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Flooding from the Rangitata River has cut off travel between Mid and South Canterbury.

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Flooding cuts off south By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.conz

The South Island has effectively been cut in half by a once-in-20-year flood that has made both bridges across the Rangitata River impassable. A total of 350mm of rain was recorded overnight Friday and through Saturday in the upper catchment of the river, having devastating consequences, causing several break-outs which flooded farms and the south branch of the river. Roads around the bridges over the river

at State Highway 1 and at Arundel were damaged, closing roads. Yesterday the Timaru District Council said they expected the bridges to remain closed for at least 36 hours as the roads were repaired, and that the crossing at Arundel would be the main focus of the initial repairs. Timaru Emergency Operations Centre Controller Justin Bagust said the district roading contractors were assembling heavy machinery at the southern approach to the road to be ready as soon as the water

levels subsided. “We’re aware of the importance of the north south link and by prioritising this route we can hopefully have a passable solution for people as soon as possible,” he said. The closures left many people stuck on either side of bridges desperate to return home. For builder Johan Peterson, who lives in Dunedin, a simple trip to Christchurch to pick up some items had turned in to a multi-night stay in the Ashburton District.

He had been parked up at the Ealing carpark on State Highway 1 since 2pm on Saturday and had camped in Hinds overnight Saturday. Peterson said he was disappointed that while a state of emergency had been declared in Timaru and information centres had been opened in Temuka and Geraldine, there was nothing available in the Ashburton District.

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■■FLOODING

Flooding cuts off south From P1 The Ashburton District Council did open an information centre at the EA Networks Centre on Sunday afternoon at 2pm. Further up the road at the Arundel crossing on route 72, people were encountering the same issues. Kelly Gould from the Geraldine Swimming Club could not get to the swimming meet in Ashburton and was stuck waiting at the bridge with swimmers. She had made a huge amount of food for the swimmers which was donated to a group of appreciative Fulton Hogan workers who were manning the road closures, at both places on the Ashburton side of the river. “Most of the people been really nice to deal with. They are upset about not being able to get south but understand it is not our fault,” Fulton Hogan’s Michael Danielson said. “The non-English speaking groups would send someone from their group that could speak at least a bit of English, failing that they would get their phones out and communicate that way.” Sitting on the side of the road was not an ideal way to spend a honeymoon for one Japanese couple who had only been married two days earlier. “My wife is still speaking to me so that is a good thing,” the man said. There was a regular sound of helicopters flying overhead with a nearby helicopter business flying consistently from one side of the bridge to the other, taking over passengers, luggage and even pets. “There are people that need to catch flights, visit family members in hospital or get to work, we are just some locals trying to help locals,” they said. They estimated they had done between 20 to 25 flights on Saturday and expected to more on the Sunday. Residents at the Rangitata Huts were asked to prepare to evacuate

Hopeful travellers chat to Fulton Hogan staff at the road closure on State Highway 1 yesterday. PHOTO HEATHER MACKENZIE 081219-HM-0271

on Saturday morning, but that never eventuated. Two residents the Guardian spoke to who asked not to be named that live by the lagoon said while they had seen the lagoon reach higher levels, water had breached around 100 metres up from the camp and had been running through nearby farmland. Internet had only been restored to the camp at around 10am on Sunday after it was cut off by the flooding. Chorus said there were faults on the network that were causing the outages, especially affecting the area around Ashburton and Geraldine. Spark battled to restore internet to a large part of the South Island after fibre cables were cut in the storm. “All Spark mobile, landline and broadband customers south of Ashburton are affected,” said a spokesperson. “However, mobile phones can still make 111 calls and we encourage people to check on neighbours who may not have access to mobile phones.” By mid-afternoon Spark were able to restore connections to

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most of their customers. Accommodation was a struggle for many cut off by the flooding, with motels around the district quickly filling up while the Hinds Fire Station turned into temporary accommodation for a family of six. Hinds Voluntary Rural Fire Force Chief Fire Officer Dave Kingsbury said they also had other families staying with members of the unit. “It is written on the badge on our shoulders that we are Fire and Emergency New Zealand and it is part of it that you are willing to help out in any emergency,” he said. “The biggest struggle was finding camp stretchers and bedding for people, most places are able to take in two adults and a child, but when you are getting up to four kids it can be difficult. “A lot of families don’t like to be split up either, especially if they have young kids.” The Government declared a medium-scale adverse event for the South Canterbury district. This means the Government has set aside up to $50,000 in funding to support farming communities significantly affected by

Floodwaters from the Rangitata River at State Highway 1 on Saturday. PHOTO TIMARU DISTRICT COUNCIL recent heavy rain and flooding. Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor said yesterday that two weeks of solid rain had resulted in severe disruption, putting tremendous pressure on our farmers and that the Government is there to support them. He added that the severe weather had affected milking and pickups, as well as causing damage to pasture, fencing, races, stock wa-

ter and irrigation systems. Officials have yet to determine the full extent of the damage, but O’Connor said he had been advised that in these circumstances, the funding provided is necessary. “Meanwhile, the West Coast received $30,000 for a flood event in May and some of that funding is still available for use. We will assess whether more is required in that area over the coming days.”

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■■ PARTY PEOPLE

The party’s over for Jo By Sue Newman

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Jo Hooper’s wardrobe is one to envy. It covers dozens of hanging rails and contains thousands of garments, some worn often, others rarely, but all are well loved and well cared for. Unlike most wardrobes this one has been cared for by her family for decades, from mother to daughter, but finally, her family is calling time on caring for other people’s clothes as Hooper hands over the reins as boss of Ashburton’s Party People clothing store. For 10 years she’s been the person who could meet every request for a fancy dress outfit, who could find a oneoff garment hidden in a dusty corner. She knows who’s hired what, when it should be returned and if it hasn’t been returned, she knows where to go looking. Add to that an earlier three-year stint in the wardrobe store and Hooper reckons it’s time to step back. “I’m here every time Party People is open and it’s my job to keep track of everything and to make sure everything is clean and ironed,” she said. She’s supported by a team of volunteers. Mum Yvonne Harrison is her righthand seamstress, mending whatever needs mending and long-time Variety Theatre wardrobe supporter Nancy Winter, at 91, still pops in regularly to do the ironing. In many ways the huge clothing store is a place of dreams and untold stories, Hooper said. Many of the garments come when

people clean out homes of elderly people and donations always bring surprises. The wardrobe’s origins go back to the earlier days of the Ashburton Operatic Society when costumes had to be created for every show. Sometimes those were made from scratch but as often they were a remake or reuse of something already in storage. Today many shows come as a complete package with costumes included that only need adjustments made to fit the cast. From the huge stocks of accumulated costumes, Party People was born and has now become a business in its own right with its huge clothing stocks in constant demand for parties and theme events. Clothing that is rarely hired is often sold and a $5 rack sits at the front of the shop. Just because she’s stepping away from running the costume hire business, Hooper admitted she won’t be bowing out completely from under the Variety Theatre umbrella. She and her mother will still be part of the wider crew. When you’ve been part of the team since 1993, when she started out as a raffle ticket seller before graduating to backstage assistant during shows and year round costume hirer, it’s difficult to walk away, Hooper said. She was recognised for her contribution at the Variety Theatre annual meeting when she was presented with a merit award.

Jo Hooper has been the keeper of Party People’s store of costumes for years, but she’s about to hand on the job to someone else. PHOTO SUE NEWMAN 051219-SN-0044

■■ ASHBURTON COLLEGE

Filling the tummies of thousands of students By Sue Newman

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Over the past 32 years Brenda Beach has provided the fuel that kept the tummies full and the minds of thousands of Ashburton College students ticking over. As manager of the school’s canteen, Beach has fed at least two generations of students their breakfast, lunch and in between snacks, hundreds have earned their pocket money working alongside her and staff have also filled their bellies from her kitchen. But come the start of the 2020 school year, Beach will on the road with husband Murray and their caravan exploring highways, byways and hidden fishing spots. Looking back over 32 years as the college’s canteen boss, Beach said she’s loved virtually every minute of the job, but it was one she almost didn’t get. “I’d been working in takeaways and I applied but missed out. I got second, but they rang me about a week later and asked me to come in for another interview,” she said. Interview over, the job was hers, but the canteen she inherited was very different to what it is today.

Brenda Beach is bowing out after 33 years running the Ashburton College canteen. PHOTO SUE NEWMAN 061219-SN-0003 Take the size of the place, Beach said. “It was like working in a little box, but we fed thousands of kids out of that box.” And the style of food back then

was low on health and high on fats, sugars and carbs, she said. “It was terrible, all fudge cake, carrot cake, cream buns and donuts. The only thing that was close to a healthy choices was a

filled roll or a ‘health’ sandwich.” She recalls making four oven tray size batches of fudge cake every day. And there were hot chips and a super-busy deep fryer. That all changed under Beach’s watch. The fryers disappeared and she and her team worked towards achieving bronze, silver and gold heartbeat wards given by the Heart Foundation to schools that met healthy food standards. Surprisingly there was little resistance from students when their food choices switched from harmful to healthy. Beach still makes concessions to the teenagers’ desire for the odd ‘bad’ food in her constantly changing menus. While there are some constants, each day there are several different items on the menu, with sausage rolls starring on Mondays and pies on Friday. On a cold day she’ll sell more than 100 sausage rolls while pie sales can top 200. The canteen is also open for breakfast with students having the option of hash browns or spaghetti toasties and a hot drink. While prices are kept as low as possible, the canteen has to make money. Beach’s philosophy is to keep healthy food at cost price

and to make her money from the unhealthier items sold at a higher price. “I know right down to the last slice of ham what it costs to make a sandwich,” she said. It’s a place where she sees hundreds of students’ faces each day; most weeks, total numbers lining up to 1600. “I hate to think how many students I’ve dealt with over the years. When I started I never imagined I’d see my children and then my grandchildren coming through. I certainly don’t want to be here when my great grandchildren are at college,” she said. Each day she has a team of students who work as her assistants – paid – and one of her regrets in leaving is that she won’t see two of those who have been with her since Year 9, complete their final year at college. As the school year runs down, Beach is now ticking the boxes on the vast stack of records she’ll pass on to her replacement. And those records are detailed – what’s sold on each day and how much of it. She has her menus by the sales windows, but ultimately what’s sold will be up to the next manager, she said.

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In brief Swept off rocks A fisherman was swept off rocks at Piha Beach but managed to have his life saved by lifeguards taking part in a training exercise. Off-duty lifeguards from United North Piha Lifeguard Service received an urgent callout to an area known as Fisherman’s Rock at 10am yesterday, after a fisherman was swept off the rocks. The man’s fishing partner threw his mate an “angel ring”, or lifebuoy, to help him stay afloat while using a radio to talk with family to alert emergency services. Two IRBs were sent to the scene where he was plucked out of the water and driven to shore for further assessment. - NZME

Hastings hit-and-run

Tayla Alexander.

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Jason Alexander, with partner Lisa Campbell, forgives the driver of the car which crashed killing one of his daughter’s and critically injuring another. PHOTO NEW ZEALAND HERALD

■■TRAGEDY

A father’s brave fight NZME The last words Jason Alexander said to both of his teenage daughters were “love you and be good tonight”. But they weren’t enough to save his eldest, Tayla. And her younger sister Sunmara is in a coma fighting for her life at Auckland’s Middlemore Hospital. On November 27, their father left the family’s Ashburton home and left to see his partner. Alexander has raised his two daughters on his own since their mother moved to Australia 11 years ago. The girls then sneaked out of the house, got into an older teenage boy’s car and headed toward Christchurch. Tayla, 17, died when the car went over a bank and burst into flames on Summit Rd, on the Port Hills, about 11pm. Sunmara, 15, was critically injured and has severe burns all over her body. Her father was told by doctors to “prepare for the worst”. “They told us Sunmara has 10 per cent chance of waking up from the coma,” Alexander told

the Herald on Sunday from the hotel he is staying in to be close to his only surviving child. “And even if she does, there is a good chance she won’t remember me or know who I am. That kills me. “She has had four operations and two brain bleeds. She has massive burns all over her body. Her pelvis was smashed and she has a dead hand from the burns. They had to cut the rest of her skin off her and what flesh was left has been replaced with artificial skin. The biggest risk is infection – there is no skin to protect her,” he said. On Saturday, Sunmara was breathing on her own. She has had four fingers removed from her left hand. Her right hand has just a thumb and one finger left. The driver of the car, whom Alexander doesn’t want to name, has not been in touch or apologised. “I have forgiven him. That’s what Tayla would have wanted because that’s who she was. It’s just the right thing to do – we all make mistakes as teenagers. I can only imagine how scared and confused he must be feeling.”

A police spokeswoman said no charges had been laid and the crash “remains under investigation”. But Alexander doesn’t want the driver to be punished. “I don’t want them to go to jail for a silly mistake, they are young, so no. He is already going to have to deal with this for the rest of his life.” But he has a simple message to teenage drivers this Christmas: “Don’t speed, there is no point. Speed was the main cause of the accident. It was just boys showing off to two pretty girls – it can happen so quick. “Twelve days ago everything was fine. Our lives got completely ripped upside down. Tayla wouldn’t want me to break and Sunmara doesn’t need me to break down either.” He wants to thank the teenagers who were the first to help at the crash site and acknowledges the courage of the firefighters who ran towards the burning car. “They are the heroes.” Alexander has returned to Auckland after saying goodbye to Tayla at her funeral in Ashburton on Thursday. But he hasn’t had

any time to grieve. He has left his home, jobs and pets to be with Sunmara but is realistic about the possibility he could lose her too. “It’s really tough, it’s horrible, I can’t sleep – they were my life. Sunmara is still fighting so I will keep fighting. I will stay here until I bring her home.” A Givealittle page has been set up for Alexander. He said the sisters were extremely close but had different personalities. Tayla, who was studying art, was a “kind and gentle soul”, who put others before herself, Jason said. “She wanted to be a psychologist to help people. She was very strong, caring and loving.” Her younger sister, still at Ashburton College, is a “ratbag in a good way”. “She is fun-loving and full of energy. She would wag school and get caught because she would call Pizza Hut and get it delivered to the domain across the road from school. Her goal was to make lots of money. She had just started working at Countdown,” Jason said.

Family of Malaysian crash victims arrive in Chch NZME Family members of three Malaysian tourists who died in a road crash north of Kaikoura have to face the difficult decision of whether to turn off life support for a fourth victim. The Malaysian family of five had been on holiday when a truck collided with their car on State Highway 1 around 3.15pm on Friday, killing the mother, a family medicine specialist, her husband and their middle

daughter. Their youngest daughter, believed to be around 12, was taken to Wellington Hospital and the eldest, 15, is in Christchurch Hospital where she is on life support. Sam Yau, President of Canterbury Malaysian Association, who visited the 15-year-old on Saturday said five members of the family have arrived from Malaysia yesterday “with difficult decisions to make”. “They will be meeting doctors to decide whether to turn off life

support and also with other authorities to discuss burial plans,” Yau said. The family, from Sabah in East Malaysia, had been in New Zealand since December 2 and was believed to be driving towards Christchurch to visit the mosque where 51 people were shot dead in March when the accident happened. The accident led to the closure of both sides of the main South Island highway. Two Kaikoura fire crews used

cutting equipment to free the surviving passengers and remove the bodies from the car. Three of them died at the scene, while the two girls were flown via rescue helicopter to Wellington and Christchurch Hospitals. Yau said he did not know the condition of the critically-injured girl in Wellington Hospital. “The family members have made a request to have them buried here in Christchurch,” Yau said. - NZME

A man who pushed a toddler in a pram to safety before being hit by a car remains critically in Hawke’s Bay Hospital. The driver of an older model Mazda 323 crossed onto the wrong side of Hastings’ Maraekakaho Rd just after 9.30am on Saturday, before ploughing into a group of people – including a toddler in a pram on the footpath. A man, in his 50s, managed to push the pram out of harm’s way, however he was himself critically injured. The car sped off and was last seen by witnesses travelling south down Marekakaho Rd. A woman, believed to be the mother, has since commented on social media that police have since found the offending driver after his vehicle crashed into a ditch in Flaxmere. However, police confirmed they have found a car believed to be involved but are still seeking the driver who remains on the run. - NZME

Homicide probe A homicide probe has been launched after missing West Coast mother-of-three Barbara Quinn was found dead on Saturday. Quinn, 41, was reported missing on Friday night after reportedly going home for lunch. She was found in a car in rural Greymouth about 2.30pm on Saturday. Police found a man nearby with moderate injuries. He has been taken to Grey Base Hospital in Greymouth where he remains under police guard. - NZME

War on plastic Polystyrene meat trays, cups and takeaway food containers are the next targets in the battle to phase out single-use plastics, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced yesterday. “Our ban on plastic bags has already made a difference as we confront our enormous long-term challenge to tackle plastic waste,” Ardern said. She announced the plan to phase out polystyrene containers in conjunction with the release of a report for dealing with waste. She welcomed the Rethinking Plastics in Aotearoa New Zealand report, released by her Chief Science Adviser Prof Juliet Gerrard. - NZME

Lotto results Official Lotto results for draw number 1914 drawn on Saturday. Winning numbers (in ascending order): 6, 9, 23, 25, 26, 27. Bonus number: 39. Powerball winning number: 8. Strike: 6, 26, 27, 25.

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■■CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL

Mid Canterbury key to helipad Mid Cantabrians’ generosity is being heralded as key contributors to a new helipad which was unveiled at Christchurch Hospital on Thursday. A total of $2 million was raised by the Maia Health Foundation to build an upgraded helipad at the new Christchurch Hospital Hagley building, with 45 per cent of all donations coming from Mid Canterbury. Maia launched the fundraising goal in early 2018 with its 13-minute campaign which saw just over $500,000 raised in six weeks, which was then dollar matched by the Rata Foundation, up to $500,000. Thirteen minutes is the average time it takes to transfer a patient from the existing helipad in Hagley Park to Christchurch Hospital. Maia Health Foundation Chief Executive Michael Flatman said the success of the 13-minute campaign was largely due to the support Maia received from the Mid Canterbury community, with 14 per cent of the donors to the 13-minute campaign coming from Mid Canterbury, giving 45 per cent of all donations received. “We couldn’t have done it with-

continued, with a further $1 million raised through community fundraising, events and significant grants from organisations such as Canterbury Orthopaedic Services, Mackenzie Charitable Foundation and Advance Ashburton. Individuals and families also made donations. Construction of the rooftop helipad is now complete and ready to become operational as soon as the new hospital opens. “We wanted to take the helipad from good to great. It was a bold goal but together, we’ve done it. It’s an incredible achievement and tonight we are recognising and celebrating that,” Flatman said. Through the funding, the future-proofed helipad is 30 per cent bigger than initially planned, meaning two helicopters can access the helipad at the same time, enabling long-range aircraft to land and extending coverage across most of the South Island. Upgraded helipad systems will ensure it’s configured to cope with adverse weather conditions. One of the most significant improvements is the building of a

The new H145 of GCH Aviation will be one of the helicopters making use of the new helipad at Christchurch Hospital once it is in use. PHOTO SUPPLIED Initial plans for the Christchurch Hospital redevelopment included a single rooftop helipad. This design only catered to a limited-sized aircraft and would have forced larger, long-range aircraft to continue landing in Hagley Park. With just over $1 million in the bank, the Maia fundraising drive

out the unwavering support of the Mid Canterbury community. The Mid Canterbury people shared our vision for a future-proofed helipad and immediately put their hand up to help. Together they gave more than $244,000 to our 13-minute campaign. The support from Mid Canterbury is nothing short of amazing,” he said.

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Fire kills at least 34 AP At least 34 people died yesterday in a major fire that broke out in a building in a grains market in central New Delhi, a doctor in a government-run hospital said. Dr Kishore Singh said the victims were brought to the hospital by rescuers. Another 15 people were being treated for burns or smoke inhalation. They are in stable condition, Singh said. The cause of

the fire is being investigated. Fire Services chief Atul Garg said the blaze was put out by 25 fire trucks and the rescue operation completed. He said that 56 people had been moved out of the area. The fire broke out around 5.30am. Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the fire as “extremely horrific”. “My thoughts are with those who lost their loved ones. Wishing the injured a quick recovery,” Modi tweeted. Authorities

are providing all possible assistance at the site of the tragedy, he said. Fires are common in India, where building laws and safety norms are often flouted by builders and residents. In 1997, a fire in a movie theatre in New Delhi had killed 59 people. In February this year, 17 people were killed by a fire in a six-storey hotel, also in the Indian capital that started in an unauthorised rooftop kitchen.

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All Black’s Chch wedding All Black Richie Mo’unga, 25, said “I do” to long-term partner Sophie Vieceli in a ceremony in Christchurch at the weekend. The first five eight and Vieceli wed at St Andrew’s College Chapel, where Mo’unga attended school from 2009 to 2012. While the newlyweds have been relatively quiet on social media lately, wedding guests have shared their congratulations for the couple. Several of Mo’unga’s Crusaders team-mates are said to have joined in the celebrations. - NZME

AP An assailant opened fire at the weekend at Naval Air Station Pensacola, leaving three people dead and several others injured before Florida sheriff’s deputies shot and killed him in the second deadly shooting at a naval base last week. The gunman was a military pilot from Saudi Arabia training in the United States, according to a senior US official. Authorities have said little else about the shooting, or their investigation into the deadly attack, reports The Washington Post. It was unclear whether the three deceased victims were service members or civilians, said Lt. Cmdr. Megan Isaac, a Navy spokeswoman. Multiple people were taken to hospitals, including two Escambia County sheriff’s deputies who are expected to survive, Chief Deputy Chip Simmons said during a news conference. Reports of an active shooting inside an air station classroom came in early in the morning, drawing a major law enforcement response in the Florida Panhandle city. The base was placed on lockdown, the Navy said, with its gates secured. After about an hour, the sheriff’s office took to Facebook with an announcement: “There is no longer an active shooter on NAS Pensacola. The shooter is confirmed dead.” The incident shook a community whose identity is deeply entwined with the base, with many residents either employed there or tied to the industry that sprawls alongside Pensacola Bay. The number of personnel assigned there is almost half the population of the city itself. As the military facility’s gates remained closed at the weekend, authorities stressed that they are in the beginning stages of their investigation. During the news conference, they said they did not want to comment on the identity of the shooter, including whether he or she had business on the base. They would not disclose the type of weapon used. NAS Commanding Officer Captain Timothy Kinsella also declined to specify which classroom had been targeted, saying he did not want to cause alarm to families of air station employees who were still in the process of being notified. Baptist Health Care said it had admitted eight patients from the shooting but could not yet report on their conditions. “Our teams are treating patients and we are working with Navy personnel to communicate with family members,” the hospital said in a statement. Naval Air Station Pensacola, which hosts 16,000 military personnel and more than

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Police cars escort an ambulance after a shooter open fire inside the Pensacola Air Base in Pensacola, Florida. PHOTO AP 7000 civilians, is known as the “cradle of Naval aviation.” It’s home to the Navy’s Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron and is the first stop for training to become Naval pilots or flight officers. The air station schoolhouse also trains pilots from partner militaries around the world. Base security and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service are investigating, the Navy said in a statement, adding that victims’ names “will not be released until the next of kin have been notified.” Republican Governor Ron DeSantis said on Twitter that the state’s emergency management agency had deployed an official “to coordinate mental health resources for families impacted by this tragic shooting.” President Donald Trump said in a tweet that he had received a briefing on the incident and spoken with the governor. “My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families during this difficult time,” he wrote. “We are continuing to monitor the situation as the investigation is ongoing.” In Pensacola, officials called it a tragic day for the community, underscoring the close relationship between the city and the air station. “For 200 years, they have been a part of the city of Pensacola. We’re a military town,” Mayor Grover Robinson said during the news conference. “Our hearts and prayers are connected to all those who serve us every day. Cer-

tainly the expectation that this would happen here are home was unexpected.” Jana Lormer, who is renovating her grandmother’s home directly across the bayou from the base, comes from a long line of service members – like many in the neighbourhood. She said the area’s usual sense of quietude had been shattered. “I woke up and opened my texts to all of these messages and then looked across the water to see all the ambulances on the bridge,” she said. “It was too close for comfort.” That sense of shock was echoed by Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan, himself a former service member. “You just don’t expect this to happen at home,” he said. “This doesn’t happen in Escambia County. This doesn’t happen in Pensacola. This doesn’t happen to our friends and neighbors who are members of the United States Navy. But it did. And it has. And so for now, we’re here to pick up the pieces.” The shooting in Florida came just two days after a gunman opened fire at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam near Honolulu, killing two and injuring a third before shooting and killing himself. The shooter in that incident was identified as an active-duty US Navy sailor and his three victims as civilian Defense Department employees working on the base’s shipyard.

He found fame in Jurassic Park and later Hunt for the Wilderpeople but Kiwi star Sam Neill could have been known as the world’s most famous spy: James Bond – except he didn’t want the role. Speaking to ABC News, Neill revealed that his agent at the time “shoved” him into a “really embarrassing test”. “It was one of the most mortifying times of my life, because I really didn’t want to play James Bond.” This was in the mid 80s, when Roger Moore had signed off from the franchise with A View To A Kill, his seventh Bond role. At the time Neill had starred alongside Mel Gibson in Attack Force Z and The Final Conflict – a sequel to cult classic The Omen. Despite his reservations about being the next Bond, Neill did audition for the role. - NZME

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Monopoly with real money John Travolta plays Monopoly with real money. The Grease legend — who has children Ella Bleu, 19, and Benjamin, nine, with his wife Kelly Preston — has revealed he and his family like to play the classic trading board game with real dollar notes. Appearing on The Late Late Show with James Corden, the 65-yearold Hollywood legend — who is said to have a net worth of $200 million ($305m NZ) — chimed in with the revelation after couple Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Sam Taylor-Johnson revealed they get competitive over the game at Christmas. - AP

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It was an enchanting Christmas card picture, with an angel, a dove and a star, that inspired Angie Mole on an artistic and religious journey. The Ashburton artist found the card some years ago, and resolved to reinterpret it as a painting. “The initial idea was to then print my own Christmas cards. I began work on Trinity.” That seed of inspiration grew into something much bigger, and now Trinity is the eighth and final painting of a narrative series, which she has named The Message Project. She first exhibited the series, based on the Christmas and the creation story, in 2015 at the Cardboard Cathedral. And since returning to Ashburton recently, she is now preparing to exhibit it at her parish of St Stephen’s Anglican Church. The Message Project will open tomorrow, and run Tuesdays to Saturdays for the two weeks leading up to Christmas, 10am to 4pm. As the exhibition is in the church, there may be times that access will not be possible due to funerals. Mole is from Christchurch originally and has been painting and exhibiting in Canterbury since 2006. She completed a Diploma in Painting in 2011 and has served Arts Canterbury as an executive member for a number of years. She aims to paint with a spiritual focus and is inspired by her strong Christian beliefs.

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“Focus on the beauty which remains in abundance in this world, then you will know peace” is the phrase she cites as her artistic brief. She works mainly in acrylic and watercolours in a smooth, sleek semi-abstract style, incorporating subtle collage elements. She said her religious work is often inspired

by dreams and poems, sometimes triggering the painting or emerging in parallel with the painting process. For the Message Project she had felt God had had a hand in its creation. “I sometimes look at this and think ‘Did I paint this?’, you could never replicate it,” she said.

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ARTS DIARY ■■ December 10 – Artist Angie Mole’s Painted Christmas exhibition at St Stephen’s Anglican Church, Park Street, 10am to 4pm Tuesday to Saturday, to December 21. ■■ December 13 – Movie Night, Baring Square East, from 6pm9.30pm. Get the family together for a special outdoor screening of the 2003 Christmas classic, Elf starring Will Ferrell. ■■ December 20 – I Belong by Valeria Sobredo, book signing and discussion about the issues portrayed in this book, Ashburton Trust Event Centre 5.30pm to 7.30pm, free. ■■ To January 10 – Debbie Lambert’s exhibition Nature Revealed at the Ashburton Art Gallery. ■■ January 13 – Big Little Theatre Company Summer Theatre School, based at Trott’s Garden, 10am to 4pm each day. ■■ January 17 – Celebrating 20 Years, Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School, performances through to January January 19. ■■ To February 20 – David Rickard’s exhibition Echoes from the Sound Barrier at the Ashburton Art Gallery. ■■ To March 8 – Drawn to Sound exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

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s the great Fred Dagg once sang, we don’t know how lucky we are, but thanks to extreme weather over the weekend, it has got me thinking ‘we don’t know how isolated we are’ could be a more fitting line. A one-in-20-year flood in the Rangitata River has effectively left the South Island sliced in two, and while damage is minimal in the Ashburton District from the flooding, there are still plenty of people waking up here today that would much rather be on the other side of the river. Be that at home with their families, heading to work or evening attending weddings, life has stopped for hundreds if not thousands of people. For nearly all of the days of the year the two bridges across do a great job, allowing people to

travel freely along the length of country, something we probably don’t appreciate enough. Every once in a while something happens and a bridge needs to be closed and there is a short detour to use the other bridge, nothing major. And very rarely we see situations like this weekend with people isolated, food deliveries unable to get through and internet and phone lines knocked out.

Having an extra bridge probably doesn’t solve any of the problems faced this weekend, the river flooded along its length, doing some serious damage to roads and especially rail lines. Assessors from the New Zealand Transport Agency and the Timaru District Council will hopefully this morning be able to make their assessments on what needs to be done to get these vital links back up and running. The Arundel Bridge is their main focus, with drone footage showing sections of the road being washed out or the surface of the road simply washed away. Not much seems to be known yet about State Highway 1, where massive amounts of water have flowed through the traditionally dry south branch. Hopefully they can be repaired

quickly and won’t create too many headaches in the lead-up to Christmas. The Timaru District Council were quick to act on Saturday, declaring a state of emergency and setting up information sites in the two largest towns near to the river, Temuka and Geraldine. They have posted regularly on social media and have responded to just about every comment. Unfortunately the Ashburton District Council appears to have possibly been a step behind. While a state of emergency might not have been needed to evacuate people from areas affected by flooding, there are still hundreds of people on this side of the river impacted by this. Chatting to people at the closures at State Highway 1 and Arundel, the biggest gripe I was

hearing about the situation was a lack of information being passed out. Many of these people’s phones had long run out of battery, unprepared for their extended stays in the district, and had no way of finding out any further information. Fulton Hogan staff did the best they could to pass on information, but they are simply contractors charged with closing the road and making sure people don’t get through, not providing civil emergency advice. An information centre was set up at the EA Networks Centre at 2pm yesterday, but not seeing any staff out at the road closures passing on information about how long the roads were expected to be closed was disappointing.

In 2013, scientists revealed that NASA’s Curiosity rover had uncovered signs of an ancient freshwater lake on Mars. Ten years ago: Five young American Muslims were arrested in Pakistan over possible links to terrorism. Five years ago: US Senate investigators concluded the United States had brutalised scores of terror suspects with interrogation tactics that turned secret CIA prisons into chambers of suffering and did nothing to make Americans safer after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

One year ago: Melvin Dummar, the former Utah gas station owner who claimed that billionaire Howard Hughes had left him $156 million for rescuing him on a desert road, died in Nevada at the age of 74; courts had determined that he lied, and that the will in which he was named as a beneficiary was a fake. Today’s birthdays: Actor Kirk Douglas is 103. Actor-writer Buck Henry is 89. Actress Dame Judi Dench is 85. Actor Beau Bridges is 78. Comedian-songwriter Neil Innes is 75. Actor Michael Nouri is 74. Singer Joan Armatrading

is 69. Actor Michael Dorn is 67. Actor John Malkovich is 66. Country singer Sylvia is 63. Singer Donny Osmond is 62. Rock musician Nick Seymour is 61. Comedian Mario Cantone is 60. Actor David Anthony Higgins is 58. Actor Joe Lando is 58. Actress Felicity Huffman is 57. Empress Masako of Japan is 56. Country musician Jerry Hughes is 54. Rock singer-musician Thomas Flowers is 52. Rock musician Brian Bell is 51. Rock singermusician Jakob Dylan is 50. Country musician Brian Hayes is 50. Actress Allison Smith is 50.

Songwriter and former American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi is 49. Country singer David Kersh is 49. Actress Reiko Aylesworth is 47. Rock musician Tre Cool is 47. Rapper Canibus is 45. Actor Kevin Daniels is 43. Actor-writerdirector Mark Duplass is 43. Rock musician Eric Zamora is 43. Thought for today: “The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. The mystery which surrounds a thinking machine already surrounds a thinking man.” — B.F. Skinner, American behaviourist (1904-1990). - AP

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, December 9, the 343rd day of 2019. There are 22 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in hstory: On December 9, 1990, Solidarity founder Lech Walesa won Poland’s presidential run-off by a landslide. On this date: In 1867, the first passengers traverse Lyttelton rail tunnel. After 6½ years of construction, it took just 6½ minutes for the first trainload of passengers to speed through the 2.6-km tunnel linking the Canterbury plains to the port of Lyttelton. In 1911, an explosion inside the Cross Mountain coal mine near Briceville, Tennessee, killed 84 workers. (Five were rescued.) In 1940, British troops opened their first major offensive in North Africa during World War Two. In 1958, the anti-communist John Birch Society was formed in Indianapolis. In 1960, the Domino’s Pizza chain had its beginnings as brothers Tom and James Monaghan started operating a pizzeria in Ypsilanti, Michigan. In 1962, the Petrified Forest in Arizona was designated a national park. In 1975, President Gerald R. Ford signed a $2.3 billion seasonal loan-authorisation that officials of New York City and State said would prevent a city default. In 1984, the five-day-old hijacking of a Kuwaiti jetliner that claimed the lives of two Americans ended as Iranian security men seized control of the plane, which was parked at Tehran airport. In 1987, the first Palestinian intefadeh, or uprising, began as riots broke out in Gaza and spread to the West Bank, triggering a strong Israeli response. In 1992, Britain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana announced their separation. (The couple’s divorce became final in August 1996.)

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Bako National Park’s towering sandstone cliffs grip your attention, their eroded edges resembling a swirl of intense colours, patterns and beguiling sculptural forms.

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arawak brims with some wondrous wildlife experiences, headlined by the chance to commune with the highly endangered orangutan. But before ogling our close cousins in their natural environment, as evidenced by 97 per cent of our DNA, my worldly guide Tony escorted me to the jungle-greens and butter-coloured beaches of Bako National

After getting his fill of Sarawak’s culinary and cultural delights in Kuching, Mike Yardley was hankering to hit the trails for some wild forest encounters. Park. Just 45 minutes’ drive from Kuching, this is Sarawak’s oldest national park, established as such in 1957, offering a compelling introduction into Sarawak’s natural soul. Perched on the northern top of

the Muara Tebas peninsula, entering the park entails a speedboat ride from the rickety jetty of Bako village, roaring up the Bako River, past equally rickety stilt houses and traditional fishing stands, jutting out of the river.

My speed-demon driver blasted us through the murky waters, which are infested by some of Borneo’s less-hospitable inhabitants: salt-water crocodiles.

My speed-demon driver was like the Lewis Hamilton of speedboating, blasting us through the murky waters, which are infested by some of Borneo’s less-hospitable inhabitants: salt-water crocodiles. Sliding around a bend in the river, the park’s towering sandstone cliffs gripped my attention, their eroded edges resembling a swirl of intense colours, patterns and beguiling sculptural forms. We pulled in just off the beach, we jumped off the boat into the warm sea water and waded onto shore, navigating bearded pigs (wild boar) and scampering hermit crabs on the foreshore. Before the day’s heat peaked, Tony and I launched ourselves at the abundant network of walking trails, lacing the park, plumping for a 1km trek to Telok Paku. There are 16 dedicated trails of various lengths, but even a short and sweet one-hour jaunt immerses you in Bako’s staggering biodiversity and vegetation, spanning mangroves, kerangas (heath-forest), scrub-like padang vegetation, dipterocarp forest and delicate cliff vegetation. But the signature experience is trekking through the verdant rainforest and jungle carpet, clambering up the twisting and gnarled ancient tree roots that form fairytale staircases, spilling

you out onto unspoilt bays, coves and beaches of white and butter-coloured sand, flanked by limestone and sandstone cliffs. I marvelled over the strangling fig trees, artful orchids and carnivorous pitcher plants, all part of this bewitching, living, breathing eco-system. The wildlife is astounding. I hadn’t even noticed it, but eagle-eyed Tony pointed out to me a lime-green wagler pit viper, sunbathing on a plant, as I blithely breezed by. When they bite, they turn blue. I took Tony’s word for that. Potentially fatal, you have roughly three hours to get anti-venom at the hospital to survive their bite. Long-tailed macaque monkeys are considered the local mafia, because of their fearless persistence, hassling visitors for food. They’re full of mischief. Don’t feed them – they will mug you for all you’ve got. In contrast to those crazy kids, the silvered langurs (leaf monkeys) were also ever-present, crashing through the canopy, playfully lolloping from tree to tree, contentedly chomping on leaves. A visual delight. I sized up flying lemurs, monitor lizards and a rainbow of fluttering birdlife including the white-bellied Woodpecker, Asian Fairy Bluebird and Stork-billed Kingfisher.

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Getting to Bako National Park entails a speedboat ride from the rickety jetty of Bako village. Adding to the forest soundtrack was a cricket that alerted all forest dwellers to passing humans, with a long and screeching cry that could have doubled for my car alarm. But the real stars of the show in Bako are the proboscis monkeys. Found only in Borneo, several hundred of these rare monkeys call the park home. The male is a particularly odd-looking creature, with an enormous pendulous nose and a large pot-belly. It’s an awe-inspiring rainforest, where one moment you are deep in the jungle before you are suddenly blinded by the sunlight, piercing through the swaying palms fringing a pristine beach. Depending on how far you walk, Telok Pandan Kecil is the most lustrous stretch of secluded white-sand beach, backed by a shelf-like rocky headland, creating a seraphic vista. Then there are the whimsical and imagination-stirring sea stacks of sandstone, thrusting out of the South China Sea, just off the shoreline.

Assuming all manner of wondrous formations, there’s the stone serpent and the monster’s head amid the plethora of naturally-sculpted shapes. Bako National Park is a revelation, nature on a sweeping canvas, elemental and extraordinary. Think Borneo and you may well think orangutan. It was a runaway thrill to commune with these incredibly intelligent primates, endemic to Borneo and Sumatra. Highly endangered due to habitat destruction and illegal trading, Sarawak has made great strides to dramatically turn the tables on the orangutans’ fortunes. The last untouched orangutan habitats have been cloaked in protection and for the past 30 years, wildlife rehabilitation centres near Kuching have nurtured orphaned and illegally captured orangutans. Matang and Semenggoh are both within an hour of Kuching and I paid a visit to the latter. Semenggoh’s dedicated conser-

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Highly endangered due to habitat destruction and illegal trading, Sarawak has made great strides to dramatically turn the tables on the orangutans’ fortunes.

vation efforts are bearing fruit, with a very healthy population of adolescent and adult orangutans now breeding in the wild of the surrounding forest. The rehabbed animals roam freely in the rainforest after being trained to fend for themselves in the wild. Twice a day, the rangers conduct a brief feeding session, in which some of the primates return to the viewing platform for a free feed. Nothing is more heart-warming than admiring an orangutan mother with a young baby, which was the highlight for me. The viewing sessions are like nature’s own circus act, but they are very brief, so as not to compromise the park’s sterling endeavours to return the primates to self-sufficiency in the wild. They are doing God’s work, helping nature overcome man’s destructive and expedient excesses. Compellingly entertaining, illuminating and reaffirming, a visit to Semenggoh or Matang will linger long in your memories.

Probiscus monkey at Bako National Park.

Langur monkey at Bako National Park.

Wildlife rehabilitation centres near Kuching such as this one at Semenggoh have nurtured orphaned and illegally captured orangutans.

Long-tailed-macaque at Bako National Park.

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Adams inspires stunning victory AP The Thunder had found multiple ways to lose close games this season. Not this time. Chris Paul scored a season-high 30 points and Oklahoma City pulled off an improbable 139-127 overtime victory over the Timberwolves yesterday. With Minnesota ahead 121-119 and 1.1 seconds remaining in regulation, Oklahoma City fouled Karl-Anthony Towns. He missed a free throw, then Minnesota was issued a technical foul for a delay of game because Jordan Bell did not have his jersey tucked in when he subbed in. It was a technical because the Timberwolves had been called for delay of game late in the third quarter, and a technical is given on a second delay of game. Danilo Gallinari made the technical free throw for Oklahoma City, then Towns shot his second free throw at the other end. He made it, putting Minnesota up two but giving Oklahoma City a chance at a throw-in. The Thunder would have had to scramble if Towns had missed because they were out of timeouts. Steven Adams took advantage of the unexpected opportunity and completed a nearly length-ofthe-court pass to Dennis Schroder, who made a layup as time expired to force overtime. It left the Thunder celebrating and the Timberwolves stunned. “I ain’t ever been part of something like that,” Towns said. “I’ve been a part of a lot of basketball games in my life, but I’ve never seen something like that happen … just the execution of everything going down.” Bell was in no mood to discuss it after the game. He walked past a group of reporters and said, “I’ll save my money.” Towns said he was trying to miss the second free throw, but that – and everything else – went haywire in that final sequence during regulation. Oklahoma City was prepared. “We actually practiced that specific situation a lot in practice, and to see it pay off is good,” sad Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who scored 29 points. Oklahoma City outscored the Timberwolves 17-5 in the extra period. “We knew once we made the shot, we had a lot more work to do, and we were willing to do whatever it took to win,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. Schroder scored 25 points, Adams had 22 points and 11 re-

Kiwi star Steven Adams (right) played a massive part in Oklahoma City’s win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. bounds, and Gallinari scored 21 points for the Thunder. Jeff Teague scored a season-high 32 points, and Towns added 30 for the Timberwolves. Minnesota coach Ryan Saunders said Minnesota played well enough to win. “We’re going to pick ourselves up and be better,” he said. “But it hurts.” The Thunder had five players score at least 20 points for the first time since the team started playing in Oklahoma City in 2008-09. According to the Thunder, it was the first time that has hap-

pened for any NBA team since the Atlanta Hawks did it in 2004. “Oh wow,” Paul said. “That’s sick. I didn’t know that. “It just shows that we played the right way. “Played the right pace and tempo. Defense got to be better, but you know a win is a win and we are going to take it.” Oklahoma City made 32 of 34 free throws in the second half and overtime, including 8 of 8 in the extra period. “We did a lot of fouling in the third and fourth quarter, and then overtime,” Saunders said.

“We need to play more clean in that sense.” The Thunder outscored the Timberwolves 36-14 from the free throw line overall. Meanwhile Giannis Antetokounmpo had 27 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to their 14th straight victory, a 119-91 rout of the Los Angeles Clippers. Antetokounmpo, on his 25th birthday, made 11 of 20 shots and had his 21st double-double of the season. Antetokounmpo left the game with Milwaukee ahead by a mas-

sive 36 with 8:56 to play. The Bucks led by as many as 41 and extended their longest winning streak since winning 16 consecutive games over two seasons in 1973. Kawhi Leonard had 17 points and Paul George added 13 for the Clippers. Anthony Davis scored 39 points, LeBron James added 31 and Los Angeles routed Portland. It was the 11th straight road win for the Lakers, who have lost just three games overall this season and sit atop the Western Conference standings.

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Joshua back on top of the tree Anthony Joshua jumped up and down in the ring with his massive entourage, celebrating being around $70 million richer and having three world heavyweight belts back in his possession. For the British boxing superstar, it was well worth this controversial trip to Saudi Arabia. In the first heavyweight title fight to be held in the Middle East, Joshua toyed with an outof-shape Andy Ruiz Jr. over 12 unspectacular rounds to win a unanimous points decision, reclaim the WBA, WBO and IBF belts, and avenge a stunning upset by his Mexican-American opponent six months ago. Joshua got his game plan spot on, using his lighter frame to outmaneuver Ruiz, relying on his longer reach to stay clear of trouble, and selecting his moments to go on the attack. In the final seconds of a bout fought in the early hours of Sunday in a relatively cool 19 Celsius for this part of the world, Joshua was almost running around the ring and Ruiz – exhausted and outfought – was planted in the middle, urging him to come closer. “Sometimes simplicity is

genius. I was outclassing the champion,” Joshua said. “I am used to knocking people out, but last time I got hurt so I gave the man his credit. I said I would correct myself again.” Two judges gave the fight to the Briton 119-110, and the other awarded it to him 119-109. Ruiz put on 15 pounds since the first fight to weigh in at 283 pounds (128 kilograms), making him the second heaviest boxer to fight for a world heavyweight title. “He said he hadn’t prepared hard enough for the rematch and got “boxed around.” “The partying got the best of me,” Ruiz said of his brief time as champion, during which he also went on talk shows, had an audience with the Mexican president and bought new cars for himself and his parents. “I didn’t prepare how I should have. “I gained too much weight. “I don’t want to give excuses, he won ... If we do a third fight, you best believe I’m going to get in shape. I’ll be in the best shape of my life.” Whether Joshua agrees to that remains to be seen. There is no rematch clause this time

round and Ruiz, short with quick hands, is an awkward opponent. Joshua proved he had another side to his boxing skills other than a big punch. His career is back on track, for sure, but his reputation might be sullied for other reasons. The fight was played out to a backdrop of concerns that Saudi Arabia was using this and other big sporting events to divert attention from its human-rights violations. They include the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Joshua has shrugged off concerns that he was being used in what some, like human rights organisation Amnesty International, called a “sportswashing” exercise, and he thanked Saudi Arabia for hosting the fight afterward. Women who attended the fight at the outdoor, purpose-built, 15,000-capacity Diriyah Arena did not appear to be segregated, as they have been in sports stadiums in Saudi Arabia since being allowed into them for the first time last year.

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In the end, it really was all about the money By Joe Hildebrand

am all in on freedom of speech. I have defended it, been attacked for it and been abused with it. I also don’t buy the absurd and dangerous line that free speech does not extend to beliefs or opinions that are offensive. Free speech that is constrained to whatever some random observer deems acceptable or appropriate is, by definition, not free at all. I am also acutely aware that, unlike in the US, there is no explicit legal protection for free speech in this country. That is why those who value it must constantly defend it, often from an authoritarian hard left which demands the policing of language while at the same time dishing out the most vicious personal abuse. And I am acutely aware that plenty of people on the right often use the fig leaf of free speech to say ugly, ignorant or obnoxious things. That is horrible and deeply regrettable, but it is still a smaller price to pay than censorship dictated by government or the angry mob. Israel Folau’s infamous post about drunks and homosexuals and adulterers et al going to Hell is the perfect example of this. It is stupid, it is offensive and – for what it’s worth – it is a

hopeless misinterpretation of the Biblical passage he is quoting. So, do I support what he says? Absolutely not. But should he be banned from saying it? Also absolutely not. However, now that’s out of the way, let’s cut the crap. The notion that Folau is a humble martyr for his faith or a flag-bearer for freedom of speech is nothing short of horsesh*t. When he was first asked by Rugby Australia to remove his inflammatory Instagram post he refused, so staunch were his spiritual convictions. In both word and deed he declared that his faith was more important than his football career and he was prepared to walk away from fame and fortune rather than compromise his beliefs. Never mind that up until that point Folau had no problems trousering millions of dollars thanks to the Wallabies’ primary sponsor Qantas, whose CEO is a proudly gay man and whose corporate ethos explicitly embraces the lifestyle Folau condemns. Strangely he didn’t have any problem profiting from such profligate sin, nor – were he so concerned for their mortal souls – did he ever pick up the phone to Joyce and attempt to save him and his wayward flock from the ravages of hell. And even after he decided to become a martyr he couldn’t even do that right. The whole point of being a

martyr is that you sacrifice whatever it takes for your beliefs. Folau lasted about five seconds before he decided that he didn’t want to sacrifice anything at all. He wanted to have his faith and eat it too. And so after making a big song and dance about being willing to forsake his brilliant football career and all the gold and glory that came with it, he decided that he’d actually still like the money thanks very much and sued a punch-drunk Rugby Australia for an eye-watering $14 million – a figure pumped up to the rafters by the humble Folau’s conviction that he was a sure bet to become captain of the Wallabies and rake in those big sponsorship bucks once more. Even more nauseating is that this narcissistic crusade was bankrolled by thousands of ordinary Australians who genuinely believed that Folau was fighting for free speech – perhaps the only good faith shown in this sorry saga. Nothing could have been further from the truth. Thanks to Rugby Australia folding like a house of cards and offering him an apology and a confidential multimillion-dollar payout no legal precedent has been set and no principle has been determined. The only thing that changed was that Folau got an apology and walked away with even more money. While it was not Rugby Aus-

tralia’s intention, Rugby Australia acknowledges and apologises for any hurt or harm caused to the Folaus. Similarly, Mr Folau did not intend to hurt or harm the game of rugby and acknowledges and apologises for any hurt or harm caused. Indeed, if Folau had any genuine interest in protecting freedom of religion or freedom of speech for anyone other than himself, he would have insisted the matter go to open court so these issues could finally be settled by law. Instead, yet again, he took the money and ran. After all the disruption, all the upset, all the donations and all the offence, the only person who benefited in the end was old Izzyor-isn’t-he himself. Who knew being a martyr was such a nice little earner? But of course the only reason Folau has been able to walk away from this with both his pockets and ego bulging is because he was blessed enough to stumble across the only entity in Australia as obsessed with public pontifications as he was – but even more incompetent at standing by them. Say what you like about Folau, at least he seems to believe the dumb shit he says. By contrast Rugby Australia, like so many institutions these days, appears desperate to say all the right words without having any idea what they actually mean. How else could you possibly explain the nonsensical ram-

blings of CEO Raelene Castle in the aftermath of the fiasco. “No we didn’t get it wrong,” she said, a day after Rugby Australia apologised to Folau and his family – apparently for getting it right. “At the end of the day we stood up for the values of Rugby Australia,” she said, a day after they refused to go to court to stand up for the values of Rugby Australia. Frankly, RA can’t have it both ways: Either the sacking was wrong or the settlement was. Yet this is an organisation that when offered the choice between two crap alternatives somehow managed to do both. Whatever this sorry saga teaches us, and I’m not sure it’s much, it is certainly not a victory for free speech and it is certainly not a victory for values. If anything it is further proof that precious few people in public life have the courage of their convictions and none of them was in that mediation room. On that note, it will be interesting to see what Folau does with his reported millions once the lawyers have had their lunches. The only Christian thing to do would be to donate it to the poor – and if Izzy won’t take my word for it, perhaps he’ll listen to the bloke whose every word he claims to follow: “Again I tell you,” he said, “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.”

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Weather sees cricket abandoned

Croquet winner on the day Soggy conditions on Saturday morning did nothing to deter players from competing the association croquet open and Windsor Richards at the Waireka Croquet Club. The tournament ran for two days over the weekend. It will be the last event on the croquet calendar to be held at Waireka until after Christmas, with Christmas dinner on December 14 and events re-starting on January 4 with the Don Reyland South Canterbury play-offs.

Mid Canterbury’s Hawke Cup cricket campaign came to a complete stop before it even began on the weekend with the abandonment of their match with South Canterbury. Set to play in the two-day match at Aorangi Oval in Timaru starting on Saturday morning, the Mid Canterbury side never even left the district, with early morning weather delaying play beginning before road closures stopped them from travelling later in the day. “It’s not an ideal start,” coach Garfield Charles said. “But you can’t control the weather unfortunately, short of hiring a helicopter and flying the team there we had no options.” Initially a decision was made on Saturday night to try and at least get the match under way on Sunday when it was thought that the two roads into South Canterbury might have been open yesterday morning. “We were going to try and get there and get some cricket in, but with the road out of action we had to pull the pin yesterday too.” Although not official, Charles believed that the match would be declared as abandoned with the two sides sharing points for the first round clash. Mid Canterbury are finished for the 2019 calendar year now and won’t play another Hawke Cup game until early in January when they take on Otago Country in Alexandra on January 11 and 12. Meanwhile, the rep match wasn’t the only cricket called off yesterday. The local derby between Tech Stags and Allenton in the Canterbury Country combined competition was also abandoned without a ball being bowled.

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Dodgy pitch puts Boxing Day test under cloud The final cricket match to be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground before New Zealand face Australia in the Boxing Day test has been abandoned due to safety concerns about the pitch. The first day’s play of a fourday clash between Victoria and Western Australia was called off on Saturday after several Western Australian batsmen were hit on a dangerous MCG pitch. Western Australian batsman Shaun Marsh was hit several times and later went for a concussion test, and was quoted by news.com as saying the pitch was “unplayable”. Despite extensive efforts overnight by ground staff, umpires decided yesterday that the pitch was unsuitable for cricket and the

match would be abandoned. The drama occurred just 19 days out from one of the Black Caps’ biggest test matches in years – and their first Boxing Day test in 32 years. The match is one of the highlights in a busy season of cricket for the Black Caps, and thousands of Kiwi fans are due to make the trip across the Tasman. But Cricket Australia has pledged to get that particular pitch – which will be a different one to the strip used today – right come Boxing Day. “We will seek to better understand the issues that resulted in variable bounce at the MCG. “We will also work closely with MCG groundstaff in the lead up to the Test match,” said Cricket

Australia head of operations Peter Roach. “But we also acknowledge that there have been two previous Shield matches at the MCG this season without incident. “Matt Page and the MCG groundstaff have more than two weeks to ensure the test surface, which is a different pitch strip to the one being used in this match, is of international standard. “I never have and I don’t think I ever will see something like this again. A beautiful day for cricket. From afar everything seems ready to go. Instead, we’re all going home with the pitch still too dangerous to play a game of cricket. #SheffieldShield #VICvWA Indeed, Black Caps opener Tom Latham told Radio Sport he was

confident that a competitive, safe pitch would greet them come Boxing Day. “I’m sure by the time the Boxing Day test comes around they’ll have everything sorted. “I’m sure it will be on a different wicket or a different part of the block. “From our point of view, we’ve just got off a plane and heard that news ... from our point of view there’s no concern.” However, the abandonment is another blow for an MCG pitch which has been criticised as being too docile in recent years and has received unfavourable ICC ratings. The Boxing Day test is the second of three tests the Black Caps will play in Australia.

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Mickey upsets the applecart The predictions might have been for a favourite dominated Methven Green Mile yesterday but an almost unliked pacer from West Melton wanted none of that. And so, when Mikey Maguire, superbly driven by Colin deFilippi (right), burst up the passing lane to win the one mile grass track feature at the Mt Harding Racecourse, there were few floating around the track who weren’t surprised by the result. Certainly the $33 price tag suggested so, but a deeper look at the form line of the Fred Fletcher-trained gelding suggested that perhaps, his price didn’t really reflect his true chances in the race.

DeFilippi managed to get a sweet trip with the big pacer and when he angled to the inside of the pace-making favourite Heisenberg at the top of the straight he began to grind his way to success working past the leader and also the heavily supported Nandolo to win in a time of one minute and 59 seconds for the 1609 metres. Meanwhile it was almost the polar opposite less than half an hour later when Heavyweight Hero kicked off his career in the South Island with a strong win in the Trotters’ Green Mile to land some big bets for punters who had backed him into favouritism.

The former North Island trotter is now with Bob Butt at Woodend Beach and despite having to sit for much of the distance parked outside a very good horse in Amaretto Sun, was able to drive his way to success inside the final 100 metres to win with a bit of authority. Big crowds made their way to the race meeting yesterday, with the sun shining down late in the proceedings to offer up near perfect conditions. A number of horses and trainers and drivers were unable to make it to the meeting due to the road closures around the Rangitata River.

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Draw confirms Ultimate Sniper favouritism By Michael Guerin Driver Natalie Rasmussen says she can’t see hot favourite Ultimate Sniper getting to his favourite position in Saturday’s $500,000 Inter Dominion Pacing Final at Alexandra Park. So she will take the next best option: being in front. The four-year-old has been unbeaten in the three rounds of heats and is $1.45 to win the final after drawing barrier five. His draw is made even better by his key rivals, many of them stablemates, drawing worse, with A G’s White Socks at barrier seven and Chase Auckland (9), Cruz Bromac (11) and Thefixer (13) all on the second line. After being trapped three wide

in every heat of the series and still being too strong, Ultimate Sniper will be expected to stroll to the front after the early shuffling of positions and win. But Rasmussen, who also cotrains Ultimate Sniper, says he would probably be better sitting parked. “I know that sounds strange but sometimes he doesn’t concentrate quite so well in front,” says Rasmussen. “He is still good there but he really loves staring horse down from parked, as we have seen when he has been wide during this series.”  So why not just sit parked with the hot favourite, as crazy as that sounds with Rasmussen and everybody else expecting the lead to be there?

“I don’t know any of the other drivers in the front line are going to want him outside them staring them down,” she says matter-of-factly. A reluctant outside leading when they would rather have Ultimate Sniper’s back could mean a slower mid-race tempo which would bring the outsiders into the race and allow the likes of Cruz Bromac and Thefixer to creep closer three wide. So with one stablemate in Ashley Locaz and three outsiders rated $51 or longer drawn inside her, Rasmussen should only have to hold A G’s White Socks to her outside at the start and she probably ends up in front, with On The Cards and My Kiwi Mate the most likely followers.

Rasmussen says all five of the All Stars pacing finalists have come through their busy week of heats in great order as well as trotting final favourite Winterfell. “We couldn’t be happier with how they have handled it and if anything they look like the series has brought them on,” she said. “They are likely to have their final fast work on Wednesday.”  With Rasmussen on Ultimate Sniper and Mark Purdon sticking with Cruz Bromac, Blair Orange has picked up the drive on Thefixer, Tim Williams stays on Chase Auckland but no driver has been confirmed yet to drive Ashley Locaz. The stable has two odds-on final favourites with Winterfell $1.90 to win the trotting final after

drawing perfectly at barrier two. He looked far more settled and happier winning his heat in national record time on Friday and while he is still not foolproof, Rasmussen says the big trotter has thrilled Purdon with his improvement in this series. It may not just be a case of Winterfell simply strolling to the lead and on to the winner’s circle though, with Majestic Man drawn barrier four and with superior gate speed and therefore the likely early leader is driver Brad Williamson desires. But with Paramount King, Tough Monarch, Massive Metro and Marcoola all drawn to settle back the trotting final looks certain to contain plenty of movement.

Results from yesterday’s Methven harness meeting The weather was showery and the track slow for the Methven Harness yesterday. RACE 1 - PLACEMAKERS ASHBURTON TROT, $8500, 2400m 2-2 Sally Lindenny (10) B Orange 1 4-4 Rites Of Zhou (13) K Cox 2 5-5 Maranatha Atlas (6) R May 3 Scratched: Shes So Right, Appearance. Also (in finishing order): 11-10 Sunny Valley, 9-9 Halfway There, 7-7 Aldebaran Belle, 10-11 Majestic Rollon, 12-12 Fast Wet N Windee, 8-8 Random Spur, 3-3 Hashtag Faye, 1-1 Simone De Beauvoir, 6-6 Girlz N Boyz, 13-13 Goose Healy. Nse, Nse, 3L. Time: 3:21.90. MR: 2:15.30. Last 800m: 63.26. Win: $4.30. Places: $1.70, $2.70, $3.00. Quinella: $20.70. Trifecta: $348.10 (10,13,6). First4: $1013.80 (10,13,6,8). Trainer: Kevin Townley, Russley. Breeding: 4 m Majestic Son-Sungait Sally. RACE 2 - GLUYAS MOTOR GROUP MOBILE PACE, $8500, 2300m M Anderson 1 5-6 Already Gone (10) 9-8 Krystal Delight (8) B Hope 2 3-2 Duke (6) B Orange 3 Scratched: Night Lights, Pollyantics. Also (in finishing order): 13-13 Unico Gem, 1010 Comfortably Numb, 4-4 Gilligans Island, 7-9 Velvet, 2-3 Hells Shadow, 8-5 Jaffa, 1-1 Mahia, 11-12 Cheddar Valley, 12-11 Minnelli Smile, 6-7 Wecandream, 14-14 Finestcheddarisbeta. 5L, Nk, Nk. Time: 2:59.60. MR: 2:05.70. Last 800: 60.52. Win: $10.00. Places: $4.10, $5.20, $1.90. Quinella: $116.50. Trifecta: $1787.50 (10,8,6). First4: Not Struck. Trainer: Barry Ward, West Melton. Breeding: 4 m A Rocknroll Dance-Wonderful Tonight. RACE 3 - DARFIELD HOTEL PACE, $8500, 2400m 5-6 Just Holla (2) G Smith 1 9-10 Gottagettabeer (3) J Morrison 2

6-7 Smooth Debate (4) R Close 3 Scratched: Franco Hatton, Emma G. Also (in finishing order): 13-15 President Pat, 14-14 Spinatale, 4-4 Uno Mia, 2-2 Art Collector, 1-1 Makasar Boy, 3-3 Scared Stiff, 7-9 Westburn Bliss, 10-5 Don’t Tell Ange, 15-13 Genelis, 11-12 Boilover, 12-11 Webs Reactor, 8-8 Been To Jenny’s. 4-1/2L, 4L, 2-1/2L. Time: 3:11.00. MR: 2:08.70. Last 800m: 61.19. Win: $16.10. Places: $4.50, $7.80, $5.20. Quinella: $255.00. Trifecta: $2490.00 (2,3,4). First4: Not Struck. Double: $106.00 (10/2), $197.00 (10/3). Treble: $2362.80 (10/10/2). Trainer: Jack Harrington, Swannanoa. Breeding: 4 g Mach Three-Caernarfon. RACE4INGOLDBUILDING/HANLEYFORMULA A.Y.D.C. $9000, 2300m 2-3 Refine (12) C Hart 1 4-2 Glacier Coaster (1) M Elkins 2 6-6 Highland Reign (4) C Peterson 3 Scratched: Terrier, Goodthingstaketime, Melt Down. Also (in finishing order): 1-1 Johnny Eyre, 5-5 Omar Sharif, 7-7 Franco Sherborne, 3-4 Markham Eyre, 8-8 My Nikayla, 9-9 Xmas Bay. Nk, 1/2 hd, 1/2 hd. Time: 3:00.70. MR: 2:06.40. Last 800m: 59.96. Win: $5.00. Places: $1.90, $1.80, $2.50. Quinella: $16.00. Trifecta: $232.10 (12,1,4). First4: $842.50 (12,1,4,9). Trainer: John McDermott, Prebbleton. Breeding: 4 m Highview Tommy-Sly And Stylish. RACE 5 - CARRFIELD GRAIN & SEED PACE, $8500, 2400m 7-7 Champagneandwine (6) J Morrison 1 1-2 Mils McArdle (1) M Anderson 2 13-13 Regatta (9) S Ottley 3 Scratched: Kenya, Maharajah, Night Lights. Also (in finishing order): 9-8 Chal Be, 11-10 Scotlynn On Thebeach, 10-11 Spanna, 4-4

Starkers, 2-1 The Black Shadow, 5-5 Calypso Rock, 14-14 Viewfield Dream, 12-12 Pembrook Tilly, 3-3 Benbrae, 8-9 Woolfie Mac, 6-6 Crystal Daytom. 1/2 nk, 1-1/4L, 1/2L. Time: 3:11.00. MR: 2:08.10. Last 800m: 60.77. Win: $18.90. Places: $4.60, $1.80, $16.80. Quinella: $32.10. Trifecta: $6424.20 (6,1,9). First4: Not Struck. Quaddie: $15882.80 (10/2/12/6). Double: $72.10 (12/6), $5.20 (12/1+). Trainer: Malcolm Shinn, West Melton. Breeding: 4 m Bettor’s Delight-Good On Top. RACE 6 - RAY MAYNE HOSE & FITTINGS LTD TROT, $9000, 2400m 4-2 Phoebe Onyx (3) J W Cox 1 13-14 Tequila Sunset (6) K Cameron 2 7-6 Rogie Falls (5) R May 3 Scratched: Deborahs Gem, Idle Stuartia, Amulet. Also (in finishing order): 3-3 Go On Andover, 9-9 Global Flight, 6-7 Quik Shot, 5-5 Franco Josiah, 8-8 Lady Hillary, 12-13 Dr Cliff, 11-12 DD’s Super Stuart, 14-11 Smudgee, 10-10 Regal Aspirant, 1-4 Palisade, 2-1 Crazy N Love. 6L, 1-1/4L, 1/2 hd. Time: 3:15.50. MR: 2:11.10. Last 800m: 61.89. Win: $6.50. Places: $2.10, $14.10, $3.40. Quinella: $242.00. Tri: $3013.60 (3,6,5). First4: $12445.00 (3,6,5,10). Trainer: John Howe, West Melton. Breeding: 4 g Wishing Stone-Duchess Of Phoebe. RACE 7 - SMITH SEEDS LTD/HANLEY FORMULA A.Y.D.C. , $9000, 2300m C Hart 1-1 Beau Major (6) 1 4-5 Ragnarr (2) S Tomlinson 2 5-4 Tracksarefortrains (12) J Morrison 3 Scratched: My Nikayla, Nui Ba Den. Also (in finishing order): 2-2 Franco Texas, 3-3 Stinger Lindenny, 7-6 God Only Knows, 6-7 Diamond Edition, 8-8 Shot In The Dark, 10-10 Hilarious Prince, 9-9 Guido Da Siena.

1L, 4L, 6L. Time: 2:56.40. MR: 2:03.40. Last 800m: 60.16. Win: $2.60. Places: $1.40, $3.00, $2.30. Q: $13.70. Trifecta: $166.10 (6,2,12). First4: $937.20 (6,2,12,5). Double: $13.40 (3/6+), $21.30 (3/2). Treble: $452.80 (6/3/6+). Trainer: Grant McStay, Belfast. Breeding: 4 g Art Major-Live Lea. RACE 8 - NEUMANN’S TYRE SERVICE HANDICAP TROT, $9000, 2400m S Ottley 1 2-2 BK Dawn (2) 5-8 Cabella Noir (9) R Close 2 11-12 Doff Your Cap (11) C Jones 3 Scr: Tequila Sunset, Franco Josiah, Riteur. Also (in finishing order): 17-15 Rusty I Am, 7-6 Monrika, 13-13 Jaw D Nancy, 12-9 Foreigner, 8-10 Young Stranger, 14-14 Rocknpop, 4-4 Shpeedy, 16-16 Rachmaninov, 3-3 Maria Tsarina, 6-7 Girls Let Loose, 1-1 Ideal Invasion, 15-17 I’ldoitmyway, 10-11 Michelle, 9-5 Ali Lindenny (Pulled up). Nk, 1/2L, 1-3/4L. Time: 3:15.30. MR: 2:11.00. Last 800m: 61.75. Win: $6.00. Places: $2.30, $4.50, $7.10. Quinella: $35.20. Trifecta: $1491.50 (2,9,11). First4: $1679.90 (2,9,11,8). Trainer: Wakelin/Noble, Oxford. Breeding: 8 m Revenue(SWE)-Stargo Whiz. RACE 9 - METHVEN FOUR SQUARE PACERS GREEN MILE MB, $17,500, 1609m C DeFilippi 1 8-9 Mikey Maguire (7) 2-2 Nandolo (9) J W Cox 2 1-1 Heisenberg (6) J Dunn 3 Scratched: Mr Midnight. Also (in finishing order): 3-3 Smokin By, 5-4 Stars Tonight, 10-10 Millwood Maizie, 7-7 Cast No Shadow, 9-8 Vinnie Rulz, 12-12 All About Henry, 13-13 Homebush Lad, 11-11 Three Ideas, 6-6 Kendra, 4-5 Jazzy Star. Hd, Sht hd, 1-3/4L. Time: 1:59.70. MR: 1:59.70. Last 800m: 58.91. Win: $33.70. Places: $7.60, $1.70, $1.50. Quinella: $82.70. Trifecta:

$696.00 (7,9,6). First4: $5656.10 (7,9,6,13). Double: $247.40 (2/7), $7.80 (2/9). Trainer: Fred Fletcher, Weedons. Breeding: 6 g Mach Three-Miss Jubilee. RACE 10 - HOPE STABLES FASTTRACK $2.5K GREEN MILE, $17500, 1609m 1-1 Heavyweight Hero (7) D Butt 1 2-3 Amaretto Sun (9) S Tomlinson 2 8-8 We’ll Meet Again (4) J Smith 3 Scratched: Valmagne, Globe Trekker. Also (in finishing order): 6-6 Lone Star Lad, 4-4 Ruthless Kayla, 3-2 Smokey Mac, 5-5 Overzealous, 9-9 Bright Glow, 7-7 Take After Me. 1L, Nk, Lg hd. Time: 2:02.30. MR: 2:02.30. Last 800m: 60.35. Win: $2.30. Places: $1.30, $1.90, $5.90. Quinella: $6.60. Trifecta: $187.90 (7,9,4). First4: $915.00 (7,9,4,3). Trainer: Bob Butt, Woodend Beach. Breeding: 6 g Muscle Mass-Successor. RACE 11 - TAVENDALE & PARTNERS MOBILE PACE, $9000, 2300m 3-2 Glen Elgin Tomson (10) B Orange 1 1-3 Soundslikeart (2) J Dunn 2 K Cox 3 5-5 Delightful Tanner (8) Scratched: Alyssa Delight, One Direction. Also (finish order): 8-10 Kotare Yolande, 2-1 Just Michael, 9-8 Bobby T, 4-6 Chloe’s Joy, 10-7 Classy Kid, 6-4 Terror The Christian, 7-9 Southern Rain, 12-11 Mordecai, 11-12 Bird Of Paradise. 1-1/2L, 3L, 1-1/2L. Time: 2:58.00. MR: 2:04.60. Last 800m: 58.55. Win: $4.80. Places: $1.70, $2.40, $2.80. Quinella: $10.20. Trifecta: $154.20 (10,2,8). First4: $1106.50 (10,2,8,11). Quaddie: $10265.30 (2/7/7+/10). Place6: $84.40 (3,5,6/2,6+,12/2,9,11/6+,7,9/4,7+,9/2+ ,8,10). Double: $9.80 (7+/10), $4.40 (7+/2+). Treble: $917.10 (7/7+/10). Trainer: Ken Barron, West Melton. Breeding: 4 g Highview Tommy-Spring Thaw.

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Te Akau team running hot at Ellerslie or wait a further six days to tackle the Gr.2 Rich Hill Mile on New Year’s Day. “I think he’s really starting to come of age now and we will leave the door open for the Rich Hill Mile,” Richards said. “On The Rocks came through this race last year, dropped down to 52 (kilos) on New Year’s Day and won, so there are the two options for him. “He was still very immature as a three-year-old, but he’s getting there now. I really like him and he’s a horse with a good future. “He’s another horse that Dave (Ellis) bought from Karaka.

Victories by promising four-yearolds Prise De Fer and Savy Yong Blonk at Ellerslie on Saturday capped a strong week for Matamata trainer Jamie Richards and the Te Akau Racing team. The winning double provided trainer Richards with six wins over the past seven days and moved him to the top of the National Trainer’s Premiership with 44 wins for the season. Prise De Fer notched a winning hat-trick in the Dunstan Feeds Championship Qualifier with Richards won in two minds as whether to line him up in the series final at Ellerslie on Boxing Day

Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club at Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 09 Dec 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 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 12.05pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C1, 295m 1 32685 Just William 17.68 M &.....................P Binnie 2 76338 Goldstar Wynter 17.36 S &..............B Evans 3 44213 Mulberry Rock 17.48..................... K Cassidy 4 44736 Memphis Jewel 17.40...................C Roberts 5 2x121 Dyna Trevor 17.43.......................H Anderton 6 81234 Jinja Dylan nwtd................................A Joyce 7 54724 Twizel Storm 17.55........................... M Grant 8 61455 Homebush Velma 17.46.............J McInerney 9 46447 Sozin’s Assassin 17.78..............J McInerney 10 86647 Crushington 17.51......................J McInerney 2 12.23 HAPPY BIRTHDAY VAL HARRAWAY DASH C1, 295m 1 43435 Goldstar Hurley nwtd.................... L Waretini 2 45264 Yi Feng 17.28.............................J McInerney 3 68816 Precious Payton 17.49 S &..............B Evans 4 33783 Epic Mate 17.41 J M........................ McCook 5 x5313 Hendrix Bale nwtd.........................C Roberts 6 41578 Freya Beauchamp 17.53................... B Dann 7 34412 Know Baby 17.37............................G Cleeve 8 62874 Smash Ocean 17.50....................D Kingston 9 46447 Sozin’s Assassin 17.78..............J McInerney 10 56565 Goldstar Flora nwtd S &...................B Evans 3 12.41 AMBER CLEANING SERVICES SPRINT C1, 295m 1 32685 Ezra Blueblood 17.33.................J McInerney 2 54652 Jingili Jill 17.42 M &............................. Smith 3 57418 Pierre 17.91...............................R Blackburn

Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incorporated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 09 Dec 2019 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 1.42pm TAB BONUS BACK PROMOTION FOR RACES 1 & 2 C0 C0, 410m 1 38622 Giraffe Club nwtd................................L Cole 2 68278 That’s Frank nwtd.......................J McInerney 3 68866 Homebush Brave nwtd...............J McInerney 4 86375 Star Way nwtd..................................C Morris 5 34767 Ariana Sunset nwtd.....................B Goldsack 6 33241 Paris End nwtd....................................L Cole 7 5 Sub Twenty Three nwtd.......................L Cole 8 662 Big Time Vegas nwtd...........................L Cole 2 2.00pm TAB BONUS BACK PROMOTION FOR RACES 1 & 2 C1 C1, 410m 1 76663 Homebush Keasha nwtd............J McInerney 2 2623F Valve Bouncing nwtd........................... N Udy 3 76247 Retail Mayhem 23.85...................... L Pearce 4 24417 Gemmas Dilemma nwtd.............J McInerney 5 43887 Brazil Cambara nwtd G &....... S Fredrickson 6 5877F Bigtime Ronnie nwtd.......................... I Howe 7 51121 Big Time Spot 23.69............................L Cole 8 25523 Spring Rage nwtd D &................J MacAuley 9 8x858 White Comet 23.69........................ D Donlon 3 2.18pm AFFORDABLE PET ACCESORIES C1, 410m 1 14562 Idol Wilson nwtd.................................M Flipp

Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incorporated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 09 Dec 2019 NZ Meeting number: 5 Doubles: 1 and 2; 4 and 5 Trebles: 3, 4 and 5 1 5.31pm (NZT) KAMADA PARK C1 C1, 457m 1 26136 Big Time Elsa 26.33............................L Cole 2 4F516 Morning Sun 26.37....................J McInerney 3 42152 Bigtime Diesel 26.18 G &........ S Fredrickson 4 66725 Slam It 26.64..............................J McInerney 5 65845 Tuff Jewel nwtd..............................B Mitchell 6 161 Silent Dismissal 26.11..................A Turnwald 7 64721 Bigtime Fred 26.04..............................L Cole

“Not overly expensive, but we’ve got some good owners in him and, gee, we’re having a run with these Savabeels.” Te Akau Racing boss David Ellis selected Prise De Fer from the Trelawney Stud draft at the 2017 Premier Yearling Sale, outlaying $100,000 for the Savabeel gelding who is the half-brother to multiple Australian stakes winning mare, Belong To Many. Earlier in the day Savabeel mare Savy Yong Blonk made up for an unlucky run at her previous start when she burst away from her opposition in the home straight to take out a rating 72 2100m contest.

Stakes placed in the Gr.3 Sunline Vase last season, Savy Yong Blonk had finished fourth at Tauranga last month after receiving no favours in the run home. Rider Troy Harris took luck out of the equation as he pushed the mare to the lead and outstayed her rivals over the concluding stages to win comfortably. The victory on Saturday has qualified Savy Yong Blonk for the final of the Dunstan Feeds Stayers Championship on New Year’s Day although Richards is also toying with a start in the Gr.2 SKYCITY City Of Auckland Cup running on the same day.

Troy Harris

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway 4 41773 Second Summer 17.46........................A Lee 5 58334 Mulberry Brit 17.60....................... K Cassidy 6 73846 Goldstar Shiloah 17.40 S &..............B Evans 7 43212 Horse Range Jim 17.28................... M Grant 8 35317 Two Be Frank 17.33.......................... B Dann 9 46447 Sozin’s Assassin 17.78..............J McInerney 10 84765 Right On Time 17.52...................H Anderton 4 12.58pm ADDINGTON EVENTS CENTRE DASH C1, 295m 1 56365 Know Dollars 17.51.........................G Cleeve 2 21275 Homebush Alexei 17.41.............J McInerney 3 25536 Jay Spencer 17.57........................ L Waretini 4 22482 Raquel Allen 17.76........................C Roberts 5 881x Goldstar Tawny 17.60 S &................B Evans 6 x2151 Azkadellia 17.44.........................R Blackburn 7 33868 Jinja Sneak 17.36.............................A Joyce 8 22523 Opawa Di 17.10 J &.........................D Fahey 9 46447 Sozin’s Assassin 17.78..............J McInerney 10 77x36 Gorm The Great 17.62.................D Kingston 5 1.16pm MY BRO FABIO DISTANCE C1d, 645m 1 16544 Know Talent nwtd............................G Cleeve 2 35411 Gem nwtd J &..................................D Fahey 3 25327 Max Dancer nwtd J &.......................D Fahey 4 35434 Black Stockings nwtd.................A Bradshaw 5 38635 Barrel Runner nwtd....................A Bradshaw 6 33421 Opawa Nat nwtd J &........................D Fahey 7 61132 Student Loan nwtd J &.....................D Fahey 8 56x46 Boyka 38.33 J &...............................D Fahey 9 67335 Max Volume nwtd.......................A Bradshaw 6 1.33pm STEVE ANNGOW DRAPES & BLINDS PH 0272719588 DASH C1, 295m 1 34212 Calm Inferno 17.60........................... B Dann

2 86653 Know Majority 17.44.......................G Cleeve 3 63587 Paringi Pam 17.39 M &........................ Smith 4 33141 Goldstar McQueen 17.58 S &..........B Evans 5 36245 Jinja Liv nwtd J M............................. McCook 6 68825 Homebush Maycee nwtd............J McInerney 7 46523 Smash Gator 17.39.......................... M Grant 8 57x18 Ulyssa Bale 17.32.........................C Roberts 9 64647 Elite Blueblood 17.69.................J McInerney 10 55387 Mulberry Will 17.71....................... K Cassidy 7 1.51 ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH STKS HEAT 1 C1q, 520m 1 47247 Ohoka Carsen 30.88..................... L Waretini 2 12431 New Note 30.30 J &.........................D Fahey 3 35743 Goldstar Ashton 30.35 S &..............B Evans 4 77452 Tucker 30.63.......................................D Lane 5 35572 Replica Rango 30.55......................B Pringle 6 82322 Haidee Bale 30.59........................D Roberts 7 67151 Goldstar Mauney 30.20 S &.............B Evans 8 48552 Go Belle 30.96.................................R Wales 9 57874 Our Nala 30.70.................................R Wales 10 37877 Opala Bale nwtd............................C Roberts 8 2.09 ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH STKS HEAT 2 C1q, 520m 1 13132 Kea Viking 30.52 J &........................D Fahey 2 72258 Goldstar Montana 30.34 S &............B Evans 3 33637 Dream Kay 30.29.............................R Wales 4 4225F Hustle Ace 30.72.........................N Wanhalla 5 56437 Tikao Jackie nwtd M &......................... Smith 6 53544 Goldstar Truman 30.85 S &..............B Evans 7 85213 Longshanks 30.75......................A Bradshaw 8 32565 Shermo Bale 30.57.......................C Roberts 9 57874 Our Nala 30.70.................................R Wales

6 46831 Big Cod 17.37 J M........................... McCook 7 31528 Alexia 17.69.......................................D Lane 8 12746 Gadzooks 17.44................................ B Dann HEAT 3 C1q, 520m 1 76856 Smash McDougal 30.95...............D Kingston 9 64647 Elite Blueblood 17.69.................J McInerney 2 71326 Go Great nwtd..................................R Wales 10 F7882 Mulberry Sox 17.87....................... K Cassidy 3 28636 Goldstar Chief 30.83 S &.................B Evans 12 3.21pm LIVAMOL DASH C1, 295m 4 63357 Archie’s Ranger 30.52 J M............... McCook 1 56415 Frosty Kate 17.71....................... M Dempsey 5 12772 Miss Honey 30.61 J &......................D Fahey 2 22527 Sozin’s Azure 17.49...................J McInerney 6 15 Xabil Bale nwtd.............................C Roberts 3 42757 Culvie Jay Dee 17.40 H &....................Taylor 7 14142 Billy Budd nwtd......................... A Botherway 4 54537 M’Lady Sadie 17.38...................A Bradshaw 8 64854 My Kirsty 31.03 H &.............................Taylor 5 17455 Tremonti 17.78.................................. B Dann 6 43564 Goldstar Galaxie 17.40 S &.............B Evans Emergencies: 9 46577 Homebush Vassy nwtd...............J McInerney 7 54584 Batty Who 17.73 M &........................... Smith 10 87487 Opawa Al 30.53...............................R Wales 8 54747 Dream Runner 17.34 J M................. McCook 10 2.44 GARRARD’S HORSE AND HOUND SPRINT Emergencies: 9 64647 Elite Blueblood 17.69.................J McInerney C1, 295m 1 42547 Belfast Demo 17.42 H &......................Taylor 10 87873 Tearaway Tara 17.43 J M................. McCook 2 43773 Tonkawa 17.62 M &.............................. Smith SELECTIONS 3 87671 Sydneys Sox 17.30....................... L Waretini Race 1: Dyna Trevor, Mulberry Rock, Goldstar Wynter, Jinja Dylan 4 73235 Impressive Flash 17.53..............J McInerney Race 2: Know Baby, Yi Feng, Goldstar Hurley, Freya Beauchamp 5 21223 Mitcham Pru 17.44.....................A Bradshaw Race 3: Horse Range Jim, Two Be Frank, Pierre, Jingili Jill 6 12366 Horse Range Gold 17.71................. M Grant Race 4: Opawa Di, Azkadellia, Raquel Allen, Goldstar Tawny 7 46545 Goldstar Charger 17.72 S &.............B Evans Race 5: Gem, Max Dancer, Student Loan, Barrel Runner 8 71667 Fernando Bill 17.90.................... M Dempsey Race 6: Ulyssa Bale, Calm Inferno, Goldstar McQueen, Jinja Liv 9 64647 Elite Blueblood 17.69.................J McInerney Race 7: New Note, Haidee Bale, Goldstar Ashton, Go Belle 10 77447 Know Burden 17.48........................G Cleeve Race 8: Kea Viking, Longshanks, Shermo Bale, Dream Kay Race 9: Xabil Bale, Miss Honey, Go Great, Billy Budd, My Kirsty 11 3.04pm KAIKANUI TAVERN SPRINT C1, 295m 1 41547 Curly Bill 17.59........................... M Dempsey Race 10: Mitcham Pru, Horse Range Gold, Impressive Flash 2 76456 Major Storm 17.39........................C Roberts Race 11: Alexia, Major Storm, Gadzooks, Big Cod, Curly Bill 3 41548 Absent nwtd....................................G Cleeve Race 12: M’Lady Sadie, Dream Runner, Culvie Jay Dee 4 85836 Macey Baxter 17.22...................J McInerney LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd 5 18776 Goldstar Tasman 17.68 S &.............B Evans - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track 10 67776 Baldrick nwtd..............................J McInerney

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Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

2 26611 Homebush Yuri nwtd..................J McInerney 3 86546 Always Dizzy nwtd.....................J McInerney 4 68717 Mickey Mowhawk 24.23................ D Denbee 5 32511 Zipping Luther 24.01 J &......................D Bell 6 61468 Opal Nora nwtd..........................J McInerney 7 11 Big Time Jonie 24.00..........................L Cole 8 14877 Kirkham Coby 23.52........................C Morris 9 8x858 White Comet 23.69........................ D Donlon 4 2.36pm FORMPRO RATINGS FREE EVERY MONDAY C1 C1, 410m 1 26335 Goldstar Auburn nwtd............... S Gommans 2 33422 Chat Ya Later nwtd............................. I Howe 3 86758 Plan Stan nwtd................................ L Pearce 4 63464 Lucy Lingers nwtd......................J McInerney 5 33637 Zipping Romeo 23.91 J &....................D Bell 6 85825 Jetlag Jag nwtd..........................J McInerney 7 544x2 Triple What nwtd..........................A Turnwald 8 18571 Bees And Birds nwtd...........................L Cole 9 8x858 White Comet 23.69........................ D Donlon 5 2.54pm CREATIVE CATERING C1 C1, 410m 1 42455 I’ll Be Loyal nwtd..........................B Hodgson 2 17818 My Pablo 24.05................................... N Udy 3 34211 Rapid Fire nwtd G &................ S Fredrickson 4 75458 Arm Turner nwtd.........................J McInerney 5 62754 Elsa Blueblood nwtd..................J McInerney 6 4646x Choice Lass 24.17...........................C Morris 7 63183 Waitohi nwtd.................................A Turnwald 8 64244 Three Amigos 23.65 J &......................D Bell

9 8x858 White Comet 23.69........................ D Donlon 6 3.12pm J P PRINT, PETONE C2 C2, 410m 1 67584 Mitsuta nwtd.......................................D Edlin 2 58231 Big Time Tatum 24.32.........................L Cole 3 76211 Nuclear Jewel 24.34........................L Doody 4 76165 Elouera Mist 24.01 J &.........................D Bell 5 21632 Token Pick nwtd.................................. N Udy 6 53177 Cawbourne Moss 23.75................M Roberts 7 35251 Here’s Hemi 23.62.....................J McInerney 8 45328 Big Time Kobe nwtd............................L Cole Emergencies: 9 56644 Born Fab 23.83................................S Maher 10 82743 Big Time Clare nwtd............................L Cole 7 3.29pm AMERICAN WARRIOR AT STUD C2, 410m 1 55472 Idol Duke 23.53..................................M Flipp 2 37734 Naharis nwtd......................................D Edlin 3 86374 Big Time Trae nwtd..............................L Cole 4 34242 Barbarossa Boy 23.98................B Goldsack 5 54331 Doomsday nwtd......................... K B Benson 6 35835 Bigtime Jamie nwtd.............................L Cole 7 55421 Mother’s Touch 23.47 J &.....................D Bell 8 24822 Punch On Ruby nwtd.................J McInerney 9 82743 Big Time Clare nwtd............................L Cole 10 56644 Born Fab 23.83................................S Maher 8 3.52 RED SNAPPER SEAFOODS, CHRISTCHURCH C2/C3 C2/3, 410m 1 21867 Bigtime Stella 23.62............................L Cole 2 65332 Bigtime Caleb 23.56............................L Cole

3 51154 Tuff Temptress 23.72......................B Mitchell 4 16553 Little Scamp 23.33........................ D Denbee 5 66728 Bigtime Thor 23.38..............................L Cole 6 66665 Gray Bale nwtd.............................M Roberts 7 42444 Bigtime Jasmine 23.51........................L Cole 8 43367 Dyna Lenny nwtd...................... S Gommans Emergencies: 9 56644 Born Fab 23.83................................S Maher 10 82743 Big Time Clare nwtd............................L Cole 9 4.09 OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C2/3, 410m 1 32715 Frizzled nwtd.................................M Roberts 2 16245 Harpoon Harry 23.91 D &...........J MacAuley 3 82256 Big Time Dusty 23.76..........................L Cole 4 31563 Johny Mowhawk nwtd................... D Denbee 5 57x52 Bigtime Bret nwtd................................L Cole 6 76844 Thrilling Massey nwtd............... K Gommans 7 77215 Hashtag Blessed 23.63....................... N Udy 8 26285 Big Time Amie 23.50...........................L Cole 9 82743 Big Time Clare nwtd............................L Cole 10 56644 Born Fab 23.83................................S Maher 10 4.29pm SPEED LEGEND AT STUD C4 C4, 410m 1 16735 Hot Chilli nwtd..................................... N Udy 2 18577 Bigtime Banjo 23.49............................L Cole 3 47118 Bigtime Jetty 23.29.............................L Cole 4 56641 Millie Prince 23.29 J &.........................D Bell 5 3262F Cheeseball nwtd.................................L Cole 6 72631 Big Time Nash 23.39...........................L Cole 7 8243F Bigtime Charlote nwtd.........................L Cole

8 54753 She’s For Us nwtd.........................M Roberts Emergencies: 9 77x63 Thrilling Trev nwtd..................... K Gommans 10 6485F Bigtime Annie 23.23............................L Cole 11 4.49pm DOUG BRADLEY PAINTERS C0 C0, 457m 1 226 Big Time Harley nwtd..........................L Cole 2 535 Big Time Jackson nwtd.......................L Cole 3 32648 Stormin’ Home nwtd S &............C Blackburn 4 544 Big Time Gwyn nwtd...........................L Cole 5 243 Bigtime Bailey nwtd.............................L Cole 6 26725 Big Time Pluto nwtd............................L Cole 7 87424 Penny Mowhawk nwtd................... D Denbee 8 34 Fool’s Russian nwtd............................L Cole 9 25456 Trudy Remarkable nwtd...................C Morris 12 5.09 KERNOW CONSTRUCTION TERMINATING PICK 6 C4/C5 C4/5, 410m 1 57615 Bigtime Eve 23.21...............................L Cole 2 42222 Cheese And Chalk 23.44....................L Cole 3 52541 Funky Facts 23.27 G &........... S Fredrickson 4 51335 Big Time Frosty 23.37.........................L Cole 5 11136 Awesome Quality 23.24......................L Cole 6 15183 Big Time Lebron 23.38........................L Cole 7 22535 Bigtime Kiss 23.19..............................L Cole 8 34432 Big Time Billie 23.47...........................L Cole 9 6485F Bigtime Annie 23.23............................L Cole 10 77x63 Thrilling Trev nwtd..................... K Gommans LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway 8 46224 Tuff Mr. Tee 26.54...................... S Gommans Emergencies: 9 87574 Three Of Hearts 26.46.................B Hodgson 2 5.46pm STEVE THE AUCTIONEER DAVIS C1, 457m 1 8313 Big Time Chad 26.50..........................L Cole 2 48466 Tap Out Reg 26.35.......................A Turnwald 3 32334 Thomas William 25.97................... D Denbee 4 47473 Bigtime Kate 26.13 G &.......... S Fredrickson 5 47418 Summer Glee 26.45...................J McInerney 6 13F35 Woman No Cry 26.43..................A Turnwald 7 114 Dangerous Di nwtd................ L E Dunkerton 8 75334 Electrical Storm nwtd....................M Goodier

HOUNDS.KIWI C2/C3 C2/3, 457m 1 74837 Big Time Rhino 26.30..........................L Cole 1 47477 Bigtime Benji 26.11.............................L Cole 2 61211 Melita Vella 25.92................................L Cole 2 41122 My Khloe nwtd...................................M Flipp 3 x7117 Double What nwtd........................A Turnwald 3 6441F Dyna Bryleigh nwtd.......................M Roberts 4 12568 Gazza’s Girl nwtd G &............. S Fredrickson 4 11186 Big Time Vince 26.40..........................L Cole 5 27232 Bigtime Forest 25.97...........................L Cole 5 61247 Diamond Geezer 26.93.................M Goodier 6 13745 Tommy The Jett 26.09..................A Turnwald 6 86478 Big Time Benny 26.58.........................L Cole 7 14345 Bigtime Tank 26.25..............................L Cole 7 44263 Opawa June nwtd........................A Turnwald 8 67573 Vibe nwtd.....................................A Turnwald 8 24355 Tuff Knight 26.78............................B Mitchell 9 38668 Tuff Treasure 26.52........................B Mitchell 9 38668 Tuff Treasure 26.52........................B Mitchell 5 6.42pm TOTAL BODYSHOP SUPPLIES C4/5, 457m 4 6.26pm PNGRC SECTIONAL TIMES @ PNGREY- 1 27857 Bigtime Shadow 25.75........................L Cole 9 87574 Three Of Hearts 26.46.................B Hodgson

3 6.02pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C2, 457m

2 47313 Big Time Seth 25.76............................L Cole 3 14114 Bigtime Levi 25.75..............................L Cole 4 56421 Ask King Jeff 25.78.............................L Cole 5 16x12 Trophy Trophy nwtd......................A Turnwald 6 22526 Bigtime Puma nwtd.............................L Cole 7 74127 Bigtime Brody 25.94............................L Cole 8 53852 Fare Dodger 26.01........................M Goodier Emergencies: 9 12858 Bigtime Lilah 25.75.............................L Cole 10 12836 Big League Diva 25.95 G &.... S Fredrickson 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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NEW season potatoes $2.50/ kg, 81 Elizabeth Street, Ashburton. Christmas orders taken. Phone 308 31 95 or 027 531 9103.

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Daily Events MONDAY 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road. 9.30am - 10.30am DAYTIME NETBALL. $5 a game, first game free. EA Networks Centre, River Terrace (not school holidays). 9.30am - 4pm ST JOHN SHOP. Opportunity shop open daily, donations

TUESDAY 9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church. 48 Allens Road. 9.30am - 10.30am WALKING NETBALL Cost $2. EA Networks Centre, River Terrace (not school holidays). 8.30am - 1pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join fellow sheddies for some fun and fellowship make/fix something in our new workshops. 8 William Street. 9.30am - 4pm ST JOHN SHOP. Opportunity shop open daily, donations welcome. 129 Tancred Street.

December 9 & 10, 2019 welcome. 129 Tancred Street. 10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven. 10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For more information ring Age Concern 308 6817. Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP. Quality clothing and homewares. Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street. 10am - 4pm ALTRUSA INTERNATIONAL ASHBURTON INC. Write a message for a loved one and place on our Tree of Remembrance, cost $2. Ashburton Arcade, Burnett Street end. Last messages Friday, December 20.

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 Rd. 1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY

GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome. Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays. 1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Golf and Association Croquet. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street. 6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road.

9.45am WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Handicap singles Golf Croquet. New players welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip St. 10am NEWCOMERS SOCIAL GROUP. Weekly coffee morning, any enquiries to Merrill 307 6363. Nosh Cafe, West Street. 10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven. 10am MSA TAI CHI. Weekly exercises and Tai Chi for arthritis. Meet MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street (excludes school holidays).

10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For more information ring Age Concern 308 6817. Seniors Centre, Cameron Street. 10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP. Quality clothing and homewares. Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street. 10.30am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308 6817. All Saints Church. Methven. 10am - 4pm ALTRUSA INTERNATIONAL ASHBURTON INC. Write a message for a loved one and place on our Tree of Remembrance, cost $2.

Ashburton Arcade, Burnett Street end. Last messages Friday 20 December. 12pm - 2pm ASHBURTON JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ASSOCIATION. Signing any document a JP can witness, open Tuesdays and Fridays. Ashburton Community House, 44 Cass Street. 1pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308 6817. Presbyterian Church, Rakaia. 1pm ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE SECTION. Club day, new players welcome. boules supplied. 115 Racecourse Road, Ashburton.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display. Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Rd. 1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Singles, handicap range -6 to 8, 9 to16, Golf Croquet new players welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street. 7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Night time section, all welcome, rackets available. EA Networks Stadium, River Terrace, Ashburton. 7.30pm ASHBURTON TABLE TENNIS. Everyone welcome, every Tuesday, Tennis bats available. MSA Havelock Street.

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Cryptic crossword

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Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Poet E.E. Cummings once said, “I’m living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.” You’ll sort out a money issue and bring it back under the same roof. TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Work is sometimes more satisfying than anything an inner circle can provide. This is nothing to regret. Sometimes what you were meant to do happens outside the realm of personal relationships. GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): It is your sturdy belief that not every sickness needs a doctor, not every quarrel needs a lawyer and not every feeling needs an ice cream sundae. You’ll easily prove your heartiness. CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): It will be helpful to ask what things mean and why they are happening and to ponder the consequences. This gives you more leeway and is much more interesting than any kind of right vs. wrong judgment. LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Whatever stage you’re in, you’re likely to grow out of it. Let this fact give you permission to celebrate to the hilt or to dismiss events as impermanent, whichever way appeals. VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You may as well follow up on your creative urges. They are not going anywhere until you give them legs. They will likely take off. You will give chase, and then you’ll both wind up in unexpected places. LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You’ve a long list of things you want to do, and they all take energy. So any measures taken to increase your strength and stamina will serve you over the long haul. SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Your childlike playfulness will make good things happen if you use them in the right circumstances and with the right people. Test the waters first to see who’s game. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): There are many emotions that get confused for plans – anger and hope being chief among them. Achievement depends on actionable steps and measurable results. CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): The idea that will break someone out of a rut doesn’t have to be a good one. In some situations, any change to disrupt the way things are going is better than doing nothing. AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Interactions need a plan. They won’t go to script. (How could they when only one person has the script?) But your intentionality will make a positive difference in the way they play out. PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Don’t accept your fear as a permanent fixture of your personality. Fears can be overcome. To understand, question and manage fear is some of the most important work you’ll do.

ACROSS 1. The players in attack go straight ahead (8) 7. The search for proportional representation and honour (5) 8. Will Jersey be on its knees to this flower? (7) 9. Concentrated on playing tennis at end of June (7) 10. A parrot taken right out of a truck (4) 12. Letters may be written out supporting the board (7) 14. An old street urchin looking for treasure in the bed (7) 17. As Fate would have it, it’s quite an achievement (4) 18. How elephant will sound like a bit of a daffodil (7) 21. It is hard work, to track game around Virginia (7) 22. Pull together a series of strokes in tennis (5) 23. Made sick, if decent, arrangement (8) DOWN 1. It is easily said if lace gets torn (6) 2. Recompensed for the way it drew a Red out of it (8) 3. Is sickly, is unsuccessful, is decapitated (4) 4. Show how it is PC to edit thus (6) 5. Soft feathers cost less now (4) 6. Venerate the Right always, at start of election (6) 7. One receiving treatment is not easily provoked (7) 11. Is chary about giving work up for a bed in India (7) 13. Willing to put up with small child about to learn otherwise (8) 14. Am up to true form, being fully developed (6) 15. In Kent it might appear as a small animal (6) 16. Is called to have one’s hair dressed (6) 19. Guy, about fifty, may be unpleasant-looking (4) 20. Shave off two, one is told (4)

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Insert the missing letter to complete an eight-letter word reading clockwise or Previous solution: OPERATES anticlockwise. Previous solution: OPERATES

11 12 13

ACROSS 1. Fades (4) 3. Make clear (5,3) 9. Honesty (7) 10. Unsophisticated (5) 11. Not fluent in words (12) 13. Disinter (6) 15. Selected (6) 17. Timid (5-7) 20. Decree (5) 21. Plead (7) 22. Genetic inheritance (8) 23. Vendetta (4)

Previous cryptic solution

Across: 7. Take it to heart 8. Embrocation 12. Mingle 14. Ornate 16. Deluge 18. Attire 19. Harmonising 23. Monkey-jackets 4 5. Peri 6.8Grin Down: 1. Lace 2. Herb 3. Stroke 4.9Potato 9. Manilla 10. Ovation 11. Cede 12. Mode 13. 4Lag 15.5Rot 17. Eponym 18. Animal 19. Hoop 20. 8 Rake 21. Inky 2 22. Gate 6 1

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9/12

Sudoku

DOWN 1. Tricks (8) 2. Obsession (5) 4. Buccaneering (6) 5. Singles seeking love (6,6) 6. Painkillers (7) 7. Links (4) 8. Infected (12) 12. Not abbreviated (8) 14. Weightier (7) 16. Menace (6) 18. Motif (5) 19. Interlock (4)

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1 6 3 9 7 8 9 5 3 7 9 9 5 2 6 8 1 7 6 4 9 2 7 7 1 3

6 8 7 1 1 9 5 3 9 8

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MEDIUM

5 7 3 8 2 9 6 1 4

8 1 9 5 6 4 7 2 3

4 6 2 1 7 3 8 9 5

7 8 1 3 5 2 4 6 9

2 3 5 4 9 6 1 8 7

6 9 4 7 1 8 3 5 2

1 5 6 2 3 7 9 4 8

3 2 8 9 4 1 5 7 6

9 4 7 6 8 5 2 3 1

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6 9 2 5 3 1 7 8 4

4 1 9 6 5 7 3 2 8

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2 6 3 9 4 5 8 7 1

7 5 1 2 6 8 9 4 3

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2 3

6 3 1 5 4 4 9 7 2 8 8 7 1

97 4 1 2 8 7 6 1 38 5 29 8 7 3 5 9 4 6

7 4 9 2 1 6 8 3 5

4 8 3 3 4 1 1 86 3 5 2 9 6 5 9 7 8 7 2 32 6 61 4 9 1 5 9 7 8 3 5 8 7 4 2 6 3 44 1 59 5 6 4 1 5 26 9 7 7 6 2 4 1 6 9 2 8 3 7

9 5 3 1 4 6 2 8 7

1 6 7 2 5 8 9 4 3

5 2 1 8 9 4 7 3 6

7 3 6 5 2 1 4 9 8

Fill the grid so that every column, every row and 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9.

9 7

Across: 1. Hand-picked 7. Outer 8. Educate 10. Bestowed 5Graffiti 21. Gasping 4 11. Step 13. Affair 15. Fondle 17. Iris 18. 22. Olive 23. Explicitly 7 8 6 Down: 1. Hates 2. Narcotic 3. Pieces 4. Crux 5. Enacted 7 3 4 6 6. Forbearing 9. Expletives 12. Confront 14. Fair sex 3 6 16. Tragic 19. Icily 20. Pill

Previous solution: amyl, dal, dam, day, lad, lady, lam, lay, mad, madly, may, yam

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How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed. There’s at least one five-letter word. Good Verywords Good of 14 three Excellent 17 How 11 many or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed. There’s atsolution: least one five-letter Previous amyl, dal,word. dam, day, lad,11lady, lay,14mad, madly, Good Verylam, Good Excellent 17 may, yam

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DEATHS

DEATHS URQUHART, Neil Colin – Peacefully at Radius Elloughton Gardens Rest Home, Timaru on Friday, December 6, 2019. Dearly loved husband of the late Colleen (Cindy). Loved dad and father-in-law of Graeme and Kelleigh, Colin and Sophie. Beloved “grandad Neil” of Briana, and Isabella. Loved brother of Donald, Roderick, and Murray. In lieu of flowers donations to S.C. Hospice would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A Funeral Service for Neil will be held at St Joseph’s Catholic Church, 30 Wilkin Street, Temuka on Friday, December 13, 2019 at 2pm, followed by the burial at The Temuka Cemetery. Messages to: Graeme Urquhart, 573 Milford Clandeboye Road, RD 26, Temuka.

FAASS, Gordon Sherwin – On December 7, 2019. Passed away peacefully at Tuarangi Home, Ashburton, aged 77 years. Loved son of the late May and Arthur and special nephew to the late Aunty Rita. Much loved brother of Ronald, Alan, Gloria, Joy, Warren, Ian, and Joy and all their families. Messages to the Faass family c/- 30 Dunford Street, Rakaia 7710. A private cremation will be held.

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Data provided by NIWA

Waimate

NZ Situation

Wind km/h fine

30 to 59 fog

isolated snow thunder flurries

sleet thunder

Canterbury Plains

rain

snow

hail

60 plus

NZ Today

Canterbury High Country

TODAY

FZL: Rising to 2300m everywhere

A fine morning, isolated afternoon and evening showers. Wind at 1000m: W 45 km/h, becoming light mid-morning. Wind at 2000m: W 45 km/h, becoming light towards midday.

A fine day. Southwesterlies tending easterly in the afternoon, dying out at night.

TOMORROW High cloud. Northeasterlies developing by afternoon.

TOMORROW FZL: Rising above 3000m by evening

THURSDAY

Fine with high cloud. Wind at 1000m: Light winds, becoming NW 30 km/h in the evening. Wind at 2000m: Light winds, becoming NW 45 km/h at night.

Mostly cloudy. Northeasterlies developing.

WEDNESDAY

WEDNESDAY Mainly fine. Northeasterlies, dying out.

FRIDAY

Mainly fine, isolated afternoon and evening showers. Northerly breezes easing.

Partly cloudy. A few late showers with a southerly change.

Partly cloudy, isolated showers. Northerlies.

World Weather

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

fine rain fine cloudy fine fine showers fine fog thunder thunder fog drizzle fine fine

THURSDAY

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

24 5 17 6 23 23 16 17 14 25 27 9 18 7 4

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

10 8 29 20 28 22 29 23 34 10 20 11 38 3 31

7 6 13 14 21 3 25 13 25 8 11 2 16 1 23

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

rain showers fine rain rain fog cloudy thunder rain fog cloudy rain fine rain drizzle

Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing Monday

m am 3 3

9 noon 3

9 pm am 3

9 noon 3

Wednesday 6

9 pm am 3

9 noon 3

9 pm

2 1

2:24

8:34 2:46 8:51 3:07 9:16 3:26 9:30 3:49 9:58 4:06 10:11 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 4 minutes.

Bad

few showers

Hamilton

clearing

Napier

fine

Bad fishing Set 4:04 am Rise 5:46 pm

Rise 5:44 am Set 9:07 pm Bad

Rise 5:44 am Set 9:08 pm

Bad fishing

Fair

Set 4:30 am Rise 6:51 pm

Fair fishing Set 5:00 am Rise 7:57 pm

Last quarter

New moon

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Palmerston North clearing Wellington

fine

Nelson

fine

Blenheim

fine

Greymouth

few showers

Christchurch

fine

Timaru

fine

Queenstown

fine

Dunedin

few showers

Invercargill

few showers

River Levels

2.69

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 2:30 pm, yesterday 1742.7 Nth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday

72.2

Sth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday

72.0 nc

Rangitata Klondyke at 3:00 pm, yesterday Waitaki Kurow at 3:02 pm, yesterday

886.6 1143.5

Source: Environment Canterbury

Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 21.3 21.3 Max to 4pm 11.8 Minimum 5.3 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm December to date 12.0 Avg Dec to date 15 2019 to date 701.4 652 Avg year to date Wind km/h NW 26 At 4pm Strongest gust NW 59 Time of gust 8:27am

to 4pm yesterday

Methven Christchurch Airport

Timaru Airport

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21.4 23.6 13.4 7.8

21.8 22.7 9.6 –

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0.0 0.0 12 540.0 595

0.0 36.8 14 454.0 493

NW 17 – –

W 28 N 54 8:43am

W 26 W 46 3:55pm

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Forecasts for today

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Monday, 9 December 2019

Fronts moving up the North Island clear away to the east, followed by a building ridge over the country from the Tasman Sea. The ridge lies over central New Zealand tomorrow, while a weak front moves onto the far south and a complex low approaches the northeast of the North Island.

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BIRD, Pamela Rosemary – On December 6, 2019. Suddenly, at her home, Ashburton. Aged 87 years. Dearly loved and devoted wife of Ted for 58 years. Much loved Mum and mother-in-law of Dennis, Alan and Kate, and Philip and Amanda. Loved Nan of Nicholas, Michael and Emily, Kimberley, Jamiee, and Jayden; Cindy, and Jo. Messages to the Bird family Villa 8/55 Queens Drive, Ashburton 7700. Donations to the Ashburton Blind Foundation would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A service for Pamela will be held at St David’s Union Church, Allens Road, Ashburton on Wednesday, December 11, commencing at 1.30pm. Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

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TODAY: A fine day. SW turning E afternoon, and dying out at night.

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6am Breakfast 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 0 10am Tipping Point 3 0 11am The Celebrity Chase 3 British celebrities Dave Gorman, Michelle Hardwick, Melinda Messenger, and Nigel Havers try to win money for charity by outwitting The Chaser. 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm Coronation Street Catchup 3 0 2pm Coast v Country 0 3pm Tipping Point 0 4pm Te Karere 2 0 4:30 N Asia Unplated With Diana Chan 0 5pm The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm 7:30 8pm 8:30

Seven Sharp 0 Surveillance Oz 3 0 Border Patrol 3 0 Prodigal Son AO A homicide linked to an elite, underground sex club. 0 9:30 Q+A Local political-affairs programme. 0 10:35 1 News Tonight 0 11:05 Take Two AO 3 A bounty hunter asks for help finding an escaped prisoner. 0 Midnight Major Crimes AO 3 0 12:55 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2 1:15 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2

Prodigal Son

8:30pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 10am I Found The Gown 3 10:30 Million Dollar Listing NY PGR 3 11:30 Snapped PGR 3 12:30 Dying To Belong AO 3 1:30 Below Deck – Mediterranean AO 3 2:30 Four Weddings UK PGR 3 0 3:30 The People’s Court 4:30 Million Dollar Listing NY PGR 3 5:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 6:30 I’m Having Their Baby 3 7:30 Snapped PGR 3 8:30 Accident, Suicide, Or Murder AO A woman calls 9-1-1 saying her boyfriend has shot himself, but the story keeps changing, and it takes a risky gambit to find the truth. 9:30 Killer Motive AO An outgoing, gender-fluid teenager is shot down in a small town in Iowa. Was hate the motive? 10:30 Snapped PGR 3 11:30 Dying To Belong AO 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

THREE

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6:30 Paw Patrol 3 0 6:50 Quimbo’s Quest 0 7:20 Teen Titans Go! 0 7:45 Unikitty! 0 8:15 Doc McStuffins – Toy Hospital 3 0 8:35 Puppy Dog Pals 3 0 9am Infomercials 10am Neighbours PGR 3 0 10:30 Mike And Molly PGR 3 0 11am Army Wives PGR 3 0 Noon Mom AO 3 0 12:30 2 Broke Girls PGR 3 0 1pm Judge Rinder PGR 3 2pm Will And Grace PGR 3 0 2:30 Home And Away 3 0 3pm Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:35 The Bureau Of Magical Things 0 4pm The Evermoor Chronicles 3 0 4:30 The Simpsons 3 0 5pm Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

6am The AM Show 9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 11:55 Millionaire Hot Seat 3 0 12:50 Dr Phil PGR 3 Five Michigan teens have been charged as adults with second-degree murder after allegedly throwing rocks over a highway overpass, one of which killed a father of four. 1:45 M A Cry For Justice AO 3 2013 Drama. A woman struggles with her faith when her son is falsely accused of murder and the odds are stacked against him. Francine Locke, Drew Matthews. 4pm Entertainment Tonight 4:30 NewsHub Live At 4:30pm 5pm Millionaire Hot Seat 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 8pm Australian Survivor PGR 0 9:35 M What To Expect When You’re Expecting AO 2012 Romantic Comedy. Five couples experience the ups and downs of having a baby and realise life does not always deliver what is expected. Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Chase Crawford. 0 11:50 Gordon Ramsay’s 24Hrs To Hell And Back AO 0 12:45 Splitting Up Together PGR 3 0 1:05 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:55 Infomercials 2:55 Army Wives AO 3 0 3:40 Lethal Weapon AO 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

7pm The Project 7:30 The Block Australia PGR 0 8:35 Grand Designs – The Street PGR Two buildings, an upsidedown house and the largest home on the street, are threatened by unexpected developments. 0 9:40 Psychopath With Piers Morgan AO 0 10:40 NewsHub Late

What to Expect When You’re Expecting, 9:35pm on TVNZ 2

SKY 5 6am Jeopardy! PG 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away MVL 8:05 Border Security – Australia’s Frontline M 8:30 Ice Road Truckers PG 9:15 Storage Wars – Texas PG 9:40 CSI MV 10:25 SVU MV 11:10 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away MVL Noon Jeopardy! PG 12:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 12:50 Criminal Minds 16VS 1:40 Criminal Minds 16VS 2:25 CSI MV 3:10 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away MVL 4pm The Simpsons PG 4:30 Jeopardy! PG 5pm Wheel Of Fortune PG 5:30 Storage Wars – Texas PG 6pm Ice Road Truckers PG 7pm Border Security – Australia’s Frontline M 7:30 CSI MV 8:30 Border Security PG 9pm RBT MC 9:30 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away MVL 10:30 SVU MV 11:15 Ice Road Truckers PG Tuesday 12:05 The Magicians 16VLSC 12:55 Wheel Of Fortune PG 1:20 Jeopardy! PG 1:40 Border Security – Australia’s Frontline M 2:05 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away MVL 2:50 RBT MC 3:15 Border Security PG 3:40 SVU MV 4:25 Storage Wars – Texas PG 4:50 CSI MV 5:35 The Simpsons PG

11:10 NewsHub Nation 3 An in-depth weekly current-affairs show hosted by Simon Shepherd and Emma Jolliff. 0 12:20 Infomercials

7pm 7:30 8:30 9:45

The Crowd Goes Wild American Pickers Chernobyl AO 0 M Enemies Closer AO 2013 Action. In a forest on the US-Canadian border, two sworn enemies must work together to escape a drug cartel. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Tom Everrett Scott. 0

11:40 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR The best of Stephen Colbert’s satire and comedy, discussing politics, entertainment, business, and more. 12:40 Closedown

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

7:35 Save This Dance PG 2018 Romance. Lexi Giovagnoli, Brant Daughtery. 8:55 The Vanishing 16VC 2018 Thriller. Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan. 10:40 Cold Pursuit 16VLSC 2019 Action. Liam Neeson, Laura Dern. 12:35 They Shall Not Grow Old 16C 2019 Documentary. 2:15 Close Up – Bradley Cooper PG 2:45 Ready Player One MVL 2018 Action. Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke. 5:05 6 Below MC 2017 Drama. Josh Hartnett, Mira Sorvino. 6:45 Austin Found 16VLSC 2017 Comedy. Linda Cardellini, Skeet Ulrich. 8:30 The Shanghai Job MV 2017 Action. A washed-up private security agent must escort a valuable Chinese antique out of Shanghai, but is ambushed en route. Orlando Bloom, Simon Yam. 10:05 Welcome To Marwen MV 2018 Drama. Steve Carell, Leslie Mann.

7:05 The Queen ML 2006 Drama. Helen Mirren, James Cromwell, Michael Sheen. 8:50 This Is 40 16LSC 2012 Comedy. Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann. 11:05 Our Idiot Brother MLS 2011 Comedy. Paul Rudd. 12:40 Dinner For Schmucks MLS 2010 Comedy. Steve Carell, Paul Rudd. 2:35 Anna Karenina MS 2012 Drama. Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Emily Watson. 4:45 10 Cloverfield Lane MVC 2016 Thriller Horror. John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher jr. 6:30 Collateral MV 2004 Thriller. Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx. 8:30 Twilight MV 2008 Fantasy Drama. After a teenaged girl is sent to live with her father, she falls for a young man and risks everything when she discovers he is a vampire. Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson. 10:35 Sleepy Hollow MC 1999 Horror. Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci. Tuesday 12:20 Anna Karenina MS 2012 Drama. Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Emily Watson. 2:29 Nothing But Trailers M 2:59 10 Cloverfield Lane MVC 2016 Thriller Horror. John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher jr. 4:39 Collateral MV 2004 Thriller. Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx.

Tuesday

Midnight The Sharks 16C 2019 Drama. Romina Bentancur, Federico Morosini. 1:18 6 Below MC 2017 Drama. Josh Hartnett, Mira Sorvino. 2:53 Austin Found 16VLSC 2017 Comedy. Linda Cardellini, Skeet Ulrich. 4:35 The Shanghai Job MV 2017 Action. Orlando Bloom, Simon Yam.

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6am Codename – Kids Next Door 3 0 6:30 Batman – Brave And The Bold 3 0 7am Sky Sport News 8am Game Shakers 3 8:30 The Moe Show 3 9am Million Dollar Minute 9:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 10am The Doctors PGR 11am Antiques Roadshow 3 0 Noon Sky Sport News 12:30 Madam Secretary PGR 3 0 1:30 Man With A Plan PGR 3 2pm The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm A Place In The Sun 5pm 3rd Rock From The Sun 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Sailing – World Championship (HLS)

7pm Whanau Living 3 7:30 Island Feast With Peter Kuruvita 3 8pm Piri’s Tiki Tour PGR 3 8:30 M 20,000 Days On Earth AO 2014 Documentary. Dramatisation of a day in the life of musician Nick Cave. 10:20 Waka Huia 3 10:50 Te Ao – Maori News 3 11:20 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1

Tuesday

1am The Season 1:30 The Season 2am Pro14 – Glasgow Warriors v Leinster (RPL) 4am Pro14 – Dragons v Zebre (RPL)

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 Gardeners’ World 6:30 River Cottage – Christmas Special 2011 7:30 Jelly Jamm 8am Bondi Vet 9am Dream Gardens 9:30 Aussie Barbecue Heroes 11:30 Hairy Bikers – Home For Christmas 12:30 Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas 1:30 Toy Hunter 2pm Storage Wars – New York 2:30 Wildlife Rescue New Zealand 3:30 Animal Park 4:30 River Cottage – Heroes It has been 12 years since Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall left his former life for a life at River Cottage. 5:30 Mysteries At The Museum Don Wildman unearths relics from the world’s greatest institutions to reveal secrets from the past, examining each artefact to illuminate the hidden treasures. 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Travel Man – 48 Hours In Christmas Special 8:30 Tutankhamun – Life, Death, And Legacy 9:30 Britain’s Most Historic Towns 10:30 American Pickers

11:30 Mysteries At The Museum 12:30 Gardeners’ World 1am River Cottage – Heroes 2am My Dream Home 3am Animal Park 4am Tutankhamun – Life, Death, And Legacy 5am Mysteries At The Museum

SKY SPORT 2 6am India v South Africa (HLS) Third T20. 6:30 Women’s Big Bash (HLS) 7am India v West Indies (RPL) Second T20. 10:30 Women’s Big Bash (RPL) Final. 2pm India v West Indies (HLS) Second T20. 3pm Women’s Big Bash (HLS) Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Thunder. 3:30 Women’s Big Bash (HLS) Semi-final One. 4pm Women’s Big Bash (HLS) Semi-final Two. 4:30 Women’s Big Bash (HLS) Final. 5pm India v West Indies (HLS) Second T20. From Greenfield International Stadium. 6pm Sport TBC 7:30 Australia v Blackcaps 1985 (HLS) First Test. 9:30 India v West Indies (HLS) Second T20. From Greenfield International Stadium. 10:30 Women’s Big Bash (HLS) Semi-final Two. 11pm Women’s Big Bash (HLS) First Test. 11:30 Women’s Big Bash (HLS) Final.

Tuesday

Midnight India v West Indies (HLS) First T20. 1am India v West Indies (RPL) Second T20. 4:30 Women’s Big Bash (HLS) Semi-final Two. 5am Women’s Big Bash (HLS) Final. 5:30 Women’s Big Bash (HLS) Final.

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6:30 Paia 3 6:40 Pukoro 3 2 7:10 Tamariki Haka 3 7:20 E Kori 3 7:25 Pipi Ma 3 7:30 Potae Pai 7:40 Darwin + Newts 3 7:50 Kids’ Kai Kart 3 8am Fresh 8:30 Kaitangata Twitch 9am Te Ao – Maori News 3 9:30 R&R 3 10am Tangaroa With Pio 3 10:30 My Reggae Song 3 11am Tautohetohe – On The Road PGR 3 Noon IVF World Sprints 3 12:30 Funny Whare – Gamesnight PGR 3 1pm The Stage – Haka Fusion AO 3 1:30 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 2pm Toku Reo 3 2 3pm Paia 3 3:10 Pukoro 3 2 3:40 Tamariki Haka 3 3:50 E Kori 3 3:55 Pipi Ma 3 4pm Potae Pai 3 4:10 Darwin + Newts 3 4:20 Kids’ Kai Kart 3 4:30 Pukana 3 2 5pm Grid 3 5:30 Nga Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua 3 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News

6am Gallagher Premiership (RPL) Bath Rugby v Saracens. From Recreation Ground. 8am Gallagher Premiership (RPL) Exeter Chiefs v Wasps. From Sandy Park. 10am Gallagher Premiership (RPL) Worcester Warriors v Sale Sharks. From Sixways Stadium. Noon Sevens – Condors (HLS) Day One. 1:30 Sevens – Condors (HLS) Day Two. 3pm Sevens – World Series (HLS) Dubai – Day One. 4:30 Sevens – World Series (HLS) Dubai – Day Two. From Sevens Stadium. 6pm Sevens – World Series (HLS) Dubai – Day Three. From Sevens Stadium. 7:30 The Season Will the visitors fire back in the second half? 8pm The Season A must-win fixture against Tauranga Boys’ High School puts the team’s success at risk. 8:30 Sevens – World Series (HLS) Dubai – Day One. From Sevens Stadium. 10pm Sevens – World Series (HLS) Dubai – Day Two. From Sevens Stadium. 11:30 Sevens – World Series (HLS) Dubai – Day Three. From Sevens Stadium, Dubai.

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DISCOVERY 6:35 Shark After Dark – 2019 PG Sharksized. 7:30 Shark Vortex PG 8:20 Return To The Isle Of Jaws PG 9:10 Air Jaws – The Hunted PG 10am Isle Of Jaws – Blood Brothers PG 10:50 The Sharks Of Headstone Hell PG 11:40 Legend Of Deep Blue PG 12:30 Great White Serial Killer Lives PG 1:20 Bloodline – The Spawn Of Jaws PG 2:10 Isle Of Jaws – Blood Brothers PG 3pm The Sharks Of Headstone Hell PG 3:50 Air Jaws – Hunting By The Moon PG 4:45 Air Jaws – The Hunted PG 5:40 Air Jaws – Back From The Dead PG 6:35 The Laws Of Jaws PG 7:30 Laws Of Jaws – Dangerous Waters PG 8:30 Air Jaws Strikes Back PG 9:25 Great White Killzone – Guadalupe PG 10:15 Sharks Of The Badlands PG 11:05 Return Of The Megashark PG 11:55 Ninja Sharks PG Tuesday 12:45 Shark After Dark – 2019 PG 1:35 Laws Of Jaws – Dangerous Waters PG 2:25 Air Jaws Strikes Back PG 3:15 Great White Killzone – Guadalupe PG 4:05 Sharks Of The Badlands PG 4:55 Return Of The Megashark PG 5:45 Ninja Sharks PG

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Young hoops in the spotlight Methvenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Leo Varaius makes his way up court at the Oxford Street Basketball Stadium on Friday night with Mt Somers defenders hot on his tail. Playing in the Year 5 final on Friday night basketball, the two sides were locked in an intense match-up during which the scorelines were kept tight. Mt Somers held a slender lead with minutes to play and despite the best efforts of the Methven side they were able to hold on and claim the win 25-22. There was plenty of action at the stadium during the night with four junior finals played, all with two 20-minutes halves. PHOTO MATT MARKHAM 081219-MM-001

Mikey Maguire runs a merry Methven mile for CJ

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