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Glitz and glamour at ball Among those enjoying their calendar highlight of the school year on Friday night were (front from left) Maddie Reed, Hannah Kirwan, Megan Harrison, and (back) Grace Wills.

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Dairy, beef, lamb economy drivers

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trict’s GDP was $1843 million.

When it comes to unemployment, the Ashburton District continues to be a national leader with the rate sitting at 2.1 per cent. This is marginally up on the December quarter and economists believe there could be another rise in numbers for the next quarter once outof-work Fairton freezing workers sign up for jobseeker support. Nationally at March 31 unemployment was sitting at 5 per cent.

The biggest loser for the period was residential housing with consent numbers down 6.8 per cent.

A total of 53 consents were issued for the March quarter, down from 59 for the same quarter last year.

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Economists are predicting the Ashburton District’s dairy payout will exceed $900 million for the 2016-2017 season.

The Infometrics quarterly economic monitor report bases the payout figure on an assumption that production levels from the previous season are maintained.

If this occurs it will be $331 million higher than the last season.

The slowdown in the dairy industry that impacted on the district’s economy in the second half of last year is, however still being felt, economists say, which means the district’s GDP has stagnated.

Annual change is put at negative 0.1 per cent. For the year to March 31 the dis-

sent numbers dropped by 6.8 per cent on an annual basis while the number of consents in New Zealand rose by 10 per cent.

The upward movement in house prices in the district was much slower than the national rise – 1.9 per cent compared to 12 per cent. When it came to the number of houses sold, the district outperformed New Zealand, up 4.8 per cent compared to a decrease of 4.5 per cent nationally.

The district’s average house price is now $343,543.

Looking ahead, economists say the improved outlook for dairy payout along with encouraging recent strength in beef and lamb prices that are likely to be sustained bode well for Ashburton’s economic in put in the year ahead.

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■ MOUNT HUTT COLLEGE

■ WORKSHOP

Mount Hutt ball a success

Series of workshops

By SuSan SandyS

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About 175 Mount Hutt College pupils and their partners danced the night away for their social calendar highlight of the year, the school ball.

Students arrived in style around 7pm at the first-time venue of the Methven Heritage Centre, on what was a typical cool late autumn evening.

They made their grand en-

trance in front of admiring family and friends, after being chauffeured from pre-ball gatherings in vehicles such as tractors, classic and collector cars and even a limousine.

Long dresses from a wide range of colours were the favoured choice of girls, with a new style of shorter at the front and longer at the back making many an appearance.

Navy blue was the most popular choice of colour, with black,

and red among those following close behind.

Head girl Erana Te Moananui said there had been some scepticism about the new venue after previous balls had been held at Methven Resort.

However, the heritage centre proved itself immediately and she believed the ball could not have been better.

The main room of the hall area with stage had worked perfectly for the live band to play and for

people to dance, and this had flowed well into the foyer area where the photography booth had been set up.

“Everyone was dancing all night pretty much,” she said.

The ball committee had done an amazing job, she said.

The Into the Woods theme had worked well with a large tree forming a focal point and lots of potted plants, fairy lights and vines decorating the interior. The ball finished about 11pm.

■ ST JOHN

Another op shop set to open in Mid Canterbury Ashburton’s latest op shop will soon open its doors, providing another opportunity for canny shoppers to bag a bargain and help a charity at the same time.

St John in Ashburton will open its Tancred Street Opportunity Shop in the second week of July and area executive officer Elaine Vallender believes it will complement other op shops in town.

A manager has been appointed, volunteers recruited and all that’s needed now is a good stock of pre-loved clothes, jewellery, shoes, collectibles and bric-a-brac, she said.

Shop profits will be used to run a quality ambulance service and meet some of the shortfall not provided by Government funding.

“Even with the recent announcement of a Government cash injection over four years, we’ll still need to fund more than 25 per cent of our costs through donations, part charges and our commercial services to maintain our existing service,” Vallender said.

Ashburton already has op shops run by St Vincent de Paul, the Salvation Army and Red Cross that are open daily as well as a number run by church groups that open once or twice a week.

Hospice Mid Canterbury is also believed to be looking at establishing its own op shop.

Donations for the St John shop can be delivered to the back door of the Op Shop at 129 Tancred Street during business hours.

Any queries can be made through the St John office on 3087132.

Driver injured A driver received serious injuries after crashing his vehicle into a fence on Maronan Road on Sunday morning. Police, St John and the Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade responded to the callout shortly after 1am.

Firefighters used their cutting equipment to extricate the man from his vehicle, and he was taken by ambulance to Ashburton Hospital before being airlifted to Christchurch Hospital by the Westpac rescue helicopter.

Police said last night they were making inquiries into the cause of the crash.

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The first in a series of Cross Cultural Workshops will be held tomorrow with the focus on Maori customs.

Volunteering Mid and South Canterbury have partnered with the Ashburton Museum and Mid Canterbury Newcomers’ Network to provide the workshops to local volunteers.

The Maori Culture workshop will be held at the Ashburton Museum, from 10am-12.30pm, with presenter Michelle Brett. This will be followed by a second workshop on the Muslim culture, which will be held on Tuesday, June 27.

Volunteering Mid and South Canterbury local co-ordinator Dellwyn Moylan said she was approached by groups with volunteers who want to be upskilled in working with other cultures.

“It is an excellent opportunity to receive professional development, network with other volunteers and learn from representatives of the cultures that make up the Ashburton District,” she said.

There is no cost to attend the workshop, morning tea will be provided and there will be activities available for children.

Registrations have closed for the first workshop, but can be made for future dates by contacting the Ashburton Museum on 3077890.

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■ MOUNT HUTT COLLEGE

After ball a hit with students

By SuSan SandyS

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The after ball returned to Methven on Friday night after it had to be canned at the 11th hour last year.

About 140 Mount Hutt College senior students and their ball partners attended the event, held at Mt Harding Racecourse by new parent group ABC (After Ball

Committee) Methven.

Students had come up with the theme A Room Full of Psychos, and attendees dressed accordingly – as zombies, ghosts and other spooky creatures.

The venue was decorated with fake spiders, frost cloth and fake coffins, and Hunter the DJ kept up the party atmosphere.

Chairperson Carol Wilson said it

had been run similar to what Ashburton Community Alcohol and Drug Service (ACADS) had done in the past, with no alcohol provided, but parents having control of this for each of their children and a limit of six drinks of five per cent per entrant.

She said it was good to see everyone being so supportive, parents and students alike, and eve-

ryone had had a good time with no issues.

“The support of parents was huge. I don’t think the kids even noticed we were there, they were so well behaved, they were a real credit to our community,” Wilson said.

“Big thanks to all the adults and the community that made it happen and our wonderful children

for being so great,” she said.

She urged parents of Year 11 pupils to start thinking about their involvement in the event now for next year, and to apply to join the closed ABC Methven Facebook page.

Last year ACADS withdrew its after ball involvement following Christchurch police drawing into question the legality of the events.

■ POLITICS

Deadly 2011 earthquake focuses political ambition

By SuSan SandyS

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Politics became even more important to Tony Condon following the deadly 2011 Christchurch earthquake.

The 47-year-old Manage IT Business Solutions Limited director is the Selwyn electorate Labour candidate who will stand in this year’s election.

On that fateful day of February 22 six years ago, Condon was in his office on Cashel Street when the earthquake struck.

All around he and his colleagues saw death and destruction, and Condon’s first thoughts were for his children at the Discovery primary school in High Street. He asked a police officer on the way there if the pupils had escaped.

“He just looked at me blankly,” Condon said.

Condon tore open the damaged back entrance of the school on the third floor of the Insignus House building, to find pupils hiding under formica desks.

He was the first parent there and soon the police arrived and everyone was able to evacuate safely.

Later Condon was to find out he lost a friend in the nearby collapsed CTV building, and the chef who had made his lunch at Joe’s Garage earlier that day was among fatalities.

He lived and breathed the earthquake for many months afterwards as his IT service company was in the thick of helping broken businesses get their computer systems back up and running.

“It certainly made life a lot shorter for me,” Condon said.

Not only had it aged him and affected his health, but also made him realise just how valuable life was and how important it was to focus on things which mattered.

Condon had always been interested in politics and voted Labour.

Growing up in Avonhead his parents, particularly his mum who was a neighbourhood matriarch, would have their home like a halfway house, for other kids to come in if they needed to.

Condon developed political aspirations in later life, and while the earthquake initially curtailed those plans somewhat, ultimately it made him all the more determined.

His goal now is to get as many party votes as possible for Labour in the strong National seat of Selwyn, aiming for at least 10 per cent increase on last year’s election.

Condon was out door knocking in Rakaia yesterday, taking advantage of not having to be at work.

Ranked at 71 on his party’s list, Condon works full time in his business but is slowly phasing in

replacement personnel so he can dedicate more time to politics.

With changing demographics in Selwyn, he hopes Labour increases its following long-term.

“Like anything you just have to keep on building it,” Condon said.

Condon lives at Lincoln with wife Sheryl and they have two sons, one at Canterbury University and one in his final year at Lincoln High School.

Condon himself graduated from Lincoln University in 1994 and worked in information technology and quality assurance including for large companies in both New Zealand and overseas, before establishing Manage IT in 2004.

He believed his ICT background would be valuable in politics, and New Zealand should be driving towards a knowledge economy, he said.

However, the Government was going down the wrong path including the prospect of having management of medical data overseas, and sourcing out upgrading of the IRD tax system to an overseas company.

No New Zealand company had even been invited to tender for the contract.

“How can we grow our own knowledge economy if we don’t even support it?” he said.

Tony Condon was campaigning in Rakaia yesterday.

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■ BUDGET

In brief

New school for Wanaka The government is to stump up $16 million to build a second big primary school in the growing Central Otago town of Wanaka.

Education Minister Nikki Kaye says the school, the first stage of which will open in 2019, will initially have capacity for 400 students but could be expanded to cater for 800.

The Ministry of Education and Wanaka schools had developed a long-term plan to meet growth and the money was part of Thursday’s budget.

The population of Wanaka, a popular tourist destination, grew 28 per cent to 6471 between the 2006 and 2013 censuses.

The main Wanaka Primary School has 600 pupils and Mt Aspiring College has around 800.

The Wanaka community will be consulted over the new primary school in the coming months.

Thursday’s budget also allocated $3m for six new classrooms at Mt Aspiring College and earlier this year $1.4m was set aside for four new classrooms at Wanaka Primary.

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■ ROTARY CLUB OF ASHBURTON

$1500 raised for Ashburton RSA People who turned out to support the Anzac Day Lest We Forget walk and run raised $1500 for the Ashburton RSA. Last week the event’s organisers, the Rotary Club of Ashburton, handed over funds raised to the organisation. Making the handover were (from left) Bevan Rickerby, Rotary club president Merv Brenton, RSA project convenor Gary Whiting and RSA president Maurice Baker.

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The father who lost his twoyear-old daughter when she was swept away in a West Coast river last year has been charged over her death, as well as the death of the man that tried to save the child. Michael Saunders appeared in Greymouth District Court on Friday, facing two counts of dangerous driving causing death, police have confirmed. The 35-year-old, who has pleaded not guilty, was remanded on bail to reappear next month and the case will likely go to trial after that. In June last year, five people were in a 4WD trying to cross the swollen Poerua River, south of Hokitika. The vehicle got stuck and two-year-old Emily Saunders was swept away when they got out to try and make it to shore.

Barry Petrie, 66, lost his life when he tried to swim after and rescue Emily.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Water supplies top notch

BY SUE NEWMAN

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The Ashburton District’s drinking water supplies meet national drinking water standards, but there were still things to be learned for all local authorities from the contamination of Havelock North’s water supply, says Ashburton District Council chief executive Andrew Dalziel.

A first stage report into the August contamination looked at what had occurred and why and it found that the source of the

campylobacter bacterium that caused the gastrointestinal illness was likely to be from sheep faeces.

The report suggested it was likely that heavy rain inundated neighbouring paddocks, causing contaminated water to flow into a pond about 90 metres from a bore.

Water in the pond entered the aquifer and the bore pump drew contaminated water through the bore and into the reticulation system.

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water supplies are chlorinated and there is UV treatment for non-secure supply sources.

“That means we’re in a much better place than Hastings. I was surprised to read the Hastings District Council’s risk register didn’t address its potable water supply; failure of water supply service is the very first risk profile in our register,” Dalziel said.

Ashburton put security of its drinking water supplies at the top of the list in terms of risk avoidance and over the last few meetings had dealt with issues

such as non-compliance issue on the Hakatere supply and with a drinking water supplies compliance report.

“I think we are in a much better space when it comes to discussing any potable/drinking water supply risks we have and in taking corrective actions.”

While the council had robust procedures around water supplies, staff would still be going through the Havelock North inquiry findings to see if there were any areas where extra work was needed, Dalziel said.

A Lower Hutt motorist has suffered serious injuries after being struck by a person fleeing police. The Independent Police Conduct Authority will investigate how police dealt with a driver who failed to stop in Taita on Saturday night. Officers tried to stop the driver but they fled and later crashed into the other vehicle on High Street. The allegedly fleeing driver suffered minor injuries and was arrested but the other driver had to be taken to hospital, police say.

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Lotto results Official Lotto results for draw number 1650 drawn on Saturday.

Winning numbers (in ascending order): 2, 3, 8, 9, 28, 36.

Bonus number: 18.

Powerball winning number: 10.

Strike: 9, 8, 3, 36.

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■ PIE COMPETITION

Putting the gourmet into pies

BY SUE NEWMAN

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Matthew Harvey has just one dream – winning the New Zealand’s supreme pie award.

The baker is a keen supporter of the annual competition to find the country’s best pie and over the years he’s had category placings, but never the top prize. He’s hoping this year will be his year.

Entries open next month for the 2017 Bakels Supreme Pie Awards, a competition that each year attracts upwards of 5000 entries from more than 400 bakeries.

Harvey knows the competition is tough, but says it’s important to support an event that has elevated the pie from humble status to gourmet.

“It’s good for team building and it helps you to improve your product. You always dream of winning,” he said.

There are prizes for winners of the 12 categories and for the overall winner there is also the bonus of a huge business boom. Past winners report the number of pies sold in the weeks ran into thousands.

Last year 21 judges spent more than 10 hours judging 5284 pies and organisers hope that this year, the competition’s 21st, will be even bigger.

Organisers hope that this year will be the one that sees a South Island baker snap up the big prize and Harvey’s hoping that pie maker will be him.

Entries close on June 29 and pies will be judged on July 27 with winners announced on August 1.

Last year Harveys Bakehouse, Café Time and Sims Bakery entered the national event.

Ashburton baker Matthew Harvey has dreams of winning New Zealand’s supreme pie award.

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■ MT SOMERS SPRINGBURN SCHOOL

Dogs spoilt for choice in exercise areas

By Sue NewmaN

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Ashburton’s dogs are now spoilt for choice when it comes to places they can run free.

The Ashburton District Council has developed a new place for owners to take their dogs for a run and allow them to socialise with their canine friends. An area on Range Street next to the Ashburton Resource Recovery Park has now been designated an official dog exercise area.

The well fenced area is now open for business, said council environmental monitoring manager Rick Catchpowle.

“We’re very pleased to provide this facility. It helps give dog owners a variety of locations around town to take their pets, and we encourage visitors to be as courteous at this area as they are at other dog exercise areas,” he said.

The new dog exercise area has a waste bag dispenser to ensure owners can clean up any doggy messes and a water trough for the dogs will be installed later in the year. While the park is an offleash area for dogs, owners must have their pets under control at all times, Catchpowle said.

This area joins a William Street park as the second fully fenced dog area in Ashburton.

Other exercise areas where dogs can run off-leash are: by Ashburton River (near the bridge), the green in Tinwald adjacent to the main south railway line south of the Ashburton River Bridge, Pioneer Park, Digby Park, Patching Street Reserve (excluding children’s play area), Devon Park (excluding children’s play area), George Glassey Park (excluding children’s play area) and the Smallbone Drive Reserve.

Enjoying a book and hot chocolate Mt Somers Springburn School recently opened its library doors to welcome people in to enjoy a book and hot chocolate together. Teacher Sarah Gaskin said 59 people attended on the night last Tuesday, browsing through the 2500 books on show. Funds raised through hot chocolate sales on the night will go towards ongoing refurbishments of the facility.

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■ TIKI TAANE MAHUTA

Tiki Taane excited to stage ‘massive show’

BY SUSAN SANDYS

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Tiki Taane is looking forward to bringing his show Tiki Taane Mahuta to Ashburton next week.

“It’s a massive show with so much emotion and passion, so performing it in Ashburton will be huge buzz,” the former Salmonella Dub frontman and hit Kiwi artist said.

Both the show’s narrative and soundtrack emerge from awardwinning Taane albums, and Taane will play live alongside Shapeshifter’s Sam Trevethick, supporting some of New Zealand’s best performers from the worlds of kapa haka, aerial performance, contemporary dance and theatre. The staging also features audio-visual

projection from Aotearoa’s leading multimedia designers.

Tiki Taane Mahuta, presented

by Taki Rua and Aotearoa Aerial Theatre Company, is said to be a proud display of Aotearoa identity, expressed through a story of love and tragic loss.

Taane said he had played in the Mid Canterbury area about five times in the past 25 years, and it was always “fun and vibing”, so he could not wait to come back and present his new show here.

Taane lives in Papamoa with his partner Rachel, who is from Ashburton originally, and their two children and dog Theia.

On June 9 Tiki Taane Mahuta will stage at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre as part of a nationwide tour.

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June 3 - Her presented by The PlaySpace, the Sinclair Centre from 7pm–8pm. This is a story that will have you in tears of laughter while touching on some real situations women know all to well. Justin ‘Rusty’ White and Georgie Sivier perform this play, weaving a trail of masterfully crafted and vibrant characters as they go.

June 7 – Toru – Crossing Borders (Arts on Tour NZ) at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, open hat night, 7.30pm.

June 9 – Tiki Taane Mahuta at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7pm.

June 11 – Ashburton Musical Club Mid Winter Celebration, 2pm, Sinclair Centre. Arranged

by Margaret Hawkey. Visitors welcome, $5 at door, afternoon tea.

June 13 – Four Flat Whites in Italy, a play written by Roger Hall, at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 8pm.

June 16 – Ruby Ruin – Tease on Tour, 8.30pm, at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

June 20 – Heartland Ashburton Schools Music Festival to June 22, 7.30pm, at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

Mid Canterbury’s local school choirs perform over three evenings.

June 24 – Liam Kennedy-Clark Hometown Show at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

Liam returns back to his hometown of Ashburton, to put on a one of a kind show that you will not want to miss! Liam brings a new light and fresh sound to country music, with his own unique style. The show features some of New Zealand’s best young artists along with a house band made up of the some of the greatest musicians in the NZ industry.

To June 24 – Steve Carr, Variations for Troubled Hands exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

June 25 – Celebrating Matariki, star making. To July 2, at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

July 3 – Ashburton Society of Arts 53rd annual exhibition opening at the Ashburton Art Gallery, 7pm. Exhibition runs from July 4 to July 28.

To August 23 – Mark Braunias Assemble, Disassemble, Reassemble exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

■ REVIEW

All the old favourites in one hit show Friday was opening night of Showbiz Christchurch’s An Evening of Rodgers and Hammerstein Classics in concert – Showbiz’s first concert to be staged in a major theatre.

The favourites of this hit duo were performed in a Broadway style production, featuring orchestra on stage, 14 soloists and a chorus of over 120 singers from Showbiz Christchurch and the National Academy of Singing and Dramatic Art. It was a highly anticipated night by the audience, most of which was made up of older people, and also a surprising number of younger children, of which my nine-year-old granddaugh-

ter was one. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but having grown up in a family that enjoyed musicals, I thought it was time I took to her something she might learn to love.

The show opened with the orchestra playing the Carousel Waltz with Richard Marrett conducting in his fantastically enthusiastic style to get the audience in the mood, and then one-by-one the singers performed huge hits from the musicals State Fair, The King and I and Carousel.

When Donna Alley and the Chorus sang You’ll Never Walk Alone from Carousel, the hair on the back of my neck stood up and there was not a movement in the

house. She was fantastic.

During interval I was chatting to an older gentleman sitting next to me who loved musicals and chatted about songs and singers from the 1940s onwards that he loved.

He said that each song he had heard brought back amazing memories for him, where he was and what he was doing at the time the music was popular.

He also told me Oklahoma was his favourite musical, and was looking forward to the finale which if done well, should “lift the roof”.

The second half slipped into songs from musicals that I am more familiar with, South Pacific,

The Sound of Music and Oklahoma.

Nigel Withingtron, one of the stars of the evening for me, sang Climb Every Mountain.

Had the audience been younger, it would have received a standing ovation.

Do-Re-Mi by the Chorus and The Sound of Music with Amy Bower were also fantastic.

The audience was enthusiastic once the Oklahoma hits started, Oh What a Beautiful Morning, Surrey with a Fringe on Top, and then the grand finale, Oklahoma with full cast of singers, full chorus and orchestra. The roof definitely lifted for me. reviewed by Deidre Nuttall

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Dancing the night away at the ball Mount Hutt College students danced the night away at their school ball on Friday night. Photographer Jaime Pitt-McKay was there to capture the glamour and excitement.

Aimee Burrows, Jessie Banks and Beth Stringer.

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Jordan Francis, Olivia Bryning, Ashley Esler and Kate Brady.

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Aimee Elliott and Aleks Small.

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Jamee Te Moananui, Leilani Lobb, Mia Birt, Kate Mackle, Grace Callaghan and Olivia Shears.

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Georgina Kelly, Libby Mason, Molly Stapleton and Aimee Elliott.

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Aleks Small, Tom Sexton, Tim Rodriguez and Kaleb Small.

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Above - Daniel Blackburn, Sharni Wallace and Lachlan Sheehan.

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Laura Bagrie and Nic Thomassen.

Tom Sexton, Jessie Banks and Aimee Burrows.

Milsy Stephens-Tahuri.

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Tom Suh and Samantha McArthur.

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Parents ensure safe, fun partying Susan Sandys

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fter balls as they were known in Mid Canterbury came to a crashing halt last year with a letter sent to all Canterbury secondary school principals.

Christchurch police alcohol harm reduction leader Senior Sergeant Gordon Spite told them the events constituted the offence of “use of unlicensed premises as a place of resort for the consumption of alcohol” under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act. The way the events were set up basically made them illegal, as once you sold tickets or charged an entry fee you needed a special licence for selling or supplying alcohol, which was not possible to get for BYO alcohol.

ACADS bowed out after more than 15 years involvement, rightly not wanting to risk the $20,000 potential maximum fine.

But the parents of Mid Canterbury were not to be outdone, and they set their minds to ensuring their teenagers could continue to party in safety following their social calendar highlight of the school ball each year.

It was not enough notice to bring back the Mount Hutt College after ball last year, and individual parties were held at students’ homes. But Ashburton College parents last year and Mount Hutt College parents this year have ensured the after ball continues.

Alcohol and youth is one of those vexed topics, and no one can ever say how wonderful it is that 16 and 17-year-olds want to have a few drinks with their friends.

However, this is the reality, many of them do want to do this, and will find a way to do it no matter what.

That they do so in safety, with the watchful eyes of caring parent supervisors all around, is the best outcome in the circumstances.

The Mid Canterbury parents involved in organising these events are amazing. They are quite happy to work hard up to the event and then into the wee hours of the morning at the event itself, all to ensure their children have a safe and fun party experience.

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ast Thursday, Finance Minister Steven Joyce delivered the 2017 Budget, which detailed new and increased spending for infrastructure and social investment.

The budget also included some important announcements around healthcare funding.

As part of the Government’s commitment to high-quality healthcare services for New Zealanders, Budget 2017 included an extra $60 million investment in Pharmac over the next four years. This takes the agency’s budget to a record $870 million for 2017/18 and means the Government has increased Pharmac’s budget by $220 million since 2008.

The increase in funding will allow Pharmac to provide more New Zealanders with access to new medicines. It will also provide the agency with more options on new medicines it can fund.

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Around 3.5 million New Zealanders receive a funded medicine each year – 100,000 more than in 2013/14.

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Since 2007/2008, around 820,000 New Zealanders have benefited from 414 new and widened access medicines.

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To achieve this, the Government is creating 375 new emergency medical and paramedic roles across the country over the next four years For Canterbury, this means an extra 36 emergency medical and paramedic roles over the next four years.

Double crewing all road ambulance call outs will help ensure patients are provided with the best care possible, as well as support the safety and wellbeing of our dedicated paramedic workforce.

The new policy is also expected to create a significant operational efficiency with around 6000 fewer incidents each year requiring two ambulances to respond.

To ensure this new policy is in place by 2021, we’re investing $59.2 million over four years, with $31.2 million coming from Vote Health and $28 million coming from ACC. In addition to this investment, the Government has committed a further $21 million over the

next four years to support a new funding arrangement for emergency air ambulance services and ambulance communications centres.

Our dedicated health workforce is also making a difference to the lives of New Zealanders.

As of 31 March 2017, there were almost 8200 doctor full-timeequivalents and nearly 23,000 nurse full-time equivalents employed by DHBs. In total the number of doctors and nurses working in DHBs across the country has increased by over 6900 since 2008 – an increase of over 28 per cent.

New Zealanders need a health workforce that is well equipped to handle current and future demands. More doctors and nurses in our DHBs will ensure faster treatment and better experiences for patients and their families.

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Schapelle Corby’s family are gathering at her mother’s suburban home south of Brisbane as the location of the convicted drug smuggler remains a mystery.

Ms Corby arrived in Brisbane early yesterday following her deportation from Bali, where she’d spent 12 years after being jailed for smuggling 4.1kg of marijuana.

While the 39-year-old’s location in Queensland is unclear, her sister Mercedes and aunt Jen have both arrived at mother Rosleigh’s house in Loganlea since Ms Corby’s return.

Mercedes arrived in one of the black SUVs that led media on a wild goose chase from Brisbane Airport, with private security guards quickly ushering her into the home past waiting media.

A car with family friends later arrived, with a man donning Halloween masks to greet them and later let them out of the home.

Other people inside the house, including Mercedes, have spent time using mobile phones to film the media as visitors have come and gone from the property.

Ms Rose hasn’t been seen but is believed

to be inside the house. Aunt Jen’s arrival with two others later in the morning strengthened the likelihood of a family party to celebrate Schapelle’s homecoming being held at the property.

“Yay. So happy, she’s finally home in Australia,” Jen told media.

Earlier, a statement from the Corby family was read by one of their security team members at the airport.

“It is with gratefulness and relief that we mark Schapelle Corby’s return to Australia,” the family statement said.

“We would like to say thank you to Schapelle’s supporters for all the faith, love and support they have shown over the years.

“To all those in Australia and to all of those in Bali, who were there throughout the difficult journey, your support has not gone unnoticed.”

The family has asked for privacy as she tries to settle back into life in Queensland.

“The priority of our focus will now be on healing and moving forward,” the statement said.

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Travolta donates plane John Travolta has donated his personal vintage Boeing 707 airplane to a restoration group in Australia. The actor said the plane will require maintenance before for the trip from his Florida home to the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society in Albion Park, about 145km from Sydney. The craft, which the society hopes to keep in the air, was originally in the Qantas fleet, delivered in 1964 and later converted to private use. The actor, a pilot, hopes to be on board when the plane makes it voyage to Australia. - AP

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Britain lowers terrorism alert level The terrorism alert level in Britain has been lowered from ‘critical’ to ‘severe’ after this week’s Manchester attack, British Prime Minister Theresa May says.

A designation of ‘critical’ means an attack is imminent, while ‘severe’ means it is highly likely. The country has been on an increased terrorism alert setting since Monday, when a

bombing at a pop concert in Manchester left 22 dead.

Police made two more arrests in relation to the attack early on Saturday, bringing the total number of people de-

tained to 11. Also on Saturday, authorities ordered residents to evacuate part of Manchester’s Moss Side district amid a further action related to the attack.

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William lays wreath before FA Cup final The Duke of Cambridge has laid a wreath on the pitch before the FA Cup final kickoff in tribute to the victims of the Manchester terror attack, amid a tightened security operation at Wembley Stadium.

He placed the tribute at the weekend alongside Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, who made the same gesture.

An accompanying note, signed William, read: “We will never fear coming together to celebrate all that unites us. In memory of the friends and family taken from us in Manchester”.

A minute’s silence was also held to remember the 22 people killed.

In the hours leading up to the match, undeterred Arsenal and Chelsea fans said they felt “secure” in the presence of armed officers.

Heightened security measures could be seen, with a helicopter hovering above the 90,000-capacity stadium, and officers on horseback patrolling the grounds.

Defiant Arsenal supporter Mike Purtill, 51, said: “I’ve lived in London long enough to be around in the 1980s and 1990s when there were other bombs going off. You can’t let it stop you (from) getting on with your life.

“There’s always a high level (of police) at these sorts of games, but there’s probably more police with guns than are usually seen.

The Londoner said he was more concerned about the “Chelsea forward line” than “anything happening to me”.

Evan Spiegel and Miranda Kerr

Miranda Kerr marries Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr looked like a princess and had tears in her eyes when she married Snapchat billionaire Evan Spiegel during an intimate ceremony in the backyard of their $US12 million Los Angeles home.

Under high security, about 40 friends and family members, including many who flew in from Australia, were picked up by limousines at various LA locations and driven to the Brentwood home for Saturday afternoon’s nuptials. The wedding ceremony took 20 minutes, the guests cheered at its conclusion and Kerr looked like a “natural princess”.

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Jet owned by Elvis sold

Britain’s Prince William (third from left) stands next to wreaths laid on the side of the pitch, as a tribute to the victims of the Manchester bomb attack, before the English FA Cup final soccer match between Arsenal and Chelsea at the Wembley stadium in London at the weekend.

PHOTO AP However, BBC presenter Gary Lineker said players had forgotten to put their black armbands on.

He said: “There’s been some criticism on social media and you might be wondering at home why Chelsea players aren’t wear-

ing the black armband.

“We’ve been told that they have them here and just completely forgot to put them on. It was an error and they will be wearing them in the second half.”

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A private jet once owned by Elvis Presley has been sold for more than half a million dollars after sitting on a runway in New Mexico for 35 years. The plane sold at a California auction for $US430,000 ($NZ579,00) on Saturday to an undisclosed buyer. The auction house GWS says Elvis designed the interior that has gold-tone woodwork, red velvet seats and red shag carpet. But the red 1962 Lockheed Jetstar has no engine and needs a restoration of its cockpit. The 1962 red Lockheed JetStar was owned

by Elvis and his father, Vernon Presley, Liveauctioneers.com says.

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recently ventured to the eye-catching King Country to sample the much buzzed about offerings of Forgotten World Adventures. Based in Taumarunui, this incredibly enterprising tourism venture boasts a platter of soft adventure excursions, prising open the stories, legends and unspoilt scenery of the hinterland.

The pioneering founder of Forgotten World Adventures, Ian Balme, was a Waikato farmer who dared to dream big, turning a mothballed rusting eyesore into a visionary business. Taking 32 years to build, the Stratford-Okahukura Line (SOL) finally opened in 1932 after working gangs sawed and blasted their way through the bush-draped hinterland to lay the tracks of this steel artery.

But in 2010, the line fell silent.

In 2012, he secured a 30-year lease from KiwiRail to operate semi-guided tours along the 142km decommissioned line between Okahukura and Stratford, studded with 24 tunnels and 92 bridges.

I joined the 5 Tunnel RailCart Tour, a four-hour return romp from Taumarunui. I was struck by the mounds of pumice and mud that had been painstakingly dug off the tracks, after ploughing down hillsides in the April rainstorms. Our guide remarked that the prohibitive costs of constant track maintenance underpinned KiwiRail’s decision to pull the plug on the line’s operation in 2010.

The safety briefing included a beginner’s guide on how to “drive” the railcarts – converted golf carts, petrol powered and limited to a top speed of 22km/h. The commercial glory of the Forgotten World region may have long faded but the wrap-around scenery is deliriously good.

Animals vastly outnumber people in these parts, as we tootled by goats, deer, alpacas and happy herds of cows on elevated pastures, while flocks of sheep were crowd-wrangled by sheepdogs.

But the undeniable highlight of riding these storied rails are the tunnels, including the 1500 metre-long tunnel .

Boring through these tunnels and admiring their damp, jet black walls, illuminated by the headlights on our carts was absolutely thrilling.

Wrap up warm! They can be bone-chillingly cold. Clattering along the tracks in our carts, curling through valleys and creased hills, the countryside is sprinkled with clutches of ramshackle houses and dilapidated farm buildings. They are vestiges of the boom times, when primary

Kiwi ingenuity and sheer determination has unleashed new life on the panoramic old railway line from King Country to Taranaki, as Mike Yardley writes.

With a wide range of activities and destinations, King Country’s Forgotten World has something to suit most tastes. industries like timber-milling and coal-mining thrived.

It’s sobering to reflect on the dramatic population changes in some of these settlements. We stopped for scrumptious homemade snacks in the sleepy village of Matiere. When the line opened 80 years ago, it was home to 750 residents. Now, there’s only a couple of dozen locals and housing is dirt cheap. A rating valuation of $15,000 is not uncommon.

A couple live in the former Catholic Church, which they bought for $1100. Information posts along the route, complete with historical photographs, illustrate how bustling many of these lineside communities used to be, on the back of the farming, coal and logging industries.

Rail travel has always exuded romanticism. The supreme sense of scenic intimacy is not matched by road travel and the novelty of piloting your own passage along the tracks is an undeniable winner with the Kiwi love affair with anything DIY. Forgotten World Adventures offers a variety of touring options.

The 20 Tunnel Tour is a 10-hour affair reaching Whangamomona.

“The Ultimate” is a two-day tour spanning the full 142km length of the line, all the way to Stratford, after sleeping overnight in Whangamomona.

In addition to the railcarts, you can also try your hand at the New Zealand-made RailBikes, with side by side seating, on the 5 Tunnel and 10 Tunnel tours.

Only a moderate level of fitness is needed.

I also took a ride on the Forgotten World Jet for a flavour of the beauty, reverence and heritage of the Whanganui River. My driver/ guide was Robert Carter, a local legend who has been guiding visitors along the river for 35 years. He pointed out to me the astonishing amount of volcanic material, discharged by Taupo and Ruapehu, that has stamped its presence on the landscape.

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Oracle has early advantage Team NZ have conceded early bragging rights to America’s Cup rivals Oracle Team USA, dropping their first head-to-head meeting with the holders on the first day of racing in the Louis Vuitton qualifying series off Bermuda.

After their disastrous capitulation in the cup regatta in San Francisco four years ago, the Kiwis would have been intent on gaining an upper hand early and seemed to be cruising home midrace.

Emirates Team NZ made a key change to their crew for their second race of the day, bringing Olympic cyclist Simon van Velthooven on board for former rower Joe Sullivan to add grunt to cycle-grinding station.

For the first time in America’s Cup history, the holders have been allowed to contest the challenger series as part of their preparation, allowing them to assess themselves against their opponents.

Oracle skipper Jimmy Spithill held the slight early advantage, establishing a five-second advantage at the second mark.

As both teams jockeyed for position down the third leg, TNZ tacked the better and moved past their archrivals to build a 20-second buffer by the next mark.

But down the fifth leg, the Americans came back strongly and almost drew contact with the NZ boat, as they rounded the fifth mark.

That proved the crucial moment, with Oracle easing away for a six-second win.

Both Emirates Team NZ and Oracle warmed up for their showdown with easy wins over France, one of the lesser fancied teams in the qualifier series.

The Kiwis were two minutes 33 seconds better than the French, while USA were two minutes 11 seconds clear.

Rookie TNZ helmsman Peter Burling gave wily French counterpart Franck Cammas a sailing lesson, controlling the start and rocketing away to lead by one minute 13 seconds by the third mark.

By contrast to their opponents, Team New Zealand sailed a smooth race, staying on their foils through most of their journey to cross the finish line before France had even rounded the final mark.

“It’s good to have our first race under our belts,” said TNZ skipper Glenn Ashby, the only survivor from the ill-fated 2013 challenge in San Francisco.

“The boys sailed the boat very

nicely. It’s really nice to be out here on the Great Sound.

“Everyone is going to learning a huge amount over the next few races.

“We haven’t done a huge amount of yachting in the last coupe of weeks, so our learning curve will be pretty steep.”

The French had already been on the water earlier in the day, providing little opposition for Oracle.

For the first time, the defenders have been allowed to contest the challenger series as part of their build-up and Oracle showed they were already on the money.

Aussie skipper Jimmy Spithill had Oracle seven seconds ahead at the first mark and 15 up by the second, steadily increased their advantage as the race progressed.

The American team took nearly 40 seconds out of their rivals on the third leg and showed far greater control of their AC50 boat in perfect sailing conditions.

While yesterday’s scheduled opening day was cancelled due to winds in excess of the 24-knot upper limit, yesterday provided 9-10 knots, ideal for foiling.

Oracle also made a fascinating call on their choice of equipment, using non-identical foils for the first time in America’s Cup racing.

“Perhaps this wind strength is around the crossover for their foils and so it’s not a big deal which set they use and they like the advantage of having the stronger wind foil on the port side for the first reach off the start, when they travel at higher speeds,” suggested NZME America’s Cup commentator and former Team NZ weather guru Mark Orams.

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DAY ONE RESULTS Oracle Team USA bt Team France delta – 2m 11 s Artemis bt Team Japan delta – 13s Emirates Team NZ bt Team France delta – 2m 33s Ben Ainslie Racing bt Artemis – 11s Oracle Team USA bt Emirates Team NZ – 6s Team Japan bt Ben Ainslie Racing – 48s Leaderboard Oracle Team USA - 3pts (1 point carried over from ACWS) Ben Ainslie Racing - 3 (2 points carried over from ACWS) Artemis - 1 Emirates Team NZ - 1 Softbank Team Japan - 1 Groupama Team France - 0

There’s a chance Team New Zealand will be without an opponent on day two of the America’s Cup qualifiers following yesterday’s spectacular collision between Ben Ainslie Racing and Team Japan.

The two teams sustained serious damage in a nasty collision in the pre-start of the final race of the day, in which the leeward hull on the British boat came crashing down on Team Japan, almost taking out some crew in the process.

Both teams were able to limp their way around the track and complete the race, with Dean Barker’s Japanese syndicate taking the win, but their respective shore crews are facing a mammoth task to get the boats back out on the water for today’s races.

That’s bad news for Emirates Team New Zealand, who are scheduled to meet Team Japan and BAR on day two.

While Team NZ would automatically get the points if their opponent had to forfeit, their mixed performances on the opening day of racing suggested they need as much match racing experience as they can get.

Of the two damaged boats, it is BAR, who caused the incident, that appear to be in the worst shape.

The British boat sustained a large crack in the side of the hull, causing them to take on water when it went off its foils.

When asked if the damage could be repaired in time for racing tomorrow, skipper Ben Ainslie did not exude confidence.

“It has a fairly sizeable hole in the port hull,” said Ainslie.

“It was actually a great effort by the team to get the boat around the track in the state that it was.

“I think we were better off keeping foiling, we finished the race and kept the thing foiling all the way into the harbour. Luckily we did because when we got back to the dock she was on her way down.

“The guys are reviewing it now, we have a great shore team, hopefully we can get back out there tomorrow, we’ll see.”

Given Ainslie was at fault in the incident, they will not be able to postpone their races, meaning they will forfeit the points.

That would see the two point head-start BAR carried into the qualifiers by virtue of winning the America’s Cup World Series circuit immediately whittled away.

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In brief Henry slates itinerary Graham Henry believes that the Lions are the only credible challengers to New Zealand’s pre-eminent status although the former Lions and All Black coach acknowledged that the ‘suicidal’ schedule makes their task almost Mission Impossible. “Yes, most possibly so, as it is certainly the most difficult itinerary in the history of the game,” said Henry. “I don’t know who arranges these things but I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t be a coach or a player. I just hope it doesn’t impact on the tour because these are the best two teams in the world going head to head.

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Kate Donald goes on a searching run around the Craighead defence in Methven last week.

Beauden Barrett was scratched from the Hurricanes’ squad to face the Bulls as a precaution after suffering a head knock in last week’s win over the Cheetahs. Canes coach Chris Boyd said the source of Barrett’s head aches was still unclear, but he had been withdrawn from the Hurricanes’ 34-20 win by the medical team. Although the team doctor was unsure whether his headaches were due to travel, altitude or humidity, it was decided the day before the match to withdraw him as a precaution. - NZME PHOTO MATT MARKHAM 250517-MM-021

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The girls did it quite easily, but the boys were up against it before they even took to the field in school rugby last week.

With matches deferred to midweek to allow for the Mount Hutt College Ball on Friday night, Mid Canterbury schools’ combined sides played their matches on Wednesday afternoon.

The Mid Canterbury Combined Schools’ 1st XV faced a tough task in their trip to Christchurch to

take on schoolboy rugby powerhouse, Christchurch Boys’ High School.

Despite the glaringly obvious difference in student population and funding, the Mid Canterbury lads took it to their city opposition in the first quarter and produced an outstanding effort.

Unfortunately that told late in the game as CBHS ran away with the game to win 73-6, but there was plenty to take from the match for coaches Gary McCann and Simon Fleetwood.

In Methven, late on Wednesday afternoon, the Ash Hutt Girls’ side put on an impressive display to beat Craighead 34-12 in the Aoraki School Girls’ Competition.

The girls put their rivals to the sword in the opening 40 minutes of the game, scoring four tries to lead 22-0 at the break.

Tries came courtesy of Tyla Harraway, Erana Te Moananui and a brace to her sister Chloe.

Through some lethal defence and powerful running, the Ash Hutt girls were able to out-mus-

cle their opposition in all facets of the game for the opening stanza.

Craighead threw everything they had at Ash Hutt in the second half, but a second try for Erana and an outstanding 90 metre solo effort from Kate Donald put the game beyond doubt as the girls led 34-0.

To their credit Craighead never gave up and were rewarded with two late tries within the final minutes of the game to improve the score line to 34-12.

Crusaders’ machine roll over the Rebels The competition was watching closely for signs of complacency from the Crusaders.

It was a forlorn hope as the 13-0 franchise has now virtually sewn up the New Zealand conference after a giving the Melbourne Rebels a bonus point shellacking at their home den of AAMI Park.

They did it without Codie Taylor, Owen Franks, Matt Todd, Kieran Read, Ryan Crotty and Jack Goodhue.

But you would hardly have noticed, especially in the first half.

Right wing Israel Dagg made his long-awaited comeback, but lacked confidence with his running game and his first touches were inauspicious: missing a tackle and losing the handle on a pass.

But it mattered not, not when centre Seta Tamanivalu was passing like it was netball and David Havili was eating up the

metres at will from the back.

Richie Mo’unga continued his sterling form from No 10.

All Blacks fans will be hoping Sam Whitelock is not peaking too early.

The Crusaders lock and captain did his core tasks with aplomb, ran like a spring chicken, probed in the wide channels and fired passes off his left hand.

Whitelock set up left wing Manasa Mataele for the first try with a powerful surge, and then gave the assist for the first of two tries to replacement loose forward Jed Brown.

It was a virtuoso display from an in-form senior player.

The Rebels had little ball in the first spell, though Reece Hodge’s sinbinning for a slap down was very costly – the visitors ran in three tries while he was sedentary.

However, they did rally in the

Sam Whitelock second stanza with a brace to wing Marika Koroibete and a try to Toby Smith, one of three Kiwis

in the Rebels’ starting line-up.

Yet every time the Rebels turned over ball, they were stretched on defence, as the Crusaders’ speed and ability to transition from defence to attack was compelling.

Still, it will niggle the Crusaders that they were perhaps not more clinical in the second half after setting up a commanding 31-7 lead.

Some of their fans can, nevertheless, start dreaming of a possible 19-0 season, including the Lions clash.

That would certainly trump the 13-0 record of Robbie Deans’ class of 2002.

Next weekend, the Crusaders host the Highlanders in a rare 2.35pm Saturday kickoff, while the Rebels travel to Canberra to try and stymie the Brumbies’ Australian conference ambitions.

- NZME

Highlanders repel Tahs Fears that the Waratahs might break the Aussie hoodoo against NZ Super Rugby sides this season proved short-lived, as the Highlanders eased away in the second half to a 44-28 victory at Forsyth Barr Stadium. Trailing 14-13 at halftime, the southerners were teetering on the brink of an upset loss, but found their mojo immediately after the restart, taking advantage of an undermanned NSW outfit to regain control of the contest. “We knew they were going to come here and really test us, and I think they did,” said Highlanders skipper Ben Smith. “We knew they would bring that intensity early on and if we could stick at it, there would be chances later in the game.” - NZME

Brumbies tame Jaguares The Brumbies have taken a major step towards winning Super Rugby’s Australian conference with a 39-15 bonus-point win over the Jaguares in Buenos Aires. Emerging fullback Tom Banks scored two tries in four minutes in the first half to set up a win that takes the Brumbies nine points clear of the Waratahs with three games to play. The Brumbies scored six tries to two, with replacement back Andrew Muirhead crossing for two late in the game in his second appearance.

- NZME

Coles ‘will be selected’ All Blacks hooker Dane Coles will be named for the three-test series against the British & Irish Lions, despite spending more than six weeks on the sidelines, most recently with concussion symptoms.

Coles, 30, has been the national side’s starting hooker since 2014 and was a finalist for the 2016 IRB World Rugby Player of the Year award. He is widely regarded as the world’s best in his position.

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen said he is prepared to roll the dice on Coles being ready for the Lions and will name him in his squad on June 8, regardless of whether he has returned to action by then. - NZME

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■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Warriors find their mojo

BY MICHAEL BURGESS The Warriors have stopped the rot.

The Auckland club beat the Broncos 28-10 on Saturday night, after a miserable two weeks where the team seemed to hit rock bottom.

It doesn’t mean that the Warriors are suddenly contenders – as they still have a lot to prove – but it is a step out of a large hole their season was beginning to fall into.

This result kept up their impressive Mt Smart form (5-1) this season and maintains their slim hopes of making the playoffs for the first time since 2011.

Playing behind a dominant forward pack – led by the relentless James Gavet – Shaun Johnson and Kieran Foran controlled the game superbly, while Simon Mannering added much needed impetus on both attack and defence.

However, this win needs to be kept in perspective.

It was a severely depleted Brisbane side, missing six State of Origin players as well as regular hooker Andrew McCullough.

It wasn’t quite the ‘Baby Broncos’ of a few years ago – they still had quality across the park – but they were definitely an easier proposition.

But perhaps most importantly, it felt like coach Stephen Kearney let his team off the leash.

After playing safety first football for most of the season, they chanced their arm more last night and it paid off.

There was a moment towards the end of the first half, when the Warriors, for one of the few times this year, actually looked like the Warriors.

David Fusitu’a broke through

the centre of the field, before instinctively offloading to Ken Maumalo.

The winger also passed after contact, flicking a ball that Roger Tuivasa-Sheck scooped up off his bootlaces.

Playing in their retro-1995 strip, it was a moment that epitomised what the Warriors were meant to become, playing with natural flair and abandon.

Of course it all flows from confidence, and the home team seemed to be in sync.

And, after a strangely flat fortnight, the desire was back.

The Warriors showed more fire in the first 20 minutes than they had managed in the whole of last week’s miserable effort against the Dragons.

Some times it was still too lateral, as they were too keen to go east-west when heading north was the best option, especially early in the tackle count, but at least there was real intent.

Gavet flattened one Broncos defender, while Ben Matulino evoked memories of the days when the shoulder charge was legal with one hit.

As they have done on many occasions this season, the Warriors opened the scoring, with Blake Ayshford crossing off a delayed short pass from Johnson in the game’s eleventh minute.

Johnson extended the Warriors’ lead seven minutes later, beating three defenders close to the ruck after a superb Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad kick return.

The try

was all about timing, as Johnson hit an Issac Luke pass at pace.

After Nicoll-Klokstad dropped the ball over the try line, TuivasaSheck put the seal on a dominant first half, forcing between the posts off a pinpoint Johnson grubber.

An early second half try to Maumalo – after a Luke break – continued the momentum, and unlike in Penrith two weeks ago, there was never any chance of blowing their large lead, though a James Roberts double made the home crowd edgy for a time, before Gavet’s late try. - NZME

Simon Mannering made a very welcome return to the Warriors.

Southern Steel making every post a winner

BY NIALL ANDERSON

The Southern Steel are making every post a winner. showings have been the most impressive, having dismantled the second-placed Central Pulse 80-46, before their similarly onesided rout of the Stars.

The Stars had found their footing recently, having picked up consecutive wins over the North-

Blues wary of refs NSW have been on the wrong side of the penalty count at Suncorp for the past six years and they’re not expecting anything to change come Wednesday night. The Blues are heading into the State of Origin series opener against Queensland believing they’ll be on the wrong side of referees Matt Cecchin’s and Gerard Sutton’s decisions more often than not. Not since game three in 2011 have NSW been awarded more penalties in Brisbane and over that time the Maroons have won the count 56-34. - AAP

Bennett eyes retirement Rugby league supercoach Wayne Bennett says his current test posting with England will be the last representative job of his career.

The Brisbane boss took over the English national side in 2016, tasked with guiding them through last year’s Four Nations and the Rugby League World Cup later this year. Bennett told reporters he wouldn’t take the reins of another national team. I think I’ve done the rounds,” Bennett said.

- AAP

Green turns down role North Queensland NRL coach Paul Green has knocked back David Kidwell’s offer to become his New Zealand assistant for this year’s Rugby League World Cup. Kidwell and the New Zealand Rugby League are seeking a second experienced assistant after recruiting ex-England boss Steve McNamara in March.

- NZME

Arsenal wins FA Cup

■ NETBALL

2017 is shaping up as the year of the unbeaten teams in New Zealand sport.

The Southern Steel are netball’s representative amongst the three Kiwi sides striving for a perfect season, moving to 11-0 after a crushing 82-58 victory over the Northern Stars in the ANZ Premiership yesterday.

The Steel put up the best attacking half of the season, pouring in 48 first half goals to rapidly put the game out of reach of the Stars, and continue their romp through the competition.

The Steel’s dominance puts them alongside Super Rugby’s Crusaders (13-0), and the National Basketball League’s Wellington Saints (16-0), with all three sides holding a good chance of progressing into their respective playoffs with a spotless record.

Of that trio, the Steel’s recent

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ern Mystics and Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic.

However, they were no match for the overwhelming speed and skill of the Steel, who shot out to a double digit lead within 10 minutes of the contest.

Their attacking execution was

near-perfect as they racked up 24 goals in the first and second quarters, often requiring just two or three passes to slice through the Stars defence and find Jhaniele Fowler-Reid with precise high feeds into the circle.

Their lead reached 20 well before halftime, with the Stars coughing up 17 first half turnovers.

Steel goal keep Jane Watson played a part in plenty of them, with the competition leader in interceptions nabbing another six, while adding five deflections.

With the result sealed by halftime, the Steel took their foot off the gas in the second half.

Stars goal shoot Maia Wilson had a productive game, shooting at 91 per cent, but it meant little as the Stars fell to 4-7, likely needing to score wins in all of their remaining five games to make the playoffs.

- NZME

Arsene Wenger’s turbulent year ended with a third FA Cup success in four seasons after Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 to deny the English Premier League champion a double. Aaron Ramsey was the match-winner yesterday, just like in the 2014 final, restoring Arsenal’s lead in the 79th minute shortly after Diego Costa levelled for 10-man Chelsea at Wembley Stadium. It might just be enough to stem the tide of protests against Wenger, as the record 13-time FA Cup winners are yet to announce a new contract for the 67-year-old Frenchman for next season. - PA

Fourth time lucky Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a cheeky penalty for Borussia Dortmund yesterday to win the German Cup final over Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 in what could have been his last game for the club. Aubameyang, the Bundesliga top scorer this season with 31, chipped the ball straight down the middle as Frankfurt keeper Lukas Hradecky dived, giving Dortmund the title at the fourth attempt after losing the previous three finals.

- PA

Celtic secures treble Tom Rogic has scored the winner for Celtic as they beat Aberdeen to secure the Scottish treble.

Celtic completed the trophy triple in Scottish soccer and finished the domestic season undefeated after beating Aberdeen 2-1 in the Scottish Cup final thanks to the Australian’s injury-time goal.

Brendan Rodgers became the third manager, after Jock Stein (1967, 1969) and Martin O’Neill (2001), to lead Celtic to a treble of domestic titles.

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Above right – Portia O’Malley is up and gone.

Centre – Briar Prendergast makes a determined run for the green machine.

Below – Karitiana Arthur keeps a steely eye on the opposition.

Right – Good defence is vital – Celtic’s Jordy McGillen isn’t letting this one go.

Below right – Sawyer Skilling spots the gap and is going for it.

Celtic hosted Hornby in a junior annual rugby extravaganza at the Celtic grounds yesterday.

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In brief Baker’s winning treble Another day at the office and another winning treble was the result for the powerful training team of Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman at Ellerslie on Saturday.

The duo kicked off with a stylish win from highly promising threeyear-old Break My Stride before adding to their Trainer’s Premiership leading tally with hardy mares Chambon and Tomelilla later in the day. Despite some concerns about his ability to handle the very heavy going, Break My Stride registered a performance that augers well for his upcoming assignments. - NZME

Do Ya ends drought

Nathan Purdon and More The Better (Outside) look to get the better of Heaven Rocks at the Harness Jewels workouts on Saturday. The eventual winner, Stars Align, is obscured.

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■ HARNESS JEWELS

Marcoola back in the frame

By Matt MarkhaM

matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

Mark Purdon wasn’t too worried, but the punters who have backed Heaven Rocks into short favouritism for Saturday Four-Year-Old Emerald might have been a little concerned about what transpired at the Ashburton workouts on Saturday.

The $1.50 favourite for the $150,000 event on Saturday, was beaten by two of his three-yearold stablemates at the annual Jewels workouts on Saturday after leading for the last 1000 metres.

Back again too was the hitch in his gait that must make even the calmest of his fans nervous, but while to those watching on it didn’t look pretty, sitting behind him Mark Purdon wasn’t all that concerned.

“I still thought he went good, it was what he needed,” Purdon said.

“It’s my first drive of him for a while, so it was good to get a perspective on where he is at and I just felt he was reaching for his

M3 Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incorporated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 29 May 2017 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 11, 12 and 13 1 1.05pm FORMPRO RATINGS FREE C0, 375m 1 22 Thrilling Billy nwtd ........................... K Walsh 2 28232 Mitsuta nwtd ......................................D Edlin 3 52373 Classy Delta nwtd L & ........................ Morris 4 42421 Sings Like Elvis nwtd ....................... S Clark 5 83563 Bigtime Tomac nwtd ...............G Fredrickson 6 48775 Goldstar Beckham nwtd ..................L Doody 7 3356 Bigtime Allgood nwtd .........................L Cole 8 42655 Kinetic Shadow nwtd....................C Roberts 9 37364 Homebush Gracie nwtd............ K Gommans 10 1 Bigtime Fred nwtd ..............................L Cole 2 1.22pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C1 C1, 375m 1 25378 Alquezar nwtd ...................................M Flipp 2 31635 Ndora nwtd........................................D Edlin 3 2F46x Logano 21.70 L &............................... Morris 4 46527 Butterball nwtd .............................. M Gowan 5 43215 Cawbourne Sandy nwtd ...............C Roberts 6 88677 Opawa Gumisie nwtd J & ....................D Bell 7 17888 Miss Universe 21.62.......................... I Howe 8 14232 Toki Girl nwtd ............................... P Denbee 9 57321 Cawbourne Merl 21.64 J & .................D Bell 10 36636 Homebush Freda nwtd ...........J T McInerney 3 1.40 AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES C3, 375m 1 13573 Sasha McBell 21.68 ...............J T McInerney 2 75533 Kirkham Kylie 21.75 .....................M Roberts 3 51644 Slick Star 21.71 ...........................B Hodgson 4 27137 Scotta Pie 21.54............................. L Pearce

hopples a wee bit up the straight, which would explain that rolling action he had going on.”

Heaven Rocks was first collared

by More The Better who had sat outside him from the 800 metre mark, and then the pair were both picked up late by Stars Align who had led early then trailed his stablemate.

“They are both really nice horses,” Purdon said.

“It’s a shame More The Better has drawn out wider than the others on Saturday because it will make it that much harder for him.”

The All Stars team also gave a big tick to two-year-old pacer, Ashley Locaz who won impressively earlier in proceedings, while other Jewels contenders to impress on the day included Lady Chatto, Star Commander and The Black Prince.

But, if there was a statement to be made ahead of Saturday’s Harness Jewels meeting, then Clint Ford made it.

Ford’s outstanding trotter, Marcoola, has been one of the

mystery horses of this year’s Jewels meeting due to injury seeing him out in the paddock for most of 2017 and a poor fresh-up run, by his usually high standards, at Addington earlier this month.

But in one minute and 56.5 seconds on Saturday afternoon, Ford and Marcoola elevated themselves right back to the top of the pecking order for Saturday’s, $100,000 Four-YearOld Ruby with a brutal display against some of his key rivals.

Clearly not there for a quiet run, Marcoola well and truly blew any cobwebs out of the system with a rugged performance that left some quality flesh behind him gasping for air as he ran his rivals off their hooves in the one mile heat.

“We made the fatal mistake last year of going too easy on him leading into the Jewels,” trainer Ken Ford said.

“Instead of heading to Cambridge to get a good run under the belt we went to Pukekohe and didn’t quite get the run that we needed, which then left us

wanting the next week.

“So we were never going to make the same mistake again; he was here today for a good blowout and he got that.”

Pushed forward from an outside barrier draw, Marcoola found the front and never looked back, trotting through the first 800 metres in 59 seconds to be 10 lengths clear running off the back straight.

That margin extended even further at the 400 metre mark, and although clearly tiring inside the final furlong, he was doing the necessary to hold of his rivals to win in 1:56.5.

“He cops racing pretty well, so that should bring him right on,” Ford said.

Marcoola will start from out wide in the Four-Year-Old Ruby, but judging by Saturday’s effort, he won’t be leaving anything to chance.

Missandei emerged late from the pack to run an encouraging second, but all were playing second fiddle to Marcoola who stole the show.

Trainer Kirsty Lawrence’s pre-race nerves about the prospects of her maiden galloper Do Ya handling the heavy conditions at Trentham on Saturday came to nothing as the nuggety mare put her first win on the board in fine style. Carrying the colours of Lawrence’s outstanding winter galloper Intransigent, Do Ya overcame a chequered path to charge home and claim victory. The victory ended a long run of outs for Lawrence who had last tasted success with Intransigent when he claimed his third Kiwifruit Cup at Tauranga back in June 2015. - NZME

Disqualification appeal Trainer David Murphy has appealed his six month-disqualification for positive swabs taken from two of his horses last year. Murphy has sought an internal review and has been granted a stay pending the result of his appeal. Queensland Racing Integrity Commission stewards opened an inquiry into urine samples taken from Stellarcraft at Ipswich on November 3 and Alassak at the Gold Coast on November 26.

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Surface to be fixed A forecast for fine weather all week will allow ground staff to roll the controversial Eagle Farm track in an effort to overcome problems with the surface chopping up. The track was again roundly condemned on Saturday when it played in the heavy range despite no rain for more than a week. Local trainer Liam Birchley was among the many to raise questions after the last race. “It is like throwing darts and guessing how they will go.” - AAP

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

3 43255 Bonus Lotto nwtd ............................L Doody 4 74754 Pacific Sunrise 40.86 ........................M Flipp 5 43312 Billy Marlow 21.49 .............................M Flipp 4 12354 Bigtime Monty nwtd............................L Cole 5 27636 Cawbourne Buckle nwtd ..............M Roberts 6 87178 Homebush Tiare 21.55...........J T McInerney 5 13511 Bigtime JayJay 26.46 .........................L Cole 6 22131 Joe Joe nwtd .....................................M Flipp 7 84642 Cawbourne Looks 21.46 ..............M Roberts 6 14641 Bigtime Caleb nwtd ............................L Cole 7 181P3 Mister Ebby nwtd.........................A Turnwald 8 85338 Cawbourne Foxy 21.70 ................M Roberts 7 x2325 Dyna Hadvar nwtd........................C Roberts 8 36877 Knead You nwtd ..........................A Turnwald 9 18255 Don’t Muzzle Me 21.50 ..............B Goldsack 8 111 Thrilling Lola 26.22.......................... K Walsh 10 3.52pm NORTH ISLAND CHALLENGE STAKES 10 36555 Ear’s Boris 21.40 ...............................M Flipp 9 4161 Thrilling Fergus nwtd .......................

K Walsh 4 1.57pm ADRIAN CLARK - BLOODSTOCK CONSUL(GROUP 2) HEAT 1 C5q, 457m 10 17433 Bigtime Talker nwtd ............................L Cole TANT C4 C4, 375m 1 47124 Cawbourne Nath 26.02 ................M Roberts 1 21121 Scooter’s Rose 21.46 ........................M Flipp 7 2.52pm PRESTONS MASTER BUTCHERS C2, 457m 2 57215 Map My Run 26.04.............................L Cole 1 x3343 Blackie Chan 25.94 .......................B Mitchell 2 23275 Bigtime Thinker 21.73 ........................L Cole 3 18112 Storm Warning 25.77 .........................L Cole 2 F2321 Cawbourne Palmer nwtd ..............C Roberts 3 77356 Robins Zarr Hood 21.67..............A Turnwald 4 46138 Resident Djay nwtd ......................C Roberts 3 84741 Bigtime Sam 27.07.................G Fredrickson 4 65216 Watch My Back 22.14 ................B Goldsack 5 16674 Takamori 25.71 ..........................B Goldsack 4 44563 Mr. Maize 26.33...........................A Turnwald 5 37327 Bigtime OnFire 22.12 .........................L Cole 6 26474 Timma Turtle 25.89 ............................L Cole 5 31178 Wong All Along nwtd ...................A Turnwald 6 48216 Viva La Vixen 21.46 ....................A Turnwald 7 22716 Paul Dozer 26.11 ........................A Turnwald 6 68484 Bigtime Bakagain 26.16 .....................L Cole 7 31312 Bigtime Jane 21.44 ............................L Cole 8 56255 Cawbourne Brick 25.94................M Roberts 7 23453 Cawbourne Lyns nwtd..................M Roberts 11 4.07pm NORTH ISLAND CHALLENGE STAKES 8 82212 Tranquil Rue nwtd .......................A Turnwald 8 14763 Opawa Harry nwtd ............................M Flipp (GROUP 2) HEAT 2 C5q, 457m 9 48184 It’s The Lovely 21.54 ................ K Gommans 9 81576 Chase Me Apatche nwtd ...............G Atwood 10 68468 Cool Rythm 21.81 .......................B Hodgson 1 82167 Cawbourne Jarrod nwtd ...............M Roberts 5 2.15pm USE PETRAVELLER.COM.AU C4/5, 375m 10 87818 Frontal Lobe nwtd ...........................L Doody 2 23521 Ride Ain’t Over 26.04 ...................C Roberts 1 88381 Kaputski 21.39 .......................G Fredrickson 8 3.12pm TAB SUPPORTS GREYHOUNDS C3, 457m 3 31115 Allegro Gun nwtd ...............................L Cole 1 12252 Cawbourne Britty 26.71 ...............C Roberts 2 25682 Jugatui 21.46 .....................................L Cole 4 11111 American Warrior 26.26 J & ............D Fahey 2 11824 Ace Bale 26.25 L & ............................ Morris 3 36354 Harkonen Bale 21.48 L & ................... Morris 5 56536 Cawbourne Trixy 26.17 ................M Roberts 3 36655 Cawbourne Toddy 26.03 ..............M Roberts 4 21178 Cawbourne Midget 21.48 J &..............D Bell 6 18637 Bronster 26.09 ...................................L Cole 4 64768 Thrilling Wilson 26.13 ...................... K Walsh 5 37122 Bear Inda Square 21.31 .....................L Cole 7 81111 Mija Sydney nwtd ........................A Turnwald 5 51241 Bigtime MacDaddy 25.67 ...................L Cole 6 46337 Cawbourne Stick 21.47 ................M Roberts 8 46123 Cawbourne Crowie 26.17 ............M Roberts 6 17764 Feel The Force nwtd ................ S Gommans 12 4.24 PLASTERBOARD SILVER COLLAR HEATS 7 32414 Bigtime Jess 21.55.............................L Cole 7 51423 Bigtime Flyer 26.04 ............................L Cole JUNE 4TH C0D C0d, 660m 8 52457 Daisy Lara 21.49 ................................L Cole 8 51211 Bigtime Doug 26.37 ...........................L Cole 9 71672 Five Eyes nwtd ............................. P Denbee 1 31173 Unbeknown nwtd ........................A Turnwald 10 18355 Bigtime Fever 21.44 ...........................L Cole 9 3.30pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C1/2d, 660m 2 66228 Cawbourne Ruby nwtd.................M Roberts 6 2.32pm TAB FIXED ODDS C1 C1, 457m 1 74663 Phantom Way nwtd L & ...................... Morris 3 64434 Cawbourne Kai nwtd ....................M Roberts 1 46141 Hezaman nwtd ................................. P Clark 2 14222 Bradam Begins nwtd ...................A Turnwald 4 24415 Molly O’Shea nwtd ......................B Hodgson 2 31653 Atomic Missile nwtd ......................... S Clark 3 88575 Stinger 38.94.....................................M Flipp 5 46457 Cawbourne Ridge nwtd J & ................D Bell

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37568 Highway Hound nwtd .......................S Lozell 55556 Cawbourne Angus nwtd ...............M Roberts 85676 Cawbourne Excite nwtd J & ................D Bell 85875 Cawbourne Muzza nwtd ..............M Roberts 36558 Meteor Vege nwtd ....................E Duganzich 13 4.42pm J P PRINT, PETONE C1 C1, 375m 1 48868 Opawa Perissa nwtd .........................M Flipp 2 31137 Roketto nwtd .....................................D Edlin 3 52442 Golden Pixel nwtd ...................... G Hodgson 4 77857 Wong Full Arrest 22.19 L & ................ Morris 5 88857 Ghostface 22.16 J &............................D Bell 6 21187 On The Hunt nwtd ............................ S Clark 7 64684 Noonoo 22.04 L & .............................. Morris 8 86774 Midnight Enemy 22.05 ...................... I Howe 9 34276 Mahala Bay nwtd............................... I Howe 10 16748 Cawbourne Senor nwtd ...............C Roberts SELECTIONS

Race 1: Thrilling Billy, Sings Like Elvis, Classy Delta, Bigtime Tomac Race 2: Cawbourne Sandy, Miss Universe, Logano, Butterball Race 3: Billy Marlow, Kirkham Kylie, Scotta Pie, Cawbourne Foxy Race 4: Scooter’s Rose, Tranquil Rue, Bigtime OnFire Race 5: Bear Inda Square, Bigtime Jess, Kaputski, Jugatui Race 6: Thrilling Lola, Hezaman, Bigtime Monty, Dyna Hadvar Race 7: Cawbourne Palmer, Blackie Chan, Cawbourne Lyns Race 8: Bigtime MacDaddy, Ace Bale, Bigtime Doug, Bigtime Flyer Race 9: Bradam Begins, Phantom Way, Joe Joe, Stinger Race 10: Storm Warning, Map My Run, Paul Dozer, Takamori Race 11: American Warrior, Mija Sydney, Allegro Gun, Bronster Race 12: Cawbourne Kai, Molly O’Shea, Cawbourne Muzza Race 13: Opawa Perissa, Midnight Enemy, On The Hunt LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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■ RIDING MILESTONE

TRAVEL

Coleman to join elite company “I’m booked for August Edition in race 2 A winning double at Ellerslie on Saturday has taken Matamata rider Michael Cole- and Miss Horotiu in race 6 at this stage and man to within just one victory of a sig- I think they are both nice chances,” he said.

“I’m not sure how many other rides I will nificant milestone, one that he hopes to accomplish on his home track this Wednes- have but hopefully one of those two can do the job for me.” day.

When pressed about memorable career Coleman sits on 1999 career wins and is just one victory away from becoming the achievements Coleman nominates his win seventh member of the elite group of Kiwis aboard Xcellent in the 2004 New Zealand Derby as one that stands above the rest. who have ridden 2000 winners or more.

“There was just something While he is feeling relaxed special about the win and about achieving the elusive the horse himself,” he remark, Coleman is keen to plied. put the chase to bed on the “He was only having his track where it all began for third raceday start and was him. still very green but you could “If you asked me five years just feel the power about ago whether I would get to him that day.

2000 wins I probably would “Funnily enough I didn’t have said you were crazy,” he even ride him in his first laughed. start but we knew he was “It wasn’t something I had special so to get up and win really thought about as I’ve the Derby like that was pretalways said that the day I ty memorable.” didn’t have the hunger or Coleman hasn’t thought passion for riding it would much beyond this season be the day I gave it away. when it comes to his riding “It’s really only in the last future, preferring to contincouple of years that I deMichael Coleman ue his philosophy of taking cided to try and give it a shot as I’ve found I’m still keen about my rid- things a day at a time.

“While I’m still enjoying it I will keep riding and to get to the milestone that only a handful have achieved would be some- ing,” he said. “The day I’m not I will walk away and have no regrets. thing special.

“To be able to do it on my home course “I guess when things aren’t going well you would make it even more special as I’ve do start to have those retirement thoughts had such good support from the trainers but I’ve had a pretty good year after a slow and owners here I couldn’t think of a better start so I think there’s still a way to go for me.” place to crack it.”

In achieving his 2000th career win Although his final book of rides is yet to Coleman will join David Walsh, Lance be confirmed, Coleman believes he has O’Sullivan, David Peake, Bill Skelton, Noel two live chances already to get the elusive Harris and Chris Johnson as members of victory under his belt. the notable club.

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■ TRENTHAM

Victory ‘stroll in the park’ Just a week after dominating with a powerful display at Awapuni, promising winter galloper Strolling Vagabond dished it up again on the weekend as she made it backto-back victories in fine style at Trentham.

The four-year-old Darci Brahma mare took a rise in grade to rating 75 company in her stride as she sprinted clear in the run home to score a comprehensive four length win in the NZB Insurance Pearl Series sponsored 1400 metre contest.

Apprentice Madan Singh made good use of his three kilogram claim as he positioned his charge outside the early pace before easing to the front near the home turn, forcing his higher weighted rivals to chase hard in the testing conditions.

Relishing the tricky surface Strolling Vagabond skipped clear to put the result beyond doubt as she recorded her fourth win from 24 starts.

Trainer Gerald Innes was suitably impressed with the performance despite admitting to some misgivings about the tactics employed by Singh during the event.

“She certainly handled that pretty well didn’t she,” he remarked after the race.

“When he went to the front turning for home I thought he’d gone a mile to soon but I suppose she was giving him a good feel and travelling well.”

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Innes also admitted he may have to lift his sights with the mare with one of the traditional winter features now a potential target.

“If she can keep this form up we might have to have a look at the Winter Cup or a race like that,” he said.

The Gr. 3 Estaronline Winter Cup is the feature event on the first day of Riccarton’s annual three-day winter carnival that starts on August 5.

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

9.45am PLAINS LADIES FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Monthly meeting. Doris Linton Lounge, R.S.A. Cox Street.

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

Tuesday

Madan Singh gets Strolling Vagabond home.

FOR SALE

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church. 48 Allen’s Road.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH GOODWILL SHOP. Selling clean pre loved clothing.

Tinwald Methodist Church, Cnr Archibald and Jane Streets, Tinwald.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST OP SHOP. Good clean ‘Second time around” clothing for sale.

Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr of Cass and Havelock Streets.

10am NEWCOMERS SOCIAL GROUP.

May 29 & 30, 2017

10am ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. Members will play a Stroke round in grades. Mayfield Golf Club.

12pm - 1pm BAPTIST CHURCH FREE LUNCH. Free lunch for everyone. Baptist Church, please enter 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.

1pm - 4pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong - counting. Waireka Croquet club rooms, Philip Street.

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

7.30pm CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE EUCHRE. Every Monday night, Catholic Parish Hall, cnr Burnett and Winter Streets.

Weekly coffee morning for new people to Ashburton. Nosh Cafe at Ashfords, West Street.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter. Main Street, Methven.

10am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Exercises and Tai Chi for Arthritis. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

12pm - 3pm JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Signing Centre, New Community House, 44 Cass Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many

aircraft from the past to the future, Seafield Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Club day, non-members welcome. 115 Racecourse .

5.30pm - 7.30pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Youth Group, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Weekly club night, all player levels welcome. E A Network Stadium, River Terrace.

7.30pm ASHBURTON TABLE TENNIS. Weekly games, come and have a go! Ashburton Club and MSA, Havelock Street.

Puzzles

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Cryptic crossword

Monday, May 29, 2017

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

WordWheel

ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You’d rather hang around a person who tries too hard than one who doesn’t try enough. The trier will eventually relax into a productive groove, whereas the slacker will atrophy.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): It would be easy to assume people are shallow today, because you are seeing only the surface behaviours of others who are struggling, as you are, to keep up a social discourse appropriate to the situation.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): The act of wanting will suddenly set up an invisible and very active energy field around you. Ask yourself, “Does this field seem to be repelling or attracting the object of my desire?”

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): “Fun” is not universal. If you accept someone else’s definition automatically, you’re in for a rather tedious day. It’s not selfish to ask, “What’s in it for me?” Everyone will be better off when you explore this.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): One way to make the minutes seem to go on forever is to engage in conversation with self-centred people who care nothing of your interest level in the topic or of the entertainment level of the delivery.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You’ll be hit by a rare form of nostalgia, one that centres on a poignant longing for the here and now. This is how you’ll know you’re just where you should be.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Chances are you won’t have the luxury of a coach or cheering squad today, but take heart. The results you get, will teach you better than any coach could. And good results will encourage you onward.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): The great thing about your responsibilities is they don’t all need to be handled at once. Pace yourself. When you’re around extremely capable people, you’ll feel more capable – or maybe even super.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): People care about you more than you know and love you more than you want to know. To be so adored is a responsibility you don’t take lightly or handle easily. But take it – and handle it – you will.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): There will be temptations galore today! You’ll use up your wells of selfcontrol if you stay in a place where you can see them all. A supportive environment will be your key to staying on track.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You can progress from point A to point B without hard work. Make no assumptions going in. You’ll likely be able to progress through communication and the application of what you already know.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): What’s well within the rules may be nonetheless morally wrong. And the thing that breaks the rules may very well be the rightest and best thing you could do.

WordBuilder

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Across 1. Carpet 8. Curia 9. Rostrum 11. Rounders 12. Berth 15. Solo 16. Fix 17. Lull 19. Shape 21. Decanter 24. Dabbled 25. Fever 26. Kitten Down 2. Above 3. Potation 4. Tour 5. Scone 6.

4 True 5 2 7. Bass 10. Mortified 12. Bash 13. Alphabet 14. Flue 2 6 8 18. Snort 20. Piece 21. Duff 22. Cove 23. Rank

TODAY’S GOALS: Good – 9 Excellent – 13 Amazing – 16

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DOWN 1. Mistreat (6) 2. Rule (5) 3. Carry (4) 4. Fame (6) 5. Block (8) 6. Save (7) 7. Layered (6) 12. Bears out (anag) (8) 14. Made a formal request (7) 16. Allowance (6) 17. Close (6) 18. Niche (6) 21. Memento (5) 22. Urge on (4)

Previous solution: ail, ails, ais, ani, anis, ins, lain, lias, lis, nail, nails, nil, nils, sail, sal, san, sin, slain, snail.

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DEATHS

MOWAT, Phyllis Rose – Please note all late death On May 26, 2017. Peacenotices or notices sent fully at Ashburton Hospital, outside ordinary office hours surrounded by the love and must be emailed to: support of her family. Aged 84 deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz MID CANTERBURY FUNERAL SERVICES years. Loved wife of the late to ensure publication.

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Cloud increasing in the morning, scattered rain developing in the afternoon.

Northerlies, dying out in the evening.

THURSDAY Cloud increasing with a few showers later.

Southerlies.

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6am Breakfast 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 30 10am Tipping Point 11am The Chase 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm MasterChef Australia 3 0 2:25 N New Zealand On A Plate Dunedin. 0 2:55 Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 Four In A Bed The first visit of the week is to Scotland, and The Borgue Hotel, run

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4:55 The Celebrity Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Sesame Street 3 0 6:55 Peppa Pig 0 7am Camp Lakebottom 3 0 7:25 Beyblade Burst 3 7:50 Slugterra 3 0 8:15 Sofia The First 3 0 8:35 Doc McStuffins 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Naughty Shorty Special 3 0 Noon The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 0 1pm Jeremy Kyle PGR 0 2pm Judge Rinder 3 3pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 3:30 Horace In Slow Motion 3 3:32 Leon 3 0 3:35 The Adam And Eve Show 0 4:05 Bunk’d 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Fair Go 0 8pm F Coast New Zealand Hamish Campbell investigates the energy-rich region’s oil industry; Neil Oliver encounters strange objects on the Taranaki coastline. 0 9pm Highway Cops 0 9:30 Autopsy PGR 0 10:30 1 News Tonight 0 11pm Criminal Minds – Beyond Borders AO 3 The team goes to Cairo to discover who is behind a gas attack on an Egyptian-American, and the disappearance of the victim’s friend. 0 12:45 Te Karere 3 2 1:10 Infomercials 5:05 Impact For Life 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Survivor New Zealand Those on the bottom seek to work their way up; in a major team-building challenge, a surprising victory causes suspicion. 0 8:35 Bride And Prejudice 0 9:35 Hell’s Kitchen 0 10:30 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0

Coast New Zealand 8pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 10am Teen Mom 3 11:15 Catfish 3 Noon The Real Housewives Of New York City 12:55 Shahs Of Sunset 1:50 Intervention Canada AO 3 2:45 Botched By Nature PGR 3 3:40 Hoarders 3 4:35 Dance Moms 3 5:35 Teen Mom 6:05 Teen Mom 6:35 Catfish 7:30 Masters Of Flip Kortney and Dave turn an outdated house into a modern masterpiece, but will their design be on a par with the rest of the neighbourhood?

8:30 N Million Dollar Listing NY One agent is newly married, one agent is newly spiritual, and one agent is just new.

9:30 Killer Couples A shy teen uses chatrooms to escape an abusive home, and discovers an attraction to older men, but before long she is trapped in a love triangle with a violent suitor.

10:30 Intervention Canada AO 11:30 Snapped PGR 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

11pm Cougar Town PGR 3 0 11:30 Filthy Rich AO 3 0 12:25 Desperate Housewives 3 0 1:15 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:40 Infomercials 2:45 Scandal AO 3 3:30 The Real 3 4:15 Family Matters 3 4:40 The Adam And Eve Show 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

Human Planet

7:30pm on Prime

THE BOX 6am Wheel Of Fortune 6:25 Jeopardy 6:50 Criminal Intent MV 7:40 Crossing Lines MV 8:30 The Simpsons PG 8:55 Law And Order – UK MV 9:45 Law And Order – LA MV 10:40 Law And Order – LA MV 11:35 Jeopardy Noon Wheel Of Fortune 12:25 Pawn Stars PG 12:50 Border Security PG 1:20 Criminal Intent MV 2:10 CSI – Miami MV 3:05 Crossing Lines MV 4pm The Simpsons PG 4:30 Wheel Of Fortune 5pm Jeopardy 5:30 Criminal Intent MV 6:30 Border Security PG 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 CSI – Miami MV 8:30 Piha Rescue PG 9pm Deep Undercover MVLC 9:30 Helicopter ER M 10:30 Law And Order – UK MV 11:25 CSI – Miami MV TUESDAY 12:20 Crossing Lines MV 1:15 Wheel Of Fortune 1:45 Law And Order – UK MV 2:40 Jeopardy 3:05 Pawn Stars PG 3:30 The Simpsons PG 3:55 Piha Rescue PG 4:20 Deep Undercover MVLC 4:45 Helicopter ER M 5:35 Border Security PG

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6am The AM Show 9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:25 Family Feud 3 0 Noon Dr Phil AO 1pm M Stolen From Suburbia AO 2015 Drama. A single mother from the suburbs must find her kidnapped daughter before human traffickers sell her on the international market. Neill Barry, Victoria Bruno, Travis Caldwell.

2:55 Entertainment Tonight 3:20 Sticky TV 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm 4:25 Survivor – Game Changers The three tribes learn that two teams will be attending the tribal council as one combined unit to send one castaway home.

5:25 Family Feud 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Project 7:30 Graham Norton – Big Red Chair Special PGR Graham tells the story of how the red chair came to be a loved feature of his show, and how it has played host to some amazing anecdotes. 0 8:30 Hyde And Seek AO 0 9:30 Chicago Med AO 0 10:30 NewsHub Late

6am Avatar – The Last Airbender 3 6:25 Endangered Species 3 6:50 Hank Zipzer, The World’s Greatest Underachiever 7:15 The Fairly Odd Parents 3 7:40 Shimmer And Shine 3 8:05 The Penguins Of Madagascar 3 8:30 Johnny Test 3 8:55 Million Dollar Minute 3 9:25 Wheel Of Fortune 3 9:50 Jeopardy 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 0 12:35 Jericho PGR 3 0 1:30 Bones AO 3 2:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3pm Escape To The Country 3 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 0 5pm Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Prime News 6pm Wheel Of Fortune 6:30 Jeopardy 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Human Planet 3 Series looking at mankind’s relationship with nature in the world today. 0 8:35 M X-Men PGR 2000 Action.

10:50 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR

6:30 Pukoro 2 7am Miharo 2 7:30 Pukoro 2 8am Autaia 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Kawe Korero – Reporters 9:30 Morena 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Opaki 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Pukoro 2 3:30 Miharo 2 4pm Rugby League 3 5:30 Te Matatini (HLS) From the 2017 Te Matatini Kapa Haka Festival.

6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 Te Kaea 2 7pm Kawe Korero – Reporters 7:30 Cam’s Kai 8pm Pete And Pio’s Kai Safari PGR 8:30 First Contact AO (Part 1) 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO 10pm F Whawhai Fight Night 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2

11pm The Blacklist AO (Part 1) Red faces a siege on his criminal organisation as he tracks a high-end thief enlisted by Mr Kaplan for a shady assignment. 0 Midnight The Project 12:25 Infomercials 5:30 City Impact Church

11:50 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 The team presents the best of the day’s sports news.

12:20 Closedown

11pm Kawe Korero – Reporters News reporters dissect and discuss the day’s news and events.

11:30 Closedown

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

7:25 The Making Of Everest MC 7:45 Joe Dirt 2 – Beautiful Loser MLS 2015 Comedy. David Spade, Brittany Daniel. 9:30 Beyond The Reach MV 2014 Thriller.

Michael Douglas, Jeremy Irvine.

11am American Ultra 16VLC 2014 Comedy. Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart.

12:35 Everest MC 2015 Drama. Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin. 2:35 War Dogs 16VLC 2016 Comedy. Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Steve Lantz.

4:30 The Revenant 16VS 2016 Drama. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter.

7:05 Popstar – Never Stop Never Stopping 16LS 2016 Comedy. Parody about a pop star who falls from grace, and tries every trick in the fame handbook to get back on top.

Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer.

8:30 The Purge – Election Year 16VL 2016 Horror. A young senator and presidential candidate finds herself on the streets of Washington as the Purge gets underway.

10:20 Absolutely Anything MVLS 2015 Comedy Sci-fi.

11:45 Redistributors MVL 2016 Thriller.

TUESDAY 1:10 Popstar – Never Stop Never Stopping 16LS 2016 Comedy. 2:35 The Making Of The Night Before 2:50 The Revenant 16VS 2016 Drama. 5:25 Absolutely Anything MVLS 2015 Comedy Sci-fi.

6:05 The Siege MVL 1998 Action. Bruce Willis, Annette Bening. 8am The Blind Side PGL 2009 Drama.

Quinton Aaron, Sandra Bullock.

10:05 The Fast And The Furious – Tokyo Drift MVL 2006 Action. Lucas Black, Bow Wow. 11:50 Rosewood Lane MVL 2011 Horror.

Rose McGowan, Lin Shaye.

1:25 Superman Returns MV 2006 Action. Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth.

3:55 Bachelorette 16LS 2012 Romantic Comedy.

Rebel Wilson, Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher. 5:20 Lions For Lambs MVL 2007 Drama.

Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise. 6:50 Two Weeks Notice PGS 2002 Comedy. Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, Alicia Witt.

8:30 Made In Dagenham ML 2010 Biography Drama.

Dramatisation of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.

Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins.

10:25 The Amityville Horror 16VLS 2005 Horror.

Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George.

11:55 Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas 18 1998 Comedy Drama. TUESDAY 1:50 Bachelorette 16LS 2012 Romantic Comedy.

3:15 Lions For Lambs MVL 2007 Drama. 4:45 Two Weeks Notice PGS 2002 Comedy.

SKY SPORT 1 8am Sailing – America’s Cup Qualifiers (RPL) Day Three – Round Robin One. 11am Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Rebels v Crusaders.

11:30 Motorsport – Formula One (HLS) Grand Prix de Monaco.

Noon Tennis – Roland Garros (HLS) Day One. 1pm Sky Sports News UK 1:30 Golf – US PGA Tour (HLS) Dean and Deluca Invitational – Round Four. 2pm Golf Central 3pm Golf – LPGA Tour (HLS) Volvik Championship – Round Four. 3:30 Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) Steel v Stars. 4pm Rugby Nation 5pm Rugby – Women’s Sevens (HLS) Day Two. 6:30 Cycling – Giro D’Italia (HLS) Stage 21.

7pm Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) Steel v Stars.

From ILT Stadium Southland, Invercargill.

7:30 L Netball – ANZ Premiership Magic v Tactix.

From Claudelands Arena.

9:30 Fox Sports News 10pm UFC Fight Night (RPL) Gustafsson v Teixeira.

TUESDAY

Midnight Aussie Rules – AFL (DLY) West Coast Eagles v GWS Giants. 3am Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) Magic v Tactix.

3:30 Motorsport – Nascar Xfinity Series (HLS) Hisense 4k TV 300. 4:30 Hunters Club 5am L Sailing – America’s Cup Qualifiers Day Four – Round Robin One.

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

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6am Benny Hinn 6:30 The Living Room 7:30 Australia With Simon Reeve 8:30 Dara And Ed’s Pan-Am Road Trip 9:30 Jamie At Home 10:30 Restoration Man 11:30 The Cook And The Chef Noon Jamie’s Food Escapes 1pm Dara And Ed’s Pan-Am Road Trip 2pm The Living Room 3pm Poh’s Kitchen 3:30 Trouble In Lemur Land 4:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things 5pm Destination Flavour Scandinavia 5:30 Waterfront House Hunting 6pm Tiny House World 6:30 American Pickers

7:30 Building The World’s Most Luxurious Ship Series following a team of shipyard workers over 18 months as they work to transform thousands of sheets of steel into a floating palace of luxury.

8:30 Treasures Decoded 9:30 Full Steam Ahead 10:30 American Pickers 11:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things Midnight Destination Flavour Scandinavia 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am The Fashion Fund 2am In Search Of Perfection 2:30 Getaway 3am Penn And Teller – Fool Us PGR 4am Treasures Decoded 5am Full Steam Ahead

SKY SPORT 2 6am League Legends 6:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Raiders v Roosters.

7am L Golf – LPGA Tour Volvik Championship – Round Four. 10am Golf – European Tour (HLS) BMW PGA Championship – Round Four.

10:30 Sky Sports News UK 11am Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) Steel v Stars.

11:30 Netball – Beko League (RPL) South v Northern Comets. 1pm Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Warriors v Broncos. 1:30 The After Match 2pm Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Raiders v Roosters. 4pm Motorsport – Merzouga Rally (HLS) 5pm History Of The Champions Trophy 7pm Who Are Your Champions?

8pm The Crowd Goes Wild 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 Monday Night With Matty Johns 10:30 Motorsport – Nascar Cup (HLS) Coca-Cola 600.

11:30 Fox Sports News TUESDAY Midnight The Crowd Goes Wild 12:30 Netball – ANZ Premiership (RPL) Magic v Tactix. 2am NRL 360 2:55 L Rugby League – Super League Leigh Centurions v Castleford Tigers. 5am Rugby League – Super League (HLS) Leeds v Warrington.

5:55 L Rugby League – Super League Catalans Dragons v Hull FC. 29May17

DISCOVERY 6:35 Deadliest Catch PG Breaking Mandy. 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 MythBusters PG Trail Blazers. 9:10 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Spring Delicacy. 10am Killing Richard Glossip M The Twelfth Hour. 10:50 Death Row – The Final 24 Hours PG 11:40 Swamp Murders M 12:30 Evil Kin M House of Secrets. 1:20 Your Worst Nightmare M Domestic Disturbance. 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 Auction Hunters PG Flying Ton, Creeping Alien.

3:50 Deadliest Catch PG Settling the Score. 4:45 What On Earth? PG Gateway to Eden. 5:40 MythBusters PG Exploding Water Heater.

6:35 Railroad Australia PG 7:30 You Have Been Warned M Facepalm.

8:30 MythBusters PG Mythbusters – The Reunion.

9:25 What On Earth? PG The Swastika Conspiracy.

10:15 The Unexplained Files PG UFOs – Crash Landing. 11:05 Your Worst Nightmare M 11:55 Evil Kin M TUESDAY 12:45 Deadliest Catch PG 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am Auction Hunters PG 2:25 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 Moonshiners M 5:45 Deadliest Catch PG

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Sport Blair Kiwi skipper Adam Blair has replaced the dumped Jesse Bromwich as the New Zealand rugby league captain for this year’s World Cup. Veteran Brisbane forward Blair was unveiled yesterday by coach David Kidwell, who needed a new skipper after axing Bromwich and Kevin Proctor from his squad.

The pair paid the price for their involvement in a drugs scandal after going out following New Zealand’s heavy loss to Australia in the Anzac test. Kidwell said 41-Test international Blair was a logical selection, given his experience and the regard he is held in by team-mates.

Another title for Stosur

Rakaia’s Nete Caucau gets set to receive the ball and try and break the Prebbleton defence on Saturday.

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Rakaia claims home semi

BY MATT MARKHAM

MATT.M@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

You wouldn’t have called it pretty, but Rakaia did the necessary to earn a home semi-final in the Combined Country Rugby competition against Prebbleton on Saturday.

Heavily favoured to win the match off the back of a strong round robin effort, the Rakaia lads were put to the sword in all aspects of the game by a confronting Prebbleton side who played to their strengths extremely well.

The 20-15 scoreline, in favour of Rakaia, could have easily gone the other way and Rakaia supporters had to hold their collective breath for the final three minutes of the match as Prebbleton attacked their line with venom, before a crucial penalty in the favour of the

home side saw the game come to an end.

“Finals rugby, what can you say about it?” Rakaia coach Sean Carter said.

“We got dragged into their way of playing quite a bit, which wasn’t ideal but we got what we needed to get out of it and that was the win.”

Two penalties to Rakaia firstfive Thomas Hanham-Carter was all the scorers had to worry about in the opening 40 minutes, with both sides exchanging some hefty blows as they felt each other out.

Rakaia looked threatening on a number of occasions, but pushed one too many passes and the ball often found the ground.

Prebbleton came out firing in the second half and were quickly rewarded with an unconverted

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try to bring the game to within one point, before Rakaia started to exert some dominance on the game.

Powerhouse runner Seta Koroitamana managed to burrow his way over for a well-worked try courtesy of some strong grunt work from the boys in the engine room, but Prebbleton answered back with a penalty to keep things close.

When Nete Caucau somehow found a way to get the ball down in amongst a pile of bodies, Rakaia looked set to run away with the game at 20-8, but a late Prebbleton try saw things hang in the balance once more before that final passage of play prior to the whistle.

For Rakaia, Hanham-Carter had a strong game as he continues to mould into a player of the future, while Logan Flett got

through a power of work in the forwards.

Rakaia will now take on Darfield next weekend in one semifinal, while Southbridge and Lincoln will battle it out in the other after they both recorded wins.

It was a tough day on the paddock for the three other Mid Canterbury teams on Saturday with Celtic, Southern and Methven all beaten in the lower grades of the competition.

In the Trophy division, Southern lost to Saracens 5-16 at Hinds and Celtic suffered a narrow loss to Kaiapoi 24-28.

In the next level down, the Methven were also beaten narrowly by Burnham Dunsandel Irwell, 24-27.

Hampstead, who are playing in the Plate section, had the bye.

Samantha Stosur has denied Daria Gavrilova in an epic three-set final in Strasbourg to retain her Australian No.1 ranking and claim the ninth title of her celebrated career. In a major French Open boost for the former Roland Garros runner-up, Stosur recovered from a set down to defeat Gavrilova 5-7 6-4 6-3 in the first all- Australian women’s tour final in 12 years.

Stosur needed three hours to see off the 23-year-old to extend her record reign as Australia’s queen of the court to an incredible 451st week.

Man U keeping Carrick Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick will play another season at Old Trafford after signing a one-year extension to his contract. Carrick’s existing deal was due to expire next month, but the former England international, who will be 36 this summer, has agreed to stay for another 12 months. In March, Carrick said he would only extend his 11-year stay if he felt he could still contribute. Manager Jose Mourinho hopes he can continue to pass on his experience to the younger members of the squad.

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