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Booze bus idea raised again

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Ashburton’s top cop has resurrected the idea of running a latenight bus to transport people home from the CBD after last weekend’s booze-fuelled brawl.

However, the suggestion has drawn the ire of local transport providers, who believe it will do nothing to curb bad behaviour in the CBD. About 150 people congregated at the scene of the brawl, which

left several people, including a police officer, requiring medical treatment. Ten people have so far been arrested in relation to the disorder.

Ashburton police senior sergeant Scott Banfield first raised the idea of a booze bus last August after police noted a steady number of intoxicated people staggering about the CBD at weekends.

The suggestion was a controversial one, and Mr Banfield

admitted it only received “50/50 support” from the community.

However, he said he would probably look into the possibility again following last weekend’s alcohol-fuelled violence.

He also urged people to “look after their mates”, and plan how they were getting home before they went out.

The possibility of a late night shuttle has drawn condemnation from other local transport providers, with Ashburton Tax-

is managing director Graeme Bentley labelling the idea “stupid”. He said a late night shuttle would adversely affect his business, and he believed there were already enough transport options for people at the weekend.

“Everybody jumps up and down and says “we need to get them home quicker”, but they don’t want to go home quicker.”

“A lot of this comes from people who aren’t out there on a Saturday night.”

Ashburton Trust chief executive Giles Beal believed more courtesy vans and increased host responsibility would help to stamp out disorder in town.

Mr Beal said the trust ran courtesy vans, but he believed other establishments needed to consider running vans too.

“When it comes back to host responsibility, which is a fundamental principle of running a pub, you’re responsible for your customers,” he said.

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Shortland Street star Pua Magasiva is ready to take on his first triathlon – he’s been training for seven years. The 34-yearold Healthy Living ambassador for the Sovereign Tri-Series has been a qualified personal trainer since 2007 and said fitness was a passion. “It’s a challenge and I love challenges ... I’ve never done a triathlon but anything you decide to do you have to do wholeheartedly,” he said. “That was the mentality I had when I decided I wanted to do it because I love things that are hard. In this world you don’t get through things the easy route, you’ve always got to take the hard route.” Magasiva said his training regime echoed his daily life – never stopping. The Sovereign Tri-Series takes place in Takapuna on February 13-14.

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Hip Hop-eration wins at film festival New Zealand feature documentary film Hip Hop-eration has won the Audience Choice Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The film, directed by Bryn Evans, follows a group of senior citizens from Waiheke Island on a mission to perform at the World Hip Hop Championships in Las Vegas. It won best documentary, best director and best cinematographer awards at the New Zealand Film Awards in December, and has been invited to show in many film festivals, including Berlin, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Australia, US and Israel. The Hip Hop-eration crew consists of 22 dancers aged 68 to 95-years-old. Thirteen members are in their 80s and 90s, four use mobility aids, seven are deaf and one is legally blind. There are 17 women and five men in the group. They performed at the World Hip Hop Championships in Las Vegas in 2013 and have competed in the New Zealand Hip Hop Championships in 2013 and 2014. In November, the group, which began as a flash mob in 2012, performed to 16,000 people in the Taipei Stadium in Taiwan.

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Call to boycott movie The erotic movie Fifty Shades of Grey, due to be released on Valentine’s Day, should be boycotted because it “glamorises sexual violence”, Family First says. Moviegoers should instead donate the admission fee to their local Women’s Refuge, the lobby group’s national director Bob McCoskrie said.

The movie, based on the novel by British author EL James, traces the relationship between a college graduate and a wealthy businessman. Bondage and discipline, dominance and submission feature heavily in the plot. Mr McCoskrie has called on families to use the release as an opportunity to have a discussion about real respect and ntimacy in relationships.

Colouful display of gay pride A colourful display of gay pride yesterday attracted hundreds of people to this year’s Big Gay Out festival. Coyle Park, in Auckland’s Pt Chevalier, was packed with members of the gay community as well as many families. There were a number of drag queens dressed up to the nines - with large eccentric head pieces and sparkly costumes. Miss Ribena (below), kitted out in a silver and purple getup, strutted down the carpark as members of the public and media snapped away. “The queen is here,” she said.

There were about 100 stalls, as well as a main stage, which had been blasting the likes of Beyonce and Katy Perry from speakers throughout the afternoon. Prime Minister John Key and Labour leader Andrew Little both attended.

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Player wins$4.3m For the second week in a row, a lucky punter has become a multi-millionaire after winning $4.3 million with a winning Powerball ticket. The ticket, which was sold online, was bought in Wanganui, Lotto New Zealand’s head of corporate communications Emilia Mazur said. The total prize was made up of $4 million from Powerball First Division and $333,333 from Lotto First Division. “This win comes just one week after a family from Hokitika won $6.5 million with Powerball,” Ms Mazur said.

“There’s no denying that 2015 has been a remarkably lucky year for Lotto players, with five major jackpots already being won this year.” There were also two other Lotto First Division winners on Saturday night, each winning $333,333. The winning Lotto tickets were sold at Pak N Save Silverdale in Silverdale and Kaiapoi New World in Kaiapoi. Strike Four had jackpotted and will be worth $200,000 in next week’s draw.

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■ LOTTO WINNING WHEEL

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Nailing a big prize on Lotto’s Winning Wheel live on television on Saturday night had Richard Day of Rakaia cheering for joy.

It was hugs and smiles all round from the Lotto hosts as the easy-going fisherman, and his mum Colleen, saw his spin click round to the wheel’s second biggest prize of $500,000.

From his luxury Sofitel Hotel room in Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour yesterday morning, paid for by Lotto, the 44-yearold said it was all just sinking in.

“I’m still just blown away with it all actually, it’s just mindblowing really.”

He planned to buy a jetboat, something he thought might cost $10,000, and maybe even buy his own house. Mr Day lives with his dad and is a former freezing worker who is on a sickness benefit for a shoulder injury.

He said the money would help him pay for over $2000 dental work he had done after having to have teeth removed last year.

Mr Day said he generally kept to himself, and planned to do the same for the future.

“I’m not going to change with winning that money, I will be the same old person,” he said.

One thing that would change though, would be how he fished in the annual Rakaia River Salmon Fishing Competition, coming up at the end of this month.

He said he and his uncles from Nelson and a friend from Christchurch always entered, but never had the luxury of being able to jetboat up and down the river to find the best fishing holes.

“I usually just fish off the shore,” Mr Day said.

He said he had bought the

ticket on a whim, and was not a regular Lotto player.

“I wasn’t even going to buy a Lotto ticket that day, for some reason I did a U-turn into the Mobil at Rakaia.”

Mr Day is a patron at the South Rakaia Hotel, and about 45 fellow patrons watched his spin live on Saturday night from the pub.

Hotel owner Lara Reihana said she had brought out the pub’s own miniature winning wheel it used for special events, and a few spins saw patrons win T-shirts, free drinks and twofor-one deals.

“Everyone was just so happy for him,” she said of Mr Day’s win.

Rakaia’s Richard Day, with mum Colleen and host Sonia Gray, was excited to win $500,000 on Lotto’s Winning Wheel on Saturday night.

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The family of an Israeli woman who died in a van crash in North Canterbury has thanked the emergency services in New Zealand for their help and support.

Liora Keren, 61, died when the van carrying her, her husband and four fellow Israeli tourists crossed the centre line on State Highway 1 near Greta Valley and rolled down a bank.

She was a passenger in the rear of the van and was wearing a seat-belt at the time of the crash, police said.

A spokesperson on behalf of Mrs Keren’s family and her holiday companions gave a statement through police.

“We are still coming to terms with the sudden loss of Liora,” the statement said.

“She was much loved by her family and a cherished friend to those who knew her.

“We made many happy memories during our short time in New Zealand and would like to thank Canterbury Police, the NZ Fire Service and the paramedics from St John and Westpac for their help and support.”

The spokesperson asked for privacy while the family and travelling companions came to terms with the death.

Police said a female rear seat passenger is in a critical condition in Christchurch Hospital ICU. The driver, a 69-year-old man, and the male front seat passenger and male and female rear seat passengers are all described as being in a comfortable condition in hospital.

Police said investigations were continuing into the crash.

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■ BIG LITTLE THEATRE COMPANY

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Actors outgrow event centre

BY SUSAN SANDYS

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Big Little Theatre Company is moving out of the Ashburton Trust Event Centre as its director expresses disappointment at the venue’s focus on hiring out rooms.

Jackie Heffernan said the event centre was essentially a building for hire, which went against the spirit of fostering creativity and having a resident theatre company there.

Big Little has been based at the event centre since it opened six years ago, but will this week begin its 2015 classes at the privately-owned Aeroview Theatre on the outskirts of Ashburton, enticed by a performance setting which offers plenty of space for the growing school of 100 students.

“It’s such an inspiring space, you only have to walk in the door and it says this is a place for theatre, this is a place for entertainment, the event centre doesn’t say that,” Mrs Heffernan said. At times teachers had taken classes in corridors at the event centre as meetings and conferences were packing in and out of rooms.

The only place “the magic happens” at the event centre was in the auditorium itself, but “when you are not there it’s just a set of rooms for hire”.

A 70-year-old Auckland man participating in a sailing regatta north of Wellington was wearing a lifejacket that wasn’t inflated when he died. The man fell from a 6.5m sailboat that he was piloting about 10:30am yesterday. He had been sailing in the Noelex 22 National Championship at Plimmerton and event spokesman Commodore Matt Hipperson said all participants were wearing lifejackets, but the man’s lifejacket was not inflated when he fell. ZME

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Actors (from left) Caleb Livingstone, 14, Jack Bubb, 14, Charlotte Livingstone, 7, Kasey Higson, 9, teacher Georgie Sivier, Libby Higson, 16, and Abby Eastwood, 16, at the new venue.

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She said it would cost more to hire the Aeroview Theatre, but course costs would not increase.

Big Little would continue to stage its major productions at the event centre.

Mrs Heffernan also spoke of a perception outside of Ashburton that the town was not interested in the arts, following community criticism surrounding the town’s new art gallery project. This did not help the event centre when it came to attracting performers from outside the district.

There was also a lack of audience support within Ashburton itself. Many potential patrons believed if they turned up once

a year to see the Variety Theatre of Ashburton show they were supporting local theatre, but they really needed to go to more than one show. Poor turnouts put increasing pressure on the event centre to rent itself out to pay the bills.

Event centre manager Roger Farr said it was disappointing to lose the theatre training arm of the Big Little Theatre Company, but the event centre needed to look for events that increased its revenue and lessened its reliance on the Ashburton District Council.

Community groups were offered a rate which was half that paid by commercial interests,

and subsidised through a grant the event centre received from the council.

“We loved having a resident theatre training company here, but they have basically outgrown us by now requiring the use of the whole venue, meaning we no longer had the ability to manoeuvre them to another room should a touring group or conference need to set up. I simply could not afford to turn down a multi-day hire because of a three-hour hire,” Mr Farr said.

Currently 51 per cent of the venue hire was to community based performing arts organisations.

Theatre students relish new learning space Move over Coronation Street, here comes Big Little Street.

One of Big Little Theatre Company’s projects at its new Aeroview Theatre premises is to create its own soap opera.

Director Jackie Heffernan said the theatre complex had a replica street, called Tiny Town, which would become Big Little Street for the purposes of the show. Students of the thea-

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tre school would create their own episodes - scripting, starring in and filming them. Aeroview has a stage as well as a cinema screen, so would be perfect for screening such shows.

Mrs Heffernan is excited about her students, who range in age from seven to 17, having the new space to rehearse in, as it was a dedicated performance space.

“Our young actors will now be grown and developed in their own theatre space,” Mrs Heffernan said. “Creatively it gives us more possibilities to grow our work and grow our company.”

Aeroview Theatre owners Peter and Larraine McQuarters said they were “quite delighted” to have the theatre company as new clients.

The theatre is part of the

Aeroview Function Venue, which has been a professional function venue since 2013.

Classes for 2015 will encompass a range of performance styles such as drama, musical theatre, soft show tap, choreographed movement, and acting for screen. The theatre company has also begun rehearsals for its first production of the year, Bugsy Malone.

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A search was under way last night for a woman who had been diving for crayfish. The 37-year-old started her dive from a boat with a male friend about 9.10am off Motunau Beach, east of Greta Valley in Canterbury.

Canterbury police search and rescue were leading the search.

A drift pattern area provided by the Rescue Coordination Centre of New Zealand was searched for yesterday by the Waimak-Ashley Coastguard and the Christchurchbased Westpac Rescue Helicopter.

Police divers are expected to join the search.

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Car, truck collide A man was seriously injured after a collision between a car and truck near National Park on Saturday.

The crash happened on State Highway 4 at Erua, about 8pm, Greenlea Rescue Helicopter pilot Nat Every said. The man, thought to be in his late 50s, was the sole occupant in the car. He was flown by rescue helicopter to Waikato Hospital. The truck driver was also taken to hospital, suffering a broken leg, Mr Every said.

Correction A feature published on Saturday about cardiac events incorrectly referred to Tony Sands as Tony Sandys. The error is regretted.

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■ ASHBURTON AIRPORT

Bumpy landings for visiting pilots

By SuSaN SaNdyS

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They flew from near and far in planes they had built themselves, in conditions that made some of them turn the same colour as the forests and windswept seas beneath them.

It was the Great Plains Fly-In, and the place pilots had to make it to from around the country was the Ashburton Airport.

The Sport Aviation event is held annually, but alternates each year between the North and South Islands and is often hosted in Ashburton.

Ninety-four plans from throughout New Zealand turned up, although about 19 stayed away with their pilots not able to make it due to windy conditions on Thursday when most of the planes arrived.

Organising committee chairman Owen Moore said those who did fly and had windy areas to fly though had to combat the risk of motion sickness.

The wind did not put off one pilot who had been particularly proud to have flown over the Cook Strait considering it was the first time he had done so on his own.

“You don’t think of it when you are flying with Air New Zealand, but when you are flying on your own it’s a big expanse of water.”

One of the highlights of the two-day Fly In on Friday and Saturday was seminars which were held at the airport; they covered topics such as flying with Volkswagon engines, glass cockpits, and fuel management. Another was a fly past on Saturday afternoon of a Strikemaster, a former airforce jet.

Pilots returning yesterday would have had good flying conditions, Mr Moore said, except for “a bit of wind in the Cook Strait area”.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Building owners to pay for pigeon eradication

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War has been declared on Ashburton’s inner town pigeons with the Ashburton District Council and 15 business owners forming a fighting force likely to drive the pests out of town.

Last year the council was approached

by Ashburton Event Centre manager Roger Farr who was fed up with pigeon’s fouling the centre’s roof and air conditioning units.

He suggested other businesses might share his concerns and the council decided to find out. It discovered the pigeon problem was widespread.

The businesses were keen to form a joint initiative with the council and several pest destruction companies also said they wanted to be involved, but the council is determined it won’t be footing the bill for the project.

Council environmental monitoring manager Rick Catchpowle plans to send letters to those businesses to establish a plan that could see a co-ordinated approach to pigeon eradication.

“We’re getting the costs of the exercise now. All the businesses are different sizes so we’ll get a quote and look at

how we’d spread the costs,” he said.

At last week’s council environmental services meeting, environmental services manager Jane Donaldson said there was no money in her budget for pigeon eradication.

“It was never made clear that the council would cough up the money for this, it was about us taking a lead role. If you want to spend money on eradication on privately owned buildings then you’ll need some budget provisions,” she said.

Councillor Alan Totty made it quite clear that the council wouldn’t be the project’s funder. It might pay for clearing up its own buildings because that would be normal repairs and maintenance, but private building owners would be paying their way, he said.

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■ ASHBURTON ART GALLERY AND HERITAGE CENTRE

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Opening excitement builds

Busy weekend for local firefighters

By SuSan SandyS

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Each item has been dusted off and carefully placed, each photo framed, each story told. Now just the finishing touches are being put on exhibitions at the Ashburton museum.

The museum’s new building of the Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre will be officially opened on Saturday, and staff are excited.

“We are very, very pleased with the way it is working out,” said manager Michael Hanrahan as he proudly looked across displays on the building’s ground floor. He and two fellow staff members, archivist Kathleen Stringer and senior curator Maryann Cowan, have continued to work full-time since the museum’s former premises closed down last May. They have been shifting items into the large and brand new space, and installing them with the help of up to 30 professionals including display designer Chris Currie from Rotorua.

Whereas the old building had cases around the wall and everything behind glass, the new has more of a flow pattern with open exhibits, laid out with a chronology behind it, telling a story from one end to the other.

There are old favourites such as a three-dimensional relief map, but with upgrades and electronics. New features include a photo wall with about 120 images of people who have lived in Ashburton from the 1800s to the current day. There is information about each person, and Mr Hanrahan said he expected the display to be a

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Ashburton museum senior curator Maryann Cowan in the new building’s storage space, preparing for the official opening on Saturday.

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popular one. The photos would change, and the only criteria for getting onto the wall was that the person had to have lived in the area and that the museum had a photo and information on them.

Among the “object rich” layout, a brick wall acknowledges the area’s brick industry, a seismograph shows tremors deep in the earth in real time on a computer screen, and there will be a children’s dress-up area for antique clothing. A research room with newspapers on microfilm will open weekday afternoons.

The official opening will mark

the culmination of a 14-year journey from when museum personnel first expressed their concern that the old building did not have enough storage space. Now there are extensive storage areas.

Opening hours will be 10am to 4pm weekdays and 1pm to 4pm at weekends.

Mr Hanrahan was pleased to report the museum had not suffered the same issues with air conditioning as the upstairs art gallery, however it was still being fine-tuned. Temperatures in the photo storage room were 16 degrees on Tuesday last week, but needed to get down to 13,

while humidity “could be a wee bit lower”. The way to finetune it was to let operator Opus know, “but they have enough on their plate” dealing with the art gallery’s system, he said.

Mrs Cowan was setting up a short-term display of “small stories” which would be ready for the opening. They were to include a penny found on the site of the new building in the 1860s, a photo of Darkie the dog who survived months buried in a hay stack, Snowdrop ice-cream memorabilia, and pieces of a baby’s headstone from a long-lost cemetery at Westerfield.

■ TAURANGA ACCIDENT

Toddler stable after driveway accident

By Sonya BateSon A 16-month-old boy was taken to Waikato Hospital yesterday after being struck by a car in a driveway.

The boy was being looked after by a family friend in Otumoetai when he ran out onto a shared driveway in Ferndown Close and was hit by a car about 11.25am, Sergeant Mike Owen said.

The toddler was taken to Tauranga Hospital with injuries including a partially severed tongue and grazing from the concrete driveway.

The decision was made later in the afternoon to transport the boy to Waikato Hospital.

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Board spokeswoman Diana Marriott said the boy was from Tauranga and he was in a stable condition.

When the Bay of Plenty Times visited the house where the child was hit, people were too distraught to speak.

This is one of a spate of incidents where children have been run over by vehicles in driveways in recent months.

An 18-month-old girl was in a critical condition on December 6 after being run over in an Auckland driveway.

A neighbour said the child’s mother went to the garage and the toddler ran after her at the home in Mangere.

The child was taken to Middlemore Hospital with serious in-

juries, but was later transported to Starship.

Two weeks earlier, 3-year-old Valentina Grace Warren was killed by a vehicle in her Te Atatu, West Auckland, driveway. In March, toddler Mila Tamihana was found in her Cartmel Ave driveway in Massey with fatal injuries after being hit by a car.

Te Manawa Whetuki Renata, 23 months old, died after being hit by a vehicle in the driveway of his Papatoetoe, South Auckland home in April.

According to Safekids, one child on average is hit by a car every month in Auckland driveways and five children a year are killed in driveway accidents across the country.

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Mid Canterbury firefighters had a busy weekend, including being called to a serious car crash.

As temperatures soared yesterday to 30 degrees in Ashburton, units from Methven, Alford Forest, Lauriston and an Ashburton tanker were called to a serious fire on Ashburton Forks Road.

About 2.30pm a harvester caught fire, however its operator had been able to extinguish it.

But by that time the fire had taken hold in a paddock of stubble and it got into 150 metres of trees and was at risk of moving in to the nearby riverbed.

Methven chief SelwSelwyn Allred yn Allred said there had been a lot of fire to put out when arriving on the scene.

Mt Hutt Helicopters was called in to help, and with the extra units firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze.

After 3pm a call came through to the Ashburton station, to a truck with a tyre on fire on State Highway 1 near the Ashburton Golf Course.

The Hinds brigade was called to a minor roadside fire, caused by sparks from overhead power line, on Surveyors Road about 1.30pm yesterday.

At 11.34pm on Saturday the Mt Somers brigade attended a single vehicle crash on Ashburton Gorge Road.

St John was alerted at 11.34pm and sent an ambulance and the Westpac rescue helicopter with St John paramedics.

The patient was male, aged in his mid 20s, with serious injuries, and was flown to Christchurch Hospital emergency department.

Ashburton firefighters were called to a vegetation fire on Seafield Road 12.19am yesterday, while Rakaia firefighters were called to a vegetation fire on Acton Road fire at Dorie 6.30pm on Saturday.

The latter was caused by a truck heading a green stubble paddock, and about two hectares of the paddock was destroyed in the blaze.

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Rajah finally returns to Methven Ian has fond memories of Rajah

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Dozens turned out to see the unveiling of the Rajah the Wonder Dog statue in Methven yesterday.

Held as part of a Methven Community Day, the unveiling had a special guest of honour, the very man who had, as a boy, lived with and helped look after Rajah - Ian Robertson, 94, of Timaru.

He and his wife Rona travelled for the unveiling of the project, arriving at the venue in a 1930s Chrysler. The $16,000 project has been a labour of love for its instigator, Angela Grieve of Methven.

“It’s real good, very like him, I’m absolutely amazed, David made such a great job,” Mr Robertson said after he laid eyes on the statue for the first time. The statue’s sculptor, David Marshall, spoke at the opening, as did Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay and Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew.

Rajah the German Shepherd was owned by Methven policeman Robbie Robertson, Ian’s father, and lived in Methven from 1929 to 1936. Under Robbie’s tuition he learned 52 tricks and was renowned for telepathic skills.

“There was even an offer to take Rajah to Hollywood to replace Rin Tin Tin,” Mrs Grieve told the gathered audience.

“This could be the first of many stories for our town giving locals and tourists insight into our past,” she said, suggesting a “true stories of Methven” project.

Mr McKay told the crowd he belonged to various committees and the last approximate $1000 needed for the statue was on its way.

The crowd was suitably impressed, as it was when Mr McKay and Mr Robertson took off the statue’s white covering.

Gasps greeted the unveiling of the lifelike statue as its golden hues shone in the strong mid-afternoon sunlight.

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Mr Robertson has fond memories of Rajah, which he has recalled for the Guardian previously.

He was eight when his dad ordered Rajah from breeders in Auckland. The puppy was the smallest in a litter of six.

“The breeder said ‘This was the only one we have left’, and he turned out to be the best of the lot in the end,” Mr Robertson said.

His dad began teaching the young canine tricks from a book on How to Train German Shepherds.

Before long Rajah could not just sit, lie down and roll over, but refuse meat if told it was poisoned, and play dead when asked ‘What would happen to you if you were caught chasing sheep?’

As part of his performances, Rajah would carry a butter box in his mouth to where he was going to do his tricks.

His ability to retrieve hidden objects was astounding and many believed he was telepathic.

He attracted a visit from a Hollywood executive who wanted him to succeed Rin Tin Tin. But Mr Robertson deemed a trip to America to be too unsettling for the family, and instead stayed in Methven and performed shows with Rajah around the South Island. As his fame grew he became known far and wide as Rajah the Wonder Dog. Rajah has incorrectly been referred to as New Zealand’s first police dog, as he accompanied Constable Robertson on duty sometimes. While he did help out with some police work, at one time searching for a missing woman, this was always in an unofficial capacity.

Methven resident Angela Grieve learned of the dog’s former existence around 2000, but her interest was reignited when she came across a booklet Ian had written about Rajah in the Methven museum.

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Second detour while Thompson’s Track upgraded Travelling along Ashburton’s Thompson’s Track will become an exercise in alternative routes as a second detour is put in place while upgrading work is under way.

While reconstruction work is carried out at the Martins Road and Dromore Hatfield road sites, traffic will be re-routed along Somerton and the Rakaia Barrhill Methven Roads for about eight weeks. There will also be

a diversion in place in Rakaia to ensure local traffic is rerouted.

The detour will apply from today.

In August last year council allocated an additional $1m of funding for Thompsons Track due to the number of potholes and other issues being continually reported and repaired along this road. By temporarily closing the road during working hours and putting a detour in

place, work can be done safely and the disruption to road users can be kept to a minimum, council asset management engineer Geoff Rhodes said.

“We were able to make good progress at the Braemar Road/ Methven Highway site along Thompson’s Track in recent weeks by using a signed detour so we’ll be taking the same approach to diverting traffic when it comes to doing the recon-

struction work at the Martins/ Dromore Hatfield roads site on Thompson’s Track.”

As well as helping keep the traffic flowing smoothly in this area, the signed detour is also allowing council to increase the length of the works on Thompson’s Track over an additional 750m to the east of Martins Road to be completed within the same time period as initially programmed, he said.

“Our initial berm and culvert installation works at the Martins/Dromore Hatfield roads site has progressed well under stop-go traffic control and we’re now getting prepared for the reconstruction phase starting on February 9.”

Work is still set to be completed at both Thompson’s Track sites - including the additional 750m length - by the end of March.

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Top left: Hampstead’s Isi Ula during the Little League match between the Hampstead All Stars and the Ashburton Demons’ Cubs.

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News” that many Auckland parents are helping their children buy homes in their city’s over-heated property scene will resonate with many Mid Canterbury buyers who, even in a much-more forgiving market, are in a very similar boat.

It was “news” yesterday that parents of half of a cohort of new home buyers surveyed in Auckland stumped up deposits, loans, gifts and acted as guarantors to help their children buy homes which would otherwise be much cheaper in regions such as ours.

Well, that is only partly true.

After all, the local property market has been characterised as seriously unaffordable using a global measure of property prices relative to income - and the seemingly consistent climb in values for the past few years suggests it will take a bust to end the boom.

But this is the tale of the tape in growing regions and plenty of Mid Cantabrians will know of families who have supported children into their first property. These days - particularly since the loan-to-value ratio rules kicked in - it is almost as much a part of the market as the need for (or the absence of) personal thrift and realistic expectations.

The present centred-ism in recent discussion about property forgets parents have probably always helped their children get a start and house affordability is still relative to income and the ability to save.

What is different though, is the quantum involved and the pace with which prices climb even outside Auckland.

Some economists say this combination means property ownership could be increasingly concentrated in those who have the means of entering the market - that is, people whose parents already own property and have equity to spare.

The Reserve Bank continues to warn the property market is due for a “correction”. Relative to the past, families need to be doubly sure they are not taking risks they cannot afford.

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aitangi Day celebrations this year marked the 175th anniversary of the treaty signing and offered an opportunity to reflect on what the treaty means for our nation in the 21st century.

This year I chose to return to Waitangi for the celebrations instead of attending Multi Cultural Bite in Ashburton which I have done most years. The programme at Waitangi included discussions between iwi leaders and ministers, including myself, and covered issues such as water use, so I was keen to be a part of those.

Treaty settlements are an area where there have been real gains for Maori.

The year 2014 was a very productive year for settlements with three agreements in principle signed, five deeds of settlement signed, and eight Treaty settlement bills going through the House.

The Government is working towards settling with all willing and able iwi by the end of 2017, and we are making good progress towards that goal.

Around the country, more and more iwi are growing their settlements and making progress for their people and regions.

Our commitment to full and final Treaty settlements stretches back over 20 years, to 1992, when the Jim Bolger government started to settle iwi-specific grievances.

The first two individual comprehensive settlements were with Waikato-Tainui for their raupatu claims in 1995 and Ngai Tahu in 1998. Since then, both iwi have grown their initial settlements of $170 million into assets worth over $700 million.

The gains for settled iwi are significant.

It gives them the opportunity to develop diversified asset bases, and pursue initiatives, like social reforms, for their people.

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put in place by National also meant the Crown dealt with individual iwi as treaty partners.

These relationships endure today, in many forms. You can see that in the partnership between Housing New Zealand and Ngati Whatua to provide social housing in Auckland, and in the various social accords with iwi through treaty settlements.

Since National embedded the treaty settlement process, 72 deeds of settlement have been signed and our Government has signed 46 of these in the past six years. Virtually all iwi willing and able to settle are engaged with the Crown, which is a huge achievement.

Another area where Maori are making gains is in education.

The early childhood education participation rate for Maori in 2014 was 93.2 per cent – up 2 per cent from 2012.

NCEA Level 2 figures have also improved with 55.1 per cent of Maori school leavers in 2013 achieving Level 2 compared to 45.7 per cent in 2009.

The number of bachelors degrees completed by Maori students has increased by 60 per cent from 2008 to 2013 while the number of Maori

aged 18-24 years enrolled in degree level study increased by 41 per cent.

The Youth Guarantee scheme provides fees-free tertiary education places for 16 to 19-year olds at tertiary institutions and at trades and services academies. There were just under 9000 of these places available last year, and about 4000 of those went to young Maori.

Unlocking economic potential goes hand-in-hand with unlocking the talents of every New Zealander to achieve their goals, and that starts very early on in a child’s life.

I believe the Government should do what it can to provide children and young people with opportunities to succeed, no matter what their background.

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Jihadist ‘capital’ bombed

By Rana Moussaoui Coalition warplanes have pounded a stronghold of the Islamic State group in Syria amid uncertainty over the fate of a US hostage the jihadists claim was killed in an earlier raid.

The United Arab Emirates, meanwhile, said it would station a squadron of F-16 warplanes in Jordan to support it in strikes against the IS who burned alive a captured Jordanian airman.

The parents of American Kayla Jean Mueller said they were “hopeful” she was still alive, after IS said she had been buried under rubble following a strike by a Jordanian warplane on their self-proclaimed capital Raqa.

The United States said there was no proof that the 26-yearold aid worker from Arizona had been killed.

Mueller’s parents appealed to her captors to contact them and

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for her safe return, in a statement carried by NBC News.

“This news leaves us concerned, yet, we are still hopeful that Kayla is alive. We have sent you a private message and ask that you respond to us privately,” said Carl and Marsha Mueller.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the US-led coalition fighting IS bombarded the Raqa area on Saturday for a second consecutive day.

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had been killed in raids Friday around Raqa, said the Britainbased monitor.

A coalition statement said it had carried out a total of 11 air strikes against IS in Syria and 15 in Iraq during a 24-hour period up to Saturday morning, including in Raqa.

It said one air strike struck multiple IS weapons storage facilities in the Raqa area.

Jordanian state media said its warplanes had launched new anti-IS raids Saturday, for the third consecutive day.

Coalition partner UAE said an unspecified number of F16s would be deployed in Jordan to support the Hashemite kingdom’s military in the fight against “the brutal terrorist organisation” IS. An activist in Raqa who asked not to be identified said unconfirmed reports indicate Mueller had been moved recently from a women’s prison in the city to an IS camp farther east.

The camp “has recently been the target of intense coalition raids”, he said. “At the moment, we cannot confirm whether she was killed in the raids.”

Jordan - still reeling from the brutal murder of pilot Maaz alKassasbeh - rejected the jihadists’ claim that its warplanes killed Mueller, calling it an “old and sick trick” to deter coalition strikes.

US authorities have never given figures on the number of Americans kidnapped in Syria, sticking to a policy of complete silence.

Mueller travelled to the Syrian-Turkish border in 2012 to help refugees fleeing the civil war and was captured in Aleppo after leaving a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital.

IS, a Sunni extremist group, has seized swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq and imposed an extreme interpretation of Islam on the areas under its control.

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Shooting leaves five dead A US gunman has opened fire at a house near Atlanta, Georgia, killing four people and wounding two children including relatives in a domestic dispute before turning the gun on himself.

A total of seven people were shot in the case in Douglasville, west of Atlanta, said Lieutenant Glenn Daniel of the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office.

“It was a domestic situation,” Daniel said, adding that the shooter was a man, and that the two injured were children, who are now being treated in local hospitals.

“I have five, including the shooter, that are deceased,” he said.

“The shooter is deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.”

The ages of the shooting victims ranged from seven to adult, he added.

But it was too early to disclose the age and gender of all of those shot, because relatives are still being notified.

It was not immediately disclosed how many of the victims were members of the same family, but some of the victims were relatives, Daniel said.

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Fighting Boko Haram Five African nations have pledged to deploy 8700 troops, police and civilians as part of a regional effort to fight Nigeria’s Boko Haram militants. “The representatives of Benin, Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria and Chad have announced contributions totalling 8700 military personnel, police and civilians,” the countries said in at the weekend after a meeting in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde. The news emerged from a three-day summit focusing on forging a strategy for battling the militants, who are engaged in a worsening six-year insurgency centred in northeastern Nigeria. African Union leaders will submit the plan crafted by Western and African experts to the UN Security Council for approval.

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Crews battle fires Firefighters continue to battle three out-of-control bushfires in Western Australia’s south amid scorching temperatures.

Northcliffe residents have been given the go ahead to return home after a lightning-sparked bushfire burnt to within two kilometres of the township in the state’s far south. Because of the huge blaze the town was deemed “undefendable” but fire crews from WA and inter-state worked around the clock for more than a week to ease the threat. The fire has burnt more than 85,000 hectares. Two homes and five sheds have been confirmed destroyed.

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Attacked by shark A surfer is in a stable condition after being attacked by a shark near Byron Bay on the NSW north coast. The man, in his 30s, was surfing on Seven Mile Beach yesterday, according to reports. A Gold Coast University Hospital said the man was in a stable condition but was unable to confirm whether he had undergone surgery. - AAP

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Blasts kill at least 27 in Baghdad Attacks in Baghdad including a suicide bombing inside a restaurant have killed 27 people, hours before a yearsold nightly curfew is due to be lifted.

The suicide bomber struck in the Baghdad Jadida area in the capital’s east, killing at least 22 people and wounding at least 39.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the weekend blast, one of the deadliest to hit the capital in months.

But suicide bombings in Iraq are almost exclusively carried out by Sunni extremists, including the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group.

Another attack - said to have been either a suicide or roadside bombing - hit a commercial area in central Baghdad, killing at least five people and wounding at least 13.

Yesterday’s attacks illustrate the persistent danger of violence in Baghdad even as the nightly curfew was set to end at midnight in the city.

Lifting the curfew is a major change to a longstanding policy aimed at curbing violence in the capital by limiting movement at night, which has failed to stop frequent bombings.

Prime Minister Haider alAbadi ordered the move this week, a decision his office said was taken so there would “be normal life as much as possible, despite the existence of a state of war”.

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A distinctive tattoo has led to the unofficial identification of a man whose body was found dismembered and dumped in a Melbourne river. DNA tests will be used to confirm the identity of the victim, who police say may be a man in his late 30s who lived on the fringe of the Melbourne CBD. Divers are still searching the Maribyrnong River after more body parts were found yesterday, following the initial discovery of a forearm on Thursday. Homicide Squad Detective Inspector Mick Hughes said a close relative of the suspected victim came forward after police released images of a devil tattoo found on the forearm.

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Push for execution stay Indonesia’s national human rights institution will stand with the families of Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran to demand a stay of execution for the condemned drug smugglers.

Raji Sukumaran, mother of Myuran, and other family members of the pair will travel to Jakarta today to meet the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM).

The organisation has been pushing for last month’s executions to be Indonesia’s last.

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In most corners of the world, an Ashburton person can be found. So the Guardian’s Erin Tasker decided to track some of them down. This week it’s Wendy Thornton, who is living the country music dream in Nashville, Tennessee, and working on the television show of the same name.

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endy Thornton still pinches herself when people ask where she lives.

A country music keyboard player who lives in America’s country music capital - Nashville, Tennessee - with her husband Phillip, Wendy works on the hit television show, Nashville. It’s an opportunity she’s eternally grateful for.

“The actors and company are amazing to work for and you soon get to form a Nashville family and look forward to hanging with the gang.”

Don’t go asking her what happens next though.

“New Zealand is quite a way behind with the series, so it is not uncommon for me to get emails that read like this… ‘Hey Wends, old buddy, old mate… what happens next?!”

A signed contract means her lips are sealed.

Many people move to Nashville, not just to make it in the country music business, but also to simply absorb everything around them. For Wendy, the musicianship in the city still astounds her.

“I am grateful for the opportunities I have been given to work with some very talented guys and gals.

“Nashville remains unspoilt too in regards to the paparazzi presence. Every week a big star is putting on a free show somewhere downtown and we love taking house guests to 3rd and Lyndsley on a Monday night to watch one of the best Western Swing bands - The Time Jumpers. For $20 you get to meet and watch Vince Gill play in the band too.”

Nashville is her perfect home.

“When I was a kid, Grand Ole Opry was just a fairytale place that you only ever dreamt about visiting. We are thrilled to be living here in Music City.”

Wendy’s love for country music dates back to her primary school days when her mum first took her along to the Ashburton Country Music Club.

Wendy was just seven.

“Garner Wayne would call the square dancing and we would have great fun. So my love of country music followed and here we are today,” she said.

She’s from a musical family.

Wendy’s dad formed a band with Garner called The Saddle Pals which went on to become well known in country music circles, and her brother went on to become an accomplished pianist, composer and arranger.

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with Wendy Thornton in the US “Dad taught me how to harmonise and even right up until his passing, his voice was still strong and we sang to our heart’s content. And my great Aunty Chloe Gordon had her own band too.”

For years the family was part of the Mid Canterbury Country Music Club, a club which is still going strong today.

“We spent many hours at rest homes, retirement villages and the likes entertaining the elderly, which was very rewarding.”

Wendy said there were so many people to thank for getting her early career under way; Craig McKeich, John Lobb and Alan Baron, just to name a few.

“One time my friend Tina Yeatman and I decided we would launch our singing careers on the TV show Booma.

We needed matching costumes to impress the judges, so two denim smocks made at clothing and a couple of yellow regulation intermediate school skivvies were just the ticket. We were cool, because we matched.

“My ever so supportive mum took us up to Christchurch to the James Hay Theatre armed with our sheets of something called Manuscript to help us make our dreams come true.

“We had no idea what our intro looked or sounded like and floundered our way through one verse and half a chorus of Mississippi by the Pussycats, before hearing ‘thank you, we will be in touch’.

“We wondered if we had

made the cut and mum took us for a big treat at a lollie shop in town. Later we realised it was her way of softening the blow.”

It didn’t hold her back though. Music was Wendy’s life. It’s even taken her on the high seas – the ultimate working, musical experience.

“Four years ago I did a sixmonth contract for Carnival Cruise out of Port Canaveral in Florida and then the amazing city of New Orleans servicing the Carribean, the Bahamas and Mexico.

“Not only do you get to perform to appreciative audiences every night and visit exotic locations, you form great lasting friendships with staff from all over the world. Sad farewells are inevitable when contracts end.”

There were endearing moments and embarrassing ones.

“On one of our cruises a 97-year-old guy had just married a 78-year-old lady and did they kick up a storm every night on the dance floor. Always the last to leave he would say to me, ‘where’s the stamina of these young ones’?”

Wendy also works with a group called Aristomedia, which hosts the GlobalLive show kicking off the Country Music Awards in June.

“One young artist from New Zealand gets to perform on the concert and is flown over compliments of KiwiProam. This year’s young gun is fellow Ashburtonian, Cameron Luxton. So we are really looking forward to having him come and stay with us.”

Music aside, Tennessee is a beautiful place, she said.

“We have many camping and hiking trips with friends and knowing you are sharing the picnic grounds with the odd bear makes it way cooler.”

Wendy’s first move away from Ashburton came 15 years ago, when she moved to Auckland.

“Musically, I was looking forward to playing with new musicians and to hopefully align myself with the touring guys.

“At the time, a dear friend asked, or should I say stated, what the hell do you want to move up there for? It’s full of Jaffas, Fruitloops and chunky pineapple people. And you won’t be backing Brendan Dugan up there’!

“She got the first three right.

And so the touring began.”

Three years ago, musician

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and audio engineer Phillip’s job took them to Florida, in the United States. They now have permanent residency in the US. It’s a long way from home, and a childhood Wendy has fond memories of. Sunday drives, family holidays, family gatherings around the piano, and a raft of pets.

“When I was young, I loved jumping into bed at night when Christmas was near and looking out my window and seeing the big Christmas tree on West Street all lit up. It was magical.

“Ashburton was a great place to bring up my own children

too, Jason and Jasmine. Both now live in Australia and work as chefs – Jasmine is also a black belt in tae kwon do, and Jason is getting married this year.”

Jasmine got married to husband Laurie in Las Vegas, the same week Wendy’s first granddaughter, Talia, was born.

Wendy was last home for Christmas in 2013 and loved spending time with her mum and brother, and reminiscing.

She loves her American life, but if you ask her if there’s anything she misses from home, she only has one answer.

“My mom.”

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emetery. Burial ground.

Memorial park. Boneyard. Whatever you call it – and Edgar Allan Poe had at least 100 terms – it’s home to the dead.

I find cemeteries irresistible, and not because they’re creepy.

I go because they’re beautiful, and peaceful, and they’re a sort of wilderness of the dead.

You can learn a lot about a place, a time, a culture, from its cemeteries. Reading inscriptions, getting the language of the period, seeing the inexorable march of time across the eroding and smoothing carved markers.

Travelling gives you a glimpse into other cultures, and those cultures all have their own ways of dealing with death.

Big or small, far or near, familiar or totally exotic, a cemetery visit is guaranteed to be atmospheric - as well as a reminder how brief life really is and the need to make the time you have above ground count.

Here are a few recent cemetery finds:

Famous last words I love those lists of best funny epitaphs, marking the graves of the famous - “I’ll never get out of this world alive” (Hank Williams), and “I am ready to meet my Maker.

Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter” (Winston Churchill) - and the average - “I knew this would happen” and “Well, this sucks”.

These things take some nerve, I would imagine. After all, these are the last words you’ll get. I can’t remember if I’d ever even seen anything even a little outrageous in my graveyard explorations – until I visited Key West.

At Key West’s Old Cemetery in Florida, I hit paydirt. Or paygranite.

The most famous odd epitaph here is a marble tablet on the Roberts mausoleum in which Pearl Roberts is interred, reading, “I told you I was sick.”

Right above it is the more good-natured plaque for Gloria M Russell, who assures visitors, “I’m just resting my eyes”.

Also popular is the grave of Edwina Lariz, “Devoted Fan of Singer Julio Iglesias”.

Allan Dale Willcox’s epitaph

For most, a visit to a cemetery can be filled with dread, but for Jill Schensul she finds cemeteries fascinating and when she travels graveyards are top of her must-see list.

You can learn a lot about a place, a time, a culture, from its cemeteries.

seems to indicate he was always concerned about others. “If you’re reading this,” his marker chides, “you desperately need a hobby”.

Mystery among the monuments It’s dark. Filthy dark. Towering-trees-and-no-streetlights dark on an autumn evening.

The roads are gravel, the lawns are shot through with old tree roots, and my flashlight’s dead as the 300,000 or so underground inhabitants of Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.

Even if you’re not afraid of the dark, you might start wishing it was a little less dark after listening to a few of the tales of woe and inexplicable postscripts that belong to some of the residents of Woodlawn.

Which is why we’ve come to here on this night, when Woodlawn offers its two-hour History and Mystery Tour, starting at 7pm, after the seriously Gothic iron gates have closed for the evening.

There’s Olive Thomas Pickford, once the “Most Beautiful Girl in the World”, who died of mercury poisoning and can’t stay away from the footlights; her ghost still haunts Broad-

way’s New Amsterdam Theater. Then there’s Ruth Snyder, the Queens housewife who killed her husband in 1927 and was sent up the river to Sing Sing, where she met her death by electric chair.

FW Woolworth, the five-anddime store magnate, had a life full of misfortune and is now said to haunt his former Long Island estate.

Amid the creepy tales is that of Isidor and Ida Straus, who owned Macy’s and were among the passengers on the Titanic.

The last they were seen, they had been fiercely holding hands, like an old, devoted married couple. Isidor Straus is buried next to his wife’s empty tomb - her body was never found. Their mausoleum is shaped like a ship – more Egyptian style than Titanic – and it bears the inscription: “Many Waters Cannot Quench Love - Neither Can the Floods Drown It”.

The tales were fun, but the darkness, the glimpses of shadowy weeping angels and especially the glints from the stained glass in mausoleum doors that made me think somebody was in there, alive and maybe watching TV, provided the real spookiness.

Life, rising from the dead I’d just gone out for an early evening stroll from my hotel in Papenburg, Germany. And then I came upon a relatively huge Catholic church and, past its high walls, a graveyard.

And before I’d got a third of the way down a row of graves, I realised I wasn’t just strolling through a graveyard. It had headstones, flowers, statuary, yes. But here, the basic elements had been deftly – you might say obsessively – arranged into a veritable botanical garden.

Each plot – they weren’t much wider than a single or double burial plot, had been planted and clipped and designed and adorned into, well, a scaled-down front or backyard landscape. Some had winding gravel paths leading to a headstone. Some had hearts inlaid in different coloured pebbles.

Some had lachrymose miniature trees. Cherubs peered from under hedges. All was well sculptured and shorn. I noticed, then, a large man with a hoe, tending to one of the plots at the end of the row.

Germans don’t simply place flowers at a grave. They plant

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them. Water them. Prune them.

If they can’t do it, they hire a gardener to keep things looking nice.

Cemeteries in Germany are almost exclusively state or church-operated, and there are guidelines for what types of plants you can use, what colours of stone, etc.

Maybe it’s just as well, then, that in Germany - as in more and more countries in Europe and elsewhere - your plot belongs to you only for a certain period. Maybe 15 to 25 years or so, depending on the location and size of the cemetery. You have the option to renew your lease on the plot, but if you don’t, they dig up the remains, put them in a bone heap and let the next dead person have a go.

While most German cemeteries will have nice gardens, for a mother lode of flora, try Hamburg’s Ohlsburg Cemetery.

About 400ha, it’s the largest cemetery in Europe and the largest park cemetery in the world, featuring 450 species of deciduous trees and conifers; a spectacular collection of rhododendrons that are spectacular when they’re in flower; ponds; paths for cyclists and pedestrians; and rare bird species, including owls.

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In brief Mystics miss out The Northern Mystics have wrapped up a winless weekend at the ANZ Championship Summer Shootout in Sydney, as the top Kiwi sides failed to fire in the three-day preseason event. A 55-50 loss to perennial strugglers the Mainland Tactix in their final match-up capped off a weekend of poor performances for the Auckland franchise. The star-studded Mystics side struggled to find any fluency in their through-court play, with even their top combinations lacking sharpness. The low point for the Mystics was a 38-18 loss to the Fever on Saturday night. - NZH

Breakers blow it If the Breakers are forced to hit the road in next month’s grand finals, they will look back and rue Saturday night’s 79-71 loss in Townsville. An awful lot needs to happen between now and then for that hypothetical to become reality, but there is no doubting the Breakers blew a golden chance to sneak in front in the race for top spot in the Australian NBL. After fellow pacesetters Cairns were felled by Perth to begin the weekend, the Breakers were unable to take advantage of their foes’ slip, falling to the second-last Crocs.

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Ko may lose ranking Lydia Ko is back in the field in the third round of the Pure SilkBahamas LPGA Classic. The world No 1 was one-under through 15 holes yesterday, which left her in a share of 32nd at four-under for the week before play was suspended due to darkness. Ko is six shots back from leader Gerina Piller (-10) but a host of players still need to complete their third rounds, which will further shape the leaderboard.

World No 2 Inbee Park, who trails Ko by a tiny margin in the global pecking order, is in share of eighth at eight-under and depending on where she finishes, the Korean could take back the top billing from Ko this week.

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Big money for Foran Wellington’s bid to secure an NRL side is making waves with plans for an audacious attempt to sign Kiwis playmaker Kieran Foran as their inaugural captain and make him the highest paid player in the game. It’s difficult to see them snaring Foran, given a second New Zealand team is a long way from being confirmed, but those behind the bid are trying to make enough noise in the hope they gain a place in the NRL. Shane Richardson, NRL head of game strategy and development, is a fan of expansion from the current 16 teams. - HOS

Mostert wins shootout Chaz Mostert has thrown down the gauntlet to his V8 Supercar rivals by storming to victory in the Super Shootout at Sydney Motorsport Park. The 2014 Bathurst champion claimed victory by just 0.0087 of a second over Shane van Gisbergen, with James Courtney finishing third.

Mostert was driving the FG X Falcon this weekend and praised his support team for getting the car ready for the start of the season. Six time champion Jamie Whincup finished a disappointing 12th.

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Anita Punt had a superb day on the field for the Black Sticks yesterday, putting four goals in the back of the net.

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Captain’s knock for Black Sticks The Black Sticks Women have wrapped up their series against Canada in Whangarei, with a 5-1 win yesterday thanks to captain Anita Punt who converted four penalty corners.

It was a scrappy game compared to the previous two tests at the Whangarei ITM Hockey Centre, but Punt’s clinical drag flicks helped pull her side to a 3-0 series victory.

“We didn’t start that great today, whereas yesterday we had a really good first half and then let ourselves down in the second,” said Punt.

“The performance for me on the field I thought was

really a bit disappointing, I didn’t do what I would like to have done, but it’s really good to execute the penalty corners.

“That is something I’ve been working on and I take pride in the percentage we convert,” said Punt.

This series against Canada has provided coach Mark Hager the chance to give his side some game time after the summer break as well as test newcomers Rachel McCann and Kirsten Pearce.

“The combinations that we have started to build, especially with the new girls that have

come in, we can only get better from here.

“We haven’t actually had a lot of training so far this year, so it is exciting to see the potential the team has,” said Punt.

Yesterday’s game was the opposite of Saturday’s, with the majority of goals being scored in the second half.

Punt converted a penalty corner in the second minute and although the Kiwis had numerous shots at goal throughout the first half, the Canadian defence did a good job of shutting them down.

In the 33rd minute, Canadian Brienne Stairs scored the

equaliser and the Black Sticks worked hard to regain the lead.

The Kiwis got what they wanted ten minutes later when McCann scored, working the ball through the Canadian defence and knocking home her first international goal.

From then on, it was all highfives to Punt as she converted three penalty corners and stretched the full time score to 5-1.

The Black Sticks Women have a short break and then a five week training block ahead of the Hawke’s Bay Festival in April.

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Auckland, Canterbury set for Plunket Shield wins A late declaration set up an intriguing final day but Auckland will be confident of securing victory and taking top spot in the Plunket Shield standings today.

Northern Districts, leaders heading into the fourth round, will be chasing 354 when play resumes this morning at Colin Maiden Park, needing at least a draw to remain ahead of the home side.

But given that the Knights

were dismissed for 212 in their first turn with the bat, the odds will be firmly in Auckland’s favour.

Having wrapped up the tail with minimal fuss yesterday, Auckland’s batsmen set about building an insurmountable target.

A patient 78 from opener Jeet Raval held them in good stead but Northern Districts, led by James Baker (4-53), took regular wickets to leave them-

selves with a chance when Michael Bates declared on 209-8.

At the Basin Reserve, Canterbury are closing in on a comfortable win over Wellington, with the home side heading into the final day ahead by 112 but with only three wickets in hand.

Andrew Ellis was eventually dismissed for 171 on the third day as Canterbury compiled 356, before Matt Henry and Ryan McCone each snared a

brace to tear through Wellington’s batting order and leave the hosts teetering on 205-7 at stumps.

Play was finally possible on the penultimate day of Central Districts’ clash with Otago in Queenstown, with Doug Bracewell (105) using the dry conditions to smash a second firstclass century as the Stags were dismissed for 289.

Otago will begin day four today on 13-0.

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In brief Williamson bats on Batsmen often talk about cricket being a game in which failure is more common than success. When it comes to Kane Williamson, the opposite is becoming true. Since the start of last year, Williamson has reached 50 in 12 of his 18 oneday international innings. In his 60 ODI innings, he has passed 50 on 21 occasions - meaning he scores at least a half-century every 2.86 innings. It’s superior to other top New Zealand ODI batsmen - Glenn Turner’s ratio is 3.33, Ross Taylor is 3.37 and Martin Crowe is 3.68 - and is another reason why Williamson is being talked about as such a talent. His numbers look more extraordinary when compared with the top three international ODI runscorers. Sachin Tendulkar’s ratio is 3.11, Ricky Ponting’s 3.26 and Kumar Sangakkara’s 3.27.

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Finn tipped to shine

Tech batsman Henry Cook slides home to avoid being run out against Allenton in the opening round of the Muirhead Rosebowl senior cricket competition at the Ashburton Domain on Saturday.

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Tech sounds a warning

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Tech swept aside Allenton with a convincing seven-wicket win to start the Muirhead Rosebowl in senior cricket on Saturday.

Fresh from collecting the Pritchard Shield, Tech made a winning start in their pursuit of the Rosebowl, as well as denting Allenton’s chances of the Studholme Shield - the overall prize across the three rounds.

Allenton elected to bat first but they were all out just

27.2 overs later for 91.

Jordan Bird made 36 but was the sixth man out at 56/6, one of Tom Small’s 3/19 off five overs.

Tech then wasted no time in the chase getting home inside 20 overs and just three wickets down.

Henry Cook made 22 while Joe Peters was not out 23, while Tom Bird was responsible for all three wickets - all catches to Josh Worsfold.

Defending champion Lauriston A recorded a 32-run win over Methven.

The visitors made 148 with Scott Maher 54 and Michael Gilbert 38 with Chris Henderson 3/24 for the hosts.

Matt Gorman led the Methven chase with 55 before the side was dismissed for 116.

Lauriston’s Josh Barnett picked up the impressive figures of 5/9 off seven overs while Bevan Richan had 3/35.

In the other game Coldstream collected a convincing eight wicket win over Lauriston B. After being sent into bat Lauriston B posted a season

high 207 led by Rob Hooper’s 64 and a solid knock of 45 from Reuben Early.

Jay Houston was the pick of the Coldstream bowlers with 4/49 while Jocko Print had an economical 1/12 off four overs.

Coldstream’s openers put together a 144-run stand before Harry Stanway was out for 71.

With the scores tied Bo Houston was adjudged lbw on 73 before a leg bye got Coldstream the eight wicket win, with Brad Horrell not out on 36.

College 1st XI score back-to-back wins

By Jonathan Leask

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The Ashburton College 1st XI had plenty to smile about after their double header in the Canterbury Secondary Schools’ cricket competition.

College had wins over St Andrews College 2nd XI and Christchurch Boys’ High School 3rd XI Black at the

weekend to be three-out-ofthree to start the reserve grade competition.

On Waitangi Day a Ben Niles half century salvaged a onewicket win over Stac.

College dismissed Stac for 139 in 37.5 overs where Scott Punselie had the best return of 2/8 off six overs.

Kieran Hunt had 2/16 and

took a catch off his brother’s bowling to help Gareth take 2/19 - as well as a run out.

College were in trouble at 72/7 before Niles saved the day with an unbeaten 50 off 45 balls to get College home for a one-wicket win.

Batting first at home on Saturday College made 161/9 from their 50 overs, led by opener

Michael Burton’s 62 and 28 not out from Gareth Hunt. In reply CBHS 3rd XI were all out for 134 in the 41st over with Liam O’Connor 3/38 from his 10 overs and Punselie another economic 2/12 off 10 overs.

This weekend they play Christchurch Boys’ High School 3rd XI Blue in Ashburton on Sunday.

Eighteen months after his bowling was ruthlessly dismantled by Australia’s batsmen, Steven Finn has been tipped to be one of the stars of the cricket World Cup by his teammates. The giant paceman burst onto the scene in 2010 and was tipped to lead England’s attack for years after taking 90 wickets in his first 23 Tests. But he was axed from the Test side after being smashed out the attack by Brad Haddin and James Pattinson. But Stuart Broad believes Finn showed signs of being back to his best in the recent tri-series where he took 11 wickets including 5-33 against India at Brisbane. “He’s obviously had a tough 18 months but he’s shown brilliant signs in the triseries of getting back to his best,” Broad said.

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Sharma ruled out India seamer Ishant Sharma has been ruled out of the World Cup after failing to recover from a knee injury, according to various media reports. The 26-year-old will be replaced in the defending champions’ squad by Mohit Sharma, the cricinfo website claimed. Ishant, who has played 76 ODIs and taken 106 wickets, hasn’t played since the Boxing Day Test against Australia in Melbourne. He was selected for the ODI against Australia in Sydney on January 26 but the game was abandoned due to rain before he had the chance to test his fitness.

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Ajmal may be back Pakistan haven’t ruled out a late cricket World Cup call-up for controversial spinner Saeed Ajmal, despite questions over his match fitness, effectiveness and eligibility.

On Saturday the International Cricket Council approved the contentious bowling action of the 37-year-old offspinner, who has been a mainstay of Pakistan’s one-day attack in recent years.

Ajmal has taken 183 wickets in 111 ODIs at an average of just 22.18 and a miserly economy rate of just 4.13. But he has been has been less effective in Australian conditions, taking just three wickets in four ODI at an average of 66 and economy rate of 5.01.

He was suspended last year for an illegal bowling action after being reported during a Test against Sri Lanka in August.

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In brief Issues for Sir John New season, same old problems for Blues coach John Kirwan, who must consider a delicate juggling act with his loose forwards ahead of the first competition game against the Chiefs. With Luke Braid already a doubtful starter for Saturday’s match against Dave Rennie’s men due to his continued recovery from shoulder surgery, Blake Gibson has compounded Kirwan’s issues after cracking his jaw in last Friday’s final trial against the Hurricanes. Gibson will be out for four weeks which complicates matters for Kirwan, who has to limit skipper Jerome Kaino’s game time in the first three rounds on the orders of the All Blacks’ coaches.

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Gear eyes black jersey Hosea Gear has his eyes on being back in the All Blacks but he knows he first must earn a different black jersey. The 30-yearold, having returned to New Zealand rugby following stints in France and Japan, made his Chiefs debut in the narrow pre-season defeat to the Waratahs on Friday night. Gear started on the wing, scored a try and was replaced with a corked thigh at halftime, an injury not expected to be serious enough to preclude his involvement in his new side’s Super Rugby opener against the Blues on Saturday.

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Thurston backs All Stars Poor All Stars ticket sales have surprised Johnathan Thurston but the champion playmaker is convinced the NRL showcase event belongs on the Gold Coast. Less than 9000 tickets have been sold so far ahead of Friday night’s starstudded clash of the NRL All Stars and Indigenous All Stars at the 27,000-capacity Robina stadium.

Indigenous team star Thurston admitted the lack of ticket sales left him scratching his head.

However, he was adamant that the All Stars would not only get a big Gold Coast crowd on Friday but also for years to come.

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A knockout debut Former Queensland and Australian centre Willie Tonga has been knocked out cold just 12 seconds into his Super League debut as his Catalans Dragons side lost 18-7 to champions St Helens. Tonga was injured in the very first tackle of the match as he attempted to bring down Saints prop Alex Walmsley. The game was held up for eight minutes before Tonga was carried off on a stretcher and was later reported to be “fine”. - PA

Fingers crossed for Dugan St George Illawarra have their fingers crossed that history isn’t repeating as they await scan results on Josh Dugan’s knee. NSW Origin star Dugan seems certain to be ruled out of the Dragons’ World Club Challenge campaign in England and could miss the start of the NRL season after hyper-extending his left knee in Saturday night’s 12-all draw with South Sydney in the Charity Shield.

Dugan sustained a similar injury in the same game last year and was forced to sit out the first five rounds of the season.

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New Zealand’s latest sevens sensation Rieko Ione turns on the afterburners against his England opponent on Saturday night.

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Ioane makes good on dispensation

By Daniel RichaRDson Rieko Ioane needed his parents to sign a dispensation form so he could play for New Zealand at Sevens Wellington this weekend.

New Zealand coach Gordon Tietjens was thankful he was allowed to lace up his boots as the hulking Auckland 17-yearold scored two tries in the home side’s 27-21 victory over England in Saturday night’s final.

The victory was New Zealand’s eighth in Wellington since the tournament’s debut in 2000 and despite the crowd numbers dropping on previous years, the near-20,000 who did attend the event were treated to a spectacle.

New Zealand went through Pool B undefeated on Friday and then ramped it up in the knockout stages as they beat

Australia 26-7 in the quarterfinals before toppling South Africa 17-7 in the semi, which paved their way to the big stage.

Ioane, who captained the New Zealand schools side last year, was a menace throughout the event with his pace on the flanks. Given he was under 18, a mountain of paperwork was required so he could play.

“Mum and dad had to sign the okay but they were fairly happy to do it,” Ioane said.

“I was definitely nervous.

“I was just lucky enough to get a few balls bouncing my way and a few offloads coming from the boys.”

His dispensation, which also takes in to account the opinions of coaches and strength and conditioning experts, will allow him to play in next week’s tournament in Las Vegas.

He plays in the midfield in

the 15-a-side game and has his eye on an ITM Cup berth with Auckland this year.

Ioane, standing 1.89m and weighing 102kg, turns 18 next month and there’s a good chance you will see more of him in the sevens game this season as New Zealand look to run down South Africa and claim top spot in the world series.

Saturday night’s win moved New Zealand to second on the overall standings as they leapfrogged Fiji who slipped to third. South Africa finished third in Wellington after they beat Scotland 40-7 in the thirdplace playoff.

Finishing inside the top four in the world series this year will punch your ticket to the Olympics in Rio next year.

There’s five more tournaments to be played this season.

Ioane’s older brother Akira

played in the Wellington event last year but has been training with the Blues recently.

The younger Ioane said it was inspiring to look up and see his parents in the stands, a nice touch considering he needed their blessing to play.

New Zealand did it tough during their final two games as they were without captain DJ Forbes who had a foot problem.

With Forbes on the sidelines, players such as Scott Curry, Joe Webber and Sherwin Stowers showed their experience, which proved useful in the key moments.

Tietjens expected Forbes to be available for Las Vegas but New Zealand were set to confirm their travelling squad today.

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Ireland kicks off defence of Six Nations crown Ireland opened the defence of their Six Nations rugby crown with a comfortable 26-3 defeat of Italy, while France struggled to a 15-8 win over a resilient Scotland side in Paris over the weekend.

Second-half tries from Conor Murray and Tommy O’Donnell helped Ireland to the win at the Stadio Olimpico while all of France’s points came from the

boot of Camille Lopez.

Dougie Fife scored the only try of the game for Scotland just before half-time while Greg Laidlaw also scored a penalty.

Ireland led 9-3 at the break courtesy of three penalties but Italian resistance finally crumbled 15 minutes from time when Murray burrowed over shortly after Leonardo Ghiraldini had been sent to the sin bin.

O’Donnell, who only played after Sean O’Brien pulled up in the warm-up with a hamstring injury, broke through the Italian defence two minutes later to put the match firmly beyond the Italians.

“It was a slog,” Ireland fullback Rob Kearney said.

“We knew that if we just kept chipping away and build some phases we would eventu-

ally break them down.”

In Paris, France went ahead in a flowing encounter at the Stade de France through an early Lopez penalty before Laidlaw levelled matters with a penalty of his own after 13 minutes.

France face Ireland in Dublin next weekend while England, 21-16 victors over Wales on Friday, entertain Italy and Scotland welcome Wales.

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In brief Carlotta gains reward Te Aroha trained mare Carlotta gained a deserved reward for some consistent form of late when she scored comprehensively over 2400 metres in rating 85 company at Te Rapa on the weekend. In the hands of Michael Coleman, the seven-year-old daughter of Ekraar capitalised on a gorgeous run in the trail to pounce on the leaders halfway down the home straight and dash away to a comfortable three and a half length win. - NZME

Revenge for Irish

Tim Williams drives Chase The Dream to the front in the closing stages of the $25,000 Teltrac Communications NZ Sapling Stakes two-year-old pace, to give trainer Mark Purdon his eighth Sapling Stakes win at the Ashburton Trotting Club’s Mile Day on Saturday.

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All Stars machine rolls on

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After Group One victories with Have Faith In Me and winning catch drives on Adore Me and Follow The Stars, things have been good for Tim Williams this season.

On Saturday at Ashburton he added another feature race victory when he piloted Chase The Dream to success in the timehonoured Sapling Stakes for the two-year-old pacers.

“It’s been a pretty unbelievable few months for me,’’ he said.

“I’ve been given the opportunity to drive some really good horses and I’m just thankful that I have been able to repay the faith shown in me.’’

Chase The Dream was a $52,500 purchase at last year’s

Yearling Sales, and will be given the chance to take another step toward paying that back with a trip to Auckland likely following his debut win.

The win continued Purdon’s incredible run of success in the race and took his tally to eight victors.

Incidentally he was heavily favoured to win with Major Ben but he could only finish fourth after settling at the back of the field.

After the race trainer-driver Natalie Rasmussen reported that Major Ben didn’t pace all that kindly and she was of the opinion that he was currently going through a growth spurt.

After working hard to find the lead the $100,000 colt jumped something on the final bend

when in front but managed to pick himself up and run a fighting third – beaten narrowly by Alta Las Vegas.

The Purdon-Rasmussen stable were on fire earlier on in the day when they won the first two-year-old trot of the season with High Gait.

They were also victorious in the Nevele R Fillies heat when Fight For Glory headed home a stable trifecta over Linda Lovegrace and Supersonic Miss.

Saturday’s other feature - the Hambletonian Classic - also went the way of the blue and silver stars with Prince Fearless producing a flawless display to win emphatically.

The magnificent looking son of Majestic Son took claim as

the leading three-year-old trotter in the country – underlining the immense potential he has shown in his short career.

And now, after 12 months of taking it quietly with him as he grows and matures, Purdon and Rasmussen are about to step things up.

“We’ve kept the pressure off him to allow him to fill out and grow up,’’ Rasmussen, who did the driving, said.

“That’s why you haven’t sent him since Cup Day, we know if we look after him now it’s going to pay off in the long run.’’

A busy upcoming schedule in the three-year-old trotting ranks should see the colt in action at both Auckland and Addington as he chases the riches in the coming months.

Matamata mare Irish Encore extracted a satisfying measure of revenge when she returned to Awapuni on the weekend to claim a win that she was narrowly denied at the venue just under a month ago. The Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott prepared six-year-old mare had gone under by the barest of margins to Saturday’s race-rival Vincent Street after a dour home straight tussle in early January. This time with senior jockey Hayden Tinsley aboard the slow-maturing mare left nothing to chance as she settled beautifully just off a solid pace before issuing her winning challenge early in the run home.

- NZME

Punters clean out TAB The TAB’s oddsetters were left reeling by a series of huge bets on the two harness meetings at Cambridge and Addington last Friday that may have taken as much as $400,000 out of the coffers. The biggest hit came from three all-up bets, covering 10, eight and seven horses respectively, some for the win and others for the place, all of which won. That saw payouts of roughly $197,000, $50,000 and $38,000 all to the same punter. TAB bookie Richard Wilson admits the night was a horror show and a shock. “The allup bet, well that can happen and the fact there were three similar tickets made it tough.”

- NZME

Godolphin on attack Godolphin will unleash its top seeds for the Blue Diamond when Antelucan and Sampeah resume among a strong squad of juveniles at Caulfield. Winning Group One races for two-year-olds is a focus for the global racing and breeding operation. The youngsters have been split into those targeting next month’s Blue Diamond and the ones being aimed at the Golden Slipper.

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Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incor- 1 11411 Allegro Class 22.30 ..........................L Ahern porated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 09 2 52151 Allegro Master 21.43 ........................L Ahern Feb 2015 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 3 75717 Individual Lily 21.40 .........................L Ahern 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles : 1, 2 and 4 62125 Red Moova Hoova 21.50 G & ............Denby 5 12237 Caesar Chance 21.38 .................A Turnwald 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 2.10pm SHAKEY JAKEY@ROCKY RIDGE C0, 375m 6 12523 Sir Richie 21.57................................L Ahern 7 67262 Shinzigzag 21.56 G & ........................Denby 1 865 Clearly Magic nwtd L & ...................... Morris 8 25235 Blue And Curly 21.27 .......................L Ahern 2 36325 To The Bank nwtd ........................ P Denbee 9 48357 Wheelie Rascal 21.51 .................A Turnwald 3 4644 Bundoran Lad nwtd ....................... D Donlon 10 15838 Wheelie Good 21.60 ...................A Turnwald 4 365 Thrilling Toby nwtd .................. D T Poutama 5 65486 Botany Chris nwtd .....................J McInerney 4 3.05pm CREATIVE CATERING, AWAPUNI C0, 375m 6 22334 Goodtime Mike nwtd ............... T McCracken 1 Apollo nwtd ...................................... A Clark 7 88x6 Digger Socks nwtd ......................B Rangiuia 2 7867x Dark Faerytales nwtd .............. D T Poutama 8 42 Sweet As Bro nwtd...........................L Ahern 3 77827 Leroy Jethro nwtd................................ L Bell 9 22888 Radio Call nwtd S & ..................C Blackburn 4 55631 Cawbourne Bird nwtd...................M Roberts 10 57867 Little Prophet nwtd ...........................R Waite 5 57x73 Homebush Rocco nwtd .............J McInerney 6 7878 Princess Novak nwtd..................... D Donlon 2 2.28pm JP PRINT, PETONE C4/5 C4/5, 457m 7 76762 What A Party nwtd ..........................J Tanner 1 12331 Coolabah Blue 25.98 ..................A Turnwald 8 55356 Key Eye nwtd ........................... S Gommans 2 25123 Really Clever 25.63 ..........................L Ahern 9 22888 Radio Call nwtd S & ..................C Blackburn 3 51722 Tifino 25.91 ......................................L Ahern 10 88 Bundoran Lass nwtd ..................... D Donlon 4 21114 Cawbourne Matty 26.13 ...............M Roberts 5 31365 Smash Allegro 25.97........................L Ahern 5 3.24pm PERSONAL PROTECTION LTD C1, 375m 6 18127 Cawbourne Steve nwtd ................M Roberts 1 74642 Homebush Ted nwtd .................J McInerney 7 63141 Speed Legend 25.71...................B Hodgson 2 26632 Ayra Stark nwtd ................................ A Clark 8 23823 Mammy Brown 26.00 .......................L Ahern 3 82727 Another Plane nwtd...................J McInerney 9 14162 Big Red Chev 26.77 ....................A Turnwald 4 22148 Banjo’s Retreat 21.67..................A Turnwald 10 77535 Knuckle Bump 25.74 ........................L Ahern 5 67644 Sam’s Flyin Norm nwtd ...................J Tanner 6 57677 Cawbourne Josh 22.09 ....................... L Bell 3 2.47pm GRANT IRVINE PHARMACY C5 C5, 375m

1 54185 Kotumba 22.00 L & ............................ Morris 7 34467 King’s Selection 21.96.............. S Gommans 2 64123 Cosmic Choice 21.88 ................J McInerney 8 43535 Dogged Dan 22.01 .............................J Hunt 3 23523 Jackanator nwtd ..........................A Turnwald 9 66555 Working Midnight nwtd............ T McCracken 4 34425 Cawbourne Crazy 21.91 ..............M Roberts 10 34477 Time For What 21.95 .................... M Gowan 6 3.41pm WWW.PNGREYHOUNDS.KIWI C1 C1, 457m 5 55742 Cawbourne Tip 21.77 ...................M Roberts 6 62224 Talk It Over 21.55 ................................ L Bell 1 43224 Where’s Shiraz 26.40 ......................... N Udy 7 1131F Space Captain 21.89 D & ..........J MacAuley 2 33665 Cosmic Scramble 26.10 ..............B Hodgson 8 32314 Wheelie Chillie 21.96 ..................A Turnwald 3 84873 Worboys 26.45 G & ...........................S Ross Emergencies: 4 22211 Lagoon Mac nwtd.........................M Roberts 9 38786 Doll Parts 21.54 ..........................B Hodgson 5 11885 Arcane Rampage 27.01 ...............M Roberts 6 38272 Te Maari Style nwtd G & ...................S Ross 10 666x7 Mighty Twist nwtd .................... D T Poutama 7 22142 Opawa Lachlan nwtd.......................... N Udy 9 4.37pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C4, 375m 1 83562 Barry’s Way 21.38 ............................R Waite 8 53747 Homebush Spook nwtd .............J McInerney 2 64214 Opulent nwtd ...................................J Tanner Emergencies: 3 15687 Homebush Churro nwtd ............J McInerney 9 48257 Auckland Vending nwtd ...............A Turnwald 4 26788 Freedom Flyer 21.44 K & ..................Phillips 10 47885 Take A Trick nwtd ..............................M Flipp 7 4.01pm STEVE THE AUCTIONEER DAVIS C1, 375m 5 24564 Elle Packer 21.24 .............................L Ahern 6 11216 Serena Rose 21.66 ..........................L Ahern 1 66454 Icahn 22.13 .................................B Hodgson 7 75333 Bit Coin 21.73 ..........................A Duganzich 2 47222 Zamaddis Lass 21.96................... T Downey 8 74645 Big Boy Deno 21.59 .....................M Roberts 3 55426 Homebush Misha nwtd .............J McInerney 9 67627 Manyana Groper nwtd.................A Turnwald 4 x7565 Vinny Doon 21.93 .........................G Atwood 5 52351 Mighty Magic nwtd ...........................L Ahern 10 4.53pm TURAKINA PETS C2/3 C2/3, 457m 1 53886 Alamein Jah 26.18 K & .....................Phillips 6 37865 Pseudonym nwtd .........................M Roberts 2 88885 Wee Diger nwtd.......................... G Hodgson 7 67234 Flirt With Me 22.03 .................. T McCracken 3 36854 Graduation 25.80 .............................L Ahern 8 83568 Rebel Joe 22.18 ............................... A Clark 4 1378x Kissing Gwyneth 26.19 ....................L Ahern 9 74477 Daisy’s Boi nwtd ............................. P Lowen 5 32322 Backyard Bully 25.84 ................. G Hodgson 10 58557 Queen Cobra 21.84 ................ D T Poutama 6 22542 Lochinvar Maui 25.84 ..................A Turnwald 8 4.17pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C2 C2, 375m

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11113 Bronx’s Warrior 26.31.......................L Ahern 22111 Winsome Jenny 26.37 .....................L Ahern 44711 Homebush Ginger 26.43 ...........J McInerney 41467 Golfing Buddy 26.78 .................. B Johnston 11 5.13pm LIVAMOL STAKES C3 C3, 375m 1 11126 Hanify Ace 21.74................................ N Udy 2 48x55 Alamein Kat 21.58 K & ......................Phillips 3 82575 Ya Laughin’ 21.53 ..........................B Mitchell 4 13417 Manu Rama 22.11 ..........................L Doody 5 12765 Botany Zenvo nwtd ...................J McInerney 6 11342 Cawbourne Midget nwtd ..............M Roberts 7 25232 Uno Orange 21.74 ..........................S Maher 8 36243 Here Without You 21.72.............. B Johnston Emergencies: 9 424F6 Mercenary 21.45 .........................A Turnwald 10 48676 Bad Week nwtd .........................J McInerney 12 5.29pm AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES C4 375m 1 43731 Weepu 22.46 ....................................L Ahern 2 87361 Uno Heidi nwtd................................. A Clark 3 2655x Bev’s Viewpoint 21.20 ......................L Ahern 4 62818 Homebush Tiare 21.64..............J McInerney 5 46432 Opawa Lean Meat nwtd ..................S Maher 6 21776 What’s Up Gee 21.51 .......................L Ahern 7 14557 Just A Boy nwtd K &..........................Phillips 8 15553 Enhancer 21.51...........................B Hodgson 9 67627 Manyana Groper nwtd.................A Turnwald LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Chelsea extend EPL lead Chelsea took a commanding seven-point lead at the top of the Premier League as they won 2-1 at Aston Villa and Manchester City could only draw 1-1 with Hull City yesterday.

Branislav Ivanovic scored a late winner for Chelsea at Villa Park while only a last-gasp James Milner free kick spared City an even more disappointing day.

With 14 games remaining, Chelsea now lead City by seven points while Tottenham moved up to fifth with a 2-1 win over north London rivals Arsenal.

Liverpool and Everton played out a goal-less draw in

a subdued Merseyside derby at Goodison Park.

Eden Hazard gave Chelsea an early lead at Villa Park but Jores Okore headed an equaliser just after half-time. That was Villa’s first league goal in 659 minutes of play but they were beaten by a superb finish from fullback Ivanovic.

City’s inconsistent season continued as they drew 1-1 at home with Hull, who moved out of the bottom three.

Meyler put Hull in front 10 minutes before half-time and, though Milner spared City’s blushes with a superb free kick in the 90th minute, the champions dropped two more points in the title race.

Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic celebrates with Willian (22) after scoring against Villa.

Harry Kane secured himself hero status at Tottenham

with both goals in a 2-1 win over Arsenal, dropping the Gunners to sixth.

Mesut Oezil put Arsenal in front early on but Kane equalised early in the second half and found the winner four minutes from time to lift Tottenham above Arsenal into fifth.

Sadio Mane scored in injury time to give Southampton a 1-0 win at managerless Queens Park Rangers and put them clear in third on their own.

Crystal Palace moved further away from trouble thanks to a 1-0 win at bottom side Leicester while Swansea drew 1-1 with Sunderland.

- AP

First4: $1224.40 (6,2,4,8). Treble: $17.00 (8+/1/6+). Sub: Valor Lustre (6).

Trainer: Ivan Court, Ladbrooks. Breeding: 4 m McArdle-Regal Lustre.

RACE 4 - PHILIP MCDONALD MEMORIAL MOBILE TROT, $7500, 1609m 1-3 Lavros Segil (11) B Orange 1 5-5 Prestine (12) K Butt 2 12-12 Visualise (2) P Iggo 3 Scratched: All Royal Gal, Millicent.

Also (in finishing order): 4-4 Galleons Royale, 3-1 Tehoro Holly, 8-8 Joseph H, 7-7 Lisa Marie P, 9-9 Martini, 2-2 Kowhai Sunrise, 6-6 Mrs Twobob, 11-11 Cheeky Pat, 10-10 Glenferrie Sunbird, 13-13 Sueno.

1/2L, Nk, 1/2L. Time: 1:58.53. MR: 1:58.53. Last 800m: 59.76. Win: $4.70. Places: $2.20, $2.90, $12.50. Qu: $15.00. Trifecta: $1015.30 (11,12,2).

First4: $2630.30 (11,12,2,10). Double: $9.50 (6+/11+), $5.20 (6+/12). Sub: Lavros Segil (11).

Trainer: Phil Anderson, Weedons. Breeding: 4 g CR Commando-Lady Segil.

RACE 5 - TELTRAC COMMUNICATONS NZ SAPLING STAKES , $25,000, 1609m 2-2 Chase The Dream (5) T Williams 1 3-3 Alta Las Vegas (4) J Dunn 2 4-4 Motu Premier (2) M Anderson 3 All Started. Also (in finishing order): 1-1 Major Ben, 5-5 Bite The Bullet, 6-6 Arden’s Legacy, 7-7 Mr Woodlea.

1/2L, 1/2 hd, 2L. Time: 1:54.84. MR: 1:54.84.

Last 800m: 56.58. Win: $3.50. Places: $2.20, $2.60. Quinella: $16.90. Tri: $172.70 (5,4,2).

First4: $285.70 (5,4,2,7). Quaddie: $283.00 (1/6+/11+/5). Sub: Major Ben (7).

Trainer: Purdon/Rasmussen, Rolleston. Breeding: 2 c Bettor’s Delight-Christian Dreamer.

RACE 6 - DONAGHYS MOBILE PACE, $7500, 1609m 3-3 Magic Oats (7) T Chmiel 1 1-1 Storm Maguire (1) R Holmes 2 2-2 Champagne Dreams (4) B Orange 3 All Started.

Also (in finishing order): 4-4 Lovemetwotimes, 6-7 Beyond Belief, 7-6 Twice The Delight, 5-5 Nikola, 8-8 Daughtry Bromac, 9-9 Lifestyler, 11-11 Tuscaloosa, 12-12 Beaver Boy, 13-13 Halston Bromac, 10-10 Midnight Rider (Pulled up).

2-1/4L, 1/2 hd, 2L. Time: 1:55.59. MR: 1:55.59.

Last 800m: 56.27. Win: $5.60. Places: $1.80, $1.20, $1.60. Qu: $7.90. Tri: $51.40 (7,1,4). First4: $218.10 (7,1,4,11). Double: $33.40 (5/7), $6.40 (5/1+). Treble: $221.20 (11+/5/7). Sub: Storm Maguire (1).

Trainer: Regan Todd, Woodend Beach. Breeding: 4 g McArdle-Magic Marg.

RACE 7 - NEUMANNS BANDAG HAMBLETONIAN CLASSIC MBL, $25000, 1609m 1-2 Prince Fearless (1) N Rasmussen 1 2-3 Speeding Spur (4) J I Dickie 2 5-5 Wanna Play (9) M Anderson 3 All Started.

Also (in finishing order): 3-1 Monbet, 8-8 Roydon’s Jewel, 9-9 Soney Beatt, 7-7 Sunny Ruby, 4-4 Petite One, 6-6 Agnes Brown.

2-1/4L, 3/4L, 6L. Time: 1:56.60. MR: 1:56.60.

Last 800m: 56.19. Win: $2.20. Places: $1.50, $1.50, $3.00. Quinella: $5.20. Trifecta: $39.60 (1,4,9). First4: $130.50 (1,4,9,7). Sub: Prince Fearless (1).

Trainer: Purdon/Rasmussen, Rolleston. Breeding: 3 c Majestic Son-Fear Factor.

RACE 8 - PRODIGAL SEELSTER SUMMER OF SPEED FINAL , $16000, 1609m 1-1 New Years Jay (9) J W Cox 1 3-3 Eva Sophnally (5) S Ottley 2 4-4 Secret Lotion (1) J Dunn 3 All Started.

Also (in finishing order): 9-8 Justalittlebettor, 2-2 Stradowan, 8-6 Maiden Rome, 10-10 Betty Golightly, 6-5 Mach’s Love, 7-7 Woodlea DJ, 5-9 Roxy Bromac.

2L, 1/2 hd, 2L. Time: 1:54.69. MR: 1:54.69. Last 800m: 55.30. Win: $1.50. Places: $1.20, $2.00, $2.20. Quinella: $5.70. Tri: $34.40 (9,5,1). First4:

Madrid v Madrid Daily Events Monday

Atletico Madrid thrashed crosstown rival Real Madrid 4-0 in a dominant derby performance that threw open the Spanish league title race yesterday.

The defending champion set the tone from the start as Tiago Cardoso and substitute Saul Niguez scored early before Antoine Griezmann and Mario Mandzukic sealed Atletico’s most lopsided victory over Madrid since 1987.

It was also Madrid’s biggest defeat to any opponent since a 5-0 loss to Barcelona in 2010.

The return of Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo didn’t help an injury-hit Madrid, which also got poor showings from its other star players at Vicente Calderon Stadium.

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$308.60 (9,5,1,4). Double: $3.90 (1+/9+), $9.80 (1+/5). Sub: New Years Jay (9).

Tr: Cox/Hoffman, Westwood Beach. Breeding: 7 m Washington VC-Jay’s Glen.

RACE 9 - STUDHOLME PREMIER YEARLINGS MARES MOBILE, $7500, 1609m 1-1 Goodness Gracious Me (6) B Orange 1 5-5 Culinary Delight (8) J Dunn 2 4-3 Little Tess (10) T Chmiel 3 All Started.

Also (finishing order): 2-2 Angelina Jolie, 3-4 Tubbys Sister, 7-8 Going To California, 6-7 Lurah, 10-11 Incomparable, 11-10 Can’t Teach That, 9-9 This Ain’t Tennessee, 8-6 Georgie Mach.

1-1/4L, 1-1/4L, Nse. Time: 1:56.30. MR: 1:56.30.

Last 800m: 57.98. Win: $1.70. Places: $1.10, $2.90, $2.20. Quinella: $12.30. Trifecta: $85.60 (6,8,10). First4: $255.90 (6,8,10,4). Sub: Goodness Gracious Me (6).

Trainer: Mark Jones, Woodend Beach. Breeding: 4 m Christian Cullen-Delight Me. RACE 10 - DEVON TAVERN MBL PACE, $8000, 1609m 4-4 Roo Star (5) S McNally 1 2-2 Chattanoogachoochoo (12) S Goldin 2 7-5 She’s Got It (2) M Purvis 3 Scr: Fiery Lustre, Nicky’s Dynamic, Flyover.

Also (in finishing order): 1-1 Mighty Major, 9-8 Sans Le Sou, 10-10 Dynamic Party, 6-7 Someardensomewhere, 8-9 Donegal Jimmy Dave, 5-6 Franco Salisbury, 12-12 New Deal, 1111 Aveross Rustler, 3-3 Parramatta.

3L, 1-1/4L, 1-3/4L. Time: 1:52.77. MR: 1:52.77.

Last 800m: 55.67. Win: $14.90. Places: $3.70, $1.60, $3.90. Quinella: $51.40. Trifecta: $1273.10 (5,12,2). First4: $4413.50 (5,12,2,11).

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Treble: $46.20 (9+/6+/5). Sub: Mighty Major (11).

Trainer: Brendon Hill, Kaiapoi. Breeding: 6 g Washington VC-Til’Us du Part.

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Ashburton Trotting Club’s Sapling Stakes day results The weather was fine and the track fast for the Ashburton Harness at Ashburton on Saturday.

RACE 1 - CHRISTCHURCH CLEANING SUPPLIES MOBILE PACE, $7000, 1609m 1-1 Shezalegend (8) N Rasmussen 1 5-6 Alonzo Amir (6) J I Dickie 2 2-2 Honey Smith (7) T Chmiel 3 All Started. Also (finish order): 4-4 Changeover A Flyin, 6-5 Party Delight, 11-9 Zebadee, 3-3 Bettor Luck, 8-8 Anna Laziza, 9-10 Jettison, 7-7 Olde Oake Arnie, 10-11 Sarah P. 3/4L, Nse, 1-1/2L. Time: 1:58.51. MR: 1:58.51. Last 800m: 57.01. Win: $2.50. Places: $1.40, $3.10, $1.90. Quinella: $28.20. Tri: $160.30 (8,6,7).

First4: $1410.00 (8,6,7,4). Sub: Shezalegend (8).

Trainer: Cran Dalgety, West Melton. Breeding: 3 f Courage Under Fire-A Legend.

RACE 2 - NEVELE R FILLIES SERIES (HEAT 1) MOBILE , $14000, 1609m 2-0 Fight For Glory (1) N Rasmussen 1 3-0 Linda Lovegrace (5) M Anderson 2 1-0 Supersonic Miss (2) T Williams 3 Scratched: Joanne’s A Delight.

Also (in finishing order): 4-0 Rocker Band.

2L, Hd, 4L. Time: 1:54.59. MR: 1:54.59. Last 800m: 56.81. Win: $2.70. Places: Refund.

Quinella: $9.80. Trifecta: $15.80 (1,5,2). First4: $8.70 (1,5,2,4). Double: $3.50 (8+/1), $4.80 (8+/5). Sub: Supersonic Miss (2).

Trainer: Purdon/Rasmussen, Rolleston. Breeding: 3 f Art Major-Breath Of Life.

RACE 3 - FARMLANDS NUTRITION MOBILE PACE, $7000, 1609m 1-1 Valor Lustre (6) B Orange 1 3-3 All That Glitters (2) S McNally 2 8-8 Twitch (4) C D Thornley 3 All Started.

Also (in finishing order): 7-7 Beale Street Boy, 4-4 Expressive Victor, 6-6 Applause, 2-2 Sandvik Star, 5-5 Ma Joi. 2L, 2-1/4L, 2L. Time: 1:55.85. MR: 1:55.85. Last 800m: 56.21. Win: $2.10. Places: $1.20, $1.60, $5.30. Quinella: $4.60. Tri: $107.90 (6,2,4).

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CRYPTIC Across 1. Principally 6. Bed 8. Apply 10. Geriatric 11. Root 12. Scott 13. Storeman 16. Singled 17. Pubs 18. Ebon 19. Corsair 21. Simulate 23. Plead 26. Boom 27. Quintuple 28. Sweat 29. Ass 30. Compensates Down 1. Pear-shaped 2. Improbabilities 3. Coyotes 4. Avert 5. Year-end 6. Bargainbasement 7. Deck 9. Lot 13. Sangria 14. Oilcake 15. Candidates 19. Caustic 20. Reposes 22. Tulip 24. Low 25. Aqua QUICK Across 7. Overconfident 8. Trawlers 9. Guts 10. Mirror 12. Ousted 14. Ego 15. Census 17. Torpid 19. Pair 21. Legacies 23. Round the clock Down 1. Overtime 2. Brewer 3. Bole 4. Offshoot 5. Adages 6. Gnat 11. Resolute 13. Evidence 16. Sprint 18. Recall 20. Avow 22. Grey

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DOWN 1. Shade of bright blue (5) 2. Shipping channels (3,5) 3. Organised way of working (6) 4. Highest point (4) 5. Model platform (7) 6. Later (10) 9. Grow worse (10) 12. Curious (8) 14. NZ reptile (7) 16. Takes hold of (6) 19. Fireside (5) 20. Targets (4)

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) This is one of those days, when you’re able to say to your inner voice and any old ghosts that you can take it from here.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) Any chance to mend bridges, reach out and connect is not only likely to be healing, but happen in random and unexpected ways today.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) It’s what comes after the word ‘but’ that you have a chance to delve deeper into, with professional desires running into stumbling blocks.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) The Moon’s monthly visit to your home and family sector is always a time for being grounded, focused on home and family matters and things close to home.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) There comes a time when we’re able to see old fears and doubts for what they are and you’ve now reached that time.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) It’s an alignment between the planets of love and healing in your relationship sector that puts a loving and healing balm on the past.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) The Moon’s monthly visit to your sign is always a mixed blessing, giving you an intuitive read on things that gives you a real sixth sense.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) With things due to become a lot busier over the coming weeks, there is a sense of playfulness in the air that needs to be embraced.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) An alignment between the planets of love and healing in your home and family sector brings a chance for healing in whatever form that means for you.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) While words have already had the power to heal and extend the olive branches, they’ve never been as cathartic as they are today.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) Venus and Chiron, the planets of love and healing, both on a mission to boost your confidence get together to lay some old ghosts to rest.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 21) There’s a chance to lay some old ghosts to rest, especially those that are stopping you from exploring all the new opportunities opening up.

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

SHEATE, Austin William – On February 7, 2015, peacefully at his home, surrounded by his family, after a courageous battle, dearly loved husband of the late Jeanette (55 years), dearly loved father and father-in-law of Christine and Peter, Dianne and John, Robyn and Richard, Barbara and Jeff. Much loved grandfather of Jonathan, Kevin, Andrew and Amy, Kristy and AJ, Tim and Maria, and Corey and Madison. Loving greatgrandfather (Grandad Austin) to Jack, James, Holly, Mitchell, Liam, Indy and Austin.

Messages 27 Lampard Street, Methven 7730. Special thanks to Tuarangi Home, for the care and love shown to Austin and family. In lieu of flowers, donations to Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand would be appreciated and may be made at the service.

The funeral service will be held in St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Havelock Street, Ashburton on WEDNESDAY, February 11, 2015, at 1.30pm followed by interment in the Ashburton Cemetery.

TILSON, Audrey Olive Lucy – On February 5, 2015. Passed away peacefully at Ashburton.

Dearly love wife of the late Tom. Much loved mother and mother-in-law of the late Glenys, and Ray Taylor, Stuart and Gill, Donald, and Heather and Kevin Cartwright. Loved nana of Graeme and Michelle Taylor; Kristoffer, and Kama Kingsbury, Thomas, and George Tilson; Hayley and Philip Morgan, Philip and Justine Cartwright and great nana of Carley, Jade, Liberty, and Hunter. Messages to the Tilson family c/- PO Box 472, Ashburton. Donations to the Kidney Foundation would be much appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate Audrey’s life will be held at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Havelock Street, Ashburton on TUESDAY February 10, commencing at 11am. Followed by interment at the RSA section, Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

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Wind at 2000m: NW severe gale 100 km/h, changing S 30 km/h during the morning.

Rain spreading north, briefly heavy with possible thunder north of Amberley, then clearing from the south by evening leaving cloudy periods. Northerlies changing strong cool southerly during the morning, then gradually dying away.

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Northeasterlies dying away.

Mainly fine with light winds.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 30.0 30.5 Max to 4pm 7.5 Minimum 2.3 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm February to date 8.0 Avg Feb to date 13 2015 to date 23.4 71 Avg year to date Wind km/h NE 31 At 4pm Strongest gust NE 43 Time of gust 3:32pm

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Monday, 9 February 2015

A front moves off to the northeast of New Zealand tomorrow morning, leaving a southeast flow over much of the North Island, while a high over the Tasman Sea extends a ridge onto the South Island.

The ridge spreads onto the North Island during Wednesday, then begins to break down on Thursday.

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6am Breakfast 9am N Good Morning 10am N Whanau Living Series that focuses on Stacey Morrison’s discovery of how to balance a busy life while being a mother of three young children, a wife, and a radio and TV presenter.

10:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 0 11:30 Coach Trip PGR 3 0 Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1:30 N Come Dine With Me UK PGR 2pm N Four Weddings USA Four very different brides compete to win a dream honeymoon by attending and scoring points at each other’s weddings. 3pm N Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 3 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Our First Home 0 8:35 Stalker AO 0 9:30 F Castle PGR Castle and Beckett are three days away from marrying when they find themselves involved in an abduction case. 0 10:30 One News Tonight 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 30 6:55 My Little Pony 3 0 7:20 The Penguins Of Madagascar 3 0 7:50 The 7D 0 8:15 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 8:40 Dinosaur Train 3 0 8:50 Fireman Sam 3 0 9am Infomercials 11am Neighbours 3 0 11:30 8 Simple Rules 3 0 Noon Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle PGR 1:30 According To Jim 3 0 2pm L 57th Annual Grammy Awards 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 The Middle 0 8pm N Cougar Town PGR Jules agrees to stop drinking wine during Laurie’s pregnancy, but the rest of the gang disagrees; Grayson helps prepare Travis for fatherhood. 0 8:30 The Mysteries Of Laura AO 0 9:30 The Walking Dead 0 10:30 57th Annual Grammy Awards 3 0

6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 10:30 Rachael Ray Cat Deeley shares her must-have beauty tool.

11:30 Last Man Standing 3 Mike discovers Boyd’s last name has been changed, and is no longer Baxter.

Noon 3 News 12:30 Baggage AO Game show hosted by Jerry Springer.

1pm The Bold And The Beautiful PGR Ridge and Eric have an emotional reunion at the Forrester Mansion.

1:30 Dr Phil AO 2:30 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey PGR 3:25 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 30 3:55 Entertainment Tonight 4:25 The Simpsons 3 0 4:55 The Big Adventure 6pm 3 News 7pm Campbell Live 7:30 The Block – Glasshouse PGR (Part 1) 0 8:35 M Tower Heist AO 3 2011 Comedy.

A group of blue-collar workers, victims of a Ponzi scheme, seek revenge on a Wall Street swindler.

Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy. 0 10:50 3 News

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Rugrats 3 7:25 The Legend Of Korra 3 7:50 Danny Phantom 8:15 Chuggington 3 8:25 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 8:40 Peppa Pig 3 8:50 Bob The Builder 3 9am Thomas And Friends 3 9:10 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 3 9:20 The Moe Show 3 9:30 Julius Jr 3 9:55 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:35 Punk’d PGR 5pm It Only Hurts When I Laugh 3 5:30 The Nanny 3 0 6pm Futurama 3 0 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3 0 7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 0 7:30 New Girl PGR 8pm The Goldbergs PGR 8:30 Community PGR 9pm F The New Normal PGR 3 Bryan and David hope to marry before the arrival of their baby.

9:25 Parks And Recreation PGR 9:55 Raising Hope PGR 10:25 The Chicago Code AO 3

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 3 12:50 The Test PGR 3 1:45 Antiques Roadshow 3 Returning to Wightwick Manor, Fiona Bruce and the experts examine drawings by one of Britain’s greatest artists, JMW Turner, and objects owned by the last survivor of the Titanic.

3pm Whose Line Is It Anyway?

UK PGR 3 3:30 The Late Show With David Letterman 4:30 Hot Bench 5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 3 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Best Of Top Gear PGR 3 8:30 F The Trouble With Murder AO 9:30 Inside Story AO 10:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

6am Football – Arsenal TV Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal.

9am Football – A-League (Highlights) Western Sydney Wanderers v Wellington Phoenix.

From Sportingbet Stadium.

9:30 The World Rugby Show 10am Rugby – IRB Sevens World Series (Highlights) Day One. 11:30 Rugby – IRB Sevens World Series (Highlights) Day Two. 1pm Rugby – Women’s Sevens World Series (Replay) 3:30 Basketball – NBL (Replay) Townsville Crocodiles v New Zealand Breakers.

5:30 The Fishing Show 6pm Football – A-League (Highlights) Western Sydney Wanderers v Wellington Phoenix.

6:30 Cycling – NZCT Classic (Highlights) 7:30 Rugby – IRB Sevens World Series (Highlights) Day Two. From Westpac Stadium in Wellington.

9pm Ice Hockey – NHL Regular Season (Replay) St Louis Blues v Chicago Blackhawks.

11pm Criminal Minds AO 3 The BAU investigates a string of murders in Boston, where the killer likes to keep trophies of his victims. 0 11:55 The Mentalist 3 0 12:55 Te Karere 3 2 0 1:15 Infomercials 5:05 Impact For Life 5:35 Te Karere 3 2 0

1:50 Infomercials 2:55 Grey’s Anatomy PGR 3 0 3:40 Army Wives 3 0 4:25 Shake It Up 3 0 4:45 Gary Unmarried PGR 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:20 Sons Of Anarchy AO 3 Samcro seeks revenge after the compound is attacked. 0 12:45 Infomercials 5:30 City Impact Church

11:20 Entertainment Tonight 11:45 Infomercials

11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

Midnight Home Shopping 1:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2am Home Shopping

11pm Motorcycling – The North West 200 (Highlights) Midnight Motorsport – Toyota Racing Series (Highlights) 1am Rugby – Sevens World Series (Highlights) 2:30 Rugby – Sevens World Series (Highlights) 4am The World Rugby Show 4:30 Basketball – NBL (Highlights) 5am Cycling – Dubai Tour (Highlights)

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Hugh’s Fish Fight – Save Our Seas 7:30 Salvage Hunters 8:30 Storage Hoarders 9:30 The Garden Pantry 10am Get Growing 10:30 Hugh’s Fish Fight – Save Our Seas 11:30 Luke Nguyen’s France Noon Marbella Mansions 1pm Salvage Hunters 2pm 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy 3pm Grand Tours Of Scotland 3:30 Baggage Battles 4pm The Flying Winemaker 4:30 Cook The Books 5pm House Wreck Rescue 6pm Dear Genevieve 6:30 Buying Alaska 7pm Buy It, Fix It, Sell It 7:30 Billionaire’s Paradise – Inside Necker Island An in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at one of the most exclusive holiday destinations in the world – Necker Island.

8:30 Mekong River With Sue Perkins Sue travels upstream through Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and China, towards the Mekong’s source high in the Himalayan glacier.

9:35 Ray Mears’ Northern Wilderness 10:40 Buy It, Fix It, Sell It 11:10 House Wreck Rescue

TUESDAY

Midnight Dear Genevieve 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Grand Tours Of Scotland 1:30 Baggage Battles 2am The Flying Winemaker 2:30 Cook The Books 3am Buying Alaska 3:30 Auction 4am Billionaire’s Paradise – Inside Necker Island 5am Mekong River With Sue Perkins

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 2 7:30 Pukana 3 2 8am Iwi Anthems 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Tatai Hono 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Korero Mai 3 2 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3 3:30 Pukoro 3 2 4pm Miharo 3 2 4:30 Pukana 3

THE BOX 6am Law And Order MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Hardcore Pawn PG 7:40 Modern Family PGL 8:05 Ax Men ML 8:55 Criminal Minds 16VS 9:45 SVU MV 10:35 CSI – New York MV 11:25 CSI – Miami MV 12:15 CSI – Miami MV 1:05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 2:20 Law And Order MV 3:10 Ax Men ML 4pm The Simpsons PGR 4:30 Modern Family PGR 5pm Hardcore Pawn PG 5:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 6:30 The Simpsons PG 7pm Hardcore Pawn PG 7:30 CSI – New York MV 8:30 RBT 9pm Fire Scene Investigation M 9:30 CSI MV 10:30 SVU MV 11:30 CSI – New York MV

TUESDAY

12:30 Ax Men ML 1:20 Modern Family PGL 1:45 Law And Order MV 2:35 SVU MV 3:25 RBT MC 3:50 Fire Scene Investigation M 4:15 CSI MV 5:05 Billy The Exterminator PGL 5:35 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG

SKY SPORT 2 2 5pm Toi Whakaari 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 2 6:30 Ako 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 #Hakanation PGR 3 8pm Get Your Fish On PGR 3 8:30 The Lost Voyage Of 499 AO 3 9:30 F Ka Tu Ka Korero 3 10pm F Redfern Now AO 3 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Kings PG Ouija Board; Richard Petty Jeep. 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Dual Survival M 8:30 MythBusters PG James Bond Special 1. 9:30 Spawn Of Jaws – The Birth M 10:30 Nomad Chef PG Spain. 11:30 Evil, I M Noon Evil, I M 12:30 Crimes That Shook The World M 1:30 Deadly Sins M The Millionairess and the Mortician. 2:30 Dual Survival M 3:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 MythBusters PG Lead Balloon.

6:30 Railroad Alaska PG Mountain Danger. 7:30 Auction Hunters PG 8:30 MythBusters PG 9:30 You Have Been Warned Again M Wildest Nature. 10:30 The Unexplained Files M Death from the Sky; Mexican Chupacabra. 11:30 Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry? M

TUESDAY

Midnight Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry? M 12:30 Stalked – Someone’s Watching M 1am Stalked – Someone’s Watching M 1:30 Dates From Hell M 2am Dates From Hell M 2:30 Savage Family Diggers PG 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Man v Wild PG 5am Dirty Jobs PG

Tower Heist

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MOVIES PREMIERE 7:35 Grudge Match MVL 2013 Comedy. Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone. 9:30 The Lords Of Salem 16VLS 2012 Horror.

Sheri Moon Zombie, Bruce Davison.

11:10 Tom, Dick And Harriet M 2013 Comedy. Steven Weber, Michelle Harrison.

12:40 Chasing Mavericks PGL 2012 Drama. Gerard Butler, Jonny Weston.

2:35 The Last Stand 16VL 2013 Action. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker.

4:25 Oblivion MVS 2013 Sci-fi.

Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman. 6:30 The Internship MLS 2013 Comedy.

Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson.

8:30 Carrie 16VLS 2013 Horror.

Chloë Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Gabriella Wilde.

10:15 Filth 18VLS 2013 Crime.

James McAvoy, Jamie Bell.

11:55 Freezer 16VL 2013 Thriller.

Dylan McDermott, Peter Facinelli.

TUESDAY

1:15 Oblivion MVS 2013 Sci-fi.

Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman.

3:20 Filth 18VLS 2013 Crime.

James McAvoy, Jamie Bell.

4:55 Freezer 16VL 2013 Thriller.

Dylan McDermott, Peter Facinelli.

Sticky TV

3pm on FOUR

MOVIES GREATS 7:10 The Upside Of Anger MLS 2005 Drama. Joan Allen, Kevin Costner. 9:05 You Don’t Mess With The Zohan MLS 2008 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider. 10:55 The Matrix MV 1999 Sci-fi Thriller.

Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss. 1:10 Knocked Up 16LS 2007 Comedy.

Katherine Heigl, Seth Rogan. 3:15 Underworld – Rise Of The Lycans 16V 2009 Action. Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy. 4:45 Legally Blonde PGS 2001 Comedy. Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson. 6:20 The Four Feathers MVC 2002 Drama.

Heath Ledger, Kate Hudson. 8:30 Just Married PGS 2003 Comedy.

Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy.

10:10 Million Dollar Baby MC 2004 Drama. Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman.

TUESDAY

12:20 Legally Blonde PGS 2001 Comedy. Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson. 1:55 Sex And The Cinema 16LS 2009 Documentary.

2:50 The Four Feathers MVC 2002 Drama. 5am Just Married PGS 2003 Comedy.

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6am Swimming – New Zealand Zonal Championships (Replay) 10:30 Football – Chelsea TV Aston Villa v Chelsea. From Villa Park.

1:30 Football – A-League (Highlights) Western Sydney Wanderers v Wellington Phoenix.

From Sportingbet Stadium.

2pm Sky Sports UK News 2:30 Football – A-League (Replay) Western Sydney Wanderers v Wellington Phoenix. From Sportingbet Stadium.

4:30 Football – Chelsea TV Aston Villa v Chelsea. From Villa Park.

7:30 Golf Central An in-depth analysis and breaking news on everything that is happening in the world of golf.

8:30 The Cricket Show Analysis and highlights of the week’s games, with features and player profiles from grassroots to domestic and international cricket.

9pm Cricket – World Cup Documentary 10pm The Crowd Goes Wild An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

10:30 The Cricket Show Analysis and highlights of the week’s games, with features and player profiles from grassroots to domestic and international cricket.

11pm Fox Sports News A wrap of the day’s sporting headlines, with extensive highlights, and previews of sporting action still to come.

11:30 Cycling – Dubai Tour (Highlights)

TUESDAY

12:30 Cycling – NZCT Classic (Highlights) 1:30 Swimming – New Zealand Zonal Championships (Replay)

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Murphy Dargue, 8, watches on as doubles partner Mitchell Veix, 9, plays a shot during the novice 8/9 doubles in the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre on Saturday.

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BY JONATHAN LEASK

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Mid Canterbury’s junior tennis talent battled for titles in the junior age group championships at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre at the weekend.

After two days the singles and doubles titles were decided from novice 8/9 up to 16s.

The biggest field was in the 8/9 novice boys and that went to form with top seed Murphy Dargue taking down the sec-

ond seed Lachlan Adam 6-2.

The 12 boys’ singles was the next biggest field with another top seeded Dargue, Edwin, beating second seed Jarrad Hill 6-3, 6-3.

The Dargue three-peat was achieved when Harry, also a top seed, beat second seed Bailey Allred 4-0, 4-0 in the boys’ 10 final.

The Dargues also collected the doubles titles – Murphy alongside Mitchell Veix, Harry

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with Thomas Donnelly and Edwin partnered Tyler Leonard.

Boys’ 14 singles went the way of number one seeded Flynn Ness 6-1, 6-0 over second seed Sam Bubb, before they teamed up to win the doubles.

Boys’ 16 number one James Watt took out second seed Aidan Mitchell 7-5, 6-1 in the final as all the boys’ singles were won by the top seeds. Connor Brosnahan and Mitchell took out the doubles.

A rare upset occurred in the girls’ 10 singles where second seed Felicity Pye took down top seed Amelia Mckeown 4-0, 1-4, 8-6 in to finish on top after the round robin.

In the doubles, Mckeown and Victoria Talbot toppled the top seeded pair of Pye and Harriett Simpson.

In the girls’ 12 the Ness sisters finished one and two, with number one seed Sophie finishing ahead of Millie.

Sophie then combined with Sophie Innes to win the doubles title.

Erin Connelly-Whyte finished on top in the girls’ 14 singles, while Tessa McCann went head-to-head with Larissa Allan in a straight final for the girls’ 16 tile, with McCann collecting a 6-1, 6-1 win.

Connelly-Whyte then combined with Jade Brosnahan to take out the 14 girls’ doubles title.

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