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Everyone goes quackers over annual duck race BY MATT MARKHAM

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There wasn’t a quack to be heard but the sight of more than a hundred ducks making their way along Mill Creek for the annual Robbie’s Bar & Bistro and Hokonui Duck Race last night was enough for the hundreds who turned out to watch. Held for the 11th time since its inception, the popular concept was again a huge success with more than $7000 worth of prizes handed out throughout the night by comperes Phill Hooper and Peter McQuarters, along with the dulcet tones of race commentator, Craig Harrison. Sponsored for $70 each, the 100 ducks all carried heavy support throughout the night while some special ducks were drawn just prior to the race and five others were auctioned off by Harrison with all funds raised going directly to local firefighter, Mark Ellis in his fundraising efforts for the annual Sky Tower Challenge later in the year. More than $400 was raised through the auction. Organisers had gone to extra lengths this year to ensure spectator safety with guards placed near the busy main road and also bordering the railway tracks. Hooper said the lead up to the night had been fantastic. “As usual we’ve had huge support from great sponsors and great contributions by the public in their efforts to secure a duck,” he said. Ducks were drawn through two radio shows each day over the past few weeks. Races were split into two heats of 50 with the top 30 advancing to the final from each heat and then a consolation race for the 40 non-placegetters. A special ducklings race was conducted following the main event for children who entered on the night.

Race sponsor Nigel Joyce tries to channel his inner duck by getting in the water at last night’s duck race. PHOTO MATT MARKHAM 020318-MM-002

Fear, confusion with Census BY SUE NEWMAN

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When the names and numbers are ticked off in this year’s Census, many of the Ashburton District’s elderly residents might be missing. Those will be the people who have found the new-look 2018 Census simply too tough to handle. People working in the aged sector say they are already dealing with calls and queries from older people who are unsure how to deal with the new look Census that requires an online response. Hard copy forms can be supplied by Statistics New Zealand,

but given the vagaries of New Zealand’s postal service, unless calls are made earlier this week, forms may not arrive in time, Age Concern 206 Club co-ordinator Adair Pethig said. It is compulsory for every New Zealander to complete a Census form and Pethig said she’s hearing from elderly who are simply putting the forms aside, unsure how to deal with them. This year’s Census takes place on March 6, but forms may be completed online prior to this date. And that in itself is confusing for the elderly who are accustomed to putting Census papers aside to be

completed on the actual night of the Census, she said. “Many of the people I’m talking to are concerned because they don’t have a computer. They’re quite concerned, quite worried, it’s scaring the hell out of them.” She’s advising people to call and request paper forms, but unless this is done immediately, the chances of those forms arriving by March 6 is slim, Pethig said. “You need to make that phone call now to get your papers in the mail, ring them as soon as you get your letter.” People were also concerned because with staggered mail delivery days, some had received forms

while others had not. Most of her 206 Club members did not have computers and even among her volunteer helpers many did not, she said. “These people take the Census very seriously and these are some very big changes that they’re struggling to understand. If it becomes too hard, they’ll just decide not to do it because it becomes overwhelming.” She’s suggesting that anyone struggling with the new format Census should ask family for help or else contact Age Concern or Senior Citizens. A Statistics New Zealand Census spokesperson did offer assurance

to people confused by the new online Census. Their first step should be to call the number provided on that form and request a paper copy and by following the voice prompts this would be actioned, she said. The spokesperson also said that if a requested paper form had not arrived by March 5, a second call should be made to the Census office. Every effort would be made to ensure people were able to complete their Census forms, she said. While the preference was for Census forms to be completed online, the call centre was receiving a large number of requests for paper forms.

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Work under way on CBD revitalisation

Ashburton District Council’s Town Centre Working Group will be discussing plans for the rejuvenation of the town’s central business district next week. PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN Plans to rejuvenate the Ashburton central business district are well under way, with potential options for each street to be discussed by the Ashburton District Council’s Town Centre Working Group next week. The group will be tasked with developing recommendations around parking and streetscape designs aimed at revitalising the CBD and attracting more businesses into the commercial centre.

Chairperson of the Working Group, Councillor Diane Rawlinson says a great deal of work has been carried out on the condition of the CBD and the findings will need to be carefully considered to ensure the most effective path forward. “Our goal is to reinforce the importance and stature of the town centre. We want to assist in the efforts for greater retail spend and the attraction of businesses back into the business district.

“This is about supporting economic growth in our town, and developing a space that people want to visit and enjoy. “To achieve that, we need to ensure we have a defined and well thought out strategy in place, and our work thus far has helped to structure that approach. “We’ve engaged a transportation consultant to review the streets of the CBD and develop concept designs as part of a streetscape renewal pro-

ject. We have also carried out a parking survey as part of our wider parking strategy review.” The Working Group will present its recommendations to Council on April 5 and public consultation will begin later that month where the community will be asked to submit their feedback. The council has allocated funding for the streetscapes renewal project, including the development of landscape and urban design concepts.

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Another case of M. bovis in Mid Canty BY COLIN WILLISCROFT

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A fourth Mid Canterbury property has been confirmed as infected with mycoplasma bovis. It is a lifestyle dry stock grazing property, which is a trace from a known infected property. The latest positive test follows hard on the heels of another one, which was only announced in the past week. It brings the total number of infected properties nationwide to 24, with 10 in South Canterbury, eight in Southland, and one each in Otago and Hawkes Bay. Including those infected, there are 42 properties that are under restricted place notices. National MP and opposition spokesman for primary industries, Nathan Guy, has stepped up the pressure on both the government and Ministry for Primary Industries officials, after those officials appeared before the Primary Production select committee on Thursday to answer questions about how the government plans to contain the spread of M. bovis, compensate farmers for their losses and ultimately eradicate it. Guy said with no decision to be made on whether MPI would continue with its policy of trying to eradicate the disease due until the end of the month, farmers were being left confused and anxious. “The clock is ticking and we’ve been left with more questions than answers. Farmers are still in the dark about whether MPI’s priority is to eradicate the disease or to seek ‘other methods’. We’ve no idea what those ‘other methods’ might be,” Guy said. “The costs to contain and eradicate the disease are piling up. Because the government’s finances are so tight due to its other big-spending commitments, MPI has been forced to go cap in hand to the industry itself to cover operation costs – but they can’t or won’t say how much they’re asking for. “The government is remaining very tight-lipped about what it’s prepared to compensate farmers for the losses they’ve incurred because they’ve had to destroy cattle or because they can’t sell stock. “MPI tells us they’ve budgeted $35 million for compensation – but they now believe their liability is looking like a further $65 million.”

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Water charging regime challenged By Sue NewmaN

the same fixed charge as Ashburton urban residents but all had meters installed and were charged for water used over a certain level. The extra charge wasn’t the problem, the rate at which this came in was and the low fixedrate allocation was, Wilson said. The council’s objective was for consumption to be no more than 700 litres per resident per day but people living in a residential D zone were only allocated 250 litres per resident per day without having to pay extra. There was also the issue of meters, with the council having repeatedly said it had no intention of making any extra charges

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Stuart Wilson had an opportunity to find out what it was like to be on the other side of the council table on Thursday. The long serving district councillor lost his elected member title for 10 minutes and became just another citizen presenting a submission to the Ashburton District Council when he put the case for changes to potable water charges for people living on Tarbottons Road. He said he was speaking for a number of residents who believed they were unfairly paying extra for potable water. The property owners all paid RIght - Councillor Stuart Wilson.

on properties where meters were installed, he said. Residential D residents were hit with a double whammy, a lower allocated consumption at the fixed charge and a high charge for extra use, Wilson said. Water meters were supposed to be for identifying where there were leaks or wastage in the system and they should be installed on all new connections because there were major leaks in the network, he said. Wilson said he wanted the fee structure changed if there were to be charges for surplus water use and he wanted the consumption on fixed charge anomaly addressed. PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN

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The long road to keeping his job By Sue NewmaN

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Consultant Graham Ewing of EQ Global has been appointed to manage the recruitment process for the Ashburton District Council’s chief executive. Incumbent Andrew Dalziel was appointed to the position in September 2013 for a five-year term. Under Section 42 of the Local Government Act a CEO cannot be appointed for a term of more than five years. A council can, however, without advertising the vacancy, reappoint the incumbent CEO for a second term of up to two years. “The council had a discussion with me at the end of last year about this and I advised them that I wasn’t seeking a two year extension. Instead I informed

Andrew Dalziel them that my preference was for the position to be publicly advertised and that I would be applying and would like to be considered for appointment to a second five year term,” Dalziel said. Four potential recruitment consultants were interviewed by

the council’s executive committee in January and EQI Global was appointed to manage the process. This is the same company that undertook the recruitment process when Dalziel was appointed. In 2013 there were 57 applicants for the chief executive’s position. This was narrowed down to a long list of 15 and then a short list of five. He expects the position will be advertised in March. The local government act makes it clear that the incumbent CEO may apply for the advertised position and that the council must give due consideration to the application, but it also makes it clear the incumbent has no right or expectation to renewed employment at the

end of their term. If councillors decide to appoint a new person to the role, Dalziel needs to be told before May 31 to meet their requirements to give him three months’ notice. Since he joined the council in 2013, Dalziel said he had not applied for any other positions, and when they opted to re-advertise his job for a new five year term, they expressed confidence in and respect for his efficient and effective management, governance advice and professionalism. At 54, Dalziel said he believes he can continue to make a significant contribution to the council. “My preference is to complete another five year term, which will provide my wife and I with some stability and certainty and which will do the same for the council.”

Boil water notices lifted Ashburton District Council has lifted the precautionary boil water notices in place for the Methven and Methven/ Springfield supplies, while the Montalto notice remains in place. Turbidity levels in the Methven/ Springfield supply have lowered and the water quality has returned to normal, while the yellow discolouration found in the Methven water earlier this week has improved. “Council officers have been testing the Methven water daily, in different locations and no E.coli contamination has been found. If you still notice a yellow tint in the water, it is only likely to be aesthetic. We are satisfied that residents are no longer required to boil their water,” council assets manager Andrew Guthrie said. The Montalto water supply remains on a precautionary boil water notice, as the water quality has not yet returned to normal. Residents connected to this supply should continue boiling their water.

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Revamped, expanded station to be officially re-opened By Katie todd

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Alongside the excitement of Emergency Services Day at the Ashburton A&P Showgrounds, Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s chief executive Rhys Jones will be in Ashburton this morning to officially open the organisation’s revamped facilities. Jones, along with Mid South Area FENZ manager Paul Henderson, FENZ volunteers and their families, will be at the station for a launch event at 10am. The $1 million refurbishment at 332 Burnett Street brings local urban and rural fire services together under one roof for the first time, following the national launch of FENZ in Ashburton last year. The station, originally built in 1976, now accommodates 55 volunteer firefighters from the local urban and rural volunteer firefighter community, who have relocated from their old premises on South Street. Eighteen new lockers have been built, along with an additional garage to house the rural crew’s smoke chaser and a support van. Three fire appliances and two tankers will now operate from the six-bay station in total. Refurbishment has also included seismic strengthening, larger storage areas, new wash areas, modifications to improve weather tightness, electrical upgrades, a support office renovation and updating of the station’s communications infrastructure to the latest standard to provide better coverage.

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More potential MAR sites eyed By Linda CLarKe

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Water-monitoring trials began this week at three more potential managed aquifer recharge (MAR) sites in Mid Canterbury. A trial MAR at Lagmhor is already helping raise groundwater levels and reducing nitrate concentrations and 11 more potential MAR sites have been identified in the Hinds Plains area, to help improve both water quantity and quality. The Lagmhor MAR works like a big leaky pond, allowing water to

filter down through the earth to underground aquifers. The work is being keenly followed by experts around the country. MAR spokesman Rab McDowell told members of the Ashburton Water Zone Committee this week that work on the five-year pilot was continuing, with plans to have a business case for accessing or buying recharge water by the end of the year. He said more development was planned at the original site, as well as 11 new sites that had been

“The plan is to see how they each perform.” Work was more advanced on another site near the Hinds River. McDowell said the group had hoped to have a draft business case ready to discuss with the zone committee and the Ashburton District Council by late May, but it was a complicated issue. The business case would look at water requirements for a suite of MARs, costs, benefits, risks and who would pay. ADC has allowed the project to use water from the Rangitata

Diversion Race, that it previously allocated for stock water; but that permission expires in June and the MAR management group will have to seek an extension. McDowell said a major part of the business case was finding a potential water supply, how much that might cost, who would benefit and who would pay. The new testing should be finished by August and then the governance group could make a decision on the scope of future work and begin building the business case.

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Truck encounter leaves driver shaken BY KATIE TODD

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A 73-year-old woman is looking for witnesses to a road incident that left her shaken, upset and owing $400 in insurance excess. Raynor Adams was driving along Archibald Street on her way to Presbyterian Support last Tuesday when a truck and trailer unit hit the side of her car and drove on. She had pulled out of Manchester Street into a large gap in the traffic on Archibald Street, but said the truck, which must have been speeding, quickly caught up to her car and drove “right up the rear end” of her car. “I looked in the rear vision mirror and all I could see was his grille,” she said. “I tried to pull over to let him past ... and suddenly – bang – it hit me, and it took my mirror right off.” She had tried to remember the number plate of the truck, but with “everything going on,” had been unable to. “I was just sitting there, blank. All I could remember was looking out the window at the moment it happened and seeing the truck right there, right in front

of my face … I only know that it was definitely white, because that’s the colour of the paint left all over my car.” Adams said she feels like the “arrogant” driver had it in for her. “I want to track that truck. I feel like something needs to be done … I think they should pay the excess, at least.” Her Nissan Primera GT now needs panel beating and a new mirror. She and her late husband both had matching cars, and she said she had never received any nicks or scratches until that day. Adams is also keen to get in touch with a young girl that came to help her out after witnessing the incident. “This young girl came over, asked me if I was okay. It was pouring with rain … but fortunately she had an umbrella. She stood there for a few minutes and chatted to me ... and I don’t feel like I was in the best state. “She saw it happen, but again with everything going on, I didn’t even think to get her name,” she said. “I feel like I should get in touch with her, bring her a little thank you.”

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Turnbull, Ardern disagree on deporting crims Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has defended the morality of deporting convicted New Zealand criminals across the ditch despite New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern raising concerns about “unintended effects” the policy might have. The two prime ministers met for formal leaders’ talks yesterday morning after dining together along with their spouses at the Turnbull’s harbourside Sydney home the previous night. Mr Turnbull defended his government’s policy of rounding up for deportation foreigners who have served more than 12 months in Australian jails, pointing out 40 per cent of appeals were successful. “The process is a fair and just one,” he told reporters. Ms Ardern had earlier told the ABC she was concerned about the “negative” effect of the policy in cases where people were deported to a country they may never have previously set foot in. “It is in the hands of the Australian government to determine how they manage that element of policy,” she said. About 1020 deportees have been sent back in the past two years and 44 per cent of them had reoffended. There are about 170 New Zealanders in Australian immigration detention whose visas were automatically revoked following a December 2014 crackdown. Efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons were another area on which the leaders agreed to disagree. New Zealand is seeking an early ratification of a United Nations nuclear weapons treaty ban, which Australia has refused to sign. Mr Turnbull maintains the treaty is flawed because it doesn’t cover the world’s nuclear powers.

He said Australia also relies on the deterrent protection from the United States’ nuclear weapons arsenal. “Everyone would like to aspire to a world which is free of nuclear weapons but we have to focus on the here and now,” Mr Turnbull said. New Zealand has long held a firm line opposing development of nuclear capabilities. Ms Ardern said her country’s stance enhanced its credibility on the North Korean nuclear threat. “It’s become part of our identity as a nation,” she said. On New Zealand’s ongoing offer to accept 150 refugees from Nauru or Manus Island, Mr Turnbull said the government will consider “other options” for refugee resettlement once its transfer deal with the United States is complete. The NZ prime minister will head off on a four-country Pacific Island tour next week after her government declares a “reset” on relations. NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters flagged overnight that Australia and New Zealand needed to work together to maintain their clout across the Pacific region. He said it was becoming an increasingly “congested strategic space”, alluding to China’s growing footprint. Mr Turnbull said Australia was the biggest donor to the Pacific and praised NZ wanting to “step up” and for its promise to boost aid. “The issue is not the origin of the investment but the nature and quality of it,” Mr Turnbull said. Australia also will seek lessons from New Zealand’s experience promoting Maori business enterprise in a bid to boost indigenous entrepreneurship. - NZN

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Kiwis blame overseas drivers BY BELINDA FEEK Motorists are more concerned about overseas drivers than Kiwis, despite them only being responsible for 7 per cent of crashes, a survey finds.

Canstar Blue’s results also show that nearly half – 45 per cent – would be happy to see penalties increased for people at fault in a crash, while 35 per cent believed refresher driving courses would be a good idea. The results stem from a survey of 546 New Zealanders who had hired a car in the past 12 months. It comes as the country faces another road toll similar to last year’s blow-out of 379, a marked increase from 2013’s record low of 253 deaths. But the AA says it won’t be advocating for any of the ideas just yet, stating road safety was a complex issue and increasing penalties and introducing refresher courses would have little benefit. Emma Quantrill of Canstar said it didn’t matter how people looked at the road toll, the country had one of highest rates of road deaths in the OECD. “For many, the current maximum sentence of five years’ imprisonment and/or a maximum fine of $20,000 is simply not enough.” Sixty-six people have already died this year, compared to 63 at

the same time last year. Canstar quizzed Kiwis about whether regular minimum standards testing for drivers should be implemented, with 32 per cent agreeing. However, more than three in five – or 61 per cent – thought overseas drivers were ill-prepared for New Zealand’s conditions, up from 54 per cent last year. “New Zealand’s crash statistics are brutal and our research shows that people think stronger deterrents may be an option to improve road safety.” However, AA’s road safety spokesman Dylan Thomsen said their Research Foundation had shown there was an even split on the main causes of fatal crashes – recklessness and people simply making mistakes. “Half of them involved drivers doing what we call reckless or extreme acts, so that’s your drink driving or drugs, driving at really high speeds, and the other 50 per cent tended to be everyday ordinary people going about their business and having made a mistake, having missed seeing something.” – NZN

Ardern not on royal wedding guest list ... yet Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has not received an invitation to attend Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding, but with the official guest list yet to be confirmed it’s possible hers could be in the mail. However, Ardern has previously said she does not expect an invitation to the May nuptials, and a spokeswoman repeated yesterday that she is “delighted for the couple”. She sent a message of congratulations when the pair’s engagement was announced in November last year. When asked whether the Prime Minister intended to send an engagement present, the message was “the extent of it for now”, the spokeswoman said.

Ardern had said she would send a “suitably Kiwi” gift once the couple were married. Sending engagement gifts is not usual practice. The royal wedding guest list is not confirmed yet, however there are rumours that US Presidnet Donald Trump will not be invited – though it is possible his predecessor, former United States President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle might be. Tennis legend Serena Williams is also rumoured to be attending, as are Prince Harry’s exgirlfriends, Chelsy Davy and Cressida Bonas. Much was made of Prince Harry’s engagement to the 36-year-old American actress when it was announced last year.

The couple had been dating for 16 months, but the prince said he knew Markle was “the one” since their very first date. Kensington Palace said the prince designed Markle’s engagement ring – using two stones that belonged to his late mother. The two outside stones are diamonds from the personal collection of Diana, Princess of Wales. At the centre is a diamond from Botswana, a country that holds special significance for Harry, who has visited many times since he was a child. It is also a place the couple have spent time together. At the time, Ardern said she hoped the high profile couple had time to enjoy the news privately. They obviously lead an incred-

ibly public life, but that doesn’t make these moments any less personal and any less special, Ardern said. “I think it is incredibly exciting. Who isn’t moved by someone’s impending marriage, particularly one of this scale. I think it will be an extraordinary event. Asked at the time by media if she would get an invitation to the wedding, Ardern said she held no expectations in that regard. “I don’t think anyone ever has any expectations about wedding invites and the same goes for me in this circumstance. For me it is just a matter of wishing them well.” – NZME

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Lawyers could be stung with $20,000 fines if they are required to declare the property purchaser is not from overseas, as the foreign buyer’s ban currently proposes. In a release published on Thursday, The New Zealand Law Society says the bill requires certification from the buyer’s lawyer that the buyer is not breaking the Overseas Investment Act, which is not always feasible. “It is common with residential property sales (such as auctions) that a buyer will have their first contact with a lawyer when they have already entered into a binding contract with the seller,” Law Society spokesman Duncan Terris said. Failure to provide or incorrect certification could result in the lawyer being convicted and paying a $20,000 fine.

Terris said that potential issue could be eliminated by simply placing the obligation with the prospective purchaser, rather than the lawyer. He said this could be achieved by bringing this into the ‘industry standard’ agreement for sale and purchase of real estate that is used universally in land purchases in the country. The Law Society has proposed a basic test to be included in the act which would enable buyers to know whether they were in breach or not. Under the bill, an “overseas person” is someone who does not hold a permanent resident visa and has been in New Zealand for less than 183 days in the past year. The bill is currently before the select committee. – NZN

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Quake PTSD common in teachers – study School teachers were among those most affected by post-traumatic stress disorder following the Christchurch earthquakes, University of Otago research has found. The study published in Disaster Prevention and Management, An International Journal, involved a survey of 226 people – including 140 from Christchurch and 86 from Hamilton – affected by the 2010 and 2011 quakes. It found most people suffering PTSD were those not considered traditional “first responders” to an emergency, lead researcher associate professor David McBride says. Instead, they were more likely to be female, a teacher or someone who had experienced more than 11 so-called critical incidents, such as being injured or watching buildings collapse, during the earthquake. Their distress typically lasted 12 months following the quakes. McBride said the finding of how common PTSD symptoms were among teachers suggested they needed support or training ahead of natural disasters. The research findings now also had been

passed on to the teachers’ unions, NZEI Te Riu Roa and the New Zealand Post Primary Teachers’ Association. “We are working with them to help their understanding, so we can apply the findings to future circumstances,” he said. Undertaken to identify what factors may have caused PTSD symptoms among frontline workers, the study also sought to identify vulnerable groups of people and how they could be helped ahead of time. Among those included in the study’s survey were utility, construction and demolition workers, Maori wardens, Red Cross workers, school teachers and nongovernment organisation staff. McBride said past research had shown that school principals and teachers, in particular, played important roles in supporting the emotional recovery of students and families after disasters. He said the University of Otago study backed this up with “teachers consistently (having) high scores for emotional exhaustion, anxiety and social dysfunction” after the Christchurch quakes. – NZN

Hauraki Gulf in peril, report shows BY JAMIE MORTON Regulatory headaches, slow action and conflict are dogging efforts to save Auckland’s big blue backyard – now under unprecedented pressure from pollution and over-fishing. The Hauraki Gulf Forum’s damning stock take, released yesterday, has revealed the state of the gulf is now deteriorating faster than any management efforts could tackle the degradation. The forum’s leaders have made pressing calls for action to new Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage, who in turn has blamed the previous government for its “neglect” – calling the latest triennial report an “indictment of past inaction”. Its tone of urgency – and frustration – set the review apart from previous ones, as did concerning new statistics about what was happening to the ecosystems the gulf supported. Trevally numbers had now plummeted by 86 per cent from their historic levels,

Summer student surveys local streams Environment Canterbury summer student Caitlin Adlam visited numerous properties between November and February to map springs, streams and habitats along the Ashburton River. The work will provide valuable information on groundwater connections to the river and help understand changes in stream flow which are important to the ecological system of the Ashburton / Hakatere River. Caitlin says she really enjoyed the experience and loved talking to local people about their properties. “I really enjoyed getting outside and talking to local farmers about their properties. It was great that they could share some of the

history about how springs and habitats have changed over the years, and what new ones have popped up. I’d really like to thank everyone that gave me access to their farm and took the time to talk to me.” Caitlin’s report was presented to the Ashburton Water Zone Committee at its’ February meeting and the results will help provide the local zone team with information about potential sites for biodiversity enhancement projects. For more information on the Zone Committee visit www.ecan.govt.nz/myzone or fb.com/canterburywater

snapper by 83 per cent, and sharks – a key part of the ecosystem – by 86 per cent. But more alarming was a warning from the statutory body’s leaders that a firstof-its-kind marine spatial plan to help restore and manage the gulf would likely fall over. A surge in population around the region – an extra 87,500 people had moved to the Auckland area since the last report, with half a million households now living around the gulf’s fringes – was singled out as the single biggest change from 2014. It set out many other trouble areas – from water quality problems, pollution, declining fish stocks and pressure from fishing and aquaculture, to regulatory conflict and slow progress on implementing the Sea Change marine spatial plan. That much-vaunted collaborative effort was created to recommend what activities should take place and where in the 1.2mha gulf marine park, determining what areas should be safe-guarded and shaping plans to come. – NZME

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ational entered a new phase this week when Simon Bridges was elected as the new leader of the opposition. We look at who the new man on the block is, how he got there and take a look through the history of previous leaders of the National Party to see how he measures up. He says he’s capable of surprises and that he’s capable of thinking things through, but if Bridges is to make a real dent in the lead- up to 2020 as the National leader he’s going to have to rely on more than being able to pull a rabbit out of a hat and taking his time to make decisions. Bridges picked up what has this week been described as one of the toughest jobs in the country – the leader of the opposition, but the accent-fuelled voice, which he says comes from his roots of West Auckland, wasted no time in making his mark during the week when he took the Prime Minister to task just hours, if not minutes, after the announcement of his promotion. “We can’t got into the next election with the same plans,” he said. “There won’t be a full policy review – I don’t think we got anything wrong. “We’re up for this, the caucus is united, we are aspirational, confident and outward looking. “There are 56 of us and you’re going to be seeing a lot of us and hearing a lot from us,” Bridges said. Any hint of disarray within the party, which would be acceptable considering the voting process where allegiances were no doubt formed, Bridges brushed off the shoulders of his clean-cut suit and sung from the rooftops his praise of those who he now resides over. “Our caucus has an incredible depth of talent and abundant energy which is why we continue to enjoy so much support. New Zealanders believe in our vision for New Zealand and in our team.” And in a parting shot from one of his first interviews following the announcement, the first Maori leader of the National Party put the target firmly on the other side of the debating chamber. “My job as leader will be to hold the Jacinda Ardern-Winston Peters coalition to account.” It’s going to be an interesting few years ahead.

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ecutor in Tauranga. Family: Raised in Te Atatu, West Auckland, the youngest of six children. Father was a Baptist minister, mother was a primary school teacher. Ngati Maniopoto. Met his wife, Natalie, at Oxford University. Three children, two boys and a daughter who was born in December. Education: Former head boy at Rutherford High, where former Labour minister Chris Carter was one of his teachers. BA and LLB (Hons) from Auckland University, Bachelor of Civil Law from Oxford University. Voting: Voted against same sex marriage but says now the law is working well and would not change it. Voted against ﬁrst reading of euthanasia bill.

How the vote went down

lthough Bridges said he was confident heading into caucus, he said later he did not know he had the leadership in the bag until the second round of votes came through. Mark Mitchell had told close supporters and his rivals of his decision to withdraw prior to the caucus meeting. It is understood he had realised he would not win and while he had some supporters, he did not want the voting to go through to a third or fourth round of voting. While Bridges did not have the 29 votes needed to win in the first round of voting, he won on the second round. It is understood Judith Collins had the least support of the four

Above – The National Party leadership contenders (from left) Simon Bridges, Judith Collins, Amy Adams, Stephen Joyce and Mark Mitchell. Right – The new man at the helm, National Party leader Simon Bridges. candidates remaining and was knocked out after the first vote. While voting numbers are not revealed to caucus, that indicates Bridges must have come close in the first round. Bennett was rewarded by being elected deputy, despite a campaign against her by unnamed members of caucus in some media outlets. Collins is also understood to have nominated herself as deputy but was defeated by Bennett. Bridges arrived at Parliament at about 8.30am and was confident enough to bring his wife Natalie to Wellington if he was the winner. He was the only one of the five happy to talk to media on the way into Parliament, including posing for an extended period with his fingers crossed.

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t the age of 41, Simon Bridges pitched himself as the leader for generational change. While he was the youngest of all five contenders (Judith Collins 59, Amy Adams, 46, Steven Joyce, 54, and Mark Mitchell, 49, he is not the youngest person to have taken the leadership of the party. Bill English was aged 39 when he ousted Jenny Shipley in 2001 in his first stint in the leadership, and Jim McLay was age 38 when he ousted Rob Muldoon in 1984. The oldest was Don Brash who was 63 when he became leader in 2003. The average age of a National leader on assuming the role is 49.5. Bridges is the third lawyer to become National leader. Of National’s 12 leaders, only five won elections: Sidney Holland, Keith Holyoake, Rob Muldoon, Jim Bolger and John Key.

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1936 Aged 56 when he got the job Former businessman The former Reform Party leader becomes first leader of the National Party, a merger of the Reform and United parties.

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Sidney Holland 1940 Aged 47 Former businessman Led National to its first victory in 1949 and won two more consecutive elections, but resigned near the end of his third term through ill-health.

Keith Holyoake 1957 Aged 53 Former farmer Served a term as Opposition leader from 1957-60 then won four successive elections – 1960, 1963, 1966 and 1969. He stepped down at the start of 1972 election year to hand over to his deputy.

John Marshall 1972 Aged 59 Former lawyer “Gentleman John” Marshall had been leader and prime minister for less than a year when he was beaten by Labour’s Norm Kirk. Resigned during Opposition when it became likely he was going to lose a caucus vote.

Robert Muldoon 1974 Aged 53 Former accountant Former finance minister under Holyoake, took over in Opposition, and after the death of Norman Kirk in office, ousted the one-term Labour Government and remained prime minister and finance minister for 10 years.

Jim McLay 1984 Aged 38 Former lawyer Challenged Muldoon in Opposition after the Labour landslide of 1984 and beat off other contender, Jim Bolger. Stepped down after being presented with letter showing majority of MPs wanted him gone. The only National leader not to face an election.

Jim Bolger 1986 Aged 51 Former farmer Took over from McLay in Opposition and led National to three successive election victories, including the first MMP election, in coalition with New Zealand First. Resigned as leader

1997 Aged 45 Former teacher Former health minister instantly became New Zealand’s first woman prime minister by ousting Bolger after one year in coalition government. Presided over collapse of coalition after sacking Winston Peters and failed to win in 1999. Resigned in Opposition.

Bill English 2001 Aged 39 Former farmer/treasury official Took over from Shipley in Opposition after getting enough signatures on a letter calling for her to go. Led National to a dismal 20.93 per cent of vote in 2002 at peak of Labour Government’s popularity.

Don Brash 2003 Aged 63 Former Reserve Bank Governor Elected to Parliament and Opposition in 2002, announced a public challenge to English in 2003 which he won narrowly. Led National to narrow loss at 2005 election.

John Key 2006 Aged 45 Former merchant banker Replaced Brash when he resigned in Opposition in wake of Dirty Politics book. Led National to three consecutive election victories and formed three minority governments with support parties. Resigned suddenly in good health and riding high in the polls.

Bill English 2016 Aged 54 Former farmer/Treasury official Endorsed as leader and Prime Minister by outgoing leader John Key. Challenges by Judith Collins and Jonathan Coleman were withdrawn. Led National in 2017 to respectable result, 44.4 per cent, but failed to get fourth term when NZ First elected to go with Labour. Announced resignation two weeks ago.

Simon Bridges 2018 Aged 41 Former lawyer Until recently was ranked No.6 and shadow leader of the House. Fought a two-week contest with four other contenders – Judith Collins, Amy Adams, Steven Joyce and Mark Mitchell – and won more than 50 per cent of caucus support on the second ballot. First Maori leader of a major party.

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Noise destroys Thankfully these days we are increasingly mindful of the damage caused by various forms of pollution. But one type of pollution is sometimes overlooked. Noise pollution. Today, Saturday March 3, is World Hearing Day. In this country the National Foundation for the Deaf is extending that into a week of raising awareness to prevent noise induced hearing loss. Noise induced hearing loss is caused by exposure to excessive sound levels. It commonly occurs due to repeated exposure to noise over a long period of time. This can happen in the workplace, or can arise recreationally from attendance at loud concerts or the use of loud audio appliances or power tools. A single event such as an explosion can cause noise induced hearing loss if the intensity is loud enough. Sound pressure caused by noise destroys the delicate nerve cells in the inner ear that transmit sound messages to the brain. The nerve cells are replaced by scar tissue which does not respond to sound. The damage is painless but permanent. Hearing aids can be helpful but cannot restore normal hearing.

Excessive exposure to noise is a known cause of one third of hearing loss in New Zealanders. The higher the noise level and the longer the exposure, the greater the damage done. But the good news is it’s not too late to start preventing damage. There are three key things which can be done to prevent noise-induced hearing loss: • Wear hearing protection when you are exposed to loud noise. • Limit the amount of time exposed to loud noise. • Turn down the volume on personal music players – headphones are preferable to earbuds, which play the music close to eardrums. Last year the Ashburton Branch of the Hearing Association celebrated its 60th anniversary. Based at the Seniors Centre 206 Cameron Street the Hearing Association provides support for those whose hearing is impaired and always welcomes enquiries from anyone seeking assistance either personally or for others. Far from allowing hearing impairment to disrupt their lives many local people have supported one another through membership of the Ashburton Hearing Association. This year the Age Concern

• Noise induced hearing loss is preventable!

Ashburton Positive Ageing Expo taking place at the Ashburton Racecourse on Thursday March 8, coincides with Hearing Awareness Week and the Hearing Association will be among the many groups present at that event. The Hearing Association encourages the use of hearing protection because hearing impairment is an unfair and unseen disability, which can cause all sorts of problems for the sufferer and others. Hearing impairment can place a huge strain on relationships and lead to all manners of misunderstanding. Good hearing is a blessing so we need to protect our ears. Deafness cannot always be prevented but it’s nothing short of madness to put our hearing at unnecessary risk. Information about Hearing Awareness Week and helpful hints about protecting our hearing can be found on the National Foundation for the Deaf website www.nfd.org.nz Work Safe NZ has excellent workplace noise prevention resources on their website www.worksafe.govt.nz The theme of Hearing Awareness Week 2018 is Hear the Future let’s do all we can to help us do just that.

Your Ears – How Ears Hear Our ears are wonderfully sophisticated organs that convert sound waves into electrical signals our brain can understand. AT A GLANCE

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Ears catch sound waves, change them into nerve impulses, and send them to the brain for interpretation.

Ears pick up sound waves.

Three parts of the ear work together to help us hear. 1. The outer ear 2. The middle ear 3. The inner ear. But that’s not all – ears keep us upright! They are our main organs of balance.

Outer Ear The sound waves first go into the outer ear. This is what we traditionally think of as our ears. It’s the part of the ear we can see. Sound waves are picked up by the pinna, and sent down the ear canal. The ear canal makes some sounds stronger. The sound waves hit the ear drum and make it vibrate, transmitting this vibration into the middle ear.

By Russell Anstiss and Bernard Egan who are both on the Executive of the Ashburton Hearing Association

• One in six New Zealanders – over 880,350 people are affected by hearing loss. • Exposure to noise is a known cause of ONETHIRD of hearing loss. • One of the main consequences of hearing loss is a reduced capacity to communicate. • Decibels (dB) are used to measure sound level. A small increase in decibels dramatically increases sound pressure. An 80dB sound has TEN TIMES more sound pressure than a 70dB sound, and 100 times for pressure than a 60dB sound. • The level of noise at a nightclub or concert, at 100dB or over, can be as loud as, or louder, than a chainsaw – this can damage a person’s hearing after just 15 minutes of exposure. • Damage to hearing is cumulative. The louder the sound, the less time one can safely listen to it.

Caring For Your Ears Your ears, and therefore your hearing, can be damaged by trauma, infection, or even excessive personal hygiene. The hearing mechanisms are delicate. AT A GLANCE

Is wax causing a problem?

• Never put anything inside an ear to remove wax or to scratch

Wax can build up and block the ear canal. It is more common in men.

• Keep the ear canal free of obstructions

This usually happens if the ear canal is narrow or hairs or a hearing aid mould are obstructing it. Symptoms of wax build up include dull hearing, tinnitus, earache, vertigo, coughing, a feeling that the ear is plugged up, and sometimes jaw and facial pain.

• Some ear infections can damage hearing • Physical trauma can rupture your ear drum and damage the delicate bones of the middle ear • Protect your ears from loud noise. EAR WAX What is it? Ear wax is normal. It’s a natural protector of the ear. Ear wax is produced in the ear canal, by the cerumen and sebum glands. The discharge from these glands, skin flakes, dust and other debris create wax which works its way to the entrance of the ear. As we get older, ear wax can become drier.

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What to do about it? Never put anything in the ear to remove wax – this has been known to damage the ear drum and the delicate bones of the middle ear. Only excessive wax or wax causing a problem should be removed. Put a couple of drops of olive or almond oil into the ear and check again in a couple of days.

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Is your work putting you at risk of premature hearing loss? Hearing loss for most people generally develops over many years, with the effects becoming apparent only gradually, this makes it difficult for those affected to recognise that they are suffering from a hearing impairment. One of the leading causes of hearing loss is excessive noise exposure, with noise induced hearing loss more likely to be a hazard for those who work in a noisy environment. This is supported through a study conducted by Kurmis, A. P., & Apps, S. A. (2007) that showed that 37 per cent of all adult hearing loss cases could be attributed to workplace noise1. This may be a potential issue for many New Zealanders, with several major industries shown to have a higher than average exposure to workplace noise. Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders work in manufacturing, agriculture, construction and transport2, this means that premature hearing loss could affect thousands of people. Major companies often take precautions to help prevent noise induced hearing loss, however a small farmer or panel beater may not have these precautions in place and this can cause problems later in life. This is supported by a study of 586 farm workers in New Zealand’s Southland district, most workers studied had a moderate hearing loss, with a significant minority having significant hearing loss3. So what should you do if you have

experienced frequent loud noises at work and are concerned about potential hearing loss? There are five signs that indicate you may have a hearing loss. 1. Do you find it difficult to understand phone conversations clearly? 2. Does your family complain about the volume when you are listening to the radio or television? 3. Do you find it difficult to follow a conversation in noisy environments? 4. Do you often feel exhausted after family celebrations because listening is such an effort? 5. Do you hear better when you can look at the person talking to you? If any of these signs apply to you, don’t endure it, you can and should do something about it, and you may be eligible for financial support. The New Zealand Government’s Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) will provide financial support for injury related hearing loss, which, depending on the level of injury, can include fully funded hearing aids. At House of Hearing we help people with hearing loss navigate through the ACC claims process every day. If you think you may have hearing loss and feel it may have been caused through your work or an injury give our local hearing experts a call on 03 307 8949. Advertising feature

References 1) Excessive noise contributes to 37% of all adult causes of hearing loss, http://psycnet.apa.org/record/2007-13991-001 2) NZ industries: http://archive.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/snapshots-of-nz/yearbook/people/employment/nz-do.aspx 3) A survey of 586 workers across 60 farms reported that most farmers have moderate hearing loss with a significant minority with a high risk. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Noise-exposure-and-hearing-loss-in-agriculture-a-s-McBride-Firth/2b5cc9c94d09eadb42c52afb4e88571c91d272f5

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Vintage pram makes its way to raceway Former Ashburtonian Julie Doak gave this vintage pram, that had been gathering dust in her garage, to friends Diana and Bob Gooseman to donate to the Pakeke Lions annual garage sale on today at the Ashburton Raceway. Dianna is pictured handing over the pram, which is apparently from the same era as the one Princess Kate used to walk her babies to church in, to Pakeke Lions members. PHOTO SUPPLIED

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The ‘fatal’ mistake on your CV RESUME BLUNDERS Swear words or overly informal language Seductive, inappropriate or casual photos Forgetting a cover letter Long-winded CVs – more than two pages Arrogance Not providing specific examples of success Complaining about your current workplace when people come across as big-noting themselves and trying to sell themselves as the guru of all gurus you seem overconfident. Express self-belief and humility instead, and point out areas where you want to grow or gain experience.” After years in the HR business, Gately said she was still unsure whether including a photo with a job application was a smart move – or career suicide. “I’m really torn on this one – a really professional photo can be helpful as a memory jogger and it means a connection is easier to maintain – but it has to be a professional photo that’s not arro-

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NZ consumer confidence rises in Feb New Zealand consumer confidence gained in February, continuing a recovery and bolstering the composite gauge after weak business confidence results. The ANZ Roy Morgan consumer confidence index rose to 127.7 in February from 126.9 in January. The current conditions index fell 4 points to 127.3 while the future conditions index gained 4 points to 128. Of the survey’s 1000 respondents, a net 21 per cent saw good economic times in the coming 12 months, unchanged from January. The five-year outlook rose seven points, with a net 29 per cent seeing good times ahead. A net 15 per cent of respondents felt they and their families were better off financially than this time last year, from a net 16 per cent in January, and a net 34 per cent expect to be better off financially a year from now, up from 29 per cent. “Consumer confidence is at robust levels. We suspect one has

to look no further than the tight labour market to explain why,” said Sharon Zollner, chief economist at ANZ Bank New Zealand. “The outlook for household incomes is good, with both the record-high terms of trade and slightly higher wage growth set to support. “With the housing market seemingly having found a floor, downside risks have receded. The gap that opened up last month between responses to the currentsituation and forward-looking questions closed in February.” A net 40 per cent said it was a good time to buy a major household item, down from 47 per cent in January. Respondents expected house prices to rise 3.1 per cent per year over the next two years, up from 2.9 per cent the previous month, and thought prices in general would rise 3.3 per cent per year over the next two years, from 3.2 per cent in January. “While we are predicting more modest activity growth as capac-

ity constraints bite, we believe this economic cycle has legs yet,” Zollner said. “Strong commodity prices are boosting exporter incomes, and the strong labour market and government policy are supporting household incomes. With household debt at a record high as a proportion of those incomes, it’s perhaps just as well.” This survey comes after Wednesday’s release of the first ANZ Business Outlook of 2018, which showed local firms are still feeling negative, despite all five sectors lifting in February and overall confidence improving. The survey reported a net 19 per cent of businesses were pessimistic about the year ahead, versus 38 per cent in December. Zollner said ANZ’s confidence composite gauge, which combines business and consumer sentiment, has “taken a hit from the fall in business confidence, but robust consumer confidence is supporting it”, and is consistent with GDP growth between 2 per cent and 3 per cent. – NZME

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Will Sky TV team up with Netflix? Sky TV customers could receive Netflix or Amazon Prime with their subscription in the future, if the pay TV company follows Sky in Britain. Sky in the UK has sealed an agreement to offer Netflix via its Sky Q set-top box, in a major shift in the media landscape. The deal would allow Sky Q households in the UK to add Netflix to their monthly subscription sometime in the next year. Viewers who already have a separate Netflix account would be

able to bundle it into their bill. The new partnership is a landmark for both Sky and Netflix. Britain’s Sky no longer has any ownership connection with Sky TV in New Zealand, but chief executive John Fellet has not ruled out copying what the UK giant is doing and said he has had discussions with other content providers. Sky TV has also previously partnered with the likes of TVNZ, Mediaworks, Maori TV, Spark and Vodafone. Investment advisor Jeremy Sulli-

van from Hamilton Hindin Greene said while anything was possible, a partnership similar to Sky’s in the UK was unlikely in New Zealand. “Sky TV obviously could partner with them and bundle everything up and on-sell it, but I wonder from an Amazon or Netflix perspective why you would bother,” Sullivan said. “If you were such a threat to them, then you might as well continue on as you are and let them go by the wayside.” – NZME

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gant, seductive or aloof,” she said. “I’ve seen so many candidates give employers a good laugh – in the most extreme case, a person sent a really seductive, semi-naked photo with their CV which was clearly not relevant. “If you include a photo that is too casual it raises the question mark as to whether your focus will be professional enough.” She said the same rule applied for the photo you select for your LinkedIn profile, as most employers will look at your profile along with your CV. – NZME

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how you will actually go about doing your job. You should describe things like the environment that best suits you. You should say something like, ‘In the past when I was at my best, it was in environments where I was able to X’.” When it comes to resume shockers, Gately has seen them all. “Never swear in your CV. I’ve seen that and the person is trying to seem relaxed and confident, but it is too risky,” she said. “Never criticise your current boss or colleagues, because expressing a ‘poor me’ scenario doesn’t help – you should reframe it in a positive way and say, ‘I’m looking for the opportunity to X’. “And don’t be arrogant because

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You only have a few precious seconds to make your CV stand out from the crowd – and one simple mistake can cost you your dream job. According to people management specialist Karen Gately, director and founder of human resources firm Ryan Gately, jobseekers need to learn to think of their resume as a “marketing document” that gives them the opportunity to showcase why they should get the gig. “There are a lot of people out there with similar experience to yours so you need to show why you’re most likely to succeed in the role,” she said. “Your CV needs to reflect your experience, but more importantly, show your successes – what you’ve actually achieved and how you’ve gone about it. “The amount of time spent reading a CV is actually very short – you have a nanosecond to go from the ‘undecided’ to the ‘must interview’ pile.” So what are the biggest resume traps – and how can we avoid them?

Gately said a surprising number of workers were forgetting one thing in their application. “One thing people often miss is sending their CV without a cover letter. If you don’t take the time to introduce yourself, express interest and explain why you’re putting your hand up for the job – that’s fatal,” she said. Another resume no-no is one that is too long. If your potential employer has to hunt for the information they need, your file is more likely to be deleted. While the length of your cover letter and CV should depend on the specific job description as well as your experience, a good rule of thumb is to stick to a one-page cover letter and two-page resume, Gately advised. “Another problem is making your CV too generic. It should be tailored to the job you are going for,” Gately said. “Getting on the radar is the most important thing – you’ve got to come through as sincere, engaged and passionate about what you do and you need to articulate why you’re excited by this job. “It’s about creating a synopsis of you as a person that describes

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Confusion reigns in this year’s Census T

he need to be effective and to minimise cost often comes at its own expense. As the world changes around us, so does the way we normally do things. Going to the supermarket can now be done from the comfort of home, almost every store has an online option and now it would seem even the Census isn’t important enough to warrant special attention and has been shunted to the cyber realms. And there’s no mistaking that’s going to cause some problems. Census is one of those things that you have to do, but don’t actually mind doing once you get into it. It can seem like a brainless task for nothingness, but your contri-

bution is worth a lot to the entire country. The fact that it is compulsory obviously has a lot to do with how well it works in terms of providing statistical data, but the ease of being able to provide such data was what probably made it seem simple. Now we have a process that’s somewhat intimidating and that’s for a 30-year-old, so I can’t imag-

ine what it’s like for someone from the older generation who isn’t quite as technologically capable. There used to be a real personal connection with the Census when the nominated person in your part of the world would knock on the door and deliver you your papers to fill out before collecting them again after. Now there’s no interaction, unless you ring the 0800 number with a complaint or some form of confusion. The basic crux of it is that if something is compulsory for every New Zealander to complete, then every New Zealander should be able to complete it. But that’s going to be mighty difficult in 2018.

And it particularly impacts on the elderly – many of whom struggle with computers. Yes, you can have the papers mailed out to you, but if you haven’t requested them already, you’re in a power of trouble if you want to get them by Tuesday which is officially the day, especially considering the often-unreliable nature of the New Zealand postal system. I tried to fill out my Census forms yesterday as a small social experiment and the first thing I was greeted with was that I must have an access code that has been sent to me. No access code received here though, so I needed to ring an 0800 number, where I was on hold for five minutes before I

gave up. Talk about frustrating. While it’s great to be able to cut costs and minimise impact on people’s lives, there needs to be some form of understanding from some of these big-ticket agencies that we are not all on the same page. Things that are simple for many, are quite difficult for others. And unfortunately, in the case of this year’s Census we are potentially staring down the barrel of seeing the worst return from a Census in history because of the vagaries that are associated with this new-look system. What worked so well in the past, is now a distant memory and the familiar feeling of confusion is back, once again.

years of formal neutrality. Ten years ago: Four adults and two children were found slain in a Memphis, Tennessee, house; three children survived the rampage. (The brother of one of the victims was convicted of murder and sentenced to death.) A gunman opened fire inside a Wendy’s restaurant in West Palm Beach, Florida, killing a paramedic who’d gone back to fetch a missing meal toy for his child; the gunman wounded five others before turning the gun on himself. Operatic tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano died in Santa Maria Hoe, Italy, at age 86. Five years ago: Vice President Joe

Biden led civil rights leaders and national political figures in a ceremonial crossing of a Selma, Alabama, bridge where voting rights marchers were beaten by law enforcement officers in 1965. Bobby Rogers, a founding member of Motown group The Miracles and a songwriting collaborator with Smokey Robinson, died at his suburban Detroit home; he was 73. One year ago: President Donald Trump toured St Andrew Catholic School, a private religious facility in Orlando, Florida, praising it as an ideal institution for “disadvantaged children” while re-emphasising that his education

agenda would focus on school choice. The Nintendo Switch, a hybrid game machine that works as both a console at home and a portable tablet on the go, made its debut. Today’s birthdays: Singermusician Mike Pender (The Searchers) is 77. Movie producerdirector George Miller is 73. Actress Hattie Winston is 73. Singer Jennifer Warnes is 71. Actor-director Tim Kazurinsky is 68. Actress Miranda Richardson is 60. Rock musician John Bigham is 59. Radio personality Ira Glass is 59. Actress Mary Page Keller is 57. Olympic track and field gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee

is 56. Former NFL player and College Football Hall of Famer Herschel Walker is 56. Actress Laura Harring is 54. Actor David Faustino is 44. Gospel singer Jason Crabb is 41. Singer Ronan Keating (Boyzone) is 41. Rapper Lil’ Flip is 37. Actress Jessica Biel is 36. Rock musician Blower (AKA Joe Garvey) (Hinder) is 34. Pop singer Camila Cabello is 21. Actor Thomas Barbusca (TV: The Mick) is 15. Thought for today: “Some people stay longer in an hour than others do in a month.” — William Dean Howells, American author and editor (1837-1920). – AP

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Saturday, March 3, the 62nd day of 2018. There are 303 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On March 3, 1931, The StarSpangled Banner became the national anthem of the United States as President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional resolution. On this date: In 1791, Congress passed a measure taxing distilled spirits; it was the first internal revenue act in US history. In 1845, Florida became the 27th state. In 1918, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which ended Russian participation in World War One. (The treaty was rendered moot by the November 1918 armistice.) In 1923, Time magazine, founded by Briton Hadden and Henry R. Luce, made its debut. In 1943, in London’s East End, 173 people died in a crush of bodies at the Bethnal Green tube station, which was being used as a wartime air raid shelter. In 1959, the United States launched the Pioneer 4 spacecraft, which flew by the moon. In 1960, Lucille Ball filed for divorce from her husband, Desi Arnaz, a day after they had finished filming the last episode of The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show on Arnaz’s 43rd birthday. In 1974, a Turkish Airlines DC-10 crashed shortly after takeoff from Orly Airport in Paris, killing all 346 people on board. In 1985, coal miners in Britain voted to end a year-long strike that proved to be the longest and most violent walk-out in British history. In 1991, motorist Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers in a scene captured on amateur video. In 2002, voters in Switzerland approved joining the United Nations, abandoning almost 200

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he male brain has a major design flaw that must be addressed if we are to make any progress when it comes to harmonious living. The latest soul-destroying school massacre in the United States illustrates this flaw very well. I say latest because there is no doubt it will happen again due to the absolute apathy of the American people to rise up and claim their right to a safe society. From the shooting came two very typical male responses – blame and aggression. Sadly the male brain has these flaws in abundance. As soon as it was reported that the shooter had mental health issues, men blamed the fact he was a “nutter”. They weren’t interested in how it came to be that he had an assault rifle or how readily available a range of weapons were to a young man drenched in a gun adoration society. (Imagine if every time you saw a gun in an American movie or programme it was replaced with a book of love poems and the actors had to read a stanza or two). And then came the most typical and dangerous male brain

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response from the anti-Christ himself: “Let’s arm the teachers,” says the nation’s leader. Yip, the best this so-called genius could offer is pure Hollywood aggression. The world’s most deluded man even claims he would have protected the students and gone after the shooter himself. Now I’m not going to apologise like a certain male Labour leader did for being a male. I know I have this design flaw, but the difference is my ability to regulate my responses and breath before wanting to smash someone’s face in. If you analyse all of the violence and aggression and blame you see and hear about, is it split 50/50 between the two sexes? Nope, not even close. What is the percentage of schoolyard bullying, domestic

violence, child abuse, road rage, King-hit punches, dangerous driving, gang warfare and all-out assault attributed to men? I bet the figure is over 90 per cent. In all of the scenarios above, almost every time the male would have blamed someone else for their response and made an excuse for their aggression and the resulting carnage. Years ago we used to bash kids in school. Hairy, 90kg guys like me were allowed to smash a two-inch wide strip of leather across the palm of a 25kg child. I don’t know the physics to work out the energy and speed at the end of a strap just before it hits bare skin, but I do know I am capable of splitting gum logs with the desk-jockey muscles I have. It horrifies me to think of the damage I could do to a child if I was to strap them. Thankfully, in New Zealand, we have moved on as a civilised society and removed this violence from our schools. Sadly our crime stats tell us we have a long way to go to improve other areas of Kiwi life. While we may feel safe here in our country knowing that there

Peter Livingstone is the principal of Tinwald School. The views expressed in this column are his and do not represent the views of his school, the Ashburton Guardian or the Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association.

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is a very small chance a shooting could happen here, we need to ensure there is a constant focus on putting people’s lives above minority wishes. Now is the time to ask if our own gun laws are good enough. Are we satisfied that the process for owning a weapon is the best it can be? I’m not against the use of guns for recreation and work reasons, I am for a strong level of control around guns. We also cannot leave this to our government to take the lead. The lessons from America teach us that when the majority of society sit back and allow a strong minority to persuade and lobby, laws and regulations are allowed to flourish for that said minority. The male brain flaws of blame and aggression can be tempered, but it requires a deliberate and conscious act by all of us.

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‘Beast from East’ wreaks h Persistent snow and freezing conditions from a Siberian cold snap snarled transit and caused a handful of deaths across a swathe of Europe from Britain to the Balkans. In the UK, where the weather system has been dubbed “the beast from the east,” the weather office issued an alert for Scotland warning that heavy snow and strong wind would bring widespread damage, disruption and risk to life. “People should ask themselves the question ‘is this journey absolutely and utterly essential?’ If not, do not travel,” Scottish Transport Minister Humza Youssef said. The weather caused cancelations at Glasgow and Edinburgh airports, and Scottish Premiership soccer matches were cancelled. Trains were cancelled across the north and east of Britain and as far south as London, where several subway lines experienced severe delays, including the Piccadilly Line that links central London to Heathrow Airport. Emergency officials said many drivers had to be rescued from stranded vehicles. Hundreds of schools were shut for a second day. The weather also forced hospitals to cancel elective procedures and outpatient care. France’s national weather agency, Meteo France, put a large part of the country on alert for dangerous levels of snow, ice and violent wind. Urging people to limit their movement, Meteo France said snowfall was set to continue. Several deaths were attributed to the cold snap, including a 75-yearold man who fell through ice in the

Netherlands, likely while skating. A 38-year-old man was found dead on a frozen river in northern Germany amid continuing sub-zero temperatures across the country, according to German news agency dpa. In Denmark, a 54-year-old man who suffered from dementia was found dead in the snow on the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm, police said. In southern Serbia, another man suffering from dementia was found frozen to death after he disappeared from his home two days earlier. An elderly man died of cold when he went out to collect wood near Maribor in Slovenia, authorities there said. Temperatures in the country fell as low as -27° C. Snowfall of up to 1.1 metres blanketed all of Albania, including a rare accumulation in the capital, Tirana. Many schools in the countryside did not have classes. Snow has blocked many roads and damaged power pylons across Albania, leading to power cuts in many rural areas. In Kosovo, the Education Ministry closed all elementary and high schools due to the extreme. Temperatures were expected to drop as low as minus 23 Celsius. Freezing weather also limited traffic and closed down schools in Croatia, with snow falling even along the Adriatic coast. The cold snap saw a snowman built in Venice’s St. Mark’s Square, while snow delayed Formula One testing at the Circuit de CatalunyaBarcelona. - AP

Ice covers the pier at the harbour of Constance at lake Constance, Germany. An extreme Siberian cold snap sweeping across Europe is claiming lives in Poland and Romania, but also dusted the ancient ruins of Pompeii with snow. PHOTO AP

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Plans to send envoy to N. Korea

Puigdemont ends bid to re

South Korean President Moon Jae-in plans to send a special envoy to North Korea soon to set up more meaningful dialogue between the rivals that Seoul hopes will eventually include discussions over disarming the North of nuclear weapons. Seoul’s presidential office said Moon revealed the plans to President Donald Trump in a 30-minute telephone conversation. The office did not say how Trump reacted to the plans. North Korean officials visiting the South for the recently concluded Pyeongchang Winter Olympics have said leader Kim Jong Un wants to hold a summit with Moon and that North Korea aims to open talk with the United States. North Korea sent around 500 people to the Olympics, including high-level officials, athletes, artists, journalists and cheerleaders in part of conciliatory gestures with the South that brought a temporary lull to tensions surrounding the North’s nuclear programme. Experts say the North’s outreach over the Olympics shows its ambition to break out of diplomatic isolation and pressure

An activist showing a portrait of South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, attends a ceremony to celebrate the March First Independence Movement Day, in Seoul, South Korea. PHOTO AP by improving relations with the South and using that as a bridge to approach the United States. Visiting as a special envoy, Kim Yo Jong, the sister of Kim Jong Un, told Moon that her brother wishes to meet Moon in North Korea soon. Kim Yong Chol, a vice chairman of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party Central Committee, during his talks with Moon

said the North has “ample intentions” for holding talks with the United States. Moon has yet to firmly commit to a summit, saying that the Koreas must first create an “environment” for that to happen. Trump has responded to North Korea’s overture by saying that talks with North Korea will happen only if conditions are right. - AP

Catalonia’s fugitive ex-leader dropped a political bombshell, unexpectedly announcing that he is temporarily withdrawing his bid to get back his old job as president of the independence-minded northeastern Spanish region. Carles Puigdemont said in a video message posted from Brussels, where he fled to escape arrest in Spain, that he is standing aside so the Catalan parliament can find another candidate to form a regional government that presses ahead with deadlocked efforts to win independence. Puigdemont is a charismatic leader of the independence movement and is the preferred candidate of most Catalan secessionists to head the regional government. By escaping to Belgium, he was widely seen in Catalonia as having outsmarted the national government, which has repeatedly blocked the region’s secession attempts and used the courts and police to crack down on separatists. Catalonia’s future has been deadlocked since defiant secessionists gained a slim majority in the Catalan parliament in December’s regional election. Separatist parties in the regional parliament insisted earlier that Pu-

Catalan centre-right party Ciuda rimadas gestures during a parli ment of Catalonia in Barcelona, S igdemont is their legitimate leader despite a ruling by Spain’s Constitutional Court that he can’t take office because he is not in Spain. Puigdemont suggested the Catalan parliament pick Jordi Sanchez, a political ally in the secession bid who is currently in jail in Madrid while a court mulls formal charges against him, as president. But the Spanish government says it will not allow anybody facing legal action over secession to become Catalan president, so Pu-

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Putin: Our nukes ‘are unstoppable’ Russia has developed “unstoppable” nuclear weapons that can avoid any missile defence systems, and plans to bolster its arsenal with nuclear-powered cruise missiles capable of hitting any point on the globe, President Vladimir Putin claimed in his annual address to lawmakers. He also warned that Moscow would consider any nuclear attack, of any size, on it or its allies an attack on Russia and would lead to an immediate response – adopting Cold War-style overtones that appeared to ramp up Russia’s posturing against the West and its allies. Putin’s speech, which began with a rundown of domestic projects, quickly veered into a harsh rendering of East-West tensions and boasts over purported major advances in Russia’s arsenal such as a nuclear-powered cruise missile that could strike anywhere. Putin did not specify any of Moscow’s allies that it would defend or cite any immediate threats. But his remarks could be seen as a message to Washington over souring relations with Moscow, including US investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Putin said the United States had failed to take Russia’s nuclear might seriously or to ad-

equately negotiate arms control. US efforts to contain Russia, he said, had failed. “No one listened to us,” Putin said. “Listen to us now.” “We’re not threatening anyone,” Putin said of the new weapons. “Russia’s growing military might is a reliable guarantee of peace on our planet because it ensures the strategic balance in the world.” Putin claimed that late last year, Russia had successfully tested a cruise missile that was propelled by a nuclear-powered engine. The engine gave the cruise missile practically unlimited range, distinguishing it from existing cruise missiles. The missile would be able to fly close to the ground and follow an unpredictable flight path, rendering existing missile defences “useless”, Putin said. Tests of the technology “will allow the development of a complete new type of weapon - a strategic complex of nuclear arms with rockets fitted with a nuclear-propulsion engine”. “This is the start of a new Cold War,” said Alexander Golts, a Moscow-based independent analyst of the Russian military. “This is an effort to scare the West.” - AP

Oprah to head downunder International star Oprah Winfrey has shared her plans about celebrating her birthday in New Zealand in January 2019. She told People, “I’m going to plan a big hiking trip to New Zealand for my 65th birthday (January 2019)”. “I’m not going to be skinny, not trying for a size. I’m just trying to be as healthy as my body wants to be. My goal is to be 65 and you all say, ‘What happened to Oprah? She got ripped!’ That’s my goal. Yes, honey.” The Wrinkle in Time actress joined Weight Watchers in 2015 and has since been working to maintain her 19kg weight loss.

Kylie shares photos Kylie Jenner has posted a series of sweet pictures with her daughter Stormi one month after giving birth. The 20-year-old took to Instagram to share the portraits, which show her daughter dressed in a knit onesie with a hood and ears. According to the Daily Mail Kylie flashed a new ring on her wedding finger, although there has been no news of an engagement with her beau and Stormi’s father, Travis Scott. Kylie has only posted a handful of pictures of the baby since giving birth to the youngster last month.

regain power Journalists watch as Russian President Vladimir Putin gives his annual state of the nation address in Manezh in Moscow, Russia. PHOTO AP

■ UNITED STATES

adanos (Citizens) leader Ines Ariamentary session at the ParliaSpain yesterday. PHOTO AP igdemont’s announcement did little to increase the chances of ending the stalemate. The confrontation in recent months prompted the national government to impose direct rule over Catalonia from Madrid. The Supreme Court is looking into whether two dozen Catalan separatists – including Sanchez – should be charged for rebellion and sedition, which can be punished with decades in prison. - AP

Group takes credit for Vegas ‘Shoot a School Kid’ billboard A guerrilla art collective claimed credit for changing a freeway-side billboard inviting Las Vegas tourists to fire high-powered assaultstyle rifles to read, “Shoot A School Kid Only $29”. The altered advertisement, which had said “Shoot a .50 calibre only $29,” was taken down within hours and police began an investigation after the vandalism was reported, Officer Larry Hadfield said. An email statement from the activist group INDECLINE took credit for the protest. A telephone caller who said he represents the group but refused to give his name provided the statement to The Associated Press. It said the billboard action was to spur de-

bate about “inadequate gun laws that are currently placing value on assault weapons over that of human life.” INDECLINE also took credit for putting statues of a naked Donald Trump in cities around the country in 2016. The man said the group provided a video to KTNV-TV showing at least two people wearing dark clothing scaling the billboard and pasting strips on the sign with the words “School Kid” and “Defend Lives Reform Laws.” A person climbing a ladder appeared to be wearing a wool mask. The billboard was not far from the site of the worst mass shooting in modern American history. The October 1 attack killed 58 people. - AP

Weinstein on show A golden statue of a bathrobe-clad Harvey Weinstein seated on a couch is on display at a busy Los Angeles intersection near where the Academy Awards will be held. The sculpture, titled Casting Couch, is a collaborative effort between a Los Angeles street artist known as Plastic Jesus and the artist Joshua “Ginger” Monroe. It was placed on Hollywood Boulevard, four days before the Oscars. Plastic Jesus says the sculpture aims to spotlight the entertainment industry’s sexual misconduct crisis and the disgraced movie mogul’s role in it.

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Coldstream will be out to get their ﬁrst win of the Muirhead Rosebowl today.

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Stags out on their own BY MATT MARKHAM

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With the knockout stages of the Muirhead Rosebowl just around the corner, there’s everything to both gain and lose for Mid Canterbury’s senior cricket sides this weekend. Tech Stags, who have been unbeaten in the second competition of the season with four wins, are the only side who can rest on their laurels this weekend as they enjoy the bye knowing full well that home track advantage next

weekend can’t be taken away from them. “It’s a nice position to be in for a change,” Jason Morrison said after their victory last weekend. But who they will face, and who will host the other semi-final is very much up in the air. Pritchard Shield winners, Lauriston, are in the best position to push for the final home semi berth with two wins from the round robin play and they will head into town to face off with defending champions Allenton.

Allenton’s chances of a semifinal spot weren’t helped when they had to default last week against Methven due to a lack of players. They’ll need to win this week to assure themselves a playoff spot, otherwise they’ll be relying on other results to see them make it through to the competition’s knockout stage. Methven are yet to win an official game in the competition, but have three valuable points in the bag, which sees them in a good

spot to edge for a finals spot if they can beat Coldstream out by the sea this afternoon. Coldstream are winless in the Muirhead after pushing for higher honours in the Pritchard Shield competition. They’ll be nervous about hosting Methven, who, despite battling player numbers, have shown they aren’t far away from putting together a winning performance on the pitch with some strong enough efforts in their defeats. However, the home track ad-

vantage and power players in the Coldstream side would see them enlisted favourites. Should Coldstream beat Methven and Lauriston beat Allenton, the race for the third and fourth spots would come down to overall run rate between Allenton, Methven and Coldstream – a race which Allenton is currently winning. But if Methven can beat Coldstream, then the top four will be Tech, Lauriston, Allenton and Methven.

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■ CRICKET

Quick turnaround needed Black Caps paceman Trent Boult admits his side were severely outplayed by England in the second-ODI six-wicket defeat, but has backed them to move on quickly for the third clash in Wellington today. The Caps were limited to a paltry 223 in the second ODI in Tauranga on Wednesday, a total they simply couldn’t defend and surrendered with 12 overs to spare. In further poor news for the Kiwis, batting talismen Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor both remain under injury clouds for today’s game. They were going to be re-assessed by medics last night. Boult, who secured figures of 46-2 in Wednesday’s losing effort, said the Kiwis didn’t produce their best but would turn it around quick-smart. “We all know the schedule and how quick it is, how it turns around – we’re already here in Wellington preparing for a big game,” Boult said. “We know we’ve got the formulas that work, we don’t need to reinvent the wheel, but just put a better performance on the board. “They fielded very well but, the cricket we’ve been playing, especially one-day cricket and the way we’ve batted, last night wasn’t a very good representation.” Boult said that, while the batsmen had clearly failed to play their part at the Bay Oval, the bowlers hadn’t done too poorly. Yet they’d face another serious challenge from the English, particularly an in-form Ben Stokes and the likes of Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root and Eoin Morgan. “Guys ran in with aggression and tried to stick it to them,” Boult said. “We’ve got a bowling attack that’s done the job many times this year, bowled out good sides and taken a lot of wickets. “It’s a good challenge to test ourselves against these guys.” - NZME

Volvo all environmental For the first three decades of its existence, it was a race around the world and nothing more. But the Volvo Ocean Race has become so much more than just a race. Since the event partnered with the Save the Albatross campaign in 2005, awareness of the environment has been a core message to the expedition. Now, the event is not only one of the toughest races on Earth, but also a scientific expedition as well as an environmental awareness project. - PA

Frosty ‘not too old’

■ MOTOR RACING

McLaughlin burning up the track Ford star Scott McLaughlin has topped the time sheets in yesterday’s second Supercars practice session at the Adelaide 500. The DJR Team Penske ace posted a last-gasp one minute and 20.3567 second-fastest lap in the 40-minute session. He finished ahead of fellowKiwi and Holden driver Shane Van Gisbergen (1:20.3896) with Nick Percat (1:20.4600) in third spot. “I was surprised to be where we were but I’m sure there’s a lot more to come from people down the road,” McLaughlin told Fox Sports. Defending Supercars champion Jamie Whincup, who went fastest in the opening practice

Australians are leading the charge at this week’s New Zealand Open but unfancied Kiwi Harry Bateman is doing all he can to keep the pace, sitting on an impressive 12-under overall. Bateman struck a five-under par 67 in yesterday’s second round in Queenstown to remain within touching distance of the six Australians ahead of him. Daniel Nisbet has dropped from first to second after his secondround five-under par 66, ushering Terry Pilkadaris to top spot. Daniel Pearce missed the cut. - NZME

Black Caps veteran Ross Taylor has been ruled out of today’s third ODI against England in his native Wellington with a thigh issue, but skipper and talisman Kane Williamson will play. Williamson sat out Wednesday’s six-wicket second-ODI loss with a hamstring niggle and was sorely missed as one batsman after another fell cheaply. The 27-year-old has been declared fit for this weekend’s clash, passing a fitness test yesterday, but Taylor couldn’t clear up his injury in time. - NZME

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session of the day, made a mistake going into the final turn of his flying lap and could post only the 16th fastest lap of the second session of the day. Ford’s Cameron Waters missed yesterday afternoon’s qualifying session for today’s 250km season opening race after he crashed out of the session. Waters clipped a wall coming out of turn eight before then ploughing the right-hand side of his brand new Falcon into the opposite wall. The impact means Waters’ garage faced a long night of repairs to get him on the grid for Saturday’s race. “It’s a shame when you do that to a brand new car,” Tickford Racing team principal Tim Edwards told Fox Sports. - AAP

Australians dominate

Taylor out Williamson in

Right – Trent Boult claims another England wicket. New Zealand spearhead Boult will be a major factor in today’s clash in Wellington.

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He jokes he might have to turn his cap backwards to fit in with his younger team-mates, but Supercars star Mark Winterbottom has scoffed at the suggestion age is catching up with him. The 36-year-old heads into his 12th season as a full-time driver at this weekend’s season-opening Adelaide 500 with his Tickford Racing stablemates Chaz Mostert (25), Cam Waters (23) and Richie Stanaway (26) all representing the sport’s next generation. After a winless 2017, some have questioned if Winterbottom’s time is coming to an end. It’s a proposition the Ford driver believes is ridiculous. - AAP

Weather creates havoc

New Zealand driver Scott McLaughlin puts his race face on.

Not only can people in the UK not go anywhere thanks to unprecedented winter weather everywhere, they can’t even sit home and watch sport to relieve the boredom. Sporting events were called off in their droves as brutal weather brought the UK to a standstill. The Super League felt the pinch the hardest as Hull KR v Castleford was called off, while matches between Wakefield and Huddersfield, Leeds and Catalans Dragons and St Helens and Huddersfield have also been called off. Wakefield and St Helens will try again on Sunday. This weekend’s top-of-the-table rugby union clash between Exeter and Saracens has been put back by 24 hours to Sunday afternoon. - PA

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Todd suffers broken thumb Matt Todd has joined several fellow All Blacks in the Crusaders’ injury ward ahead of tonight’s clash with the Stormers. The 13-test Todd suffered a small fracture in his thumb in last week’s 45-23 win over the Chiefs and is likely to sit out the next few Super Rugby games. However, coach Scott Robertson said Todd would likely spend fewer than six weeks on the sidelines, where he’ll join test regulars including Kieran Read, Israel Dagg and first-choice props Joe Moody and Owen Franks. Billy Harmon will pull on the No.7 jumper in his place. “It’s not as bad as a six-weeker, we’re hoping – we’ll know more next Monday. “It’s a great chance for Billy to come in and start, he was exceptional off the bench last week,” Robertson said. “Matt, he just came off (last week) and said his thumb was sore – the doctor X-rayed it and he had a broken thumb. “It’s a bit of a shame because he was in great form.” In the only other change to the starting XV which thumped the Chiefs, Scott Barrett has earned a second-row berth ahead of Luke Romano. Capped 31 times, Romano will make his 100th Super appearance from the pine. “Luke’s an incredibly giving bloke, a real ideas man,” Robertson said. “He’s big, strong, a little bit old school in the way he plays but

Matt Todd won’t be running down the Crusaders’ tunnel at AMI Stadium tonight. new school in the way he thinks, always challenging me around how we can do things better.” Elsewhere, the Crusaders backline remains unchanged, with David Havili at fullback, the fearsome combination of Jack Goodhue and Ryan Crotty in midfield and Richie Mo’unga and Bryn Hall lining up in the halves. Wyatt Crockett – who announced on Tuesday that 2018 would be his final year at the franchise – starts up front alongside Codie Taylor and Michael Alaalatoa. Robertson expected a tough

challenge from the Cape Townbased Stormers, who can call upon Springoks including Siya Kolisi and Pieter-Steph du Toit. Giant lock Eben Etzebeth, however, will sit out the fixture injured. The Stormers lost to the Waratahs 34-27 last weekend. “They’ve got some big men, an internationally-experienced forward pack and they’re quality, playing good footy,” Robertson said. “It’s really important we keep our rhythm and momentum, a bit of consistency.” - NZME

CRUSADERS David Havili, Seta Tamanivalu, Jack Goodhue, Ryan Crotty, George Bridge, Richie Mo’unga, Bryn Hall, Jordan Taufua, Billy Harmon, Peter Samu, Sam Whitelock (c), Scott Barrett, Michael Alaalatoa, Codie Taylor, Wyatt Crockett. Reserves: Andrew Makalio, Chris King, Oliver Jager, Luke Romano, Heiden Bedwell- Curtis, Mitchell Drummond, Mitchell Hunt, Manasa Mataele.

‘Scum of the earth’ Scotland great Scott Hastings has branded fans who directed verbal and physical abuse at England rugby coach Eddie Jones as “scum of the earth” who should be named and shamed. Ex-Wallaby mentor Jones revealed on Wednesday he feared for his safety while catching a train from Edinburgh to Manchester on the morning after England’s Calcutta Cup defeat at Murrayfield. The Australian travelled alone via standard class to be a guest of Sir Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon, before receiving similar treatment at the hands of football fans on the final leg of his journey from Manchester to London. Video footage shot in Manchester shows Jones posing for selfies with Scotland supporters, who then turn on him. One calls him a “baldy ****” as he is ushered into a car. Following a separate incident, British Transport Police are investigating a report of verbal abuse against Jones after officers were sent to meet his train as it arrived in London. “It’s terrible, absolutely ridiculous,” Hastings told BBC Radio 5 Live. “I think a lot of Scotland rugby fans and former internationals just can’t believe this thing happens in this day and age.” Scottish Rugby offered strong condemnation upon seeing the footage which has been widely circulated on social media. - PA

Barrett brothers to start for the Hurricanes The Barrett brothers will return to the starting line-up for the Hurricanes to face the Jaguares in their Investec Super Rugby match at Velez Sarsfield, Buenos Aires, tomorrow morning (NZ time). World Rugby Player of the Year Beauden Barrett will start at first five-eighth after coming off the bench during the Hurricanes opening match against the Bulls while Jordie Barrett has been named at fullback. Tomorrow’s match will be the first time Jordie Barrett has started a game since he injured his shoulder playing for the Hurricanes in last year’s Investec Super Rugby semi-final against the Lions in South Africa. He made a more than pleasing return to action for the Hurricanes Development side in their win over the Crusaders Knights last Sunday and made the trip to Buenos Aires after wing Wes Goosen was ruled out with an ankle injury. Hurricanes head coach Chris Boyd has

HURRICANES

Jordie Barrett

15 Jordie Barrett 14 Julian Savea 13 Matt Proctor 12 Ngani Laumape 11 Ben Lam 10 Beauden Barrett

made four changes to the starting side from last week’s opening match against the Bulls with Chris Eves coming in for the injured Toby Smith while Ben Lam comes on to the wing to replace Goosen. There is also one positional change in the side as Matt Proctor moves from fullback into centre with Vince Aso moving to the bench. Changes have also been made to the make-up of the reserves with Alex Fidow fit to take his place after he was withdrawn from the Bulls match while Michael Fatialofa also makes a welcome return. Former Melbourne Rebels first five-eighth Jackson Garden-Bachop will make his first appearance for the Hurricanes if he is used off the bench. Tomorrow’s match will be just the second time the two sides have met, the first coming back in 2016 when the Hurricanes beat the Jaguares 40-22 at Westpac Stadium. - NZME

9 TJ Perenara 8 Gareth Evans 7 Ardie Savea 6 Brad Shields (c) 5 Sam Lousi 4 Vaea Fifita 3 Ben May 2 Ricky Riccitelli 1 Chris Eves

Reserves: 16 James O’Reilly 17 Fraser Armstrong 18 Alex Fidow 19 Michael Fatialofa 20 Blade Thomson 21 Jamie Booth 22 Jackson Garden-Bachop 23 Vince Aso Beauden Barrett

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In brief Don’t criticise the refs A-League coaches Ernie Merrick and Marco Kurz have been fined after being found guilty of code conduct breaches. Newcastle’s Merrick and Adelaide’s Kurz have each been fined $3000 for making comments critical of referees. And Adelaide defender Ersan Gulum has also been fined $1000 for a code of conduct breach in sanctions announced by Football Federation Australia yesterday. - AAP

Grand Final preview Graham Arnold will select his strongest XI for Sydney FC’s top-of-thetable A-League battle with Newcastle despite two crucial Asian Champions League matches on the horizon. It doesn’t get much bigger than today at Jones Stadium, where the second-placed Jets will get their last regular-season crack at the defending champions in a contest billed as a grand-final preview. So much so that Arnold has no intention of rotating his squad to cater for Wednesday’s home ACL meeting with group leaders Kashima Antlers. - AAP

Pressure on Wenger

Ian Kaye rolls another one down the green.

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■ BOWLS

Lowry Cup goes on the line By Matt MarkhaM

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One of Mid Canterbury Bowls’ most prestigious trophies will go on the line this weekend when players square up for Lowry Cup. Eleven of the region’s best will lock horns in the post section play of the singles competition after winning their way through the qualifying stages.

Six players will report for the first session in the morning before the remaining five will arrive for round two. The initial session of the day looks very strong with Mid Canterbury bowls’ big names Bruce White, Brent Mayson and Craig Carter all in action. Mayson and Carter will have some form of home track advan-

tage considering they hail from the Methven club, although most playing in the knockout competition will have spent plenty of time on the green under the mountains in recent seasons. Those in knockout play today: B. White, B. Mayson, B. Ravenscroft, C. Carter, I. Kaye, N. Atkinson, B. Harper, B. Donaldson, T. Inwood, J. Moore and R. Kane.

Meanwhile, two local faces were yesterday named in the Canterbury side to take part in the National Under 8 Years Inter Centre in Auckland later this month. Mat Bassett, who now plays a lot of his bowls in Christchurch, will play the men’s singles while Rob Fensom will lead the men’s pairs.

Manchester City have dished out another dose of humiliation to Arsenal with a comfortable 3-0 win at the Emirates, bringing Pep Guardiola closer to his first EPL title. Four days after brushing aside the Gunners by the same scoreline in the Carabao Cup final, City scored three times in a devastating first-half display through Bernardo Silva, David Silva and the brilliant Leroy Sane to go 16 points clear. - PA

Boyd shuns All Whites One of New Zealand’s most promising young footballers has seemingly turned his back on an All Whites career. Former Phoenix winger Tyler Boyd, who has made 18 appearances in the Portuguese first division this season after an impressive rise through the ranks in the Iberian country, has reportedly said Nao, Obrigado in response to new overtures from New Zealand Football. - NZME

■ WHAT’S ON WHERE

Around the grounds

Sporting events we think are worth checking out around the Ashburton District this weekend.

Cricket

Bowls

Cycling

Rugby

Saturday – Allenton or Coldstream from 12.30pm With semi-final spots in the Muirhead Rosebowl up for grabs, the cricketing action this weekend should be intense. We recommend the drive out to Coldstream where it’s do or likely die for both the hosts and their visitors, Methven.

Saturday – Methven Bowling Club from 8:30am The Lowry Cup is steeped in local bowls history and only the best bowlers get their name etched into it. Post section play is on tomorrow with play continuing until a champion is crowned.

Sunday – on the Blackbridge block Tinwald Cycling Club returns to the roads this weekend for a 60km handicap event around the Blackbridge block. It’s always entertaining to watch people do something you know you should probably be giving a go yourself.

Celtic Rugby Grounds from 2pm. Too early to think about rugby just yet? Never. Celtic are hosting the South Island Marist Tournament today with teams from around the Mainland travelling to compete. It’s pre-season action at its finest with short sharp games to get you back in the rugby groove.

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■ CHEVIOT

Bordeaux raring to go Bordeaux’s season began so promisingly only to go off the rails but Philip Iggo has him back on track for important features in the latter part of the season. The flashy chestnut would have started the favourite for the Dominion after impressive wins in his first two races in the spring, but for drawing the second line, and that ultimately cost him in the big two-miler at the Cup meeting. Iggo then headed to Auckland with high hopes for a first Group 1 success in the National Trot, but Bordeaux was heading home before the race was run. “He injured a leg up there and in the end we had to treat it and that prevented him from racing in the National,” said Iggo. “We tried to patch him up for the Flying Mile at Cambridge, but that wasn’t a smart move and we shouldn’t have gone there at all.” Bordeaux has made a habit of injuring himself in his stall over the years simply by getting to his

Dexter Dunn will be in the bike behind Bordeaux tomorrow.

minions returning next season now. “As we saw this year it can get extremely hot in Melbourne in January and February and it’s a long way to go for one race which is also a mobile, when Bordeaux’s strength lies in beginning quickly from the stands.” The Inter-Dominions are being staged in Victoria next season between the New Zealand and Auckland Cup meetings and Iggo is hoping the trotting champion-

ship is a handicap affair. Bordeaux recovered quickly from his injury after getting home and has had two workouts to fit him for a resumption in the FFA trot at the Cheviot meeting at Addington on Sunday. Last Saturday, Iggo drove Bordeaux to a four-length win over Idle Monkey at Motukarara and said he felt good. “I had to nurse him around the tight turns there but he sprinted really sharply in the run home. “While he’s drawn the outside in a 1950m mobile and sprints aren’t really his go, it’s not a big field and it’s not overly strong so I would expect his class would make him rather hard to beat. “We were looking at the Southern Lights next weekend but they’ve changed the back mark to 40m, which could flatten a horse coming off a freshen-up. “So we had to look around for something else and this weekend’s race is looking a lot more palatable.” - NZHN

Ready for Randwick Francaletta has been making all the right moves ahead of her Australian debut in today’s Guy Walter Proven Thoroughbreds Stakes at Randwick. “She’s very well and her work has been great,” said owner Lib Petagna’s racing manager Bruce Perry. Trained by Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman and to be ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, Francaletta has drawn the outside gate but that isn’t expected to alter her usual pattern of racing on the pace. “I’d say she’ll go forward and hopefully she’ll get a reasonably soft trip,” Perry said. - NZME

High hopes for Felaar Another bold showing is expected from the progressive stayer Felaar at Auckland today. “He’s got a good draw, he likes Ellerslie and in Rating 65 company he looks very hard to beat,” trainer Stephen Marsh said. Felaar will be ridden by Danielle Johnson in the Headquarters Viaduct 2100m and she will also ride stablemates Ruud Not Too (Go Racing Syndications 1400,) Insight (Gr.3 McKee Family Sunline Vase) and Pierrocity (New Zealand Herald 1400m). - NZME

Auckland gallops Today at Ellerslie Raceway

Auckland RC Venue: Ellerslie Meeting Date: 3 Mar 2018 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 12.35pm BARFOOT THOMPSON 1200 $50,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m 1 236x3 Showemup dm (4) 59 .................M Cameron 2 62211 Indecision dm (9) 58.5 ....................A Collett 3 44138 Princess Kereru td (6) 58.5 ........M Coleman 4 6x812 Memories Only d (5) 58.5 ............. R Norvall 5 7x252 Chicane tdmb (3) 57.5 ..................J Waddell 6 9x110 Rikki Tikki Tavi td (8) 57.5 ...............S Collett 7 x9063 Endean Express (2) 57 .................. J Bayliss 8 07914 I Am Gracie td (11) 57................. D Johnson 9 91x21 Aileen Grace d (7) 56 .........S Weatherley (a) 10 97643 Money Trail tdm (10) 56.................M McNab 11 04710 Lovers Lane d (1) 55.5 2 1.10 NEW ZEALAND HERALD 1400 $50,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 780x4 Sonorous (5) 59 ..................................C Dell 2 x8143 Eeny Meeny Miny Mo (4) 58.5J Fawcett (a2) 3 21735 Full Of Talent t (6) 58.5..............R Hutchings 4 x4522 Honkietonk Tiger (8) 58.5................A Collett 5 57x18 Melbourne Born d (3) 58.5 ..............J Riddell 6 x3462 Ruby Love m (2) 57.5....................M Tanaka 7 62593 Soroc m (1) 57.5 .............................M Vance 8 4416x Pierrocity (7) 56.5........................ D Johnson 9 Fx559 Rube Bridges tdb (11) 56.5 ...........J Waddell 10 9505x Cancellara tdm (9) 56.5 .....S Weatherley (a) 11 319. Chill d (12) 56.............................M Coleman 12 27583 Getalonghome Cindy dm (10) 56 .... A Jones 3 1.45pm AUCKLAND CO-OP TAXIS 2200 $50,000, OPEN HANDICAP, 2200m 1 11310 Magic Chai td (9) 60..........................L Innes 2 x5012 Ladies First m (5) 58 ......................V Colgan

feet after a sleep or roll. “I’m not exactly sure what he does but a few times now he’s knocked the inside of the near cannon bone. It’s a strange one because you can put him in a stall at night when he’s fine and then you go to get him in the morning and he’s hurt himself. “He did it on the eve of leaving for Auckland and then he did it again while he was up there.” Bordeaux raced twice up north and uncharacteristically broke in the running on both occasions, but the injury only caused a gallop on the second occasion at Cambridge. “In the Lyell Creek he was travelling strongly on the home turn, but Djokovic tired quicker than anticipated and Dexter (Dunn) had to pull back so hard he became unbalanced.” Worse was to come and Bordeaux would also miss a tilt at the Great Southern Star. “I don’t think we’ll worry about that race again with the Inter Do-

In brief

3 53662 Our King Sway m (8) 58 ..................S Collett 4 1x670 Gentil Tonton tdm (6) 57.....S Weatherley (a) 5 85505 Smedley tdm (7) 54.5 ..............H Marzuki (a) 6 x6583 Seventeen Seventy t (4) 54 ............. S Spratt 7 9x035 Cheeky Boy tdm (1) 53.5 .......... M D Plessis 8 46194 Toni May m (3) 53 ........................B Allen (a) 9 45337 Comin’through t (2) 53 ....................A Collett 4 2.20pm GO RACING SYNDICATIONS 1400 $50,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1400m 1 x5258 Go Nicholas td (9) 59.5 ..............G Cooksley 2 0x415 Iwannadancelikehim td (8) 59 ....M Coleman 3 6x820 Ruud Not Too td (7) 58 ................ D Johnson 4 30899 Somethingvain td (5) 57.5 ............... S Spratt 5 x1156 Tiptronic d (4) 57.5 ...................... C Johnson 6 2190x Meritaggio dm (3) 57 .......................R Myers 7 13045 Yearn td (1) 55.5 ................S Weatherley (a) 8 71100 Ruby Armani td (6) 54 .................... J Bayliss 9 04710 Lovers Lane d (2) 54 .....................M McNab 5 2.55 BUFFALO CO 1600 $50,000, SP COND, 1600m 1 x6601 Ming’s Emperor d (4) 58..................M Vance 2 57x18 Melbourne Born 58 ...................... Scratched 3 4x12 Sacred Day b (2) 57.5 .......................L Innes 4 5x251 Ironside d (14) 57.5 .........................J Riddell 5 37421 Mongolian Marshal d (5) 57.5 ......B Allen (a) 6 893 Its All Fake News (10) 57 .............. R Norvall 7 33233 Matuzalem (3) 57 ......................S McKay (a) 8 34032 The Rebel Knight (6) 57 ................M McNab 9 x0243 William Tell (8) 57 ............................R Myers 10 39503 Bugs Moran (11) 57 .................... C Johnson 11 60x5 Iskander (7) 57 ............................T Thornton 12 226 Steven James (1) 56.5 ....................S Collett 13 9474 Georgian Ease (13) 56.5................V Colgan 14 56331 Konstantina (9) 55.5 ...................M Cameron 15 09042 Lauramia (12) 55............................... T Allan

6 3.30pm MUFHASA FASTTRACK STAKES $60,000, 3YO SW+P, 1300m 1 x130x Felton Road tm (2) 56 .......................L Innes 2 21246 Iffindoubt (6) 56 .............................J Waddell 3 12396 The Great Southern (4) 56 ..............J Riddell 4 50222 Morrie Ock (3) 56 ............................ S Spratt 5 43x21 Astor tm (1) 54 ................................S Collett 6 x1144 Ladynadel t (8) 54 ....................... D Johnson 7 56463 Caesour’s Dream (5) 54 .............M Cameron 8 31 Bridal Veil (9) 54 ............................. J Bayliss 9 1 Fancy More (7) 54 ......................J Nason (a) 10 51 Honesty (11) 54 .......................... C Johnson 11 5x014 Not Usual Heart (10) 54 ..................A Collett 7 4.05pm MCKEE FAMILY SUNLINE VASE $70,000, 3YOF SW, 2100m 1 31201 Contessa Vanessa tm (6) 56.5 .... C Johnson 2 22246 Kapoor (8) 56.5 ...............................A Collett 3 18354 Gris Dame (4) 56.5 ........................ J Parkes 4 34305 Marcellina (9) 56.5 .....................M Cameron 5 2x325 Blanco Belle mb (11) 56.5...............R Myers 6 21188 Fiscal Fantasy (10) 56.5..............T Thornton 7 251 Gold Spice m (1) 56.5 ................M Coleman 8 36316 Insight (2) 56.5 ............................ D Johnson 9 14 Terra Sancta (3) 56.5 ......................S Collett 10 6518 Excelsior Island (5) 56.5 ................ J Bayliss 11 98106 Sunburst (7) 56.5 ..........................M McNab 8 4.40 DARLEY STALLIONS PLATE $100,000, OPN SW&P, 1200m 1 12x11 Julius tdm (7) 56 ...........................J Waddell 2 1x100 Fully Funded td (3) 55.5 .................. S Spratt 3 57x08 Sacred Star td (8) 55......................V Colgan 4 32499 Amarula d (9) 55 .......................S McKay (a) 5 24246 Passing Shot td (4) 55.....................S Collett 6 x5325 Heroic Valour td (2) 55 ..................M McNab

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43x15 Sultan Of Swing td (5) 55 ...S Weatherley (a) 608x2 Magnum d (10) 55......................M Coleman 14312 Romancer td (6) 55 ................... M D Plessis 49530 Volks Lightning td (11) 53............ C Johnson 94721 Rich Billie Marsh tdm (1) 53 .....J Fawcett (a) 9 5.20pm VODAFONE NZ DERBY $1,000,000, 3YO SW, 2400m 1 28114 Scott Base 56.5............................ Scratched 2 41131 Civil Disobedience (17) 56.5 ........B Allen (a) 3 11381 On The Rocks t (4) 56.5 ................. J Bayliss 4 1x115 Mission Hill m (11) 56.5 .............. D Johnson 5 5x463 Vin De Dance m (14) 56.5 ............J Waddell 6 11327 Mongolianconqueror (2) 56.5 ........M McNab 7 13248 Endowment (19) 56.5......................A Collett 8 72016 Humble Pie m (9) 56.5 ....................R Myers 9 87180 Irish Flame (1) 56.5 .........................J Riddell 10 81353 Time Lord (3) 56.5 ..........................S Collett 11 10300 Secret Ambition (13) 56.5 .............. J Parkes 12 58212 He’s A Freak (6) 56.5 ....................M Tanaka 13 1416 The Mayor (8) 56.5....................R Hutchings 14 18575 Maktoum (15) 56.5 .................... M D Plessis 15 213 Joe’s Legacy (16) 56.5 ......................L Innes 16 21004 Tavlin (20) 56.5................................ S Spratt 17 33108 Jimmy Rocket (10) 56.5 .............M Coleman 18 3x162 Danzdanzdance (7) 54.5............M Cameron 19 3371 Bel Ragazzo (5) 56.5 ................S McKay (a) 20 90064 Morrellmac m (18) 56.5 21 41080 Iffraajinator (12) 56.5 Emergencies: Bel Ragazzo, Morrellmac, Iffraajinator 10 5.57pm HEADQUARTERS VIADUCT 2100 $50,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 32123 Felaar tb (2) 60............................ D Johnson 2 x8731 Azaboy m (15) 58.5 .........................A Collett 3 3371 Bel Ragazzo (8) 58.5 ................S McKay (a)

4 19276 Blue Breeze (10) 58.5 ..................... S Spratt 5 56434 Narvick d (5) 58.5............................J Riddell 6 94531 Raise The Phantom (11) 58.5 .........S Collett 7 00439 Splendido d (14) 58.5.................G Cooksley 8 31985 Baxfull 58 ..................................... Scratched 9 57852 Sovereign Prince (4) 58 .............M Cameron 10 390x5 Delegate dm (12) 57.5 ..............R Hutchings 11 41080 Iffraajinator (3) 57.......................M Coleman 12 95917 Donna Anne Billy (9) 56.5 ......J Fawcett (a2) 13 40626 El Jodi (6) 56 ..................................... T Allan 14 36218 Madam Woo dm (13) 56 ........... M D Plessis 15 1x095 Itsabird (7) 55.5 ............................. R Norvall 16 09909 Arite Guru m (1) 57.5 ................ R Scott (a3) 17 90064 Morrellmac 56.5 ........................... Scratched 18 07675 Wooden Red (16) 55.5 19 80632 Gabriel 54 .................................... Scratched 20 21004 Tavlin 57.5 .................................... Scratched Em: Arite Guru, Morrellmac, Wooden Red, Gabriel, Tavlin Blinkers on: Sonorous (R2), Ladies First (R3), Morrie Ock (R6), Time Lord, Bel Ragazzo (R9), Bel Ragazzo (R10) Blinkers off: Magic Chai (R3), Sunburst (R7) Winkers off: Pierrocity (R2) Pacifiers on: Blanco Belle (R7)

SELECTIONS

Race 1: Indecision, Rikki Tikki Tavi, Showemup, Chicane Race 2: Pierrocity, Honkietonk Tiger, Rube Bridges, Chill Race 3: Ladies First, Magic Chai, Our King Sway Race 4: Tiptronic, Yearn, Ruby Armani, Lovers Lane Race 5: Sacred Day, Mongolian Marshal, Steven James Race 6: Astor, The Great Southern, Ladynadel, Fancy More Race 7: Gold Spice, Kapoor, Terra Sancta, Excelsior Island Race 8: Julius, Romancer, Sacred Star, Sultan Of Swing Race 9: Danzdanzdance, Civil Disobedience, Joe’s Legacy Race 10: Felaar, Bel Ragazzo, Splendido, Azaboy

Otago gallops Today at Wingatui Raceway

Otago RC Venue: Wingatui Meeting Date: 3 Mar 2018 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 12.15 KB CONTRACTORS MAIDEN $10,000, MAIDEN, 1600m 1 26254 Edward h (13) 58.5 ............ C Campbell (a3) 2 0x022 Run Forrest Run b (9) 58.5 ..........K Williams 3 43830 Leuluai b (4) 58.5 ....................T Jonker (a3) 4 84624 Tussock (1) 58.5 ..............T Comignaghi (a2) 5 x5084 Midnite Kaos (8) 58.5 ...................T Moseley 6 60x08 Gorgeous George h (12) 58.5 .....K Kwo (a3) 7 75607 Producer (5) 58.5 ............................J Laking 8 Raise Us h (2) 58.5 ................... S Muniandy 9 83 Raise You Five h (11) 58 ............ J Lowry (a) 10 0x030 Jandles h (6) 56.5 ........................ R Cuneen 11 00968 Molly Pond (3) 56.5 .................K Kalychurun 12 08. Sapphon h (10) 56.5 ....................... J Morris 13 337 Mossy Creek h (7) 56.................... C Barnes 2 12.50pm TOBIQUE@CLEARVIEW PARK STUD, TIMARU MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1600m 1 x3923 Itemize bh (7) 58.5 .......................T Moseley 2 53232 Meru h (2) 58.5 ........................D Bothamley 3 33043 Roc Leone h (5) 58.5 .............. G Jogoo (a1) 4 936 Murray h (8) 58.5....................... S Muniandy 5 090x5 Metal Guru h (6) 58.5 ..............K Kalychurun 6 967x0 Park Lane h (4) 58.5 .......... C Campbell (a3) 7 509x0 Wentworth (12) 58.5 ...................L Callaway 8 435 Egyptian Lad b (10) 58...................S Wynne 9 05205 Dowry Duty (14) 56.5 ...................K Williams 10 x046x Minue (11) 56.5 ................... R Firdhaus (a2) 11 855x Otago Flyer h (3) 56.5 ................ J Lowry (a) 12 03232 Cardrona (1) 56...............................J Laking 13 93 Scandalous h (9) 56 ...................... C Barnes 14 5 Molly Polly (13) 56.................. B Murray (a3)

3 1.25 WHITE ROBE LODGE $35,000, OPN HCP, 1600m

1 32211 Boots ‘N’ All d (5) 60................... J Lowry (a) 2 31232 Gallant Boy tdmh (8) 60 ....... C Campbell (a) 3 24674 Timy Tyler dm (1) 54.5 ................L Callaway 4 27391 Fascinate tdh (7) 54 .....................T Moseley 5 3922x Stokers Rock tdmb (4) 54 ..............S Wynne 6 22203 King Pin t (6) 54 ................T Comignaghi (a) 7 45413 Elfee tdm (2) 54..............................P Shaikh 8 31582 Flying Sardine d (3) 54............. B Murray (a) 4 2.00pm DALE HORRELL FARRIER $25,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m 1 36132 Barabas db (3) 59.5 .......................P Shaikh 2 227x4 Zawhip dm (7) 57.5 .........................J Laking 3 22221 Zakynthos d (8) 57.5 ......................S Wynne 4 37161 Macy tdh (10) 57 ....................... S Muniandy 5 46137 Tickets On Her td (6) 57 .......... G Jogoo (a1) 6 28x36 Enzedjewel td (1) 56.5 ....T Comignaghi (a2) 7 62113 He’s Mi Brother (5) 56.5 .......A Bohorun (a4) 8 72671 Lucky Edie d (4) 56 ...................B Hong (a3) 9 80028 Elusive Boxers d (9) 54 ................T Moseley 10 41136 Queen Jetsun 54.......................... Scratched 11 34416 Zabay tdh (11) 54 ............... C Campbell (a3) 12 37x51 Little Miss td (2) 54........................ C Barnes 5 2.35pm PRINCE OF BROOKLYN $35,000, OPN HCP, 1200m 1 44033 Signify td (7) 61 ...................... K Cowan (a3) 2 36261 Coulee tdh (1) 57.5 ............ C Campbell (a3) 3 72311 Johnny Jones td (9) 57.5 T Comignaghi (a2) 4 334x6 Jazzman dm (5) 57 ...................B Hong (a3) 5 11025 Starvoia tdmb (6) 55 ............... G Jogoo (a1) 6 41281 Don Carlo d (2) 55 .......................K Williams 7 01842 Passito tdh (3) 54 ............................ J Morris 8 68x37 Koxinga tdh (4) 54 ..........................S Wynne 9 44551 Disturbance t (8) 54 ................K Kalychurun

10 36x01 He’s Gold td (10) 54 ............ R Firdhaus (a2) 3.16 OTAGO RACING CLUB LIFE MEMBERS CUP $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 90721 Classic Warrior tdm (12) 59.5 ...B Hong (a3) 2 21 Dutch Courage d (10) 59 ........ G Jogoo (a1) 3 24613 Plowshare tdh (9) 58.5 .................... J Morris 4 75362 Disruption dm (3) 58 .......................J Laking 5 x170x Letsbringiton d (16) 57.5 .T Comignaghi (a2) 6 x10L0 Our Teddy Boy dh (5) 57.5 ...........K Williams 7 84824 Waimate Bill t (4) 57.5 ..........A Bohorun (a4) 8 33572 All Dressed Up dm (6) 57.... R Firdhaus (a2) 9 7x566 Friar Tuck d (13) 57 .................K Kalychurun 10 x6x10 Diamond Cortz th (2) 56.5 . C Campbell (a3) 11 660x0 The Young Pretenda (15) 56 ..........S Wynne 12 0x094 All Things Nice d (11) 55.5 ........... R Cuneen 13 03709 Richie Rox dm (7) 55.5 .......... K Cowan (a3) 14 x0535 Supatwista d (8) 55 .............R Beeharry (a3) 15 0860x Miss Norway h (14) 54 16 x0755 Befiftytwo h (1) 54 .......................K Kwo (a3) 7 3.51pm NZB AIRFREIGHT STAKES $50,000, 3YOF SW, 1400m 1 85111 Excelleration td (7) 56.5 ..................J Laking 2 51621 Global Thinking (5) 56.5 ...............K Williams 3 83246 Kiwi Ida tm (9) 56.5 ................... G Jogoo (a) 4 42452 The Sparkle (2) 56.5 .................. J Lowry (a) 5 31033 Courte Zarindi (4) 56.5......T Comignaghi (a) 6 51133 Pipiana b (6) 56.5...........................S Wynne 7 17432 Greenpark Gem (8) 56.5 .............. R Cuneen 8 0x10 Dreaming Easy h (1) 56.5 ............... J Morris 9 61792 Madam Swiss 56.5....................... Scratched 10 83100 Raven Darkholme td (3) 56.5 ... K Gundowry 8 4.24pm MARK ISAACS FARRIER $25,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1600m 1 61492 Raise You Ten th (14) 60.5 ......... J Lowry (a)

2 24143 All Black Magic tm (1) 59 .........D Bothamley 3 25037 Thought That d (9) 58.5 ..................J Laking 4 22777 Joby d (7) 57 ..................................S Wynne 5 76357 Residential tdb (4) 56.5 ........... G Jogoo (a1) 6 16552 Bakela mh (8) 56.5 .................... S Muniandy 7 62113 He’s Mi Brother (13) 56.5 8 30250 Rideitlikeustoleit t (6) 56 ..T Comignaghi (a2) 9 x7632 Waylay tmh (12) 56 ....................... C Barnes 10 41331 Kilowatt d (11) 56 ................... B Murray (a3) 11 09717 Opihi Ranger td (3) 56 .................K Williams 12 44162 Ruby Row b (2) 55 ................. K Cowan (a3) 13 24311 Crispin tdh (10) 54.5 .......... C Campbell (a3) 14 5x750 Tilly Dunnage dm (5) 54.5.......K Kalychurun 9 4.58 PURE CHAMPION AT WILLOW GLEN $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 81023 Linedanceking b (10) 59 ......... G Jogoo (a1) 2 16502 Nesta d (11) 59 ...........................L Callaway 3 267x1 Plutonium th (20) 59........................J Laking 4 x5322 Road To Redemption (4) 58.5 ..D Bothamley 5 9x518 Shanzino b (8) 58.5........................P Shaikh 6 38428 Galway Garry m (5) 58........... B Murray (a3) 7 05x01 Smoke House Bay (14) 57.5Comignaghi (a2) 8 70102 Diorissimo tm (6) 57 ..................... R Cuneen 9 00135 Gloss d (3) 57 ................................S Wynne 10 74701 She’stoohottotrot (16) 57.........T Jonker (a3) 11 071 Sitarist d (17) 56.5 12 82742 Mystify Me (13) 56.5 ........... R Firdhaus (a2) 13 07574 So Brazen m (18) 56.5 ..............B Hong (a3) 14 0x790 Suffire d (2) 56.5 .....................K Kalychurun 15 04207 Prince Ransom td (7) 58 16 42580 Dream Rich d (19) 56 17 01460 Sebring Dragon (9) 57.5 18 x4928 Acrylic mb (15) 56.5 19 59556 Show Lover d (1) 54.5 -

20 99966 Lizzie Bordon d (12) 54.5 Emergencies: Prince Ransom, Dream Rich, Sebring Dragon, Acrylic, Show Lover, Lizzie Bordon

10 5.38 THE WINGATUI FUNCTION CENTRE $25,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2200m 1 26721 Shantav tdmh (9) 61.5 ........... K Cowan (a3) 2 3x639 Ablaze tmh (12) 59.5 .................. J Lowry (a) 3 x1246 Londonderry Air tmh (8) 59 ........... C Barnes 4 21224 Teddytwinkletoes t (13) 57.5 .......K Kwo (a3) 5 25942 Wild Jack m (1) 57 ......................L Callaway 6 20156 Larrikin (7) 55 ...............................K Williams 7 44822 Satin Guru tdmh (4) 55 ...... C Campbell (a3) 8 67018 Villa Elba d (2) 54.5................. G Jogoo (a1) 9 51410 Miss Tuscan td (11) 54 .......... S Toolooa (a4) 10 18643 Victoryshallbemine m (3) 54 ... T Jonker (a3) 11 62046 Countess Ruby th (6) 54 ..............T Moseley 12 09337 Lady Em (10) 54 ................. R Firdhaus (a2) 13 38477 Precious Percy tdmb (5) 54.....K Kalychurun Blinkers on: Park Lane, Dowry Duty (R2), Our Teddy Boy, Diamond Cortz, Richie Rox (R6), Dreaming Easy (R7) Blinkers off: Miss Norway (R6), Raven Darkholme (R7) Winkers on: Miss Norway (R6), Raven Darkholme (R7) SELECTIONS

Race 1: Run Forrest Run, Raise You Five, Tussock, Edward Race 2: Meru, Cardrona, Egyptian Lad, Roc Leone, Itemize Race 3: Boots ‘N’ All, Gallant Boy, Flying Sardine, King Pin Race 4: Zakynthos, Barabas, Zawhip, Lucky Edie, Macy Race 5: Starvoia, Coulee, Signify, Don Carlo, Jazzman Race 6: Disruption, Classic Warrior, Waimate Bill, All Dressed Up Race 7: Excelleration, The Sparkle, Courte Zarindi, Pipiana Race 8: Ruby Row, Crispin, All Black Magic, Residential Race 9: Gloss, Linedanceking, Galway Garry, Road To Redemption Race 10: Satin Guru, Wild Jack, Londonderry Air, Shantav

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Ashburton Guardian 27

Saturday, March 3, 2018

In brief

Longshot serious contender Bel Ragazzo might be long in the Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) market, but trainer Shane Crawford believes he’s a genuine hope. The chestnut, who got in off the ballot following Scott Base’s defection from today’s classic, is currently a $61 shot. “He’s a live chance, he could be the best stayer there but he does

A son of Helmet, Bel Ragazzo placed in two of his first three runs before he stepped up to a middle distance at Poverty Bay where he beat the older horses over 2000m. By contrast, Crawford has no weather worries for his Listed Mufhasa Fasttrack Stakes (1300m) contender Fancy More. “Any rain will help her chanc-

New Zealand mare Fanatic is chasing a Group Two start in the Adelaide Cup. Raced by Taranaki breeder Sean Kiernan, the daughter of Shocking will put her credentials on the line in today’s Roy Higgins Quality at Flemington. Co-trainer Tom Dabernig said the stable had considered taking her straight to Adelaide following her last-start fifth in the Torney Cup at Moonee Valley last month. “When we saw the smallish field we thought it was worth having a go at.” - AAP

es,” he said. “It might be a bit soon for her, but she has come through her last run really well.” The Tavistock filly was a debut winner at Avondale where she went out at odds of 60-1. “She’s always showed us plenty and I wasn’t surprised,” Crawford said. “She’d had a few trials and I didn’t think she deserved to be at that price.” - NZME

Cheviot harness Tomorrow at Addington Raceway

Cheviot Harness Racing Club Inc Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 04 Mar 2018 NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 12.39pm CHEVIOT A&P SHOW SATURDAY 10 MARCH TROT $9000, non-winners 3yo+ trot, stand, 2600m 1 44445 Red Hot Rocket (1) fr ...................... G Smith 2 Rites Of Zhou (2) fr .............................K Cox 3 x5050 Lone Star Lad (3) fr .....................C DeFilippi 4 83 Astound (4) fr ..................................... D Butt 5 32627 I W McNik (5) fr .................................J Dunn 6 8 Girls Let Loose (6) fr .................... G O’Reilly 7 698x6 Galleons Glory (7) fr...................S Payne (J) 8 45428 Grand Princess (8) fr 9 4 Winterfell (9) fr..........................N Purdon (J) 10 Kiitos (10) fr............................... M Edmonds 11 09970 Ideal Invasion (11) fr ........................J Curtin 12 P3036 Dolly Jones (12) fr ............................ D Dunn 13 0x882 Majestic Hurricane (U1) fr .............B Orange 2 1.09pm RURAL LIVESTOCK MOBILE PACE $9000, non-winners 3yo+ mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 58 Mister Mighty (1) fr ........................R Holmes 2 00509 Maxwell Montez (2) fr 3 0 Nui May Tau (3) fr ................................K Cox 4 90076 Capital Plan (4) fr .................... C R Thornley 5 88349 Glengarry Knight (5) fr ...................T Chmiel 6 0243 Governor’s Bay (6) fr ........................ D Dunn 7 56 Jack’s Shadow (7) fr ........................ G Smith 8 975 With The Band (8) fr ......................L O’Reilly 9 46242 One Off (9) fr ...................................J W Cox 10 40240 Lets Hustle (21) fr 11 79870 She’s Outstanding (22) fr ........ C D Thornley

need a good track,” Crawford said. “He might then go down to Trentham for the St Leger. The big, roomy track over 2500m will suit him and as long as he’s stepping up we can look at the South Australian Derby. “If the rain comes (Ellerslie) and he doesn’t run then the St Leger would be off and we’d look at the Manawatu Classic instead.”

Mare targets Adelaide

12 77667 Dios Del Fuego (23) fr......................R Close 13 05300 Lei Miss (24) fr ............................. S McNally 14 22502 Maahes (U1) fr ..............................B Orange 3 1.44pm WINERIES OF CHEVIOT JUNIOR DRIVERS MOBILE TROT $10,000, 4yo+ up to & including r55 mob. trot jun.d, mobile, 1950m 1 31342 Mystical Star (1) fr .................B Laughton (J) 2 07330 Rocknpop (2) fr ....................S Tomlinson (J) 3 00003 Westar Maggie (3) fr ................... B Hope (J) 4 31652 Highland Star (4) fr...............M Anderson (J) 5 88230 Belmont’s Greatest (5) fr ............C Jones (J) 6 66P00 Jedi Josh (6) fr .......................... L McKay (J) 7 580x5 Anna Kate (7) fr..................... S Whatuira (J) 8 00068 Castleton Tui (8) fr .................... J Kennett (J) 9 89703 Larch (9) fr ................................ M Purvis (J) 10 00008 Unique Marshall (21) fr ......... J Markham (J) 11 89020 Beg For Chevron (22) fr .............B Munro (J) 12 40704 Sugar Cane (23) fr ...............A Fitzgerald (J) 13 00570 Star Pride (24) fr ..................... A Stewart (J) 14 85066 Insignificant (25) fr ..................... L Lester (J) 15 P0415 Tijuana Taxi (U1) fr ................. J Morrison (J) 16 4441x Rum In The Sun (U2) fr ................. K Butt (J) Emergencies: Jedi Josh, Castleton Tui 4 2.19 DURABLE COMMITTEEMAN PETER DRAKE 80TH BDAY MBL $10,000, 3yo+ f&m up to & including r60 mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 39421 Christian Lady (1) fr ................ P McClelland 2 17042 Miss You (2) fr .............................. G O’Reilly 3 17220 Just Dance (3) fr .............................. D Dunn 4 10256 Maddisons Desire (4) fr...................J W Cox 5 60104 Courageous Becqui (5) fr ................ G Smith 6 21050 Bird Of Paradise (6) fr ............. M Williamson

7 81621 Cindy Bromac (7) fr ............................ R May 8 87341 Possente Cavallo (8) fr .....................R Close 9 12268 Bettor’s Heart (9) fr .......................B Orange 10 P8x52 Trendy Bromac (21) fr ......................J Curtin 11 2216 Onedin Reign (22) fr .........................J Dunn 12 92185 A Lister (23) fr .............................. M Neilson 13 25203 Bettor Trix (24) fr ......................N Purdon (J) 5 2.54 CHEVIOT LICENCING TRUST HANDICAP TROT $10,000, r56 & faster discrhcp trot, stand, 2600m 1 43495 BK Dawn (1) fr ............................. P Wakelin 2 81552 Justamollyarcher (2) fr ................. A Lethaby 3 10220 Time For Diamonds (3) fr ................... J Ford 4 3113x Zoey’s Gift (4) fr ...................... M Williamson 5 10233 Jaw D Nancy (U1) fr ..........................J Dunn 6 725x7 Habibi Inta (1) 10 ..........................B Orange 7 21784 Another Chapter (2) 10 ....................J Curtin 8 56225 McLovin (3) 10 ..............................R Jenkins 9 1111x Enghien (1) 30 ................................... R May 10 7132x Idle Monkey (2) 30 6 3.30pm DOWNBYTHESEASIDE LEONARD MEMORIAL STAKES MOBILE PACE $27,500, 2yo fillies mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 3 Ghostwriter (1) fr ..............................S Ottley 2 Mossdale Art (2) fr ............................. R May 3 Olivia Rachel (3) fr ........................... D Dunn 4 Lilac Becky (4) fr ........................C Markham 5 Already Gone (5) fr ................. M Williamson 6 1 Kayla Marie (6) fr ......................... M Neilson 7 Bettor Lady (7) fr ..............................R Close 8 2 Dracarys (8) fr ...............................M Purdon 7 4.03pm CHEVIOT BUSINESSES CHEVIOT CUP (HANDICAP PACE) $14,400, 3yo+ r70 & faster discrhcp pace,

stand, 2600m 1 61062 Shezza GNP (1) fr.............................. R May 2 12126 Royal Bengal (2) fr ..........................J W Cox 3 11185 Baileys Knight (3) fr .......................... D Dunn 4 1x241 Mighty Santana (4) fr .......................... J Hay 5 24123 Diamonds N Cash (5) fr ....................J Dunn 6 03111 The Bus (1) 10 .................................S Ottley 7 72513 Clasina Maria (U1) 10 ......................J Young 8 13331 Don Domingo (1) 20......................B Orange 9 47595 Buster Brady (2) 20 ..........................J Curtin 10 26114 Tiger Thompson (U1) 20 ......... M Williamson 8 4.43 COMMODORE HOTEL MOBILE TROT $13,000, ffa mob. trot, mobile, 1950m 1 64101 Lightworkofit (1) fr ........................... G Smith 2 2x322 Le Lievre’s Gift (2) fr .........................J Curtin 3 1111x Enghien (3) fr 4 41110 BD Khaosan (4) fr ...........................J W Cox 5 00180 Gee Up Neddy (5) fr...................C Jones (J) 6 05983 Destiny Jones (6) fr .......................B Orange 7 61563 Everybody Knows (7) fr...................... R May 8 11408 Bordeaux (8) fr ................................. D Dunn 9 5.11pm PAUL BURNETT MEMORIAL MOBILE PACE $10,000, 3yo+ r50 to r57 mob. pace, mobile, 2600m 1 08009 Franco Exeter (1) fr 2 91078 Frankie D (2) fr ................................J W Cox 3 01606 Hundie (3) fr ..................................... D Dunn 4 21408 Pay Me The Change (4) fr ....M Anderson (J) 5 10804 Western Delight (5) fr .......................R Close 6 04331 Caviar Star (6) fr ..............................J Curtin 7 11653 Born To Run (7) fr...................... M Purvis (J) 8 00491 Karmic Way (8) fr 9 40018 Red Terror (9) fr

10 87747 Go Davey (21) fr..........................C DeFilippi 11 22860 Titanium (22) fr...............................T Chmiel 12 42184 Nurburgring (23) fr ...........................S Ottley

10 5.41 BUSH INN TAVERN MOBILE PACE $10,000, 3yo+ r58 to r69 mob. pace, mobile, 2600m 1 00065 Quite Ideal (1) fr ...................... M Williamson 2 01413 Awaytocullect (2) fr ...........................S Ottley 3 00315 Art I Am (3) fr ..................................J W Cox 4 55612 Acuto (4) fr 5 1102x Times Stride (5) fr ............................ D Dunn 6 84905 Mighty American (6) fr......................J Curtin 7 P7x20 Malik (7) fr .....................................B Orange 8 16361 Funatthebeach (8) fr .....................M Purdon 9 6x133 Duplicated (9) fr .......................N Purdon (J) 10 54348 Mossdale Rose (21) fr 11 01380 Sails (U1) fr ..................................... G Smith 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 SELECTIONS

Race 1: Winterfell, Astound, Red Hot Rocket, Majestic Hurricane Race 2: Governor’s Bay, One Off, Maahes, With The Band Race 3: Mystical Star, Highland Star, Beg For Chevron, Rocknpop Race 4: Bettor Trix, Cindy Bromac, Trendy Bromac, Christian Lady Race 5: Enghien, Idle Monkey, Habibi Inta, Zoey’s Gift Race 6: Kayla Marie, Olivia Rachel, Dracarys, Mossdale Art Race 7: Tiger Thompson, Don Domingo, The Bus, Shezza GNP Race 8: Everybody Knows, Bordeaux, Enghien, Destiny Jones Race 9: Hundie, Born To Run, Western Delight, Karmic Way Race 10: Funatthebeach, Acuto, Duplicated, Times Stride

Stratford harness Tomorrow at Te Kapua Park Raceway

Stratford Trotting Club Inc Venue: Te Kapua Park (Grass) Meeting Date: 04 Mar 2018 NZ Meeting number: 5 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.24pm R VOSSELER SOLICITOR/COMMERICAL HOTEL HCP TROT $7000, non-winners & up to r46 spechcp trot, stand, 2600m 1 0 Royal Moment (1) fr ..................S Abernethy 2 Comedy Act (2) fr .............F Schumacher (J) 3 Dx00 Rouen (U1) fr .......................B Hackett 4 7 Need Luck (U2) fr ......................... D Butcher 5 07636 Above The Rest (1) 30 ......................K More 6 54553 Awa Cathrine (2) 30 ........................D Moore 7 66674 Imnotquitesure (3) 30 .................P Ferguson 8 48542 Monarchy Invasion (4) 30 ..............T Mitchell 9 10000 Secretofthesea Smile (U1) 30 ......... D Jones 10 77474 Zimple (U2) 30 ...................................L Neal 11 688x0 Tanzanite (U3) 30...........................S Phelan 2 12.54pm ITM STRATFORD/MICHAEL DODUNSKI CONCRETE MBL PACE $7000, non-winners 3yo+ mob. pace, mobile, 1800m 1 P7240 Delia May (1) fr.......................... J Abernethy 2 58 Smiling Liam (2) fr ...........................O Gillies 3 2 Quick As Fire (3) fr ....................... D Butcher 4 54259 Knights Desire (4) fr ...................P Ferguson 5 99450 Arya Famous (5) fr ......................A Poutama

2 72995 Master Of Escape (2) fr............... K Marshall 5 01700 Manihiki Pearl (5) fr ........................S Phelan 6 55686 Santanna Legend (6) fr ....................A Pyers 3 03174 Capital Girl (3) fr........................ J Abernethy 6 71376 Lis Rulz (6) fr....................F Schumacher (J) 7 x6340 Red River Dash (7) fr ................S Abernethy 4 59431 Marquis Eyre (4) fr .................. B Butcher (J) 7 86229 Gotta Moment (7) fr...................S Abernethy 8 76477 Babyfacenelson (8) fr ....................T Mitchell 5 22231 Toro Delago (5) fr .......................P Ferguson 8 85824 Hezaluckygrinner (8) fr..................N Chilcott 9 0 The Urban Spaceman (21) fr .........S Phelan 6 34675 Lynton Creek (6) fr ....................... D Butcher 9 90308 Cerberus (21) fr..........................P Ferguson 10 09780 Moniaive (22) fr ....................... B Butcher (J) 7 32521 Marrera (7) fr ...............................A Poutama 7 3.47pm QUINTIN OAKES BUILDERS STRATFORD 11 8 American Avenue (23) fr ........M Johnson (J) 8 621 Racketeers Boy fr......................... Scratched CUP HCP PACE $10,000, r60 & faster, stand, 2600m 12 44627 Western Zephyr (U1) fr ......................L Neal 3 1.25 AITKEN TRANSPORT/DAIRY MASTER STRAT- 9 34803 Waingaro Mara (21) fr ...................N Chilcott 1 17241 Makers Mark (1) fr.........................T Mitchell 5 2.37pm CMK ACCOUNTANTS/MORE FM MOBILE 2 22123 Mister Harris (U1) fr ......................S Lawson FORD MBL PACE $7000, non-winners 3yo+ 1800m 1 85854 Bye Bye Lucy (1) fr....................... C Webber PACE $7000, r40 to r43 mob. pace, mobile, 1800m 3 64101 Razor Brogden (1) 10 ...................N Chilcott 2 03736 Hunter Red (2) fr ...........................T Mitchell 1 68790 Pure Desire (1) fr ......................... D Butcher 4 09102 Delightful Zen (1) 20 ............... B Butcher (J) 3 00678 Ashley Tisdale (3) fr .................. J Abernethy 2 43472 Itsokbeingbetter (2) fr .................. K Marshall 5 68655 Fleeting Grin (2) 20 ....................P Ferguson 4 58469 Go Paddy (4) fr.................................A Pyers 3 57903 Megatron (3) fr ..........................S Abernethy 6 16444 Marshal Star (3) 20 ...................... S Dickson 5 3 Annaliese Lincoln (5) fr ........... B Butcher (J) 4 57366 Toll Gate (4) fr ..................................A Pyers 7 22121 Classie American (4) 20....... D Ferguson (J) 6 Roberta Slack (6) fr ...................S Abernethy 5 75657 Rangi Rangdu (5) fr ..........................K More 8 14557 Ideal Roman (1) 30 ...................... D Butcher 7 40455 Cha Cha B (7) fr ..........................A Poutama 6 22698 Jack Bates (6) fr ..........................A Poutama 9 05318 Brydon Ideal 40 ............................ Scratched 8 88079 Major Wayt (8) fr............................S Lawson 7 80005 Burning Reign (7) fr.............. D Ferguson (J) 8 4.23pm BRIAN DARTH FUNERAL SERVICES 9 5374 Phillydotcom (21) fr ...................... D Butcher 8 49299 Gotta Go Jet Away (8) fr................T Mitchell HANDICAP TROT $7000, 3yo+ r49 to r70 discrhcp 10 8880 Jamie Fraser (22) fr.............. D Ferguson (J) 9 68700 Lady Santanna (21) fr ................P Ferguson trot, stand, 2600m 11 30578 Motu Belle Du Jour (23) fr ..............S Phelan 10 05000 Delightful Art (22) fr................... J Abernethy 1 20139 Brooks Belle (1) fr .....................S Abernethy 12 078 The Ancient One (U1) fr .............P Ferguson 6 3.12pm R EAGARS/ECOLAB MOBILE PACE $7000, 2 83379 Meander With Pegasus (2) fr .........S Phelan 13 04347 Wicklow Star (U2) fr .................... K Marshall 3yo+ r44 to r51 mob. pace, mobile, 1800m 3 3x315 Malabar Spur (3) fr ........................T Mitchell 4 2.01pm MCDONALD REAL ESTATE STRATFORD 1 70Px0 Shapeshifter (1) fr ................ D Ferguson (J) 4 54446 Burt Munro (4) fr ............................S Branch MOBILE PACE $7000, 3yo+ r50 to r53, r55 with cond. 2 02540 Charlie Harper (2) fr .............. T Cameron (J) 5 77495 Danke (1) 10 .................................. G Martin mob. pace, mobile, 1800m 3 54664 Grey Skies (3) fr ..........................A Poutama 6 83891 Angus Fogg (U1) 10 ........................O Gillies 1 23348 Jamieson Shard (1) fr ...................T Mitchell 4 58672 Lincoln Lovely (4) fr ..................... K Marshall 7 62158 Majestic Stride (U2) 10 ....F Schumacher (J)

8 9 10 11 12

78994 Grey Stoke (U3) 10 ....................P Ferguson 98373 Harry H (1) 20 ...................... D Ferguson (J) 71132 Blood And Whisky (2) 20....... T Cameron (J) 55587 Sol Invictus (U1) 30 ................... J Abernethy 21671 November Guy (U2) 30 ........... B Butcher (J) 9 5.01 UHLENBERG HAULAGE/HEY HARVESTING MOBILE PACE $7000, r55 to r68 mob. pace, 1800m 1 04631 Willedu (1) fr............................. N Delany (J) 2 96538 Whale Rider (2) fr........................A Poutama 3 4x335 Cherokee Warrior (3) fr .................T Mitchell 4 31657 McDaknife (4) fr..........................P Ferguson 5 95529 Franco Lennox (5) fr ....................A Donnelly 6 24644 Count Landeck (6) fr ............... B Butcher (J) 7 44166 Stars Delight (7) fr ........................ D Butcher 8 66162 Eldolar (8) fr ...................................S Phelan 9 02813 Our Wicklow (21) fr ...................S Abernethy SELECTIONS

Race 1: Monarchy Invasion, Need Luck, Awa Cathrine, Zimple Race 2: Quick As Fire, Western Zephyr, Knights Desire Race 3: Annaliese Lincoln, Phillydotcom, Bye Bye Lucy Race 4: Jamieson Shard, Waingaro Mara, Toro Delago Race 5: Itsokbeingbetter, Gotta Go Jet Away, Megatron Race 6: Lis Rulz, Gotta Moment, Lincoln Lovely Race 7: Classie American, Makers Mark, Mister Harris, Ideal Roman Race 8: Blood And Whisky, November Guy, Harry H Race 9: Eldolar, Count Landeck, McDaknife, Cherokee Warrior

Auckland dogs Tomorrow at Manukau Stadium

Auckland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Manukau Stadium 3 F2534 Opawa Anthony nwtd W & ..............T Steele Meeting Date: 04 Mar 2018 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 4 35244 Victini 31.05 ...................................C Henley and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 5 27168 Jack No Lag 30.92 ......................... Y Castro 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 6 22254 Atomic Missile nwtd ..................... H Mullane 1 1.35pm HEWLETT ELECTRICAL SPRINT C4, 318m 7 64217 Kaeshius nwtd.................................. S Clark 8 68748 Zarzuella 31.28 ...............................S Codlin 1 57254 Hallo Star 18.23 R & ...........................L Udy 9 64755 Barwon Babe nwtd .....................D Schofield 2 81177 Bitters 18.59 ..................................... S Clark 10 38647 Hey Pretty Girl 30.79......................C Henley 3 63438 Vee Marina nwtd U & ........................Cottam 4 75166 Waerenga Star 18.63 U & .................Cottam 4 2.28pm AGRC INVITATION SPRINT INV, 318m 5 58531 Beat The Butcher 18.36 R & ...............L Udy 1 34235 Classy Impact 18.35 ....................... T Green 6 14432 Ekali 18.42 ..................................... G Farrell 2 52873 Bigtime Doug nwtd .............................L Cole 7 57582 Maximum Express 18.51 ................P Green 3 31183 Bigtime Blue nwtd ..............................L Cole 8 1F423 Kiwi Boy 18.37 U & ...........................Cottam 4 14418 Highland Laddie 18.32 ................. H Mullane 9 14758 Allegro Lass 18.55 .............................L Cole 5 22184 Nitrology 18.26 ................................. S Clark 2 1.53 $7,500 TAB BONUS QUADDIES STKS C2/3, 527m 6 12x56 Cloona Express nwtd .........................L Cole 7 11315 Formation 18.25 ................................B Craik 1 46755 Effectual 30.41 ..................................E Potts 8 15163 Just One Smile 18.29........................B Craik 2 47872 Raging Demon nwtd R & ....................L Udy 9 46616 Timma Turtle 18.36 ...................... H Mullane 3 55272 Letron James 30.59 ........................C Steele 4 53433 Kapai Bart 30.71 W & .....................T Steele 10 33853 On Fleek 18.65 .................................B Craik 5 23211 Bigtime Tears nwtd .............................L Cole 5 2.46pm CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN C4, 527m 6 53156 Bigtime Welldone 30.65 .....................L Cole 1 63111 Amy Amy 30.47 .............................. G Farrell 7 13212 Thrilling Major 30.64 ....................... K Walsh 2 23136 El Narco 30.69 ................................P Green 8 63651 San Tan Samson 30.68 ................... T Green 3 32141 Idol Ajay 30.90 W &.........................T Steele 9 73175 Uno Twenty Five 30.72 ................... G Farrell 4 82865 Opawa Jimbo nwtd W & ..................T Steele 10 68368 Unprofound nwtd ...............................E Potts 5 51755 Good Job 30.66 ..............................P Green 3 2.10pm GREYHOUND FUNCTION STKS C1, 527m 6 36535 Zipping Ringo 30.63 R & .......................Hunt 7 24316 Bigtime Mia nwtd................................L Cole 1 43118 Jinja Might nwtd U & .........................Cottam 8 51155 Global Conquest 30.27 W &............T Steele 2 37453 Out Of Paper nwtd .......................... T Green

9 31446 Bigtime MacDaddy nwtd ....................L Cole 10 62777 Zipping Vito 30.39 ......................D Schofield 6 3.03pm MT WELLINGTON TAB STAKES C1, 527m 1 12577 Talkabout Ziggy 30.95 R & ....................Hunt 2 87453 Salvarotti 30.70 ..........................D Schofield 3 35678 See Eye Aye 31.07 ...................... H Mullane 4 53542 Swift Order nwtd ............................C Henley 5 63587 Opawa Silver 30.60 .......................... S Clark 6 52213 Jinja Bailey nwtd U & ........................Cottam 7 87267 Deception Diva 31.01 W & ..............T Steele 8 7x454 Fushidara 31.29 .............................. L Martin 9 72665 Tabulam Girl nwtd W &....................T Steele 10 33886 Dyna Bevlin nwtd U & .......................Cottam 7 3.21 JACK’S WHOLESALE MEATS STKS C2, 527m 1 72F18 Cosmic Barwon 31.24 ................D Schofield 2 61413 Perfect Result nwtd .......................R Adcock 3 14131 Lord Louie nwtd ............................R Adcock 4 31522 Cameo Syd 30.79 .............................B Craik 5 27837 Hey Khali nwtd U & ...........................Cottam 6 26716 Secret Rory 30.98 .......................... G Farrell 7 17653 Untouchable 30.75 ..........................P Green 8 27453 Yooldome 30.59 .........................D Schofield 9 73175 Uno Twenty Five 30.72 ................... G Farrell 10 34464 Jinja Squeak 30.48 W & ..................T Steele 8 3.38pm STITCHES UPHOLSTERY SERIES FINAL C1f, 527m 1 44212 Electric Dee Eye 30.71 ...................P Green 2 46183 Opawa Vegan nwtd W &..................T Steele

3 63363 Secret Babe nwtd W & ....................T Steele 4 31521 Talkabout Izzy 30.62 R & ......................Hunt 5 43352 Kiwi Gal 31.05 U & ............................Cottam 6 65221 Gotcha Millie 30.86 ...................... H Mullane 7 55342 Midnight Daydream 31.25 R & ............L Udy 8 41125 Bark De Triomphe 31.17 ...................B Craik Emergencies: 9 37453 Out Of Paper nwtd .......................... T Green 10 7x454 Fushidara 31.29 .............................. L Martin 9 3.56 QUALIFIED PET SERVICES RAILWAY SPRINT (GROUP 1) C5f, 318m 1 15351 Vikings 18.59 J & ............................D Fahey 2 11411 Sheza Rippa 18.35 J & ...................D Fahey 3 13412 Alex Attack 18.38 U & .......................Cottam 4 32352 Mrs Browns Girl nwtd R & ...........N O’Regan 5 72721 Rosa Tee 18.36 .............................R Adcock 6 13111 Danny Dee 18.15 ............................ K Walsh 7 22232 Hypocritical nwtd ..........................M Roberts 8 42222 Obstinatus 18.25 R & ..................N O’Regan 9 52873 Bigtime Doug nwtd .............................L Cole 10 34235 Classy Impact 18.35 ....................... T Green 10 4.14 AUCKLAND CUP (GRP 1) FINAL C5f, 527m 1 43812 Quistis Bale nwtd .........................M Roberts 2 41111 Shallay Pallay 30.50 J &..................D Fahey 3 22121 Bigtime Paddy 30.25 ..........................L Cole 4 61221 Avenger Bale 30.20......................C Roberts 5 21112 Allen Ablett nwtd ..........................C Roberts 6 26171 Dirk Bale 30.38 ............................C Roberts

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33212 Opawa Timo nwtd J & .....................D Fahey 15142 Tom Tee nwtd ................................R Adcock 72353 Shreddin’ nwtd J & ..........................D Fahey 43113 Nature’s Gent 30.47 ....................A Turnwald 11 4.34pm AGRC INVITATION STAKES INV, 527m 1 33184 Trip To Eden nwtd.......................D Schofield 2 41443 Beautiful Boy 30.40 ...........................B Craik 3 21564 Me Jane nwtd.....................................L Cole 4 63834 No Time Toulouse 30.79 ....................L Cole 5 13573 Stay Away Haydo 30.55 .................. T Green 6 72353 Shreddin’ nwtd J & ..........................D Fahey 7 44435 Pat Tama 30.72 ................................ S Clark 8 11116 Bigtime Lily nwtd ................................L Cole 9 44178 Sue Zooki 30.50 .............................. T Green 10 36535 Zipping Ringo 30.63 R & .......................Hunt 12 4.51pm DELI’S SPORTS BAR SPRINT C3, 318m 1 26888 Imperial Court 18.47 .......................P Green 2 38771 On Demand 18.54............................M Black 3 22113 Brotastic 18.57 ..................................B Craik 4 31112 Suspicious Minds 18.67 ....................B Craik 5 64722 Harry Brown nwtd ........................ H Mullane 6 22413 Noah Who 18.51 .......................... H Mullane 7 23355 Opawa Libby 18.55 W &..................T Steele 8 58613 Leroy Spirit 18.59 ............................S Codlin 9 16447 Ohoka Alex nwtd ...........................R Adcock 10 57644 Mad Harry 18.61 .............................. S Clark LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Sport 28 Ashburton Guardian

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Saturday, March 3, 2018

In brief Souths re-sign Walker Late blooming back Cody Walker will remain at South Sydney for the next three years after re-signing with the NRL club. On the back of a breakout season in which he played all games and scored six tries and set up 18, the off-contract 28year-old locked himself until 2020. Walker failed to make the grade at Gold Coast, Penrith and Melbourne before debuting for Souths. - AAP

Roache out for season Young Warriors utility Nathaniel Roache will sit out the entire 2018 NRL season after an injury setback at training. The 21-year-old Roache, who pinched Issac Luke’s starting hooker berth last year until rupturing an achilles tendon, was on the comeback trail from his original injury when he suffered a fresh one to his back. He’ll undergo surgery on his lumbar disc next week. Head coach Stephen Kearney said he was upset to lose the reliable Roache, who has made 20 appearances since his 2016 debut. - AAP

Peachey off to Titans

Marlese Schoonderbeek makes her way down the athletics track at Thursday’s Ashburton College Athletics Finals. PHOTO KATIE TODD 010318-KT-010

■ ATHLETICS

Age-old record demolished BY MATT MARKHAM

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The felling of a 37-year-old record was the highlight of Ashburton College’s Athletics Finals Day. The 3000-metre record for under 19 boys has stood since Bruce Gabites set a time of nine minutes and 30.1 seconds in 1981, but the freakishly talented Taonga Mbambo took care of that and then some.

On his way to victory, which also saw him wrap up the title of under 19 boys’ champion, Mbambo set a new mark of nine minutes and 24.8 seconds. Mbambo won the division over multisport star Matthew Clough. Sophie Adams also claimed a new Ashburton College record when she set a new shot put mark of 10.87 metres, usurping the previous best distance of Sala

Bueta of 10.69 metres, set in 2015. Adams took out overall honours in the under 16 girls’ competition too, beating Jessica Grey. An age group up from that pair, Emma Stagg was the champion senior girl, seeing off the challenge of Emily Armstrong and Natasha Waddell, who couldn’t be split for second placing. Lochlan Deuart won the under 16 boys’ champion title from Ben

Donald, Kyle Cabangun was the under 15 boys’ champion over Phoenix Andrew, Mia Pearson beat Tara Mellish to the under 15 girls’ champion title while the junior age groups were won by Kaleb Leonard and Ella Pearson respectively. House honours for the day went to Blue House with 209 over Green on 201, Orange with 181 and Red on 174.

Garth Brennan’s poaching raid on Penrith has continued with Tyrone Peachey agreeing to join Gold Coast in 2019. Peachey has signed a three-year NRL deal to join former team-mates Bryce Cartwright, Leilani Latu and Mitch Rein under former Panthers lower-grade coach Brennan. The Panthers agreed to release the 26-year-old from the final year of his contract after giving him permission to speak with other clubs. - AAP

A Cowboy for life North Queensland playmaker Michael Morgan is set to be a Cowboy for life after inking a five-year contract extension. With Johnathan Thurston set to hang up his boots at the end of 2018, the Cowboys have shored up their future by signing the Australian half until the end of 2023. The Townsville junior will be 31 when he next comes off contract meaning he is set to play out his career with the club he came to as a teenager. - AAP

■ OPINION

Kaino joins the ranks of champion ex-All Blacks

t seems to be the week for some All Blacks to be looking at the next World Cup, and finding in their heart of hearts that it’s just too big a mountain to climb. While Crusaders’ superhero Wyatt Crockett will still be turning out for the Makos for a couple of years, Jerome Kaino has confirmed that he’s off to Stade Toulouse at the end of this Super Rugby season. In a sporting era where age appears to becoming less of a factor (see Federer: Roger) it’s a little ironic that these two fellas are the oldest incumbent All Blacks, although at 35 and 34 respectively they still had a bit to catch up on Brad Thorn and Keven Mealamu, while Ned Hughes was the granddaddy of them all, turning out for the ABs at age 40 years and 123 days.

Steve Devereux MY SHOUT

I was chatting with a Mid Canterbury rep in another sporting code this week, and we got to talking about the commitment required to make the top grades, and how many glass ceilings are presented at each level. To become a champion around here (and we are a sporting powerhouse for our size) takes a massive amount of devotion to your sport; there’s the early morning trainings, practices, fitness sessions, games, more trainings, more practices, less and less social activity, evening trainings

– then high-pressure games at the weekend. Repeat. Endlessly. You reach a certain level, way above most players in whatever your chosen sport is, and it becomes the norm. That is until you look at chasing a spot in a Canterbury team, or some other higher level, then the whole process is accelerated to what would have seemed an impossibly unattainable level when you started it all. The mental application required here is astronomical, let alone the vastly increased physical demands, and when you consider there’s another couple of ceilings to break through before you achieve national status, only then can you truly comprehend what sort of determination is required to attain that level.

Jerome Kaino has, in effect, done it all, twice. Not only did he go through all those ‘normal’ channels to make it to a Rugby World Cup that he was, for mine, the undoubted star of in 2011, he then shipped himself off to Japan, playing for Toyota, which is generally considered retirement (money) time after a stellar AB career. Obviously the level of rugby in that northern arena is way below Super or representative intensity here, and when after a couple of seasons he announced he wanted his black jersey back, there were a few eyebrows raised, even among his biggest fans. But this was the man who had replaced Jerry Collins, and there’s really not that many sets of boots harder to fill, so it shouldn’t have been a surprise that the three wise men saw fit to bring Kaino

straight back into the white-hot All Blacks environment. With only a few months to get back up to speed, with all the aforementioned ceilings to crash through again, Kaino presented for the 2015 World Cup, unceremoniously pushed Liam Messam out of the way (no mean feat right there) and played every game as Richie’s men made it back-toback Rugby World Cups. While not the absolute tiger of 2011, he was still often the best player on the field throughout the tournament, and undoubtedly cemented his place in history as a great All Black blindside, right up there with Ian Kirkpatrick, Michael Jones (later in his career) and Collins. I have a serious level of sympathy for Jerome Kaino’s first club opponents when he pulls on the Stade Toulouse jersey.

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Librarian/ Teacher Aide

Due to an increase in work load we are looking for applicants for the following positions to join our team.

HAMPSTEAD SCHOOL We seek an adaptable person to join our team. Working term time only the role has 20 hours/ week. Components of the position include: • Purchase, classification and maintenance of the library stock including issuing and returns • Resource and reader preparation • Book club operation • Duffy book operation • Liaison with school staff and students as well as retailers • Maintenance of the school’s historical records • Coordinating library displays • Reporting and liaising with Teacher Librarian • Some classroom support time Computer skills integral to the role. Pay and conditions according to the relevant collective agreement for support staff and experience/qualifications.

Site Foreman/Managers & Carpenters What you need: • Experience with running teams • High standard of workmanship • Honest and reliable • Have good computer skills • Have a good understanding of work place health and safety In return we can offer: • Competitive pay rates • Phone • Work vehicle • Varied array of work in the commercial sector • Full time hours • Long term job opportunities within a larger company

Building Apprentices

What you need: • A willingness to learn • Motivated • A team player • Honest and reliable In return we can offer: • Competitive pay rates • Varied array of work in the commercial sector •The ability to learn a wider array of building skills in a commercial company. • Long term job opportunities in a larger company If that’s sounds like you are you are wanting a change or the opportunity to step up to your next challenge, please don’t hesitate to contact us. All applicants will be dealt with in the strictest conﬁdence.

The position commences March 26 or by negotiation. Applications close March 9, 2018 Apply via email: peter.m@hampsteadschool.co.nz

ASHBURTON COLLEGE ‘Individual Excellence in a Supportive Learning Environment’

Teacher of Science

This is a permanent, full-time position to commence at the start of Term 2, 2018. Please state specialist subjects. Our Science faculty is supportive, progressive and well-resourced. Ashburton College is a participating member of the Hakatere Community of Learning. Applications close noon, Monday 12 March 2018. Information package enquiries and applications please contact: Jodee Ross, Principal’s Secretary Phone (03) 308 4193 ext 809 Email: rj@ashcoll.school.nz Ashburton College, PO Box 204, Ashburton 7740

Excavator Operator/ Truck Driver Mt Somers Excavation is a small rural earthmoving company that has been operating in and around the Mid Canterbury district for 14 years. The right person must hold a clean Class 5 licence with WTR endorsements and have experience with on-farm irrigation systems, mainline trenching and general farm maintenance. Must be able to follow verbal instructions, work unsupervised, be reliable, honest, problem solve and take pride in your work. Experience with other plant machinery would be an advantage. Pay based on experience and licences. Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

To apply please call Alistair on 027 434 7278 or email mtsomersexcavation@xtra.co.nz

Nurse/Experienced Carer Casual position- 8 hrs/week initially, increasing to 30hr/week for maternity cover. Caring for person requiring full assistance. Payment through government funding. Day and night shifts; some on-call required. Must be based locally, be non-smoker and have full license. Please email CV to: legisnas@gmail.com Enquiries to 022 125 5802

Feed Systems Manager Five Star Beef, owned by ANZCO Foods, is based near Ashburton and is the only large scale commercial cattle feedlot in New Zealand producing high quality grain finished beef. We are looking for a Feed Systems Manager with the capability of implementing strategies and programmes to secure, store, and prepare the required feeds for up to 40,000 cattle per annum. Applications close: 11 March 2018. Apply online now at

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Fixed Term – 2018 Calf Season Previous experience and full driver’s license required. Calving 1230 cows. Single accommodation available on a shared basis with three others. No smoking. No drugs. No pets. Apply with CV and references to lethamfarms@gmail.com by March 16, 2018.

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Financial Controller NEW ASHBURTON BASED FINANCE POSITION STRATEGIC & OPERATIONAL LEADERSHIP ROLE PASSIONATE ABOUT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT? Launched in 2005, Heartland Technology employs approx. 40 staff across its 5 branches (Ashburton, Timaru, Cromwell, Wanaka & Queenstown) and is proud to deliver world-leading Ricoh products and cutting-edge software solutions to clients across Mid and South Canterbury and Central Otago. Reporting to and working closely with the company’s 3 business owners/directors, the Financial Controller will lead a centralised Finance & Administration team of 5 - based in Ashburton – enhancing the provision of timely financial and management reporting and improving accounting/business information systems and processes. This role will also work closely with the Directors with any ad hoc financial analysis required in order to facilitate business growth, enhance decision making capability and optimise overall business performance. Applicants will preferably be CA qualified and possess experience of leading teams and delivering continuous improvement initiatives. Exceptional communication and relationship building skills are essential together with well-developed commercial acumen and a proactive approach. Proven ability to commercially enhance business performance is also essential, together with the ability to roll your sleeves up & be comfortable working with the detail when required. Candidates can download a position description and apply online at www.sheffield.co.nz. To apply by email, please attach your cover letter and CV and send to cvchc@sheffield.co.nz quoting 880587AG. Applications close on 18 March 2018. Emails will be electronically acknowledged and further correspondence may be by email. For more information please phone Nick Gee on 03 353 4354 (DDI).

Teacher Release –

Student Learning Support Unit Responsibility for programme preparation and teaching of students with high to very high learning and physical needs. This is a fixed-term, part-time 0.4 teaching position (2 days per week) for commencement as soon as is practicable (during Term 1, 2018). Ashburton College is a participating member of the Hakatere Community of Learning. Applications close noon, Friday 9 March 2018. Information package enquiries and applications please contact: Jodee Ross, Principal’s Secretary Phone (03) 308 4193 ext 809 Email: rj@ashcoll.school.nz Ashburton College, PO Box 204, Ashburton 7740

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Workshop Manager Do all things technical or mechanical get your blood moving? Do hydraulic hoses and fittings spin your wheels? Does delivering awesome customer service drive your thinking? This is the job for you! Hydraulink Mid Canterbury is one of the busiest hose and fittings service suppliers in the South Island. Our quality and customer service is second to none and we pride ourselves on our workmanship and product knowledge. A position has arisen for a Workshop Manager to join our committed and motivated team at our Ashburton based workshop. This is a full-time, permanent position with some on-call and weekend work required. To fit this position you will have the following attributes: • A mechanical qualification and/or proven mechanical experience, • At least three years’ experience working in, on or around heavy machinery, • Proven experience on scheduling work flow for a busy workshop, • Manage a team of experienced service technicians, • Ensure work load is delegated effectively to ensure efficiency in the workshop, • Ensure that the quality of work is at a high standard, • Exemplary customer service skills, • Interest in rebuilding rams, motors and pumps, • The drive to learn more about hydraulics, • A positive, can-do attitude and flexibility to muck in and do what it takes to get the job done. What we will offer you: • A fun and positive working environment, • Remuneration package relevant to today’s market which includes a vehicle, • Provision of full uniform and PPE, • A strong commitment to training and education, • Job security. If you think you’ve got what it takes to be the best under pressure, send your covering letter and CV to:

wendy@hydraulinkmc.co.nz Applicants for this position will have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa and reside in Mid Canterbury permanently. Applications close: 19/03/2018

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Due to injuring my back two years ago, I had to sell my business. Now I have to ask for help from a local business to retrain me in another field, using my mind and not my body, as ACC will not fix it. I am intelligent, honest, loyal, reliable and hardworking. Looking for a challenging role but I will consider anything. If you have any ideas, or opportunities, please feel free to call me. John Moses 027 589 8706

SPORTING NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICES Allenton Netball Club Special General Meeting Monday, March 12, 2018 6.30pm Allenton Rugby Clubrooms Melrose Road

The Ashburton District Council is seeking tenders from interested parties for the supply of cleaning services at the EA Networks Centre, 20 River Terrace, Ashburton.

To adopt Financial Report Enquiries Aimee Gomanns 027 538 3616 President

The contract includes daily night time cleaning of:

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Forestry Wanted

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DENTURES. Dr Peter Rumping, retired dentist, continues to provide full dentures. Repairs to existing dentures also available. Phone 027 220 9997.

WANTED

SURROGATE wanted. We are looking for a wonderful giving lady to help us expand our family. Please contact if you are wanting to know more. Bec 027 462 4600.

Foyer/Reception area Meeting/Party Rooms Gym and workout rooms Toilet and shower facilities Indoor Stadium

A copy of the contract document can be downloaded from the Council website; ashburtondc.govt.nz/publicnotices; or a copy can be collected from the EA Networks Reception, 20 River Terrace, Ashburton.

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Plantations aged 1980s to mid 1990s. Removal of dangerous trees around wool/haysheds etc. Export logs/saw logs/ firewood logs/bluegum/oregon/pine. Safe harvesting, health and safety systems. No job too big or small/ 20 tonne digger. Stumps out/root rate/ bucket/pick/D65 bulldozer. Free quotes phone or text 027 956 1642

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Tenders close 4pm, Monday 19 March, 2018. Neil McCann Group Manager Service Delivery www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

RURAL TRADING POST TRAVEL

Beckley Coachlines Programme

◊ KAIKOURA BLENHEIM TRIP 14 – 16 April. See the amazing rebuilding of SH1, and Kaikoura. Stay at Blenheim, visit Picton and return back through SHI. For bookings phone 308 7646

Grazing

Winter grazing available from May onwards for 450 to 500 cows. • 13HA of Sovereign kale • 10HA of fodder beet Also available: Cereal silage and straw in Mayfield area. Further enquiries Alan Harrison 027 531 9747

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SCVCC Annual Swap Meet Winchester Domain SH1, March 24, gates open 7.30am. All makes car Display Something for everyone. Sites – Michelle Munro Phone 03 686 4824 Or email scvccswapmeet@hotmail.com No dogs allowed. 03 307 9028

March 3, 4 and 5, 2018

Saturday

9am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON CRAFT MARKET. Local crafts, new stalls welcome. West Street Car park. 9am - 1pm. LIONS CLUB OF ASHBURTON PAKEKE INC. Annual monster charity garage sale

with cake and craft stalls, children’s entertainment, sausage sizzle. Ashburton Racecourse Stand. 10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald. 10am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton Airport,

Seafield Road. 10.30am - 3.30pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. Stitch and chat, Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

Sunday

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Morning worship with Tevita Taufalele. Baring Square East. 10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven. 10am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship led by Rev. Helen Wallis, all welcome. 65 Oxford Street.

10am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship, third Sunday of Lent, Sinclair Centre, Park Street. 10am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Thomson Street, Tinwald. 10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. All Age and Holy Communion, Park Street. 10am ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Morning service, all welcome. 67 Cass Street. 10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH.

Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall). 10.30am GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping God and transforming lives. 63 Princes Street, Netherby. 10.30am - 2.30pm CHILDRENS DAY CELEBRATIONS. Free rides and activities, BBQ, Tinwald Pool open and much more! The Plains Railway, Maronan Road, Tinwald. 1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road .

1pm - 3.30pm ASHBURTON, CANTERBURY COMBINED DAHLIA SHOW. Staging blooms from 8am, open to the public in the afternoon. Presidents Room, Tinwald Hall, Graham Street. 5pm ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Taize Service and Communion. Park Street. 7pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

Monday

Street, Methven. 10am ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. Members will visit Grand Vue, Geraldine. Grand Vue Golf Club. 10am - 3pm AGE CONCERN, 206 CLUB. Fun fill days for 60 years and older, for more information ring 308-6817. Cameron Street.

12pm - 1pm. ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. A Free lunch. Ashburton Baptist Church, entry off Cass Street. 1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Seafield Road. 1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY

HISTORY GROUP. Open for research. Heritage Centre, 327 West Street. 6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in the hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 6pm BOOTCAMP. Catering for all levels of fitness. Walnut

Avenue Pavilion. Contact Georgia 0276888686 or Aleisha 0278489309. 7.30pm CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE. Euchre evening, new players welcome. Holy Name pastoral Centre, Cnr Winter Street and Burnett Street. (every Monday, excludes public holidays).

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

8am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street. 8.30am HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH. Mass, Holy Spirit Church, Thomson Street, Tinwald. 9am ST PETER’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Harrison Street, Allenton. 9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship service led by Rev Henry Mbambo, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in the hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main

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2018 Game Season Ballot For Hunting Stands Applications will be received from licensed game hunters, up to 5.00pm on Monday, March 12, 2018, for the occupation of hunting stands on council controlled properties at: Wainono Reserve, Waimate (adjacent to Lk Wainono) up to 9 stands (dependant on water levels). All Day Bay (Sth of Oamaru) up to 3 stands (dependant on water levels). Devils Bridge (Oamaru) 3 stands. Ealing Springs (Rangitata) 1 stand for 4 hunters – all 4 hunters must be named on the application. Tagging Day is Sunday, April 8, at 10.00am. Further information may be obtained by phoning Bernadette on (03) 615 8400, or emailing to bdolan@csifgc.org.nz or writing to PO Box 150, Temuka to which applications should be forwarded. J P GRAYBILL Chief Executive

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Beckley Coachlines Programme ◊ RNZB ”THE PIANO” March 21, Isaac Theatre, Christchurch. ◊ OPERATUNITY ”THE RAT PAC” March 28, Theatre Royal, Timaru at 11am features Ashburtons Tainui Kuru.

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MEETINGS, EVENTS Mid Canterbury Badminton Club AGM March 13, 2018 To be held at EA Networks Centre 8pm.

MOTORING

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

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Wednesday, March 7, 7.30pm All ages welcome Buffalo Lodge Hall 20 Cox Street Contatcts Barbara 908 1338 Elizabeth 308 5437

◊ WICKED April 21, Isaac Theatre, Christchurch.

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Mid Canterbury Māori Committee Notice is hearby given of a meeting to elect 7 Māori Committee members to form the Mid Canterbury Māori Committee. Meeting will be held at 7pm on Wednesday, March 28, at the Ashburton Learning Centre, cnr of Park & Havelock sts (beside the Catholic Church)

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SCOOTER’S - new and secondhand three and four GRAZING wanted for store wheel electric scooters and HOLIDAY lambs. Phone Mitch 027 3131 wheel chairs. Call Fred 320. Reddecliffe at Electric ACCOMMODATION Mobility Ashburton today. Phone 308-3602 AKAROA - CHARMING, HEALTH & BEAUTY spacious holiday home, 3 ADULT bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod SHELLY – health massage. ENTERTAINMENT cons, short walk to village. Open 9am - 9pm. Chinese Phone Brian 307-8000 or girl. Ashburton. Phone 022 A FIRST time Asian. Slim, 684 1692. 308-6180. curvy, sexy body. Brunette, DD, playful with best massage. I will spoil you. Phone LOST, FOUND HIRE 020 4068 7352 - Jen. FOUND in Ashburton. Bike wheel. Phone 308 8558. and straight. GENERAL hire. Lawn- CLEAN mowers, chainsaws, concrete Attractive and busty. 24/7. LIVESTOCK, PETS breakers, trailers, and more. No texting. Sophia 021 044 All your DIY / party hire, call 0698. BUYER of unwanted and see Ashburton U-Hire. animals. Cattle, bobby calves, 588 East Street. Open Mon- JAPANESE, one week only. horse and all farm animals. Fri 7.00 - 6.00pm; Sat 7.30am Beautiful, 28 years old, slim, We also sell pet food. Call - 5.00pm; Sunday 8.30am - sexy model figure. Size 6. Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 3.00pm. – Ph: 308 8061 Gorgeous, elegant. Phone 621, A/H 03 348 9439. www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz 021 082 77382.

Tony

Weekend Services

MEDICAL SERVICES

HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring 0800 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice.

DUTY DOCTORS

For all urgent medical calls phone 0800 700 155 at any time. IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY PHONE 111. This service is for emergency medical care only. Please bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, New Zealanders should bring some form of ID. Three Rivers Health, 7-11 Allens Road will be the duty practice for Saturday and Sunday until 8am Monday. Consultations will be held between 10am and 12.30pm and 2pm and 5pm. Please phone 0800 700 155 for an appointment.

Methven & Rakaia Area

Emergency Dentist

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

HELPLINE SERVICES Alcoholics Anonymous

Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or visit www.aa.org.nz for more information.

Mental Health - Call free on 0800 222 955. Ask for the Crisis Team.

Safe Care - 24 hr Rape and Sexual

Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791

Victims Support Group

24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846) For weekend and emergency services please phone 302 Direct dials to a volunteer. 8105 for details on how to access the after-hours service Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm each weekend. outside of these hours leave a message.

Pharmacies

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

Ashburton Rest Homes

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

Alcohol Drug Help Line

Call us free on (0800 787 797). Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days. Lifeline - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353.

COMMUNITY SERVICES Art Gallery

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency 327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 308 1133. Open daily: 10am – 4pm - Wednesday: 10am – 7pm

Ashburton Museum

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

ANIMAL SERVICES

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 307 7890. Open daily: 10am – 4pm

Dog, Stock & Noise Control

Ashburton Public Library

Mid Canterbury SPCA

EA Networks Centre - Pools

Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter - Contact -

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday: 10am - 1pm. Sunday: 1pm - 4pm. 20 River Terrace - Phone 03 308 4020 WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm. Public Holidays 10am - 5pm.

Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24h/sce. WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: All enquiries - 308 4432. President 021 1356 969.

Veterinarians

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Steve Williams. STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, POST DELIVERY CENTRES 149 Cameron Street, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein. Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Full emergency service all weekend. Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS 1 Smallbone Drive, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies. Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Information Centres Methven - Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays 10am until Cnr East Street and Seafield Road, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies. 3pm. Phone 302-8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com

Mail Closing Times

Bus Departures

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service. Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802. BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Vet Ent and Vet Life operate a joint after-hours small animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

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6am Te Karere 3 2 6:30 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Taste Of A Traveller 3 0 7:30 Infomercials 9am House Hunt 3 0 9:30 Tagata Pasifika Summer Special 10am F Couples Come Dine With Me 11am Alphabetical 0 11:55 Coronation Street PGR 3 0 1:55 Restoration Man 3 0 2:50 The Aussie Property Flippers 0 4pm Location, Location, Location 3 Kirstie is with Craig and Rich, who have been looking for a home in which to start a family for over a year; Phil is helping a mother and daughter looking for a sound investment for the whole family. 0 4:55 The Celebrity Chase 3 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Islands Of The Gulf 0 7:30 Hell’s Kitchen Australia AO 0 8pm L Lotto 8:05 Hell’s Kitchen Australia AO 0 8:45 All Round To Mrs Brown’s AO 0 9:55 Coronation Street PGR 0 10:55 Blindspot AO 3 0 12:45 Aquarius AO 3 Shafe’s addiction problems increase; Hodiak helps an old war friend find his blackmailer. 0 1:35 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:35 Infomercials 5:30 The Key Of David

Islands of the Gulf 7pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 10am How Do I Look? 3 10:53 The Dish 3 10:55 Four Weddings Australia PGR 3 11:50 Four Weddings Australia PGR 3 12:43 The Dish 3 12:45 World Of Dance PGR 3 1:40 How Do I Look? 3 2:38 The Dish 3 2:40 Million Dollar Decorators PGR 3 3:40 David Tutera – Celebrations 3 4:35 David Tutera – Celebrations 3 5:30 David Tutera – Celebrations 3 6:30 Mom’s A Medium 7pm Mom’s A Medium 7:30 Revenge Body With Khloe PGR 8:28 The Dish 3 8:30 Keeping Up With The Kardashians AO 9:30 My Crazy Sex AO 10:25 60 Days In AO 3 11:20 David Tutera – Celebrations 3

SUNDAY

12:10 Infomercials 3 5am Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3

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6am Blaze And The Monster Machines 3 0 6:25 Thomas And Friends 0 6:45 Peppa Pig 0 6:55 The Furchester Hotel 3 0 7:05 Thunderbirds Are Go! 3 0 7:30 Transformers – Robots In Disguise 3 0 7:50 The Legendaries 3 0 8:15 Star Wars Rebels PGR 3 0 8:40 Teen Titans Go! 3 0 9am Regular Show 3 0 9:10 Mech-X4! PGR 0 9:35 Kirby Buckets Warped PGR 0 10am Fresh 10:25 The Barefoot Bandits 0 10:50 Melissa And Joey PGR 3 0 11:40 Meet The Parents 0 12:40 The Fosters 3 1:35 Recovery Road 0 2:30 Famous In Love PGR 0 3:30 Dr Ken 3 0 4pm Movie Juice 0 4:30 F Ant And Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 0 6pm Wilde Ride 0 6:30 The Middle 0 7pm M Dragon Wars PGR 2007 Action. In a Korean legend, every 500 years a woman becomes a serpent to fight in a battle between good and evil, and a reporter and his friend must fight a dragon to save Los Angeles. 0 8:40 M War Of The Worlds PGR 2005 Sci-fi Action. 0

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 The Project 3 7:25 Infomercials 9:30 Newshub Nation 10:30 Survivor – Worlds Apart 3 11:30 The Bachelor New Zealand PGR 3 0 12:30 Face Off PGR 1:30 Lip Sync Battle PGR 3 0 2pm New Girl PGR 3 2:30 Fresh Off The Boat PGR 3pm The Goldbergs PGR 3 0 3:30 Come Dine With Me New Zealand PGR 3 0 4pm This Time Next Year 3 Davina meets a 16-year-old boy who has not been able to speak for six years, and a couple unable to have a second child. 0 5pm Grand Designs UK (Starting Today) 3 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm N Survivor – Ghost Island In the Mamanuca Islands of Fiji, 20 new castaways are divided into two tribes, and must learn from the mistakes of past players to outwit their opponents. 0 8:50 M Dumb And Dumber To AO 3 2014 Comedy. 0

6am The Legend Of Korra 3 6:25 Ben 10 6:50 Codename – Kids Next Door 7:15 Grojband 3 7:40 The Powerpuff Girls 8:05 Batman – Brave And The Bold 8:30 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky And Dawn 3 8:55 The Thundermans 10am Robot Wars PGR 11am The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus 1:30 Football – English Premier League (HLS) 2:30 Storage Hunters PGR 3pm Indian Dream Hotel 3 0 4pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip The globe-trotting Judith Chalmers takes on her son, TV presenter Mark Durden-Smith, in a hunt for antiques that can turn a profit at auction. 5pm L Horse Racing – New Zealand Derby 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Flog It! 7pm Storage Wars PGR 3 7:30 Mythbusters PGR 3 A behind-the-scenes look at the final season, and how it was made. 8:30 Elementary PGR 0 9:30 Rugby – Super Rugby

6:30 Marae Kai Masters 6:40 Pukoro 2 7:10 Huhu 7:20 He Rourou 7:30 ASB Polyfest Kapa Haka 2017 7:40 Huritua 7:50 Paia 8am Te Kaea 2 8:30 Morena 9am Celebrity Playlist 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 10am KaweKorero 12:30 Tribe 1pm Aratere 2pm E Tu Whanau Touch National Championships 3pm Waka AMA Sprints 2018 4pm Get Your Fish On 4:30 Marae Kai Masters PGR 5pm My Reggae Song An exploration of the whakapapa of reggae in Aotearoa. 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Pukuhohe 6:30 Haka Nation

6am American Pickers 7am The Living Room 8am Buying The Bayou 8:30 America The Wild 9:30 James Martin’s French Adventure 10:30 The House That 100K Built – Tricks Of The Trade 11:30 American Pickers 12:30 Gardeners’ World 1:30 Best Laid Plans 2:30 Outback Wrangler 3pm Escape To The Chateau 4pm Gem Hunt Ron LeBlanc goes inside the gem industry, travelling to remote trading regions in search of the world’s biggest and most profitable jewels. 5pm Sold! 5:30 Four Rooms 6:30 Russia On Four Wheels Justin Rowlatt and Anita Rani drive across Russia.

7pm On The Ladder 7:30 Raw PGR 8:30 M Little Dorrit – Part One PGR 1987 Drama. Arthur Clennam returns to London after working abroad for many years with his now deceased father. Almost at once he becomes involved in the problems of his mother’s seamstress Amy Dorrit and her father.

7:30 American Pickers 8:30 M The Son Of No One AO 2011 Crime Drama. A young police officer is assigned to a precinct in the working-class neighbourhood where he grew up, where an old secret threatens his life and his family. 10:25 New Zealand Hunter Adventures PGR

11:05 M Con Air AO 1997 Action. 0 1:05 Grey’s Anatomy AO 3 0 2:40 Wentworth AO 3 0 4:20 Undateable PGR 3 0 4:45 Young And Hungry 3 5:05 Kevin From Work PGR 3 5:30 Beyond The Search 3

11pm M The Five-Year Engagement AO 3 2012 Comedy Romance. An engaged couple are tripped up on their long walk down the aisle. Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt. 0 1:25 Infomercials 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

11:30 Cricket – International Blackcaps v England – Third ODI. From Westpac Stadium, Wellington. Midnight Skint AO 3 1am Closedown

11:35 Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 12:05 Closedown

Dragon Wars

7pm on TVNZ 2

SKY 5 6am Raw MVC 8:30 Smackdown MVC 10:15 Main Event MVC 11:10 Border Security M 12:05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? MLS 12:55 Shearing Gang PG 1:25 The Amazing Race PG 2:20 Supernatural MVS 3:10 Arrow MVS 4pm Border Security M 5pm The Amazing Race PG 6pm The Simpsons PG 6:30 Supergirl MVS 7:30 The Flash M 8:30 DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow M 9:30 Arrow MVS 10:30 Supernatural MVS 11:30 Border Security M

SUNDAY

Midnight Border Security M 12:30 Supergirl MVS 1:25 The Flash M 2:15 DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow M 3:05 Arrow MVS 3:55 Supernatural MVS 4:45 Whose Line Is It Anyway? MLS 5:10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? MLS 5:35 The Simpsons PG

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

6:10 Nothing But Trailers MVLSC 6:40 Snatched 16VLS 2017 Comedy. Amy Schumer, Goldie Hawn. 8:10 Summer Villa 2016 Romantic Comedy. Hilarie Burton, Victor Webster. 9:35 A Time To Dance M 2016 Drama. Jennie Garth, Dan Payne. 11am Random Tropical Paradise 16VLSC 2017 Comedy. Bryan Greenberg, Brooks Wheelan. 12:40 The Babadook MVLSC 2014 Horror. Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall. 2:15 Snatched 16VLS 2017 Comedy. Amy Schumer, Goldie Hawn. 3:45 Maternal Secrets ML 2017 Thriller. Kate Mansi, Sean Stolzen. 5:15 Elvis And Nixon ML 2016 Comedy History. Michael Shannon, Kevin Spacey. 6:40 Why Him? 16VLS 2016 Comedy. Bryan Cranston, James Franco. 8:30 Black Butterfly MVL 2017 Thriller. A writer attempts to start a career-saving screenplay, but then meets an edgy drifter who hustles his way into his work. 10:05 The Daughter MLS 2016 Drama. 11:40 Maternal Secrets ML 2017 Thriller. SUNDAY 1:10 Elvis And Nixon ML 2016 Comedy History. 2:35 Nothing But Trailers MVLSC 2:55 Why Him? 16VLS 2016 Comedy. 4:45 Black Butterfly MVL 2017 Thriller.

6:45 The Directors – Luc Besson PG 2016 Featurette. 7:15 The Switch MS 2010 Comedy. Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman. 8:55 The Grey 16L 2011 Action Adventure. Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo. 10:50 Nothing But Trailers M 11:05 Jackass Presents – Bad Grandpa 16LS 2013 Comedy. Johnny Knoxville. 12:45 Road To Perdition MV 2002 Crime Drama. Tom Hanks, Jude Law. 2:40 What Women Want PGL 2000 Romantic Comedy. Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt. 4:45 Twelve Monkeys MVL 1995 Scifi Thriller. Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, Madeleine Stowe. 6:55 Rushmore ML 1998 Romantic Comedy. Bill Murray, Brian Cox. 8:30 Memento R16 2001 Thriller. A man with short-term memory loss uses notes and tattoos to hunt down his wife’s killer. Joe Pantoliano, Guy Pearce. 10:25 Snatch 18VL 2000 Crime. Brad Pitt, Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham, Benicio del Toro. SUNDAY 12:05 Jersey Girl MLS 2004 Comedy Drama. Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Liv Tyler. 1:45 Nothing But Trailers M 2am Twelve Monkeys MVL 1995 Sci-fi Thriller. 4:10 Memento R16 2001 Thriller.

SKY SPORT 1

11:25 Escape To The Chateau 12:20 Sold! 12:50 Outback Wrangler 1:20 Buying The Bayou 1:50 M The Son Of No One AO 2011 Crime Drama. Channing Tatum, Al Pacino, Juliette Binoche. 3:30 Buying The Bayou 4am Russia On Four Wheels 5am American Pickers

SKY SPORT 2

6am The Cricket Show (HLS) 6:25 L Cycling – UCI Track World Championships Apeldoorn – Day Three. 10am The World Rugby Show 10:30 Golf – European Tour (HLS) Tshwane Open – Round Two. 11am Squash – PSA Windy City Open (HLS) Noon Fox Sports News 12:30 Sky Sports News UK 1pm Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Reds v Brumbies. 3pm Sky Rugby – Team Talk 3:30 Athletics – IAAF World Indoor Champs (HLS) Day Two. 4:30 Golf – European Tour Tshwane Open – Round Two. From the Pretoria Country Club in Waterkloof, South Africa. 5:10 L Rugby – Super Rugby Sunwolves v Rebels. 7:15 L Rugby – Super Rugby Crusaders v Stormers. 10pm Athletics – IAAF World Indoor Champs Day Two. 11pm Rugby – World Sevens (HLS) Las Vegas – Day One.

6am Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Blues v Chiefs. 8am The Crowd Goes Wild 8:30 L Rugby League – Super League Hull FC v Warrington Wolves. 11am Pre-Season With The Warriors 11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild Noon Cricket – ICC World Cup Qualifier Preview. 12:30 Cricket – ICC World Cup Qualifier Preview. 1pm Cricket – International Blackcaps v England – Second ODI. 1:30 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v England – Third ODI. 5:35 The Cricket Show 6:05 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v England – Third ODI. Second innings from Westpac Stadium, Wellington. 10pm Golf – World Golf Championships Mexico Championship – Round Two. 10:50 L Athletics – IAAF World Indoor Championship Day Three – Morning Session.

12:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Sunwolves v Rebels. 1am Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v England – Third ODI. 1:30 The World Rugby Show 1:55 L Rugby – Super Rugby Sharks v Waratahs. 4:05 L Rugby – Super Rugby Bulls v Lions.

2:25 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Crusaders v Stormers. 2:55 Golf – WGC World Championships (HLS) Mexico – Round Two. 3:25 Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v England – Third ODI. 3:55 L Rugby – Aviva Premiership Gloucester v Newcastle.

SUNDAY

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

SUNDAY

3Mar18

DISCOVERY 6:35 MythBusters PG Seesaw Saga. 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Blowing Up History PG Sex, Lies, and the Taj Mahal. 9:10 Homestead Rescue PG Methane Meltdown. 10am The Coroner – I Speak For The Dead M Under the Skin. 10:50 Blood Relatives M 11:40 What On Earth? PG 12:30 Street Science PG 12:55 Street Science PG 1:20 Garage Rehab PG Abel Racing. 2:10 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Back to the Beginning with Gas Monkey Garage. 3pm Outback Opal Hunters PG 3:50 Outback Opal Hunters PG 4:45 Outback Opal Hunters PG 5:40 Outback Opal Hunters PG 6:35 Gold Rush PG The Devil’s Finger. 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG Nature’s Super HQ. 8:30 Insane Pools – Deeper Dive PG Mountain Lodge Oasis. 9:25 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 10:15 Auction Hunters PG 10:40 How China Works PG Lifestyle Revolution. 11:30 What On Earth? PG SUNDAY 12:20 Outback Opal Hunters PG 1:10 Edge Of Alaska M 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaskan Bush People M 3:15 Treehouse Masters PG 4:05 Edge Of Alaska M 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How Do They Do It? PG 5:45 MythBusters PG

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CHOICE 6am Buying The Bayou 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Christ Embassy 7:30 Buying Alaska 8am Baby Animals In The Wild 8:45 Organic Edible Garden 9am Outback Wrangler 9:30 Sold! 10am Escape To The Chateau 11am Russia On Four Wheels Noon Buying The Bayou 12:30 Four Rooms 1:30 Gem Hunt 2:30 American Pickers 3:30 The Making Of Spain 4:30 Paul Hollywood City Bakes British baker Paul Hollywood sets out to sample the recipes that have helped shape the culture and heritage of some of the world’s cities. 5:30 Brick By Brick – Rebuilding Our Past 6:30 American Pickers

6am Fierce 0 6:45 The Art Of The Architect 3 0 7:35 Tagata Pasifika Summer Special 3 8am Praise Be 8:30 Pyeonchang 2018 Winter Paralympics New Zealand Paralympic snow athletes go to the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang. 0 9am Q+A 0 10am F Homemade PGR 0 10:35 Waka Huia 11:05 Mucking In 0 11:30 Fair Go 3 0 11:55 Coronation Street PGR 3 0 12:55 F Natural Born Monsters 0 1:55 F Dog Squad 3 0 2:25 F Water Patrol 3 0 2:55 Motorsport – Formula E (DLY) Mexico Race. 4:55 The Celebrity Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

6am Captain Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 6:25 Thomas And Friends 0 6:35 Peppa Pig 0 6:45 Masha And The Bear 3 0 6:55 Chuggington – Little Trainees 3 0 7am Alvinnn!!! And The Chipmunks 3 0 7:10 Elena Of Avalor 0 7:35 Best Friends Whenever 3 0 8am What Now 10am Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon The Bachelor PGR 3 0 2pm Mike And Molly PGR 3 0 2:30 Home And Away 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 The Amazing Race Eleven teams from all walks of life take part in a race around the world for the chance to win a large cash prize. 0 6:30 Young Sheldon PGR 0

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am Living Church Of God 8:30 Turning Point 9am R&R 9:30 The Hui 0 10am The Nation 0 11:05 Ocean Bounty 3 0 11:55 Entertainment Tonight Weekend PGR 1pm Motorsport – Formula E Street Racers 1:30 Motorsport – Gathering Of The Geezers 2:30 Motorsport – Muscle Car Garage 3pm Motorsport – US Formula Drift 3:30 Motorsport – US Formula Drift 4pm Motorsport – Monster Jam From Nashville, Tennessee. 5pm Gone Fishin’ A slice of outdoor New Zealand life with a fishing theme. 5:30 XVenture Family Challenge 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box The best of the past week’s sports from New Zealand and around the world. Noon Best Of Top Gear PGR 3 1pm Antiques Roadshow 3 0 2pm Mad About You PGR 2:30 School Of Hard Knocks PGR 0 3pm Escape To The Continent 30 4pm American Restoration 3 0 4:30 Rugby Nation 5:30 Prime News 6pm Rick Stein’s Long Weekends Rick visits the home of new Nordic cuisine, Copenhagen, where chefs create artful dishes, and stick to seasonal Danish ingredients. 0

10am Tradition On A Plate 3 10:30 Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 11am Native Affairs Summer Series 3 11:30 Survive Aoteaora PGR 3 12:30 Code PGR 1pm Matau PGR 3 1:30 F Get Your Fish On 3 2pm School Of Hard Knocks PGR 2:30 Toa – Toa O Aotearoa PGR 3 3pm My Party Song 3 3:30 KTK – The Next Level 4pm Hoiho 3 Annabelle Lee-Harris explores the Maori horse culture of Aotearoa. 4:30 Pete And Pio 3 Pete Peeti and Pio Terei present a food-and-lifestyle show. 5pm Hakanation 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Waru Pumanawa 3

7pm Country Calendar A Tale of Two Farms. 0 7:30 Sunday 0 8:30 F Liar AO After months of setbacks, thanks to Andrew’s alibi, Laura gets closer to justice. 0 9:35 Ride Upon The Storm 0 10:50 F In The Club PGR 0

7pm N Australian Spartan Kiwi teams take on the Aussies in a test of teamwork in which groups must overcome an obstacle course that will challenge their determination, endurance, and will. 0 8:30 M Terminator Genisys PGR 2015 Sc-fi Adventure. 0 10:55 M Intruders AO 2015 Horror.

7pm Married At First Sight Australia PGR 0 8:30 M The Huntsman – Winter’s War PGR 2016 Action. As war escalates between good and evil, Eric the Huntsman must help Freya vanquish her sister or Ravenna’s wickedness will rule for eternity. 0 10:35 Chicago Med AO (Starting Today) 3 0

7pm Storage Wars – Texas 7:30 Prime Planet – The Cruise 0 8:30 Prime Presents – Making New Zealand 0 9:30 60 Minutes PGR 10:30 Football – English Premier League

7pm Funny Whare – 7:30 Our Guy In China Gamesnight PGR 3 8:30 M Queen Of The Desert 7:30 SmackDown PGR AO 2015 Drama. The story 8:30 M An Education AO 2009 of Gertrude Bell, writer, Drama. Coming-of-age story archaeologist, cartographer, of a teenaged girl in 1960s and political attache for the suburban London, and how British Empire. Nicole Kidman. her life changes with the 10:55 Polar Bear Town arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age. 10:20 Taha Tauiwi 10:50 Te Kaea 3 2

Midnight Love Child PGR 3 McNaughton is prepared to give up his career to help Joan and Jim evade criminal charges; a drunken bucks’ night ruins Patty’s plans for Martha’s wedding to Bowditch. 0 1am Attitude 3 0 1:30 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:35 Infomercials

12:40 Containment AO 3 0 2:10 Infomercials 2:45 Significant Mother AO 3 0 3:10 Hope And Faith 3 0 3:55 Regular Show 3 0 4:10 Beyond The Search 4:45 Cougar Town PGR 3 0 5:05 Galavant PGR 3 5:30 Infomercials

11:35 Entertainment Tonight Weekend PGR Entertainment stories of the past week. 12:25 Infomercials

11:30 Game Of Thrones AO 3 Dany makes a difficult decision in Meereen; Jon recruits the help of an unexpected ally; Brienne searches for Sansa; Theon remains under Ramsay’s control. 0 12:45 Closedown

11:20 Closedown

Pyeonchang 2018 Winter Australian Spartan Paralympics, 8:30am on TVNZ 1 7pm on TVNZ 2

BRAVO 6am Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 6:45 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 7:35 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 8:20 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 9:10 How Do I Look? 3 9:58 The Dish 3 10am How Do It Look? 3 10:45 Revenge Body With Khloe PGR 3 11:30 Million Dollar Decorators PGR 3 12:18 The Dish 3 1:10 Four Weddings Australia PGR 3 2pm Four Weddings Australia PGR 3 2:50 Four Weddings Australia PGR 3 3:48 The Dish 3 3:50 How Do I Look? 3 4:50 David Tutera – Celebrations 3 5:40 David Tutera – Celebrations 3 6:40 Child Genius USA 7:30 Top Chef Jr 8:30 World Of Dance PGR 9:30 Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry 10:33 The Dish 3 10:35 Sweet Home Oklahoma AO 11pm Sweet Home Oklahoma AO 11:30 Relative Success With Tabatha PGR 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

SKY 5 6am Face Off M 6:50 The Amazing Race PG 7:40 Shearing Gang PG 8:10 The Simpsons PG 8:40 Supernatural MVS 9:30 The Librarians MV 10:25 Supergirl MVS 11:15 The Flash M 12:10 DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow M 1:05 Arrow MVS 2pm Raw MVC 4:45 SmackDown MVC 6:30 Main Event MVC 7:30 The Librarians MV The Librarians are drawn into the world of movie magic, where they must perfect their sharpshooting and snappy dialogue to make it out alive. 8:30 NCIS – LA MV 9:30 Longmire 16V 10:30 Raw MVC

MONDAY

1am SmackDown MVC 2:35 Main Event MVC 3:30 Face Off M 4:20 Longmire 16V 5:10 NCIS – LA MV

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

6:20 The Daughter MLS 2016 Drama. Geoffrey Rush, Paul Schneider. 7:55 Maternal Secrets 2017 Thriller. Kate Mansi, Sean Stolzen. 9:25 Elvis And Nixon ML 2016 Comedy History. Michael Shannon, Kevin Spacey. 10:50 Why Him? 16VLS 2016 Comedy. Bryan Cranston, James Franco. 12:40 Black Butterfly MVL 2017 Thriller. Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Rhys Meyers. 2:15 The Daughter MLS 2016 Drama. Geoffrey Rush, Paul Schneider. 3:50 Lost Boy MVS 2015 Drama. Virginia Madsen, Mark Valley. 5:20 Collateral Beauty ML 2016 Drama. Will Smith, Helen Mirren. 6:55 War On Everyone 16VLSC 2016 Action Comedy. Alexander Skarsgard, Michael Pena. 8:30 SpiderMan – Homecoming MV 2017 Action. After his debut with the Avengers, Peter Parker begins to navigate his life as high-school teen and secret super-hero. Tom Holland, Robert Downey jr, Michael Keaton. 10:45 Sing Street ML 2016 Drama. MONDAY 12:30 Lost Boy MVS 2015 Drama. 2am Spider-Man – Homecoming MV 2017 Action. 4:15 Sing Street ML 2016 Drama.

6am Rushmore ML 1998 Romantic Comedy. Bill Murray, Brian Cox. 7:30 The Making Of Wanted 16VLS 7:55 Snatch 18VL 2000 Crime. Brad Pitt, Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham, Benicio del Toro. 9:35 Jersey Girl MLS 2004 Comedy Drama. Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Liv Tyler. 11:15 Twelve Monkeys MVL 1995 Scifi Thriller. Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, Madeleine Stowe. 1:25 Memento R16 2001 Thriller. Joe Pantoliano, Guy Pearce. 3:15 The Topp Twins – Untouchable Girls MLS 2009 Comedy Documentary. Jools Topp, Paul Horan, Jean Topp. 4:40 Bride Wars ML 2008 Comedy. Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Kristen Johnston. 6:10 Warrior MVL 2011 Action. 8:30 Boy MLC 2010 Comedy Drama. In 1984, Boy is an 11-year-old living at Waihau Bay. The arrival of his father provides wonder and a reality check for Boy. 10pm Hansel And Gretel – Witch Hunters 16VL 2013 Action Horror. 11:30 Just Go With It MS 2011 Romantic Comedy. MONDAY 1:25 The Topp Twins – Untouchable Girls MLS 2009 Comedy Documentary. 2:50 Bride Wars ML 2008 Comedy. 4:20 Just Go With It MS 2011 Romantic Comedy.

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11:55 Baby Animals In The Wild 12:55 Paul Hollywood City Bakes 1:55 M Queen Of The Desert AO 2015 Drama. A chronicle of Gertrude Bell, writer, archaeologist, cartographer, and political attache for the British Empire. Nicole Kidman. 4:05 Our Guy In China 5am Brick By Brick – Rebuilding Our Past

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6am Squash – PSA World Series (HLS) Windy City Open. From Chicago, USA. 7am L Kickboxing – Glory 51 9am Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v England – Third ODI. From Westpac Stadium, Wellington. 9:30 L Kickboxing – Glory 51 11:30 Basketball – NBL Melbourne United v Breakers. 1:30 UEFA Champions League Magazine The latest news from Europe’s premier club competition. 2pm L Boxing – Wilder v Ortiz 6pm Basketball – NBL (HLS) Melbourne United v Breakers. 6:30 Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v England – Third ODI. 7pm Cycling – UCI Track World Championships (RPL) Apeldoorn – Day Four. From Apeldoorn, Netherlands. 10pm Fox Sports News 10:30 Golf – PGA European Tour (HLS) Tshwane Open – Round Three. From Pretoria Country Club in Waterkloof, South Africa. MONDAY Midnight The World Rugby 11pm L Golf – PGA European Tour Tshwane Show Open – Round Four. 12:30 Motorsport – From Pretoria Country Club in Supercars (HLS) Race One. 1am Motorsport – Supercars Waterkloof, South Africa. 3:50 L Athletics (HLS) Race Two. 1:45 L Darts – UK Open – IAAF World Indoor Day Three, Session One. Championships Day Four. 6:25 L Cycling – UCI Track World Championships Apeldoorn – Day Four. 10am Fox Sports News 10:30 L Rugby – Super Rugby Jaguares v Hurricanes. 1pm Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Sharks v Waratahs. 1:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Bulls v Lions. 2pm Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Sunwolves v Rebels. 2:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Crusaders v Stormers. 4:30 L Football – ISPS Handa Premiership Eastern Suburbs v Waitakere United. From Bill McKinlay Park. 6:30 UCL Magazine Show 7pm L Football – A-League Western Sydney Wanderers FC v Perth Glory. From Spotless Stadium, Sydney. 9pm Golf – WGC Championship (HLS) Mexico – Round Three. From Club de Golf Chapultepec in Mexico City, Mexico. 9:30 Rugby Nation 10:30 Rugby – World Sevens (HLS) Las Vegas – Day Two. From Las Vegas, USA.

4Mar18

DISCOVERY 6:35 MythBusters PG Alaska Special 2. 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Gold Rush PG The Devil’s Finger. 9:10 What On Earth? PG 10am Outback Opal Hunters PG 10:50 Moonshiners M Pass the Juice. 11:40 Homestead Rescue PG Methane Meltdown. 12:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 1:20 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Stranded. 2:10 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Killer Repairs. 3pm Alaska – The Last Frontier M Under the Knife. 3:50 Alaska – The Last Frontier M One Man Short. 4:45 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Kilchergiving. 5:40 Alaska – The Last Frontier M The Prodigal Daughter Returns. 6:35 Alaska – The Last Frontier M The Monster Catch. 7:30 Blowing Up History PG Hidden City of the Incas. 8:30 Mighty Ships PG 9:25 Outback Opal Hunters PG 10:15 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 11:05 Railroad Australia PG 11:55 Gold Rush PG MONDAY 12:45 Edge Of Alaska M 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaskan Bush People M 3:15 Edge Of Alaska M 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How Do They Do It? PG 5:45 MythBusters PG

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CHUDLEIGH – Aaron and Ange and proud big brothers, Flynn and Liam, are delighted to announce the safe arrival of their wee sister Libby Mary on February 27, 2018, 7lb 8oz. Special thanks to Hannah Bowden. MOWAT - LEVETT – Tim Mowat and Emma Levett are excited to announce the arrival of Benji John born February 24 at Southland Hospital. Thank you to our incredible midwives Sarah Stokes and Leni Schmack.

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WordWheel Insert the missing letter to complete an eight-letter word reading clockwise or anti-clockwise.

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Previous solution: DECADENT 3/3

Previous Cryptic solution

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Your leisure is another person’s work, and your work is another person’s leisure. From this frame, it’s really not what you do, but the quality of relaxation you bring to it that puts it in the category of enjoyment. TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): The biggest winners have failed the most times. The great people have failed greatly. Failure is the best teacher, though a reviled one. Is that really fair? Befriend it instead. GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Fate doesn’t like to be tempted, although you’re not one to live your life by the preferences of others, not even fate. You’re curious about what will happen if you hang a temptation in the air, and you’ll find out. CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): The confident move is to let people take as much space as they need without inserting your own feelings. However, it should be noted that sometimes the most confident move doesn’t accomplish your aims. LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Your instinct will be to make quick decisions. Often they will be fast, sometimes not – and that’s fine, too. Wrong choices lead to right choices for those committed to learning from them. VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): This is not going to unfold in the way you expect, but it will unfold in the way it’s supposed to. Interruptions will be lucky and lovely. Extras and additions will be better than the main event. LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): There are many ways to expand your creative potential, but the one that will most appeal is the same one you employed as a child: copying the older kids as you played and managed the life challenges together. SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. A conversation is only as strong as its most sensitive topic. And a relationship is only as strong as its most vulnerable aspects. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Because learning comes with its own payoff (complete with a change in brain chemistry at that “I’ve got it!” moment), it can be seductive to stay in the education bubble. Step out and apply it. CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You’ll be around physical beauty and intellectual beauty, both equally attractive at first. However, over time, intellectual beauty may grow as quickly as physical beauty fades. AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You’d rather solve your own problem than appear needy. But people want to help. That’s a need, too. Just ask for the help they need to give. PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Plato suggested to his young student, “Time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions” – a fine reason to steer clear of the big topics. The same will apply to you today.

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