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Book issuing going high tech

BY SUE NEWMAN

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It will soon be possible to visit the Ashburton Library without human contact.

While library members are able to renew their books online, the library is about to add a new automated service that could see users browse the shelves and issue their own books without human intervention.

Library manager Jill Watson needs $115,000 in the next financial year for radio frequency identification (RFID) checkout kiosks that will allow library users to check out their own books.

She made a pitch for funds to start the changeover to automated issuing to district councillors during this week’s discussions on the council’s long-term community plan. This spells out how rates money will be spent over the next 10 years.

Currently library staff were putting RFID codes on books and Watson said her plan was to install one kiosk and a returns area to the library in the next financial year, with additional kiosks and desks installed the following year.

Councillor Neil Brown was quick to see the kiosks as an opportunity to cut library staff, but Watson said cutting staff would mean shortening opening hours.

Stuart Wilson wanted to know why the kiosks needed to be installed now when a new library would be built within the next three years.

The RFID system wasn’t new, it

Student Rosie Twamley has spent her summer holidays attaching codes to 75,000 books ahead of the installation of radio frequency identification check-out kiosks at the Ashburton Library.

PHOTO SUE NEWMAN 190118-SN-411 was in use in many other libraries, but it was change and for many users, it might take time before they were comfortable with them, Watson said.

“Yes, we could postpone it till then, but it’s new technology, not something people are used to encountering and it might put them off the new library. It’s better to

introduce it at this point and get them to accept it so when we get the new library they won’t look at it as a possible barrier.”

The components were mobile so relocating the kiosks would not be a problem, she said.

Councillors also agreed to write $115,000 into year one of the plan for the first kiosks and $32,000

into year two for two additional kiosks for the adults and children’s library.

Coding of more than 75,000 books began in October and is almost completed.

The self-issue kiosks work by users scanning their library card and then placing their books on a shelf to be scanned. Several books

can be scanned at once, unlike the manual system that requires one book to be scanned at a time.

By waiting until the self-issue and return system had been running in other libraries, Watson said she was confident the system installed in Ashburton would be well priced, well proven and of top quality.

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Parking meter income predicted to halve Free, one-hour parking on Ashburton’s East Street will halve the amount of money the Ashburton District Council earns in parking meter income.

In 2015/16 parking meter income sat at $160,000. The follow-

ing year where six months were one hour free, income dropped to $95,000 and now the council anticipates it is likely to earn around $60,000 a year from this source.

And during discussions on the council’s long-term plan, that fall-

ing income prompted councillor Stuart Wilson to ask whether it was worth bothering with any form of charging regime.

Without a charging regime, environmental services manager Jane Donaldson said, there was a very

real risk that people who worked in town would park outside shops all day. “And then we’d have the business owners in droves to petition council because their customers couldn’t park,” she said.

Parking meter money might

have sharply declined, but the council was still earning revenue from parking fines, as there were still overstayers on parking meters on side streets and those who exceeded the one-hour limit on East Street, Donaldson said.

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Council to prune back rates rise

BY SUE NEWMAN

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Ashburton District property owners are likely to face a 6 per cent rate rise next year.

However, before that figure is set in concrete, Ashburton District Council staff will have to take the pruning shears to a long list of projects that would currently push rates up by almost 10 per cent.

After three days of discussions on the council’s spending bible for the next 10 years, its long-term plan, district councillors ended the marathon debate with a long wish list of projects that will need to be cut by $1.25 million to reach the 6 per cent rate goal.

Projects on the wish list were put forward by staff and ranged from those forced by legislative requirements such as water supply upgrades or non-negotiables such as roading, through to requests for additional staff.

When they looked at the final numbers, finance committee chairman Neil Brown asked each councillor what they thought was an acceptable rate rise.

“Is 9.7 per cent acceptable? It’s not, so what is acceptable? We need to come up with a figure and staff will then go away and look at everything in the budget to see what can be trimmed, moved out or funded from elsewhere,” he said.

“What is the magic figure?”

The long-term plan includes spending over a 10-year period and while the year one rate rise sat at 9.7 per cent, years two and three were low and that indicated some projects might be pushed out a year or two, Brown

said. The task of reducing the rate increase by 3.7 per cent falls to chief executive Andrew Dalziel and his senior staff.

“We have to work through various options and we’ll have to defer stuff to years two and three. You try to push out more non-critical operating costs or you delay projects or find more revenue to off-set the increase,” he said.

Department managers had been put on notice that they needed to look at budgets to see where cuts could be made to bring the total amount of rates required next year to $35.82 million.

This year $33.8 million of the council’s $62.2 million income comes from rates.

Dalziel believes reducing the rate rise down to 6 per cent is achievable and can be done with some commonsense changes.

He anticipates the reshaped budgets will be presented to councillors in early February along with a details around the impact of increased rates on different rating areas of the district.

The council has already signalled that Lake Hood property owners will be facing a steep rates increase that is likely to exceed 30 per cent as they move from a rural rating district to urban Ashburton. From the next financial year the owner of a property at Lake Hood will pay the same rates as the owner of a property with a similar value in Ashburton.

A change to the way charges are applied on many rural potable water supplies, from individual to group, could mean rate reductions in some areas.

A record crowd of about 16,000 people attended last year’s Multi Cultural Bite festival.

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Big turnout expected for food festival

BY LINDA CLARKE

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Organisers of Ashburton’s annual Multi Cultural Bite are planning for another big turnout on Waitangi Day. The food festival is in its ninth year and thousands turn up on East Street to sample bite-sized food from a huge range of countries. The diversity reflects Mid Canterbury’s growing multi-cultural community, which includes the many people moving here to work.

Multi Cultural Bite (MCB) co-ordinator Louise Duke said 20 stalls had registered for the 2018 event.

East Street will again be closed to traffic and the stall-holders will set up along the main street.

Organisers already have an eye

on 2019, which will be the 10-year anniversary of the festival, and have a few ideas already for the special occasion.

Duke said the stall-holders were primed for this year’s MCB on February 6 and ready to offer a taste of their home countries.

“We always recommend they do bite size pieces or dishes. This not only is more cost effective for them, it also gives the community a chance to try all the stalls and their cultural dishes without becoming too full,” she said.

“There will be Nepalese dumplings, Italian dishes and Indian curries.

“The Filipino stalls are good too because they are from different regions so each stall has its own style. And there’s going to be the

most delicious Brazilian dessert!”

Duke said as a foodie, it was her favourite day. “There are too many foods on offer to choose a favourite, I love them all.”

Mayor Donna Favel will be officially opening the MCB and the Ashburton Silver Band will play the national anthem. The day also features songs and dance from the different cultures represented.

There will be prizes for the best food, cultural costume and best stall on the day, judges are still being confirmed.

Duke said it was a record crowd last year and some stall-holders had sold out by lunch-time. “Get there when you can, but the earlier, the better.”

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A gym for breast cancer sufferers

By Katie todd

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To be five years out of Mount Hutt College and running a gym is not something Sommer O’Shea ever expected.

But nor did any of Sommer’s clients ever expect to find themselves at EXPINKT – a Dunedin gym with a major difference.

All of them are there because they’re battling breast cancer.

EXPINKT was opened by the University of Otago in 2009 and 23-year-old Sommer recently become the “face of it all”.

Working alongside founder and senior lecturer Dr Lynette Joans, she looks after more than 100 active members. For those women Sommer’s smiling face and the safe, welcoming gym are a crucial part of positive progress, both physical and psychological.

Sommer’s involvement began last year when she worked to complete a Bachelor of Physical Education. In her final year of studies, she was able to select from specialised 400-level papers and undertake practical placement in a clinic.

One particular option caught her eye: PHSE408 Exercise and Cancer Recovery.

“It only took on about 10 people per year, but I was quite interested,” she said.

“My aunty passed away in 2011 because of breast cancer. I remember it was soon after I found out I was going to be head girl of Mount Hutt College.

“So there was a personal connection … and I guess after studying physical education for four years I also wanted to do something a bit different.”

Upon successful acceptance into the paper and working part time at EXPINKT, Sommer was offered a permanent paid position as a supervisor.

It was an easy choice. Sommer, too, wanted to stay on and stick with her clients.

“It’s nice because I look after my clients, but they also look after me.

I often say it’s like I’ve gained 100 extra mothers,” she said.

Sommer also enjoys seeing members make small victories

Sommer O’Shea with 91-year-old client Morya Brown. against their cancer.

“I had one client who couldn’t walk up the stairs without huffing and puffing because of the treatment she’s gone through and she told me she can do that now, and she is so happy.

“It can be hard at times though. I would say the hardest part is hearing people’s bad news, because it’s inevitable that some people won’t come back at some stage.

But I like thinking about the positive impact that I can make when people are going through

breast cancer.”

The clinic is the first of its kind in New Zealand and aims to improve the health and quality of life for patients.

While the side-effects of cancer can make the task of exercising immensely more complex, research points to an impressive range of benefits.

“Exercise can reduce fatigue and help people feel less tired throughout treatment and the psychological improvements are massive,” said Sommer. “For many people

it’s something else to be focusing on during the constant rollercoaster that is their cancer. And exercise can reduce the reoccurrence of breast cancer by 20 per cent, so that’s really something.”

Individual women also find different advantages to their regular EXPINKT sessions.

“Some are there to make friendships, some are there just to do the exercise … everybody has their own story,” she said.

Sommer said she is grateful to the university and its physical ed-

ucation school which provide the crucial funding for EXPINKT to operate. She will be on the roll for a year and has also set an exercise goal for herself – completing the Coast to Coast.

Then, Sommer said, she is inspired to continue working on the rehabilitation side of exercise.

“I would never have thought I’d be in the role I am today,” she said.

“I think I initially just wanted to be a personal trainer but now I’ve found this, it’s so much more rewarding.”

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Ardern expecting first child in June Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced she is pregnant.

In an official statement on Friday, Ardern said she and partner Clarke Gayford were expecting a baby in June.

“We’re both really happy. We wanted a family but weren’t sure it would happen for us, which has made this news unexpected but exciting,” she said.

Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters will take on the top job for six weeks after the baby is born.

“As is the case when I am overseas, Mr Peters will act as prime minister, working with my office while staying in touch with me. I fully intend to be contactable and available throughout the six-week period when needed,” Ardern said.

“At the end of my leave I will resume all prime ministerial duties.”

The couple found out on October 13 – in the midst of negotiations over who would form the new government – but had kept it quiet as was common in the early stages of pregnancy, she said.

Ardern said she and Gayford were privileged enough to allow him to stay at home as primary caregiver.

“Knowing that so many parents juggle the care of their new babies, we consider ourselves to be very lucky.”

The Prime Minister is expected to speak to media in Auckland shortly.

The couple received congratula-

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Ardern is not the first world leader to be pregnant. Pakistan’s Benazir Bhutto caused a stir with her second

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Hours after taking Labour leadership in August, Ardern was probed by television presenter Mark Richardson about whether she was considering having children, responding that the question was unacceptable and prompting a debate about women’s workplace rights.

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“Congratulations to Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford.

Mary and I wish them all the best for their impending arrival,” former prime minister and National Party leader Bill English “That a woman can be the Prime Minister of New Zealand and choose to have a family while in office says a lot about the kind of country we are and that we can be,” Green Party co-leader James Shaw “Families can work this out and I have no doubt that these two will do it successfully,” former prime minister Jenny Shipley.

“Ours is a novel coalition in many respects and the Prime Minister’s announcement only reinforces its unique qualities. We are committed to supporting the Prime Minister during the months ahead to continue to provide a good and stable government,” - Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters “Fantastic news from Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford. Congratulations boss,” former Labour leader Andrew Little “Of course we are political opponents, but congratulations to [Jacinda Ardern] on her wonderful news,” Act leader David Seymour “All the best as they expect their first child in June: a super busy year coming up and much to look forward to. Every woman should have the choice of combining family and career,” former prime minister Helen Clark “She’s a great role-model nationally and internationally ... I doubt there is a female leader of any country that has had a baby while in any office,” Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner Jackie Blue – NZME

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This year’s Guardian Summer Photo Competition has turned up some great photos. We will be regularly running some of these great offerings.

Above – Leigh Bishop, 30, and Ryan Hodzelmans, 30, waiting for the rest of our crew in the heart of Hakataramea valley New Year’s Eve. Above left – Liam Robertson, 6, fishing our local lakes on a hot January day at Lake Heron. Photo taken by Dean Robertson.

Above – I got this mum – Kaiden Baumgart, 4, fishing in Twizel. Photo taken by mum Nora.

Right – Coming ready or not, Lake Hood. Will Watson, 8. Photo taken by Stephen Watson.

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End of the year-long dog walk Stephen Brassett is just back from taking his dogs for a walk. It only took him a year.

Passionate about animal welfare, Brassett has been travelling New Zealand with his two dogs, 6-year-old pug cross Jake and 12-year-old chihuahua cross Piccolo, and a homemade camper on bicycle wheels.

The trio have slept most nights in the tiny camper, with Brassett pulling it by day as he headed to each of the country’s animal welfare organisations to promote what they do.

The journey, which began this time last year, hasn’t always been easy – a gust of wind blew the group off the road and over a cliff in February 2017, but they were saved from a bad fall by a cluster of trees.

“We just got caught by a gust of wind which knocked us off a clifftop,” Brassett said. “[We were] caught by some trees.

If there were no trees it would have been a disaster.

“That was pretty scary but it worked out well because people helped us out.”

They were able to haul the camper back onto the road, and Brassett was given a lift to somewhere he could pick up a new wheel, as one was damaged in the fall.

Steve Brasset – on the road with his two dogs.

Aside from such unexpected adventures, Brassett has “really enjoyed” the trip.

Calling it “The Longest Walk New Zealand”, he began at the Southland SPCA in Invercargill on January 7 last year, trudged north to Kaitaia, mainly up the east coast, then turned around to come back down the west coast.

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“It’s been a great way to experiment with minimal living,” said Brassett, who has a tiny laundry holder hanging off the back of his camper and a small solar panel on top to charge batteries and his phone.

“Sometimes I struggled with being public all the time. Obviously there’s a lot of curiosity that

follows me regardless of how I’m feeling.”

But while it could be difficult at times, the good parts outweighed the bad.

“My favourite part has been freedom. 100 per cent freedom, 100 per cent free to do whatever I wanted every day for a year.”

The dogs have enjoyed the trip

too – while Piccolo, who can be shy of strangers, preferred to ride in the camper most of the way, Jake was more outgoing and liked to meet new people.

It was exciting for Brassett to meet other people with their own unique stories.

Among them was a man who circumnavigated the South Island in a kayak, a woman who sailed a waka to Rapa Nui (Easter Island) using the stars for guidance, and a man who raised his children in the bush.

Overall, the aim of the walk was to encourage people to get involved with their local animal welfare organisation, he said.

“Everyone can help. You don’t necessarily need to go into the shelter, you don’t necessarily need to give money.”

Now the adventure is over, Brassett is ready to start a new one.

He hopes to head to the Black Sheep Animal Sanctuary in Otaki and live there in a communal setting.

The sanctuary cares for mistreated or unwanted animals, particularly former farm animals.

Brassett wanted to thank everybody who helped him and his dogs throughout his journey.

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New Zealand’s waste shame New Zealand’s ranking as the 10th worst country for urban waste is “shameful” the associate environment minister says, with an urgent review needed to change how the Waste Minimisation Act is implemented.

World Bank data shows that New Zealanders produce 3.68kg of waste per capita per day, the worst in the developed world.

Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage says the statistics are “shameful” and wants to significantly reduce waste going to landfill by 2020.

“It’s time to turn around New Zealand’s rubbish record on waste. New Zealanders have told me they want to do the right thing and we need to make that easy to do.”

Sage said she would be reviewing the implementation of the Waste Minimisation Act to see how it can be more effectively used.

“It’s a good law, with effective provisions, but they haven’t been used to the extent they should have.”

Sage said she would like to apply the landfill levy to more landfills, look at a container deposit and more product stewardship schemes.

These schemes are enacted when the Minister for the Environment declares a product to be a priority product, requiring producers to add the environmental cost into the product or design their products to be recyclable or reusable.

Zero Waste New Zealand co-director Jo Knight says New Zealand needs to invest in biogas plants that can convert the 28 per cent of organic waste ending up in a landfill.

She said New Zealand had “idiotic systems” for waste management, with most organic waste mixed in with plastics or put down incinerators that decompose in sewers.

Wellington City Councillor Iona Pannett said the answer to the capital’s organic waste problem was city-wide compost collection but a plant would be a huge investment requiring funding from central government.

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Experts fear social m Social media companies are not permitted to sign up children under 13, yet preteens in New Zealand are flocking to Snapchat and Instagram. In a three-part series undertaken as part of a Massey University Master of Journalism project, Susan Sandys examines whether this trend may be impacting negatively on youth mental health. In the first feature today, frontline personnel differ on how strictly the 13-year age limit should be applied.

They range from Netsafe, which warns children banned from Instagram risk social marginalisation, to youth worker Juanita Richards, who would like to see legislation introduced to prevent under-13s joining social media sites.

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ho knew that we could have such power at our fingertips? Tapping and scrolling, we conjure up magic from the two dimensions beyond.

Our smartphones are so alluring, we almost don’t know how to put them down.

Adolescents in particular are under their spell and an analysis of the latest data from Auckland University Department of Statistics’ CensusAtSchool reveals one third of 11 and 12-year-olds use Snapchat and about 40 per cent of this age group are on Instagram.

This climbs to more than half of 12 and 13-year-olds and more than 80 per cent of 17 and 18-year-olds.

Snapchat and Instagram have taken over the top spot from Facebook which was at similar levels of popularity in 2013.

In 2009, Bebo was the more dominant platform, however only about 23 per cent of 11 and 12-year-olds were on the site, showing social media has widened its reach among preteens in the past eight years.

The corporate owners of networks such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, YouTube and Musical.ly are domiciled in the United States, so have to set an age limit of 13 in order to abide by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The act prohibits commercial websites from capturing data on children without parental permission. It does not hold companies responsible for members who lie about their age, and it is within this loophole that millions of preteens join worldwide.

Some experts are concerned, citing the well-known risks of cyberbullying and increased access to harmful content, as well as the pressure of constant communications causing sleep deprivation and anxiety, and body image and life quality comparisons leading to feelings of low self-worth.

Parenting Place creative and development director Dave Atkinson said kids on social media are unwittingly creating a digital footprint they may later regret.

They are also potentially exposing their lives to strangers and face inherent difficulties in navigating the social complexities of the online world.

His main concern is around the potential for social media to be a window to inappropriate content, particularly pornography. Access to sexual material targeted at youngsters is a persistent problem online, including on social media sites, despite moderators trying their best to keep on top of it.

“This represents a unique challenge, due to the effect such content can have on a young person’s development, how they construct their identity and form platonic and sexual relationships,” Atkinson said.

He said the preteen years are a unique age in which use of such platforms is driven by a desire to connect with peers. But parents succumbing to such pressure were sending a “dangerous message” that it was okay not to obey the rules of the sites, and they should

instead be putting boundaries in place.

His concerns are backed up by American expert Hilarie Cash. She is chief clinical officer at reSTART Life, a leading residential rehabilitation facility in Washington dedicated solely to internet addiction.

In January the facility’s operators responded to demand to treat younger clients and extended to include a unit for 13 to 18-yearolds.

Cash said she is shocked at generally how little parents monitored their children’s use of the internet.

She believed they should be delaying when they allow their children to go online for anything other than schoolwork, and personally she wanted to see the age for joining social media sites higher than 13. However, it came down to each child as to when was the right age for them.

“It’s like driving a car, a child has to be old enough and mature enough to handle the responsibility,” Cash said.

“The drug of the internet is pretty intense, in terms of how it stimulates the region of the brain that we find rewarding. It’s just putting a drug in the hands of a child.”

Children’s brains develop from the back to the front, with the prefrontal cortex behind the forehead not reaching full

maturity until 25 years or older, she said. This is the area which controls impulses, considers consequences and is responsible for planning, organising and managing time.

When interviewed late last year the unit had eight male patients, mostly addicted to gaming, with social media and viewing pornography being problematic as well.

Social media addiction was more likely to be an issue for girls, Cash said, but they were less likely to present at the clinic as they were generally able to keep functioning in their lives.

Ashburton youth worker Juanita Richards would like to see social media made illegal in New Zealand for under-13s. She sees use of sites such as YouTube causing severe sleep deprivation in the disengaged youth she works with.

Many go online when they get home from school and are still glued to their devices at 2am.

“These kids don’t get bored,” she says. “They don’t have time in their lives to get bored, because they are constantly being entertained.”

Her experience suggested it was financially-stressed families whose children were the most vulnerable, as often the parents were at work in the evenings. She knew of children as young as eight with Facebook accounts and many parents unfortunately had an “ohwell” attitude, believing that they were going to join one day, so why not now.

YouTube became the most popular site with children around 14 to 15-years-old, and

Left – Keep kids off social media, says parenting expert Dave Atkinson.

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Right – Author and psychologist Gwendoline Smith discourages adolescents suffering a fear of negative evaluation from social media sites.

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they could get 100 notifications per day from the people they were following with new videos to watch.

Parents often modelled the same behaviour, spending a lot of time following their Facebook and Instagram feeds.

Of course the problem is not only social media, but the internet in general. Richards believed making social media sites illegal to under-13s would provide a strong signal to parents that they needed to take more responsibility for their children’s internet use.

The switch from television viewing to internet entertainment had not only extended the screen-time boundaries that families may once have adhered to, it had also enabled the viewing of harmful content such as pornography. This was feeding into promiscuous behaviours and unrealistic concepts of what sex should be like, Richards said.

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media risks for preteens youth told her recently about a girl-on-girl video he and some friends watched at his home at midnight, while his parents were in bed asleep.

Legislation to prevent children joining social media platforms exists in few countries worldwide, and although there are no moves afoot here, the Ministry of Health has not ruled this out for the future.

Deputy director of mental health Ian Soosay said the ministry “is considering scientific evidence in this area as it emerges”.

Auckland psychologist and author Gwendoline Smith believed a New Zealand-wide programme introduced to teach resilience in schools would be more effective than social policy.

“I think families have their own cultures, some parents do use

screens as babysitters and you are not going to stop that,” Smith said.

She has seen a swell of anxiety in her Ponsonby clinic with half of her patients battling the disorder, but to blame the new age of social media for mental health issues was “reductionist”, she said.

However, Smith said she will often discourage her teenage clients suffering social anxiety and a fear of negative evaluation, from such sites.

This is at least until they can handle them better and not get upset by too few likes or comments on their posts.

New Zealand’s cyberbullying watchdog and internet safety advice organisation Netsafe recommends young people do not join social media sites before the age of eligibility provided by each site.

At the same time it does not advise that parents strictly enforce this limit, and it warns of a risk of “social maginalisation for kids who are not allowed to socialise” on Instagram in its parents’ guide to Instagram on its website.

Netsafe accepts funds from social media corporates, which appears to challenge the independence of its parenting advice. While the organisation is mainly funded by the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Education, it also receives small targeted portions (less than 1 per cent of turnover in the 15-month financial year to November 2017) from social media companies such as Facebook, Instagram and

Left – Youth worker Juanita Richards would like to see social media banned for kids under the age of 13.

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Right – Unrestricted internet access for children can lead to addiction, says specialist Hilarie Cash.

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Google, which owns YouTube.

However, Netsafe refutes any link between funding sources and the advice it provides.

Chief executive Martin Cocker said the organisation recognised the concern about conflict of interest.

“All industry sponsorship and advertising grants are linked to events or products with specific and clearly defined deliverables. It is clear what the money is buying, and what it isn’t,” he explained.

Cocker said the main reason young people gave for not discussing online challenges was fear of having the account or technology removed from them.

“We don’t recommend young people join social media before the recommended age, typically 13, but we know that lots of young people join before that, with or without their parents’ knowledge,” Cocker said.

“Rather than saying ‘don’t let them’, which drives behaviours under the parent radar, we explain why it is unsafe to allow it and advise on strategies to co-inhabit and manage social media,” he said.

New Zealand’s landmark Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015 is proving to be a useful weapon against the most damaging effects of social media and other internet applications, such as those involving cyberbullying and revenge porn.

At least seven people have been sent to prison under the act and complaints were up last year, with 84 proceedings against offenders to August 31, compared to 62 the previous year.

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Talk to your children about when they can join social media sites and agree on some basic rules.

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CELEBRATING LIFE’S MILESTONES, LARGE AND SMALL When she steps out in this year’s Relay for Life, the cancer fundraiser will have an added significance for Hinds woman Libby Taylor who is on her own cancer journey.

Reporter Sue Newman talks with Libby about living with a life-changing disease.

Richard and Libby Taylor and their four daughters live a life without boundaries.

Like any other family they celebrate milestones and achievements big and small and to the rest of the world they’re just like any other Kiwi farming family.

Life with four children and two dairy herds to milk means there’s not a lot of spare time, but the Taylor family knows the value of seizing the moment, enjoying life’s simple pleasures and making time for one another.

There’s love, laughter and plenty of joy in the Taylor household, but there’s also an unwanted guest. Cancer. It arrived in November 2015, left six months later, but made an unwelcome return last October.

Cancer is now part of the Taylor family’s world, but they’re refusing to let it define who they are and what they do. The disease might live in Libby’s body, it might lurk in the corners of each family member’s mind, but Richard, Libby, Islabelle, Ruby, Tilly and Maggie-May are getting on with life, looking to the future and doing the everyday, normal things that any other family does.

They’re not measuring their lives in months and years. Yes, Libby knows her life will be shorter than it might have been, but that’s the future, not the now.

The 34-year-old’s cancer journey began while her baby was just five months old.

“When I first found the lump I was still breast feeding Maggie-May and thought it was hormonal, but it didn’t feel right.

I found the lump on Saturday morning,

talked to Richard about it and went to the doctor on Monday,” she said.

From that point her life started spinning on a different axis.

“I went straight into the breast care centre in Christchurch and from there it was an ultra-sound, then biopsy. I’ll never forget those days. It was horrific, but at the time my surgeon reassured me they’d get rid of it so you never think it will come back anywhere else.”

After her mastectomy Libby was told she’d had two tumours, the one she felt and a second deep in her breast, against her chest wall, but the outlook was positive and she started a course of chemotherapy that would run for six months.

A reconstruction followed she was ready to get back on with living life, playing netball, running and raising her family. The 2017 Torpedo Spring Challenge was held in Geraldine and Libby and two friends entered and trained hard.

But ahead of the race Libby started to feel pain in her ribs. She put it down to over-zealous training or discomfort from her breast reconstruction and went to her doctor for some pain relief.

She was told the pain was coming from an enlarged liver and that she shouldn’t take part in the race. She ignored that advice and went on to complete the event.

“For me that was a massive accomplishment because I really knew that something was wrong. On the Monday I had a CT scan and then I was hit with it, the cancer had come back. I was told it was in my liver.”

The family headed to the North Island for a holiday but Libby’s pain continued and she ended up in a doctor’s surgery.

“She asked me if I’d seen the report from my scan and I said no. Then she told me it was in my lungs, my spleen and my bones.”

Looking back she’s glad the bad news was delivered in two doses. In one it would have been too much to deal with.

That was October and since then Libby has been on an oral chemo regime, two weeks on, one week off.

That’s spared her the side effects of intravenous treatment.

“It all looked pretty grim and I was told that my life was shortened, but I said I didn’t want to talk in time. I’ve never asked how long do I have.”

Living life to the full – Richard and Libby Taylor and their daughters (from left) Islabelle, 9, Tilly, 5,

For her it’s about getting on with living rather than measuring the length of the living. After nine weeks of chemo, Libby had another scan and received the ultimate Christmas present, her tumours

had all shrunk by 50 per cent. That was a huge cause for celebration.

She’s continuing with chemo, mixing this routine with vitamin C infusions.

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send samples of her tumour to Germany to be tested so he can understand what feeds its growth and therefore what will work with her body to find the appropriate natural products to kill it.

The mixture of traditional and alternative treatments seems to be working.

“Our oncologist is the sensible one and then we have John with different ideas that he believes will work, so we’re defi-

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Yes, it’s changed how Libby lives her life. Every moment, every day is very special.

“Even when I was first diagnosed I didn’t dwell on it, I still played netball. It’s just shit that it’s come back.”

To make sure her four daughters know if they are high risk for breast cancer, Libby has undergone genetic testing.

She’s still waiting for the results, but said she’s the first in her family to have the disease.

“If it’s positive, it’ll just make us so much more aware.”

While her body is battling cancer she’s also dealing with the emotional side of the impact of the disease. Taking a positive approach to every day, celebrating every moment and sharing the ups and downs of life with friends and family are all part of her disease-fighting tool kit.

“I don’t think there’s a weekend we spend by ourselves, we’re always surrounded by friends and family. Too much time on your own is not good,” she said.

In the months since her cancer returned, Libby has refused to sit back and take life easy. She’s taken part in fund raising cancer walks and events, has held a Pink Ribbon breakfast and got on with the business of being a mum of four.

She bikes, walks most days and with her family celebrates all of life’s little moments.

“And yes, I’ll still have a glass of wine to celebrate things like good scan results.”

With her friends she’s taking part in this year’s Relay for Life.

Team S.W.A.T.T. – sprinters, walkers and trash talkers has been sponsored by Hydraulink. Her four girls are also sporting new Relay for Life t-shirts, ready for the event.

Their fundraising events will be a cricket match between Hinds and Longbeach on Waitangi Day and a squash tournament later in the month, plus the fundraising bucket will be passed around.

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HOW RELAY FOR LIFE BEGAN Relay For Life began in 1985, when Dr Gordy Klatt of Tacoma, Washington organised a 24-hour walk/ run in recognition of all those affected by cancer.

He asked friends and family to walk or run with him and make a donation to the American Cancer Society. A year later, 19 teams took part.

Since then, Relay For Life has become a global movement, uniting over 20 cancer organisations and 6,000 communities worldwide. New Zealand’s first relay started in 2001 in Manawatu

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Grateful to be able to smell the roses When Ron Cresswell walks the survivor lap at this year’s Relay for Life he’ll be celebrating his second chance at life. He talks to reporter Sue Newman about the accident that led to finding a sarcoma buried deep in his thigh and the traumatic months of uncertainty, surgery and recovery that followed.

When Ron Cresswell walked into the corner of a metal bench in his workshop he cursed his carelessness, rubbed the sore spot on his thigh and went on working.

A few days later he noticed a lump, but dismissed it as the result of his brush with the workbench.

Life carried on, Ron spent his days teaching at Ashburton College, carried on with his leisure activities. The lump on his thigh remained.

A few weeks later during a doctor’s visit for an unrelated issue, Ron mentioned the lump “Just to put my mind at rest I asked him to take a look,” he said.

Like Ron, his doctor was not concerned.

He measured the lump and suggested Ron kept an eye on it in case it grew.

“I watched and watched and thought it had, then thought it hadn’t, and then went back. That was like launching a flare.

Malcolm (Wootton) got into gear. The following day I had an appointment with a specialist and a CT scan.”

Ron and wife Angela were plunged into a new world, one of uncertainty, a world where the word cancer lurked in the wings.

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“For the first two or three weeks they weren’t sure what I had. You come home with this big black cloud. When I had the CT scan they said they weren’t sure, then I had an MRI and a fine-needle biopsy and they said they wouldn’t know until all the results were there,” Ron said.

The only thing his specialist would tell him was that he was pretty concerned.

“The worst case scenario at that point in time, he said, was that it’s in your thigh but it could have sent its friends into other places. If it has, it’s not good.”

That was the black cloud that Ron and Angela towed behind them for several days. They told their daughters and talked about a future that, at that point, could have been very short.

“That was the hardest part of the whole time, we planned a funeral. Those weeks seemed like forever, but once they said my lungs and liver were clear I could relax.”

Yes, Ron had a high grade sarcoma in his thigh muscle, but the cancer was

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confined. It had not spread.

That news was the equivalent of being handed back his life, but he was unaware that in many ways, the worst was yet to come.

Post operation, he started a course of daily radiation that would eventually compromise the healing process.

“I didn’t have cancer anymore, I just had this big hole in my leg, big enough to put your fist in,” he said.

The major bonus was that the area was sensation free and that meant it might be ugly but there was no pain.

“The most painful part was having the dressings pulled off the hairs on my leg.”

Those dressings had to be changed three times a week – a 40-minute undertaking – for almost two years as his body struggled to heal the gaping wound.

During that time he also spent time over an eight week period in a hyperbaric chamber, breathing pure oxygen in an effort to stimulate the healing process.

Ron and Angela were determined to

remain positive about the future.

“Once you’ve got your head around it you just have to deal with it. I knew I had no control over the cancer but I could control depression. Yes, over the two years there have been moments when you ask why, but that’s just for a couple of minutes and then you look at what you have in life.”

In December, Ron was finally able to have surgery to close the hole in his leg.

It’s still far from perfect, but he’s now looking at smaller dressings and a smaller drain. How long the drain will remain in place and how long it will take for the wound to heal completely is unknown, but the healing process is moving forward – slowly.

“The whole thing has been pretty unusual all the way though. The surgeon told me that a lot of GPs would go through their whole career and not see anything like this.”

Yes, the past two years have been tough at times, but there has always been a huge

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USEFUL INFO support team around Ron. “The unsung hero in all of this is my main carer, Angela. She’s had to field constant inquiries, she’s been a bloody legend.”

Ron will always walk with a limp, his left leg might be pitted and scarred, but his six-monthly x-rays continue to deliver good news and he knows he’s been given his life back. He’ll never be able to ride a horse or a motor bike and he’s more likely to take a tumble because of his gamy leg, but they’re all small prices to pay, he said.

“It really hasn’t stopped me doing much at all. I’m still singing and I’ll be doing 42 gigs between the beginning of February and the end of April.”

Over those two years, Ron said the health system had never once failed to deliver. ”I saw the New Zealand health service in action. This has to be the best in the world, it’s been a royal service,” he said.

As a result of his brush with cancer he’s made a few changes in life.

“I listen to Angela more, I take

guidance from her more readily, I’m less inclined to push through when it’s really killing me. If my leg is tired I’ll stop and I’m less likely to go at something like a bull at a gate. If I do get it wrong, it doesn’t just affect me, Angela and the kids at college pay the price.”

Throughout his surgery and over the months of recovery, Ron said he had been overwhelmed by the support that had come from friends, the community and the Cancer Society. Strangers and members of his choir drove him to regular appointments in Christchurch, and his fellow teachers at Ashburton College were endlessly supportive.

“Out of the whole thing you’d never say I’m pleased I had it, but when I look at what it’s allowed Angela and me to do in terms of human relationships, you couldn’t get anything more powerful.”

Today Ron says he has a deep appreciation of small pleasures and carries the belief that it’s good to talk about cancer; doing so just might help someone who is new to the ‘club’, he said.

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Mandy Casey POSITION AT THE CANCER SOCIETY Health Promoter .

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING AT THE CANCER SOCIETY Seven years.

WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE CANCER SOCIETY?

With my nursing background, I have always had an interest in the health and the wellbeing of our community. When the opportunity arose to work as a health promoter, I knew that it was a role that I would be passionate about.

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”, is a saying that sums up my role. It means we all need to make changes, to live life more healthily, being smoke free, limiting alcohol, being sun smart, exercising regularly and eating a healthy diet.

WHAT’S THE MOST REWARDING PART OF YOUR JOB?

Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health.

Its great being part of a team that works towards supporting com-

munity outcomes in health and wellbeing, increasing smoke free environments to reduce personal and social harm. Working with schools and promoting sun smart behaviours. New Zealand has the highest rates of skin cancer and melanoma in the world, it is important our children learn skills to protect themselves from UV radiation.

REGARDING RELY FOR LIFE, WHAT’S YOUR MOTIVATION?

Bringing people together. We all know someone who has been impacted by cancer, the pain and devastation that comes with a diagnosis and how it affects their family and friends. It’s a time to come together and fight back, think about how we can change our lives and environments that support health and wellbeing, to lead a healthier lifestyle with our families, children and grandchildren.

WHAT WILL BE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR YOU IN RELAY FOR LIFE?

The weather! We just need a beautiful weekend! No rain , no howling nor west!

SHARON ROBINSON POSITION AT THE CANCER SOCIETY Administrator.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING AT THE CANCER SOCIETY Three years.

WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE CANCER SOCIETY?

My dad was first diagnosed with bowel cancer when he was 50 and then 13 years later with oesophageal cancer. The effect cancer had on Dad and our family turned our world upside down. During this time the support Dad received from Annie and the Cancer Society made a real difference.

When the administrator position was advertised I knew that this was an opportunity to give back and be part of an organisation that is so important.

WHAT’S THE MOST REWARDING PART OF YOUR JOB? I truly admire our amazing volunteers, who give of themselves so selflessly. The opportunity to work with them is easily one of the most rewarding parts of my job.

But I can honestly say that the best moments happen all the time, hearing

ANNIE BONIFANT POSITION AT THE CANCER SOCIETY Centre Manager and Support Services.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING AT THE CANCER SOCIETY 11 years.

WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE CANCER SOCIETY?

The Cancer Society’s Supportive Services role fit with my professional background of acute oncology nursing and palliative care.

Although no longer a practicing registered nurse I have always had an interest in cancer care, treatment and research.

My support services role enables me to help people with a cancer diagnoses and their families navigate their cancer journey by providing practical and emotional support in what is an incredibly stressful time in their lives.

WHAT’S THE MOST REWARDING PART OF YOUR JOB?

The entire role is very rewarding, it is an absolute privilege to be part of someone’s cancer journey.

If we can just help relieve some of the burden and stress that a cancer diagnosis brings, no matter the outcome it is all worthwhile.

I also want to say how rewarding it is to work alongside our won-

laughter at our Daffodil Support Group lunches, sharing the happiness when good news is received, witnessing the exceptional generosity from people in our community. Knowing that we have made life slightly easier for the people and families we support is definitely the best reward.

REGARDING RELY FOR LIFE, WHAT’S YOUR MOTIVATION?

It is a privilege to be part of the Relay For Life event, the money raised really does make a difference for people in our community, it is true that with your help there is hope.

WHAT WILL BE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR YOU IN RELAY FOR LIFE?

The Candlelight ceremony is so beautiful but it is also very emotional remembering those we have lost. I know this time will be particularly hard remembering my Dad as he was with us at the last Relay.

The best part of Relay For Life is the opportunity to be with friends and family in that space, remembering loved ones, celebrating survivors and coming together as a community to fight back against cancer.

derful volunteers, who give so freely of their time and energy without which we could not achieve half of what we do.

The generosity and assistance given to us by our community is not only humbling, but every day we are touched and amazed by the caring support shown to us.

I feel honored to be part of this team and community.

REGARDING RELY FOR LIFE, WHAT’S YOUR MOTIVATION?

My motivation is summed up by Relay’s three main themes; the opportunity to celebrate survivors, remember those we have lost and fight back by using money raised to fund research, provide resources and information and much needed practical support in our community.

Relay is a fantastic fundraiser but it is so much more than that.

It is about community coming together to honor those touched by cancer.

WHAT WILL BE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR YOU IN RELAY FOR LIFE?

One of the biggest challenges is time management, leading up to the event there are not enough hours in the day and the event itself is 18 hours of full on fun and activity.

The chance to catch up with so many people and see them celebrating, remembering and fighting back makes it all worthwhile.

Karen McRae POSITION AT THE RELAY FOR LIFE COMMITTEE

Team Recruitment.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED WITH RELAY FOR LIFE? 2011 - this is my third Relay I’ve been involved in.

WHAT’S YOUR MOTIVATION?

Nearly 14 years ago my Dad lost his battle with cancer so when Annie and Mandy asked if I would become involved in Relay For Life I jumped at the chance to be involved in such a worthwhile community event.

WHAT’S THE MOST REWARDING PART OF BEING INVOLVED? Watching the Ashburton

community come together during the event. To see the survivors walk the first lap, the candlelight ceremony and also at the end when everyone is gathered around and the grand total raised is revealed. The Ashburton community are so generous - it’s just amazing.

WHAT WILL BE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR YOU IN RELAY FOR LIFE?

Trying to get at least 50 plus teams involved – we’re at 30 now. Still time to register!

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■ MANUFACTURING INDEX

Manufacturing activity falls sharply

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Currently ATM distributes its products in California and the South East region and sales in these areas have now reached a level the company sees as able to support the expansion in to the North East.

Both ATM and peer Synlait Milk have had a soft start to year however, this announcement has seen them on the rise again.

The Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion for the December quarter showed a continuation of the themes we have been seeing in the ANZ business outlook survey.

There has been a marked decrease in business confidence following the general election.

This is not an abnormal phenomenon, with the uncertainty surrounding an election generally causing some unrest.

This was compounded with the change of leadership, which created policy uncertainty.

The decline in business confidence was broad based with all sectors registering a fall in confidence.

Retailers and manufacturers were particularly downbeat.

However, it is also worth noting that when businesses were commenting on their own businesses, they were more positive with a net 10 per cent reported a lift in trading, although this is lower than the previous quarter.

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Jeremy Flood

The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand’s latest survey showed median house prices increased in the year to December by 5.6 per cent.

Auckland house price increases were more muted, rising only 1.7 per cent.

The strongest price growth came in the Waikato, with an 11.4 per cent increase and the Bay of Plenty, which recorded a 20.4 per cent increase.

The number of days to sell increased marginally while volumes fell significantly, falling 10 per cent on a year on year basis and 16 per cent from November.

Elsewhere in the world, the US market has continued to go from strength to strength.

The recently passed tax reform and the start of the corporate earnings season have been the key drivers for the stellar performance.

The Dow Jones Industrial average crashed through yet another threshold this week, rising above 26,000 for the first time, a mere seven trading days after it reached the 25,000 mark.

The Australian index had started 2018 with a solid run, however, commodity prices have pulled back with the weaker US dollar, creating a headwind for the index.

Although crude oil prices reached above US$70 a barrel during the week, at the time of writing it had dipped below that level.

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he first full week of trading for 2018 saw the NZX finish lower.

However, this trend has reversed this week with the index again moving higher.

Positive corporate newsflow has been a key driver for the local bourse over the week, along with some solid economic data and positive movements from global peers.

It has been a mixed week for the dairy industry, starting off with Fonterra’s Global Dairy update.

The key takeaway from the update was the significant decrease in milk collection for December.

With many rural areas facing drought conditions at the moment, production levels for dairy herds has decreased which has seen a drop off in collections.

Fonterra has lowered its forecast milk collection for the current season by 3 per cent.

In early December, Fonterra revised its forecast farmgate milk payout to $6.40 as prices for dairy products took a fall.

However, at the latest Global Dairy Trade auction, held Wednesday, the headline index rose for the second consecutive auction.

The two price increases have been driven by the slowdown in production as drought conditions persist.

The two key product groups for New Zealand, whole milk powder and skim milk powder, saw solid gains, rising 5.1 per cent and 6.5 per cent respectively. a2 Milk (ATM) this week announced that it would be expanding its US distribution network.

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points to 51.3, finished stocks down 4.8 points to 51.9, deliveries down 8.8 points to 50 and new orders down 7.1 points to 50.2.

Toplis said while he expects a bounce back in activity once polit-

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immediately before the release but has since recouped that dip recently trading at 72.97 cents.

All five of the sub-indices fell, with production down 8.4 points to 53.3, employment down 2.8

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derstanding of likely policy shifts.

Today’s data are consistent with this hypothesis,” BNZ head of research Stephen Toplis said.

The New Zealand dollar fell to 72.87 US cents from 73.04 cents

ical uncertainties diminish, “there are also signs in this data that future production may come under some pressure as the decline in new orders is proving greater than the decline in inventory”.

The data mean fourth-quarter gross domestic product might be lower than expected, he said. BNZ was already forecasting a subconsensus 0.5 per cent increase and “there appears to be increasing downside risk to this pick.”

According to Toplis, the data are weaker than their equivalents in the quarterly survey of business opinion published this week by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research.

A net 16 per cent of manufacturing firms surveyed expect economic conditions to deteriorate in the first half of this year, versus a positive reading of 12 per cent in the prior period.

Regarding output, however, 25 per cent said they experienced an increase in the past quarter, up from 12 per cent in the September quarter and a net 18 per cent said they expect an increase in the next quarter.

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New Zealand’s manufacturing activity fell a five-year low in December as businesses deferred major decisions until there is more clarity after the change in the government, echoing the downbeat sentiment in this week’s business confidence survey.

The BusinessNZ-Bank of New Zealand performance of manufacturing index fell 6.5 points to a seasonally adjusted 51.2 in December.

While it continued its run of expansionary readings above 50 in every month since October 2012, it was the lowest result since December 2012.

Businesses have been jittery since the formation of the Labourled government as they wait to see what impact new policies will have on things like industrial relations, the labour market and trade as well as the property market.

“Anecdotal evidence, across the economy, suggests there was a post-election hiccup in activity as businesses put off major spending, investment and hiring decisions until there was greater clarity and, more importantly, un-

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Unsung heroes keep this district ticking Sue Newman

SENIOR REPORTER

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it through three days of discussions on how, when and why the Ashburton District Council intends to spend ratepayers’ money and you have a new respect for the people who run our district.

While elected members of council are the ones making the tough decisions, the quality of those decisions relies almost entirely on the quality of the information that’s provided by council staff.

They’re the unsung heroes in the annual challenge that’s called setting rates.

Every three years that job becomes a whole lot tougher when the council reviews its long term plan, the document that is its spending bible. This is one of those years.

Whatever is built, replaced, or upgraded in the district over the coming 10 years needs to be signalled in the plan. If it’s scheduled for the next three years, then the numbers have to spot on; what’s in there dictates what the council needs in the rates each year.

The council’s department managers know where money needs to be spent, what the big projects need to be, but for some it’s always a harder sell when it comes to projects that make the final cut.

If you’re in charge of the district’s roads or its underground infrastructure – water, wastewater and stormwater, councillors are usually keen to give you what you need.

Those projects are always about the council’s core business and they’re about protecting ratepayer assets. And often what needs to be done is driven by legislation as much as it is by need.

Where it gets a bit cloudy is areas that are not core business – libraries, sports facilities, parks and reserves, museums, tourism, economic development, community safety. Not every councillor can be convinced of their value, but they’re the things that make the quality of life difference, that make this district a great place to live.

We’re already struggling to attract the people we need to do the jobs we have in this district; we’ll have an even greater struggle if we start carving swathes out of the money we allocate to maintaining and growing these facilities.

If councillors decide to get tough on the cost of running or using these – ie ramping up the EA Networks Centre fees – then they’ll end up managing a herd of costly white elephants.

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ewsflash: Jacinda is expecting!

This column congratulates Jacinda Ardern and her partner and wishes them all the very best.

The patter of tiny feet in the Beehive, eh! What would King Dick have said?!

Danger: Members of Parliament returning to work Yes, it’s true. People answering to a description of looking like MPs have been observed, via CCTV and even old-fashioned, on the spot eyesight, making furtive assessments of the Beehive, albeit at a safe distance, in case their cover is inadvertently blown and, at once, they find themselves surrounded by a ravenous horde of interviewstarved media persons, all desperate for a sound byte.

For Messrs Gower, Garner and Hosking (he of the grossly overcool persona and casual tosser of words) and others of that ilk, the holiday season is a purgatorial time when fake news – usually of their own feverish making – is the only alternative to their real job, pinning MPs to the nearest wall or dragging them kicking and screaming into the studio and haranguing them with a fully-loaded microphone till they get from the gibberish wreck in front of them – and sometimes, even, an audience – the answer they require.

Their own reputation as robust investigative journalists thus re-established following the long and silly Christmas break, they can then relax before licking their often ugly chops and beginning the search for further prey.

No doubt there is just a hint of exaggeration in the above description but then exaggeration is the foundation of all satire, and ridicule of the self-important the vital ingredient!

I dare say the practitioners named and their like-thinking tribesman are, in other parts of their lives, kind and gentle with their partners and children and positively sloppy over the household pets. It’s the micro-

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phone and its inherent power wot does for ‘em.

Anyway, the returning MPs know what to expect from the media pack and have their own ways of keeping it at bay.

They are more concerned, or certainly should be, with the peaceful regulation of the lives of us less august citizens, who rely on parliamentary deliberations to provide us with the framework for satisfying and full lives so long associated with Aotearoa, New Zealand.

England, after all, is not the only green and pleasant land on the planet, especially if we continue to receive the sort of persistent rain that fell for four days last week.

The new government – a fragile coalition of the unlikely and the inexperienced, the strident and the unsubtle, with very few stable geniuses amongst them, is obliged to make good on its generous election promises while also maintaining, to the less than convinced – of whom, I suggest there is a goodly number - that these commitments can, in fact, be met without bankrupting the nation in the process.

Jacinda’s high profile first hundred days will be up very soon and she will be only too well aware that the media wolves will be circling ready to snarl their questions at our graceful and delicate leader, as they challenge her to justify the promises she made for this pivotal period.

They will undoubtedly ask, in their usual, aggressive fashion, can we really afford the free first-year tertiary education, the across-the-board expansion of social benefits, (especially those applying to new par-

Classifieds Call 03 3077-900 classifieds@theguardian.co.nz Missed paper Call 0800 ASHBURTON 0800 274 287 ents, and children not previously covered), the legendary affordable housing and, not least, the pressing need to find roughly seven hundred teachers required for schools all over the country in about two weeks’ time.

The fragile bands that bind the parties that now make up what can reasonably be called, a minority, ruling coalition, with National outnumbering any two of them combined, are seriously stretched.

As that old warrior of times gone by, Richard Prebble, has pointed out, Labour, thanks to their making extravagant preelection promises, find themselves obliged to make good on them, which they never thought likely as, until the demise of Little and the ascent of Ardern, there seemed little chance of their actually winning power, even by way of the quirks of MMP. But they did and it has.

Some have responsibility thrust upon them and it is just as heady an experience as power itself.

The only problem is, you have to be seen to do something with it, something both affordable and desirable, as assessed by the fickle voters.

Will the philosophical differences between parties, much advertised before the election, be buried for the duration so the coalition can constantly agree on whatever policy may be under discussion? A tall order,

one would have to think, even if cantankerous Foreign Minister, Winston Peters, finds himself mostly out of the country, to the great relief of his coalition colleagues.

Perhaps one of the most media-motivated matters, as our representatives sink once more into their merino-covered cushions –teal MPs, cheek by jowl, with the list (fake) variety – is likely to be the future of Farmer Bill English.

Despite his universally admired performance in the lead-up to last year’s election and the remarkable National result, after nine long years in office, Bill seems to lack the magical ‘w’ factor so obviously and permanently enjoyed by his predecessor, Sir, John Key, the winning factor.

Which, in due course, will be the reason for his retirement from the House or at least his removal from the leadership of the National Party, to be replaced, I would not be surprised, by either Amy Adams or Nikki Kaye (All political prophesies for 2018 subject to the eccentricities of President Trump’s button.)

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Accused plead not guilty The parents accused of torturing their children for years in a California house of horrors pleaded not guilty to 75 charges during a brief court appearance.

David, 57, and Louise Turpin, 49, denied the charges not long after they were announced by the Riverside County District Attorney. The couple’s next court appearance was set for February 23.

The pair were brought into court via a tunnel from the nearby Robert Presley Detention Centre where they have been held since being transferred from Perris, the Daily Mail reports.

Dressed in black outfits from their civilian wardrobes, both Turpins were shackled for the 20-minute appearance, with David also wearing ankle restraints.

The Turpins, who are being held separately, spoke only to answer “yes” when asked by Judge Michael Donner if they understood proceedings.

Louise Turpin faces 37 charges while her husband faces 38. They are both charged with the 12 counts of torture, 12 counts of false imprisonment, 7 charges of abusing a dependent adult and six counts of child abuse.

David is also charged with one count of a lewd act against a child under the age of 14.

The alleged victim was one of his daughters.

Their bail was set at $US13 million each – one million for every child they are accused of torturing.

The couple are being represented separately: David by David Macher of the Public Defender’s Office and Louise

by Jeff Moore of local law firm Blumenthal Law Office’s.

Speaking to DailyMail.com, Moore said his client seemed “Okay” but said he had not had time to speak with her.

He said: “I don’t know [what she is like] – I haven’t had a chance to talk to her yet. She seems okay.”

Moore added: “Just like in any other case, we will look at the evidence and proceed accordingly.”

Outside court, Macher refused to answer questions about his client’s wellbeing and his response to the charg-

Knightly reveals assaults Keira Knightley has revealed she has been sexually assaulted four times on evenings out as she hit out at the ‘culture’ of ‘silencing and bullying women’. The Pirates of the Caribbean star, 32, has spoken out in praise of the #MeToo movement and said the film industry tolerated the idea that men “are allowed to behave in different ways than women”.

The London-based actress said the “minor” assaults had all happened in bars, and that a group of her friends had all suffered similar experiences. “I’m not talking about rape, but I’m talking about the people who had been grabbed in pubs or their breasts had been fondled by somebody they didn’t know.”

Another Smith concert David Allen Turpin appears in court for his arraignment in Riverside. es, saying he could not comment. He did say he would do “all that is necessary” to defend the case but refused to say whether he would order a mental evaluation.

Macher added: “Our clients are presumed to be not guilty.

We are going to provide a vigorous defence.

“The case will be tried in court, not in the media.”

Jeff Zimel, the Riverside County Public Defender, said the couple would remain in separate cells at the Robert Presley Detention Center unless the Sheriff decides otherwise.

Describing the arraignment as a “standard, uniform hearing”, Zimel said the case would be a difficult one to defend because of the horrific nature of

the Turpins’ alleged crimes.

He said: “I imagine, sure it will be.

“But as a lawyer taking the emotion out of it and analysing it in terms of what would the law say, there’s steps: what happened? Is it a crime? What does the law say?

“So this is one of those cases where you have to attack it in that sort of non-emotional way.”

Zimel also said his office had yet to see all the evidence against the Turpins beyond a 10-page report and said their trial could last a year or more.

“We don’t know what all the evidence is yet - we’ve got maybe 10 pages of reports”, he said. “But the prosecutor told us today there’s much more.”

Hours earlier, harrowing

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new details of how they tortured their 13 children were described at a press conference by DA Michael Hestrin.

He told how they kept the children up all night and slept during the day in a suspected attempt to avoid any outsiders witnessing the abuse.

They were regularly beaten and occasionally strangled, Hestrin alleged.

The only activity the children – who said they were chained up for months at a time – were allowed was to write journals.

Hundreds were recovered from the home and they are likely to be used as evidence against the parents.

None of the children have ever seen a dentist and none have seen a doctor for four years, Hestrin said.

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■ BRAZIL

Baby dies as car plunges into crowd A baby has been killed and at least 15 people injured after a car ploughed through a busy promenade on Copacabana Beach.

The horrifying incident happened at 8.45pm local time on Rio de Janeiro’s famous Rua Figueredo de

Sam Smith has announced a second New Zealand show when he returns to our shores this November. Due to popular demand, the Grammy-winning artist will now play Spark Arena on November 2 and 3. Smith last visited his Kiwi fans in 2015, but returns now off the back of his hit album The Thrill of It All which has been topping charts since its release in November last year. Smith joins a huge lineup of live pop music in New Zealand this year, with other touring artists including Ed Sheeran, Katy Perry, Mariah Carey, Taylor Swift, Pink and Halsey.

Magalhães boardwalk near the iconic beauty spot.

Initial reports claim an eight-month-old baby has been killed and at least 15 people injured.

Authorities have confirmed the driver, Almeida Anakim, 41, had an epileptic seizure

and lost control of his car. He has been detained by police.

Local media has reported that a woman is in a critical condition in hospital, while two other children have also been rushed to the emergency department.

The Hyundai I30 stopped

in the sand after it apparently crossed the wide sidewalk that runs between the beach and a busy road.

Pictures and mobile phone footage posted online show devastating scenes of the area with people lying motionless on the floor.

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A new documentary is shining a light into previously unexplored corners of Heath Ledger’s life. The Australian actor was a master of his craft, an industry darling and, according to the new film, an aspiring director. I Am Heath Ledger, directed by Derik Murray and Adrian Buitenhuis, delves into the late star’s life and creative pursuits through interviews with Ledger’s friends and family, and roughly 20 hours of home-video footage.

Buitenhuis came to the project without any connection to the family and had the tough job of convincing them to let him make the film.

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In brief VAR ‘here to stay’ The Video Assistant Referee system may have some “hiccups” along the way, but it remains the future of the game, according to Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger. Former England captain Alan Shearer labelled VAR as a shambles in his role as pundit for the BBC after referee Graham Scott chose not to consult colleague Mike Jones over a penalty claim during extra time of Chelsea’s FA Cup third- round replay against Norwich. Defender Timm Klose has since admitted he had fouled Willian as the Brazilian weaved into the box.

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United States’ Bob (right) and Mike Bryan play in men’s doubles second round match against Max Mirnyi of Belarus and Austria’s Phillip Oswald at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne yesterday.

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Svitolina serves up a lesson

BY JOHN SALVADO The experience and consistency of No.4 seed Elina Svitolina have proved far too much for the precocious talent of teen sensation Marta Kostyuk in an all-Ukrainian third-round encounter at the Australian Open.

Svitolina – the only seeded player remaining in her quarter of the draw – won 6-2 6-2 on another searing hot day in Melbourne.

Her next opponent will be Czech qualifier Denisa Allertova, who moved into the last 16 at a major for the first time with a commanding 6-1 6-4 win over Poland’s Magda Linette.

Pre-tournament title favourite Svitolina won Brisbane two weeks ago and is among five women in contention to replace Simona Halep as world No.1, depending on results at Melbourne Park.

She needed only 59 minutes to end the campaign of 2017 Aus-

tralian Open junior champion Kostyuk, who committed 31 unforced errors, compared with only 11 from the racquet of Svitolina.

“It is very special for me,” said the 23-year-old Svitolina, after reaching the last 16 at the Australian Open for the first time.

“It’s sad that it was against a Ukrainian girl. That’s always tough. “(Kostyuk) always fights until the end. She has a very bright future and you’re definitely going to hear a lot more about her.”

In other early action yesterday, Petra Martic overcame the aggressive approach of Thai qualifier Luksika Kumkhum to move into the fourth round.

Kumkhum dominated the winners’ count 44-16 but the the steadiness of Martic proved crucial as the unseeded Croatian advanced 6-3 3-6 7-5 in a match lasting two hours and 10 minutes.

It was a double celebration for Martic, who turned 27 yesterday.

“It was very tough today,” she said. “Two days ago I was already struggling so I was mentally better prepared for these conditions.

“But today was really just try your best and survive until the end.”

Meanwhile Brit Kyle Edmund is the first man through to the last 16 of the Australian Open after surviving a torrid five-set battle with Nikoloz Basilashvili. Playing on shadeless show court 2 in temperatures nudging 40 degrees, Edmund prevailed 7-6 (7-0) 3-6 4-6 6-0 7-5 after three hours and 34 minutes of toil yesterday.

While otherwise keeping long rallies to a minimum, Edmund won an epic 20-minute, 36-point game early in the fourth set which seemed likely to break the Georgian’s spirit.

After falling behind 2-0, Basilashvili lost the next four games in quick fashion to allow Edmund to tie up the match at two sets apiece. But Basilashvili came back to life in a tight decider as

both combatants cooled themselves with ice towels at every changeover.

With Andy Murray absent as he recovers from hip surgery and women’s No.9 seed Johanna Konta eliminated in the second round, Edmund is now flying the Union Jack solo in the singles competitions in Melbourne.

Kiwi Artem Sitak and Dutch partner Wesley Koolhof have been knocked out of the Australian Open men’s doubles, beaten by seventh seeds Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic.

The Austrian/Croatian combination, who won the ASB Classic title in Auckland last week, had to work hard for their 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-4 round of 32 win, taking a shade under two hours to shake off Sitak and Koolhof.

The loss leaves just one combination involving a Kiwi still alive, after Marcus Daniell and British partner Dominic Inglot beat Adil Shamasdin and Britain’s Neal Skupski 6-4 2-6 6-3 - AAP

Sydney FC coach Graham Arnold rates his frontline as probably the best in A-League history and senses his team’s hunger heading into a miracle milestone match for himself. Today the ladder-leading Sky Blues host the only club to beat them this season and the one at which Arnold started his A-league coaching career – Central Coast Mariners. “The universe sends miracles when it’s my 200th game (as an A-League coach) and I’m playing against the club I coached and I had a wonderful time up there,” Arnold said. - AAP

No excuses, says Jones As he plots a third straight Six Nations title, Eddie Jones refuses to believe that Ireland’s national set-up gives them an advantage over his England team. Jones is masterminding another Six Nations domination with his reigning champions installed as odds-on favourites to retain their crown. Joe Schmidt’s Irishmen are behind them in second. England have compiled 22 wins from their 23 tests under Jones, but it is Ireland who enter the tournament buoyed by the imminent qualification of three provinces for the knockout phase in the European Champions Cup. - PA

ABs inspire Panthers The Florida Panthers have embraced the All Blacks as role models of sporting culture. Panthers coach Bob Boughner first inspired his NHL team after reading the book Legacy, which explains the guiding principles behind the success of the rugby world champion All Blacks. After reading the book, Boughner inscribed words and slogans on the team’s locker room walls and delivered a presentation to explain how the messages were inspired to emulate the winning culture of the All Blacks. “For me, it symbolises culture, an identity and team vision,” Boughner said.

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■ CRICKET

Shield battle hots up

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The race for Mid Canterbury cricket’s Pritchard Shield will really intensify this weekend with two big matches on the cards in the penultimate round.

Defending champions, Allenton, have all the work to do if they are to lift the premier slice of silverware again after they were beaten by Coldstream last week in a low-scoring affair, while Lauriston get their chance.

They take on the current competition leaders, Lauriston, who, if successful, will put one hand on the shield for the season if they can beat the defending champions.

They’re coming off an easy win against the hapless Methven last week, but will again rely on their big names to stand up and be counted when they take on the side who handed them their only defeat thus far in the competition.

That means guys like Bevan Richen and Scott Morgan will be called on to lead from the front, while the younger stars of the side like Alex Hooper will need to continue their good form.

Allenton captain Jeff Naish will probably just be happy to get back into a grass wicket after a switch to the artificial last weekend did no good for their prospects.

There’s no doubting the ability in his side, but if they want to do what seems unthinkable – they will have to pull out big victories against Lauriston this week and then Methven in the final round to even bring themselves into contention.

Today’s other match, between Tech Stags and Coldstream, looks set to be a cracker.

Both sides have won their last

Huge match for U19s New Zealand’s unbeaten record at the under-19 cricket World Cup is on the line as they prepare to tackle South Africa in their final pool game in Tauranga today. Both the Kiwis and South Africa have recorded impressive wins over the West Indies and Kenya, and already secured a place in the final eight but top seeding in Group A remains up for grabs. Auckland batsman Finn Allen has racked up 205 runs across two matches, and is keen to keep the winning run going before they enter the knockout stages.

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Milne OK for final Black Caps quick Adam Milne has returned from injury in time to be included in the Central Districts’ squad for the Twenty20 domestic final. Milne, 25, has been named in a 14-man squad for the decider against Northern Districts in Hamilton today. The injuryprone speedster hasn’t played for five weeks, since injuring a foot ahead of New Zealand’s one-day international series against the West Indies in December. He is in line for selection alongside fringe Black Caps seamers Seth Rance and Ben Wheeler, along with the competition’s leading wicket-taker Blair Tickner.

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Bevan Richen will be required to be on his best form for Lauriston against Allenton.

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two matches and with a plethora of star names in both line-ups it could easily become the match of the weekend.

Both teams are still in contention for the Pritchard and the winner this week will get a real shot at the prize if a few results can fall their way.

Coldstream had the bye last week so will be firing on all cylinders to keep themselves in contention and look to those with the surname Print to do the dam-

age with the ball once again to allow their batsmen a chance to flourish.

Tech have the slightly more arduous task of having to play Coldstream this week and then head to Lauriston for the final round.

Victory this week could mean that their destiny is their own hands, so big performances from all their usual suspects will be on the pre-ordered menu as well.

The spanners in the works this

weekend, however, is a Hawke Cup match on the Ashburton Oval which will draw some players away from the competition.

Mid Canterbury are taking on Southland in the two-day match on Mid Canterbury’s premier wicket.

At a glance

Allenton v Lauriston on Allenton 1 at 12pm.

Tech v Coldstream on Technical at 12pm.

More than a T20 specialist, says Sodhi On the eve of four big Twenty20 games and a likely Indian Premier League contract, New Zealand’s Ish Sodhi wants to talk up his qualities beyond the shortest cricketing format.

The Black Caps leg spinner is honoured to have climbed to the top of the world T20 player rankings for bowlers but doesn’t want it to define him.

Unwanted for test and one-day international duty against the West Indies and Pakistan this summer, the 25-year-old has been in both New Zealand T20I squads.

He will be a key figure in next week’s three-match series – which leads up to the IPL player auction – but before then has an important appointment.

The Indian-born tweaker will be a key figure in today’s domestic T20 fi-

nal when his Northern Districts host Central Districts at Seddon Park.

Suggestions his lofty player ranking has prompted thoughts of focusing on T20s only are shut down by a player who wants to add to his 14 tests and 18 ODIs for the Black Caps.

“It (top T20 ranking) is something that’s really special and you’re grateful that you have been recognised amongst some of the world’s best,” Sodhi said.

“There are plenty of options for cricketers these days but I want to have a role in the other formats as my first class bowling has improved a lot over the last year.

“To do that I have to stay here and bide my time, and keep improving in these conditions, and right now that’s my priority.”

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A Sean Abbott-led Sydney Sixers romped to a nine-wicket win over the under-pressure Brisbane Heat in Thursday night’s Big Bash League clash at the SCG. The Sixers chased down the Heat’s paltry target of 74 in 10 overs. The Sixers’ fans might be questioning where this form has been after they had opened the season with six-successive losses. Conversely, the Heat face an uphill battle to make the semi-finals after a bright start to 2017-18, after stumbling to the franchise’s lowest total and third smallest in BBL history. - AAP

Boult in team of year Trent Boult’s prolific return with the white ball has been recognised by his inclusion in an unofficial one-day international team of the year. New Zealand left-arm quick Boult was included in a composite XI announced by the ICC yesterday. He was the only Black Cap in the ODI team while there were no Kiwis in the test lineup. ICC ODI team: David Warner (Aus), Virat Kohli (Ind), Rohit Sharma (Ind), Babar Azam (Pak), AB de Villers (SA), Quinton de Kock (SA), Ben Stokes (Eng), Trent Boult (NZ), Hasan Ali (Pak), Rashid Khan (Afg), Jasprit Bumrah (Ind).

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Boxing Day test

Ish Sodhi is intent on becoming a regular Black Cap.

The New Zealand cricket team are edging closer to booking one of the sport’s most coveted fixtures – a Boxing Day test in Australia. The event could come about as early as 2019. No tour dates have been finalised, but plans are developing for the Black Caps to play their first test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground since 1987. The idea of New Zealand’s return to a MCG test was first mooted in 2015 when the West Indies’ were trounced by 177 runs and brought in a crowd of just 127,000 across five days, the lowest tally in the last 22 tests at the venue.

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■ CRICKET

Clean sweep for Black Caps

By Andrew Alderson New Zealand have completed the second 5-0 one-day international series victory in their history, defeating Pakistan by 15 runs to complete the final match of their series at the Basin Reserve yesterday.

Pakistan excelled through their middle and lower order but could not escape the gravitational pull of the Black Caps’ black hole, gradually slipping to defeat across the afternoon.

The visitors gained traction after slumping to 57 for five in the 17th over, but the hosts’ hands were magnets for catches in the field after setting 271 for seven.

The highest total chased in a Basin Reserve ODI is 254, by New Zealand against Pakistan in 1989, so it was a tall order.

Dismissals were hard to come by with the ball, too, particularly with the pivotal 112-run thirdwicket stand between Martin Guptill and Ross Taylor.

New Zealand’s other clean sweep of the same magnitude came 18 years ago against the West Indies.

The result extends the current side’s record unbeaten streak to 12 completed matches across all formats, with three Twenty20s to come against Pakistan before the arrival of Australia and England.

The demise of the West Indies could be put down to a chasm in quality, but the dispatch of the Champions Trophy winners suggests the New Zealand side would be a force for anyone.

Yesterday’s win was another example of strategy, roles and depth combining to produce a blueprint for victory.

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Brady raises eyebrows Tom Brady hasn’t missed many starts during his 18-year NFL career, so it’s no wonder there were a few raised eyebrows at Patriots’ training ahead of Sunday’s AFC championship game against Jacksonville. Brady sat out the Patriots’ practice yesterday and did not speak to reporters as scheduled. That aided plenty of unanswered speculation about the 40year-old quarterback’s health. - AP

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Martin Guptill scored a superb century for New Zealand against Pakistan yesterday. since Boxing Day against the West Indies.

In Trent Boult’s absence he steamed in looking hungry and angry, generally adjectives which get pace bowlers into a rhythm.

Pakistan were 31 for three inside eight overs.

He finished with figures of four for 53, including the last wicket of Rumman Raees.

Mitchell Santner delivered quality spells of left-arm orthodox spin, particular in the 38th and 40th overs which conceded three runs and earned the key Pakistan wickets of Haris Sohail for 63 off 87 balls, and Shadab Khan for 54 off 77 balls.

Henry was on hand at long-on to take the catch which broke the 105-run sixth-wicket stand when Haris was tempted into a lofted drive.

Next over Santner pushed a ball

up outside off to lure Shadab into a miscued drive over cover. The ball ballooned to Henry Nicholls at backward point.

The spinner also picked up Faheem Ashraf in the 44th when danger loomed.

He finished with figures of three for 40, a triptych of wickets which left you as breathless as the reporting of any line-up change at TVNZ. The hosts were aided by an aggressive start as Colin Munro muscled 34 from 24 balls that placed them at 52 for one in the sixth over.

Kane Williamson struggled to find rhythm in his 22 from 36 balls, but still bequeathed Taylor a healthy position at 101 for two in the 18th over from which to harvest a total.

Guptill made his 13th ODI century, holing out to long-on

off Rumman for 100 in the 42nd over. He and Taylor built a formidable platform.

Taylor made 59 off 73 balls, easing the ball about and using the square cut as his staple.

The innings was the 58th time he had passed 50 (41 half-centuries, 17 centuries) in 201 ODIs, surpassing the record he jointly held with Nathan Astle and Stephen Fleming.

A flurry of four wickets in 15 balls stymied New Zealand’s progress between the 45th and 47th overs but Colin de Grandhomme (29 not out from 21) and Tim Southee (14 off 11) provided a fillip of late-hitting.

The resting of Mohammad Amir and Hasan Ali with minor injury niggles meant the Pakistani attack was under pressure.

Rumman took three for 67 in a bustling display.

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Team Parker ‘clutching at straws’ The man who knocked over Anthony Joshua says Joseph Parker’s team is “clutching at straws” in the way they have attacked Joshua.

Joshua’s chin has been turned into a major talking point by Camp Parker, as the boxers prepare for the heavyweight unification bout in Cardiff at the end of March.

British heavyweight David Price has detailed flooring Joshua during a sparring session, in the wake of the Parker camp’s claims about Joshua’s ability to take a big punch.

Price has told Sky Sports the incident occurred during their only sparring session, in 2011.

“They are clutching at straws. It’s funny that the world champion is having to justify his chin,” the 34-year-old Liverpudlian said.

“There’s no shame in being knocked down by me.

“If he was knocked down by a light puncher, or a light-heavyweight, then yes.

“I don’t knock many people out in sparring, with those big gloves.

“When I did that to him, I wondered: is he fragile?

“Then I heard he was stopped in the European Championships. But now, he’s proving to be okay. He didn’t go into a shell, and he isn’t gun shy.

“He got rocked by Dillian Whyte and put down by Klitschko, but he can hold a shot.

“I landed a hard shot, a good shot, similar to the shot Wladimir Klitschko landed on him. I caught Joshua with a throwaway left hook. I sold him that, then caught him with a big right hand.

“He fell forwards, onto his face. He went down heavily.

“He tried to get up but was on unsteady legs, and the trainer pulled him out.”

Price said he first brought up the sparring incident last year in an effort to generate interest in a world title fight with Joshua.

“Normally, sparring is just sparring.

“But when there’s an opportunity at a world title on the line, I thought I’d get the information out there,” he said.

- NZME

Edgar Sosa is in doubt for the New Zealand Breakers’ NBL clash in Cairns although he will travel to the place where he showcased his match-winning temperament 10 weeks ago. Sosa was to fly with his team-mates ahead of tonight’s clash with the Taipans, nursing an ankle injury picked up during the 98-81 home win over Melbourne United. He limped off soon after halftime in Thursday’s game.

Coach Paul Henare is taking the Taipans (9-13) seriously and will hope that his electric American guard gets a late clearance to suit up.

- AAP

Adams’ value lauded New Zealand centre Steven Adams has earned more plaudits from his high-profile Oklahoma City team-mates following another thunderous display. Adams showed why he leads the league for offensive rebounds during his team’s 114-90 win over the Lakers.

“It just feels like we can take any shot we want knowing Steve’s going to go get it,” Paul George said. “He’s in a category of his own, honestly.” Lakers coach Luke Walton joked they needed five players committed to rebounding to stop Adams, who “was doing whatever he wanted”.

- NZME

Horn looking forward Jeff Horn’s promoter Dean Lonergan has ruled out any fight with Anthony Mundine in the short term, saying it would be a clear “step backwards”. Lonergan said Horn’s immediate focus was his mandatory WBO welterweight championship defence against Terence Crawford, which now looks likely to be staged on April 14 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Mundine, 42, called out Horn immediately after his second-round knockout win over Tommy Browne in Sydney on Wednesday night.

- AAP

Tight racing for TRS

Joseph Parker in the shadow of an Anthony Joshua poster in London this week.

PHOTO AP

It is early days in the Toyota Racing Series but even after one round it looks like a threeway fight for the championship between Kiwi star Marcus Armstrong and promising Europeans Robert Shwartzman and Richard Verschoor. Those three drivers looked a cut above the field in the three races at Ruapuna and but for a mechanical failure on Dutchman Verschoor’s car in race three, they would have earned a lock-out of the podium positions across the weekend.

Armstrong won two of the three races and knows a bit about both rivals having competed against Verschoor last year while working with Swartzman at the Ferrari Young Driver Academy in Europe in 2017.

- NZME

Racing Saturday 28 Ashburton Guardian

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Saturday, January 20, 2018

In brief

■ TRENTHAM

Visitor to relish big mile The Lustre’s ability to run a strong mile got her the nod for a trip away.

The Group One performer will run in today’s Gr.3 Metroclad-Terracade Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) at Trentham while stablemate The Sparkle has stayed closer to home for the Liquorland Gore Guineas (1335m).

“The Lustre has showed she’s going to be suited by the longer trip, the other filly has got more speed,” said Robert Dennis, who trains with his father Tony and his uncles Joe, Martin and Ray. The Lustre finished third in the Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) in the spring and in one subsequent start she was unplaced at Wingatui on Boxing Day after an interrupted run.

“Initially, I was a bit disappoint-

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The connections of Excelleration are casting the net far and wide for chances to add black type to the filly’s pedigree. The Pukekohetrained three-year-old will open her three-start southern campaign in today’s Listed Liquorland Gore Guineas. “There are good opportunities down there for her,” trainer Nigel Tiley said. “I’m going to transfer her to Shane Kennedy.” - NZME

Delishka off to Aussie

The Lustre looks ready to run a merry mile today.

Classy mare Delishka left Christchurch yesterday bound for Australia and feature mares races over the next six weeks. Trainer Brad Mowbray has opted to send thte Bettor’s Delight mare across the Tasman rather than tackle two races on his door step at Addington in February. Delishka will bypass the Premier Mares Championship and the NZ Breeders Stakes in favour of four races worth a total of A$380,000.

- NZHN

Bay of Plenty harness Today at Waipa Raceway

Waikato Bay Of Plenty Harness Inc Venue: Waipa Racecourse Meeting Date: 20 Jan 2018 NZ Meeting number 7 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11 1 11.40am WAIPA RACING CLUB MOBILE PACE $6155, up to & including r56 mob. pace, mobile, 1800m 1 67309 Chrissie Jet (1) fr...............................W Rich 2 74768 Kate Jackson (2) fr .............. J Kriechbaumer 3 83896 R Gee Three (3) fr ......................S J Butcher 4 89803 The C E O (4) fr ........................ R Frampton 5 49754 Happy Magic (5) fr..........................G Cronin 6 90371 Redmaro (6) fr...................................C Wigg 7 49832 Vanhalem (7) fr .............................C Sharpe 8 01022 Scanreco Bay (8) fr ...........................S Wigg 9 25647 Poppy Drayton (21) fr .....................S Phillips 10 45790 A Chance To Dream (22) fr ..............J Darby 2 12.05pm VIANDS BAKERY TROT $8000, non-winners 3yo+ trot, stand, 2100m 1 4712x Rave Nation (1) fr ......................... D Butcher 2 9 Mackerelli (2) fr ........................ M McKendry 3 07247 Stow (3) fr ..................................P Ferguson 4 83455 Amabede (4) fr ..............................P Butcher 5 497x6 Madhubala (5) fr.................... T Cameron (J) 6 089 Georgias Crown (6) fr ...................R Paynter 7 Jansson (7) fr ................................B Hackett 8 56895 T A’s Cracker (8) fr .........................S Phelan 9 58450 Here We Are (9) fr ........................ S Dickson 10 6453x Malabar Spur (10) fr ......................T Mitchell 11 078P Peggy Spur (11) fr ..................... S E Butcher 12 2 Brooks Belle (12) fr ................... J Abernethy 13 5x Safrakova (13) fr ................................L Chin 14 27393 Sunny Pegasus (14) fr ................J Stormont 15 Lindy’s Star (U1) fr ...................... R Brosnan Emergency: Peggy Spur 3 12.40 GROUNDSPREAD LTD MOBILE PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+ mob. pace, mobile, 1800m 1 84423 Delia May (1) fr.......................... J Abernethy 2 3 Pump Up The Volume (2) fr...........P Butcher

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ed but she wasn’t tuned right up and it was quite a strong Rating 75 field against older horses.

“She’s travelled well and had a canter around Trentham this morning. She’s a bright and happy horse.”

Meanwhile, close relation The Sparkle is in top order for the Gore Guineas.

“She’s got good gate speed and the tight, turning track will suit her,” Dennis said. “I’m quite confident with her.”

The Sparkle finished runner-up last time out at Wingatui behind the highly-regarded colt Sensei, who runs in Saturday’s Gr.1 JR & N Berkett Telegraph (1200m).

“She had a good blow afterwards so she’s improved since then,” Dennis said.

- NZME

Black type in sight

3 878x9 Elmagination (3) fr...........................D Moore 4 05245 Knights Desire (4) fr ...................P Ferguson 5 7 Babyfacenelson (5) fr ................ S E Butcher 6 5 Smiling Liam fr ............................. Scratched 7 096 Sarabi (6) fr ......................F Schumacher (J) 8 43885 Marrera (7) fr ............................ M McKendry 9 08032 Go Paddy (21) fr...............................A Pyers 10 88 Major Wayt (22) fr..........................S Lawson 11 Zen (23) fr .....................................Z Butcher 12 84303 Doubledelightbrigade (24) fr .........T Mitchell 13 Phillydotcom (25) fr ...................... D Butcher 14 6882 Viewfield Chatton (26) fr ................S Phelan 15 Monet Lisa (27) fr ....................... J Robinson Emergencies: Elmagination, Major Wayt 4 1.15pm BOWERS & SON HANDICAP TROT $8000, r40 to r52 spechcp trot, stand, 2450m 1 66877 Anzac (1) fr .................................S Cornwall 2 378x2 Awa Cathrine (2) fr ..........................D Moore 3 078P Peggy Spur fr ............................... Scratched 4 95x99 Thanks Shane (U1) fr.................P Ferguson 5 690x8 The Rev (U2) fr ..........................R Argue (J) 6 57908 Meander With Pegasus (1) 10... J Abernethy 7 92696 Caitlin’s Surprise (2) 10................ D Butcher 8 77197 Above The Rest (3) 10 ......................K More 9 60454 Dauntless (4) 10..........................B Edwards 10 08516 Majestic Stride (U1) 10 ............... K Marshall 11 20471 Secretofthesea Smile (U2) 10 .......T Mitchell 12 10x00 Mass Destruction (U3) 10 ........ M McKendry 5 1.50pm V E VET SERVICES MOBILE PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+ mob. pace, mobile, 1800m 1 5629x Mrs Zippy (1) fr ...........................A Matthews 2 Nicky’s On Fire (2) fr ............ D Ferguson (J) 3 8 Meera (3) fr ...................................S Lawson 4 0x6 Red River Dash (4) fr ............ T Cameron (J) 5 78 Bye Bye Lucy (5) fr.....................P Ferguson 6 53 Wicklow Star (6) fr ....................... K Marshall 7 74 Classic Western (7) fr....................N Chilcott 8 878x9 Elmagination (8) fr...........................D Moore

CUP $10,000, r60 to r86 spechcp pace, stand, 2450m 1 13431 Classie American (1) fr ........ D Ferguson (J) 2 35724 Count Landeck (2) fr ................. S E Butcher 3 93501 Makers Mark (3) fr.........................T Mitchell 4 475P4 Ardent Lustre (4) fr ........................Z Butcher 5 41563 Stars Delight (5) fr ........................ D Butcher 6 12613 Black Chevron (6) fr .................. J Abernethy 7 09763 Marshal Star (7) fr T Cameron (J, ............Cl) Delightful Zen (1) 10 ............... B Butcher (J) 6 2.25 HARCOURTS TE AWAMUTU HANDICAP TROT 89 66430 53416 Fleeting Grin (1) 30 ....................P Ferguson $8500, 3yo+ r53 to r65 spechcp trot, stand, 2450m 10 740x8 Bettor Spirits (2) 30 .......................P Butcher 1 42344 Burt Munro (1) fr ............................S Branch 11 48605 Brydon Ideal (3) 30 .................. M McKendry 2 126x Aoraki (2) fr ...................................T Mitchell 3 21645 Clover Kate (3) fr .......................... S Dickson 9 4.15 CROWE HORWATH LTD MOBILE PACE $8500, 4 91603 Pretorius (4) fr ........................... J Abernethy 3yo+ r54 to r61 mob. pace, mobile, 1800m 1 58671 Positano (1) fr........................... M McKendry 5 08454 Shay Scott (U1) fr..........................N Chilcott 2 0x306 Cerberus (2) fr.............................. D Butcher 6 25471 Blood And Whisky (1) 10....... T Cameron (J) 3 6x108 Charlie Mach (3) fr ................ L Whittaker (J) 7 37683 Makarewa Jake (2) 10...................B Hackett 4 1 Forever Pearl (4) fr ................ T Cameron (J) 8 32687 Danke (3) 10 .................................S Lawson 5 751 Lincoln Moment (5) fr ................ J Abernethy 9 65068 Primus Inter Pares (4) 10 ...............S Phelan 6 040x7 Mister Harris (6) fr ................... B Butcher (J) 10 03393 Monseigneur (5) 10 ..........F Schumacher (J) 7 45254 Brookies Prince (7) fr ....................T Mitchell 11 55321 November Guy (U1) 20 ................ D Butcher 8 26220 Lambros fr .................................... Scratched 7 3.04 N.I. TRAINERS & DRIVERS JNR DRIVERS MBL 9 2x602 Hezaluckygrinner (21) fr.............P Ferguson PCE $8000, 4yo+ r43 to r56 mob. pace jun.d, 1800m 10 P4677 Spare Change (22) fr ....................Z Butcher 1 38338 My Cash (1) fr ............................R Argue (J) 11 54168 Stand Sure (23) fr .........................P Butcher 2 40985 P Tomado (2) fr ........................J Wallace (J) 12 45P15 Whale Rider (24) fr.........................S Phelan 3 21854 Grey Skies (3) fr .....................M Johnson (J) 13 07x46 Razor Brogden (25) fr ...................N Chilcott 4 410x8 Dun It Bad (4) fr ......................... C Smith (J) 10 4.50pm HELEN MONKTEN AT O’SHEAS MOBILE 5 44555 Lynton Creek (5) fr .................. B Butcher (J) PACE $8000, 3yo+ r48 to r53 mob. pace, 1800m 6 2x822 Somewhereinbrooklyn (6) fr .. T Cameron (J) 1 53555 Idealistic (1) fr .............................J Stormont 7 56x91 Regal Grin (7) fr ...................... T Lethaby (J) 2 700x6 Lady Santanna (2) fr .................... C Webber 8 061 Anna Barclay (8) fr ........................S Quill (J) 3 0208x Here’s Shifty fr.............................. Scratched 9 09661 Carbonado (21) fr.................. L Whittaker (J) 4 97483 McDaknife (3) fr..........................P Ferguson 10 x0001 Manihiki Pearl (22) fr ................ N Delany (J) 5 209x8 Master Of Escape (4) fr.................T Mitchell 11 38525 Jamieson Shard (23) fr ...... J MacKinnon (J) 6 47691 Tennyson Inlet (5) fr ............. D Ferguson (J) 12 93421 Bettor Buy A Rose (24) fr ....... A Harrison (J) 7 08677 Jude’s Gem (6) fr ...................... J Abernethy 13 30713 Waingaro Mara (25) fr .......... D Ferguson (J) 8 86412 Our Wicklow (7) fr ........................ D Butcher 8 3.40pm BROWN PENNELL TE AWAMUTU GRASS 9 09661 Carbonado (21) fr......................... S Dickson 9 88 Major Wayt fr ................................ Scratched 10 x0777 Rosa Belle (21) fr ...................... J Abernethy 11 734 Cha Cha B (22) fr ..................... M McKendry 12 95047 Tonto (23) fr.............................M Pemberton 13 854 Santanna Legend (24) fr ..................A Pyers 14 Tuimani (25) fr ...............................P Butcher 15 x0446 Western Zephyr (U1) fr ......................L Neal Emergencies: Elmagination, Major Wayt

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9061 Magical Miss (22) fr..................J Wallace (J) 01398 Born Again Delight (23) fr .............Z Butcher 10x02 Charlie Harper (24) fr ............ T Cameron (J) 42851 McLeod’s Daughter (25) fr ............S Lawson 125Px Hold All Bets (26) fr ..................... K Marshall 11 5.25 RACING AT CAMBRIDGE RACEWAY 25/01 MOBILE PACE $8000, r40 to r47 mob. pace, 1800m 1 86832 Rangi Rangdu (1) fr ..........................K More 2 367x6 Delightful Art (2) fr..................... S E Butcher 3 03725 Itsokbeingbetter (3) fr .................. K Marshall 4 97635 Toll Gate (4) fr ..................................A Pyers 5 57737 R Gee Bee (5) fr........................ J Abernethy 6 60000 Burning Reign (6) fr.............. D Ferguson (J) 7 80461 Lis Rulz (7) fr....................F Schumacher (J) 8 85694 Gotta Go Jet Away (8) fr............... D Butcher 9 19046 Willedu (21) fr........................... N Delany (J) 10 79897 Gotta Keepasecret (22) fr...........R Argue (J) 11 76809 Tahlia Franco (23) fr .............. L Whittaker (J) 12 0x782 Megatron (24) fr .................... T Cameron (J) 13 6x008 Artanne (25) fr...............................N Chilcott Pacifiers on: Meera (R5), Willedu (R11) Pacifiers off: Malabar Spur (R2)

SELECTIONS

Race 1: Vanhalem, Scanreco Bay, Redmaro, Happy Magic Race 2: Rave Nation, Sunny Pegasus, Malabar Spur Race 3: Delia May, Doubledelightbrigade, Phillydotcom Race 4: Mass Destruction, Secretofthesea Smile, Awa Cathrine Race 5: Cha Cha B, Mrs Zippy, Wicklow Star, Red River Dash Race 6: November Guy, Primus Inter Pares, Blood And Whisky Race 7: Jamieson Shard, Somewhereinbrooklyn, My Cash Race 8: Classie American, Fleeting Grin, Delightful Zen Race 9: Positano, Hezaluckygrinner, Forever Pearl Race 10: Charlie Harper, Magical Miss, Tennyson Inlet Race 11: R Gee Bee, Toll Gate, Itsokbeingbetter, Lis Rulz LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

Wellington gallops Today at Avondale Raceway

Wellington RC Venue: Trentham Meeting Date: 20 Jan 2018 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 12.15pm HARRISONS CARPETS CURTAINS PREMIER $40,000, SP COND, 1400m 1 273x1 Denny’s Lincoln (1) 58 ......................L Innes 2 x2641 Toms d (2) 58 ..................................S Collett 3 94233 Matuzalem (3) 57 ......................S McKay (a) 4 23472 Secret Squirrel (13) 57 ..................J Waddell 5 4 Shanghai Noon (4) 57 .................... J Bayliss 6 4x1 Hartley (12) 56.5 ................S Weatherley (a) 7 1 Jasd (5) 56.5 .................................M McNab 8 37821 Unusual Achiever (14) 56............ C Johnson 9 5x317 Smoken Hot (6) 56 ........................D Bradley 10 2 Platinum Wild Card (7) 55.5 ..........M Tanaka 11 7732x Our Wonder (10) 55 ...........................M Hills 12 x9752 Piriwai (11) 55 ................................ J Parkes 13 3563 Lady Kartel (8) 55 ...........................A Collett 14 x4325 Coastal Drought b (9) 54............M Coleman 2 12.50pm AURORA AUSTRALIS PREMIER $40,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1000m 1 241P2 Culzean (2) 59 ...........................M Cameron 2 466x1 Vinsanity (5) 59 ..................... A Morgan (a1) 3 33528 Awatane (9) 58 ...................... H Andrew (a2) 4 x59x2 Morweka (4) 57.5 .......................M Coleman 5 23x12 Silver Cloud (1) 57.5 ................... D Johnson 6 x9300 Dig It Up (11) 57............................M McNab 7 x5082 Almarie (7) 56.5 ............................. J Parkes 8 26020 Ellerstina (8) 56.5 ........................T Thornton 9 2316x Combat Warrior m (10) 56 .........R Elliot (a1) 10 x7293 Fascino Lass (13) 56................... C Johnson 11 x9860 Awesome Al td (3) 55.5 ...................S Collett 12 58x54 Katie’s So Kool d (6) 55............M Singh (a2) 13 79696 Floscee’s Gold tdh (12) 54 .............. S Spratt

3 1.25pm PRINTLINK PREMIER $40,000, 3YO SW+P, 1200m 1 10111 Gift Of Power tdm (5) 58.5 .......... C Johnson 2 x120x I Got You (3) 57.5 ..........................O Bosson 3 7x152 Castani d (4) 57.5 .......................... J Parkes 4 x2136 Divine Power d (1) 56.5...................R Myers 5 21158 Satin Belt d (2) 56.5 .............. H Andrew (a2) 6 1 I Am Queen (6) 55.5 ................... D Johnson 7 7x216 Lincoln’s Gal d (7) 55.5 .................M Tanaka 4 2.00 WELLINGTON SEAMARKET PREMIER $40,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m 1 5636x He’s Gold d (4) 59.5 ......................J Waddell 2 54218 Nowhere Man dm (5) 59 ...............M McNab 3 x3130 Shadows d (7) 58.5 ......................... S Spratt 4 39622 Yemanya t (10) 57.5 ............. S MacNab (a2) 5 x7461 Don’t Look Back dm (3) 57 ......... C Johnson 6 22153 The Bandito (2) 57 ................ H Andrew (a2) 7 65664 Steppenwolf d (11) 55 .................C Lammas 8 4x136 Tellyawhat (13) 55 ...........................R Myers 9 x0x41 Darscape Princess d (8) 54.5 ........ J Parkes 10 9x669 Princess Belle td (12) 54.5 ..............A Collett 11 23714 Princess Sapphire d (9) 54 .............S Collett 12 98x04 She Knows t (1) 54 .........................D Turner 13 75x47 Way In (6) 54............................... D Johnson 5 2.35pm HARCOURTS THORNDON MILE GROUP 1 $200,000, OPN-SW&P, 1600m 1 21118 Hiflyer tdmb (3) 57 ......................... J Parkes 2 83321 Splurge dm (2) 57 .........................O Bosson 3 x5111 Shadows Cast td (6) 57 ..................A Collett 4 11141 Dolcetto tm (11) 56 .........................R Myers 5 x0971 Savile Row m (5) 55.5 .......................L Innes 6 43249 Amarula d (7) 55 .......................S McKay (a) 7 81458 Watch This Space dm (8) 55S Weatherley (a) 8 06x82 Ruud Not Too d (4) 55 ................. D Johnson 9 9x760 Prince Of Passion m (1) 55 ........M Coleman

10 76636 Stolen Dance d (12) 53 ................... S Spratt 11 11x12 Love Affair b (10) 53...................M Cameron 12 40x31 Savvy Dreams (9) 53 ......................S Collett 6 3.10pm SHOE CLINIC PREMIER $40,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 x3109 Neeson (3) 60 ............................M Coleman 2 70012 Bushfire (14) 59.5 ............... C O’Beirne (a3) 3 2x374 Hoist (18) 59.5 ..............................J Waddell 4 33601 Tavigarde d (11) 59 .....................C Lammas 5 17x72 Humble Pie m (2) 58.5 ....................R Myers 6 65403 Lincoln Hills (16) 58.5 .......................L Innes 7 0x052 Mikjene (8) 58.5 .......................M Singh (a2) 8 46637 Flamingo b (4) 58 ............................S Collett 9 37x91 Starossa dm (7) 58 ............... H Andrew (a2) 10 21948 Outstanding (9) 58 ...................... C Johnson 11 x1732 Poppy Star (13) 57.5 .....................M McNab 12 95682 Swinging Skirts d (6) 57.5 ...............A Collett 13 216 Swisswatch b (1) 57.5 ...................O Bosson 14 x22x1 Hinerangi (12) 57 .......................M Cameron 15 4x133 Koko Belle b (5) 57........................M Tanaka 16 x2241 My Dakota d (17) 57 ................... D Johnson 17 88616 Real Beach d (10) 57 ..................... J Parkes 18 44606 Mr Darcee’s Gold tdmh (15) 56 ..........M Hills 7 3.47pm JR & N BERKETT TELEGRAPH GROUP 1 $250,000, OPN-SW&P, 1200m 1 34331 Kawi td (6) 59 ................................J Waddell 2 60x24 Start Wondering tdm (14) 59.......... J Parkes 3 23344 Signify td (18) 58 .......................... R Cuneen 4 x7012 Packing Eagle d (2) 56 ................T Thornton 5 16011 Volpe Veloce dm (3) 56 .................. J Bayliss 6 x4123 Chambord db (17) 55.5 .................M McNab 7 2x217 Enzo’s Lad d (1) 55.5 .........S Weatherley (a) 8 61341 Ferrando tdm (5) 55.5 ................M Cameron 9 1057x Sacred Star td (16) 55....................V Colgan 10 27129 Miss Wilson td (11) 55.....................S Collett

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2x242 Passing Shot td (12) 55................... S Spratt 9x532 Heroic Valour td (9) 55 ..................O Bosson 7x166 Rocanto d (8) 55 ...............................L Innes 9x262 Rock My Soul d (7) 55 ....................A Collett 12115 Carnival d (10) 54 .......................C Lammas 2x111 Starvoia dm (4) 53.5 ................... C Johnson x4953 Volks Lightning td (15) 53.............R Elliot (a) 21518 Sensei d (13) 53.......................... D Johnson 8 4.22 METROCLAD-TERRACADE DESERT GOLD STAKES GROUP 3 $70,000, 3YOF SW, 1600m 1 11122 Dijon Bleu mb (3) 56.5 ......................L Innes 2 01638 The Lustre (2) 56.5 .................... J Lowry (a) 3 117 Sandrine (11) 56.5 ......................T Thornton 4 0x311 Swiss Precision (10) 56.5 ..S Weatherley (a) 5 714. Larima (6) 56.5..............................M Tanaka 6 12x3 Blanco Belle m (14) 56.5.................R Myers 7 0913 Pinup Coup (13) 56.5 .................. C Johnson 8 31 Chill (12) 56.5.............................M Coleman 9 0461 Dark Poppy (15) 56.5 ....................M McNab 10 3631 Insight (4) 56.5 ............................ D Johnson 11 1 Milseain (7) 56.5 ...........................O Bosson 12 5x341 Miss Foxy Gal d (9) 56.5 ................ J Bayliss 13 31 Rondinella d (5) 56.5......................V Colgan 14 542 Za Za Gabor (8) 56.5 ......................S Collett 15 96 Misstumut (1) 56.5 ............................D Moor 9 4.57 WALLACEVILLE ESTATE CASTLETOWN WELLINGTON CUP $250,000, OPN HCP, 3200m 1 31311 Patrick Erin (8) 59 ....................... C Johnson 2 52329 Blathwayt tm (1) 54.5 ......................R Myers 3 87400 Saint Kitt (13) 53.5 ............................ T Allan 4 54279 Sampson tm (12) 53 ...................T Thornton 5 25115 Clarify (15) 53 ...........................S McKay (a) 6 x0263 Alinko Prince tm (6) 53................ D Johnson 7 67464 Dr Watson tm (14) 53 ...................R Elliot (a) 8 19516 Highlad m (5) 53 ........................M Cameron 9 45113 Magic Chai (9) 53..........................M McNab

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91515 High Spirits td (11) 53 .....................S Collett 03242 Model Aye (2) 53 .............................A Collett 42323 Thorn Pass m (4) 53 ...................C Lammas 34131 Princess Dillon (3) 53 ........................D Moor x0478 Show MacCool t (16) 53 ................. S Spratt 60624 Sylvester (10) 53 ................................M Hills 53248 Alfie Dee (7) 53 ...................... S MacNab (a) 10 5.32pm TURKINGTON FORESTRY DOURO CUP $40,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1600m 1 x1281 Montoya Star td (6) 59 ................ C Johnson 2 63361 Tomelilla dm (5) 59.....................M Cameron 3 36x71 Bronsteel td (1) 57.5 .............C Waddell (a4) 4 50291 Break My Stride dm (3) 57.5 ....... D Johnson 5 79223 Staccato dm (8) 57......................T Thornton 6 1x131 Eagle Bay td (2) 56 .........................R Myers 7 76763 Residential d (4) 54 .....................C Lammas 8 11063 Glory Days (7) 54 ............................A Collett 9 x3466 Tinkalicious m (9) 54 .....................M Tanaka Blinkers on: Coastal Drought (R1), Awesome Al (R2), Prince Of Passion (R5), Kawi (R7), The Lustre, Za Za Gabor (R8) Blinkers off: Shanghai Noon (R1), Yemanya (R4), Poppy Star (R6), Break My Stride (R10) Winkers on: Shanghai Noon, Lady Kartel (R1) Winkers off: Prince Of Passion (R5), The Lustre (R8) SELECTIONS Race 1: Jasd, Smoken Hot, Hartley, Toms, Denny’s Lincoln Race 2: Morweka, Silver Cloud, Dig It Up, Culzean, Awatane Race 3: Gift Of Power, I Got You, I Am Queen, Divine Power Race 4: Shadows, Nowhere Man, Yemanya, He’s Gold Race 5: Savile Row, Hiflyer, Shadows Cast, Splurge, Love Affair Race 6: Outstanding, Poppy Star, Neeson, Hoist, Flamingo Race 7: Starvoia, Kawi, Volpe Veloce, Packing Eagle Race 8: Rondinella, Dijon Bleu, Chill, Insight, Blanco Belle Race 9: High Spirits, Clarify, Patrick Erin, Alinko Prince Race 10: Eagle Bay, Bronsteel, Tinkalicious, Residential

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Saturday, January 20, 2018

Ashburton Guardian 29

■ UPS AND DOWNS OF RACING

Success all the sweeter

By Matt MarkhaM

matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

Few people deserve success in the trotting game more than Ashburton’s Alan Neumann, so there were plenty of pats on the back when he and his brother Ian walked away from the Nelson meeting last Sunday with three wins and the quinella in one race.

Neumann has been breeding and racing horses for 40-plus years and in more recent times, he hasn’t been afraid to pay good money for yearlings at the sales either.

This of course leads to a lot of ups and downs, but Neumann was mostly just feeling grateful to be around at all while spending the weekend in Richmond.

That’s because he had an operation for a liver transplant in March last year and is probably very lucky to still be alive.

“I spent three months in Auckland and eight hours on the operating table,” Neumann said.

“They were only doing one operation a month for a while there, but then nine livers came through in one month and I was seventh on the list.

“You have to be the right blood type of course and it really was touch-and-go there for a while.

“I got very lucky and I wouldn’t have been here otherwise.

“The last few years are a bit of a blur but I’m starting to get my memory back and I can do a bit of work again.

“I’m off the alcohol now and eating well so we’re starting to feel pretty good again actually.”

The Neumanns had to settle for placings on the first day of the meeting and was probably the hardest hit when Bonnie Highlander blew her chances with a mid-race gallop as an odds-on favourite. But Neumann “got a bit back” when she won on Sunday, somehow paying $7, and the promising trotting mare completed a near-perfect day for him.

Only De Lancome really failed on the day, but she probably didn’t back up from a third on the first day and she had won at Washdyke in her previous start.

Tyron Bettor’s Ella and Valloria were at short odds in winning the first two races and Loveyoutodoit, a well-bred mare who was a giveaway, completed the quinella in the maiden trot.

Tyron Bettor’s Ella, bred and raced by Neumann with Ian and their respective wives Christine and Judith, is a five-year-old mare who made her debut on the first day when out-finished by the Stunin Cullen colt Direct Control.

She was at the workouts as a late three-year-old and had not been sighted since qualifying in April last year.

“Patrick (O’Reilly) had her and liked her but she broke down, so we sent her to the Dunns for the swimming and beach work.

“Then she did a tendon again but we decided to give her one more crack. Patrick had always said she was better than the halfsister.”

Valloria has the inside running for John Dunn and gets up to beat Loveyoutodoit (Ross Houghton) in the Speedy Signs Trot for Non-Winners at Nelson last Sunday.

Tyron Bettor’s Ella is the second foal from Ella Royce, an In The Pocket mare from the Good Going family “who couldn’t pace”.

Her first foal was Tyron’s Falcon Ella, a Falcon Seelster mare who had four wins and several placings before going to stud, where she has had colts by Bettor’s Delight and Sweet Lou. Ella Royce has had two more filly foals by Bettor’s Delight, but

Neumann is unsure where they’ve got to.

Valloria, a three-year- old Majestic Son gelding from Carl Middleton’s good trotting mare Savona was bought at the Premier Sale for $32,000 by Neumann’s son Vinnie in Alan’s absence.

De Lancome, a Bettor’s Delight filly from Lancome, was bought the same day for $105,000.

Alan and Ian race Valloria now

Alan Neumann looking perky from his hospital bed.

while Vinny has a share in Loveyoutodoit with Alan and Ian along with Alan Anderson and Richard Bensdorp, employees at Neumann’s tyre business, who were given shares.

Loveyoutodoit, a four-year-old Love You mare from a sister to Any Old Way and Idid It Myway, was owned by Pat Driscoll, but the Neumanns became aware of her through links to him via Aimee Edmonds and John Dunn.

Loveyoutodoit would have won very easily but for having Valloria on her back and Edmonds was third in the race with I W McNik. All three look more than useful, but not as much as Bonnie Highlander, who could well be open class material.

A four-year-old mare by Muscle Mass from Lexie Highlander (six wins), Bonnie Highlander won a race at Methven in April and then raced in Auckland features, finishing third in the North Island Trotting Oaks.

But the long-barrelled mare looked a lot stronger when she resumed with a great win at Ashburton on Christmas Eve and she again underlined her potential on Sunday.

Bonnie Highlander was heading for the front for Gavin Smith when she broke going into the first bend and lost at least a dozen lengths, but she still proved too strong for Lavros Texas and Destiny Jones, with eight lengths to the rest.

“She’s a nervy type and has been a bit unsettled up there but hopefully the trip away will do some good.

“The Dunns have always said she has the speed of a pacer.”

The progeny of Muscle Mass mostly come good at four and Lexie Highlander was an Armbro Invasion mare who didn’t hit her straps until she was seven.

Bonnie Highlander is the second foal and second winner from

Lexie Highlander and was bought at the Premier for $37,000.

John Dunn drove the favourite and super-talented Sundees Son on Sunday, but he was completely out of it with an early mistake.

Dunn also drove Hes Fast And Furious to win for Blenheim trainer Mark Gill, although it would have been a very ordinary two days at Richmond for the stable had it not been for Neumann’s horses.

Bonnie Highlander looks like being the best trotter Neumann has raced since Tyron Scottie, a son of Noodlum who was one of Neumann’s first horses and who won 21 races and $300,000 in the late 80s.

“We bought him at the sales for $5000, which was a fair bit of money in those days.

“He couldn’t pace and we were going to shoot him but (the late) Cyril White saw him trotting in the paddock and over a beer one day he said he’d take him home and get him going for us.

“He qualified by half the length of the Ashburton straight.

“Then Cyril said he was going to need to travel and as he was too old for that, he suggested we give him to Pat. “He was rather happy about that.”

Neumann’s best pacer, Franco Cristiano, has been unsighted for 10 months and “is still in a paddock at home”, but is due back in work at any time.

A $92,500 purchase at the Premier, Franco Christiano looked like being anything when he won his first four races including a Sires Stakes heat, but he has had various issues since another fourrace winning streak in the winter of 2016.

“He had a breathing problem but that’s been fixed and he’s had a good spell.

“Robert (Dunn) has always said he’s a lot better than The Brooklyn Brawler. We sold him recently and he finished second in the South Australia Derby the other night.”

Neumann bought a couple more yearlings at the sales last year and both had their first trials at Rangiora last week.

Bettor’s Delight colt Stars Tonight finished third and is likely to be turned out but You Really Got Me, a Love You gelding from Rondo, won his heat and is expected to make a two-year- old.

You Really Got Me was the only Love You in the sales last year and cost $48,000 at Karaka.

“I reckon we’ve got enough horses for the moment and I said to Robert (Dunn) recently ‘no more’.

“He said there’s a couple we should be looking at but I think I’ll stay away.”

One just knows that Neumann won’t be able to help himself though.

Clearly he has a lot to look forward to with the current team on the books and having been given “a second crack at things”, he’s probably going to make the most of it.

Sunday Racing 30 Ashburton Guardian

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Saturday, January 20, 2018

Waikato gallops Tomorrow at Te Rapa Raceway

Waikato RC Venue: Te Rapa Meeting Date: 21 Jan 2018 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 5, 6 and 7 1 1.07pm (NZT) LADIES DAY 10TH FEB ‘18 MAIDEN 1200 $10,000, MAIDEN 3YO, 1200m 1 2 Beauden (4) 57.5 .......................R Elliot (a1) 2 025 Monaco b (1) 57.5 ....................... D Johnson 3 Elusive Bolt (5) 57.5 ....................T Thornton 4 Hear My Voice h (8) 57.5 ..............M McNab 5 0 Heza Kiwi Lad 57.5 ...................... Scratched 6 Kirramisu (7) 57.5 ...........................S Collett 7 7x422 Walkin’ By (12) 55.5 ..........................L Innes 8 66x Amazone (9) 55.5 ...........................A Collett 9 Honesty (10) 55.5 ....................... C Johnson 10 Indie Rock (3) 55.5.................... M D Plessis 11 8 Irish Tavern (11) 55.5 .................M Cameron 12 Lilly Thunder (6) 55.5 ................S McKay (a) 13 9 Supera (2) 55.5 ...........................C Lammas 2 1.42pm GREENE BROTHERS 1200 $11,000, Rating 70 Benchmark, 1200m 1 51049 Saber dm (6) 63.5 .....................T Wenn (a3) 2 2290x Fortune Patch d (8) 59.5 ..... T Yanagida (a4) 3 2x69x Piazzetta t (7) 59 ........................M Coleman 4 50841 Winmotion td (1) 57.5......................S Collett 5 559x5 Veearma m (3) 57 ..................... M D Plessis 6 x6223 High Distinction (2) 57 -

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7 966x8 Memories Only (4) 56.5 ................ R Norvall 8 07222 Getalonghome Cindy m (5) 54.5 3 2.17pm FAST TRACK $5K 1400 $16,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m 1 70160 Stratocaster d (7) 60.5 ....................J Riddell 2 980xL Scrutinize d (2) 59.5 ......................O Bosson 3 12761 Descendant td (4) 58 .................M Cameron 4 x7012 Elusive Meteor td (3) 57.5 ...........T Thornton 5 8103x Keely Be tdbh (8) 55 .........................L Innes 6 24x15 Miss Horotiu tdb (5) 54.5............M Coleman 7 559x5 Veearma m (1) 54.5 .................. M D Plessis 8 58444 Beauty’s Rose d (6) 54........ T Yanagida (a4) 4 2.54pm STYLE COUNSEL MAIDEN 1600 $10,000, MAIDEN, 1600m 1 8524x Learning To Fly b (4) 58.5 ...............J Riddell 2 x3340 The Rebel Knight (17) 58.5 ...........M McNab 3 63. Havoc b (7) 58.5..............................S Collett 4 x7395 Bugs Moran (10) 58.5 ................. C Johnson 5 77 Corleone (5) 58.5 ........................ D Johnson 6 3x660 Ming’s Emperor (8) 58.5..................M Vance 7 75x00 Von Zipp (11) 58.5......................A Sims (a3) 8 872 Justamaiz h (2) 57 .....................M Coleman 9 4 Jo Buck (1) 57 ...................................L Innes 10 98 Double Jay Dee’z (14) 57.........J Nason (a2) 11 0x336 Madam Woo (9) 56.5 ................ M D Plessis 12 45x75 Briar Rose (18) 56.5...................M Cameron

13 20 Aniceta (6) 56.5...........................T Thornton 14 375 La Estrella (15) 56.5....................... J Bayliss 15 x7x06 Sailing (3) 56.5 ................................ S Spratt 16 478 Magic Note (13) 55 .....................C Lammas 17 890. Fateful (12) 57 18 0x228 Heat Seeker 58.5 ......................... Scratched 19 5885 Diamondsandbubbles (16) 55 Em: Fateful, Heat Seeker, Diamondsandbubbles 5 3.27 THE EDGE 97.8 FM MAIDEN $10,000, 1400m 1 0x228 Heat Seeker (1) 58.5..............B Morgenrood 2 x2x03 Good Intentions (12) 58.5 ...............A Collett 3 2 Flying Feet b (9) 57 .......................O Bosson 4 5x06x Oriental Dragon (2) 57 ....................S Collett 5 3. Bel Ragazzo (5) 57 ...................S McKay (a) 6 3 Boogie Woogie (16) 57 ...................J Riddell 7 63 Not Usual Prince (6) 57..............M Cameron 8 5 Hoof Hefner (3) 57 .............................M Hills 9 5x854 Midsummer Magic (18) 56.5 ........... S Spratt 10 3x765 Regal Dancer h (4) 56.5.............M Coleman 11 640x Diamaint (13) 56.5 ......................T Thornton 12 5. More Cheers (17) 56.5 13 46 Cabochon 55................................ Scratched 14 4 Langbein (7) 55 ......................... M D Plessis 15 4 Pierina (14) 55 16 5x570 Politely (8) 55 17 Princess Of Paris (15) 55 ............C Lammas

4x333 Jimmy Rocket (21) 57.5 .............M Coleman 352 Starrybeel (19) 57.5 ......................M McNab 633 Sacred Party (8) 57.5 ........................L Innes 2 Steven James bh (14) 57.5 .............J Riddell 37 Mongolian Marshal (10) 57.5 .....M Cameron 469 Picture This 57.5 .......................... Scratched 5 Speechmaker (1) 57.5 ....................A Collett 7 Seven Falls (18) 57.5 ...................... S Spratt 7 Stimplythebest (6) 57.5 ................... A Jones 22 Glendalough (16) 55.5 .............. M D Plessis 2 Gold Spice (15) 55.5 ..................D Prastiyou 36 Elle Eye Are b (5) 55.5 ................ D Johnson 0x440 Luxe (13) 55.5 ................................ J Bayliss 5885 Diamondsandbubbles (12) 55.5 ..C Lammas 87650 Verbal Command (2) 55.5 ...............S Collett 7x Tearanita (9) 55.5 ........................T Thornton 9 Altenari (3) 55.5 .......................... C Johnson 9x Rosetown (4) 55.5 0 Dashofpaint (11) 57.5 97 Mozart (20) 57.5 890. Fateful (7) 57.5 -

Blinkers on: Beauden (R1), Memories Only (R2), Corleone, Ming’s Emperor, La Estrella, Fateful (R4), Not Usual Prince (R5), Seven Falls, Rosetown, Fateful (R7) Blinkers off: Diamaint (R5), Take It Out (R6), Sacred Party, Luxe (R7) Winkers on: Justamaiz (R4), Stimplythebest (R7) Winkers off: Corleone (R4), Seven Falls (R7)

Tomorrow at Manukau Stadium

8 72645 Cawbourne Merl nwtd J & ...................D Bell 9 23643 Barwon Babe nwtd .....................D Schofield 10 76441 Princess Alea 31.02 .......................C Henley 9 3.36 QUALIFIED PET SERVICES SPRINT C4, 318m 1 22462 Ekali 18.42 ..................................... G Farrell 2 73525 Sun Is Shining 18.56 .........................B Craik 3 63421 On Fleek 18.65 .................................B Craik 4 84633 Obstinatus 18.25 R & ..................N O’Regan 5 37752 Classy Impact 18.52 ....................... T Green 6 55528 Raging Demon 18.26 R & ...................L Udy 7 35473 Beat The Butcher 18.36 R & ...............L Udy 8 36781 All Hail Caesar 18.58 U & .................Cottam 9 62124 Zoie Willow nwtd J & ...........................D Bell 10 61378 Fantastic Zoe 18.51 ...................D Schofield 10 3.53pm PUMP ENGINEERING STAKES C2, 527m 1 77171 Secret Rory 30.98 .......................... G Farrell 2 34221 Sue Zooki 30.55 .............................. T Green 3 54116 Unprofound nwtd ...............................E Potts 4 56531 Electric Lotto 30.87 ........................G J Hore 5 41388 Opawa Velocette 30.86 W &............T Steele 6 81522 Scott The Looks 30.62 U & ...............Cottam 7 25114 Idol Ajay 31.00 W &.........................T Steele 8 78731 Uno Twenty Five 30.72 ................... G Farrell 9 21128 Secret Lily 30.82 W &......................T Steele 10 24265 Hey Khali nwtd U & ...........................Cottam 11 4.11pm CAROL’S TAB SPRINT C4/5, 318m 1 38846 Mad Harry 18.61 .............................. S Clark 2 13123 Belcroft Banker 18.15 ................H Laagland 3 43223 Mrs Browns Girl nwtd R & ...........N O’Regan 4 11682 Audrette 18.45...................................B Bond

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22113 Nitrology 18.26 ................................. S Clark 81767 Lochinvar Brogue nwtd ..............D Schofield 17255 Wong Way 18.51 U & ........................Cottam 18675 Hallo Star 18.23 R & ...........................L Udy 61334 Kapai Lana 18.61 R & .........................L Udy 15886 Bushman’s Idol 18.70.................P Ferguson 12 4.28pm PLASTERBOARD LTD STAKES C3, 527m 1 5F125 Hezaman 30.89 U &..........................Cottam 2 36477 Yooldome 30.59 .........................D Schofield 3 67157 San Tan Samson 30.68 ................... T Green 4 15216 Tullabung Googar 30.64 .............P Ferguson 5 32552 Global Conquest 30.27 W &............T Steele 6 64F34 Jinja Squeak 30.48 W & ..................T Steele 7 63411 Kapai Bart 30.71 W & .....................T Steele 8 56818 Salvarotti 30.70 ..........................D Schofield 9 16346 Effectual 30.41 ..................................E Potts 10 61564 Electric Dee Eye 30.71 ...................P Green 13 4.46pm JACK’S WHOLESALE MEATS C1, 318m 1 58455 Bigtime Moola 18.60 R & ....................L Udy 2 53532 Unconscionable 18.61 R & .................L Udy 3 53178 Forcible 18.90 .................................. S Clark 4 64345 Emoji 18.51 .......................................B Craik 5 27321 Katcha Ninja 18.78............................B Craik 6 22451 It’s Electric 18.61 ............................C Henley 7 32575 Out Of Paper nwtd .......................... T Green 8 15825 Tobermory nwtd U & .........................Cottam 9 26344 Statman Dave 18.76 ..................H Laagland 10 56463 Brotastic 18.62 ..................................B Craik LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Tony

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Auckland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Manukau Sta- 3 2252 Feed The Need nwtd P & .............. J Cleaver 6 2.44pm WWW.AGRC.CO.NZ SPRINT C1, 318m dium Meeting Date: 21 Jan 2018 NZ Meeting number: 4 26244 Final Story nwtd ........................... H Mullane 1 x1815 Reality Check nwtd ........................G J Hore 9 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 5 36655 Fancy Chap nwtd .......................D Schofield 2 24723 Spider Phil 18.98 R &..................N O’Regan 11; 12 and 13 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 6 22524 Barwon Bandit nwtd ...................D Schofield 3 64542 Fancy Gas 18.70 M & ...................... J Smith 11, 12 and 13 7 68727 Surge Ahead nwtd R & .......................L Udy 4 24111 Blitz ‘Em Rene 18.67 U &..................Cottam 1 1.16pm WELCOME TO THE MANUKAU SPORTS- 8 63658 Cawbourne Rob nwtd J & ...................D Bell 5 28453 Uncomplicated 18.51 ....................... S Clark 9 26756 Warrior Tony nwtd U & ......................Cottam 6 83386 Doug Deep nwtd R & ..........................L Udy BOWL SPRINT C3, 318m 10 48746 Phuket Paul nwtd ............................S Codlin 7 15 Bad 19.07..........................................B Craik 1 21547 Waerenga Star 18.63 U & .................Cottam 8 42632 Ken Wilde 18.63 ........................... H Mullane 4 2.08pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS STKS C1, 527m 2 51277 Audacious Assin nwtd J & ...................D Bell 9 387F8 Cosmic Rover nwtd ......................... T Green 1 12122 Token Jasper nwtd ........................... S Clark 3 24315 Leroy Spirit 18.59 ............................S Codlin 2 36822 Opawa Vegan nwtd W &..................T Steele 10 18755 Zimmer Frame 18.81 R &....................L Udy 4 454x6 Bloomingdales 18.72 ........................B Craik 3 32467 Goldstar Holly nwtd ........................ G Farrell 7 3.01 DELI’S SPORTS BAR SPRINT C2, 318m 5 78381 Red Dee 18.53 ................................P Green 4 6567x Fushidara 31.29 .............................. L Martin 1 87336 See Eye Aye 18.62 ...................... H Mullane 6 45261 Cawbourne Pottsy nwtd J & ................D Bell 5 13542 Tabulam Girl nwtd W &....................T Steele 2 42253 Scott Tied Up 18.63 U & ...................Cottam 7 33456 Opawa Libby 18.55 W &..................T Steele 6 71F26 Blocker 30.99 R & .......................N O’Regan 3 6F122 Was Just Saying 18.59 R &.................L Udy 8 12721 Elouera Mist 18.53 .....................P Ferguson 7 36357 Cawbourne Bettsy nwtd J & ................D Bell 4 23625 Space Oddity 18.66 ..........................B Craik 9 14674 Amazing Contact 18.67.....................B Bond 8 32311 Cameo Syd 31.06 .............................B Craik 5 56641 Alex Attack 18.38 U & .......................Cottam 10 674x8 Blazing Spirit nwtd .....................D Schofield 9 73783 Elaborate 30.88..........................P Ferguson 6 41558 Opawa Rocket 18.71 W & ...............T Steele 2 1.33 GREYHOUND FUNCTION STAKES C0, 527m 10 31775 Jinja Mia 30.97 W & ........................T Steele 7 54682 Kirkham Jasper nwtd J & ....................D Bell 1 22475 Finkle Foot Hero nwtd R & ....................Hunt 2 8727 Jetsun Doll nwtd.............................G Wilson 5 2.26pm HEWLETT ELECTRICAL SPRINT C3, 318m 8 15112 Kiwi Boy 18.49 U & ...........................Cottam 9 6x528 Bitters 18.65 ..................................... S Clark 1 47333 Tumbalaioo 18.45.......................P Ferguson 3 48848 Jetsun Woody nwtd ........................G Wilson 2 16847 Polly The Dolly nwtd J &......................D Bell 10 84528 Cawbourne Looks nwtd J & ................D Bell 4 44234 Fancy Fox nwtd ..........................D Schofield 3 47886 Irinka Darcy 18.51 ...........................S Codlin 8 3.18 STITCHES UPHOLSTERY STAKES C1, 527m 5 78x55 Jetsun Singer nwtd ........................G Wilson 4 15642 Good Job 18.39 ..............................P Green 1 51256 Wee Meredith 31.46 ........................ L Martin 6 35443 Don Morocco nwtd P & ................. J Cleaver 5 11152 I’m A Leo 18.46 ...........................L Laagland 2 75115 Deception Diva 31.01 W & ..............T Steele 7 661 Kiwi Gal nwtd U & .............................Cottam 6 48653 Little Moo 18.57 U & .........................Cottam 3 32118 Secret Babe nwtd W & ....................T Steele 8 534x2 Barcia Queen nwtd .........................P Green 7 37415 Jetsun Jamie 18.73 ........................G Wilson 4 11F Bark De Triomphe 31.17 ...................B Craik 9 888x Crackling nwtd.................................... J Foot 8 51877 Nangar Panther 18.53 ................D Schofield 5 13263 Talkabout Izzy nwtd R &........................Hunt 3 1.51pm TROPHIES PLUS SPRINT C0, 318m 9 38587 Kirkham Coby nwtd J &.......................D Bell 6 14563 Amy Amy nwtd ............................... G Farrell 1 6 Suspicious Minds nwtd .....................B Craik 10 674x8 Blazing Spirit nwtd .....................D Schofield 7 x7513 Wairoa Jacko 30.92...................... H Mullane 2 28355 Oloroso nwtd U & ..............................Cottam

James

18 0x Philosophical (10) 56.5 .................. J Bayliss 19 x00x0 Get Smart (11) 58.5 20 7 Stimplythebest 57 ........................ Scratched Emergencies: Princess Of Paris, Philosophical, Get Smart, Stimplythebest 6 4.02 BELL NEUHAUSER & (MATTHEWS) OPTOMETRISTS 2100 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 08163 Kirkenes (10) 60..............................S Collett 2 24x13 Boomerang (9) 59 .............................L Innes 3 x5771 Desert Storm (3) 59 ...................M Cameron 4 22143 Epae Road (1) 59........................... J Bayliss 5 126x9 Youvebeenlitup dm (5) 58 ..........M Coleman 6 06x75 Craftyeva t (12) 57.5........................J Riddell 7 65490 Rocanic d (15) 57.5.............A Schwerin (a2) 8 751 Firenze d (8) 57.5..........................M McNab 9 48x21 Tavlin (16) 57.5................................A Collett 10 4186 Iago (4) 57.....................................O Bosson 11 23357 Take It Out b (14) 57 .......................M Vance 12 61087 Tama Akarana d (13) 57 ..........J Nason (a2) 13 40626 Wilijonmcbride t (6) 57 ................ C Johnson 14 32x90 Lovelight (2) 56.5 ...................... M D Plessis 15 x6502 Soul Sensation m (11) 56.5 ........ D Johnson 16 09x07 Wooden Red (7) 55.5 .........................M Hills 7 4.37 SMILE INFLATABLES MAIDEN 1600 $10,000, MAIDEN 3YO, 1600m 1 022 Master Painton b (17) 57.5............O Bosson

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Locally owned and operated for 25 years

Don’t delay call AJ today Fully qualified & registered Pest Control Technician

• • • • •

Spider proofing Fly control Wasp nests White tail treatment Residential and commercial

Call AJ 308 8147 or 0274 325 447

ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL

• • • • • •

Rural Commercial Industrial Residential Sound Heating

Contact us 0800 287 423 or 03 307 1544 www.auricelectrical.co.nz

Gary Flack

PAINTER & DECORATOR Phone 03 307 4200 022 698 7358 No obligation free quotes

Farms, factories, commercial buildings, private homes, club rooms, sheds, etc.

MOBILE MOWER SERVICING • Rotary Mowers • Ride-on Mowers • Water Blasters • Small Motor Repairs

• Reel Mowers • Chainsaws • Rotary Hoes • Generators

Services include but not limited to:

• Minor repairs • Roof painting • Spouting cleaning • Water blasting • Mould and moss treatment • Airless spraying

Stan Keeley, Owner

Ph 307 0002 - Mobile 021 88 34 36

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Lifestyle

CONNECTIONS

FREE yoga class FREE yoga class

Would you like to set yourself up for a great 2018 and experience year of balance, Would you like to set yourself up for aagreat 2018 and flexibility, strength and calm? experience a year of balance, flexibility, strength and calm?

Then come along and try a FREE introductory Dru yoga class.

Then come along and try a FREE introductory Dru yoga class.

Yoga that is gentle and flowing but still powerful.

Suitable for all ages, abilities experience levels.

Yoga that is gentle and and flowing but still powerful. Suitable for all ages, Donations to Class times are: abilities and experience levels.

Tuesday January 23rd 5:45pm - 7:15pm Class times are: Tuesday, January 23 5.45pm - 7.15pm Wednesday January 24th 10:30am - 12:00pm Wednesday, January 24 10.30am - 12.00pm Thursday 7:00pm - 8:30pm Thursday, January 25 January 7.00pm25th - 8.30pm Catholic Church Hall, Thomson St, Tinwald

Term 1 commences January 30 for 8 weeks Contact Janet Cross to register Cost $136 Registration required. email janetcrossyoga@gmail.com

will be accepted

Ph 021 347 958will or 303 6067 Numbers be limited Numbers will be limited

Contact Janet Cross to register Term 1 commences 30 January for 8Church weeks Hall Catholic email janetcrossyoga@gmail.com required.

Cost $136 Registration Thomson Street, Tinwald Ph 021 347 958 or 303 6067

Giftware – Crafts & Hobby Supplies – Collectables & Revamped Furniture 128 Victoria Street, Ashburton | 03 308 2295 | victoria128@xtra.co.nz

Ladies Summer Sale We’ve taken 20 – 70% off a great range of ladies’ fashion Open East Street, Ashburton Mon - Thu 9am - 5.30pm Phone 308 5771 Fri 9am - 6pm www.sparrows.co.nz Sat 10am - 2pm, Sun 11am - 2pm

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T&Cs apply, please bring this voucher into your appointment.

To advertise here contact Carmen on 021 836 543 or 03 307 7963

Daily Events

January 20, 21 and 22, 2018

Saturday

9am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON CRAFT MARKET. Local crafts, new stalls welcome. West Street Car park.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

Main Street, Methven.

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

Sunday

9.30am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship, combined service at Baring Square Methodist Church, Baring Square East. (please note the earlier time).

9.30am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Combined service at Baring Square Methodist Church, Baring Square East. (please note the earlier time).

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

Main Street, Methven.

10am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10am ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Morning service, all welcome. 67 Cass Street.

10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

10.30am GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping God and transforming lives. 63 Princes Street, Netherby.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road .

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. (draw to be done) Golf croquet casual doubles for all ages. The domain, Philip Street.

7pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

Monday

10m ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. Merrett Salver. Gross WFA. Mayfield Golf Club.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

Main Street, Methven.

10am - 3pm AGE CONCERN, 206 CLUB. Fun fill days for 0ver 60 years, for more information ring 308-6817. Cameron Street.

12pm - 1pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. A Free lunch. Ashburton Baptist Church, entry off Cass Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Seafield Road.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research. Heritage Centre, 327 West Street.

6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in the hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7.30pm ASHBURTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Meeting with guest speaker Bruce and John from Mia Flora Winchester.

Domain Pavilion, Walnut Avenue.

9am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON FARMERS MARKET. Local fresh produce, hot and cold food and drinks. North End West Street car park, Ashburton.

8.30am HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH. Mass, Holy Spirit Church, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship service led by frank Tasker, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST CHURCH. Combined service at Baring Square East.

6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in the hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am PLAINS LADIES FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Meeting, Doris Linton Lounge, R.S.A. Cox Street.

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SITUATIONS VACANT

Rendering Plant Operator Wallace Group LP is recognised as a leader in the primary industry with major investments in service rendering, hides and skins processing and composting.

The Company wishes to employee a person to fill the position of Rendering Operator with in the Rendering division, which is situated at Hororata near Darfield. This is a fulltime position and does include shift work.

The desired candidate would possess the following attributes but the successful candidate will be given full training to achieve the required skills: • Forklift license • Loader license • To be able to work unsupervised • Rendering experience would be preferred but not essential • Boiler ticket would be preferred but not essential as full training will be provided.

Applications close February 2, 2018.

Please apply in writing with curriculum vitae and references to: General Manager Operations Wallace Group LP PO Box 11, Waitoa 3380 Email: gordon.henderson@wallace.co.nz All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.

GPS Specialist Agriculture GPS Control Systems is the New Zealand importer and distributor of Trimble’s range of precision agriculture products. Our primary focus is machine guidance, rate and section control, and self-steering. We operate an extensive network of RTK reference stations that provide the high-accuracy GPS signal that is key to our success.

We have a large customer base in Canterbury who would like closer sales and technical support. So we need a bright spark to join our team, someone willing and able to learn - because we will teach you all you need to know. The role is very independent and requires a motivated, self-starting person who can get on with people and the job at hand.

You might not be a GPS specialist yet, but you’ll have experience in the agricultural world, possibly gained from working on agricultural machinery. Alternatively you may have an electrical background and be confident installing computer systems in mobile applications. A trade or technical/professional qualification would be ideal.

The role is based in Mid Canterbury and does require travelling to customers sites. You will be able to work from an office at home and there is considerable flexibility required to fit around the agricultural calendar.

The role includes: • sales presentations to customers, • hardware installation, calibration, and operator training, • technical support via phone, and onsite visits, • maintenance of RTK reference stations • supporting other staff in other regions who in turn will support you.

You can learn more about Trimble’s products at www.trimble.com/ agriculture.

There is a good chance that you already know us, and we may know you.

So all enquires will be treated with the strictest confidence.

This a big opportunity to join a small team of dedicated and professional staff. If you think you have the skills to learn, and the right attitude to customers and your workmates - then email me a brief resume plus covering letter.

John Ahearn GPS Control Systems Ltd 0800 TRIMBLE john@gpscsl.co.nz

Hinds Convenience & Lotto

Store Manager

The candidate must have relevant tertiary qualification and 1 to 2 years of retail supervisory or above experience.

Email CV to: hindsstore@ gmail.com

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Architectural Designer We are seeking an office junior for design and drafting roles.

The successful applicant will show proficiency in the following areas: • Archicad software.

• NZ Building Code and NZS 3604 • Working in a small team environment Send samples of work and a CV to: Chilton + Mayne Architecture P. O. Box 6021, Ashburton 7740 or email to admin@cmarchitecture.co.nz

MACHINE OPERATOR / STOREMAN Ashburton Luisetti Seeds is a significant provider of grain and seed processing in the Canterbury region as well as supplying seed both nationally and internationally. An opportunity has arisen for a Seed Cleaning Plant Operator/Storeman at our Ashburton site.

Key responsibilities will include: • Operating a high output, modern, seed cleaning plant • General yard duties including assisting with the intake and dispatch functions You will need to be organised, logical and fit and have a willingness to work extended hours over the harvest period. You should be mechanically minded and be able to work in a team environment. Although a knowledge of agriculture would be desirable, an ability to operate machinery is critical for this position.

Seed cleaning experience and a forklift licence would be an advantage but is not essential.

Applications should detail recent relevant experience, qualifications and references.

Applications close Monday January 29, 2018.

Applications will be treated and viewed in confidence.

Please apply to: Luisetti Seeds Ltd PO Box 77, Rangiora 7440 Attention: Susan West Or admin@luisettiseeds.co.nz

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Client Manager We are looking for a special person to fill the role of Client Manager at Hospice Mid Canterbury.

Hospice Mid Canterbury is a registered charity with the vision of providing supportive holistic care to enhance the quality of life for all people dealing with life-limiting illness and bereavement. To do this, we encourage a culture of caring, compassion and respect in all areas of our organisation. These are our core values.

The Client Manager will be the primary point of contact for our clients and carers, referrers and other service providers. This person will ideally have a level of clinical understanding.

The Client Manager will work closely with the Volunteer Manager who recruits and support volunteers. Due to the shared nature of these positions, there will be some crossover of roles.

The position will be part time, approximately 12 hours per week initially, with flexibility. It is intended that these hours will be covered over 3 days.

The person we are seeking will enjoy working collaboratively, but will also be able to self-motivate. This person will enjoy finding solutions to improve clients’ quality of life.

We are seeking a person with the following qualities: • A caring, compassionate nature • Respect for others • Generosity of spirit • Affinity with the hospice philosophy • Strong communication skills • A logical thinker • An active listener • The ability to keep good records and ensure systems are maintained • Computer and organisational skills • The ability to maintain confidentiality at all times To apply, or for more information, please contact: Jane Wright, admin@hospicemc.nz, 0274 362 361.

Applications close 5pm, January 31, 2018.

HEAVY FABRICATOR/ ENGINEER We are looking for an experienced engineer to help with the increasing demand in manufacturing truck bodies and trailer chassis.

Please apply with cover letter and CV to: Engineering Repairs (2012) Ltd 14 Watson Street, Ashburton engrep@xtra.co.nz or phone 03 308 1506

Precision Agricultural Machinery Operator R&R Precision Fertiliser Spreading is a well-established Methven based agricultural application business with client farms based across the Mid Canterbury region. We operate the latest of spreading technology and late model machinery.

We are looking for a new team member to operate one of our state of the art fertiliser spreaders. The applicant will require a class 2 vehicle licence but class 4 and 5 would be an advantage. While we are a welcoming team who will provide full training, we would like you to have some agricultural knowledge and experience as well as experience operating and maintaining modern equipment.

The applicant will require a punctual and professional personality. We operate to the highest level of quality for our clients so attention to detail and a desire to complete the role to the highest level is also a must.

The role will be based primarily in Methven but applications from across Mid Canterbury are welcome.

Please email a CV and cover letter to:

ASHBURTON COLLEGE

info@rrspreading.co.nz or phone Ben on 0274 452 356

‘Individual Excellence in a Supportive Learning Environment’

Teacher Release – Student Learning Support Unit Responsibility for programme preparation and teaching of students with high to very high learning and physical needs.

Welcome to the World

This is a fixed-term, part-time 0.4 position (2 days) for commencement as soon as is practicable (during Term 1 2018).

Ashburton College is a participating member of the Hakatere Community of Learning.

Applications close noon, Friday 2 February 2018.

Information package enquiries and applications please contact: Jodee Ross, Principal’s Secretary Phone (03) 308 4193 ext 809 Email: rj@ashcoll.school.nz Ashburton College, PO Box 204, Ashburton 7740

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Crane Operator / Crane Dogman CAFÉ/BAKERY

Ashburton (Yard Based) Bradford Precast Ltd is the leading architectural precast company in the South Island, and first choice nominated supplier for many leading architects, engineers and contractors.

We have vacancies available within our Crane Team for motivated individuals. Our fleet consists of 60T and 70T Track Cranes and a 16T Mobile. The Crane Team is responsible for providing support to the Production Team to ensure production is maximised, and loading precast elements onto trucks to site.

Crane Operator:

• Crane operator, preferably with mobile or track crane experience.

• Responsible for lifting a wide variety of precast elements off production decks and loading panel trailers for site.

• Able to undertake routine daily maintenance.

• A safety first attitude is a must.

Crane Dogman:

• Experience not essential, but a mechanical aptitude a must.

• Entry level role, but full training given with a view to becoming a crane operator.

Benefits: • Learn highly specialised and sought after skills.

• Competitive remuneration based on skills and performance.

• Gain nationally recognised qualifications.

• Stability, and job satisfaction.

• Standard hours 7.30am to 5.00pm, with Saturday mornings available.

Trades Assistant Ashburton Hospital

Are you a Jack or Jill of all trades? If so we need you! The Maintenance and Engineering department at Ashburton Hospital need a Trades Assistant for an immediate start!

You will play an integral part in looking after the buildings that house the patients and visitors of Ashburton Hospital and give you an excellent range of tasks to become the ultimate all-rounder!

Our ideal candidate: • • • • •

Experience working within building services or building maintenance Able to turn your hand to any task that is thrown your way Physically fit Good communication skills both written and oral Be able to work unsupervised as well as with a team

A Trade Certificate in a building related trade, knowledge and experience with building statutory requirements and NZ building code requirements would be highly favourable.

Bradford Precast Ltd has a strict Drug & Alcohol Policy, and all applicants must be able to pass a pre-employment test, as well as being subject to ongoing random testing.

Hours: 40 hour per week, Monday - Friday (there is occasional weekend work required and an on call component to the position).

Apply in writing with CV to: John Power Bradford Precast Ltd 70 Bremners Road P.O. Box 214. Ashburton 7740 johnp@bradfords.co.nz

Applications are only accepted online so if this role sounds like you, please apply via CDHB Careers now.

www.bradfords.co.nz

Team Members - Ashburton We are currently looking for keen staff to join our company. We can offer you good job security, ongoing training and a positive work environment.

We will consider all applicants who have the following attributes: • Physically fit and reliable.

• A team player who gets on well with others.

• Keen to learn and do further training to advance their career • Safety conscious.

• An eye for details and take pride in their work.

Applications can be emailed to:

Applications close on Wednesday, January 31, 2018.

Niagara is a drug free workplace. Pre-employment drug screening is a requirement for employment.

Sales Specialist Smallbone Limited is seeking an energetic Sales Professional to join an experienced team providing motor vehicles to the public of Mid Canterbury.

The successful applicant will be highly motivated with excellent relationship building skills.

For more information and to apply search for: Smallbone on Trademe Jobs or email your cover letter and CV to: Lydia.sheppard@carrfields.co.nz

Text 021 271 3399 Phone 0800 274 287 Email circulation@ theguardian.co.nz

Koji Japanese Restaurant Hiring New Restaurant Staff

Chef, Manager, Manager Assistant, Wait Staff For more details Trademe: 1514392489

The Ashburton Guardian has an opportunity for a passionate reporter to make their mark in the world of sport.

Our sports coverage is one of the cornerstones of the business.

Our readers are passionate players, watchers and arm-chair critics who love nothing more than reading a good yarn about local sporting stars or teams.

Sport takes place at any time on any given day, so you’ll be flexible with your working hours and willing to go above and beyond the call of duty to provide the sports coverage that the paper requires.

You’ll also get the opportunity to swing one of our cameras around from time to time too.

For all subscriber enquiries, missed deliveries, new subscriptions, temporary stops – text, call or email:

If you want to join our fun hardworking team please email your CV with a cover letter to: info@cafetime.co.nz or for more details phone Scott or Lisa on 307 2776 or 021 664 887

Wanted a sporting all rounder who wants to be a star….

The Guardian is a progressive, six-day a week newspaper in the heart of a sporting strong hold.

If you are interested in joining one of New Zealand’s leading timber companies then apply now.

Experience preferred but not necessary as full training will be given.

Sports Reporter

You’ll be a one-person sports team, among an editorial team of experienced journalists, covering everything from representative rugby and netball, right down to primary school’s football and hockey.

or posted to: Niagara Recruitment, PO Box 332, Ashburton 7740

A vacancy has become available at our busy Café/Bakery for a Café Assistant position. The position covers cafe work with a lot of variety. Food prep, barista, working with customers and general café duties.

VISIT CDHBCAREERS.CO.NZ

We’re looking for someone who lives for sport – all codes, who is keen to get to know the triers, the grinders the good teams and the sporting stars of the Ashburton District.

phillipt@niagara.net.nz

Café Assistant

Saturday to Tuesday

To find out more contact Hayley.Milne@cdhb.health.nz

To apply or to view a job description please go to our careers website cdhb.careercentre.net.nz/

Niagara is an innovative sawmill, manufacturer, and distributor of quality timber products.

We export product all over the world, as well as supply building merchants and fabricators throughout NZ. As a company we pride ourselves on delivering outstanding service to our customers, it is vital that we deliver our product on time and in full.

STAFF WANTED

Weekend work in this role is a given, but that does mean that you’ll get time off during the week to enjoy everything our district has to offer. That could mean that in Winter you are on the slopes within an hour of raising your head from the pillow or in summer out on the lake after just a 10-minute drive.

If you think you could be the sporting star we are looking for, then we would love to hear from you.

Send us an application letter along with your CV, telling us about your passion for sport and what you could bring to the Guardian team.

Please send your application, along with CV to Matt Markham by e-mail: matt.m@theguardian.co.nz or post to Box 77, Ashburton 7740.

We Help Save Lives We help save lives every day through the research and development of improved diagnosis, be er prediction and treatment of heart disease in our hospital and community.

Find out how you can help by visiting: www.otago. ac.nz/chchheart

Applications close, February 12.

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Bookings essential

A University of Otago Centre Main South Road, Tinwald, Ashburton Bookings essential Bookings essential of Research Excellence 307 9028 Main South Road, Tinwald,03 Ashburton Main South Road, Tinwald, Ashburton 03 307www.smallbones.co.nz 9028 03 307 9028 www.smallbones.co.nz www.smallbones.co.nz

Classifieds www.guardianonline.co.nz TRAVEL

Beckley Coachlines Programme

◊ HANMER DAY TRIP Saturday, January 27 departing 8.30am stops at Amberley and Culverden visit the Hot Pools, Hanmer sights, Farmers market & more.

For bookings phone 308 7646

TRADES, SERVICES

Saturday, January 20, 2018

PLANTS, PRODUCE

NEW potatoes Nadine $2 per kg. 81 Elizabeth Street, Ashburton. Phone 308 3195 or 027 531 9103.

PUBLIC NOTICES

WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308-6737.

required live white tail spiders.

We pay $5 each.

LIVESTOCK, PETS

BUYER of unwanted animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals.

We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 621, A/H 03 348 9439.

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

Spiderban Phone 027 296 8234

AKAROA - CHARMING, spacious holiday home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all ADULT electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village. ENTERTAINMENT Phone Brian 307-8000 or NEW Singapore lady, size 10, 308-6180.

36 D cup busty. Good massage. In/out calls. Phone 021 831 682.

HIRE

TRADES, SERVICES

GENERAL hire.

Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more.

All your DIY / party hire, call and see Ashburton U-Hire.

588 East Street. Open MonFri 7.00 - 6.00pm; Sat 7.30am - 5.00pm; Sunday 8.30am 3.00pm. – Ph: 308 8061 www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

NEW Thai massage. Magic hands. One week only. For info call 027 437 6411.

SHILO. 100% kiwi, blue eyes, tanned, curvy. Treat yourself phone 027 523 5343.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

DENTURES. Dr Peter Rumping, retired dentist, MT SOMERS area. Sunny continues to provide full FOR SALE three bedroom house. dentures. Repairs to existing ELECTRIC golf buggy. Good Available late January. New dentures also available. battery, does 18 holes. Golf carpet, underfloor insulation Phone 027 220 9997. clubs included. $700 ono. and logburner. Two living HOME handyman available. Phone 03 308 4741 or 021 areas. Great views. Double garage. School bus at gate.

Minor repairs, painting etc. Ph 684 251.

Extra sheds maybe available.

027-677-1952.

SCOOTER’S - new and Enquiries 021 022 315 22. secondhand three and four PUBLIC NOTICES wheel electric scooters and TO RENT, three bedroom, wheel chairs. Call Fred warm, sunny house, heat ASHBURTON Reddecliffe at Electric pump, fenced backyard, west ANGLICAN PARISH Mobility Ashburton today. side. Available now. $350 per week. Phone 027 551 3924.

Phone 308-3602 Drop-In and Pre-Loved Clothing Shop Reopening Wednesday, January 24, 2018 St Andrew’s Church 73St, Burnett St, Ashburton | Members I.B.A.N.Z & & NZBrokers Brokernet NZ Ltd. 2, 73 Level Burnett Ashburton | Members of of I.B.A.N.Z Level Level 2, 73 Burnett St,2, Ashburton | Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet NZ Ltd. Hall, cnr Thomson and www.visioninsurance.co.nz Level 2, 73 Burnett St, Ashburton | Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet NZ Ltd. Jane Streets, Tinwald.

Shop hours each week Wed 1 – 3pm Fri 9.30 – 11.30am Enquiries to Parish office phone 308 5438.

Level 2, 73 Burnett St, Ashburton | Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet NZ Ltd.

Birthday Greetings Connor Stratford Happy 7th Birthday.

Have fun at your party.

Lots of love Nana, Pop and Aunty Amber.

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Urgently

MOTORING

Ashburton Guardian

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT 1991 The Canterbury Regional Council and Ashburton District Council have received an application from Rangitata Diversion Race Management Limited (RDRML) for a suite of resource consents relating to the publicly notified proposal for resource consents CRC170651-CRC170662 and LUC16C/0067 to construct, use and maintain the Klondyke Storage Pond.

This publicly notified application will be heard together at a hearing with the application for resource consents CRC170651-CRC170662 and LUC16C/0067.

The additional application relates to a proposal for the: a.

construction, use and maintenance of a replacement fish screen constisting of a Mechanical Rotary Fish Screen (‘Fish Screen’) associated with the operation of the Rangitata Diversion Race;

b.

discharge of water and sediment to the Rangitata River associated with the emergency discharge from the proposed Klondyke Storage Pond; and

c.

the use of water in the RDR canal and the amendment of existing resource consent CRC011237 to remove the requirement for the existing Bio Acoustic Fish Fence.

The proposed Fish Screen is located at 108 Klondyke Road and on the banks of the Rangitata River, while the water storage facility will be located adjacent to Montalto Road, at or about map reference Topo50 BY19:6150-4409.

The purpose of the Fish Screen is to exclude fish from the canal and return them to the Rangitata River. The proposal includes earthworks associated with the construction of an additional section of canal and a fish by-pass return to the Rangitata River.

The proposed Fish Screen is located approximately 1,000 metres upstream of the existing sand trap and Bio Acoustic Fish Fence fish screen, and approximately 1,400 metres downstream from the existing RDR intake. In addition to the construction of the Fish Screen, the proposal is seeking an additional staged non-consumptive water take of up to 5.0 cubic metres per second, associated with the operation of the Fish Screen. The water take replaces the existing non-consumptive water take of 3.0 cubic metres per second for the Bio Acoustic Fish Fence and will be directly returned to the Rangitata River via the fish return structure.

In addition to the construction and operation of the Fish Screen, supplementary applications are sought for a change to condition 5 of existing resource consent CRC011237, to remove the requirement for the Bio Acoustic Fish Fence upon the construction of the Mechanical Rotary Fish Screen. Additionally, resource consent is sought to provide for a change to the ‘use’ of water extracted via the Rangitata Diversion Race, from ‘run of river’ to ‘storage’, upon the construction of the Klondyke Storage Pond Proposal. It is therefore proposed that water extracted by RDRML as a result of resource consents CRC011237 (being the existing consented water extraction regime) and CRC170654 (the proposed additional Klondyke Storage Pond high flow water take) is available to be used for storage within the Klondyke Storage Pond, irrigation, stock water distribution and to generate electricity.

A further supplementary application is sought for the emergency discharge of water from the Klondyke Storage Pond, via the proposed sluice channel, in the low probability event of dam failure that necessitates the lowering of water within the Pond.

The proposal is considered to be a pre-emptive application to ensure that all of the necessary regulatory requirements are in place in advance of them being required.

The application includes an assessment of effects. The applicant has applied for the following resource consents from: Canterbury Regional Council CRC182535 - to discharge water from the take authorised under CRC182536 and suspended sediment to the river via the fish bypass return; CRC182536 - For a non-consumptive take of up to 5 cumecs of water from the Rangitata River associated with the operation of a fish screen; CRC182537 - to disturb the bed of the Rangitata River for the construction of the fish bypass outlet; CRC182538 - to temporarily discharge sediment to the Rangitata River as a result of the construction and maintenance of the fish bypass outlet; CRC182539 - to extract gravel for the construction and periodic maintenance of the fish bypass outlet; CRC182540 - to use land for earthworks over an aquifer; CRC182541 - the emergency discharge of water to the Rangitata River; CRC182542 - to change conditions of CRC011237 to enable an alternative fish screen design consisting of a Mechanical Rotary Fish Screen to be used; CRC182630 - to use water for storage; CRC182631 - to use water under CRC170654 for storage, irrigation and stockwater purposes, and to generate electricity at Montalto and Highbank Power Stations.

Ashburton District Council LUC17/0122 - a land use consent at Klondyke Terrace, Ashburton, to construct and operate a Fish Screen on land that is zoned Rural B. This includes the construction of the fish bypass return on the bed of the Rangitata River and within the 20 metre setback and the upgrading of a utility structure exceeding the rural zone and geoconservation area earthworks standards.

A lapse period of 5 years has been sought for the Fish Screen consents and 35 years for the emergency discharge and use of water applications. RDRML seeks that an unlimited term be applied to all of the land use consents that are sought from the Ashburton District Council. The Company seeks a 35-year term for all of the resource consents that are sought from the Canterbury Regional Council.

SUBMISSIONS The above applications may be viewed online at: www.ecan.govt.nz/rdrklondyke.

Connor Stratford

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Phone the Guardian 307 7900

Happy 7th Birthday.

Love and best wishes from all your family and friends.

Jackson Couper Happy 10th Birthday gorgeous boy.

Lots of love Mum, Dad, Angus and baby. xxx

Any person may make a written submission on any of the above applications.

All submissions should be sent to Environment Canterbury, PO Box 345 Christchurch 8140; or emailed to: ecinfo@ecan.govt.nz An online submission can be made at: www.ecan.govt.nz/notificationsubmission.

Any written copy should also be sent to the Applicant at: Rangitata Diversion Race Management Limited C/O Mr Gavin Kemble, Ryder Consulting Limited, PO Box 13009, Tauranga 3141; or Email: g.kemble@ryderconsulting.co.nz A submission should include your name, address and phone number; the applicant’s name and consent application number.

A submission must state your reason for submission, whether you support or oppose the application and if you wish to be heard in support of your submission. The submission must be signed, and a copy forwarded to the Applicant’s address for service above.

For advice on the Environment Canterbury applications please phone 03 353 9007 or 0800ECINFO (0800 324 636) or visit Environment Canterbury’s website (www.ecan.govt.nz).

For advice on the Ashburton District Council application please phone Nick Boyes (Consultant Planner) on (03) 964 4635 or email: nick@planzconsultants.co.nz Submissions must be received by Environment Canterbury not later than 5 p.m. on Monday 19 February 2018.

Jackson Couper Happy 10th Birthday Jackson. Lots of love from Nana, Grandad, Aunty Anna, Uncle Jon, Libby and Greta. xxx Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our level 3 office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

Jane Donaldson Group Manager - Environmental Services Ashburton District Council

Bill Bayfield Chief Executive Environment Canterbury

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6am Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2 6:30 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Along For The Ride 0 7:30 Infomercials 8:55 Neighbourhood 0 9:30 Tagata Pasifika 10am Couples Come Dine With Me 11am The Chase Australia 0 11:55 Coronation Street PGR 3 0 1:50 Restoration Man 3 0 2:55 The Secret Life Of 4 Year Olds – Brothers And Sisters 3 0 3:55 Amazing Spaces – Shed Of The Year 3 0 4:55 The Celebrity Chase 3 Celebrities Ken Bruce, Paul Ince, Laila Morse, and David Haye must work together to outwit the Chaser, and win money for charity. 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Casketeers 0 7:30 Wild Patagonia Series exploring the littleknown landscapes and surprising wildlife in Patagonia, South America, where only the bold survive the dry climate of the Andes. 0 8pm L Lotto 8:05 Wild Patagonia 0 8:35 The Toy Box 0 9:35 Coronation Street PGR 0 10:30 Blindspot AO 3 0 12:15 Of Kings And Prophets PGR A violent king, a powerful prophet, and a resourceful shepherd come together to alter the fate of Israel and its people. Biblical drama. 0 1:05 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:05 Infomercials 5:30 The Key Of David

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6am Blaze And The Monster Machines 3 0 6:25 Thomas And Friends 0 6:45 Peppa Pig 0 6:55 The Furchester Hotel 3 0 7:05 Thunderbirds Are Go! 3 0 7:30 Transformers – Robots In Disguise 3 0 7:50 The Legendaries 3 0 8:15 Star Wars Rebels 3 0 8:40 Teen Titans Go! 3 0 9am Regular Show 3 0 9:10 Mech-X4! 3 0 9:35 Gamer’s Guide To Pretty Much Everything 10am The Muppets 0 10:30 Terry Teo PGR 0 11am Young And Hungry 11:25 Take Me Out PGR 0 12:40 Pretty Little Liars 0 1:30 Recovery Road 0 2:30 Famous In Love 0 3:30 Dr Ken PGR 3 0 4pm Movie Juice 0 4:30 Ant And Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 The Middle 0 7pm M Hotel Transylvania 2012 Animated Comedy. 0 8:40 M Good Luck Chuck AO 2007 Romantic Comedy. A man becomes known as a good-luck charm for women who believe that, after they have slept with him, they will become engaged to the next man they date. 0 10:30 M America’s Sweethearts AO 2001 Comedy. 0 12:20 Grey’s Anatomy AO 3 0 1:55 Wentworth AO 3 Vera and Ferguson fight for control of the women, using Bea and Kaz as their pawns. 0 3:30 Family Matters 3 4:20 Undateable AO 3 0 4:45 Young And Hungry PGR 3 5:05 Kevin From Work PGR 3 5:30 Beyond The Search 3

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6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Pukana 2 7:25 Infomercials 9:30 Married At First Sight USA PGR 3 10:25 Survivor – Worlds Apart 3 11:25 The Bachelor New Zealand PGR 3 0 12:25 Ice Road Truckers 3 0 1:20 Lip Sync Battle PGR 3 0 1:50 New Girl PGR (Starting Today) 3 2:15 Fresh Off The Boat PGR 2:45 The Goldbergs PGR 0 3:15 Come Dine With Me New Zealand 3 0 3:45 The House That £100K Built 30 4:50 Penguins – Spy In The Huddle The male penguins hand over their newborns to the returning females. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

MAORI

6am The Legend Of Korra 3 6:25 Ben 10 6:50 Codename – Kids Next Door 7:15 Kung Fu Dino Posse 3 7:40 Duck Dodgers 8:05 Batman – Brave And The Bold 8:30 Danger Mouse 8:55 The Thundermans 10am Robot Wars PGR 11am The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus 1:30 Football – English Premier League (HLS) 2:30 Indian Dream Hotel PGR 3 0 3:30 L NZ Horse Racing – Telegraph Handicap 4pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 5pm Fishing Classics 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Flog It!

7pm Container Wars PGR 7pm M Men In Black PGR 3 7:30 MasterChef Junior USA 1997 Action Comedy. Two PGR 0 men who keep an eye on 8:30 Agatha Raisin PGR 0 aliens in New York City must save the world after the aliens 9:30 Father Brown PGR 0 10:30 The Naughty Bits PGR 3 0 threaten to blow it up. 0 8:55 M Hail, Caesar! AO 2016 Comedy. 0

11pm M The Descendants AO 3 2011 Drama. In Hawaii, a man attempts to repair his relationship with his two daughters after his wife is in a boating accident.

George Clooney, Shailene Woodley. 0 1:15 Infomercials 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:35 Garage Sale Mystery – The Art Of Murder 2016 Thriller. Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange. 8:05 The Shallows MLC 2016 Drama Thriller. Blake Lively, Óscar Jaenada. 9:30 The Magnificent Eleven MLS 2012 Wild Patagonia Good Luck Chuck Comedy. Robert Vaughn, 7:30pm on TVNZ 1 8:40pm on TVNZ 2 Sean Pertwee. 11am The Divergent Series – Allegiant BRAVO THE BOX Part 1 MV 2016 Adventure.

10am Catfish 3 11:10 Four 6am WWE Raw MV Shailene Woodley, Theo James.

Weddings USA 3 8:30 Smackdown MV 1pm The Whole Truth MVLSC Noon Four Weddings 2016 Crime. Keanu Reeves, 10:15 Main Event MV USA 3 12:50 World Of Renee Zellweger.

11:10 The Simpsons Super Dance PGR 3 1:45 Catfish 2:35 Nightmare Wedding MC Saturday PG 3 2:40 Botched By Nature 2016 Thriller. Nicola Posener, A marathon of Simpsons PGR 3 3:35 Million Dollar Evan Henderson. episodes. 1:10 Pawn Stars Listing LA 3 4:30 Million 4:05 Captain America – Civil PG 1:35 Pawn Stars PG Dollar Listing LA 3 War MV 2016 Sci-fi Adventure.

2pm Siberia MV 2:50 Can’t 5:30 Million Dollar Listing Chris Evans, Robert Downey jr, Pay? We’ll Take It Away! MVL Scarlett Johansson.

LA 3 6:30 Tabatha Takes Over 3 3:40 Limitless MV 4:30 The 6:30 Power Rangers 7:30 Relationshep PGR Simpsons Super Saturday PG MV 2017 Adventure.

Shep’s journey to find love 7:30 Journey To The Centre Dacre Montgomery, comes closer to an end and Naomi Scott. 8:30 Loving PGL Of The Earth PG (Part 1) the Charlestonian is more lost 2017 Drama. In 1960s Virginia, 9:25 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It than ever. a mixed-race couple find their Away! MVL 8:30 My Crazy Love AO relationship under attack 10:25 Pawn Stars PG Andrea lies about where she by the law, and take their lives, and pretends her friend’s 10:55 Pawn Stars PG fight to the Supreme Court, 11:25 Outsiders 16VLSC luxury apartment is hers; thereby altering US history.

Calvin secretly investigates a SUNDAY 12:20 Outsiders Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton. comedian’s sexual orientation 16VLSC 1:15 Haunted 10:35 The Boss 16VLSC 2016 and bombs a comedy gig.

Comedy.

Collector M 2:05 Deep 9pm My Crazy Love AO SUNDAY 12:15 Madame Undercover MVLC 9:30 My Crazy Sex Bovary MS 2014 Drama.

2:35 Siberia MV 10:25 60 Days In 3 2:10 Nightmare Wedding 11:25 Four Weddings USA 3 3:25 Outsiders 16VLSC MC 2016 Thriller. 3:40 Power 4:15 Outsiders 16VLSC SUNDAY Rangers MV 2017 Adventure.

5:05 Deep Undercover MVLC 5:40 Madame Bovary MS 12:15 Infomercials 3 5:35 Deep Undercover MVLC 2014 Drama.

5am Hoarders 3

11:30 Skint AO 3 Will missed a court appearance for shoplifting, so warrant officers arrive to take him in; Stan stays at Becky’s while he waits for his operation.

12:30 Closedown

MOVIES GREATS 6:40 The Fast And The Furious – Tokyo Drift MVL 2006 Action.

Lucas Black, Bow Wow. 8:25 Dark Shadows MVL 2012 Comedy Horror.

Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer.

10:20 Waterworld MVL 1995 Action. Dennis Hopper, Kevin Costner. 12:35 O Brother, Where Art Thou? MV 2000 Comedy. John Turturro, George Clooney. 2:20 The Good Shepherd MVLS 2006 Drama. Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie. 5:05 The Sentinel MV 2006 Crime. Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Eva Longoria.

6:50 Quartet MV 2012 Comedy. Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon.

8:30 Sherlock Holmes 2 – A Game Of Shadows MV 2011 Action. Sherlock Holmes and his colleague Dr Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty.

Robert Downey jr, Jude Law. 10:40 The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 16VLS 2011 Crime Drama.

Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer.

SUNDAY

1:15 Confessions Of A Shopaholic PGL 2009 Romantic Comedy. Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy. 3am The Making Of Avatar PG 3:15 The Good Shepherd MVLS 2006 Drama.

CHOICE

6:30 Waiata Mai 3 6:40 Team Umizoomi 3 7am Huhu 7:10 He Rourou 7:20 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 7:30 Huritua 3 7:40 Paia 3 7:50 Cube 3 8am Te Kaea 2 8:30 Morena 3 9am F Celebrity Playlist 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 11am Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 Noon Hahana 3 12:30 Street Dance Nationals 2016 (HLS) 1pm Aratere 2pm Touch Rugby – E Tu Whanau National Championships 3 3pm Hakataetae 3 3:30 Get Your Fish On 3 4pm Waiata 3 4:30 Te Po Mekemeke 3 5pm Te Taumata Kapa Haka 2017 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Waka Ama Sprints 7pm Tupaia’s Endeavour PGR 3 8pm What’s Up With The Tumoanas? PGR 3 8:30 M Diva AO 3 1981 Thriller.

10:35 Aotearoa 3

11:05 Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 11:35 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 6am Cycling – Tour Down Under (RPL) Stage Four.

8am Football – A-League (RPL) Western Sydney Wanderers FC v Melbourne Victory. 10am Motorsport – TR86 Championship (HLS) 11am The Crowd Goes Wild 11:30 World Rugby Show Noon Ice Skating – ISU World Figure Skating (RPL) European Championship – Day Three.

3pm Cricket – Super Smash (HLS) Elimination Final – Auckland Aces v Central Stags.

3:30 L Cricket – Super Smash Grand Final – Knights v Stags.

7:30 L Basketball – NBL Brisbane Bullets v Melbourne United.

From the Brisbane Entertainment Centre.

9:30 L Basketball – NBL Cairns Taipans v New Zealand Breakers.

From the Cairns Convention Centre.

11:30 Fox Sports News SUNDAY Midnight Golf – PGA Tour (HLS) CareerBuilder Challenge – Round Two. 12:30 Golf – Web.com Tour (HLS) Bahamas Great Exuma Classic. 1:30 Motorsport – Dakar Rally (HLS) Stage 13. 2am Motorsport – TR86 Championship (HLS) 3am Motorsport – TR Series (HLS) Round One. 4am L Netball – Quad Series South Africa v Australia.

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; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

6am American Pickers 7am American Restoration 8am Buying Hawaii 8:30 Love Nature – The Feast 9:30 James Martin’s French Adventure 10:30 Selling Houses With Amanda Lamb 11:30 American Pickers 12:30 Gardeners’ World 1pm Before And After 1:30 Craft It Yourself 2:30 Outback Wrangler 3pm Beeny’s Restoration Nightmare 4pm Junk Gypsies Sisters Amie Sikes and Jolie Sikes-Smith dust off dressers and reimagine relics at the flea market.

4:30 Gem Hunt 5pm Sold!

5:30 The Best Place To Be 6:30 Flying To The Ends Of The Earth 7:30 American Pickers 8:30 M Butter AO 2011 Comedy. In Iowa, an adopted girl discovers her talent for butter carving, and finds herself pitted against an ambitious local woman in their town’s annual contest.

Jennifer Garner, Ty Burrell.

10:20 New Zealand Hunter Adventures PGR 11:30 Beeny’s Restoration Nightmare 12:30 Junk Gypsies 1am Outback Wrangler 1:30 F Buying Hawaii 2am M Butter AO 2011 Comedy. Jennifer Garner, Ty Burrell.

3:40 Buying Hawaii 4:10 Flying To The Ends Of The Earth 5am American Pickers

SKY SPORT 2 6am Cricket – International Blackcaps v Pakistan – Fifth ODI. 6:30 Cricket – International Australia v England – Second ODI. 7am Motorsport – TR86 Championship Round One. 8am Cycling – Tour Down Under Stage Four. 8:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 9am UFC Countdown 10am Cricket – U19 World Cup India v Zimbabwe. 11am Cricket – International Blackcaps v Pakistan – Fifth ODI. 11:30 Cricket – International Australia v England – Second ODI. Noon Tennis – Australian Open Day Five.

1pm Golf – European Tour Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship – Round Two. 1:30 Golf – Web.com Tour The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic. 2:30 Motorsport – Dakar Rally Stage 13. 3:15 The Cricket Show 3:40 L Cricket – Women’s Big Bash Melbourne Stars v Melbourne Renegades. 7:15 Cricket – Big Bash Sixers v Heat.

8:05 L Cricket – Big Bash Melbourne Stars v Sydney Thunder. 11:15 L Cricket – Big Bash Perth Scorchers v Hobart Hurricanes.

SUNDAY 3am Cricket – International 3:30 Cricket – ICC U19 World Cup 4:30 Cricket – Big Bash 5am The Cricket Show 5:30 Cricket – Super Smash 20Jan18

DISCOVERY 6:35 MythBusters PG Hindenburg Mystery.

7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Blowing Up History PG Secret History of the Sphinx.

9:10 Homestead Rescue PG Special – Off Grid: The Raney Way. 10am The Coroner – I Speak For The Dead M Touch Me and Die. 10:50 What On Earth? PG Mystery of the Mummy Desert. 11:40 Blood Relatives M 12:30 Shark Tank PG 1:20 Garage Rehab PG Scotty’s Automotive. 2:10 Fast N’ Loud PG Cutlass Lowrider 1.

3pm Homestead Rescue PG Special – Off Grid: The Raney Way. 3:50 Treehouse Masters PG A Treehouse Fit for a Viking. 4:45 Treehouse Masters PG The Bird-Barn Treehouse. 5:40 Treehouse Masters PG 6:35 Gold Rush PG 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG 8:30 Insane Pools – Off The Deep End PG 9:25 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 10:15 Auction Hunters 10:40 How China Works PG 11:30 River Monsters M SUNDAY 12:20 Bering Sea Gold PG 1:10 Moonshiners M 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaskan Bush People M 3:15 Treehouse Masters PG 4:05 Moonshiners M 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How It’s Made PG 5:45 MythBusters PG

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6am The Fishing Show 0 6:45 The Art Of The Architect 0 7:35 Tagata Pasifika 3 8am Praise Be 8:30 Attitude 0 9am Whanau Living 10am Homemade 3 0 10:30 Waka Huia Summer Series 11am Mucking In 0 11:30 Life Flight PGR 3 0 11:55 Coronation Street PGR 3 0 12:55 Natural Born Monsters 0 1:50 Dog Squad PGR 3 0 2:20 Water Patrol 3 0 2:50 Piha Rescue 3 0 3:20 New Zealand Story 0 3:50 Wild Kingdom – The Great British Year 0 4:55 The Celebrity Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

7pm M Lord Of The Rings – Return Of The King PGR 2002 Fantasy. Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron’s army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.

Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen. 0 10:40 Prey AO 0 11:35 Love Child AO 3 While being blackmailed by McNaughton’s estranged wife, Joan rescues Maggie and other abused girls from Tarramar by agreeing to help Matron reopen Stanton House.

0 12:25 Attitude 3 0 12:55 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3am Infomercials

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6am Captain Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 6:25 Thomas And Friends 0 6:35 Peppa Pig 0 6:45 Masha And The Bear 3 0 6:55 Chuggington – Little Trainees 3 0 7am Alvinnn!!! And The Chipmunks 3 0 7:10 Elena Of Avalor 0 7:35 Best Friends Whenever 3 0 8am Jessie 3 0 10am Shortland Street Omnibus 0 Noon M Lol PGR 2012 Comedy Drama. 0 1:50 America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 2:15 Black-Ish PGR 3 0 3:15 M What A Girl Wants PGR 2003 Comedy. 0 5:20 M Scooby Doo 2 – Monsters Unleashed PGR 2004 Family. 0

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am Living Church Of God 8:30 Turning Point 9am R&R 9:25 The X Factor Australia PGR 3 0 11:25 The X Factor Australia PGR 3 0 12:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 1pm Motorsport – World Jet Boat Marathon 2pm Motorsport – Monster Jam 3pm Motorsport – New Zealand Touring Cars 4pm Motorsport – Formula E 5pm Polar Bear Family And Me Gordon and the team return to Svalbard to follow Lyra and her cubs to discover how they are surviving the cold arctic winter; one of Lyra’s cubs is missing. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm M Miss Congeniality 7pm House Rules PGR PGR 2000 Comedy. An FBI The results of the 24-hour agent poses as a Miss USA fix-up zones, where the three beauty-pageant entrant while judges will give the zones investigating a serial killer a score out of 10, and the who indicates that his next lowest scoring team will be target is in the contest. 0 sent home. 0 9pm M Mr And Mrs Smith AO 8:30 M A Good Day To Die 2004 Comedy Thriller. 0 Hard AO 3 2013 Action. 0 10:30 Chicago Med AO 3 0

11:10 M Identity AO 2003 Horror. 0 12:55 Marvel’s Agents Of Shield AO 3 0 2:25 The Vampire Diaries AO 3 0 3:10 Infomercials 3:45 Ellen 0 4:10 It Is Written 3 4:40 Swedish Dicks 5:10 Galavant PGR 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:30 Entertainment Tonight Weekend PGR Entertainment stories of the past week.

12:30 Infomercials 5:30 City Impact Church

MOVIES PREMIERE 7:35 The Boss 16VLSC 2016 Comedy. Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage.

9:10 Captain America – Civil War MV 2016 Sci-fi Adventure.

Chris Evans, Robert Downey jr, Scarlett Johansson.

11:35 Loving PGL 2017 Lord of the Rings – Return Mr and Mrs Smith Drama. Ruth Negga, of the King, 7pm on TVNZ 1 9pm on TVNZ 2 Joel Edgerton. 1:35 Power Rangers MV 2017 Adventure.

BRAVO THE BOX Dacre Montgomery, 6am Haunted Collector M 6am Catfish Naomi Scott. 3:35 Bridal 6:50 The Carbonaro Effect PG Boot Camp PG 2017 Romantic 3 6:45 Hoarders 7:15 The Carbonaro Effect 3 7:30 Hoarders Comedy. Spencer Locke, PG 7:40 The Simpsons Super Jake Sandvig. 5:05 Fathers 3 8:15 Hoarders Sunday PG 3 9am Hoarders And Daughters MLSC 2015 A marathon of Simpson’s 3 9:45 Catfish 3 Drama. Russell Crowe, episodes. 10:15 Face Off M 10:25 Relationshep PGR 3 Amanda Seyfried. 7pm Blair 11:10 The Carbonaro Effect Witch 16VLC 2016 Horror.

11:15 Beverly Hills Pawn 3 11:40 Beverly Hills Pawn PG 11:40 The Carbonaro James Allen McCune, Effect PG 12:05 The 3 12:05 60 Days In 3 Callie Hernandez. 8:30 Chips 12:55 Four Weddings USA 3 Cops MV 1pm Helicopter 16VLSC 2017 Comedy. When a 1:50 Four Weddings USA 3 ER M 2pm Raw MV rookie officer is teamed with a hardened professional in 2:45 Four Weddings USA 3 4:45 SmackDown MV the California Highway Patrol, 3:40 Catfish 3 4:35 Million 6:30 Main Event MV 7:30 The Cops MV he soon learns his partner Dollar Listing LA 3 Frontline Staffordshire police is really an undercover Fed 5:30 Million Dollar Listing officers are fitted with cameras investigating a robbery that LA 3 that will show the best and may involve some crooked 6:30 Child Genius USA worst of humanity. officers. Dax Shepard, 7:30 Dance Moms Michael Pena.

The team prepares for its final 8:30 Hatfields And McCoys 16VLS (Mini-series) 10:15 The Space Between Nationals competition. With Us MC 2017 Drama. four solos, the girls compete to 10:30 Helicopter ER M 11:30 The Cops MV be the National title winner.

MONDAY 12:15 Lights 8:30 World Of Dance PGR MONDAY 12:25 Main Out MV 2016 Horror.

9:30 Tabatha Takes Over Event MV 1:15 Helicopter 1:35 Bridal Boot Camp PG 10:25 Sweet Home ER M 2:05 Deep Undercover 2017 Romantic Comedy.

Oklahoma AO MVLC 2:30 Deep Undercover 3:05 Fathers And 10:55 Sweet Home MVLC 2:55 The Carbonaro Daughters MLSC 2015 Drama.

Oklahoma AO Effect PG 3:20 Face Off M 5am Nothing But Trailers 11:25 Four Weddings USA 3 4:10 Hatfields And McCoys MVLSC 5:15 Blair Witch 16VLC 2016 Horror.

12:15 Infomercials 3 16VLS (Mini-series)

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CHOICE

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box Noon Netball – Quad Series England v Silver Ferns.

1:35 Hot Bench 3 2pm Mad About You PGR 2:30 School Of Hard Knocks PGR 0 3pm Escape To The Continent 30 4pm American Restoration 3 0 4:30 Antiques Road Trip 3 A new road trip begins, with old hand Charlie Ross and Glasgwegian Natasha Raskin travelling the coastal southwest, beginning in Falmouth.

5:30 Prime News 6pm Rick Stein’s Long Weekends Rick visits Bologna in northern Italy, a city so famous for its food that it is known as the stomach of Italy, where he tries pastas, stuffed rabbit, and fresh market finds. 0 7pm Storage Wars – Texas 7:30 Prime Planet – Animal Super Parents A look at animal partnerships, exploring what makes animal fathers pitch in and help, including male flamingos who, along with the mothers, also produce milk for their young. 0 8:30 Midsomer Murders AO 3 0 10:30 60 Minutes PGR

10am Tradition On A Plate 3 10:30 Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 11am Native Affairs Summer Series 3 11:30 Survive Aoteaora PGR 12:30 Code PGR 1pm Matau PGR 3 1:30 Get Your Fish On 3 2pm School Of Hard Knocks 2:30 Toa – Toa O Aotearoa PGR 3pm Kapa Haka Whanau 3 3:30 KTK – The Next Level 4pm Hoiho Annabelle Lee-Harris explores the Maori horse culture of Aotearoa.

4:30 Street Dance Nationals 2016 3 5pm Hakanation 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Matangi Rau Documentary about the elders of an area in the region referred to as Taiwhenua, from Wairoa to Wairarapa.

7pm The Great Australian Race Riot PGR 3 8pm Haka Life PGR 3 8:30 Funny Whare PGR 3 9pm M Layer Cake AO 2004 Thriller. A successful drug dealer on the verge of retirement is lured back to settle a sour deal and find a crime lord’s missing daughter.

10:55 Te Kaea 3 2

11:30 Game Of Thrones AO 3 Cersei fears for her daughter’s safety in Dorne as Ellaria Sand seeks revenge; Arya arrives in Braavos; Jon and Dany face temptation. 0 12:45 Closedown

11:25 Closedown

MOVIES GREATS 6am The Sentinel MV 2006 Crime. Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Eva Longoria.

7:45 Quartet MV 2012 Comedy. Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon.

9:25 Sherlock Holmes 2 – A Game Of Shadows MV 2011 Action. Robert Downey jr, Jude Law. 11:30 The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 16VLS 2011 Crime Drama.

Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer.

2:05 Confessions Of A Shopaholic PGL 2009 Romantic Comedy. Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy. 3:50 Contagion ML 2011 Thriller. Matt Damon, Kate Winslet. 5:35 Connie And Carla PGS 2004 Comedy.

Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette, David Duchovny. 7:10 The Blair Witch Project MLC 1999 Thriller. Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard. 8:30 Man On Fire 16VC 2004 Crime. A former CIA assassin is hired to protect an industrialist’s daughter in Mexico. When she is kidnapped he vows to kill anyone involved. Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning.

10:55 The Girl Next Door 16LS 2004 Comedy.

MONDAY 12:40 Blue Jasmine ML 2013 Drama.

2:20 Contagion ML 2011 Thriller. 4:05 Connie And Carla PGS 2004 Comedy.

5:40 Man On Fire 16VC 2004 Crime.

SKY SPORT 1 6:30 L Netball – Quad Series England v Silver Ferns.

9am Cricket – Women’s Big Bash (RPL) Melbourne Stars v Melbourne Renegades.

Noon Cricket – Super Smash (RPL) Grand Final – Knights v Stags.

3:30 Cycling – Tour Down Under (HLS) Stage Five.

4pm Golf – PGA Tour (HLS) CareerBuilder Challenge – Round Three.

From Stadium Course in La Quinta, California.

4:30 Basketball – NBL (HLS) Cairns Taipans v New Zealand Breakers.

From Cairns Convention Centre.

5pm L Basketball – NBL Sydney Kings v Perth Wildcats.

From Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney.

7pm L Basketball – NBL Illawarra Hawks v Adelaide 36ers.

9pm Golf – NZ Masters (HLS) 9:30 L Golf – PGA European Tour Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship – Round Four.

From Abu Dhabi Golf Club in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

MONDAY

2am Motorsport – Dakar Rally (HLS) Stage 14.

2:30 Fox Sports News 3am Netball – Quad Series (HLS) England v Silver Ferns.

3:30 L Cycling – UCI Cyclo Cross World Cup

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; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

6am Andy And Ben Eat The World 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Christ Embassy 7:30 Buying Alaska 8am Crater Of Life 9am Outback Wrangler 9:30 Junk Gypsies 10am Beeny’s Restoration Nightmare 11am Flying To The Ends Of The Earth Noon Andy And Ben Eat The World 12:30 The Best Place To Be 1:30 Gem Hunt 2pm Sold! 2:30 American Pickers 3:30 Chinese New Year – The Biggest Celebration On Earth 4:30 Paul Hollywood City Bakes British baker Paul Hollywood sets out to sample the recipes that have helped shape the culture and heritage of some of the world’s cities.

5:30 Tiny House Nation 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Astronauts – Toughest Job In The Universe PGR Twelve candidates are put through a series of physical and psychological tests to find out who has what it takes to be an astronaut.

8:30 M Colonia AO 2015 Drama.

10:35 M Jack Irish – Black Tide AO 2012 Crime Drama.

12:30 Buying Alaska 1am Paul Hollywood City Bakes 2am M Colonia AO 2015 Drama. A young woman’s search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into a sect from which nobody has ever escaped. Emma Watson, Daniel Bruhl. 4am Astronauts – Toughest Job In The Universe PGR 5am Tiny House Nation

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7:30 Blowing Up History PG Curse of the Blood Pyramids.

8:30 Mighty Ships PG 9:25 Railroad Australia PG 10:15 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Cutlass Lowrider 1. 11:05 Secrets Of The Pangolin PG 11:30 Gold Rush PG The Curse of the Fairplay Mountains. MONDAY MONDAY 12:30 Cricket – Super Smash 12:20 Treehouse Masters 1am Cricket – Big Bash (RPL) PG 1:10 Moonshiners Melbourne Stars v Sydney M 2am How Do They Do Thunder.

It? PG 2:25 Alaskan Bush 4:30 Cricket – International People M 3:15 Moonshiners (HLS) Australia v England – M 4:05 Treehouse Masters Third ODI. 5am Cricket – U19 PG 4:55 How It’s Made World Cup (HLS) New Zealand PG 5:20 How It’s Made PG v South Africa.

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6am Basketball – NBL (RPL) Brisbane Bullets v Melbourne United.

8am Basketball – NBL (RPL) Cairns Taipans v New Zealand Breakers.

10am Cricket – ICC U19 World Cup (HLS) New Zealand v South Africa.

11am Tennis – Australian Open (HLS) Day Six. Noon Golf – PGA European Tour (HLS) Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship – Round Three.

12:30 Soccer Saturday 2:30 Cricket – Super Smash (HLS) Grand Final – Knights v Stags.

3:15 Cricket – ICC U19 World Cup (HLS) New Zealand v South Africa.

4:18 L Cricket – International Australia v England – Third ODI, First Innings.

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McKIMMIE – Dave and Sarah (née McCormick) along with very proud big brothers Oscar and Freddie are thrilled to announce the early but safe arrival of Gilbert William, born December 23, 2017.

Weighing 8lb 1oz. Huge thanks goes to the team and Christchurch Women’s Hospital, Hannah Bowden and Anna Campbell.

MARRIAGES Joe Greaney and Kama Kingsbury 20/01/2018 Congratulations on your wedding.

Today you become Mr & Mrs. Luv from family and friends.

Followed by the christening of Lachlan Peter Greaney

JAMES, Nancy Lilian – On January 17, 2018 peacefully at Radius Millstream, Ashburton. In her 95th year. Dearly loved wife of the late Trevor. Much loved mother and mother-in-law of Leighton and Vicky, Steve and Lynda, and Martin and Pele. Treasured Nana of all her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Messages to the James family c/- PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service for Nancy will be held at St Stephen’s Anglican Church, Park Street, Ashburton on MONDAY, January 22, commencing at 1.30pm. Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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JOHNSON, Christine Mary (Chrissie) – On January 18, 2018 at Ashburton. Dearly loved wife of Noel. Loved daughter of the late Myola and Cecil Young and sister of the late Diane and the late Bruce.

Messages to the Johnson family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. No flowers by request. A service for Chrissie will be held at our Chapel, cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on TUESDAY, January 23, commencing at 2.00pm.

Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

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JOHNSON, Chris – On January 18, 2018. One very “Special Friend” to David and Gay Beckley and Andrew, Jan and their families.

Will hold a really special place in our hearts.

ROBINSON, Tania Lisa – Sadly passed away on Wednesday, 17 January 2018.

Loved youngest daughter of William and the late Nora. Loved partner of Rick, deeply loved and adored mother of Lee and Shannon. Much loved sister and friend of Dale and sister to Teresa. For those wanting to say farewell to Tania, she is resting at 37 Helena Street, Dunedin.

Always loved, always remembered.

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Light winds.

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Wind at 2000m: NW 45 km/h, easing to 30 km/h in the evening.

Mainly fine, isolated afternoon showers inland. Northeasterlies.

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HARVEY, Neil William – Margery, Lynda, Stuart, Ngaire, Gary and their families wish to thank everyone for the cards, phone calls, flowers and baking we received at this sad time. We all appreciated the love and support we got. Neil was a very much loved husband, dad, granddad, and great granddad.

WILLIAMSON, Chrissy Jane – 19-12-2017 Chrissy's family would like to thank those who sent cards and offered words of support, following her sudden and unexpected passing. Please accept this as a personal acknowledgement.

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Thank you to the staff at Terrace View for your care and kindness. Please accept this acknowledgement as a personal thank you from us all.

REITH, Alan Robert – The family of the late Alan Reith wish to acknowledge the many expressions of sympathy and gestures of kindness shown to us following our sad loss. We offer our heartfelt thanks to extended family, friends, neighbours and well-wishers who visited, attended the service and who provided support for us at this difficult time. For those who telephoned, sent flowers, cards, baking and messages of condolences, we are truly grateful. A special thanks to the management, nurses and staff at Radius Millstream for the kindness and care given to Alan while in their care and also those who took time to visit him there. To all those who helped in any way, your contribution made our loss more bearable. As it is impossible to thank everyone individually, please accept this as our personal acknowledgement to you all.

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WordWheel Insert the missing letter to complete an eight-letter word reading clockwise or anti-clockwise.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Things are working, so let them. New methods will develop soon enough; there’s really no reason to rush things. Don’t get the update just because it’s available. Get it when you need it.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): It’s odd how you feel like doing the opposite of what’s expected of you, but you’re also honouring a contrarian voice inside you with its own good reasons for being.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Your process won’t require a lot of seriousness and commitment. Lighten up, and get playful. You’re allowed to be like a child following the trends and whims of youth. Life is an experiment.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You don’t show your true emotions to just anyone. That’s what makes it special when you finally open up with honesty about how you’re feeling. Only do so with those who can be trusted with your tender heart.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Giving is different from selling.

Selling is an exchange with expectations and rules that need to be upheld. Giving shouldn’t be this way. Give without conditions. It’s the way your gift will do the most good.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): The situation will require you to simmer down, settle your energy into the same tone as the environment and get on with the business of fitting in. This will be a lot more fun than it sounds.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): There will be a time for getting hard on yourself and pushing yourself through to the next level. This isn’t it. This is the time to ease up and celebrate the many things you’ve already done right.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You can come up with a plan that will help the most people with the least effort and complication. Brilliant! Then, with a calm sense of purpose, you will move everyone toward a common goal.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Remember when you let someone into your world and heart a little too soon? What followed was regret and a whole new set of rules for entry – rules to stand by today.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Your aim is to surprise and delight the public. This can’t be done by doing what they expect and delivering what they’ve seen. Bonus: the satisfaction of raised eyebrows and the sound of laughter.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Somewhere between your high aspirations and the demands of your daily life is a wonderful fantasyland. It’s a playground, a vision board, an escape route.

It’s a good place where things get done.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): There’s little to stop you from winning the admiration of your peers and the good opinion of your superiors. In the future, this approval will translate into financial abundance.

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(4) 18. Eat fish inside for reorganisation (5-2) 20. Pinch brooch that’s been returned (3) 21. One to sing of riches? Rot! (9) 23. Mountain it’s always best to skim the top off (7) 24. Suffering from a turn, such being the very limit (5) DOWN 1. Paling will be beneath one if one is not to take sides (3,2,3,5) 2. ‘____ is a pipe Blown by surmises’ (K Henry IV:2) (6) 3. Cutting a drainage channel is a way of getting rid of it (8) 4. Endless German song is something one shouldn’t listen to (3) 5. Throw out what’s American in the Old Testament (4) 6. Play the tables here, as in the contents of company (6) 7. Natal get-together may be an annual event (8,5) 11. Seasons what may be used to bring one round (5) 13. In rack, for example, is responsible for grating sound (8) 15. The dignity of an emperor is colourful (6) 16. Beaten by the wrong set when in bed (6) 19. Some ground for making up a bit of an altercation (4) 22. How fate loses every other one frequently (3)

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