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Booze bus could stop disorder

BY SUSAN SANDYS

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Ashburton police have mooted introducing a late-night bus to transport intoxicated people home from the town.

Senior sergeant Scott Banfield said police and security staff had been disappointed to find heavily intoxicated people “staggering from late night bars” at the weekend.

While he had been pleased with the “positive” results of a crackdown on drink driving and booze-related incidents, the “steady number” of intoxicated persons had shown there could be a need for a late night bus or similar.

The police crackdown, the second in two months, saw over 1000 drivers stopped at road checkpoints, and just one person processed for drink driving.

Additionally, police visited a number of hotels with patrons being observed in good spirits and no liquor ban offences were detected.

“However between 2am and

4am in the morning, police and security staff providing reassurance patrols around McDonald’s where alcohol-fuelled disorder has erupted in the past, were disappointed to find a steady number of heavily intoxicated persons staggering from the late night bars,” Mr Banfield said.

Most of them had not planned a way to get home after visiting the fast food premises.

“This has highlighted a need to open some discussion around a late night bus or similar to be available to transport persons home rather than having groups of intoxicated persons hanging around in any one area,” Mr Banfield said.

“But this is a work in progress and can be raised with local stake holders.”

Overall police were pleased with potential drivers showing responsibility for making good decisions and using courtesy vans or a nominated driver.

“The challenge for us as a community is to maintain this standard.”

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Galapagos giant tortoise dies The giant tortoise known as “Pepe the Missionary”, a symbol of Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands, has died at an estimated 100 years of age, apparently from being overweight, Galapagos National Park has announced. The tortoise, which spent much of its life in captivity, died at the park’s care centre on San Cristobal Island. A park official said the animal was looked after by veterinarians and received daily medication to shore up its health, especially for its weight and high cholesterol levels. At first it was believed that Pepe was between 60 and 70 years old, but an autopsy showed he was older than previously thought, the official said. The animal was found by fishermen in 1940.

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Tame Iti to stand for Maori Party Tame Iti will stand as a list candidate for the Maori Party in this year’s election. The Tuhoe artist and political activist said he was standing for the Maori Party because they were the “only independent Maori voice in parliament”. “The Maori Party has got credibility. They’ve established themselves as an independent Maori movement that walks the talk,” he said.

“I also support them sitting at the decision-making table of Government, it’s the only way Maori can bring about change.

It’s no good moaning on the outside.”

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On August 25 1898, the Guardian recorded this close call.

Three labourers on the New Plymouth breakwater who were out fishing yesterday, were blown to sea by the south-east gale. They were picked up in an exhausted condition fourteen miles off the land, by a steamer and brought to Onehunga.

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AC/DC ‘will never retire’ AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd (right) is adamant the band will “never retire” despite Malcolm Young’s serious health woes. Young is currently taking a hiatus from the band while he battles undisclosed medical issues, and his nephew Stevie has stepped in to replace him as the group prepares to launch a new album and a 40th anniversary tour.

News of Young’s troubles prompted a slew of retirement rumours, but drummer Rudd is adamant the show will go on for as long as possible. “We were never going to retire. It’ll never happen. Angus (guitarist Angus Young) will never retire and as long as Angus never retires I won’t retire either.” Rudd says everyone in the band is ready to hit the road soon.

“There is an AC/DC tour planned for the 40th anniversary of the band, but I don’t know all the details yet.”

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Hospital gear goes walking Incubators, beds and $25,000 worth of laundry are among items missing from district health boards in the past year. Inquiries found that at Counties Manukau, two incubators, two beds, 40 blood pressure meters, 40 electronic thermometers and an ultrasound fetal heart detector were among dozens of items missing, as were a syringe of 15 per cent cocaine solution, five doses of morphine and two doses of methadone.

At Whanganui, linen worth $25,454 was listed as missing. Hutt Valley is down 10 wheelchairs and 50 thermometers, and Wairarapa has three sets of delivery instruments and four sets of suture instruments unaccounted for. Waitemata said morphine, ephedrine, fentanyl and lorazepam were among pharmaceuticals unaccounted for.

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■ NATIONAL PARTY

■ FREAK ACCIDENT

Boost for first-home buyers

Woman trips over dog and scalps herself

By Audrey young

■ WESTERFIELD CRASH

Prime Minister John Key has kicked off National’s election campaign in South Auckland with a boost to Government assistance for low and middle income first-time buyers.

Grants under the Kiwisaver First home deposit Subsidy will be doubled for newly-built homes, the house-price limits increased and scheme renamed as the Kiwisaver Homestart Grant.

At present eligible firsthome buyers can get a grant of $3000 after three years in Kiwisaver, $4000 after four years and $5000 after five years. Under the Homestart changes, those grants will be increased to $6000, $8000 and $10,000 respectively for new builds.

Mr Key said that was expected to double the number receiving a grant from 10,000 to 20,000.

House price limits for Homestart and Welcome Home Loans will be $550,000 in Auckland (currently $485,000) , $450,000 in Wellington, Christchurch, and similar markets ($425,000 at present) and $350,000 for the rest of the country ($300,000 at present).

Mr Key told reporters afterwards he had informed the Treasury and the Reserve Bank what National was promising.

While he could not speak for the Reserve Bank, he believed it was “comfortable” with it because it designed to increase the supply of new houses.

“What we know by simple economics is that if we go out there and ensure that the demand for these homes at affordable homes can be filled, actually the building companies around New Zealand will actually meet that demand by building a product, most likely building them in the special housing areas.”

Mr Key said the new policy was a powerful message for a first home buyer, enabling them to get a much bigger deposit to qualify for a Welcome Home Loan which is guaranteed by the Government and which is exempt from the LVR ratios imposed by the Reserve Bank to slow the rate of house inflation.

Two other measures are part of the package: enabling Kiwisaver first-home withdrawals to include the member’s tax credit, meaning they can withdraw all of their savings except the $1000 kick-start; and expanding eligibility for Welcome Home Loans by aligning the house price caps with the Kiwisaver Homestart grant.

Mr Key said the changes were expected to help 40,000 more people over five years than under current policy, and 90,000 altogether.

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Lynda Veth scalped herself in a freak home accident – by tripping over her dog in the dark and cracking her head open on a door frame.

Auckland City Hospital Emergency Department registrar Dr Paul Blakemore took two hours to sew her head back together and he and other medical staff are astonished about the unu-

sual injury. “It was a vast wound - like a shark bite,” Blakemore said.

Veth still cannot believe what happened.

At 7.30pm on July 25, the 53-year-old walked down the dark hallway of her 1910 Auckland villa and tripped over her sleeping 25kg german shepherd-cross, Cassie. She fell head-

first into a wooden door-frame.

She was unable to move, and her head felt wet, so she called her son, Jordan. When he found his bleeding mother sprawled on the floor, he yelled, “Dear God, Mum”, and called 111.

Three weeks since the accident, the retail assistant enjoys telling customers her tale. She doesn’t blame Cassie. - APNZ

Vehicle slams into power pole A male driver lost control of his vehicle, which slammed into a power pole at Westerfield about 11.45am yesterday. His partner, a passenger in the car, was airlifted by Westpac Rescue Helicopter to Christchurch Hospital with moderate injuries. She was suffering chest, back and arm pain. Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade members had to use cutting equipment to extricate the victims. The couple were aged in their early 20s and the man is believed to be employed locally.

Ashburton police sergeant Richard Scott said police were investigating the crash, but it was too early to say whether charges would be laid.

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■ ASHBURTON BIRD CLUB

Birds fly off the shelves

In brief Brazier fire Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade members responded to a fire in a brazier about 10.20pm Saturday.

Chief Alan Burgess said yesterday braziers were not permitted to be used within the Ashburton town boundary. The operator had promptly extinguished the fire upon request from brigade members.

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Cage and aviary bird buyers came from as far afield as Timaru and Christchurch to attend the Ashburton Bird Club annual bird and accessory sale on Saturday.

“We did sell a lot of birds,” said breeder and publicity officer Valerie Snook, who herself sold 10 of her own zebra finches and Chinese painted quail.

She said sellers did not have to be a member of the club, which supplied the venue and took a commission from sales.

Other birds sold on the day included canaries, love birds, budgerigars, various types of grass parakeets and cockatiels.

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Colour and beauty was on display at the Ashburton Bird Club annual sale, where admirers included (from left) Margaret Burns, Gerard Paul and Barry Ackroyd.

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■ MEDICAL STUDENTS VISIT METHVEN

Medical students get a feel for rural community

BY TONI WILLIAMS

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University of Otago medical students (from left) Tyrone Taufaga-Godinet, Andre Adam, Sam Kennedy, Kate Fitzmaurice (seated) Sarah Bush, Shikin Hamdani, Audrey Lilley (seated) Georgia Brownlee and Methven House nurse manager Elisabeth Heybrook.

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Methven House resident Audrey Lilley was among those to enjoy a friendly game of indoor bowls on Friday with a group of visiting University of Otago medical students. After meeting some residents and having a quick roll-up, the students were given a tour of Methven House by nurse manager Elisabeth Heybrook.

The students were third year medical students staying in Methven as part of the annual community contact week. It was the end of their week in town and they had visited various places including Mt Hutt College, Methven Primary School, Methven Medical Centre, Methven Police and Methven Search and Rescue.

Student Kate Fitzmaurice said the trip gave a “rural sense of community and how they worked together”.

Fellow student Sarah Bush said it was a chance to see the challenges faced by a rural town but also the benefits.

One month into the new dog registration year, almost 80 per cent of the Ashburton District’s dogs are legal residents. At the end of June the Ashburton District Council had 6905 dogs on its books and 1455 of those have yet to be bought their new season registration tags by their owners. The grace period for late registrations has passed and the council is now into the penalty season where offending owners will have to pay not only registration fees but also a penalty.

Over the past two months the council pound has been busy, with 29 dogs that were lost, stolen or strayed making it their home in June and another 22 in July. Of those impounded dogs, four were euthanized and four rehomed in June. Three were euthanised and one was rehomed in July.

Calling nominations Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay would love to see the next New Zealander of the Year come from Ashburton. Nominations officially close on September 30 and Ashburton people are encouraged to enter. The New Zealander of the Year Awards are the ultimate accolade for New Zealanders, nominated by New Zealanders.

Any member of the public can nominate an individual or community organisation in the awards programme. For more information visit: www.nzawards. co.nz

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■ ORGAN DONATION

Raising awareness of organ donation

By Toni Williams

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Normalising organ donation could save lives, a medical expert says.

Nephrologist Nick Cross wants to increase public awareness campaigns around the issue and said by making organ donation something people talked

about, it would improve New Zealand’s low donor numbers.

He’s pushing for the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) to have dedicated donor clinicians in intensive care units to ensure better access to donors and to work with families.

The best way to improve low donor rates was to use a “com-

bined approach over time”, he said. Dr Cross wants public awareness campaigns to include schools and said it was important people talked about organ donation with their families.

The CDHB board said it planned to look at ways to increase donor rates, but said it couldn’t support a Community

and Public Health Advisory committee proposal to change the donor programme from an opt-on register to an opt-off one without more information.

This was seen as key in increasing donor numbers and would mean all New Zealanders, including children, would be donors unless they opted not to be.

One of the pitfalls of an automatic opt-on national donor system was public reaction, Dr Cross said.

“The problem is if people feel forced to do something, they sometimes are more likely to choose to opt off, which could be counterproductive in trying to increase rates,” he said.

Man dies in house fire

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Neighbours tried to save a man trapped inside his burning home in Titahi Bay yesterday, but were driven back by thick smoke and flames.

Police have now named the victim as 59-year-old Kamira Rangimoeaku, known to friends as Kam Rangi.

The Fire Service was called to Dimock Street house just before 1am after a neighbour heard glass breaking and shouting from inside the address.

The house was fully engulfed in fire when firefighters arrived, and police said

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the fire service found the body inside while putting out the blaze.

Detective Senior Sergeant John van den Heuvel said a post mortem would be conducted today, which would hopefully offer some clues, however they did not believe the fire was suspicious.

Police, ESR scientist and Fire Safety Officers had spent the day at the address conducting a scene examination, he said.

The property was secured for a forensic examination yesterday morning.

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Mount Hutt College students rallied in support of Rajah the Wonder Dog last week with a mufti-day and chocolate sales to support the legendary canine.

Members of the cultural committee were selling milk and white Rajah dog shaped chocolates. Graphics teacher Tess Watson 3D-printed the dog shaped chocolate moulds and the chocolates were made by Year 10 “chocolatiers”.

They cost $2.

The students were fundraising for the printing of a children’s book titled Rajah the Wonder Dog. It is a Methven Heritage Centre and Mount Hutt College art department project. The book is based on the memories of Ian Robertson - the son of Ra-

jah’s owner, Robbie Robertson.

Rajah’s legend was as a performing German Shepherd who lived in Methven from 1929 to 1936. He travelled around the South Island with his owner, town constable Robbie Robertson, and was even asked to Hollywood as a possible successor to Rin Tin Tin. He was an unofficial police dog.

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New i-SITE role for Lorenzo Ashburton and Methven stage over the coming i-SITE Visitor Centres year with the World manager Katherine LorCricket Cup 2015, FIFA enzo has been appointed under 20 Football World to i-SITE New Zealand’s Cup, and release of new board. the final Hobbit movie.

Ms Lorenzo will comThere was also expected mence a three-year term continued growth of the next month. Executive country’s international director Paul Yeo said it visitor market. was great to have some“The i-SITE New Zeaone with Ms Lorenzo’s land network of 80 iexperience in frontline SITES will need to be at i-SITE management. the top of their game to Ms Lorenzo started deliver exceptional visias an i-SITE consulttor experience,” she said. ant at Methven in 2001, Experience Mid CanKatherine Lorenzo becoming manager in terbury general man2003. In 2010 she exager Nigel Birt said the panded her role to also become manager appointment recognised Ms Lorenzo’s of the Ashburton i-SITE Visitor Centre. knowledge of the sector.

“It will be exciting to be involved with “Involvement at a board level will also the continuing development of the i- enable Katherine to ensure our district’s SITE network over the next three years,” i-SITEs are evolving to their ever-changMs Lorenzo said yesterday. ing environments, and will continue to New Zealand would be on the world be a true asset for the district.”

Mark Cherry leads Abbey Marshall on the dance floor at the opening of RockNPop Classics in Concert on Friday.

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Show-stopping performance

By SuSan SandyS

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It was the first ever RockNPop Classics in Concert season at the weekend, and both performances sold out.

In what has been praised as a stunning success by Ashburton Trust Event Centre manager Roger Farr, $15,000 in tickets sold, from which the profits will help upgrade sound and lighting equipment at the centre.

Mr Farr said community support had naturally followed from organisation of an event featuring amazing local talent.

Directed by Jo Castelow and Alice Sollis, the performers included Mid Canterbury adult talent as well as senior students from Mrs Castelow’s youth summer singing school.

The cast of more than 50 people sang hit songs from the Beatles to The Beach Boys, Elton John to Queen, Coldplay and U2, Amy Winehouse and Lorde.

Soloists included Luke Glendining singing Billy Joel’s She’s Got a Way, Matt van den Yssel singing John Legend’s All of Me, Kim Willis singing Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You, and

Dan Wilson and Chris Woods singing Extreme’s More Than Words.

RockNPop was an adult version of the popular end-of-summer-school performance, a performance Mrs Castelow has become locally famous for.

Mr Farr hoped the huge audience support for the show would extend into the Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School 2015 performances on January 16 and 17.

Mrs Castelow, RockNPop’s musical director, said yesterday she was similarly impressed with how the weekend’s shows had gone. She and Mr Farr had come up with the idea for such a performance and talked about it over the years. Potential performers had seen the summer singing school performances and inquired about her doing a similar production for adults.

“The majority I have worked with at other times,” she said of the RockNPop performers.

Mrs Castelow and Mr Farr said the show could become an annual event.

“The success of that you would be silly not to do it again,” Mr Farr said.

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■ RUGBY REUNION

1964 mates remember rare score

Captain of the 1964 Mid Canterbury side, Ray Fraser (above), looks on at the Ashburton Showgrounds 50 years almost to the day from his side’s win over Australia.

Fraser and other members of the 1964 Mid Canterbury representative team returned to the scene of the historic game to watch the current crop of players take on the West Coast on Saturday.

Fifty years earlier the group had produced a stunning 16-10 victory over the touring Australians in what was Mid Can-

terbury’s first international fixture.

At the reunion the surviving members were treated to a real rugby treat as the current Hammers side came back from 13-27 down at halftime to win 52-27 over the West Coast.

Not quite the same as claiming an international scalp, but an impressive game to watch.

They then had their reunion function where they would have enjoyed watching the Aussies cop another beating, this time from the All Blacks to the tune of 51-20.

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■ AUCKLAND TRANSPORT

Labour, Greens agree on rail Labour and the Greens stand united over wanting an immediate start to Auckland’s underground railway, but are divided over whether to complete the $2 billion-plus Waikato Expressway.

Both potential coalition partners say they want to rebalance transport spending away from the Government’s heavy focus on roads, but Labour policy issued yesterday has the party undertaking to complete the expressway between the Bom-

bay Hills and Cambridge by its timetabled date of 2019.

That is despite the Greens wanting to pull the plug on bypasses of Hamilton and Huntly, which the Government wants to start building late next year for $1.26 billion.

Labour’s policy issued by its transport spokesman Phil Tywford promises a shift away from “low-value” projects allegedly chosen for political reasons, towards what the party says should be the best investments

for growing the economy, reducing congestion, and moving the country’s transport system to a more sustainable footing.

That means reviewing and delaying some of the Government’s six remaining Roads of National Significance (RONS), to free up funds for upgrades to rail, coastal shipping, public transport, regional roads, safety and cycling.

Its main casualty would be an extension of Auckland’s Northern Motorway to Wells-

ford for $1.7 billion, much of which Labour would divert to a half-share of the $2.2 billion revised cost of the city’s underground rail project.

The Greens are proposing 60 per cent Government funding for the 3.4km rail link.

Mr Twyford acknowledged earlier - after Labour’s Northland MP Kelvin Davis came out in support of the motorway extension - the extension was “a long way from becoming economically viable.”

- APNZ

■ INTERNET MANA

Dotcom admits to hacking in Germany The Internet Mana party launched their campaign yesterday with a promise to create 50,000 jobs - but the message was overshadowed by press secretary Pam Corkery launching an attack on journalists wanting to speak to Kim Dotcom.

She told reporters, who wanted to speak to the party founder about his admissions of hacking, to “just piss off ”.

“We’ve talked about jobs today and people living in pov-

erty. You want to interview Kim, who did say no interviews, about a 19-year-old story,” she said.

“You work in news you puffed up little s***.” Dotcom left the venue without speaking to reporters, 3 news reported.

Earlier, Dotcom had told the audience that as a 19-year-old he hacked the German credit rating system because he wanted to ruin the German’s Prime Minister’s credit rating, and

hacked in to NASA to find out if aliens existed.

He predicted Internet Mana would get over 5 per cent in the party vote, and said he had a message for John Key: “We are going to stop your National disaster.” Hone Harawira also took a back seat at the launch, after his involvement in a car crash last Thursday evening.

Annette Sykes, instead delivered the policy speech in front of a packed out crowd at West-

ern Springs College.

Mr Harawira survived unscathed when he lost control of his car south of the Mangamuka Gorge last week.

The Te Tai Tokerau MP said he could be facing a charge of careless use of a vehicle for his car crash.

He said he lost control of a rental car on the Mangamuka Hills, flipped the car and ended up down a bank where the car landed on its roof.

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Big offer for MH17 plate The family of a New Zealandbound passenger killed in the MH17 plane crash has put in a bid for a personalised number plate bearing the flight number.

The grieving relatives have approached the owner of the licence plate and offered him more than $100,000 for it.

Massey delivery driver Russell Montaperto spent $650 securing rights to the plate a few days after the Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down on July 17.

The aircraft was flying over a region of Ukraine that was in the control of Russian separatists - the prime suspects for the atrocity.

Montaperto said the yet-tobe-made plate was a “priceless piece of art”, but he would give or sell it at cost to any family of MH17’s 298 victims.

Last week, Montaperto was contacted by a relative who offered him “more than $100,000”.

He said he intended to accept their offer.

“I said, ‘You can get one with [the letter] I in it instead of a one’. “They said, ‘We need to have that plate, that number and no other ... we need to do something for our family member’.”

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Below left: Hampstead’s Hannah Spence congratulates Celtic’s Rachel MacGregor at the end of the premier netball final on Saturday.

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OUR VIEW

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he National Party will hope the formal launch of its bid for re-election has regained some of the impetus lost – or, perhaps, wasted – in dealing with a scandal that would not have figured in its campaign calendar.

The party yesterday kickstarted its election campaign at a rally the party faithful no doubt hope will turn a corner from the policy-free zone created by the insatiable media interest in Nicky Hager’s book Dirty Politics.

It announced a boost to government assistance for low and middle-income first home buyers, including those who will build a new home to improve low housing stocks.

Party leader John Key said the package would help 90,000 home buyers.

Afterwards, he told reporters Hager’s book had had a good run over the past 10 days and it was time to talk policy.

Regardless of allegiance, many voters will be pleased at the chance to consider new policy alongside the positions of parties not-so-affected by Hager’s book.

The fog of claim and counterclaim has made it easy to forget that the Greens and Labour launched their election campaigns in early August, just as Hager’s book became the only discussion point of the election.

To recap, the Greens proposed a $1 billion package to tackle child poverty and a new top tax rate of 40 per cent. Labour, meanwhile, proposed a lift to the minimum wage and free GP visits for pregnant women and the over 65s.

Both released more proposals as National has reinforced its plan to continue to grow the policy platform it has laid over what it will consider a successful two terms in office.

Much of this has been lost to the focus on the disturbing details of Hager’s book. It is right to debate its revelations, but with so little time left before the election, debate must also focus on proposals that will affect real lives.

The challenge now is for interested voters, the media and especially the politicians to ensure policy is not lost to politics for the rest of this election.

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Land grab or vote grab?

POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Are you satisfied with the rebuild progress at Ashburton Hospital?

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ith calving in full swing and lambing not far behind, you could be forgiven for thinking it was business as usual in the rural sector. However, with the debate about foreign investment in New Zealand farmland heating up, the issue is sure to weigh heavily on the minds of some voters come September 20.

The topic became a political football recently when Conservative Party leader Colin Craig announced that Lochinver Station near Taupo is in the process of being sold to Chinese company Pengxin.

Pengxin hit the headlines in 2012 amidst their purchase of the Crafar farms which cover approximately 8000ha. Pengxin purchased the Crafar farms for NZD $200 million which, in financial terms, is the largest foreign purchase of New Zealand land to date. At 13,800ha Lochinver is almost twice the size of the Crafar farms, however at NZD $70 million the value of Lochinver is a third that of the Crafar farms.

Foreign investment in our farm land is a polarising and emotive issue, and Mr Craig’s criticism of the sale reflects this: “It’s not right to be selling our country from under our future generations.” Craig’s comments play to the widely held public perception – arguably consequent upon a dearth of information – that it’s easy to swan into New Zealand with a Chinese chequebook and pick a nice juicy piece of land to acquire. The ever-present quibbling between Labour and National has seen Labour campaigning on tightening the rules around foreign investment, while (at a luncheon hosted recently by Tavendale and Partners in Christchurch), the Minister for Primary Industries lobbed the ball back, saying “under the Labour government 663,000ha went under foreign owners’ hands and under this government there’s been about 189,000ha.”

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Is it actually easy for overseas investors to buy New Zealand farms, or are the hoops smaller and higher off the ground than many of us realise?

As with the sale of the Crafar farms, one of the conditions of the sale of Lochinver is Overseas Investment Office (OIO) approval. OIO approval is required for the acquisition of “sensitive New Zealand assets” which includes land that is considered sensitive. Farm land is considered “sensitive” if the area exceeds 5ha, however further restrictions may apply to land which incorporates waterways.

The farm land must first be offered for sale on the open market before OIO consent can be granted. In the case of Lochinver the property had been on the market for over a year. There is no statutory timeframe within which an application for consent must be decided, but generally speaking the OIO aims to make their decision within 50 working days (about two-and-a-half months) in regards to applications for consent to purchase sensitive land.

The Overseas Investment Act 2005 sets out various factors to be considered in as-

sessing the benefit of overseas investments in sensitive land including: the creation of jobs; the introduction into New Zealand of additional investment for development purposes; adequate mechanisms for protecting or enhancing existing areas of significant indigenous vegetation and significant habitats of indigenous fauna (including pest, fire, and erosion control); the provision, protection, or improvement of walking access over the relevant land by the public.

It appears that this issue has been on the government’s radar for some time as in 2010 the Minister of Finance issued a directive letter to the OIO regarding particular factors that are of high relative importance in respect of acquisitions of large areas of farm land. The OIO will generally consider farm land to be large if it would result in ownership that is greater than ten times the average farm size for the relevant farm type. The OIO has published a table showing the average size of different farm types. By way of illustration the average size of a dairy farm is recorded as 172.2ha so for the directives in the Minister’s letter to be given considera-

tion more than 1722ha of dairy farm would need to be owned.

It seems that development of policy in this area will be a balancing act. In a recent Fairfax Ipsos poll of 1007 voters almost three-quarters said that it should be made harder for foreign investors to buy large amounts of productive farm land while almost two thirds of voters in the same poll thought that New Zealand’s economy benefited from more foreign investment.

That makes it pretty clear that public sentiment is that we do want foreign investment but we don’t want foreigners to own or farm land (or at least we want to make it harder for them to do so). In that case it is now up to our politicians to work out how we can have our cake and eat it too.

This article is necessarily brief and general in nature.

You should seek guidance from your legal advisor before taking any action related to the matters raised in this article.

Matt Marshall is a Senior Solicitor in the Ashburton office of Tavendale and Partners, a leading Agri-Business and Commercial Law Firm.

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■ UNITED STATES

In brief Killer denied parole The man who shot dead Beatles star John Lennon has been denied parole for an eighth time after being deemed likely to violate the law again. Mark David Chapman was convicted in 1981 to between 20 years to life in prison for shooting Lennon five times on December 8, 1980. The legendary singer-songwriter had been walking with his wife, Yoko Ono, to their Central Park apartment building in New York when he was killed. Chapman first became eligible for parole in 2000, and has applied unsuccessfully for release every two years since then. He is eligible for another parole review in August 2016.

- AFP

Quake jolts Chile

Demonstrators march through the streets in the Chinatown neighbourhood of Washington, at the weekend, during a protest against the shooting of unarmed Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.

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Peace returns to Ferguson Rival rallies - demanding justice for the unarmed black teenager shot two weeks ago by a white police officer, and in support of that police officer brought people to the streets of a Missouri town.

But authorities in the St Louis suburb of Ferguson, where Brown was killed on August 9, reported Saturday night was the most peaceful in two weeks of racially charged demonstrations - some of them violent over the 18-year-old’s death.

Michael Brown’s funeral, set to take place this week, is likely to be a focal point for more demonstrations by angry protesters.

Parallels have been drawn between Brown and Trayvon Martin, the unarmed AfricanAmerican teenager shot and killed by a neighbourhood watch volunteer in Florida in 2012.

His father Tracy was in Ferguson on Saturday to address an event.

Protesters are also angry about the hardline police response to early demonstrations, with authorities using battlegrade hardware bought under federal programs from the US military.

President Barack Obama on Saturday ordered a review to determine “whether these pro-

grams are appropriate,” whether training with the equipment is sufficient and whether there is enough federal oversight of the gear’s use.

But there has also been support here for Wilson, who has gone underground since shooting Brown at least six times.

“Until you know the facts, you have no idea the situation he’s in,” Beth Zeiner, an insurance reviewer wearing a blue t-shirt with an “Officer Darren Wilson” badge sewn on it, told AFP. “His life is also destroyed.

There are so many factors but it has been one-sided from what we have seen.”

House cleaner Laura, who did not want to give her last name, also wore a t-shirt in support of Wilson.

“I don’t think there is any possibility of a fair trial at this point because basically, (the policeman) has been tried already by the media and by the public and by people who have allowed their emotions to overrule any reason that they may have,” she said.

Sandra Fifer, a middle-aged woman who has been protesting on the main thoroughfare of West Florissant Avenue this past week, said protesters feel African Americans are not treated equally.

- AFP

■ UNITED KINGDOM

Police interview Cliff Richard over allegations British police have interviewed veteran singer Cliff Richard, one of the country’s most successful entertainers, over an alleged historic sex crime.

Richard, a household name in Britain since the 1950s, met officers voluntarily and was interviewed under caution but not arrested or charged.

The interview came after his luxury apartment in Sunningdale, Berkshire, southern England, was last week searched by police over “an allegation of a sexual nature” involving a boy under 16 dating back to the 1980s.

British media have reported

that it relates to an alleged incident at a rally by US preacher Billy Graham in Sheffield, northern England, in 1985.

The 73-year-old strongly denies any wrongdoing.

After Richard was interviewed, his spokesman said: “He co-operated fully with officers and answered the questions put to him.

“Other than restating that this allegation is completely false and that he will continue to co-operate fully with the police, it would not be appropriate for Sir Cliff to say anything further at this time.”

The probe is not connected to

Operation Yewtree, the investigation launched by Scotland Yard into abuse by the late BBC television and radio presenter Jimmy Savile and a string of other ageing celebrities.

But the publicity surrounding the case of Savile, who died in 2011, has led to a surge in allegations of historic sex abuse.

Australian entertainer Rolf Harris, 84, was found guilty in June of indecent assaults against four girls and jailed for five years and nine months for offences between 1968 and 1986.

Richard was born Harry Webb in Lucknow, northern

India, in 1940.

He shot to fame in the 1950s with the Shadows and was initially seen as a British version of Elvis Presley.

Known for his clean-living, Christian lifestyle, Richard was knighted by the Queen in 1995 and performed at a concert marking 60 years of her reign in 2012.

His fans have rallied around him since the police search, buying copies of one of his singles, I Still Believe in You, in a bid to get it into this week’s Top 40 list of best-sellers.

Police say their investigation is in its early stages.

- AFP

A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake has jolted central Chile, though there are no immediate reports of fatalities or serious damage. The quake struck at the weekend about 108km northwest of the capital Santiago, at a depth of 35km, the US Geological Survey said. The national emergency office ONEMI said the temblor shook Santiago and five other regions in the South American nation.

- AFP

Policemen missing At least 35 policemen are missing after an attack by extremist Boko Haram rebels in a northern Nigeria.

Search efforts have failed to turn up traces of the victims in the attack on the Gwoza city police academy, local media reported yesterday. The national police said it was the third attack this month in the strategic north-eastern state of Borno. Inspector-General Suleiman Abba ordered security tightened around police facilities in the country.

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Charges over death Two truck drivers have been charged after 35 Afghan Sikhs were found in a shipping container at a British port, one of them dead, police say. Stephen McLaughlin, 34, of Limavady, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, and Timothy Murphy, 33 of Elmgrove, Londonderry, are charged with conspiring to facilitate illegal entry into Britain. The survivors, aged between one and 72, were found in the container on August 16 at Tilbury Docks east of London suffering severe dehydration and hypothermia.

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Volcano alert Iceland has raised its alert for the nation’s largest volcanic system to red, banning all air traffic in the area, as experts deemed the risk for an eruption to be imminent. A major explosion at the Bardarbunga volcano could signal a replay of the global travel chaos triggered when another Icelandic peak blew four years ago, creating a massive ash cloud across Europe. On Saturday afternoon the Icelandic Met Office (IMO) said it believed there was a small sub-glacial eruption, but by late evening it confirmed there was no evidence of volcanic activity.

“The aviation colour code for the Bardarbunga volcano remains red as an imminent eruption cannot be excluded.”

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In most corners of the world, an Ashburton person can be found. So the Guardian’s Erin Tasker decided to track some of them down. This week it’s Andrew Baird, whose five years in London so far has passed in the blink of an eye.

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ndrew Baird loves the unlimited access to music, exhibitions, theatre shows, internationally renowned sights and cultural experiences that comes with living in London.

The former Ashburton man has now lived in the English capital for just over five years.

“I always wanted to live overseas and London is naturally an attractive location to choose,” he said.

He left New Zealand with a desire to experience an overseas working lifestyle and to have Europe at his doorstep, and he’s made the most of both.

He’s got a good job and has made many memorable trips to Europe.

Among his favourite places to visit have been Dubrovnik in Croatia, Lake Bled in Slovenia, Budapest in Hungary, Tallinn in Estonia and Lisbon in Portugal.

The close proximity to all of those places is the great part about living in the UK. “When I am not working I am out with friends at a gig, a theatre show, enjoying a fantastic dinner, experiencing a random pop-up event or escaping to somewhere in Europe for a short break. Andrew works as a consultant engineer for a company for AMEC. “My present role is electrical lead for the EDF New Nuclear Build project, working for AMEC. Specifically I lead a team of electrical engineers who prepare technical docu-

Andrew Baird is loving life in London.

ments that specify the scope of the contractors’ work for the power transmission substation - the bit that changes the voltage and current so it can be exported and transmitted via the grid.

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of years, and then as a consultant engineer.

“My role primarily involved conceptual, preliminary and detailed design of power transmission high voltage substations.”

When he first left Ashburton College he studied engineering

I originally planned on being over here for a few years and in a blink of an eye it has become five

for the contractor to do a detailed design.”

Before he moved to the UK, Andrew was living in Wellington and working as a graduate consultant engineer for a couple

at Canterbury University before landing his first job in Wellington and spending four years there before moving to London.

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But there’s so much to living in the UK. The travel opportunities is just one aspect, and it was on one of those trips that he met his girlfriend.

She’s Brazilian and they met in Lisbon while both travelling, but with him living in London and her in Brazil, they’re currently doing the long distance thing and trying to work out what to do next.

For now London is home, but New Zealand will always be Andrew’s main home.

“The main thing I miss from New Zealand would be friends and family, as well as the active outdoor lifestyle and fresh air,” he said.

London was a busy, active place to live with so much do to. While that was one of the city’s biggest advantages, it was

also one of its biggest disadvantages.

“The worst part about living in London is probably that because there are so many amazing things to do, it is a very busy place and bit grimy in some parts.”

He loved growing up in Ashburton.

“It was brilliant to grow up in Ashburton with its safe and peaceful nature. The education I gained was fantastic and a great stepping stone to where I am today.

“I still have many friends I keep in contact with from my school years, some of which are also living in London.”

He misses home and being so far away means it’s not easy to just pop home for a visit, but in five years he has made it home four times to visit family and attend weddings.

“New Zealand will always be home.”

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hitewashed houses stacked like sugar cubes on the cliffs.

Colorful sunsets and black-sand beaches. Donkeys, windmills and a local winemaking tradition that goes back to ancient times.

These are some of the things that stood out on a visit to the Cyclades, a Greek island chain in the Aegean Sea. Little wonder the place draws gaggles of visitors — enough to make even crowd-loving extroverts long for a peaceful island paradise.

Oh, wait — that’s why we were there. And that’s why, whenever we could, we avoided busy town centres in favour of lying in the sun with a lazy glass of wine.

First stop was the island of Mykonos. My boyfriend and I arrived by ferry from Athens, then took a bus to the island’s centre of activity, the town of Mykonos, also known as Chora.

It’s a busy place: long lines, picture-taking galore and overpriced trinkets bulging from

With hordes of tourists flooding the hotspots, Kristi Eaton found the quieter Greek towns much more to her liking. store shelves. I was glad we’d opted to stay in another village, Ornos, about 3 kilometres away, in a hotel five minutes from the beach and a handful of restaurants. There we soaked up the sun by the sea and by the pool, drank wine and met some British travellers who also treasured the calm and quiet.

Early morning turned out to be a relatively tranquil time to see Chora — even if the walk there from Ornos meant dodging cars on the sometimes minuscule shoulder of the road.

We spotted a donkey on the way, and in town, with the few other tourists there that early, we admired large windmills on hilltops that are among the island’s most photographed and visited features.

Windmill construction on the island dates to the 16th century.

Then it was off to the wind-

ing roads of the Little Venice neighbourhood to get lost amid the whitewashed buildings with their colorful balconies.

Going early also offered a chance to see a bit of local life behind-the-scenes: shopkeepers mopping up concrete slabs outside their storefronts and arranging their merchandise before the busy day began.

We also stopped by to see the ancient urns and memorial statues at the Archaeological Museum.

Mykonos is known for its nightlife, and we had every intention of experiencing it at least once. But staying in laidback Ornos with a glass of wine at a restaurant each night proved too appealing.

Next we visited the island of Santorini. Our hotel was in the village of Perissa, known for its black-sand beach but far less

The whitewashed homes stacked like sugar cubes on the seaside cliffs of Santorini, part of Greece’s Cyclades island chain.

crowded than we expected.

One morning, we got a clifftop view of the island after a hike up Mesa Vouno mountain to Ancient Thira, the site of an excavated city dating to the ninth century BC. Later on, we decided for once to brave the crowds and visit the town of Oia, known for its dramatic sunsets. The town is located on steep cliffs offering a panoramic view of Santorini’s caldera, a volcanic crater that’s partly under the sea.

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In brief Lee holding firm Kiwi golfer Danny Lee has fired a one-under 70 in his third round at The Barclays on the PGA Tour in New Jersey. Lee’s round saw him move to five-under for the tournament yesterday and he is in a share of 16th, four strokes back from co-leaders Jason Day and Jim Furyk who are at nine-under.

A top-20 finish would push Lee up the FedEx Cup Standings as the PGA Tour moves towards the playoffs. Lee entered The Barclays in 116th place on the standings.

Meanwhile, on the second-tier Web.com Tour, Steven Alker shot a six-under 65 during the third round of the Portland Open in Oregon as he moved to a share of 10th place at nine-under.

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Ko well off the pace Lydia Ko has slipped down the leaderboard after the third round of the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open. Ko went into the tournament seeking a third straight Canadian Open title after back-to-back wins as an amateur in 2012 and 2013. Those thoughts will be well behind the 17-year-old now, as her even-par 72 left her tied for 33rd position at 5-under, a whopping 15 shots of the leader, Korea’s So Yeon Ryu. Ryu holds a four shot lead over fellow Korean Na Yeon Choi and Spain’s Azahara Munoz, tied for second at 16-under.

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Day’s putter runs hot Jason Day has turned back to an old faithful putter with great effect to claim a share of the lead going into the final round of the US PGA Tour’s opening playoff event.

The 26-yearold Australian rebounded from a couple of big mistakes to shoot a three-under par 68 at Ridgewood Country Club yesterday, joining American veteran Jim Furyk (69) in a tie at nine-under. American Hunter Mahan (68) was a shot behind while seven players shared fourth at seven-under. Adam Scott, the overnight co-leader and defending champion, bombed to a four-over 75, one of the worst scores of the day, to drop back to four-under and a tie for 23rd.

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Celtic stormed home in the final quarter to win the premier netball final 31-25 over Hampstead on Saturday.

Celtic conjured up a run of eight-straight goals to race out to an insurmountable 29-23 lead with four minutes to play, and never looked like folding.

Up by two goals heading into the final quarter Hampstead looked the more composed side, but after responding to Celtic’s opening goal of the quarter they were blown off the court by the Celtic scoring surge.

The defending premiers were dealt an early injury blow when, leading 3-2, Debbie Summer-

field went down with a knee injury bringing on Kate Foxcroft who filled wing defence admirably, but despite the seamless transition Hampstead had their nose in front 8-7 after the first quarter.

The game had some superb ebb and flow, but the middle part of the second quarter was scrappy before Celtic came out the other side with a one-goal advantage at halftime, 14-13.

They scored the opening goal of the third quarter before Hampstead scored four consecutive goals, but the momentum was stalled with an injury timeout for Celtic captain Hayley Murphy.

Hampstead still fought hard

and by the three-quarter time were up 22-20, and looking a chance to pull off the upset result.

It wasn’t to be as Celtic came storming back with a championship run in the final quarter of the match.

“We were going alright but really got going in the final quarter, dug deep and finished strong,” Celtic coach Angela Leadley said.

“You knew we couldn’t let the pressure off against a team like Hampstead, and we were able to hang in there before the girls stepped it up when it mattered.

“We had talked about how much we wanted the win.

“We had lost a few players

Celts dominate on finals day

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Celtic dominated the list of winners on Mid Canterbury netball finals day on Saturday, not only winning the premier title but four of the eight grade finals.

Celtic B took the senior B honours with a 25-19 win over Methven White, second grade went to Celtic U18 after a 20-13 win over Hampstead U17 and Celtic F made it four titles for the club, winning 26-20 over Methven Black in third grade.

CollegeY10A took out the senior A netball final with a 37-27 win over Rakaia A. The schoolgirls converted some early turnovers into a 13-5 lead after the first quarter, and went on to lead 20-16 at halftime.

They stretched their advantage out to 10 goals by the three quarter mark, and would lead by as many as 13 goals before finishing up ahead by 10.

It was Rakaia’s second straight year finishing second in senior A, having lost to Collegiate last year.

College Y9A also edged out Methven U18A 28-27 in the senior reserve A final and Southern beat College U16A 29-26 in senior reserve B. The social grade was won by United 31-30 over Mt Somers.

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this season, and then when Debbie went down it only added to their motivation.

It was Celtic’s third premier title in four years and they became the first team to win backto-back premier titles in over a decade, since United won in 2001 and 2002.

Celtic also have the honour of being the last time to lift the trophy outdoors – with Mid Canterbury premier netball heading inside the EA Networks Centre next year, where they will look to become the first team to hoist it in netballs new home – and the first to claim a hat-trick of titles since Old Collegians’ run of wins in 1985-87.

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Cats bare their claws Ashburton’s Sarah O’Grady, playing for Canterbury A, puts pressure on Canterbury Cats’ Olivia Merry during a National Hockey League warm-up match at the NBS Ashburton Hockey Turf yesterday. The Canterbury Cats and the Canterbury Cavaliers both held coaching clinics with local junior players in the morning before having hit-outs against Canterbury A sides. The Cats, featuring former Mid Canterbury resident Pippa Hayward, cleaned up 9-1 while the Cavaliers, with home-grown Matt Moore in the squad, had a tougher 5-2 win.

The NHL begins this weekend with Canterbury hosting Capital in Christchurch on Saturday and then meeting Southern in Timaru on Sunday.

Murray camp confident

By ReBecca BRyan Andy Murray, without a title since his 2013 Wimbledon triumph, finally has the training under his belt to boost his confidence going into the US Open, where he broke through for his first grand slam title in 2012.

“I feel good,” the Scot said yesterday.

“I have had a great practice week, had good fun on the court, enjoyed it, and worked hard.”

It’s a far cry from Murray’s position going into his title defence at Flushing Meadows last year, when he was already battling the back trouble that led to surgery.

The recovery period made for a slow start to his 2014 campaign, and Murray said this is the fittest he’s been for

a grand slam in more than a year.

“Physically, I’m better prepared than I was for the other slams,” he said. “I got my best training block I have had since before Wimbledon last year down in Miami. Trained hard and, yeah, I feel ready.”

Murray, now coached by former women’s world No.1 Amelie Mauresmo of France, has even taken positives from quarter-final exits in Toronto and Cincinnati, noting that in both tournaments he fell to eventual title winners - first Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and then Roger Federer.

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Upsets a feature of first round Mid Canterbury’s emphatic come-from-behind win over West Coast was one of the surprise results in the opening round of the Heartland Rugby Championship on Saturday.

The biggest surprise was the highly rated Wairarapa Bush, which thumped Poverty Bay 71-0 a few weeks ago, going down to King Country 13-32 in Taupo, with 22 points from the boot of Whakataki Cunningham.

After a hefty loss to the Hammers a fortnight earlier, Lochore Cup holders South Canterbury started the season with a big 32-18 bonus point win over Wanganui in Timaru, after leading 24-0 at halftime.

Poverty Bay also started strongly with a bonus point 5212 win over East Coast in Gisborne to sit on top of the table after the first round.

Lochore Cup runners-up Buller got the better of Meads Cup runners-up North Otago 17-10 in Westport with former Mid Canterbury loan player, James Lash, kicking four penalties.

In Levin, Horowhenua Kapiti came back from 6-14 down to secure a 19-all draw with Thames Valley.

Tasman in hot form

BY DANIEL RICHARDSON Tasman are making good on their promotion to the ITM Cup’s Premiership, although their opening two wins should come with an asterisk.

Despite playing in the top flight, due to a quirk in the draw, the Makos have begun the 2014 campaign with games against Championship opposition.

They disposed of Hawke’s Bay 35-15 last Sunday and registered their second bonus-point victory in as many weeks with a 56-27 victory over Bay of Plenty in Mt Maunganui yesterday.

But with the way Tasman are playing, teams in the Premiership should be concerned because the Makos are an attacking side with strike power across the paddock.

They have big, mobile forwards, which helps lay the platform for their exciting backline that is well-led by Marty Banks who passed the 200-point mark yesterday.

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SCOREBOARD Mid Canterbury 52 (Dwayne Burrows 3, Andrew Letham, Setariki Koroitamana 2, Brenton Connell tries; Murray Williams 4 con, 3 pen) West Coast 27 (Sio Lavea, Sean McClure, Nick Makea tries; Tim Priest 3 con, 2 pen). HT: 13-27

Fullback Andrew Letham makes one of many breaks for the Mid Canterbury backline during their Heartland match against West Coast on Saturday.

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Second half blitz swamps Coasters

BY STEVE DEVEREUX Mid Canterbury’s rugby fans would have been wondering where their championship team had got to as the teams left the field at half-time in their Heartland match against West Coast on Saturday.

The home team made a dreadful start, in which they lost possession from their own first two lineouts, and in the third gained possession but handed it up to a charging Coast No. 8 who promptly set up a try for the visitors.

Losing star flanker Gary Redmond to injury in the first half didn’t help the Hammers’ cause.

The Coasters were putting in some clever kicks from a wealth of possession, and after the sides exchanged penalties the home side found itself defending on the line.

Tukulua Tolu was given a yellow card for a professional foul, and the pressure told

when Nick Makea dived over.

Dwayne Burrows kept Mid Canterbury in the game, breaking three tackles in a run to the line, and Murray Williams landed a penalty to close the gap to three, but on the stroke of halftime the home defence left a yawning gap for prop Lolesio Lavea to gallop 25 metres untouched.

Mid Canterbury were looking down the barrel of a 14 point deficit starting the second half, and with only 14 men again with Peni Manumanuniwila in the bin, but after five minutes the backline began to show their true wares.

Andrew Letham raced through a gap to score from 30 metres out, then his team-mates poured on the pressure and Burrows went in under the posts to get within two points of the visitors.

The Hammers’ forwards were slowly gaining some parity, and a tighthead on their own line

was a mental turning point for them, as they started to take control of rucks, and in the last quarter of the match they were repeatedly shoving the red-andwhites off their own ball.

After a series of rucks in the Coasters’ 22 Burrows landed his hat-trick try, coming from way back and smashing through five tackles to put Mid Canterbury in front for the first time in the match.

West Coast came back and spent several minutes hard on attack, but superb defence kept them out, and when play went up the other end of the paddock, Seta Koroitamana received a nice inside pass to cut through and dot down under the sticks.

Two minutes later he was in again, this time out wide as the Hammers took complete control of the game.

There was another penalty to Williams, whose all-round kicking game was again nearperfect, and then Brenton Con-

nell finished off another period of sustained pressure with a try in the last act of the game.

Mid Canterbury had come from 27-13 down, to finish commanding 52-27 winners.

Despite the deficit, coach Glenn Moore was “quite calm” at halftime.

“We just had to keep playing at pace because any time we played at pace they were sucking air,” Moore said. “You won’t put every team away in the first half, and one of our strengths is being one of the fittest teams in the competition.

“That’s how we play our game, and a lot of times games come down to that last 15 minutes.”

Moore was pleased with banking the five points to start the season but was keeping his feet on the ground.

“There will be plenty to work on for weeks to come. It’s just week by week and trying to get better.”

Second loss for As

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Mid Canterbury’s Maukie Otukolo (left) is taken down by the North Otago A defence as Mid Canterbury A suffered a second home defeat in the Hanan Cup, going down to North Otago A 19-29.

Mid Canterbury A will look to return to the favour in a return fixture in Oamaru this weekend before their final Hanan Cup clash against South Canterbury A, who they lost to 10-19.

They also have matches against Canterbury Maori Development and the Cantabs under 20s.

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Pack responds to acid test

By Patrick Mckendry After the Sydney stalemate, the All Blacks’ forwards had to go to a dark place to see the light at Eden Park.

Challenged by the coaches and their own team-mates, the pack responded like a wasps nest poked with a stick.

Their physical dominance, with Brodie Retallick and Sam Whitelock to the fore and ably supported by the rest of the big men, blew the Wallabies away with an intensity probably not seen for 12 months - dating back to the last Rugby Championship.

It allowed Richie McCaw, Kieran Read and Liam Messam to operate on the front foot and provide a platform for the backs to make the most of their chances in the 51-20 trouncing.

By comparison, Michael Hooper, so influential in Sydney, found it hard to get into the match, late try apart.

His loose forward colleagues Scott Fardy and Wycliff Palu were hardly sighted.

Hooker Dane Coles, who impressed with his carrying but certainly didn’t shirk from the tough stuff, revealed afterwards

head coach Steve Hansen and forwards coach Mike Cron had made it clear improvements were needed from the week before.

He stressed it was important the All Blacks got their intimidating edge back.

“They really put the acid on for the tight five to front,” he said.

“We didn’t want to let him down or let ourselves down.

“It’s all about personal pride in your performance and I think tonight the boys really did that, we really stepped up our performance and put a stake in the ground.

“There were little messages throughout the week.

“When coaches like Crono and Steve say that kind of stuff you really take that on board and go to that dark place to put in a dominant performance.

“The boys prepared well and really took their advice on board.”

Asked about notoriously straight-shooter Hansen’s approach, Coles said: “[He is] straight to the point, no beating around the bush. [There are] a couple of swear words.

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mood you really have to listen.”

Lock Retallick, one of the best in the All Blacks pack with his work at re-starts, lineouts, breakdown, defence, and with the ball in hand, said the pack had put a lot of work on the pushover scrum - rewarded with a penalty try -and driving maul which reaped two tries for skipper McCaw. “There was a bit of acid, but

it was probably more humiliating for us as players to get dominated up front like we did last week,” he said.

“We had a point to prove to others and to ourselves that we were up to the job.”

McCaw said: “They set the standard, the big boys up front.

“We put the acid on those boys and they fronted up this week.”

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Old rivalry resumes

Roosters dent Warriors’ final eight hopes A blistering second-half performance from the Sydney Roosters has all but ruined the Warriors’ hopes of a fifth or sixth place finish and cast serious doubts over their top eight hopes.

Scott McLaughlin has claimed Volvo’s first V8 Supercar victory at Sydney Motorsport Park in an eventful final race yesterday. The Kiwi young gun started from pole position for the second time this weekend and crossed the line just 0.36 seconds ahead of Nick Percat and Fabian Coulthard. The win, McLaughlin’s fourth of his career and second this season after Volvo’s breakthrough victory in Perth back in May, nearly didn’t happen. The free-flowing circuit wreaked havoc on his tyres, but the 21-year-old managed them well to guide his S60 home. On Saturday Shane van Gisbergen opened the weekend’s Supercars round at a soggy Motorsport Park with wins in both 100km races.

Not since Sandown in 2011 has the championship endured a full day of wet racing, but van Gisbergen mastered it to claim his first set of - AAP back-to-back victories.

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Kiwis rule in V8s

With Roosters back-rower Sonny Bill Williams returning from a month long injury break to play his final NRL match in New Zealand, and with so much at stake for the home side, expectations were high that one of the best games of the year would unfold.

What eventuated was nothing short of a nightmare for Warriors fans as the reigning premiers ran in eight tries to two in a clinical showing that has them on track for back-toback titles.

First half tries to Aidan Guerra, Michael Jennings and

Shaun Kenny-Dowall helped the visitors to a 16-6 halftime lead after the Warriors managed just one try to Sam Tomkins.

Warriors coach Andrew McFadden was unhappy with his side’s application and said they failed to rise to expectations.

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Manchester City and Liverpool will renew their rivalry beneath the Etihad Stadium floodlights tonight in the first major head-tohead encounter of the fledgling Premier League season. When the teams last met, at Anfield in April, a late Philippe Coutinho goal gave Liverpool a 3-2 victory that left them on course for a first league title since 1990. But with the finishing line in sight, Brendan Rodgers’s side duly collapsed, allowing City to creep up on the rails and pip them to the title by two points.

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M9 Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incor- 1 44414 She Said Maybe nwtd F &..............Turnwald porated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 25 2 86666 Little Arthur nwtd .............................. A Clark Aug 2014 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 3 47478 Time For What 21.95 .................... M Gowan 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 4 22311 Know Knowing nwtd .......................G Cleeve 5 88875 Scarilicious 21.97 L & ........................ Morris 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 Cawbourne Malky 22.10 ..............M Roberts 1 12.01pm PALMERSTON NORTH GREYHOUND 67 73313 62436 Acapella nwtd....................................D Edlin RACING CLUB 2014 C0 C0, 457m 8 12 Elle Packer nwtd ..............................L Ahern 1 52864 Miss Votchka nwtd B &....................... Steele 9 512 Vision And Power nwtd ....................L Ahern 2 55365 Big Job Jonesy nwtd ............J Woolston-Bell 10 67262 Pseudonym nwtd .........................M Roberts 3 633 Cawbourne Steve nwtd ................C Roberts 4 533 Allegro Chaser nwtd.........................L Ahern 4 1.00pm GRANT IRVINE PHARMACY C1 C1, 457m 1 64234 On The House nwtd B & .................... Steele 5 34735 Bigtime Kaz nwtd .............................L Ahern 2 42343 Cawbourne Crazy nwtd................M Roberts 6 x3443 Rikki’s Rebel nwtd ............................R Waite 3 31334 Trojan Troy nwtd F &.......................Turnwald 7 24581 Bolt Allegro nwtd ..............................L Ahern 4 17664 Gold Stone 26.60 ............................L Wright 8 4562 Trendy Lass nwtd .............................L Ahern 5 11422 Weepu 26.41 ....................................L Ahern 9 7 Space Captain nwtd D J & .....J M MacAuley 6 57686 Unique Tilly nwtd ..........................K Jackson 10 47774 Little Prophet nwtd ...........................R Waite 7 85882 Belldeen 26.48 .........................A Duganzich 2 12.20pm MANAWATU RACEWAY C0 C0, 375m 8 11257 Why Oh Why 26.50 ..........................L Ahern 1 35 Wheelie Binn nwtd F &...................Turnwald 9 12566 Boston Lass 26.29 F &...................Turnwald 2 85426 Dogged Denis nwtd......................... C Brider 10 25711 Premier Division 26.77 .....................L Ahern 3 55258 Buzzy As nwtd ................................J P Hunt 5 1.20pm INTERISLANDER C2 C2, 375m 4 64665 Wall Age nwtd P & .............................Doody 1 11873 Gay Thorley 21.82 .....................J McInerney 5 82578 Dark Faerytales nwtd ............... S Gommans 2 42244 Not So Cute nwtd .......................D Stapleton 6 57887 Icahn nwtd...................................B Hodgson 3 52263 Know Magic nwtd ...........................G Cleeve 7 24433 Homebush Pippi nwtd ................R N Maisey 4 16F28 Alamein Kat 21.58 K & ......................Phillips 8 31 Winfield Autumn nwtd ..................M Roberts 5 55411 Vinnie Baxter 21.65...................J McInerney 9 76857 Cool Gypsy nwtd .............................L Wright 6 13421 Girl Pride nwtd ..................................D Edlin 10 48368 Goodtime Mike nwtd ............... T McCracken 7 76487 Homebush Verona 21.71...........J McInerney 3 12.40pm WWW.RACINGDOGS.CO.NZ C1 C1, 375m 8 37343 Bigtime Chip 22.21.........................R Murray

9 53282 Toxic Revenge 21.77 .....................A Speight 10 61558 Miss Sara nwtd ..........................R N Maisey 6 1.40pm YELLA MUSTARD AT STUD C2 C2, 457m 1 33521 Thrilling Dylan 26.22 ............... T McCracken 2 65F53 Summer Tension 26.68 ............E Duganzich 3 34654 Hear Hare Here 26.24 P & .................Doody 4 17422 Trendy Boy 26.35 .............................L Ahern 5 2611 Money Bingle nwtd............................. N Udy 6 2711F Contemporaneous 26.55 .................L Ahern 7 85533 Mariah 26.63 ....................................P Taylor 8 54184 That’s King 26.60 ........................B Hodgson 9 55872 Kay Road 26.67 ..............................S Maher 10 65655 Noaki Hurricane 26.53 K & ...............Phillips 7 2.00pm NO MOORE HASSELL PETFOODS LEVIN C3 C3, 375m 1 23827 Chokehold nwtd .........................D Stapleton 2 43F34 Lockett In Eddie 21.79 B &................. Steele 3 x216F Doll Parts 21.54 ..........................B Hodgson 4 44336 Uno Orange 21.74 ..........................S Maher 5 62522 Flying Blake 21.84 .............................. L Bell 6 44474 Dolly Peg 21.72 F & .......................Turnwald 7 33113 Boston Strike 21.76 F & .................Turnwald 8 53563 Smirnoff 21.80.......................... S Gommans 9 212x2 Gogo Rioli nwtd.............................A Speight 10 77344 Another Colt nwtd .....................J McInerney 8 2.20pm STEVE THE AUCTIONEER DAVIS C2/3 C2/3, 457m 1 28737 Ten Point One nwtd ..........................P Taylor 2 11141 Smash Allegro 26.21........................L Ahern

3 75118 Radical Rufus 26.16................... B Johnston 4 13511 Allegro Class 26.12 ..........................L Ahern 5 28567 Hunted One nwtd ............................. S Clark 6 45664 Botany Dave 26.70....................J McInerney 7 54283 Cawbourne Tip 26.35 ...................M Roberts 8 11154 Eckles nwtd .........................................A Lee 9 66587 Bob’s Eye nwtd .........................J McInerney 10 688x6 Bulet Tooth Tony 26.37 .....................R Waite 9 2.40pm ADVANCED RACING SERIES HEAT 1 NZRSq, 457m 1 33613 Know Ambition nwtd ......................G Cleeve 2 61783 Bad Week nwtd .........................J McInerney 3 86315 Bigtime Dasher 26.03 ......................L Ahern 4 7x768 Speed Legend 25.71...................B Hodgson 5 36435 Rodriguez 26.79..................................A Lee 6 312x6 Thrilling Brave 25.82 B & ................... Steele 7 23624 Jibbajabba Jewel nwtd .................C Roberts 8 31151 Blitzing Mayhem 26.08 ..................... S Clark 9 33663 Barry’s Way nwtd .............................R Waite 10 4674F Blue And Curly 25.77 .......................L Ahern 10 3.00pm ADVANCED RACING SERIES HEAT 2 NZRSq, 457m 1 22852 Rene Ranger 25.91..........................L Ahern 2 22261 Tifino 25.94 ......................................L Ahern 3 16657 Pirate Lore nwtd ............................... S Clark 4 27317 Cider Drinka 26.18 ..........................M Olden 5 21358 Stolen Money nwtd ........................G Cleeve 6 11411 Know Danger nwtd.........................G Cleeve 7 43723 Magic Bolt 25.96 ...........................B Mitchell 8 71474 Clone Your Own nwtd ..........................A Lee

9 33663 Barry’s Way nwtd .............................R Waite 10 6264F Bigtime Jet 26.20 .............................L Ahern 11 3.21pm THOMAS RUSSELL FUNDRAISER DAY SUNDAY 7TH SEPT C4 C4, 375m 1 113F2 Rock On Sprite 21.85 G & .................Denby 2 66165 Mr. Jimmy nwtd .................................. N Udy 3 52653 Cawbourne Flow 21.91 ................M Roberts 4 42831 Trident 21.75 ...................................... N Udy 5 33663 Barry’s Way 21.38 ............................R Waite 6 42345 Lost in Light 21.44............................L Ahern 7 85236 Crystal Wave 21.54 .....................B Hodgson 8 73212 Thrilling Charly nwtd B &.................... Steele 9 4674F Blue And Curly 21.27 .......................L Ahern 10 73657 Stirling Dann 21.59 ............................ N Udy 12 3.43pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY JACKPOT DOG FINAL C5F C5f, 375m 1 68111 Caesar Queen 21.56 F & ...............Turnwald 2 31265 Bev’s Viewpoint 21.20 ......................L Ahern 3 66134 Talk It Over 21.55 ................................ L Bell 4 61356 Roqette 21.48 ..............................C Roberts 5 83322 Red Moova Hoova 21.50 G & ............Denby 6 61288 Captain’s Choice nwtd .................C Roberts 7 374F1 Winfield Black 21.57 ....................M Roberts 8 21274 Stellar Force 21.45 ................... S Gommans Emergencies: 9 58145 Individual Lily 21.57 .........................L Ahern 10 62734 Deathstar 21.76 ............................A Speight LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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TRADES, SERVICES

LOST, FOUND

COMPUTER PROBLEMS? For Prompt Reliable Service Contact Kelvin Boult KJB Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place, Ashburton. Ph 3088989.

30yrs Local experience.

SUPERGOLD discount card accepted

LOST: Toyota car key with family crest attached.

Reward. Phone 308 3898.

SUN CONTROL WINDOW TINTING - Professional window tinting for 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.

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Mt Cook Luxury Coach Trip Saturday September 13 $40pp return

SWAROVSKI New Seasons Jewellery. Now in our Boutique. Come in and try on the "Stardust" bracelet.

Absolutely stunning for day or night wear. Price $139.00. In the Arcade.

WOODWICK Scented Candles. New odour eliminating scents. Clear Rain and Citrus Zest. Burn time 100 hours.

Treat yourself! The China Shop in The Arcade.

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

MEETINGS, EVENTS

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Daily Events Monday

Classic aircraft on display including DC3. Seafield Road.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong - counting, all welcome.

Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip Street.

6.00pm RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Real women circuit training in the hall, St Andrews Church, Bridge Street, Rakaia.

6.00pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road.

7.30pm TINWALD INDOOR BOWLS CLUB. All welcome to come and have

a bowl. Tinwald Hall, entry off McMurdo Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE (inc).

Annual General Meeting, all welcome. Methodist Church hall, Baring Square West.

7.30pm ASHBURTON BIRD CLUB. Monthly meeting in the Rover Den, Mania-o-roto Park, Chalmers Avenue.

7.30pm ASHBURTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Decorative “Heralds of Spring”.

A.G.M and prize giving. Sports Pavilion, Walnut Avenue.

METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture 9.30am Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Main Street, Methven.

Walking group meets outside church.

10.45am 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

M.S.A. TAI CHI. 9.30am Tai Chi maintenance class. M.S.A. U3A Ashburton.

Social hall, Havelock Street.

Cuppa, seated 10.am. Freida Looser talks of pilgrim’s journeys. St David’s 12.00noon - 3.00pm ASHBURTON JUSTICE OF THE Union Church, Allenton.

PEACE ASSOCIATION (INC).

9.30am Signing centre in Community House, M.S.A. TAI CHI. at the rear of Westpac Bank, 122 Exercises for all abilities. M.S.A. Social Tancred Street. hall, Havelock Street.

1.00pm - 3.00pm 9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Classic aircraft on display including DC Goodwill shop open for the sale of 3. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road. preloved clothing. Tinwald Methodist 1.30pm Church, Cnr Archibald and Jane M.S.A. PETANQUE. Streets, Tinwald.

Come and try Petanque, everyone 10.00am

welcome. M.S.A. Sports, Racecourse Road.

1.30pm R.S.A. CARD SECTION. 500, Ashburton R.S.A. Cox Street.

4.00pm HAMPSTEAD TENNIS CLUB. AGM, all new and existing members welcome, Hampstead Tennin Clubrooms, Cnr Chalmers Avenue and Cameron Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON ASTRONOMY GROUP. Meet the last Tuesday of each month at Menorlue, Ashburton College, Walnut Avenue.

7.30pm - 9.30pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON. Great fun, everyone welcome.

Racquets can be hired. Sports hall, Tancred Street.

9.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road.

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.

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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) On the financial front Mars’ brawn and Saturn’s pedantic way come together today, giving you a chance to take your power back.

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GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) While it’s been a month since a turnaround began on the work front, you have now reached a point where you’re on a roll.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) If today’s cosmic alignment has its waym, it will be turning you into a warrior and champion for matters of the heart, with old excuses melting away.

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VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) Channel some powerful communication forces into your relationships, in a way that allows you to give unsaid words a voice in a healing and cathartic way.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) You’re starting to appreciate what you’re fighting for but also what you’ve already invested, as you focus on what’s in it for you.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) With a clearer sense of what you’re fighting for professionally and the power to move mountains if you have to, it’s time to take your power back.

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PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 21) When it comes to embracing a sense of adventure, avoid getting bogged down in the details, realising it’s the way you approach life itself.

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PRICE, Elsie Winifred On August 22, 2014, surrounded by her loved ones, at Princes Court, Ashburton.

In her 90th year. Dearly loved wife of the late Hugh. Much loved mum and mother-in-law WIERING, Joyce May – Canterbury owned, of the late Graham, Judith and On August 21 2014 locally operated Leo Johnston, Dennis and peacefully at Christchurch Lyn (Christchurch), Shirley Hospital. surrounded by her Patersons Doig, Carol and Abe Dabora loving family, dearly loved Funeral Services (Greytown), Wendy and Gary wife of Jan (John) for 59 Blackwell (Methven), Brenda years. Dearly loved mother and Ashburton and Eric Sheehan and the and mother in law of Geke late George Allen, Chris and and Gerard Smith, Suzanne Crematorium Ltd Jeanette, Adrienne and Tim and Alan Tinkler, David and Office and Chapel Dowdle, and Robbie and Gwenda, and loving Gran of Corner East & Cox Catherine. Much loved Nana Mathew and Rebecca Clucas, Streets, Ashburton of all her grandchildren and Emma Clucas and Tim, Hall & Co great grandchildren. A special Amee, Scott, Cameron and Funeral Directors thanks to Dr Sparks and the Mary, Hanna and Will, loved Ph. 308-1121 great staff at Princes Court Beppe and great-gran of for their loving care of Elsie. Haley, Harry, Hamish, Bello, IN MEMORIAM CAVILL, Cressy Coral Messages to 11 Pages Road, Willow.

Loved daughter of the late Ashburton 7700. Funeral deTreasured Memories Owen and Nettie Thomas. tails later.

Special thanks to the caring Loved sister and sister-in-law Paterson’s Funeral Services staff of ward 24 Christchurch of the late Joan and Charlie FDANZ Ashburton Hospital and the Access Wilson, the late Wilfred and WIERING, Joyce May – Home Health Team.

PRICE, Elsie Winifred Ruth Thomas, the late Ver- On August 21 2014 Messages 866 Hoskyns CAVILL, Peter Foster – On August 22 in the arms of non Thomas, the late Sefton peacefully at Christchurch Road No. 1 RD Christchurch August 25, 2013. lovingsurrounded daughters. byLoved Thomas, Wave Brown (Horor- her Hospital. her 7671. A Celebration of Mr Tickatyboo. mum of Ally and Ron Smith, ata) and the late Pat Brown. loving family, dearly loved Joyce's life will be held in the “If tears could build Methven.

Beloved Nana RobLoved aunty to all her nieces wife of Jan (John) for 59 Harewood Crematorium a stairway, of the late loved Aaron,mother Leah, Chapel, 507 Johns Road on and nephews, great-nieces bie years.

Dearly And memories a lane, Mark and Sammy Phillips, and great-nephews. and mother in law of Geke TUESDAY, August 26 2014 I’d walk right up to heaven Auckland, Kristy, at 11.30am. and Gerard Nathan, Smith, Suzanne And bring you home again.”

Tane, Billy, Charlie and Dani HALL & Co. and Alan Tinkler, David and Your girl Carol.

PRATT, Thelma New Plymouth, Ben,Gran Lucy, Funeral Directors Gwenda, and loving of On August 21, 2014 at Rose- Mac and Rosie Methven and TONKS, Ronald – Ph. 308-1121 Mathew and Rebecca Clucas, bank Resthome, Ashburton. Daniel, be Six years today you passed Emma Christchurch.

Clucas andWillTim, In her 90th year. Dearly loved sadly missed by the Smiths. away.

Please note all late death wife of the late Owen. Much Amee, Scott, Cameron and Loved and Remembered Mary, Hanna Elsie -and Will, loved notices or notices sent outloved mother and mother-in- PRICE, every day.

Beppe great-gran of side ordinary office hours Augustand 22, 2014 at Princes law of the late Janice Mat- On Love Rowan and Marg.

Haley,Resthome Harry, Hamish, Bello, must be emailed to: Ashburton in thews, Heather and Colin Court Willow.

90th year. Dearly loved deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz Maloney (Pukekohe), Marlene her FUNERAL Treasured Memories to ensure publication. mother-in-law, grandand Cyril Thorne (Australia) mother, Special thanks the caring greatto grandmothand loved grandma of her mother and DuringMID office hours notices FURNISHERS staff ward 24 CANTERBURY of of Brenda, the Christchurch late George grandchildren, great grand- er mayFUNERAL also be sent to: SERVICES MASTER Hospital and the Access Ashburton, Geraldine, Temuka children and great great Allen, Eric Sheehan (Rakaia); classifieds@theguardian.co.nz & Surrounding Districts since 1905 MONUMENTAL MASON Home and Health Team.

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Zac, Jade Any queries sister-in-law of Joyce and the land, E.B. CARTER LTD Galbraith’s Road No.Allen 1 RD We have a team of highly respected,please professional contact funeral directors and andChristchurch Phil Smith, late Vic Grieve (Methven), Corinna For all your memorial celebrants.

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6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am The Chase 3 0 11am Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover Peter Andre, designer Julia Kendell, and the makeover team visit Southampton, where Chloe is surprising her mother Elaine. 0 Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Jai finds out his private investigator cannot trace Mark’s mobile. 0 1:30 Come Dine With Me UK PGR 0 2pm Four Weddings PGR 0 3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal David Dickinson proves one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.

3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Tiki Tour 0 6:55 Wiki The Kiwi 3 0 7am Gravity Falls 3 0 7:25 Back At The Barnyard 3 0 7:50 The League Of Super Evil 3 0 8:15 Dinosaur Train 3 0 8:30 Fireman Sam 3 0 8:40 Mike The Knight 3 0 8:50 Fireman Sam 3 0 9am Infomercials 11am Neighbours 3 0 11:30 Home And Away 3 0 Noon Shortland Street PGR 0 12:30 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0 1pm Jeremy Kyle AO 2pm Jeremy Kyle USA 3pm According To Jim 3 0 3:28 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 3:30 Monsters v Aliens 3 0 4pm Liv And Maddie 0 4:30 The 4:30 Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 30 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 N Pound Pups to Dog 8pm N Cougar Town PGR Stars Mark meets Ralphie, The Cul de Sac Crew feels neglected and suffering from weird about Laurie and Travis an eating disorder. Will Mark dating, but Jules is determined and his team be able to teach to play it cool. 0 Ralphie the basics, and find 8:30 N Wentworth AO Three him a new home? 0 months after Jacs Holt’s death, new arrival Governor 8pm The Force 0 Joan Ferguson makes an 8:30 Criminal Minds AO 0 enemy of Franky. 0 9:30 N Castle AO 0 10:25 One News Tonight 0 9:30 Grey’s Anatomy PGR 0 10:55 Person of Interest AO 3 0 10:30 Shameless AO 0 11:55 Football – Fifa U20 Women’s World Cup Highlights of the final between Nigeria and Germany.

12:50 Te Karere 3 2 0 1:15 Infomercials 5:05 Impact For Life 5:35 Te Karere 3 2 0

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Walking Through History With Tony Robinson 7:30 The Hook And The Cook 8am Monty Halls’ Great Escapes – Beachcomber Cottage 9:20 Return To River Cottage PG 10am Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 11am Lonely Planet – Best Parks Ever 11:30 Great Escapes Noon The Jonathan Ross Show PGR 1pm Feasts 2pm Walking Through History With Tony Robinson 3pm New Zealand Food Culture 3:30 Oddities PGR 4pm Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers 4:30 Pioneer Woman 5pm Relocation, Relocation 6pm House Crashers 6:30 Carter Can 7pm Extreme Collectors 7:30 Holiday – Heaven On Earth 8:30 Hotel Secrets With Richard E Grant PGR 9:30 Lonely Planet – 1000 Ultimate Experiences 10pm Shane Delia’s Spice Journey 10:30 Extreme Collectors 11pm Relocation, Relocation

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Midnight House Crashers 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am New Zealand Food Culture 1:30 Oddities PGR 2am Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers 2:30 The Pioneer Woman 3am Carter Can 3:30 Supercar Showdown 4am Holiday – Heaven On Earth 5am Hotel Secrets With Richard E Grant PGR

11:40 Happy Endings 0 12:30 Devious Maids AO 3 0 1:15 Infomercials 2:20 Shameless AO 3 0 3:15 Secret Life Of The American Teenager PGR 3 3:55 Bethenny 3 4:40 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

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6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 The Winx Club 3 7:55 The Wild Thornberrys 3 0 8:25 Chuggington Badge Quest 3 8:35 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 8:45 Peppa Pig 3 8:55 Moe 3 0 9am Bob The Builder 3 9:10 Thomas And Friends 3 9:20 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 9:30 Barney And Friends 3 10am Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:30 Smash!

6pm Everybody Hates Chris 3 6:30 Just Shoot Me! 3 0

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Test PGR Celebrities and viewers answer moral questions.

2pm Bondi Rescue PGR 3 2:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

UK PGR 3 3pm Harry’s Practice 3 3:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 4pm The Late Show With David Letterman 3 5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country British couples and families, fed up with city life, search for the perfect country home while exploring the surroundings of each location.

7pm Campbell Live 0 7:30 The X Factor Australia 8:30 M What Happens in Vegas PGR 3 2008 Comedy.

A man and a woman must, for legal reasons, live as a couple for a limited period of time; at stake is a large amount of money. Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, Rob Cordry. 0 10:40 The Paul Henry Show

7pm The Simpsons 0 7:30 How I Met Your Mother PGR 8pm Bad Teacher PGR 8:30 New Girl 9pm Crazy Ones PGR 9:25 Community PGR Pierce fights for his inheritance after being summoned to Hawthorne Enterprises by his dead father’s right-hand man.

9:55 Raising Hope 10:25 American Horror Story AO

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Best of Top gear PGR 3 Jeremy, Richard and James enter a 24-hour endurance race; James tries the new Fiat 500 in Budapest; the Ferrari 430 Scuderia is driven around the track.

8:30 60 Minutes PGR 9:30 F Sex Clinic AO 10:35 The Crowd Goes Wild 3

11:05 The Late Show With David Letterman A late-night comedy and talk show.

12:05 Home Shopping 1:35 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

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MAORI TV 10am Korero Mai 3 11am Toku Reo 3 Noon Korero Mai 3 1pm Toku Reo 3 2pm Korero Mai 3 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3 3:30 Dora Matatoa 2 4pm SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 2 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Toi Whakaari 5:30 Te Kaea 2

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10:30 Rugby League – 40/20 11am Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Featuring Sharks v Raiders and Dragons v Titans.

11:30 Golf – European Tour (Highlights) Czech Masters – Round Four.

Noon Golf – LPGA Tour (Highlights) Canadian Pacific Women’s Open – Round Four.

12:30 Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) The Barclays – Round Four.

1:30 Football – Arsenal TV Everton v Arsenal.

4:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Counties Manukau v Otago. From ECOLight Stadium, Pukekohe.

6:30 Rugby – International (Replay) All Blacks v Wallabies.

8:30 #SkyRugby – Breakdown Jeff Wilson discusses the weekend’s rugby with a panel of former top players and experts.

9pm Rugby – International (Replay) Argentina v South Africa.

From Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta.

11pm Motorsport – IndyCar Series (Highlights) Grand Prix of Sonoma. From Sonoma, California.

11:30 L Motorcycling – British Superbike Championship From Cadwell Park.

5am Rugby Nation Hosted by Tony Johnson.

SKY SPORT 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga o te Motu 6:30 Ako 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 #Hakanation 8pm F Re-Think PGR 8:30 N Kowhiri 2014 – Electorate Debates 9:30 N How Bizarre AO 10:30 Focus 3 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

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6am Law And Order MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Parking Wars PGL 7:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 8:05 Survivor – Thailand PG 8:55 Ice Road Truckers PGS 9:45 SVU MV 10:35 NCIS PGV 11:25 SmackDown! MC 1:05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:30 Ice Road Truckers PGS 2:20 Law And Order MV 3:10 Survivor – Thailand PG 4pm Parking Wars PGL 4:30 The Simpsons PG 5pm Ice Road Truckers PGS 6pm America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 6:30 The Simpsons PG 7pm Parking Wars PGL 7:30 NCIS PGV 8:30 No Man’s Land M 9:30 CSI – New York MV 10:30 SVU MV 11:30 NCIS PGV

6am Auction Hunters PG The Wild West. 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG A New Hunt Begins. 7:30 Man v Wild PG 8:30 MythBusters PG 9:30 Treehouse Masters PG 10:30 Bear Grylls – Escape From Hell PG 11:30 Dates From Hell M Noon Dates From Hell M 12:30 Southern Fried Homicide M 1:30 Crimes That Shook The World M 2:30 Alaskan Steel Men PG 3:30 King Of Thrones PG 4:30 Gold Rush PG 5:30 MythBusters PG 6:30 Fat N’ Furious PG 7:30 Auction Hunters PG 8pm Auction Hunters PG 8:30 MythBusters PG 9:30 What Happened Next? PG 10pm The Mind Control Freaks M 10:30 Auction Kings PG 11pm Evil-In-Law M

7:10 The Last Stand 16VL 2013 Action. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker. 8:55 The Hobbit – An Unexpected Journey MV 2012 Adventure. Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman.

11:45 The Making Of Fast And Furious 6 PG 12:05 Gangster Squad 16VLS 2012 Crime. Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling.

2pm We’re The Millers 16VLS 2013 Comedy. Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston.

3:50 A Resurrection 16VL 2013 Thriller. Mischa Barton, Devon Sawa.

5:20 The Man With The Iron Fists 16VLS 2012 Action.

6:55 21 And Over 16VLS 2013 Comedy.

8:30 The Purge 16VL 2013 Horror Thriller.

10pm Pain And Gain 18VLS 2013 Action.

12:30 Survivor – Thailand PG 1:20 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:45 Law And Order MV 2:35 SVU MV 3:25 No Man’s Land M 4:15 CSI – New York MV 5:10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 5:35 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG

Midnight Stalked – Someone’s Watching M 12:30 Stalked – Someone’s Watching M 1am Stolen Voices, Buried Secrets M 2am Dirty Jobs PG 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Disappeared M 5am Dirty Jobs PG

12:10 Cubicle Warriors 16LS 2013 Comedy. 1:30 The Directors – Mel Gibson PG 2am The Cabin In The Woods 16VL 2011 Horror. 3:35 Pain And Gain 18VLS 2013 Action.

5:45 21 And Over 16VLS 2013 Comedy.

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6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 11:25 The Nanny PGR 3 0 Noon 3 News 12:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 1pm Dr Phil AO 2pm HomeMADE 3 3pm N Million Dollar Listing – NY Fredrik gets his dream listing, only to tangle with the seller.

4pm Rachael Ray Kirstie Alley prepares healthy baked chicken; Rachael makes a chicken dinner.

5pm Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals Jamie makes jerk chicken with rice and beans, chopped salad, and chargrilled corn. 0 5:25 Million Dollar Minute 6pm 3 News

11:10 Sons Of Anarchy AO 11:15 Entertainment Tonight Samcro deals with the fallout from 11:45 Infomercials a death threat against Tara, while confronting another implication of the drug-mule deal with the cartel. 0 12:10 Infomercials 5:30 City Impact Church

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6am L Golf – LPGA Tour Canadian Pacific Women’s Open – Round Four. From London Hunt and Country Club in Ontario, Canada.

9am Cycling – La Vuelta (Highlights) Stage Two. From Algeciras to San Fernando.

9:30 Football – Chelsea TV Chelsea v Leicester City.

12:30 Sky Sports News UK 1pm Golf Central Castle 1:30 Motorsport – WRC 9:30pm on TV One (Highlights) Rally Germany.

2pm Rugby League – NRL MOVIES GREATS (Highlights) Warriors v Roosters.

6:30 The Making Of Robin Hood 2:30 Rugby League – 40/20 PG 6:50 The Break-Up MS 2006 3pm Cycling – La Vuelta Romantic Comedy. Jennifer Aniston, (Highlights) Stage Two. Vince Vaughn. 8:35 Backdraft 3:30 Motorsport – FIA Formula PGL 1991 Thriller. Kurt Russell, One Championship (Highlights) William Baldwin, Rebecca de Mornay. Belgian Grand Prix.

10:50 Taking Lives 16VLS 2004 4pm Motorsport – IndyCar Series Crime Drama. Angelina Jolie, (Highlights) Grand Prix of Sonoma.

Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland.

4:30 Motorsport – WRC 12:30 Hustle And Flow 16VLS 2005 (Highlights) Rally Germany.

Drama. Terrence Howard, Ludacris, 5pm Red Bull X-Fighters (Replay) Anthony Anderson.

6:30 UFC Fight Night (Replay) 2:25 Gosford Park MLS 2001 Henderson v Dos Anjos.

Mystery. Stephen Fry, Maggie Smith, 8:30 L Rugby League – NRL Helen Mirren, Kristin Scott Thomas.

Panthers v Storm. From Sportingbet 4:40 Spider-Man MV 2002 Action.

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Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, 11pm Monday Night With Matty Willem Defoe.

Johns 6:40 Lock, Stock And Two TUESDAY Smoking Barrels 18V 1998 Midnight The Crowd Goes Wild Crime Comedy. Vinnie Jones, 12:30 Golf Focus Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher.

1:30 Rugby League – NRL 8:30 The Holiday MLS 2006 Romance.

(Highlights) Panthers v Storm.

10:50 The Queen ML 2006 Drama. 2am L Cycling – La Vuelta Stage Three.

TUESDAY 4am #SkyRugby – Breakdown 12:35 The Astronaut’s Wife MS 4:30 Monday Night With Matty 1999 Sci-fi. 2:25 The Directors Johns – Ridley Scott PG 2:55 Gosford 5:30 Rugby League – NRL Park MLS 2001 Mystery. 5:10 The Holiday MLS 2006 Romance.

(Highlights) Panthers v Storm.

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Mid Canterbury hockey celebrated a double delight, taking out both the men’s and women’s finals of the Mid-South Canterbury competition for the first time in Timaru on Saturday.

Hampstead made history in becoming the first Mid Canterbury team to win the McLay Cup, first played for in 1993, after a 2-1 win over five-time defending champions St Andrews, while Wakanui Black made it four straight Walker and Hall Shield victories with a convincing 4-0 win over Northern Hearts.

Hampstead had to come from behind with a strong second half after they were under the pump from the defending champions in the first half, with St Andrews taking a 1-0 lead.

In the second half Hampstead took control to come up with goals from Sarah Harrison and Annie Jones before holding on for an historic win.

“We gained some composure and took over the game,” Hampstead captain Rachel Curd said.

“We equalised about 10 minutes in then went ahead at the 20 minute mark, and held on with big defence to win the game.”

After witnessing Hampstead make history, Wakanui Black found their form for the men’s final to dominate Northern Hearts, beating their rivals for the third time out of the last four finals.

“We did play pretty well, a lot better than last week, and the

score was a good indication of our dominance in the game,” Wakanui Black’s Mark Bennett said.

Hugh Copland scored a brilliant reverse stick shot from a penalty corner to put Wakanui up 1-0 at halftime.

“We were only up by one but pretty happy as we had done the hard yards, and then got the benefits in the second half.”

In the second half Adam Wilson made it 2-0 from a penalty corner, and Copland scored his second before Bennett scored the fourth goal from a penalty corner to seal the win.

Black suffered just a solitary defeat this season as they continued their dominance of the men’s competition and were delighted to see Hampstead also finish on top.

“There’s nothing better than going down there and cleaning South Canterbury up,” Bennett said.

“It was great to see Hampstead get up, but there were a few laughs after the game at the sexist trophies with their cup paling in comparison to the monster shield.”

The Walker and Hall Shield is impressive, but Wakanui Black was also presented the McCosker Trophy, for taking out the round robin, which alone was bigger than Hampstead’s two trophies, collecting the Blaikie Family Cup for finishing as runners-up in the round robin as well as the McClay Cup. “We’ll still take it and put our name on it,” Curd said.

“We said at the start of the season our goal was some silverware, and we got our hands on it.”

Above: Wakanui Black got their act together for finals day, crushing Northern Hearts 4-0.

Below: the Hampstead team finished off a good season in fine style to take the McLay Cup.

Fireworks organiser ‘shattered’ as spectators injured The pyrotechnician behind the fireworks display that injured three spectators at Eden Park on Saturday night said he knew straight away that something had gone wrong.

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Pyrotechnics has been in charge of pyrotechnics displays at Eden Park for over ten years.

Saturday night was the first time any of his displays had gone wrong, he said.

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technics display before kick off in the All Blacks versus the Wallabies test match injured three spectators.

Dr Van Tiel said he wanted to apologise to the people hurt.

“We deeply apologise to those

spectators we’ve injured,” he said.

He said he was “shattered” by what happened.

“We’re there to entertain people, not to harm anyone.”

Dr Van Tiel said he knew imme-

diately that the display had gone wrong. “As soon as they went off ... the noise level was a lot more than we expected,” he said.

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