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Social media is abuzz with the latest scandal hitting a high school in Louisiana. Two teachers, 32-year-old Shelley Dufresne and Rachel Respess, 24, took after-school involvement with a student to another whole level. Students told local media source WGNO, the two teachers engaged in sexual activity with a then 16-yearold student. It also was not the first time, students shared.

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Sheen ‘pulled a knife’ on his dentist Charlie Sheen is under investigation after he allegedly threatened his dentist with a knife, according to a US report.

Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department are investigating claims the Anger Management star was involved in a scuffle with his personal dentist and an oral surgeon while receiving treatment for an abscess, reports celebrity website TMZ.com. The dental technician in the room at the time of the incident has told TMZ that Sheen “went insane” when she placed a mask over his face to administer nitrous oxide. She says Sheen began flailing his arms and struck her.

Lorde makes South Park appearance Lorde’s made a guest appearance on the cult American animated comedy South Park, but there’s a bit of a twist.

In the episode that screened in the US yesterday, the boys decide to throw an all-you-can-eat pizza party.

They reckon they’ve got the entertainment sorted because Stan’s dad, Randy Marsh, works with Lorde’s uncle. But that didn’t quite go as planned and middle-aged, moustached, beerbellied Randy ends up performing on stage dressed up as Lorde – complete with dark curly wig and long black dress.

Watching the performance, one character comments: “I’m glad the food is good, Lorde sucks”. His friend replies: “Yeah she isn’t as hot in person.” Meanwhile, Lorde’s latest single Yellow Flicker Beat was the No.1 most added track on alternative radio in the US within just two days of its release – the biggest first week ever for a female artist on alternative radio. The single is the first track from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 soundtrack, which Lorde has created. The 17-year-old is coming to the end of her US tour and will embark on a four-date New Zealand tour at the end of the month.

Pompeo welcomes second child Grey’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo is a mum again after welcoming a daughter via surrogate. The actress surprised fans yesterday by announcing she and music producer husband Chris Ivery were parents again after adding little Sienna May to their family. Pompeo took to Twitter to announce the news, posting a photo of her husband gently kissing their newborn. The accompaning caption read: “Sienna May Ivery welcome to the world. We love you more than words can say.”

Pompeo also shared her gratitude for her TV castmates for keeping the secret of their baby under wraps.

“Sienna was born via surrogate & I would like to thank my whole @ ShondalandTV family for helping us enjoy these first few weeks privately. Love U (sic).” Pompeo and Ivery wed in 2007 and had daughter Stella Luna in 2009.

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Garner’s cringey moment Jennifer Garner has jokingly blamed a case of head lice as the reason she thinks she and husband Ben Affleck didn’t get an invite to George Clooney’s wedding.

Garner revealed she was left red-faced the first time she met Clooney because she was battling the little critters at the time, she said during an appearance on Thursday’s The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. “We show up and the first person I see is George Clooney and I’ve never met George Clooney. And I walk up to him, and I’m chatting with him and I can see that he smells me, but he’s trying to be polite.”

Garner said she fears the encounter may have made Clooney think twice about inviting the couple to his wedding in Italy over the weekend. “People keep asking why we weren’t at George’s wedding, I think he didn’t want ‘Licey’ there.”

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Ashburton legal aid cases on rise

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The number of legal aid cases in Ashburton is on the rise, putting pressure on a system already rocked by a lack of lawyers.

According to a Ministry of Justice spokesperson, 149 applications for criminal legal aid

were approved for Ashburton District Court cases between July 1, 2013, and June 30, 2014.

That was up from 138 approved applications the year before, and if Ministry of Justice forecasts are anything to go by, the increases are set to continue.

Ashburton’s criminal legal aid

system is already struggling, with just one local lawyer still taking on criminal legal aid cases.

Russell, Moon and Fail Lawyers staff solicitor Paul Bradford is the only Ashburton lawyer still willing to take criminal legal aid cases, and he said this

week it was not cost effective for lawyers to take them any more.

The fixed fee model of payment that was introduced in 2012 meant lawyers had to predict the number of hours they were going to work on legal aid cases, although Legal Aid Services general manager Michele

Court delays raise stress levels

By Daisy HuDson

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A local lawyer has criticised the amount of time people are having to wait to appear in the Ashburton District Court, saying changes have proved stressful for both lawyers and their clients.

The lengthy delays could have far reaching consequences, with people’s livelihoods potentially on the line.

Everist Gilchrist Lawyers’ Marilyn Gilchrist said lawyers were not consulted about the changes, which have seen list days at the court reduced from two per month to one.

Ms Gilchrist said people were having to wait up to a month to appear in court, and in one instance a client had to travel to Timaru to have an application heard. “A month is a long time, and it’s quite stressful.”

Ms Gilchrist said minor cases Lawyer Marilyn Gilchrist says clients are stressed about having to wait for up to a month to apcould be dealt with quickly, and pear in court. lengthy delays were proving costly for clients.

Ministry of Justice Canter- ishing shortly after lunch and For example, someone who the person “may have put their bury service delivery manager so by having one full day once a had lost their driver’s licence job at risk”.

Only having one list day per Rose Cavanagh said the num- month, the remaining days can and was applying for a limited month was also stressful for ber of sitting days at the court be better used for judge-alone licence for work reasons.

Ms Gilchrist said waiting lawyers, and Ms Gilchrist said had not reduced, but they had trials,” she said. up to one month to apply for a it had contributed to her stop- to be “flexible” about how time Ms Cavanagh said two extra was used, hence the reduction sitting days had been added to limited licence was “quite ex- ping criminal legal aid work.

“I’d have six or seven clients, to one list day per month. pensive”, as the licence itself the Ashburton roster for a mix“We did this because we ture of lists, sentencing and triwas costly and by the time the as well as duty solicitor clients found list days were often fin- als. application was heard in court, and private clients,” she said.

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McCreadie said lawyers could seek additional fees if they felt they were justified.

The lack of local lawyers has also raised the issue of conflicts of interest, resulting in lawyers from Christchurch and Timaru having to take on Ashburton cases.

Searchers still look for boy, 5 Searchers remain hopeful of finding young Jack Dixon, who was washed out to sea on Wednesday at Mt Maunganui, despite police scaling back their involvement.

Inspector Karl Wright said the search that continued yesterday for the 5-year-old boy at low tide revealed nothing.

He said given the time involved since Jack’s disappearance and after speaking with his family, police would be scaling back their search for him.

“However we will be continuing to reassess this on a daily basis with a focus on bringing Jack home if we possibly can as conditions allow.”

Lee Sefton, lifesaving education manager surf lifesaving eastern region, said teams out looking for five-year-old Jack would extend their search to Matakana Island.

He said two navy divers were searching for the young boy, who was washed out to sea by a rogue wave, but they were “confident” he is not in the area where he went missing.

Mr Sefton said underwater visibility was good.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

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Resort wins rubbish collection

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Rubbish collections on private roads might not be the norm, but the idea of more than 100 elderly people lugging rubbish bags to one collection spot prompted a change of heart for the Ashburton District Council.

Refuse and recycling collections in urban areas are limited to public roads; residents living on private roads must take their bags and bins to a single collection point at the entrance to their street.

The Lochlea Lifestyle Resort is a private development in the

Lochlea estate and when completed will provide up to 107 residential dwellings for over 65s. Under the council’s current collection policy, those homeowners living on the loop road within the resort would only have their rubbish and recycling collected if they carried it out to Charlesworth Drive.

At a meeting of the council’s service delivery committee on Thursday, councillors grappled with the need to make life easier for older residents against the desire not to set a precedent that could see residents of other private roads wanting the

same collection. They decided council would collect rubbish from the loop road.

Assets manager Andrew Guthrie said there were a number of lanes around Ashburton that provided access to several houses that were not serviced except at the street. This was because of the tight nature of the road and the lack of a turning bay for collection vehicles, he said.

“In this particular case we know the roading structure and we know they’re providing sufficient room to manoeuvre around.

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“We don’t currently service private lanes and roads but we need to look at this as different because of the scale of the development with 107 properties.”

Councillor Darryl Nelson said the usual rules shouldn’t apply because Lochlea was outside the usual development request.

“Commonsense says if there is a road and people are paying rates they expect a service and this is a retirement village. It’s clear, if we are able to drive around this road then we should provide a service.”

August was a tough month at Ashburton’s town library. Book issues for the month were down more than 1200 playing a big part in painting a picture of falling numbers at the library for the first two months of the financial year of almost 2000 books. For the first time the rise and rise of E-book issues also slowed. The biggest decline in issue numbers in August were in fiction . Library membership also fell during the month by almost 600.

Brewery death WorkSafe New Zealand will launch a prosecution case after the death of a Port Chalmers man in Speight’s Brewery, it has been confirmed. Ralph Ashenhurst, 48, of Port Chalmers, died in Dunedin Hospital on April 2 from injuries received when he fell while working as a subcontractor at the brewery on March 31. It is understood he was working on a decommissioned lift.

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Appeal for witnesses Police are appealing for witnesses after two trucks collided headon in Canterbury yesterday. One driver was in Christchurch Hospital last night with abrasions and a possible leg injury. He was earlier trapped in his cab and the Fire Service had to free him. He was transporting empty containers on the Yaldhurst Road section of State Highway 73. The driver of the other truck, carrying wet dirt, was reportedly uninjured. Police said they were especially keen on talking to anybody who might have seen a white car travelling west towards Steadman Road, in front of one of the trucks. - APNZ

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Short Street Studio hosts artworks in spring show Ashburton Society of Arts selling gallery convener Ngaio McKee hangs a work by Robert McDowell ahead of the opening of the society’s Spring Show this morning. Sixteen artists, mainly from Mid Canterbury, are exhibiting at the seasonal show, which will run until the end of November at the Short Street Studio, opposite Ashburton Borough School. The gallery will be open between 10am and 2pm tomorrow, and during the same hours each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday until the exhibition ends.

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Auckland mother moves to rehab centre The mother-of-six who intervened in an Auckland bagsnatch has been moved from hospital to a rehabilitation centre.

Lucy Knight is recovering from a fractured skull and brain bleed she sustained after she was allegedly hit by a teenager trying to steal another woman’s bag at Countdown North-

cote last Tuesday.

Her husband Peter Thomas shared on Facebook that Ms Knight was moving to the next stage of her recovery.

He said the transition to the rehabilitation centre had been difficult for her.

“Physically she is doing really well but her brain is still bruised and it is affecting her

short term memory, mood and understanding. It is hard for us to see her like this. We just want the Lucy that we know and love to come home to us.”

Mr Thomas has been using Facebook as a way to keep friends and family updated with Mr Knight’s progress.

Earlier, this week he revealed that the couple’s middle chil-

A pedestrian has been seriously injured after being struck by a car on Auckland’s North Shore last night. The person was hit in Caribbean Drove in Sunnynook, police said. They were taken to hospital in a serious condition.

The police serious crash unit was investigating at the scene.

Motorists are being warned to expect traffic delays in the area.

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dren Rowan, 11, and Phoebe, 7, had visited their mum in hospital at the weekend.

Eldest daughter Laura, 21, and son Oscar, 14, had previously visited. The couple’s youngest children Max, 4, and Bene, 2, were with Ms Knight when she was assaulted. Friends of Ms Knight have set up a fundraising page.

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A Mount Maunganui man who went missing nearly a week ago has still not been found.

The disappearance of Stephen Michael Tracey, 37, sparked serious concerns from police and his family who continue to look for him despite a simultaneous search for missing five-year-old Jack Dixon. Mr Tracey was last seen by family in Mount Maunganui about 5pm on Saturday. Tauranga police Sergeant Scott Merritt said suggestions that Mr Tracey had been found were untrue. - APNZ

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Ashburton dancer tells Scots’ story

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An Ashburton dancer will star alongside some of New Zealand’s elite performers in a new stage production next week.

Sarah Gluyas will take part in the Highland Dance Company of New Zealand’s new show, Journey of the Celts, which tells the story of Scottish culture and how the Scots came to New Zealand.

The group consists of 18 of the country’s top highland dancers, who will perform the show at Christchurch’s Aurora Centre as part of the 2014 Christchurch Body Festival.

Miss Gluyas has been part of the Highland Dance Company since it began in 2011, and she has travelled with the group to perform in the United States, China and Germany.

“We haven’t actually done all that much in New Zealand, but we’ve been part of festivals overseas which has been really cool,” she said.

Miss Gluyas, who is studying

in Dunedin, grew up in Ashburton and has been dancing for 17 years, since she was about four years old.

Highland Dance Company of New Zealand co-director Robyn Simmons said unlike other dance genres, there were no professional opportunities for high-

land dancers, but the dance company provided performers with the closest alternative.

Dancers had to pay for their own travel expenses and accommodation, but Miss Gluyas said she had received some sponsorship in the past which was “really helpful”.

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Mrs Simmons said it demonstrated the passion the dancers had for highland dancing, as they had a desire to share their love of dance with others at “significant” financial expense.

The company will perform Journey of the Celts at the Aurora Centre on October 6 and 7.

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Long road to resolving jams

Teenager injured in quad crash

By Sue NewmaN

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Solving traffic problems on State Highway 1 through Tinwald will involve a long process with no clear outcome, Ashburton District councillor Stuart Wilson says.

While the council is involved in ongoing meetings with the New Zealand Transport Agency and has made it very clear that it wants traffic lights installed, the new way of doing deals with the agency involves making business cases and business cases take time, Mr Wilson said.

“NZTA now has this business case approach where we have to go through a series of stages and we’re at stage two.

It’s a long, protracted project but this is the way they want to work now,” he said.

Councillors and council staff last week met with NZTA staff in a workshop and a range of options for solving traffic issues were looked at from doing nothing to a Rolls Royce, multi-

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million dollar solution.

Those options will now be worked through by number crunchers in Wellington and a report prepared for the council spelling out the advantages, disadvantages and costs for each, Mr Wilson said.

The council had come up with ideas and options to speed up finding a solution to traffic issues in Tinwald but no matter

how hard it had pushed, NZTA wouldn’t make any commitment to a specific project, he said.

“We offered to put lights in until the second bridge was built to see if that would help, but they wouldn’t progress that idea either.”

While no detailed solutions were yet on the drawing board, the preferred programme could

include a mix of activities that could be delivered by a number of organisations over time, he said.

Another workshop is planned for November and the business case phase is expected to be completed by the end of 2014.

If this is endorsed by the council and NZTA, it will move forward one step to the indicative business case phase.

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Labour to tighten rules around donations Labour will tighten the rules around donations for its leadership contest to ensure there is no repeat of the use of trusts, such as that used by David Cunliffe in the first run-off, and any donations of more than $500 will still have to be publicly revealed.

Labour’s new leader will be announced on November 18 after members and union delegates vote following a threeweek campaign during which

the contestants will travel the country to woo party members.

Nominations to compete for the job close in 12 days.

The party is redrafting its rules of conduct for the contest – including donation and spending rules. General secretary Tim Barnett said those rules would be tightened – including banning the use of trusts to hide donors’ identities such as that used by Mr Cunliffe last time. The amount

at which donations must be declared would also be lowered from $1500 to $500. That was because the MPs will still have to declare any donations of more than $500 under the Register of Pecuniary Interests – despite a call for the register to exempt Labour’s new leadership process.

The contest rules will also include a good behaviour bond and potential disciplinary action for contestants and party

members who breach it – including possible expulsion from the party.

On Thursday party president Moira Coatsworth sent an email to all members saying they should not refer to others in a way that was “denigrating or disrespectful” and ensure public comment did not bring the party into disrepute.

Only Mr Cunliffe and Grant Robertson have confirmed they are running so far.

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A Far North teen suffered serious injuries when the quad bike she was riding rolled and pinned her down in a swamp.

But firefighters say she was lucky that she and the bike came to rest at the edge of the swamp.

Had she been trapped under the bike in deeper water, the outcome could have been much worse.

The accident occurred just before 5pm on Wednesday near Ahipara, when it is understood the girl and her sister were riding on their grandparents’ farm.

Volunteers from the Ahipara Fire Brigade were first on the scene, with their four-wheeldrive fire appliance.

They tried to keep her warm and stable until more help arrived.

The Kaitaia Fire Brigade was next but had to walk in for about a kilometre because their truck could not cross the swampy terrain. Kaitaia Senior Station Officer Ross Beddows said the girl’s sister had managed to get the bike off her but she was in a lot of pain and partly under water.

One of the firefighters, who was also a St John first responder, established that the teen had not suffered serious spinal injuries, so she was fitted with a neck brace, carefully placed on a stretcher and carried to a more sheltered spot to wait for the Northland Electricity rescue helicopter.

It was thought she had a broken pelvis. After half an hour in the water, she was also extremely cold.

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Lucky Jana ‘shouldn’t be alive’ Jana Niemand was just minutes from home when she fell asleep at the wheel and collided with a tree at high speed.

It changed her life and now she wants others to learn from her mistake. Erin Tasker reports.

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s Jana Niemand’s car hit the kerb, her eyes shot open. Moments later she collided head-on with a

tree.

It was May 18 - a Sunday morning - and Jana was driving home from Christchurch after a couple of days of very little sleep. She knew she was tired so she had music blaring and her windows down despite the cool, early morning winter air. She thought she’d be fine.

She remembers driving into Ashburton and slowing from 100km/h to 50km/h, but within seconds she was asleep. It was only for a few seconds but it was enough time for her foot to become heavy on the pedal, causing her to accelerate to an estimated 100km/h.

She hit the kerb not far from the Saunders Road intersection with West Street and suddenly she was awake and a lamp post was ahead of her. The lamp post took out her driver’s side wing mirror, but then there was the tree. The tree hit smack bang in the middle of her bonnet.

“I remember just putting my head back, covering my head and praying,” Jana said.

A photographer, Jana had been in Christchurch to photograph a friend’s birth. The birth looked imminent on the Friday night so Jana didn’t sleep well, constantly checking her phone, but by Saturday the baby still hadn’t arrived.

She spent a normal Saturday with her family before getting the call to go to Christchurch at around 10.45pm; the baby was coming.

But by 6am Sunday, there was still no baby. Jana headed home.

Aware she was tired, she stopped for a milkshake at Rolleston – she doesn’t drink coffee – and for another break at Rakaia.

She was just minutes from home when the world went dark.

When she came to after the crash, Jana was alone. She reached for her phone to call 111 and tried to explain to the operator where she was as smoke from her airbag filled the car.

“I said ‘you have to get me out of this car, it’s burning’,” Jana said.

“Then some amazing guy stopped on the other side of the road… he had a massive head of hair… and he said ‘don’t worry, I’ll talk to them’.”

Jana passed out again. When she woke up, ambulance officers were on the scene.

Jana Niemand on the road to recovery (left) and now (above) as she shares her story about driving while tired.

“They didn’t tell me at the time of course, but afterwards they said ‘you shouldn’t be alive’,” Jana said.

But she was. Jana had broken her ankle and her wrist and suffered bruising to much of her body, and grazing from her seatbelt, but she was alive.

“If it wasn’t for the seatbelt I would have been through the window and not alive.

“I believe there must have been a guardian angel or something looking over me that day.”

It’s funny the things you think about in situations like that. Jana – a mother of two pre-schoolers – wanted her children’s car seats taken out of the car before her because she was worried her husband had no way to get their kids anywhere. She also didn’t want them to cut her puffer jacket off because she’d only had it a couple of weeks, but they had to and a sea of feathers floated to the ground.

In reality, Jana was in a bad way. When her husband arrived at Ashburton Hospital he was taken to a private room and told the worst case scenario was that his wife could be paralysed, or have a broken pelvis.

Later that day she was taken to Christchurch Hospital where she spent 11 days and had an operation to insert three plates and 11 screws into her ankle and more in her wrist.

She spent another three days in Ashburton Hospital before heading home to

begin her recovery. She wasn’t able to put weight on her leg for seven to eight weeks and was unable to use her arm.

Her husband was her rock. Every night he not only had to give their two children a bath – he also had to give his wife a bath. She could do little for herself.

ACC helped, allowing her mother-inlaw from South Africa to fly over and be a carer. That meant her bilingual children were still able to speak in their native tongue while their mum recovered.

It was a hard and painful recovery and Jana had her moments, but four months down the line she’s discarded her wheelchair and crutches. She still limps and she still has pain, but she’s getting back to life.

She can now pick up her children and drive again, although getting behind the wheel again wasn’t easy.

But she’s grateful she’s alive.

“For me it’s been a miracle recovery.

As Christians we believe in miracles.”

Since the day of her accident, Jana has wanted to thank the people who came to her assistance.

She doesn’t know who they are but said she owes them her life.

From the ambulance officers who treated her at the scene - including a kind woman whose name she didn’t know but whose voice she would remember forever - to the volunteer firefighter who sat with her and assured her she was going to be ok and that she was still

beautiful. Each person who responded to that 111 call played their part.

“I just love how they treated me with respect and care, like they knew me personally,” she said.

Originally from South Africa, Jana is confident she would not have received the same level of care in her home land.

“I can’t say I’m happy that it happened, but it opened my eyes to how blessed we are in New Zealand,” she said.

“And the community support, our church and our friends - the New Life Church has been amazing.”

Her recovery is ongoing. She’ll have surgery this week to have some screws taken out of her ankle, hopefully giving her more mobility.

“For me the mind takes longer to heal than the bones do and I think that’s alright.

“I think people need to realise it’s not over once the bones are healed, people still need support.”

And despite having no family in New Zealand, Jana said she’d had that.

“It’s made me realise that life is short and now we appreciate every moment.”

Jana has already made a difference in friends’ lives. They’ve told her of times they’ve felt tired when driving, have thought of her, and pulled off the road.

She hopes that by telling her story, she’ll be able to help even more.

She wants people to know that it takes just a moment to change a life, and that moment almost cost Jana her life.

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■ UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

■ RSA INITIATIVE

Fee increases under proposal

Sir Peter joins new addition to the RSA

By Daisy huDson

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Mid Canterbury students looking towards tertiary education may face steep fee increases if the head of Canterbury’s university gets his way, but the Tertiary Education Minister has dismissed any potential changes.

University of Canterbury vice chancellor Dr Rod Carr told the Ashburton Guardian allowing tertiary providers to set their own fees would allow the university to re-prioritise spending in favour of cours-

■ REAL ESTATE

es and programmes of study which were assessed as “high quality”.

“Relaxing the central government control would increase the range of fees, allowing students to assess value and cost in ways that are not available now,” he said.

New Zealand universities failed to improve their position in The Times Higher Education rankings this year, although the University of Canterbury maintained its ranking from last year despite significant drops from other tertiary providers.

Dr Carr was not alone in his sentiments, as University of Auckland vice-chancellor Stuart McCutcheon was this week reported as saying tertiary students should be charged more if government funding did not increase.

Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce said universities were allowed to increase fees by a maximum of 4 per cent per year, but deregulation would allow fees to jump even higher.

He flatly ruled out any changes to the current fee system.

“It’s not a possibility,” he said.

Fee deregulation had led to

street protests in Britain, while proposed changes had been a source of major controversy in Australia.

Dr Carr believed the reaction to any changes to the New Zealand system would be “initially the same”, but “the relentless decline in relative strength of our research intensive teaching Universities” was hindering their ability to compete.

The University of Canterbury Students’ Association had not responded to requests for comment by the time of publication.

■ BABYWEARING WEEK

Property boom may be easing There are signs the nation’s property boom may be easing, with a rise in asking prices slowing down and fewer houses being listed, according to Realestate.co.nz.

Over the past year the national asking price for properties increased by 3.9 per cent, compared to an 8.7 per cent increase in the previous year, the online property seller said yesterday.

At the same time, the number of homes up for sale has remained “well below” the longterm average, Paul McKenzie, marketing manager of Realestate.co.nz said, particularly in Auckland.

Property listings in the City of Sails were sitting at just 15 weeks of available stock, meaning if no new listings appear and sales continue at the current rate, all available homes on the market would be sold in 15 weeks. The average long-term inventory is 27 weeks, Mr McKenzie said.

Spring usually sees a spike in the number of properties for sale, increasing strongly every month, he said, but while there has been an increase so far this spring, it is “not as dramatic as in previous years”.

“The number of new listings in August was lower than the norm, and it’s the same again in September, with 10,408 homes coming onto the market,” Mr McKenzie said.

“However, new listings often peak in October and November, and we still expect a marked increase in the supply of homes for sale over the coming months.”

- APNZ

Ellie Philp and eight-month-old Robin, and Mel Witteman with seven-month-old Mia Driscoll demonstrate babywearing ahead of Babywearing Week.

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Babywearing becoming popular By erin Tasker

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Babywearing isn’t new, but it’s something that’s growing in popularity.

In Ashburton it has grown so much a group dedicated to the form of attachment parenting has been created.

Babywearing Ashburton will next week take part in the nationwide Babywearing Week, a week designed to raise awareness of babywearing and the benefits it has for the whole family.

Ellie Philp is the person behind Ashburton’s Babywearing Week event and she’s passionate about babywearing and the benefits it’s had for her and her eight-month-old son.

The benefits include babies who cry 50 per cent less than others, babies who are calm-

er and spend more time in a state of quiet alertness, while also meeting the baby’s need for contact and motion, Mrs Philp said. Keeping a baby upright also helps with colic and reflux.

“Basically it’s the need to have your hands free but also have your child close,” she said.

“It’s a great parenting tool in that you’ve got your hands free and you can cook and clean and go on with your daily life and not have to worry about getting the pram stuck in shop aisles.”

She’s been a babywearer from the day her son was born, starting off with a stretchy Moby wrap. She wasn’t keen on capsules because of research which showed babies could have issues with breathing and compression of the

airway while in them.

“My boy just loves it and goes straight to sleep in it,” she said.

“It’s about having a baby close and they are happy and you’re still able to do things.”

And she’ll carry on as long as she can. There’s no limit on how long you can wear your children for, it all depends on the carrier.

Babywearing Ashburton will host an information session on babywearing at the Ashburton Plunket rooms on Monday morning at 11am, and on Thursday they’ll host a walk through the Ashburton Domain.

Anyone interested in going along can meet at the playground at 1pm. There will be lots of prizes up for grabs and you don’t have to be a babywearer to attend.

By John Weekes A new addition to the Returned Services’ Association is opening membership to non-veterans and movie mogul Peter Jackson is among the first recruits.

The RSA’s new National Association is open to all Kiwis and aims to use an online presence to boost support for past and present Defence Force personnel.

One of the new association’s five founding members, Sir Peter was working on the final Hobbit film and didn’t turn up to the association’s opening ceremony in Wellington yesterday.

He sent apologies and a message of support. “I do feel like an impostor, accepting an RSA badge with no military service – but I will proudly do so in honour of Kiwi veterans past and present.”

Another founding member, Lieutenant-General Tim Keating, current Chief of Defence Force, said non-veterans should not feel self-conscious about joining.

He said plenty of people who weren’t rugby players wore All Blacks jerseys to show support for the national rugby team.

The principle behind the new association was similar.

“You can actually show you support our service people and support the ideals the Defence Force stands for.”

He said the association would also offer good member discounts.

Fellow founding member, RSA National President Don McIver, said he was heartened to see increased turnout over the past few years at Gallipoli and Anzac Day events.

“I think people are developing a new understanding of the sacrifices people made when they went overseas,” he said.

Mr McIver, also a former Lieutenant-General, said the association would have social networking elements on a new website, allowing people to engage on defence and veterans’ topics.

He said “anyone from anywhere” including expatriates could now join the RSA, which was timely given public interest building ahead of the Gallipoli centenary celebrations next year.

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Saturday, October 4, 2014

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In brief

■ YOUNG FARMERS CONTEST

Farming skills put to test Mid Canterbury’s Young Farmers are dusting off their red bands and sharpening their toolkits in preparation to lead the rest of the country into the 2015 ANZ Young Farmer Contest this weekend.

The competition kicks off tomorrow with the first district finals at Pendarves. Tihoi, in the Bay of Plenty will start the ball rolling in the North Island.

Over 250 Young Farmers competed in last year’s district finals and NZYF national events manager, Pip Cox, is

optimistic about an even larger turnout this season.

“Combined with a fantastic prize pool, young farmers from around the country are keen to get out and show off their skills to their peers as well as industry leaders,” she said.

The top eight contestants from each region will go through to their regional final and battle it out for their share of the $14,000 worth of prizes and a spot in the grand final where they will vie for the coveted title of ANZ Young Farm-

er Contest champion and a slice of the $117,000 prize pool.

The level of complexity and skills needed increases as the competition progresses from district level to regionals and lastly, to the grand final.

The seven grand finalists, one from each region, will meet in Taupo from July 2–4 for a grueling three days of competition where contestants will be put through a diverse range of practical, theoretical and technical challenges covering all aspects of agriculture including

■ PROLIFIC STALKER

an HR challenge and a business presentation.

The grand final concludes in a live-televised show where the contestants are quizzed on anything and everything agriculture.

Entry for the ANZ Young Farmer Contest is open and free for all NZYF members between the ages of 15–31 (entrants must be under 31 years of age on January 1, 2015).

For more information and a full schedule of events visit www.youngfarmercontest.co.nz

Lavender day appeal

Stalker Green back in court

The east coast of New Zealand has received a morning shake-up yesterday with a 4.5 magnitude earthquake, centred 30km southeast of Gisborne. The quake was 45km deep, struck at 8.33am and rated “light” by GeoNet. A 4.4 magnitude quake also rumbled off the western coast of Paraparaumu at around the same time this morning. GeoNet reported the shake as 50km deep and 10km south of Paraparaumu.

- APNZ

Court over stabbing A man has appeared in court following a stabbing at a block of central Wellington flats in September. A 45-year-old man suffered serious injuries, after he was found in the carpark of the Pukehinau flats in Willis Street with stab wounds. Robert Ashby, 32, appeared in Wellington District Court yesterday on charges of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and burglary.

He was remanded in custody to reappear on October 17.

- APNZ

The Block preview Fans of DIY show The Block will have the chance to get a sneak preview of the finished homes next month. Each of the four houses in Auckland’s Pt Chevalier will be open to the public for one day only on Saturday, October 25. The duos who renovated the homes – Maree and James, Jo and Damo, Alex and Corban, and Quinn and Ben – will also be on site as their hard work is inspected by the fans. The public viewing will also be filmed for the final episodes of the series.

- APNZ

By RoB Kidd The nation’s most prolific stalker was found with letters he intended to send to famous woman, including a “former Miss New Zealand”, only days after his release from prison, a court has heard.

Glenn Green, 44, is accused of six breaches of his release conditions during the 12 days after the end of his most recent jail stint in June, which he served for criminal harassment.

He appeared in Manukau District Court yesterday for a judge-alone trial, defending allegations he started a relationship with someone without informing his probation officer and possessed gang regalia, contrary to those conditions.

Prosecutor Michael Walker said the bulk of the charges stemmed from letters he wrote to four different women – two sent and two unsent – as well as text messages.

During cross examination it was revealed the recipients of the two unsent letters found by police during the execution of a search warrant at Green’s Mangere address were “famous women”.

The defendant said he was aware one might have been a former Miss New Zealand but he denied he was sexually attracted to the women, whom he had found through Facebook.

“I wanted to be friends,” he said.

The court also heard from Green’s probation officer, who said he became concerned when a GPS anklet showed he was spending a lot of time at Westfield Mall in Manukau.

The police search found a letter addressed to “beautiful, blonde shop assistant”, a mall worker Green did not know. Green’s lawyer Peter Broad said his client had not breached the release conditions, because no relationship had formed between him and any of the women.

Green – who uses aliases including Holden, Carlionne, Colcord, Goldberg and Versace and said he had recently changed his name to Dallas Deangeles – was released from prison in June after completing a 30-month sentence for criminal harassment but the Parole Board conceded he was still a danger to the public.

It imposed 17 restrictive conditions upon his release and after less than two weeks of freedom Green was back behind bars. Judge Jane Lovell-Smith will deliver her judgment later this month.

- APNZ

Morning shake-up

Ambulance in crash

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Age Concern Ashburton held its annual fundraising street appeal yesterday.

Lavender Day takes place every year and during yesterday’s street collection, people who donated received a sprig of sweet-smelling lavender for their trouble. Among those donating to collectors Maree Chambers (left) and Faye Ruddenklau (right) was David Aberhart.

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Three ambulance officers and a teenage woman are injured after an ambulance and a car collided on Oxford Road near Rangiora last night. The accident occurred at 8.10pm and the 17-year-old female driver of a small sedan was taken to Christchurch Hospital in another ambulance with moderate injuries. After the initial collision, the ambulance hit and broke a power pole. The three officers who were in the ambulance had minor injuries and were being treated at the scene. St John South Island general manager David Thomas said the officers would be taken off shift after the accident and the ambulance taken off the road. “St John is providing full support to our staff following this accident, including peer support. We will be cooperating fully and assisting the police who will be investigating.”

Police said repairs to the power pole could cause disruption to power supplies in the area. - APNZ

Early morning police pursuit ends in crash A police pursuit on the Rimutaka Hill Road ended in a crash early yesterday.

A group of five people were spotted by police interfering with a car in Upper Hutt around 3.20am.

Central Communications Inspector Dave Rose said police took off after

the group as they drove on State Highway 2, over the Rimutaka Hill Road.

“They crashed about halfway down on the Featherston side and took off on foot in to the scrub off the side of the road,” he said.

A dog unit were called to the scene to assist police in

locating the group from the car. Shortly after the dog unit arrived the five people were found.

None of the five people were injured in the crash however some had minor injuries from dog bites and were treated at the scene, Mr Rose said.

He said no charges have been laid yet, however he indicated it would be likely some of the group would be charged.

The road was closed briefly for a scene examination and while police were searching for the people in the car.

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■ JOB MARKET

Full steam ahead for Kiwi job market New Zealand’s job market is “full steam ahead”, with job listings up more than 16 per cent on the same time last year, according to new figures released

by Trade Me. Trade Me’s quarterly jobs report shows the employment

market enjoyed solid growth in almost every region, with construction, property and architecture the country’s biggest movers.

An analysis of 60,000 roles advertised on the site revealed listings in the three months to

September were up 16.4 per cent on the same quarter last year.

Head of Trade Me Jobs Peter Osborne said growth during the quarter was in the double digits in most areas.

“It’s been wonderful to see job ad numbers go from strength to

strength for a whole year now, and most of New Zealand has benefitted from the ongoing trend.

“It’s interesting to see the average number of applications has dipped, meaning that all things being equal, it would

have been slightly easier for people to find work over recent months.”

While this was “great news” for job hunters, the slump in applications made it tough for advertisers to find staff.

- APNZ

■ SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES

Extradition request filed for diplomat’s return to NZ

By Patrice Dougan An extradition request has been formally filed for a Malaysian diplomat to return to New Zealand to face charges over an attempted sexual assault of a woman in Wellington.

Muhammed Rizalman bin Ismail was arrested in May after allegedly following Tania Billingsley, 22, home and assaulting her. However, confusion between New Zealand and Malaysian authorities saw him returned to his home country.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade yesterday confirmed it had sent a formal request to the Malaysian authorities earlier this week.

“The extradition request in relation to Mr Rizalman has been authorised and signed by the Acting Minister of Justice and dispatched to the Malaysian authorities on 1 October,” a spokeswoman said.

“There is no extradition treaty between New Zealand and Malaysia. Lawyers from both governments have been sharing documents and working through technically complex legal arrangements.

“This is now a legal issue for the Malaysian authorities and courts and the ministry is unable to comment further at this time.”

The Green Party’s Jan Logie, who acted on behalf of Ms Billingsley following the revelation of the case in Herald on Sunday, said the formal extradition request was a “good step forward”.

“We are pleased the matter is progressing,” she said.

“Obviously, Mr Rizalman should have never been allowed to leave the country in the first place and it is disappointing that this request has taken so long.

“However, the most important thing is for justice to be served and due process to be followed, and we are happy this is one step closer.”

Rizalman was arrested on May 9 after allegedly following Ms Billingsley to her Wellington home and assaulting her.

He was arrested the same night and charged the next day in the Wellington District Court. Rizalman claimed diplomatic immunity and returned to Malaysia on May 22.

- APNZ

the perfect fit Well known local builders Geoff Frew and Ross Leadley have taken their friendship and sporting association into the business arena. When former business partner John Smitheram decided to scale back, and spend more time hunting and fishing an exciting opportunity opened up for a local young builder who was ready for bigger and better things.

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Geoff Frew, Ross Leadley Sonya Frew, Caroline Sinclair, Angela Leadley

Smitheram & Frew Housing Company was established in 2000, a two man operation with John and Geoff at the helm. Within 6 years the company had expanded to 18 staff, which in hindsight, proved too big too soon. This led the pair to reassess and have a closer look into their operations. They realised their optimum level was a staff of 9, this ensured efficiency and excellence in quality control. The pair also parted with their Joinery division and sold that to current owner Steve Beveridge.

As John's taken time to pursue the call of the outdoors, Geoff will become the face of the company. He will be the first point of contact, taking care of all customer inquiries, design aspects, quotations, plans and consents.

New partner Ross will be project manager for the company; he will closely liaise with Geoff and run the on-site operations. Together creating a stress free environment, and ensuring every detail is met.

The pair has already proven they work well as a team, with a history of coaching Mid Canterbury representative rugby teams. Both share the same

For Ross the opportunity couldn't have come at a better time. He was just 2 ½ years into his own successful building business and was looking to expand; the timing to join Geoff just seemed to fit perfectly. Ross will bring his workforce with him, and they are looking forward to be part of this progressive building company. For Ross, the draw card is the new experience, added work volume and responsibility. He's a 'hands on' man, but in saying that he is hoping his future will be better than his start with the company. 3 days into his new role he landed himself in hospital with some 'very' serious splinters entering one side of his hand and out the other.

An integral part of the business for 12 years is Caroline Sinclair. Caroline is office manager and has been through the challenging phases as the company developed and streamlined, she will now continue to be a huge asset as Frew and Leadley establish their brand. Caroline's value to Geoff is obvious, “she is my right arm”, states Geoff, “we couldn't run the business as efficiently as we do without her”.

Family values are important to the pair, and those values are clearly reflected within the company.

Geoff along with wife Sonya, Ross & wife Angela are proud of their team of professionals, and look forward to their new partnership. Frew & Leadley are Certified Builders and Licensed Building Practitioners. They pride themselves on their superior workmanship and professional, friendly environment. tlcadvertising

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Demystifying water quality co Variations 2 to the LWRP relating to the Hinds catchment were notified last week. Submitters have until October 24 to have their say – rural reporter Michelle Nelson sat down with Environment Canterbury commissioner David Caygill to wade through the jargon.

What does Variation 2 refer to?

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We are seeking a variation of the rules that just deals with the Hinds catchment based on a recommendation that came from the Ashburton Water Management Zone Committee in March, that describe the zone implementation programme.

It refers to a set of changes to the proposed Canterbury Land and Water Plan, because that set of rules is still subject to a small number of unresolved appeals.

There are three significant appeals that relate to some larger issues to do with big bits of infrastructure – owned by irrigation companies, at the point when their consents come up for renewal.

The biggest appeals came from Federated Farmers and Fish and Game covering several points. Another was from Rangitata Diversion Race Ltd, relating to infrastructure and some other points, including minimum flows on the Ashburton River – that’s why the plan is still only a proposed plan, but to the extent it covers water issues it already has legal effect under the RMA, which sets out the responsibilities of ECan. We are required to

WATER QUALITY TERMINOLOGY 101 ■ The Resource Management Act (RMA) – passed in 1991 promotes the sustainable management of natural and physical resources such as land, air and water. The Ministry for the Environment describes the RMA as the country’s principal legislation for environmental management; others describe it as the most controversial.

■ The Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS) – was agreed on in 2009 following consultation with the Regional Council, Canterbury’s 10 city and district councils, Ngai Tahu along with groups such as Fish & Game, Federated Farmers and irrigation companies.

The Land and Water Regional Plan (LWRP) – in August 2012 Environment Canterbury (ECan) notified the first limits on the dis■ charge or leaching of nutrients in the LWRP. ■ The Ashburton Water Management Zone Committee – was set up by Environment Canterbury and the Ashburton District Council about three years ago to recommendation on improving water quality.

produce a set of rules and policies that broadly met the needs of the Environment Act, being mindful of economic opportunities and needs, and social issues – such as creating employment and vibrancy in rural townships.

Cultural elements must also be taken into consideration – in consultation with local iwi. For example, in the Hinds district, Ngai Tahu have expressed desire to gather food where they were traditionally able to do so (this is known as mahinga kai, and generally refers to indigenous freshwater species that have traditionally been used as food)

When the zone committee got going it spent a lot of time looking at the Ashburton River and made recommendations which were placed in the Land and Water Regional Plan.

That took 18 months, then the committee looked at Hinds.

Why Hinds?

“Firstly, there are some reasons to think that nitrate levels are higher in the Hinds catchment, than they are in some others Nitrates are a problem associated with dairying, but not the only source. Much of the rest of the country is focused

on phosphorous – which is a concern in parts of Canterbury, in some parts of the Mid Canterbury foothills it is a problem, where run off washes sediments into the waterways. But, given how flat we are, run off – and therefore phosphorous, is less of a concern. Nitrates, especially in the Hinds area, where there have been concerns about gradually increasing levels of nitrogen.

The zone committee thinks that is an issue that is getting worse not better.

The second reason to look particularly at Hinds is because of the irrigation schemes which are already operating in that

catchment. The Mayfield/Hinds, Valetta, and RDR all have significant expansion plans – when we met with them, looking over the next 20 years, they plan to irrigate another 30,000ha, and that’s significant.

You could look at it as operational – much of it will be infill, and not require big earthworks such as dams.

In Hinds it will be relatively cheap, we are looking at where the operation is to be produced and provide employment. Putting these two things together, we want to encourage development, but we already have environmental issues.

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oncerns in the Hinds catchment The recommendations made by the zone committee in March try to reconcile that package – encouraging development with reduced environmental impact, especially from dairying.

The variation is the set of policies and rules designed to provide the basis for future development and meet long-term environmental goals.”

How might this work?

“The policies and rules will define how ECan and the zone committee will manage over the next 20 years, to provide opportunities for development and meet environmental standards.

By 2035 we want to get nitrate levels in shallow ground water, in surface water and in lowland streams back to 6.9mg of nitrogen per litre of water.

That’s a 40-50 per cent reduction over the next 20 years – 6.9mg/l is not a random number – it’s a figure that relates to the national objective framework (bottom line). The original National Policy on Freshwater Management used the power of the RMA in 2011 but that version did not have a bottom line.

It was re-issued this year to include a bottom line, setting minimum standards.

We could try to do it better in Hinds, it will be a challenge but one we think can be met to get to the bottom line.

The bottom line relates to the impact on fish as a measure of water health, which also impacts on human health.

This gets controversial but there’s no point in being shy about it – in some parts of Canterbury doctors and midwives will be telling pregnant women not to drink well water, or give it to young babies.

If you ask what the risk is, the answer is blue baby syndrome.

The issue is not how many people are harmed, the issue is what are our aspirations in terms of our own health and the environment, rather than how many people have been affected.

We asked this question at public meetings.

What next?

“Some time next year public hearings will be conducted, depending on the number of submissions received.

The process will be similar to what is happening in Ellesmere, relating to the Selwyn/Waihora zone committee recommendations.

This isn’t about an alarming problem – it’s about our aspirations for the next two decades, taking economic, cultural and social aspects into consideration.

At Hinds we met with local Maori, who talked about their ancestors travelling through the region gathering food when the area was a swamp – many people were unaware of the practice.

The variation looks at a period of time – that is 2035, to get water quality to meet the standards government has laid down.

By 2020 you have to tell us how and when you will comply.

We are beating that deadline by putting up variation now rather than wait.

The second thing it does is it sets a limit of 30,000ha for new development.

There are three key figures to note in the variation.

One – we are gearing up to have nitrogen levels down to 6.9mg/l by 2035. The 6.9mg/l nitrogen limit equates to 3400 tonne of nitrogen in the Hinds Catchment, which was calculated by modelling – which will be pulled apart and examined in the hearings – our scientists have to be ready to defend that model.

Two – over the same time period, we are setting a limit of 30,000ha of new development to accommodate aspirations of the irrigation schemes. We’ve made it a hectare limit – not a water limit, which will apply to progress over the next 20 years.

Three – starting from now, new intensive development (land use) must not leach more than 27kg of nitrogen per year.

That, we think, is a challenge – but not an impossible limit.

It’s higher than the comparable limit being proposed in the Selwyn/Waihora, which drains into a shallow lake.

But all the figures 6.9mg/l, 30,000ha and 27kg are now subject of an independent public hearings, recommended by the zone committee and accepted by ECan. We will appoint an independent hearing commissioner but we won’t consider who we will

ask for the Hinds scheme until we see how many submissions we get and how long it will take.

What is different here is that we started with a conversation in the community. In the past, regional councils like ECan would have decided everything that happened up until now inhouse, based on what we think is the right thing to do.

By the time people were asked to comment, they thought the so-called experts or councillors had made up their minds and it was all sown up.

On November 6, 2012 we had 100 people turn up to a public meeting in Hinds, and another 100 at Mayfield.

We’ve had regular meetings ever since, we’ve met with Federated Farmers, the people at the Arowhenua Marae, irrigation companies, interest groups, local farmers have put together a working party, local farmers have set up a working party.

A separate working party is looking at proposals for the Hinds drains – south east of State Highway 1, which are part of an ancient wetland area.

Using maps of all the drains and all the streams we can distinguish which are naturally occurring from manmade systems – but these waterways often flow into each other so we have not drawn a distinction between drains and streams because it was unhelpful.

Many of these waterways still have an important function in flood control which we can forget about.

When we address the environmental perspective we have to keep in mind that if everything ends up under water we have failed.

If the Hinds Water Plan makes reasonable progress it will go back to the zone committee then to ECan. We will go back into monitoring mode, staying connected with the parties involved, looking a land use changes, new technology and science.

It could still be changed, but once the appeals have been resolved it will be made operational.

The zone committee intends to review the rules every five years with landowners, iwi, recreationalists etc.

We have engaged with other regional councils and Lincoln University in the Matrix of Good Management (MGM) Practices project, where scientists and experts are looking at what happens below the root zone on a typical arable farm, assuming the land users follow good practice.

The number 27kg is a starting point but the results of the MGM could see future rule changes.

A lot of farmers say ‘give me the numbers’ – I can’t do that right now, until we’ve been through the hearings process.

I don’t expect it to be rubber stamped.

The hearing will not necessarily be acrimonious, but a good and proper test of all aspects of the proposed plan.”

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Whyte resigns as Act leader Jamie Whyte has resigned as the leader of the Act Party after failing to secure a seat in last month’s election.

Epsom MP David Seymour was the only Act candidate to get a seat in Parliament after the September 20 election. The party did not get enough votes to also secure Dr Whyte a seat through the party list.

“Today I announce that I have tendered, and the board has accepted, my resignation as leader of Act New Zealand,” Dr Whyte said in a statement.

“Clearly I make this announcement with regret, however the election result is clear, and I must now turn to my ca-

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reer and my family.

“I stood to lead Act because I believe in the party’s ideas. I will continue to advance these ideas both inside and outside the party. I do not rule out returning to a substantial role with Act in the future.”

Act Party president John Thompson said Mr Seymour had been appointed as the party’s new leader.

“The Act Party board announces with regret that it has accepted Jamie Whyte’s resignation as leader,” Mr Thompson said in a statement.

“Jamie has proven himself a principled and clear-headed advocate of Act’s values of small-

er government and greater personal responsibility. Under his leadership, the party has been rejuvenated and membership has swelled.

“We are proud to have had Jamie serve as leader, and hope the New Zealand public has not seen or heard the last of him.”

Mr Seymour said he was “honoured” to lead the party.

“I look forward to the challenge and relish the opportunity,” he said.

“It has been a privilege to work with Jamie Whyte. I want to acknowledge his tireless efforts through the past nine months and during the campaign.

“Through his efforts the party was rejuvenated and our membership increased. It is a substantial achievement and on behalf of all the members and supporters of the Act Party, we thank you Jamie.”

Mr Seymour said he was excited by the opportunity to lead the Act Party, as well as being the MP for Epsom and Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Education and Regulatory Reform.

“I look forward to Act contributing to a stable and successful National-led government, and to expanding our presence in Parliament in 2017.”

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■ COMMUNITY FOOD BANK

Cairns appears in court Former New Zealand test cricketer Chris Cairns has appeared in court in London accused of perjury.

Cairns was mobbed by the media as he arrived.

He faces one count of perverting the course of justice alongside his former barrister, Andrew Fitch-Holland, in a defamation case brought against Indian Premier League founder Lalit Modi.

Cairns, 44, is accused of lying during his written testimony for the libel action when he said he had “never cheated at cricket and would never contemplate doing so”.

Fitch-Holland, 49, the lead adviser to Cairns during the 2012 lawsuit, asked disgraced Kiwi cricketer Lou Vincent to give a false statement for the hearing, the court heard.

Lawyers for the pair said they would both be “fully contesting” the allegations against them.

Cairns and Fitch-Holland spoke only to confirm their names, addresses and dates of birth.

Prosecutor David Woodings told the court Cairns tried in 2008 to recruit current Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum into match-fixing. He also told how Lou Vincent had admitted being involved in matchfixing over a number of years.

Deputy Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot adjourned the hearing to Southwark Crown Court in London on October 16.

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Louise Main and Salvation Army Captain Ken Smith with boxes of food donated by Methven people as their entry fee to a sugar-free diet awareness meeting.

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Methven woman issues a food challenge Methven woman Louise Main has laid down a challenge she hopes will be taken up by every community group or organisation holding meetings and events in the lead-up to Christmas.

She runs the Methven food community co-op Facebook page and recently invited Gary Hayman from NZ Sugarfree to speak at a community meeting.

Instead of charging an admission fee she asked people to

bring along a can or packet of food for the district’s community food bank.

The response was good and this week those donations were handed over to Salvation Army Captain Ken Smith.

“It was a really good forum for us to pass something on to someone else and I’d like to see other people who have events such as Christmas break-ups do collections like this,” Ms Main said.

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■ TRAGIC DEATH

Shock over Ewen Gilmore’s death Ewen Gilmour has been remembered as a comedic legend and “one of the nicest guys on the planet” by the entertainment industry.

Gilmour died overnight Thursday at his Port Waikato home. He was 51.

Fellow comedian and friend Urzila Carlson said she was in shock to hear of his death.

The pair have the same manager, Hilary Coe, who said yesterday that Gilmour’s death was sudden and he had not been unwell.

“He was just a really, really great guy and this is absolutely devastating,” Ms Carlson said. “[He] will leave a massive hole, I don’t know if anyone could fill it.

“Everybody knew him or knew of him, even if they didn’t know his name they knew ‘that Westie one’,” she said.

The pair met a comedy gig in 2008, she said.

“He just came up to me, gave me a massive hug, because he’s the world’s best hugger, and he

said ‘Hey, I’m Ewen,’ and we were friends from then on.”

Comedian Jeremy Elwood was in California and shocked to hear about Gilmour’s death.

“That is incredibly sad news,” he said.

“All I can say is that Ewen was the most consistent and one of the best comedy acts and the most professional act that I worked with. And, he was a good friend.”

Other friends shared their grief on Twitter.

Rhys Darby tweeted: “Just heard the incredibly sad news that my friend the veteran legend Kiwi comic Ewen Gilmour had passed away...”

Te Radar tweeted: “It’s a dark day out west. Thanks for the good times Ewen. You brought so much joy to so many people.”

Rose Matafeo tweeted: “Ewen was a really kind-hearted comic who gave a lot of love & support to the people around him.”

MediaWorks – which aired a range of Gilmour’s shows or programmes featuring him, in-

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cluding 7 Days, Road Madness and Dancing with the Stars – paid tribute to a “friend and colleague” in a statement.

The statement said Gilmour had been filming in MediaWorks studio on Thursday night for a comedy special, which has no on-air date at this time.

“He was a much-loved and respected part of the wider MediaWorks family and had given generously of his immense tal-

ent over the years.

John McDonald, head of local production at MediaWorks TV, said: “Gilmour was mischievous, intelligent and warm-hearted.

He set the standard for many of our young comedians to aspire to, with a knack for telling a wonderful, crazy, circular story that had fantastic gags all the way round. He’ll be hugely missed.”

International Buskers Festival artistic director Jodi Wright said Mr Gilmour, who often performed as part of the event, was a “joy”.

“He was just a real pleasure to deal with, a really funny man,” she said.

“I am really sad to hear that he has passed away so young.”

Gilmour won the Billy T Award in 1997 and the Decade Achievement Award from the NZ Comedy Guild in 2010.

Recently, Gilmour presented the TV3 show Road Madness and appeared as a panelist on 7 Days.

He was highly regarded as an

ambassador for Variety NZ, the children’s charity, and received a Variety International Presidential Citation.

Variety NZ president Joa Moodabe ONZM said Gilmour was an unwavering supporter of Variety fundraisers.

“Ewen has been for many years an amazing friend and fundraiser for Variety and we are devastated to hear of his death.”

Variety vice-patron Simon Dallow also joined Gilmour on a number of fundraisers.

“Ewen was a champion for New Zealand’s disadvantaged children, tirelessly raising money to make a tangible difference to their lives”, he said.

“He was simply a great bloke with an enormous heart who bought smiles, and aroha wherever he went. He was my friend and Westie brother – loved, now missed, but never forgotten”.

Gilmour lived alone at Port Waikato after the death of his wife Catherine in 2011, who had a long battle with cancer.

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■ MANA PARTY

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“This is not my bill. This is a bill for “Our meetings have not been the som- the children. And I call on this Parliabre and tearful farewell tour for Hone ment to pass it as a show of faith in our Harawira that others may have hoped own future.” for, but rather a joyous and uplifting reHe said Mana was making plans vival tour for a movement that takes up through iwi and community hubs to open the challenge of being the conscience of up marae to homeless people, to organise the nation.” internet camps for young Maori, and to He responded to critics who celebrat- develop community job programmes. ed his departure after he made a deal to He was proud of what Mana had campaign with the Kim Dotcom-backed achieved in Parliament since it splintered Internet Party. “I hear the mean-spirited from the Maori Party over disagreeand ugly voices of those who are desper- ments about foreshore and seabed laws. ately keen to see me go, but I don’t have After his speech, Mr Harawira refused time to respond because we’re too busy to speak to media, saying he was waiting focusing on the tasks ahead.” until the election results were confirmed Mr Harawira only briefly referred to this weekend.

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t has been a poor winter and Methven tourist numbers have taken a hit, but there is enough confidence in the town to encourage residents to take a risk on a wide range of new enterprises.

These include a Europeanstyle ice-cream parlour, bakery, high-end fashion shop and a car and dog wash.

Methven businesspeople Emma and Jon Harmer are establishing the latter, in a purpose-built facility on Methven Chertsey Road, next door to a preschool they run.

“I have always been a car enthusiast and I live up a gravel

Methven residents have noticed new premises popping up around the town recently. There is a positive business vibe and growing confidence in the town. Susan Sandys reports. road,” Mrs Harmer said.

The automated and manual car wash would be the first of its kind in New Zealand and would cater for cars, trucks, caravans and campervans. Called Bubble and Squeak, it will open later this month.

Fellow Methven business couple Rachelle and Shane Stockdill have recently expanded their combined D’Fault coffee and clothing shop to take in premises across the road on Forest Drive.

They opened the stand-alone ladies and children’s high end fashion retail store in April. It joins another new shop Sunny Raes Clothing and a pop-up shop in offering a wide range of clothing in the town.

“It’s been a really good move,” Mrs Stockdill said.

And the coffee shop, which opened four-and-a-half years ago and was one of five in the town, was also doing well, employing four staff.

Methven has the Blue, the Brown, and now the Green, courtesy of new bar The Green Parrot.

Operating in Methven was not without its challenges however, and she felt there was a lack of information on the town’s hot pools project, and a new multimillion dollar building project.

The latter was to be constructed on the corner opposite the D’Fault café, but she had not heard any updates on it in recent times and wondered when it might go ahead.

In the Methven Mall is a new icecream shop, Cissy’s Parlour,

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which opened two weeks ago.

Owner Ian Liversidge said he and wife Kay had been considering such a business when they first immigrated to the town from England seven-and-a-half years ago. The opportunity arose recently and they researched European parlour colour themes on line. They went with bright lime green, brown and white stripes.

Mr Liversidge believed the colour scheme had helped the parlour become the success it

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Gary and Karen Manning and their three daughters (from left) Elise, Layla and Sara relax outside their new bar, The Dubliner.

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rimming with business confidence was, and it was busy during its opening hours of 10am to 9pm, with a “tsunami” of children after school on weekdays.

“We did work out the figures on what we needed to sell, but we have exceeded that. We have had to employ more staff,” Mr Liversidge said. The shop employs one full-timer and three part-timers. The high demand meant its Christchurch supplier had sold out, and had to re-stock one month ahead just to meet its demands.

Launching had not been without its hiccups however, and a malfunctioning frozen yoghurt machine saw the melted product

swamp the parlour’s floor overnight one night.

Other shops surrounding the parlour in the Methven Mall include a bakery which opened earlier this year and a barber shop which has recently come under new ownership.

And testimony to the strength of the area’s dairy industry is a new Farm Source building which opened on Main Street this week.

New bars in the town include the Green Parrot on Forest Drive. It was formerly Steelworx, and its new name has added to Methven’s colour palette of drinking premises,

shop and high-end fashion retail business.

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many pointing out “the Green” now sits alongside Methven’s longtime establishments of “the Blue” and “the Brown”.

Another new bar is The Dubliner at The Lodge on Methven Chertsey Road.

Gary and Karen Manning have bought The Lodge business, and have kept the name for its accommodation premises, but changed the bar’s name.

The couple immigrated from Ireland two-and-a-half years ago, Mr Manning attracted by what was expected to be a high load of work in Christchurch.

But Mr Manning found the Christchurch rebuild hadn’t

quite begun and the family ended up in Methven where he worked for Snowfed Builders.

Last year he and Mrs Manning hosted a St Patrick’s Day party at the bar, and found many suggesting to them they would be good at running such a business.

“We always aspired to doing something like this,” Mr Manning said.

They took over in May, and have since built on patronage, and were aiming to increase accommodation bookings with adventure style packages. Despite many lodges in town being about 35 per cent down on book-

ings because of a bad winter, they had been aggressive with marketing and had managed to hold their own.

The couple have three daughters, the two youngest live with them at The Lodge, while the oldest lives in the town with her partner and child.

They believe the town could very well be “on the cusp of booming”, with a growing dairy farm sector and the proposed hot pools development. And in terms of tourism, there was much potential for growth, particularly in the summer. “It’s Queenstown without the hustle, and a lot cheaper,” Mr Manning said.

Methven and its nearby mountain range attracts tourists from around the world.

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In brief Advice from JT Dally M player of the year Johnathan Thurston has advised Canterbury youngster Moses Mbye to energise his Bulldogs teammates should he be called into Sunday’s grand final. Exciting rookie Mbye has been compared to Thurston coming through the ranks but the similarities don’t end there. In 2004, Thurston was a late call-up to the interchange bench to replace injured skipper Steve Price - with Canterbury going on to win the premiership. Now Mbye is poised for his own baptism of fire in the grand final against South Sydney as the prime candidate to replace captain Michael Ennis, who is battling foot fractures. - AAP

Best wishes from Wigan An email dropped in Michael Maguire’s inbox this week with a good luck video message from staff and players at Wigan ahead of Sunday’s NRL grand final. It was a demonstration of the high esteem the South Sydney boss is still held at the club where he cut his teeth as a head coach. Wigan were a club living off former glories when Maguire walked through the door late in 2009. Fast forward five years and Maguire will struggle to buy himself a beer in the town when he next returns after lifting the club from the doldrums to win a Super League premiership and the Challenge Cup. - AAP

Positional issues The Broncos have cleared the way for Kiwis international Josh Hoffman to negotiate with the Warriors, but it appears he will face the same positional conundrum in Auckland as he would in Brisbane. Hoffman’s preferred position is fullback but with a year to run on his current contract has been told he can remain at the Broncos if he is prepared to play elsewhere in the backline, with five-eighth, centre and wing all possible options. The Warriors are also keen on Hoffman as a centre, with Sam Tomkins locked in as No 1. Broncos coach Wayne Bennett has confirmed his desire to have Darius Boyd follow him north from the Newcastle Knights and return to Brisbane to fill the No 1 jumper.

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Timu backs ‘Dogs Former Canterbury Bulldogs premiership winner and dual code New Zealand international John Timu is hoping his old club can emulate his side’s 1995 grand final success when they play the South Sydney Rabbitohs in tomorrow’s NRL decider. The tough and elusive centre sees similarities in the way the two Bulldogs sides advanced to the big final. “I’ve been watching the finals and enjoying watching the Doggies. It’s quite classic that they came in at the position and they’ve managed to get themselves through to the grand final through just grafting it out,” Timu said.

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■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Burgess key for Souths

By James macsmith South Sydney captain John Sutton says forward enforcer Sam Burgess shapes as the key to the Rabbitohs breaking their 43-year premiership drought.

In his final game in the NRL before defecting to rugby union, Burgess enters Sunday’s grand final against Canterbury at ANZ Stadium as the form player of the competition.

Burgess’ battle up front with his England team-mate, Bulldogs prop James Graham, could well determine the outcome of the decider.

In the preliminary final win over premiers the Sydney Roosters, that lifted Souths to their first grand final since 1971, Burgess produced a Herculean man-ofthe-match effort in making 171 metres from 21 runs and 37 tackles.

It was an effort that wasn’t out of the ordinary for Burgess.

The 25-year-old averages 35 tackles and 158m a game in 2014.

It is those sort of efforts that have left Sutton shaking his head in amazement.

“He is some sort of freak,” Sutton said. “It is pretty incredible when you see those stats.

“I’ve been lucky enough to play here with him for a long time and he is a great bloke off the field as well.

“I’m really happy to get another game with him before he leaves.

“He is a big boy, he is hard to stop, I am looking forward to playing alongside him again.

“Sam is just all about the team, he is all about what is best for the team, every week he plays with his heart on his sleeve ... every single minute.

“He has been tremendous this year and I get to play one last game with him which is a great thing for me and the rest of the team.”

Sutton though is well aware of the threat that Graham poses, who is the cornerstone of the ‘Dogs pack and whose stats are almost as impressive.

He made 13 hitups for 110m and 38 tackles in Canterbury’s preliminary final win over Penrith.

Graham averages 140m and 35 tackles per game this year.

“They are a great team, a very tough team,” Sutton said. “James Graham leads the way up the middle for them and they have some really classy players in the backs.

“It is going to be a great contest.”

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Sam Burgess: Last game in the rugby league code.

Ex Bulldogs skipper empathises with Ennis

By Ben horne Steve Price can’t help but regret NRL grand final day 2004, and it will be that way for the former Canterbury captain until the day he dies.

It’s sobering news for current

Bulldogs skipper Michael Ennis, who is this Sunday facing the similar plight of being ruled out of a premiership decider with injury.

But Price has come to realise that if it wasn’t for the acute disappointment of being scratched

from such a big occasion, he wouldn’t have experienced the act of kindness shown to him by young team-mate Johnathan Thurston that day, and the lifelong bond that has followed.

In one of the most selfless acts witnessed on a rugby league

field, a 21-year-old Thurston, who had come in late as Price’s injury replacement, immediately gave up his premiership ring to his Toowoomba mentor, saying: “You deserve this and not me.”

Price hopes Ennis can find a similar silver lining.

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Focus on defence for Junior Warriors

By DaviD skipwith The attacking brilliance of the Junior Warriors might have got them through the last four weeks of sudden-death football but defence has been the focus of their build-up to tomorrow’s grand final against the Brisbane Broncos.

The NYC competition is renowned for showcasing young players’ attacking abilities, with defensive structures and tackling technique often lagging some way behind in team skillsets.

Coach Stacey Jones has been drumming into his side the need to concentrate on their tackling

and ball security and says attack is the least of his concerns.

“That’s the nature of this competition [attack-focused] really, but the team that’s going to win this weekend is the team that’s going to defend the best and that’s our focus,” Jones said.

“I’m not worried about our attack, our big focus is around how we defend this weekend.

“Your tries can come from a bit of ad-lib stuff but you’ve still got to have some structure in place to get over the line.”

Junior Warriors five-eighth Tuimoala Lolohea scored the match-winning try in the dying seconds of last week’s pre-

liminary final clash against Parramatta, but he agrees tackling, doing the simple things and getting the basics right will be key to their success.

“Defence will be a big part of our game if we want to win this week,” Lolohea said.

“Our attack comes naturally but we’ve just got to complete our sets and hold the ball as much as we can and we should be sweet.

“It will be a tough game and it’s an opportunity that a lot of players don’t get, to play in a grand final, and we’ll just try to take it with two hands and get the win on the day.”

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are set to make their last appearance for the Junior Warriors, adding extra incentive for them to get the job done.

Co-captain and halfback Mason Lino is hoping for the ideal send-off before he and prop Kouma Samson head to the south of France to take up one-year contracts with Carcassonne.

“It would be awesome and a great way to finish off the year,” Lino said.

“It will be good motivation for the boys next year and for Stacey as well in his first year coaching.

“I’m a bit sad to be leaving.

“I’ve really enjoyed my time here.”

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Hockey girls on the offensive

Josh Harkness, 13, and the Mid Canterbury Primary A boys will play in the opening match of this year’s Hatch Cup hockey tournament in Palmerston North against Tauranga on Monday.

First up on the turf the team will be hoping to make a positive start, building on some good results in their lead up to the tournament – including a convincing 4-2 over Canterbury B win and a 1-0 win over fellow Hatch Cup team Central Otago.

Mid Canterbury finished a creditable 17th out of the 24 teams last year for the

yesterday, hoping to finish with a win against a South Island opponent.

They have previously lost to Hawke’s Bay 6-0, Auckland 7-0, and Taranaki 3-0 in pool play before the definitive loss came against Bay of Plenty.

Mid Canterbury went up 1-0 early, their first goal of the tournament, but conceded an equaliser for a 1-1 draw before losing the shootout 3-0 to send them into the bottom four to meet Wairarapa.

Basketball girls The Ashburton College Senior Girls will play off for 15th at the National Secondary School Basketball Championships at Palmerston North today. College will go up against Napier Girls’ High School after both sides lost their semi-finals yesterday. In their playoff match yesterday college went down to Hamilton Girls 55-69, while Napier Girls lost to Western Heights 68-81.

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Orioles maul Tigers The Baltimore Orioles opened their American League playoff series against Detroit with a bang yesterday, erupting for eight runs in the eighth inning to beat the Tigers 12-3.

Nelson Cruz set the tone for the American League East division winners Baltimore with a two-run home run in the first inning. The victory gives the Orioles a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five division series.

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small association and any chance of at least equalling that will rely on how they fare in pool play.

After taking on Tauranga in their pool A opener in the morning they meet the top seeded defending champions Auckland in the afternoon.

On day two they meet Bay of Plenty, before Horowhenua and Wanganui on Wednesday.

Thursday brings the quarterfinals, with semi-finals on Friday and the final placing decided on Saturday - where Mid Canterbury are aiming to avoid the bottom four.

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Lenny Hayes has received one last AFL playing honour, winning the Madden Medal.

The ex-St Kilda star polled the most votes in the AFL Players Association honour ahead of Jonathan Brown. The association board and past winners are polled for the medal, which goes to a newly-retired player.

Apart from a strong on-field career, the award criteria also include personal development and community spirit. Hayes played 297 games in 16 seasons and was one of the most admireplayers of his generation. - AAP

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Mid Canterbury’s Kate Donald on the tackle against Hawke’s Bay earlier this week at the under 15 premier hockey tournament in Tauranga.

The Mid Canterbury girls have had to do plenty of defending, but will look to get on the attack when they meet Nelson in the playoff for 15th spot today.

They suffered a fifth straight loss, going down to Wairarapa 5-0 in the bottom four semi-finals

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Mid Canterbury’s Chloe Buchanan, 12, and Montana Cannan, 11, work on their defence in the buildup to the Collier Trophy National Hockey Tournament in Invercargill this week.

Mid Canterbury will have to overcome a potentially tough pool meeting North Harbour first up in pool B followed by Bay of Plenty.

They take on Tauranga on Tuesday and Invercargill Wednesday morning before a non-competition match against Taranaki from pool A.

Pool B will cross over with pool D in the quarterfinals on Thursday, with semi-finals on Friday and Saturday will see the final placings decided.

Mid Canterbury were 19th last year and hopeful of finishing higher this year.

The girls have shown they can be competitive against other Collier Trophy teams in their build-up for the tournament, unlucky to concede a goal at the death to draw 2-2 with Eastern Southland and close 1-0 losses to Otago and Central Otago.

Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers threw for three touchdowns to lead the Packers to a 42-10 NFL victory over the Minnesota Vikings yesterday. The game at Green Bay’s Lambeau Field kicked off the action in week five of the NFL season, and with the Vikings down to third-string quarterback Christian Ponder because of injuries to Matt Cassel and Teddy Bridgewater, it was all Packers. Rodgers finished with 156 passing yards, connecting on 12 of 17 attempts. Eddie Lacy had a season-high 105 rushing yards and two touchdowns. - AFP

Hurricanes blown away The Hobart Hurricanes have missed out on a crack at $2.5 million in prizemoney after falling at the semi-final stage of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament. The Australian side lost by seven wickets to Kolkata Knight Riders in what proved a tough task at Hyderabad, India.

Jacques Kallis (54 not out) and Manish Pandey’s (40 off 32) middle-order partnership sealed the victory for the Knight Riders.

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In brief Taniwha tops Northland continued to press their case for promotion with a 58-27 victory over North Harbour last night that emphasised the strength of the Taniwha. In an entertaining affair that featured two teams with much to gain but equal to lose, Northland saw off a spirited Harbour to move within a point of leaders Hawkes Bay in the ITM Cup Championship. The visitors travelled north to Whangarei buoyed by back-to-back victories over Canterbury and Hawkes Bay, playing with freedom and confidence in an opening half they probably shaded. But Northland showed both mental and physical strength to keep their opposition at arm’s length up front and eventually kill them off out wide.

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Showdown time The Wallabies are in a bubble, blocking out the swirling controversies and drama engulfing them as pressure mounts to deliver a victorious conclusion to the Rugby Championship on Sunday. Nothing has gone right since the Wallabies departed South Africa with their tails between their legs after last Saturday’s 28-10 collapse against the Springboks in Cape Town.

Their reputation already soured by another Bledisloe Cup pounding, the late-game fade against the Boks and then Kurtley Beale’s in-flight verbal stoush with a team manager en route to South America further battered their image.

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Cruden cleared All Blacks first five-eighth Aaron Cruden will receive no further punishment after he went out drinking in Auckland and missed the All Blacks’ flight to Argentina last month. New Zealand Rugby General Manager Neil Sorensen said Cruden had already been dealt a significant sanction by being suspended from the All Blacks for the two Test matches against Argentina and South Africa. “I am heartened by the fact Aaron has taken full responsibility for his actions which resulted in this regrettable incident, “ Sorensen said. “Having considered all the factors we have determined that no further sanction will - APNZ apply.”

Moody ‘different’ The All Black coaching panel are pretty excited by Joe Moody - the loose-head prop who will make his first test start at Ellis Park. But there have been plenty of other occasions over the last decade that there has been excitement about an emerging prop. Rarely have any of them proved to be keepers.

There is something about the 26-year-old Moody that has convinced the coaches that he’s different. “He’s a former New Zealand wrestler so he’s got really good understanding of his body movements and scrummaging is a lot about that,” says All Black coach Steve Hansen. “He is someone who we think has got a big future.”

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When Mid Canterbury won the Meads Cup last year Eric Duff was on the losing side.

Duff started at lock for North Otago that day, but will run out against his old team-mates in the Heartland Rugby Championship today.

He joined the Hammers in 2014, making his debut against the West Coast in the opening round and has featured in all six matches to date.

He has been handed the start today against his old side, the Old Golds, for the crucial seventh round clash that also has the Hanan Shield up for grabs.

“We have to win to stay in the hunt,” Duff said.

“It is win this week and next week for us.

“We are desperate and so are they, so there is a lot riding on this game.”

Duff had a big season in the middle row in Oamaru, making the New Zealand Heartland XV last year - alongside Mid Canterbury’s Jon Dampney, Will Mackenzie and Dwayne Burrows - his second time in the national selection after making the 2011 side.

After four seasons with North Otago he has made the move to Mid Canterbury.

“My girlfriend is up here running Lushington’s so I made the move up.

“I went to Europe for three months first and didn’t get back until August, but I had transferred before I left because I knew I was coming up here.”

He registered with the Southern club and although not playing a game, coach Glenn Moore couldn’t go past him.

Duff hasn’t let him down with an industrious work rate around the park and is enjoying the environment he has come into.

“It’s been great. Well coached, well organised and professional.

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“There is a good work ethic and we train pretty hard.

“We are pretty lucky to have the calibre of coaching at the level we do.”

Coming into the squad he already knew some of the players from his time at Lincoln University, having flatted with fullback Richard Catherwood, and coming up against them in the past few seasons – including last year’s final.

Today he’s hoping he can come out on the winning side of the grand final rematch, as the Hammers need the win to keep their top four hopes alive.

Duff is starting in an unchanged forward pack that dominated in the big win over East Coast last week, and will be looking to bring that sort of intensity today.

“We’ve trained well so hopefully that shows out.”

The only change to the Hammers’ starting line-up is at halfback with Jake Ashby returning from injury to get a run in the 9 jersey, pushing Will Mackenzie to the bench.

Jackson Donlan returns to the bench as hooker cover with Sam Watt bracketed with Tukulua Tolu.

MID CANTERBURY 1 Matt Groom, 2 Jon Sharpe, 3 Simon Fleetwood, 4 Eric Duff, 5 Andrew Smith, 6 Tevita Ula, 7 Gary Redmond, 8 Jon Dampney, 9 Will Mackenzie, 10 Murray Williams, 11 Willie McGoon, 12 Nete Caucau, 13 Peni Manumanuniliwa, 14 Brenton Connell, 15 Richard Catherwood.

Reserves: 16 Domenic Visesio, 17 Jackson Donlan, 18 Logan Bonnington, 19 Sam Watt/Tukulua Tolu, 20 Will Mackenzie, 21 Matt Thatcher, 22 Josh Walker.

Eric Duff: Played against Mid Canterbury in last year’s final, wearing the green and gold.

Winning the only option for Hammers Mid Canterbury know what they need to do is simple enough to make the top four.

Win. That’s easier said than done but if Mid Canterbury win today, no matter the other results, they will still need to win again next week, as five points separates fourth and eighth place.

If they are to win the Meads Cup for a second straight year they’ll need to complete a run of five straight wins – starting with

last week’s thrashing of East Coast.

Last year they won six games on the trot to lift the trophy after their only loss in round four to North Otago, the week before winning the Hanan Shield off South Canterbury.

Elsewhere in the seventh round fourth placed Horowhenua Kapiti host third placed South Canterbury - whom Mid Canterbury will meet in what could act as a quarter-final in Timaru next weekend.

The sixth placed Thames Valley are at home to second placed Poverty Bay and the unbeaten Buller are home to West Coast.

The seventh placed King Country will likely bank at least four points against the winless East Coast in Ruatoria.

Wanganui and Wairarapa Bush are out of top four contention but will still be chasing some valuable points in Wanganui for their chances to make the Lochore Cup playoffs.

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Table W D L BP Pts Buller 6 0 0 3 27 Poverty Bay 4 0 2 6 22 South Canterbury 4 0 2 5 21 Horowhenua-Kapiti 4 1 1 2 20 Mid Canterbury 3 1 2 3 17 Thames Valley 3 1 2 2 16 King Country 3 0 3 4 16 North Otago 3 0 3 3 15 Wanganui 2 0 4 2 10 Wairarapa Bush 1 1 4 1 7 West Coast 1 05 2 6 East Coast 0 06 0 0 -

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Into the hurt zone

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they live for the final 10 minutes: it’s here, as they have proven so many times in recent years, that they believe they will get their rewards. That the game will open up and they will be better equipped to capitalise.

“You are hurting,” says All Black No8 Kieran Read.

“You are certainly hurting.

In the final 10 your muscles are sore.

“To give you an example, if you come off before 65 minutes you are fine the next day.

You don’t hurt - your body is nowhere near as sore.

“Go past that point of 60-65 minutes then you are playing on fatigue.

“You are pretty much at the point where you are just about gone. For the last 10 minutes you are under fatigue and you are just trying to hang on.

If everything goes to plan at Ellis Park, the All Blacks will take themselves and the Springboks to the cusp of physiological Armageddon in the final 10 minutes.

And it’s here, with their muscles swimming in lactic acid and the oxygen barely reaching places it needs to, that the All Blacks will back themselves to emerge the stronger.

It will be in those final, excruciating last minutes that the All Blacks will be mentally stronger and fortified with the aerobic depth to record their sixth straight win against the Boks.

That’s the plan.

The All Blacks have learned to believe in it because it has worked for them so many times in the past.

In the perennial search for the answers as to what sets the All Blacks apart, South African coach Heyneke Meyer came up with two that were as good as any: the All Blacks have a better tactical kicking game and are fitter than everyone else.

Without Daniel Carter, the first part is maybe not true.

But the second is: the All Blacks are the best conditioned team in world rugby.

They believe they can outrun, outlast and outplay everyone.

They believe they can do what no one else can and sustain high intensity, high tempo, highskill rugby for 80 minutes.

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“But that is where you have trained. It hurts ... your muscles are shutting down but you have to try to push yourself on.”

The last time the All Blacks were in Johannesburg, it was their stamina that got them home.

The Boks weren’t able to be as clinical when fatigue entered the contest.

The game got faster and the All Blacks got better because they had the necessary physical preparation - across the squad - to not suffer a dip in performance.

“Collectively if you have a level of endurance in the guys’ legs then it is a massive advantage,” says Read.

“You do feel it out there on the track when you perhaps have that advantage.

“We know there are no shortcuts in this team and everyone is conditioned to a level ... so they will last.

“In saying that, too we are actually playing at a higher level than anyone else. We feel that if we take teams to a certain point - by being able to place at pace from the start - we feel they will drop off before us as long as we can dictate that pace.

“Sometimes it is pretty hard to do that if conditions aren’t good or if you give away penalties.

“But if we are able to maintain a pace of game we believe we can outlast teams.”

How much work has been put in by the All Blacks to have such belief in their condition-

ing is barely comprehensible.

It is not by chance that they have become so good at winning big games in the closing stages.

There is an incredible depth of science behind their approach: they have purposefully built lean, yet powerful athletes who can explode into the collisions but also handle the aerobic content.

The balance is not easy to strike and neither South Africa nor England - who are both trying to evolve from set-piece teams into more expansive adventurers - have got it quite right.

If the game is quick from the start, the All Blacks will be favourites to win.

Favourites because they can still execute their game-plan with the same pace and precision in the 80th minute as they can the first.

And to coach Steve Hansen’s mind, those dark patches in any test, when the athletes across the park are feeling the burn, have become the most fertile territory.

“Especially in the big games,” he says.

“They are arm wrestles and even that last five or 10 minutes of the first half. You have just got to stay in the fight until which time the other team mentally unfolds a bit. That requires both mental fortitude and physical fortitude - aerobic fortitude.

“It only takes 20 seconds to score a try. 10 minutes is a long time.

“It is about staying composed enough to take the opportunity when it comes ... as long as we have still got our wits about us and our composure, then we can win a game right on the death.”

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Has Julian trumped Jonah?

By GReGoR PaUL In most cases, comparing a young player with a legend of the game is to burden him with unfair expectation.

To say Julian Savea is the new Jonah Lomu is definitely unfair.

Unfair because it is selling Savea short. The 24-year-old wing may already have surpassed Lomu, according to All Black coach Steve Hansen.

“I think he’s probably better,” says Hansen.

“He can do more things than

Jonah. Jonah was a great player but I think Julian has got more to his game than Jonah.

“That’s really saying something but I genuinely believe that. He’s very good going back. He’s very good under the high ball. He’s very good over the ball on the ground as well as being a great ball carrier.”

It’s easy to understand why the comparison gets made nevertheless. At 1.92m and 108kg, Savea is as close to an accurate physical incarnation there has been of Lomu on the wing.

And his try against the Pumas in La Plata last week when he simply ran over the top and then through defenders was so like Lomu’s opening try of the 1995 World Cup semi-final when Mike Catt was mangled like road kill.

If there is a more deadly weapon in world rugby right now, no one is sure who it would be. Savea’s 27 tries in 27 tests is a statistic that confirms his astonishing finishing power. No one has ever had a record quite like it.

“It would be hard to find one,” says Hansen when asked if there is a better weapon in the world game.

“The other wing who is dangerous for different reasons is Bryan Habana. And Ben Smith is a quality player but for different reasons. Julian has got sheer power. If you don’t tackle him right, you don’t tackle him.

“The other two are out and out finishers and can ignite something but they don’t have that same physicality that Julian does.”

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In brief All Blacks line-up: The team is (with Test caps in brackets): Starting XV: 1. Joe Moody (4) 2. Keven Mealamu (118) 3. Owen Franks (62) 4. Jeremy Thrush (8) 5. Samuel Whitelock (58) 6. Jerome Kaino (53) 7. Richie McCaw (c) (132) 8. Kieran Read (67) 9. Aaron Smith (34) 10. Beauden Barrett (24) 11. Julian Savea (27) 12. Malakai Fekitoa (5) 13. Conrad Smith (81) 14. Ben Smith (34) 15. Israel Dagg (42) Reserves: 16. Dane Coles (22) 17. Ben Franks (36) 18. Charlie Faumuina (21) 19. Steven Luatua (13) 20. Liam Messam (34) 21. Tawera Kerr-Barlow (14) 22. Colin Slade (13) 23. Ryan Crotty (8)

Deans boosting sales World Cup captain James Horwill has denied helping plot Robbie Deans’ demise as Wallabies coach, saying his old mentor is only trying to boost book sales. ARU boss Bill Pulver terminated Deans’ contract two days after Australia’s 41-16 series-deciding loss to the British and Irish Lions, with Horwill’s performance savaged in the autobiography released yesterday. The book, Red, Black & Gold, written by Matt McIlraith, also documents Deans’ disillusionment at senior players being involved in clandestine meetings about the coach.

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Diving ‘an issue’ Leicester director of rugby Richard Cockerill fears diving, for so long a problem in football, has the potential to become a blight on rugby union as well.

Cockerill was furious when London Irish’s Blair Cowan escaped a card or citing after striking the face of Jamie Gibson in the Exiles’ 22-19 English Premiership victory last weekend.

Toulon and South Africa winger Bryan Habana is one of several players to have been accused of diving this year and Cockerill is concerned the practice could become more widespread if teams feel it is the best way to get a penalty.

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O’Brien out Sean O’Brien will miss Ireland’s November internationals and could be out of the Six Nations as well after being ruled out of rugby for up to six months with a shoulder problem.

Leinster coach Matt O’Connor said yesterday the 27-year-old backrower would undergo an operation in London tonight.

British and Irish Lions flanker O’Brien has an infection in the shoulder reconstructed after Ireland’s dramatic 24-22 defeat

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Blow for Glory Perth Glory goalkeeper Danny Vukovic says it will be a disaster if the club misses the finals this season, but their bid for A-League success has suffered an early blow after winger Sidnei injured his calf at training. Sidnei is almost certain to miss the club’s season opener against the Phoenix in Wellington on October 12 after damaging his calf near the end of a spirited training session yesterday.

Sidnei is set to undergo scans to determine the extent of the damage, and Vukovic said the 27-year-old would be sorely missed if he is ruled out for an extended period.

- AAP

A-League turns 10 Just like most 10th birthdays, there will be colour and excitement, tantrums and tears. The A-League reaches double figures this year and will demand more than ever to be treated like one of the big boys. “What’s really clear is that the A-League has really moved into the mainstream of Australian sport and I’m not sure we could say that when it started 10 years ago,” competition boss Damien De Bohun told AAP. “It’s now a football competition that really matters to Australians.” - AAP

Dortmund struggle Borussia Dortmund are out to beat bogey side Hamburg on Sunday to break their threematch winless streak in the Bundesliga despite a flawless Champions League campaign.

Jurgen Klopp’s Dortmund ran riot in a 3-0 win at Anderlecht on Wednesday as Adrian Ramos scored twice to leave them with a perfect six points from their two games after also beating Arsenal at home.

But defeats at Mainz and arch rivals Schalke, plus a 2-2 draw at home to VfB Stuttgart in their last three league matches have left Dortmund with just seven points and 12th in the table.

- AFP

Valencia’s tough test Valencia’s fine early season form will be put to the test when they host champions Atletico Madrid in the game of the La Liga weekend. Los Che sit just two points adrift of leaders Barcelona in second after an unbeaten start to life under new boss Nuno Espirito Santo after six games. However, they will face their toughest test of the campaign to date as Atletico visit fresh from beating Italian champions Juventus in the Champions League.

- AFP

Bowlers set for big tourney The Ashburton Club and MSA will host the Clubs of New Zealand South Island Women’s Fours bowling tournament this week.

Fifty teams of four players will represent their respective chartered clubs from throughout the South Island, with 20 clubs represented this year.

Play gets under way on

Monday across the Ashburton MSA, Ashburton, Allenton and Methven greens.

The teams will be playing six rounds of section play between Monday and Wednesday afternoon, with the top 16 teams qualifying for the championship rounds starting on Thursday and concluding with the finals on Friday at the

Ashburton MSA green.

The other teams all play in a consolation event at the other three greens on the Thursday.

The tournament was won last year by the local team of Wendy Watson, Sandra Holdom, Wendy Blackwell and Wendy Suttie, with eight local teams entered this year.

■ FOOTBALL

McGlinchey ready for season to start

By Daniel RichaRDson Michael McGlinchey always remained confident he would pull on a Wellington Phoenix shirt this season.

Even as a protracted dispute bubbled away between the Phoenix and his former club the Central Coast Mariners, the All Whites midfielder turned up to Newtown Park and slogged away through another training session.

The 27-year-old arrived in Wellington a few months ago in the knowledge his fitness needed to catch up to his potential teammates, so that helped take his mind off a saga that took an absurd amount of time to resolve.

It began in June when an administrative error caused a press release to be sent out early from the FFA, which incorrectly said the Phoenix had signed McGlinchey - a known transfer target of the Wellington franchise.

He then arrived in the capital in July to train with the Phoenix as both teams tried to come to an agreement on who had the rights to the player.

Michael McGlinchey

It eventually went to arbitration, which ruled in favour of the Mariners; although Wellington had the right to appeal.

The Phoenix, who had the backing of the Professional Footballers Australia group, didn’t give in and McGlinchey’s release was finally granted by

the Mariners last month.

The dispute was muddied by conflicting views around the ownership licence of the Mariners, which affected their players’ contracts, while a loan stint in Japan for McGlinchey added another level of complexity.

“It’s hard to go in to it too much but this was just the time to move on, to be honest,” McGlinchey said.

“The [Mariners] were going in a different direction and I felt that I was entitled to move on but it’s just one of these things.

“It went on longer than it should have and I wish it was wrapped up a lot quicker.”

McGlinchey was off limits to the media as the soap opera played out, which meant he couldn’t share his side of the argument. Phoenix coach Ernie Merrick also issued more “no comment” lines than he could ever imagine.

“I just tried to get as fit as I could so I wouldn’t miss out that way,” McGlinchey said.

“It was tough, I’m not going to lie, but I was always confident I could get through. So I just tried to stay as positive as I could.

“They boys were good with me and I just carried on.

“I didn’t know how the hell it had happened but I know that I wanted to come here and talking to Ernie about what his plans are and with the players they’ve brought in and the style of play he wants to play, I felt that I definitely could fit in to the team, and help it as well.”

The wash up of it all means McGlinchey will be in the starting side when Wellington open their A-League campaign against Perth in the capital next Sunday.

He will play as part of a front three alongside Nathan Burns and Jeremy Brockie and the Phoenix now boast an attacking edge they have never possessed.

“Hopefully we can get the first couple of wins under the belt and the confidence can grow,” McGlinchey said.

“But the potential in the team is there to finish in the top six and I think that’s what our aim’s going to be.”

It took longer than it should have but McGlinchey can finally call Wellington home. - APNZ

Fabregas ready to make Arsenal pay

Everton rescued

By Julian GuyeR

Samuel Eto’o popped up with just eight minutes remaining to hand Everton a precious point from a 1-1 draw with FC Krasnodar in the Europa League. Also former Premier League star Demba Ba returned to England to grab a late leveller for Besiktas to draw 1-1 at Tottenham while Celtic edged Dinamo Zagreb 1-0.

- AFP

Chelsea’s Cesc Fabregas will look to make Arsenal pay for their failure to re-sign him when he faces his old club in their Premier League match at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Once the jewel in the crown of Arsene Wenger’s squad, Spain midfielder Fabregas left the north London side to join boyhood club Barcelona in 2011.

But he was never quite so central a figure with the star-studded Catalan giants and Arsenal had the option to buy back their former captain in pre-season.

However, with Arsenal’s squad now featuring a clutch of midfield playmakers in Mesut Ozil, Santi Cazorla and Aaron Ramsey, to name but three, veteran French boss Wenger - who this week celebrated his 18th anniversary in charge of the Gun-

ners - felt he could do without his one-time talisman.

Chelsea, by contrast, were happy to spend STG27 million to bring Fabregas back to London, with Blues manager Jose Mourinho boasting it took him just 20 minutes to seal the deal.

So far Chelsea’s investment has been rewarded with seven Fabergas assists, the latest in this week’s 1-0 Champions League win at Sporting Lisbon,

while Mourinho’s men have won five and drawn one of their six Premier League matches to open up a six-point lead on the Gunners heading into this weekend’s matches.

Arsenal, who thumped Galatasaray 4-1 in the Champions League this week, have won just six points in 20 matches away to teams finishing in the eventual top five during the past five Premier League campaigns. - AFP

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In brief

■ MOTOR RACING

F1 debut up in smoke Teenager Max Verstappen became the youngest Formula One participant yesterday but his record outing went up in smoke as he was forced to halt his misfiring Toro Rosso.

As Nico Rosberg topped first free practice for the Japanese Grand Prix ahead of Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton, Verstappen managed 21 laps of the Suzuka circuit before having to pull over as smoke gushed from his car.

“I have a problem in the engine, it’s not pulling any more,” the Dutchman, who will replace Jean-Eric Vergne next season, radioed to his team as he hit trouble.

“I have smoke out of the engine. What should I do?”

It was a rude introduction to Formula One for the Dutch 17-year-old, who is the son of ex-F1 driver Jos and whose entry in the sport has sparked much debate.

Verstappen turned 17 on Tuesday and is almost two years younger than the previous record-holder Jaime Alguersuari, who was 19 years and 125 days when he contested the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Verstappen has been competing in this year’s European Formula Three season. He racked up the necessary mileage to qualify

Alonso to McLaren?

Fernando Alonso is locked in talks over his future with Ferrari, the Italian giants said yesterday as McLaren dangle a reported E50 million deal to lure away the Spaniard. “At this moment, in Japan, Alonso is discussing his future at Ferrari,” said Luca di Montezemolo, the Ferrari president.

The double world champion Alonso has been linked with a return to McLaren either next year or in 2016 with Spanish press reports claiming his former employers were preparing a 50 million euro deal. - AFP

Whincup keeps cool

Max Verstappen heads out on the Suzuka track for his first taste of Formula One action, but unfortunately it didn’t last too long, pulling up with smoke billowing from his car.

AP PHOTO

for a FIA licence in a test earlier this month.

Meanwhile Rosberg lapped 0.151 seconds ahead of Britain’s Hamilton, who leads the German by just three points in the championship standings with five races left.

Spain’s two-times world champion Fernando Alonso was third quickest for Ferrari and the only driver to come within a second of the two Mercedes, with

Finn Valtteri Bottas fourth for Williams, ahead of countryman Kimi Raikkonen in the second Ferrari.

Danish driver Kevin Magnussen was sixth in his McLaren, two places quicker than teammate Jenson Button of Britain.

Australian Daniel Ricciardo again outperformed Red Bull partner and four-time defending world champion Sebastian Vettel, by posting the seventh

quickest lap. Germany’s Vettel, runner-up behind Hamilton in the last race at Singapore, was ninth fastest, 2.225 seconds off the pace set by Rosberg.

Russian Daniil Kvyat rounded out the top 10 in the first of the Toro Rosso cars.

The sun came out for the first free practice but organisers are anxiously monitoring the progress of a typhoon off the Japanese mainland.

- AFP

■ OPINION

Game anything but a dead rubber T he All Blacks face the might of the Springboks early on Sunday morning, and while all week the sporting press has been urging us to forget that it’s a dead rubber, I can’t imagine that any rugby fan from either camp was ever in doubt that another titanic tussle is on the cards, no matter which tournament the match might be a part of.

If Eden Park is the All Blacks’ fortress, then Ellis Park serves the same purpose for the men in green and gold.

South Africans are the only people anywhere to match the passion that Kiwis bring to the game, and their reputation as super-tough, rugged bruising competitors on their home turf is hard-earned, and very real.

No team has ever had an ‘easy’ game there, and it took until 1996 and a stellar team led by Sean Fitzpatrick to actually win a series on South African soil.

That team included such lu-

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minaries as Andrew Mehrtens, Christian Cullen, Jonah Lomu, Justin Marshall, Robin Brook, Olo Brown, Josh Kronfeld and Ian Jones.

Does the current lot have the firepower to compare with their illustrious forebears?

The back three must come close for a start.

With Israel Dagg at the back and Ben Smith and Julian Savea on the flank, the back trio are surely be close to as good as we have ever had.

Conrad Smith is playing his 81st test, and while he’s 32 years old, that’s only a couple of years older than Frank Bunce, who was similarly the rock of the All Blacks backline, was when he played his first game in the black jersey. There’s plenty left in that tank, and the fuel is still high-octane quality.

Excitement machine at second five; Malaki Fekitoa improved his potential rating considerably against the Argies, and when

Steve Devereux MY SHOUT

Ma’a Nonu returns there’ll be a fascinating power struggle right there. Oh, and there’s some other guy available shortly in that position too, fresh from another code.

There’s proving to be massive depth at first five, and Aaron Smith has had to work very hard to prove himself the best of a supremely talented bunch at half, but prove himself he has.

So, there’s enough sparkle, flair and expertise in the backs to beat anyone. But will they have the ball to work with?

Up front Joe Moody and Jeremy Thrush will be thrown into a cauldron of fire, and even

surrounded by massive experience they (and we) are going to find out if they are truly up with the best.

The ‘Boks have named Bismarck du Plessis to start, and right there he’s the archetypal Springbok.

Epitomising the uncompromising face of ‘Bok rugby, the remorseless, hard-hitting and unbending Bismarck (remember his big hit on Dan Carter last year? perfectly legal, but boy, did DC go down in a hurry) will head the charge up front, and every All Black forward will know they’ve been in the battle of their lives.

Whether the All Blacks can match the passion, and contain the physical onslaught that awaits, and then reply with the impressive arsenal they have in the backline, will be the big question on Sunday morning.

The answer may well be the biggest pointer yet for next year’s big dance.

Despite being on a super run of form, V8 Supercars champion Jamie Whincup is playing down his chances ahead of this month’s Bathurst 1000. The five-time V8s champion has overcome a mid-season slump to open up a 273-point series lead going into the 1000km endurance classic. Victory at Sandown was Whincup’s seventh win in 13 starts. A fifth Bathurst would put him on track to join Craig Lowndes (1996) and Peter Brock (1978, 1980) as the only men to win both endurance races and a championship in the same year. But Whincup says a $2m resurfacing of the circuit has him feeling unsure of his chances.

- AAP

Suzuki returns Suzuki Motor Corporation has announced that it will return to the MotoGP class of the world’s top motorcycle racing series, the FIM1 Road Racing Grand Prix (MotoGP), from 2015, at the press conference of the INTERMOT International Motorcycle in Colgone, Germany.

With the development of the MotoGP machine and team structure prepared, Suzuki has decided to rejoin the MotoGP series from 2015.

- AP

Ferrari on a mission The incoming boss of Ferrari has one “very high” priority: getting his cars back on top of the Formula One podium. Sergio Marchionne, also CEO of Ferrari’s parent company Fiat Chrysler, said at the Paris Car Show that his “key objective is to re-establish Ferrari in Formula One,” describing it as “non-negotiable.” The team’s recent struggles on the race track are widely thought to be why current Ferrari CEO Luca Di Montezemolo is being pushed out. Montezemolo urged Ferrari’s leaders to remember the importance of “selling the dream” of luxury cars.

- AP

Correction In his Motoring column this week Bernard Egan recorded the wrong date for the Ashburton High School Old Pupils lunch, and he apologises for any confusion or inconvenience this may have caused. The correct date is Sunday October 12 2014. Numbers are required

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■ CEO PAY PACKETS

Rising CEO pay packets slammed

Guardian Shares & Investments

Megatrends will shape future business Matt Hannah

BUSINESS MATTERS

to implement new policies for nine global megatrends - demographics, rise of the individual, enabling technology, economic interconnectedness, public debt, economic power shift, climate change, resource stress and urbanisation.

A key finding is the impact of increasing wealth and growth of the global middle class, which will accelerate demand for consumer goods and services, thereby putting further pressure on the natural and material resources needed to produce them.

The resources on which businesses rely will become more difficult to access and more costly. Increasing strain on in-

frastructure and natural systems is likely as patterns of economic growth change.

Physical assets and supply chains will be affected by the unpredictable results of a changing climate. This is likely to mean businesses can expect increasingly complex sustainability legislation.

It is impossible to exactly predict the future but it makes good business sense to be aware of likely trends and to be as prepared as possible.

Understanding the trends will help manage risks and successful organisations will be the ones who can adapt to today’s megatrends and discover how to treat them as opportunities.

It is important for businesses of every size to think about the impact these forces have on them now and in the future.

Matt Hannah is a director of KPMG Private Enterprise

Not all doom for Westland farmers

By Brendon McMahon The dip in the global dairy market is not necessarily all “doom and gloom” for Westland farmers.

Chartered accountant Peter Cuff, of Hokitika, said the dip in the Global Dairy Trade auction was pronounced but the price in the same auction for the Westland Milk Products mainstays of casein and skim milk powder had

been less significant. The dip in the whole milk powder price has had the biggest impact on New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra.

“The latest auction saw much smaller drops for skim milk powder, which was only down 2.7 per cent,” Mr Cuff said.

This was in contrast to the 10 per cent drop in the price of whole milk powder at the GDT auction on Wednesday.

Mr Cuff said the other big

product for Westland, casein, was down just 1.4 per cent in the same auction.

Coupled with a decline in the New Zealand dollar this week, the lower price drops for Westland’s key commodities meant West Coast farmers would be less profoundly affected than those in other parts of the country. “Westland farmers may not suffer from this decline as much as Fonterra.”

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usinesses these days operate in a rapidly changing and interconnected world.

Supply chains span continents, customer demands shift globally and governments reshape policies in reaction to a changing world.

Businesses are exposed to a number of environmental, social and economic changes that bring both risk and opportunity.

These are called megatrends – transformational forces that act together to define the future world. They are not short-term issues but have relevance for at least 20 years.

In a recent report, KPMG identified major global forces taking shape today that will significantly impact on the business landscape and governments through to 2030.

The report delves into what exactly will change, how this will affect strategy and how governments will need to adapt

Compiled by

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the global financial crisis.

The bosses of the country’s largest firms received average total remuneration – including base salary and incentive payments – of $1.4 million in the 2013 financial year, a 4 per cent

when 43 per cent of all Kiwis did not get a rise in their pay rate in the prior year,” Mr Parker said.

“The Prime Minister of New Zealand is well paid and rightly so. He earns around half a million dollars a year. Is it really necessary to pay CEOs many times more than John Key is paid? I find that hard to justify and I believe most New Zealanders do too.

“The CEO of the Warehouse Mark Powell said earlier this year that his $1.7 million salary troubled him when his frontline staff deserved better pay. I agree with him – something is out of kilter.”

– APNZ

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David Parker

terday morning, Mr Parker said companies needed to pay all staff more fairly, instead of focusing on those at the top.

“No-one denies chief executives should be well paid for their skills and experience, but it is the efforts of all employees which contribute to company profits,” he said. “Salaries paid to chief executives come at the expense of other working Kiwis and consumers.”

The Business Herald survey showed the $1.4 million CEO average pay packet was roughly 25 times more than the country’s average annual salary of $55,000. “It comes at a time

12/9

Rising chief executive pay packets, averaging $1.4 million in the 2013 financial year, have been slammed by acting Labour Party leader David Parker.

Branding them “out of kilter” with public feeling, Mr Parker said no company boss should be earning more than the Prime Minister, who pockets an annual salary of around $500,000.

His comments came after the Business Herald revealed yesterday the average pay of New Zealand’s top CEOs were rising once again, following a brief dip after

increase on 2012, the Business Herald’s executive pay survey shows.

Between the 2004 and 2010 financial years the average chief executive salary package ballooned by almost 80 per cent.

The highest paid chief executive last year was ANZ New Zealand’s David Hisco, on $4.1 million, a 14 per cent rise on 2012, while the lowest-paid boss in the survey, for whom a complete year’s pay information is available, was David Darling of biotechnology developer Pacific Edge, who took a 7 per cent pay cut to $279,999.

In a statement released yes-

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Education is not a luxury Stu Oldham

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alls not to charge students to sit their NCEA exams must be a philosophical position rather than a commentary on how far from “free” our free education system has become. For the sake of the egalitarian ideal, it has to be.

So far this year, nearly 2000 Canterbury families have received financial assistance to help pay for their children to sit NCEA exams.

That’s nearly 2000 families that do not have the $76.70 it costs to put each child through their assessment; nearly 2000 families cannot save less than $1.50 a week, per child.

Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan doesn’t want students charged to sit exams and Mount Hutt College principal John Schreurs says he won’t lose sleep if the fees are scrapped entirely.

Of course, the fees won’t be scrapped – they have been around since the old School Certificate days – and there will remain a certain amount of incredulity that such a trifling amount is out of reach for some.

Some of us will measure $76.70 in coffees (about 20 a year), in entertainment (you pay about the same amount for Sky TV a month) or in takeaways ($76 will buy five family meals from an Ashburton fish and chip shop).

As we do so, we will wonder why others can’t set aside small luxuries to save less than what it costs to buy a can of Coke to help their child get a qualification.

Those of us who do are lucky that we can. Social service workers have said time and again that most of those who seek help have no luxuries to eliminate.

Their luxuries might be the odd purchase of something flasher than store brand food, getting petrol more than once a week, or even a trip to the doctor.

Education is not a luxury and cannot be limited by what parents can afford.

If trifling fees are too expensive, then we now know why education is so crucial to these families’ futures.

YOUR VIEW Parking the bills The council will be able to resuse their old building on Havelock Street corner to rent out to Winz instead of it sitting empty where it is.

The rent monies will help foot the bill for the art gallery and museum instead of the ratepayers paying for it.

Also has the council given thought to converting the grass alongside the railway line into a large carpark like our other attractive ones?

You could have an automatic toll gate on it to catch the outof-towners’ money for parking, to help foot the bill for the art gallery and cancel out the lawyers and costs of the fight between parking outside residents’ homes.

They will have nothing to fight for then.

CRUMB

We need the extra parking space, especially on Boulevard Day and for other community events. Money in your coffers, council.

So, the money that it would have cost you to fight this case should be able to cover the carpark, maybe?

Lightbulb thought (Abridged)

1080 lingers I heard a report on the radio that people were not to eat fish in some river because the poison from a 1080 drop has contaminated the river.

They say the fish could be toxic to humans eating them.

Well, what about the water a hunter, a child, or parent may drink on a trek or pig or deer hunt. Or your favourite pooch or pig dog you love has a drink

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after a chase. Or if you are horse trekking and your horse wants a drink. What is likely to happen to them?

Enough is enough, these air drops are not on. How many people are they slow-killing? Is this where all these cancers are coming from?

Innocent animals and birds and bees and insects are drinking from this water. Are they left to die a slow shocking death?

Let alone the poor little possums going through this slow lingering death.

I was busy at the time this came across my headphones. It stopped me in my tracks.

What is wrong with our hierarchies?

If the common Joe Bloggs did this they would be locked away with a hefty fine to pay.

Lynn Bellew

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I scream, you scream: Icecream Hanne Nielsen

TOWNIE GOES COUNTRY

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ne of the best things about living in Auckland was the dessert.

In a bustling metropolis of over 1 million people, there is plenty of choice when it comes to soothing the 7pm sweet tooth – or the 11pm sweet tooth, for that matter. In a city that hardly ever sleeps, the icecream parlours do a roaring trade both night and day – and at mealtimes.

Heading down to the waterfront and enjoying a sundae before dinner marked the threshold into adulthood for many of us, because you definitely know you’re a grown up when you can eat your dessert before the main.

Once we moved south, getting used to earlier supermarket closings and the need to preempt evening sugar cravings before they happened took some

time. These days keeping a stash of goodies in the freezer is second nature, so when an ice cream parlour opened in Methven recently, I had to do a double take.

Like black and white photos of a 1950s milk bar, it flooded me with nostalgia and brought memories of the city rushing back: one bite and I could almost smell the Queen Street traffic fumes and hear the proclamations of the street corner preachers.

This part of New Zealand is known for a different type of ice entirely – or two, to be exact. First, there’s the skiing variety, of which little currently remains, save that which adorns the snaps on the local postcards.

Not quite as delicious as its creamy cousin, the snow and ice of the frozen mountain slopes have nevertheless provided hours of entertainment over the past three winters as we have rather awkwardly learnt to wield ski poles and snowboard boots in a battle against gravity.

The second type of ice is the one with which I have become more and more obsessed since living these 7° further south of

my hometown: Antarctica. Our local “big smoke” is a gateway to the southern continent and serves as a stopover for many contractors each year. It’s being celebrated up in Christchurch these school holidays at IceFest, with Antarctic displays, talks and activities abounding.

Two years ago our North Island visitors checked it out and had a great time trying on jackets and mukluks; their only criticism was that there was no snow cone machine on site. That was a valid point, but this time we’ve got a local solution to follow up a hard day’s science in the city.

As the last of the snow melts off the mountains, I’m sure the queues for the sweetened, creamy variety will grow. Yes, two scoops in a cone will do me nicely.

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Rosie Staite

CHRISTIAN COMMENT

Some are passionate about an interest or hobby. The way we use our time is a pretty clear picture of our priorities. At different stages of life the choices can be very different.

And for some of us, faith is an important component of our decisions. Prayer can bring some road signs clearly to our attention.

So what happens when we are calmly moving along the highway of life, and we approach an intersection? Maybe the road is closed up ahead, or a redundancy forces us to turn left or right.

Maybe we need to pull off the road for a while with an illness, or to care for someone.

Maybe it’s time to buy a house, or choose a career/job, or a partner. Maybe it’s a moment to stop and think, check out our lifestyle against our dreams,

and take stock. Do we reach for the accelerator or the brake?

Sometimes we make a choice, find we’re on the wrong road, so we turn back. Learning from our mistakes is pretty important. Other times, choosing is so hard we just keep going round and round the roundabout, going nowhere.

Recently I just knew it was getting nearer time to move house. I started sorting and packing. I felt a sense of urgency, so worked faster. On a particular day, I listed my house, and it sold four hours later. I started to look hard for another.

Meantime someone offered me a house-sitting situation if I needed it. I did. I’m in it!

I found another house to buy. It’s quieter, more suited to working from home. I get possession of it four days before the house-sitting ends. Whew!

Another decision to work more in the community, more from home and less on the road, has led to my resignation from some ministry positions at the end of this month. Big step! A

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The highway of life, is it time to take stock? wonder how you make decisions. Important ones about what really matters. Maybe it’s gut instinct, just knowing what to do. Maybe it’s months of careful thought and reflection. Or both?

There are a lot of different building blocks we build our lives on. Profit margins and income govern much of the Western world thinking ... but thank goodness, not for everyone. Issues of sustainability, caring for the earth and leaving a light footprint are nudging some to live more simply, expecting less and creating more themselves. Wouldn’t our greatgrandparents smile!

Some put family first – and arrange their working life to include a healthy work/life balance; while for many that’s just a pie- in- the-sky dream. Work is the means to providing the necessities for the household, and a career means long hours and commitment away from home. Choices for parents can be particularly tough. Some put friendship at the top of the list.

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risk? Absolutely! But I am making two decisions to bring my life into line with what I value most.

When Moses led the Israelite people across the wilderness to the promised land for 40 years, from slavery to freedom, God was with them every step of the way. They were hungry and they were fed. They were thirsty and God gave them fresh water. They had faith and their prayers were answered.

You might think this is a “she’ll be right” Kiwi attitude without taking personal responsibility.

Moses might argue the point with you.

I find that discerning God’s call on my life has led to some pretty interesting decisionmaking on the highway of my life. Life is an adventure with God! But through it all, my motivation has been to make a difference for good. The next chapter begins for me.

Time for you to take stock?

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In brief Cameron first-up British Prime Minister David Cameron has became the first world leader to hold talks with newly-inaugurated Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, as NATO troops end their long war against the Taliban. Cameron arrived in Kabul on the unannounced visit after visiting an air base in Cyprus, where British jets launching strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq are based. Ghani was sworn in on Monday after a fraud-tainted election that plunged Afghanistan into months of political deadlock.

In a US-brokered deal, Ghani signed a power-sharing agreement with his former poll rival Abdullah Abdullah, who was appointed to the new position of “chief executive”.

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Caught on tape Australian construction union boss Brian Parker wanted to “bash” a colleague who had previously raised questions about the union’s ties to underworld figure George Alex, taped phone calls have revealed at a corruption inquiry.

In an extraordinary day at the unions royal commission, a phone call recording obtained by the inquiry revealed Mr Parker calling fellow Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union official Mario Barrios a “f***ing dog”. Mr Barrios is a CFMEU organiser who gave evidence he had received a threatening phone call from Mr Alex in August. Mr Alex, who is himself due before the commission in October, asked Mr Barrios why he was “talking so much s*** about me” and told Mr Barrios “I want to come and see you”, Mr Barrios said.

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Aid workers kicked out Ten aid workers have been suspended on full pay ahead of an investigation into claims Save the Children staff fabricated Nauru detention centre abuse stories and coached asylum seekers into self harm. The federal government has appointed former integrity commissioner Philip Moss to head an independent inquiry into the claims, as well as sexual misconduct allegations aired earlier this week. Accusations relating to the misuse of official information have also been referred to the Australian Federal Police. Save the Children has denied any wrongdoing.

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Protesters, police clash Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong have clashed with police outside government offices as tensions ran high, despite an eleventh-hour agreement for talks, as China said the demonstrators were “doomed to fail”. Although most overnight demonstrators had gone home by yesterday morning, more than 100 remained outside the government complex which is now the focal point of protests that have brought parts of the city to a standstill for five days.

Demonstrators are sceptical over what can be gained by the discussions with the government of Chief Executive Leung Chunying, which were agreed to late on Thursday to defuse escalating tensions as crowds demanded Leung’s resignation.

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■ UNITED STATES

Obama team wanted out of Iraq - Panetta Former Pentagon chief Leon Panetta has denounced the White House in a new memoir, accusing President Barack Obama’s top aides of undercutting efforts to secure a deal in 2011 that could have kept US troops in Iraq.

Retaining a small US force would have helped contain sectarian violence and prevented the conditions that helped open the door to the onslaught of the Islamic State group, which has seized a large area of Iraq in recent months, Panetta argues in a soon-to-be released book, Worthy Fights”.

In the fall of 2011, “It was clear to me - and many others - that withdrawing all our forces would endanger the fragile stability then barely holding Iraq together,” Panetta wrote in an adapted excerpt published in Time magazine yesterday.

“Privately, the various leadership factions in Iraq all confided that they wanted some US forces to remain as a bulwark against sectarian violence,” he wrote.

While Defense and State Department officials tried to broker an agreement with the Baghdad leadership, the White House took a back seat and showed little determination to make the deal happen, Panetta said.

The US government had

Leon Panetta: ‘A small force would have been enough in Iraq’.

“leverage” but chose not to use it, he wrote.

“We could, for instance, have threatened to withdraw reconstruction aid to Iraq” if the then prime minister, Nouri al-

Maliki, failed to support a continued US presence, he said.

The undersecretary of defense for policy, Michele Flournoy, the number threeranking civilian at the Pen-

tagon, pressed the argument with the full backing of the top brass, including the chiefs of all the armed forces, he said.

“But the President’s team at the White House pushed back, and the differences occasionally became heated.

“Flournoy argued our case, and those on our side viewed the White House as so eager to rid itself of Iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements that would preserve our influence and interests,” he wrote.

Panetta, who served as defence secretary from 2011 to 2013, said the White House let a potential agreement “slip away” and the episode has bothered him ever since.

“To my frustration, the White House co-ordinated the negotiations but never really led them.

“Officials there seemed content to endorse an agreement if State and Defense could reach one, but without the President’s active advocacy, al-Maliki was allowed to slip away,” he wrote.

Talks continued into December 2011, but hopes of a lastminute deal never materialised.

“To this day, I believe that a small US troop presence in Iraq could have effectively advised the Iraqi military on how to deal with al-Qaeda’s resurgence and the sectarian violence that has engulfed the - AFP country.”

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Air strike kills 15 militants Pakistan’s military says it has killed 15 insurgents in air strikes in a restive tribal district near the Afghan border, a region where it has been battling Islamist groups for more than a decade.

“Three terrorist hideouts were destroyed and 15 terrorists were killed in effective and precise aerial strikes early yesterday morning in Khyber”, where the Pakistani Taliban and another banned militant group, Lashkare-Islam, have taken refuge, the military said in a statement.

In June, the army began an operation in the North Waziristan district after a bloody raid on Karachi Airport ended faltering peace talks that began earlier in the year.

North Waziristan had become a major base for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (Pakistani Taliban), which rose up against the state in 2007.

The United States has long called for action in the area because militant groups there have targeted NATO forces in neighbouring Afghanistan.

Pakistan’s army says it has killed more than a thousand militants and lost 86 soldiers since the start of the operation.

But the toll and identity of those killed is impossible to verify because journalists do not have regular access to the conflict zones.

Critics charge that many of the dead were non-combatants.

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Paramedic saved WA surfer from shark attack

■ MONROVIA

A pedestrian wears a surgical mask as he crosses the street in front of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, where Thomas Eric Duncan, the ebola patient who travelled from Liberia to Dallas last week, is being treated.

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By Zoom Dosso The UN has launched a mission to prevent the global spread of Ebola, describing the epidemic as the world’s “highest priority” as the United States scrambled to limit its own outbreak.

Anthony Banbury, head of the UN Mission on Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), began a tour of the three hardest-hit nations in the Liberian capital Monrovia setting out an ambitious goal to eradicate the deadly virus.

“The only way we will end this crisis is if we end every single last case of Ebola so there is no more risk of transmission to anyone, and when that’s accomplished, UNMEER will go home,” he said.

The agency will work on health and education, Banbury said. But it will also make more vehicles available in the response and helping Ebola-free neighbouring countries defend themselves against a possible spread.

“The sooner UNMEER can end, the better for all of us. It’s my hope that it will be as soon as possible because that means fewer lives will be lost,” he told reporters yesterday.

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf had told Banbury on his arrival in Liberia, the worst-hit nation with almost two-thirds of the 3338 deaths in west Africa, that the virus had spread to all 15 of its counties.

The UN envoy said he was intent on contributing to “the highest priority for the international community - for the whole world, not just the United Nations”.

He is to move on to Sierra Leone today and then Guinea on Sunday.

US health officials were monitoring 100 people in Texas who had potential contact with a Liberian man diagnosed with Ebola.

Four family members were also ordered to stay home.

The man - the first person to be diagnosed with the deadly disease on US soil - flew from Liberia and arrived in Texas September 20 to visit family.

He fell ill on September 24, reportedly after helping a pregnant woman in Liberia who later died of Ebola.

He is in serious but stable condition.

In a separate development, NBC television said a freelance cameraman working for the

network in Liberia had caught the disease.

“He immediately quarantined himself and sought medical advice,” NBC said.

The 33-year-old American is to be flown back to the US for treatment.

The World Health Organisation said in its latest situation update there was still a “significant shortfall” in capacity in west Africa, with 1500 more beds needed in Liberia and 450 in Sierra Leone.

Around 160 health professionals pledged by Cuba to Sierra Leone arrived on Thursday.

Meanwhile Doctors Without Borders, the global aid agency leading the response in west Africa, with 3000 staff including about 250 Western volunteers, has criticised the inadequacy of international aid, saying it desperately needs medical teams rather than cash.

Britain asked for foreign help to battle Ebola in Sierra Leone, a former colony, yesterday at a London conference gathering ministers, diplomats and health officials from around 20 countries and world organisations.

Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma, whose coun-

try has seen more than 600 deaths, was unable to attend after his plane broke down.

A charity, Save the Children, warned as the conference began that five people are being infected with Ebola every hour in Sierra Leone and demand for treatment beds is far outstripping supply.

If the current “terrifying” rate of infection continues, 10 people will be infected every hour with the deadly virus in the country by the end of October, the London-based group warned.

The United Nations has announced its first suspected victim of Ebola, a Liberian man who worked for the UN mission in Liberia and died of a probable but unconfirmed infection last week.

US oil giant ExxonMobil meanwhile said it had limited employee travel to the west African countries hit by Ebola, and delayed the start of an exploration well in Liberia.

Burkina Faso said cycling race Tour Du Faso, which was to be held from October 23 to November 2, would be suspended over fears of Ebola.

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A man who helped rescue a 23-year-old surfer after a shark tore off his hand and part of his other arm says the young footballer may not have survived if it had not been for an off-duty paramedic at the beach.

Bunbury man Sean Pollard remains in a stable condition at Royal Perth Hospital after an attack on Thursday morning near Wylie Bay at Kelpids Beach, about six kilometres east of Esperance, in Western Australia’s south.

A man identified only as Robbie was at the beach and planning to give his nephew a surfing lesson when Mr Pollard collapsed about 20 metres out and two men dragged him ashore.

“He’s obviously swum about 100 metres with those injuries ... it was probably the bravest thing I’ve ever seen,” he told Fairfax radio yesterday.

Robbie said, if it had not been for an off-duty paramedic at the beach who helped stem the bleeding, Mr Pollard may not have survived.

“He was really unlucky but he was really lucky to have had the help he had when he got to the beach by those three people - the two guys that pulled him out and then helped dress his wounds, and the paramedic on the beach, you couldn’t give her enough props really,” he said.

Robbie then drove Mr Pollard to meet the ambulance and said the injured man remained conscious while his girlfriend talked to him, despite losing a lot of blood.

A keen surfer, Robbie said the incident had not deterred him from wanting to return to the water when weather conditions improved.

The Esperance community has also started fundraising to help with Mr Pollard’s recovery.

The state’s Fisheries Department responded to the attack by catching and killing two white pointers on drumlines - one measuring up to 4.5 metres and the other three metres.

It was the first time white pointers - a protected species had been killed by WA officials.

Fisheries shark response unit manager Lisa Clack defended the move amid reports Mr Pollard might have been mauled by two bronze whalers, saying it was “more likely” a white pointer was responsible.

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MOBILE MOWER SERVICING • Rotary Mowers • Ride-on Mowers • Water Blasters • Small Motor Repairs

• Reel Mowers • Chainsaws • Rotary Hoes • Generators

Stan Keeley, Owner

Ph 307 0002 - Mobile 021 88 34 36 How do you put a dollar value on keeping your property protected?

Protect your biggest asset with a home security camera package from Masterguard Call me today for a free, no obligation quote

Hartley Curd phone 0800 788 393 or 021 328 301 57 Dobson Street, Ashburton.

Phone 0800 48 48 49 www.oasisclearwater.co.nz

Trades & Services To place a Trades & Services ad, call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

ELECTRICIAN

Your windscreen gotten stoned lately?

Any glass, any vehicle

Smith&Smith® can fit the glass your vehicle needs.

• PV Solar • Alarms Systems • Heat Pumps • House Wiring • Lighting and Plugs • Switchboards Phone 308-2621 | info@directelectrical.co.nz |www.directelectrical.co.nz

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PH 308 2966 51 Robinson St, Ashburton www.lysaghtltd.co.nz

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Innovative Aluminium Scaffolding Residential and commercial safety nets

We build, upgrade, service and sell pools and spas.

Any pool. Any budget.

Temporary Perimeter Fencing

Call us TODAY for all your pool requirements!

CALL PETE TODAY ON 027 528 8948

Unit 2, 192 Wills Street Ashburton Phone 307 7427

Phone • 03 308 2245 27 Gordons Rd, Ashburton www.poolandpumpworld.co.nz

Ashburton’s Largest Property Management • 4 property managers • tenants waiting • 15 security checks

• low vacancy rate • 3 fee options • emailed reports

“It’s why more people are choosing RENZ”

308 6173

Aluminium

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and Stainless Steel Trevor Hurley Real Estate Limited REAA EAA 2008 MREINZ

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TIG welding service 201 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton P (03) 307 8353 - mainlandcoachwork@gmail.com

Doaky’s Plumbing Ltd • Plumbing • Drainlaying • Blocked Drains NO JOB TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL

Lindsay 027 555 5575 150 Smithfield Rd, Ashburton doakys@xtra.co.nz - 03 308 1248

GOING ON A SUMMER HOLIDAY? Let us be your eyes and ears • Security system designed to suit your home and budget • Wide variety of security add ons including sirens, infra-red motion detectors, LED motion sensor lights • Total automation

$99

+ installation

For total peace of mind, see the team at Laser today Mon-Fri 8am – 5.30pm Sat 10am – 1pm

Phone 308 2106 | 726 East St

Increase in traffic “Since we started our strategic marketing plan with the Guardian we have noticed definite increase in traffic to our website and showroom.

Guardian ASHBURTON

We have really appreciated the support and marketing ideas we have received from the team at the Ashburton Guardian, especially our advertising consultant Ashleigh, who is also passionate about achieving results from our advertising.”

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SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

YOU WANT

MORE?

Dairy Deli / Freezer Assistant

Two Building Apprentices Wanted You must: Be reliable Be able to work in a team Have pride in your work

Full time

» » »

To be considered for the opportunity to work as part of a great team, you will: •

Be a team player Be self-motivated Have good presentation Have the ability to work well under pressure Be physically fit, as lifting is required Have the ability to work in cold temperatures •

Are you looking for a rewarding role in an experienced team?

Bradford Building can provide good remuneration, varied job sites and training in a trade that will provide you with long term security.

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You could be a part of this. Build yourself a better future with Bradford Building.

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Please call into our office on Bremners Road to pick up an application form. Applications close Wednesday 15th October 2014. www.bradfords.co.nz

WANT A

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Days/hours of work will be: Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

One Painting Apprentice Wanted You must:

CAREER?

» Be reliable » Have good communication skills » Be able to work in a team » Have pride in your work

10.30am – 7.00pm - Freezer 10.30am – 7.00pm - Freezer 10.30am – 7.00pm - Dairy Deli 10.30am – 7.00pm - Dairy Deli 06.30am – 3.00pm - Freezer

While previous experience would be preferable, full training will be given.

We have an opening for an apprentice to join our team. We can provide good remuneration, varied job sites and training for a trade that will provide you with many career opportunities.

If you feel this position suits you, please complete an application form which is available from Customer Services or email donalda.hartley@newworld-si.co.nz

SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

Butcher We require an experienced Butcher to fill this full time position, joining our friendly team in our busy Butchery department. Days will be Sunday to Thursday.

We are looking for a Butcher who will be suitably experienced, energetic, a good team player, well presented, committed to providing outstanding customer service, and have the hunger and desire to continually improve not only your performance, but the performance of the department.

The successful applicant will possess the following skills and attributes: • Be well presented with a high level of personal hygiene • Have a natural flair and passion for what they do • Be self-motivated, reliable and dedicated • Be able to work well in a team environment If you feel you have what it takes to be successful in this role, please apply online to: donalda.hartley@newworld-si.co.nz Alternatively you may write to: Human Resources Manager Ashburton New World P O Box 444, Ashburton 7700

Applications close 16.10.2014

Please call into our office on Bremners Road to pick up an application form. Applications close Wednesday 15th October 2014. www.bradfords.co.nz

Guardian Situations Vacant

307 7900

Mayfield A&P Association SHOW SECRETARY Responsible for all the administration duties for the above Organisation (possibly with a small amount of financial).

The successful applicant can choose to observe along side the current Secretary, until you take up the position after the AGM in July 2015.

Must be computer literate and well organised.

There is an Honorarium paid for this part time position.

Please send C.V. marked confidential, to Vicks Johnson, Barcoo, R D 8, Ashburton or email to barcoo@xtra.co.nz Job description and enquiries contact Vicks ph 03 3036 265.

Applications close Friday, October 24 2014.

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1st Floor, Smith + Church Buildng Moore St, Ashburton

PH 03 308 9516

To advertise here contact Ashleigh on 027 892 425 or 307 7975

hoof polish • hoof picks stencils • brow bands travel boots and much more show covers canvas covers

32 Racecourse Road, Ashburton, New Zealand

Mon, Wed, Thurs: 8am-5.30pm Fri: 8am-1pm

Chiro ractic

Visit us today for all of your show season equipment! shampoos brushes oils leather polish / conditioners

André Grob Chiropractor

Ash urton

Ready for show season?

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Debra Curtin Chiropractor

Ashleigh Fraser

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SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

Talley’s Ashburton is looking to employ Pea Truck and Harvester Drivers for our upcoming harvest, starting mid-November.

Leeston

Truck Drivers

Think Water Leeston, owned by the Broomhall family, has been providing specialist water solutions to the rural community throughout the South Island for over twenty five years.

A class 2 or 4 licence is preferable, to operate our company owned pea trucks to and from our factory located in Fairton, however there will be an opportunity for the successful applicants to be trained in gaining a class 2 or 4 licence.

Their services include irrigation design and installation, dairy shed water reticulation, effluent design and installation, stock water supply, water meter installations, lifestyle and domestic water supply, and most importantly 24/7 servicing and backup.

This rapidly growing company now wishes to appoint an Operations Manager based in Leeston. You will report to Thinkwater’s General Manager, co-ordinating and leading the Company’s field staff.

Pea Harvester Drivers

Input into developing the organisation’s strategic goals, including the ability to offer a clear vision of how operations will help achieve them, is key to this role and the growth of the business.

You will need to hold a minimum of a class 2 and heavy wheels endorsement on your licence, however for the successful applicants full training can be given to obtain these. Experience would be an advantage although not essential.

You will deliver the administration functions, including timesheets, job cards, client and plant reports, purchase orders, project plans and forward work reports etc.

Competencies required to be successful in this role include: • Knowledge of production planning in an engineering environment • Experience with in-full-on-time co-ordination and delivery of projects • Ability to motivate and lead your team to deliver great service • Exposure to health and safety systems, including hazard identification and control, compliance, training and monitoring.

Efficiency, continuous improvement, commitment to quality, system reliability and on-time delivery will be your core values. Maintaining good quality long term client relationships will be essential.

To enquire about this role in confidence, please phone either Al Coll on 027 229 1444 or Deb Francis on 021 224 5000. Otherwise, please send your CV with covering letter to apply@agrecruit.co.nz (quote ref TWOM) by Thursday 9 October.

We specialise in agri-business

www.agrecruit.co.nz

The Fresh Name in the Freezer

You will also take control of the utilisation, operation and maintenance of plant and machinery.

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Pea Truck and Harvester Drivers

Operations Manager

Ashburton Guardian

In return we offer you modern equipment, good wages with the opportunity for overtime, and a busy working environment.

If either of the above interests you, apply in writing to; Talley’s Group Ltd, PO Box 244, Ashburton – Attn: Pea Harvest, or email freight.admin@ash.talleys.co.nz Applications close Tuesday 14th of October 2014.

CHECKOUT MANAGER

We are seeking a person who can lead our enthusiastic and motivated Checkout Team with the daily operations of our Checkout Department.

Our goal is to “Provide our customers with a superior shopping experience through excellence in range, service and operation.” You will be part of our frontline team who are the face of our business.

This is a full time position Monday to Friday - Hours to be discussed at interview.

The successful applicant will need to have experience in the retail industry, and have a strong customer focus, preferably having worked in a supermarket environment, and able to demonstrate the following attributes: • Good organisational and time management skills • Above average customer service skill • Have proven people management skills • The ability to work independently and within time constraints as required • The ability to lead a team of operators and supervisors • Self motivation • Excellent personal presentation • Experience in a retail, customer orientated role Key responsibilities include: • Ensuring the checkout area runs efficiently • Ensuring all training is undertaken • Developing and enhancing existing systems • Motivating and leading staff • Maintaining the Health & Safety and Food Hygiene Standards Please reply to: Human Resources Manager Ashburton New world P O Box 444, Ashburton 7740 Or email:donalda.hartley@newworld-si.co.nz Applications close 12.10.2014

www.talleys.co.nz

ARABLE Part/Flexi time

Ashburton Guardian

This position would

FORECOURT ATTENDANT REQUIRED PERMANENT/PART-TIME POSITION WED: 9AM – 7PM SAT & SUN: 8AM – 3PM We require an energetic responsible person with excellent customer service skills to fill this position. Duties will include forecourt, shop and café service (barista), cashier’s duties, stocking and cleaning. This person would also be required to be available to cover other shifts as needed.

Applications to:

Rasek Ganda BP 2go Ashburton Ph.: 307-0167 9am – 3pm

We are a company based here in suit a semi-retired Ashburton, we specialised in creating “General Farm Worker” farmer living in Mid our own brand of Health Supplements, Position available on 500ha mixed cropping/livestock Canterbury, who Skin Care and Confectioneries. We are property 7kms west of Rakaia in Mid Canterbury. enjoys a range of currently expanding our overseas market, URL Closing date Rachel tasks and can Applicant has to be fully experienced in the operation of in particular to read China and we’re looking for Proof by:_______________________________ With: _______________________________ x x work Date:_______________________________ tested: checked: high horsepower tractors and able to carry out all primary both with a team Marketing Specialist who can support our cultivations, including ploughing to a very high standard.

Marketing Manager and seek new potential and unsupervised. distributors for our products.

Experience in the operation of high density balers also revisions: Based near Methven essential.

Duties: 1 the 2 3position 4 5 would $0 $0 $25 $50 $75 Applicant also required to assist with on farm irrigation Working as an Marketing Specialist for involve working duties when required as well as the feeding and care of 1800 KiwiCorp Products Ltd., you will be required to: with store lambs, dairy cows during the winter period. job: C49988 PLEASE NOTE: 1. General support to the Marketing shifting irrigators, that we have prepared this Required qualifications include Safe use of Pesticides PA1 Manager.size: 14 x 2 advertisement proof based helping on our with format: b&w and PA2, ATV Handling Certificate, Health and Safety understanding of the instructions harvest, as well as 2. Seek new potential distributor for KiwiCorp for the use of Telehandlers and(excl Certificate the In approving the publication run dateCertificate position sort cost gst) for received. products, in particular from China. a variety of other advertisement, it is client’s responsibility Safe use of Veterinary Medicine.

Ashburton Guardian Sat 29 Sept Sits Vacant $297.64 to check the accuracy of both the work.

3. Plan and analyse new market and On farm accommodation available. advertisement, the media and the Wed 1 Oct $245.00 come up with new initiatives for market Attractive position nominated.

Please telephone 03 302 7086 or 027 220 4064 for further Sat 4 Oct $297.64 penetration.

Cancellation of adverts booked with rate. hourly details.

Wed 8 Oct $245.00 media will incur a media cancellation 4. Report status of every marketing Phone 03 302 1877 fee of $50.

Sat 11 Oct $297.64 campaign and sales progress.

advertising proof

5. GenerateTradeMe sales from new distributors.

6. Coordinate sales promotion, selling, and distribution channels.

MID CANTERBURY FUNERAL SERVICES Ashburton, Geraldine, Temuka & Surrounding Districts since 1905

Galbraith’s provide choice!

Funeral Director Position We have a team of highly respected, professional funeral directors and

celebrants. We offer you complete funeral care including pre-arrangement, and your choice of venue, funeral celebrants and catering.

Do you wish to be part of a family owned We believe that every life is unique and every person’s funeral needs to and operated funeral company the reflect their individuality - ask us how we can be of assistance toserving you and your family. community in Mid and South Canterbury?

Call us on 308 3980 or call in and visit our new premises at We are seeking a person with above average 246 Havelock Street inter personal skills to join our team.

An unrestricted drivers license, excellent Eion McKinnon Rob Cope-Williams health, willingness to work on a week night and weekend roster, excellent computer skills are mandatory requirements.

Celebrant

Managing Director

Official Opening 18 Feb - 9am til 4pm

Ideally some experience would be an advantage however if you think you have the skills and attitude to make funeral service your profession then we want to hear from you.

A hand written application along with your CV and references should be sent to: Funeral Director Position 246 Havelock Street Ashburton

Understanding of Chinese culture and able to speak and write both in Chinese and English is preferred.

Please submit your application on or before October 15, 2014 to info@kiwicorp.co.nz

KiwiCorp Products Ltd. 12 Longbeach Road, Ashburton Ph: 03 307-2322

Milk Harvester required We are looking for a milk harvester to help us through the mating season, milking 650 cows 3 km SE of Tinwald.

You will be required to work morning milking’s on a 6 days on 2 days off roster, from 20th of October through to 25th November and then there is opportunity for relief milking through the remainder of the season.

2014

Sept 2014

$139.13

Fixed Term Teaching (Maternity Leave) position for 2015 Applications are invited for a suitable teacher to join the staff at Hinds School, an exciting full rural Primary school located 19 km south of Ashburton.

The position is a fixed term position with the teacher’s placement being a Junior/Middle School class from Jan 27 to Dec 20 2015.

The full package is available on the School website.

For any further information please call The Principal - 03 303 7208 or email principal@hinds.school.nz Applications close on 24 October at 4 pm.

your contact:

Rachel

Engineer Extraordinaire Wanted We require a top engineer for onsite/offsite work. A wide variety of work is available, including welding, fabricating and hydraulic work.

The person we seek must be experienced, and will either have, or can obtain, welding certification. Overtime is available, and a good remuneration package is offered for the right person.

Applications to: Phil Wilce Wilce Engineering Ltd Ashburton Ph 02 2089 6224

Accommodation is not provided.

Please email your CV with references to jdenterprises2013ltd@gmail.com Or phone to find out more 03 302 6624 or 027 440 4111

Your local Spark Store, East Street, Ashburton (03) 308 0308

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SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

Employment Opportunities Field Research Technician Midlands Seed Limited was established in 1990, to support and encourage the production and export of arable crops to Europe and South East Asia. Since then, the company has grown rapidly to become one of New Zealand’s major producers and marketers of vegetable and herbage seeds, pulses, oilseeds, cereal grains and related value added food products. Midlands takes great pride in providing quality products and services derived from the arable industry.

We are seeking a Field Research Technician. The position is based at our office in Ashburton.

Key responsibilities will include: • Conducting a range of field trials such as agrichemical evaluations and new crop options.

• Developing trial plans, protocols and undertaking field measurements.

• Responsibility for day-to-day upkeep of trial sites including spraying.

• Supervision of part-time and casual field staff.

• Data entry and analysis.

• Producing research reports on field trials and crop management.

We require someone who: • Is keen to develop their agronomic skills across a wide range of specialty crops.

• Has an understanding of crop trial design and statistical analysis.

• Has initiative and is capable of working unsupervised.

• Is physically fit and enjoys a combination of outdoor and indoor work.

• Has very strong attention to detail.

• Has excellent communication, reporting and computing skills.

• Has a genuine interest in the New Zealand Arable sector.

Applicants are expected to have a tertiary qualification in the area of Agricultural/ Horticultural Science. This is an entry level vacancy suited to a person who would like to become a Research Agronomist in-time. It is a permanent full-time position, supported by a competitive remuneration package. Applicants for this position must have New Zealand residency or a valid New Zealand work permit prior to commencing work.

For further information about this role or to apply in confidence, please email Jo Townshend, Research Development Manager at jo.townshend@midlands.co.nz or write to Midlands Seed Limited, PO Box 65, Ashburton 7740.

A position description can be found on our website www.midlands-seed.co.nz.

Closing date: Friday 17 October 2014.

Paint department Sales person Mitre 10 MEGA Ashburton has a vacancy in the busy Paint department.

This position is for 38 hours per week, Sunday - Thursday roster. Mitre 10 MEGA Ashburton is a well established part of the Mitre 10 brand with stores in three locations, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru.

The paint/decor department services both trade and DIY customers selling a full range of painting accessories and well known brands; Resene and Dulux paint.

The successful applicant will have the following attributes: • Excellent customer service • A flair for colour and design • Reliable and able to lift • Work in a team environment If you think you are the person we are looking for please send your C.V. with a covering letter to: hr.ashburton@mitre10.co.nz or post to Lyn Church, Human Resources, Mitre 10 MEGA, P.O. Box 35, Ashburton7740.

Applications close on Friday 10th October 2014.

Call Toni & Peter May on 03 308 8893 to find out more!

151 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton www.petermay.co.nz

We are seeking passionate individuals who are committed to both Education and their area of expertise, to join our team for 2015 in one of the following positions;

TIMARU CAMPUS: • • • • • •

Programme Leader Farm Cadet Training Ref 1764521 Beauty Therapy Tutor Ref 1770785 Automotive Tutor Ref 1771085 Construction Tutors – All Trades Ref 1771085 Engineering Tutor Ref 1771085 Caretaker Ref 1771745

ASHBURTON CAMPUS: • •

Agribusiness Management Tutors Ref 1765526 Beauty Therapy Tutor Ref 1770785

OAMARU CAMPUS: •

Agribusiness Management Tutors Ref 1765526

The roles are a mixture of opportunities with Permanent and Fixed term positions on Full or Part-time basis. Specific details can be found on our website along with the full job description and application form www.aoraki.ac.nz/about-us/employment You can also complete an online application via www.talentpropeller.co.nz selecting current jobs and entering the before mentioned job reference.

For more details contact us:

0800 426 725 www.aoraki.ac.nz Guardian Classifieds

We have an opportunity for a person to join our team in Ashburton.

We are looking for someone who is a team player, methodical and can think out side the square.

A can do approach is vital and we are looking for committed candidates who share this attitude.

The successful candidate would be challenged into growing this position to a more senior level.

This position is ideally suited to a candidate who has: • Knowledge of the concrete industry would be beneficial but not essential • Is committed to maintaining our health and safety standard • Is Physically Fit and takes pride in personal appearance • Allied has a strict Drug and alcohol policy, random testing is conducted.

• Has at least a full class 4 licence, loader & forklift endorsements would be beneficial but not essential.

• Has a clean driving record • Displays excellent communication skills • Is flexible in their working hours • Is punctual and reliable • Is customer service focused Please express your interest by email to: greg.reed@hwr.co.nz by October 24.

Allied Concrete P.O.Box 574, Ashburton 7740

Are looking for two day shift staff that must be mature, reliable, honest and can drive a manual van.

For all subscriber enquiries, missed delivery, new subscriptions, temporary stops, call our subscriber hotline

Please phone Murray or Debbra 308 1056 or 027 915 313

0800 274 287 0800 ASHBURTON

Ashburton’s Regency Motel

House Keeper

We are seeking a mature, energetic and honest on call housemaid to join our friendly team of staff

G J Gardner Homes is NZ’s leading group housing company. We are looking for a Sales Consultant within our Ashburton Office and show home, to be part of the Mid-South Canterbury Franchise.

We are seeking an experienced sales professional, or a person who believes they have what it takes to sell new homes, who wishes to have fantastic earning potential and enjoy the support and training provided by being a part of the sales team of NZ’s favourite home builder.

This is an exciting time to be part of the building industry and working with New Zealand’s’ No1 building company makes it even more satisfying.

To be successful in this role you will need to have: • Self motivation.

• A genuine desire to help clients to achieve their dreams • The opportunity to be self employed • Ability to listen and learn • Good attention to detail and excellent time management • Keen interest to improve • Drive to win and succeed.

If you believe you have the necessary attributes and can provide positive input in a team environment please forward your application now.

Applications Close: Friday 26th October 2014

G J Gardner Homes, P O Box 2099, Washdyke, Timaru

Post:

Email:

Lynda.hartley@gjgardner.co.nz

PAINTERS Required for busy, property maintenance company. Variety of work from new commercial and residential to HNZ. Experience essential.

Phone Shane on 307-7071

Hours of work are generally between 9am-12noon

To apply

SALES CONSULTANT

Concrete Mixer/Delivery Driver Allied Concrete Ashburton

We are seeking a registered electrician with a current practising licence to join our Ashburton based company.

The applicant must have experience in domestic, industrial and rural electrical work and hold a current drivers licence.

We offer work vehicle, cellphone, health insurance and various opportunities to learn different skills in the industries we work in.

To arrange an interview please telephone: SHANE CHRISTIE on 027 325 4773.

The successful applicant must be punctual and neatly presented.

307 7900

Cleaning services

SERVICES: Hay covers, farm truck seat covers, upholstery repairs, shade sails and blinds, marquee and event hire

Registered Electrician

Aoraki is a vibrant regional polytechnic with campuses in Timaru, Ashburton, Christchurch, Oamaru and Dunedin. We are committed to providing innovative education, and are developing an exciting portfolio of programmes for the future.

Call us on 03-308-8266 after 10am

Guardian Motoring

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Birthday Greetings Brought to you by Kitchen Kapers.

Jaylen Booth

Happy 5th Birthday.

Wow big school boy.

Lots of love from Mum, Dad and Kody. xxoo

Jaylen Booth Happy 5th Birthday and happy school days.

Lots of love Nanny, Poppa and Uncle Cameron.

Sophie Urquhart Happy Birthday beautiful girl on your 4th birthday.

Lots of love, Mum, Dad and Alex. xxxx Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our level 3 office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

Christmas Cake ses decorating clas Sunday, November 2nd Monday, November 3rd

Mon-Fri 8am-5.30pm Sat 10am – 1pm

0800 LASER 4 U (0800 527 374) www.laserelectrical.co.nz

The Arcade, Ashburton 03 308 8287 - www.kitchenkapers.co.nz

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TENDERS

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TENDERS

Tender

Tender

Tenders are invited for “Footpath Resurfacing with Kerb and Channel Replacement, Ashburton District, 2014/15”.

Tenders are invited for undertaking road rehabilitation to three sections of sealed rural and urban roads within the Ashburton District, totalling approximately 450m within Ashburton and 3080m of Forks Road near Alford Forest.

– C631 Sealed Road Rehabilitation, Rural and Urban Ashburton District, 2014/15

– C629 Footpath Resurfacing with Kerb and Channel Replacement, Ashburton District 2014/15

The work includes asphaltic resurfacing of urban footpaths in Ashburton, Tinwald, Mt Somers, Methven and Rakaia in the Ashburton District. The work includes removal of existing surfacing and minor smoothing and pre-surfacing repairs including re-levelling of utility service covers. Works will also include kerb and channel replacement in some areas.

The work involves minor drainage improvements, should preparation and earthworks, metalcourse construction, sealing and other miscellaneous works. In addition to this work is a further 526m section of Racecourse Road to be resealed.

Tender documents are available from the Ashburton District Council, PO Box 94, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton, 7740, Phone (03) 307 7700. All inquiries should be directed to Gavin Green, Contracts Engineer - Rural.

Tender documents are available from the Ashburton District Council, PO Box 94, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton, 7740, Phone (03) 307 7700. All inquiries should be directed to Hernando Marilla, Contracts Engineer - Urban.

Tenders close with the Chief Executive, Ashburton District Council, at 4.00pm on Tuesday 21 October 2014.

Tenders close with the Chief Executive, Ashburton District Council, at 4.00pm on Tuesday 21 October 2014.

Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

NEIL McCANN Group Manager Service Delivery

Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

NEIL McCANN Group Manager Service Delivery

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CALL IN AND CHECK OUT OUR GREAT RANGE OF LAWN CARE EQUIPMENT!

ASHBURTON 832 East St 03 307 9911 www.dne.co.nz 0800 432 633

Call Mitch to tend to all your rural electrical needs . . ElectraServe, for everything electrical 24/7 Breakdown Service Dairy Effluent Irrigation Generators

Industrial Commercial Residential

the ElectraServe guarantee

Blair Watson, General Manager personally guarantees ElectraServe’s tradesmen’s workmanship. If you are not 100% satisfied with the quality of the work, ElectraServe will put it right . . . every time, or your money back.

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Weekend Services

East Street, will be open from 9.30am 12 noon Saturday, From 10am - 12 noon HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring Sunday, and from 6pm - 7pm both evenings.

0800 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice. Methven Pharmacy, Main Street, Methven, will be open from 4pm - 6pm Saturday and DUTY DOCTORS Sunday. Phone 302 8103.

This service is for emergency medical care only. Please remember your HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS Community Services Card.

ASHBURTON HOSPITAL Tinwald Medical Centre, Main South Road WARD 1 - DAILY, 10am - 11.30am and 2pm is the duty practice for Saturday until 8am - 7.30pm. Children must be accompanied by Sunday. The surgery will be open from 10am - an adult.

12 noon and from 6pm - 7pm. No appointment WARD 6 - (including Assessment, Treatment & Rehabilitation Unit) - OPEN VISITING. necessary. Surgery phone 308 6565.

Sealy Street Medical Practice, Sealy Street MATERNITY WARD - DAILY, 10am - 8pm. is the duty practice for Sunday until 8am -Husbands and patient’s own children may Monday. The surgery will be open from 10am - visit the patient from: 7am - 10pm.

TUARANGI HOME (Cameron St) - DAILY, 12 noon and from 6pm - 7pm. No appointment -unrestricted visiting. necessary. Surgery phone 308 1212.

MEDICAL SERVICES

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

HELPLINE SERVICES ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027 857 2133 or visit www.alcoholicsanonymous.org.nz for more information.

MENTAL HEALTH Call free on 0800 222 955. Ask for the Crisis Team.

SAFE CARE - 24 hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791

VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP

24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846) - Direct dials to a volunteer.

Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm - outside of these hours leave a message.

ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE

Call us free on (0800 787 797).

ASHBURTON REST HOMES METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA COLDSTREAM HOUSE - DAILY, unrestricted Lines open 10am - 10pm Seven days.

For weekend doctor and emergency details visiting.

LIFELINE - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353 please telephone the Rakaia Medical Centre, CAMERON COURTS - DAILY, unrestricted ph 303 5002. visiting.

OMMUNITY ERVICES Ashburton Hospital DOES NOT PRINCES COURT - DAILY, unrestricted ART GALLERY provide an accident and emergency service. visiting.

Due to relocation, the Art Gallery is closed Except in cases of emergency persons EMERGENCY DENTIST until further notice. requiring medical attention must consult If you do not have or cannot contact your their own or the duty general practitioner.

ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 Persons subsequently requiring treatment Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. for the name of the rostered weekend dentist at Ashburton Hospital must have a general Saturday: 10:00am - 1:00pm in Christchurch.

Hours 9am-5pm, Saturdays, practitioners note of referral.

Sunday 1:00pm - 4:00pm Sundays and Public Holidays.

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PHARMACIES

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex

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ASHBURTON MUSEUM

Due to relocation, the Ashburton Museum is

closed until further notice.

COMMUNITY POOL

WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 9am - 5pm.

MAIL CLOSING TIMES

ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm POST DELIVERY CENTRES Allenton: Mon - Fri 5pm Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Methven: Mon - Fri 4.30pm Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm

INFORMATION CENTRES

ASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm.

Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until 2pm. Phone 308-1050.

METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays 10am until 3pm.

Phone 302-8955 or methven@i-site.org

BUS DEPARTURES

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

ANIMAL SERVICES DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24 hour service

MID CANTERBURY SPCA

WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: All enquiries - Inspector John Keeley: 308 4432 or 0274 342 646

MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER - Contact (cats) Tracey 021

1356 969 or (dogs) Dawn 021 828 350

VETERINARIANS

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321 1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. 24-hour Emergencies: Large: Neroli Wall, Phil Stoakes. Small: Ref Vetlife.

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, Main Rd, Methven.

Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Large: Steve Williams. Small: Katherine Lewis.

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 111, 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: Duty vet: Jo Hallentstein. Full emergency service all weekend.

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East St & Smithfield Rd, Ashburton.

Saturday clinic 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Large: Olivia Sutton, Toni Johnston. Small: Jess Wood.

Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint afterhours small animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

Classifieds LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES • Bark • Oamaru stone • Rocks • Organic compost • Sand • Screened soil • Home deliveries available

Wanted to buy

100 kg fresian bull calves Top $$$ paid Pick ups to suit Phone Phil Cushnie on 027 439 9555 Visit our website: coast2coastlivestock.co.nz

Plus much more FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

Dobson Street West Ph: 307 8302 Hours: Mon-Fri: 7.30am - 5pm Sat: 7.30am - 12 noon

NEED A PLUMBER? For all plumbing & drainlaying needs contact PETER YOUNG Reg. Plumber & Drainlayer Ph 307 7582 or 027 2800 889

TRAVEL

Beckley Coachlines Programme

◊ CULVERDEN CHRISTMAS FETE 30 October, departs 7.45am ◊ CHRISTCHURCH REBUILD TOUR includes Kaiapoi, 09 November, departs 9.30am

RURAL TRADING POST

Feed for sale/bale 4x3 Barley straw - $60 4x3 Oat haylage - $90

Feed Wanted Standing grass Straw at harvest

(Price excludes GST & delivery, for a limited time)

DONALDSON CONTRACTING ‘Focused on Quality Feeds’

027 BALE HAY D&E MARINE

FOR FUN ON THE WATER

◊ LAKE COLERIDGE OPEN DAY 07 December, departs 9.30am

For bookings phone

308 7646 TRADES, SERVICES

4 TINT-A-WINDOW solar protective films, UV block, fade, heat and glare control, privacy and safety films for glass. FREE quotes - 20 years local service, Bill Breukelaar - phone 0800 368 468. www.tintawindow.co.nz COMPUTER PROBLEMS? For Prompt, Reliable Service contact Kelvin Boult, KJB Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place, Ashburton. Ph 308 8989.

30 years local experience.

SUPERGOLD discount card accepted.

HOME handyman available.

Minor repairs, painting etc. Ph 027-677-1952.

PERSONAL FIND ME SOMEBODY TO LOVE

AUTOMOTIVE & MARINE 153 Moore St 03 3077620

Everybody deserves the opportunity for love & happiness.

The Success Network matchmakers know 1000’s of wonderful NZ women and men who are all seeking their somebody to love.

Talk to a real person, not a computer.

Call today and see who is waiting to meet you!

-------------------------------Ph 0800 856 640 til 7pm www.lovesuccess.co.nz

MOTORING

307 7900

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

PUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICES

Notice Advising Use of Herbicides

Restricted Fire Season The Minister of Conservation as Fire Authority for all State Areas gives notice to the public that an all year Restricted Fire Season applies to all lands administered by the Department of Conservation that are State Areas, including fire safety margins of any such State Areas, within the Territorial Local Authority lands described in Schedule 1.

In National Parks no fire shall be lit in the open air except pursuant to the authority of the Director General of Conservation.

In all other areas administered by the Department no fire shall be lit in the open air except pursuant to a written permit from a rural fire officer.

The following activities are permitted within the restricted fire season: 1. Barbecues lit in properly constructed containers and fuelled with gas, solid or liquid fuel.

2. Cooking fires at camp sites lit within a concrete or stone surround and with no less than 3 metres of clear ground surrounding the container.

3. Crop residue burns are covered by a separate authority and do not require a permit provided the following conditions are complied with: a. The Department of Conservation’s Eastern South Island Region ‘Fire permit (and authority) statutory provisions and guidelines for crop residue burning’ is adhered to. b. Fires may be lit at any time during the hours of daylight, providing all other conditions are met. Fires must not be lit, or allowed to burn after dark. c. There must be a continuous non-combustible firebreak, of not less than 5 metres, around the area to be burnt. d. No fire shall be lit while a strong wind is blowing or when conditions are such that the fire is likely to spread beyond the area for which the authority was issued. Maximum allowable wind strength is 19 kph (Beaufort 3). e. Obtain a weather forecast (NZ Met Service, 0900 999 25 Canterbury Plains, or 0900 999 26, Canterbury High Country). f. Notify occupiers of neighbouring properties likely to be affected by smoke drift. g. The fire must be patrolled until it is completely out.

Raukapuka/Geraldine Office The Department of Conservation, Raukapuka/ Geraldine Office wishes to advise the start of its 2014/2015 aerial and ground herbicide spraying programme for the purposes of weed control as per resource consents CRC110419 and CRC040809.3 This notice also covers Conservation land outside these areas that is managed by the Raukapuka/Geraldine Office.

Spraying will take place on land administered by the Department and LINZ within the Ashburton Lakes and Upper Rangitata and Upper Rakaia Rivers between 4 October 2014 and 30 June 2015 to control willow, lupin, broom, gorse, and wilding trees.

Aerial spraying will be only of proprietary formulations containing the herbicides glyphosate or triclopyr triethylene amine (TEA) as the active ingredient and surfactants added in accordance with the manufacture’s instructions.

Enquiries please contact: Liz Gunning, Department of Conservation Raukapuka/ Geraldine Office, Geraldine Phone 03 693 1010

PROVIDED THAT NO SUCH FIRES SHALL BE LIT WHEN HIGH OR GUSTY WINDS ARE PREVAILING. People seeking further information or wishing to obtain fire permits or a copy of the ‘Fire permit (and authority) statutory provisions and guidelines for crop residue burning’ can contact the appropriate Department of Conservation office.

Department of Conservation, Christchurch (03) 371 3700 Christchurch Field Base (North Canterbury) (03) 341 9100 Akaroa Field Centre (03) 304 5123 Rangiora Field Base (03) 313 0820 Arthurs Pass Field Centre (03) 318 9211 Geraldine Field Base (03) 693 1010 South Canterbury District Office (Twizel) (03) 435 0802 Aoraki Mt Cook Field Base (03) 435 1819

We currently have funds available to distribute in grants for the following purposes in the Canterbury area: • Research, treatment, provision of equipment in relation to, and the education and training of skilled persons relative to, the disease of cancer.

• Research, development, education for, training and expansion of, the science and practice of agriculture.

• The needs of young people who suffer physical or mental disabilities or have less chance in life than their peers.

SCHEDULE 1 Hurunui District, Waimakariri District, Christchurch City, Selwyn District, Ashburton District, Timaru District, MacKenzie District and Waimate District.

This notice is issued pursuant to section 22(2) of the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977 this 4th day of October 2014.

A. D. Roberts Principal Rural Fire Officer, acting under delegated authority from the Minister of Conservation

Applications close at 5pm, Friday, October 24, 2014. For further information and application forms, please contact: The Secretary Mackenzie Charitable Foundation C/- Croys Ltd Level 2, 161 Burnett Street PO Box 582 Ashburton 7740 Phone 03 308 8353 Email: mcf@croys.co.nz www.mcf.org.nz

MOTORING

VEHICLE GROOMING, Cars, RV/SUV, Utes, Campervans, Buses, Caravans. 10% discount until the end of September. Interior, Exterior, cut and polish. We can pick up and deliver. Robinson Street Auto Groomers, 13 Robinson St, phone Paul 027 887 4786.

MEETINGS, EVENTS

ART EXHIBITION - “Near and far”. Art works by Debbie Lambert, Methven Heritage Centre. October 4 to 31.

Open daily.

MEETINGS, EVENTS

Ashburton Fanciers Society Poultry Auction Sunday, October 5, 2014 Sports Hall, Tancred Street West, Ashburton.

Viewing: 11am Start: 12.30pm Good selection to choose from: Bantams, Poultry, Ducks, Cavies, Incubators and Equipment.

Call the Guardian LIVESTOCK, PETS for all your BORDER COLLIE puppies classified for sale. 8 weeks old. Reg: requirements.

NZKC. Working and show bloodlines. Friendly pups.

307 7900 Please phone 03 325 4273.

LIVESTOCK, PETS

GARAGE SALES

GARAGE SALE - 8am-11am.

Millichamp street, Press, Timaru Herald,20Ashburton Guardian BUYER of unwanted animals. Cattle, bobby calves, household items and lots horse and all farm animals. more.

We also sell pet food. Call GARAGE SALE - Sat 4, 8.30Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 12, Cross Street, sign on 621, A/H 03 348 9439. street.

Indoor/outdoor furniture, garden tools, HOLIDAY possum trap, ironman exercycle, various household ACCOMMODATION items.

AKAROA - CHARMING, spacious holiday home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village.

Phone Brian 307-8000 or 308-6180.

HIRE GENERAL hire.

Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more.

All your DIY / contracting work, Call and see U-Hire Ashburton. 588 East Street.

Open Mon-Fri 7.30 - 5.30pm; Sat 7.30am - 5.00pm; Sunday 8am - 12.30pm. – Ph: 308 8061 A/h: 308 7460 www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

Guardian Classifieds 307 7900

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& Northern Outlook

Unhappy with the price of servicing your new Toyota.

Phone 0274 308 7532

We design, we build, we innovate.

211 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton (03) 307 6130 www.calderstewart.co.nz

Closing date checked:

TRADES, SERVICES

URL

WANTED

Guardian Real Esate

www.guardianonline.co.nz

Saturday, October 4, 2014

Proof read by:_______________________________ With: _______________________________ Date:_______________________________ tested:

42 Ashburton Guardian

Classifieds www.guardianonline.co.nz FOR SALE

EXPORT STAMPED 4 way wooden pallets. Suitable for Seed, etc. 2 sizes available.

Contact Pete 027 368 399 FIREWOOD - Dry Old Man Pine $200, dry Blue Gum $250, green Old Man Pine $140, green Blue Gum $150 all per 3 cubic meters. Ph Tim Boyd, Elite Firewood Ltd, 303 6280.

SCOOTER’S - new and secondhand three and four wheel electric scooters and wheel chairs. Call Fred at Electric Reddecliffe Mobility Ashburton today.

Phone 308-3602

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BI COUPLES for singles or couples. Great rates. Private.

0211 752 760.

PHEBE, busy blonde. Two days only. Friday lunch to late Saturday. Come on guys let’s play!! Private, 021 175 2760.

SUE - Attractive and busty.

Genuine callers only. Please no texting. Available all week.

Phone 021 0233 9259.

Saturday, October 4, 2014

PLANTS, PRODUCE

LIVESTOCK, PETS

Lettuce

Specials available from 30/09 - 7/10

OPEN 7 DAYS Road The Green Grocer Main SouthTinwald

Fresh Fruit & Vege

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

308-1095

LIVESTOCK, PETS

NEAR new house to rent.

Four bedrooms, five bay lockup shed. On 1ha approx.

Close to town boundary.

Maronan Road. Phone 308 5894.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

PROPERTY TO RENT Sunny and warm two bedroom plus office home on FOR RENT - Three Oak Grove. Large double bedrooms, heat pump, double garage and plenty of off street garage, fully fenced, Inner parking. Phone 302 0733.

Westside, pets negotiable, $340 pw. Phone 027 444 5314 after 10am.

MODERN TWO BEDROOM HOME close to town. Single garage internal access.

Indoor/Outdoor open plan living areas. Mature. Tenants required with excellent Trade me references.

(785709764). Ring Belinda on 021 1198 222.

$2.99 kg $2.99 bag $2 bag $1.99 bag

Church Services

Guardian Classifieds

DAIRY SERVICE BULLS ON-FARM SALE

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FOR SALE

10 Jersey Fully Recorded R2 Bulls

WANTED

Friesian Fully Recorded & Half Recorded Heifer Calves

For further details please contact Terry Reynolds 0274 730 824

Commencing 1pm

55 Ylg Hereford Bulls TB Status – C10 Short gestation and low birthweight specialists, fully recorded.

All bulls tested clear EBL & BVD, and IBR vaccinated.

In conjunction with Agonline www.agonline.co.nz/helmsman Catalogues and Bulls can be viewed online prior to the sale Yvonne & Ben Lee Email Greg Uren Callum Dunnett

03 6143996 lees@farmside.co.nz 0274 314 051 0275 908 612

PGG Wrightson Ltd Timaru

6% purchasing commission to other companies.

Guardian Situations Vacant

307 7900

Daily Events 10.30am - 3.30pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. Stitch and chat. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

12.45pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Association Croquet, singles and doubles.

Waireka Croquet Club, The Domain, Philip Street.

1.15pm “GOLF CROQUET” WAIREKA. Doubles, drawn partners, Waireka Croquet Club, The Domain, Philip Street.

Sunday

9.30am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship led by Jenny Marks, all welcome, 65 Oxford Street.

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

10.00am ASHBURTON MODEL AERO CLUB. Radio controlled aeroplane flying, weather permitting. Lovett’s Road, Maronan Road.

10.00am ASHBURTON M.S.A. QUOITS. All welcome to have a throw.

Racecourse Road M.S.A. Sports ground.

10.00am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church service with Rev David Brown, Cnr Havelock and Park Street.

10.00am HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Sealy Street.

10.00am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Pet Blessing Service, Park Street.

10.00am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion every Sunday. 151-153 Thomson Street, Tinwald.

10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

10.30am EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping God and transforming lives. 63 Princes Street, Netherby.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC 3.

Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.15pm ‘GOLF CROQUET’ WAIREKA. Doubles, drawn partners. Waireka Croquet Grounds, Philip Street.

1.30pm M.S.A. PETANQUE. Come and try Petanque, everyone welcome.

Racecourse Road.

2.00pm ASHBURTON COUNTY SCOTTISH SOCIETY. Ceilidh/Concert featuring local entertaiment, raffles and afternoon tea. $5. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

2.30pm ALLCOMERS DANCE. Sequence and Old Time Dance, all welcome.

Hinds Hall.

5.00pm ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Taize Service, Park Street.

7.00pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

7.00pm ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church Service with Rev David Brown in the Sinclair Centre, Cnr Havelock and Park Street.

9.30am - 10.30am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Ladies weekly health and fitness class. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

10.00am ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. Members will contest the RSA Trophy.

Ashburton Golf Club.

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

1.00pm - 3.00pm

ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC3.

Seafield Road.

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

9.00am - 4.00pm ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES (Ashburton)

Jubilee Christian Fellowship 10am Every Sunday All welcome I can face tomorrow just because he lives.

206 Cameron Street Pastors Jim & Ida Heath Ph 308 7511

Evangelical Presbyterian Church 10.30am Worship

St Andrew’s Havelock St. 10am & 7pm St James Thomson St. 11am St Paul’s Oxford St. 9.30am

Assembly Of God Sunday Meeting 10.00am Hakatere Marae SH1, Fairton You are welcome Enquiries Phone 308-8699

63 Princes Street 10.00am - 12.00noon ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10.00am - 12.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, all welcome. Upstairs 254 Cameron Street.

10.00am - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATON MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC3.

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

Monday

ALL VERY WELCOME

Every Sunday

fellowship, each Saturday, weather permitting. Behind the St Andrew’s Anglican 9.00am - 12.30pm Church, 157 Thomson Street, Tinwald.

ASHBURTON DISTRICT FARMERS MARKET. 9.30am - 12.30pm Local produce by local producers n hot ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. food!!. North End West Street car park.

Large variety of toys for hire. Methodist 9.00am - 12.30pm Church hall, Baring Square East.

ASHBURTON CRAFT MARKET. 10.00am West Street.

METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. 9.30am New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main TINWALD. Street, Methven.

Community garden working bee and

8.00am ST STEPHENS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

8.30am ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB. Washpen Falls, easy to medium walk, new member welcome, phone Jenny 308-6862.

Meet Ashburton Courthouse, Baring Square West.

8.30am HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

9.00am ST PETER’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Harrison Street, Allenton.

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Morning worship with Rev Tevita Taufalele.

Church lounge, Baring Square East.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship service and communion led by Rev Laurence Ennor, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

Speaker: Brad Cook Creche Available Refreshments to follow 6.00pm House of Prayer

(Note date change not as calendared)

www.rurallivestock.co.nz

Saturday

10am Morning Service

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

New Zealand owned and operated

307 7900

Cnr Cass & Havelock Sts Phone 308 5409 www.ashburtonbaptist.co.nz

345 Guerins Road, RD 14, Cave, South Canterbury

Helmsman (Silent) Auction

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CHURCH SERVICES

$1.79 ea

Green Grapes Kumara 1kg Mushrooms Onions 1.5kg

Ashburton Guardian

All Welcome

Minister: Rev David Bayne Ph 307 7355

Join us for an Encounter with Jesus Christ Sundays @10.00am Including Children’s church Everyone is welcome.

See you at Cnr Cass & Cameron St’s Ph 308 7610 or 308 7062

Television 44 Ashburton Guardian

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TV TWO

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TV THREE

6am Te Karere 3 2 0 6:30 The Fishing Show 3 0 7am Rural Delivery Chris Lethbridge’s journey from once-a-day milking in Northland to the Innovations Centre at Fieldays; progress at the Maungatautari Ecological Island.

7:30 Infomercials 9am Come Dine With Me Omnibus 3 11:30 Tagata Pasifika Noon Chinese Food In Minutes 3 12:30 Real Pasifik 1pm Paddock To Plate 1:55 Four Rooms 2:55 Death Threat 0 3:25 Rapid Response PGR 3 0 3:55 Intrepid NZ 3 0 4:55 The Fishing Show – Classic Episodes 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Annabel Langbein the Free Range Cook – Through the Seasons 0 7:30 N Location, Location, Location 0 8:30 Coronation Street PGR 0 9:30 Happy Hour AO 0 10:30 M Elegy AO 2008 Romantic Drama.

Ben Kingsley, Penélope Cruz, Patricia Clarkson.

6am Guess How Much I Love You 3 0 6:10 Paw Patrol 0 6:35 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 6:55 The Tom And Jerry Show 3 0 7:15 Robot And Monster 3 0 7:45 Randy Cunningham – 9th Grade Ninja 3 0 8:10 Generator Rex 3 0 8:40 Transformers Prime Beasthunters 3 0 9:05 Regular Show 3 0 9:35 Zeke And Luther 3 0 10am 2Kaha PGR 10:30 F Rodney 3 0 11am The Amazing Race – Australia v New Zealand 3 0 12:10 The Voice 3 0 2:10 Secret Life Of The American Teenager 3 0 3:05 The Fosters PGR 4pm Step By Step 3 0 4:30 Full House 3 0 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 30 5:30 According To Jim 3 0 6pm F 72 Hours 0 7pm M She’s the Man PGR 2006 Comedy. Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum. 0 8pm Lotto This week’s Lotto draw.

8:05 M She’s the Man PGR 2006 Comedy. Continued. 0 9:10 Gotham 3 0 10:15 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 30

12:35 Piha Rescue 3 0 1:05 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:05 Neighbourhood 3 0 3:50 Infomercials 5:20 L Football – English Premier League Aston Villa v Manchester City. From Villa Park in Birmingham.

11:15 The Walking Dead – 12:35 Infomercials Stacked AO 3 0 5am Hillsong 2:30 Mitch Albom’s For One More 5:30 Charles Stanley Day PGR 0 4am Jeremy Kyle USA PGR 3 4:45 Melissa And Joey 3 0 5:05 2Kaha PGR 3 5:30 It Is Written 3

CHOICE TV 6am Celebrity DIY With Craig Phillips 6:30 Kirstie’s Fill Your House For Free 7:30 If It’s Broke, Fix It 8:30 Rachel Allen’s Cake Diaries 9am Turkish Delights With Allegra McEvedy 9:30 Nick Knowles’ Original Features 10:30 Million Dollar Contractor 11am Carter Can 11:30 The Liquidator Noon Kirstie’s Fill Your House For Free 1pm Better Homes And Gardens 2:30 Gardeners’ World 3pm Barter Kings 3:30 Madhur Jaffrey’s Curry Nation 4pm Fantasy Homes By The Sea With Jenni Falconer.

5pm The People’s Cookbook 6pm Dream Build 6:25 Grand Tours Of Scotland 7pm Monty Halls’ Island Escape 8:30 Long Way Down PGR Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman combine their love for motorbikes with the irresistible lure of far-flung roads on the Long Way Down.

9:30 Desperate Romantics AO 10:30 The Strange Calls AO 11pm Fantasy Homes By The Sea With Jenni Falconer.

SUNDAY

Midnight Barter Kings 12:30 Madhur Jaffrey’s Curry Nation 1am The People’s Cookbook 2am Long Way Down PGR 3:30 Desperate Romantics AO 4:30 The Strange Calls AO 5am Monty Halls’ Island Escape

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Gone Fishin’ 3 7am Outdoors With Geoff 3 7:30 Infomercials 9:30 The Nation 10:30 Both Worlds Medical student Jignal is combining her passion for health and Indian dance to inspire her community to exercise, but her pre-diabetic father refuses to join the programme. 0 11am Project Runway PGR 3 0 11:55 Hot Set 3 12:55 America’s Next Top Model – College Edition PGR 3 1:50 Modern Family 3 0 2:20 The X Factor Australia 3 0 3:55 The X Factor Australia 3 0 5pm Gone Fishin’ 5:30 Bondi Vet 0 6pm 3 News 7pm Destroyed in Seconds PGR 30 7:30 Ice Road Truckers PGR 0 8:30 SVU AO 0 9:25 Blue Bloods AO 0 10:25 M Never Let Me Go AO 3 2010 Romantic Drama.

Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, Keira Knightley.

FOUR

PRIME

6am Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Auckland v Waikato. 8am Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Northland v North Harbour.

10am Total Rugby 10:30 Mainfreight Rugby 11:30 Cricket – Champions League Twenty20 (Highlights) Noon Cricket – Champions League Twenty20 (Highlights) 12:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) 1pm Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) 1:30 #SkyRugby – Breakdown 2pm #SkyRugby – Engage 2:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Southland v Counties Manukau.

From Rugby Park, Invercargill.

4:30 #SkyRugby – Engage 5pm Sky Sport – What’s On 5:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Bay of Plenty v Otago.

7:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup 7pm Storage Wars PGR 3 Canterbury v Tasman.

7:30 Classic Weekend Murders From AMI Stadium, – Midsomer Murders PGR Christchurch.

Shortly after four beneficiaries 9:30 College Rugby – are named in a will, one goes International (Replay) missing, then is found in New Zealand v Australia. pieces. As deadly accidents From Porirua Park in start occurring to other Wellington. beneficiaries, Barnaby must find the killer.

9:40 What Remains AO 10:55 The IT Crowd AO

11:15 Excused AO 3 Dating show in which singles looking for love try to win dates before being eliminated from contention.

11:40 NZOwn PGR The latest news and views on New Zealand music.

12:15 Infomercials

11:25 Trollied AO It is Gavin’s first visit as area manager, giving Julie cause to moan about Lorraine’s new range, and Lorraine cause to lecture Julie about loyalty; Andy gets Kieran in hot water.

11:50 Psych PGR 12:55 Home Shopping

6am Home Shopping 11:30 Harry’s Practice 3 Noon NRL Fulltime 12:30 The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus 3 2pm Rugby – ITM Cup Northland v North Harbour.

4pm Horse Racing – Spring Classic Coverage of the Spring Classic in Hawke’s Bay. 4:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

UK PGR 3 5pm Bondi Rescue PGR 5:30 Prime News 6pm F James May’s 20th Century James May looks at the ideas emerging from 20th-century warfare, exploring the beginnings and advancements.

6:30 F Lorraine Pascale – Home Cooking Made Easy

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 3 7am SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 7:30 Pukana 3 2 8am Toi Whakaari 3 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Nga Pari Karangaranga o te Motu 3 2 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Toku Reo 3 2pm The Big Hit 3 2:30 Homai Te Pakipaki 3 3:30 Waka Ama Sprints 3 4:30 Swagger 3 5pm F Behind The Faces 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Journey To The West

THE BOX 6am The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of The Simpsons episodes.

8:30 Last Man Standing PG 8:55 Survivor Marathon – Thailand PG 12:15 Wild West Alaska M 1:05 Gator Boys PG 1:55 Call Of The Wildman PG 2:20 Billy The Exterminator PGL 2:45 By Any Means ML 3:45 CSI MV 4:35 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of The Simpsons episodes.

7pm The Simpsons PG 7:30 Last Man Standing PG 8pm Call Of The Wildman PG 8:30 Billy The Exterminator PGL 9pm American Daredevils M 9:30 Wild West Alaska M 10:30 Gator Boys PG 11:30 Spartacus – War Of The Damned 18VLS

SUNDAY

12:30 Raw MC 3:20 Spartacus – War Of The Damned 18VLS 4:20 Survivor – Thailand PG

SKY SPORT 1

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 8:30 The Wild Thornberrys 3 8:55 Casper’s Scare School 3 9:25 Power Rangers – Megaforce 9:50 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm iCarly 5:30 Big Time Rush 6pm Everybody Hates Chris 3 6:30 M Diary Of A Wimpy Kid – Rodrick Rules 3 2011 Family.

Wimpy kid Greg and his older brother Rodrick must deal with their parents’ misguided attempts to have them bond. Zachary Gordon, Steve Zhan.

8:35 M Beverly Hills Cop II AO 3 1987 Action Comedy.

Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills after a series of strange robberies. Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Paul Reiser.

0 10:45 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia AO

11:15 College Rugby – International (Replay) New Zealand v Fiji. 1am Sky Sport – What’s On 1:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Bay of Plenty v Otago. 3:30 L Rugby – International South Africa v All Blacks. From Ellis Park in Johannesburg.

SKY SPORT 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 M Alvin And The Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein 1999 Animated Comedy.

The Chipmunks visit a moviestudio fun park, and go to the Frankenstein’s Castle attraction, where the real Dr Frankenstein is working on his monster.

9pm M Cry Freedom AO 3 1987 Drama.

11:35 Te Kaea 3 2 12:05 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Hunters PG 6:30 MythBusters PG 7:30 MythBusters PG 8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:30 Off The Hook PG 10am Off The Hook PG 10:30 Abalone Wars M 11:30 River Monsters With Jeremy Wade PG 12:30 Rise Of The Machines PG 1:30 MythBusters PG 2:30 Auction Hunters PG 3pm Auction Hunters PG 3:30 Commandos M 4:30 You Have Been Warned PG 5:30 Deadliest Catch PG 6:30 SAS – Search For Warriors M 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG 8:30 Alaskan Bush People M 9:30 Rise Of The Machines PG 10:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 11:30 House Of Horrors – Kidnapped M

SUNDAY

Midnight House Of Horrors – Kidnapped M 12:30 Law On The Border M 1:30 Evil, I M 2am Bering Sea Gold PG 3am Bering Sea Gold PG 4am Bering Sea Gold PG 5am MythBusters PG

Beverly Hills Cop II 8:35pm on FOUR

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:45 Nightmare At The End Of The Hall MV 2008 Drama. Sara Rue. 8:15 The Expendables 2 16V 2012 Action. Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham.

9:55 This Is 40 16LS 2012 Comedy.

Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann.

12:05 Silent Hill – Revelation 16VL 2012 Horror. Sean Bean, Radha Mitchell.

1:40 The Best Man Holiday MLS 2013 Comedy. Taye Diggs, Terrence Howard.

3:45 Django Unchained 16VL 2012 Action. Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio.

6:30 World War Z ML 2013 Action.

Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos.

8:30 The Heat MVLS 2013 Comedy.

Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy.

10:30 The Counselor 16VLS 2013 Crime. Michael Fassbender, Penelope Cruz.

SUNDAY

12:25 Good Neighbours 18VL 2010 Thriller. 2:05 Django Unchained 16VL 2012 Action. 4:50 World War Z ML 2013 Action.

6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:30 Cricket – Champions League Twenty20 (Highlights) Semi-final One – Kolkata Knight Riders v Hobart Hurricanes. 7am Cricket – Champions League Twenty20 (Highlights) Semi-final Two – Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings.

7:30 Sterlo 8:30 NRL Footy Show 10:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Preliminary Final One – Classic Weekend Murders – Rabbitohs v Roosters.

Midsomer Murders, 7:30pm on Prime 11am Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Preliminary Final Two – Panthers v Bulldogs.

MOVIES GREATS 11:30 Netball – Constellation Cup 8am Harold And Kumar Go (Replay) First Test – New Zealand v To White Castle 16LS 2004 Australia.

Comedy. John Cho, Kal Penn, 1:30 Legends Of F1 Alain Prost.

Neil Patrick Harris.

2:25 #SkySpeed 9:30 The Wrestler 16VLS 2008 2:55 L Motorsport – FIA Drama. Mickey Rourke.

Formula One Championship 11:20 After The Sunset MVLS 2004 Japanese Grand Prix – Practice Three.

Crime. Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek. From Suzuka.

1pm Signs M 2002 Sci-fi Thriller.

4:30 Sky Sports News UK Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, 5pm Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Rory Culkin.

5:30 Sky Sport – What’s On 2:45 Memoirs Of A Geisha MS 2005 5:55 L Motorsport – FIA Drama. Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe.

Formula One Championship 5:10 I Am Legend MV 2007 Drama. Japanese Grand Prix – Qualifying Will Smith, Alice Braga.

Race. From Suzuka.

6:50 50 First Dates MS 2004 7:30 Motorsport – TR 86 Comedy. Adam Sandler, 8:30 Motorsport – FIA World Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider.

Rally Championship (Highlights) 8:30 Batman Begins MV 2005 9pm #SkySpeed Adventure.

9:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) 10:50 The Whole Nine Yards MVLS 11:30 NRL Footy Show 2000 Crime Comedy.

SUNDAY SUNDAY 1:30 Fox Sports News 2:15 L 12:30 Frequency M 2000 Drama.

Cricket – Champions League 2:25 Bafta: A Life In Pictures – Twenty20 Final – Chennai Super Charlize Theron PG 2:50 Memoirs Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders.

Of A Geisha MS 2005 Drama.

From M Chinnaswamy Stadium in 5:10 I Am Legend MV 2007 Drama. Bangalore.

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7:35 Tagata Pasifika 8am Praise Be 8:30 Attitude 0 9am Q+A 0 10am Marae 2 10:30 Waka Huia 11am Neighbourhood 0 11:30 Christchurch From The Streets PGR 0 11:55 F River Monsters With Jeremy Wade 0 12:55 Secret Location 0 1:50 Restoration Man 3 0 2:55 Hoarding – Buried Alive 3 0 4pm Wild About New Zealand 0 5pm Meet The Sloths 0 6pm One News 0

6am Pajanimals 3 0 6:10 Buzzy Bee And Friends 3 0 6:20 Wiki The Kiwi 3 0 6:30 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 30 6:50 Henry Hugglemonster 3 0 7:15 Wander Over Yonder 0 7:35 Sanjay And Craig 3 0 8am What Now? 10am Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:10 Pretty Little Liars 0 1:10 The 100 PGR 0 2:10 Once Upon A Time In Wonderland AO 0 3:10 Home And Away 3 0 5:40 F Hart Of Dixie In the midst of two weddings, Zoe makes a grand gesture that leaves Wade with a difficult decision. 0 6:40 M Hotel Transylvania 2012 Animated. Voices of Adam Sandler, Kevin James. 0 8:30 Gotham PGR Detectives 7pm Sunday 0 Gordon and Bullock 7:30 My Kitchen Rules New investigate a child-trafficking Zealand Omnibus 0 ring; Penguin resurfaces and 8:35 Call the Midwife PGR Cynthia makes his way to Gotham, worries about an anxious leaving victims in his wake. 0 new mother when she is 9:30 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD found with her baby on the PGR Hunted, and running out edge of a pier; Chummy visits of solutions, Coulson puts her mother, but is upset to his team in the line of fire; a find she has left her father. 0 doctor harbours dangerous 9:40 A Place to Call Home AO 0 secrets. 0 10:40 Rake AO 3 0 10:30 Almost Human AO 0 11:50 Q+A 3 Local political affairs programme. 0 12:55 Attitude 3 0 1:25 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:30 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Dream Build PGR 6:30 Grand Tours Of Scotland 7am Barter Kings 7:30 Madhur Jaffrey’s Curry Nation 8am Fantasy Homes By The Sea 9am The People’s Cookbook 10am Grand Tours Of Scotland 10:30 Monty Halls’ Island Escape Noon Early Edition 1pm Extreme Fishing With Robson Green PGR 2pm Long Way Down PGR 3pm The Hook And The Cook 3:30 Baggage Battles 4pm Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook – London 4:30 Tales From River Cottage 5pm Italian Food Safari 5:30 Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 6:30 New Zealand Food Culture 7pm M Sundays At Tiffany’s PGR 2010 Drama.

Alyssa Milano, Stockard Channing, Eric Winter. 8:45 M Unthinkable AO 2010 Drama.

Samuel L Jackson, Carrie-Anne Moss, Michael Sheen. 11pm Baggage Battles 11:30 Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook – London

MONDAY

Midnight Tales From River Cottage 12:30 Italian Food Safari 1am The Hook And The Cook 1:30 Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 2:30 M Unthinkable AO 2010 Drama. Samuel L Jackson, Carrie-Anne Moss, Michael Sheen.

4:30 M Sundays At Tiffany’s PGR 2010 Drama. Alyssa Milano, Stockard Channing, Eric Winter.

11:25 M The Grudge 3 AO 2009 Horror. Matthew Knight, Shawnee Smith. 0 1:10 Fringe AO 3 0 2:05 Good Vibes AO 3 2:30 Partners PGR 3 2:50 Infomercials 3:25 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 4:15 It Is Written 3 4:45 Beverly Hills Nannies PGR 3 5:30 Infomercials

TV THREE 6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am Universal Church Of The Kingdom Of God 8:30 Turning Point With David Jeremiah 9am Re-Think 9:30 Three60 10am The Nation 0 11am The Best Of Campbell Live 11:35 3rd Degree 3 0 12:30 Crime Exposed PGR 3 0 1pm Entertainment Tonight Weekend 2pm Motorsport – UDC V8 Utes (Highlights) Coverage of round four from Taupo. 2:55 Motorsport – Monster Jam 3:20 Motorsport – WEC Americas (Highlights) Round four of the FIA World Endurance Championship Series. 4:15 Motorsport – MotoGP 5pm Big Angry Fish 6pm 3 News 7pm The X Factor Australia The top seven return to perform in the week’s live show. 0 8:35 M Die Hard 4.0 AO 3 2007 Action. When an attack on the American infrastructure begins to shut the nation down over the Fourth of July weekend, Detective McClane uses his old-school ways to frustrate the hi-tech hacker. Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Cliff Curtis. 0 11:20 Hannibal AO 0 12:20 7 Days AO 3 12:50 Jono And Ben’s OE Special AO 3 1:25 Infomercials 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 3

FOUR

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am The X’s 3 7:25 Sidekick 7:50 Grojband 3 8:10 The Wild Thornberrys 3 8:35 Casper’s Scare School 3 9am Avatar – The Last Airbender 3 9:25 Sticky TV Omnibus Noon Infomercials 3 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm iCarly 5:30 Mr Young 3 6pm Everybody Hates Chris 3 6:30 Survivor – San Juan Del Sur A castaway is voted out of the game.

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box The best of the past week’s sports from New Zealand and around the world, highlighting sport for young New Zealand fans.

Noon Great Outdoors 3 Travel tips with the Great Outdoors team as they journey to exotic destinations around the world.

12:55 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

UK PGR 3 1:25 Mainfreight Rugby 2:25 Rugby – International South Africa v All Blacks.

From Ellis Park in Johannesburg.

4:30 Rugby Nation 5:30 Prime News 6pm MasterChef USA Mastering four dishes and running a busy restaurant is no easy feat for the top six.

7:30 America’s Next Top Model PGR 8:30 Witches of East End PGR Joanna is pleased when Frederick returns, but Wendy remains suspicious of his behaviour; Killian discovers he has a lot in common with new love Eva. 9:30 Burn Notice AO 10:25 Unsupervised PGR 10:50 Entertainment Tonight Weekend

7pm Storage Wars 3 7:30 Doctor Who PGR 8:30 The Brokenwood Mysteries AO Brokenwood is touted for its burgeoning merlot and annual wine show, but when a judge and critic are found drowned in a fermenting vat, the show takes second place to the murder investigation.

10:40 Who do You Think You Are? UK PGR

11:45 Infomercials

11:55 Crimes That Shook Britain PGR 3 In 1992, when 25-year-old Stephanie Slater was abducted and held to ransom for eight days, her ordeal was one of the few cases where a hostage was released from captivity.

12:55 Home Shopping

MAORI TV 10am Korero Mai 3 2pm Tangaroa With Pio 2:30 My Country Song 3 3:30 Rugby League – UK Super League Play-offs – Wigan v Warrington.

5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Waka Huia (Starting Today) 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 The First Voice 3 8pm Te Iti Kahurangi – The Journey To Success 3

THE BOX 6am Survivor – Thailand PG 6:50 Survivor – Thailand PG 7:40 Call Of The Wildman PG 8:05 Billy The Exterminator PGL 8:30 American Daredevils M 8:55 The Simpsons Super Sunday PG A marathon of The Simpsons episodes.

11:25 Last Man Standing PG 11:50 Raw MC 2:40 WWE Main Event MC 3:40 SmackDown! MC 5:25 American Daredevils M 5:50 Gator Boys PG 6:40 Wild West Alaska M 7:30 The Musketeers MVLS 8:35 CSI MV 9:30 CSI MV 10:30 Crossing Lines MV 11:30 The Musketeers MVLS

MONDAY

12:30 SmackDown! MC 2:10 Deadliest Warrior MV 3:05 CSI MV 3:55 CSI MV 4:45 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 5:10 Crossing Lines MV

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

From Ellis Park in Johannesburg.

9:30 Rugby – International (Replay) South Africa v All Blacks.

11:30 L Rugby – International Argentina v Australia. From Estadio Malvinas Argentinas in Mendoza.

2pm Rugby – International (Highlights) South Africa v All Blacks.

From Ellis Park in Johannesburg.

2:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Manawatu v Hawke’s Bay. From FMG Stadium, Palmerston North.

4:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Wellington v Taranaki.

From Westpac Stadium, Wellington.

6:30 Rugby – International (Highlights) Argentina v Australia.

From Estadio Malvinas Argentinas in Mendoza.

7pm Rugby – International (Highlights) South Africa v All Blacks.

7:30 Rugby Nation 8:30 Motorsport – FIA World Rally Championship (Highlights) 9pm L Motorcycling – Superbike World Championship Coverage of race one and Supersport from Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours.

11:40 L Motorcycling – Superbike World Championship Coverage of race two from Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours.

1:10 L Motorcycling – British Superbike Championship Silverstone Grand Prix.

SKY SPORT 2 8:30 The Secret Life Of John Rowles 3 9:30 M In The Bedroom AO 2001 Drama.

When a man becomes involved with an older single mother, his parents are concerned, but events lead them to confront reality and the consequences of their actions.

Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Nick Stahl, Marissa Tomei.

11:40 Te Kaea 3 2 12:10 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Hunters PG Sin City Shootout. 6:30 MythBusters PG Newton’s Crane Cradle. 7:30 MythBusters PG Swinging Pirates.

8:30 You Have Been Warned M Daredevils. 9:30 Body Bizarre PG 10:30 Deadliest Catch M 11:30 Alaskan Bush People M 12:30 Inside Waco M 1:30 Law On The Border PG 2:30 Auction Hunters PG 3:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 4:30 Alaskan Bush People PG 5:30 River Monsters – The Deadliest M 6:30 Commandos M 7:30 Why Is Sex Fun? M 8:30 Naked And Afraid M 9:30 Commandos PG 10:30 Treehouse Masters PG 11:30 River Monsters – The Deadliest M

MONDAY

12:30 Body Bizarre M 1:30 Redrum M 2am Redrum PG 2:30 Auction Kings PG 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Bering Sea Gold PG 5am Dirty Jobs PG

Call the Midwife

8:35pm on TV One

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:50 The Heat MVLS 2013 Comedy.

Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy.

8:45 The Best Man Holiday MLS 2013 Comedy. Taye Diggs, Terrence Howard.

10:50 The Making Of The Lone Ranger PG 11:05 The Counselor 16VLS 2013 Crime.

Michael Fassbender, Penelope Cruz.

1:05 World War Z ML 2013 Action.

Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos.

3:10 The Heat MVLS 2013 Comedy.

Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy.

5:05 Burden Of Evil M 2012 Thriller. Natalie Zea, Ron Lea. 6:35 Jack The Giant Slayer MV 2013 Adventure.

8:30 Homefront 16VL 2013 Action.

10:15 The Lords Of Salem 16VLS 2012 Horror.

11:55 Possessed By Evil MV 2011 Horror.

MONDAY

1:25 Biography – Colin Farrell PG 2:15 Burden Of Evil M 2012 Thriller. 3:45 Jack The Giant Slayer MV 2013 Adventure.

5:40 Homefront 16VL 2013 Action.

6:50 Bafta: A Life In Pictures – Charlize Theron PG 7:15 Batman Begins MV 2005 Adventure.

Christian Bale, Michael Caine. 9:30 The Whole Nine Yards MVLS 2000 Crime Comedy. Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry.

11:10 Frequency M 2000 Drama.

Dennis Quaid, James Caviezel.

1:05 Just Like Heaven PGS 2005 Romantic Comedy.

Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo.

2:40 The Lord Of The Rings – The Fellowship Of The Ring PGV 2001 Fantasy. Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom.

5:35 The Lord Of The Rings – The Two Towers MV 2002 Fantasy.

8:30 Get Him To The Greek 16LS 2010 Comedy.

10:20 Traffic MVLC 2000 Crime.

6:30 Mainfreight Rugby The provinces battle it out for the Meads and Lochore Cups.

7:30 Sky Sport – What’s On 8am Soccer Saturday Host, Jeff Stelling, looks at the latest events in UK football with expert analysis of game scores and results.

10am Golf – European Tour (Highlights) Alfred Dunhill Links Championship – Round Three.

10:30 Golf – LPGA Tour (Highlights) Reignwood Classic – Round Three.

11am Golf Central 11:30 Sky Sport – What’s On Noon Golf – European Tour (Highlights) Alfred Dunhill Links Championship – Round Three.

12:30 Sky Sports News UK 1pm Motorsport – FIA World Rally Championship (Highlights) 1:30 Sunday Footy Show A review and preview of all the weekend NRL league games.

3:30 L Rugby League – Holden Cup Grand Final – Broncos U20 v Warriors U20. From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

5:30 L Rugby League – State League Grand Final – Penrith Panthers v Northern Pride. From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

8pm Rugby League – 40/20 8:30 L Rugby League – NRL Grand Final – Rabbitohs v Bulldogs.

From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

12:45 Deuce Bigalow – Male Gigolo MS 1999 Comedy. 2:15 Just Like Heaven PGS 2005 Romantic Comedy. 3:50 Get Him To The Greek 16LS 2010 Comedy. 5:35 Traffic MVLC 2000 Crime.

Midnight Rugby – International (Replay) South Africa v All Blacks.

2am Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Manawatu v Hawke’s Bay. 4am Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Wellington v Taranaki.

Gotham

8:30pm on TV2

MOVIES GREATS

MONDAY

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Wind km/h less than 30 fine

30 to 59 fog

isolated snow thunder flurries

sleet thunder

Canterbury Plains

snow

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TODAY

TODAY

TOMORROW

FZL: 800m, rising to about 1000m

TOMORROW

MONDAY High cloud with northwesterlies at first.

A change to showers and cold strong southwesterlies later.

TUESDAY Showers becoming isolated then clearing.

Southwesterlies, strong about the coast, gradually dying out.

FZL: Rising to 2400m

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showers

Napier

mainly fine

Nelson

few showers

Blenheim

fine

Greymouth

mainly fine

Christchurch

few showers

MONDAY

Timaru

fine

Queenstown

snow flurries

Dunedin

sleet

Invercargill

thunder

TUESDAY

Geneva Hobart Hong Kong Honolulu Islamabad Jakarta Johannesburg Kuala Lumpur London Los Angeles Madrid Melbourne Moscow Nadi Delhi

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Full moon

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Rise 6:59 am Set 7:44 pm

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Good

Set 4:42 am Rise 3:51 pm

Last quarter

Good fishing Set 5:19 am Rise 5:05 pm

16 Oct 8:13 am

New moon

24 Oct 10:58 am

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River Levels

cumecs

1.46 nc

Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday 134.7 Nth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday

5.90 nc

Sth Ashburton at 1:15 pm, yesterday

7.02

Rangitata Klondyke at 2:00 pm, yesterday

49.4

Waitaki Kurow at 9:00 am, yesterday

414.4

Source: Environment Canterbury

Canterbury Readings

Monday

1

Good fishing

15 14 12 21 13 16 13 24 10 14 22 19 19 14 11

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Forecasts for today

16 12 24 8 16 19 20 26 4 24 23 29 5 8 9

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Auckland

Wellington

Showers clearing early, mainly fine.

Southwesterlies turning northwest.

Fine with high cloud. Northerlies developing.

overnight max low

Rain developing about the divide with some heavy falls, scattered rain further east. Snow falling to 1800 metres.

Wind at 1000m: NW rising to gale 65 km/h, gusting 90 km/h in exposed places.

Wind at 2000m: NW rising to severe gale 100 km/h.

Rain, with heavy falls about the divide. Snow to low levels possible. Gale westerlies.

WEDNESDAY

fine showers showers fine fine fine fine thunder fine rain fine fine fine showers fine

NZ Today

Mainly fine and frosty. A few showers north of Arthur’s Pass Wind at 1000m: SW 50 km/h.

Wind at 2000m: SW gale 80 km/h.

Fine with high cloud. Winds turning gusty northwest, rising to gale in exposed places.

World Weather

60 plus

Canterbury High Country

Mainly fine, morning frosts. Isolated afternoon showers north of Ashburton. Cold southwesterlies.

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rain

Saturday, 4 October 2014

A strong cold disturbed west to southwest flow eases on Tuesday as a brief ridge spreads onto the country from the Tasman Sea. Northwesterlies strengthen on Wednesday.

mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers fine showers clearing showers

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CHANEY, Phebe Lesney (Lesney) – Taylor wish to sincerely thank On October 1, 2014 at everyone for the love and Ashburton Hospital, with her support you gave to us Eion McKinnon Rob Cope-Williams family present. Dearly loved following the loss of a much wife of the late Jim. loved wife, mother, mother-inTreasured mum and mum in law and grandma. The lovely law of Ken and Ann flowers, cards and baking.

Official Opening 18 Feb - 9am til 4pm (Amberley), Bronwyn and Bill The St John Ambulance, Curran (Rakaia), Neville and AAU, the Christchurch Allison (Tinwald), Philippa Hospital, thank you all. and Alan Tutbury Please accept this as a (Christchurch). Beloved nana personal acknowledgement. and gran of Melanie and Phill Mein, Poppy and Trelise Canterbury owned, HORTIN, Dora Amelia – locally operated (Amberley) Mark and Annette, Francie and families Michelle, Aidan, Rowan and sincerely thank everyone for Patersons Corbin (Canada) Andrew and their expressions of Rosie, Claudia and Arielle Funeral Services sympathy, cards, visits and (Auckland) Michael Curran, calls following the loss and Ashburton phone Darcy and Reuben (Rakaia), of a dearly loved mum, nance Dana Chaney, Caleb, Aaliyah Crematorium Ltd and great nance. A special and Jayden Flett (Tinwald) thank you to the staff at Joanne Chaney and Jeff Office and Chapel Rosebank Rest Home for the Hewitt, Michelle and Lance Corner East & Cox wonderful care given to Dora Hill (Ashburton), Nick and Streets, Ashburton during her time of illness.

Rebecca and Saana Please accept this as a (Australia), Jacinda, Kirstie personal thank you to you all. and Jarrod Tutbury “Death leaves a heartache (Christchurch). Messages to FUNERAL no one can heal, P.O. Box 472, Ashburton Love leaves a memory 7740. Special thanks to Dr FURNISHERS no one can steal.”

Kiuru and the Palliative Care MASTER Team for their loving care of MONUMENTAL MASON Lesney.

Donations to Ashburton Palliative Care E.B. CARTER LTD would be appreciated and For all your memorial may be left at the service. A requirements service to celebrate Lesney’s New headstones and designs life will be held at St Marks Renovations, Anglican Church, Elizabeth Additional inscriptions, Avenue, Rakaia on Cleaning and Concrete work TUESDAY, October 7, Carried out by qualified commencing at 1.30pm. tradesmen.

Followed by private cremation 620 East Street Ashburton at the Ashburton Ph/Fax 308 5369 Crematorium. or 0274 357 974

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TODAY: Fine with morning frosts.

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McGREGOR – CAVILL, Cressy – Liv, Hamish and big brother The Cavill, Manson and Baxter are thrilled to Naish families would like to announce the arrival of their extend their sincere thanks to beautiful daughter Lucy Liv family and friends for their McGregor, who was born on wonderful support, MID CANTERBURY FUNERAL SERVICES September 13 at Ashburton condolences, cards, flowers Hospital weighing 8lb 3oz. A and baking in the recent special thank you to our Galbraith’s provide choice! passing of a loved mother, Galbraith’s We have a team of highly respected, professional funeral directors andmother-in-law, midwife Anna Campbell and and a great celebrants. We offer you complete funeral care including pre-arrangement, the staff at Ashburton nana to all her grandchildren provide choice! and your choice of venue, funeral celebrants and catering.

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We believe that every life is unique and every person’s funeral needs toand great grandchildren.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 9.2 10.4 Max to 4pm 3.5 Minimum -1.4 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 11.2 16hr to 4pm October to date 11.6 Avg Oct to date 6 2014 to date 580.2 519 Avg year to date Wind km/h S4 At 4pm Strongest gust S 56 Time of gust 7:01am

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ACROSS 1. Line of knitting catching trout? Very funny! (3-8) 6. Who would shortly be beheaded? The carrier! (3) 8. Hears how one escapes infestation of them (5) 10. Risk losing hydrogen when called roughly away and struck off (9) 11. Stake put up for return of heating vessel (4) 12. Front page of leaf, end lost by head of college (5) 13. Low quality seen as being wrong in a singer (8) 16. Corner of a foreign field worked by 5, North for East?

(7) 17. Silly to put old copper on back of ship (4) 18. Game played looping the loop (4) 19. Flavour, thanks to being in service with first-class return (7) 21. Mineral sort of water: take a litre right away (8) 23. Self-assertive back-up for the retiring (5) 26. Juicy, rich – and drunk! (4) 27. Get rid of priest in teamchange (9) 28. Legislative power with which to chew things over? (5) 29. Quickly pass the ambassador who holds one (3) 30. No such object of worship at the evening performance? (7,4)

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13. (Proper name) Car – GT – a tub? One’s got that wrong! (7) 14. Pinch it a bit (7) 15. Spurious copy Raphael turned out, having no energy (10) 19. Is entering sphere of action seeing things as they are (7) 20. Is he harmless to the Cockney? (7) 22. Passage for all to express disapproval at giving up Italian (5) 24. Housed without 6 Ac for profit derived from property (3) 25. Time-sharing involves this trap (4)

QUICK ACROSS 7. Excessively pious (13) 8. And so on (Latin) (2,6) 9. Put on the market (4) 10. Young men (6) 12. Male former pupil (3,3) 14. Holding area for livestock (3) 15. Respiratory illness (6) 17. Unpowered aircraft (6) 19. Chess piece (4) 21. Time without end (8) 23. Nationwide industrial action (7,6)

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YOUR STARS

by Forecasters

ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) A bit of wishful thinking is making it easier to keep your mind and options open, but also to think outside the square.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) Mercury’s retrograde turn in your relationship sector on Sunday makes this a weekend where keeping communication lines open is a priority.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) With weekend adventurous lunar vibes encouraging you to play hooky, you can afford to take a wait and see approach to work matters.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) With lucky Jupiter providing income opportunities and real progress on the work front, you need some financial tension to keep you on your toes.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) If buttons are pushed and there is personal and/or relationship tension, it comes with an opportunity for a communication or relationship breakthrough.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) It is important to listen to your emotional, intuitive and imaginative responses and especially to anything pushing your buttons.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) There is something romantic in the air this weekend, which will help you to see any personal and/or relationship tension as a call for balance.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) You’ve reached a point where communication becomes a lot more important, with a chance to give the past and unsaid words a voice.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) Trust that the sky won’t fall down and the Earth won’t fall off its axis if you take time out over the weekend to recharge your batteries.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) With life becoming busier, seize any opportunity over the weekend to catch up with old friends, honour any rain checks or make up for lost time.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) While you’ll need to keep your professional hat on over the weekend, you also need a chance to unwind, relax and find time to hear yourself think.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 21) The stars give you permission to chill out and recharge your batteries this weekend, but keep your money and professional hats on.

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