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Man seriously injured in farm incident By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

A man was taken to Christchurch Hospital with serious injuries following a farm incident on Monday morning which followed on from a busy weekend for emergency services. Emergency services were called to the Dorie area just after 10am on Monday morning. St John spokesman Gerard Campbell said an ambulance from Ashburton and a helicopter from Christchurch responded to the incident. The patient was transported to Christchurch Hospital with serious injuries. Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade Chief Fire Officer Tyrone Burrowes said they were called to the scene and assisted with helping the helicopter to land and loading the patient into the helicopter, but declined to comment further on the nature of the incident.

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The Methven Volunteer Fire Brigade had a busy Sunday night responding to three calls in five hours, the first of which saw units called to the Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road at around 6pm after a vehicle towing a trailer rolled. Chief Fire Officer Brent Anderson said the trailer had been towing a sleep-out which had been swung around by the wind resulting in the vehicle rolling. “Fortunately there were no injuries but there were bits and pieces everywhere,” he said. Following that crews were called out again at 8.20pm to the Staveley area to a number of logs that were on fire. “There was a pile of logs that were going to be cut up for firewood and some embers from a drum fire have blown up and along the ground to the logs,” he said. “They were just charred around the outside.”

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Dad plans daughter’s funeral as younger daughter fights for life NZME Jason Alexander is living a parent’s worst nightmare. The father of two teenage sisters involved in a fiery car crash is due to head home to Ashburton for his older daughter’s funeral – before returning to Auckland where his younger daughter is fighting for her life. Tayla Alexander, 17, died when the car she was in went off the road on Summit Road, on Christchurch’s Port Hills, about 11pm last Wednesday. The car crashed and caught fire. Tayla died at the scene. Now her younger sister is fighting to stay alive after suffering critical injuries, including serious burns, in the crash. Their father, Jason Alexander, has taken to social media to quell rumours that had been circulating about the circumstances of the accident. “There was no other car involved. They weren’t boy racing. It’s just a tragic accident that has completely destroyed me. “It destroys me more when I read and hear of rumours that are not true. Please respect my grieving and my family and friends grieving. “These two girls were my life

Tayla Alexander was killed when a car drove off Summit Road on the Port Hills Christchurch last week. PHOTO SUPPLIED – my daughters and my best friends.” Jason Alexander said his older daughter had suffered impact damage to her head and it was

thought she died quickly as a result. “The other child in critical care is also my baby girl. She was trapped in the car and has had

very bad burns,” he wrote on Friday night. “She is now in Auckland [City] Hospital undergoing surgery. She is in a very bad way and

has a 10 per cent chance of surviving, but she is fighting really hard and isn’t giving up.” He said on Sunday that his daughter had endured a long day and had come through it. She was due to have another operation yesterday. A doctor told him at one point that they were walking on a tightrope blindfolded. “But because of the situation and the loss of Tayla, they are willing to go beyond what they normally would be doing, just to give us all that chance of seeing her again. “She is still in a very bad way. The easiest way to put it is if she makes it through [the night], then that’s amazing. If she makes it through [today’s] surgery, then that’s a miracle,” he said. “She has a lot of injuries and, unfortunately, because of the massive burns she has – a lot of the injuries she is suffering cannot be treated now because it will most certainly cause infection. “She has no skin to protect her from infection forming.” It is understood at least two other teenagers were in the vehicle at the time of the crash. Police are still investigating the circumstances of the crash.

Planning started to meet refugee language needs By Sue Newman

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Ashburton’s first group of refugee families arrive in June and schools are already planning how they will meet the needs of those families to learn the English language. While most Ashburton schools hold classes for students who have little spoken English, Ashburton College principal Ross Preece is keen to see all schools unite in their efforts to best meet

refugees’ language needs. “We’re thinking that it would make sense for those with no or little English, that we put on intensive daily English language lessons,” he said. He’s suggesting that those lessons could be opened up to include adults as well to ensure whole families assimilated as well and as quickly as possible and that they were held in one location, possibly the college, rather than at individual schools.

Key to helping the new Afghan families become comfortable English speakers was likely to be having a person involved who spoke both their language and English, Preece said. The number of school age children who would be part of the first group of refugees was not yet known and the school zones in which they would be living made it a little more difficult for schools to plan for extra roll numbers, he said.

Indications are that there will be more younger than older people in Ashburton’s refugee families. The first group of families will arrive in June. “But as principals we need to start developing strategies, but schools are now much more ethnically diverse but we could be looking at a new set of challenges for whole families. If you’re learning your alphabet, it doesn’t matter if you’re five or 50.” Schools were already working

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with large numbers of students on the ESOL programmes with the college having 90 students enrolled. The Ministry of Business Innovation and employment will work closely with Safer Ashburton, the organisation contracted to provide on-the-ground services for refugees, on issues such as ensuring their housing, education and health needs are met and that they successfully integrate into the community.

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Thompsons Track bridge turns 50 By Sue Newman

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December 2, 1969 was a red letter day for people living in inland Mid Canterbury, when a new bridge was opened, one that could carve considerable travelling time off a trip between Rakaia and Mayfield or Mt Somers. It was also a red letter day for 17-year-old Kay Thompson, (now Hubbard), a fifth generation member of the family after whom the bridge was named as she cut the ribbon that officially brought that bridge into use. Looking back, Hubbard said at the time she didn’t realise the significance of the occasion. “I was asked to do it and I guess, it was just something I did. I cut the ribbon and everyone walked over from the Rakaia side and we had afternoon tea,” she said. Two features of the day she does remember, are a day off school and the new dress her mother made for the occasion. It was beige and brown with brown and white spots. She recalls the large crowd that gathered to watch the event. “But I did feel honoured, absolutely,” she said. Hubbard has kept the ceremonial scissors and ribbon, and being part of the ceremony was a great recognition for the role her family had played in opening up that part of the district and in carving out what is today’s

well used tourist and local route, Thompsons Track. “We might not live there now, but we still have a presence in the area,” she said. Hubbard’s great, great grandfather Anthony Thompson bought land alongside what was then a dirt track running between Rakaia and Mt Somers, with a ford to cross the Ashburton River. That was in 1864 and it was his son George who blazed the trail for Thompsons Track, but it would take more than a century before the informal road known as Thompsons Track would have its own bridge. Prior to that travellers had to head to the foothills and the Pudding Hill Bridge to access inland villages. The original Thompson farm was about halfway between the bridge and Rakaia. It was more than a farm, however, as Anthony Thompson also ran an accommodation house for travellers, their horses and any cattle they were droving. Traffic on the track was constant with bullock wagons carting timber, wool and coal joined by horse drawn carriages but when the main rail line into Methven opened, business at Thompson’s accommodation house declined. Four generations of the Thompson family farmed the land in that area and in the 1990s the last of that land was sold.

Kay Hubbard (nee Thompson) with the scissors she used to cut the ceremonial ribbon to open the Thompsons Track bridge on December 2, 1969. PHOTO SUPPLIED

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Man seriously injured in farm incident From P1 Later that evening they were called out to another vegetation fire. The bottom section of a hedge around five to six metres long had caught fire and while the fire was not major, two appliances and two tankers responded due to the high winds. On Monday morning firefighters were called to the station once again for a suspicious car fire. The call came in at around 7.45am after a person passed a smoking vehicle. Anderson said the fire was being treated as suspicious and had been passed on to the Police. The Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade were also busy over the weekend, attending two vegetation fires in the Chertsey area. The first was caused by a fire jumping out of a pit, and the second was caused by a bird scarer that lit a section of stubble on fire. Burrowes said fortunately the fire was able to be contained to the paddock, but if things had been drier it could have easily spread to nearby hedges and been much more serious. Also over the weekend the Willowby Voluntary Rural Fire Force were called to a medical call at 1.08pm on Saturday, while the Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade were called to a fire in Hampstead at 10.44pm on Friday evening.

Request to get fire permits in early to avoid delays By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

Firefighters are urging anyone who will likely need a fire permit this summer to get their applications in early. Despite all of the district currently being in an open fire season, deputy principal rural fire officer Don Geddes said it would be best if people are able to lodge

their online applications sooner rather than later. The district was a tester for a new online permitting system last summer which has now been rolled out across the country, but this summer there will be not be automatic permit processing like last summer, which means all permits will have to processed manually.

“I would encourage people to do them now, there is a chance we will get a deluge in January and it will help us big time,” he said. Geddes is one of a select group that worked through the development of the programme and has weekly meetings with Fire and Emergency New Zealand staff from around the country

about how the process is working and the small problems that sporadically crop up. The plains and coastal area of Canterbury right through to the Waitaki is still quite green, Geddes said, though the high country is starting to dry out. “We could definitely see the high country move to a restricted fire season in the near future,”

he said. “Traditionally we move to a restricted fire season (in the plains) before Christmas but there have been times we have got through the holiday period without it and even one summer where it was an open fire season the whole time, but that is very uncommon.” a More information can be found on www.checkitsalright.nz

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■■ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT

Victim impact statement brings tears Tears flowed in the Ashburton District Court yesterday as the daughter of an elderly woman killed in a car accident read her victim impact statement. Avalon Wagener’s mother Mary Ashfield, 82, sustained injuries in the crash on Coldstream Road in March, and later died in hospital. Nicole Marie Wheadon, 31, of Christchurch, was appearing for sentence before Judge Ian Mill following earlier pleading guilty to a charge of careless driving causing injury. Wheadon drove through a give way sign and into the path of the car being driven by Ashfield. Wagener said it had been on one of her mother’s daily visits to her husband that the crash happened. “I had to tell my 90-year-old father his wife and life partner for 60-odd years would not be walking through the door to have visits with him,” Wagener said. “It was a very sad and shocking

experience.” And with elderly and membering continue to

her father being having trouble rethings, he would ask, after Ashfield

had passed away, where she was and why she was not there. Wheadon dabbed a tissue to her face as she stood tearfully in the dock throughout the reading,

while Wagener, standing nearby, also cried at times throughout her statement, and her adult son came forward from the court gallery to support her as she fin-

ished reading. As well as the trauma of losing her much-loved mother, it had been difficult financially with many costs, including travelling regularly from her home in the North Island to support her father. Wheadon’s lawyer Simon Clay pointed out the intersection had not had an easy history and a traffic report highlighted visibility issues, and the accident represented “momentary carelessness with terrible consequences”. Judge Mill was compassionate in his sentencing, and said anything he imposed besides reparation to the victim’s family would not change the lives of the people involved in the tragedy to any extent. “It’s a difficult intersection, you made a mistake and proceeded when the way wasn’t clear.” He convicted Wheadon on the charge, imposing $10,000 reparation and a disqualification from driving for one year.

Assault victim pleads with judge to be lenient on husband The wife of a man convicted of assaulting her pleaded with the judge not to hand down a sentence which would stop the couple from entering other countries. The defendant was convicted and remanded on bail to February 3 and has interim name suppression. There was to be a probation report, report on community detention, and referral for restorative justice. Following conviction the woman delivered an impact statement, and said the couple were planning on taking a trip involving distributing charity, and a sentence such as community detention could interfere with that. She stuck up for her husband, saying she knew “in her heart” he regretted his actions on the night from which the charge had aris-

en, and reminded the judge she had hit him first. Police prosecuting officer Ian Howard had said in the summary of facts that on an evening in August the defendant was home in Ashburton with his wife and their children. The woman became angry when she believed the defendant had changed his mind about going to meet a family member, and they argued and she slapped him once on the face. The defendant responded by slapping the complainant around the side of the face, threw two punches stopping centimetres from her face, and grabbed the complainant’s hand in his hand and used it to hit himself in the face. The complainant ran inside to a bedroom and the defendant followed and punched a hole in

the bedroom door, and pushed the defendant who fell over, landing on her knees. She was left with a sore ear and carpet burns on her knees. Judge Mill took on board the woman’s pleas and said he would be making a summation at sentencing, but also said “Remember he’s to blame”. Donald Lawrence Finch was relieved not to be sent to jail on his sixth drink driving conviction. But Judge Mill reminded the 51-year-old how close he was to such an outcome, and said he needed to abide by his sentence. “Any further offending, or breaches of the sentence, it’s prison,” His Honour said. Finch was driving in Christchurch late on October 12 when he failed a roadside breath test and returned a level of 891

micrograms per litre of breath. His lawyer Joseph Shaw said his client acknowledged he should have known better but was under significant personal distress, having gone through a relationship breakup and lost his house, as well as his father becoming unwell. He acknowledged using alcohol as a coping mechanism in the past but was working himself off addiction and was engaged with ACADS, and had a good job and supportive employer. The defendant himself also talked about his tough year and said it would be even worse if he was sent to jail, and he wanted the challenge of improving his life and not being a loser. The judge convicted and sentenced Finch to six months’ community detention, 12 months’ intensive supervision, 120 hours’

community work, and disqualified him from driving for 28 days from when he could apply for an alcohol interlock licence, and following that for a zero alcohol licence for three years. James Unuhia Clifton Maki was convicted of drink driving and driving while disqualified and remanded to January 17 for sentence. The court heard Maki, 43, a painter, blew 451 micrograms per litre of breath when he was stopped by police on Saunders Road on October 8. An Ashburton man has interim name suppression after pleading guilty to possessing a firearm without a licence. The man was convicted and remanded to January 17 for sentence.

■■NEW ZEALAND POLICE

Privacy breach confirmed on gun buy-back site NZME Police have confirmed a dealer with legitimate access to the online notification platform for the gun buy-back programme was able to see all owners’ details. Police Deputy Commissioner Mike Clement said they were notified yesterday morning by the dealer. An update to the database – not authorised by police – had given dealers a higher level of access last week thanks to “human error”, police said. Only one dealer appeared to have used that access. The vendor for the online notification platform was SAP, a German based global software company.

Gun buy-backs are continuing using a manual process while the platform is offline. It will remain offline until SAP can ensure police the system is secure. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner has been advised, and police are working to notify people whose privacy has been breached. The vendor’s software has an audit log which will show – in time – how many people’s information had been accessed. There have been reports that other people had seen and were sharing the information. Clement said if that was true police would find out as the investigation continued and be in touch with those people to ensure the information was secure and

had not been shared. Anyone who was circulating the private information of people in the system would be committing an offence, he said. There was no hack involved in the information being made available, Clement said. He was confident no-one in the NZ Police was at fault. Based on the information he had, firearm holders did not need to take any special measures to ensure they were safe, Clement said. If that changed those people would quickly be contacted, he said. Clement said he was confident firearms owners remained confident with police processes, though they would be “disap-

pointed” as he was in what had happened yesterday. A spokesperson said earlier yesterday police had been made aware yesterday of a “potential issue” by a member of the public. “Immediately upon being made aware of the issue the platform was closed down and we are investigating the matter further,” said the spokesperson. “We have advised the office of the Privacy Commissioner of the potential issue. “No further information is available at this time.” The Council of Licenced Firearms Owners issued a statement on the matter. “COLFO has learned within the past hour of a massive data breach on the police database for firearm

hand-in and compensation,” said spokeswoman Nicole McKee. “Information on 70,000 firearm hand-in notifications, the firearms and owner bank account numbers, were accessible to web page users.” “COLFO has sent an urgent email to all members alerting them to the breach.” McKee said the organisation “demands that the web page and whole hand-in application programme is suspended immediately”. “The incident shows precisely why a police firearms register cannot be trusted.” McKee later claimed that the breach had revealed 37,125 owners have registered 280,000 individual newly prohibited items.

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Transforming music into a canvas-based artform Tomorrow the Ashburton Art Gallery will come alive with colour and form inspired by the sound of musical instruments. Dunedin artists Hannah Joynt and Jane Venis (pictured) will present the multimedia performance-based exhibition Drawn to Sound. Over three consecutive days, through to Friday, Venis will play a range of instruments including handmade works in an improvisational way, while Joynt will respond to the music, interpreting it as large-scale drawings. The artistic pair have a long history of collaboration, including teaching at the College of Art, Design and Architecture at Otago Polytechnic in Dunedin. They have recently returned from Portugal where they undertook the Buinho Creative Hub Residency which further developed their experimental practice. They also have a long history of exhibiting, and next year will return to CICA Museum in Seoul to perform and exhibit as part of the 2020 Solo Exhibition Series. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Showing off some of their acrobatic skill ahead of tonight’s performance Feiyan Wang, 12, Jia Yuan Zhao, 14 and Xiaohui Fei, 13, PHOTO HEATHER MACKENZIE 021219-HM-0212

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It’s time to play the music, it’s time to light the lights, the circus is in town. Zirka Circus opens in Ashburton tonight with all the traditional fanfare attributed to such an event. In Ashburton for a sixth time and here for two nights, the 10th year anniversary show promising to be even more spectacular than last time. More than 20 performers will take to the stage, pledging to amaze and dazzle audience members of all ages, with their dancing, acrobatics and daredevil acts. And there will be clowns, no circus is complete without clowns. As their poster points out Zirka is the first contemporary circus in Australasia to be owned and operated by a woman. Jeni Hou and her family have been in the entertainment and circus industry for three generations. Sister Judy Hou travels with the circus and has done so since the beginning. “I enjoy it very much. It’s such a nice feeling making so many people happy.” Another bonus for Hou is being surrounded by the younger members of the troupe. “Working with so many young people keeps me young too,” she said. With a staff of over 30, including performers, they make a formidable sight rolling into town with all their caravans and

gear trucks on the eve of a show. Hou said the guys that put the big top up have been with her company for 10 years and know exactly what to do. “If we are pushed for time they can have the whole thing up and ready to go in one day.” But if time permits they prefer do it over two days. “That makes for a more relaxed and enjoyable time,” she said. Acrobats 12-year-old Feiyan Wang, 14year-old Jia Yuan Zhao and Xiaohui Fei, 13, have been performing with Zirka for two years. Hou said they will stay in New Zealand another two years and then return to China. The highlight for them is getting to see New Zealand. “It is very beautiful here,” they said. If the trio thought running away with the circus would get them out of school work they were wrong, to make sure they keep up with their studies, a Chinese teacher travels with them. Half their day is dedicated to acrobatic practice and the other half to school work. Every two years the circus gets a makeover. Hou said. “We travel with the show for two years, update it, travel with that for two years, then update it and so the pattern goes. It’s important to keep it fresh and new.” More information can be found on their website www.zirkacircus.com

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Climate: Point of no return AP UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the world’s efforts to stop climate change have been “utterly inadequate” so far and there is a danger global warming could pass the “point of no return”. Speaking before the start of a two-week international climate conference in Madrid, the UN chief said the impact of rising temperatures – including more extreme weather – is already being felt around the world, with dramatic consequences for humans and other species. He noted that the world has the scientific knowledge and the technical means to limit global warming, but “what is lacking is political will”. “The point of no return is no longer over the horizon,” Guterres told reporters in the Spanish capital. “It is in sight and hurtling toward us.” Delegates from almost 200 countries will try to put the finishing touches on the rules governing the 2015 Paris climate accord at the December 2-13 meeting, including how to create functioning international emissions trading systems and compensate poor countries for losses they suffer from rising sea levels and other consequences of climate change. Guterres cited mounting scientific evidence for the impact that man-made emissions of greenhouse gases are already having on the planet,

Performance anxiety He’s one of the biggest stars in the world right now, having won an Oscar this year for Best Actor. But Rami Malek has revealed he can’t watch other movies because it increases his anxiety about his own performance. The 38-year-old admitted to being his own harshest critic. ”Sometimes I’m not satisfied unless things are as good as they can be,” he said. “I never want to look back on performances where I could have done more, said this or that. I won’t watch movies ’cause then I start comparing myself to the actors I’m watching. That’s a horrible, abusive thing to do to oneself.”

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has issued a strong message on the global climate ahead of a two-week international climate conference in Madrid. PHOTO AP including record temperatures and melting polar ice. But he insisted that his message was “one of hope, not of despair. Our war against nature must stop and we know that that is possible.” Countries agreed in Paris four years ago to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius, ideally 1.5°C by the end of the century compared with pre-industrial times. Already, average temperatures have increased by

about 1°C, leaving little room for the more ambitious target to be met. Guterres said growing demands from citizens, particularly young people, have shown there is widespread desire for climate action. “What is still lacking is political will,” he said. “Political will to put a price on carbon. Political will to stop subsidies on fossil fuels. Political will to stop building coal power plants from 2020 onwards.

Political will to shift taxation from income to carbon. Taxing pollution instead of people.” Guterres noted that some 70 countries – many of them among the most vulnerable to climate change – have pledged to stop emitting more greenhouse gases by 2050. “But we also see clearly that the world’s largest emitters are not pulling their weight. And without them, our goal is unreachable,” he said.

■■SAMOA

Deadly measles outbreak worsens AP Samoa’s government said yesterday that another five children had died within the past day from a measles outbreak, bringing the death toll from the epidemic to more than 50 as authorities race to vaccinate the entire population. Samoa declared a national emergency last month and mandated that all 200,000 people living on the South Pacific island nation get vaccinated. The government has closed all schools and banned children from public gatherings. In all, 53 people have died in the outbreak since late October, including one adult and two older teenagers. Most of those who have died have been babies and young infants, including 23 children aged less than 1 and 25 children aged between 1 and 4. The government said more than 1100 people have been admitted to hospitals since the outbreak began and about 180 people remain hospitalised.

A measles outbreak in Samoa has killed 50 babies and young children as authorities race to vaccinate the entire population of the South Pacific nation. PHOTO AP Among those hospitalised are 19 children who are in critical condition. Samoan authorities believe the virus was first spread by a traveller from New Zealand. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said yesternday that her country was doing everything it could to help

curb the epidemic, including sending more than 50 medical professionals and thousands of vaccines to Samoa. Other countries including Britain have also sent teams and supplies. Ardern said the natural curve of infection rates meant that “sometimes things can be

worse before they are better”. Figures from the World Health Organization and UNICEF indicate that fewer than 30 per cent of Samoan infants were immunised last year. That low rate was exacerbated by a medical mishap that killed two babies who were administered a vaccine that had been incorrectly mixed, causing wider delays and distrust in the vaccination programme. The government said about 33,000 people were vaccinated before last month and since then, another 58,000 people have been vaccinated. The World Health Organization has set a target of wiping out measles from most of the world by next year. It says the disease is entirely preventable thanks to a safe vaccine that has been in use since the 1960s, and that measles deaths worldwide decreased by 84 per cent between 2000 and 2016 to about 90,000 annually thanks to better immunisation.

Bin Laden’s niece in band Osama bin Laden’s niece has been spotted playing live shows with her punk band in London. Wafah Dufour, who uses her mother’s maiden name, is the lead singer of the all-female group, Deep Tan, which also includes French model Melia Beaudoin and Celeste Guinness, an heiress to the Guinness brewing empire. The band has recently released two new singles, Shimmer and Constant Inconsistencies, and has several shows planned across London and Paris. Dufour, who once dated singer John Legend, says she never met her uncle and does not like to discuss her family.

Sir Elton mouths off Sir Elton John launched a foul-mouthed tirade at a couple of “moron” security guards during his concert in Perth on Sunday night. The Candle in the Wind singer performed at HBF park as part of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour. But halfway through his three-hour extravaganza, Elton spotted a woman being removed from the concert by security guards and he stopped the show to demand the lady be returned to her seat. “Hey, you two security guards with the girl … F**k off,” Elton can be heard saying in a video doing the rounds on social media. “Let her up here immediately … Morons, both of you, morons. You don’t treat girls like that. Leave her alone you turds!”

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OUR VIEW

Too many tragedies on our roads

ortunately we are now less than one month away from bringing 2019 to an end, and hopefully what has been a torrid time for tragedies on the roads for Mid Canterbury can come to an end as well. Road safety has been a topic that has been thrust in to the spotlight far too often this year, with 2019 being the Ashburton District’s deadliest year on the roads since 1994 when 15 people died on our roads. So far this year nine people have been killed on our roads, all in varying situations. Some involved multiple vehicles, some single vehicles. Some happened on straight pieces of road, others happened at intersections. Some have been ruled accidents, while others have had to

face the courts for their actions that led to deaths. What they all have in common is that someone’s loved one has passed away. There is no rhyme or reason for why this year has been deadlier than the previous year. Next year could easily swing the other way and we could see no fatalities on the road. Speaking to traffic cops, they agree there is no rhyme or reason behind a row of accidents. Some years there can be a

string of accidents at intersections. The next year might see a spike in alcohol-related crashes. There are planned safety improvements for sections of road across the district, which are a welcome change, but more still needs to be done to improve the quality of our drivers. I have written in the past that driving needs to be something that is treated as a privilege. In the second wave of firearms law changes announced since the March 15 terror attack, an interesting part of the bill was added that should be applied to vehicles and driving as well. “Enshrine in law that owning a firearm is a privilege and comes with an obligation to demonstrate a high level of

safety and responsibility.” Unfortunately the road toll this year reflects that there are still a number of drivers not demonstrating high enough levels of safety and responsibility, and people are paying for it with their lives. More stringent driver training needs to be introduced across the board. No longer should it be acceptable that you can go in and get your driver’s licence and you are therefore set to hold it until the end of time. There are checks put in place to ensure the elderly section of the population are fit to drive, so why is there no regular checking that the rest of the population is also fit to drive? If we treat our criminals as innocent until proven guilty, we

should treat our drivers as poor until proven otherwise. Regular testing every two years may be a bit extreme, but I think a reasonable measure would be to introduce driver re-testing every five years. I have had quite a few people over the age of 40 say to me there is no way that they would pass the driving test if they were to sit it now. Imagine if a builder admitted they would not pass a test on building standards, or an electrician the same. People would be shocked and their business would very quickly dry up, so why should we let people behind the wheels of vehicles that can kill people if they can’t prove they can show a high level of safety and responsibility?

computer in Newbury, Berkshire, to Vodafone executive Richard Jarvis’ mobile phone. The Greek tanker Aegean Sea spilled more than 21 million gallons of crude oil when it ran aground off northwestern Spain. In 1999, Tori Murden of the United States became the first woman to row across the Atlantic Ocean alone as she arrived at the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, 81 days after leaving the Canary Islands. In 2001, in the wake of bombings that had killed 26 Israelis, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared a war on terror. In 2002, thousands of personnel

files released under a court order showed that the Archdiocese of Boston went to great lengths to hide priests accused of abuse, including clergy who’d allegedly snorted cocaine and had sex with girls aspiring to be nuns. Ten years ago: Pope Benedict XVI and visiting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed to upgrade Vatican-Kremlin ties to full diplomatic relations. Five years ago: A Staten Island, New York, grand jury declined to indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the July 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner. One year ago: At the UN’s annual

climate summit in Poland, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a dramatic appeal to world leaders to take global warming seriously, calling it “the most important issue we face”. Today’s birthdays: Rock singer Ozzy Osbourne is 71. Rock singer Mickey Thomas is 70. Country musician Paul Gregg is 65. Actor Steven Culp is 64. Actress Daryl Hannah is 59. Actress Julianne Moore is 59. Actor Brendan Fraser is 51. Singer Montell Jordan is 51. Actor Royale Watkins is 50. Actor Bruno Campos is 46. Actress Holly Marie Combs is 46.

Actress Liza Lapira is 44. Actress Lauren Roman is 44. Pop-rock singer Daniel Bedingfield is 40. Actress/comedian Tiffany Haddish is 40. Actress Anna Chlumsky is 39. Actress Jenna Dewan is 39. Actor Brian Bonsall is 38. Actress Dascha Polanco is 37. Pop/rock singer-songwriter Andy Grammer is 36. Actress Amanda Seyfried is 34. Actor Michael Angarano is 32. Actor Jake T. Austin is 25. Thought for today: “Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it.” — Joseph Conrad, Polish-born English novelist (born this date in 1857, died 1924). - AP

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, December 3, the 337th day of 2019. There are 28 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On December 3, 1979, 11 people were killed in a crush of fans at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Coliseum, where the British rock group The Who was performing. On this date: In 1863, Parliament passed legislation for the confiscation (raupatu) of Māori land to punish tribes deemed to have “engaged in open rebellion against Her Majesty’s authority” in the early 1860s. In 1910, Freda du Faur was the first female to complete the ascent of Aoraki/Mt Cook. In 1960, Bluff Island Harbour opened. The 40-hectare manmade island harbour was eight years in the making. In 1964, police arrested some 800 students at the University of California at Berkeley, one day after the students stormed the administration building and staged a massive sit-in. In 1967, a surgical team in Cape Town, South Africa, led by Dr Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky, who lived 18 days with the donor organ. In 1980, Bernadine Dohrn, a former leader of the radical Weather Underground, surrendered to authorities in Chicago after more than a decade as a fugitive. In 1984, thousands of people died after a cloud of methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a pesticide plant operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, India. In 1991, radicals in Lebanon released American hostage Alann Steen, who’d been held captive nearly five years. In 1992, the first telephone text message was sent by British engineer Neil Papworth, who transmitted the greeting Merry Christmas from his work

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An American ’60s icon

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n the heady times of 1960s, America was looking for a new it-girl, a poster child for the era, and Edie Sedgwick slipped in to the role, a waif girl in black tights and chandelier earrings, with lashings of black eyeliner and never without a cigarette in hand and Andy Warhol at her hip. Marilyn Monroe had died in 1962, and left a void which Edie filled perfectly. Although at first glance the two women seem polar opposites (Marilyn’s curvy glamour to Edie’s boyish cool, both embodied the irresistible contradictory mix of vulnerability, innocence, intelligence and foolishness, with a strong sexual allure that was magnetic. Attributes that seemed to have led both women on paths of self-destruction, with men who could have saved them, or at the very least not contributed to their demise, but instead effectively pushed them both to their doom. Andy Warhol, artist and a cult legend, first meet Edie at a birthday party for playwright Tennessee Williams. Andy, well known for his pop art paintings (think Campbell soup tins), was trying his hand at a different medium: film. In typical Andy style, his films were non-conformist, and anti-Hollywood, often unscripted and almost with a reality television vibe, something that had never been done before. Andy had Edie do a screen test at his New York studio (the famous Factory) where Andy’s paintings were completed using silk screens for mass production, as well as his numerous other creative endeavours. Her screen test proved she was naturally as enchanting in front of the lens as she was in the flesh, and Andy was hooked. Despite being homosexual, he was infatuated with Edie, with the pair stepping straight into an intimacy that, although was non-sexual, was incredibly intense and all consuming, categorising their relationship as far more than platonic in nature. Edie even cut her hair and dyed it blonde, so the two were almost identical. Edie was everything Andy wished he was, with her aristocratic heritage, fragility and beauty. And fragile she was: her

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PRESS COUNCIL childhood, under the reign of an artistic but damaged father who was abusive and controlling, had left Edie and her seven siblings traumatised. Two of her brothers committed suicide, and the family, intoxicatingly rich and high in social class, were plagued with mental health issues and tragedy. Edie herself had been in and out of mental health institutions. During college, a seemingly endless number of boyfriends (and want-to-be boyfriends) had done what they could to protect Edie from herself. Even early on, Edie’s potential for disaster seemed probable. From the outside, to those who only saw her on screen, or in the society pages, she was beautiful, confident, charming. She had everything: money, fame, beauty and success. But in reality, she was crumbling, with a rampant eating disorder and an ever-growing drug addiction. Andy cast Edie in the film Poor Little Rich Girl, and left her to ad-lib, no script required. She was perfect in the role, as herself. She was made for it. The Factory was the underground hang-out of the era, and Edie became the ultimate Factory Girl, appearing in the leading role of around 10 of Andy’s films that year. She modelled for Vanity Fair, was famously labelled a Youth Quaker and Andy called her a Superstar, coining the term we

throw around so loosely today. The pair’s heady relationship lasted no more than a year, until tensions began to form between the two. Andy never paid Edie, or any of his actors, and as Edie’s father, known as Fuzzy, became displeased with the nature of the films Edie was starring in, he began to cut his financial support. With an ever-growing drug dependency and a socialite lifestyle to support, pressure on Edie intensified. Tensions between Andy and Edie came to a head when she became involved with musician Bob Dylan. Dylan denied any intimacy, despite Edie’s claims otherwise. What is clear is that he never told her he was already married, and the news shook Edie, who was in love with the rebellious Dylan, to the core. Dylan cut ties with Edie, and Andy became distant, and both relationships ended as abruptly as they began. Edie entered yet another institution, marrying a fellow patient after only five months. Both Bob Dylan and Andy Warhol could not have missed Edie’s very obvious fragility, but both men, in very different ways treated her as little more than disposable, an object to be discarded like a child throws away a toy they are bored with. All of the signs of imminent disaster were there in flashing neon, but both men chose to

ignore it. If they had placed more value upon her, if they were not as narcissistic in their own very polar opposite ways, perhaps Edie’s story may have ended differently. “I have an accident about every two years, and one day it won’t be an accident,” she once said. In November 1971, 48 years ago last month, Edie attended a party and was verbally abused venomously by a woman in the crowd. Edie overdosed on barbiturates later that night, and died naked in her bed, just as Marilyn Monroe had nearly a decade earlier. Edie once said that she would not live past 30. She was 28 years old. Claire Inkson is an awardwinning freelance photographer and blogger who is passionate about telling the stories of our people and landscapes through both these mediums. Claire is also passionate about Rural New Zealand: the people, the stories, the history and is dedicated to the positive promotion of New Zealand agriculture. Find her online at www.claireinkson.com The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof.

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Mid Canterbury leading the way By Heather Chalmers

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The Ashburton district has New Zealand’s biggest dairy herds as well as the highest average milksolids production per hectare, according to the latest dairy industry figures. The Ashburton district’s 411 herds have the highest average herd size of 873 cows. While this was followed by Mackenzie in South Canterbury with 859 cows, this was based on only 17 herds. Mid Canterbury had the highest average production per herd with 376,051 kilograms of milksolids followed by Hurunui in North Canterbury with 364,976kg/MS. Mid Canterbury also had the highest average milksolids per effective hectare with 1526kg. Hurunui recorded the highest production per cow (445kg/MS) compared with Mid Canterbury’s 431kg/MS/cow. The Southland district had the most cows (441,717), followed by Mid Canterbury (358,609). South Taranaki continued to be the district with the most herds (955) followed by Matamata-Piako (877). Of Mid Canterbury’s 411 herds, 226 were farmed by owner-operators, 59 by contract milkers and 126 by sharemilkers. The New Zealand Dairy Statistics released by DairyNZ and Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) showed that farmers’ focus on productivity and efficiency was paying off, with milk production increasing despite cow numbers stabilising. The 2018-19 cow census showed that while total cow numbers had remained relatively stable, these cows were producing more milk than ever before. New Zealand reached record

milk production per herd and per cow this year, with dairy companies processing 21.2 billion litres of milk containing 1.88b kg/MS – both up 2.4 per cent on the previous season. The latest count showed that New Zealand has 4.946 million milking cows – a decrease of 0.9 per cent from the previous season. DairyNZ chief executive Tim Mackle said New Zealand’s dairy sector was continuing to evolve and the days of significant cow number growth may be over, as numbers have remained fairly stable over the past five years. “Farmers have been focusing on improving their environmental management in recent years and they have been doing this

while stepping up their on-farm efficiency to produce more milk from fewer cows. More efficient milk production has benefits in areas such as greenhouse gas emissions and nutrient losses.” The report reveals an increased uptake of herd improvement services, as farmers seek higher performing, healthier and more efficient cows through the use of herd testing and artificial breeding (AB). LIC chief executive Wayne McNee said this increased investment on herd improvement showed farmers’ commitment to improve the quality of their herd assets to drive better sustainability and productivity outcomes. “New Zealand farmers are farming with improved precision

and taking advantage of herd improvement services to produce more with less.” “We’re proud of the role we play to help ensure cows around the country are year-on-year more efficient at converting grass into milk, in turn enabling dairy farmers to reduce their environmental footprint.” A total of 3.67 million cows were herd tested in 2018/19, up 1.6 per cent from the previous season and the highest on record. The number of cows mated by artificial breeding increased by 1 per cent to 3.59 million cows. The most significant increase was in the number of yearlings mated to AB which jumped up 11 per cent to 230,497 – the highest

in the past nine seasons. Although the sharp increase in the number of yearlings mated to AB shows farmers are wanting to maximise genetic gain across their whole herd, it is also likely to have been influenced by Mycoplasma bovis, McNee said. “Farmers are looking to reduce their farm’s biosecurity risks wherever possible, which has seen some farmers choose to extend their artificial breeding period to avoid bringing bulls on-farm for mating.” Mackle said the success of our dairy farmers had real benefits for New Zealanders. “The dairy sector employs 46,000 workers and earned New Zealand $18.1b in export revenue for the year to June 2019.”

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MARKET REPORT By Guy Trafford The anti-farming feeling that many in New Zealand are experiencing is widespread. Let’s face it, there has been an endless barrage of negative comment aimed at livestock farming for at least five years now, and it is not only being experienced just here. French farmers, never known for being shy in expressing their feelings, are also feeling under the gun. The streets of Paris have been rumbling to the beat of large tractors as the farmers bring their complaints to their Parliament. Not only have the French been up in arms but the German and Irish farmers have been active also. The Europeans make New Zealand farmers look positively mild. I wonder how Shane Jones would handle the EU farmers’ approach. Perhaps the EU approach may gain a more respectful audience. Sticking with governments, one of the philosophical problems I have with successive New Zealand governments is the existence of LandCorp. Just to remind readers of the scale of LandCorp, it holds 385,500ha of land and that is worth $1.7b. It’s a sizable asset. What prompted me to look at what LandCorp are up to was the news that the Spring Sheep Dairy enterprise (a 50-50 LandCorp and private-funded sheep dairying enterprise based in the Waikato and Taupo regions), set up with nearly $13m assistance from government in 2016 are now looking to sell sheep milk into New Zealand supermarkets. When LandCorp received the funding it was to encourage the new industry “increase the numbers of farms from the current half dozen to 55, and to lift annual revenues from $7.6m to between $200-$700m by 2020”. And targeting exports. Dairy sheep numbers back then were estimated to be around 25,000. Currently, they are sitting at more like 12,000. Not an indication of a thriving industry. Through the media we have heard what a great job Spring Dairy have been doing expanding overseas markets and how successful the industry is going. If that is the case, why then are they selling their subsidised milk into the New Zealand market creating yet a greater barrier to existing sheep dairy farmers? As South Island-based farmers, we have

seen zero benefit of the government’s spend, and now see potential threats. Markets Sheep While lamb was looking to head off venison as the most high-priced red meat a slight reduction in the schedule has put paid to that, unless venison decrease at a faster rate which is on the cards at the moment. Mutton had a mixed week but the general trend is still up. Saleyard prices for mature sheep (ewes and wethers) continues to break records with a line of large wethers making $374 each at Coalgate saleyards last week. Prime lambs are continuing to float up into the $240 plus range however store lamb prices softened on the back of more small, new season lambs coming onto the market. Wool The finer wools took a bit of a trim at last week’s Christchurch sale with purchasers described as “sluggish”. The coarse wools, while doing nothing spectacular, at least held on to their prices. Beef Most processors either held or dropped the prime beef schedule this week indicating that the peak of prices is now behind us, although the seasonal highs have held on for a good month or longer than what would normally be expected. Saleyard prices for prime animals have also come back as the grass market dries up. Younger stock with potential to grow out are still achieving good margins. A snapshot from Coalgate show: Good quality Angus yearling steers sold up to $1330 per head – $3.63 per kg. Beef bred yearling heifers sold from $900 to $1100 per head. Beef cows with calves at foot sold for $1600 per unit. Venison Another fall in the venison schedule. A feature of the last two seasons are the long periods of single direction trends which go both ways ie long positive periods followed by long negatives. It likely indicates the marketers have pushed the prices beyond what purchasers expect as reasonable and price resistance sets in. Dairy We have another GDT auction this week and it would be a brave punter to put money on which way the prices are going to go. My gut feeling is that there may be a small correction downwards but I certainly wouldn’t put money on it.

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Farm gate price watch … for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural December 2, 2019 current price range Saleyard prices … u LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 120 -128 Prime 145 -241 u HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt Store 283 -319 u STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt Prime 258 -315 This week Processor prices … u LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 133.00 17.5 kg YX SI 150.00 19.0 kg YX SI 163.00 21.0 kg YX SI 180.00 Local trade (c/kg) SI 880 (16-22kg) u MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 135.00 u BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 592.0 (270-295kg) P Cow SI 482 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 577 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 600 (180-280kg) u VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 436 AP Stag 60kg SI 530 AP Stag 80kg SI 706

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Terms of trade rise boosts $NZ By Jenny Ruth NZME

Treasury Services said. “The New Zealand economy’s running hot and that’s lifted the New Zealand dollar,” he said. That wasn’t the case across the Tasman where Australia’s housing consents fell 8.1 per cent in October while job ads fell 1.7 per cent in November, a worrying sign for employment which suffered its

biggest drop in three years in October. Nevertheless, the market isn’t expecting the Reserve Bank of Australia will cut interest rates today when it reviews monetary policy for the last time this year. The RBA’s cash rate stands at 0.75 per cent and the market is expecting it will cut that to 0.5 per

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Auckland Airport has installed new scanning equipment that increases international departures processing capacity five-fold. Twelve new automated pre-security gates scan boarding passes to grant passengers to security areas rather than have them checked manually. The new equipment is part of a move to more automation at the international terminal where up to 7000 people can be processed every hour. Auckland Airport’s general manager of operations Anna Cassels-Brown said the technology transformation could eventually include biometric authentication to enable seamless journeys from check-in to boarding the aircraft. “Where possible we see automation as a key way to improve the airport system by being more accurate, reliable and faster.’’ She said the fundamental requirements of passenger processing were not going to change. “We still need check-in, baggage drop, customs and security screening. But what technology can do is

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allow us to link the process together and streamline information in the background, helping to make the experience as seamless as possible.’’ The new scanners have been developed with Vision-Box, a multinational technology company with its headquarters in Lisbon, Portugal. Vision-Box in October announced plans to introduce facial recognition screening at New York’s JFK Airport that could result in boarding of aircraft with up to 500

passengers in under 20 minutes. Cassels-Brown said phase two of Vision-Box’s Orchestra software will be rolled out in 2020. This second stage will integrate the pre-security gates with real-time flight information from the airport’s operations system; allow for multi-boarding pass processes to benefit families; provide real-time reports for airlines and ground handlers; and integrate with the airport’s access control system for staff ID validation.

Black Friday sales reach new record spend Kiwis spent $253 million on Black Friday, dwarfing the $63.8 million spent on Boxing Day last year, according to figures from Paymark. The only day that’s been bigger in the last year was the Thursday before Easter, totalling $263m in sales. Over the weekend and including Black Friday, Kiwis spent $652m,

about 90 per cent of that was spent in physical shops. Paymark, which processes about 75 per cent of the country’s electronic transactions, says for some retailers Black Friday was the busiest trading day of the year. The total spend over the Black Friday weekend was a record, a Paymark spokesman confirmed to the Herald.

Auckland and Northland spent the most over the Black Friday weekend while the South Canterbury spend was $9.2m. Paymark says the last seven days of Christmas are traditionally the busiest shopping days of the year. Spending in the 42 days before Christmas is up 3.4 per cent to date compared to the same days before Christmas recorded last year.

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from 94.95 yesterday morning, at 58.50 euro cents from 58.32, at 49.92 British pence from 49.80, at 70.71 yen from 70.43 and at 4.5308 Chinese yuan from 4.5208. The two-year swap rate edged up to a bid price of 1.1704 per cent from 1.1326 per cent on Friday while 10-year swaps rose to 1.54 per cent from 1.48 per cent.

cent in February next year. However, New Zealand’s Reserve Bank is expected to hold its official cash rate steady at 1 per cent at its next review in February, with the contrast enhancing the perceived value of New Zealand dollars. The New Zealand dollar was trading at 95.12 Australian cents

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The New Zealand dollar rose after the nation’s terms of trade rose to their second highest level ever in the September quarter. The domestic currency’s gains were buttressed by downbeat data in Australia on housing consents and job advertisements. The Kiwi was trading at 64.46 US cents at 5pm in Wellington from 64.30 at 8am yesterday while the trade-weighted index was at 71.48 from 71.31. New Zealand’s terms of trade, a measure showing the purchasing power of New Zealand’s exports relative to imports, jumped 1.9 per cent in the three months ended September, nearly double the 1 per cent gain economists had been expecting and the largest quarterly increase since March 2016. The terms of trade are now within a whisker of their record level set in December 2017. “Like the data we got last week on retail sales and business confidence, the lift in the terms of trade was greater than markets were expecting,” Peter Cavanaugh, the senior client advisor at Bancorp

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – How many state primary schools are there in Ashburton? a. Four b. Five c. Six 2 – Which of these is a not a US state? a. North Virginia b. North Dakota c. North Carolina 3 – Who was the first New Zealander to play basketball in America’s NBA league? a. Sean Marks b. Craig Bradshaw c. Kirk Penney 4 – The first London police officers were known as? a. Tanners b. Peelers c. Skinners 5 – In a house frame, a dwang is a wooden brace that is? a. Horizontal b. Vertical c. Placed at 45 degrees 6 – During a service, the public occupy which part of a church? a. Chancel b. Nave c. Transept 7 – The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a novel by which author? a. Edgar Allan Poe b. Arthur Conan Doyle c. Charles Dickens 8 – New Zealand soldiers operated in Barmiya province in which country? a. India b. Vietnam c. Afghanistan

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The Topp Twins: A Kiwi history By Rosie Twamley

ur new exhibition The Topp Twins: An Exhibition for New Zealand is now open. It celebrates the outstanding contribution these inspiring women have made to our nation’s social, cultural and political landscape. The Topp Twins relate well to our small town, Kiwi can-do attitude common to many communities around New Zealand, like Ashburton. Who are the Topp Twins? The Topp Twins consists of Dames Lynda and Jools Topp, twin sisters who were born in Huntly in 1958, and best known as a folk singing and comedy duo. They have performed for over 30 years, have had TV shows, albums, written children’s books and now this exhibition helps highlight their lives. They have also been inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame, received the New Zealand Order of Merit and Honorary Doctorates, and with these great achievements comes acknowledgement of years of hard work which started in their early years. Their comedy characters of Ken and Ken, Camp Leader and Camp Mother, Raylene and Brenda, Prue and Dilly, the Gingham Sisters and the Bowling Ladies are loved by audiences everywhere. Early days The twins started out singing to the cows on the family dairy farm in Ruawaro in the Waikato, where supportive parents Jean and Peter encouraged the twins to believe that they could achieve anything they put their minds to. This ambition and the down-to-earth qualities created by their rural upbringing helped whet their appetite for country music, with their first performance at the age of five at their cousin’s 21st party. Their mother taught them to sing standards like Springtime in the Rockies and My Pinto Pony, with the latter sending Lynda into an obsession with yodelling. After 16 years of living the country life, the twins joined the Territorial Army in order to see the country. The stint was short lived, after stopping off in Christchurch they began busking and playing in small cafes. The Victorian was where they made their first big break, earning $5 and all you can eat toasted sandwiches. Their early twenties saw them, their guitars and highly original political repertoire, move to Auckland and develop a cult following as buskers. Crowds of several hundred soon gathered at their shows, especially the

Friday night ones, and when the crowds grew so large at one event, they were arrested for obstruction, where they defended themselves in a court case, which they went on to win. This early time saw them calling themselves Homemade Jam, but that didn’t seem to catch on and they soon renamed as the Topp Twins. Rise to the Topp The Topp Twins came of age as performers in the 1980s when political protesting was at its height in New Zealand. The twins were actively involved and used music as a way to express themselves. As out lesbians since the late 1970s, at a time when the main press refused to print the word, the Topp Twins have always been visible and proud about their sexual identity. However, the Twins’ ability to relate to all kinds of people, and their gift for humour, has ensured that this is not an issue. Part of the Topp Twins’ phenomena is that is that they have successfully crossed from the fringes to the mainstream and are accepted for who they are. Their songs often challenge people to stand up and have guts, to fight for what you believe in. During this time they released a succession of albums which helped establish their country-influenced musical sound. They also toured every corner of New Zealand with the help of the Students Arts Council, and managed to sell-out theatre shows based on their life-stories and laced with political satire. In 1987 they won Entertainers of the Year, Best Entertainment Programme and Best Original Music for their television special that highlighted the best of the twins’ stage shows, at the NZ Film & TV Awards. Highly successful tours in Canada, Britain and the USA, performing alongside well-known artists at festivals and enjoying long-running theatre sessions in London and Edinburgh, created great reviews and extended their following globally, helping with their success. Returning to New Zealand they developed and produced their own primetime TV series Do Not Adjust Your Twinset, which became one of TV3’s top-rated shows and won them even more awards. Then, in 1998, Camp Mother ran for mayor, but after attracting a large share of the vote the decision was made to support Christine Fletcher who won the top job, achieving Camp Mother’s goal which was to give Auckland a new gay-friendly leader. Recent years

In 2004, the Topp Twins received the Queen’s Medal for Services to Entertainment and in 2008 were inducted into the NZ Music Hall of Fame. Touring Australia and New Zealand regularly is what the twins have been up to in recent years. But when they aren’t on stage, at A&P shows, or any other event, they can be found outdoors. Jools practices natural horsemanship while Lynda enjoys fishing. In 2009 a feature-length documentary called Untouchable Girls was released and in 2016, Topp Country, a factual series which is a celebration of New Zealand’s beautiful country and passionate people, was released. The show was so popular that three seasons have been created and in 2018 it won the Best Director: Documentary Factual and Best Lifestyle Programme at the NZTV awards. The exhibition – what to expect The Topp Twins are celebrated as national treasures who have brought many issues to light like LGBT issues, feminism, gender, the nuclear free movement and Bastion Point. Paired with their stage characters, they have done a lot for New Zealand in many fields, but especially in arts and contemporary issues. This exhibition features costumes of the iconic characters and the process of becoming the characters themselves in all aspects. The themes of the exhibition include family, the characters, music and entertainment, activism, empowerment and achievements. With archival footage, objects, writing and documents on display, and interactive activities, this is an exhibition not to be missed. The exhibition was curated by the Te Manawa Museum in Palmerston North and Ashburton Museum is the only South Island venue. 1. Jools and Lynda, the twins who have made people laugh and made people think throughout their years as performers and activists. Credit: Bruce Correw, courtesy of Diva Productions. 2. The twins performing on stage in 1986. Credit: Gil Hanly, courtesy of Diva Productions. 3. Original costumes of Camp Leader and Camp Mother, as well as Ken and Ken, on display for the exhibition. 4. The Topp Twins: An Exhibition for New Zealand, is on now at Ashburton Museum.

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RESULTS ■■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club November 25 Duplicate N/S 1st Bruce & Heather Sim, 2nd Elizabeth Hutten & Maryke Blignault, 3rd Jackie Chisnall & Averil Leckey E/W 1st Anne Gilbert & Mary Bruce, 2nd Pat Wise & Joyce Johnson, 3rd Eric & Wendy Parr November 26 Duplicate N/S 1syt Sandie Wright & Alan Wright, 2nd Maree Moore & Rewa Kyle, 3rd Val Ferrier & Peter Downward E/W 1st Mary Buckland & Trish Downward, 2nd Beth McIlraith & Kay Robb, 3rd Val Palmer & Pat Jordan November 27 Duplicate N/S 1st Peter Downward & Rewa Kyle, 2nd Judith Edmond & Maree Moore, 3rd Kay Robb & Rosemary McLaughlin E/W 1st Pauline & Paul Fergus, 2nd Mary Buckland & Trish Downward, 3rd Joyce Johnson & David Wilkinson November 28 Duplicate N/S 1st Mary Buckland & Paul Fergus, 2nd Bev Turton & Trevor Coulter, 3rd Margaret Shearer & Sue Rosevear E/W 1st Val Palmer & Pat Jordan, 2nd Heather Sim & Sheila Lyons, 3rd = Rewa Kyle & Maree Moore and Linda Baker & Kay Robb

■■ Bowls Hampstead Bowling Club November 29 Friday Half Day Triples Proudly Sponsored by the Devon Tavern 1st place M. Quinn, J. Drayton, M. Otene. 3 wins, 17 ends 41 points, 2nd M. Smallridge, B. Mason, P. Whinham 3 wins, 15 ends 39 points, 3rd place B. Holdom, Alex, Shirley 3 wins, 15 ends, 34 points.

■■ Croquet Waireka Croquet Club Interclub November 25 Advanced Grade: Waireka v Aorangi Blue: Singles: Logan McCorkindale 7 v Graeme Simpson 4; Bill Allnutt 5 v Oscar Baird-Gosling 7; Sue Lamb 5 v Tom Weir 7; Bev Blair 6 v Brian Maxwell 7; Logan McCorkindale 7 v Oscar Baird-Gosling 4; Bill Allnutt 5 v Graeme Simpson 7; Sue Lamb 6 v Brian Maxwell 7; Bev Blair 5 v Tom Weir 7; Doubles: Logan McCorkindale and Bill Allnutt 7 v Graeme Simpson and Oscar Baird-Godling 1; Sue Lamb and Bill Allnutt 6 v Tom Weir and Brian Maxwell 7; Total games won: Waireka 3 v Aorangi Blue 7; Total hoops won: Waireka 59 v Aorangi Blue 7; Intermediate Grade: Waireka Red v West

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End: Singles: Audrey Leath 5 v Alison Bartlett 7; Janice Murta 6 v Colleen Woods 7; Brian Goodwin 7 v Carol Burt 4; Phyllis Reith 7 v Evelyn Milliken 4; Audrey Leath 6 v Colleen Woods 7; Janice Murta 7 v Alison Bartlett 4; Brian Goodwin 7 v Evelyn Milliken 3; Phyllis Reith 4 v Carol Burt 7; Doubles: Audrey Leath and Janice Murta 7 v Alison Bartlett and Colleen Woods 3; Brian Goodwin and Phyllis Reith 5 v Carol Burt and Evelyn Milliken 3; Total games won: Waireka Red 5 v West End 5; Total hoops won: Waireka Red 56 v West End 52; Intermediate Grade: Waireka White v Waimate: Singles: Rod Webb 7 v Anne McMaster 6; Bruce Leath 5 v Dale Munro 7; Eva Kircher 5 v Elaine Ryan 7; Barbara McIntosh 7 v Bev Kelynack 1; Rod Webb 7 v Dale Munro 4; Bruce Leath 7 v Anne McMaster 4; Eva Kircher 7 v Bev Kelynack 5; Barbara McIntosh v Elaine Ryan 7; Doubles: Rod Webb and Bruce Leath 5 v Anne McMaster and Dale Munro 7; Eva Kircher and Barbara McIntosh 7 v Elaine Ryan and Bev Kelynack 4; Total games won: Waireka White 6 v Waimate 4; Total hoops won: Waireka White 62 v Waimate 52: Primary Grade: Waireka v Aorangi: Singles: Colin Lamb 5 v Gordon Hardacre 7; Heather Kaye 6 v Fay Merrick 7; Shelagh Field 7 v Olive Crossan 5; Lyn Jones 2 v Gavin Young 7; Colin Lamb 7 v Fay Merrick 4; Heather Kaye 5 v Gordon Hardacre 7; Keather Kaye 5 v Gavin Young 7; Shelagh Field 6 v Gavin Young 7; Lyn Jones 7 v Olive Crossan 2; Doubles: Colin Lamb and Heather Kaye 6 v Gordon Hardacre and Fay Merrick 7; Shelagh Field and Lyn Jones 7 v Olive Crossan and Gavin Young 3; Total games won: Waireka White 4 v Aorangi 6; Total hoops won: Waireka White 58 v Aorangi 56:

■■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers November 27 Wednesday Night McGee & Social Wheelers Cup & trophies Race s. 23 Riders 1st Anna Summerfield CT.31.03. HT. 50s. RT. 30m 13s. 2nd Rachel Reid CT. 31.05. HT.50s. RT. 30m 15s. 3rd Brent Hudson CT.31.05. HT. Go. RT. 31m 05s. 4th Glen Beeman CT.31.09. HT. RT. 31m 09s. 5th Andy Skinner CT.33.19. HT.50s. RT. 32m 29s. 6th Debbie Skinner CT. 33.25. HT. Go. RT. 33m 25s. 7th Paul Summerfield CT.33.36. HT.8.00m RT. 25m 36s. 8th Paul Macfie CT. 33.38. HT. 8.00m. RT. 25m 38s. 9th Paul Chapman CT.33.39. HT. 8.00m. RT. 25m 39s. 10th. Nick Grijns CT. 33.39. HT. 8.00m. RT.25m 39s. 11th. Doug Coley CT. 33.40. HT. 8.00m RT.25m 40s. 12th Mark Smitheram CT.33.41. HT.8.00m. RT. 25m 41s. 13th Martin Hyde CT.33.41. HT. 8.00m RT. 25m 42s. 14th Don Morrison CT.33.42. HT. 8.00m. RT. 25m 42s. 15th Kerry Clough CT. 34.01. HT. 8.00m. RT. 26m 01s. 16th Matthew Clough CT. 34.27. HT. 10.30m. RT. 23m 57s F/T. 17th Sam Clement Stewart CT. 34.27. HT.10.30m. RT. 23m 57s.2f/t. 18th Chris Reid CT. 34.28. HT. 10.30m RT. 23m 58s. 3f/t. 19th Kevin Opele CT.34.28. HT. 10.30m. RT. 23.m 58s.

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 4f/t. 20th Gerrard Morrison CT. 34.29. HT. 10.30m. RT. 23m 59s. 5f/t. 21st Oliver Davidson CT. 35.13. HT. 11.05m. RT. 24m 08s. 22nd Tony Ward CT. 35.13. HT. 11.05m RT. 24m 08s. 23rd Nigel Chatterton CT.39.22. HT. 8.00m. RT. 31m 22s.

■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club 2019 Rural Co Christmas Tournament Barb Wise (Tinwald) 122 c/b; 19th Hole (Ashburton, Tinwald, Mayfield) 122; Santas 4 little deer (Ashburton) 121; Jingle Belles (Ashburton) 120 c/b; Putter Nutters (Geraldine) 120; 4 Natural Hazards (Rakaia) 119; Cup Cakes (Gleniti) 117; 4 Wise Women (Tinwald) 116 Nearest the Pins: No 4 Grade 3 Heather Trott, No 8 Open Jo Johnson, No 12 Grade 1 Pauline Bell, No 14 Grade 2 Shirley Elliott Two’s: Bev Chinn No 4, Sally Smith, Joyce Van der Heide No 8, Vicki Moore, Teresa Booker, Anne Hill, Kirsty McAuliffe No 12, Wendy Parr, Fay McCarthy No 14 November 29 Midlands Seed Social Teams Top Team: Hoppy’s Hopefulls 92.5 – Wendy Hopwood, John Hetrick, Kristeen Williams, Adrian Hopwood; Men: The Big Test Icicles 92, Flying Balls 89, One Man Handicap 88, The Fisherman 88; Women: Mayfield Magic 86.5; Mixed: The Cruisers 89, Smooth Strokers 88.5; Top lady: Wendy Bruce; Top man: Alistair Read Nearest the Pins: Columbus Coffee – Denis Saunders, Mac & Maggies – Andy Morrison, Paul May Motor – Lynn Small, Gabites Ltd – Dave Gleeson Twos: Wendy Hopwood, Jenny Matthews, Wendy Bruce, Andrew Morrison November 30 Canadian Foursome match for the John Smallbone Memorial Trophy for mixed pairs Winner: Jeff & Fiona Williamson with a nett score of 66. Other winning pairs over the field were: Bruce Day & Richard McKernan 63; Kevin McStay & Greg Fleming 64.5; Paul McFie & Derek Prebble and Adrian Hopwood & Chris Lovelock 66; Stewart & Janice Dunlop 66.5. Twos: George Brown & Tufuga Sa, Kevin McStay & Greg Fleming, Noel Sutton & Paul Greer. Nearest The Pins: Braided Rivers: Terry Molloy; Rothbury Insurance: Tufuga Sa; Value Plus Processing: Sally Lemon; South Island Seeds: Paul Greer: Property Brokers #6: George Brown; Charming Thai Longest Putt: Chris Lovelock. Nine Holes The Harvey Bakehouse Player of the day was Brian Lester with a nett score of 34. Other winners were: Terry O’Reilly 35, Gordon Clinton 35, Murray Lister 36 and Peter Wright 36. A two to Gavin Johnston.

Tinwald Golf Club November 21 Twilight Stableford Leading scores in the twilight stableford round: -6; Brock Peddie 23, Jeff Naish 20 b/l.7-10: Pete Trembath 23, Steve Moorehead 21, Tony Sheppard, Cawte Whiting, Johnny Moore 20, Brent Green 19. 11 plus: Ryan Jamison 25, Geoff Soal 23,

Darryl McKibbon 22, Alex Bec 21, Graeme Mills, Neil Connelly 20. Women: 0-14: Barb MacGregor 18. 15 plus: Shirley Young 23, Madeline Smith 22. Non-Handicap; Ryan Bell 30. Nearest the pin: # 6 Cawte Whiting. # 16 Myson. Two’s; None. Radio Hokonui hacker; Daz Young with 9 stablefords. November 30 Stableford Best scores in the stableford round played as the 1st round of the LJP trophy, Four Square Cup and Thompson Cup. 0-18; Brian Rouse 44, Tony Sheppard 42, Struan Scott, Ross Preece 40, Mark Banks, Andrew Barrie 39, Wayne Mellish 38. 19 plus; Steve Kircher 42 c/b Junior Tare 42, Des Green, Leo Johnston 38. Women; Barb MacGregor 42, Leen Bell, Elizabeth Collins 41. Nearest the Pin; Tinwald Liquorland # 2 Raui Tare (Hole-in-one). Gluyas Ford # 6; Tony Sheppard. House of Travel # 12; Mark Banks. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Srruan Scott. Two’s; Struan Scott, Randall Feutz (2), Elizabeth Collins, Paul Hefford, Tony Sheppard. Eagles; Dave King #14. Hole-inone; Raui Tare # 2. Net Eagle; # 6 Elizabeth Collins. The Thompson Cup for mixed couples with a combined stableford score of 79 went to Barb and John Harris on countback from Jacqui Beardsley and Steve Kircher.

■■ Shooting Ashburton District Rifle Club December 1 At 300 yards. TR, John Ball 47.3, 48.5, 95.8, John Snowden 47.6, 47.6, 94.12, Martin Fleming 48.4, 44.4, 92.8, Brian Hawksby 47.1, 45.1, 92.2, John Miller 46.2, 45.2, 91.4, John Fleming 46.2, 44.2, 90.4, Mike Chui 42.1. FTR, Murray Cook 52.2, 57.3, 109.5, Mark Alexander 57.3, 52.1, 109.4, Brian Graystone 53.0, 56.3, 109.3, Coby Snowden 50.0, 57.1, 107.1, Mike Chui 60.5. FO, Lou Donaggio 53.4, 56.2, 109.6, Phil Nicol 45.1, 51.0, 96.1, Mike Chui 60.5, Graeme Ritchie 23, 14, 37.

■■ Softball Hampstead Softball Slow Pitch November 29 S & Giggles 28-3 Laser Attack, As Good As It Gets 19-13 Marines & Angels, Lion Brown Club 16-4 Reigning Champs, Hawkies Hawks 24-12 More Beer Than Gear, Demolition 22-3 Lion Brown Club

■■ Squash Celtic Squash Club Results from last week’s round of the Celtic Squash Club’s summer league competition: November 25 Team 6 lost to Team 3 2-11: Julie Smith 1 Billy Nolan 3, Nathan Forbes 1 Rob Giles 2, Hayden Robinson 0 Hamish Trott 3, Sarah Forbes 0 Jonny Stanway 3. Team 5 beat Team 4 9-5: Chris O’Reilly 3 Mick Hooper 0, Chris Lima 3 Ian Dolden 2, Shane Muckle 3 Charlotte Smith 0, Hamish O’Reilly 0 Guy Stanway 3.

Ashburton Guardian 15 Team 2 beat Team 7 7-5: Adam Clement 2 Paul Cousins 1, Melissa Wilson 1 James Bowker 2, Rebecca Abernethy 3 Nicky Dryland 0, Jane Kingan 1 Hamish O’Reilly 2. November 27 Team 10 beat Team 8 8-7: Ben Kruger 3 Jimmy Hunn 1, Jordy Hooper 1 Blair Horrell 3, Steve Devereux 3 Kirsty Clay 0, Kate Williams 1 Chrissie Stratford 3. Team 1 6 beat Team 9 5: Phil Andrew 2 Chris Thompson 2, Amy Muckle 3 Brendon Clark 1, Megan Bell 1 Jane Kingan 2.

■■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis November 27 Twilight Tennis Famous Grouse 15 v Hackers 18, We Are Stihl Suzuki 18 v What’s the Score 15, Council Crew 16 v Out of Service 17, Tridents 20 v Let’s Play 14, Grand Slammers 15 v Family Affair 18, Courtiers 12 v The Aces 21, Mighty Meerkats 15 v The Raqueteers 18. November 28 Sunset Doubles Division 1: Coasters 3½ v Lakers 2½, AFC 3½ v Heineken Openers 2½, Double Faults ½ v Croziers Turkeys 5½, Cates Grain & Seed 3 v Geraldine 3 Division 2: New Boys 0 v Winchmore 6, Faultless 2 v B Team 4, Ball Wackers 5 v Cream of the Crop 1, Ruapuna 1 v Carrfields 5, Agitated Panda 0 v Court Nite 6. Division 3: Backspin 3½ v Read Revellers 2½, I’d Hit That – PB 5½ v Miss Hits ½, Willies Wonkers 2 v 4 Aces 4, Rough Enough 6 v The Young & the Rest of Us 0, Wanna Bees 4 v RMF Silva – Great Sets 2, The Ladies 5 v In with a Shot 1. November 30 Open Grade Dorie lost to Fairton 8 matches to 1: J. Cromie & T. Groves lost to C. Brosnahan & M. Kerr 3-6, 4-6, T. Opie & G. Austin lost to P. Crozier & J. Brosnahan 0-6, 3-6, D. Scott & L. Adam beat A. Spooner & J. Leslie 6-4, 6-4, J. Cromie lost to C. Brosnahan 4-6, 6-3, 0-1 (7-10), T. Groves lost to M. Kerr 4-6, 2-6, T. Opie lost to J. Brosnahan 3-6, 2-6, D. Scott lost to P. Crozier 0-6, 2-6, L. Adam lost to J. Leslie 5-7, 6-3, 0-1 (8-10), G. Austin lost to A. Spooner 2-6, 3-6. Methven lost to Southern 5 matches to 4: C. McCracken & T. Leonard lost to S. Bubb & G. Evans 6-2, 3-6, 0-1 (10-12), T. Brosnahan & A. Watt beat O. Bubb & J. Aldridge 6-3, 6-4, N. Alombro & V. Talbot lost to E. Connelly-Whyte & J. Barry 5-7, 7-6 (7-3), 0-1 (7-10), C. McCracken lost to S. Bubb 2-6, 2-6, T. Leonard beat G. Evans 6-1, 6-4, T. Brosnahan lost to O. Bubb 3-6, 6-1, 0-1 (4-10), A. Watt beat J. Aldridge 6-0, 6-0, N. Alombro beat E. Connelly-Whyte 6-2, 6-1, V. Talbot lost to J. Barry 3-6, 1-6. Allenton lost to Hampstead 7 matches to 2: J. Feutz & L. Gilbert lost to P. Leonard & P. Kirwan 6-7 (4-7), 3-6, M. Lucas & H. Feutz lost to B. Looij & J. Jones 4-6, 1-6, D. Gilbert & S. Holland lost to M. Hopkins & A. Cromie 4-6, 3-6, J. Feutz beat P. Leonard 6-2, 6-1, L. Gilbert beat P. Kirwan 6-0, 7-5, M. Lucas lost to B. Looij 5-7, 1-6, H. Feutz lost to J. Jones 0-6 1-6, D Gilbert lost to M. Hopkins 1-6 1-6, S. Holland lost to A. Cromie 1-6, 1-6.

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December 7 Matt Davis will be running a Pro Shop Tournament which will be from the Red Tees and each player will be have a restricted number of Clubs (7 in total of which 1 must be a putter). Starting Times: Morning start at 8.00am; Afternoon report at 12noon for a 12.30pm start, Nine hole golfers report at 1.00 for a 1.30pm start.

■■ Softball Hampstead Softball Slow Pitch December 6 6.00pm: Devon Tavern D1: Marines & Angels v Lion Brown Club; 7.10pm: Devon Tavern D1: Marines & Angels v Hawkies Hawks; 6.30pm: Laser Electrical D2: Laser Attack v As Good As It Gets; 6.30pm: First National Real Estate D3: More Beer Than Gear v S & Giggles; 6.30pm: Dell Phillips Landscaping D4: Reigning Champs v Demolition

Six-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton appeared to open the door for a possible future move to Ferrari when he refused to deny meeting with its chairman John Elkann. Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport reported on Sunday that the Mercedes driver has met Elkann twice this year, and that they discussed Hamilton potentially replacing Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari from 2021 onward. Both four-time champion Vettel and Hamilton have yet to renew contracts expiring at the end of 2020.

Hamilton was asked after winning yesterday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – the 11th win of another dominant season and 84th overall – if he did meet Elkann. “Naturally, everything that happens behind closed doors is always private with whoever it is you end up sitting with,” Hamilton said. “For many years, I’ve never ever sat down and considered other options, because we (Mercedes) have been driving straight ahead, on the same path. We’re still on that path, and there’s very little that’s going to shift it.”

Hamilton started possibly move into anto add “But there’s other role within F1. no harm in ...” before “I love where I am, so saying “I know Toto it’s definitely not a quick (Wolff) is also looking decision to go and do at his options, in terms something else,” Hamof his future, and only ilton said. “But it’s only he will know what is smart for me to think best for him.” about what I want, if it is the last stage of my Hamilton’s stint at Lewis Hamilton career.” Mercedes has brought the Silver Arrows unprecedentFerrari’s team principal Mattia ed success. Under Wolff, he has Binotto called Hamilton “an outwon five world titles to add to his standing driver” and tantalisingly first with former team McLaren added “knowing that he’s availain 2008. But Wolff’s future is also ble in 2021 can make us only hapundecided, amid reports he could py.”

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Southern reigns supreme By Matt Markham

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Southern closed off an extended round one of play in Mid Canterbury Tennis A Grade action at the weekend in the same manner in which they’ve dealt with the majority of the season thus far – with success. The competition hotshots prevailed in a tight match-up with Methven on Saturday at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre, winning by five matches to four. With wins in three of the four doubles matches, Southern were in a comfortable position, but the Methven side fought back and the six singles matchups ended with three wins to each side. Sam Bubb continued his hot form with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Cameron McCracken in the number one singles match. For Methven, Aidan Watt had an unbeaten day on the court, winning both of his matches. Fairton delivered the most telling performance of the day with an 8-1 win over Dorie. Dorie’s only victory for the day came courtesy of Dallas Scott and Lachlan Adam who won their doubles match over Angel Spooner and John Leslie, who squared the ledger by both grabbing success in their respective singles matches. In Saturday’s other match-up, Hampstead secured a 7-2 win over Allenton. Hampstead won all three doubles games on the card but Allenton’s Jason Feutz and Lee Gilbert got some momentum back for their side by winning their number one and number two singles matches respectively. Both open grade and junior grade interclub takes a break this week but returns again on December 14 for the final day of matches before the Christmas and New Year break. Right – John Leslie is at full reach during his tennis match at the weekend. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 300119-RH-013

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Wales, Springboks bookend All Blacks’ season The new All Blacks coach will start his tenure against Wales at Eden Park on July 4 – in a repeat of the Rugby World Cup bronze medal match. New Zealand Rugby have announced the venues and dates for the All Blacks season, with Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin and Hamilton set to share hosting rights for the six home tests. The All Blacks play Wales in Auckland on July 4 – a fitting venue for new Wales head coach and former Auckland and North Harbour coach Wayne Pivac. The two sides will then play in Wellington a week later in what will be Wales’ first visit to New Zealand since 2016. Scotland arrive for a one-off test in Dunedin on July 18 – the Scots’ first match against the All Blacks on New Zealand soil in 20 years. The All Blacks face Dave Rennie’s Wallabies in their first Rugby Championship

match in Wellington on August 15, while also hosting Argentina at FMG Stadium Waikato on August 29 and the world champion Springboks at Eden Park on September 5. “Post Rugby World Cup there is always a degree of the unknown. “The All Blacks will have a new head coach and some new players and I’m sure New Zealanders can’t wait to again get behind the team,” said NZR Chief Rugby Officer Nigel Cass. “Wales and Australia also have new coaches and will bring a lot of energy. “It’s fantastic to have Scotland back in New Zealand after such a long time. “Our countries have always had close ties and that’s been particularly true of Dunedin where no doubt the region will be ready to roll out the tartan welcome mat. “And, what better finish to the All

Blacks’ home schedule than a test against South Africa at Eden Park for the Freedom Cup.” The All Blacks are expected to announce Steve Hansen’s successor later this month – with Ian Foster and Scott Robertson believed to be the front-runners for the position.

All Blacks’ home fixtures All Blacks v Wales, 7.35pm, Saturday 4 July, Eden Park, Auckland All Blacks v Wales, 7.35pm, Saturday 11 July, Sky Stadium, Wellington All Blacks v Scotland, 7.35pm, Saturday 18 July, Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin All Blacks v Australia, 7.35pm, Saturday 15 August, Sky Stadium, Wellington All Blacks v Argentina, 7.35pm, Saturday 29 August, FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton All Blacks v South Africa, 7.35pm, Saturday 5 September, Eden Park, Auckland

TJ Perenara leads the All Blacks haka.

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The Tinwald Cycling Club took on a 48km handicap for the Aaron Stewart Memorial.

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■■CYCLING

Summerfield has final say More than 50 riders went to the starting line in Tinwald Cycling Club’s, Aaron Stewart Memorial 48km handicap event, raced around the Grahams Road block on Sunday. With half the field in contention leading onto the final kilometres the result was wide open. Mark Summerfield proved to have the strongest finish to take

the well-earned victory in a tight finish. Christchurch visitor Mark Taylor produced a solid ride to secure the second place spoils. Flynn Beeman continued his good form with a gutsy ride, seeing him fill the third place podium position. Quinten Lawler, Paul Sinclair, and Jake Beeman were next

home to round out the top six. Scratch marker Darryl Kircher covered the distance in 68.50 to claim fastest time honours and in doing so lifted the Arron Stewart Memorial Cup. Co-makers Oliver Davidson and Stu Lowe took second and third time respectively. The juniors and division 2 contested a 16km handicap race.

Tegan Marriott dug deep in the final stages of the race to keep the chasing riders at bay by the barest of margins to take the win and major spoils. Sarah Gould produced an awesome ride to take second place. First-time starter Eliza McKenzie was in the thick of finish to secure a well-deserved third place.

Penny Marriott, Lily Davidson, and Jack Templeton filled the top six places. Back marker Ethan Titheridge rode the course in 26.21 to secure fastest time honours. Kenny Johnston took division 2 honours. Next week the club will contest a 60km handicap event around the Blackbridge block.

■■CRICKET

Draw a certainty heading into final day New Zealand will have to wait to bring up their 100th test victory – but it looks like they’ve have done enough to seal a draw, and with it, another series win. Joe Root ensured the former, while Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor have put the Black Caps in a strong position to secure the latter, on a fourth day of the second test that started slowly but burst into life late in the piece. Root led the way with a classy 226 – the highest test score at Seddon Park – as England racked up 476, making the Black Caps bowlers toil on a lifeless wicket. That gave them a 101-run first-innings lead, and put them in a position where they had four sessions to try and manufacture a result – an outcome that looked

plausible when they claimed the early scalps of openers Jeet Raval and Tom Latham. However, by stumps, Williamson and Taylor had seen off the early scare, guiding the hosts to 96-2, trailing by only five runs. Add in a weather forecast which suggests heavy rain on the way for Hamilton in the early afternoon today, and it would require a remarkable rash of wickets in the first session for England to have any hope of a miraculous victory. So, a draw it is then, and questions will be asked about whether the Seddon Park wicket offered enough for a result to be found, even given the weather interruptions. For the second straight day, the first session went by without a

wicket falling, as Root and Ollie Pope (75) added 193 for the sixth wicket, holding firm for 375 balls. They had a bit of luck – plenty of inside edges went flying past the stumps, but there was also a lack of real spark from the Black Caps bowlers. Neil Wagner was lively as usual, while Tim Southee provided a stern line and length without reward. However, Matt Henry failed to take a rare test opportunity, Mitchell Santner found little purchase, and Daryl Mitchell’s bowling isn’t up to the standard of a first-change test bowler. Compared to Trent Boult and Colin de Grandhomme, Henry and Mitchell are inferior wicket-taking threats, which – along

Joe Root contributed a magnificent 226 to England’s cause.

with the pedestrian pitch and the Kookaburra ball – left Wagner and Southee as the only bowlers who looked particularly likely. Wagner was the man to finally end Root and Pope’s long part-

nership, but only after England had taken a first-innings lead and were looking to up the ante. Pope holed out to the square leg boundary trying to hook Wagner, while Chris Woakes lasted three balls before feathering the same bowler through to BJ Watling. In between, Root – who had nearly run out Pope with a quick single to bring up his second test double century – departed after 441 balls, his longest test innings, picking out the man on the cover boundary when trying to attack Santner. When Wagner cleaned up Jofra Archer and Stuart Broad to end with five wickets, suddenly, after no wickets for 375 balls, five had fallen in 36, and England’s innings was complete at 476.

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■■INTER DOMINIONS

Trotting series wide open What next from the yo-yo gang? That could be the question harness racing fans are quite fairly asking about our open class trotters heading into the second night of the Interdoms at Alexandra Park tonight. While the pacing series produced the largest tote upset of the opening night when A G’s White Socks’s $29.60 dividend just pipped Paramount King’s $28 return, the trotting series was more dramatic for those who didn’t finish in the money. The two horses who won the group ones during New Zealand Cup week just a fortnight earlier finished seventh (Tough Monarch) and sixth (Habibi Inta), leaving themselves in danger of missing the final on Saturday week. Both raced enormously below their group one form at their previous start but their respective trainers Rickie Alchin and Paul Nairn were happy with how they pulled up and are taking a turn the page attitude to tonight. In reality, with only four days between heats they have little other choice. Their performances sums up the wildest start to a trotting season in memory where horses like Marcoola has gone from 12.5 length winners one start to finishing unplaced at their next. He gets the ace draw again tonight and didn’t lose too many fans on night one, but hardly gained any new ones so his $1.50 quote tonight is more on record than current form. “I was happy enough with him after the big change of moving stables and think he will get better throughout the series as he settles in here,” said new trainer Barry Purdon. Just as dramatic was the form

■■INTER DOMINIONS

Colt ‘just has to fire’ By Adam Hamilton

Paramount King roared into finals contention with a superb upset win on night one. PHOTO RACE IMAGES

upswings of Paramount King and Winterfell in winning on night one. Paramount King was beaten 14 lengths in the NZ Trotting FreeFor-All the start before when found to have a chest infection after but bounced back to set a new national record on Friday. Winterfell was so bad in the same free-for-all he was pulled out of the Dominion a few days later but was super impressive winning the second heat on night one with a sustained display of

speed trotting, reminding us of the horse he was at three. Back then he looked a potential superstar in the making, winning the Sires’ Stakes, Northern Derby and Jewels, dominating a late-season crop that contained Sundees Son, Paramount King and Majestic Mac. But he has been the ultimate yo-yo since, his 15 starts since his Jewels wins bringing five wins but also six unplaced runs. He goes into tonight with the momentum so crucial during

Inter Dominion series and with his head back in the game might deserve favouritism for the final if he stays on song. The likes of Temporale, Massive Metro and Majestic Man are at least racing relatively consistently but for all their brave and sometimes brilliant placings they collectively have just one win in their last 22 starts. But this trotting series may not come down to the best horse, simply the one who races closest to its best form.

Top Queensland horseman Grant Dixon is acutely aware D-Day has come early for Colt Thirty One in the Auckland Inter Dominions. A wide draw and luckless opening night ninth placing has put Dixon and his stable star in a precarious position. “I’d say we need at least a top four finish on Tuesday to stay in contention for the final,” he said. “I was happy with his run Friday. “His times were good and he hit the line well, it’s just a shame he only ran ninth and didn’t get many points. “I’ve watched the replay and I’m not sure what I could’ve done differently, except take him out wider from longer. “It was hard in a 13-horse field from his wide draw.” Dixon, who returned home to drive at Albion Park on Saturday night, said Colt Thirty One came through his opening night run in good fashion. “His heart rate was good, he ate up well and Dale (Hogan) said he’s seemed really bright since,” he said. “We’ve backed him up quickly before and he’s thrived on it, so I’m sure he’ll run well (Tuesday).” Dixon knows he simply has to push forward from gate five tonight. “It’s a must. “I have to put him in the firing line and hope he can finish in the top four,” he said. “He’ll love the longer trip in the last round of heats, but we have to get enough points (tonight) to keep our hopes alive of making the final.”

Viral infection causes McLovin to be withdrawn Star Australian trotter McLovin has been scratched from this year’s Inter Dominions at Alexandra Park. Trainer Andy Gath was forced to withdraw the 7-year-old after he was found with swelling in his legs

yesterday. Gath said a viral infection caused the inflammation and that the horse’s condition effectively took the decision to scratch out of his hands. “I couldn’t have been any happier with him until Sunday, when

one of his legs blew up.” “But then this morning [Monday], all of his legs are up, which means he has got a viral infection. Really, he made the decision for me – the condition he is in – he can’t race.”

the trainer would expect ahead of last Friday’s opening round. Gath was disappointed to miss out on a chance to defend his 2018 title he won with Tornado Valley. “I was gutted yesterday, to tell you the truth,” Gath said.

McLovin had already suffered a setback leading in to the Inter Dominions, which saw him scratched from its first night of heats. Gath found the horse had a temperature and he did not eat up like

Auckland harness Today at Alexandra Park Raceway

Auckland Trotting Club Inc at Alexandra Park Meeting Date: 03 Dec 2019 NZ Meeting number: 5 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 5.55pm EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENCE OF BESTSEAT360 MBL PCE $15,000, 3yo+ r50-r53., 2200m 1 29x14 Pekeson (1) fr............................... K Marshall 2 27653 Mister Slick (2) fr 3 x6180 Thumbs Up (3) fr.............................S Phelan 4 50x64 Ohoka Achilles (4) fr 5 510x2 Louie The Horse (5) fr 6 26482 Megastar (6) fr............................P Ferguson 7 x4043 Olivia Rachel (7) fr.........................B Butcher 8 69x26 Sheffield Sparky (8) fr 2 6.34 VOLSTEAD AT HARAS DES TROTTEURS HCAP TROT $20,000, 3yo+ r50-r75 discrhcp, stand, 2200m 1 16x4 Monkey Selfie (1) fr 2 05086 Tobruk (2) fr....................................T Mitchell 3 158x6 Full Of Hope (3) fr 4 28443 Magnafique (4) fr 5 02200 Resonate (U1) fr.........................P Ferguson 6 51 Chevron Action (U2) fr...................B Orange 7 34x24 Madeakillin (U3) fr............................G Gillies 8 69168 Fira (1) 10M 9 76443 Majestic One (2) 10M.................S Abernethy 10 83121 Fanny Hill (3) 10M.....................B Williamson 11 23424 Westy Boyz (4) 10M..................... K Marshall

12 9x922 Phoebe Imperial (U1) 10M 13 16x24 Thatgirltrouble (1) 20M.................. B Mangos 14 5Dx77 Galleons Victory (2) 20M 15 65x09 Red Castleton (3) 20M...................B Hackett 16 x1190 She Reigns (U1) 20M........... D Ferguson (J) 17 13235 Robbie Royale (U1) 30M Emergencies: Resonate, Madeakillin 3 7.11pm MAC’S POTTERS PADDOCK DEC 13/14 MOBILE PACE $20,000, 3yo+ r54-r60., mobile, 2200m 1 x1055 Red Atom (1) fr............................A Poutama 2 2431 Nun Bettor (2) fr 3 11 Major Jellis (3) fr.............................S Phelan 4 x5451 Gemma Mac (4) fr..........................B Orange 5 3x837 Double O Heaven (5) fr 6 59792 Ferritts Sister (6) fr.........................N Chilcott 7 21 South Coast Arden (7) fr............... B Mangos 8 60880 Bubbles O’Leary (8) fr 9 47226 Callie’s Delight (21) fr......................J I Dickie 4 7.45pm LINCOLN FARMS MOBILE PACE $15,000, non-winners 3yo+., mobile, 2200m 1 757 Tommy Tukaa (1) fr 2 3427 The Longest Day (2) fr 3 25562 Hughie Junior (3) fr.........................J I Dickie 4 4525 New York Minute (4) fr 5 37876 Blair Boy (5) fr 6 20x79 Dina Bolt (6) fr

7 9 Magnificent Storm (7) fr........... T Macfarlane 8 54x9 Ruby Baby (8) fr 9 72344 Christianshavtime (21) fr............... D Butcher 10 60045 Godziller (22) fr............................ K Marshall 11 Tommy Kruze (23) fr....................A Poutama 12 0 Jack Ryan (24) fr............................B Butcher 13 9006 Fabrizio (25) fr 14 24273 Cloud Break (26) fr.................... M McKendry 15 22 Bettor Listen (27) fr Emergencies: Blair Boy, Fabrizio 5 8.20pm IRT IDOM PACING CHAMPS HT3 MOBILE PACE (GROUP 3) $30,000, ffa., mobile, 1700m 1 14412 Chase Auckland (1) fr...................T Williams 2 74424 Solid Gold (2) fr............................J Stormont 3 66881 A G’s White Socks (3) fr............ M McKendry 4 03940 Dance Time (4) fr...........................B Butcher 5 21719 Colt Thirty One (5) fr........................ G Dixon 6 2x349 Atomic Red (6) fr........................... A Turnbull 7 26660 Henry Hubert (7) fr.............................J Dunn 8 56840 Check In (8) fr..............................A Poutama 9 35727 My Kiwi Mate (21) fr.................... C Demmler 10 62337 Sicario (22) fr..................................T Herlihy 11 5x426 Ashley Locaz (23) fr.......................M Purdon 12 52553 Thefixer (24) fr........................N Rasmussen 13 19x35 On The Cards (25) fr......................Z Butcher 6 8.52 SOUTHERN BRED & REARED IDOM CHAMPS

HT3 MBL TROT $30,000, ffa., mobile, 1700m 1 2x219 Kenny’s Dream (1) fr.......................T Herlihy 2 13116 Habibi Inta (2) fr.............................B Orange 3 23473 Majestic Man (3) fr....................B Williamson 4 D2508 Sertorius (4) fr.....................J I Dickie 5 51601 Winterfell (5) fr...............................M Purdon 6 22885 Destiny Jones (6) fr 7 13847 C K Spur (7) fr 8 254D4 Valloria (8) fr.......................................J Dunn 9 x5222 Massive Metro (21) fr.....................T Mitchell 10 1x125 McLovin (22) fr................................... K Gath 11 27000 Woodstone (U1) fr 7 9.25 SMITH & PARTNERS LAWYERS IDOM CHAMPS HT4 MBL PACE $30,000, ffa., mobile, 1700m 1 14205 San Carlo (1) fr.............................. R Bartley 2 15178 Conviction (2) fr............................. A Turnbull 3 22103 Mach Shard (3) fr...........................Z Butcher 4 9P710 Our Uncle Sam (4) fr........................ A Frisby 5 71328 Classie Brigade (5) fr.........................J Dunn 6 11326 Triple Eight (6) fr............................ D Butcher 7 51011 Ultimate Sniper (7) fr...............N Rasmussen 8 92132 Cruz Bromac (8) fr.........................M Purdon 9 9x110 Bling It On(AUS) (21) fr...............L McCarthy 10 45430 Another Masterpiece (22) fr..........T Williams 11 x8684 Star Galleria (23) fr........................T Mitchell 12 33240 The Devils Own (24) fr.................. B Mangos

9.53pm CADUCEUS CLUB IDOM TROT CHAMPS HT4 MOBILE TROT $30,000, ffa., mobile, 1700m 1 x2142 Marcoola (1) fr.......................S Tomlinson (J) 2 33368 Didjabringthebeers (2) fr......................K Butt 3 0x314 Temporale (3) fr...............................T Herlihy 4 0x126 Bonnie Highlander (4) fr.....................J Dunn 5 24635 Monty Python (5) fr...................B Williamson 6 36630 Pres The Belle (6) fr......................T Williams 7 32353 Big Jack Hammer (7) fr...............L McCarthy 8 28171 Paramount King (8) fr......................J I Dickie 9 61127 Tough Monarch (21) fr..........................A Butt 10 8x509 Ronald J (22) fr...............................S Phelan SELECTIONS

Race 1: Pekeson, Ohoka Achilles, Thumbs Up, Megastar Race 2: Monkey Selfie, Fanny Hill, Chevron Action, Robbie Royale Race 3: Major Jellis, Nun Bettor, Gemma Mac, Ferritts Sister Race 4: Dina Bolt, Cloud Break, Bettor Listen, New York Minute Race 5: Chase Auckland, A G’s White Socks, Thefixer, Ashley Locaz Race 6: Majestic Man, Habibi Inta, Winterfell, McLovin Race 7: Ultimate Sniper, Cruz Bromac, San Carlo, Star Galleria Race 8: Marcoola, Temporale, Big Jack Hammer, Paramount King

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

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■■THREE-YEAR-OLDS SOLD

■■WAIKATO SUT

Pitmans still potent force

Death of stallion a tough blow

A longshot winner at the popular Cromwell meeting on Sunday has Riccarton trainers Michael and Matthew Pitman ready to climb further up the New Zealand Trainers’ Premiership ladder despite the sale of two of their most promising three-year-olds, Savvy Lad and Chuck A Luck. Mr Typhon won a Rating 82 1220m at odds of 42/1, a price which surprised Michael Pitman after rating the seven-year-old a big chance ahead of the race. “He’s an enigmatic character, but he got a genuine dry track and I was confident he would go close, despite his (poor) recent form,” Pitman said. “He was schooled over a few fences on Friday and that really woke him up. “I’ve had a few calls since he won from people who backed him after seeing our Facebook page.” The Pitmans had a team at Cromwell and will be back again next year for the meeting. “It’s always a great family day at Cromwell and it was massive again with a crowd of 5000 to 6000 people,” Pitman said. ‘It could be even bigger next year because there’s talk of staging an open air concert on the Friday night leading into the meeting. “Racing needs meetings like this one. “They get the families along.” Mr Typhon’s win was the 14th for the season for the Pitmans and put the father and son partnership into seventh on the New Zealand Trainers’ Premiership and within striking distance of the three stables above them with just a win separating each one. However, the Pitmans will have to improve their spot without the services of Savvy Lad and Chuck A Luck, who were both stable

Otago Greyhound Racing Club Venue Forbury Park Raceway Meeting Date: 03 Dec 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 1 12.10pm (NZT) FORBURY PARK FIRST 4 SPRINT C0, 310m 1 33 Maffra Daisy nwtd......................J McInerney 2 35267 Homebush Liz nwtd...................J McInerney 3 76 Gotcha Georgie nwtd.......................C Steele 4 824 Carl Spackler nwtd.........................R Adcock 5 57642 Homebush Erin nwtd..................J McInerney 6 26 Homebush Susan nwtd..............J McInerney 7 88888 Homebush Odette nwtd.............J McInerney 8 2 Zadee Bale nwtd...........................D Roberts 9 53373 Mr Muppet nwtd...............................R Wales 10 6452 Auto Speed nwtd............................R Adcock 2 12.27 OGRC EARLY QUADDIE SPRINT C0, 310m 1 27331 Goldstar McQueen nwtd S &...........B Evans 2 66847 Homebush Maree nwtd..............J McInerney 3 82x53 Hendrix Bale nwtd.........................C Roberts 4 43645 Homebush Fudge nwtd..............J McInerney 5 888x Homebush Barry nwtd...............J McInerney 6 36774 Kowloon Lights nwtd.......................J Guthrie 7 35828 Father Leo nwtd.........................J McInerney 8 72853 Bound Up nwtd..........................J McInerney 9 63376 Sonja nwtd.........................................D Lane 10 54471 Impressive High nwtd.................J McInerney 3 12.45pm ST KILDA VETERINARY CENTRE STAKES C0, 545m 1 241 Pretty Busy nwtd J &........................D Fahey 2 2 Opawa Cutie nwtd............................R Wales 3 4 Bobble nwtd J &...............................D Fahey 4 45673 Max Volume nwtd.......................A Bradshaw 5 8 Yappy Yap nwtd................................R Wales 6 46 Silouette Jet nwtd................................J Allen 7 62 Volcanic Whisper nwtd........................J Allen 8 65336 Goldstar Smithie nwtd S &...............B Evans 9 57x68 Blushing Pete nwtd..........................R Wales

Smart three-year-old Savvy Lad in winning form. hopefuls for the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) at Ellerslie on February 29. The pair have been sold to clients of former Kiwi trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young and flew out of Christchurch last Friday bound for the couple’s Cranbourne stable. “I plan to take a team to Australia in the autumn going to Melbourne then on to Adelaide and they were going to be two of them,” Pitman said. “Savvy Lad is a really talented horse and he has been bought to run in the ATC Derby (Gr.1, 2400m) at Randwick,” Pitman said. “When I got him I thought he’d run a mile and a half (2400m), but he’s so brilliant over 1400m so it’ll be interesting now to see if he stays that far. “When he won last start at Riccarton he ran the fastest last 600m of the day (33.05), quicker

than the Stewards winner, and he carried 57.5 kg and cruised home. “And when he won his maiden the start before it was the quickest time by a maiden over 1400m (1.22.1) in the last four years.” The son of Savabeel has had four starts and preceded his two wins at the New Zealand Cup meeting with two seconds, while Chuck A Luck has won one of his eight starts and been placed on three occasions, including a second to Sherwood Forest in the Gr.3 War Decree Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton in October. Chuck A Luck met Sherwood Forest again last start in the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton and finished sixth, just over six lengths from the exciting winner Catalyst and three placings behind Sherwood Forest. “I think Chuck A Luck will make a grouse staying three-year-old,” Pitman said.

“He’ll run 2000m and further on his ear and he will benefit from another six months.” The Pitmans have been left with just one of their original three New Zealand Derby entrants, the unraced Zakunda, a son of Reliable Man who has had two trials for a third (to stablemate Okay Pal at Ashburton in September). “He’s set to trial next week and he’s a lovely horse who is going to want ground,” Pitman said. “He’s out of Zaria, a stakesplaced Zabeel sister to a top filly (Zagalia), who won the Queensland Oaks and was fourth in the Cox Plate.” Pitman also has high hopes for Okay Pal, a Dissident gelding who was a debut winner and has had a vet problem in his other two starts, and Golden Harvest, who was sixth on debut at Riccarton after winning two trials. “Okay Pal fibrillated last start and is out spelling, but I do believe he is the best young one I’ve got,” Pitman said. “He’ll go to Dunedin (Wingatui) for a three-year-old 1200m on Boxing Day. “Golden Harvest is also really promising and will also possibly go for the same meeting.” Pitman is a fan of the Wingatui Boxing Day meeting and plans to have a big team heading to the fixture, including his top sprinters Sensei and Enzo’s Lad. “The last three Telegraph (Gr.1, 1200m) winners (including Signify in 2017) have all used the open sprint at Dunedin as a lead-up,” Pitman said. “I did originally nominate Sensei for the Railway at Ellerslie, but I ruled it out to concentrate on getting to the Telegraph and the way to get there is proven as far as I’m concerned, through the Dunedin sprint.”

The tragic spring for the New Zealand breeding industry has extended to the first day of summer with the shock death of Waikato Stud stallion Sacred Falls. The two-time Doncaster Handicap winner died after a brief battle with a rare liver condition. “We are obviously gutted because he was a special horse to us for much more than business reasons,” said Waikato Stud boss Mark Chittick. “He was bred here on the farm and was by the old boy [O’Reilly] and came back to us about the same time O’Reilly died. “But it was even more than that. “He was part of our life at a really tough time when Lisa [Chittick’s late wife] was fighting her illness. We sold him as a yearling for $160,000 and then bought back into him after he won the 2000 Guineas. “He went on to win those two Doncasters and we watched those together when Lisa was in Waikato Hospital for the first win and in UCLA hospital for the second win. “They were very special wins for us to share together so he is a horse we had a lot of emotional attachment to. “So this morning has been really hard.” Sacred Falls has his first crop of three-year-olds racing now and the liver condition that claimed him was incredibly rare. “We can only find nine reported cases of it worldwide,” explains Chittick. “By the end, his liver was so damaged, it had grown to five times normal size. We actually thought he was getting better and over the worst of it but sadly things deteriorated overnight on Saturday.”

Otago dogs

Today at Forbury Park Raceway 3 77745 Tucker nwtd........................................D Lane 4 1852 Longshanks nwtd....................... A Bradshaw 1 52647 Black Dan 32.67.........................J McInerney 5 25515 Go Rap nwtd....................................R Wales 2 34354 Black Stockings nwtd.................A Bradshaw 6 43456 Mick The Mower 33.31...............J McInerney 3 48766 Homebush Carl nwtd.................J McInerney 7 21654 Know Talent 33.52...........................G Cleeve 4 54811 Punters Delight nwtd........................R Wales 8 24334 Lakota Micco 33.10......................... H Cairns 5 36735 Zefside nwtd...............................J McInerney 9 85156 Mitcham Manering nwtd.............J McInerney 6 54635 Kia Tere nwtd S &.............................B Evans 10 42477 Chunk 32.86...............................J McInerney 7 33863 Barrel Runner nwtd....................A Bradshaw 8 2.12pm DELTA ENGINEERING SPRINT C3, 310m 8 65823 Haidee Bale 33.24........................D Roberts 1 21511 Machine Gunn 18.53......................R Adcock 9 38688 Punch On Woody nwtd..............J McInerney 2 27321 Starr Blueblood 18.72................J McInerney 10 56478 Goldstar Vale nwtd S &....................B Evans 3 85841 Goldstar Spotty nwtd S &.................B Evans 5 1.20 BRIAN BAGLEY DRIVER LICENSING SPRINT 4 85785 Amuri George 19.08...................J McInerney 5 85717 Justin Ryan 18.51 S &.....................B Evans C2, 310m 1 57621 Amuri Magic 18.64.....................J McInerney 6 46788 Goldstar Halsey nwtd S &................B Evans 2 11116 Oakmont 18.60..................................D Lane 7 33624 Jax Jewel nwtd..............................D Roberts 3 63412 Nippa Enough 18.87..................J McInerney 8 24116 Punch On Buzz 19.14................J McInerney 4 78853 Homebush Tesan 18.69.............J McInerney 9 55135 Nikko Baxter 18.71.....................J McInerney 5 15121 Know Debt 18.67............................G Cleeve 10 14838 Punch On Jessie 18.51..............J McInerney 6 87645 Major Storm 19.00........................C Roberts 9 2.30 BROCKLEBANKS DRY CLEANERS SPRINT 7 83431 Gracie Lee nwtd.........................J McInerney C4, 310m 8 58616 Punch On Rex 18.86..................J McInerney 1 54663 Goldstar Major 18.75 S &.................B Evans 9 73751 Souffle Sue nwtd........................J McInerney 2 67513 Know Shame nwtd..........................G Cleeve 10 37712 Sozin’s Blue 18.64.....................J McInerney 3 56175 Homebush Aimee nwtd..............J McInerney 6 1.37 ALL FENCING SOLUTIONS SPRINT C1, 310m 4 46862 Goldstar Dodge 18.72 S &...............B Evans 1 44722 Goldstar Montana nwtd S &.............B Evans 5 11141 Archie John Hill 18.75 J &................D Fahey 2 57212 Homebush Alexei nwtd..............J McInerney 6 43615 Little Krakatoa 18.64.................. A Bradshaw 3 68732 Sozin’s Symphony 18.92............J McInerney 7 17338 Forehand Raid 18.95.........................J Dunn 4 58812 Homebush Monkey 18.64..........J McInerney 8 24641 Homebush Boots 18.58.............J McInerney 5 457x1 Ulyssa Bale nwtd..........................C Roberts 9 25277 Inside Affair nwtd...............................J Dunn 6 22462 Homebush Jordie 18.89.............J McInerney 10 36583 Fleur Dior nwtd...................................J Dunn 7 36881 Precious Payton nwtd S &................B Evans 10 2.50pm FORBURY DASH C5, 310m 8 5212 Mitcham Pru nwtd......................A Bradshaw 1 75515 Wildebeest 18.35....................... A Bradshaw 9 35683 Homebush George nwtd............J McInerney 2 76314 Pita Ramos 18.56..............................J Dunn 10 82624 Khatia nwtd................................J McInerney 3 855F1 Chasing Fame 18.27..........................S Keen 7 1.55pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER STAKES 4 25632 Platinum Paisley nwtd........................J Dunn 5 78738 Nippa Martino 18.53..................J McInerney C1, 545m 1 75668 Blazing Banjo nwtd....................J McInerney 6 83782 Tee An’ Cee 18.39.......................... B Conner 2 x5633 Archie’s Ranger 32.93 J M............... McCook 7 53423 Hankenstein 18.48..................... A Bradshaw 10

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8 64531 Magic Jess Lass 18.40...................C Healey 9 12314 Versailles 18.40..................................J Dunn 10 26245 Ketchikan Kim 18.35..........................J Dunn 11 3.08pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEL STKS C2, 545m 1 33357 Goldstar Ashton 32.81 S &..............B Evans 2 36165 Cosmic Stu 32.65.......................J McInerney 3 34483 Mitcham Trudy nwtd...................J McInerney 4 47812 Goldstar Whitey nwtd S &................B Evans 5 127x3 Tradition nwtd J &.............................D Fahey 6 45x61 Queena Bale nwtd........................C Roberts 7 68174 Shift The Blame 32.60................J McInerney 8 17268 Know Leave 32.83..........................G Cleeve 9 38464 Know Equal 32.82...........................G Cleeve 10 58745 Must Be Rusty 32.41..................J McInerney 12 3.26pm OGRC LATE QUADDIE STKS C3/4, 545m 1 23314 Know Denying 32.57.......................G Cleeve 2 44212 Bashful Buffy 32.64....................J McInerney 3 32532 Max Dancer 32.66 J &.....................D Fahey 4 21521 Our Jolene nwtd...............................R Wales 5 44624 Know Threat 32.36..........................G Cleeve 6 44412 Orina Allen 33.21..........................C Roberts 7 51342 Know Betrayal 32.47.......................G Cleeve 8 56736 Joe Bonanza 32.36....................J McInerney 9 35557 Famous Lee 32.84 S &....................B Evans 13 3.46 NORTH OF WAITAKI CHALLENGE SPRINT C1, 310m 1 x8664 Crushington nwtd.......................J McInerney 2 16676 Lakota Scout nwtd.......................... H Cairns 3 78361 Chicago Head nwtd....................J McInerney 4 54251 Know Frenzy nwtd...........................G Cleeve 5 23441 Know Baby nwtd.............................G Cleeve 6 35754 Homebush Comet 18.69............J McInerney 7 31131 Homebush Caesar 18.61...........J McInerney 8 68586 Trajan nwtd.................................J McInerney 9 13152 Alexia 19.13.......................................D Lane 10 43374 Eyrewell Tango nwtd....................... H Cairns 14 4.07 SOUTH OF WAITAKI CHALLENGE SPRINT C1, 310m 1 877x8 Dream Stone Jade 18.64...................S Keen

2 7757x Glass Harpoon 18.76......................J Guthrie 3 86658 Koputai 18.73..................................J Guthrie 4 75350 Southern Angel nwtd...................R Hamilton 5 86877 Melting World 19.31........................J Guthrie 6 23568 Brut Magic 19.27.............................C Healey 7 76638 C’Mon Benny Boy 18.63.................J Guthrie 8 74452 Miss Nina 18.81............................. B Conner 9 71855 Smokey Dodger 18.72.............. P Hammond 10 66767 Long Live Love nwtd...... M P Hamilton-Dyett 15 4.26pm RACING AGAIN TUESDAY 17TH DECEMBER C1, 310m 1 1 Homebush Zack nwtd................J McInerney 2 76614 Goldstar Spook nwtd S &.................B Evans 3 88827 Homebush Hotshot 18.48..........J McInerney 4 72511 Opal Hunter nwtd.......................J McInerney 5 41452 Homebush Rapper 18.66...........J McInerney 6 24473 Memphis Jewel nwtd.....................C Roberts 7 83732 Impressive Flash nwtd...............J McInerney 8 84433 Pacemaker 18.74.......................A Bradshaw 9 86653 Know Majority 19.02.......................G Cleeve 10 45264 Yi Feng 18.76.............................J McInerney SELECTIONS

Race 1: Auto Speed, Carl Spackler, Homebush Liz, Homebush Erin Race 2: Hendrix Bale, Father Leo, Homebush Fudge, Sonja Race 3: Pretty Busy, Opawa Cutie, Bobble, Max Volume Race 4: Haidee Bale, Black Stockings, Punters Delight, Black Dan Race 5: Oakmont, Know Debt, Nippa Enough, Major Storm Race 6: Homebush Monkey, Homebush Alexei, Mitcham Pru Race 7: Longshanks, Tucker, Know Talent, Go Rap Race 8: Machine Gunn, Starr Blueblood, Punch On Jessie Race 9: Archie John Hill, Homebush Boots, Homebush Aimee Race 10: Platinum Paisley, Pita Ramos, Wildebeest, Versailles Race 11: Tradition, Goldstar Ashton, Cosmic Stu, Know Leave Race 12: Know Betrayal, Max Dancer, Know Threat, Bashful Buffy Race 13: Homebush Caesar, Crushington, Alexia Race 14: C’Mon Benny Boy, Southern Angel, Smokey Dodger Race 15: Homebush Hotshot, Homebush Rapper, Know Majority LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Ashburton District Community Christmas Lunch 2019 The lunch is being held at the Tinwald Hall, cnr Graham and McMurdo Streets, Tinwald at 12.30pm on Christmas Day and there is no charge. This lunch is for anyone who would like to share Christmas Day with others. If you have any questions please phone Ann 308 0333 and leave a message.

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Daily Events TUESDAY 9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church. 48 Allens Road. 9.30am - 10.30am WALKING NETBALL Cost $2. EA Networks Centre, River Terrace (not school holidays). 8.30am - 1pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join fellow sheddies for some fun and fellowship make/fix something in our new workshops. 8 William Street. 9.30am - 4pm ST JOHN SHOP. Opportunity shop open daily, donations welcome. 129 Tancred Street. 9.45am WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Handicap singles Golf Croquet. New players welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street. 10am NEWCOMERS SOCIAL GROUP. Weekly coffee morning, any enquiries to Merrill 307-6363. Nosh Cafe, West Street. 10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven. 10am MSA TAI CHI. Weekly exercises and Tai Chi for

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December 3 & 4, 2019 arthritis. Meet MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street (excludes school holidays). 10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For more information ring Age Concern 308 6817. Seniors Centre, Cameron Street. 10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP. Quality clothing and homewares. Donations welcome. 71 Tancred St. 10.30am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308 6817. All Saints Church. Methven. 12pm - 2pm ASHBURTON JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ASSOCIATION. Signing any document a JP can witness, open Tuesdays and Fridays. Ashburton Community House, 44 Cass Street. 1pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308 6817. Presbyterian Church, Rakaia. 1pm ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE SECTION. Club day, new players welcome.

Boules supplied. 115 Racecourse Road, Ashburton. 1pm - 2.30pm R AND R LINEDANCING ASHBURTON. Absolute beginners line dance class. Enquiries Rayma 0274 867 504. MSA Social Hall, Havelock 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 Rd. 1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Singles, handicap range -6 to 8, 9 to16, Golf Croquet new players welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street. 3pm - 4.30pm R AND R LINEDANCING ASHBURTON. Intermediate line dance class. Enquiries Rayma 0274 867 504. MSA Social hall, Havelock Street. 7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Night time section, all welcome, rackets available. E.A. Networks Stadium, River Terrace, Ashburton. 7.30pm ASHBURTON TABLE TENNIS. Everyone welcome, every Tuesday, Tennis bats available. MSA Havelock Street.

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10.45am ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street. 11.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Midweek service, Communion and lunch. 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome. Ashburton Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays. 1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association Croquet. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street. 1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet doubles, new players welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street. 1.30pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308 6817. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street. 2pm TAI CHI. You are all welcome to join us for Tai Chi today, please meet at the pond at Trotts Garden. Racecourse Road. 6.30pm (registration 6pm) MID CANTERBURY SOCIAL WHEELERS. Ford’s Road, Tinwald. 7pm - 9pm ASHBURTON UKELELE CLUB. Club night, phone 027 696 2607. Savage Club Hall, Cox Street. 7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing, all welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Corner Queens Drive and Creek Road.

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Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS 1. Bring it on prematurely, headlong (11) 8. It’s overlarge, the ring bees form (5) 9. Praise it, and bring it to one’s notice (7) 10. At such an insurance payment it’s in great demand (7) 11. Suckle the last three children with us (5) 12. Manage to find when I’ve left the sleuth (6) 14. Chum allowed to give one a mattress (6) 18. A row with the North which is material (5) 19. One taking possession of place must get the revenue right (7) 21. Spoil the icon he made as a telegraph pioneer (7) 23. State one had backed nothing (5) 24. It’s used for filling in the hole in the hose (7,4) DOWN 1. Pep, drop of which could have bolstered one up (7) 2. The height at which woman can relax (7) 3. Boadicea’s people could be nice about one (5) 4. Most of 19 could be earned or unearned (6) 5. Its pungency causes moan I am about to make (7) 6. Such an opener is startling in its enlightenment (3) 7. Brock didn’t quite complete the club symbol (5) 13. Card UNO is playing with frankness (7) 15. A gumboil I disregarded brought pain back (7) 16. Great upset caused by moult: right, one needs to adjust (7) 17. Francesca’s place is on edge in one respect (6) 18. Light emitted, with half luck, by fellows (5) 20. Hold hard to clothing, being hot and bothered out of it (5) 22. I’d followed redhead to get shot of one (3)

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Changing just one thing in a space changes the energy there. You’ll use this to your advantage and affect the environment in interesting ways as you try and change the pattern there. TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): They don’t always feel the zing of your wit or laugh in the right places, because you’re a step ahead. Don’t worry; they’ll catch up. Meantime, keep setting the pace and tone like it’s your job. It sort of is. GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): There was a chaotic element you were actively blocking out of your life. You’ve learned to do this so automatically you no longer realise it’s a choice, though you’ll have a different perspective on it today. CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You may feel like you’ve slipped in the area of self-command. It’s like you don’t want to follow your own instructions. Tell yourself to stand up. Achieve it. Then go for something a little bigger. LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Take a break from the effort of relationships. You don’t have to do anything more than be open to love in its many forms, and it will come to you just the way you most need it to. VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You’ll enter a fresh scene. Being new in a situation is an opportunity to present yourself in whatever way you feel like being seen. Exercise your right to experiment. You can be whoever you want to be. LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You may like a person and yet realise you somehow are not at your best around that person. Take notice and endeavour to spend more time with people who make you feel like more than you were. SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): The manners involved in a correspondence will play heavily into the outcome. Which salutations should you use? Should you hug or shake hands? When the details hit the right note, the relationship sings. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): There are so many demands of you today, and you’ll be as capable as you are organised. Make a list and check it twice so nothing falls through the cracks. CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): When the days are shorter and colder, it’s more challenging to replenish your energy with time in the sun, but catching a few rays and some fresh air is crucial to your well-being. AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Aristotle suggested, “All knowledge seems to be teachable, and what is known is learnable.” While that may be the case, stick to the intersection of the most learnable and the worthiest of imparting. PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Trouble, like many other commodities available for borrow, accrues interest. And so, successfully steering clear of anything that smacks of drama will save you more energy than you think.

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CRAIG, Molly – Molly passed away peacefully at Parklane Retirement Village, Christchurch, on December 1, 2019, aged 86 years. Dearly loved daughter of the late Dave and Lil Craig, much loved sister and sisterin-law of the late Margaret and Owen Craig, the late Brian and Pat Craig, Mac and the late Joan Coull. So dearly loved and cherished by all her family, Trish and Gordon Spite, David, Vanessa and William Spite, Angie, Andrew and Bridget Hendry, David and Joanne Coull, Pam and Murray Depree, Gay and Graeme Watson, Craig, Jody, and Ella Watson, Mark Watson, Alice Watson and Luke Watson, Bill and Lois, Derek, Philip and Sam Lyon and their families. The family would like to sincerely thank the wonderful staff at Parklane for their respectful and loving care of Molly over the past five years. Messages may be addressed to the Family of the late Molly Craig, c/PO Box 39001, Christchurch 8545. A celebration of Molly’s life will be held in our Westpark Chapel, 467 Wairakei Road, Burnside, Christchurch, on FRIDAY, December 6, at 10.00am.

HUNTER, Michael Stewart Beckett – on December 1, 2019 peacefully at Rosebank Hospital, Ashburton. Aged 82 years. Beloved son of the late Hugh and Elsa. Dearly loved brother of Jeremy and the late Victoria. Much loved uncle of Suzie and Ted, Jackie and Ian and Grand Uncle of Hamish, and Kirstie. Lifelong friend of Peter and Ruth Simpson and loving godfather to their daughter Kirsten. Messages to the Hunter family, RD 1, Mt Somers, Ashburton 7771. A memorial service for Michael will be held at 3.30pm on THURSDAY, December 5, at the Christchurch Transitional Cathedral, 234 Hereford Street, Christchurch.

BROUGH, Neville Ashley – June 24, 1968 – December 1, 2019. At Ashburton, as a result of an accident. Dearly loved husband of Noeline. Loved father and father-in-law of Tina and Mike, Nigel and Donna, Grant, Chris, Donna and Tina. Loved grandfather of Jessica; Tara, Debs and Craig; Jimmy, Clancy and Keegan. Loved great Poppa of Jenn. Messages to the Brough family, 1a Carters Terrace, Ashburton 7700. Noeline’s family wish to express their deepest thanks to the staff of St John Ambulance, and Ashburton Hospital who looked after Neville with such care and respect. In lieu of flowers the family would appreciate donations to St John Ambulance and these may be left at the service. A celebration of Neville’s life will be held at our Chapel, cnr East and Cox streets, Ashburton on FRIDAY, December 6, commencing at 2.00pm. Followed by cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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MOORE, Dougal James – On Monday, December 2, 2019, peacefully at Ashburton Hospital, in the loving presence of his family. Aged 64 years. Dearly loved husband of Christine. Cherished Dad of Jaclyn and Jonny Pow, Sam, Matt and Esther. Adored Pop of Olivia. Messages to: the Moore family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Dougal’s life will be held at St David’s Union Church, Allens Road, Ashburton on THURSDAY, December 5 commencing at 2pm. Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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6am Breakfast 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 0 10am Tipping Point 3 0 11am The Celebrity Chase 3 British celebrities Colin Baker, Chelsee Healey, David Weir, and Alex Horne set out to win money for charity by outwitting The Chaser. 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm Coronation Street Catchup PGR 3 0 2pm Coast v Country 0 3pm Tipping Point 4pm Te Karere 2 0 4:30 Border Patrol 3 0 5pm The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

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BRAVO 10am I Found The Gown 3 10:30 Million Dollar Listing NY PGR 3 11:30 Snapped PGR 3 12:30 In Ice Cold Blood PGR 3 1:30 Below Deck – Mediterranean AO 3 2:30 Four Weddings UK PGR 3 0 3:30 The People’s Court 4:30 Million Dollar Listing NY PGR 3 5:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 6:30 I’m Having Their Baby 3 7:30 Snapped PGR 3 When a charismatic father and loved member of the local youth-sports community is bludgeoned to death, the police must discern fact from fiction to pinpoint his murderer. 8:30 Body Fixers PGR 3 9:30 Botched AO A woman with ‘side nipple’ visits the doctors; another woman needs her nose repaired after her face was disfigured in a car accident. 10:30 Snapped PGR 3 11:30 In Ice Cold Blood PGR 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

11:15 Cougar Town PGR 3 0 11:40 Take Me Out PGR 0 12:45 The Last Ship AO 3 0 1:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:55 Infomercials 2:55 Army Wives PGR 3 0 3:40 Heartbreak Island AO 0 4:40 Car Crash TV 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Religious Infomercials

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SKY 5 6am Jeopardy! PG 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away MVL 8:05 Border Security – Australia’s Frontline M 8:30 Ice Road Truckers PG 9:15 Storage Wars – Texas PG 9:40 CSI MV 10:25 SVU MV 11:10 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away MVL Noon Jeopardy! PG 12:20 Wheel Of Fortune PG 12:45 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away MVL 1:35 The Simpsons PG 2pm Raw Live MVC 5:05 Wheel Of Fortune PG 5:30 Storage Wars – Texas PG 6pm Ice Road Truckers PG 7pm Border Security – Australia’s Frontline M 7:30 CSI MV 8:30 World’s Wildest Weather PGV 9:30 Combat Dealers PG 10:30 SVU MV 11:15 Ice Road Truckers PG Wednesday 12:05 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away MVL 12:55 Wheel Of Fortune PG 1:20 Jeopardy! PG 1:40 Border Security – Australia’s Frontline M 2:05 Combat Dealers PG 2:50 World’s Wildest Weather PGV 3:40 SVU MV 4:25 Storage Wars – Texas PG 4:50 CSI MV 5:35 The Simpsons PG

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7:25 Mary Queen Of Scots 16VC 2018 Drama. Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie. 9:30 55 Steps MC 2018 Drama. Helena Bonham Carter, Hilary Swank. 11:25 Tomb Raider MV 2018 Action. Alicia Vikander, Dominic West. 1:20 The Vanishing 16VC 2018 Thriller. Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan. 3:05 Mary Queen Of Scots 16VC 2018 Drama. Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie. 5:10 6 Below MC 2017 Drama. Josh Hartnett, Mira Sorvino. 6:50 Searching MC 2018 Drama. John Cho, Debra Messing. 8:30 12 Strong 16VL 2018 Action. A Special Forces team is deployed to Afghanistan, where it will join forces with a new leader to take down the Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies. Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon. 10:40 If Beale Street Could Talk MVLS 2019 Drama. KiKi Layne, Stephan James.

7:15 Pride MLSC 2014 Comedy. Bill Nighy, Dominic West. 9:18 The Purge 16VL 2013 Thriller. Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey. 10:45 The Queen ML 2006 Drama. Helen Mirren, James Cromwell, Michael Sheen. 12:30 Collateral MV 2004 Thriller. Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx. 2:30 Twilight Saga – Eclipse M 2010 Drama. Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner. 4:35 Million Dollar Baby MC 2004 Drama. Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman. 6:45 Sleepy Hollow MC 1999 Horror. Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci. 8:30 Our Idiot Brother MLS 2011 Comedy. After an idealist is released from a prison term, his sisters take turns housing him, leading to trouble. Paul Rudd. 10:05 Good Night And Good Luck MC 2005 Historical Drama. David Strathairn, George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson. 11:40 Million Dollar Baby MC 2004 Drama. Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman.

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1:50 Sleepy Hollow MC 1999 Horror. Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci. 3:32 Our Idiot Brother MLS 2011 Comedy. Paul Rudd. 4:59 Good Night And Good Luck MC 2005 Historical Drama. David Strathairn, George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson.

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6:30 Paia 3 6:40 My Mokai 3 7:10 He Rourou 3 7:20 E Kori 3 7:25 E Ki E Ki 7:30 Haati Paati 3 7:40 Huhu 7:50 Huritua 3 8am Fresh 3 8:30 Kaitangata Twitch 9am Te Ao – Maori News 3 9:30 R&R 3 10am Tangaroa With Pio 3 10:30 My Reggae Song 3 11am Tautohetohe – On The Road PGR 3 Noon Waka Ama Sprints 3 12:30 Funny Whare – Gamesnight PGR 3 1pm The Stage – Haka Fusion AO 3 1:30 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 2pm Toku Reo 3 2 3pm Paia 3 3:10 My Mokai 3 3:40 He Rourou 3 3:50 E Kori 3 3:55 E Ki E Ki 4pm Haati Paati 3 4:10 Huhu 3 4:20 Huritua 3 4:30 Pukana 3 2 5pm Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 5:30 Nga Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua 3 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News

6am Gardeners’ World 6:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things – Best Bites 7am Gourmet Farmer 7:30 Jelly Jamm 8am Animal Park 9am Dream Gardens 9:30 Big House, Little House 11:30 Mysteries At The Monument PGR 12:30 Tutankhamun – Life, Death, And Legacy 3 1:30 Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle 2:30 Lost Treasures Of The Maya 3 3:30 Wildlife Icons 4:30 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals Jamie prepares cheat’s pizza, three salads, and squashed cherries and vanilla mascarpone cream. 5pm Choccywoccydoodah 5:30 Mysteries At The Museum 6:30 American Pickers

7pm Whanau Living 3 7:30 Carluccio’s 6 Seasons PGR 3 8pm Waka Man 3 8:30 The Casketeers PGR 9pm Intake AO 3 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO 10pm Whawhai 10:30 Te Ao – Maori News 3

7:30 Restoration Home Caroline Quentin returns to follow the fortunes of eight properties, all facing a struggle for survival, all with committed new owners wanting to turn historic ruins into dream homes. 8:30 My Dream Home 9:30 Building The Dream 10:30 American Pickers

11pm Te Kauta 3 Chat show featuring guests who reminisce about their younger days and some of their naughtiest secrets. 11:30 Closedown

11:30 Mysteries At The Museum 12:30 Gardeners’ World 1am Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals 1:30 Choccywoccydoodah 2am My Dream Home 3am Wildlife Icons 4am My Dream Home 5am Mysteries At The Museum

SKY SPORT 1 6am Pro14 Weekly Highlights Show 7am Gallagher Premiership Highlights Show 8am French Top 14 (RPL) Racing 92 v Bordeaux. From Paris La Défense Arena. 10am French Top 14 (RPL) Montpellier v Lyon. From Altrad Stadium. Noon French Top 14 (RPL) Brive v Paris. 2pm French Top 14 (RPL) Toulouse v Bayonne. 4pm French Top 14 Highlights 4:30 Women’s – Wales v Barbarians (HLS) 5pm Wales v Barbarians (HLS) 5:30 The Season Hamilton Boys’ High School. 6pm The Season Hamilton Boys’ High School. 6:30 Women’s – Wales v Barbarians (RPL) 8:30 Wales v Barbarians (RPL) 10:30 Sevens – Southern Regionals (HLS) From Alpine Energy Stadium, Timaru.

Wednesday

Midnight Sevens – Central Regionals (HLS) 1:30 Sevens – Northern Regionals (HLS) 3am Women’s – Wales v Barbarians (HLS) 3:30 Wales v Barbarians (HLS) 4am The Season Hamilton Boys’ High School. 4:30 The Season Hamilton Boys’ High School. 5am Gallagher Premiership Highlights Show

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SKY SPORT 2 7:30 Blackcaps v England (HLS) Second Test, Day Four. From Seddon Park in Hamilton. 8:30 Australia v Pakistan (HLS) Second Test, Day Four. From Adelaide Oval. 9:30 Blackcaps v England (HLS) Second Test, Day Four. 10:30 L Blackcaps v England Second Test, Day Five. From Seddon Park in Hamilton. 6:30 Blackcaps v England (RPL) Second Test, Day Five. Coverage of the last two hours of play form Seddon Park in Hamilton. 8:30 Blackcaps v England (HLS) Second Test, Day Five. From Seddon Park in Hamilton. 9:30 England v Blackcaps 2015 (HLS) Second Test, Day Five. From Headingley in Leeds. 10pm Marsh One-Day Cup (HLS) Final. 10:30 Blackcaps v England (HLS) Second Test, Day Five. From Seddon Park in Hamilton. 11:30 India v Bangladesh (HLS) Second Test, Day Five. From Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

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12:30 ICC Cricket 360 1:30 Marsh One-Day Cup (HLS) Final. 2am Australia v Pakistan (HLS) Second Test, Day Five. 3am Blackcaps v England (RPL) Second Test, Day Five. 5am England v Blackcaps 2015 (HLS) Second Test, Day Five. 5:30 Australia v Pakistan (RPL) Second Test, Day Five. 3Dec19

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Southern wrap up the title

Stewart Memorial on the line

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P17 Mid Canterbury Under 15 rep cricket coach, Garfield Charles rallies his troops in their match against Canterbury Country on the weekend.

Young stars step up

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By Matt Markham

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They might have been stretched across the central South Island and taking on regions of a far bigger player population than themselves, but that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop Mid Canterburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Under 17 and Under 15 representative sides from getting the job done on the weekend. Both sides were successful in

their matches, with the Under 17 side downing North Otago and the Under 15 team producing a nerve-wracking but decisive victory over Canterbury Country. In Oamaru the Under 17 side made the best possible start. After winning the toss and making their hosts take the bat they had three of the North Otago batsmen back in the sheds inside the first 10 overs, before a 60-run

partnership in the middle of the order steadied the ship. But like the top order, the bottom order struggled as well and the Mid Canterbury bowlers ripped their way through the final five wickets for 30 runs to have North Otago all out for 134. Liam Sullivan was the pick of the Mid Canterbury bowlers, taking 3-30 from 7.4 overs, while Angus Spittle and Millar New-

lands picked up two vital wickets each. In reply, Mid Canterbury made a solid start to their run chase, despite losing an early wicket. The ever-reliable Angus Jemmett again proved to be the linchpin in the line-up, scoring 64 as Mid Canterbury ran down the required total with five wickets remaining. Over in Darfield, the Under 15

side were equally as impressive as their older counterparts. They had Canterbury Country all out for 128. They then made the run chase trickier than it probably should have been and managed to reach the required target seven wickets down. Unfortunately, scores and individual efforts were unavailable yesterday.

Interdom trotting series blown wide open

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