue. He’ll get paid everything he is owed.”

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