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Punters at the Tinwald dairy cattle sale yesterday were not deterred by news of another sharp fall in international milk prices. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 160714-TM-013

Economists could be playing a part in falling international dairy prices – the backbone of Mid Canterbury’s nearly $1 billion dairy economy, local dairy farmer Willy Leferink says.

The GlobalDairyTrade price index slumped by 8.9 per cent yesterday, to its lowest level since the December 2012 auction, marking a 35 per cent decline since early February.

ANZ economists have revised their May forecast of a $7 kg farmgate milksolids price, saying the current spot prices are pointing toward less than $6 kg/MS for the 2014-15 season.

Mr Leferink, who was Federated Farmers’ former dairy chairman, said he was disappointed with the news.

“I think some of the comments made by economists last week didn’t help – those comments go worldwide in no time,” he said.

“Economists predicting prices are still softening are not helpful in a climate where any news on the milk front is ana-

lysed to bits at the moment.”

Mr Leferink said there was a long way to go before the end of the season, and the market could still move rapidly.

“I see nowhere in the world where massive (milk) powder plants are being commissioned – but they are certainly being built.

“In a year’s time it could be a totally different story – we might be looking down the barrel of a lower payout but I think this year there is still a long way to go and prices are very volatile.”

He said stockpiles of milk powders, rather than the high New Zealand dollar, were causing prices to drop.

“In the short term there’s plenty of produce on the market and the punters are waiting and watching,” he said.

“They are waiting in the wings because the warehouses are full and they are hoping it might still get cheaper.

“Once the market moves it moves rapidly the other way, and that’s what I’m predicting will happen.

“The market does not always react with sanity – it is what it is and at least we’ve got some transparency.”

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Sprouting horns, being called the devil and wearing snakes, Daniel Radcliffe looks like he’s joined Voldemort in the first trailer for his latest film Horns. The Harry Potter actor plays Ig Perrish, the prime suspect in the rape and murder of his girlfriend (played by Juno Temple). When he wakes up to discover he has horns growing out of his head that force people to confess secrets, he decides to use it to help him find his girlfriend’s real killer. “No one is born evil,” Radcliffe, sporting a Canadian accent as Perrish, says as he drives along a road. “But sometimes when you go through hell, the only way out is to walk deeper into the fire.” The car stops in front a slithering snake, the trailer ending with it draped about Radcliffe’s neck as he sits calmly in a chair,

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Gaga fobs off wedding dress shopping Lady Gaga may have been looking at wedding dresses recently but the singer says it doesn’t necessarily mean she’s getting married, she just has quirky fashion sense. The rumour mill recently went into overdrive that Gaga was going to wed her beau, actor Taylor Kinney, after she was spotted in a bridal store in Toronto, Canada with her mother. However, the flamboyant pop star has used Twitter to speak out about the rumours and, instead, blamed her fashion sense for seeking out the matrimonial wear. “I resent that I have to be getting married to wear bridal, I mean what if I just love wearing white lace and pearls without it being creepy,” she tweeted.

This one truly proved himself to be a mongrel on July 17, 1986.

“A Te Puke traffic officer’s hand was bitten last night by one of two men believed to be Mongrel Mob gang members …”

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New policeman causes a flap New Ashburton police are warned to prepare for a relatively high-profile life in Mid Canterbury – but the latest recruit must wonder what he’s struck.

The Ashburton Guardian introduced Constable Ben Bright to his new home last week and the interest he generated set new records. He was our Photo of the Day on Facebook on Friday. By Sunday, the photo and his story had attracted more than 26,000 visits, 400 likes and more than 135 comments.

Most of the comments were from female QUEEN readers and the overwhelming majority SIZE were flattering. Mr Bright was not Bed+Base working early this week but his boss, Senior Sergeant Scott Banfield, said the SALE pric light-hearted comments were from a e community interested in its police.

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Construction work is about to start on the modern-day version of historic Westburn Courts.

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New life for Westburn Courts sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

An empty site on West Street is today just another carpark, but work is about to start on a new office complex that will turn that site into a modern day version of historic Westburn Courts.

The original building was demolished in May 2012 after it sustained significant damage in the Canterbury earthquakes and landowner Brian Davidson has plans to construct a new two storey office complex

on the site. Resource consent has been granted, a building consent application has been lodged and work is scheduled to start next month.

True to the site’s history, the new building will carry the same name – Westburn Courts.

The building will break new ground in Ashburton.

It will be constructed under the Government’s Energy Efficient scheme and will have an energy efficiencies rating.

Tenancy for the first floor has been let and two of the three tenancies on the ground floor

are close to being finalised, Mr Davidson said.

The complex will be built by Bradfords.

The site has been a place of commerce since 1880, with the first building occupied by H. Matson and Co, auctioneers and grain and seed merchants.

The occupancy changed in 1890 when the site became the place of business for WB Moss agent and the Guardian company.

One year later Mr Moss sold out to D. Thomas, wool and grain merchants. It contin-

ued as the trading place of D. Thomas until 1907 when that company merged with stock and station company National Mortgage Agency. In 1920 the original building was replaced by what became Westburn Courts and it continued to be occupied by the stock and station company for many years.

In later years as stock and station companies merged and names began to disappear, the building was sold and began a new life as an office complex.

Company formed to lead building project

By Sue Newman

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A new company has been formed to spearhead what will be the largest commercial development undertaken in the Ashburton District.

In the wake of the Canterbury earthquakes dozens of buildings in Ashburton’s central business area were demolished. Rather than rebuilding as individuals, their owners came up with a unique co-operative concept they believe will turn central Ashburton into a destination shopping hub.

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The formation of Eastfield Developments is the first step towards realising the land owners’ joint vision for the site, chairman Brian Davidson said.

He is one of the company’s major shareholders and said the formation of the company and the appointment of an independent board to manage the project was a major step in moving the development from concept to reality.

“Forming the new company has enabled us to attract some strong local experience to act as an independent governance

committee to guide the development,” he said.

The project will eventually see a 9000 square metre business and retail centre built on land that is bounded by the Ashburton Arcade and Burnett, Cass and Tancred Streets. It will not include all sites in this block as some were not demolished while other landowners have already rebuilt.

The land is held in about 18 titles.

Because of the size of the development and the number of landowners involved, Mr

Davidson said it was important to have a board with wide commercial experience.

The new board is made up of Mr Davidson, professional directors Roger Bonifant and Graham Kennedy, Leech and Partners associate director Julie Inwood and property development expert Andrew Mason.

The rebuild project was announced in April and since then, Mr Davidson said, there had been good support from both the community and from the Ashburton District Council.

Your local newspaper among the best For the third year in a row, your local newspaper is among the best in a premier international newspaper award.

The Ashburton Guardian was yesterday named a finalist in the Newspaper of the Year (Daily Community) category of the PANPA Newspaper of the Year awards.

The nod follows news in May that the Guardian’s five entries in the 2014 PANPA Advertising and Marketing Awards were also finalists.

Editor Stu Oldham said the finals berth was testament to the hard work and professionalism of the newspaper team and of former editor Coen Lammers.

“The Guardian has a hardearned reputation as one of the best small newspapers in New Zealand, and a third nomination – and for a year of innovation – says it is still getting things right.”

The Guardian changed from a broadsheet to a compact format in July last year and the last oldlook, and first new-look newspapers were part of the entry.

The entry also included editions detailing a guilty plea in a high profile murder trial, Roast Busters-type allegations and a heart-breaking burglary.

Entries came from around New Zealand and Australia, and around the Pacific Islands, up to Singapore and Papua New Guinea.

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Secondary education ‘proactive’

In custody ahead of trial A 12-year-old will stay in Child Youth and Family custody ahead of his trial for the manslaughter of a West Auckland dairy.

Arun Kumar, 57, was killed last month at his Henderson dairy in front of his wife. The 12-year-old made his first appearance at the High Court in Auckland yesterday, where the judge ruled that he would continue to get name suppression, Newstalk ZB reported.

Justice Graham Lang also decided the 12-year-old would face trial in November alongside his 13-year-old co-accused, who is charged with murder.

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By Toni Williams

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Secondary education is more proactive than ever before, according to Mid Canterbury secondary school principals.

The Education Review Office (ERO) released a new report which looked at how secondary schools analysed and used achievement data to take action and improve the NCEA Level 2 results of students.

Mt Hutt College principal John Schreurs said education was more proactive and students’ needs constantly monitored.

It was common practice to review courses and work to meet the needs of the students or those who had missed out.

“We look at our results, look at what happened and ways we can improve things and we will continue to do that,” he said. “We are getting more and more proactive as we are getting more data in,” he said.

“We have a triple A look at where things are going - attendance, achievement and attitude – and we run interviews with students who we think are not going to achieve the level they should.”

Mr Schreurs said those interviews would start next week.

Soldier dies on Mount Cook The Australian Department of Defence has confirmed a soldier from the Sydney-based 2nd Commando Regiment has died during a training activity on Mount Cook at about 12.30pm. He was among Australian Army members were conducting a two-week mountain and cold weather operations training activity in New Zealand. No other members were injured and the training was immediately suspended, the army said. The soldier was recovered by his colleagues who administered first aid.

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Aratere sailing cancelled A return sailing across the Cook Strait on troubled Interislander ferry Aratere was cancelled yesterday, just one day after its return to service. The vessel has been out of action after losing a propeller on a crossing in November last year, and underwent a three month refurbishment in Singapore.

It had its first full day of services on Tuesday, scheduled to run three return sailings from Wellington to Picton. However, yesterday KiwiRail said it had taken the ferry “a little longer to make the Cook Strait crossing than previously”, and it was cancelling a sailing to stop delays.

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They were not just for students unlikely to succeed but also for students underperforming to expected levels – for whatever reason.

The interviews often involved the student, family member/s and the teaching faculty.

Mr Schreurs said it was important to get students engaged with their own learning and for them to understand it.

It showed them how they were achieving.

There were alternative programmes for students to get useful Level 2 qualification levels such as first aid, which gave extra credits to students.

Mr Schreurs said the key was engagement with students and their families and it was easier to do in a small community.

Ashburton College principal Grant McMillian said the ERO report was similar to existing processes used at Ashburton College.

There was better analysis, initiatives and staff development focussed on student outcomes.

Mr McMillan said processes at the college involved better communication with students and their families, and improved reporting. It all worked together to continually strengthen the students’ college performance.

Peters scathing about focus on Dotcom

A man has been flown to Dunedin Hospital with a serious arm injury after a van rolled near Clarks Junction, inland from Outram, yesterday. The three other passengers in the 10-12 seater minivan taking clients to Middlemarch to start the Otago Rail Trail were treated at the scene for minor injuries

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Potentially contaminated The headline “Contaminated land identified” in Saturday’s newspaper did not accurately reflect a story about potentially contaminated sites identified on an Environment Canterbury register. The former Creek Road Service Station, whose photograph accompanied the story, has not been identified as contaminated.

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ERO’s report, Raising Achievement in Secondary Schools, published the findings of the evaluation completed by the organisation in 2013.

Forty secondary schools were included in the study and represented a variety of deciles, sizes and locations from urban centres to rural towns.

ERO found that a quarter of the schools in the sample analysed their achievement information and then introduced initiatives to improve teaching and learning.

These subsequently led to an improvement in their students’ NCEA results.

A third of schools were effective at identifying who needed support and introduced initiatives.

However, there was little evidence that these actions translated into better results for their students.

The remaining 16 schools in the study had limited judgement analysing achievement data and making changes.

ERO said the report showed the practices that would go toward the Government’s goal of having 85 per cent of 18-year-olds achieve NCEA Level 2 or equivalent by 2017.

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New Zealand First leader Winston Peters stopped off in Ashburton yesterday.

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New Zealand First leader Winston Peters made a flying visit to Ashburton yesterday on a whistlestop tour of the South Island’s east coast.

Crime, education, health and low wages were on his mind.

Mr Peters was scathing about the media focus on the Kim Dotcom saga, saying it diverted attention away from the real issues this close to an election.

He said New Zealanders would know the information well before the September 15 date the Megaupload mogul has threatened to expose Prime Minister John Key’s knowledge of events surrounding his immigration status.

“Who does he think he is? He’s only been here five minutes and he starts to tell us how to run the country?” he said.

Mr Peters said New Zealanders would be well advised to focus on affordable housing, health and education, particularly tertiary and post graduate study.

The country’s “dangerous reliance” on milk and wood – equating to 40 per cent of the export earn – would best be addressed by adding value to such commodities but that would require investment in education and research.

Former prime minister Jenny Shipley’s appointment as a director of the China Construction Bank (CCB) also came under fire.

He said her lack of banking credentials was indicative the appointment was only made to give an air of respectability to the bank, and would have national party leaders of old “rolling in their graves”.

“To work for a one-party state bank is just astonishing – she is the figurehead of a Trojan horse in the New Zealand commercial sector,” Mr Peters said.

The manipulation of statistics to keep up an impression of declining crime rates were also on the agenda, with Mr Peters promising there would be more to come on this matter, and the public were not fooled.

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Public feedback sought on church future

By Sue Newman

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The fate of Ashburton’s historic Baring Square Methodist Church is in the hands of the community.

The church sustained significant damage in the September 2010 earthquake. Since then, it has been closed while parishioners grappled with the cost of earthquake strengthening work on the brick building. This has been quoted at well over $1 million.

For the parish, the major concern was whether it could justify spending a large amount of money on a building that was used only a few times a week, property convenor Allan Tweed said.

“If we knew that the church buildings were going to be widely used and there would be some income to help cover the dayto-day running cost and future maintenance, then spending this amount of money could possibly be justified,” he said.

The church was built in 1925 and needs to be brought up to 67 per cent of the new building standard. Since its closure the parish has been meeting in the church lounge each Sunday.

“We would dearly love to return to using the historic church but demolition is an option, with the insurance funds being used to renovate the rest of the complex.”

While demolition was the least palatable option for the parish people had to take a practical approach to the issue, he said.

“Let’s acknowledge there is a huge sentimental attachment to the building that’s emotion

The future of the Methodist Church in Baring Square is under discussion.

based but we have to try to work this out logically.”

The church would not only be an expensive building to restore, it was also expensive to heat and if it was restored the value and consequently the insurance bill would also be very high, Mr Tweed said.

Options for the building were under discussion and the parish wanted to hear from community groups or members of the public who were interested in its future.

While the future of the church building was uncertain, people were not walking away from

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their church, Mr Tweed said.

“We have a valuable site here and our presence in town will go on.”

In terms of a vision for a restored church it would be for a place that was well used by other groups as a venue for music, dance, drama, films or just as a

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meeting place. The church is acknowledged as having some of the best acoustics in Ashburton.

To gauge public support for either restoration or demolition and to get a handle on potential future use, a public meeting will be held at 7pm on July 24 in the church lounge.

■■LOTTERY SCAM

Gallery sticks to proven Lottery scam warning management format

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By Sue Newman

Sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

They might share the same building but Ashburton’s museum and art gallery run two very different businesses.

While the museum will shortly become a department of the Ashburton District Council, the art gallery is committed to continuing with a structure its management committee chair Bernie Davidson says has served it well for a number of years.

The Ashburton Museum and Historical Society has opted to hand over its administration to the council, rather than remain governed by an elected com-

mittee of volunteers. When the paperwork is signed off, the museum will become a department of the council in the same way as the Ashburton Library.

For the art gallery, however, governance by committee will remain, Mr Davidson said.

“At this stage we have no thoughts of becoming a council department. We have a committee and this has served us well. We’re two separate entities, we respect each other’s entities and this makes different governance possible,” he said.

The art gallery committee had received the same reports as the museum committee on governance options but saw no

need to change. “We have different reasons for the way we choose our governance.”

Last year the museum committee opened discussions with the council on the change and the management transfer is likely to be finalised shortly.

Museum committee chair Bev Tasker said that coming under the council umbrella would bring the museum in line with many other districts around New Zealand.

Both the museum and the art gallery receive the majority of their funding from the council.

This year the council will give the museum $195,913 and the art gallery, $233,341.

“Lottery” letters are arriving in Mid Canterbury boxes and the Department of Internal Affairs warns they should be thrown straight in the bin.

The letters are from Amsterdam-based organisation W4A. They say recipients have won up to $40,000 and they ask for the person’s credit card details.

However, closer inspection reveals the letter is an invitation to buy into a European lottery syndicate – and that a win is far from certain. The letter goes on to encourage the recipient to pay up to $29.98 per draw. This sum increases over the months a person is in the scheme.

Internal Affairs spokeswoman Sue Ingram advised people to be wary. There were many varia-

tions of scams based on trying to get people to divulge their personal or financial information.

“We advise people to be extremely wary about giving out their information, be cautious and seek advice about doubtful letters or emails.

“This is particularly true when a letter or email has been sent from an address or individual not known to the recipient.”

Officials advised people not to engage with scammers.

“Be suspicious - any offer that sounds too good to be true probably is, so don’t be fooled.”

Overseas, W4A has been linked to the Swiss company Sum Finanz, which also operates other “games”. People should report suspected scams to Internal Affairs.

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■■WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS OF PERFORMING ARTS

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Hannah waits to be discovered

By Toni Williams

Toni.w@theguardian.co.nz

Ashburton performer Hannah Wakelin is the youngest member of the New Zealand team to place third in their first event at the World Championships of Performing Arts in Los Angeles this week.

The 13-year-old dancer has also sung at the international competition.

The Kiwi team of 14 performers got the bronze for the team event – Hannah has yet to find out how her individual performances went.

The competition has run over the past week and is due to finish on July 20.

Singers, dancers, jugglers from around the world have gathered to perform and show their style in the annual event.

Hannah’s father, Craig Wakelin, reported on Facebook the New Zealand team had only met last week and had just three practices before taking bronze placing.

The team’s successful entry was a dance performance to Kiwi international singer, Lorde’s song Royale.

The performers self-accompanied, danced and sang.

Yesterday (NZ time), Hannah performed five individual dances and two songs in the competition.

Her mother, Joanne Wakelin said Hannah would find out the results on Sunday (NZ time).

Hannah received an Ashburton College colours award last month for her placement in the Kiwi team for the event. It was the highest award attainable for Ashburton College students for cultural or sporting recogni-

tion and a tribute to their national honours.

The World Championships of Performing Arts is a talent event for aspiring performers and the only event of its kind held in Hollywood - the entertainment capital of the world.

Hannah applied to represent New Zealand and after a strict audition process was selected.

She found out about her entry earlier this year and gave up sport to focus on her performance skills.

In the competition, there were six categories of competition - dancing, singing, modelling, acting, instrumental and variety arts. Each “act” had one minute to showcase their skills in front of industry judges.

There were more than 100 judges from the entertainment industry present.

With contestants from around 50 countries participating, the New Zealand team had done well to place especially with thousands of hopefuls this year who applied to enter.

All the performers competed for top honours, plus lucrative scholarships. It was also a great place to be “discovered”.

Hannah was enjoying the experience and had made some good friendships with other international performers, Mrs Wakelin said.

One of the highlights of the festivities was the spectacular opening ceremony with its colourful parade of nations.

The finals will be staged in the California Grand Ballroom, of the Westin Bonaventure Hotel on Friday night (LA time). They will be webcast live around the world.

Police do not believe the death of a woman whose body was found in a car on Anzac Parade in Wanganui was suspicious. A member of the public found the 46-year-old’s body in her green Toyota Camry stationwagon at 10am on Monday. Police are not looking for anyone else in their investigation, Detective Senior Sergeant Dave Kirby said. - APNZ

Accused in court An Opotiki man accused of the murder of Joe Collier has appeared in court. The 34-year-old man appeared briefly in the Rotorua District Court yesterday charged with murder. He was granted interim name suppression until his next court appearance. The man did not enter a plea and was remanded in custody until August 6. Mr Collier, 22, died after a large fight near Goring St, Opotiki on Sunday night.

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Ashburton teen Hannah Wakelin shows the bronze medal she won as part of the New Zealand team at the World Championships of Performing Arts this week in Los Angeles.

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Husband unable to speak about crash Shane Summerfield is still “miles away” from being able to speak about the crash in which a Dutch driver ran a stop sign near Rakaia and killed his wife and daughter.

Johannes Jacobus Appelman, 52, has admitted causing the deaths of Sally Vanessa Summerfield, 49, her daughter Ella Yasmin Summerfield, 12, and Ella’s friend Abi Hone, 12, at Queen’s Birthday weekend.

He will be sentenced today at Christchurch District Court.

Mr Summerfield is still healing.

The 48-year old dentist suffered broken ribs, a ruptured

diaphragm, lacerated spleen and kidney, a left side hemothorax and torn aorta in the horror smash.

Wyn Mossman, Summerfield family spokesman, said his friend and business partner was “miles away” from talking about what happened, and how his life had been turned upside down. Mr Summerfield was driving the family Volvo from Christchurch to visit friends at Lake Ohau.

Appelman, who had crashed another rental car the night before, was driving a rented Subaru when he went through the stop sign at the Thompsons Track and Somerton Road intersection near Rakaia at about

The seasonal flu vaccine programme has been extended to the end of August. Associate Health Minister Jo Goodhew said yesterday that winter flu cases were rising and had not yet peaked. “As the peak is still to come hospitals are likely to see more people with the illness, so it is worthwhile to extend the funded vaccination season.” The vaccine was due to be funded until July 31.

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100km/h at 3.55pm on May 31.

Both cars ended up in a paddock.

Mrs Summerfield, also known as Sally Rumble, was a front seat passenger and died instantly.

The 12-year old girls were backseat passengers and also killed on impact.

Appelman’s lawyer Phil Shamy said in court that the crash is “simply a blank” for his client.

When he pleaded guilty to three counts of careless use of a vehicle causing death and one charge of careless use of a vehicle causing injury last month, Mr Shamy said he accepted responsibility.

The court heard that Appel-

man wanted to meet the Hone and Summerfield families if and when they would ever be ready.

He had not yet touched base with either families, on the advice of his lawyer.

Mr Shamy said his client was “a man of substance” who has “clearly accepted he was in the wrong”.

What happened that day was a moment of inattention which has had “remarkably tragic”consequences, the lawyer told the court.

Mr Appelman, who has been in the country since the crash, will be sentenced at Christchurch District Court at 2.15pm today.

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It’s been 30 years since New Zealand had its last Te Reo Maori hit with Poi E in 1984 but rising star Stan Walker is hoping his catchy new single will change that.

The Sydney-based singer has teamed up with Maisey Rika, Ria Hall and his Mt Zion co-star Troy Kingi to sing Aotearoa, which will be launched with a live performance in Porirua on Monday to mark the opening of Maori Language Week.

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Arrest over assault A man accused of assaulting another man with a meat cleaver at a Wairoa hotel in February has been arrested. The Armed Offenders Squad helped Dargaville police arrest the 22-year-old on Monday afternoon at a Baylys Beach address. The 22-year-old allegedly assaulted another man with a weapon believed to be a meat cleaver outside the Northern Wairoa Hotel in February. He was remanded in custody to appear in the Whangarei District Court on July 21, police said.

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Council in court Hastings District Council has pleaded not guilty to a charge relating to the death of a 4-yearold boy in last year’s tractormower tragedy. The council denied the charge at Hastings District Court on Tuesday, relating to section 15 of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, under which employers need to take all practicable steps to ensure no action or inaction of an employee while at work harms another person. The council will appear for a review hearing in September.

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■■BARRHILL CHERTSEY IRRIGATION SCHEME

Irrigation scheme to boost economy An expansion of the Barrhill Chertsey Irrigation (BCI) scheme looks set to boost the district economy.

A farmer capital-raising process closed recently with applications for around 1500 litres per second of new irrigation water, to cover an area of close to 3500ha.

“The recent uptake of new water will see the scheme experience a fantastic 30 per cent growth for the year,” BCI general manager John Wright said.

New pipeline in the Valetta area which is being developed through an infrastructure sharing arrangement with Valetta Irrigation will drive growth.

“The sharing arrangement is a great opportunity for Valetta Irrigation to get some value from overcapacity in their primary delivery pipeline from the RDR, and provides the BCI scheme with a pragmatic delivery solution which ensures there is no duplication of irrigation infrastructure in the area,” Mr

Wright said.

Other areas to experience growth in the scheme are Ashburton Forks and Methven.

The BCI scheme is a joint venture between farmer co-operative Barrhill Chertsey Irrigation Limited and local electricity lines co-operative EA Networks.

“The joint venture development is a great example of how a high level of co-operation can benefit the whole community,” EA Networks and joint venture chairman John Tavendale said.

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The BCI scheme has also been moving ahead with consents for the stage two development in the area between Barrhill and Chertsey.

It is intended that a further capital-raising prospectus for this project will be released over the next few months.

“The stage two project has the potential to fully utilise the remaining 1500 litres per second in the first tranche of water the joint venture planned to sell over the first five years of the

development,” Mr Wright said.

“There is a real opportunity to secure some of this highly reliable irrigation water when the pipe network goes through.”

The expansion has also been assisted through the granting of a Land Use consent by Environment Canterbury last year.

The new consent allows the BCI Scheme to expand while managing nutrient losses to water through farm intensification on behalf of irrigator customers.

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Driver missing after truck crash A crane arrived yesterday at the scene of a truck crash on the Kaikoura coast in which the driver has been missing since yesterday.

The crane arrived from Blenheim and would replace rescue teams who have been winched down by helicopter and abseiled in to try to find a driver, whose freight truck crashed off the road on the

Local health promoters support laws banning smoking in cars with children under 18.

Support for smoking ban

By Toni Williams

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Smokefree Mid Canterbury is among anti-smoking campaigners applauding overseas moves to ban people smoking in cars carrying children.

In England a consultation review has started to look at enforcing a ban on smoking in cars carrying children aged under 18 years of age.

Smokefree Mid Canterbury spokesperson Angela Leadley said the issue was something commonly noticed by coalition members within the district and had been recently discussed.

“Smoking in cars is something that we have noticed is happening in our community and it saddens us that people think this is okay,” she said.

Mrs Leadley said the coalition hoped discussions in England would help move along the process in New Zealand. The consultation in England was launched yesterday and due to run for six weeks.

“It would seem that educating people about the effects of secondhand smoke in confined spaces isn’t changing people’s behaviours, so we need to find another motivation to protect our young people from this,” she said.

Nationwide Tala Pasifika – the Pacific voice on tobacco elimination - has also welcomed the launch.

General manager Edward Cowley thought it would usher the measure along in New Zealand.

He said children who were passengers

in cars where someone smoked were exposed to dangerous levels of toxic fumes.

He hopes England’s parliamentarians were encouraged by the consultation and banned smoking in vehicles where children under the age of 18 were present.

“Secondhand smoke is a real and substantial threat to child health,” Mr Cowley said.

“In 2012, almost a quarter of our Year 10 students here in New Zealand reported being exposed to secondhand smoke in private vehicles, including the family car. But there is also a much higher proportion of Maori and Pacific students who are exposed, compared with students of other ethnicities.”

England’s consultation would review draft regulations before they were made.

They planned to protect children from the harm associated with exposure to secondhand smoke in private vehicles, encourage action by smokers to protect children from second-hand smoke and lead to a reduction in health conditions in children caused by exposure to secondhand smoke.

English MPs voted in favour of legislation earlier this year that could see the move brought forward under the Children and Families Act. Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) in England said the time had come for it be illegal to make children breathe in these toxic fumes.

Hundalee Hill on State Highway 1 south of Kaikoura.

Inspector Rick Jury said the police were still unsure as to the location of the driver.

It is understood that he could be trapped inside the wreck of the truck cab, or underneath the vehicle.

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■■NEW EQUIPMENT

■■KIM DOTCOM

Rakaia playground upgrade

Dotcom set to drop bombshell

By Rhys Crampton Rakaia is set to gain $54,276 worth of new playground equipment.

The Ashburton District Council has approved the Rakaia Community Board’s request for the new equipment.

Board Chairman Neil Pluck said it was good news for the Rakaia community.

Although the new playground would cater to the booming

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tourist trade, it was primarily for the people of Rakaia.

“Predominately we see this as a community project – and an extension of ourselves that everyone else can share in,” he said.

It was a great example of council working with local districts, Mr Pluck said Council parks and open spaces manager Dave Askin said as part of the long-term district plan funding submissions were received from many different

organisations.

“Three years ago the Rakaia community asked for money for a new playground, they did not get it the first year, but got it in the second,” he said.

The consultation process with the council involved representatives from the Rakaia community and Rakaia Plunket.

The Rakia Plunket wanted specific playground equipment for preschool children, he said.

“The outcome provided what

Plunket wanted as well as some additional equipment for older kids.”

The Rakaia Lions Club would also be involved in the project having agreed to fund safety improvements to the main road fence beside the railway line.

Funding for the proposal would come from the council’s reserve contribution – which was a district-wide allocated fund for development projects, Mr Askin said.

■■METHVEN CRAFT FAIR

Crushed against tree trunk

By Alecia Rousseau The man killed while pruning a tree in Feilding yesterday was apparently crushed against the trunk by safety equipment, police say.

The man in his 60s was pruning the tree about 11.45am ahead of felling it at a friend’s property in Seddon St, Feilding.

Sergeant Kaine Austin said early indications were that as the man cut a limb of the tree, the safety equipment holding him has been caught and pulled him into the trunk of the tree, fatally crushing him.

Mr Austin said police were working to clarify the exact order of events that led to the fatal incident.

“We are in the early stages of this investigation and we will be speaking to witnesses to determine exactly what has occurred.

WorkSafe New Zealand has been notified and will be assisting Police with our inquiries.”

The man had a family member with him at the time of the incident, though he was working alone in the tree.

Mr Austin said he was left suspended from his harness, which made it difficult for emergency services to reach him, but every effort was made to help him.

He was removed from the tree about 2pm yesterday.

Mr Austen said it was an obviously tragic situation for his family to see.

Seddon Street was cordoned off yesterday as police, the fire service and ambulance attended the scene.

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Long-time stallholder Marilyn Cross with her original children’s poems which will be available at the Methven Craft Fair.

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Craft fair a community event

By Rhys Crampton Methven children will benefit again from the proceeds of the annual Methven Craft Fair.

This will be the third year the Methven Playcentre will run the event.

Playcentre supervisor Liz McMillan said all money raised would go towards buy-

ing toys, equipment and contributing to the general running costs of the playcentre.

“It is our biggest fundraising event of the year.”

The fair was run over two days, and was a community and not a commercial venture, she said.

“The public get to experience all the great stalls, and the playcentre kids benefit

from the public coming.”

Fair organiser Sarah Lock said this year’s fair would have over 35 stalls, with a wide variety of exhibitors from all over the South Island attending. There will also be a barbecue and fundraising raffle held, she said.

The Methven Craft Fair is on August 3 and 4 from 10am to 4pm. Entry is free.

By Brendan Manning Kim Dotcom has announced he plans to drop a political bombshell five days before the general election which he says will prove the Prime Minister has been lying about when he first knew about the German internet tycoon.

Dotcom made the announcement on Tuesday to 3News on the first day of the Internet Mana party’s road trip campaign.

“On September 15, I’m doing a Town Hall event in Auckland and I invite everyone to come there because that is going to be the day when I’m going to reveal my evidence.....my evidence around the political interference and my evidence that John Key lied,” Dotcom said.

Internet party leader Laila Harre told the Firstline programme yesterday that while she did not know the exact details of the revelations, every claim Dotcom had made regarding his residency saga to date had eventually been borne out by the evidence.

“Like other New Zealanders, I don’t know all the details of this case, but I want to know the truth and I don’t trust the Government we have to get to the heart of this issue and that’s why I’m calling for the establishment of a Royal Commission into these issues.”

The New Zealand Herald on Tuesday revealed documents declassified and released through the Official Information Act which showed the Security Intelligence Service tried to block Dotcom’s residency application but dropped its objection 90 minutes after being told there was “political pressure” to let the tycoon into New Zealand.

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■■ARTHUR’S PASS KEA

‘Play pen’ sought for Arthur’s Pass kea

By Laura Mills An appeal has gone out to people who can help build a ‘play area’ for kea, and patrol at night, to help prevent the inquisitive birds getting into mischief.

Kea Conservation Trust

chairwoman Tamsin Orr-Walker said there were currently “a lot of conflict issues” in a skifield near Arthur’s Pass.

At the moment, under a full moon, the birds were particularly active.

The trust was discussing

what to do with the skifield and Department of Conservation, as “kea proofing can only go so far”.

To help, it was looking at creating some sort of diversionary play area. It is also looking for people to patrol the field at

night, and shoo the birds, hopefully towards the planned play area.

“We are still in talks and I can’t say too much, but we are looking at diversionary activities like they use overseas,” Ms Orr-Walker said.

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■■HEALTH AND SAFETY REFORMS

Board looks to Aust for advice

By Toni Williams

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The Canterbury District Health Board is looking across the ditch for help with tight workforce legislation reforms.

The New Zealand Workplace Health and Safety reforms take effect next year.

They were set by the Government and similar to Australian practice.

In a report tabled for the board meeting today the CDHB executive management team described the changes as “the most significant change to our workplace health and safety system in the last 20 years”.

In anticipation of legislation changes, the CDHB had proactively formed a working group to carry out preliminary pro-

jects building up to its implementation.

It was to ensure a smooth implementation in 2015.

The report said “as the proposed legislation is based on the Australian experience, knowledge and experience is being sourced from the Australian health sector to inform future recommendations to the board”.

The report sought to inform the board of health and safety changes and get approval for future direction.

Set by the Quality, Finance Audit and Risk Committee on July 1, the recommendations were for board members and management to get education about governance responsibilities regarding the new health and safety regime, especially

how they affected employers and directors.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and the Institute of Directors had released a set of guidelines for directors/boards to meet health and safety obligations. These guidelines reflected recommendations of the Independent Taskforce on Workplace Health and Safety Report and the Pike River Royal Commission.

They were summarised as “exercising due diligence” and set out clear recommendations for best practice.

The CDHB report said the guidelines reflected the need to improve workplace health and safety through leadership and obligations from directors/

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boards. While the guidelines were not a statutory document or a policy statement, the board were informed the guidelines would be used by MBIE and the courts in any health and safety enforcement action against directors or officers of an organisation.

The decision making around earthquake-prone buildings, and systems for the demolition and construction of new buildings were expected to come under scrutiny under the new legislation.

The DHB would continue to make decisions based on expert advice, clearly document the rationale behind decisions but also ensure the board had appropriate knowledge of the process to confirm and question it.

THE CHANGES The new legislation for the Health and Safety at Work Act comes into effect in April 2015.

It will replace the Health and Safety in Employment Act. The Government established a new agency called Worksafe New Zealand in December to deal with health and safety.

■■ Key changes will include ■■ directors and officers understanding organisational health and safety risks, and ensuring appropriate processes were in place.

■■ significant penalties for both the organisation and its officers ■■ a move from a hazards based system to a risks based analysis.

■■SUPERMARKET SURVEY

Dancing their way to the top Big backing for sugarless lanes Sarah Gluyas and Emma Trafford with tutor Julie Hawke are among some of New Zealand’s best highland dancers, and both boosted their national rankings at last week’s New Zealand Highland and National Dancing championships in Blenheim.

Competing in the 18 and over age group, Sarah was placed second in the Highland reel and the sword dance, fourth in the sean triubhas and fifth in the Irish reel, Highland fling and sailors hornpipe.

Together, these placings resulted in a national ranking of third in the 18 and over age group.

Fifteen-year-old Emma Trafford competed in the under 16 age group and was placed second in the Highland reel, fifth in the sailors hornpipe and reel o’tulloch and a sixth in the Irish jig single time.

She gained a national ranking of eighth in the under 16 age group.

Other Ashburton placegetters were sisters Britney and Lucy Moore who danced in the under 16 age group.

Next year the Ashburton Highland and National Dancing Association will be hosting this prestigious event from July 10-13 in the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

The event attracts about 200 dancers from around the country.

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More than a third of Kiwis want to see New Zealand supermarkets go completely sugar-free at the checkout, according to a survey.

The research, which polled 2271 New Zealanders, was conducted by Horizon Research in response to a move by British supermarket chain Tesco’s decision to remove sweets and chocolates from its checkouts.

The Horizon survey found that 34.1 per cent of respondents wanted to have sugar-free checkouts at their local supermarkets, with 22 per cent saying they would seek out stores that did not have sugary goods at the counter.

But more than 70 per cent said such a move would not change their shopping habits and only 0.7 per cent said it would deter them from a store.

Horizon Research Principal Graeme Coleman said the results showed how more consumers would be enticed to shop at stores that offered sugar-free checkouts than those who would be put off by such an initiative.

“It looks like sugar-free checkouts may attract more customers than fewer,” he said.

“More people than not would feel better about supermarkets who do it than ones who don’t.”

Auckland University of Technology nutrition professor Elaine Rush said it was signifi-

THE RESULTS ■■ 34.1% want supermarkets to have sugar-free checkouts ■■ 21.7% regularly buy sugary goods at the counter ■■ 22% would seek out supermarkets that had sugar-free options at checkouts ■■ 71.2% would not alter their shopping habits ■■ 32.9% would feel better about a store that had sugar-free options

Source: Horizon Research online survey 2271 New Zealanders

cant that more than a third of respondents showed a preference for the move.

“It would likely have a big effect and feelgood factor on both sides, for the store because they are doing something customers approve of and actually giving the customers something that makes them feel better about themselves and using that store.”

A spokeswoman for Foodstuffs, which operates New World, Pak’n Save and Four Square said the company was keeping a close eye on how the initiative went for Tesco’s.

A Countdown spokeswoman said the chain introduced some sugar-free checkouts about five years ago.

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Dairy price decline lifts concerns Stu Oldham

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any will hope Mid Canterbury has the built-in resilience to be ready for whatever flows from a consistent drop in dairy prices.

Shop owners and farm suppliers know dairy farmers have been cautious spenders over the past few months as warnings of a price slump grew.

That is because they already knew what economists were tracking: dairy pay-outs are only as good as the market, and the market has slowed.

The market is as important to our towns as to our farms.

This week, we learned that dairy is worth nearly $1 billion to our province – money that affects everything from school rolls to house prices.

Yesterday, we learned the GlobalDairyTrade price index had dropped to its lowest level since December 2012.

The 8.9 per cent drop was based on what happened at the latest global milk powder auction, where prices had their 10th decline in the past 11 sales.

This suggests dairy’s continued success will be hard-won and that the boom may have been short and sharp.

The continued drop has cast further doubt on the sustainability of Fonterra’s forecast $7 a kilogram of milk solids farm gate price.

ANZ suggested the price could drop lower than $6. If it did, that would shave something like $4 billion from New Zealand dairy farmers’ incomes.

That is a big whack for an economy to absorb and it appears likely that whack will grow as the impact on other dairy companies is factored in.

Synlait Milk has cut its forecasts on the back of volatile prices and the high dollar while Westland Milk has dropped its forecast pay-out by 10c a kilogram.

It is easy to see all this as doom and gloom and, to an extent, it is.

But our dairy sector is fuelled not just by global prices, but by successful business minds. If the boom is over then prudence – even if it means less money through the tills – could minimise the bust.

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YOUR VIEW Parking plan Your report of the Ashburton District Council proceedings regarding the Gallery deal (Ashburton Guardian, July 15) is very interesting. [Mayor Angus] McKay says “should a signed agreement override the rights of submitters”; [Don] McLeod [says] it is clear through the submission process that sticking with it would infringe the rights of many people, and Alan Totty [says he did not want to see the council] ignore submitters.

They now want to listen to 21 submitters over a bit of private parking because it is counter-productive to their objectives for the new

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Really, since when have they become so highminded and noble to submitters?

Where were those healthy qualities when thousands petitioned disagreement to the Art Gallery project and hundreds submitted opposition to the second bridge.

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Clarification References to the South Street bridge, Carters Terrace and the need for planners to watch traffic movements in a letter published yesterday were directed to the New Zealand Transport Agency, not KiwiRail as published.

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Should the Ashburton District Council help pay to put barrier arms on KiwiRail’s Northpark rail crossing?

Yes 42%

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No 58%

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ow that the Ashburton College Ball has been and gone, listen in to many Year 13 students’ conversations and no doubt you’ll find that the topic of conversation has shifted to a far more significant discussion, the future.

More specifically, although the year is only really half-way through, those of us about to make the transition from college into the wider world are facing decisions and deadlines which will shape our lives for the foreseeable future.

For the past five very short years of my life and of all my fellow Year 13 students at Ashburton College, we have lived with, conformed to and enjoyed (for the most of the time) the security and structure which college provides us with.

We start at 8.45am in the morning and leave at 3.20pm, it has been a simple and regular routine.

However, that routine is now coming to an end and the lifestyle which we have had for the most recent years of our lives is about to change monumentally.

For myself, I aspire to attend university in the new year.

Where? I have not yet decided, but just this single decision alone will hugely affect the next phase of my life.

No matter where we end up though, be it tertiary education, apprenticeships or the workforce, the exciting, and quite unnerving thought, is the prospect of change.

Now, the value of family, college, peer and community

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■ GAZA STRIP

In brief

Israeli rockets rain on Gaza Israel resumed its heavy bombardment of Gaza yesterday and warned that Hamas “would pay the price” after the Islamic militant group rejected an Egyptian truce plan and instead unleashed more rocket barrages at the Jewish state.

The military urged tens of thousands of residents of northern and eastern Gaza to leave their homes, presumably a prelude to air strikes there.

Rocket fire killed an Israeli man Tuesday, the first Israeli fatality in eight days of fighting. In Gaza, 197 people were killed and close to 1500 wounded so far, Palestinian officials said, making it the deadliest Israel-Hamas confrontation in just over five years.

The Egyptian proposal, initially accepted by Israel, had been the first attempt to end the fighting.

It unraveled in less than a day, a sign that it will be harder than before to reach a truce. Hamas does not consider Egypt’s current rulers — who deposed a Hamas-friendly government in Cairo a year ago — to be fair brokers.

Violence is bound to escalate in coming days.

Hamas believes it has little to lose by continuing to fight, while a truce on unfavorable terms could further weaken its grip on the Gaza Strip, a territory it seized in 2007. Underscoring that position, Gaza militants fired more than 120

A typhoon left at least 12 people dead, knocked out power in many areas, damaged a parked plane but spared the Philippine capital yesterday when its fierce wind shifted, officials said.

Still, Typhoon Rammasun’s winds of 150 kilometres per hour and blinding 185kph gusts brought down trees, electric posts and ripped off roofs across the capital of 12 million people, shutting government offices and schools.

More than 370,000 people moved from high-risk villages to emergency shelters in six provinces.

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Palestinian rescue men inspect the wreckage of a vehicle following an Israeli air strike.

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rockets and mortar rounds at Israel on Tuesday, during what Egypt had hoped would be a period of de-escalation.

A particularly heavy barrage came around dusk, with more than 40 rockets hitting Israel in just a few minutes, including one that fell on an empty school. TV footage showed children cowering behind a wall in Tel Aviv’s main square as sirens went off. An Israeli man in

■ AUSTRALIA

his 30s was killed near the Gaza border when he was delivering food to soldiers — the first Israeli death.

Hamas’ defiance prompted Israeli warnings. In an evening address aired live on TV, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that after Hamas’ rejection of the truce, Israel had “no choice” but to respond more forcefully.

“Hamas chose to continue

fighting and will pay the price for that decision,” he said.

After holding its fire for six hours, the Israeli air force resumed its heavy bombardment of Gaza, launching 33 strikes from midafternoon, the military said.

In all, Israeli aircraft struck close to 1700 times since July 8, while Gaza militants fired more than 1200 rockets at Israel.

- AP

■ MALAYSIA

Trial to judge if deaf Death toll rises after boat sinks up to jury duty A world-first mock trial is under way in Sydney to determine whether deaf people should serve as jurors in Australia.

The two-day trial, part of a University of NSW-led project, is to test if deaf people can effectively participate in courtroom and deliberation proceedings with the aid of interpreters.

Deaf people cannot currently serve as jurors in Australia.

This is due to a longstanding legal principle that excludes all non-jurors, including interpreters, from the jury room.

Professor Jemina Napier, interpreter and member of the research team, says that until now the understanding of how interpreters might impact a jury room is based entirely on assumption.

The mock trial, which started at Sydney West Trial Courts in

Typhoon deadly

Parramatta yesterday, puts this old assumption to the test.

“No one has ever actually tested it, because no one is allowed in that room apart from the jury,” she said.

“With all the deliberations being filmed in the mock trial, we’ll be able to analyse the interactions that occur in the room. We can then provide evidence of the nature of the impacts the interpreters have.”

World Federation of the Deaf President Colin Allen says deaf people such as himself would value the chance to be jurors.

“I would absolutely love the opportunity to be on a jury.

Deaf people want to be included and to be involved,” he said.

Prof Napier said the trial is the culmination of ten years of research.

- APNZ

Malaysian maritime authorities have found two more bodies floating in the sea after a boat carrying illegal Indonesian migrants sank, raising the confirmed death toll to four with seven still missing.

The fibreglass boat, believed to be carrying 72 people, capsized late Monday off the southern state of Johor.

The Indonesians on board were trying to return home to celebrate the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

A total of 61 including the two boatmen were rescued.

Two more bodies - both men - were found in the water on yesterday, said Aminuddin Abdul Rashid, an official with the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency.

He said the search for the seven still missing would continue.

The boat, heading to Indonesia’s Batam island, sank while being pursued by a maritime patrol vessel.

Aminuddin had said the boat rammed into the agency’s vessel when trying to escape, causing it to be damaged.

Boat accidents off Malaysia are common as migrants from Indonesia and other poorer regional countries flock to the relatively affluent Southeast Asian nation in search of work.

An estimated two million foreigners are believed to be in the country without valid papers, with many sneaking in and out along the long coastline.

Malaysian authorities have stepped up patrols this month as many Indonesians seek to return to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, Islam’s biggest festival, which marks the end of the fasting month.

- AP

The number of people living with HIV worldwide has remained virtually unchanged in the past two years and AIDS-related deaths are at their lowest since peaking almost a decade ago, according to a report from the United Nations AIDS agency released yesterday.

Officials declared that ending the AIDS epidemic is possible even though they acknowledged the number of new infections — more than 2 million last year — was still very high. UNAIDS estimated there were about 35 million people living with HIV last year and in 2012.

Employees detained Two employees of the Moscow subway were detained by investigators on yesterday in the wake of a deadly rush-hour derailment. The accident inside the tunnel on Tuesday killed 22 people and hurt 136, many with life-threatening injuries. More than 1100 people were evacuated from the train, which was stuck between two stations in Moscow’s west, in a rescue operation that lasted more than 12 hours. The Investigative Committee said they had detained the head of the track department and his deputy. Investigators said a new rail switch at the point where the train left the tracks was not properly installed during repair works in May. - AP

Kissinger resting Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has undergone an aortic valve replacement procedure at a hospital in New York. New YorkPresbyterian Hospital in Manhattan released a statement saying the 91-year-old ex-diplomat was “resting comfortably” following the procedure. Last year, Kissinger was admitted to the same hospital after a fall in his home. He was released the same day. Kissinger served under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977.

- AP

Hurt in turbulence At least 20 people have been injured when a passenger jet from South Africa to Hong Kong hit “severe” turbulence with two men seriously hurt, officials say.

The injured were stretchered away at Hong Kong’s airport into ambulances that had been waiting for the South African Airways jet from Johannesburg to land after the crew reported problems.

Passengers told local media of the mid-air drama with one describing it as “like the end of the world”.

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■ LUXURY PROPERTY MARKET

Going, going and ... still going

By Morgan Tait

This opulent estate in Cowes Bay, worth $33 million, has been for sale since July 2007.

It was undergoing renovations that had been halted because of “code of compliance issues” which might explain a sale delay, he said.

That property was followed by a $1.95 million solar and windpowered home on 23.32 hectares of Waiheke Island’s Cowes Bay that has been up for sale since February 2007.

Also in Cowes Bay, an opulent estate worth $33 million has

been for sale since July 2007.

The property has eight bedrooms, six bathrooms, a tennis court and indoor pool, private beach and 36 hectares of land.

Agent Michael Boulgaris said the property had been on and off the market as the owners waited for the right price in the right market conditions.

“It’s a hot property, but only for the right price,” he said. “If you have a person that perhaps

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Canterbury it has been easing, from an annual pace of 12.2 per cent in March last year to 6.4 per cent now.

A seasonal flurry of increases from the power companies saw electricity prices climb 4.2 per cent in the June quarter, making 4.5 per cent for the year. Rents rose 0.6 per cent in the quarter making 2.2 per cent for the year.

But cars and fuel fell in price, and tradeables inflation generally was up 0.2 per cent for the quarter and just 0.1 per cent for the year. The Reserve Bank’s preferred measure of core inflation was the same as the headline rate, 1.6 per cent.

ANZ chief economist Cameron Bagrie said strengthening demand for labour would eventually flow through to higher wage inflation but there were no immediate warning signs on the services front, with prices unchanged overall in the quarter and up 2.3 per cent for the year.

“After hiking in July we expect the Reserve Bank to pause until at least the end of the year to assess the activity and pricing outlook,” Bagrie said.

“Further tweaks to the OCR lever are likely over 2015, but we envisage a more moderate profile of OCR tightening, with the speed and magnitude of further moves conditional on local and global developments, including the trajectory of the New Zealand dollar.” - APNZ

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Economists still expect the Reserve Bank to raise its official cash rate to 3.5 per cent next week, but are questioning the case for another increase before the end of the year, following benign inflation numbers in the June quarter and export dairy prices dropping with a thud.

Statistics NZ yesterday reported an annual inflation rate of 1.6 per cent, up from 1.5 per cent three months ago but lower than the Reserve Bank’s forecast of 1.7 per cent and market expectations of 1.8 per cent.

Non-tradeables inflation, which represents the 56 per cent of the consumers price index where international prices and the exchange rate have no bearing, was 0.4 per cent in the quarter, making 2.7 per cent for the year – the Reserve Bank had expected 0.6 per cent and 2.9 per cent, respectively.

That positive surprise on the domestic inflation front, hard on the heels of a further and steep price drop in Fonterra’s fortnightly dairy auction – which has significant implications for spending power in the economy down the track – has left market economists increasingly confident of a pause on the monetary policy tightening track after next week’s official cash rate review.

“Inflation may remain muted

but we still think the Reserve Bank will need to push rates higher again when it announces its July OCR review on the 24th,” said Bank of New Zealand head of research Stephen Toplis.

“It’s simply too early to back off its stated tightening cycle when domestic demand remains so robust. Moreover, the market has an 80 per cent chance of a hike already priced in.

“This means that if the bank didn’t go, market interest rates would actually fall.”

But a further OCR rise in December was very much open to debate, Toplis said.

“We are forecasting a significant currency response to the fall in commodity prices but if it doesn’t happen, something else must give,” he said.

“That something would most likely be reflected in a lower interest rate track than we are currently forecasting, meaning that the market is right at this stage to be pricing in a roughly 50/50 chance of only one further rate hike in 2014 post the increase penned in for July.”

Housing-related prices, which make up 24 per cent of the CPI, accounted for much of the June quarter’s inflation outcome.

Construction costs rose 1.2 per cent in the quarter, making 4.6 per cent for the year. But the rate of construction cost inflation has not increased and in

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Cash rate tipped to rise

By Brian Fallow

on the website, it is not really actively being marketed.”

The property that came in 10th on the Herald’s list, 443 Matakana Valley Rd, Matakana, had been reduced by $300,000 from its original asking price when listed in October 2008, said Barfoot & Thompson agent Bruce Goodhue.

“It’s quite big, over 100 acres (40 hectares) and has a very steep driveway running up to the house, which is perched on top of a hill,” he said. “We have reduced the original price it was first listed at, I think it was about $2.4 million to start off with but we reduced it quite a long time ago.”

It was now on offer for $2.1 million, a price range that was not accessible for many punters, said Mr Goodhue.

“As soon as you get up around the $2 million mark, not that many people have that in their back pocket.”

- APNZ

20/6

A mansion valued at $33 million is among properties in Auckland’s most exclusive suburbs, on secluded island beaches or farmland that are awaiting richlist buyers.

A Herald comparison of listings on property website Realestate.co.nz reveals mansions – whose features include pools, tennis courts and helipads – that have been on the market from as long ago as 2006.

The 10 oldest listings for residential properties in the Auckland region, excluding some outlying island homes, were dated between October of that year and the same month in 2008.

A 10-bedroom Puhoi mansion with an asking price of $1.599 million was the longest listed.

Rodney Real Estate agent Alan Morton-Jones said the Puhoi property had been on and off the market since 2006.

doesn’t want to sell or have to sell, you’ll perhaps wait until the right price arises.”

An architecturally designed Orakei home with expansive ocean views, five bedrooms and a $13 million price tag has been on the market since March 2007.

In neighbouring suburb St Heliers, an $8 million five-bedroom, four-bathroom home on 3819sq m including a pool, gym and tennis court has featured for sale since August 2007.

In Whangaparaoa, a stunning clifftop home with five bedrooms, three bathrooms and a swimming pool perched on the edge with expansive ocean views has been left awaiting offers over $2.2 million since January 2008.

“They aren’t actually actively on the market,” said the agent associated with 1272 Whangaparaoa Rd’s online listing, who did not want to be named.

“It is just sitting on the market

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At close of trading on July 16, 2014

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At close of trading on July 15, 2014

 FTSE 100 index

6,710.45 –35.69 –0.53% At close of trading on July 15, 2014

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■■DUNSANDEL GROUNDWATER USERS’ ASSOCIATION

Future of association u For 17 years, the Dunsandel Groundwater Users’ Association (DGUA) has been a strong advocate for groundwater irrigators in Selwyn District.

The organisation has played a large role in ensuring the viability of local farming which is reflected in the relative prosperity of Central Canterbury.

Recent developments mean it’s now time to review the DGUA’s future.

An open seminar on Tuesday (July 22) will ask for public feedback on possible scenarios and options to support irrigator interests.

It’s hoped the seminar will attract wide representation from Selwyn’s farming community, including farm staff, farm managers and sharemilkers, all seen as pivotal in implementing change on-farm.

Irrigated agriculture in the district faces significant challenges in the next few years.

Looming large, and posing a potential threat to the viability of irrigated farms, is the imposition of nutrient limits.

New compliance regimes, including a requirement to prepare Farm Environmental Plans (FEPs), are likely.

Many DGUA members are also shareholders in Central Plains Water Ltd (CPWL) and are expected to switch to its alternative surface water supply, due on stream next spring.

CPWL shareholders will need to meet a high compliance

Lake Coleridge supplies water to the irrigation schemes covered under the Dunsandel Groundwater Users’ Association.

threshold in relation to nutrient limits.

The farming community also faces ongoing issues in the form of energy and network charges, water metering regulations and processes and requirements to

demonstrate efficient water use.

A strong argument exists that a local irrigator voice remains essential to inform and act for irrigators in the Selwyn District.

The seminar will canvass whether local irrigators re-

quire representation, and if so, in what form. Duplication and scope of services, forming links, associations or merging with other similar organisations, and the cost of representation, will all be covered.

IrrigationNZ deputy chair Nicky Hyslop will chair the seminar at the Dunsandel Sports Centre, at 1pm Tuesday, July 22.

The DGUA’s AGM will follow around 3pm and a sausage sizzle will conclude the afternoon.

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WMP’s 10c drop ‘another $10,000’

under review

By Aimee Brill

Background to the DGUA The Dunsandel Groundwater Users’ Association Inc. (DGUA) was formed in 1997 to represent the interests of groundwater irrigators located mainly on the Upper Plains of Central Canterbury.

This is the area between the Rakaia River (south) and the Selwyn River (north), Te Pirita (west) and Killinchy (east), although some members are located outside these boundaries.

Membership comprises a significant proportion of the irrigation water take in the Rakaia-Selwyn Groundwater Zone defined by Environment Canterbury.

The DGUA was established as an Incorporated Society.

Its formation was in response to a lack of understanding of the groundwater resources in the area rapidly being utilised for irrigation, particularly west of State Highway One from the mid 1990s.

Many of the farmers developing irrigation were also investing significant capital in new dairy farm developments in the district.

Currently the organisation has around 75 members, predominantly large scale irrigated dairy farmers, but there are also significant numbers with crop-

John Donkers, current chair of Irrigation NZ

ping and dairy support operations.

Since its inception, the DGUA has advocated of behalf of its members and focused on increasing understanding of the groundwater resource in Central Canterbury.

The organisation submitted on the regional council’s Natural Resources Regional Plan (NRRP) from 1998-2010 and more recently on its Land & Water Plan (the replacement for the NRRP) and currently Variation 1 of the Sub regional plan for the Selwyn-Waihora Zone.

In 2006 Environment Canterbury announced a review of the groundwater consents in the

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Rakaia-Selwyn Zone.

The DGUA was able to respond effectively to the review, submitting and attending the hearing and subsequently appealing the hearing decision to the Environment Court.

Then followed a long period of court sponsored mediation that saw the review completed in 2012, with new consent conditions agreed for most members.

The DGUA was also successful in gaining Sustainable Farming Fund funding (ex MAF), jointly with the Ashburton Community Water Trust, to undertake a study of the groundwater in Mid and Central Canterbury and attempt to model the groundwater system.

Aqualinc Research was employed to undertake this research and the model that was developed has been further refined and is still used today to assist our understanding of impacts on groundwater in the Canterbury Region.

Earlier work by the DGUA also involved discussions with the electricity network provider Orion about network pricing options and network standards, when they significantly upgraded the electricity network in rural areas of Central Canterbury.

Westland Milk Products (WMP) has dropped its forecast payout another 10c to a range of $7.50-$7.70 per kilogram of milk solids (kgMS), meaning its suppliers will now receive even less income than those of other dairy companies.

A Hokitika dairy farmer, who declined to be named, said a 300-cow farm supplied around 100,000kgMS. “If the price is $1 under Fonterra this year, that’s $100,000 in income.”

WMP announced the further 10c drop in a chairman’s message to shareholders on June 24.

“That 10c drop is another $10,000 (loss for 300-cow farms),” said the Hokitika farmer.

WMP would also deduct retentions from the $7.50-$7.70 per kgMS payout.

“The shareholders believe that the retention will be 20-30 cents (per kgMs),” the farmer said.

WMP’s current payout is the lowest in the country. Fonterra, Synlait, Tatua, Open Country, Miraka and Oceania Dairy all pay at least 30c per kgMS more than WMP. “Because of the capital now required in this industry, Westland, with its small shareholder base, can no longer afford to competitively compete,” the farmer said.

Fonterra had indicated in a meeting held with WMP shareholders around two years ago that in time, the dairy gi-

ant would come to the Coast, he said.

“Westland should not wait until Fonterra come here, because when Fonterra come here, I believe it will be the beginning of the end for Westland.”

WMP had the monopoly on the Coast and then made the decision to move into Canterbury, he said. “We’ve got a tiger by the tail.”

He believed it was only a matter of time before Fonterra came to the Coast.

“I think Westland directors are being irresponsible by not taking a proactive view, looking at the bigger picture and saying maybe it’s time now to talk to Fonterra.”

WMP had 391 suppliers on the West Coast, 327 of whom were shareholders. In Canterbury it had 34 suppliers, 30 of whom were shareholders.

WMP chairman Matt O’Regan said the forecast payout adjustment reflected a continued decline in international milk prices and the rising value of the New Zealand dollar.

WMP’s aim was to close the payout gap.

“The company is well aware that it needs to provide farmers with an industry-competitive payout,” Mr O’Regan said.

“The revised prediction highlights the importance of Westland Milk Products’ strategic shift away from a reliance on bulk commodities such as casein and skim milk powder, into higher value nutritional products.

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■ FAMILY ORIENTATED SUV

Mitsubishi Outlander VRX PHEV (Plug in hybrid) W

hile it looks pretty much the same as the other recently refreshed Outlander models, the PHEV signage means there’s lots of particularly clever and complex stuff within.

Like, not just a dual purpose, two litre, four cylinder 87kW/186Nm petrol engine that either acts as a generator or drives the front wheels, but also has two 60kW electric motors, one for the front wheels and the other for the rear.

The cleverness continues with different levels of power regeneration, fast-charging capabilities, full-time four-wheel drive, and in some situations, ridiculously low fuel consumption.

And the two PHEV models are sensibly priced - the XLS with dual-zone climate control, Bluetooth with voice control, a 6 inch colour touch screen/ reversing camera, rear sensors, six-speaker audio system at $59,990.

The extra $7000 for the VRX, as driven, scores you sat/ nav, leather trim, heated poweradjust front seats, radar cruise control/collision warning system and a powered tailgate.

Plus there’s an app for both Apple and android that lets you connect to set recharging times, flash the lights or even set the

air-con temperature.

Sitting in the driver’s seat (it’s comfortable with plenty of adjustments) you note there’s no rev-counter in the soft-touch dash, but an economy-meter.

While the gear selector looks a bit space-age and there’s some extra buttons, generally things are how and where you expect.

And there’s a nice overall ambience to the cabin.

After a quick briefing as to controls, plug-in procedures etc, I left Christchurch in rush-hour traffic on electric power alone.

With 120kW and 332Nm from this means a diesel-like wave of low-down torque from the two electric motors.

So acceleration from standstill in electric mode is quick and quiet.

0-100 takes 10 seconds and a 100kmh cruise is effortless.

Pressing the accelerator hard means the petrol engine will seamlessly join in, but I didn’t need to do this.

And I made it just south of the Selwyn bridge solely on electric-power before the petrol/hybrid mode started up.

Until that happened I had used no petrol, and on arriving home the computer showed 5.4L/100K for the balance of the trip.

While the systems cleverly manage the use of the battery

power, after a bit of practice and study to understand how best to make use of the other controls, I did modify my driving style.

For instance the steering wheel paddles aren’t there to change gears, but have five settings from soft to hard to adjust the regenerative braking.

So on the likes of descending the Zig-Zag, by using the paddles I was able to have maximum charge going to the battery without having to use the brakes!

There’s also buttons to preserve battery charge and another to select regenerative mode.

The latter, ideal for the likes of topping-up the battery while driving north on SH1 in anticipation of being solely on electric power when getting caught up in that stop-start Christchurch traffic.

The long recharging cord is stowed in the boot.

It plugs into a typical 3-pin 15 amp plug and a full recharge takes 6.5 hours, and is said to cost about $1.41 at current overnight rates.

Although the low mounted 12kWh battery pack results in a slightly higher floor for the rear seat, there’s still plenty of space and comfort for two adults, or three when necessary.

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The centre seatbelt descends from the roof.

The luggage space, because of the electric motor below is also slightly smaller (14 litres) than normal Outlanders.

For extra space the 60:40 split-fold rear seats lie just about flat.

Expectedly it’s very quiet when running on electric-only mode, and is still pretty hushed when the petrol engine seamlessly joins in.

In most situations road noise too is very well suppressed.

It’s only noticeable on very coarse chip, where it’s possibly emphasised because otherwise the PHEV is so quiet.

The ride is generally very comfortable and copes well with bumpy roads.

Meanwhile the handling is predictable and safe but not in the Kuga or CX5 class.

The steering is light around town, which is fine but it lacks a bit of weight at higher speeds.

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And these neat looks are repeated inside with colour matched stitching for the heated and ventilated leather trimmed front seats.

As well the SX amongst other things, comes with climate air, chilled glovebox, front and rear parking sensors with camera, privacy glass, and a great sound system.

There’s two petrol engine options – a 1.6 litre with 91kW/152Nm or a 113kW/191Nm 2 litre. The 1.6 litre I drove was a keen performer and ably assisted by the efficient six speed auto.

The stylish, practical Soul certainly stands out in a crowd. The 1.6 SX driven costs $33,490 and $35,490 for the 2litre.

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■ BASKETBALL

In brief

Don’t count Webster out Don’t be fooled by Tai Webster’s numbers from his first season at the University of Nebraska.

The Tall Blacks point guard produced some underwhelming statistics during his rookie year in the US as he averaged 3.9 points per outing on 30 per cent shooting to go along with two rebounds and assists in 22.8 minutes of playing time.

The teenager has joined the national side from America and missed the first test against Korea in Wellington on Tuesday but will likely suit up in Tauranga tonight.

New Zealand coach Nenad Vucinic was keen to work Webster in to his rotation given the lack of depth at point guard as the team builds towards next month’s World Cup in Spain.

“I watched a few games of Nebraska this season and I believe that Tai did a great job,” Vucinic said. “He got a lot of minutes, which shows the coaches wanted him on the floor to run the show, to be a point guard and he was very involved.”

Vucinic said Webster’s defence and general ability to lead a team around the court had improved and wouldn’t be reflected in the box score.

At 1.93m he offers good size at the point guard spot but Vucinic stopped short of saying he was the answer to the Tall Blacks’ needs at the position.

“We do expect a lot from Tai but I don’t think it’s fair to put

■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Former Tour de France champion Alberto Contador does not need surgery on his injured right leg and hopes to defy his doctors by racing in next month’s Spanish Vuelta.

Contador, a two-time winner of cycling’s biggest race, broke his shin in a violent fall on Tuesday to leave the Tour at the 10th stage.

The 31-year-old Spaniard flew back to Madrid, where he underwent exhaustive medical checks. “The doctor told me that surgery would only lead to more trauma on the knee and would only delay my recovery more,” Contador said.

Another big win

Tai Webster (in his Nebraska University strip) is one of a talented crop of new, young Tall Blacks.

The women’s Black Sticks have made it three big wins on the trot after beating Canada 7-0 in their Four Nations tournament in Dublin yesterday.The win follows 9-2 and 10-0 wins over hosts Ireland and Chile respectively. Striker Krystal Forgesson scored twice in the first half to give New Zealand a 2-0 halftime lead. Midfielder Anita Punt scored three field goals in five minutes after the restart, with Olivia Merry getting two to round off the scoring.New Zealand will play Ireland in the tournament final early today.

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Rosberg stays on the pressure on a 19-year-old to carry the team.

“Physically he’s a very good athlete.

“He can play with anybody in the world with his athleticism but he’s young.”

Webster is one of a number of youngsters in the Tall Blacks’ 17-strong squad to play Korea, which will be trimmed to 12 come World Cup time.

Tall Blacks captain Mika Vukona said it was scary to think about how good the side could

be when they all grow up.

“When you’ve got guys like Isaac (Fotu), Tai Webster, Tai Wynyard and Jack Salt, that’s pretty exciting for New Zealand basketball.”

Wynyard, an Auckland schoolboy, became the youngest Tall Black of all at 16 years and five months, when he took the floor on Tuesday night.

Tall Blacks big man Nick Horvath tweaked his back during game one on Tuesday but expected to be fit for tonight,

while Casey Frank (calf) missed game one but he may come back in to the mix this evening. The pair are battling for the one naturalised spot available on the World Cup roster.

Jack Salt and Tohi SmithMilner sat out Tuesday’s game but could play tonight as Vucinic has said he wanted to use all of his squad during the series.

After tonight’s contest, the series moves to Auckland for game three on Saturday.

■ ROWING

Leuluai sees new attitude Warriors utility Thomas Leuluai says he feels like he’s coming back to a different club after a three-month injury layoff.

The 29-year old will make his return from a lingering groin injury in Saturday night’s clash against the Brisbane Broncos and is happy to re-join a team that has won seven of their last nine encounters.

Leuluai says there is a huge difference between the Warriors team he trained with earlier in the year and the one he has returned to in recent weeks, and puts it down to a shift in attitude under coach Andrew McFadden.

“It’s like I’ve signed for a new club. The training sessions are a lot more intense.”

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No surgery needed

Formula One world championship leader Nico Rosberg has extended his contract with Mercedes to at least 2017. The 29-year-old German driver has penned a new deal worth $NZ82.5 million to stay with the team for the next three seasons, it has been reported.

Ahead of Sunday’s German Grand Prix, Rosberg leads the Formula One world championship standings by four points from British teammate Lewis Hamilton. - DPA

Tahs on the rise They’ve already set numerous records and topped the table for the first time, but the NSW Waratahs are only just warming up ahead of the Super Rugby finals.

In an ominous warning to their rivals, injured captain Dave Dennis believes the Waratahs are yet to peak and is backing his teammates to secure NSW a maiden championship with the longest winning streak since the great Crusaders side of 2002. Coached

by Robbie Deans and laden with All Blacks including Andrew Mehrtens, Justin Marshall, Richie McCaw and Reuben Thorne, the Crusaders completed an unbeaten 13-game campaign 12 years ago.

To claim this year’s title, the Waratahs will need to parlay their club-record seven-game winning streak into nine matches unbeaten and most likely defeat the Crusaders in a blockbuster August 2 grand final at ANZ Stadium.

Union takes over

Helping hand for local rowing club D&E’s Scott Donaldson with Ashburton Rowing Club’s Chris Redmond and Peter Jacob stand with the club’s new safety and coaching boat.

A joint venture between the rowing club and D&E Marine has made it possible to purchase

the new boat for the club for the upcoming season. Other donations of safety lighting and a road cover have all been supplied by local businesses and the club are also working to get safety equipment like life jackets, VHF radioPA and first aid equipment.

The Australian Rugby Union is invading enemy territory, with 18 matches in the new National Rugby Championship (NRC) to be played at the spiritual homes of NRL clubs. The NRC draw uses Leichhardt Oval, Brookvale Oval, Pirtek Stadium and AAMI Park the respective homes of the NRL’s Wests Tigers, Manly, Parramatta and Melbourne - all to host multiple fixtures.

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■ TOUR DE FRANCE

Nibali now strong favourite With defending champion Chris Froome and two-time winner Alberto Contador out of the race, the path is wide open for Vincenzo Nibali to become the first Italian to win the Tour de France since the late Marco Pantani in 1998.

The French have waited even longer for a champion — the last was Bernard Hinault way back in 1985 — but with three riders in the top six places, hopes are growing of at least a first podium place since climber Richard Virenque finished second in 1997.

After yesterday’s rest day, the race resumed with Stage 11 overnight, followed by arduous mountain stages on Friday and Saturday which will reveal the genuine contenders.

These are where Nibali’s climbing skills could set him apart, and give him a chance to fully stamp his authority on the race.

There are five days of hard climbing ahead, starting with Friday’s 197.5-kilometre trek from Saint-Etienne to Chamrousse, which ends with a huge ascent of 18 kilometres.

As for Nibali’s rivals, Contador broke his shin in a violent fall in Monday’s 10th stage and Froome pulled out on stage 5 with a broken wrist.

“I’m not happy about what happened to Alberto and Chris,” the 29-year-old Nibali said. “The climbs would have been better and more spectacular for everyone.”

Nibali, who won the Spanish Vuelta in 2010 and the Giro d’Italia in 2013, is 2 minutes, 23 seconds ahead of Australian Richie Porte and 2:47 clear of Spaniard Alejandro Valverde, who won the Vuelta five years ago.

Three Frenchmen are within four minutes of Nibali — Romain Bardet, Tony Gallopin and Thibaut Pinot. None has come close to a podium place on a Grand Tour, although the 23-year-old Bardet and the 24-year-old Pinot have strong climbing skills.

“We’ve got to stay calm and study the

Overall leader Vincenzo Nibali of Italy pedals during a training session near Besancon, eastern France, on a rest day in this year’s Tour de France.

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situation,” Nibali said. “The danger can come from anywhere.”

Porte rode as a key support rider for Froome last year on the Sky team, but now has free reign to attack.

“Porte goes well in the climbs, he goes well in time trials, you have to keep a good distance on him,” Nibali said. “You have to watch Valverde, he can attack at any time.”

The 34-year-old Valverde was handed a two-year suspension in 2010 for his involvement in the Operation Puerto doping plot, which involved dozens of riders over secretly stored blood bags.

Like Nibali, Pantani was a courageous cyclist who loved to attack in the tough

climbs.

Pantani was found dead in a hotel room on Valentine’s Day in 2004 and a coroner ruled he died from cocaine poisoning. Nibali has one of Pantini’s yellow jerseys at home, a gift from Pantini’s mother to mark the 10th anniversary of his death.

“It would be a great honour to follow on from him,” said Nibali.

Friday’s stage will also be special for Nibali because it marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of two-time Tour champion Gino Bartali, who died in 2000 at the age of 85.

“As an Italian, it’s a huge privilege to be asked about Bartali. I grew up watching documentaries on the big riders, the

big wins of (Felice) Gimondi, Bartali and (Fausto) Coppi,” Nibali said.

“They’re all in the encyclopedia of cycling. There are others like Hinault, too.

They’ve written the history of cycling.”

The last French heyday came in the 1980s when Hinault, a five-time champion, competed against Laurent Fignon, who won in ‘83 and ‘84.

Veteran Fabian Cancellara wasn’t among the starters of last night’s stage.

The 33-year-old Swiss cyclist has pulled out to focus on the Road World Championships in Ponferrada, Spain, from September 21-28.

Cancellara withdrew prior to the start of the 11th Tour stage in 2012.

SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS DRAWS ■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club Midweek Women July 22 Rnd 3 Smallbone Trophy Draw Steward: Janice Dunlop 308 3910 Tuesday Starter Janice Dunlop No 1 Tee 10.00 J. Guilford, H. Robertson, K. Shaw 10.06 S. Lemon, K. Green. E. Langford 10.12 D. Hinton, A. Grant, H. Trott No 10 Tee 10.00 V. Moore, R. Fail, J. McKeown 10.06 L. Wackrow, A. Hunt, G. Lane 10.12 F. Matsinger, J. Dunlop Nine Hole Men and Women’s Section Thursday July 24 – Foursome – Report 9.45 a.m.

Nine Hole Convenors – Carol O’Reilly 308 8758 and Wendy Smith 308 9201 July 19 – Rnd 3 Smallbone Trophy - report 8.40 a.m. for 9.00 a.m. start All women players welcome to join weekend ladies Club Captain – Jenny Williams 308 2081

Tinwald Golf Club July 19

Finals of the R.S.A. Trophy and Cup and Alan Teale Memorial (Non-qualifiers) Morning players will have a clubhouse draw for an 8am start. Players are asked to report 15 minutes prior to tee off times.

No 1 Tee,12.30, A Pierce, v, K Greenaway, R Feutz, v, S Kircher,12.36, A Marshall, , S Anderson, D Busch, B Rouse 12.42, R Kirdy, L Jackson, M Fechney, No 10 Tee,12.30, B Collins, R Wards, R Thompson, A Barrie,12.36, P Hefford, P Marshall, W Eddington, D Green,12.42, O Everest, R Bruce, B Kirdy, A Pawsey, No 13 Tee,12.30, S Newman, S Lane, W Stevenson, 12.36, J Beardsley, M Moore, B Kirdy, Starters: am, B Collins, pm L Jackson, R Kirdy. Cards: A Marshall

Tinwald Women’s Golf July 22 2nd Foundation Cup 2nd Betty McBride Trophy {B 3) No 1 Tee 10am P McAndrerw P Ellis S Durry 10.05 M Bennett M Kennedy V Hampton No 7 Tee 10am K McAuliffe S Young I Divers 10.05 C Linney D Sharplin V Cartney No 10 Tee 10am J Undy M Moore M Pawsey 10.05 V Prendergast D Wellman J Bruhns No 13 Tee

10am J Smith M Collvile M Oakley Bradford 9Hole Women 5th 2 J,s Cup Stroke and Putting No 1Tee 10.15 N Costin K Young 10.20 M Sherriff V Johnston J Cartwright Starters V Prendergast D Wellman Cards M Smith P McAndrew Tea Duty A.M. 9 Hole Women P.M. P Ellis J Bruhns

RESULTS ■■ Golf Aorangi South Canterbury Women’s Open Pennants July 14 Zone 1: (Tinwald) Tinwald 1 12 Geraldine 1 0, Mayfield 1 10 Rakaia 1 2, Methven 8 Ashburton 1 4 Zone 2: (Tinwald) Tinwald 2 9.5 Mayfield 2.5, Pleasant Point 1 9 Ashburton 2 3, Geraldine 2 8 Rakaia 2 4.

Zone 3 (Tinwald) Tinwald 3 6 Mayfield 3 6, Temuka 2 11 Timaru 1, Gleniti 1 7.5 Pleasant Point 2 4.5 Zone 4 (North Otago) North Otago 1 7.5 Gleniti 2 4.5, North Otago 3 10 Pleasant

Point 3 2, Maungati 8 Lower Waitaki 1 4

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Women’s Section July 15 C Linney net 74 D Bell net 75 B Harris net 75 J Bruhns net 79 Nearest The Pin’s No 6 Stables Restaurant M Oakley No 12 Mac and Maggies S Gutsell No 2 Dairy Business Centre 2nd shot M Bennett No16 Outdoor Adventure 2nd Shot S Vucetich Two’s D Bell 9 Hole Women M Sherriff 13 stfords S Gutsell 13 stfords

Women’s Section July 15 Results of Eagles Stableford Wendy Parr 40, Nicky Gill 38, Sally Lemon, Leigh Wackrow 37, Pauline Bell 36, Liz Pollock 34 on c/b from Jenny Williams Nearest The Pins: No 4 Gabites, Pauline Bell No 8 House of Travel Ashburton: Pauline Bell No 12 Lynn’s Small Salon: Sally Lemon No14 Todds of Ashburton: Daphne Hinton, 2nd Shot No 18: Kathryn Green 9 Hole Section Played on July 10th Rnd 4 Marion Marshall stroke.

Colin Fleming 37, John Bruce 39

Mayfield Golf Club Ladies Section District Teams Competition July 15 Lismore 30.5 Judy Fielder, Trish Corbett, Val Fleming, Jan Clucas, Glenys Carr, Lal Mulligan; Mt Somers 29.0 Judy Webb; Westerfield 27.5 Helen Rapsey, Joan Stocker; Val Fleming net 71;ALT nearest pin No. 5 & 14 - Marilyn Cross; Hastings McLeod Property Brokers Marilyn Cross 2nd shot no. 2 Glenys Carr 0-29, Judy Fielder 30-40+Player of the day - Val Fleming

■■ Indoor bowls

Methven Indoor Bowls The Methven Indoor bowls Open triples were held recently in the Ashburton Indoor Bowls Association stadium.

There were 16 teams entered to compete for the Edna Low Memorial Tray. After four rounds M.S.A. clubmates, Lester Hurst, Charlie Cleghorn and Edna Ellis had 4 wins and finished with 99 1|2 points to take the win.

A close second on 98 points was Wakanui’s Russell Ellis, along with twin sons Cameron and David. Two teams finished with 3 wins and on 83 points were brothers Michael and Mathew Lawson, who had as their lead, their mother Jean, from Gore. Tinwald clubmates Jan Walker, Ted Tobin and Liam Woods finished on 77 1/2 points.

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Seniornet Ashburton We have had a few classes for June & July, but our forums have been very popular. We feel it is the interaction between all of the members attending, as we have always maintained, we all learn from each other and this is obvious at our forums.

Keep your ideas coming in. Anything you would like to know more about, just phone us and we will have a forum on the subject. We have had two Question & Answer afternoons since our last report and these have both been great.

Our Question & Answer for June was a wonderful insight into Robin’s trip to the Antarctic.

The scenery and wild life was second to none and Robin’s narration was fabulous. To see and hear about this great place was something most of us will only dream about. Robin’s history of his Grandfather’s first trip down there was emotional for all of us, so for Robin the trip must have been the same and must be a dream come true. As we had our questions, another member had history with his forefathers being one of the first explorers to the Antarctic, so in all it was a marvellous afternoon for all who were there.

We sincerely thank Robin Burton for his time and effort in making this presentation available for us all to see.

In our July Q & A “Sam” from Noel Leeming gave us a wonderful presentation on Camera’s. We now understand the difference between Optical and Digital Zoom, as well as which is the best pixel camera to buy for everyday use. Thank you Sam for this presentation and your DropBox/Cloud day.

Forums for July/August: Tablet/ipad/phone Wednesday 30th July 7pm Question & Answer afternoon “An alternative to Windows” “Linux” Operating System & programs Card making to be arranged.

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Noel Leeming is having an evening from approx. 5.30pm on Tablet/ipad/phone.

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Ring Jenny 308 8424 or Margaret 307 7498

Ashburton Indoor Bowls Results of the Doak Mixed pairs.

First was G Chapman’s pair with 131 points. Second was M Bassett with 125points. Third K Mackenzie with 125 points.

Tuesday Night Triples The Tuesday night Triples had 20 teams entered and was played on the points system First was Lloyd Walkers, Liam Woods, Helen Rennie with 4 wins and 103 points, second also with 4 wins and 100 points was John Cuthbertson, Kevin & Gaylene Smith third was Martin Nordqvist, Adrienne & Ross Richards with 3wins and one loss and 83 points and fourth was Michael Lawson, Margaret Stewart, Maureen White three wins and one loss and 82 points.

Triangular Trophy On Saturday the Triangular was played between Ashburton, Timaru and North Otago Four games of fours as played with Ashburton keeping the Trophy with 39 score points, 321 points and 181 ½ ends with Timaru second with 36 score points, 298 points and 152 ½ ends Third was North Otago with 21 score points, 272 points and 171 ends Grant Wilson’s team of Maurice Sunbeam, Lester Hurst and Laura Mackenzie had four wins.

Hinds Playcentre Family Matariki night On the evening of Friday the 4th of July Hinds Playcentre welcomed its families along to a mid-winter session to mark Matariki. The brazier was blazing as the sun set and gave way to a clear and starry night.

We prepared for the night by weaving flax placemats for our meal and looking at books that told the different stories of Matariki.

Children made lanterns from large tins by hammering holes with nails, painting,

MSA Petanque Club The MSA Petanque Club President’s Triples was played June 28. Winning team: Richard Browne, Jonathan Crum, Lester Herron. Runners up: Betty King, Rewa Kyle, Barry McLauchlan. Bastille Day Pairs Tournament was played in Christchurch July 13.

Bowl winners: Rewa and Stephen Kyle. Plate Runner up: Richard Browne and partner. Six players dressed up for the Bastille Day encounter including (back row, from left) Richard Browne, Jonathan Crum, Stephen Kyle and (front row, from left) Rewa Kyle, Marion Harrison and Betty King.

and finally attaching a string so the lanterns could be carried.

After a shared tea of hot chips, sausages and winter vegies roasted on the fire the older children had great delight in tasting marshmallows over the embers and cooking bananas and chocolate in tin foil.

Looking skyward we were able to identify Matariki and the other amazing stars that were out. By then it was time to head home full and happy having spent a happy evening outside by the fire under the stars.

Parents got to meet each other in a relaxed environment, what a great way to end the week and celebrate the winter season.

Hinds Playcentre is a family-based learning centre on Rhodes St, Hinds, catering for children from 0-6 years. Sessions run from 9:15-11:45 Wednesdays and Fridays during term time. Pop along or contact Caroline on 303 7069

Ashburton Musical Club The Ashburton Musical Club concert on Sunday 13th August was arranged by Carolie Andrew. Five vocalists and two pianists performed. All performers established a good rapport with the Club by talking eloquently about their items.

The vocalists, all pupils of Jo Castelow, performed items from their NCEA and Trinity syllabuses.

Jo accompanied all her pupils with the musicianship to illustrate the progress her pupils were achieving. Libby Higson sang Sebben Crudele by Antonio Caldara and I Dreamed a Dream by Schonberg and Boubil. Annelise Diamond sang John Ireland’s Spring Sorrow and Arthur Hamilton’s Cry Me a River.

Samantha McArthur performed When Does My Life Begin by Alan Menken and Caro Mio Ben from Tommaso Giordani.

This is the Moment by Wildhorn and Bricusse, The Scientist by Chris Martin and Alma del Core from Antonio Caldara were sung by Jack Hanrahan. Olivia Brown’s choice of songs included In his Eyes composed by Frank Wildhorn and

Leslie Bricusse and Unsual Way from Murray Yeston.

The afternoon’s programme commenced with pianist Madilyn Leak playing Ballade by Heller. It finished with the Club’s 2012 Scholar, pianist Joy Sun, playing Sonata in F maj. K332, 1st mvt

by Mozart and an enthralling rendition of Ballade no 3 by Chopin.

Coronation Target Shooting Club Congratulations to those club members selected to represent the South Island in the North v South match in August.

Hailey Beevor 3 teams open, women and junior, Sandy Collett 2 teams open and women, Nina McKenzie women and Sarah Clifford women. Also congratulations to Greg Menzies (Ashburton club) in the open team and from Mayfield John Fleming (veterans) Martin Fleming (open) and Phillippa Fleming (junior).

Three generations all together, must be some kind of record.

Mark Stewart top scored this week closely followed by Sarah Clifford. Savanna McArthur pipped little sister Lanelle and Hailey Beevor for the junior by just one inner. All in all a very solid performance right across the board.

Individual scores were: Sarah Clifford 99.4, Mark Stewart 99.6, Murray Cook 91.0, Logan McArthur 90.3, Lanelle McArthur 94.2, Jayden Collett 93.2, Alex Watson 87.1, Kevin Hooper 93.2, Heather Ross 92.1, Savanna McArthur 94.4, Brian Hawksby 94.3, Hailey Beevor 94.1, Graham McLaren 93.2, Mark Horne 87.1, Bryan Hunter 98.3, Dean Smith 90.1, Erin McLaren 73.0, Steve McArthur 98.3, Nick Squires 93.1, T.J.Stewart 92.1, Nick Stewart 98.3, Bill Rankin 95.5, Nina McKenzie 96.4, Sandy Collett 97.6.

Tuesday night Tyro numbers were down, cold night? School holidays? Scores were also lower than normal. Logan McArthur was best off the sling and Jarrod Ward on the rest. Individual scores were: Susan Peattie 72, Jarrod Ward 88.1, Graeme Ward 74.1, James Sheate 81.0, Henry Lane 60.0, Harriet Lane 75.0,

Daniel Squires 65.0, From the sling, Morgan Smith 63.1, Emma Smith 83.1, Michaela Smith 88.2, Lanelle McArthur 80.0, Matt Batty 84.2, Darryn Harris 83.1, Logan McArthur 90.0.

Hinds & Districts Lions Club The Hinds & Districts Lions Club held their monthly meeting at the Hinds Hall on 15th July with 43 members present.

Members enjoyed a social time followed by an excellent meal prepared by the Hinds Play Centre Ladies. During general business President Robert Ellis outlined his objectives for the year and he then asked the Project Team under Lion Willy Leferink and the Social Team under Lion David Keely to meet to set their programmes for the year ahead. After discussion both returned to the table and outlined several worthwhile Hinds and Ashburton community projects and social activities they intended to organise and support this year. President Robert accepted their recommendations and stated that the club would continue to enjoy working with the Ashburton District Council on two of the proposed projects that would see worthwhile enhancements made to local facilities and amenities. Members confirmed their participation in a wood splitting activity organised by Lion Willy and members rostered to assist with Meals on Wheels were confirmed. Reports on membership, youth and welfare were presented then the meeting concluded with Lion Stuart Wilson fining members for past indiscretions and forgetfulness.

Mid Canterbury Ladies Probus Club President Val opened the July. There was a large attendance of members, birthdays and anniversaries were celebrated after the National Anthem had been sung. Members stood in silence as a mark of respect of two Foundation members who had died recently. Secretary Margaret read a letter from the Alzheimers Society suggesting that morn-

ing teas be held to raise funds for them.

Avis reminded of the lunch on 23 July, and the Oamaru visit in October, this is to be an overnight stay. Almoner Val gave a report on visits to unwell members.

The mini speaker was Heather who told of ticking an item off her bucket list. This was to visit the area she was brought up in, Otane near Napier. She had not been there for many years and noticed there were no chimneys on houses, no house cows, and lots of the area had now been built on. There used to be an orphanage but this is now a backpackers. In Otane there is a man who makes cricket bats and croquet mallets.

The main speaker was the Editor of Essence, Judy Krakosky. Judy said she was originally from Hokitika and came from a big family. Her background was in broadcasting and computers. The good news magazine first went into print in November 2007. Not long after Judy had a serious motor bike accident on the way to the West Coast, and was in a coma for eight days and had many surgeries. She was determined to mend, and has been back on a motor bike since then. The magazine had a big promotion of plaster boobs to raise funds recently. Originally the idea came from Canada. Several women got ‘plastered’, the casts were painted and then sold at the Pink Ribbon breakfast, more than six thousand dollars were raised. Judy wants interesting stories.

There are two full time employees and two part time. The magazine is put in letter boxes (except where there is a “no junk mail” notice), and is also on stands around town. It is delivered in Leeston, Southbridge and Geraldine as well. The main costs are printing and distribution, 17,000 copies are printed each month.

Judy was thanked for her presentation

by Jean.

President Val closed the meeting with the thought for the day – “Friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when we have trouble remembering how to fly.”

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Thursday, July 17, 2014

Forbury harness Today at Forbury Park

Forbury Park Trotting Club at Forbury Park on July 17.

NZ Meeting number: 7. Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10.

1 6.09pm (NZT) DUNEDIN HOLIDAY PARK MOBILE PACE $5500, 2-3yo c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 73832 Agent Three (1) fr ...........................K Larsen 2 25x33 Kym’s Boy (2) fr .................................. R May 3 0 Grande Bromac (3) fr ....................... D Dunn 4 Wot Eva (4) fr .......................... M Williamson 5 7 Johnny Jet (5) fr ................................J Dunn 6 Miami Heat (6) fr ........................ S Ottley (J) 7 Pegasus Kommander (7) fr .... S Walkinshaw 8 47050 For The Goodtimes (8) fr .................J W Cox 2 6.34pm DUNEDIN CITY FORD TROT $5500, 3yo+ c0 trot, stand, 2200m 1 84894 Lima Lad (1) fr.................... B Williamson (J) 2 54867 Hope And Pray (2) fr .......................J W Cox 3 49524 Snow Boy (3) fr ................................ D Dunn 4 869x6 Pat’s Success (4) fr ....................... K Barclay 5 22999 Zachary Smith (5) fr ..........................R Allen 6 6326x Sungait Sally (6) fr ..................... S Ottley (J) 7 24805 Price Of Fame (7) fr ...................... K Butt (J) 8 00 Tachma (8) fr ........................... M Williamson 9 67240 Hazel Alice (9) fr ...........................C Buchan 10 86755 Wrestle Point (10) fr .....................T Williams 11 403P3 Sunnivue Sadona (U1) fr ..... C Ferguson (J) 12 P Galleons Icon (U2) fr .............R McIlwrick (J) 13 8x57P American Holiday (U3) fr...................J Dunn 14 P0650 Continental Lover (U4) fr .................... R May 3 7.00pm G J GARDNER MOBILE PACE $5500, 4yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 280x9 Cream It Cullen (1) fr ......................J W Cox 2 60762 Forgotten Runner (2) fr .................... A Milne 3 0x07x Tinted Light (3) fr..................... M Williamson 4 37946 Prince Of Persia (4) fr ............ S Walkinshaw 5 33P22 Spencer Gore (5) fr .......................... D Dunn

6 60x Jaccka Art (6) fr............................T Williams 7 0034 Russet Norkotah (7) fr................... K Barclay 8 8x470 Just A Marvel (8) fr............. B Williamson (J) 9 80640 Panadean fr.................................. Scratched 10 35566 Mustang Bullitt (21) fr ......................... R May 11 72726 Nothingforthemedia (U1) fr ...............J Dunn 4 7.25pm WASHINGTON V C FILLIES & MARES MOBILE PACE $5500, 2yo+ f&m c0 mob. pace, mobile, 1700m 1 Dx New Years Jay (1) fr ...................J W Cox 2 4760x Tisbury Hardlife (2) fr .................... K Barclay 3 22786 Stronachlachar (3) fr ....................T Williams 4 20x4 Pacific Jean (4) fr ............................... R May 5 Dublin Bay Rose (5) fr ................... K Cox (J) 6 Anika Lindenny (6) fr .................. S Ottley (J) 7 36395 Bryleigh Star (7) fr ................... M Williamson 8 45394 Fern Fever (8) fr ................. B Williamson (J) 9 Tuapeka Art (21) fr ........................... D Dunn 10 6000x Rescarn (22) fr ....................... S Walkinshaw 11 5 Princess Arts (23) fr ...........................M Kerr 5 7.50pm SPEIGHTS MOBILE PACE $6500, 3yo+ c1 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 21463 Smiling Armada (1) fr .....................K Larsen 2 42837 Sage (2) fr ............................... M Williamson 3 84057 Attack Mac (3) fr..................... S Walkinshaw 4 89765 Ohoka Jett (4) fr ................................. R May 5 21954 Blazing Bracelet (5) fr ...................... D Dunn 6 00x68 Halfmoon Bay (6) fr .................... S Ottley (J) 7 56156 Leo (7) fr ...............................R McIlwrick (J) 8 35003 Nikola (8) fr .......................................J Dunn 9 1 Tandy Franco (9) fr ..........................J W Cox 10 51640 Amelia Pond (21) fr ....................... K Barclay 6 8.15pm PRYDE’S EASIFEED HANDICAP TROT $7000, 4yo+ c1 & faster discrhcp trot, stand, 2700m 1 05649 Sappy’s Brite Star (1) fr .................C Buchan 2 46015 Dream Big (2) fr ......................... S Ottley (J) 3 60908 Ngaire Margaret (3) fr ........................ R May

4 62540 City Courage (4) fr ........................ K Barclay 5 575P4 Mr Mayfly (5) fr ................................. D Dunn 6 55770 Lady Hest (6) fr ....................... S Golding (J) 7 86950 Spin Doctor (U1) fr D O’ ................... Connell 8 3526x Jackson Square (1) 10 ............ P McClelland 9 84107 Face Value (2) 10 ..............................J Dunn 10 11739 Sixty Plus (3) 10 ..................... S Walkinshaw 11 5224P Nickelson (U1) 30..................R McIlwrick (J) 12 72235 Miss Pegasus (1) 40 .......... B Williamson (J) 13 23116 Monnay (1) 70 ......................... M Williamson 7 8.40pm KEEP IT CLEAN MOBILE PACE $6500, 2yo+ c1 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 x7592 Rock Till You Drop (1) fr................. K Butt (J) 2 335x4 Onedin Mach (2) fr .................. M Williamson 3 36660 Mr Meddle (3) fr ................................J Dunn 4 47569 Franco Joaquin (4) fr .......................... R May 5 5980x Between The Lines (5) fr .................J W Cox 6 81055 Sunnivue Bay Boy (6) fr ....... C Ferguson (J) 7 1 Margarita (7) fr ................................. D Dunn 8 77599 Szybka Brat (8) fr ............................. G Telfer 9 70730 Jaspers Blue Jean (9) fr ............. S Ottley (J) 10 04842 Holm Three (21) fr .................. S Walkinshaw 8 9.05pm MAINLINE ELECTRICAL JUNIOR DRIVERS MOBILE PACE $6000, 4yo+ c1 mob. pace jun.d, mobile, 2200m 1 62665 Jennalee fr ................................... Scratched 2 34178 Data Base (1) fr....................... S Golding (J) 3 40805 Tuscaloosa (2) fr .................. C Ferguson (J) 4 22376 Taieri Wings (3) fr ......................M Purvis (J) 5 67550 Alexy (4) fr ...................................K Grant (J) 6 23336 Scotty’s Image (5) fr ...................... K Cox (J) 7 20010 Doves Veecee (6) fr.................. C Bourke (J) 8 90970 Get Holme Tyron (7) fr................... K Butt (J) 9 27808 Maybe Flyin (8) fr ........................J Young (J) 10 66372 Aveross Rustler (21) fr ..........R McIlwrick (J) 11 94443 Washington Express (22) fr........ S Ottley (J) 12 68352 The Tisbury Terror (23) fr ..........C Hanna (J)

Selections

Ricky May 135x929Franco Caliph (24) fr .............. B Williamson (J) 14 23243 Jaccka Len fr ................................ Scratched 9 9.30pm RICOH HANDICAP PACE $6500, 4yo+ c1 to c3 discrhcp pace, stand, 2700m 1 36374 Jerry Fitz (1) fr...................... C Ferguson (J) 2 46007 Rome (2) fr ............................R McIlwrick (J) 3 90709 Thatshowie Roll (3) fr ........................J Dunn 4 29803 Face The Facts (4) fr .......................... R May 5 30x96 Homeforabubbly (1) 10....................J W Cox 6 00041 Mike McKaid (2) 10 .......................... D Dunn 7 790Fx Sunny Two Shoes (3) 10 ............ S Ottley (J) 8 79x89 Speedy Ideal (4) 10....................... K Butt (J) 9 96x54 Elusive Flight (U1) 20 .............. M Williamson 10 94461 Alta Capone (U2) 20 ..................... K Barclay 10 10.00pm NEXT MEETING 14TH AUGUST MOBILE PACE $7000, 3yo+ c2 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 41754 Northview Major (1) fr ........................ R May

Race 1: Kym’s Boy, Johnny Jet, Agent Three, Grande Bromac Race 2: Snow Boy, Galleons Icon, Hazel Alice, Price Of Fame Race 3: Spencer Gore, Cream It Cullen, Nothingforthemedia, Prince Of Persia Race 4: New Years Jay, Anika Lindenny, Princess Arts, Fern Fever Race 5: Ohoka Jett, Blazing Bracelet, Tandy Franco, Sage Race 6: Miss Pegasus, Mr Mayfly, Monnay, Nickelson Race 7: Onedin Mach, Holm Three, Rock Till You Drop, Margarita Race 8: Washington Express, Scotty’s Image, The Tisbury Terror, Aveross Rustler Race 9: Elusive Flight, Face The Facts, Homeforabubbly, Mike McKaid Race 10: Whozideawasthis, Risk Factor, Northview Major, Elbeau

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

25x11 Whozideawasthis (2) fr..................... D Dunn 14305 Minstrel Boy (3) fr ................... S Walkinshaw 7x156 Beaudiene Clemintyne (4) frB Williamson (J) 31773 Elbeau (5) fr ....................................J W Cox 54167 Top Brass (6) fr .................................J Dunn 93021 Spirit Of Chronos (7) fr ............... S Ottley (J) 01214 Risk Factor (8) fr ............................K Larsen - APNZ

M10 Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway

Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club’s meeting at Addington Raceway on July 17. NZ Meeting number: 10.

Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12.

1 4.32pm (NZT) SUPER PETS SPRINT C4, 295m 1 13655 Swip And Tear 17.28 H & ....................Taylor 2 17448 McJopson 17.29 S & .......................B Evans 3 41125 Ohoka Coby 17.26 ....................... L Waretini 4 32618 Cawbourne Pilfer 17.38 W & ............. Nissen 5 65472 Dillmanstown 17.36...........................J Dunn 6 35657 Butterbean 17.29 M & .....................P Binnie 7 54454 Mary Marlow 17.17 ......................... M Grant 8 64182 Sprinkles 17.33 .........................J McInerney 9 83846 Homebush Kelso 17.25 .............J McInerney 10 57356 Team Dream 17.44 C & ..................... Fagan 2 4.48pm (NZT) CAROL’S TAB SPRINT C4, 295m 1 35557 Deanne’s Magic 17.26 ...............D Stapleton 2 22653 Blonde Tori 17.47 ......................A Bradshaw 3 7577x Starburst Clemmy nwtd ................... M Grant 4 56133 Maker’s Label 17.37 H & .....................Taylor 5 68646 Bad Week 17.33........................J McInerney 6 53221 Wellywood 17.52 W & ....................... Nissen 7 46454 Know Lies 17.28 ............................G Cleeve 8 41766 Waimak Dave 17.60 ..................J McInerney 9 83846 Homebush Kelso 17.25 .............J McInerney 10 35358 Wee Terra 17.34 C & .......................... Fagan 3 5.07pm (NZT) THURSDAY PLACE PICK DASH C5, 295m 1 6888x Hustler Ambition 17.31.................M Roberts 2 36534 Opulent 17.46 ............................D Stapleton 3 67253 Popstar Rocket nwtd .........................M Flipp 4 86317 Homebush Churro 17.29...........J McInerney 5 227x5 Starburst Josh 17.04 ........................S Stone 6 67133 Rusty Knife 17.20 W & ...................... Nissen 7 88214 Angelic Star 17.33.............................J Dunn 8 532x5 Know Advantage 17.04 ..................G Cleeve

9 62278 Trans Tasman 17.23 ..................R Blackburn 10 16826 Terra Annie 17.22............................. B Dann 5.30pm (NZT) KOLORFUL KANVAS STAKES C3, 520m 1 47775 Indi’s Grace 30.20 ........................... M Grant 2 31624 Flying Swan nwtd ......................J McInerney 3 87528 Opawa Style 30.55 L & ...................... Wales 4 11233 Black Crow 30.49 ......................A Bradshaw 5 31222 Cawbourne Axe 30.62 W & ............... Nissen 6 38475 Pindari 30.25 ................................C Roberts 7 15277 Even Seven 30.46 W & ..................... Nissen 8 43124 Ohoka Frenchi 30.69.................... L Waretini 9 44416 Goldstar Bella 30.48 S &.................B Evans 10 56417 Brighton Bullet 30.01 J & ................D Fahey 5 5.53pm (NZT) COALGATE TAVERN DASH C5, 295m 1 53226 Cawbourne Dasher 17.19 W & ......... Nissen 2 21761 My Squizzy 17.42..............................J Dunn 3 83286 Iona Haka 17.33........................J McInerney 4 11571 Plagiarism 17.12 .......................R Blackburn 5 64218 Noble Fantasy 17.30 S & ................B Evans 6 22217 Sophie’s Terra 17.10 C & ................... Fagan 7 37335 Pearl’s Boy 17.19 ...........................G Cleeve 8 71488 Know Fault 17.24 ...........................G Cleeve 9 62278 Trans Tasman 17.23 ..................R Blackburn 10 66364 Rodriguez 17.19..................................A Lee 6 6.19pm (NZT) I PAVE CONCRETE STAKES R/A, 520m 1 33115 Opawa Stella 30.33 L & ..................... Wales 2 73366 Opawa Stretch 30.33 L & ................... Wales 3 26254 Grunt Rodgers 31.49 ................J McInerney 4 27125 Carat’s Prince 30.38 J & .................D Fahey 5 72388 What I Like 30.59 ......................J McInerney 6 38858 Punch On Jaime nwtd ...............J McInerney 7 12868 Ambilight 30.30 J & .........................D Fahey 8 14117 Robbie 30.26.................................R Adcock 9 18125 Opawa Amy 30.30 J & ....................D Fahey

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10 x1111 Chloe’s Prodigy 30.62 ..................C Roberts

7 6.49pm DAVID EMERSON CONSULTANCY HARD-

ING CUP C5f, 295m 1 13522 Mer De Noms 17.19 ..................R Blackburn 2 16211 Mr. Whippy 17.12 W & ....................... Nissen 3 11572 Sozin’s Comet 16.94 .................J McInerney 4 13111 Cawbourne Queen 17.03 .............C Roberts 5 33622 Cawbourne Jelly 17.19 W & .............. Nissen 6 11131 Spud Gun 17.12 .............................. M Grant 7 81761 Angel Noir 17.15 .............................. B Dann 8 26742 Zebidiah 17.02 ..........................A Bradshaw 9 51743 Drysdale 17.17 ....................................A Lee 10 67253 Popstar Rocket nwtd .........................M Flipp 8 7.13pm RACINGDOGS.CO.NZ STAKES C3/4, 520m 1 34332 Deanne’s Fantasy 30.42 J & ...........D Fahey 2 84777 Cawbourne Merc 30.43................... M Grant 3 13533 Opawa Jed 30.06 L &......................... Wales 4 64662 Cawbourne Philip 30.34 ............J McInerney 5 21454 Jinja Power 30.41 J & .....................D Fahey 6 77666 Bob’s Eye 30.69 ........................J McInerney 7 47684 Billy West nwtd .......................M K Dempsey 8 x8835 Caboul 30.24 S & ............................B Evans 9 44416 Goldstar Bella 30.48 S &.................B Evans 10 56417 Brighton Bullet 30.01 J & ................D Fahey 9 7.38pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES C5, 520m 1 72136 Culvie Magic 30.14 .......................R Adcock 2 82F33 Homebush Chopper 30.06 ........J McInerney 3 38171 Jinjarango 29.93 J & .......................D Fahey 4 36335 Cawbourne Abbi 30.37 ................C Roberts 5 52458 Know Attempt 30.20.......................G Cleeve 6 64213 No Undies Sundy 30.39 ............J McInerney 7 11434 Opawa Zara 30.37 J & ....................D Fahey 8 33814 Harlem Haka 30.51 ...................J McInerney 9 15862 Not A Know 30.33 ........................A Waretini 10 63477 Stolen Money 30.24 .......................G Cleeve

Selections Race 1: Ohoka Coby, Mary Marlow, Dillmanstown, Butterbean, Cawbourne Pilfer Race 2: Bad Week, Know Lies, Blonde Tori, Wellywood, Maker’s Label Race 3: Know Advantage, Rusty Knife, Popstar Rocket, Starburst Josh, Opulent Race 4: Flying Swan, Black Crow, Ohoka Frenchi, Even Seven, Cawbourne Axe Race 5: Sophie’s Terra, My Squizzy, Cawbourne Dasher, Pearl’s Boy, Plagiarism Race 6: Robbie, Opawa Stretch, Opawa Stella, Ambilight, Carat’s Prince Race 7: Sozin’s Comet, Mr. Whippy, Spud Gun, Cawbourne Queen, Mer De Noms Race 8: Deanne’s Fantasy, Opawa Jed, Jinja Power, Cawbourne Philip, Caboul Race 9: Culvie Magic, Jinjarango, Opawa Zara, Homebush Chopper, No Undies Sundy Race 10: Dream Collector, Blitzing Mayhem, Little Regus, Speedy Kazza, Botany Kevin Race 11: Quedrago, Cracking Chain, Keramus, Drysdale, Smash Rumour Race 12: Adroit, Homebush Kelso, Wandy Luck, Star Dreamer, Fantastic Four

10 8.03pm ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH

NZ ST LEDGER R/Af, 520m 1 23521 Botany Kevin 30.49 ...................J McInerney 2 64123 Idol Girl 30.51 J & ...........................D Fahey 3 12843 Cawbourne War 30.22 .................C Roberts 4 55771 Speedy Kazza 30.29 .................J McInerney 5 73542 Jawlaa nwtd J & ..............................D Fahey 6 78132 Little Regus nwtd J & ......................D Fahey 7 51111 Blitzing Mayhem 30.14 ..................... S Clark 8 51112 Dream Collector 29.89 J & ..............D Fahey 9 15614 Andrea 30.34 ................................R Adcock 10 11434 Opawa Zara 30.37 J & ....................D Fahey 11 8.28pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO DASH C5, 295m 1 36212 Quedrago 17.22 C & .......................... Fagan 2 55324 Smash Rumour 17.26 ..................... M Grant 3 21564 Roqette 17.10 ..............................C Roberts

4 51743 Drysdale 17.17 ....................................A Lee 5 24615 Abound 17.23................................R Adcock 6 136P8 Go Housie 17.03 ............................G Cleeve 7 57126 Cracking Chain 17.09 J & ...............D Fahey 8 24373 Keramus 17.09 ...............................G Cleeve 9 62278 Trans Tasman 17.23 ..................R Blackburn 10 13468 Tepirita Charger 17.10 ......................J Dunn 12 8.53pm SPEIGHT’S SPRINT C4, 295m 1 53213 Bellwave 17.20 ...........................D Stapleton 2 14548 Elki 17.31 .................................. R Cockburn 3 76362 Wandy Luck 17.44 .........................G Cleeve 4 74x87 My Mate Sparrow nwtd .............J McInerney 5 67651 Fantastic Four 17.60 ....................... M Grant 6 67477 Adroit 17.18...................................R Adcock 7 66533 Bugsy Bangles 17.16 .......................S Stone 8 37228 Star Dreamer 17.34 C & .................... Fagan 9 83846 Homebush Kelso 17.25 .............J McInerney 10 68621 Botany Jessie 17.50..................J McInerney

Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 9x090 Powelka dm (3) 59 ...................... R Hannam 2 44915 Alphabet Street db (4) 58.5 ......A Jones (a3) 3 9x820 One Kay dm (2) 57.5 ........... R Hutchings (a) 4 9x100 Lavish Prince mh (5) 57.5 .............D Bradley 5 8x767 Jimmy Mac m (11) 57 ................M Cameron 6 010x5 Bunkered 56................................. Scratched 7 0x347 Justa Charlie m (6) 56.................... J Parkes 8 797x7 Party Ice td (8) 55.5 ........................R Myers 9 0x038 Spike Miligan d (1) 55.5 ... J Shackleton (a2) 10 90350 Ishidanzin dm (13) 55 ................. C Johnson 11 60x66 Gold Wedding (12) 55 12 02869 Single Girl m (7) 55 13 x0009 Zinika d (15) 55 14 0000x La Danseur d (14) 55 15 27900 Sunday’s News dh (10) 55 16 05000 Slack The Diver m (9) 55.5 17 04000 All Ginga 55 ................................. Scratched Emergencies: Gold Wedding, Single Girl, Zinika, La Danseur, Sunday’s News, Slack The Diver, All Ginga 8 3.28pm WWW.HAWKESBAYRACING.CO.NZ-4 SPRING PACKAGES R65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 1 Rocky th (3) 59................................J Riddell 2 50038 Ekko Beeches tm (2) 57.5..... N Teeluck (a3) 3 x0469 Kalgoorlie Bomber dm (10) 57 ....M Dravitzki (a1) 4 80092 The Mig (9) 57............................. B Lammas 5 26448 Mr Chez d (15) 56 ............... R Hutchings (a) 6 x5860 Gold Moet (5) 55.5 .............C Anderson (a4) 7 x10x7 Julieta d (11) 55 ............................D Bradley 8 x0549 Viceroy h (6) 55 .............................. J Parkes

9 7x947 Kayzed m (8) 54.5 ...........................R Myers 10 149x0 Lasting Touch (1) 54................. A Taylor (a2) 11 60x66 Gold Wedding (14) 54 ................. R Hannam 12 02869 Single Girl m (13) 54 13 x0009 Zinika d (7) 54 14 0000x La Danseur d (16) 54 15 27900 Sunday’s News dh (12) 54 16 05000 Slack The Diver m (4) 54.5 17 04000 All Ginga 54 ................................. Scratched Emergencies: Gold Wedding, Single Girl, Zinika, La Danseur, Sunday’s News, Slack The Diver, All Ginga 9 4.03pm JB ORGANICS SPRING CARNIVAL STARTS AUG 30TH R65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 04461 Archangel d (11) 59 .................A Jones (a3) 2 8x17x Bachelor Man dm (12) 59 ........... R Hannam 3 6x219 Danny Boy db (7) 58.5 ...................D Walker 4 4L77x Vice Marshall 58.5 ....................... Scratched 5 21x55 Fast ‘N’ Gorgeous (5) 57.5 .............. C Grylls 6 761x4 Mrs Clooney (3) 57.5 .................. B Lammas 7 05744 Supercede dm (2) 57.5 .................D Bradley 8 22120 Broadway Express b (1) 57 . R Hutchings (a) 9 x1733 Fashion Guru dm (4) 57 ................. J Parkes 10 53x39 Pure Blonde d (13) 56.5 ........ N Teeluck (a3) 11 9x218 Shez Bubbly dm (6) 56.5.................S Collett 12 9829x Caley Rose m (15) 56 13 89x33 Jackson Street d (14) 57.5 .............H Tinsley 14 1x00x Princess’ Jewel 55.5..................... Scratched 15 788x2 Fast Fiction m (10) 57 16 39924 Andalou (9) 55 17 05x00 Kontiki 57 ..................................... Scratched 18 5x867 Flying Fantasy b (8) 55.5 ..........T Wenn (a3)

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14 Velazquez (7) 58.5 .......................... C Grylls 15 Any Dene’ll Do h (9) 56.5 ................S Collett 16 Unreel 56.5 .................................. Scratched 17 Surreal Legend (8) 56.5 18 8 Caruso 58.5 ................................. Scratched 19 9 Hosea (4) 58.5 20 0 Lover Boy 58.5 ............................. Scratched Emergencies: Velazquez, Any Dene’ll Do, Unreel, Surreal Legend, Caruso, Hosea, Lover Boy 5 1.43pm WAIKATO STUD 1400M RATING 85 $8000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1400m 1 x5235 Aldebaran Star td (2) 59..................J Riddell 2 14085 Commett tdmh (7) 57.5 ....................S Doyle 3 27166 Gendarme d (1) 57.5........... R Hutchings (a) 4 7x7x7 Our White Knight dm (9) 57 ............ C Grylls 5 x5816 Polly Flinders dm (4) 55.5 ........... B Lammas 6 59x58 Red Mafia dm (6) 55.5 ....................R Myers 7 134x0 Esquina d (3) 55............................D Bradley 8 x9634 Heart Of Darkness dm (5) 54.5..M Cameron 9 2x108 Rani Aurora m (8) 54...................... J Parkes 6 2.18pm MANAWATU SOUND SERVICE SPRINT RATING 75 $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m 1 00612 Sir Kingwood tdm (2) 59 ................D Walker 2 20546 Snow Excuse dm (4) 58 ..................R Myers 3 33080 Absolutely Sacred d (1) 57.5.......... J Parkes 4 18x35 Passing Parade dmb (6) 57 R Hutchings (a) 5 2729x Darby Shaw m (3) 55.5 .............. M Dee (a1) 6 32018 Elysium dm (8) 55.5 ........................S Collett 7 x3217 Neutron Star dm (7) 55.5 ................ C Grylls 8 5130x Designated Driver 55 ................... Scratched 9 00x68 Whoopi Gee tdmh (5) 54.......... A Taylor (a2) 7 2.53pm DEAN ATKINS MILE RATING 65 $7000,

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Delivery of several stadiums was delayed almost to the eve of the competition, but 92 per cent of those questioned across six of the 12 venues gave high marks for comfort and security.

Brazil scrapped a swath of initially planned urban mobility schemes but 72

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Prior to the event there had been concerns as to whether Brazil’s ageing airport infrastructure could cope with more than 600,000 foreign fans and some three million domestic travellers. But 76 per cent found they had been able to fly around the country without difficulty.

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‘I’m a better person’ - Nonu It won’t be much consolation to the Blues, but Hurricanesbound Ma’a Nonu believes his time away from Wellington has made him a better person.

Nonu’s comments came following confirmation by the Hurricanes and Blues of one of rugby’s recent worst-kept secrets. Significantly, perhaps, they were preceded by a thanks to the Blues and coach John Kirwan for “giving me another chance to play Super Rugby”. He added his mentor had become a role model.

What went unsaid was the fact that the Blues and Kirwan were the only ones willing to take a risk on him.

The 32-year-old, who has refused to speak to the media for the past fortnight or so, said in hindsight being forced

out of the Hurricanes in 2011

by Mark Hammett and playing for the Blues, Highlanders and then the Blues again was one of the best things that could have happened to him.

“I could thank him in terms of what happened, really,” Nonu said of Hammett. “I could honestly say I was bitter when I left but these things happen and life throws you challenges ... I thought I came through a better person and with new motivations as well.

“I spent nine years with the Hurricanes and never left Wellington so ... being uncomfortable going to new cities was a way of growing as a person and as a player.”

Nonu’s move strengthens the Hurricanes’ backline significantly.

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www.guardianonline.co.nz CRYPTIC ACROSS 1. The things people do to create action-coups (11) 7. Stupefied at finding artist’s inspiration in bed (7) 9. Pace at which to get out and produce something for show (4) 11. Try a little discernment in social matters: that’s good! (5) 12. Apprehensive, say: confused at following a female French form (6) 14. Is deigning to climb down when among the Conservatives (11) 18. Prone to being the other way up? (6) 20. No end of luck, raw entrepreneurial beginners getting such wealth (5) 22. Refreshing places in opposing directions (4) 23. Baby hasn’t begun: small, curtailed, very bad!

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DOwn 1. Stone worker (5) 2. Short sleep (3) 3. Physical magnitude (4) 4. Astronomer (9) 5. Fall rapidly (7) 8. Rough, lacking refinement (6) 11. Satisfied (9) 13. Severe food shortage (6) 14. Reporters (inf) (7) 16. Behave in a playful manner (5) 18. Thumb through (4) 20. Dined (3)

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TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) Conquering the world is suddenly not as important as it was, with your focus shifting to a need to put down roots and anchor yourself.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) Jupiter’s first full day in your communication sector is the start of a remarkable chapter. Choose to start as you intend to go on.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) The start of the most potentially lucrative income year in over a decade is firstly about gaining a sense of entitlement across all your currencies.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) The first full day of a new 12 year Jupiter cycle needs to be embraced, with even the longest journey starting with one step.

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Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 3:00 pm, yesterday 183.3 Nth Ashburton at 3:00 pm, yesterday

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Waitaki Kurow at 3:00 pm, yesterday

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Mainly fine with morning cloud in the south.

Light winds.

Thursday, 17 July 2014

A southerly flow over the North Island weakens on Friday as a ridge gradually spreads across the country.

On Saturday, a low approaches the upper North Island from the west then moves away to the east on Sunday, directing a disturbed southerly flow over New Zealand.

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12:30 Sky Sport – What’s On 1pm Golf World 1:30 The Haney Project Michael Phelps.

2:30 The Golf Fix Host Michael Breed tackles viewer questions, demonstrates useful drills and takes a look at some of the most exciting shots from the weekend’s professional tour.

3:30 Golf – Playing Lessons Louis Oosthuizen.

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Full-bore shooter John Snowden, with his wife Coby, are acclimatising in Newbury, ahead of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this month.

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Shooter primed for games

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Six days out from the start of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, Mid Canterbury fullbore shooter John Snowden is settling into a nice rhythm in the northern hemisphere.

The defending Commonwealth Games champion has overcome jet leg and is getting in some valuable pre-games practice.

Snowden travelled to the United Kingdom with his family,

where they had time for plenty of sightseeing from their base in Newbury the first week, enjoying the sun and a few beers in the northern hemisphere summer.

Snowden and wife Coby then both had a shoot when they were invited to join the North London Club for a match against Canada at 900 and 1000 yardswhere we both top scored.

Snowden just edged out his wife for top score of the day.

He then continued into the

main competition, the British Rifle Association’s Imperial Meet which culminates with the Queen’s prize final on Saturday.

There are nearly 1200 shooters competing which is an incredible difference to the New Zealand comparison – the Ballinger Belt - which struggles to have 200 shooters.

In order to get the most of the week-long competition - and they are long days - Snowden and the other three New Zealand shooters are camping on

the Bisley range while the rest of the family is “slumming it” in a holiday house with pool, making the most of the English summer.

Snowden has achieved solid scores to date but plenty of shooters were getting perfect scores to keep him outside the top 50 heading into the final rounds.

Yesterday the leader was Parag Patel, England’s games competitor and the favourite to win the individual gold, so the

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Kiwis know what they will be up against.

The top 100 shooters contest the final on Saturday, with Snowden and the rest of the Kiwi contingent heading to Glasgow on Sunday.

Snowden and partner Mike Collings will also look to defend their pairs gold medal, as well as competing in the individual stakes, in the full-bore rifle shooting at Dundee, some two hours from Glasgow, starting on July 25.

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