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Young people and a cigarette lighter are believed to have been behind a fire at Rakaia School on Saturday which has outraged the school’s principal.

The fire, shortly after 3pm, destroyed a set of Eco-pod rubbish bins, nearby shrubs and a shade sail, but Rakaia School principal Mark Ellis said it could have been much worse.

“The fire brigade and the neighbours who called it in did a great job, but it’s disappointing that there are young people out there doing this sort of thing for fun,” Mr Ellis said.

Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade station officer Fred Clarkson confirmed the fire appeared to have been started by children playing with a lighter and setting fire to the rubbish bins.

“It had a very good hold and probably a dozen or more well established shrubs were involved,” Mr Clarkson said.

Mr Clarkson said firefighters could see the smoke as the fire appliance rolled out of the station and given they’d been called to a structure fire, they were worried.

Fortunately the fire did not spread to classrooms or build-

ings, but Mr Ellis said it could have easily done so.

Strong winds which battered the district at the weekend could have picked up embers and sent sparks towards the buildings.

“I’d estimate that something like this could be a $5000 fix, but the concern for the fire brigade boys was that it had the potential to get really get going,” Mr Ellis said.

Neighbours called the fire brigade and had the school gates open for appliances when they arrived, and Mr Ellis was grateful for their help, and that of members of the community who had pitched in to help clean up yesterday morning.

The biggest disappointment for him was that there were kids out there willing to do such damage to a school.

“And quite possibly their own school, in the sense that they could be former pupils of the school.,” Mr Ellis said.

“I’m just ropeable, it makes me so angry.”

Despite the fire, it will be business as usual at Rakaia School today with the bulk of the fire damage cleaned up and all classrooms operational.

Police are investigating the fire and anyone with information is asked to contact them on 3078400.

The charred remains of Rakaia School’s Ecopod rubbish bins, just metres from classrooms.

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Dylan announces tour Bob Dylan has marked his birthday by announcing a monthlong, 11-date tour of Australia and New Zealand. The Blowin’ in the Wind star, who turned 73 on Saturday, will play a series of relatively small venues during his first tour Down Under for more than 20 years. “Dylan is stepping away from playing large arenas, and instead draws the fans closer with performances in some of the most iconic theatre venues in the country,” said promoters Chugg Entertainment. “Some might say a deeply personal and welcoming atmosphere such as this is the most appropriate environment in which to share the work of Dylan. Fans can anticipate a musical event of depth, grace and significance, delivered by one of the greats.” The tour starts at the Claudelands Arena in Hamilton on August 9 before heading across the Tasman and ending in Christchurch on September 10.

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University Challenge comeback The long-running quiz show University Challenge is set to return after 25 years off the air and the University of Otago team is pulling out all the stops to take back the crown. The TVNZ quiz show, which ran from 1976 until 1989, will be back on the air at the end of this year, with filming set to take place in late June and early July. The Otago team for the modern iteration was selected after a rigorous 100-question general knowledge quiz, taken by about 200 students. Team captain Naomi Woods said living up to Otago’s legacy as the team with the best record - winning six of 14 editions - came with “a lot of pressure”.

Kim, Kanye wed in Florence Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are officially “Bound” to each other. The celebrity couple, who have made a habit of over-the-top, public displays of affection, got hitched at the weekend in a Renaissance fortress in Florence. E! Online reported the wedding party consisted of her sisters, while stepfather Bruce Jenner walked her down the aisle.

Andrea Bocelli and John Legend sang for the couple at the reception. The city’s mayor’s office had said a week earlier that the couple had rented Belvedere Fort for a wedding to be performed by a Protestant minister, adding a flurry of excitement in the entertainment world about the ceremony, which had been anticipated for months. In the days before the nuptials, the pair held court in Paris, parading in front of photographers for pre-wedding festivities.

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Tintin sets record An original page of drawings featuring the intrepid boy reporter Tintin has sold at auction for 2.5 million euros ($NZ3.98 million), a new world record for a comic strip. The piece, dating from 1937 and signed by the creator Herge, went to an American collector after 15 minutes of furious bidding at the Artcurial auction in Paris at the weekend. Experts said the sum reflects the new enthusiasm for cartoon items, which have seen prices soar in a decade. The piece sold yesterday is a double page ink drawing created by the Belgian artist for the inside cover of the Tintin adventures published between 1937 and 1958, featuring images drawn from the various albums. Tintin appears with his dog Snowy in different situations.

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■ CYCLING IN ASHBURTON

■ WILD WEATHER

Spotlight on cycle safety

Weather wreaks havoc around country

By Erin TaskEr

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Shorter days and cyclists failing to adhere to simple safety rules are a recipe for disaster, police say.

The warning from Methven police follows what they’re calling “a number of near misses” in the town recently and with the town’s population about to swell thanks to the ski season – bringing in both skifield workers and tourists - they are worried.

Methven Police Senior Constable Mike Seque said cyclists were less visible during the winter months and too many of them were not wearing helmets or high-visibility clothing and did not have lights on their bike.

“There’s a fine for the helmet of $55 and each light is another $55,” he said.

“But we don’t want to be handing out fines, we just want people to be doing the right thing.”

The call from Methven police comes as the Ashburton District Council, as part of its Know Your Way Around campaign, is asking for cyclists’ views on how safe they feel on the district’s roads.

Between 1998 and 2007 there were 36 cyclist crashes causing injury, according to the New Zealand Transport Authority, so council is putting out a survey in partnership with Bike Wise, a national organisation that promotes bike safety.

In Methven though, the issue is about safety and police are urging people to invest in good quality lights for both the front and back of their bikes.

Of particular concern was skifield workers using bikes early in the morning and in the evenings – before and after work.

Mr Seque said they needed to ensure they were being seen on the roads.

Police are also reminding motorists they have to share the road with cyclists and they needed to give them plenty of room when passing.

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Council wants your view on cycle safety

By Erin TaskEr

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The Ashburton District Council wants to know how safe cyclists feel on its roads.

As part of its Know Your Way Around campaign, it is asking cyclists to complete a survey on their views on cycle safety and cycle lanes in the district.

“Our cycling survey will give council insight into where cycle-ways are most needed, while feeding into council’s walking and cycling strategy,”

council’s projects officer Aileen Campbell said.

According to the New Zealand Transport Authority, between 1998 and 2007 there were 36 cyclist crashes causing injury in Mid Canterbury. So council is putting out its survey in partnership with Bike Wise, a national organisation that promotes bike safety.

Council urban contracts engineer Hernando Marilla said possible routes for new cycle lanes had been recommended to council by council contrac-

tors and they were taking this opportunity to also get cyclists’ input on cycle ways.

“The survey will help determine high use areas and ensure that the option chosen best meets the need of our residents,” Mr Marilla said.

Cyclists will be asked to indicate where they frequently cycle, where they would like a marked cycle lane and bike racks.

“By ensuring we have the right facilities in place for safe walking and cycling, we hope to

promote safer cycling, a more active lifestyle and reduction in the district’s carbon footprint,” Mr Marilla said.

Anyone who completes the survey goes in the draw to win one of eight Avanti packs worth $150, sponsored by Bike Wise.

The cycling surveys will be available at www.ashburtondc. govt.nz/kywa, all local bike retailers and the Ashburton Public Library.

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Lashings of snow and wind gusts up to 180km/h have sent temperatures plummeting in some areas, and a little of that chill will blow its way into Auckland this week.

A woman was almost crushed by a toppled shipping container as wind gusts of up to 120km/h wreaked havoc in the south.

The high winds returned last night, along with hail and snow showers, and conditions were expected to get colder with severe frosts predicted, including -13°C in Queenstown last night.

On Saturday, Ploni White was helping take items out of her family’s container when a gust ripped through Ravensbourne, Dunedin, with such force a nearby container began to fall towards her.

“It missed me by inches,” she said.

She crawled from behind the wreckage to discover her granddaughter sitting in her pram - unscathed - nearby.

“It it had fallen any other way, we both could have been squashed.”

The storm brought strong winds and heavy rain to Dunedin, and temperatures plummeted 10°C within minutes, from a high of 17°C. Emergency services were inundated with calls as strong winds brought down power lines and damaged poles, while power authorities scrambled to restore electricity to 1790 Dunedin consumers.

Last night, snow showers fell in Dunedin’s hill suburbs with MetService issuing a warning for snow and strong winds down to 500m in Otago and Southland, especially for the inland hills and the Catlins, to early this morning.

In Queenstown, steady rain fell yesterday, causing some surface flooding. Snow fell on skifields.

Further south, gusts caused bricks to collapse from the facade of the Work and Income building in Tay Street, Invercargill and the Bluff Oyster and Food Festival was cancelled because of heavy winds.

Power was cut to thousands of Wairarapa homes as the region was battered by gale force winds and heavy rain. - APNZ

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Council to hear submissions

By Myles HuMe

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The state of Mid Canterbury’s roads, wastewater system and kerbside collection are among the major concerns of draft annual plan submitters this week.

Today the Ashburton District Council begins a day-long hearing on the plan, which spells out how it intends to spend ratepayers’ money in the coming year.

Submissions cover a wide range of subjects with 22 of the 74 individuals or group representatives in total personally presenting their spending wish list today.

As the council contemplates an average 8 per cent rates rise, many of the 32 submissions on transport have signalled their support of the council’s proposal to spend an additional $1 million on the district’s roads, with half of that set to come from ratepayers.

The state of rural roads was of grave concern for many submitters, with suggestions residents in rural areas should contribute more, while others questioned the New Zealand Transport Agency’s commitment.

Ten submissions were divided on whether the council should introduce wheelie bins

under its kerbside collection review, with some questioning the potential cost to ratepayers.

The Ashburton wastewater system has also hit a nerve with some ratepayers in urban areas.

The Hakatere Marae featured among several organisations seeking funding assistance, with its committee asking for a $21,000 grant to cover its insurance and fire system maintenance costs.

The Multicultural Bite currently receives $5000 from the council, but its members will push for an increase to ensure its future, while Sport Mid Canterbury is requesting a $7000 increase to its $45,000 grant.

Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury will present a lengthy submission which covers its approval of increased spending on the district’s roads, but, along with several individual submitters, its disapproval of the “excessive” average rate rise.

Mid Canterbury Hockey wants the council to seal the domain track and the removal of four trees as fallen pine needles threaten the quality of the turf.

The one-day hearing begin at 9.15am, with the council set to break off for annual plan deliberations tomorrow.

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‘Tight’ election Prime Minister John Key is predicting a “tight and tough” election, with the Government up against a “left wing block” of parties. Mr Key told more than 250 party faithful at a conference in Hamilton yesterday that National could not be lulled into a false sense of security by high polling numbers ahead of the September 20 general election. He said National was not just up against the lower polling Labour but also its left counterparts including the Greens, New Zealand First and Mana. “The real risk for us is to underestimate just how close this election will be.”

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Concern for woman Concerns are held for the safety of a Queenstown woman who has been missing for a few days.

The police search for Renee Lisa Barrett, 42, has extended from the Kelvin Heights area of Queenstown to now include a search of the edge of Lake Wakatipu. Ms Barrett’s vehicle was found in Kelvin Heights, but she hasn’t been seen since before the weekend. Police, Queenstown and Wanaka Land Search and Rescue members and the Queenstown Harbour Master are all involved in the search - with around 30 staff involved.

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Duck hunter arrested A man found duck hunting in a wildlife reserve has been arrested.

Porirua Police said they responded to reports of shots being heard at Pauatahanui Inlet and found the man shooting ducks in a wildlife reserve near a residential area.

Police said firearms charges were being considered against him.

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Netherby School principal Andrew Leverton will miss his staff, pupils and their parents when he moves on to Geraldine Primary School at the end of the term.

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Principal leaves Netherby in good heart

By Myles HuMe

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Departing Netherby School principal Andrew Leverton will have 200 more children on his hands along with more staff and parents to deal with, but he is excited about what is to come.

Mr Leverton is moving on to head Geraldine Primary School, meaning the popular principal will end his five-year tenure at the end of this term.

When speaking to Mr Leverton his bond to the 130-pupil school is obvious, and breaking

that will make leaving all that much harder.

“This is a promotion to a bigger school (330 pupils) and a chance for new and different challenges. I will miss Netherby, I have really enjoyed it here; the interaction with the staff and children in particular as well as the parents,” he said.

The “family focused” Netherby School has the ethnic diversity like no other school he has worked at before with Maori and Pacific pupils making up almost 60 per cent of the roll.

At Geraldine those two groups

account for just 11 per cent of the roll.

“That’s made being here a really valuable experience, and the way in which children from all cultures come together alongside each other and develop an appreciation for all cultures is great at Netherby, and I think they will come out all the richer for that,” he said.

Every school came with its own challenges, but “fortunately at Netherby School they have been few and far between”.

When looking into a classroom today compared with five

years ago, Mr Leverton sees some major changes, particularly in the way schools have embraced the use of tablets and laptops for several aspects of their learning.

During his time there has also been a lot of work done on the curriculum, along with the development of the Netherby Pride values and the initiation of the Positive Behaviour for Learning initiative.

He is confident the school will be left in good hands with the board of trustees expected to appoint a new principal soon.

Police in Christchurch attended four out-of-control student parties at Riccarton addresses on Saturday night. Inspector Murray Hurst said police were called when the behaviour of the party-goers turned disorderly. “They were playing up, there’s no two ways about it. They were student parties with bonfires or couch-fires and the fire service were called and we were called,” Mr Hurst said.

He said he couldn’t confirm that police officers had bottles thrown at them.

- APNZ

Struck by vehicle A four year-old Manurewa boy who was struck by a passing vehicle on Saturday later died in Middlemore Hospital. Kingi Te Ao Reneti was playing with friends outside his home when he was hit by a car around 12.50pm on Saturday, police said. Police are investigating the crash and said the driver of the vehicle had been co-operating with their investigation.

- APNZ

Lotto results Official Lotto results for draw number 1407 drawn on Saturday.

Winning numbers (in ascending order): 10, 14, 16, 22, 24, 35.

Bonus number: 6.

Powerball winning number: 8.

Strike: 22, 35, 10, 24.

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■ 40 HOUR FAMINE

Students go without life’s ‘necessities’

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At 2pm yesterday, Ash McBride was finally able to sit down and eat for the first time in 40 hours.

She hadn’t been able to do either all weekend as her vow for this year’s 40 Hour Famine was to go without food and furniture – two everyday things that people in countries like New Zealand can take for granted.

This year’s famine was all about raising money and awareness of the plight of people in Malawi.

So for 40 hours Ash ate nothing but barley sugars and nsima – a maize flower and water mixture common in Malawi – and for two nights she did away with her bed.

“I slept on the floor and haven’t been able to use any tables or anything like that,” she said.

The head of Ashburton College’s student welfare committee, Ash was in charge of the school’s 40 Hour Famine fundraising which included Slave

Day – a day where students and teachers were auctioned off to raise money for the cause.

The school gave out 150 famine packs and Ash was hoping they had raised around $5000.

While the 40 Hour Famine was once solely about going without food, these days participants took it further by going without some of life’s new ‘necessities’.

For many, it’s about going for 40 hours without technology, while Ash had also heard of someone who had spent 40 hours in a wheelchair.

For her, it was harder to go without food than furniture, although she did accidentally break the no furniture rule the odd time.

“I have, quite a few times, just sat on a chair without realising.

Force of habit I guess,” she said.

So, once her 40 hours were up and she was able to eat again, what was her first meal? She was working so it was a packed lunch of sandwiches and rice that her mum had made for her.

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■ WILD WEATHER

Mid Canty escapes unscathed

By Erin TaskEr

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Strong winds and wintry weather hit much of the country at the weekend, but Mid Canterbury appears to have escaped relatively unscathed.

Electricity Ashburton reported no major power outages due to the wind and on Mt Hutt, where winds gusted in excess of 200km/h at times, a trailer appeared to have been the only victim of the weather.

Mt Hutt Ski Area manager James McKenzie said he hadn’t been up the mountain yesterday but it was “blowing and snowing”.

“We’ve had quite a sustained period of north-west, from about Wednesday night,” he said.

“We had a top wind speed of about 210km/h at the top of the summit; it’s been pretty unrelenting.”

But the only victim appeared to have been a contractor’s trailer, blown out of the carpark in the high winds.

Mr McKenzie said the bad weather’s timing hadn’t been great, because they’d been in the final throws

of work on the Triple Chair, which would be commissioned this week.

“The big concern for me was getting the Triple Chair ready to go,” he said.

But they’d got there and would now do some final tests, put the chairs back on, and it would be ready to roll.

Now the mountain just needs snow, with less than two weeks to go until opening day on June 7.

A dump of snow earlier in May had disappeared but the ski area’s snow making guns were fired up for the first time this season last week, and they were due to start pumping out some snow again last night.

“We should be making snow for the next 36 to 48 hours provided the wind isn’t too strong,” Mr McKenzie said.

The weather forecast for the rest of the week looked to provide more ideal snowmaking opportunities.

“Fingers crossed we will get to the start of the season and have something we can offer people, or we will have to start doing some snow dances or something,” he said.

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Three Southland Sharks National Basketball League players are facing assault charges after a punch-up outside a New Plymouth bar that is being described as unprovoked, cowardly and disgusting.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the fight, which took place about 2.30am this morning, in front of the Crowded House bar on Devon Street.

Three Sharks’ players - aged 19, 21 and 28 - have been charged with assault with intent to injure, and have been ordered to appear in the New Plymouth District Court on Wednesday.

Crowded House bar manager Max O’Leary said it was a vicious attack that left one bouncer unconscious, and other bar staff nursing heavy knocks and nasty cuts.

“It was a cowardly attack. It’s absolutely disgusting behaviour from supposedly professional sportspeople.”

About six Sharks players were becoming aggressive because one of them did not have identification and was being denied entry to bars, he said.

“One of the players got really aggressive to door staff ... he came back and apologised to him, and started to rehash the argument. And then king-hit him across the face, totally unprovoked.

“When that happened, a couple of the other guys came running in and started getting into the bouncer who had collapsed to the ground, kicking him while

he was down. We had another bouncer get knocked out. When I turned to help, one of them came at me and punched me right in the sternum. He then backed up and started kicking a bouncer, who was on the ground, in the head. They’re big, tall guys, using their reach, running in using jabs to the head, and then running back out.”

Mr O’Leary said he had no knowledge of bar staff returning punches.

“We were trying to defend ourselves, or restrain, waiting for police to arrive.”

The players then ran off in two groups, and were picked up later by police, he said.

Mr O’Leary said he went to hospital to have his chest checked out, and was cleared to go home. Others were checked at the bar, and did not have serious injuries. The man who was allegedly knocked out regained consciousness quickly, he said.

“He was pretty groggy, but he is fine today. There are few sore bodies and heads around today, that’s for sure. It could have been a lot worse.”

He said the players seemed “pretty sober” because they could not gain entry to any bars to celebrate their last-second win over the Taranaki Mountain Airs.

Video footage of the attack had been handed to police, he said.

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■ MID CANTERBURY GRAPE HARVEST

■ DRONE VIGIL

Trying season for vineyard

Dotcom at drone protest

By Erin TaskEr

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A season which was on a knife edge hasn’t turned out too bad at CharRees Vineyard.

A team of pickers spent Saturday morning picking the last of the grapes – the Riesling grapes - to be sent to the winemarkers in Waipara and CharRees owner Charlie Hill hoped the winemaker would be as happy with the latest harvest, as he had been with the pinot noir and pinot gris.

Wind the clock back a month and Mr Hill didn’t even know if he’d have grapes to take to the winemaker.

Like most of the district’s specialist seed growers, an unusually cool and wet start to the year had wrecked havoc with Mr Hill’s grapes and only a vast, quick improvement in the weather was going to save the 2014 harvest from being abandoned.

Fortunately the weather did turn in the Hills’ favour and the pinot noir and pinot gris was picked.

“The winemaker’s happy with the fruit we have taken up there and that’s the main thing,” Mr Hill said.

“He said the pinot noir was some of the best he had seen this year.”

The Riesling grapes were more resilient and Mr Hill was hoping they’d also harvest well at the end of what had been a trying season.

“It’s been a hell of a season, nothing has really gone to plan.

“But we’ve got something and I believe it will make nice wine. It’s been an average season but the proof will be in the bottle.”

When the Guardian spoke to Mr Hill mid-April the grapes were getting too much water and starting to swell and split, but they managed to harvest them.

“We got the pinot noir off on the Saturday and the Sunday and on the Monday we had nearly 4.5 inches of rain, so we were very thankful,” Mr Hill said.

Riesling grapes were resilient and Mr Hill was hopeful the last of the harvest would be a success.

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Isabel and Campbell McArthur help clear the vines of Riesling grapes during the last of CharRees Vineyard’s harvest at the weekend.

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Internet Party founder Kim Dotcom was among around 30 protesters participating in a candlelight vigil outside John Key’s house in Auckland last night highlighting what they say is New Zealand’s complicity in America’s drone strike programme.

The protesters said they were commemorating “the numerous deaths of civilians and the illegal killing of ‘supposed’ terrorists, including New Zealander Daryl Jones - killed by the US drone strike programme”.

“Through the GCSB’s involvement in the five eyes program, New Zealand, led by John Key, is sharing intelligence with the US intelligence that supports and in some part enables US drone operations to go ahead,” vigil co-organiser Eva Wrassky said.

“John Key has described these killings, which American journalist Jeremy Scahill reports includes more than 1000 civilians, as justified, but they are anything but justified. Extrajudicial killings are executions without trial and a total breach of the rules of law in any democratic state and the International Geneva conventions.”

Part-way into the vigil one of the electric gates at Mr Key’s Parnell home opened and an Audi hatchback drove away, seemingly unnoticed by the protesters.

Four police officers were present at the vigil but did not intervene. Veteran activists Jon Minto and Penny Bright were among the crowd and were joined mid-way through the vigil by Martyn Bradbury and Dotcom.

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■ ASHBURTON ZONE COMMITTEE

Water management issues to be addressed The establishment of a working party to address water management issues in the lower Hinds plains area will be on the agenda when the Ashburton Zone Committee meets tomorrow.

The committee will begin the meeting by reviewing the draft Terms of Reference for the Hinds Drains Working Party.

The working party is necessary to develop recommendations in relation to the lower

Hinds plains area, which were not covered in the committee’s Zone Implementation Programme (ZIP).

Working with the community and stakeholders, it will look at flows, drainage, water takes, and in-stream habitats to develop a programme.

The committee will also receive an update from Environment Canterbury on infrastructure developments in the

Ashburton and nearby SelwynWaihora and Orari-Opihi-Pareora zones.

Key projects in these zones include the Targeted Stream Augmentation project in Selwyn-Waihora, the Rakaia and Rangitata node developments, and the Ashburton Zone Managed Aquifer Recharge.

The committee will then consider a new application for a planting and fencing project for

Immediate Steps biodiversity funding.

The Immediate Steps programme funds projects to protect ecosystems and to conserve indigenous freshwater diversity.

Zone committees decide the priorities for each zone and distribute the funding.

To date, the committee has approved around $300,000 in Immediate Steps funding.

There is still around $200,000

available – if you have a project that could benefit from Immediate Steps funding search Immediate Steps at www.ecan.govt.nz or phone Environment Canterbury on 0800 324 636.

The Ashburton Zone Committee meeting will be held at the Masonic Lodge on Havelock Street, starting at 1.30pm tomorrow.

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■ WATER MATTERS FORUM

Plenty to debate at water forum

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

Nutrients, poo and toilet paper all featured in the debate during a water forum in Geraldine yesterday.

The Water Matters Forum attracted a wide cross section of the community from both sides of the Rangitata River, including a significant number of farmers.

The panel was made up of freshwater ecologist and scientist Dr Mike Joy, Federated Farmers dairy chairperson Willy Leferink, Canterbury medical officer of health Dr Alistair Humphrey, IrrigationNZ chairman John Donkers and economist Geoff Simmons, from the Morgan Foundation.

After initial introductions, questions were fielded from the audience.

Calls for a moratorium on the use of nitrogen until the nutrient run-off problem can be measured and a solution to the problems it causes in waterways drew a mixed response from the panellists.

However, all agreed that continuing down current path of intensifications was not an option.

Mr Leferink said communities needed to consider the social and economic factors, as well as the environment.

Dr Joy said cleaning up the economic aspects would

be more easily achieved than dealing with the environmental ramifications.

“There is a real lack of understanding of the issues,” he said.

He called for universities to take an independent role in providing science of the story, rather than relying on fertiliser companies.

Geraldine GP Diana Scott raised the issue of health impacts, saying the incidence of bowel cancer in the district was twice as high as the rest of the country, coupled with a high incidence of gut infections, and irritable bowel syndrome.

Many of the infections were coming from worm eggs, which were found in “poo”, she said.

Meeting facilitator Jane Demeter suggested a survey of toilet paper usage to ascertain the level of gut infections in the district.

Dr Humphrey confirmed rural communities were more vulnerable to infections.

“Chlorine does work, but treatment is not the answer,” he said.

“We need to work with farmers to develop water strategies.”

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■ LOCAL RADIO

In brief

Radio listeners seek local voice

By Erin TaskEr

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Radio listeners missing their local news and flavour in the morning after Classic Hits became The Hits should tune in to Port FM, the station’s general manager says.

Port FM Music Network general manager Brent Birchfield said although his station’s breakfast show was broadcast from Timaru, it included Mid Canterbury news and views.

“We have a bit of local news for Ashburton and local weather, and any information that comes to hand,” he said.

Loyal followers of The Hits DJ Phill “Hoops” Hooper are up in arms after the station changed its name from Classic Hits and moved Hoops from the 6am to 9am breakfast slot to the 9am to 3pm slot.

A Bring Back Hoops petition is being circulated and a Bring Back Hoops Facebook page has been started. Organisers of the petition plan to take it to The Hits’ management.

Mr Birchfield said he felt sorry for Hoops, but he was also making the most of the oppor-

tunities the changeover had provided his station.

“I just can’t understand the Radio Network and what they’re doing.

“I understand how Hoops must be feeling and there’s no animosity, it’s just a shame that they have done what they have done.”

Hoops’ breakfast show has been replaced by a national show featuring Polly Gillespie and Grant Kereama and Mr Birchfield said, like many members of the public, he felt they were out of touch with the South Island.

He said Port FM already had 27,000 listeners and he was expecting that to keep growing.

“People are jumping ship in droves,” Mr Birchfield said.

Port FM’s local voice is Bex Carr, who presents a 10am until 2pm show featuring local news, views and interviews, Mr Birchfield said.

He said Port FM had “had it tough” competing against Classic Hits in the past but people were now starting to appreciate Port FM more.

“And we are not going anywhere,” he said.

A 34-year-old Hawea man has died after the car he was driving flipped several times on Cemetery Road, Hawea Flat. Police said initial investigations suggested the Toyota Land Cruiser flipped several times after the driver overcorrected when the car drifted into a gravel verge. Police said no other vehicles were involved and the driver was the only person in the car when the crash occurred between 1am and 2.30am yesterday. The crash is still being investigated by police.

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Crash victim dies A 19-year-old who suffered critical injuries after being hit by a car near Gore last Saturday night has died. Brodie Carroll from Gore has died in Dunedin Hospital after being hit by a car on the Waimea Highway, State Highway 94, last Saturday night. He was flown by helicopter to Dunedin Hospital following the crash, and did not recover from his injuries. Police said the investigation in to the crash is continuing, and it was too early to say whether charges would be laid.

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Fears grow for missing mother

By BrEndan Manning Appeals for information surrounding the disappearance of a missing Auckland mother-of-two are continuing, 24 hours after she was due home.

Blesilda Gotingco, known as Blessie, was last heard from at 6.21pm on Saturday when she spoke to her adult son to say she would be leaving her job at Tower Insurance in Auckland’s CBD about 7pm to catch a bus home.

Her son then went to work, and Mrs Gotingco’s adult daughter, who works late shifts, arrived home about 3.15am to find her mother was not home as expected.

She contacted her two brothers and they notified police around 3.30am.

Waitemata police Detective Senior Sergeant Stan Brown today said police had serious concerns for Mrs Gotingco, 56.

He said her daughter tracked Mrs Gotingco’s mobile phone via its inbuilt locater system, and found it was polling a short distance from their home on Salisbury Rd, Birkdale.

She went along the road where she found it, along with some more of her mother’s personal items, and immediately notified police about 5.40am.

“We obviously want to hear of any sightings of Blessie since 7pm last evening,” Mr Brown said.

She is of medium to slim build, about 5’3” tall and has dark shoulder-length hair.

She was last seen wearing a white top and and light coloured trousers.”

The circumstances of Mrs Gotingco’s

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disappearance and the location of some of her belongings gave rise to serious concerns for her safety, Mr Brown said.

Residents near the cordoned scene had been asked to search their properties for anything that may have been out of place.

3 News reported a neighbour saying she heard loud and frightened screams about 8pm, followed by the sound of a loud “low-

slung” car driving away.

Mr Brown said it was unknown what had happened to Mrs Gotingco after she got off the bus.

“We actually don’t know what happened after that. Blessie was a family woman and she was reported missing by one of her adult children who she lives with.

“They’re very concerned about what’s happening with Blessie at the moment.”

Mrs Gotingco’s personal belongings, including her shoes were later found in disarray, Mr Brown said.

“It actually may have been a tragic accident. She may have have been knocked down by a motorist going too fast.

“There could be a car somewhere in a carport or in a car shed, or something more sinister ... we don’t know,” Mr Brown said.

“We’d like people that have information to please come forward to the police.

“She could be laying injured somewhere, she may need the help of that phone call.”

Police were considering whether Mrs Gotingco had crawled away somewhere or was lying injured under a house, “versus the worst-case scenario - someone removed her in a vehicle, which is also a possibility.”

Mrs Gotingco’s children were “distraught” and were being supported by Victim Support, Mr Brown said. “They are beside themselves to say the least.”

Mr Brown appealed for anyone with information regarding Mrs Gotingco to contact Waitemata CIB on 09 213 7890 [must dial the 09].

Anonymous information can go to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

A woman was assaulted when two men allegedly armed with a knife and a shotgun entered an Auckland house in the early hours of yesterday morning, and a shot was fired.Police said two men entered a house in Cortina Place, Pakuranga, allegedly armed with a knife. A woman at the house was assaulted, police said, and the burglars left. A male from the house chased the offenders, who fired a firearm, believed to be a shotgun. Police said no one was hurt when the shotgun went off.

Police are seeking anyone with information that could help identify the offenders.

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Money for refugees The Government is putting $1.4 million extra a year for four years towards helping newly arrived refugees to learn to drive and access community services in New Zealand. Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse said the funding would be for the refugees’ first year in New Zealand.

“We have an enviable reputation internationally for our work in resettling refugees from the world’s trouble spots and this extra money will ensure that refugees will continue to get the excellent level of help and support they need to settle into their new country.”

Fundraising dinner Lord of the Rings star Bruce Hopkins will front a fundraising dinner in memory of murdered teenager Christie Marceau. The veteran Kiwi actor, who played Gamling in Sir Peter Jackson’s hit movie trilogy, will host the inaugural Turquoise in Heaven charity gala in Auckland next month. It is hoped the event will raise $15,000 for the Christie Marceau Charitable Trust. Two young people will receive scholarships to an Outward Bound course - something Christie had wanted to do. The 18-year-old university student died in 2011 after Akshay Chand stabbed her.

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OUR VIEW

Children need our protection Erin Tasker

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he story of a four-yearold boy killed after being hit by a car on the road outside his home in Auckland at the weekend should be taken as a tragic warning by parents.

This was a child playing outside with friends and somehow he’s come to be on the road and has been hit by a car with horrific consequences for his family.

No road is safe for children and they should never be used as a playground, no matter how busy or quiet they are. These things can happen in any street, in any town.

The other day I was driving down an Ashburton street and saw a young child – he would have been lucky to have been two – on the footpath. He was standing next to the gate of the drive way – a closed gate.

He wasn’t big enough to open it, but another child – who would have been lucky to be four – came and opened it for him.

My question though, was what was a child that age doing on the footpath on his own, on the wrong side of a closed gate? There didn’t appear to be an adult around, just the two children.

Children are unpredictable, we all know that. That child could easily have just wandered out onto the road. I saw him and was cautious, but he wasn’t very big and another motorist might not have been as observant and tragedy could well have ensued.

Too many children in this country are dying in situations that can be so easily avoided, whether it be being hit by cars in their own driveways, or on quad bikes on farms.

The lesson from each of these tragedies is simple; children and vehicles no matter how big or powerful, don’t mix.

Parents need to take the lead here and know where their children are at all times because no family wants to go through what so many families already have this year.

Every child is precious and they need our protection.

YOUR VIEW Second bridge I feel that the problem of the second bridge is too big for a small town like Ashburton and should be referred to the Ministry of Transport. After all, it concerns everybody who uses the SH1 and not just those who live here.

JM **** I was at the meeting of the second bridge debate on Thursday and I would like to ask Councillor Nelson why his change of “Conflict of Interest” since last November’s bridge debate meeting? Was his sister-in-law and husband not affected by the bridge and road decission at that time?

Also why did Councillor McLeod not notify the Mayor at that time of the so-called “Conflict of Interest” by Councillor Nelson, as he did against

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Councillor Urquhart? Strange that Councillor Nelson has all of a sudden decided that he has a “Conflict of Interest” and yet he was a signitory of the email to the Mayor against Councillor Urquhart.

If these matters were brought to the table last November then the outcome of that meeting could have been vastly different to what it was and all this heartache to the landowners could have been avoided.

Councillor Urqhuart spoke extremely well on his so-called “Conflict of Interest” that was lodged against him at last Novembers meeting. I congratulate him on having the guts to speak out as he did.

It seems to me that the placement of the second bridge has been a forgone conclusion by some of the councillors, as land that will be affected by the road has already been purchased.

Should the purchase of such properties not have been held

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off until after the meeting last Thursday?

I myself firmly believe that the meeting was highjacked so Mayor McKay could once again have the casting vote and once that was inevitable I am sure everyone knew exactly what the outcome was going to be.

Thank you to those councillors who voted against the

placement of the Second Bridge Proposal.

Mill Creek It’s not an arty museum or a second bridge but do any of you councillors know who looks after Mill Creek east of Davis Crescent please?

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Ruth Dyson on the campaign trail in Ashburton, a few years back.

issues and avoids the sound and fury of gutter politics, protected at every turn by the flawed doctrine of “Parliamentary Privilege”. As Labour and the yapping minor Parties seem recently to have discovered such antics are less than productive as they have emerged with lower poll ratings after their sustained and noisy vendetta against Ms Collins while National’s seems barely to have been affected.

The Great New Zealand public yearns for leaders of genuine dignity and wisdom rather than the tittle-tattle tactics of many of the current incumbents of the Beehive.

Terminal mud-slingers should stay well away.

Now, we have even been treated to the unedifying spectacle of two members, originally of the same party, insulting each other when Mr Peters made reference to what seemed to be some sort of similarity between Mr Horan

and the late, now heartily reviled, Jimmy Savile. Even other members in the chamber at the time were visibly disgusted by the remark despite the Speaker initially missing the point.

Later, it was also revealed a Green List MP - the only kind there are in Parliament at present - Ms Logie, had “tweeted” - odiously - an unacceptable double entendre in which she drew comparisons between Mr English’s six budgets and the creation of his six children. She then claimed she had completely failed to realise how unsuitable was her comment thus illustrating more of her own inadequacy than supposedly that of anyone else.

Whether in the House under the protective cloak of “Parliamentary Privilege” or via the ubiquitous channels of “social media”, members should be “honour-bound” - now there’s an echo from the distant past - to keep their personal criticisms relevant, amusing and, if

at all possible, witty. Only then will the voters-at-large really have any time for them.

Coming up, an issue that will sorely test that ideal combination of parliamentary attributes; it seems that in the run-up to the September 20 election the “Race Card” will, for once, be played not only by the everpresent Winston Peters but also by others who will wish to get across their view there are too many “foreigners” coming to live in NZ, buying houses all over the place and keeping “real Kiwis” homeless. (Though they may not want to put it quite as baldly as that.) This matter looks like becoming even more pertinent with the unexpected return of many disenchanted New Zealanders for whom the land on the other side of the Tasman has turned out not to be so green after all.

Its potential for foot-inmouth, ill-chosen words, tweets, twits or merely tricks, is considerable.

Without hope, we have nothing ‘But as for me, I will always have Hope’ - Psalm 71v14 With the news coverage of the suicide of Charlotte Dawson, the TV celebrity in Australia, it has catapulted this sensitive subject back into the spotlight.

On many suicide notes the words hopelessness prevail as the main feelings behind the situation.

Without hope we have nothing, hope is trusting that circumstances and things in our life will change.

I looked at the meaning of hope: To trust in, wait for, look for, or desire something or

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yson not to be one of Labour’s List MPs, screams headline. Veteran Port Hills MP prefers “all or nothing”. Could this brave decision by long-serving Ruth be a welcome straw in the wind blowing through the system which might convey to wouldbe MPs that in the eyes of the voting public the List MP has always lacked the mana of the real one, the one who has had the courage to front up to the voters and appeal directly for their support. And even, like a current (just) MP, been prepared - if strictly necessary - to have a bucket of manure thrown over them.

Of particular scorn has always been the failed electorate candidate who, having been rejected - often overwhelmingly - by her potential constituents, has snuck back into Parliament, there to sit comfortably - conscience apparently untroubled - upon her marino-covered, parliamentary “Lay-z-Boy”. To have the temerity to do that has always seemed to me like the defeated candidate enjoying the last laugh, along the lines of, “You can’t keep me out of the House whether you want to or not. So there!” In my book, you are either a bona fide, fully qualified representative of your chosen electorate, or you are not. To have a bob each way is one of the several unappealing faces of MMP. So let’s hope Ruth Dyson’s noble example catches on and we can, one day, have a fully representative, elected Parliament, which discusses real

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someone; or to expect something beneficial in the future.

When I looked into the word hope on a more biblical level, it means to trust. We must trust in God for all the things we hope for. God knows the desires of our heart, without hope there is no faith. To hope we need to trust, to trust we need to have faith.

Hope is an important necessity to life, a gift that God wants

us to have. If you want to carry on through times of sadness and smile through your tears, then you need hope.

When things aren’t going well we often say ‘I hope tomorrow is better’ - this is why when things aren’t going well we hope for better, it’s a reminder that it’s not the end of the world.

Jeremiah said in 29v11: ‘For I know the plans I have for you says the Lord, plans to prosper you, not to harm you, plans to give you Hope and a future’.

When I typed in the word Hope and looked at images, an anchor symbol came with a lot

of the sayings and quotes which got me thinking about water.

If you’re anchored in Hope, you can’t drown in despair.

When I looked into this further I found out an interesting fact. The anchor was a symbol that Christians used in Roman times to hide the cross so they wouldn’t get persecuted for their faith.

Be encouraged to stay steadfast and firm in hope like an anchor is in a storm. Trust in God, have Faith and Hope in all you do!

Louise Duke is an intern at the New Life Church

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Message from the Principal Board of Trustees News Kia ora and Greetings This newsletter has both sombre and celebratory tones.

On the sombre side is the very clear commitment we have to do our best for our students with regard to both their learning and their well-being.

Our College and staff do a lot to ensure our students’ welfare and safety. For this reason, like many of you, I was very happy to see Parliament make synthetic cannabis illegal. In the same way, I am very concerned by the risks to young people, some of whom may be our students that the Ashburton Guardian has been describing recently.

As a community Mid-Canterbury is very caring and supportive of its young people. This is evident in numerous ways, ranging from the large number of young people employed in part-time work in our economy to the recent celebrations of the Mid-Canterbury Sports Awards. However, I have a very simple plea: if you are aware of behaviours or people who are putting our young people at risk of abuse or harm please contact the Police or the relevant social agency. Our young people need our help and guidance as they grow up, and they also deserve our protection.

This week we also celebrate the success of some of our students and showcase their successes across a range of areas. Some of our Pasifika students were involved in the recent Pasifika Speech Contest and we are looking forward to the Spacifically Pacific Canterbury Supreme Awards tomorrow evening.

On Thursday night we celebrate the ‘spoken word’ in our annual festival.

Next week has a large number of events, including our road safety focus day for Year 12 students and Year 11 Parent-Caregiver-Teacher interviews, both on Thursday. The week ends with our choirs competing in the Big Sing Competition in Christchurch.

Winter sports are now underway, with everything from Chess to Rugby and Netball in full swing. The hundreds of our students involved in these activities are a credit to our College and community. However, this week, I would like to make special mention of our Press Cup 1st XV which is rebuilding after some changes and improving from week to week.

Alongside, our Senior Netball team has qualified for SuperNet (top ten teams in the Christchurch wider region) and have done so in superb fashion. Additionally, we have our simply stunning Girls’ 1st XV Rugby Team, which has built on their successes and experiences last season and which is so far undefeated in all of their games, winning hard-contested games by significant margins.

There is much about our young people we can and should be proud of.

Cheers, Grant McMillan, Principal

In my previous newsletter I acknowledged those people behind the scenes who assist students in their activities. It is always good news when those people are acknowledged publicly for those efforts.

At the recent Mid Canterbury Sports Awards several of our students received awards for their achievements and are to be congratulated. However, it was very pleasing to see Trevor Cochrane receive the Robilliard Trophy for his dedication to coaching. So many young athletes have been influenced by Trevor over the years and it is fitting that his passion, hard work and dedication has been acknowledged. Trevor is a College Teaching Staff Member and Head of the Physical Education and Health Faculty.

As well as sport, the College has recently run its hugely popular Lip Sync event, and also the College production Fame is in full rehearsal mode. When this newsletter comes to press, the College Stage Challenge team will have performed/competed in Christchurch and I am sure will have acquitted themselves admirably. And, completing this busy schedule, will be our Festival of the Spoken Word being held on 29 May – so a lot is happening within the College at this time.

At a recent Board Meeting Deirdre McCracken, Professional Development Advisor from Auckland University, spoke to us regarding her work within the College. She has been working with teaching staff concentrating on further developing teaching practise and professional development. This has involved assisting teachers to become even more effective in the classroom. Overall she has reported that she has found College to be very welcoming to ideas and assistance.

With three months to go till the Mid-Term Board elections I encourage those parents who have not yet considered putting their names forward for election to start thinking seriously – we have a very supportive Board in place with some sound structures. To find out more information feel free to talk to any Board Member or contact the Board’s Secretary, Sheena Tyrrell, who will be only too happy to give you any information required.

David Rush, Chairperson

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Thursday 05 June: Year 11 Tuesday 10 June: Year 12 and 13 Booking Your Interview Time We encourage you to book your interview time on-line.

If you don’t have an on-line facility you can still book by contacting the College Office (308 4193).

Bookings Open: Today, Monday 26 May for Year 11-closing noon Wednesday 04 June.

Friday 30 May for Years 12 and 13-closing noon, Monday 09 June.

Transition Department News Liaison Visits - refer College E-Newsletter CPIT ‘Have A Go Day’ – Careers Information For Year 12 & 13 students – Friday 13 June.

Students interested in attending must register with Mrs Crouchley, at the Transition Office between 9:30am - 12:30pm, or see her at the Main Office outside these hours.

Registrations must be received by Tuesday lunchtime, 27 May.

Each year NZQA organises a touring art exhibition featuring New Zealand’s top Secondary School Visual Art Portfolios. All of the thirty students with work on display gained Excellence for their work at NCEA Level 3 in 2013.

Hosted by Ashburton College the exhibition is on display at the Domain Pavilion, Walnut Avenue: Tuesday - Thursday, 27-29 May; 9:00am - 5:00pm daily.

Late night Wednesday until 7:00pm. Admission is free.

Festival of the Spoken Word This Thursday 29 May, 7:00pm, College Auditorium Friends and families welcome.

Tickets: $5:00, available at the College Office from Monday 26 May.

Tertiary Information Sessions/Open Days These are held at their campus, for students and parents/caregivers.

• Auckland University (held in Christchurch) - Tuesday 27 May (please note date change).

• CPIT - Thursday 19 June, 3:00 – 6:00pm; Also Broadcasting - Monday 30 June, Thursday 17 July; Nursing - Tuesday 05 August.

• Victoria University (held in Christchurch) - Thursday 03 July.

• University of Canterbury Open Day - Thursday 10 July.

• Lincoln University Open Day - Wednesday 16 July.

• Massey University Open Days Manawatu Campus Wednesday 06 August; Albany Campus Friday 16 August.

Wellington Campus Friday 29 August.

• Victoria University ‘Study @ Vic Day’ - Friday 29 August.

• Auckland University Open Day - Saturday 30 August.

Information International Students - Hosting Opportunities Ashburton College has just farewelled our 20 Thai students and their teacher. Many thanks are given to all our wonderful host families and our Ashburton College students who were their “buddies” at College. It was an emotional farewell and many College students realised what a wonderful experience it was to make friends with someone from another country and to learn about another culture.

(Pictured right): Aymee Keele with Thai student “Teeny”.

We are now preparing for our next international visitors, Tokorozawa Kita High School.

They will visit us from 24 July – 04 August.

Tokorozawa Kita High School is the College’s sister school in Japan and they have been visiting the College for well over ten years now. In 2013 the College’s Japan Tour Group was hosted by their school and it is great to welcome them back here at Ashburton College.

If you would like the opportunity to host one of these students There are 30 students visiting us and we are expected to place them in homes individually.

During the school days they either attend school or participate in an exchange event organised by the College. This is a paid hosting situation. We do encourage all our students that are studying Japanese to host a student for this short period if they are able to - it is a great learning opportunity.

For those interested, please get a form from: Hiromi Horsley (our Japanese teacher) or from the College Office, Student Counter.

For more information please ring our International Homestay Co-ordinator, Mrs Joanne Wakelin: 0274 313 555

Event - Cultural Thai Student Group Farewelled A much-enjoyed nine week stay in Ashburton and at Ashburton College ended on 13 May when the Thai group of students and staff was farewelled.

(Pictured left): The group, with other international students, during the April holiday break when they travelled to Timaru to visit the Mãori Rock Centre, and the pool.

Thank you from the Thai group Munthankar Thipwong, Thai teacher with the group, says: ‘I have really enjoyed my time in New Zealand. I am really impressed by the kindness of the people here and my lovely homestay. I have been to many interesting places and enjoyed learning about the history of New Zealand and about Kiwi culture.

Staying in Ashburton with my host family gave me a taste of New Zealand family life, schooling and local activities. The food here is delicious and the school I have been attending is beautiful. I was very pleased to spend time with the lovely teachers and students. I’m proud to have been in Ashburton College from 13 March – 13 May 2014.

My group has come as part of the Universal Culture Exchange of Thailand (UCE Programme). I had a truly fantastic time and made wonderful memories’.

Event - Curriculum Gifted and Talented Student Conference 2014 Twenty two Ashburton College students attended this day on Friday 16 May, hosted by Cashmere High School in Christchurch.

The programme offered ‘More BIG Ideas’ for academically gifted senior students and was part of a schedule where the programme was facilitated and presented by Julie Arliss and Jeffrey Hodges in Australia (Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne) and New Zealand (Auckland and Christchurch).

Topics for the day covered: Chaos and the Origins of the Universe; Justice, Truth, Beauty and Mathematics; An Oxbridge Question – ‘Do you believe that statues can move, and how might you justify such a belief?; Emotional Intelligence and the BIG Debate – ‘if a technological development has a suspected risk of causing harm to the public or the environment, it should not progress until it is proved safe’. The particular focus was on the issue of nuclear power.

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Year 13 Geography Field Trip To Kaikoura

Dunedin Tertiary Trip 2014

Student Welfare Committee – 40 Hour-Famine

Geography teaching staff members Peter Fougere (Head of Faculty), Annie Lees and Jemma Tutty led the annual Year 13 Geography Field trip to Kaikoura over the period of 14-16 May. The class was based at the Edward Percival Marine Laboratory which is made available by the University of Canterbury.

The annual Dunedin Tertiary Information Day visit to Otago University and Otago Polytechnic took place on Monday 12 May. Thirty four Ashburton College students met the 5:00am departure deadline so they could attend presentations, activities and tours that were scheduled throughout the day.

The Student Welfare Committee is currently very busy focusing on the World Vision 40-Hour Famine Project to raise money to support children in Malawi.

Having studied interacting natural processes in the classroom for ten weeks, it was time to see if these really did occur in the “field”.

(Pictured right, left to right): Olivia Pike (former student), Olivia Brown and Katie Hollings at the University of Otago entrance.

We were fortunate enough to have reasonable weather conditions as we walked around the Peninsula. The activities included avoiding seals, surveying slopes, not falling over on wet rocks, field sketches and observing and analysing the landscape.

Students are now able to make connections between the theory of coastal processes and their operation in the practical setting of the Kaikoura environment.

The halls of accommodation tours were popular as students were able to see firsthand the facilities on offer.

While the various departments ran presentations and seminars at specific times, all were represented in the Link area attached to the main library throughout the day so that students could collect hand-outs, make enquires and have questions answered related to courses on offer.

The group met many former Ashburton students during the day and enjoyed the advice and stories that were told. They arrived home at 8:30pm, tired after a long day but pleased they had made the effort to attend.

(Pictured above): The Geography class students at the Kowhai River Mouth, just south of Kaikoura.

Real Art Roadshow Comes To College

By College Journalism Student Patrick Sandrey

Ashburton College students had a fantastic opportunity to witness some nationally recognised art on their own campus this week.

The Real Art Roadshow has been making the journey up the country for it’s third consecutive year. Founded and funded by philanthropist Fiona Campbell, her plan was to give the taste of modern art back to the community through her own collection.

The collection includes pieces by Nigel Brown, Neil Fraser, and Shane Cotton. Only half of Fiona Campbell’s collection is travelling as part of the Roadshow, with the other half, a collection of World of Wearable Art pieces, currently being stored in the Warbirds Museum in Wanaka.

After the stop in Ashburton the Art Bus continued to Mt Hutt College and then onwards north through the South Island.

Miss Jennifer Owens, an Ashburton College Art Teacher, said of the collection that she “was hoping it would inspire the students and expand their parameters on what art is because of the materials and mediums across the work”.

Miss Owens also said that because the artists were all from New Zealand it gave students an insight into what New Zealand artists are doing and, to ultimately inspire them, they were helped by the OnBoard Educator which aided the students to look deeper into the work.

A full link to the Real Art Roadshow can be found on www.realartroadshow.co.nz/ (Pictured right): Rebekah Roberts and Patrick Sandrey look at a piece by Nigel Brown, Table Series VIII.

Teacher Only Day A highly successful day was held on Tuesday 20 May. Learning@School Roadshow 110 visiting teachers and 35 College Staff were on-site attending this Roadshow. Ashburton College was one of only three schools in New Zealand selected to host, and participate in, this prestigious Roadshow run by CORE Education.

The theme encompassed the intent to ‘engage, extend and empower’ through ‘innovative design for a digital future’. Attendees very much appreciate ‘pushing the boundaries of educational possibility’ for the future benefit of students.

Another 21 College Staff travelled out of Ashburton to see other schools’ ‘Best Practise’, while a further 40 staff undertook First Aid training.

(Pictured right): a section of attendees gathered in the College Staffroom for one of the workshops.

Course Changes Accompanying teachers Greg Jones and Ron Carlson attended a Careers Update which relayed changes in programmes and new courses at both providers. These mostly affect options for First Year Health Science (FYHS) students, the introduction of a New Zealand Rural Places sub-category for Dentistry, and a new major in the Physical Education degree (Physical Activity and Health). Further details can be obtained by speaking with these staff members, and through the Transition Department.

Quality of Credits Matters Tertiary staff also reinforced the message ‘that the quality of the NCEA credits gained (Excellence and Merits) is more important than the quantity of credits as an indicator of success’. This is also important in allowing students to reach the preferential entry score into a number of courses with restricted participant numbers.

Mentoring Scheme The mentoring scheme in FYHS set up by former College student Nic McIntosh is progressing well, and he has been joined by successful second year students, Sam McLay and Olivia Quinn, in helping this year’s group overcome the challenging nature of the programme.

Our 2013 students feel privileged and are very positive about this arrangement, and they are the envy of others in their Halls by having this additional support.

Congratulations College Cross Country Held at the Tinwald Domain on Tuesday 13 May, in damp conditions, runners competed in two age groups - Junior and Senior.

Results from the event were: Junior Boys (Year 9 and 10) – over 3km 1st Matthew Clough (10:06); 2nd Devin Coyle; 3rd Matthew Harford.

Senior Boys (Year 11 – 13) – over 5km 1st Matthew Beveridge(14:35); 2nd Jamie Smitheram; 3rd Jukia Imai.

Junior Girls (Year 9 and 10) – over 3km 1st Veronica Wall (12:15); 2nd Kate Donald; 3rd Bailey Tait.

Senior Girls (Year 11 – 13) - over 3km 1st Maddie Evans (12:14); 2nd Emma Waite; 3rd Annie McDonald.

Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Road Race Following the College’s Cross Country, Matthew Clough backed up that performance with another good showing. This time at the above event, held in North Hagley Park, Christchurch on Thursday 15 May. Matthew placed second in the Under 14 Boys 3km event, in a time of 10:01.

Slave Auction and Slave Day As part of this, ‘Slaves’ were auctioned off on Tuesday 13 May and put to their tasks on Friday 16 May. An impressive $1080 was raised through this process, which will be contributed to the 40-Hour Famine cause.

(Pictured right): ‘Slave’ Brendan Whalley who had to be a banana for the day. As a banana Brendan also had to visit New World to purchase bananas, banana milk and other banana products - and he was required to sing in the middle of the Supermarket. For his efforts, however, more money was raised.

40-Hour Famine Over the weekend 100-plus students raised further funds by undertaking their versions of a 40-Hour Famine, and being sponsored for their efforts.

Some varieties on the ‘famine” are no texting/technology, no talking, not using any furniture.

The committee of Ash McBride (Chairperson), Emma Duffy, Brooke Harnett, Katie Hollings, Zoe Kirk, Felicity Mills, Sharnie Scrivener, Kate Taylor, Madie Venmore-Kerr, Hannah Wright with Year 12 Representatives Maggie Clark and Melissa Ramsay, is acknowledged for their initiatives, planning and hard work.

Regional Stage Challenge 2014 The culmination of four months’ preparation and practice saw this student-produced and directed performance group travel to the CBS Arena in Christchurch on Thursday 15 May for a long day and evening of final rehearsals and the evening concert.

The College was entered in the Open Competition which allows for a set of choice and is score-based on an ‘Excellence’ criteria.

The theme selected by College for this year was obesity, drugs, alcohol and peer pressure leading to the title ‘Alice in Nightmareland’ and with approximately 60 students performing on stage plus 20 support crew the contingent was sizeable (cast pictured below).

The three student directors, two choreographers and producer gained superb experience in leading this group and liaising with the key lead teaching staff, Claire Bubb (Head of Arts and Languages Faculty) and Kylie Maddren (Teacher of Drama) and other staff.

While not amongst the awards this year the group performed very well, gaining great experience and representing the College well.

Congratulations

Mid Canterbury 2014 Sports Awards

Ashburton College students and staff had prominent, and welldeserved, outcomes at this key event on the district’s calendar, on Friday 16 May. College Students and Staff Awardees were Outstanding All Round Athlete • Matthew Clough (Athletics, Cross Country, Football, Swimming, Triathlon).

• Runner-up: Emma Waite (Athletics, Biathlon, Cross Country, Equestrian, Mountain Biking, Rugby).

Outstanding Official -

Stacey Hopwood (Netball Umpiring).

Outstanding Junior Sports Team - Ashburton 1st XV Rugby Team.

Outstanding Junior Sports Person - Runner Up: Bailie Perriton (Motor Cycling).

Contribution to Sport

- Staff member, Trevor Cochrane.

Selection for Gifted and Talented Programmes Year 11 and 12 Programme Year 11 students Lucy Clough and Sarah Tiffen have been accepted into the Year 11 and 12 ‘Deep Thought’ programme at the New Zealand Marine Studies Centre in Dunedin.

Entry into this programme follows on from their good work at the Year 10 Gifted and Talented programme last year, at the same venue.

Only eighteen students from the South Island were accepted so it is a real compliment that both applicants from College were selected.

The girls will be on the programme from tomorrow, Tuesday 27 until Saturday 31 May. During this time they will work in teams to plan, carry out and present the results of an extensive investigation into an aspect of the marine environment. Lucy has selected to do a Benthic Study whilst Sarah will be investigating Plankton.

Year 10 Programme Oskar McLauchlan and Simon Bennett have been accepted into the Year 10 Gifted and Talented Programme at the New Zealand Marine Studies Centre in Portobello, Dunedin, two of nineteen students accepted. This is an awesome opportunity and a fine achievement.

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Tribute to yachtsman The family of the captain of a British yacht discovered overturned and deserted in the Atlantic says he will be “dearly missed”. The damaged hull of the Cheeki Rafiki was located 1000 nautical miles (1850km) east of Cape Cod on the northeast coast of the US. Search crews found the yacht’s life raft still on board and there was no sign of its four-man crew. The family of 22-year-old skipper Andrew Bridge said yesterday they were “shocked and deeply saddened by the news”.

The 12-metre yacht was returning from a regatta off the Caribbean island of Antigua when it began taking on water on May 16. It lost contact a day later.

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People gather at a park for a candlelight vigil to honour the victims of a mass shooting in Isla Vista, California.

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By RoByn Beck The gunman who has killed six people when he opened fire from his car in a bustling California college town was the mentallydisturbed son of a Hollywood director, reports say.

At least seven people were injured and the suspect also died during the drive-by shooting on Saturday in Isla Vista, near the campus of the University of California Santa Barbara. It was unclear whether the fatal shot was self-inflicted or delivered by police.

Peter Rodger, an assistant director of the 2012 Hollywood blockbuster The Hunger Games, believes the attacker was his 22-year-old son Elliot,

lawyer Alan Shifman said, although that was not immediately confirmed by police.

On the eve of the Memorial Day holiday weekend, the gunman sprayed bullets from his black BMW on pedestrians at multiple locations in the small oceanfront town.

“The problem with an incident like this is it’s obviously the work of a madman,” Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said. “We have obtained and we are currently analysing both written and videotaped evidence that suggests that this atrocity was a premeditated mass murder.”

Authorities said there were nine separate crime scenes in what was a “chaotic” situation.

Shifman, the family lawyer, said Elliot Rodger had been diagnosed as being a “highly functional Asperger’s Syndrome child” and was being treated by “multiple” professionals.

Police are investigating a video entitled Retribution apparently posted on YouTube by Rodger in which a man sitting in a car rants about women who rejected and ignored him for the past eight years, vowing to “punish you all for it”.

Ambulances and police cars swarmed the streets after the shooting. Andrew Jun, a thirdyear economics and accounting student, said the situation was “pretty surreal”.

“It’s unbelievable that this kind of thing can happen,” he

said. Other witnesses said they initially mistook the gunshots for fireworks or firecrackers.

Sienna Schwartz, her voice breaking, recalled how she came face-to-face with the gunman.

At first, she mistook the attacker’s “little black pistol” for an airsoft gun.

“I turned around, and I started walking the other way.

He shot, and I felt like - I just felt, like, the wind pass right by my face,” Schwartz said as she choked back tears.

Authorities, who say the shooter acted alone but have not released details on a possible motive, also are investigating the YouTube video.

- AFP

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Two Israelis dead in Belgium museum attack Two of the three people shot dead in an attack on the Jewish museum in Brussels were Israeli tourists, a spokesman for the Israeli foreign ministry says.

“An Israeli couple in their 50s from Tel Aviv, who were visiting Brussels as tourists, were among the victims,” Yigal Palmor said, in reference to the deadly attack in the Belgian capital yesterday.

“We have confidence in the

Belgian authorities, in the justice system and the police to look into this horrible crime.”

Three people were killed and one was critically wounded when a gunman attacked the Jewish Museum in central Brussels on Saturday afternoon in an apparently anti-Semitic act that shocked the country.

The attack drew condemnation from top European officials as well as from Israel Prime

Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said it was “the result of constant incitement against Jews and their state”.

Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman also blamed “anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic incitement expressed in calls to boycott Israeli produce” in a clear reference to a Palestinianled campaign to boycott products from Israeli settlements that has taken root in Europe.

Belgium Interior Minister Joelle Milquet yesterday said it was too early to determine whether it was an anti-Semitic attack, but given the target “there are strong grounds for presuming so”.

It was the first fatal attack on a Belgian Jewish centre since the early 1980s in a country which is home to 40,000 Jews, roughly half of whom live in the capital.

- AFP

A Chinese woman has become the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest this season, but the climb is clouded by controversy because she took a helicopter part of the way. Fortyone-year-old Wang Jing, reached Everest summit at the weekend, accompanied by five Nepalese sherpas, said tourism ministry official Madhusudhan Burlakoti.

“Wang is the first climber to scale Mt Everest from Nepal side and they are now on way back,” he said. But he said that the Nepalese officials had not yet decided whether to log the climb as an official ascent of 8848-metre mountain because she used a helicopter for a big part of the way.

- AFP

Snorkeller dies A 36-year-old Australian man has died while snorkelling off Fiji’s coral coast. The man was staying with a friend at a five-star resort on the west coast of the main island Viti Levu when he went snorkelling alone on Saturday.

He was reported missing by the resort, Outrigger on the Lagoon Fiji, about 7.45pm when he hadn’t returned his snorkelling equipment and his belongings were found on the beach. The man’s body was found by locals from a neighbouring village at 9.50am yesterday, washed onto the coral reef. His body was taken to a morgue at nearby Sigatoka. - AAP

Bomb blast At least three people have been killed in the central Nigerian city of Jos in an explosion targeting soccer fans watching the European Champions League final. The blast came just days after a twin car bomb attack ripped through a crowded market in the city, killing 118 and raising fears of a spread of Boko Haram Islamist violence from the restive northeast. “So far, we have three dead, three injured,” Chris Olakpe, the commissioner of police for Plateau state, of which Jos is the capital, said. “The target was the (football) viewing centre.”

Olakpe said it was too early to say who may have been responsible for the blast, which came with people on edge and nerves frayed about a fresh strike. The police chief also declined to comment on reports that the explosion was a suicide bombing but revealed that the bomber’s improvised explosive device went off prematurely.

- AFP

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In most corners of the world, an Ashburton person can be found. So the Guardian’s Erin Tasker decided to track some of them down. This week it’s Christopher Rive who has recently taken up a work opportunity in Bahrain.

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hen you live in a place like Bahrain, it’s the little things like being able to drink water out of a tap that you miss, according to Chris Rive.

Chris moved to Bahrain just a few weeks ago after taking up an opportunity dished up by the company he was working for, Redesign Group – a design company – based in Christchurch.

In Bahrain he’s working mainly on fitting out restaurants and bars, and he’s finding that in a country where the amount of money people are willing to spend seems endless, he’s able to design to his heart’s content.

Chris graduated with a diploma of architectural design at the Design and Arts College in Christchurch in 2012 and has a huge passion for design and detailing; a passion now benefitting the Middle East.

“Due to the workload Redesign have acquired in the Middle East, and with only one employee in Bahrain, an opportunity opened up for supporting employees to be transferred to the Bahrain office and two of us took up this opportunity.

“Within two months of hearing about the opportunity I was half way around the world living on a desert island.”

Before he boarded the plane, he knew little about Bahrain.

He barely knew where it was on the map.

“But after a lot of research I discovered that Bahrain was one of the more ‘westernised’ Middle Eastern countries. It’s one of the very few Middle Eastern countries where drinking is legal and woman can drive and dress pretty much as they please.”

He lives in an apartment block in the capital of Bahrain, Manama. It’s in a busy area roughly a 10-minute drive from the CBD. His first impressions of Bahrain were that it was hot, but beautiful.

“It seems somewhat like living on a tropical island. The island is just covered in sand and palm trees with grass every now and again.

“The locals are very welcoming and cheery. It is a very culturally diverse country with ex-pats making up basically half of the population. There are Americans, Filipinos, Pakistanis, Indians, few British and then us New Zealanders.”

It’s generally a safe place for ex-pats, but there are areas to stay away from.

Ashburton abroad with Christopher Rive in Bahrain

“Like anywhere there are safe areas and then there are not so safe areas. In the city districts it feels very much as safe as anywhere in New Zealand but then you head to the villages and it is quite a contrast.

“It is pretty well known for anyone coming here to stay away from the villages as they are where the demonstrations usually happen.”

He’s already had one hairy experience in a village after becoming lost.

“We accidentally got caught in a village while searching for a 400-year-old temple. With our trust in Google Maps and not knowing much about the area we ended up in the heart of a village.

“We weren’t targeted or anything but it was very claustrophobic and from what I’d heard about the villages they are no place for ‘westerners’.

“I read in the paper that the next day a car had exploded and killed two people when they were transporting a homemade bomb and it unexpectedly exploded not far from where we were. Lesson learnt.”

But Bahrain has also thrown up some pleasant, unexpected experiences.

“The first weekend I arrived we got free tickets to the Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix.

It was an awesome spectacle seeing how it all operated and the speeds the cars reach.

“The race circuit is about a half hour drive from the city so we got to see a bit of the countryside on the way and get a glimpse into what Bahrain is

Christopher Rive discovering Bahrain’s “Tree of Life”, a 400-year-old tree with no known water source which somehow survives in the middle of the desert.

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like. We also learnt how shocking the driving is over here, people go nuts on the road.”

He’s in Bahrain for a year initially, with the opportunity to extend.

The work he’s doing is mostly fitting out restaurants and bars, but also building brands, right from branding through to fitting out a restaurant to match the brand.

“With the seemingly endless amount of money in these oil-rich countries it means our budgets are quite large which gives us an opportunity to really have some fun.”

There are things he’s already missing from home.

“Like being able to drink water from the tap... it’s the little things in life.

“I’ve got a big stash of Whit-

takers and Cadbury chocolate which has made the homesickness a touch easier. They also sell New Zealand lamb, beef and cheese over here which is quite cool and it’s cheaper than home.

“Other than the water and missing the girlfriend, friends and family. I’m still in discovery mode so it’s all still new and exciting to me.”

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Truly terrific Taiwan Bao An Temple, a Taoist temple in Taipei, Taiwan.

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loud thwap, thwap reverberates around the temple as my friend, held down by two old men in red wicker hats, undergoes what can only be described as one of the weirdest religious traditions in the world: a spiritual spanking by a Taoist priest to exorcise bad luck.

Chris is lying prone at the temple entrance, wriggling in pain and trying desperately to keep his moans to himself.

With the priest only halfway through the requisite 120 lashes by wooden bat, the locals know that interrupting him now would only stop the spirits from working their magic.

Nearly 60 years after it was founded by intellectuals, soldiers, monks and artists fleeing Communist China, Taiwan is still a total enigma to most Western tourists.

Roughly half the geographical size of Scotland, this nation of 23 million has established itself as one of Asia’s greatest success stories – an island with a fervent democracy, healthy sense of humour and vibrant economy, whose people are rich in both wallet and intellect.

tic village of Jiufen, set high in the mountains east of Taipei, once we return to the capital.

This is a place foodies, tealovers and anyone looking for emony is a huge affair attractchutists or rainbows, lending an artistic bargain may find ing thousands of people from the countryside an unexpected hard to leave. Its tiny lanes are all over Taiwan, most of whom and artistic surrealism. rife with handmade pottery, are poised with smartphones We pause briefly in the port antique curios, cliffhanging and iPads for the massive fireof Donggang - where traders teahouses, and little restaurants works and dance show. at the fish market are hawkselling everything from homeWhat’s most beautiful about ing sea-creature eyeballs, small made sweets to pork dumplings the festival is its tradition: sharks and fish so fresh it is and spicy corn on the cob. lanterns still have considerable still breathing - to board a ferry On our last night in Taiwan, significance in Taiwanese culfor the tiny island of Liuqiu, a we decide to do the wackiest ture, as ritual requires children coral outcrop in the turquoise thing possible - dine at Taipei’s to light lanterns throughout South China Sea. weirdest-themed establishment: Chinese New Year to indicate The island is best navigated Modern Toilet. At this novelty that they have attained wisdom. by bicycle or scooter and is restaurant in Taipei’s fashionThe next day we get on a worth exploring for a day or able Ximending neighbourfuturistic high-speed train to two, its rocky caves perfect for hood, customers eat curries explore the southern beaches a dip in the clear-blue sea. and hotpots out of mini-toilet and coral outcrops of Taiwan.

Bright temples, semi-circubowls - while sitting on lifeOur train propels itself at lar graveyards and tropical size toilets. speeds of 220km/h through gardens are all signposted for The food, to say the least, Taiwan’s flat, fertile lowlands. visitors, and the locals - while leaves something to be desired, We whizz past warehouses and considerably old - generally so we head out to the famous factories, interspersed with wave hello and proffer a smile. nightmarket of Shilin, where palm trees and rice paddies.

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Boasting restaurants named Really Good Seafood and shops called Your Favourite Place, Taiwan has invested heavily in international advertising to increase tourism.

It may be a bit off the normal path, but for anyone up for an adventure, or for those curious about China’s recent history, Taiwan is worth a visit.

We’ve arrived in the capital Taipei during Taiwan’s lantern festival - a 15-day affair coinciding with Chinese New Year.

This is not a festival of sky lanterns billowing up into the starry night – although that does exist, we’re told, in the indigenous village of Pingxi, where lanterns historically helped locals communicate to one another that invaders were approaching.

Instead the main draw is a series of oversized, illuminated sculptures made from multicoloured silkscreens and shaped mostly like cartoon characters.

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In brief Foley, Beale shine Waratahs playmakers Kurtley Beale and Bernard Foley boosted their hopes of Wallabies starting spots as their side moved closer to achieving coach Michael Cheika’s pre-season target of a top two Super Rugby ladder position. A 41-19 away win over the Rebels (21 points, 12th) lifted NSW to second (39 points) only behind the Sharks (44) with four rounds to go. The victory moved NSW back to the top of the Australian conference, but record setting Western Force (36, 4th) and the Brumbies (35, seventh) are involved in a three-way tussle for top spot.

- AAP

Travel schedule slammed Western Force coach Michael Foley is angry - and even the lure of more frequent flyer points won’t soothe the situation. Foley has slammed the Super Rugby scheduling that will force his side to play in three different countries inside the space of 14 days. That stretch started on May 17 when the Force lost to the Stormers in Cape Town. The Force managed to overcome jet lag to beat the Lions 29-19 in Perth a week later, but they now have just six days to recover before taking on the Crusaders in Christchurch next Friday. With the Force sitting in fourth on the table, their match against the third-placed Crusaders looms as one of the most crucial battles of the season.

- AAP

Going out on a high Jonny Wilkinson said playing alongside “inspirational” former Australian centre Matt Giteau had convinced him now was the right time to retire. Wilkinson and Giteau - “the ultimate professional” in the eyes of the England great - were both members of the star-studded Toulon side that retained the European Cup with a 23-6 win over Saracens in the final at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium yesterday. The match was 2003 World Cup-winner Wilkinson’s last on British soil, with the fly-half set to retire after Toulon’s French Top 14 final against Castres next weekend.

- AFP

Super Rugby Rd 15 SHARKS 29 (B du Plessis, C Reinach tries F Steyn 2 cons Steyn 3, Marais pens drop goal) bt BLUES 23 (Braid, Tevita Li tries Simon Hickey, Ihaia West cons Hickey 2, West pens) at North Harbour Stadium.

NSW WARATAHS 41 (Ashley-Cooper, Beale, Folau, Hooper, Horne, McKibbin tries Foley con 3 pens) bt MELBOURNE REBELS 19 (Veainu try Woodward con 4 pens) at AAMI Park.

BULLS 44 (Ross 2, Basson, Serfontein tries Jacques-Louis Potgieter 2, Pollard cons Potgieter 6 pens) bt BRUMBIES 23 (Kuridrani, Mowen, Speight tries Leali’ifano con 2 pens) at Loftus Versfeld.

CRUSADERS 32 (Nepo Laulala, Nemani Nadolo, Tim Perry, Jordan Taufua tries Colin Slade 3 cons 2 pens) bt HIGHLANDERS 30 (Fekitoa, Osborne, Ged Robinson, Ben Smith tries Hayden Parker, Lima Sopoaga cons Parker, Sopoaga pens) at Forsyth Barr Stadium. Ref: Glen Jackson.

HURRICANES 45 (Julian Savea 2, Ben Franks, Jack Lam, Brad Shields, Andre Taylor tries Beauden Barrett 6 cons pen) bt CHIEFS 8 (Squire try Gareth Anscombe pen) at Westpac Stadium.

WESTERN FORCE 29 (Hodgson 2, Jayden Hayward, Tuatara-Morrison tries Hayward 2, Ebersohn cons Ebersohn pen) bt LIONS 19 (Jantjies try Boshoff con 4 pens) at nib Stadium. Referee: Steve R. Walsh.

STORMERS 33 (Deon Fourie, Siya Kolisi, Sailosi Tagicakibau, Kobus van Wyk tries Kurt Coleman, Peter Grant cons Coleman 2, Grant pens) bt CHEETAHS 0 at Newlands Rugby Stadium.

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Rakaia, Methven hit the front

By Jonathan Leask

jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

The unbeaten Methven and Rakaia are now tied at the top of section one in the Combined Country Cup rugby competition heading into the final week of the regular season.

Methven held out defending champions Southbridge, while Rakaia drew level on points after a bonus point win over Ashley, and to complete a good day for Mid Canterbury sides in section one Hampstead finally got a win on the board after eight weeks.

Methven held on at the death to beat Southbridge 13-10 with Methven coach Dale Palmer saying his side was “lucky” to win.

Southbridge turned down shots at goal to level the scores in the closing stages to go after the win and the all-important four points, only to be denied by desperate goal-line defence from Methven.

“We made plenty of breaks but weren’t finishing them off and it nearly cost us,” Palmer said.

“We panicked in possession too often which could have proven a lot worse if our defence didn’t hold up the way it did.”

Methven conceded their first try in five games and missed three shots at goal into the wind to trail 0-10 at half time.

A try to Mitch Sim at the start of the second half was converted by Dan Maw to make it 7-10 where it remained for most of the second half.

Inside the final five min-

STANDINGS Section One Methven Rakaia Southbridge Darfield Ashley Prebbleton Hampstead Kaiapoi Oxford

30 30 26 22 18 13 7 6 5

Section two Waihora Lincoln Burn-Duns Glenmark Celtic West Melton Saracens Southern Ohoka

33 26 20 20 17 15 13 6 2

utes Maw landed the go-ahead penalty before Southbridge launched a final assault for the win and came up short.

Methven banked the win but suffered a major loss with former Tasman Mako flanker Gary Redmond suffering a dislocated elbow to be out indefinitely.

Rakaia claimed a bonus point 30-10 win over Ashley, with flanker Seta Koroitamana responsible for all four tries.

“He was absolutely incredible,” Rakaia coach Wayne Foxcroft said.

“He was a genius. He ran 70 metres for one and broke numerous tackles to score the rest.”

With the wind Rakaia moved out to a 15-3 lead at halftime and were able to double their tally in the second half.

Koroitamana dotted down twice in each half with Fluker landing a conversion and a penalty in each half to comfortably take the five competition points.

“I’m happy with the result, not the way we played but we done the job and got the bonus point”.

At the other end of the table Hampstead bounced back from 71-0 loss a week earlier to secure their first win of the season, beating Kaiapoi 30-20.

Tries to Zion Asi and Esera Lauina with a penalty from Kenny Faalavaau had the host lead 15-12 at halftime.

Tries to Percy Kelsall, Jay Nicholas and a second to Lauina got Hampstead home and a bonus point for their trouble to finish their round robin on a high with the bye next week.

Darfield moved into fourth place in section one with a bonus point 36-11 win over Prebbleton and Oxford had the bye.

In section two Southern succumbed to Saracens 24-34 in Rangiora.

Southern coach Mike Spence said it was a case of not scoring enough points with the wind.

Converted tries to George Ellis and Jon Dampney and a penalty from Kyle Brown had Southern ahead 17-12 at the

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Hampstead’s Tevita Ula on the charge against Kaiapoi in the Combined Country Cup rugby competition on Saturday.

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turnaround. Saracens were then able to come home stronger with the wind at their back, outscoring the visitors 22-7 in the second half. Dampney scored and converted the second half try.

Celtic had the bye and now know they task they face in the final round if they are to finish fourth.

Burnham-Dunsandel picked

up a consolation point in their 8-12 loss to section two leaders Waihora and Glenmark beat West Melton 22-0 to leapfrog Celtic.

With Burnham-Dunsandel up against Glenmark in the final round, Celtic can retake fourth with a bonus-point win against Saracens.

Lincoln accounted for Ohoka 57-7.

Blues might look to go West for ‘Canes clash

By GreGor PauL Ihaia West may have done enough against the Sharks to be handed his first start for the Blues this week when they take on the Hurricanes.

The elusive first-five made a positive impact in the 29-23 defeat - bringing the attacking line closer to the action which gave his side more direction and penetration.

It was a well-timed effort by West as he, Simon Hickey and Baden Kerr are battling to be retained by the franchise next year. It’s possible all three could be contracted but the odds of that dropped over the weekend with confirmation the Blues have signed former Crusader Daniel Bowden. The Blues plan to use him more at second-five - where he has played most of his rugby in England - but he is

a capable first-five. It’s probable, then, that the Blues will look to run with two specialist firstfives next year, with Bowden viewed as an insurance should they be hit with injuries.

West’s arrival certainly brought more out of Ma’a Nonu. The bruising second-five couldn’t escape the clutches of the Sharks defence for 60 minutes.

But when West came on, he

created that little bit more space for Nonu. His goal-kicking was rock solid, too, and Blues coach John Kirwan noted the lift in quality when West came on.

West’s goal-kicking at North Harbour may have been the part of his game to most impress Kirwan. The 22-year-old has built a reputation as a great runner: agile, quick and conscious of space, he presents a threat with ball in hand. - NZHSUN

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In brief Chiefs turn to Cruden Dave Rennie described the Chiefs as “a distant third” in their heavy defeat against the Hurricanes but there was one bright spot amid the gloom. A healthy Aaron Cruden returned to duty during the second half of the 45-8 humbling and the first five-eighth will now be charged with a rescue mission to save his side’s season. Cruden will likely start when the Waratahs visit New Plymouth on Saturday, a match the Chiefs must win to remain in the top tier of the New Zealand conference before June’s international break. The defending champions currently sit fourth but, only two points behind the frontrunning Crusaders.

- APNZ

Read on recovery road

Mid Canterbury propping products Chris King and Tim Perry prepare to pack down against each other in Saturday night’s thriller between the Highlanders and Crusaders in Dunedin.

- apnz

Crusaders’ defence wins thriller Crusaders prop Tim Perry had plenty to smile about at Forsyth Barr in Dunedin on Saturday, scoring his first super rugby try and coming out on top of the scrum battle with his Highlanders opposite Chris King, but was left to breathe a big sigh of relief as his side held on by mere millimetres to win 32-20.

It was truly a classic game, and maybe the cruellest ending.

Patrick Osborne was adjudged to have simultaneously placed the ball on the junction of both the goal line and touchline in the last act of the game.

That decision was huge.

The respective seasons of both teams hung in the balance.

It wasn’t easy to make but it was the right call.

The home side had fought back with two great tries in the last 15 minutes, and held the ball for the better part of

the last five to set up Osborne’s chance.

The chance was there ten times over for Hayden Parker to slip into the pocket and drop the goal, but the Highlanders wanted that try.

They pushed hard, and they got oh so close. But oh so close doesn’t win championships.

The Crusaders, understandably, erupted when that final decision was made and fled to Israel Dagg to congratulate him, for it was his tackle on Osborne that saved the day.

It was his forwards, though, who through their graft and set-piece work, and then in those final minutes with their defence, set up the victory.

Giant wing Nemani Nadolo has to be credited for much of the Crusaders’ go-forward, but he was not the most accomplished player on the pitch.

That honour belonged to Malakai Fekitoa.

There has been plenty of talk about him being the All Black heir apparent to Conrad Smith.

On Saturday’s evidence, by the end of this year, Fekitoa may be knocking hard on the door to be given that No13 shirt.

The Crusaders might have been guilty of missing a few tackles, but once their line was breached, they scrambled superbly while their counter rucking was even better.

Richie McCaw led the way on that - in his usual close-tothe-wind strategies, testing the nerve and patience of the Highlanders and ref Glen Jackson.

So much of what he did was borderline legal and Jackson felt there were too many occasions in the first half when it was over the line and did the unthinkable - he yellow carded the

great man and, in McCaw’s absence, the Highlanders sprung to life and found themselves.

The opening 20 minutes had been dominated by the Crusaders. They owned the ball and they owned the Highlanders at the scrum, walking over the top of them a few times.

And that was with an All Black front-row on the bench, as Perry and fellow bookend Nepo Laulala scored second half tries before being replaced by Wyatt Crockett and Owen Franks.

The Highlanders scored two tries in McCaw’s absence to claw their way back into the game before having to do it all over again in the final quarter only to come up agonisingly short.

Highlanders 30 (Robinson, Osborne, Fekitoa, B. Smith tries; L. Sopoaga con, pen; H. Parker pen, con) Crusaders 32 (Taufua, Perry, Laulala, Nadolo tries; Slade 2 pens, 3 cons).

All Blacks touch down in Wellington

By Daniel RichaRDson Despite two bruising local derbies in Super Rugby during the weekend, most of the All Blacks have arrived for their three-day training camp in Wellington unscathed.

The Crusaders edged the Highlanders 32-30, while the

Hurricanes hammered the Chiefs 45-8 in the capital.

Those fixtures have a high risk of injury given their physical nature and the All Blacks coaches must watch them with an element of concern, particularly with next month’s threetest series against England fast approaching.

Hurricanes prop Ben Franks limped off during the second half after his troublesome groin flared up again and he will be monitored closely, while Crusaders midfielder Ryan Crotty took a heavy knock to his hip but is understood to be alright.

Kieran Read has joined the national side after being side-

lined with concussion and the flu but All Blacks assistant coach Ian Foster said the reigning IRB Player of the Year was healthy.

Foster said Read would be considered for the first test against England at Eden Park in Auckland on June 7 despite his limited preparation. - APNZ

Winning away this season hasn’t been an issue for the Crusaders, who extended their good form on the road in the closest of finishes against the Highlanders in Dunedin.

Their record at home, this season, though, has been a problem for Todd Blackadder’s men, who have clawed their way to the top of the New Zealand Conference.

Their challenge, this week, then, is to bring the commitment and energy they showed against the Highlanders back to their headquarters for the match against the Force, a team having their best ever season, with eight wins, the same number as the Crusaders.

Helping them will be the expected return, finally, of All Blacks No8 Kieran Read from his concussion and flu. Read’s return will be a big boost, but just as important will be the mental approach of the Crusaders, who were ferocious at times at the breakdown against the Highlanders.

- APNZ

Kaino has point to prove Jerome Kaino will look towards next Saturday’s match against the Hurricanes at Eden Park and feel he has a point to prove - to himself more than anyone else. After his performance in the Blues’ 29-23 loss to the Sharks, that might be bad news for the Hurricanes, flying high after their 45-8 demolition of the Chiefs, and in particular his loose forward rival Victor Vito.

If spending time back in the All Blacks scene has taught Kaino anything it is that New Zealand has a lot of very good loose forwards.

Another is the need to work harder and more consistently. Kaino was bruising but also creative, yet was disappointed in his efforts afterwards. “I was a bit hot and cold,” he said. “Against a team like the Sharks our senior players need to be in the game all the time and I felt like there were periods where I was in the game and then I just drifted out of it.”

- APNZ

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Allen right on target Miami clamped down in the third quarter and Ray Allen came up big in the fourth yesterday as the Heat rallied for a 99-87 NBA playoff victory over Indiana. Heat superstar LeBron James scored 12 of his 26 points in the third period as two-time defending NBA champions Miami shook off a slow start to turn the tide in the second half. With the victory, the Heat took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference Final and will try to stretch that lead when they host game four today. The winners of the series will face either San Antonio or Oklahoma City for the NBA crown.

- AFP

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Scott on the pace Adam Scott put himself in position to keep his just-obtained world No.1 golf ranking - and win the $US6.4 million ($A6.92 million) US PGA Colonial tournament - after a bogey-free third round 66 that has him just two shots off the lead.

While Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama fired a sizzling six-under par 64 yesterday to grab a share of first at seven-under with Americans David Toms, Chris Stroud and Chad Campbell, Scott remained well in the hunt. In a packed leaderboard Scott still only had a share of 11th, along with countryman John Senden and five others.

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Kohlschreiber wins Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber says he will take plenty of confidence into the French Open after claiming the claycourt ATP Duesseldorf title. In yesterday’s final, the 30-year-old top seed cruised to a 6-2 7-6 (7-4) victory over Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic, 35, to claim the fifth title of his career and his fourth in Germany. “I’ll be taking (ATP) points, selfconfidence and a sense of fun to Paris. It’s simply a great feeling,” said Kohlschreiber.

- AFP

Big goal for Bale A jubilant Gareth Bale said that his crucial extra-time goal, which helped steer Real Madrid to a 4-1 Champions League triumph, will live with him forever. Welsh star Bale, the world’s most expensive player, had missed three regulation time chances before he headed home to make it 2-1 in extra-time as Real won the European title for the 10th time. “I would have come here for a penny if it meant I could play in the big tournaments and win the big titles”, said Bale. - AFP

Hampstead’s Jess McCloy gets the ball away before she makes contact with Hampstead-Collegians’ Grace Thomson in the the Mid-South Canterbury women’s hockey competition at the NBS Ashburton Hockey Turf on Saturday.

Photo Donna Wylie 240514-DW-163

Hampstead ‘hitting their straps’

By Jonathan Leask

jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

The experienced Hampstead produced a dominant display to dispatch Hampstead-Collegians 6-0 in the Mid-South Canterbury women’s hockey competition at the NBS Ashburton Hockey Turf on Saturday.

When the two sides met in the season opener Hampstead had taken a 2-0 win, but with a full round of matches under

their belt they put the juniors to the sword to the tune of six goals.

“They are hitting our straps now and just look like they wanted to score goals,” Hampstead coach Karen McIntyre said. “We are playing with a bit of form now. The things we are practising are getting put out there.

Jess McCloy and Carys Jones both scored doubles with go

along with goals from Claire van Polanen and Karen McAulay.

Such was the Hampstead dominance that McIntyre thought her goalie had only touched the ball “two or three times” in the entire match.

It wasn’t the start to the second round Hampstead-Collegians were after having been so competitive in their opening five games.

In the men’s competition defending champions Wakanui Black took down Tinwald 6-0 with doubles scored by Michael Bruce and Adam Wilson, as well as strikes from Hugh Copland and Sam Bennett.

Wakanui Blue had the bye but all sides have this weekend off, with the Mid Canterbury men’s representative team off to Timaru for the annual Ian Smith Tournament.

■ NETBALL

Vixens go top of table

Magic miss a trick in Sydney

Melbourne Vixens coach Simone McKinnis has refused to allow her side to think further ahead than next week’s final match of the Trans-Tasman Netball Championships regular season. The Vixens sit on top of the table after their 64-43 win against the Adelaide Thunderbirds at Netball SA Stadium. Melbourne sit in first spot, ahead of the NSW Swifts on percentage. “It (finishing top) is not what we talk about or what we think about,” McKinnis said. She praised the hard-running of wing attack Madison Robinson, who managed to find space and feed the ball into the goal circle. Meanwhile the Steel beat the Mainland Tactix 64-60 in Dunedin.

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The NSW Swifts have made a telling move in their bid to wrap up second place on the table by dismantling Kia Magic 54-44 in Sydney yesterday.

It was the third loss in four starts for the Magic who are just holding on in the top four.

With a top two position on the line yesterday, the Swifts simply outplayed the Magic.

After an eventful first quarter, the Swifts increased their lead throughout the match.

Recording their fifth straight win, the Swifts leapfrogged their opponents into second place while Magic dropped to

fourth with one round of the regular season remaining.

Relying on the experienced heads of captain Kim Green, Susan Pratley and Sonia Mkoloma, the Swifts gradually ground the resistance out of the Magic’s challenge with their speedy attacking play and relentless defensive efforts.

The Magic had their opportunities through the strong defensive efforts of captain Casey Kopua and Leana de Bruin but could not convert at the other end, the visitor’s attack line under constant pressure.

The home team set the tone in

an opening quarter highlighted by a succession of turnovers.

But on the back of impressive ball speed through court with Green the main provider, the Swifts jumped out to an early four-goal lead.

The Magic struggled to breach the defensive wall of Sharni Layton, Mkoloma and Abbey McCulloch before staging a determined comeback.

With Kopua grabbing valuable rebound ball and marshalling play through court, the Magic worked their way back into the contest through the accuracy of Jo Harten under the

post in an absorbing and momentum swinging opening.

Twice jumping out to fourgoal leads, Swifts were forced to hold off another late rally from Magic to take a narrow 13-12 lead into the first break.

McCulloch played a strong hand in shutting down dangerous Magic wing attack Grace Rasmussen as the visitors struck problems in their attacking third.

Magic made a better fist of the final stanza but by then it was a bridge too far, the Swifts making full use of the earlier damage inflicted.

- RDP

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■ RUGBY LEAGUE

In brief

Patchy Warriors outdo Titans

By Michael Burgess The Warriors will aim to hit much loftier heights, but Saturday’s game was a step in the right direction.

For long periods, it was an untidy display from the Auckland club - flair, then frustration, magic, then mistakes.

They dominated the game but it wasn’t reflected on the scoreboard against a gritty but undermanned Titans outfit.

But the Warriors showed heart to come back from a halftime deficit and didn’t concede a single point in the second half to seal their third win in four games.

They face the struggling Newcastle Knights next Sunday and now have a chance to build some genuine momentum.

Shaun Johnson limped off with an ankle injury, to go with the groin complaint he took into the game, which had prevented him from goal kicking.

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Warriors coach Andrew McFadden said Johnson could be out for a week or two. That could cause a headache, with Thomas Leuluai still two or three weeks away from a comeback.

Numerous times throughout the match, the Warriors threatened to bolt clear but the Gold Coast team were like an annoying tourist tout in Surfers Paradise who you just can’t shake off.

In the second half, the Warriors had almost 30 tackles in the opposition 20 metre zone compared with the Titans’ one, but the game wasn’t in the bag until the final few minutes.

There were the usual inexplicable mistakes - Konrad Hurrell throwing a crazy pass over the sideline, Chad Townsend trying an ill-fated kick right on halftime and Suaia Matagi ignoring an unmarked Sam Tomkins to bomb a try. That kind of play, combined with a sloppy completion rate, kept the home side in

Cowboys rounded up A first-half try double to centre Jack Wighton has helped snap Canberra’s miserable three-match losing streak with an emphatic 4212 NRL win over North Queensland.

In perfect Sunday afternoon conditions at Canberra Stadium, the Cowboys lacked go-forward and looked rudderless with Johnathan Thurston and company away on Origin duties to end a run of three straight victories.

- AAP

Dave Taylor: Rocked the Warriors with a first-half hattrick

Morris makes it 300

the game in the first half.

In the first half, the Warriors did the one thing they were desperate not to do - hand the Titans the initiative with penalties (6-2 at halftime) and mistakes.

The makeshift Gold Coast team grew in confidence and took their chances. All three of Dave Taylor first-half tries came directly from Warriors’ errors or penalties.

A powerful Simon Mannering try took the Warriors back into

Cronulla hooker John Morris joins the NRL’s 300 club tonight as the only member of that exclusive group never to have pulled on a State of Origin or international jersey. It’s an against-the-odds journey that got its big break in 2002, when Newcastle flyer Adam MacDougall broke down with a lastminute knee injury. Knights coach Michael Hagan needed a makeshift winger, and in just his second season of first grade, halfback/ hooker Morris was called into action off the bench. Fifteen games and 11 tries later, the boy from Scone had somewhat of an image problem on his hands. “Another NRL coach at the time enquired about signing me as a winger and I told my manager: `No! I’m not a winger,’“ Morris said.

- AAP

the lead in the 46th minute., then Feleti Mateo created the space for Hurrell to send Fusitua over with 18 minutes to play.

The visitors should have scored on a couple more occasions but a combination of courageous defence and poor execution ensured a nervy finish.

Titans 16 (D. Taylor 3 tries; B. Henry 2 goals) Warriors 24 (B. Matulino, S. Johnson, D. Fusitua 2, S. Mannering tries; C. Townsend 2 goals). Halftime: Titans 16-14.

- NZHSUN

Egmont gallops Today at Hawera Raceway

Egmont RC Venue: Hawera Meeting Date: 26 May 2014 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 12.36pm (NZT) RD 1 HAWERA INL MAIDEN $7000, MAIDEN, 2100m 1 70402 Golden Penny (1) 58.5 ................ D Johnson 2 66x83 My Magician (6) 58.5 .................. R Hannam 3 42946 Lykaroc (8) 58.5 .................. M Dravitzki (a1) 4 0x447 Misterhank (5) 58.5 ........................D Walker 5 70x65 Sir Al Syd (10) 58.5 ........................ J Parkes 6 8 Black Zambuka (9) 58.5 ..................J Riddell 7 8x806 Dusautoir h (2) 58.5 ................ D Turner (a2) 8 x00x6 Kens Pride (3) 58.5 .................. A Taylor (a2) 9 70x08 Light Handed (7) 58.5 ................M Cameron 10 03347 Singapore Girl h (4) 56.5............. B Lammas 11 04464 Phone Girl h (11) 56.5......... R Hutchings (a) 2 1.11pm ELTHAM VETS/AGRIFEEDS 1600 RATING 85 $8000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1600m 1 870x5 Chill Bill 59 ................................... Scratched 2 029x6 I’m Not Ticklish tm (1) 56.5 ......... B Lammas 3 60x96 Heart Of Darkness dm (2) 55.5... D Johnson 4 607x1 Secret Whisper dm (3) 55.5 .......M Cameron 5 2458x Show The Beel d (5) 55 ..................S Collett 6 82322 Kohi Road b (7) 54.5 ................... R Hannam 7 05260 The Bachelor d (6) 54.5 ................. J Parkes 8 7x755 Katie McKeen m (4) 54 .......... K Chiong (a3) 3 1.46pm RD 1 HAWERA NUFARM 3YO MAIDEN $7000, MDN 3YO, 1600m 1 4x673 Cavatino (6) 57.5.............................J Riddell 2 0x530 Luas (11) 57.5 ................................H Tinsley 3 9644. Nitro Ted h (4) 57.5 ..........................S Doyle 4 27490 Neat Belt (5) 57.5 ................ R Hutchings (a)

5 Highly Likely (12) 57.5 ...............M Cameron 6 6 Double Chance (7) 57.5 ...... M Dravitzki (a1) 7 I’m Charlie h (1) 57.5 .............. D Turner (a2) 8 29422 Mischievous Mis (2) 55.5 ......M Hudson (a3) 9 5 Shirley’s Secret (9) 55.5 ................D Bradley 10 66x0. Zimmzee (8) 55.5 ........................... J Parkes 11 Hallowed (10) 55.5 ...................... D Johnson 12 6x0 Sallymontjeu (3) 55.5 .......................K Smith 4 2.18pm RD 1 HAWERA BALLANCE MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 4x673 Cavatino (10) 58.5...........................J Riddell 2 00x40 Obrahma (7) 58.5..........................D Bradley 3 40. Seconds Out h (3) 58.5 ............... B Lammas 4 9808. Key West (6) 58.5.............................S Doyle 5 805x0 Arzak (2) 58.5 ............................M Cameron 6 Altiplano (12) 58.5 ............... M Dravitzki (a1) 7 600x8 Bellaire (8) 58.5.......................... V Johnston 8 03580 Lady Jessica (9) 56.5 .................. R Hannam 9 Polynesia (13) 56.5 ..................... D Johnson 10 6 Smugglers Cove (5) 56.5 .... R Hutchings (a) 11 0578. Furano (11) 56.5 ............................D Walker 12 7x500 Inazuma (1) 56.5 ..................... R Smyth (a2) 13 80x0. Jitzu (4) 56.5 .................................. J Parkes 5 2.53pm RD 1 HAWERA INGHAMS MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 0 Worzel Gummidge (6) 58.5 . M Dravitzki (a1) 2 Mihaia (15) 58.5 .........................M Cameron 3 33292 Awesome Diva (3) 56.5 .........M Hudson (a3) 4 228x Cassie Anne (10) 56.5 ........ R Hutchings (a) 5 330x6 Luck At Last b (14) 56.5 .............. D Johnson 6 200x Roulett h (9) 56.5 .....................A Jones (a3) 7 80x4. Miss Moore (8) 56.5 .........................K Smith

8 46. Call Me Holly h (5) 56.5 ...................S Doyle 9 64x6x Nippa Mary h (16) 56.5 ......... A Morgan (a2) 10 47x Tihi Keepa (13) 56.5......................D Bradley 11 0x Anna Lincoln (1) 56.5 .................. R Hannam 12 8x866 Lapsaglo (2) 56.5 ........................ B Lammas 13 Lexi (12) 56.5 14 94680 Little Dreamer (7) 56.5 ....................S Collett 15 9x Miss Ottey (11) 56.5 ....................... J Parkes 16 Speed Queen (4) 56.5 ........... K Chiong (a3) 6 3.28pm RD 1 HOLDEM CONTRACTING LTD MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 732x4 Reginald (7) 58.5 ...........................H Tinsley 2 57x2 Nothinlykhim (11) 58.5 ............ R Smyth (a2) 3 24270 Scarred h (2) 58.5 ................. A Morgan (a2) 4 5x3 Lincoln Park (6) 58.5 .....................D Bradley 5 Mr Exclusive h (5) 58.5 .......... K Chiong (a3) 6 Zorrali (4) 58.5 .................... R Hutchings (a) 7 3x757 Mer Noire (12) 56.5 ............. M Dravitzki (a1) 8 64x Zafrenzy (9) 56.5........................M Cameron 9 0x40x Della Lamour 56.5........................ Scratched 10 x9559 Fashion Lass (10) 56.5 ............... B Lammas 11 90x Brecon Belle (14) 56.5 ................... J Parkes 12 6x Dysnomia (15) 56.5..................... D Johnson 13 Alicorn (8) 56.5.........................A Jones (a3) 14 9x Colombo Express (3) 56.5 ...............S Doyle 15 My Mustang Molly h (1) 56.5... D Turner (a2) 16 7. Unico (13) 56.5 ...............................S Collett 7 4.02pm RD 1 HAWERA AGRISEEDS/PIONEER 1400 RATING 65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 6x251 Norman m (6) 59 .................... K Chiong (a3) 2 6521x Power Trip mh (2) 59 ............... D Turner (a2) 3 30943 Lumiere Blue 58.5 ........................ Scratched

16 90303 Gemma Lass (4) 54 ......... J Shackleton (a2) 17 90700 Palmers Pride h (13) 54 ................D Bradley Emergency: Palmers Pride 8 4.28pm RD 1 HAWERA ECOLAB 2100 RATING 65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 7687x Jackabean td (5) 59 ............ R Hutchings (a) 2 51001 Malachy Lad m (12) 59 ........... D Turner (a2) 3 x4325 Coljoy d (6) 57.5 .............................H Tinsley 4 x0160 Sir Gonzales m (13) 57 .......... K Chiong (a3) 5 51295 Adrienne (11) 56.5 ......................... J Parkes 6 45x86 Mr Cool Boy tdm (7) 56.5 ............ B Lammas 7 65644 The Big Opal (3) 56.5.................. D Johnson 8 761x0 Quick March tdm (8) 56 .................D Walker 9 30501 Prickley Princess m (4) 55.5 ...... V Johnston 10 900x0 Beau Zed dh (1) 55.5 ............ A Morgan (a2) 11 710x9 Ethical tdm (10) 55 .....................M Cameron Darryl Bradly rides Obrahma in 12 54463 Siciliani (9) 54.5 ..............................S Collett 13 x8079 Jenny’s Okay tmh (2) 54 ............. R Hannam the Hawera Ballance Maiden, third Blinkers on: Singapore Girl, Phone Girl (R1), I’m Not Ticklish on the card at Egmont today.

(R2), Luas, Nitro Ted (R3), Key West, Furano, Inazuma, Jitzu (R4), Little Dreamer (R5), Unico (R6), One Kay (R7) Blinkers 4 0579x One Kay m (11) 58 .........................H Tinsley off : Good Risk (R7) Winkers on : Nippa Mary (R5) Winkers 5 2866x Graceful Joy (7) 57................ N Teeluck (a4) off : Lykaroc (R1), Luas, Zimmzee (R3), One Kay (R7) 6 0x408 Black Hennessy d (3) 57 SELECTIONS 7 197x9 Clapathunda tmh (5) 57 .............. B Lammas 8 519x5 Bingo (8) 56.5 ............................. D Johnson Race 1: Phone Girl, Golden Penny, My Magician, Lykaroc 9 7953x Pure Blonde (16) 56.5 ......... R Hutchings (a) Race 2: Secret Whisper, Heart Of Darkness, Kohi Road 10 09x20 Heigh Up Keep d (12) 55.5 ..... R Smyth (a2) Race 3: Mischievous Mis, Highly Likely, Nitro Ted 11 0100x Porotene Chance h (14) 55.5M Dravitzki (a1) Race 4: Cavatino, Polynesia, Seconds Out, Obrahma 12 17074 Hayley Grace (9) 55 .................... R Hannam Race 5: Cassie Anne, Awesome Diva, Worzel Gummidge 13 10x0 Raisedinasandpit (15) 55 .........A Jones (a3) Race 6: Lincoln Park, Nothinlykhim, Zorrali, Zafrenzy 14 308x0 Annieitiz m (10) 54.5 ............. A Morgan (a2) Race 7: Bingo, Black Hennessy, Norman, Pure Blonde 15 0368x Good Risk mh (1) 54.5 .....................S Doyle Race 8: Siciliani, Ethical, Coljoy, Malachy Lad, Adrienne

M9 Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

Palmerston North Greyhounds Venue: Manawatu Race- 3 14761 Cawbourne Onyx nwtd.................M Roberts 6 1.39pm MARTON STAKES C2 C2, 457m way Meeting Date: 26 May 2014 NZ Meeting number : 9 4 48545 Fire Boy Baxter 21.55 ...............J McInerney 1 75247 Necter 25.85 ...............................B Hodgson Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 5 21224 Rock On Sprite nwtd G & ...................Denby 2 58332 Loo Loo Blue 26.37 ..........................L Ahern 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 6 55725 Boomerang Man nwtd ................ B Johnston 3 47228 Pseudonym nwtd .........................M Roberts 11 and 12 7 8x857 Unique Tilly nwtd ..........................K Jackson 4 76131 Rocky Baxter 26.27 ...................J McInerney 8 37836 Coyote Caught Ya 22.34 ...........E Duganzich 5 12111 Always Welcome 25.91 ....................L Ahern 1 12.05pm (NZT) AWAPUNI DASH C0 C0, 375m 9 65447 Dodgy Pockets nwtd..................

M G Gowan 6 87424 That’s King 26.60 ........................B Hodgson 1 Nikka Century nwtd ..........................G Quirk 10 F5818 Miss Cool nwtd ........................

T McCracken 7 12745 Mr. Darci nwtd A & .............................. J.Hall 2 Auckland Vending nwtd F & ...........Turnwald 8 11743 Ruth’s Raider 25.93 ................ T McCracken 3 35554 Elephant Trunk nwtd.....................M Roberts 4 1.03pm J P PRINT, PETONE C1 C1, 457m 9 87485 It’s A Doll 26.90 ...........................A Turnwald 4 44366 Addis Mate nwtd ............................... R Hunt 1 1478 Ameliorate nwtd ...................... T McCracken 5 27523 Cuts Deep nwtd ...........................P Blanche 2 65572 Taikorea Lass nwtd ...................... T Downey 10 47367 Mick Mania 26.10 ....................... G Hodgson 6 37 Rosa Gallica nwtd ............................G Quirk 3 35737 Sarah Campbell nwtd..................B Hodgson 7 2.06pm WWW.RACINGDOGS.CO.NZ C3 C3, 375m 7 56437 Homebush Celia nwtd K & ............. J Maisey 4 68372 Spot On Maggie nwtd ..............A Duganzich 1 67112 Dasher Rum 21.78 ...........................R Waite 8 6 Cawbourne Malky nwtd................M Roberts 5 51324 Cawbourne Tip nwtd ....................M Roberts 2 15517 Opawa Jay 21.74 ............................. A Clark 9 83684 Portobello Patsy nwtd ......................R Waite 6 21443 Jinja Pat nwtd G &.............................S Ross 3 66463 Rebel Kahn nwtd................................ N Udy 10 7 It’s The Dream nwtd B & .................... Steele 7 12243 Contemporaneous 26.55 .................L Ahern 4 12311 Figlia 21.49 G & ................................S Ross 8 45585 Belldeen 26.48 .........................A Duganzich 5 73357 Uno Flash nwtd ...............................S Maher 2 12.25pm WOODVILLE DASH C1 C1, 375m 9 77655 Cawbourne Crazy nwtd................M Roberts 6 31678 Time To Find 21.98 ..............J Woolston-Bell 1 42455 Cosmic Rascal nwtd ............... T McCracken 7 6214F Homebush Verona 21.71...........J McInerney 2 P5354 Aokautere nwtd .........................J McInerney 10 56663 Zamaddis Lass nwtd .................... T Downey 3 77328 Macgyver Rama nwtd P &..................Doody 5 1.21pm PETER SINCLAIR PHOTO FINISH C2, 375m 8 13633 Another Drink nwtd ...................J McInerney 9 75571 Opawa Token 21.61 ........................S Maher 4 23728 Chelsea’s Beauty 21.75 ............... T Downey 1 42825 Sheza Fooling 22.10 ............... T McCracken 5 12718 Caesar Queen nwtd F & ................Turnwald 2 13122 Goodtime Kate 21.65 ..................B Goodwin 10 4887F Another Colt nwtd .....................J McInerney 6 785x8 Asher 22.11......................................R Waite 3 31515 Peno Boy nwtd B & ............................ Steele 8 2.28pm ASHHURST DASH C4 C4, 375m 7 15778 Miss Sara nwtd ..........................R N Maisey 1 22843 Talk It Over 21.55 ................................ L Bell 4 21666 Homebush Envy nwtd ...................... C Clark 8 76515 Behemoth 22.07............................A Speight 2 34586 Stirling Dann nwtd .............................. N Udy 5 15438 Missy Sloy 21.71 ..................... T McCracken 9 25276 Waldo Baxter nwtd ....................J McInerney 3 37222 Shaga Banga Bang 21.58 G &...........Denby 6 64246 Dogged Dan 22.01 ............................ R Hunt 10 F5818 Miss Cool nwtd........................ T McCracken 4 75758 Uno Allegro 21.46 ............................L Ahern 7 36545 Homebush Anabel 22.49 ................. C Clark 5 65212 Stiff Drink 22.01 F & .......................Turnwald 8 61112 Wild As Angels 21.68 ......................M Olden 3 12.45pm MANAWATU RACEWAY C1 C1, 375m 6 45776 Fierce Star 21.24 F & .....................Turnwald 9 32655 Cool Heir 21.80 .................................. N Udy 1 23124 Toxic Revenge 22.02 .....................A Speight 7 56323 Fastback King 21.85 ........................ A Clark 2 26227 Boot The Cash nwtd................ T McCracken 10 65716 Kotumba 22.00 L & ............................ Morris

8 65864 Embee Dee nwtd ......................J McInerney 9 75275 Ya Laughin’ 21.57 ..........................B Mitchell 10 88823 Cawbourne Burn nwtd .................M Roberts 9 2.45pm CLOVERLEA STAKES C4/5 C4/5, 457m 1 17157 Cold Turkey 25.97 ............................G Quirk 2 26224 Mammy Brown 26.00 .......................L Ahern 3 78637 Graduation 25.80 .............................L Ahern 4 73236 Check The Mail nwtd........................L Ahern 5 57254 Wallace Lad 26.28 ...........................L Ahern 6 45733 Bigtime Jet 26.20 .............................L Ahern 7 83312 Thrilling Brave 25.82 B & ................... Steele 8 54845 Bigtime Dasher 26.17 ......................L Ahern 9 25547 Ostapchuk 26.12 ..............................L Ahern 10 58753 Flying Moe nwtd ............................B Mitchell 10 3.03pm SHANNON DASH C5 C5, 375m 1 66712 Winning Knocka 21.50 .....................L Ahern 2 68134 Zipping Tay 21.55 F & ....................Turnwald 3 45121 Homebush Crash nwtd..............J McInerney 4 34134 Sir Richie 21.57................................L Ahern 5 36126 Charming Nev 21.60 ........................L Ahern 6 72132 Bolt Rama 21.46 P & .........................Doody 7 57111 Mercenary 21.57 F & .....................Turnwald 8 43316 Cosmic Fury 21.59 ...........................L Ahern Emergencies: 9 15458 Lost in Light 21.69............................L Ahern 10 76183 Wise Crack Lad 21.76 .....................M Olden 11 3.20pm FEILDING STAKES C3 FINAL C3f, 457m 1 88214 Magic Bolt 25.99 ...........................B Mitchell 2 12111 Thrilling Carter 25.88 ...................... K Walsh 3 12585 Hear Hare Here 26.24 P & .................Doody

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

31153 Backyard Bully 25.84 ................. G Hodgson 88658 Crushed Monkey 26.34 ...................... N Udy 14324 Not Bad nwtd ............................. B Johnston 58876 Miss Isabella nwtd G & .....................S Ross 67575 Nonu Nonu Boom 26.29 B &.............. Steele 64252 Ten Point One nwtd ..........................P Taylor 64378 Thrilling Charly nwtd B &.................... Steele 12 3.40pm FOXTON STAKES C4 FINAL C4f, 457m 1 71114 Gus nwtd F & .................................Turnwald 2 28325 Blue And Curly 26.50 .......................L Ahern 3 33234 Phone Tap 26.18 F & .....................Turnwald 4 72218 Run Junior Run nwtd ..................A Turnwald 5 36251 Opawa Wally 26.27 .........................S Maher 6 1714F Knuckle Bump 25.74 ........................L Ahern 7 56272 El Jetta 26.41 ...................................L Ahern 8 23176 Jonesy’s Fortune nwtd F &.............Turnwald Emergencies: 9 x3F16 Thrilling Zoom 25.73 ....................... K Walsh 10 53462 Caesar Chance nwtd F & ...............Turnwald SELECTIONS

Race 1: Rosa Gallica, Cuts Deep, Nikka Century, Elephant Trunk Race 2: Macgyver Rama, Behemoth, Miss Sara, Cosmic Rascal Race 3: Rock On Sprite, Toxic Revenge, Fire Boy Baxter Race 4: Spot On Maggie, Jinja Pat, Contemporaneous, Ameliorate Race 5: Wild As Angels, Goodtime Kate, Sheza Fooling, Peno Boy Race 6: Always Welcome, Rocky Baxter, Loo Loo Blue, Necter Race 7: Figlia, Rebel Kahn, Dasher Rum, Another Drink Race 8: Shaga Banga Bang, Fastback King, Talk It Over LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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■ FOOTBALL

All Whites avoid Honiara horror

By Michael Burgess The All Whites are set to face a different path to the 2018 World Cup, with the Nations Cup tournament format unlikely to be retained for the next four-year cycle.

The Oceania Football Confederation executive are close to agreeing the qualification formats for both the 2017 Confederations Cup and the Road to Russia and there is little support for another tournament, like the Nations Cup in Honiara in 2012.

Instead, the champions of Oceania are set to be found via a series of round-robin, home-and-away matches.

It would be good news for New Zealand Football.

No one wants a repeat of the Horror in Honiara, where the All Whites’ poor display (they lost 2-0 to New Caledonia in the semi-finals) made World Cup qualification much more difficult.

They still progressed to the final-four phase of home-and-away games but it meant they missed out on the 2013 Confederations Cup, which offered significant financial rewards and, more importantly, matches against top-class opposition (Uruguay, Nigeria and Spain) and the chance to spend almost two weeks in camp.

Instead, the All Whites had a poor build-up against a mixed level of opposition which was nowhere near adequate to face the likes of Mexico.

Granted, a lot of the Honiara harm was self inflicted.

Ricki Herbert and his coaching staff neglected to do enough scouting or analysis of their opponents, selection and tactics were poor and the preceding tour

The All Whites chase the game in last year’s match with Japan.

of the US to play Honduras and El Salvador made acclimatisation in the Solomon Islands nearly impossible.

But the tournament format, with games every second day, and the pitch conditions and climate were always going to be difficult.

If there was another similar event, in either Fiji or Papua New Guinea as had been mooted, the potential for another banana skin was high.

The proposed format could see the top eight teams divided into two groups of four, with the top two from each - decided after a series of home-and-away matches - progressing to the final four.

The Oceania champions would then be decided from a second stage of roundrobin games and it’s possible they will earn a ticket to both the 2017 Confederations Cup and 2018 World Cup. It will present a scheduling challenge but will be alleviated by the fact most Fifa windows are longer in the next cycle, allowing for two games within one window.

- NZHSUN

QPR return to EPL By steven griffiths Harry Redknapp admitted he was a relieved man after Bobby Zamora’s lastgasp strike fired QPR back into the Premier League and eased the club’s precarious financial situation.

Redknapp’s side hit the jackpot at Wembley yesterday as they rode their luck to steal a 1-0 victory against Derby in the Championship play-off final.

Zamora’s fine finish in stoppage-time was QPR’s first and only shot on target and came completely against the run of play after Derby had dominated following the 60th minute dismissal of Hoops midfielder Gary O’Neil.

The frenzied celebrations by QPR’s Malaysian owner Tony Fernandes, who was drenched in champagne by the time he left the on-pitch party after the final whistle, made it clear how important promotion was for the west London club, who would have been in danger of sinking into financial chaos if they had been

condemned to another season in the second tier following their relegation in 2013.

Fernandes has funded a STG70 million wage bill reportedly higher than Spanish champions Atletico Madrid, while also coping with annual losses of around STG65 million and estimated debts of STG177 million.

In that context, promotion to the Premier League, where QPR will now land a minimum windfall of STG80 million, was essential and Redknapp’s drained expression when he met the media an hour after Zamora’s winner showed expectation had weighed heavily over the last nine months.

“I’m sure it’s important (financially) but you will have to ask the chairman about that,” Redknapp said.

“The owner is very excited.

“He’s a nice fella and I’m pleased for him.

“It’s great for the club and the fans to be back in the Premier League.” - AFP

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9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Goodwill shop open for the sale of preloved clothing. Tinwald Methodist Church, Cnr Archibald and Jane Streets, Tinwald.

9.30am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Exercises for all abilities. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

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

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

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Puzzles Monday, May 26, 2014

www.guardianonline.co.nz CRYPTIC ACROSS 1. In part of play, did get confused as to the one hooked (6) 8. Nacrous concretion right inside ring (5) 9. He is, one may think, the perpetrator (7) 11. Inclination to finish in letting agreement after an absence (8) 12. 5 Down may confront one face to face (5) 15. Etna’s spillage will halfland on Virginia (4) 16. An argument as to how one will look to pull a boat (3) 17. Pin of beer taken around ten (4) 19. Form of music party first and last given, California variety (5) 21. Sort of rose to be the norm (8) 24. Was aching at end of day for it to be gained by Labour (7) 25. Surface of road – motorway – has let a change come about (5) 26. For storage of menu, it left desktop in the rear perhaps (6)

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YOUR STARS

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) The Moon’s return to your income sector, just days before Venus is due to return to work her magic, gives you a nose for money.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) In personal and professional relationship building things are coming together, with a sense that you can conquer the world.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) On the work and income fronts there is a sense that if you put your mind to it, that anything is possible and not just professionally and financially.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) Across the personal and professional fronts it all comes down to what your heart is telling you, with a sense of confidence setting in.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) Without having anything specific you can put your finger on, a new sense of confidence needs to be taken on face value.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) An important day for personal and professional networking is also an important day for getting your financial objectives and perspective.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) A day after a powerful alliance between income and career forces you’ve got a new sense of not only what’s possible but of your own power.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) On the work front you have a chance to put your heart and instincts on the same page, while at the same time challenging old perceptions.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) This is a day where good intentions when it comes to finding a balance between work and play are likely to be tested, with failure not an option.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) Having strong friendships and relationships has little to do with luck and everything to do with the time and effort you put in.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) Any challenges you face now you’ll hardly feel as you bulldoze your way through them. If it feels like you’re bulletproof it’s because you are.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20) As well as triggering the hunches that allow you to hook into the laws of attraction, today’s nose for money may also push buttons.

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Family Notices 26 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

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Fine with frosts at night. However, showers about Banks Peninsula with thunderstorms during the morning and snow to 400 metres.

Cold southwesterlies, strong in exposed places with gales about Banks Peninsula, dying away in the evening.

Fine or becoming fine. Severe frost at night.

Wind at 1000m: SW 60 km/h, gradually dying away. Wind at 2000m: Gale SW 90 km/h, gradually easing to 25 km/h.

TOMORROW

Fine, with severe morning frosts. Northerlies developing.

WEDNESDAY

High cloud, rain developing near the divide.

Northwest gales.

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High cloud increasing. NW strengthening.

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Rain about the divide, spreading further east, then clearing. NW gales, turning SW and easing about the tops, and dying away at low levels.

A change to cold southerlies and showers.

Becoming fine in the evening, and southerlies dying out at night.

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Fine with morning frosts. Light winds.

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7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 My Kitchen Rules PGR In Victoria, best mates Harry and Christo prepare to serve their menu. 0 8:45 Trophy Wife 0 9:15 N Hot in Cleveland PGR 0 9:40 Grey’s Anatomy AO A fundraising gala turns competitive; Bailey’s patience is tested; Alex reveals a secret to Jo. 0 10:40 Revolution AO 0

7:30 Motorcycling – Superbike World Championship (Delayed) Donington Park – Race One and Supersport. 10:30 Motorcycling – Superbike World Championship (Delayed) Noon Road To Glasgow 12:30 Tennis – French Open (Highlights) 1:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Replay) 3pm Netball – ANZ Championship (Replay) 4:30 Cycling – Giro D’Italia (Highlights) 5pm Motorsport – IndyCar (Highlights) 5:30 Motorsport – FIA Formula One Championship (Highlights) 6pm Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) 6:30 College Netball (Delayed) 7pm Campbell Live 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 L Netball – ANZ 7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 0 7:30 Road Cops PGR 3 0 7:30 Who Wants to Be a Championship 7:30 How I Met Your Mother – 8pm Kings Cross ER PGR 0 Millionaire? UK Northern Mystics v West The Final Season PGR 8:30 M Taken 8:30 Shearing Gang PGR 3 Coast Fever. From Trusts 8pm The Goldbergs PGR AO 3 2008 Action. A former With shearers dropping like Arena, Auckland.

8:30 New Girl PGR government operative comes 9pm The Michael J Fox Show PGR flies, shearing boss Peter 9:15 Netball Zone out of retirement and uses his 9:25 Raising Hope PGR Lyon must find replacements; 9:45 Small Blacks TV extensive training to rescue the season takes its toll on A rugby show for children.

9:55 Parks and Recreation PGR his estranged daughter from shearer Kelly Kristie.

10pm #SkyRugby – Breakdown Leslie’s efforts to create a a slave trade operation.

9pm Bondi Rescue PGR 10:30 Super Rugby Review new town slogan catch the Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, 9:30 60 Minutes PGR A look at the highs and lows attention of two local shock Famke Janssen. 0 10:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 of the latest round of the jocks.

10:30 The Paul Henry Show Super Rugby.

10:25 The Americans AO

11:40 Happy Endings PGR 0 12:05 Mad Love PGR 3 0 12:35 Mistresses AO 3 0 1:30 Infomercials 2:30 Detroit 1-8-7 AO 3 3:15 Necessary Roughness PGR 3 0 4:05 Work It PGR 3 4:25 Posh Nosh 3 0 4:35 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11pm The Borgias AO Cardinal Farnese is placed in the Treasury, and quickly discovers Versucci’s theft; Alexander calls for a crusade when he learns of Venice’s request for help.

12:05 Infomercials 5:30 City Impact Church

11:25 Entertainment Tonight 11:50 Infomercials

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

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

2am Home Shopping

11:50 The Missing PGR 3 A small piece of plastic found in a Fiordland river may hold clues to the disappearance of four Southland men more than 30 years earlier. 0 12:40 Te Karere 3 2 0 1:15 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2 0

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

1:55 Secret War PGR 3 3pm History Under The Hammer 3 3:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 4pm The Late Show With David Letterman 3 5pm Deal Or No Deal 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm Deal Or No Deal 6:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things 3 Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and his guest chefs create dishes using black bream.

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Border Security A search becomes a matter of life and death; a parcel causes a big stink; a man has trouble getting past Immigration. 0 8pm The Force PGR 0 8:30 Person of Interest AO 0 9:25 Intelligence AO 0 10:25 One News Tonight 0 10:55 Alcatraz AO 3 0

12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Bath Crashers 1:30 Bid America 2am Heaven’s Kitchen Cookbook 2:30 Destination Flavour Japan 3am Metropolis 4am Jonathan Phang’s Gourmet Trains 5am The Home Show

PRIME

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Pingu 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 All Grown Up 3 7:55 Rugrats 3 8:20 Chuggington 8:30 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 8:45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 3 8:55 Bob The Builder 3 9:05 Thomas And Friends 3 9:15 Peppa Pig 3 9:25 Barney And Friends 3 9:50 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Peppa Pig 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:30 Four Live 6pm Malcolm In The Middle 0 6:30 Just Shoot Me! 3 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Wiki The Kiwi 3 0 6:35 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 3 0 7am Phineas And Ferb 3 0 7:25 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 7:50 Ben 10 – Omniverse 0 8:15 Dinosaur Train 0 8:25 Fireman Sam 3 0 8:35 Mike The Knight 3 0 8:50 Fireman Sam 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 8 Simple Rules 3 0 11am Neighbours 3 0 11:30 Home And Away 3 0 Noon Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:30 Cougar Town PGR 3 0 1pm Jeremy Kyle AO 2pm Bethenny 3pm According To Jim 3 0 3:30 Angry Birds Toons 0 3:35 Kung Fu Panda 3 0 3:59 Horace In Slow Motion 3 4pm I’m In The Band 3 0 4:30 The 4:30 Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Sandmasters PGR 7am Early Edition 8am Clodagh McKenna – Irish Food Trails 8:30 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 9am The World After Stonehenge 10am New Zealand Food And Culture 10:30 The Boat That Guy Built 11am Untamed Africa Noon Timothy Spall – Somewhere At Sea 12:30 Horizon Solar Storms – The Threat To Planet Earth 1:30 Gourmet Farmer 2pm TBC 2:20 Vacation, Vacation, Vacation 3:30 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 4pm Heaven’s Kitchen Cookbook 4:30 Destination Flavour Japan 5pm The Home Show 6pm Bid America 6:30 Bath Crashers 7pm Baggage Battles 7:30 Jonathan Phang’s Gourmet Trains Jonathan Phang travels to incredible food destinations, such as Paris, Venice and Istanbul to explore fine dining at its best.

8:30 Greatest Cities Of The World 9:45 Metropolis 11pm Baggage Battles 11:30 Saturday Cookbook

FOUR

6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 10:30 The Shopping Channel 11:25 The Nanny 3 0 Noon 3 News 12:30 Dr Phil AO Dr Travis Stork helps overweight guests develop healthier dietary habits.

1:30 The Dr Oz Show PGR Dr Oz meets Rebecca Rosen, who says angels exist, and are sending messages that help us heal.

2:30 Rachael Ray 3:30 The Queen Latifah Show 4:30 Entertainment Tonight 5pm The Biggest Loser Australia Everybody goes to the dockyard for the challenge; cracks start to appear in the teams.

6pm 3 News

6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am Ellen 3 11am Selling Houses Australia Extreme Jack and Diana bought a former community centre in Port Douglas with plans to turn it into two holiday homes, but it never came to fruition.

Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Charity is hurt; Ashley has a battle on his hands; Jacob is troubled. 0 1:30 Come Dine With Me UK PGR 3 2pm May The Best House Win USA 3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 Ellen 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0

CHOICE TV

TV THREE

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MAORI TV 10am Korero Mai 3 11am Toku Reo 3 Noon Korero Mai 3 1pm Toku Reo 3 2pm Ako 3 2 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3 3:30 Maggie And The Ferocious Beast 3 2 4pm Miharo 2 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Toi Whakaari 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga o te Motu Nga Reo o te Tairawhiti.

THE BOX 6am SVU MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Hardcore Pawn PG 7:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 8:05 Survivor – Borneo PG 8:55 Criminal Intent MV 9:45 Law And Order MV 10:35 CSI – Miami MV 11:25 SmackDown! MC 1:05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:30 Criminal Intent MV 2:20 SVU MV 3:10 Survivor – Borneo PG 4pm Hardcore Pawn PG 4:30 The Simpsons PG 5pm Criminal Intent MV 6pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 6:30 The Simpsons PG 7pm Parking Wars PGL 7:30 CSI – Miami MV 8:30 Outback Hunters PG 9:30 CSI – New York MV 10:30 Law And Order MV 11:30 CSI – Miami MV

TUESDAY

12:30 Survivor – Borneo PG 1:20 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:45 SVU MV 2:35 Law And Order MV 3:25 Outback Hunters PG 4:20 CSI – New York MV 5:10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 5:35 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG

11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 Netball – ANZ Championship Midnight Rugby League – NRL 12:30 Football League Show 1am Golf Focus 2am Rugby League – NRL 4am AthIetics – IAAF World Relays 5am The Crowd Goes Wild 5:30 Rugby League – NRL

SKY SPORT 2 6:30 Ako 3 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Moteatea 3 Moteatea from Ngapuhi and Taranaki; Radio New Zealand archive recordings from Ngati Tuwharetoa and Ngati Maniapoto.

8pm N Re-Think Synthetic cannabis.

8:30 Native Affairs 9:30 Firefly AO 10:30 Making Tracks AO 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY

Shearing Gang

8:30pm on Prime

MOVIES PREMIERE

6am Factory Made PG 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG Fresh Blood.

7:30 Man v Wild PG Costa Rican Rainforest. 8:30 MythBusters PG Speed Cameras.

9:30 Treehouse Masters PG 10:30 Dirty Jobs Down Under PG Lost in Aboriginal Land.

11:30 Deadly Devotion M 12:30 Blood, Lies And Alibis M 1:30 I (Almost) Got Away With It M 2:30 Amish Mafia M 3:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 MythBusters PG 6:30 Manhunt M 7:30 Auction Hunters PG 8pm Auction Hunters PG 8:30 MythBusters PG 9:30 Magic Of Science PG 10pm Deadly Dilemmas M 10:30 Auction Kings PG 11pm I’d Kill For You M

7am Looper 16VL 2012 Thriller.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis.

8:55 The Bourne Legacy MV 2012 Action. Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz.

11:05 The Lone Ranger MV 2013 Western. Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer.

1:30 The Sweeney 16VLS 2012 Action. Ray Winstone, Ben Drew.

3:20 Looper 16VL 2012 Thriller.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis.

5:20 Red Dawn MVL 2012 Action.

Chris Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson.

6:55 A Few Best Men 16VL 2011 Comedy. Laura Brent, Xavier Samuel.

8:30 Silent Hill – Revelation 16VL 2012 Horror. Sean Bean, Radha Mitchell.

10:05 Inappropriate Comedy 16LS 2013 Comedy. Adrien Brody, Rob Schneider.

11:35 The Last Stand 16VL 2013 Action. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker.

Midnight Evil, I M 12:30 Evil, I M 1am I Was Murdered M 1:30 I Was Murdered M 2:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Brew Masters PG 5am Bering Sea Gold PG

1:25 A Few Best Men 16VL 2011 Comedy. Laura Brent, Xavier Samuel.

3am Silent Hill – Revelation 16VL 2012 Horror. Sean Bean, Radha Mitchell. 4:35 The Last Stand 16VL 2013 Action.

TUESDAY

TUESDAY

10am Golf Central 11am Golf – European Tour (Highlights) BMW PGA Championship – Round Four. From the Wentworth Club in Surrey, England.

11:30 Rugby League – 40/20 (Replay) Noon L Ice Hockey – NHL New York Rangers v Montreal Canadiens.

From Madison Square Garden, New Parks and Recreation York.

9:55pm on FOUR 3pm Golf – LPGA Tour (Highlights) Mobile Bay Classic – Round Four.

MOVIES GREATS 3:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) England v Sri Lanka – 7:25 Remember Me MVLS 2010 Drama. Robert Pattinson, Emilie De Second One-Day International.

4pm Golf – Senior PGA Raven, Pierce Brosnan. 9:15 The Championships (Delayed) Round Watcher 16VL 2000 Thriller. Marisa Tomei, Keanu Reeves, James Spader. Four. Coverage of the last two hours 10:50 Hairspray PGS 2007 Comedy of play.

Musical. Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta. 6pm Surfing – ASP Men’s World Championship Tour (Highlights) 12:45 The Making Of Godzilla PG Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach.

1:05 X2 MV 2003 Action. Patrick 7pm Golf Central Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh 8pm Golf – LPGA Tour (Highlights) Jackman, Anna Paquin, Halle Berry.

Mobile Bay Classic – Round Four.

3:20 Vantage Point MVL 2008 Action. Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, From RTJ Golf Trail, Magnolia Grove in Mobile Bay, Alabama.

Sigourney Weaver.

8:30 #SkyRugby – Breakdown 4:50 The Brave One 16VL 2007 9pm L Rugby League – NRL Action. Jodie Foster, Terrence Sharks v Rabbitohs. From Remondis Howard, Nicky Katt.

Stadium in Woolooware.

6:55 Underworld – Rise Of The 11pm Monday Night With Matty Lycans 16V 2009 Action. Michael Johns Sheen, Bill Nighy.

8:30 Just Like Heaven PGS 2005 TUESDAY Romantic Comedy.

Midnight Aussie Rules – AFL 10:05 As Good As It Gets ML 1997 (Delayed) Gold Coast v Western Comedy.

Bulldogs. From Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast.

TUESDAY 3am Netball Zone 12:20 The Chronicles Of Riddick MV 2004 Action. 2:20 Underworld 3:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Replay) Northern – Rise Of The Lycans 16V 2009 Action. 3:50 Just Like Heaven PGS Mystics v West Coast Fever.

5am Monday Night With Matty 2005 Romantic Comedy. 5:25 As Johns Good As It Gets ML 1997 Comedy.

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language. RATINGS: 16 Approved for persons 16 years or over; 18 Approved for persons 18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

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SUPERNET College A secured their return to the Canterbury Secondary School’s Supernet competition last week.

College were the top qualifier after they won all five qualifying games in convincing fashion, concluding with a 28-20 win over Villa Maria last week, to re-enter the top competition after spending the last two years in A grade.

“It’s great achievement from the girls and I think it is because we are more conditioned,” College coach Angela Mitchell said. “They look a bit sharper at this point of the season which I think the change in format to the local competition helped.”

They start their Supernet campaign against Rangi Ruru on Wednesday.

College A goal defence Kate Lloyd is at full reach to block the shot of Methven shooter Leanne Clemens in the premier netball second round match on Saturday.

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College holds out determined Methven

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Premier netball tightened up for the start of the second round, with two games decided by a single goal on Saturday.

College A had accounted for Methven 32-17 in the opening weekend but had to hold off a much sterner challenge to take a 21-20 win on Saturday.

College had their nose in front throughout the game, but could never shake the determined Methven and had to hold on for the one-goal win.

“They have definitely improved a lot and they threw everything at us,” College A coach Angela Mitchell said.

After losing their first four matches of the season, Methven dispatched College B last week to keep their place in premier and then delivered their best performance of the season so far to suggest the 2012 runners-up could be more of a handful in the second round.

After the one-point thriller to start the day the round ended with another intense one-goal

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game as United were able to turn the tables on Hampstead, holding on for a 23-22.

Hampstead had taken out the first encounter by five goals back in round one and held a narrow one-goal advantage at halftime to be up 11-10.

United produced a big third quarter to move into the lead going into the fourth quarter ahead 19-17.

Nina Kickhefer put in the goahead goal inside the final minute before the United defenders were able to deny Hampstead

the opportunity to equalise.

“We went into the final quarter strongly but had a bit of a lapse and were lucky to hold onto the lead,” United’s Claire Tappin said.

Having been undone by their more experienced opponent in the first round, Tappin was pleased to see her younger players stepping up and performing under pressure.

“I think we have come on a lot in the last couple of games and I was impressed with the composure we showed during the

match, especially in the closing stages.”

Defending champions Celtic welcomed Collegiate to the premier grade with a 37-21 loss to extend their unbeaten streak out to 20, but the freshly promoted side were competitive in their game in top flight.

Down in senior A, College B started their campaign to return to premier with a 29-17 over Celtic B (formerly Celtic C).

Rakaia beat Allenton 23-22 and College Y10A were too strong for Methven B 37-22.

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