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Teacher to face tribunal

BY MYLES HUME

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A New Zealand Teachers’ Council investigation has found an exAshburton College teacher’s misconduct serious enough to put him before the disciplinary tribunal.

After an in-depth investigation from the complaints assessment committee, the teachers’ council has decided to refer a serious misconduct case against the former teacher to the disciplinary tribunal.

It could see him lose his teaching registration, conditions imposed on his practising certificate or fined up to $3000.

In July, the teachers’ council received a complaint from Ashburton College over a former teacher’s inappropriate behaviour that he resigned over in May. The Guardian has chosen not to name the teacher, who is in his early 20s, to avoid jeopardising the case, and cannot publish details

about his inappropriate behaviour.

It is a significant development in the complaint against the excollege teacher, whose case could have otherwise been thrown out or settled earlier with an agreement over conditions on his practising certificate.

It may also mean he will be among some of the first teachers to be publically named by the teachers’ council, which yesterday in a rare move - released the names and the details of two discredited teachers.

A teachers’ council spokesperson yesterday could not confirm when the former college teacher would come before the tribunal or when an outcome was likely.

When the teacher’s resignation was made public earlier this year, Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan said his actions were not criminal, instead labelled them “professionally unwise”.

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■ HEPATITIS A OUTBREAK

In brief

Vaccine a lifetime of immunity

By Myles HuMe

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Tears flowed and screams reverberated around the room, but for Mid Canterbury parents a few seconds of agony for their children was worth a life-time of immunity against hepatitis A. Yesterday, children from across the district descended on the Ashburton Trust Event Centre where health authorities held the first mass vaccination clinic for one to four year olds in a bid to prevent the local hepatitis A epidemic from spreading.

In the small room on the second storey of the building, five registered nurses vaccinated Ashburton youngsters, many who were sat reluctantly on their mother’s lap while the small dose of vaccine was injected.

Hayley Dunlop did not tell her son Koby, 3, before attending the clinic yesterday not wanting to cause anxiety. After a quick episode of tears when the needle went in, he was back to his joyful self when waiting the regulation 20 recovery minutes in an upstairs room.

“There were a few tears, but I just didn’t want him to get hepatitis A. “He goes to play group and I would hate for him to get it or pass it on to other children,” Miss Dunlop said.

With 28 confirmed cases in Ashburton, health authorities hope to vaccinate 1500 Mid Canterbury youngsters - the age group which are believed to be responsible for the spread of the virus.

Public health nurse Juliet Nelson said a speedy vaccination combined with jellybeans, hand

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A health expert leading the campaign against hepatitis A wants to reinforce the serious situation Ashburton is facing after an underwhelming response to yesterday’s first mass vaccination clinic.

Canterbury medical officer of health Dr Alistair Humphrey said 125 children turned out at the first of six hepatitis A vaccination clinics in Mid Canterbury, admitting there was a long way to go to vaccinate the 1500 one to four year olds eligible for the immunisation.

“Sitting here now you can see it’s pretty slow so I’m really hoping a few more will turn up,” Dr Humphrey said.

“This is really significant for New Zealand, I’m not aware of

Three men were arrested early yesterday for an alleged burglary of an East Street business.

Senior Sergeant Grant Russell, of Ashburton, said the trio would face Ashburton District Court “in due course” after a patrol found the three men attempting to burgle the business in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Domestic violence Ashburton police attended a domestic violence incident late Monday.

Possum bait on roads Blue packets of possum bait, described as a quick killer, have been found on Northland roads.

More than 200 packets of the small packets of cyanide paste have been found scattered along roadsides and authorities now fear more could remain. Northland District Health Board’s Paul Reid said cyanide paste was extremely toxic, and he feared children could come into contact with it, particularly during the school holidays.

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Ashburton youngster Brooke Wheeler, 3, with her mother Emma was one of 125 youngsters who were vaccinated against hepatitis A yesterday, and even though it hurt for a few moments, she was back to her smiley self shortly after.

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puppets and stickers seemed to stop the tears, and were a reward for the bravery shown by the toddlers.

Ashburton youngster Lyla O’Sullivan certainly deserved her treats. Just last week the one year old had a minor tear duct operation and yesterday had her second injection in as many weeks.

“The poor thing I have probably scarred her for life,” her mother Kristen O’Sullivan joked.

“I think from the start this whole thing has been handled well, there’s been plenty of publicity and we have been pretty up to date with all the information in the newspaper and from our preschool.”

Mrs O’Sullivan said it was important her daughter was immune to hepatitis A so she or her husband did not have to take time off work if she fell ill, and also to protect the health of a younger sibling.

Today the second vaccination clinic will be held at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre from 9.15am to 6pm.

Disease puts town ‘in a serious situation’

By Myles HuMe

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VACCINATION DATES, TIMES, VENUES ■ Wednesday 9 october 9.15am - 6pm Ashburton Trust Event Centre 211A Wills St Ashburton ■ tuesday 15 october 9.15am - 6pm St David’s Union Church 48 Allens Rd Ashburton ■ Wednesday 16 october 9.15am - 6pm St David’s Union Church 48 Allens Rd Ashburton ■ Wednesday 23 october 9.30am - 12.30pm Mt Hutt Memorial Hall Methven ■ Wednesday 23 october 2.15pm - 4.15pm Rakaia Memorial Hall Rakaia any other community-wide vaccination clinics being done before so I hope we will vaccinate enough people to contain the outbreak.”

Mr Humphrey said he wanted at least 200 youngsters vacci-

nated at each of the district’s clinics, so at least 1000 children were immunised.

“As I have said to you before, we are coming up to summer and people go all over the country on holidays, it would be a

shame to spread it to other parts of the country.

“Without a mass vaccination it’s possible the current epidemic could last for several years.”

Hepatitis A is a virus passed on through faeces, with poor hygiene after going to the toilet being the main contributor to the epidemic in Ashburton.

Ashburton parents who spoke to the Guardian were also surprised by the low attendance.

Emma Wheeler came in from Mayfield and was expecting to wait a while before her son Logan, 1, and daughter Brooke, 3, were given their vaccines.

“I really thought it was going to be packed, but I suppose people have got the whole day and there’s another three clinics here in Ashburton,” Mrs Wheeler said.

A Tauranga school teacher found guilty of stealing a student’s ADHD medication has been sentenced to nine months supervision. Helen Frances Aubrey, 44, who was found guilty of stealing the Class B controlled drug, Concerta, was sentenced in Tauranga District Court yesterday. The theft occurred after a female student gave Aubrey a bottle containing 29 tablets, of which Aubrey pocketed 11 pills. She has been dismissed from her job.

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Chemical overboard Fumigant chemical lost overboard from a ship offshore from Opotiki last week might wash ashore in the Gisborne or Bay of Plenty districts.

The MV Gladiator was en route from Napier to China in rough seas on Wednesday night when a box containing 14 flasks of aluminium phosphide (ALP), used for treating wood products, washed overboard.

The dangerous fumigant can irritate skin and eyes and should not be touched.

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Crash victim named A woman who died in a crash in north Canterbury has been named as Patricia Morrell White, 83, of Christchurch. Police said Mrs White was the driver of a car struck by another vehicle at the intersection of South Eyre Rd and Tram Rd, Clarkville, about 4.40pm last Thursday. Mrs White died in Christchurch Hospital the following day.

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Boy killed in park A 4-year-old boy was killed after he was run over by a council tractor-mower in Hastings about 5.20pm yesterday. The incident happened in Kirkpatrick Park in the suburb of Camberley. Police at the scene said they are investigating a number of theories to determine how the boy came into contact with the vehicle as it which was mowing the playing fields. It is believed a number of children were playing in the park when the incident occurred.

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■ LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS

Voters take time to return ballot papers

BY SUE NEWMAN

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With just three and a half days remaining until voting closes in this year’s local body elections, less than one third of the ballot papers have been returned.

Voting closes at noon on Saturday but just 7003 papers, or 32.83 per cent of those posted to voters have so far been returned to the electoral office.

At the same time in the 2010 election 44.60 per cent of papers had been returned.

The 12 per cent gap in returns has remained consistent throughout the voting period, putting Ashburton on target for its lowest ever voting turnout.

In the 2010 election the vote return was 55.40 per cent. In 2007 the district hit a low of 48.7 per cent.

With posted papers being sent to an electoral office in Auckland, 5pm tomorrow is the

post-safe day to ensure papers reach that office by Saturday’s noon cut-off.

Ballot papers can be dropped into the Ashburton District Council office until noon on Saturday.

A ballot box will be available in the council office foyer until this time.

Elections this year are only required for the mayoralty (three candidates), the Ashbur-

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ton ward of the Ashburton District Council (13 candidates for seven seats), Ashburton Trust (nine candidates for six seats) and the Canterbury District Health Board where there is one local candidate among the large number standing.

No election is required for the council’s eastern and western wards and insufficient nominations were received to generate an election for the Methven Community Board.

A by-election will be held for the board in February.

Ashburton is not alone in attracting a low voter response, however.

As at Friday our return sat at 26.24 per cent compared to Selwyn, 24.02 per cent, Waimakariri, 21.42 per cent, Christchurch, 24.22 per cent and Timaru, 33.79 per cent.

Results for the Ashburton District are likely to be available by late afternoon on Saturday.

Strong winds caused significant but localised damage on Auckland’s North Shore last evening.

The Fire Service said it had received reports of trees and power lines brought down in the area around Wairoa Rd and Vauxhall Rd, Devonport.

Debris littered Vauxhall Rd and large sheets of corrugated iron hung on power lines like washing hung up to dry.

A police officer was overheard saying a house had been “completely flattened”.

Stunned Devonport residents converged near a police cordon to see what was going on.

“We heard the wind coming through first.

“We heard this really loud whistling sound and then it came towards us but then veered off a bit,” resident Paul Dalebroux said.

It pushed trampolines over and caused damage to numerous houses, he said.

“It wasn’t very big so it wasn’t that scary,” he said.

But his daughter, Chantal, 12, disagreed: “Yes it was.

“We were sheltering in the hinges of the bathroom door,” she said.

Victoria Silvey, 12, was in her lounge when she saw timber, leaves and poles “floating in the air”.

They were whirling around in a funnel that lasted about 30 seconds before leaving the area, she said.

Callers to the Fire Service reported seeing a tornado but both MetService and WeatherWatch said there was no evidence of that.

WeatherWatch said their initial thoughts were that it was “probably a straightline squall wind” that followed a sudden downpour.

Significant thunderstorms are currently forming over Waikato, WeatherWatch said.

They are forecast to be much more severe than the ones exprienced in Auckland yesterday afternoon.

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■ FATALITY

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Train death ‘a tragic accident’ A man hit and killed by a train in the Auckland suburb of Takanini yesterday had been speaking with friends moments before he crossed the tracks.

The 32-year-old south Auckland man died instantly when he was struck by a passenger train at the level crossing on Walters Rd about midday.

Police said he had parked his car nearby and crossed the tracks about 20m north

of Walters Rd to speak with friends.

“As he went to cross back to his car, he walked backwards back towards the tracks,” a police statement said.

The train driver saw the man about 300m away and attempted to alert him by blasting his horn.

But the man continued to walk backwards and stepped into the path of the train.

The train had five passenger carriages and came to a stop as soon as possible, police said.

Witnesses had confirmed the bells and level crossing 20m away were working.

Police spokeswoman Kimberley Mathews said the man had been wearing a high-visibility outfit.

The people he had been talking to were doing construction work in the area, she said.

There was nothing to indicate he had intentionally stepped in front of the train and all indications at this stage were that it was a tragic accident.

Rail operator Transdev said the Southern Line had reopened and train services had resumed.

Train services were back on schedule last evening.

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Paper producers busy at holiday programme Recycled paper making was on the agenda at the Ashburton Public Library yesterday morning and May Marshall, 7, Holly Jayne, 7, and Libby Feutz, 6, were keen to learn the craft, under the guidance of Sharon Breakwell from Wastebusters.

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Smoke alarm call The Fire Service is urging people with outside rooms to install smoke alarms after a Masterton man died when the sleepout he was in caught fire.

Archie Aihe Huirama Ormsby, 44, died after the building on Cameron Cres was engulfed by fire last Wednesday night.

No smoke alarms were found inside.

Fire Service national manager of fire investigation Peter Wilding said at least one person died every year in fires in sheds, garages, caravans or buildings being used as bedrooms.

Of the more than 300 fires in outside rooms they attended each year, about 97 per cent did not have smoke alarms installed.

“Since 2005, 12 people have died in these types of fires and we can find no evidence that any of them had a smoke alarm installed.

“Having a smoke alarm in a sleep-out significantly improves someone’s chances of getting out alive.”

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Helping hand for lonely, depressed migrants Migrants, refugees and people new to the area can find the adjustments of arriving in a new country stressful.

Language and cultural barriers can lead to isolation, and there is often grief and guilt about leaving family members behind, Mid Canterbury Newcomers co-ordinator Daria Glesser said.

Lack of confidence and poor cultural understanding can create feelings of sadness and hopelessness, and the Mid Canterbury Newcomers Network is set to help address this with a workshop focusing on depression tonight.

Bryon Cope from the Depression Support Network will explain what depression is, its symptoms and what we can do to help ourselves and how you can help someone else.

Ukrainian immigrant Lilia Kravchenko knows how it feels to be lonely and far from home.

“I felt really isolated living on the farm near Geraldine. I came from a big Ukrainian city to a small rural area in New Zealand,” she said.

“My husband was working and I was staying at home with children. There are lots of services and groups where you can meet people but it is difficult when there is a language barrier. I couldn’t express myself.

“I missed my parents, my country and my friends.”

Depressed and unhappy, Ms Kavchenko returned home for a year.

She is now back in New Zealand, living in Ashburton, feeling more settled and empowered.

“I think it can happen to anyone. There is no shame, and there is help and hope.

“My recipe is to look on the bright side of your life, give gratitude and dream about the future,” she said.

Ms Glesser said depression is not a weakness, but long term can impact on overall health.

Tonight’s workshop will be held at the Hockey Pavilion on Walnut Avenue, from 7-8.30pm.

For more information contact Daria Glesser on 027 220 9791, or the Depression Support Network on 0800 111 757.

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■ MOUNTAIN BIKE COUP

Methven club to host Oceania MTB champs Bike Methven’s Mt Hutt Bike Park will host the biggest mountain bike event to come to New Zealand.

The Oceania Mountain Bike Championships, to be held in March, are set to attract the top athletes from New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands.

Having successfully hosted the New Zealand Downhill Series twice in recent years Bike Methven in conjunction with the Gravity Canterbury Club of Christchurch secured the premier event on the calendar.

The event will consist of a downhill race, a cross country race and eliminator bringing

1000 people to the town for three nights.

The track continues to be a fluid work in progress with continual development of the trails and that won’t change in the build-up to March.

The club will need a big group of volunteers to run the event.

■ SHOW PREVIEW

A great night out of drama, laughs and music I was lucky on Monday night to view a dress rehearsal of the play Happy Coupling – this year’s offering from Methven Theatre Company at Methven Resort.

The play, by Christchurch’s Ross Gumbley, features a couple’s concurrent stag and hen parties, staged sequentially.

This requires extra work for the audience to keep up with the plot, but an unusually prompt but convincing lift, and superb direction by Jackie Heffernan made the setting believable and the storyline clear.

I loved the witty dialogue, celebration of local humour and painful puns. Parts of the script are so funny that there is a danger of missing some of the following character’s lines, especially amongst the hens.

Some of the characters are delightfully oddball, although their foibles or actions are not always likable, and their shenanigans will put you off mixing alcohol, herbal highs and in-laws forever.

All characters were well-

played, but I must make special mention of the actors playing dual roles; Alistair Body (Digby/Naomi), Jo Brennan (Ralph/ Silvia) and Wayne Pannett (Gary/Rose).

These actors must have undergone some fast costume changes but still delivered crackling repartee or vulnerable sensitivity, as needed, leading to the mostly-satisfying plot climax.

Other highlights included hilarious comic turns by some rather inept room cleaners and a carpet layer, and musical interludes by highly talented Mt Hutt College students.

The band, featuring vocals

by Chris Woods and Pixie Churchin played some great Kiwi classics, and enhanced an excellent production.

I thoroughly recommend Happy Coupling in Methven for a great night out of drama, laughs and music.

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■ COURT

Man jailed for murder of 6-month old girl

By James Ihaka A man who pleaded guilty to murdering Ngaruawahia infant Serenity Scott-Dinnington has been sent to jail for 13 and a half years.

Mathew Shane Ellery appeared at the High Court at Hamilton yesterday charged with the 2011 murder of the 6-month old girl at the home Ellery shared with the baby’s mother and brother.

The 23-year-old was arrested last January despite having for months protested his innocence. He entered a

guilty plea to the charge earlier this year.

In a summary of facts read out in court yesterday it was revealed that Ellery moved in with Serenity’s mother Chelsea Scott and her brother Drew at their Ngaruawahia home in early 2011.

The court heard how he was aggravated by Serenity’s crying so he went into her room and threw her headfirst onto the floor.

He then took a cloth nappy and smothered her until there was no noise.

Ms Scott was in the lounge

with Drew playing cards.

Without telling anyone about her state, Ellery went to a dairy before returning to the house.

Upon his return he went back into the bedroom and saw Serenity’s eyes rolling back in her head. He yelled out before Miss Scott ran in and called an ambulance.

Serenity died two days later at Starship Hospital.

In his victim impact statement, Drew Scott spoke of how he was cut off from his family, physically assaulted twice and how he suffered

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continuing nightmares.

Drew Scott said Ellery should be put away “for life”.

“He ruined my life, now it’s his turn.”

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Inside the new art gallery, museum

BY SUE NEWMAN

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There’s far more to Ashburton’s new art gallery and historic centre than just a concrete box, says Ashburton District Council commercial manager John Rooney.

With about five months remaining until the multi-million dollar project is completed, the finished complex is now taking shape inside its tilt slab walls.

What you see on the outside tells only a very small part of the story, Mr Rooney said.

“There’s fairly sophisticated environmental controls throughout the whole building. The important thing with this is that it’s not the building fabric, it’s all about what we end up in terms of the internal environment.”

The spaces that will be occupied by the museum and art gallery are now taking shape, with the entire building to be shrouded in heavily insulated walls.

Many windows will be coated in barriers to prevent daylight entering and the museum’s main display space will be housed in a room within a room to ensure a soundless, motionless environ-

Concrete walls and covered windows do not tell the story of behind the scenes work on Ashburton’s new art gallery and museum complex. The interior spaces are now framed up and the building is a hive of industry as contractors work to meet the late February deadline for completion. Photos Donna Wylie ment, devoid of natural light. Museum staff will be spoiled for space with the large public display area matched by a storage room of similar size.

In the ground level museum there are also areas set aside for a genealogy room, archives, an archivist and public research space. A temperature controlled room has been dedicated to photo storage.

There is also a loading bay for delivery of large objects, with a nearby quarantine room for new exhibits.

“This takes care of things coming into the museum where there may be a danger associated with them. They’re put in storage for a period of time to make sure any bugs are disposed of,” Mr Rooney said.

On the ground level there is also a

café. On the upper level, to be occupied by the art gallery, there are three display galleries and a completely soundproof light and sound room. Each room has special-

ly designed wall panels for hanging art works and lighting that can be utilised in several ways to highlight paintings.

An education centre complete with its own catering facilities is also a feature of the art gallery floor.

Because environmental controls were critical, a moisture identification system has been inbuilt. This allows an area where moisture level rises can be identified to within a 50 millimetre square.

The complex is scheduled for completion in late February with opening planned for June next year.

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OUR VIEW

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his time next week we will know exactly how many people live in Mid Canterbury.

This week, Statistics New Zealand lifted the tip of the veil by announcing the increase in people in the Rangitata Electorate, but we all would like to see the breakdown between Mid and South Canterbury.

The changes in the official population numbers for the Ashburton District will have a significant impact on a number of issues, like Government funding, but initially on the question of the electoral boundaries.

For the past two national elections, Ashburton has been part of the Rangitata Electorate which includes Mid Canterbury and a big chunk of South Canterbury. Up until 2008 Ashburton had been part of the Rakaia electorate which included Mid Canterbury and Selwyn.

With the population numbers in Mid Canterbury growing fast, alongside our neighbouring regions, the electoral commission will be faced with a conundrum.

The Rangitata area covers 64,142 people which is significantly over the population threshold of 59,679 for each South Island electorate.

This development is likely to force the boundaries to be redrawn once again, but it is hard to see where our boundaries should go.

Our closest neighbouring areas, Waitaki, Selwyn and Wigram, have seen massive increases as well, while the eastern Christchurch areas have experienced a huge loss in population.

If the boundaries are redrawn, Waitaki could move north and swap part of its southern area with the Timaru region while Ashburton could again become part of a Rakaia electorate with a slice of Selwyn. This however would ignore Selwyn’s natural boundaries, so the electoral offices instead may consider dividing Mid Canterbury between Rangitata and Selwyn.

Some may argue that this would benefit this district as we would have two MPs working in this area. However, if Mid Canterbury becomes the minor part of the electorates, there is also a danger that Ashburton issues could become a lower priority for Timaru and Selwyn-based MPs with more pressing matters and constituents on their home turf.

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I would like to comment anonymously (as your text readers do) regarding the pedestrian crossing and SH1 in Tinwald.

Why does common sense no longer prevail – a set of traffic lights at NZTA cost as it is a State Highway would then provide for pedestrians with considerably more safety than a pedestrian crossing in a different place?

I read your editorial regarding hepatitis A and consider that had the information of the area of concern been highlighted for the community at the onset the spread of this disease may have been contained without the additional taxpayer cost now being incurred.

Ownership of any problem is the first step to addressing the issue – or so I have been led to believe.

Linda

There are some horrific stories emerging over the election in progress. The electronic methodology is far from perfect and new problems emerge almost daily.

When I became aware of its adoption I expressed my misgivings in your column. Senior management seem now to admitting some responsibility yet no acceptance of a totally unproven approach. I was always aware of just how important Mr Rollinson was to the administration but his absence cannot be held to blame for the acceptance of this shambles. Your recent article names two ladies of staff as responsible locally, quite frankly I doubt very much whether either can actually instigate change as control is out of town and in some machine.

Senior management changes proclaimed but none of whom capable of managing a local election.

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Decisions such as those take the council further off course and I wonder the future. Council seems to have lost touch with their core activities whether by design or just a lack of knowledge. Roading and street services are not supervised. Information of requirements by way of concerned citizens to the ladies who in turn pass on the message, then to supervising contractors and then maybe to the contractors expected to do the work. The simplest of tasks is a two of three step procedure then it becomes a maybe, yet councillors can consider the number of dog barking complaints.

No wonder we look for efficiencies and some value for the money that they gift themselves and I would doubt the accuracy of any claimed result.

The closer one is to the heart of the system the more influence one can wield.

MN Richards

Facebook page I was shocked and horrified to open your paper and read that you had announced the title of a Facebook page that was set up to attack a young person. You stated also in the article that you had not printed it sooner out of respect to the young person.

Well I would like to know why and who decided to print the title of that page for all to see. What happened to respect?

Are you any better than the bullies? I don’t think so.

Michele Box Editor’s response: The page had been removed three days before we named it, and was inaccessible. It was impossible to identify the victim at that point. When the first story was published on Saturday, we chose not to name to avoid directing any more traffic toward it.

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n performing our role and as a guardian of over $700 million of community assets, Ashburton District Council needs to conduct its business in an open, transparent, and democratically accountable manner. One of the corner-stones for ensuring this happens is compliance with the requirements of a key piece of legislation – the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (1987) or LGOIMA. The act requires, amongst other things; that council meetings are advertised to the community, meeting agendas are available to the public at least two days before the meeting, only matters listed on the agenda are discussed; meetings are open to the media and the public unless there are specific reasons; and that minutes of meetings are available to the community.

The act acknowledges that councils are a business and as such undertake business that may be commercially sensitive. It also acknowledges that councils hold information and make decisions that may involve individual persons and that there may be valid reasons for this information to be dealt with privately, out of the public domain.

Discussing matters and making decisions with the public excluded is not something taken lightly. There must be valid reasons permitted under LGOIMA. The reasons council may consider certain matters with the public excluded can be summarised as; protecting information

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that is professionally privileged or commercially sensitive; protecting personal privacy; or the maintaining of public health, safety and order.

Most situations are reasonably clear cut, such as the consideration of commercial tenders to undertake work for the council. Some situations, however, are less obvious and judgement is required. Here it falls to the council’s chief executive to advise the council on a course of action.

From time to time the media or residents may think information is being unreasonably withheld or that matters are being discussed and decisions made with the public excluded that shouldn’t be. If this is the case they can apply to the council for information and if they are unsatisfied by the response they can take their concern to the Ombudsman or Privacy Commissioner.

It is my experience that councils use the ability to exclude the public sparingly and rarely does the Ombudsman find information has been withheld unreasonably.

I have worked at five coun-

cils in my career to date and all have had slightly different ways of dealing with the requirements of LGOIMA. From what I have seen so far at Ashburton District Council we have good processes in place to meet the requirements of the act.

At the end of each meeting the matters that were discussed with the public excluded are put into the public domain if decisions have been made and there is no longer a valid reason for withholding the information.

I have been impressed with this approach. Some councils wait until the next meeting at the earliest to bring matters out of public excluded.

Our committee secretary also maintains a register of all matters discussed with the public excluded and the council periodically goes through these items and puts all matters that can be into the public domain.

This double-check ensures information is not withheld without good reason.

Of course some personal details should never be in the public domain. The right to ac-

cess information can be refused if it prejudices the maintenance of the law, including the detection of offences, or endangers the safety of people.

Amongst other things, the council is a regulatory authority, and we rely on information from the community to help us perform our regulatory functions. It is important, for example, that a resident can make a complaint about a noise nuisance or unconsented building work without having the parties responsible knowing who made the complaint. Each case has to be considered on its merits.

Councils are under more public scrutiny than most other organisations in the community.

We accept this as a healthy aspect of local democracy and accountability. Most residents will understand, however, that there are times when we need to undertake some parts of our business in confidence in order to operate effectively and to deliver the best outcomes for the community.

Andrew Dalziel is CEO of the Ashburton District Council

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■ UNITED STATES

Newman ‘unapologetic’ Queensland premier Campbell Newman says some inconvenience to citizens is necessary in the state’s battle against motorcycle gangs. Mr Newman’s government is drafting several pieces of legislation aimed at eliminating criminal gangs from Queensland.

Among laws being proposed is a ban on criminal bikie gang members from riding in groups of three or more. The proposed law has drawn criticism from recreational motorcyclists, who claim they will have their hobby disrupted by police.

- AAP

Korea sounds warning North Korea has warned the US of a “horrible disaster” and put its troops on alert over a massive joint naval drill involving a nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier alongside South Korean and Japanese vessels. The warning yesterday came after Seoul and Washington last week signed a new joint strategy to counter the growing threat of a North Korean nuclear attack after the communist country restarted an ageing plutonium reactor.

- AFP

Malaria vaccine

Specilaist Fabian Caceres studies his options on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange yesterday.

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‘Clock ticking’ on budget impasse

By Stephen CollinSon Surely, America’s bickering politicians are not so crazed by partisan fervour that they would let the still recovering economy plunge into the catastrophic unknown of the country’s first-ever debt default?

Or are they?

Congress has sometimes been reluctant to lift the US statutory borrowing limit - as it must do again by October 17 - and only done so after a close vote. But it has never caused a major incident.

But this routine duty has, in recent years, become another battleground in the bitter fight between President Barack Obama and his Republican foes in the House of Representatives.

So far, the horrific potential consequences of not raising the debt ceiling - leaving Uncle Sam with no cash to pay his bills, triggering a likely US recession and possible global economic contagion - have forced debt hawk conservatives to go along.

But in shutdown Washington, with Obama and Republicans deadlocked, conventional wisdom is being tested as never before.

The administration accuses the Republican Tea Party faction of “playing with fire” over its demand that Obama make concessions - for example delaying his health care law - in return for the raising of the current $US16.7 trillion debt ceiling.

With America just nine days away from the start of a possible default on its obligations, Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner are dug in deep.

Relations between America’s two most powerful politicians are so laced with distrust that neither seems inclined to give the other a face-saving way out.

Obama stood firm yesterday, ruling out any talks on budget issues, health care or anything else, until Boehner reopens the federal government, now shuttered for a week over a budget impasse, and raises the debt ceiling.

“What we’re not willing to do is to create a permanent pattern in which, unless you get your way the government’s shut down or America defaults,” he said. “That’s not how we do business in this country, and we’re not going to start now.”

Boehner hardened his own

line, spinning comments by White House aide Gene Sperling to claim the president preferred default to dialogue.

“A senior White House official said that the president would rather default than sit down and negotiate.

“Really?” Boehner said.

With both sides ripping chunks from each other, the situation seems ripe for miscalculation.

Some Republicans seem set on the notion that Obama, decried by some Democrats as quick to climb down in first term standoffs, will blink, rather than see his legacy sullied by a new recession.

But this time seems to be different. The president, who will never face voters again, is flexing a-devil-may-care streak.

Will he give way?

No way, say White House aides, privately insisting Boehner will get no off-ramp.

The creeping sense of danger from this deeply personal standoff has not yet been widely recognised outside Washington.

But one key player is alarmed.

China, which leads the list of nations invested deep in the supposed safety of US Treas-

ury Bonds, cleared its throat yesterday.

“The clock is ticking,” said Chinese vice finance minister Zhu Guangyao.

Tim Pawlenty, briefly a Republican presidential candidate, who now heads the Financial Services Roundtable, told CNN the potential remained for potentially “cataclysmic” circumstances.

“They are so dug in, there’s a chance they could stumble into default. We don’t want that,” he said.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has also seen enough. “(Debt ceiling brinkmanship) ought to be banned as a weapon,” he told Fortune Magazine. “It should be like nuclear bombs, basically too horrible to use.”

Democrats may be comforting themselves that Republicans will take more of a hit from a continued government shutdown and even a default than they will.

Thirty-eight per cent of Americans in a Pew Research Poll Monday said Republicans were to blame for the government shutdown, while 30 per cent blamed the Obama administration.

- AFP

The introduction of a vaccine against malaria could be less than two years away following a trial by a British healthcare company. The results of the trial by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) demonstrated that the most clinically advanced malaria vaccine candidate - RTS,S - continued to protect young children and infants from clinical malaria up to 18 months after vaccination.

Over a year and a half, the RTS,S vaccine was shown to almost halve the number of malaria cases in children aged five to 17 months at first vaccination.

- PA

Twiggy enters feud The Rinehart bitter family feud has taken another twist after a court heard that billionaire mining magnate Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest was getting involved. A civil trial between billionaire Gina Rinehart and two of her children was scheduled to start yesterday. Ms Rinehart was due to face allegations in a NSW Supreme Court that she engaged in serious misconduct over the lucrative trust, which was established by her father Lang Hancock in 1988 with her children as beneficiaries. John Hancock and Bianca Rinehart claim their mother acted “deceitfully” and with “gross dishonesty” in her dealings with the family trust. - AAP

Prisoners released Burma has began freeing dozens of its remaining detained activists, officials said, after the country vowed to release all prisoners of conscience by the end of the year.

“Our government will release 56 political prisoners,” presidential adviser Hla Maung Shwe told AFP, in comments confirmed by correctional officials. Hundreds of political detainees have been freed since President Thein Sein took power in 2011, as part of reforms that have marked the emergence from decades of junta rule. But activists say authorities are continuing to prosecute dissidents and scores remain behind bars. - AFP

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■ ECONOMY

■ MOBILE PHONES

NZ business confidence rises

NZ demand for smartphones slows

■ OPINION

Effective governance good for business

I

f you consider governance as something that only large corporates have to concern themselves with, then think again.

It is important to plan and prepare for whatever the future throws at you - no matter how big or small your business.

From an industry crisis, employment issues and risk management, to setting a strategic direction, sound governance is key to steering businesses through the day-to-day challenges you face.

Good governance requires a plan and a vision. It is simply making sure you, your employees and advisors are all working together to ensure the business is heading in the right direction.

The rural sector, in particular, needs to step back and think about how they run farms and businesses.

Historically they are sole traders with the business plan and direction largely driven by a single farmer and family.

However in today’s world

Matt Hannah

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there is a shift towards a structure with multiple shareholders, increasing the need for an independent overview at a strategic level.

Strong governance is built on a fundamental understanding of the business environment and it’s no longer reasonable to expect one individual to assume all of the responsibility.

Having strong governance helps focus on the things that matter most, whether that be risk management, recruitment, property or new technology.

An important part of governance is building a succession plan.

You’ve worked hard to build up your business and, as you look to the future, want it to

remain in good hands.

Good succession is not just about the technical components, such as tax and buy-sell agreements but non-technical components such as family values and family competencies.

Getting advice and even developing a strategy for all aspects will produce better results and a lasting legacy for you and your family.

As your business or farm grows, your investment increases, dynamics change or as you simply reflect on your future, it is important to consider a governance system that suits your commercial objectives and family situation.

A governance plan doesn’t need to be complicated but does need to follow some simple principles.

The first steps are to start the conversation, seek advice, have a clear understanding of what a governance role entails and begin building a plan.

Matt Hannah is a senior manager for KPMG Private Enterprise

Guardian Shares & Investments Compiled by

NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

Source: NZX

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68 149.5 527 3499 93.5 328 270 532 570 160.5 990 367 938 699 429 102 57 491 86 252 359 108.5 1159 321 146 223 342 81 123 173 1400 100 132 107 287 697 161 618 419 305 308 231 181 463 707 262 136.5 372 3636 1860

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Last Daily Volume sale move ’000s

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186.69 503.05 543.61 3.352 948.02 1,344.4 596.96 438.92 253.92 243.09 24.03 482.92 570.87 43.92 37.09 927.69 873.33 15.69 111.15 752.46 890.59 823.76 8.744 695.47 82.34 2,775.1 139.09 92.7 114.31 70.84 30.19 1,537.9 485.51 178.79 34.38 492.12 64.06 2,238.5 640.28 44.83 600.18 3,437.3 117.0 729.24 149.39 108.24 574.7 35.74 194.05 233.09

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“Businesses are optimistic, activity is rebounding and this is being gradually realised into more jobs and profits,” said NZIER principal economist Shamubeel Eaqub.

“Encouragingly, momentum is lifting outside of Canterbury.

We are still not seeing inflationary pressures but it is definitely heading upwards.”

Trading activity remains strong in Canterbury, even as it eased in the third quarter.

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Business confidence rose to its highest in more than three years in the third quarter and broadened beyond Canterbury, according to the latest Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion from the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research.

A net 32 per cent of businesses were optimistic in the September quarter, seasonally adjusted, up from a net 30 percent in the June quarter, the institute said. That is the highest since March 2010 when a net 33 per cent were optimistic.

Domestic trading activity, which is closely aligned with economic growth, rebounded in the quarter with a net 11 percent of firms experiencing a pickup in their own activity, the highest level in 10 years, the institute said. That’s an increase from a net 5 per cent in the June quarter and 10 per cent in the March quarter. The latest reading is consistent with about 3 per cent annual economic growth in the September quarter, the institute said.

A net 21 per cent of firms in Canterbury experienced growth in September, down from a net 25 percent in the June quarter, the institute said.

Activity is accelerating outside of Canterbury, increasing to a net 12 per cent in the third quarter from a net 6 per cent in the second quarter.

A net 17 per cent of firms expect to hire more workers in the next quarter, up from a net 9 per cent last quarter.

Costs and prices remained subdued in September, the institute said. Inflationary pressures are concentrated in Canterbury, but there is little evidence of this spilling over to other regions yet, it said.

A net 24 per cent of firms expect to raise selling prices, up from a net 22 per cent last quarter. Meanwhile, a net 26 per cent expect average costs to rise, down from a net 29 per cent last quarter.

A net 12 per cent expect profits to increase in the next quarter, up from a net 1 per cent in the previous quarter.

- BusinessDesk

A decline in mobile phone shipments to New Zealand shows most people have already made the transition to some form of smartphone, says an analyst.

About 2.6 million devices were shipped to Australasia in the second calendar quarter of the year, according to International Data Corporation (IDC).

That represents a slump of 20 per cent compared to the same period last year and a 5 per cent decline from the first quarter.

Aman Bajaj, an analyst for market research firm IDC, said demand for smartphones had plateaued because most people had now moved from feature phones to smartphones.

“The slowdown in replacement demand shows the majority of end-users having already made the jump over to a smart device. That progression has already taken place.”

Bajaj said there would still be people who wanted to upgrade from one smartphone to the next, but the “phenomenal growth” in the smartphone market was now over.

Feature phones - which Bajaj described as “the older types of phones”- now accounted for less than a fifth of mobile phone shipments to New Zealand and Australia.

Shipments of feature phones fell by over 45 per cent in the second quarter compared to a year ago. The fall in smartphone shipments was more moderate but came despite major product launches in the quarter.

- APNZ

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By Tina Morrison

By Ben ChapMan-sMiTh

 NZX 50 index

4,738.68 –17.36 –0.37%

 NZX 20 index

3,706.21 –14.18 –0.38%

 NZX All index

5,066.48 –18.31 –0.36%

 Rises 30

 Falls 55

WORLD MARKETS

 S&P/ASX 200 index

5,149.4

–11.7

–0.23%

At close of trading on October 8, 2013

 Dow Jones Indust.

14,936.24 –136.34 –0.9%

At close of trading on October 7, 2013

 FTSE 100 index

6,437.28

–16.6

–0.26%

At close of trading on October 7, 2013

 Nikkei 225 index

13,894.61 +41.29 +0.3%

At close of trading on October 8, 2013

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

 Gold

London – $US/ounce

 Silver

London – $US/ounce

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+13.75

+0.12

+1.05% +0.55%

 Copper London – $US/tonne

7,171.0

+23.0

+0.32%

NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ As at 4pm October 8, 2013

Country

Australia Canada China Euro Fiji Great Britain Japan Samoa South Africa Thailand United States

TT buy

0.8901 0.8691 5.3972 0.6228 1.5707 0.5238 81.91 1.9903 8.4263 26.38 0.8424

TT sell

0.8691 0.8412 4.7447 0.5997 1.4628 0.5074 78.73 1.7201 8.1214 25.14 0.8171

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■ COOK UP A STORM

With chillies a meal

By SaBine Morrow

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lmost everything I know about preparing Mexican food, I gathered from my childhood friend, Deya.

She, in turn, had built her knowledge base from her mother, Dottie, who spent much of her early married life in Sonora, Mexico. Both parents were Americans living a grand adventure south of the border, leaving a permanent imprint on the family, and those lucky enough to be considered such.

As teens, we’d hear romantic stories of silver mines and cattle ranches, and warm Mexican evenings spent dancing till dawn, of fortunes found and lost, then found and lost all over again.

But it is impossible to discuss Mexico on any level without bringing up the food. And, in Deya’s family’s home, food with a heavy Mexican bent was always within reach - in conversation and on the table.

Among constants was a simmering pot of fragrant baconscented pintos spiked with whole wrinkled dried chillies.

When tender, the pintos would eventually find themselves transformed into rustic refried beans.

Boosted with cheese, the beans left skinny web-like threads when spooned and smeared onto warm (sometimes freshly made) tortillas.

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The crowning moment would come with generous shots of handcrafted salsa, resulting in carne asada so sublime it’s the dish that would most satisfy my request for a final meal.

It’s the salsa that draws me to Mexican food. A mediocre carnitas (braised pork) is easily salvaged when doused with a slightly tart tomatillo sauce.

But even an exemplary steak taco is to me a crashing bore without a jolt from fresh pico de gallo or a squirt of bracing salsa roja.

Around dinner time in many households throughout Mexico, there’s a buzz of activity in the kitchen that has less to do with the main course, and everything to do with that most intrinsic element of the meal - salsa made fresh daily.

Most non-Mexicans think of salsa as a combination that definitely involves tomatoes, maybe onion, some coriander and a bit of fresh jalapeno or a more volatile chilli.

While that’s certainly the base for many a good salsa, in Mexico dried chillies often take front and centre, with tomatoes bringing up the rear, if they’re invited to the party at all. The earthy, sometimes floral and slightly bitter finish of dried chillies makes for a more complex salsa.

In most northwestern

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is never boring can homes, you’ll find festive chillies de sarta - strings of dried blood-red peppers - dangling from patios, drying in the sun until their skins darken and turn papery thin.

You might find some in an hispanic grocery store or at a farmers’ market. Reconstituted, they can be used in an endless array of dishes, including enchilada sauces, chilli con carne, salsas and mole.

Versatile dried chillies make strong foundations for sauces and pastes, but they’re also ideal when pulverised into homemade chilli powder or rubs, which can be left plain or enhanced with dried herbs, coffee beans and other flavours limited only by your imagination.

Many Mexican cooks still crush the chillies with a molcajete, a traditional stone mortar and pestle.

I’ve long made a killer salsa with fresh chillies, but experimenting with their dried cousins is relatively new to me.

Deya, however, concocts a rustic dried chilli salsa, perfumed with caramelised garlic and a little coriander, that you want to drink, even though it’s liquid fire.

Following in her mother’s footsteps, she, too, spent her newlywed years in Mexico, but took it a step further by snagging a Mexican husband whose mother taught her yet more culinary secrets.

Deya has some sage advice for novices who might feel intimated when cooking with dried chillies for the first time.

She explains that, when it comes to dried chillies, all the varieties are pretty much all interchangeable, so long as you keep in mind the heat level.

Small chillies generally pack the most heat, while the larger ones tend to be milder.

My advice? Start experimenting with quality dried chillies. Your meals will be much richer for the effort.

BOURBON DRIED CHILLI HOT SAUCE This is the perfect hot sauce to shake on your eggs, in soups or even your bloody Mary. It has a slightly sweet start with a warm, bourbon-infused finish. It’s easy to prepare, and the sauce makes a terrific gift for any chilli-head.

6 chillies, cut the stems with scissors and pour out the seeds A handful of dried chillies de arbol, about 20 (use fewer for a milder sauce)(Can be substituted with Thai chillies) 1 clove fresh garlic 1/3 C apple cider vinegar

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ABOVE: Chillies de sarta strings of dried blood-red peppers - drying in the sun.

1 T molasses 2 T bourbon 1/8 t salt ■ Fill a medium saucepan halfway with water and bring to a boil.

■ Add the chillies to the water, cover the pan and turn the heat down to simmer. Cook the chillies for about 20 to 30 minutes or until they’re soft. The small chillies de arbol usually take longer to soften than the larger peppers.

■ Drain the chillies, discard the water and place the softened chillies in a food processor or blender.

■ Add the garlic and process for about 1 minute. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.

■ Add the apple cider vinegar, molasses, bourbon and salt and process about two minutes more. The sauce won’t be perfectly smooth and you’ll notice flecks of skin and seeds.

■ Press the mixture through a fine sieve, and pour the sauce into a clean glass jar or bottle. You can refrigerate for several weeks.

Makes about one cup.

BLAZING CHILLI BUTTER Hands on: 5 minutes Total time: 10 minutes Makes: about cup This is my take on the trendy French seasoned butter, Bordier Piment d’Espelette, flavoured with Basque Espelette peppers, which, of course, originated in Mexico.

Shape the spicy butter into a log and place it in the freezer.

Place a pat on grilled meats and seafood and add a spoonful to jazz up pasta.

Spread it on crostini for a bit of drama.

Note that a rich European-style

Many Mexican cooks still crush chillies with a molcajete, a traditional stone mortar and pestle. butter tempers the bite from the fiery chillies, but unsalted butter works, too.

5 dried chillies de arbol 1 dried New Mexico chilli, stem snipped 1 t dried oregano Pinch salt 100g stick unsalted butter, room temperature ■ In a mini food processor or coffee grinder (one that’s not going to be used for coffee beans), add the dried chillies, oregano and salt. Process until the ingredients are the texture of salt.

■ You should have about 1 tablespoon of ground chilli mixture.

■ Stir the mixture into the softened butter and mix well.

Shape into a log and wrap tightly with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for a couple of weeks or freeze.

■ Per 1-tablespoon serving: 123 calories (per cent of calories from fat, 82), 1 gram protein, 5 grams carbohydrates, 1 gram fibre, 12 grams fat (7 grams saturated), 31 milligrams cholesterol, 20 milligrams sodium.

DEYA’S RUSTIC SALSA ROJA Hands on: 15 minutes Total time: 20 minutes Makes: about 2 cups of salsa 2 T olive oil

6 guajillo chillies, stems snipped 6 chiles de arbol (if you want a mild salsa, you can use 2 dried California or New Mexico chillies, instead) 5 garlic cloves, cut in half 3 whole fresh Roma tomatoes or 1 x 410g can whole or diced tomatoes. cup fresh coriander 1/4 white onion 1 t salt ■ Add oil to a medium saucepan or skillet, turn heat to medium.

■ When the oil is hot, add the chillies and garlic to the pan and toss them around for about 10 minutes until the garlic is a deep golden colour and the chillies darken slightly. Take care not to burn the garlic or chillies.

■ Remove chillies and garlic from the pan and place in a blender.

■ Place the Roma tomatoes in the pan and add a bit more oil if you need to, and shake the tomatoes over medium heat until some of the skin turns dark and starts to blister. It should take just a couple of minutes.

■ Cut the stem end off of the tomatoes, quarter them and place them in the blender with the coriander, onion and salt.

■ Blend until smooth.

■ Per 2-tablespoon serving: 42 calories (percent of calories from fat, 43), 1 gram protein, 5 grams carbohydrates, 1 gram fibre, 2 grams fat (trace saturated fat), no cholesterol, 196 milligrams sodium.

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Flavour, aroma and personality, gin is a spirit that comes ready to refresh in the warmer months.

British neurogastronomist Professor Charles Spence agrees - but for him the simple pleasure of drinking gin is not enough.

As head of the Crossmodal Research Laboratory at Oxford University his research is interested in unlocking how our brains process sensory information while drinking and eating.

“Neurogastronomy is really an emerging science, which is to say that if we know how the brain combines all our sensory cues - smell, taste, sight, hearing, and touch - then maybe we can design better tasting food experiences in restaurants and out there in the wider world,” he said.

Prof Spence’s research led to an approach from premium gin brand Tanqueray to examine how its product works as a palate cleanser.

As a super-premium category, gin arrived in the 1980s when Bombay Sapphire, with its eyecatching sky-blue bottle, was released. Visual allure and a spirit loaded with botanicals gives it great sensory appeal, Prof Spence says.

Flavoured with juniper, gin’s variety of botanicals are determined by each distiller, these can include coriander, cinnamon, lime, orange or lemon peel. Tanqueray is a London dry gin, which refers to its distilling process and is flavoured with juniper, coriander, angelica root and liquorice.

Prof Spence says as a palate cleanser, gin is about stimulating all the senses.

To prove his point, he asked diners during a presentation at Sydney’s Rockpool on George to hold their noses while tasting a pre-dinner tipple of Tanqueray and tonic with a wedge of lime.

“A traditional palate cleanser will give you a quick jolt of flavour but it doesn’t linger and kind of disappears more rapidly than any other tastes like sweet or salty but on the tongue the acidity of the lime helps to cleanse the palate. As well as cleansing the tongue, what we also seek to do is cleanse the nose because that’s where essential information is being decoded. All the things we really like in flavour actually come from the nose, in fact about 80 to 95 per cent.”

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Giant American John Isner has battled back from a set down against Colombian qualifier Santiago Giraldo to win his opening match at the typhoon-hit Shanghai Masters. The 14th seed dodged heavy rain and winds by playing under the closed roof at the Qizhong tennis centre, taking time to impose his heavy-serving game on his 83rd-ranked opponent before he eventually emerged on top. It was one of just four first-round matches played on day two of the tournament as the bad weather played havoc with the schedule, with veteran 11th seed Tommy Haas and Frenchman Gael Monfils among the other winners.

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Sharapova out injured Four-time grand slam winner Maria Sharapova will miss the year-end WTA Championships in Istanbul with the shoulder injury that has kept her from the courts since midAugust. The Russian has played only one match since losing in the Wimbledon second round due to her shoulder problem. “I’m very disappointed that I will not be able to play the WTA Championships this year,” Sharapova said in a statement yesterday as the event enters its final edition in Istanbul before moving to Singapore. - DPA

Landajo suspended

Mid Canterbury’s Jess Dray (left) represented Selwyn in a 2-2 draw with Canterbury Red yesterday on the first day of play of the Under 17 South Island Girls’ Football tournament at a wet Mount Hutt College.

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Last-minute goal sinks Selwyn

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It was a tough day in treacherous conditions for the Selwyn under 17 girls’ football side, who were robbed of their first win by a last ditch goal at Mount Hutt College yesterday.

The Selwyn side, which features three Mid Canterbury

players, made its debut in the U17 South Island Girls’ Football Tournament yesterday as one of eight teams vying for the championship.

After a 4-0 loss in the morning to a very sharp-looking Otago side, the team took through the experience from their hard first- up match to

take on tournament heavyweights Canterbury Red. Through players Tessa Blakeborough and Clare Redden-Anderson, Selwyn looked poised to claim their first victory with a handy lead, and playing their game with plenty of confidence.

But a Canterbury Red goal in

the dying seconds of the match broke the hearts of a spirited Selwyn side, who then had to settle for a 2-2 draw.

Today, Selwyn will play in two matches, with the first against Marlborough at Mount Hutt College at 9am, before what is currently an unknown opponent in the afternoon.

Open season as big guns misfire The topsy-turvy opening weeks of the Premier League campaign have fuelled pre-season optimism that the 2013-14 title race will be one of the most open in years.

With Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea all under new management, and a glut of new players arriving during the close season, the English top flight is in the throes of transition, and the off-pitch upheaval has been mirrored in the results.

For the first time since 2009, there are no unbeaten teams after seven games.

The six-point gap between leaders Arsenal and 10th-place Aston Villa, meanwhile, repre-

sents the narrowest such gap since 2007 and it is only the second time since 1994 that the teams in the top half of the division have been so tightly bunched at this stage of the season. Unexpected defeats for the league’s leading lights have only added to the sense of disorder.

Arsenal’s stunning home defeat by Villa on the season’s opening day set the tone and champions United have already lost three times, including a 4-1 humiliation in the Manchester derby.

City have been beaten by both Villa and promoted Cardiff City, while Tottenham Hotspur crashed to a surprise 3-0 loss at

home to West Ham United on Sunday.

Amid the carnage, Mauricio Pochettino’s well-drilled Southampton side have stealthily crept up the table to fourth place, following a run of three wins and a draw in which they did not concede a single goal.

West Bromwich Albion are another club to have exploited the uncertainty, having won 2-1 away to United with a performance of laudable boldness before drawing 1-1 at home to Arsenal.

Over the last 10 seasons, the average gap between the teams finishing first and fourth has been 20 points and not once has the team in fourth place ended

the season within 10 points of the champions.

However, although the statistics suggest a much more democratic title race, former Liverpool defender turned BBC television pundit Alan Hansen feels it is too soon to tell.

“People are saying it’s the most open Premier League for years, but as far as I’m concerned, the favourites at the start are still the favourites: the two Manchester clubs and Chelsea,” he said.

“The first 10, 12 games, you can’t win the title, but you can lose it. Maybe Man United are a bit further behind than they’d want to be, but apart from that, they’re all in position.” - AFP

Argentina halfback Martin Landajo has been given a one-week suspension for stamping in their Rugby Championship loss to the Wallabies in Rosario. Referee Wayne Barnes spotted the Puma stamping on the hands of two Wallabies - Adam Ashley-Cooper and Saia Faingaa - during a ruck late in the match, but let him off with a warning. However, the citing commissioner believed the offence met the red-card threshold and ordered a hearing, at which Landajo pleaded guilty. Australia won 54-17 in Rosario to finish third behind New Zealand and South Africa with Argentina winless and last for the second successive season.

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Big names for Open Next year’s Heineken Open is assembling one of the strongest fields in the tournament’s history after it was confirmed world No 12 Tommy Haas and No 13 John Isner would be returning to Auckland.

The pair join world No 4 and threetime defending champion David Ferrer, No 20 Kevin Anderson from South Africa and crowdpleasing Frenchman Gael Monfils as confirmed starters for the event which begins on January 6. - APNZ

Phoenix sign Riera The Wellington Phoenix might have lost their pre-season match against Auckland City but they gained something in the form of Spanish midfielder Albert Riera.

The Auckland midfielder was invited to trial for the Phoenix after impressing in the 1-0 win at Kiwitea St and yesterday signed a one-year contract. He fills the final of five import spots in the squad, alongside Paul Ifill, Carlos Hernandez, Stein Huysegems and Kenny Cunningham, and brings the total number of players to 20 on the eve of Wellington’s A-League opener against Brisbane at Westpac Stadium on Sunday.

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Test battlers face off Test cricket’s under-achievers New Zealand and Bangladesh will strive to resurrect their fortunes after a dismal run when they open a two-match series in Chittagong today. Bangladesh are tottering at the bottom of the Test table, lower than Zimbabwe, after losing eight of their past 11 matches and with just one win in the past three years. New Zealand are ranked just above Zimbabwe and Bangladesh in eighth place, having suffered 10 defeats in their past 16 Tests.

Skipper Brendon McCullum and coach Mike Hesson will hope to build on New Zealand’s overwhelming unbeaten record against Bangladesh.

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Gambia out of Games Organisers of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow have said that they do not expect the Gambia to compete at next year’s event following the country’s withdrawal from the Commonwealth. The west African country announced last week that it was leaving the Commonwealth, largely made up of former British colonies, saying it will “never be a member of any neo-colonial institution”. As a result, the number of countries and territories competing at the quadrennial event in the Scottish city of Glasgow is set to fall to 70. - AFP

Big Brother is watching Russia has installed an allencompassing surveillance system at the site of next year’s Winter Olympic Games in Sochi that will allow security services to listen in on athletes and visitors. The surveillance system, known as SORM, was first developed by the Soviet-era KGB, predecessor of the FSB special services, in the mid-1980s. SORM will give Russian security services free access to all phone and internet communications at the Olympic Games in February without the providers’ knowledge.

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Serbs skipping Hopman The Hopman Cup has missed out on popular tennis duo Novak Djokovic and Ana Ivanovic for the mixed teams tournament in Perth. The December 28-January 4 event will be without last year’s Serbian runners-up Djokovic and Ivanovic, and includes only three players ranked in the world top 10. However organisers remain confident the field for 2014, in the second year under Tennis Australia’s banner since Paul McNamee was dumped, is the most complete and even in the 26-year history. Australia will be represented by Bernard Tomic and Sam Stosur.

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Katich batting again Former Test batsman Simon Katich will make an unexpected return to domestic cricket for Western Australia in the one-day cup competition. It was almost 18 months ago that Katich announced he was quitting NSW and the state game in Australia. But WA have secured the services of Katich to provide an experienced head for their young squad despite unsuccessfully trying to lure the dumped Australian star back in the past. Katich scored 1000 runs in county cricket this year.

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Tinwald golfers make it three straight Scoring a hat-trick, Tinwald Golf Club members (back from left) Wendy Stevenson, Pete Marshall and Bruce Collins with (front from left) Chris Hart, Joyce van der Heide, Dave Gill, Amanda Gray and Jacqui Beardsley, winners of the county stroke shields and mayor’s trophy for a third year. The Tinwald women’s team had a combined nett score of 282 while the Tinwald men had a combined winning score of 276. The shields and trophy are competed for annually by teams of four from the district’s five golf clubs – Tinwald, Ashburton, Methven, Rakaia and Mayfield. photo supplied

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Breakers facing true test

By Kris shannon For the first time since Paul Henare cut down the nets to celebrate their maiden title, there are serious questions surrounding the Breakers’ championship credentials.

With history going against them, they are not the bookies’ favourites, nor the front-runners for many fans.

They will begin the new season tomorrow without their accomplished coach, finest player and most invaluable veteran.

Much like Tiger Woods in his prime, there has been a concerted effort from the game’s governing body to diminish what the Breakers do best. Rule changes have helped to close the gap between the Breakers and the pack, a gap further decreased with some savvy recruitment by their rivals.

But if anyone thinks any of these factors will faze the de-

fending champions, they haven’t been paying attention.

These Breakers are accustomed to losing key players, familiar with watching imports walk out the door.

New coach Dean Vickerman has been preparing for his promotion since he and Andrej Lemanis first linked. And their roster, stacked with talent, remains one of the league’s elite.

It would surprise no one if, come April, the Breakers and Perth do battle for a third straight finals series.

But the obstacles the Breakers must overcome to turn that vision into reality are what makes this season the most intriguing in their reign atop the Australian NBL. Chief among those obstacles will be the bedding in of two new imports, with crucial contributions required from both if the Breakers are to become the first side in the history of the competition to claim

four straight crowns.

That is particularly true of Kerron Johnson, the 22-year-old guard straight out of school.

Much has been made of the task facing the American - replacing the talismanic Cedric Jackson - but the Breakers can survive, even thrive, without Johnson filling a box score the way his predecessor did with aplomb.

The Breakers have never been built in a way requiring one man to do the job of many.

Jackson certainly took over games in his MVP campaign as did Kirk Penney before him - but the Breakers are at their best when they have numerous players reaching double digits.

Johnson has surely been told as much since arriving from Belmont University; nothing good can come of a young man in his first professional job attempting to exceed his abilities.

He may not win games on his own, as Jackson constantly

threatened, but he has already shown signs of improving those around him - paramount in a pure point guard. In the pre-season, Johnson demonstrated a knack for finding open team-mates and, when he did keep the ball in hand, his speed in the lane was especially difficult to defend under modified rules limiting physical play.

Even if the Breakers were weakened by Jackson’s departure, the arrival of Darnelle Lazare went some way to accounting for the disparity. Playing for Sydney last year, Lazare scored 11.3 points per game - trailing only Jackson at the Breakers and had rebounding numbers matching the club’s starting centre Alex Pledger.

Factoring in a fully-fit Tom Abercrombie, and the continual progression of Corey Webster’s game, another ring is a real possibility. But it won’t be easy.

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SBW ‘not vital’ for Kiwis

BY MICHAEL BROWN While the Kiwis selectors would have loved to have had Sonny Bill Williams on deck for the World Cup, he wasn’t seen as their most important player.

In fact, he wasn’t even in their top two.

Williams yesterday confirmed he was unavailable to play in the upcoming World Cup being played in the UK and France.

It ended months of speculation but there is still widespread curiosity around what his next move will be with Kiwis coach Stephen Kearney saying yesterday all he knew was the 28-year-old was unavailable because of “other commitments”.

Williams has also given little away, saying in the aftermath of Sunday night’s grand final win with the Roosters he would reveal his move in a “couple of weeks”.

“Wishing the kiwis all the best in their title defence, having my first break since 2008.

Looking forward to spending time with fam n friends,” he tweeted yesterday.

Kearney had taken an expectthe-worst-hope-for-the-best attitude around Williams all season so wasn’t surprised by the decision. Jeremy Smith is also missing for personal reasons and centre Shaun Kenny-Dowall is out because of the fractured jaw he suffered in Sunday night’s grand final win.

“We had planned for Sonny not coming away,” Kearney said.

“It was the general feeling I had throughout the year. We were planning that he wasn’t going to come and most people were probably thinking that, too.

“It would have been great to have all three of those players [who are unavailable] with the group.

“They all add something and would have been great assets

for the team but I’m really, really pleased with the team. The players who haven’t been selected, I think that says a lot about the depth of our squad at the moment.

“I’m really excited about what we have to work with.”

Williams’ decision closes a sad chapter in his international rugby league career.

He played only seven tests for the Kiwis, the last being in 2008, and was never on a winning side. The closest he got was a 16-16 draw with Australia in 2004.

He would have added genuine quality and x-factor to the Kiwis’ 24-man squad but wasn’t seen as a critical inclusion.

Souths hooker Issac Luke is irreplaceable and New Zealand would also not have wanted to do without five-eighth Kieran Foran, who had another excellent season with Manly.

This country isn’t short of good second-rowers and backrowers - even without Williams and Smith - but have less depth in the spine of the team.

Luke is the best dummy-half runner in the game and Warriors utilities Thomas Leuluai and Elijah Taylor will provide backup.

Foran is also among the top tier of halves and his control and influence is critical.

Again, Leuluai will provide backup.

Smith’s absence is a blow, with the tough-tackling back-rower a key member of the 2008 World Cup-winning squad and the 2008 and 2012 New Zealand Player of the Year.

It was a difficult decision to leave him out but it’s understood the NZRL effectively made the decision for him after his partner recently gave birth to a premature baby.

“Jeremy would have been a real asset for the group,” Kearney said.

“It’s hard to replace someone like Jeremy but, with the

guys we have in the group, he won’t be missed as much from a performance point of view as he would have done two years ago.”

At the start of the year it seemed inconceivable the Kiwis would still be considered contenders for the title without Williams and Benji Marshall but there isn’t a great sense of panic about their absence.

And that’s progress.

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Results

Los Angeles Dodgers 4 Atlanta Braves 3 (Los Angeles Dodgers wins series 3-1) At Pittsburgh St. Louis Cardinals 2 Pittsburgh Pirates 1 (Pittsburgh Pirates Series tied at 2-2)

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Collated results from the Major League Baseball second-round playoffs today (all series best-of-five): American League Division Series at St. Petersburg Tampa Bay Rays 5 Boston Red Sox 4 (Boston Red Sox leads series 2-1) At Detroit Oakland Athletics 6 Detroit Tigers 3 (Oakland Athletics leads series 2-1) National League Division Series at Los Angeles

bury 80-11-69, Paul Gardener 84-15-61, Fraser Tasker 85-14-71 16-32: Bill Allan 88-21-67, Nigel Ormrod 87-18-69, Roger Lake 93-24-69, Peter McLauchlan 91-21-70, Ian Hopping 9221-71.

Nearest Pins: Aon Insurance Brokers No 2: Allan DixScottish Premier League on; John McAuliffe Bayleys Real Estate No 11: Steve King; Marilyn Cross PropPlayed yesterday: Partick Thistle 0 Hibernian 1 (Craig 69) erty Brokers No 5: Wayne Blair; National Bank No 14: Nigel Ormrod; ATS 2nd Shot No 9 and No 18: Nigel Ormrod.

Two’s: Nigel Ormrod, Steve King, Gordon Duthie, Allan Dixon x 3 (2-11 and 14) Mayfield Golf Club Ash Vegas Player of the Day: Allan Dixon October 5 79-14-65; Nett Eagle: No 10 Not Struck Winners Next Week: Ash Vegas sponsored 27 0-15: Allan Dixon 79-14-65, Terry Kings- hole tournament 9.30am for 10am start.

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Faith in Locke Stephen Kearney showed considerable faith in Kevin Locke to pick him for the upcoming World Cup, with the Kiwis coach citing the need for specialists as the principal reason for his inclusion. The 24-year-old fullback is immensely talented and can be a matchwinner but equally can go missing and that was no better illustrated than during his erratic season with the Warriors. One of the biggest criticisms is that the difference between his best and worst is far too great and it’s a reason why the Warriors secured England fullback Sam Tomkins. Locke still did enough, however, to be included in the 24-man Kiwis squad where he will probably start the World Cup as backup to incumbent fullback Josh Hoffman.

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Lowndes ‘pumped’ He’s mastered the mountain five times before, but never has Craig Lowndes had to be wary of a Nissan or Mercedes popping into his rearview mirror during a Bathurst 1000. Sunday’s Great Race will be the Red Bull Racing pilot’s 20th start at Mount Panorama and 500th race in the V8 Supercars/Australian Touring Car Championship. Yet the alwayssmiling Lowndes admits he still gets that “funny feeling” in his stomach whenever he sees the famous mountain. “I don’t think it matters how many times you come here, you still get that same feeling,” he said yesterday. - AAP

All Whites on tour One of the most convoluted sagas in All Whites history is coming to an end and they have virtually returned to where they were 10 days ago. The All Whites are already in Los Angeles awaiting confirmation of their schedule only two days before the first game of their latest tour. A game against Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain on October 16 is not in question, but New Zealand Football have gone around in circles trying to organise one or two games for the All Whites against club sides in preparation for their biggest games every four years.

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Tonga looking strong

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Tinwald Golf Club October 5 Stroke Senior: Michael Thomas 68. Intermediate: Snow Pierce 68, Bruce Collins 69, Tony Clarke 72 b/l. Junior: Neil Rayner 66,c/b Des Green 66, Kieron Gray 67, Bryan Shanks 67, Alex Millar 69. Women: (par), Amanda Gray 2 up, Elizabeth Collins 1 up.

Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Bill Mason.

Gluyas Ford # 6; Simon Ross. Stirling Sports # 12; Wayne Lloyd. Ideal Electrical Supplies # 16; Michael Thomas.

Two’s: Kevin Bishop, Michael Thomas, Pete Marshall.Net Eagle; # 3 Not struck

The World Cup will be won by one of only three teams - Australia, New Zealand and England - but some countries are assembling strong outfits, including Tonga who are littered with top NRL talent. Tonga are expected to emerge as winners of Pool C over Scotland and Italy and will most likely face the Kiwis in the quarter-finals.

It promises to be an explosive match, especially as Tonga have some big boys up front and very talented outside backs featuring the likes of Konrad Hurrell, Daniel Tupou, Jorge Taufua and Glen Fisiiahi. The side will be captained by Manly veteran Brent Kite and will also contain former Kiwis Fuifui Moimoi and Sika Manu.

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In brief Hatch Cup The Mid Canterbury Primary A boys lost 3-1 to Manawatu in their only game on day two of the Hatch Cup in Hamilton last night.

First up were the 2012 runners-up North Harbour and what the Mid Canterbury squad knew would be a big test, losing 0-4 in a spirited effort. Mid Canterbury then faced Otago and were outclassed 0-3.

They have Counties Manukau, also without a win, and Wairarapa today.

Collier Trophy The Mid Canterbury Primary A girls lost to Central Otago 2-5 on day two of the Collier Trophy in Wellington yesterday. Goals from Erin Connelly-Whyte and Tayla Love weren’t enough as the southerners put five in the back of the net. On the opening day on Monday the girls had lost to Waikato 0-3 and then Eastern Southland 1-3, with Love scoring the lone goal for Mid Canterbury.

The girls complete pool play today against the unbeaten Tauranga and then Hawkes Bay.

Turner to speed up Reds The Queensland Reds will trial NSW wing recruit Lachie Turner at fullback as they plan to boost their flagging attack with extra speed.

A surprise defector from the Waratahs after two injury-affected Super Rugby seasons, Turner made a fresh start as a Red yesterday at the first day of pre-season training.

The 15-Test Wallabies speedster revealed it was his desire to combine with the likes of Will Genia and Quade Cooper in a Testladen backline that sparked his two-year deal. “It was a big inspiration for me in coming up here, a big reason for it,” he said.

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Evans unlikely for Tour Former Tour de France champion Cadel Evans said he is unlikely to compete at the 2014 edition of the race as he concentrates on targeting a win in the Giro d’Italia.

“It’s unlikely that I’ll start the Tour de France,” Evans said yesterday following the presentation of the three-week Italian epic, which begins on May 9 in Belfast and ends on June 1 in the Trieste region of Italy. Evans, who was among the Tour de France’s oldest champions when he won the fabled yellow jersey at the age of 34 in 2011, produced an impressive performance in this year’s Giro d’Italia.

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Change for Redskins?

Battle lines have been drawn over the name of Washington’s beloved American football team, after President Barack Obama indicated he’d favour something less racially charged than Redskins.

The casino-rich Oneida tribe in New York state is spearheading a campaign to get the National Football League franchise to rebrand itself, just as NFL owners meet in the US capital. “It’s a dictionary-defined offensive term,” said Ray Halbritter, a prominent leader of the Oneida Indian Nation.

“Washington’s team name is a painful epitaph that was used against my people, Indian people, when we were held at gunpoint and thrown off our lands.

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Coach finds positives in defeat

BY MICHAEL BURGESS It’s not a win - but for Silver Ferns coach Wai Taumaunu it was the next best thing.

Considering her team created an unwanted slice of history on Monday night, Taumaunu was in remarkably good spirits following the 52-47 defeat in Melbourne.

The loss means that the Ferns cede the Constellation Cup - which they had only won for the first time last year - and the three consecutive defeats is their worst losing run since 2009.

The Ferns were in touch at half-time (26-21) but let the game slip in the third quarter, replicating the flat periods after half-time in both Auckland and Adelaide.

However Taumaunu was buoyant after the match and rightfully so, as the Ferns could take away plenty of positives from the fiercely fought encounter.

“We had a patch in [the] third quarter that was pretty forgettable but I was very pleased with the fightback,” said Taumaunu, referring to the fourth period, where at one stage the

Silver Ferns coach Wai Taumaunu: Happy with her team’s performance despite handing over the Constellation Cup. ODT PHOTO

Ferns cut an 11 goal deficit to just three.

Unlike in the previous two games the Ferns looked like they meant business from the outset.

They had confidence in each other, brought back some physicality that had been absent and at times showed the Australian machine to a crawl.

“We showed good presence and intent,” said Taumaunu.

“We wanted to slow the pace of the Australian ball as much

as we could, which I thought we did.

“Australia are a good team and they had some patches but they were patches rather than long periods of time.

“We didn’t play well enough to win the game but it is something to build on.”

The Ferns reverted to a zonal defence which was highly effective, especially in the first two quarters.

At times the Diamonds more resembled Malawai, as they

were forced to repeatedly go sideways and backwards just to retain possession, with no targets further up the court.

On attack the Ferns had a mixed night.

Cathrine Latu did some impressive things in just her second start at this level (indeed before last night she had played just 19 quarters in her ten tests) and rattled the Australian defenders at times.

But the combination between her and the midcourters is in its infancy, which led to plenty of misreads and errant passing and only 25 goal attempts.

Maria Tutaia (26/32) carried a lot of the shooting and feeding load and had a polished night while wing attack Shannon Francois showed immense potential in just her second start.

“It probably took three quarters to settle a young attacking line down so I was really pleased with how they came through that fourth quarter,” said Taumaunu, of the final 15 minutes where the Ferns outscored their opponents 16 goals to 11.

“Now [in Canberra] we need to build on that fourth quarter when we were starting to fire.”

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Timeout defuses on-court tension

BY MICHAEL BURGESS Silver Ferns shooter Catherine Latu thought “a fight” was on the cards at one stage during Monday night’s fourth test, such was the physicality and simmering tension throughout the contest.

The match, won 52-47 by Australia to clinch the Constellation Cup, was easily the most physical of the series so far, as bodies smashed into each other, with no quarter given.

Latu was at the centre of much of it, often engaged in a running battle with Australian captain Laura Geitz.

Neither player backed down, as the umpires struggled for control and the local fans voiced their disapproval.

At one point in the second quarter, after a series of exchanges which included Latu being tackled to the ground (by Bianca Chatfield) in the kind of collision you might see at the nearby Melbourne Storm, and soon afterwards being advanced 10 metres after showing some dissent after another incident, the Silver Ferns shooter called for a timeout.

She wanted some attention on her hand, that had been

twisted backwards, but mostly Latu realised it was time to hit the pause button.

“I thought we were getting into a bit of a fight and I didn’t think that was going to end well,” said Latu after the match.

“The best thing to do was to call time and let it settle and then start again.”

Latu, who is never known to hold back on the court, seemed a little surprised that the rugby style tackle by Chatfield went unnoticed - or at least unpunished - by the officials.

“It was definitely a straight bowl [over],” said Latu, who saw the funny side after the game and was neither bitter nor bemoaning.

“It was like a [league] tackle.

“There was kind of a domino effect from there so I used the timeout to try and stop that.”

It wasn’t all shoves and scrapes, handbags and hits.

Both Latu and Geitz produced some fabulous netball and it was a classic duel.

The Australia skipper was relentlessly physical, and gave

just as much as she got.

“She’s very Australian,” said Latu of Geitz. “There is no other way to put it. They are all like that - all very tough and it is the way that we react to it.

“We just take too long to move on and we need to do that better.”

- HOS

Catherine Latu

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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Ashburton Guardian 21

In brief

■ COX PLATE

Kiwi star still on track Murray Baker remains optimistic about It’s A Dundeel’s Gr.1 Cox Plate chances, despite a setback that will rule out a rematch this weekend with Atlantic Jewel.

“We’re not going to take any chances with him and I’m sure he’ll come right relatively quickly,” Baker said.

“The abscess has burst and come out of his heel. The shoe is back on and he’s been to the beach.”

It’s A Dundeel will now go into the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on October 26 with a five-week gap between races, but Baker remained unconcerned.

“We’ll get there and hopefully by the weekend we will be able to get a gallop into him,” he said.

It’s A Dundeel inflicted a first defeat on Atlantic Jewel in the Gr.1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) and his withdrawal from Saturday’s Gr.1 Caulfield Stakes (2000m) has delayed a much anticipated return meeting.

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Contrary to Australian media reports, Baker wasn’t in Melbourne yesterday and was overseeing other members of his team with co-trainer Andrew Forsman at the Cambridge trials.

Among the stable representatives there was the well-performed mare Lady Kipling, who wasn’t pressured to finish midfield in her 950 metre heat won by the current Gr.1 NZ Bloodstock 1000 Guineas co-favourite Bounding.

Lady Kipling was the winner of two races, including the Gr.2 Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes, during her last preparation and earned Group One placings in the Captain Cook Stakes and Thorndon Mile.

Stablemate Red Robyn acquitted herself well in her first trial appearance when second to a Nadeem colt from Tony Pike and Mark Donoghue’s yard. She is a half-sister by Iffraaj to Baker’s ill-fated dual Group One winner Lion Tamer. – NZ Racing Desk

Success for Velas New Zealand Bloodstock principal Peter Vela and his brother Philip enjoyed Group One success as breeders in the Northern Hemisphere when Maarek defeated a quality field of sprinters to land the Prix de l’Abbaye (1000m) at the famed Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe meeting in Paris. Trained

by Barry Lalor, the six-year-old son of champion British sire Pivotal was bred in conjunction with New England Stud’s Peter Stanley, and is out of the dual stakes winning Indian Rocket mare Ruby Rocket.

Top filly sidelined

Matthew Cameron and Murray Baker at the Cambridge trials yesterday. photo tara hughes

Ruud Awakening will take to the pool for the rest of the week after she was unable to work at Flemington yesterday morning.

“She’s got bruised feet, which seems to be happening to a lot of the Kiwi horses in Melbourne, and she’s not quite 100 per cent so she didn’t gallop,” syndicate manager Albert Bosma said. “She won’t run this Saturday and she’ll swim for the rest of the week and then we’ll assess her early next week. “It’s been frustrating and there’s a couple of options - she could run in a three-year-old race over 1200 metres at Moonee Valley on October 26th or we could even bring her home.”

Taupo gallops Today at Taupo raceway

Taupo RC Venue: Taupo Meeting Date: 09 Oct 2013 NZ Meeting number : 2 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.18pm (NZT) TAUPO COMMITTEE & STEWARDS MAIDEN 1800 $7000, MDN, 1800m 1 375x4 Beautiful Man (2) 58.5....................H Tinsley 2 6054 Egg 58.5....................................... Scratched 3 x2774 Mangaroa Hustler (11) 58.5 ....... M Dee (a3) 4 494x8 Berlusconi (12) 58.5 ....................T Thornton 5 x7922 Vendemiaire (1) 56.5 ................. M D Plessis 6 x7345 Midnite Rendezvous (7) 56.5 .. P Turner (a1) 7 2x6. Posh b (8) 56.5...................................M Hills 8 35855 Red Storm (9) 56.5 ......................... K Myers 9 47670 Chantilly Rose (5) 56.5 ............. A Collett (a) 10 9x777 Evenaduchess (4) 56.5 .......... K Chiong (a3) 11 00890 Te Atatu Princess 56.5 ................. Scratched 12 3x335 Puccini (6) 56 ....................................L Innes 13 472 King Savinsky (3) 56 ..................M Cameron 14 The Recidivist (10) 56 2 12.55pm TAUPO TIMES MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1000m 1 00x2x Eucher (8) 58.5 .......................... M Dee (a3) 2 5D35x Hot In Pink (2) 56.5 ................... M D Plessis 3 8840x Dynamite Girl (9) 56.5 ..................... K Myers 4 00x Gracie Anne 56.5 ......................... Scratched 5 Rhythms Of Nature (3) 56.5 .......M Coleman 6 7. Fully Fashioned b (5) 56 .................R Myers 7 Simbaah (7) 56 ......................... A Collett (a) 8 Harry Claassen (6) 56 ............. R Smyth (a3) 9 5 Lola (4) 54 ..................................M Cameron 10 Stand With A Fist (1) 54 .......... P Turner (a1) 3 1.30pm STARLIGHT CINEMA CENTRE R75 1400

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$8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m 1 50167 Gendarme d (11) 60.5........L Magorrian (a4) 2 234x9 Elusive Gold m (4) 58....................O Bosson 3 151 Dubai Wolf m (1) 57 ............... A Forbes (a1) 4 02661 Cold Snap (12) 56.5 ...................M Cameron 5 4052x Decorah d (8) 56 ....................... M D Plessis 6 4112x Sovereign Rose (13) 56 .................. K Myers 7 7714x Sam Mesi td (7) 56.......................... S Spratt 8 1x765 Ohope Prince d (9) 55.5..............T Thornton 9 316x2 Peit Rox m (14) 55 .............................M Hills 10 26019 Urban Angel b (15) 55................ M Dee (a3) 11 5166x Sultry Assassin (2) 54.5 .............. D Johnson 12 x813x Rose Of Virginia (6) 54...............M Coleman 13 x010x Letsgetiton d (3) 54 .........................R Myers 14 6610x Our Essence m (10) 54 .......... K Chiong (a3) 15 1688x Black Hennessy d (5) 55.5 16 124x5 Ray’s Girl 57................................. Scratched Emergencies: Black Hennessy, Ray’s Girl 4 2.05pm EBBETT TAUPO 3YO MAIDEN 1200 $8000, MDN 3YO, 1200m 1 3 Daft Punk b (1) 57.5 ........................ C Grylls 2 64 Macbec (4) 57.5 ......................... M Dee (a3) 3 7x20x Almansa 57.5 ............................... Scratched 4 7. Fully Fashioned b (10) 57.5 5 Increditable Hulk (5) 57.5 ..............O Bosson 6 Ryan Mark 57.5............................ Scratched 7 28x Garland b (9) 55.5 .............................L Innes 8 4x Makarska (6) 55.5 ......................M Coleman 9 Bhiwani (11) 55.5 10 Firostefani (3) 55.5 .......................... K Myers 11 Harmonize (2) 55.5 ....................M Cameron 12 Kilderry (7) 55.5 .............................. R Jones

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7. Lac La Ronge (8) 55.5 .......................M Hills

5 2.40pm THE NZI R65 1800 $7000, Rating 65 Bench-

mark*, 1800m 1 76143 Pherozardo m (8) 59 ....................... R Jones 2 14265 Ryan John b (12) 58.5 ....................R Myers 3 20868 A Soldiers Song m (10) 56.5 ........... C Grylls 4 1080x King Of Rock (7) 56 ...................M Coleman 5 4926x Genus d (6) 55.5 ........................M Cameron 6 00827 Storm In (5) 55.5 ......................K Leung (a3) 7 x500x Roddick (1) 55................................. D Nolan 8 21786 Stella m (9) 54.5........................ A Collett (a) 9 16x06 Ashley 54 ..................................... Scratched 10 00x08 Desi Girl (3) 54 ........................... M Dee (a3) 11 26640 Kaap’s Princess (2) 54 ............ P Turner (a1) 12 47200 Lady Of Troy (4) 54........................ R Norvall 13 04607 Sloshed (11) 54............................... K Myers 6 3.15pm TAUPO VETERINARY CENTRE MAIDEN 1200 $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 8x2x Mr Ruffian (2) 58.5 .......................... D Nolan 2 42x The Nancho Express (7) 58.5 .... M Dee (a3) 3 2x So Danso (11) 56.5 ................... A Collett (a) 4 82x Troia 56.5 ..................................... Scratched 5 33x Villars b (4) 56.5 .............................H Tinsley 6 0629x Top Star b (6) 56.5 ................. A Forbes (a1) 7 9266x Always On My Mind (3) 56.5 .............L Innes 8 7x9. Blossom Queen (8) 56.5 .................R Myers 9 Glorious Lad (1) 56 ..................... D Johnson 10 Bhiwani (9) 54 ............................M Cameron 11 5 News Of The World (5) 54............... K Myers 12 Decanter (10) 54 ....................... M D Plessis 13 Harmonize (12) 54 -

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3.50pm AMBITIOUS DRAGON R65 1200 $12,000, Rating 65 Benchmark Fillies and Mares*, 1200m 1 1423x Dontdyewonderin d (3) 59 ..................M Hills 2 1390x Fiftyshadesofgrey (9) 58.5 ...... P Turner (a1) 3 5461x Lucia Mia (4) 58.5 ...................... M Dee (a3) 4 9470x Miss Construe tm (11) 58.5............. K Myers 5 0940x Palmers Pride d (5) 58 ....................R Myers 6 7x18x Capistrano Magic d (10) 57.5...... D Johnson 7 136x Double Parked d (2) 57.5 ....... A Forbes (a1) 8 41306 Sandy’s Star (13) 57.5 ...............V Gatu (a3) 9 40237 Ason m (8) 57 ...............................M McNab 10 6854x Costume (7) 57 ......................... M D Plessis 11 457x0 La Tourneau dm (1) 56.5 ...................L Innes 12 1 Alchemy’s Flight d (6) 56............M Cameron 13 1 Enhance 56 .................................. Scratched 14 8290x Going Places (12) 56 ............... A Taylor (a2) Emergency: Going Places 8 4.25pm PATIENCE C IZARD MAIDEN 1400 $7000, MAIDEN, 1400m 1 04332 Call The Shots (10) 58.5 .............T Thornton 2 0x4 Coz I’m Lucky (6) 58.5 ....................R Myers 3 064 Vanilla Lad 58.5 ........................... Scratched 4 5300x Madetomeasure (12) 58.5............... R Jones 5 0x Sweetazcuz (7) 58.5 ................... D Johnson 6 2332x Cupcake (2) 56.5 ............................S Collett 7 53x2 Luen Yat Diva (9) 56.5 ..................... C Grylls 8 4 Midnight Molly (5) 56.5...................H Tinsley 9 3730x Picture Perfect (16) 56.5 ....................M Hills 10 6 Fussy Hussy (3) 56.5 11 45 Higher (15) 56 ...............................O Bosson 12 Longbeach (11) 56 .....................M Cameron 13 x2452 Miss Rhythmic 54 ......................... Scratched

14 3x4 Miss Foxwood b (13) 54 ............ M D Plessis 15 Asadauskaite (8) 54 ...................M Coleman 16 Ruby Tuesday (1) 54 17 Tiara 54 ........................................ Scratched 18 7x Poetry (4) 56 19 69x Covered ‘N Bay (14) 54 20 42x The Nancho Express 58.5 ........... Scratched Emergencies: Asadauskaite, Ruby Tuesday, Tiara, Poetry, Covered ‘N Bay, The Nancho Express 9 5.00pm TAUPO TAB R85 1400 $8000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1400m 1 1147x Guns At Five (8) 63.5 .................V Gatu (a3) 2 6426x Boninsky (1) 58.5 .....................K Leung (a3) 3 11954 Boy dm (2) 56.5.............................O Bosson 4 3257x The Menace d (7) 56.......................S Collett 5 864x2 Magic Shaft (12) 55.5.................M Coleman 6 2631x Bronte Lass d (11) 55 ................ M Dee (a3) 7 198x0 Quintero d (13) 55 ........................... S Spratt 8 0700x Tempelten (3) 55 9 4820x Grey Power dm (4) 54.5 ......... K Chiong (a3) 10 0x36x Pui Pui d (6) 54 ............................... R Jones 11 124x5 Ray’s Girl (5) 54 .............................. C Grylls 12 9557x Mons Calpe (9) 54 ......................T Thornton 13 6184x Tremain (10) 54 ............................... K Myers Blinkers on : Posh (R1), Fully Fashioned (R2), Elusive Gold (R3), Fully Fashioned (R4), Higher (R8), Quintero, Tempelten (R9) Blinkers off : Berlusconi (R1), Black Hennessy (R3), Madetomeasure, Sweetazcuz (R8), Grey Power, Mons Calpe (R9) Winkers on : Sweetazcuz (R8) Winkers off : Hot In Pink (R2), Tempelten (R9)

Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Race- 2 25 Patrick Star nwtd ..............................L Ahern 8 53385 Maddie Brand nwtd G & .....................Denby 3 42527 Uno Charm nwtd .........................B Goodwin 9 62467 Another Drink 18.11 ..................J McInerney way Meeting Date: 09 Oct 2013 NZ Meeting number: 9 3 6 Iza Hungi nwtd ......................... S Gommans 9 3678x Ranger Chick nwtd ....................... D Craigen 4 64348 Cluain Meala 30.91 .................... B Johnston 10 F8751 Botany Dave 17.94....................J McInerney Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 4 T4474 Big Sharkie nwtd ............J McInerney 10 86876 Hunted nwtd .............................. K B Benson 5 54625 I’m A Catch nwtd L & ......................... Morris 11 3.06pm MORRIE GIBBONS SIGNS C1 C1, 305m 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 5 567 Homebush Celia nwtd ...............J McInerney 6 1.39pm MICKEY’S SUPER LIQUOR C0 C0, 520m 6 83673 Belle Cadeau 30.76 ............................S Kite 1 37777 Jolokia 17.89 ..................................R Murray 10, 11 and 12 6 643 Ngauruhoe nwtd G & ...................... J Clarke 1 766 Dutchess Queen nwtd.................J McArthur 7 45357 Legal Aid 30.92 .............................. P Lowen 2 23616 Another Another 17.83 ..............J McInerney 1 12.05pm ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C0 C0, 305m 7 45 Madam Ice nwtd..........................J McArthur 2 Dipsy Lala nwtd................................L Ahern 8 57344 Bigtime Tip 30.32 .............................L Ahern 3 2F746 Homebush Sting 18.36 .............J McInerney Bigtime Chip nwtd ............................L Ahern 9 58716 Monkey Queen 30.78 .........................W Kite 4 31763 Kiribati Girl 17.94 ..................... S Gommans 1 Knocka Sloy nwtd.............................L Ahern 8 56748 Ho Ho Ho nwtd L & ............................ Morris 3 9 85787 Go Max nwtd ................................K Jackson 4 Sheza Hum Dinga nwtd ............. G Holswich 10 66667 Opawa Jen nwtd .............................S Maher 5 33148 Miss Sara 18.00 .........................R N Maisey 2 3647 Polar Snow White nwtd G & ............ J Clarke 10 76687 Ruthless nwtd .............................J McArthur 5 67676 Vinnie Baxter nwtd ....................J McInerney 9 2.32pm KEENAN CONCRETE C1 C1, 520m 6 78866 Frizzle Frazzle nwtd .........................T Agent 3 75567 Come On Mickey nwtd G & ............. J Clarke 6 6 Kay Road nwtd ................................S Maher 1 11212 Check The Mail 30.07 ......................L Ahern 7 41373 High Calibre nwtd....................... B Johnston 4 57252 All For One nwtd .......................J McInerney 4 1.04pm ROSS DECORATOR C0 FINAL C0f, 520m 7 Kwasant nwtd....................................D Edlin 2 84683 Opawa Leanne nwtd ........................ A Clark 8 54273 Thrilling Halo nwtd ........................M Gowan 5 25574 Rockin’ Rod nwtd ........................... P Lowen 1 67322 Backyard Queen nwtd ................ G Hodgson 7 6 3x Offensive nwtd F & .........................Turnwald 2 2541 Calm Nuska nwtd .......................M Mathews 8 778 Spilt Wine nwtd .........................J McInerney 3 13854 Billy Holmes 30.64 G & ................... J Clarke Emergencies: 4 36476 Smile For Daddy 30.35 .......................S Kite 9 62467 Another Drink 18.11 ..................J McInerney 7 76475 Groovy Leo nwtd .......................J McInerney 3 63884 Homebush Verona nwtd ............J McInerney 7 1.57pm THE ROCK 95.2FM C1 C1, 520m 8 4 Smirnoff nwtd ........................... S Gommans 4 3123 Under Milkwood nwtd.......................L Ahern 1 76425 Armistice Day 30.45 ....................... I George 5 57784 Tepirita Tuiteka 30.74 ....................B Mitchell 10 26681 Phenomenal Lily 18.16 .................. I George 9 85787 Go Max nwtd ................................K Jackson 5 22443 Westerly Wind nwtd ..................... M J Lozell 2 34365 White Legs nwtd .............................. C Clark 6 44556 Darby Lane 30.67 L & ........................ Morris 12 3.26pm CHRISTMAS AT THE RACES 6TH-13TH6 63531 Homebush Coral nwtd...............J McInerney 7 87727 Inner Beauty nwtd ...................... B Johnston 20TH DECEMBER C1 C1, 305m 10 86876 Hunted nwtd .............................. K B Benson 3 67252 Pandemonium Paws 31.29 K &.........Phillips 7 22741 Opie Bossman 30.76 F & ...............Turnwald 8 57467 Alamein Gus 30.50 K &.....................Phillips Homebush Anabel 18.12 ................. C Clark 2 12.25pm HARRISON HIRE MASTER C0 C0, 520m 8 P51 All About Amy 31.14 A &..................... J.Hall 4 53523 Paddy Baxter nwtd ....................J McInerney 9 58716 Monkey Queen 30.78 .........................W Kite 12 54235 44251 Stiff Drink 18.02 F & .......................Turnwald 1 352 Bigtime Dasher nwtd ........................L Ahern 9 352 Bigtime Dasher nwtd ........................L Ahern 5 15338 Mr. Darci 30.35 A & ............................. J.Hall 10 24588 Judge To Excel nwtd ...................... I George 3 44615 Sedgebrook Lad 17.94........................F Kite 2 66573 Versatile Richie nwtd ........................T Agent 10 558 Blossom Cherie nwtd ................J McInerney 6 35531 Buster Boy 30.92.........................J McArthur 4 62224 Mighty Monica 18.16 ................ S Gommans 7 6246x Dolly Peg nwtd F &.........................Turnwald 10 2.49pm WANGANUI SECURITY C1 C1, 305m 3 57875 Fantastic Anna nwtd.....................P Blanche 5 1.22pm PALAMOUNTAINS NUTRITION C0, 305m 8 17257 Gucci Rush 30.81 L & ........................ Morris 1 76371 No No Romeo 18.03 ........................G Quirk 5 75764 Kim Dotcom 17.82 ...........................T Agent 4 7586 Gold Stone nwtd .......................A Blackburn 1 2 King’s Selection nwtd ............... S Gommans Emergencies: 2 417 Calamity Sue 17.96............................W Kite 6 72336 Homebush Julie 18.55 ............. S Gommans 5 56887 Crazy Katie nwtd ...................... S Gommans 2 851 Ruapehu nwtd G &.......................... J Clarke 3 78456 Viohlay 18.05 ...................................T Agent 7 53721 Another Stone 18.02 .................J McInerney 914577Mic Player nwtd ................................... P Lowen 6 76667 Tai Baxter nwtd .........................J McInerney 3 83 Homebush Magic nwtd .............J McInerney 4 15173 Homebush Envy 17.99 ..............J McInerney 8 26564 Actual Lily 18.50...............................L Ahern 10 56587 Mr. Lochlyn nwtd .......................... M J Lozell 7 46578 Just Like Prince nwtd ......................S Maher 4 8x482 Charlie’s Pal nwtd .....................J McInerney 5 67137 Waiwhata Dream 17.73............ S Gommans 9 62467 Another Drink 18.11 ..................J McInerney 8 Octane Time nwtd ............................L Ahern 8 2.14pm LOCKWOOD (NZ) LTD C1 C1, 520m 5 643 Magic Tobin nwtd ............................... N Udy 6 42146 Fasa Man 18.00 ......................... B Johnston 10 67652 Zamaddis Lass 18.24................... T Downey 3 12.45pm J P PRINT, PETONE C0 C0, 305m 6 Miss McFly nwtd ..............................L Ahern 1 33153 Cognac Diamond 30.67 G & .............S Ross 7 33267 Blue Rush 18.18 L & .......................... Morris LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd 1 56475 Dodgy Pockets nwtd......................M Gowan 7 Opalescent nwtd G & ........................S Ross 2 2167 Smart Cookie nwtd .....................J McArthur 8 2517 Miss Jolt 18.02 .................................L Ahern - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Wednesday, October 9, 2013 SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

Kitchen/Bathroom Department Salesperson

Part-time sales

We have a vacancy in our very busy Kitchen/ Bathroom department. This is a full-time position, Sunday to Thursday.

We are looking for a person who

• Know and understands outstanding customer service • Has excellent communication skills, a real zest for life, and a true passion for the fashion industry

If you possess the above qualities then we should talk. This part-time position is working two days per week plus rostered Saturdays. Given time, longer hours will become available to the successful applicant.

If you enjoy the buzz of the fashion industry and have a desire to work for Todds then contact us.

For your interview time, call Janelle on 308 5089 or 0508 312 312

The Kitchen/Bathroom department services both the trade and DIY customers.

The successful applicant will require the following attributes: • Excellent customer service skills.

• Be reliable and able to work in a team.

• Some heavy lifting is required therefore a level of fitness is required.

• Retail experience would be an advantage, however full training will be given.

If you think you are the person will are looking for we would like to hear from you.

Please send your covering letter and c.v. to: HR.Ashburton@mitre10.co.nz or post to Human Resources, P.O. Box 35, Ashburton 7740.

All applications remain confidential and close on Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Secretary / Treasurer With the steady growth of our Foundation, in both our asset base and grant/scholarship programmes we have reached the stage of needing the services of a Secretary/Treasurer.

This is a part time position with variable hours at different times of the year.

314 East Street, Ashburton

CAD DRAUGHTS PERSON You will need to have: • Auto CAD experience.

• Other experience also with Inventor or 3D programs would be an advantage.

• General office admin and computer skills.

• Work well in a team environment with excellent communication skills.

• Have personal pride in your work.

• Be able to work unsupervised.

Are you a competent skilled CAD operator? Maybe you’re looking for a new direction in your working career or are you someone ready to start in the work place and have the skills that we need?

We are looking for a proactive individual who has CAD skills, can demonstrate practical and organisational thinking skills.

Reporting to the General Manager, the CAD Draughts Person will be involved in producing shop drawings for Precast units.

Bradford Precast Ltd is the leading architectural precast company in the South Island, and first choice supplier for many of New Zealand’s leading architects, engineers and building contractors. Ashburton based with a current staff of 60, we have a reputation built over 25 years, based on quality, innovation and a willingness to accept challenges.

For the right candidate the overall package and benefits will be negotiated.

An Early Childhood Teacher is required at Rising Stars Preschool in the preschool, with 2 to 5 years old children.

John Power

Please provide a C.V, with your previous experience and qualifications, to: The Director Rising Stars Preschool 20 Middle Road, Allenton ASHBURTON 7700

Wanted for small, family contracting business, Methven based.

027 254 0407

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CAFÉ/BAKERY – STAFF WANTED

Baby Sitter Required

Class 5 Driver Are you looking for variety?

A Class 5 Bulk Operator is required for an immediate start. Licences W,T,R would be advantageous, as would the ability to operate a motor scraper and 20T excavator.

Contact Murray on

0274 391 556

YOUR LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP

• Cafe Assistant – Saturday – Monday approx 22 hrs A vacancy has become available at our busy Café/ Bakery for a Cafe Assistant position.

Food prep, working with customers and general cafe duties.

Night shift 8.30pm - 7.30am Five days per week.

Excellent wages for the right person.

Two pre-school Ph David Hood Contracting children.

Please phone Andrew 308 8375 Guardian Situations Vacant 307 7900 or 021 176 7180.

Good communication skills are a must. Full time position.

If you are interested in this position please submit your application to:

The position covers cafe work with a lot of variety.

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Skilled Digger-Truck Driver

The role will involve: • Secretarial services to the Board of Trustees, Grants Committee and the Investment Advisory Committee • Maintaining the Foundation’s records including financial records • Ensuring the Foundation meets it’s statutory obligations • Attending to receipts and payments • Preparing regular financial reports and assist with the preparation of the Annual Financial Statements

Position is part-time, 24 hours per week.

Applicants must be registered.

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Send your application with CV to: Bremners Road PO Box 214 Ashburton 7740 P 03 308 9039 F 03 308 1191 E admin@bradfords.co.nz

Part-Time Teaching Position

Experience preferred but not necessary as full training will be given.

If you want to join our fun hardworking team please phone

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Birthday Greetings Brought to you by Kitchen Kapers.

Cohen Hodzelmans Happy 2nd Birthday wee man. Have a great day.

Love Mum, Dad and Emily.

Cohen Hodzelmans Happy 2nd Birthday.

Love Granny, Grandpops, Great Gran and all the family.

Luke Watson Congratulations on your graduation from Ruma Whakawhanui – The Extension Room. Happy birthday and happy school days from all your friends and teachers at Childs Play Preschool, Tinwald.

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Love from all of your family.

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Happy birthday to a special little girl.

Lots of love always Aunty Mel. xxxx

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Have a great day.

From your family.

Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our ground floor office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

2014 Health Studies Bursary Altrusa International of Ashburton Inc. invites applications for the 2014 Health Studies Bursary valued at $1,000.

Application forms are available at Ashburton College, Mount Hutt College and Ashburton Public Library or by writing to: Altrusa Health Studies Bursary Altrusa Internationl of Ashburton Inc. P O Box 312 ASHBURTON 7740 or email president.ashburton@altrusa.org.nz Applications close on Friday, December 6, 2013.

Mackenzie Charitable Foundation We currently have funds available to distribute in grants for the following purposes in the Canterbury area: • Research, treatment, provision of equipment in relation to, and the education and training of skilled persons relative to, the disease of cancer.

• Research, development, education for, training and expansion of, the science and practice of agriculture.

• The needs of young people who suffer physical or mental disabilities or have less chance in life than their peers.

Applications close at 5pm, Friday, October 25, 2013. For further information and application forms, please contact: The Secretary Mackenzie Charitable Foundation c/- Croys Ltd Level 2 161 Burnett Street P O Box 582 Ashburton Phone: 03 308 8353 Email: mcf@croys.co.nz

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MEETINGS, EVENTS Ashburton Musical Club invites you to a

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Saturday, October 12 at 7.30pm Sinclair Centre, Park Street, Ashburton

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House of travel invite you to attend: Wednesday 23rd PERSONAL October, 7pm, Hotel Ashburton. Call 307 8760 for JEFF more information.

The number you gave me in Kaikoura isn’t happening. You MOTORING could call this number, 027 412 4951. Cheers, Vanessa.

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Eiffelton Hall Society A.G.M. Thursday October 17, 2013 7pm At the Eiffelton Hall.

All welcome.

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MOWER BLADES AND BOLTS - Large range at McMullan Enterprises 126 Dobson Street 308 2059.

ATS Suppliers.

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LIVESTOCK, PETS

FOR SALE

BUYER of unwanted animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals.

We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 621, A/H 03 322 7626.

ARE you sick of your bananas ripening quickly?

Banana bags are back in stock at Kitchen Kapers The Arcade!! Amazingly, the fruit will stay just as it should for around a fortnight, twice its normal lifespan. Only $10.99!!

LIFESTYLE owners - need your sheep shorn for the summer? Pets and small mobs, fast, prompt service.

Ph Jarrod 302 5866 or 027 259 4644.

CAR PARTS for sale - Mag wheels 14x7. Trident five slots. Excellent condition.

Ford Stud pattern near new SOW FOR SALE - Very quiet great white sow, great tyres. Ph 027 348 6855. mother. Has had piglets, last litter was 10. $150. Ph 027 499 4262.

WHEEL alignments at great GRAZING prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns LAMB grazing required, short Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills term. Please phone (03) 302 Street. Phone 308-6737.

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BEAUTIFUL BAKING TINS. A great range of beautiful, stylish baking tins. Available in a great range of sizes, colours and designs. In at Kitchen Kapers The Arcade.

CONTAINERS for sale or hire, ex shipping: general and insulated. Sidelifter available for delivery.

Wilson Bulk Transport, Phone 308-7772.

FIREWOOD LOGS for sale.

Delivered by logging truck and trailer. Ph Laurie Forestry 03 689 8333.

Instrumental and vocal items by local performers.

Announcement of the $600 Scholarship winner Admission by programme at door. Adults $5 Students and members FREE. Supper will be served.

BUSINESS NOTICES

ACCOMMODATION,

CHRISTMAS decorating RENTAL classes – cake pops, mini cakes and cupcakes. Made House share $220 pw, I’m from the heart gifts. More info looking to share my brand new 3 bed house in @ www.fillthetins.co.nz Ashburton. With sunny garden and new furniture.

ADULT Ideally professional or a couple non smokers. I’m ENTERTAINMENT out of the house all day and ANGEL, tall, attractive, very away every weekend so busty, 32 year old, in/out hardly ever home. Big calls, great service. Phone house with plenty of room.

021 0299 7405.

027 839 8946.

JAPANESE fantasy doll, small and petite excellent service, private location. in/out calls till late. Phone 022 416 1992.

TO LET: House 2-3 bedroom, lounge, kitchen, garage, shed, log fire. No dogs.

Allenton. Ph 308 3201 or 027 452 3107.

SAMXXX, 39yr, busty, blonde, pics on justgirls.co.nz.

No texts/blocked numbers. Ph 027 435 1020.

WANTED TO RENT - 3 bedroom house. Suitable for 3 adults, 2 small dogs, 1 cat.

Town or country. Ph 03 308 7855.

Daily Events Wednesday 8.30am ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB. Wonderful views of the Alps. All welcome.

Lake Emma. Meet at the Ashburton Courthouse. Phone Jenny 308 6862.

9.00am - 4.00pm ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Stareet, Consultancy House.

Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Streets.

Tasmanian Doubles. Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip Street.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church. 48 Allens Road.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Art exhibition by Angela Mole, Main Street, Methven.

9.30 - 12 noon ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Children’s holiday programme. 48 Allens Road.

10.00am - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC3.

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

9.45am 10.00am - 4.00pm MID CANTERBURY LADIES PROBUS. Monthly meeting. Doris Linton Lounge, R.S.A., ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY 9.30am GROUP. Cox Street.

SPORT MID CANTERBURY. Rooms closed, until further notice, due to 10.00am Walking group. Meet outside the Community water damage.

ST STEPHENS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Pool, Walnut Avenue.

9.30am - 1.00pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time around op shop. Ashburton

Holy Communion, Park Street.

Thursday

Open today. Methodist Church hall, Baring Square East.

9.00am - 4.00pm ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street, Consultancy House.

9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Daytime section, new players very welcome.

Sports hall, Tancred Street.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY.

10.00am WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB.

9.30am - 1.00pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time round op shop. Ashburton Baptist Church, cnr Cass and Havelock Street.

9.30am - 12.00pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Children’s holiday programme. 48 Allens Road.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture

10.30am ASHBURTON LADIES PROBUS. Coffee morning. Cafe Central, Tancred Street.

12.50pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Association Croquet. Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip Street.

1.30pm M.S.A. GARDEN SECTION. Two garden walks. Meet at 82 Wilkins Road, Tinwald then onto Bells on Hollands Road.

1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet. Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip Street.

7.00pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. 10.00am - 7.00pm ASHBURTON ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM. Sequence dancing, Pipe Band hall, Creek Road.

Open, all welcome. Baring Square East.

1.00pm Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Art Exhibition, Momentum by Angela Mole. Main ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. Stitch and chat. Senior Centre.

Street, Methven.

10.30am MID CANTERBURY NEW COMERS NETWORK. Newcomers coffee morning group.

McDonald’s Restaurant, Moore Street.

12.50pm M.S.A. PETANQUE. Petanque has started, everyone welcome, Racecourse Road.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC 3.

Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON SENIOR NET. UFB = Ultra fast broadband by EA Networks and one of their providers Ultimate Mobile, questions and answers. M.S.A. Lounge off Burnett Street.

7.00pm ASHBURTON ROSE GROUP. Monthly meeting. Speaker Barry Rissman, Rose care. Catholic rooms, Winter Street.

7.00pm - 9.30pm MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance 7pm, followed by beginner/intermediate (8pm - 9pm). Phone 307 -7138 a/h. Tinwald hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women walking group. Leaves from 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7.30pm ASHBURTON PHOTOGRAPHY SOCIETY. Results of 3rd open competition. Senior Centre.

7.00pm PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP. Prostate cancer and related issues. Cancer Society, MacKenzie Centre, 122 Kermode Street.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time/sequence dancing, learn to dance.

All welcome. Pipe Band hall, Creek Road.

Noticeboard

9 OCTOBER 2013

4 DAYS LEFT TO MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT! Ashburton District residents have until 12 noon Saturday to vote in the 2013 Local Body Elections. To ensure your vote is received in time you should post voting documents by Wednesday.

Residents can cast their vote in the ballot box located in the Council office up until 12 noon Saturday.

If you have not enrolled, you can still do so, but you will need to request special voting documents. The last day to enrol is Friday 11 October.

Anyone who has not received their voting papers should contact the Ashburton District Council Electoral Officer as soon as possible.

For more information, contact Dale Ofsoske, Electoral Officer on 0800 922 822 or email info@electionservices.co.nz

HAVE WE GOT THE RIGHT MIX? DRAFT LOCAL ALCOHOL POLICY Ashburton District Council has prepared a draft Local Alcohol Policy (LAP) and is now seeking community feedback on the draft policy.

The LAP guides local decision making on a range of alcohol licensing matters. Its purpose is to tailor licensing approaches to suit Ashburton District and minimise alcoholrelated harm in the district.

Council wants to know what you think – have we got the ‘right mix’?

You can provide feedback on the draft policy online through the Council website, or by completing a submission form and posting it back to Council.

A summary of the policy, the full draft Local Alcohol Policy and submission form are available from the Council website.

Submissions on the draft LAP will be received until 5.00pm, Friday 8 November 2013.

Learn more at www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

CAN YOU GIVE ME A HOME? MacKenzie is looking for a new family to give her a loving home.

MacKenzie is a black and white, female, Staffordshire Bull Terrier Cross who is 4-5 months old. She is bouncy and very playful.

Leo is a Huntaway Cross and is an affectionate male pup that is cuddly and full of energy.

Leo is looking for that special someone who enjoys the outdoors and shares his energetic nature.

If you would like to adopt Leo or MacKenzie, please call Council on 307 7700.

KEEPING THINGS HUMMING Council provides a 24 hour call centre service

OUTDOOR BURNING

You can also request service through our website. Click the green “Request It” tab on our front page.

When fire restrictions are in place, you will need a fire permit to burn outdoors.

Meetings Council Inaugural Meeting Wednesday 30 October, 1.30pm Meeting will include the swearing in of Mayor and Councillors and allocation of committee positions.

Career Opportunities Summer Student Position Asset Management Property Officer Asset Management Engineer Asset Management Officer

WIND STORM CLEAN UP To help reduce fire risk, Ashburton District Council encourages anyone intending to burn tree residue from storm damage to do this before the fire season starts.

On This Week

Urgent requests for service are given a priority response.

Non-essential requests are normally responded to on the next working day.

We are working to keep our district humming.

Please remember to burn in a safe manner and ensure any smoke or ash does not affect your neighbours or traffic.

Information Systems Application Specialist

Tenders Building Construction Dog Pound Facilities Footpath Resurfacing C621 Ashburton District 2013/14 For more information, visit www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

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ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY 180 Havelock Street

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www.guardianonline.co.nz CRYPTIC ACROSS 2. Agaric lacking a form that can be smoked (5) 5. As in central heating where money’s ready to hand (4) 7. Small measure of Scotch one may let go of (4) 8. One is put out following such an order (8) 9. Is posted in devious extremes one doesn’t agree with (8) 11. Has the capability of being black in heraldry with top removed (4) 12. Traced one search out with distinguishing traits (13) 15. Though long in the tooth, it makes some grief angelic (4) 17. Chill on the headland seen to have a frigid quality (8) 19. Company politician unfortunately lied to as he got it together (8) 21. Masses and masses of things to put shopping in (4) 22. You and I are given an ending to switch to solid food (4) 23. Is an informer, and renders the vocal (5)

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11. Easterner is (a) an adapted form (5) 13. Puckers up on heartwarming shellfish (7) 14. Infantry officers are halfopen to the portents (7) 16. Is superior to old boy turning up in classic greeting (5) 18. With freight aboard liner first heads for port abroad (5) 20. Word-play will half make one pay (3) 21. Don’t finish kiss on coach (3)

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QUICK ACROSS 6. Disagrees (7) 7. Devil (5) 9. Plead (3) 10. Wedlock (9) 12. Unattractive (3-8) 15. Sheep or cattle farmer (11) 17. Predicts (9) 19. Shy (3) 21. Celebrated (5) 22. Freedom (7)

DOWN 1. Waited (5) 2. Behind (3) 3. Region (4) 4. Refund (9) 5. Originator (7) 8. Journey (6) 11. Disordered (9) 13. Compelled (6) 14. Coaxed (7) 16. Loot (5) 18. Animal’s home (4) 20. Chop (3)

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YOUR STARS

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) With life due to get a lot busier when Mars returns to your work sector next Wednesday, embrace a sense of adventure while you have a chance.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) There is a chance today to put your financial instincts, desires and expectations on the same page, getting a sense of where to from here.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) As Venus, planet of love spends her first full day in your relationship sector the focus is on communication, starting the way you want to continue.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) Keep heart and instincts on the same page, as new doors not only open on the work front but link in with income and career matters already in play.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) You know what you do and don’t want and where your heart stands, especially when it comes to creating a balance between work and play.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) It’s on the home front that you have a chance to put your heart and instincts on the same page, with a need to trust what they’re telling you.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) Before things come to a head on the relationship front, work to clear the air by wearing your heart on your sleeve, making communication a priority.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) The Moon’s return to your income sector gives you a nose for money at what is an important juncture on both the income and professional fronts.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) It’s been a long time coming, but for the first time since the very early days of the year it’s finally about you and asking yourself what you want.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) Chances are your imagination has become a lot more vivid over the last 24 hours, with a sense of nostalgia settling in like a hypnotic fog. Enjoy!

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) Today’s stars are triggering both the laws of synchronicity and attraction, creating a sense of magic in the air that needs to be seized.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20) Listening to your heart will make it easier to channel your professional passions and fighting spirit more effectively and pick your battles wisely.

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Guardian

Family Notices 26 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

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During office hours notices may also be sent to:

HAMILTON, Ryan James – 15/08/1991 – 09/10/2012 To our dearest Ryan, classifieds@theguardian.co.nz So many people loved you, and that makes us so proud.

Any queries please contact You were that special person who stood out from 0800 the crowd.

ASHBURTON (0800-274-287). It was on the day you left us, we were very much aware The mark you made on people by the congregation there.

Our world was really shattered, but it made us realise What an amazing person you were Ryan, In so many people’s eyes.

Remembering you is easy We do it every day It’s the heartache of losing you That will never go away.

Party hard Scoot 190 East Street From your loving Mum and treasured sisters, Paige and Ashburton Devon.

Celebrate and honour your loved ones

Guardian Classifieds 307 7900

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On Sunday, winds should turn northwesterly.

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Occasional rain. Easterlies, turning southwesterly later.

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6am Breakfast The Breakfast team presents news, interviews, weather and information.

9am Good Morning 10am Ellen 3 11am House Gift Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Lisa gives Belle a long list of chores; Chas talks about her confrontation with Cain; Moira is exasperated. 0 1:30 Come Dine With Me PGR 2pm May The Best House Win Four sets of home-owners are invited to judge one another’s houses based on interior design, homeliness, comfort and hospitality.

3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 Ellen With guest Jessica Alba.

5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Fair Go 0 8pm Family Recipes Michael learns how to make the Lamb family traditional Hainanese chicken and rice, and invites mother June and daughter Liz to his restaurant to help make his version. 0 8:30 Nothing Trivial AO 0 9:30 Scandal AO 0 10:25 One News Tonight 0 10:55 Unforgettable AO 3 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Buzzy Bee And Friends 3 0 6:35 Tiki Tour 0 7am Stitch! 3 0 7:25 The Penguins Of Madagascar 3 0 7:55 Slugterra 0 8:20 Franklin 3 0 8:40 Mike The Knight 3 0 8:50 Fireman Sam 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon The Nine Lives Of Chloe King PGR 1pm Jeremy Kyle PGR 2pm Bethenny 3pm Melissa And Joey 3 0 3:30 Back At The Barnyard 3 0 4pm Mako Mermaids 0 4:30 The Erin Simpson Show 4:59 Horace In Slow Motion 3 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR Kylie’s affections are played with; Murray makes the final sacrifice; Chris sees stars. 0 7:30 Two and a Half Men 0 8pm The Neighbours 0 8:30 The Big Bang Theory PGR 3 0 9pm Cougar Town PGR 0 9:30 F Devious Maids The mystery surrounding Flora’s death comes to a head. 0 10:25 Supernatural AO 0

11:55 Attitude 3 0 12:30 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2 0 1:10 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2 0

11:25 Happily Divorced PGR 0 11:55 Work It PGR 12:25 20/20 3 0 1:20 Infomercials 2:25 Army Wives PGR 3 0 3:15 Huge PGR 4:05 Anderson Live PGR 5:05 The Erin Simpson Show 3 5:30 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 7:30 Make My Home Bigger 8am My Kitchen 8:30 Better Homes And Gardens 9:30 House Crashers 10am House Wreck Rescue 11am Auction Hunters 11:30 Fantasy Homes In The City 12:30 Location, Location, Location 1:30 Days Of Our Lives PGR 2:30 Combat Hospital PGR 3:30 Make My Home Bigger 4pm Food Safari 4:30 The Cook And The Chef 5pm Candice Tells All 5:30 Celebrity DIY 6pm My Kitchen 6:30 Bath Crashers 7pm American Restoration Mike and Frank travel the country looking for antique gold.

7:30 Where The Wild Men Are 8:30 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction 9:30 Military Driving School PGR 10pm Autospeed 10:30 Fairytales A0 11:30 Combat Hospital PGR

THURSDAY

12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Make My Home Bigger 1:30 American Restoration 2am The Cook And The Chef 2:30 Food Safari 3am Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction 4am My Kitchen 4:30 Bath Crashers 5am Military Driving School PGR 5:30 Autospeed

TV THREE

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6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Pingu 3 7am Sticky TV Holiday Edition 7:05 BeyWheelz 3 7:30 Beyblade – Metal Fury 3 8am Sticky TV Holiday Edition 8:30 Planet Sheen 3 9am Ready, Steady, Wiggles 9:15 Peppa Pig 3 9:25 Tree Fu Tom 3 9:50 Humf 3 9:55 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Peppa Pig 3 3pm Sticky TV Featuring – Wonder Pets and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

4:30 Four Live 6pm Sabrina – The Teenage Witch 3 0 6:30 Everybody Hates Chris 3 0

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Jeff Probst Show 1:55 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? UK 3 2:55 Millionaire – Hot Seat 3 3:25 Nigella Feasts 3 Nigella makes grilled haloumi with egg and mint, and, for dessert, chocohotopots.

4pm The Late Show With David Letterman 3 5pm Deal Or No Deal 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm Deal Or No Deal 6:30 Millionaire – Hot Seat

6am Rugby League – Holden Cup (Replay) Grand Final – Panthers U20 v Warriors U20. From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

8am Rugby League – National Premiership (Replay) Northern Swords v Wellington Orcas. From Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland.

10am L Baseball – MLB Detroit Tigers v Oakland A’s. From Comerica Park, Detroit.

1:30 Netball – International (Highlights) Australian Diamonds v New Zealand Silver Ferns. From Hisense Arena in Melbourne.

2pm Darts – World Grand Prix (Replay) Coverage of day two from City West Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.

7pm Campbell Live 7:30 The Block NZ PGR Alisa and Koan have a major setback leading up to the master bedroom and en suite room reveal. 0 8:35 3rd Degree Presents The Vote Hosts Duncan Garner and Guyon Espiner debate issues facing New Zealanders.

9:35 Breakout Kings AO 0 10:35 Nightline

7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 0 7:30 Glee PGR 3 8:30 Grimm AO While processing the truth about Juliette and Renard, Nick is called to investigate his own crime.

9:30 F American Horror Story – Asylum AO Johnny aims to complete his father’s work; Lana attempts to shut down Briarcliff.

10:30 The Gates AO 3

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 N Storage Wars Texas The buyers go to Oak Cliff, Texas, where one team’s dream is crushed while another learns a belief in magic can allow them to take flight.

8pm Customs PGR (Starting Today) 3 8:30 Under the Dome 9:30 Shearing Gang PGR 10pm Bondi Rescue 10:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3

7pm Boxing – Bradley v Marquez 24/7 7:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Northland v Otago. From Toll Stadium in Whangarei.

9:30 Golf World A weekly review of golf tournaments around the globe.

10pm Sky Sport – What’s On 10:30 Gridiron – Lingerie Football League (Highlights) US Jacksonville Breeze v Philadelphia Charm.

11:15 NCIS AO 3 Following the attempted assassination of the Belgravian defence minister, the team must protect his daughter, who is studying in the US. 0 12:15 Infomercials 5am Joyce Meyer 5:30 Infomercials

11:25 Excused AO Dating show in which singles looking for love try to win dates before being eliminated from contention.

11:50 Infomercials

11pm The Late Show With David Letterman A late-night comedy and talk show.

Midnight Home Shopping 1:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2am Home Shopping

Midnight Boxing – Bradley v Marquez 24/7 12:30 Boxing – Fight Night Wladimir Klitschko v Alexander Povetkin. 2:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Northland v Otago. 4:30 Arena Access 5am Match Fishing Series Jack Links Trans-Tasman Match.

THE BOX 6am NYPD Blue MVLS 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Pawn Stars PG 7:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 8:05 My Name Is Earl PG 8:30 My Name Is Earl PG 8:55 24 MVLS 9:45 Law And Order MV 10:35 CSI – Miami MV 11:25 CSI MV 12:15 SVU MV 1:05 NYPD Blue MVLS 1:55 My Name Is Earl PG 2:20 My Name Is Earl PG 2:45 24 MVLS 3:35 Raw MC 6:35 The Simpsons PG 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 CSI – Miami MV 8:30 NCIS MV 9:30 SVU MV 10:30 Law And Order MV 11:30 CSI – Miami MV

THURSDAY

12:30 24 MVLS 1:20 My Name Is Earl PG 1:45 My Name Is Earl PG 2:10 NYPD Blue MVLS 3:05 NCIS MV 3:55 SVU MV 4:45 24 MVLS 5:35 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG

SKY SPORT 2 6:30 Ako 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Te Tepu Kaumatua share their wisdom on current affairs and news from a Maori perspective. (English subtitles). 2 8pm F Poutiriao 8:30 Kowhao Rau 9:30 Whakatauki 3 10pm Oruorua 10:30 Native Affairs 3 11:30 Te Kaea 3 2 Midnight Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Destroyed In Seconds PG 6:30 American Guns M 7:30 Man v Wild PG Mount Kilauea. 8:30 Deadliest Catch PG Vital Signs.

9:30 Mythbusters PG Pirates 2!

10:30 Auction Hunters PG 11am Auction Hunters PG 11:30 Dirty Jobs Down Under PG 12:30 Fatal Encounters M 1:30 I Was Murdered M 2pm Stalked – Someone’s Watching M 2:30 Car v Wild PG 3:30 American Guns M 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 Mythbusters PG 6:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 7:30 Deadliest Catch PG The crews and battered boats feel the brunt of one of the hardest opilio seasons on record.

8:30 Warlocks Rising PG 9:30 American Guns M 10:30 Scorned – Love Kills M 11:30 Nightmare Next Door M

THURSDAY

12:30 American Guns M 1:30 Deadliest Catch PG 2:30 Warlocks Rising PG 3:30 Dirty Jobs PG 4:30 Beyond Survival With Les Stroud PG 5:30 Time Warp PG

Storage Wars Texas 7:30pm on Prime

SKY MOVIES 6:10 Good Deeds MLS 2012 Drama.

Tyler Perry, Thandie Newton.

8am Battleship MVL 2012 Action.

Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgard.

10:10 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy MVL 2011 Drama.

Gary Oldman, Colin Firth.

12:20 The Three Stooges PGV 2012 Comedy. Sean Hayes, Will Sasso.

1:55 Behemoth MV 2011 Sci-fi.

Ed Quinn, Pascale Hutton.

3:25 The Art Of Getting By ML 2011 Drama.

Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts.

4:50 Paranormal Activity 3 ML 2011 Horror.

Chloe Csengery, Jessica Tyler Brown.

6:15 John Carter MV 2012 Action.

Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins.

8:30 The Sessions MS 2012 Drama.

10:10 What To Expect When You’re Expecting MLS 2012 Comedy.

THURSDAY

Midnight The Thirst 18VLS 2006 Horror. 1:30 Biography – Billy Crystal PG 2009 Documentary.

2:20 The Sessions MS 2012 Drama.

3:55 The Thirst 18VLS 2006 Horror.

5:25 The Art Of Getting By ML 2011 Drama.

Grimm

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MOVIES GREATS 6:10 The Astronaut’s Wife MS 1999 Sci-fi. Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron.

8am Circle Of Friends M 1995 Drama. Minnie Driver, Chris O’Donnell, Geraldine O’Rawe.

9:45 National Treasure 2 – Book Of Secrets PGV 2007 Adventure.

Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger.

11:50 The Runaways 16LS 2010 Drama.

Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning.

1:40 The Astronaut’s Wife MS 1999 Sci-fi. Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron.

3:30 The Firm PGL 1993 Thriller.

Tom Cruise, Holly Hunter, Gene Hackman.

6:05 Independence Day MV 1996 Action Sci-fi.

Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Randy Quaid.

8:30 Bruno 16LS 2009 Comedy.

Sacha Baron Cohen.

9:55 Con Air 18VL 1997 Action.

Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich.

11:50 Directors – Michael Apted PG Documentary.

THURSDAY

12:20 The Firm PGL 1993 Thriller.

2:50 Bruno 16LS 2009 Comedy.

4:10 Con Air 18VL 1997 Action.

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6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 10:30 The Shopping Channel 11:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 Noon 3 News 12:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 30 1pm Dr Phil PGR 3 2pm The Dr Oz Show PGR 3 3pm F Top Chef – All Stars PGR 3 4pm Rachael Ray 3 Nick Cannon talks about wife Mariah and the twins.

5pm Entertainment Tonight 5:25 Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals 3 Jamie cooks chorizo and squid with greek-style couscous salad, and simple spaghetti, tomato, basil and creamy curd salad. 0 6pm 3 News

MAORI TV 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2pm Korero Mai 3 2 3pm Warrant Of Fitness 3 3:30 Guardians Of The Legend 3 4pm Pukoro 2 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Toi Whakaari 3 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3

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6am Golf Central 7am Rugby – International (Replay) South Africa v New Zealand. From Coca-Cola Park in Johannesburg.

9am Rugby – International (Replay) Argentina v Australia.

From Estadio Gigante de Arroyito in Rosario, Argentina.

11am Re:Union (Replay) Noon Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Canterbury v Counties Manukau.

From AMI Stadium in Christchurch.

2pm Golf Central 3pm L Ice Hockey – NHL Vancouver Canucks v New Jersey Devils. From Rogers Arena, Vancouver.

6pm Motorsport – FIA World Touring Car Championship (Highlights) Race of Austria – Race One. From Salzburgring.

7pm Motorsport – FIA World Touring Car Championship (Highlights) Race of Austria – Race Two. From Salzburgring.

8pm Rugby League – Holden Cup (Replay) Grand Final – Panthers U20 v Warriors U20. From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

8:30 L Deaker On Sport 9:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Northland v Otago. From Toll Stadium in Whangarei.

11:30 Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Grand Final – Roosters v Sea Eagles. From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

THURSDAY

2am The Crowd Goes Wild An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2:30 Netball – International (Replay) Australian Diamonds v New Zealand Silver Ferns – Test Four.

4:30 Deaker On Sport (Replay) 5:30 Sky Sport – What’s On

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Nail-biter final wraps up tournament In what could only be described as a “cliffhanger” by tournament administrator Joyce Read, Daniel Beveridge’s (pictured) Buller A managed a tight 1-0 victory over South Canterbury B to take out the Boys’ Festival Of Hockey title, played at the Ashbur-

ton hockey turf last night.

A lone goal to Buller’s Nicholas O’Conner proved the difference in a match that brought out the best out of both teams.

“Buller had the pressure on South Canterbury who looked a bit rattled, in the end Buller

were a bit of a dark horse,” Read said.

After a 3-1 win over the West Coast yesterday morning, Mid Canterbury B played North Otago in the play-off for seventh in the primary-aged tournament but had to settle for eighth after

suffering a narrow 1-0 loss.

Today the girls’ version of the tournament comes to town, with 13 teams playing over the next three and a half days.

Mid Canterbury B kick off their campaign in the second tier competition against West

Coast A, depending on whether they are able to traverse a snowcovered viaduct on their way east, and then later in the afternoon they take on Otago Development Blue.

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