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The Canterbury District Health Board denies they are bumping people off waiting lists, saying they are limited to accept those with the greatest need.

Chief executive David Meates responded to the Guardian’s request for open discussion about waiting lists, perceived by the public as artificial and tailored

to look good on paper.

Mr Meates said although considerable effort was made to accommodate all referrals, requests for orthopaedic surgical treatment exceeded what could be provided.

The DHB was limited to accept those with the greatest need.

He said patients were not taken off waiting lists once on

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burton woman Marj Greenaway whose independence is at risk, as she waits for stenosis (lower back) surgery. The octogenarian has been in pain for the past 18 months.

Her doctor said she had been dropped from the waiting list at least once. But had been given the runaround three times then sent back to her GP for care.

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sometimes understood as being placed on the wait list and was incorrect.

“While she would benefit from surgery, there are others on the list who have a higher ‘score’ and our whole system worked on treating highest priority first.”

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Lorde wants to pull Royals from the radio Lorde wants to pull her hit single Royals from the radio over fears fans will tire of her too quickly. The pop singer scored a massive international hit with her debut track in 2013 and won two Grammy Awards, Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance, last month.

Royals is still a favourite on the airwaves, but Lorde wishes she could have it removed from playlists so fans can have a break from her before she releases new material. She told V Magazine: “I want to let people stop hearing Lorde on the radio all the time, because it’s kind of crazy at the moment.

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Runaway snowball slams into college Two math majors at Reed College lost control of a massive snowball that rolled into a dorm, knocking in part of a bedroom wall.There were no injuries, but college spokesman Kevin Myers said it will cost $2000 to $3000 to repair the building. The incident happened following a rare trio of snowstorms in Portland. Students started building the giant snowball on a campus quad near the dorm. Urged by a crowd, the math majors tried to make the snowball as big as possible by rolling it down the sidewalk that goes past the dorm. “And the ball just got away from them,” Myers said. After escaping their control, the boulder-sized snowball rolled about 5 metres before slamming into the building. Three students heard the smack and discovered the fractured bedroom wall. The student whose dorm was damaged has not had to move. The students responsible for the runaway snowball reported the incident and won’t be disciplined.

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The Simpsons have caught the Lego bug - the all-yellow cartoon family will be turned into Lego pieces for the show’s 550th episode. The milestone will air in America in May. The news comes as The Lego Movie scores a second week at the top of the US box office.

British film queen Helen Mirren has thanked her former teacher after receiving Bafta’s highest accolade from Prince William at a glittering ceremony in London.

Mirren, who has played Queen Elizabeth II on stage and film, fittingly received the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Fellowship from the monarch’s grandson, in honour of her 50-year career. Dressed in a navy blue gown with chiffon sleeves, Mirren brought the ceremony to a close when she accepted the award, telling guests including Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio of the influence of recently deceased teacher Alys Welding. She said Welding “alone was the person who encouraged me to be an actor” before quoting from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. “We are such stuff as dreams are made on and our little life is rounded with a sleep,” said the 68-year-old Oscar winner. “My little life is rounded with this honour, thank you very much indeed.”

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AC/DC to celebrate 40th Australian rockers AC/DC will celebrate their 40th anniversary in 2014 by performing 40 shows around the world, while recording their first new album in five years. Frontman Brian Johnson revealed on Florida’s radio station 98.7 The Gater that the band are planning to enter a studio in Vancouver, Canada, in May. Johnson told DJ Andy Preston from the station that the band had been keeping a low profile of late because one member was unwell. “One of our boys was pretty ill, so we didn’t like to say anything,” Johnson said. “But I think we’ll be going into the studio in May in Vancouver.” The singer added: “It’s been 40 years of the band’s existence, so I think we’re gonna try to do 40 gigs, 40 shows, to thank the fans for their undying loyalty.

“I mean, honestly, our fans are just the best in the world, and we appreciate every one of them.”

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■ SINA SOLOMONA MURDER

Local teen’s sentencing delayed

BY MYLES HUME

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Sina Solomona’s murderer is set to appear in court in three weeks time, after he was originally expected to be sentenced for her murder last week.

The High Court in Christchurch said yesterday the 17-yearold is expected to appear in the High Court at Timaru on March 7, after having his sentencing, set down for last Friday, adjourned.

A spokesperson said the new date could change, and did not yet know the nature of the hearing. The Guardian is prevented from reporting details causing the delay due to heavy suppression orders around the case, and

publishing the reasons could jeopardise future court proceedings.

The teen, who was 15 at the time of the murder, pleaded guilty last October after denying any involvement for 10

months since the December 15, 2012 killing.

Ms Solomona, 22 and a mother of one, was found dead near the back door of her Cass Street home after returning from her night shift at CMP Canterbury.

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■ EA NETWORKS CENTRE

BY SUE NEWMAN

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For any building project, it’s a red letter day when the roof is on, but for Ashburton’s EA Networks Centre it also means the community’s big ticket project is on track for completion by the middle of next year.

The complex will include both an aquatic centre and an indoor stadium and there is provision for a range of outdoor sports to relocate to the Riverside Drive site.

The aquatic centre will contain a main pool, a warm water programme pool. A learn to swim pool and a leisure pool. It will also have a sauna and spa pool and this week the Ashburton District Council will debate the option of including a water slide in the facility.

The stadium will include four full size basketball or netball courts that will be marked to include a range of sports. There will also be two outdoor overflow courts.

A gym, sports house with office and meeting space for a range of sports and a café will also be part of the complex.

While there are no firm plans in place, there is the ability to create a sports hub beside the main complex, including space for a velodrome, field space for rugby, soccer and hockey with additional facilities for bowls and athletics.

Other indoor sports such as shooting and squash could also

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The complex is anticipated to have a build cost of more than $32 million, with more than $5 million of this raised from the community by the Ashburton

Stadium Trust. The remainder will be funded by the Ashburton District Council through a uniform annual charge on rates.

The likely cost per rateable property is likely to be about

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■ CRICKET WORLD CUP SPINOFF

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District primed for world cup fans

By Myles HuMe

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Mid Canterbury tourism chief Nigel Birt believes the district is primed to play a significant supporting act for the Cricket World Cup in a year’s time.

Three world cup games are scheduled for Christchurch’s Hagley Park in February 2015, with more than 150,000 visitors expected to descend on the region.

It has raised questions over the ability of Christchurch’s rebuilding accommodation sector to cater for the thousands of cricket fans, but Experience Mid Canterbury is already working with Canterbury and

Christchurch Tourism chief executive Tim Hunter to see what role the district can play.

“The advantage we have got is Mid Canterbury has the largest pool of bed night capacity outside of Christchurch within an hour’s drive, we have over 3000 bed nights available,” Mr Birt said.

With occupancy running at 35 per cent on average, he said that gave Mid Canterbury a stellar opportunity to cash in on the world cup.

Mr Birt said charter buses would be considered to transport fans to Christchurch, while spending on fuel, shopping and food would spike in Ashburton

during the event.

It is expected to bring more than $17 million to Christchurch, however it was too soon to predict the economic impact for Mid Canterbury.

“I couldn’t put a figure on it at this stage, we would have to have a look at the forecasted numbers likely to attend the event and the required accommodation for that, new hotels coming online, other events at the same time and what the demand is like from the rebuild contractors,” he said.

Mr Birt said more details would become available after the next regional managers’ meeting next month.

Mid Canterbury accommodation operators spoken to by the Guardian said the world cup was in the back of their minds, as other events in the past including the Rugby World Cup and 2005 Lions Tour paid dividends.

“February is usually a pretty busy month, we get a lot of tourism groups through, and for the Cricket World Cup we would be expecting a bit of pick up from that, so it will be busy,” Hotel Ashburton manager Paul Inwood said.

He said he had not received any interest from fans yet, but would expect so in a few months.

■ MT HUTT COLLEGE

Friends, but foes in house points race

A tractor fire in Pendarves sparked Ashburton volunteer firefighters and the Pendarves Rural Fire Force into action about 3.15pm yesterday.

Firefighters in an appliance from Ashburton and a tanker from Pendarves arrived to find the tractor fully involved in flames along Chertsey Road.

Burglary arrest Ashburton police arrested a local man for a historic burglary on Saturday. He will appear in Ashburton District Court in due course.

Drink driving An Ashburton man was found drink driving with a excess breath alcohol level of 706mcg about 12.30am Sunday. He will appear in Ashburton District Court next week.

Nose-to-tail crash Ashburton police attended a crash at the intersection of Havelock and West streets. Moderate damage was done to the vehicles in the nose-to-tail crash, but none of the occupants were injured.

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They started out as best friends, but today that will be put aside as Mount Hutt College pupils (from left) Victoria Rogers, Hannah Lloyd, Ashley Johnson and Cory Blackburn look to lead their houses to victory at the annual swimming sports.

The four were crowned leaders of their respective houses this year, and yesterday put their friendship to the test at the junior swimming sports where they pushed on their younger school mates.

In the senior version today their competitive natures will be to the fore to claim highlyprized house points.

“The rivalry was good, we stayed away from each other and did our own thing with our houses, but we are all super encouraging of one another because we all want to do well,” Cory joked.

Almost 500 pupils are expected to compete over the two-day event, ending today.

Ashburton police attended a domestic dispute about 9.30pm Saturday.

Phoenix on move The Wellington Phoenix could be moving to Lower Hutt after the council announced plans for a new purpose-built football stadium in Petone. The club has made only a conditional commitment to move to the new 12,000-15,000 seat stadium, which would be built at the current Petone Recreation Ground site. However, Phoenix chairman Rob Morrison and coowner Gareth Morgan said the new stadium was an exciting and financially attractive model that could be vital to securing the ongoing financial viability of the club.

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Drive to rid city of legal highs The Rotorua District Council is one step closer to ridding the sale of legal highs in the central city. If the new policy is approved the council will ask for the community’s feedback.

Councillors will discuss the new draft Local Approved Products Policy (LAPP) at a meeting of the council’s strategy, policy and finance committee today.

While still only at the draft stage, the policy could drive the sale of legal highs out of the central city by restricting where legal highs can be sold.

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In his report to councillors, the council’s regulatory services manager Neven Hill said councillors agreed to go ahead with the draft policy process in December last year.

He said when the government introduced the Psychoactive Substances Act in July last year the Act gave councils the power to introduce a LAPP in their region.

Councils cannot apply a total ban on the sale of approved products, but could set restrictions as to where authorised retailers could operate, the

distance to sensitive sites such schools, community facilities and places of worship, set the distance between authorised retailers and consider putting a cap on the amount of authorised retailers.

He said the policy would look to “minimise the harm from these products to our community whilst accepting that they are a legally approved product”.

Mr Hill said there were three key points to the draft policy - being a proposed 500m limit between authorised legal high retailers, a 100m retail restric-

tion from designated sensitive sites and a maximum of three approved retail sites within the district with a “sinking lid” policy which would eventually see this number reduce.

Another part of the draft policy could set time restrictions of between 9am and 2.30pm for the sale of legal highs.

However, Mr Hill said a lot would depend on pending changes to the Psychoactive Substances Act which were currently being worked on by the government and were due out in June.

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A team of international scientists are to help find ways to better protect some of New Zealand’s historic and heritage buildings against earthquakes. A twoyear project, funded by the Earthquake Commission, will see scientists from New Zealand, Italy and Portugal develop a “seismic vulnerability index”for unreinforced masonry churches and historic buildings to help with decisions on retrofitting to prevent damage in future earthquakes.

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Auckland’s public health authority fears a highly infectious measles virus may be starting to spread in the city independently of imported cases of the disease. Until now, cases in the city’s dose of measles - a potentially serious illness have been traced to imported illness from hotspots such as the Philippines. But two cases have been diagnosed in which inquiries by the Auckland Regional Public Health Service had not, by the end of last week, turned up any connection to the imported lines of the virus.

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■ SAFETY ON THE WATER

Thumbs up for boatie behaviour

By Myles HuMe

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Boating behaviour is improving at Lake Hood following the implementation of a new registration initiative.

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scope out rule-breakers.

The initiative is also under the watchful eye of Environment Canterbury recreational boating officer Evan Walker, who said a move to roll out the boat registration rule across other South Island lakes would be on the ta-

ble for discussion next year.

“The success of Lake Hood could certainly push our case, we have always pictured this as a trial to see if it would influence behaviour and I think as we have heard from Gary, it has, significantly,” he said.

Quiet nook becomes waterside paradise By sue NewMaN

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Twelve years ago, Ashburton’s Lake Hood was a little used stretch of water with just the odd house dotted along its shores.

Today the lake’s waters are rarely empty; many weekends they’re almost overloaded with boaties, skiers and swimmers and a project is under way to more than double the size of the lake and its residential housing development.

Lake Hood, stage two, was born in 2008 when a deal was struck between Riverside Farm land owners Willy and Jeanet Leferink, Ashburton Contracting Ltd and the Ashburton Aquatic Park Charitable Trust. This deal would add more than 1100 acres to the lake’s reserve, doubling the size of the lake itself and adding new beaches, 250 residential and 80 lifestyle and semi-rural residential lots over 10–15 years.

Today that lake extension project has

added about 10 hectares of lake and canals to the park. Stage seven of the housing development, which includes 12, three and four hectare lifestyle blocks is half sold, 12 of the 24 new lakeside canal sections have been sold in stage eight and two of the 15 semi-rural blocks have found owners.

Lake project manager Gary Casey said that the uptake of sections in all three stages had been strong and the next stage in the project would be the development of a new access road from Stranges Road. This will link the new subdivisions with the original lake and the Lake House and commercial area and is key before work on the next stages of the project can start.

A large island will be created between the existing lake and the extension. This will have bridge access from the western end near the Lake House and footbridge access from the eastern end where the road to the outlet begins.

The rule has been in force since October with lake-users still within a grace period as non-registered boaties are approached on shore and asked to sign up.

However, that is soon to end, resulting in unregistered users

being asked to stay off the water.

Free Lake Hood registrations forms can be found online, at ACL, Ashburton Marine, The Lake House and from officials distributing forms at the boat ramp.

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Lake Hood managers are applauding a major turnaround in boatie bahaviour following a new initiative that has seen more than 600 vessels registered to use the lake.

Rule-breakers and erratic behaviour appears to have been stamped out this summer since Lake Hood officials enforced a new regulation, tasking every vessel over 10 horsepower to register with the aquatic park to pledge their obedience of the rules.

It is the first initiative of its kind in Canterbury.

Lake Hood manager Gary Casey said the park could see up to 70 vessels a day, so it was vital boaties knew the rules on what could quickly become a congested lake, which is set to double in size in the coming years.

He has been overwhelmed by the 640 confirmed free registrations from across the Canterbury region, but it was the response to the new initiative he was most impressed with.

“The biggest thing we have noticed is traffic direction with boats going the right way around the lake.

“We have also seen improvement with people wearing lifejackets, having observers and a reduction in speed around the canals, those are usually the big four,” Mr Casey said.

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Teen artists urged on awards path Scholarship Calling all 16 to 19-year-olds with artistic talent – it is time to enter the Zonta Youth Art Awards.

This year marks the 16th annual exhibition of artworks from Mid and South Canterbury youth, and entry forms are out and available at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

Public programmes co-ordinator/technician Simone Barnsdale said she and fellow staff were “waiting with great anticipation to view this year’s entries”. The gallery supports the Zonta Club of Ashburton to hold the awards.

“This exhibition offers the ideal opportunity for the applicants to experience the process of exhibiting artwork, and to have the chance to receive recognition and encouragement for their artistic achievements. It is also an incredible opportunity for students who desire to pursue the field of fine arts at a tertiary level,” Ms Barnsdale said.

Applicants may submit up to two works in any medium. Entries close March 7.

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Zonta Youth Art Awards premier winner for 2013 Janina Gillies and her artwork Life and Death.

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Mid Canterbury secondary pupils who sat NCEA scholarship examinations can now access digital copies of their tests for the first time.

NZQA Deputy Chief Executive Richard Thornton said the initiative will provide students who sat the examinations in 2013 with more immediate access to view their booklets.

He said the initiative is a pilot (restricted to scholarship booklets), as part of a larger strategy by NZQA to increase the use of technology in its operations.

Three pupils from Mount Hutt College and one from Ashburton College passed NCEA scholarship examinations, claiming $500 for each passed exam.

“Students are working and living in a digital environment and by offering the return of marked examination booklets electronically we are making it quicker and easier for students to look at their returned work, and see how their examinations were marked, without having to wait for their booklets to arrive in the mail”.

All New Zealand Scholarship students will also have the paper copies of their marked examination booklets returned to them.

■ REAL ESTATE AGENTS AUTHORITY

Two local agents censured by body

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Two Ashburton real estate agents have been censured by their disciplinary body, the Real Estate Agents Authority.

Margaret Wilson has been found guilty of unsatisfactory conduct after altering a sale and purchase agreement without informing the complainant purchaser and fined $2500.

At the time, Mrs Wilson was a salesperson for First National (now Ray White) in Ashburton. The complaint was laid with the REAA on October 1, 2012 after Mrs Wilson altered part of an agreement without the complainant’s consent.

In the initial sale and purchase agreement prepared by the licensee, and signed on April 23, 2012, it was stated the vendor was not registered for GST at the time of settlement. The next day Mrs Wilson discovered the seller was GST registered. She amended the agreement but did not inform her client.

The clients at this time were not registered for GST and could have, following settlement, claimed GST of $36,521.

The property settlement took place on May 30, 2012.

In March last year Phillip Kenny of Phillip Kenny Real Estate was found guilty of misconduct because he did not pay the complainant the balance of the purchaser’s deposit and that he had transferred funds from his company’s trust account to its general account

knowing that the funds were in dispute.

He was ordered to pay $7000 to the Real Estate Agents Authority, to pay costs of $2282 to the complaint, $3000 to the REAA and another $3000 to the tribunal.

The complaint was laid with the REAA on May 20, 2011 and was heard in Christchurch on February 27, 2013. The case involved the licensee (Mr Kenny) accessing client funds in breach of his obligations on the grounds that he believed he was entitled to the money. That entitlement was in dispute and it was found that Mr Kenny had put his own financial interests ahead of those of the complainant.

Mr Kenny accepted he had acted incorrectly and the money had been repaid. He said he had acted on advice of the person who was at that time, his solicitor.

In his 30 years in the real estate industry it was the first time the defendant had been subject of a complaint.

The REAA was established as an independent government agency to regulate the New Zealand real estate industry. Its job is to promote a high standard of service and professionalism in the real estate industry and help protect buyers and sellers of property.

It provides information for buyers and sellers, guidance for agents and deals with complaints about agents’ behaviour.

There are several public registers on the REAA website www.reaa.govt.nz that provide information.

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■ HEALTH EXPERT’S OPINION

Money will not fix waiting list issues

By Toni Williams

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Throwing money at the public health system is not enough fix waiting list problems, says Canterbury Charity Hospital Trust founder, and general surgeon, Phil Bagshaw.

Mr Bagshaw set up a charity hospital in Christchurch in 2007 when he became disillusioned with the public health system and its direction.

He did not believe more money was needed to improve the system.

“I think we spend quite enough money on health really.”

He said timely treatment kept complication rates low, working people back to work and retirement aged people out of care.

It was cost effective.

There were two points about not treating patients, one was you ended up with a disenfranchised group of people who had nothing to do but deteriorate.

“They sit and wait, they are the unnamed ones,” he said.

But two, conditions treated early were “extremely cheap”.

“It makes no sense not to treat things early.

“None at all, it was not sound, ethically or economically.”

“You can’t put people on the

back shelf because they don’t go away, and when they come back they end up costing more.”

He said politicians went on about timely treatment, “when in fact that is the last thing we now do”.

Mr Bagshaw had a 30-year career at Christchurch Public Hospital before early retirement.

He said the final straw was when he had patients removed from his waiting lists by a nonclinical manager.

“It all comes down to whether you believe in universal access to public health care or not.”

He believed health reforms led health restructure in the wrong direction.

It started in 1992 when they tried to define what they would and would not treat.

In 1998 it got worse, when they clarified who they would not treat, he said.

“There was an increasing amount of unmet need that was not only getting larger but being buried.”

“We have always had rationing but people rationed by waiting in turn…and if you waited long enough your name would come up at the head of the queue. But now we’ve got a whole group of people with a whole group of

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conditions that they just don’t treat.”

“And so we no longer have universal access health care.”

Above - Ashburton’s Marj Greenaway is waiting painfully for back surgery.

DHB committed to funding more surgery

By Toni Williams

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The Canterbury District Health Board says it is committed to putting more funding into elective orthopaedic surgery to help more people.

Chief executive David Meates

said national prioritisation tools were used to determine clinical need so patients with the highest priority and the greatest ability to benefit were treated within acceptable time frames.

“Those who we cannot accommodate onto the waiting list at that particular point in time are

returned to their general practice team for ongoing monitoring, exploring other treatment options and support such as physiotherapy. The patient is able to be re-referred to the department if their condition changes.”

Mr Meates welcomed recent

government announcement of $10m boost to elective surgery – $1.15m was allocated for surgery within the Canterbury region.

It meant Canterbury could provide a further 185 elective orthopaedic operations in the next five months.

The hospital was set up in 2007 by general surgeon Philip Bagshaw who recognised a need for a charity hospital.

Patients are GP or specialist referred.

It is seen as “safety net” for people denied public surgery and could not afford private.

It is run by 286 clinical volunteers including doctors, dentists, nurses, anaesthetists and technicians.

It has one full-time employee, and two part-time nurses.

It operates Monday to Friday.

The focus is on general surgery, gynaecology, endoscopy and dental care for WINZ beneficiaries.

It also provides minor orthopaedics hand surgery, foot surgery, eye surgery and some plastics.

The hospital deals with up to 2000 people a year.

And it operates on several hundred people a year.

Its true operating cost would be around up to $3 million a year, but it runs at $750,000 because of its volunteers.

It is a charitable trust and relies on donations, grants and public support.

■ ST PAUL’S CHURCH

Munchies with the minister at St Paul’s

By Toni Williams

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News and Chews volunteer Margaret Chapman and organiser Mary Harrison prepare lunch for parishioners.

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A collection of St Paul’s parishioners get together every two months for a meal and conversation to keep in touch with members of their church community.

News and Chews, formally called munchies with the minister, was one of the initiatives of St Paul’s Presbyterian Church.

It gave people opportunity to get together over lunch and talk about events in their lives.

Organiser Mary Harrison said it was especially designed

for the older members of the congregation.

“It gives people a chance to chat with members, and honour our older members who have given time and service to the church,” said Mrs Harrison.

On average 20 people attended the lunches. They generally started with a spiritual reading or a quiz.

It was then followed it up with a lunch often of sandwiches and savouries, and finished off with a muffin or fruit.

“It’s a nice family get together.”

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■ WANTED ASHBURTON MAN

Dangerous man still on run

By Myles HuMe

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An Ashburton man, believed to be armed and dangerous, is still on the run from police – six days after a warrant was issued for his arrest.

Christopher Allan Esmy Quinton is wanted in relation to family violence matters but is actively evading police attempts to rein him in.

Ashburton police have released his name and photograph in the hope the public might be able to help find him.

They are also warning Quinton should not be approached.

Last week, police and members of the armed offenders’ squad (AOS) spent Wednesday and Thursday night searching several addresses around town for Quinton, but he could not be found.

Yesterday, Ashburton police detective Leigh Jenkins said police were now relying heavily on information from the public to find Quinton.

Mr Jenkins said he did not know if he had left Ashburton

and fled to surrounding towns.

“What I can tell you is his support networks are here in Ashburton,” he said.

It is believed members of the public are helping Quinton evade capture.

Anyone with information on Quinton’s whereabouts is asked to contact Mr Jenkins at the Ashburton Police Station on (03) 307-8416.

Information can also be provided anonymously to the organisation Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Wanted: Christopher Allan Esmy Quinton.

■ LINK TO THE PAST GONE

Historic Methven shop is demolished By susan sandys

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An historic shop building on Forest Road in Methven has been demolished.

The old wooden shop was used as a studio by a Methven artist, but began its life around 1920 as a painting, paperhanging and home restoration business established by Norman McIntosh.

Mr McIntosh, from Scotland, was a coachbuilder but when he and his wife Susannah moved into Methven from the countryside there was little demand for that line of trade, so he turned his hand to painting and paperhanging.

Methven Historical Society member Angela Grieve said she remembered as a girl in the 1950s going to the store to pay a bill for painting which had been undertaken at her parents’ home.

A 1967 photo of the building kept by the historical society shows there was no sign of a hitching post then, but there was one out the front in recent years after it was restored. It was the only building in the town which had a hitching post remaining.

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In brief Woman loses legs A 37-year-old woman who was hit by a truck in Auckland has lost both her legs, police say. The incident occurred at Countdown supermarket in Grey Lynn on Sunday morning. “A truck with its tray down reversed into a woman, trapping her against the tray and a wall. The force took one leg off and severely damaged the other which needed surgical removal,” Senior Sergeant Gary Barber said.

The woman was a pedestrian at the time the incident occurred. She was taken to Auckland Hospital by ambulance. Mr Barber said it was too early to say whether charges would be laid. The driver would need to be interviewed, as well as the woman and any witnesses, he said. An Auckland District Health Board spokesman said the woman was in a serious but stable condition.

Top snowboarder dies A teenager killed in a fiery Otago road crash yesterday was a competitive snowboarder who had a top-10 finish at the recent Youth Winter Olympics. Arrowtown man Hamish Bagley, 17, was thrown from the car when it left the road on the Lindis Pass, rolled down a bank and exploded. He was killed in the crash. The former Wakatipu High School student was a competitive snowboarder who had finished 10th in the snowboard halfpipe at the Youth Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, in 2012. Snow Sports NZ Chief Executive Marty Toomey said: “Hamish was a dedicated athlete with a promising future ahead of him. Any young life taken early is tragic and our condolences go out to the Bagley family and his friends.”

TVNZ resignation

The historic building on Forest Road has been demolished.

historical society shows the shop was also operated as a sweet store by a Mrs Johns, a premises for the plumber R D Rule, and the Methven branch of Russells – Electricians and Plumbers. During World War

Two it was a collection centre for fat for the process of rendering down to make soap.

In the 1970s and 1980s Methven resident the late Dorothy Dolan ran an opportunity shop there, and donated the money

she made to local charities.

“Every cent counts in today’s economic conditions, and a family can get a box of clothes from Mrs Dolan for as little as $10,” an Ashburton Guardian article of 1978 read.

TVNZ unit manager Shane Taurima has resigned from the state broadcaster after revelations he took part in a Labour Party hui and that TVNZ facilities were used to host Labour Party meetings.

3 News reported last night that TVNZ offices were used to host a meeting of Labour’s Tamaki Makaurau branch last year. TVNZ staff emails were also used to organise a subsequent hui in January this year which Labour leader David Cunliffe attended. Mr Taurima, the head of TVNZ’s Maori and Pacific unit, had acted as a facilitator and spoken about the Maori vote at that January hui.

Buller Gorge fire

Living wage rises to $18.80 an hour Living wage campaigners say it now costs $18.80 an hour to feed two adults and two children in New Zealand.

The new figure, up 2.1 per cent from the campaign’s original estimate last year of $18.40 an hour, is more than $5 higher than the legal minimum wage of $13.75, but the Government is expected to lift the minimum from April 1 to about $14 an hour.

The figure is based on calculations by the Anglican Fam-

ily Centre research unit of the gross hourly wage required for a family with two children where one adult works fulltime and one half-time at the same wage rate.

The gross wage had to go up by more than the inflation rate of 1.6 per cent in the past year because higher wages reduce the family’s entitlement to family tax credits.

The campaign, backed by unions and churches, also unveiled a “living wage employer

trademark” at a function today at a Mt Eden restaurant, O’Sarracino, which has committed to paying the living wage when it can afford it though not yet.

A report by Family Centre analysts Rev Charles Waldegrave and Dr Peter King said the living wage was never intended to be compulsory.

“It carries moral force and tests business ethics,” they said.

“The living wage enables an employer to know that what s/

he pays a worker is sufficient for them to live modestly and participate in society.”

The calculation is based on surveyed spending by the poorest half of Kiwi families with two adults and two children, adjusted to include average NZ-wide rents for the cheapest quarter of three-bedroom houses taken from tenancy bond data, and food costs which meet Otago University nutritionists’ calculation of a “basic”diet of nutritious food.

A fire, thought to have been deliberately lit, burned across about 150 acres in the Upper Buller Gorge at the weekend, threatening transmission lines.

Department of Conservation northern West Coast conservation services manager Bob Dickson said the very large fire had been burning on the Dublin Pakihi in the Upper Buller Gorge between Lyell and Murchison. It was on a particularly important site, not from a biodiversity perspective, but because two large transmission lines ran through it.

The fires burned beneath the lines but Transpower advised it hadn’t affected the wires. Crews are hoping rain in the area today will dampen hot spots.

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■ UNITED KINGDOM

Flood water surrounds homes in Shepperton, Surrey, England.

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es with clean-up costs or help them to continue trading.”

The government on Sunday revealed it had asked that the army conduct a rapid inspection of flood defences.

“The response that we are delivering is a proper response... but we are dealing with an extraordinary set of weather

events. It has taken some time to mobilise the resources,” Defence Minister Philip Hammond told the BBC on Sunday.

He admitted that the government could have called on the army to assist much earlier.

Hammond said more than 3,000 troops were currently deployed to help, with another

5,000 on standby.

“This series of weather events over the last two months has caused some quite serious damage to our infrastructure flood defences, rail infrastructure, road infrastructure - and we have got to assess that,” Hammond said.

- AFP

The man who hijacked an Ethiopian Airlines flight en route from Addis Ababa to Rome was the co-pilot, according to the Geneva airport where the plane was forced to land. The co-pilot said he had seized his chance when the pilot went to the bathroom, Bertrand Staempfli, the airport spokesman, told reporters.

“He said he felt threatened in his country and wants to seek asylum in Switzerland,” he said. The man, born in 1983 and an Ethiopian citizen, had contacted Geneva Airport and said “he needed to land to fill the tank. After that he announced the hijacking,” Staempfli said. “At 6:02 am, the plane landed safely,” he said, adding that the co-pilot had left the plane by scaling down a rope he had thrown out of the cockpit window.

- AFP

A pedophile teacher continued to work and abuse girls at a Catholic primary school despite both the principal and the student protection officer knowing about child sex abuse complaints against him. Gerard Byrnes was eventually jailed in 2010 after pleading guilty to 44 counts of abusing 13 girls between 2007 and 2008. School Principal Terence Hayes and student protection officer Catherine Long first heard a complaint from a schoolgirl, who said Byrnes touched her breast, in September 2007. The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse heard in Brisbane yesterday that during a meeting with the girl’s father, Mr Hayes said he would deal with Byrnes internally. But neither Mr Hayes nor Ms Long told police or parents about the allegation.

Student protection officer Ms Long, who still works at the school, said she didn’t think anyone was being abused because someone would have noticed.

- AAP

Traitor gets 12 years

AFL player on trial for one-punch attack Rising AFL player Marley Williams was seeking vengeance when he launched a one-punch attack on a man outside a West Australian nightclub, breaking his jaw, a jury has heard.

Williams was celebrating Christmas in his home town of Albany in 2012 when he accosted Matthew Robertson, leaving him with bloody injuries.

Mr Robertson’s jaw was so badly damaged he needed to be flown to Perth for surgery to permanently insert a plate into his face.

But at a trial in Albany District Court, Williams is denying causing grievous bodily harm, claiming he was reacting to an earlier attack labelled “cowardly”.

Prosecutor Tony Loudon showed the jury CCTV footage

Co-pilot the hijacker

Sex complaints ignored

■ AUSTRALIA

BY TIM CLARKE

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In brief

Respite from UK floods Britain’s flooding crisis has eased with the arrival of drier weather following a series of fierce storms, while the government pledged a STG10 million ($A18.6 million) package of support for flood-hit businesses.

The country is counting the cost of storms that have claimed several lives and left tens of thousands of homes without power.

Despite the drier weather conditions, swathes of Britain remain on high alert as people struggle to protect homes from floodwaters, which are still expected to rise.

Britain’s Environment Agency (EA) has 16 severe flood warnings in place for the south west and the Thames Valley, with almost 130 flood warnings and 187 flood alerts.

Prime Minster David Cameron on Monday announced that small and medium sized firms would have access to STG10 million ($A18.6 million) in funds from the emergency Business Support Scheme in order to keep trading during the clear up.

Business Secretary Vince Cable explained: “It is vital that small businesses affected by the flooding get assistance as quickly as possible.

“We will inform local authorities of their allocations from the Business Support Scheme on Thursday to assist business-

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of the Collingwood defender jogging down the stairs of a nightclub, Studio 146, following Mr Robertson and his two friends, before walking up to them and swinging one punch.

He later told police: “I wasn’t going to let them get the better of me”.

But defence lawyer Tom Percy said Williams’ aggressive actions were out of fear for his own safety, after being assaulted in the toilets of the nightclub by three men, including Mr Robertson.

“It was a reflexive, self-defensive action. It was not vengeance,” Mr Percy said.

Giving evidence in front of Judge Julie Wager, Mr Robertson said he did not know who Williams was when he was punched - and had not targeted him because of his footballing profile earlier.

Marley Williams

“I would not have known him at the time ... but I do recognise getting punched,” Mr Robertson said.

Mr Robertson registered a blood alcohol reading six times the legal driving limit - and his friend Ian Parry, 34,

admitted he was “smashed” after a lengthy drinking session at the local race meeting.

Mr Percy said the initial assault in the toilets had occurred because of Williams’ footballing profile.

“He was attacked in the toilets for no reason whatsoever, other than he was a prominent sportsman and they were big noting themselves,” Mr Percy said.

“Then, they were going to fill him in for having them chucked out of the nightclub.”

Mr Percy then contended that after Williams followed the trio out of the club, they approached him aggressively - which is when he swung the punch.

If convicted of causing grievous bodily harm, Williams could face up to 10 years in jail.

- AAP

A South Korean court has sentenced an opposition legislator to 12 years in prison after a rare treason trial saw him convicted of plotting an armed revolt in support of North Korea. Prosecutors had demanded 20 years for Lee SeokKi, 52, who was tried along with six other members of his left-wing United Progressive Party. Lee was the first member of the National Assembly to face treason charges since the country’s transformation from a military-backed autocracy to a fully-fledged democracy in the 1980s. As well as his prison term, the court ordered Lee deprived of his civil rights for 10 years following his eventual release.

- AFP

A deadly haircut A Tajik prisoner stabbed a prison governor to death with scissors after being ordered to give him a haircut, the interior ministry says.

The 66-year-old prison governor “on Sunday evening asked the prisoner, who had worked as a hairdresser before being jailed, to come to his office to cut his hair,” an interior ministry spokesman said. The prisoner then used his scissors to stab the prison governor once in the head and then 16 times in his body. The official died before reaching hospital.

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OUR VIEW

College on right track Coen Lammers EDITOR

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shburton College principal and his staff have every reason to feel extremely proud this week.

The college released its general NCEA results for 2013 and the improvement on all levels has been significant.

Mid Canterbury’s largest education institution has had a bumpy year and has not always made the headlines for the right reasons, so it is wonderful to see the students and teachers putting some terrific performances on the board.

For the first time, the College’s NCEA Level 1 figures have shot past the national average and that for other decile seven schools.

In Level 2, the highest level of high school education for most local children, the numbers also surpassed the national average and are virtually on par with other decile seven schools.

The results in Level 3 are just a smidgeon behind the national average, but with the current trend, this is likely to be reached in 2014.

As Mr McMillan attested, this achievement has not happened overnight, and if you look at the graphics, the school has seen an upward trend for the past five years.

The school however, has made a significant step forward in 2013, with a 15.5 per cent jump in Level 1 and 8.5 per cent in both Level 2 and 3. Those are big increases in any book.

The principal is also keen to point out that there is no “silver bullet’’ for this success but a host of initiatives and hard work by teachers, parents and students to get the children across the exam line, including a bigger focus on attendance figures.

The college is the beating heart of this community as almost everyone will have a family member or friend at the school.

The fact that these young people are achieving at a higher level should be a source of pride for the entire district.

Mr McMillan will be the first to admit that his school still can improve on many fronts, as pointed out by the last ERO report, but these NCEA results are a clear signal and encouragement for staff, parents and students that the college is on the right track.

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: What was better - the Sevens or the Nines?

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Jeanette Maxwell

Nines 40%

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here’s no denying farming isn’t the safest of occupations but if you only went off media reports, you’d be under the impression it’s safer to swim around Stewart Island trailing burley, than it is to walk through a farm gate.

While we seem to be farming in glasshouses these days, there are some encouraging signs we are making good progress on farm safety.

Based on that barometer of workplace safety, our ACC levies, they are between 21 and 29 per cent lower this season for farming risk groups.

They should go lower if we can keep a positive safety trend going.

If we take the last Christmas/New Year period then it seems more than promising.

This period is when farmers are under pressure to get jobs done in the same way the Police use it as a measure for road safety.

Over Christmas/New Year, the newly formed Workplace Safety NZ recorded one death over this period for agriculture and horticulture.

This compares to four deaths recorded over the same period in 2010/11.

In terms of annual occupational deaths on-farm, there’s no denying 2010 was a bad year. Agriculture/horticulture recorded 19 occupational deaths in that year but since then the number has fallen.

There were 17 deaths in 2011, 14 in 2012 and 12 last year.

Every death is a tragedy but at least the trajectory is heading in the right direction.

Another barometer is what ACC records since they include a wider range of fatalities than Worksafe NZ. ACC’s excellent online statistics tool tells me in 2008/09 they had 31 active new fatal claims but that had fallen to 19 in 2012/13.

Again, it’s sad to see numbers like this but they also tell me that farmers are heeding the call to take workplace safety

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seriously.

Just to ensure this happens our farming ‘glasshouse’ has more than the media looking in at us. We also have Worksafe NZ inspectors with the legal powers to covertly monitor what we are doing.

We’ve had a foretaste of this with its ongoing cycle helmet campaign.

My message for farmers is to be aware that we are one of Worksafe NZ’s five target groups.

It is best to have policies and procedures in place, which ensures your farm business keeps one step ahead. It is here where Federated Farmers can help out.

As a practical response to that 2010 spike in occupational deaths, we developed an Oc-

cupational Health and Safety Policy.

This provides practical information and advice in plain-English which helps farm employers meet their duties and responsibilities under the Health and Safety Act 1992.

Some people have produced similar manuals costing many hundreds of dollars but if you are a member, ours only costs $70 (for non-members it is a wee bit more).

These days such a policy is a must and our one is completely farm specific. It contains useful tools because evidence of compliance will help to ring fence your exposure should the worst happen.

That said, “evidence” means safety must become central to how your farm business oper-

ates. Just having a policy will not pull the wool over Worksafe NZ’s eyes if you do not implement it.

The HSE Act takes a preventative approach, which means “it’s on us,” to proactively seek out, identify and anticipate possible hazards.

If you knowingly breach your obligations then the courts have set a starting point of $50,000 according to our legal advisors.

Having a proper plan like Federated Farmers’ Occupational Health and Safety Policy is a good place to start because the Worksafe NZ inspectors cometh.

Not taking workplace safety seriously is like entering winter with insufficient feed.

It is why I suggest either calling 0800 327 646 (0800 FARMING) to get our policy and/or speak to a health and safety consultant about implementing one on your farm.

Jeanette Maxwell is Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre chairperson and spokesperson on health and safety

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■ HEARTLAND BANK

Reverse mortgages return

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Ashburton’s elderly could soon be swapping their freehold home for cash in the bank, thanks to the revival of the reverse mortgage scheme.

Home grown Heartland Bank is about to sign a deal to buy out Sentinel, the company that currently is the largest provider of reverse equity mortgages, with Heartland chief executive Jeff Greenslade saying the deal would offer new opportunities to asset rich and cash poor pensioners.

The scheme had had a somewhat chequered history, he said, but it was a scheme whose ‘time had come’.

“It was a product that was going really well until the lead up to increasing GST and then it basically went into hibernation.

“Since then it’s really lacked a sponsor to give it profile.”

The product is a simple one, Mr Greenslade said. Anyone aged 60 and over, and who has a freehold home, can free up some of the equity in their home to provide cash for a better lifestyle.

The borrower’s house is valued and the amount that can be borrowed is their age minus 45.

That means a 60-year-old can borrow up to 15 per cent of their home while a 90-year-old can borrow 50 per cent.

Interest capitalises for the duration of the loan and borrowers can up the amount of their mortgage if the value of their home increases and as their age increases.

The loan is repaid when the borrower sells their home, or on death when it is sold as part of their estate.

The only commitment on the part of the home owner is to continue to maintain their

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home, and also to keep it insured.

Before entering the reverse mortgage market, Mr Greenslade said that Heartland had taken a good look at the way similar schemes operated in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

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Heartland’s Jeff Greenslade

“What we found is that people generally use the money for five different purposes – health, grand children’s education, giving money to their children, for holidays and for home improvement.”

In the early days of reverse mortgages, there were some ‘wild west providers’ but Government controls and self regulation meant this element had disappeared and borrowers could be assured they would not be forced out of their homes, Mr Greenslade said.

A 70-year-old whose house is valued at $300,000 could take out a reverse mortgage of 25 per cent of that value, netting them $75,000 in cash; at 80 that would increase to 35 per cent or $105,000.

Reverse mortgages will be available from Heartland from April 1 but staff are taking early registrations of interest.

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Foreign investment in the New Zealand wine industry has stepped up another notch with the purchase by a US company of a medium-sized Hawkes Bay wine producer, Trinity Hill.

California-based winery owner Charles Banks said he planned to take a controlling 67 per cent stake in Trinity Hill, subject to Overseas Investment Office approval. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Banks, through his company Terroir Selections, already has a 24.9 per cent stake in Trinity Hill, which produces 60,000 cases of wine a year.

While foreign investors have been active, the local grape growing market has remained mostly New Zealand-owned, Philip Gregan, chief executive of the industry group, New Zealand Winegrowers, said.

Foreign-owned entities are responsible for about 40 per cent of New Zealand-grown grapes that are crushed, partly reflecting the fact that grapes can be bought from independent winegrowers.

Actual foreign ownership of grape production comes to about 20 per cent, he said.

Gregan said increased foreign investment in the sector was a positive development.

“We take it as a very, very positive sign of the way that the industry is viewed by the world,” he told APNZ. Early this month, US billionaire Bill Foley said his vehicle, Foley Family Wines, had entered into a heads of agreement for the acquisition of Martinborough Vineyard Estates.

Trinity Hill founders Robyn Wilson and John Hancock intend to remain as shareholders in the company, which is a prominent producer in Hawkes Bay. The company is Banks’ first wine investment in New Zealand.

His other wine holdings are in the United States and South Africa.

Through Terroir Selections, Banks owns and distributes some of California’s highest profile wineries including Mayacamas, California’s oldest cabernet producer. He also owns leading South African winery Mulderbosch.

“Trinity Hill is in a terrific position to prosper having consistently delivered high quality wines across its range,” Banks said in a statement.

“We intend to invest the necessary capital to allow the continued improvement in quality,” he said.

- APNZ

Preference share issue Millennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand, which operates 22 hotels across the country, is seeking about $112 million in a preference share issue to support a capital raising by its Chinese investment unit ahead of a proposed float, to repay debt and refurbish properties.

The Auckland-based company is offering 1 preference share for every 2 ordinary shares at an issue price of 64 cents each. The preference shares rank equally with ordinary shares for dividend entitlements, but won’t have any voting rights. Eligible shareholders will be able to apply for any preference shares not taken up by other investors.

- APNZ

Inter city clash erupts A legal stoush between bus company rivals InterCity and Nakedbus over the use of the term ‘inter city’ has ended, with a High Court ruling that Nakedbus infringed InterCity’s trademark.

The high Court at Auckland found Nakedbus attempted to pass off its business as InterCity’s when it ran adverts on Google which would respond to searches for ‘InterCity’ and which promoted Nakedbus buses as “inter city”in both the advertisements and on the corresponding website. It also found this was part of a strategy to “hook” travellers into clicking through to the Nakedbus website, using InterCity’s trademark to confuse them into thinking that Nakedbus was some sort of affiliate.

- NZH

Settlement out of court Alesco, whose tax-avoidance battle was seen as a test case for disputes involving more than $300 million, has reached an out of court settlement with Inland Revenue. Alesco’s parent company, DuluxGroup, announced on the Australian Stock Exchange last week that it had reached a settlement with the IRD. The terms of the settlement were confidential, the statement said.

DuluxGroup said it had a $12.7 million provision held for the case and expected the final amount to be paid would “be towards, but less” than this. The dispute between the parties over whether a funding structure it used to buy two other companies was a taxavoidance arrangement.

- NZH

Retail spending up Retail spending kept climbing in the December 2013 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said yesterday, but not at the rate that economists were expecting. After adjusting for seasonal effects, the volume of total retail trade sales rose 1.2 per cent in the December 2013 quarter, following on from a small lift of 0.2 per cent recorded in the previous quarter. The data published yesterday shows that of the 15 different retail sectors looked at, nine had higher sales volumes. Those with the biggest recorded increases were: fuel retailing up 5.7 per cent; clothing, footwear and accessories up 9.9 per cent and recreational goods up 8.6 per cent. The volume of sales in the core retailing industries (which excludes the vehicle-related industries) rose 0.7 per cent.

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■ RURAL WOMEN PLANNING SESSIONS

Grappling with succession Succession is one of the biggest challenges facing farming families and it’s often one of the most difficult subjects to discuss.

To help families deal with the thorny topic of passing on the family farm, Rural Women NZ has included succession planning sessions in its In-

ternational Year of Family Farming roadshows that will hit the country over the next two months.

“Succession planning on the family farm can often be a challenge,” says Rural Women NZ national president, Wendy McGowan.

“Stresses can be caused by

parents not knowing what to do, who to get advice from, and putting off decisions.

“This can lead to the next generation feeling frustrated. There can also be issues around timing, fairness to all family members and the viability of the farming business.”

Using a ‘coach approach’, Mrs McGowan said people will be walked through the issues and will be able to talk through finding solutions to succession problems.

Ashburton will host the Rural Women NZ roadshow on March 29 at the Ashburton Showgrounds.

The Commissioner for the Environment believes the timeline for cleaning up New Zealand’s waterways needs tightening before it’s too late.

■ WATERWAYS CLEANUP

Timeline ‘needs tightening’

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The timeline on cleaning up New Zealand’s waterways must be tightened up, environment commissioner Jan Wright warns.

Dr Wright released her submission on proposed amendments to the National Policy Statement (NPS) for Freshwater Management 2011 earlier this month.

Under the National Objectives Framework (NOF), councils have until 2030 to set objectives to clean up deteriorating water quality in their plans – but Dr Wright fears the problem will have amplified by then.

Without changes, Dr Wright says that there is little in the NOF that would prevent the 2020 scenario she described in her report – predicting an additional 400,000 hectares will be turned over to dairying in the next six years.

“The big challenge is the nitrate runoff from the large scale conversion of land to dairy farming,” Dr Wright said.

“Leaving this pressure unaddressed will result in a worsening of water quality in the short to medium term and make the job of improving it much harder and more expensive in the long term. The NPS should require regional councils to adopt interim measures to deal with this pressure.

“My submission is far from radical – virtually everything I am recommending is consistent with the reports from the Land and Water Forum.

“The intent of the NPS is to maintain or improve the quality of freshwater. But, as proposed, any level of water quality is acceptable provided it is above the national bottom line. This could create pressure on councils to unwind some of the hard-won gains and community agreements that have been made over recent years to improve water quality.

“Many New Zealanders are working hard to protect our rivers and lakes. We need a policy framework that clearly supports and encourages these efforts.”

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■ FARM SAFETY

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A decline in farming-related fatalities has been applauded by a Mid Canterbury industry spokesperson.

WorkSafe NZ and ACC statistics showed on-farm fatalities had dropped 17.5 per cent in the five year period – which equated to 32 deaths.

Federated Farmers health and safety spokesperson Jeanette Maxwell said farmers were taking their health and safety obligations seriously.

“We are seeing some positive results from industry efforts with WorkSafe statistics, released to us yesterday, showing that on farm fatalities for the Christmas New Year period have declined from four in 2010 to just one in 2014,” she said.

More farmers are using health and safety plans on farm, demonstrated by a 48 per cent increase in purchases of the approved Occupational Health & Safety Policy, and a 13.5 per cent increase in purchases of the Workplace Drug and Alcohol Policy, since 2012.

“This is really positive news and shows that the collaboration between Federated Farmers, ACC, the Department of Labour, WorkSafe, FarmSafe and other organisations is really starting to pay

Easter production is now in full swing and the stability in overseas pricing has been well received by exporters. With Easter being 20 days later than last year processors have the opportunity to make the most of the extended lead-up period to secure stock.

However, due to favourable pasture growth conditions this season compared to last, processors have not seen huge streams of stock flowing through their plants each week and this may start to impact their ability to fill supply programmes.

Processors are emphasizing the need to fulfil contracts on time and in the desired 17-23kg dressed weight range.

The last shipments for the Easter chilled market occur at the end of February.

Easter premiums will then be removed, reducing farmer returns.

BEEF The US domestic lean beef market shot up over the past week, driven by the ongoing tight cow supply. At over US$2.33/lb domestic 90CL cow meat is now trading at the highest levels ever recorded by Agrifax, surpassing 2012 prices. However, again there hasn’t been a strong response in the import market. The latest domestic price spike of US10c/lb did lift import prices, but only

by US2-3c/lb. It’s hoped more of the price increase will flow through over the coming week.

In other markets, pricing and demand in Indonesia, South Korea and China has been slightly weaker due to holidays, but

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off with greater awareness health and safety,” Mrs Maxwell said.

She attributed the decline in fatalities to active educational programmes, communication, and a growing awareness that mental and physical health.

“While no fatality is acceptable, what we are seeing is a culture change from the hard work of the agricultural industry and its stakeholders. Just like improving our water quality, these things take time,” Mrs Maxwell said.

“These statistics show we are well on our way to getting it right and I would like to thank everyone who has worked with us and alongside us to improve health and safety on farm.”

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this is expected to improve again over the next few weeks.

Huge supplies out of Australia due to the drought continue to dampen demand for NZ beef in all major markets.

Australia exported a record volume of beef in January and that trend is likely to continue unless rain is received in the key beef producing regions.

DAIRY Dairy commodity prices moved higher this week with the exception of a small easing in skim milk powder prices.

The market will be tested at the next GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) event which has an increase in supply from Fonterra.

Strong milk flows in New Zealand have allowed Fonterra to increase the volume of product on offer at the GDT events scheduled over the next few months. The volumes on offer look substantial when compared to the previous season where offerings were curbed by the NZ drought. But the GDT volumes remain similar or below the amounts offered by Fonterra in 2012.

Pasture growth rates are forecast to improve in the coming fortnight. Rain is forecast to fall across much of New Zealand next week.

The rain is expected to begin falling in the northern regions from the middle of the week and gradually head south.

Most regions are forecast to receive several days of rain.

This will be welcomed by farmers, particularly those in the Waikato and parts of Northland where soil moisture levels are currently up to 50mm drier than normal.

13.0kg YL SI 13.5kg YM SI 15.0kg YM SI 15.0kg YM NI 15.0kg YM Market Indicator 17.5kg YX SI 19.0kg YX SI 19.0kg YX NI 21.0kg YX SI 21.0kg YX NI 23.0kg YX SI

last 4 weeks 3 months week ago ago

41.09 61.09 79.56 82.48 62.74 94.40 101.75 105.53 111.56 116.69 111.34 41.09

41.09 61.09 79.56 82.48 62.83 94.40 101.75 104.92 111.56 116.02 111.34 41.09

41.09 61.09 77.52 80.46 61.46 92.02 99.17 102.36 108.70 113.19 110.14 41.09

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47.88 30.77 68.35 49.59 87.49 66.70 90.13 65.06 62.63 56.40 101.31 77.13 109.22 83.00 114.61 82.55 119.77 90.84 126.73 91.29 122.22 41.09 101.07 41.09 6.72 6.72

2013/14 Low High 40.42 60.60 76.93 80.46 60.35 92.02 99.17 102.36 108.70 113.19 109.02 6.72 *

48.89 69.41 88.66 92.79 64.68 102.67 110.70 117.98 121.41 130.45 124.02

2012/13 ave 37.30 56.79 74.59 74.56 59.57 86.29 92.93 94.72 101.79 104.75 105.47

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SI

68.32

68.32

68.32

70.49

53.31

P2 Steer SI (296-320kg) NI P2 Steer Market Indicator

394 412 399

396 414 399

396 416 399

416 434 408

361 357 369

M Cow SI (160-195kg) NI M Cow Market Indicator

257 292 309

260 294 306

262 294 304

270 304 309

260 269 301

Bull SI (296-320kg) NI Bull Market Indicator

389 385 379

391 387 376

391 389 375

406 401 384

361 361 383

66.10

70.49

57.68

B E E F (c/ kg) 394 * 412 * 397 * 257 * 292 * 294 * 389 * 385 * 372

416 437 414 * 270 311 315 * 406 401 389

382 395 388 260 292 299 372 388 381

Based on announced schedules with levies & charges deducted and published premiums included. For a valid comparison between the Islands, add $1.20 in Lamb and 7c/kg in Beef to the North Is values, because North Is Cos pay freight.

V E N I S O N ($/kg - gross) AP Hind 50kg AP Stag 60kg AP Stag 80kg

6.13 6.23 5.83

6.13 6.23 5.83

6.21 6.30 5.91

7.11 7.20 6.81

6.38 6.48 6.08

6.13 * 6.23 * 5.83 *

7.43 7.53 7.13

6.86 6.95 6.56

1380 890 765 710 485 478 485 470 515

1380 970 765 705 525 505 505 495 515

1310 1000 810 700 590 590 585 580 510

1500 1075 870 740 433 378 380 373 520

1285 890 * 765 * 670 485 * 450 450 450 490

1500 1010 850 740 630 625 625 600 534

1475 1047 848 714 440 399 386 372 501

405.03 422.5

390 423

397 419

418 415

275 408

473 443

414 422

5450 5930 6110 5750 13890

4950 5740 6130 5430 13350

4130 4340 4180 4770 11900

4630 5370 5800 5240 13190

5780 6270 6570 6390 14550

4258 4446 4502 4926 11572

W O O L Data: WSI Fine (21 microns) Medium (25 microns) Medium (27 microns) Medium (29 microns) Coarse (35 microns) Coarse (37 microns) Coarse (39 microns) 2nd Shear (37 microns-85mm) Lamb (31 micron-75mm)

W H E A T ($NZ/Tonne) ASW (Aus standard White) NZ Free (12.5% protein)

DAIRY PRODUCT PRICES Butter (NZ$/tonne) Skim Milk powder Whole Milk Powder Cheddar Cheese Casein

5690 6050 6110 6230 13890

Prices are indicative only. They are compiled from an assessment of sales made worldwide on one-off basis in US $.

Quota market sales and contracts are excluded. The prices are then converted to $NZ/t FOB at current exchange rates.

OVERSEAS

MEAT

UK PM Lamb (p/kg) CIF US Bull (USc/lb) CIF US Cow (USc/lb) CIF Venison Bone-in leg (E/Kg)

PRICES 435 208 201 6.40

435 205 198 6.40

0.835 0.501 0.611 3.86

0.835 0.511 0.613 3.78

425 207 196 6.40

350 222 205 6.40

395 202 192 6.40 *

435 * 209 202 6.40 *

355 209 194 6.43

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0.828 0.834 0.515 0.547 0.615 0.633 3.53 2.97 (Estimates only) 172 89 101 47 7 70 11.6 4.5 3.1

0.776 0.497 0.586 2.76 15 * 3 * 0.0 *

0.863 0.561 0.659 3.85 399 111 15.7

Note: * denotes a new low/high for season.

0.809 0.511 0.630 2.74

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■ SYNLAIT EXPANSION

Full service laboratory planned

By Michelle NelsoN michelle.n@theguardian.co.nz

Synlait Milk is set to build a state-of-the-art full service quality testing laboratory.

Synlait Milk managing director John Penno said the company’s quality strategy has been to build in-house capabilities to support the testing requirements for the products it produces.

However it has now signifi-

cantly expanded the scope of the proposed laboratory from chemical and physical property testing to include full microbiological testing using the latest technologies.

In addition to the quality testing function there will now also be integrated facilities to support new product development, including the ability to conduct pilot scale trials, as well as allowing for sensory analysis to ensure the needs of the Com-

pany’s customers are met.

Mr Penno said the change in scope will give Synlait Milk greater control over the quality testing process and help ensure it can achieve the ever increasing quality standards required by the world’s most demanding customers.

It will also reduce the need for external services and associated costs while reducing turnaround times.

“By building capability in

quality management and establishing an on-site ‘centre of excellence’ that will be accredited to international standards, the company will strengthen its reputation with customers and the regulatory bodies governing the markets it serves,” Mr Penno said.

Synlait Milk has also changed the scope of its new administration facility incorporating extra capacity to support growth in the business overtime.

This will cement Dunsandel as the long term headquarters for Synlait Milk.

Due to the change in scope of both the quality testing laboratory and the administration facility an additional capital expenditure is required.

Last week the company approved a total combined cost forecast to be $21.0 million, with a completion date for both facilities now expected to in February next year.

There’s big expansion plans afoot at Synlait’s Dunsandel plant. A state-of-the-art full service quality testing laboratory is planned.

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■ SPACE-AGE TECHNOLOGY

Drones set to play big role in farm future

By Michelle NelsoN michelle.n@theguardian.co.nz

Drones could soon play a part in balancing environment sustainability with increasing demands for food production.

The role of space-age technology in the sustainable management of New Zealand farms will be highlighted when international specialists meet this week at Massey University for the annual Fertiliser and Lime Research Centre workshop.

The workshop will be focusing on Nutrient Management for Farm, Catchment and Community.

Massey University professor Ian Yule said remote sensing through drones will play a big role in meeting the challenge to balance environmental sustainability with higher food production.

“The drones will help increase productivity by providing more accurate information about when and where fertiliser and nutrients need to be used,” professor Yule said.

“It will also help sustainability by preventing unnecessary run-off into river systems.”

Participants will discuss how to make the primary industries’

response to Government’s new growth agenda complementary with the need for continual improvement in on-farm environmental practice.

Centre director professor Mike Hedley said the workshop will tackle the big issues facing the sector.

“We’ll be looking at the hardest question for New Zealand – how do we earn a first-world crust from primary industries, while protecting and improving the quality of our natural land and water resources.”

There will be several presentations from international specialists, including Professor Steve Raine from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia, who will talk about Advances in Intelligent and Autonomous Irrigation and Fertiliser Efficiency.

More than 250 delegates, including farmers, scientists, rural industry professionals and policy makers are expected to attend.

Right: Massey University remote support officer Matthew Irwin pilots a hexocopter, which could become a familiar sight on the farming landscape. photo supplied

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■ TIMELINE

There’s a wealth of information in old photos

By Kathleen Stringer

O

ne of the tasks I have set myself before we shift into our new archive facility is to go through our large photographic collection and scan images which may be of use or interest to researchers.

It’s a long process as more than 80 per cent of the images have to be scanned and inputted into our database.

In that way, whereas before you could read a description of the image now you can see a small ‘thumbnail’ of it.

It gives better access to the collection and prevents needless flicking through sometimes fragile images ‘just in case’ they are what you are looking for.

In many cases it is easy to describe an image. It is obvious; it is a person or a building. I often also include keywords such as ‘clothing’ ‘hats’ or ‘cars’ in case someone wants that particular topic.

Working with inquiries for a number of years I know that often it’s not the obvious things that researchers are looking for.

One of the largest groups of images is the ‘Streets’ collection. As the name implies they are largely streetscapes – very useful, but hard to describe. If I can I mention some of the buildings or cars or activities that are taking place.

It’s one of the times not being a local could make my job a little tricky, as buildings don’t instantly spring to mind (it’s slowly happening though).

However, I like to take the positive that, because I’m not so familiar with the buildings, I mention everything.

For example, where a local mightn’t bother to mention the Methodist Church in Baring Square I will mention it in the catalogue.

Another thing about scanning the images and describing them is that it makes you look more closely at the image. Being able to zoom into images allows me to read building names or see things that I may miss.

These two images are a case in point. They are of Wills Street and are both taken from the same vantage point, the Post Office tower on the corner

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Being able to zoom into images allows me to read building names or see things that I would normally miss

of Cameron and East streets.

By comparing the differences, and putting dates to some of the things that have changed, it is possible to come up with a reasonably accurate date for a photo.

In the first, and oldest, of these photos, the first piece of dating evidence is that it is taken from the Post Office tower, built in 1901.

Morrow Basset & Co, agents for McCormick farm machinery, occupied the building with the sign on the roof. Next to them is P&D Duncan Ltd, the Ashburton branch of a large Christchurch agricultural machinery manufacturer.

The section at the corner of Victoria and Cass streets was occupied by a monumental mason.

Sometimes it is what is missing from a photo that helps you date it. Diagonally across from the monumental mason, on the corner of Cass and Wills Streets, there is no sign of either of the two Church of Christ buildings, the earliest of which was built in 1905, but the Baptist Tabernacle, built in 1896 in Peter Street, shows up clearly.

On the north side of Wills Street the first building is the Prince of Wales Hotel and the next large building is the Theatre Royal. Across Cass Street is Baker’s timber yard.

Pulling together the dates we can find for this photo, it was taken some time between 1901 and 1905.

In the later photo a lot has changed. The image was probably taken with a box Brownie, the original is relatively small (10cm x 6) and not the sharpest.

On the north side of the street the first building is a two storey baker’s shop. Next the wooden Primitive Methodist Church is clearly visible. It was

closed as a church in 1928 but continued to be used for some years as a Mission Hall.

In 1938 Jack Addis moved his car wrecking business there, creating a large door in the front wall. That has not been done in this photo, on the evidence of the church alone placing the photo between 1928 and 1938.

Next is the Prince Albert Hotel, then the Majestic Theatre (later the Regent). Its name was changed from the Theatre Royal in 1929 when it was enlarged with a big addition on the Wills Street frontage. It was burnt down in 1937, tightening the dating still further.

Further down Wills Street, across Cass Street, the timber yard has been replaced by a house and the two Church of Christ buildings. The one furthest from the corner was built in 1905, the one on the corner in 1916. Not visible in Peter Street is the Baptist Tabernacle – it was burnt down in 1925.

Bottom right is an empty section where the Triangle Garage was built in 1933 On the south side of Wills Street there is a large fenced yard in the foreground, opposite the church. What I thought were pipes turned out to be headstones. We discover that in 1920 G. V. Neilsen opened a monumental business, next to Alfred Bray cordial manufacturer. However, Mr Neilson was not the owner of the monumental mason’s business in the earlier photo.

Brays cordial factory is in the former Morrow Basset building, although there’s no sign to say so, and the big door on the end has been blocked off. P&D Duncan are still in the same place as the earlier photo.

But then comes the big surprise. On the next section where there were headstones in the first photo there is now

A view of Wills Street taken between 1901 and 1905.

a Ferris wheel, seemingly in the middle of the street. On undertaking some research I found out that there was a vacant section on the corner of Victoria and Cass Streets, which was used by a circus. A note on the back of the image states that it was after 1929 when the theatre was rebuilt.

Again, pulling all those dates together we get a photo taken between 1928 and 1933. That was as far as we had got with dating the photo when more information came to hand that gave us a positive date.

An advertisement in the Ashburton Mail told us the North Island firm Lumby and Miller operated the Ferris wheel, and the chair-o-plane just visible beside it, on that site for only two weeks, in October 1928.

The site had originally been home to the Fire Brigade, later it became the site of the Plunket Rooms. The photo therefore was taken in October 1928.

While these images are of interest and value as a resource their worth increases due to the fact that many shots were taken from the same Post Office vantage point, so when we place all of them together we can begin to compile a timeline of buildings and activities.

A later view of Wills Street taken in

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■ FROM THE COLLECTION

An essential part of riding a bicycle

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here was a time, not so long ago, when no man would think of riding his bicycle, especially when wearing good clothes, without having the cuffs of his trousers firmly secured by small pieces of spring steel, usually called bicycle clips.

This pair from the museum’s collection is not particularly old.

They are coated in plastic, and brightly coloured as a slight aid to visibility (and to make them easier to find).

Earlier types were usually simply painted black.

They were designed to prevent the cuffs of trousers becoming caught in the bike’s chain and pedals and becoming covered in oil, or even torn.

Of course there was also a risk of something caught in the chain throwing the chain off the sprockets, or even causing the rider to fall onto the road.

Modern fashions and newer materials have meant these clips, a common item not so long ago, are now seldom seen.

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October 1928 highlighting the changes over the years.

Copies of many of the photos on this page are available for purchase from the Ashburton Museum

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Fish pie with cheesy pasta top 400g Hoki fillets or other firm white fish, skin and bones removed steamed carrots to serve 1 cup frozen peas 1/2 leek, white part only, sliced thinly 3 T butter 2 T flour 2 C milk 250g pasta 1 C cheese steamed broccoli to serve

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■ As the flour begins to bubble, add the milk and quickly combine. When you get a good sauce consistency, add the fish and peas. If you find the sauce is too thick, just add a little more milk and combine. Cook this mix for 1 minute.

■ Add the leek and combine. Season to taste and take off the heat.

■ Place the mixture into an oven proof dish and top with the cooked pasta.

■ Sprinkle over the cheese and bake until the cheese is golden.

■ Serve with steamed broccoli and carrots.

A recipe from Countdown’s Feed Four for $15 campaign, available at countdown.co.nz

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■ Heat another saucepan on medium heat and add the remaining 2 T butter. As it begins to froth add the flour and cook for 1 minute, stirring to combine and to ensure it does not catch and burn.

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

■ FOOTBALL

■ CYCLING

Roulston starts Tour preparation

In brief

Team spots on the line View or purchase photos online guardianonline.co.nz

By Jonathan Leask

jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Ashburton cyclist Hayden Roulston begins his campaign for the 2014 Tour de France in the Middle East for the fifth instalment of the Tour of Oman.

The build up to the Tour de France gets under way in earnest as a selection of the world’s best general classification riders head to the six-day race that has quickly established itself as the season’s first battleground for the men who will challenge for Grand Tour glory later in the year.

The Tour of Oman is made up of three sprint stages, two mountainous stages and one undulating stage, with a summit finish on the now famous Green Mountain thrown in on stage five to all but decide the overall winner.

Team Sky’s Chris Froome won last year’s edition to kick start his season that had him claim victory in the Tour De France in Paris five months later, and Froome is back with similar intentions this year.

Roulston will ride for the newly formed Trek team. The RadioShack-Leopard-Trek team has reformed as Trek, with essentially the same stable of riders.

Fellow Kiwi Jesse Sergent is also in the line-up. Roulston claimed the new team’s first win when he won his fourth Elite National Road Cycling Championship title in Christchurch last month.

The Tour of Oman begins overnight (NZ time) and concludes on February 24.

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Ethan Gilmour, 10, and Sam Lambie, 8, battle for the ball during the Mid Canterbury Football Club trials on Sunday.

Players are vying for positions in the club teams that will play in the Mainland Football competitions this year.

There is a second round of trials being held this

Sunday at Argyle Park. The trial times will be the same with 10th and 11th grade at 10.30am, 12th and 13th grade are 11.30am, 14th and 15th grade at 1.00pm as well as the girls’ 14th, while the over 16s are at 2pm.

The call has also gone out for division one which is being

handled by Graham Hannon with a trial at Argyle Park tonight, and masters players can contact Paul Bradford.

Registration for the local Ashburton competition, from First Kicks/Fun Football, up to 14th grade, will be on February 26 at Argyle Park 5.306.30pm.

Otago dogs

Today at Forbury Park Raceway

2 47766 Blushing Belle nwtd L & ..................... Wales 1 8757 Hammock nwtd ..............................J Guthrie 3 86533 Opawa Paul nwtd L &......................... Wales 414 Another Groom nwtd .................J McInerney 2 34331 Another Hunter nwtd .................J McInerney 4 22843 Toddy’s A Flyer 33.33 ...................C Roberts 87736 Cosmic Bolero nwtd P & ............... B Conner 3 62347 Groovy Leo nwtd .......................J McInerney 5 76418 Noggin 32.74......................................J Allen 38381 Bowman 18.98 ...........................D Stapleton 4 24873 Cherry Crusher nwtd M & .....................J Hill 6 17218 Tepirita Enforce nwtd B & ................. T Shaw 64522 Rattle Ya Dags 19.05.........................J Dunn 5 442 Cawbourne Cruze nwtd M G & ......... S Hurd 7 31464 Doleuze nwtd ....................................J Dunn 15423 Son of Grace 18.86 ....................D Stapleton 6 22426 Opawa Tom nwtd L & ......................... Wales 8 54342 Opawa Tania nwtd L & ....................... Wales 65522 Phat Pants nwtd M &.........................Jopson 7 886 Ozarks Daughter nwtd ...................J Guthrie 9 32665 Chill Out Ralph 32.31 L & .................. Wales 7831x Hill of Grace nwtd M G & .................. S Hurd 8 56777 Big Sharkie nwtd .......................J McInerney 10 44763 Tanto’s Whisper 33.68 ....................J Guthrie 18185 Broken Pedro nwtd S & ...................B Evans 9 45637 Gladys Emmanuel nwtd M &.................J Hill 53336 Cawbourne Onyx 18.81 M G & ......... S Hurd 10 7546 Misty As nwtd P & ......................... B Conner 8 2.13pm GRADUATION HEATS NZRSq, 545m 1 13822 Another Jewel nwtd ...................J McInerney 82432 Starburst Hannah nwtd M G & .......... S Hurd 5 1.18pm MAIDEN SPRINT FINAL C0f, 310m 2 78757 Black Emily 33.28 L & ........................ Wales 2 12.22pm BRIAN BAGLEY DRIVER LICENSING 1 22313 Another Rule nwtd ....................J McInerney 3 57474 Botany Seaton 32.68 ................J McInerney STAKES C0, 545m 2 6335 Culvie Boy nwtd ............................ J Holdem 4 14112 Culvie Magic nwtd .........................R Adcock 1 673x5 Know Judge nwtd ...........................G Cleeve 3 31125 Opawa Lean Meat 18.88 L & ............. Wales 5 35654 Know Security nwtd .......................G Cleeve 2 424 Goldstar Junior nwtd S & ................B Evans 4 23221 Red Hot Fury nwtd M &.....................Jopson 6 32112 Jinja Ruby nwtd J & ........................D Fahey 3 88862 Know Rights nwtd ..........................G Cleeve 5 4264 Advanced Pedro nwtd S & ..............B Evans 4 26862 Speedy Swede nwtd L & .................... Wales 6 38782 Cawbourne Impact nwtd ............D Stapleton 7 45728 Opawa Mez nwtd J & ......................D Fahey 5 8667 Sailors Collar nwtd .........................J Guthrie 7 71178 Another Cover 19.02 .................J McInerney 8 24634 Waimak Dave nwtd ...................J McInerney 6 3542 Rockwood Archie nwtd M & ..............Jopson 8 58x11 My Squizzy 18.81..............................J Dunn 9 x4626 Carat’s Prince nwtd J & ...................D Fahey 7 32312 Cawbourne Aries nwtd .................C Roberts 9 24873 Cherry Crusher nwtd M & .....................J Hill 10 88648 Opawa Cuddles nwtd L &................... Wales 8 34733 Shez Keen nwtd ................................S Keen 10 442 Cawbourne Cruze nwtd M G & ......... S Hurd 9 2.32pm GRADUATION HEATS NZRSq, 545m 9 63855 Token Ray nwtd L & ........................... Wales 6 1.37pm SPEEDPRINT SHOP SPRINT C2, 310m 1 65171 Game Girl nwtd .............................R Adcock 10 3 Goldstar Rosie nwtd S & .................B Evans 1 85343 Another Becky 18.56.................J McInerney 2 F3223 Idol Girl nwtd J & .............................D Fahey 3 12.42pm GREEN ISLAND BARBER STKS C1, 545m 2 88766 Smash Amy 18.86 M G & ................. S Hurd 3 16351 Jibbajabba Jewel nwtd .................C Roberts 1 25252 Opawa Andrea nwtd L & .................... Wales 3 12122 Go Bridie nwtd ...............................G Cleeve 4 26773 Rocky Baxter nwtd ....................J McInerney 2 38872 Homebush Coral nwtd...............J McInerney 4 15323 San Sebastian 18.57..........................J Allen 5 42613 Bad Week nwtd .........................J McInerney 3 25x53 Dream Academy nwtd......................B Shaw 5 14154 Sandi Claws 18.42 ............................S Keen 6 35542 Homebush Iris 32.33 .................J McInerney 4 65778 Pukeko Thunder 32.80 ...................B Healey 6 75444 Marmalade Skies 18.92 ....................J Dunn 7 31544 Opawa Colin 32.64 J & ...................D Fahey 5 2243T Mr. Johnny nwtd ..............................J Goode 7 56532 Benny’s Angel nwtd...................J McInerney 8 11226 Opawa Zara nwtd J &......................D Fahey 6 76837 Opawa Anne nwtd L & ....................... 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Loss for 1st XI Ashburton College suffered a five-wicket loss to rivals North West in the Canterbury Secondary Schools Cricket Competition at the Ashburton Domain on Saturday.

College was dismissed for a disappointing 98 with only three bastmen making doubles figures.

Ryan Hampton top scored at number seven with 19 while Tom Dudley made 12 and Michael Burton 10. College made a promising start to have North West 7/2 in the third over before the visitors made a quick recovery to be 61/2 after nine overs. College then took three wickets to reduce North West to 69/5 but couldn’t claim another wicket as the visitors got home in the 19th over. Dudley finished with 2/25 and Scott Punselie 2/35.

Central fighting back

Otago Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Forbury Park Race- 8 32782 Moon And Sea 34.08 .........................J Allen 10 43651 Botany Pete 18.67.....................J McInerney way Meeting Date: 18 Feb 2014 NZ Meeting number: 9 Dou- 9 54366 Calm Spirit 33.00 ...............................J Allen 7 1.54pm ROOFING SOLUTIONS STAKES C1, 545m bles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 10 15653 Cawbourne Tip nwtd ....................C Roberts 1 45527 Que Tee Pix nwtd M &.......................Jopson 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 4 12.59pm BROCKLEBANKS DRY CLEANERS C0, 310m

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55461 As Far As 18.71 .........................D Stapleton 12622 Jack’s A Jewel nwtd .....................C Roberts 32477 Wandy Feather 18.64 M G & ............ S Hurd 46273 Embee Dee nwtd ......................J McInerney 23755 Cawbourne Plunge nwtd ...........J McInerney 63373 Starburst Benny 18.51 M G & ........... S Hurd 61167 Yaldhurst Edward nwtd..............J McInerney 23338 Star Dreamer 18.61 C & .................... Fagan 24688 Just A Mate 18.46 .....................J McInerney 13658 Sea Spray Tich 18.70 C & .................. Fagan 11 3.06pm WWW.GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C4, 310m 1 75614 Sprinkles nwtd...........................J McInerney 2 11111 Quedrago 18.63 C & .......................... Fagan 3 45116 Botany Prancer nwtd .................J McInerney 4 13422 Smash Rumour nwtd M G & ............. S Hurd 5 78682 Know Escape 18.31 .......................G Cleeve 6 35143 Team Dream 18.50 C & ..................... Fagan 7 76854 Cawbourne Chief 18.41 M G & ......... S Hurd 8 48888 Another Colt nwtd .....................J McInerney 9 65251 Know Pride nwtd ............................G Cleeve 10 x3351 Take No Prisoner nwtd ...................G Cleeve 12 3.24pm RACING AGAIN TUESDAY 11TH MARCH C5, 310m 1 1F674 Miss Sweet 18.81 P & ................... B Conner 2 34673 Rosca 18.15 ..............................J McInerney 3 15213 Hot Mango 18.21 ..........................R Adcock 4 47682 Homebush Chopper 18.54 ........J McInerney 5 64374 Homebush Edith 18.37 .............J McInerney 6 48824 Sophie’s Terra 18.44 C & ................... Fagan 7 34545 Know Charity nwtd .........................G Cleeve 8 78385 Ketut nwtd ....................................C Roberts 9 54267 Bugsy Bangles 18.45 B & ................ T Shaw 10 13136 Iona Haka 18.48........................J McInerney

Plunket Shield leaders Canterbury had to weather a fightback from Central Districts during the third session on day two of their match at Rangiora yesterday. Resuming at 264-5, Canterbury were eventually bowled out for 346 as Andy Ellis made 69 to add to earlier contributions from Brad Cachopa (61) and Henry Nicholls and Rob Nicol who both made 76. Central seamer Seth Rance was the best of the bowlers as he picked up his maiden five-wicket haul claiming 6-86. In reply, CD were struggling at 151-5 but rallied to finished the day on 217-5 with Greg Hay (71) and Kruger van Wyk (30) at the crease.

Meanwhile, Wellington moved in to a nice position against Northern Districts in Whangarei. After ND made 288 in their first innings, Wellington finished day two on 3156 as Stephen Murdoch led the way with 86, while Grant Elliott followed up his career-best bowling figures of 5-33 on day one with 62 with the willow yesterday.

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Moody back in March Joe Moody credits his wrestling background with providing him with the requisite mental strength for top rugby and he will need all of that determination this season as he battles back from ankle surgery.

Moody, famously, seriously injured an ankle when playing for Canterbury in the ITM Cup the day before the All Blacks’ squad for the November tour was announced. He would have made it. Instead, he had to watch as Jefferey Toomaga-Allen was taken instead. Now the big 25-year-old prop is hoping for a mid-March comeback for the Crusaders.

He needs another operation to remove screws from the joint and then more hard work is in store - to not only get himself into condition but also somehow dislodge Wyatt Crockett for the No1 jersey. With players such as Crockett, Corey Flynn, Ben Funnell, Codie Taylor, Nepo Laulala, Tim Perry and Owen Franks as options for the front row, the Crusaders will again have a major advantage in this area.

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Results

Colquhoun 6pts. 3rdf. Ryan Jackson 3pts.

4th Luke Skinner & Ethan Titheridge 2pts. 5th Connie Davidson 1pt.

Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers

■ Bowls

Ashburton Bowling Club Corner to Corner Feb. 15: 1st Barry McLauchlan; 2nd Roger Herriot; 3rd John Smart

Ashburton Bowling Club Toyota Friday Triples, February 14 1st George Crack, Ian Blackwood and Barry O’Sullivan 3 wins 16 ends 36 points. 2nd Bob Holdom, Barry Malloy and Sandra Holdom. 3 wins 16 ends 33 points. 3rd Neil Atkinson, Cecil Tubb and Colin Johnston. 3 wins 16 ends 32 points. 4th Murray Smallridge, Peter Collins and Gordon Sparks. 3 wins 15 ends 29 points. 5th Jo Dennis, Heather Goodall and Heather Mowatt. 2 wins 1 draw 16 ends 34 points.

Hinds Ladies Half Day Fours Winners of the bowls on the day were1st Pam Kippenberger’s Team (Grealdine); 2nd Val Bell’s Team (Rakaia - alias the Smurfs); 3rd Gloria Hawkins’ Team (Ashburton); 4th Ruth Smith’s Team (Methven); 5th Mavis Wilkins’ Team (Hinds)

■ Cricket 4th Grade Cricket Coldstream/Technical 4th Grade 97 all out (M Bell 19, L Reilly 12) beat Lauriston 4th Grade 69 all out (B Innes 22, J Small 3 for 7, H Cameron 2 for 7)

Methven 4th Grade Cricket February 15 Methven 185/6: Andrew Brahm 67 Not Out, Elliot Wareing 26, Sam Ree 22 Allenton 180 All Out: Andrew Brahm 3-19, Sam Ree 2-22, Ollie Hood 2-11 Player of the Day: Andrew Brahm

■ Croquet Croquet South Canterbury Golf Croquet Handicap Singles 1 A Greaney (Waireka) 2 G Simpson (Aorangi)

■ Cycling Calder Stewart, McDonald’s, Tinwald Supervalue Friday Night Velodrome February 14 Trainer Wheels W/W. 1st Lochie Mills 15pts.

2nd. Dennis Soshvikou 9pts. 3rd Fluer Kingsbury 6pts. 4th Alice Johnson 2pts. A. Grade W/W. 1st Madison Clark 13pts. 2nd Harrison Russell 8pts. 3rd Angus Fergson 7pts. 4th Maddie Lowry.

B. Grade W/W. 1st. Sarah Wilson 11pts. 2nd.

Bryce Wilson 9pts. 3rd Charlotte Russell 7pts.

4th Daniel Thomson 6pts. D. Grade Group 1.

W/W. 1st Briar Clark 11pts. 2nd Penny Marriott 9pts. 3rd Emma Lowry 8pts. 4th Callum Kingsbury 4pts. D. Grade Group 2 W/W. 1st.

Fergus Wilson 10pts. 2nd Jack Templeton 9pts. 3rd Macrae Ferguson 8pts. 4th. James Johnson 3pts. 4th Julia Kingsbury 3pts. E. Grade W/W. 1st. Phillip Soshvikou 10pts. 2nd.

Ella Colquhoun 6pots. 3rd. Riley Stevens 5pts.

3rd Ilam Elliott 5pts. 4th Moses Roulston 4pts. 5th. Lachan Storey 3pts. 6th Tegan Marriott 0pts. Open & U17s. 1st Rob Hooper 8pts.

2nd Brendan Davidson & Ben Sutton 6pts.

3rd Sam Cullimore 5pts. 4th Harriett Sutton 4pts. 4th Ross Templeton 4pts.

B. Grade U17. 1st. Josh Kershaw 7pts. 2nd James Skinner, Bella Roulston & Matheson

14km. 24 riders. February 16 1st Rachael Russell CT. 30m.13s. HT. Go. RT. 30m 13s. 2nd Martin Hyde CT. 31m 54s. HT. 10m.10s. RT. 21m 44s. 3rd Doug Lowry HT. 10m 10s. 4th. Abe O’Donnell CT. 31m 55s. HT. 6m. RT. 25m 55s. 5th. Brian Ellis CT. 31m 56s.

HT. 6m. RT. 25m 56s. 6th. Liz Wylie CT. 31m 57s. HT. 6m. RT. 25m 57s. 7th Michelle Davidson CT. 31m 58s. HT. 10m 10s. RT. 21m 48s. 8th Kenny Johnston CT. 32m 02s. HT. 9m 10s. RT. 22m 52s. 9th Connie Davidson CT. 32m 38s.

HT. 4m. RT. 26m 42s. 10th. Oliver Davidson CT. 32m 42s. HT. 6m. RT. 26m 42s.

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club Nelson Building Society Friday night teams February 14 Top Team: Ingold Builders 94 – Murray Cook, Don Ingold, Craig Ingold, Samatha Ingold Ladies: Periwinkles 1 83, Baby Boombers 82 Men: ACL Hackers 93, Hint-n-Hope 88.5, Total Package 87.5, Cunning Tuds 86.5, Occasionally Available 86 Mixed: Vintage Wine 89.5, Hit-n-Miss 8638, Gabites Swingers 85.5. Top lady: Sue Hooper 34. Top man: Greg Bruce 33 Nearest Pins: Templeton Motors – Gaby Jensen; Paul May Motors – Tony Bennett; Mac & Maggies – Brian Nuttall; BP Ashburton – Bob Jones. Gabites Lucky Player – Glen Vallender, BP Lucky Player – Larry Watson – Eagle 16.

Twos: Bruce Day, Jeff Hurst, Rod Smith, Brian Nuttall, Kyle Brown

Ashburton Golf Club February 15 In the Medal Round results were: Senior Ross Chatterton net 71; Intermediate Steve Stratford 67; Junior A Clarrie Galway 68; Junior B Guilford Lane 63. Other good scores were: Tong King 65, Hilary Lovett 66, Mac Kaitao 68, John Power and Tim Newton 69; Laurie Thomas and Bryan Donaldson 70. This was the first of three qualifying rounds for the Club Championships.

Nearest Pins: Robbies Bar & Bistro: Greig Sparrow, Braided Rivers: Ron Carlson, Rothburys Insurance: Greig Sparrow, Netherby Meats: Paul May, Robilliards (Nearest pin #18): Troi Kingsford, Charming Thai Restaurant (Longest Putt #9) Troi Kingsford. Twos: Gavin Douglas, Robbie Bell, Ross Chatterton and Paul May. Birdy Jackpot: #8 Nett Eagles #17

Mayfield Golf Club February 15 Winners 1st Round Stableford: 0-15 Jack Allan 44 points; Fraser Tasker 38; Allan Dixon 37 16-36: John Sim 41; Paul Gardener 40; A. Watene 39; Roger Lake 38; Guy Wetere 37 1st Round of Kerr: Jack Allan 76-12-64 Nearest Pins: Aon Insurance Brokers No 2: Supa Pete; John McAuliffe Bayleys Real Estate No 11: Paul Gardener; Marilyn Cross Property Brokers No 5: Rabbit; ANZ Bank No 14: John Low; ATS 2nd Shot No 9 and No 18: Supa Pete. Twos: Roger Lake, Pete Sanott, Jack Allan, Matt Watson, A. Watane, Margaret Read.

Ash Vegas Player of the Day: Jack Allan 7612-64 Nett Eagle No 4 not struck Next Week: 1st Handicap – 1st putting.

Mayfield Golf Club 9 Hole division February 13, Stroke - 1st B Inglis 71:27:44.

Nearest Pins: Greg Sim Builders and Excava-

www.guardianonline.co.nz tors 2nd Shot No. 2 – B Inglis, Mayfield Transport No. 5 – J Ludemann

Methven Ladies Golf Feb. 12 Rakaia Friendly Stablefords Erna Smith 45; Tania Wilson 44; Margaret Kelk 39; Teresa Booker 38; Gayle O’Duffy 38; Jane Helmore 37 Marion Wederell 37; Nola Hydes 37 Nearest to Pin Silver No 4 Gayle O’Duffy; Bronze A No 6 Marion Wellerell; Bronze B No 17 Barabra Duffy Open No 13 Methven Four Square Sandra QuinnTwos and Nett Eagles; Marion Wederell, Jane Helmore, Tania Wilson x3, Erna Smith, Freda Bierema, Margaret Kelk x3, Fay Redfern.

Tinwald Golf Club Twilight Results, February 13 Stableford - 0-6: Wayne Smith 22, Paul Boon 21, Ryan Ford 21, Brent Smith 20, Regan Stills 20, Bryan McFarlane 20 b/l. 7-11: Brent Green 24, Chris Hart 24, Steve McCloy 23, Paul Lane 23, Snow Pierce 21. 11 plus: Les Hunter 25, Roger Bruce 22, Stan Stringer 22, Steve Kircher 22 b/l. Women 0-16: Marg Pawsey 22, Diana Wellman 21, June Steenson 20, Barb Harris 20, Kirsty McAuliffe 18 b/l. 17 plus: Maxine Whiting 22. Bayley’s nearest the pin; # 6 Sally Lane. # Daz Young. Classic Hits longest drive: Ryan Ford.

Tinwald Golf Club February 15 Medal - Senior: Ryan Ford 65, Dave King 66, Steve Anderson 66, Rod Harris 67. Intermediate: Richie Watson 64, Richard Thompson 65, Pete Marshall 68, Neil Rayner 70. Junior: Dave Horrell 61, Graham Hortin 66, Keith Bonnington 66, Des Green 66. Women: Joyce VanderHeide 66, Sonjia Mee. Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liqourland # 2; Dave Horrell. Gluyas Ford # 6; Michael Thomas. Bedrock Bar and Stonegrill # 12; Andrew Barrie. Ideal Electrical Supplies # 16; Dave King. Two’s: Josh Smith, Keith Bonnington, Sonjia Mee, Elizabeth Collins, Alan Lilley, Allen Moore, Rod Harris, Neil Rayner, Andrew Barrie, Dave Horrell, Jeff Hewitt, Michael Thomas, Greg Hubbard, Snow Pierce, Richard Thompson (2), . Eagle; Dave King #1. Net Eagle; # 6 Richard Thompson, Keith Bonnington, Sonjia Mee, Alan Lilley.

3-1, James Hunn lost to Ian Dolden 0-3, Rachel Prendergast lost to Chrissie Stratford 0-3, Marie Kennedy lost to Scott vandenBerm 1-2.

son, B Holdom, B Marsh, N Skerten, T Watson, G Taylor, Hinds 1, Hinds 2 Mufti, BBQ to follow the games.

Convenor Jock Moore 3037149 M 0274370686

■ Shooting

■ Golf

Rifle Shooting

Ashburton County Ladies Veteran

Ashburton District Rifle Club Third club championship day at 300, 500 and 600 yards, February 16 John Snowden 50.3, 50.8, 50.5, 150.16, Peter Newman 48.3, 50.6, 50.4, 148.13, Darian Miller 50.4, 49.5, 48.3, 147.12, Chris Kershaw 4449.4, 49.6, 48.2, 146.12, John Miller 48.6, 49.2, 49.2, 146.9, Brian Hawksby 48.4, 44.2, 48.2, 140.8, Coby Snowden 40.2, 49.4, 43.3, 132.9, Chrissie Miller 44, 45.2, 43.2, 132.4, John Fleming 38, 47.1, 46.4, 131.5, Murray Cook 39.2, 47.4, 41.1, 127.7.

F class Chris Brown 56, 56, 48, 160.

After the best two of three days to count, John Snowden leads 297.34 from Darian Miller 295.24 and Peter Newman 294.29, leading up to the 15 shot final at 600 yards on 16th of March.

■ Tennis Check our website, guardianonline.co.nz for the entire list of the weekend’s tennis results.

Draws

■ Bowls

Hinds Bowling Club Pagey Cup Friday Afternoon Triples February 21, 12.30pm start Entries: Skips: G Pagey, B Hill, R Cockburn, J Ryk, M Smallridge, F McCormick, C Leech, B Wilkins, B May-

■ Softball Hampstead Softball Club Nosh Café Slow-Pitch Feb. 14 As Good As It Gets 14 - 12 Nosh Café Marines & Angels; Hawks 18 - 6 S & Giggles; TGIF Sluggers 22 – 15 Beasties.

■ Squash Celtic Squash Club Results of last week’s round of the Celtic Squash Club’s summer league: Mick Hooper lost to Paul Cousins 0-3, Mark O’Grady lost to Nigel Tew 0-2, Jess Dargue lost to Rebeccca Abernethy 0-3, Susan Dargue lost to Sam Harrison 0-4.

Ron Carlson beat Steve Devereux 2-0, Cath Blacklow drew with Aaron Leckenby 2-2, Nik Millichamp lost to Jess McCloy 1-2, Steve Devereux lost to Pete Blacklow 1-2.

Billy Nolan lost to Chris O’Reilly 1-2, Lawrence McCormick lost to Craig Campbell 0-4, Chauntel Kentish lost to Jenni Ryk 0-3, Nathan Forbes beat Di Ness 4-0.

Jock O’Connor beat Pat Summerfield

GREAT RESULTS

GUARANTEED

February 21 - Mayfield Golf Club 9.00am meet. Bring raffle prize.

Mystery Bus Trip: Monday 3rd March - $25.

Meet Tinwald G.C. 8.15am. Let Helen Hawksby know if you want to be included in the day.

Ashburton Golf Club February 22 - The Harvey Norman Classic will be played this weekend with a draw published later this week.

Tinwald Golf Club Draw for the 1st round of the Doug Gray Trophy to be played on Saturday. Morning players will have a clubhouse draw for an 8am start. Players are asked to report 15 minutes prior to tee off times No 1 Tee, 12.30, R Harris, C Miller, N Rayner, M Fechney, 12.36, A Pierce, M Miernicki, R Bruce, No 10 Tee,12.30, B McFarlane, P Hefford, R Wards, K Bonnington, 12.36, B Shanks, A Moore, D Green, No 13 Tee, 12.30, S Newman, J Beardsley, S Lane, 12.36, W Stevenson, J VanderHeide, M Moore, Starters Duty; am; B Collins. pm; L Jackson, R Bruce. Cards; P Hefford.

■ Softball Hampstead Softball Club Nosh Café Slow-Pitch February 21 6.30pm: D.1 TGIF Sluggers v As Good As It Gets; D.2 Nosh Café Marines & Angels v S & Giggles; D.3 Beasties v Hawks.

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Tennis

Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis Round 11, February 22 B Grade - played at ATTC 9am sharp start Duty Team Rakaia Rebels.

Allenton Maroon v Hindalong Wildcats; Allenton Green v Methven Purple; Hampstead v Tinwald; Methven White v Rakaia Rebels.

Junior A start time 9am sharp Pool A: Rakaia Boyz v Tinwald Sky at Tinwald; Allenton v Wakanui at ATTC; Tinwald Blue v Hampstead at Hampstead.

Pool B: Hinds Southern v Methven Silver at Hinds; Dorie A Black v Methven Jade at Methven Domain; Dorie A Red v Hampstead Crusaders at Hampstead.

Junior B start time 10:45am Allenton v Hampstead at Allenton; Dorie B v Methven Blue at Dorie Hall; Hinds Smash v Methven Green at Hinds.

Junior C start time 9am sharp Pool A: Methven Red v Methven Orange at Mt Hutt College; Tinwald Pink v Hinds Stingers at Hinds; Allenton Charcoal v Allenton Blue at Allenton.

Pool B: Hampstead v Longbeach at Longbeach; Methven Gold v Dorie C at Mt Hutt College; Rakaia Rascals v Tinwald Wakanui at Wakanui.

Please phone any defaults through to Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis 308 3020 as soon as possible.

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Ashburton 7 Davis Crescent

Ashburton 11 Galbraith Street

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Get started... A tidy three bedroom home on a pet friendly, family sized

Wednesday 19th Feb Open Ho y 19th Feb Open Homes Side by side properties, buy one or buy both. These flats have 3 bedrooms each and great back yard area for kids and pets to roam. This could be your opportunity you have been waiting for! No7 has a double garage and is rented at $200 per week

section. With compliant inbuilt log fire in the lounge area. Good sized kitchen opening to the rear of the Section. A spacious single garage plus workshop compliments this tidy package. Certainly one to view to be appreciate.

For Sale Offers over $145,000 View by appointment rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20160

Ashburton Office 03 307 8317 Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)

30 SAUNDERS ROAD

LMERS AVEROAD SAUNDERS

Ashburton 22 Grove Street

Ashburton Office 03 307 8317 Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)

68 BEACH ROAD

6:00 - 6:15pm

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For Sale $275,000 View by appointment rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20121

6:45 - 7:00pm Ashburton 2/265 Moore Street

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Good to Go * 3 Bedrooms

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Easy Care Easy Living This tidy townhouse is just one block from the

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CBD. Large living area, two double bedrooms with good storage. Galley kitchen with abundance of cupboards and dining area. Large bathroom with shower and vanity also housing the laundry. House is insulated and heated with a heatpump ad nightstore. Single garage and easy care grounds completes the package.

For Sale $360,000 View By Appointment rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20147

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Rakaia 8 Dunford Street

For Sale $238,000 View by appointment rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20087

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Rakaia 142 Dunford Street

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A great find! Looking to buy below $220,000.

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Solid family home,looking for a Westside new owner.

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Great garaging with open bay wood shed.

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Chrissy Milne 027 290 6606

Web ID: AHB20402 $258,000 Margaret Feiss 021 751 009

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Annie Dwyer 027 287 3388

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Canterbury Real Estate Limited. Licensed Agent (REAA 2008) Tancred Street, Ashburton Mid96Canterbury Real Estate Limited. Licensed AgentMid (REAA 2008) Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited Phone (03) 3073 A8317 rwashburton.co.nz 3A1F2I 1F2I Ashburton 7 Davis Crescent Ashburton 11 Galbraith Street DOUBLE WHAMMY OPPORTUNITY 7 & 9 Davis Crescent Side by side properties, buy one or buy both. These flats have 3 bedrooms each and great back yard area for kids and pets to roam. This could be your opportunity you have been waiting for! No7 has a double garage and is rented at $200 per week

Get started... A tidy three bedroom home on a pet friendly, family sized section. With compliant inbuilt log fire in the lounge area. Good sized kitchen opening to the rear of the Section. A spacious single garage plus workshop compliments this tidy package. Certainly one to view to be appreciate.

For Sale Offers over $145,000 View by appointment rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20160 Ashburton Office 03 307 8317 Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)

For Sale $275,000 View by appointment rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20121 Ashburton Office 03 307 8317 Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)

RESIDENTIAL 217 West Street ASHBURTON ashburton@propertybrokers.co.nz 03 307 9176

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DEADLINE PRIVATE TREATY

A MUST TO SEE

WESTSIDE 88 Belt Road

Ashburton 22 Grove Street

Hidden away on a private rear section is this very well presented three bedroom home with hidden computer nook. Sun drenched conservatory off living 2 area.

A 1 FRoom 1I Ashburton 2/265 Moore Street forfrom all the toys with double internal access garage plus Easy Care Easy Living This tidy townhouse is just one block the separate double garage with workshop. Good CBD. Large living area, two double bedrooms with good storage.

Galleythroughout with pellet fire and heat pump. insulation For Sale $238,000 kitchen with abundance of cupboards and dining area. Large bathroom DVS system. Quality charm have been woven View byand appointment together a home that must be seen. andto create with shower and vanity also housing the laundry. House is insulated rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20087 heated with a heatpump ad nightstore. Single garage and easy care Ashburton Office 03 307 8317 Deadline Sale closing Friday February at 4pm.

LICENSED (REAA 2008) Mid Canterbury Real28th Estate Limited grounds completes the package.

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For Sale $360,000 View By Appointment rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20147 Ashburton Office 03 307 8317 Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)

So much on offer and will be sold; be quick!

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$298,000 APPEALS TO EVERYONE WESTSIDE 18 Smitheram Street

Netherby 9 Davis Crescent

WEB ID AU34475 3A1F

DOUBLE WHAMMY OPPORTUNITY 7 & 9 Davis CrescentNicely presented first home or westside investment option. 3 double bedrooms, cosy lounge with log Side by side properties, buy one or buy both. These flats have 3 burner and separate kitchen/dining. Loads of For Sale Offers over $145,000 each bedrooms each and great back yard area for kids and pets to roam.

No improvements but still room to put your own Viewdone by appointment 9 has no garaging. This could be the opportunity you have been waiting stamp on this.

Gorgeous garden setting, well fenced rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20161 for childrenAshburton and pets.

Tandem garage. A must to view. for! No 9 is currently rented at $220 per week.

Office 03 307 8317 Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008)

Offers over $298,000.

VIEW Wednesday 19 Feb 12.30 - 1.30pm

Manager Jill Quaid 027 437 6755

Urban Consultant Cindy Hayward 027 389 7955

96 OPEN Tancred HOMEStreet, Ashburton

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Urban Consultant Mandy Marsh 021 239 4418

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TENDER WESTSIDE 72 Wills Street

Ashburton Hut 8 Hakatere

WEB ID AU35551 3A1F

Pleased Down By The Seaside This hut and all its contents could be yours. to be able to offer this terrific family home located on Wills Street in a top Ashburton location. The This is a life style that many love in a small caring community. home This hut has many built- $90,000 on a quarter acre Forfeatures: Sale $80,000 has a small kitchen tucked in the corner of a large dining lounge with anthree good sized double bedrooms, ensuite off section, View by appointment open fire. Three bedrooms, separate toilet, a bathroom with shower master and bedroom, updated kitchen/dining area and rwashburton.co.nz/AHB20212 separate laundry. vanity, laundry. The property has batts insulation.

Ashburton Office 03 307 8317 LICENSED (REAA 2008) Mid Canterbury Real5.30 Estate -Limited VIEW Wednesday 19 Feb 6.30pm TENDER closes Tuesday 4th March 2014 at 4.00pm

Urban Consultant Margaret Feiss 021 751 009

OPEN HOME

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Wednesday 5.00pm – 5.30pm

5 Reddecliffe Crescent

Wednesday 5.30pm – 6.00pm

Offers Over $289,000

Set Sale: Wednesday 26th February 2014 at 2.00pm • Close to Hampstead School • Lovingly cared for home • Four bedrooms, modernised bathroom • Large single garage View at www.ashburton.harcourts.co.nz AS020214

74 Bridge Street Price: $465,000

Saturday 10.30am – 11.00am

• Three bedrooms and ensuite • Garden watering system

• Superbly presented • Double glazing, heat pump

View at www.ashburton.harcourts.co.nz AS130114

Helena Ratten 0274-577-998

Leo Ratten

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03 308-6497

118 Melcombe Street Enquiries Over $245,000

View at www.ashburton.harcourts.co.nz AS060214

Lynne Bridge 0274-106-216

Jill Leonard 0274-982-500

Roberta Rutledge 027-228-7843

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Daily Events Tuesday 9.30am ST DAVID’S WALKING GROUP. Meet outside church, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

M.S.A. TAI CHI. Exercises for all abilities.

Social hall, M.S.A. Havelock Street.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Goodwill shop open for the sale of preloved clothing.

Tinwald Methodist Church, Cnr Archibald and Jane Streets, Tinwald.

9.40pm MID CANTERBURY MENS PROBUS CLUB. Monthly meeting with a mini and main speaker.

Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter,

interactive fun for all ages.

Main Street, Methven.

WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet singles. The Domain, Philip Street.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Tai Chi maintenance class.

Social hall, M.S.A. Havelock Street.

12.00noon - 3.00pm ASHBURTON JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ASSOCIATION (INC).

Signing centre in Community House, at the rear of Westpac Bank, 122 Tancred Street.

12.50pm M.S.A. PETANQUE. Come and try Petanque, everyone welcome. M.S.A. Sports, Racecourse Road.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC 3. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

3.30pm - 7.00pm

30 Bowen Street, Rakaia Enquiries Over $300,000 • A lovely family home • Big deck - great for entertaining

• Fabulous kitchen • 1012 sqm section

View at www.ashburton.harcourts.co.nz AS050214

Lisa Kenny Dave Thomson 027-642-8200 027-6011-426

RENTAL MANAGER RENTAL MANAGER BUSINESS OWNER

Karyn Cox 027-77-66-497

Lyn Doig 0274-736-825

Phillip Kenny 0274-753-669

Phone 03 308-6497

112 - 114 Tancred Street, Ashburton PLANTS, PRODUCE

• 809 sqm section • Two bedroom, red brick

• HRV, log burner & heat pump • Great first home or investment

Saturday 11.45am – 12.45pm

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TINWALD SWIMMING POOL. Outdoor pool open in the Tinwald Domain, Maronan road.

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

WESTPARK W.I. Annual General Meeting, St Paul’s Church lounge, 65 Oxford Street.

6.00pm ASHBURTON ATHLETICS. 5km fun run/walk series (14 January - 1 April) $2 per entry, students free, Meet Walnut Avenue Pavilion.

6.30pm ASHBURTON DAHLIA CIRCLE. 2nd table show. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm FOREST AND BIRD. Gerald Bruce-Smith speaking on work with predator protection in Arthurs Pass. Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

Wednesday 9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time round op shop. Batpist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Streets.

10.00am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

MID CANTERBURY LADIES PROBUS CLUB. Coffee morning, Robert Harris, 361 West Street.

10.00am - 4.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, upstairs. All welcome. 254 Cameron Street.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Seated exercises, ideal for users of mobility aids. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

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

1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet doubles, The Domain, Philip Street.

ASHBURTON SENIOR NET. Grant Sidaway, N.Z. Senior net speaking, displays by businesses and organisations, What is Senior Net all about?? M.S.A. lounge of Burnett Street.

7.00pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing, Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

7.00pm - 9.30pm MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance 7pm, beginner/ intermediate (8pm - 9pm). Instructor Annette 307-7138a/h. Tinwald hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women walking group. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

ASHBURTON TRAVEL CLUB. Knox Hampton speaking on her visit to Malawi. St David’s Union Church lounge. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

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GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) The only truly urgent feature today is a need to take a moment to smell the coffee and hear yourself think. Treat stolen moments as a precious gift.

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Family Notices 26 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

PROCTER, Isabel Evelyn (Ann) (nee Wright) – Passed away on February 16, 2014 at Gallagher Hospice, Hamilton. Dearly loved wife of Reg. Loved mother and mother-in-law of Chris (Christchurch), David and Michelle (Ashburton), James and Lynley (Ashburton). Loved gran of Matthew, Jason and Talor; George, Quinn and Hazel; Hamish, Jeremy and Penny.

Loved daughter of the late Roy and Helen Wright (Oamaru). Loved sister of John and Phillipa. A service will be held in St Andrews Anglican Church, Hamilton Road, Cambridge, on FRIDAY, February 21 at 11.00am, followed by private cremation. In lieu of flowers donations to Hospice Waikato would be appreciated and may be placed at the service.

All communications to the Procter family c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge.

Gringer Funeral Service Ltd, 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge ROGERS, Patricia Mary (Pat) – On February 14, 2014, peacefully at Fitzroy of Merivale, Christchurch, aged 92 years. Dearly loved wife of the late John, loved mother and mother-in-law of Paul (deceased), Sue, Jill, Jane and John Hansen, John and Alison, Joss and Martin, Sal and George, Sam and Trish, loved gran of Sarah, Anna, David; Laura, Susie; Kate, Anna; Ben, Kara, Jack; Rosie, and Georgie, and great-gran of Jasmyn, Max; Alex, and Max, Lucas and Matilda. Loved sister of David, and the late Jack, and Peter, and sister-in-law of Nance. Special thanks to Dr Peterson and the staff at Fitzroy of Merivale. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Pat to the Red Cross would be appreciated, and may be made at the service. A celebration of Pat’s life will be held in St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church, 84 Oxford Terrace, Christchurch, on THURSDAY, February 20, at 2.00pm, private cremation thereafter.

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WHITING, Norman Meredith (Norm) – On February 15, 2014, suddenly, at home. Aged 85 years. Treasured husband and soul mate of Aine and dearly loved dad of Pamela, and the late Allan. Loved grandad of Allan, Megan, Beth, Zack, Alex, and Kate, and great grandad of Connor.

“Dearly loved - sadly missed” Messages to 11 Hefford Place, Ashburton 7700. A service to celebrate Norm’s life will be held at St David’s Union Church, Allens Road, Ashburton today, TUESDAY, February 18, commencing at 1.30pm. Followed by private cremation at Ashburton.

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Wind at 1000m: NW 60 km/h, dying away evening.

Wind at 2000m: NW 90 km/h easing early and, dying away in the evening.

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Fine with light winds.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 20.5 23.6 Max to 4pm 12.4 Minimum 10.0 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm February to date 23.2 Avg Feb to date 27 2014 to date 57.0 86 Avg year to date Wind km/h N 11 At 4pm Strongest gust N 61 Time of gust 12:46pm

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Tuesday, 18 February 2014

A moist easterly flow covers northern New Zealand for the next few days, while northeasterlies cover the remainder of the country. A front, followed by a southwest change, is likely to move over much of the South Island on Friday and North Island on Saturday.

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WARD, George (Geordie) – 13-2-2014 Loved brother and brother in law of Hazel (deceased) and Merv Johnston, June and Dev Crozier (Perth), Eddie and Gaynor, Elsie and Evan Moriarty, Chris and Gill, Kath and Dave Muir, and all his nieces and nephews, It is always hard to say goodbye but you have certainly left us with many great memories.

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6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am Whanau Living Stacey Morrison’s journey of discovery of how to balance a busy lifestyle with being a mother of three young children, a wife, and a radio and TV presenter.

10:30 Ellen 3 11:30 House Guest 3 0 Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm Coronation Street PGR 3 0 1:30 Brendan’s Magical Mystery Tour PGR 0 2pm Four Weddings USA 3 3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 Ellen With guest Jessica Alba.

5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat Hosted by Eddie McGuire. 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Surveillance Oz Cameras in Perth’s eastern suburbs capture a stranger resuscitating a baby in a busy supermarket. 0 8pm Australia’s Deadliest 0 8:30 Hidden Kingdoms 0 9:35 F Crime Secrets Of… 0 10:35 One News Tonight 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Handy Manny 3 0 6:53 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 6:55 Phineas And Ferb 3 0 7:20 Back At The Barnyard 3 0 7:50 Pokemon – Sinnoh League Victors 0 8:15 Doc McStuffins 0 8:40 Mike The Knight 3 0 8:50 Fireman Sam 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Melissa And Joey 3 0 11am Neighbours 3 0 11:30 Home And Away 3 0 Noon Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:30 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0 1pm Jeremy Kyle 2pm Bethenny 3pm Hope And Faith 3 0 3:30 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 3:35 The Penguins Of Madagascar 3 0 4:05 Shake It Up 0 4:30 8 Simple Rules 3 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm New Adventures Of Old Christine 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR How far will Brooke go to regain Boyd’s attention? Ula runs herself ragged; Rachel drops a truth bomb. 0 7:30 Nabbed 8pm Neighbours at War PGR 0 8:30 Step Dave 0 9:30 Revenge 0 10:30 Scandal AO 0

11:05 Southland 3 0 Midnight Infested 3 1:05 Te Karere 3 2 0 1:35 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2 0

11:30 Go Girls AO 3 0 1:30 Infomercials 2:35 Primeval AO 3 0 3:20 Gossip Girl 3 0 4:05 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Clodagh McKenna – Fresh From The Sea 7am Atlantic Edge 7:30 Grand Tours Of The Scottish Islands 8am Designer Travel 8:30 Cash And Cari 9am Natural World – Hawaii Magic in the Waves.

10am Secret Removers 11am The Dark Side PGR 11:30 Galleons Of Spice Noon Bath Crashers 12:30 Natural World – Hawaii Magic in the Waves.

1:30 Days Of Our Lives PGR 2:25 Hotel Secrets With Richard E Grant PGR 3:30 Cash And Cari 3:50 Hairy Dieters – How To Love Food And Lose Weight 5pm Better Homes And Gardens 6pm Designer Travel 6:30 House Crashers 7pm Auction Hunters 7:30 Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 8:30 Nick Knowles’ Original Features 9:30 World’s Greenest Homes 10pm West End Salvage 10:30 Web Therapy PGR 11pm Auction Hunters 11:30 Why Not? With Shania Twain

WEDNESDAY

12:35 Benny Hinn 1am Better Homes And Gardens 2am Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 3am World’s Greenest Homes 3:30 West End Salvage 4am Web Therapy AO 4:30 Designer Travel 5am Hairy Dieters – How To Love Food And Lose Weight

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10am Korero Mai 3 11am Toku Reo 3 Noon Korero Mai 3 1pm Toku Reo 3 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3 3:30 Cyberchase 3 2 4pm Miharo 3 2 4:30 Putahi 3 5pm Toi Whakaari 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga o te Motu 3

THE BOX 6am NYPD Blue MVLS 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Pawn Stars PG 7:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 8:05 The Pretender PG 8:55 CSI MV 9:45 Law And Order MV 10:35 CSI – Miami MV 11:25 Ice Road Truckers PGS 12:15 CSI – New York MV 1:05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:30 CSI MV 2:20 NYPD Blue MVLS 3:10 The Pretender PG 4pm Pawn Stars PG 4:30 The Simpsons PG 5pm CSI MV 6pm America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 6:30 The Simpsons PG 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 CSI – Miami MV 8:30 CSI MV 10:30 Law And Order MV 11:30 CSI – Miami MV

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12:30 The Pretender PG 1:20 NYPD Blue MVLS 2:10 Law And Order MV 3:05 CSI MV 4:45 The Pretender PG 5:35 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG

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6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 10:30 The Shopping Channel 11:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 Noon 3 News 12:30 Dr Phil AO A woman who was the only survivor of a car crash caused by drunken driving admits to acting recklessly in the two years following the accident.

1:30 The Dr Oz Show PGR Dr Oz discusses the thyroid gland, and symptoms that could signal problems with it.

2:30 Rachael Ray Kenny Rogers and Chelsea Clinton join Rachael.

3:30 The Glee Project 4:25 Would I Lie To You? UK AO 3 4:55 Big Brother Australia Highlights of life in the house.

6pm 3 News

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Pingu 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 The Wild Thornberrys 3 7:55 Rugrats 3 8:25 Chuggington 3 8:35 Care Bears 3 8:55 Bananas In Pyjamas 3 9:10 Bob The Builder 3 9:20 Thomas And Friends 3 9:30 Peppa Pig 3 9:40 Barney And Friends 3 10:05 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Peppa Pig 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:30 Four Live 6pm Malcolm In The Middle 0 6:30 Just Shoot Me! PGR 0

6am Sochi Winter Olympic Update The latest highlights, news, and results from Sochi, Russia.

8:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Test PGR Celebrities and viewers answer moral questions.

2pm America’s Got Talent 3 3pm The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3:30 Father Ted PGR 3 4pm The Late Show With David Letterman 4:55 Cricket – International (Highlights) New Zealand v India – Second Test, Day Four. From the Hawkins Basin Reserve in Wellington.

5:30 Prime News 6pm Sochi Winter Olympics (Highlights)

7pm Campbell Live 7:30 N Grand Designs PGR A crumbling 1920s cinema is transformed into a family home by a couple with no experience of building projects. 0 8:30 NCIS AO 0 9:30 NCIS – LA AO 0 10:30 The Paul Henry Show

7pm The Simpsons 0 7:30 Family Guy PGR 8pm The Cleveland Show PGR 8:30 M Big Momma’s House PGR 3 2000 Comedy.

An FBI agent goes undercover as a Southern matriarch to catch a notorious bank robber and prison escapee.

Martin Lawerence, Nia Long.

0 10:40 NYC 22 AO

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 60 Minutes PGR 3 8:30 M Chaos AO 2005 Action.

Two police officers, a rookie and a veteran, must work together to discover how five bank robbers escaped from a bank during a robbery.

Jason Statham, Ryan Phillippe, Wesley Snipes.

10:45 Welcome to Sochi

11:10 The Good Wife AO The firm leads a class-action lawsuit against a software company that allowed the Syrian government to make American citizens disappear.

12:10 Infomercials 5am Joyce Meyer 5:30 Infomercials

11:35 Entertainment Tonight Midnight Infomercials

11:15 Sochi Winter Olympics Short-track speed skating; alpine skiing; speed skating.

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6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:30 Milwaukee Fishing And Adventure 7am Cricket – International New Zealand v India – Second Test, Day Four. 9am Sky Sport – What’s On 9:30 Golf – Ladies PGA Tour (Highlights) ISPS Handa Women’s Open, Round Four.

10am The Cricket Show 10:30 L Cricket – International New Zealand v India – Second Test, Day Five. Coverage of the morning session from Hawkins Basin Reserve in Wellington.

1:05 The Crowd Goes Wild 1:35 L Cricket – International New Zealand v India – Second Test, Day Five. Coverage of the afternoon session from Hawkins Basin Reserve in Wellington.

6:30 The Cricket Show 7pm The Dirt Meetings five and six from Western Springs, Auckland.

7:30 Welcome to Sochi The latest from the Winter Olympics.

8pm The Crowd Goes Wild 8:30 Fox Sports News 9:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) New Zealand v India – Second Test, Day Five.

10pm Adventure Angler 10:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 Golf – Ladies PGA Tour (Highlights) ISPS Handa Women’s Open, Round Four. Midnight Cricket – International 2am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) 4am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay)

SKY SPORT 2 6:30 Ako 3 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Unsung Heroes Of Maori Music 3 8pm F The Prophets 8:30 M Shakespeare Behind Bars AO 2005 Documentary.

10:20 Both Worlds AO 10:50 Tagata Pasifika 11:20 Te Kaea 3 2 11:50 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Destroyed In Seconds PG 6:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 7:30 Man v Wild PG 8:30 Mythbusters PG 9:30 MythBusters – Star Wars Special PG 10:30 How We Invented The World PG 11:30 Fatal Encounters M 12:30 Dates From Hell M 1pm Dates From Hell M 1:30 Deadly Affairs M 2:30 Auction Hunters PG 3pm Auction Hunters 3:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 Mythbusters PG 6:30 Bering Sea Gold – Under The Ice PG 7:30 Deadly Seas PG 8:30 Alaskan Steel Men PG 9:30 Build It Bigger PG 10:30 Auction Kings PG 11pm Redrum M 11:30 Evil, I M

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Midnight True Crime With Aphrodite Jones M 1am Stalked – Someone’s Watching M 2am Factory Made PG 2:30 River Monsters With Jeremy Wade PG 3:30 Deadliest Catch PG 4:30 Howe And Howe Tech PG 5:30 Time Warp PG

6am Cricket – International (Highlights) New Zealand v India – Second Test, Day Four. From Hawkins Basin Reserve in Wellington.

6:30 The Fishing Show 7am Triathlon – Challenge Wanaka (Highlights) 8am Fox Sports News 8:30 Motorsport – Nascar Sprint Car Series (Highlights) The Sprint Unlimited. From Daytona Grand Designs Chaos International Speedway in Daytona 7:30pm on TV3 8:30pm on Prime Beach, Florida.

9:30 Rugby League – NRL MOVIES PREMIERE MOVIES GREATS Auckland Nines (Highlights) 11am Golf – European Tour 6:55 Austin Powers 2 – The 7am Seeking Justice 16VLS 2011 (Highlights) Africa Open – Round Thriller. Nicolas Cage, January Jones. Spy Who Shagged Me MS Four.

1999 Comedy. Michael Myers, 8:45 Dead Man Down 16VLS 2013 Noon Fox Sports News Action. Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace. Heather Graham, Rob Lowe. 8:30 Underworld – Rise Of The Lycans 12:30 Sky Sport News UK 10:45 Vanishing On Seventh 16V 2009 Action. Michael Sheen, Bill 1pm UFC Fight Night (Replay) Street ML 2010 Thriller. Hayden Machida v Mousasi.

Nighy.

Christensen, Thandie Newton.

3pm Golf – US PGA Tour 10:05 Gangs Of New York 16VLS 12:20 Freeloaders 16LS 2012 (Highlights) Northern Trust Open – 2002 Historical Drama. Leonardo Comedy. Olivia Munn, Nat Faxton.

Round Four.

DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron 1:45 Seeking Justice 16VLS 2011 4pm Cricket – ICC U19 World Cup Thriller. Nicolas Cage, January Jones. Diaz.

12:50 Double Jeopardy MVLS 1999 (Highlights) England v Sri Lanka.

3:30 Dead Man Down 16VLS 2013 5pm Cricket – ICC U19 World Cup Action. Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace. Thriller. Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee (Highlights) India v Scotland.

Jones.

5:30 She Wants Me MLS 2012 6:15 L Cricket – ICC U19 2:35 Austin Powers 2 – The Comedy. Josh Gad, Hilary Duff.

World Cup England v New Spy Who Shagged Me MS 1999 7pm The Day 16V 2012 Horror.

Zealand – First Innings. From Dubai Comedy.

Shawn Ashmore, Ashley Bell.

International Cricket Stadium.

8:30 Knife Fight ML 2013 Comedy. 4:15 50 First Dates MS 2004 10:05 L Cricket – ICC U19 Comedy.

Rob Lowe, Julie Bowen.

World Cup England v New Zealand 10:10 The Courier 18VL 2012 Action 5:55 The Firm PGL 1993 Thriller.

– Second Innings. From Dubai 8:30 Jerry Maguire MLS 1996 Crime Thriller. Mickey Rourke.

International Cricket Stadium.

Drama.

11:45 Slayer 16V 2006 Horror.

10:50 Lock, Stock And Two Casper Van Dien, Tony Plana.

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Moore breaks through After settling for second place last week, Glenn Moore went one better to secure a win in the Tinwald Cycling Club’s 48km handicap event at Greenstreet on Saturday.

The club was celebrating its 90th jubilee, and it was fitting that life member Merv Ineson was on hand to present the Merv Ineson Cup to the winner.

The finish was only finalised on the line with a solid group of 15 riders contesting the sprint for the podium positions, with the chasing scratch riders only eight seconds back.

Pam Harcourt and Kathy Askin sit on the front of a bunch on the Tinwald Cycling Club’s 48km handicap event at Greenstreet on Saturday.

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In the charge to the line the Mid Canterbury Heartland coach wasn’t going to be denied twice in two weeks, producing the winning surge.

A trio of Methven riders secured the next three spots. Marty Cuttle backed up some great racing of late to take second and Adena Middleton pulled out her best performance of the season, showing good strength in the sprint finish to take third while Mike Kennish continued his run of good form to take fourth.

Shane Gerken and Steve Tocher rounded out the top six.

As was the case last week under 17 rider Ben Sutton produced a top shelf ride to lead the field in, and will be looking forward to moving into the senior ranks so he can claim higher honours.

Scratch rider Nathan Tew set the fastest time riding the course in 70.38 minutes. Co-markers Tony Ward and Michael Templeton had the second and third best times.

The juniors and division 2 raced over 16km.

Following some constant efforts in recent weeks Ryan Jackson was

rewarded with victory on the day Jackson sprinted in ahead of Abe O’Donnell, and Oliver Davidson was third after a big battle between the trio.

Bella Roulston found the line strongly to take fourth with Caitlin Titheridge in fifth. Matthew Clough was sixth and had the fastest time.

Matthew’s father Kerry rounded out a good day for the Cloughs, taking the Division 2 honours.

Next week the club travels to Terrace Downs to contest the picturesque Lake Coleridge course.

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Skipper leads magnificent fightback

BY ANDREW ALDERSON Brendon McCullum and BJ Watling have delivered New Zealand cricket fans arguably the greatest fightback in the country’s test history, posting a world record 352-run partnership for the sixth wicket.

Their effort overtook the previous best set by Sri Lankans Mahela and Prasanna Jayawardene against India at Ahmedabad in 2009.

They were given a standing ovation by the 2200 strong crowd, many of whom remained until the end to get a closer glimpse of their heroes.

Records tumbled almost as quickly as the spectators through the turnstile, racing to catch what will already be remembered as one of New Zealand’s finest sporting recoveries if the hosts achieve a draw or a win.

McCullum has achieved New Zealand’s second highest test score of 281 not out. He will resume on the final day with the prospect of overtaking Martin Crowe’s 23-year-old 299 record and become the country’s first player to a test triple century.

Watling was adjudged lbw for his highest test score of 124 to Mohammed Shami at 446. It

was the second delivery with the third new ball. Watling spent 367 balls and almost nine hours at the crease.

McCullum said he was “a little bit tired” after his marathon session at the crease.

“The last hour was a bit of a daze in all honesty. Thankfully Neesh was playing some shots and ticking the board over because I was just hanging in there.

The body is a bit sore, but when you’re scoring runs it doesn’t hurt so much.”

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today, McCullum paid tribute to his partners.

“You set out game plans and strategies and you have dreams and they don’t always live them but today I thought BJ and myself were able to put ourselves in a really strong position. The way Neesh came in and created that later partnership also means we are really pleased.”

If New Zealand save or win the test, the McCullum/Watling effort will join the debate as which is the country’s greatest matchsaving or winning partnership.

New Zealand lead by 325 runs.

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