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DRUG DELIGHT Medical breakthrough for Methven brothers Hope. A four-letter word that was now able to be spoken with more assurance by the McLeod family from Methven.

Young brothers Lincoln, 2, and Harlan, 8 months, pictured, today begin treatment with a trial drug to combat their debilitating and rare form of motor neurone disease.

Everyone is delighted but frustration – and fear – still exists for mother, Lani McLeod.

She is livid that the Government has been working at snail pace to announce a much-needed review of drug buying agency Pharmac, which would not fund the medicine her sons and others nationally needed for the disease.

The Pharmac review won’t be completed for months.

“People will die waiting,’’ McLeod said, firing a shot at Prime Minister Jacinda Adern and her team.

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KiwiRail boosts rail freight capacity

By Jonathan Leask jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

A new agreement between KiwiRail and Fairfield Freight Hub Ltd paves the way for increased rail volumes through KiwiRail’s current Ashburton rail site and creates the potential for a new container terminal and freight hub outside Ashburton.

The agreement creates the opportunity for KiwiRail, Fairfield Freight Hub, and Ashburton District Council to explore moving to a new site to relieve congestion in the centre of Ashburton, KiwiRail executive general manager sales and commercial Alan Piper said, and “to encourage greater use of rail and reduce the number of trucks on the roads”.

If agreement on a new hub can be reached, rail capacity is expected to increase from about 500 container movements per year currently to 6000 in the short term, and an expected 20,000 if the new hub is established.

Wareing Group Ltd’s Mark Wareing with KiwiRail’s general manager container terminals Rangi Rarere, Wilson Bulk Transport Ltd general manager Jonathan Ward and KiwiRail key account executive freight sales Paul Dinnington at the KiwiRail’s existing Ashburton container site.

PHOTO SUPPLIED “As a region, Mid Canterbury moves significant container volumes around New Zealand and for export.

“We see massive growth opportunity here,” Piper said.

In early March, Fairfield Freight Hub, which is wholly

owned by Wareing Group Ltd, will begin operating KiwiRail’s existing Ashburton container site.

The current site will remain open on West Street until the new site is ready for use, Wareing Group spokesperson Mark Wareing said.

The new container terminal and freight hub will be located in Fairton.

“We’ve been working closely with KiwiRail and the Ashburton District Council to streamline freight volumes in and out of Mid Canterbury,” Wareing said.

“We’re looking forward to collaborating with all parties once final agreements have been signed off on the move to Fairton.

“We’re working to grow the use of rail in the region.

“Helping our exporters and freight partners move more freight by rail makes sense both from a business and sustainability perspective and we hope this will stabilise the supply chain is-

sues our clients are facing.”

It will not mean a huge increase in employment, Wareing said, but the major benefit is reducing the congestion between Ashburton and Christchurch.

Fewer trucks on roads also means lower road maintenance costs, greater road safety, and fewer emissions.

Every tonne of freight carried by rail produces 70 per cent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than the equivalent freight carried by road.

Ashburton District Council Mayor Neil Brown welcomed the news.

“This agreement ensures there will be an ongoing container terminal in Ashburton, which is good for business moving goods and helps ease congestion on State Highway One. “It also gives confidence that we can enter serious discussions about how we can collectively get a new hub established in Fairton and reduce traffic congestion in central Ashburton,” Brown said.

Guardian boss tunes in The Ashburton Guardian and Hokonui Radio have forged a closer relationship.

In one of his first acts as managing editor of the Ashburton Guardian, Daryl Holden, visited resident jocks, Phill Hooper and Peter McQuarters.

In addition to their radio duties, both are popular columnists in the Guardian, showing they can write as well as talk. In return, Daryl Holden wants the Guardian to talk as well as write.

Both he and Guardian features writer, Malcolm Hopwood, will make guest appearances on breakfast radio regularly, talking about the newspaper and previewing the major stories and features included in upcoming issues.

“It’s important we showcase ourselves to Mid Canterbury people in every form, not just in the written word,’’ Holden said.

“The Guardian appears online via social media and its website. There’s also the Ashburton App and now we want to

Check him out Who: Ashburton Guardian managing editor Daryl Holden What: On Radio Hokonui with Phill Hooper When: This Friday, about 8.15am. be an engaging and informative presence on the airwaves.

“Like the Guardian has been a force in Mid Canterbury for more than 120 years, both Phill and Pete are Ashburton identities with a large following, enjoyed by the local community. They’re our kind of community-focused people.”

Boss on the air: Ashburton Guardian managing editor, Daryl Holden, rubs shoulders with (from left) Phill Hooper (Hoops) and Pete McQuarters.

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McLeod boys access drugs

By Jonathan Leask jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

It’s a breakthrough day for the battling McLeod family from Methven.

In a dramatic change of fortune, brothers, Lincoln, 2, and Harlan, 8 months, will pick up their first drug treatment from Christchurch Hospital to try and combat motor neurone disease, Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Type 2.

The boys have been accepted into a new treatment programme through a foreign drug agency and the treatment is ready for use, the boys’ mother, Lani McLeod, said.

“We are not having to wait anymore,’’ she said.

“It just feels odd that it has come through a foreign drug company than through our Government or other national channels, but we are happy it’s happening.”

Happy is probably an understatement.

The McLeod family had pursued funding for the medication through New Zealand drug agency Pharmac for months.

Pharmac would not fund the drug so the family was on the verge of giving up and moving to Australia where they could have accessed it for free.

“We were looking at houses

In brief Missing man A search and rescue operation was under way after a man, understood to be from Ashburton, failed to return home from a fishing trip in the Twizel-Tekapo area on Saturday. A police spokeswoman said they received a report of the man being overdue from a fishing trip on Sunday evening. The man’s car was located at Irishman Creek near the Tekapo Canal, on Monday.

Police were set to search the Tekapo Canal with the assistance of the Police National Dive Squad yesterday afternoon. A further update will be provided when able, the spokeswoman said.

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Happy times for Lincoln, Harlan and Thea McLeod after the boys gained access to a new treatment for their motor neurone disease.

PHOTO SUPPLIED and jobs, and just got our heads around moving before we got the call.”

To fund it themselves would have cost millions.

The Government’s delayed review of Pharmac added to their concerns.

“Our neurologist and we had

been applying and applying to Pharmac for nine months and just kept getting no after no, so we had just made the decision to move to Australia and were going to leave in January.

“It was starting to look like too much of a gamble to stay and wait for an outcome.’’

Suddenly hope emerged.

At a neurologist appointment in November, they were told about a compassionate access programme through pharmaceutical company Roche where the criteria was a perfect match for both Lincoln and Harlan.

A perfect result. A perfect day.

Pharmac review ‘too slow’ – Lani McLeod Be prepared for deaths because of the Pharmac review delay.

That’s the dire warning from Methven mum, Lani McLeod, ahead of a long-awaited independent review of Government drug buying agency Pharmac.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Health Minister Andrew Little have finally announced that the Government would conduct an independent review into Pharmac.

While it was great that an inde-

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pendent review was finally happening, Lani said it was shameful how slow the timeline had been.

Review findings would probably not be available until August.

“People will die waiting,’’ she said.

Lani’s own sons, Lincoln, 2, and Harlan, 8 months, have been impacted by the Pharmac delay.

They were desperate for a review to perhaps allow for funding approval to be given to an expensive drug they needed for treat-

ment of their rare motor neurone disease.

The Pharmac review would focus on the agency’s performance, including the timeliness and transparency of decision making.

Its budget would not be part of the assessment.

“The one thing the Government has control over is the budget,’’ Lani said.

“They say they can’t intervene in decisions, but they can make

a change through the budget, so they are taking themselves out of the equation and focusing the blame on Pharmac. (That) is what it comes across as.’’

A spokesperson for the Prime Minister defended the process to the Ashburton Guardian.

“The total amount allocated to purchase pharmaceuticals is for the Government of the day to determine alongside their other spending decisions, so it is not part of this review.”

The Ashburton District Council started carrying out its annual wastewater pipe rehabilitation works around parts of Hampstead on Tuesday. Properties south of Wellington Street on Eton, Cambridge, Oxford and Church Streets as well as on Beatty Crescent will be visited by the council’s contractors to insert structural pipelining inside the wastewater pipes. The work will involve the contractors having to access sewer manholes on people’s properties, and residents may be asked to limit discharging wastewater into the system while the work is carried out. The rehabilitation programme was set to start on Tuesday and is expected to be completed by March 20. A letter outlining the project has been sent to affected residents. The contractors, Pipe Technologies and Ashburton Contracting Ltd will be liaising directly with residents to limit any disruptions.

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REAL ESTATE

House values on the surge

By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

The housing market in Mid Canterbury is swelling skyward, however, only at a fraction of what is occurring nationally.

Latest figures outlined in the Infometrics’ Quarterly Economic Monitor for the Ashburton District indicates the market is following the national trend, with property values ascending on the back of a post-Covid resurgence.

An 8.6 per cent growth in house values was felt by the district last year to December 2020 whereas house sales remained on par for the course compared to the previous year.

The district-wide growth in house values was gradual compared to national figures where New Zealand house values increased by 13 per cent.

The average house value in the district now sits at about $400,000, although this was under half of the median value for the country.

An average home in New Zealand is valued at $806,151.

The report stated that “these prices are being pushed up by record low interest rates prompting swathes of buyers into the market”.

The rise in house values was likely fuelled by a deflation in sales volumes in Ashburton, the report said.

House values are rising in Mid Canterbury while sales have flattened.

Last week, the Reserve Bank reintroduced loan-to-value (LVR) restrictions as a means to manage an out-of-control housing market.

The rules were temporarily lifted in the wake of Covid-19.

The outlook was for housing

and residential construction to roar this year in Ashburton as efforts to constrain investors were having limited impact on the market.

In neighbouring areas, a 7.5 per cent increase in values was experienced in Selwyn for the

corresponding period with house values and new build consents skyrocketing at an extraordinary rate.

Meanwhile, house values grew 10.2 per cent in Timaru which was driving demand for new build homes in South Canterbury.

Wallowing in the suds while motoring The 1930 V Twin AJS normally comes with a sidecar, but on Saturday it sported an enamel bath.

The AJS, with bath on wheels and passenger, was ridden around the Mt Somers Holiday Park to the enjoyment of nearly 40 riders who’d brought their AJS and Matchless motorbikes to their national rally at the weekend.

Organiser, Roger Hart, said John Foster’s AJS was one of the features of the “Jampot Rally”.

The motorcycles were unique in New Zealand from the 1920s to the 60s and part of an era when they were almost as popular as cars on the road.

Hart said the rally was very successful and highlighted the distinctive landscape of the Mid Canterbury foothills. It followed the Rangitata Diversion Race from its intake at Klondyke to the Highbank Power Station.

And why Jampot? That’s what Matchless shock absorbers resembled in the early 1950s.

ECan LTP out for feedback Consultation on Environment Canterbury’s draft Long-Term Plan (LTP) 2021-31 opened on Monday.

The council’s draft LTP contains two options for consultation, both proposing a notable increase in activity and funding required to deliver it.

Option 1 is a 24.5 per cent average rates rise. It represents work costing $246.54m – about $46m more than this year, and includes all statutorily required work and provision to accelerate key projects, including public transport and the Government’s Essential Freshwater package.

Of that, $143m would be rate-funded, with the remainder made up of government grants and user-pays charges – an average increase of $136 per rateable property.

Option 2 is proposing an 18 per cent rates increase.

It represents work costing $240.19m – about $40m more than this year, and will deliver all statutorily required work, but compared to Option 1, some projects are delayed, scaled back or not proposed to be funded.

Of that, $135m would be rate-funded, with the remainder made up of government grants and user-pays charges – an average increase of $110 per rateable property.

ECan chair Jenny Hughey, said the proposals to increase activity and accelerate environmental outcomes across the region respond to what the council is hearing strongly from the community and from central government to address such issues as climate change, natural hazards, water quality and biodiversity.

However, Mid Canterbury councillor Ian Mackenzie is firmly against the level of spending proposed, describing it as “ irresponsible governance” and encouraged everyone in the district to submit on the draft LTP. No decision will be made on the final LTP until after the council has received and reviewed submissions from the community, which close on April 11, including hearing in-person from those who wish to speak to their submission, and deliberating on all the information and views that are sent in.

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Wednesday, March 10, 2021 Ashburton Guardian

Terrace Downs reopens

By Jonathan Leask jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

After almost a year, Terrace Downs Resort has opened its doors this week.

CPG Hotels, one of New Zealand’s largest privately-owned and operated hotel groups, reopened the iconic resort in the Rakaia Gorge on Tuesday.

The Resort closed its doors on March 24 last year as the country went into lockdown under Alert Level 4 restrictions and had remained closed until this week.

The conference, dining, accommodation and golfing destination is now open to the public, still under the name Terrace Downs Resort.

“We’re really looking forward to relaunching Terrace Downs and re-establishing it as a true holiday, conference and golfing destination,” CPG group operations manager, Ronnie Ronalde, said.

“The resort has been closed for the last year or so, since New Zealand went into lockdown level four, so we are very excited to have the opportunity to add our own special touches and bring the resort back to life.”

After closing in March, its owner, Hiroshi Hasegawa, died in Japan at the age of 59 from Covid-19 in April.

Hasegawa was the sole shareholder and co-director of the company, and his estate put the resort up for auction.

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In brief Freshwater case Rangitata MP, Jo Luxton, doubts whether she can change the government’s freshwater regulations, announced last year. However, she’s meeting Environment Minister David Parker and Minister of Agriculture Damien O’Connor about concerns raised in Mid Canterbury. Luxton acknowledges the regulations, which cover a range of issues including freshwater use, stock exclusion and water catchment, are concerning to our rural community.

“It’s an emotive issue and I want to keep the lines of communication open,” she said. Luxton is cautious about whether the initiative will substantially alter the government’s thinking, but she “wants to start a conversation and seek an alternative solution.” She reiterates she’s an MP who listens, represents everyone and takes the issues of her constituents to Wellington. “I want to be solution focused and ensure our farming community is seen in a positive light.”

Resurfacing Terrace Downs Resort has reopened after being closed for almost a year.

CPG Hotels purchased the resort for $6.6m in September.

Following the acquisition and reopening, Ronalde said food will play a central role at the resort, which can host up to 150 people for conferences.

Called The Clubhouse, the restaurant will open daily for breakfast and all-day dining until late.

Award-winning group executive chef, Jinu Abraham, will cre-

Hospice donation Potatoes have profited Hospice Mid Canterbury. Ashburton’s Plains Rotary Club President Steve Allen recently presented $1000 to Hospice Mid Canterbury Volunteer Services manager Belinda Brand.

During its recent potato fundraiser, the Rotarians were able to use a seed-cleaning warehouse at the South Island Seed Dressing Company for the packing of the potatoes during the project.

In lieu of payment for the use of the warehouse, manager of South Island Seed Dressing Company, Brent Clarke, requested the Rotarians instead make a donation to a local charity and Hospice Mid Canterbury were the benefactors.

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ate a menu built around a focus on local inspiration, whole foods, and sustainable produce grown and raised locally in the Terrace Downs region, he said.

Day-to-day the restaurant will be run by Scott Buckler, an award-winning Canterbury chef who has most recently headed the No.31 restaurant at Hanmer Springs.

As well as the resort reopening

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to guests, the par 72 golf course is also once again open to the public.

CPG will look at further refurbishing the resort later this year, Ronalde said, and will eventually bring it under the group’s luxury Fable brand.

Fable delivers 5-star full-service luxury, with local touches and artful details that set them apart, he said.

Motorists were caught out by resurfacing work on State Highway 1 at the Rakaia Railway overbridge on Monday morning.

The resurfacing work reduced SH1 to one lane with stop-go traffic management in place causing over 20-minute delays. NZTA journey manager, Tresca Forrester, said the sealing work was standard maintenance that was scheduled for between 4-7am but the work went past 7am, causing delays for road users. “We apologise to all road users held up and will aim to ensure it does not happen in future,” she said. Subject to the weather staying dry, the sealing was due to be finished last night and then 48 hours to bed in the chip and the road will be line marked. All work will be finished by 7am each day.

New trust team The Community Trust of Mid and South Canterbury has appointed a new community relations manager.

Lorel Hallinan has been appointed to this role permanently following the resignation of Rosie Oliver.

Lorel was in this role in 2020 while Rosie was on parental leave. Lorel will be responsible for overseeing the grants application process and helping groups with the online application process. Kathryn Barber joined the team in January in the new role of operations co-ordinator. Kathryn looks after Community Trust administration, marketing, general grant enquiries and support for trust applicants.

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Wednesday, March 10, 2021 Ashburton Guardian OPINION

A right royal . . . revelation

By Malcolm Hopwood

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’ve always had a love/hate relationship with the Royals.

I’ve followed them all my life, seen them in the distance, but only met one of them for the briefest of moments, but when Meghan and Harry talked to Oprah Winfrey on Monday night, I was front seat in front of the biggest screen.

It brought me back to when I was a small child when the Queen and Duke toured in 1953.

I recall standing on an apple box in front of Clarendon Hotel in Christchurch, waiting for hours for them to appear on the balcony.

My parents had become groupies and followed them throughout Canterbury. My Dad even chased the Royal carriage down the tracks as the train departed for Otago. Prince Philip called after him: “Keep running, I’ll see you in Dunedin.”

There was a moment when, with my three-year-old son, Nicholas, on my shoulders, we watched the Queen and Duke disappear into Ashburton Domain for nosh with the locals. Later, he fielded at deep midwicket while Prince Charles played cricket at Fendalton School.

But my big moment arrived when Prince Andy flew into Ohakea on his way to inspect his regiment at Linton Camp. I

He has something of a royal look about himself so it’s perhaps no surprise that the Guardian’s Malcolm Hopwood tuned in for Harry and Meghan’s tell-all TV interview with Oprah Winfrey.

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realised he had to drive through Palmerston North and arranged for him to play one hole of golf with two of Manawatu’s finest, Grant Waite and Craig Perks.

Andy took part in celebrity Pro-Ams, so it made sense. But a member of the ceremonial office took me aside and whispered: “He’s a prince, not a commoner and he doesn’t do stunts.”

Twenty years later, I still remember being cut down to size.

Instead, I was put in charge of the city’s autograph book. I was told to get Andy’s signature before he left town. He burst through the doors, shouting: “right, where is it?,” with the same voice he used for Jeffrey Epstein. “It is here,

your Royal Highness,” I fawned, stopping his progress.

He signed and that was our chat together. I call it a conversation.

Much later, when Harry and Meghan visited New Zealand and were given stupid gifts to take home to the UK, I decided to act.

I met with a top rose grower and President Emeritus of the Rose Society and asked if we could crossbreed a rose for the Royals.

The idea was to present a fragrant cutting to them for planting at Frogmore House. It sounded great.

The answer was, yes, a rose could be hybridised. That’s the word in rarefied circles. I chose

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In brief Stolen ute set on fire Police are investigating an incident in which a stolen ute was set alight near Mt Somers on Monday. A couple of Fire and Emergency (Fenz) crews responded to the car blaze down at the river bed off Arundel-Rakaia Gorge Road just after 5am. A Fenz spokesman confirmed the fire which was extinguished about 5.40am was treated as suspicious with police later notified. A police spokeswoman confirmed the vehicle had been stolen from a Mayfield property overnight, however no arrests had been made.

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the name, Markle Sparkle, and the breeding process began. The trouble is it takes two or three years. That’s a long time between drinks.

By then the couple had given the index finger to Britain, Buckingham Palace and millions of loyal fans and left for Los Angeles.

When I inquired how Markle Sparkle would go down, I was told by the rose’s UK agent, it would be as popular as Donald Trump revisiting the White House.

I realised how vindictive the British public can be, so I watched the doco last night, trying to be as sympathetic as I could to Harry and Meghan.

Perhaps the name should have been, Markle Debacle. It seems more apt now, don’t you think?

A number of fire crews responded to a hedge fire near Rakaia on Sunday. Appliances from Rakaia, Lauriston and Pendarves rushed to the out of control burn at Hatfield around 12.40pm that afternoon. A Fire and Emergency NZ (Fenz) spokesman said about 100 metres of hedge was alight with crews utilising high pressure hoses to extinguish the blaze by 2pm.

Court appearance A 58-year-old Corromandel man charged over a boat rage incident briefly appeared in court yestrerday. The man, who has name suppression, appeared by audio visual link in the Thames District Court yesterday morning.

He is charged with operating a vessel dangerously and two counts of assault. He has yet to enter a plea and will return to court later this month.

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Guardian photographer Laura Bagrie was doing the rounds of the sporting venues last weekend, and caught plenty of action through the lens.

Wednesday, March 10, 2021 Ashburton Guardian

The Dance for David free-for-all was held in Methven on Sunday after being postponed seven days prior.

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METHVEN

Dance for David takes off

By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

Fundraising efforts for David Dirks’ family has continued to hit new heights.

Nearly $27,000 has been raised for the Methven family over the past fortnight as a four-minute video of the Jerusalema challenge has done the

rounds online. “It’s been amazing,” event organiser Karen Manning said.

Dance for David has been in aid of 12-year-old Mount Hutt College pupil David Dirks who remains on a waiting list at Auckland Starship Hospital for a full heart transplant.

The implications of waiting for the transplant and David’s recovery was expected to cost

his family thousands.

“We would like to raise funds to support the family’s reasonable travel, accommodation and living costs during this time,” it says on the accompanying Givealittle page.

The clip, filmed and edited by Markham Media’s Stacey White, features numerous members of the Methven community performing the dance challenge

which went viral last year.

It has been viewed more than 100,000 times online and shared by hundreds following a publicity push on television last week.

The initiative was also praised

by Organ Donation New Zealand on its Facebook page.

Like other challenge videos, the footage is laid to the song Jerusalema by South African DJ/producer Master KG.

An expanded dance-off involving dozens of Methven residents was scheduled to take place on February 28 before a shift to Covid Alert Level 2 forced a postponement.

The get-together was held on Sunday despite the weather reportedly being a hindrance.

A total of 436 donations amounting to $26,575 had been made as of yesterday.

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OUR VIEW

McLeods finally have hope

By Daryl Holden daryl.h@theguardian.co.nz

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omething to smile about. At last.

That’s how the brave little McLeod brothers Lincoln, 2, and Harlan, 8 months, and their Methven family, would be feeling after being accepted on to a drug trial programme to help combat their debilitating motor neurone disease.

From today, the McLeods will be one of just five New Zealand families to trial a drug through a compassionate access programme set up by a foreign drug agency – and it could turn out to be a life saver.

Already, the trial news would have partly lifted the dark clouds that had hovered over the McLeods because the boys’ disease was not only rare, but very cruel, especially without specialist medical treatment. Muscles of those with the disease basically waste away and stop working. The sufferers become weaker and weaker. Early deaths result.

Coping with that, and staying positive, has been the new normal for the McLeods. Goodness knows how they’ve managed. And they’ve done it with no help or apparent understanding from Captain Kindness and her Government.

The McLeods have been battling – pleading – with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to quickly meet an election promise to review drug agency Pharmac and to determine whether it could do a better job for New Zealanders. Um, that’s an easy one to answer and you don’t need a review to work it out. Hell, yes, Pharmac could do a better job.

Pharmac decides what medicines and pharmaceutical products are subsidised in New Zealand for use in the community and public hospitals. But it doesn’t have the budget to fund every drug, so some life and death decisions are often made because of cost. The McLeods know all about that because the medicine they, and many others nationally needed, to treat their boys was not on the Pharmac approval list, even though it was funded and available in about 50 countries worldwide. To fund it themselves would have cost the McLeods millions.

Fortunately, a drug company executive has ridden in on a big white horse and tapped into a compassionate programme for the McLeods to use the product, with the treatment available from Christchurch Hospital. That really is fantastic news.

The McLeods now at least have some hope but not thanks to Pharmac and the fixed, tight nature of its budget, which is stopping it from really serving New Zealanders to the level we need and expect.

The McLeods would agree with that.

YOUR VIEW Ashburton Hospital

Recently I had cause to spend some time at the Emergency Department at the Ashburton Hospital with my sister.

The care, compassion, kindness and respect with which she was treated was faultless.

I can’t speak highly enough

of the staff who we came in contact with.

Sandy Redmond

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These are the pitfalls when we rush new rules

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t has come to light in the last week or so that MPI’s advice to cabinet around the Essential Freshwater legislation included reservations around the nitrate bottom line and the impact on agriculture.

Of course this drew much faux shock and horror from the environmental NGO quarter, a la ‘how dare they not put the environment first’.

Well, because they are not the Ministry FOR the Environment, they are the Ministry FOR Primary Industries. The hint is in the name.

Their job is to provide the decision makers – the minister, and then cabinet – with information around how proposed legislation or actions will impact upon primary production in New Zealand.

The Ministry for the Environment presents the environmental impacts.

One would hope that Treasury would then expand on the impacts to primary production, environmental outcomes, and provide analysis on what this will mean for the economy, for jobs, etc.

The aim is that our decision

By Andrew Hoggard FROM THE FARM makers in cabinet are armed with a comprehensive understanding of the issue from all angles and are then able to make a balanced decision for the country.

There have been recent calls for a review of the political decisions around the nitrate rules in the essential freshwater legislation and how they were arrived at. At Federated Farmers we 100 per cent agree with that.

Why was a nitrate toxicity figure settled on, with no knowledge around what that number would mean for farming in many catchments?

In fact this work is only occurring now, despite the fact it underpins understanding of the economic costs of new rules, what this would mean to jobs, and tax revenue, thus the government’s ability to fund social services.

Surely there should have been a number of government minis-

ters asking those questions before agreeing to any legislation.

The Minister of Finance for one.

But let’s not just stop at reviewing that one component. Surely we should also be asking some questions around the intensive winter grazing rules.

How do you have a situation

How do we have a situation with the stock exclusion rules where the ministry has grossly underestimated the area of land captured, underestimated the costs to the sector and not looked into what their new regulations might mean.

Did they even look at the

Why was a nitrate toxicity figure settled on, with no knowledge around what that number would mean for farming in many catchments? where you pass some rules and then barely one week later change a few of them because it becomes very obvious they are impractical, and with hopefully more changes to come.

Did no one designing these rules actually head down to Southland, put a pair of gumboots on and get out to take a look from a practical standpoint of what is realistic and what isn’t.

farms they own, like Molesworth Station, which will now have to build and maintain an estimated 300km of fencing\costing in the order of $6 to $7 million. That’s just alongside the Awatere river; it doesn’t include the cost of stock water reticulation or if any of this is in fact possible.

Did anyone in Cabinet then question what water quality outcome will be gained in the

Awatere river for all that cost and whether it’s worth it.

Did the Minister of Local Government question the implications for communities of meeting the costs of every council having to redo its regional water plans to make them compliant with the new NPS for Freshwater, (conservatively estimated by officials to be $1.5 billion).

This at a time when up and down the length of the country ratepayers are facing eye-watering rates increases to fund long overdue improvements to critical water infrastructure.

So yes, let’s definitely have a review, because if there was ever an example of poor process leading to poor decisions then the Essential Freshwater legislation is the case study in it.

Andrew Hoggard is the president of Federated Farmers of NZ. The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof

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his year’s Mayfield A&P Show will again offer a fun day out for the whole family, with popular favourites such as the pig racing and tractor pull guaranteed to draw a crowd.

The 96th Mayfield A&P Show will be held on Saturday, March 13.

Along with the ever-popular pig racing, the show features a clydesdale tug-of-war, pet tent, and children’s scavenger hunt as well as the traditional favourites of craft sites, trade displays, livestock judging, shearing, dog trials, produce shed, food and live entertainment.

“The pig racing is always a hit,” show president Sheryl Harrison said. “We have big crowds at every race.”

About 10 pigs will run through tunnels and over an obstacle course to the finish line. “Someone supplies and trains the pigs so they are used to the course and they run to the feed.” Five races will be held, three in the morning and two in the afternoon, with Lynda Topp, of the Topp Twins and Chris Murphy providing a race commentary.

In a fundraising event for the Southern Rugby Club, people can bet on which pig will win.

Harrison said the show would be a great community day out, with live entertainment on the village green, a great range of food sites and lots of activities for children. This included a pop-up playground, carnival rides, pet tent and an eartag in a haystack hunt.

In a twist to the usual tug-of-war competition, teams of children and adults will compete against clydesdale horses from the Dayboo Stud.

Quigley’s will also have some big contracting machinery on hand to give kids rides. “There will be plenty of vintage machinery and tractors.”

The tractor pull will feature modified tractors, along with farmers in the district

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Above – The ever-popular pig racing always draws a big crowd.

Top right – The Topp Twins’ Ken, aka Lynda Topp, will be calling the pig racing again.

Right – Equestrian classes remain a staple of the Mayfield A&P Show.

Bottom – The tractor pull will feature modified tractors from Southland to North Canterbury, as well as agricultural tractors and plenty of noise.

entering their tractors. “The noise always attracts a crowd.”

A new layout trialled last year where the tractor pull was brought closer by integrating it into the showgrounds would be continued after proving successful.

The equestrian classes were always well supported, with Harrison paying tribute to horse convenor Helen Saxelby, who will retire after this year’s show having convened the section since 2009.

Harrison said that from her own experience, becoming involved with the show helped her become part of the community.

Sheryl and her husband Gary have an agricultural spraying contracting business and live around the corner from the Mayfield showgrounds.

“My two daughters went to Mayfield School and for years entered in classes in the produce shed such as the flower saucer.” This led her to start exhibiting herself, eventually taking on the role of produce shed convener.

Having previously spent much of show day in the produce shed, Harrison said she was looking forward to being president. “It’s going to be great as I will get to see everything.

“It’s a community day out and a great opportunity for people to get off the farm, or away from what they do and catch up with their neighbours and other people in the community.

“It’s a fun day with the family.”

The organising committee was hold-

ing its breath there were no changes to Covid-19 alert levels, with plans to hold an emergency meeting if necessary.

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The Ile de France breed comes from an area near Paris. A cross between a Dishley leicester and a rambouillet (French merino), they were originally known as the Dishley merino.

The breed will be exhibited by Robert and Jean Forrester of Omihi, North Canterbury who have 300 stud ewes. “We will be taking six or seven, as many as I can fit in the truck,” Jean Forrester said.

The breed is known for its fast growth rates, ability to thrive in a dry climate, good fertility and strong maternal traits.

It also has an extended breeding season, being capable of lambing three

times in two years.

“They are also showing some potential as a milking sheep. They would be a good breed to put across milking breeds such as east friesian and lacaune,” Forrester said.

“They lamb at 170 to 180 per cent and have mid micron wool.

“We imported some semen from France two years ago and some of those rams have 23 to 24 micron wool.”

The Forresters won the national ewe hogget competition in 2013 with a wairere composite, though they have since moved away from farming that breed.

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MHV Water will be doing free Nitrate Concentration Tests at the Mayfield Show, Saturday March 13 2021.

Bring a 50mL water sample (in a clean jar) and MHV Water will test the nitrate concentration for you.

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mproving knowledge of water health is just one of the many ways MHV Water is looking after the environment for now and in the future.

MHV Water is a co-operative with over 200 farmer shareholders across the Hekeao Hinds Plains, to which it delivers water for irrigation and manages environmental compliance.

It will have a tent at this year’s Mayfield A&P Show where people can come and ask questions and get their water tested.

MHV commenced routine groundwater monitoring of NO3-N (nitrate) levels within the MHV scheme area in September 2016. From an initial survey of 29 bores, the programme has now expanded to regular testing of up to 114 bores and 30 surface water sites.

MHV Water chief executive Mel Brooks said the results of the 2020 ground and surface water monitoring are encouraging. On average there were consistent reductions in nitrate in both surface and groundwater across the Hekeao Hinds Plains and this is even more promising given the increase in sample size.

“Our farmers are working hard on farm to reduce their environmental footprint and whilst we know there is more mahi to do, it is promising to see the downward trend. Groundwater quality improvements are unlikely to be linear, and there is so much that we still don’t know, so by

increasing our knowledge we can make informed decisions to continue to drive long-term environmental improvements.”

Brooks is also positive about the whole community approach. “In the Hekeao Hinds Plains we have a number of community and catchment groups who are working together for a common goal.

We are a founding partner of the Hekeao Hinds Water Enhancement Trust (HHWET) which is undertaking the largest groundwater rehabilitation project in New Zealand, and we are now partnering with HHWET and Barrhill Chertsey Irrigation to deliver a monitoring programme for the whole of the Hekeao Hinds Plains.”

If you want to know more about the Hekeao Hinds water monitoring programme, or want to get involved, see the MHV website.

Brooks said all people need to do to get their water tested at the show, was bring a clean 50ml container filled with water to the MHV tent.

“We want to help raise awareness and demonstrate the processes we undertake.

Our senior hydrogeologist Justin Legg is an expert in this area and will be on hand to answer anyone’s questions.

“As a scheme, our responsibility is much more than just delivering water and we are proud of the role we play within the community and are happy to share results and actions more broadly.”

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10:15 The Grudge 16VC 2020 Horror. A detective attempts to investigate a mysterious case, only to discover the scene of the crime is cursed by a vengeful ghost. Andrea Riseborough, Demian Bichir.

11:50 Bad Boys For Life 16VLSC 2020 Action.

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8:30 Death At A Funeral MLS 2010 Comedy. A funeral ceremony turns into a debacle of exposed family secrets and misplaced bodies. Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence.

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10am Aotearoa Rugby Pod 10:30 Super Rugby Australia (HLS) Waratahs v Force.

11am Super Rugby Australia (HLS) Rebels v Brumbies.

11:30 South African PreSeason (RPL) 1:30 French Top 14 (RPL) Toulouse v Brive. 3:30 French Top 14 (RPL) Castres v La Rochelle.

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8pm Hari With The Maori Sidesteps The Maori Sidesteps perform in this variety show that captures what it is to be a New Zealander, through a Maori lens.

8:30 Marae DIY Bringing together the tribe and the community to rebuild and restore a marae in just four days.

9:30 Mura O Te Ahi PG A debate how that showcases natural Maori humour and wit.

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Oasis – Supersonic, at 7:30pm

Dr Dee Alaska Vet, at 3:30pm

6am Breakfast The Breakfast team presents news, interviews, weather, and information. 0 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show PG Ellen DeGeneres brings her brand of humour to daytime talk. 0 10am Tipping Point 3 0 11am The Chase 3 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PG 0 1pm Coronation Street PG 3 0 2pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show PG 3 0 3pm Tipping Point 0 4pm Te Karere 2 4:30 Country House Hunters PG 0 5pm The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Filthy House SOS A pair of expert cleaners take on some of Britain’s filthiest and most cluttered homes. 0 8:30 It’s Your Fault I’m Fat ML 0 9:30 Coronation Street PG 0 10:30 1 News Tonight 0 11pm The Late Cut Cricket Show M0 11:35 Towies ML 3 There is chaos on the Bruce Highway at 3am, after a semi-trailer and two B-doubles smash nose-to-tail. 0

6am Les Mills Born To Move 0 6:25 Masha’s Tales 3 6:30 In The Night Garden 3 0 7am Agent Binky – Pets Of The Universe 0 7:25 Monchhichi Tribe 0 7:50 Dennis And Gnasher 0 8:15 Ricky Zoom 0 8:35 Elena Of Avalor 3 0 9am Infomercials 9:30 Religious Programming 10am Les Mills Adult Classes 0 10:30 Neighbours PG 3 0 11am The Bachelor NZ PG 0 Noon The 100k Drop 3 0 1:05 Judge Rinder PG 2:05 The Middle 3 0 2:35 Home And Away PG 3 0 3:05 Shortland Street PGC 3 0 3:40 Bizaardvark 3 0 4:05 Raven’s Home 3 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons PG 3 0 5:30 The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6pm Neighbours PG 0 6:30 Home And Away PG 0 7pm Shortland Street PG 0 7:30 Police Ten 7 PG 8pm Travel Guides NZ PG The guides enjoy a luxury escape at a five-star resort in Marlborough’s Bay of Many Coves. 0 9:05 Casualty 24/7 PGC 0 10:05 Fear Factor 16L 0 11:05 Police Ten 7 PG 3 11:35 Gordon Ramsay’s 24Hrs To Hell And Back 16L 3 0

6am The AM Show 9am Infomercials 10:30 Making It 3 0 11:30 Newshub Live At 11:30am Noon Bondi Vet 3 0 1pm M The Missing Sister M 2019 Thriller. When Sharon finally tracks down her estranged sister Raven, she is elated to be back together until she begins to suspect that Raven is not her sister at all. Katrina Begin, Diora Baird, Mark Famiglietti. 0 2:55 Australian Ninja Warrior 3 0 4:30 Newshub Live At 4:30pm 5pm Millionaire Hot Seat 0 6pm Newshub Live At 6pm 7pm The Project 7:30 Married At First Sight Australia PG 3 9pm The Graham Norton Show M Guests include Daniel Kaluuya, Sienna Miller, Adrian Lester, Mayim Bialik, Marcus Brigstocke, Rachel Parris and Arlo Parks. 0 10:05 Live At The Apollo 16 3 Canadian comedy star Katherine Ryan is the host, introducing German comic Henning Wehn and James Acaster. 0 11:05 Newshub Late 11:25 NCIS M 3 The team begins an undercover stakeout when their lead suspect in an old unsolved case is released from prison. 0 12:25 Infomercials

6am Jeopardy 3 6:25 Ready Set Dance 3 0 6:30 Butterbean’s Café 0 6:55 The Loud House 3 0 7:20 Ben 10 – Omniverse 3 0 7:45 Danger Mouse 3 0 8:10 The Thundermans 3 0 8:35 Double Dare 3 0 9:05 A Place In The Sun – Winter Sun 3 10am The Doctors PGVC 3 11am Hot Bench PG 11:30 Endeavour MVLS 3 0 1:30 Married… With Children PG 3 2pm The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm American Pickers PGC 5pm Everybody Loves Raymond PG 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Pawn Stars PG 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 M Oasis – Supersonic ML 3 2016 Documentary. An in-depth look at the life and music of Manchester-based rock band, Oasis. 0 10pm We’re Here MLC In Branson, Missouri, the queens help three locals struggling to find their true selves.

11:15 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG

6am Alone PGC 7am Forever Summer With Nigella 7:30 Jamie’s Quick And Easy Food 8am Coyote Peterson – Brave The Wild 9am Down East Dickering 10am My Floating Home 10:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC 11:30 Wheeler Dealers 12:30 Aussie Lobster Men PGL 1:30 Ice Cold Gold PGL 2:30 Chasing Monsters 3:30 Dr Dee Alaska Vet PGC Dr Dee takes her dog to a specialist in Anchorage for eye surgery.

4:30 Jamie And Jimmy’s Food Fight Club 5:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC 6:30 Wheeler Dealers 7:30 Forged In Fire PGC Four previously eliminated bladesmiths return to the forge for a shot at redemption.

8:30 Ed Stafford – Left For Dead PGC 9:30 Nor’easter Men 10:30 Wheeler Dealers 11:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC

Friday

12:05 Why Am I? M 3 0 1:05 Te Karere 3 2 1:30 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

BRAVO 10am Don’t Be Tardy PG 3 10:30 Million Dollar Listing 3 11:30 Snapped M 3 12:30 The People’s Court 3 1:30 The Real Housewives Of Orange County PG 3 2:35 Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry PG 3 3:35 Hoarders PG 3 4:30 Catfish PG 3 5:30 Face Off PG 3 6:30 Million Dollar Listing 3 7:30 SAS Australia The fatigued recruits drop from a helicopter into cold water carrying 20kg backpacks, before making their way to shore as a group then racing to the top of a mountain.

8:30 Below Deck M Pushed to the brink, Francesca loses all trust in Elizabeth.

9:30 Tattoos After Dark PG Amber Nicole gets an Egyptian goddess tattoo; rocker Saxon gets her name in lights; two cousins push Christine to the breaking point with their indecisiveness.

10pm Tattoos After Dark 16 10:30 Snapped M 3 11:25 Killer Couples M 3 12:15 Infomercials

Friday

12:35 Hell’s Kitchen 16L 3 0 1:20 Shortland Street PG 3 0 1:50 Infomercials 2:50 2 Overnight 4:15 The Middle 3 0 4:35 Neighbours PG 3 0 5am Infomercials

SKY 5 6am Jeopardy! 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 6:45 The Simpsons PG 7:10 Ax Men ML 8am The Force MC 8:25 Highway Thru Hell PG 9:15 Pawn Stars PG 9:40 CSI – Miami MV 10:30 CSI MV 11:30 The Force MC 11:55 Jeopardy!

12:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 12:50 Forensics NZ MVC 1:40 Prison First And Last 24 Hours MVLC 2:30 CSI – Miami MV 3:20 Ax Men ML 4:10 The Simpsons PG 4:35 Jeopardy!

5pm Wheel Of Fortune PG 5:30 Pawn Stars PG 6pm Highway Thru Hell PG 7pm The Force MC 7:30 CSI – Miami MV Horatio uncovers a corruption scandal that pits him against an old adversary.

8:30 NCIS – New Orleans MV 9:30 Hawaii Five-0 MV 10:30 CSI MV 11:20 Criminal Minds 16VS

Friday

12:05 Ax Men ML 12:55 Wheel Of Fortune PG 1:20 Jeopardy! 1:40 The Force MC 2:05 Hawaii Five-0 MV 2:55 NCIS – New Orleans MV 3:40 CSI MV 4:30 Pawn Stars PG 4:50 CSI – Miami MV 5:35 The Simpsons PG

Friday

12:15 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 12:45 Closedown

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREAtS

7:31 The Crime Boss 16VLSC 2020 Drama. Liam Hemsworth, Vince Vaughn. 9:12 The Grudge 16VC 2020 Horror.

Andrea Riseborough, Demian Bichir. 10:47 Bad Boys For Life 16VLSC 2020 Action. Will Smith, Martin Lawrence. 12:52 Little Women 2019 Drama.

Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson.

3:07 Into The Ashes 16VLSC 2019 Thriller.

4:47 Changeland 16LSC 2018 Comedy. 6:15 Midway MVLC 2019 Action. Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson. 8:30 The Hunt 16VLSC 2019 Action. Twelve strangers find themselves in a battle for their very survival after they are kidnapped and hunted for sport by a group of wealthy elites. Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank.

10:05 The Best Of Enemies MC 2019 Drama. During the racially-charged summer of 1971, a civil-rights activist and a Ku Klux Klan leader reluctantly co-chair a community meeting.

Taraji P Henson, Sam Rockwell.

7:20 Rules Of Attraction 18VLSC 2002 Action. 9:07 Clear History MVL 2013 Drama.

10:45 Ali MVL 2001 Drama.

1:20 Death At A Funeral MLS 2010 Comedy. 2:50 Sherlock Holmes MV 2009 Action.

4:55 Edge Of Tomorrow MVL 2014 Action. 6:45 The Day The Earth Stood Still MV 2008 Sci-fi. Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith.

8:30 Eastern Promises 18VS 2007 Drama. A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth, leaving clues to a midwife in her journal that could tie her baby to a rape involving a Russian Mafia family.

Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen.

10:15 Step Brothers 16LSC 2008 Comedy. When two men must live together as stepbrothers after their parents marry, their narcissism and laziness threaten family togetherness. Will Ferrell, John C Reilly. 11:50 Sherlock Holmes MV 2009 Action.

Robert Downey jr, Jude Law, Rachel McAdams.

Friday

12:15 Jumanji – The Next Level PGVL 2019 Adventure.

2:15 Into The Ashes 16VLSC 2019 Thriller. 3:50 The Hunt 16VLSC 2019 Action.

5:20 Changeland 16LSC 2018 Comedy.

Friday

1:55 Edge Of Tomorrow MVL 2014 Action. 3:45 The Day The Earth Stood Still MV 2008 Sci-fi. 5:30 Eastern Promises 18VS 2007 Drama.

Friday

12:30 Jamie And Jimmy’s Food Fight Club 1:30 My Floating Home 2am Breaking The Magician’s Code PGC 3am Dr Dee Alaska Vet PGC 4am Ed Stafford – Left For Dead PGC 5am Mysteries At The Museum PGC

SKY SPORt 1 8am Rugby Heaven 9am Playmakers – Rugby Stories 9:30 South African PreSeason (RPL) 11:30 Super Rugby Australia (RPL) Waratahs v Force.

1:30 Super Rugby Australia (RPL) Rebels v Brumbies.

3:30 Aotearoa Rugby Pod 4pm Playmakers – Rugby Stories 4:30 Gallagher Premiership (RPL) 6:30 French Top 14 (RPL) Toulouse v Brive.

8:30 Sky Rugby Show 9pm NPC Archives (RPL) Division One Semi-final 1997 – Canterbury v Auckland.

11pm Playmakers – Rugby Stories 11:30 South African PreSeason (RPL)

Friday

1:30 Sky Rugby Show 2am Gallagher Premiership Highlights 3am NPC Archives Division One, Semifinal 1997 – Canterbury v Auckland. 5am South African Pre-Season (HLS) 5:30 South African Pre-Season (HLS)

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

6:30 Pipi Ma 6:35 Takaro Tribe 3 6:50 Waiata Mai 3 7am Te Ao Tapatahi 8am Wiki Ha 8:30 Pukana 2 9am He Kakano 3 9:30 Opaki 3 10am Wairua 10:30 Ki Tua 11am Nga Tangata Taumata Rau Aotearoa Noon Whatta Beauty PG 12:30 Mama Son Learner League 3 1pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 1:30 Ako 3 2 2pm Toku Reo 3 2 3pm Korero Mai 3 3:30 Pukana 2 4pm Pukana 2 4:30 Miharo 2 5pm Pipi Ma 5:05 Takaro Tribe 3 5:20 Waiata Mai 3 5:30 Tamariki Haka 3 5:40 Te Nutube 5:50 Kids Kai Kart 6pm Darwin And Newts 3 6:10 He Rourou 3 6:20 Paia 3 6:30 Te Ao Marama 7:30 Rage Against The Rangatahi PG Ipurangi – online or real world friends?

8pm Rage Against The Rangatahi PG Marriage and relationships – what happens on a perfect date? And should Maori marry Maori?

8:30 Waiata Nation 3 9pm F The Barber 2 PG Jonique carves herself a new path; Peleti comes to terms with his past.

9:30 Ahikaroa MLC More drama at Te Pa; Hemi is officially homebound; Geo plays a game of hot and cold before turning the heat up to super-hot.

10pm He Aha To Say 3 10:30 Mura O Te Ahi PG 3 11pm Senior Kapa Haka Regionals 2020 3 11:30 Closedown

UKtV

DISCOVERY

6:30 EastEnders PG 6:55 The Graham Norton Show M 7:45 The Bill MVC 8:35 Inspector George Gently M 10:10 Father Brown M 10:55 Call The Midwife PG 11:55 Midsomer Murders PG 1:30 The Bill MVC 2:25 New Tricks MVLC 3:25 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown M 4:20 The Graham Norton Show M 5:15 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 6:20 QI M 6:55 EastEnders PG 7:25 QI M 8pm Would I Lie To You? PG With Nadiya Hussain, Diane Morgan, Bob Mortimer and Michael Smiley.

8:30 All Round To Mrs Brown’s MLS Agnes and her family are joined by Danny Dyer, Amir Khan and Kate Humble.

9:30 The Graham Norton Show PG 10:30 Doc Martin PG 11:20 Midsomer Murders PG

Friday

12:50 QI M 1:20 QI M 1:50 Would I Lie To You? PG 2:25 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 3:30 All Round To Mrs Brown’s MLS 4:25 The Graham Norton Show PG 5:20 Holby City MC 11Mar21

6:35 How Do They Do It? PG 7am How It’s Made PG 7:30 House Hunters Renovation PG A Rogue Renovation.

8:20 House Hunters International PG 8:45 House Hunters International PG 9:10 Top Gear PG 10am Fast N’ Loud PG 10:50 Homestead Rescue PG 11:40 100 Days Wild PG 12:30 House Hunters Renovation PG 1:20 House Hunters International PG 1:45 House Hunters International PG 2:10 Outback Pilots PG 3pm Gold Rush – White Water PG 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG 4:45 Fast N’ Loud PG 5:40 Outback Pilots PG 6:35 Gold Rush PG 7:30 Gold Rush PG 8:30 Outback Opal Hunters PG 9:25 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 10:15 Homestead Rescue PG 11:05 Naked And Afraid MLC 11:55 How It’s Made PG

Friday

12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 Mysteries Of The Deep PG 1:35 Deadliest Catch PG 2:25 Naked And Afraid MLC 3:15 Bering Sea Gold PG 4:05 Gold Rush – White Water PG 4:55 Deadliest Catch PG 5:45 Outback Pilots PG

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Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, at 8:30pm

Have You Been Paying Attention?, at 9:40pm

Deadly Vows, at 1pm

Border Security – Australia’s Front Line, at 8pm

Location, Location, Location, at 8:30pm

6am Breakfast The Breakfast team presents news, interviews, weather, and information. 0 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show PG Ellen DeGeneres brings her brand of humour to daytime talk. 0 10am Tipping Point 3 0 11am The Chase 3 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Te Karere 2 1pm Coronation Street PG 3 0 2pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show PG 3 0 3pm Big Race Day 0 4pm L America’s Cup Emirates Team New Zealand v Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli. 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 The Repair Shop PG 0 8:30 Big Fat Gypsy Weddings M30 9:30 Schitt’s Creek PG 3 Johnny finds a potential buyer for the town; David and Alexis discover they may have become more attached to Schitt’s Creek than they ever thought possible. 0 10:25 1 News Tonight 0 10:55 America’s Cup (HLS) 0 11:25 Between Two Worlds M Phillip stuns Sophia by naming the foundation after Danny. 0

6am Les Mills Born To Move 0 6:25 Masha’s Tales 3 6:30 Bluey 3 6:40 Care Bears 0 7am Agent Binky – Pets Of The Universe 0 7:25 Monchhichi Tribe 0 7:50 Dennis And Gnasher 0 8:15 Ricky Zoom 0 8:35 Elena Of Avalor 3 0 9am Infomercials 9:30 Religious Programming 10am Les Mills Adult Classes 0 10:30 Neighbours PG 3 0 11am Station 19 PG 3 0 11:55 The 100k Drop 3 0 1pm Judge Rinder PG 2pm The Middle 3 0 2:30 Home And Away PG 3 0 3pm Shortland Street PG 3 0 3:30 Bluey 0 3:40 Bizaardvark 0 4:05 Raven’s Home 3 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 The Big Bang Theory 0 6pm Neighbours PG 0 6:30 Home And Away PG 0 7pm Shortland Street PGV 0 7:30 The Amazing Race Australia 8:35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown MC Jimmy Carr is joined by Jon Richardson, Alan Carr, Susie Dent, Rachel Riley and Katherine Ryan. 0 9:40 Have You Been Paying Attention? M 3 0 10:40 First Dates New Zealand PG 3 0 11:45 Paranormal Caught On Camera M3 0

6am The AM Show 9am Infomercials 10:30 F Making It 3 0 11:30 Newshub Live At 11:30am Noon Bondi Vet 3 0 1pm M Deadly Vows M 2017 Thriller. Pastry chef Helena poisons men who do not meet her high standards. Her fiancé Charlie has nothing to worry about, until his sister becomes suspicious of Helena’s culinary killing past. Brittany Underwood, Charlene Amoia, Cameron Jebo. 0 2:55 Australian Ninja Warrior 3 4:30 Newshub Live At 4:30pm 5pm Millionaire Hot Seat 0 6pm Newshub Live At 6pm 7pm The Project 7:30 M Ghost Rider M 2007 Action Adventure. When motorcycle rider Johnny Blaze sells his soul to the Devil to save his father’s life, he is transformed into the Ghost Rider, the Devil’s own bounty hunter, and is sent to hunt down sinners. Nicolas Cage, Peter Fonda. 0 9:40 Paramedics – On The Front Line PG 0 10:35 Newshub Late 11:05 F The Citizen’s Handbook PG 0 11:35 Millionaire Hot Seat 3 0 12:30 Infomercials

6am Jeopardy 3 6:25 Ready Set Dance 3 0 6:30 Butterbean’s Café 0 6:55 The Loud House 3 0 7:20 Ben 10 – Omniverse 3 0 7:45 Danger Mouse 3 0 8:10 The Thundermans 3 0 8:35 Double Dare 3 0 9:05 A Place In The Sun – Winter Sun 3 10am The Doctors PGC 3 11am Hot Bench PG 11:30 Endeavour MVC 3 0 1:30 Married… With Children PG 3 2pm The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm American Pickers PGC 5pm Everybody Loves Raymond PG 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Rugby Club 6:30 Shipping Wars PGL 0 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Pawn Stars PG 0 8pm Border Security – Australia’s Front Line PGC An insight into the daily workings of the thousands of Australian officers who dedicate their lives to protecting the border. 0 8:30 World’s Wildest Weather PGC 3 0 9:35 Raw PGV 10:35 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG 11:35 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 12:05 Closedown

6am Alone PGC 7am Jamie And Jimmy’s Food Fight Club 8am Dr Dee Alaska Vet PGC 9am Down East Dickering 10am My Floating Home 10:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC 11:30 Wheeler Dealers 12:30 Forged In Fire PGC 1:30 Nor’easter Men 2:30 Ed Stafford – Left For Dead PGC 3:30 Hope For Wildlife 4:30 Rick Stein – Venice To Istanbul 5:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC 6:30 Wheeler Dealers 7:30 Salvage Hunters – The Restorers The artisan restorers rescue a ravaged carousel horse, a valuable 1930s sofa and a 100-year-old weathervane.

8:30 Location, Location, Location Kirstie is out in the Edinburgh countryside with motor-mad Ian; Phil’s couple Rogan and Jane suffer chronic indecision when it comes to househunting.

9:30 Escape To The Chateau – DIY 10:30 Wheeler Dealers 11:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC

Saturday

12:25 Blindspot MV 3 0 1:25 Te Karere 3 2 1:50 Infomercials

BRAVO 10am Don’t Be Tardy PG 3 10:30 Million Dollar Listing 3 11:30 Snapped M 3 12:30 The People’s Court 3 1:30 The Real Housewives Of Orange County PG 3 2:35 Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry PG 3 3:35 Hoarders PG 3 4:35 Catfish 3 After Jonathon’s online love disappears for a month, he enlists Nev and Max to help track him down.

5:30 Face Off PG 3 A focus challenge requires the remaining artists to reimagine human evolution in a disastrous future-Earth scenario.

6:30 Million Dollar Listing 3 Josh Flagg receives an offer on a property from a client of Ryan Serhant.

7:30 Trading Places 0 9:50 Deadly Cults M 3 A quadruple murder rocks a small California town, leading police to investigate a refugee camp run by a local man.

10:50 Snapped M 3 Pennsylvania police investigate the gruesome murder of a grandmother in her home.

11:40 Killer Couples M 3 12:30 Infomercials

Saturday

12:40 Wellington Paranormal 1:05 Shortland Street PGV 3 0 1:30 Infomercials 2:35 2 Overnight 4:15 The Middle 3 0 4:35 Neighbours PG 3 0 5am Brain Busters 3 0

SKY 5 6am Jeopardy!

6:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 6:45 The Simpsons PG 7:10 Ax Men ML 8am The Force MC 8:30 Ice Road Truckers PG 9:30 Highway Thru Hell PG 10:30 CSI MV 11:30 The Force MC 11:55 Jeopardy!

12:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 12:50 NCIS – New Orleans MV 1:40 Hawaii Five-0 MV 2:30 Pawn Stars PG 2:55 Pawn Stars PG 3:20 Ax Men ML 4:10 The Simpsons PG 4:35 Jeopardy!

5pm Wheel Of Fortune PG 5:30 Pawn Stars PG 6pm Highway Thru Hell PG 7pm The Force MC 7:30 Ice Road Truckers PG 8:30 Highway Thru Hell PG 9:30 Pawn Stars PG 10pm Pawn Stars PG 10:30 CSI MV 11:20 The Force MC

Saturday

12:10 Ax Men ML 12:55 Wheel Of Fortune PG 1:15 Jeopardy! 1:35 The Force MC 2am Highway Thru Hell PG 2:50 Pawn Stars PG 3:15 Pawn Stars PG 3:40 CSI MV 4:25 Pawn Stars PG 4:45 Highway Thru Hell PG 5:35 The Simpsons PG

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREAtS

6:45 Midway MVLC 2019 Action. Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson. 9am The Best Of Enemies MC 2019 Drama.

Taraji P Henson, Sam Rockwell.

11:10 Jumanji – The Next Level PGVL 2019 Adventure.

Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black.

1:10 The Hunt 16VLSC 2019 Action. Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank. 2:45 Charlie’s Angels MV 2019 Action.

4:40 Motherless Brooklyn 16VLSC 2019 Drama.

7pm Good Boys 16LSC 2019 Comedy. Jacob Tremblay, Brady Noon. 8:30 Bombshell MLSC 2019 Drama. True story of three newswomen who stood up to the man who made them famous – head of Fox News, Roger Ailes.

Charlize Theron, Kevin Smith.

10:20 Underwater MVLC 2020 Action. A crew of researchers must scramble to safety after an earthquake devastates their laboratory located at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.

Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel.

11:55 Berlin, I Love You MLS 2019 Romance.

Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren.

7:10 Step Brothers 16LSC 2008 Comedy. Will Ferrell, John C Reilly. 8:45 Sherlock Holmes MV 2009 Action.

10:50 Edge Of Tomorrow MVL 2014 Action. 12:40 The Day The Earth Stood Still MV 2008 Sci-fi.

2:20 Confirmation MVL 2016 Biography Drama. 4:10 The Great Gatsby MVS 2013 Drama Romance. 6:30 Edge Of Darkness 16VL 2010 Thriller.

Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone.

8:30 Pixels PGVLS 2015 Comedy. Earth is under attack from Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and others, and a group of video-game geeks must save the world from being pixelated into oblivion. Adam Sandler, Kevin James.

10:20 The Other Woman MLS 2014 Romantic Comedy. After discovering her boyfriend is married, a woman meets the wife he has been betraying and, when yet another love affair is discovered, all three women team up to plot revenge. Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton.

Saturday

1:55 Charlie’s Angels MV 2019 Action.

3:50 Motherless Brooklyn 16VLSC 2019 Drama.

Saturday

12:05 Confirmation MVL 2016 Biography Drama. 1:55 The Great Gatsby MVS 2013 Drama Romance. 4:15 Edge Of Darkness 16VL 2010 Thriller.

Saturday

12:30 Rick Stein – Venice To Istanbul 1:30 My Floating Home 2am Breaking The Magician’s Code PGC 3am Hope For Wildlife 4am Location, Location, Location 5am Mysteries At The Museum PGC

SKY SPORt 1

UKtV

6am Playmakers – Rugby Stories 6:30 Guinness Pro14 (RPL) 8:30 Sky Rugby Show 9am Gallagher Premiership (RPL) Leicester Tigers v London Irish.

11am Aotearoa Rugby Pod 11:30 Rugby Nation Noon South African PreSeason (HLS) 12:30 South African PreSeason (HLS) 1pm Japan Top League (RPL) Suntory Sungoliath v Sanix Blues.

3pm Japan Top League (RPL) Kubota Spears v Shining Arcs.

5pm French Top 14 (RPL) Castres v La Rochelle.

7pm The Breakdown 8pm Rugby Heaven 9pm South African PreSeason (HLS) Griquas v Stormers.

9:30 South African PreSeason (HLS) Pumas v Bulls.

10pm L Super Rugby Australia Force v Rebels.

From HBF Park, Perth.

Saturday

2am Super Rugby Australia (RPL) Force v Rebels.

4am Sky Rugby Show 4:30 Playmakers – Rugby Stories 5am Aotearoa Rugby Pod 5:30 Super Rugby Australia (HLS) Force v Rebels.

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

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6:20 EastEnders PG 6:50 The Graham Norton Show M 7:40 The Bill MVC 8:30 Inspector George Gently M 10:05 Father Brown PG 11am Call The Midwife PG Noon Midsomer Murders PG 1:35 The Bill MVC 2:25 New Tricks MVLC 3:25 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown M 4:20 The Graham Norton Show M 5:15 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 6:20 QI M 6:55 Mrs Brown’s Boys MLS 7:25 QI M 8pm Would I Lie To You? PG 8:30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown M 9:25 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown M 10:20 Alan Davies – As Yet Untitled MLS 11:10 Midsomer Murders PG

6:35 How Do They Do It? PG 7am How It’s Made PG 7:30 House Hunters Renovation PG 8:20 House Hunters International PG 8:45 House Hunters International PG 9:10 Top Gear PG 10am Fast N’ Loud PG 10:50 Gold Rush PG 11:40 Outback Opal Hunters PG 12:30 House Hunters Renovation PG 1:20 House Hunters International PG 1:45 House Hunters International PG 2:10 Outback Pilots PG 3pm Gold Rush – White Water PG 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG 4:45 Gold Rush PG 5:40 Outback Pilots PG 6:35 Aussie Salvage Squad PG 7:30 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 8:30 Outback Opal Hunters PG 9:25 Aussie Mega Mechanics PG 10:15 What On Earth? PG 11:05 Naked And Afraid M 11:55 How It’s Made PG

12:40 QI M 1:10 QI M 1:40 Would I Lie To You? PG 2:15 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 3:15 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown M 4:05 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown M 4:55 Alan Davies – As Yet Untitled M 5:40 Call The Midwife PG

12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 Mysteries Of The Deep PG 1:35 Deadliest Catch PG 2:25 Naked And Afraid M 3:15 Bering Sea Gold PG 4:05 Gold Rush – White Water PG 4:55 Deadliest Catch PG 5:45 Outback Pilots PG

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6:30 Pipi Ma 6:35 Takaro Tribe 3 6:50 Waiata Mai 3 7am Te Ao Tapatahi 8am Wiki Ha 3 8:30 Pukana 2 9am He Kakano 3 9:30 Opaki 3 10am Wairua 10:30 Moving Out With Kanoa 11:30 Matangireia PG Noon Whatta Beauty 12:30 Mama Son Learner League 3 1pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 1:30 Ako 3 2 2pm Toku Reo 3 2 3pm Korero Mai 3 3:30 Pukana 2 4:30 Miharo 2 5pm Pipi Ma 5:05 Takaro Tribe 3 5:20 Waiata Mai 3 5:30 Tamariki Haka 3 5:40 Potae Pai 3 5:50 Kids Kai Kart The challenge for the day is the pork and kawakawa burger.

6pm Cube 6:10 Huritua 3 6:20 Paia 3 6:30 Te Ao Marama 7:30 Moosemeat And Marmalade 3 Art and Dan are in the English county of Devon and are invited to cook a lamb dinner in the medieval kitchen.

8pm Tangaroa With Pio 3 8:30 M Alex Cross MVS 2010 Crime Action. A young homicide detective and psychologist meets his match in a twisted serial killer as they engage in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse. Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Rachel Nichols.

10:20 Te Ao Marama 11:20 Closedown

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We Are One – The Mosque Attacks, at 9:35pm

Bend It Like Beckham, at 8:40pm

Power Rangers, at 7pm

Brian Johnson’s – A Life On The Road, at 9:30pm

Taken At Birth, at 8:30pm

6am Te Karere 3 2 0 6:30 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Rural Delivery 0 7:30 Infomercials 8:30 Religious Programming 9am Eat, Shop, Save 3 0 9:30 Tagata Pasifika 10am John And Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen 0 11am Cash Trapped 0 Noon Cowboy Builders 0 1pm The Living Room 0 1:55 F Impossible Builds 3 0 3pm Big Race Day 0 4pm L America’s Cup Emirates Team New Zealand v Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli. 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Tipping Point – Lucky Stars 0 8pm L Lotto 0 8:05 Bradley Walsh And Son – Breaking Dad 3 0 8:35 N The Savoy 16L Junior florist MaryKate is set a challenge and Gordon Ramsay visits The Savoy Grill for a dramatic tasting. 0 9:35 We Are One – The Mosque Attacks PG 3 Follow the lives of six affected Muslim families in the aftermath of the attacks of the 15th of March 2019 in Christchurch. 0 11pm Race Across The World ML 3 0

6am The Adventures Of Paddington 0 6:10 The Wiggles’ World 3 0 6:20 Tinpo 3 0 6:30 The Remarkable Mr King 0 6:50 Love Monster 0 7am Zak Storm 3 0 7:20 The Amazing World Of Gumball 0 7:45 Dragon Ball Super PG 3 0 8:10 Bakugan – Battle Planet 3 0 8:35 Pokemon Journeys – The Series 0 9am Ninjago 0 9:10 Power Rangers Ninja Steel 3 0 9:35 The Simpsons 3 0 10am Fresh PG 10:30 My Wife And Kids 3 0 11:20 The Amazing Race Australia PG 3 0 12:50 The Amazing Race Australia 3 2pm God Friended Me 0 2:55 The Bachelor NZ Omnibus PG 3 0 6pm The Simpsons PG 0 6:30 M The Golden Compass PGV 2007 Drama. Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Dakota Blue Richards. 0 8:40 M Bend It Like Beckham PG 2002 Romantic Comedy. A young and talented footballer rebels against her traditional Indian parents.

Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley. 0 10:55 M The Shallows MLC 2016 Drama Thriller. Blake Lively, Óscar Jaenada. 0

6am Charles Stanley 3 6:30 Infomercials 3 9:30 Newshub Nation 0 10:30 Hotels By Design 3 0 11am My Sri Lanka With Peter Kuruvita 3 0 11:30 Love For Sail PG 0 12:30 Stove Tots PG 0 1:25 MasterChef UK 0 2:50 Unplugged Nation PG 0 3:50 Grand Designs – The Street PG 3 0 4:55 Wild Weather With Richard Hammond 3 0 6pm Newshub Live At 6pm 7pm M Power Rangers PG 3 2017 Adventure. Five ordinary teenagers are accidentally imbued with ancient powers, which they must use to save the planet from a vengeful and powerful evil.

Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott. 0 9:15 M Second Act MLSC 2018 Comedy. A frustrated 40-year-old woman has the chance to prove to Madison Avenue that street smarts are just as valuable as book smarts.

Jennifer Lopez, Vanessa Hudgens.

11:50 M Girls Trip 16 3 2014 Horror. A group of ordinary citizens are caught in The Purge, the one night of the year when all crime becomes legal, even murder.

Frank Grillo, Zack Gilford. 0

6am Butterbean’s Café 3 0 6:50 Danny Phantom 3 0 7:15 Ben 10 – Omniverse 3 0 7:40 Justice League PG 3 0 8:30 Batman – The Animated Series PGVC 0 9am Samurai Jack PGV 3 0 10am SmackDown PGV 3 11am Raw PGV 3 Noon Ice Road Truckers PGL 3 0 1pm F Yorkshire Airport 3 0 1:30 Which Car PG 3 0 2pm Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Storm v Rabbitohs.

4pm Hot Bench 3 5pm The Perfect Serve PGL 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Great British Bake Off – An Extra Slice PG 0 7pm Mighty Machines PGL 0 7:30 1968 – The Year That Changed America PGC 3 0 8:30 Watergate MC 0 9:30 Brian Johnson’s – A Life On The Road ML 3 AC/DC front man Brian Johnson swaps stories with guitarist Joe Walsh, who has got plenty of tales to tell of life on tour with James Gang and the Eagles. 0 10:30 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away MVL 3 0 11:30 NXT PGV

6am Hugh’s Three Hungry Boys 6:30 Culinary Genius 7:30 Hope For Wildlife 8:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC 9:30 Escape To The Chateau – DIY 10:30 Rick Stein – Venice To Istanbul 11:30 Wheeler Dealers 12:30 Salvage Hunters – The Restorers 1:30 Location, Location, Location 2:30 Aussie Lobster Men PGL 3:30 How Do Animals Do That?

4:30 Gino’s Italian Escape 5pm Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam 5:30 Posh Pawn 6:30 Salvage Hunters 7:30 Yukon Gold PGL Six weeks in, Ed and Riley are still setting up and have not sluiced even an ounce of dirt.

8:30 Taken At Birth PGC Jane Blasio is working to reunite stolen babies with their biological families.

9:30 Joanna Lumley’s Nile 10:30 Gino’s Italian Escape 11pm Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam 11:30 How Do Animals Do That?

1:55 Infomercials 3 5am Brian Houston @ Hillsong 3 5:30 Charles Stanley 3

12:30 Rugby League – NRL (DLY) Warriors v Titans. 2:30 Closedown

Sunday

12:15 The Damned 16L 0 12:45 The World’s Best 0 2:15 Coronation Street Omnibus PGV 3 0 3:30 Infomercials 5:30 Religious Programming

BRAVO 6am Infomercials 10am Don’t Be Tardy PG 3 10:30 Growing Up Supermodel PG 3 11:25 Growing Up Supermodel PG 3 12:20 Glam Masters PG 3 1:25 Glam Masters PG 3 2:40 M Drop Dead Fred PG 3 1991 Comedy Drama.

Phoebe Cates, Rik Mayall, Marsha Mason.

4:45 Hoarders PG 3 5:35 Listing Impossible PG 3 6:30 Million Dollar Listing NY 3 7:30 Botched PG 3 8:30 The Real Housewives Of Dallas M In part two of the trip to Austin, D’Andra and Kary finally find common ground – even if it is on the water.

9:30 Southern Charm M On the heels of their breakup, Madison invites everyone to what was supposed to be Austen’s birthday party.

10:35 Florida Man Murders M3 11:30 Snapped M 3

Sunday

12:20 Infomercials 5am Love It Or List It 3

Sunday

12:40 M Fantastic Four PGV 2005 Action. Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Julian McMahon. 0 2:25 M Arthur M 2011 Comedy.

Russell Brand, Helen Mirren. 0 4:20 2 Overnight 5:05 Fresh PG 3 5:30 Religious Programming

SKY 5 6am Mountain Men PG 7am Ice Road Truckers PG 8am Truck Night In America PGL 9am The Simpsons PG 9:30 Mountain Men PG 10:30 Highway Thru Hell PG 11:30 Pawn Stars PG 12:30 Ronnie’s Redneck Roadtrip MVL 1pm NXT PGV 2pm SmackDown MVC 4:05 Ax Men ML 4:50 The Force MC 5:15 Ice Road Truckers PG 6:15 Truck Night In America PGL 7:05 The Simpsons PG 7:35 Pawn Stars PG Rick relives one of the worst disasters in history when wreckage from the Hindenburg is brought into the shop.

8:30 Storage Wars PGL Darrell dodges a bullet to score an interesting locker; Ivy meets a furry friend.

9pm Ax Men ML 10pm Mountain Men PG 10:55 Rescue – River Deep Mountain High PG 11:20 The Force MC

Sunday

12:20 Highway Thru Hell PG 1:20 The Simpsons PG 1:45 Pawn Stars PG 2:30 Storage Wars PGL 2:55 Rescue – River Deep Mountain High PG 3:20 NXT PGV 4:05 Ax Men ML 5:05 Chicago Fire 16V

Sunday

Sunday

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREAtS

6:10 Good Boys 16LSC 2019 Comedy. Jacob Tremblay, Brady Noon.

7:40 Bombshell MLSC 2019 Drama.

9:26 Underwater MVLC 2020 Action. 11:01 Berlin, I Love You MLS 2019 Romance. 1:01 Motherless Brooklyn 16VLSC 2019 Drama.

3:25 Thank You For Your Service 16VLSC 2017 Drama.

5:15 The Nomads M 2019 Drama. 6:50 The Current War MVC 2017 Drama.

Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon.

8:30 Stuber 16LS 2019 Action.

When a mild-mannered Uber driver picks up a vision-impaired detective, he must manage to hold onto his life and his five-star rating. Kumail Nanjiani, Dave Bautista.

10:05 Downton Abbey PGL 2019 Drama. The Crawleys and their staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives – a royal visit from the King and Queen of England.

Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith.

6:10 Pixels PGVLS 2015 Comedy.

Adam Sandler, Kevin James.

7:52 The Other Woman MLS 2014 Romantic Comedy.

9:37 Confirmation MVL 2016 Biography Drama.

11:25 Edge Of Darkness 16VL 2010 Thriller.

1:17 Nerve MC 2016 Adventure.

2:50 Sherlock Holmes 2 – A Game Of Shadows MV 2011 Action. 4:55 Made 16VLS 2001 Comedy Thriller. 6:35 Pitch Perfect 2 MS 2015 Comedy.

Rebel Wilson, Anna Kendrick.

8:30 The Grey 16L 2011 Action Adventure. A group of oil-rig workers stranded on the Alaskan tundra after their plane crashes find their efforts to survive threatened by a pack of wolves.

Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo.

10:30 The Pursuit Of Happyness ML 2006 Drama.

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he is poised to begin a life-changing professional endeavour.

Will Smith, Jaden Smith.

Sunday

12:05 The Vanishing 16VC 2018 Thriller. 1:48 Thank You For Your Service 16VLSC 2017 Drama. 3:33 The Nomads M 2019 Drama. 5:07 The Current War MVC 2017 Drama.

Sunday

12:30 Nerve MC 2016 Adventure. 2:05 Sherlock Holmes 2 – A Game Of Shadows MV 2011 Action.

4:10 Made 16VLS 2001 Comedy Thriller. 5:50 Pitch Perfect 2 MS 2015 Comedy.

Sunday

12:30 Posh Pawn 1:30 Hugh’s Three Hungry Boys 2am Breaking The Magician’s Code PGC 3am Yukon Gold PGL 4am Taken At Birth PGC 5am Salvage Hunters

SKY SPORt 1 6am Sky Rugby Show 6:40 L Guinness Pro 14 Zebre v Leinster. From Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma.

8:45 L Gallagher Premiership Bristol v Wasps.

From Ashton Gate, Bristol.

10:45 Super Rugby Australia Force v Rebels.

11:15 South African PreSeason 11:45 Sky Rugby Show Noon Playmakers – Rugby Stories 12:30 Guinness Pro14 (RPL) Zebre v Leinster.

2:30 South African Pre-Season 3pm Super Rugby Australia (RPL) Force v Rebels.

5pm The Breakdown 6pm Sky Rugby Show 6:30 L Super Rugby Aotearoa Crusaders v Chiefs.

From Orangetheory Stadium, Christchurch.

9:40 L Super Rugby Australia Brumbies v Reds.

From GIO Stadium, Canberra.

Sunday

Midnight Super Rugby Aotearoa (RPL) Crusaders v Chiefs. 2am Super Rugby Australia Brumbies v Reds.

2:40 Super Rugby Aotearoa Crusaders v Chiefs.

3:20 L Six Nations Italy v Wales.

From Stadio Olimpico, Rome.

5:35 L Six Nations England v France.

From Twickenham, London.

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

6:30 Waiata Mai 3 6:40 Kia Mau 3 6:50 Potae Pai 3 7am Taki Atu Taki Mai 7:10 Tamariki Haka 7:20 Pukoro 3 2 7:50 Polyfest Kapa Haka 2019 3 8:20 Purakau 3 8:30 Pukana 9:30 Korero Mai 3 Noon Sidewalk Karaoke 3 1pm Touch Rugby – Junior National Championship 2019 (HLS) 2pm Poitukohu Nga Kura Tuarua 2016 3 3pm Touch Rugby – National Championship 2019 (HLS) 4pm Game Of Bros 3 The bros show off their strength and muscles; the Panis and Wairangi test their team work and problem solving skills.

4:30 Fresh 5pm The Hui 5:30 Nga Tangata Taumata Rau Aotearoa 3 6:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 Te Waka O Tainui.

7pm M The Water Horse PGC 2007 Adventure. An enchanted egg hatches something that sets in motion an adventure that takes a boy on the journey of a lifetime.

Emily Watson, Ben Chaplin, Alex Etel.

9pm M James White MLVS 2015 Drama. A New Yorker in his 20s must take control of his self-destructive behaviour in the face of family challenges.

Christopher Abbott, Cynthia Nixon, Kid Cudi.

10:35 Funny Whare – Gamesnight PG 11:05 Rere Te Whiu 3 Tanemahuta meets his new friend Tame Kuruhi on the bus ride to kura.

11:35 Closedown

UKtV 6:45 QI M 7:15 QI M 7:45 QI M 8:20 Would I Lie To You? PG 8:50 Would I Lie To You? PG 9:20 Would I Lie To You? PG 9:55 The Bill MVC 10:45 The Bill M 11:35 The Bill MVC 12:25 The Bill MVC 1:15 The Bill MVC 2pm Casualty PG 2:55 Our Queen PG 3:50 Holby City MC 4:55 Inspector George Gently M 6:40 Doc Martin PG 7:35 Casualty MVC 8:30 Midsomer Murders M Barnaby and Troy will need information to catch a killer who is obsessed by loyalty to the school.

10:25 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown M With David Mitchell, Katherine Ryan and Nick Helm in Dictionary Corner.

11:20 Who Do You Think You Are? PG

Sunday

12:20 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 1:20 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 2:20 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 3:20 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 4:20 Midsomer Murders M 13Mar21

DISCOVERY 6:35 How It’s Made PG 7:05 How It’s Made PG 7:30 Outback Opal Hunters PG 8:20 Aussie Salvage Squad PG 9:10 Aussie Salvage Squad PG 10am Outback Pilots PG 10:50 Outback Pilots PG 11:40 Outback Pilots PG 12:30 Alaskan Bush People PG 1:20 100 Days Wild PG 2:10 Homestead Rescue PG 3pm Outback Opal Hunters PG 3:50 Robson Green’s Australian Adventure PG 4:45 Robson Green’s Australian Adventure PG 5:40 Robson Green’s Australian Adventure PG 6:35 Gold Rush PG 7:30 House Hunters International PG 8pm House Hunters International PG 8:30 Pool Kings PG 9pm Man Caves PG 9:25 Alaskan Bush People PG 10:15 China At High-Speed PG 11:05 The Explosion Show PG 11:55 How It’s Made PG

Sunday

12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 The Island With Bear Grylls PG 1:35 Outback Pilots PG 2:25 Unexplained And Unexplored PG 3:15 Unexplained And Unexplored PG 4:05 Mysteries Of The Deep PG 4:55 Mysteries Of The Deep PG 5:45 Mysteries Of The Deep PG

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National Treasures, at 8:30pm

Life Of The Party, at 7:30pm

Jason Bourne, at 8:30pm

Outback Truckers, at 7:30pm

Little Giants, at 3:30pm

6am Rural Delivery 0 6:25 Building Giants 3 0 7:15 Tagata Pasifika 3 7:40 Praise Be 3 8:15 The Living Room 3 0 9am Q+A With Jack Tame 0 10am Marae 2 0 10:30 Waka Huia 11am F Serengeti 3 0 Noon Supershoppers 3 0 12:30 Fair Go 3 0 1pm Sunday 3 0 2pm Secret Scotland 0 3pm Big Race Day 0 4pm L America’s Cup Emirates Team New Zealand v Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli. 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Country Calendar 0 7:30 Sunday 0 8:30 National Treasures PG Scotty and Stacey Morrison search for treasures of significance to New Zealand. 0 9:30 Prodigal Son 16C A ballet dancer is mysteriously poisoned; Jessica reunites with an old friend; Bright and Eve turn to Martin for answers regarding the girl in the box. 0 10:30 America’s Cup (HLS) 0 11pm F The Nest 16L 0

6am Paw Patrol 3 0 6:25 Takaro Tribe 3 0 6:35 Muppet Babies 3 0 7am My Little Pony 3 0 7:20 Bunnicula 3 0 7:45 The Tom And Jerry Show 3 0 7:50 The Drawing Show 0 8am What Now? 10am Shortland Street Omnibus PGV 3 0 Noon M Around The World In 80 Days PGV 2004 Adventure. A modern version of the Jules Verne classic that focuses on the Chinese thief who protects Phileas Fogg on his mission to travel around the world in 80 days. Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Jim Broadbent. 0 2:30 Home And Away Omnibus PG 3 0 5pm Celebrity Brain Busters 0 6pm Make You Laugh Out Loud 0 7pm A Current Affair PG 0 7:30 M Life Of The Party 16LS 2018 Comedy. A soon-to-be-divorced housewife attempts to change her life by going back to college.

Melissa McCarthy, Gabriel Bateman. 0 9:40 M Alien 3 16VL 1992 Scifi. Ripley crash lands on an isolated prison planet and discovers she was not the only survivor – the alien is alive, well, and ready to do battle.

Sigourney Weaver.

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 7am Charles Stanley 8am Life TV 3 8:30 Turning Point 9am R&R With Eru And K’Lee 3 9:30 The Hui 3 0 10am Newshub Nation 3 0 11am Celebrity MasterChef UK 0 Noon Exceptional Engineering 0 1pm Motorsport – Toyota 86 Championship (HLS) Round Three – Manfeild.

2pm Motorcycling – FIM Speedway Grand Prix (HLS) Round Eight – Torun.

3pm Motorsport – Monster Jam 4pm Motorsport – Central Muscle Cars Round Three – Hampton Downs.

Featuring production vehicles manufactured between 1958-1978.

5pm The Fishing Show Classics PG Fishing action from around New Zealand and the world. 0 6pm Newshub Live At 6pm 7pm Married At First Sight Australia PG 0 8:30 M Jason Bourne M 3 2016 Action Thriller. The former CIA operative is drawn out of hiding to reveal more truths about his past.

Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander. 0 10:50 The Rookie M 3 0 11:45 Hawaii Five-0 M 3 0 12:40 Infomercials

6am Religious Programming 6:30 Believe It Or Not 7:30 Religious Programming 10am Golf – LPGA Event (HLS) Tournament of Champions.

11am NXT PGV 3 Noon Super Rugby Aotearoa (DLY) Crusaders v Chiefs.

2pm World’s Wildest Holidays PGC 3 0 3pm Pawn Stars PG 3 4pm Call The Cleaners PG 3 0 4:30 Rugby Nation 5pm Dream Home Dilemma 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Great Escapers 3 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 Outback Truckers PGL Anthony and Danyelle enlist a new team member as life on the road puts their marriage to the test; Slick’s cross country race home for Christmas looks to be slipping out of reach. 0 8:30 Mayday PGC A cargo plane crashes just moments after taking off from Miami. 0 9:30 MacGyver M Matty reveals a shocking secret to the team – she has a husband who has been undercover for eight years.

When his cover is blown, Matty needs the team to extract him before it is too late. 0 10:30 SmackDown PGV 11:30 Extreme Salvage Squad 16L 3 0 12:25 Closedown

6am Hugh’s Three Hungry Boys 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Leading The Way 7:30 Key Of David 8am Discovering… Stevie Wonder 8:30 Down East Dickering 9:30 Inside Out Homes 10:30 Salvage Hunters 11:30 Running Wild With Bear Grylls 12:30 How Do Animals Do That? 1:30 Posh Pawn 2:30 Yukon Gold PGL 3:30 Little Giants 4pm Nature’s Strangest Mysteries Solved 4:30 Choccywoccydoodah 5:30 Mysteries At The Monument PGC 6:30 Salvage Hunters 7:30 Return To The Wild UK PGCL Ben Fogle returns to the Yorkshire Dales to revisit the Owens at their remote farm.

8:30 People Magazine Investigates MCLSV In 1995, bright 16-year-old student Adrianne Jones is found shot to death in Grand Prairie, Texas.

9:30 Killing Fields MC 10:30 Salvage Hunters 11:30 Return To The Wild UK PGCL

Monday

12:10 F Emergency Call PG 0 12:45 Infomercials

BRAVO

Monday

Midnight One Born Every Minute 12:55 Motorway Patrol – 20 Years Special 4am Infomercials 4:30 Religious Programming 5am Infomercials

SKY 5

6am Love It Or List It 3 6:50 Love It Or List It 3 7:40 Love It Or List It 3 8:30 Love It Or List It 3 9:20 Best Room Wins PG 3 10:05 Best Room Wins PG 3 10:55 Botched PG 3 11:40 Listing Impossible PG 3 12:30 Hoarders PG 3 1:25 Hoarders PG 3 2:20 Million Dollar Listing 3 3:15 Catfish 3 4:05 Catfish 3 5pm The People’s Court 3 6pm Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry PG 3 Superstar Megan Fox reveals her own supernatural gifts to Tyler. Then Tyler heads to Nashville to share some shocking revelations from the other side about music legend Jewel’s health and future.

7pm M Ferris Bueller’s Day Off PG 3 1986 Comedy.

Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Grey, Mia Sara.

9:10 M The Birdcage M 3 1996 Comedy. A gay cabaret owner and his transvestite partner pretend to be straight to meet his son’s fiancée’s parents. Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane.

11:30 The Real Housewives Of Cheshire M 12:20 Infomercials

6am Storage Wars PGL 6:25 Montana Wild M 7:10 Criminal Minds – Beyond Borders 16VS 7:55 NXT PGV 8:50 Mountain Men PG 9:35 Rescue – River Deep Mountain High PG 10am Pawn Stars PG 10:50 Criminal Minds – Beyond Borders 16VS 11:45 Ax Men ML 12:40 Montana Wild M 1:30 Storage Wars PGL 2pm Raw MVC 4:45 NXT PGV 5:45 SmackDown MVC 7:30 Criminal Minds – Beyond Borders 16VS The IRT heads to Kathmandu, Nepal to investigate a brutal killing of an American woman on a yoga retreat. The local authorities believe the crime was committed by a yeti.

8:30 Border Security – Australia’s Frontline PGC 9:30 Curfew MVC 10:30 Chicago Fire 16V 11:25 Mountain Men PG

Monday

12:15 SmackDown MVC 1:55 Chicago Fire 16V 2:45 Criminal Minds – Beyond Borders 16VS 3:35 Mountain Men PG 4:20 Border Security – Australia’s Frontline PGC 5:10 Curfew MVC

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREAtS

6:46 Stuber 16LS 2019 Action.

Kumail Nanjiani, Dave Bautista.

8:16 Downton Abbey PGL 2019 Drama. 10:14 The Vanishing 16VC 2018 Thriller.

11:57 The Nomads M 2019 Drama. 1:31 Richard Says Goodbye 16LSC 2018 Comedy Drama. 2:59 Black And Blue MVLC 2019 Action.

4:43 Booksmart 16LSC 2019 Comedy. 6:22 Richard Jewell MVLS 2019 Drama.

Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell.

8:30 Bloodshot MVLSC 2020 Action. After marine Ray Garrison is killed in action, a team of scientists bring him back to life as an advanced super-soldier known as Bloodshot. Vin Diesel, Eiza Gonzalez.

10:20 Knives Out ML 2019 Drama. When a renowned crime novelist is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, Detective Benoit Blanc investigates. Daniel Craig, Chris Evans.

7:40 The Grey 16L 2011 Action Adventure. Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo.

9:32 The Pursuit Of Happyness ML 2006 Drama.

Will Smith, Jaden Smith.

11:25 Made 16VLS 2001 Comedy Thriller. Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau. 1pm The Bucket List ML 2007 Comedy.

2:35 American Gangster 16VLSC 2007 Crime. 5:25 Death At A Funeral ML 2007 Comedy.

6:55 The Love Punch MLS 2013 Comedy.

Emma Thompson, Pierce Brosnan.

8:30 Erin Brockovich ML 2000 Drama. True story of a single mother who becomes a legal assistant and brings down a power company accused of polluting a city’s water supply.

Albert Finney, Julia Roberts.

10:45 X-Men – Days Of Future Past MVL 2014 Action. Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence, Patrick Stewart, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy.

Monday

12:30 Crawl 16VLC 2019 Action. 1:55 Richard Says Goodbye 16LSC 2018 Comedy Drama. 3:23 Black And Blue MVLC 2019 Action. 5:08 Elvis Goes There – Guillermo Del Toro MC 2019 Documentary.

Monday

12:55 The Bucket List ML 2007 Comedy. 2:30 American Gangster 16VLSC 2007 Crime.

5:20 Death At A Funeral ML 2007 Comedy.

Monday

12:30 Mysteries At The Monument PGC 1:30 Hugh’s Three Hungry Boys 2am Breaking The Magician’s Code PGC 3am People Magazine Investigates MCLSV 4am Killing Fields MC 5am Running Wild With Bear Grylls

SKY SPORt 1 8am Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) Crusaders v Chiefs.

8:30 L Guinness Pro14 Connacht v Edinburgh.

From the Sportsground, Galway.

10:35 Six Nations (RPL) Italy v Wales.

From Stadio Olimpico, Rome.

12:35 Gallagher Premiership (RPL) 2:45 Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) Crusaders v Chiefs.

3pm L Super Rugby Aotearoa Blues v Highlanders.

From Eden Park, Auckland.

6pm Super Rugby Australia (HLS) Brumbies v Reds.

6:30 Six Nations (RPL) England v France.

From Twickenham, London.

8:30 Rugby Nation 9pm Super Rugby Aotearoa (RPL) Blues v Highlanders.

From Eden Park, Auckland.

11pm Six Nations (RPL) Italy v Wales.

From Stadio Olimpico, Rome.

Monday

1am Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) Blues v Highlanders.

1:30 Japan Top League (RPL) Red Hurricanes v Wild Knights.

3:30 Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) Blues v Highlanders.

3:50 L Six Nations Scotland v Ireland.

From Murrayfield Stadium.

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

6:30 Waiata Mai 3 6:40 Kia Mau 3 A sing-along, instructional, multi-platform Maori performing-arts series for tamariki.

6:50 Potae Pai 3 7am Taki Atu Taki Mai 7:10 Tamariki Haka 7:20 Pukoro 2 7:50 Polyfest Kapa Haka 2018 3 8:20 Purakau 3 8:30 Whanau Living 3 9:30 Hahana 3 10am My Party Song 3 10:30 Te Ao Tapatahi 11:30 Te Ao With Moana 3 Noon Haka Global 12:30 Funny Whare – Gamesnight PG 3 1pm Waka AMA Championships (HLS) 1:30 M The Water Horse PGC 2007 Adventure. An enchanted egg hatches something that sets in motion an adventure that takes a boy on the journey of a lifetime.

Emily Watson, Ben Chaplin, Alex Etel.

3:30 Pio Terei Tonight PG 4:30 Tagata Pasifika 5pm Te Ao Toa 6pm Waka Huia 6:30 Te Ao Marama 7:30 Mauri O Te Kauri Film about the Kauri lifecycle, exposing the imminent threat from the disease wiping out the last of these remaining forest giants.

8:30 M Tulpan MLVS 2008 Comedy Drama. The story of a former sailor seeking to marry the only available woman in the area to fulfil his dream of tending his own flock.

10:20 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 E Tu Maniapoto.

10:50 Rere Te Whiu 3 Tane experiences kura kaupapa for the first time.

11:20 Closedown

UKtV 6:05 Call The Midwife MC 7:05 Holby City MC 8:05 EastEnders PG 8:35 EastEnders PG 9am EastEnders PG 9:25 EastEnders PG 9:55 Heartbeat MVC 10:45 The Graham Norton Show PG 11:35 All Round To Mrs Brown’s MLS 12:30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown M 1:20 Midsomer Murders M 3:10 The Trial Of Christine Keeler MLSC 4:10 Death In Paradise M 5:15 Heartbeat MVC 6:05 Would I Lie To You? PG 6:40 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown M 7:35 William, Kate And George PG A timely portrait of two young people and their young son, who are destined to become King and Queen of England.

8:30 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 9:35 Inspector George Gently M 11:20 The Trial Of Christine Keeler MLSC

Monday

12:20 Casualty MVC 1:10 William, Kate And George PG 2am Doc Martin PG 2:50 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 3:50 Inspector George Gently M 5:25 Call The Midwife PG 14Mar21

DISCOVERY 6:35 How Do They Do It? PG 7:05 How Do They Do It? PG 7:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC 8:20 What On Earth? PG America’s Lost Romans.

9:10 The Alaska Triangle PG The Haunted Cabin and Alaskan Giants. 10am Alaskan Bush People PG 10:50 100 Days Wild PG And Then There Were None. 11:40 Homestead Rescue PG 12:30 Gold Rush PG It’s Alive. 1:20 Outback Opal Hunters PG 2:10 Aussie Mega Mechanics PG Shut Down.

3pm Aussie Mega Mechanics PG Lift Off. 3:50 Aussie Mega Mechanics PG 4:45 Aussie Mega Mechanics PG 5:40 Aussie Mega Mechanics PG 6:35 Aussie Mega Mechanics PG 7:30 Outback Opal Hunters PG 8:30 Gold Rush PG 9:25 The Island With Bear Grylls PG 10:15 Naked And Afraid MC 11:05 The Alaska Triangle PG 11:55 How It’s Made PG

Monday

12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 What On Earth? PG 1:35 Outback Pilots PG 2:25 Naked And Afraid MVL 3:15 Naked And Afraid MLC 4:05 Naked And Afraid M 4:55 Naked And Afraid MLC 5:45 Naked And Afraid M

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The Tender Trap, at 8:30pm

The Walkers, at 8:30pm

The House Sitter, at 1pm

Once Upon A Time In Venice, at 8:30pm

Where The Wild Men Are – New Zealand, at 7:30pm

6am Breakfast 0 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show PG 0 10am Tipping Point 3 0 11am The Chase 3 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Te Karere 2 1pm Emmerdale PG 0 1:30 Country Calendar 3 0 2pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show PG 3 0 3pm Big Race Day 0 4pm L America’s Cup Emirates Team New Zealand v Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli. 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:27 ASB Backing Business 0 7:30 Fair Go 0 8pm The Casketeers PG Francis and Kaiora navigate the difficulties of supporting grieving whanau during Covid-19 while operating under strict guidelines. 0 8:30 M The Tender Trap 16LC 2021 Drama. Based on the true story of a middle-aged New Zealander arrested in Argentina with five kilograms of cocaine in her suitcase. Zara Cormack, Lisette De Jong, Xavier Dick. 0 10:30 1 News Tonight 0 11pm America’s Cup (HLS) 0 11:30 F Life Flight PG 0

6am Les Mills Born To Move 6:25 Masha’s Tales 3 6:30 Bluey 3 0 6:35 Care Bears – Unlock The Magic 0 7am Agent Binky – Pets Of The Universe 0 7:25 Monchhichi Tribe 0 7:50 Dennis And Gnasher 0 8:15 Ricky Zoom 0 8:35 Elena Of Avalor 0 9am Infomercials 10am Les Mills BodyCombat 0 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Station 19 PG 0 11:55 The 100k Drop 3 0 12:55 Home And Away PG 3 0 1:25 Shortland Street PGV 3 0 2pm L 63rd Annual Grammy Awards Hosted by Trevor Noah. 0 5:35 The Big Bang Theory PG 3 0 6pm Neighbours PG 0 6:30 Home And Away PG 0 7pm Shortland Street PGV 0 7:30 The Bachelor NZ PG One bachelorette’s relationship status causes confusion and tension amongst the group. 0 8:30 The Walkers PG Stan takes to the road with Mike King for an intimate tour. 0 9pm Renters PG 3 0 9:30 The Walking Dead 16VC With Maggie’s map, Gabriel and Aaron search for food and supplies to bring back to Alexandria. 0 10:40 Two And A Half Men PGC 3 0

6am The AM Show News, interviews, and humour to start the day.

9am Infomercials 3 10:30 F Making It 3 11:30 Newshub Live At 11:30am Noon Bondi Vet 3 0 12:30 Bondi Vet 3 1pm M The House Sitter M 3 2015 Thriller. A housesitter stays with a family until she gets her next housekeeping job. The family soon discovers that the woman is not as innocent and sane as she appears.

Kate Ashfield, Ashley Dulaney, Shelby Young. 0 2:50 Australian Ninja Warrior 3 0 4:30 Newshub Live At 4:30pm 5pm Millionaire Hot Seat 0 6pm Newshub Live At 6pm 7pm The Project 7:30 Married At First Sight Australia M Intimacy week tests our couples as they complete challenging tasks set by Alessandra Rampolla, that will either make or break their relationships. 0 9pm The Gulf 16 When a child’s skeleton is dug up on a cannabis plantation, suspicion is cast on the local community and nearby commune dwellers. 0 10pm Newshub Late 10:30 The Hui 11:05 Newshub Nation 3 0 12:10 Infomercials

6am Jeopardy 3 6:25 Ready Set Dance 3 0 6:30 Butterbean’s Café 0 6:55 The Loud House 3 0 7:20 Ben 10 – Omniverse 3 0 7:45 Danger Mouse 3 0 8:10 Double Dare 3 0 9:05 A Place In The Sun – Winter Sun 3 10am The Doctors PGC 3 11am Hot Bench PG 11:30 F Endeavour MVLC 3 0 1:30 Married… With Children PG 3 2pm The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm American Pickers PGC 5pm Tagata Pasifika 5:30 Prime News 6pm Pawn Stars PG 6:30 Shipping Wars PG 0 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 American Pickers PGC Danielle’s tenth anniversary with Antique Archaeology becomes a surprise party for Mike.

8:30 M Once Upon A Time In Venice 16VLSC 3 2017 Action.

To get his beloved dog back, an LA private detective teams up with his depressive best friend, his lazy assistant, and a diabolical drug dealer. Bruce Willis, Jason Momoa. 0 10:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG 11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 Midnight Closedown

6am Alone PGC 7am Down East Dickering 8am Little Giants 8:30 Nature’s Strangest Mysteries Solved 9am Down East Dickering 10am My Floating Home 10:30 Return To The Wild UK PGCL 11:30 Salvage Hunters 12:30 Little Giants 1pm Nature’s Strangest Mysteries Solved 1:30 Mysteries At The Monument PGC 2:30 Choccywoccydoodah 3:30 Saving Britain’s Wildlife 4:30 River Cottage – Three Go Mad 5:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC 6:30 Wheeler Dealers 7:30 Where The Wild Men Are – New Zealand Ben travels to meet the Longs, who have forged a unique huntergatherer life in the wilderness, a two day trek from the nearest road.

8:30 Incredible Journeys With Simon Reeve 9:30 Raffles – Remaking An Icon 10:30 Wheeler Dealers 11:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC

Tuesday

Midnight Q+A With Jack Tame 0 1:10 Te Karere 3 2 1:35 Infomercials 0 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

BRAVO

Tuesday

12:35 Pennyworth 16 0 1:35 Shortland Street PGV 3 0 2am Infomercials 3:05 2 Overnight 4:15 The Middle 3 0 4:35 Neighbours PG 3 0 5am Infomercials

SKY 5

6am Infomercials 10am Don’t Be Tardy PG 3 10:30 Million Dollar Listing 3 11:30 Snapped M 3 12:30 Killer Couples M 3 1:30 The Real Housewives Of Orange County PG 3 2:35 Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry PG 3 3:35 Hoarders PG 3 4:35 Catfish 3 5:30 Face Off PG 3 6:30 Million Dollar Listing 3 7:30 Snapped M A family recovering from one devastating loss is hit with another when a man finds his sister stabbed to death in her living room.

8:30 A Wedding And A Murder M College sweethearts celebrate their love with a happily-everafter wedding.

9:30 Florida Man Murders M A car bomb explodes rocking the millionaire enclave of Naples, Florida.

10:30 Snapped M 3 11:25 Killer Couples M 3 12:15 Infomercials

6am Jeopardy! 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 6:45 The Simpsons PG 7:10 Ax Men ML 8am The Force MC 8:25 Highway Thru Hell PG 9:15 Pawn Stars PG 9:40 CSI – Miami MV 10:30 CSI MV 11:30 The Force MC 11:55 Jeopardy! 12:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 12:50 Chicago Fire 16V 1:40 Curfew MVC 2:30 CSI – Miami MV 3:20 Ax Men ML 4:10 The Simpsons PG 4:35 Jeopardy!

5pm Wheel Of Fortune PG 5:30 Pawn Stars PG 6pm Highway Thru Hell PG 7pm The Force MC 7:30 CSI – Miami MV 8:30 Yorkshire Airport Chloe struggles to check in a passenger with a motorised wheelchair that could contain a potentially lethal electric battery.

9pm Traffic Cops PGC 10pm The Force MC 10:30 CSI MV 11:20 The Force MC

Tuesday

12:10 Ax Men ML 12:55 Wheel Of Fortune PG 1:20 Jeopardy! 1:40 The Force MC 2:05 Yorkshire Airport 2:35 Traffic Cops PGC 3:35 CSI MV 4:30 Pawn Stars PG 4:50 CSI – Miami MV 5:35 The Simpsons PG

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREAtS

6:02 Booksmart 16LSC 2019 Comedy. Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein.

7:42 Richard Jewell MVLS 2019 Drama.

Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell.

9:49 Bloodshot MVLSC 2020 Action. Vin Diesel, Eiza Gonzalez. 11:36 Knives Out ML 2019 Drama.

Daniel Craig, Chris Evans.

1:46 Little Women 2019 Drama. 4pm It Chapter Two 16VLC 2019 Horror.

6:45 A Dog’s Journey PGC 2019 Adventure.

Kathryn Prescott, Dennis Quaid.

8:30 Resistance MVLSC 2020 Drama. Before he was a famous mime, Marcel Marceau was one of a group of Jewish boys who worked to save the lives of thousands of orphans during the Second World War. Jesse Eisenberg, Clemence Poesy.

10:35 The Crime Boss 16VLSC 2020 Drama. Liam Hemsworth, Vince Vaughn.

6:47 The Love Punch MLS 2013 Comedy.

Emma Thompson, Pierce Brosnan. 8:20 Erin Brockovich ML 2000 Drama. Albert Finney, Julia Roberts. 10:27 The Bucket List ML 2007 Comedy.

Noon Letters To Juliet PGL 2010 Romantic Comedy.

1:41 Hemingway And Gellhorn 16VLSC 2012 Drama.

4:10 Fame PGL 2009 Musical.

6:10 The Judge ML 2014 Drama. Robert Downey jr, Robert Duvall. 8:30 Rock The Kasbah MVLSC 2015 Comedy. Captivated by the talent of a Pashtun teenager in Afghanistan, a has-been music manager enlists the help of odd-ball expats to have her compete on TV. Bill Murray, Kate Hudson.

10:20 Grown Ups PGL 2010 Comedy. After their highschool basketball coach dies, five good friends and former team-mates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend. Adam Sandler, Salma Hayek.

Tuesday

12:15 The Good Liar 16VLSC 2019 Drama. 2:05 Elvis Goes There – Guillermo Del Toro MC 2019 Documentary.

2:59 Little Women 2019 Drama. 5:10 It Chapter Two 16VLC 2019 Horror.

Tuesday

12:05 Hemingway And Gellhorn 16VLSC 2012 Drama.

2:45 Fame PGL 2009 Musical.

4:45 The Judge ML 2014 Drama.

Tuesday

12:30 River Cottage – Three Go Mad 1:30 My Floating Home 2am Breaking The Magician’s Code PGC 3am Saving Britain’s Wildlife 4am Where The Wild Men Are – New Zealand 5am Mysteries At The Museum PGC

SKY SPORt 1

6:30 Pipi Ma 6:35 Takaro Tribe 3 6:50 Waiata Mai 3 7am Te Ao Tapatahi 8am Wiki Ha 8:30 Pukana 9am He Kakano 3 9:30 Opaki 10am Wairua 10:30 Moving Out With Kanoa 11:30 Matangireia 3 Noon F Whatta Beauty PG 12:30 Mama Son Learner League 3 1pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 1:30 Ako 3 2 2pm Toku Reo 3 2 3pm Korero Mai 3:30 Pukana 3 4:30 Miharo 2 5pm Pipi Ma 5:05 Takaro Tribe 3 5:20 Waiata Mai 3 5:30 Tamariki Haka 3 5:40 Potae Pai 3 5:50 Kids Kai Kart 6pm Cube 6:10 Huritua 3 6:20 Paia 3 6:30 Te Ao Marama 7:30 Gourmet Goes Tribal 3 A 700-year-old village of the Angami Nagas is a perfect example of a close-knit community.

8pm Te Ao With Moana 8:45 M All Governments Lie – Truth, Deception And The Spirit Of IF Stone ML 2016 Documentary.

A look at the life and work of American journalist, IF Stone, who leads a one-man crusade against government deception.

10:25 Marae 11:05 Ki Tua 11:35 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 12:05 Closedown

UKtV

6am Rugby Nation 6:30 Super Rugby Australia (HLS) Brumbies v Reds. 7:05 Super Rugby Aotearoa (RPL) Blues v Highlanders. 9:05 French Top 14 (RPL) 11:05 Gallagher Premiership (RPL) Bristol v Wasps. 1pm Gallagher Premiership (RPL) Exeter Chiefs v Harlequins. 3pm Six Nations (HLS) Italy v Wales.

3:30 Six Nations (HLS) England v France. 4pm Six Nations (HLS) Scotland v Ireland.

4:30 Japan Top League (RPL) Brave Lupus v Suntory Sungoliath. 6:30 Super Rugby Aotearoa Crusaders v Chiefs. 6:45 Super Rugby Aotearoa Blues v Highlanders.

7pm Super Rugby Australia 7:30 French Top 14 Highlights Show 8pm Rugby Nation 8:30 The Breakdown 9:30 Gallagher Premiership Highlights 10:30 Gallagher Premiership (RPL) Northampton v Sale.

6:25 QI M 6:55 The Graham Norton Show M 7:45 The Bill MVC 8:30 Inspector George Gently M 10:05 Father Brown PG 10:55 Call The Midwife PG 11:55 Midsomer Murders PG 1:30 The Bill MVC 2:25 New Tricks M 3:25 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown 16 4:20 The Graham Norton Show M 5:15 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 6:20 QI M 6:55 EastEnders PG 7:25 QI M 8pm Would I Lie To You? PG With guests Warwick Davis, Hugh Dennis, Katherine Ryan and John Simpson.

8:30 Death In Paradise M On first inspection a scene appears to be a robbery gone wrong. However, the door is locked from the inside.

9:35 The Singapore Grip MVLC 10:30 DCI Banks MV

12:30 Super Rugby Australia (RPL) 2:30 Guinness Pro14 (RPL) Munster v Scarlets.

4:30 Six Nations Italy v Wales.

5am Six Nations England v France. 5:30 Six Nations Scotland v Ireland.

12:15 Midsomer Murders PG 1:50 QI M 2:20 QI M 2:50 Would I Lie To You? PG 3:25 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 4:25 Death In Paradise M 5:25 The Singapore Grip MVLC

Tuesday

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

Tuesday

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DISCOVERY 6:35 How Do They Do It? PG 7am How It’s Made PG 7:30 House Hunters Renovation PG 8:20 House Hunters International PG 8:45 House Hunters International PG 9:10 Top Gear PG 10am Gold Rush PG 10:50 Outback Opal Hunters PG 11:40 The Island With Bear Grylls PG 12:30 House Hunters Renovation PG 1:20 House Hunters International PG 1:45 House Hunters International PG 2:10 Outback Pilots PG 3pm Gold Rush – White Water PG 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG 4:45 Fast N’ Loud PG 5:40 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 6:35 Outback Opal Hunters PG 7:30 Demolition Down Under PG 8:30 Savage Builds PG 9:25 The Explosion Show PG 10:15 Towies PG 10:40 Towies PG 11:05 Naked And Afraid M 11:55 How It’s Made PG

Tuesday

12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 Mysteries Of The Deep PG 1:35 Deadliest Catch PG 2:25 Naked And Afraid M 3:15 Bering Sea Gold PG 4:05 Gold Rush – White Water PG 4:55 Deadliest Catch PG 5:45 Aussie Gold Hunters PG

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Tuesday, March 16, 2021 tVNZ 1

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Dog Squad Puppy School, at 7:30pm

Have You Been Paying Attention?, at 8:30pm

Deadliest Switch, at 1pm

The Great British Bake Off, at 7:30pm

Ugly House To Lovely House, at 7:30pm

6am Breakfast 0 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show PG 0 10am Tipping Point 3 0 11am The Chase 3 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PG 0 1:30 Fair Go 3 0 2pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show PG 3 0 3pm Tipping Point 0 4pm Te Karere 2 4:35 Country House Hunters PG 0 5:05 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Dog Squad Puppy School Frankie joins the mobility posse in prison; Biosecurity puppies are in for some high-speed scent training. 0 8pm Dog Squad PG Corrections dog Wally finds drugs on prison grounds; Biosecurity beagle Rupert is onto it at the airport. 0 8:30 Lap Of Luxury Explore Pen-y-bryn Lodge in Oamaru, Poronui Lodge in the Kaimanawa Ranges and Saffire Freycinet in Tasmania, Australia. 0 9pm Border Security 0 9:30 Coronation Street PG 0 10:30 1 News Tonight 0 11pm Sunday 3 0

6am Les Mills Born To Move 0 6:25 Masha’s Tales 3 0 6:30 Bluey 3 0 6:35 Care Bears – Unlock The Magic 0 7am Agent Binky – Pets Of The Universe 0 7:25 Monchhichi Tribe 0 7:50 Dennis And Gnasher 0 8:15 Ricky Zoom 0 8:35 Elena Of Avalor 3 0 9am Infomercials 10am Les Mills BodyBalance 10:30 Neighbours PG 3 0 11am The Bachelor NZ PG 3 0 Noon The 100k Drop 3 0 1:05 Judge Rinder PG 2:05 The Middle 3 0 2:35 Home And Away PG 3 0 3:05 Shortland Street PGV 3 0 3:40 Bizaardvark 3 0 4:05 Raven’s Home 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6pm Neighbours PG 0 6:30 Home And Away PG 0 7pm Shortland Street PGS 0 7:30 The Bachelor NZ PG An intruder enjoys a romantic single date with Moses, but it does not go down well with the others who feel like she should have waited her turn. 0 8:30 Have You Been Paying Attention? M 0 9:30 Inside The Irish Police – The Guards 16VLC 0 10:35 2 Broke Girls PG 3 0

6am The AM Show 9am Infomercials 3 10:30 Outback Gourmet 3 11am Tropical Gourmet – New Caledonia 3 11:30 Newshub Live At 11:30am Noon Bondi Vet 0 12:30 Bondi Vet 1pm M Deadliest Switch M 2020 Thriller. When Brooke discovers that her daughter Hailey is not her biological daughter, their family is thrown into crisis as they realise Hailey was switched at birth.

Lindsay Hartley, Hannah Barefoot, Matthew Pohlkamp. 0 2:55 Australian Ninja Warrior 3 0 4:30 Newshub Live At 4:30pm 5pm Millionaire Hot Seat 0 6pm Newshub Live At 6pm 7pm The Project 7:30 Married At First Sight Australia M Intimacy week continues to test the couples as they complete challenging intimacy tasks set by the show’s expert, Alessandra Rampolla. 0 9:05 NCIS M Gibbs and Fornell’s crusade to find the head of the drug ring responsible for Emily’s overdose comes to a climax. 0 10pm Newshub Late 10:30 Rapid Response PG 0 11pm Deadly Dates M 3 0 11:55 Infomercials 3

6am Jeopardy 3 6:25 Ready Set Dance 3 0 6:30 Butterbean’s Café 0 6:55 The Loud House 3 0 7:20 Ben 10 – Omniverse 3 0 7:45 Game Shakers 3 0 8:10 The Thundermans 3 0 8:35 Double Dare 3 0 9:05 A Place In The Sun – Winter Sun 3 10am The Doctors PGC 11am Hot Bench PG 11:30 Emergency Helicopter Medics MC 3 0 12:30 Bull M 3 0 1:30 Married… With Children PG 3 2pm The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm American Pickers PGC 5pm Everybody Loves Raymond PG 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Pawn Stars PG 6:30 Shipping Wars PG 0 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 The Great British Bake Off During pastry week, the remaining contestants must put their own stamp on a Cornish classic. 0 8:45 FBI MV 9:40 FBI – Most Wanted MV Barnes goes on a dangerous undercover mission to bring down an ambitious gang leader who is plotting turf wars and massacres across the Bronx.

10:35 The Breakdown 11:45 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG 12:45 Closedown

6am Alone Redemption PGCV 7am River Cottage – Three Go Mad 8am Love Nature – Saving Britain’s Wildlife 9am Project Impossible 10am My Floating Home 10:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC 11:30 Wheeler Dealers 12:30 Raffles – Remaking An Icon 1:30 Incredible Journeys With Simon Reeve 2:30 Where The Wild Men Are – New Zealand 3:30 Survival Of The Species With Ben Fogle PGCL 4:30 Choccywoccydoodah Extra Slices 5pm Rachel Allen – All Things Sweet 5:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC 6:30 Wheeler Dealers 7:30 Ugly House To Lovely House George Clarke shows that even the ugliest house can be transformed into a home to be proud of.

8:30 Property Brothers – Forever Home 9:30 Building The Dream 10:30 Wheeler Dealers 11:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC

Wednesday

Midnight The Hard Stuff With Nigel Latta 0 1am Te Karere 3 2 1:25 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

BRAVO 6am Infomercials 10am Don’t Be Tardy PG 3 10:30 Million Dollar Listing 3 11:30 Snapped M 3 12:30 Killer Couples M 3 1:30 The Real Housewives Of Orange County M 3 2:35 Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry PG 3 3:35 Hoarders PG 3 4:35 Catfish 3 5:30 Face Off PG 3 6:30 Million Dollar Listing 3 7:30 Botched M 8pm Botched M 3 8:30 The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City M Mary’s luncheon ends in disaster when Jen accuses Mary of being racist and Mary accuses Heather of being twofaced.

9:30 Killer Couples M When a preacher’s wife is gunned down outside her Houston, Texas home, investigators uncover a sordid web of sin, sex, and a family feud with deadly consequences.

10:30 Snapped M 3 11:25 Killer Couples M 3 12:15 Infomercials

Wednesday

12:30 Alex Rider M 0 1:20 Shortland Street PGS 3 0 1:50 Infomercials 2:50 2 Overnight 4:15 The Middle 3 0 4:35 Neighbours PG 3 0 5am Infomercials

SKY 5 6am Jeopardy! 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 6:45 The Simpsons PG 7:10 Ax Men ML 8am The Force MC 8:25 Highway Thru Hell PG 9:15 Pawn Stars PG 9:40 Hawaii Five-0 MV 10:30 CSI MV 11:30 The Force MC Noon Traffic Cops PGC 1pm Raw Live MVC 4:05 The Simpsons PG 4:35 Jeopardy!

5pm Wheel Of Fortune PG 5:30 Pawn Stars PG 6pm Highway Thru Hell PG 7pm The Force MC 7:30 Hawaii Five-0 MV A murder investigation leads the team to a centuries-old Oahu palace, buried treasure and a killer using a stolen painting as a map.

8:30 Trucking Hell M 9:30 Outback Truckers M 10:30 CSI MV 11:20 The Force MC

Wednesday

12:10 Ax Men ML 12:55 Wheel Of Fortune PG 1:20 Jeopardy! 1:40 The Force MC 2:05 Outback Truckers M 2:50 Trucking Hell M 3:40 CSI MV 4:30 Pawn Stars PG 4:50 Hawaii Five-0 MV 5:35 The Simpsons PG

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREAtS

7:55 A Dog’s Journey PGC 2019 Adventure.

9:41 Resistance MVLSC 2020 Drama.

11:43 The Crime Boss 16VLSC 2020 Drama.

1:25 The Good Liar 16VLSC 2019 Drama.

3:15 The Rhythm Section 16VLSC 2020 Action.

5:10 The Way Back MLS 2020 Drama.

6:55 The Grudge 16VC 2020 Horror. Andrea Riseborough, Demian Bichir.

8:30 The Changin’ Times Of Ike White M 2019 Documentary.

Released in 1974, Changin’ Times was the first ever commercial album recorded inside an American prison by an inmate.

But what ever happened to convicted murderer Ike White?

10pm The Hunt 16VLSC 2019 Action. Twelve strangers find themselves in a battle for their very survival after they are kidnapped and hunted for sport by a group of wealthy elites. Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank.

11:30 Just Mercy MC 2019 Drama. Michael B Jordan, Jamie Foxx.

7:10 Rock The Kasbah MVLSC 2015 Comedy. Bill Murray, Kate Hudson. 9am Grown Ups PGL 2010 Comedy.

Adam Sandler, Salma Hayek.

10:45 Fame PGL 2009 Musical.

12:50 The Judge ML 2014 Drama. 3:10 Stuart – A Life Backwards 18VL 2007 Drama.

4:45 Sherlock Holmes MV 2009 Action. 6:55 Death At A Funeral MLS 2010 Comedy.

Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence.

8:30 Remember Me MVLS 2010 Drama. A love story that encapsulates what it means to live life to the fullest, even in the face of adversity. Robert Pattinson, Emilie De Raven, Pierce Brosnan.

10:25 Eastern Promises 18VS 2007 Drama. A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth, leaving clues to a midwife in her journal that could tie her baby to a rape involving a Russian Mafia family. Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen.

Wednesday

1:45 The Rhythm Section 16VLSC 2020 Action. 3:40 The Way Back MLS 2020 Drama.

5:25 The Changin’ Times Of Ike White M 2019 Documentary.

Wednesday

12:10 Stuart – A Life Backwards 18VL 2007 Drama.

1:45 Sherlock Holmes MV 2009 Action. 3:55 Death At A Funeral MLS 2010 Comedy.

5:30 Remember Me MVLS 2010 Drama.

Wednesday

12:30 Choccywoccydoodah Extra Slices 1am Rachel Allen – All Things Sweet 1:30 My Floating Home 2am Breaking The Magician’s Code PGC 3am Love Nature – Survival Of The Species With Ben Fogle PGCL 4am Building The Dream 5am Mysteries At The Museum PGC

SKY SPORt 1

6:30 Pipi Ma 6:35 Takaro Tribe 3 6:50 Waiata Mai 3 7am Te Ao Tapatahi 8am Wiki Ha 3 8:30 Pukana 3 9am He Kakano 3 9:30 Opaki 10am Wairua PG 10:30 Moving Out With Kanoa 11:30 Matangireia 3 Noon Nanakia PG 3 12:30 Mama Son Learner League 3 1pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 1:30 Ako 3 2 2pm Toku Reo 3 2 3pm Korero Mai 3 3:30 Pukana 4:30 Miharo 2 5pm Pipi Ma 5:05 Takaro Tribe 3 5:20 Waiata Mai 3 5:30 Tamariki Haka 3 5:40 Te Nutube 5:50 Kids Kai Kart 3 6pm Darwin And Newts 3 6:10 He Rourou 3 6:20 Paia 3 6:30 Te Ao Marama 7:30 Merchants Of The Wild 3 8pm Billy T James PG 3 8:30 Matau Bros Gone Fishing PG 3 9pm F Toa Hunter Gatherer PG Owen pays homage to his whanau, and then pays them a visit after a successful hunt.

9:30 F Hunting With Tui PG Tui looks back at her hunting journey, the new skills, the near misses, the lessons learned and patience required.

10pm Wild Kai Legends PG Heading down to Tokoroa to do a spot of bonneting with Trent Main, Jack finds there is more than one way to hunt a pig.

10:30 Waka AMA Sprint Championships (HLS) From Lake Karapiro.

11pm Whawhai 11:30 Closedown

UKtV

DISCOVERY

6am Rugby Nation 6:30 Super Rugby Australia (HLS) 7am Guinness Pro14 (RPL) Munster v Scarlets.

9am Guinness Pro14 (RPL) Zebre v Leinster.

11am Gallagher Premiership (RPL) Newcastle v Bath.

1pm Gallagher Premiership (RPL) Gloucester v Leicester.

3pm Six Nations (RPL) England v France.

5pm Japan Top League (RPL) Brave Lupus v Suntory Sungoliath.

7pm Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) Crusaders v Chiefs.

7:15 Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) Blues v Highlanders.

7:30 The Breakdown 8:30 Aotearoa Rugby Pod 9pm Rugby Nation 9:30 Six Nations (HLS) England v France.

10pm Rugby Heaven 11pm Aotearoa Rugby Pod 11:30 Guinness Pro14 (RPL) Glasgow v Ospreys.

6:15 QI M 6:45 EastEnders PG 7:10 The Graham Norton Show M 7:55 The Bill MVC 8:45 Inspector George Gently M 10:20 Father Brown PG 11:05 Call The Midwife PG 12:05 Midsomer Murders PG 1:40 The Bill MVC 2:30 New Tricks M 3:30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown M 4:20 The Graham Norton Show ML 5:15 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 6:20 QI M 6:55 EastEnders PG 7:25 QI M 8pm Would I Lie To You? PG Guests include Kevin Bishop, Brian Blessed, Josh Widdicombe and Professor Kate Williams.

8:35 Heartbeat MVC 9:30 Doc Martin PG 10:25 Doc Martin MC 11:15 Midsomer Murders PG

6:35 How Do They Do It? PG 7am How It’s Made PG 7:30 House Hunters Renovation PG 8:20 House Hunters International PG 8:45 House Hunters International PG 9:10 Top Gear 10am Fast N’ Loud PG 10:50 Savage Builds PG 11:40 Outback Opal Hunters PG 12:30 House Hunters Renovation PG 1:20 House Hunters International PG 1:45 House Hunters International PG 2:10 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 3pm Gold Rush – White Water PG 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG 4:45 Fast N’ Loud PG 5:40 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 6:35 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 7:30 Outback Opal Hunters PG 8:30 What On Earth? PG 9:25 The Alaska Triangle PG 10:15 Mysteries At The Museum PGC 11:05 Mysteries At The Museum PGC 11:55 How It’s Made PG

1:30 Gallagher Premiership Highlights 2:30 Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) Crusaders v Chiefs.

4:30 Super Rugby Australia (RPL)

12:45 QI M 1:15 QI M 1:45 Would I Lie To You? PG 2:20 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 3:20 Heartbeat MVC 4:10 Doc Martin PG 5am Doc Martin MC 5:50 Mrs Brown’s Boys MLS

12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 Mysteries Of The Deep PG 1:35 Deadliest Catch PG 2:25 Naked And Afraid MLC 3:15 Moonshiners MVL 4:05 Gold Rush – White Water PG 4:55 Deadliest Catch PG 5:45 Aussie Gold Hunters PG

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RETIREMENT LOOMS

New roles for award winners

By Heather Chalmers heather.c@theguardian.co.nz

This Friday’s clearing sale marks a final chapter for award-winning Mid Canterbury farmers David and Hilary Ward.

The couple are retiring, saying that they are looking forward to the prospect of new roles while they are young enough to make the most of them.

“We have loved being involved in the farming industry and are proud of the innovations which we have made over the past 40 plus years,” the Wards said.

The Wards are holding a clearing sale of livestock, machinery and plant at their Fairfield Road, Fairton farm on Friday starting at noon, after the event was postponed a week because of Covid-19 restrictions.

The 385-hectare mixed arable and livestock property has been purchased by Talley’s Group, who have a vegetable processing factory on the same road.

Talley’s general manager Aaron Chudleigh said Talley’s was excited to be able to purchase the Ward family farm.

“Not often an award-winning farm just over our boundary fence comes up for sale.

“It fitted our future strategy and we were able to complete a successful purchase.

“The history and presentation of the farm is a credit to David and Hilary and we look forward to what it will provide for us in the future,” Chudleigh said.

Leaders in water and nutrient management and soil conservation, the Wards were Canterbury supreme award winners at the 2007 Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

In 2017, they also won the Gallagher technology and innovation award at the Deer Industry Environment Awards.

Fairton farmer David Ward has sold his farm to his neighbours, Talley’s.

On Radfield Farm the Wards grew a range of crops as well as running a flexible livestock policy of finishing weaner deer and trading lambs.

“Mixed farming systems have worked well for a long time and are good for the soil,” David Ward said.

The Wards aimed to use water in the most efficient way on their fully irrigated property, by monitoring and using moisture retention techniques.

Crop establishment on the Ward farm has been by no-tillage since 1996 apart from more specialised vegetable seed crops.

Foundation for Arable Research trials on the farm showed there had been no drop in crop yields as a result.

Instead, gains had been made in soil carbon and organic matter, with less fertiliser used per unit of tonnes harvested.

Nutrient management was based on soil tests and deep soil nitrogen tests to avoid over-use and leaching.

The Wards also used integrated pest management, using only targeted sprays and encouraging beneficial insects.

In 2013, under the guidance of Tai Tapu native plant nurseryman and consultant Stephen Brailsford, the Wards had 1.5 kilometres of natives planted in a 3m strip along one road boundary and through the middle of the farm, further encouraging beneficial insects and reducing reliance on bees for crop pollination.

The Wards were also regular winners in the Wheat Quality Awards, being named supreme winners of the national milling wheat category three times in the 10 years to 2006-07.

David Ward said that crop suc-

cess was the whole package.

“It’s the soil structure, the fertilisers, getting the right timings for applying nitrogen, a good fungicide programme, good water and good harvest techniques.”

The Wards know that they are leaving the soil in a better condition than when they started farming, but do feel frustration that their and other farmers’ efforts to limit their environmental footprint are not being recognised by the government or wider public.

“A large proportion of the population are very distanced from the food production sector which makes it very frustrating when negative and untrue thoughts and opinions are bandied around on social media and in mainstream media.

“The vast majority of the food production sector act responsibly.

“Overseas, we are seen as one of the shinning lights in agricultural practices and yet in New Zealand we seem to be portrayed as the villain.

“There is a lack of common sense amongst our bureaucrats.

“They don’t understand farming.”

The technological and environmental gains that farmers have made over the years haven’t been recognised.

Farmers were struggling to keep up with the rate of change required by government regulations.

“To be green, we’ve got to be making a profit.”

David Ward said following the handover of the farm in early April, he was going to take eight months out “and do more walking and fishing”.

He had some other developments he was involved with.

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ARABLE FARMING

Growers leading change Growers Leading Change (GLC), the arable industry’s newly launched knowledge exchange programme, is up and running with confirmation of the establishment of the first three arable growth groups, including one in Mid Canterbury.

GLC national coordinator Erica Callaghan said arable farmers have been quick to recognise the value of forming industry funded grower groups and that expressions of interest have been coming in from all around New Zealand.

“We are quite literally talking to growers from Northland to Bluff about opportunities to improve the financial and environmental outcomes of their businesses.

“They’re interested in forming groups looking at everything from soya beans to sowing methods and whiskey to winter grazing.

“That’s the beauty of GLC, it can address any topic that growers identify as relevant.

“The first three groups are focusing on grass weed management, soil quality and value add.

“These three areas, one agronomic, one environmental and one business are a solid representation of the range of issues and opportunities facing our industry.”

Callaghan said the grass weeds group, based in South Canterbury, met for the first

time last week and others soon after that.

The Mid Canterbury group was focused on understanding the environmental and financial benefits of soil quality.

“By the end of their first meeting, each group will have confirmed a clear learning goal and drawn up a calendar of speakers and events for the coming year.

“As its name suggests, Growers Leading Change is very much driven by the growers; they decide on a group focus before approaching us, and once their group is confirmed, they determine exactly what and how they want to learn.

“Each group has a facilitator whose job is to ensure that happens.”

Further arable growth group applications are currently being considered, but there is still room for new expressions of interest from any arable growers interested in forming a local or national arable growth group.

“We’re particularly keen to hear from potential groups in the North Island and from Southland. Canterbury seems to have got the message, but we also have facilitators able to work with groups elsewhere in New Zealand.

“So, anyone growing and harvesting arable crops, including maize, is welcome to apply,” Callaghan said.

A Mid Canterbury group has been set up focused on understanding the environmental and financial benefits of soil quality.

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FARMGATE PRICE

Fonterra milk payout forecast rises RNZ Fonterra has raised its forecast farmgate milk price for the current dairy season for the second time in as many months.

The dairy giant now expects to pay farmers between $7.30 and $7.90 per kilogram of milk solids, which is a 40 cent increase on the previous guidance it issued in February.

The midpoint of $7.60 would be

the second highest payout to farmers in the co-operative’s history.

Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell said the revised payout is the result of global dairy trade prices increasing by 15 percent in the past week.

He said there had been strong, consistent demand for New Zealand dairy products from China, and to a lesser extent markets across South East Asia and the Middle East.

“China’s strong economic recovery, following the initial impact of Covid-19, is flowing through to strong demand for dairy and we’ve seen this through sales during the Chinese New Year.

“China’s local milk supply is being used in fresh dairy products and they are looking to us to provide longer-life dairy products – in particular, whole milk powder which has a big influence on the forecast farmgate milk price.

However, there were still risks that could the final payout towards the lower end of the range.

“For example, the EU and US are heading into their season and their milk supply will start increasing, the impacts of Covid-19 on key markets and market volatility.”

Hurrell said the current midpoint would put pressure on the co-operatives input costs, which would affect its earnings in the second half of the financial year.

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WHEAT AWARDS

ORIGIN LABELLING

Pork industry Wheat award entries open demanding law changes RNZ The pork industry has slammed the government for refusing to make labelling country of origin mandatory on all imported pork.

Laws designed to give people clarity on where their food comes from were passed in 2018.

However, last year the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) said there would be a 12-month delay in the new rules coming into effect due to Covid-19.

As part of this, imported pork will need to be labelled with its country of origin, however, the pork industry says a loophole has been left unadvised.

This means pork that is imported and then further processed in New Zealand, including bacon, ham and sausages, will not be required to have such labelling.

NZ Pork chair Eric Roy said more than half of the pork consumed here was imported from countries such as US, Spain and China and the proposed regulations as they currently stand will leave many consumers none the wiser.

“That’s hugely frustrating because what it actually allows is if an importer does just a minor adjustment meat like marinate or infused with a bit of moisture, it can be labelled as New Zealand product,” he said.

“It is a get-out-of-jail card.”

Roy said it had called on Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister David Clark to make labelling of country of origin on all imported pork compulsory.

But he said the minister had confirmed the provisions in the act would not be changed - which the industry finds hugely disappointing.

“From our point of view of pig producers in New Zealand about 60 percent or slightly more than is imported, and it is run under a different regime from New Zealand and some of it would not be allowed to be produced in New Zealand,” Roy said.

“We think people ought to be able to choose wisely about the origin of their food.

“And, the third thing is the more promotion we put into what we are doing around the nutrition value of pork and the eating value of pork, the imported pork is making no contribution to that and they

are picking up market share all the time on the back of our advertising.”

NZ Pork chief executive David Baines took aim at the minister saying he was “clearly not taking the views of consumers into account”.

Last year, research undertaken by UMR found more than 80 percent of New Zealanders believe it is misleading if imported pork further processed in New Zealand is not labelled as imported.

As well as 85 per cent agree that imported pork marinated in New Zealand should be labelled as imported pork.

Meanwhile, 84 per cent agree that imported pork sitting on supermarket shelves beside pigs raised in New Zealand should be labelled as imported pork.

The rules are set to be finalised by June and come into effect in December.

However, the government was refuting pork industry claims that it had not discussed country-of-origin labelling with the organisation.

Minister for Consumer Affairs David Clark said officials had engaged with the industry.

“The government recognises that knowing where a food comes from benefits both consumers and businesses in New Zealand.”

Including items like bacon and sausages within the mandatory country-of-origin labelling would increase the complexity and cost of the regulations, Clark said.

It would create an inconsistency between the treatment of pork products and other processed foods, he said.

Two Great Reasons

Mid Canterbury growers are encouraged to enter samples of their best wheat crops for the annual wheat awards.

United Wheatgrowers, Federated Farmers and the New Zealand Grain and Seed Trade Association are seeking entries from growers for the awards.

Crops harvested in 2021 are eligible for entry in the following classes: premium milling wheat, milling wheat, gristing wheat, feed wheat, and biscuit wheat.

Each class has a first, second and third place prize.

The winners will be announced at the wheat awards held in Christchurch in July.

United Wheatgrowers’ director Guy Wigley said the wheat competition “is an opportunity to showcase the wheat industry which is the cornerstone of the arable sector.

“New Zealand farmers are the best growers of wheat in the world, evidenced by our three world recent world records held in Canterbury.”

“We encourage growers to submit wheat samples in the awards to see how their crops fare against others from throughout New Zealand.

“Growers can submit their samples to their local merchant, or they can send them directly to the New Zealand Seed Office”.

Federated Farmers’ arable chairperson Colin Hurst said that growing great crops can be a team effort and the support of an agronomist can take crop production to the next level.

Guy Wigley In conjunction with the New Zealand Grain and Seed Trade Association, Federated Farmers was also encouraging growers to submit nominations for the agronomist of the year competition.

The prize will be awarded at the wheat awards and was designed to recognise an agronomist “who has an endless knowledge of crop production and goes above and beyond to ensure the best possible crop is produced by growers,” Hurst said.

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NETBALL

From Methven to the big smoke

By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

Last season she was plying her trade in the black and white of Methven in Mid Canterbury’s Premier netball competition, but this year it’s a whole new kettle of fish for Fijian netballer, Kelera Nawai.

The talented defender, who’s equally as effective in the attacking circle, will swap the Methven playing uniform for the yellow and black of the Te Wanangao Raukawa Pulse for the 2021 ANZ Premiership Netball season.

The 23-yearold was this week named as the final member of the Pulse squad for the season, continuing a meteoric rise up netball’s ladder.

Nawai originally moved for her home country of Fiji to Christchurch in 2014, attending St Andrew’s College on scholarship.

A frequent face in the Canterbury Netball scene, she was a member of the Mainland Beko team in 2017, and a training partner for the Tactix.

After beginning her career as a shooter, the 1.87-metre tall Nawai now is at home in the defensive circle and has transitioned from Methven to the capital to resurrect her career.

“She was probably on track to do that when she was a schoolgirl but life intervened,’’ Netball Central Director of High Performance, Wai Taumaunu said yesterday.

Nawai endured visa issues which saw her return to Fiji in 2017 where she stepped out for the national side, including an appearance at the 2019 World Cup. She returned to New Zealand, and Methven, in 2019 and has been a frequent in the Methven senior side since.

“Her ability to play both goalkeeper and goal defence with great presence was what attracted us,’’ Taumaunu said.

“She’s physically imposing with a great reach and has a strong presence on the rebound. She is a real athlete and has a lot of potential. There’s a lot of work to be done but we’re confident we’ve got the makings of a longterm prospect.’’

“In Kelera, we think we’ve got enormous potential ,and it’s the same with Paris Lokotui and Parris Mason who are two of the absolutely most talented defenders at under-21 level.

“It may take time for that defensive end to settle but it provides Kelly (Jury) with a great leadership opportunity which is her next step from our perspective and we’re really excited about what it will look like.’’

Her ability to play both goalkeeper and goal defence with great presence was what attracted us - Wai Taumaunu

Kelera Nawai, in Methven’s colours, looks to pop possession to her support .

MULTISPORT

Coast to Coast 2022 sells out in minutes Unprecedented demand has seen the 2022 Coast to Coast sell out in less than five minutes.

Entries for the iconic multisport event opened at midday on Monday, where nearly two thousand people were already waiting online, looking to snap up the 1000 available entries.

It’s a great turnaround from seven years ago, when Trojan Holdings purchased the event with just 460 entries in total.

“It’s hard not to be disappointed for the people who missed out, but it’s also a reflection of how much hard work and dedication

that’s gone into the event to make it a favourite with Kiwis, Aussies and multisporters from around the world,” race director Glen Currie said.

Currie said that while Covid-19 had been tricky to manage and acknowledged that it has had a negative impact on a lot of businesses, he felt the increased demand for space was in part down to Kiwis wanting to get out and about in the outdoors.

“The feedback we’re getting is Kiwis are again falling in love with their own backyard and as a result the Kathmandu Coast to

Coast is again a must do for Kiwis all around New Zealand, New Zealanders are travelling near not far.”

Currie, who runs the event with just three others and a mountain of volunteers, said the team was feeling humbled, honoured, and excited about the level of interest in the event.

“Running events is hard, really hard, especially with Covid-19, health and safety and the commercial pressures that always come with operating an event like this.

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Entries for the events major category the Longest Day saw the most entrants in its history since being introduced in 1987, with over 300 people entering to take on the gruelling 243-kilometre course in one day.

The longest day has proven to be the ultimate endurance goal for individuals in New Zealand with over more entrants than ever signed up for this category.

A waitlist has been created and those people on this will be contacted in the next week.

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Leading into the last few races of the Tinwald Cycling Club’s season, the scratch markers flexed some muscle on Sunday, seeing them find the front of the Calder Stewart, Lupa Cycling, 57km handicap event around the Blackbridge block on Sunday.

Glen Gould had the best of the finish to take the hotly contested sprint and lift the winner and fastest time cups.

Gould rode the distance in 80.02.

Fellow Timaru visitor Andy Hilton secured second place and time.

Tony Ward was in the thick of the finish to claim the third place and time spoils.

Larry Neal continued his good form to take fourth place, with Mark Summerfield and Shane Brookland rounding out the top six.

The juniors and division 2 contested a 19km handicap race.

James Reid produced his best ride of the season, making a solo bid mid-race to find the front and hold on bravely to take a good win.

Zoe Spillane was hot on his tail to secure a hard-earned second place.

Ryan Gallagher produced his trademark gutsy ride to take the final podium position.

Riley Crampton had a great ride to claim fourth place, while Honor Bradford and Flynn Turnbull filled out the top six places.

Scratch marker Mitch Brookland recorded the fastest time honours, riding the course in 31.07.

Kerry Clough produced a strong finish to claim division 2 victory, from Brian Ellis, and Debbie Skinner. Nigel Leary took time honours.

Next week the club will contest the penultimate event of the season, a 65km handicap event around the Wakanui 7 rises course.

Doug Coley is on the front and being followed closely by Don Sutton and Marcel Smithers during Tinwald Cycling Club action on the weekend.

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CRICKET

Abrupt end to Tech’s season

By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

Just not quite good enough on the day, but still reason to smile.

Ashburton’s Tech Stags might have dipped out in the first stage of the knockout competition in South Canterbury senior cricket on the weekend, but there’s still plenty of positives from which to look back on from their debut appearance in the competition.

Tech trekked to Timaru to take on Celtic, hopeful of being able to right the wrong of a heavy loss to the same side the week before, but were again humbled after being set a massive target to run down.

After losing the toss and being asked to bowl, Tech turned to their bowlers to start the ball rolling in an effort to earn a return trip on Sunday for the preliminary final, but a middle-order stand-off put the visitors on the back foot as Celtic compiled a massive 299 runs from their 50 overs out in the middle.

Using just the five bowlers, Tech put a real emphasis on their strike players, and while wickets fell the runs kept coming throughout the innings.

Harry Jones was the pick of the bowling line-up, grabbing four wickets from his 10 overs, while Alex Hooper, who opened the

bowling, was both challenging and restricting, claiming 3-40 off his 10 overs.

The run chase was always going to be a difficult one for the Tech lads.

The need to conserve wickets, but also keep up with a tricky required run rate from each over forced batsmen into playing their shots.

Captain, Jason Morrison led from the front at the top of the in-

nings and gave his side a chance.

He scored 52 and when he fell in the 25th over, Tech were 125-4 and in dire need of someone to grab the bull by the horns and progress the innings further.

Unfortunately, that player didn’t come and Tech’s next six wickets fells for 30 runs as they were bowled out for 155 in the 33rd over.

It was a frustrating end to a promising season from the com-

petition newcomers. At times they seemed capable of beating anyone in the competition and a few key learnings would be taken as they begin the process of rebuilding for next season.

Celtic returned to play on Sunday but were in turn humbled

by Temuka in the preliminary final meaning that Pleasant Point, who have been the front-runners all season – will play Temuka in next weekend’s final.

SCOREBOARD ■■ Celtic 299-9 off 50 overs. Dan Laming 96, Jacob Naylor 74.

Harry Jones 4-80 off 10, Alex Hooper 3-40 off 10.

■■ Tech Stags 155 all out off 33.4 overs. Jason Morrison 52, Ryan Bell 25, Des Kruger 21. Hayden Kerr 3-22 off 5, Sam Porter 3-14 off 4.4

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BOWLS

Mayson quartet claims Getaway

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TENNIS

A full green of bowlers took the Ashburton MSA Bowling Club on Sunday for their annual Getaway Fours tournament. Run in a slightly different format to many tournaments around the country, teams are able to win back some of their entry money throughout the course of the tournament for winning matches and also winning three or more ends in both the first and second half of their ten-end matches throughout the day. At the end of a big day of play under perfect skies, the team of Brent Mayson, Bruce Harper, Manu Otene and Millie Foggo emerged victorious, with three wins and a draw from their four matches. Second placing went to Rosemary Bennett, Mike Quinn, Melva Middleton and Neil Atkinson, while Len Luke, Raylene Heads, Fay McKnight and Pat McElwain were third with Michael Lawson, Rowan Tonks, Murray Smallridge and Matt Markham fourth. Pictured above is Hampstead’s Craig Kellett, who surveys a head during the swap-over of skips and their team during an end.

Ben Smith was in good form for Country Ashburton on the weekend, winning both his matches as the side booked themselves a spot in this weekend’s Tennis Canterbury Premier final.

Premier final awaits Country Ashburton

By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

CROQUET CRACKERJACKS

Local croquet players were prominent at the Golf Croquet Veteran’s Tournament last week in Timaru. The tournament, which always draws strong numbers and sees good, strong competition was again being hailed as a success by organisers. Two members from the Waireka Croquet Club put their name up in the shining lights with a club quinella in the Inter grade. Bev Blair (right) was able to win the title over Pat Allnutt.

Country Ashburton have earned the right to battle it out for the title of champion in their return season to the Tennis Canterbury Premier competition.

The local side, who after more than a decade’s absence from the top-flight interclub tennis competition in Canterbury returned this year, waltzed their way through Saturday’s semi-final against Elmwood to book a final spot against Cashmere this weekend at Wilding Park.

Up against a strong Elmwood side on Saturday at the same venue and without the experience and skillset of regular No.1, Jack Tiller, the young Country Ashburton side delivered a telling performance, winning four matches to two to book a spot in this weekend’s final.

After the doubles play, which began the fixture, things weren’t quite so clear cut, however.

Ben Smith and Nathan McKenzie, the latter of whom stepped in for Tiller, went to a tie-break to win their match, winning the first set 6-4 before losing the season 3-6.

In a close-fought tie-break they managed to get the win 11-9, and when Sam Bubb and Cameron Mc-

Cracken were beaten comfortably in their match, losing 6-6, 4-6 – the overall match was still anyone’s.

Bubb had a tough day at the office, dropping his singles match against Edward Batt 0-6, 1-6 to turn the tables in favour of Elmwood, but McKenzie, McCracken and Smith were able to get their games over the line, all in convincing fashion, to tip the scales back in favour of the Country Ashburton side.

Smith won his match at No.2 after picking up the first set 6-3 before his rival was forced to retire from the match.

McCracken’s clash was straightforward as he won 6-0, 6-4, and McKenzie was just as comfortable in winning 6-1, 6-4.

Cashmere, who have been the dominant force of the competition throughout the season and boast two top 30 players nationally in their squad, brothers James and Tim Meredith – makes for a big challenge for the Country Ashburton side this weekend in the final.

Country Ashburton did register a win against the Cashmere side during the regular season, right back in round one of the competition, however that only came about after Cashmere forfeited due to playing out of their correct playing order.

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CRICKET

Allenton eyes finals berth

By Matt Markham

SCOREBOARD

matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

Slowly but surely, things are getting back on track for Allenton in Canterbury Country Cricket.

After a few weeks ago looking like their season was on the brink of being dead and buried with just one further defeat most likely to push them out of the finals race, the Allenton side put together a dominant performance on Saturday to beat Peninsula Harbour at the Ashburton Domain.

And now, charged with the six competition points for victory, they’ve got an opportunity to secure themselves a spot in the knockout stage of the competition in this weekend’s final round of normal season play.

Allenton will need to win this weekend’s match to secure a spot with four teams, including the Ashburton-based side, sitting on 24 competition points and one of the top four spots already secured above them by Sefton, who have the bye in the last round.

On the Ashburton Domain on Saturday, Allenton secured the most important victory before a ball had been bowled when they won the toss and asked their rivals to bat. It proved vital, because two of their bowlers turned up to play and methodically destroyed

■■ Peninsula Harbour 82 all out in 25.4 overs: Manpreet Hakkla 4-6 off six overs, Harmandeep Sandhu 3-25 off five overs, Ranvy Pannu 2-122 off 4.4 overs.

■■ Allenton 84-4 off 16.4 overs: Karmjeet Singh 28, Satveer Singh 21.

Allenton bowler, Harmandeep Singh goes up as the ball gets past the bat on Saturday.

The hat-trick ball was actually an lbw shout and we thought it

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the Peninsula Harbour batting line-up.

Manpreet Hakkla returned the outstanding figures of 4-6 off his six overs, tearing through the middle and lower order. Equally as valuable was Harmandeep Sandhu’s 3-25 off six overs which removed three of the visitors’ top four batsmen.

Hakkla produced a three-wicket maiden over, claiming consecutive wickets with the second

was pretty plumb – captain Karmjeet Singh

and third ball of the over before removing another batsman with the next ball after the hat-trick delivery.

“The hat trick ball was actually an lbw shout and we thought it was pretty plumb,” captain Karmjeet Singh said. “He then turned around and cleaned

bowled him with the next ball.

“We were really pleased with the performance, and it’s good to have put ourselves into a position to get into the semi-finals.”

After a dominant performance with the ball, Allenton made light work of the 82 runs they were set to chase, running it down in 16

overs with four wickets down.

Captain Singh led from the front with a well compiled 28 and Satveer Singh (21 not out) and Satwant Singh (12 not out) guided them home comfortably.

Singh said that one of the major thorns in the Allenton side during the season, player availability, wouldn’t be a problem if they were to make it to the next stage, with the majority of the squad securing time off from work for the knockout stage.

“It’s been a problem for us all season, some of the members of the team aren’t able to travel due to work commitments which has meant we haven’t always been able to take the best possible team away, but if we make the semis we will have a full strength team.”

This weekend’s match against Kaiapoi will be played at the Kaiapoi Domain.

BOWLS

Donaldson creates history with singles victory

By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

Mid Canterbury’s champion lawn bowls singles players were crowned on the weekend and in one instance, it was just a continuation of a season long domination of the discipline locally.

Ashburton Bowling Club member, Brentton Donaldson added the senior men’s Champion of Champion singles to his impressive singles list of achievements, and was joined by Hampstead’s Jo Collis (senior women), Ashburton MSA’s Shane Calder (junior men), Ashburton’s Laraine Mills (junior women) and Ashburton MSA’s Gus Hurrell (colts singles) on the winners’ podium, after a huge day of bowls at the Hampstead Bowling Club.

In his sixth year of playing the sport, the meteoric rise of Donaldson continues. He’s now a two-time Lowry Cup singles winner, having snared his second title earlier this year, but this season alone he’s been dominating the singles discipline.

In the catch-up play of last season’s Champion of Champions event, back in October, he won the junior men’s event before adding the senior men’s title on the weekend – the only time someone has won both events in the same season locally.

Donaldson had set himself the target of winning both titles to create the unique slice of history, but he didn’t get it all his own way though and had to fight hard to claim the title.

He snuck past Rakaia’s Max Cromie in the first round by the skin of his teeth, but then put on a classy display to beat Daniel Hopkins in the semi-final, winning the race to 21 shots 21-6.

The other final was a close affair, with Ashburton MSA’s Tony Inwood using his last bowl to come from behind and beat Allenton’s Michael Lawson 21-20.

By the time the final rolled around, Donaldson was in full flight, and he produced a solid performance to beat Inwood 21-11 to win the final.

Meanwhile, on her own green, Jo Collis caused an upset when she beat Sandra Keith to take the senior women’s title, winning 21-19 in a thriller of a match that had the locals on the edge of their seats.

Collis worked her way into the final through a semi-final victory over Methven’s Lyn Fensom, while Keith first played Heidi Wilkins of Hinds and then Diana King of Ashburton in the semi-final. It was Collis’ first victory in the Champion of Champions Singles.

Ashburton MSA’s Shane Calder had a relatively untroubled run through the junior men’s title, beating Wayne McCarthy and Wayne Jesson in the early play before taking on Mick Buchanan in the final, which he won 21-12.

In the junior women’s title, Laraine Mills of Ashburton was too good for Donelda Watson of Allenton, winning 21-13 while the colts singles, for first and second year players went to Gus Hurrell of the Ashburton MSA, after he defeated Hampstead’s Logan Ford in the final 21-11.

Above – Rakaia’s Lorrel Chaney delivers a bowl during the Senior Women’s Champion of Champion Singles on the weekend.

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Left – Dan Hopkins was in good form early on, but unfortunately felt the full wrath of on-song Brentton Donaldson in the semi-final of the senior men’s title.

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TENNIS

Gala Cup champions found 10th singles title for Cromie, sixth-straight for McCann

By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

Saturday’s Gala Cup Singles at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre promised plenty across two strong fields of players in both the men’s and women’s titles, and it didn’t fail to deliver, with two local champions of the sport etching their name onto the respective trophies, once again.

Tessa McCann claimed her sixth consecutive A Grade women’s title as she marched through the round robin style tournament with relative ease, and then Rhys Cromie, one of the mainstays of Mid Canterbury tennis for close

to two decades now, grabbed his 10th A Grade men’s singles title – 17 seasons after he won his first.

Based on the rankings, both were expected to win as the No.1 seeds in the tournament – but tennis isn’t a game played on a scoresheet, and victory in a Gala Cup doesn’t just fall at your feet the moment you walk onto the court.

McCann’s success in the women’s event took three matches, with only four players lining up for the A Grade action.

She beat Isabella Van Dooren

in her opening match and then Amelia McKeown in the next, which set up a mini-final, as Holly-Jayne Feutz had also won both of her matches to that point.

McCann showed her class however, and underlined why she’s now won six titles, winning the match 6-0, 6-1 to claim the major honours.

For Cromie, who was able to enjoy the bye in the first round of the morning, it also took three matches.

He took on the mercurial Phil Crozier in the quarter-final and won 6-1, 6-0, then turned around to face four-time Gala Cup singles champion, Peter Leonard in the semi-final and was made to work hard for the first set, 7-5 before comfortably winning the second 6-0.

That set up a final against Aidan Watt – an unseeded entry in the tournament – who had taken down some big names to reach the final. He beat Luis Rumia in the round of 16, then took down Connor Brosnahan in the quarter final before tackling brother, Ryan Watt, in the semi.

He won that battle 6-4, 6-3 – but Cromie’s experience and class showed in the final as he won the first set untroubled 6-0 and then the second 6-2.

Cromie’s 10th title saw him surpass legendary female tennis player, Heather Jamieson (nee Bruce) as the most successful A Grade singles player in Gala Cup history.

Mrs Jamieson won six titles under her married name between 1965 and 1972, but also won three straight titles before she was married as Heather Bruce too.

Young Jake Parsons won the A

Grade Consolation, beating Sam Cribb in the final.

The A Reserve Grade men’s singles went the way of Josh Gilbert, who beat Riley Breen in the final 7-6 (5), 6-1.

After adding another singles title to her bulging list of success, McCann made it two-from-two for the weekend when she won the A Grade women’s doubles with Holly-Jayne Feutz.

The pair saw off the challenge of Amelia McKeown and Isabella Van Dooren 6-3, 6-1.

Cromie also went within a

whisker of making it the perfect weekend in the doubles too, but he and Pete Leonard had to settle for second after they were beaten

by Sam Bubb and Neil McCann on Sunday afternoon 6-2, 6-3.

Ashton Cromie and Jayden Cromie kept the family name up in lights though with their win in the A Reserve Grade men’s doubles, winning a round robin tournament over Riley Breen and Josh Gilbert who finished second.

There were no entries in either the A Reserve Grade women’s singles, or the doubles.

Left – Holly-Jayne Feutz had a good weekend in the Gala Cup finishing runner-up in the A Grade women’s singles and then she won the doubles alongside Tessa McCann.

Right – Aidan Watt was in outstanding form in the A Grade men’s singles and only went down to a rampant Rhys Cromie in the final.

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SPORTS DRAWS

■■ Golf

Ashburton Golf Club

Saturday March 13 - An Irish Stableford match will be played for the Don Houghton Memorial Trophy.

This is a mixed day.

Starting Times: Morning 8.00am and afternoon report at 12.00 noon for a 12.30pm start.

Nine hole golfers from 1.30pm

■■ Tennis

Mid Canterbury Tennis

Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis Draw Round 9: Saturday 13 March 2021 All games to start at 9am sharp.

Allenton Moas v Hampstead Yellow at ATTC; Methven Silver v Dorie Hampstead at Methven Domain; Methven Gold v Dorie A at ATTC; Southern Stars v South-

ern Shakers at Hinds; v Dorie A at ATTC; Allenton Kiwis - bye.

Junior B Grade: Methven Black v Southern Stormers at Hampstead; Methven White v Allenton Wekas at Hampstead; Allenton Kokakos v Allenton Fantails at Allenton.

Junior C Grade: Methven Blue v Southern Skyrockets at Mayfield; Southern Strikers v Allenton Rurus at ATTC; Methven Red v Allenton Keas at ATTC. Please phone any defaults through to Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis 308-3020 as soon as possible.

■■ Softball Hampstead

Hampstead Slow Pitch: Friday March 12: 6.30pm Start.

Final: Devon Tavern D.1: Marines & Angels v S & Giggles. 3rd & 4th Placings: Laser Electrical D.2: Hawkies Hawks v Laser Attack.

SPORTS RESULTS

■■ Bowls

Ashburton MSA Bowling Club

Getaway Tournament Results played on March 7 at MSA Bowling Club, kindly sponsored by Spray Marks, Heartland Bank Murray Young and IDL Transport: 1st B Mayson, B Harper, M Otene, M Foggo 3.5 wins, 2nd R Bennett, M Quinn, M Middleton, N Atkinson, 3 wins 22 ends 35 points, 3rd L Luke, R Heads, F McKnight, P Mac, 3 wins 23 ends, 4th M Lawson, R Tonks, M Smallridge, M Markham 3 wins 22 ends 41 points.

■■ Bridge

Ashburton Bridge Club

Monday Evening –March 1st B & C Ladder N/S 1st Bruce Leighton & Paul Leadley, 2nd Ruth Logan & Anne Gilbert, 3rd Bronwyn Oakley & Cath King.

E/W 1st Pat Wise & Joyce Johnson, 2nd David Fisher & George Brown, 3rd John F Rickard & Derek Prebble.

Tuesday Evening – March 2, A Ladder N/S 1st Kay Robb & Rosemary McLaughlin,

2nd Trish & Peter Downward, 3rd Mary Buckland & Sonia Gill.

E/W 1st Annette Blain & Carolyn King, 2nd Trish & Maurice Small, 3rd Jason Vannini & Maree Moore Wednesday Afternoon March 3, Valetta Trophy: N/S 1st Rosemary McLaughlin & Judith Edmond, 2nd Bev Turton & Peter Downward, 3rd Mary Buckland & Trish Small.

E/W: 1st Rewa Kyle & Trish Downward, 2nd John Shearer & John Fechney, 3rd Debbie Seddon – Sewell & David Sewell.

Thursday Evening – March 4, Mary Mulligan Trophy: N/S 1st Judith Edmond* Maree Moore, 2nd Mike Holdaway & John Fechney, 3rd Sue Rosevear & Maryke Blignault.

E/W 1st Jim Rooney & Jill Browne, 2nd Val Palmer & Pat Jordan, 3rd Peter Downward & Carolyn King.

■■ Squash

Celtic Squash Club

Results from last week’s round of the Celtic Squash Club’s summer league competition:

Team 1 beat Team 3 13-9: Nick Marshall beat John McDonnell 3-1, Simon Kennedy beat Tim Kuipers 2-1, Chris Lima beat Jordy Hooper 3-1, Hamish O’Reilly lost to Nicky Dryland 1-2, Meagan Bell beat Caroline Thompson 3-1, Kate Williams lost to Tate Dryland 1-3.

Team 6 beat Team 7 11-10: Scott Broker beat Ben Kruger 3-1, Chris Thompson drew with James McCloy 2-2, Neil Keenan lost to Mike Keen 1-2, Riley Broker drew with Rebecca Abernethy 2-2, Hayden Robinson beat Trudy Dalton 3-0, Maggie Clark lost to Craig Henshilwood 0-3.

Team 5 beat Team 8 12-7: Chris O’Reilly lost to Paul Cousins 1-2, Nathan Forbes beat Mick Hooper 2-1, Shane Muckle beat Hamish Trott 3-1, Kirsty Clay beat Ian Dolden 3-0, Rebecca McCloy beat Sian Hurley 3-0, Alex Forbes lost to Andre De Beer 0-3.

Team 4 drew with Team 9 10-10: Matt Speedy lost to Lee Barker 0-2, James McCloy drew with Blair Horrell 2-2, Neil Keenan drew with James Bowker 2-2, Stacey Smith drew with Neil Thompson 2-2, Matt Cassineri lost to Heather Bowker 1-2, Kate Williams beat Jacinda Ryan 3-0.

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Ashburton Bowling Club

We’re back to Level 1, just as it should be!

And we kept those Codes to the letter, well done everyone!

The Harry Lee Drawn Teams, sponsored

by Pearsons Coachlines, was held on the 4th with a relatively full house. It turned out to be a beautiful day and was most enjoyable!

The results are: 1st John Kewish, Heather Gray, Wendy Herriott; 2nd Graham Taylor, Alison Gibbs, Bob Wilson; 3rd Winston Lee, Annette Blain, Russell Lowe.

Well done all!

We held our last Toyota sponsored Friday Triples of the season on the 5th, another beautiful day and where has the time gone! The results are as follows: 1st – B Mayson, M Smallridge, M Foggo with 3 wins, 18 ends, 29 points. 2nd – M Quinn, J Drayton, W Watson with 3 wins, 16 ends, 40 points. 3rd – R Johnston, L Osbourne, M Tonks with 3 wins, 15 ends, 39 points. 4th – R Gutberlet, D Gutberlet, G Sparks with 3 wins, 15 ends, 33 points.

5th – M Hill, J Rush, T Pearce with 2 wins, 1 draw, 15 ends, 28 points, 6th – R Bennett, B Holdom, S Holdom with 2 wins, 1 draw, 13 ends, 31 points.

Our Saturday Rollover Triples drew a small attendance this week. The Harry Lee and Friday Triples on Thursday and Friday, may have contributed to that - guilty!

Our results are: 1st – T Watson, M Patterson, B Wilson with 2 wins, 1 draw, 13 ends. 2nd – W Lee, M Knudson with 1 win, 1 draw, 10 ends.

3rd – R Keeling, M Campbell with 1 win, 1 draw, 7 ends.

The results of the Ashburton Ladies Triples, sponsored by the Ashburton Trust and held on the 8th March, will be recorded in next week’s Report. We have 2 full greens for this event!

Our Inhouse Glassey 3 bowl mixed pairs, scheduled for the February 17, will now be played (at Ashburton) on Wednesday 10th March, starting at 12.30 pm.

Good bowling everyone! Take care and stay safe!

response from the public who came to enjoy the afternoon and see such a diverse collection of blooms.

The Ashburton group has a growing membership of enthusiasts and welcome everyone who loves the healthy rivalry.

The next local Club meeting and last Dahlia table show is in the Tinwald Hall on Tuesday 16th door open at 6.30pm for staging Top Champion of champion bloom Aggie White. Novice winner Will Rollinson.

Great to encourage a young member

Ashburton County Lions

Ashburton Golf Club

Following a very enjoyable January barbeque at the home of President Lynette Lovett, the Ashburton County Lions Club held their February tea meeting at the Ashburton Hotel on Wednesday 24th February.

The speaker was Emma Taylor from Argyle Welsh & Finnigan. She shared the importance of making wills and appointing powers of attorney to make sure that the right outcomes occur at a time when families can be under stress.

She also provided information on the different ways in which home ownership, investments and bank accounts can be set up and the implications of this organisation when a death occurs.

Emma also reminded us of the need to review these documents from time to time to make sure that they still match your current needs and changing family situations.

Following the speaker the reports from the various committees were shared outlining plans for the coming year. Volunteers were asked for to help with Heart Foundation and Red Puppy appeals.

The club is also looking for a suitable candidate (over the age of 18) to sponsor in attending the Berwick Outdoor Experience in May. In the coming month members have several social events to look forward to a movie night, a lunch at Taste Cafe and a mystery bus trip.

The meeting concluded with the drawing of the raffle and some amusing tail twisting.

Jacob McCabe, Peter Walker and Paul Greer in action on the Ashburton Golf Course.

I lost track of days last week and forgot to do a write-up, apologies to all the players who had good rounds, but you really should have done it a week earlier in Club Champs when in mattered, not in some Mickey Mouse hack-around.

Top player this weekend was Lindsay Stoddart with a great score of 41 points, he carried his offspring team of Dylan and Mitchell along with adopted black sheep Sean Strange, to pick up the team “Adrenaline Stableford” prize.

Don’t ask, because I don’t know. It must have been a fairly easy format though as Ian Rive and Dave Robertson were handicapped with Pat T and Davo and still managed second place.

Last Wednesday, Terry had picked a very strong team to represent us at Timaru for the Bristol Cup. Unfortunately two Bristol Cup legends were unavailable with injuries, but the boys did us proud. A very creditable second place behind a strong Rakaia team for the second year in a row.

Well done Hamish, Arkright, Bruce, Greig, Hoppy and Brendon.

This week sees the start of Pennants.

Monday just gone we had teams at Fairlie and Grand Vue, not sure of results as

writing this, but I’m sure we can chalk up two big wins.

On Sunday we have the start of the Patterson group with two Ashburton teams.

The old men smashed the young pups twice last year, so rightly carry the Ashburton 1 moniker. After holding pre season trials, a very strong team has been selected by Captain Chaos and a big year is expected.

Young Tom was recently seen raking through the rubbish skips trying to pull an Ashburton 2 team together. I think the board may need to keep an eye on them and maybe re-name them as Mayfield 2 or something, just a thought, as we don’t want them dragging our name through the mud. The rest of the pennants teams kick off in a few weeks time. Its always great fun playing different courses against some great characters from the Aorangi district.

If anyone fancies a game at any level, please make yourself known to Myself or Terry and we will get you a game somewhere. I hear that Tom’s team are desperate.

News on the Interprovincial front. We had a visit from Mr NZ Golf, Phil Aicken on Monday to look over our facilities and course. We got some great feed back and information on what to expect and things to do. It was a really good meeting, and I will be calling a volunteers meeting shortly to relay it back to everyone interested. Watch this space.

Until next time good golfing.

Ashburton MSA Outdoor Bowling Club

It is all good at our club as the bowling season enters its final months of the season.

Saturday March 6 saw our club have a

very good day on the green at Hampstead with the Sub Centre Champion Of Champions singles titles up for grabs.

Our three club representatives, Colt Gus Hurrell, Junior Shane Calder and senior Tony Inwood did our club proud with both Gus and Shane taking home the titles and Tony finishing runners up to an in-form Brenton Donaldson.

A top effort by these bowlers and as Meatloaf said, Two out of three ain’t bad.

Well done.

Sunday March 7 we ran our popular Getaway tournament, with a full green of players enjoying their day on the green.

This event was taken out by Brent Mayson, Bruce Harper, Manu Otene and Millie Fargo.

A very good day was had by all.

Our annual match with Richmond WMC is on March 28h up on their green.

Members are urged to get names on notice board asap.

This Friday will see our club run its second to last popular Friday Triples, with the final day scheduled for Friday April 9.

Our Biz Bowls on a Thursday evening come to an end this week.

At the completion of the season will see major renovations on our green, with the top taken off; a very big job coming up.

We are hosting the upcoming Mid Canterbury Sub Centres Centennial Dinner and Prize Giving at Racecourse Road on Friday May 14, from 5.30pm. Tickets $35.00.

All Fed Up catering this event.

See John or Tony for your tickets.

Mid Canterbury Provincial Rural Women

Mid Canterbury Provincial Rural Women NZ are once again offering a Scholarship to both female and male applicants who have a home base in Mid Canterbury. The 2021 Scholarship will be of a $1000 Grant and a Resource Grant of $500. Applications close on April 1, 2021.

Please contact Pauline Hewson for application forms or for further details.

Pauline, the Scholarship Co-Ordinator, can be reached on 03-3036 397 or email; hopelands407@gmail.com Winners will be announced in April.

Mid Canterbury RW members will also assist Region 2 RWNZ committee with attending the South Island Field Days at Kirwee, promoting the ongoing awareness campaign, “Either way it’s 20k”, when passing a stationary school bus.

The ever popular “Cook and Eat” programme, teaching children to cook, will run again in April. If any members can help out, your assistance would be welcomed.

At present we also have a fund raiser, selling Fairlie Pies. If you would like to support us please contact us.

Our next meeting will be on Friday 12th March at the Sinclair Centre, starting with a Cuppa at 9.30am.

Any info required please contact Marg Verrall, President on 302-4717 or Secretary, Sandra Curd on 302-4754.

Wakanui WI

Members met at Ton’s Thai Restaurant prior to our February meeting enjoying time together relaxing and delicious Thai food.We then moved on to Isabell Pages home for our meeting President Juliana Protheroe welcomed

Ashburton Dahlia Circle

A wonderful display of dahlias of 280 vases on show all competing for a placing in the various grades and classifications.

The top Champion of Champions was won by Alistair Davey of Seadown who shows under the Ashburton umbrella. A magnificent giant bloom called Aggie White.

Other top table awards were Open Section Best Bloom Alistair Davey, Aggie White, Best Vase in the open was won

by Jeannette Cuthbertson 3 blooms of small cactus Embrace. Intermediate Section was best Bloom J & P Williams of Christchurch with Hillcrest Candy and also the best vase of 3 Kaiwera Gold.

Novice Section was One Bloom won by Will Rollinson of Ashburton, a Medium cactus Highwarden Cliff.

The official opening of the day was carried out by Councillor Carolyn Cameron at 2.30pm. Great to have a representative attend, and appreciate all the wonderful blooms, and spend time meeting the members. There was a very good

The Dahlia Circle put on a superb show of dahlias, and Will Rollinson was the Novice Winner at the show.

members who then stood in silence to remember Ann Cairns who had been a member since 1957.

Motto – Winning doesn’t always mean being first.

Dianne Carter then gave an interesting report on the WI Centennial celebrations in Napier featuring the unveiling of a statue of Miss Jerome Spencer the founder of WI in New Zealand. Celebrations included visiting Rissington where the very first meeting was held, a dinner and a Church Service in Napier Cathedral. Dianne said it was a very busy weekend but a very moving experience.

A report was also given on the Founders Day church service and picnic at the Plains Museum. Several Wakanui members attended and after the service National President Fay Leonard along with Mid-Canterbury President, Mavis Wilkins planted a Kowhai tree donated by the National Executive in the grounds of one of the cottages to commemorate our centennial.

Nominations were confirmed for Sue Kent and Dianne Carter to serve another term on the Mid-Canterbury Executive.

The meeting closed at 8pm followed by supper.

Next meeting 24th March, 1.45pm at the Sinclair Centre.

Ashburton Inner Wheel Club

Forty nine curiously expectant members and friends of Ashburton Inner Wheel gathered at Bunnings Carpark piled into a bus wondering what was in store for us as we departed on a mystery tour. Little did we know what an interesting day was before us as we set of on our journey.

We didn’t have long to wait as the bus took us down Smithfield Road and stopped at a local car museum specialising in cars from the 60s, 70s, and 80s with some new cars there for good measure. These cars were well displayed with explanations of each on the wall in front of them. Many comments were made about how we had cars like that many years ago. The new cars made wishful thinking for how much we would like to drive one.

A quick stop was then made at Ashburton Airport where our very interesting and capable driver Leen Braam explained about the “information” centre in its new home.

It is almost finished and will be a great asset for the airport. Also he explained about the concrete pads being made close by becoming a fuel station for aircraft.

From there we headed of for morning tea which we realised it was at Dunsandel Hotel which many of us had never been into since its refurbishment. This was a lovely experience with many people commenting and saying they will be back.

Our main spot had to be cancelled because of covid but a most worthy alternative had been organised. This was to a home in the Darfield area which had been damaged in the Christchurch earthquake and now rebuilt.

The company was divided in to three groups for ease and we were shown a film of the earthquake rebuild of the house, a shed which was beautifully built and with a car in the process of being brought up to date. In the home itself the hostess showed us her craft which left us all spellbound and intrigued as she has spent many years knitting with very fine wire.

She has made so many different things, beautiful leaves which after knitting she can mould into shapes, using dressmaker pins and 12 stitches she a knitted about a centimetre just to show what can be done.

A tiny wardrobe was on a table with wire knitted garments inside for all to see. This was so interesting for us, we all wanted to stay longer with so many ideas but I don’t expect many will try.

Lunch was the next stop at the Two Phat Possoms in West Melton, when most of us chose the pensioner meal thinking there would be dessert to follow.

Our small meals were huge and so lovely that dessert wasn’t an option.

Lastly we visited a garden at West Melton on a back section which was large and beautiful, a young garden only started since the earthquake.

Raised vegetable boxes with a large collection of vegetables and fruit trees encouraged to grow along wires.

The rest of the garden was so lovely with many large trees and at the back gate a stall with many plants for sale.

A lovely drive home via Rakaia Gorge ended a excellent day out. Many thanks to the organisers.

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Do the same for a new, challenging ambition.

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CHANGE of dates. Pakeke Lions Charity Market Garage Sale. 9am Saturday 13 March, Sunday 14 March.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10

6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Circuit training in hall, 48 Allen’s Road, Allenton.

9am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

9.30am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Steady As You Go. Fall prevention programme. Contact 308 6817. Held at St David’s Union Church, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10am ASHBURTON PARENTING WEEK. 1st - 7th March, daily meetings and activities all free, see www.waitaha.health.nz/parenting-week/ 10am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Hip Hop for Seniors. Phone 308 6817. Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

10am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON, 206 CLUB. Programme for the elderly runs Monday, Tuesday and

THURSDAY, MARCH 11

9.30am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Ladies exercise class. Please phone 3086817. Ashburton Senior Centre, 206 Cameron Street.

9.30am-11am PARK STREET LINE DANCERS. Join our friendly group for fun low impact dance. St Stephens Church Hall, Park Street.

9.30am-12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. We are open every Thursday and Saturday morning, plus every alternate Tuesday afternoon 3.30pm-5pm. check our fb page for which Tuesday. We are based in the Triangle, 106 Victoria Street.

10am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit Kidz for pre-schoolers and caregivers. 48 Allens Road.

10am-4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street, Methven.

10.45am MSA TAI CHI. Cost $3 per session. MSA, Havelock Street.

11am STEADY AS YOU GO FALLS PREVENTION.

FRIDAY, MARCH 12

6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Circuit training in the hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10am-4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10.30am ASHBURTON COMMUNITY WALKING GROUP.

Wednesday. Enquiries to 308 6817.

10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven.

10.30am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Steady As You Go. Fall prevention programme. Contact 308 6817. Held at Buffalo Lodge Hall, Cox Street.

10.45am MSA TAI CHI. Seated classes, $3. Classes start this week. MSA Havelock Street.

11.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Midweek service, communion and lunch. 48 Allens Road.

CANCELLED. 1.30pm AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Steady As You Go. Fall prevention programme. Contact 308 6817. Held at Buffalo Lodge Hall, Cox Street.

6.30pm - 9pm THE MID CANTERBURY LINEDANCERS. 6.30pm-7.30pm weekly beginners learn to line dance following onto easy intermediate level at 7.30pm-9pm.

Instructor Annette Fyfe 0274 813131. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

Exercises designed to strengthen and improve muscles in a supportive environment. Contact Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. This session at Holy Spirit Church, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

1pm STEADY AS YOU GO FALLS PREVENTION. Exercises designed to strengthen and improve muscles in a supportive environment. Contact Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. This session at St Peters Church, Harrison Street, Allenton.

1pm STEADY AS YOU GO FALLS PREVENTION. Exercises designed to strengthen and improve muscles in a supportive environment. Contact Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. This session at Buffalo Lodge hall, Cox Street.

1pm-3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSUEM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1pm-4pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. Come and enjoy some stitching and friendship. Ashburton Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street.

1.30pm LITTER FREE ASHBURTON. Volunteers needed to help pick up litter. Meet at North Park Reserve Kiosk opposite Racecourse Road/West Street.

Walking for about 30-40 minutes on Friday’s and Mondays.

Meet Walnut Avenue hockey Pavilion.

12pm-2pm ASHBURTON JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. (Signing Centre).

JP available for all signing services on Tuesdays and Fridays.

No appointment necessary. No fee. Community House. 44 Cass Street.

1pm-3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

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Thursday: A few showers clearing in the afternoon, then cloudy periods. Southerlies, dying out in the afternoon.

Friday: Fine with light winds.

A ridge over the country moves northeastwards, while a trough and associated fronts move up the South Island. The trough affects the northeast of the country on Thursday while a ridge builds over the South Island. The ridge spreads onto the North Island over the weekend, and a front approaches the far south late on Sunday.

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BEACH, Graeme Barton (Beachy) – Sunrise 05.07.1948 Sunset 07.03.2021 Peacefully in Ashburton surrounded by family. Much loved father of Nigel, Shane, Dwayne, Ngawaiata, Nathaniel, and Bianca.

Dearly loved Grandad and GG of many. Loved best friend of Hazel. Messages to: The Beach family, 79 Archibald Street, Tinwald, Ashburton 7700. In lieu of flowers donations to the Salvation Army would be appreciated and may be made at the service. A celebration of Beachy’s life will be held at the Salvation Army, 226 Cameron Street, Ashburton on THURSDAY, March 11, 2021 at 1.30pm followed by interment at the Ashburton Cemetery.

HAYTON Carol Susan – On February 22, 2021.

Dearly loved wife of Kevin. A Memorial service for Carol will be held at the Mid Canterbury Vintage Machinery Clubrooms, Ashburton A&P Showgrounds, Seafield Road entrance, on THURSDAY March 11, commencing at 2pm.

WHITING Rex Robert (Gnomey) – At Ashburton Hospital, suddenly and peacefully on Sunday, March 7, 2021, aged 72 years. Moyra’s (Maude) precious, treasured and very best loved buddy has gone to fish in new waters, and read more books. Fiercely loved Dad of Bronnie and Gordon, Campbell and Mel. Proud Poppy of Brayden, Tenielle, Molly, Lachie and a granddaughter yet to be met.

Dearly loved son of Maureen and the late Trevor Whiting, and much loved brother, brother-in-law and friend of Trevor and Liz, Lynda and Peter, Gary and Dawn, and Andrew. Loved son-in-law of the late Morris and Marguerite, loved brother-inlaw of Sheena, Trevor and Paul, David and Pat, Marjorie and Andy. Loved uncle of Lee-Ann and Chris, Shane, Anya and Matt, Cawte and Debbie, Michael and Tania, Vicky and Aaron, and their families. “Tight lines our dearest, we’re with you forever.” Messages to the Whiting Family c/- PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740.

No flowers by request. A service to celebrate Rex’s life will be held at the Hotel Ashburton, Racecourse Road, on FRIDAY, March 12, commencing at 1pm.

Followed by cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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GREETINGS HAPPY BIRTHDAY John Neilson and Lesley Gill.

65 years old today.

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Wednesday: Becoming cloudy with a few spots of rain. Rain becoming widespread and possibly heavy from afternoon, with snow to 2000m at night. Wind at 1000m: NW 55 km/h, becoming light during the afternoon and evening. Wind at 2000m: NW 75 km/h, rising to 95 km/h, then turning S and easing to 30 km/h late afternoon. Freezing level: 3000m, lowering to 2600m afternoon and to 1800m in the S at night.

Thursday: Rain, with snow possible to about 1500m before dawn, easing to cloudy periods and isolated showers in the morning, then clearing in the afternoon. Wind at 1000m: Light. Wind at 2000m: S 30 km/h, dying out before dawn. Freezing level: About 1600m before dawn, rising to 2200m in the morning and above 3000m in the afternoon.

Friday: Morning cloud, then fine. Light winds.

24 1 1 1 7 7 1 9 7 21 1 0 1 4 6 1 8 7 22 7 1 2 4 1 9 5 SUN PROTECTION ALERT 1 9 8 1 3 6 1 8 7 21 1 1 1 4 5 1 7 8 PROTECTION REQUIRED : 50 10 : 30 am – 4 pm 1 9 9 1 5 5 1 8 6 Even on cloudy days For the very latest weather information, including Weather Warnings, visit metservice.com © Copyright Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited 2021 Compiled by Christchurch Darfield Lake Coleridge Methven Rakaia Timaru

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Readings to 4pm Tuesday

Ashburton Airport Temp °C Maximum 23.3 Minimum 8.0 Grass min 4.8 24hr Rain mm 0.0 10.8 Month to date NE 37 Wind km/h 3:44pm Strongest gust Sun hrs on Mon 9.7 54.6 Month to date

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Christchurch Timaru Airport Airport 21.6 20.9 6.8 4.2 2.4 – 0.0 0.0 3.4 1.8 NE 41 SE 19 3:36pm 2:22pm 9.8 – 53.5 –

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Tides, Sun and Moon Wednesday

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Ashburton H 2:24am 2:45pm 3:16am 3:33pm 4:02am 4:18pm Mouth L 8:36am 8:52pm 9:23am 9:40pm 10:07am 10:25pm Rakaia Mouth Rangitata Mouth

H L H L

2:08am 8:23am 2:08am 8:20am

2:30pm 8:42pm 2:29pm 8:36pm

3:02am 9:15am 3:00am 9:07am

3:22pm 9:35pm 3:17pm 9:24pm

3:52am 4:11pm 10:04am 10:25pm 3:46am 4:02pm 9:51am 10:09pm

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7:21am 8:05pm 7:22am 8:03pm 7:24am 8:02pm 3:13am 6:53pm 4:21am 7:26pm 5:30am 7:53pm

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first qtr Mar 22

full Mar 29

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