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Rural thefts prompt warning from police

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Recent thefts of farm vehicles near Ashburton has prompted a warning from police.

Over the past two weeks a $120,000 tractor, a quad bike and a motorcycle have all been stolen from rural Mid Canterbury properties.

A John Deere tractor was taken from Tinwald Westerfield Mayfield Road between November 1 and 3 and a Honda XR 125 quad bike was taken from a nearby area between October 31 and November 1.

Senior Sergeant Scott Banfield said a lot of work had been done to make sure the tractor would be found.

There were systems in place and if it showed up anywhere in the country police would know about it.

“We have means of identification.”

Most thefts of rural properties were opportunistic and preventable, Mr Banfield said.

In previous years people had been able to leave vehicles unlocked with keys in the ignition. “In today’s world you simply can’t do that.”

Anyone not using a piece of machinery or vehicle needed to lock it and put the keys away in a safe place where only a few people knew the location, he said.

“Make it difficult for opportunists.”

Although insurance companies had been good at dealing with claims where

people had left their keys in the ignition they would start to tire from it, he said.

Sergeant Bryan Ennis said people in all rural areas, not just Mid Canterbury, needed to make sure they looked after their neighbours and kept an eye out for any suspicious behaviour.

Crime prevention was mainly about people looking out and being aware of what was happening in their area, he said.

People needed to make sure all their property was locked and secure including all vehicles and fuel tanks.

If anyone saw anyone behaving suspiciously, whether that be new people or vehicles in strange places, they needed to contact police.

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Elvis tops UK charts Elvis Presley is back on top of the UK album charts with a collection that backs the king of rock and roll’s voice with Britain’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. If I Can Dream gave the late US legend his 12th chart-topper in Britain, meaning he now has more UK number one albums than any other male solo artist. It puts him level with Madonna in second place for the most UK number one albums overall, The Beatles having notched up 15, the Official Charts Company said. Made at London’s famous Abbey Road Studios, If I Can Dream mixes hits with lesser-known tracks also deemed ripe for a string arrangement backing.

The 14 songs are drawn from throughout his career, which spanned from the early 1950s to his death in 1977 aged 42. Presley first topped the British album charts this week 59 years ago.

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An eager crowd of fans and curious tourists has turned out to welcome Prince Charles and his wife Camilla in Auckland’s Aotea Square. The royal couple took a speedy trip through the sun-drenched square greeting the public before entering the Town Hall and separating to speak with different charities. They were welcomed by mayor Len Brown, with a karanga from Fiona Smith of Ngati Whatua. She showed Prince Charles a black and white photo showing himself and Princess Diana greeting school children - including her - at Alexandra Park racecourse in Greenlane. She said she was pleased Charles remembered the event and told her he knew it happened in about 1980.

Many English fans also turned out to welcome the royals.

Flora Woods, from the village of Lacock in Wiltshire, shared a conversation with Camilla about their shared geographical connection. She said Camilla had lived not far from her village, in Reybridge. “She said, ‘It’s a small world, lovely to meet you’,” Ms Wood recounted. Anna Dixon, on holiday from the United Kingdom, said she was a “true royalist”.

She joked that she was excited about seeing Prince Charles “but it would have been better if was Harry”.

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Embattled internet mogul Kim Dotcom is quitting his landmark Coatesville mansion. In the latest chapter of the property’s short but chequered history, the controversial Megaupload founder has shelved plans to buy the expansive 60ha rural block on Auckland’s northern fringes and is preparing to move into a waterfront penthouse apartment on fashionable Princes Wharf. The house was the country’s most expensive when it was built for an estimated $30 million in 2006 by Chrisco hamper empire founders Richard and Ruth Bradley. It has six bedrooms, a tennis court and swimming pool. Dotcom was paying $1m a year in rent.

Prince George in sponge A talented baker in Britain has cooked up top prize in a competition after creating a life-sized cake of young royal Prince George.

The cake, which stands a metre tall, won the top Gold award at the Cake International event held at Birmingham’s NEC at the weekend. Winning baker and self-confessed royalist Lara Mason, from Walsall in the West Midlands, said she decided on George as her muse as much for tactical reasons, as anything else. The 29-year-old explained that having won the same award last year with her life-sized cake of Hollywood A-lister Jennifer Lawrence’s character in The Hunger Games, judges advised her that she needed to focus on detail. “Those are the most important detail, so I went smaller and thought that I should do the most recognisable child in the world, which is Prince George.” It took Mrs Mason 30 hours to craft the cake, which is built on a skeleton of steel, wood and PVC tubing.

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Music from The Lord of the Rings trilogy has been voted the best soundtrack of all time for the sixth year running in a UK poll.

The soundtrack written by Howard Shore triumphed in a Classic FM poll, with the music from Schindler’s List second and Gladiator third. Elijah Wood, who played Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, told Classic FM that music played a huge part in the identity of films. Classic FM says Shore is one of those composers who writes great tunes and his work for The Lord of The Rings trilogy is no exception.

“Originally considered by some to have been a surprising choice of composer for this epic trilogy, Shore silenced his doubters by winning his first Oscar for this score which introduces Celtic music for the Hobbits with song contributions from Enya, and many powerful, mystical choral cues.”

The Canadian has composed music for more than 80 films.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

■ LABOUR

Building consents plunge

Labour targets sugar

BY SUE NEWMAN

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A dramatic decline in rural building has led to the number of building consents lodged with the Ashburton District Council taking an abrupt about turn and starting to track on a steady, downward spiral.

For the year from March, the number of building consents lodged with the council dropped 13.4 per cent, with that slide escalating in August and September, where numbers fell by 23 per cent each month.

The decline has been led almost solely by a fall-off in rural building activity, building services manager Michael Wong said.

During 2014 117 consents for new farm buildings (excluding dairy and implement sheds) had been lodged with the council; this year just 20 had been lodged to the end of October, a decline of more than 80 per cent.

“It appears dairy prices have had a big impact on the sector; it’s in the rural sector our numbers have dropped,” Mr Wong said.

Perhaps surprisingly, the number of consents for dairy sheds had risen from 12 last year to 15 so far this year, but it was not known how many of those consents had been activated, he said.

Residential housing remained the building bright spot in terms of consents, Mr Wong said, 191 were issued to the end of October, indicating this year’s figures

are likely to match those logged in 2014, 233.

House consent numbers have climbed steadily over the past six years.

The total number of building consents issued over the past six years continues to rise, with a spike in 2013 with the sign-off of the EA Networks Centre, with a consented value of $32 million.

Mr Wong believes this year’s consent value will be boosted by the anticipated lodging of a consent for the new $20million Countdown complex planned for South Street.

Since the Canterbury earthquake, a growth area for consents has been for relocatable homes.

In 2011 just 8 consents were issued, to date this year there have been 23.

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■ MT SOMERS 150TH JUBILEE

Mt Somers celebrates 150 years

BY RUBY HARFIELD

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Mt Somers 150th jubilee was celebrated in style on Saturday with a dinner, cake cutting, tree planting and bus tours.

The celebrations were held from 1pm to 1am on Saturday.

One of the organisers, Rhonda Huggins, who lives in Mt Somers, said several hundred people came from around the South Island and they all seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves.

“We were really thrilled with the amount that came.

“People really, really enjoyed it.”

It was nice to see people who had grown up in Mt Somers but had moved away come to the event and catch up with each other, she said.

There were lots of positive comments, the weather was not too hot and it was a great day, Mrs Huggins said.

“It was absolutely amazing, better than we could have ever dreamed of.”

Some of the highlights were tour buses, rock carving for children, a flag competition and an exhibition of historical documents, photos and memorabilia.

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Long-standing Mt Somers resident Hazel Glasson cuts the commemorative cake at the town’s 150th jubilee.

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The Labour Party will make food manufacturers reduce the sugar content of processed food and display prominent labels listing how many teaspoons of sugar and salt are in a product.

But it won’t include “sweets and treats” such as lollies, chocolate and icecream in the plan, announced on Saturday. Instead, it will target everyday processed foods - such as yoghurt, cereals, tomato sauce and bread - and soft drinks and juices.

“We are not the anti-treat police,” said Labour’s health minister, Annette King as she launched the anti-obesity policy at the party’s annual conference in Palmerston North. “Lollies are a treat, but you look at the food that has sugar in it now that didn’t have sugar in it.

“We have sugar in peanut butter, we have a bit of sugar in our Marmite, we have sugar in yoghurt that has a heart tick on it.

“There’s sugar in tomato sauce and spaghetti. Sugar has been added where it didn’t used to be.

It’s the cumulative effect of sugar in a day.”

King said labelling food with the number of teaspoons of sugar in it was easier for people to understand than quantities given in milligrams.

Food and Grocery Council spokesman Brent Webling said the council did not want to comment on Labour’s policy without speaking to the party first.

However, the industry was already doing a lot to reduce sugar and salt in products. He believed listing sugar content by milligrams on products was adequate.

King said Labour would work with the industry on the timeframe for a voluntary scheme.

But she warned that a Labourled Government would force manufacturers to do it if they refused.

The United Kingdom had a similar measure to reduce salt in food and the industry had responded to that voluntarily.

“So you can do it by working with industry,” said King. “But at the end of the day, if industry decides it doesn’t want to reduce the sugar content in our food then we retain the right to help them reduce it.”

If any company did not abide by the reduction, it would not be able to continue to sell its products. King denied Labour was setting itself up as the sugar police, saying governments worldwide regulated tobacco and obesity was on the verge of overtaking tobacco as a leading cause of illness and death.

It cost about $700 million a year in health care, spending and lost productivity. About 60 per cent of obesity was from sugar consumption.

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■ FOREST AND BIRD

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Concern about nesting birds

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Four-wheel-drive vehicles are putting endangered birds nesting in the Ashburton River bed at risk, prompting a call for a designated area for the use of such vehicles during the breeding season.

Forest and Bird Ashburton branch chairperson Edith Smith noticed five vehicles pass very close to the blackbilled gull colony before stopping near the Trevors Road entrance to the river, where they parked up near a group of terns.

“I spoke to a member of the group as he drove out of the river and pointed out the agitated terns near the vehicles.

“He drove back to tell his mates about the terns as well as the critically endangered gulls they had just driven past,” she said.

Disturbance by 4WD vehicles is becoming so prevalent the birds don’t stand a chance, and the populations are in serious decline, Forest and Bird Ashburton member Don Geddes said.

He checked the terns’ nesting site the following day and found the birds had abandoned it.

“What is disturbing to me is the sheer numbers of 4WD vehicles using those riverbeds, and they think they have a right to be there,” Mr Geddes said.

“You can see the blackbilled gulls when they are nesting be-

cause they are in colonies.

“The terns don’t nest as close together as the gulls and their eggs are quite cryptic, but you generally get an idea if you get amongst them because they are really aggressive.”

However, the dotterels, stilts and oystercatchers – which don’t nest in colonies are the most vulnerable to having their nesting sites destroyed by vehicles.

“They are quite secretive when they are breeding. People are probably not even aware they are disturbing them and driving over their nests.”

Mr Geddes would like to see the 4WD drivers stay out of the riverbed during the birds’ breeding season, which generally runs

from August to around Christmas time.

“I understand they like to have a bit of a play, but if somebody could provide something for the 4WD drivers’ like we have at the end of Trevors Road for the motorcyclists – with a bit of education, we might keep them out of the rivers for the breeding season,” he said.

The Environment Canterbury programme to protect the blackbilled gull colony includes pest control, blocking vehicle access, particularly during the nesting season and signage along the river.

Plastic tape has also been erected to warn people off disturbing the colony.

■ ALPINE REGIONAL RALLY

Weather causes problems for aero competition

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Cloudy weather caused problems for the weekend’s Alpine Regional Rally with some events having to be postponed.

Twenty-four pilots with 20 planes from around the South Island competed in the rally hosted by the Mid Canterbury Aero Club on Friday and Saturday.

Mid Canterbury Aero Club executive committee member Jim Donlan said they needed to postpone and modify some of the events because of the weather on Saturday but it still went really well.

They were able to complete all events except for a forced landing and the three-plane formation.

One of the events, which would have got the winner a place in the nationals, had to be modified.

This meant they would have to wait until another event in Kaikoura to find out who would make it into the top competition, he said.

The rally has not been held in Ashburton since 2009.

The Mid Canterbury Aero Club will also be hosting the national championships for the first time in about 10 years at the end of February next year.

The trial of the first people charged in New Zealand with people trafficking starts today.

Satnam Singh, Jaswinder Singh Sangha, and a third man with name suppression will be tried in the High Court at Nelson. After their arrest in August last year, the three men were the first people here to be charged with peopletrafficking. The trial before Justice Robert Dobson and a jury will commence after jury selection and pre-trial formalities happened on Friday at the Bridge St courthouse. It’s expected to be a long trial, with extensive language translation requirements and dozens of witnesses.

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Nine-year-old dies A 9-year-old girl died with family by her side after she was found at her primary school in a critical condition. Staff at Somerset Crescent School in Palmerston North found the injured girl on Tuesday. School board of trustees chairman Tony Coffin said she was taken straight from the school to Palmerston North Hospital’s intensive care unit. The girl died in hospital with family at her side, he said. It is thought the girl may have harmed herself at the school. However, Mr Coffin said the coroner would have to determine how the girl died.

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Fatal car crash A man died in a single car crash in Christchurch on Saturday night.

Police said the crash happened in the suburb of Bryndwyr. The man was found dead at the scene of the crash. No other cars were involved and he was sole occupant of the vehicle, police said. Police would be investigating the cause of the crash and enquiries to identify the man were ongoing.

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One of the pilots gets ready to take off during the Alpine Regional Rally on Saturday.

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■ HAWKE’S BAY CRASH

Three Mongrel Mob members killed in crash A blue car with a large dent in its bonnet is believed to have been involved in the Hawke’s Bay crash that killed three Mongrel Mob members.

At a press conference at the crash site yesterday, police said the car of Japanese make was suspected of being involved in the crash.

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State Highway 2 between Napier and Wairoa has been closed so a crane can retrieve a car that crashed into the Mohaka River on Saturday.

The car was carrying four Wairoa Mongrel Mob members on their way to the gang’s 50th anniversary celebrations in Hastings.

It plunged 150m down a cliff

near the Mohaka Viaduct.

One person died at the scene, one was injured and two others were trapped in the car.

The police dive squad retrieved the two bodies from the river on Saturday night and yesterday morning.

The names of the men involved in the crash will not be released

until they have all been formally identified.

One of the deceased was jailed for being part of an organised criminal group, after a shoot-out between Mongrel Mob and Black Power members in 2010.

It is understood police are investigating whether they were run off the road.

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Police are investigating an email threatening people’s families and homes that claims to be sent by terrorist hackers Syrian Electronic Army. Police said the email has been sent to people in New Zealand and threatens that if the recipient doesn’t pay $1,500 in bitcoin their computer files will be lost, a family member will be killed and their house will be destroyed by fire. The email claims to be sent by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA). Acting National Crime Manager Paul Berry said police were investigating the email threat because they were concerned about any threats against members of the public and many recipients would be feeling vulnerable.

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Lotto results Official Lotto results for draw number 1488 drawn on Saturday.

Winning numbers (in ascending order): 13, 14, 16, 19, 21, 39.

Bonus number: 24.

Powerball winning number: 4.

Strike: 13, 39, 19, 21.

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■ AUCKLAND MAYORAL ELECTION

Brown pulls out of electoral race Len Brown is the first to admit his extramarital affair with council advisory board member Bevan Chuang greatly affected his public image.

Auckland’s Mayor yesterday morning announced he would not be seeking re-election to what he called “one of the most all-consuming jobs in the nation”.

He was first elected as Mayor of Manukau City in 2007, and then became the Mayor of Auckland in 2010 after the Super City amalgamation. He was re-elected to the position in 2013, just days before news of his extra-marital affair with council advisory board member Bevan Chuang broke.

Yesterday, Mr Brown told Radio New Zealand that the scandal greatly affected his public image.

“I think it certainly had an impact on the view of Aucklanders towards me.

“I won three previous elections by a landslide and in this term I would find it very hard to succeed,” he said.

Mr Brown said the decision was made as a family, and that was most significant.

“The very clear view within the family is... we have achieved a lot in the last nine years.

“We are proud of what we have

achieved and that is enough.”

Former Auckland City mayor John Banks, who stood unsuccessfully against Mr Brown at the first Super City elections in 2010, said yesterday would have been a very disappointing day for Mr Brown.

“His leadership was, at least, quirky but irrelevant and, probably at worst, missing in action.”

“The bureaucrats and the non-elected boards (of the council-controlled organisations) are now well in charge and a law into themselves. The Auckland Super City administration and leadership is a shambles.

“Right now the city is going sideways and backwards,” Mr Banks said.

Mr Banks has not ruled out standing again next year.

The 68-year-old said in the absence of a younger, more energetic candidate putting their hand up, there was a possibility he could stand.

He said Auckland needed strong, visionary leadership.

“I have the energy and passion to do this but I want to see where the interest lies with the public in standing up and wanting to be involved in the future of Auckland,” he said.

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Minor injuries after car flips A 70-year-old man was transported to Ashburton Hospital as a precaution

by St John ambulance with minor injuries after his car flipped on Methven Highway at about 4pm on Saturday.

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Year 11 prize list General prizes Sean Achten, Application and Effort Cj Aperocho, Application and Effort Laura Bagrie, Academic Excellence in 11OM – Joint Award, Application and Effort Jess Banks, Application and Effort Sophie Beckley, Application and Effort Nikita Begbie, Application and Effort Matthew Begg , Application and Effort Daniel Bennett, Application and Effort Simon Bennett, Application and Effort Emma Birtwistle, Application and Effort Fergus Bishop, Application and Effort Bailey Bloomfield, Application and Effort Catheya Bongcawel, Application and Effort Connor Brosnahan ,Application and Effort Brittany Cameron, Application and Effort Jess Chamberlain, Application and Effort George Chapman, Application and Effort Miriama Charlton, Application and Effort Crystal Chen, Application and Effort Kirsten Clarke, Academic Excellence, Application and Effort Christopher Clough, Application and Effort Megan Coustas, Application and Effort Eilis Crehan, Academic Excellence, Application and Effort Aidan Cuthbertson, Application and Effort John De Guzman, Application and Effort Zoe Deal, Application and Effort Angel Deal, Application and Effort George Donaldson, Application and Effort B-J Douglas, Application and Effort Lisa Drummond, Application and Effort Logan Drummond, Application and Effort Cannan Elvines, Application and Effort Libby Fenwick-Wilkin, Application and Effort William Fleming, Application and Effort Gerald Forster, Application and Effort Krystal Gane, Application and Effort Will Graham, Application and Effort Jacob Greaney, Application and Effort Cheyenne Grimstrup, Application and Effort Jialin Guo, Application and Effort Daniel Hadfield, Application and Effort Emma Harrison, Application and Effort Liyana Hasan Abdullah, Application and Effort

Amy Hawthorne, Application and Effort Cameron Henderson, Application and Effort Georgia Hewson, Application and Effort Alex Hickman, Application and Effort Kate Hober, Application and Effort Emily Hodge-Armstrong, Application and Effort Gemma Holland, Application and Effort Sarah Holland, Application and Effort Quayd Hooper-Dowdle, Application and Effort Millie Hopwood, Application and Effort Gareth Hunt, Application and Effort Michelle Ingham, Academic Excellence, Application and Effort Ryan Jackson, Application and Effort Hannah Jerao, Application and Effort Emma Jones, Application and Effort Tuakana Kamoe, Application and Effort Georgina Kelly, Academic Excellence in 11OM – Joint Award, Application and Effort Sophie Kettley, Application and Effort Hannah Kirwan, Application and Effort Zani Le Roux, Application and Effort Josh Lowe, Application and Effort Alyce Lysaght, Academic Excellence, Application and Effort Ruairidh MacLean, Application and Effort Prue Marcon, Application and Effort Fololina Mareko, Application and Effort Johanna Mau, Application and Effort Logan Millar-McArthur, Application and Effort Shannyn Miller, Application and Effort Jeanette Mui, Application and Effort Tomo O’Brien, Application and Effort Mikhaela O’Connell, Application and Effort Sarah O’Reilly, Application and Effort Charlotte Olds, Application and Effort Brooke Olsen, Application and Effort Alin Onicas, Application and Effort Jemma Piercy, Application and Effort James Prendergast, Application and Effort Jacinda Ramsay, Application and Effort Tom Ravenscroft, Application and Effort Annalise Reilly, Application and Effort Cassidy Reynolds, Application and Effort Tim Rodriguez, Academic Excellence in 11GL, Application and Effort

Harry Rosevear, Application and Effort Nic Ross, Application and Effort Kelly Rotch, Application and Effort Victoria Sandrey, Application and Effort Lillian Shaw, Application and Effort James Skinner, Application and Effort Jaimee Smith, Application and Effort Megan Snowden, Application and Effort Pereseti Sooaemalelagi, Application and Effort Daniel Squires, Application and Effort Sarah Staite, Application and Effort Molly Stapleton, Application and Effort Travis Stringer, Application and Effort Malakai Swindley, Application and Effort Harmony Tapuari Metuatini, Application and Effort Flynn Taylor, Application and Effort Aggie Te Are Daniel, Application and Effort Ginaefer Teves, Application and Effort Saphia Thomas, Application and Effort Nic Thomassen, Application and Effort William Tod, Application and Effort Jaz Tupe, Application and Effort Lisa Turnbull, Application and Effort Rose Twamley, Application and Effort Shaun Uden, Application and Effort Cameron van Mierlo, Application and Effort Pania Waaka, Application and Effort Cassandra Ward, Application and Effort Kaitlin Watson, Academic Excellence in 11RJ, Application and Effort Cam Wilson, Application and Effort Grace Wilson, Application and Effort Meg Witterick, Application and Effort Melissa Woodley, Application and Effort Tayla Wright, Application and Effort

Subject and special prizes Jamahl Abera, Music Practical Liyana Hasan Adbullah, Technology Fabrics Jaimee Bird, Equestrian (The Animal Supplies Trophy) Application and Effort Greg Cross, Materials Technology: Building, Application and Effort Kees Donaldson, Boardercross Champion

Students recognised for hard work

By RuBy HaRfield

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Two young Ashburton College students were recognised for their hard work this year at the school’s Year 11 prizegiving on Friday.

Samantha McArthur received the Ashburton High School Centennial Trust Top Scholar Award and Tayla Wright was awarded the Thistle Masonic Lodge Prize for Citizenship.

Principal Grant McMillan said the school was proud of all of its students but particularly proud of Samantha’s achievement.

She is among a large group of students who have been working hard and striving to achieve academically, he said.

“Her efforts throughout the year were recognised.”

Samantha said she was in disbelief after receiving the top scholar award.

She had worked really hard throughout the year but it was worth it.

The Year 11 student, whose favourite subjects are music and German, is due to take her first exams this week and although she is nervous she feels she knows what she is doing.

Tayla Wright received the citizenship award for her work in the community which includes being a support leader and participating in Rangers.

Tayla wants to be a lawyer and enjoys helping people and making them happy.

Troy Drummond, Primary Industries Academy Prize (Primary Industries ITO Cup for Top Student), Application and Effort David Frost, Top Scholar in Mathematics (Ashburton District Council Prize), Physical Education – Top Male Student, Academic Excellence, Application and Effort Olivia Gibson, Accounting (Brophy Knight Limited Prize) – Joint Award, Academic Excellence in 11RL, Application and Effort Brooke Heke, Maori (Te Reo) Henry Hickman, Technology - Digital Programming, Application and Effort Jacinth Hii, Economics, Accounting (Brophy Knight Limited Prize) – Joint Award, Food and Nutrition (Mark and Shane Prendergast Memorial Prize), Academic Excellence in 11OL, Application and Effort Keedin Hohepa, Corbett Trophy for dedication and commitment to Tikanga Maori, Application and Effort Jasmin Hollings, General Studies, Application and Effort Jared Hopwood, Boys’ Squash Champion, Application and Effort George Howden, Agriculture (BNZ Prize and Young Farmers Trophy), Technology – Hard Materials Metal (D R Gordon Cup), Application and Effort Ojaswai Lama, Japanese Language Prize (Five Star Beef Award) – Joint Award, Academic Excellence, Application and Effort Samantha McArthur, Top Scholar in English (Ashburton District Council Prize and Stapleton Cup) – Joint Award, History (Judith Prosser Cup), German (German Embassy Prize), Music, Academic Excellence in 11GK, Application and Effort Isser Mangubat, Japanese Language Prize (Five Star Beef Award) – Joint Award, Academic Excellence, Application and Effort Thomas Marriott, Technology –Hard Materials Wood (Lynns Trophy) Melissa Maslin, Drama – Joint Award, Application and Effort Libby Mason, Ashburton College Trophy for the female showing the most grit and determination in sport Jewel Pantaleon, Geography, Graphics (Herbert Watts Cup), Academic Excellence in 11RK, Application and Effort Danica Pantoja, English Language Studies, English as a second language, Application and Effort Bobbie Rushton, Visual Art, Application and Effort Milsy Stephens-Tahuri, Drama – Joint Award, Application and Effort Sarah Taylor, Top Female Skier (Jane Petrie Trophy), Application and Effort Bianca Tawatao, Top Scholar in English (Ashburton District Council Prize and Stapleton Cup) – Joint Award, Top Scholar in Science and Gordon Binsted Cup (Ashburton District Council Prize), Academic Excellence, Application and Effort Serenity Timothy, Girls’ Rugby Trophy – Most Improved Forward, Application and Effort Soph Vessey, Technology - Digital Information (Rosalie Begg Memorial Prize), Application and Effort Veronica Wall, Steve Beveridge Trophy for the best performed rower, Rakiroa Trophy for the top performing Year 11 Maori Student, Academic Excellence in 11BK, Application and Effort Tori Watson, Physical Education – Female, Academic Excellence in 11BM, Application and Effort Ashburton High School Centennial Trust Top Scholar Award for Year 11, Samantha McArthur

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It’s easy to dream if you’re not paying the bills Sue Newman

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eing a member of an opposition party might not have quite the same ring to it as saying you’re a member of the party in power, but it comes with a certain kind of power of its own.

A plan or proposal announced by a government minister is always slammed by the opposition, often criticised by the public and rarely praised by anyone.

The power of being the MP on the opposite side of the house lies in being able to tell the masses what they want to hear without being held to account for delivering. The populist proposal always gets the supporters.

Often what the opposition bangs on about is pure common sense, stuff we’d all like to see happen, but it’s easy to promote an idea when you don’t have to come up with the wherewithal to make it happen.

The Labour Party conference has just wrapped up and it provided leader Andrew Little with his first opportunity to showcase what he and his team have to offer.

And it seems there’s plenty.

In pumping up the Kiwi dream, Little knows he’s on to a winner. Who wouldn’t agree that the ultimate package a government could deliver would be one that creates more jobs and makes housing more affordable?

No one’s going to argue with that, it’s the doing that’s the difficult bit.

Dreaming big and spending the tax payer dollar is easy when you don’t have to come up with the money or come up with a plan.

Labour wants government contracts and spending to focus on New Zealand first to create more Kiwi business and create more jobs.

Of course we’d all like to support the New Zealand made philosophy, but not when it hits us in the pocket.

And that extends to government spending and corporate spending too.

How many of us would want to see a government or local authority pay a significantly larger slice of our taxes or rates to keep buying on-shore?

It’s a fine idea, but at the end of the day, it might create more jobs and more goods would be produced on-shore, but no one would be able to afford them.

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eing overweight or obese is expected to overtake tobacco as the leading preventable health risk in New Zealand within the next 12 months.

Understandably, the Government views tackling obesity as a key priority and this is why we have developed a Childhood Obesity Plan.

The reason for concentrating this plan towards children is that evidence shows that this is where we can have the greatest impact.

The Childhood Obesity Plan involves 22 initiatives grouped into three themes: targeted interventions for those who are obese; increased support for those at risk of becoming obese; and broad strategies for making healthier choices easier.

At the centre of the plan is a new childhood obesity health target which will come into force from July 1, 2016.

Under the target, 95 per cent of children identified as obese in their B4 School Check will be referred to a health professional for assessment and intervention involving family-based nutrition and activity programmes.

The B4 School Check is a free health and development check for four-year-olds, which aims to identify and address any health, behavioural, social or developmental concerns which could affect a child’s ability to learn effectively at school.

Other initiatives in the plan include access to nutrition and physical activity programmes for families, guidance for healthy weight gain in pregnancy, and referrals for women at risk of gestational diabetes.

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Historic meeting of leaders Those who wish to push for Taiwan’s independence risk overturning the “boat of peace” and must be stopped, the main newspaper of China’s ruling Communist Party said a day after a historic meeting between China and Taiwan’s leaders.

Meeting in Singapore at the weekend, China’s President Xi Jinping told Taiwan’s president they must not let proponents of Taiwan’s independence split them, at the first get-together of leaders of the two sides since China’s civil war ended in 1949.

Ma Ying-jeou, president of selfruled, democratic Taiwan, where anti-Beijing sentiment has been rising ahead of elections, called for mutual respect for each other’s systems and said Taiwan people were concerned about mainland missiles pointing their way.

Taiwan’s opposition Democratic Progressive Party, which has traditionally favoured the island’s independence, is the frontrunner to win the presidential polls, something Beijing is desperate to avoid happening.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) and Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou.

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In a commentary, the Communist Party’s official People’s Daily said the two leaders sitting together showed a desire not to

let the “tragedy of history” repeat itself nor to let the fruits of peaceful development be lost.

Progress over the past seven years - referring to the rule of the China-friendly Ma - has been possible due to a joint political will to oppose Taiwan independence and accept there is “one China”, albeit it with different in-

terpretations, the paper said.

“If this ‘magic cudgel’ did not exist, the boat of peace would encounter a fierce and frightening storm, or even flip over completely,” it wrote.

“Compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait must join together and resolutely oppose the Taiwan independence forces and their separatist activities,” the newspaper added.

China’s Nationalists, also known as the Kuomintang, retreated to Taiwan after losing the civil war to the Communists, who are still in charge in Beijing.

The Communists and Nationalists both agree there is “one China” but agree to disagree on the interpretation.

While bilateral trade, investment and tourism have blossomed - particularly since Ma and his KMT took power in 2008 - there is deep suspicion on both sides and no progress has been made on any sort of political settlement. Several hundred people took to the streets of Taipei at the weekend to protest the meeting.

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■ BRAZIL

Search for missing in Brazil dam collapse Rescue teams have searched for a third day for survivors of an avalanche of mud and mining sludge that buried a village in southeastern Brazil, as authorities tried to pin down the number of dead and missing.

Hundreds of firefighters, soldiers and civil defence workers probed for signs of life in the sea of mud unleashed last week when waste reservoirs burst at the Samarco iron ore mine.

Samarco is jointly owned by BHP Billiton of Australia and Vale of Brazil.

Authorities have given contradictory information on the toll.

The mayor of Mariana, the nearest city in the state of Minas Gerais, said yesterday the official toll was one dead and 13 missing, all of them mine workers.

Beside those, however, he said as many as 10 inhabitants of Bento Rodrigues are unaccounted for. The village has a population of about 620.

“There is only one confirmed death so far, but it is logical that

(the number) will surely rise,” he said.

He said officials were interviewing residents to get a fix on the missing “but we haven’t been able to arrive at a figure”.

“It’s not a very high number.

What we’re seeing with the families, it is three to six people, 10 at most, who are missing,” he added.

The head of the Mariana firefighters, Adao Severino Junior, said there were at least 17 dead, while the local mining union reported that 15 people lost their lives.

The cascade of debris began with the collapse of a dike at a reservoir holding 55 million cubic metres of mining waste, which spilled into an adjoining valley.

A short time later, another reservoir with seven million cubic metres of water broke, and the mass of liquid sludge swept over Bento Rodrigues two kilometres away.

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Virgin Australia and Jetstar are running daylight-only flights from Bali to get travellers stranded by a volcanic ash cloud back to Australia. The airlines say the ash cloud from the nearby Mount Rinaji volcano is clearing to some extent, allowing daytime flights from Denpasar airport. Neither Jetstar nor Virgin Australia has specified the number of planned flights, but all will depart in daylight hours, the airlines say.

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Death toll rises The death toll from a horrific nightclub fire in Bucharest that brought down the Romanian government has risen to 41.

Nine more people have died of their injuries this week after the October 30 tragedy at the capital’s Colectiv club, when fireworks let off during a rock band’s performance triggered a blaze and stampede as panicked revellers tried to get out. The fire sparked mass anti-government protests, with many viewing compromised safety standards at the club as emblematic of Romania’s wider problem with rampant corruption.

Seven of those who died this week, all badly burned and suffering from respiratory problems, succumbed to their injuries in hospitals in Bucharest, medical and government sources said.

The two others passed away in the Netherlands, where they had been transported on Friday for treatment.

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US police arrested over young boy’s death house, 23, and Derrick Stafford, 32, were arrested on Friday following an incident in Marksville on November 3 in which they opened fire on a vehicle, killing the boy and critically wounding his father, Chris Few, who was driving.

The boy was reportedly hit by five bullets, in the head and the chest.

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The Islamic State group has released 37 Syrian Christians, most of them women, who were among more than 200 people kidnapped in February, an NGO says. The group of Assyrian Christians consisted of 27 women and 10 men, most of them elderly, the Assyrian Monitor for Human Rights said yesterday. They arrived yesterday in the town of Tal Tamr in the Khabur region of Hasakeh province in northeastern Syria, the group said. The former hostages were among a group of 220 Assyrians captured by IS when they overran parts of the region in February. Since then, a trickle of prisoners has been released, with between 140 and 150 believed to be still held by IS. - AFP

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Two US law enforcement officers have been arrested on charges of murder and attempted murder over the fatal shooting of a sixyear-old boy in Louisiana.

The death of Jeremy Mardis will add to growing criticism over perceived brutality in US police forces after several high-profile incidents over the last year.

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Another two officers that were involved were also placed on administrative leave.

Colonel Mike Edmonson of Louisiana State Police said the boy died while strapped into the front passenger seat.

“He didn’t deserve to die like that,” he said.

Citing police body-camera footage of the incident, he de-

scribed it as “the most disturbing thing I’ve seen.”

Investigators told the WBRZ TV station that the four officers had tried to pull the driver over.

He then allegedly tried to back down a dead-end street toward the marshals, who responded by opening fire. Few was badly wounded and his son was killed.

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A Picasso picture of a cabaret artist, which carries a second painting on the reverse, has sold for $US67.45 million ($NZ103.378 million) in New York, scoring a windfall for American billionaire Bill Koch. It was the top lot of the season so far, proving a savvy investment for the Republican party donor who paid just $US3 million ($NZ4.6m) for the canvas in 1984 and later discovered he had got two for the price of one.

Sotheby’s had valued the canvas, La Gommeuse, at $US60 million ($NZ92m). It was painted in Paris in 1901 when the artist was just 19, and grieving the suicide of a close friend. In 2000, during restoration work, Koch discovered that there was another painting on the reverse - a mocking depiction of Picasso’s art dealer - that had been hidden under the lining for a century.

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Cairns provides easy access to the Great Barrier Reef and some of the world’s most spectacular scuba diving.

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t can be hard to hear an Australian accent while walking along the waterfront esplanade in the far northern city of Cairns.

Tourists from across the globe flock to Cairns (I discover it is pronounced “Kanz”) for easy access to the Great Barrier Reef and some of the world’s most spectacular scuba diving, with plenty of less-crowded but picturesque beach towns nearby.

I went to Australia with my wife after my daughter finished a semester abroad on the Cairns campus of James Cook University.

I knew about the Great Barrier Reef but quickly learnt that Queensland, the state that covers the northeast of Australia, is a lot more than beaches, scuba diving and quaint waterfront restaurants.

GREAT BARRIER REEF Boats chug out of the Cairns harbour carrying scuba divers and snorkellers to the reefs, about 32 kilometres offshore.

Many boats carry visitors out to the reef and back the same day, but we spent two nights and three days on the Reef Encounter, a 30-metre catamaran.

The vessel usually stays on the reef, moving between dive spots, with tourists, supplies and the crew arriving and departing on daily shuttles.

American Wilson Ring decides to see what Australia, or more precisely Cairns, has to offer the tourist.

Many of the crew members on the boats are from other countries – taking advantage of an Australian labour shortage that led to a special temporary work visa programme.

The first day we were on the boat, 15,000 kilometres from our Vermont home, we met two recent graduates of the University of Vermont, both of whom had set out to travel the Pacific separately and decided to meet in Cairns to go diving. They both ended up working there.

In most places the reef is shallow enough to be enjoyed while snorkelling, but the crew can offer on-the-spot training to uncertified divers and then accompany them on shallow dives.

DAINTREE NATIONAL PARK AND INLAND QUEENSLAND It should be obvious to anyone who looks at a map, but travelling in Australia adds the exclamation point to the reality that the country is huge. The land mass is about the equivalent size of the continental United States with a population of about 24 million, about 4000km from the east to west coasts and 3685km from its most northerly to its most southerly points.

I was fascinated by the flora and fauna, not to mention the ever-present signs on the Queensland beaches warning about crocodiles or marine stingers, a term that describes a variety of venomous jellyfish.

There were ever-present bottles of vinegar left at many beaches to counteract the sting along with instructions to seek medical attention.

Then there are the endangered cassowaries, flightless birds related to the emu, with brilliantly coloured blue necks, heads with red wattles and black bodies.

They are known for their unpredictability and their ability to eviscerate threats, thanks to their razor-sharp, three-toed claws.

To the north of Cairns is the Daintree National Park, some say the oldest rainforest - at 250 million years - in the world. Keep going and you hit an area called the “Far North”, ending at Cape York, the northernmost point of the Australian mainland and just over 145km from Papua New Guinea.

The area is sparsely populated but it is popular with tourists, who fill the roads with what they call campervans.

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“There are options for accommodation but usually people will camp and four-wheel drive camper trailers are all the rage this year,” said Marion Esser, who runs the Cow Bay Homestay, a bed and breakfast at the edge of the Daintree Rainforest.

“Then most people would be fishing on the way, lots of rivers and coast on either side of the peninsula.”

It was by the side of a road in a park that we happened upon a cassowary. It was one of an estimated 4400 of the protected bird left in what is known as the “wet tropics”, a 900,000-hectare area of coastal northern Queensland.

Away from the coast, there are also wallabies, small cuddly cousins of the kangaroo. At the Granite Gorge Nature Park outside the town of Mareeba, about an hour west of Cairns, wallabies will sit on your lap while you feed them.

The kangaroos that help give Australia its identity are as common as deer in parts of the US. At one point I had to slam the brakes of our rented van to avoid a kangaroo standing in the middle of the road while we drove through a vast field of sugarcane.

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We stopped in time, but Australian roadsides are littered with kangaroo carcasses.

THE ROADS SOUTH We hired our campervan in Cairns, promising to return it in Melbourne almost two weeks later. Adjusting to driving on the left was not as hard as I feared and the drive showed us the country you cannot see from an aircraft.

The trip, about the equivalent of driving from New York to Key West, Florida, mostly on wellmaintained two-lane highways, showed the changing geography of Australia from seemingly endless fields of sugarcane in the far north that give way to tropical cattle country before that gives way to vast sheep and cattle farms, called stations.

Australia is paradise for road campers. Not only are camping grounds that would be familiar to Americans plentiful but most towns have free designated camping areas where RVs can stay for free.

They always have toilet facilities, and some offer showers and other amenities.

The population centres in Australia are on the southeast coast.

Once we reached Melbourne we turned in our campervan and hopped the flight home, an unforgettable family adventure of a lifetime.

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In brief Loss for rep team Mid Canterbury fell to a four wicket loss to North Otago at Centennial Park in Oamaru yesterday. Mid Canterbury won the toss and elected to bat but were all out for 153 in the 44th over.

Richard Print (29) top scored while Brad Fleming was best with the ball for North Otago, taking 3 for 19. The weather fined up for North Otago’s innings, chasing down Mid Canterbury’s total in the 44th over.

South African Francois Mostert top scored for the home side with an unbeaten 50 while Hayden Sinclair was Mid Canterbury’s best with the ball, taking 4 for 24. Full match report in tomorrow’s Guardian.

White Ferns victorious

Lauriston’s Caleb Early is dismissed by Allenton’s Jack Dudley.

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Ravenscroft wreaks havoc

By James Ford

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Allenton fell to the second loss of their senior cricket campaign in a three-wicket defeat to Lauriston on Saturday, and Methven posted a 116 run win over Coldstream in week two of the Pritchard Shield.

Lauriston won the toss and elected to field in fine conditions, while Josh Worsfold and Tom Dudley opened the batting for the home side, but struggled against a rampant Bevan Ravenscroft.

The Mid Canterbury skipper removed Worsfold for 17 and Dudley for 8 before trapping Jordan Bird lbw, leaving Allenton

three down for a meagre 28.

After taking care of the top order, Ravenscroft’s demolition job turned to the middle men, sending Ryan Bell back to the pavilion for nought.

Matt Tait then offered the most resistance, top scoring with 26 from 47 balls, before being caught by Ryan Cockburn off Matt Pawsey’s delivery.

Ravenscroft continued to dismantle Allenton’s middle order, dismissing Jack Meyrick, Jack Dudley and Sean Strange for ducks before Pawsey and Patrick Sandrey mopped up the tailenders as Allenton failed to surpass 100 for the second consecutive week.

Ravenscroft was Lauriston’s chief destroyer with an exceptional display with the ball, taking 7 for 18.

In reply, Lauriston’s Scott Morgan (1), Caleb Early (1) and Ruben Early (0) got the visitors off to a disastrous start, before Ryan Cockburn steadied the ship, top scoring with 54 before running out of partners.

Jeremy Duckmanton second top-scored with 17 as Lauriston passed Allenton’s total in the 34th over with three wickets to spare.

Methven’s fine run of form continued with another victory to join Lauriston as winners of the round with a convincing 116

run victory over Coldstream.

Methven won the toss and chose to bat, posting 224 with Elliot Nicholson (70) top scoring on the artificial track.

Andrew Bennett was Coldstream’s pick of the bowlers, taking 3 for 40 from his 9 overs but the visitors’ were all out for a paltry 108 in the 29th over in their reply, with Struan Mehrtens taking 3 for 11 in a fine display for Methven.

Following Lauriston B’s withdrawal from the competition, Tech had a bye week, while there will be no senior cricket next Saturday due to Christchurch Show Weekend.

College 1st XI wraps up innings victory

By James Ford

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

Ashburton College’s 1st XI recorded an outright win over Shirley Boys’ 2nd XI in Christchurch on day two of two of their cricket match on Saturday.

After ending day one on 22-2 in their second innings, Shirley needed another 98 to send College back in to bat, but the Christchurch side fell short and were all out for 105.

Ryan James (23) was in defiant mood for Shirley, and it took skipper Kieran Hunt an hour to remove him, gaining an edge from an outswinger for Zach Naldrett to take the catch.

It took a further 45 minutes before younger brother Gareth Hunt managed to take the wicket of opener Bradley Entwhistle (40), with another well-taken catch from Naldrett. Shirley then lost two quick wickets with Ga-

reth taking Marek Bungard lbw for nought before Will Graham clean bowled Josh Chatterji (11).

Punselie then added to Gareth’s wicket haul with a fine catch at slip off Zac Riley (0) before the teams headed to lunch.

After the interval, Josh Buchanan opened the bowling and his excellent first delivery was caught by Zach Naldrett to dismiss Ryan McLean (10).

Shirley’s tailenders offered

some resistance but the re-introduction of Kieran Hunt saw Heneli Moala removed for six.

Punselie caught and bowled Kurvesh Bhaven for a solitary run to leave the home side all out for 105 and an innings and 15 run win for College.

Ashburton have recorded three outright wins from their three pool play ties and will now await the announcement of their next opponents.

The New Zealand women’s side crushed Sri Lanka by 188 runs at Lincoln on Saturday to claim the trophy in their inaugural fivematch ODI series against Sri Lanka with two games in hand - thanks to a New Zealand record opening stand that featured Rachel Priest’s second ODI century in just three games. The 30-year-old Priest, who came into the series never having scored a ton for the White Ferns, belted four consecutive fours off Inoka Ranaweera to go to 98, then breezed past the three figure mark as she stormed on to an explosive partnership of 196 with captain Suzie Bates. - NZME

Superstars on the pitch Their names and faces were familiar, although they ran a little slower, had less hair and their bellies were a bit bigger. They were also playing in the New York Mets’ Citi Field Stadium, not the MCG, SCG or Lord’s. After years of planning, Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar turned their dream into reality by fielding two teams of some of the greatest cricketers of recent decades to play a T20 game in front of 36,000 excited fans in the US. The Australian spinner and the Indian batting maestro have embarked on a plan to globalise cricket, with the untapped American market the first stop.

Warne’s Warriors, featuring Ricky Ponting, Matthew Hayden, Wasim Akram, Allan Donald and Courtney Walsh, reached the 140-run target set by Tendulkar’s Blasters, including Brian Lara, VVS Laxman and Curtly Ambrose, in 17.2 overs. - AAP

Indian spin dominates India’s spinners conducted their work with precision on a pitch offering them huge turn as the home side defeated top-ranked South Africa by 108 runs yesterday in the opening test of a four-game series. Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja finished with 5-21 and offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin took 3-39 as South Africa failed to last even two sessions on the third day after being set a fourth innings target of 218.

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Shocking call hurts Breakers

By Kris shannon

Kane Williamson plays a shot as Australia’s Joe Burns attempts to field the ball during play on day four of the first cricket test between Australia and New Zealand in Brisbane yesterday.

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High praise for Williamson

By DaviD Leggat Kane Williamson’s terrific century at the Gabba in the first test of the current series has drawn high praise from Australian media.

Williamson’s 140, one of five centuries in the first three innings of the opening test, marks him out as one of the game’s finest batsmen.

“It was impossible to watch Williamson’s total domination of high-quality Australian fast bowling in local conditions and not conclude that we were seeing one of the next super batsmen of international cricket,” wrote Malcolm Knox in the Sydney Morning Herald.

“Every seven balls he faced, Williamson hit a boundary, distributed evenly around the ground as if he was handing out merchandise and making sure nobody missed out.

“His batting had “no trigger movements, no guesswork, no eccentricities; just textbook cricket shots played as if in front of a mirror”.

Knox even invoked the legendary Don Bradman’s name in extolling Williamson’s batting virtues.

“It always loses the argument to invoke the B-word, but Williamson’s batting brought to mind what they said about Bradman: no particular flamboyance or flourish, no muscular power, simply a mechanical ability to hit the ball through the gaps.

“And what’s that, he’s a hundred already.”

In the Sun Herald, Jon Pierik described Williamson as “superb, and completed one of the best knocks on Australian soil in recent years.

“He had all the shots”.

Robert Craddock in the Sunday Telegraph believes Williamson can take New Zealand batting into “a stratosphere it has never visited before”.

“The way Williamson batted against the Australian quicks stamped him as a truly special player and a 50-plus average man in the making.”

And Ben Dorries in the Courier Mail placed Williamson alongside Australian captain Steven Smith, David Warner, India’s Virat Kohli, England’s Joe Root and South African AB de Villiers as “the world’s best batsmen, they are all excitement machines you would pay money to watch”.

Meanwhile, wet weather has stalled Australia’s push for victory in the first Test at the Gabba, where Steve Smith’s men need seven wickets on day five to roll New Zealand.

The Black Caps reached 3-142 at stumps on day four in Brisbane after the final session was washed out.

A separate downpour also resulted in an extended lunch break yesterday, when Smith declared overnight to set NZ a victory target of 504 runs.

There is a 50 per cent chance of rain today according to the

Bureau of Meteorology.

“A little bit disappointing but ... if we could control the weather we’d be millionaires,” Australia coach Darren Lehmann told ABC radio.

“We’ve got 98 overs tomorrow.

“We’ll get enough play in to create the chances I’m sure.”

Stumps were called at 5.30pm (local time) due to bad light, with day five to start at 9.30am.

Based on the way the tourists batted in their first innings they may need more wet weather to salvage a draw, especially with Kane Williamson back in the rooms.

Nonetheless the rain prompted some to question whether Smith should have enforced the follow-on on day three.

“Steve made the right call there ... you need to keep the bowlers fresh at some stage and it was quite hot yesterday,” Lehmann said. “We’ve created a couple of extra chances, we’ve got to take them.”

Martin Guptill was dropped on zero and seven, Smith slapping his hands in frustration after the second chance.

Australia’s new captain was rarely a happy camper on day four, when Australia managed only 53 overs.

Smith was clearly stroppy when umpires ordered players off the field due to light rain in the morning.

Former Australia skipper Mark Taylor felt the 26-year-old had a point.

“If it was drizzling like this on day one you wouldn’t go off,” Taylor opined on Nine Network.

“They’ve played in heavier rain than this in this Test match.”

Smith then had a long discussion with officials when Australia were waiting for play to resume after the downpour at lunch.

He was even tetchy after snaffling an edge at slip to dismiss Guptill, who was undone by Nathan Lyon.

Smith hurled the ball away and seemed to point to a spot on the pitch after the catch, having discussed fields and lines with his offspinner during Guptill’s stonewall.

Guptill scored 23 runs during a 133-ball stay at the crease.

Williamson, who scored 140 in the first dig, offered spirited resistance in a knock of 59. He was trapped lbw by Lyon in the penultimate over of the second session. Williamson reviewed the decision but ball-tracking technology suggested it was ‘umpire’s call’ by the barest of margins.

The other wicket to fall was Tom Latham, trapped lbw by Mitchell Starc in the 23rd over the last of the morning session.

Mitchell Johnson started his day by going 6.1 overs without being scored off, the left-armer’s dry spell ending when Lyon spilled a catch at point.

No side has successfully chased down anything more than 418, while NZ would need to score 362 runs today to post the most unlikely of victories.

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On the verge of a victory about as famous as they come in the regular season, the Breakers were denied by a refereeing call that instantly became infamous.

Leading the unbeaten Melbourne by a point with 10 seconds to play yesterday at Hisense Arena, an inexplicable unsportsmanlike foul saw the defending champions defeated 87-86 in agonising circumstances.

The Breakers (4-4), short of Mika Vukona and Tai Wesley, were combining offensive class with defensive pugnacity to outplay Melbourne (9-0) and scrap their way towards what looked like being a hugely-impressive win.

Tom Abercrombie had poured in a game-high 24 points in his 200th appearance for the club and Cedric Jackson had recorded yet another triple-double, but the Breakers’ best efforts were left in tatters after a contentious call from the officiating crew.

With the champs in-bounding and looking to close out the game, Corey Webster and Chris Goulding came together in an off-theball clash that saw the Melbourne man dramatically fling himself to the floor.

Most observers saw the incident as an obvious instance of flopping _ basketball’s moniker for simulation _ but the referees instead whistled Webster for unsportsmanlike conduct, handing the home side a pair and free throws and the resulting possession.

Melbourne gratefully seized the reprieve to earn their ninth win of the season, leaving the Breakers to head home with a sour taste in their mouths ahead of Friday’s showdown against old rivals Perth.

“I’m not going to comment on anything that happened at the end of the game” said assistant coach Paul Henare.

“We’re pretty disappointed, obviously, and I just really feel for the guys. They played some really good basketball after we came in a little bit under-manned.

“It’s something that I’m sure plenty of other people will have an opinion on.”

Henare was proven correct on that last point, with players from across the competition taking to social media to voice their displeasure at what unfolded.

Breakers big man Wesley, who remained in Auckland while on baby-watch, tweeted it was the “worst call I have ever seen”. Adelaide 36ers captain Adam Gibson used the same forum to call the decision a “joke”, while Sydney star and NBA veteran Josh Childress labelled it “insane”.

Whatever the description, the decision spoiled what had been shaping as the best game of the season, as the leaders and champs stood toe-to-toe and traded body blows with playofflike intensity.

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In brief Phoenix ‘vital’ for NZ Wellington Phoenix chairman Rob Morrison has called for New Zealand Football to “step up” in the battle to save the A-League club. In his first public comments since Football Federation Australia denied their request for a 10-year licence extension, Morrison said it was time the governing body recognised how “vital” the Phoenix are to the sport in New Zealand by providing them with tangible support.

“Personally, I really don’t think the penny has dropped at NZ Football, as to how critical maintaining the Phoenix is,” Morrison said. “If we lose the Nix, football in this country goes back years.”

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Man U on the attack

Erin Connelly-Whyte in action during the Mid Canterbury open grade competition on Saturday.

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Methven takes a cliffhanger

By James Ford

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

Methven made it two wins in as many weeks in the Mid Canterbury Tennis open grade competition on Saturday, albeit a much closer affair than last week’s 6-0 drubbing of Southern.

A countback of sets put Methven 7-6 up following a 3-3 stalemate in matches against Hampstead.

Flynn Ness and Matt Bubb led

the charge for Methven, but produced contrasting results.

Ness took on Aidan Mitchell and got home with relative ease, 6-1, 6-4, while Bubb was downed 0-6, 2-6 by Connor Brosnahan.

The young Methven pair then combined and fell to a 6-4, 1-6, (2-10) loss to Hampstead duo Mitchell and Brosnahan.

In the lower order, Hamish Hood lost out 0-6, 2-6 to Christal Brosnahan, while Jarrod Hill recorded a 6-1, 6-2 win

over Erin Connelly-Whyte at four.

Hood and Hill then downed Brosnahan and Connelly-Whyte 6-4, 6-4 in their doubles clash to take a razor-thin seven sets to six win for Methven.

Fairton’s win over Southern was anchored in the doubles, with Peter Leonard and Phil Crozier combining to down Southern’s Andy Hunt and Caroline Murdoch 6-2, 6-0, before Dennis Taylor and Tyler Leonard toppled

Southerns’s Oliver McKeown and Charlie Stock 6-3, 6-1.

Fairton’s Ashleigh Leonard was beaten 4-6, 2-6 by Hunt in the top singles, while Crozier was convincing in a 6-0, 6-0 win over Murdoch.

At three, Dennis Taylor continued Fairton’s dominance with a 6-0, 6-0 drubbing of McKeown, before Charlie Stock picked up a consolation win for Southern over Tyler Leonard 4-6, 7-5, (710).

Djokovic, Murray into Paris Masters final Top seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic will take on second seed Andy Murray in today’s Paris Masters final in the latest instalment of their long rivalry.

In yesterday’s semis, Djokovic defeated Stan Wawrinka 6-3 3-6 6-0, while Murray edged past David Ferrer 6-4 6-3.

Paris is the last of the nine Masters 1000 series for the season with Djokovic having already won five and Murray two.

The win over Wawrinka was sweet revenge for world No.1 Djokovic, who lost the French Open final to the Swiss star in June.

That prevented the 28-yearold Serb from completing his career haul of Grand Slam titles.

As he subsequently won the Wimbledon and US Open titles, having already wrapped up the Australian Open, it also stopped him from becoming just the third man, after Don Budge and Rod Laver, to win all four Grand Slam titles in the same year.

A break in the third game was enough for Djokovic to take the first set and, when he broke to lead 2-0 in the second, it looked like a straightforward win against a player who had finished his punishing quarter-final match against Rafael Nadal the previous day well after midnight.

But Wawrinka summoned up his last energies to run off five games in a row and level the set scores.

A love service game for Djok-

ovic to start the third set, however, reversed the momentum and Wawrinka visibly wilted, allowing the Serb to power into the final for the third straight year.

Wawrinka said that it had not so much been the late finish against Nadal that had left him drained, but more the “exhausting” nature of his win in two tough tie-breaks.

Earlier, Murray defeated Ferrer to reach the Paris Masters final for the first time in his career.

The two-time major winner blew hot and cold in a rollercoaster of a match, but in the end he had too much firepower for the veteran Spaniard, a winner in Paris in 2012.

“There were periods of the

match that were a little bit physical, but I did feel like I dictated a lot of the points and I finished a lot of points up at the net and was able to shorten enough points to not make it too tiring,” said Murray, who had some back pain after his tough quarter-final win over Richard Gasquet.

“So, you know, I feel pretty good. My legs feel fine.”

Murray stepped up a gear to pocket last next five games and clinch his fourth Masters 1000 series final of the year, having won in Madrid and Montreal.

It was his most comprehensive win over Ferrer since a 6-2 6-3 win in Tokyo in 2011 and moved him 11-6 clear in their head-toheads.

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Louis van Gaal claims Manchester United will not be shackled at Old Trafford after they kept patient to grind out a 2-0 win over West Bromwich Albion. Van Gaal’s side have found goals hard to come by of late and they initially found it difficult to break down an Albion team defending in numbers. But Albion’s plan was shattered in the second half when Jesse Lingard scored to break the deadlock. Juan Mata wrapped up the points with a stoppage-time penalty. And van Gaal insisted United’s victory, which followed a 1-0 midweek success against CSKA Moscow, may change how opposition managers view trips to Old Trafford. “We have to attack better against these defensive organisations but it is the most difficult way you can play as a team,” he said.

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Jose on slippery slope Marko Arnautovic returned to haunt Jose Mourinho with a spectacular winner as Stoke City sank Chelsea 1-0 on Saturday to plunge the English Premier League champions’ manager’s future into doubt. Mourinho dubbed Arnautovic “unmanageable” during their time at Inter Milan, but the Austria forward may have had the last laugh with an acrobatic 53rd-minute volley at the Britannia Stadium. It condemned Chelsea to a third straight league defeat, their seventh in total, and left them in 16th place in the table, heightening the risk that Mourinho, absent from the game due to a stadium ban, will be sacked.

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Leicester joins leaders Leicester City’s dream start to the season continued as they drew level with leaders Manchester City and Arsenal following yesterday’s 2-1 win over Watford. Claudio Ranieri’s team have 25 points from 12 games after N’Golo Kante and Jamie Vardy, with his English Premier League-leading 12th goal of the season, fired them to a seventh win of the current campaign. City, who travel to rock bottom Aston Villa, and Arsenal, who host north London rivals Tottenham, overnight, have a better goal difference and would move three points above the Foxes with victory. But the fact that Leicester are still hogging a Champions League qualification berth, a point clear of Manchester United, almost a third of the way into the season, speaks volumes for the impressive job being done

by Italian Ranieri, the former Chelsea manager.

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Victorian equestrians too strong

Ryan Watt in action during the Mid Canterbury Primary and Intermediate Tournament yesterday.

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Youngsters show fine skills

By James Ford

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

The Mid Canterbury Primary and Intermediate Tournament was played out in fine conditions at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre yesterday.

Young players from years 3/4

to 7/8 took to the courts against their Mid Cantabrian counterparts.

Riley Breen was the best of the boys’ Novice Year 3/4 grade, winning his three matches without dropping a game, and Ryan Watt produced a fine dis-

play to win his three matches to place first in the boys’ Year 3/4 section with Murphy Dargue in second.

Murphy’s older brother, Harry, was in fine from to take out the boys’ Year 5/6 grade while Tyler Leonard beat Henrik Tawatao to

top spot in the Year 7/8 group.

Not to be outdone, the girls produced some fine tennis, with Shelby Henson winning the girls’ Year 3/4 age group, Amelia McKeown accounting for the Year 5/6 section and Millie Ness taking out the Year 7/8 title.

■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Kiwis take a thriller to level series By michael Burgess In the 72nd minute of yesterday’s second test Roger Tuivasa-Sheck took a deep breath.

And then another one.

With the rest of the Kiwis team, the fullback stood behind his goalposts, waiting and watching as the video referees assessed a possible try to England’s James Graham.

It was the moment of the match.

On one of their rare attacks, England hooker James Roby had nudged a clever kick on the fifth tackle, speared between the posts and the New Zealand defensive line.

The Kiwis were caught out of position, with Tuivasa-Sheck blocked by an upright, and Graham dived on the ball first.

With an elementary conversion to follow, the match would be locked up at 8-8.

That result would be enough for England to seal the series (as holders), but the momentum might carry them even further.

As the 43,000 strong Olympic stadium crowd held their breath, Tuivasa-Sheck crossed his fingers.

“I was pretty confident [it was a] knock on,” said Tuivasa-Sheck.

“I was right there, dancing with the goal posts and trying to get around so I saw it clearly. I was just praying that the referees saw it that way as well.”

There was an interminable series of replays - maybe 15 - before eventually the no-try decision came through.

“When they kept looking over and over I knew they were definitely looking for something and we got the result,” said TuivasaSheck.

“It was a big moment - it would have thrown the game up in the air.

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck: One of the toughest games of his career.

“It was a relief to get that no try and we backed ourselves to finish the rest of the game.

The opposing coaches predictably held differing views - Steve McNamara saying that “James [Graham] felt he scored” and Stephen Kearney opining that there was “no comprehensive evidence” to

give the try - but it looked like the correct decision.

It was a psychologically massive moment, as the Kiwis had earlier failed to make inroads on the scoreboard despite long periods of dominance.

“Sometimes it got pretty frustrating,” said Tuivasa-Sheck.

“We were on their try line and we could smell a try coming up but they just shut it down, that was the tough part.”

The fullback - who was involved in everything - described the match as one of the toughest of his career, both mentally and physically.

“That game would be right up there,” said Tuivasa-Sheck.

“Just the amount of running; it was back to back to back and you were just chasing the ball.

“The footy was grinding [and] at times we were just trying to kick the ball out to slow it down.”

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The South Island Young Rider team has narrowly gone down to Victoria in a nail-biting finish at the Ashburton Area Grand Prix Showjumping and Showhunter Show yesterday.

Riding borrowed horses and competing over two rounds each day, the Victorian team of Teagan Chester, Binni Greig, Melissa Bookman, and Jacob Wells got away to fantastic start to hold the advantage over the Kiwis.

With the horses redrawn, the South Island team of Lucinda Askin, Kimberley Bird, Harry Feast and Rose Alfeld fought back with some smart jumping to force it into a battle against the clock.

Askin was selected to jump for the South Island team, flying home in a slick 30.77 seconds aboard the Whittaker family’s Oh Dash It but had an unlucky rail.

Although slower, Victoria’s Wells produced a stunning clear in 33.2 seconds to give the Victorians the handsome win, and ultimately the Juliet Scott Trophy for a record third time since it was donated in 2012.

“The South Island team did themselves proud, they all rode very well,” said coach Kate Cavanagh.

“It was a bit unfortunate we fell behind on first day, but they came back very strong today with four clears. The Victorian team was very strong, it just wasn’t our day.”

In the day’s other highlight, the Mainland Coachwork Ltd FEI World Jumping Challenge, Kate Taylor (Kurow) guided Next to success ahead of 11 other combinations.

There were just four double clears, with Taylor securing top honours with the fastest time in the second round, ahead of Steffi Whittaker (Springston) on Ngahiwi Cruise and Lucinda Askin on IQ. Now in its 37th year, the revamped version of the FEI World Jumping Challenge sees competitors up against the rest of the world with the competition divided into 10 geographical zones and three categories, with the South Island only offering Category A, open to riders 15 years and older, jumping to heights of 1.20m-1.30m.

Riders accumulate points at the three shows, with the winner of the South Island Category A section having the opportunity to head to the world final to represent pool 8, which includes much of Australasia.

In the Equissage/Ashburton Toyota Horse Grand Prix it was Angus Taylor (Ohoka) that came through to secure his first Grand Prix win of the season aboard Oak As with four faults.

Meanwhile, the big local success stories went to Kimberley Bird (Ashburton) on Ngahiwi Summer, who took out the hotlycontested Canterbury Equestrian/Paul Smith Young Rider, and Benjamin Lott (Ashburton) on Kirby Park Fedwell in the Let’s Bale/Zilco NZ Ltd Pro Am.

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In brief Up for the challenge New Zealand Bloodstock 1000 Guineas contender Maritimo issued an ominous warning to her threeyear-old rivals with an authoritative performance to down the older gallopers at Riccarton on Saturday.

It was the first start for the threeyear-old daughter of Pins since her somewhat controversial late scratching at the barrier prior to the Listed Soliloquy Stakes at Ellerslie last month. “I don’t think she got a fair go at Ellerslie when she was scratched so we were forced to go to the trials three days later to show she wasn’t a barrier rogue,” explained co-trainer Debbie Rogerson.

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Pitman wins waiting game Michael Pitman’s patience has been tested by Southern Sav, but he’s on the verge of a double reward with the stayer. The Riccarton horseman, who trains in partnership with his son Matthew, bagged the opening leg of a double when he produced the Savabeel gelding to take the major honours in the Listed Gold Club Metropolitan Trophy on his home track on Saturday. “I’ve been waiting for two years for this horse to get to this level,” Pitman said. “He’s taken a long time to mature.” Southern Sav will back up next Saturday in the Christchurch Casino New Zealand Cup and Pitman said the fiveyear-old was right at the top of his game for the two mile test. - NZME

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Matt Cameron looks around to find his opposition noticeably absent at the finish line of the Sothys New Zealand 2000 Guineas at Riccarton on Saturday.

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Xtravagant seals rich double Rich Hill Stud’s golden Group One run continued at Riccarton on Saturday where their homebred Xtravagant produced an extraordinary performance to demolish his classic rivals.

The handsome colt raced right up to his looks with a breathtaking victory in the Sothys New Zealand 2000 Guineas.

Rich Hill celebrated an historic Gr.1 Melbourne Cup victory with Pentire’s son Prince Of Penzance and Xtravagant completed a memorable double for the Walton, near Matamata, farm’s foundation stallion.

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The three-year-old jumped smartly from a wide gate to lead and at the top of the straight rider Matt Cameron was sitting pretty.

“I had to use him a bit to get across, but he was just cantering and when I gave him one or two behind the saddle his acceleration was just amazing,” he said.

Battle Time was left eight and a half lengths in Xtravagant’s wake, with the filly Serena Miss third and Brighton best of the rest.

Cameron has been close to winning the 2000 Guineas several times previously, including a runner-up finish on Xtravagant’s

brother He’s Remarkable in 2010, and his time came in outstanding style.

“He was just humming along and he was way too good for them,” he said.

“It was incredible.”

Xtravagant is prepared by Group One-winning trainer Stephen Autridge, but for his younger training partner Jamie Richards it was a first at the elite level.

“It’s a massive buzz and we didn’t expect him to do it like that,” Richards said.

“We thought he had improved since Wellington and the Te Akau

Future looking rosy Graeme Rogerson is keeping his fingers crossed that Sanasar can remain injury free to reach the heights he believes the horse is capable of. “He’s a very good horse and hopefully he can get back to what I think he’s capable of,” said the Tuhikaramea trainer, who prepares the Savabeel fiveyear-old with his wife Debbie.

Sanasar showed a glimpse of what the future may hold for him with a dominant victory in Saturday’s One Good Horse at the Avonhead Tavern Premier at Riccarton. It was his fifth win from 19 starts and a return to the form that earned him Group One nominations a year ago for the Thorndon Mile and the Auckland Cup before he went amiss and was put aside for eight months.

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model of getting them down here early has worked again – he’s an outstanding colt.”

It was a fifth 2000 Guineas victory for the Te Akau operation, whose principal David Ellis purchased Xtravagant from Rich Hill’s 2014 Premier Sale consignment for $375,000.

They had previously won the classic with King’s Chapel (2003), Darci Brahma (2005), Tell A Tale (2008) and Rock ‘N’ Pop (2011), whose combined winning margins were less than half of the distance Xtravagant put on his Riccarton rivals.

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Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incor- 2 45423 Homebush Lucifer 22.00 ........J T McInerney 10 47886 Curious Life 26.11 ...........................M Olden porated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 09 3 45154 Waimak Dave nwtd ................J T McInerney 6 3.57pm J P PRINT, PETONE C2 C2, 375m Nov 2015 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4 81234 Repeat Visit 21.97 ............................... L Bell 1 25633 Knocka Few Back nwtd ....................L Ahern 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 5 63234 Cawbourne Josh 22.04 ....................... L Bell 2 17816 Another Cover 21.66 ..............J T McInerney 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 6 54133 Cawbourne Brae nwtd .................M Roberts 3 18537 Flying Swan nwtd ...................J T McInerney 1 2.30pm (NZT) FORMPRO RATINGS FREE EVERY 7 11421 Snow Ball Chance nwtd ...................L Ahern 4 53158 Takeaway 21.94 L & ........................... Morris 8 88878 Bundoran Lass 22.14 .................... D Donlon MONDAY C0 C0, 375m 5 52454 Shinzigzag 21.56 .......................B Goldsack 9 43166 Cawbourne Legs 22.11 ..........J T McInerney 1 Chill More nwtd ................................ I Moore 6 54321 Lagoon Mac 21.49 .......................M Roberts 10 4x362 Miss Eldora nwtd .........................A Turnwald 2 87862 Sammy McBell nwtd ..............J T McInerney 7 78621 Vinnie Baxter 21.65................J T McInerney 3 85367 Princess Novak nwtd..................... D Donlon 4 3.22pm BUCK FEVER AT STUD C1 C1, 457m 8 62118 Homebush Tiare 21.64...........J T McInerney 4 653 Fall From Grace nwtd ..................A Turnwald 9 75841 Cawbourne Doust 21.84 ..............M Roberts 1 56643 Cawbourne Dallas nwtd ...............M Roberts 5 5384 Debonair Pirate nwtd ........................D Edlin 10 42763 Whitey’s Gone 21.72 ..............J T McInerney 2 8731 Cawbourne Paws nwtd ................M Roberts 6 77665 Fat Boyz Flyer nwtd.................... G Hodgson 3 14645 McJopson nwtd ................................ A Clark 7 4.17pm PRESTON’S MASTER BUTCHERS C3, 375m 7 243 Mangamahu Jack nwtd ...............B Hodgson 4 87725 He’s A Jessie 26.28 .....................M Roberts 1 82882 Big Boy Deno 21.59 .....................M Roberts 8 26623 Leggera Royal nwtd .....................M Roberts 5 24321 Cawbourne Loch 26.61 ................M Roberts 2 52557 Angvella nwtd ...................................L Ahern 9 Fx58 Eve Ning Hill nwtd I C & .................J Lenden 6 21634 Kirkham Harvey 26.63 .................M Roberts 3 11624 Cawbourne George 21.90......J T McInerney 10 57674 Tank’s Rob nwtd ..............................S Maher 4 52713 Kaputski 21.39 .................................L Ahern 7 86425 Zamaddis Lass nwtd .................... T Downey 2 2.47 NZ BRED MAIDEN SPRINT FINAL C0f, 375m 8 43466 Rubbed Out 27.45........................... M Mann 5 48328 Box Of Fluffies 22.25........................L Ahern 1 67742 Charrina Hill nwtd I C &..................J Lenden 6 52386 Flying Blake 21.62 .............................. L Bell 9 13567 Shelly McBell nwtd .................J T McInerney 2 36833 Dark Garnah nwtd.................... S Gommans 10 78344 Wall Age 26.54 ................................L Doody 7 57416 Nikka Century 22.01 ........................ A Clark 3 37421 Olliesaurus 22.05 ........................A Turnwald 5 3.42pm SHAKEY JAKEY AT ROCKY RIDGE C4, 457m 8 11513 Cawbourne Midget 21.48 .............M Roberts 4 67283 Pistols Princess nwtd ........................M Flipp 9 47871 Chinese Star 21.87 L & ...................... Morris 1 37841 Spirit Run 26.59 ..........................B Hodgson 5 36262 Avedon Jeeter nwtd ..........................M Flipp 2 58681 Cosmic Scramble 26.10 ..............B Hodgson 10 48466 Alamein Duke 21.51 K & ...................Phillips 6 31 Phantom Way 22.12 L & .................... Morris 3 64161 Wheelie Good 26.36 ...................A Turnwald 8 4.32pm WHEELDEAL.CO.NZ C2/3 C2/3, 457m 7 7552 No More Marmite nwtd K & ...............Phillips 1 35623 Knuckle Bump 25.74 ........................L Ahern 4 24365 Boston Lightning 26.13 ...............A Turnwald 8 22411 Kinetic Assasin 21.99 K & .................Phillips 2 63353 Extreme Twist 25.92 ....................A Turnwald 5 42112 Big Wonder nwtd ...........................M Gowan 9 243 Mangamahu Jack nwtd ...............B Hodgson 3 72335 Cawbourne Gracie nwtd ..............M Roberts 6 21616 Allmendinger 26.62 ........................ J M King 10 5384 Debonair Pirate nwtd ........................D Edlin 4 36636 Segeyaro nwtd .................................L Ahern 7 37324 Premier Division 26.13 .....................L Ahern 3 3.07pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C1 C1, 375m 5 11128 Cawbourne Clay nwtd ..................M Roberts 8 74251 Lonesome Nitro nwtd ...................M Roberts 1 24142 Don’t Muzzle Me 21.76 ..............B Goldsack 6 1111F Sheer Miss 26.45 .............................L Ahern 9 16778 Opawa Stretch 26.59 L & ................... Wales

7 11321 Cawbourne Clover 26.44 .............M Roberts 8 48147 Bedlam Bridge 26.02 ..................A Turnwald 9 36415 Archi Bale 27.52.....................J T McInerney 10 77857 Cawbourne Philip nwtd ..........J T McInerney 9 4.52 OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C4/5, 375m 1 35187 Cawbourne Matty 21.44 ...............M Roberts 2 21858 Smash Allegro nwtd .........................L Ahern 3 33223 Blue I Am nwtd ............................A Turnwald 4 62325 Caesar Chance 21.38 .................A Turnwald 5 37415 Vegas Danny 21.48 .....................A Turnwald 6 33342 Blue And Curly 21.27 .......................L Ahern 7 25156 Loving The Mix 21.34 ..................A Turnwald 8 12453 Red Moova Hoova 21.50 ...........B Goldsack 9 336F4 What’s Up Gee 21.46 .......................L Ahern 10 31488 Happy Wife 21.69 .............................L Ahern 10 5.07pm GRADUATION RACING SERIES HEAT 1 NZRSq, 457m 1 41124 Opawa Amber 26.64 .........................M Flipp 2 23215 Opawa Val nwtd J & ........................D Fahey 3 14353 Heart You nwtd .................................L Ahern 4 32231 Opawa Zara nwtd L & ........................ Wales 5 82651 Alamein Jude nwtd K & .....................Phillips 6 15615 Opawa Kendal nwtd L &..................... Wales 7 73736 Homebush Bounce nwtd ........J T McInerney 8 118x1 Pukewhai Magic 25.95 ................. P Denbee 11 5.27pm GRADUATION RACING SERIES HEAT 2 NZRSq, 457m 1 33476 Opawa Zena nwtd J & .....................D Fahey 2 83374 Double Entendre nwtd .....................L Ahern 3 12817 Homebush Hansome nwtd .....J T McInerney

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71346 Malakai Magic 26.09 .................... P Denbee F1237 Opawa Tom 26.01 .............................M Flipp 38661 Opawa Kuru nwtd L & ........................ Wales 85421 Apollo 26.90 ..................................... A Clark 88217 Mariah 26.42 ....................................P Taylor 12 5.42pm GRADUATION RACING SERIES HEAT 3 NZRSq, 457m 1 23666 To The Bank 26.32 ....................... P Denbee 2 82112 Opawa Gumisie nwtd L &................... Wales 3 71572 Homebush Spook 26.39 ........J T McInerney 4 17652 Opawa Karen 26.16 ........................S Maher 5 82885 Opawa Colin nwtd .............................M Flipp 6 12214 Lady Zeena 26.52 ........................ T Downey 7 66385 Ollie Baxter nwtd ....................J T McInerney 8 24757 Another Habit 26.86 .........................L Ahern SELECTIONS Race 1: Mangamahu Jack, Fall From Grace, Leggera Royal Race 2: Kinetic Assasin, No More Marmite, Pistols Princess Race 3: Snow Ball Chance, Cawbourne Josh, Homebush Lucifer Race 4: Cawbourne Dallas, Kirkham Harvey, He’s A Jessie Race 5: Lonesome Nitro, Cosmic Scramble, Spirit Run Race 6: Lagoon Mac, Vinnie Baxter, Shinzigzag, Takeaway Race 7: Angvella, Kaputski, Cawbourne Midget, Box Of Fluffies Race 8: Cawbourne Clover, Bedlam Bridge, Cawbourne Clay Race 9: Smash Allegro, Red Moova Hoova, Blue I Am Race 10: Opawa Amber, Opawa Val, Opawa Zara, Opawa Kendal Race 11: Malakai Magic, Double Entendre, Opawa Zena Race 12: Opawa Karen, Opawa Colin, Lady Zeena, To The Bank LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Turn Me Loose does best in a punishing finish in the Emirates Stakes at Flemington on Saturday.

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Huge boost for RTR Sale This year’s New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale is likely to attract even greater international attention following the dashing display of high class galloper Turn Me Loose who scored a breath-taking victory in the Gr. 1 VRC Emirates Stakes at Flemington on Saturday.

Turn Me Loose became the second RTR graduate to score at the elite level of this year’s Victorian Spring Carnival after fellow 2013 alumni Mongolian Khan took out the Gr. 1 Caulfield Cup last month.

A dominant winner of the Gr.1 NZ Two Thousand Guineas last year, the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman trained son of Iffraaj has been in hot form since heading

to Melbourne following a first-up effort for sixth in the Gr. 1 Makfi Challenge Stakes at Hastings in August.

Victory in the Listed Seymour Cup under the steadier of 60 kilograms was followed by a dashing win in the Gr. 2 MVRC Crystal Mile on Cox Plate Day. Upping the ante again, Turn Me Loose produced another bold front-running display to capture his second Group One scalp on the weekend.

Bred by well known New Zealand racecaller George Simon and his wife Maryanne, Turn Me Loose was bought for $52,000 from their Mana Park draft at the NZB Ready to Run Sale as a two year-old by

Barbaric bounces back Top quality sprinter Barbaric demonstrated once again just what a lethal prospect he can be when in a fresh state as he returned to winning form in track record time at Listed level in the Legacy Lodge Sprint at Te Rapa on Saturday.

The dashing seven-year-old was scoring for the eighth time in just a 24 start career to date with five of those wins coming when resuming after a 90 day break or more.

Plagued by issues with his feet as a younger horse, the son of Pins has been free of those problems in recent times with trainer Stephen Marsh confident there is more in store for his charge.

“I thought he would be a good chance on Saturday as his work had been good and he had really come on after his trial last month,” he noted.

“He won very nicely three starts ago but then struck tracks that were just far too wet for him in his last couple of runs so with the short break he had and a decent track on the weekend we thought he would go well.

“With the speed on it suited him perfectly, and it was a beautiful ride by Lee Magorrian as he showed plenty of patience and great judgement to guide him through

the field rather than coming wide around them.”

Marsh was also delighted for the gelding’s owners, Rex and William Fell of Goodwood Stud.

“It was a thrill to get the win for the Fells as Rex hasn’t been in the best of health of late, so hopefully that will be a tonic for him” he said.

Marsh wasn’t on course to witness the victory as he was putting the finishing touches on Sothys 2000 Guineas runner Rocanto, who finished well back in the Group One feature at Riccarton.

“He didn’t really get the 1600 metre trip so he will go in the paddock now for a break,” he said.

“He can have a good freshen up before we bring him back in the autumn where we will look at some of the sprint features on offer around that time.”

Marsh also reported Gr. 1 New Zealand Bloodstock 1000 Guineas contender No More Tears was ready for a big effort in the three-year old fillies feature at Riccarton this weekend. The daughter of Darci Brahma has thrived since Ellerslie and will be one of the well fancied runners in Saturday’s contest.

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part-owner Todd Hartley and has now won six of 11 starts earning over $1.1million in prizemoney.

Turn Me Loose is the only winner from Indomitable, a Danehill mare from the family of Gr. 1 Ascot Fillies Mile winner Fairy Heights.

He is the second of Iffraaj’s five individual Group One winners from a Danehill mare cross with the northern hemisphere Newmarket Fillies’ Mile winner Chriselliam bred along similar lines.

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TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Some things, truly and thankfully, are none of your business. You’re glad that you’re not the judge and jury in today’s complicated situation. You’re not even sure you have an opinion!

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Not everyone knows the right thing to say like you do. Even so, saying the right thing only helps inside the moment. Beyond the moment, what really matters is doing the right thing.

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It may feel delusional at this point, and that’s fine.

Allow yourself to be deluded.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You once made a room in your heart for a special someone who doesn’t happen to be around these days. The room is still there and the door can be unlocked at any moment.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): It’s important to make a plan, even though things rarely work out as planned.

Sitting down and plotting out specific projections will be powerful.

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CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): A relationship has pros and cons for sure, but they don’t need to be weighed against each other right now. It wouldn’t be fair. The scale is broken today.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You’re in a profoundly curious mood, particularly on subjects of philosophy, society and the human condition. Poetic notions will form in your psyche, worthy of acting on later.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You are perceptive on many levels. Close your eyes and quiet your heart.

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6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Doc McStuffins 3 0 6:50 My Little Pony 0 7:15 Matt Hatter Chronicles 3 0 7:45 SpongeBob SquarePants 0 8:15 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 0 8:40 Art Attack 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon Cougar Town PGR 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle 1:30 Love Island AO 2:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3:30 Tashi 0 4pm Jessie 0 4:30 The 4:30 Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Border Security 7:30 My Kitchen Rules International New Zealand A currency dog sniffs out a Sisters Kimberley and Brooke large sum of undeclared cash; create a country feast at their an aspiring actor has trouble Manawatu farm. 0 keeping track of the plot; 8:30 F Wentworth AO unusual body art may not be The walls are closing in on what it seems. 0 Ferguson. 0 8pm The Force PGR 0 9:35 The Walking Dead 0 8:30 Criminal Minds AO 0 10:35 2 Broke Girls PGR 0 9:35 Castle AO 0 10:35 One News Tonight 0

6am Paul Henry 9am Rachael Ray Rachael makes a payment for a mother with a large hospital bill.

9:55 3D 3 Samantha Hayes and Duncan Garner present the major news stories of the week. 0 10:30 Infomercials Noon 3 News 12:30 Baggage PGR 1pm Dr Phil AO 2pm The Ricki Lake Show PGR 3pm The Real Housewives Of OC PGR 3 4pm Entertainment Tonight 4:30 The Biggest Loser Australia 30 5:30 Come Dine With Me New Zealand 3 0 6pm 3 News

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Danny Phantom 3 7:55 Rugrats 3 8:25 Chuggington 3 8:35 Hi-5 House 3 9am The Moe Show 0 9:10 Peppa Pig 3 9:15 Fireman Sam 0 9:25 Thomas And Friends 3 9:35 Bob The Builder 3 9:45 Barney And Friends 3 10:10 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:35 Big Time Rush 3 5:05 iCarly 3 5:30 Life’s Funniest Moments 3 6pm Malcolm In The Middle 3 0 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3 7pm Story 7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 0 7:30 The Block New Zealand – 7:30 New Girl PGR 3 Villa Wars PGR 8pm The Goldbergs PGR 3 A new week of obstacles, and 8:30 M Wanderlust AO 3 with two spaces to tackle, 2012 Comedy. Rattled by feuds begin to surface. 0 sudden unemployment, a 8:35 Heroes Reborn AO 0 Manhattan couple survey 9:35 3D Samantha Hayes and alternative living options, Duncan Garner present the ultimately deciding to major news stories of the experiment with living in a week. 0 hippie commune where free 10:05 Inside Story AO 0 love rules. 0 10:40 Newsworthy 10:30 House Of Cards AO 3

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 3 1pm Football – Fifa U-17 World Cup (Delayed) Final – Teams TBA. 3pm Storage Wars – Texas PGR 3 Ricky and Bubba seem to have made the right choice as they find a collection of antique gunslinger toys.

3:30 Antiques Roadshow 3 4:30 Hot Bench Judge Judy and other judges exchange debate before reaching a verdict.

5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country British couples or families search for the perfect country home while exploring the surroundings of each location.

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Best Of Top Gear PGR Jeremy celebrates the return of a bespoke car in Italy; Richard drives on Abu Dhabi dunes; James tries new models from British sports car maker Caterham.

8:30 60 Minutes PGR 9:35 Mayday PGR 10:35 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR

6am Football – A-League (Highlights) Central Coast Mariners v Wellington Phoenix.

From Central Coast Stadium.

6:30 Basketball – NBL (Highlights) Melbourne United v New Zealand Breakers.

7am Cricket – International (Highlights) Australia v New Zealand – First Test, Day Four.

7:30 Golf – World Championship (Highlights) HSBC Champions – Round Four.

8:30 L Darts – Grand Slam Day Two, Session Two. Noon L Cricket – International Australia v New Zealand – First Test, Day Five.

3:05 The Cricket Show Live 3:35 L Cricket – International Australia v New Zealand – First Test, Day Five.

8:30 Football – Arsenal TV Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur.

11:05 Murder In The First AO Erich Blunt takes a lie-detector test to prove his innocence. 0 Midnight N Major Crimes AO 0 12:55 Te Karere 3 2 1:15 Infomercials 5:05 Impact For Life 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

11:10 The Nation An in-depth weekly local current affairs show. 0 12:20 Infomercials 5:30 City Impact Church

11:35 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

12:05 Home Shopping 1:35 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2:05 Home Shopping

11:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) Midnight Surfing – World Surf League (Highlights) 1am Squash – PSA Qatar Classic (Highlights) 2am Golf – World Championship (Highlights) 3am The Fishing Show 4am Football – A-League (Replay)

6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 Ellen welcomes the cast of Our Brand Is Crisis, including Sandra Bullock. 0 11am The Chase 0 Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale AO Andy feels betrayed; Paddy worries what Aaron will do. 0 1:30 Real Pasifik 2pm May The Best House Win 2:55 Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Buying The Bayou 7am Cheese Slices 7:30 The Living Room 8:30 Great British Garden Revival 9:30 Penn And Teller – Fool Us PGR 10:30 Better Homes And Gardens Noon Treasure King 12:30 Garage Gold 1pm The Living Room 2pm Penn And Teller – Fool Us PGR 3pm A Place In The Sun 3:30 Dig Wars 4pm Natural World – Lions And Giants 5pm Jamie At Home 5:30 Poh’s Kitchen 6pm Salvage Hunters 7pm Beverly Hills Pawn 7:30 How Cities Work A look at the ingenious engineering that enables cities across the globe to function.

8:30 The Kindness Diaries A man who relies on the kindness of strangers to travel the world, without a cent to his name, thanks his travel benefactors with a life changing gift.

9pm Getaway Indoor skydiving at one of the world’s largest vertical wind tunnels; paradise on the Cook Islands.

9:30 A Great Welsh Adventure With Griff Rhys Jones 10:30 Beverly Hills Pawn 11pm Jamie At Home 11:30 Poh’s Kitchen

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Midnight Bath Crashers 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am A Place In The Sun 1:30 Dig Wars 2am Natural World – Lions And Giants 3am Salvage Hunters 4am How Cities Work 5am The Kindness Diaries 5:30 Getaway

11pm Shameless AO 0 12:05 Marry Me PGR 0 12:35 Go Girls AO 3 0 1:35 Infomercials 2:35 The Real PGR 3 3:30 Revenge AO 3 0 4:15 Shake It Up 3 0 4:40 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:30 Entertainment Tonight 11:55 Infomercials

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 2 7am Pukoro 2 7:30 Kia Mau! 8am Iwi Anthems 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Matika 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Ako 3 2 3pm Fitness In The Whare 3 3:30 Pukoro 2 4pm Team Umizoomi

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SKY SPORT 2 4:30 Penguins Of Madagascar 3 5pm Pukana 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 2 6:30 Ako 3 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 #HakaNation PGR 3 8pm Karanga – The First Voice 8:30 F Native Affairs 9:30 F Songs From The Inside Wentworth AO 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2 8:30pm on TV2 11pm Mataora 11:30 Closedown

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11:15 I’d Kill For You M Treasure Coast Killing. 12:10 Web Of Lies M Baby You’re Mine. 1:05 Deadline – Crime With Tamron Hall M Capital Predator. 2pm How It’s Made PG 2:30 How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG 3:20 Auction Hunters PG 3:50 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 4:45 Space Voyages PG 5:40 Mythbusters PG 6:35 The Pool Master PG 7:30 Auction Hunters PG 8pm Auction Hunters PG 8:30 Mythbusters PG 9:30 You Have Been Warned M 10:30 How It’s Made PG 11pm How It’s Made PG 11:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M

TUESDAY

12:30 Most Evil M 1:25 Deadly Sins M 2:20 Auction Hunters PG 2:45 Chaos Caught On Camera M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:10 Dirty Jobs PG 5:05 Yukon Men M

MOVIES PREMIERE 7:35 The Imitation Game MC 2014 Drama. Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley. 9:30 Ender’s Game MV 2013 Sci-fi. Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford. 9:30 The Making Of Godzilla PG 2014 10:15 Grand Piano MVL 2013 Thriller. Elijah Wood, John Cusack. 11:45 The Expendables 3 MVL 2014 Action.

Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham.

1:50 The Imitation Game MC 2014 Drama. Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley. 3:45 After The Dark MVLSC 2013 Sci-fi. James D’Arcy, Sophie Lowe. 5:35 Prosecuting Casey Anthony PGC 2013 Drama.

Rob Lowe, Elizabeth Mitchell.

7:05 Stag 16LS 1997 Drama.

Mario Van Peebles, Andrew McCarthy, Kevin Dillon. 8:30 Deliver Us From Evil 16VLC 2014 Horror. Eric Bana, Edgar Ramirez. 10:30 Filth 18VLS 2013 Crime.

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12:10 Would Be Kings 16VLS 2009 (Mini-series) (Part 1) 1:40 Stag 16LS 1997 Drama. 3:05 Bafta: A Life In Pictures – Ron Howard PG 2013 Documentary. 3:35 Filth 18VLS 2013 Crime. 5:15 Prosecuting Casey Anthony PGC 2013 Drama.

Best of Top Gear 7:30pm on Prime

MOVIES GREATS 6:10 Inside Man MVL 2006 Crime.

Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster. 8:15 The Rainmaker MV 1997 Drama. Matt Damon, Jon Voight, Claire Danes.

10:30 Snitch MV 2013 Thriller.

Dwayne Johnson, Susan Sarandon.

12:20 Julie And Julia PGL 2009 Comedy. Meryl Streep, Amy Adams.

2:20 RocknRolla 16VL 2008 Action.

Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton.

4:15 Yours, Mine And Ours PGL 2005 Comedy. Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo, Jerry O’Connell.

5:45 The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button MLS 2008 Drama.

Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett.

8:30 Ocean’s Twelve ML 2004 Action. George Clooney, Brad Pitt.

10:35 The Hangover 16LS 2009 Comedy. Bradley Cooper.

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12:15 Boogie Nights 18VLS 1997 Drama. Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore. 2:45 Yours, Mine And Ours PGL 2005 Comedy.

Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo, Jerry O’Connell. 4:15 Ocean’s Twelve ML 2004 Action.

George Clooney, Brad Pitt.

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6am Golf – World Championship (Highlights) HSBC Champions – Round Four. 7am Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Highlights) ITM 500 Auckland – Day Three. 7:30 L Motorsport – Nascar Sprint Cup Series AAA Texas 500. Noon Motorsport – Nascar Xfinity Series (Highlights) O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge.

1pm Motorsport – MotoGrand Prix (Highlights) Valencia.

1:30 Rugby League – International (Highlights) England v Kiwis – Second Test.

2pm Basketball – NBL (Replay) Melbourne United v New Zealand Breakers.

4:20 Cricket – International (Highlights) India v South Africa – First Test, Day Four.

4:50 L Cricket – International India v South Africa – First Test, Day Five.

7:05 Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) Canterbury Kings v Wellington Firebirds.

7:35 L Cricket – International India v South Africa – First Test, Day Five.

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12:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) Australia v Blackcaps – First Test, Day Five. 1am The Fishing Show 2am Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Highlights) ITM 500 Auckland – Day Three. 2:30 Motorsport – Nascar Xfinity Series (Highlights) O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge.

3:30 Motorsport – Nascar Sprint Cup Series (Highlights) AAA Texas 500. 4:30 Motorsport – MotoGrand Prix (Highlights) Valencia. 5am Squash – PSA Qatar Classic (Highlights)

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New Zealand driver Scott McLaughlin gets his Volvo all acrobatic during yesterday afternoon’s final championship race at the Auckland ITM 500 at Pukekohe Raceway. McLaughlin eventually finished sixth in yesterday’s event.

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Whincup’s trophy win emotional

BY ERIC THOMPSON Coming into Pukekohe Raceway for the ITM 500, series leader Mark Winterbottom was happy to be racing at one of his favourite and more successful tracks.

The planets weren’t aligned this year, and the Prodrive Racing Australia driver had a horror weekend, managing only seventh and fourth in the sprint races on Saturday and a dismal 11th in yesterday’s 69-lap feature race.

His points lead in the series was cut from 258 to 239.

While Winterbottom was having a weekend to forget, defending V8 Supercars champion Jamie Whincup was experiencing a rare 2015 purple patch.

The Red Bull Racing Australia pilot has stuttered at times this

year and is out of title contention.

However, he showed his class by finishing on the podium in all three races, taking home two firsts and a second over the two days of racing to clinch the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy.

Craig Lowndes made up for a horror Saturday, when his left rear tyre exploded, spinning him on the front straight, to place second yesterday.

Scott Pye earned a first-ever podium finish with third place.

“I’d be lying if I didn’t tell you there was a little bit of emotion during the final few laps,” said Whincup.

“I was a team-mate of JR’s [Jason Richards] and I haven’t won anything this year.

“So it’s nice to come away in 2015 with one of the bigger prizes

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of the year - The Jason Richards Memorial Trophy.

“It’s been a bit of a dry spell by my standards but this weekend has been fantastic and I feel I’m back.”

Championship leader Winterbottom was philosophical about his weekend, knowing he had the car speed but just couldn’t convert it into a race win, or even a podium over the weekend.

“It’s a bit frustrating, as the car was the best it’s been in race mode all weekend [in Sunday’s race] and then I go and get turned around and end up last,” said Winterbottom.

“At least we salvaged something to finish 11th and only lost 18 points in championship.”

Two New Zealand drivers, Shane van Gisbergen and Scott

McLaughlin, showed they could be a threat on Saturday with a second and third respectively, but neither could convert their sprint race form into anything of substance during yesterday’s race.

The best of the Kiwis was McLaughlin in sixth, followed home by Fabian Coulthard in seventh, van Gisbergen in ninth and Andre Heimgartner in 21st.

McLaughlin put his car on pole for the feature race, edging out Whincup by one-thousandth of a second, and had looked racy all weekend.

However, a rule change that stated all cars must start on soft tyres and then change to hards at the fuel stop put paid to any advantage the Volvo might have had staying on softs for any extended period.

And double stacking during the stop didn’t help the Kiwi’s fortunes either.

“We rolled the dice on fuel but when the safety car came out, it stuffed our race,” said McLaughlin.

“It was a tough gig but one of those things.

“We’ve got good car speed and over the last two rounds, we’ve got a good shot at getting some good finishes.”

Coulthard’s team couldn’t find his car’s sweet spot all weekend and van Gisbergen just did not qualify well enough to make big inroads during the race.

Heimgartner, on the other hand, had slitter issues all weekend that messed with the car’s aerodynamics and had a weekend to forget.

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