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Aversion to feed meters By Sam Morton Ashburton residents may not be good at filling up their parking meters, but the majority of them appear to be stumping up for their unpaid fines. Residents have clocked up more than $160,000 in parking fines this year, but unlike some other councils in New Zealand, Baycorp won’t be knocking at your door any time soon. Some councils have opted to hand their unpaid fines over to debt collection agencies in a bid to recover the outstanding totals quicker, but for Ashburton the system will not be changed. Information requested by the Guardian reveals the council parking wardens have issued more than 4500 tickets this year and after an eight week reminder period is ignored – the Ministry of Justice gets involved. Council customer services manager Joe Van Noord said residents generally paid minor fines on time and little trouble was had recovering other infringement fines given out for a variety of reasons – mainly parking on double yellow lines, operating an unregistered motor vehicle or illegal parking. However, the statistics tell a different story with more than $22,000 collected in unpaid fines last month alone by Ministry of Justice - on the council’s behalf. According to Mr Noord, it was not possible to quote a total figure of unpaid infringement fines, because
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the figure was constantly changing as people paid by instalments or refused to pay, while some tickets were waived. “We tend to get the money coming back to us in dribs and drabs, but there’s nothing we can do about that. Once the fine is transferred to the Ministry of Justice, we write it off and then it’s off our books. “We do get the money come back in though each month, so it balances itself out. We do make quite a substantial amount in parking revenue, but it’s not about the money – it’s about making sure we chase unpaid fines,” Mr Noord said. Last month, a total of 1009 infringement notices were handed out, compared to 773 in October and 867 in September. Those tickets resulted in $21,071 being paid to the ADC last month, $14,918 in October and $18,837 in September. An additional $17,059 was collected by the Ministry in September. The number of infringements referred to the Ministry last month was 164, prior to 228 in October and 112 in September. Mr Noord said the fines recovered from the council’s parking revenue fund was used to pay the parking wardens’ salaries, establish new parking meters and pay for community upgrades, such as the Allenton car park. “People pay their fines and grumble, but it’s nice to know the money is getting back to them in some other way and also benefitting the community,” he said.
School is officially out for the summer. Waves of relief and satisfaction flowed throughout Ashburton College yesterday as the final NCEA exams were wrapped up. Although the exam period does not officially finish until today, it was the last act for the college as 13 pupils walked out of the school gate, some for the final time this year, while for others it will be their last time ever. Level 2 drama and Level 3 music marked the last exams for the college, with pupils not having to be back to school until early February. With uniforms shoved to the bottom of the drawer for another year, the next two months will be full of friends, family, sunshine and holidays for the teenagers who have ticked off another year. Ashburton College Year 13 pupil Alasdair Tarry sat his final exam last week, moving on to Wellington’s Victoria University to study architecture next year. He said it was a weird feeling knowing it will be his last act at the school he has grown to love during the past five years. “It was pretty nice to get a break and come home that night with nothing to do, but I had been so used to studying and I didn’t know what to do,” the 18-year-old said. Amanda Fleming, 16, sat level 2 Drama yesterday morning but with her previous exam being two weeks ago, she had to wait in nervous anticipation. “It was a long time and I was a bit nervous because it was always on my mind, but I guess it gave me a bit of time to study too,” she said. Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan said he had heard mainly positive feedback from pupils after they sat their exams, however it had been a wake-up call for others. “I think sadly for some of these pupils when they get the big spiel from the principal at the
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Ashburton College Year 13 leaver Alasdair Tarry, 18, has ditched the school uniform for sunshine and a two-month break as he leaves school yesterday.
It was pretty nice to get a break and come home that night with nothing to do, but I had been so used to studying I didn’t know what to do
start of the year, it doesn’t exactly sink in. Now I think they know that time really does go quickly,”
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Make-A-Wish Foundation grants Hazel her wish By Erin Tasker When Hazel Redmond applied to the Make-A-Wish Foundation to make her dream come true, she wished for something that money couldn’t buy. She wanted to meet top New Zealand fashion designer Karen Walker, and a couple of weeks ago, that dream became a reality. She was flown to Auckland, picked up from her hotel by limousine and taken to Walker’s workshop and retail outlet, where she was given money to spend from Make-A-Wish and given a special necklace as a reminder of her trip, Photo supplied
LEFT: Hazel Redmond was stoked to meet Karen Walker after being granted a wish by the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
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from Walker herself. Hazel, who was diagnosed with encephalitis two years ago, said it really was a dream come true. “We went to her workroom in Ponsonby and no one is really allowed there, it’s quite secretive, so I was like a VIP and was shown around by her personal assistant and then went upstairs to see her massive workroom and how things are being made and all the new designs being made,” Hazel said. She then got to meet Walker, who she said was “lovely” and talked to her about all sorts of things, including giving her some life lessons to remember, like not being afraid to ask. “Then we went to her shop in Newmarket and spent time there and Make-a-Wish gave me some money to spend there which was exciting because I wasn’t expecting it,” Hazel said.
She used that money to buy a dress, a skirt and a t-shirt, all of which she’ll forever cherish. It was a dream come true, but as with anyone who is granted a wish by Make-a-Wish, Hazel has been through a lot to get there. Make-A-Wish makes wishes come true for young people who had life-threatening illnesses. For Hazel, that life-threatening illness was encephalitis. The now 17-year-old was struck down by the illness that neither she, nor her family, nor the Make-A-Wish people had heard of, in 2010. A sporty, active teenager, Hazel had a sore throat while away at a netball tournament. It didn’t improve and she ended up in Ashburton Hospital with what the family were told was viral meningitis, but took a turn for the worse and ended up contracting encephalitis – inflammation on the
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IN MEMORIAM GREER, Lindsay – 9 years ago today. Your wants in live were simple Your love for us was true As long as we were happy You were happy too. Love always, Debbie, Gary, Nathan, Kimberley, Carol, Emma, Kendall and Dayle. TAYLOR, Glenys (nee Tilson) – Sadly left us two year ago on the 4th December 2010. There is always a face before us, A voice we would love to hear, A smile we will always remember, Of you Dear Glenys, we loved so dear, Deep in our hearts lies a picture, More precious than silver or gold, It’s a picture of you Dear Glenys, Your memory will never grow old. You are always in our thoughts. From Mum and family.
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By Myles Hume A dishonest and cheap move that has contributed to the 250 additional hours worked by school staff has angered Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan. The $29 million Novopay teacher payroll system has left Ashburton College with a backlog of teacher pay errors, leaving accountant Andrea Matthews and principal secretary Sheree McKay to pick up the pieces after six rounds of pay. When the system first rolled out,
Ms Matthews spent 90 hours in one week to sort out teacher pay, sending her stress levels soaring while the pay errors continued to pile up. Although Mr McMillan has grown extremely tired of the ongoing botch ups, it was a cheap and dishonest move when two of his teachers were dropped out of employment that angered him. He said two teachers at the college were not being paid, so in a move to rectify the problem Novopay staff “killed them off as an employer”, losing their Ministry of Education Numbers and dropping them to a
trainee teacher rate. The teachers then had to provide documents to prove that they were qualified and had to go through a long-winded process to get back to qualified teacher status. “I think that was a pretty cheap fix job and dishonest. It pushed a whole lot of extra work on to us that didn’t need to happen.” College staff have had to spend up to 40 hours a week to deal with Novopay, with the latest round bringing 12 errors, one of those paying a teacher at another school. In a move to reduce future damage,
Novopay has moved its Christmas week payday forward to December 21 after teachers did not get paid for a statutory holiday on Canterbury Anniversary day. But Mr McMillan is predicting more errors for the summer break, and is distributing emergency contacts to his staff in case they faced further issues. “I expect to be talking to Andrea over the phone during the weekend and even on Monday. I’ll be going online to sort out what needs to be done,” he said. With Ms Andrews and Ms McKay
keeping track of the hours they’re pouring into Novopay, Mr McMillan said he planned to bill the ministry for the errors which has been costing the school about $1000 each pay round. “We will send them a bill at the end of the year, there is no point sending them now because I have a feeling it’s going to go on a bit longer,” Mr McMillan said. “Looking forward, Novopay is going to be fixed and we will have to put up with it in time, or it is going to become a dog that collapses on its own.”
Kyoto deal ’outdated, insufficient’ Highlighting a rift between the rich countries and emerging economies like China, New Zealand’s climate minister staunchly defended his government’s decision to drop out of the emissions pact for developed nations, saying it’s an outdated and insufficient response to global warming. Other key issues at the conference, now starting its second week, include how to help emerging nations switch to climate-friendly energy sources and charting the course for a new treaty that would replace the Kyoto Protocol, which covers only developed countries. New Zealand announced before the UN’s climate talks started in Doha last week that it would not take part in the second phase of the Kyoto treaty. That angered climate activists and stunned small neighbouring island nations, who fear they could be submerged by rising sea levels spurred by global warming. Climate Minister Tim Groser said that New Zealand is “ahead of the curve” by shifting its attention from the 1997 Kyoto deal to a new global climate pact that would also include developing nations. The US never ratified Kyoto, which expires this year, partly because it did not impose limits on China and other emerging economies. Australia and European countries want to extend the pact at the current conference in Doha until a wider treaty comes into force. That is not scheduled to happen until 2020. Groser didn’t see a point in that, because those countries together represent less than 15 per cent of global emissions. “You cannot seriously argue you are dealing with climate change unless you start to tackle the 85 per cent of emissions that are outside (Kyoto),” Groser said. “We’re looking beyond Kyoto now to where we think the real game is.” A majority of emissions of heattrapping gases that most climate scientists blame for rising global temperatures currently come from developing countries, and China is now the world’s top emitter. -AP
Matua School went into lockdown briefly yesterday morning. Classes were interrupted about 10am when police requested the school be locked down. The lockdown was over by 10.10am. Police officers and dog units could be seen searching the area and at a house on Levers Rd next to the school. -APNZ
• Murder charge A woman appeared in court yesterday charged with the murder of Michelle HoffmanTamm. Gwenda Leigh Sloane, aka Pluss, 44, a process worker, was originally charged with assault but that was replaced with a charge of murdering Ms Hoffman-Tamm on November 7. Ms Hoffman-Tamm, 51, went missing on November 7. Her body was found on November 23 off State Highway 38. -APNZ
• Tourist robbed Austrian backpacker Daniel Wegscheider, 20, was robbed as he stopped off at Te Whero Bay, at Lake Waikaremoana, to take pictures of the sunset. His car window was smashed, his tyre slashed and his backpack full of clothes and sleeping bag stolen. - APNZ
• Work sentence A 17 year-old Masterton youth who stole a motorbike and crashed it into its owner has been sentenced to 100 hours’ community work. Jason Hart pleaded guilty to breaking into a garage and stealing the motorbike. Hart drove up behind the owner and hit him, causing extensive injuries. the owner’s finger was severed and had to be reattached. -APNZ
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Lighting the way to a bright Christmas From small beginnings – EA Networks staff member Ian Dolden starts the long job of stringing Ashburton’s decorative welcome to the festive season across East Street.
The town’s Christmas decorations are provided by the Ashburton Business Association. On Sunday the business association will bring Christmas to Ashburton when it stages the
Ashburton Trust Santa Parade. The parade, complete with floats will wind its way down East Street from12.30pm with Classic Hits Christmas in Mona Square to follow. Christmas in the square will
feature Ronald McDonald, local talent, Couger Lounge and a lolly scramble. A sausage sizzle and raffles will be held with all proceeds going to Ronald McDonald House
A teenager will appear in court today accused of making and selling fake ID cards. The 17-year-old was arrested after police spoke to another 17-year-old caught using a fake ID to get into a bar, Constable Hamish Fair said. -APNZ
• Serious condition A 24-year-old man who suffered multiple fractures and chest injuries in a crash that killed two motorcyclists remains in a serious but stable condition in Waikato Hospital’s intensive care unit. -APNZ
Body in burnt-out car Social agencies might be big losers in local govt shakeup
A body has been found inside a badly burnt out car in north Canterbury. The grisly discovery was made by a group of four-wheel drive enthusiasts in a shingled area at the southern end of Dunlops Rd near Loburn, police said. “The vehicle has been very badly burnt, as has the body, which was located in the driver’s seat of the car,” Detective Senior Sergeant Brian Archer said. The identity of the body had yet to be confirmed but the death was being
treated as suspicious. The area is known for off-road and four-wheel drivers and police appealed for information about sightings of the car, a 1989 silver Subaru station wagon between Thursday afternoon and Sunday. “It is possible that people using the four-wheel drive tracks in the area may have seen the burnt-out car over the past few days and we urge them to contact police as soon as possible,” Mr Archer said. -APNZ
Convicted paedophile arrested By Kurt Bayer A former Catholic brother and convicted paedophile has been arrested in Christchurch after returning to New Zealand from Sri Lanka. Bernard Kevin McGrath, a former St John of God brother, faces extradition to Australia on 252 sexual abuse charges. In 2006, he was jailed for five years for sexually abusing boys at Marylands School in Christchurch in the 1970s, and was paroled in 2008. McGrath fled New Zealand to Sri Lanka earlier this year and was reportedly living on a tea plantation in the highlands. Now, Australia police want him extradited from New Zealand to face the new charges of abusing, molesting and raping boys and young adults at church-run institutions in New South Wales over several decades. The 65-year old voluntarily left Sri Lanka last week and arrived at Christchurch International Airport on Friday. He was allowed through immigration before being arrested in the city a few hours later. After spending a weekend in police cells, McGrath appeared in Christchurch District Court yesterday. Crown prosecutor Mark Zarifeh opposed bail, citing the seriousness of the alleged offending and that he was a possible flight risk. But Judge Jane Farish did not agree he would take flight. She granted bail on strict conditions that he reside at his sister’s residence in Christchurch, report to a police station three times a week, has no contact with children, and does not go within 100 metres of any primary or secondary school. Judge Farish remanded him until December 17 which will allow him time to study the new charges. - apnz
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By Sue Newman Several Ashburton social agencies could find their funding chopped under the Local Government Amendment Bill. The Ashburton District Council spent $2.611 million on community safety and well being last year, but with the bill refocusing local authorities on core spending away from social spending organisations such as Safer Ashburton District, the Ashburton Youth Health Centre, the Ashburton Resource Centre and Base Café could all find themselves out in the cold. Unlike some mayors, Ashburton’s Angus McKay is adamant changes in the amendment bill should make little difference to the way the council does its business. The absolute impact, however, will not become clear until a judicial opinion is given on the changes. The bill is designed to focus local authority spending on core activities, away from the current
direction which requires councils to spend in four key areas – social, economic, environmental and cultural. It now wants council’s prime focus to be on infrastructural spending (described as core functions) in a way that is affordable and business centred. Like other mayors, Mr McKay is waiting on Local Government NZ to come up with a definitive interpretation of the changes and how they will impact on local authority spending. He continues to remain optimistic that the impact will not be significant; other mayors say they’re fearing the worst. The bottom line implications of the bill are unlikely to be felt until council’s prepare their 2012 – 2013 annual plans where spending for the coming year will be spelled out in detail. In the past year, out of the council’s operating expenditure of $50.563 million, $27.2 million went on essential services with the remainder on community facilities and services ($6.657m), economic develop-
ment ($7.886m), parks and open spaces ($2.922m), environmental services ($4.476m) and miscellaneous operations ($1.357m). A question mark could also hang over its economic development investment in Grow Mid Canterbury and Experience Mid Canterbury. Funding for the council’s 86 parks and reserves, and its camping facilities could also be in question. It is also unclear whether library services ($979,000), would be considered a core service. An area that could create headaches for local authorities comes in a clause that creates an opportunity for the community to challenge council decisions to ensure that what a council planned was what the community wanted and was willing to pay for. Mr McKay disputes this, saying the avenues are already there for communities to challenge council decision making. The catch in any judicial challenge, however, was that ratepayers would end up footing the bill, he said.
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Library staff take hard look at future By Sue Newman The sun might soon be setting on the day of the public library as we know it. Dwindling issue numbers and changing consumer demands have forced staff from libraries across New Zealand to look at the way they deliver services today and how these will be delivered in the future. And Ashburton’s library is not immune to the winds of change, with book issue numbers dropping each month at the same time as foot traffic through the library’s doors and into the electronic services area increases. In October this year, book issues at the Ashburton library dropped 2500 to 25,112 and year to date numbers are down by 11,000 issues. At the same time library membership also dropped by almost 100. Countering that was a climb in foot traffic for the year to date of about 12,000 people chasing the library’s free internet service. In order to meet the changing environment, Public Libraries of New Zealand has released a strategic framework for change, identifying eight key priorities for action over the next five years. Most of this is based around increasing digitalisation of the written word. It cost the Ashburton District Council $979,000 last year to run the Ashburton Public Library. Some councillors have questioned whether they’re getting sufficient bang for their literary buck. District librarian Jill Watson might be looking at a changing work place, but she’s believes the day of the library is far from over. “It’s a changing world and it’s a little bit of a murky way forward. I’m not sure what the future will be like but I’m absolutely sure we’ll be here.” Libraries were much more fluid places today, with most now part of the Aotearoa People’s Network Kaharoa, which provides free access to broadband internet services from public libraries. That service had been a strong driver for change in the Ashburton library, Ms Watson
said. The decline in book issues was across the board in all book categories, but had not been matched by an increase in the use of the national library e-book service which allowed library members to download books to e-readers at home. The main issue is that many publishers protect e-books in libraries with digital rights management which restricts the number of times the book can be issued before a fresh copy has to be bought. It also runs on the basis that a copy of a book can only be downloaded and ‘borrowed’ by one user at a time. And that possibly doesn’t meet the more instant needs of e-reader clients, Ms Watson said. “Publishers are controlling the way this is done.” The library e-book system cannot be downloaded to Kindle readers either because of restrictions put in place by publisher Amazon. To create a more user-friendly system, Ms Watson is investigating setting up an Ashburton e-book library. This would make it possible for ‘borrowers’ to download books at the library, making the service feasible for rural people who did not have access to ultra fast broadband. The e-book system requires borrowers to be library members to obtain a pin number. Because libraries were stepping into new territory, knowing the speed at which the switch from hard copy to e-book would travel was a bit like “walking in the dark,” she said. “I’m very conscious of not wanting to throw too much money at it. I’ll have to be careful about money because if we have our own e-book system I’ll have to buy several hard copies and e-books of new books.” She believes that while libraries will not disappear, they will definitely change focus; the big question was how quickly that change would take place. “The change has already happened in reference books. I’ve cancelled about two thirds of our collection and that’s where we’ve now set up our internet centre in the reference area.”
• Ambulance calls The Ashburton St John Ambulance attended 81 callouts for the past week and travelled 2443km along the way. Of the call-outs 40 were urgent, 22 were non-urgent and 19 were routine, with 61 being for medical reasons and 20 to accidents.
• One patient airlifted The Westpac Rescue Helicopter made just one trip to Mid Canterbury last week. It flew down last Sunday to transfer a patient from Ashburton Hospital to Christchurch Hospital. It was one of eight trips made by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter last week.
• Police briefs Incidents dealt with by Ashburton Police: • A local man was arrested for disorderly behaviour following an altercation in central Ashburton at 2.40am on Sunday. • An 18-year-old Ashburton man was processed for driving with an excess breath alcohol level of 256mcg/l. • A 17-year-old Ashburton man was arrested by police at the weekend for resisting police and intentional damage. • A red Kona mountain bike has been reported as stolen from a Wills Street address sometime between November 22 and 23. It was valued at $200. Photo Tetsuro Mitomo 031212-TM-033
Holding their Green-Gold award Ashburton Borough pupils Joel Stevenson, 10, (right) and Shania Harrison-Lee, 10, celebrate with fellow ‘Greenies’ yesterday.
Going green turns to gold at Borough By Myles Hume A growing bunch of Ashburton Borough ‘Greenies’ were presented with their second GreenGold award last week. The school has taken sustainability to a new level over the past three years, where their lush gardens and green attitude towards rubbish and recycling
landed them with the top award at the Enviroschools Canterbury Award Ceremony at Lincoln University. Originally claiming the award in 2009, the school took top spot again after their extensive planning and design of gardens that have grown into life thanks to the support from parents and the community. Native gardens, a potato patch
and an orchard are among many other components that make up the Ashburton Borough landscape today. But it is not just the gardens that have grown, 63 ‘greenies’ make up the environmental group at the school which has seen an influx in younger pupils. “A lot of the older kids are the leaders of the group and are the role models. A lot of the
younger ones copy what they do,” Education for Sustainability co-ordinator and teacher John Hooper said. “It helps to encourage the right attitude to care for the environment.” The fruit and vegetables grown by the ‘greenies’ is shared throughout the school, so pupils are taught about healthy eating and community sustainability.
Round Table back in tree business By Myles Hume A member of the public has saved Christmas for Mid Canterbury families, reviving Hakatere Round Table No.78’s real Christmas tree fundraiser. Last year the Round Table could not supply real Christmas trees to the public after the Ashburton District Council could not source trees for them to cut down. It was looking to be the same story again this year, however in
an unlikely twist a Mitcham Road resident said she would supply trees to the club, meaning they will be supplying real Christmas trees this festive season. Secretary Michael Mably said it was “unreal” that a member of the public would go out of their way to have 70 to 80 of her trees cut down to be decorated in Mid Canterbury homes. “It’s great, some of that money will be going towards the (Riverside) stadium and also other projects in the community.”
About nine Round Table members will go out on Friday to chop down the trees, which range from 1.8 to 2.4 metres, and will sell for $10 each in Tinwald and along Walnut Ave - near the new hockey pavilion. It was a relief for the club who bled money when it sourced trees from Burnham in 2010 and then could not find any to sell last year. “A lot of people missed them last year and we had calls to ask why they weren’t there,” Mr Mably said.
Although in previous years they had sold up to 180 trees, Mr Mably said it was a bonus that Round Table was able to supply trees this year. “We are a bit disappointed we can’t get what we normally do, but it’s great that we can just do it this year.” Mr Mably is expecting the trees to be hot property when they go up for sale on Saturday and he urged residents to get in early if they wanted to secure a tree. The sale will go from 8am to noon.
Taking meat from paddock to plate Miners’ jobs on line Buller’s Stockton opencast mine could suffer significant job losses before Christmas unless machinery operators agree to reduce production by working 10-hour shifts, Solid Energy says. The operators last month voted against changing from 12-hour shifts saying it would cut their pay by 17 per cent - between $9000 and $13,000 a year. They also rejected a proposed voluntary roster of three days on, three nights on, and three days off. It would have allowed them to earn more than the current 12-hour shifts, but they would have worked longer hours. They feared the result would be fewer jobs long-term. Solid Energy communications manager Bryn Somerville said the mine needed to cut production by 20 per cent and if workers wouldn’t work shorter shifts, jobs were on the line. “What we were asking the operators to consider was shorter work days, which would have brought the average amount of work back from 5200 hours to something like 4200 - about 20 per cent less effort
By Sue Newman Bring together an innovative meat processing company, a selection of its top producers and a high flying chef and the result is likely to be anything but ordinary. And that’s just what happened when the management team from Ashburton’s CMP and a team of its clients put their heads together over a meal cooked by New Zealand MasterChef competitor, Ashburton chef Chantelle O’Brien. CMP was looking for a way to grow its supplier base, the farmers were looking at ways in which beef and lamb could boost its profile in the market. Ms O’Brien is the person they are looking to, to meet both objectives as the company’s beef and lamb ambassador-chef. CMP spokesperson Angela Cushnie said the new role would provide a very visible link between the end consumer and the grower. “Having a person in the ambassador-chef role isn’t new in the industry, but for CMP it was the right time for us to get out there, to tell our story and to get closer to our community. To do this, we knew we had to find the right person, someone who was accessible and approachable and who was local,” she said. Ms O’Brien has tested her cooking demonstration formula with CMP clients and at the Ashburton Show, where it proved a winner. She has also spent time on farms and at the CMP plant so she understands the process of growing and processing lamb, Mrs Cushnie said. “We now have farmers growing our lamb, we’re processing it and we have our own ambassadorchef taking it over the finish line. With Chantelle on board we can take our brand on the road, into
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Celebrating the journey of lamb from the paddock to the plate, (from left) CMP ambassador-chef Chantelle O’Brien and Gawler Downs farmers Harley and Neroli Davies. the community, to schools and be our meat people in our com- provided the perfect opportunity shows and she’ll be creating reci- munity are trying and enjoying.” to take a product she already pes using our products.” Cooking demonstrations pro- showcases in her restaurant, to a With about 4500 lambs going vided a great way for farmers who much wider audience. to market each year, Neroli and ate lamb regularly to learn new “I love lamb. I’ve always had Harley Davies are one of CMP’s ways to prepare their product, lamb featuring on my menu and largest suppliers and for them, Mrs Davies said. I’m getting a real buzz out of this, knowing their product is being “She’s shown us how to prepare out of knowing people will be takshowcased locally is the perfect this amazing product, to plate it ing my recipes home and cooking form of promotion. up and to realise that cooking dif- them. It’s great when I can give “It’s great to know that it’s some ferent cuts of lamb wasn’t scary, them the confidence to do this. of our meat that’s out their being it was quite doable. Chantelle This is a super positive story.” promoted. Usually you send your keeps it so simple and she talks She’s looking ahead to 2013 lambs out the gate and never in our language.” when she will begin a programme think about it again, but now For Ms O’Brien the opportu- of cooking demonstrations and with Chantelle we know it could nity to become CMPs ambassador classes.
“That would allow us to still fill our orders and it would have made a substantial contribution to the kind of savings we need to get the mine profitable. “It would also have meant that pretty much all the operator jobs that are there - which is about 400 - would have been able to stay.” Mr Somerville said Solid Energy hoped a meeting with the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) on Thursday would result in the operators changing their minds. “I can tell you for certain that what we cannot do is nothing and we can’t wait much longer before making a decision. We can’t wait until after Christmas. We have to find these savings if Stockton is going to stop losing money.” Solid Energy would have to consider a “significant” cut in the operator work force and more rotating shift work, meaning operators were not always working the same shift pattern, Mr Somerville said. The mine could introduce rotating shifts without union agreement, unlike the 10-hour shift proposal. - APNZ
• ‘Surfer’ badly hurt A Wellington teenager was critically injured when he fell from a moving vehicle while car-surfing. The male in his late teens fell off the vehicle at the Kaitoke camp ground in Upper Hutt about 7pm on Saturday. Wellington Free Ambulance team operations manager Helen Berry said the teen suffered serious head injuries. His condition worsened to critical as he was flown to Wellington Hospital by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter. The teen was reportedly in a serious condition in an intensive care unit. - APNZ
• Toddler killed A toddler was run over and killed in a paddock in Waikato on Saturday night. Police said the 10-month-old boy suffered fatal injuries when he was struck near Ngaruawahia. Waikato road policing manager Inspector Marcus Lynam said police were called to Waikato Hospital shortly before 10pm following the fatality. “The boy’s death has been referred to the coroner and at this time police would like to extend their sympathies to the family,” he said. -APNZ
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Wakatipu postie appears in court A woman accused of stealing more than 17,000 pieces of mail bound for Wakatipu homes has been remanded to February 14 while police try to work out what was taken. Philippa Lynette Lindsay, 32, of Frankton, whose occupation is listed as postal worker, stood with her hands clasped when she appeared before Judge Lawrence Ryan in Queenstown District Court yesterday. She faces one indictably laid charge of stealing mail and parcels, between September 1, 2010 and November 9, 2012. Prosecuting Sergeant Ian Collin
said police were seeking an extension to January 30 to file written statements because of the “significant amount of police work to be undertaken”. “In terms of the position ... there’s in the range of 17,000, shall we say, unopened items of mail that have [started to be] delivered over the course of this weekend.” Police needed to make inquiries with the senders of those items and the intended recipients to ascertain what items “may or may not have been taken”. Judge Ryan granted the extension to January 30 and remanded Lindsay on bail to February 14 for a
post-committal conference. Lindsay, who had been contracted by NZ Post, was arrested on November 9 and charged after police allegedly found thousands of items stored in her Frankton home and in a storage unit in Arrowtown. She had since lost her job and was prohibited from entering any NZ Post store. On Sunday, 20 postal workers delivered items of overdue mail to more than 1300 addresses in the Fernhill and Sunshine Bay, Lake Hayes Estate and Arrowtown communities. It is expected to take weeks to complete the operation. -APNZ
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Bain’s compo bid stalled Getting a job OUR VIEW
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etting a job is not always an honest day’s work. straightforward. As the story in the Weekend Many of us in secure Guardian also demonstrated, employment may roll our eyes some folk on the dole have at those who are complaining themselves to blame after about not finding the right making poor personal choices in position to suit their skills and their lives. their family circumstances. A much bigger group, The feature article in however, would love to fill the Saturday’s Guardian vacancies in the district or in highlighted how complex and the Christchurch rebuild, but varied people’s lives are and lack the most basic skills or are why it is difficult stuck in a personal to come up with swamp of abuse or a one-size-fits-all addiction. solution. Thankfully ociety is Employers organisations around the like the YMCA quick to district and and Presbyterian dismiss those the wider Support Services will Canterbury area on a benefit as never abandon those are scrambling to who may be written dole bludgers off by others in our find staff as the local economy without taking community. is booming, Those services try the time to see to get those who yet a small group remains stuck in a rut, if that stigma is are on a benefit, out of their negative unable to meet cycles and back justified the most basic on the path of selfrequirements. sufficiency. Most of them Even the support hate being groups have pointed unemployed and feel a certain out that some individuals need sense of shame. to have a good look in the Indeed, our society is often mirror as they have inflated quick to dismiss those on an ideas about wages and often unemployed benefit as dole do not realise what an honest bludgers without taking the day’s work actually means. The time to see if that stigma is fact that one employer offers a justified. bonus for people who simply The reality is that only a tiny show up five days in a row, percentage truly fits the bill of speaks volumes of the “lack of lazy adults, who prefer sitting stickability”. on the porch collecting their Despite the wide range of benefit than contributing to scenarios and issues, healthy their families or society. Some of people in Mid Canterbury who those will have never seen any are able to learn a few basic different as certain families see skills have no real excuse for the dole as a long-term career not finding work. Failing to pass prospect. a drugs test because someone In Mid Canterbury those likes to smoke pot, is hardly a individuals are very rare as good reason to stay on the dole. most people want more out of But before we write off life than the benefit can provide anyone on a benefit, it may be and simply want to have that worthwhile to not assume the basic feeling of satisfaction after worst.
By Audrey Young and Newstalk ZB The Justice Minister has concerns about the report she received three months ago dealing with David Bain’s compensation claim. Retired Canadian Supreme Court judge Ian Binnie came to New Zealand in July to assess Mr Bain’s claim for compensation after his wrongful imprisonment, and Mrs Collins received his report in early September. Cabinet will ultimately decide whether to pay Mr Bain. Judith Collins was supposed to release her decision about the claim before Christmas, but Prime Minister John Key told Newstalk ZB yesterday that is now unlikely. “I think it’s a recommendation she doesn’t agree with, or at least has concerns about.” Mr Bain had served almost 13 years of his minimum 16-year life sentence when the Privy Council quashed his convictions in 2007
David Bain and ordered a retrial. He was acquitted after the three-month retrial in Christchurch in 2009. Former Justice Minister Simon Power chose an overseas judge to examine Mr Bain’s application
for compensation because of the high-profile nature of the case in New Zealand. Justice Binnie interviewed Mr Bain and other people, including the police, whom the defence accused of planting a spectacle lens, a key piece of evidence in the prosecution case. His report is confidential, but The Herald reported in September it had learned Justice Binnie believes that on the balance of probabilities, Mr Bain is innocent of murdering his parents, brother and two sisters. He could be looking at a payout of close to $2 million for nonpecuniary losses such as liberty and emotional harm, and more for pecuniary losses such as loss of livelihood, in compensation for the almost 13 years he spent in prison. Those figures are based on the formula the Cabinet used for non-pecuniary losses in its last compensation payment, made in April last year. But compensation is by no means certain and the
Government has no obligation to pay it. Mr Bain was described as “penniless” by his lawyer, Michael Reed, QC, when the application for compensation was lodged in March 2010. Most legal experts at the time thought Mr Bain would find it difficult to meet the criteria for a compensation payment. The Cabinet faces a difficult decision over Justice Binnie’s findings because of the polarised views about Mr Bain’s innocence and because his case falls outside the 1998 guidelines for compensation for wrongful conviction and imprisonment. Under those guidelines, eligible claimants must have had a pardon or had their convictions quashed on appeal without the order of a retrial. But it has the discretion to pay compensation if it is convinced there are “extraordinary circumstances”. And there is a precedent for compensation in a case that falls outside the guidelines.
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YOUR VIEW Pool hours It is December and we are filled with the joys of Christmas. Tomorrow our granddaughter is coming to stay for a couple of days to help put up Grandma and Granddad’s Christmas tree. While she is here we, like most Grandparents want to cram in as much fun as possible – going to the park, playing in the domain, helping with the Christmas preparations etc. One of the things we wanted to do was take our granddaughter to the local community pool – BUT there is a problem. I rang the pool today and was told we can only go on a Monday and Tuesday between the hours of 11.30 and 1.30 or 7pm to 9pm. I asked the person to repeat the hours because I was sure I was hearing things. Our granddaughter is four years old. She is in bed by 7pm and because my husband works he is unable to come with us at the earlier time. You have really got to be kidding! What on earth happens in that 5½ hour period when we are unable to utilise one of our community facilities? As ratepayers we are being asked to contribute a substantial amount of money towards the new sports complex for our town. I think the complex is a great idea and will be of significant benefit to Ashburton – that is of course if you are able to use the facilities. Come on Council, sort it out. Why should we, as ratepayers, invest in a project that going by present availability we are not going to be able to use? Dianne McGirr
Dirty doorways With respect to civic amenities I am less than impressed with the performance of the District Council, in respect to the basics. On Monday, November 19 I called at the ANZ Bank on East Street and was concerned at the continuance of the exist-
ing staining of the footpath and entrances of local business premises, with urine and vomit. This state of affairs has existed for some time and I noted on Wednesday 28th nothing had changed, indeed, I walked the next block south and it is only marginally better. If the case should be that the cleaning of public footpaths is a function of District Council staff, then the person responsible should be invited to “go forth and multiply”; in the case of a private contractor that person should be advised that the contract is terminated forthwith by failure to perform the contractual requirements. In a community that holds high aesthetic values such as an $8,000,000 Art Gallery which purports (according to District Council figures) to enjoy patronage of 44 people per day, (this being an obvious distortion of fact) a Performing Arts Theatre (subsidised by the District Council by over $1,000,000 in cash plus S2,000,000 in debentures subscribed by the District Council (without consultation) in the name of the “ratepayers who have the privilege of paying the interest charges, to the advantage of the Theatre Trust many must wonder as to where the basic responsibilities of the District Council begin and end. W. Hoyne
Public consultation I visited Methven over the weekend, no commitments, merely to accompany my host. He asked
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Last year, Aaron Farmer was paid $351,575 by the Government and received a statement of innocence and an apology for his conviction in 2005 for rape. He served two years and three months of an eight-year sentence. The Court of Appeal quashed his conviction in 2007 and ordered a retrial, but the retrial never went ahead after DNA testing before it excluded Mr Farmer as being the offender. Former New Zealand High Court judge Robert Fisher conducted the inquiry for the Government into that case. For his 819 days in prison, Mr Farmer received $336,575 (or $410 a day) and an additional $15,000 for “improper conduct” by a police detective when interviewing him. If a similar formula were applied to 13 years’ imprisonment, the figure would be $1.94 million, with possible add-ons for pecuniary loss and improper conduct by the authorities. - APNZ
if I’d like to visit the museum, I assented and quite frankly I was amazed. It was not as I expected, old bones and artefacts but a History in Display of the district. As I found out it was the expansion of the War Memorial Hall and also provided a theatre cum dining dance hall, 600 seat I believe additionally a miniature theatre, kitchen and board room. The walk through area was utilised as an art gallery. If I’ve missed any thing I apologise but quite frankly I was overwhelmed. I had the chance to speak with a chap there who was deeply involved and I asked about aspects. Planning, finance, etc. It was from his replies I really got my important lesson. The idea was local and the first action was to sell the idea to the locals. A superb job was done, the concept accepted and substantial cash subscribed. Today a minor amount of debt and a confidence it can be met from revenue. Comparison with the Stadium and also Museum/Gallery funding and planning inevitable. In both cases the public have been excluded, millions have already been spent and the only consultation is behind closed door meetings with a self interest group with both parties willing to saddle the District with what in the end will be some $40 million plus debt. Council could learn a lot from those people in Methven but like all education, one must not only be willing but capable. M. N. Richards
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Journalist’s skull shattered By Matthew Backhouse and Rebecca Quilliam Ambulance staff thought a badly beaten Wellington journalist had fallen over and struck his head until the discovery of his fractured arm made them suspect something more sinister. Phil Cottrell, 43, died from serious brain injuries the day after he was was found lying by a small pool of blood in Boulcott St in central Wellington on December 10 last year. Nicho Waipuka, 20, and Manuel Robinson, 18, were charged with his murder and went on trial in the High Court at Wellington yesterday . The jury was told Mr Cottrell’s skull shattered into 20 pieces when he was assaulted as he walked home from his overnight shift at Radio New Zealand. Mr Cottrell suffered from osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic disorder which made his bones brittle and more prone to fractures. Caroline Marshall, the paramedic who first tended to Mr Cottrell, gave evidence that she
did not initially realise he had been assaulted. “I thought that the patient had just simply fallen over and sustained a head injury.” But when she noticed his left arm was “bent in a way that was not normal” she alerted the ambulance communications centre that he had been assaulted. She said Mr Cottrell had been found lying on his side, “half-way into the foetal position” with his head by a small pool of blood. Ms Marshall said it was obvious he had suffered a head injury. His eyes were swollen and although he was breathing, he was in a critical condition. “He wasn’t alert and orientated without me touching him.” Wellington Hospital intensive care doctor Alexander Psirdes said in a statement that Mr Cottrell deteriorated quickly at the hospital. He was transferred to an operating theatre, where a surgeon removed bone fragments and a section of skull to relieve pressure on his brain. A scan showed he had suffered multiple fractures to his skull,
from the top to bottom, as well as to his neck, eye sockets and arm. Despite the surgery, Mr Cottrell’s eyes remained dilated and did not respond to light, indicating his injuries were not survivable. Mr Cottrell died shortly before 4pm the next day, after his family agreed to remove his ventilator. Earlier yesterday, Crown Prosecutor Tom Gilbert told the jury of seven women and five men the accused were in town on the morning of the murder, acting aggressively to anyone they came upon. Just after 5.30am, the pair came upon Mr Cottrell on Boulcott St. Mr Gilbert said both men attacked Mr Cottrell, fracturing his neck and head and breaking his arm. “He was left unconscious with his skull shattered in 20 pieces and a bleeding brain.” He said Mr Cottrell was a victim of a “deliberate act of random violence”. Nearly 70 witnesses will be called during the trial, which is set down for two weeks. - APNZ
Politics gets grubbier for PM By Laura McQuillan As far as political stunts go, eating squirming live maggots is right up there. But for a man who ate an entire prawn - tail, feelers and all - on last year’s election campaign trail, eating grubs and bugs on stage with television survival star Bear Grylls was all in a day’s work for Prime Minister John Key. Mr Key attended Grylls’ live show in Auckland with wife Bronagh and son Max on Sunday night. Although he planned to be
incognito, Mr Key was invited on stage by the Man vs Wild star to sample a cricket, huhu grub and maggots - all alive and wriggling. Crunching through the cricket was “fine” compared to the other delicacies, Mr Key told RadioLive. “Eating the huhu grub, he puts a pinch of maggots in there, little maggots, so you couldn’t bite them fast enough to kill them.” And, in case the voting public wanted any further details, Mr Key continued, with a giggle: “So they’re wriggling down the back of your throat, then they’re wriggling back up, and I had to
pull them out from between my teeth”. Mr Key joked that he was hopeful his participation might help him regain the percentage points National dropped in two new political polls over the weekend. Either way, he has a fan in Grylls, whose Man vs Wild show featured him drinking urine, eating animal faeces and insects, and using animal corpses as shelter. “Thank you Auckland for such a warm welcome at the show and well done Prime Minister John Key for eating grubs and bugs with me! Top man,” the star tweeted. - APNZ
The widower of a woman who initially survived the CTV building collapse but died before she was rescued yesterday criticised a disjointed rescue mission which had “more chiefs than indians”. Dr Tamara Cvetanova lost the tips of four fingers but was otherwise unscathed, trapped in a void between the pancaked third and fourth floors of the Christchurch office block. In the aftermath of the February 22, 2011 earthquake disaster, which claimed 115 lives, her husband Srecko ‘Alec’ Cvetanov managed to speak to her six times via cellphone. She described her location and, after he clambered on top of the debris of twisted steel and shattered concrete, he was able to tap and receive taps back to locate where she was. Dr Cvetanova could even hear her distraught husband’s shouting, a coroner’s inquest was told yesterday. But an increasingly frustrated Mr Cvetanov could not identify who was in charge of the rescue operation to pass on the potentially lifesaving information. Three separate police officers didn’t know who was co-ordinating the rescue, with one officer saying there were “more chiefs than indians”, Mr Cventanov said. He was giving evidence at a coroner’s inquest into the deaths of Dr Cvetanova of Serbia, Cheng Mai of China, Japan’s Rika Hyuga, and Jessie Redouble, Emmabelle Anoba, Ezra Medalle, Reah Sumalpong and Mary Amantillo, all from the Philippines. All were King’s Education School students and survived the collapse but could not be rescued from the wreckage. Mr Cvetanov became upset yesterday when he explained why he wanted an inquiry into his wife’s death. The father-of-two wanted to know her exact cause of death, but also wanted the world to learn from the tragedy. “I want ... all the rescue services in New Zealand to learn from Tamara’s death so that somebody else does not die in similar circumstances in the future, here or abroad.” Mr Cvetanov wanted further answers from the coroner because he was unhappy with responses from police after asking for her cause of death. “The police only ever told me that Tamara’s body was smashed, broken and burnt, and that the earthquake caused her death. That is not true - the earthquake did not.” She survived for at least 12 hours after the quake, he said, and wanted to know whether she died because of the fire and smoke which engulfed the building after its collapse, or she was crushed when rescuers tried to “de-layer” the rubble using heavy machinery. However, Mr Cvetanov didn’t blame digger operators for causing any deaths by trying to lift concrete slabs and steel beams to search for survivors, but instead praised them for trying. Mr Cvetanov questioned why the rescue efforts were halted on February 23, only to resume the following day. “I don’t understand that flip-flop,” he said. The inquest, before Coroner Gordon Matenga, continues today. - APNZ
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At least 9 killed in tunnel collapse At least nine people have died after a major Japanese road tunnel collapsed. Police have confirmed nine bodies were found in three vehicles inside the Sasago tunnel on the Chuo Expressway, Jiji Press and Kyodo News said yesterday. Concrete ceiling panels crushed cars and triggered a fire inside the nearly 5km tunnel, 80km west of Tokyo. Emergency workers had collected five charred bodies – three men and two women – from a vehicle by early yesterday, Jiji said. They had also recovered the body of a truck driver, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. He has been identified as 50-year-old Tatsuya Nakagawa, who contacted his firm immediately after the incident to ask for help, national broadcaster NHK said. Three other deaths have been confirmed, an elderly man and two elderly women, who were in the same passenger vehicle, Kyodo News said. Local police officials could not be reached for immediate confirmation. Video from security cameras inside the tunnel showed large concrete panels that had apparently fallen from the ceiling. Police had launched a negligence probe, Jiji said. The operator of the highway said it found no abnormality during a regular inspection of the tunnel in September. For several hours rescuers were forced to suspend their efforts
This image taken from the monitoring camera of Central Nippon Expressway’s Hachioji branch, Tokyo, shows the rescuers looking for the injured among fallen roof panels in the Sasago Tunnel, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan. to reach those believed trapped under the more-than one tonne concrete ceiling panels that crashed from the roof as engineers warned more debris could fall. Emergency crews who rushed to the Sasago tunnel were hampered by thick smoke billowing from the entrance. Dozens of people abandoned their vehicles on the Tokyo-bound section of carriageway, and ran for one of the emergency exits or for the mouth, where they huddled in bitter winter weather. Emergency crews equipped with breathing apparatus battled around a third of the way into the tunnel, where they found 110 metres of concrete panels had come crashing down, crushing at
least two vehicles. Hours after the collapse, engineers warned the structure could be unstable, forcing rescuers to halt their work as a team of experts assessed the danger. One man who fled the tunnel told the Jiji Press news agency he had watched in horror as concrete crashed down on to a vehicle in front of him, leaving little more than a mound of dust and debris. Voices cried out “Help” and “Anyone please help” from the pile before a young woman emerged with her clothes torn, he was reported as saying. She could not stop trembling, he told the agency, as he asked her how many had been inside the vehicle. 0– AFP
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China worried over N. Korean launch plans China expressed concern yesterday over its ally North Korea’s plans to launch a longrange rocket in mid-December. All sides should work for stability and avoid acts that raise tensions, the Foreign Ministry said in a brief statement. It
acknowledged North Korea’s right to the peaceful use of outer space, but said that had to be harmonised with restrictions including those set by the United Nations Security Council. “We hope all relevant par-
ties will do that which benefits peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, hope all sides will respond calmly and avoid exacerbating the situation,” ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in the statement. The North Korean launch, set
for December 10 to 22, is likely to heighten already strained tensions with Washington and Seoul as South Korea plans to hold a presidential election on December 19 and President Barack Obama prepares to begin his second term. – AP
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North Korea’s Unha-3 rocket stands at Sohae Satellite Station in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. North Korea said it will launch a long-range rocket between December 10 to 22.
Economists: OCR will remain unchanged Wheeler may be in no rush Reserve Bank governor to move on interest rates Graeme Wheeler will probawith the New Zealand dollar bly keep the official cash rate staying stubbornly high and unchanged at a record low above the Reserve Bank’s this week because there’s forecast track on a tradelittle sign that renewed life weighted basis. The TWI in the housing market and was recently at 73.41 and Christchurch’s rebuild is is set to close out the fourth stoking inflation yet. quarter at a higher averWheeler will leave the age level than the 72 foreOCR unchanged at 2.5 per cast in the central bank’s cent on Thursday, accordSeptember MPS, keeping a ing to all 12 economists in a lid on imported inflation. Reuters survey. Looking out He will also be concluding over the next 12 months, the his review with no clear sign median estimate is for him that the US Congress will to begin hiking rates in the find a way to avoid the fisthird quarter of 2013. cal cliff that would start on Some economists say he Jan. 1, stalling the world’s has room to cut rates in his Graeme Wheeler biggest economy. And while first monetary policy statethere is progress on aid for ment since taking the bank’s helm. Recent figures have shown an unex- Greece, the euro region’s woes are wider pected decline in third-quarter retail sales, and will take longer to resolve. “Global economic sentiment has improved the unemployment rate has reached a 13-year high of 7.3 per cent and inflation slightly, but the RBNZ will probably refer to has slowed to a 0.8 per cent pace – below the fragility of the situation and the dangers of the US fiscal cliff,” said Dominick the central bank’s target band. Yet traders are betting on just an 18 per- Stephens, chief economist at Westpac cent chance of a cut this week, based on the Banking Corp. Stephens expects the forecast track for the overnight interest swap curve. “An environment of weak near-term infla- 90-day bank bills to be broadly unchanged tion would ordinarily prompt serious con- from the September MPS and “the main sideration of an OCR cut,” said Nick Tuffley, messages will be similar to previous mischief economist at ASB, in his preview sives.” The 90-day bill rate was last at 2.67 per of this Thursday’s monetary policy statement. But the rebuild of Christchurch and cent and has tracked in a range of 2.63 per “increasingly heated state of parts of the cent to 2.74 per cent since the start of June. housing market” suggests that “the medi- The September MPS has the 90-day rate um-term outlook for inflation is not nearly averaging 2.7 per cent for the next three quarters. – APNZ as benign as the current headline rates.”
Wrightson repays Crafar loan PGG Wrightson, New Zealand’s largest rural services company, has finally received repayment of loans over the Crafar Farms of about $25 million following the sale of the properties to China’s Shanghai Pengxin Group. The repayment was slightly above expectations, Wrightson said. Crafar Farms was placed into receivership in 2009 by a syndicate of lenders, including PGG Wrightson. The sale process became bogged in intrigue as the first buyers ended up facing fraud charges in Hong Kong and the successful bidder had to await a politicised decision
from the Overseas Investment Office. “Following a protracted sale process the receivers have now concluded the sale of the Crafar Farms assets and have distributed proceeds to the syndicate of lenders,” Wrightson said. The Crafar Farms loans made up the bulk of the $29 million of outstanding loans Wrightson retained in its PGW Rural Capital unit after the sale of PGG Wrightson Finance to Heartland Building Society last year. Shares of Wrightson last traded at 36 cents and have fallen 5.3 per cent this year. – APNZ
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Head chef also tickles turtles’ tastebuds By Michelle Nelson Not only is John Niblett the head chef at the Terrace Downs restaurant, he is also a leader in turtle cuisine. Mr Niblett, who lost both his home and job in the Christchurch CBD, is another earthquake refugee to establish a new life in Mid Canterbury. His two turtles were also quake casualties, but prior to this unfortunate event, a lack of good quality food for them had sparked an interest developing his own recipes.
“Turtle feed was very expensive and usually dissolved and dirtied the tanks,” he said. “My turtles wouldn’t eat some varieties at all. “I did some research and found out what they could and couldn’t eat – which depends on the species, the age of the turtle and its previous diet. “Red-eared slider turtles, for example, require high protein diets as juveniles, but become vegetarians as they mature. Snake neck turtles, on the other hand, prefer a higher protein diet throughout their lives.” Post-quake, Mr Niblett pro-
vided food to a Christchurch turtle rescue and rehoming service, where he was encouraged to begin commercial production. He now produces five types of turtle food, using meat and fish, along with the vegetarian option. The frozen products, marketed under the Turtle Cuisine label, are sold on online trading sites, and through pet shops. While it has taken time to reestablish following the February earthquake, he is now set up and ready to ramp up production and hopes to develop a sustainable business.
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CO2 warning ‘most alarming yet’ Levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) are rising annually by around 3 per cent, placing Earth on track for warming that could breach 5°C by 2100, a new study published says. The figure – among the most alarming of the latest forecasts by climate scientists – is at least double the 2°C target set by UN members struggling for a global deal on climate change. In 2011, global carbon emis-
sions were 54 per cent above 1990 levels, according to the research, published in the journal, Nature Climate Change, by the Global Carbon Project consortium. “We are on track for the highest emissions projections, which point to a rise in temperature of between 4°C and 6°C by the end of the century,” said Corinne le Quere, a carbon specialist at the University of East Anglia, eastern England.
“The estimate is based on growth trends that seem likely to last,” she said in a phone interview, pointing to the mounting consumption of coal by emerging giants. Other research has warned of potentially catastrophic impacts from a temperature rise of this kind. Chronic droughts and floods would bite into farm yields, violent storms and sea-level rise
would swamp coastal cities and deltas, and many species would be wiped out, unable to cope with habitat loss. Developed countries have largely stabilised their emissions since 1990, the benchmark year used in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations, the study said. But this achievement has been eclipsed by emissions by China, India, Brazil and Indonesia and
other developing economies, which are turning to cheap, plentiful coal to power their rise out of poverty. In 1990, developing countries accounted for 35 per cent of worldwide output of CO2, the principal “greenhouse” gas blamed for warming Earth’s surface and inflicting damaging changes to the climate system. In 2011, this was 58 per cent. The temperature projections by
the Global Carbon Project are at the top end of forecasts published by scientists ahead of the UNFCCC talks taking place in Doha, Qatar. The study is based on national carbon dioxide (CO2) data and on estimates for 2011 and 2012. Between 2000 and 2011, CO2 emissions globally rose by 3.1 per cent annually on average; for 2012, the rise is estimated at 2.6 per cent. – AFP
Car bomb kills 15 in Syria’s Homs A car bomb has rocked Syria’s third largest city, Homs, killing 15 people, state media said, as the army hammered rebel positions around Damascus in a strategic assault aimed at securing the capital. Shellfire from Syria, meanwhile, has hit a Turkish border town without causing casualties. It was the first cross-border shelling since Ankara requested Nato deploy Patriot air defence missiles on the restive frontier. “A terrorist attack struck the Hamra district of Homs,” the state SANA news agency said, adding that it killed 15 people and wounded 24 yesterday in the government-held neighbourhood. State television said it was a car bombing. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported a car bombing in Homs. “At least seven civilians were killed in a car bomb explosion near the sports stadium,” it said, adding that many of the wounded were in a critical condition and the death toll was likely to rise. “The Hamra neighbourhood has been under regime control throughout the revolt,” Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP. “The blast hit an area where there is a large vegetable market. The closest checkpoint is some 500 metres away.” Amateur video footage posted
online by opposition activists showed the bodies of at least three victims, including a woman buried in the rubble of a building as a car burned not far away. Another video showed an injured child lying in hospital, wailing in pain. Straight after the attack, hundreds of people started to protest against President Bashar al-Assad, according to activists, with some blaming the regime for the bomb attack. Homs was one of the cradles of the armed uprising against Assad’s rule, earning it the monicker of “capital of the revolution” from opposition activists. The city suffered devastating violence early this year, but in recent months the army has opted to keep mainly Sunni Arab rebel-held districts around the centre under siege rather than launch an all-out assault. Assad’s forces pounded rebel positions around Damascus with artillery fire and air strikes, in an offensive aimed at securing a perimeter around the capital including the main highway to the international airport that has been under sustained rebel assault, a watchdog said. “The Syrian army has opened since Thursday morning the gates of hell to all those who even consider getting close to Damascus or of attacking the capital,” proregime newspaper Al-Watan said. – AFP
• Crocodile attack Police are searching for a nine-year-old boy who was snatched by a crocodile as he was swimming in the mouth of a river in northern Australia. Northern Territory police say the boy was swimming with a group of people at Port Bradshaw on Saturday when he was grabbed by the crocodile. Nearby people attempted to kill the crocodile with spears, but it then dragged the boy farther into the water. Two weeks ago, another crocodile snatched a seven-year-old girl who was swimming at a Northern Territory waterhole. The crocodile was fatally shot the next day and the girl’s remains were found inside it. – AP
• Santas hit slopes A bunch of Santas have hit the slopes at a Maine ski resort. Nearly 300 skiers and snowboarders decked out in red and white were gathering at the Sunday River resort for the annual “Santa Sunday” event. Spokeswoman Darcy Morse says 292 of them preregistered. The 13th annual event raises money for the Bethel Rotary Club’s annual holiday toy drive. – AP
• Bitten by shark A man has been bitten by a shark while diving on the NSW mid-north coast. Paramedics were called to a boat ramp to meet the man who had been injured in the water at South West Rocks on Sunday. They treated the diver, aged in his early 30s, for minor puncture wounds, Ambulance NSW said in a statement. It appears he was attacked by a grey nurse shark. – AAP
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Thrift shop buy anything but cheap Karen Mallet stands in front of her Alexander Calder print in her Shorewood, Wisconsin, home. Mallet bought the print for $US12.34 at a Goodwill thrift store in Milwaukee. It turned out to be a lithograph by the American artist Alexander Calder worth $9000.
Slovenian Social Democratic leader and former premier Borut Pahor won the country’s presidential election run-off yesterday in a landslide, reported state television. The broadcaster said exit polls showed Pahor won 67 per cent of the ballots cast, while the independent incumbent Danilo Turk had 33 per cent. “This victory is only the beginning – a beginning of something new, of a new hope, a new time,” Pahor said. – DPA
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Kapahaka group has been kept busy What busy little bees we have been. Most recently the Ashburton Intermediate Kapahaka Group took part in the Hakatere Festival where we sung our hearts out. We thoroughly enjoyed it and felt it that was the best we had performed to date. We were also
over the moon as this was the first time we had all been in full kapahaka uniform. The Wednesday before the Hakatere Festival we also welcomed our pou to our school. This was a very emotional event. The School Leaders brought it on while we performed. It’s a great
feeling having something this special in our school, even better that we understand what each of the sections represent. Next up for us was the powhiri at the White Tie Event – Families Against Violence and our endof-year hangi.
A top time with Top Team On November 14 Ashburton Intermediate students participated in an event called Top Team. Sport Canterbury introduced us to a series of team-based activities that promote teamwork, initiative, problem-solving and communication skills. We had to wear our active mufti clothes to school, suitable for getting soaked and running around. The Year 7s took part during Periods 3 and 4, while the Year 8s had their turn during Periods 5 and 6. Our class (7/7) didn’t know
what obstacles were being set up in the morning as we had our curtains closed, which left lots of people excited, yet curious at the same time, leading up to interval. The three best activities were: Rowing boats – Where there were pipes underneath a piece of wood. You needed to push it along with sticks while your team-mates moved the pipes from the back to the front. This was cool because it was fun pushing with the sticks and working as a team to get it
to move really well. Tower Stack – Where you stacked up blocks up to the 6m marks and beat the opposing team within the time limit. I liked this because it was fun building it up, and even better we got to demolish it at the end. Memory Maze – Is where there are squares in front of you, and your team-mates need to work together to make it through the maze while remembering the moves. by James Watt
Clifford hard at work getting a soil layer on the hangi at Arowhenua Marae.
Eating delicious hangi food.
Year 7 camps enjoy Arowhenua Marae Ashburton Intermediate Year 7 classes planned an overnight camp to Arowhenua Marae. This took place during the end of October and beginning of November. The purpose of the visit was to learn more about Maori culture and to experience Maori protocol in an authentic context. Prior to the camp we learnt about the stages involved in a powhiri and how to write and say our own mihi. We also learnt about rock art and were taken
to the information centre in Timaru. We could then base our own rock art drawings on remembering how they were drawn hundreds of years ago. During this talk we were shown how to weave putiputi and the history of the area. The visit to the cave with authentic old rock art drawings was exciting and the importance of the need to preserve this was made clear. Sleeping at the Marae with everyone in the same room was also a new experience and we
had to be tolerant of each other. Team work was necessary to prepare for the hangi and we all learnt how one was prepared and cooked. The food from the hangi was delicious and a surprise to some of us. We enjoyed making a whistle from clay and hearing about some of the old legends. A warm thank you to Gwen and her staff for their efforts to ensure the camp ran smoothly and we hope other classes will be back in the future.
Boys’ cricket team play well in tourney The Intermediate boys’ cricket team qualified this year to play in the South Island championships. To make it to this point they have had wins against Mount Hutt College, Waihi and Tai Tapu School. The competition was a twenty twenty tournament in a three-game format with the best four teams in the South Island. The first game against Nelson College set the pace early. This season Nelson had not scored less than 140, but Ashburton Intermediate restricted them to 91/8. Unfortunately the loss of some early wickets saw us dismissed just short of the total needed. The second game against Medbury School was a challenging one which saw a disappointing result. The last game, the next day, against John McGlashan College was a game both sides needed to win to make it through to the final. It resulted in a close loss for Ashburton Intermediate but it was a performance the boys were proud of. Player of the tournament was named as Gareth Hunt. Overall Ashburton Intermediate placed fourth in the South Island Boys’ Cricket Competition 2012.
Learning about the weather On November 21, Wellington Meteorologist Daniel Corbett came to visit Ashburton Intermediate School to share his knowledge about weather with Year 7 students. He talked to us about weath-
er reports, the part clouds play in determining the weather and showed us photos of different cloud types. After he talked to us, he blew up the weather balloon that MetService uses to help deter-
mine the weather, and showed us how the transmitter attaches to the balloon to record the information. We thoroughly enjoyed Mr Corbett’s visit and learned a lot! Miss Nicholson
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LAMB Weather conditions were far from optimal for pasture growth in most regions of the country in November and that has started weighing on the store market. In general, it’s a lack of significant rainfall that’s causing the biggest issues, particularly in eastern regions and the upper half of the North Island. It has also been 1-2 degrees cooler than normal in most parts. With 5.4 per cent more lambs on the ground this spring compared to last, according to Beef + Lamb NZ’s latest figures, a mediocre spring is of concern to farmers. Saleyard prices were already under pressure due to the weaker schedule outlook and the weather woes have added to that. New season store lambs are now fetching around $2.20/kgLW, compared to over $4 a year ago.
The chairwoman of LIC Shareholder Council, Jenny Morrison, is urging shareholders to have a say on the future home of what’s commonly known as “the core database”. The core database, which holds raw data relating to New Zealand dairy herds, was developed by LIC in the 1980s, on behalf of the dairy industry. A comprehensive review of the herdimprovement movement (chaired by Professor Robert Anderson in 2009) recommended that the management of the core database should be transferred to industry good organisation DairyNZ. Morrison says the shareholder council is in agreement with the LIC board that the transfer is a good thing for LIC. “LIC has always been the most logical place for the core database to lie, but now that we have an industry good body it is more appropriate to transfer it to a management structure independent of any commercial herd-improvement organisation,” she says. “Over the years there has been a perception that LIC obtained a commercial advantage through its management of the core database. “This perception has been tested a number of times by the Commerce Commission and the courts, and consistently found to have no basis – but the perception remains. “Transferring the core database to DairyNZ
BEEF Manufacturing beef prices have continued rising to new heights. With limited offerings out of Australia now, the supply of imported lean beef to the US falls almost entirely to New Zealand, and exporters have been able to demand increasingly higher prices. US domestic beef supplies typically start to tighten from this point of the season forward, so there is much confidence that the current price levels can be improved upon in the next three or four months. After eight weeks New Zealand’s season-to-date cattle slaughter is up 15 per cent on last year’s lows, but down 2 per cent on the five year average. The main year-on-year increase has been in cow processing, but it is still relatively close to its seasonal low at this time of year.
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GRAIN New Zealand grain markets have remained subdued lately, largely due to lack of demand from the dairy sector. For many growers, a backlog of feed grain in storage is not a problem as it is thanks mostly to an increased harvest in 2012. Much of the grain in storage has been sold and is yet to be delivered, although there are still significant volumes unsold. If demand for feed grains does not pick up closer to harvest early next year, growers will start to become anxious to clear space for 2013’s harvest. There has been some cause for optimism recently with a dry end to spring for much of the North Island, where growers will be hoping it continues to affect grass growth in order to lift sales of supplementary feeds. The extra supply this year and lack of demand has had the effect of lowering free prices by 18 per cent and 20 per cent year-on-year for feed wheat and barley respectively. Contract prices for next year’s harvest are in line with prices during November last year, indicating that it’s expected that the current glut of grain will eventually be worked through. However, surveyed planting intentions indicate a similar area of feed grain is likely to be harvested next year, so a lift in demand is crucial if all this grain is to be sold.
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Market Price Trends NZ terms of Week beginning December 3, 2012
L A M B ($) Including 1 kg Shorn pelt this week
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39.87 59.89 77.89 76.71 59.98 90.14 97.11 97.30 106.41 107.60 109.54 39.87
41.09 61.50 79.64 78.96 60.39 92.13 99.24 100.15 108.72 110.75 118.81 39.87
45.71 66.29 84.97 85.21 59.90 98.34 105.98 108.08 116.18 119.51 120.21 39.87
47.33 67.86 84.38 82.43 62.56 97.67 105.27 104.55 115.40 115.61 119.37 39.87
76.15 97.74 118.39 116.91 79.53 139.02 144.23 143.71 156.24 158.69 170.52 39.87
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48.15 68.71 87.66 86.47 61.84 101.51 109.43 109.67 120.00 121.27 134.07
56.71 76.89 94.67 95.42 71.25 110.00 117.99 120.31 129.32 132.83 139.52
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386 390 387
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411 428 386
M Cow SI (160-195kg) NI M Cow Market Indicator
280 304 321
275 304 325
277 312 302
270 317 319
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384 393 400
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will free LIC from the distraction and cost of defending its objective management of the core database, and let our co-operative concentrate on its core purpose – which is to help farmers become more efficient and profitable by genetically improving their animals and providing information, systems and technology that makes it easier to farm. “It’s important to remind farmers that we’re talking about transferring the core database, which contains 46 fields of raw data. “This in no way affects the LIC Database, which contains around 18,500 fields of commercial IP. “This belongs to, and remains with, LIC.” Morrison says the proposal to transfer the core database was to be put to shareholders at the co-operative’s annual meeting. “Traditionally we don’t get a high voter turnout, but it is important that shareholders take responsibility for their co-operative and the Shareholder Council is encouraging all shareholders to exercise their rights to vote either electronically or at the annual meeting.” Answers to farmers’ questions about the proposal are available on the LIC website (www.lic.co.nz), and Morrison has encouraged farmers with additional questions to ring their local shareholder councillors or the director (whose contact details can be found on the LIC website). – APNZ
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Based on announced schedules with levies & charges deducted and published premiums included. For a valid comparison between the Islands, add $1.20 in Lamb and 7c/kg in Beef to the North Is values, because North Is Cos pay freight.
trade fall to 3-year low New Zealand’s terms of trade fell to a three-year low in the September quarter as the country’s strong currency ate into returns from an increasing volume of dairy exports. The terms of trade, which measures how much imports can be bought with a fixed quantity of exports, fell 3.2 per cent in the three months ended September 30, according to Statistics New Zealand. That’s more than the 1.8 per cent forecast in a Reuters survey of economists. Export prices sank 6.3 per cent, ahead of the 3.6 per cent expected, while import prices declined 3.3 per cent versus an anticipated 2 per cent fall. The falling prices came even as export volumes beat expectations, rising 9.7 per cent in the quarter, while import volumes advanced 0.7 per cent. Dairy, which accounts for about a quarter of New Zealand’s exports, was the biggest contributor to the falling export prices and rising volumes, with volumes surging 32 per cent in the quarter, even as prices sank 13 per cent. “Dairy export volumes are at record levels, after adjusting for seasonal effects,” prices manager Chris Pike said in a statement. “Dairy values remain at high levels, even though export prices have fallen for five consecutive quarters.” – APNZ
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1280 985 815 670 395 345 340 315 485
1570 1100 900 735 485 435 435 385 506
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343 463
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517 468
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5000 4460 4780 5130 12890
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4200 4300 4200 5180 12270
4812 4151 4290 5147 12382
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Miss Mckee’s Store was an Ashburton icon By Michael Hanrahan Generations of Ashburton people knew a little wooden store that once stood in Beach Road as Ivy McKee’s shop, or Miss McKee’s. The little shop, on the Willow Street corner, was an Ashburton institution. When it was built is unknown – it is possible it was built before Miss McKee’s parents, Joseph and Eliza, arrived from Northern Ireland in July 1880. They were among the 20 passengers who arrived at Lyttelton aboard the Helen Denny, 82 days after leaving London. They spent their first two years in New Zealand at Chertsey, leaving there on July 24, 1882, moving to a house in Ashburton, in Burnett Street West that they rented from a grocer, Mr Fowler, through agents Poyntz & Co. While at Chertsey Joseph had operated a stable, but the family story is he suffered financial misfortune when someone he leased horses to did not return them. It is not certain when Joseph and Eliza moved to the Beach Road store and its attached dwelling, but they were definitely there by 1887, probably sometime before. They raised a family of five; Mary Jane, born in Christchurch in 1880, William Henry born in Ashburton in 1882, Margaret, known as Mabel (1885) and twins Ivy Sarah and Lesley Joseph Patrick (1887). Joseph was a very keen gardener and established a large flower garden behind the shop, where McKee Place is today. He watered it entirely with water carried by in buckets and cans from a hand pump, the pump also being the only source of water for the house. Mrs McKee ran the shop until her youngest daughter Ivy took it over about 1905, at the age of 18. Ivy recalled that when the family moved to Hampstead the shop was an isolated building, with crops growing all around it. However, it was ideally situated to service the Wakanui farming area. As well as passing the shop on their way to and from Ashburton many farmers would take a horse and dray to Alford Forest and Staveley for firewood and building timber. For a journey likely to take several days they would stop at McKee’s store to stock up with food. The shop was very different to today’s food store. Flour and sugar came in large bags, biscuits were loose and were weighed out, as were lollies, cheese came in huge rounds that had to be cut by hand in a special cheese cutter. Farm-made butter was bought from several Wakanui farms for re-sale. Locally made Brays lemonade was sold. All goods were stored on open shelves and brought to the counter as requested by the customer. Miss McKee developed a reputation for being kind-hearted, ready to extend credit to deserving people. This was especially so in the depression times of the 1930s when many people could not pay at all for essential supplies. Miss McKee would never let them go without bread or tea. People never forgot her kindness, to the point where one person more than 20 years later forwarded a sum of money through an Ashburton church to pay for goods she had provided him with. Her descendants today still have the letter that came with the money. Her nephew, Harold Porter, started a new dairy beside the
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ARIES (Mar 21st Apr 20th) Although you may feel the need for restraint, the Moon in pleasure-loving Leo can balance this out. If you take care of responsibilities early you’ll feel better about having fun later on. It’s a good time to tackle obstacles and use your energy and charisma to blast through them. Exciting and positive news may come out of the blue too.
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The earliest known photo of McKee’s Store in Beach Road, taken in the late 1880s. Eliza and Joseph are standing outside with Mary Jane and William Henry.
Eliza Mckee with a shop assistant and daughter Mabel outside the shop about 1900.
Ivy Mckee was well known for helping people who were down on their luck by extending credit for items such as bread and tea. She would never let anyone go hungry. People tramping the district looking for work during the depression years of the 1930s were some she helped, including this man enjoying the sun on the store’s verandah. shop in 1959, but Miss McKee kept the little shop open for a time, catering for a group of loyal customers who called in mainly for a chat. The building was demolished in 1966, Miss McKee turning out to
TAURUS (Apr 21st May 21st) You may want to invest your energy into home projects and allow creative ideas to encourage you to have a go. Social opportunities may have you reluctantly involved in situations you would rather avoid. Sacrifices made in the name of friendship may put you in a self-serving mood. Make time to relax in a warm, scented bath or get your hair done.
GEMINI (May 22nd Jun 21st) Adding a touch of ingenuity to your work efforts may see someone impressed. With Saturn affecting the handling of your day-to-day job you may feel under pressure, but at the same time you can be keen to get ahead. Strong opinions may be making the rounds. It may help to be tolerant and show your lighter, more humorous side today.
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LEO (Jul 24th - Aug 23rd) With the Moon in your sign, the power is yours. Your vital energy could send you off in a new direction. If you know what you want, make a move. A well-directed course of action may help make things run smoothly at work and encourage co-operation and participation with fellow workers. A party later can encourage a romantic atmosphere.
VIRGO (Aug 24th Sep 23rd) It’s fine to follow your natural instincts and stay in the background today. You may be caught up in practical matters that take up time but you’ll enjoy yourself anyway. Your subconscious can be energized and you could easily be swayed to join in with friends and laugh together later on. Be available if it sounds like good fun.
The end of an era – McKees’ store was demolished in 1969.
Material for this page is co-ordinated by the Ashburton Museum. Articles from other organisations are welcomed, as is any feedback on what appears. Email museum@ashburton.co.nz, mail to PO Box 573 or phone 308-3167. Copies of many of the photos on this page are available for purchase from the Ashburton Museum
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CANCER (Jun 22nd - Jul 23rd) People around you seem to be very strong-willed, which may contribute to misunderstandings and twists and turns in relationships. If you stand your ground you’ll experience a positive, welcoming vibration that helps you to succeed. Even if you work as part of a team, by sticking to your principles good things can eventually come to you.
The house, looking from Willow Street, with the store on its left side.
Mary Jane McKee outside the store about 1900.
The old and the new – McKees’ store with the new shops built by nephew Harold Porter beyond.
see it go. The demolition came as something of a culture shock to many Hampstead residents. “It was part of their lives gone,” Mr Porter said. Miss Mckee lived with relatives until she died in August 1969.
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Mother and children outside the store in the late 1890s, from left Lesley, Mary Jane, Ivy, Mabel, Eliza and William Henry.
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LIBRA (Sep 24th Oct 23rd) It’s a day for news, messages and ideas to circulate. Business affairs can thrive if you’re willing to be proactive. Domestic interests are also in focus, especially as you may be in the process of getting your place ready for the festive season. Take smart practical steps in both areas and you may be pleased with the results of your hard work.
SCORPIO (Oct 24th - Nov 22nd) The best way to avoid disappointment today is to keep your expectations utterly realistic, especially where family and home issues are concerned. However, it’s also possible that if you look for the best in others, you can find it. You may have a lot of fun today provided you allow for some unusual influences later on. Why not flow along with these?
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23rd - Dec 21st) As a potent desire to spend takes hold you may want to put aside a need to be practical and adopt a mood of indulgence. You could be subject to unusual temptations so set yourself one or two limits and go with the flow. You may feel restless mentally and physically. If so, let your imagination roam. Push beyond normal boundaries.
CAPRICORN (Dec 22nd - Jan 20th) If you feel the need to take action or to speak out, make sure you are not being goaded by anger or resentment. If you have been feeling frustrated, try to find a smoother, more harmonious way to get what you want. Later, a call or message may bring information that puts a happier slant on an issue you may have been trying to resolve.
AQUARIUS (Jan 21st - Feb 19th) Relationships could be a little challenging today, especially if you and another have been sweeping problems under the rug. Today’s Moon in Leo suggests that they may burst out into the open and cause you to have words. However, things seem to end on a note of faith and forgiveness. Honest exchanges often work for you and all is certainly not lost.
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PISCES (Feb 20th Mar 20th) Upbeat trends may enable you to forge ahead with business and career projects as well as home and family plans too. Strange as it may seem, you can further your interests even more by reaching out to help others and lending your support. Today, pals are not only fun to be with, they can also be a mine of useful information. It can pay to listen up.
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9.00am - 4.00pm. ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street, Consultancy House. 9.30am. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group, meet outside church for a trip to Rakaia. 48 Allens Road. 9.30am. M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Tai Chi for beginners, everyone welcome. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock St. 10.00am. WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet, handicap single, Waireka Croquet Club, the domain, Philip Street. 10.00am. NEWCOMERS SOCIAL GROUP. Coffee morning - all welcome. Nosh Cafe at Ashford Village. 10.45am. M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Maintenance Tai Chi. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street. 12noon - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON J.P.’S ASSOCIATION. J.P. signing centre, document signing service. 122 Tancred Street, Community House, behind Westpac Bank. 1.00pm. ASHBURTON PETANQUE CLUB. Played in most weathers, interested? We play by the Ashburton Bowling Club in the domain, West Street entrance. 1.00am - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display in Heritage hanger RNZAF Aermacchi RAF Harrier GR3. Seafield Road. 1.30pm. R.S.A. Cards “500�. Everyone welcome. R.S.A. Club, Cox Street. 7.30pm - 9.30pm. MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB - Night time section. Club night, all welcome. Rackets available. Sports hall, Tancred Street.
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8 702x Petra Robyn (7) fr....................... B McLellan 9 Bryleigh Star (8) fr............................D Dunn 10 97649 Irish Casey (9) fr.....................S Walkinshaw 11 Extremelea (10) fr..........................A Armour 12 6x837 Extreme Gift (11) fr.......................B Norman 13 6700x Fritz Nobis (12) fr................ B Williamson (J) 14 86473 Farmer Dons (13) fr........................C Barron Emergencies: Sea Spray Luke, Doctors Point 4 1.30pm CRT REGIONAL FORD FILLIES & MARES MBL PACE $4000, 3yo+ f&m non winners mob. pace, 1700m 1 Jolly Jean (1) fr................................ J H Cox
2 De Bruin (2) fr............................. B McLellan 3 55032 Harmony Rule (3) fr............M Williamson (J) 4 63302 Knapdale Lady (4) fr........................R Swain 5 x5266 Pass The Sugar (5) fr........................A Beck 6 0P8x0 Highview Robyn (6) fr.............S Walkinshaw 7 3050x Juliana Belle fr.............................. Scratched 8 0P770 Clifton Prize (U1) fr.......................B Norman 5 2.00pm CRT TRU TEST MOBILE PACE $4000, 3yo+ non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 6 Doctors Point (1) fr...........................J W Cox 2 07990 Chincheros (2) fr............................... A Milne 3 67x Kamwood Mac (3) fr......................... D Dunn 4 0 Comeback Anna (4) fr....................K Barclay 5 77838 Reg Jones (5) fr.................. B Williamson (J) 6 98x08 Pitbull (6) fr......................................... G Lee 7 Quatro Knight (7) fr.........................B Shirley 8 0x709 Sea Spray Luke (21) fr...................... L Stuck 9 07x7x Matai Prince fr............................... Scratched 10 Uncle Jimmy (22) fr............................A Beck 11 60680 Gingerwyn (23) fr....................S Walkinshaw 12 2x000 Libby Jaccka (24) fr............M Williamson (J) 13 Jaccka Wilco (25) fr................. N Williamson Emergency: Gingerwyn 6 2.25pm CRT MCMILLAN EQUINE FEEDS MOBILE PACE $4000, 2 to 4 wins mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 7870x Barberino (1) fr.................................J W Cox 2 05976 Telescope (2) fr.................................D Dunn 3 3868x Del Sur (3) fr....................... B Williamson (J) 4 94428 The Next Step (4) fr............M Williamson (J) 5 216x0 Rome (5) fr....................................T Williams 6 0400x Franco Nick Nack (6) fr......................A Beck 7 30315 Murfees Law (7) fr.................... N Williamson 8 32695 Cullen’s Finest (21) fr.....................A Armour 9 x550x Pocket Salli (22) fr............................ J H Cox 7 2.55pm CRT ROUNDUP TRANSORB X TROT $4000,
non winners trot, stand, 2200m 1 569x6 Makarewa Rick (1) fr.......................K Franks 2 Sundon’s Shout (2) fr.......................J W Cox 3 7x898 Mexican Monarch (3) fr.......M Williamson (J) 4 3090x Stargosdaughter fr........................ Scratched 5 0 Galleons Instinct (4) fr...................C Gerken 6 22240 Marchesa (5) fr.............................B Norman 7 3494x Winfield Dougall (6) fr........................A Beck 8 64075 Goodboy Tiger (7) fr..........................D Dunn 9 Winfield Jayhann (8) fr.......................J Bond 10 8x Golden Gate (U1) fr........................... J Ryan 11 0x078 Mokosun (U2) fr.......................... B McLellan 8 3.24pm CRT SILVER FERN HAYLAGE MOBILE PACE $4000, 1 win mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 890x0 B Fifty Two (1) fr.......................... B McLellan 2 70797 Amati Ambassador (2) fr................... A Milne 3 85855 Call Of Duty (3) fr...............................A Beck 4 071 De Bon Vouloir (4) fr...........M Williamson (J) 5 80979 Lively Tintara (5) fr..................S Walkinshaw 6 36656 Hudson Sully (6) fr...........................J W Cox 7 48167 Ultra Shok (7) fr................................D Dunn 8 99x6x Felix Hanover (21) fr........................R Swain 9 080x7 Waihemo Caesar (22) fr..... B Williamson (J) 10 41248 The Ultimate Kina (23) fr......... N Williamson Pacifiers on : Golden Gate (R7) Pacifiers off : Flashlite (R1), Gingerwyn (R3), Gingerwyn (R5)
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SELECTIONS Race 1: Flashlite, City Courage, Three Strangers, Sun Shine Whiz Race 2: Shortys Delight, Crown Royal, Esteem, Blackleugh Race 3: Ella Mach, Extreme Gift, Irish Casey, Petra Robyn Race 4: Knapdale Lady, Harmony Rule, Pass The Sugar, Jolly Jean Race 5: Pitbull, Reg Jones, Kamwood Mac, Uncle Jimmy Race 6: The Next Step, Murfees Law, Cullen’s Finest, Barberino Race 7: Marchesa, Goodboy Tiger, Mokosun, Golden Gate Race 8: Call Of Duty, The Ultimate Kina, De Bon Vouloir
Southland greyhound fields, form Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Ascot Park Raceway Meeting Date: 04 Dec 2012 NZ Meeting number : 9 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 11, 12 and 13 1 12.03pm (NZT) CENTRAL WATER CARRIERS C0, 390m 1 88462 Homebush Cruden nwtd............J McInerney 2 88 My Little Rippa nwtd S &..................Bonnett 3 25635 Another Fantasy nwtd................J McInerney 4 678 One Ear Poised nwtd S &.................Bonnett 5 Max’s Lad nwtd S &..........................Bonnett 6 44 Cawbourne Brooke nwtd...........J McInerney 7 73 Camray nwtd..................................... M Flipp 8 5356 Tepirita Tuiteka nwtd M &...................Jopson 9 76754 Secret Nicole nwtd P &..................B Conner 10 86884 Blue Shorts nwtd P &....................B Conner 2 12.23pm WILLY’S FLOORING LTD C1, 390m 1 58676 Ohoka Gerry nwtd S &.....................Bonnett 2 24337 New Order nwtd S &.........................Bonnett 3 256Fx Homebush Lestat nwtd..............J McInerney 4 75336 Candy’s Dandy nwtd S &..................Bonnett 5 38477 Black Ozark nwtd............................J Guthrie 6 85645 Froggy Newitt nwtd........................... B Eade 7 75225 Ruby’s Girl 23.30........................ R Hamilton 8 77543 Wandy Matt nwtd............................. M Grant 9 78858 Moreport Shannon nwtd P &.........B Conner 10 86223 Marmalade Skies nwtd......................J Dunn 3 12.42pm WWW.SOUTHLANDGREYHOUNDS.CO.NZ C1, 390m 1 76875 Merely A Dream 23.34 S &...............Bonnett 2 35646 Johnny’s Blue 23.19 P &................B Conner 3 65667 Salvador Bale nwtd S &...................B Evans 4 43887 Neon Neutron nwtd.......................... M Grant 5 66142 Opawa Steve 22.82 L &...................... Wales 6 44357 Hazza’s Lad 22.96 S &.....................Bonnett 7 41586 See Spot Run nwtd..........................R Breen 8 45244 James Arthur 23.22...........................J Dunn 9 78858 Moreport Shannon nwtd P &.........B Conner 10 23277 Homebush Greta nwtd...............J McInerney
4 12.59pm BRENDON BURKE FIRST NATIONAL C1, 390m
1 21232 Grant A Wish 23.27.........................R Breen 2 18888 Hannah nwtd S &..............................Bonnett 3 43465 Sheza Cool One 23.09..................... B Eade 4 64848 Ohoka Summer nwtd S &.................Bonnett 5 38657 Turbo Tundra nwtd........................... M Grant 6 3717 Ya Laughin’ 23.36 M &.......................Jopson 7 166 Little Midnight nwtd S &....................Bonnett 8 14626 New Ingilltab 23.42 P &.................B Conner 9 78858 Moreport Shannon nwtd P &.........B Conner 10 14 Cawbourne Spear nwtd.............J McInerney 5 1.18pm ADDED ENERGY STAKES C0, 457m 1 Kylie’s Belle nwtd L &.......................... Wales 2 Looptastic nwtd S &..........................Bonnett 3 3 Miss Isabella nwtd............................ M Flipp 4 6 Hazza’s Got Swag nwtd S &.............Bonnett 5 37 Poised Boy nwtd S &........................Bonnett 6 75362 Pukeko Express nwtd....................... B Eade 7 5 Uno Shyla nwtd L &............................ Wales 8 All For One nwtd J &........................D Fahey 9 6 Uno Nosey nwtd L &........................... Wales 10 75743 Opawa Chance nwtd.................J McInerney 6 1.37pm SOUTHLAND OTAGO PHOTO FINISH C2, 390m 1 47721 Starburst Hannah 22.78................... M Grant 2 11387 Wandy Feather 23.18...................... M Grant 3 48372 Where’s John Cee 22.49................. M Grant 4 27462 Black Trigger 22.80 P &.................B Conner 5 43615 Jimmy Cee 22.95.............................. M Flipp 6 85382 Shadow Wolf 23.17 P &.................B Conner 7 68117 Bam Bam 22.96............................... M Grant 8 53473 Ashvegas Value nwtd S &.................Bonnett 9 72784 Johnnie George 22.86..................... M Grant 10 28866 Lightning Fever (c1) 0.00 S &..........B Evans 7 1.54pm 100% SELECTRIX C2, 457m 1 88655 Opawa Peekay nwtd L &..................... Wales 2 83835 Baby James nwtd......................J McInerney 3 75747 Homebush Wild nwtd.................J McInerney
4 62632 Opawa Rapid nwtd L &....................... Wales 9 58484 Shiraz Rose 26.26...................... R Hamilton 5 22626 Botany Molly nwtd......................J McInerney 10 86557 Thrilling Sound 26.39 S &................B Evans 6 2F634 Sahara Storm nwtd........................... M Flipp 11 3.13pm SGRC $50 LEATHER LEADS C4, 390m 7 42312 Opawa Jed 26.82 J &......................D Fahey 1 47453 Homebush Craig 23.13..............J McInerney 8 68375 Mighty Fortune nwtd....................... H Cairns 2 88527 Cynthia Baxter nwtd...................J McInerney 9 73887 Cawbourne Heidi nwtd M &...............Jopson 3 56173 Smash Dora 23.11........................... M Grant 10 58486 Morning Watch 26.39......................J Guthrie 4 63347 Heza Sensation 22.89 P &............B Conner ACROSS 8 2.13pm SGRC $26 MUZZLE STAKES C1, 457m 5 3462F Santa SloyDOWN 22.56 S &.......................Bonnett 1 23361 Party Rock nwtd S &........................B Evans 6 88284 Thrilling Clover 22.81 P &..............B Conner 1. Difference 1. Wickedness (4) 2 82F78 Miss Ozark 26.97............................J Guthrie 7 34788 Opawa Bomb (c3) nwtd L &.(8) ............... Wales 3 35223 Wandy Paul 26.54............................ Grant 8 88227 Speed2. To Succeed McInerney Bevel nwtd............J (7) 3. TinM(8) 4 31323 Time For What nwtd M &...................Jopson 9 54755 Come On Rodge nwtd J &...............D Fahey 4. Scared (6) 8. Genuine (4) 5 14615 Indi’s Grace 26.40............................ M Grant 10 87747 Iona Haka nwtd..........................J McInerney 6 1111 False Step 26.26................................J Dunn 5. Unrepentant (10) 9. Cover (8) 12 3.33pm JUSTRACING.COM.AU C4/5, 390m 7 88676 Another Colt 27.03.....................J McInerney 1 34771 Flying6. JojoDistort 22.54 C &...................D Roberts (5) 11. Loving (12) 8 22314 Starburst Blanch nwtd...................... M Grant 2 15266 Sosan 22.83 C &..........................D Roberts 9 24115 Secret Arnie nwtd L &......................... Wales 7. 22.85. Fury (4) 13. Profession (6) 3 58266 Enflame ...........................J McInerney 10 11 Jinja Power nwtd J &.......................D Fahey 22.47. ..............................J Speed up (10) McInerney Conflict (6) 4 18128 Rosca10. 9 2.32pm COLORMARK SYSTEMS14. LTD C3, 390m 5 28437 Jennings 23.07 S &..........................Bonnett 12. Unoccupied (8) 17. Cheek (12) 6 23635 Hot Mango 1 64745 Tepirita Tiki 22.70.............................R Breen 22.72 A &.........................Seque 2 7816x Elusive Deejay 23.12 A &...................Seque 7 11567 See To Believe nwtd..................J McInerney 15. Base (7) 20. Subtract (4,4) 3 25245 Attire nwtd A &....................................Seque 8 53F28 Cheetah Woods 22.51...............J McInerney Layers (6) 21. Border (4) 9 54755 Come16. 4 4157x Socrates 22.88 S &...........................Bonnett On Rodge (c4) nwtd J &.......D Fahey 5 33115 Opawa Blaze 22.88 L &...................... HakaManufacturer (c4) nwtd..................J (5)McInerney 22. RiderWales (8) 10 87747 Iona 18. 6 21448 Jimmy Jurante nwtd...................J McInerney 3.51pm MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE C4/5, 457m 19. Craving (4) 23. Curve (4) 13 7 47326 Finger Pop nwtd.................................J Dunn 1 45166 Shunt Appeal 26.18.......................... B Eade 8 32173 Eff Five Warning nwtd M &................Jopson 2 53144 Homebush Edith 26.40..............J McInerney 9 58484 Shiraz Rose 23.28...................... R SOLUTIONS Hamilton TO PUZZLE 3 11715 Deanne’s MagicNo nwtd12,069 J &................D Fahey 10 86557 Thrilling Sound nwtd S &.................B Evans 4 68511 Opawa Collar nwtd S &...................B Evans Across: 1 Incantation; 9 Prophet; 10 Title; 11 Niece; 12 10 2.49pm $25 YARD MUZZLE STAKES C3, 457m 5 36672 Jonny Jet 26.08.................................J Dunn 1 16474 Botany Comet nwtd...................J McInerney Humerus; 13 Answer; 15 Shower; 18 Example;H Cairns 20 6 67351 King Of Clubs 26.08....................... 2 51677 Another Course nwtd.................J McInerney 7 Shorten; 76268 Another 26.20................J McInerney Datum; 22 Taper; 23 24 Breeze Unnecessary. 3 12216 Drive Five 26.76.................................J Dunn 8 17636 Miss Iron4Fist nwtd.....................J McInerney Down: 2 Noose; 3 Achieve; Tetchy; 5 Totem; 6 4 41118 Big Token 26.84.........................J McInerney 9 54755 Come On Rodge (c4) nwtd J &.......D Fahey Outgrow; Dunn 7 Spontaneity; 8 Measurement; Sharpen; 16 5 71188 Dittman 0.00......................................J 10 17567 Cawbourne Kim (c3)14 nwtd.........J McInerney 6 43662 Black Emily 26.42 L &......................... Hideous; Wales 17 Lessee; 19 Purge; Tutor. LEGEND: fsdt - First21 Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd 7 47583 Felixstowe 26.40 A &..........................Seque First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track 8 51756 Sretror nwtd J &...............................D Fahey
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ACROSS 3. 8. 9. 10. 11. 14. 15. 16. 18. 20. 21. 24. 25. 26. 27.
Guise (9) Skulk (4) Alluring (9) Skip (6) Hoard (5) Terrible (5) Row (4) Lemur (5) Cudgel (4) Vagabond (5) Plump (5) Donating (6) Nonplus (9) Passion (4) Steadiness (9)
DOWN 1. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. 11. 12. 13. 17. 19. 22. 23. 24.
Disrespect (9) First meal (9) Sword (4) Shock (5) Painter (6) Grotto (4) Oar (5) Churlish (5) Very funny (9) Reproduce (9) Sober (5) Furore (6) Grill (5) Channel (4) Midge (4)
SOLUTIONS TO PUZZLE No 12,070 Across: 1 Vice; 3 Canister; 8 Real; 9 Wrapping; 11 Affectionate; 13 Career; 14 Strife; 17 Impertinence; 20 Take away; 21 Abut; 22 Horseman; 23 Bend. Down: 1 Variance; 2 Chamfer; 4 Afraid; 5 Impenitent; 6 Twist; 7 Rage; 10 Accelerate; 12 Deserted; 15 Ignoble; 16 Strata; 18 Maker; 19 Itch.
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No fairytale finish for Ponting By Justin Chadwick If Ricky Ponting had any lingering doubts about whether he chose the right time to retire, his two innings in Perth would have put them well and truly to bed. As much as Ponting wanted a fairytale finish to his glittering Test career, it became clearly evident he had already extracted every ounce of talent from his ageing body. At 37 years and 350 days of age, Ponting was no longer the force he once was. After making just four in the first innings of the third Test against
South Africa at the WACA Ground, Ponting could only muster eight in his second dig before edging spinner Robin Peterson to Jacques Kallis at first slip. Peterson, playing his first Test since early 2008, celebrated as if he’d won the World Cup. Kallis was more subdued, knowing all too well he’d just played a role in finishing one of the greatest careers of all time. Ponting was given a guard of honour by South Africa’s players when he made his way to the crease with Australia in early trouble at 2-81, chasing 632 for victory. And the good-will continued from there. Towering paceman Morne
SCOREBOARD Results Basketball NBA results Collated NBA results and standings yesterday (home team in CAPS): NEW YORK KNICKS 106 Phoenix Suns 99 L.A. LAKERS 103 Orlando Magic 113
Bowls Allenton Bowling Club Results of the Ladies Charene Trophy played 30.11.12:- 1st Val Bell, Helen Boag, Shirley Thomas, Marg Lloyd 3 wins 18 ends 31 points. 2nd Shirley Pagey, Wendy Blackwell, Mary Stone, Barbara Gawn 3 wins 18 ends 31 points. 3rd Sandra Holdom, Zona Keen, Judy Ryk, Anne Reid 3 wins 17 ends 31 points. Progressive pairs played 1.12 12 :- (leads) 1st Fred McCormick 3 wins 2nd Robbie Knox 2 wins 1 draw. (Skips) 1st Marius Cabout 3 wins 2nd Annette Sargisson 2 wins 1 draw.
Bowls Mid Canterbury Sub Centre Results from Sub Centre Pars played at Ashburton MSA and Allenton greens on Sunday 2nd December: Ashburton MSA Green: 1st G Bishop (S) J May 4 wins 28 ends 2nd G Eder (S) M Eder 3 ½ wins,31 ends 3rd M Anderson (S) D Kinvig 3 wins 32 ends 4th J Smart(S) A Millar 3 wins 31 ends 5th A Hill (S) G Eddington 3 wins 30 ends 6th K Lynn (S) D Turner 3 wins 30 ends Allenton Green: 1st R Greaney (S) M Lawson 4 wins 32 ends 2nd M Behrns (S) M Skilling 3 wins 30 ends 3rd B White (S) W Watson 3 wins 28 ends 55 points 4th B Saussy (S) G Sparks 3 wins 28 ends 54 points 5th B Holdom (S) S Holdom 3 wins 27 ends 62 points 6th A Crawford (S) G Clarke 3 wins 27 ends 57 points Finals Results: 1st, 2nd and 3rd place getters on each green played off at the Allenton Green for the overall prizes. 1st G Bishop/J May defeated R Greaney/M Lawson (2nd) 16-7 3rd G Eder/M Eder defeated M Behrns/M Skilling (4th) 15-11 5th B White/W Watson defeated M Anderson/D Kinvig (6th) Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all players who participated in the competition. Special thanks to the green keepers and catering staff at both greens and to the Umpires who officiated on behalf of the Sub Centre.
Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club Results for week ending 30th November Tuesday Evening – Duplicate N/S 1 M Buckland and J Edmond 2 J Knight and B Smith, 3 R McLaughlin and K Robb E/W 1 A Maude and M Moore, 2 T Coulter and J Irwin 3 E Taylor and B Turton Wednesday Afternoon Duplicate N/S 1 B Smith and M Buckland, 2 A Maude and I Taylor, 3 J Edmond and R McLaughlin E/W 1 A Lysaght and V Palmer, 2 R Kyle and M Moore, 3 P and T Downward Thursday Evening. Closing Night. Round 1 for Kops Trophy N/S 1 J Knight and B Smith, 2 T and P Downward. 3 S Rosevear and M Stowell E/W 1 A Maude and M Moore. 2 T and M Small 3 J Fechney and M Holdaway Prizes were awarded to N/S. Seniors J Knight and B Smith Intermediates, J Johnson and P Jowers, Juniors R Logan and F Williamson E/W Seniors A Maude and M Moore Intermediates M and E Jones Juniors. Z Earl and B Newton The 2012 bridge season closed on Thursday evening, with a very full room of players and following the playing of the hands, Bev Smith presented trophies to winners from throughout the year. Monday Evenings. Juniors and Senior Reserves February - 2 Round Duplicate. Mary Bruce and Gladys McCosker. Flaxmere Trophy - Arie van Dyk and Bruce Leighton Irwin Trophy - Tony Blain and Joyce Johnson Individual Trophy - Jeanette Lovett “C” Ladder - Winners - George Brown and David Fisher. Runners-up – Graeme Carr and Shirley Young. “B” Ladder - Winners - Joyce Johnson and Perry Jowers. Runners-up - Arie van Dyk and Bruce Leighton King Novice Plate for most improved Junior Player - David Wilkinson
Tuesday Evenings. Seniors February - 2 round Duplicate. Mary Buckland and Judith Edmond April - 2 round Duplicate – different partners – Mary Buckland and Melva Stowell August – 2 round Duplicate – different partners - Bev Smith and Judith Edmond 3 round Duplicate – different partners - John Fechney Robinson Salver - Mary Buckland and Judith Edmond Ron Sutherland Trophy - Kay Robb and Michael Holdaway Hazelmere Trophy - Trish Small “A” Ladder Winners - Bev Smith and John Knight. “A” Ladder Runners-up, winners of the Melva and David Stowell Trophy - Mary Buckland and Judith Edmond Wednesday Afternoons. Open to all players. Individual Trophy - Mary Buckland Brabant Trophy - Bev Smith and Melva Stowell Valetta Trophy Winners - Bev Smith and Mary Buckland. Runners-up - Maurice and Anne Reid Hackthorne Trophy Winners - Mervyn Jones and A Vanderweg. Runners-up - Jeanette Lovett and Jill Browne Thursday Evenings. Seniors and Senior Reserves. February - 2 round Duplicate - Pauline Fergus and Val Palmer March – 2 round Duplicate – different partners Bev Smith and John Fechney May and June - 2 round Duplicate – different partners - Muriel Muir and Jim Rooney July and August - 3 round Duplicate - different partners - Bev Smith Mary Mulligan Trophy - Mary Buckland and John Knight Smith Trophy - Bev Smith Eileen Willoughby Trophy - Bev Smith and John Knight Eileen Willoughby Plate - Annette Blain and Rona Brownlie Presidents Trophy - Bev Smith and John Fechney. Past Presidents Trophy - Bev Turton and Estelle Jones At the conclusion of the presentations, Bertie Holmes gave an appreciative vote of thanks to Bev Smith for her time and effort put into running our Bridge Club smoothly and this was heartily endorsed by all present.
Cricket Mid Canterbury Cricket Sunday December 2 Mid Canterbury v North Otago Senior Reps Mid Canterbury won by 47 runs Mid Canterbury B Ward b G Inwood..................................... 42 M Winter c J Horrell b N Kelland................ 50 J Print c S Conian b R Whyte..................... 17 D Kruger c D Hooper-Smith b B Cant........ 7 R. Phillips not out........................................ 41 D Thomas c D Hooper-Smith b J Horrell.... 21 T Meyrick b C Ware.................................... 4 M Tait b B Cant........................................... 10 R Print not out.............................................. 1 Total 50 overs (7 wickets)........................... 215 Bowling: C Ware 10.0-3-32-1-1-0, B Cant 10.01-40-2-2-1, N Kelland 6.0-1-33-1-2-0, J Horrell 10.0-2-30-1-0-0, R. Whyte 3.0-1-13-1-1-0, S. Grobler 6.0-0-25-0-0-0, G. Inwood 5.0-0-34-1-6-0 North Otago Senior Reps J Shields c H Jones b R Phillips................. 26 B Cant c W Southby b H Jones.................. 33 J Horrell c B Ward b H Jones..................... 0 S Grobler c T Meyrick b R Phillips.............. 34 S Conlan c R Print b W Southby................ 9 T McCormick b M Tait................................. 2 G Cameron c M Winter b M Tait................. 2 D Hooper-Smith Ibw b W Southby............. 0 R Whyte run out (H Jones)......................... 2 C Ware not out............................................ 23 N Kelland not out......................................... 13 Total 50.0 overs (9 wickets)........................ 168 Bowling: R Print 6.0-1-14-7-1, D Thomas 4.0-1-11-0-0-0, H Jones 10.0-0-37-2-0-0, D Kruger 5.0-2-14-0-0-0, R Phillips 7.0-0-24-2-1-0, T Meyrick 8.0-1-21-0-1-0, M Tait 4.0-0-17-2-7-0, W Southby 5.0-1-14-2-1-0, B Ward 1.0-0-10-0-0-0
Golf Ashburton Golf Club Inc. ANZ Friday Teams November 30 Top Team: Hoppe’s Hopefuls 93.5 (Wendy Hopwood, Christine Williams, Val McArthur, Joan Hettrick) Top Man: Colin Fleming 35; Top Lady: Rebecca Lovelock 37 Men: 1st The Green Sticks 91; 2nd Aardvarks 89; 3rd Europe 88½; 4th Highlanders 88½; 5th One Man Handicap 87. Mixed: 1st Just the Hounds 93; 2nd Stroke n Poke 87½; 3rd TGIF 87½ Women: 1st Lovely Ladies 90½; 2nd New World
Morkel misfielded a Ponting drive to gift the batsman a boundary. And when Ponting was dismissed, he received congratulatory handshakes from most of South Africa’s squad. As he walked off the Test arena for the final time, Ponting raised his bat and helmet high in the air to acknowledge the crowd on hand. Former Test opener Justin Langer, who retired in 2007, said Ponting would have been disappointed to be dismissed at the hands of a spinner on the fast and bouncy WACA deck. But Langer said his former skipper could now let his guard down and reflect on a magnificent career that
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netted him 13,378 Test runs at an average of 51.85. “I know it’s been quite emotional for him this week but I sense now it would be a great relief for him,” Langer said. “I get the sense that relief will be one of his strongest emotions.” In the series against South Africa, Ponting scored just 32 runs at an average of 6.4. It wasn’t the fairytale end he was after, but at least it was a fairytale career for a man widely regarded to be the best batsman since Sir Donald Bradman. Meanwhile, the South Africans have consolidated their No.1 Test ranking and handed Michael Clarke
Café Marines & Angels 14 - 10 Hawks; As Good As It Gets 18 - 6 Muz’s Tigers.
Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis Results from Saturday 1 December 2012 Mixed Masters Green lost to Blue 44 games to 29 D. Taylor & G. Esker lost to G. Wilson & M. Thyne 4-9; J. Doig & M. Early beat J. Johns & A. Hodson 9-8 (11-9); D. Taylor & M. Early beat G. Wilson & A. Hodson 9-2; G. Esker & J. Doig lost to M. Thyne & J. Johns 4-9; D. Taylor & J. Doig beat G. Wilson & J. Johns 9-7; G. Esker & M. Early lost to M. Thyne & A. Hodson 4-9. Red lost to Orange 5 matches to 1 C. Thomas & F. Ruddenklau lost to D. Fisher & W. Christie 1-9; R. Wilson & D. Patterson beat B. Danielson & P. Huggins 9-2; C. Thomas & D. Patterson lost to D. Fisher & P. Huggins 6-9; F. Ruddenklau & R. Wilson lost to W. Christie & B. Danielson 1-9; C. Thomas & R. Wilson lost to D. Fisher & B. Danielson 4-9; F. Ruddenklau & D. Patterson lost to W. Christie & P. Huggins 7-9. A Grade Methven lost to Allenton 5 matches to 1 W. Edgar & B. Wright lost to T. Brosnahan & A. Leonard 0-6, 3-6; J. Watt & J. Edgington lost to B. Donaldson & J. Benny 6-1, 5-7, 0-1 (9-11); W. Edgar lost to T. Brosnahan 2-6, 3-6; B. Wright lost to A. Leonard 6-1, 1-6, 0-1 (7-10); J. Watt beat B. Donaldson 6-1, 6-0; J. Edgington lost to J. Benny 1-6, 1-6. Fairton drew with Tinwald 49 games to 49 P Leonard & P. Crozier beat S. Jordan & J. Hastings 6-2, 6-1; T. Thomas & B. Chisnall lost to A. Mitchell & I. Langley 1-6, 4-6; P. Leonard beat S. Jordan 6-0, 6-2; P. Crozier beat J. Hastings 6-4, 6-3; T. Thomas lost to A. Mitchell 0-6, 1-6; B. Chisnall lost to I. Langley 2-6, 5-7. Hampstead beat Dorie 6 matches to 0 T. Deeley & D. Hampton beat D. Lake & A. Clemens 6-3 (A. Clemens retired injured); W. Blacklow & M. Bubb beat T. Boag & J. McCloy 6-3, 6-4; T. Deeley beat D. Lake 6-0, 6-0; D. Hampton beat A. Clemens (retired injured); W. Blacklow beat T. Boag 3-4 (retired injured); M. Bubb beat J. McCloy 6-1, 6-0. A Reserve Hinds/Longbeach beat Methven White 7- sets to 6 D. Rollinson & C. Stock lost to S. Ishikawa & I. Anderson 4-6, 4-6; N. Jansen & W. Reith lost to F. Ness & E. McKendry 6-3, 1-6, 0-1 (9-11); D. Rollinson beat S. Ishikawa 6-1, 6-1; C. Stock beat I. Anderson 7-6 (9-7), 6-3; N. Jansen lost to F. Ness 3-6, 1-6; W. Reith beat E. McKendry 6-1, 7-6 (7-2). Hinds Mayfield lost to Hampstead Blue 8 sets to 7 H. Rollinson & R. Reith lost to Christal Brosnahan & M. Young 3-6, 1-6; A. Rollinson & C. Murdoch beat Connor Brosnahan & J. Imai 6-4, 6-7 (6-8), 1-0 (10-7); H. Rollinson beat Christal Brosnahan 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-8); A. Rollinson lost to Connor Brosnahan 4-6, 6-1, 0-1 (5-10); C. Murdoch lost to M. Young 0-6, 1-6; R. Reith beat J. Imai 6-0, 6-2. Allenton Gold beat Methven Purple 5 matches to 1 A. Reid & H. Hood lost to A. Withers & B. Early 5-7, 5-7; J. Burrows & S. Congdon beat J. Marr & S. Stratton 6-3, 6-3; A. Reid beat A. Withers 6-3, 6-1; H. Hood beat B. Early 6-1, 1-6, 1-0 (10-6); J. Burrows beat S. Stratton 6-2, 6-2; S. Congdon beat J. Marr 6-2, 6-1. Tinwald beat Hampstead Gold 4 matches to 2 J. Tull & G. Harvey beat B. Muir & S. Crequer 6-0, 6-4; E. Connelly-Whyte & S. Bubb beat A. Cuthbertson & G. Woodman 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-5); J. Tull lost to B. Muir 1-6, 2-6; G. Harvey beat S. Crequer 6-7, 6-2, 1-0 (10-0); E. Connelly-Whyte lost to A. Cuthbertson 6-3, 5-7, 0-1 (5-10); S. Bubb beat G. Woodman 6-1, 6-4. B Grade Tinwald White beat Tinwald Orange 4 matches to 2 O. McKeown & L. Schikker beat E. Sinclair & E. Farr 9-6; J. Leslie & S. McAtamney beat A. Hefford & S. Cunneen 9-7; O. McKeown lost to E. Sinclair 3-6, 3-6; J. Leslie beat A. Hefford 6-2, 6-3; L. Schikker lost to E Farr 3-6, 2-6; S. McAtamney beat S. Cunneen 6-0, 6-2. Allenton beat Methven Jade 4 matches to 2 S. Bubb & A. Mears beat D. Wilson & Q. Pannett 9-2; S. Reid & N. Thomassen beat S. Molloy & A. Holmes 9-7; S. Bubb beat D. Wilson 6-2, 6-0; A. Mears lost to Q. Pannett 2-6, 1-6; S. Reid lost to S. Molloy 6-7 (0-7), 3-6; N. Thomassen beat A. Holmes 6-3, 6-2. Hampstead beat Methven 4 matches to 2 E. Connelly-Whyte & R. Feutz beat P. Ahearn & R. Posa 9-6; F. Connelly-Whyte & T. Hampton lost to E. Ahearn & H. Muckle 5-9; E. Connelly-Whyte lost to P. Ahearn 6-7 (5-7), 0-6; R. Feutz beat E. Ahearn 6-1, 6-0; F. Connelly-Whyte beat R. Posa 6-7 (6-8), 6-4, 1-0 (10-8); T. Hampton beat H. Muckle 6-1, 2-6, 1-0 (10-8). Rakaia beat Picknmix 6 matches to 0 G. Benny & J. Benny beat J. Edwards & T. Edwards 9-5; J. Pye & R. Bishop beat H. Stock & C. Elvines 9-8 (8-6); G. Benny beat J. Edwards 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (11-9); J. Benny beat T. Edwards 6-4, 6-1; J. Pye beat H. Stock 6-2, 6-4; R. Bishop beat
Tinwald Golf Club Twilight, November 29 The rain came, but did not deter 50 hardy players from turning out for the all irons competition last Thursday evening, with the men playing from the yellow tees and the women from the red. Leading scores were: Senior; Paul Gray net 31, Brent Green 33, Murray Wilson 34, Duncan Lye 34, Tony Clarke 34. Junior; Richie Watson 32, Kieron Gray 32, Paul lane 34. Women; Amanda Gray 35.
Methven Golf Club Sponsored Tournament 2012 Winners Ladies 1 205 Robin Hood & Ann Marie Middleton 2 211 Wendy Bruce & Bev Chinn 3 213 Maxine Carter & Kay Fox 4 214 Gayle O’Duffy & Jenny Senior 5 215 By Lot Heather Santy & Nola Hydes 6 215 By Lot Robyn Maw & Angela Mowbray 7 215 By Lot Catherine Knight & Catherine Bell 8 216 By Lot Jo Peacock & Jacqui Beardsley 9 216 By Lot Tania Wilson & Sally Jones 10 218 By Lot Jane Lane & Janine Paul 11 218 By Lot Wendy Stevenson & Sue Newman Best Nett without a prize 65 Margaret Kelk Men’s Winners 2012 Sponsored Tournament 2012 1 196 Jim Lattimore and Peter Brown 2 198 By Lot Brent and Wayne Smith 3 198 By Lot Eric Grimwade and Frank Sandys 4 201 Craig J Middleton and Paul Plimmer 5 202 By Lot Dayle and Ian Lucas 6 202 By Mark Gazzard and Mark Scrivenor 7 202 By Lot Mickey Marr and Andy Gorman 8 202 By Lot Dave Puckett and Bob Collins 9 203 By Lot James Anderson and Richard Maw 10 203 By Lot Courtney Weidel and Dale Fisher 11 203 By Lot Pete Wood and Piers Rolton 12 203 By Lot Brendan Kirdy and Raymond Kirdy 13 204 By Lot Mark Allred and Simon Wareing 14 204 By Lot Warren Eddington and Mark Gorman 15 204 By Lot Philip Elliott and Stuart Wilson 16 205 Grant Hargreaves and Andrew Wylie 17 206 Martin Hickman and Doug Sheldon 18 207 Barry Wackwitz and Dan McLaughlin 19 208 By Lot Billy Mason and Eddie Tulip 20 208 By Lot Alan Broomhall and Kerry Smith 21 208 By Lot Graeme Gunn and Simon Hampton 22 208 By Lot Wayne Lloyd and Brendan Hurley 23 208 By Lot Garry Horn and Greg Snelling 24 208 By Lot Steve Kennedy and Andrew Barrie 25 209 By Lot Paddy Helmore and Max Bullivant 26 209 By Lot Eric Meaclem and Simon Restieux Best Nett Without a Prize Malcolm Collins 67 Ski Time Longest Drive Saturday Ladies Catherine Knight Men Bevan McGibbon Longest Drive Sunday Ladies Catherine Knight Men Bevin McGibbon Two’s Saturday Ladies M Kelly, Wendy Stevenson Men’s: A Marshall, S Wareing, P Davidson, P Harper, P Plimmer, E Grinwade, KJ McCloy, E Meaclem, G Stringer J O’Duffy, M Bullivan, G Gunn, W Eddington Two’s Sunday Ladies Catherine Bell, J Senior, AM Middleton, R Maw Men D McLaughlin, P Middleton, S Richards, R O’Neill, P Elliott, W Smith, W Mellish, K DaviesStewart, G Stringer, M Collins x 2, Paddy Helmore, D Lucas, D Thode.
Softball Mid Canterbury Softball December 1 TBall Tinwald Whitesox 29-27 Longbeach Strikers; Hampstead Blue 22-7 Tinwald Dolphins; St Joseph Tigers 40-34 Allenton Diamonds; St Joseph Panthers 25-21 Allenton Gold; Borough 30-21 Rakaia Redsox; Netherby Nixons 25-24 Hampstead Yellow. Slowpitch Tinwald Blacksox 13-10 Allenton Tigers; Rakaia Royals 28-10 Hampstead; Metalcorp Hampstead Allstars 22-8 Netherby Dodgers Little League Cardinals 16-4 Pirates; Ashburton City Tigers 10-10 Methven Mad Dogs Revival Series AC Phoenix Flyers 7-0 Nosh Cafe Hampstead Hawks; Rusty Demons 15-5 AC Hellcats; Fairfield Marines 7-0 Fairfield B52’s; Revival Rebels 7-0 Revival Renegades Rolleston V Mid Canterbury Shield Challenge Played in Rolleston on Saturday saw Mid Canterbury winning 25-10 over the Selwyn Combined team.
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his first series loss as Australian captain. Australia came to Perth with high hopes of stealing the world’s-best crown from the Proteas and sending Ponting out on a high, but they were instead given a rude reality check ahead of next year’s Ashes battle. After bowling South Africa out for 225 in the first innings, Australia were set a world record chase and found themselves on the end of a hiding. Australia were bowled out for 322, giving South Africa an emphatic 309-run win with more than a day to spare, after they belted 569 in their match-winning second dig. - AAP Ricky Ponting ducks under a bouncer in his last ever turn at bat in a test match, in yesterday’s game in Perth. photo ap
C. Elvines 6-2, 6-4. Junior A Allenton Green beat Hinds 6 matches to 0 E. Dargue & S. Ness beat F. Lobb & D. Henderson 6-1; H. Dargue & M. Ness won by default; E. Dargue beat F. Lobb 9-6; S. Ness beat D. Henderson 9-0; M. Ness beat L. Henderson 9-5; H. Dargue won by default. Tinwald Tigers beat Wakanui 5 matches to 1 T. Leonard & V. Sandrey beat H. Davies & C. Paul 6-0; T. Leonard beat H. Davies 9-2; M. Langley beat J. Settle 9-5; V. Sandrey lost to C. Paul 7-9; A. Brady won by default. Rakaia lost to Hampstead Crusaders 4 matches to 2 H. Helem & D. Hadfield lost to Q. Ritchie & L. Potts 1-6; J. Helem & M. Bishop beat J. Hastie & O. Hastie 6-3; H. Helem lost to Q. Ritchie 0-9; D. Hadfield lost to L. Potts 3-9; J. Helem lost to J. Hastie 6-9; M. Bishop beat O. Hastie 9-4. Dorie lost to Allenton Maroon 37 games to 33 C. Stewart & H. Sloper beat C. Muir & T. Kelland 6-3; T. Mones-Cazon & J. Jackways beat J. Kell & C. Allan 6-3; C. Stewart beat C. Muir 9-4; H. Sloper lost to T. Kelland 2-9; T. Mones-Cazon lost to J. Kell 2-9; J. Jackways lost to C. Allan 8-9 (6-8). Longbeach beat Hampstead Racketts 6 matches to 0 L. Scott & E. McDowall beat K. Canning & H. Rossellin 6-2; A. Elvines & E. Cameron beat D. Rossellin & G. Canning 6-0; L. Scott beat K. Canning 9-2; E. McDowall beat H. Rossellin 9-0; A. Elvines beat D. Rossellin 9-0; E. Cameron beat G. Canning 9-2. Methven Silver beat Hampstead Hurricanes 4 matches to 2 T. Faulks & G. McKendry lost to H. Adams & S. Prendergast 4-6; M. Wilson & D. Wilson beat F. Dalzell & T. Carter 6-2; T. Faulks beat H. Adams 9-7; G. McKendry lost to S. Prendergast 5-9; M. Wilson beat F. Dalzell 9-1; D. Wilson beat T. Carter 9-4. Junior B Tinwald Red beat Rakaia Black 25 games to 21 J. Jones & S. Millar beat J. Bloomfield & J. Dennett 6-0; J. Millar & J. Henshilwood lost to R. Langley & J. Blakemore 5-6; J. Jones beat J. Bloomfield 6-0; S. Millar beat J. Dennett 6-3; J. Millar lost to R. Langley 2-6; J. Henshilwood lost to J. Blakemore 0-6. Allenton beat Longbeach 6 matches to 0 P. Harnett F. Harnett beat A. Bagrie & L. Bagrie 6-1; C. Donaldson & C. Collins beat K. Gane & J. Gane 6-0; P. Harnett beat A. Bagrie 6-0; F. Harnett beat L. Bagrie 6-3; C. Donaldson beat K. Gane 6-1; C. Collins beat J. Gane 6-0. Hinds beat Hampstead 5 matches to 1 N. Wilson & L. Hyde beat W. Wallis & L. Burdett 6-3; J. Allen-Perkins & J. Rollinson beat C. Ellis & D. Ellis 6-3; N. Wilson beat W. Wallis 6-3; L. Hyde beat L. Burdett 6-2; J. Allen-Perkins lost to C. Ellis 3-6; J. Rollinson beat D. Ellis 6-2. Junior C Longbeach lost to Hinds Silver 6 matches to 0 S. Scott & C. Brook lost to H. Yeatman & A. Watt 1-6; H. Brook & E. Bitinead lost to E. Yeatman & R. Watt 0-6; S. Scott lost to H. Yeatman 1-6; H. Brook lost to A. Watt 0-6; C. Brook lost to E. Yeatman 0-6; E. Bitinead lost to R. Watt 4-6. Methven Red lost to Hinds Black 4 matches to 2 B. Farrell & J. Sheldan beat H. Jefferson & E. Wilson 6-5; K. Braidwood & M. Hydes lost to A. McKeown & M. Furrer 0-6; B. Farrell beat H. Jefferson 6-3; J. Sheldan beat E. Wilson 6-0; K. Braidwood beat A. McKeown 6-4; M. Hydes lost to M. Furrer 0-6. Dorie beat Allenton 4 matches to 2 C. Sloper & L. Pye lost to T. McIntyre & C. Harnett 3-6; N. Mones Cazones & F. Pye beat T. Donnelly & S. Judge 6-5; C. Sloper lost to T. McIntyre 5-6; L. Pye beat C. Harnett 6-2; N. Mones Cazones beat T. Donnelly 6-5; F. Pye beat S. Judge 6-0. Hampstead beat Rakaia 6 matches to 0 D. Barbu & L. Kingan beat T. Scott & S. Mattson 6-0; T. Lee & B. Douglas beat J. Blakemore & J. Kulsen 6-1; T. Lee beat T. Scott 6-0; B. Douglas beat J. Kulsen 6-5; D. Barbu beat J. Blakemore 6-0; L. Kingan beat S. Mattson 6-4. Methven Orange beat Longbeach Aces 5 matches to 1 T. Lewthwaite & J. Molloy beat E. Keating & D. Bishop 6-4; H. Faulks & M. Evatt beat J. Keating & H. Bishop 6-1; T. Lewthwaite beat E. Keating 6-3; J. Molloy beat D. Bishop 6-4; H. Faulks beat J. Keating 6-0; M. Evatt lost to H. Bishop 2-6. Hampstead Sting beat Methven Brown 31 games to 27 L. Deal & E. Stagg beat L. Heaven & J. Ree 6-3; L. Prendergast & M. Ruffle beat E. Temoananui & L. Smith 6-2; L. Deal beat L. Heaven 6-4; E. Stagg lost to J. Ree 5-6; L. Prendergast lost to E. Temoananui 5-6; M. Ruffle lost to L. Smith 3-6. Methven beat Tinwald 5 matches to 1 (unreadable) Grade Unknown J. Jackways & C. Sloper beat T. Leithwaite & J. Molloy 6-3; N. Mones Cazone & A. Sparks beat R. Duff & M. Evatt 6-3; J. Jackways beat T. Leithwaite 6-1; C. Sloper beat J. Molloy 6-4; N. Mones Cazone lost to R. Duff 4-6; A. Sparks beat M. Evatt 6-2. Challenger Grade – Boys
Results from Friday 30 November 2012 Mid Canterbury Black lost to Mid Canterbury Blue 4 matches to 2 Singles: Aidan Mitchell lost to James Watt 1-6, 3-6; Connor Brosnahan lost to Joseph benny 2-6, 3-6; Jamie Burrows lost to Duncan Rollinson 1-6, 5-7; Flynn Ness beat Charlie stock 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (7-3). Doubles: Aidan Mitchell & Flynn Ness lost to James Watt & Joseph Benny 6-4, 5-7, 0-1 (4-7); Connor Brosnahan & Jamie Burrows beat Duncan Rollinson & Charlie Stock 6-4, 6-4. Challenger Grade – Girls Mid Canterbury beat Elmwood Red 6 matches to 0 Singles Ashleigh Leonard beat Emily Wium 6-4, 6-4; Stacey Hopwood beat Charlotte Lee 6-3, 6-4; Christal Brosnahan beat Stella Hoeper 6-1, 6-0; Larissa Allan beat Katie Hunt 6-2, 6-0. Doubles Ashleigh Leonard & Stacey Hopwood beat Emily Wium & Charlotte Lee 9-7; Christal Brosnahan & Larissa Allan beat Stella Hoeper & Katie Hunt 9-3.
Mid Canterbury Tennis Junior Rep Match v North Canterbury Mid Canterbury 10’s Boys Doubles Edwin Dargue & Jarrod Hill beat Ryley Eder & Jack Riley 9-1; Jake Benny & Tyler Leonard lost to William Riley & Logan Ranson 7-9. Girls Doubles Jade Brosnahan & Tori Kelland beat Megan Mane & Georgia Gold 9-3; Sophie Ness & Millie Ness beat Katelyn Hare & Lilly Neale 9-3. Boys Singles Edwin Dargue beat Ryley Eder 9-4; Jarrod Hill beat Jack Riley 9-4; Jake benny beat William Riley 9-0; Tyler Leonard beat Logan Ranson 9-6. Girls Singles Jade Brosnahan lost to Megan Mane 7-9; Tori Kelland beat Georgia Gold 9-6; Sophie Ness beat Katelyn Hare 9-0; Millie Ness beat Lilly Neale 9-3. Mixed Doubles Edwin Dargue & Jade Brosnahan lost to Ryley Eder & Megan Mane 8-9 (11-14); Jarrod Hill & Tori Kelland beat Jack Riley & Georgia Gold 9-5; Sophie Ness & Jake Benny beat William Riley & Katelyn Hare 9-1; Tyler Leonard & Millie Ness beat Logan Ranson & Lily Neale 9-3. Mid Canterbury beat North Canterbury 13 matches to 3 Mid Canterbury 12’s Boys Doubles James Watt & Duncan Rollinson beat Liam Dunseath & Ben Rudd 6-0, 6-2; Flynn Ness & Charlie Stock beat Callum Moore & Josh Endacott 6-0, 6-3. Girls Doubles Erin Connelly-Whyte & Georgia Benny beat Suzie Wilding & Keely Dunseath 6-4, 6-3; Holly Wild & Isabelle Talbot beat Georgia Woollett & Bianca Rae 6-4, 6-1. Boys Singles James Watt beat Liam Dunseath 6-0, 6-0; Duncan Rollinson beat Ben Rudd 6-0, 6-1; Flynn Ness beat Callum Moore 6-0, 6-1; Charlie Stock beat Josh Endacott 3-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-7). Girls Singles Erin Connelly-Whyte beat Suzie Wilding 7-5, 6-2; Georgia Benny beat Keely Dunseath 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6); Holly Wild beat Georgia Woollett 6-2, 6-0; Isabelle Talbot lost to Bianca Rae 2-6, 6-7 (2-7). Mixed Doubles James Watt & Erin Connelly-Whyte beat Liam Dunseath & Suzie Wilding 9-2; Duncan Rollinson & Georgia Benny beat Ben Rudd & Keely Dunseath 9-3; Flynn Ness & Holly Wild beat Callum Moore & Georgia Woollett 9-1; Charlie Stock & Isabelle Talbot Beat Josh Endacott & Bianca Rae 9-5. Mid Canterbury beat North Canterbury 14 matches to 2 Mid Canterbury 14’s Boys Doubles: Aidan Mitchell & Joseph Benny lost to Cameron McCracken & Jakob Eder 1-6, 2-6; Connor Brosnahan & James Wild lost to Jack Henderson & Nick van de Weil 5-7, 3-6. Girls Doubles: Larissa Allan & Shannon Crequer beat Christine van Til & Tyler Wilson 7-6, (7-5), 6-4; Fran Connelly-Whyte & Penny Young beat Ashleigh Ritchie & Kate Woollett 6-7, (5-7), 6-4, 1-0 (10-6). Boys Singles: Aidan Mitchell lost to Cameron McCracken 0-6, 2-6; Joseph Benny beat Jakob Eder 6-4, 0-6, 1-0 (10-8); James Wild lost to Jack Henderson 1-6, 0-6; Connor Brosnahan lost to Nick van de Weil 3-6, 1-6. Girls Singles: Larissa Allan beat Christine van Til 6-1, 6-1; Shannon Crequer beat Tyler Wilson 7-6, (7-2), 6-0; Fran Connelly-Whyte beat Ashleigh Ritchie 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-6); Penny Young lost to Kate Woollett 2-6, 2-6. Mixed Doubles Joseph Benny & Larissa Allan lost to Cameron McCracken & Christine van Til 5-9; James Wild & Shannon Crequer lost to Jakob Eder & Tyler Wilson 5-9; Connor Brosnahan & F. Connelly-Whyte beat Jack Henderson & Ashleigh Ritchie 9-6; Aidan Mitchell & Penny Young lost to Nick van de Weil & Kate Woollett 3-9.
North Canterbury beat Mid Canterbury 9 matches to 7 Mid Canterbury 16’s Boys Doubles Todd Boag & Jamie Burrows beat Josh Allan & Logan Harrison 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-5); Aaron Reid & Hamish Hood lost to Garrett Hearsum & Nathan McCulloch 1-6, 2-6. Girls Singles Stacy Hopwood & Ashleigh Leonard beat Mary Goulding & Rebecca Gold 6-7 (6-8), 6-1, 1-0 (108); Christal Brosnahan & Milly Young lost to Ella Robertson & Brittany McCracken 4-6, 5-7. Boys Singles Todd Boag lost to Josh Allan 2-6, 2-6; Jamie Burrows lost to Logan Hearsum 4-6, 4-6; Aaron Reid lost to Garrett Hearsum 2-6, 0-6; Hamish Hood beat Nathan McCulloch 7-6 (7-4), 7-5. Girls Singles Stacey Hopwood lost to Mary Goulding 3-6, 2-6; Ashleigh Leonard beat Rebecca Gold 6-1, 6-2; Christal Brosnahan lost to Ella Robertson 6-0, 2-6, 0-1 (8-10); Milly Young lost to Brittany McCracken 1-6, 0-6. Mixed Doubles Todd Boag & Stacey Hopwood lost to Josh Allan & Mary Goulding 4-9; Jamie Burrows & Ashleigh Leonard beat Logan Hearsum & Rebecca Gold 9-1; Aaron Reid & Christal Brosnahan lost to Garrett Hearsum & Ella Roberston 4-9; Hamish Hood & Milly Young lost to Nathan McCulloch & Brittany McCracken 5-9. North Canterbury beat Mid Canterbury 11 matches to 5
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Hampstead Bowling Club Skips names who have entered in Hampstead Devon Friday Triples 12.30pm start, 7th December. Whites to be worn. To be played at the Tinwald Bowling Club. B. Williams, G. Taylor, M. Grice, H. Kemp, A. McKenzie, J. Ryk, C. Leech, B. Harper, R. Mitchell, R. Cockburn, R. Neilson, K. Butler, W. Watts, R. Harrison, B. Holdom, R. Anstiss.
Netball Mid Canterbury Netball Mitre 10 Mega Twilight Netball Draw Finals Week 6 Tuesday 4th December 2012 Heartland Court: 6.00pm, Dodgy Knees v Doggies (Final); 7.00pm, High Raters v S & Giggles (Final) Neumanns Tyre Services Court: 6.00pm, Canterbury Dirty Tactics v Semi Pro’s; 7.00pm, Ashburton Ligers v Scoring All Night; Ashburton Guardian Blue Court: 6.00pm, Mixed Up v Udder Chaos; 7.00pm, Legal Ganstaz v Hoops I Did It Again; Ashburton Guardian Red Court: 6.00pm, Dragons v The Geez Team; Ashburton Guardian White Court: 6.00pm, Childs Play v Seeds R Us; 7.00pm, Megz Team v Moisties;
Softball Hampstead Softball Club Nosh Café Slow-Pitch 7th December 2012 6.30pm: D.1 TGIF Sluggers v S & Giggles; D.2 S & Giggles v Nosh Café Marines & Angels; D.3 Muz’s Tigers v As Good As It Gets
Tennis Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis Saturday 8th December 2012 B Grade – Duty Team – Lon/May/Rak Picknmix: 9am start: Allenton v Rakaia; Tinwald White v Methven Jade; Methven Black v Lon/May/Rak picknmix; Hampstead v Tinwald Orange. Junior A – Pool A – 9am start: Allenton Green v Methven Blue v at Methven Domain; Longbeach v Wakanui at Wakanui; Hampstead Racketts v Hinds at Hampstead. BYE – Tinwald Trojans. Junior A – Pool B – 9am start: Hampstead Crusaders v Allenton Maroon at Hampstead; Dorie v Hampstead Hurricanes at Dorie Hall; Methven Silver v Rakaia at Rakaia. Junior B – 9am start: Hinds v Tinwald Blue at Tinwald; Rakaia Black v Longbeach Tryhards at Rakaia, Methven Green v Hampstead at Hampstead; Rakaia Pink v Tinwald Red at ATTC. BYE - Allenton. Junior C – Pool A – 9am start: Allenton v Methven Orange at ATTC. Rakaia v Hinds Black at Hinds; Hampstead Flames v Dorie C at Dorie School; Methven Red v Longbeach Aces at Longbeach. Junior C – Pool B – 9am start: Hinds Silver v Hampstead Sting at Hinds; Methven Brown v Methven Gold at Mt Hutt College. 10.30am start: Tinwald Green v Longbeach Spinners at Tinwald. Please phone any defaults to ATTC on 3083020.
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Carter’s off day closes a fickle year By Patrick McKendry Dan Carter wasn’t the worst All Black at Twickenham on a day New Zealand rugby got a kick up the backside, but he was nowhere near his best and it brings to an end a curious year for him. Injured for much of the Crusaders season, he played second-five on his return, but, handed the playmaker role for the semi-final against the Chiefs at Hamilton, he hardly fired a shot in his team’s loss. It was a performance eerily similar to his one in the 38-21 defeat to England on Sunday. He was off-target with his goalkicking and defence and never got his running game going. Every player is entitled to an off day, although world class players such as Carter have them less often than most. But it’s worth looking back over the No10’s year, his last before he becomes a father - which will bring a whole new set of challenges. Now that we can see it in its entirety it has a new complexion and there might even be a lesson or two in it for All Blacks coach Steve Hansen. Carter’s best moments came in the black jersey, no question, and they are what forced his name on to the IRB player of the year shortlist. His drop goal in the dying seconds against Ireland in Christchurch in June allowed the All Blacks to avoid a first ever loss to the men in green. However, he had the chance to clinch a dramatic victory in a similar fashion against Australia in Brisbane only to see his kick sail wide and the Wallabies celebrate a draw. Most assumed it would be the only blemish on the All Blacks’ year.
In the Rugby Championship he was solid for a team a long way ahead of the chasing pack. On this year’s northern tour he didn’t play against Italy - Aaron Cruden was given a go - but the 30-year-old was outstanding against Scotland the following week. An early blip (intercept pass, try for Scotland) was largely forgotten in a display reminiscent of what he considers the pinnacle of his career - the 2006 series against the Lions. However, Scotland’s ability was put into stark relief a couple of weeks later when they lost to Tonga, a result which dropped them to 12th on the IRB world rankings and forced coach Andy Robinson’s resignation. A week after the All Blacks victory at Murrayfield, Carter pulled out of the Wales match due to an Achilles injury, but he was determined to play against England at Twickenham. In explaining the shock loss to England, Hansen said Carter was fit to play, but it seems to be case in which the pivot was given too much leeway. The All Blacks coach sees Carter as an automatic selection, if fit, which is fair given what he has achieved in the game since making his debut in 2003. He has since become one of the best players to pull on an All Blacks jersey. But the England result proved no assumptions can be made about Carter or anything. The injuries - Achilles, groin, hamstring, calf, Achilles again - are becoming more common and Cruden must be regarded as a viable option for Carter, even for the biggest of tests, if there is any question over his form or fitness. Especially his fitness. - APNZ
• Call for greater effort Black Sticks captain Dean Couzins is calling for his side to channel their frustrations into an all-out assault on England at the Champions Trophy today. The match in Melbourne is New Zealand’s final game of pool play and the result will dictate who they meet in the quarter-finals. Sunday night’s 4-2 loss to India left the Black Sticks stuck at the bottom of Pool A. “We’re frustrated and disappointed with how we played and that’s still biting more today than last night. We feel that as a team we can play better than what we are,” Couzins said. - APNZ
• No call for Civoniceva
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City boys have the edge on the cricket pitch Ben Innes (pictured) and his year 6 Mid Canterbury cricket side felt the brunt of the Canterbury Metro year 6 team at the Ashburton Domain on Saturday. Put into bat first, the Cantabrians strung together 111 runs in 40 overs before Mid Canterbury went in to bat. Needing a strong batting performance, Mid Canterbury could not handle the strong bowling attack, falling 24 runs short of the gettable total. The Mid Canterbury squad will meet Ellesmere or Canterbury Country in the coming weeks.
Swimmers grab swag of medals By Erin Tasker They were the biggest team at the Canterbury Junior Swimming Championships and the Ashburton swim team did themselves proud, winning four Canterbury titles and 14 medals. One swimmer in particular did the team proud, with 12-year-old Matthew Harford bringing home seven individual medals himself. All up the team won three gold, nine silver and two bronze in terms of individual medals, and a gold and a silver in relays. Harford claimed two Canterbury
titles, taking gold in the 400m individual medley in a time of 5.56.31 minutes, and the 200m butterfly in a time of 2.44.88 minutes. He swam in nine events and swam personal bests in eight of them, also managing to qualify for the New Zealand junior championships in the 100m backstroke. Three other swimmers also achieved their first qualifying times for the New Zealand junior championships. Ashleigh Allred, 10, swam 35.84 seconds in the 50m freestyle to go under the qualifying time and win the Canterbury title, as well as winning silver in the 100m and
200m freestyle. Kayla Baker, 12, swam 35.07 seconds to qualify for the 50m butterfly at junior nationals and Sophie Beckley, 12, also qualified by swimming 40.81 seconds in the 50m breaststroke. Aimee Elliot, 12, had a strong meet with personal best times in eight of her nine events and won silver in the 400m freestyle in 5:10.49 minutes. She also added the 100m backstroke to her list of qualified events for the New Zealand juniors. Matthew Clough, 12, also took five seconds off his previous best time to go under the qualifying time
in the 200m individual medley in 2:50.27 minutes. Meanwhile, Zack Martin, 12, won silver in the 200m breaststroke (3:17.23 minutes) and bronze in the 100m breaststroke (1:34.54 minutes). Ashburton’s other medal winner was Zoe Beckley, 10, who won bronze in the 100m breaststroke in a new personal best time of 1:53.84 minutes. The boys’ relay team of Clough, Martin, Josh Harkness and Harford was in good form winning the Canterbury title in the 200m medley relay and silver in the 200m freestyle relay.
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Dan Carter spent some time in the stands watching the All Blacks play this year
Where does Folau fit? By Will Knight Melbourne Rebels coach Damien Hill says he can’t fathom how Super Rugby rivals NSW Waratahs could fit off-contract code-hopper Israel Folau under the newly introduced salary cap. Rugby union has emerged as the next stop for 23-year-old Folau after he turned down an offer to return
to rugby league in the NRL with Parramatta last week, having quit his multi-million dollar AFL deal with Greater Western Sydney last month. Labelled a cash-hungry mercenary in some quarters after walking away from protracted talks with Parramatta, Folau took to Twitter late on Sunday. “Everyone is entitled to their opinions! But I’ll speak the truth when it’s my time,” Folau tweeted. - AAP
The Tinwald Cycling Club staged a 48km handicap event on the roads of Flemington on Sunday. With the front bunch swelling to 26 riders coming into the finish line the top spot was up for grabs. The club’s new timing system was put to the test, with the first 24 riders finishing inside seven seconds. It was Nigel Douglas who claimed victory, but only after overcoming a brave charge to the line by runner up Ross Templeton. Templeton jumped early creating a gap that only Douglas was able to breach in the shadow of the line. Michael Gallagher continued his good form to deservedly secure third place with Kevin Opele and Kristine Marriott in the thick of the finish taking fourth and fifth places respectively. Back marker Jason Christie rode
the course in 67 minutes 54 seconds to record the fastest time with Nigel Douglas and Michael Gallagher taking second and third time. Frances Smith and Julia Tarbotton competed strongly to take the top two spots in junior open. The juniors and division 2 contested a 16km handicap race. It was the battle of the first season riders in the junior event with Shaun Uden pulling out a great sprint to get the better of Ryan Jackson by the slightest of margins. Laurent Fifield, from the scratch mark, claimed third place and in doing so lifted fastest time honours. Division 2 saw Nicole Herd claim first place with Tony Tarbotton in second. Next week the club will contest a handicap event around the Swamp Road block. Jason Christie: turned on the power to record the fastest time on Sunday
IRB wins another booby prize By Gregor Paul In what was an already poor month for the IRB, the governing body finished it with yet another boob in their random nominations for player of the year that failed, once again, to acknowledge a tight forward anywhere in the world. Amazingly, in the 11 years the player of the year award has been running, only one tight forward, England’s Steve Thompson, has made the shortlist. Rugby preaches core values of teamwork and unity, promotes the need for collective effort and frowns at rival code football’s cult of “me” and then every year can’t congratulate the glory boys quickly enough. There is no gripe with Richie McCaw receiving the reward, but a shortlist that included one openside flanker and three first-fives is hardly representative or reflective of how test football works. Rugby is a jigsaw - each individual does their job and the big picture emerges. It’s easy to see what Daniel Carter does; easy to be impressed by the likes of Julian Savea and Bryan Habana in full flight, but so much of what they do is only possible because of the supremely efficient work being done by numbers one to five. Surely it’s about time the likes of Tony Woodcock, Dan Cole, Adam Jones and Jannie du Plessis were recognised for their
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endlessly good and vital contributions? These men are as much the rock stars of the world game as the 10s and wings who steal the show, maybe even more so, and not once in 11 years has a prop made the IRB shortlist. Even stranger is that in European club rugby it is the props who are regularly the top earners - the IRB might not have a clue, but club owners know the value of big men who can scrummage and clean out. These are thankless but vital chores that might seem mundane, but they are as skilled and as important as making a linebreak. There is no need to denigrate Owen Farrell and Freddie Michalak as players - yet the point still stands, the panel that judges this year’s awards have made a nonsense of them - just like all of their predecessors. Can we really take them seriously when they appear to actively exclude the tight five?
Even McCaw was a little perplexed by the shortlist. “Probably a little bit I suppose,” he said. “It is quite hard I suppose to pick out all the guys because there are guys who have done well for us at various times throughout the year. “There are a few guys who put up their hands at times. I think someone like Kieran Read and Israel Dagg - they have both been a significant part of how this team has gone. “Even a young fella like Aaron Smith who has been reasonably consistent. “So I think when you are in a team you realise that each person does their role each week to ensure that the team plays better. “Sometimes there are individuals that look good but it is the team effort that helps that. That is the tough part of an individual award in a team sport - who has made those guys look good.” Woodcock probably reacted the best when he was told that a prop had never been on the shortlist. “Really? Is that right. Never?” - HOS Richie McCaw: perplexed
Brisbane have ruled out reactivating Petero Civoniceva’s NRL career should the club have a front-row crisis in 2013. After agreeing to play for Queensland Cup grand finalists Redcliffe next season, the highly decorated Civoniceva could potentially receive an NRL call-up with the Dolphins one of four affiliate clubs Brisbane can pull players from during the season. Civoniceva retired from the NRL after his 309th game - 235 for Brisbane in September. However, Brisbane football manager Andrew Gee said on Monday the club was unlikely to go knocking on Civoniceva’s door next season with a strong batch of front-rowers led by Ben Hannant, Josh McGuire, Dave Hala, Dunamis Lui, Scott Anderson and Mitchell Dodds to - AAP call on.
• Steyn goes to Heat Having run through Australia’s top order in the third Test in Perth last Saturday, Dale Steyn will soon turn mentor for the likes of Ben Cutting when he links up with Brisbane Heat for the Big Bash League. Steyn, the world’s best bowler, has signed a one-game deal with the Heat and is set to take on Ricky Ponting’s Hobart Hurricanes on Sunday at the Gabba. Cutting, who himself boasts no shortage of aggression and a brilliant bouncer, is looking forward to linking up with the man who spoke pre-series of his love for being given the chance “to basically kill someone with two bouncers an over. Or try, legally”. - AAP
• McDowell’s challenge Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell ended a two-year victory drought yesterday with a three-shot triumph in the World Challenge hosted by Tiger Woods. McDowell, who capped a stellar 2010 season that saw him win the US Open with a victory in this unofficial post-season invitational, hadn’t won anywhere in the world since then. He carded a fourunder par 68 in the final round for a 72-hole total of 17-under 271 and a three-stroke victory over Keegan Bradley. Bradley, the 2011 PGA Championship winner who started the day two shots off McDowell, posted 274. - AFP
• Ali ‘King of Boxing’ Muhammad Ali, former world heavyweight champion and widely considered to be the greatest pugilist of all time, will be named “King of Boxing” at the 50th convention of the World Boxing Council which will begin on Monday in Cancun. The “crowning” of Ali will be one of the main events at the convention celebrating the 50th year of the WBC, which is headed by Mexican Jose Sulaiman. The WBC said that Ali’s proclamation will take place at a ceremony attended by about 100 world champions and ex-champs. “It will be a recognition for an entire life of greatness. There’s nobody in the world who has done what Ali has done,” - EFE Sulaiman said.
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All Blacks may face England in World Cup pool The All Blacks, having just been thrashed by England at Twickenham, could find themselves in the same World Cup pool as their conquerors for the 2015 global tournament. England’s 38-21 victory over the world champions was impressive in every sense but it wasn’t enough to secure a top-four seeding for the World Cup draw. Those places remain occupied by New Zealand, South Africa, Australia and France. The draw, which will take place in London today, will definitely place England, the World Cup hosts, in a pool with one of the tier one-ranked teams. Facing England in a pool match on their home turf would be an intriguing prospect for the All Blacks. New Zealand have never lost a World Cup pool game, yet that didn’t help them in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003 or 2007, all tournaments which ended in failure for the men in black. Being in a strong pool could be beneficial, although not too much should be read into those results. The All Blacks thrashed France in their pool match last year before meeting a very different prospect in the final, which the home team won by the closest of margins, 8-7. England are joined by Ireland,
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Cup draw facts * The 20-team competition will comprise four pools, each containing five countries. * Seedings are based on the current International Rugby Board world rankings, with teams divided into five tiers of four. * Tier one is New Zealand, South Africa, Australia and France. * Tier two is England, Ireland, Samoa and Argentina. * Tier three is Wales, Italy, Tonga and Scotland. * Tier four is Oceania 1, Europe 1, Asia 1 and Americas 1. * Tier five is Africa 1, Europe 2, Americas 2, Repechage winner. * The identity of tier four and five countries will be confirmed after World Cup qualifying games. * A tier one country will be drawn into each of the four pools, followed by one from tier two, tier three, etc. * The trademark “pool of death” is likely to be the one that includes Wales, who were World Cup semifinalists in New Zealand last year. * The competition will run from September 18 to October 31, 2015, with Twickenham hosting the final.
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Samoa and Argentina in tier two, with Wales, semi-finalists last year, in tier three alongside Italy, Tonga and Scotland.
The identities of eight remaining teams will be confirmed by World Cup qualifying games for a tournament which starts on September 18, 2015. World Cup winning coach Clive Woodward believes all nations will consider England a threat in three years’ time. “It makes the draw fascinating, given England have just demolished New Zealand. The top four sides will not want to be playing against England,” he said. “The draw is really important because it shows which way you go through the quarter-finals, semifinals. That one result will make the southern hemisphere teams sit up and say for once ‘we want to keep away from England’.” For many the World Cup doesn’t start until the knockout phase but some of the best matches last year were early ones, such as Ireland’s victory over Australia at Eden Park and England’s close win in a rugged encounter with Argentina in Dunedin. - APNZ
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Shield wickets tumble Youngsters do best in the heat
Stacey Hopwood returns a forehand during a rep tennis fixture against North Canterbury at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre on Sunday.
and Hamish Rutherford’s century opening partnership, they failed to put together another stand of any real substance. Redmond tied up an end, but the veteran opener’s resistance eventually came to an end two runs short of his 13th first class century. Redmond was Dean Bartlett’s third victim. Bartlett and his fellow bowlers ensured Auckland claimed four bonus points, but they may be only consolation after the batsmen continued to struggle. Ian Butler grabbed another two and Neil Wagner also chimed in with a brace to leave the Aces in real trouble. Meanwhile, rain may have washed out most of the first day of Northern Districts’ match against Canterbury, but a result is very much in play after the two sides’ bowlers made up for lost time. The defending champion Knights
would have been surprised to take a first-innings lead after slumping from 125-2 to 200 all out - with wicketkeeper BJ Watling falling for eight in his bid to put pressure on test incumbent Kruger van Wyk but they will resume today 130 runs ahead with seven wickets in hand. That’s because Canterbury’s batsmen found life even more difficult on a decent track at Seddon Park. The Wizards were in need of some magic after being reduced to 35-6, before Todd Astle (53 from 45 balls) and Gareth Andrew (89 from 69 balls) set about rebuilding the innings. With Canterbury dismissed 14 runs short of the hosts’ total, Joseph Yovich and James Marshall began to build a significant lead with a second-wicket partnership of 109. But Marshall was stumped late on for 61 and nightwatchman Brent Arnel fell cheaply to leave ND on 116-3 at stumps. - APNZ
By Erin Tasker Mid Canterbury’s young representative tennis players had to battle heat as well as their opponents when they took to the court on Sunday. Mid Canterbury took on North Canterbury in a rep fixture at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre in Sunday morning’s sweltering conditions, and it was the youngest players who provided the best results of the day. The 10s and 12s both recorded wins, the 10s 13-3 on matches and the 12s going one better, winning 14-2. The win in the 10s was an across the board effort, with all bar one singles match going the way of the home side, and all bar one doubles match.
North Canterbury’s third win came in the mixed doubles. The 12s were also convincing, with their only losses coming in the boys and girls number four singles matches. For the 14s, North Canterbury won nine matches to Mid Canterbury’s seven, with its win set up through its boys’ line-up. North Canterbury won both boys’ doubles matches, while Mid Canterbury’s girls evened the ledger winning both their doubles. Joseph Benny won Mid Canterbury’s only boy’s singles match, while Larissa Allan, Shannon Crequer and Fran Connelly-Whyte all helped Mid Canterbury’s cause with wins in the girls’ singles. But Mid Canterbury’s only mixed doubles win came courtesy of Connelly-Whyte and
Connor Brosnahan, with North Canterbury winning the rest to take the tie. In the 16s, North Canterbury prevailed 11-5 after dominating across the board. The only players to taste victory in the singles matches for the home side were Hamish Hood at number four for the boys, and newly crowned Gala Cup singles champion Ashleigh Leonard at number two for the girls. Leonard carried on her top form, also recording wins in the doubles and mixed doubles with partners Stacey Hopwood and Jamie Burrows. Play began in hot summery conditions at the tennis centre but fortunately for the players the wind came up in the afternoon to cool things down as things wound down towards the business end.
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Ball triumphed over bat in a day bowlers could only dream of as 36 wickets fell across two games at an average of 18 in the Plunket Shield yesterday. Hamilton was a graveyard for both teams as 21 batsmen were sent packing for 377 runs to leave the match in the balance, while the carnage continued in Auckland where the hosts claimed 10 Otago scalps only to lose five themselves before stumps. The eventful day at Eden Park left Auckland on the ropes and set to fall further behind Otago in third spot on the standings. Once the dust settled from batsmen trudging to and from the middle, the Aces held a 61-run lead at the halfway mark with five wickets in hand. Otago began the day on 86-0 with designs on a big lead after bundling out Auckland for 196 but, aside from Aaron Redmond
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Tuesday, 4 December 2012
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© Meteorological Service of NZ Limited 2012
Waimate
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TODAY
NZ Today
23 OVERNIGHT MIN 12
MAX
25 OVERNIGHT MIN 8
MAX
19 OVERNIGHT MIN 7 TOMORROW
MAX
15 OVERNIGHT MIN 7
FRIDAY: Becoming showery. Southwesterlies becoming strong.
Midnight Tonight
ia
Wind less than km/h 30
MAX
THURSDAY: Fine, high cloud increasing. Northerlies developing.
18
ka
TODAY
LYTTELTON
AKAROA
Ra
Canterbury High Country
TOMORROW: Fine, chance shower at first. Northerlies, dying later.
22
LINCOLN
Canterbury Plains
TODAY: Morning cloud, then mainly fine. Northeasterlies.
24
CHRISTCHURCH
22
Ashburton Forecast
30 to 59
Auckland Hamilton Napier Palmerston North Wellington Nelson Blenheim Greymouth Christchurch Timaru Queenstown Dunedin Invercargill
60 plus
16 14 19 15 14 15 14 13 15 11 11 12 9
21 23 24 21 18 20 24 17 24 23 20 21 20
FRIDAY
NZ Situation
An active trough moves east over most of the country tomorrow but becomes slow-moving over northern New Zealand tomorrow evening. A large deepening low crosses the South Island later on Thursday.
High cloud increasing, and late rain about the divide, with some heavy falls at night. Wind at 1000m: NW 50 km/h, gusting 70 km/h at times in exposed valleys. Wind at 2000m: NW gale 70 km/h.
TOMORROW
FZL: Lowering to 2000m
Fine, chance of a shower at first. Northerlies, Heavy rain about the Main Divide easing. dying away in the evening. Scattered rain about the foothills, clearing. Snow lowering to 1800 metres. Wind at 1000m: NW gale 70 km/h, easing. THURSDAY Wind at 2000m: NW gale 85 km/h. Fine, high cloud increasing. Northerlies developing.
morning min max
showers showers fine fine showers fine fine showers fine fine fine fine fine
Morning cloud, then fine with high cloud. Northeasterlies.
FZL: Above 3000m
Becoming showery with colder southwesterlies strengthening.
THURSDAY High cloud increasing and rain developing about the Divide. Northerlies, gale for a time about high ground.
FRIDAY Showers with snow down to 1200 metres. Colder southwesterlies, gale about the tops.
SATURDAY
SATURDAY
Showers and strong southwesterlies easing.
Showers clearing and southwesterlies easing.
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River Levels
cumecs
Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 9:45 am, yesterday Nth Ashburton at 12:00 pm, yesterday Sth Ashburton at 12:30 pm, yesterday Rangitata Klondyke at 12:30 pm, yesterday
181.4 10.1 11.7 127.3
Source: Environment Canterbury
Canterbury Readings
to 4pm yesterday
max
Ashburton Airport
min grass 16 hour Dec 2012 min to date to date
19.5
6.7
2.1
0.0
0.0 744.1
SE 35
Christchurch Airport 18.3
6.9
4.8
0.0
0.0 624.0
E 43
6.9
–
0.0
0.0 595.2
SE 31
Temperatures °C
Average
21.3
Average
Timaru Airport
9.9
21.0
10.4
19.6
8.6
18.5
Average
Rainfall mm
8.1
8.1
8
644
6
589
7
485
Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing m am 3 3
6
Tuesday 9 noon 3
6
9 pm am 3
Wednesday
6
9 noon 3
6
9 pm am 3
6
Thursday 9 noon 3
Wind km/h
max gust
6
9 pm
2 1 0
2:22
8:38 2:53 9:01 3:09 9:25 3:42 9:50 3:58 10:14 4:32 10:41 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.
Rise 5:45 am Set 9:02 pm
Good
Good fishing
Rise 12:03 am Set 10:33 am
Last quarter
7 Dec
4:33 am
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Rise 5:44 am Set 9:03 pm
Fair
Fair fishing
Rise 12:33 am Set 11:35 am
New moon
13 Dec 9:43 pm www.ofu.co.nz
Rise 5:44 am Set 9:04 pm
Fair
Fair fishing
Rise 1:01 am Set 12:39 pm
First quarter
20 Dec 6:20 pm
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