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GRAHAM – Richard and Lee-ann (McLauchlan) are delighted to announce the arrival of Sophie Rose on 14 December in Christchurch. A little sister to Lauren and Matthew. All well.

McLAUCHLAN – Mark and Emma (Murray) are delighted to announce the Christmas Day arrival of Elsa Jane in Tauranga. A little sister to Guy. All well.

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Stabbing victim’s family pleads for answers By Anna Leask

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS STEVENS – Matt, Lydia (nee Sloper) and Riley are delighted to announce the arrival of Archie Ivan Stevens, born 30th December 2012, 7lb11oz. Special thanks to Jacqui Wylie, Linda Philip HALL, Michael Francis – Alastair and family sincerely and Nadia McClelland. thank everyone for their expressions of sympathy, baking, cards and flowers following the loss of our TASKER – Logan and Erin (nee Bishop) dearly loved son and brother. are delighted to announce Thank you to all those who the safe arrival of Riley attended the service. Special James on December 23, thanks to Father Fennessy, 2012, weighing 8lb14oz. Katrina Mensen, Julie and Special thanks to midwives the Geraldine Golden Oldies Amy and Ruth and the staff Rugby Team for their support with at Christchurch Womens extended arrangements and catering. Hospital. Please accept this as a personal acknowledgement.

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YOUNG, Verona Lillian Anna – Elizabeth, Cynthia, Graham, Karen and families would like to say thank you to everyone for the kindness, support and sympathy received on Mums passing. Thank you for the flowers, food and cards received and to those who attended Mums service. A special thanks to Rosebank Rest Home for such wonderful care of Mum during her time there. Mum was a special lady to so many and we know we are not the only ones who will miss her. Death leaves a heartache no one can heal. Love leaves a memory no one can steal.

SPENCE, Barry Leonard – Peacefully, on January 2nd 2013, at Timaru Hospital, surrounded by family, in his 59th year; loved son of Joan (Gore) and the late George Spence, dearly loved father, father-in-law and granddad of Wade, Melissa, and Lukhan Spence, dearly loved brother and brother-in-law of David (deceased), Richard (deceased) and Peri (Palmerston), Dianne and Kim Cormack (Te Anau), loved uncle of Julia and Lachlan Cormack, Nathan and Bridget Spence, much loved husband of the late Tracey Spence, loved step father of Sam Scott, Megan and Ryan Lewis, David Scott and Shar Garven, and IN MEMORIAM grandfather of Reily and Raiden Lewis, and Kage Scott, and dearly loved by his partner Rosemary Court and her family. A service to celebrate Barry’s life will be held at Betts Chapel, cnr QUINN, Richard Anthony North and Butler Sts, (Tony) – Timaru on MONDAY, 21 Nov 1934 - 5 Jan 2011. January 7 at 2pm, followed Dear Dad, two years have by private interment at the passed and the pain is still Timaru Cemetery. Messages raw. to 25 Matai Crescent We love and miss you so Timaru. much. Betts Funeral Services Always remembered. Never FDANZ forgotten. Love all the family, children and grandchildren.

SPENCE, Barry Leonard – Peacefully at Timaru Hospital on January 2, 2013. Dearly loved partner and friend of Rosemary Court and loved friend of Haley and Peter, Andrea and Nye and extended families. Put you gym gear aside, Rest up, may the sports channel rule. Now at peace and free of WARD, Zane Maurice – pain. 02/07/1963-06/01/2011. Our family chain was broken the day you left us. Theres not a day goes by that we don’t think of you and wish that you were still here. We miss you so much. Rest in peace Zane. Loved and remembered THOMPSON, Kevin always. Arthur – Mum, Dad, Janene, Katrina On December 30, 2012, Vaughan and families. peacefully at Christchurch Hospital, aged 67 years. Messages to the Thompson family, c/o PO Box 111-01, Christchurch 8443. A private service has been held. Academy Funeral Services, F.D.A.N.Z.

The family of a man murdered in a brutal New Year attack at Waihi Beach have broken their silence and appealed for the killer come forward. Expatriate New Zealander Robert Wilkinson, 64, known as Murray, was stabbed outside a caravan parked in the driveway of a Waihi Beach home early on January 1. He died in the intensive care unit of Waikato Hospital on Thursday. His son, wife and daughter fronted media at a press conference in Hamilton yesterday. Dan Wilkinson said the family were “desperate to understand” what had happened to his father. “Somebody has the answer to my dad’s death,” he said. “If you know anything -

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Family of Waihi murder victim Robert Wilkinson (known as Murray) Cory Rance (left, daughter), Dan Wilkinson (son) and Luise Wilkinson (wife) give a statement yesterday. anything at all, please let but were too distraught to the police know.” speak publicly. He said the family had been Detective Inspector Chris robbed of Mr Wilkinson’s Page said police were still love and while they appre- seeking the weapon used ciated the public focus in to kill Mr Wilkinson, who finding the killer and help- lived in Queensland, and ing police, they wanted to had widened the area they grieve privately. were searching. It is unclear Mr Wilkinson’s daughter what kind of weapon was Cory Rance and widow Luise used, he said. were at the press conference A post-mortem examina-

tion of Mr Wilkinson’s body was to be completed in Auckland yesterday. Thirty police staff are working on the homicide investigation as they hunt for the attacker, who fled the scene when neighbours heard a disturbance. Checkpoints were set up at Waihi exit-points on Wednesday for police to talk to holidaymakers as they left the area and they have also asked New Year’s Eve partygoers to supply their festive photographs in the hope the pictures identify the attacker. Waihi Beach’s normal population is about 3000 but swelled to 16,000 over the festive period. When the attack occurred, officers were moving on large numbers of mostly young people from the area around the surf club, the motor camp, Beach Rd and Ocean View Rd. -APNZ

Power outage still a mystery By Myles Hume EA Networks are scratching their heads as to what caused a power outage that left twothirds of urban Ashburton in complete darkness on Tuesday night. The network’s operations manager Ken Stirling said linesmen had been investigating two lines that ran parallel to each other near Fairton yesterday. After travelling the length

of the two suspect lines, Mr Stirling said nothing untoward was found and it may remain that way. “The guys had a good look around and couldn’t find anything. They were looking for damage but there was nothing, it’s just one of those things that happens occasionally,” Mr Stirling said. Initially, Mr Stirling said an object could have fallen into the overhead lines, but there was no evidence of that. “We don’t really know what

caused it and I don’t want to speculate,” he said. The outage occurred about 10.15pm on Tuesday and left large part of the down without power, affecting some businesses that were open along West Street. The power was restored about 35 minutes later at 10.50pm and what was mystery at the time will remain that way. No major outages in urban Ashburton have been reported since.

Last-minute Lotto ticket wins battlers $15 million By Nicholas Jones A couple were told at two outlets they were too late to get a Lotto ticket before chancing upon a store still open and buying their ticket. That ticket turned out to be a $15 million winner. The Hastings couple, speaking after claiming their Big Wednesday prize, said they bought the ticket “right on the cut-off”. They had been turned away from two outlets, and it was only while waiting for their takeaway dinner that they saw a petrol station still selling tickets. “I was last in the line, and [the attendant] said we had seven minutes and my daughter and son were taking their time getting their tickets,” said the woman, who chose not to reveal her age or occupation. “I was the last, before it tipped over. It was right on the cut-off.” The woman said her family had been living pay cheque to pay cheque. After getting engaged last year, she and her partner had hoped to buy a

ring for Christmas. “There was an engagement ring that I really liked, but it was $500 - way over our budget. “I said, ‘I’ll deal with this $100 ring’, and he said, ‘No, none of these rings are good enough, you’ll have to wait longer for your ring’ ... I think I’m going to get a pretty good ring now.” After watching the draw on TV, the couple rechecked their numbers and called some of their extended family together. “They thought they were in trouble,” the woman said. “Everybody was jumping for joy, and crying all at the same time. And then we gathered together and we said a prayer.” Service station manager Mitesh Chaudhari said the win was a reason for all to celebrate. “It is good for the whole community, the business, the customers. It’s a good buzz all round - everyone keeps smiling,” he said. “It is very exciting. Unbelievable. Fifteen million dollars - it’s amazing. I couldn’t sleep last night thinking about it.” The winners were deter-

mined to keep their feet on the ground and work out a plan. Much of the money will go to help close friends and family, and they want to spend a substantial amount on charitable work in Africa. The woman said a new home - with a pool table would replace the cramped two-bedroom flat they share with her son and her sisterin-law and her husband. The couple had to borrow money to travel to Wellington to claim their prize. They had no money for a motel, so they got changed in a service station toilet before walking into the Lotteries Commission building to claim their $15 million. “We wanted to dress nice when we got here, with tidy clothes, but we needed to get changed somewhere,” the woman said. “Then we came in with big smiles to claim the money ... Everything has just sort of fallen into place.” Liz Koh of financial planning company Moneymax said anyone coming into that amount of money should leave most of it in the bank for six months or a year. -APNZ

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More twisters coming? Perfect conditions for tornado formation

Steve Burrows, storm chaser. By Sue Newman Batten down the hatches on Monday, the perfect tornado may be brewing in Ashburton’s back country. Storm chaser Steve Burrows, who was in the eye of the tornado that ripped through Mayfield Golf Course on Thursday night, will be back in the area on Monday waiting for that tornado’s brother to arrive. He’s one of a small group of enthusiasts who spend their spare hours chasing storms around New Zealand and on Thursday, he and fellow chaser Aaron Wilkinson were holed up in Mayfield from mid afternoon, watching storm clouds over Mt Peel and hoping they’d turn into a weather bomb.

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And they weren’t disappointed. Just before 6pm the wind started to build, a funnel cloud developed and it became a full blown tornado. “We were waiting around and looking at Mt Peel because it seems to be a breeding area for thunderstorms when we noticed a lot of rotation in the clouds and a lot of lightning flashes. “Then we noticed one cloud was starting to rotate. It started off as a funnel cloud and then became a tornado,” he said. In tornado terms, Mayfield’s was relatively weak, but if it had been closer to the ground it could have caused significant damage, Mr Burrows said. “The funnel cloud was quite strong for about 20 minutes but it was on the ground for less than 20 seconds. At one point it came down quite fast and then sucked itself back up again. “Because it was quite weak, it was touching the ground and then lifting up again.” For stormchasers, there’s nothing more exciting than the reward of capturing a weather event on film, he said.

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Mayfield Golf Club members starting the big cleanup from Thursday’s tornado that whipped across fairways and greens, uprooting trees and spreading debris over a wide area. “It’s a bit like hunting, it’s the thrill of the chase. We start by reading weather models so you know where a storm is likely and then you try to get as close to it as you can. “I’ve had lightning so close over head I’ve felt it through my body.” But there are always surprises. You can’t predict the path of lightning and you can’t always tell when a storm will throw up a tornado. Thursday’s tornado at Mayfield was a happy surprise, Mr Burrows said as the storm chasers had expected a thunderstorm at best. “Conditions weren’t great. I’ve seen much better conditions that have yielded nothing. This was a minor one, but it was a tornado because it had rotating air that touched the ground.” The aim of every storm chaser is to build up a storm image archive that will find a buyer. Mr Burrows and Mr Wilkinson are still waiting for that to happen. “It’s an expensive hobby, we don’t get anything back from it, but hopefully one day. It will never pay the bills but if it can fund some of our trips that would be good.” For the two storm chasers, capturing the Mayfield twister on film and video was celebrated with their post-storm tradition, a KFC twister combo.

Clean up of Mayfield twister aftermath in full swing By Sue Newman Alan Dixon was doing what he did every Thursday, mowing the rough on the Mayfield Golf Course, when his world turned upside down. A tornado that had been brewing all day in the foothills behind Mayfield signalled its arrival with a black funnel cloud, before it descended on the course, ripping down number four and seven fairways and across number nine green. On its way it uprooted several large trees and scattered branches and leaves over a wide area of the course. In its wake it left a stunned Mr Dixon who could do little more than gaze in horror at the damage wrought in less than 10 seconds of frenzy. “I was on the mower and it had been blowing for a while. I went behind the first green and the trees were seriously leaning. It was fair howling. The tops were blowing out of the trees and bits

were breaking off. Then the wind changed and it was in my face like it was a nor-’wester.” That was the start of a crazy few seconds as Mr Dixon watched in horror as large branches were smashed off trees before being picked up and hurled down fairways. “It looked like someone was behind them with a big leaf blower. The branches were being picked up and thrown probably 200 metres in the air and sand was being blown out of the bunkers. All I could see were swirling branches, I didn’t see the funnel at all.” As quickly as it arrived, Mr Dixon said the tornado swept out of the golf course, across a neighbour’s paddock of rape seed and rotated away. “I’ve never seen anything like this before. The weather had been building over Mt Peel all afternoon and I thought we were in for a thunderstorm.” If the tornado had hit when the course had been busy it

was inevitable people would have been injured, he said. “The only people here were four green fee players who’d just finished. They were in the car park and got a bit of a shock. It blew their hats away. I was just about in tears last night so I went home and had a bottle of red to calm my nerves.” Mr Dixon then put out the call for a clean up team and yesterday club members were out in force on tractors and with trucks and trailers, collecting branches, cutting up fallen trees and clearing the greens and fairways for club day today. It was his second brush with rough weather this week. A trip to the west coast saw him stranded in Inchbonnie when floodwaters closed Arthurs Pass. For the golf club there was plenty to celebrate – a large tree missed its pump shed by centimetres, the greens were unmarked and the club house escaped damage in spite of two trees falling close by.

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A funnel shaped cloud that was the fore runner of Thursday’s Mayfield tornado, hangs in the sky, ready to unleash its fury on the Mayfield Golf Club.

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It might have been a trap for golfers for years but this large tree and several others were ripped out of the ground by a tornado that swept through the Mayfield golf course on Thursday. By Myles Hume Twisters ripping through New Zealand landscapes are nothing new, says a Metservice weather expert. Despite a heightened concern around twisters in months gone by, and most recently in Mayfield on Thursday, Metservice severe weather forecaster John Crouch insists there is not a growing number in funnel clouds extending to the ground, creating twisters. “I don’t think they are more common, I think what’s happening is more people are seeing them and recording them with

mobile phones and cameras,” Mr Crouch said. “I think perhaps that people are a lot more conscious of tornados these days. We also get a lot of things being reported as tornados that actually aren’t, a lot of the time they are down bursts from thunder storms.” He also believed tornados were becoming prominent in built up areas, triggering a more widespread awareness. Mr Crouch said there could be five to 10 tornados in New Zealand each year, with one reported every two to three years in Canterbury. Thursday’s twister in the foothills was a result of a funnel cloud that built up from a devel-

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A Canterbury weather radar image at 6.09pm on Thursday showed heavy showers around Mayfield where the twister developed. oping thunderstorm combined with a north-east wind at ground level and westerly gusts higher up, countering each other to create a spinning vortex, Mr Crouch said. When the twister ripped through the Mayfield Golf Course

about 6pm, Mr Crouch predicted it would have lasted 10 to 20 seconds with wind gusts of up to 120km/h before losing momentum and dissipating. Measuring about 15m in diameter, Mr Crouch said the mini twister was at the smaller end of

the scale, but it was still strong enough to fling debris which could have been dangerous to bystanders. Metservice could not predict twisters but they had the ability to assess where funnel clouds were developing.

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Ashburton branch Forest and Bird member Val Clemens wants to see some of Mid Canterbury’s oldest cabbage trees, along the Rakaia Barrhill Methven River Road, protected.

Cabbage trees bloom for history By Susan Sandys Mid Canterbury cabbage trees have undergone a prolific flowering season this year, leading some to forecast hot weather for the remaining weeks of summer. However, Ashburton branch Forest and Bird member Val Clemens does not put much weight in the old saying that a hot summer lies ahead in a bountiful cabbage tree flowering season, and believes it is instead due to wet conditions

the previous summer. “I don’t think they can predict the weather, I think their flowering is a result of the previous summer,” she said. Cabbage trees are plants of beauty to Mrs Clemens and fellow Forest and Bird members, and the group plans to have about one dozen of the trees, along the Rakaia Barrhill Methven River Road, given notable tree status. Forest and Bird belongs to the Ashburton District Councilfacilitated Biodiversity Working Group, alongside other groups

such as Fish and Game and Environment Canterbury. Mrs Clemens said the trees being included on the council’s list of notable trees would offer some protection to the plants, which were a landmark along the stretch of road between Rakaia and Barrhill, and were believed to be among the oldest cabbage trees in the district. Each tree is in fact a clump of cabbage trees, with the original tree having self seeded smaller plants around it. Being alongside farmland they were subject to grazing stock and farm

machinery in adjoining paddocks and along the “long green mile” of the roadside. And while there are a dozen of them today, already two of them have disappeared, perhaps having been chopped down, and another of the trees is withered and may be dying, perhaps having been hit by a mower. John Wilkie at the Rangitata Huts, whose whakapapa goes back many generations in the South Island, said the dozen large trees may even precede European settlement days. He said Maori planted cab-

bage trees as landmarks, and while they were along a road, it was unknown whether the road or the line of trees came first. The line they are planted in follows a natural upper plateau of the Rakaia River. Mr Wilkie said the trees were not only landmarks for Maori, but were also a good food source as their roots could be cooked to provide a type of flour and sugar. He agreed they should be protected. “Because they are so much of the history of the country really,” he said.

Singing students Methven set for lessons ready to learn in art, harps and cheese By Susan Sandys Youngsters aged from nine to 20 are preparing to ham it up at the Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School this month. There are 118 enrolled, the most students ever in its 13-year history. Musical director and producer Jo Castelow said the course filled up last year shortly after it was announced. She rarely advertised and found that students heard about it through word of mouth. The school will run from January 14 to 19 at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, and there will be two concerts at the venue, one on the 18th and one on the 19th. The students had been sent

their music and would be learning it over the holidays. When it came to the summer school week it would be a matter of learning it off by heart and polishing performances. “What some production companies do in three months, we do in five days, with two groups,” Mrs Castelow said. Juniors, aged nine to 12, would be tutored in morning sessions and seniors from 13 to 20 would be tutored in afternoon sessions. The calibre of the students was high with most already having preened their skills through various means such as school choirs. “Summer school is fantastic, it’s fun just to see these children growing and developing,” she said.

By Susan Sandys Methven Summer School enrolments are continuing to come in, just a few days out from courses kicking off on Monday. School committee chairperson Cathie Jackson said a high calibre of tutors at the school this year had helped attract students from throughout the country. Enrolments had come in from Wellington, Auckland, Dunedin and other areas, with many also from Methven and Mid Canterbury. Tutors included Neil Willman, the principal of the New Zealand School of Cheese, who would be taking the Blue By You cheese making course, Helen Webby of the Christchurch Symphony

Orchestra member and School of Harp founder, who would be teaching a beginners’ harp playing course, and Grace Dykstra and Sue Dunn of the Queenstown Arts School who would be teaching painting and writing courses respectively. “We have some fabulous things going on,” Ms Jackson said. There would be 27 courses held throughout the seven-day school, and they each ranged from one to four days each. Earlier this week enrolments were at about 270, and they were continuing to come in. About half the courses had booked out, while others were filling up, and only a few had to be cancelled due to not enough enrolments. But if tutors lived locally it could be a matter of

putting a course back on at the last minute if enough enrolments came in. Traditional favourites such as golf, fishing and painting had proved as popular as ever. New attractions this year included a few making use of Methven’s surrounding landscape. A desire for such courses among the public was identified after the summer school committee undertook a survey. They included walks in the high country with the Methven Tramping Club, a two-day mountain biking course in the back country, and a threeday landscape painting course based at Mt Potts. The school will be based at Mount Hutt College, and is in its 26th year.

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Glass mountain growing Are your assets protected? By Sue Newman The partying efforts of Ashburtonians over new year have helped create mountains of glass at the Ashburton Recycling Centre. While Ashburton has two recycling depots there is just one collection point for the district’s glass, with Wastebusters carting its collection to the recycler next door. Site manager Sharon Breakwell said the one-stop depot for collection was a more economical way of handling the district’s recyclable glass. “That means all of the community’s glass ends up in one place and it can then be put into containers and

trucked to Auckland.” The quantity of glass and other recyclables coming into Wastebusters continued to grow and Ms Breakwell said the variety of items dropped off this year had been a real eye-opener. “We’re seeing big quantities of household goods as people get rid of things they’ve replaced at Christmas and we’re seeing a lot of bikes. Some of those are like brand new. They’re good bikes, the brakes are working and the tyres are good.” A good bike would sell for around $25 at the centre and while some household items appeared to be unused, they too would sell for a fraction of their original price, she said. “We don’t rip people off. It makes far

more sense for us to keep these things moving through the community.” For recyclers it was heartening to see the quantity of material coming in to recycling depots, because those items would otherwise have made their way into landfill, Ms Breakwell said. “We have a steady stream of people in here all day and many of them drop things off and end up buying something else. “ While Wastebusters kept its prices low, Ms Breakwell said the business relied on income from its shop. “It’s the generosity of the community bringing things in to us that keeps us going. This pays the overheads and wages and if there is any left over it goes into our education programme.”

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Wild weather still causing chaos Heavy rain continues to cause travel chaos on the South Island’s West Coast, with its main road closed for at least another four days, and now railway lines being shut down. The wild weather washed out Wanganui River bridge at Harihari, south of Hokitika, on Wednesday, splitting the coast in half, and causing holidaymakers to make massive detours. The latest flooding victims have been trains, with several railway lines being shut down. KiwiRail said it was continuing to assess and repair damage at a number of sites on the West Coast. The railway line between Christchurch and Greymouth, and through the Buller Gorge remained closed and all train services had been cancelled. The section of line running through the Buller Gorge has

The washed out Wanganui River bridge. been particularly hard hit, with the difficult terrain in the area hampering access by track workers to assess the situation and begin the repair job. Several bridges had been damaged, one significantly, and slips and washouts had damaged track at a number of locations, a spokeswoman said. It is anticipated the line

between Christchurch and Greymouth will be back in operation within three to four days, allowing the resumption of the Tranz Alpine and freight services across the Southern Alps. Coach services are in place for passengers with bookings on the Tranz Alpine. However, the section through the Buller Gorge will take longer

for repairs to be completed, and coal services from the Westport area may not resume for at least a week. KiwiRail is in close contact with Solid Energy over the situation. Meanwhile, the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) says Wanganui bridge will be closed at least until midday next Tuesday. “Next Tuesday’s our target providing we get the Wanganui River diverted and that there is no more bad weather,” said NZTA senior asset manager for the West Coast Mark Pinner. “We are aware of how important this link is to the coast and others regions and we’re confident we’ll get the highway re-opened as planned if there are no setbacks.” Flood waters from the river swept away a 40m-long of SH6 at the northern approach to the

bridge on Wednesday. “Water levels have dropped about a metre overnight and that’s helping us divert the river back to its original course so that we can start out preparations to rebuild the highway lost in the flood,” Mr Pinner said. The river is still too high for structural engineers to make a detailed inspection of the bridge, but Mr Pinner was confident it was safe. It’s not just travel plans that have been disrupted by the weather. Around 50 dairy farmers south of Hokitika have been forced to dump milk because the road north was cut off. Westland Milk Products was hoping to resume collection today. Supermarkets in Greymouth and Westport said they’d had no problems getting foodstuffs for the stores. - APNZ

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Visit an eye-opener for US group By Myles Hume University staff and students from the US have been blown away by the handson approach Mid Canterbury farmers use to ply their trade. The group of 17 students and two lecturers from the University of Illinois departed the district yesterday after a whirlwind visit, checking out the district’s rich arable farming landscape while spending a moment to “take in the beautiful scenery”. Coming from the corn and soya bean fields of their homelands, the group visited to see how crops were grown and marketed in a district where an overwhelming majority of farming commodity is exported. “You guys are a lot more inventive when it comes to growing things, and you’re more productive with your yields,” University of Illinois department of crops lecturer Dan Anderson said before departing Coronation Park yesterday. The group visited the Lovett farm in Mid Canterbury after dropping in at Lushington’s Nursery in Tinwald and an impromptu visit to John Deere - originally founded in Illinois. “Farmers here, we have found, are passionate in their relationships with marketers which is a lot different than at home where we put it in the elevator and that’s the last we see of it,” Mr Anderson said. Fellow lecturer Mosbah Kushad praised local farmers for handing the group a few trade secrets, saying farmers across the world have become tight-lipped due to how competitive the industry had become. Agricultural student Maverick Woodside, 19, who lives on cattle farm, said he “had learned a tonne” in watching how farmers

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University of Illinois department of crops students and lecturers were in Mid Canterbury yesterday seeing how farmers in the district carried out their trade. At Coronation Park lecturer Dan Anderson (from left) with students Kevin Haung, Ellen Reeder, Joel Braun, professor Mosbah Kushad, Kelly Fornoff and Miranda Morgan. worked in New Zealand, where 80 per cent of crop commodity was exported. “It’s totally different here, the way you

grow and market is really interesting,” he said. The group are now in the North Island

where they will examine orchards and more arable farms before heading back to the States on January 13.

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News • Ollie battles quake job Former children’s TV star Ollie Ohlson is launching a High Court legal battle after being left disgruntled that his earthquakeravaged Canterbury home was deemed a ‘repair’ by his insurance company. The former After School frontman is being forced out of his Brooklands home, 15km north of Christchurch on the banks of a lagoon at the Waimakariri rivermouth, after the entire suburb was red-zoned. Many Brooklands residents are disgusted by insurance firm decisions to pay out for the cost of repairs, rather than like-for-like replacements on new sites. Mr Ohlson says insurance companies are being allowed to get away with the “morally corrupt” practice, and has vowed to take them and the Government to the High Court to reverse - APNZ the decisions.

• NZ great place to be born New Zealand has been ranked one of the world’s best countries to be born in this year. Researchers named New Zealand the seventh most lucky nation in which to start life. Switzerland was ranked at the top of the new “lottery of life” league table, with Australia in second spot. Analysts from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) assigned countries a score largely based on 11 different factors. Norway (3), Sweden (4), Denmark (5), Singapore (6), Netherlands (8), Canada (9), and Hong Kong (10) rounded out the top 10. Nigeria was judged the worst of the 80 countries covered. The United States was ranked 16th equal, - APNZ Britain filling 27th place.

• McCann sighting New Zealand police are following up a possible sighting of missing British girl Madeleine McCann in Queenstown. Senior Sergeant John Fookes told local media police were informed of the sighting on New Year’s Eve and about 70 police officers were instructed to look out for the girl. Detective Sergeant Brian Cameron said police were following a couple of leads and had been in contact with their British counterparts. The woman who reported the sighting told the Southland Times a girl resembling Madeleine entered her store with a dark-haired man late in the afternoon on December 31. She said the girl had the same eye defect as Madeleine - a coloboma of the iris - in the same eye as the missing Leicester girl. The woman contacted police and also a 24-hour Find Madeleine hotline. British police have been in contact with the - APNZ woman.

• Summer on the radar Summer has finally returned to the country after a week of heavy rain, gale force winds and, in some places, snow. The last of the rain and wind should taper off today and most of the country was expected to enjoy the sunshine on the weekend, WeatherWatch.co.nz said. Weather analyst Richard Green said the South Island could see temperatures hitting 30C. “It was only this week that snow fell to below 500 metres over central Otago and now the thirties are a possibility. This pattern is more like spring than summer. However, Sunday should see a cooling off again in the south - APNZ later in the day.”

• Topp Twins delight Prince The Topp Twins’ path to royal favour has been revealed. Huntly’s finest production Camp Mother and Camp Leader topped the bill for Prince Charles at a variety concert in November. In Wanganui for the New Zealand Opera School, director Jonathan Alver said Lynda and Jools Topp had the prince in stitches at a special dinner at Auckland’s Sky City Hotel during the royal tour with his wife Camilla Duchess of Cornwall. Mr Alver organised the entertainment for the royal performance. He said while Dame Kiri Te Kanawa flew in from London to sing, it was the Topp Twins who took out the show before the prince and the Duchess of Cornwall. Mr Alver said Prince Charles was overcome with laughter. “He loved them, he really did.” The twins’ publicist Michelle Duff said the royal couple requested copies of all their television series and concert DVDs. - APNZ

Drinking attitudes must change A doctor on duty at Hawkes Bay Hospital when a group of injured people were brought in after a quad bike crash says innocent people will continue to be hurt if there is not a change in attitudes towards alcohol. Ashlee Petrowski,6, remains in a critical condition with head injuries at Auckland’s Starship Hospital after the quad bike she was on with four drunk adults veered down a bank late on Wednesday night. The crash happened while the group was driving along a Waimarama Beach road, south of Hastings, about 11.20pm. The adults, including her father

and stepmother, all suffered broken bones. They are in a stable condition at Hawke’s Bay Hospital. Dr Scott Boyes, an emergency consultant at the hospital, was on duty when the group was brought in. “It really brings home some of the concerns we have around the culture of drinking and what is acceptable. It doesn’t seem right, it’s very sad,” he said. He said that over the holiday period there had been a record number of patients admitted with injuries related to drunkeness. “What we would really like is to be more proactive in changing our atti-

tudes to drinking and what we see is responsible drinking. “The quad bike accident illustrates that to us - what is responsible? Is this acceptable behaviour? And really making those decisions before we get into scenarios where alcohol is involved. “Because we’ve all made bad decisions when we were drinking too much.” It was particularly bad when innocent victims, like Ashlee, were involved, he said. “It always seems to be the innocent people who get hurt and it’s hard not to feel angry or frustrated but again, we just want to try to change what we think is acceptable attitudes.” - APNZ

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Hidden gem ideal picnic spot By Myles Hume A slight opening off the beaten track leads to an open but unassuming spot. A moment’s drive out of Mayfield towards Mt Somers along the Arundel Rakaia Gorge Scenic Route, an open picnic paradise with a gigantic tree as its centrepiece provides more than just a stop off area for a toilet break and a quick snack. Divulge further, and you stumble upon a slowmoving river, with waist deep pools full of small fish whizzing about. Four wheel drive tracks are scattered across the dried up river bed, but a steady stream continues discretely alongside the vegetation, away from the road noise. It’s an ideal spot, for a day, or even a couple of nights. Whether it be camping, fishing, swimming, a picnic or kicking a ball about - it’s all in this one area. And if the children get bored, there’s mature trees to climb, or if they are keen for a dip, parents can sit on the soft sand close to the water’s edge. And it is all only a 20-minute drive from Ashburton along Tinwald Westerfield Mayfield Road. Keen to camp out a night, a caravan or tents can be set up on the short grass in the open area, and with a fire permit you can roast a few marshmallows over a couple of tall tales. While the kids play, dads can take out their 4WDs and scour the dried up riverbed which provides small dips and minor river crossings for all abilities. And if you fall into the trap of staying longer than you intended, not to fear, the Udder Dairy is a stone’s throw away in the Mayfield township where there’s also the Overflow of Overflow shop that is bound to keep busy hands and minds busy. Rubbish bins and a long drop provide the furnishings for the untouched site, meaning all you should leave is your footprint and a couple of marshmallow tipped sticks.

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A keen traveller sets up for the day in a picnic spot near Mayfield. The area is just a stone’s throw from the river.

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Sir Edmund Hillary’s supposed signature in Double Hut, and his actual signature (inset).

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he signature of Sir Edmund Hillary at Mid Canterbury’s Double Hut may be a fake. The Guardian forwarded a photo of the recently rediscovered signature to handwriting expert Mike Maran, who found nine dissimilarities with a known signature example of the great mountaineer. “In my opinion there are too many differences between the hut signature and the actual signature,” Mr Maran said. He considered it was an attempted simulation by another author, and that there was “little indication” the signature on the hut wall was authored by Edmund Hillary. The term “little indication” was used in a worldwide handwriting and document examiners scale of graduation, ranking signature match possibilities from one to five, one being “conclusive” and five being “inconclusive”. “Little indication” was ranked fourth, while third was “probable” and second was “strong indication”. However, he said the assessment was made difficult by the fact the signature was signed on a vertical surface. “When writing or signing anything for comparison purposes the wrists on your arm need to be supported on a flat stable surface, so there are no distortions. Basically writing comes from the psycho motor zones in your brain and flows through your arm onto the writing instrument onto the paper.” Additionally, the photo of the hut signature was faded and he could not pick up some of the finer points, and over time signatures could change due to personal and emotional circumstances. The example he compared the signature to is from a later period in Sir Ed’s life. Sir Edmund Hillary’s son Peter said while the signature could indeed be his father’s, and it did look like “old fashioned writing”, he agreed with Mr

Mid Canterbury folklore holds that Sir Edmund Hillary climbed Mt Taylor in 1951, while staying at Double Hut near Lake Heron and signing his name on its wall. However, the signature may be fake, and Sir Ed may have been too busy that year to visit the district, finds Susan Sandys.

Mountaineer Edmund Hillary knocked off Mt Everest in 1953, but did he stay at Mid Canterbury’s Double Hut in 1951? Maran “that it doesn’t look like his signature”. However, he also pointed out the difficulty of comparing a sample written on a vertical rough surface and believed the best way to indicate whether it might be his signature was to establish whether Sir Edmund could have been at Double Hut in 1951. Methven Tramping Club committee member Lew Shaw, who was among a group who rediscovered the signature last year, believes the signature is an authentic sample of Sir Ed’s. He said knowledge of it

being in the hut went back decades. This was backed up by Mayfield mountaineer Bill Hood, who said he first heard of the signature there more than 20 years ago. It had been similarly a part of local knowledge that Sir Ed climbed Mt Taylor in 1951, prior to knocking off Mt Everest in 1953. However, a mountain climbing partner of Sir Ed’s, Ed Cotter in Christchurch, thought the great New Zealand mountaineer would have been too busy in 1951 to climb Mt Taylor and stay in the hut. Mr Cotter said in January of

that year he and Sir Ed had been among a party climbing in the Tasman Glacier area. When they finished that Sir Ed had to “urgently” get back to Auckland, to help out on the family’s bee keeping farm. Then in May of that year Mr Cotter and fellow mountaineers flew to Auckland to meet Sir Ed before they flew with him to Australia to take a boat to Ceylon to climb overseas. Sir Ed did not return to New Zealand that year. “I find it hard to believe he came down here to do a straight forward climb in that area and I certainly have no record of it,” Mr Cotter said. Mr Cotter lived in Christchurch at the time and did not see Sir Ed around the Christchurch area again that year, as he thought he may have if he had been in Canterbury. Ashburton mountaineer Peter Bain said he first visited Double Hut in 1948. He did not recall hearing about the signature at all in the 1950s or later, until its presence hit headlines several years ago. “My first impression was it was a practical joke,” Mr Bain said. He still thought that was the case, as in the signature was signed by someone for a joke before entering folklore and being mistaken for a genuine sample. “If anybody can prove it’s genuine, I would be happy to be proved wrong,” Mr Bain said. He believed the Department of Conservation, which had renovated the hut in previous years, would be able to shed more light on the matter. However, representatives were uncontactable yesterday, with the Geraldine office being closed for the holiday season.

How the signatures differ How does the signature at Double Hut differ from an actual example of Sir Edmund Hillary’s signature? The hut signature shows: the E and d disconnected, whereas they are connected in the known example, the capital E embellishment in a different formation to the extra large embellishment of the actual signature, the lower loop y normal and terminal stroke absent whereas the actual signature had the last letter y in a triangular lower loop and long terminal stroke, the i and l disconnected compared to the actual copy where they were connected, repressed and taller upper zones in l’s compared to shorter l’s with rounded open loops in the actual copy, letter slant more to the right while letters slant just slightly to the right in the actual, and the formation of the capital H having a distinctive left loop compared to having a distinctive internal loop in the actual, the upper zone letters proportions of equal height compared to having variable height in the actual example, and the l and a connected compared to a pen lift and disconnect between these letters in the actual example.

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ikipedia describes Topiary as “the horticultural practice of training live perennial plants by clipping the foliage and twigs of trees, shrubs and subshrubs to develop and maintain clearly defined shapes, perhaps geometric or fanciful; the term also refers to plants which have been shaped in this way. As an art form it is a type of living sculpture. The plants used in topiary are evergreen, mostly woody, have small leaves or needles, produce dense foliage, and have compact and/or columnar (e.g., fastigiated) growth habits.” However I think that with the introduction of many new plant varieties that have been bred for quite specific purposes, it is possible to adapt and introduce many of these plants into a garden design replicating the basic ideals of topiary using a more informal look. Historically the most common species used for topiary include the English Box (Buxus sempervirens and B. suffruiticosa), Thuya species, bay laurel (Laurus nobilis), holly (Ilex species), myrtle (Eugenia or Myrtus species), yew (Taxus species), and privet (Ligustrum species).

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vigorous with lovely clean, shiny green foliage and I think it is better suited to a larger topiary pruning only after the flowering has finished.

Robinia Lace Lady In deciding which plants to use, you need to clearly identify how formal or informal you want your garden to be. If the formal look is for you then any of the above will be suitable. If you require something that is less formal with less trimming required (let’s face it – trimming takes time, patience and a steady hand, not to mention the right tools for the job) then check out some of the following plants.

Portuguese Laurel (Prunus lusitanicus) This is probably one of the most popular and easy to grow topiaries either as standards, columns or cones. It has the added advantage of lovely fragrant white flower racemes but if you want a severely clipped plant then you probably won’t get the flower display. It is quite

This delightful plant is usually available grafted onto standards that range in height from 30cm up to 2m. It has a lovely soft semi-weeping habit and, being deciduous, an attractive zigzag branch pattern. On a taller standard it does need some space depending on how severe you want to be when trimming. Conversely it makes an ideal tub plant with the plant shown below being from my own garden, planted in a wine barrel and about 17 years old. It has received minimal training and has proved very adaptable to some neglect over the years especially in regard to watering.

Camellia species I love these as informal topiaries and they are so adaptable thriving as a conventional topiary with a standard or a columns or upright cones. I prefer the miniature flowered varieties such

Portugese Laurel Topiary as Cinnamon Cindy, Transpink, Transtasman, Spring Festival, Silver Column and Festival of Light but the larger flowered hybrids and the winter flowering C.sasanquas are just as good. Pruning should only be done immediately after flowering and then lightly through the year to preserve the desired shape.

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Carpet Roses and Brunnera Emerald Mist (variegated blue perennial forget-me-not) and Pulmonaria majeste (variegated blue flowered lungwort). I would space these fruit trees about 3 metres apart. With our smaller gardens it makes sense to me to include dwarf fruit trees in the mix. Other dwarf fruit trees include Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots and Almonds and are all grafted onto stadards ranging from 30cm to 90cm. Consider also using Myrtus ugni (NZ Cranberry), Red Currants, Gooseberry Invicta, Feijoas and Olives as topiary subjects. They work extremely well both as standardised or columnar topiaries. Be bold with your choices and how you use these plants and by thinking outside the square you will come up with some interesting and useful results.

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Quandary for selectors By David Leggat As the New Zealand team filed onto their team bus after the second day’s play at Newlands, a wag in the throng surrounding the players called out: “You should have stuck with Ross Taylor”. Just what the sheepish New Zealand players needed to hear during a particularly dark week for the national side. At some point in the coming days, coach Mike Hesson, his assistants Bob Carter and Shane Bond, and captain Brendon McCullum will gather and ponder what to do for the second test in Port Elizabeth. That match starts next Friday. Options are limited in the area most in need of attention. The much-improved effort by the bowling group on day two shouldn’t mean it escapes scrutiny either. But the batting is where there are big issues. The number 45

roars loudly in the New Zealanders’ ears at the moment. The difficulty for the selection is that just where they need some alternatives, they have precisely one. Auckland lefthander Colin Munro is the only spare batsman in the tour group of 15. Munro was chosen for the T20 series, and will be in the ODI group for the three games to follow Port Elizabeth. When Peter Fulton’s knee started playing up, leading to his early departure, Durbanborn Munro was held back as cover. This is his first tour. He is in strong domestic form. But if the selectors decide a change has to be made to at least show they’re trying to rectify the situation, who goes? Lefthander Daniel Flynn is the only real option. Dean Brownlie: courageous innings

Martin Guptill looked at sea against Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander in Cape Town, when he made 1 and 0. His limited-overs game is booming, but his test average is slipping. Overall it is 30.83 in 29 tests. Remove runs against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe and that drops to 24. But he has to stay, at least for next week. Dean Brownlie, under pressure after a first innings duck, more than revived his situation with a courageous innings in anchoring New Zealand to 169 for four. No 3 batsman Kane Williamson will stay. Brownlie was banged about by Dale Steyn, but got to 69 by stumps with a desire to play his attacking shots, not sit back and wait for something to happen. His innings was probably the single most encouraging element out of the first two days. McCullum looked for a long time as if he’d reached a fork in a road and was unsure which direction to take. He had to scrap hard, must have wanted to get after the bowling, but kept his head and showed some resolve. The bowling is more intriguing.

Left arm spinner Bruce Martin, on his first tour, could get the slow job. Offspinner Jeetan Patel couldn’t dent the South African batting lineup, and took some punishment. This is not to suggest that 32-year-old Martin will slice through Smith, Kallis, de Villiers and co. But they’ve never seen him bowl, he’ll give it air and can’t be less effective than Patel. Veteran Chris Martin, after an average opening day’s work, got three wickets in the first innings and looked sharper. So too Trent Boult, but Doug Bracewell remains a worry. There are two lefthanders in the fast-medium quintet, Neil Wagner and Mitchell McClenaghan. A case can be made for both of them, one for reasons of economy and old ball skills, the other for his extra pace and bounce. However Martin put in a plug for Bracewell and Trent Boult. The pair, along with the injured Tim Southee “are going to be the way forward for New Zealand cricket for quite some time”. The selectors certainly have hard thinking ahead in the coming days. - NZH

Bikers heading to nationals By Susan Sandys Six young downhill mountain bikers from Methven and Ashburton are competing in the sport’s national championships at Bluff today. The nationals are to be held in a series of four races, kicking off in Bluff with the second race at Mt Hutt bike park next weekend, followed by two North Island events. Mid Canterbury’s contingent includes Ashburton’s Sheldon Kneale and Methven’s Ethan Burgess in the under 19s. The remaining racers, all from Methven, are Gareth Burgess and Caleb Burgess in the under 17s, twins Robert and William Todhunter in the under 17s and Michael Breading in the under 17s. The boys are Bike Methven members and have honed their downhill skills at the Mt Hutt bike park. Spokesperson Daniel Burgess said he held high hopes for the group. Kneale in particular had had a couple of good finishes in Gravity Canterbury events this summer and had a chance of making the podium in the under 19s. “He’s pretty amped for the South Island races. They are all very, very capable,” Mr Burgess said. Mr Burgess was talking from Bluff yesterday, and said the boys had been out on the track undertaking practice runs. “They have enjoyed it so far, they are all coming down covered in mud, so it’s looking good. It’s going to be awesome,” he said.

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Looking forward to home advantage Ashburton’s Matt Honeywell is setting the pace after a strong showing at the Sprintcar War of the Wings meet at the weekend. The sprintcar driver is sitting at the top of the leader board after racing in the fifth round

of the series held in Cromwell, surpassing Nelson’s Greg Teece who was demoted from the top spot after finishing a lowly seventh. Honeywell sits on 425 points, 10 points ahead of Teece and 85 points ahead of third place

Ray Baughan of Christchurch. The next round of the series is to be held at the Ashburton Speedway where Honeywell will want to utilise his pole position in the 24-strong line up on January 19 in front of friends and family.

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Sporting quotes “I just wish he could have seen it. I’m so grateful, truly grateful.” - The late Tony Greig’s wife VIVIAN, overcome by the outpouring of emotion on the eve of the third Australia-Sri Lanka Test at the SCG. * * * * “The game owes Greigy a hell of a lot. If not for the great Kerry Packer and Tony Greig, the game wouldn’t be where it is today.” - Australian captain MICHAEL CLARK pays tribute to the late Tony Greig. * * * * “It’s always nice to get comparisons to one of the greats of the game. But it’s only my second Test match and McGrath took five hundred wickets. (I’ve got) a lot of hard work to do before I even get close to Glenn.” - Australian Test newcomer JACKSON BIRD is flattered by comparisons to the great Glenn McGrath. * * * * “I think this win trumps everything. The feeling I have right now - the adrenaline is just pumping through my veins.” Australian teen ASHLEIGH BARTY after claiming the biggest scalp of her fledgling career with a 6-0 6-3 demolition of 2010 French Open champion Francesca Schiavone at the Hopman Cup. * * * * “He’s very talented and tactically plays very well for somebody his age. But obviously for him it’s important to be consistently successful throughout the whole year... But he definitely has the game.” World No.1 NOVAK DJOKOVIC predicting Australian Bernard Tomic will be a force in on the men’s tour after suffering a shock 6-4 6-4 loss to the 20-year-old Queenslander at the Hopman Cup. * * * * “I’ve been working on my head.” - TOMIC’S simple explanation for his stunning transformation at the Hopman Cup. * * * * “She’s just digging a hole and it’s harder to get out.” - LLEYTON HEWITT on Samantha Stosur’s ongoing battle to cope with home expectations. * * * * “I think I could have played out there with a red (Adelaide) shirt on.” - Sydney FC A-League coach FRANK FARINA hasn’t played soccer for 15 years, but reckons he could have easily managed to get touches against his hapless Sky Blues in a 3-0 loss to Adelaide United. * * * * “It’s scary how far I think he’ll go in the game of coaching. The Socceroos, who knows, or a super coach in England or big European club somewhere, I wouldn’t be surprised.” - Western Sydney defender ADAM D’APUZZO praising the Wanderers’ rookie head coach Tony Popovic. * * * * “Someone asked me what the difference was between the two sides, and I said about 220 million (pounds)” - Stoke manager TONY PULIS of the English Premier League clash with bigspending Manchester City. - AAP

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As Sandra Keith sat back with a couple of rums last night, she took a moment to reflect on a remarkable career that has left her little else to achieve. The Ashburton bowler capped off a remarkable season yesterday, taking out the women’s pair final with partner Serena Matthews at the national bowls championships in New Plymouth. Knocked out at the semi-final

stage last year, the Dunsandel duo wanted to go one better in the women’s pairs, and they did, overcoming last year’s runners up, sisters Angela and Mandy Boyd from Taradale 15-13. The title adds another cup to her already gleaming trophy cabinet, and last night Keith had only one thing in mind. “I’m going to have a couple of rums and certainly come out tomorrow in the fours with a couple of girls that have been giving me great support

throughout the tournament,” Keith said. “I don’t know what’s next, I don’t really care but all I know is I would like to keep this form up . . . I never thought in a million years I would have done all this but it just goes to show if you put a bit of hard work in then you get the rewards.” Although her aspirations to retain her national singles title slipped away in an underwhelming performance last week, it has still been a memorable season for the Ashburton

bowler who returned home with the Champion of Champions singles crown in November and yesterday took out her fourth national title. It wasn’t easy for Keith and Matthews, who had to fight back from a eight point deficit in the semi-final to come up against the Boyds who were title favourites, making the taste of victory that much sweeter. “Too bloody right I’m happy,” Keith said, shortly after stepping off the green.

“It was a fantastic game with some great shots played by both teams. We felt it was never in the bag and we certainly got tested.” It was a combination of great play by herself and Matthews who always managed to pull the big shots out of the bag when they needed to, Keith said. The Ashford’s employee now turns her focus to playing in the fours at the nationals, before playing in a Burnside invitational tournament later in the month.

Scott grabs NZ title Shaun Scott was left out of the Black Jacks team for World Bowls in Adelaide last year and had a point to prove in New Plymouth yesterday. Scott, 47, a Cromwell contractor, convincingly won his second New Zealand singles title when he beat former New Zealand representative Dan Delany (Onehunga) 21-10 after just 17 ends. “I’m pretty happy with that. It is a great feeling. It was a tricky wind and wasn’t easy out there,” Scott said from the Paritutu Bowling Club. Scott backed up his 2011 win in Dunedin and joined an elite band of bowlers who have won the singles title more than once. He proved he deserved to be singles champion again by beating elite bowlers in the last three rounds. He beat Petar Sain (Carlton-Cornwall), who

won the title in 1991 and 2000 and was runner-up to Scott two years ago, 21-19 in the quarter-final, and Black Jack Shannon McIlroy 21-9 in the semi-final. McIlroy won the bronze medal in the singles at World Bowls. What motivated Scott most was his desire to compete in the world finals of the champion of champions singles again. He had to win the New Zealand singles title to qualify. His game plan was simple. “I just wanted to find the best hand, the speed of the green and play as consistently as I could,” Scott said. In the women’s singles, Val McEldowney (New Plymouth) came back from a 17-9 deficit to beat Reen Stratford (Birkenhead) 21-17, winning six ends in a row. Ali Forsyth (Havelock) completed his set at the national championships when he teamed with fellow Sydney-based Black Jack Matt Gallop to win the pairs title, beating the Johnsonville pair - ODT of Lee Barclay and Rob Ashton 15-9.

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Swimmers put in the hard yards By Myles Hume

Swimming up to 90km in a week, the Ashburton Swim team are putting themselves under a rigorous training regime to ready themselves for the hectic season ahead. With an eye on three major meets in the coming months, the team has descended on the Methven Resort where members as young as nine and as old as 20 are putting in the hard yards to get ahead this season. With the intention of honing their core skills, Ashburton

swimming coach Carl Gordon said the camp, which started on Thursday and will finish on Wednesday, was an opportunity for the 38 swimmers to get away from home and focus solely on swimming. “Some of the seniors will be swimming 80 to 90km during the camp. “They enjoy the hard work but its also an opportunity to get away from home and interact with the team,” Gordon said. With the Canterbury championships to be held at the end of the month and the nationals in February along with

the Eastern Districts meet in between, Mr Gordon said it was vital his swimmers built their fitness and stamina, hoping to peak for the demanding meets. Young swimmer Grace Sommerville is also taking part in the two to three training sessions per day at the resort, prepping herself for the Youth Olympics and the New Zealand Open Water meet on Friday, where she will travel with fellow swimmers Hunter Stewart and Henry Norris. The camp will end on Friday with junior swimmers joining the camp on Sunday.

• Tournament time Mid Canterbury’s primary rep cricket team headed to Timaru yesterday for a final hit-out before they head to the South Island Primary Tournament next week. Hosts South Canterbury made 204 runs in their allocated batting time, forcing Mid Canterbury to bat out for a draw, without conceding wickets. South Canterbury could not make a dent with its bowling attack, and the match ended in a draw.

• Tomic running hot With his confidence sky high following a dream Hopman Cup campaign, Australian star Bernard Tomic is confident he can break into the top 10 by the end of this year. Tomic was impressive in singles wins over Italian world No.23 Andreas Seppi and German world No.21 Tommy Haas in Perth. But it was Tomic’s 6-4 6-4 triumph over world No.1 Novak Djokovic that stood head and shoulders above the rest, with the 20-yearold’s accurate serving, willingness to hustle and blistering ground strokes powering him to one of his finest ever victories. Tomic ended 2012 ranked 52nd in the world after making firstround exits at his final three tournaments of the year, but after embarking on a gruelling eight-week fitness campaign and working on the mental side of his game, Tomic has emerged a far - AAP more complete player.

• Roar ready to roar A punishing schedule has not stopped defending A-League champions Brisbane Roar regaining their swagger ahead of Sunday’s clash with Melbourne Heart at AAMI Park. And coach Mike Mulvey believes striker Besart Berisha might benefit most from Brisbane’s much-needed shot in the arm. Back-to-back wins, sealed for the first time this season by Tuesday night’s 2-1 home win over Wellington, have lifted the Roar as they prepare for their third game in 11 days. “The main focus this week has been recovery. It’s a tough schedule,” said Mulvey. “We have picked it up a notch. There’s a bounce in the step - AAP of a few players.”

• Drums beat for Laughlin It’s time national selectors got deadly serious about death bowler Ben Laughlin, the Hobart Hurricanes say. Laughlin sits atop the Big Bash League’s wicket-takers list alongside Sri Lankan whirlwind Lasith Malinga with 13 scalps. Hurricanes and Australia Twenty20 captain George Bailey is yet to discuss the candidates for Australia’s outings against the Lankans and West Indies this summer, but Laughlin’s name looks likely to be mentioned. “Certainly at the moment I think Benny should still be looking to play one-day cricket for Australia and, absolutely, T20 cricket for Australia,” Bailey told reporters at Bellerive ahead of today’s BBL clash with the Adelaide Strikers. - AAP

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Above: Ashburton Swim team member Aimee Elliott (front left) joins fellow club members at the Methven Resort for a training camp to prepare for the season ahead.

• Farrar going Down Under

Left: Lucy Clough freestyles her way towards the end of another length.

American sprinter Tyler Farrar will make his comeback from injury in this month’s Tour Down Under cycling event. Farrar hasn’t raced since September when he suffered concussion in a fall during the Tour of Britain. His strong 2012 season had previously included stage wins in the US Pro Cycling Challenge, the Tour of Utah and the Giro - AAP d’Italia.

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Coaches Pip White and Carl Gordon keep a close eye on the stopwatches at the Methven Resort.

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Speed merchant By Myles Hume

In what was supposed to be a development season, it has been a meteoritic rise for Bailie Perriton who has thrust himself into superbike national title contention in the 250cc class. The Ashburton 15-year-old, who rides for Merv Orford’s Kiwistar race team, set out this season to focus solely on experience and the intricacies of the class, however today he will line up alongside the country’s best in the 250 production class where he has high hopes of leaving the men who he once looked up to in his wake. Bailie has built strong form leading into the three-monthlong national series kicking off at Ruapuna Speedway, featuring on the podium at club meets in Taupo and Hampton Downs. “I think we have put him in the best position to win the title, it’s now down to him. “Bailie has the ability, and although his speed may not be as fast as last year’s champs, it doesn’t mean anything on race day,” his mentor Orford said. It has been a rapid adjustment for the youngster who only last year made the transition from the 150cc class to 250cc, where he has had to familiarise himself with the extra weight and speed. Bailie has been a consistent front runner in club races across the country, but when he starts his national title bid today he’s going to have to match it with New Zealand’s best with the added task of facing Australian 250cc champion Luke Burgess, who remains unbeaten in the class. However, Bailie has plan in mind. “I often try to follow the faster guys and look to improve my lap times. “I’ll be pushing myself to get up there and hopefully put in some consistent performances,” Bailie said. And it is that consistency that holds the key to the title. Being a long-winded series, Bailie will have to regularly finish in the top three to accumulate enough points to ultimately cross the line first. To do that, the Kiwistar race team have been chipping away to shape Bailie into what they believe will make him a national champion and - hopefully one day – the world’s best. “Basically it’s more of just a confidence thing we have been working on, it’s all about track time, riding in different weather conditions and seeing how far he can push himself. “That’s exactly what he will gain this weekend,” Orford said. Bailie will enter qualifying today before his first race in the afternoon followed by two races on Sunday where he will look to pick up the NZGP title along the way. He then turns his focus south to Levels Speedway in Timaru for the next round of the series on January 12 and 13.

Right: Ashburton’s Bailie Perriton, 15, will start his national titles bid at Ruapuna Speedway today. Photo 040113 03

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Favourites to slug it out Steve Deane and Michael Brown The two best players in the field will contest today’s ASB Classic final, with top seed Agnieszka Radwanska to take on former champion and now three-time finalist Yanina Wickmayer. Radwanska won through by claiming two tough sets from hard-hitting American Jamie Hampton yesterday, with both decided by a tiebreaker.

Wickmayer, the third seed, outlasted destructive German Mona Barthel in a three-set classic, triumphing 6-4 1-6 7-6(3) in one hour 47 minutes to book her third final appearance in the last four years. The 2010 champion was the dominant player on her side of the draw, but she came under considerable pressure yesterday when she was blown away in the second set after taking the first comfortably. “In the second set, I didn’t think I did anything wrong,” Wickmayer said. “She was just smacking the ball and everything was going. “Some points I just didn’t see

the ball, it was going too fast for me.” That whirlwind second set lasted just 22 minutes, but Wickmayer showed good composure in the third to force the match into a final set tiebreaker. Radwanska’s match was also decided by a tiebreaker, after a wild second set that saw the Pole streak to a 4-0 lead before the free-swinging Hampton peeled off five-straight games. Hampton had a set point serving at 5-4 but doublefault-

ed, handing the momentum back to Radwanska for the final time, with the Pole closing out a 7-6(4), 7-6(3) victory. “It’s great to be in the final, especially in my first tournament this year,” Radwanska said. “I’m going to do everything in my power to win it.” The world No 4 will be chasing her 12th title, while Wickmayer is in pursuit of her fourth. With her classy all round game, Radwanska will start a strong favourite. “She’s a struggle to a lot of players,” Wickmayer said. “It’s really tough playing her, especially with my game. “I hit the ball really hard and she just counters. “She’s always there, runs really well and it’s really tough to get winners to her. “It’s going to be a tough match for me to find a balance between being aggressive and not making too many mistakes. “Once I find that rhythm, I think we’re going to have a good match.” - APNZ

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• ‘Judas’ now ‘Messi’ Marco Rojas’ latest nickname is a vast improvement on the chants that normally greet him when he returns to play at Westpac Stadium. After his move to the Melbourne Victory from the Phoenix in 2011, the Yellow Fever labelled the talented All White Judas on his subsequent visits to the capital. But lately he has been referred to as Kiwi Messi after his recent exploits. Such a reference to Lionel Messi - the best player on the planet - is over the top but, even in the internet age when judgements are passed in an instant, it blindsided Rojas. “It has surprised me. I guess it’s flattering to think that, when people watch me, they see the same sort of style he plays with,” Rojas said. “But Messi’s one of a kind. He’s a freak and I wish I could be half as good as that.” - APNZ

• Warner in record form By the very nature of his dashing style, questions about Dave Warner’s attitude to - and aptitude for - Test cricket might never subside. The good and the bad of Warner’s aggressive style was on display yesterday on day two of the Sydney Test against Sri Lanka. The Warner who draws in the crowds tore strips off an injury-ravaged Sri Lankan bowling crew, bringing up his 50 from just 37 balls in a blistering attack. But with a fourth Test century beckoning, the 26-year-old let himself down with a rush of blood to the head - chasing, and then skying, a wide, lofted delivery from part-time offspinner Tillakaratne Dilshan. The headstrong batsman punched his bat in frustration as he trudged towards the SCG dressing rooms - but he needn’t be so hard on himself as he’d just bettered some of Australia’s finest batsmen in his run-a-ball 87. When he rocked onto his heels and slapped a cut shot just wide of point, one of his 10 boundaries, to bring up his 20th run of the day, he also beat the likes of Greg Chappell, Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke in the race to 1000 Test runs - reaching the mark in - AAP just his 25th innings.

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Ashvegas Country Club

The final major trophies for the year were decided with the staging of our annual Kurow Open tournament at Kurow last Saturday. In a day of amazing scoring the early club house leaders were Tim Johnson and Steve Cowie who both finished their rounds with net 62s following rounds of 81 and 68 respectively. The pair were busy preparing themselves for a playoff before Cobey arrived in the club house with a net 60 after his round of 75 and he appeared certain to claim his 2nd open title. Finally Brent Green arrived back in and signed his card for a freakish score of net 57 after a round of 73 to be the one to eventually come out on top and claim the title. This was easily the lowest winning score ever recorded to win the event however his effort, if not his score, was matched by John Smitheram who shot a new course record 62 to claim 3rd place with a net 61. Smithy’s round included 2 eagles, a heap of birdies and 3 bogeys. Both were outstanding efforts. Twenty-one of the 28 golfers that took part played to their handicaps or better, and a score of 64 or better was needed to feature in the top 10. Bryan McFarlane won the putting prize for the day with 23 putts with Smithy clearly taking the gross prize. The other major title for the year was also decided recently with Clarkie claming his 2nd grand circuit title after finishing the year with a total of 539 points to hold off a strong challenge from Goldie who took 2nd place with 507 points. A J Kerr finished 3rd with 467 while Trem took 4th place with 376. The first club day for the new year is scheduled

to be held at Tinwald at the normal tee off time of 10.00am.

Allenton Croquet Club A meeting of the Allenton Croquet Club was held on November 30. Flag matches are proceeding satisfactorily although the C grade team was withdrawn owing to the non-availability of players for various reasons. The garden walk was discussed and February 9 was decided on. Arrangements were made for our Christmas lunch, and entries for the open champs and Windsor Richards at Waireka, on January 5 and 6. The December meeting was well attended. Mention was made of Eddie’s passing. Over the years he was a good and useful friend to the croquet section of the sports club and we will miss him. The South Canterbury annual tournament will be at Ashbury from January 12-16. West End’s fun day is on February 6. We enjoyed a beautiful Christmas lunch on December 12, but only hard people ventured out to play croquet later in the wind. Our next meeting is on January 24.

Thistle Masonic Lodge There was a small attendance at the December meeting at which we ha a short business session with no ceremonial, before joining our lady guests in the refectory where we were entertained by Wor Bro Robt Watson and his skills with the accordion. The singalong was very much enjoyed with

a special emphasis on Christmas carols and finishing with the New Zealand national anthem, we then tucked into a scrumptious dessert supper, so ends our Lodge year. Wor Bro Watson was thanked by the Worshipful master of Thistle Lodge, Wor Bro M. J. Green who wished his guests a merry Christmas and a safe New Year.

Tinwald Velodrome New Year’s day turned out to be a very memorable one as the racing was first class, the riders rode with the spirit of cycling all afternoon, the racing started a little behind time, but with a number of the events not having riders for these, the programme finished after about 2 1/2 hours of riding. Many thanks to all the people who helped run this event. Over the afternoon 39 events were run with very close finishes and excellent racing. Race 1. Open 8 Lap Motor Pace. 1st. Andrew Ward (Chch) 2nd. Russell Ownsworth (Chch) 3rd.Craig Domigan (Tim) Race 2.Open B. Grade 5 lap Motor Pace. 1st. Johnny Stockwell (Chch) 2nd. Darren Small (Chch) 3rd. Sam Buckner (Chch) Race 4. W/W Open Grade 1 Lap against the clock Luke Rhodes time 1m 05s. Race 7. U17 Open 5 Lap Motor Pace, 1st. Sam Cullimore (Ash) 2nd. Ben Sutton (Ash) 3rd. Sarah McLeod (Chch) Race 8. U17 Ladies & Girls 4 Lap Scr, 1st. Sarah McLeod (Chch) 2nd. Kate Ward (Chch) 3rd. Jessie Banks (Ash) Race 9. U17 B. Grade 3 Lap Motor Pace.1st. Jessie Banks (Ash) 2nd. India Domigan (Tim) 3rd. Oliver Davidson (Ash) Race 10. U17 C. Grade 3 Lap Motor Pace 1st. Ryan Jackson (Ash) 2nd. Chase Domigan (Tim) 3rd. Connie Davidson (Ash). Race 11.Open A Grade 8 Lap Scr, 1st. Andrew

Ward (Chch) 2nd. Josh Connor (Ash) 3rd.Paul Kircher (Chch) Race12. Open B. Grade 4 Lap Src, 1st. Johnny Stockwell (Chch) 2nd.Sam Cullimore (Ash) 3rd.Sam Buckner (Chch). Race 14. W/W Open Grade 1 Lap against the clock, Luke Rhodes time 1m 07s. Race 17. U17 Open 8 Lap Scr, 1st Ben Sutton (Ash) 2nd. Sarah McLeod (Chch) 3rd. Shona Proctor. Race 18. Ladies and Girls 500m Src,1st Sara McLeod (Chch) 2nd.Kate Ward (Chch) 3rd. Jessie Banks. Race 19 U17 B. Grade 4 Lap Scr,1st. Jessie Banks (Ash). 2nd. India Domigan (Tim) 3rd. Oliver Davidson (Ash) Race20. U17 C. Grade 2 Lap Src, 1st. Ronan Ferguson (Inv) 2nd. Chase Domigan (Tim) 3rd. Ryan Jackson (Ash). Race 21. Open A. Grade Mystery Distance. 1st.Andrew Ward (Chch) 2nd.Craig Domigan (Tim) 3rd. Josh Connor (Ash) Race 22. Open B. Grade Mystery Distance. 1st. Sam Cullimor (Ash) 2nd.Sam Buckner (Chch). 3rd. Johnny Stockwell. Race 24. W/W. Open Grade I Lap against the clock in this ride three Open A Grade Riders rode with Luke Rhodes and his time 1m 05s. Race 27.U17 Open 2 Lap Handicap. 1st. Sarah Maw (Aust) 2nd.Shona Proctor (Ash) 3rd. Ben Sutton (Ash) Race 28. Ladies & Girls Handicap 2 Lap. 1st Shona Proctor (Ash) 2nd. Sarah McLeod (Chch) 3rd. Kate Ward (Chch). Race 29. U17 B. Grade Handicap 1st.Oliver Davidson (Ash) 2nd. Toby Buckner (Chch) 3rd.Johnny Stockwell (Chch). Race 30 U17 C. Grade 2 Lap Handicap. 1st.Ryan Jackson (Ash) 2nd. Connie Davidson (Ash) 3rd. Chase Domigan (Tim). Race 31. Open 3 Lap Scr,1st Paul Kircher (Chch).2nd Russell Ownsworth (Chch) 3rd. Andrew Ward.(Chch) Race 32 Open B. Grade 2 Lap Scr, 1st. Sam Buckner (Chch) 2nd. Johnny

Buckner (Chch) 3rd. Sam Cullimore (Ash). Race 34. W/W Open Grade 1 Lap against the clock this ride Luke Rhodes (Ash) was a helped along by all the riders his time1min 03sec. Race 37. U17 Open 10 Lap Motor Pace. 1st. Sam Cullimore (Ash) 2nd. Ben Sutton (Ash) 3rd. Sarah McLeod (Chch). Race 39 U17 Relay B.& C. Grade combined, Winning Team, Jessie Banks,Oliver Davidson, Ronan Ferguson (Inv) Ryan Jackson,& Toby Buckner. 2nd Team Chase Domigan, Connie Davidson, India Domigan, Henry Kircher, & Shona Proctor. Race 44. W/W. Open Grade 1 Lap against the clock, all the riders who had been on the track rode this lap with Luke along with every one at the track. Luke got away to a very good start and went down the back strait as fast as his little legs could go every one was behind this ride, cycling at its best, Luke really had to work up the front straight to the finish and he crossed the line, Time 1m 02s. RECORD. After the ride, Luke came over to the microphone and thanked every one for their help. Wonderful memory, thanks Luke Rhodes. Race 45. Open 3 man Italian pursuit 1200m. Winning team Nathan Adams (Tim) Craig Domigan (Tim) & Josh Connor (Ash) 2nd Team. Paul Kircher (Chch) Russell Ownsworth (Chch) & Andrew Ward (Chch) Race 46. Open to all riders 10 Laps with the pace to go on with 5 Laps to go, a very good ride by all those who took part, and thanks goes to the older riders who as younger ones got tired, let them slide to the back where they were cleared from the racing track, and with 5 laps to go it was the top riders showing their pace, 1st Josh Connor (Ash) 2nd. Andrew Ward (Chch) 3rd. Craig Domigan (Tim).

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Primary cricketers set for anniversary tournament Mid Canterbury Cricket’s primary rep team heads to tournament next week with history on its mind. It is the 50th anniversary of the South Island Primary Tournament, a cricket event won just twice by Mid Canterbury teams in the past. Canterbury Junior Cricket Association is hosting the big event, with most games scheduled on Hagley Park. Teams from 14 associations around the South Island will take part. The Mid Canterbury side is coached by Mid Canterbury Cricket CEO Richard Pithey, who said there was much prestige associated with the tournament. It is an event that will surely spawn Black Caps of the future, with 40 players on record as going on to represent their country over the years. The CJCA has invited some of those famous faces, including former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming, back to celebrate the tournament’s 50th anniversary. Mid Canterbury players will have their own private session with a celebrity player, the meeting designed to both

inspire and motivate the young cricketers in games over the following week. Mr Pithey said the core group of the side had been playing representative cricket together for three years and had been joined by new faces along the way. The squad has been training since August and has played five warm-up games, winning three. The warm-up games have been vital in getting the players used to a longer format of the game, where teams will bat an allocated time, rather than overs. He said the side was strong in the field, with a capable bowling line-up including off and leg spinners, and quick and medium-pace bowlers. “We are probably stronger fielding though we are capable with the bat. There are no stand-out performers, we are really solid and can bat right down the order.” The side is captained this year by Oscar Redfern, one of four Methven players in the side. Allenton teams have provided another seven, with one from Technical.

At stake at tournament is the Sir Jack Newman Trophy, won by Mid Canterbury in 1966 and in 2009. Also presented is the Eastern Southland Fielding Trophy, last won by a Mid Canterbury team in 2011. It is awarded to the best fielding team and for fair play. Mid Canterbury’s attempt to star in the 50th anniversary tournament begins on Monday, when it takes on Buller at Hagley Park. Tuesday’s game is against Otago country, with Invercargill Metro on Wednesday and Canterbury Country on Thursday. The tournament wraps up with a game against North Otago at Elmwood Park. All games will be on grass unless rain forces a transfer to artificial wickets. The side is: Oscar Redfern (captain), Chris Gorman, Louis McDonald, Simon Pannett (Methven); Gareth Hunt, Liam O’Connor, Cameron Jopson, Tom Ravenscroft, Hamish Cartwright, Jarod Hopwood, Ben Niles (Allenton); Will Tod (Technical). Manager is Greg Jopson.

Special memories for supporters Brent Ravenscroft is hoping the 2013 South Island Primary tournament will be another special event for his family, as well as Mid Canterbury Cricket. The 55-year-old Ashburton cricket fan will be ring-side to watch his son Tom. He will also be providing plenty of motivation for the Mid Canterbury boys. Brent captained the Otago side that won the tournament in 1969. Amongst his team-mates were Bruce Blair (who went on to play for New Zealand), Stu McCullum (father of current Black Caps Nathan and Brendan) and Ian Rutherford (who should have achieved national honours, says Brent). The young Otago boys also picked up the Eastern Southland fielding trophy, a piece of silverware that delighted coach Jack Rodden. Brent said Rodden had put them through plenty of drills, drumming

home the importance of fielding well. Holding up the trophy, as a 12-yearold, sticks still in his memory. Brent and Janet’s oldest boys, Bevan and Jeremy, have also taken part in the primary tournament as members of Christchurch Metro rep sides. Brent said it was also important for the side to play well for their former coach Gary Ashworth, who lost his battle with cancer last month. Gary coached most of the boys in their Year 7 rep season, handing down advice that will serve them well this tournament. Plenty of other Mid Canterbury cricketers have records connected to the tournament over the years, Matt Tait is the only Mid Canterbury bowler to achieve a hat-trick. He did this against Nelson in 2007, his bowling figures for the game five wickets for 17 runs. Mid Canterbury players to score cen-

turies over the years include: Ben Ward, 104 against Marlborough in 2007; Isaac McDonald, 103 against South Canterbury in 2004; Lyall Jemmett, 110 against Southland in 1991; Robert Madden, 103 against Marlborough in 1990; Lindsay Cavill, 102 against Buller in 1989 and Mick Hooper, 111 against North Otago in 1974. Statistics from the tournaments have been kept faithfully by Derek Cockburn since 1963. The highlights include: The highest total of runs at a tournament was 11,906 at Rangiora in 1985. The highest number of wickets taken was 732 in Oamaru in 1995. The most wickets taken by a player was 37 by Jeff Wilson at Ashburton in 1987. The highest score on grass belongs to Craig McMillan, who made 152 not out at Gore in 1990.

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Tornado a force to be reckoned By Coen Lammers editor

other Nature has given Mid Canterbury and rest of the country a decent reminder of its power this

week. The sensational tornado touching down in Mayfield on Thursday night was probably the most breath-taking example of the wild weather across the country over the past few days. Luckily only a few trees on the Mayfield Golf Course got in the way of the destructive twister and no twilight hacker crossed paths with the wind funnel. The recent deadly tornado in Auckland showed how dangerous these twisters can be when they hit populated areas. Interestingly, the weather experts claim that tornados are not uncommon in New Zealand, but we simply get more reports and more pictures and video taken on smart phones. The collision of the wet cold air from the west and warm dry air from the east provided the perfect breeding ground for the twister and as long as the unseasonable weather on the West Coast continues there will be more possibilities for another funnel developing. The wet weather in the west had already done some major damage with the bridge at Harihari washed away and the local river simply choosing a new course. The drenched Alps also poured plenty of water into the Rakaia River where the stream almost hit the bridge at the gorge and the residents at the Rakaia Huts on the northern side were even contemplating evacuation. The only ones who actually had to move were some poor campers at Lake Heron who were caught out by the rising waters. Fortunately the banks of the Rakaia coped well and the weather bomb did not cause any real hassles or damage on this side of the main divide. Still, the climate and weather is clearly changing from what we could have expected in decades gone past. Farmers and holiday makers can no longer count on consistent summers and need to roll with the punches. The shifting weather patterns may end up settling in a new rhythm and we all may end up choosing a different period to go on holiday. At present though, Mother Nature keeps throwing us enough curve balls to keep us all on our toes and expect the unexpected.

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ummer in Mid Canterbury seemed idyllic when I was a kid. The blue of the sky and the bright yellow of the grain fields were almost dazzling. But this was in the old days, when sunblock was unheard of, and we slapped on coconut oil to amplify the rays and amaze our friends with our tans when we returned to school. Many of us have the scars or skin cancers to prove it. I had three removed last year alone. In addition to our main hanging out point, the Allenton pool, there were dozens of alternative river spots, safe, clean, and somehow more exciting than a still pool, which by the way, was unfiltered and unheated. The water turned from clear blue to murky green, and when the stripes at the bottom couldn’t be seen, the plug was pulled (literally) and the water ran off down the Harrison Street gutter. When the pool was empty it was given a quick scrub, and filled again. It took a few days to warm up. That meant it was time for the river. At many of the swimming holes we biked to, the closest farmer had dug a deep and accessible pool (probably to keep his own kids occupied). That wouldn’t be allowed now. It would be condemned as changing the natural course of the river or something.

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sharing the pool with little swimming things. My cousin is visiting at By Felicity present from England. His are tiny enough to Stacey Clark kids revel in frolicking under the FOOD FOR THOUGHT sprinkler (on the appropriate hosing days of course). I have visitors coming later this month, and two are water-mad, but far too grown up for the sprinkler. Having been told most of The big kids watched the little ones, the Ashburton river spots are out of the Mums sat knitting on the bank the question because of pollutants, in their sun frocks, and I don’t recall seen pictures in the past few days of any dramas, let alone drownings. the Rakaia, and wanting to make it Bee stings were the main problem the best possible time for them, I got and they were dealt with by the on to ECan’s water quality page. application of a Reckitts blue-bag What it showed was not quality, but from the washhouse (no-one called the opposite, poor quality. them laundries then). And it’s not the tadpoles we have Picnic lunches involved a pile of sandwiches washed down with orange to worry about; it’s the invisible greeblies which can do us harm, and cordial and summer fruit from the the toxic algae. garden. By the way, where is a good safe Tinwald pool was rough and place to take a dog for a swim? unpainted, and fed from a stream We’ll find somewhere; my mates are which flowed in at the shallow end coming in a rental car, so we have the and out at the deep end, bringing luxury of being able to drive further tadpoles, water boatmen and so forth afield. Not everyone does. with them. As much as I admire modern pools, We used to frighten each other with and the planned aqua centre, there tales of eels, but I never saw one. must be a place to swim in the great It is much more sterile and hygienic outdoors. now, but lacking that tiny touch of 100% pure? I don’t think so. excitement and danger brought by

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Kiwi lawyer caught in fraud By Kurt Bayer A New Zealand attorney at a New York law firm has become embroiled in a major US insider trading case which could see a former Australian mate jailed for 20 years. The Kiwi lawyer, identified only as ‘Attorney-1’ in court papers, felt out of his depth when he was tasked with overseeing an estimated US$1.2 billion acquisition by computer giant IBM of a Chicago software company. He confided in his friend, Australian financial analyst Trent Martin who was working at a Connecticut brokerage firm, seeking “moral support, reassurance, and advice”. But Martin went behind his

mate’s back to use the highly confidential information to buy shares in the firm, SPSS ahead of its sale to IBM, US prosecutors allege. He’s further accused of passing the hot tip on to other financial broker friends who allegedly made thousands from the illicitly gained knowledge. Now, Martin and two other New York stockbrokers face being sent to US federal prison for more than 20 years or a maximum fine of NZ$6m. US prosecutors say the deal was motivated by greed and only came after the release of “highly confidential” information by Attorney-1. The indictment states that Attorney-1 considered Martin his “closest friend in New York

City”. “Martin and Attorney-1 sought advice from each other and shared common interests, a common cultural background, and the common experience of being single men who worked in demanding industries and lived far from their home countries of, respectively, Australia and New Zealand,” the indictment says. Court papers tell how the pair met at a Manhattan cafe in 2009. The papers tell how the lawyer disclosed to Martin the anticipated “significant” transaction price and the identities of the acquiring and target companies while he was describing the magnitude of his assignment. It’s alleged that Martin, 33, then used the non-public infor-

mation to buy shares with SPSS ahead of the acquisition. Martin then allegedly told his Manhattan flatmate Thomas Conradt about the inside information, who then passed on the details to friend David Weishaus, who both allegedly pocketed thousands from the illicit deal. Two others, codenamed ‘CC-1’ and ‘CC-2’ also allegedly profited $US629,954 and $US254,360 respectively, for a total profit in excess of $US1 million. Martin, meanwhile, made just NZ$9500 from the shares’ subsequent sale, it’s claimed. The prosecutors claim Martin told his New Zealand buddy that he wanted to return home in November 2010 after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) launched an

investigation, saying he knew trading offences could lead to jail, and referred to the much publicised criminal prosecution of celebrity homemaker Martha Stewart. The New Zealand Securities Commission helped in the probe. In September 2011, Martin moved to Hong Kong, but the authorities finally caught up with him shortly before Christmas, arresting him on December 22 last year after a request from the US. Now he has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and one count of securities fraud. Martin, from NSW, remains in custody in Hong Kong and awaits extradition to the US. - APNZ

Bum advert removed from bus An advertisement for Franz Josef glacier on the back of a Queenstown bus and showing a builder’s bottom, has been removed after a complaint. The advertisement for the Franz Josef Glacier Guides showed an image of the backside of a tradesman as he bent over. The tradesman’s shirt had lifted slightly, and his jeans were slung low to reveal a portion of his rear end. A crack separated the image of the tradesman, from an image of a man and a woman walking through a crack in the Franz Josef Glacier. The caption for the image said: “Unlike his crack ... You’ll want to explore ours”. K Gardiner complained the advert was offensive and in poor taste, and it was removed. Ngai Tahu Tourism argued that Queenstown was an international tourism destination with a large number of sophisticated travellers, and this was the only complaint or negative comment. It had no insinuation of mooning, which would indicate full exposure, and was clearly related to a widely known phenomenon. The term ‘plumber’s crack’ was used in Canada, Australia and in American English. In the Netherlands the term bouwvakkersdecollete was used, and in Germany maurerdekollete. The Advertising Standards Authority did not act as Ngai Tahu had taken the advert down. - APNZ

City retail activity lifts again Christchurch retail activity has risen strongly for a second consecutive quarter, bucking national trends, according to latest figures. Total retail activity in the recovering city increased 2.1 per cent in the September 2012 quarter, on the back of a 2.5 per cent jump in the previous quarter, Statistics New Zealand says. It compares with a 0.8 per cent fall at the national level, with shoppers behind the Christchurch success.

Accommodation and food services are also up 1.6 perc ent and 4.8 per cent respectively. “Christchurch’s sales growth fell behind the rest of the country after the quakes began,” said industry and labour statistics manager Tehseen Islam. “But strong rises in the past two quarters, coupled with this quarter’s decrease in national retail figures, has helped to narrow that gap.”

Since the June 2010 quarter, before the earthquakes began, Christchurch’s total retail activity has risen 6.8 per cent, compared with the national increase of 8.0 per cent. The Christchurch retail trade indicator is an experimental series released by Statistics NZ to provide information on the state of the Christchurch retail trade industry after the Canterbury earthquakes. - APNZ

Rise of the machines

actory lines have long since replaced manual labour with robotics, but robots have advanced to the point that they are now able to conduct complex surgical operations. Surgeons still guide the machinery, but accuracy is greatly increased, reducing operation times and the incidence of health complications that can occur. NASDAQ listed Intuitive Surgical is the dominant player in this market. Since it was founded in 1995, the company has grown on an almost logarithmic scale. Listed at US$9 per share in 2000, the shares are now around US$515 giving the company a market capitalisation of around US$21 billion. That’s very impressive growth.

per share. Another factor contributing to the uptake in robotics is price. The MONEY MATTERS cost of robots has been decreasing rapidly, and co- founder of iRobot, Dr Robert Brooks, has established a new comLess impressive price perforpany which will shortly mance but perhaps more rec- release a new versatile indusognisable products, come from trial assembly line robot for another NASDAQ listed com- US$22,000, which is less than pany, iRobot Corporation. They one tenth of the cost of tradimake robots you may have seen tional production line systems. advertised for domestic use such But you needn’t look beyond as the Roomba vacuum cleaner, our own shores for leading robotpool cleaners and even gutter ics companies. Scott Technology cleaners. is an NZX listed company with They also make robots for the global operations. First estabdefence sector, such as advance lished as an engineering firm in surveillance scouts and those for Dunedin in 1913, the company bomb disposal. This company is largely known within New first listed at US$24 per share in Zealand for its meat processing 2005, and is now around US$19 automation systems; however

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this is just 14 per cent of their revenue. Scott Technology sells products into 83 countries, with the lion share of revenues coming from the mining sector. The United States is actually their largest market, accounting for 38 per cent of revenue. Scott Technology recorded revenue and profit growth of 19% for 2012, and at the current price of $2.58 they have a market capitalisation of just over NZD$105 million. With earnings per share of 16.7c their price to earnings ratio sits at 15 times, and the company retains a strong balance sheet with no debt. Recently the company unveiled a new product for the dairy market - an automated system for attaching milking cups to cows. It can attach the cups at a rate of twelve seconds per cow,

with a 95 per cent success rate. Impressive stuff and I am sure the cows will be pleased with the reduced waiting times.

Ian Lennie and Selwyn Sloan are Authorised Financial Advisers with Forsyth Barr in Ashburton. To arrange a meeting to discuss your investment objectives in confidence, please call (03) 307 9540 or e-mail ian.lennie@forsythbarr. co.nz or selwyn.sloan@forsythbarr.co.nz.

To find out more about Forsyth Barr visit www.forsythbarr.co.nz. This column is general in nature and should not be regarded as personalised investment advice. Disclosure Statements are available on request and free of charge. All values quoted in this article were current as at 20/12/12.

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5 charged with rape Five men accused of raping a university student for hours on a bus as it drove through India’s capital were charged with murder, rape and other crimes that could bring them the death penalty. The attack on the 23-yearold woman, who died of severe internal injuries over the weekend, provoked a fierce debate across India about the routine mistreatment of females and triggered daily protests demanding action. There have been signs of change since the attack. Rapes, often ignored, have become front-page news, politicians have called for tougher laws, including the death penalty and chemical castration for rapists, and the government is examining wide-scale reforms in the criminal justice system’s handling of sexual assaults. Activists say the tragedy could mark a turning point for women’s rights. In a nation where court cases often linger for years, the government set up a special fasttrack court Wednesday to deal with crimes against woman, and that is where the charges against the five men were filed Thursday evening. The government said it planned to open four more such courts in the city. Prosecutor Rajiv Mohan filed a case of rape, tampering with evidence, kidnapping, murder and other charges against the men. The charge sheet was not released and he asked for a closed trial. A hearing was set for tomorrow. The men charged were Ram Singh, the bus driver; his brother Mukesh Singh, who cleans buses for the same company; Pavan Gupta, a fruit vendor; Akshay Singh, a bus washer; and Vinay Sharma, a fitness trainer. They did not appear

Mexican bakers have made a traditional holiday ring cake that instead of measuring the usual two feet or so, weighed in at 10 tons and stretched in a nearly mile-long circle on Mexico City’s main plaza. National bakers association vice president Antonio Arias says the bready Rosca de Reyes was estimated to be sliced into 200,000 pieces. Bakers used more than 5 metric tons of flour, 3 tons of butter and 38,600 eggs to create the cake. The sweet bread is traditionally eaten on January 6, Three Kings Day, marking the end of the holiday season.

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Students shout slogans during a protest against a leader of the ruling Congress party in India, who was arrested on accusations he raped a woman. A brutal gang rape on a woman, who later died of her injuries, has caused outrage across India, sparking protests and demands for tough new rape laws, better police protection for women and a sustained campaign to change society’s views about women. in court. Authorities have said they would push for the death penalty for the men. The victim’s father said he supported the death penalty. “The toughest and the harshest punishment should be given,” he said, adding that he thought a new law should be named after his daughter. A sixth suspect, listed as a 17-year-old, was expected to be tried in a juvenile court, where the maximum sentence would be three years in a reform facility. Police also detained the owner of the bus on accusations he used false documents to obtain permits to run the private bus service.

The Bar Association said its lawyers would not defend the suspects because of the nature of the crime, but the court was expected to appoint attorneys to defend them. “Strict, strict, strict punishment should be given to them,” said Ashima Sharma, an 18-year-old student attending a protest Thursday. “A very strict punishment ... that all men of India should be aware that they are not going to treat the women like the way they treated her.” The woman was attacked December 16 after boarding the bus with a male companion after watching an evening

showing of the movie “Life of Pi” at an upscale mall. The vehicle was a charter bus that illegally picked up the two passengers, authorities said. The pair were attacked for hours as the bus drove through the city, even passing through police checkpoints during the assault. They were eventually dumped naked on the side of the road. The woman, whose name was not released, was assaulted with an iron bar and suffered severe internal injuries that eventually proved fatal. The attack caused outrage across India, where women are routinely subject to everything from catcalls to assaults. - AP

Heat continues for Aussies Surf lifesavers are expecting to have to rescue hundreds of beachgoers this weekend as swimmers escape the heatwave in NSW. The temperature is expected to soar to the high 30s to mid-40s this weekend in large parts of the state as a heatwave moves east across Australia. The highest readings are expected inland, while sea breezes are expected to keep the coast cooler. Beaches are gearing up for a big weekend, Surf Life Saving NSW’s Dean Storey told AAP yesterday. “When it’s hot and sunny more people go to the beach and as a result there’s more activity,” Mr Storey told AAP. He expected lifesavers to make a similar number of rescues to New Year’s Day, when around 300 people were pulled from the surf. Mr Storey says extra lifeguards will be on duty over the weekend but beachgoers are urged to swim between the flags at patrolled beaches. Police say anyone heading to the water needs to take proper precautions. “Whether you’re going to the beach, a river, lake or swimming pool, you need to assess the

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A car bomb blew up late Thursday in a Damascus gas station, killing at least nine people, a Syrian activist group said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the death toll in the blast in the capital’s Masakin Barzeh neighborhood is expected to rise because many of the wounded were in critical condition. Syria’s state news service also reported the blast but did not give a number of dead or wounded. It said the bomb targeted cars that were lined up to get gas and blamed the attack on “terrorists,” the government’s shorthand for rebels seeking to topple President Bashar Assad.

• Teens drug parents Two California teenagers were arrested after they gave one of the girl’s parents milkshakes spiked with prescription sleeping pills so she could use the Internet past her curfew, police said. The medicated shakes worked, but the parents became suspicious when they woke up groggy the next morning, Rocklin police said. They obtained a drug kit from police so they could test themselves for tampering. The tests came back positive, and the couple went back to police with the results. Their 15-year-old daughter and her 16-year-old friend were arrested.

• New cars sold Australians bought a record number of new cars last year, with big jumps in purchases of sports-utilities and commercial vehicles. There were 1.1 million new cars purchased in 2012, a 10.3 per cent increase from 2011, the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) reported. Passenger vehicles were the highest selling segment of the market, with 576,855 units traded, up 3.1 per cent from the previous year. The biggest market movers were 4WDs, with sales up 25.3 per cent to 305,825, and commercial vehicles, which rose 12.2 per cent to 198,302.

• Burnout record Manly Beach, in Sydney, will be busy this weekend as a heatwave sweeps the country. environment and take simple precautions to prevent tragedy,” Detective Acting Superintendent Darren Schott said in a statement. “We have had a number of drownings and near-drownings recently, and unfortunately, many could have been prevented by heeding safety messages of police, lifesavers and maritime authorities.” Police also warned that leaving children, elderly people or

pets unattended in cars could prove deadly in hot weather. RSPCA NSW Chief Inspector, David O’Shannessy, says it only takes six minutes for an animal left in a car to die from heat stroke. Meanwhile, Hobart experienced its hottest day on record yesterday. The island capital hit 41.3C at 1.53pm (AEDT), beating a previous high of 40.8C set in January 1976.

That record had stood since 1899, when the mercury hit 40.1C. Records have been kept in Tasmania since 1883. The Bureau of Meteorology says it isn’t sure what the new record will be because the temperature is unlikely to peak before 4pm. Hobart’s overnight minimum was a January record - 23.4C. All states are on high alert for - AAP bushfires.

Summernats 26 has broken a Guinness World Record for the most simultaneous burnouts - although it was hard to confirm it through the thick blanket of smoke. Minutes after the attempt Chris Sheedy from Guinness World Records told the 10,000 plus crowd at Canberra’s EPIC showgrounds that exactly 69 cars had managed to complete the 30 second burnout required. The novelty of the number was celebrated by Summernats punters. “It’s particularly an Australian kind of record,” Mr Sheedy said. - AP

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Feathers fly in headcount In a sea of flapping black and white flippers, Ricky is hard to miss: He’s got spiky yellow feathers, a flamboyant character, and he’s the only rockhopper among the dozens of penguins living in the London Zoo. That’s a big help for keepers who embarked Thursday on their annual stock-taking of all the zoo’s residents. It’s no easy task, when there are more than 17,500 creatures to count. All animals have to be accounted for, including the tarantulas, locusts and snails. The same scene was being repeated at zoos throughout Britain Thursday — the census is nationwide. No stone is left unturned, lest there be a beetle below. At the London Zoo, keepers hope the new year will bring some company to Ricky, who has been the zoo’s lone rockhopper since 2011. “Ricky’s quite a unique character — he was rejected by his parents and was hand-reared. He’s more interested in zoo keepers than in other penguins,” said zoological director David Field. “It’s time to get him some rockhopper partners.” In the meerkat enclosure, 11 of the small mammals were only too happy to be counted, climbing onto a keeper’s clipboard seeking attention and food. An all-female family of nine otters likewise rushed forward at the sight of their favored delicacies: Mice and crayfish. In the invertebrates section, a palmsized red-kneed tarantula called Jill caused a stir among visitors when she was lifted out of her box for inspection. “This is quite a docile one,” said keeper Amy Callaghan, who held the spider out in her hand for photographers. “I was a little bit wary of them at first, but now I think they’re brilliant.” The census is required as part of the licence terms of British zoos, and the data is used for zoo management and international breeding programs for endangered animals. The final tally could take weeks. Most animals in the zoo have microchips in their bodies, making counting a little less daunting. Fish and animals with camouflage properties — such as leaf insects — are trickier, and the tiniest ones such as ants are counted in colonies, not as individuals. New additions to the zoo being counted for the first time included baby Ziggy, an endangered white-naped mangabey monkey, and Maxilla, a black-and-white colobus monkey. The zoo also welcomed a pair of new Sumatran tigers A meerkat stands on keeper Tegan McPhail’s clipboard during a photo call for the — male Jae Jae from a zoo in Ohio and female Melati, annual stock take at London Zoo. More than 17,500 animals including birds, fish, from Perth, Australia. - AP mammals, reptiles and amphibians were counted.

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Australian scientists break into nano scene

Australian scientists have produced a new two-dimensional material they believe could revolutionise the electronics market with thinner, faster and lighter gadgets. Silicon chips have reached their limit in terms of speed and ability to store an electrical charge. But RMIT University and CSIRO researchers have made a new flat material, made up of layers of crystal known as molybdenum oxides, which has properties that encourage the free flow of electrons at ultra-high speeds. They say this could boost speed of communication and capacitance, the ability to store an electrical charge, using the same size chips as are used today. In the journal Advanced Materials, they explain how they adapted the ground-breaking material graphene to create a new conductive nano-material. Graphene was created in 2004, and touted as the two dimensional material of the future, winning its inventors a Nobel Prize in 2010. However, some of its physical properties prevent it from being used for high-speed electronics. The CSIRO’s Serge Zhuiykov said the new nano-material was made up of layered sheets similar to the graphite layers that make up the core of a pencil. The importance of the new discovery is how quickly electrons which conduct electricity are able to flow. - AAP

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Aries 21 March - 20 April Career matters may be a big issue as you think up ways to increase your standing and make a name for yourself. Be persistent - don’t go off the boil. You may feel like a social butterfly out enjoying yourself and ready to have some fun. The Moon makes a very pleasant aspect today so romance and entertainment plans can be quite stimulating.

TAurus 21 April - 21 May Today’s Moon puts a pleasant spin on work matters as co-operation makes even the most troublesome issues easier to resolve. You may find yourself in a sporty mood, or at least keen to get down to some exercise. Even time spent outside should give you a boost. You may be coming up with some very inventive ways to improve your standing.

Gemini 22 May - 21 June Think about how to increase income through creative ideas and projects. If you’re looking for bargains in the sales you should do really well today as the Moon makes a positive aspect to Venus. Better still, someone close may get you something you’ve always wanted. It’s a good day to have lunch with a friend and discuss your plans for the year ahead.

CAnCer 22 June - 23 July It’s a homely kind of day when you may feel inclined to laziness, and to kicking back and chilling out. At the same time, certain people in your life may be expecting a lot, so you’ll need to be quite firm with them. Mars in your joint financial zone may be encouraging you to sort out shared money matters. You may feel like rebelling, but would it be wise?

Leo 24 July - 23 August And easy-going romantic atmosphere can make today a little special. You may have work or health issues on your mind too. Try to deal with these first of all, as having them niggling away may be both off-putting and exhausting. A partner may be in a feisty mood, so you may end up in a sparring match, but kissing and making up later on could be fun.

VirGo 24 August - 23 September It’s a good day to get some special bargains for the home such as soft furnishings or even decorating materials. Giving your abode a makeover, within your budget, can see you feel better in the process. Your creative energies are at a peak, and so can be your romantic inclination. Be sure to invest time and energy into the right projects or person.

LibrA 24 September - 23 October It’s a positive and upbeat day when you can ask for what you want with the possibility that you may just get it. A lovely aspect may be perfect for connecting with friends or family, perhaps over lunch or a drink. Romance-wise there is a positive energy, which may encourage you to be quite competitive concerning your current love situation.

sCorpio 24 October - 22 November You may be in an indulgent mood, especially when it comes to shopping. It’s a good time to stock up with bargains but you may have a tendency to buy more than you need just because it’s cheaper than usual. You seem to be very busy researching your options and researching subjects of interest in general. A new discovery could be a big plus.

sAGiTTArius 23 November - 21 December A social event could have romantic potential or may bring the opportunity to make a new and supportive friend. As the Moon aspects Venus you may find that you warm to someone naturally and sense that with them as a companion you could make a great team. Financially, you seem to be very much on the ball. A sound budget could work wonders.

CApriCorn 22 December - 20 January Let your intuition guide you if you need to make a career decision today. It could save you a lot of time and energy as well as bringing you a unique opportunity. You seem to be very assertive about getting what you need or about expressing yourself. It might help to listen to what your partner or other close associates have to say. Try to be receptive.

AquArius 21 January - 19 February Your dreams may be important. If you found yourself wondering about a powerful experience you had overnight, it may be worth your while to spend some time reflecting on it, especially if it brings up powerful feelings or memories. Something profound may be trying to break through into your consciousness. This could bring empowerment and inspiration.

pisCes 20 February - 20 March All the fun is happening at home. Allow the playful side of your nature to come out and entertain everyone. When you are not too busy you have a delightful wit and a great sense of fun that could have everyone laughing. Invest some energy in your family and social life and you won’t be disappointed. Why not arrange an impromptu get-together?

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6.00 Te Karere. (R, T) 6.30 Hyundai Country Calendar. (G, R, T) 7.00 60 Minute Makeover. (G, R) 8.00 Here To Stay. (G, R, T) 9.00 A Taste Of Home. (G, R, T) 9.30 Come Dine With Me Omnibus. (G, R, T) 12.00 Marco’s Kitchen Burnout. (Final, PGR, T) 1.00 MasterChef: The Professionals. (G, T) 2.25 The Chase. (G, T) 3.25 Situation Critical. (PGR, R, T) 4.00 Children’s Hospital. (G, T) 4.30 Find My Family. (G, R, T) 5.00 Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. (G, T) 6.00 One News. (T) 7.00 The Food Truck. (G, R, T) 7.30 Jennifer Saunders: Back In The Saddle. (G, T) 8.30 Come Dine With Me UK. (PGR, T) 9.35 Pan Am. (PGR, T) 10.30 FILM: Monster’s Ball. (2001, AO, T) Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Heath Ledger. A bigoted prison guard re-examines his life after falling in love with the widow of an executed prisoner. 12.45 Louie Spence’s Showbusiness. (Final, PGR) 1.45 BBC World – Mo Yan – Writings from China. 2.00 BBC World News. 2.15 Sport Today. 2.30 Fast Track. 3.00 BBC World News. 3.30 Dateline London. 4.00 BBC World News. 4.10 Have You Heard From Johannesburg? 5.00 BBC World News. 5.30 Exiled: The Ugandan Asian Story.

6.00 Tiki Tour. (G, R, T) 6.25 Buzzy Bee And Friends. (G, T) 6.30 Handy Manny. (G, T) 6.55 The Adventures Of Chuck And Friends. (G, R, T) 7.15 Stitch. (G, R, T) 7.40 Phineas And Ferb. (G, R, T) 8.05 FILM: Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo. (2010, G, R, T) 9.30 Just The Job. (G, R, T) 10.00 Fresh. 10.30 I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. (PGR) 12.00 Dating In The Dark Australia. (PGR, T) 1.00 The Amazing Race. (G, R, T) 2.00 Hell’s Kitchen. (PGR, R, T) 3.00 Secret Life Of The American Teenager. (PGR, R) 4.00 Good Luck Charlie. (G, T) 4.30 State Of Georgia. (Final, G, T) 5.00 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (G, T) 5.30 Ghostbusters II. (1989, G, R, T) Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Morani. 7.40 FILM: Shanghai Noon. (2000, PGR, R, T) 9.55 FILM: Jackie Chan’s First Strike. (1996, AO, R, T) Jackie Chan, Jackson Liu, Annie Wu, Bill Tung, Yuri Petrov. 11.35 FILM: The Greatest. (2009, AO, T) 1.40 FILM: Perfect Stranger. (2007, AO, R, T) 3.35 Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow. (AO, R, T) 4.25 Even My Pet’s a Porker. (G, T) 5.00 Fresh. (R) 5.30 It Is Written.

6.00 Charles Stanley. 6.30 Rheem Outdoors With Geoff. (G, R) 7.00 Trade Zone Gone Fishin’. (G, R) 7.30 Knight Rider. (G, R) 8.30 Infomercials. (G) 9.30 Flowers Uncut With Jeff Leatham. (PGR) 10.00 The Great Food Escape. (G, R, T) 10.30 Money Man. (G, R) 11.00 Project Runway. (PGR, R, T) 12.00 Tim Gunn’s Guide To Style. (G, R) 1.00 America’s Next Top Model: All Stars. (PGR, R) 2.00 Platinum Hit. (G) 3.00 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. (PGR, R) 4.00 The Office. (G) 4.30 The Real Hustle NZ. (Final, G, R, T) 5.00 Rheem Outdoors With Geoff. (G, R) 5.30 Trade Zone Gone Fishin’. (G) 6.00 3 News. 7.00 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals. (PGR, T) 7.30 Ice Road Truckers. (PGR, T) 8.30 CSI: New york. (AO, T) A tractor-trailer carrying a group of party guests crashes into the Hudson River and several of the invitees drown. 9.25 CSI: Miami. (AO, T) The Miami Taunter kills again, and Horatio visits the matriarch of the suspected killer’s family. 10.25 Outrageous Fortune. (AO, R, T) 11.25 FILM: Milk. (2008, AO, R, T) 1.45 Infomercials. (G) 5.00 Hillsong. (G) 5.30 Charles Stanley.

6.00 Home Shopping. (G) 7.30 Tennis. (G) ASB Classic. Day Five. From ASB Tennis Arena, Auckland. Highlights. 11.30 Harry’s Practice. (G, R) 12.00 Best Of The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus. (G, R) 2.30 Country House Rescue. (G, R) 3.25 MasterChef USA. (G, R) 4.20 Tennis. (G, R) ASB Classic. Day Five. From ASB Tennis Arena, Auckland. Highlights. 5.30 Prime News. 6.00 Getaway. (G) 7.00 Return To River Cottage. (PGR, R) Hugh’s chickens don’t like their high-rise coop, so it’s off to the annual poultry auction. 7.30 Antiques Roadshow. (G) Fiona Bruce and the experts greet thousands of visitors at Winchester Cathedral, and amongst the objects featured is an absorbing painting of an Elizabethan family that hides secrets. 8.35 Silk. (New, PGR) UK drama series in which two brilliant defence barristers competing to become a member of the Queen’s Counsel. 9.40 A Touch Of Frost. (New, AO) A convicted child murderer is finally released from prison after a twenty year incarceration but with the remains of one other child never found, his assimilation back into normal life will not go smoothly. 12.35 Home Shopping. (G)

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60 Minute Makeover. (G, R) The Missing Piece. (G, R, T) Tagata Pasifika. (R) Praise Be. (G, R) Attitude. (G, R, T) The Big Picture. (G, R, T) Marae Investigates Summer Series. 10.30 Waka Huia. (T) 11.00 Neighbourhood. (G, R, T) 11.30 NZ Stories. (G, R, T) 12.00 Coronation Street Omnibus. (PGR, R, T) 2.00 Hotel Inspector. (PGR, R, T) 2.55 Undercover Boss USA. (Final, G, R, T) 3.55 Behind The Scenes. (Final) 4.25 Keeping Up With The Joneses. (G, R, T) 4.55 Walk On The Wild Side. (G, T) 5.25 Wild Vets. (G, R, T) 6.00 One News. (T) 7.00 Animal House. (PGR, R, T) 7.30 Primeval New Zealand. (G, R, T) 8.30 Sunday Murder Mystery: A Certain Samaritan. (AO, T) 10.30 Packed To The Rafters. (PGR, R, T) 11.30 Meet The Natives USA. (G, T) 12.35 Call 911. (PGR) 1.05 BBC World – BBC World News. 1.30 China’s Super Rich. 2.00 BBC World News. 2.15 Sport Today. 2.30 Click. 3.00 BBC World News. 3.30 On The Road With Jonathan Miller. 4.00 BBC World News. 4.10 Talking Books: Tony Harrison. 4.30 Panorama: How to Dodge Tax. 5.00 BBC World News. 5.30 The Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (Final, R)

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60 Minute Makeover. (G, R) Auction House. (G, R, T) The Rich List. (G, R, T) Infomercial. Dancing On Ice. (G, R, T) Homefront Extra. (G, R) Infomercial. Mucking In. (G, R, T) Emmerdale. (PGR, T) Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals. (G, R, T) World’s Strictest Parents Us. (PGR, T) 60 Minute Makeover. (G, R) Te Karere. (T) Ellen. (G) Millionaire Hot Seat. (G, T)

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6.00 Tiki Tour. (G, R, T) 6.25 The Magic Roundabout. (G, T) 6.40 Jungle Junction. (G, T) 7.00 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. (G, R) 7.25 The Looney Tunes Show. (G, R, T) 7.45 Adventure Time With Finn And Jake. (G, R, T) 8.05 Transformers Prime. (G, R, T) 8.50 A.N.T. Farm. (G, R, T) 9.15 Jonas. (G, R, T) 10.05 Sonny With A Chance. (G, R, T) 10.30 FILM: Daddy Day Camp. (2007, G, R, T) 12.00 FILM: City Of Ember. (2008, PGR, R, T) 1.50 Mad. (G, R, T) 2.00 The Secret Circle. (PGR, T) 4.00 The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air. (G, R, T) 4.30 Just The Job. (G, T) 5.00 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (G, R, T) 5.30 Hart Of Dixie. (G, T) 6.30 I Hate My Teenage Daughter. (G, T) 7.00 FILM: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. (2010, PGR, T) 9.10 FILM: Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery. (1997, AO, R, T) Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley. A swingin’ gentleman spy of the 60s is defrosted after being cryogenically frozen for 30 years to fight his arch nemesis, who threatens to destroy the world. 11.05 FILM: Lost Boys 3: The Thirst. (2010, AO, T) 12.45 Cradle 2 The Grave. (AO, R, T) 2.30 Motorway Patrol. (PGR, T) 2.55 Infomercials. 3.25 20/20. (R, T) 4.15 It Is Written. (R) 4.45 Emmerdale. (PGR, R, T) 5.30 Infomercials.

MONDAy

6.00 Creflo Dollar. 6.30 Hi-5. (G, R, T) 7.00 Grizzly Tales. (G, R, T) 7.25 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated. (G, T) 7.50 Ben 10: Ultimate Alien. (G, R, T) 8.15 Tiki Tour. (G, T) 8.40 Fireman Sam. (G, T) 8.50 Pajanimals. (G, T) 9.00 Infomercials. 10.30 Sonny With A Chance. (G, R, T) 11.00 Shortland Street. (PGR, T) 12.00 Celebrity Apprentice. (PGR) 2.05 Make It Or Break It. (G, R) The rock girls are preparing to leave for Calais, France and Chloe can’t believe Emily is not going to make an effort to see Damon who is touring only an hour away in Paris. 3.05 Pocoyo. (G, R, T) 3.10 Disney Special Agent Oso. (G, R, T) 3.35 Spongebob. (G, R, T) 4.05 Zeke And Luther. (G, R, T) 4.30 Pair Of Kings. (G, T) 5.00 Horace In Slow Motion. (G, R) 5.01 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (G, R, T) 5.30 My Wife And Kids. (G, R, T)

6.00 6.30 7.00 8.00 8.25

Bayless Conley. (G) Brian Houston @ Hillsong. (G) Charles Stanley. (G) Open Door. (Final, G, R) Charlotte: A Life Without Limbs. (G, R, T) 9.10 What’s Really In Our Food? (G, R, T) 9.35 The Gruen Transfer. (PGR, R, T) 10.10 FILM: Making Mr Right. (2008, PGR, R) 11.35 Everybody Loves Raymond. (G, R, T) 12.00 Entertainment Tonight Weekend. (G) 1.00 Survivor: South Pacific. (G, R) 2.00 James May’s Man Lab. (G, R, T) 3.00 King Of Dirt. (G) 3.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. (G, R, T) 4.00 Inside New Zealand: One 16th. (G, T) 5.00 Million Dollar Catch. (PGR, R) 5.30 ITM Fishing Show. (G) 6.00 3 News. 7.00 FILM: Monsters vs. Aliens. (2009, G, R, T) 9.00 FILM: Meet The Spartans. (2007, AO, R, T) Sean Maguire. Heroic warrior Leonidas leads a ragtag group of 13 fellow Spartans to defend their homeland. 10.40 The Good Wife. (PGR, R, T) 11.35 Portlandia. (AO) 12.00 Infomercials. (G) 5.00 Joyce Meyer. 5.30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV. (G)

MONDAy 6.00 6.30 7.30 8.30 10.30 11.30 12.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 5.30

Infomercials. (G) Downsize Me. (G, R, T) The Kitchen Job. (G, R, T) Infomercials. (G) The Dr Oz Show. (PGR, R) Everybody Loves Raymond. (G, R, T) Terra Nova. (PGR, R, T) Royal Pains. (PGR) White Collar. (PGR) The Real Housewives Of New york City. (PGR) Queer Eye For The Straight Guy. (G) Entertainment Tonight. (G, R) Destroyed In Seconds. (G, R, T)

6.00 10.30 12.00 12.30 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00

Religious Programming. (G) Sport Box. (G) Getaway. (G, R) The Enforcers. (G, R) Top Gear USA. (PGR, R) Psych. (PGR, R) Must Be The Music. (G) Tennis. (G) ASB Classic Singles Final. From ASB Tennis Arena, Auckland. Highlights. 6.00 Millionaire: Hot Seat. (G) 6.30 Rick Stein’s Food Heroes. (G) 7.00 Storage Wars. (New, G) US reality series in which four professional buyers scour repossessed storage units in search of hidden treasure. 7.30 Jamie’s American Road Trip. (PGR) Just a few miles east of the Hollywood sign lives America’s largest concentration of Mexican immigrants. 8.35 Weekend Murders: Midsomer Murders. (AO, R) An international concert pianist runs a summer school for aspiring young musicians at his home, but when one of them dies and Barnaby’s own life is threatened, he finds something very bizarre at play. 10.30 Sea Patrol. (PGR, R) 11.30 Boardwalk Empire. (AO, R) 12.10 Home Shopping. (G) 1.40 Best Of The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) 2.10 Home Shopping. (G)

MONDAy 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 12.00 1.00 1.30 2.25 3.30 4.30

5.00 5.30

Home Shopping. (G) Bondi Vet. (G, R) Millionaire: Hot Seat. (G, R) Home Shopping. (G) Antiques Roadshow. (G, R) Best Of The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) America’s Got Talent. (PGR, R) Wife Swap USA. (PGR) The Late Show With David Letterman. (G, R) David Hasselhoff’s Sharkwatch. (G, R) Baywatch star David Hasselhoff travels to South Africa to dive and swim with the ocean’s most feared predators - sharks. Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) Prime News.

KEy: T Teletext R Repeat S Stereo P Premiere F Final RATINGS: G General exhibition PG Parental guidance recommended M Suitable for mature audiences AO Adults only 16 Approved for persons 16 and over 18 Approved for persons 18 and over c Content may offend l Language may offend s Sexual content may offend v contains violence

movie Monster’s Ball TV1 10.30pm Powerhouse study of love and hate, directed with unnerving clarity by Marc Forster, that deservedly garnered Halle Berry the Oscar. In a contemporary Georgian town, a reckless mother (Berry) finds solace in the most unlikely of places – with the redneck prison guard (Billy Bob Thornton) who oversaw her husband’s execution on death row. Heath Ledger also stars in a drama that will leave you reeling.

FOUR

6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55 Pingu. (G, R) 7.00 The Angry Beavers. (G, R) 7.30 Hey Arnold! (G, R) 7.55 The Wild Thornberrys. (G, R) 8.20 Twisted Whiskers. (G, R) 8.30 Twisted Whiskers. (G, R) 8.40 Hot Wheels Battle Force 5: Fused. (G, R) 9.05 Hot Wheels Battle Force 5: Fused. (G, R) 9.30 Power Rangers: Samurai. (G) 9.55 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 3.00 Barney And Friends. (G, R) 3.30 Bryan & Bobby. (G, R) 3.40 Pukana. (G) 4.05 Drake And Josh. (G, R) 4.35 Kenan & Kel. (G, R) 5.05 Sabrina The Teenage Witch. (G) 5.30 Clueless. (G, R) 6.00 Life’s Funniest Moments. (G, R) 6.30 FILM: Thunderbirds. (2004, G, R) 8.30 The Simpsons. (PGR, R) Three horrific tales of Halloween terror. 9.00 FILM: Shutter. (2008, AO, R) Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor, David Denman. A newly-married couple are haunted by the ghostly images that appear in photos they have taken. 10.50 Excused. (AO) 11.15 Excused. (AO) 11.40 Infomercials. (G)

SUNDAy 6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55 Pingu. (G, R) 7.00 The Angry Beavers. (G, R) 7.25 Hey Arnold! (G, R) 7.50 The Wild Thornberrys. (G, R) 8.15 Rugrats. (G, R) 8.40 The Mighty B! (G, R) 9.05 The Mighty B! (G, R) 9.30 The Adventures Of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. (G, R) 9.55 Go Diego Go. (G, R) 10.20 The Wiggles Show. (G, R) 10.35 Franklin And Friends. (G, R) 10.55 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. (G, R) 11.05 Barney And Friends. (G, R) 11.30 Wonder Pets. (G, R) 11.55 Pingu. (G, R) 12.00 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 3.00 Barney And Friends. (G, R) 3.30 Bryan & Bobby. (G, R) 3.40 Pukana. (G) 4.05 Drake And Josh. (G, R) 4.30 Kenan & Kel. (G, R) 5.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch. (G) 5.30 Clueless. (G, R) 6.00 Life’s Funniest Moments. (G, R) Hosts Laura McKenzie and Erik Estrada bring audiences the funniest moments from around the world. 6.30 Top Chef Masters. (G) Actress Christina Hendricks and her husband put the master chefs through a groovy 1960s challenge. 7.30 Beauty & The Geek Australia. (G, R) Thee beauties and geeks come together in the ultimate social experiment. 9.00 Futurama. (G) 9.30 South Park. (AO, R) 10.00 The Ricky Gervais Show. (G, R) 10.30 Better Off Ted. (PGR, R) 11.00 Entertainment Tonight Weekend. (G) 11.50 Infomercials. (G)

MONDAy 6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55 Pingu. (G, R) 7.00 The Angry Beavers. (G, R) 7.30 Hey Arnold! (G, R) 7.55 The Wild Thornberrys. (G, R) 8.20 Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Bitty Advent. (G, R) 8.45 Bananas In Pyjamas. (G, R) 9.00 Thomas & Friends. (G, R) 9.10 Bob The Builder. (G, R) 9.20 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.25 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.30 The Wiggles Show. (G, R) 9.40 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. (G, R) 9.50 Action Central. (G, R) 10.00 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 3.05 Dora The Explorer. (G, R) 3.30 Bob The Builder. (G, R) 3.40 Raa Raa The Noisy Lion. (G) 3.50 What’s Up Warthogs. (G, R) 4.15 Drake And Josh. (G, R) 4.40 Kenan & Kel. (G, R) 5.10 Sabrina The Teenage Witch. (G) 5.35 Clueless. (G, R)

0501

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, January 5, 2013

Television

The Box 6.00 The Simpsons Super Saturday. (PG) 8.05 Deadliest Warrior. (M) 8.55 The Simpsons. (PG) Lisa’s idea for an online social network becomes a tremendous hit, but so many people become addicted to posting on the site, it leads to chaos. 9.20 Flashpoint. (M) Things go south quickly when the SRU team conduct a raid when a drug dealer and a former junkie are in the middle of settling a score. 10.10 Raw. (M) 12.55 The A-Team Marathon. (PG) 4.30 The Simpsons Super Saturday. (PG) 7.00 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.30 Chuck. (M) 8.30 Deadliest Warrior. (M) 9.30 Spartacus: Blood And Sand. (18) 10.30 TNA Impact Wrestling. (M) 12.30 The A-Team Marathon. (PG) 3.00 Spartacus: Blood And Sand. (18) 4.00 Girls Gone Wild. (18) 4.45 The A-Team. (PG) 5.35 The Simpsons. (PG)

SuNDAy

6.00 The A-Team Marathon. (PG) 9.20 TNA Impact Wrestling. (M) 11.10 The Simpsons Marathon. (PG) 1.15 Chuck. (M) 2.05 Deadliest Warrior. (M) 3.00 Raw. (M) 5.45 Main Event. (M) 6.45 Smackdown. (M) Hot off the satellite, catch the latest from the Superstars of SmackDown! 8.30 Criminal Minds. (M) 9.30 Criminal Minds. (M) 10.30 Baker Boys: Inside The Surge. (M) 11.30 Main Event. (M) 12.30 Smackdown. (M) 2.10 Criminal Minds. (M) 3.00 Criminal Minds. (M) 4.10 Baker Boys: Inside The Surge. (M) 5.10 Chuck. (M)

MoNDAy

6.00 NyPD Blue. (M) 6.50 Malcolm In The Middle. (PG) 7.15 Cash Cab uSA. (PG) 7.40 Pawn Stars. (PG) 8.05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) Host Drew Carey asks four talented actors to perform skits and games. 8.30 Monk. (PG) 9.25 Law & order. (M) 10.20 Main Event. (M) 11.10 Smackdown. (M) 1.05 NyPD Blue. (M) 1.55 Monk. (PG) 2.45 Malcolm In The Middle. (PG) 3.10 Pawn Stars. (PG) 3.35 Cash Cab uSA. (PG) 4.00 The Simpsons. (PG) 4.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) Host Drew Carey asks four talented actors to perform unrehearsed skits and games. 5.00 Law & order. (M) When a con man passing himself off as a grief counsellor is poisoned by a respected doctor he victimised, McCoy must determine whether revenge or insanity prompted the crime.

Sky Movies 1 Movie Greats 7.05 The Smurfs. (2011, G) 8.50 Making of Johnny English Reborn. (2011, PG) 9.05 Haunting Sarah. (2005, M) 10.35 Puss In Boots. (2011, PG) 12.05 Super 8. (2011, M) 2.00 Flicka 3: Best Friends. (2012, G) 3.35 Freshman Father. (2010, PG) Andrew Seeley, Brittney Irvin. When high school sweethearts John and Kathy get pregnant, John has a scholarship to Harvard and must balance school and parenting. 5.10 Rio. (2011, G). When a rare macaw from small-town Minnesota meets the bird of his dreams he leaves his cage and embarks on an adventure to Rio. 6.45 The Adjustment Bureau. (2010, M) Matt Damon. 8.30 True Grit. (2010, M) Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld. A U.S. Marshal helps a stubborn young woman track down her father’s murderer. 10.25 The Adventures of Tintin. (2011, PG) Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis. 12.10 True Justice: urban Warfare. (2011, 16) 1.40 Death Row. (2006, 16) 3.10 The Adjustment Bureau. (2010, M) 4.55 Freshman Father. (2010, PG)

SuNDAy

6.30 Rio. (2011, G) 8.05 Flicka 3: Best Friends. (2012, G) 9.40 The Adventures of Tintin. (2011, PG) 11.25 True Grit. (2010, M) 1.15 Cars 2. (2011, PG) 3.00 The Pregnancy Pact. (2010, M) Thora Birch, Madisen Beaty. 4.25 Judy Moody And The Not Bummer Summer. (2011, G) Judy Moodys best laid plans for a summer full of fun go comically awry. 5.55 Transformers: Dark of The Moon. (2011, M) Shia LaBeouf. The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it first and to learn its secrets. 8.30 Hugo. (2011, G) Asa Butterfield, Chloe Grace Moretz. Set in 1930s’ Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton. 10.40 Wyvern. (2009, 16) Nick Chinlund, Erin Karpluk.

MoNDAy

8.15 Cars 2. (2011, PG) Owen Wilson, Michael Caine. 10.00 Biography: Queen Latifah. (2007, PG). 10.50 Judy Moody And The Not Bummer Summer. (2011, G) Jordana Beatty. 12.20 Hugo. (2011, G) 2.25 Mars Needs Moms. (2011, PG) Seth Green, Dan Fogler. 3.55 Perfectly Prudence. (2010, PG) Jane Seymour. 5.25 A Family Thanksgiving. (2010, PG) Daphne Zuniga.

6.00 Buzz and Poppy 6.30 3-2-1 Penguins! 7.00 The Lads TV 7.30 Kids 10 Commandments 8.00 From Aardvark to Zucchini 8.30 Adventures from the Book 9.00 uKCMC 9.30 TheDRIVEtv 10.00 The uprising 10.30 MXTV 11.00 The one to one Show 11.30 Serve the City 12.00 The Verdict of Science 12.30 Just 10: J. John 1.30 Building a Difference 2.00 Leland Klassen’s Comedy 2.30 Joni and Friends 3.00 Missions Dilemma 3.30 From Heartache to Hope 4.00 Conversations in the HolyLand 4.30 Facing the Canon 5.00 The Verdict of Science 5.30 Give Me An Answer 6.00 The Journey 6.30 Building a

6.20 Making of Changeling. (2008, PG) 6.50 Dawn of The Dead. (2004, 16) 8.30 Big Trouble In Little China. (1986, M) 10.10 Maverick. (1994, PG) 12.15 Crimson Tide. (1995, M) 2.10 Cheaper By The Dozen 2. (2005, G) 3.45 Snakes on A Plane. (2006, M) Samuel L. An assassin releases a crate full of deadly snakes onboard a flight over the Pacific Ocean. 5.35 Braveheart. (1995, 16) Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau. The tale of William Wallace, a commoner who united the nation of Scotland in the battle to overthrow English rule in the 13th century. 8.30 old School. (2003, M) Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn. A trio of thirtysomething buddies tries to recapture the outrageous, irrepressible fun of their college years by starting their own off-campus frat house. 10.05 Walking Tall. (2004, M) The Rock, Johnny Knoxville. 11.35 Cheaper By The Dozen 2. (2005, G) Steve Martin. 1.10 Snakes on A Plane. (2006, M) 2.55 Braveheart. (1995, 16) 5.50 old School. (2003, M)

SuNDAy

7.25 Walking Tall. (2004, M) 8.50 Snakes on A Plane. (2006, M) 10.35 Braveheart. (1995, 16) 1.30 old School. (2003, M) 3.05 The Lake House. (2006, M) Keanu Reeves. A lonely doctor, who once occupied an unusual lakeside home, begins exchanging love letters with its newest resident, but discovers that they’re actually living two years apart. 4.45 The Thomas Crown Affair. (1999, M) Pierce Brosnan. A millionaire playboy steals a priceless work of art and then strikes up a fiery romance with the female insurance investigator. 6.40 Species III. (2004, 16) Robin Dunne. 8.30 16 Blocks. (2006, M) Bruce Willis, Mos Def. An aging cop is tasked with escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a New York City courthouse, but there are forces at work to stop the pair. 10.15 Lethal Weapon 2. (1989, M) Danny Glover, Mel Gibson.

MoNDAy

7.10 Lethal Weapon 2. (1989, M) Danny Glover, Mel Gibson. 9.05 The Lake House. (2006, M) Keanu Reeves. 10.45 The Thomas Crown Affair. (1999, M) Pierce Brosnan. 12.35 Species III. (2004, 16) Robin Dunne. 2.25 16 Blocks. (2006, M) Bruce Willis, Mos Def. 4.05 Species II. (1998, 18) Michael Madsen. 5.40 Pirates of The Caribbean: At World’s End. (2007, M)

Sky Sport 1

Sky Sport 2

6.00 Inside The PGA Tour. 6.30 Cricket. Australia v Sri Lanka. 3rd Test. Day Two. Highlights. 7.00 Cricket. NZ Tour Of South Africa. 1st Test. Day Three. 8.00 Tennis. ASB Classic Womens International. 9.30 Dumbest Stuff on Wheels. 10.00 Dumbest Stuff on Wheels. 10.30 Cricket. NZ Tour Of South Africa. 1st Test. Day Three. 11.30 Cricket. Australia v Sri Lanka. 3rd Test. Day Two. Highlights. 12.00 Cricket. Australia v Sri Lanka. 3rd Test. Day Three Morning Session. Live. 2.35 ICC Cricket 360. 3.05 Cricket. Australia v Sri Lanka. 3rd Test. Day Three Afternoon Session. Live. 8.00 Cricket. NZ Tour Of South Africa. 1st Test. Day Three. 9.00 Cricket. NZ Tour Of South Africa. 1st Test. Day Four Morning Session. Live. From Newlands, Cape Town. 11.35 The Cricket Show. 12.05 Cricket. NZ Tour Of South Africa. 1st Test. Day Four Afternoon Session. 5.00 Cricket. Australia v Sri Lanka. 3rd Test. Day Three. Highlights. 5.30 Athletics. 70.3 Ironman Australasia Championships.

6.00 Tennis. ASB Classic Womens International. 7.30 Cricket. HRV Cup. Auckland Aces v Otago Volts. 10.30 Surf Life Saving. World Championsips. Highlights. 11.30 Golf. US PGA Tour. Hyundai Tournament Of Champions Round One. Live. 4.00 Inside The PGA Tour. 4.30 Darts. World Championship. Final. Day 15. Replay. 7.30 Soccer. A-League. Newcastle Jets v Adelaide United. 9.45 Soccer. A-League. Melbourne Victory v Wellington Phoenix. 11.45 Soccer. A-League. Perth Glory v Sydney. 2.00 Tennis. ASB Classic Womens International. Final. Replay. 4.00 Golf. US PGA Tour. Hyundai Tournament Of Champions Round One. Highlights. 5.00 Dumbest Stuff On Wheels.

SuNDAy

6.30 Cricket. Australia v Sri Lanka. 3rd Test. Day Three. Highlights. 7.00 Cricket. NZ Tour Of South Africa. 1st Test. Day Four. 8.00 Soccer. A-League. Victory v Wellington Phoenix. 10.00 Cricket. HRV Cup. Auckland Aces v Otago Volts. 10.30 Cricket. NZ Tour Of South Africa. 1st Test. Day Four. 11.30 Cricket. Australia v Sri Lanka. 3rd Test. Day Three. Highlights. 12.00 Cricket. Australia v Sri Lanka. 3rd Test. Day Four Morning Session. Live. 2.35 The Cricket Show. 3.05 Cricket. Australia v Sri Lanka. 3rd Test. Day Four Afternoon Session. Live. 8.00 Cricket. NZ Tour Of South Africa. 1st Test. Day Four. 9.00 Cricket. NZ Tour Of South Africa. 1st Test. Day Five Morning Session. From Newlands, Cape Town. Live. 11.35 ICC Cricket 360. 12.05 Cricket. NZ Tour Of South Africa. 1st Test. Day Five. 5.00 Cricket. HRV Cup. Volts v Stags. 5.30 Cricket. Australia v Sri Lanka. 3rd Test. Day Four.

MoNDAy

6.00 Tennis. ASB Classic Womens International. Final. 6.30 Cricket. Australia v Sri Lanka. 3rd Test. Day Four. Highlights. 7.00 Cricket. NZ Tour Of South Africa. 1st Test. Day Five. 8.00 Cricket. KFC T20 Big Bash League. Stars v Renegades. Replay. 11.30 Cricket. Australia v Sri Lanka. 3rd Test. Day Four. Highlights. 12.00 Cricket. Australia v Sri Lanka. 3rd Test. Day Five Morning Session. Live. 2.35 ICC Cricket 360. 3.05 Cricket. Australia v Sri Lanka. 3rd Test. Day Five Afternoon Session. Live.

SHINE

Difference 7.00 Joni and Friends 7.30 Feature: God of Wonders 9.00 Serve the City 9.30 Nzone Focus 10.00 Just 10: J. John 11.00 Give Me An Answer 11.30 Joni and Friends 12.00 Nzone Focus 12.30 The Journey 1.00 Missions Dilemma 1.30 Serve the City 2.00 Just 10: J. John 3.00 Feature: God of Wonders 4.30 The Journey 5.00 Give Me An Answer 5.30 Running With Fire SuNDAy 6.00 Living Truth: Charles Price 7.00 TQ 7.30 The Lads TV 8.00 Kids 10 Commandments 8.30 Connection Point 9.00 In Touch 10.00 Life Questions 10.30 Word For you 11.00 Songs of Praise 11.35 Quick Study 12.00

SuNDAy

6.00 Tennis. ASB Classic Womens International. Final. 8.00 Tennis. Brisbane International Semi-finals. 9.00 Basketball. NBL. Wollongong Hawks v NZ Breakers. Highlights. 10.00 Cricket. KFC T20 Big Bash League. Hobart Hurricanes v Adelaide Strikers. Replay. 1.30 The Cricket Show. 2.00 Cricket. HRV Cup. Volts v Stags. 5.30 Tennis. ASB Classic Womens International. Final. 6.00 SKy Sport What’s on. 6.30 Surf Life Saving. World Championships. Highlights. 7.30 The ITM Fishing Show. 8.00 Export Gold Match Fishing League. 8.30 Cricket. KFC T20 Big Bash League. Melbourne Stars v Melbourne Renegades. Live. 12.30 Golf. US PGA Tour. Hyundai Tournament Of Champions Round Two. Highlights. 1.30 Cricket. HRV Cup. Otago Volts v Central Stags. 2.00 Soccer. A-League. Perth Glory v Sydney. 4.00 Soccer. A-League. Newcastle Jets v Adelaide United.

MoNDAy

6.00 Cricket. HRV Cup. Otago Volts v Central Stags. Replay. 9.00 Soccer. A-League. Victory v Phoenix. Highlights. 10.00 Dumbest Stuff on Wheels. 10.30 Golf. US PGA Tour. Hyundai Tournament Of Champions Round Two. Highlights. 11.30 Golf. US PGA Tour. Hyundai Tournament Of Champions Round Three. Live. 4.00 SKy Sport What’s on. 4.30 Soccer. A-League. Melbourne Heart v Brisbane Roar. 12.30 Cricket. HRV Cup. Otago Volts v Central Stags. Highlights. 1.00 Soccer. English Premier League. Manchester City v Stoke City. Highlights. 2.00 Tennis. Heineken Open Mens International. Day One Match Of The Day 3.30 Tennis. Heineken Open Mens International. Day One Match Of The Night 5.00 Soccer. English Premier League. Chelsea v Queens Park Rangers. Highlights.

Discovery 6.00 6.30 7.30 8.30 9.30 10.30 11.30 12.30 1.30 2.30 3.30 4.30 5.30 6.30 7.30 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.30 11.30 12.30 1.00 1.30 2.30 3.30 4.30 5.30

Connect. (PG) River Monsters. (PG) Mythbusters. (PG) Mythbusters. (PG) ET Fishing Escapes. (PG) The Sun. (PG) Mighty Planes. (PG) you Have Been Warned. (PG) Mythbusters. (PG) How We Invented The World. (PG) After The Catch. (PG) Inside The Catch: Near Death. (PG) American Guns. (M) Ragin’ Cajuns. (PG) Death of Bin Laden. (PG) Auction Kings. (PG) Auction Hunters. (PG) Sons of Guns. (M) River Monsters Goes Tribal. (PG) Secrets of. (PG) Call 911. (PG) Destroyed In Seconds. (PG) Man Vs: Wild. (PG) Man Vs: Wild. (PG) Man Vs: Wild. (PG) Man Vs: Wild. (PG) Building The Future. (PG)

SuNDAy 6.30 7.30 8.30 9.30 10.30 11.30 12.30 1.30 2.30 3.30 7.30 8.30 9.30 10.30 11.30 12.30 1.30 2.30 3.30 4.30 5.30

River Monsters. (PG) Mythbusters. (PG) Mythbusters. (PG) ET Fishing Escapes. (PG) After The Catch. (PG) River Monsters Goes Tribal. (PG) The Sun. (PG) Death of Bin Laden. (PG) iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed The World. (PG) How We Invented The World. (PG) Bermuda Triangle Exposed. (PG) you Have Been Warned. (PG) Ragin’ Cajuns. (PG) Inside The Catch: Near Death. (PG) How We Invented The World. (PG) I Shouldn’t Be Alive. (PG) Swamp Loggers. (PG) Weapons That Changed The World. (PG) I Shouldn’t Be Alive. (PG) Nightmare Next Door. (M) Disappeared. (M)

MoNDAy 6.30 7.30 8.30 9.30 10.30 11.30 12.30 1.00 1.30 2.30 3.30 4.30 5.30 11.30 12.30 1.30 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.30 5.30

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The Bible Series: Moses 1.30 Doco Series: The Return 2.30 Precious Memories 3.00 Hour of Power 4.00 In Touch 5.00 Living Truth: Charles Price 6.00 Running With Fire 6.30 The Journey 7.00 Nzone Focus 7.30 Songs of Praise 8.05 Precious Memories 8.30 David Jeremiah 9.30 The Bible Series: Moses 11.00 Doco Series: The Return 12.00 Hour of Power 1.00 Nzone Focus 1.30 Songs of Praise 2.05 Precious Memories 2.30 David Jeremiah 3.30 The Journey 4.00 Connection Point 4.30 Doco Series: The Return 5.30 Quick 0501 Study

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Manufacturers and installers of continuous spouting, fascia and downpipes. Ben Kruger • Phone 308 4380 or 021 808 739 • email: benkruger@xtra.co.nz

TV AERIAL SPECIALIST your local tv reception specialist • Your local authorised Freeview installer • Improved TV 1 Guaranteed • Extra Phone Points • TV and Video Tuning • Future Proof Pre-wire of New Homes • Authorised Sky Installer • Surround Sound Installation

John Sharman

0800 559 255 for a free quote

Mobile Mower servicing • Rotary Mowers • Reel Mowers • Ride on Mowers • Chainsaws Ashburton 308-6173 - Methven 303-3178 • Water blasters • Rotary Hoes • Small Motor Repairs • Generators

ASHBURTON TV & AUDIO LTD

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HEAVY VEHICLE DRIVER LICENCING Certified Assessor for licencing from Learner to Full • Licence classer 2 - 5 • Wheels, tracks & roller endorsements • NZTA Certified • Tranzqual Assessor Drive Rite - But Keep Left Contact Paul McCormick

Phone 03 307 7402 Mob 027 433 5766

Smithy's Watch &Clock Repairs

Stan Keeley, Owner

Ph 307-0002 - Mobile 021 88 34 36

Roofing Specialists

Free Measure & quote

We specialise in:

• New roofs and re-roofs • Glendeck 5 rib • Corrugated iron • Fascia, gutters and down pipes • Qualified fixers.

03 307 0593 or 0508-453-696 North park drive

EmErgEncyglass glassrEpairs rEpairs EmErgEncy There when you need us with a Fast reliable service

Why send your precious items away when they can be repaired locally by a fully qualified watchmaker.

plus No extra Call-Out fee for urgent after-hours work

Collected and delivered back to your home within the Ashburton town boundary.

Phone Smithy’s for a free quote now on 307 8574

• Hedge trimming • Powerline clearance • Stumpgrinding • Dismantling

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CLEANErs EXECUTIVE HOME CLEANING (2012)

painting & Decorating contractors

if you are renovating or building a new home you need someone to trust in all your painting and Decorating neeDS – commercial or residential. • Interior decorating • Exterior decorating • Wallpapering • Waterblasting • roof painting

We will clean anything from the mountains to the sea. Under new management.

Call sandra and the team on 03 307 8184 or 027 292 0180

Greg Trudgeon

Home • Commercial • Office

For any enquiries call us today on Ph/Fax 308-8432 Mob 0274 332 259

Painting & Plastering

Plaster & Coatings

Working to keep the price right

an excellent finish...

• Painting • Plastering • Interior

...is about how you get started. The Finishing Company

Chris Boniface

03 307 8870 or 0274 444 856

Painting & Plastering

int./ext. Plaster (rockcote applicator) & textures specialist Coatings: Resin/Stone floors, Waterproofing

Specialise in old villas, older properties and weatherboard Phone Today 022 681 2499 After Hours 03 308 9617

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• Landscape and garden renovations • Ride-on Lawnmowing • Gardening • Hedge trimming • Clean-ups

electriCOOL Ltd

Don, Sue & Chris Cooper 027 339 6350 or a/h 03 308 9257

Full workshop to service any brands of small motors

Phone Paul Crequer, your local authorised Daikin dealer for a free quote on all domestic and commercial systems.

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• Husqvarna • Gardena • McCulloch • Flymo • Honda • Briggs & Stratton • Victa • Lawn Master • Robin / Mikasa 5 Range Street, Riverside Industrial Park, Ashburton

• Exterior • Small Fences • Planter Boxes

P 307 7055 F 308 8116

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We have a number of casual positions available in our further processing department. These positions can vary from, linking, pressing, examining, pairing, mending and packing. Would you like “Casual-Flexible family!

We have a vacancy in our Paint/Decorator Department. This is a fulltime position which will include rostered weekends.

Hours” which suit you or your

The Paint Decor Department services both trade and D.I.Y customers. We sell a full range of painting accessories and well known brands Resene and Dulux paint. The successful applicant will have the following attributes:

We can offer you any of the following…. • Between 25 to 40 hours per week – additional overtime hours will be available at times • 5 days per week • Week and Weekend Shifts available • Day Shift and Night Shift • Positions start from 7th January 2013

• Excellent customer service skills • A flair for colour and design • Enthusiasm and be able to work as a team • Heavy lifting is require • Experience in painting or decorating would be an advantage but not essential as full training will be given.

To be a successful applicant in either role you will possess some or all of the following. • • • •

Teamwork attitude Willingness to learn Display attention to detail Any factory work would be considered an advantage however full training would be provided.

If you think you are the person we are looking for to fill this position, we would like to hear from you. Reply to: HR.Ashburton@mitre10.co.nz or post to PO Box 35, Ashburton 7740

If this sounds like you please apply in writing and note the hours and if day or nightshift position you are looking for. Please include your current CV and at least two references from previous employers

All applications remain confidential and close on Monday 14th January 2013.

The New Zealand Sock Company P O Box 179 Ashburton Or email: tina@nzsock.co.nz Applications close Friday 25th January 2013

Receptionist Junior Receptionist Administrator

Part-time Vacancy 62834. Closing 9/1/13.

Full Time

The Community Services Department is seeking an experienced receptionist to join their friendly team based at Ashburton Hospital.

Kilworth Financial Ltd is a financial advisory service with over 40 years experience, operating from offices in Ashburton and Christchurch.

This role will see you as the first point of contact to the department. Ideally you will have worked in health or a similar environment and be an experienced receptionist/administrator. You will have strong computer skills with the ability to quickly master new software programs, be competent in Microsoft Office Suite especially Word and Excel and be able to Dictaphone/copy type. Experience with spread sheeting as well as Patient Management Systems would be an advantage in this role however full training will be provided.

We are looking for someone who displays excellence in the following areas:

This role is 35 hours per week to be worked over five days.

We can offer you: • Excellent working conditions in modern premises • On the job and industry training • Salary commensurate with qualifications

• An good telephone manner • Organisational skills and a keen sense of initiative • Strong work ethic • A ‘people person’ who is a team player • Confident computer skills including MS Word and Excel

Please apply online. To find out more about this role contact Heather Ewing, Recruitment Specialist, phone (03) 364 0599.

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Repairs and Maintenance Position - We need someone to carry out on going farm maintenance. Duties include fixing water leaks, mending pig huts, fencing, spraying etc. This position would also involve tractor/telehandler work. Agricultural experience needed. Basic mechanics an advantage. Both positions are permanent and would suit honest, reliable individuals. Mayfield area, No accommodation. Limited stock work may be required. Call Glen 02112 73746 (No Texts) for more information.

The Directors Kilworth Financial Ltd PO Box 5 Ashburton Or email ashburton@kilworths.co.nz Applications close Thursday 10th January 2013

SITUATIONS WANTED CROP harvest/baling. Farm work. Have experience. Ph 027-939-6163. Tractor Work Required by 18 year old. Part time or full time. I have good experience and am practically minded, from a farming background. Wanting to work silage and harvesting season. Phone Todd 027 693 8185

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BEAUTIFUL Bouquets and Plants for Sale. Bouquets ranging from $6 to $15. Plants all $6 Marquerite Daisies, Veragated Wiegela and Daphne. CASH ONLY.

PUBLIC NOTICES IMPORTANT announcements, share them with Mid Canterbury in the Guardian classifieds. Phone 307-7900.

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FRUIT sells fast in the Ashburton Guardian classifieds. Phone 307-7900. CAN’T find what you are looking for? Advertise in the SMITHFIELD Flowers 211 Wanted section of the Smithfield Road, Ashburton Guardian. Phone ASHBURTON. Beautiful 307-7900. Bouquets and Plants for Sale. Bouquets ranging from CAT D8 and 40 tonne $6 to $15. All Plants $6. excavator for hire. Phone Daphne, Variegated 027-474-5243. Weigela, Marquerite Daisies. AMAZING VALUE, CASH CONVENTIONAL hay ONLY. baling and topping service available. Conventional meadow hay for sale. Phone 303-7680 and 027-390-0002. SOUTHBERRY Open 9am - 6pm daily

RASPBERRIES RANUI TAYBERRIES BLACKBERRIES Closed Christmas Day 56 Tinwald Mayfield Westerfield Road Phone 308 1338 No eftpos available

PUBLIC NOTICES ADAMS SAWMILLING open Thursday, Friday 8am5pm, Saturday 8am-12noon, for all your DIY/home handyman jobs over the Christmas/New Year break HoHoHo Merry Christmas & have a safe and Happy New Year - Malcolm McDowell Road Ph 308-3595.

TRADES & SERVICES

TRADES & SERVICES BUILDERS, carpenters bricklayers, all advertise in the Ashburton Guardian classifieds. Phone 307-7900. CLIENTS are waiting to hear of your services in the Connections section of the Ashburton Guardian newspaper. Phone 307-7900. HOME handyman available. Minor repairs, painting etc. Ph 027-677-1952.

Contact Des anytime for an obligation free quote.

TILING. For guaranteed professional workmanship and all your tiling needs see Linton Muir at Skip 2 It Tiling, 240 Burnett Street. Ph 308-0266, cell 027-2225432. AH ph 308-0131.

Phone 03 308 9936 or 0274 323 258

WANTED

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Finding it is easier when you place an ad in the Guardian!

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ROOFING - for all your roofing requirements, new roofs, reroofing, commercial, insurance claims, repairs. Licensed building practitioner, Wiki, Vision Roofing, phone 027-4760203.

GRAIN - wheat or barley wanted. Must be irrigated and excellent quality. Big CAN’T find what you tonnage wanted. Phone 027- are looking for? Place a 240-2100 or 302-0935. classified in the Wanted section of the Ashburton STOCK - buy or sell through Guardian classifieds, call the Ashburton Guardian today on 307-7900. classifieds. Phone 307-7900. WANTED - used Ford, WANTED standing grass to Belarus and Massey buy. Phone Jacob Holdaway Ferguson tractors in any 0274-225-464. condition. Freephone 0800-888-343.

HARD TO FIND ITEM?

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FOR: Welding – Mig, Arc, Mild steel fabrication. Sandblasting. Competitive Rates – Quality assured. Phone Kurt at Action Sandblasting Ltd. 027-3324549 or 308-4226

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BUYERS OF ALL METALS Copper, Brass, Aluminium etc.

Mid-Canterbury Metal Recycling Licensed Buyer Dealer

10A McGregor Lane, Riverside Estate (Off McNally Street)

Phone 307 7900.

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PLANTS & PRODUCE

Phone 308-8959 or 027-228-1467 anytime

Birthday Greetings

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For all your cake decorating requirements.

DAILY DIARY SATURDAY JANUARY 5 10.00am. ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. Maronan Road, Tinwald. 10.00am - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM,

The Arcade, Ashburton 03 308 8287

Classic aircraft on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm. MID CANTERBURY SOCIAL WHEELERS. 14km road race. Register from 1pm. Fords Road, near the sale yards.

SUNDAY JANUARY 6 8.30am. HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass. Thomson Street, Tinwald. 8.30am. ST ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Early morning worship with Rev David Brown. Cnr Havelock and Park Streets. 9.30am. ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Worship Service, Church lounge, Baring Square East. 9.30am. ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Combined service at St Paul’s, 65 Oxford Street. Hampstead. 9.30am. RAKAIA ST MARK’S. Holy Communion, Epiphany and New Year. All welcome. 10.00am. HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH, Mass. Sealy Street. 10.00am. ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion every Sunday. 151-153 Thomson Street. 10.00am. ST STEPHENS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street. 10.30am. VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 37 Alford Forest Rd, (In Polytechic building). 1.00pm - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road. 2.00pm - 4.00pm. STAVELEY MUSEUM. Opposite the Staveley store in the Staveley village, open today. 7.00pm. VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 37 Alford Forest Rd, (In Polytechic building).

MONDAY JANUARY 7 9.00am - 4.00pm. ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street, Consultancy House. 10.00am. ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF ASSOCIATION. Members will play an Ambrose. Drawn teams of 3 ! Rakaia Golf Club. 1.00pm - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, Classic aircraft on display in Heritage hangar RNZAF Aermacchi RAF Harrier GR3. Seafield Road. Seafield Road.

Gretchen Ella Ross Happy 2nd Birthday! Lots love Mum, Dad, Jackson, Jonty & Eleanor xxx

Eva Redwood Happy 2nd Birthday to our beautiful little Eva. Lots of love Mummy, Daddy and Alex xxxx

Jessica Ruby King Happy 8th Birthday. Love you to the moon and back. From Mum, Dad, Joshua, William, Fluffy and Cooper. xxxxx

Jessica Ruby King Happy 8th Birthday Have a great day. Love Gran, Grandad, & Sam xxx

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AVAILABLE RENTALS 52A Princes Street Three Bedrooms / Two Bathrooms Web ID AS458 $400 per week

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Health beauty

37 Alford Forest Road (Aoraki Polytechnic) Sunday Morning 10.30am Sunday Evening 7pm Thursday night Bible Study, 15 Cross Street 7pm

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For more info please call Pastor Mike Grove 308 4695

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References required

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Assembly Of God Sunday Meeting 10.30am Hakatere Marae SH1, Fairton You are welcome Enquiries Phone 308-8699

Heart to God And Hand to Man Celebration Service

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EDUCATION 99EXTEND your education, look to up-skill in the Education section of the Ashburton Guardian Classifieds. LEARN while you work, lots of opportunities in the Education section of the Ashburton Guardian.

FOR SALE

landscape supplies

• Bark • Oamaru stone • Rocks • Organic compost • Sand • Screened soil • Home deliveries available Plus much more FREE loan trailer available! From a shovel load to a trailer load. Dobson Street West Ph: 307 8302 Hours: Mon-Fri: 7.30am - 5pm Sat: 7.30am - 12 noon

ALLENTON NETBALL CLUB ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING TO BE HELD AT THE ALLENTON RUGBY CLUB ROOMS, MELROSE ROAD, ASHBURTON Monday 21 January 2013 AT 7.00 P.M. EXISTING CLUB AND NEW MEMBERS WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND We are still looking for interest from present and new coaches for the 2013 season. For further information: Tracy Maslin President 307 7363

TOUCH TOURNAMENT 8th & 9th February 2013 Mixed Teams (social/fun)

GARAGE SALES NEW qualifications extend your abilities, check for training courses in the Ashburton Guardian BARGAIN hunters can find Classifieds under Education. treasure at Garage Sales advertised in the Guardian classifieds. Ph 307-7900. FOR SALE

GET in early. Dry firewood $170 per load. Ph 027-4399322.

MEETINGS & EVENTS

$200 per team Phone Belinda 302-0118 Great preseason training or business group fun!

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phone 307 7900

PUBLIC NOTICES

GRAZING CAN’T find what you are looking for? Advertise in the Wanted section of the Ashburton Guardian classifieds, call today on 307-7900. FLOAT hire - single, double and tandem. Reasonable rates. Morrison’s Saddlery & Feed. Phone 308-3422 anytime.

HIRE

Surgery Hours Over The Christmas, New Year Season Saturday, Dec 22 9am – 2pm Thursday, Dec 27 and Friday, Dec 28 8am – 5pm Saturday, Dec 29 9am – 2pm Thursday, Jan 3 and Friday, Jan 4 Saturday, Jan 5

FUNCTION/party equipment available for hire. Marquees, tables, chairs, glasses, cutlery, cooking equipment, heaters and more. See U-Hire Ashburton. 588 East Street. Open Mon-Fri 7.30am5.30pm; Sat 7.30am-5pm; Sunday 8am- 12.30pm. Ph 308-8061 A/H: 308-7460 www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

9am – 2pm

Please call for an appointment on (03) 308-7472

LOST & FOUND LOST Apple IPhone, town/Hampstead area. Important work/family contacts, etc. Phone 021-2888290 or 308-3641.

RENTAL equipment, advertise yours in the MISSING since Saturday Ashburton Guardian. Phone Ashburton Hospital, Domain area , black male cat. If 307-7900. found, phone 308-8682. Any information appreciated or HOLIDAY 021-259-4761 or 027-8158926. ACCOMMODATION AKAROA - Spacious holiday home with great views. Three bedrooms, two bathrooms, heatpump, flat section with boat parking. Close to shops. Phone 302 8028.

LIVESTOCK & PETS BUYER of unwanted animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals. We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272-101-621 A/H 03-3227626.

8am – 5pm

MEETINGS & EVENTS

MOTORING RACING car parts, trade or sell them in the Motoring Section of Ashburton Guardian Classifieds. Phone 307-7900. WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308-6737.

MOTORCYCLES

RACING bikes, buy or sell in UPCOMING events and the Motorcycles section of meetings in the Ashburton the Ashburton Guardian Guardian classifieds. Phone Classifieds. Phone 307-7900. 307-7900.

MOTORING

PLANTS & PRODUCE

BEAUTIFUL Bouquets and Plants at Smithfield Flowers, 211 Smithfield Road. Bouquets $6 to $15. Fantastic Value. Plants all Marquerite Daisies, SAVE money, by advertising $6. Weigela and your vehicle in the Guardian Veriegated classifieds. Phone 307-7900. Daphne. CASH ONLY. FORD Focus 2000, 1.6, 100,000kms, new warrant and reg. In tidy condition. Phone 303-7680.

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, January 5, 2013

EMERGENCYservices medical services HML ( Homecare Medical Limited) - Ring 0800 700 155

Rehabilitation Unit) — OPEN VISITING. MATERNITY WARD — DAILY, 10am - 8pm. Husbands and patient’s own children may visit the patient from 7am - 10pm. for FREE 24 hour health advice. TUARANGI HOME (Cameron Street) — DAILY, unrestricted DUTY DOCTORS visiting. This service is for emergency medical care only. Please ASHBURTON REST HOMES: COLDSTREAM HOUSE — DAILY, unrestricted visiting. remember your Community Services Card. SATURDAY - Allenton Medical Centre, Harrison Street, will CAMERON COURTS — DAILY, unrestricted visiting. be the duty practice for Saturday and Sunday until 8am Monday. PRINCES COURT — DAILY, unrestricted visiting. They will hold surgery from 10am until 12noon and from 6pm EMERGENCY DENTIST until 7pm both days. No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 9139. Emergency phone until 8am Monday 0800 700 155. Dec 29 - 30 Christchurch Emergency Dentist. Phone 027 683 0679 or G E Dental (Rolleston) on 03 347 9494 or 022 SUNDAY - Allenton Medical Centre, Harrison Street, will be 011 0121 the duty practice for Sunday until 8am Monday. They will hold surgery from 10am until 12noon and from 6pm until 7pm both helpline services days. No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 9139. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Emergency phone until 8am Monday 0800 700 155. Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027 857 2133 or METHVEN AND RAKAIA AREA - RAKAIAvisit www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.nz for more information. For weekend doctor and emergency details please telephone If you want to drink that’s your business, if you want to stop the Rakaia Medical Centre, ph 303 5002. that’s ours. Ashburton Hospital DOES NOT provide an accident and emergency service. Except in cases of emergency persons MENTAL HEALTH - Call free on 0800 222 955. Ask requiring medical attention must consult their own or the duty for the Crisis Team. general practitioner. Persons subsequently requiring treatment at Ashburton Hospital must have a general practitioners referral SAFE CARE - ~ 24 hour rape and sexual assault crisis support. Phone 03 364 8791 note. VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP ~ 24 hour number PHARMACIES Netherby Pharmacy, Chalmers Avenue, Ashburton will be - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846) - direct dials open from 10.30am until 12 noon on Saturday and will be to a volunteer. Ashburton office - 307 8409 week-days, open from 10.30am until 12 noon on Sunday and from 6pm 9am - 2pm - outside of these hours leave a message on answer-phone. till 7pm Saturday and Sunday evening ALCOHOL DRUG HELPLINE - Call us free on HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS (0800 787 797). Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days. ASHBURTON HOSPITAL

LIFELINE - Toll-Free Number: 0800 353 353 community services ART GALLERY

GENERAL WARDS — (Medical and Surgical): DAILY, 2pm until 4pm & 6pm until 7.30pm. Children must be accompanied by an adult. CHALMERS WARD (including Assessment, Treatment &

Phone 308 1133. Saturday and Sunday 10am - 4pm.

ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

In the event of medical or accident emergencies DIal 111 INFORMATION CENTRES ASHBURTON — Saturday 10am until 2pm. Sunday CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until 2pm. Phone 3081050. METHVEN — Saturday and Sunday 10am until 3pm. Phone 302-8955 or methven@i-site.org

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday 10am-1 pm; Sunday 1pm – 4 pm

COMMUNITY POOL WEEKEND HOURS Hours: Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm.

ASHBURTON MUSEUM

animal services DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL - 24 hour

Baring Square East, Ashburton. Phone 308 3167 Open Saturday and Sunday 1pm - 4pm Closed Statutory Holidays only. Groups by arrangement - phone 308 3167

service, phone Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700.

MID CANTERBURY SPCA

MAIL CLOSING TIMES

WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: All enquiries - Inspector John Keeley, 308 4432 or 0274 342 646

ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm POST DELIVERY CENTRES — Allenton: Mon - Fri 5pm Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Methven: Mon - Fri 4.30pm Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS — Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm

MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER Contact (cats) Andrea 021 892 939 or (dogs) Dawn 021 828 350

VETERINARIANS

REFUSE, RECYCLABLES AND RESOURCE RECOVERY PARKS The Ashburton Resource Recovery Park and will be closed on Tuesday, January 1, 2012. Rubbish and recycling scheduled to be collected on Tuesday, January 1 will be collected on the Monday, December 31. That scheduled to be collected on Wednesday, January 2 will be collected on Thursday, January 3 instead.

BUS DEPARTURES Reservations and timetables, 24-hour service. Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802. BUSES — Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm. Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

CARE VETS - Ph 308 2327, 246 Tancred Street. The duty vet for emergencies this weekend is: ref to Vet Ent Riverside. Saturday morning clinic: 10am - 2pm. CANTERBURY VETS - Phone 307 0686, West Street Clinic, Main Road, Methven. The duty vet for emergencies this weekend is: Sinead Dunne. Ashburton Saturday morning clinic: 9am - 12 noon. VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Phone 307 5195, cnr East Street and Smithfield Road. The duty vets for emergencies this weekend are: Large: Ian Steel, Small: Tess O’Hanlon. Saturday morning clinic: 9am - 12 noon. VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Phone 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Drive. The duty vets for emergencies this weekend are: Large: Anna Tarver Small: Ian Hodge. Full emergency service all weekend. Saturday morning clinic: 9am - 12 noon.

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Guardian Weekend Weather

Saturday, 5 January 2013

RANGIORA

Wa i m a k a r i r i

LAKE COLERIDGE

DARFIELD

Map for Saturday

LYTTELTON

LINCOLN Rakaia

Ash

Geraldine

Ran

burto

gitata

NZ Today

Wind km/h less than 30 Waimate

30 to 59 60 plus

Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing 6

9 noon 3

9 pm am 3

Sunday 9 noon 3

9 pm am 3

Monday 9 noon 3

morning min

max

15 10 12 11 15 16 14 14 18 15 14 16 13

25 26 23 24 21 25 28 21 27 31 29 31 29

fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine

OVERNIGHT MIN

MAX

OVERNIGHT MIN

MAX

OVERNIGHT MIN

MAX

OVERNIGHT MIN

9 pm

892.0 13.6 23.2 477.1

Source: Environment Canterbury 4:20

10:35 4:52 11:03 5:16 11:32 5:47 12:00 6:15 12:29 6:42 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 5:58 am Set 9:18 pm Good

Good fishing Rise 12:29 am Set 1:49 pm

Last quarter 5 Jan

4:59 pm

Rise 5:59 am Set 9:18 pm Good

Good fishing Rise 12:59 am Set 2:58 pm

New moon 12 Jan www.ofu.co.nz

8:45 am

Canterbury Readings to 4pm yesterday Temperatures °C

Rise 6:00 am Set 9:18 pm Good

Good fishing Rise 1:34 am Set 4:10 pm

First quarter 19 Jan 12:46 pm

Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa

max

Ashburton Airport Average

18.8

Timaru Airport Average

3.9 -1.8

0.0

26.4

5.4

1.1

0.0

9.4

3.2

–

0.0

25.8

11.1

22.6

11.9

21.1

10.2

19.4

Rainfall mm

min grass 16 hour Jan 2013 min to date to date

23.5

Christchurch Airport 20.7 Average

Fine and very warm. Northeasterlies.

TOMORROW

9.4

9.6

9 7 7

26.4 9

Wind km/h

max gust

E 31

9.4 NE 39 7

25.8 7

E 31

FZL: Above 3500m

Mainly fine and very warm, but isolated afternoon or evening showers. Winds mainly light.

Mainly fine, but isolated afternoon or evening showers about the foothills. Wind at 1000m: NW developing. Wind at 2000m: Strengthening W.

MONDAY

Showers spreading from the south, and cooler southwesterlies developing.

Showers spreading from the south, mainly about the foothills. Northwesterlies at low levels dying out, westerlies about the tops tending lighter southwest.

TUESDAY

TUESDAY Showers clearing in the morning, then high cloud increasing and rain developing, mainly near the divide with heavy falls there. Strengthening northwesterlies, rising to gale and possibly severe gale in exposed places.

WEDNESDAY Rain, mainly near the divide with heavy falls there, clearing. Gale or severe gale northwesterlies abating.

World Weather Forecast for today

cumecs

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 1:45 pm, yesterday Nth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday Sth Ashburton at 9:45 am, yesterday Rangitata Klondyke at 9:00 am, yesterday

FZL: Above 3000m

Fine and hot. Wind at 1000m: NW breezes. Wind at 2000m: SW 30 km/h rising to W 50 km/h late.

Showers clearing in the morning, then NZ Situation increasing high cloud. Gusty northwesterlies A weak trough spreads over most of New Zealand during developing. tomorrow, joining up with a low pressure system moving southwards to the east of the country. The trough moves off to the east on Monday, followed by a cool southwest WEDNESDAY flow. On Tuesday, the flow tends northwest as another High cloud with a few spots of rain clearing, trough moves onto southern New Zealand. This trough and gusty northwesterlies dying away. moves onto the North Island during Wednesday.

River Levels

Midnight Tonight

Auckland Hamilton Napier Palmerston North Wellington Nelson Blenheim Greymouth Christchurch Timaru Queenstown Dunedin Invercargill

Saturday

MAX

TIMARU

m am 3 3

TODAY

TUESDAY: Early shower then fine. Gusty northwesterly developing.

Canterbury High Country

TODAY

MONDAY: Showers and cooler southwesterlies developing.

AKAROA

ASHBURTON

Canterbury Plains

TODAY: Fine and very warm. Northeasterlies. TOMORROW: Mainly fine, chance of an afternoon shower. Winds mainly light.

CHRISTCHURCH

METHVEN

Ashburton Forecast

Adelaide Amsterdam Bangkok Berlin Brisbane Cairns Cairo Calcutta Canberra Colombo Darwin Dubai Dublin Edinburgh Frankfurt

fine rain fine rain showers showers fine fine fine rain thunder fine rain showers rain

17 8 22 8 21 24 11 15 17 23 26 19 8 7 7

31 9 32 8 29 34 19 25 39 29 34 25 12 11 9

Geneva Hobart Hong Kong Honolulu Islamabad Jakarta Johannesburg Kuala Lumpur London Los Angeles Madrid Melbourne Moscow Nadi New Delhi

fine fine fine showers fine rain rain rain rain fine fine fine snow rain fine

4 17 10 21 2 25 16 25 8 7 -2 19 -3 25 3

11 26 17 25 16 31 26 33 12 17 11 27 -2 28 17

New York Paris Perth Rarotonga Rome San Francisco Seoul Singapore Stockholm Sydney Taipei Tel Aviv Tokyo Washington Zurich

fine rain thunder showers fine rain snow rain fine fine rain rain fine fine rain

-3 8 16 23 2 5 -13 24 -2 20 12 11 0 -3 6

5 10 38 29 15 13 0 33 0 29 18 16 7 7 7

For the very latest weather information, including Weather Warnings, visit metservice.com

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, January 5, 2013

25kg Maxcrete

185mm Circular Saw

35 mpa high strength. Easy to use. SKU00410444

$ 87

Handipour Wheelbarrow 72L. SKU00281507

1150W. SKU00178981

179

Premium Decking Timber

169

Ex 100 x 40mm. H3.2. Grip tread. SKU00180074

$ 65

10L Suntuf Exterior 600W Hedge Trimmer SKU00196776

Heavy Duty Gazebo

149

198

Kwila. SKU00318859

SKU03191115

SKU00308415

6L Decking Oil

1.8m Trestle Table

Acrylic. White. Self priming with UV barrier.

3 x 3m. Polyester. Carry bag. SKU03190131

PER LINEAL MTR

10989

40cm Pedestal Fan SKU04440554

HARRY, TEAM MEMBER

4 Stroke Petrol Lawn Mower 148cc. Steel deck. Briggs & Stratton engine. SKU00491480

18V Inflator/Deflator Battery & charger sold separately. SKU00278573

Large Beach Shelter

8 Piece Spanner Set

SKU00929461

$ 98

SKU00302271

SKU00179282

2m Telescopic Waterbrush

SKU05102273

SKU00302785

Adjustable height (0.6-0.9m) & length (1.1-2.1m) platform.

9995

Waterblaster

1600W. 1800psi. 6 l/m. SKU00179904

329

135

SKU00860793

BUNNINGS WAREHOUSE 5 Tier Plastic Unit SKU02760350

LED Night Light & Rechargeable Torch SKU00189656

1898

30L Garden Booster

2 Burner BBQ SKU03170352

599

$ 99

Adjustable Extension Platform Ladder

Oven & Hob Combo Pack

Stainless steel. 6 function electric oven.

Assorted colours.

$ 95

Bungy Cords

SKU06120779

Mini LED Lantern

369

50L Rolling Organiser Black.

SKU00962537

Camping Shovel SKU00472748

1595

Complete garden mix. SKU00716114

$ 86

9 Piece Ascot Aluminium Setting

1500 x 1500mm table. SKU03191097

Not all services and products featured are available in all stores, but may be ordered. See in store for product availability. We reserve the right to restrict the purchase of commercial quantities. All prices quoted are inclusive of GST. Prices valid until Friday 11th January 2013 or while stocks last.

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