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Firefighters frantic across district

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

Firefighters across the Ashburton District were stretched to the max on Thursday night as they battled new and old vegetation fires in high winds.

Firefighters were called back to the scene of large vegetation fire next to State Highway 1 multiple times overnight while 10 appliances and a command unit were required to fight a large vegetation fire in the Mayfield area.

Units were called to the Tanks Road area to fight a large vegetation fire at around 10.19pm which spread to an area of 250m by 25m at its largest.

Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade Chief Fire Officer Alan Burgess said units from Ashburton, Ashburton rural, Willowby, Mayfield, Mt Somers and Hinds all attended the fire along with a command unit from Timaru.

“With that size of fire and the terrain it was helpful to have it there managing people,” he said.

“They were working close to a pit and had to be very cautious in that environment.”

Burgess said high winds had made it difficult to battle the blaze, with the first units not being released from the scene until after 2am, with a crew left behind overnight to dampen down hotspots.

Deputy principal rural fire officer Don Geddes said it appeared that the fire had been caused by the re-ignition of fire in a rubbish

Charred trees line State Highway 1 south of Chertsey following a vegetation fire on Thursday afternoon, one of many that kept firefighters on their toes in the following 24-hour period.

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pit from around a month ago.

“There is a very strong message there that if you have been burning during the past several months go out and check that it is fully extinguished,” he said.

Crews were also called to two flare-ups of the fire that burnt through 300m of roadside vegetation by State Highway 1 on Thursday afternoon.

The first time crews were called

back was just before 9.20pm on Thursday evening before being called back a second time at around 1.10am.

Burgess said there would have been no issues without the wind, but strong winds had fuelled hotspots that normally would not have presented any issues.

“There was always that element that we only needed a couple of weeks of dry weather and the ma-

terial is definitely there to burn,” he said.

Burgess said he had been talking with Fenz Mid/South Canterbury Area Commander Steven Greenyer at 1am and at that time between Rakaia and Glenavy there were only two appliances left on station.

“It was certainly a bit of a juggling act,” he said.

At 6am on Friday morning fire-

fighters were called to a fire in a stubble paddock that had spread to straw bales in the Lauriston area.

Methven Volunteer Fire Brigade Chief Fire Officer Brent Anderson said 100 bales of straw were burnt by the fire.

“It is suspected that the powerlines arced and dropped sparks into the stubble paddock which started a fire and spread to the stack of bales,” he said.

Crews from Lauriston, Methven and a tanker from Rakaia extinguished the bales with the help from a digger, breaking the bales up and spreading them out over already burnt ground to let them burn out.

“You could put 100,000 litres of water on bales like that and come back in the morning and they would still be burning so that’s the most efficient way to do it,” he said.

Not long after had Methven crews returned to the station at around 10am they were called out to another fire in the Alford Forest area where a pit fire had jumped out, igniting vegetation on the farm and alongside the RDR. Geddes said the fire risk around Ashburton is very high and high closer to the hills, but that the district would be staying on a restricted fire season.

“All of these fires would’ve happened whether we were on a restricted fire season or a prohibited fire season,” he said.

Distinct shortage of high level dementia care beds

By Sue Newman

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A shortage of high level dementia care beds in Ashburton is forcing families to find care facilities out of town for relatives.

Several people spoken to by the Guardian said the need to place a family member in care in either Christchurch or Timaru had been stressful and it also meant they incurred significant travel costs.

Maureen Maginness was forced to move her late husband

Langtry to a Christchurch facility when he was assessed as needing to move from resthome dementia care to hospital level dementia care. There were no vacant beds in Ashburton at that time, she said, and Christchurch was the only option.

For her having her husband moved to care in Christchurch meant an end to her daily visits, and that loss of daily contact was very difficult to accept for the couple.

She knows of others forced to

move family members in need of greater care out of town and said she had spoken to several, all of whom found the experience stressful.

“If your partner ends up in Christchurch and you’re not driving it means you can’t visit and even if you do drive, it’s a strain and an expense driving up and down,” Maginness said.

There are just 12 D6 (needs care) level beds in Ashburton and Maginness believes that falls well short of actual need.

Princes Court is a dedicated dementia care home with 35 beds, but these are at resthome level, D3, rather than D6 hospital level, said facility manager Lorraine Bryan.

“Our people are still mobile, still getting about and I believe we’re meeting the need at this level,” she said.

Hospital level dementia care requires a registered nurse to be on site around the clock.

Tuarangi Home is the only facility in Ashburton offering D6

level care. It has 12 beds and these are usually all occupied, said manager Bestin Baby.

“Most of the time D6 beds are in high demand,” he said.

If there were no vacancies for people requiring this level of care, Baby said they worked with family to find the best out of town options.

He agreed there was a definite need for more beds at D6 level.

Other Ashburton aged care facilities offering dementia care do this at resthome level only.

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Saving his neighbour all in a day’s travels for Leigon S

ix-year-old Leigon Reuben is always on the go.

He’s the type of kid that wherever the action is in his neighbourhood at Hampstead, he will be there. If there’s children playing, Leigon will be joining in; if there’s adults talking, he will come along and say hi.

It’s the sort of behaviour that has endeared him to everyone on his street, but can be a cause of worry for his mum Hayley Tunnicliffe.

Leigon’s high activity levels are associated with global learning development delay, and Tunnicliffe, a single mum of three, struggles to keep her eye on her son at all times.

“I’m so lucky I have such good people in my neighbourhood, they look out for him,” she said.

“They love him, they look out for him, and the five minutes I haven’t got my eyes on him, half the neighbourhood has seen him.”

She is considering installing fencing to keep Leigon on the section, and recently got him a kitten which he named Peke.

Tunnicliffe had hoped the cute tabby might focus Leigon’s attention at home. However, while the pair have indeed become inseparable, Peke has an adventurous streak, and they are just as likely to be seen out and about as they are playing at home.

But being super-active can have its advantages, as it did recently when Leigon was in a position to be able to assist an elderly neighbour in dire need of help.

While Leigon has difficulties with short-term memory, he likes order and routine, and will notice things that are different or out of place.

So it was that Leigon became aware of a medical alert bracelet on the wrist of the elderly neighbour, when he was party to a conversation on the street between

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the man and another neighbour, who is also a family friend.

The family friend, who did not want to be named, remembers the conversation clearly.

She said she was talking to the elderly neighbour outside his home near his car as he returned home from a hospital visit. She made mention of the man’s medical alert bracelet, and Leigon became curious about it, so the family friend explained to the boy what it was used for.

“He likes to meet people and he also likes to know lots,” the family

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friend said.

Fast forward to this week, on January 27, when Leigon came home about 3.50pm to report to his mother about noticing uncollected mail in the letterbox of the elderly neighbour, that the man was sick, and that he pushed the man’s “button”.

“I didn’t really think much of it, and next thing I hear the fire engine,” Tunnicliffe said.

Tunnicliffe said she had not been aware of the elderly neighbour having one of the medical alert bracelets, and her imme-

diate thought upon hearing the siren was that perhaps Leigon had pressed something he was not supposed to, such as a fire alarm in the man’s house.

“I was afraid to go outside,” Tunnicliffe said.

Once she did venture outside, she saw emergency services assisting the neighbour. St John said the patient was taken to Ashburton Hospital in a serious condition.

Talking to Leigon since, and neighbours, Tunnicliffe has pieced together what must have

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happened. She believes Leigon noticed the man’s mail had not been cleared from his letterbox that morning. Thinking this was out of place, he went to investigate. Finding the man unconscious inside his home, he pressed the bracelet button.

Leigon was too busy playing to respond to this reporter’s questions, but when talking to his mum and his friends at times throughout the week, he has confirmed this is what happened.

He has said that he found the man lying down and had pressed the bracelet button, and he even went so far as to tell one close friend that he saved a man’s life.

A St John spokesperson said they understood that the ambulance attending the call-out about 3.50pm on Monday was alerted by the man’s medical alarm/bracelet. However, as it was not a St John medical alarm, the spokesperson was unable to confirm those details, and the company believed to administer the bracelet could not provide any confirmation due to privacy reasons.

Leigon and the family friend have since gone to visit the elderly neighbour, who does not remember his ordeal but is making a good recovery in hospital, and hopes to be back home soon.

In the meantime, Leigon’s reputation as a child who looks out for others is spreading. He is not just the friendly wee boy who is always around every nook and cranny of the neighbourhood, but someone who is caring and who will notice if something is out of place, and if someone is not okay.

“He knows everything that’s going on, he’s like our community watch,” the family friend said.

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■■NEW ZEALAND POLICE

Police issue scams warning Police are reminding New Zealanders to be extra vigilant when receiving unsolicited phone calls, especially when the caller asks for personal details or money.

A number of scams are operating nationwide at any one time and, while some of the details vary, the general premise is often the same.

In one recent case, a man lost $57,000 to a caller claiming to be from Spark.

The man was told his internet would be disconnected unless he logged onto his computer and followed their instructions.

In another well-tested scam, a woman narrowly escaped losing more than

$12,000 after receiving a call about suspicious bank transactions.

The woman was told she had been over payed by the bank when it reimbursed her for purchases she hadn’t made.

Fortunately, the bank was able to put a stop to the transfer.

Conditions put pressure on feed and gardens

By Susan Sandys

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Federated Farmers is reminding Mid Canterbury farmers to get in early to make sure they have enough feed as the possibility of autumn drought looms.

The district has had its driest January for 81 years, after just 10.6 millimetres of rainfall in Ashburton, measured at the Ashburton Domain, for the month as of yesterday.

The last time there was a drier January was in 1939, when 7.9 millimetres of rain was measured at the site. The long-term average for the town in January, according to the MetService, is more than 57 millimetres.

The big dry is set to deepen in the coming few days with temperatures in Ashburton climbing to 28 degrees Celsius today, 34 tomorrow and 33 on Monday.

Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury provincial president David Clark said harvest conditions were “absolutely fantastic”, however, feed growth for livestock farmers had slowed right up.

The conditions raised the probability of an autumn drought, something which had not been common in Mid Canterbury since the 1980s and 1990s.

Mid Canterbury was lucky to have such a large area of irrigation sheltering the district and its economy from the full effects of drought, he said.

He urged farmers needing straw to plan ahead, as thousands of bales were going to the North Island due to increased demand in drought conditions there, as well as Australia and Asia.

“Feed will never be cheaper than it is the day that it falls on the ground behind the baler,” Clark said.

“Work out what you need for the winter, get on and buy it now.”

Ashburton District Council service delivery manager Neil McCann said the dry conditions were putting pressure on council gardens.

Open spaces staff members who would usually be busy mowing this time of year, were instead driving around with tanks of water and hand-hosing stressed plants.

“They are going around and keeping all our plants watered and alive. We are just looking forward to some rain,” McCann said.

Meanwhile, MetService meteorologist Tahlia Crabtree said there was no significant rain in the forecast, although there could be some precipitation on Tuesday and Wednesday this coming week.

“You might see some showers, but they are not going to be very significant,” she said.

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Railyard relocation still on radar

By Sue Newman

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The relocation of Ashburton’s inner town shunting yard to an out of town site has been on the drawing board for decades, but that move is still high on the Ashburton District Council’s wish list.

At Thursday’s community services committee meeting, mayor Neil Brown indicated the relocation project was far from dead.

“I’ve had the odd meeting with people who’re looking at rail and looking at the move. Hopefully by the end of this year we’ll have some certainty around the move,” he said.

Dialogue was on-going and it was his feeling that something would happen in that space, Brown said.

The council’s economic development manager Bevan Rickerby, believed there was universal agreement in business circles that the rail hub move was desirable, but said that there appeared to be little appetite for this to happen from Kiwi Rail’s perspective.

The council, however, was ensuring dialogue was continuing, he said.

“It’s an eyesore and it’s a long way from where businesses would like it to be and

the rail head is not as effective as it could be; it needs to be upgraded.”

In 2000 there were indications the rail head could be relocated withing two years. Seven years later nothing had happened but it gained traction in 2007 when plans were drawn up for the development of the Ashburton Business Park. This was viewed as a logical location for a rail yard.

By 2008 the project was still alive and had been given a three-year time frame for implementation but a year later it was dealt a death blow when the $6 million ear-marked on a regional transport plan for the work was scrapped, with the national land transport plan for the following three years signed off.

In 2015 when a water bottling plant was on the radar for a site in the business park, the rail head relocation was given new life with the developer of that project signalling this would be a key element of his development. At that time the estimated cost had risen from $8 million to $10 million.

The water bottling plant did not eventuate and that meant the rail head relocation did not proceed. The council has not ear-marked money in its 10 year plan for this work.

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Farmers smiling in the dry

In brief Human remains?

A digger driver has uncovered what is thought to be human remains while working at a property in Mount Eden, Auckland, yesterday. Police have cordoned off an address on Marlborough St following the discovery of “an object of interest”, a police spokesman said. “Initial enquiries indicate the object may be human remains. The property has been cordoned off and police will remain at the address while further enquiries take place.” The object was found in the ground by a digger driver as they worked on the site. Emergency services were first notified shortly after 1pm.

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By Heather Chalmers

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A run of hot, dry days through January has Mid Canterbury arable farmers smiling, with crops harvested to date yielding higher than last year.

The grass seed harvest is well under way, while the main cereal harvest is close to starting.

Wakanui farmer Guy Slater, who harvested a 30 hectare paddock of a turf type tall fescue on Wednesday, said grass seed yields were half a tonne up on last year.

“Yields of 2.5 tonnes/ha are not uncommon.” Seed weights were also up on last year.

“We are very happy with the harvest. I’m happy when we get sun in January and that is what we have had.”

Slater said his family had started windrowing grass seed crops on January 10 and it was unusual to get such a clear run of 20 fine days in a row.

“It’s one of the better harvests we have had for three or four years.”

While Slater also grows cereals and potatoes, as well as process peas and sweetcorn for Talleys, he specialises in growing turf type grasses, with 200ha grown.

Lyn Rosevear, of Ashburton seed company H. L. Rosevear,

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Initiative highlights youth job opportunities

A young police officer will argue she should avoid a conviction after running a red light and crashing into another car, injuring two people. The 21-year-old cop admitted two charges of careless driving causing injury when she appeared for the first time in the Auckland District Court yesterday.

Charges were laid against the constable, who has interim name suppression, earlier this month after an incident on Great South Riad in the Auckland suburb of Manurewa on July 21 last year. Two people, a man and a woman, were injured in the crash, according to court documents. The injured man was another police officer in the patrol car. The constable’s lawyer, Todd Simmonds, told the court his client will seek a discharge without conviction. She is now due to be sentenced in April.

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By Sue Newman

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A good supply of young, local people taking up employment options in the Ashburton District is key to continued business growth, employers say.

There are not enough young people entering the local workforce, however, and Ashburton’s economic development manager Bevan Rickerby has a plan to change that and introduce a programme called Mynextmove to the district’s secondary schools.

He presented details of the Mynextmove project, designed to build enhanced relationships between the local business community and the district’s second-

Lyn Rosevear (left), of Ashburton seed company H. L. Rosevear, checks a grass seed crop being harvested by Wakanui farmer Guy Slater. The crop is destined for the United States lawn seed market.

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“The US market is fussy about quality. As it is used in ready (in-

ary schools, to district councillors at Thursday’s community services committee meeting The youth recruitment programme is government funded and is designed to make students aware of the job and education opportunities that are available in the district. It helps students understand what local business are, what they do and how they can be part of local business and industry. It also aims to help students upskill for work and with the transition from school to employment.

Students from year 9 - 13 are exposed to the initiative to ensure they are aware of the opportunities within their own

stant) lawn, they don’t want any other grass contaminants.”

New Zealand provided out-ofseason seed supply and security in case of crop failure, Rosevear said.

Slater said it took five years of

community for post school employment, Rickerby said.

‘It’s about promoting local business and industry and giving students the right messages.

It starts by taking to students at year nine when most have no idea what they want to do when they come out the other end.”

Because schools had a strong focus on university students were often not aware of the job and training opportunities available in their own community, he said.

An example of that was the perception many students had of a career in agriculture as simply mucking out dairy sheds, when the reality was very different,

break crops like cereals and peas to get the paddock free of grass species before it could be sown in tall fescue.

“I had four or five walks over the paddock spot spraying over winter to get it clean.”

Rickerby said.

“We want to get the information out early so they realise what’s available on their home patch.”

Mynextmove is tailored to individual student needs and works in partnership with existing in school careers and training educators. Rickerby provides the link between schools and businesses to ensure consistent messages are being delivered and that businesses involved are committed to the success of the programme.

Both Ashburton College and Mount Hutt College have indicated their support for the programme, which has been running in South Canterbury since

Two people have been charged in relation to the homicide of a Bay of Plenty man. Davis Phillips was found critically injured in the Lower Hutt suburb of Taita in the early hours of January 26. The 56-year Whakatane man died a short time later. Detective Senior Sergeant Nick Pritchard said a 40-year-old woman has since been charged with murder and a 39-year-old man with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. The pair were due to appear in the Hutt Valley District Court yesterday. Police are not seeking anyone else in relation to the homicide.

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Dog bite ends dramatic car chase NZME A patched Mongrel Mob member is licking his wounds in Dunedin Hospital after being bitten by a police dog following a dramatic car chase.

On Thursday night, after refusing to stop for police, the 30-yearold Invercargill man learned the hard way police dog handlers

were “highly motivated” to target and apprehend high-profile offenders, Sergeant Mike Calvert, of Dunedin said.

“It was good team work – but there were four dog handlers there,” he said.

“Police dogs have a unique ability to target and apprehend offenders.”

In this case, on Thursday night,

Coronavirus: NZ’s first suspected case NZME A person is being held in isolation with the first suspected case of coronavirus in New Zealand.

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield yesterday confirmed a patient in Auckland City Hospital was being tested for new virus which has killed more than 200 in China.

The results are expected today.

“They have a special isolation room in the hospital and it has what’s called ‘negative pressure ventilation’. That basically stops the possibility of the virus being carried out in the air,” Bloomfield said.

The person is thought to have come forward themselves and Bloomfield encouraged anyone else with symptoms to do the same.

The announcement came after a meeting of the Government’s top executives, the Officials Committee for Domestic and External Security Co-ordination, at the Beehive on Friday afternoon.

Bloomfield said officials were still hammering out the details of a possible evacuation of New Zealanders from the city of Wuhan – the centre of China’s coronavirus outbreak.

The Government on Thursday revealed it was chartering an Air New Zealand flight to bring home Kiwis caught in the lockdown in the region, and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed more than 100 have asked to come home.

But details remain sparse, with no decisions announced about when the flight may happen, where and how those brought back may be quarantined or whether permissions has been granted by the Chinese Government.

“I can say there is an awful lot of working going into the logistics of getting the flight into China,” Bloomfield said.

Ardern earlier said some countries had waited as long as a week to get clearance to remove the citizens.

New Zealand was also considering ways to use the flight to help those from neighbouring Pacific nations if spaces were available, she said.

While the World Health Organisation on Friday morning declared the coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency of international concern, the Ministry of Health says the announcement doesn’t mean there will be any changes to New Zealand’s current efforts.

“What it does is it emphasises and endorses the actions New Zealand has taken to date,” Bloomfield told reporters.

“We have acted very much in line with the WHO advice.”

There would be no urgent changes to how flights arriving from areas hit by the outbreak were being screened or travel restrictions, Bloomfield said.

after he allegedly drove his car over road spikes, the mob member was nabbed – unable to climb a fence before suffering bite wounds when he ran from his vehicle.

He ran for all of 300m before he was arrested by the dog handlers, he said.

The driver was spotted in what police believed to be a stolen car

about 11.10pm in Central Dunedin just as four dog handlers had just finished a dog training day.

He failed to stop in Central Dunedin, and continued through Mornington before ending up in Kaikorai Valley, Green Island and Corstorphine.

Police in Playfair St deployed road spikes, which initially did not stop the car.

The driver continued along South Rd until the car became undriveable on Glen Rd. “As he decamped, the police dogs apprehended him as he was going over the fence trying to get on to the motorway.”

He was wanted on “numerous” charges, but would now also face a raft of driving charges, Sgt Calvert said.

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First a hospital then a morgue?

By Heather Mackenzie

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Being a dark, dusty, static museum is something the Methven Museum can never be accused of.

Every three months, committee members come up with new display ideas.

Committee member Sandy Redmond said the size of the museum means it is not possible to have their whole collection on display, but a little shuffling here and there can make all the difference.

“By changing the central display every three months or so, we can bring different items into the museum,” Redmond said The Methven Cottage Hospital idea, also referred to as Methven Maternity Home, came to Redmond when she was in the storage area one day and had to shift the heavy butlers sink for what felt like the hundredth time.

Inspiration also came from the old hospital hours sign tucked away in the corner.

The sign lists some very formidable rules; husbands only between 7pm to 8pm, visitors are not permitted to smoke on the wards and during the first five days visitors are strictly limited to mother, mother-inlaw, or close relative such as a sister.

“From there on it was a matter of pulling threads together until I had enough for a display,” said Redmond.

While that might sound quite simple, Methven Historical Society research archivist, Angela Grieve said it was deceiving.

“There is a tremendous amount of work that goes into putting on a display like this,” she said.

All relevant items need to be gathered up, labelled and often have origin and use descriptions written plus stories and articles need researched and typed up.

“Then there is all the time taken up emailing, researching and driving into Ashburton to do further research. It can all take months, Sandy has done a great job.”

The maternity hospital opened in 1922 after three years of lobbying the Ashburton Hospital Board by a group of persistent Methven locals headed by a Mr J. Carr.

Among the arguments Carr put forward was how a man with a high fever had to be taken to Ashburton Hospital in an open car, the man died.

Carr told them Methven needed a morgue as well.

“About eighteen months ago a body was placed in a Methven noose box overnight.

The next morning it was found that rats had been gnawing at the body,” reports show he said.

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The Ashburton Hospital Board had heard enough of rats and sick people being driven around in open cars and agreed to buy the land on the corner of Morgan and Allington Streets to build a maternity home.

Whilst primarily a maternity hospital there was some early chat around making it a general hospital as well, but that idea was squashed by the Ashburton Hospital Board so never happened.

Doctors did treat the occasional minor emergency case, providing the patient did not have any kind of sepsis.

The little hospital continued on merrily delivering babies until 1968 when economics forced it to close.

“The cost of running the hospital had always been a big issue and it had narrowly escaped closure a few times in the past.”

However, the advent of better roads between Methven and Ashburton and improved cars saw many expectant mothers choosing to deliver in the larger Ashburton Maternity ward. A hospital losing money is not what any hospital board wants so the

decision was made to close it.

Naturally the story doesn’t end there.

In the 1970s another group of equally determined locals were back badgering the hospital board.

Led by Natalie Currie, convenor of the newly formed Friends of the Home, they stepped up and presented the board with the idea of buying the disused building off them.

Again, the battle looked like it was lost until a very timely donation from Miss Jean Wightman saved the day. Her generosity allowed a delegation of Methven House supporters to travel to Wellington and present their proposal to purchase the land and buildings off the Hospital Board.

The museum would love to hear from anybody who was born in the maternity hospital or has a work connection with it.

“Records of staff and babies born at the hospital are a bit sketchy, so call in to the museum and sign the list we have running. While you are here you can practice folding cloth nappies or brush up on your bandaging skills,” Grieve said.

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“Unfortunately, I see that as showing that the NZX is having a really tough time,” she said,

adding Napier Port was the only substantial listing last year.

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option has led to less meat consumption. Impossible Whopper sales were not cutting into regular Whopper sales, UBS analyst Steven Strycula told Bloomberg in December.

New Zealand meat-consumption data from the OECD shows that Kiwis continue to love their meat, despite a decline in redmeat consumption. In 2019, New Zealanders ate 74.9kg of red meat, sheep meat, poultry and pork per capita. This is up significantly from 66.7kg in 2010.

What these numbers show is that New Zealanders aren’t necessarily changing their carnivorous ways; it’s simply a case of our animal preferences changing. Chicken just happens to be the meat of choice these days.

This is not the first time that marketing behind new food brands has promised a sea change that didn’t quite materialise. Several years ago, the fastcasual food scene was hurtling ahead and predictions about the imminent demise of fast-food giants like McDonald’s and KFC

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were thrown around regularly.

This narrative was further buoyed by viral documentaries like Super Size Me that drove home the message that fast food was terrible for you. It looked only a matter of time before the fast-food empire came crashing down.

Fast-forward a few years, and today the likes of McDonald’s and KFC continue to hum along just fine, while Subway closed more than 1000 stores in the US last year.

It’s notable that despite the hype machine behind the alternative-meat scene, the veritable godfather of fast-food, McDonald’s, has taken a more cautious approach, thus far not launching a fake-meat range.

Part of the reason why the fakemeat companies have been so effective at capturing the imagination of the public lies in the damn good story they’ve told.

They’ve come swashbuckling into the market, positioning themselves as the hero against the villains of the meat industry.

And as with any good yarn, there is an element of truth to this.

The hype machine will keep churning out great headlines about cultural change and the meat-free future. But don’t hold your breath.

History has shown time and again that change generally happens far slower than what the most enthusiastic voices might suggest. Especially when it comes to what we eat.

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The fake-meat hype machine just hit some snags Two interesting pieces of fakemeat news slipped through the wires in the past couple of weeks.

The first was that fast-food giant Burger King had slashed the prices of its Impossible Whopper as sales of the faux-meat burgers started to dip after last year’s introduction.

And the second, even more extreme, was the decision by Tim Hortons to pull all Beyond Meat products from its coffee and doughnut shops across two of Canada’s biggest provinces.

The news had an immediate impact on Beyond Meat, knocking almost 4 per cent off the stock that soared more than four-fold since the company went public last year.

This marks a big reality check for these companies as well as all others built on the faux-meat promise that we’re in the middle of a “cultural shift” which is seeing consumers turn away from actual meat.

There is certainly a growing trend of vegetarianism in some segments of society, but there’s also some evidence that the overall impact has been somewhat overstated.

Americans, for instance, are eating more real meat than ever.

Total red meat and poultry consumption is expected to rise to 102kg per person this year from 101kg in 2019, according to USDA data. Even at Burger King, there’s no evidence that the meat-free

use of alternative funding structures as New Zealand’s banks respond to the capital requirements.

“With very few IPOs completed in the last 12 months, we predict the slowing of listings to continue with more businesses turning to other sources of equity,” the firm said.

The regulator’s view may have changed on the basis that online retail provides price competition in many duty free categories these days and there’s more price visibility and transaction capability across duty free retailers, he says in his latest note on the airport.

It’s a reasonable issue for the airport as duty free contributes close to half of the company’s retail income, despite that contribution having fallen in recent years.

Bowley says going duty free solo could be worth an additional $14 million per annum, or roughly 3 per cent of group net profit, of concession income to Auckland Airport.

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The biggest challenge for the NZX is the ASX, Silvana Schenone, head of MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ corporate division, says.

“We are seeing a very aggressive ASX targeting New Zealand companies, targeting fewer listings, but also exclusive ASX listings,” she said.

“They have the resources,” Schenone said at the release of the firm’s latest report on mergers and acquisitions for 2020.

Rival law firm Chapman Tripp said in a report released this week that New Zealand equity capital markets were showing signs of a revival.

“We have a different view,” Schenone said.

“Generally, there is a higher level of caution emerging within the market.”

Chapman Tripp saw the last year’s NZX listing of Napier Port, and the support it gained from Australian institutions, as a sign of confidence in the exchange.

IPOs any more “because the process is hard and expensive” even though there are initiatives to simplify the process.

“If there is any hope for the capital markets in New Zealand it’s going to be around the environment, social and governance products,” she said, pointing to the growing popularity of green bonds.

In its report, MinterEllisonRuddWatts said New Zealand’s M&A activity was expected to slow down in 2020, with processes taking longer, and some deals failing to complete.

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It also sees increased M&A activity in the financial services sector.

There would be greater divestment activity by private equity firms, with at least 56 investments ripe for sale, based on traditional holding cycles of three to five years.

There would also be increased

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anuary, just in case you missed the memo, is gone.

Done, dusted – completed for another 12 month period.

And if it feels a bit like you blinked and missed it then don’t worry, it would appear you’re not alone.

The first few weeks of the year are always an interesting time, especially in this district.

We tend to go from a bit of a hustling and bustling hive of activity through December where there is event after event on to keep things entertaining to somehow getting that image of tumbleweeds blowing down the middle of the main street through the first month of the year.

It’s the same every year. No

matter what’s happening.

January had its busy points, for sure – but it’s still been relatively quiet.

But from today, almost as though someone realised that they forgot to turn the switch on come January 1 and they’ve suddenly clicked it with this district coming to life.

We’ve gone from not much

happening to a whole heap happening in the space of a week as the sporting world goes from its sleeping state to full steam ahead and it looks set to maintain that momentum right through the month with some big ticket things on the horizon.

It’s nice too, because we can’t use that excuse of still trying to get into swing of things for the year, we’ve been going for a while now and the cobwebs of the Christmas and New Year break should be well and truly blown out and most running at full steam.

And things get better with some excellent weather in store too – especially looking into this weekend with Sunday being earmarked as a cracker of a day – if

not perhaps potentially just a little bit too hot.

So, why not get out and enjoy what’s on offer.

I hear people complain about there not being much to do around the district.

There’s no excuses now – the options are, literally, endless.

Take a drive up to the picturesque lakes, spend some time there, enjoy Mid Canterbury at its finest. Take a deck chair and go and perch up on the side of a sporting field and watch the future stars of the region do their thing in their chosen sports.

Chances are, if you enjoy it – it’s probably happening.

But with good weather, especially heat – there’s a need to be

careful too.

We’ve seen in the past couple of days how busy our firefighters have been with the countryside becoming tinder dry and the risk of fire getting higher by the day.

Thursday night and Friday night was particularly bad and it’d be nice to come back on Monday and see that those volunteers have been able to enjoy the weekend and relax a little instead of chasing flames and smoke around the district.

So, enjoy Mid Canterbury. We really do have something for everyone, but do it safely and make sure you get the chance to do it all again in seven days’ time when another working week comes to an end.

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In 1979, Iranian religious leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini received a tumultuous welcome in Tehran as he ended nearly 15 years of exile.

In 1981, Trans-Tasman sporting relations reached a new low at the Melbourne Cricket Ground when Australian captain Greg Chappell ordered his brother Trevor to bowl the final delivery of a 50-over cricket international against New Zealand underarm.

In 1991, 34 people were killed when an arriving USAir jetliner crashed atop a commuter plane on a runway at Los Angeles International Airport.

Ten years ago: President Barack

Obama unveiled a multi-trilliondollar spending plan, pledging an intensified effort to combat high unemployment and asking Congress to quickly approve new job-creation efforts that would boost the deficit to a recordbreaking $1.56 trillion.

Five years ago: The New England Patriots won 28-24 over the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl.

One year ago: The Trump administration said the US was withdrawing from a 1987 nuclear arms treaty with Russia, accusing Russia of violating the treaty by deploying banned missiles.

Today’s birthdays: Actor Stuart Whitman is 92. Singer

Don Everly is 83. Actor Garrett Morris is 83. Bluegrass singer Del McCoury is 81. TV personalitysinger Joy Philbin is 79. Political commentator Fred Barnes is 77.

Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo, is 76.

Rock musician Mike Campbell is 70. Blues singer-musician Sonny Landreth is 69. Actorwriter-producer Bill Mumy is 66.

Rock singer Exene Cervenka is 64. Actor Linus Roache is 56.

Princess Stephanie of Monaco is 55. Country musician Dwayne Dupuy is 55. Actress Sherilyn Fenn is 55. Lisa Marie Presley is 52. Comedian-actor Pauly Shore is 52. Actor Brian Krause is 51.

Jazz musician Joshua Redman is 51. Rock musician Patrick

Wilson is 51. Actor Michael C. Hall is 49. Rock musician Ron Welty is 49. Rapper Big Boi is 45. Roots rocker Jason Isbell is 41. Country singer Julie Roberts is 41. Actor Jarrett Lennon is 38. Rock singer-musician Andrew VanWyngarden is 37. TV personality Lauren Conrad is 34.

Actress-singer Heather Morris is 33. Actress and mixed martial artist Ronda Rousey is 33. Rock singer Harry Styles is 26.

Thought for today: “It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn’t know – and the less a man knows, the more sure he is that he knows everything.” — Joyce Cary, English author (1888-1957). - AP

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Saturday, February 1, the 32nd day of 2020.

There are 334 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry, killing all seven of its crew members: commander Rick Husband; pilot William McCool; payload commander Michael Anderson; mission specialists Kalpana Chawla, David Brown and Laurel Clark; and payload specialist Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli in space.

On this date: In 1790, the US Supreme Court convened for the first time in New York.

In 1842, The Fifeshire arrived in Nelson with immigrants for the New Zealand Company’s first settlement in the South Island, New Zealand.

In 1862, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, a poem by Julia Ward Howe, was published in the Atlantic Monthly.

In 1896, Giacomo Puccini’s opera La Boheme premièred in Turin, Italy.

In 1942, during World War Two, the Voice of America broadcast its first programme to Europe, relaying it through the facilities of the British Broadcasting Corp. in London.

In 1943, during World War Two, one of America’s most highly decorated military units, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, made up almost exclusively of JapaneseAmericans, was authorised.

In 1960, four black college students began a sit-in protest at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, where they’d been refused service.

In 1962, the Ken Kesey novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was first published by Viking Press.

In 1968, during the Vietnam War, South Vietnam’s police chief executed a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head in a scene captured by news

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t has always been a fascination.

Discovering abandoned places that have long since felt the pulse of life.

Probably my first experience was in the late sixties, possibly very early seventies, when a cobber and me ventured through a heavily wooded forest and discovered the old World War Two fuel dump at Bankside.

It was a flabbergasting sight.

After what seemed a reasonable trek through the trees, suddenly – there it was. A monumentally huge brick-lined hole in the ground.

So surreal and unexpected.

Further exploration in the nearby area revealed a concrete cap with a big pipe and with a ladder attached that went way down into the ground to a tunnel which in turn led out into the base of the large brick hole.

We of course explored it fully and took the plunge to middle-earth. In those days there was no rubbish, no vandalism, no graffiti. It stood just as it had been left several decades earlier.

In later years, as word spread, it became more well-known and was visited by many. In time it became a dumping ground of old car bodies and junk which had been tipped over the side and plunged to the bottom.

And, as the Canterbury Plains gave over to dairying, the forest around it was cleared until the cavernous pit was completely exposed. Then, in the glorious age of health and safety, authorities reportedly spent millions to clear the rubbish from it which they believed may contain hazardous substances.

It is my understanding they found virtually nothing to cause any harm whatsoever. A glorious waste of money. The proverbial chucking of cash into a large black hole.

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On my recent holiday roadie (reported two weeks ago) I made some further abandoned discoveries. To be fair, the first I had visited previously but that was some years back.

High above Hokitika sits a spectacle right out of an Alfred Hitchcock thriller.

Over some considerable acreage, the former Seaview Mental Hospital is an assault on the senses.

Dozens of wooden buildings, some quite large, are spread out over what looks like a ghost town in its own right. All have housed clinics, treatment spaces, medical staff, patients, and accommodation.

Founded way back in 1872, the establishment peaked in 1955 with 549 patients, until whittling down to just 22 “clients” when it finally closed in 2009.

I’m guessing, by looking at it, much of it had been mothballed well before that as the level of decay is staggering.

Paradoxically, there are small areas where the vista could be out of the movie Pearl Harbour with the big exotic trees, but beyond that, it’s just bleak.

Overgrown, boarded-up and fascinating.

Apparently the swimming pool complex is still in-situ, although I didn’t find it. And it was no great trouble to take a look around. The driveable road progressively morphed into a weed-riddled tarseal track and there was no instruction anywhere not to afford oneself a cruise around the whole shebang. So I did. Stopping at intervals to capture images of my adventure.

A Facebook post at the time turned up a surprising response from people I know who had worked there, or lived there with family who were staff there. Indeed, a small, albeit now unkempt, world.

Eventually moving on, I ventured further south down the West Coast until encountering my next, and final, eye-popping spectacle.

What the hell is that?

Off to my right, and visible from the road, a desolate, overgrown, glorious what?

I spun the car round and ventured back for a look.

And a quick google.

The former THC Franz Josef Hotel, situated on its own, just out of town, was in its day, the first modern accommodation on the West Coast. Along with other hotels built by THC at places such as Mt Cook, they were beautifully designed and

built to stamp a high standard on the tourist market.

This one had subsequently passed into private hands but a quick bit of research on the side of the road revealed the story.

Back as recently as March 2016 the adjacent river burst its banks in the middle of the night, causing a hasty abandonment of staff and guests and resulting in up to a metre and a half of water flowing right through the entire complex.

Again, a collection of buildings resembling a small village.

Once the waters had receded, a thick layer of silt remained throughout the complex and to this day there appears to be no way forward.

Will it be repaired and reopened? If so, will it be safe from further flooding?

Will it be insurable in the future? Will it be demolished?

Who knows, but for now, observable from the side of the road, it is yet another fascinating example of the curious spectacle of decay.

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In response to the Letter to the Editor from Selwyn Price, Friday January 30.

I am not sure where the writer has read that “I am not happy” with the Government’s infrastructure announcement, as I think it’s great news that Ashburton has been included in the infrastructure package.

However, there were two projects not mentioned, the first being the second Ashburton urban bridge, and the second being the four-lane highway to Rolleston.

The bridge has been on our books for many years and while

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the project is progressing, I am disappointed that no funds have been allocated for the bridge project.

I support Andrew Falloon, MP for Rangitata in advocating for a four-lane highway to Rolleston, as this road is the second most dangerous in the country.

As mayor, I am advocating for all projects that keep our residents safe and add to our district’s prosperity.

Our schools are getting their fair share of funding and I applaud the Government for this.

The Methven hot pools funding allocation is a loan and will have to be repaid, but once again thanks to the Provincial Growth Fund for seeing the merit in this

project and lending the funds which will see this project completed after many years of planning.

Billions of dollars have been spent in and around Christchurch but this was very much needed, as their city was partially destroyed in the devastating earthquakes of 2011 where over a hundred people lost their lives.

Mr Price is correct that millions have been spent on the eradication of M. bovis in this district as that is where the most cases have been identified. I am sure that the affected farmers would rather that the money wasn’t needed at all and that they weren’t impacted by this devastating disease.

In addition, all farmers are contributing to the funding pool that is being spent to eradicate the disease for the benefit of the whole country.

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Kittyhawk hangar The Kittyhawk Hangar Restoration Group wishes to extend a big thank-you to all who supported the fundraising film evening at the Regent Cinema with the creening of the movie Midway.

The sell-out event went well and the support was very much appreciated, as the task of the hangar’s restoration commences.

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Breeding ground for virus There are fears the Wuhan coronavirus will spread to the province of Xinjiang, where more than one million Muslims are housed in China’s concentration camps.

Experts have warned the camps would make a perfect breeding ground for the virus to grow and mutate based on overcrowding and squalid conditions.

There are currently 6000 confirmed cases of the virus worldwide, and the number of suspected cases has risen to more than 9000.

So far there’s no evidence the virus has infiltrated camps, but China’s state media has confirmed 10 cases of the virus present in the northwestern region, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA).

Georgetown University professor of Chinese history James Millward said this could be a “massive disaster” based on the camp’s conditions.

Adrian Zenz, one of the leading researchers on Xinjiang’s mass internment systems, similarly warned: “The coronavirus could add an entirely new dimension to the Xinjiang crisis.”

There are growing fears among the Uighur community that if outbreaks hit the camps, the Chinese government could work to cover up the problem rather than be open about it, and potentially use detainees as “guinea pigs” to find a cure.

Arslan Hidayat, an Australian Uighur activist, said the Uighur community worries they will take low priority for aid as the

virus continues spreading. “They’re barely getting enough for Han Chinese citizens, let alone getting it out to Xinjiang,” he said. “If it does end up spreading, the Uighurs won’t get the same kind of support that they’re getting in Wuhan and cities on the eastern seaboard.”

But he holds an even more disturbing fear: that the Chinese government could conduct medical testing on detained Uighurs to produce an antidote.

“They could use the Uighurs as guinea pigs to find a cure for the coronavirus. This is my worry,” he said.

It’s already routine process for Xinjiang officials to gather blood samples from hundreds of Uighurs as part of a mass DNA collection effort, The New York Times reported last month.

Uighurs who have fled the country have said officials routinely collected blood samples from hundreds of detainees under the veneer of a mandatory health checkup programme, which were filed and stored as part of the region’s “total surveillance” crackdown.

Others say they were injected with unknown substances and forced to take medication without being told exactly what it was.

As concerns amplify over the spreading coronavirus, the hashtag #VirusThreatInCamps has gone viral, with Uighurs voicing their concerns about what the spread could mean for family members detained

in the camps. Dolkun Isa, president of the World Uyghur Congress, warned there would be “serious implications” if the Wuhan virus made its way into the camps, adding that “the lives of millions of people will be at stake”.

“We know for a fact that the conditions in the camps are horrible – many people have contracted serious sicknesses due to the overcrowded and filthy conditions,” he told Radio Free Asia.

“China should do everything in its power to prevent the spread of the Wuhan virus into any camps because the consequences will be catastrophic, resulting possibly in the deaths of tens of thousands of Uyghurs arbitrarily detained.”

There are over 400 camps spread across the region, according to research by the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement activist group.

Past detainees say up to 45 people can be confined to a single room, with one plastic bucket for toilets, in rooms so small people have to take turns sleeping.

Sayragul Sauytbay, who escaped from a camp in March 2018, told Haaretz: “The food was bad, there weren’t enough hours for sleep and the hygiene was atrocious.

“There were almost 20 people in a room of 16 square metres … each room had a plastic bucket for a toilet. Every prisoner was given two minutes a day to use the toilet, and the bucket was emptied only once a day.”

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An Australian transgender woman who has spent $200,000 on cosmetic and plastic surgery staggered the celebrity doctors on a US TV show over her bizarre request. Jolene Dawson, 24, appeared on Botched, where she revealed she had undergone 15 surgeries as part of her transition, including six nose jobs, two boob augmentations, and her ears pinned back. But it was her other request that stunned the doctors. “I want two breast implants on the top of my head to give me that Bratz doll look, making my head look bigger at the top,” she said.

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Meth’s OK, it’s halah, claims cleric An Islamic cleric in Indonesia arrested for selling methamphetamine to religious students has told authorities that he thought use of the drug was permitted by the Quran.

Ahmad Marzuki, a teacher at an Islamic boarding school in East Java, told police that using meth was permissible and would aid in reading the holy text.

Marzuki told authorities: “I know that methamphetamine is forbidden to be used by the state, but I did not find the argument in the Quran.”

Police chief Rama Samtama Putra told local media that Marzuki said the powerful stimulant would aid students in becoming enthusiastic readers.

“The suspect is of the view that this soul is not forbidden and increases the spirit of reading the Quran,” he said.

Marzuki was arrested after a twomonth manhunt, during which time he continued to teach at religious schools across the country.

He was eventually arrested at his home, where police found two people using meth alongside a small amount of the drug and drug paraphernalia.

Despite the drug not being mentioned explicitly in the text, the head of Indonesia’s largest independent Islamic organisation said that common sense must be used and most Muslims do not dispute the drug’s legal status under Indonesian law, Vice reports.

Marzuki faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and a large fine.

Stars come to Queenstown Hollywood has come to Otago – again.

This time it won’t double for Middle Earth, but for Montana in the US northwest.

Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst are among the actors shooting Jane Campion’s latest film, The Power of the Dog, in the isolated Maniototo region, about 90 minutes drive northwest of Dunedin. It is believed the stars will be based in Queenstown. A large encampment to cater for the film crew is in place in Maniatoto, and a Ranfurly local said the town’s old hospital was being used.

Hilary strikes back Seven Sharp’s Hilary Barry is back at it, posting a perfect comeback to a viewer who made a remark on her “acting and dressing” her age. Last week, Barry shared a photo on Instagram, where a woman berated her over her personality and style choice. “Off the shoulder clothing is for YOUNG WOMEN not old women,” Jocelyn wrote. Now the presenter shared a photo of herself lounging on a couch, wearing a shoulderless blouse, pants and high heels. “Dressing my age and acting it,” she wrote. “PS: Loved all your comments the other day xx.”

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The Alister Smyth scholarship dates back to 2012 and has financially supported 23 young people. Lupene Saofai will begin her studies at the University of Canterbury this year studying a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in history and geography. Her goal is to become a secondary school teacher of both history and geography. Hope Saofai is entering her first year at Ara Institute studying a Bachelor of commerce.

Her ultimate goal is to become an accountant. Benjaman Wakelin is in his third year of a Bachelor of Performing and screen arts, production, design and management at Unitec in Auckland. Absent Keagan Bradley who is in his third year of study at Canterbury University completing a bachelor of science in geology.

This marks the third year of the Glass Family Trust scholarship. Evan and Heather Glass with Roberta Risk who accepted the award for daughter Barbera Forster who is in her third year of study at Lincoln University studying a Bachelor of Agriculture Science.

dvance Ashburton broke its own records last year, giving away $87,500 to 37 scholarship recipients.

Those scholarships, however, would not have been possible without the generosity of what is now a growing number of people who have chosen to invest in or bequeath money to the foundation its executive officer Sandy Wood said.

The philanthropic foundation was established in 2003 and is now New Zealand’s second oldest and one of the largest of its kind. It was the brain child of the late Neil Sinclair who wanted to provide way for people to gift or bequeath money that would generate income for future generations.

The foundation is non profit and is governed by its own board. It offers a simple and effective way for local people to support the causes they are passion about. It has three main tasks - raising funds from donations and legacies, investing those funds to retain captial and generate income and providing grants ans scholarships to the local community from this income.

Gifts of any size are appreciated and funds are invested, with the interest they earn given away each year as scholarships. Large donations can be tagged for a specific cause such as health or science, while smaller ones become part of the larger scholarship pool, Wood said.

Donors intersts are matched with causes and this offers ways for those donors to make a greater impact through their charitable giving, she said.

“It’s a simple model that enables everyone to easily become a philanthropist, a community change maker.”

The money given would benefit the community over many lifetimes, she said.

“Our donors are at the heart of what we do and it is a privilege to honour their wishes.”

Winners of this year’s Advance Ashburton Charitable (mother of Barbera Forster, accepting on her behalf), S Second row (from left): Val Bradley (Nana to Keagan Ross, Joshua Buchanan, Kerry Claydon-Wade, Katie D lum, Victoria Sandrey, Katie Ferris, Kirsty Naish, Abiga Winstone, Jaffar Nuru, Max Watson, Greg Cross, Jack H

Right – This fund was created by Bob and Alan Johnston to support students studying in the area of health. To date 23 Johnston Brothers scholarships have been funded. Back, (from left) Hannah Ward who is completing her bachelor of medicine and surgery at the University of Otago and Abigail Fergus who has completed her bachelor of Science majoring in neuroscience. She has been accepted to study dental surgery at Otago University. Front (from left) with Alan Johnston, Simon Aitken-Wheeler who has completed his first year studying health sciences and has been accepted into medicine. He will continue his studies at Otago University, Artem Kravchenko who has completed his first year of health science and has been accepted to complete a bachelor of Medicine and Surgery at Otago University.

The Tinwald Club scholarship was established after the dissolution of the Tinwald Club and is for the benefit of people or organisations in the Tinwald area.

Advance Ashburton Charitable Foundation trustee Nicki Webster with Jackson Winstone who is working for ACL and will commence his mechanic apprenticeship this year and Kaleb Small who will be entering his second year of a conjoint degree at the University of Canterbury studying a Bachelor of Science in maths and economics and bachelor of commerce in finance.

Gary Leech with Barrine Ross winner of the Jaycee Personal Development Scholarship. She plans to complete an Outward Bound course.

Left – Ashburton’s Jaycee chapter was formed in 1947 and dissolved in 2008. A special fund was then set up to support scholarships for both industry trade and personal development. Gary Leech with back (from left to right): Matthew Forbes is completing his electrical apprenticeship at Electraserve. He has completed his national certificate in refrigeration and air conditioning; Kerry Claydon-Wade is completing his electrical apprentieship; Max Watson is continuing his qualification towards becoming a heavy diesel mechanic; Kate Danielson is completing her hairdressing apprenticeship at Minx Hair Spa. Front (from left to right): Katya McCallum is completing her hairdressing apprenticeship at DNA Hairdressing; Kieran Bradley is studying towards his carpentry apprenticeship with Jim Reed Builders; Jack Harrex is completing his qualifications as an apprentice carpenter with Jonny Rive; Joshua Buchanan is gaining a qualification in automotive electrical engineering while working for the Newlands Group; Jayden Sinclair-Thicket is working towards his qualification in automotive electrical engineering. Absent: Connor Donaldson who is training as a plumber, gasfitter and drainlayer.

The Parsons FamilyTrust scholarship is for young people who are studying either agriculture, horticulture or aquaculture. From left with Gwynneth and Barry Parsons are Lelani Lobb who will be entering her third year studying a Bachelor of Agriculture at Lincoln University and Jack Taggart who has completed his diploma of agriculture and is completing his diploma in farm managment that he will cross credit towards a degree in agriculture.

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hburton’s cause The Neil Sinclair Memorial scholarship is Advance Ashburton’s most prestigious award and is made to an individual who stands out among their peers. With Advance Ashburton Charitable Foundation chairman Trevor Croy is this year’s winner, Nicolas Thomassen who is completing a Bachlelor of Teaching and Learning at Canterbury University. He was head boy at Ashburton College in 2017 and on completion of his studies will seek a teaching position in Ashburton. His ultimate goal is to settle in a rural school where he would like to develop a programme to integrate intellectually challenged students into rural schools.

Foundation Scholarships. Front row (from left): Emma Warmerdam, Hannah Ward, Roberta Risk Sophie Bonnington, Lupepe Saofai, Hope Saofai, Benjamin Wakelin, Kaleb Small, Gemma Duncan.

Bradley, accepting the award on his behalf), Kieran Bradley, Leilani Lobb, Jack Taggart, Barrine Danielson, Annalise Reilly, Melissa Maslin, Nicholas Thomassen. Third row (from left) Katya McCalail Fergus, Simon Aiken-Wheeler, Connie Davidson, Artem Kravchenko, Matthew Forbes, Jackson Harrex, Jayden Sinclair-Thickett

This was a new scholarship established by the Ashburton Hearing Association and has been established to ensure people with hearing impairment are able to study in areas that assist with hearing. From left Russell Anstiss, Aine Whiting and Elizabeth Imrie with recipient Jaffar Nuru who will commence a degree in biological science endorsed with biotechnology at the University of Canterbury. Jaffar is permanently deaf in his left ear.

The UFS dispensary was owned by a group of lodges to provide discounts to member and the UFS scholarship was established when the dispensary wound up. From left: Roger Paterson with Katie Ferris who is studying nursing at Otago University, Victoria Sandry who is completing her Bachelor of Nursing at Ara Institute Canterbury, Annaliese Reilly who is completing her Bachelor of Physiotherapy at Otago University and Connie Davidson who is completing her degree in Occupational Therapy at Otago Polytechnic.

Ian Glassey lived most of his life in Ashburton and was passionate about nature and the environment. Alister Glassey presented the Ian Glassey Memorial scholarship to Emma Warmerdam who is in her second year of study towards a Bachelor of Science majoring in environmental science, ecology and biodiversity at Victoria University in Wellington and Sophie Bonnington who is completing a Bachelor of Science studying geography, geology and environmental management at the University of Otago.

Winners of the F. J. Woods scholarship with Advance Ashburton Charitable Foundation chairman Trevor Croy, Melissa Maslin (left) who is completing a double degree in law and arts, majoring in sociology and human services at Canterbury University and Gemma Duncan who is competing her Bachelor of Teaching and learning at Canterbury University.

Greg Cross (centre), winner of the Ashburton Plains Rotary Club scholarship is entering his third year of study through Mito with a level four automotive electrical engineering qualification, with club president Philip Young (left) and Ray McLaren.

Norma and Brian Cameron with Kirsty Naish who is a qualified accountant and current associate director at Sidekick Ashburton who will attend an Outward Bound Course as winner of the Cameron Family scholarship.

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Rakaia’s home ground, at the Rakaia Domain, has become a fortress.

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stablished in 1876, the Rakaia Rugby Club is one of a number of strong country-based clubs within the Mid Canterbury region.

Boasting strong numbers across a variety of different grades and age groups, the club has produced solid results over the years and are considered one of the powerhouse clubs in the district.

With a strong JAB base which sees big

numbers of players taking to the fields in the recognisable blue jerseys each weekend and equally as strong senior and senior B programme, which provides strong pathways for players, the club is excelling on the paddock.

But they also shine off the field.

A strong focus on communication, keeping their community informed and bringing in new members each and every season is a real focus of the club.

Supplying each player with a jacket, playing jersey, shorts, socks, a mouthguard and a practice ball at the start of each season has proven a real strong point in attracting players to the club.

With teams in all junior age groups for both girls and boys, Rakaia has become a permanent and much-valued part of the rugby community in the district and their results on the paddock prove a testament to the work put in behind the scenes.

RAKAIA RUGBY CLUB Home: Rakaia Domain, Rakaia Methven Barrhill Road, Rakaia Teams: All junior age grade, senior B and seniors.

Key contacts: President: Mark Hanrahan. club captain: Josh Colgan. JAB club captain: Ryan Ford Website: www.sporty.co.nz/rakaiarugby

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ormed In 1922, the Allenton Rugby Football Club was one of the first affiliated clubs when the Ashburton Country sub-union became the Mid Canterbury Rugby Football Union in 1927.

After a break during World War Two, the club was revived in 1946 and remains active today.

Situated on the western end of the main Ashburton township and based out of the Allenton Sports Grounds, the club is a vital part of the Ashburton community.

With both a senior B side and multiple JAB rugby sides as well, the club is an active part of the rugby furniture in the district and provides many players each year to various representative sides of differing age groups.

With a strong focus on youth rugby, the facilities on offer at the club – alongside the coaching are at an excellent standard

with all coaches qualified via Rugby NZ pathways. With one or two teams fielded in each JAB age group, the club is one of the most prolific in terms of players in this district.

The senior B side is a frequent figure in the local competition and has a strong focus on producing a diligent attitude to all aspects of the game of rugby while also building a strong social culture that makes playing the game enjoyable for players and for families.

ALLENTON RUGBY CLUB Home: Allenton Sports Grounds – Melrose Road, Ashburton Teams: Senior B, All JAB level grades.

Key contacts: President, Todd Grieve. Club Captain: Phillip Sutherland. JAB Captain: Rob Glenie. Senior B Coach: Nick Wilson.

Website: www.allentonrfc.co.nz

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The Allenton Rugby Club caters for players of all ages, with a thriving JAB section looked after by a dedicated group of coaches and volunteers.

Our fantastic facilities are located on the west side of town, we invite players past and present to register in the leadup to our muster day on March 22. Keep an eye on our website and facebook page for updates, we look forward to another great season.

To enquire please contact JAB Rob Glennie 027 534-8788 Senior B Todd Grieve 027 432-1055

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Southern Rugby Football Club

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n amalgamation of both the Hinds and Mayfield rugby clubs 26 years ago gave birth to the Southern Rugby Football Club and for the past 26 years, our southern-most club has been a prominent force in the Mid Canterbury rugby scene.

The blue, red and white of Southern are a combination of the two former clubs.

With a real focus on the family side of rugby, those colours have become a tradition for a number of players through the generations to wear with pride on the rugby paddock.

Playing out of their home base at Hinds where they have state-of-the-art training facilities and changing sheds, and also using two fields at Mayfield, so that they continue to pay homage to the previous years, the club covers more territory than any other in the Mid Canterbury region.

A strong force across all grades, Southern consistently provides teams and players for all age groups from juniors right through to the two senior competitions.

A strong record in both the Combined Country competition and in the Watters Cup from their senior side has instilled an immense amount of pride in the club, those who are a part of it and the players, families and friends grow from year to year as the club continues to prosper.

SOUTHERN RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB Home: Hinds Domain, State Highway 1, Hinds (primary), also Mayfield Domain, Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road, Mayfield.

Teams: All junior grades and senior B and seniors.

Key contacts: President: Phil Cushnie.

Club captain: Pete Lowe Website: www.sporty.co.nz/southernrfc

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Tinwald Rugby Club

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ased on the southern outskirts of the Ashburton township – the Tinwald Rugby Club is these days strongly focused on growth in the junior game and after a real rise in recent years can now boast teams in grades through from under-six right through the age groups with good player numbers and a proud base of supporters, members and players.

Using the extensive and vast fields at their Maronan/Tinwald Road base, the club provides a vital cog in the make-up of the local rugby scene at the junior level with a real productive and hard-working committee who are striving to ensure the future of the game is not lost to the club.

The club works on the basic principles of supporting and promoting the spirit of the game at all levels.

All of Tinwald’s players, captains, coaches, supports and administrators are asked to sign a code of conduct which places good-behaviour expectations on the shoulders of the individuals while they are playing, watching or supporting matches across the Mid Canterbury region and further afield.

With a good, fun focus on all aspects of the game, the club is well served by the community and looks set to remain a permanent fixture for many years to come.

TINWALD RUGBY CLUB Home: Tinwald Rugby Club, Maronan and Tinwald Road, Tinwald Teams: All junior age grades.

Key contacts: President: Skip Muir. Club captain: Harry Stanway Website: www.sporty.co.nz/tinwaldrfc

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Mt Somers Rugby Club

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ituated along the western border of the Mid Canterbury region and nestled underneath the base of the Southern Alps, the Mt Somers Rugby Club has been one of the most progressive clubs in the district over the past few years.

Traditionally, since their inception in

1953, the club has fielded a senior B side each year, but, more recently, have introduced teams into the JAB grades as the population base grows and the desire for youngsters to be out playing rugby for their home club grows.

With a strong network of hard-working committee members and officials, the club

achieves a lot each season and gets out into the community, undertaking various jobs to raise funds and the profile of the club.

Situated at the iconic Mt Somers Domain, the club boasts one main playing field and excellent changing facilities with historic and proud clubrooms.

MT SOMERS RUGBY CLUB Home: Mt Somers Domain, Buccleugh Street, Mt Somers Teams: Junior grades, senior B. Key contacts: President: Dale Stanley. Club captain: Hayden Reveley.

Website: www.sporty.co.nz/mtsomersrfc

D A E T S P M A H Hampstead Rugby Club

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apidly closing in on their 100th year of existence, the Hampstead Rugby Club continues to be one of the vital cogs in the Mid Canterbury Rugby scene each and every season.

An integral part of the social fabric of the local community, the club provides a source of optimism and pride for mem-

bers, players and supporters. With a strong focus on providing a welcoming community for new arrivals to the Mid Canterbury area – the club has a strong Pacific Island component.

That willingness to extend the welcoming mat to newcomers has seen the club grow and prosper over recent years, with strong numbers in the junior grades as well

as a proud and passionate focus on senior rugby.

Based at the Hampstead Rugby and All Sports Club on the eastern side of Ashburton, Hampstead boasts excellent training and changing facilities and clubrooms, which is a base for many families each Saturday as they support the club in all sporting endeavours.

HAMPSTEAD RUGBY CLUB Home: Hampstead Rugby and All Sports Club, Bridge Street, Ashburton.

Teams: All junior grades, senior B and senior.

Key contacts: President: Tracey Henderson.

Senior team manager: Jason Tennant Website: wwwhampsteadrugby.co.nz

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The Methven senior side holds a strong record.

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he Methven Rugby Club places its focus on three key goals; history, pride and passion.

Three key goals to success, not only on the rugby paddock, but off it as well as the club works towards providing one of the most enjoyable and friendly atmospheres while showing strong levels of sportsmanship and selflessness in everything they do.

One of Mid Canterbury’s longest-standing clubs – and set to celebrate their 125th year in 2021 – the club is a strong part of the backbone, like so many other clubs in the district, for the mantra of country rugby in New Zealand.

Based underneath the majestic Mt Hutt in the small township of Methven, the club has been prominent in all grades of rugby for many years and with a growing base of players at JAB level, it’s a history that looks

set to continue for many years to come.

Serving the Methven township and the wider Methven community, and with a huge amount of players to call on, the club can boast to being one of the strongest clubs in the Canterbury region – contributing multiple teams across a number of age-group grades, as well as being permanent fixtures in both the senior and senior B rugby competitions.

METHVEN RUGBY CLUB Home: Methven Domain, Methven Chertsey Road, Methven Teams: All junior grades, senior B and seniors Key contacts: President: Kerry Smith. Club captain: Karl Henderson. JAB club captain: Mike King Website: www.sporty.co.nz\methvenrfc

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Ashburton Celtic Rugby Club

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ocated on the eastern outskirts of the Ashburton township, the Celtic Rugby Club is a strong part of the make up of the Mid Canterbury Rugby

scene.

Boasting good numbers across the board from senior and senior B right through the age groups to the JAB level and also a women’s side which joined the club last year, the Green Machine are a must-respect club in any age group, in any competition.

An affiliation to Marist Rugby gives the club an extra edge over many clubs locally with the ability for further pathways to be created for players with the

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Teams: All age groups and levels including women’s.

Key contacts: President: Darion Gray.

Club captain: Mark O’Grady. JAB Club Captains: Phil Prendergast and Tim Bain.

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ability to be selected for various New Zealand Marist sides throughout the season.

A strong focus on junior rugby has seen the club grow and grow over recent years and the club’s huge successful club day, in which all sides play on home turf can see anywhere upward of 200 players out on the paddock during the course of the day.

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Ashburton Collegiate Rugby Club

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hey might have started out as separate entities, but the combination of the Tech Old Boys Rugby Club and High School Old Boys Rugby Club in 1987 paved the way for one of the most historic rugby changes in Mid Canterbury.

The two joined to become the Collegiate Rugby Football Club more than 30 years ago and since then have been a prominent and strong force on the Mid Canterbury rugby scene.

With a proud record across those 30 years the immediate focus of the club in more recent times has been building and maintaining their JAB sides with a strong base of players across a number of different age groups. That’s seen the development of a number of players who look set to achieve higher honours in the

years to come.

Their base near the Ashburton A&P Showgrounds, is a hive of activity during the winter months, with huge numbers of young players taking part in Saturday rugby and then the club’s senior B side in action later in the day – entertaining a strong base of supporters who turn out each week to support their side and the club.

Ashburton Collegiate Rugby Club Home: Collegiate Rugby Football Club, Smithfield Road, Ashburton.

Teams: JAB age groups, senior B and other grades if player numbers permit.

Key contacts: President: Richard McArthur, JAB club captain: Kevin Urquhart, senior B coach: Brent Ferguson Website: www.collegiaterfc.webs.com

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Reilly’s aiming to be a star

Stags still on a roll

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Mid Canterbury will host its biggest waterski event for a number of years this weekend when the 3 Event Tournament rocks up to Lake Hood today and tomorrow.

The significant event has drawn a number of competitors from across New Zealand and even Australia, with many arriving in the district earlier this week with a view to getting out on the Lake Hood water and seeing what it has to offer ahead of the two days of competition.

With the Oz-Kiwi Championships loom-

ing next week, many of the Australian visitors are using the tournament this weekend as a hit-out before the major event with some of the best from the other side of the Tasman in various age groups taking part against some of the best from New Zealand.

While the big guns might be coming out to play, there will be a lot of attention, given it’s home territory, on four young local members of Water Ski Lake Hood who will be out to hunt for good scores following a

Cameron Hill and Jett and Quinn Jansen will be out to gain some valuable experience this weekend on Lake Hood.

PHOTO SUPPLIED busy summer of putting in the groundwork to prepare.

Following on from a successful jump day recently, brothers Quinn and Jett Jansen will be out to put what they’ve been practising into action and, all going well, land some jumps in a tournament environment.

Cameron and Harriet Hill will be in action, entering their first competition and

will be out to register some good scores in the slalom events off the dock while Emily Milner, who is coming off the back of a personal best jump last weekend in Northland will be hoping to continue her good form.

The competition begins today with spectators more than welcome to come along and check out some of the stars of the future in the sport.

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■■MOUNTAINBIKING

Whatever it takes Reilly Duff has some big plans for his downhill mountain biking future.

“I love riding bikes and if I could make money out of riding that would be all good,” the Mt Hutt College student said.

In order to achieve this rather lofty goal the 16-year-old is starting with the basics.

Mountain biking is a physically demanding sport, so fitness and strength are paramount.

“I have joined the local gym so I can get fitter and stronger.”

Duff pointed out that being strong not only means you can bike faster, it also goes a long way to getting you out of trouble if you go off your racing line.

Next on his things-to-improve list is nutrition and mental wellbeing.

“I am going to see a nutritionist, so she can help me with my diet and the kinds of food I should be eating.”

Duff knows that like anything, downhill is just as much in your

head as on the track.

“I want to improve my mental strength too.

“Racing has a huge mental side to it.”

According to Duff, worrying about crashing just about the worst thing he could do.

“If I was to start a race thinking about crashing, I would go really slow and get last,” he said.

The young philosopher also wants to discover how to not be so hard on himself.

“I need to learn to accept the placing that I get, to move on not dwell on it and try harder next time.”

Over the next 12 months Duff wants to purchase a Union Cyclist International licence.

This licence would see him gain him access to national points races both here and Australia and allow him entry into the more competitive Under 19 class.

After that the talented Methven teenager has his sights set on racing in Europe and America.

Right – Reilly Duff is prepared to do whatever it takes to success in downhill mountain biking.

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National champs a happy hunting ground

By Heather Mackenzie

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Methven’s Duff brothers Reilly and Patrick once again had a strong showing at the Oceania and National Down Hill Mountain Biking Championships held in Dunedin last weekend.

Reilly finished fourth in the Oceania champs and fifth in the national champs.

The 16-year-old rider, competing in the Oceania men’s open section, was looking on track for a place in the top three.

However on his final run his shoulder clipped a tree and down he went.

Not one to give up Reilly got up and carried racing, missing out on a podium spot by just over a second.

Bike issues caused a bit of a headache for younger brother Patrick, but thanks to the kindness of a father of another rider, Patrick’s cracked rim was replaced and he was back to practising and racing.

Fourteen-year-old Patrick lined up in the male U17s for the both the Nationals and the Oceanias, finishing seventh in both competitions, fourteen seconds behind the winner.

Ex-Mount Hutt College rider Caitlin Titheridge followed her recent secondary school championships success by gaining podium places in both Oceanias and third in the Nationals. Racing in the U19 section she finished second and third respectively with a time of 3.48.

Completing the local rider line-up was male elite competitor Gareth Burgess, who finished the weekend competition in fif- Sporting their Big Al’s riding gear at the Dunedin mountain biking championships are Caitlin Titheridge, Reilly Duff, Gareth teenth place.

Burgess and Patrick Duff.

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■■CRICKET

Bowling shortage in NZ camp

Tech’s Bevan Richan slaps a ball through the off-side during their match against Greendale last month.

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Stags juggernaut still rolling

By Adam Burns

adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

Can anyone stop Technical in Canterbury Country Cricket action?

The form book and the current standings indicate no.

The unbeaten Stags are right as rain in their first appearance in the combined senior competition and an upset of the apple cart seems unlikely heading into today’s fixtures.

They host Weedons who have struggled to stamp their authority this summer.

Although they did well to defend 146 last weekend against Allenton, skittling them for 119 inside 16 overs.

Technical were ominously un-

troubled against second-placed Peninsula, chasing down 144 whilst losing just two wickets in a canter.

The previous two encounters between Weedons and Technical were one-sided affairs and do little to dispel expectations of a form-book reversal.

In October, Weedons were humbled for 50 in October in response to Tech’s 282/7.

It did not get much better a month later as the club was routed again for 57 as the Stags sailied home by seven wickets.

But everyone loves an underdog and complacency within Tech’s orbit could play into Weedons’ hands at the Ashburton Domain.

A more competitive match-up could be in store further up the road as Greendale host Peninsula.

Both teams were similarly put to the sword by the aforementioned competition leaders, however Greendale have had the extra week to muse on it.

Back on home soil, Greendale will be wanting to even the score following their 47 run loss to Peninsula on November 30.

Hamish Matheson was the star on the day for Peninsula as his century proved to be the difference between the two teams.

Greendale’s bowlers will be aiming to keep the batsman in check when they meet again today.

However, their batsmen will be weary of the threats Peninsula posses with the ball – Kawai Singh and Ryan West top the wicket taking leaderboard with a combined 25 wickets recorded during this summer.

Elsewhere, Allenton host Southbrook-Rangiora combined in the cross-over side of the draw.

The home side have endured a topsy-turvy couple of months and will be disappointed they could not get the result against Weedons last weekend.

Southbrook-Rangiora will fancy their chances after pushing Technical close prior to Christmas which followed a comfortable win over Weedons in November.

The Black Caps will take on India’s vaunted ODI batting line-up without any of the fast bowlers who shone at the Cricket World Cup. Trent Boult, Matt Henry and Lockie Ferguson made up New Zealand’s successful seam trio at the World Cup, but none of them will take the field in the Black Caps’ return to ODI cricket, with all three still recovering from injuries suffered in the test series walloping by Australia.

Scott Kuggeleijn, Hamish Bennett and the uncapped Kyle Jamieson come in for the trio, while from the 15-man squad that reached the World Cup final, Colin Munro is the only other player to miss out, dropped after his poor form opening the batting during the tournament.

Tim Southee, who only played one match at the World Cup, when Ferguson was injured, will now lead the line for the three upcoming ODIs against India.

Jamieson is a strong chance to make his debut, while Kuggeleijn and Bennett will stay with the squad from the Twenty20 series, both linking up with the ODI team for the first time since playing Ireland in 2017.

Munro’s absence means Henry Nicholls will continue to opening the batting with Martin Guptill, with Boxing Day test hero Tom Blundell set to resume his role as back-up batsman in the squad.

Colin de Grandhomme, Jimmy Neesham and spinner Mitchell Santner are the all-rounders, while Ish Sodhi has been included for the first ODI at Seddon Park, before being released to play for New Zealand A in a first-class match against India A. While noting the inexperience of his bowling unit, Black Caps coach Gary Stead is expecting to name a settled batting lineup for the series, which starts on Wednesday at Seddon Park in Hamilton.

“While the bowling line-up has a fresh look, the batting is very settled and we’ll likely have the same top eight batsmen from the World Cup finals,” Stead said.

Black Caps ODI squad to play India: Kane Williamson (c), Hamish Bennett, Tom Blundell, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Kyle Jamieson, Scott Kuggeleijn, Tom Latham, Jimmy Neesham, Henry Nicholls, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi (first ODI only), Tim Southee, Ross Taylor.

Stead refuses to throw Southee under the bus Black Caps coach Gary Stead has defended his decisions during his side’s dramatic Twenty20 Super Over defeat against India on Wednesday night.

The Black Caps wasted a stunning innings from captain Kane Williamson at Seddon Park, being unable to score two runs from the final four balls of their chase of India’s 179-5, and eventually head-

ing to their third Super Over in six months.

There, despite scoring 17 in their turn at bat, Tim Southee couldn’t restrict India, with Rohit Sharma blasting two sixes when needing 10 off two balls to send New Zealand to another demoralising defeat, one which clinched the series for India.

Southee has now bowled in five

Super Overs for New Zealand, losing his last four and conceding 13, 19, 17 and 20 runs in those losses.

However, Stead wasn’t about to second-guess the decision to back his senior bowler in the decider.

“Tim sticks his hand up, he’s very much a team-first player, he missed on a couple [deliveries] and if one hit the guy in the boot we wouldn’t be having this con-

versation. That’s the fine margins of the T20 game.

“It really comes down to what happens on the day and who is in our armoury.

“If you look at the rest of our bowling group they’re relatively inexperienced at this level of T20, so Tim for us was the logical person to do it.”

The other strategic move that

came under scrutiny in Hamilton was the elevation of Mitchell Santner to bat at number four.

Santner mustered just nine off 11 balls, but Stead explained that the surprise move was planned for the left-hander to try and change India’s spin bowling strategies.

“It didn’t come off, but in terms of the strategy, it was well talked about within the group.”

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Crusaders the team to beat

By Joe Porter Super Rugby kicks off this week and while it’s the earliest the competition has ever started one thing remains the same – the Crusaders being favourites.

So can anyone stop the champions claiming an unprecedented fourth straight title?

The Crusaders completed the three-peat last season and coach Scott Robertson said they’re embracing the challenge of becoming the first team to win four on the trot.

“We’re working towards it, it does bring external pressure but we’re used to that and we have the chance to do something special, we’re looking forward to it.”

Also motivating Robertson is his snub for the All Blacks coaching job, with New Zealand Rugby preferring Ian Foster.

“It did hurt, I’ll be honest.

“I did a lot of reflecting on the reasons why I didn’t get the job.

“Once I focused more on the future and what it means for me and how I can get better and looking at opportunities ahead I got excited about the Crusaders season and what we’re trying to do.”

The Crusaders have lost a host of senior players including Kieran Read and several other international stars, but they’re still littered with current and future All Blacks.

“A lot of leadership and a lot of games of rugby and a lot of time in the jersey and experience is gone, but any dynasty or anyone that’s been successful ... they always have a succession plan and we’ve got a lot of guys that have come through our system that are desperate to be the next guy to play 100 games for the club.”

Robertson and the Crusaders’ biggest challengers appear to be the Chiefs, with fullback Damian McKenzie returning from injury, though he didn’t play in Friday’s opener against the Blues with a groin injury, former All Black Aaron Cruden back at first-five and former Wales coach Warren Gatland at the helm.

Cruden has high hopes for the team under Gatland.

“His pedigree speaks for itself.

“Just to see what he’s been able to do with the Welsh national team and the British and Irish Lions, it’s impressive.

“He’s obviously a passionate Waikato man and Chiefs man, so

Warren Gatland will ehance the Chiefs’ chances considerably.

to have him back in the region is amazing and to have him back in the mix here will do wonders for our team.”

The Chiefs are one of the strongest squads on paper and captain Sam Cane is confident they can beat all comers.

“I don’t think there’s any reason why we can’t.

“The squad has been together for a few years now and to have Aaron Cruden back in the mix with all his skill and experience.

We’ve got a really well balanced

squad and combine that with our coaching team – I’m confident we can win the title this year.”

Confidence will also be high at the Blues, who made the biggest off season signing – picking up All Black first-five Beauden Barrett from the Hurricanes.

The Hurricanes are entering the season with plenty of unknowns.

Who takes over from Barrett at first-five? Jackson Garden-Bachop or Fletcher Smith?

Spoiler – right now they’re not sure.

Who will cover for injured All Black loosie Ardie Savea?

How will new coach Jason Holland, who took over after the 11th hour departure of John Plumtree to the All Blacks, go in his first head coach’s role?

“It’s an exciting opportunity and we’ve still got a world class halfback and world class second five and throw Dane Coles, a world class hooker in the mix and we’ve still got a hell of a lot of experience in the side.”

One thing I can’t see is the Highlanders having much of an impact.

The undergunned squad has lost six All Blacks from last year including talisman Ben Smith.

For me they finish last in the New Zealand conference, with the Crusaders battling it out with the Chiefs for first. I think either the Chiefs or Crusaders wins the whole thing.

The Blues should finish third in the New Zealand conference and reach the playoffs for the first time in many seasons.

The Hurricanes could scrape their way into the finals in a wildcard spot, but they lack depth and are just one or two injuries away from a horror season.

■■TENNIS

Federer still a champion

By Howard Fendrich Give Roger Federer credit for always showing up and always staying until the end, no matter how sick or hurt he might be.

No, he did not beat Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open semi-finals.

As it was, Federer was able to make a match of it for only about one set and about one hour before succumbing to the defending champion 7-6 (1), 6-4, 6-3 at Melbourne Park.

He was dealing with a painful groin muscle that cropped up during a five-setter in the previous round. It limited the movement of a guy who is 38 to begin with, kept him off the practice court and led him to take a medical timeout during his quarter-final and another after the first set against Djokovic.

“Today was horrible, to go through what I did.

“Nice entrance. Nice sendoff. And in between is one to forget, because you know you have a 3 per cent chance to win,” Federer said.

“Got to go for it. You never know.

“But once you can see it coming, that it’s not going to work anymore, it’s tough.”

Still, the 20-time Grand Slam champion was out there until it was over.

Federer, after all, never skips a Grand Slam match altogether and never leaves early, no matter what.

He has played 1513 tour-level matches and not retired midway through one.

Not once.

He has played 421 matches at major tournaments since 1999 and not given his opponent a walkover.

Not once.

On only four occasions during his lengthy and accomplished career, at non-majors has Federer needed to withdraw from a match before it started.

One of those came when he was supposed to face Djokovic for the title at the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals in London in 2014, but he begged off because of a bad back.

“London was the worst, having to go apologise to people for not being able to walk properly,” Federer recalled.

“So I’d rather have this, to be honest.”

After securing a spot in his record eighth Australian Open final, and closing in on what would be a 17th major championship, Djokovic kept using the word “respect” while discussing Federer.

That Federer showed up at all, because, as Djokovic explained: “Obviously, he was hurting. You could see it in his movement.”

Djokovic’s own injury history includes quitting a match early as recently as the last Grand Slam tournament, the US Open in September, because of a left shoulder problem. He was booed off the court when he left in the third set.

That completed a career Grand Slam of sorts for Djokovic, actually, with at least one mid-match retirement at each major: the French Open in 2005 (back) and 2006 (trouble breathing), Wimbledon in 2007 (foot blister) and 2017 (elbow), and the Australian Open in 2009 (heat illness).

“I did have retirements throughout my career. I know how it feels when you’re hurt on the court. I know the amount of thoughts that go through your mind – whether or not you should continue or not, whether it’s going to get worse. Only the player knows at that moment,” Djokovic said.

“But it’s, I think, an amazing fact that he has never retired (from a) match, not a single match, throughout his career.

“Huge respect for that.”

Federer said he would not have stepped out into Rod Laver Arena if he did not believe there was at least a tiny chance that he could compete – and win.

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Showdown at the top An enthralling day of tennis awaits as Mid Canterbury’s A grade interclub competition heats up.

Other clubs sitting mid-table will endeavor to harness some of the momentum gained in last weekend’s season resumption, however, it is at the top of the leaderboard where a showdown between Fairton and Methven should command box office takings.

Fairton pair Connor Brosnahan and Diego Quispe-Kim have set the tone in doubles action so far and have proven to be a clinical partnership.

Last weekend they sent Southern’s Sam and Oliver Bubb packing 6-2, 6-4, in Fairton’s only doubles success of the day.

Today they will face off against Tyler Leonard and Cameron McCracken, who are coming off a straight sets win over Hampstead’s Peter Kirwan and Peter Leonard.

McCracken and Quispe-Kim will then face off in a blockbuster singles showdown.

Quispe-Kim will be charged for this encounter after McCracken handed Fairton’s top seed his only club defeat in November.

McCracken made light work of Peter Leonard 6-2, 6-0 in his Round 3 singles matchup and

with both players exhibiting such distinguished form, a humdinger could be on the cards.

Elsewhere, Allenton take on Southern in their interclub hitouts.

Southern brothers Sam and Ollie Bubb will be hoping youth beats out experience when they take on Allenton’s Jason Feutz and Lee Gilbert.

Both pairings are coming off defeats in Round 3.

However, Feutz and Gilbert have the most ground to make up on the standings as their club sits at the foot of the ladder.

In the singles match, Feutz will face Sam Bubb in a match which could provide some long rallies and immense serving.

Meanwhile, players from Dorie and Hampstead also face off today.

Hampstead’s Bryn Looij comes in for Peter Kirwan who has an elbow issue for the club’s doubles fixture, alongside Peter Leonard.

They will take on family team Rhys and Jayden Cromie, who defeated Allenton’s Feutz and Gilbert 6-3, 6-4 last week.

Top seeds Rhys Cromie and Leonard will be putting all pleasantries aside when the off-thecourt chums scrap it out in their Cameron McCracken has a massive fight on his hands on-court today. singles battle.

Daily Events

February 1, 2 & 3, 2020

SATURDAY

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open every Thursday and Saturday with almost 1000 different toys to choose from for hire. 106 Victoria Street, The Triangle, Ashburton.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160

Main Street, Methven.

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome.

Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

10am - 12pm VINTAGE CAR CLUB MUSEUM AND

PARTS SHED. Open to the public. Maronan road, Tinwald.

10am - 4pm ASHBURTON MUSEUM. The Topp Twins interactive exhibition celebrating NZ’s comedy duo. West Street Ashburton.

10.30am - 3pm

ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display.

Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.15pm (draw) WAIREKA GOLF CROQUET. Golf Croquet Doubles, new players welcome. Waireka, Philip Street.

SUNDAY

Worship and Communion service led

by Rev Henry Mbambo. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST CHURCH. Morning worship with Rev Heather Kennedy, Paterson’s Chapel, corner East and Cox Street.

10am HAKATERE PRESBYTERIAN PARISH. Morning worship led by Rev Johanna Warren, all welcome. 65 Oxford Street.

10am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship and service led by

Rev Eric Mattock, all welcome. Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and Hall of Memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

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

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

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH.

All age service and Holy Communion.

Park Street.

10am - 4pm ASHBURTON MUSEUM. The Topp Twins interactive exhibition celebrating NZ’s comedy duo. West Street, Ashburton.

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

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

1pm - 3pm

ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display.

Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.15pm (draw) WAIREKA GOLF CROQUET. Golf Croquet Doubles, new players welcome. Waireka, Philip Street.

5pm ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Evensong, Park Street.

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

at Ashburton Golf Course. Golf Links Road. Facebook: Ashburton County Veterans Golf Association.

9.30am - 4pm ST JOHN OPORTUNITY SHOP. Open daily from 9.30am - 4pm and Saturday 9.30am - 1pm. 129 Tancred Street.

10am

MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am - 4pm ASHBURTON MUSEUM. The Topp Twins interactive exhibition celebrating NZ’s comedy West Street Ashburton.

12pm

BAPTIST CHURCH FREE LUNCH. Weekly lunch, available at Baptist Church, Cass Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display.

Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome.

Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

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

9am ASHBURTON FARMERS MARKET. Local fresh produce, hot drinks and more. North end West Street carpark.

9am - 12pm CRAFT MARKET. Woodwork, jewellery, Rawleighs products etc. West Street car park.

8am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

8.30am ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB. Dashing Rocks, Timaru, all welcome.

Phone Jenny 308 6862. Meet Ashburton Courthouse, Baring Square West.

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

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH.

MONDAY 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am (10am start) ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. 1st round Heartland Bank championship

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Geraldine Trotting Club Inc Venue: Orari Racecourse Meeting Date: 01 Feb 2020 NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 11.25am FRESH CHOICE GERALDINE AMATEUR DRIV MOBILE PACE $7000, 4yo+ r40-r55, up-r69 + claimers., mobile, 1850m 1 27897 Caesar’s Quest (1) fr......................... G Cook 2 x4699 Playboy Prince (2) fr...........................M Love 3 480x0 Doc Seelster (3) fr........................D Reardon 4 60x00 Madame Frost (4) fr.................. G Sinnamon 5 09750 Xmas Bay (5) fr......................... S Manawatu 6 24590 Glacier Coaster (6) fr...................M Stratford 7 00098 Alexy (7) fr................................... M Maynard 8 00865 Fear Rockn (8) fr.............................R Reekie 9 09069 Flamboyant (9) fr................................P Cook 10 46335 Motoring Major (21) fr.................... B Wilmott 11 33103 Highland Reign (22) fr.....................S Murtha 12 06009 Four Starzzz Shiraz (23) fr.............. C Negus 13 65029 Aveross Rustler (24) fr....................... W Low 14 55211 Nui Ba Den (25) fr..............................S Wigg 2 11.50am GERALDINE BUTCHERY TROT $7500, nonwinners 3yo+, stand, 2500m 1 05734 Hashtag Faye (1) fr.................J Young-Grant 2 59000 Halfway There (2) fr.................... K Cameron 3 26345 Vacation Hill (3) fr..............................S Ottley 4 83757 Go Marg (4) fr.................................G Archer 5 00790 Shes So Right (5) fr..............K Tomlinson (J) 6 60098 Ken’s Dream (6) fr............................L Dobbs 7 9x054 Bev K’s One (7) fr...........................B Orange 8 0000 Line A Love (8) fr........................ J Patterson 9 24666 Pastrana (9) fr..................................J W Cox 10 I’ve Got Attitude (10) fr......................R Close 11 00 Majestic Jag (11) fr.................. M Williamson 12 x6056 It Wasn’t Me (U1) fr.................. C D Thornley 13 9070x Jaguar Bay (U2) fr......................... P Wakelin 3 12.15 TEAM TEAL MOBILE PACE $7500, non-winners 4yo+ mr40 to mr42., mobile, 1850m 1 49500 Chalberg (1) fr................................B Orange 2 50409 Silent Shadow (2) fr................ J Morrison (J) 3 0x009 Natural Fire (3) fr...............................J Curtin 4 86206 Fraud (4) fr.......................................J W Cox 5 53027 Maximilian (5) fr..........................R McIlwrick 6 38079 Franco Hatton (6) fr....................M Hurrell (J)

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7 6x480 Mach O’Melley (7) fr..............K Tomlinson (J) 8 67092 Boilover (8) fr............................ M Williamson 9 65970 Shadow Aveross (9) fr.............J Young-Grant 10 05540 Nadira Franco (21) fr....................... H Clarke 11 60477 Social Media (22) fr......................T McMillan 12 00850 Emma G (23) fr...............................G Archer 13 47080 President Pat (24) fr........................N Burton 14 09862 Lilac Change (25) fr................. S O’Reilly (J) 4 12.47pm TEMUKA TRANSPORT LTD (1967) PACE $7500, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 1950m 1 P0x65 Matrika (1) fr............................. C D Thornley 2 8x783 Megarock (2) fr.............................. G O’Reilly 3 6920 Auchtercairn (3) fr...................J Young-Grant 4 83776 Westburn Bliss (4) fr......................R Holmes 5 08 Beeps (5) fr 6 85787 Iron Woman (6) fr..................K Tomlinson (J) 7 80675 Webs Reactor (7) fr.....................C Markham 8 Penultimate Fella (8) fr.....................J W Cox 9 4 Mayhem In Malibu (9) fr....................S Ottley 10 0x275 Cambire (10) fr................................. G Smith 11 06 Evidently (11) fr..............................L O’Reilly 12 870P4 All Money (12) fr.............................B Orange 13 23285 Myanmar Prince (13) fr.....................J Curtin 14 66843 Handsome Harry (14) fr.......... J Morrison (J) 15 00x Ruby’s A Delight (15) fr............ M Williamson 16 66969 Uno Mia (16) fr......................S Tomlinson (J) 17 60 Not Over (U1) fr............................ P Wakelin Emergency: Beeps 5 1.25pm MORRISONS SADDLERY/QUALITY TYRES MOBILE PACE $7500, non-winners 4yo+ mr44 to mr50., mobile, 1850m 1 09x99 K Mach fr....................................... Scratched 2 She’s So Cool (1) fr.................K Newman (J) 3 28442 Makasar Boy (2) fr............................S Ottley 4 4870 Lucy P (3) fr....................................G Archer 5 76053 Buckskin (4) fr.......................... S O’Reilly (J) 6 Lillie May fr.................................... Scratched 7 38060 El Chapo (5) fr................................B Orange 8 P606 Attache (6) fr............................ M Williamson 9 08 Beeps (7) fr....................................L O’Reilly 10 78050 Ticking Over (21) fr.................. C D Thornley 11 09 Living Delight (22) fr..............S Tomlinson (J) 12 49x07 Midnight In Memphis (23) fr.............J W Cox 6 2.00pm FOUR PEAKS TRANSPORT TROT $7500,

r40-r49, stand, 2500m 1 42950 Rusty I Am (1) fr............................ P Wakelin 2 63570 Don’t Look Back (2) fr...................... G Smith 3 x9565 Jaccka Josh (3) fr.......................M Hurrell (J) 4 00008 Windsor (4) fr................................T Williams 5 23903 Tequila Sunset (5) fr.................... K Cameron 6 2D790 Bright Glow (6) fr...........................I Cameron 7 30575 Rocknpop (7) fr.....................K Tomlinson (J) 8 07630 Scarlett Lane (8) fr................... S O’Reilly (J) 9 35x43 The Peaky Blinder (9) fr.................B Orange 10 23640 DD’s Super Stuart (U1) fr............ J Markham 11 P60P6 Deborahs Gem (U2) fr............. M Williamson 12 23810 Rites Of Zhou (U3) fr............................K Cox 13 07860 Sioux Princess (U4) fr.......................S Ottley 14 451x6 Majestic Rose (U5) fr.............. J Morrison (J) 15 4000P Mickey Jay (U6) fr..........................R Holmes 7 2.33 EQUINE VET SERVICES/BRENT WHITE RACING MBL PACE $7500, 3yo+ r40-r45,r46 w/c., 1850m 1 x0508 Spicy Girl Becqui (1) fr..................T Williams 2 18844 Been To Jenny’s (2) fr................. K Cameron 3 04050 Dianne Lorena (3) fr...................M Anderson 4 03269 Szybka Lane (4) fr..............................J Dunn 5 40555 Thats Bettor (5) fr...........................R Holmes 6 50310 Minnelli Smile (6) fr...........................S Ottley 7 00300 Baker Creek (7) fr..........................L O’Reilly 8 98030 Get It On (8) fr.......................... M Williamson 9 28097 Shot In The Dark (9) fr.................... A Faulks 10 44970 Betstars Blue Jean (21) fr................J W Cox 11 59300 Jetenara (22) fr............................. G O’Reilly 12 x9203 I’m Jimmy James (23) fr.......... J Morrison (J) 13 070x0 Dixie Jazz (24) fr...................... C D Thornley 14 x9090 Magicol Ideal (25) fr................. S O’Reilly (J) 15 37037 Woman In Gold (26) fr...................B Orange 16 01085 Sheelasinleague (U1) fr........K Tomlinson (J) Emergencies: Thats Bettor, Baker Creek 8 3.12 “WHAT THE HILL” ORARI CHALLENGE STKS MBL TROT $15,000, 3yo., mobile, 1850m 1 One Two Menny (1) fr.....................B Orange 2 8x1 One Guz Hall (2) fr......................... N Purdon 3 0x331 Gaytana (3) fr........................S Tomlinson (J) 4 4x321 Kahress (4) fr.................................R Holmes 5 39x01 Midnight Dash (5) fr................. C D Thornley 6 22x11 Cracker Hill (6) fr.......................B Williamson 7 1140x Muscle Mountain (7) fr............. M Williamson

8 315x1 Tailored Elegance (8) fr.................T Williams 9 17072 One Majic Kenny (U1) fr.....................J Dunn 9 3.47pm PINELEA FARM “TERROR TO LOVE” F&M MOBILE PACE $9000, 3yo+ f&m r40-r60., 1850m 1 35586 Shardan Suzie (1) fr.................... K Cameron 2 06096 Rozzano fr..................................... Scratched 3 5x897 La Bella Vita (2) fr..........................R Holmes 4 81403 Malinka (3) fr.....................................R Close 5 1090x Alston Roze fr............................... Scratched 6 5Px82 Divinia Bellezza (4) fr......................T Chmiel 7 44044 Emmersyn Lee (5) fr.........................J Curtin 8 0x16 Dance With Stars (6) fr...................B Orange 9 71 Look Sharp (7) fr...................... S O’Reilly (J) 10 7x050 Majorca (21) fr.......................... C D Thornley 11 91130 Soundslikeart (22) fr..........................J Dunn 12 34733 Anamajor (23) fr............................T Williams 13 31x1 Delma Craze fr.............................. Scratched 14 7x262 Flame Lady (24) fr......................M Anderson 15 14808 Sounds Lika Gem (25) fr................L O’Reilly Emergency: Rozzano 10 4.22 PLACEMAKERS TIMARU/TWIZEL HANDICAP PACE $8000, 3yo+ r40-r62 discrhcp, stand, 2500m 1 58535 Essence Of Easton (1) fr............... G O’Reilly 2 33525 Fynn Frost (2) fr.......................... K Cameron 3 80724 Standout (3) fr......................... J Morrison (J) 4 40555 Thats Bettor (4) fr..............................S Ottley 5 15215 Beau Major (5) fr.............................. G Smith 6 24007 Pine Cone (6) fr.................................J Curtin 7 98089 Gotta Future (7) fr..............................J Dunn 8 00096 Dodgethebullet (8) fr................ M Williamson 9 64180 The Diva (9) fr..................................J W Cox 10 9700x Arma Twospoons (10) fr............. R Houghton 11 40007 Shindal (11) fr.............................R McIlwrick 12 05970 Precious Sara (12) fr................ C D Thornley 13 219x0 Fletch (13) fr...................................B Orange 14 39240 Silk (U1) fr......................................R Holmes 15 04103 Mordecai (1) 10M..................K Tomlinson (J) 11 4.57pm SLEEPYHEAD HANDICAP TROT $8000, r50-r62 discrhcp, stand, 2500m 1 D81 Navara (1) fr................................ J Ford 2 930x7 Sun Swinger (2) fr................... J Morrison (J) 3 44559 Jerry Garcia (3) fr...........................L O’Reilly 4 01000 Pacino (4) fr.......................................S Ottley 5 07034 Some Time (5) fr............................... J Smith

6 00680 One Over Dover (6) fr.............. C D Thornley 7 87689 Alvira Hest (1) 15M......................... A Faulks 8 4x098 Chief Of Staff (2) 15M........................J Dunn 9 90201 Ali Lindenny (3) 15M......................B Orange 10 x0107 BK Dawn (4) 15M.......................... P Wakelin 11 12279 Phoebe Onyx (5) 15M......................J W Cox 12 26019 Missie Castleton (6) 15M............C Markham 13 Px90x Breenys Cullen (7) 15M........S Tomlinson (J) 14 xP162 Jimmy Carter (U1) 15M........... M Williamson

14 13473 Cinto Bay (1) 53............................. C Barnes 15 80852 Taieri Gem tmh (12) 53 Emergency: Taieri Gem 7 3.39pm SOUTHERN WIDE REALTY 1200 $40,000, OPN HCP, 1200m 1 30596 Pippi Rea td (11) 60.............R Beeharry (a3) 2 85702 Johnny Jones td (3) 58...........T Comignaghi 3 43x25 Raise You Ten tdh (2) 58..... C Campbell (a1) 4 67163 Shaara tdm (6) 58.........................K Mudhoo 5 3x117 Morweka tdm (4) 56.5...................K Williams 6 60310 The Precious One tdmh (5) 56.5 Murray (a2) 7 32156 Xcuses Xcuses d (1) 55..................S Wynne 8 05737 Exemplar tdmb (10) 53.. K Chowdhoory (a2) 9 13635 Always On Call tdmh (8) 53......... C Johnson 10 066x7 Koxinga td (9) 53............................ C Barnes 11 2566x Turncoat dm (7) 53.................. W Papier (a4) 8 4.14pm WHITE ROBE LODGE (G3) $70,000, WFA, 1600m 1 170x1 Who Dares Wins dm (10) 59...........S Wynne 2 10730 Gallant Boy tdmh (6) 59....................J Lowry 3 06547 He’s Gold t (3) 59....................B Morgenrood 4 45390 Son Of Maher td (12) 59.. K Chowdhoory (a) 5 04218 Killarney b (11) 59...................T Comignaghi 6 92834 Finbarr tdm (4) 59........................L Callaway 7 33111 Tobilicious tdm (8) 59....................K Williams 8 12243 Belle Fascino m (2) 57.....................D Turner 9 72146 Picture Me Rollin tdm (5) 57... R Mudhoo (a) 10 07924 Shirley Maude dm (1) 57.............. C Johnson 11 37781 Zabay th (9) 57...................... C Campbell (a) 12 3x223 Beneficial b (7) 57............................J Laking 9 4.49pm AART ON ST ANDREW HAIR DESIGN 1600 $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 0x941 Ripnroll m (4) 59.5................ R Mudhoo (a2) 2 60096 Taponisme tm (9) 59.5.......................L Hemi

3 24576 All Black Magic tm (10) 59.. C Campbell (a1) 4 4941 Are You Cereal (1) 59....................K Mudhoo 5 5x601 Point Score (14) 58.5....................K Williams 6 22206 Lady Byron (6) 57........................L Callaway 7 57830 Rainman db (17) 57..................... C Johnson 8 40x01 Elva 56.5....................................... Scratched 9 42954 Gloss td (3) 56............... K Chowdhoory (a2) 10 13675 Marquita Miss mh (16) 56................D Turner 11 97537 Fine Bouquet mh (5) 55.5............K Kwo (a3) 12 17299 Havana Heights th (7) 55.5..... B Murray (a2) 13 2169x Sulu Sea (8) 55.5....................T Comignaghi 14 06403 Sure Is d (11) 55..................R Beeharry (a3) 15 x7390 Fine And Dandee d (12) 55.........D Prastiyou 16 50250 Stellacanto dm (2) 54.5 17 x0330 She’s Fun d (13) 54.5......................S Wynne 18 70380 Fazioli d (15) 55 Emergencies: Fine And Dandee, Stellacanto, She’s Fun, Fazioli Blinkers on: Blair Flight (R1), Bridget Town (R5), Fine And Dandee (R9) Blinkers off: Deceptio Visus (R3), Lady Byron (R9) Winkers on: Riviera Rock (R6), Lady Byron (R9) Winkers off: Golden Valkyrie (R5)

12 14525 Queen Kamada 56.5..................... Scratched 13 621 Tuppence t (14) 56.5..........................L Innes 14 76521 Seven Seas t (5) 56.5......................R Myers 15 40x17 Desert Mirage (1) 56.5...................L Allpress 16 8x642 Sweet Fields (15) 56.5 Emergencies: Desert Mirage, Sweet Fields 7 3.55 POWERWORX TARANAKI CUP (G3) $80,000, OPN-SW&P, 1800m 1 31111 Prise De Fer (11) 57......................O Bosson 2 35546 Mongolian Marshal (7) 56...............V Colgan 3 58321 Platinum Invador (13) 56....................L Innes 4 4x373 Scott Base m (12) 55.....................M McNab 6 3.20pm FASTTRACK INSURANCE OAKS PREL- 5 07622 Overtheriver tdmb (9) 55....................R Elliot 6 x9710 Beefeater td (14) 55........................ J Parkes UDE $55,000, 3YOF SW, 1800m 1 3152 Bergamot (10) 56.5........................M McNab 7 9x940 Highlad m (1) 55............................. R Kozaki 2 11 Aloft t (7) 56.5.............................. D Johnson 8 41827 Sergeant Blast tm (4) 55................L Allpress 9 x1435 Aim Smart (8) 55..............................R Myers 3 32311 Aquila Star td (6) 56.5 4 21625 Amal Rose (9) 56.5......................... J Parkes 10 15306 Hay Tiger m (3) 55....................J Fawcett (a) 5 5x515 Darcee Que (3) 56.5..........................R Elliot 11 03021 Obsessive tdm (10) 55................. D Johnson 6 18499 Diamonds Galore (8) 56.5................J Riddell 12 57573 Athena Baby 55............................ Scratched 13 82635 Jessiegee (6) 53..............................S Collett 7 941 Elisa Carolina (11) 56.5 14 26126 Guillada b (2) 53............................D Bradley 8 x4137 Heart Of The Ocean (2) 56.5 9 9x732 In Fashion (12) 56.5........................V Colgan 15 36x17 Blue On Black 55.......................... Scratched 10 321 Kabu (4) 56.5.................................O Bosson 16 37517 Master Painton (5) 55...................C Lammas 11 51482 Nothing Compares tdb (13) 56.5......S Collett Emergencies: Blue On Black, Master Painton

8 4.30pm DEVON HOTEL 2000 $22,500, Rating 65 &JMPS Benchmark*, 2000m 1 51009 Lake Superior (11) 60............S Macnab (a2) 2 56852 Overthetop (2) 59.5...................... D Johnson 3 9x432 River Run tb (8) 59.5..........................L Innes 4 2051 Red Rufus t (3) 58.5..................... R Hannam 5 6x21 Reggiewood (1) 58.5..........................R Elliot 6 7x071 Torque Time tdh (4) 58.5...... C O’Beirne (a2) 7 94989 Shakespeare (6) 58.......................L Allpress 8 x0782 Granite Ridge m (5) 58...................V Colgan 9 19x33 Mighty Aslan (12) 58....................... J Parkes 10 x0622 Aratoka tmh (10) 56.5....................D Bradley 11 00367 Cleaver h (9) 56...............................R Myers 12 48784 Roschana m (7) 55..........................S Collett Blinkers on: Shadow Fox (R1), Our Hail Mary (R2), Bruno Magile (R5), Diamonds Galore (R6), Highlad (R7) SELECTIONS

12 5.27pm ECOLAB MOBILE PACE $7500, r46-r49., mobile, 1850m 1 07807 Leading The Way (1) fr............ J Morrison (J) 2 00077 Pocket Call (2) fr...................... C D Thornley 3 83277 Martin McGuinness (3) fr..................R Close 4 60630 Vintage Beach (4) fr......................T Williams 5 00x00 Just Ben (5) fr.......................... M Williamson 6 06606 Kayla Maguire (6) fr..........................J Curtin 7 92600 Pat Campbell fr............................. Scratched 8 x6501 It’s Me fr........................................ Scratched 9 80001 American Flyer (7) fr.............K Tomlinson (J) 10 7x640 Sagano (21) fr......................................K Butt 11 60402 Little Rain (22) fr......................A Mugford (J) 12 81000 Bettor Rock Again (23) fr.............. G O’Reilly 13 56310 Honour Scroll (24) fr....................R McIlwrick 14 xP063 Olive Cook (25) fr...........................B Orange 15 08299 Darryl Kerrigan (U1) fr....................L O’Reilly 16 19706 Vigoroso (U2) fr..........................D O’Connell Emergencies: Martin McGuinness, Pat Campbell Pacifiers on: Doc Seelster (R1), Ruby’s A Delight (R4), Scarlett Lane (R6), Breenys Cullen (R11) SELECTIONS Race 1: Nui Ba Den, Motoring Major, Xmas Bay Race 2: Bev K’s One, Hashtag Faye, Vacation Hill, I’ve Got Attitude Race 3: Lilac Change, Emma G, Fraud, Maximilian Race 4: Penultimate Fella, Mayhem In Malibu, Cambire Race 5: Makasar Boy, She’s So Cool, Buckskin Race 6: The Peaky Blinder, Rites Of Zhou, Rocknpop Race 7: I’m Jimmy James, Dianne Lorena, Been To Jenny’s Race 8: Tailored Elegance, Kahress, One Majic Kenny Race 9: Soundslikeart, Dance With Stars, Look Sharp Race 10: Beau Major, Standout, Fynn Frost, Mordecai Race 11: Jimmy Carter, Some Time, Ali Lindenny, BK Dawn Race 12: Sagano, Honour Scroll, Olive Cook

Otago gallops Today at Wingatui Raceway

Otago RC Venue: Wingatui Meeting Date: 1 Feb NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.07 (NZT) WINGATUI FUNCTION CENTRE 1400 $22,500, MAAT, 1400m 1 76x51 Flickitova th (8) 58.............................J Lowry 2 30610 Macron tdh (13) 58........................T Moseley 3 03011 Quintuple Twins (5) 57................. C Johnson 4 20343 Blair Flight (2) 57..............................J Laking 5 40936 Bogatyr (3) 57.........................B Morgenrood 6 70569 Van Halen (1) 57.............................S Wynne 7 65x61 Shock And Awe t (10) 56.................A Balloo 8 x5610 Shock Prospect d (9) 56...............K Williams 9 6x722 Lugano’s Ace h (7) 55......................D Turner 10 23420 Secret Dreams (12) 55................... C Barnes 11 24287 Belle South (4) 55................... B Murray (a2) 12 53x92 Index h (11) 55.................... C Campbell (a1) 13 70x7 Opal Fire h (6) 55...............................L Hemi 2 12.42pm DIAMOND SYNDICATE 1200 $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1200m 1 2566x Turncoat dm (5) 61 2 14013 Magnify db (10) 59....................... C Johnson 3 67563 Nopele dm (6) 59.................. R Mudhoo (a2) 4 45222 He’s Mi Brother d (7) 58.5.....A Bohorun (a3) 5 2x834 Middagurd dm (1) 58........................D Turner 6 1x149 Outram tdbh (8) 57.5.........................J Lowry 7 7x212 Cabernet tdh (2) 56.5.......... C Campbell (a1) 8 22894 Pipiana d (4) 56.5.................... W Papier (a4) 9 5x303 Tee Cee Coup d (3) 56... K Chowdhoory (a2) 10 18548 Tickets On Her td (9) 54...............K Kwo (a3) 3 1.17 STEVE ANDERTON MEMORIAL 1200 $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 13425 Deceptio Visus tdbh (7) 59.5............J Laking 2 57092 Final Savings td (13) 59.5............ C Johnson

3 259x7 Vice Marshall tdm (12) 58.5....B Morgenrood 4 94311 Expressive (9) 58..........................K Williams 5 0x965 Kerany tdh (4) 58.................... B Murray (a2) 6 x0137 Alonzo d (11) 58............. K Chowdhoory (a2) 7 56323 Juliette tmh (10) 57.5........................J Lowry 8 x6390 Plutonium tdh (1) 57.5...................K Mudhoo 9 06604 Mister Mocha d (6) 57.....................S Wynne 10 7x0x4 Blue Eyed Susie h (3) 56.... C Campbell (a1) 11 x6159 Kate The Great td (5) 56.........T Comignaghi 12 9100x Out Of Aces th (2) 56............ R Mudhoo (a2) 13 40070 Iffida m (8) 54.......................R Beeharry (a3) 4 1.52 MEDIAWORKS DUNEDIN GUINEAS $50,000, 3YO SW, 1500m 1 41906 Charlie Awesome (8) 56.5...............D Turner 2 39357 El Gladiador t (10) 56.5...........T Comignaghi 3 841 Panzer (15) 56.5.....................B Morgenrood 4 9261 Poniard h (13) 56.5............................L Hemi 5 10911 Feel The Rush tm (12) 54.5..........K Williams 6 38020 All About Magic (3) 54.5... K Chowdhoory (a) 7 97683 Bronte Beach (7) 54.5.....................S Wynne 8 50839 Hot Tap tm (14) 54.5............... R Mudhoo (a) 9 45140 Kitty Power tm (6) 54.5...................K Kwo (a) 10 124 Tears Of An Angel (1) 54.5.......... C Johnson 11 661 Blackbook (2) 54.5........................T Moseley 12 90155 Sanctify m (4) 54.5................ C Campbell (a) 13 05615 Ginny h (9) 54.5........................ B Murray (a) 14 55130 Top Ghia (11) 54.5......................... C Barnes 15 02274 Buck Shellfish (5) 56.5..................K Mudhoo Emergency: Buck Shellfish 5 2.27pm TONY’S TYRE SERVICE SOUTH DUNEDIN 2200 $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2200m 1 6x004 Larrikin td (16) 60.............................J Laking 2 25224 Vee Twelve (8) 60.................. R Mudhoo (a2) 3 54126 Big Wink (11) 59...............................D Turner

4 20637 Head Office (14) 59.......................T Moseley 5 08731 Scooby tdm (2) 59...................T Comignaghi 6 69300 Tony Two Chips th (19) 59.................J Lowry 7 20324 Verses d (5) 59..............................K Williams 8 5x625 Baban (13) 58.5.....................A Mudhoo (a4) 9 5x739 Prince Of Brooks h (10) 57.5.. B Murray (a2) 10 36768 Bridget Town dm (17) 57......R Beeharry (a3) 11 82167 Metasequoia tdb (4) 56.5............. C Johnson 12 56321 Scandalous tdh (15) 56.5...................L Hemi 13 03413 She Is Gold (12) 56.5......................S Wynne 14 62657 Superstition m (18) 56...................K Mudhoo 15 33830 Beam Me Up Scotty 57.5.............. Scratched 16 9x873 Larippa th (6) 55 17 02955 Colour Me Red m (9) 57 18 50250 Stellacanto m (7) 54.5 19 63290 Golden Valkyrie t (3) 56.5 20 x8978 Chookie’s Girl tdmh (1) 54 Emergencies: Beam Me Up Scotty, Larippa, Colour Me Red, Stellacanto, Golden Valkyrie, Chookie’s Girl 6 3.04pm F&M CONTRACTING DUNEDIN GOLD CUP FASTTRACK $5K $55,000, OPN HCP, 2400m 1 x3213 Kilowatt b (2) 59............................K Williams 2 91388 Shakti tm (3) 57.5..........................K Mudhoo 3 24410 Diorissimo tm (10) 54.5...................S Wynne 4 13272 Sitarist t (8) 54.5......................T Comignaghi 5 23616 Zentessa (7) 54.5.............................D Turner 6 41229 Riviera Rock (9) 54............................L Hemi 7 15951 Mr Intelligence m (13) 53.5..... R Mudhoo (a) 8 66652 Anythingcouldhappn t (5) 53........ C Johnson 9 41211 Zedaam tmh (6) 53.......................T Moseley 10 76808 King Of The Dance (11) 53.K Chowdhoory (a) 11 17637 Bakela tmh (14) 53.................... B Murray (a) 12 18853 Nesta tm (4) 53...........................D Prastiyou 13 79230 Standrews Masonic m (15) 53 -

M4 Taranaki gallops

SELECTIONS Race 1: Quintuple Twins, Index, Lugano’s Ace, Shock And Awe Race 2: Cabernet, Magnify, Middagurd, Pipiana, Tee Cee Coup Race 3: Expressive, Deceptio Visus, Alonzo, Juliette Race 4: Tears Of An Angel, Bronte Beach, Sanctify, Feel The Rush Race 5: Big Wink, Scooby, Verses, Vee Twelve, Larrikin Race 6: Kilowatt, Sitarist, Zedaam, Anythingcouldhappn Race 7: Raise You Ten, Pippi Rea, Johnny Jones, Morweka Race 8: Who Dares Wins, Tobilicious, Picture Me Rollin Race 9: Sure Is, All Black Magic, Gloss, Fine Bouquet

Today at New Plymouth Raceway

Taranaki RC Venue: New Plymouth Meeting Date: 01 Feb 2020 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 12.25pm (NZT) COCA COLA 1400 $30,000, Rating 82 Benchmark, 1400m 1 60x58 Shadow Fox td (2) 62.............S Macnab (a2) 2 15121 Tavi Mac tdmh (10) 61...........M Hudson (a3) 3 1307x Irish Flame tdmh (5) 59.................... T Harris 4 4531x Sherrif d (6) 58...................................L Innes 5 45063 Sir Nate m (1) 58..............................J Riddell 6 x9044 Cyber Attack (7) 56.5.....................M McNab 7 x0x40 Handfull (3) 55.5............................L Allpress 8 39460 La Bella Rosa td (8) 54.5.................R Myers 9 1000x Elate t (9) 54......................................R Elliot 10 x5853 Stacey Ann d (4) 54.........................S Collett 2 1.00pm THRIFTY CAR RENTAL 1600 $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1600m 1 24233 Creative Genius d (7) 59.5............... T Harris 2 55611 Aridity tdh (4) 58.5............................R Myers 3 3x331 Our Hail Mary tdh (3) 58.5... C O’Beirne (a2) 4 18413 Leaf dm (9) 58..................................J Riddell 5 04308 Whenharrymetsaddle tdh (10) 58... J Parkes 6 31272 Karalino b (2) 57..............................S Collett 7 2x306 Hoist mh (1) 57..................................L Innes 8 00190 Regal Rock tdh (5) 55.................. D Johnson

9 900x2 Remarx th (8) 54.5.........................M McNab 10 38673 Spondulix tdmh (6) 54.5.................L Allpress 3 1.35pm ENERGY VETS TARANAKI 1200 $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1200m 1 14242 Stumpy d (4) 59.5..........................L Allpress 2 17714 Desert Magic dm (9) 59.........S Macnab (a2) 3 131x5 Euka Lady dh (6) 58.5......................R Myers 4 1413x Booty Lara dmb (8) 58......... C O’Beirne (a2) 5 15x11 Coventina Bay dmh (7) 58...............S Collett 6 x1315 Pokuru’s Gift b (3) 58.....................O Bosson 7 78959 Sugar Rush td (5) 57.5............ T Taiaroa (a3) 8 0x317 Kapinos d (1) 57.5 9 6x522 Master Park (2) 56....................... D Johnson 4 2.10pm WOBURN FARM CLASSIC (G3) $70,000, 2YO SW, 1200m 1 3L1x3 Piaggio (3) 56.5..............................L Allpress 2 159 Trident (4) 56.5................................ J Parkes 3 2 Boomer Hill (2) 56.5.......................M McNab 4 3 Perfect Scenario b (1) 56.5............O Bosson 5 31 Alice Tinker (5) 54.5...........................R Elliot 6 2374 Amosia (8) 54.5................................S Collett 7 4x Only Words (7) 54.5......... A Goindasamy (a) 8 5x Bonita Aurelia b (6) 54.5.............. D Johnson 5 2.45pm PLATINUM HOMES SC MAIDEN $22,500, MAAT, 1400m

1 5x1 Even Chance td (10) 58..................V Colgan 2 314 Barney Rubble th (8) 57.5................S Collett 3 41 Rock In The Park td (3) 57.5..............L Innes 4 1 Son Of Bielski d (6) 57.5................O Bosson 5 3x244 Bruno Magile (9) 57.........................J Riddell 6 252 Vineyard McPhee b (4) 57...............R Myers 7 30x33 Beaudz Well h (11) 56.5.................M McNab 8 49045 Another Secret (1) 56.5................C Lammas 9 052x2 Piriwai (12) 55.............................. D Johnson 10 077xP Bingwa (5) 55.................................. R Kozaki 11 5 Danz I Am (2) 55............................L Allpress 12 7750 Vancooga (7) 54.5........................ R Hannam

Race 1: Tavi Mac, Sir Nate, Sherrif, La Bella Rosa, Irish Flame Race 2: Karalino, Our Hail Mary, Creative Genius, Aridity, Leaf Race 3: Coventina Bay, Stumpy, Pokuru’s Gift, Desert Magic Race 4: Trident, Boomer Hill, Piaggio, Alice Tinker Race 5: Vineyard McPhee, Barney Rubble, Piriwai, Son Of Bielski Race 6: Bergamot, Diamonds Galore, Darcee Que, Aloft Race 7: Aim Smart, Mongolian Marshal, Scott Base, Guillada Race 8: River Run, Reggiewood, Red Rufus, Overthetop

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Ashburton Guardian 35

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Time running out Carl Markham will be hoping he can pull off a popular local victory when he steps out onto the Orari Racecourse today with Missie Castleton at the Geraldine Trotting Club meeting.

The Methven horseman, who trains a small team of horses on the outskirts of Methven, has been given the role of caretaker trainer of the nine-year-old mare and she’s been domiciled at his stables for the past three weeks.

Officially trained by Terry May, Missie Castleton was transferred to Markham following the medical incident at Omakau involving champion horseman, Ricky May. “We’re just looking after her really,” Markham said.

“She’s actually been served by What The Hill so she’s only got limited time left on the track before she heads off to be a broodmare, so it would be nice to get another win with her.”

Missie Castleton is raced by Geraldine harness racing identity, Lachie Marshall.

A former commentator, Marshall has been the heart and soul of the small Geraldine club for a number of years – so a victory on what is really home turf would be quite the moment.

But the statistics don’t make for great reading.

In seven goes on the Orari track, Missie Castleton is yet to finish in the top three, but Markham’s not too worried about the historic side of things.

“Traditionally she has been better on the all-weather tracks as opposed to the grass, but she does get into the race quite well and I thought if she brought her best form, she’d be a bit of a chance.

“Her work this week has been really good, I’m quite happy with her.

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Jeremy Markham will again do the steering behind DD’s Super Stuart at Geraldine.

Orari Selections Race 1: Nui Ba Den, Doc Seelster, Highland Reign, Motoring Major Race 2: Bev K’s One, Pastrana, Vacation HIll, Hashtag Faye Race 3: Maximilian, Lilac Change, Fruad, Boilover Race 4: Myanmar Prince, Penultimate Fella, Cambire Race 5: Makasar Boy, El Chapo, Buckskin, Attache Race 6: The Peaky Blinder, Sioux Princess, Rites Of Zhou, DD’s Super Stuart Race 7: Woman In Gold, I’m Jimmy James. Szbyka Lane,

Minnelli Smile Race 8: Cracker Hill, Tailored Elegance, Muscle Mountain Race 9: Soundslikeart, Emmersyn Lee, Anamajor, Sounds Lika Gem Race 10: Fynn Frost, Silk, Beau Major, Standout Race 11: Phoebe Onyx, Jimmy Carter, Missie Castleton, Some Time Race 12: Sagano, Darryl Kerrigan, Little Rain, Leading The Way BEST: Makasar Boy (Race 5) VALUE: Maximillian (Race 3

Wyndham harness Tomorrow at Young Quinn Raceway

Wyndham Harness Racing Club Venue: Young Quinn Raceway Meeting Date: 02 Feb 2020 NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 12.08 (NZT) J D SOUNESS LTD TROT $10,000, nonwinners 3yo+, stand, 2400m 1 68557 Whangamata (1) fr.......................B McLellan 2 47243 Sunny Valley (2) fr.......................C Ferguson 3 9 Regal Glide (3) fr..........................G McEwan 4 09x9x Mr Olympus (4) fr.......................E Barron (J) 5 208 Kiwitrix (5) fr............................. N Williamson 6 Andover The Keys (6) fr................. B Barclay 7 778 Petronelli Gee (7) fr........................... N Milne 8 75360 The Power Broker (8) fr........ K McNaught (J) 9 0x750 Make My Day (9) fr........................ B Norman 10 Px363 Tease My Tartan (10) fr....................J W Cox 11 78 Slainte (U1) fr........................... M Williamson 12 2xP3 Willangus Lad (U2) fr.............. J Morrison (J) 13 80008 Kiwi Heir (U3) fr...........................R McIlwrick 2 12.38 SHANE MATHESON CRUTCHING CONTRACTOR MBL PACE $10,000, non-winners 3yo, 1609m 1 38795 I’m Watching You (1) fr............. M Williamson 2 37278 Racing Minister (2) fr............... S Walkinshaw 3 2855 Princess Jessie (3) fr.......................J W Cox 4 42 Longueval (4) fr........................ N Williamson 5 686 Love On The Rocks (5) fr............... K Barclay 6 68 Hayden Bromac (6) fr..................... B Barclay

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“She worked probably the best she has since she’s been with us on Thursday, so we’re hopeful of a good run provided she can make a good beginning.”

Markham will also put his own trotter, DD’s Super Stuart, on the float, but he’s given up on knowing what to expect with the talented, but enigmatic trotter.

After a strong run of form on the annual West Coast circuit over Christmas, there were high hopes the gelding would return to this side of the main divide and be over a few issues which had plagued his career up until that point.

But a disappointing effort after a slow beginning last week at Motukarara left Markham scratching his head.

“I’m not quite sure what to make of him to be honest, he went to the Methven workouts the week before Motukarara and went really good, beating an open class horse, but then he just didn’t seem interested last week.

“He’s got the ability to win a race like the one he’s in, there’s no doubt about that, but we’ve just got to get over the wee things that he does sometimes early if he’s going to be a player.”

Markham’s son, Jeremy, will handle the driving duties of the son of Methven stallion, Superfast Stuart in what is a very wideopen looking trotting race during the middle of the day.

As well as the two training engagements, Markham will also do the steering duties on maiden pacer Web’s Reactor for fellow Mid Canterbury trainer, William Lake.

Desperately unlucky last time out at Reefton, the diminutive pacer may improve with today’s run, but the usual good manners give him more than just a runners’ chance.

7 00476 Hold Thumbs fr.............................. Scratched 8 2 Willie Go West (7) fr................. S O’Reilly (J) 9 Omaggio (21) fr..........................E Barron (J) 3 1.05pm WILLY’S FLOORING LTD MARES MOBILE PACE $10,000, non-winners 4yo+ mares., 1609m 1 00x37 The Optimist (1) fr.......................... K Barclay 2 000x0 Kennington Girl (2) fr 3 58500 Woman In Charge (3) fr........... N Williamson 4 50750 Hans Ideal (4) fr....................S Tomlinson (J) 5 80600 Classie Princess (5) fr.................R McIlwrick 6 0 Matai Dani (6) fr................................ N Milne 7 80509 Bub’s VC (7) fr.......................... M Williamson 8 27945 Sunset Red (8) fr..................................G Lee 9 76x69 Crosso’s Cullect (21) fr............ J Morrison (J) 10 50 Sherwood Maggie (22) fr............C Ferguson 11 54587 Major Menace (23) fr........................J W Cox 12 38324 Better Thana Missus (24) fr............ B Barclay 4 1.40pm CALDWELL CONTRACTING LTD HANDICAP TROT $12,000, r56-r100 spechcp, stand, 2400m 1 03133 Zoned Scarlett (1) fr....................C Ferguson 2 21905 Crusher Collins (U1) fr.....................J W Cox 3 6x252 Dipendra (1) 15M..........................R Stevens 4 x5241 Cuchulainn (2) 15M........................ B Barclay 5 11157 Humble Ladd (U1) 15M...............R McIlwrick 6 78046 Monty Python (1) 45M.............. M Williamson 7 40x7x Dark Horse (U1) 45M............... N Williamson 5 2.15pm MLT/THREE RIVERS HOTEL MOBILE PACE

$8000, r40-r46., mobile, 2400m 1 89010 Holy Havoc (1) fr...................... M Williamson 2 89004 My Nikayla (2) fr..........................R McIlwrick 3 78356 Melton Mafia (3) fr................................G Lee 4 70460 Nightmarch (4) fr.................. K McNaught (J) 5 0x742 Groomsman (5) fr............................ P Hunter 6 88000 Von Richthofen (6) fr...................... B Barclay 7 20045 Kagee VC (7) fr....................... J Morrison (J) 8 25628 Rosinupthebow (8) fr..................M Hurrell (J) 9 0x590 Carlo Gambino (21) fr..................B McLellan 10 55470 Myrcella (22) fr.....................................C Lee 11 56360 Ideal Glacier (23) fr....................E Barron (J) 6 2.49pm RODGERS GARAGE LTD MOBILE PACE $10,000, non-winners 4yo+., mobile, 1609m 1 580 Rock To The Boss (1) fr...............C Ferguson 2 000 Mr Jingles (2) fr..........................E Barron (J) 3 25x00 It’s A Laugh (3) fr............................... A Milne 4 949 Nizzarda Franco (4) fr............. J Morrison (J) 5 0x322 Mighty George (5) fr 6 09958 Sly Tricks (6) fr............................... B Barclay 7 07579 Delight N Gold (7) fr................. M Williamson 8 x559x Particular (8) fr......................... N Williamson 9 56546 The Naenae Express (21) fr...............A Beck 10 68x70 Honour Before Glory (22) fr.............J W Cox 11 24936 The Night Watchman (23) fr........R McIlwrick 7 3.24 MLT/PIONEER TAVERN MOBILE PACE $9000, r47-r50., mobile, 2400m

1 04470 Dark Rage (1) fr............................. K Barclay 2 38554 Calico Hill (2) fr................................R Austin 3 53810 Wee Ring The Changes (3) fr.....C Ferguson 4 35003 Dismara (4) fr.............................M Hurrell (J) 5 009x0 Franco June (5) fr.................... J Morrison (J) 6 x2475 Stay Aboard (6) fr..................S Tomlinson (J) 7 89313 Lucys Delight (7) fr.......................B McLellan 8 0x182 The White Rabbit (8) fr................... B Barclay 9 37P3P Coolhand Easton (21) fr...................J W Cox 10 66108 Tetrick (22) fr............................ N Williamson 8 3.59 GRANT CHAMBERLAIN BUILDER LTD HANDICAP PACE $12,000, r56-r100 spechcp, stand, 2400m 1 24304 Triroyale Brigade (1) fr............. N Williamson 2 79513 Tartan Robyn (2) fr................... M Williamson 3 00852 Chuckles (3) fr................................ K Barclay 4 1x000 Mistacullect (4) fr..............................B Munro 5 11690 Maidonthebeach (5) fr..................... P Hunter 6 83971 Betterthanbrie (6) fr........................ B Barclay 7 55840 Rah De Rah (U1) fr.....................R McIlwrick 8 51016 Bridesdale Robyn (1) 15M..........C Ferguson 9 4.35 FISH IT PACE $10,000, 3yo+ r56-r60, 2400m 1 44116 Stingray Tara (1) fr.................... M Williamson 2 857x4 Delightful Deal (2) fr................. N Williamson 3 3x601 Copperfield (3) fr............................ B Barclay 4 21077 Deus Ex (4) fr........................S Tomlinson (J) 5 14520 Bella Sara (5) fr................................J W Cox 6 13341 Nikasa fr........................................ Scratched

7 3161 Watch Me Now (6) fr...................... K Barclay 10 5.06 MARSHALLS GARAGE/SALTHOUSE CURIO BAY MOBILE PACE $9000, 3yo+ r51-r54., 2400m 1 9x217 Rakabeach (1) fr...................K Tomlinson (J) 2 90386 Maurice (2) fr....................................J W Cox 3 32225 Tartan Trilogy (3) fr................... N Williamson 4 x5067 Airwaves (4) fr................................... A Milne 5 25017 Vintage Rose (5) fr......................... K Barclay 6 42221 Jacks N Jazz (6) fr................... M Williamson 7 19 Stratofortress (7) fr......................... B Barclay 8 47748 Triple VC (8) fr.......................S Tomlinson (J) 9 10550 Pick Six Telf (21) fr......................C Ferguson SELECTIONS

6 Snapper h (4) 57.5 7 Garbanzo (1) 57.5..........................L Allpress 8 Tony Be (9) 57.5 9 52 Kelly Renee h (10) 55.5...................S Collett 10 Miss Aotearoa h (5) 55.5................M McNab 11 Cornflower Blue h (12) 55.5......... D Johnson 12 La Tardigrada (8) 55.5.................M Coleman 13 Persian Goddess h (6) 55.5.........C Lammas 14 Travelling Kate h (3) 55.5................ A Calder 6 4.05pm COMAG 1600 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 83308 Penteverest dh (6) 60....................... T Harris 2 0x365 Quantum tm (3) 59.5...... A Goindasamy (a2) 3 4132 Ginger Too bh (8) 59......................O Bosson 4 65433 Enjoy The Show (1) 58.5.............. D Johnson 5 07016 Danger Dee h (7) 58.5.................... R Kozaki 6 8x319 Marroni b (12) 58.............................J Riddell 7 51520 Lavaglo dh (2) 57..................T Newman (a3) 8 5514 Combat Queen dbh (4) 56.5..........M McNab 9 314 White Hibiscus db (5) 56.5.................R Elliot 10 x0506 Anjameme d (9) 55.5.....................L Allpress 11 186x9 Flomiline d (11) 55.5...................M Coleman 12 x0978 Lagertha t (10) 54................ T Yanagida (a2) 7 4.40pm WRIGHTWAY BUILDERS 1400 $11,000, R72 Benchmark, 1400m

Race 1: Kiwitrix, Sunny Valley, Slainte, Willangus Lad Race 2: Princess Jessie, Willie Go West, I’m Watching You Race 3: Sherwood Maggie, Better Thana Missus, Sunset Red Race 4: Dark Horse, Cuchulainn, Monty Python, Dipendra Race 5: Melton Mafia, Groomsman, Myrcella, Holy Havoc Race 6: Mighty George, The Night Watchman, Rock To The Boss Race 7: Stay Aboard, Dark Rage, The White Rabbit, Calico Hill Race 8: Tartan Robyn, Chuckles, Triroyale Brigade Race 9: Copperfield, Watch Me Now, Stingray Tara Race 10: Tartan Trilogy, Stratofortress, Airwaves, Maurice LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

Matamata gallops Tomorrow at Matamata Raceway

Racing Matamata Venue: Matamata Meeting Date 2 Feb 2020 Emergencies: Lady De Vere, Blackjakk, Nizona, Winston NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 Salem, Milk Power, Showcat and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 2 1.45 MATAMATA COMMERCIAL CLEANERS MAID1 1.10pm (NZT) COLCHESTER ENGINEERING MAID- EN 1400 $10,000, MDN 3YO, 1400m 1 732 Intelligent Patch h (8) 57.5.............M McNab EN 1600 $10,000, MDN, 1600m 1 23 Candid Camera h (15) 58.5............. S Spratt 2 x0026 The Green Dragon h (9) 57.5......M Coleman 2 77367 Hesagoodboy 58.5........................ Scratched 3 4405 Aqueduct (3) 57.5..........................L Allpress 48 Spring Tide (11) 57.5....................... T Harris 3 30387 Stratius (8) 58.5................... T Yanagida (a2) 4 4 5333 Americo h (4) 58............................. R Kozaki 5 566 Laureate h (7) 57.5........................O Bosson

6 Nowanagen (6) 57.5........................ R Oliver 5 5243 Playsameanpinball (18) 58.............. T Harris 6 8x804 Mister President h (10) 58..............M McNab 7 3524 Origineel (10) 55.5.......................C Lammas 7 85470 Mersey Beat (9) 58.........................V Colgan 8 36x95 Shibuya Kosaten (1) 55.5................. S Spratt 8 95 Veni Vici 58................................... Scratched 9 8x4 Vicenza h (2) 55.5..............................R Elliot 9 x4325 Endean Lass (16) 56.5.................... A Calder 10 0x398 Swiss Idol h (4) 55.5....................... A Calder 10 63x45 If At First h (2) 56.5.....................M Coleman 11 Agey Babe (5) 55.5...................... D Johnson 11 7x524 Visenya (3) 56.............................. D Johnson 3 2.20pm SUPER LIQUOR MATAMATA 1200 $10,000, 12 5x574 Octave h (12) 56..........................C Lammas Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 13 x9564 Royal Charter h (5) 56...................L Allpress 1 62493 Virtuoso Lad dh (7) 59.5.................. T Harris 14 6 Fleur De Lys h (11) 56.....................S Collett 2 1 Phantom Witness tdh (5) 58.5........O Bosson 15 0x6 Lady De Vere h (1) 56.5................... R Jones 3 40207 Tiny Terror h (10) 58 16 Blackjakk h (7) 56 4 x076x Duck Road h (4) 57.5.....................M McNab 17 9 Nizona (14) 56.5 5 x0132 Eridani td (6) 57................... T Yanagida (a2) 18 8 Winston Salem (13) 58....................J Riddell 6 82351 Mannie’s Power td (3) 57................ A Calder 19 08 Milk Power (17) 56 7 39326 Roc Cha (1) 56.5............ A Goindasamy (a2) 20 00x87 Showcat h (6) 56.5 8 1x Shoshone dmh (2) 56.5...............C Lammas

9 150x9 Glorious Ocean db (8) 56............. D Johnson 10 x0054 Laurant d (9) 55...............................S Collett 4 2.55 K BELL ELECTRICAL MAIDEN 1200 $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 89x Valetti (10) 58.5...............................V Colgan 2 9x060 Balega (13) 58.5.............................. R Oliver 3 Metro Winner (5) 58.5.................. D Johnson 4 x9623 Patch Prince h (3) 58........... T Yanagida (a2) 5 3 Victory Glory (7) 58..........................J Riddell 6 Mr Fox (4) 58....................................S Collett 7 69 I’m Buzz h (8) 58.............................. T Harris 8 Lord Wairere h (2) 58..............J Fawcett (a1) 9 Markus Aurelius h (12) 58..............O Bosson 10 0384x Rippedeedoodah (11) 56.5 11 8x O’Pristine h (1) 56.5.......................M McNab 12 37x9 Petite Rose h (14) 56 13 La Velocita h (9) 56.....................M Coleman 14 6x Roc Music h (6) 56.......................C Lammas 5 3.30 ONSITE AUTO ELECTRICAL (2005) LTD MAIDEN 1100 $10,000, MDN 2YO, 1100m 1 3 Perfect Scenario bh (7) 57.5 2 4 Jack Of Hearts (11) 57.5......................C Dell 3 4 On Display 57.5............................ Scratched 4 Flash Warrior (13) 57.5.................... S Spratt 5 Need I Say More h (2) 57.5............O Bosson

1 73255 Tweedledee tmh (2) 60.5..... T Yanagida (a2) 2 24953 Vinnie’s Volley (3) 59......................L Allpress 3 586x3 Fabulous Flight dh (4) 58.5............O Bosson 4 06545 Savette (5) 56.5....................................C Dell 5 93413 Outtalign I Am (6) 55.5..................... S Spratt 6 1x498 Up ‘n’ Gone dh (1) 55..............J Fawcett (a1) 7 000x5 Tunzagutz (7) 54..............................S Collett

8 5.15pm PAPER PLUS 2000 $10,000, R65 Benchmark*, 2000m 1 51009 Lake Superior (8) 60 2 4331 Mongolian Dynasty (3) 58.5.............J Riddell 3 94123 Patsys Lass t (4) 57.5...................... S Spratt 4 x0432 Stilton h (2) 57....................................R Elliot 5 331 Communique h (10) 56.5.................S Collett 6 x9x08 Sacre Coeur tdm (7) 56................... R Oliver 7 50392 Anna Cecelia (9) 55.5....................M McNab 8 83782 Avoca Willow th (1) 55.5.................. A Calder 9 0x744 Dam Reliable t (5) 55.5................ D Johnson 10 33880 Holy Loch (6) 55.5.......... A Goindasamy (a2) 11 95866 Felix Faure (11) 55.........................L Allpress Blinkers on: Stratius, Winston Salem (R1), Virtuoso Lad (R3), Lagertha (R6), Patsys Lass (R8) Blinkers off: Combat Queen (R6) Winkers on: Mersey Beat, Lady De Vere (R1)

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Building Supplies Truck Driver BIRTHRIGHT CANTERBURY ASHBURTON OFFICE Requires volunteers to become Family Visitors.

Birthright works alongside families offering: *Information *Support *Someone to talk to *Workshops *Accountability and Confidentiality • Family Visitors visit families in their homes offering support and encouragement.

• In this role Family Visitors are supported by our Social Worker, on-going training and regular network and supervision meetings.

While we work with the whole family our main focus is children and their well-being.

Birthright endeavours to offer the type of support which will empower one parent families and enable them to grow in confidence and independence to reach personally satisfying lives.

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The role will include delivering building materials/timber to site via truck with Hi-ab, operating a forklift, loading and unloading trucks, and moving stock from our Inwards Goods department to the MEGA Drive Thru.

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Learning Support Assistant – Alternative Education This position is part of a team delivering an Alternative Education Programme based off-site from the College.

The role of the Learning Support Assistant is to support individuals and small groups of students with identified learning, emotional, behavioural and physical needs.

The successful applicant would ideally have a passion/ experience to support students in achieving NCEA Level 1 Literacy and Numeracy and have some knowledge of the Te Kura Platform. Skills to implement a range of teaching methods to overcome learning barriers would be beneficial.

If this sounds like you and you would enjoy a challenging and rewarding work environment, we welcome your application.

This is a permanent, part-time, term-time only position for commencement as soon as is practicable (during term 1, 2020).

Hours: 32.5 hours per week, to be confirmed with the successful applicant.

Employment is under the Support Staff in Schools Collective Agreement Grade B. Initial payment step commensurate with experience.

Applications close noon, Wednesday 12 February 2020 Information package enquiries and applications please contact Jodee Ross, Principal’s Secretary Phone (03) 308 4193 ext 809 Email: rj@ashcoll.school.nz Ashburton College, PO Box 204, Ashburton 7740

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Alcohol and Other Drug Health Promoter (24 hours per week) ACADS has a Health Promotion position available for applicants who have a passion for reducing alcohol and drug related harm in our community.

This position is responsible for providing planning, implementation and advice to enable a strong alcohol harm minimisation focus in community settings.

In this role you would work as part of a small team and autonomously at times.

To be successful in this role: • It would be an advantage to have experience within the education sector, social work, health or settings based health promotion work.

• It is important that you have a strong commitment to health and well-being.

• Be able to connect, engage and establish networks in our community.

You will have the ability to: • Work with community groups and organisations to co-ordinate alcohol health promotion initiatives.

• So possessing planning and organisational skills is an advantage.

Position description available from: acads@xtra.co.nz Applications should be addressed to: The CEO ACADS PO Box 596,Ashburton or email to: acads@xtra.co.nz Applications close February 19, 2020.

ASHBURTON COLLEGE ‘Individual Excellence in a Supportive Learning Environment’

Learning Support Assistant To support students with their learning needs.

This is a permanent, term-time only position for commencement as soon as is practicable (during Term 1, 2020).

Hours: Approximately 20 hours per week, to be confirmed with successful applicant.

Employment is under the Support Staff in School’s Collective Agreement, Grade B. Initial payment step commensurate with experience.

Applications close noon, Friday 14 February 2020 Information package enquiries and applications please contact

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

Birthday Greetings Jasmine Lynch Happy 12th Birthday Jasmine!

Lots of love from Nana and Grandad.

Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our level 3 office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

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

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HIRE Lincoln, March 7 at VTA rooms GENERAL hire. Lawnmowers, (transport only).

Phone Faye 3088279 for more information. chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more. All your ◊ “MY FAIR LADY” Dolphin Driveheld Workshops for vocal31and dance April 12, 4pm.

DIY / party hire, call and see South Rakaia huts. Ashburton U-Hire. 588 East Isaac Theatre Royal,

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Open home - 6pm; Saturday 7.30am Everyone auditioning must attend the workshops 7am ◊ AMICI 5pm; Sunday 8.30am Sunday, www.varietytheatreashburton.co.nz 12.30pm - Phone 308 8061 May 10, 7.30pm February 2, www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz (featuring Geoff 1pmThEATRiCAL to 3pm. On

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All prices GST exclusive

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

PLANTS, PRODUCE OPEN Lilyfields Mt Somers Nursery and Garden, 50 Hoods Road, Mt Somers Village, 10am – 4.30pm, Saturday, February 1 and COMPUTER PROBLEMS?? Sunday, February 2. Eftpos.

For professional computer Free 2020 catalogue. www. servicing and laser engraving, lilyfields.co.nz see Kelvin at KJB Systems, 4 Ascot Place. Phone 308 8989. Locally owned and MOTORING alignments at serving Ashburton for 30 WHEEL years. Same day service great prices. Maximise the if possible.

Supergold life of your tyres with an discount card welcomed. alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308 6737.

GARAGE SALES

A University of Otago Centre of Research Excellence

To advertise in Church Services contact Emma 03 307 7936

Guardian ASHBURTON

LIVESTOCK, PETS FOR sale, hereford X bull and steer calves, $500 each.

Hereford X heifers, $400 each. Romney two tooth ewes, $200 each. All prices plus GST. Call 0274 722 685.

For bookings phone 308 7646

ADULT

CHARITY Market Garage ENTERTAINMENT Sale. Pakeke Lions Charitable Trust. Serving FIRST time Asian, pretty, our community, helping local 32 year old, lovely, size 6, slim, long hair, 38DD, charities. 9.00 am Saturday Contact – Vicki 020-605 1048 Nicci 027 29 February. Ashburton friendly, very good massage.

Emily, phone 021 122 5663.

Racecourse.

Lori 021-252 8660 for details

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Available for appointments. texting.

Please PEA STRAW - conventional No bales $6 delivered. Pea Straw phone 021 027 59055.

- medium square bales $45 delivered. Pea Vine Hay - MIA, Asian lady, 34D busty, Round bales $90 delivered. good service. In/out calls.

Enquiries, please phone Phone 021 046 4314.

Andrew 020 402 33792.

FOR SALE

RURAL TRADING POST HAY baler 440, very good $2000. Hay rake four reel, 3pt, good $250. Duncan 10ft rotocrumbler, good $1000.

Flexinet from $30 roll. Trailer 10x5ft, tandem, braked $2400. All plus GST. Phone 302 1727 or 027 419 6464.

Sewell and Carl Doy), Christchurch Town Hall.

EDUCATION LADY BANK LEARNING – School of music enrolments taken for term 1. Guitar, ukulele piano singing and drums. Term will start Monday, February 10.

Ring Barbara 027 474 2003.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL WANTED to rent. Looking for minimum two bedroom house to rent for farm worker with house trained dog. Long term. Will consider all options.

Phone Lynda 027 335 2299.

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Lifestyle

To advertise here contact Karen on 021 309 973

Open all hours

Phone 308 3927 Cell 027 434 4809 205 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton

CONNECTIONS

Karen Hall

Moore Street Medical Centre, Moore Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Saturday until 8am Sunday. Consultations will be by appointment only. To make a booking please phone 0800 700 155.

Weekend Services

MEDICAL SERVICES

IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY PHONE 111.

For all other medical assistance outside of normal hours, please phone your General Practice team, 24/7, to speak with a health professional who will give you free health advice on what to do or where to go if you need urgent care If you don’t have a regular General Practice, call any GP team 24/7 for free telephone health advice.

DUTY DOCTORS

Pharmacies

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency Lifeline

Ashburton Rest Homes

Art Gallery

COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, unrestricted visiting.

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 308 1133.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm, Wednesday: 10am – 7pm

Emergency Dentist

Ashburton Museum

Dog, Stock & Noise Control

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 307 7890.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm

If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 for the name of the rostered weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours 9am - 5pm, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.

Three Rivers Health, Allens Road, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Saturday and Sunday until 8am Monday.

Consultation will be by appointment only. Please call ahead ELPLINE ERVICES for an appointment.

Alcoholics Anonymous Please bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or visit www.aa.org.nz for more information.

New Zealanders should bring some form of ID. Mental Health - Call free on 0800 222 955.

Methven & Rakaia Area Ask for the Crisis Team.

For weekend and emergency services please phone Methven Medical Centre on 302 8105 or Rakaia Medical Safe Care - 24hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis Centre on 303 5002 for details on how to access the Support. Phone 03 364 8791 after-hours service each weekend.

Victims Support Group Healthline is a free health advice service. It operates 24hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846).

24 hours a day, seven days a week. The toll-free number Direct dials to a volunteer. to call is 0800 611 116. Healthline is staffed by registered Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm, nurses who are trained to assess health problems and offer outside of these hours leave a message. advice over the phone. The service is free and confidential.

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Alcohol Drug Help Line

Call us free on (0800 787 797).

Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

Toll-free: 0800 353 353.

Bus Departures

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Sunday and from 5pm - 7pm both evenings.

COMMUNITY SERVICES

Ashburton Public Library

ANIMAL SERVICES Ashburton District Council 03 307 7700 - 24hr service.

Animal Welfare Centre

All enquiries - phone 308 4432 or 027 3329286.

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday: 10am - 1pm.

Sunday: 1pm - 4pm.

Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter

EA Networks Centre - Pools

Veterinarians

Contact - President 021 1356 969.

20 River Terrace - phone 03 308 4020. WEEKEND HOURS: ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, Sat and Sun 7am - 7pm. Public holidays 10am - 5pm.

149 Cameron Street, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein.

Full emergency service all weekend.

Mail Closing Times ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm 1 Smallbone Drive, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

POST DELIVERY CENTRES Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm Cnr East Street and Seafield Road, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Maisie Fleming.

Information Centre Vet Ent and Vet Life operate a joint after-hours SMALL Methven - Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 10am until 3pm. Phone 302-8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

Trades & Services To place a Trades & Services ad, call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

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Alarm Installation Alarm Servicing Alarm Monitoring Alarm Response

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HEAT PUMPS

CALL GROUTPRO FOR AN HONEST DISCUSSION ABOUT YOUR GROUT AND TILE AFTERCARE

KEEP YOUR HOME THE PERFECT TEMPERATURE ALL YEAR ROUND

To deal with Dirty Tiles and Grout CALL GROUTPRO WE HELP YOU KEEP ON TOP OF YOUR SHOWER AND TILE MAINTENANCE

HEAT PUMPS

• Tile shower makeovers • Professional tile and grout cleaning • Re-colouring existing grout

electriCOOL Ltd

WE TRANSFORM TILES/GROUT IN BATHROOMS, KITCHENS, SHOWERS, BALCONIES, CONSERVATORIES AND ANY TILED AREA

Phone Paul Crequer, your local authorised Daikin dealer for a free quote on all domestic and commercial systems phone 0274 362 362 or 308 4573.

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• Sealing and repairing/replacing tiles/grout • Replacing mouldy and tired silicon

Contact GroutPro Brett Muir for a quote and an upfront honest discussion.

027 746 7632

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For just $10!* Book your birthday greeting, including a photo, for just $10!

Ten words only.* (Under 12 children’s birthday greetings remain FREE) *Terms and conditions apply.

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6am Te Karere 3 2 6:30 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Fishing And Adventure 3 0 7:30 Infomercials 9am Whanau Living 3 9:30 Tagata Pasifika 10am Pacific Island Food Revolution 0 11:10 John And Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen 12:10 A Place To Call Home PGR 3 0 1:10 Eat Well For Less 0 2:25 Design Junkies PGR 3 0 3:25 Sarah Beeny’s Renovate, Don’t Relocate 4:25 Embarrassing Pets Corrado is a rooster with a very bad temper, who definitely rules the roost at home. 0 5pm The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Country Calendar 3 0 7:30 The X Factor Celebrity 0 8pm L Lotto 8:05 The X Factor Celebrity Continued. 0 9:10 M Call Me By Your Name AO 2017 Drama. In 1980s Italy, a precocious 17-year-old student falls for an older man working as his father’s intern. 0

6am Takaro Tribe 3 0 6:10 Custard’s World 3 0 6:25 The Wiggles, Emma! 0 6:35 Blaze And The Monster Machines 3 0 6:55 Thunderbirds Are Go! 3 0 7:20 The Amazing World Of Gumball 0 7:45 Beyblade Burst Rise 0 8:10 Ninjago 0 8:35 Justice League 0 8:55 Regular Show 0 9:10 Walk The Prank 0 9:35 The Simpsons 3 0 10:30 Mike And Molly PGR 3 0 10:55 Suburgatory PGR 3 0 11:30 Doctor Who 3 0 12:30 The Bachelorette NZ 3 0 4:05 House Rules 0 5:30 Spartan – New Zealand v Australia 0

11:45 Man In An Orange Shirt AO (Mini-series) Two love stories, 60 years apart, chart the challenges and change to gay lives from the Second World War to the present. Based on the novel by Patrick Gale. 0 2am Coronation Street PGR 3 0 4:05 Infomercials

11:05 M Lethal Weapon 4 AO 1998 Action Comedy. Given desk jobs to keep them out of trouble, two detectives manage to solve a series of crimes. 1:25 M Mom’s Night Out PGR 2014 Comedy.

3:20 M The Perfect Storm AO 2000 Adventure. 0 5:30 Religious Infomercials

Ghost Town

9:05pm on Three

BRAVO 10am Mom’s A Medium 3 10:30 Dance Moms 3 11:30 Dance Moms 3 12:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 1:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 2:30 Relative Success With Tabatha 3 3:30 Relative Success With Tabatha 3 4:30 The People’s Court 3 5:30 The People’s Court 3 6:30 The People’s Court 3 7:30 Botched PGR 3 8:30 Vanderpump Rules AO The group goes to Miami for a bachelor/bachelorette party; Beau confronts Sandoval; Ariana accuses Schwartz; Brittany has a meltdown; in Los Angeles, Lisa Vanderpump investigates what went wrong at TomTom; Dayna asks Lisa how to handle Scheana.

9:30 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey AO 10:30 Uncovered – Killed By Hate AO 3

Sunday

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

7pm M Jumanji PGR 1995 Family. 0 8:55 M Colombiana AO 2011 Action. A woman who saw her parents murdered as a child becomes a professional killer to get revenge on the gangster responsible for her parents’ deaths. 0

Portrait Artist of the Year 6pm on Prime

SKY 5 6am World’s Wildest Weather PGV 6:50 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 9:35 World’s Wildest Weather PGV 10:35 Chuck Norris’s Bad Ass Military Vehicles PGC 11:25 Arrow MVS 12:15 The Flash MVS 1:05 Ax Men ML 2pm SmackDown Live MVC 4:05 Main Event MV 4:50 Chuck Norris’s Bad Ass Military Vehicles PGC 5:35 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 7:30 World’s Wildest Weather PGV 8:30 Counting Cars PG 9pm Ax Men ML 10pm Classic Classic Pawn Stars PG 10:30 World’s Wildest Weather PGV 11:20 The Simpsons PG 11:45 The Simpsons PG Sunday 12:15 The Simpsons Super Sunday PG 2:10 Counting Cars PG 2:35 The Flash MVS 3:20 Main Event MV 4:05 Classic Classic Pawn Stars PG 4:30 Ax Men ML 5:15 Chicago PD 16V

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6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Infomercials 9:30 Malaysia Kitchen 3 10am Miguel’s Tropical Kitchen 3 10:30 Survivor – Heroes v Healers v Hustlers 3 11:30 Dr Lisa To The Rescue 3 Noon Dr Lisa To The Rescue 3 12:30 Face Off PGR 3 1:30 Drop The Mic PGR 3 2pm Fresh Off The Boat PGR 3 2:25 Fresh Off The Boat PGR 2:55 The Goldbergs PGR 0 3:25 Survivor – David v Goliath 0 4:20 Aurora 3 0 5:30 HelloWorld Australian travel and lifestyle television programme exploring destinations around the world.

6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

MAORI

6am Ben 10 3 0 6:25 The Powerpuff Girls 3 0 6:50 Max Steel 3 0 7:15 Henry Danger 0 7:40 Legion Of Super Heroes 3 0 8:05 Teen Titans 0 8:30 Batman – The Animated Series 0 9am Justice League Unlimited PGR 9:30 Samurai Jack PGR 0 10am SmackDown PGR 3 11am Raw PGR 3 Noon Ice Road Truckers PGR 3 0 1pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 3 2pm American Restoration 3 0 2:30 Cricket – T20 International (HLS) 3:30 Cricket – ODI (HLS) 4:30 Hot Bench 3 5pm Addicted To Fishing 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Portrait Artist Of The Year The finalists paint Laura Linney at the National Portrait Gallery. 0 7pm M Sing PGR 2016 7pm Shipping Wars PGR 0 Animated Comedy. 0 7:30 The Sixties PGR 3 0 9:05 M Ghost Town AO 3 8:30 Hellfire Heroes PGR 2008 Comedy. When a man In the untamed wilderness dies during a routine medical of Central Alberta, where procedure, he wakes up to seasonal wildfires can destroy discover he has the annoying a town in a single day, two ability to see ghosts, all of firefighting crews risk their whom want something from lives to serve and protect him. 0 their community. 0 9:30 Super Rugby (RPL) Crusaders v Waratahs.

11:30 Tennis – Australian Open 11:05 M ExPatriot AO 3 2017 Thriller. A CIA analyst lost everything (HLS) Day 12. when she blew the whistle on the 12:40 Tennis – Australian Open US government. Hunted into exile, Women’s Final (DLY) she escaped to Colombia but, two years later, a CIA Agent turns up with Coverage of the Australian Open an offer. Valene Kane, David Valencia, Tennis Women’s final.

4:40 Closedown Charlie Weber. 0 1:05 Infomercials 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

6:25 Please Stand By ML 2017 Drama. Dakota Fanning, Toni Collette. 8am The Bromley Boys PGL 2018 Comedy. Alan Davies, Martine McCutcheon.

9:45 Born Guilty 16LS 2018 Comedy. 11:25 Elvis Goes There – Paul Feig MC 2019 Documentary. 12:15 Teen Spirit M 2011 Comedy Drama.

1:50 Alita – Battle Angel MVLC 2019 Action. 3:50 Elvis Goes There – Ryan Coogler MC 2019 Documentary.

4:45 Nobody’s Fool 16LSC 2018 Comedy. 6:35 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again PGS 2018 Comedy.

Amanda Seyfried, Lily James.

8:30 The Wedding Guest MVLC 2019 Thriller. A man travels from Britain to Pakistan to attend a wedding, armed with duct tape, a shotgun, and a plan to kidnap the bride-tobe. Dev Patel, Radhika Apte.

10:10 The Chaperone PGL 2018 Drama.

Elizabeth McGovern, Haley Lu Richardson.

11:55 211 16VL 2018 Action.

Nicolas Cage, Sophie Skelton.

7:53 Changing Lanes MVL 2002 Thriller. Ben Affleck, Samuel L Jackson, Toni Collette. 9:33 Lords Of Dogtown MS 2005 Action.

Heath Ledger, Emile Hirsch, Rebecca De Mornay.

11:18 Rings MVC 2017 Horror. Matilda Lutz, Alex Roe. 12:58 Cuban Fury MLS 2014 Romantic Comedy. Nick Frost, Rashida Jones. 2:35 Gridiron Gang MVL 2006 Action.

Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Xzibit. 4:40 8mm 18VLS 1999 Thriller. Nicolas Cage, James Gandolfini.

6:40 Identity Thief MVLS 2013 Comedy. Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy.

8:30 Mission – Impossible III MV 2006 Action Adventure.

Agent Ethan Hunt comes into conflict with a dangerous and sadistic arms dealer, who threatens his life and his fianceé. Tom Cruise, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Laurence Fishburne.

10:35 Walk Of Shame MLS 2014 Comedy. Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden.

Sunday 12:07 Gridiron Gang MVL 2006 Action.

Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Xzibit. 2:12 8mm 18VLS 1999 Thriller. Nicolas Cage, James Gandolfini. 4:12 Walk Of Shame MLS 2014 Comedy. Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden. 5:45 Identity Thief MVLS 2013 Comedy.

Sunday

1:20 Disobedience 16SC 2018 Drama. 3:12 Elvis Goes There – Ryan Coogler MC 2019 Documentary.

4:07 Nobody’s Fool 16LSC 2018 Comedy. 5:57 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again PGS 2018 Comedy.

CHOICE

6:30 Waiata Mai 6:40 My Mokai 7:10 Huhu – Te Tunga Rakau 7:20 He Rourou 3 7:30 Potae Pai 3 7:40 Kainga Whakapaipai 3 7:50 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 8:20 Huritua 8:30 Pukana 3 2 10am Swagger 10:30 Whanau Bake Off 3 11am School Of Training 3 11:30 City Slickers Rodeo 3 Noon Waka Ama Sprint Nationals 1pm Haati Grassroots Rugby 3 2pm Poitukohu Kura Tuarua 3 3pm The Pits TV 3 4pm Tangaroa With Pio 4:30 Paki Vault 3 5pm My Country Song 3 5:30 Nga Tamariki O Te Kohu 3 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News

7pm M Thumbelina 1994 Animated Fantasy.

8:30 M Moonrise Kingdom PGR 2012 Comedy Drama.

10:10 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 10:40 Te Ao – Maori News 3

11:10 You Can’t Ask That AO 3 Series asking groups of misunderstood, judged, or marginalised Australians the questions to which people want to know the answers, but are too afraid to ask.

11:40 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 6:05 L Super Rugby – Sharks v Bulls From Jonsson Kings Park, Durban. 8:10 Super Rugby – Blues v Chiefs (HLS) 8:40 Super Rugby – Brumbies v Reds (HLS) 9:10 Super Rugby – Blues v Chiefs (RPL) 11:10 Super Rugby – Sharks v Bulls (RPL) 1:10 Super Rugby – Brumbies v Reds (RPL) 3:10 Super Rugby – Blues v Chiefs (HLS) 3:40 Super Rugby – Brumbies v Reds (HLS) 4:10 Super Rugby – Sharks v Bulls (HLS) 4:40 L Super Rugby – Sunwolves v Rebels From Level Five Stadium in Fukuoka.

6:35 L Super Rugby – Crusaders v Waratahs From Trafalgar Park in Nelson.

9:05 Super Rugby – Blues v Chiefs (HLS) From Eden Park in Auckland.

9:35 Super Rugby – Sunwolves v Rebels (RPL) From Level Five Stadium in Fukuoka.

11:35 Super Rugby – Crusaders v Waratahs (RPL) Sunday 2am L Super Rugby – Stormers v Hurricanes From Newlands Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.

4:05 Super Rugby – Blues v Chiefs (HLS) 4:35 Super Rugby – Crusaders v Waratahs (HLS) 5:05 Japan Top League (RPL)

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

6am Nadiya’s Food Adventure 6:30 Stephen Fry In Central America 7:30 Baby Animals 8am The Water Brothers 8:30 Mysteries At The Museum 9:30 Carver Kings 10:30 Culinary Genius 11:30 American Pickers 12:30 Building The Dream 1:30 Escape To The Chateau – DIY 2:30 Climbing The Property Ladder 3:30 Hugh’s Wild West 4:30 Healthy Food Guide Carly talks to food producers and experts to find out what diet is healthiest; Claire helps the Parkinsons with family dinners; Sam makes Japanese sushi balls in the kitchen.

5pm Food Safari – Earth 5:30 Lonely Planet – Roads Less Travelled 6:30 Mysteries At The Museum 7:30 Restoration Home 8:30 Antiques Roadshow 9:30 Jack Irish AO Secrets are revealed as Jack Irish’s investigation stretches to the streets of Mumbai.

11pm Discovering Christopher Plummer.

Midnight Mysteries At The Museum 1am Antiques Roadshow 2am Some Kind Of Joy – The Buildings Of Grimshaw 3am Restoration Home 4am Food Safari – Earth 4:30 Healthy Food Guide 5am Mysteries At The Museum

SKY SPORT 2 6am Big Bash – Hurricanes v Thunder (HLS) The Eliminator.

6:30 Big Bash – Stars v Sixers (HLS) The Qualifier.

7am Women’s Tri Series – India v England (HLS) First T20.

8am Big Bash – Stars v Sixers (RPL) The Qualifier.

11:30 South Africa v England (HLS) Fourth Test – Day Five.

Noon ICC U19 Cricket World Cup (HLS) Quarter-final Four – Afghanistan v Pakistan.

1pm Big Bash – Hurricanes v Thunder (HLS) The Eliminator.

1:30 Big Bash – Stars v Sixers (HLS) The Qualifier.

2pm White Ferns v South Africa (HLS) Third ODI. 3pm Women’s Tri Series – India v England (HLS) First T20.

4pm L Women’s Tri Series – Australia v England Second T20.

From Manuka Oval, Canberra.

7:45 ICC U19 Cricket World Cup (HLS) Quarter-final Four – Afghanistan v Pakistan.

8:45 L ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Match 33.

From North-west University Ground, Potchefstroom.

5:30 Big Bash – Stars v Sixers (HLS) The Qualifier.

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DISCOVERY 6:35 How It’s Made PG 7:05 How Do They Do It? PG 7:30 Gold Rush PG 8:20 Outback Pilots PG 9:10 Outback Pilots PG 10am Outback Pilots PG 10:50 Outback Pilots PG 11:40 Outback Pilots PG 12:30 Expedition Unknown PG The Secret Solved. 1:20 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG Thanksgiving Rescue.

2:10 Raising Wild PG In Hines Sight. 3pm BattleBots PG 3:50 BattleBots PG 4:45 BattleBots PG 5:40 BattleBots PG 6:35 BattleBots PG 7:30 World’s Deadliest Weather Caught On Camera PG User-generated footage, news archives, and first-person testimonies tell the stories of people caught in dangerous meteorological phenomena.

8:30 Secret Space Escapes PG True accounts of a journeys into space that went wrong.

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6am Robson Green’s Coastal Lives 3 6:50 Tiny House Nation 3 7:30 Tagata Pasifika 8am Praise Be 3 8:30 Off The Grid With Pio 0 8:55 Topp Country 3 9:20 How The Other Kids Live 3 0 10:10 Waka Man 3 0 10:35 Haka Global 3 0 11:05 London – 2000 Years Of History 3 0 11:55 DNA Detectives 3 0 12:55 Ugly House To Lovely House 3 0 1:55 Outback Truckers PGR 3 0 2:50 Building The Ultimate 0 3:50 Serengeti 3 0 5pm The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm The Casketeers PGR 0 7:30 Seven Worlds, One Planet Europe – A continent transformed by mankind, and home to extraordinary animals. 0 8:45 World On Fire AO Harry and his unit fight for their lives in the city of Leuven in Belgium. 0 10pm Motorbike Cops 3 0 10:30 Pure AO 0 11:15 Trauma AO 3 A grieving father blames a highachieving trauma consultant for the death of his teenaged son. 0 12:15 Vanity Fair AO 3 As the Battle of Waterloo begins, Becky decides the war is not so bad, so long as there is money to be made. 0 1:15 Coronation Street 3 0 3:20 Infomercials

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MAORI

6am Paw Patrol 3 0 6:20 Thomas And Friends 0 6:30 New Looney Tunes 3 0 6:55 Alvinnn!!! And The Chipmunks 3 0 7:05 Masha And The Bear 3 0 7:15 Dorothy And The Wizard Of Oz 0 7:35 Elena Of Avalor 0 8am M Home On The Range 3 2004 Animated. Voices of: Judi Dench, Cuba Gooding jr, Jennifer Tilly. 0 9:15 Walk The Prank 3 0 10am Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon M Marley And Me PGR 2008 Comedy. Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston. 0 2:20 Kevin Can Wait 0 2:50 The Bachelor AO 0 4:35 House Rules The homeowners and judges return for the garden reveal. 0 6:05 The Simpsons 3 0 6:30 The Simpsons 0 7pm The Bachelorette NZ 0 8pm M Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them PGR 2016 Adventure.

After travelling the world discovering the existence of magical creatures, Newt Scamander finds himself in New York and in trouble. 0 10:35 M It AO 2017 Horror.

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am Life TV 3 8:30 Turning Point 9am R&R With Eru And K’Lee 9:30 Getaway 3 10am Sara’s Australia Unveiled 3 10:30 Sandcastles 3 11am Tasty Conversations 3 11:05 Big Angry Fish PGR 3 0 Noon Ocean Bounty 3 0 1pm Motorsport – Formula E Street Racers 1:30 Motorsport – Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 2:30 Motorsport – World Speedway 3:30 Motorsport – US Formula Drift 4pm Motorsport – Nitro Funny Cars Sydney 4:55 Gone Fishin’ 5:25 Fish Of The Day 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

6am Religious Programming 6:30 Krypto The Superdog 3 0 7am Nella The Princess Knight 3 0 7:30 Religious Programming 10:30 Cricket – Big Bash League Twenty20 (HLS) Noon Fishing The Wild PGR 3 1pm Heroes And Survivors PGR 3 2pm Mad About You PGR 3 2:30 Antiques Road Trip 3 4:30 The Great Australian Bake Off 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Great Escapers A chef and sommelier husband and wife swap Buckinghamshire for France to set up a fine-dining gite; a British couple turn an almond farm into a Spanish holiday complex.

7pm The Block Australia PGR 0 8:25 The Block Australia PGR 0 9:25 M Fifty Shades Darker AO 2017 Drama. The estranged lovers are once again drawn to each other, but must face their inner demons to make it work.

Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan. 0

7pm Storage Wars PGR 0 7:30 Secret Life Of The LongHaul Flight 3 0 8:30 The Changing Face Of The New Zealand Dairy 0 9:30 Uncharted With Sam Neill PGR 3 0 10:35 SmackDown PGR

1am Famous In Love PGR 3 0 1:45 Claws AO 3 0 2:35 Krypton AO 3 0 3:25 Regular Show 3 0 3:35 Infomercials 4:10 Religious Infomercials 4:40 Home Improvement 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:40 Blue Bloods AO Emily Harrison becomes a prime murder suspect after expressing concerns about her former boyfriend’s abuse. 0 12:40 Infomercials

Fantastic Beasts and Where Fifty Shades Darker to Find Them, 8pm on TVNZ 2 9:25pm on Three 6am Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 6:45 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 7:35 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 8:20 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 9:10 Relative Success With Tabatha 3 10am Relative Success With Tabatha 3 10:50 Botched PGR 3 11:40 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 12:30 Dance Moms 3 1:20 Dance Moms 3 2:15 Dance Moms 3 3:10 The People’s Court 3 4:05 The People’s Court 3 5:05 Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry 3 6pm Love It Or List It – Vancouver 7pm M Step Up PGR 3 2006 Drama. Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan, Rachel Griffiths.

9:15 M Wimbledon AO 3 2004 Romantic Comedy.

11:15 Very Cavallari AO 12:10 Infomercials 3

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SKY 5 6am Counting Cars PG 6:25 The Flash MVS 7:10 NCIS – New Orleans MV 7:55 Main Event MV 8:45 The Amazing Race PG 9:35 The Flash MVS 10:25 Classic Classic Pawn Stars PG 10:55 NCIS – New Orleans MV 11:45 Ax Men ML 12:40 Mountain Men PG 1:30 Counting Cars PG 2pm The Amazing Race PG 3pm Raw MVC 5:45 SmackDown MVC 7:30 NCIS – New Orleans MV 8:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 9:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 10:30 Chicago PD 16V (Part 3) 11:25 The Amazing Race PG

Monday

12:15 SmackDown MVC 1:55 Chicago PD 16V 2:45 NCIS – New Orleans MV 3:35 The Amazing Race PG 4:25 Criminal Minds 16VS 5:10 Criminal Minds 16VS

11:35 Tennis – Australian Open (HLS) Day 13.

12:45 60 Minutes PGR 1:40 Tennis – Australian Open Men’s Final (DLY) 5:40 Closedown

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

7:47 The Wedding Guest MVLC 2019 Thriller. Dev Patel, Radhika Apte. 9:22 The Chaperone PGL 2018 Drama. Elizabeth McGovern, Haley Lu Richardson.

11:07 211 16VL 2018 Action.

Nicolas Cage, Sophie Skelton.

12:32 Disobedience 16SC 2018 Drama. Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams. 2:27 Elvis Goes There – Ryan Coogler MC 2019 Documentary.

3:22 Occupation MVL 2018 Sci-fi. Dan Ewing, Temuera Morrison.

5:20 Juliet, Naked ML 2018 Comedy. Chris O’Dowd, Rose Byrne. 6:55 The Curse Of La Llorona MVC 2019 Horror. Linda Cardellini, Raymond Cruz. 8:30 Long Shot MLS 2019 Comedy. A man is hired as a speechwriter by his former childhood crush, who is now one of the most influential women in the world, and running for president.

Charlize Theron, Seth Rogan.

10:40 The Aftermath MVLS 2019 Drama. Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgard.

7:33 Mission – Impossible III MV 2006 Action Adventure. Tom Cruise, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Laurence Fishburne.

9:38 8mm 18VLS 1999 Thriller.

Nicolas Cage, James Gandolfini.

11:40 Walk Of Shame MLS 2014 Comedy. Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden. 1:15 Mortal Instruments – City Of Bones MV 2013 Adventure. Lily Collins, Jaime Campbell Bower.

3:25 Legally Blonde 2 – Red, White And Blonde PGL 2003 Comedy.

Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field, Bob Newhart. 5pm I, Robot MV 2004 Sci-fi Thriller.

Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan.

6:55 Austin Powers In Goldmember MVLS 2002 Comedy. Mike Myers, Beyonce Knowles.

8:30 Batman Begins MV 2005 Adventure. The story of how Bruce Wayne became a crime-fighting superhero, from his privileged childhood to his clash with evil. Christian Bale, Michael Caine.

10:50 Riding Giants ML 2004 Documentary. Jeff Clark, Darrick Doerner.

Monday

12:30 Support The Girls MLSC 2018 Comedy. Regina Hall, Haley Lu Richardson.

2:05 How To Break Up With Your Douchebag MSC 2017 Comedy. 3:45 Elvis Goes There – Ryan Coogler MC 2019 Documentary.

4:40 Occupation MVL 2018 Sci-fi.

Monday

12:30 The Fifth Estate MVL 2013 Drama.

Benedict Cumberbatch.

2:35 Mortal Instruments – City Of Bones MV 2013 Adventure. 4:41 Legally Blonde 2 – Red, White And Blonde PGL 2003 Comedy.

CHOICE

6:30 Waiata Mai 6:40 Tamariki Haka 3 6:50 Kids’ Kai Kart 3 7am Darwin + Newts 3 7:10 Huhu – Te Tunga Rakau 7:20 He Rourou 3 7:30 Potae Pai 3 7:40 Kainga Whakapaipai 3 7:50 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 8:20 Huritua 8:30 Waka Ama Sprints 3 9am Globe 3 9:30 Swagger 10am Cam’s Kai 3 11am He Kakano 3 Noon Funny Whare – Gamesnight PGR 3 12:30 Taha Tauiwi 3 1pm Touch Rugby – National Championships 3 2pm M Thumbelina 1994 Animated Fantasy. 3:30 Marae Kai Masters 3 4:30 Whare Taonga AO 3 5pm Ipukarea 3 5:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6pm Waka Huia 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News 7pm F Off The Grid With Pio 7:30 Dragons In Paradise PGR 3 8pm Takahinga O Mua 3 8:30 M Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool AO 2017 Biography Drama.

10:20 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 10:50 Te Ao – Maori News 3

11:20 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 7:05 Super Rugby – Crusaders v Waratahs (HLS) 7:35 Super Rugby – Sunwolves v Rebels (HLS) 8:05 Japan Top League (HLS) 8:35 Super Rugby – Stormers v Hurricanes (RPL) 10:55 Super Rugby – Crusaders v Waratahs (HLS) 11:25 Super Rugby – Sunwolves v Rebels (HLS) 11:55 L Super Rugby – Jaguares v Lions From Estadio José Amalfitani in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2pm Japan Top League (HLS) 2:30 Six Nations – Ireland v Scotland (RPL) 3pm Super Rugby – Crusaders v Waratahs (HLS) 3:30 Six Nations – Wales v Italy (HLS) 4pm Six Nations – Ireland v Scotland (HLS) 6pm Super Rugby – Jaguares v Lions (RPL) 8pm Rugby Nation 9pm Super Rugby – Jaguares v Lions (HLS) 9:30 Super Rugby – Blues v Chiefs (HLS) 10pm Super Rugby – Brumbies v Reds (HLS) 10:30 Super Rugby – Sharks v Bulls (HLS) 10:55 Super Rugby – Sunwolves v Rebels (HLS) 11:20 Six Nations – Wales v Italy (RPL)

6am Nadiya’s Food Adventure 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Leading The Way 7:30 Healthy Food Guide 8am Food Safari – Earth 8:30 Animal Park 9:30 Coastal Railways With Julie Walters 10:30 Heston’s Mission Impossible 11:30 Gus Worland – Marathon Man PGR Noon Tom Kerridge’s Fresh Start 12:30 Antiques Roadshow 1:30 Lonely Planet – Roads Less Travelled 2:30 Restoration Home 3:30 Bondi Vet 4:30 Field Trip With Curtis Stone 5pm Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam 5:30 Toy Hunter 6pm Storage Wars – New York 6:30 Jamie And Jimmy’s Food Fight Club 7:30 Arabia With Levison Wood PGR 8:30 M Pay The Ghost AO 2015 Horror. After the disappearance of his son on the night of Halloween, a university professor with an interest in vintage horror is haunted by eerie images and messages.

10:30 Toy Hunter 11pm Bondi Vet Midnight Jamie And Jimmy’s Food Fight Club 1am Arabia With Levison Wood PGR 2am M Pay The Ghost AO 2015 Horror. Nicolas Cage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Veronica Ferres.

4am Gus Worland – Marathon Man PGR 4:30 Heston’s Mission Impossible 5:30 Storage Wars – New York

SKY SPORT 2 6:30 Big Bash – The Knockout (HLS) Strikers v TBC. 7am Women’s Tri Series – Australia v England (HLS) T20.

8am Big Bash – The Knockout (RPL) Strikers v TBC. 11:30 Big Bash – Stars v Sixers (HLS) The Qualifier.

Noon Big Bash – The Knockout (HLS) Strikers v TBC. 12:30 ICC U19 World Cup (HLS) 1:30 Women’s Tri Series – Australia v England (HLS) T20.

2:30 Women’s – White Ferns v South Africa (HLS) Third ODI. 3:30 L Women’s – White Ferns v South Africa First T20.

From Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui.

7:30 L Blackcaps v India Fifth T20.

From Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui.

11:30 Women’s – White Ferns v South Africa (HLS) First T20.

Monday

12:30 Big Bash – Stars v Sixers (HLS) The Qualifier.

1am Big Bash – The Knockout (HLS) Strikers v TBC. Monday 1:30 Blackcaps v India (HLS) 1:20 L Women’s Six Fifth T20.

Nations – France v England From Bay Oval, Mount From Stade du Hameau, Pau Maunganui. in France. 3:50 L Six 2:30 Women’s Tri Series – Nations – France v England From Stade de France in France. Australia v India (RPL) T20.

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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DISCOVERY 6:35 How It’s Made PG 7:05 How Do They Do It? PG 7:30 Secret Space Escapes PG 8:20 World’s Deadliest Weather Caught On Camera PG 9:10 BattleBots PG 10am Expedition Unknown PG The Secret Solved. 10:50 Raising Wild PG In Hines Sight.

11:40 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG Thanksgiving Rescue. 12:30 Alaskan Bush People PG Secrets of the Hunt. 1:20 Gold Rush PG 2:10 Outback Opal Hunters PG 3pm Outback Opal Hunters PG 3:50 Outback Opal Hunters PG 4:45 Outback Opal Hunters PG 5:40 Outback Opal Hunters PG 6:35 Outback Opal Hunters PG 7:30 Weather Gone Viral PG Super Fantastic Weather.

8:30 World’s Deadliest Weather Caught On Camera PG 9:25 Masters Of Disaster PG 10:15 Incredible Engineering Blunders – Fixed PG 11:05 Expedition Unknown PG The Secret Solved. 11:55 How It’s Made PG Monday 12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 Naked And Afraid XL MLC 1:35 Weather Top Tens PG 2:25 Naked And Afraid MLC 3:15 Naked And Afraid MLC 4:05 Naked And Afraid MVL 4:55 Naked And Afraid MVL 5:45 Naked And Afraid MVL

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ROSS, Paul – Kathryn Scully and the family of the late Paul Ross wish to acknowledge the many expressions of sympathy and gestures of kindness shown to us following our loss. We offer our heartfelt thanks to the many friends, neighbours and well wishers who visited our home and attended the funeral and who provided emotional and practical support to us at that difficult time. For those who telephoned, sent cards of condolences as well as those who donated to St John, we are truly grateful. A special word of thanks goes out to Staff and Management of the Rosebank Hospital and Rest home for their kindness and respect shown at all times.

We would also like to thank the Mayfield Lions Club and St John for their help and support. To those that helped in anyway, your contribution made our loss more bearable.

As it would be impossible to thank everyone individually, please accept this acknowledgement as an expression of our deepest gratitude.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LINTON, Les – Les’ family wish to thank family and friends for the love and support extended to them at Les’ sudden passing.

Special thanks to the Methven Police, Fire Brigade and St John Ambulance, the Methven Golf Club, April and Eric, and to all who attended his service. To Wendy Millichamp for the great service and Paterson’s Funeral Services for a job well done.

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MATTHEWS, Julia Gwendoline (Judy) (née Weissen) – Passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, at Ultimate Care Bishop Selwyn, Christchurch, on Monday, Canterbury owned, locally operated January 27, 2020. Aged 91 ½ years. Daughter of the late Patersons Alphons Otto Weissen and the late Gwendoline Ellen Funeral Services May Weissen (née Carthy). and Ashburton Dearly loved mother of Mary (Pearson) and Helen Crematorium Ltd (Saunders). Adored grandma Office and Chapel of Tora, Amy, Mia, Ella and Ben. A very special mother- Corner East & Cox in-law to Byron and Mark. Streets, Ashburton Loved sister of the late John Weissen, loved aunt and great aunt to her family in the Please note all late death UK and USA. A very special notices or notices sent and loved person to all the outside ordinary office children she looked after in the UK over the years as a hours must be emailed to: nanny and childminder. Judy deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz will be greatly missed by all to ensure publication. who knew her. Special thanks To place a notice during to all the nurses and staff at Bishop Selwyn, and to Dr office hours please contact us on 03 307 7900 Janine Searle. All messages for more information. to the Matthews family, c/PO Box 10345, Christchurch Any queries please 8145. In lieu of flowers, a contact 0800 donation to the Ashburton ASHBURTON Cancer Support Group can (0800-274-287) be made online at bit.ly/jgmatthews2701. The funeral service and requiem mass to celebrate Judy’s life will be held at S. Michael and All Angels Church, Oxford Terrace, Christchurch, on SATURDAY, February 8 at 10.30am followed by private cremation.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Boredom will cue you do something different. Take the hint or boredom will develop into something quite different, for instance: irritation, anger, frustration and resentment.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Because you are genuinely enthusiastic about seeing others succeed, you’ll support those around you and make them feel loved. This excellent karma will soon swing back to embrace you.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Life works like an Amazon wish list. If you want something, and make it specific, public and convenient for others to give it to you, then you are very much more likely to receive it.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): The void of longing is a tough one to fill, as it only wants the thing it longs for. Try shoving some creativity into it. That is at least mouldable. It gives you something to work with. It’s involving; it will do in a pinch.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Fear can be as specific, innate and uncontrollable as eye colour. Don’t berate yourself for feeling afraid, even if others are not afraid of the same thing. Your wariness may be owed to having greater intelligence.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): People can be patient when they know that, at the end of the line, there’s going to be the thing they want. It’s the uncertainty about that end result that causes anxiety. How can you make them more confident?

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): “When everybody is somebody then nobody is anybody,” said the operetta writer W.S. Gilbert – right on all accounts.

Everybody is somebody, and if there is any significance to be had, it is by the lot of us.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): This one is coming straight from the muses. To be truly brilliant, you can’t be thinking too much about what you’re doing. That interferes with the tunnel. Just let it come through you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Wherever the stuff was, there’s usually more there. Go back to the source; repeat what’s worked. Save the thing that didn’t, but you still have a feeling about it. You’re usually ahead of your time, after all.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): In equations of travel, weight is a significant factor. If you want to go high or fast or gracefully, you’ll have to lighten your load. Whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): The brain is a master predictor. This is why it’s so annoying to hear half a conversation. It involuntarily busies other people’s brains to solve a puzzle that will never be solved.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You learn by being involved with people. It’s something that can’t be duplicated.

You dream of a hassle-free existence but the hassle is often, the whole point.

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How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed.

There’s at least one five-letter word.

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