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■ MID CANTERBURY FATALITY

■ EASTER BREAK

Man dies after hit by car

Warning for local drivers

BY ERIN TASKER

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An 80-year-old Ashburton man is dead after being hit by a car while walking down State Highway 1 south of Hinds early yesterday morning. Police said the man was struck by a car while walking on the Hinds-Rangitata Highway, about 5km south of Hinds, shortly before 3.15am. According to police, initial inquiries suggested the man had been driving south on the highway before parking his ve-

hicle and continuing south on foot. The man’s car was found parked about 1.5km away and police are asking anyone who may have seen the man or his car – a white Nissan Pulsar – to contact them. It was believed to have been parked in the laneway on the highway. Timaru Police Sergeant Mylen Hamilton said people would have seen the vehicle and police are asking anyone who was travelling on the HindsRangitata Highway near the Hinds township around that

time, who may be able to help with their inquiries, to contact them. The driver of the vehicle which hit the man stopped and has been spoken to by police. Police will not release the dead man’s name until next of kin have been advised. The fatality is the second involving a pedestrian on a rural road in Mid Canterbury in less than two weeks. Two weeks ago today, Danny Mathew Hendriks, 18, from Rakaia, was killed on Acton Road, on the

outskirts of Rakaia. Police later revealed that their investigations had revealed Mr Hendricks was lying on the road when he was hit. Investigations into that incident are continuing and it is not yet known whether charges will be laid. Meanwhile, the death of the man involved in yesterday’s incident will likely be referred to the coroner and anyone with any information is asked to contact Timaru Police on (03) 6879808.

■ ASHBURTON CRASH

Five people injured in two-car crash BY ERIN TASKER

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Members of a Marlborough indoor bowls team were among five people injured in a two-car crash in Ashburton yesterday afternoon. The crash occurred on Smallbone Drive at lunchtime and early indications were that a red Holden driven by a local man lost control as he drove into the Riverside Industrial Park and collided with an oncoming silver Honda. The silver car contained four members of a Marlborough indoor bowls team which had been in Ashburton taking part in a South Island chartered clubs indoor bowls tournament. All four people in that car and the sole occupant of the red car were injured and taken to hospital – one by helicopter to Christchurch Hospital and the rest to Ashburton Hospital via ambulance – and three fire engines, two ambulances and the Westpac Rescue Helicopter

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■ METHVEN STREET RACE

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The weekend’s Fiber Fresh New Zealand Endurance Championships has been abandoned by organisers after sustained flooding at Mayfield and treacherous underfoot conditions. Organisers delayed the start of the three-day event hoping the weather would improve for a start this morning, but it soon became clear the conditions would not improve. A member of the organising committee said the decision was made in the interests of horse welfare and rider safety. Rain had persisted through yesterday morning, with the ride base turned into a sea of mud. Entry fees would be refunded. Organisers are now faced with a massive cleanup, and will be left counting the cost, both financial and in terms of qualification and selection for the upcoming FEI Alltech World Equestrian Games. Personnel from Equestrian Sports New Zealand’s High Performance programme are in discussions with squad riders and selectors.

Troublesome doorbell Bailie Perriton

National champ Bailie Perriton of Ashburton will be racing his Suzuki SV650, the biggest and fastest bike he has ever ridden in a street race, at the Ride Forever Mountain Thunder Motorcycle Street Race in Methven today. He is pictured at last year’s race. Photo tetsuro mitomo

Bailie ready for ‘scary’ race By SuSan SandyS

Flooding call-out Flooding caused problems around the country yesterday but in Ashburton firefighters only had to deal with one flooding call-out. The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade was called to a Methven Highway address shortly after 10am where flood waters had crept into a basement garage. The water had to be diverted and the Ashburton District Council was called in to assist the property’s owners.

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Ashburton’s Bailie Perriton is preparing himself for “slippery” and “scary” conditions today at the Ride Forever Mountain Thunder Motorcycle Street Race. The Methven town centre motorcycle race is scheduled to go ahead wet or fine, and rain over the past few days might see damp conditions remaining on the street despite a forecast of clearing weather. “It will be scary, especially if this weather doesn’t fine up, I’m praying for it to dry up so I don’t have to pack as many undies in a suitcase,” the 16-yearold national bike racing champion said. He will be racing a Suzuki SV650 in the Formula Methven class, the biggest and fastest bike he has ever ridden in a street race, and is expecting to reach speeds of about 150 kilometres per hour. The Ashburton College pupil is no stranger to speed, adrenaline and pain. Last year while racing in Auckland he was knocked off his bike at about 155 kilometres per hour and the resulting injury saw his arm burned to the muscle. In another crash in Timaru last year he injured his wrist, and while riding a bicycle in the Ashburton skatepark when he was 15 he crashed and tore

A troublesome doorbell which just wouldn’t stop ringing prompted a call-out for the Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade yesterday morning. The brigade was called to the Winter Street home of an elderly woman at 7.15am yesterday after it’s believed water got into her doorbell, causing it to continuously ring. “We just pretty much pulled it to bits and stopped it from ringing,” Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade chief fire officer Alan Burgess said.

Alarm activations The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade attended two alarm activation call-outs yesterday. One was to KFC Ashburton at 3.30am yesterday while the other was to Briscoes shortly after 1am. The alarm activation at Briscoes was believed to have been related to water getting into the system.

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ligaments from his foot. A wet track was slower than a dry track, and could be slippery, he said. “I don’t mind riding on a wet track but around the street it’s a bit dodgy. When you are on a race track and you crash, you

have miles to slide, but in the street you crash and there’s a hay bale there.” He plans on having a sugar and cocoa fix before the race in the form of Easter eggs. About 5000 spectators are expected to line the streets in

Methven for Mountain Thunder, a high profile annual street racing event on the motorcycling calendar. It will be 9.30am to 4pm. Tickets at the gate are $20 each, while those aged 16 and under are free.

A man was attacked while taking a shortcut home on Thursday night, and is now in a serious condition in hospital with a suspected fractured scull. Wellington police were called at 3am by staff at Kenepuru Hospital in regards to a male victim with a serious head injury. It has been established he had been walking home after having dinner at a friend’s house in Worcester Street between 10.30pm and 11.30pm. It appears he took a short cut through Cannons Creek Park where police have since discovered fresh blood. The victim is now in hospital with a suspected fractured skull, and is in a serious condition. - APNZ

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■ SWEPT AWAY AT WOOLSHED CREEK

Incredible tale of survival

A map showing the spots where a French tourist was swept away, and where she was found.

A ﬁle photo of the Woolshed Creek stream where a French tourist was swept away on Wednesday. She was lucky to survive with only a few bumps and bruises. PHOTO DANIEL CLEARWATER/WWW.KIWICANYONS.ORG

BY ERIN TASKER

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A French tourist swept away after slipping into a raging Woolshed Creek late on Wednesday was washed over two terrifying waterfalls before clambering out. The woman, originally thought to be German, stunned searchers when she walked into the Woolshed Creek carpark in the Mid Canterbury high country at 7.45pm on Wednesday - almost four hours after the alarm was raised – with only a few bumps and bruises to show for her remarkable ordeal. Methven Search and Rescue’s Don Geddes said the woman was incredibly lucky to be alive; if she had not managed to cling on to rocks and pull herself out of the water at the point she did, she could well have ended up being washed into the South Ashburton River and out to sea. The woman was walking the Mt Somers Walkway with her partner and they were only about 15 minutes from their destination – Woolshed Creek hut – when she slipped into a stream which was raging due to recent rain, and was swept away. “Where it happened, normally you can step across without even getting a splash on your boots,” Mr Geddes said. As the woman was swept away, her partner raced to Woolshed Creek hut where the alarm was raised via mountain radio shortly after 4pm and police, Methven Search and Rescue (SAR) and the alpine search and rescue team were deployed, but hopes were not high of finding her alive. It was cold, dark and they had no idea how far she had been swept downstream. So searchers were amazed by the story

she had to tell when they got her back to their headquarters in Methven. She had been washed over two waterfalls – the first about four metres high and the second about 10 metres high – and into the main Woolshed Creek. “She got churned around in there like she was in a washing machine,” Mr Geddes said. Eventually she managed to grab some rocks and clamber out of the water and make her way back to the track. She was on the wrong side of the creek to go back to the hut, so she walked the estimated two hours – in the dark - back to the walkway’s carpark where searchers stationed there were amazed to see her appear at the end of a bridge. “If she had gone any further (in the water) she would have been flushed right through the canyon,” Mr Geddes said. As it turned out she was only travelled about 350 metres in total after being swept away – the first waterfall was about 150 metres along, and the other another 150 metres along. The woman’s partner was waiting in Woolshed Creek hut while the search was conducted and searchers got word to him via mountain radio that she had been found. Searchers arrived soon after to help bring him out and the couple then had an emotional reunion at the Methven SAR headquarters. Mr Geddes said the woman’s survival was incredible. “When we heard (she was alive) we thought ‘how the hell did she get there?’. There’s no way she could have been flushed through the canyon and survived,” he said.

Thank you to rescuers BY ERIN TASKER

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The partner of a French tourist lucky to escape with her life after being swept away in Woolshed Creek says the couple are humbled by the response to their plight. The couple did not wish to be identified, but through police issued a short statement thanking those who helped rescue the 30-year-old woman and those who have helped them since. Searchers were stunned when the woman walked out alive under her own steam on Wednesday night hours after slipping into a stream and being swept away into Woolshed Creek. Her terrifying ordeal saw her washed over two high waterfalls before managing to grab on to rocks and pull herself out at a spot where searchers said, had she gone any further, it’s likely she would not have survived. Incredibly she sustained just a few bumps and bruises, but she was shocked and still coming to terms with her lucky escape. The woman’s husband said the couple wished to thank Methven police and Methven Search and Rescue, as well as the Methven community. He said they were humbled by the response they had received.Methven police constable Aar-

on Tapp said the community had rallied around the couple – The Lodge had offered them accommodation, Methven Lions had given them cash to tide them over, The Salvation Army had given them a food package and The Laundry had cleaned their sodden clothes for them. Mr Tapp said the woman’s tale of survival was incredible. During Wednesday night’s search, searchers were not hopeful; they were expecting to be conducting a recovery, not a rescue. “We expected the worst, to be honest,” Mr Tapp said. He said the woman showed amazing strength during her ordeal and it was incredible she escaped relatively unscathed physically. “She’s a bit sore but they’re just doing a bit of soul searching, going back over things like that,” Mr Tapp said. The woman lost her pack which was carrying her passport and all of her papers, money and cards, as she was swept away and while police are helping her replace her passport and cards, they are hoping the pack may turn up somewhere. Mr Tapp said the pack – a dark colour with a blue rain cover over it - may wash up somewhere and if it did, it could be passed on to Methven police.

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■ PUBLIC HOLIDAY SURCHARGE

Many businesses discard surcharge By MylEs HuME

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Mid Canterbury holidaymakers are being misled if cafes and bars impose a surcharge today and tomorrow to cover the cost of paying staff, the Commerce Commission says. However, bumping up costs appears to be a distant memory for many Ashburton business owners who say they no longer ask customers to pick up the

In brief Donations snatched An elderly poppy day collector was “traumatised” after a young man came up to her outside Wanganui’s New World on Thursday and snatched the donation bucket, which carried about $300. The incident happened just after 1pm and left the collector shaken but unhurt, he said. - APNZ

Warbirds still on Contrary to rumour, yesterday’s Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow has not been cancelled because of bad weather. Show general manager Ed Taylor expressed to the Otago Daily Times his frustration yesterday at calls he and other show organisers had from people thinking the show had been cancelled. “They are probably sitting up in Greymouth and Christchurch and Dunedin in 80-knot winds and pouring rain and thinking, well Wanaka must be cancelled. They can’t be having good weather.” While there was low cloud at the start of yesterday’s practice day at Wanaka Airport, by mid morning the sun had broken through in places and temperatures were rising. - APNZ

Army exercise They are some of the most fearless warriors in military history. The bravery and exploits of the Gurkhas, who carry the terrifying Kukri knife, are the stuff of legend. The South Island is currently hosting 181 soldiers from 1 Royal Gurkha Regiment for a biennial exercise with the NZ Army. The legendary fighting force has come from the hot and humid jungles of Brunei, where they are based, to near-freezing temperatures at Tekapo Military Camp in the shadow of Mt Cook/ Aoraki. The tussock plains and rocky outcrops set in the backhills above Lake Tekapo provides them with invaluable foreign training conditions. For the next month, the Gurkhas, who form part of the British Army, are doing live-firing exercises, including simulated attacks in small units. They’re also doing sniper training, largerscale platoon attacks, and mortar practice. In miserable conditions, the steely resolve of the Gurkhas was being severely tested. - APNZ

slack on public holidays. Commerce Commission general manager Kate Morrison said Easter Saturday and Sunday were not public holidays, and casual staff may not be covered under the Holidays Act, meaning businesses must not mislead customers if applying a surcharge. She said businesses must provide a truthful reason for surcharges, but it was easy to forget only yesterday and Mon-

day were public holidays. Last year many Ashburton hospitality businesses discarded surcharges during Easter, saying they put customer satisfaction before business costs and it appears to be the same story this year. Ashburton Trust chief executive Giles Beal said the organisation did not impose a surcharge, because it was “about being fair to the customer”.

Kelly’s owner Greg King said he did not open yesterday and also wouldn’t be on Monday because paying staff was a major expense, pointing out adding another 50 per cent in wages for working a public holiday became unviable. Meanwhile, under The Shop Trading Hours Repeal Act, most shops, besides pharmacies, duty-free stores and real estate agencies, must close their doors

on Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Cafes bars and restaurants are also exempt from the law, but can only serve alcohol if it is with food. Staff who usually work public holidays are entitled to a paid day off, but if employees must work, they are entitled to timeand-a-half for hours worked and an alternative holiday if the day is an otherwise working day off for the employee.

■ ST JOSEPH’S SCHOOL

Ashburton students lend a hand By MylEs HuME

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Lending a hand to those in need was the mantra at St Joseph’s School on Thursday. From delivering Meals on Wheels and visiting the elderly to assisting the Salvation Army, it was time for the school’s Year 4 to 8 pupils to give back to a community that has given them so much. Teacher Cathrine Rush went out with 12 youngsters to deliver meals to the homes of many locals in need, as the school focused on the giving and helping aspect of its Lenten service project in the lead-up to the most important weekend on the Christian calendar – Easter. “This week we have had a large focus on what Holy Week is all about and this is just about getting the kids out there to help others,” she said. Mrs Rush said the school raised about $300 from a coin trail in the morning for Caritus New Zealand, a Catholic agency which aims to free the world of poverty and injustice through community development, advocacy, education and emergency relief. The fundraiser was followed by other pupils visiting Park Street Day Care Centre, Rosebank resthome and Cameron Courts Rest Home and Village, as well as working with Forest and Bird and the cleaning of the Ashburton Salvation Army family store. That was then followed by a liturgy at the Holy Name Parish.

St Joseph’s School pupil Jonty Small, 11, helps Altrusa Ashburton volunteer Val Prendergast and fellow pupil Julia Sutton, 8, with Meals on Wheels on Thursday as part of the school’s Holy Week. Photo Myles huMe 170414-Mh-002

■ HAY BALE FIRE

Warning after hay bales catch fire By Erin TaskEr

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A second incident of hay bales spontaneously combusting in less than a week has prompted a warning from firefighters. The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade was called to a Winslow Westerfield Road

property shortly after 10am on Thursday where hay bales had caught fire. Firefighters did not need to take any action though, with the hay bales pulled apart and simply let to burn. But Ashburton’s principal rural fire officer Don Geddes said

that fire followed a similar fire at a Christy’s Road property a few days earlier and the two were timely reminders for people to check their hay bales. “If people had straw baled where it may not have been fit they might want to check it,” Mr Geddes said.

He said there appeared to have been more incidents of spontaneous combustion this year, compared to others. “And that’s an indication of the season. Some of the straw that’s getting baled perhaps has more moisture in it,” Mr Geddes said.

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■ RANGITATA ELECTORATE

More locals lost in re-draw By Sue NewmaN

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The Rangitata Electorate has lost a greater than anticipated slice of its population as the New Zealand’s electoral boundaries are signed off. While the draft boundaries signalled the electorate would lose the Rakaia township and a strip of land running from Rakaia to the sea, the final boundary lines carve a much greater swathe through the district.

And that’s disappointed Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew who said she now loses three schools and an additional 900 constituents. “I’m sad about this and I’m disappointed, but I can’t be precious about it,” she said. The new boundary line follows the Rakaia River as far as Highbank and then travels across country to a point near Cairnbrae before heading to State Highway 1 at Dromore. Crossing the highway the boundary travels towards the

coast via Seafield. This means the areas of Highbank, Cairnbrae, Springfield, Lyndhurst, Urrall, Lauriston, Mitcham, Barrhill, Seafield, Pendarves and Rakaia all join the Rakaia and Chertsey townships as part of the Selwyn electorate. “I’ll still be interested in what’s happening in the entire Ashburton District and I don’t believe the new boundaries will make any difference to how marginal my seat will be,” she said. With the Selwyn and Rangi-

tata electorates similar in their rural nature, the change for individuals was unlikely to be significant, they would simply have a new MP, Mrs Goodhew said. When the boundary redraw was signalled in November, Rakaia community association chair Neil Pluck said he was disappointed the Ashburton District could find itself part of two electorates. Ties with areas to the north was nothing new as Rakaia had always considered the area

through to Leeston and Dunsandel had always been philosophically part of Rakaia, he said. The boundary change might have disappointed some people in the Rakaia area, but when submissions were called for there were almost none. There have been no changes to seven South Island electorates: Nelson, Kaikoura, WestCoast Tasman, Dunedin South, Clutha-Southland, Invercargill and Ilam.

■ EASTER EGG HUNT

Easter egg hunt at Allenton School

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■ EASTER OBSERVANCE

St Andrew’s service to mark Maundy Thursday Parishoners at St servants. Andrew’s Church Later during the View or purchase began their Easter meal, known as The photos online observance last Last Supper, Jesus guardianonline.co.nz night with a Tenepassed round bread brae service to mark and wine and told Maundy Thursday. his friends that he The word Tenwould die. Later ebrae is Latin for that night he was shadows and the betrayed by Judas purpose of the serin the Garden of vice is to recreate the emotional Gethsemane. aspects of the death of Jesus. Maundy Thursday marks The service was originally de- the beginning of the three-day signed for Good Friday, but it is Easter celebration, the most imalso used for Maundy Thursday portant period in the religious as well. calendar for Christians. Maundy Thursday marks the night before Jesus died when he shared a final meal with his Right - Dellwyn Moylan (left) friends, the apostles. Before the and reverend David Brown meal he washed each person’s lead St Andrew’s Church parin a Maundy Thursfeet, a job normally done by ishoners day Tenebrae service.

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■ SMOKEFREE MID CANTERBURY

■ NAPIER DEATH

Support for plain packaging

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Smokefree Mid Canterbury is backing the introduction of plain packaging on tobacco products in New Zealand, saying it will help remove any glamour associated with smoking. The Mid Canterbury group included people and agencies that supported and worked toward the Smokefree New Zealand goal of 2025. Their comments come as a national smokefree coalition addressed the Health Select Committee on Wednesday on proposals to introduce plain packaging of tobacco products in New Zealand. Smokefree Mid Canterbury chairperson Carly McDowell

said plain packaging legislation was one of the most important steps New Zealand could take towards its target of a Smokefree New Zealand by 2025. “Introducing plain packaging will see New Zealand standing shoulder to shoulder with Australia and the UK against Big Tobacco, and will remove the tobacco industry’s last methods of making smoking appear glamorous and sophisticated to our children” said Mrs McDowell. The United Kingdom announced it would introduce standardised plain packaging for cigarettes. Their announcement followed a comprehensive review that found unbranded packs could reduce the number of

children starting to smoke. Hampstead School principal and member of Smokefree Mid Canterbury Coalition, Peter Melrose, was enthused by the UK announcement. “Progress in the UK is good for our New Zealand campaign to introduce plain packaging. “By removing tobacco industry logos, brand imagery and any decorative colours or design, plain packaging makes tobacco products less attractive, especially to children and young people.” “Children and young adults are especially vulnerable to tobacco branding and imagery; they often use it to define their identity”. Mr Melrose said the average age people started to smoke in

New Zealand was 14 years, and even younger for Maori and Pacific children. “As smoking is so addictive, it can be hard to stop. We need to maintain our support for people trying to stop smoking and remain smokefree, but our stop smoking efforts would be further supported by legislation to make health warnings more noticeable on tobacco packaging”. Almost 5000 people nationwide died each year from smoking related illness so Mrs McDowell said it was important to act “any delay will cost lives”. The Smoke-free Environments (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Amendment Bill passed its first reading on February 11, drafting legislation to introduce plain packaging.

■ METHVEN’S PROCESSION OF THE WITNESS View or purchase photos online

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Umbrellas and jackets were required when Methven’s Christian community combined for the annual procession of the witness yesterday. Each Good Friday they carry a cross through the streets to mark the cruciﬁxion and make prayer stops at the town’s churches along the way. Taking his turn with the cross on his back yesterday was Viv Barrett.

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BY DOUG LAING Police were last night still trying to establish the movements of an elderly man found dead in an open stormwater drain in Napier. The body was found in the drain between Latham Street and the Marewa Walkway, shortly after police had been told of a scooter in the drain about 10am yesterday. After an investigation during the day the cause was not considered suspicious, police said. A woman walking her dog as the weather cleared after heavy overnight rain is understood to have seen the scooter in the shallow stream down a bank. When Hawke’s Bay Today arrived at the scene, a red scooter could be seen from Latham Street, draped with weed indicating it may have been submerged by stormwater during heavy rain on Thursday night. The body was out of view from the street. It was beyond a bend and less than 50m downstream. Senior Sergeant Clint Adamson, of police Eastern District Command Centre, Napier, said as police secured the area of creek it was being treated as an unexplained death. Scene inquiries were completed by mid-afternoon and the body removed and identified by members of the man’s family. Police had not released the identity of the man last night, although Inspector Andy Sloan, of Hawke’s Bay Police, said he had lived in the vicinity. The man was not understood to have been reported missing before the body was found, but police were contacted later by people who had discovered a relative known to ride his scooter in the area was not at home. Sources said at least two people were in the vicinity on mobility scooters during the rain and after nightfall on Thursday. - APNZ

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Mid Canterbury will have two athletes at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in July. Cyclist Lauren Ellis and fullbore rifle shooter John Snowden were both named to compete in their second Commonwealth Games after both went to Delhi in 2010 and picked up medals. Snowden will defend his Delhi gold medal in the men’s fullbore pairs with Mike Collings of Te Puke. Ellis won a silver medal in the points race at the velodrome in Delhi and will return to the track in Glasgow hoping for more, having also attended the Ashburton athletes Lauren Ellis and John Snowden are heading to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in July.

London Olympics in 2012. Mid Canterbury had four athletes and three officials in Delhi and had a top medal tally with one gold and three silver as Ellis and Snowden were joined by cyclist Hayden Roulston and Black Stick Stacey Carr as medal winners. Roulston took silver in the road race and Carr had to settle for silver after an overtime loss to Australia. Accounting for four of New Zealand’s 34 medals in Delhi meant Mid Canterbury had a better haul than 53 of the countries competing at the Games. With two athletes confirmed the region may not reach such a

dizzy height as 19th on the medal tally, however, there could be more athletes to join Ellis and Snowden in Glasgow. Roulston has hinted towards a return to track cycling as he looks ahead to the Rio Olympics but is a potential candidate for the long list road team by the end of May. Mark Jackman remains a member of Gordon Tietjens’ sevens rugby programme with the Games squad yet to be announced as the All Black sevens team chases a fifth straight gold medal. Outdoor bowler Sandra Keith missed out on selection for the Black Jacks squad.

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Sodden South Island mops up after storm The sodden South Island is mopping up after a damaging storm caused flooding and slips across the island. Many residents around Christchurch spent yesterday surveying damage from flooding, yet again. Pigeon Bay resident Pam Richardson, chair of the Akaroa-Wairewa community board, said the area had received a “real hammering” with the weather this year. “It’s obviously been a very miserable time for them. “All around the place we’ve had considerable amounts of rain.” Lyttelton and Banks Peninsula were hit hard. A large slip on Canterbury Street in Lyttelton had caused damage to the area. Greymouth suffered significant damage after winds of 140km/h tore through the district with more bad weather expected. Grey District Mayor Tony Kokshoorn said 60 houses had roofs blown off in the wind overnight on Thursday and more rain was forecast today. “We are in full recovery mode racing against time against the weather. We’ve got an aircraft hangar with planes in it that has been totally demolished and a hall in Greymouth that has been totally demolished,” he said. Mr Kokshoorn said the district would not be declaring

a state of emergency because there was no threat of loss of life. More than 100mm of rain is forecast in Greymouth today and firefighters and the public were racing to secure tarpaulins on houses. “We’ll get there. We’ve had to learn to be resilient, and this is one more time we’ll all just whip together to get us up and running again.” On Thursday night 28 people sheltered in an emergency evacuation centre at the Greymouth Baptist Church, and Mr Kokshoorn said he expected more people to be staying in the centre last night. Nelson police attended 660 weather-related events before 8am on Thursday, including roofs torn from houses and trees blown down. “We certainly got hit by the brunt of it,” Area Commander for Nelson Bays, Inspector Steve Greally said. Blenheim and Kaikoura police attended 17 slips between the two towns, and were still clearing them late yesterday. Neither area had any injuries reported from the storm. Tasman District rivers had been monitored all day and the Baton River, on the west bank of the Motueka Valley, reached its largest flood level on record - estimated to be close to a 50year flood level. - APNZ

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n weekend nights, halls in Ashburton and the surrounding countryside were packed to overflowing as young men and women rocked around the clock. It was the early 1960s – the pubs closed at 6pm and music and dancing ruled the night. “It’s an era that’s gone really,” said 70-year-old Noel Johnson of Ashburton. He was a singer in the fivepiece Ashburton rock and roll band The Sapphires for three years to 1963. They played covers of hits by artists such as Bill Haley and his Comets and Cliff Richards and The Shadows. As well as Mid Canterbury, the band performed in Timaru, Christchurch and Akaroa, and at one time supported the famous comedic and musical Kiwi touring duo Lou and Simon. The Sapphires appeared on the television show New Faces, and competed regularly in a talent quest on Sunday nights run by the Ashburton Silver Band. It began in the Orange Hall, but got too big for that and moved to the Regent. The band would play regularly at half rock and roll half oldtime dances with fellow Ashburton band The Twilighters, at the large town centre Radiant Hall on Saturday nights. They filled the hall with young men and women twisting, jiving, waltzing and doing the Canadian threestep. Alcohol was not allowed, but some of the male attendees would hide bottles of beer in a coal yard across the road, and excuse themselves to pop out for a quick swig. “A lot of them got caught by the cops. The policeman would tip it out in front of them and kick them up the bum.” Men wore suits and ties and women wore dresses, while in ball season it would be dinner suits and long frocks. It was an age when men were chivalrous and women were demure, and men would politely ask women for a dance. Mr Johnson remembered when it came to the last dance, the men would almost run to the woman they wanted to ask to dance as they hurried to beat their rivals. “A lot of romances would have blossomed and bloomed from those days. It was a big meeting place for boys and girls.” Mr Johnson joined The Twilighters in 1964 as bass guitar player and singer. It was the start of a long association of more than 15 years with some of the members. The Twilighters were one of six or seven dance bands in the town, and the bands would also play at country halls such as Winchmore, Alford Forest and Lauriston. “All the locals would come and

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have a dance, the ladies would bring a plate,” Mr Johnson remembered. Dances after A&P shows at Ashburton, Methven and Mayfield were always large affairs. The bands were particularly busy during ball season. There was a stock and station agents’ ball, a nurses’ ball, a highland ball and National Party debutante ball. Before he became Prime Minister, MP Robert Muldoon attended the latter one night, and Mr Johnson remembered having a tipple with the politician back stage. While alcohol was not allowed, band members would get away with sneaking in a flagon of beer

inside their drum case. Mr Johnson said the Mayor of Ashburton Darcy Digby introduced him to Mr Muldoon. Mr Johnson remembered Mr

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him Mr Muldoon. “I asked him what his first name was and he told us Rob. Our trumpet player said: ‘Robin Hood? But Robin Hood used to

Mr Johnson went on to win the Ashburton Silver Band annual talent contest in 1965 and was presented with first prize, a trip to Australia for two, by the

A lot of romances would have blossomed and bloomed from those days

Muldoon as “hard case” and he was jovial and social as he sipped a beer with the band members. “That night he was just one of the boys, everyone was calling

rob from the rich and give to the poor, you are robbing from me and I’m not rich’. “Mr Muldoon said: ‘Ah well just call me Rob’n Bastard’.”

mayor Jock Davidson. That year The Twilighters were engaged as a backing band for the many high-profile acts playing at Timaru’s Caroline Bay carnival.

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The same year pub closing changed to 10 o’clock, which altered the social scene as many stayed on in the pubs to drink and no longer went to the dances. The Hotel Ashburton opened in 1969 and The Twilighters would play there every Friday and Saturday night. Dividing walls were drawn back to open up the hotel’s interior, and the area was generally filled to capacity. Everyone had to be out by 10.20pm. On one evening the police raided the hotel for underage drinkers and “got quite a few”, Mr Johnson recalled, which meant not as many were able to turn out for subsequent perfor-

mances. One of Mr Johnson’s highlights was playing at a Twizel Aero Club function, where there was a large and appreciative crowd. “I remember thinking this must be how The Beatles felt,” he said. Mr Johnson rued the passing of the dance band era. An unmarried woman he knew told him she wished she had grown up in those days, as it would have been a great environment to have met men in. Mr Johnson continues with his music today, singing with the MSA Orchestra, and performing at Rosebank Rest Home’s happy hour on Friday afternoons.

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By John hill A Gisborne club rugby player has been banned for 78 weeks for a stomping incident which left an opponent needing 70 stitches to the head. High School Old Boys’ halfback Sione Tamale appeared in front of a Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union judiciary panel on Thursday night after being cited for stomping in a premier

club match at The Oval last Saturday. Tamale was red-carded by referee Royce Maynard and was later cited in a letter from a spectator who witnessed the incident. The victim, Pirates’ lock Niko Brooking-Hodgson, had no recollection of the stomping which left him unconscious and convulsing on the ground. His left ear was nearly ripped

off and he required 70 stitches to the wound. In announcing the decision, judiciary chairman Adam Simperingham told 27-year-old Tamale “we need to send a clear message to you and others”. “You are not eligible to play rugby this year and next, and we hope you learn from this,” Mr Simperingham, a lawyer, said. Union chief executive Doug

Wilcox echoed the sentiments. “It sends a clear message that this type of violent behaviour will not be tolerated.” The rule book (10.4B) stipulates a maximum penalty of 52 weeks. However, Simperingham cited section 87 sub-section 9 involving consequences to the injured player which allows for the suspension to be extended. - APNZ

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Poppies on sale around Ashburton By Caitlin Porter Distinctive red poppies were seen on the lapels of many Ashburton residents on Thursday, marking the annual Poppy Day. Poppy Day has been around since 1922 and is usually held on the Friday before Anzac Day. This year it happened to fall on Good Friday so it was held on Thursday, April 17. The proceeds go to the RSA Poppy Day appeal in support of veterans, ex-service people and their families in need. This year the caravan on East Street was manned by Ayleen Beatty, past president of the women’s section and Colleen Hands, the current president of the women’s section. It remains there only for Poppy Day. Mrs Beatty said she didn’t know where the poppies were made, they were just sent to the RSA in large boxes. When asked how the sales were going Mrs Beatty said, “they haven’t done bad at all”. Last year 8000 poppies were sold over the entire sales period.

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By Brendan Manning A 23-year-old man has been charged following the assault of an Auckland police officer early on Thursday. The officer was knocked unconscious while responding to a call about a large group of people fighting in Glen Innes’ Apirana Ave area just after midnight. He suffered a head injury in the assault and was hospitalised. He was expected to make a full recovery. Police yesterday confirmed a 23-year-old man had been charged with aggravated wounding, and is due to appear at Auckland District Court today. Officers investigating the incident established a number of small groups were involved in various fights before the attack on the police officer. Detective Senior Sergeant John Sutton said two other men were interviewed and released, and received formal warnings for fighting. The officer used his police radio to call for help. Two members of the public also came to his aid. “We’re grateful that he was assisted by two members of the public and that police were able to respond quickly to this call for help,” Mr Sutton said. “The welfare of our staff is important to us and we are working to support him, his colleague and all staff in our district. Police should not be subject to any kind of physical violence while in the role of protecting the community.” - APNZ

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Christian schools team up Ashburton Christian School’s (ACS) developing relationship with its Timaru counterpart took another major step on Thursday when the schools combined for a day packed full of activities. About 90 ACS pupils were bused to Timaru Christian School to compete in dance competitions, sporting events, quizzes and crafts activities. ACS principal, Tim Kuipers, said it was an ideal way to round off term one before Easter, but it was also an opportunity to strengthen ties with the school that came to visit them two years ago. He said the school had further plans to form strong relationships with other schools in the district.

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Fruit fly search to wrap up The search for more Queensland fruit flies will be wrapped up by tomorrow providing no more of the pests are found in Whangarei, Ministry for Primary Industries says. A response by the ministry was put in place following the detection of one of the fruit flies in a surveillance trap in the suburb of Parihaka on April 1. The Queensland fruit fly is a significant pest of many horticultural crops and home gardens. Ministry chief operations officer Andrew Coleman said they remained on alert for the possibility there could be a last-minute detection of further flies.

“The response team will swing into action, should this be the case. “However, we hope to be able to publicly notify the community on Sunday morning that we have had the all-clear and the Controlled Area Notice is revoked and people can go about their business as usual.” The ministry was cautiously optimistic the trapped fly was a single detection, Mr Coleman said. There have been four previous Queensland fruit fly trap detections in the country and in all cases no breeding population of the flies was found. - APNZ

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t appears that in Ashburton, Easter means many things to many people. Easter is a Christian festival or holiday, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion at Calvary. It is the single most important holiday on the Christian calendar. To some though, the long weekend is seen as a chance to relax and get away. Unless of course, you’re lucky enough to have to work. However, it does appear that the importance of Easter still resonates with kids in the Ashburton community, which may surprise some who think that religion is only held dear by those who are a little older. St David’s Union Church youth leader Judith Penney said that the kids in the youth group were gearing up for the upcoming Easter camp this weekend at Lindisfarne Camp. “We get them thinking about the celebration rather than the holidays,” she said. “The theme for this year’s Easter camp is ‘life is defined by the choices you make’. They are so keen on camp.” Camp started at 8pm on Thursday night and will end on Monday. Youth group numbers at St David’s Union Church are still relatively high. “We are having great numbers in our youth groups, three kids brought friends along on Sunday,” said Judith. “We have been focusing on families that don’t come to church regularly. We do have a lot of kids from an ‘unchurched’ families. “The kids are fantastic.” Marion Brown Te Matapuna Girl Guide leader and Ashburton Eastern district co-ordinator said that her district does not solely focus on Easter as a religious holiday. “The Te Matapuna Girl Guides (formerly St Joseph’s) may have more girls who are from a Christian background, as that is where many St Joseph’s schoolgirls go.” Marion did say that the Tinwald Pippins and Brownies definitely knew that Jesus died and rose again, but they didn’t focus on that. Instead they made Easter bonnets and Easter eggs and went a little into the history of the bonnet and the egg. Ashburton is very much a multicultural society, Mrs

Student reporter at the Ashburton Guardian, Caitlin Porter, talked to people in the Ashburton community about what Easter means to them and whether they still think of Easter in a religious context or merely as a long weekend.

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than religion.” Mid Canterbury Catholic Priest, Father Geoff Gray, said that at Easter the turn-outs for services were very good. “Lots of people who only go to church a few times a year do try to go at Christmas and Easter, especially to celebrate

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this mystery central to the Christian faith.” “For Christians Easter is the high point of the annual celebration of the Christian faith because we remember, as Jesus asked us to, his suffering, death and rising from the dead which is what is called the Paschal Mystery,” Father Gray said. “Easter is a time for all of humanity to rejoice because God has overcome evil in and through the death and resurrection of his son. “We get families, young ones, teenagers, the whole gamut (at Easter),” Father Gray said. This may be true, but Ashburton residents are rather divided over what they will be doing this long weekend. One Ashburton resident said that she would be partaking in church services this weekend and was looking forward to hot cross buns. She also added that she thinks the disasters have brought people together and perhaps people have turned to their faith for guidance. A young Ashburton resident said that she will not be partaking in any Easter services and will be staying inside most of the weekend. Howard Mahere, owner of Lolly Mania in the Ashburton Arcade, said: “Easter is not something I take lightly. It is a holiday I enjoy and as a Christian it means a lot to me.” He also has a sign out the front of his shop outlining the important events that took place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Susi Wood, a resident in Methven but originally from Europe, said the traditions in Europe were quite different to here and chocolate Easter eggs weren’t a huge thing, however her family may be having some chocolate bunnies which her threeyear-old daughter Frida seemed very excited about. “We will be having an Easter egg hunt with real eggs, which we will paint,” Susi said. It seems that while many Ashburton people will be enjoying their long weekend there are still many who think of Easter as a religious time of remembrance and celebration.

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In brief Dogs bite Souths Trent Hodkinson’s 78th-minute field goal has sealed a 15-14 victory for Canterbury over a patched-up South Sydney in a stirring Good Friday NRL encounter at ANZ Stadium. It is the third week in a row the Bulldogs have won a game through a field goal and by a single point, with Hodkinson repeating his heroics from last week’s win over the Warriors. The former Manly halfback’s kick from 30 metres capped a superb fightback for Des Hasler’s side, who trailed 14-6 in the second half. - AAP

Panthers release Grant South Sydney appear to have locked in a replacement for rugby union-bound Sam Burgess, with Penrith prop Tim Grant to join the Rabbitohs next season. The Panthers yesterday agreed to release Grant from the final two years of his contract to link up with the Redfern-based NRL club on a four-year deal from 2015. He will, however, see out the remainder of the season with the Panthers. The 26-yearold has played 114 first-grade games for the Panthers since his debut in 2007, as well as two State of Origin appearances for NSW. - AAP

Roosters rally round Sydney Roosters have rallied around out-of-sorts playmaker James Maloney as the NRL premiers seek to break an unprecedented three-match losing streak under coach Trent Robinson. After six rounds the Roosters have slumped to 2-4 and sit 11th on the premiership ladder. Maloney has borne the brunt for the tricolours’ earlyseason woes with NSW coach Laurie Daley challenging him to lift his game. But Roosters prop Sam Moa says Maloney isn’t solely to blame for the Roosters’ poor start to their title defence ahead of their match against Cronulla at Remondis Stadium tonight. The Kiwi international says the Roosters’ forwards need to improve their efforts too. - AAP

Dugan finding form St George Illawarra fullback Josh Dugan admits he’s at least two or three games from hitting his best form following his return from a knee injury. The former Canberra star is yet to be on the winning side since recovering from the medial ligament problem that sidelined him for the opening five rounds of the campaign. Although the Dragons lost to South Sydney in Dugan’s first game back they were much improved in their controversial defeat to Melbourne last Monday. Dugan struggled in the first half at AAMI Park and made a huge mistake that led to a Will Chambers try when he misjudged a bouncing ball. But after halftime he showed in patches just why NSW coach Laurie Daley rates him so highly as the Dragons were cruelly denied a first win in the Victorian capital in 15 years when the Storm scored after the fulltime siren. - AAP

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Ashburton trial disappoints By Sue NewmaN The Ashburton Trotting Club staff say they’ve been unfairly criticised by harness racing trainer Paul Court, who says a run at this week’s trials hampered his horse, Terror to Love’s, chances in today’s Easter Cup. Terror to Love was entered in a C3-C0 class trial run on Tuesday at Ashburton, and was the stand-out star in a six horse field. Two of the runners were rated C3, two C4 and one, Smiling Star, C7. He was the only open class horse in the field. Court told the New Zealand Herald that the trial was a joke because four of the runners scratched before the race, leaving just the New Zealand Cup champion and Smiling Star in the field. Trotting club staff say they gave the trainers of the remaining two runners the option of joining another trial, but both opted to run in their scheduled race. Court told the Herald he was looking for a solid workout to prepare Terror to Love for a clash with Adore Me at Addington, but instead got a dawdle around the Ashburton track.

Terror To Love, with regular reinsman Methven’s Ricky May in the sulky, pictured warming up for last year’s New Zealand Cup. photo joseph johnson

“It was disappointing; I think it has affected our chances,” he said. He was quick to add, however, that the pacer had not performed below expectations in the trial day run, but had gone round in 3:7 when Court was hoping to

have a 3:1 hit out ahead of today’s big race. That, he said, was rather frustrating. The horse has not raced for 43 days coming into the Easter Cup, but has an impressive record of coming back fresh, log-

ging four wins from five starts fresh up. Terror to Love lines up against Adore Me and Arden Rooney, Jivin Cullen, Donegal’s Guest and Pemberton Shard in the cup at 9pm tonight at Addington Raceway.

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Henry thought career was over By michael BrowN As Ben Henry lay on the ground, with the medicos assessing his injured knee, the lectures he listened to when in the under-20s about the average length of an NRL career came flooding back to him. Three years, he was told, as he was also encouraged to plan for life without football. Henry thought he had reached that place. Last month the 22-year-old re-injured the knee he had spent nine months rehabilitating after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament. He feared the worst. So did the doctors. “I wasn’t in a good place,” he recalls. “I was thinking of all the time I had put into my knee trying to get it right. “I thought about my career as a footy player and how long I was going to last. I was told in these under-20s camps that the average lifespan of a footy player is three years. “I’m just glad I’m right here

at the moment and ready to play against the Dragons on Saturday.” A scan revealed Henry hadn’t, in fact, re-torn his ACL and instead suffered cartilage damage. Initial reports predicted he would be sidelined for eight weeks but the utility will start on the interchange bench against the Dragons. It’s good timing with Ben Matulino and Sione Lousi suspended and Sebastine Ikahihifo injured. “We have been pretty conservative with Ben and he’s been training pretty well the last couple of weeks,” interim coach Andrew McFadden said. “He’s done a fair bit of contact. He’s come to me and said he’s ready.” The mental battle is often more demanding than the physical one for injured players. Just ask the luckless Jerome Ropati, who’s played just 18 NRL games in the last three-and-a-half years and is now recovering from a broken jaw.

Ben Henry: Happy to be back.

“Me and J are really good friends and I talk to him a lot,” Henry says. “He’s a big advocate of having to put your head down and trying to push your way in. “The NRL is a hard competition. It’s funny now when I watch NRL games I just look at people’s knees to see the amount of stress players put them through.” Henry is an intelligent individual who is being talked about as a future Warriors captain. He’s also smart enough to prepare for the future and last year took courses in business and speech.

His immediate focus is the Dragons game. McFadden has said they wanted to use Henry sparingly to ensure they didn’t put too much pressure on but he also needs to be ready to play the majority of the game if required. His natural position is in the second-row but he can equally slot into the middle as a backrower and it would allow Simon Mannering to return to the edges. His biggest quality, however, is the way he plays the game and it’s exactly what the Warriors need right now. “Effort. That’s what I can add to the team,” he says. “When you see one of the boys make a big play, like a try-saving tackle, it’s contagious. “I want to do that. “Collectively we need to be like that against the Dragons to win. “That’s what Cappy (McFadden) is trying to introduce, telling us to toughen up. I think it’s good for us.” - APNZ

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Lauren back on track By Jonathan Leask

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Hinds cyclist Lauren Ellis is happy her exile from international track racing is over after being named to compete at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in July. “It’s really exciting. It has been quite the quiet couple of years so definitely looking forward to racing internationally again,” Ellis said. After the 2012 London Olympics BikeNZ tightened the purse strings as they planned ahead for the Rio Olympics, with the women being the biggest causalities essentially cut from the international track programme. Their time out in the cold is over, however, Ellis and London team-mate Jaime Nielsen were the only women named in the initial 14-strong track team, with others to be added later. BikeNZ High Performance Director Mark Elliott explained that the women’s programme is in its rebuild phase two years out to Rio. “We are looking to invest in some talented younger riders and want more from some of our more experienced riders,” Elliott said. “We’ve only selected two women so far but we have others that we would like to consider for Glasgow subject to some further performances expectations over the next two months.” Elliott also said it was likely that some endurance riders, both men and women, will also crossover to the road race to support the key professional riders.

At Delhi Ellis won silver in the points race, and although nothing had been decided officially she believed the points race would again be a focus but she was also a proven performer on the roads in 2013 when the women were not required for international track duties. “I haven’t spoken to anyone about it but I imagine if I did get the opportunity it would be to assist someone else. “I don’t know if I would be able to go the full distance but I’d be a good workhorse for someone else. “If they want me to I would definitely put my hand up.” Her primary focus will be the track, which in the games schedule is in the first few days with the road race and time trials held at the end. Adding to Ellis’ motivation will have been watching the men’s success. The World Champion team sprint trio of Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster and Eddie Dawkins, who won the team sprint gold medal at the recent UCI World Championships in Cali, will chase Commonwealth gold after they won the silver medal behind Australia at Delhi in 2010. The other medallists from the world championships Simon van Velthooven, Tom Scully and Marc Ryan (Timaru) – have also been included. The team is experienced with only one rider, 22-yearold Patrick Bevin, who has not competed in either the world championships this year or the London Olympics, but is also young, with an average age of less than 24 years, as they

look towards building success at G l a s gow to build towards the Rio Olympics and beyond. T h e y will have a tough target after the team won nine medals on the track in Delhi, their equal highest medal haul in a C o m m o n we a l t h Games.

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John Snowden has known for a year, but the official confirmation finally came on Thursday that he will defend his Commonwealth Games gold medal in Glasgow. Delhi gold medallists Snowden and Te Puke’s Mike Collings have been selected for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games as part of a nine-strong team, where they will defend their title in the men’s full-bore pairs rifle, and compete individually as well. Snowden had cemented his Games qualification in April last year, when he won the games qualification series with Collings the runner-up, but had

to wait almost a year for the official seal of approval. “Even though we had done everything in terms of qualifying we still had to convince the New Zealand Olympic committee that we were capable of a top six finish which is part of the criteria, Snowden said. “We had been carrying on with planning anyway and just waiting for the confirmation. “We were 99 per cent sure and don’t really know why it took so long but it’s done now.” In the end it was worth the wait, and they can now kick the planning up a gear. The defending Commonwealth champions pair are aiming for another medal performance, and both are a chance to

Indoor bowlers from around the South Island have converged on Ashburton this Easter weekend for the South Island Chartered Clubs’ tournament. The tournament began yesterday spread across two venues, the Ashburton MSA and the Ashburton Indoor Bowls Stadium with the singles. Pairs are played today, fours tomorrow and the triples title to conclude the tournament on Monday.

Manchester City are paying their players higher wages than any club in world sport, as doubts emerged about their ability to comply with Uefa’s financial fair play system. The fifth annual Global Sports Salaries Survey revealed that City pay an average player around £5.3m ($NZ10.3m) a year, or £102,000 ($NZ198,600) a week; more than any US baseball or basketball team. The data, produced by the Sportingintelligence website for ESPN, emerged as the process to examine whether City do comply with FFP started at Uefa’s headquarters. - IDP

The New Zealand track team for the Commonwealth Games (with potential events for consideration) is: Men Endurance: Shane Archbold (Timaru), Patrick Bevin (Taupo), Pieter Bulling (Invercargill), Aaron Gate (Auckland), Dylan Kennett (Waimate), Marc Ryan (Timaru), Tom Scully (Invercargill). Sprint: Matt Archibald (Invercargill), Eddie Dawkins (Invercargill), Ethan Mitchell (Auckland), Simon van Velthooven (Palmerston North), Sam Webster (Auckland). Women Endurance: Lauren Ellis (Hinds), Jaime Nielsen (Hamilton).

medal in the individual shoot as well but know the competition will be tough. “I don’t know about two medals. “It’s a pretty tough competition and really even at the top. “Anyone in the top 10 or 20 people can win it on the day and it is just the one day effectively.” With the season finished and the pair “at the other ends of the country” they will have limited practice time together, but their build-up will include contesting the 10-day British Nationals prior to Glasgow. Also being named to the team yesterday is 21-yearold Jenna McKenzie (Lumsden) who will become the first New Zealander to shoot in all

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Cricketers flaunt ban Pakistani cricket authorities have launched an investigation into a number of current international stars playing in exhibition matches in the United States with banned spinner Danish Kaneria. Kaneria was given a life ban for spotfixing in an English county game which, under International Cricket Council (ICC) rules, effectively bars him from playing anywhere in the world. But he represented the Houston Eagles in a series of Twenty20 games last weekend in Houston, Texas, with Test players Wahab Riaz and Nasir Jamshed taking part for rival team Boom Boom Blasters. Other Pakistani players involved in the games were Fawad Alam, who staged a comeback in the national team in last month’s Asia Cup, Abdul Razzaq and Shahzaib Hasan. - AFP

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Official selection notice received - at last By Jonathan Leask

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three small bore rifle events at an elite competition, contesting the women’s 10m air rifle, prone rifle and 3P. New Zealand Shooting Team for Glasgow 2014 John Snowden - Men’s Full-Bore and Full-Bore Pairs Rifle Mike Collings - Men’s Full-Bore and Full-Bore Pairs Rifle Natalie Rooney - Clay Target Women’s Trap Myles Browne-Cole - Clay Target Men’s Trap Ricky Zhao - Men’s 50m Pistol Jenna MacKenzie - Smallbore Rifle - Women’s 10m Air Rifle, Women’s Prone Rifle and Women’s 3P Sally Johnston - Smallbore Rifle Women’s Prone Rifle Martin Hunt - Smallbore Rifle Men’s Prone Rifle Ryan Taylor - Smallbore Rifle Men’s Prone Rifle

Bayern Munich need a convincing win at Bundesliga bottom side Eintracht Braunschweig overnight to dismiss talk of a mini-crisis ahead of their Champions League semifinal at Real Madrid. With only two wins in their last six games, Bayern have suffered a dip since winning the Bundesliga nearly a month ago with a record seven games to spare. Bayern have lost back-toback league matches, an obvious concern ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final, first leg at Real Madrid. - AFP

Stokes’ anger issues England all-rounder Ben Stokes admits he must keep his anger under control if he is to end his international exile. Christchurchborn Stokes has had more than a month already to regret the flash of temper that saw him lash out at a dressing-room locker and break a bone in his right wrist in frustration at making a duck against West Indies in a one-day international in Bridgetown. The 22-year-old has paid a significant price already, missing England’s T20 campaign in Bangladesh and earning a rebuke from team management. - AFP

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In brief Running with the Bulls Defiant til the end, the NSW Waratahs are pledging to run with the Bulls come what may in tonight’s high-stakes Super Rugby showdown in Sydney. The Tahs’ daring ball-in-hand-style may be putting bums back on seats at Allianz Stadium but it has only yielded four wins from seven outings, leaving the earlyseason title favourites clinging to the top six. A loss to the Bulls would allow the South Africans to leapfrog the Waratahs on the ladder and leave Michael Cheika’s side precariously placed at the halfway point of the competition. Skipper Dave Dennis insists the Waratahs will live and die by their refreshing style and won’t be drawn into a dour struggle with the heavyweight Bulls. - AAP

McCartney off to Ireland Blues’ hooker Tom McCartney has signed a three-year deal with Irish Pro12 side Connacht and will join his former Auckland and Blues’ coach Pat Lam in Galway at the conclusion of the ITM Cup. McCartney, 28, has been a consistent performer for the Blues since making his Super Rugby debut in 2008, going on to earn 64 caps for the franchise. “I’ve loved being at the Blues, it’s been my life for the last seven years but your career doesn’t last forever,” McCartney said. - APNZ

Hickey eyes U20 spot Super Rugby’s break for the June tests comes at an opportune time for Blues’ first-five Simon Hickey. Hickey, who has gone from the franchise’s wider training group to vying with Chris Noakes for the No10 jersey, is available for the New Zealand Under20s team who will contest the Junior World Cup in about six weeks’ time. After representing the under-20s in France last year, a tournament which ended in another disappointment when they lost to England in the semi-finals, Hickey is keen to win back the cup which was New Zealand’s between 2008-2011. This year’s tournament starts on June 2, with the final to be held at Eden Park on June 20. - APNZ

Frustration for Schmidt Amid the euphoria of winning the Six Nations, Ireland coach Joe Schmidt felt frustrated. Long after Ireland squeezed past France in a nerve-jangling duel in Paris, many of their supporters celebrated until their gills resembled the colour of the national jersey. Jubilation embraced the nation as Schmidt, his coaching group and the squad received tumultuous plaudits. Expressions of gratitude were lumped on the squad, yet in the aftermath Schmidt felt an exasperation he had not experienced before. It was rammed home when he received a parcel in the post containing a team jersey and a supporter’s request for autographs. “I couldn’t do anything about it because I’m not going to get my hands on the team again until June,” he said. “The Six Nations is a succession of finals. It is a really challenging learning curve and I don’t think I am too far along it yet.” - NZH

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Perry back for Chiefs clash By Jonathan Leask

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While his Crusaders team-mates claimed two scalps in South Africa, Tim Perry was doing some hunting of his own. Pig hunting isn’t the recognised way to recover from a hamstring strain, but it, in conjunction with more regulation methods, has done the trick with the former Mid Canterbury prop with Perry back on the Crusaders bench in their rematch with the Chiefs in Hamilton tonight. Perry missed the Crusaders’ twowin tour to South Africa, coach Todd Blackadder’s first clean sweep as a coach in South Africa, after pulling his hamstring prior to the loss to the Hurricanes. But he didn’t just sit out the three weeks, with plenty of rehabilitation, training and some time for tracking tusked hogs. “In the first week it was a bit tender but then after that I was walking around all right. “I still had training sessions and gym sessions and a few days off. So I have still been doing four days a week but it left a bit of time to do what you like.” And for Perry that’s pig hunting. However, tonight he will help the Crusaders hunt out a third straight win when they take on the defending champion Chiefs in Hamilton. “The boys are feeling pretty good and just want to try to get another win but it will be hard work. “It’s a big game, but everyone looks forward to playing them and steps up for the challenge.” Perry comes onto the bench, while Blackadder has made three changes to his starting fifteen. In the forwards, props Owen Franks

Todd Blackadder: Ringing the changes for tonight’s battle with the Chiefs.

and Nepo Laulala have switched places again, with Franks to start in the number 3 jersey and Laulala takes a place on the bench beside Perry pushing Daniel Lienert-Brown out of the 23. Jordan Taufua will run out in the starting fifteen for the first time this season, having been promoted from the reserves to the blindside in place of George Whitelock, with Luke Whitelock to provide cover from the bench. In the backline Tom Taylor also moves into the starting fifteen, playing at centre this week for the injured Kieron Fonotia, after the Perry’s Tasman team-mate strained his hamstring. The Chiefs have made six changes to the starting side to play the Crusaders, while lock Brodie Retallick has been cleared of concussion to play. Liam Messam returns and will be joined by Tanerau Latimer, playing his 100th game for the franchise, and

Liam Squire in the No 8 jersey. Tawera Kerr-Barlow starts at halfback and winger Asaeli Tikoirotuma returns after two weeks out with a knee injury. Pauliasi Manu starts at prop. Four changes have been made to the bench with Jamie Mackintosh, Sam Cane, Matt Symons and Augustine Pulu all added to the reserves. Crusaders: Wyatt Crockett, Corey Flynn, Owen Franks, Dominic Bird, Samuel Whitelock, Jordan Taufua , Matt Todd, Kieran Read (C), Willi Heinz, Colin Slade, Nemani Nadolo, Ryan Crotty, Tom Taylor, Johnny McNicholl, Israel Dagg. Reserves: Ben Funnell, Tim Perry, Nepo Laulala, Jimmy Tupou, Luke Whitelock, Andy Ellis, Tyler Bleyendaal, 23. Adam Whitelock. Chiefs: Pauliasi Manu, Rhys Marshall, Ben Tameifuna, Michael Fitzgerald, Brodie Retallick, Liam Messam©, Tanerau Latimer, Liam Squire, Tawera Kerr-Barlow, Gareth Anscombe, Asaeli Tikoirotuma, Bundee Aki, Andrew Horrell, Tim Nanai-Williams, Tom Marshall. Reserves: Nathan Harris, Jamie Mackintosh, Josh Hohneck, Matt Symons, Sam Cane, Augustine Pulu, Anton LienertBrown, Jordan Payne.

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The curious case of Benji By Patrick Mckendry When the Blues look back on their Benji Marshall experiment, regardless of how it turns it, they might want to take note of the lessons learned, because there will be many. His switch from league to union has been more difficult than he could have imagined. Frustrations are beginning to surface. There are rumours about a move to Super League, denied by the Blues. The franchise, though, has to take some responsibility for how things have turned out.

A former high-profile league player, albeit one reaching the end of his NRL career, was never going to take kindly to being a bit-part act anywhere, but could the franchise have made it easier for him? His reasons for making the switch were admirable - he wanted to have a crack at the All Blacks. The Blues, too, showed ambition in negotiating his contract with the help of a third-party deal, a package thought to be in the region of $500,000 a year - much less than what he was used to. Along the way, though, there has been a series of odd decisions, all of which

have been made by the Blues or land Rugby Union, including: Chasing Beauden Barrett at s Imagine you’re Barrett, a 22-y starting to make your name wit Blacks. Yes, the Hurricanes mad weird decisions last year in gett play at fullback when first-five i your best position, but they seem put those behind them. Would y to swap the (near) certainty of p No10 each week to vying for M the Blues? No. No ITM Cup Marshall needs to play rugby

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to get better at rugby. It is clear he should have played for Auckland in the ITM Cup. It would have helped with his fitness but more importantly his game sense. Remember, the Blues saw him when he arrived as a first-five. A first-five only, then a fullback Coach John Kirwan was adamant that Marshall was a first-five only, until a 15-minute cameo at fullback in the team’s final pre-season match against the Chiefs in Rotorua appeared to change everything. From then the message was Marshall would be considered at both No10 and No15. Now, eight games into

the season, he covers first-five at a pinch but is concentrating on fullback, where the team is ably served by one Charles Piutau, the Blues’ most penetrative back. Why Waiheke? Marshall has only now been officially assigned a club - Waiheke, a club which plays in first grade, effectively the third tier of Auckland club rugby. Why wasn’t he assigned a club which plays at the top level and why didn’t he play during the Blues’ bye last weekend? It is understood that he might be loaned to another club during the June test break in order to play at a higher level. Very odd.

SOS for Ihaia West Baden Kerr’s hand injury was unfortunate for the player, but in Simon Hickey, Chris Noakes and Benji Marshall the Blues surely have enough cover at No10. Why then did they feel the need to bring in Ihaia West, a 22-year-old Hawkes Bay player with a good running game but not considered good enough to earn a Super Rugby contract? Franchises can only bring in a replacement if they have two injuries in that position or if they designate it as a ‘problem’ area. Hardly a vote of confidence, is it?. - APNZ

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Rakaia eye up early cup semi spot Rakaia can lock in a Watters Cup semi-final spot against a Hampstead side that hasn’t had one since 2009, in the Combined Country Cup match that doubles as a Watters Cup clash today. In their third Watters Cup clash Rakaia can all but sew up a semi-final spot for July with a win, while Hampstead start their campaign to break into the top four after missing out on the semi-finals in the past four seasons. Rakaia, who had a bonus point win over Southern and a draw with Methven to sit on top of the Watters Cup standings, come off a bye that gave their long list of walking wounded time to heal and put the Max Gilbert Challenge Trophy on the line again. Hampstead held the trophy briefly last season, but will need to find an 80 minute performance, or close to it, if they are to be a chance of taking it off Rakaia. The adage “a game of two halves” sums up Hampstead’s two outings in the combined competition so far. Hampstead conceded 31 unanswered points in the second half of their game against Ashley, and then went the opening 40 minutes against Darfield without scoring a point in an eventual 10-7 loss after producing a spirited comeback in the second half. Hampstead were hammered 57-5 last year by the eventual Watters Cup champions, and the Jekyll and Hyde side will be hoping their first local derby brings out their best.

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Hurricanes blow away the Blues

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By DanieL RichaRDson Winning on the road continues to be a problem for the Blues. Sir John Kirwan’s side haven’t tasted success away from the comforts of home in 12 matches as the Hurricanes put the Blues’ road losing streak out to an even dozen at Westpac Stadium last night. There were no shortage of talking points from the 39-20 defeat, which saw the Hurricanes pick up their thirdstraight victory with controversial officiating, some blockbusting play and an injury to Blues first-five Chris Noakes sticking out. The Hurricanes were denied two tries in the opening spell, but were given one back in the second 40 minutes when a Cory Jane forward pass went undetected by TMO Chris Wratt. On the stroke of halftime, referee Nick Briant also found enough fault in a Hurricanes’ scrum to award the Blues a penalty try, which added to a head-scratching contest. The blockbusting play was provided largely by the Hurricanes, who seemed keen to run the ball from all corners and when you have Julian Savea on your team why wouldn’t you? Then there was Noakes. After a spell of club rugby and development team work, Noakes was given the start ahead of Simon Hickey in the capital but left the field late in the first half after he copped a hefty hit from Beauden Barrett. The departure of Noakes saw the struggling Benji Marshall get an opportunity to run the cutter but as his education in rugby union continues to move along at a slow pace he failed to set the game alight. Despite the Hurricanes’ early dominance, the Blues took a 1713 lead to the break courtesy of their fortuitous penalty try, which came after Dane Coles had been sin-binned for giving away a cynical penalty. The Hurricanes began the second spell a man down but that didn’t bother the home side as Savea took a slick inside ball to bounce over the line as Mark Hammett’s side retained the lead. Later efforts to TJ Perenara and Conrad Smith saw the Hurricanes grab a vital bonus point, which could prove useful considering the congested nature of the points table. For the Blues it was another frustrating outing as they failed to gain any real traction in the contest. - APNZ

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It had already been a wet start to the Combined Country Cup rugby competition, but conditions were at their worst for the Easter weekend games on Thursday night. Celtic made it three wins in a row to start the competition as they beat Glenmark 20-6 at home. Celtic coach Warren Mackenzie said it was a “pleasing win” in the “some of the worst conditions” he had experienced. Flanker Will Hintz scored a first half double, and a Gasolo Salima penalty had the hosts up 13-6 at the break, while a Dan Hurley try, converted by Salima, was the only scoring action in the second stanza.

For a second week Celtic only came away with three tries to miss out on a bonus point. “Had we used the ball a bit better on a couple of occasions we could have got across the line, but for the conditions we were pleased enough with the win.” Southern secured a second bonus point in as many weeks, but not the one they were after as they slumped to a third straight defeat after they were edged out by West Melton 8-10. “It was an action replay of last week against Lincoln, and just as frustrating again,” Southern coach Jason Rickard said. An opening try to Logan Bonnington was quickly matched by the hosts’ converted try for a 5-7 halftime score.

Kyle Brown put Southern ahead with a penalty early in the second half. Southern held the 8-7 led right up until the 76th minute when West Melton kicked a penalty to take a one point lead, and they held on for the win. Also in section two Lincoln and Waihora were unbeaten heading into their clash and Lincoln emerged still unbeaten after a 20-11 victory. Ohoka were bettered by Bur nham-Dunsandel-Irwell 15-5 and Saracens had the bye. Over in section one Methven had to hold on for a 10-9 away win over Darfield. After conceding an early penalty Methven went ahead with a try to Davey Maw which was converted by his brother

Daniel, before an injury stoppage midway through the half for what was the first of two broken legs for Darfield in the match. In the second half a Daniel Maw penalty made it 10-3, before Darfield came back hard with a concerted effort but could only settle for two penalties in the face of some stubborn defence from the visitors. Elsewhere defending champions Southbridge were down 5-6 at half time to Prebbleton, before they scored 38 unanswered points in the second half for a third straight bonus point win. Oxford lost at home to Kaiapoi 7-19, Ashley are on the bye this weekend, while Hampstead and Rakaia meet today.

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ith a record of three losses and four wins, tonight’s game in Hamilton against the defending Super rugby champion Chiefs side isn’t exactly doe-or-die time for the Crusaders - but its close. As everybody from every franchise is happy to keep pointing out, there are no easy games in this competition. The Crusaders have a bye next week to get all their injury niggles in order, then they have to take a very deep breath and launch into games against the

Brumbies, Reds, Sharks, Highlanders, and then The Honeybadger’s Force. No easy games. But first tonight. The Chiefs have turned into the Crusaders’ major stumbling block on the way to a return to former glory, knocking the red and blacks out of contention in the last two semi-finals. On paper, it would appear that tonight would be one of the better chances to get one over the old foe, with the Crusaders finishing like a steam train over the Cheetahs last week (thank

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you Colin Slade, welcome back!), and the Chiefs having a bit of a stutter in their form line, with only one win in their last four outings. Of course that’s a misleading stat; two of those non-wins were come-from-behind draws, in South Africa no less, after

giving their opponents massive starts, games that would leave any coach with the dilemma of whether to be the angel of darkness or the upbeat cheerleader in the shed after the game. And the Chiefs have Tanerau Latimer marking up a century, a landmark that tends to get team-mates in the right frame of mind for a big match. There’s a long way to go in the Super 15, with many more crunch matches to come, but for both teams tonight, this one will be drawing a serious line in the sand.

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Australian Daniel Ricciardo was third-fastest in yesterday’s initial practice session for the Chinese Formula One grand prix as Fernando Alonso brought some welcome cheer to Ferrari after a troubled week. Alonso was quickest around the Shanghai circuit, clocking one minute 39.783 seconds, with championship leader Nico Rosberg in a Mercedes second some 0.398s behind, and Red Bull’s Ricciardo third, 0.989s behind the Ferrari. While Alonso was fastest, it was a mixed morning for the Italian giants and their new team principal Marco Mattiacci, who was installed after Stefano Domenicali dramatically quit on Monday, as Kimi Raikkonen was unable to complete a timed lap after mechanical problems. - AP

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Wet or fine, the Mountain Thunder will still roar in Methven today, and Ashburton’s Lewis Dray won’t be holding back. After constant rain over the last few days Methven’s Mountain Thunder Motorcycle Street Race Event could be graced with sunshine today,

however the street circuit could still be slippery. “The forecast isn’t too bad and either way we’ve got the tyres there,” Dray said. “I suppose it is still full throttle. “Obviously you go a little bit easier in the wet, but I still want to push it for a top three finish in each race.” Dray will ride in the F4 Buck-

ets, where he finished 10th in his debut at the event last year. “It’s what I rode last year, and I want improve on my top 10 finishes so try for a top five.” Dray has had a good season on the bike, his fourth, taking his first chequered flag at national level when he took out the opening race of the development class in the New Zealand Superbike series, run at

Levels Raceway in Timaru in January. Dray also won the second race as he went on to lead the standings after the two South island rounds, but he didn’t travel to the two North Island rounds. With that form under his belt he is hoping his second ride in the Mountain Thunder features some lightning laps.

Supercars ditch new restart procedure V8 Supercars’ controversial new restart rules have been scrapped in favour of a return to last year’s format. The post-safety car rolling restart was heavily criticised after its first run of the season at Adelaide’s Clipsal 500 resulted in a spectacular crash involving Holden veteran Jason Bright. The rules forced cars to run in single file and stay under 60km/h until the race leader chose to hit top speed within an allocated acceleration zone (AZ). Organisers later amended the rules to increase the speed limit to 80km/h and lengthen the AZ. But the format has now been ditched altogether, with driv-

ers to revert to the 2013 procedure from next weekend’s Auckland 500. While cars will still need to form a single line behind the race leader, they will be free to accelerate whenever they like once the safety car returns to pit lane. Bright welcomed the call. “The intent was right in terms of adding to the entertainment but in practice it gave guys an advantage they may not have normally had and caused unnecessary problems,” he said. “V8 Supercars did a good job in consulting the drivers to try to make it work for the right reasons, but unfortunately this time it didn’t turn out. “It’s the right call to go back

to what we had before. That system is the fairest for the guys who have fought to build an advantage and gives them the best opportunity to maintain that advantage.” Fellow driver and V8 Supercars Commission member Todd Kelly said the AZ restart area was difficult to manage from behind the wheel. “It is a shame though, when it did work it looked great with the cars spreading either side of the queue on the jump,” Kelly said. “The problem was more often than not there will be someone that doesn’t get the jump causing the car behind to brake and, in turn, cause issues.” - AAP Jason Bright’s crash at the Clipsal.

The Mystics insist recalled veteran Temepara Bailey is only a shortterm fix to the side’s midcourt mayhem, leaving a serious question mark over the team’s mediumterm prospects. Bailey was a shock inclusion in the Mystics line-up for last weekend’s clash against the Tactix, with the Silver Fern midcourt legend answering a late SOS call for her injury-hit former side. She will suit up for them again in tomorrow night’s round eight match-up against the Magic in Hamilton, with the ANZ Championship office approving Bailey as a two-week replacement player. Mystics coach Debbie Fuller said Bailey was brought into the side to cover for Erikana Pedersen, who was ruled out for two weeks with a knee injury. Barring any further injury set-backs, Fuller said there are no plans for Bailey to stay on with the team beyond this weekend. - NZH

Support for festival It’s a busy time for hockey, on and off the park. While the national teams are preparing for next month’s World Cup tournaments in The Hague - with the men’s Black Sticks off to the Champions Challenge in Malaysia beginning next weekend - Hockey New Zealand is reviewing a successful inaugural Festival of Hockey in Hastings and moving on the construction of a national centre based on the North Shore. The six-nation women’s event in Hawkes Bay, won by world No 2 Argentina, was widely applauded for its concept and outcome, in terms of support and facilities. The idea is for it to become an annual international fixture, the next step being integrating leading European nations. The six nations were Argentina, Australia, China, Korea, Japan and New Zealand. - NZH

Lydia slips in Hawaii North Shore 16-year-old Lydia Ko has dropped down the leaderboard after the second round of the Lotte Championship in Hawaii. Ko fired a one-under 71 in her second round yesterday to sit in a share of 20th to be at one-under for the tournament after she opened with an even-par 72 on Thursday. Ko is seven strokes back from leader Angela Stanford (-8) who fired an eight-under 64 in her second round to storm to the top of the leaderboard. - APNZ

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here is life left in the Ashburton Business Association after all. The local business community has responded positively to the SOS call from the ABA executive who last month predicted that the organisation could be on its last legs. The lack of response to an emergency meeting last month, which was supposed to address the apathy towards the organisation, indicated a bleak future for the ABA. The executive must have scratched their heads after only a handful of locals attended last month’s meeting. Thankfully, the backlash and publicity that followed that meeting has triggered a terrific response by the business community, who this week showed up in force at another forum, hosted by Grow Mid Canterbury. Over 70 retailers and other business leaders discussed the future of the organisation and the message from the floor was clear, the ABA needs to change to stay relevant to the local business community. Association chairperson Carol Johns was the first to admit that her organisation needs to reinvent itself and she suggested ABA could rebrand and even rename itself. Ms Johns must have been relieved that her executive had not been flogging a dead horse and that there is a genuine appetite for a strong, coherent organisation that represents the local business community. The group has committed to meet again in a fortnight, during which more details will be discussed about the new direction and how this positive change will be achieved. Ashburton has a thriving business community and some have suggested they may be too successful at present to get actively involved in running a business group. This week’s meeting showed that plenty of entrepreneurs realise that you cannot operate in a vacuum and that Mid Canterbury businesses would benefit from a co-operative approach. The district may be booming, but unless local commerce has a strong, united voice, they are easily ignored by local and national authorities.

YOUR VIEW Traffic problems Allenton School pupils are not the only ones having traffic problems (Guardian 9/4/14). Twice in two weeks, while being parked (correctly) outside Allenton Shopping Centre, our car, with someone in it, has been backed into, both times by female drivers. We were not impressed – so be warned, we will be watching you. Part of the problem is that there’s not enough carparks for the number of people wanting to shop, so some stop illegally. One lady in a white Toyota (7/4) will know who she is – she was confronted by this irate car owner. She said she was in a hurry, so parked illegally, on yellow lines next to the pedestrian crossing, then backed into us. There’s no excuse for that. We’ve got your plate number,

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he contracting global economy, developments in technology, increasing numbers of shopping channels, and well-informed and mobile consumers are changing the way customers make decisions. All sectors are very different to the way they were at the beginning of the century, with innovation driving significant change. Developing technology has resulted in the emergence of a number of new channels, with many being led by consumers themselves. Product reviews online, social-networking platforms and viral marketing are all part of the new marketing landscape. As consumers change so must your business. Businesses have altered the way they source products and how they market to increasingly diverse and knowledgeable customers. The market is much more complex and interconnected and this is driving everyone to move

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away from traditional industry business models. Even long-standing companies have felt the strain of rapidly changing market conditions, and have had to find fresh ways of satisfying, attracting and growing their consumer base. Whilst traditional advertising still plays a part in a well-rounded marketing strategy, tactics such as digital direct marketing have made it easier for businesses to reach their customers. E-Commerce has been part of the landscape since the 1990s but is still evolving. It can be difficult to keep up, meaning it is more important than ever to regularly review your marketing strategy and

seek expert advice. Today’s consumers have more choice and far more product information than ever before. Online tools are putting customers in touch with each other, which makes them far more powerful and influential. Information is real-time with good news and bad news travelling quickly. Understanding what drives decisions and responding to customer feedback is vital so you need to start being part of customer conversations. Companies that actively engage and manage their online reputations are far more likely to outperform those who do not. You should seek out opportunities for meaningful interaction. Customer engagement is a fundamental part of your marketing strategy. Being open builds trust, a central element in fostering loyalty. Matt Hannah is a senior manager for KPMG Private Enterprise

NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

Source: NZX

NZX 50 constituents Company CODE

a2 Milk Company ATM Air NZ AIR ANZ Banking Gr ANZ Argosy Prop ARG Auckland Intl Airpt AIA Chorus CNU Contact Energy CEN Diligent BM Services DIL DNZ Prop Fnd DNZ Ebos Gr EBO F&P Healthcare FPH Fletcher Bldg FBU Fonterra Shldrs Fnd FSF Freightways FRE Goodman Prop Tr GMT Guinness Peat Gr GPG Heartland NZ HNZ Infratil IFT Kathmandu Hldgs KMD Kiwi Prop Tr KIP Mainfreight MFT Meridian Energy MELCA Metlifecare MET Michael Hill Intl MHI Mighty River Power MRP Nuplex Ind NPX NZ Oil & Gas NZO NZX NZX Oceana Gold OGC Pacific Edge PEB Port Tauranga POT Precinct Properties PCT Prop For Ind PFI Restaurant Brands RBD Ryman Healthcare RYM Skellerup SKL Sky Network TV SKT Sky City SKC Steel & Tube STU Summerset Gr Hldgs SUM Telecom NZ TEL Tower TWR Trade Me TME TrustPower TPW Vector VCT Vital Hlth Prop Tr VHP Warehouse Gr WHS Westpac Banking WBC Xero XRO Z Energy ZEL

Buy price

84 207 3665 90.5 395 176.5 555 473 155 936 403 961 619 488 99 68 87 226 379 113.5 1321 116 394 134 220 341 77 124 253 115 1400 100 128 308 827 175 624 400 300 344 262 157.5 391 652 248 131 325 3770 2869 387

Sell price

86 207.5 3675 91 400 177.5 558 475 155.5 940 404 962 620 489 99.5 68.5 88 227 383 114 1322 117.5 395 135 221 343 77.5 126 258 117 1420 101 128.5 310 830 178 628 401 305 345 263 158 394 653 249 134 326 3782 2920 388

At close of trading on Thursday, April 17, 2014

Last Daily Volume sale move ’000s

85 207 3675 91 400 177 558 475 155.5 940 403 962 619 489 99 68 87 226 379 113.5 1322 117.5 395 134 221 343 77 124 258 117 1420 100.5 128.5 310 830 178 628 401 305 344 263 158 394 653 249 134 326 3782 2900 388

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586.04 2,607.1 6.955 680.58 880.07 365.76 812.53 465.2 249.26 49.95 726.82 1,025.3 41.13 293.13 660.23 1,601.9 105.81 1,599.6 135.15 742.02 150.82 6,173.7 235.0 191.75 1,048.7 106.62 757.48 632.77 12.47 495.45 135.66 1,679.0 87.27 71.64 577.65 167.67 693.14 1,663.6 36.46 90.79 16413 323.92 1,096.8 28.44 725.57 57.99 1,705.5 111.96 483.75 180.03

NZX 50 index last 4 weeks 5170 5138 5106 5074 5042 5010

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The deal will see Sony Computer Entertainment Europe support central Auckland-based Media Design School with tools, expertise, incubation labs and connections with some of the top game companies worldwide. The school will offer stu-

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The country’s thriving gaming industry has been given another boost with the makers of the popular PlayStation console this week announcing a partnership that gives Kiwi students the chance to develop their own games on Sony’s platform.

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The Ashburton Trust has invested $1 million over the past 18 months in refurbishing Hotel Ashburton. Trust chief executive Giles Beal said the work had taken the hotel into the 21st century and meant it was now in a strong position to pitch for increasing business in the conference market. With several connecting rooms the hotel is able to handle large conferences. The upgrade also strengthens its ability to cater to the growing Asian tourist market, Mr Beal said. While colours may vary, a similar theme has been used through the house bar, dining room and conference areas. Toilet areas have also been upgraded and all that remains to complete the work is a car-

pet replacement, he said. “We’re about to crack into a big marketing campaign now for the bar and restaurants and we’ll be opening for lunches at the end of the month.” The $1 million investment puts the trust at about the halfway point in its renovation programme, with the next step completing the upgrading of accommodation. Twenty-four of the hotel’s 54 guest rooms have already been upgraded. “We’re starting to see some challenges now from Christchurch with a few more hotels opening up and that means we need to get our hotel up to four-star standard,” Mr Beal said. The renovations were bringing the hotel back up to where it needed to be to fulfill its role as the district’s accommodation flagship, he said.

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 NZX 50 index

5,103.35

+12.8

+0.25%

 NZX 20 index

3,961.03 +11.58 +0.29%

 NZX All index

5,444.19 +15.99 +0.29%

 Rises 62

 Falls 37

WORLD MARKETS

 S&P/ASX 200 index

5,454.2

+33.9

+0.63%

At close of trading on April 17, 2014

 Dow Jones Indust.

16,424.85 +162.29 +1.0%

At close of trading on April 16, 2014

 FTSE 100 index

6,584.17 +42.56 +0.65% At close of trading on April 16, 2014

 Nikkei 225 index

14,417.53

–0.15

0.0%

At close of trading on April 17, 2014

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

 Gold

1,301.5

London – $US/ounce

+3.5

 Silver

19.6

+0.27%

London – $US/ounce

–0.17

–0.86%

 Copper London – $US/tonne

6,600.0

–30.0

–0.45%

NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ

Country

As at 4pm April 17, 2014

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

TT buy

0.9318 0.9643 5.7101 0.6356 1.6279 0.5211 89.79 2.0309 9.2566 28.20 0.8769

TT sell

0.9059 0.9338 5.0215 0.6123 1.516 0.5049 86.35 1.7594 8.9267 26.90 0.8508

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■ NEPAL

Royal shearing demo Britain’s Prince William and his wife, Kate, have enjoyed a sheep-shearing demonstration and greeted crowds of flowerbearing fans at an agricultural fair in Sydney. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spent yesterday morning at the Sydney Royal Easter Show, an annual fair that brings country life to the city with animals, rides and wood-chopping competitions. Their itinerary includes seeing local wildlife at Sydney’s harbor side zoo and traveling to Uluru, the iconic red sandstone monolith in the Outback. - AP

Mayor’s rocky time Embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford acknowledged “rocky moments over the past year” but vowed to fight harder than ever to win re-election at a rally he dubbed the official launch of his campaign. Ford, who was the first to register as a candidate in January, invoked the spirit of second chances during a speech in front of supporters yestersday. Ford is seeking re-election on October 27 despite acknowledging last year that he had smoked crack cocaine “in a drunken stupor.” Volunteers gave out one free drink to everyone at a hall in a Toronto suburb. There were lineups for Rob Ford bobble-head dolls that were being sold to raise money for the campaign. - AAP

Italy sells cars Italy’s cash-strapped government has raised more than 370,000 euros by selling 52 luxury cars owned by the state through online auction site eBay, the prime minister’s office says. On the first day of sales, Rome managed to sell executive vehicles worth $A551,400 from the sale of “auto blu” cars, the name given to those owned by ministers and state officials. The sell-off was sanctioned by new prime minister Matteo Renzi. - AAP

Clinton expecting Chelsea Clinton and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, are expecting their first child later this fall. The 34-year-old daughter of former President Bill Clinton and exSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made the announcement at the end of a Clinton Foundation event in New York on empowering girls. There has been wide speculation about a future baby in the Clinton family. Chelsea Clinton said told a group of young female students that she feels “all the better whether it’s a girl or a boy that she or he will grow up in a world with so many strong female leaders.” - AAP

Live crucifixions Thousands of people have flocked to rural fields in the Philippines to witness the gruesome spectacle of men being crucified. The ritual, held every year to mark Good Friday in Asia’s bastion of Catholicism, has been going on for decades, becoming a major tourist draw despite official disapproval from church leaders. Organisers said at least nine men were scheduled to be nailed to wooden crosses this year. - AAP

Six die on Everest At least six climbers have been killed after an avalanche struck Mount Everest, with all of the dead believed to be Nepalese sherpas working on the peak ahead of the start of the climbing season, officials say. “Rescuers have already retrieved four bodies and they are now trying to pull out two more bodies that are buried under snow,” Ang Tshering Sherpa, president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, said on Friday. The avalanche occurred around 6.45am (1pm NZT) at an altitude of about 5800 metres in an area known as the

“popcorn field”, which lies on the route into the treacherous Khumbu icefall, Sherpa said. He said that many other climbers had also suffered injuries, but could not give exact numbers. A tourism ministry official, who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity, said the climbers were all of Nepalese origin and were preparing the route to the summit ahead of the main climbing season which kicks off later this month. “So far, we know that 14 Nepali climbers were taking equipment and baggage up to the area, it is unclear how many

KIWI CLIMBERS ON THE MOUNTAIN ■ The avalanche is believed to have avoided any New Zealanders on the mountain. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is mointoring the situation. ■ Wanaka-based Adventure Consultants’ general manager Suze Kelly said the company had an expedition of climbers on Everest and were awaiting more information. The team should have been safe at Base Camp, but the company may have had Sherpas higher up the mountain. ■ Other New Zealanders on the mountain were also at Base Camp and not due to ascend for another week. have been hit,” the official said. An executive at a US climbing company told CNN that

the avalanche had struck while guides were preparing the route for mountaineers. - AFP

■ AUSTRALIA

■ SOUTH AFRICA

Sub scours ocean for missing jet

Poster boy prosecutor

A robotic submarine headed back down into the depths of the Indian Ocean yesterday to scour the seafloor for any trace of the missing Malaysian jet one month after the search began off Australia’s west coast, as data from the sub’s previous missions turned up no evidence of the plane. It was the fifth attempt by the Bluefin-21 unmanned sub to find wreckage or the black boxes from Flight 370 in a distant patch of seabed. The sub, which can create sonar maps of the ocean bottom, has now covered 110 square kilometres of the silt-covered seabed, but has thus far found nothing, the search co-ordination center said. The sub’s last mission hit a record depth beyond its recommended diving parameters,

which can potentially cause risk to the equipment, the US Seventh Fleet said in a statement. The equipment is being closely monitored. Officials are desperate to find some physical evidence that they are searching in the right spot for the Boeing 777, which vanished March 8 with 239 on board on a flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing. A weeks-long search of the ocean surface hasn’t

turned up a single piece of debris, and officials on Thursday determined that an oil slick found in the search zone did not come from the plane. The Bluefin is searching a remote stretch of ocean floor about 4500m deep in an area where sound-locating equipment picked up a series of underwater sounds consistent with an airplane’s black box, but it went down to 4695m during mission four. - AAP

State prosecutor Gerrie Nel has become a global cult hero and a rare poster boy for South Africa’s beleaguered public sector through his fiery cross-examination of Oscar Pistorius and mauling of expert witnesses. Forensic geologist Roger Dixon is a clever man, but when he slinked out of the witness box after two days of withering cross-examination at the hands of South Africa’s favourite “pit bull” prosecutor, he looked a little less smart. “I’m fine,” he said. Well, perhaps when compared to the previous day, when the accomplished university scientist was forced to admit on the stand that he was a “layman” who had no training in sound or light measurement, nor ballistics, nor pathology. - AP

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■ KOREA

Transcript shows ferry’s captain delayed evacuation Fresh questions arose about wheth- number of deaths was expected to rise er quicker action by the captain of a sharply with about 270 people missing, doomed ferry could have saved lives, many of them high school students on even as rescuers scrambled to find hun- a class trip. Officials said there were 179 dreds of passengers still missing yester- survivors. day and feared dead. New questions were raised by a tranOfficials also offered a rare look at script of a ship-to-shore exchange and their investigations, saying they were interviews by The Associated Press that looking into whether a crewman’s order showed the captain delayed evacuation 3 1 2 6 3 1 to abruptly turn the ship contributed for half an hour after a South Korean 2 A 1 preparaF2I 3A1F2I Ashburton 19 King Sewol Street ferry tilting se- transportation official ordered Ashburton 21186 King Street Street to the 6852-ton Ashburton Harrison Ashburton 1 Miller Avenue FIRST HOME FIRST CHOICE This lovelywith two bedroom home to abandon ship. Appealing Home - Secure Section - Close to School A Rare Find Location & Privacy verely to-the side and filling water bricktions bedroom home has an open plan kitchen/living area with 3 Bedrooms * 6 Bedrooms withWednesday. sunroom is a fine example of an investors starter of first home The order at 9 a.m. by an unidentified This*three french out to a sunny terrace. * 1doors Bathroom * 2 Heatpumps buyers. The confirmed death toll from official at the Jeju Vessel Traffic Services * Spacious Living * 3 Bathrooms Large double garage - fenced section ideal for children or keeping pets. Wednesday’s sinking off southern South Center to put on lifejackets and prepare Double * Double access * Securely garageintplus large garage storage area on a well fenced section must add fenced So close to school and easy access to main road. * Secure Setting * Open plan kitchen, dining, living Korea was 28, the coast guard said. Most for evacuation came just five minutes af- appeal for buyers. Don’t be disappointed. * Immediate possession available * Tender closing 2pm Wed 30 April 2014 Auction Price On Application distress call For Sale $283,500 of bodies have been found floating in the ter a Wednesday morning View by appointment View by appointment ocean because divers have been continu- by the Sewol ferry. A crewmember on rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20013 rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20014 ally prevented from getting inside the the ferry,Ashburton which was bound for Jeju isOffice 03 307 8317 Ashburton Office 03 307 8317 OPEN HOME OPEN HOME Mid Canterbury Estate hard Limited for people to Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited ship by strong currents and bad weath- land, replied thatReal“it’s Sat 19 April 10:00am-10:15am Sat 19 April 10:45am-11.00am er. But 48 hours after the sinking the move.” - AP LICENSED (REAA 2008)

■ BELGIUM

No-one’s drinking beer The ruby lettering on the front of the old Welkom” has peeled almost beyond recognition. Owner Leza Great investment property as it is close to the town and you are not paying over the top for section. 87-year-old, is holdWauters, a your tough ing on to her business but can’t say how This attractive section is worth a look. much longer. Sooner or later, yet another View by appointment, 22a Chalmers Avenue rwashburton.co.nz /AHB20072 bar with a warm “Welcome” will be gone. Serving local geuze, triples and pils beers for generations, the pub has embodied what the drink means to Belgians — bringing together families and friends with cheers of “sante” and “gezondheid,” gulping down tasty suds before ordering more. Now, the tables are often empty, a sign of the hard times many pubs like these have fallen upon as Belgians have stopped drinking beer like they used to. The beer Netherby 1960’s dwelling, tile meanwhile, roof, 718m2 section. Updated kitchen with a reindustry, has increasingly sunny dining area. Modernized bathroom with a corner shower lied on exporting the world-class beers unit. Two double, one single bedroom. Lounge with wood burner enjoys afternoon sun.markets. Close to Primary school, pre-school, tothefar-flung Intermediate a short walk away. Shopping Centre is close by. $187,000 Not good, they say. The Belgian beer View by appointment, 2 Davis Crescent rwashburton.co.nz / federation is trying to rekindle local inAHB20081 terest in the drink with a “Proud of our Beers” public awareness campaign, including a tricolor national flag with the middle yellow turned into a glass of beer. Ashburton $99,000 corner pub “In de

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“Belgian beer made in Belgium but not drunk in Belgium is not really Belgian beer any more,” said Gert Christiaens, Netherby Notthe often owner we get our hands on such a great site. Located amongst of the Oud Beersel brewery, good quality homes in a private lane and so handy to local which won a silver medal at the World shopping. Potential for two townhouses (Subject to local planning bylaws and Cup consents). Beer last week with his geuze, a sour made through Forbeer Sale Offers over $125,000 natural fermentation. View by appointment, 9d Bridge Street rwashburton.co.nz / “If it is not in their roots any more and AHB20165 they cannot pass it on to the next couple of generations, then we’ve lost. We cannot claim the heritage of Belgian beer if nobody knows about it,” he said. - AP LICENSED (REAA 2008)

Russia,West reach deal

the worst East-West crisis since the Cold War, but US President Barack Obama cautioned it was uncertain if Moscow would stand by the agreement. The agreement yesterday laid out concrete steps to “restore security for Rural all citizens” and crucially urged “all illegal armed groups” to disarm Consultant and vacate Auctioneer Manager Jill Quaid Jarrod Ross “seized buildings”. 437 6755 021 249 4644 While027not spelt out, that was a likely pro-Kremlin separatists 96reference TancredtoStreet, Ashburton who have taken over parts of Ukraine’s rwashburton.co.nz restive southeast. The deal appeared to mark a sharp change from the tone taken by Russian Ashburton $99,000 LICENSED (REAA 2008)

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SITUATIONS VACANT

Three Positions

Rural Account Manager Ashburton Are you looking to grow your career in Rural Banking? Work within the Ashburton community in this outstanding opportunity! The ASB rural team have a good grasp of rural business realities. Many are farmers themselves or have experience in farming and they are very much a part of their local community because it is the place they like to call home. If you would like to be part of a team that works to deliver the best rural banking experience for the community it lives in, this might just be the career move you have been waiting for. We are looking for an energetic and positive team player to join the Ashburton Rural Banking team as a Rural Account Manager. You role will be assisting the existing Rural Manager, providing them with high-level financial analysis and portfolio support whilst preparing credit submissions for new and existing clients. As crucial first line support, you will proactively provide frontline service to a portfolio of high value rural clients assisting with their day-to-day banking requirements. To be successful in this role, you will be passionate about rural banking, having secured significant experience within the industry. Sound credit writing and financial analysis skills combined with account management experience, strong organisational and communication skills are essential. Your ability to deal with clients on a wide range of business issues is imperative and a tertiary qualification in a related area is preferred. Are you up for the challenge? Apply today! To apply for this role go to www.asb.co.nz/careers Job Reference: AR111694 Closing date for this role is: 28th April 2014

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General Cartage Dispatcher

We are a locally owned family transport company with a fleet of 60 trucks consisting of Foden, Isuzu, MB, DAF & Kenworth trucks based in the Methven area. Our dedicated team are expertly trained and experienced to deliver a variety of services to our extensive range of clients. We are seeking to employ a full time general cartage dispatcher to work in our busy office, the applicants should have the following attributes: • Possesses excellent communication skills and has an affinity with the rural client base • Good time management and well organised • A ‘can-do’ attitude when under pressure • Proven staff management • Computer skills are an advantage as we operate a modern dispatching system although full training can be given. This position is available to anyone who feels they may possess the skills we require and who wish to work in a busy team environment. Remuneration will be negotiated with the successful applicant depending on previous experience. Package includes a full use company vehicle and medical insurance. Simon Wareing Philip Wareing Ltd P O Box 28 Methven Phone (03) 302 8616 or e-mail simon@philipwareing.co.nz

Cameron Courts Resthome

Night Cleaner Tuesday – Friday

No weekends or stat holidays. Minimum of 4 hours (night starting approx. 5.30pm, or by agreement). Must be: h Reliable h Honest h Physically fit Applications close May 2, 2014

Please phone: Cindy 021 850 443

Cook Required Permanent parttime to prepare evening meals.

• Trade Estimation & Quotation A great opportunity exists within our business in the role of Company Trade Estimation & Quotation, this person will be responsible for house plan quantity estimations, and pricing for our Mitre 10 stores in Ashburton, Timaru and Oamaru. The position could be based in Ashburton or Timaru dependant on the suitable applicant. Ideally we would like a person with experience in Price Estimations although if we find a suitable applicant with the right attributes we are willing to train and develop a person in the skills required to perform the role. This position is full time, Monday - Friday (40 hours). Ideal attributes: • Experience in Microsoft Excel, Word & Outlook • Experience with Build Master software or similar (If no experience, training will be provided) • Exceptional customer service skills • Accuracy is paramount • Ability to solve problems • Building Industry experience.

• Building Supplies Sales person Two positions (40 hours and 24 hours per week) We are looking for two sales people to join our busy building supplies team. One position is full time (40 hours) and the other is part-time (24 hours), both positions will include one weekend day. Ideal attributes: • Experience of interest in DIY • Excellent customer service skills • Reliable • Be able to work in a team • Be fit as manual lifting is required • Clean drivers licence If you think you have the attributes for either of these positions, please send your C.V. and covering letter stating which position you are applying for to: HR.Ashburton@mitre10.co.nz or post to Human Resources, Mitre 10 MEGA, P.O. Box 35, Ashburton 7740. All applications remain confidential and close on Wednesday, April 23, 2014.

SITUATIONS VACANT

Guardian Print is a rapidly expanding web offset print company. We operate a combination of heatset and coldset areas, producing both commercial catalogues, magazines and regional newspapers. As a result of this expansion, we are looking to add the following positions to our team:

PRINTERS ASSISTANT Night Shift (5 x 8 hours) Sunday - Thursday, 10pm - 6am.

We are looking for a Printer’s Assistant to operate our DGM printing press. This position involves loading reels of paper into the press, and assisting the printer’s in running the machine. The position will suit someone who is mechanically minded who is physically fit has a good “common sense” approach to operating equipment and is able to work in a team environment. It offers full training so previous experience is not essential, in time this position can lead to an apprenticeship in printing to the right applicant. If you are interested in joining a quality focused, vibrant team of people who believe in enjoying the time we spend at work, then we would like to hear from you. We are looking to continue our expansion into the commercial print arena and are looking for hard working, committed people to join us. If you have any questions regarding the above position or would like to learn more about Guardian Print, please contact Blair Cutting via email to blair.c@guardianprint.co.nz

Tractor Driver / General Farm Hand McLeod Cultivation Due to expansions in the team we require a new team member contracting work covering Geraldine and Mayfield districts, arable / diary support farm based in Ruapuna area We are a small contracting business operating modern well maintained machinery which includes cultivating and drilling. Experience in reversible ploughing and drilling will be an advantage. Farm work involves shifting stock, feeding out and general farm work Our vision is to provide quality service to the local community

Office Administration Assistant Part Time - Fixed Term Contract Newlands seek a person to assist with office and administrative functions following a recent, significant acquisition. This is a part time, fixed term position, for up to 12 months, to assist with the integration of the new trading activities into our existing operations. The successful applicant will have the following attributes: • Enjoy working in a team environment • Possess good communication skills • Be reliable, accurate and conscientious • Previous administration/office experience • Excellent organisational skills • Be flexible and willing to undertake a variety of tasks within different departments of the business • Experience with Microsoft office • Great telephone manner • Be able to take the initiative Training in our systems and processes will be provided to the successful applicant. This part time position is for at least 20 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Newlands are market leaders in the auto-electrical and battery supply industries, with branches in Ashburton, Rolleston and Timaru. (For further info visit www. newlands.net.nz). For more information or to obtain a job description please contact karla@ newlands.net.nz. To apply please forward your CV along with a written cover letter to: karla@newlands.net.nz Newlands Group Ltd. P.O. Box 315, Ashburton Phone 03 308 7234 or 0800 153 771 www.newlands.net.nz Applications close Thursday, April 24.

Good remuneration offered for the right person in helping us achieve this, which means working long hours at times and still being able to laugh. If you are still keen after that last line you just might be the right person so:

Give us a call, ask for James on 03 303 6232 between 7pm-9pm

Cleaners Required Dunsandel/Rakaia Area Day shift 8am - 4.30pm Monday to Friday Night shift 5.30pm - midnight Monday to Sunday Must have own transport Security clearance required

Contact Janet or Lyn on 308 8534.

Experience preferred but training will be provided.

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Media Sales Consultant

Job Scheduler Ray Mayne Hose & Fittings Ltd is a small to medium sized irrigation business in Ashburton. We are well established in this community and continue to experience growth locally and nationally.

Netball Administrator Mid Canterbury Netball is looking to find a suitable candidate to fill the role of Netball Administrator for Mid Canterbury. The ideal candidate will have: • Competency using MS Office and Xero. • Ability to work independently without supervision. • Strong effective communication skills both written and verbal. • High attention to detail. • Team player and a positive attitude. • Work well under pressure and have the ability to multitask. • Experience in planning and management is an advantage. • The ability to effectively maintain all netball programmes run in Mid Canterbury. • Knowledge of netball is an advantage but not essential. This role is contracted for up to 35 hours during the netball season, dropping to approximately 15 hours out of netball season. Flexibility of hours and ability to work nights and weekends is required. For job description or any information about the above position please email Angela at aaron.ange@xtra.co.nz To apply forward your CV and covering letter by Saturday, April 26 to:

The President Mid Canterbury Netball PO Box372 Ashburton 7740 Or email to aaron.ange@xtra.co.nz

Delivery Driver Required We are looking for a delivery driver for our aluminium joinery. The successful applicant must be: • • • •

Physically fit for heavy lifting Minimum class 4 licence Motivated and reliable Have good communication skills

Immediate start would be an option for the right person. If this sounds like you please call Karl on 0274 366 453 or email karl@shearmac.co.nz

SITUATIONS VACANT

We are installing a new web based job management and scheduling programme, Mobile Agenda, in our busy office in Ashburton, and wish to employ a suitable person to operate this module for us. It works in partnership with our accounting package, Accredo. Before we fully implement this system, we would like to employ someone who can “grow” with the programme from its inception. This position is ideally a full time position, but, with a possible flexibility in hours, could be a part time position; however a minimum of 35 hours / week would be necessary. The person we are looking for must possess excellent communication skills. They must also: • Be well organised • Be confident with an excellent telephone manner • Have a high attention to detail • Work effectively as part of a team whilst also able to work unsupervised • Have above average computer skills • Be prepared to work longer hours when seasonal requirements dictate • Have an understanding of the agricultural sector • Have a willingness to assist in other areas of our business Please apply, in writing, to: Ray Mayne Ray Mayne Hose & Fittings Ltd P O Box 247 ASHBURTON 7740 Email: ray@raymayne.co.nz

Ashburton Meat Processors Limited operates year-round from its premises in Bridge Street, producing a range of meat cuts on-time and to specification for a number of significant local and national clients.

Cutting Room Staff

Machine Operator/ Production Assistant Golden Stockfoods is located in Tinwald and specialises in producing high quality supplement and concentrate feeds. We are looking for someone who is motivated to work to a high standard and meet production targets, often within tight time frames. This role will suit a person with mechanical aptitude as you will be required to efficiently operate and maintain pelleting plant and other blending equipment with care, to accurately batch ingredients and to pack product. We have direct contact with customers so a high level of customer service and professionalism is required. A forklift license is desired and some weekend work may be required to keep up with production demands. We are seeking someone who will fit into a close knit team of non-smoking, mostly healthy eating types, who subscribe to the what-ever-it-takes motto. Preference will be given to someone from within the industry or a related role. Apply with covering letter and CV by Friday, May 2, 2014 to:

Essential Nutrition Ltd, 41D Birmingham Drive, Christchurch, 8024 or email : admin@essentialnutrition.co.nz

We are seeking applications from suitable people for the following positions on the afternoon shift at our plant: • Experienced Boners We operate a busy boning room environment, so applicants must be physically fit and have a strong commitment to working safely. • Trainee Trimmers We have a number of vacancies available for people with the right attitude and a willingness to learn the skills involved in producing top quality meat cuts. Training is provided so no previous experience is necessary. • Packers We require quick, able people with attention to detail for packing roles on our afternoon shifts. Experience is not essential, as full training is provided. Applicants for all of these roles must be reliable and able to demonstrate an appropriate level of fitness. To apply, email your details to lisa.miller@ab32.co.nz. If you would like further details, contact Bryan Waitoa on 03 307 1245. Applications close 28 April 2014.

Buying or selling a property? Call the Guardian today or your real estate advertising requirements. 307 7900

Want to be part of our success? Are you the type of person who loves a challenge, has to win, can juggle ten things at once, enjoys socialising and networking. If you are, you need to be working with us! We have vacancy for a professional rural advertising sales consultant to join our newspaper and web sales team. This position will provide you with great opportunities to be innovative and creative in an exciting team environment. You will have the opportunity to work closely with rural business owners/managers to develop their own individual advertising strategy and will be responsible for advising, creating and implementing their advertising in Ashburton’s leading media. The ideal candidate will have previous experience selling within the rural sector, be sales focused and target orientated, bright, energetic, with an exceptional customer service ethic and a proven rural sales track record. A high level of professionalism, personal integrity, drive and motivation to succeed is expected as is a commitment to providing the best possible outcome for the client. We will provide you with the training and support to offer your clients a superior professional service, to bring them the results they expect and more. The Ashburton Guardian offers an excellent remuneration package and is a great place to work. If you are an experienced sales professional with a proven history of delivering the highest levels of client service to achieve your personal and professional goals, then you should apply in writing, with confidence to:

Desme Daniels General Manager Ashburton Guardian 03 307 7974 Closing date for applications is Wednesday, April 30, 2014.

WANTED - qualified brick layers and stone mason for busy team located in Ashburton Methven area. Please phone Nigel on 027 256 7305.

Ashburton Meat Processors Limited

Business is booming and sales are soaring.

Harnett Contracting Two men requiried for light duties. Please phone Tony on 027 434 0181

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Phone 308-8959 or 027-228-1467 anytime

Saturday, April 19, 2014

TRADES, SERVICES

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES • Bark • Oamaru stone • Rocks • Organic compost • Sand • Screened soil • Home deliveries available

Plus much more FREE loan trailer available! From a shovel load to a trailer load. Dobson Street West Ph: 307 8302 Hours: Mon-Fri: 7.30am - 5pm Sat: 7.30am - 12 noon

WANTED hand knitter to knit COLLECTOR - pays top price child's jersey - homespun for old bottles, old metal wool supplied. Ph 03 304 advertising signs, or any 7742. petrol or oil company items. Phone or text 021 034 9001.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

NPC Herbage Seed Levy The Herbage Seedgrowers’ Subsection of Federated Farmers will issue a referendum on the renewal of the NonProprietary Cultivar and Uncertified Herbage Seed Levy on 29 April 2014. Growers of Non-Proprietary Cultivars (known as Commons) and uncertified ryegrass and clover will be eligible to vote on the basis of production of leviable seed in the 12 months to April 29, 2014. For more information please contact: Nick Hanson on 03 357 9457 or nhanson@fedfarm.org.nz

Guardian Job Vacancies

WANTED

RURAL TRADING POST

Call the Guardian for all your classified requirements. 307 7900

TRADES, SERVICES 4 TINT-A-WINDOW solar protective films, UV block, fade, heat and glare control, privacy and safety films for glass. FREE quotes - 20 years local service, Bill Breukelaar - phone 0800 368 468. www.tintawindow.co.nz

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ANZAC DAY SERVICE Ealing Hall Friday, April 25, 2014 9.15am

We will be closed Easter Saturday Cnr East & Burnett Sts Ashburton Ph 308 722

2014 Easter Advertising Deadlines - Classifieds The office will be CLOSED Good Friday, April 18, Saturday, April 19 and Easter Monday, April 21. There is no publication on Good Friday, April 18. We will be open again 8am, Tuesday, April 22, 2013

Run-ons / Single Columns / Announcements / Death Notices / Greetings* Publishing Date • Thursday, April 17 • Friday, April 18 • Saturday, April 19 • Monday, April 21 • Tuesday, April 22 • Wednesday, April 23

Booking Deadline 4.30pm, Wednesday, April 16 No publication 3pm, Thursday, April 17 3pm, Thursday, April 17 3pm, Thursday, April 17 Normal deadlines resume

* Birthday Greetings with a photo are required TWO working days prior to booking deadline date * Daily Events - required THREE working days prior to the booking deadline date

Display Classifieds Publishing Date • Thursday, April 17 • Friday, April 18 • Saturday, April 19 • Monday, April 21 • Tuesday, April 22 • Wednesday, April 23

Call the Guardian for all your classified requirements. 307 7900

Booking Deadline 2pm, Wednesday, April 16 No publication 12 noon, Thursday, April 17 12 noon, Thursday, April 17 12 noon, Thursday, April 17 Normal deadlines resume

SERVICES: Hay covers, farm truck seat covers, upholstery repairs, shade sails and blinds, marquee and event hire. Call Toni & Peter May on 03 308 8893 to find out more! 151 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton Visit us www.petermay.co.nz

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The winning mum must be available all day on Monday 28th April for interview, makeover and photo shoot. To enter, email your mum’s story and photo along with her contact phone number to ashleigh.f@theguardian.co.nz – entries close Tuesday 22nd April.

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Saturday, April 19, 2014 PLANTS, PRODUCE

New Listings Wanted!!

Grapes Seedless 500gm $1.99 ea Red Kumara 1kg Pumpkin Avocado Leeks

Ph: 03-308-6497 Fax: 03-308-1600

Selling homes just like yours. Contact. . .

Specials available from 15/04 - 22/04

OPEN 7 DAYS Helena Ratten 0274-577-998

Lynne Bridge 0274-106-216

Jill Leonard 0274-982-500

Roberta Rutledge 027-228-7843

Lisa Kenny 027-642-8200

GRAZING

Dave Thomson 027-6011-426

TRADES, SERVICES

Milking Quality Grass and Lucerne for Sale.

Fodderbeet and Sugarbeet also available. We have standing Grass and Lucerne available at very good prices. Lock in feed now to prolong milking this season or to hit the ground running come spring time. Take advantage of the recent good growth which has seen pricing ease on standing silage feed.

Call one of our salesmen now for more details James 027 436 9989 Ricky 027 436 9317

CUSTOM motorcycle modifications. General stainless steel and aluminium fabrication, onsite maintenance. Southern Engineering, 13 Robinson Street, Paveco, 027 829 0000.

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Fresh Fruit & Vege

RURAL TRADING POST PLANTS, PRODUCE

APRIL/MAY CALF SHED BEDDING SPECIAL. 10% discount on bulk orders for our premium woodmulch delivered in April/May. HOME handyman available. Guaranteed 100% untreated Minor repairs, painting etc. Ph wood/bark. NO DEMOLITION MATERIALS USED HERE. 027-677-1952. Sawdust also available. Adams Sawmilling, Malcolm SOLAR-SHADE-WINDOWMcDowell Road. Ph 308TINTING. Controlling the 3595. Sun. Best Product, best installation, best price. Lifetime warranties. Ph 0800 TAEGE round bale feeder. $7,000 ono. Phone 03 303 473 242, www.hpwf.co.nz 9705 or 027 229 2313. SUN CONTROL WINDOW TINTING. Professional window tinting of cars, homes & offices. Quality films for privacy, UV (fading), heat, safety & security. Phone Craig Rogers your ONLY local applicator 307 6347 or 0800TINTER. Member of Master Tinters NZ.

SPORT

PLANTS, PRODUCE FOR SALE: lucerne silage, 90 4x3 second cut bales. Tube wrapped. Good quality. Ph 027 222 2502.

Smithfield Flowers, 211 Smithfield Road, Ashburton

OPEN EVERY DAY.

GRAZING AVAILABLE 60ha of Kale plus Green Feed Oats & Straw. Hinds Area.  10ha of Kale. Straw Available. Mt Somers Area. Both experienced graziers. 

For further information: John Harrison • 027 435 6243 PETER WALSH & ASSOCIATES LTD www.peterwalsh.co.nz

TRADES, SERVICES

Ladies Wanted To play social basketball. Lots of fun! No experience needed Wed nights. Season starts May 7 Ph/Txt Julie 027 755 7133.

CARPET-2-U sales and installation of carpet, vinyl and tiles. Phone Mike Gill on 027 491 4210. COMPUTER PROBLEMS? For prompt, reliable service, contact Kelvin Boult, KJB Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place, Ashburton, ph 308 8989, 30 years local experience. SUPERGOLD discount card accepted.

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Weekend Services MEDICAL SERVICES

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DUTY DOCTORS

This service is for emergency medical care only. Please remember your Community Services Card. Emergency phone until 8am Monday - 0800 700 155. Gym Company Medical, Cass Street will be the duty doctor for Good Friday until 8am Saturday. They will hold surgery from 10am until 12 noon and from 6pm until 7pm. No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 9489. Moore Street Medical Centre, will be the duty doctor for Easter Saturday, Sunday and Monday until 8am Tuesday. They will hold surgery from 10am until 12noon and from 6pm until 7pm. No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 3066. For weekend doctor and emergency details Good Friday and Easter Saturday - please telephone the Methven Medical Centre, ph 302 8105. For Easter Sunday and Monday please telephone the Rakaia Medical Centre ph 303 5002. Ashburton Hospital DOES NOT provide an accident and emergency service. Except in cases of emergency persons requiring medical attention must consult their own or the duty general practitioner. Persons subsequently requiring treatment at Ashburton Hospital must have a general

HELPLINE SERVICES

be open from 10.30am - 12 noon on Good or 027 857 2133 or visit www.alcoholicsFriday and Easter Sunday and Monday, from anonymous.org.nz for more information. 10am - 12 noon Easter Saturday, and from 6pm - 7pm all four Easter weekend evenings. MENTAL HEALTH Call free on 0800 222 955. Ask for the Crisis HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS Team. ASHBURTON HOSPITAL GENERAL WARDS - (Medical and Surgical): SAFE CARE - 24 hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791 DAILY, 2pm - 4pm and 6pm - 7.30pm Children must be accompanied by an adult. VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP CHALMERS WARD - (including Assessment, 24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 Treatment & Rehabilitation Unit) - OPEN 846) - Direct dials to a volunteer. VISITING. Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, MATERNITY WARD - DAILY, 10am - 8pm. 9am - 2pm - outside of these hours leave a -Husbands and patient’s own children may message. visit the patient from: 7am - 10pm. ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE TUARANGI HOME (Cameron St) - DAILY, Call us free on (0800 787 797). -unrestricted visiting. Lines open 10am - 10pm Seven days. ASHBURTON REST HOMES LIFELINE - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353 COLDSTREAM HOUSE — DAILY, unrestricted visiting. OMMUNITY ERVICES CAMERON COURTS — DAILY, unrestricted ART GALLERY visiting. Phone 308 1133. Baring Square East, PRINCES COURT — DAILY, unrestricted Ashburton. Sat & Sun: 10.00am - 4.00pm visiting. Closed Public Holidays.

EMERGENCY DENTIST

If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 for the name of the rostered weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours 9am-5pm, Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays.

Come for a short drive and purchase bunches of beautiful chrysanthemums, bouquets and flower boxes ready for Easter Weekend. Enhance your home or give as a gift. We are open every day.

308-1095

GRAZING

PEASTRAW for sale. Medium squares. $40 per square. Please phone 027 626 8679. 12HA kale, straw also available, close to Winchmore MOTORING Hall. Phone 027 222 5360. WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns GRAZ4U LIMITED. May to Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills May grazing available for Street. Phone 308-6737. large numbers of 1 yo dairy heifers. Winter Grazing for LIVESTOCK, PETS R2's and Cows available. 5 BUYER of unwanted Hectares of fodder beet to be animals. Cattle, bobby calves, bought harvested and taken horse and all farm animals. off farm. A Contractor is We also sell pet food. Call available. Please contact: Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 Sarah: 027 206 6760 or Matthew Bird: 027 608 3226. 621, A/H 03 348 9439.

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION AKAROA - CHARMING, spacious holiday home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village. Phone Brian 307-8000 or 308-6180.

HIRE

GENERAL hire. Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more. All your DIY / contracting work, Call and see U-Hire Ashburton. 588 East Street. Open Mon-Fri 7.30 - 5.30pm; Sat 7.30am - 5.00pm; Sunday 8am - 12.30pm. – Ph: 308 8061 A/h: 308 7460 www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

GRAZIERS required to accommodate increased demand for dairy heifer grazing and winter cow grazing, immediate, or May 1, 2014. For all grazing requirements. Contact Phone: Matt cellphone no: 027 608 3226.

WINTER GRAZING. Kale in Mayfield area (numbers to suit). Transition grass, covered barley straw, quality grass balage. Good cattle yards. Experienced grazier. Sold standing or per head per week. Phone Andrew 027 470 1067.

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

PHARMACIES HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 0800 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice. Netherby Pharmacy, Chalmers Avenue, will Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757)

METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA

$2.99 bag $1.99 ea .99c ea $1.29 ea

ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday: 10:00am - 1:00pm Sunday 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Saturday-Sunday 1.00pm - 4.00pm Closed Statutory Holidays. Group Bookings by arrangement

COMMUNITY POOL

WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 9am - 5pm.

REFUSE AND RECYCLING

The Ashburton and Rakaia Resource Recovery Parks will be closed on: Friday, April 18, and Monday, April 21. The Methven drop-off facility for household items will be closed on: Friday, April 18

MAIL CLOSING TIMES

ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm POST DELIVERY CENTRES Allenton: Mon - Fri 5pm Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Methven: Mon - Fri 4.30pm Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm

INFORMATION CENTRES

ASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm. Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until 2pm. Phone 308-1050. METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays 10am until 3pm. Phone 302-8955 or methven@i-site.org

BUS DEPARTURES

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service. Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802. ASHBURTON MUSEUM Baring Square East, Ashburton. Ph 308 3167 BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm. Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

ANIMAL SERVICES DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24 hour service

MID CANTERBURY SPCA

WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: All enquiries - Inspector John Keeley: 308 4432 or 0274 342 646

MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER - Contact (cats) Tracey 021

1356 969 or (dogs) Dawn 021 828 350

VETERINARIANS CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, Main Rd, Methven. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Easter Weekend emergencies: Steve Williams. VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321 1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. 24-hour Easter weekend emergencies: Large: Nathan Roberts. Small: Refer Vet Life. VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East St & Smithfield Rd, Ashburton. Saturday clinic 9am - 12 noon. Easter weekend emergencies: Large: Shannon Thomas-Laing. Small: Shannon Reeve. Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint after hours small animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 027 683 8000, 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: The duty vet this Easter weekend is: Ben Hallenstein. Full emergency service all Easter weekend.

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HIGH quality supervised ENTERTAINMENT grazing available for Rising 1 Heifers, now, or at May 1, ANGEL tall busty attractive 2014. For all grazing in/out calls private premises. requirements. Contact: Matt Phone 022 122 0683. cellphone no: 027 608 3226. BIANCA, in-calls only, 22 years old, blonde, blue eyes. FOR SALE Phone/text 027 302 6270 for FIREWOOD for sale, bookings. generous 3.6m cord, semi dry pine, delivered Ashburton BORED out of your tree, only $150. Phone Dave 027 need some excitement? Give 660 6433. me a call. Xander. Busty and attractive. Phone 021 0233 SCOOTER’S - new and 9259 (no texting) No time secondhand three and four wasters. wheel electric scooters and wheel chairs. Call Fred CINDY Kiwi, 36, size 6, Reddecliffe at Electric attractive, busty, long hair. Mobility Ashburton today. GFE. Phone calls only. New Phone 308-3602 location, 027 448 7011.

Daily Events Saturday 9.00am - 12 noon ASHBURTON DISTRICT FARMERS MARKET. Weekly farm fresh produce, plants, coffee, food and more. North end of the West Street car park.

Sunday 8.00am ST STEPHENS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street. 8.30am HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Thomson Street, Tinwald. 9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Morning worship with Rev Tevita Taufalele. Church lounge, Baring Square East. 9.30am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Easter Sunday Service, all welcome. 65 Oxford Street. 9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Easter Sunday Service with

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Large variety of toys for hire. Methodist Church hall, Baring Square East. 10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

10.00am - 12 noon ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald. 10.00am - 12 noon ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, all welcome. Upstairs 254 Cameron Street.

communion led by Rev Laurence Ennor, 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven. 10.00am ASHBURTON MODEL AERO CLUB. Radio controlled aeroplane flying, weather permitting. Lovett’s Road, Maronan Road. 10.00am ASHBURTON M.S.A. QUOITS. All welcome to have a throw. Racecourse Road M.S.A. Sports ground. 10.00am HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Sealy Street.

10.00am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Park Street. 10.00am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy communion every Sunday. 151-153 Thomson Street, Tinwald. 10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall). 10.30am EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping god and transforming lives. 63 Princes Street, Netherby. 11.00am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Morning worship, St James, Jane Street, Tinwald.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

Cnr Cass & Havelock Sts Phone 308 5409 Website

www.ashburtonbaptist.co.nz

10am Easter Sunday Service Speaker: Pastor Rob Davison Refreshments to follow. 6.00pm House of Prayer ALL VERY WELCOME

131 Thomson Street (Tinwald School Hall) Sunday Morning 10.30am Sunday Evening 7pm Wednesday night Bible Study, 15 Cross Street 7pm

Join us for an Encounter with Jesus Christ For more info please call Sundays @10.00am Pastor Mike Grove 308 4695 Including Children’s church Everyone is welcome. See you at Cnr Cass & Cameron St’s Ph 308 7610 or 308 7062 10am

We hope to see you this Sunday!

Jubilee Christian Fellowship Every Sunday

FOR rent, one bedroom, spacious and modern, fully All Welcome self contained flat. Power included for $270pw. 027 281 Preaching victorious, overcoming messages. Victory is yours!! 4303. Assembly Of God 206 Cameron Street TO RENT: Three bedroom Sunday Meeting brick house, Allenton area. Pastors Jim & Ida Heath 10.00am Ph 308 7511 Close to college, single Hakatere Marae garage, off street parking St David’s Church available beginning of May. SH1, Fairton $370 per week, phone 027 48 Allens Road You are welcome 363 6168 - mornings only Everyone welcome Enquiries please. www.st-davids.org.nz Phone 308-8699 TO RENT: Three bedroom house with log fire, heat ACCOMMODATION, ACCOMMODATION, pump and two car garage. No RENTAL R ENTAL pets or smokers. $360 p/w please phone 027 222 4827. TO RENT: three bedroom warm house in Tinwald, good garages, no dogs. Refer- TWO bedroom flat with ences required. Phone 021 carport, modern kitchen, 183 1114. heat pump. $270/wk. Non smokers, no dogs. Semi if required. Guardian Classifieds furnished References required. Ph 308 10.00am - 1.00pm 8386 and leave a message. 307 7900 ASHBURTON CRAFT MARKET. Saturday’s in the West Street Car park.

10.00am - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

12.50pm M.S.A. PETANQUE. C ome and try Petanque, everyone welcome. Racecourse Road. 1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC 3. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road. 7.00pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall). 7.00pm ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church service with Rev David Brown in the Sinclair Centre, cnr Havelock and Park Streets.

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Charlie Quinlan Happy 3rd Birthday Charlie. Have a super day. Love Mum, Dad and Thomas. xxx Ella Quinn Happy 5th Birthday Miss Ella and Happy school days. We love you to the moon and back. Love Dad, Mum, Zavier and all your family. Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our ground floor office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

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Easter Monday (some activities do not operate on public holidays) 9.00am - 4.00pm ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC3. Seafield Road.

7.30pm TINWALD INDOOR BOWLS CLUB. All welcome to come and have a bowl. Tinwald Hall, entry off McMurdo Street.

Ready to use. Available in 11 colours. The Arcade, Ashburton 03 308 8287

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TV THREE

6am Te Karere 3 2 0 6:30 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Rural Delivery 7:30 Infomercials 9am Come Dine With Me Omnibus PGR 11:25 Tagata Pasifika Noon Cook Me The Money 1pm Mexican Food Made Simple 0 1:30 NZ On A Plate – Off The Beaten Track 0 2pm Four Weddings PGR 3pm Keep Calm And Carry On 30 3:30 Coastwatch PGR 3 0 4pm South 3 0 4:30 Get Fresh With Al Brown 30 5pm River Monsters With Jeremy Wade 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Country Calendar 0 7:30 MasterChef Masterclass 0 8:30 Endeavour PGR When a secretarial student dies suddenly at home, Endeavour senses there is more to the case than the preliminary medical verdict of heart attack. 0 10:30 Call the Midwife PGR 3 0

6am Pocoyo 3 0 6:05 Poppet Stars 0 6:10 The Adventures Of Chuck And Friends 3 0 6:30 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 6:55 The Amazing World Of Gumball 3 0 7:20 Teen Titans Go! 0 7:45 Phineas And Ferb 3 0 8:15 Green Lantern – The Animated Series 0 8:40 Adventure Time 3 0 9:10 Secret Mountain Fort Awesome 0 9:20 Regular Show 3 0 9:35 Just The Job 3 0 10am Fresh 3 10:30 Rodney 3 0 11am Wipeout 3 0 Noon The Bachelorette PGR 3 0 2pm F The Carrie Diaries PGR It is graduation day, but Carrie has little reason to celebrate. 0 3pm The Fosters PGR 3 4pm Melissa And Joey 3 0 4:30 Full House 3 0 5:05 M Bolt 2008 Animated Adventure. 0 7pm M Race to Witch Mountain PGR 2009 Fantasy. Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, AnnaSophia Robb. 0 8pm L Lotto 8:05 Race to Witch Mountain PGR Continued. 0 9pm M Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion AO 1997 Comedy. Lisa Kudrow, Mira Sorvino. 10:50 M The Rebound AO 2009 Drama. Catherine Zeta-Jones. 0

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Outdoors With Geoff 3 7am Gone Fishin’ 3 7:30 Infomercials 9:30 The Nation 10:30 Both Worlds 3 11am House Rules PGR 3 Noon House Rules PGR 3 1pm Beauty And The Geek Australia PGR 3 2pm Beauty And The Geek Australia PGR 3 3pm Last Man Standing 3:30 The Great Food Race 3 5pm Gone Fishin’ 5:30 Modern Family Luke wants to give up magic, and Phil cannot seem to accept it; one of Gloria’s new pregnancy symptoms is snoring, with unfortunate results for the family. 0 6pm 3 News 7pm Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Home Cooking PGR 0 7:30 Ice Road Truckers PGR 0 8:30 CSI – New York AO 0 9:25 CSI – New York AO 0 10:25 F Hannibal AO Suspicions rise about Will being a killer when he returns from Minnesota without Abigail, and evidence ties him to murder. 0

11:40 Whitechapel AO 3 0 12:30 Titanic AO 3 0 1:20 M Boy A AO 2007 Crime Drama. Andrew Garfield, Peter Mullan, Shaun Evans. 0 3:05 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 5am Neighbourhood 3 0 5:30 The Key Of David

12:40 M The Greatest AO 2009 Drama. Carey Mulligan, Aaron TaylorJohnson, Pierce Brosnan. 0 2:20 Happily Divorced 3 2:45 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3:30 Bethenny 3 4:20 The Apprentice PGR 3 5:05 Fresh 3 5:30 It Is Written 3

11:25 M Inglourious Basterds AO 3 2009 War. A small group of soldiers is assigned to infiltrate occupied France during the Second World War. 0 2am M Funny People AO 3 2009 Comedy. 0 4:35 The Nanny 3 0 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

CHOICE TV 6am What’s Really In Our Food? 6:30 Better Homes And Gardens 8am Selling London 8:30 World’s Greenest Homes 9am Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong 9:30 Trish’s Paris Kitchen 10am You Live In What? 11am Auction 11:30 Travel Wild Noon House Crashers 12:30 Great British Garden Revival 1:30 Better Homes And Gardens 3pm Selling London 3:30 Out In The Cold A look at the work that people do living in the extremes of the Arctic. 4pm The Apartment Hosted and judged by Jamie Durie. 5pm Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British The bikers explore the nation’s culinary heritage and uncover the stories behind Britain’s favourite dishes. 6pm Carter Can 6:30 Jimmy’s Forest 7:30 Ray Mears’ Northern Wilderness 8:35 A History Of Scotland 9:45 Outcasts AO In 2045, a fleet of anti-matter transporters departed Earth for a newly-discovered, lifesupporting planet. 10:50 The Apartment

SUNDAY

Midnight Nigel Marven 1am Ray Mears’ Northern Wilderness 2am Carter Can 2:30 Flatmates AO 3am A History Of Scotland 4am Outcasts AO 5am Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British

FOUR 6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Pingu 3 7am Sticky TV 3 8:35 Rugrats 3 9am Rocket Power 9:25 Redakai 3 10:15 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Peppa Pig 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm iCarly 5:30 Big Time Rush 3 6pm M The Little Rascals 3 1994 Family. The members of the He-Man Woman Haters’ Club try to sabotage their friend’s budding romance. Whoopi Goldberg, Mel Brooks.

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6am Home Shopping 11:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? UK 3 Noon NRL Fulltime (Highlights) 12:30 The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus 3 2:30 Send In The Dogs Australia PGR 3 2:55 Our Queen 3 4pm Peta’s Culinary Adventures In France 3 4:30 Addicted To Fishing 5pm Fishing And Adventure 5:30 Prime News 6pm Junior MasterChef UK 6:30 MasterChef USA Under tonight’s Mystery Box is a surprise guest, and the cooks must make a dish using ingredients selected by her.

7:45 M Marley and Me PGR 3 2008 Comedy. A family learns important life lessons from their adopted Labrador puppy named Marley. Based on the memoir by John Grogan. Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston. 0 10:15 The Simpsons PGR 3 0 10:45 Friends with Benefits AO Ben tries to launch a foodtruck business, and asks Aaron to invest.

7:30 New Tricks PGR Brian Lane knows his days at UCOS are numbered; the team investigates the 16-year-old murder of a mother that could be a miscarriage of justice. 8:35 Silent Witness AO 9:45 Rugby – Super Rugby (Delayed) Chiefs v Crusaders. From Waikato Stadium, Hamilton.

11:15 Excused AO 3 Dating show in which singles looking for love try to win dates before being eliminated from contention. 12:05 The Edge On Four 3 A live stream of The Edge radio station.

11:45 Torchwood– Miracle Day AO 3 12:40 Tony Robinson’s London Games Unearthed PGR 3 1:35 M Black Dawn AO 3 2005 Action. 3:15 Terror At Sea – The Sinking Of The Concordia PGR 3 4:05 The Year The Earth Went Wild PGR 3 4:55 All About The Good Life 3

MAORI TV 10am Toku Reo 3 2pm The Big Hit 3 Sports show hosted by Te Arahi Maipi. 2:30 Kanikani Mai 3 3:30 It’s In The Bag 3 4pm F Whanau Factor Mikaera and Peter Joyce v Elaina Anderson and Margaret Phillips. 4:30 Pumanawa 3 5pm Pumanawa 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Journey To The West 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2

THE BOX 6am Gator Boys PG 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Lie To Me MV 8:10 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of The Simpsons episodes. 10:15 Raw MC 1:10 The Pretender Marathon PG 4:30 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of The Simpsons episodes. 7pm The Simpsons PG Homer attempts to help a former CIA agent plagued by violent flashbacks. 7:30 Modern Family PGL 8pm Pawn Stars PG 8:30 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 9pm We’re The Fugawis PG 9:30 Gator Boys PG 10:30 Lie To Me MV 11:30 Criminal Intent MV

SUNDAY

12:25 The Pretender Marathon PG 3:55 Criminal Intent MV 4:50 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 5:15 We’re The Fugawis PG 5:40 The Simpsons PG

6am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Hurricanes v Blues. 8am Football – A-League (Highlights) Elimination Final One – Melbourne Victory v Sydney FC. 8:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Rebels v Force. 10:30 NRL Footy Show 12:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Round Seven Friday. 1pm Cricket – IPL (Highlights) 1:30 Cricket – IPL (Highlights) 2pm Golf – European Tour (Highlights) 2:30 Sport 365 3pm Sky Sports News UK 3:30 Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) 4pm L Netball – ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens v Adelaide Thunderbirds. 6pm Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) 6:30 #SkyRugby – Engage 7pm L Rugby – Super Rugby Chiefs v Crusaders. From Waikato Stadium in Hamilton. 9:35 L Rugby – Super Rugby Waratahs v Bulls. From Allianz Stadium in Sydney.

11:40 Small Blacks TV 11:55 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) 12:25 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) 12:55 L Rugby – Super Rugby Sharks v Cheetahs. 3am L Rugby – Super Rugby 5:05 Small Blacks TV 5:30 Rugby – Super Rugby

SKY SPORT 2 7:30 M Vice Versa PGR 1988 Family Comedy. A father and a son swap lives after coming into contact with a stolen ancient skull from a Buddhist monastery. Judge Reinhold. 9:20 M The Cave Of The Yellow Dog PGR 3 2005 Drama. A Mongolian girl rescues a stray dog against the wishes of her disapproving father. Batchuluun Urjindorj, Buyandulam Daramdadi. Endeavour 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 8:30pm on TV One 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6:30 MythBusters PG 7:30 MythBusters PG 8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:30 Game Of Pawns PG 10am What Happened Next? PG 10:30 Deadliest Catch PG 11:30 River Monsters With Jeremy Wade PG 12:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 1:30 MythBusters PG 2:30 Auction Hunters 3pm Auction Hunters 3:30 Gold Rush PG 4:30 Futurescape With James Woods PG 5:30 World’s Biggest Ship PG 6:30 World’s Top Five PG 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG 8:30 Survive That! PG 9:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG 10:30 Moonshiners PG 11:30 Game Of Pawns PG

SUNDAY

Midnight Auction Hunters PG 12:30 JFK – The Lost Tapes PG 1:30 What Happened Next? PG 2am Everything You Need To Know PG 2:30 Flying Wild Alaska PG 3:30 Flying Wild Alaska PG 4:30 Flying Wild Alaska PG 5:30 MythBusters PG

MOVIES PREMIERE 7:10 A Thousand Words ML 2012 Comedy. Eddie Murphy, Cliff Curtis. 8:40 Directors – Doug Liman PG 2009 9:10 White House Down MVL 2013 Action. Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx. 11:20 Parental Guidance PGL 2012 Comedy. Billy Crystal, Bette Midler. 1:05 Life Of Pi PGC 2012 Adventure. Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan. 3:10 Nature Calls MLS 2012 Comedy. Patton Oswalt, Johnny Knoxville. 4:35 Trance 16VLS 2013 Crime. James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson. 6:20 Star Trek – Into Darkness MV 2013 Action. Chris Pine, Benedict Cumberbatch. 8:30 42 PGL 2013 Drama. Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford. 10:40 The Hunger Games MV 2012 Action. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson.

SUNDAY

1am Nature Calls MLS 2012 Comedy. Patton Oswalt, Johnny Knoxville. 2:20 Star Trek – Into Darkness MV 2013 Action. Chris Pine, Benedict Cumberbatch. 4:30 42 PGL 2013 Drama.

6am Golf – LPGA Tour (Highlights) Lotte Championship – Round Two. 6:30 Golf – European Tour (Highlights) Malaysian Open – Round Two. 7am L Golf – US PGA Tour RBC Heritage – Round Two. From Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, South Carolina. 10am Inside The PGA Tour 10:30 #SkyRugby – Engage The Carrie Diaries 11am Rugby – Super Rugby 2:00pm on TV2 (Highlights) Hurricanes v Blues. 11:30 L Ice Hockey – NHL MOVIES GREATS Boston v Detroit. 6:05 Robin Hood MVLS 2010 Action. 2:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett. 3pm L Rugby League 8:25 Chocolat MVS 2000 Drama. – Holden Cup Dragons v Warriors. Johnny Depp, Juliette Binoche. From WIN Jubilee Oval in Sydney. 10:25 Rumour Has It MS 2005 Romantic Comedy. Jennifer Aniston, 5pm L Rugby League – NSW Cup Dragons v Warriors. From WIN Kevin Costner. Jubilee Oval in Sydney. Noon Two For The Money MLS 7pm L Rugby League – NRL 2005 Drama. Al Pacino, Matthew Dragons v Warriors. McConaughey, Rene Russo. 2pm Robin Hood MVLS 2010 Action. 9:30 L Rugby League – NRL Sharks v Roosters. Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett. 11:30 Rugby – Super Rugby 4:20 Alien 16V 1979 Sci-fi Thriller. (Replay) Chiefs v Crusaders. Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver. SUNDAY 6:15 Aliens MVL 1986 Sci-fi. 1:30 UFC Fight Night (Replay) Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn. Bisping v Kennedy. 8:30 Alien 3 MVL 1992 Sci-fi. 3:30 Football – A-League Sigourney Weaver. (Highlights) Elimination Final Two 10:25 Alien Resurrection 16VL 1997 – Central Coast Mariners v Adelaide Sci-fi. Sigourney Weaver, Winona United. Ryder. 4am Golf – European Tour

SUNDAY

12:10 Aliens v Predator – Requiem 16V 2007 Action. Reiko Aylesworth, Steven Pasquale. 1:50 Alien 16V 1979 Sci-fi Thriller. 3:45 Aliens MVL 1986 Sci-fi.

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language. RATINGS: 16 Approved for persons 16 years or over; 18 Approved for persons 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

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(Highlights) Malaysian Open – Round Three. 4:30 Golf – LPGA (Highlights) Lotte Championship – Round Three. 5am L Golf – US PGA Tour RBC Heritage – Round Three.

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6am Rural Delivery 6:25 60 Minute Makeover 3 7:10 Sunday 3 0 7:35 Tagata Pasifika 8am Praise Be 8:30 Attitude 0 9am Q+A 10am Marae 2 10:30 Waka Huia 11:30 My Kind Of Place 3 0 11:55 Football – English Premier League Chelsea v Sunderland. From Stamford Bridge in London. 1:40 M Seabiscuit 2003 Drama. Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges. 0 4pm Fair Go 3 0 4:25 Islands On The Edge 3 0 5:25 Planet Dinosaur A look at some feathered dinosaurs that have only just been discovered. 0 6pm One News 0

6am Fireman Sam 3 0 6:10 Buzzy Bee And Friends 3 0 6:20 Pocoyo 3 0 6:25 Art Attack 3 0 6:45 Jungle Junction 3 0 7:10 The Looney Tunes Show 3 0 7:35 Back At The Barnyard 3 0 8am What Now? 10am Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 3 0 11:35 Pretty Little Liars PGR 3 0 12:20 Twisted PGR 3 1:05 M Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2008 Comedy Drama. 0 2:35 Behind The Scenes – The Amazing Spider-Man 2 3pm Super Fun Night PGR 3 0 3:25 Trophy Wife PGR 3 0 3:45 Home And Away 3 0 5:20 M Spy Kids – All The Time In The World 2011 Adventure. 0 6:45 M Ratatouille 2007 Animated. 0

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong 7am Charles Stanley 8am Universal Church Of The Kingdom Of God 8:30 Turning Point With David Jeremiah 9am Re-Think 9:30 Both Worlds 3 10am The Nation 11am The Best Of Campbell Live 11:35 3rd Degree 3 12:25 Medjugorje – Myth Or Miracle 1:10 Entertainment Tonight Weekend 2pm 111 Emergency PGR 3 0 2:25 Motorsport – Aussie V8 Utes 3:05 Motorsport – NHRA Contested at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 4pm Motorsport – New Zealand Rally Preview 4:25 Motorsport – MotoGP 5:10 The Block – Sky High 6pm 3 News

7pm Sunday 0 7:30 MasterChef New Zealand 0 8:15 Offspring AO Billie and Mick’s relationship strains under the weight of her infidelity; Nina is surprised. 0 9:05 Rake AO Missy and Joshua Floyd are Australia’s most newsworthy couple; a bitter Cleaver represents a peeping tom. 0 10:05 F Betrayal AO 0

8:35 M The Shawshank Redemption AO 1994 Drama. A banker, wrongly imprisoned for murder, creates an innovative resolution to his predicament. Based on a novel by Stephen King. Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman. 0

7pm The Great Food Race PGR 8:30 The Blacklist AO 0 9:15 Hawaii Five-0 AO When Chin is kidnapped in the middle of the night and placed in a prison dressed as an inmate, he must escape before the other prisoners realise he is a Five-0 member. 0 10pm Hawaii Five-0 AO 0 10:45 House of Cards AO

11:35 Q+A 3 Local political affairs programme. 12:35 Attitude 3 0 1:05 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3am Marae Maori current affairs show. 2 3:30 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Out In The Cold A look at the work that people do living in the extremes of the Arctic. 6:30 Christ Embassy 7am The Apartment Hosted and judged by Jamie Durie. 8am Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British 9am Days Of Our Lives Omnibus PGR Noon Ray Mears’ Northern Wilderness 1pm Jimmy’s Forest 2pm Carter Can 2:30 Early Edition 3:30 Clodagh McKenna – Irish Food Trails 4pm Paul And Nick’s Big Food Trip 4:30 Catch And Cook 5pm Military Driving School PGR 5:30 Extreme Frontiers Canada 6:30 Sandmasters 6:55 Gourmet Farmer 7:30 Coast 8:30 Vexed AO A drama about a pair of mismatched police officers who disagree on everything from on the job policing to their own personal lives. 9:45 Walking The Amazon 11pm Paul And Nick’s Big Food Trip 11:30 Early Edition

MONDAY

12:30 Sandmasters PGR 1am Gourmet Farmer 1:30 Coast 2:30 Vexed AO 3:30 Walking The Amazon 4:30 What’s Really In Our Food? 5am Extreme Frontiers Canada PGR

11pm M The Bodyguard AO 1992 Romantic Thriller. 0 1:20 M Surrogates AO 2009 Action. 0 2:50 Infomercials 3:25 20/20 3 0 4:15 It Is Written 3 4:45 Randy Jackson Presents America’s Best Dance Crew 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:35 7 Days AO 3 12:05 Jono And Ben At Ten AO 3 Jono Pryor and Ben Boyce give their take on New Zealand current events. 12:45 Infomercials 5am Joyce Meyer 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV

FOUR 6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Pingu 3 7am Oh No! It’s An Alien Invasion 3 7:25 The Wild Thornberrys 3 0 7:50 The X’s 8:15 Rugrats 3 8:40 Rocket Power 9am Fanboy And Chum Chum 9:25 Sticky TV Omnibus Noon The Edge On Four 3 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Peppa Pig 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:25 Go, Diego, Go! 3 3:50 Dora The Explorer 3 4:15 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 3 4:25 Pukana 2 4:55 iCarly 5:40 Big Time Rush 3 6:05 Malcolm In The Middle 3 0 6:30 Survivor – Brawn v Brains v Beauty 7:15 Glee PGR 8pm M Edward Scissorhands PGR 3 1990 Drama. A man created by an inventor, who died before replacing his scissor hands with real ones, goes to live with an ordinary American family. Winona Ryder, Johnny Depp. 0 9:45 M Gentlemen Broncos PGR 3 2009 Comedy Adventure. Michael Angarano, Jennifer Coolidge. 11:15 The League AO Pete’s new girlfriend wants to help him with his team line-up; Kevin’s past at the DA’s office comes back to haunt him. 11:35 Entertainment Tonight Weekend 12:25 Infomercials 3

PRIME

7:20 Antiques Roadshow 8:25 N Deep Blue 10pm The Best of QI PGR 3 Stephen Fry hosts a comedy panel show where contestants are asked questions, and awarded points if their answers are Quite Interesting. 10:30 Alone in the Wild PGR

11:25 Alone In The Wild PGR Eight sport and television personalities are left alone in remote locations with only a handheld camera. They must find water, food and shelter, while facing the elements and local wildlife. 12:40 Home Shopping

MAORI TV 10am Korero Mai 3 Series using drama to teach te reo Maori. 2pm Aa Rau 3 2:30 Marae DIY 3 Pakirikiri Marae, Tokomaru Bay. 3:30 Rugby League – UK Super League St Helens v Wigan. 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Whakatauki 3 Proverbs that describe relationships and love. 6:30 Ka Tu Ka Korero PGR Kingi coaches artist Natanahira Te Pona to express his art at a public forum.

THE BOX

6am Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Dragons v Warriors. From WIN Jubilee Oval in Sydney. 6:30 Rugby League – NRL Round Seven Saturday. 7am L Ice Hockey – NHL St Louis v Chicago – Playoff Game Two. 10am Sport 365 10:30 Cricket – IPL (Replay) Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils. From Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. 2pm L Netball – ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds v NSW Swifts. From Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre in Brisbane. 4pm Sport 365 4:30 Ice Hockey – NHL (Replay) St Louis v Chicago. 6:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Chiefs v Crusaders. 7pm L Netball – ANZ Championship Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic v Northern Mystics. From Claudelands Arena in Hamilton. 9pm Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Raiders v Storm. From GIO Stadium in Canberra.

11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) Midnight L Cycling – Amstel Gold Race 3am Fox Sports News 3:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) 4am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay)

SKY SPORT 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Warriors v Dragons. 9:30 Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert Dedicated to the Strauss Family and the waltz, this concert has welcomed the New Year since 1939, and is staged in the traditional Musikverein building in Vienna. Offspring 11:50 Te Kaea 3 2 8:15pm on TV One 12:20 Closedown

DISCOVERY

6am The Pretender Marathon PG 9am Criminal Intent MV 9:45 Lie To Me MV 10:30 The Simpsons Marathon PG 12:35 Modern Family PGL 1pm Gator Boys PG 1:45 Pawn Stars PG 2:10 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 2:35 We’re The Fugawis PG 3pm Most Shocking M 3:45 Raw MC 6:15 WWE Main Event MC 7:05 SmackDown! MC 8:35 CSI MV The team investigates the disappearance of an up-andcoming model results in a media frenzy. 9:25 CSI MV 10:15 Hatfields And McCoys 16VLS 11:50 WWE Main Event MC

6:30 MythBusters PG Franklin’s Kite. 7:30 MythBusters PG Zombie Special. 8:30 Futurescape With James Woods PG Galactic Pioneers. 9:30 Auction Hunters PG 10am Auction Hunters PG 10:30 Survive That! PG 11:30 Moonshiners PG 12:30 Curiosity PG 1:30 Aeroplane Repo PG 2:30 Aeroplane Repo PG 3:30 Aeroplane Repo PG 4:30 Aeroplane Repo PG 5:30 Aeroplane Repo PG 6:30 Aeroplane Repo PG 7:30 All The President’s Men Revisited PG 8:30 Gold Rush PG 9:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 10:30 Treehouse Masters PG 11:30 Naked And Afraid PG

12:40 SmackDown! MC 2:20 Most Shocking M 3:30 CSI MV 4:20 CSI MV 5:10 Modern Family PGL 5:35 Pawn Stars PG

12:30 World’s Top Five PG 1:30 Game Of Pawns PG 2am Destroyed In Seconds PG 2:30 Man v Wild PG 3:30 Deadliest Catch PG 4:30 Howe And Howe Tech PG 5:30 Man v Wild PG

MONDAY

SKY SPORT 1

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box 10:30 Alone In The Wild PGR 3 Noon Better Homes And Gardens 3 12:45 Restoration Home 3 1:45 Davey Hughes – Untamed 3 2:10 Grassroots Rugby 3pm Doctor Who In The US 3 3:50 Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) 4:40 Rugby Nation (Highlights) From the Super Rugby 2014 season. 5:30 Prime News 6pm Jamie At Home 3 Jamie Oliver cooks at home with simple, accessible ingredients, including fruit and vegetables grown in his kitchen garden. 6:30 Storage Wars 3 6:55 Storage Wars 3

MONDAY

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:35 Star Trek – Into Darkness MV 2013 Action. Chris Pine, Benedict Cumberbatch. 8:45 Trance 16VLS 2013 Crime. James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson. 10:30 The Hunger Games MV 2012 Action. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson. 12:50 42 PGL 2013 Drama. Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford. 2:55 Age Of Heroes 16VL 2011 War. Sean Bean, Danny Dyer. 4:30 Seven Psychopaths 16VLS 2012 Comedy. Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson. 6:20 Jack Reacher MVL 2012 Action. Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike. 8:30 Jack The Giant Slayer MV 2013 Adventure. Nicholas Hoult, Ewan McGregor. 10:25 Red Lights MVL 2012 Thriller.

MONDAY

12:15 Age Of Heroes 16VL 2011 War. 1:50 Seven Psychopaths 16VLS 2012 Comedy. 3:40 Jack Reacher MVL 2012 Action. 5:50 Jack The Giant Slayer MV 2013 Adventure.

10am Soccer Saturday Noon Sport 365 12:30 Sky Sports News UK 1pm Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Chiefs v Crusaders. From Waikato Stadium in Hamilton. 1:30 Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) RBC Heritage – Round Three. From Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, South Carolina. 2pm Football – Spurs TV Glee Tottenham Hotpsur v Fulham. 7:15pm on FOUR 5pm L Rugby League – NRL Raiders v Storm. From GIO Stadium in Canberra. MOVIES GREATS 7pm Rugby League – 40/20 6am Alien 3 MVL 1992 Sci-fi. 7:55 Aliens v Predator – Requiem 7:30 Fox Sports News 8:30 The Fishing Show 16V 2007 Action. Reiko Aylesworth. 9pm UFC On Fox (Replay) 9:40 Alien 16V 1979 Sci-fi Thriller. Fabricio Werdum v Travis Browne. Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver. From Madison Square Garden in 11:35 Alien Resurrection 16VL 1997 New York City. Sci-fi. Sigourney Weaver. 11pm Football – Spurs TV 1:20 Aliens v Predator – Requiem Tottenham Hotpsur v Fulham. 16V 2007 Action. Reiko Aylesworth. 3pm The First Wives Club PGL 1996 MONDAY Comedy. Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler. 2am Fox Sports News 2:30 Motorsport – FIA Formula 4:40 Daylight MV 1996 Action. Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman. One Championship (Highlights) Chinese Grand Prix. 6:35 The Bone Collector MVL 3am Golf – US PGA Tour 1999 Thriller. Denzel Washington, (Highlights) RBC Heritage – Round Angelina Jolie. Three. From Harbour Town Golf 8:30 The Waterboy ML 1998 Links in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Comedy. Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates. 3:30 Golf – European Tour 10:05 Fool’s Gold MV 2008 (Highlights) Malaysian Open – Adventure. Matthew McConaughey, Round Four. From Kuala Lumpur Kate Hudson. Golf and Country Club in Kuala 11:55 Layer Cake 16VLS 2004 Lumpur, Malaysia. Thriller. Daniel Craig, Sienna Miller. 4:30 Golf – LPGA (Highlights) MONDAY Lotte Championship – Round Four. 1:40 The First Wives Club PGL 1996 5am L Golf – US PGA Tour Comedy. Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler. RBC Heritage – Round Four. From 3:20 Daylight MV 1996 Action. Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton 5:15 Fool’s Gold MV 2008 Adventure. Head, South Carolina.

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Waimate less than 30 fine

fog

mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers fine showers clearing showers

isolated snow thunder flurries

sleet thunder

Canterbury Plains

snow

hail

60 plus

TODAYFZL: 3000m, lowering to 2400m about the divide

TOMORROW Fine with high cloud. Northerlies turning southwest later.

TOMORROW

A few showers developing in the morning. Cool southwesterlies.

TUESDAY Cloudy periods, few showers. Southerlies dying out.

MONDAY

WEDNESDAY

fine fine rain cloudy fine showers cloudy thunder fine showers showers fine fine fine cloudy

Saturday 9 noon 3

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Good fishing Set 10:55 am Rise 8:45 pm

Last quarter

22 Apr 7:53 pm

Blenheim Greymouth Christchurch Timaru

Invercargill

New York Paris Perth Rarotonga Rome San Francisco Seoul Singapore Stockholm Sydney Taipei Tel Aviv Tokyo Washington Zurich

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9 pm

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Set 11:53 am Rise 9:45 pm

New moon

9:00

Rise 7:13 am Set 5:50 pm

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Set 12:45 pm Rise 10:50 pm

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River Levels

First quarter

7 May

Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa

3:17 pm

15 12 15 13 14 14 12 11 11 8 10 12 11

cumecs

61.5

Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 3:00 pm, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 12:00 pm, yesterday 121.7 Nth Ashburton at 3:00 pm, yesterday

43.7

Sth Ashburton at 9:15 am, yesterday

48.0

Rangitata Klondyke at 1:45 pm, yesterday

86.5

Waitaki Kurow at 1:45 pm, yesterday

317.8

Source: Environment Canterbury

Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 14.8 15.5 Max to 4pm 11.7 Minimum 11.4 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 22.2 16hr to 4pm April to date 111.8 Avg Apr to date 30 2014 to date 293.0 199 Avg year to date Wind km/h NE 37 At 4pm Strongest gust NE 63 Time of gust 2:21pm

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12:26 6:33 12:47 7:03 1:20 7:30 1:43 8:00 2:18 8:31 2:43 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.

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23 few showers 21 fine 24 few showers 23 few showers 19 few showers 20 few showers 20 rain 18 mainly fine 21 mainly fine 19 mainly fine 17 drizzle clearing 18 mainly fine 20 showers

Fine spells increasing. Southwesterlies. Mainly fine, but few showers possible about the foothills. Southwesterlies turning northwest.

Fine spells. Light winds.

World Weather

FZL: Lowering to 2200m

Rain near the divide easing, high cloud elsewhere. Wind at 1000m: NW 40 km/h turning SW in the evening. Wind at 2000m: Gale NW 65 km/h easing to 50 km/h, turning SW in the evening.

MONDAY

overnight max low

Auckland

Rain near the divide, with heavy falls developing south of Arthur’s Pass and snow lowering to 2000m. Fine or becoming fine further east with variable high cloud. Wind at 1000m: N 50 km/h. Wind at 2000m: N gale 80 km/h.

Cloud clearing during the morning and becoming fine. Fresh northeasterlies easing.

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TODAY

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Saturday, 19 April 2014

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YOUR STARS by Forecasters

ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) Where there is likely to be pressure and tension, you’re able to use this to raise the bar on what you expect from love over the coming year. TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) Chances are you’re feeling unprepared, with the coming year much more of a mystery than is usually the case, which makes it all the more exciting. GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) The long weekend needs to be a balancing act, with time to catch up with friends or social matters, but also time out to recharge your batteries. CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) Extra time the long weekend affords is a chance to invest in some quality friendship and relationship building, making up for lost time. LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) With life about to become a lot more professionally focused, do what you can to keep your professional hat off over the long weekend. VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) The Sun and Moon get together to create the kind of weekend you didn’t see coming, with a chance to embrace a sense of adventure and have some fun. LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) The long weekend brings a chance to make communication and relationship matters a priority, focused more on opening up than solving issues. SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) While the Sun will leave your work sector over the long weekend life is set to remain busy, making it important to take time out to relax and unwind. SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) The stars are encouraging a last hurrah over the long weekend, keeping your work hat off and embracing a playful and romantic spirit instead. CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) With work/life balance issues continuing, take care of any housekeeping over the long weekend that will make life more user friendly. AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) With social and serendipitous lunar vibes in play fate will be creating the right moments, but it’s up to you to make the most of those moments. PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20) While any weekend is a good time to catch up with friends, a long weekend is especially good, with social and serendipitous forces in play.

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18V Drill Combo Kit

Drop Sheet

2.6 x 3.6 m. Pack of 6. SKU00247993

Hammer drill, impact driver, radio. SKU06230174

389

$ 49

$ 10L $89.90

400W Eco Panel Heater

Single motor. 3 speed fan, aluminium filters. SKU05102979

Women’s PVC Galoshes Sizes small - large, 2 Designs available. SKU00256258

299

Botanica Milan Square Pots

Waterblaster

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A-Frame Clothes Airer

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187

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Security Sensor Twin Floodlight 2x 150W Par38 globes included. SKU00188348

2 Burner Camping Stove

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117

98 Party Tent $ With sides. 3 x 6m. SKU03190687

250mm. More dwarfs available in store.

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250W Multi Tool & 1200W Twin Cutter

147

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“Trolley loads of fun this Easter” WEEKEND ACTIVITIES Saturday 19th April from 10am

AA Batteries

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Doc Garden Dwarf

500g Snail & Slug Pellets

185mm Circular Saw

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Acapulco Chair

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Assorted Daphne

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Window Cleaner 600mm Glass Canopy Rangehood

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4L Easycoat Ceiling

Outlet 98 4Powerboard $ 59 SKU00247269

Folding Camp Chair

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Not all services and products featured are available in all stores, but may be ordered. See in store for product availability. We reserve the right to restrict the purchase of commercial quantities. All prices quoted are inclusive of GST. Prices valid until Friday 25th April 2014 or while stocks last.

• Easter Bunny • Easter Egg Hunt • Easter D.I.Y. workshops for kids*

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