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Youth admits multiple charges An Ashburton youth has admitted stealing a work truck and driving it to Christchurch, where police eventually used road spikes to stop it.

The occupants of the vehicle had their faces covered and were armed with tomahawks and hammers.

The 16-year-old driver was in the Ashburton Youth Court yesterday on a raft of charges arising from the incident and Judge Joanna Maze said it was an option to convict him and transfer him to the district court for sentence.

Police prosecutor Rob Hooper said the youth broke into Rooney Earthmoving just after midnight on September 30 and took a Toyota Hilux worth $10,000. He reversed it through the company’s $1000 front gates and drove to Christchurch, where it was spotted being driven reck-

lessly about 2am. The vehicle was speeding at 80km/h around the city and police laid down two sets of road spikes to stop it. The vehicle carried on with damaged tyres for another 16km before the youth lost control while driving around Latimer Square.

Officers said the occupants of the vehicle were waving hammers and tomahawks. The youth was hanging out the driver’s door taunting police, driving on the wrong side of the road and into the path of oncoming vehicles, Hooper said.

The vehicle finally stopped when it hit two police cars. The youth was in possession of a backpack with a cannabis bong and car conversion tools.

The youth, through his lawyer Gretchen Hart, admitted charges which included burglary, failing to stop, reckless

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Hart said the young man was expecting to be sent to the youth justice facility Te Puna Wai at Rolleston, where he was being held on remand.

A family group conference for similar charges held prior to the September 30 offending had recommended the youth serve six months at the facility. But Judge Maze said she wanted more information about rehabilitation for the youth in the wake of the new charges.

There had been a marked deterioration in behaviour, she said. Genuine remorse and accountability were key issues.

The judge remanded the case to November 20 for new information to be gathered. The youth remains in residential care until sentencing then.

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$17m price tag on CYFS overhaul Nearly $17.5 million was spent in the overhaul and rebranding of Child Youth and Family Services when it became Ministry for Vulnerable Children this year.

The “obscenely large amount of money” could have gone to reducing child poverty, Mangere Budgeting Services CEO Darryl Evans said.

“I look at that type of money and I think, you know, God, you could feed every kid in the country, essentially.”

The total cost for the government department’s restructure and controversial name change to Ministry for Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki is $17,431,670 according to figures released under the Official Information Act (OIA).

It is not yet clear whether this figure is GST exclusive.

Of that number, more than $5m was spent on consultants hired to work on setting up Oranga Tamariki, $2.5m on contractors, and $2.8m on changes to IT systems.

The cost of rebranding was about $46,778, while staff in the children’s worker roles who had to be rehired were put through $56,000 worth of more intensive background checks and vetting.

The figures come as new Minister for Children Tracey Martin announced last week that the department’s name would change yet again – with the “vulnerable” set to be dropped from the ministry’s official name. There have been no indications as to how much the latest name change will cost.

Evans said it was easy for the public or a layman to say the CYFs overhaul could have been done more cheaply, but $17m sounded like a “massive” amount of money to him.

“If I think what else could have been done with that ... it just sounds like an obscenely large amount of money.

“When you’re talking $17 million it just sounds incredible, it’s massive. It could have gone to a whole range of things, [like] reducing the number of children living in poverty.”

Families were coming into his service on a daily basis needing food parcels, Evans said, and he saw many children who didn’t go to school because there was no food to pack in their lunchboxes.

According to the OIA documents, the majority of the cost went towards the overhaul of the department, rather than the actual name change.

The “whole of sector shift” involved working with other agencies and the wider community to design new models and establish a better service.

“These streams of work have all been occurring while the vital core work of support and caring for children continued both before and after Oranga Tamariki’s establishment,” director Nadine Kilmister said in the OIA response.

The amount of activity in such a short timeframe had made the programme “exceptionally complex”.

“It has required major changes in culture and ways of working, as well as the development of new investment, operating and practice models.”

People with “specialist expertise” from both the private and public sectors were needed to work on the transition.

Establishing the new ministry was a “significant task”, Kilmister said, but was only the start of a four or five year transformation.

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Five-year-old Scarlet O’Flanagan and her four-year-old brother Flyn have been busy decorating their Methven home and yard for Halloween today.

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Witches, monsters, ghouls and goblins will descend upon Methven tonight for Halloween.

The town is getting into the spirit of the occasion, with houses signing up as trick-or-treat destinations, and a fancy dress and pumpkin lantern competition planned.

But whether there will be enough candy for all the trick or treaters is yet to be seen, with not as many homes signing up to a community initiative as hoped.

Mum Clare O’Flanagan has a map of 21 householders that she has organised, and has allocated each of them with ghost markers to put outside their gates. Many had decorated their homes, and

she would be awarding a trophy for the scariest house.

She said the ghost marker would indicate to trick or treaters that those residents were ready for them.

She said she had initially hoped to get at least 30 homes.

However, there could be additional residents also awaiting trick or treaters, who would most likely signal their involvement with decorations outside their gates.

O’Flanagan was expecting lots of demand with last Halloween an estimated 200 children going door-to-door in the town, and she had heard there were family groups planning to travel from Ashburton.

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“The kids still get to look at the houses and all the decorations and things, it’s still something for kids to do,” she said.

O’Flanagan had grown up celebrating Halloween as part of her Irish heritage, and she was glad to be passing on the tradition to her children, five-year-old Scarlet and four-year-old Flyn.

The maps would be available today online or at Methven Four Square, and trick or treating was for children aged up to 13.

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■ LAURISTON SCHOOL

Students jump their way to national success

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A team of 11 Lauriston School Year 6 pupils has danced its way to national success.

With a flawless sequence to Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off, the team won its section at the New Zealand National Championships for JUMP JAM. “It was phenomenal, they did so well, we are just so very, very proud of each and every one of them,” said teacher in charge Krystel Elliott.

The team was one of just five from schools in the South Island selected to compete at the nationals after submitting an example of their JUMP JAM aerobic dance artistry skills via video.

They had got the idea of entering from a team member who had competed previously while attending another school.

From then on it was just passion, dedication and commitment, as they held three to four practice sessions per week and thrived with an exceptional team dynamic.

The coaches were parent Jacky Oakeshot and school support staff member Colleen Beatty.

It was the first time Lauriston School had competed, and fundraising helped pay for expenses such as flights, while a sponsor

OMG, we have won – Lauriston School’s JUMP JAM team has returned from Auckland victorious. provided hoodies for the girls to travel in, Elliott said.

The rules of their section necessitated a regulation JUMP JAM performance T-shirt, but they added some flair with or-

ange and purple hair ribbons.

Now younger pupils at the school are considering carrying on the JUMP JAM tradition, while the Year 6 girls who won this time round plan to propose

that their new school next year, Mount Hutt College, enter.

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JUMP JAM routines and as such is ideal for schools new to the competition. In addition it won excellence for presentation, excellence in technical execution and best new school competing.

Ideas flood in for rates money spend

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When it comes to how the Ashburton District should grow and develop in the future, its residents are not short on ideas.

A survey designed to help the Ashburton District Council plan for the future has generated more than 2200 individual suggestions ranging from roading and economic development to sports and recreational facilities.

The Our Place survey is part of

the council’s consultation for its long term plan and is run over three stages.

The ideas generated in stage one that saw 660 residents respond, have now been collated.

Issues around roading attracted the greatest number of responses, 269 followed by business development 212. Parks and open spaces, economic development and tourism, the town centre and the EA Networks Centre were also high on the list.

Stage two consultation has started and this is where the community is asked to comment on those ideas and focus on those they believe are essential for the future of Ashburton.

Taking part in stage one is not a pre-requisite to taking part in stage two, said council community relations manager Vincie Billante.

“We welcome feedback from everyone,” she said.

Stage two requires residents to

select from four choices over several issues the one they think is most critical for the district over the next 10 years.

A final survey will open next month and this will be based on feedback on stage two. Once that survey is completed the council will have some very clear ideas about the things it should include in its draft long term plan.

That plan details where rates money will be spent over a 10 year period. This plan goes out

for community consultation providing people with an opportunity to say whether or not they agree with the council’s spending plan.

Responses can be made online at www.ItsOurplace.com, through a new app Antenno which is available to download free through the App store or Google Play or as a hard copy, available at the council office, the Ashburton Library or EA Networks Centre.

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■ MS METHVEN

Birthday drinks costly

Putting the fun into fundraiser

Others to appear in the Ashburton District Court yesterday before Judge Joanna Maze:

ordered to pay court costs of $130 and disqualified from driving for six months.

Jasem Sooaemalelagi, 21, admitted drink driving on East Street on October 8, after drinks to celebrate his birthday. He failed a breath screening test and blew 477mcg.

He was fined $300, ordered to pay $130 court costs and disqualified from driving for six months.

Jason Michael O’Connor, 22, a painter, admitted drink driving on State Highway 1, on a trip from Rolleston to Ashburton. He blew 696mcg.

Police had received reports of his vehicle tailgating and being driven at speed.

He was fined $600, ordered to pay court costs of $130 and disqualified from driving for six months.

George Siaosi Ioapo, 25, admitted drink driving and driving while forbidden. Staff at McDonald’s called police when Ioapo was in the drive-thru in the early hours of October 6.

Police stopped him and he blew 769mcg.

The labourer was fined $700,

Travis Wilson, 30, was fined $200 after admitting driving while his licence was suspended. He said he needed to get to work. He was also disqualified from driving for six months.

Cameron Hugh Muckle, 21, admitted two charges of driving while disqualified and was sentenced to 40 hours’ community work. He was also disqualified from driving for six months.

Police said Muckle, a disqualified driver, was behind the wheel of a car stopped by police on Cross Street in July though he jumped into the back seat and said it was a mate who was driving. He was recognised as a disqualified driver behind the wheel at Rakaia in September.

Judge Maze warned Muckle the penalty would be higher if he was caught again.

Richard John Ashworth, 25, a labourer, admitted driving on the Rakaia highway while his licence was suspended. He was sen-

tenced to 80 hours’ community work and warned the car he was driving would be confiscated if it happened again.

Ashworth had been suspended from driving until June next year but was behind the wheel on September 7.

Judge Maze imposed no more disqualification. “Surprise both of us and get through this,” she said.

Andrea Frances Clay, 44, admitted charges of drink driving and careless use. She crashed into a parked car on Thomson Street on September 22; police breathtested her and she blew 1102mcg.

She was remanded to December 18 for a restorative justice meeting with the owner of the parked car and sentence.

New Zealanders waste $1.8b of food a year New research reveals Kiwis waste a staggering $1.8 billion on food every year – an eighth of what they buy each week.

Findings suggest those who eat out more than three times a week are the most likely to waste food, wasting 21 per cent of the food they purchase.

The research, commissioned by a divison of rural bank and agricultural farm finance firm RaboBank New Zealand, found 94 per cent of all New Zealanders waste food, despite 79 per cent admitting they don’t like to.

Rabobank New Zealand chief executive Daryl Johnson says Kiwis are significantly underestimating how much food they are wasting, and the financial cost.

“New Zealanders are very aware of food waste on an individual level, but are less aware of the bigger impact,” Johnson said.

“Seventy per cent of Kiwis underestimate how much we waste as a nation, which currently equates to 122,547 tonnes” – the equivalent of 350 Boeing 747 jum-

Kiwis are underestimating how much food they are wasting, and the financial cost. bo jets or 29 kilograms per person.

Rabobank recently announced the Kickstart Food global activation programme to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world food supply.

“The demand for food is set to rise considerably as a consequence of a growing and wealthier

global population, with the world population forecast to increase by two billion people to more than nine billion by 2050.

“To meet this demand, world food production will have to increase by at least 60 per cent,” Johnson said.

“On a global scale, part of the

solution to this challenge is to reduce wastage so that the food that we already produce reaches where it is needed.”

The leading contributor to food waste – 55 per cent – was food going off before being eaten, research shows.

Fifteen per cent was found to be from unfinished food on our plates and 7 per cent was of food not tasting as good as expected.

“Farmers and agribusinesses work hard to produce what is among the best food in the world, and we need to do more to ensure it is not thrown away,” Johnson said.

Jenny Marshall of Love Food Hate Waste, an organisation providing information to help Kiwis cut wastage, says overall awareness has grown.

“It’s clear that Kiwis now recognise the scale of their own contribution, but until we repeat our bin audit research in 2019 it won’t be clear if this increased awareness of food waste has led to behaviour change,” Marshall said. - NZME

This year’s Ms Methven competition went off with a bang on Saturday night, with about 280 people treated to a great evening’s entertainment.

While some might say everyone was a winner on the night – including the audience – the “girl” who claimed the people’s choice award was Ms Methven Pubs Jan Lukasek, stage name Jan Donut, who wowed the crowd with a perfect twerk.

In all 10 local lads flaunted their inner female as part of the beauty pageant with a difference, which was a fundraiser for Methven school Our Lady of the Snows.

Diedra O’Shea, a member of the organising committee, said it was originally hoped the event would raise about $10,000 – but an indicative count so far is pointing towards at least double that amount.

“All the funds will go back into the classrooms – we’ve got more than we expected but proceeds will be split between additional support in the classroom in the form of specialised teacher support and resources for the children,” O’Shea said.

“As a little school there are nowhere near enough of us to run an event like this ourselves – but the amount of support we received has truly blown us away. Grateful doesn’t even describe it. We sincerely hope everyone enjoyed the show and we are humbled by the support.”

O’Shea said the “ladies” taking part gave up weeks of their time to make the event a success, and many of them had no direct connection to the school, which made their performances all the more humbling.

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■ MINISTER FOR CHILDREN

Barclay will not face more charges

Anti-smacking referendum dropped in negotiations

Former National MP Todd Barclay will not face any charges after again refusing to speak to detectives probing his secret taping of a staff member.

Police announced yesterday the results of a re-investigation that had commenced into allegations that the private communications of an individual were intercepted

by Barclay, who was then MP for Clutha-Southland.

As a result of the re-investigation Barclay would not face charges, police said.

Barclay had again declined to be interviewed by police, as was his legal right.

“After a thorough review of all information available to us, including legal advice both internal and from Crown Law, plus consideration of the Solicitor General’s prosecution guidelines, police has determined that there is no change to the outcome of the original investigation,” said Assistant Commissioner (Investigations) Richard Chambers.

Police had launched a

Todd Barclay 10-month investigation after Barclay’s electorate agent Glenys Dickson claimed Barclay secretly recorded her conversations.

Police declined to press charges, saying there was insufficient evidence.

Then Prime Minister Bill English was among those interviewed for the inquiry.

After mounting pressure following news of the controversy, Barclay announced he would not be seeking re-election – just three months out from the general

election in September.

English later told media Barclay had made the right call. Barclay is now believed to be living abroad.

Chambers said the re-investigation was in light of further information and comment which arose in the public domain earlier this year, in June.

“Police have assessed all this information, spoken again to some individuals already interviewed and also spoken to new individuals it was thought may have relevant information,’’ he said.

“Police took further steps to interview Mr Barclay who again declined, as is his right.’’

Chambers said the re-investigation included looking at suggestions that there had been “an element of coercion in relation to certain key witnesses”.

“We have found nothing to substantiate these suggestions.”

Chambers said “speculation, hearsay and third party information” did not in itself constitute evidence or wrongdoing.

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New Zealand First’s wish to hold a referendum on the anti-smacking law was dropped in coalition negotiations, new Minister for Children Tracey Martin says.

The referendum was an important policy for New Zealand First in the past – it was a bottom line in the 2014 election – but Martin confirmed that it dropped out of the picture in the coalition negotiations with the Labour Party.

“That was one of the policies that did not survive the negotiations,” Martin told RNZ’s Checkpoint. “So let’s move on.”

She admitted that she used to smack her children – “a smack on the leg, a smack on the hand” – when they refused to listen to her, but she had not smacked them since the 2007 law change.

The change removed the legal defence of “reasonable force” for parents who were

prosecuted for assaulting their children.

In 2009, 87.4 per cent of voters answered “no” in a referendum on the question: “Should a smack as part of good parental correction be a criminal offence in New Zealand?”

Last week Family First reminded NZ First of its 2014 pledge not to enter a coalition without a pledge to have a referendum on the anti-smacking law.

“NZ First campaigned strongly on fixing the anti-smacking law – an issue important to many families. We will continue to ask them to deliver on their pledge,” Family First said in a statement.

Martin said the focus on the smacking law had not worked, and it was time to look at a range of other measures to improve children’s safety – such as prevention.

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Halloween is just a bit of fun Colin Williscroft SENIOR REPORTER

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onight is Halloween and while it hasn’t traditionally been a big thing in much of New Zealand, it seems to be gaining a bit of momentum.

Much to some people’s horror.

Those against the event often portray it as a crass, commercialised celebration that should have stayed in America.

I can see why many people think that, given much of it seems to be driven by bargainbasement retailers trying to sell cheap costumes and bags and bags of lollies.

But then again Christmas has turned pretty commercial and I don’t see too many people wanting to cancel that.

Those same anti-Halloween people also point out the idea of knocking on strangers’ doors on one night of the year, when at all other times it’s discouraged, is a double-standard to say the least.

Then of course there’s the old “eating lots of lollies is unhealthy because of all the sugar” argument.

However, as many of those who enjoy Halloween point out – the celebration does have its positives, and there are ways around most of those criticisms.

For a start, no one is forced to go out and buy cheap costumes. Indeed, I’m sure there are some families out there who actually take the time to make them together – and so turn the event into quality, creative family time together.

Those same Halloween supporters also say they use the evening as an opportunity where, when walking their children around their neighbourhoods, they get the chance to stop and have a quick chat with their neighbours, which is good for community spirit.

And as for encouraging children to sugar rush on scoffing lots of lollies, they don’t have to be eaten all at once.

I could be wrong here but for most kids going out trick or treating on Halloween is more about dressing up and having a bit of fun. Getting the odd treat on the way through is just a bonus. It’s not all about lollies or chocolates.

And that’s what adults tend to forget sometimes – it’s about having fun as a kid.

So lighten up. There are bigger things to worry about.

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he new government has been sworn in, ministers are in place, and details are emerging on policy direction. What does all this mean for farmers, the primary sector, and the economy?

On the positive side the water tax has been shelved for the term of this Parliament and there will be a big boost for regional economic development.

Few would also disagree with the need to address problems like housing affordability, child poverty, and workforce skills.

The environment will be one of the big priorities for the new government. Although the water tax is off the table farmers can expect moves to further strengthen rules for freshwater management and the enforcement of them through the RMA, and a less favourable environment for irrigation.

Federated Farmers will be working hard to ensure water policy is sensible, practical and affordable.

There will also be more ambitious policy on climate change. Depending on what the to-be-established Climate Commission decides, livestock emissions seem headed for the ETS albeit at a less punitive rate of entry (5 per cent versus 10 per cent) than promised by Labour pre-election. It is also positive that revenue would be recycled back to agriculture to help with tree planting and other forms of mitigation.

However, Federated Farmers remains opposed to including livestock emissions in the ETS when cost-effective mitigation options are not available and when other countries are not taking similar action.

Forestry appears to be a big winner with a ‘billion trees planting programme’ and reestablishment of the Forestry Service. Planting more trees is important but it needs to be in the right places on the right land and it would be concerning if it displaced productive farmland.

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The water tax has been shelved for the term of this Parliament but what about next term? independence, we all want higher wages but legislating for it without considering productivity and affordability would be problematic. A substantially higher minimum wage will be tough on many small businesses and could cost jobs. Taking on that extra staff member and getting him or her up to speed may be put out of reach for farms and other small businesses.

Turning to tax there will be a levy on international tourists, a levy on bottled water exports, and a regional fuel tax for Auckland, and there is talk of a stamp duty if foreigners can’t be banned from buying houses.

The previous government’s tax cuts, which were due to take effect in April, will be cancelled.

Looking ahead a Tax Working Group will be tasked with how to make the tax system ‘more progressive’. Options will likely include a capital gains tax, a land tax, a higher top rate of personal income tax, a lower rate of GST (or more exemptions from it), and re-imposition of death and gift duties. Most of these will be unwelcome for farmers.

Labour has promised though not to impose any new or higher taxes recommended by the

Working Group until after the next election.

Science and innovation funding will be reformed, including a shift to R&D tax credits instead of grants schemes.

The federation certainly supports the government’s goal to boost R&D spending to 2 per cent of GDP. Tightening immigration settings will also have economic costs, depending on how the government expects to achieve lower net migration. As well as putting a number of industries under pressure, cutting immigration may make it harder to build more houses and associated infrastructure, or increase staffing in health.

Auckland’s problems are not Southland’s and we agree will having regional skill shortages lists that include farming positions.

Overseas investment and international trade are also areas where there could be a big shift.

Action against sales of existing houses to foreign ‘speculators’ will happen in some form (either banned or a stamp duty) and there will be a register of overseas ownership of houses and farms.

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Banning foreigners from buying houses will have implications for trade agreements and it would be unfortunate if New Zealand had to concede market access for agricultural products.

However, we do support the promise of a register of foreignowned rural land. There is an information vacuum on the real scale of overseas investment in rural land. For example, the Overseas Investment Office’s statistics only go back to 2005 and currently do not pick up when foreigners become New Zealanders or sell the land back to New Zealanders.

Federated Farmers is determined to work constructively with the incoming government to help it implement policies that are good for New Zealand, good for the primary sector, and good for farmers.

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■ UNITED STATES

Probe a ‘witch hunt’ US President Donald Trump has once again called special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s investigation into his campaign’s links with Russia a “witch hunt” and demanded that “something” be done about alleged irregularities he says his former Democratic presidential rival, Hillary Clinton, committed during the 2016 election.

In a series of Twitter messages, Trump did not comment on the news that the first charges resulting from Mueller’s probe into presumed Russian interference in the election have been filed and tried to divert attention to the alleged actions

by Clinton and other Democrats.

“Never seen such Republican ANGER & UNITY as I have concerning the lack of investigation on Clinton made Fake Dossier (now $12,000,000?), ....” wrote Trump in an initial tweet.

He followed it up shortly after in several more tweets, saying “... the Uranium to Russia deal, the 33,000 plus deleted Emails, the Comey fix and so much more. Instead they look at phony Trump/Russia, ... ‘collusion,’ which doesn’t exist. The Dems are using this terrible (and bad for our country) Witch Hunt for

Warne next Bachelor?

President Donald Trump is unleashing new criticism of the probes into possible ties between his campaign associates and Russia. evil politics, but the R’s ... are now fighting back like never before. There is so much GUILT

by Democrats/Clinton, and now the facts are pouring out.

DO SOMETHING!” Then Trump tweeted that “All of this ‘Russia’ talk right when the Republicans are making their big push for historic Tax

Cuts & Reform. Is this coincidental? NOT!” Late last week, a Washington grand jury approved the first charges in Mueller’s investigation, although they have been kept sealed so far by order of a federal judge.

The investigation deals with alleged links between the

Former cricketer and notorious “love rat” Shane Warne is lining up to be Australia’s next Bachelor, according to New Idea magazine. However, the serial philanderer – whose marriage publicly broke down in 2005 when a series of extra-marital affairs were revealed by the British tabloid press – has hit back, calling the claims “hurtful”.

New Idea reports Warne is close to signing a contract, believed to be worth $1 million, to take the starring role in the next series of The Bachelor Australia. However, the father-of-three has hit back on Twitter, saying there is no truth to the story and accusing “No Idea” of “lies”.

Kremlin and Trump’s campaign, but it also covers the president’s finances and family business activities and is seeking to determine if the mogul obstructed justice when in May he fired then-FBI director James Comey, who had been heading the Russia investigation.

- EFE

■ INDIA

Hush money offered

Separated twin ‘opens eyes’ after surgery

Rose McGowan claims that producer Harvey Weinstein recently offered her $US1 million ($NZ1.4m) in hush money to keep silent about her sexual assault allegations. McGowan, 44, who was allegedly raped by Harvey Weinstein at the Sundance Film Festival in 1997, said someone close to the scandal-hit producer had made the offer in exchange for her signing a non-disclosure agreement. “I had all these people I’m paying telling me to take it so that I could fund my art,” said McGowan. Weinstein’s offer to McGowan came just days before multiple women accused him of sexual harassment and abuse.

One of the twin boys who were conjoined at the head has opened his eyes four days after a historic surgery to separate them in India, a doctor says.

Two-year-old Jaga has also responded to simple commands, including moving his limbs. He is on a ventilator and needs daily dialysis due to kidney problems.

His brother, Kalia, is not yet conscious and has suffered seizures.

The boys were born with shared blood vessels and brain tissues and a 16-hour surgery separated them.

A team of 30 doctors carried

One of the separated twins two days after the operation. out the operation – the first of its kind in India – at a state-run hospital in the capital, Delhi.

Both boys are stable and doctors are satisfied with their progress so far, Professor

Deepak Gupta, who was involved in the operation, said.

The twins, hailing from a village in eastern Orissa state, were joined at the head – a condition known as craniopagus.

Even before the operation they had defeated the odds – craniopagus occurs in one in three million births, and 50 per cent of those affected die within 24 hours, doctors say.

The first surgery was performed on August 28 when the doctors created a bypass to separate the shared veins that return blood to the heart from the brain.

- BBC

■ AFRICA

‘Something different’ about this Black Death Plague warnings were being issued for nine countries in southeast Africa this week, as authorities rushed to contain an outbreak of Black Death.

It’s the same disease that led to one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, killing an estimated 25 million people in Medieval Europe.

The recent outbreak is believed to have started in Madagascar and at least 1300 people have been infected.

It’s a serious bacterial infection transmitted by fleas, and can be easily treated with an-

tibiotics, but so far 124 have been reported dead.

“Plague, though terrifying, is nothing new in Madagascar, where about 600 cases are reported annually,” the World Health Organisation said on its website.

However, WHO officials warned there is “something different” about this outbreak, and “health officials couldn’t explain it”.

“Plague is a disease of poverty, because it thrives in places with poor sanitary conditions and health services,” said Dr

Cowell collapses

A child wears a face mask inside a hospital in the capital Antananarivo, Madagascar.

Arthur Rakotonjanabelo. country, which hadn’t seen it However, he said the plague since at least 1950. had spread to new parts of the - NZME

Simon Cowell is still “very shaken” and in constant pain after being rushed to hospital. The 58-year-old music mogul was stretchered out of his London home in a neck brace after fainting and falling down stairs, and though he has been discharged and is expected to return to work, he has reportedly been warned by medics the lights and heat in the studio could trigger a relapse. But Cowell will still defy doctors’ advice to rest until next week in order to support his contestants on the show. A source told The Sun newspaper: “Simon is suffering bad pains in his neck, and is still very shaken.”

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Parker targets ban on house sales

of artificial intelligence technology, including image recognition.

Photos of people would allow the company to identify customers and work out their age and general health.

Photos of a car would help it pre-populate data based on number plate details and photos of contents could help with working out how much an item was worth and with prevention of dishonesty claims.

Coon said Cove hoped to tap into a growing proportion of the population that did not want to speak to a person on the phone, although people would also be able to speak to a person if they want to.

“I think a younger market will naturally gravitate towards it,” he said.

The company will partner with a yet to be announced significant player in the insurance industry who would have all the capital and licensing requirements needed.

– NZME

Marsden Maritime sells 41.5ha site

By JonAThAn underhill Marsden Maritime Holdings, which owns half of the Marsden Point-based Northport, has sold a net 41.5-hectare block of industrially zoned farmland for $4 million after a deal that allowed it to consolidate its land holdings.

The company said the block was

sold to a major New Zealand-based timber importer and processor.

The sale follows Marsden Maritime’s announcement in April that it had acquired a 55ha block of industrially-zoned farmland at Marsden Point that bordered three adjacent company-owned properties.

At the time, it said the fragment-

ed nature of its landholdings had been an impediment to planning for long-term developments.

It immediately began marketing a 44ha parcel of land that was furthest from the port and deemed of lowest strategic value. The sale of 41.5ha is after deduction of land needed for a new roadway, it said.

– NZME

NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

Source: NZX and Standard & Poors

S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross constituents Company CODE

a2 Milk Company ATM Air NZ AIR ANZ Banking Gr ANZ Argosy Prop ARG Arvida Gr ARV Auckland Intl Airpt AIA CBL Corp CBL Chorus CNU Comvita CVT Contact Energy CEN Ebos Gr EBO F&P Healthcare FPH Fletcher Building FBU Fonterra Share Fund FSF Freightways FRE Genesis Energy GNE Goodman Prop Tr GMT Heartland Bank HBL Infratil IFT Investore Property IPL Kathmandu Hldgs KMD Kiwi Property Gr KPG Mainfreight MFT Mercury NZ MCY Meridian Energy MEL Metlifecare MET Metro Perf Glass MPG NZ Refining NZR NZX NZX Port of Tauranga POT Precinct Properties PCT Prop for Industry PFI Restaurant Brands RBD Ryman Healthcare RYM Sanford SAN Scales Corp SCL Sky Network TV SKT Sky City SKC Spark SPK Stride Prop & Inv SPG Summerset Gr Hldgs SUM Synlait Milk SML Tourism Holdings THL Trade Me Gr TME TrustPower TPW Vector VCT Vital Hlth Prop Tr VHP Westpac Banking WBC Xero XRO Z Energy ZEL

Buy price

873 334 3350 103 116 625 290 411 865 567 1755 1337 738 630 756 241 132 189 317 133 239 132.5 2421 333 281 575 98 252 118 458 129 162 667 911 788 384 258 387 365 162 488 810 497 451 576 333 221.5 3670 3380 723

Sell price

878 335 3390 103.5 118 627 293 413 880 569 1770 1349 743 633 760 242.5 132.5 190 317.5 135 241 133 2427 337 283 580 99 253 120 459 129.5 162.5 670 914 790 388 260 390 368.5 163 490 824 502 455 579 334 222 3768 3399 725

Last sale

875 335 3378 103.5 118 625 292 411 875 567 1755 1347 738 632 760 241 132 190 317 133 240 132.5 2424 333 283 578 98 252 120 459 129 162 670 914 790 388 258 390 365 163 488 824 500 454 576 334 222 3732 3399 725

At close of trading on Monday, October 30, 2017

Daily Volume move ’000s

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2.4m 345.4 35.56 229.1 653.0 800.0 101.4 699.5 86.31 2.4m 57.61 775.8 3.4m 461.1 346.1 315.0 1.1m 203.0 493.4 474.8 979.7 567.4 164.4 636.7 1.5m 72.63 962.9 540.6 88.72 136.1 466.0 245.5 327.4 215.4 32.18 134.6 131.3 625.6 2.0m 329.3 183.9 416.3 564.7 1.1m 25.39 251.9 102.4 5.91 73.44 181.7

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A Kiwi start-up insurance company plans to use chat-bot technology to allow people to apply for insurance and make a claim via their mobile phone.

Chat-bots are computer programs that mimic conversation with people using artificial intelligence.

They aim to transform the way you interact with the internet from a series of self-initiated tasks to a quasi-conversation.

Andrew Coon, chief executive and one of three co-founders of Cove Insurance, wants to use the technology to move insurance from being a series of form-filling exercises to a much more userfriendly experience.

Coon, who is the son of Chris Coon who helped found New Zealand life insurers Sovereign and Partners Life and is on the board of the start-up, said and he and his brother Rob, another co-founder, had grown up around insurance.

But more recently the brothers had come back from Europe where they were with insurance start-up Finance Fox and they were looking to use a technology approach to insurance.

The pair point to the success of US insurance start-up Lemonade which has used chat-bot technology to speed up claims.

“Lemonade in New York is a good example of the sort of thing we would like to achieve.”

Coon said consumer research pointed to claims being both the best and worst thing about dealing with insurers.

Lemonade promises to pay out claims within three seconds and Coon believes it is plausible that Cove Insurance will be able to offer the same service here for straightforward claims.

The company plans to launch in the first quarter of next year and will focus on providing car, house and contents insurance, with an initial focus on one of those areas.

Coon said it hoped to use a lot

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the deal, but nonetheless a residue is still important, particularly into Japan. But if I was forced to trade between the principle of protecting New Zealanders’ rights to have control over who owns our houses and TPP, which I hope we will not be forced to choose between, then our promise in respect of who buys New Zealand homes will prevail,” he said.

“I am reasonably confident that we can avoid that binary choice.”

Asked if he was ruling out the use of stamp duty, he said: “Correct.”

It was not an uncomplicated solution and he had been advised it could cut across provisions of previous trade agreements.

Parker still harbours strong resentment that the previous government did not make provision for a potential Labour govt policy.

“It has absolutely been clear for many, many years that the Labour Party in terms of trying to maintain bipartisan consensus around this has been strong on this ability to have New Zealand markets for our land, not international markets, and therefore how the last government chose to do that was an attempt to wedge us,” Parker said.

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needed to change the entry-intoforce provisions.

Asked if he thought New Zealand would be protected from claims of a breach of TPP if the ban was passed before TPP’s entry into force, Parker said: “We are considering that very issue. There may be differences in what you do before and after it comes into force.”

Parker said New Zealand officials in Tokyo were also raising the issue of the Government’s opposition to Investor-State Dispute Settlement [ISDS] clauses, although his language around expectations of success on that issue was soft.

“We don’t want the ISD provisions applying to us and so we will be instructing our negotiators to use their best endeavours to fix that.”

It is clear that the issue on which there will be no compromise is the ban on house sales.

“I want to leave Apec assured that we are not trading away the right of New Zealanders to ban foreign buyers of our homes.”

And a completed TPP11?

“There are undoubted trade benefits in TPP11. They are obviously not nearly as significant as they were when the US was part of

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is possible that the ban – which is due to be passed as a priority policy in the Government’s first 100 days – could be specifically mentioned in the new domestic legislation

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New Trade Minister David Parker is considering advice that an explicit ban on house sales to offshore speculators could be acceptable under the TPP trade deal if it is passed into New Zealand law before the trade deal comes into force.

Parker emphatically rejected using a stamp duty to achieve the same result, which is the provision that former Trade Minister Tim Groser negotiated into the trade deal following Labour’s call to carve out a right for a future government to impose a ban.

And in an interview with the Herald, Parker hit out at Groser, now New Zealand’s ambassador in Washington, saying he had “wedged” Labour on the issue of house sales.

But he said any issue of recalling Groser from the post would be up to Foreign Minister Winston Peters.

TPP negotiators from 11 countries, including New Zealand, were meeting in Tokyo yesterday to try to finalise preparations for the TPP leaders’ summit in mid November, which Jacinda Ardern will attend.

Part of that will include what new provisions should apply for the deal to enter into force.

Under the old deal, it included a GDP trigger which effectively meant that both the United States and Japan had to ratify it in order for it to take effect.

With President Donald Trump having withdrawn the US from the deal in January, the entryinto-force provision has to be changed.

Parker would not comment on whether that should be a simple majority of TPP11 countries or whether it must also include Japan – which has taken over leadership of TPP since the US withdrawal.

“We must find a solution to allow us to ban overseas buyers of existing New Zealand homes for us to proceed with TPP11,” Parker said. “We are open-minded as to where that solution sits, whether it sits within TPP or outside of TPP.” He would not elaborate on what that meant. But it

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p S&P/NZX 50 Gross

8,143.98 +58.99 +0.73%

p S&P/NZX 20 index

5,485.58 +44.65 +0.82%

p S&P/NZX All Gross

8,807.16 +59.32 +0.68%

p Rises 77 q Falls 37

WORLD MARKETS

p S&P/ASX 200 index

5,919.1

+15.9

+0.27%

At close of trading on Oct 30, 2017

p Dow Jones Indust.

23,434.2 +33.33 +0.14% At close of trading on Oct 27, 2017

p FTSE 100 index

7,505.0

+18.53

+0.25%

At close of trading on Oct 27, 2017

q Nikkei 225 index

22,000.4

–8.1

–0.04%

At close of trading on Oct 30, 2017

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

q Gold

1,266.45

London – $US/ounce

–7.3

–0.57%

q Silver London – $US/ounce

16.72

–0.02

–0.12%

–4.0

–0.06%

q Copper London – $US/tonne

6,961.0

NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ

Country

As at 4pm Oct 30, 2017

Australia Canada China Euro Fiji Great Britain Japan Samoa South Africa Thailand United States

TT buy

0.9096 0.8981 4.859 0.6062 1.4673 0.5327 79.92 1.8242 9.8109 23.22 0.7011

TT sell

0.8793 0.8649 4.2649 0.58 1.3516 0.5141 76.56 1.5968 9.4541 22.11 0.676

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Farm gate price watch …

for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural current price range Saleyard prices … u LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 77 - 102 Prime 155 - 163 u HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt Store 209 - 373 u STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt Prime 298 - 320 last week

Processor prices … u LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 105.93 17.5 kg YX SI 119.21 19.0 kg YX SI 129.54 21.0 kg YX SI 142.81 Local trade (c/kg) SI 700 (16-22kg) u MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 92.83 u BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 521 (270-295kg) M Cow SI 397 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 487 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 560 (180-280kg) u VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 494 AP Stag 60kg SI 598 AP Stag 80kg SI 798

52 week high low 127 163

65 96

349

230

313

285

4 wks ago

3 mths ago

1 year ago

104.58 117.68 127.88 140.98 700

98.76 111.11 120.75 133.10 660

86.03 97.07 105.47 116.00 590

105.93 119.21 129.54 142.81 700

73.82 82.82 90.07 99.07 520

85.26

83.37

58.39

92.83

56.92

527

529

512

542

503

396

420

365

425

352

491

505

465

510

450

570

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483 586 782

450 546 728

427 519 660

494 598 798

387 471 604

Auction prices … u SI WOOL indicator prices (c/kg, clean) Mid mic (23.1-31.5) 888 906 Fine Xbrd (31.6-35.0) 336 339 Coarse Xbred >35 mic 294 308 Merino 1,719 1,654

395 280

52 week high low

Source: WSI, NZMerino 787 1,068 727 454 454 307 446 446 267 1,544 1,777 1,541

Local market prices … u GRAINS ($/tonne, delivered Canterbury) free price Wheat, milling,12.5%p 350 350 340 Wheat, feed 370 370 340 Barley, feed 380 380 350

Source: Midlands Grain 300 350 300 275 370 275 265 380 265

International market prices … u LOGS indicator prices, $/tonne Forest index Oct -17 118.80 119.02 118.73

114.68

Source: PF Olsen 120.05 114.68

u DAIRY (NZ$/tonne) Butter Skimmilk powder Wholemilk powder Cheese - cheddar

5,614 3,174 3,964 5,069

Fonterra milk price Fonterra dividend Fonterra share price

8,437 2,653 4,410 6,040

8,561 2,743 4,262 5,747

8,214 2,741 4,274 5,409

2016/17 final $6.12 2016/17 final $0.40

0.7232 0.6156

5,455 2,631 3,852 4,853

2017/18 f'cast $6.75 2017/18 f'cast $0.40c NZX FCG $5.94$6.28

* before retentions

u EXCHANGE RATE (NZ$1.00=) US dollar 0.6829 Euro 0.5872

8,874 3,624 4,765 6,040

0.7487 0.6408

0.7125 0.6535

0.7538 0.6843

Comprehensive data is available from the supplier www.interest.co.nz/rural

0.6825 0.5818

MARKET REPORT Dairy More paddocks are being harvested for silage and sprayed for regrassing as spring proper kicks in and cows graze now only on grass.

Irrigators are flowing and more hot days are producing good pasture growth rates and stimulating clover.

Early seed heads are emerging and, some paddocks, not properly grazed in the wet, are being topped to tidy and ensure pasture quality standards are met.

Fodderbeet establishment is in full swing, with specialist planters busy sowing for next year’s winter feed.

All focus is now on mating deadlines and, for many, insemination with easy calving sires on heifers is now complete and follow-up bulls are out.

Mating in the main herd is due to start as the 36 bulls in NZ’s AI programme drive the majority of the nation’s genetic gain.

Murray Goulburn settles with Saputo for $1.3 billion to buy its failed business in Australia, rejecting Fonterra’s offer in the process.

A lower currency has given dairy commodities a lift, with cheese once again reaching yearly Oceania highs, but the auction on November 7 will be pivotal in showing more market direction for this new season.

Officials are suspicious of imported semen causing the mycoplasma bovis outbreak and biosecurity rules will be checked in determining how this disease established here.

Lamb Schedules lifted this week, but as prices are at near record levels and stocks low, exporters report caution about whether customers will accept these high levels or shift to cheaper protein alternatives.

Strong demand from China for Chinese New Year lamb purchases and an early Easter timing will minimise the amount frozen in the early summer period.

The trade is optimistic about numbers of multiples born and surviving during the lambing period and hope grass conditions over the summer will allow animals to get to good weights early.

Mutton schedules continue their record

run on the back of Chinese demand and exporters forecast prices ranging in the $4-$4.80/kg cwt region before dropping after the Chinese New Year period.

Wool Last week’s South Island sale saw prices lift slightly for better style wools, but big discounts are being seen with coloured and/or faulty lines.

Still major problems with stocks held of crossbred wool and, while the amount of auction volumes passed continues, it is hard to see much price improvement in this area.

However, a much more optimistic picture is being seen with mid micron and merino wools, with prices received reaching record levels again at this auction.

Beef Some surprise lifting of bull and manufacturing schedules this week due to a procurement mismatch compared to market returns.

More bulls are expected to be killed this year based on the 2016 calf retention rate, but market demand is predicted to soften and exporters suggest pricing will sit between $4.50-$5.50/kg/cwt.

Prime beef pricing remains strong, although flat, amid keen demand from China but with Japan out of the market due to tariff changes, reduced sale destinations could cause volatility.

Local trade schedules are under pressure and with volumes increasing at the saleyards for prime steers, prices have eased off their highs of last month.

Deer Venison schedules unbelievably moved again this week but with sea freight orders nearly due, the chilled game season is close to being completed.

Exporters report an adjustment downward for the frozen period but not as sharp as normal, and prices in the mid$9s are forecast.

Early velvet enquiry has been reported as 10-15 per cent above last season’s end, as the industry reports nearly 25 per cent of the product is an ingredient in health foods in Korea.

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Glass elected to Biosecurity agreement consultation launched DairyNZ board

By Colin WillisCroft

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A Methven dairy farmer has been elected to the board of industry good body DairyNZ. Colin Glass, who is chief executive of Timaru-based Dairy Holdings Limited, but also owns a 650-cow dairy farm near Methven with his wife Paula, was one of two farmer-elected candidates who won positions on the body’s board of directors during recent elections, the results of which were announced at last week’s annual meeting in Rotorua.

The other successful farmer-elected candidate was Jim Van Der Poel of Waikato.

Glass, who has been involved with largescale dairy operations throughout the South Island and Australia for the past 20 years, said the industry had been good to him and it was now time for him to give something back.

He said although the industry was in a pretty good place, there was still plenty to work on.

During the recent general election the dairy industry had become the whipping boy for anyone who wanted to complain about the quality of fresh water, he said, not all of which was fair.

“Dairy farmers are proud of what they do. They want to be seen as environmentally responsible, but they have to make money as well. The local communities they are a part of rely on that.”

When it comes to water quality dairy farmers are no different to anyone else, he said, as they were also interested in making sure it maintained certain standards.

Dairy farmers, along with DairyNZ, have already put a lot of effort into achieving that, Glass said, although he acknowledged more needed to be done to get that message across to the rest of the community, and DairyNZ had a role to play in achieving that.

“There has to be change. We have to be better at communicating what we are do-

Colin Glass ing and bringing others on board.

“Dairy farmers have got a reputation of keeping their heads down and just getting on with the job. That might have been good enough once but that approach has to change. We need to tell our story.”

DairyNZ needed to take the lead in that communication process, he said, and that meant listening to other views as well as telling farmers’ stories.

Although his day job at Dairy Holdings meant Glass, his wife and two young girls spend weekdays in Timaru, they head to Methven every weekend.

As well as their dairy farm at Methven they also own two other irrigated properties nearby that rear and finish bull beef.

Glass is well known in the area, having been born and raised on a dairy and mixed cropping operation there.

Sheep and beef farmers are being encouraged to have their say on a proposal to give the sector a direct say in readiness and response to biosecurity threats.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ), in conjunction with DairyNZ and Deer Industry New Zealand, is launching consultation on a proposal to sign a Government Industry Agreement for Biosecurity Readiness and Response Deed (GIA).

Information packs outlining the proposal should already have arrived in farmers’ mail boxes.

Sam McIvor, chief executive of B+LNZ, said the GIA was about working together to protect farmers from exotic pests and diseases.

“Farmers consistently tell us that biosecurity risks are among the biggest risks we face as an industry.

“Currently, when hard decisions are being made about how New Zealand prepares to respond to an exotic pest or disease incursion and, more importantly, what to do during an actual response, we are ‘in the room’ and consulted. But it is the government that makes all the final decisions.

“Signing the GIA would give sheep and beef farmers, through B+LNZ, a seat at the biosecurity decision-making table.

“Alongside other GIA signatories, we would have more direct influence on biosecurity preparedness and response decision-making.”

There are costs associated with signing the GIA, because it means agreeing to contribute to

readiness and response costs. The level of these contributions would depend on the significance of the pest or disease to the sheep and beef sector, McIvor said.

“Importantly, our sector could also choose to set a funding limit as part of a GIA Operational Agreement.

“We think that the benefits of signing the GIA, with increased certainty and control over our own biosecurity destiny, justifies potential costs.

“We would be better-prepared, have a pre-agreed set of minimum readiness and response commitments between industry and government, and agreed limits on our industry’s potential cost-share for readiness and response activities.

“If we don’t sign the GIA, we will have much less influence over the decisions that affect our sector.”

The government could also use powers under the Biosecurity Act 1993 to recover costs from industries that benefit from a response even if they have not signed the GIA, McIvor said.

“That would be a poor outcome for our sector and we would lose the opportunity to work together with government and other industries under the GIA to manage fundamental risks to all livestock farmers.

“It is vital farmers have their say on this important matter.”

Beef + Lamb NZ will also host a teleconference for its farmers on Tuesday, November 14 at 7.30pm.

More details will be available via ediaries. Consultation ends on December 6.

Sam McIvor

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Dairy body supports initiatives DairyNZ chief executive Tim Mackle has welcomed the portfolio allocations announced by the incoming government, saying he looks forward to working with Damien O’Connor, Dr Megan Woods, David Parker and James Shaw on key issues facing the dairy sector.

“The incoming government is promoting a new direction for the country at a time when our dairy sector also faces a new and exciting future,” Mackle said.

“The decade ahead will be transformational for the dairy sector. We have a strong mandate to concentrate on productivity – to produce more from less – and to do so sustainably.

“New Zealand dairy farmers are among the most productive in the world, so we have a good story to tell. But we know there is more work to be done.

“We support initiatives that incentivise farmers to use the best environmental practices, we’ve been openly welcoming of the discussions around water, and we know agriculture has a role to play in ensuring New Zealand meets its climate change targets.

“In fact, last week we openly called for the new government to put in place an economy-wide plan outlining what the emission reduction expectations are for each sector over the longer term.

“Having this in place will allow New Zealand to transition to a low-carbon economy.”

Mackle said government and dairy need to work together to identify what an emissions reduction pathway looks like before identifying what the right policy is to implement the change.

“We started this work under the National-led government, and we

hope we can do likewise under the Labour-led government – and that all options are on the table.”

Under the Paris Agreement New Zealand commits to reduce emissions to 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030.

“This is just 12 years away, and for New Zealand to meet this target significant change in the climate change space is required,” Mackle said.

“This is why we, with the support of the Ministry for the Environment and the Ministry for Primary Industries, collaborated with Fonterra to launch the Dairy Action for Climate Change plan in June.

“These are all issues we look forward to discussing with the incoming Minister for Climate Change, James Shaw, and the new government over the coming months.”

Mackle also noted the splitting of the primary industries portfolios, and that Damien O’Connor will be a key minister for the dairy sector, holding the agriculture, biosecurity and food safety portfolios.

“We are confident that with Mr O’Connor’s thorough understanding of the issues facing the dairy sector we will continue the good work already under way with government to ensure a productive and sustainable primary sector.

“Our focus is to ensure dairy continues to have a balance between being competitive and profitable, while also meeting the expectations of our consumers and communities.

“I look forward to working with the new government to ensure dairy is a sector that makes all New Zealanders proud.”

■ ASHBURTON A&P SHOW

Tractors on the move at show Rakaia’s Gordon Carter was one of those who took part in the grand parade at the Ashburton A&P Show on Saturday. Carter is driving his Case 730, one of a number of tractors in the parade that included a cross-section of machines from the years after 1913. The earliest machine to take part was a traction engine from 1913. Case IH is celebrating its 175th anniversary this year and the company’s Mid Canterbury dealership, Cochranes, which itself is marking 65 years in business, got behind the theme of this year’s show, Horsepower of Yesteryear.

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Boosting brain power AgResearch scientists are looking at new ways of boosting the flavour and texture in New Zealand foods, while at the same time designing those food products to make our brains perform better.

Supported by industry and research partners, AgResearch is looking to the future for premium food exports with programmes that have recently been awarded more than $21 million from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Endeavour Fund.

“The future for New Zealand food exports to the world is pre-

mium quality and adding as much value as possible to our products,” AgResearch Science Group leader Jolon Dyer said.

“This cutting edge research will look at how we can help deliver premium foods by taking the eating experience, and the health benefits of the food, to new levels.”

The first of two AgResearchled programmes, supported by commercial partner Fonterra, and with research partners, the Riddet Institute, the Centre for Brain Research at the University of Auckland, Flinders University

(Australia), University College Cork (Ireland), and Illinois University (USA), is called Smarter lives: new opportunities for dairy products across the lifespan, and focuses on how foods can influence brain performance via the ‘gut-brain axis’.

“Our gut influences just about everything we do and its connection to the brain is essential to leading healthier lives. People are looking for products that help brain development in children and provide better brain performance through adulthood,” programme leader Nicole Roy said.

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Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 - Which of the senses is known as olfactory perception? a. Hearing b. Touch c. Smell 2 - Sie Liebt Dich was a German-language version of which Beatles hit? a. Please Please Me b. All My Loving c. She Loves You 3 - Complete the 2004 movie title: Million Dollar...? a. Man b. Baby c. Woman 4 - Who was the drummer with the rock band Queen? a. Phil Taylor b. Roger Taylor c. John Taylor 5 - Erich Honecker was the leader of which country between 1971 and 1989? a. East Germany b. Yugoslavia c. Czechoslovakia 6 - The first example of which labour-saving device was known as Lazy Bones? a. Steam iron b. TV remote control c. Vacuum cleaner 7 - Fred Scuttle was a character created by which TV personality? a. John Cleese b. Ronnie Barker c. Benny Hill 8 - A pentadecagon is a shape with how many sides? a. 15 b. 50 c. 150

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If you can help, please email sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

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The King’s Cup connection

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ur very popular exhibition, Balls, Bullets & Boots: From Rugby Field to Battlefield, is drawing to a close.

Many visitors have commented that they need to visit again, to take in all the information the exhibition contains.

They now have another reason to make a second visit to the exhibition and a rare chance to see a very important part of international rugby history.

The museum is honoured to have been able to borrow The King’s Cup, recognised as the first international rugby trophy and precursor to the famous Rugby World Cup. The large silver trophy was originally presented to the winners of the first international rugby tournament, held in 1919

by King George V, hence its name, and has been borrowed from current holders, the New Zealand Defence Force.

It was played for by armed personnel from New Zealand, Britain – known during the competition as the Mother Country – and included Welsh, Irish and Scots players as well as Australia, South Africa, Canada and the Royal Air Force.

The tournament was a round robin, with the two top teams competing in the final. Fifteen games were held across England, Wales and Scotland, with each game attracting thousands of fans. It was a welcome sign that the war was ended and a chance to show appreciation for those who had fought for the Empire.

While there were a number of games played by the teams, only the very best players were chosen to vie for the handsome cup. The final, held at Twickenham, on April 19 saw New Zealand play the Mother Country, where our victory (9-3) saw the cup make

King George V presenting the King’s Cup to James Ryan, captain of the New Zealand Services Rugby Team at Twickenham in 1919.

PHOTO COURTESY NEW ZEALAND RUGBY MUSEUM its home in the antipodes. From then on the cup was, and still is, competed for by members of the armed forces.

Despite the success of the competition, no other international tournament would bring together so many teams from both hemispheres until the modern rugby

world cup began in 1987. For 68 years, the King’s Cup was the preeminent international trophy.

The Ashburton connection Notably, the King’s Cup is not only of international significance, it also has a significant Ashburton connection.

Eric Arthur Cockcroft, born in 1890 in Clinton, was a prominent rugby player and coach. He became an All Black in 1913 and published a coaching manual in 1924.

A teacher, Eric was headmaster of Ashburton High School from 1929 to 1949. He died in 1973 in Ashburton.

Eric served in the Canterbury Infantry Regiment and played five-eighths for the New Zealand Army Team during the King’s Cup tournament series.

We do hope you get a chance to visit or revisit the museum, and see the King’s Cup installed, before the exhibition closes on November 12.

Representative boys Eric Cockcroft would no doubt have heard of former young men

from Ashburton High School who took on senior roles in rugby during World War One. During World War One many of New Zealand’s rugby players signed up to fight in the war. Even with many of the top players overseas people wanted to see rugby.

An effort was made to encourage representative rugby played by those still too young to serve.

Traditional inter-island and Ranfurly Shield matches were cancelled. Instead, schools were encouraged to keep rugby going.

After 1917 representative rugby featured many players from these schoolboy teams.

Still too young to serve on the front, these men contributed to the war effort by keeping spirits high, as playing rugby was a healthy distraction providing a semblance of normalcy for those at home.

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his photo shows the Mid Canterbury Representative Team from 1918.

Still too young to serve on the front, these men contributed to the war effort by playing rugby and providing a semblance of normalcy to those at home.

During World War One many of New Zealand’s rugby players signed up to fight in the war.

Even with many of the top play-

ers overseas people wanted to see rugby.

An effort was made to encourage representative rugby played by those still too young to serve.

Traditional inter-island and Ranfurly Shield matches were cancelled.

Instead, schools were encouraged to keep rugby going.

After 1917 representative rugby featured players from these

schoolboy teams.

The Mid Canterbury representative team of 1918: Back row (from left): F. Phelps, S. McClymont, F. McKenzie, A. Moore, C. Begg, C. W. Allard, H. Scott, H. J. Chapman (referee).

Middle row: C. S. V .Pearce, W. J. Anderson (captain), A. Broker, M. Argyle, E. Bonnington.

Front: R. Joyce, D. C. Cowan, W. P. O’Reily.

Honouring the Fallen During the period of World War One, 1914 to 1915, many men from the Ashburton District signed up to fight for the Empire against the German army. Many did not return — almost 450 from Ashburton were killed. The first Ashburton men were killed on April 25, 1915 — the first Anzac Day. Ashburton philanthropist and patriot Frederick Ferriman presented a special flag and a flagpole to the families of those men. The Ashburton Museum, with the assistance of the Rotary Club of Ashburton, has erected in front of the museum one of the original Ferriman flagpoles, and on the centennial of the death of each Ashburton soldier will fly a replica flag. An original flag is on display in the museum. This week the Ashburton Museum honours: November 5: Leonard John GREENSLADE, David HASLETT

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RESULTS ■ Bowls Ashburton Bowling Club October 27 Friday Triples sponsored by Ashburton Toyota 1st Brian Williams, Min Hill and Jim Rush 3 wins 16 ends 35 points, 2nd Murray Smallridge, Peter Whinham and Gordon Sparks 3 wins 16 ends 31 points, 3rd Murray Anderson, John Kewish and Colin Arnst 3 wins 15 ends 36 points, 4th Jo Ryk, Doug Kinvig and Des Prendergast 3 wins 15 ends 30 points, 5th Bob Harrison, Doug Thorne and Jenny Mitchell 3 wins 14 ends 33 points, 6th Colin Dennis, Alastair MacKenzie and John Smart 3 wins 14 ends 28 points October 28 Saturday roll overs: 1st Maurice Wilson, Owen Gray and Merv Campbell 2 wins 10 ends 20 points, 2nd Heather Gray, Anne Stroud and Wendy Herriott 1 win 8 ends 21 points

■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club October 23 Mixed Grade bridge N/S 1st Hilda Blee & Bev Turton, 2nd Zilpha Earl & Joyce Johnson, 3rd Kate White & Mary Buckland. E/W 1st Trish Downward & Shirley Harris,2nd George Brown & David Fisher, 3rd Maryke Blignaut & Ruth Logan October 24th A Ladder N/S 1st Kay Robb & Rosemary McLaughlin, 2nd Johnny Wright & Pat Jordan, 3rd Melva Stowell & Pauline Fergus. E/W 1st Audrey Rooney & Maureen Kolkman, 2nd Sue Rosevear & John Fechney, 3rd Trish & Maurice Small October 25th Brabant Trophy N/S 1st Mary Buckland & Peter Downward, 2nd Melva Stowell & Jeanette Lovett, 3rd Perry Jowers & Joyce Johnson. E/W 1st Beth McIlraith & John Irwin, 2nd Maree Moore & Val Palmer, 3rd Kay Robb & Edna Segers October 26th President’s Trophy: N/S 1st Melva Stowell & Anne Reid, 2nd Arthur Maude & Bill Kolkman, 3rd Pauline Fergus & Gordon McCormick. E/W 1st Sue Rosevear & Kay Robb, 2nd John Fechney & Bev Turton, 3rd Trish Small & Val Palmer

■ Croquet Croquet Tournament October 28 and 29 Handicap double tournament played at Ashbury club Four pairs had 10 wins each, the winners on a count back were Mary Kingan & Diane Verdonk of Awamoa /Gardens club, runners up Eva Kircher & Sue Lamb from the Waireka club, from Brian Maxwell & Rosemary Keys Aorangi club and Lesley Shortus & Teresa Ponsonby Waimate.

Waireka Croquet Club Golf Croquet Interclub Primary Grade Waireka v Awamoa Gardens Oamaru Singles Bruce Leath 7 v Heather McCulloch 3; Shelagh Field 7 v Hazel Poole 1; Rod Webb 3 v Keith Robertson 7; Pauline Scott 2 v Dianne Verdank; Bruce Leath 7 v Hazel Pool 1; Shelagh Field 7 v Heather McCulloch 2; Rod Webb 6 v Dianne Verdonk 7; Pauline Scott 5 v Keith Robertson 7; Doubles Bruce Leath and Shelagh Field 7 v Heather McCulloch and Hazel Poole 3; Rod Webb and Pauline Scott 3 v Keith Robertson and Dianne Verdank 7; Total games won Waireka 5 v Awamoa Gardens 5; Total points (hoops) Waireka 54 v Awamoa Gardens 45; Intermediate Grade Waireka Red v Awamoa Gardens Oamaru Singles: Audrey Leath 2 v Annette Anderson 7; Bev Blair 5 v Barbara Williams 7; Eva Kircher 3 v Zeta Taylor 7; Phyllis Reith 5 v Mary Kingan 7; Audrey Leath 7 v Barbara Williams 5; Bev Blair 6 v Annette Anderson 7; Eva Kircher 5 v Mary Kingan 7; Phyllis Reith 3 v Zeta Taylor 7; Doubles: Audrey Leath and Bev Blair 6 v Annette Anderson and Barbara Williams 7; Eva Kircher 6 v Zeta Taylor and Mary Kingan 7; Total games won Waireka Red 1 v Awamoa Gardens 9; Total points (hoops) Waireka Red 48 v Awamoa Gardens 68; Waireka White v Awamoa Gardens White

Tuesday, October 31, 2017 Singles: Janice Murta 7 v Ray Chalmers 4; Jackie Rollinson 7 v Christine Chisholm 1; Mary Bruce 7 v Elna Bell 4; Heather Kaye 5 v Jim Hopley 7; Janice Murta 7 v Christine Chisholm 2; Jackie Rollinson 7 v Ray Chalmers 5; Mary Bruce 6 v Jim Hopley 7; Heather Kaye 5 v Elna Bell 7; Doubles: Janice Murta and Jackie Rollinson 7 v Ray Chalmers and Christine Chisholm 5; Mary Bruce and Heather Kaye 7 v Elna Bell and Jim Hopley 6; Total games won Waireka White 7 v Awamoa Gardens White 3; Total points (hoops) Waireka White 65 v Awamoa Gardens White 48;

■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers October 25 Wednesday Night McGee Cup & Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers Summer Series 1st Mark Summerfield CT. 27.24. HT. Go. RT. 27m 24s. 2nd Cameron Harcourt CT. 27.26.

HT. Go. RT. 27m 26s. 3rd Ronnie Campbell CT. 27.27. HT. Go. RT. 27m 27s. 4th Brent Hudson. CT. 27.33. HT. Go. RT. 37m 33s. 5th Tony Ward CT. 31. 21. HT. 7.40m. RT. 23m 41s. F/T. 6th Ethan Titheridge CT. 31.22. HT. 4.45m. RT. 26m. 37s. 7th Isabella Roulston CT. 31.34. HT. 4.45m. RT. 26m 49s. 8th Gerard Morrison CT. 31.43. HT. 6.45m. RT. 24m 48s. 3f/t. 9th Paul Mafie CT. 31.57. HT. 6.45m.RT. 25m 12s. 4f/t. 10th Paul Sinclair CT. 31.58. HT. 6.45m. RT. 25m 13s. 11th Oliver Davidson CT. 32.24. HT. 7.40m. RT. 24m 44s. 2f/t. 12th Paul Summerfield CT. 32.32.

HT. 4.45m. RT. 27m 47s.

■ Football English Premier League English Premier League results and standings Leicester City 2 (Vardy 18, Kenny 29 og) Everton 0, Brighton & Hove Albion 1 (Murray 52) Southampton 1 (Davis 7), Bournemouth 0 Chelsea 1 (E Hazard 51), Arsenal 2 (Kolasinac 51, Ramsey 57) Swansea 1 (Clucas 22), Liverpool 3 (Sturridge 50, Firmino 58, Wijnaldum 75) Huddersfield Town 0, Crystal Palace 2 (Milivojevic 50 pen, Zaha 90+7) West Ham 2 (Hernandez 31, A Ayew 43), West Bromwich Albion 2 (Rodriguez 13, Phillips 90+2) Manchester City 3 (Sane 10, Fernandinho 15, Sterling 64), Watford 0 Stoke City 1 (Fletcher 16), Manchester United 1 (Martial 81) Tottenham Hotspur 0.

Standings P W D L F A Pts Manchester City 10 9 1 0 35 6 28 Manchester United 10 7 2 1 23 4 23 Tottenham Hotspur 10 6 2 2 19 7 20 Chelsea 10 6 1 3 18 10 19 Arsenal 10 6 1 3 19 13 19 Liverpool 10 4 4 2 17 16 16 Watford 10 4 3 3 15 18 15 Newcastle United 9 4 2 3 10 8 14 Southampton 10 3 4 3 9 10 13 Burnley 9 3 4 2 8 9 13 Leicester City 10 3 3 4 14 14 12 Brighton Hove Albion 10 3 3 4 10 11 12 Huddersfield Town 10 3 3 4 7 13 12 Stoke City 10 3 2 5 11 20 11 West Brom Albion 10 2 4 4 9 13 10 West Ham 10 2 3 5 10 19 9 Swansea 10 2 2 6 7 12 8 Everton 10 2 2 6 7 20 8 Bournemouth 10 2 1 7 6 14 7 Crystal Palace 10 1 1 8 4 21 4

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club October 27 Midlands Seed Friday night Top Team: Wez R Good 93 – Kevin Smith, Bruce Ferriman, Brent Smith, Terry O’Reilly, Men: Pakeke Pros 90.5, Darlo & the Cats 87.5, ACL Hackers 85.5 by lot, Women: Whack n Watch 89, Mixed: Vintage Wine 86.5, Periwinkles 85, The Cruisers 83.5 by lot. Top lady: Gaye Lane 31.5; Top man: Bruce Ferriman 33 Nearest the Pins: Templeton Motors – Stewart Dunlop, Paul May Motors – Tonee Hurley, Mac & Maggies – Alistair Read BP Ashburton – , Gabites Lucky Player – Bev Blair, BP Lucky Player – Ruth Keeley Twos: Greg Jones, Brian Hawksby, Charlie Alexander, Alistair Read, Malcolm Stoddart October 28 Radius Care Player of the day: Brian Fauth 93-30=63. Other winning scores: Jason Overend nett 66; Daniel Green, Josh Ackerley and Murray Wackrow 67; Bruce Day, Brayden Wood and Brent MacGregor 68; Jordan Bird, Robert Pawsey, Gaby Jansen and Tom Blacklow 69.

Nearest Pins: Braided Rivers: David Fisher; Rothbury Insurance: David Fisher, Allenton Meat Centre: John Fechney, South Is-

land Seeds: Clarrie Galway, Charming Thai (longest putt) James McFarlane.

Twos: Paul May, Tom Blacklow and David Fisher (2).

Birdy Jackpot:#6; Nett Eagles: #3 Nine Hole Results Stableford Competition: Best score: 24pts

by Peter Woods. Other winning scores: Sam Prince 19 and Hughie Murchie 18.

October 29 County Stroke match Joint winners of the Women’s Rosebowl: Joyce VanderHeide and Maxine Whiting with nett 64s.

The Mens Rosebowl was won by Gaby Jansen nett 65. Other good scores: Marilyn Walker 66 on c/b, Eric Grimswade 67 and Paddy Bradford 68.

The winning Women’s Team was: June Bruhns, Maxine Whiting, Jacqui Beardsley and Val Prendergast from Tinwald with a score of 270. The winning Men’s team was: Andrew Barrie, Gordon Rennie, Peter Marshall and Bruce Collins from Tinwald with a score of 294. Tinwald also won the Mayors Trophy with a combined total of 564, Twos: Helen Rapsey, Hilary Ward, Jacqui Beardsley, Paddy Bradford, Gaby Jansen, Wayne Blair, Ross Breech, Alison Hewson, Eric Grimswade and Peter Walker.

Mayfield Golf Club October 25 Mid –Week Stableford Competition Wayne Blair 39 stableford points, Ian Beach 37, Kerry Read 36. Nearest the Pin: Ian Beach. Twos: Ian Beach & Gordon Duthie 2

Rakaia Golf Club October 25 Ladies Division, Teams Event Teresa Booker & Freda Bierema 58 Railway Tavern 2nd Shot No 3 - Freda Bierema, Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd Shot No 6 - Sandra Quinn, Val Bell Nearest the Pin No 8 – Freda Bierema, Chertsey Spraying 2nd Shot No 15 – Teresa Booker, S. Quinn 2nd Shot No 17 - Jill Burrowes

Tinwald Golf Club October 26, Twilight Stableford Leading scores in the stableford round -6; Owen Miller 22, Mate Kamate 21, Jeff Shanks 21, Ryan Ford 20 b/l. 7-10; Gordon Rennie 22, Phil Keir 21, Wayne Mellish 20, Brendan Hurley 19, Andrew Barrie 19, Michael Thomas 19. 11 plus; Keith Bonnington 21, Roger Bruce 20, Selwyn Munro 20.

Women: -14; Joyce VanderHeide 23, Barb MacGregor 17 b/l. 15 Plus; Barb Cochrane 23, Barb Harris 21, Mara Kennedy 19, June Bruhns 18. Nearest the pin: # 6 Doug Osborn. # 16 Sam Shearer. Two’s: Doug Osborn, Owen Miller, Brian Rouse.

October 28 American Foursome: Leading scores in the American Foursome winter closing: Men; Wayne Mellish and Selwyn Munro 64, Kevin Bishop and Alec Millar 65, Brock Peddie and Michael Thomas 65.5, Regan Stills and Ton Kittikote 65.5, Clarrie Whiting and Des Green 66 b/l. Mixed; Sally Lane and Steve Anderson 63, Christine Kinita and Neil Connelly 64, Sue Newman and Wayne Smith 64.5. Nearest the pin; Tinwald Liquorland: #2; Trevor Emery. Gluyas Ford # 6; Kevin Bishop. Bedrock Bar and Stonegrill#12; Phil Keir. Ace Auto Electrical # 16. Wayne Mellish. Two’s; Bill Anstey and Trevor Emery, Wayne Smith and Sue Newman, Brent Smith and Jo Peacock, Randall Feutz and Doug Osborn, Kevin Bishop and Alec Millar, Warren Scott and Barb MacGregor.

■ Motor racing Mexico Grand Prix Results from the GP Mexico yesterday (71 laps): 1. Max Verstappen (/RBR) 1hr 36m 26.55s

Tsonga ambushed Lucas Pouille has taken his revenge in the first all-French final played at the Vienna Open as he defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to win his third title of the season. The world No.25 lost the Marseille final to Tsonga in February but showed determination to storm to a 6-1 6-4 victory.

2. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/MER) 3. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/FER) 4. Sebastian Vettel (FER) 5. Esteban Ocon (FRA/FOR) Not classified: Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/REN) Marcus Ericsson (SWE/SAU) Brendon Hartley (NZL/STR) Nico Hulkenberg (GER/REN) Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/RBR)

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■ Pigeon racing Ashburton Pigeon Club This week we had two races, in the first race which was from Seddon 3 flyers entered 15 birds 1st N Martin – 1112.125 mpm, 2nd L Davidson – 971.218, 3rd M Davidson - 921.917 Our second race was from Masterton where 4 flyers sent 33 birds 1st B&G Kirwan – 1262.077 mpm, 2nd N Martim – 1255.162, 3rd N Martin – 1254.997, 4th N Martin – 1252.943, 5th L Davidson – 1241.467, 6th L Davidson – 1177.367, 7th B&G Kirwan – 1173.463, 8th B&G Kirwan – 1143.935, 9th M Davidson – 1074.067, 10th M Davidson – 999.232, 11th L Davidson – 981.290, 12th M Davidson – 921.573

■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis October 28 A Grade Fairton lost to Methven 4 matches to 2 R. Cromie & T. Leonard lost to S. Bubb & K. Kawamata 2-6, 0-6, P. Crozier & E. ConnellyWhyte beat J. Hill & G. Evans 6-2, 1-6, 1-0 (10-5). R. Cromie beat S. Bubb 6-3, 6-1, T. Leonard lost to K. Kawamata 1-6, 2-6, P. Crozier lost to J. Hill 2-6, 2-6, E. Connelly-Whyte lost to G. Evans 1-6, 1-6.

Southern beat Tinwald 8 sets to 6 J. Feutz & O. McKeown beat A. Wilson & H. Tawatao 6-1, 6-4, A. Watt & A. McKeown lost to J. Jones & J. Leslie 2-6, 6-7 (4-7), J. Feutz beat A. Wilson 6-0, 6-2, O. McKeown beat H. Tawatao 6-3, 1-6, 1-0 (10-7), A. Watt lost to J. Jones 5-7, 6-2, 0-1 (6-10), A. McKeown lost to J. Leslie 6-1, 3-6, 0-1 (8-10).

Hampstead beat Allenton 4 sets to 2 A. Mitchell & P. Kirwan lost to B. Looij & C. Brosnahan 5-7, 6-1, 0-1 (8-10), M. Thyne & J. Brosnahan beat A. Reid & N. Cormick 6-3, 7-5, A. Mitchell beat A. Van Rooyen 6-3, 6-4,

DRAWS ■ Bowls Ashburton Bowling Club November 6 The following skips have entered teams in the Ashburton Bowling Club Ladies Bowman Cup Fours 10.00am cuppa, 10.30am start, bring own lunch. Whites or Club colours.

D. Gutberlet, W. Suttie, G. Hawkins, R. Bennett, J. Harmon, M. Middleton, F. McKnight, B. Lawton, J. Krammer, W. Martin, N. Mackenzie, G. Body, J. Davidson, L. Cowan, G. Chell, G. Baker, S. Thomas, S. Fowler, M. Lloyd, M. Eder, Y. Blackwell, S. Scott, W. Watson, H. Boag, J. Walsh.

Ashburton Guardian 15 P. Kirwan beat B. Looij 7-5, 6-3, M. Lucas lost to A. Reid 6-2, 4-6, 0-1 (8-10), J. Brosnahan beat N. Cormick 6-0, 6-1.

A Reserve Methven Gold beat Southern Wakanui 5 sets to 1: J. Sheridan & H. Simpson lost to L. Adam & J. Adam 3-6, 1-6, J. Ermio & G. Newton beat B. Fleming & S. Scott 6-3, 6-0, J. Sheridan beat L. Adam 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 1-0 (10-4), H. Simpson beat J. Adam 6-3, 6-2, J. Ermio beat B. Fleming 6-2, 6-3, G. Newton beat S. Scott 6-0, 6-0.

Methven Diamonds lost to Hampstead Aces 4 sets to 2: N. Alombro & M. Farrell beat O. Bubb & A. Spicer 6-0, 6-2, J. King & V. Talbot lost to J. Barry & M. Hopkins 4-6, 2-6, N. Alombro lost to O. Bubb 1-6, 2-6, M. Farrell beat A. Spicer 6-4, 6-2, J. King lost to J. Barry 1-6, 1-6, V. Talbot lost to M. Hopkins 2-6, 3-6.

Hampstead Hillbillies lost to Allenton 5 sets to 1: Z. Aschen & Z. Diedricks lost to J. Parsons & L. Moore 0-6, 2-6, T. Kelland & A. Pearson lost to C. Collins & I. Cabalse 1-6, 2-6, Z. Ascehn lost to J. Parsons 4-6, 0-6, T. Kelland beat L. Moore 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (10-3), Z. Diedricks lost to C. Collins 4-6, 0-6, A. Pearson lost to I. Cabalse 1-6, 2-6.

Junior A Methven Silver lost to Wakanui 4 sets to 2 E. McSweeney & C. Wareing lost to M. Veix & W. Copland 1-6, M. Hydes & J. Hydes beat F. Veix & A. Whittaker 6-4, E. McSweeney lost to M. Veix 3-9, C. Wareing beat F. Veix 9-2, M. Hydes lost to A. Whittaker 2-9, J. Hydes lost to W. Copland 4-9.

Methven Bronze lost to Allenton Wolves 5 sets to 1: A. Ermio & J. King lost to S. Van Rooyen & D. Gilbert 5-6, A. Cavanagh & S. Furndorfler lost to R. Gray & I. Adam 2-6, A. Ermio beat S. Van Rooyen 9-4, J. King lost to D. Gilbert 2-9, A. Cavanagh lost to R. Gray 8-9, S. Furndorfler lost to I. Adam 1-9.

Hampstead Eagles beat Southern Sparks 4 sets to 2: R. Breen & A. Spooner beat C. O’Connell & I. Brook 6-1, H. Feutz & E. Bassai beat C. Brook & J. McLaren 6-4, R. Breen beat C. O’Connell 9-4, A. Spooner lost to C. Brook 6-9, H. Feutz beat I. Brook 9-5, E. Bassai lost to J. McLaren 7-9.

Junior B Hampstead beat Southern Slammers 4 matches to 2: R. Wall & L. Feutz beat S. Hensen & F. Fulton 6-5, O. Flack & D. Burgess beat L. Jones & S. Wilson 6-2, R. Wall lost to S. Hensen 5-6, L. Feutz beat F. Fulton 6-4, O. Flack lost to L. Jones 3-6, D. Burgess beat S. Wilson 6-1.

Methven Black lost to Allenton 4 matches to 2: G. Fulton & L. Farrell beat J. Gilbert & S. Holland 6-5, C. McSweeney & A. Armour lost to A. Ciora & H. Bradford 2-6, G. Fulton beat J. Gilbert 6-0, L. Farrell lost to A. Ciora 2-6, C. McSweeney lost to H. Bradford 2-6, A. Armour lost to S. Holland 2-6.

Junior C Allenton Tigers drew with Methven Blue 32 games all: T. Amos & F. Nicol beat H. Redfern & R. Humm 6-5, C. Garton & C. Van Rooyen lost to F. Cudmore & I. Perham 5-6, T. Amos lost to H. Redfern 4-6, F. Nicol lost to F. Cudmore 5-6, C. Garton beat R. Humm 6-5, C. Van Rooyen beat I. Perham 6-4.

Hampstead Owls lost to Dorie C 5 sets to 1: J. Carr & I. Wall lost to C. Kingsbury & L. Sloper 3-6, A. Artz & L. Watson lost to M. Keller & D. Dolan 3-6, J. Carr lost to C. Kingsbury 5-6, I. Wall beat L. Sloper 6-1, A. Artz lost to M. Keller 1-6, L. Watson lost to D. Dolan 2-6.

Southern Allenton Sharks beat Methven Red 5 sets to 1: A. Cromie & J. Ellis beat G. Oates & L. Markielle 6-1, T. Ellis & J. Reed beat J. Oates & N. Cavanagh 6-1, A. Cromie beat G. Oates 6-2, J. Ellis beat L. Markielle 6-1, T. Ellis beat J. Oates 6-0, J. Reed lost to N. Cavanagh 0-6.

Dorie B beat Methven White 5 sets to 1: B. Drye & S. Pye beat J. Irwin & E. Watson 6-0, O. Jackways & S. Drye beat J. Campbell & P. Humm 6-4, B. Drye lost to J. Irwin 5-6, O. Jackways beat J. Campbell 6-3, S. Pye beat E. Watson 6-1, S. Drye beat P. Humm 6-4.

■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis November 4 Round 3. All games to start at 9am sharp Junior A Grade – Duty Team Allenton Wolves.

Allenton Wolves v Hampstead Eagles at ATTC; Southern Sparks v Wakanui at ATTC; Methven Silver v Methven Bronze at Methven Domain.

Junior B Grade Southern Slammers v Methven Black at ATTC; Allenton Bears v Dorie B at Dorie Hall; Tinwald Federer v Hampstead Pelicans at Tinwald; Methven White - Bye. Junior C Dorie C v Allenton Tigers at Dorie School; Methven Blue v Southern Allenton Sharks at ATTC; Tinwald Williams v Hampstead Owls at Hampstead; Methven Red – Bye. Please phone any defaults through to Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis 308-3020 as soon as possible.

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■ MOTOR RACING

Ben’s a Supercross champ

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

Once again Mid Canterbury is punching above its weight, this time in the world of Supercross.

The 2017 New Zealand Supercross Championships were held over the past two weekends, with two local boys picking up good results in their respective classes.

Ben Wall won the Junior Lites (85cc class), beating out Palmerston North’s Rhys Jillings and Invercargill’s Jack Symon to the title.

The first weekend of the competition was held in muddy conditions in Tokoroa, and after the two races there, Wall found himself tied for second place, only one point off the lead.

Over the weekend the second leg was held in Winton, with three races on the card.

Wall won two, and a third placed finished in the other saw him take the title by nine points from his nearest competitor.

Dad Graeme said it was quite the achievement, considering he had only been racing motorcycles for four years, while many of the riders he was facing had been riding since age five or six.

Also competing at the event was Mitchell Stocker, who was competing in the 125/250cc class.

He left Tokoroa outside of the top three, but was able to battle his way back to finish third at the end of the Ben Wall with the bike he rode to victory in the Junior Lites class of the New Zealand Supercompetition. cross Championships.

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Black Caps turn focus to T20 series

Tom Latham acknowledges notching up another ODI half-century, but it wasn’t quite enough to get the Black Caps home.

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Frustrated and disappointed at falling just six runs short of New Zealand’s first-ever ODI series victory in India, Black Caps skipper Kane Williamson is nevertheless already focusing on the future.

The Kiwis needed 15 runs off their final over to chase down the 338-run target set by India in the third and deciding ODI in Kanpur yesterday.

Right-arm paceman Jasprit Bumrah stayed cool, however, picking up his third wicket to restrict the Kiwis to 331-7 and clinch the three-game series 2-1 for the hosts.

But with a three-match Twenty20 series between the two teams beginning in New Delhi tomorrow, Williamson is keen to keep looking ahead.

“All you can do after any game, win or loss, is move onto your next opportunity, try to learn from it as best you can and grow as a team,” he said.

“There were some really good lessons from throughout the series – there always are when you play the best in the world.

“Chasing a total like that, you do need to play well.

“I thought that our guys executed their roles really well, and it did come down perhaps to one or two deliveries where we

could have made it up.”

Winning the toss, the Black Caps opted to bat second, and grabbed an early wicket when Tim Southee dismissed Shikhar Dhawan for 14.

But Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma went on to post a massive 230-run second-wicket partnership, leading India to a 337-6 total.

The New Zealanders managed to recover from the early loss of opener Martin Guptill, a speedy 75 from Colin Munro off 62 balls and Williamson’s 64 off 84 leading the way.

But spinner Yuzvendra Chahal put an end to the run, taking both of their wickets, leaving Tom Latham and Ross Taylor to try and repeat the partnership that clinched the first game in the series for New Zealand.

However, Taylor only mustered 39 while Latham hung around until the 48th-over only to be run out for 65, Bumrah taking both wickets.

Williamson says it was disappointing to miss out on a series win by such a close margin.

“But if you step back and look at the work that was put in, to get so close and for it to become such a fine line, it’s a really promising thing for this batting unit.”

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Johnson inspirational England have found an unlikely inspiration heading into the Ashes series – former tormentor Mitchell Johnson. Johnson tore England to shreds when Australia whitewashed them 5-0 four years ago. He snared an astonishing 37 wickets at an average of 13.97.

Joe Root is urging his team to use Johnson’s Ashes heroics as an inspiration. “It was an unbelievable series that Johnson had,” Root said. “To win an Ashes series, you need guys to step up. And that’s the challenge for our guys – you’ve got an opportunity to do something really special.”

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Record T20 century David Miller’s world-record breaking innings of 101 off 36 balls gave South Africa clean sweeps over Bangladesh in all three formats with an 83-run win in the final Twenty20 yesterday.

Miller hammered the fastest century in T20 internationals – he reached 100 off 35 balls to smash the record by 10 balls – to propel South Africa to 224-4 batting first.

Bangladesh was 141 all out in 18.3 overs, another heavy defeat on a difficult five-week tour.

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Braced for sledging England captain Joe Root says his team are bracing for a psychological sledging war during the upcoming Ashes series and he knows the Ben Stokes matter could be at the top of Australia’s hit list. Stokes was a notable absentee when England’s test squad touched down in Perth on Sunday. Australia opener David Warner has already vowed to unleash his trademark on-field aggression this summer, calling on the umpires to turn a blind eye to the sledging.

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Message for selectors He might not be quite ready for the first Ashes test but provided his body holds up, Nathan CoulterNile will bang the door down to break into the Australian team.

Having built his reputation in coloured clothing, the 30-yearold fired with bat and ball in WA’s record 301-run win over Tasmania at the WACA on Sunday in his first Sheffield Shield match since 2015.

He made 42 and took 1-23 in the first innings before starring in the second by making a crucial 52 then ripping through Tasmania’s top order, taking 3-18 as the Tigers capitulated for 63.

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Century for Masakadza Hamilton Masakadza’s unbeaten century for Zimbabwe kept West Indies at bay on a rainaffected Day 1 of the second test yesterday. Opener Masakadza was 101 not out, and had rescued Zimbabwe from 14-3 and taken it to 169-4, when rain cut short the opening day at Queens Sports Club. Masakadza, the 34-year-old veteran, made use of a couple of lives to record just a fifth test century in his 16-year career. It rolled back the years for Masakadza, who made his first century against West Indies on debut at the age of 17. Masakadza put on 142 for the fourth wicket with PJ Moor (52) after Kemar Roach (2-24) and Shannon Gabriel (1-37) made light of Zimbabwe’s top order.

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In brief Eagles swoop on 49ers Carson Wentz has thrown two touchdown passes as the NFLleading Philadelphia Eagles beat the winless San Francisco 49ers 33-10. The Eagles (7-1) overcame a slow start in sloppy, rainy conditions on their way to a sixthstraight win. The 49ers are 0-8 for the first time in their history. New England Patriots made it four wins in a row after Tom Brady passed for 333 yards and a touchdown and Stephen Gostkowski added four field goals in a 21-13 defeat of the Los Angeles Chargers.

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Armour grabs first win A tearful Ryan Armour has won for the first time on the PGA Tour, shooting a four-under par 68 for a five-stroke victory at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Mississippi. The win yesterday came in his 105th career start on the tour. “I’m tearing up. I’m not going to lie,” Armour said after finishing on 19-under par 269 a day after his son Patrick’s ninth birthday.

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Amazing finish for Lin

British driver Lewis Hamilton holds up a British flag as he celebrates winning his fourth Formula One championship after the Mexican Formula One Grand Prix yesterday.

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Hamilton’s fourth F1 crown Kiwi driver Brendon Hartley has had a fiery exit to Mexico Grand Prix, his second race in Formula One. The 27-year-old had engine issues in the 32nd lap of the race while sitting in 11th place.

Hartley pulled his Toro Rosso car over to the side of the track where the back of the car caught fire just after he left his seat.

A roadside marshal was quick to put out the fire.

“I’m losing a lot of power,” Hartley told his pit crew.

“Stop the car Brendon. Stop the car in a safe place,” the Kiwi was told.

Seconds after stopping his car it caught fire.

It caps off a difficult week for Hartley after he was handed a four-place grid penalty following power issues during qualification on Sunday.

He worked his way from 17th to 11th, putting him on the verge of his first point in Formula One before his race was stopped.

Meanwhile Britain’s Lewis Hamilton has been crowned Formula One world champion after he finished ninth in a dramatic Mexican Grand Prix.

The race was won by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen but Mercedes’ Hamilton clinched his fourth drivers’ championship after Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel was unable to win the race following collisions between the trio on the first lap.

“It doesn’t feel real. It is not the kind of race I wanted, 40 seconds behind, but I never gave up,” Hamilton said.

“That is what is important and in my heart. I am grateful for today.”

It was a third grand prix win for

20-year-old Dutchman Verstappen while Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas was second with Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen third.

Australian Daniel Ricciardo had a day to forget being forced out of the race on lap six with his Red Bull experiencing turbo trouble.

The opening lap of the race was highly eventful with polesitter Vettel banging wheels with Verstappen before Vettel and Hamilton also touched.

Debris from the Ferrari flew onto the track and Hamilton suffered a punctured right rear tyre.

A seething Hamilton asked his team over the radio if Vettel made contact “on purpose”.

“Not sure, Lewis,” the team replied.

Race stewards determined no investigation was necessary.

Vettel pitted for a new front

wing and Hamilton for a new rear tyre and the pair rejoined the race with Hamilton last and Verstappen clear in the lead.

“I hated the race but I am super happy now,” Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff told Britain’s Radio Five.

“He (Hamilton) has achieved it and the team has won.

“This is most important.

“It was a bizarre accident.”

In the end Hamilton made it up to ninth place, after a late ding-dong with old rival Fernando Alonso, which was enough for the title as long as Vettel did not win.

Hamilton’s championship makes him the most decorated British driver in F1 history, passing Sir Jackie Stewart.

He is one of only five drivers in Formula One history with four or more.

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Maiden win for Evans; Paddon eighth A finely-judged third place at Wales Rally GB guaranteed a fifth consecutive World Rally Championship for Sebastien Ogier with the 33-year-old Frenchman moving to second in the all-time rankings behind nine-time champion Sebastien Loeb.

Victory for team-mate Elfyn Evans was his maiden WRC triumph, made all the sweeter as he achieved it on home soil.

The Welshman became the first

Briton to win the wet and muddy forest road event since Richard Burns in 2000.

Evans is the seventh different driver to win in a remarkably unpredictable season.

He headed Thierry Neuville’s Hyundai i20 by 37.3sec after leading for virtually the entire four-day, 304.36km event. Ogier finished a further 7.9sec behind.

Kiwi Hayden Paddon finished eighth in his Hyundai.

“We have been in a bit of a no man’s land today, so we have concentrated on keeping things nice and smooth,” he said.

“The result isn’t what we wanted, of course, but we have started to regain our confidence in the car, and just enjoy ourselves a bit more. It has been hard to read the stages this weekend, but it’s been fun to get behind the wheel and to be part of the team again.

“We can now reset and refo-

cus our efforts on Rally Australia, where we have our sights set much higher.”

A tense last leg culminated at the Power Stage finale alongside Llyn Brenig reservoir.

Major title rival Thierry Neuville charged to fastest time to claim maximum bonus points, while Ogier crept into a pointspaying position by 0.1 of a second to seal the title with a round to spare.

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Chinas Yuxin Lin has finished birdie, birdie, eagle to win the 2017 AsiaPacific Amateur Championship in style at Royal Wellington Golf Club.

Lin completed his week with a three-shot margin over countryman Andy Zhang with rounds of 69, 67, 69 and an impressive 65 to earn an invitation to The Masters Tournament and The 147th Open Championship. - NZME

Clubs forego legal action A-League clubs have decided not to sue Football Federation Australia over the game’s ugly power scuffle but issued a loaded warning to boss Steven Lowy ahead of this week’s pivotal EGM. The drawn-out deadlock over a new congress model will come to a head tomorrow when FFA attempt to push through its desired model, one supported by many state federations but staunchly opposed by the clubs and players’ union. - AAP

Girona stun Real Girona have earned a shock 2-1 Spanish La Liga victory over Real Madrid that was celebrated by many throughout Catalonia.

The small Catalan club stunned Madrid with a come-from-behind win – just days after the wealthy northeastern region declared independence to heighten tensions in a dispute with the central government. “We can still overcome this,” Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said.

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Top start for Puel Leicester gave new manager Claude Puel a winning start to his reign as they beat Everton 2-0 yesterday to climb to 11th in the Premier League. Goals from Jamie Vardy and Demarai Gray sealed the three points for Puel’s side, pulling them away from trouble and leaving managerless Everton stuck in the relegation zone. Vardy put Leicester in front after 18 minutes and Gray, who was superb throughout, added a second 11 minutes later. Earlier, Mat Ryan’s Brighton grabbed a point at home to Southampton thanks to an equaliser from Glenn Murray early in the second half in a 1-1 draw.

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Hyde goes one better Having gone close to victory last week, Marty Hyde left nothing to chance this week storming to the win in Tinwald Cycling Club’s Davidson Refrigeration and Electrical, 48km handicap event around the Grahams Road block on Sunday.

Hyde and his co-markers set a solid pass, finding the front of the race inside the final 10km.

With plenty of work to do to keep the chasing riders at bay they continued the momentum to the finish.

Hyde finished off in style to take the win, with Cam Harcourt backing up from participating in Mission Mount Somers the day before taking the second place spoils.

Sarah Hewson showed she will be one to watch with a strong finish propelling her into third place.

Pam Harcourt, Don Morrison, and newcomer Mark Summerfield rounded out the top six.

The break bunch made the most of a depleted scratch mark to claim the fastest time honours.

Of note, junior rider Oliver Davidson, riding the senior event, showed his recent racing is reaping rewards, riding a super race to lead this group across the line.

Rob Hooper was on his tail to take the fastest time honours riding the course in 73.12.

Dave Knight and Kristine Marriott claimed second and third time.

It was good day for the Davidson stock, with Lily Davidson pulling out all the stops to hold the front from start to finish, securing the winner’s spoils in the junior event.

Scratch marker Ethan Titheridge stormed into third place and in doing so took fastest time honours, riding the distance in 25.16.

Caitlin Titheridge secured fourth and second time, with Bella Roulston rounding out the top five.

Hillary Singlewood took Division 2 honours.

Next week the club will contest a graded scratch event around the Blackbridge block.

Olympic champion Hamish Bond says a fair amount of skin was lost and his “pride dented” in a crash during a cycle race in the Coromandel. Bond, who has been pursuing a cycling career after winning two Olympic gold medals, crashed while leading the K2 bike race in the Coromandel and was taken to hospital. Bond has switched from rowing to cycling ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. He tweeted: “Came unstuck from the slippery slick roads; some limits learnt and fortunately only a fair amount of skin lost and my pride dented.”

Ireland has an edge Officially ex-Kangaroos prop Brett White is Ireland’s media officer for the Rugby League World Cup. But he’s so much more to the Wolfhounds after being credited with providing the blueprint to nullify star fullback James Tedesco in their upset 36-12 opening win over Italy in Cairns. Ireland coach Mark Aston saved his biggest praise for the man who provided Finn the game plan - ex-NSW forward White. Aston said White’s expertise and NRL background all but proved the difference as Ireland made a perfect Cup start in front of 9216 fans.

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Kaino’s long wait for a return to test duty

By Liam Napier Finally, the time has come to unleash Jerome Kaino.

But maybe not where you might initially expect.

It sure has been a long wait – no doubt longer for the man himself.

The British and Irish Lions series seems an age ago and, yet, that tour was the last occasion we saw Kaino in a test jersey.

He did not feature at all during the Rugby Championship, despite travelling to Argentina and South Africa in final two weeks of that tournament, or the last Bledisloe Cup in Brisbane.

Seven tests, three-and-a-half months all told, have passed since the Lions embarked on our shores. In that time New Zealand has welcomed a new government; school terms have whizzed by and the arrival of daylight savings promises summer is on the way.

The Wallabies even won a test against the All Blacks.

It seems incredible that this 81 test veteran, one Wayne Smith rates alongside Ian Kirkpatrick as the greatest No 6 of all time due to his defensive prowess, has remained on the outer for such an extended period.

But this is the All Blacks.

When one player steps aside, another gratefully grabs his chance.

So has been the case with Liam Squire. His accession to the All Blacks’ blindside throne did not occur overnight.

Bond’s ‘pride dented’

Taumalolo wants more Even after a 46-point Rugby League World Cup romp, Jason Taumalolo demanded more from Tonga. At full-time Tongan fans were in raptures as their side romped to a 50-4 victory in their Cup opener against world No.4 Scotland in Cairns on Sunday. It was a stunning statement of intent from world No.11 Tonga – but their high- profile defector Taumalolo wasn’t satisfied. “He just said it was a good performance in the first half but we let ourselves down in the second and we need to be better because next week we need to be on for the full 80 minutes,” said skipper Sika Manu.

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Solomona stands out

Jerome Kaino hasn’t been seen in black for quite some time.

Squire was knocking on the door well before Kaino left Sydney prior to the opening Bledisloe to return home and confront family issues.

Those off-field events impacted Kaino’s ability to reclaim his spot, and also opened the door for Vaea Fifita to surge through in his maiden start against the Pumas in New Plymouth, where he produced arguably the best individual try of the test season with a remarkable burst of speed from a standing start.

In recent weeks Steve Hansen has been at pains to point out the blindside pecking order is far from set in stone.

But Squire is undoubtedly top dog, leaving Kaino significant ground to make up. And time does not appear on his side.

Kaino has only played three provincial matches for Auckland

and the All Blacks ‘game of three halves’ since the Lions series.

Not nearly enough for a man of his ability and experience.

This week what he lacks in match fitness he is sure to compensate for with pent-up hunger.

With Kieran Read sitting out the Barbarians match at Twickenham, it could be No 8 where Kaino makes his return.

The All Blacks are keen to make room for both Fifita, who is being slowly groomed and therefore missed the last two tests, and Kaino.

Clearly in need of game-time, and having played seven previous tests at No 8, it makes more sense for Kaino to replace Read than Squire.

“When you think about people like Vaea and JK they haven’t had a lot of rugby of late,” Hansen said.

“You’d probably expect them to be involved in the 23 so they’ll get an opportunity to say ‘pick me’ as will the rest of the group.”

Though likely to slot in at No 8, Kaino can still make his case heard.

It could be he fulfills his typical tight physical role, which would then allow Fifita to embrace his natural athleticism wider out.

Whatever number he wears, Kaino is sure to relish the chance to simply be back in black.

Whether those who face the Barbarians have been All Blacks for 10 years or two days, this match is a chance to make the first impressions on tour and exert pressure on others.

After such a prolonged absence, the 34-year-old will appreciate more than anyone the need to make his presence felt.

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Whether for the Kiwis or the Storm, Nelson Asofa-Solomona has a very simple routine before coming off the bench. First, take a moment to weigh up the flow of the game. Second, pinpoint the weak links in the opponent’s defensive chain. And third, get stuck in.

The rampaging 21-year-old was unstoppable off the pine in Saturday’s test debut against Samoa, helping his side to a 38-8 Rugby League World Cup win.

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Christmas comes early Rookie sensation Asafo Aumua is adjusting to life as a new All Black and Christmas came early yesterday for the Wellington hooker.

Aumua spent some time away from the training field in the UK yesterday to get kitted out in free gear from sponsor Adidas. The 20-yearold packed up a huge box full of boots, trainers and sunglasses and was a bit overwhelmed by all the free gear. “Honestly, I’m lost for words – I was lost as soon as I walked in and saw everyone,” he said. Beauden Barrett hasn’t played with the dynamic hooker often but he, like many, is enthused at his potential after watching him terrorise opponents in the Mitre 10 Cup this season.

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‘It’s like racing Winx’ Champion driver Dexter Dunn probably summed up the thoughts of all rival New Zealand Cup reinsmen when analysing the record run by superstar pacer Lazarus in yesterday’s Gr.2 $50,000 Kaikoura Cup. “I’ve raced against Lazarus a few times now and it’s a bit like the Australian jockeys racing against Winx,” he said.

Dunn was happy with the performance of runner-up Titan Banner, who led and was brave in defeat, but Lazarus travelled well throughout in the parked position and was simply too good.

When driver and co-trainer Mark Purdon asked Lazarus for the extra effort at the top of the straight, the champ surged clear and it was game over.

Lazarus raced clear to win by two lengths, giving Purdon the perfect New Zealand Cup trial.

“I could have gone to the front and run a record but it probably worked out better as it did,” he said.

He will assess in coming days whether Lazarus will need another hit-out before November 14’s $800,000 New Zealand Cup and if he does, it will be in the Cup Trial at Addington next week.

As it was, Lazarus paced the 2400 metres from the standing start in 2.54.3, a mile-rate of 1.56.8, home in 54secs and 26.8secs around the uncambered South Bay track.

Lazarus, an entire by Bettor’s Delight, is now the winner of 30 races from 34 starts for over $2.25 million in stakes.

Titan Banner held second while northern visitor No Doctor Needed finished in third.

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M5

In brief Classic targeted Lisa Latta has Group One aspirations for her Trentham winner Platinum Volos. “We’ll set him for the Levin Classic and take him through the grades in the meantime,” the Awapuni trainer said. Platinum Volos showed his appreciation of the improved going at Trentham on Saturday when he powered home to win the NZTBA Wellington Branch Guineas Trial.

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Golden result for Phelan Cambridge trainer Craig Phelan gained a consolation prize at Ellerslie where Worthiswaitngold relished the slow going to post his fourth win. The six-year-old has been patiently handled and success in Saturday’s Total Property Worx came at just his 16th start. The victory was the fifth of the season for Phelan, who was philosophical about the recent sale of unbeaten three-year-old Notabadcraftsman to Hong Kong interests.

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Cup history beckons

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Veteran stayer Who Shot Thebarman has earned his shot at history with his Gr.2 Moonee Valley Gold Cup (2500m) victory. A nine-yearold, the New Zealand-bred and owned son of Yamanin Vital will be given the opportunity to become the oldest winner of the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m). - NZME

Manawatu harness Today at Manawatu Raceway

Manawatu Harness Racing Club Inc Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 31 Oct 2017 NZ Meeting number: 5 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 3.00 WELCOME TO MANAWATU RACEWAY NEW SEASON HCP TROT $8000, 3yo+, non-winners & r42 to r51 spechcp trot, stand, 2500m 1 4Px Xtra Time (1) fr ...............................S Phelan 2 Monaro Mia (2) fr ...........................M Bryers 3 88x Rarangi Opal (3) fr ....................S Abernethy 4 T A’s Cracker (4) fr ....................... D Butcher 5 86x Peep O Day (U1) fr......................A Poutama 6 88484 Majestic Stride (U2) fr ......F Schumacher (J) 7 9229x Commando One (U3) fr ..................S Doody 8 0x058 Mon Archie Way (1) 35................... M Burley 9 0155x Above The Rest (2) 35 ................ W Fleming 10 470Dx Sunny Bill (3) 35............................B Orange 2 3.26pm VISIT MANAWATU HRC FACEBOOK PAGE HCAP TROT $8000, r53 to r87 spechcp, stand, 2500m 1 23421 Caitlin’s Surprise (1) fr .....F Schumacher (J) 2 7368x Meander With Pegasus (2) fr .... J Abernethy 3 23006 Speedy Earl (3) fr ...........................S Phelan 4 45382 Clover Kate (4) fr .......................... S Dickson 5 04033 Danke (1) 10 .............................. A Drake (J) 6 4105x Bear’s Rest (2) 10 .......................A Poutama

M3 Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Ascot Park Raceway Meeting Date: 31 Oct 2017 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 1 12.05pm (NZT) ORETI BEACH RUN C1, 457m 1 5311 Know Approval nwtd ......................G Cleeve 2 12151 Know Panic nwtd............................G Cleeve 3 41281 Fired Up Jasper nwtd ....................... B Dann 4 74553 Homebush Coaster nwtd .......J T McInerney 5 82431 Hilton Hangover nwtd ................ A Bradshaw 6 31332 Homebush Ragna nwtd .........J T McInerney 7 36236 Graeburn nwtd .......................... A Bradshaw 8 21233 Hilton Forabet nwtd ................... A Bradshaw 9 44548 Botany Whisper nwtd .............J T McInerney 10 27873 Homebush Indi nwtd ..............J T McInerney 2 12.25pm MERVYN EADE MEMORIAL ROOKIE RUN HEATS C0q, 457m 1 6626 Know Equal nwtd ...........................G Cleeve 2 83545 Secret Indy nwtd ............................. R Wales 3 75423 Pat Bella nwtd ................................. R Wales 4 2 It’s A Must nwtd J &.........................D Fahey 5 35525 Peekay Shout nwtd ......................... R Wales 6 22344 Goldstar Chief nwtd S &.................. B Evans 7 7 Classy Baxter nwtd ................J T McInerney 8 68648 Amy Boy nwtd ................................. R Wales 3 12.45pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADRIAN WOHLERS C2/3, 457m 1 52573 Must Be Rusty 26.53..............J T McInerney 2 34532 Odin Slayer 26.45 ..................... A Bradshaw 3 63174 Kia Tere nwtd J & ............................D Fahey 4 86675 Majestic Action 26.05 S & ............... B Evans 5 55462 Homebush Fued nwtd ............J T McInerney 6 1F161 Junk Mail 26.23 J & .........................D Fahey 7 22581 Opawa Richie 26.19 ........................ R Wales 8 32161 Invincible Sue nwtd .......................R Adcock 9 38544 Shift The Blame 25.94............J T McInerney

7 11077 November Guy (U1) 10 ........... B Butcher (J) 8 19861 Harry H (U1) 20.................... D Ferguson (J) 9 4x186 Grey Stoke (U2) 20 ....................P Ferguson 10 87x70 Sol Invictus (U1) 35 .......................B Orange 11 012x0 Gentleman Sir (U1) 45 ................. D Butcher 3 3.51pm CONGRATULATIONS ALLAN BROWN LIFE MEMBER MBL PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+ mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 0x Delia May (1) fr..................... D Ferguson (J) 2 Toppatherock (2) fr ........................B Weaver 3 5x9 CD Express (3) fr ............................S Doody 4 0x8 Santanna Girl (4) fr ............ J MacKinnon (J) 5 44272 Gotta Moment (5) fr...................S Abernethy 6 6460x Rosa Belle (6) fr ........................ J Abernethy 7 Ivana Flybye (7) fr ................... B Butcher (J) 8 7539x Show Business (21) fr ....................M Bryers 9 6P Lincoln Street fr ............................ Scratched 10 Ideal Cullen (22) fr ........................B Orange 11 6 Doubledelightbrigade (23) fr .........T Mitchell 12 2080 Lincoln Lovely (24) fr .................... D Butcher 13 505x8 Grey Skies (25) fr ........................A Poutama Emergency: Lincoln Street 4 4.17pm MIDNIGHT HOUR MBL PACE $8000, nonwinners 3yo+ mob. pace, mobile, 2500m 1 8807x Cottonwood (1) fr .............................B Taylor

2 9684x Go Paddy (2) fr.................................A Pyers 3 05x Scelta Uno (3) fr ..........................A Poutama 4 3588x Rebel Richie (4) fr ................ D Ferguson (J) 5 Mr Billiards (5) fr.................... T Cameron (J) 6 99x Hunter Red (6) fr ....................... J Abernethy 7 6x Emira (7) fr ....................................B Weaver 8 One Liner (21) fr...................... B Butcher (J) 9 Jenora (22) fr ............................S Abernethy 10 25x0x Lincoln Sky (23) fr ........................ D Butcher 11 3409 Bettor Ask Me (24) fr .....................B Orange 12 6P Lincoln Street (25) fr .................. A Drake (J) 5 4.45 PALMERSTON NORTH GOLD CUP FESTIVAL 29/3 MBL PACE $8000, r41 to r48 mob. pace, 2000m 1 4000x Burning Reign (1) fr..........F Schumacher (J) 2 6237x Contractual Issues (2) fr............S Abernethy 3 00474 Atom Hanover (3) fr.............. D Ferguson (J) 4 7468x Shapeofthingstocome (4) fr..............B Taylor 5 P9097 Itsokbeingbetter (5) fr ..................A Poutama 6 x0589 Toll Gate (6) fr .............................. D Butcher 7 88600 Rangi Rangdu (7) fr .......................S Phelan 8 x896x Hunter Bromac (21) fr ...................B Orange 9 37009 Jack Bates (22) fr ..........................T Mitchell 10 0x000 Willedu (23) fr.............................P Ferguson 11 80938 Kate Jackson (U1) fr ................. J Abernethy 6 5.15 THE MEMBERS’ MOBILE PACE $8000, 3yo+

r47 to r52 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 800x7 Molly Sims (1) fr .............................S Phelan 2 21730 Balfast (2) fr.................................. D Butcher 3 63857 Flash Boy (3) fr 4 7178x Johnny Podres (4) fr...................P Ferguson 5 x6571 Naya (5) fr .................................. A Drake (J) 6 41887 Zahara Zuri (6) fr .........................A Poutama 7 17934 Trinity Bromac (7) fr 8 0980x The Hurricane (21) fr.....................B Weaver 9 1676x Bobby M (22) fr .............................T Mitchell 10 09x70 Port Delight (23) fr.........................B Orange 11 55702 P Tomado (24) fr ....................... J Abernethy 12 6766x Sumthin Special (25) fr ........ D Ferguson (J) 7 5.40 WILLIAMS HARNESS PHOTOGRAPHY MOBILE PACE $8000, 3yo+ r52 to r57 mob. pace, 2000m 1 98451 Royal Jester (1) fr..........................B Orange 2 6461 Brookies Prince (2) fr ....................T Mitchell 3 52015 Smackwater Jack (3) fr ............. J Abernethy 4 72723 Glenferrie Duster (4) fr ...................S Phelan 5 0559x Dana Dawn (5) fr .........................A Poutama 6 01383 Ardent Lustre (6) fr .................. B Butcher (J) 7 2x346 McDaknife (7) fr..........................P Ferguson 8 71759 Lambros (21) fr .................. J MacKinnon (J) 9 6199x Paul’s Verdict (22) fr ...............M Johnson (J) 10 76403 Happy Magic (23) fr...................... D Butcher

11 231x6 Captain Kirk (24) fr ..........................S Doody 12 7213x Madiba (25) fr................................B Weaver 8 6.10pm HAPPY 65TH BIRTHDAY TAIPARI MOBILE PACE $8000, r57 to r85 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 540x8 Brainstormer (1) fr ................ D Ferguson (J) 2 04589 Shillelagh (2) fr ..............................B Orange 3 3265x Arcano (3) fr ...............................P Ferguson 4 1280x Cerberus (4) fr...........................S Abernethy 5 x2178 Pay Me Art (5) fr ..........................A Poutama 6 53527 Ralph Elliott (6) fr ......................... D Butcher 7 284x6 C A Penny (7) fr .............................S Phelan 8 236x6 Franco Lennox (21) fr ................ J Abernethy 9 65857 Hudy Haxwell (22) fr .....................T Mitchell 10 44517 Delightful Zen (23) fr ............... B Butcher (J) 11 45328 Marshal Star (24) fr ...................... S Dickson Pacifiers off: Go Paddy (R4) SELECTIONS

Race 1: Above The Rest, Commando One, Monaro Mia Race 2: Gentleman Sir, Sol Invictus, November Guy Race 3: Rosa Belle, Gotta Moment, Ivana Flybye, Ideal Cullen Race 4: One Liner, Hunter Red, Mr Billiards, Jenora Race 5: Atom Hanover, Toll Gate, Contractual Issues, Kate Jackson Race 6: Molly Sims, Balfast, Bobby M, Trinity Bromac Race 7: Brookies Prince, Glenferrie Duster, Ardent Lustre Race 8: C A Penny, Delightful Zen, Marshal Star, Ralph Elliott

Southland dogs Today at Ascot Park Raceway

5 78322 Goldstar Ashton nwtd S & ............... B Evans 6 54666 Opawa Pauline nwtd ....................... R Wales 7 46221 Full Speed nwtd ............................... B Dann HEATS C0q, 457m 8 8 Devon Baxter nwtd .................J T McInerney 1 23343 Secret Babe nwtd............................ R Wales 2 2 Darlek Ian nwtd ......................J T McInerney 8 2.12 PAUL CONNER MEMORIAL FINAL SPECf, 457m 1 36224 Opawa Denise nwtd ........................ R Wales 3 Goldstar Liberty nwtd S & ............... B Evans 2 13717 Opawa Norris 26.06 ........................ R Wales 4 34655 Pat Allie nwtd .................................. R Wales 3 18223 Charlie Runkel 25.89 ........................B Eade 5 37281 Jacinda nwtd .................................... B Dann 4 31443 Allen Hadrian 26.29 .....................C Roberts 6 7T Zara Zoe nwtd ................................. R Wales 5 33332 Spring Sam 26.00 ..................J T McInerney 7 Jinga Might nwtd J & .......................D Fahey 6 11111 Allen Ablett 26.25 .........................C Roberts 8 88278 Homebush Boden nwtd ..........J T McInerney 7 24826 Goldstar Miley 26.50 S & ................ B Evans 5 1.21pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY AXEL C4/5, 390m 8 16248 Goldstar Spotty 26.60 S & .............. B Evans 1 81427 Opawa Kim 23.06............................ R Wales 9 78855 Luciastar 26.03 ......................J T McInerney 2 11362 Cosmic Odette 22.35 .............J T McInerney 10 27756 Storming Mack 26.13 .................. B I Conner 3 31614 Justin Ryan 22.67 S &..................... B Evans 4 517F8 Watta Gunn 22.51 .........................R Adcock 9 2.32pm CONGRATULATIONS RUFUS C1, 457m 1 61644 Homebush Ellie nwtd .............J T McInerney 5 21217 Vallende Star nwtd ............................J Dunn 2 43464 Pianissimo 26.26......................... B I Conner 6 42123 Opawa Sheldon 22.32..................... R Wales 3 14565 Cosmic Stu nwtd ....................J T McInerney 7 45263 Puma Pants 22.14..................J T McInerney 4 56754 Goldstar Po nwtd S & ...................... B Evans 8 67257 Opawa Waihemo 22.75 ................... R Wales 5 56244 Fab Action nwtd S &........................ B Evans 9 83324 Cosmic Richie 22.60 ..............J T McInerney 6 62823 Goldstar Dodge nwtd S & ............... B Evans 10 15145 Detective Dash nwtd ..............J T McInerney 7 61241 Know Conclusion nwtd...................G Cleeve 6 1.37pm SOUTHLAND DISTANCE C0d, 630m 8 16447 Nippa-A-Spot nwtd .................J T McInerney 1 33442 Southern Honey nwtd .................R Hamilton 9 27756 Storming Mack 26.13 .................. B I Conner 2 78855 Luciastar nwtd ........................J T McInerney 3 77554 Forbury Flyer nwtd .................J T McInerney 10 78658 Rhinegolde nwtd ................................J Allen 4 47348 Awesome Annie nwtd.................. B I Conner 10 2.52pm MR WHIPPY SOUTHLAND C1, 457m 1 54162 Replica Rango nwtd .......................B Pringle 5 Box Vacant 2 155 Classy Witch nwtd ..........................G Cleeve 6 42654 Take By Storm nwtd .................. A Bradshaw 3 44548 Botany Whisper nwtd .............J T McInerney 7 53773 Granny Magnet nwtd .........................J Dunn 4 42276 Goldstar Scooby 26.57 S & ............. B Evans 8 44333 Know Other nwtd ...........................G Cleeve 7 1.55pm MERVYN EADE MEMORIAL ROOKIE RUN 5 78723 Trendy Blake 26.15 ................J T McInerney 6 43277 Epic Mango nwtd ..........................R Adcock HEATS C0q, 457m 7 61545 Inter Oblivion 27.06 S & .................. B Evans 1 8 Goldstar Power nwtd S & ................ B Evans 8 87654 Know Darling nwtd .........................G Cleeve 2 47751 Know Dollars nwtd .........................G Cleeve 9 27756 Storming Mack 26.13 .................. B I Conner 3 37228 Zara Petal nwtd ............................... R Wales 4 Token Jasper nwtd .......................... R Wales 10 78658 Rhinegolde nwtd ................................J Allen 10 87618 Ester Action nwtd S & ..................... B Evans

4 1.03pm MERVYN EADE MEMORIAL ROOKIE RUN

11 3.12pm WWW.BODYAUDIT.CO.NZ C2/3, 390m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

36671 Amino Trouble 22.60 ................. A Bradshaw 77747 Obeyance 22.74 .................................J Allen 21158 Valyrian Steel 22.82 ...............J T McInerney 86251 Homebush Jax nwtd...............J T McInerney 1328x Ohoka Alex nwtd ...........................R Adcock 16722 Know Logic nwtd ............................G Cleeve 26628 Opawa Zena nwtd ........................... R Wales 87584 Know Scrutiny 22.65 ......................G Cleeve 33474 Flaming Sambuca 22.65 ........J T McInerney 62377 Zugzwang nwtd ...........................R Hamilton 12 3.35pm TONI@BODYAUDIT.CO.NZ PH 021657001 C2, 390m 1 23158 Joey Baxter 22.76 ..................J T McInerney 2 82322 Jinja Rules 22.89 ...................J T McInerney 3 432T5 Star Bucking nwtd ..................J T McInerney 4 57232 Coco Bango 22.71 .................J T McInerney 5 25255 Goldstar Scooter nwtd S &.............. B Evans 6 76521 Freckle Flyer 22.57.............................J Allen 7 11577 Homebush Patriot 22.86 ........J T McInerney 8 66134 Zipping Jen 22.65 ....................... B I Conner 9 33474 Flaming Sambuca 22.65 ........J T McInerney 10 62377 Zugzwang nwtd ...........................R Hamilton 13 4.00pm ADDED ENERGY DASH C1, 390m 1 14332 Sergio Star 23.33 ...................J T McInerney 2 11123 Think Tank 23.15 ....................J T McInerney 3 24463 Broken Penniless nwtd...................G Cleeve 4 57532 Black Tori nwtd .......................... A Bradshaw 5 67734 Rib Curler 22.66 .................................J Allen 6 78383 Homebush Austin 22.87 .........J T McInerney 7 45212 Timely Affair nwtd..............................J Dunn 8 65266 Royal Action nwtd S &..................... B Evans 9 64567 Theseus 22.89 ..................................B Eade 10 34788 Southern Affair 22.71 ..................R Hamilton 14 4.26 GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C1, 390m 1 45158 Homebush Kazzy 23.66 .........J T McInerney 2 41116 Sergess nwtd .........................J T McInerney

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63227 Know Sweat nwtd...........................G Cleeve 4624x Cronos nwtd ......................................B Eade 74244 Black Dan 22.71.....................J T McInerney 44238 Hilton Forabeer nwtd ................. A Bradshaw 21357 Fiery Affair nwtd ................................J Dunn 56141 Homebush Scorpio 23.38 ......J T McInerney 87872 Lonely Baxter nwtd ................J T McInerney 34788 Southern Affair 22.71 ..................R Hamilton 15 4.55 RACING AGAIN 14TH NOVEMBER C1, 390m 1 12458 Brad Baxter nwtd ...................J T McInerney 2 26722 Bing Bong nwtd ......................... A Bradshaw 3 21 Disclaimer nwtd.............................R Adcock 4 83636 Homebush Riley 22.73 ...........J T McInerney 5 23221 Leo’s Son nwtd.......................J T McInerney 6 86871 Minalinka nwtd S & ......................... B Evans 7 63453 Homebush Hazel nwtd ...........J T McInerney 8 64211 Bookie Monster nwtd ........................J Dunn 9 27873 Homebush Indi 22.60 .............J T McInerney 10 64567 Theseus 22.89 ..................................B Eade SELECTIONS

Race 1: Homebush Ragna, Graeburn, Fired Up Jasper Race 2: It’s A Must, Goldstar Chief, Pat Bella, Know Equal Race 3: Junk Mail, Kia Tere, Must Be Rusty, Opawa Richie Race 4: Jacinda, Jinga Might, Darlek Ian, Secret Babe Race 5: Cosmic Odette, Puma Pants, Opawa Sheldon Race 6: Granny Magnet, Know Other, Take By Storm, Luciastar Race 7: Full Speed, Zara Petal, Goldstar Ashton, Know Dollars Race 8: Allen Ablett, Charlie Runkel, Allen Hadrian, Spring Sam Race 9: Know Conclusion, Goldstar Dodge, Pianissimo, Fab Action Race 10: Replica Rango, Goldstar Scooby, Classy Witch Race 11: Amino Trouble, Opawa Zena, Valyrian Steel, Ohoka Alex Race 12: Zipping Jen, Jinja Rules, Coco Bango, Star Bucking Race 13: Think Tank, Timely Affair, Rib Curler, Black Tori Race 14: Know Sweat, Black Dan, Hilton Forabeer, Fiery Affair Race 15: Disclaimer, Bookie Monster, Bing Bong, Minalinka 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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October 31 & November 1, 2017

Tuesday

(9.45am draw), (1.15pm draw). Morning singles Golf croquet, afternoon handicap singles Golf Croquet. The Domain, Philip Street.

10am NEWCOMERS SOCIAL GROUP. Weekly coffee morning for new people to Ashburton. Nosh Cafe at Ashfords, West Street.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter. Main Street, Methven.

10am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Exercises and Tai Chi for Arthritis. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

10am - 4pm ASHBURTON MUSEUM. Balls, bullets and boots, from rugby field to battle field. Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre, West Street.

12pm - 3pm JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Signing Centre, New Community House, 44 Cass Street.

1pm AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Fall prevention strengthening muscles improving balance. Presbyterian Church, Rakaia.

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

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Club day, non-members welcome. 115 Racecourse .

5.30pm - 7.30pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Youth group, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Weekly club night, all player levels welcome. E A Network Stadium, River Terrace.

7.30pm ASHBURTON TABLE TENNIS. Weekly games, come and have a go!

Ashburton Club and MSA, Havelock Street.

Wednesday

Balmoral Hall.

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

10am WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Tasmanian doubles, Association croquet. The Domain, Philip Street.

10am - 4pm ASHBURTON MUSEUM. Balls, bullets and boots, from rugby field to battle field. Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre, West Street.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Seated exercises suitable for people with limited mobility. M.S.A. Social Hall,

Havelock Street.

11am MID CANTERBURY LADIES FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Movie Tommys Honour, Regent Cinema, Ashburton.

11.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Mid-week service and lunch. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

1pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Association croquet, mixed doubles.

The Domain, Philip Street.

1pm - 3pm ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Drop in and pre loved clothing shop.

Cnr Thomson and Jane Streets, Tinwald.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research. Heritage Centre, West Street.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Play Golf or Association Croquet.

Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

1.15pm (draw) WAIREKA GOLF CROQUET. Doubles, The domain, Philip Street.

5.30pm - 7pm ASHBURTON JUNIOR ATHLETICS CLUB.

For 7 - 14 year olds, meet at the cricket oval in the domain.

6pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Practice night for new and experienced players. 115 Racecourse Road.

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance (7pm), beginner/ intermediate (8pm - 9pm). Instructor Annette phone 307-7138 a/h. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Dancing, Music, Fitness and Fun, Buffalo Hall, Cox Street.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church.

48 Allen’s Road.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST OP SHOP. Good clean ‘Second time around” clothing for sale. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr of Cass and Havelock Streets.

9.45am WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB.

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

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Steady as you go exercise group. 48 Allens Road.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST OP SHOP. “Second time around” good clean clothing for sale. Ashburton Baptist Church, cnr Cass and Havelock Streets.

10am - 11am AGE CONCERN. Hip hop for seniors, all welcome. $5.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Hansel and Gretel learned the hard way about strangers giving away treats.

Maybe the element of danger is still part of the thrill. The only danger will be eating too much of what’s offered in sincerely goodwill.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Trick-or-treating used to be an activity for the poor, who went begging this time of year. Your conscience will be pricked today. The needs might be more emotional than financial, though.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Whether or not you wear a costume today, you’ll be keenly aware of the role you play being different from the one you wish to assume and what it will take to remedy the condition.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): The best opportunities will come from being around people of different generations. The older learn from those younger as much as the younger learn from the older.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Pretending has value beyond novelty and laughs. In today’s pretending you can try on a personality you don’t have, or examine a part of yourself you normally don’t get to explore.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Today, express your alter ego, and someone will be extremely interested in the “you” who emerges with this opportunity.

Affections deepen when people get to know multiple facets of each other’s personalities.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): The fun of this day lies in the chance to lighten up and not take your identity or anyone else’s overly seriously. The more fun you witness, the more fun you’ll have.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Doing what scares you has become more or less a regular thing lately, and this is just a chance to take it to the next level. Truly, you are brave in ways that others wish to be. You’ll be admired for this.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): In days of old, doorto-door dancing was a way to earn treats.

In a sense, it’s what you’ll be doing today – dancing for the approval of a tough customer.

You’ll get it, though, if that’s any solace.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): According to the lore of Samhain, the dead roam Earth today. But it’s not just the dead looming large in your memory. It’s exes and others you haven’t seen in a while, and they’ll want to get in touch too.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): There’s a wider range of being than the one we normally experience on a daily basis. Being a monster, president or mythical creature for a time will change who you are when you go back to normal.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You are very intrigued by the idea that the dead have something to share with you. Indeed, they have already shared so much. All you have to do is remember or notice to have a spiritual experience on this day of haunting spirits.

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Fine, apart from afternoon and evening showers near the foothills, some possibly heavy. Wind at 1000m: Light.

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

9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 0 10am Morena 10:30 The Chase 0 11:30 Seven Sharp 3 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm Britain’s Got Talent 0 2:30 Code – 1 PGR 3 0 2:55 Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 0 4:25 Come Dine With Me Daytime In Edinburgh, café owner Nutan is hoping her happy-go-lucky attitude will have her laughing all the way to the bank.

4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Outback Truckers PGR 0 8:30 F Inside The London Fire Brigade PGR 0 9:30 Million Pound Properties PGR 0 10:35 1 News Tonight 0

6:30 Sesame Street 0 6:55 The Jungle Bunch To The Rescue! 0 7:20 Robin Hood 0 7:50 Gravity Falls 0 8:15 Disney Junior Art Attack 0 8:35 Disney Junior – Doc McStuffins 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Reno Rumble PGR 3 0 12:05 Jeremy Kyle’s Emergency Room PGR 1:05 Judge Rinder PGR 2pm Home Improvement 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 Bunk’d 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons Fed up with the thankless duty of driving the kids around, Marge starts working as a driver for a transportation app service. 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

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

9am The Café Mike Puru and Mel Homer present a lifestyle and entertainment show.

10am Infomercials 11:25 Family Feud 3 0 Noon Dr Phil AO 3 12:55 Married At First Sight NZ PGR 3 0 1:55 Minute To Win It 3 2:50 Celebrity Name Game PGR 3:20 Sticky TV 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm 4:25 Entertainment Tonight 4:55 Family Feud Australia 5:25 Family Feud 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Australian Survivor PGR 0 8:55 N Three Wives, One Husband Rockland Ranch is a desert community where 14 Mormon families live in harmony and polygamy. 0 9:55 Grey’s Anatomy AO 0 10:50 2 Broke Girls AO 0

7pm The Project 7:30 Grand Designs NZ PGR 0 8:30 Lost And Found PGR 3 0 9:30 Employable Me AO 0 10:50 NewsHub Late

11:05 Boss AO Kane finds himself starting to lose control in both his personal and professional lives. 0 12:15 Murder In The First AO 0 1:05 Te Karere 3 0 1:30 Informercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

11:20 Mike And Molly PGR 0 11:50 Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce AO 12:40 How To Get Away With Murder AO 3 0 1:25 Shortland Street PGR 0 1:50 Infomercials 2:55 Mistresses PGR 3 4:25 Regular Show 0 4:40 The Adam And Eve Show 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:20 The Blacklist AO Liz and the Task Force are put on a collision course with a rival CIA unit when Red provides intelligence on an international terrorist. 0 12:15 The Project 3 News and entertainment show hosted by Jesse Mulligan, Kanoa Lloyd, and Josh Thomson.

12:45 Infomercials

Three Wives, One Husband Grand Designs NZ 8:55pm on TVNZ 2

BRAVO 10am Dance Moms Miami 3 10:55 Tabatha’s Salon Takeover 3 11:50 I’m Having Their Baby 3 12:45 The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills PGR 1:40 Little Weddings 3 2:35 Killer Couples 3 3:35 Catfish 3 4:30 Dance Moms Miami 5:30 Four Weddings UK 6:30 Tabatha’s Salon Takeover 7:30 Botched PGR 3 8:30 Leah Remini – Scientology And The Aftermath Leah visits the spiritual headquarters of Scientology, Clearwater, Florida, to hear Mike Rinder’s personal story.

9:30 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey As Teresa struggles with the loss of her mother and the reality of being a single parent, her friends plan a getaway to Boca Raton.

10:40 Intervention AO 3 11:35 Snapped – Killer Couples AO 3 12:25 Infomercials 3

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PG Noon Wheel Of Fortune PG 12:30 Pawn Stars PG 1pm Raw Live MV 4:15 The Simpsons PG 4:45 Wheel Of Fortune PG 5:10 Jeopardy! PG 5:35 Robot Wars PGV 6:30 Counting Cars PG 7pm Pawn Stars PG Two original comic books from the Avengers and Giant Size X-Men series turn up in the shop.

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6am The Legend Of Korra 6:25 League Of Super Evil 3 6:50 Max Steel 7:15 Kung Fu Panda – Legends Of Awesomeness 7:40 Sanjay And Craig 3 8:05 Kung Fu Dino Posse 3 8:30 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky And Dawn 8:55 Tiki Tour 0 9:25 Million Dollar Minute 3 9:50 Jeopardy 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 3 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Antiques Road Trip 12:40 Escape To The Country 3 1:35 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 2:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3pm Escape To The Country 3 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 0 5pm Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Prime News 6pm Storage Wars 3 6:30 Pawn Stars 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 The Great British Bake Off Mary and Paul have set three challenges to test the bakers on some store cupboard classics. 0 8:30 The White Princess PGR 0 9:45 Qi PGR 10:25 60 Minutes PGR 3

6:30 Takaro Tribe 6:40 Dora Matatoa 2 7am Miharo 2 7:30 Pukana 7:40 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 2 8am Whanau Living 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Kawe Korero – Reporters 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 1pm Toku Reo 3 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Takaro Tribe 3 3:10 Dora Matatoa 2 3:30 Miharo 2 4pm Pukana 3 4:10 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 2 4:30 Whanau Living 3 5pm Tagata Pasifika 5:30 Te Matatini 3 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 Te Kaea 2 7pm Kawe Korero – Reporters 7:30 My Family Feast Sean visits the Le family who honour the annual Vietnamese Moon Festival with a banquet of traditional dishes.

8pm Native Affairs 8:35 Which Way Is The Front Line From Here AO 3 10:05 Taha Tauiwi 10:35 Te Kaea 3 2

6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Morocco To Timbuktu – An Arabian Adventure 7:30 Love Nature – Brazil Untamed 8:30 American Pickers 9:30 River Cottage To The Core 10:30 Tiny House Hunting 11am Tiny House World 11:30 Home By Novogratz Noon Morocco To Timbuktu – An Arabian Adventure 1pm Joanna Lumley’s Greek Odyssey 2pm Chivalry And Betrayal – The 100 Years War 3pm Colin And Justin’s Cabin Pressure 3:30 Love Nature – America Over The Edge 4:30 Brent Owens – Extreme, Authentic And Unwrapped 5pm My Restaurant In India 5:30 Salvage Hunters 6:30 Cash Cowboys 7:30 Britain’s Most Spectacular Backyard Builds Sara Cox and Piers Taylor challenge three backyard inventors to let their imaginations run wild.

8:30 My Dream Home 9:30 Money For Nothing 10:30 Cash Cowboys

11:25 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 12:25 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 The team presents the best of the day’s sports news.

12:55 Closedown

11:05 Kawe Korero – Reporters News reporters dissect and discuss the day’s news and events.

11:35 Closedown

11:30 Brent Owens – Extreme, Authentic And Unwrapped Midnight My Restaurant In India 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Salvage Hunters 2am Love Nature – America Over The Edge 3am Home By Novogratz 3:30 Colin And Justin’s Cabin Pressure 4am Britain’s Most Spectacular Backyard Builds 5am My Dream Home

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MOVIES GREATS

7:50 Sinister 2 16VLC 2015 Horror. James Ransone, Shannyn Sossamon, Robert Daniel Sloan.

9:25 The Shadow Effect 16VLSC 2016 Action Thriller.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Michael Biehn.

11am Deepwater Horizon ML 2016 Action. Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell. 12:50 Batman v Superman – Dawn Of Justice MV 2016 Action.

Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams. 3:20 The Sound And The Fury 16S 2014 Drama. James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Haze.

5pm The Nice Guys 16VLSC 2016 Action Comedy.

Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice. 6:55 The Bye Bye Man 16VC 2017 Horror. Douglas Smith, Lucien Laviscount. 8:30 Office Christmas Party 16VLSC 2016 Comedy. In a bid to save the jobs of his co-workers, a boss throws a Christmas party to seal a business deal, but things soon get out of hand. Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston.

10:20 Assassin’s Creed MVL 2016 Action.

Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard.

WEDNESDAY 12:15 Kill Your Friends 18VLSC 2015 Comedy Thriller. 1:55 The Sound And The Fury 16S 2014 Drama. 3:35 Office Christmas Party 16VLSC 2016 Comedy. 5:20 Assassin’s Creed MVL 2016 Action.

6:45 Hansel And Gretel – Witch Hunters 16VL 2013 Action Horror. Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Peter Stormare.

8:15 Zookeeper PGL 2011 Comedy. Kevin James, Rosario Dawson. 9:55 The Iron Lady PG 2011 Biography Drama. Meryl Streep.

11:40 The Ring 16C 2002 Horror. Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox. 1:35 Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas 18 1998 Comedy Drama. Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Torro, Christina Ricci.

3:30 Unknown MV 2011 Thriller. Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger. 5:25 American Outlaws MV 2001 Action.

Scott Caan, Colin Farrell.

7pm Final Destination 5 16V 2011 Horror. Survivors of a suspension-bridge collapse are hunted by an invisible force that seems to be Death itself coming to collect its dues.

Nicholas D’Agosto, Emma Bell.

8:30 The Skulls MV 2000 Thriller. A working-class student joins a secret, elitist college fraternity, hoping for acceptance into Harvard Law School. Joshua Jackson, Paul Walker.

10:20 The Town 16VLS 2010 Crime.

WEDNESDAY

12:25 Superman Returns MV 2006 Action. 2:55 Unknown MV 2011 Thriller.

4:45 American Outlaws MV 2001 Action.

SKY SPORT 1 6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:30 Rugby League – World Cup Australia v England.

7am Rugby League – World Cup New Zealand v Samoa.

7:30 Rugby League – World Cup PNG v Wales; Fiji v USA. 8am Rugby League – World Cup Ireland v Italy; France v Lebanon; Scotland v Tonga. 8:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 9am Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Championship Final – Wellington v Bay of Plenty. 9:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Premiership Final – Canterbury v Tasman.

10am Rugby – Meads Cup Final – Horowhenua Kapiti v Wanganui. 12:30 Rugby – Lochore Cup Final – Mid Canterbury v West Coast.

3pm Rugby – Farah Palmer Cup Premiership Final – Counties Manukau v Canterbury. 5:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Premiership Final – Canterbury v Tasman.

8pm School Of Hard Knocks 8:30 The Breakdown 9pm Rugby – Farah Palmer Cup 11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 Netball – Fast5 World Series WEDNESDAY 12:30 Back Page 1:30 Ironman – World Championship Series 2:30 UEFA Europa League Magazine Show 3:30 UCL Magazine Show 4am Football Shootout 5am ISPS Handa Premiership Highlight Show 5:30 The Breakdown

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 6:30 Football – ISPS Handa Premiership (RPL) Waitakere United v Auckland City.

8:30 Rugby League – World Cup (RPL) PNG v Wales.

10:30 Rugby League – World Cup (RPL) France v Lebanon.

12:30 Rugby League – World Cup (RPL) New Zealand v Samoa.

2:30 Fight Night 4:30 Rugby League – World Cup (HLS) New Zealand v Samoa. From Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland.

5pm Golf – World Golf Championships (HLS) HSBC Champions – Day Four.

5:30 Golf – LPGA (HLS) Sime Darby Malaysia – Round Four.

6pm Golf Channel Academy 6:30 Golf Central 7:30 The Golf Fix 8:30 School Of Golf With Martin Hall.

9:30 The Golf Show 10:30 Basketball – NBL (HLS) Brisbane Bullets v New Zealand Breakers.

11pm Ironman – World Championship (HLS)

WEDNESDAY

Midnight Ten-pin Bowling – Weber Cup (HLS) Team Europe v Team USA. 1am The Breakdown 1:30 Rugby – Lochore Cup (RPL) Final – Mid Canterbury v West Coast. 4am School Of Hard Knocks 4:30 Rugby – Farah Palmer Cup (HLS) Premiership Final – Counties Manukau v Canterbury. 5am Back Page 31Oct17

DISCOVERY 6:35 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 MythBusters M James Bond Special.

9:10 Alaskan Bush People M 10am Fast ‘n’ Loud PG 10:50 Diesel Brothers PG 11:40 Swamp Murders M 12:30 Blood Relatives M 1:20 Shadow Of Doubt 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 Deadliest Catch PG 4:45 Naked And Afraid XL M 5:40 MythBusters PG 6:35 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG 7:30 Shark Tank PG 8:30 Naked And Afraid XL M A violent two-day storm descends on the jungle.

9:25 Ed Stafford – Left For Dead PG Ed starts his journey in a tidal mangrove system in Madagascar.

10:15 Manhunt – Unabomber M 3 11:05 Manhunt – Unabomber M 3 11:55 Shadow Of Doubt M

WEDNESDAY

12:45 Blood Relatives M 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am Auction Hunters PG 2:25 Alaskan Bush People 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 Yukon Men M

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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Sport Ko finishes four shy Lydia Ko has continued her solid showing in the Asian swing of the LPGA Tour with a share of 11th place in Kuala Lumpur. The former world No.1 finished the Malaysian tournament with a four-under 67, mixing seven birdies with three bogeys to sit four shots astray of winner Cristie Kerr of the US. Ko’s inconsistencies were exposed after she held the outright lead following a first-up 64.

Rounds of 72 and 70 in low-scoring conditions hit the 20-year-old hard, although she recovered well on the final day to join Madelene Sagstrom on a four-round tally of 273.

The inside information Australia keeper Alyssa Healy won’t have any trouble sourcing some elite pink-ball pointers ahead of next week’s inaugural day-night Ashes Test. Healy’s husband Mitchell Starc is arguably the world’s most potent bowler with the innovative Kookaburra in hand. The left-armer swung the pink ball to perfection in a day-night Sheffield Shield clash that finished on Sunday, snaring careerbest innings figures of 8-73 to deliver NSW victory.

Matt Winter looks to get on the front foot in the T20 competition final between Tech and Methven, where he totalled 63 runs.

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Tech upsets form book

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

They say what goes up must come down, but in this case it seems to have happened in the reverse, with last-season’s strugglers Tech scooping up the first cricketing trophy of the season in the T20 competition.

The day started with a round still to play, with both Coldstream and Methven gunning for a place in the final.

Methven opened the batting, and courtesy of a rapidfire 48 runs from John Fulton, found themselves on 145/6 at the end

of their 20 overs at the crease.

Adam Bushnell then starred for the men from under the mountain in the second innings, taking an impressive 5-18 as Coldstream could only muster 83 all out.

In the other game of the round, Allenton and Lauriston played out a dead rubber, with neither able to make it to the final.

Lauriston were able to pick up their first win of the season, taking it by five wickets.

Clearly optimistic with the idea of Alex Hooper and Matt

Valiant chase falls just short P16

Pawsey getting the ball moving, Lauriston won the toss and elected to bowl.

It proved to be a stroke of genius, with Allenton dismissed for only 96 runs.

Hooper was the pick of the bowlers, taking 3-8.

Sean Strange was the best of the poor Allenton batsmen, picking up 18 runs.

Despite a rocky start to the run chase, Nick Gilbert was able to steady the ship with 48 runs off 33 balls to see Lauriston home.

The results set up Methven

and Tech to clash in the final.

Methven batted first, and openers Davey Maw and Matt Winter put on a great show.

Maw, clearly not showing any nerves ahead of the Lochore Cup final, put in one of the knocks of the competition, finishing 97 not out, and was well supported by Winter with 63 as they totalled 185/6.

However, that total was not enough to stop the impressive looking Tech, who got in with four wickets to spare and will head into the Pritchard Shield with a large kick of confidence.

Guildford rues past Former All Black Zac Guildford has taken a swipe at the NZRU after missing out on a Super Rugby contract.

The 28-year-old Waikato player had a stand-out season for the Mooloos at fullback in this year’s NPC, which he hoped would lead to another opportunity at the top level. “Without blowing my own trumpet, I felt I was almost back to my best, and was feeling really good,” he said. “It’s something that I’m disappointed about, but I should have thought about that when I was being a clown in the past.”

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