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Man airlifted after crashing off road

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

The Westpac Rescue Helicopter winch was required to lift a patient off the side of a bank near the Rakaia Gorge on Wednesday.

The crash occurred after 2pm on the Rakaia Gorge Road on Wednesday when a motorcyclist went off the side of the road and down a bank.

Fire crews from Methven and Hororata attended the crash along with St John ambulances.

St John spokesman Gerard Campbell said they responded with an ambulance and a rescue helicopter from Christchurch.

A male patient was taken to Christchurch Hospital by helicopter in a moderate condition.

Methven Volunteer Fire Brigade Chief Fire Officer Brent Anderson said it appeared the man had suffered a broken leg.

“He has gone off the edge

Ambulance staff, firefighters and Westpac Rescue Helicopter crew work to get a motorcyclist off the side of a hill he fell 15m down after crashing off the Rakaia Gorge Road.

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“We used our rope gear to get a stretcher down to him

but the Westpac Helicopter arrived and they had their stretcher in their machine that they used and actually winched him up in to the helicopter.”

■■ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Changes in wind for council’s social housing role

By Sue Newman

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While it is committed to ensuring there is affordable housing across the district for older people, the Ashburton District Council could be moving out as a frontline provider of those houses.

Early last year the council signalled it would review its involvement in social housing and that could see it step back and move its entire stock of 100 plus properties into the hands of a private provider.

Since then a review of options for the future have been on the

planning table, but is still to come up for councillor discussion.

On of the drivers behind the council’s desire to take a long, hard look at its role as a housing provider were changes in the Residential Tenancies Act around insulation and heating, council business support manager Paul Brake said.

It was the right time for the council to consider its future as a social housing provider and to look at the different ways local authorities around New Zealand were doing this, he said.

“The council is committed to elderly persons’ housing, it’s just

how this is administered and managed.”

The council had insulated every unit where it could gain underfloor access and where ceiling structure allowed, but some of its properties have steeply pitched roofs with no roof cavity for insulation.

In addition, some of its housing stocks, the properties in Mona Square, are old and the council was already in talks with another social housing provider, about the future of the eight units. Two of the Mona Square properties are currently vacant.

In September council staff were

charged with preparing a social housing plan for the future that would spell out a range of options in the way the properties were managed. Among those options are likely to be retaining the status quo or involving a private provider.

Demand for the 112 units is consistently high and there is usually a waiting list. Under the council’s current policy the units must be self-supporting, with rents providing the funding pool for ongoing maintenance.

Currently this is $200,000 a year but with reserves dwindling and

each unit likely to need between $40,000 and $60,000 spent on upgrades, the council has opted to look at its future role in elderly housing.

Estimates for a rebuild could run to $150,000 per unit and the council would need to borrow this money.

The council’s policy on elderly persons’ housing was adopted in June 2017 and is up for review, but this review is on hold awaiting a report on options that will drive councillors’ decision on the council’s continued role as a social housing provider.

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Rural Support Trust comes to rescue

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

Volunteers with the Rural Support Trust have been doing their bit to ensure that two high country stations are properly fenced after heavy rainfall in December.

Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust deputy response co-ordinator Don Geddes said both Glenfalloch Station and Erewhon Station had been heavily impacted by heavy rainfall in December last year, causing slips and flooding that damaged and destroyed large sections of fences.

“Just down the road from those stations there was barely any rainfall at all,” he said.

Slips had left their mark at Erewhon Station while flooding and slips were responsible for the damage at Glenfalloch Station.

Groups of volunteers, many of whom also volunteer in their local fire brigades, turned up to complete the much needed work, Geddes said.

Geddes has been leading the work at Glenfalloch Station, while response co-ordinator Allan Baird has been leading the work Erewhon Station.

Geddes said there had been five working days spent at Glenfalloch, while volunteers had spent three days at Erewhon.

Baird approached both stations following the heavy rain and both put in applications for assistance.

Rural Support Trust volunteers work on repairing fences at Glenfalloch Station after heavy rains washed them away in December.

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■■ASHBURTON COLLEGE

New students and staff welcomed

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

New students and staff were welcomed to Ashburton College through their annual powhiri.

The newcomers were led into the ceremony by Kaumatua Tipene Philip and welcomed into the school family by principal Ross Preece.

Current and incoming students exchanged waiata, while Philip and Preece shared speeches.

The powhiri was held outside the school’s whare wananga which recently had its carvings restored for the first time since the building was opened in 1997.

The carvings were created by master carver Vince Leonard and were taken down in February last year to undergo restoration.

After more than 20 years of weathering the carvings were very much in need of work, but their restoration has taken longer than anticipated, because of Leonard’s death part-way through the project.

Fellow carver Damian Peeti, who had worked with Leonard on the original carvings, was able to step in and continue the work with the help of a team of college students.

Their work in restoring the carvings was recognised following the powhiri with a presentation of gifts from Preece.

New students and staff were welcomed to the school via a powhiri yesterday.

The powhiri finished with the current school community welcoming in the new members of their community with a hongi.

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Stuart farewells a lifetime’s work

By Sue Newman

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It was a sight rarely seen today, auctioneers, pens of sheep and plenty of keen bidders.

But yesterday, when stud breeder Stuart Sinclair put more than 350 of his breeding ewes up for sale, the crowds came and they clearly had money to spend, bidding was brisk as one by one the top class suffolk, south suffolk and cheviot ewes were sold.

For Sinclair it was a bitter-sweet day.

Yes, it wrapped up a 50 year stud stock legacy, but with money invested in irrigation and better money to be made outside the sheep industry, he’s happy his sons are walking down the cropping path.

He admits he’s always been a stockman.

He was given a couple of south suffolk ewes when he left school, they were followed by a few suffolks and then cheviots were added to the mix.

Unusual in the stud sheep business, Sinclair stuck with the three breeds, carving out a huge reputation as both a provider of outstanding stud stock for sale and as a show ring exhibitor.

He had his fingers crossed for a good sale but any stock left at the end of the day would be returning home to his Wakanui farm.

“I’ll watch this with interest and I’m hoping some younger people will be among the buyers and they’ll start up their own stud,” he said.

Sinclair decided prior to Christmas that the stud had to go and that kick-started a pretty involved process to reach sale day.

It took a convoy of three trucks and an early start to move the studs from Wakanui to the showgrounds and each ewe arrived sporting a bright orange number tied to its fleece. They were put up for sale individually.

From the first lot the indications were that the quality of stock on offer was going to attract competition. Bids flowed but with a huge yarding to get through, auctioneer Andrew Holt made it clear he wouldn’t be indulging tardy bidders.

With the sale over, Sinclair made it clear he wasn’t washing his hands of his stock.

He was keen to meet up with buyers, many of whom he already knew. You can’t be a 50-year breeder and just walk away, he said.

“Yes I suppose it’s a bit emotional, but when you make up your mind you just get on with it really.”

Ready to farewell the work of a lifetime, Stuart Sinclair at yesterday’s dispersal sale of his suffolk, south suffolk and cheviot stud ewes.

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He’s kept a few young rams to show just to keep his eye in for the times he’ll be in the ring as judge, rather than exhibitor.

The auction generated huge interest, with 60 registered bidders, some of those buying through agents. Buyers came from around New Zealand.

Carrfields stud stock agent Callum Dunnett described yesterday’s sale as “unique”.

The last stud dispersal he could recall was at least two years ago, he said.

“This is Stuart’s life work, the stock are outstanding, it’s a great chance for young people to come into breeding.”

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■■KIWIS ON BOARD

In brief

Ship’s coronavirus total soars NZME Japan’s health minister said another 41 passengers on the stricken cruise ship in Yokohama, Japan, have been diagnosed with coronavirus – bringing the total to 61.

On Thursday, it was reported that a Kiwi onboard Diamond Princess had tested positive for coronavirus.

According to Mfat and Japanese health officials, no more Kiwis have been diagnosed with the virus.

The nationalities of the 41 the newly diagnosed passengers onboard the cruise ship are 21 from Japan, eight from the US, five from Australia, five from Canada, one from Argentina and one from Britain.

Japanese health officials said that none of the newly diagnosed patients were displaying severe symptoms of the virus.

Japanese authorities have tested 273 people on board the Diamond Princess, which was quarantined after a former passenger, who disembarked in Hong Kong last month, tested positive for the virus.

“The results of the remaining 171 tests came out and 41 tested positive,” Kato told reporters.

“Today they will be sent to hospitals in several prefectures, and we are now preparing for that. In total, out of 273 specimens, 61 tested positive,” he added.

There are more than 3700 passengers and crew on the ship, which has been off Japan’s coast since Monday evening.

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Jailed for fraud Sir Howard Morrison’s daughter Donna Mariana Grant will spend 12 months serving home detention for defrauding a tertiary education provider and a Crown agency of at least $1.3 million. As Justice Graham Lang announced her sentence there were sighs of relief, wails and tears in the public gallery. Grant, a prominent Māori performing arts educator, pleaded guilty to four fraud charges in the High Court at Rotorua in December. She was sentenced for three charges of dishonestly using documents and one charge of obtaining funding by deception.

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Some passengers are seen on the Diamond Princess covering their faces as the cruise ship is anchored at Yokohama Port.

PHOTO AP New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Mfat) said it was giving consular assistance to the sick Kiwi.

Mfat would not provide any further information about the person besides saying they were one of 13 New Zealanders on the ship.

At this stage, it is not known if anymore Kiwis on the cruise ship have been infected with the virus.

The Diamond Princess left Jakarta on a 15-night round trip on January 20.

The ship would now remain in Yokohama

under quarantine for at least 14 days.

“The health and safety of our guests and crew remains our top priority. We continue to work closely with the Japan Ministry of Health on all protocols and procedures while ensuring the comfort of our guests,” the Carnival Cruise spokesman said.

“Guests will continue to be provided with complimentary internet and telephone to use in order to stay in contact with their family and loved ones, and the ship’s crew is working to keep all guests comfortable.”

A tropical cyclone is forming near Vanuatu, with New Zealand’s official forecasting service saying its impacts could be felt here. The weather event was forecast to form over the weekend west of the tropical island, with MetService models expecting it to arrive next week. But there were no currently tropical cyclones in the Coral Sea or South Pacific Ocean areas, the organisation said on its website.

However, environmental conditions were expected to become more favourable for a system to develop over the coming days. MetService meteorologist Andrew James said a clearer picture would be painted after the weekend.

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■■RUGBY

BOLT FROM THE BLUE

He’s represented USA in a World Cup and is now embarking on a season playing for the Blues in Super Rugby.

But at the end of the day, Tony Lamborn is just a guy who was born just down the road in Timaru and spent most of his childhood here in Mid Canterbury. PATRICK McKENDRY caught up with him this week.

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f anyone at the Blues qualifies as a surprise package it must surely be Tony Lamborn, a flanker who represented the United States at the recent World Cup and an eyebrow-raising choice to start in the No.7 jersey against the Chiefs – an opportunity he took with both hands.

Lamborn’s all-energy performance and flat-out pace over 25m also earned him the honour of going into the history books as 2020’s first Super Rugby try scorer and this week the 28-year-old revealed if he hadn’t been called up by Blues coach Leon MacDonald he would probably be working as a builder in Hawke’s Bay for his brother Sam. “I caught the ball and looked ahead and saw there was no-one in front of me,” he told the Herald this week of his try following a TJ Faiane midfield break.

“I figured there was someone behind me so I just had to give it my best shot.

“It didn’t click until after the game when a few people messaged me saying ‘first 2020 Super Rugby try’.

“I was full of adrenaline and happy to dot down.

“I’m not a big person for scoring tries – I’d rather be the one to get the turnover and someone else score it in the corner.”

It’s an old-school attitude from a player who has done it the hard way, one who could probably teach his new team-mates a bit about resilience.

Born in Timaru and brought up in Ash-

Tony Lamborn in action for the USA during the Rugby World Cup last year. burton, Lamborn left school at 16 and was determined to give rugby a proper crack.

“I knew I had something there,” he said.

“I knew I was naturally pretty gifted – a few of my friends and coaches said that.

“I went up there and gave it a good shot and managed to make the academy.

“I made the Magpies’ full squad in 2011 or 2012 so I’ve been around for a while.

I played a season for the Hurricanes and finished up there when we won it [2016].”

That year Lamborn travelled to the USA where his father, Jack, was born, and played in the MLR professional league.

He made his test debut for the States the same year and represented the Eagles at last year’s World Cup in Japan.

“I always knew that was an option,” Lamborn said of representing the US. “Obviously when I made the Hurricanes

I wanted to give the All Blacks a good crack but in the No.7 jersey those days was Ardie, who had just made, it, Sam Cane …

It was a tough decision to make but once I made it I wanted to give 100 per cent to the States and there was no turning back.

“I haven’t regretted it at all.”

At the World Cup, Lamborn’s team lost all four matches to England, Argentina, France and Tonga.

“I didn’t enjoy losing so much; I knew we were a much better team than that and it was pretty frustrating to go down, especially when we were leading against France – we could have beaten them – and Tonga in the last game.”

But the opportunity and occasion – witnessed by mum Sari and wife Abby – made it all worthwhile.

His Blues call-up came as a result.

“Just seeing how proud my family was,” he said of his World Cup highlight.

“That really made it for me and I knew then that that was the best decision I could make – playing for the US. Even though my old man Jack is an All Blacks supporter, he was also very proud of me.

“I’m grateful Leon and Tom Coventry noticed my form during the World Cup and liked the style I bring.

“They thought I’d bring a different attitude and personality to change things up here.

“I think the boys were a bit shocked at the start because I’m a bit out there.

“I guess you could say I’m a bit crazy – I enjoy rugby but I also enjoy the banter with the boys and some weren’t quite used to that but they’ve taken to me with open arms.”

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Busy start to February Things were flat out across the Ashburton District in the past week and the team at the Guardian were out and about snapping plenty of photos.

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Media merger plans to press ahead

By Pattrick Smellie

Neither Faafoi nor NZ First’s broadcasting spokesperson, Jenny Marcroft, made any mention of the other media rescue package that has been mooted, whereby the government would legislate to allow the country’s two largest newspaper producers, NZME and Stuff, to merge.

NZ First leader Winston Peters backed that proposal at a press conference shortly before Christmas, which was attended by NZME chair Peter Cullinane, chief executive Michael Boggs and NZ Herald managing editor Shayne Currie. It would see the combined news business promise certain levels of coverage, maintenance of print newspaper titles and reporter numbers for two to three years, before being renegotiated.

Marcroft said NZ First supported the investigation of a combined TVNZ/RNZ entity, saying “a strong media environment is critical for a healthy democracy”.

“It is a New Zealand First policy and position to support and strengthen public sector media and the need to protect and future-proof TVNZ and RNZ. We need to see what the options are, the design and cost, and the likely timeframes.”

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before the business case is completed.

“It is about establishing the best way of providing New Zealanders with a range of trusted news, information, and entertainment that reflects New Zealand — its diversity, history, and aspirations.

At the same time, we need to ensure any new public entity has the flexibility and the strength to meet future change and challenges,” said Faafoi, who confirmed NZ on Air would “continue to have an important role to fund local content for both commercial and non-commercial media outlets.”

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Kathmandu Holdings said samestore sales, those through stores owned 12 months or more, rose 1.5 per cent in the 26 weeks ended January 26, although margins have declined.

However, Kathmandu’s statement confused the reporting period by also stating it will post a 40 per cent earnings boost for the half-year ended January 31, thanks to the $A350 million Rip Curl acquisition completed late last year.

A company spokeswoman told BusinessDesk that its statement including both periods is correct.

Rip Curl generated a profit of $27.2 million for the 2019 financial year and is expected to add at least 10 per cent to Kathmandu’s pershare earnings.

Kathmandu is the latest to identify a shift in shopping patterns to the heavily discounted events of Black Friday in November and Box-

ing Day, saying it experienced low foot traffic in between.

Kathmandu said in the 26 weeks ended January 26, gross margin is 1.4 per cent below the first half of the period year, due to year-onyear foreign currency movement.

“The Christmas trading period has seen a further shift towards Black Friday and Boxing Day events. Low December market foot traffic between these two events, unusually hot weather, and bushfires in Australia, have combined to moderate first half sales,” Xavier Simonet, chief executive officer of Kathmandu Holdings, said in the statement.

The retailer said online sales are up by 30 per cent versus the same period last year, and its Oboz footwear division’s sales are up 10 per cent.

Kathmandu said its diversification strategy is already showing benefits, with Rip Curl’s total sales for the first three months under

Kathmandu’s ownership expected to be more than 2.7 per cent higher than the comparable period last year.

The company said it is actively monitoring any supply chain developments as a result of the coronavirus outbreak in China.

However it said it doesn’t expect a material supply impact from coronovirus in the short term, and consumer demand impact so far hasn’t been significant.

“The Group has mitigation plans in place if there is a prolonged disruption to our Chinese suppliers.”

Earlier this week Briscoe Group managing director Rod Duke told BusinessDesk the retailer has cancelled a buying trip to China as a result of the outbreak.

Kathmandu will release its full result for the half year on March 30.

Shares in the retailer were up 7.9 per cent higher at $3.29 on Friday morning, having risen by 39.4 per cent over the past 52 weeks.

Pilots issue global warning over airport runway

By Grant Bradley NZME

A pilots’ group has sent out a global warning over the deteriorating state of Auckland Airport’s runway where big chunks of concrete have broken off.

The International Federation of Air Line Pilots has sent out a safety bulletin warning its members to take extra measures to ensure they have contingencies for operating at the airport.

“As these runway closures are not planned and are unable to be forecast, it is suggested that pilots should always carry a technical alternate for Auckland. Alternatively, consider carrying a minimum of 20

minutes extra holding fuel for arrival at Auckland,” the Canada-based federation has warned its membership of more than 100,000 pilots.

The bulletin posted overnight Thursday follows Thursday’s second short notice closure of the runway in two weeks because of debris on it. Flights had to be diverted to other centres in both cases.

Auckland airport yesterday announced it was carrying out a formal review of the two recent incidents.

The federation safety bulletin, prepared with input from New Zealand pilots, says the runway has been deteriorating over the past few years and there had been 15

short notice closures.

While the airport company has not released details of the problem, including the scale of repairs and where damage is occurring, the bulletin says large scale work is planned including replacement of the concrete slabs near touchdown zones.

“However, this work will not begin until later this year and will take some months to complete.”

The bulletin says that because the airport has just one runway there is no contingency when it is closed at short notice.

This increased the risk when flying to Auckland without an alternative.

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move to examine such a merger.

“It’s well known that New Zealand’s media sector, both public and private, is facing unprecedented challenges with competition from the likes of Google and Facebook, declining revenue shares, and changes in when and how audiences access their information and entertainment.

“That presents risks for the future viability of New Zealand’s public broadcasting operators, RNZ and TVNZ, and the government needs to address those risks.”

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prise charged with making profits.

However, it has suspended dividend payments to the government for the foreseeable future, arguing it needs to reinvest in content and digital streaming services if it is to compete with global streaming behemoths like Netflix.

“The government must ensure New Zealanders have a strong independent public media service for decades to come, which means ensuring public media assets are fit for the future and able to thrive amid the changing media landscape,” Faafoi said in a statement announcing the long-signalled

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The government is pressing ahead with plans to merge its radio and television assets into “a new public media entity as an independent multiple-platform, multi-media operation”.

Broadcasting Minister Kris Faafoi announced that accounting and consulting firm PwC will lead work on the business case that the Cabinet will need to see to assess how and whether such a new entity can be made viable. A report is due mid-year.

RNZ and TVNZ currently operate on completely different models, with their only common source of revenue being grants from the public funding agency for broadcast media, NZ on Air. However, RNZ operates an adfree model and can seek funds only from NZ on Air and through content sharing arrangements with other publishers and broadcasters. These have proliferated in recent years, although their commercial terms are undisclosed, so their contribution to RNZ’s financial position is unknown.

TVNZ, by contrast, is primarily funded by commercial advertising and exists as a state-owned enter-

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The validity of suppression when most seem to know

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ame suppressions are put in place by the courts and it’s imperative that we, as the society of this country abide by the laws that sit around them.

But it’s always an interesting debate, on whether the validity of such suppressions actually serve a purpose, or set a barrier that those with hardy enough souls are willing to break.

Anyone out there in society, with a willing attitude and some solid tactical nous can find the name of anyone who’s been placed under suppression orders without too much trouble, that’s just a known fact.

People talk and these days people talk online, which leaves a digital footprint, meaning that

anyone with access to the internet can usually sleuth their way to finding out what is supposed to be unknown.

So, in some ways – particularly post a guilty verdict, you could see how some might struggle to understand why such orders remain in place, especially when reasons why are also supressed.

That’s the case in the long and high-profile case of murdered British backpacker, Grace

Millane which again came to prominence yesterday when an Auckland businessman became the first person to be charged

by New Zealand Police with a breach of suppression orders from both before and after last November’s trial in Auckland.

And it’s an intriguing situation.

Police have confirmed there were almost countless breaches of the suppression orders put in place, with media outlets across the globe naming the individual involved and social media users in New Zealand doing exactly the same.

Most were let off with a warning, but yesterday’s appearance for Leo Molloy unfolded a little differently than the rest as he found himself in front of a judge.

I set the challenge in the newsroom yesterday among a few reporters to see how long it would take to find the name of the man found guilty of murdering Millane. It took me less than a minute and a half. A few clicks here and there and I found it.

Not too hard with the right kind of wording in your search.

Whether that makes it right or not, perhaps is a bit of a moot point. But when something is already so easily accessible, and the damage is largely already done, it’s hard to understand why it would continue – especially with a guilty plea in place.

I’m by no means saying Molloy’s breach is acceptable. Laws are laws and rules are rules and they have clearly been broken.

But this is an extremely unique situation in that there were so many breaches yet to this point, only one is being brought into the public light for criticism and analysis.

From the outset, this particular case has had more attention that many most people would remember and because of that and the natural inquisitive nature of people led to most finding out the name a long time ago.

It’s a perfectly legitimate question to ask that had this been any other case would we be seeing the same situations unfolding had breaches also occurred.

Logical answer is probably not.

slammed into a fog-covered mountain in the Azores.

In 1992, the XVI Olympic Winter Games opened in Albertville, France.

In 1993, General Motors sued NBC, alleging that Dateline NBC had rigged two car-truck crashes to show that 1973-to-87 GM pickups were prone to fires in side impact crashes. (NBC settled the lawsuit the following day and apologised for its “unscientific demonstration.”)

Ten years ago: Endeavour and six astronauts rocketed into orbit, hauling a new room and observation deck for the International Space Station.

Michael Jackson’s personal

physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of the pop superstar in Los Angeles Superior Court. (Murray was convicted in 2011 and served two years in jail.)

Five years ago: A riot erupted outside a major soccer stadium in Egypt, with a stampede and fighting between police and fans killing at least 19 people. At the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, Sam Smith won best new artist, record of the year, song of the year for Stay with Me and best pop vocal album; Beck won album of the year for Morning Phase.

One year ago: A fire swept

through the sleeping quarters of an academy for a Brazilian professional soccer club, killing 10 teenage players.

Today’s birthdays: Composerconductor John Williams is 88.

Actor Nick Nolte is 79. Comedian Robert Klein is 78. Actor-rock musician Creed Bratton is 77.

Singer Ron Tyson is 72. Actress Brooke Adams is 71. Actress Mary Steenburgen is 67. Author John Grisham is 65. Actor Henry Czerny is 61. The former president of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino III, is 60. Rock singer Vince Neil is 59. Rock singer-musician Sammy Llanas is 59. Actress Missy Yager is 52. Actress Mary McCormack is 51. Rock musician Keith Nelson

is 51. Actress Susan Misner is 49.

Dance musician Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo is 46. Actor Seth Green is 46. Actor Josh Morrow is 46. Rock musician Phoenix is 43.

Actor William Jackson Harper is 40. Actor Jim Parrack is 39. Folk singer-musician Joey Ryan is 38.

Actress-comedian Cecily Strong is 36. Rock musician Jeremy Davis is 35. Hip-hop artist Anderson.Paak is 34. Rock musician Max Grahn is 32. Actor Ryan Pinkston is 32.

Actress Karle Warren is 28.

Thought for today: “Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.” — Robert Quillen, American journalist (1887-1948).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Saturday, February 8, the 39th day of 2020. There are 327 days left in the year.

Today’s highlights in history: On February 8, 1924, the first execution by gas in the United States took place at the Nevada State Prison in Carson City as Gee Jon, a Chinese immigrant convicted of murder, was put to death.

On this date: In 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England after she was implicated in a plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I. In 1862, the Civil War Battle of Roanoke Island, North Carolina, ended in victory for Union forces led by Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside.

In 1915, Able Seaman William Edward Knowles became one of the first New Zealanders to die in the First World War as a result of enemy action.

In 1931, All three people on board a Dominion Airlines Desoutter died when it crashed near Wairoa in northern Hawke’s Bay. It was the first fatal accident recorded in New Zealand on a scheduled air service.

In 1952, Queen Elizabeth II proclaimed her accession to the British throne following the death of her father, King George VI. In 1968, three college students were killed in a confrontation between demonstrators and highway patrolmen at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg in the wake of protests over a whitesonly bowling alley.

In 1971, NASDAQ, the world’s first electronic stock exchange, held its first trading day.

In 1972, New Zealand’s women cricketers achieved their first test victory at the 17th attempt against Australia. They had lost seven and drawn nine of their previous tests, all against either England or Australia.

In 1976, Martin Scorsese’s violent urban drama Taxi Driver, starring Robert De Niro, was released by Columbia Pictures.

In 1989, 144 people were killed when an American-chartered Boeing 707 filled with Italian tourists

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Back to school politics Y

es! School is back and it’s great to have our children excitedly coming into the classroom.

Of course, we totally get many of our parents who are as happy as we are, the last couple of weeks of the holidays can be a trying time.

Thousands of students have returned to school this week, to new classrooms, new friends, new teachers and back into the social cauldron that is school life.

Quite a few of the people I meet say they couldn’t or wouldn’t do the job teachers do.

Many teachers say they wouldn’t do the job a principal does.

Those statements underline the nature of teaching and working in schools – it is a challenging career.

I’ve always said, on a good day the job can really stretch your mental resolve.

It is enough to plan, prepare and teach anywhere from 2430 children without having to manage their lack of food, their tiredness due to late nights, their lack of language due to parenting by screen or their lack of social skills and resilience because they have used tantrums to get what they want when they were younger.

Schools operate close to 100 per cent of what they are capable of delivering and the last uncertainty they need is an election that makes schooling

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an “issue”.

I’m always perplexed as to why there is this political desire to fix our schools.

What annoys me are the lies, told by both parties, about the response to education in recent times.

On the left you have the Labour party claiming nine years of neglect. A handy line to use to blame our current state on the previous government.

It’s a lie.

The National party did not neglect schools, they built new classrooms, they forced national standards onto schools, they introduced Charter Schools – and, to be fair, they worked for providing an alternative approach for students who have not succeeded in other schools.

The National party also scrapped our banked staffing, removing a school’s ability to accumulate credit to employ teachers in extra roles such as reducing classroom pressure or as special education needs co-ordinators.

It is simply a lie to say National neglected schools – they were in boots and all.

Then on the right, the National party have been claiming that in the first two years as a Government, Labour have promised the world and not delivered anything.

That is a lie.

Since taking office Labour has instigated a massive review of the system, which now sits as a lovely piece of coloured A3 paper and not much more.

They have extended the Mana Ake project from Christchurch into Canterbury and we, as schools ,can see the positive impact of this.

They too have invested heavily in school property.

Labour have also introduced a donations scheme and this has also made a positive impact.

Labour has also rolled out a nation-wide response to special needs by introducing learning support co-ordinators. There are ten of them here in Mid Canterbury.

Lies are told to cover the truth.

The truth in our schools is that we as a profession have evolved from a superior-than-thou attitude where we held knowledge and imparted it to those who were sitting up, to a fusion of parent, teacher, counsellor, facilitator and tech guru.

The truth is we know the issues we face. They are as complex and difficult to solve as the children who present them.

What we need is the support to tackle them.

What we don’t need are lies.

In the spirit of calling the election date to give certainty, in the spirit of choosing to not work with NZ First to give certainty, I challenge both parties to make it very clear from the start of the year – where do you stand on education.

If successful, will the National party reverse education decisions made by Labour and re-introduce National Standards and Charter Schools?

Will they scrap the recommendations from the education review?

If successful, will the Labour party actually do anything with the review – they asked and got so much feedback from the profession.

Will they continue the Mana Ake service, and extend it beyond Canterbury?

And finally, will a local principal take his work seriously and stop stirring up trouble in the local paper with his completely baseless opinions?

I don’t know but I do know one thing – it’s election year and, apparently, we as schools have issues that politicians know how to solve.

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

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here’s a lot of pressure on Valentine’s Day. As the shops fill with panic-button red, heart-shaped merchandise and restaurants book up faster than a Donald Trump impeachment seminar, it’s

easy to feel more hopeless than hopeless romantic.

So, in a move away from the fluffy teddy bears and boxes of chocolates, we’ve put together a list of activities that will have

you looking forward to February 14, no matter what stage your relationship is at. Whether you’re planning a treat for a long-term partner, testing the water with a new date, or celebrating “Palentine’s” with

an old friend, here are a few alternative Valentine’s Day ideas.

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Stargazing

The gift of tranquility

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Have a cook off

If you haven’t been to an escape room, you’re missing out. As far as a unique Valentine’s Day date idea is concerned, it’s a great way to assess each other’s problem-solving skills, as you need to use clues to solve puzzles and, eventually, escape within a certain time frame. Whatever escape room you choose, there’s no doubt you and your date will get closer — literally and figuratively — both during and after your escape.

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If you prefer to stay home, consider a fun and interactive cooking experience instead of ordering takeout. Try a “cook-off”-you each make a dish, then fill out score cards to determine whose skills are superior. Or, give each other a mystery basket of ingredients, and see what you can come up with.

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Dancing with the Stars, or YouTube?

Salsa dance gets the blood flowing. Tango is full of passion. And how can we forget the Forbidden Dance, lambada? Okay, so a dance lesson Valentine’s Day date might be unique, but since you usually have to register in advance, they aren’t great “last-minute” ideas. Enter, YouTube.

Light some candles, let the wine flow, search for some dance lesson videos you both like, and get your giggle-engines going. It’ll be silly, but it’ll be fun. And more importantly, it’ll be free.

Car shopping, without the buying

Everyone has their dream car, that one vehicle that they’d move heaven and earth to have sitting in the garage, but the thought of selling a vital organ from one’s body to pay for it doesn’t quite feel right. So, why not get dressed up in your absolute best – pop a plum in the mouth, pretend for a few hours that you’re high class and go and test drive that car and at least pretend, even just for a moment that you’re living the high life with your partner at your side.

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 - What is the common name for the Australian Swamphen? a. Morepork b. Kaka c. Pukeko 2 - Which pop group first had a hit in 1967 with the song New York Mining Disaster 1941? a. The Doors b. The Bee Gees c. The Hollies 3 - The common Anaconda, one of the world’s largest snakes, is native to which continent? a. Asia b. South America c. Africa 4 - How many 750ml bottles of champagne does a magnum hold? a. Two b. Five c. Ten 5 - The tarsal bones make up which joint in the human body? a. Knee b. Wrist c. Ankle 6 - Which language is sometimes known as Cape Dutch? a. Afrikaans b. Portuguese c. Urdu 7 - In rugby, what does the acronym TMO stand for? a. Television Match Official b. Two Man Obstruction c. Tactical Measured Offside 8 - What sort of reference book did Dr Samuel Johnson publish in 1755? a. Dictionary b. Atlas c. Encyclopedia

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Kotiki shines on diamond

Methven a family affair

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Connor Brosnahan in action during the Gala Cup mixed doubles on Waitangi Day. PHOTO MATT MARKHAM 060220-MM-003

Bubb, McCann do best Tessa McCann and Sam Bubb have claimed the Gala Cup Mixed Doubles title for 2020 with a dominant performance against a small but select field of competitors at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre.

The tournament, which was shifted to Waitangi Day from the traditional Gala Cup weekend in a fortnight in the hope of attracting more entries, drew just the four combinations – but tennis organisers are hoping that they can build from here for the future.

While the tourney was short on entries, there was nothing lack-

ing in the quality department, with four strong combinations stepping out on to the courts.

McCann and Bubb made light work of their first fixture of the day, beating Aiden Watt and Jess Aldridge 6-0, 6-0, but on the next court a much closer-fought battle was unfolding.

In-form singles star Diego Quispe-Kim and his playing partner, Nishitha Maarka were tackling the mother-and-son duo of Jane and Connor Brosnahan.

Quispe-Kim and Maarka claimed a comfortable 6-2 win in the first set to sit in the box seat, but the Bronsnahan pairing kept

fighting and through some clever play and strong work around the court they claimed back the second 7-5 to force the tie-break.

Qusipe-Kim and Maarka managed to fend off the challenge though and take the match.

They then turned around and faced Bubb and McCann in the second round but were humbled, losing 6-4, 6-1 as the strong pairing put one collective hand on the title, while team Brosnahan kept themselves in the mix with a win over Watt and Aldridge, 7-6, 6-3.

That left the mother-and-son duo needing to beat McCann and

Bubb to make things interesting, but they had no answer, eventually losing 6-4, 6-0.

Quispe-Kim and Maarka claimed their match against Watt and Aldridge 6-1, 6-3 to lock themselves into second for the tournament.

The victory gave McCann her 12th Gala Cup victory across all disciplines and all grades, and brought her level with Ashleigh Leonard, who also holds 12 Gala Cup titles.

Both have a scattering of victories in various events across women’s singles, doubles and mixed doubles in both the A

grade and also in the A reserve grades.

There’s a long way to catch up to the most decorated Gala Cup player though – Rhys Cromie has an impressive 19 titles next to his name.

Both the Gala Cup singles and doubles are just around the corner, giving McCann another chance to add to the tally.

Meanwhile, today interclub tennis action returns with round 2 leaders Fairton taking on Hampstead, second placed Methven tackling Allenton and Dorie and Southern squaring off in the third fixture of the day.

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■■SOFTBALL

Kotiti finds his focus

Mid Canterbury softballer Kotiti Patea has strived to push himself beyond his home patch and his toil has been recognised at national level. Adam Burns caught up with the Ashburton teen about his softballing pedigree and why it has clicked for him

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On the softball diamond, Kotiti Patea is not prepared to die wondering.

The 17-year-old relishes the busyness of covering infield and seeks any opportunity to take on the opposition when rounding bases when batting.

His agile approach has reaped rewards for the Ashburton teen and he is being swiftly tipped as one of the wider region’s most talented softballing exports.

Now on the periphery of national selection, it seems only a matter of time until he dons a silver fern-embroidered cap.

His entry into the code was a natural one as a youngster.

Several family members were involved in the sport, Patea said.

“My dad and his brothers and sisters were really into it when they were younger.

“They played in Christchurch and my uncle played up in Wellington I think.

“Dad had a big impact.”

Originally from Christchurch, the Patea family moved to Ashburton following the Canterbury earthquakes.

He previously played various positions in the backline in schoolboy rugby, however had curbed his involvement due to multiple concussions.

Softball is now his primary focus.

Patea’s father then set up the Fairton softball club about six years ago, and the club joined Mid Canterbury’s softball competition.

“He coached me and a few of my school mates and it really just started from there.”

It would not be long before Patea began to make an impression on the local diamond.

In 2017 he was selected for the International Softball Academy (ISA) New Zealand Under-15 Boys’ squad.

The ISA hosts international softball tours and academy programmes that expose players to elite softball and elite coaching, independent of Softball New Zealand.

Hungry to develop his game against further opposition, Patea made a move to club softball in Christchurch where he joined Papanui, mixing it with numerous national representatives.

He made appearances for Mid Canterbury at representative level.

The milestones have continued for Patea over the past few months.

He was selected for the Canterbury under-18 squad in November for the NZ U18 Boys’ Championship which was held in Palmerston North last month.

“We spent a solid month just training as hard as we could, preparing for the tournament,” Patea said.

“When it came to the tournament, all the hard work and effort showed.”

Canterbury placed fourth in the 13team national championship event,

which was won by Hutt Valley.

However, Patea was one of the Canterbury outfit’s standout performers across the event.

His batting average of .471 was the seventh best of the tournament and he was selected in the second tournament team as an infielder.

Patea then earned his biggest call-up of his young career when he was selected in the Junior Black Sox wider squad as a non-travelling member for the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U18 Boys’ tournament which kicks off in Palmerston North in a fortnight.

“I heard my name called and I just sat there in disbelief for a few seconds,” he said.

“I wasn’t expecting it.”

This was partly due to the fact that he was one of two players selected who were not part of a 32 man training squad assembled last year.

“I was hoping to be picked but I wasn’t going to be fussed if I didn’t.

“It’s a big opportunity but I wasn’t expecting too much.”

As a player, Patea pushes himself to up the ante and savours the high-involvement from the second base fielding position.

“I love playing there because the ball comes to you so often.

“I like to be aggressive, whether it be running around the bases, trying to get extra bases off the hit, or attacking the ball which you would usually sit back and wait on.”

He believes his unflustered nature has been a key attribute in game situations.

As he guns for higher honours, Patea is always soaking up the knowledge and

guidance of his peers and coaches.

Bulking up over the next year is another focus as he rounds the bases on his Black Sox homerun quest.

More importantly, his passion for the game has never been greater, he said.

“Last tournament has really made me fall in love with the game.

“I felt great and I felt like I was playing at a different level.”

Above – Kotiki Patea’s rugby days are long gone; softball is now his game.

Below – Kotiki is always looking to learn from those around him in the sport.

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■■OPINION

Stead saga latest puzzle in off-colour summer

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ho knows how this plays out?

The Black Caps head into today’s second one-day international against India with a chance to wrap the three-match series up with a game to spare.

It is likely to be a boisterous crowd at Eden Park, sprinkled with a healthy dose of support for the visitors.

However, whatever atmosphere infiltrates today’s day-nighter, it will pale in comparison to the fumbling disarray which New Zealand Cricket has heedlessly walked itself into in recent times.

After they scrapped themselves to a consecutive World Cup final appearance in July, their fighting qualities and nice-guy shtick earned them affection both here and with the neutrals.

They followed this with a 1-0 test series at home against England in November.

Since then, it has been a plunge of the highest order.

An unrehearsed and wearied test team were taken apart in Australia in one of the most humiliating series defeats in recent memory.

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mettle were swiftly put under the microscope.

The management team were not exactly forthright during the post-mortem, where a lack of accountability appeared to be an underlying theme.

It was then followed by a 5-0 clean sweep in a bizarre T20 series against the touring Indians, three of which astonishingly went to super overs.

The disillusionment and discontent bubbling away among fans and pundits boiled over this week following the news coach Gary Stead was having a week off during the ODI series against India.

Commentator and former captain Jeremy Coney lit the fuse during an interview on Radio Sport’s breakfast on the morning of the first one-dayer.

Always such a

measured and thoughtful analyst, his unmistakable irritation and bemusement was all the more jaw-dropping coming from him.

The instantaneous consensus seemed to be that Stead was waving the white flag, unable to cope with the intensive scrutiny which comes with poor results on the field.

NZ Cricket boss David White attempted to downplay the matter, explaining that Stead did not want to take leave but his bosses insisted his workload be managed so he did not run into the

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Kearney ‘not under threat’ Former Newcastle coach Nathan Brown has been contracted to the Warriors as an assistant for the 2020 season, but the club have batted away suggestions he is being lined up as a possible future head coach option, should things not go well this year.

Brown, who parted company with the Knights in August last year, was brought in as a technical advisor at the Mt Smart club in November.

He came across the Tasman for several extended stints in pre-season, mainly working with the hookers and the spine, and that has morphed into a role as one of Stephen Kearney’s assistants for the season.

“He’s been a really good contributor since he joined the club,” said George.

“He’s added a lot of value to not only the playing group, and in particular the spine and other parts of ruck play, but he’s been really good with the coaching staff and the staff in general.

“He has a heap of experience of various clubs and at various success levels so he’s been a really good find, in terms of adding a new voice and mindset to the group.

“Moving forward we have agreed he has a role to play here [for the season]. “ Brown will be in Auckland for the captain’s run before each home match, and involved in preparations 48 hours out from the game, and could also attend training sessions ahead of away matches.

“Nathan is still working out what other commitments he has got,” said George.

“There could be other opportunities to use him throughout the year.”

However George laughed off suggestions that Brown, who has coached more than 250 NRL games and almost 200 matches in England, could become an alternative option if things go south this year.

“He is not here for that at all,” said George.

“That’s never even crossed my mind.

“It’s about getting good people involved in our club to get the results for our fans. I wouldn’t even consider that step at all.

“I don’t even go there and to Nathan’s credit and Stephen’s credit it has never even come across our minds or even been spoken about.

“People will always perceive certain things but this is about getting the right people in the right roles to add value to our club.”

George says Brown’s involvement came by chance.

“One day I was thinking about what could make a difference,” said George.

“And good people, new voices and new energy always seem to work well.”

George said Kearney and recruitment manager Peter O’Sullivan both saw the benefits of the idea.

“That shows the qualities of Stephen,” said George.

“It’s always club first for Stephen so he was all about what could possible improve the club and not at any stage did he feel threatened by Nathan potentially coming in.

“And the first thing Nathan wanted to do was talk to Stephen and make sure there was no awkwardness, and he has been extremely supportive of Stephen.”

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same emotional fatigue as his predecessor Mike Hesson.

“I understand the passion,” he said.

It brings about further questions, not to mention both White and Stead’s ongoing suitability in their current positions.

Does a separate management team need to helm the T20 format?

Did Stead know what he was signing up for?

Could there not have been a better time to take a break instead of right in the middle of our biggest summer in years?

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most disappointing aspect of this summer is that we have been bleating on for years for a meaningful summer against the big guns.

It has finally come, including a return to the revered Boxing Day test, and prior to Wednesday’s unforseen turn of events, we had been left battered and bruised and with our tail between our legs.

The irony is New Zealand pulled off their first win on Wednesday across any format since the first test against England in November with their head coach MIA. They did it by chasing down their biggest ever second innings total ever, led by an unbeaten 109

by Ross Taylor.

For the players and administrators it could not have been more timely.

But where does that leave coach Stead, and what will he return to?

His side basking in a series win without his presence, or a playing group again licking their wounds after again falling short.

As we know, a lot can happen in a short amount of time.

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A distinct taste of O’Reilly Don’t be surprised to see the O’Reilly surname featuring prominently when harness racing returns to Mid Canterbury for the first time in 2020 tomorrow, when the Hororata Trotting Club meeting is held at the Mt Harding Racecourse.

But instead of just one, or perhaps two, members of one of the district’s most famous racing families, it could well be the case of a scattering of features from various members of the clan on the big grass track.

Brothers, Kerry, Gerard and Leo will all be out on the track driving as will Gerard’s daughter, Sarah.

And on paper, all four look to have a bit of a chance of success too, at various points throughout the day.

Kerry jumps on board the very promising debutant Jack’s Mate in the first race of the day in an effort to get things happening from the outset.

The Stephen Williams-trained runner has been patiently handled through a multitude of workouts and trials around the district and will make his much awaited debut tomorrow with plenty of local support.

A winner at last weekend’s Methven workouts, the big son of Superfast Stuart should be right in contention.

“He’s ready for the races, but whether the occasion will get to him or not we’ll have to see,” O’Reilly said following last weekend’s workout victory.

“He’s certainly a nice horse though and experience will do him well.”

Jack’s Mate will be the first horse Williams has lined up at the races since 2009 with his last win coming in 2008 with Brylin Paige, who is the dam of the four-yearold he’ll take for a short float ride

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to the Methven Racecourse tomorrow.

The father-and-daughter combination of Gerard and Sarah look set for a strong showing too after last week’s workouts at Methven, where Mini Mine Yet steps out in a junior drivers’ event.

The small but speedy pacer was excellent coming off the back of runners to win last weekend and will be looking to do the same from the second line tomorrow.

Gerard also lines up Violet

Knight and the promising Ifyousayso during the day from his Rakaia stable.

Leo’s hopes for the day are plentiful, with three of his own runners as well as a number of outside driving engagements as well.

Of his three charges on the day, the evergreen Jerry Garcia – who nearly pulled off a brave victory last weekend at Orari – looks hard to beat based on that performance in what is a wide open

trotting affair later in the day.

He also lines up Darryl Kerrigan and Sounds Lika Gem, both of whom are more than capable on their day.

Matt Markham’s Selections: Race 1: Jack’s Mate, Musculature Metro, Ruby Seddon, Appearance Race 2: Myanmar Prince, Makasar Boy, Hello Adele, Webs Reactor Race 3: Cheapcheap, Chal Be, Jeremy Wells, Itz The Con Artist Race 4: Miss Graceful, Princess Jessie, Maharani, Silver Lady

Race 5: Madam Sass, Aladdin Sane, Baxter, We’ll Meet Again Race 6: Pembrook Legacy, Ava Adore, Eastwood Isabella, Darryl Kerrigan Race 7: Mini Mine Yet, Miss Mucho, Firenze Amore, Voodoo Priestess Race 8: Soundslikeart, Ifsyousayso, Ultimate Rocker, Anamajor Race 9: Queen Bee Bardon, Baltimore Jack, Jay Tee Tyron, Johnny Eyre Race 10: Jerry Garcia, Foreigner, Some Time, Sun Swinger Race 11: Luella, Star Reactor, Olive Cook, Glory Days BEST: Luella VALUE: Cheapcheap (R3)

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18 0000 Albasini (18) fr....................................J Dunn 19 32858 Myanmar Prince (19) fr.....................J Curtin Emergencies: Budvar Eyre, Onedin Smiler, Shotgun Wedding, Krystal Delight 3 1.17 PHILIP WAREING LTD MOBILE PACE $9000, non-winners 3yo+., mobile, 2300m 1 090 Living Delight (1) fr................S Tomlinson (J) 2 07 Cheapcheap (2) fr............................ G Smith 3 90 Estella Reign (3) fr...............................K Butt 4 48709 Lucy P (4) fr....................................G Archer 5 04092 Silent Shadow (5) fr................ J Morrison (J) 6 96972 Uno Mia (6) fr 7 9x073 Midnight In Memphis (7) fr...............J W Cox 8 33330 Chal Be (8) fr.....................................J Curtin 9 07x09 Mighty Reactor (9) fr................ M Williamson 10 Itz The Con Artist (21) fr 11 0 Duastar (22) fr.................................T Chmiel 12 088 Beeps (23) fr..................................L O’Reilly 13 97303 Jeremy Wells (24) fr...................J Harrington 14 7050 Violet Knight (25) fr....................... G O’Reilly 15 05056 Ticking Over (U1) fr 16 04390 Carita (U2) fr Emergencies: Estella Reign, Uno Mia 4 1.53pm NEVELE R FILLIES SERIES (HEAT 2) MOBILE PACE $15,000, up-r70 w/c., mobile, 1609m 1 73780 Lulu Le Mans (1) fr 2 28551 Princess Jessie (2) fr.......................J W Cox 3 1916 Miss Graceful (3) fr 4 7x691 I’ll Write The Story (4) fr.......................K Cox 5 00x08 Ruby’s A Delight (5) fr 6 40445 Emmersyn Lee (6) fr.........................J Curtin 7 Vesnina (7) fr........................................B Butt 8 70371 Woman In Gold (8) fr........................R Close 9 3351 Silver Lady (9) fr.............................B Orange 10 0x412 Pearl Harbour (21) fr................ M Williamson 11 14522 Maharani (22) fr.........................M Anderson 5 2.23 DJ PEARCE GRAZING/RAKAIA SEED CLEANING HCP TROT $12,500, 3yo+ r56+ discrhcp, stand, 2400m 1 05751 Rocknpop (1) fr.....................K Tomlinson (J) 2 0x166 Aladdin Sane (2) fr...........................J W Cox 3 53476 We’ll Meet Again (3) fr...................... J Smith

4 20108 Ali Lindenny (4) fr...........................B Orange 5 x90x0 Breenys Cullen (5) fr................ M Williamson 6 x0986 Chief Of Staff (6) fr........................... G Smith 7 01079 BK Dawn (7) fr........................J Young-Grant 8 01714 Madam Sass (U1) fr...........................J Dunn 9 21427 Baxter (1) 10M............................. B Hope (J) 10 698x9 Red Hot Poker (2) 10M.................T Williams 6 2.56 NUFARM NZ LTD PACE $8000, 5yo+ r40-r55, stand, 2400m 1 40985 Beau Vista (1) fr.............................R Jenkins 2 82995 Darryl Kerrigan (2) fr......................L O’Reilly 3 06304 Vintage Beach (3) fr......................T Williams 4 78073 Leading The Way (4) fr............ J Morrison (J) 5 17604 Eastwood Isabella (5) fr 6 40070 Pine Cone (6) fr........................... K Cameron 7 39x64 Pembrook Legacy (7) fr................. S McNally 8 00969 Dodgethebullet (8) fr................ M Williamson 9 x6501 It’s Me (9) fr...................................... G Smith 10 75090 Rainy River (10) fr 11 x4354 Ava Adore (11) fr..................................K Cox 12 19x06 Fletch (12) fr...................................B Orange 13 70477 Tin Roof Blues (13) fr................. C McDowell 14 85502 Classy Kid (14) fr.......................... A Lethaby 15 x659x To Ri Caitlin (15) fr........................ G O’Reilly 16 46894 Lets Hustle (16) fr.............................R Close 17 P4188 Spanna (17) fr.......................... S O’Reilly (J) 18 90690 Flamboyant (18) fr..................B Laughton (J) 19 80892 Gotta Future (19) fr............................J Dunn

12 00x06 Mini Mine Yet (23) fr................. S O’Reilly (J) 13 3134 Miss Mucho (24) fr................S Tomlinson (J) 14 51x32 Firenze Amore (25) fr................. L McKay (J) 8 4.02 PGG WRIGHTSON LTD MOBILE PACE $10,000, 3yo+ r51-r60., mobile, 2300m 1 00710 She’s A Dagg (1) fr............................S Ottley 2 80601 El Chapo (2) fr...................................R Close 3 5x354 Ultimate Rocker (3) fr.................... S McNally 4 105 Ifyousayso (4) fr............................ G O’Reilly 5 41 Mick Beth (5) fr......................... C D Thornley 6 47332 Anamajor (6) fr..............................T Williams 7 0885P The Golden Boy (7) fr....................R Holmes 8 92140 Champagneandwine (8) fr...... J Morrison (J) 9 48086 Sounds Lika Gem (9) fr..................L O’Reilly 10 86912 Lilac Star (21) fr....................... S O’Reilly (J) 11 11304 Soundslikeart (22) fr..........................J Dunn 12 170D0 Glen Elgin Tomson (23) fr..............B Orange 13 07049 Three Ideas (24) fr....................... B Hope (J) 14 x6401 Sagano (25) fr......................................K Butt 9 4.36 GARRARD’S HORSE & HOUND HORORATA CUP HCP PACE $15,000, r55+ discrhcp, stand, 3000m 1 39635 Doctor Tim (1) fr....................... S O’Reilly (J) 2 54198 Tracksarefortrains (2) fr.....................S Ottley 3 43703 Vinnie Rulz (3) fr.......................... B Hope (J) 4 45271 Johnny Eyre (4) fr................................K Butt 5 09030 Overarm (5) fr.................................T Chmiel 6 34626 The Maroon Marauder (U1) fr.. M Williamson 7 52220 Be Mine Tonight (U2) fr........................B Butt Ems: Pine Cone, Dodgethebullet, Rainy River, Tin Roof Blues 8 40945 Rah De Rah (U3) fr.....................R McIlwrick 7 3.29pm JOHN MORRISON FARRIER/YALDHURST 9 88825 Hayden’s Meddle (1) 10M................ G Smith HOTEL MBL PACE $8000, 4yo+ r40-r55. jun.d, 2300m 10 73638 Jay Tee Tyron (2) 10M........................J Dunn 1 05554 Thats Bettor (1) fr......................... B Hope (J) 11 80151 Baltimore Jack (1) 20M..................B Orange 12 34380 Queen Bee Bardon (U1) 20M 2 78976 Caesar’s Quest (2) fr 3 49707 Betstars Blue Jean (3) fr.............M Lewis (J) 10 5.08pm LONZA NZ LTD TROT $8500, 3yo+ r40-r55, 4 66403 Shezsomethinspecial (4) fr......... D Keast (J) stand, 2400m 5 61445 Already Gone (5) fr 1 67x77 BJ Lindenny (1) fr........................ K Cameron 6 24218 Madiba (6) fr 2 70347 Some Time (2) fr............................... J Smith 7 6130x Voodoo Priestess (7) fr........... J Morrison (J) 3 510P0 Grand Princess (3) fr.............S Tomlinson (J) 8 x8971 La Bella Vita (8) fr...................S Thornley (J) 4 94337 Foreigner (4) fr...................................G Hunt 9 10384 Mordecai (9) fr.......................K Tomlinson (J) 5 150 I Dream Of Jeannie (5) fr..................S Ottley 10 x8651 Ohoka Chopper (21) fr 6 95024 Rusty I Am (6) fr......................J Young-Grant 11 61358 Sonic Reign (22) fr 7 10440 Dora Explorer (7) fr.............. D D McCormick

8 45592 Jerry Garcia (8) fr...........................L O’Reilly 9 62097 Cabella Noir (9) fr..............................R Close 10 35703 Don’t Look Back (10) fr.................... G Smith 11 30x73 Sun Swinger (11) fr................. J Morrison (J) 12 79075 Bright Glow (12) fr.........................I Cameron 13 06804 One Over Dover (13) fr............ C D Thornley 14 30000 Mikemaro (U1) fr............................B Orange 15 36408 DD’s Super Stuart (U2) fr............ J Markham 16 38100 Rites Of Zhou (U3) fr............................K Cox Emergency: Bright Glow 11 5.43pm UPL NZ LTD MOBILE PACE $8500, 3yo+ r40-r50., mobile, 2300m 1 80x07 Doc Seelster (1) fr...................... R Houghton 2 32690 Szybka Lane (2) fr.........................T Williams 3 80305 Get It On (3) fr.......................... M Williamson 4 73800 Goodthingstaketime (4) fr............... G Shand 5 04020 Little Rain (5) fr........................A Mugford (J) 6 P0632 Olive Cook (6) fr.............................B Orange 7 0x500 Prince Art (7) fr..................................J Dunn 8 21x32 Luella (8) fr................................... B Hope (J) 9 95436 Canstar (9) fr...................................T Chmiel 10 50806 Glory Days (21) fr..............................D White 11 93000 Jetenara (22) fr............................. G O’Reilly 12 10000 Bettor Rock Again (23) fr........ J Morrison (J) 13 03160 Star Reactor (24) fr................ G Thornley (J) 14 10850 Sheelasinleague (U1) fr........K Tomlinson (J) SELECTIONS

Race 1: Musculature Metro, Jacks Mate, I’ve Got Attitude Race 2: Makasar Boy, Budvar Eyre, Buckskin, Myanmar Prince Race 3: Chal Be, Itz The Con Artist, Midnight In Memphis Race 4: Miss Graceful, Maharani, Silver Lady, Pearl Harbour Race 5: Baxter, Madam Sass, We’ll Meet Again, Rocknpop Race 6: Pembrook Legacy, Ava Adore, Lets Hustle, Classy Kid Race 7: Firenze Amore, Already Gone, Mini Mine Yet Race 8: Soundslikeart, Mick Beth, Champagneandwine Race 9: Jay Tee Tyron, Be Mine Tonight, Hayden’s Meddle Race 10: Sun Swinger, Jerry Garcia, I Dream Of Jeannie Race 11: Luella, Olive Cook, Star Reactor, Canstar LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

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Saturday, February 8, 2020

Ashburton Guardian 19

■■TE RAPA

Shark chasing Group One

It’s hard to believe that outstanding galloper Te Akau Shark does not have a Group One win to his name, but the striking chestnut with a cult-following is strongly favoured to put that misnomer to bed today at Te Rapa.

The Jamie Richards-trained gelding is set to commence a new campaign in the Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m), where TAB bookmakers have installed the five-year-old as a $1.70 favourite.

The lightly-tried galloper finished second in a trial behind Catalyst at Matamata last month, before an impressive solo gallop between races at Ellerslie’s Karaka Million meeting and Richards is confident he can break his Group One duck this weekend.

“He is forward enough,” Richards said.

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“The plan has been to kick him off here before we look at Sydney and it would be great if he could get that Group One for his CV before he headed over the Tasman.”

Despite the only obvious pacemaker being last-start Group One winner The Mitigator, Richards is not fazed by the potential sit-and-sprint tactics.

“I am not too concerned about that.

“From barrier 4, Opie (Bosson, jockey) has got options. The track looked a picture when we were there for the barrier draw (Wednesday) and hopefully it is going to play nice and fair.

“He is probably best suited at a mile to 2000m now, but I think 1400m fresh really suits him.”

Jockey Opie Bosson

Canterbury JC gallops Today at Riccarton Park

Canterbury Racing - Canterbury JC Venue: Riccarton Park Meeting Date: 08 Feb 2020 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 5, 6 and 7 1 12.40pm RICCARTON PARK FUNCTION CENTRE $30,000, Rating 82 Benchmark, 1400m 1 74360 Dreaming Easy tdm (7) 59......T Comignaghi 2 41611 Sharp ‘N’ Silver tdh (2) 59.............K Williams 3 x6466 Nowhere Man tdmh (3) 59 Chowdhoory (a2) 4 01645 The Growler th (1) 59.............. B Murray (a2) 5 18714 Meara Mary dmbh (4) 58................S Wynne 6 68212 I Am A Rock td (6) 58..............J Fawcett (a1) 7 x8346 Middagurd tdmh (5) 56.5....... R Mudhoo (a2) 2 1.15pm PUNTERS CHALLENGE 4 APRIL - ENTER NOW $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 2000m 1 10114 Sister Monica b (7) 59.............T Comignaghi 2 42316 Splendior (9) 58.................. C Campbell (a1) 3 33276 Pop ‘n’ Rock (10) 58........................S Wynne 4 x4040 The Lustre td (6) 57.5...................K Mudhoo 5 42151 Too Ferlaxed t (8) 57.5.......... R Mudhoo (a2) 6 06374 Head Office (3) 57.5.........M Hashizume (a3)

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“He has had a trial and a decent exhibition gallop and he is a naturally fit horse that should be ready to rock ‘n’ roll.”

Richards believes the Group Two winner that boasts placings in the Gr.1 Cox Plate and Gr.1 Epsom at his two most recent spring outings, has returned a stronger horse.

“He is certainly carrying a bit more condition,” Richards said.

“This is the first time that we have ever been able to give him a spring campaign and then bring him back for an autumn campaign.

“Each year he has sort of gone off a little bit and needed a good spell, so I guess that is one query but we are very happy with him.

7 73008 Iskander (4) 57............... K Chowdhoory (a2) 8 02618 Take The Deel (5) 57.................... R Hannam 9 22069 Lady Byron t (2) 55................. B Murray (a2) 10 08460 Producer (1) 54................................A Balloo 3 1.50 KORU CARE CHARITY DINNER - 20 MARCH OPN HANDICAP $35,000, OPN HCP, 1800m 1 70x17 Who Dares Wins tdmb (2) 62..........S Wynne 2 10401 Owen Patrick (1) 54.5......M Hashizume (a3) 3 13725 Shezatoucha tdmb (3) 54........T Comignaghi 4 5x492 Showpin tm (5) 54.........................K Williams 5 44633 Pinup Coup th (4) 54...... K Chowdhoory (a2) 4 2.25pm SPEIGHT’S $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1400m 1 17x07 Flytime t (8) 59..............................K Mudhoo 2 24551 Solomon t (4) 59.....................J Fawcett (a1) 3 31503 Clooney tb (9) 58..........................T Moseley 4 30111 Quintuple Twins d (2) 57.5......T Comignaghi 5 30441 Devious tdmh (7) 57.5.....................S Wynne 6 91743 Express Rip d (5) 57.5........ C Campbell (a1) 7 547x1 Manhattan Flame dm (10) 57.5.....K Williams

8 76854 Smiling Assassin tmh (3) 57.5Chowdhoory (a2) 9 43119 Expressive (6) 54.............M Hashizume (a3) 10 x2548 Perfidia td (1) 54.....................A Mudhoo (a4) 5 3.04pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 70923 Final Savings tdb (1) 59.5............ R Hannam 2 63426 Mediterranean Star dh (13) 59.5 Murray (a2) 3 34771 Admiral Rous td (4) 58.5...............K Williams 4 15762 Where Angels Walk td (6) 58.R Mudhoo (a2) 5 x0010 Park Ranger tdm (10) 58........B Morgenrood 6 01377 Alonzo tdh (12) 57.5.......................L Allpress 7 0x386 Swiss Eire tdh (8) 57.5... K Chowdhoory (a2) 8 94003 Far Site dmbh (7) 57....................L Callaway 9 14 Rocket Ship dh (15) 57.......... S Toolooa (a3) 10 8x020 Why Me th (3) 57.................... W Papier (a4) 11 9393x Skaaboom b (2) 56.5......................S Wynne 12 84699 Ricky Baker db (5) 56.5...................J Laking 13 x1377 Miss Tilly Winks d (11) 56....R Beeharry (a3) 14 9x304 Queen Sweep h (14) 56................K Mudhoo 15 90096 Titanium Jack tdh (9) 55.............D Prastiyou

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3.39 NZB SOUTH ISLAND SALE 17 APRIL OPEN HANDICAP $35,000, OPN HCP, 1000m 1 x1230 Sensei tdh (3) 60.5......... K Chowdhoory (a2) 2 2x718 Don Carlo td (8) 58.5....................K Williams 3 11641 Rocanto mh (9) 57.5.......................S Wynne 4 05968 Pippi Rea td (5) 56.5.................... R Hannam 5 57024 Johnny Jones t (6) 55.............T Comignaghi 6 31621 Wekaforce tdh (1) 54......................L Allpress 7 00149 Mr Typhon th (4) 54..........M Hashizume (a3) 8 47301 Black Label m (7) 54............. R Mudhoo (a2) 9 28943 Pipiana th (2) 54...................... W Papier (a4) 7 4.14pm RACECOURSE HOTEL & MOTOR LODGE $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 80232 Augustace tdh (16) 60............ S Toolooa (a3) 2 45762 All Black Magic tm (12) 59.5........ R Hannam 3 05067 Jin Lu dh (8) 59.5.................... B Murray (a2) 4 x4257 Repo Sun dm (3) 59.5.............J Fawcett (a1) 5 22221 Capodanno tdh (13) 59..................L Allpress 6 4432x Nathan Detroit h (11) 59.........B Morgenrood 7 841 Panzer tdh (15) 58.5 -

8 20233 Highly Unlikely h (5) 58.5.K Chowdhoory (a2) 9 21297 Severine th (6) 58............................S Wynne 10 470x7 Friday Knight (10) 58........................G Jogoo 11 x6180 Monash tdh (1) 58...................T Comignaghi 12 x5010 Moreira t (17) 58..........................K Kwo (a3) 13 60520 Ataahuadreamsrfree tdh (9) 57........J Laking 14 40x01 Elva h (4) 56.5....................... R Mudhoo (a2) 15 78307 Rainman db (14) 56.5...................T Moseley 16 x0099 El Campeador tdh (7) 55.............D Prastiyou 17 64030 Sure Is d (2) 54.5..........................K Mudhoo Winkers on: Alonzo (R5) SELECTIONS

8 11201 Saint Michel (1) 20M............. D Ferguson (J) 9 2D5x9 Mr Good And Evil (2) 20M............ B Mangos 10 24434 Need Luck (U1) 30M......................B Butcher 11 0D60D Gershwin (U2) 30M.......... K Marshall 12 74428 The Hulk (U3) 30M.....................S Abernethy 7 3.38pm BAYLEYS PACERS CUP HCP PACE $10,000, 3yo+ r55+ discrhcp, stand, 2700m 1 82555 Fleeting Grin (1) fr........................J Stormont 2 34151 Clifton Flutter fr............................. Scratched 3 46634 About Turn (2) fr............................ D Butcher 4 14346 Bugalugs (3) fr............................P Ferguson 5 23171 American Me (1) 10M..................A Poutama 6 x0978 Imajollywally (2) 10M.................S Abernethy 7 434x1 Mach Little Soaky (U1) 10M... L Whittaker (J) 8 62227 Young Conqueror (U2) 10M...........T Mitchell 9 11x76 Gambit (1) 20M......................... M McKendry 10 39738 Mr Kiwi (1) 30M...............................J I Dickie 8 4.12pm DUNSTAN HORSE FEEDS MOBILE PACE $8000, 3yo+ r55-r60., mobile, 2200m 1 1196x Dun It Bad (1) fr......................... C Jamieson 2 88x45 Count Landeck (2) fr..................... B Mangos 3 018x8 Anam Nunu (3) fr.........................A Poutama 4 34151 Clifton Flutter (4) fr.......................J Stormont 5 7x217 Eagle Watch (5) fr..........................T Mitchell 6 51187 Our Wicklow (6) fr......................... P Fleming

7 29437 Romanite (7) fr........................Z Meredith (J) 8 77264 Shillelagh (8) fr.......................... M McKendry 9 68151 Charlotte Royal (21) fr.................P Ferguson 9 4.46 BLACK DOG FURNITURE TROT $8000, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 2200m 1 40249 Strength Of Heart (1) fr................A Poutama 2 7000x Morgana (2) fr............................S Abernethy 3 2 Take The Monarch (3) fr...............J Stormont 4 16x Just Plain Lucky (4) fr.................... D Butcher 5 P2327 Manchester On Fire (5) fr...............Z Butcher 6 3 Queen Of Strathfield (U1) fr........ T Cameron 7 x6260 Paris Under Siege (U2) fr...............T Mitchell 8 x6830 Isaac H (U3) fr....................................D Balle 9 857x Griffins Hall (U4) fr................ D Ferguson (J)

2 F1788 Big Time Rose nwtd A &..................Williams 3 6x175 Our Greg nwtd...................................E Potts 4 78185 In Focus 21.66...............................P Cleaver 5 2511F Jinja Jay nwtd W &...........................T Steele 6 66574 Ford Man nwtd R &..............................L Udy 7 31465 Bigtime Kiowa nwtd A &...................Williams 8 55136 Snoopy’s Hero 21.44........................... D Ray Emergencies: 9 78588 Our Scarlett nwtd............................ G Farrell 10 88888 Unconscionable 21.45 R &..................L Udy 9 5.17pm MIKE STENT DECORATORS LTD STAKES C3/4, 457m 1 11321 Spring Queen 25.61...........................E Potts 2 4x788 Claretown Beau nwtd R &............N O’Regan 3 42462 Jinja Murphy nwtd W &....................T Steele 4 11224 Silenci 25.65...............................P Ferguson 5 62577 Heart Shaped Box 25.97....................B Craik 6 71154 Opawa Delight 25.97.........................B Craik 7 25336 Go Angel nwtd................................ G Farrell 8 63275 Robson 25.51..............................P Ferguson 10 5.35pm VETORA CAMBRIDGE SPRINT C1, 375m 1 312 Portland Ecklund 21.47......................B Craik 2 32685 Small Boy nwtd A &.........................Williams 3 67364 Ma Chere nwtd................................ S O’Neill 4 64284 Magic Eight Ball nwtd R &............N O’Regan 5 57544 Just Maddie 21.72.............................M Black 6 57768 Hua Hua nwtd...............................R McPhee 7 34653 My Bro Bobby nwtd..................... M Prangley

8 35835 Smash Burton nwtd R &......................L Udy Emergencies: 9 14878 Little Mermaid nwtd W &..................T Steele 10 44748 Hi Ho Tonto nwtd..............................P Green 11 5.52 AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES STAKES C1, 457m 1 64544 Opawa Nemo nwtd W &...................T Steele 2 51465 Birds Fly High nwtd.........................P Henley 3 22221 Thrilling Morris 25.63....................... K Walsh 4 54557 Fall Gracefully nwtd..................... M Prangley 5 46636 Jinja Jake nwtd W &.........................T Steele 6 75665 Peekay Shout nwtd............................J Black 7 48777 Amy Amy nwtd................................ G Farrell 8 77224 React Respond nwtd........................R Roper Emergencies: 9 68756 Boyka nwtd..................................... G Farrell 12 6.11pm FARMLANDS VIRKON STAKES C2, 457m 1 53622 Crackling Gal 26.08 U &....................Cottam 2 11162 Thrilling Murphy 25.60..................... K Walsh 3 48512 Pam Arising nwtd............................ S O’Neill 4 861x5 Lionel Keeping nwtd.......................... S Clark 5 57685 Zipping Monty nwtd.........................C Henley 6 22273 Enjoy The Perks 26.13....................P Henley 7 31333 Jinja Nice nwtd...................................E Potts 8 17112 Night Ace nwtd............................ G Pomeroy 9 24346 Kapai Tahi 25.94 R &...........................L Udy

Race 1: I Am A Rock, Sharp ‘N’ Silver, The Growler, Nowhere Man Race 2: Too Ferlaxed, The Lustre, Pop ‘n’ Rock, Sister Monica Race 3: Shezatoucha, Pinup Coup, Who Dares Wins, Showpin Race 4: Quintuple Twins, Devious, Express Rip, Solomon Race 5: Final Savings, Far Site, Mediterranean Star, Alonzo Race 6: Sensei, Wekaforce, Pippi Rea, Johnny Jones Race 7: Augustace, Capodanno, All Black Magic, Rainman

Cambridge harness Tomorrow at Cambridge Raceway

Waikato Bay Of Plenty Harness Venue: Cambridge Meeting Date: 09 Feb 2020 NZ Meeting number: 5 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.22 IRT HARNESS JEWELS TICKETS ON SALE NOW MBL PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+., 2200m 1 87095 Sheza Kamikaze (1) fr...............S Abernethy 2 Lizzie Mara (2) fr........................... D Butcher 3 x5066 Sampan (3) fr............................ T Hanara (J) 4 Optical Illusion (4) fr............... L Whittaker (J) 5 8 Ticktockpocketwatch (5) fr........... K Marshall 6 x0x70 Lucy’s Badboy (6) fr.......................T Mitchell 7 3646 Hawthornden Hunk (7) fr.............P Ferguson 8 09028 Blake (U1) fr.....................................G Gillies 2 12.54pm FEB 21ST LADIES NIGHT@CAMBRIDGE RACEWAY MBL PACE $8000, r40-r47,r48 w/c., 2200m 1 640P0 To Sir With Love (1) fr............. A Harrison (J) 2 49888 Mr Incredible (2) fr......................S Abernethy 3 00650 Drum Withers (3) fr................... M McKendry 4 60x02 Jackhammer Joe (4) fr.............. N Delany (J) 5 0x064 Better Than Most (5) fr.......... D Ferguson (J) 6 63075 Major Blink (6) fr.......................... J Robinson 7 25745 Lynton Creek (7) fr........................ D Butcher 8 x8002 Rainbow Wiri (8) fr.................... T Hanara (J) 9 49750 Allonblack (21) fr............................N Chilcott

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Waikato Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Cambridge Raceway Meeting Date: 09 Feb 2020 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 1.09pm COOKIES KITCHEN SPRINT C0, 375m 1 77844 Kapai Stewie nwtd W &....................T Steele 2 Portland Art nwtd...............................B Craik 3 24637 Dobby Who nwtd......................... M Prangley 4 84723 Forego nwtd................................ G Pomeroy 5 62F52 Firecracker nwtd A &........................Williams 6 1 Thrilling Razor 21.04........................ K Walsh 7 Clever Harper nwtd W &..................T Steele 8 67356 Kapai Chris nwtd W &......................T Steele 9 35764 Thea Who nwtd........................... M Prangley 10 67656 Xena Poppy nwtd R &..........................L Udy 2 1.42pm MAYHOUNDS RACING RETIREMENT PROJECT SPRINT C1, 375m 1 41672 Thrilling Hudson 21.13..................... K Walsh 2 23214 Agbeze nwtd.....................................M Black 3 26455 Fancy 21.71................................ M Prangley 4 27245 Bailey And Cream nwtd R &................L Udy 5 73657 Jinja Lad 21.72..............................R McPhee 6 36668 Bigtime Dean nwtd A &....................Williams 7 22874 Asserting Power 21.62.................... S O’Neill 8 72452 El Narco 21.57.................................P Green 9 15473 Big Time Ricky nwtd A &..................Williams 10 7648F Sly Cath nwtd.....................................J Black 3 2.15pm FOND FOODS LTD SPRINT C1/2, 375m

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1.27 WOODLANDS YEARLINGS-WOODLANDSSTUD.CO.NZ MBL PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+., mobile, 2200m 1 Scottish Poacher (1) fr........... L Whittaker (J) 2 36042 Manhattan Sunshine (2) fr.......... T Cameron 3 7 Sumatime Kiwi (3) fr....................P Ferguson 4 485 Class Rebel (4) fr...........................T Mitchell 5 53678 Reckon Im Smart (5) fr.................. D Butcher 6 52738 Super Actor (6) fr.........................A Poutama 7 86x2 Euphoria (7) fr............................S Rapley (J) 8 3 Panspacificjet (8) fr..................... J Robinson 9 Giddy Heights (21) fr................. M McKendry 4 2.00pm HYPEDUP.CO.NZ SP HANDICAP TROT $8000, r40-r55, w/c spechcp, stand, 2200m 1 x0098 Duchess Of Cambridge (1) fr.... M McKendry 2 00889 Stow (2) fr................................... A Drake (J) 3 38004 Mackerelli (3) fr....................K Blakemore (J) 4 77924 Rave Nation (4) fr.......................S Abernethy 5 66137 The Last Gamble (5) fr.....................D Moore 6 631 Mums Star (6) fr............................ D Butcher 7 54232 Presidential Jewel (7) fr..................J I Dickie 8 84846 Danke (8) fr..................................... G Martin 9 x9099 Topnotch Titan (U1) fr.................A Matthews 10 1P656 Savitskaya (U2) fr................................L Chin 11 16219 Aldebaran Bonny (1) 10M..............T Mitchell

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Tomorrow at Cambridge Raceway 1 51282 Pliskova nwtd.................................... S Clark 2 15787 Don Morocco 21.33........................P Cleaver 3 66611 Go Falcon 21.39 W &.......................T Steele 4 37754 Big Time Rusty nwtd A &.................Williams 5 7F648 Talkabout Izzy 21.33........................... D Ray 6 41445 Nexus 21.86.................................... G Farrell 7 32325 Digger Ace nwtd U &..........................Cottam 8 33137 Grey Way 21.72.......................... G Pomeroy 9 88888 Unconscionable 21.45 R &..................L Udy 10 78588 Our Scarlett nwtd............................ G Farrell 4 2.48pm FARMLANDS COPRICE SPRINT C1, 375m 1 47843 Opawa Big 21.44............................ G Farrell 2 57386 Go Stopper nwtd A &.......................Williams 3 26766 Afridi 22.06 W &...............................T Steele 4 F8626 Medusa Who nwtd...................... M Prangley 5 85475 Talkabout Sophie 21.54....................M Black 6 73255 Platinum Tears 21.49.......................R Roper 7 231 Portland Wonder nwtd........................B Craik 8 74377 Tamantha nwtd...................................B Bond 9 45861 Big Time Tatum nwtd A &.................Williams 10 75778 Yella Ella 21.54 R &.............................L Udy 5 3.21 GARRARDS HORSE HOUND SPRINT C4, 375m 1 84215 Pat Tama 21.35................................. S Clark 2 82676 Noah Who 21.03......................... M Prangley 3 32152 Grunt 21.20 W &..............................T Steele 4 36611 Charlow 21.38 R &.......................N O’Regan 5 76233 Keysile 21.29...............................P Ferguson 6 67153 Podium Phobia nwtd..........................B Craik

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LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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One All Black out; one All Black in As one All Black returns from injury for the Chiefs another heads to the sidelines for the Crusaders ahead of tonight’s Super Rugby clash.

Lingering knee and groin injuries for Crusaders first five-eighth Richie Mo’unga means coach Scott Robertson has rearranged his backline for the round two match.

Regular Crusaders fullback David Havili will start at first five-eighth for the first time at Super Rugby level to fill the gap left by Mo’unga, who left the field during the Crusaders opening round win over the Waratahs.

Will Jordan moves to fullback and Sevu Reece lines up on the right wing.

Despite the loss of 17-game All Black Mo’unga, the Crusaders will not be short on experience.

The Crusaders have named seven All Blacks in the run-on side, including prop Joe Moody and wing George Bridge who start for the first time this season.

Codie Taylor has been named to start this week, while captain Scott Barrett and the midfield combination of Jack Goodhue and Braydon Ennor, remain from last week’s starting team.

Forwards Tom Christie and Cullen Grace also retain their spots in the match day 23 following debuts in round one.

Chiefs coach Warren Gatland has also made some changes to his starting line-up which beat the Blues in the opening round.

All Black Damian McKenzie makes his return to the field at fullback.

McKenzie’s 2019 season was cut short by a knee injury and a tight abductor kept him out of last week’s game.

The experienced Aaron Cruden will start in the number 10 jersey and will combine with Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi at halfback.

All Black Anton Lienert-Brown will join Quinn Tupaea starting in the midfield at 12 and 13 respectively.

Following an 80-minute performance in the season opener, prop Aidan Ross will

David Havili will start in the unfamiliar position of first five for the Crusaders in the absence of Richie Mo’unga tonight. again start at loosehead alongside hooker Samisoni Taukei’aho.

Joining the pair will be All Black prop Atu Moli in the only change to the forward pack, replacing Nepo Laulala who has been side-lined with a knee injury.

The locking combination of Tyler Ardron and Mitchell Brown alongside loose forwards Lachlan Boshier and Mitchell Karpik remain unchanged as does Chiefs captain Sam Cane at number eight.

Hooker Bradley Slater will be joined by experienced Bay of Plenty prop in Ross Geldenhuys who will debut for the Chiefs.

Fellow debutant Waikato prop Ollie Norris will come off the bench for his first Super Rugby game.

Naitoa Ah Kuoi and Pita Gus Sowakula will provide loose forward cover once again in addition to All Black Brad Weber covering Tahuriorangi at halfback.

Gatland said he was looking forward to

seeing the Chiefs challenge the defending title holders.

“Last week we achieved the desired result on the scoreboard, but there were plenty of learnings for the group,” Gatland said.

“This week we need to take those learnings an implement them, ensuring we are patient with ball in hand and a nuisance when we are defending.”

The Chiefs host the Crusaders in Hamilton tonight with kickoff at 7.05pm.

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

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

9.30am - 12.30pm

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

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

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship and Communion service led

by Rev Henry Mbambo. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am

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

9.30am - 4pm ST JOHN OPPORTUNITY SHOP. Open daily from 9.30am - 4pm and

February 8, 9 & 10, 2020 ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open every Thursday and Saturday with almost 1000 different toys to choose from for hire. 106 Victoria Street, The Triangle, Ashburton.

9.30am - 1pm ST JOHN OPPORTUNITY SHOP. Open daily and on Saturday 9.30am 1pm. 129 Tancred Street.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL.

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

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

Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

10am - 12pm

VINTAGE CAR CLUB MUSEUM AND PARTS SHED. Open to the public. Maronan Road, Tinwald.

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

10.30am - 3pm

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

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

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

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

10am HAKATERE PRESBYTERIAN PARISH. Morning worship and meeting led by Rev Johanna Warren, all welcome. 127 Thomson Street, Tinwald.

10am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship and service led by Rev Eric Mattock, all welcome. Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

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

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

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

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH.

Holy Communion. Park Street.

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

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

11am - 4pm THE PLAINS RAILWAY AND HISTORICAL MUSEUM. Open day, family fun, rides, museum, crafts, displays and more. 12 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

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

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

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

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

Saturday 9.30am - 1pm. 129 Tancred Street.

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

12pm

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

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

Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton

airport, Seafield Road.

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

Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

4.30pm - 7pm

GIRLS BRIGADE. Any enquiries please phone Rachel on 0211 1226 063. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cass Street.

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

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SITUATIONS VACANT

Compliance Manager The position of Compliance Manager has become available at Mountain River Processors Ltd. We are a privately owned processing plant, specialising in venison.

The ideal applicant will have experience in the meat and/or food industry and be familiar with HACCP and quality assurance systems. A background in Health and safety would also be an advantage.

The role will involve working closely with members of staff and the MPI verification agency vets that are based on plant.

Reporting to the General Manager you will be responsible for the following: ◊ Day to day management of the Company’s Risk Management Programme, including but not limited to the following: • Carrying out scheduled monthly audits, reviews and reality checks • Customer Audits • Equipment calibration • Staff training • Licensing requirements • Testing requirements • Document control • Liaising with MPI and other regulatory authorities when required ◊ Health and safety co-ordinator role ◊ Further development and implementation of systems to ensure continued compliance with legislation and overseas market requirements ◊ Resource consent monitoring Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

If you have the skills to succeed in this role please send your CV and covering letter to: The General Manager Mountain River Processors PO Box 15, Rakaia 7743 Or email to kerry.whiting@mountainriver.co.nz

SITUATIONS VACANT

Butcher’s Assistant Do you have a passion for the meat industry?

Accounts Administrator Full time

Key duties:

Looking for an opportunity to progress.

• Making small goods • Preparing quantity and quality cuts of meat • Customer service

The Ashburton Guardian is a long standing, family owned, community newspaper that has been an integral part of the Ashburton community for over 140 years.

Do you have experience in the meat industry and an understanding in the safe food practices?

This role sits within a small, friendly, supportive team with extensive knowledge of the business and its operation.

Do you have physical stamina and strength and able to work under pressure at a fast pace with high quality output?

Are you proud of your trade and work?

- then we want to hear from you.

Shop Assistant Due to an increase in demand for Netherby Meats quality products we are now seeking someone with exceptional customer service for front of house as well as packaging and making of orders.

If you have excellent numeracy skills and can pay attention to detail we want to hear from you.

Please apply with your CV and cover letter to: info@netherbymeats.co.nz

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You will work alongside dedicated and Please phone 307 1565. No texting.

Please passionate teachers, supporting our students phone 021 027 59055. with their learning. A teacher aide qualification HIRE and/or previous teacher aide experience would GENERAL hire. Lawnmowers, MIA, Asian lady, 34D busty, be an advantage. chainsaws, concrete breakers, good service. In/out calls.

Hours of work will be 2 hours a day, 10.30am trailers, and more. All your Phone 021 046 4314.

– 12.30pm, Monday to Friday, during school DIY / party hire, call and see Ashburton U-Hire. 588 East terms.

Street. Open Monday-Friday Please submit your letter of application, 7am - 6pm; Saturday 7.30am indicating: - 5pm; Sunday 8.30am • your suitability for the position 12.30pm - Phone 308 8061 • work history to date www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz • names and contact details of two referees and include any other information you think GARAGE SALES may be relevant.

CHARITY market garage Your application can be emailed to: sale. Pakeke Lions Charitable Colin Brodie, Principal principal@lauriston.

Trust. Serving our community, helping local charities. school.nz 9am Saturday, February Applications should be received by 5pm, 29, Ashburton Racecourse Friday, February 14, 2020.

If you are looking to keep busy with variety and the opportunity to progress this could be the role for you.

Specific aspects of the role will include: • Accounts payable • Fortnightly payroll and associated HR tasks • Statutory IRD returns • Month end reconciliations We are looking for a flexible and adaptable accounts-all-rounder that stands out from the crowd! This role reports directly to the General Manager/Financial Controller.

Your skills and experience will include: • Minimum two years relevant work experience and familiarity with accounting packages • Advanced user of Microsoft Office suite • Self-managing with analytical and logical problem solving skills • Excellent oral and written communication skills To apply, please email your CV, cover letter and relevant work references to: barbara.a@theguardian.co.nz Please note only New Zealand residents will be considered for this role.

Teacher Aide

Applications close Monday, February 17, 2020.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

For all subscriber enquiries, missed deliveries, new subscriptions, temporary stops.

Please

TRADES, SERVICES

TRADES, SERVICES COMPUTER PROBLEMS??

For professional computer servicing and laser engraving, see Kelvin at KJB Systems, 4 Ascot Place. Phone 308 8989. Locally owned and serving Ashburton for 30 years. Same day service if possible.

Supergold discount card welcomed.

REGISTERED and experienced builder moving to Ashburton is looking for work. Anything considered.

Please phone 027 651 9225.

RURAL TRADING POST BUHLER farm king 10”x50’ auger with sweep hopper.

Please phone 027 286 3697.

Guardian Motoring

307 7900

FOR SALE PEA STRAW - conventional bales $6 delivered. Pea Straw - medium square bales $45 delivered. Pea Vine Hay Round bales $90 delivered.

Enquiries, please phone Andrew 020 402 33792.

Text 021 271 3399 Phone 0800 274 287 Email circulation@ theguardian.co.nz

Birthday Greetings Taylor King-Ryan Happy 12th Birthday Taylor. Have a great day tomorrow.

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

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To advertise here contact Karen on 021 309 973

Open all hours

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

CONNECTIONS

Karen Hall

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

Weekend Services

Medical ServiceS

IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY PHONE 111.

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

DUTY DOCTORS Moore Street Medical Centre, Moore Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Saturday until 8am Sunday.

Consultation will be by appointment only.

Sealy Street Medical, Sealy Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Sunday until 8am Monday. Consultation will be by appointment only.

Please bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, New Zealanders should bring some form of ID.

Methven & Rakaia Area

For weekend and emergency services please phone Methven Medical Centre on 302 8105 or Rakaia Medical Centre on 303 5002 for details on how to access the after-hours service each weekend.

Healthline is a free health advice service. It operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The toll-free number to call is 0800 611 116. Healthline is staffed by registered nurses who are trained to assess health problems and offer advice over the phone. The service is free and confidential.

Pharmacies

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

Ashburton Rest Homes

Art Gallery

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

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 308 1133.

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

Emergency Dentist

Ashburton Museum

Dog, Stock & Noise Control

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 307 7890.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm

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

Helpline ServiceS Alcoholics Anonymous

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

Mental Health - Call free on 0800 222 955.

Ask for the Crisis Team.

Safe Care - 24hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis

Support. Phone 03 364 8791

Victims Support Group

24hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846).

Direct dials to a volunteer.

Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm, outside of these hours leave a message.

Alcohol Drug Help Line

Call us free on (0800 787 797).

Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

Toll-free: 0800 353 353.

Bus Departures

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

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

coMMunity ServiceS

Ashburton Public Library

aniMal ServiceS Ashburton District Council 03 307 7700 - 24hr service.

Animal Welfare Centre

All enquiries - phone 308 4432 or 027 3329286.

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

Sunday: 1pm - 4pm.

Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter

EA Networks Centre - Pools

Veterinarians

Contact - President 021 1356 969.

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

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

Full emergency service all weekend.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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• Reel Mowers • Chainsaws • Rotary Hoes • Generators

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6am Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2 0 6:30 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Fishing And Adventure 3 0 7:30 Infomercials 0 9am Whanau Living 3 9:30 Tagata Pasifika 0 10am Pacific Island Food Revolution 0 11:05 John And Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen 12:05 A Place To Call Home PGR 3 0 1:10 Eat Well For Less 0 2:25 F Design Junkies 3 0 3:25 Sarah Beeny’s Renovate, Don’t Relocate 4:25 Embarrassing Pets Badly behaved macaw, Bruno. 0 4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Country Calendar 3 0 7:30 F The X Factor Celebrity 0 8pm L Lotto 8:05 The X Factor Celebrity 0 9:30 Manifest (Starting Today) 3 Double Episode.

In the aftermath of a devastating shooting, the Stone family are hit with the most foreboding calling yet. 0 11:20 Madoff PGR 3 (Part 1) A look into the mind of the man who pulled off one of the greatest cons in the history of investment banking. 0 1:05 Coronation Street 3 0 3:05 Infomercials

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6am Takaro Tribe 3 0 6:10 F Custard’s World 3 0 6:25 Tinpo 0 6:30 Blaze And The Monster Machines 3 0 6:55 The Insectibles 3 0 7:10 Thunderbirds Are Go! 3 0 7:30 The Amazing World Of Gumball 0 7:55 Beyblade Burst Rise 0 8:20 Ninjago 0 8:45 Justice League 0 9:10 Regular Show 0 9:30 Walk The Prank 0 9:55 The Simpsons PGR 3 0 10:55 Mike And Molly PGR 3 0 11:20 Suburgatory PGR 3 0 11:50 8 Simple Rules 3 0 12:20 Doctor Who 3 0 1:25 American Housewife 0 1:55 The Bachelorette NZ 3 0 6:05 Friends 3 0 7pm M Ballerina PG 2016 Animated Comedy. 0 8:40 M Zoolander 2 AO 2016 Comedy. Derek and Hansel are lured into modelling again, in Rome, where they find themselves the targets of a sinister conspiracy. 0 10:45 M The Wedding Ringer AO 2014 Romantic Comedy.

12:40 M Moneyball PGR 2011 Drama. Oakland A’s general manager must put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.

Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill.

3am Home Improvement 3 0 5:30 Religious Infomercials

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6am Ben 10 3 0 6:25 The Powerpuff Girls 3 0 6:50 Max Steel 3 0 7:15 Henry Danger 7:40 Legion Of Super Heroes 3 0 8:05 Teen Titans 0 8:30 Batman – The Animated Series 0 9am Samurai Jack PGR 0 10am SmackDown PGR 3 11am Raw PGR 3 Noon Ice Road Truckers PGR 3 When a small convoy goes out on the winter roads with an oversized load, the journey over almost impossible terrain will be a major test of skill for Lisa Kelly and Reno Ward. 0 1pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 3 2pm American Restoration 3 0 2:30 Football – A-League 4:30 Hot Bench 3 5pm Addicted To Fishing 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Portrait Artist Of The Year 0 7pm N America’s Got Talent 7pm Shipping Wars PGR 0 – The Champions 7:30 The Sixties PGR 3 0 Ten of the most memorable 8:30 Hellfire Heroes PGR acts from around the globe The team pry an injured man perform for the judges, and out of the wreck of a pickup four of them will advance to truck after a high-speed the next round. 0 collision, and must stop a 8:55 M Nocturnal Animals AO potentially serious disaster 2016 Thriller. An exploration after a freight train derails in of revenge and redemption the middle of town. 0 after the initial glow of love 9:30 Super Rugby – Highlanders fades away. 0 v Sharks (DLY) 0 11:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

11:10 M Creed AO 3 2015 PGR Drama. Adonis Creed wants to Clive Anderson puts a team of become a boxing legend in his comedians through a series of own right, and recruits his father’s nemesis as his trainer for an attempt games to total the points and announce a winner. at the title. Michael B Jordan, Midnight Ice Wars AO 3 Sylvester Stallone. 0 1:10 Closedown 1:45 Infomercials 3 5am Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 3 5:30 Charles Stanley 3

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

6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

MOVIES PREMIERE 7:35 Collide MVL 2016 Action.

Nicholas Hoult, Felicity Jones.

9:15 The Aftermath MVLS 2019 Drama. Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgard.

11:05 Close Up – Jennifer Lawrence PG 11:35 Rampage MVC 2018 Manifest Zoolander 2 Action. Dwayne Johnson, 9:30pm on TVNZ 1 8:40pm on TVNZ 2 Naomie Harris.

1:20 Rocketman MLSC 2019 BRAVO SKY 5 Musical. Taron Egerton, 6am World’s Wildest 10am Judge Jerry 3 Jamie Bell. 3:20 A Man Weather PGV 6:50 The 10:30 The Kelly Clarkson In A Hurry MC 2018 Simpsons Super Show 3 Drama. Fabrice Luchini, Saturday PG 9:35 World’s Leila Bekhti. 5pm State 11:30 The Kelly Clarkson Wildest Weather PGV Like Sleep 16LSC 2018 Show 3 10:35 Supernatural MVS Drama. Katherine Waterson, 12:30 Hoarders 3 11:25 Curfew MVC 12:15 The Michael Shannon.

1:30 Hoarders 3 Flash MVS 1:05 Ax Men ML 6:45 Crypto 16VLS 2019 2:30 Relative Success With 2pm SmackDown Live MVC Thriller. Beau Knapp, Tabatha 3 4:05 Main Event MV Kurt Russell. 8:30 Sicario – 3:30 Relative Success With 4:50 The Simpsons Super Day Of The Soldado 16VLSC Tabatha 3 Saturday PG 7:30 World’s 2018 Action. When cartels 4:30 The People’s Court 3 Wildest Weather PGV begin trafficking terrorists 5:30 The People’s Court 3 8:30 Counting Cars PG across the US border, a 6:30 Undercover Boss 3 9pm Ax Men ML federal agent reunites with his 7:30 Botched PGR 3 10pm Classic Classic Pawn Mexican former ally to fight 8:30 Vanderpump Rules AO Stars PG the drug war. Benicio Del Toro, 9:30 The Real Housewives 10:30 World’s Wildest Josh Brolin.

Of New Jersey AO Weather PGV 10:35 Welcome Home MVLS Frank must get to the bottom 11:20 The Simpsons PG 2018 Thriller. Aaron Paul, of David’s intentions towards 11:45 The Simpsons PG Emily Ratajkowski.

Dolores; Teresa reveals a Sunday 12:15 The Sunday 12:15 The surprising secret about Danielle Simpsons PG 12:45 The Old Man And The Gun ML and Marty; Joe Giudice receives Simpsons PG 1:15 The 2018 Drama. Robert Redford, a decision on his immigration Simpsons PG 1:45 The Sissy Spacek. 1:50 Book Of appeal.

Simpsons PG 2:10 Counting Monsters 18VLC 2018 Horror.

10:30 The Disappearance Of Cars PG 2:35 The Flash Lyndsey Craine, Lizzie Stanton.

Susan Cox Powell AO 3 MVS 3:20 Main Event MV 3:10 Do I Say I Do? PGC Sunday 4:05 Classic Classic Pawn 2017 Romance. Becca Tobin, 12:20 Infomercials 3 Stars PG 4:30 Ax Men ML Ryan Kelley. 4:40 A Man In A Hurry MC 2018 Drama.

5am Four Weddings USA 3 5:15 Chicago PD 16V

MOVIES GREATS 6:58 2 Guns 16VL 2013 Action. Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg. 8:44 Step Brothers 16LSC 2008 Comedy.

Will Ferrell, John C Reilly.

10:19 Austin Powers In Goldmember MVLS 2002 Comedy. Mike Myers, Beyonce Knowles.

11:52 Changing Lanes MVL 2002 Thriller. Ben Affleck, Samuel L Jackson, Toni Collette.

1:30 The Sapphires PGVLS 2012 Biographical Comedy. Jessica Mauboy, Deborah Mailman, Chris O’Dowd. 3:10 50/50 16LS 2011 Comedy Drama.

4:50 American Hustle ML 2013 Drama. 7:05 The Animal MS 2001 Comedy.

Edward Asner, Rob Schneider.

8:30 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot 16VLSC 2016 Biography Drama.

A war correspondent deals with culture shock and the ethics of breaking the next big story. An adaptation of journalist Kim Baker’s memoir.

Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman.

10:25 Oblivion MVS 2013 Sci-fi. Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko.

Sunday 12:26 Dogtown And Z -Boys ML 2001 Documentary. 1:55 The Sapphires PGVLS 2012 Biographical Comedy.

3:35 50/50 16LS 2011 Comedy Drama. 5:12 American Hustle ML 2013 Drama.

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

6am Nadiya’s Food Adventure 6:30 Stephen Fry In Central America 7:30 Love Nature – Animal Empires 8:30 Mysteries At The Museum 9:30 Carver Kings 10am Carver Kings 10:30 Culinary Genius 11:30 American Pickers 12:30 Building The Dream 1:30 Escape To The Chateau – DIY 2:30 Climbing The Property Ladder 3:30 Hugh’s Wild West 4:30 Healthy Food Guide 5pm Food Safari – Earth 5:30 Lonely Planet – Roads Less Travelled 6:30 Mysteries At The Museum

7pm M Turbo 2013 Comedy.

The dreams of an underdog snail go into overdrive when he attains the power of super-speed.

8:40 M The Danish Girl AO 2015 Drama. The love story of Danish artist Einar Wegener and his wife Gerda as he makes the transgender journey to becoming a woman in the 1920s.

7:30 Restoration Home Stoke Hall is a 30-room Georgian mansion whose future has been far from certain for decades as the leaking roof and widespread rot make securing the building difficult and expensive.

8:30 Antiques Roadshow 9:30 Jack Irish AO 10:30 Jack Irish AO

11pm Te Ao – Maori News 3 The latest news, with an inclusive approach to Maori news by connecting directly with communities.

11:30 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 6am Six Nations – Wales v Italy 6:30 Super Rugby – Highlanders v Sharks 8:40 L Premiership Cup – Sale Sharks v Saracens Semi-final Two. From AJ Bell Stadium, inn Barton-upon-Irwell, Salford, England. 11am Six Nations – Ireland v Scotland 11:30 Six Nations – France v England Noon Women’s Six Nations – Wales v Italy 12:30 Women’s Six Nations – Ireland v Scotland 1pm Women’s Six Nations – France v England 1:30 Thursday Kick Off 2pm Super Rugby – Highlanders v Sharks 4pm The Breakdown 5pm Thursday Kick Off 5:30 Super Rugby – Brumbies v Rebels 6pm Super Rugby – Highlanders v Sharks 6:30 L Super Rugby – Chiefs v Crusaders From FMG Stadium Waikato. 9:10 L Super Rugby – Waratahs v Blues 11:30 Super Rugby – Highlanders v Sharks Sunday Midnight Super Rugby – Chiefs v Crusaders 2am Super Rugby – Brumbies v Rebels 2:30 Super Rugby – Highlanders v Sharks 3:05 L Six Nations – Ireland v Wales 5:20 L Six Nations – Scotland v England

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

11:30 Mysteries At The Museum 12:30 Nadiya’s Food Adventure 1am Antiques Roadshow 2am Alone AO 3am 6 Robots And Us 4am Restoration Home 5am Mysteries At The Museum

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DISCOVERY

6:35 How It’s Made PG 7:05 How Do They Do It? PG 7:30 Gold Rush PG 8:20 Railroad Australia PG 9:10 Railroad Australia PG 10am Railroad Australia PG 10:50 Railroad Australia PG 11:40 Railroad Australia PG 12:30 Expedition Unknown PG Captain Kidd’s Treasure.

1:20 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG Making Hay the Kilcher Way. 2:10 River Of No Return PG Roaring Back to Life.

3pm Outback Opal Hunters PG 3:50 Homestead Rescue PG Flood, Sweat, and Tears.

4:45 Homestead Rescue PG Fury and Fire.

5:40 Homestead Rescue PG Killzone. 6:35 BattleBots PG 7:30 World’s Deadliest Weather Caught On Camera PG 8:30 Secret Space Escapes PG Solar-Panel Crisis.

9:25 Gold Rush PG 10:15 The Day I Ran China PG Grand Final.

Sunday 11:05 Undercover 12:30 ICC U19 Cricket World Cup (HLS) West Indies v Billionaire PG Million Dollar Bet. Australia.

11:55 How It’s Made PG 1:30 New Zealand v India (HLS) First ODI. Sunday 12:20 How From Seddon Park, Hamilton.

Do They Do It? PG 2:30 New Zealand v India 12:45 BattleBots PG (HLS) Second ODI. 1:35 Weather Top Tens 3:30 Women’s – White Ferns PG 2:25 Evil Lives Here v South Africa (HLS) Second MC 3:15 Web Of Lies MVLSC T20.

4:05 People Magazine 4:30 Big Bash – Hurricanes v Investigates M 4:55 The Thunder (HLS) The Eliminator.

Coroner – I Speak For The 5am Big Bash – Stars v Dead M 5:45 The 1980s – Sixers (HLS) The Qualifier.

The Deadliest Decade M 8:30 Women’s Tri Series – India v England (HLS) 9:30 Big Bash – The Eliminator (HLS) 10am Big Bash – The Qualifier (HLS) 10:30 Big Bash – The Knockout (HLS) Strikers v Thunder.

11am Big Bash – The Challenger (HLS) 11:30 South Africa v England (HLS) Second ODI. From Kingsmead in Durban, South Africa.

12:30 ICC U19 World Cup (HLS) West Indies v Australia.

1:30 Blackcaps v India (HLS) First ODI. From Seddon Park, Hamilton.

2:30 L Blackcaps v India Second ODI. From Eden Park, Auckland.

11:30 South Africa v England (HLS) Second ODI. From Kingsmead in Durban, South Africa.

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6am Extreme Road Rescue 3 0 6:50 Tiny House Nation 3 7:30 Tagata Pasifika 3 8am Praise Be 3 0 8:30 Off The Grid With Pio 0 8:55 Topp Country 3 0 9:20 F How The Other Kids Live 3 0 10:10 Islands Of The Gulf 3 0 10:35 Haka Global 3 0 11am London – 2000 Years Of History 3 0 11:55 DNA Detectives PGR 3 0 12:55 Ugly House To Lovely House 3 0 1:55 Outback Truckers PGR 3 0 2:50 Building The Ultimate 0 3:50 Serengeti 3 0 5pm The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

6am Paw Patrol 3 0 6:25 Thomas And Friends 0 6:35 New Looney Tunes 3 0 6:55 Alvinnn!!! And The Chipmunks 3 0 7:05 Masha And The Bear 3 0 7:15 Dorothy And The Wizard Of Oz 0 7:35 Elena Of Avalor 0 8am M Hoodwinked Too! Hood v Evil PGR 2011 Animated.

Voices of Hayden Panettiere, Glenn Close. 9:25 Clarence 3 0 9:35 Walk The Prank 3 0 10am Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon F Cutest Kittens Ever!

Make You LOL 0 12:55 Kevin Can Wait 0 1:25 Home And Away 3 0 4:10 The Bachelor PGR 0 6:05 The Simpsons 3 0 6:30 The Simpsons 0

7pm The Casketeers PGR 0 7:30 Seven Worlds, One Planet North America – a land of change where animals make the most of opportunities. 0 8:40 World On Fire AO Harry and Stan must take the last route out of France – Dunkirk. 0 9:55 Motorbike Cops 0 10:25 F Pure AO 0 11:15 Trauma AO 3 Dan and Susie’s relationship is failing as Dan becomes obsessed with his son’s death. 0 12:10 Vanity Fair PGR 3 Becky flies too high as she joins the ranks of lords, ladies, and kings. 0 1:10 Coronation Street PGR 3 0 3:05 Infomercials

The Block Australia 7pm on Three

BRAVO 6am How Do I Look? 3 6:45 How Do I Look? 3 7:35 How Do I Look? 3 8:20 How Do I Look? 3 9:10 Love It Or List It 3 10:05 Love It Or List It 3 10:55 Botched PGR 3 11:45 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 12:30 Hoarders 3 1:20 Hoarders 3 2:10 Hoarders 3 3pm Judge Jerry 3 3:30 Judge Jerry 3 4pm Judge Jerry 3 4:30 Judge Jerry 3 5pm Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry 3 6pm Love It Or List It – Vancouver 7pm M Little Fockers PGR 3 2010 Comedy.

Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller.

9pm M Mamma Mia PGR 3 2008 Comedy Musical.

11:30 Very Cavallari AO 12:20 Infomercials 3

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7pm The Bachelorette NZ An overseas adventure takes the boys out of their comfort zone; there is a confrontation at the cocktail party. 0 8:30 M Den Of Thieves AO 2018 Crime Action. An elite group of rogue police officers must deal with a notorious bank-robbery crew.

Gerard Butler, Pablo Schreiber. 0 11:15 M Wolf Creek 2 AO 2013 Horror. 1:05 Famous In Love PGR 3 0 1:50 Claws AO 3 0 2:40 Krypton AO 3 0 3:25 Regular Show 3 3:35 Infomercials 4:10 Religious Infomercials 4:40 Home Improvement 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

How we Eat with Simon Gault, 8:30pm on Prime

SKY 5 6am Counting Cars PG 6:25 The Flash MVS 7:10 NCIS – New Orleans MV 7:55 Main Event MV 8:45 The Amazing Race PG 9:35 The Flash MVS 10:25 Classic Classic Pawn Stars PG 10:55 NCIS – New Orleans MV 11:45 Ax Men ML 12:40 Mountain Men PG 1:30 Counting Cars PG 2pm The Amazing Race PG 3pm Raw MVC 5:45 SmackDown MVC 7:30 NCIS – New Orleans MV After a terrorist with a personal vendetta against Hannah resurfaces, she is placed in protective custody while the team search for the suspect.

8:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 9:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 10:30 Chicago PD 16V 11:25 The Amazing Race PG

Monday

12:15 SmackDown MVC 1:55 Chicago PD 16V 2:45 NCIS – New Orleans MV 3:35 The Amazing Race PG 4:25 Criminal Minds 16VS 5:10 Criminal Minds 16VS

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6am Life TV 3 6:30 Brian Houston 3 7am Charles Stanley 3 8am Life TV 3 8:30 Turning Point 3 9am R&R With Eru And K’Lee 9:30 Getaway 3 10am Sara’s Australia Unveiled 3 10:30 Sandcastles 3 11am Tasty Conversations 3 11:05 N Ainsley’s Market Menu Noon Ocean Bounty 3 0 1pm Motorsport 3 1:01 Motorsport – Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 2pm Formula E – Street Racers 2:30 Motorsport – World Speedway Championship 3:30 Motorsport – US Formula Drift 4pm Outlaw Nitro Funny Cars 4:55 Gone Fishin’ 5:25 Fish Of The Day 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Block Australia PGR Grand Final Auction.

After 13 weeks of renovating the biggest block so far, the Oslo houses go to auction, and one will take home the $100,000. 0 8:30 N Married At First Sight Australia PGR 0 10:20 Talking Married AO 10:30 M Fifty Shades Freed AO 2018 Romance. 0 12:15 Blue Bloods AO Frank must find a missing boy when a priest refuses to break the seal of confession; Danny and Baez look into the death of a socialite with a secret life.

1:15 Infomercials 3

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6am Religious Programme 6:30 Krypto The Superdog 3 0 7am Nella The Princess Knight 3 0 7:30 Religious Programme 10:30 Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v India.

11:30 Basketball – NBL Championship (HLS) Noon Fishing The Wild PGR 3 1pm Massive Engineering Mistakes PGR 3 2pm L UFC 247 Preliminaries 4pm Hot Bench 3 4:30 Rugby Nation 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Great Escapers An ex-pat run family villa opens its doors to guests; a Buckinghamshire couple who run a fine-dining gite in France are surprised by early arrivals.

7pm Storage Wars PGR 0 7:30 Secret Life Of The World’s Busiest Airport 0 8:30 How We Eat With Simon Gault 0 9:30 Uncharted With Sam Neill PGR 3 0 10:35 SmackDown PGR

11:35 60 Minutes PGR Bill Whitaker descends into the Earth for a story on gold mining in South Africa; Anderson Cooper goes to Easter Island, where the famous stone statues are fading away under the elements.

12:35 Closedown

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

6:20 State Like Sleep 16LSC 2018 Drama.

Katherine Waterson, Michael Shannon.

8:05 Crypto 16VLS 2019 Thriller. Beau Knapp, Kurt Russell. 9:50 Sicario – Day Of The Soldado 16VLSC 2018 Action. Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin. 11:55 Welcome Home MVLS 2018 Thriller.

Aaron Paul, Emily Ratajkowski.

1:35 The Old Man And The Gun ML 2018 Drama.

Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek.

3:10 Close Up – Liam Neeson PG 3:40 Me Him Her MVLSC 2015 Comedy.

Dustin Milligan, Luke Bracey.

5:20 Gangster No 1 – The Freddie Foreman Story 16C 2018 Documentary.

6:55 Teen Spirit PGL 2019 Drama. Elle Fanning, Zlatko Buric. 8:30 Brightburn 16VLC 2019 Horror. A child from another world crashlands on Earth, and instead of becoming a hero, he proves to be something far more sinister. Elizabeth Banks, Jackson A Dunn.

10:05 Adrift ML 2018 Drama.

Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin.

11:45 1985 MLC 2018 Drama. Cory Michael Smith, Virginia Madsen.

Monday 1:10 Redcon-1 18VLC 2018 Horror.

Oris Erhuero, Carlos Gallardo.

3:05 Vows Of Deceit MVC 2018 Thriller. 4:35 Me Him Her MVLSC 2015 Comedy.

7:25 The Animal MS 2001 Comedy. Edward Asner, Rob Schneider. 8:50 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot 16VLSC 2016 Biography Drama.

Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman.

10:40 Dogtown And Z -Boys ML 2001 Documentary.

12:10 8MM 18VLS 1999 Thriller. Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix. 2:10 The Next Three Days MVL 2010 Crime. Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks. 4:20 The Fifth Estate MVL 2013 Drama.

Benedict Cumberbatch.

6:25 Mission – Impossible III MV 2006 Action Adventure. Tom Cruise, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Laurence Fishburne.

8:30 Mission – Impossible: Ghost Protocol MV 2011 Action. The IMF is shut down when it is implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, leading Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organisation’s name.

Tom Cruise.

10:45 Delivery Man ML 2013 Comedy. Vince Vaughn, Cobie Smulders.

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6:30 Waiata Mai 6:40 Tamariki Haka 3 6:50 Kids’ Kai Kart 3 7am Darwin + Newts 3 7:10 Huhu – Te Tunga Rakau 7:20 He Rourou 3 7:30 Potae Pai 3 7:40 Kainga Whakapaipai 3 7:50 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 8:20 Huritua 8:30 Waka Ama Sprints 3 9am Globe 3 9:30 Swagger 10am Cam’s Kai 3 11am He Kakano 3 Noon Funny Whare – Gamesnight PGR 3 12:30 Taha Tauiwi 3 1pm Touch Rugby – National Championships 3 2pm M Turbo 2013 Comedy.

3:30 Marae Kai Masters 3 4:30 Whare Taonga AO 3 5pm Ipukarea 3 5:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6pm Waka Huia 3 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News 7pm M The Sound Of Her Guitar PGR 3 2016 Documentary.

8:30 M The Bookshop AO 2017 Drama.

10:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3

11pm Te Ao – Maori News 3 The latest news, with an inclusive approach to Maori news by connecting directly with communities.

11:30 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 8am Super Rugby – Chiefs v Crusaders (HLS) 8:50 L Women’s Six Nations – France v Italy From Stade Beaublanc, Limoges.

11:25 Super Rugby – Waratahs v Blues (HLS) 11:55 L Super Rugby – Jaguares v Hurricanes From Jose Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires.

2pm Super Rugby – Stormers v Bulls (RPL) 4pm Super Rugby – Waratahs v Blues (RPL) 6pm Super Rugby – Jaguares v Hurricanes (RPL) 8pm Rugby Nation 9pm Super Rugby – Chiefs v Crusaders (HLS) From FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton.

9:30 Super Rugby – Waratahs v Blues (HLS) From McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle.

10pm Super Rugby – Jaguares v Hurricanes (HLS) 10:30 Six Nations – Scotland v England (RPL)

Monday

12:30 Six Nations – Ireland v Wales (HLS) 1am L Women’s Six Nations – Monday Scotland v England 12:29 The Lincoln From Scotstoun Stadium, Lawyer MVLS 2011 Thriller.

Glasgow. 3:10 Six Nations Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei. 2:23 8MM 18VLS – Scotland v England (HLS) 3:50 L Six Nations – 1999 Thriller. Nicolas Cage, France v Italy Joaquin Phoenix. 4:23 The From the Stade de France, Next Three Days MVL 2010 Paris.

Crime.

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

6am Nadiya’s Food Adventure 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Leading The Way 7:30 Healthy Food Guide 8am Food Safari – Earth 8:30 Animal Park 9:30 Coastal Railways With Julie Walters 10:30 Heston’s Recipe For Romance 11:30 Gus Worland – Marathon Man PGR Noon Home Of The Year 12:30 Antiques Roadshow 1:30 Lonely Planet – Roads Less Travelled 2:30 Restoration Home 3:30 Bondi Vet 4:30 Field Trip With Curtis Stone 5pm Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam 5:30 Toy Hunter 6pm Storage Wars – New York 6:30 Road To Riches 7:30 Arabia With Levison Wood PGR 8:30 M Beyond The Reach AO 2014 Thriller. A guide’s hunting trip with a highroller in the Mojave Desert becomes a fight for survival when things go badly wrong.

Michael Douglas, Jeremy Irvine.

10:30 Toy Hunter 11pm Bondi Vet Midnight Road To Riches 1am Arabia With Levison Wood PGR 2am Alone AO 3am 6 Robots And Us 4am Gus Worland – Marathon Man PGR 4:30 Heston’s Recipe For Romance 5:30 Storage Wars – New York

SKY SPORT 2 6am Big Bash (HLS) 6:30 Big Bash (HLS) 7am Blackcaps v India (HLS) Second ODI. From Eden Park, Auckland.

8am Big Bash (RPL) 11:30 ICC U19 World Cup (HLS) Third Place Playoff – Pakistan v New Zealand.

From Willowmoore Park, Benoni.

12:30 Women’s – White Ferns v South Africa (HLS) Second T20.

From Seddon Park, Hamilton.

1:30 L Women’s – White Ferns v South Africa Third T20.

From the Basin Reserve, Wellington.

5:30 Blackcaps v India (HLS) Second ODI. From Eden Park, Auckland.

6:30 ICC U19 World Cup (HLS) Quarter-final Two – West Indies v New Zealand.

7:30 ICC U19 World Cup (HLS) Third Place Playoff – Pakistan v New Zealand.

8:45 L ICC U19 World Cup Final – India v Bangladesh.

From Senwes Park, Potchefstroom.

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DISCOVERY 6:35 How It’s Made PG 7:05 How Do They Do It? PG 7:30 Secret Space Escapes PG Solar Panel Crisis. 8:20 World’s Deadliest Weather Caught On Camera PG 9:10 BattleBots PG 10am Undercover Billionaire PG Million Dollar Bet. 10:50 Homestead Rescue PG Line of Fire.

11:40 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG Making Hay the Kilcher Way. 12:30 Outback Opal Hunters PG 1:20 Gold Rush PG 2:10 Gold Rush – Parker’s Trail PG Lethal Landslide. 3pm Gold Rush – Parker’s Trail PG Mercury Rising.

3:50 Gold Rush – Parker’s Trail PG The Monster Mine.

4:45 Gold Rush – Parker’s Trail PG Hunt for Hidden Gold.

5:40 Gold Rush – Parker’s Trail PG 6:35 Gold Rush – Parker’s Trail PG 7:30 Weather Gone Viral PG 8:30 World’s Deadliest Weather Caught On Camera PG 9:25 Masters Of Disaster PG 10:15 Incredible Engineering Blunders – Fixed PG 11:05 Undercover Billionaire PG 11:55 How It’s Made PG

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12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 Naked And Afraid XL MLC 2:25 Naked And Afraid MVL 3:15 Naked And Afraid MVL 4:05 Naked And Afraid MVL 4:55 Naked And Afraid MVL 5:45 Naked And Afraid MVL

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MACKENZIE – Scott and Catherine (née Lambie) along with big brother Flynn, are delighted to announce the arrival of Charlotte Evelyn, on January 19, 2020, weighing 8 lb 1 oz.

Special thanks to our wonderful midwife Michelle Dolan-Scott.

PAGE, David Albert – On February 6, 2020. Passed away peacefully at home, Ashburton, after a short illness. Beloved brother and brother-in-law of Minnie and Kevin (Timaru), Emily and Danny (Woodend), Jimmy and Karen (Winchester), the late Arthur, George and Sandra (Arrowtown), Henry and Fay (Hororata) and loved uncle of all his nieces and nephews. Dear friend and companion of Barbara and family. Messages to the Page family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. In lieu of flowers donations to the Ashburton Salvation Army would be much appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate David’s life will be held at our Chapel, cnr East and Cox streets, Ashburton on TUESDAY, February 11, commencing at 2.00pm.

Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

DEATHS LUCAS, Nigel David – On February 6, 2020 at Ashburton. Taken too soon by pancreatic cancer, aged 60 years. Loved by his wife Tina, and his family Kirsten and Joel Townshend, Toby, Tiffany, and Siobhan van Dyk and special Grandad to Zion, and Malachi, Madie, Lola, Amalie, and Finn. Messages to the Lucas family, c/- PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740.

Donations to the Gut Cancer Foundation would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate Nigel’s life will be held at Our Chapel, cnr East and Cox streets, Ashburton on MONDAY, February 10, commencing at 2.00pm.

Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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Fine, then scattered rain spreading N from late morning, with possible afternoon thunderstorms and hail about the foothills, clearing during the afternoon and evening and becoming fine in the S. Wind at 1000m: W 35 km/h dying out in the afternoon.

Wind at 2000m: W gale 65 km/h easing to SW 30 km/h in the afternoon.

Fine, then scattered rain spreading north from late morning as southwesterlies strengthen, with afternoon thunderstorms and hail possible about the foothills. Rain retreating inland in the afternoon, then clearing overnight.

TOMORROW Fine with light winds and sea breezes.

TOMORROW

MONDAY

FZL: Rising to above 3000m

TUESDAY

A fine day.

Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: SW 45 km/h easing to 30 km/h in the afternoon.

Fine, but some evening cloud. Light winds.

MONDAY

Fine with light winds.

WEDNESDAY

Fine with light winds.

Morning cloud, then fine spells.

Northeasterly breezes.

Fine with light winds.

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8.55 nc

Rangitata Klondyke at 3:00 pm, yesterday Waitaki Kurow at 3:03 pm, yesterday

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A ridge is moving northwards over New Zealand, which allows a cold front to move northwards over the country.

The front is weakening, and should lie from about New Plymouth to Napier at midnight tonight and dissipates as it moves over the upper North Island early tomorrow.

A ridge otherwise builds over the country tomorrow.

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SKILLING, Nisbet – Nisbet’s family wish to thank family and friends for the many expressions of sympathy, support and kindness shown to us with the sad loss of Mum. Thank you for the flowers and plants, baking, cards and donating to the Blind Foundation and to all those that travelled distances to be with us.

Special thanks to Lois Ranson, Paterson’s, and the ladies providing afternoon tea for making Mums farewell so memorable.

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KINGSBURY, Gillian (Gill) – Lynn, Celia, Vanessa and Robin appreciate on Gill’s behalf the large number who attended her funeral, especially those who travelled considerable distances.

Special appreciation to Heather McKimmie the celebrant who conducted a very personal commemoration to Gill, and those who followed, filling in a long and very involved association Gill had within many organisations, especially some individuals within pony club. Many thanks to those who gave to St John, Gills lifeline over the past few years and the district nurses. Our families are deeply appreciative of the personal visits made and the many donations of meals along with the many floral tributes that were sent.

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TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): All of life is a rhythm.

Finding yours can be quite natural, though you shouldn’t let nature dictate every move.

Don’t underestimate your power to change one that’s not working for you either.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Entrances and exits have power you can use. Decide how you want to show up. Visualise the feeling you want to create stepping into the room – and leaving it.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Are the earth, sun, moon and stars in selfless service to you? Probably not, but would it really hurt to move forward as though that were the truth? Certainly, the heavens have no agenda to oppose you.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): To like and accept yourself is the first level of being at peace. True effectiveness comes with moving up the scale. Work on being crazy about yourself? The success that rolls with this is spectacular.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): To check your ethics will be prudent, conscientious and more than most people will do. Most assume they’re right without giving a thought to the bigger picture and far-reaching consequences.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You don’t need to feel guilty, especially if someone is trying to make you feel this way in order to forward their own agenda. Relatedly, don’t be tricked into taking responsibility for someone else’s problems.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Games of chance will favour you. That doesn’t mean you should run to the casino and throw the dice, but if you have a little to risk on the whimsy of the fates you might enjoy the outcome.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Ever feel like you’re doing a bad impression of yourself? That’s social tension. To get comfortable, find the cause of discomfort. Probably, it’s a story you’re telling yourself. Or it’s your shoes.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): It’s good to be royal! Your approval makes plans roll. This isn’t true in all areas of your life. Even blood-born monarchs aren’t kings and queens of everything.

Celebrate what you rule when you do.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You’ll do instead of worrying about what to do. This is where mistakes get made – excellent. Mistakes are the proof of life. Mistakes are the foliage around the roses of success.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): The truth hurts. Though, to be fair, maybe it’s the artless way truth is often delivered that really causes the pain. You’ll have a message. Think about it, practice it, try and make it land as softly as possible.

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