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Axe falls on outdoor pursuits

By Myles Hume The axe has come down on Mount Hutt College’s landmark Outdoor Pursuits Course.

A drought of applicants has seen the 15-year-old course cancelled for 2013 in what was one of the college’s biggest drawcards for new pupils in recent years.

It has come as a shock to the college, which had 12 pupils enrolled for the $19,200-course this year, but had an underwhelming response for 2013, leaving the school with no choice but to pull the plug.

The course was one of three within the South Island which allowed Year 12 and 13 pupils from all over the country to live in off-campus residential accommodation in their last year of school, taking part in adventure sports such as rock climbing, skiing, surfing and tramping to develop their life skills.

The pupils’ accommodation in Methven would be rented out to new tenants next year, and the instructors were already moving on so no jobs will be cut.

Mount Hutt College principal John Schreurs said it was a shame to cut the course, however he said it was important to point out the Outdoor Education Course, which is separate, would remain.

“Yes (it is a shame), it’s part of the school fabric and it brings students into our community,” Mr Schreurs said.

He planned to run the course if there was vested interest by at least six pupils for 2013, but he said it “did not quite reach that number”.

Former principal Don McLeod, who was head of the school when the course was introduced in the mid-1990s, said he sympathised with the college who would’ve had to have made “a tough decision” to let it go.

“We could have been making that decision eight or nine years ago, so I understand,” Mr McLeod said.

Mr Schreurs struggled to pin point why there was a lack of interest, instead he put it down to a mix of tough economic times, competition from other schools running similar courses and changes in the way people viewed education.

He hoped to lure students back in 2014, who would have to go to Cromwell College or Wanaka’s Mount Aspiring College to do similar courses next year, but he acknowledged the college would have lost momentum by then.

“We didn’t want to lose momentum so the board agreed running it at six, but that is not really sustainable and it didn’t happen,” he said.

He said the board of trustees would review the programme and come up with ways to get the course back on track.

Mr McLeod said when the course ran under his reign the college used “carefully planned” marketing techniques, visiting cities throughout New Zealand to lure pupils to the college.

He said that was still most likely the case today, but it was beyond the college’s control to attract high numbers each year.

“It will be sad that it can’t run for 12 months, but I’m optimistic it is just a glitch.

“I think it’s only part of the identity of the school, it’s a pity that it’s lost but it’s not the be-all and end-all.”

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Tying the knot in Ashburton at the most numerically significant date the 21st century will provide, Mick Hydes and Sanae Hayward.

Special events on extra special day

By Sue Newman It might have been a simple ceremony, but Mick Hydes and Sanae Hayward’s wedding took place on one of the most complex dates in history – at 12pm on 12-12-12.

They’re likely to share that auspicious wedding time and date

with thousands of couples around the world who sought to capture that special moment in their lives at a special time on the world’s calendar.

The rare collisions of the number 12 can only occur once in a century, but throughout history more than many numbers, 12 has been given special significance –

12 days of Christmas, 12 apostles, 12 Greek Gods, 12 Knights of the Round Table. The list is endless.

For Mick and Sanae, this is the second significant marriage related event that has occurred in their lives on multiple digit days; they became engaged on 1-11-11, and yes the proposal was made at 11am.

Post-wedding ceremony at the Ashburton Courthouse, the new Mr and Mrs Hydes headed to Terrace downs with the immediate family to celebrate.

With their wedding timed for a once in a century date, Mrs Hyde says her husband will never have an excuse for forgetting their wedding anniversary.

Birthday a special one to remember Social services pitch in to get Christmas dinner on table

By Gabrielle Stuart Ashburton’s social ser vices organisations are working together this year to keep Christmas dinner on the table for struggling Ashburton families.

Chickens, fresh vegetables and plenty of desserts are being packed at the Salvation Army headquarters, where organiser Judith Lilley is co-ordinating 13 different organisations in and around Ashburton this year to get parcels out to families that are finding life tough.

Churches, community groups and individuals from the community have contributed to the foodbank over the year, but there’s still a shortage of

Christmas puddings, jelly and gravy mix to complete the parcels.

In the past the Salvation Army had delivered presents for children with their Christmas hampers, but this year they will just be sending out Christmas dinner, Mrs Lilley said.

“This year our focus is on food.

There are a few families that will be disappointed by that, but we haven’t had enough gifts donated. Some families have seven or eight kids, and if we have to buy gifts for them all it just becomes impossible.”

That doesn’t mean the children will be without treats for Christmas.

“People donate little things too, like chocolates. One [local donor] came in with bags and

bags and bags of treats.”

The work with families was completely confidential and Mrs Lilley said the volunteers packing and delivering the parcels were “very special people”.

“We only have a few volunteers working with the food bank.

They’re very valuable, and great people.”

Saint Vincent de Paul society is working with the Salvation Army on the Christmas parcels for the first time this year.

They are helping to gather food, which will then be sent out to different organisations to distribute.

Last year more than 250 Christmas hampers were packed; this year they’re expecting the numbers delivered to be even higher.

Across town a birthday celebration was taking place with an even heavier emphasis on the number 12 when chef Chantelle O’Brien stepped out of the kitchen to celebrate her birthday at 12.12pm yesterday with friends (from left) Hannah Lamborn, Michelle Grieve, Sharna Bowis and Emma Jackson.

She might not have been turning 12, but owner of restaurant Twelve, Chantelle O’Brien was busy having a lunch party to celebrate her birthday – she’d invited 12 guests to Twelve on the 12-12-12 to pop champagne corks at 12.12pm.

It’s unlikely any babies will be born in Ashburton on the triple 12 day however, with no new mums in waiting at Ashburton’s maternity ward.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS DEATHS CLELAND, Edwin Robert (Eddie) – On December 11, 2012, at Ashburton. Dearly loved husband and best friend of Marion.

Loving father, grandfather and great grandfather of Alison and Robin, Michaela, Pare, and WaiMarama, Ariana, and Jakob; and the late David.

Loved friend of Andy. In his 89th year. Messages to Cleland Family, C/- P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. No flowers by request please but donations to the Mania-oroto Scout building fund would be appreciated and may be left at the service.

Eddie’s funeral service will be held at St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Havelock Street, Ashburton on MONDAY, December 17, commencing at 1.30pm. To be followed by private cremation.

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CLELAND, Edwin Robert (Eddie) – All present and past scouting personnel are invited to attend the funeral service for Scouter Cleland (Eddie), at St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Park Street, on MONDAY, December 17 at 1.30pm.

Present leaders and scouts please wear uniform, past leaders and scouts please wear a scarf.

HANSEN, Boris Adrian Emil – Suddenly after a short illness, on December 7, 2012, at Ashburton. Respected former husband of the late Pamela. Loved father of Peter (Queensland), Tracey, Nigel, and the late Carol.

Loved grandad of Tamara, and Adrian (Queensland); Sara, and Monica; Toni, Chrissie, and Amy; Nick, Becky, Kate, Jacqui, Felicity, and Samantha, and his 9 great grandchildren. Aged 73 years. Messages to P.O. Box 472, Ashburton 7740.

Boris’ funeral service will be held in Our Chapel, cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on FRIDAY, December 14, commencing at 1.30pm.

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HORTIN, Stanley Edward (Stan) (Reg No 275967) – On December 12, 2012.

Peacefully at Rosebank Resthome, Ashburton.

Twelve days short of his 92nd birthday. Dearly loved husband and best friend of Dora for 67 years. Treasured and loved dad and father in law of Annette and David Linton (Oamaru), and Francie and Doug Osborn.

Cherised Pop of Greg and Liz Linton, and Mark and Sonja Linton; Hayley and Hayden Barrett, and Kelly Osborn, and great Pop of Matty, Daniel, Scott, Becky; Jacob, Ashleigh, and Zachy.

Messages to Hortin Family C/- P O Box 472, Ashburton.

A special thanks to the staff at Rosebank for their loving care of Stan and his family.

A service to celebrate Stan’s life will be held at St Stephen’s Anglican Church, Park Street, Ashburton on FRIDAY, December 14, commencing at 2.00pm.

Followed by interment at the Returned servicemen’s section, Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

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Hard road ahead for hot pools

By Susan Sandys Ideally the first building peg will be in the ground for Methven’s hot pools project next year.

But there is a lot of work to do before that stage, and the project’s promoter is the first to admit it will not be easy.

Grow Mid Canterbury chief executive officer Rob Brawley said the focus now was on raising money, estimated to be about $60,000, to complete a resource consent application and an investment prospectus.

He would like to have a peg in the ground next year, and the soonest the project could possibly be up and running would be the end of 2014.

“But we would have to have a lot of luck to get it completed by then,” Mr Brawley said.

Private investors need to be secured for the project, estimated to cost anything up to $10 million.

Mr Brawley said it was a difficult investment climate in New Zealand, following the global financial crisis.

“Despite all those negatives I believe we have a good chance at securing investment within a reasonable timeframe, provided we do our job properly,” Mr Brawley said.

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son Dave Dynes said he had had two dozen Methven residents either bump into him or phone him since Monday night’s public meeting on the project. They had all expressed support for the project, and many had not realised how much work had been going on behind the scenes.

Mr Dynes said he would personally invest in such a project and thought it would be good to see investment sources have a “community focus”. However, ultimately it would not matter whether investment came from Taupo, Auckland, or elsewhere, as long as the project got going.

Mr Dynes is a third part owner in the Mt Hutt Springs Block, where he and the other two land owners some years ago unsucessfully drilled to find hot water.

He said the Methven hot pools project could drill again, although the potential benefits of a spring water site may not be worth the cost.

The hot pools project is destined for either a town centre site or the Mt Hutt Springs Block, which is on the outskirts of town.

Experience Mid Canterbury general manager Nigel Birt said he would love to see the project go ahead, and believed it would attract millions of tourist dollars to Mid Canterbury.

$35,000 up for grabs Around $35,000 is sitting in EA Networks’ bank account just waiting to be claimed by shareholders.

Each year the electricity supply company pays a share of its profits to the people whose power is supplied through its lines and each year a small portion of that money never finds its intended recipients.

If funds lie unclaimed for more than two years, the names of those shareholders are published, in the hope they’ll come in and claim what’s rightfully theirs, said company chief executive Gordon Guthrie.

“It’s a legal requirement we do that, we can’t just forget it or take it away from them.”

Many of the shareholders would have moved away from the

Ashburton District, some may have died and others may have been multiple property owners who have disposed of a business or house, he said.

The first time the lost shareholder list was published in 2010 it was huge he said, more than double this year’s line up. Last time round, however, few people came forward to claim their rebates and Mr Guthrie anticipates a similar response this time round.

With the largest amount owing at $100 and the smallest less than $20, some people might think it wasn’t’ worth the effort, he said.

Money that is unclaimed by March 13 is forfeited by its owner and goes back into the shareholders’ account.

Bars, nightclubs sign alcohol accord

By Sue Newman Twelve Ashburton bars and nightclubs are joining forces to ensure the Ashburton District is a safe place in which to go out and have a good time.

Together they’ve put their signatures to the Ashburton Alcohol Accord, agreeing to work together to promote the safe sale and supply of alcohol and to address issues alcohol. The accord has been developed in conjunction with the Ashburton Police and the Ashburton Community Alcohol and Drug Service.

The Ashburton Trust was the driving force behind the establishment of the accord about three years ago and for the police it is seen as a positive way in which the district’s hospitality industry was seen to be shouldering responsibility and playing its part in resolving issues around alcohol in the district, police senior sergeant Grant Russell said.

The signatories work together to identify alcohol related issues from the viewpoint of licensed premises and they work together to ensure these are addressed.

One of the most significant features of the accord is the behaviour scale that has been developed. This sees bar bans imposed at all accord premises for alcohol related offences and can range from an offender being banned for less than six months through to a 24 month ban.

Anti-social behaviour such as being quarrelsome, insulting or disrespectful can earn the offender a bar ban from all 12 accord premises for up to six months; Threatening or disorderly behaviour or the destruction of property can earn a ban of between six and 12 months; Possession of drugs, possession of weapons, violent behaviour to staff or patrons is likely to see a patron banned for between 12 and 24 months.

The accord currently has 12 people on its trespass list but since it was established the number of trespass notices issued had reduced, said Ashburton Trust operations manager Sarah Davidson.

“Most of the incidents we see now are for serious assault charges and they go via the police.”

As well as being reactive to patron behaviour, Ms Davidson said the accord also took a proactive and educative approach to addressing alcohol issues.

“During the year we held an alcohol symposium where we invited all licensed premises in the district and had speakers from ACC, President of Hospitality NZ, Wellington Police and Public Health and we made submissions on the Ashburton District Council’s alfresco dining policy.”

Accord members met regularly to ensure they kept good lines of communication going between all members and to ensure a consistent and united approach was taken to issues, she said.

The accord was re-signed this week because one member had dropped out while two more had joined. Current members are the Ashburton Club and MSA, Devon Tavern Hotel Ashburton, The Shed, Speight’s Ale House, Braided Photo Tetsuro Mitomo 111212-TM-257 Rivers, Tinwald Tavern, Twelve, Robbies Hotelier Max Smith (left), Ashburton police senior sergeant Grant Russell and Ashburton Trust operations Bar and Bistro, Mt Somers Tavern and Hinds Tavern. manager Sarah Davidson, put their signatures to the Ashburton Alcohol Accord.

Flowers for Teachers’ work furthers local Maori education fire victim

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Mid Canterbury’s Maori roots have been rejuvenated after years of sitting on the backburner in the community and in local schools.

Yesterday, six teachers from all over the South Island descended on the Hakatere Marae where they presented work they had created to further Maori education in a district where the native language has become “less of a priority” in mainstream schools.

The teachers were on a year’s paid leave for professional development, joining the University of Canterbury’s Hoaka Pounamu course to study Mid Canterbury’s Maori roots related to the Hakatere Marae and the Maori Lakes.

Hakatere Marae Committee chairman Te Hurinui Clarke, who lectured the teachers this year, said it was vital resources such as interactive websites and story books were created specifically for Mid Canterbury.

He said the resources would be used for marae visitors, most notably local school pupils who would be able to

Telecom’s broadband woes continue

By Matthew Backhouse Telecom is not ruling out compensation for the tens of thousands of broadband customers who were hit with internet connection issues yesterday morning.

The fault came a day after two significant outages left hundreds of thousands of customers without internet access on Tuesday, and less than a fortnight after an

unrelated outage late last month.

Telecom said it had restored broadband to most of its customers by 9.30am yesterday, following connection issues related to two earlier faults which arose during a software upgrade on Tuesday.

The company ruled out compensation last month after an unrelated fault with a fibre-optic cable on November 30 left about 25,000 mainly residential customers without broadband.

But head of communications Andrew Pirie yesterday said the company would consider compensation for customers affected by the latest issue.

“It has not been ruled out at this point in time, but I wouldn’t want to say there is going to be compensation because it is a matter for some consideration,” “The first priority has been to get people back up and running and to make sure that they keep up and running.”

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gain a better grasp of Maori in their community.

“We had resources at the marae that were just generic but weren’t specific,” Mr Clarke said.

“It’s really important that the resources are specific because there is not a lot of information out there about Maori in Mid Canterbury, and if there is there’s only a couple of people that hold that information. So in this way we can get it out to more people.”

Ashburton Borough teacher Kate Wills has spent this year out of the classroom to do the course, she said it was about developing her career which would be translated into schools.

“I think it is really important all students have the opportunity to learn Maori in schools,” she said.

“I’m a New Zealander and it’s an important part of our country. I came back from overseas and could speak other languages, “I spoke Danish and a bit of Russian and I thought it was important to learn my own country’s language too.”

The resources will be used in the Hakatere Marae from next year.

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Flowers and cards were left at the gate to the home of the 32-year old Wanganui mother who perished in the Durie Hill house fire on Tuesday afternoon.

A front room of the Maxwell St house was gutted and there was extensive damage to the rest of the house.

Detective Sergeant Philip Taylor said the investigation was in its early stages and the cause of the fire was still to be determined.

Mr Taylor said the coroner’s requirement was to establish the cause of death of the woman, and yesterday a post-mortem was being carried out to establish how she died. Until that was completed, police were unable to confirm her identity. The woman was the sole occupant of the house at the time.

Meanwhile news of the woman’s death prompted inquiries from people wanting to offer assistance.

Kyley Filer posted that she was keen to donate and was also going around friends and family. Bobbie Fantham also volunteered some good quality children’s clothes.

Others posted their expressions of sympathy to the family.

Whanganui Police and the Whanganui Fire Service were back inspecting the house yesterday and the property was being guarded by security.

Police would like to hear from anyone who witnessed the fire or noticed anything suspicious in the area at the time.

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Alcohol reform bill delivers little new

By Sue Newman MPs might be patting themselves on the back for passing new alcohol legislation, but many commentators are saying it has delivered very little that is new.

Chair of Ashburton’s District Licensing Committee, Ashburton District Councillor Jim Burgess said the council had made lengthy submissions on the bill, but the two issues it felt most strongly about had been voted out during successive votes.

“The split age didn’t happen and the legislation on RTDs only went part of the way. They seemed to be watering it down as they went along.”

Mr Burgess said that one of the council’s biggest concerns had been over the rising alcohol content of RTD drinks.

“They started out at 8 per cent and worked their way up to 12 per cent. Rather than pull them all back, they’ve elected to let them be up to 8 per cent in bars but a lower alcohol level for takeaways. That’s messy and it’s confusing.”

One area that was a win for the council and the community, however was in the greater powers that would be available for communities to have a say on alcohol licensing, replacing the existing licensing committees with community com-

• Hunter walks out Feilding hunter Roy Marston has been found.

The 84-year-old was reported missing on Monday evening after failing to rendezvous with hunting companions near Lake Rotoroa in Nelson Lakes National Park.

Searchers, including a dog team and helicopter, scoured the area for two days and found no trace of Mr Marston.

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• Explosives found Police are dealing with reports of three suspected explosive devices throughout the Tauranga area. Senior Sergeant Mark Holmes said the Auckland bomb disposal squad were on their way to look at an old box reading “charge spotting mine” which was found in Mangatapu.

No one had been evacuated as the bomb squad did not believe it was of particular concern. Mr Holmes said police were also investigating reports of a torpedoshaped object found in a Greerton bus depot yesterday afternoon. He said officers there were also liaising with the bomb squad. The third explosive was found while police were executing a search warrant in Hairini.

Mr Holmes said it was a Thunderflash, an explosive used by police in training exercises. Tauranga officers were able to deal with it without the aid of a specialist unit.

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mittees. It was still unclear how these would work but the shift in power was about allowing communities to have more input into what was acceptable in terms of liquor outlets and where.

“Our powers as a community were quite limited before so this does give us more control. It is a good thing but the fear is we’ll get a lot of “not in my backyard” attitudes when it comes to what goes where.”

Community committees will also have say over closing times for bars. How these committees would be made up was still to be determined, but Mr Burgess expects they will have some council representation along with community experts.

For the Ashburton Trust, the new legislation means little change. It made submissions against splitting the drinking age between on and off-licence premises and chief executive Giles Beal said it was pleased this had been supported during earlier voting.

He said the trust will be watching how the community committee structure develops and anticipates it will have a role to play in this.

The new legislation also introduces new rules around the types of stores able to sell alcohol and restricts supermarkets and grocery stores to displaying alcohol in a single area.

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Cooling off before finishing up Shrieks and laughter echoed throughout the Ashburton Community Pool yesterday, as youngsters cooled off one day out from finishing school for the

year. Ashburton Intermediate pupils dived into, jumped and splashed their way around the pool before they went back to school for DVDs and a barbe-

cue lunch.

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well this year.

It was all part of winding down for end-of-year festivities, with the school having its final assembly at 1pm today.

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EMC fails to meet survey target Council rejects company’s bid to put meeting videos on-line

By Susan Sandys

Not enough tourism operators in Mid Canterbury think their council-funded promotional organisation is adding value to their businesses.

An Experience Mid Canterbury (EMC) survey showed just 63 per cent of businesses in the Ashburton district surveyed felt it was adding value to their businesses.

EMC general manager Nigel Birt said the current funding agreement the organisation had with the Ashburton District Council specified it had to have greater than 85 per cent of its respondents believing EMC added value

to their business.

He said the result was not unexpected in a challenging new era for the organisation.

He believed a number of factors over the past year had led to the result.

These included a reduction in staffing levels at the organisation, and associated restructuring of limited resources.

The biggest factor had been a reduced focus on communication with tourism operators as EMC focused more on achieving higher post-earthquake accommodation targets for the district.

This had been achieved, with the district being one of the top three growth areas nationwide for visitor numbers.

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EMC exceeded other targets set by the council including the district’s i-SITEs achieving the i-SITE New Zealand national standard, scoring greater than 85 per cent in the annual NRB survey and greater than 85 per cent overall performance in the annual council survey.

“So overall we are performing well and exceeding most targets with some room for improvement,” Mr Birt said.

“We will lift that again next year,” he said of the 63 per cent.

“It wasn’t unexpected but it does concern us.”

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By Sue Newman If you were hanging your hat on watching video coverage of Ashburton District Council meetings on-line, you’re likely to be disappointed.

When the Guardian made an approach to the council to provide video clips of council debate on its website, it had councillors and council staff scurrying for cover and looking at what was happening with other local authorities.

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It appears if the free service was to gain any traction it would only have been sanctioned if council staff had been able to monitor what was filmed and what was put up on the web.

Before it made any budget commitments to videoing its meetings, Mr Rollinson said the council would be asking ratepayers in next year’s residents’ survey whether they were interested in watching videoed meetings.

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ing this occurred with minimal disruption.

The Ashburton council, however came up with a different take on the issue, suggesting it would prefer to pay to have meetings recorded by its own videographer and for these to be stored in their entirety in the council’s archives.

This was anticipated to cost around $60,000. The Guardian’s service would have been free.

The proposal was put to councillors and on their behalf community services manager John Rollinson replied to the Guardian, rejecting its offer.

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The Canadian judge at the centre of a scathing attack on his report on David Bain’s compensation claim has hit back at the Minster of Justice.

It was revealed in September that Justice Ian Binnie’s report had concluded that, on the balance of probabilities, Mr Bain was innocent of murdering his parents, brother and two sisters in Dunedin in 1995, for which he served 13 years’ imprisonment.

However, Justice Minister Judith Collins has rejected his report, say-

ing it appeared to contain assumptions based on incorrect facts, and showed a misunderstanding of New Zealand law.

The report lacked a “robustness of reasoning used to justify its conclusions” and should be reviewed, she said.

From Geneva, Justice Binnie yesterday released a statement from Geneva hitting back at her criticisms.

“The language of the press release shows it to be a political document which, given that the minister is

engaged in a political exercise, is not surprising. “However I expected the minister to follow a fair and even handed process leading up to that political decision,” he said.

In his statement, Justice Binnie also said it was unfair his report had not been shown to “the party most directly affected” - David Bain.

“The minister of course is free to seek advice wherever she wants but if she wanted input from the actual parties to the compensation inquiry (as distinguished from input from her colleagues or other persons

with no axe to grind) she should surely have sought input from both sides. There may be much in my report that Mr Bain disagrees with.

He doesn’t know because he hasn’t seen it.”

New Zealanders had strong views about the David Bain case and most would want his compensation claim for wrongful conviction and imprisonment dealt with in an even-handed and fair way, said Justice Binnie.

In response to claims his report contained assumptions based

Graduation comes with a smile

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W

hen Mount Hutt College established its outdoor pursuits course it was hailed as a school making the best possible use of its unique environment.

The course was established to provide a learning option that exposed students to a variety of challenges in the outdoors.

It was never to be a soft option.

And it wasn’t.

Over the years it attracted a wide range of students in good numbers who came to Methven to complete their secondary schooling in an environment that offered something very different. It was heralded as a huge success and no doubt kickstarted outdoor recreation careers for countless young Kiwis.

But next year that course will be missing from the college’s prospectus. Prompted by dwindling student numbers, the self funding course appears to have run out of steam – and parents willing to pay the fees required. The course has been put on hold, but a holding pattern is a dangerous place to be; coming back is much, much harder than continuing

to move forward.

At its best the OPC course focused strongly on student personal development through a range of hard core, challenging physical challenges that would teach new skills. It was about self development, changing lives, growing up and students learning about both themselves and the world outside home, family and the classroom.

Yes it came with a heavy cost – around $20,000 per student per year, but that includes living expenses and a range of activities, many of which carry a hefty participation cost. For the parents involved the fee was an investment in their child’s future, no different to opting for a five year stint of boarding school fees.

The great thing about this course was that it was a local initiative, it was self funding and cost the school and the community virtually nothing.

But best of all it was a learning option that provided untold opportunities to young adults.

And like many good things, it’s unlikely we’ll know how good it actually was until it’s over.

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Special needs school closure overturned A High Court decision overthrowing an attempt to close a girls’ special needs school in Nelson is being celebrated by one Wanganui family whose daughter is enrolled there.

In a reserved judgment, Justice Robert Dobson said Education Minister Hekia Parata unlawfully tried to close Salisbury School by disregarding warnings the girls would face greater risks of sexual abuse.

Justice Dobson said Ms Parata’s order to close the school was unlaw-

ful because it relied on the possibility of sending some girls to live at Halswell School in Christchurch - a boys’ special needs school.

The minister had argued there was no evidence to suggest handicapped adolescent girls would be more vulnerable if moved together with boys, but Justice Dobson said seeing the risks took “no great leap in logic”.

Wanganui mother Lynne (who cannot be named to protect the identity of her daughter) said the

on incorrect facts and a misunderstanding of New Zealand law, Justice Binnie said he received input from a “distinguished and totally independent New Zealand lawyer”.

“Whatever else New Zealand law states, it is certainly well established that it is most improper for ‘a client’, especially a legally trained client, to attack publicly a lawyer’s advice while simultaneously claiming privilege to protect from disclosure the advice that is being attacked.”

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result was “amazing” for her daughter, who has Aspergers syndrome.

“My husband and I opened a special bottle of wine we had been keeping to either celebrate or commiserate with the court’s decision,” Lynne said.

“I’m just the happiest woman in Wanganui today,” she said.

“It’s such a weight off our minds, The relief is huge because our girl has a chance now. It’s an amazing outcome for the girls and the staff and for the board who had worked

so hard for the girls at the school.”

She said while the Minister could appeal the decision, school supporters were hoping that would not be an outcome.

“You can’t put vulnerable girls with boys. It’s that simple,” Lynne said.

She said the court battle had come at a cost, and she was hoping Government would front up with compensation.

She said while it did not secure Salisbury School forever, it meant it

would stay open at least for another year.

“Our girl will be back there at the start of the new school year which means she will complete her two years there and another year will make a huge difference for her,” Lynne said.

She said her daughter cannot go into mainstream schools without the same intensive support she received at Salisbury.

She said in the one year her daughter had been enrolled, her

reading ability had lifted from that of a six-year-old to that of a 10-year-old.

She said another major concern for her and her husband was the prospect of getting involved in the intensive wraparound service (IWS) being promoted by the ministry as an alternative.

“The wraparound is a half-arsed attempt to give these girls an education. It may work for some but we know it won’t work for our daughter.

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Elena Berg seems to be the most brushed up on clothing etiquette when it comes to dressing for University of Otago graduations.

The 25-year-old walked across the Regent Theatre stage on Wednesday where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and DipGrad (endorsed in music), wearing nothing but body paint, her mortar board, a graduation gown and a smile.

Miss Berg said she had been wanting to wear body paint at a public function ever since she saw the Air New Zealand advertisements in which the airline’s staff wear nothing but a painted-on uniform.

The singer-songwriter in the Dunedin band, Girl on Girl Action (GOGA), plans to shoot a music video for the band, also wearing body paint.

“We thought it would be a really good tester to see how many people noticed.

“It was about testing people’s perceptions - trying to get them to open their eyes a bit.”

Surprisingly, she said few people noticed her attire - or lack of it.

“Not as many people noticed as you would think. Most of those who did notice, noticed my feet first.

“No-one said a thing at the graduation. Even my mum said you wouldn’t notice if you didn’t look hard enough.”

She was comfortable in her outfit, until the paint started to flake off following the graduation.

“I was going ‘Oh no’ because I wanted it to be something that wasn’t vulgar.

“So when it started to flake off, I decided it was time to pull the plug.

“I wanted to keep it PG rated.”

It was certainly a graduation to remember, she said.

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‘Shocking’ NZ child obesity “Shocking” disparities in child obesity now exist in New Zealand, a public health researcher says.

Figures released by the Ministry of Health show an increase in child obesity from eight per cent of the population in 2006/7 to 11 per cent in 2011/12.

Professor Tony Blakely from the University of Otago in Wellington said the most shocking inequality was the six-fold gap between the most deprived (19 per cent either obese or overweight) and least deprived (three per cent) neighbourhoods in New Zealand.

Seventeen per cent of Maori and 23 per cent of Pacific children are now obese or overweight, compared to seven per cent and six per cent Asian and European/other, respectively.

“The reality is we now have extreme inequalities between rich and poor neighbourhoods,” Mr Blakely said.

“Not only does this create disparities in health now, but it bodes badly for diabetes, cardiovascular and cancer inequalities in the future if action is not taken.”

The figures coincide with a study from the Universities of Otago and Auckland which found taxing fizzy drinks and fatty foods and subsidising fruit and vegetables could have significant health

benefits.

Researchers examined the relationship between food pricing, consumption and non-communicable diseases like cardiovascular disease and diabetes in their study, published in PLOS magazine.

The study, which analysed data from 32 high-income countries, predicted that for every one per cent price increase there would be an overall decrease of 0.02 per cent in energy intake from saturated fat.

Similarly, a 10 per cent hike in the price of soft drinks could decrease consumption by up to 24 per cent, the research found.

Dropping the price of fruit and vegetables would work the other way with a 10 per cent decrease in cost potentially increasing consumption by up to eight per cent.

However, researchers did find that subsidies like this could work adversely, with people making compensatory purchases - buying fewer other healthy products like fish and buying unhealthy supplements like sugar.

The researchers also found that food pricing strategies would be more effective in improving the health of lower socio-economic groups, suggesting

potential for a reduction in inequalities.

Professor Boyd Swinburn of Auckland University’s Population Nutrition and Global Health department argued that diet was highly dependent on the price of food.

“The contribution of unhealthy diets to ill health in New Zealand is now greater than that of tobacco, so improving diets needs to be taken far more seriously than it is at present,” he said.

Professor Swinburn said the “two most promising strategies” for New Zealand would be to follow Australia’s lead in removing the GST on fruit and vegetables and introducing an excise tax for drinks high in sugar.

Other experts expressed concerns about how realistic administering the taxes would be.

“Taxes and subsidies to encourage healthy eating are notoriously difficult to administer in the real world. They’re the kind of thing that sounds simple, but wind up being a bit of a compliance nightmare,” said economist Dr Eric Crampton of the University of Canterbury.

He pointed out that Denmark recently abandoned its fat tax after just one year because of the administrative burden it placed on Danish firms.

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Grisly murder details revealed The grieving family of a woman brutally murdered then dumped by her lover in a makeshift forest grave have spoken of their horror at the way in which she died.

Michelle Hoffman-Tamm was stabbed multiple times, her throat slit and her ears severed after her death, with one stuffed in her mouth.

In Rotorua District Court yesterday, Rotorua process worker Gwenda Leigh Sloane aka Pluss, 44, pleaded guilty to murdering Ms Hoffman-Tamm in Rotorua on November 7.

The 51-year-old beneficiary went missing that night after leaving the Philip St home she shared with her long-term female partner to visit a friend. Police found her body on November 23 in a forested area just off State Highway 38 near Murupara.

Sloane was originally charged with assault but that was upgraded to murder on December 3.

Before a packed courtroom yesterday, Sergeant Bill Scott read the summary of facts, which revealed details of a frenzied attack that left Ms Hoffman-Tamm with 33 stab wounds and severed ears.

Outside court Ms Hoffman-Tamm’s daughter Monique said the family had previously been told most of the grisly details, but she hadn’t expected them to be read out in court.

“It was gut wrenching,” she said.

Monique said she felt nothing but anger towards Sloane, who she had known and called “aunty” her whole life.

“All she could do was hang her head down,” she said. “If you love someone you can’t do that [to them].”

She was relieved Sloane had pleaded guilty but it “still doesn’t make it seem any more real”.

In emotional scenes outside court, Monique embraced a family member of Sloane’s, telling her friends it wasn’t their fault.

Ms Hoffman-Tamm’s sister Jan Donlan said it was unpleasant hearing what happened to the woman she described as her sister and best friend.

However, she hoped the family could now work towards some sort of closure.

“I am just grateful she [Sloane] did plead guilty ... saved us the experience of having to sit through a trial.

“Hopefully now we can bring this tragic situation to an end.”

Ms Donlan said she was also grateful Sloane had told police where Ms Hoffman-Tamm’s body was.

The court heard Sloane and Ms Hoffman-Tamm had been friends for more than 20 years and had a casual sexual relationship which had become more intense prior to the murder.

An expert defence witness in the trial of two men accused of killing a Wellington journalist says based on CCTV footage there was no time for one of them to be part of the attack.

Radio New Zealand journalist Phillip Cottrell was rushed to hospital after being left with broken bones and a shattered skull in an attack on a central Wellington footpath early on December 10 last year.

He died in hospital the following day.

Nicho Waipuka, 20, and Manuel Robinson, 18, are on trial at the High Court at Wellington accused of his murder, which they deny.

Business security consultant David Horsburgh has studied CCTV footage from a Telecom building on Boulcott Street.

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About 11pm on November 7, Sloane sent Ms Hoffman-Tamm a text message saying “hello my little monkey want to have some fun”. Ms Hoffman-Tamm went to Sloane’s Holland St home and they drove to Liquor King where they bought three dozen stubbies of beer.

They returned to Sloane’s home where they drank and slept together. Later that night Sloane became “enraged” and launched a “frenzied attack” on Ms Hoffman-Tamm. She used two knives to inflict 33 stab wounds - one a large knife 4.5cm in width.

The wounds were mainly to the chest and back. Ms Hoffman-Tamm also suffered blunt force trauma to the head and lost several teeth.

The summary said up to 25 stab wounds had potentially been inflicted after death including a cut across Ms Hoffman-Tamm’s throat and a cut from her mouth across her face. Both ears were severed after death and one was put in her mouth.

Her lifeless and bloodied body lay at Sloane’s house on her kitchen floor for more than a day.

On the morning of November 9, Sloane purchased black plastic bags and duct tape and wrapped up the body, put it in the back of her Subaru and drove towards Whakatane looking for somewhere to dispose of it. She discovered a 1.5m deep ditch near Murupara and buried the body, covering it in rubbish and dirt.

She then went home and hired a domestic carpet cleaning machine to clean up the house.

The statement said Sloane was spoken to three times by police during their routine investigations but she offered no assistance and attempted to distance herself.

Their inquiries led them back to her on November 22 when she admitted what happened and led police to the body.

Police said without her assistance, they were unlikely to have found the remains.

In her explanation to police, Sloane said she thought Ms Hoffman-Tamm had taken $20 from her wallet and she had “lost it”.

As she had been drinking she could only recall parts of what happened that night but remembered attacking Ms Hoffman-Tamm, punching her and stabbing her. She also remembered Ms Hoffman-Tamm being face down on the floor, straddling her and hitting her repeatedly on the back of the head with a kitchen drawer.

She said she left the body on the kitchen floor all the next day while she sat on the bed drinking the rest of the beer before disposing of the body the next morning. She put cleaning materials in rubbish bags and dropped them on a neighbouring street where they were picked up by council rubbish collection contractors. She also took Ms Hoffman-Tamm’s bike to a bike stand on Te Ngae Rd. The summary said Sloane appeared genuinely upset about what had happened.

Sloane was remanded in custody for sentencing in the High Court at Rotorua on February 4.

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He said it showed Mr Cottrell at 5.37.46am and he calculated that he was walking at 1.46m/sec.

Mr Horsburgh said the same camera showed Robinson moving in the opposite direction on the other side of the road about 28 seconds later.

It would have taken about 22 seconds to get from the attack site to the Telecom building, he said.

There would be only 5.41 seconds for Robinson to participate in an assault then run back to view in the Telecom CCTV footage, he said.

Crown prosecutor Tom Gilbert said Mr Horsburgh had incorrectly rounded down his walking pace calculation, and in fact Mr Cottrell could have got to the attack site earlier than Mr Horsburgh estimated.

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Mr Horsburgh studied pedestrians for three periods during one day to establish the line Mr Cottrell would have walked along Boulcott Street.

Mr Gilbert asked how many people in his sample group were about to be attacked, were being yelled obscenities at and had been beaten up and left for dead.

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Mr Horsburgh said it would take an “enormous increase in pace” for there to be time for Robinson to cross the road, assault Mr Cottrell, cross back and be filmed by CCTV footage 28 seconds later.

The trial continues.

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North Korea successfully fired a longrange rocket yesterday, defying international warnings as the regime of Kim Jong Un took a giant step forward in its quest to develop the technology to deliver a nuclear warhead.

The United States, South Korea and Japan quickly condemned the launch, which came as something of a surprise after Pyongyang had indicated technical problems might delay it. That it succeeded after several failed attempts was an even greater surprise.

The regime’s stated purpose for firing its long-range Unha-3 rocket was to put a peaceful satellite into orbit, but the United Nations, as well as the U.S. and its allies see it as cover for a test of technology for missiles.

About two hours after the launch, North Korea’s state media proclaimed it a success, prompting celebrations across the capital. The North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, later confirmed that North Korea did appear to have put an object into space.

The launch is likely to bring fresh sanctions on the North, and the White House called it a “highly provocative act that threatens regional security.”

NORAD said the rocket traveled south with the first stage falling into the Yellow Sea and a second stage falling into the Philippine Sea hundreds of kilometres farther south. “Initial indications are that the missile deployed an object that appeared to achieve orbit,” NORAD said in a statement.

Japan protested the launch and said one part of the rocket landed west of the Korean Peninsula, and the Philippines said another part landed 300km east of its shores. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak held an emergency national security council meeting and South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan warned that North Korea will face grave consequences.

Japan’s Foreign Ministry said Tokyo immediately requested consultations on the launch within the UN Security Council.

The council will hold closed-door consultations on the launch Wednesday at the request of one council member and two other countries, according to the UN Mission for Morocco, which holds the rotat-

A masked gunman wearing camouflage opened fire yesterday in a busy Portland, Oregon, mall, leaving the gunman and two others dead and forcing the mall’s Santa Claus and hundreds of Christmas shoppers and employees to flee or hide among store displays.

Austin Patty, 20, who works at Macy’s department store, said he saw a man in a white mask carrying a rifle and wearing a bulletproof vest.

He heard the gunman say, “I am the shooter,” as if announcing himself. A series of rapid-fire shots in short succession followed as Christmas music played. Patty said he ducked to the ground and then ran.

His Macy’s co-worker, Pam Moore, told The Associated Press the gunman was short, with dark hair. Witnesses said he started firing just outside Macy’s in the food court of Clackamas Town Center.

Brance Wilson, the mall Santa, said he heard gunshots and dove for the floor.

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North Korean employees at a restaurant applaud as they watch TV broadcast announcing that Pyongyang’s rocket launch was a success. ing council presidency.

A similar North Korean launch in April broke apart shortly after liftoff.

“Clearly this is much more successful than their last attempt,” said Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. “It’s at least as good as they’ve ever done. They’ve proved the basic design of it.”

He said success would be defined as “something that completes at least one orbit of the Earth.”

Rocket tests are seen as crucial to advancing North Korea’s nuclear weapons ambitions. North Korea is thought to have only a handful of rudimentary nuclear bombs. But Pyongyang is not yet believed capable of building warheads small enough to mount on a missile that could threaten the United States.

North Korea has spent decades trying to perfect a multistage, long-range rocket.

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The case of a government employee sacked for accessing the records of her Facebook “friends” could have farreaching implications for how we think about our online relationships, a social media lawyer says.

Julie Schwartfeger, a case manager for the Ministry of Social Development in Rotorua, won her job back on an interim basis after the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) determined she had an arguable case for reinstatement.

Ms Schwartfeger was sacked after the ministry found she had accessed client records of six people known to her as Facebook “friends”.

According to the ministry’s code of conduct, staff are prohibited from accessing any client records of family,

friends and acquaintances.

Ms Schwartfeger claimed the Facebook ‘friends’ were not actually friends or acquaintances in terms of the code of conduct description.

Patrick Ikiua, a lawyer for social media consultancy syENGAGE, said Ms Schwartfeger had a point.

Online “friends” could be people known to each other only by name, and the only interaction they had had could be a friend request on Facebook, he said.

“I think what the ERA will be struggling with is whether an online presence will be sufficient to create a breach of the ministry’s policy.”

The case could have far-reaching implications for how we think about our online relationships, he said.

“It will create some clarity over how far employers can go when seeking access to private Facebook pages. It also will also provide clarity on how staff should manage their online networks.”

He said the case should serve as a stark warning to employees about the risks associated with using social media.

“One of the fundamental things I believe is that you should only put information on those public forums that you would be happy to share with a stranger on a bus.”

Ms Schwartfeger told APNZ she had been naive about how public her Facebook profile was.

“They’re saying that my links on Facebook are my friends but that’s not

true. They’re not my friends, they’re historic links. I established them in 2009 when Facebook was all the fad.

How naive of me.”

ERA member Tania Tetitaha said the ministry’s code did not define ‘friend’ and ‘acquaintance’ to include Facebook friends. “‘Friending’ does not prevent users from accepting requests from persons they have not met, or who would not ordinarily be considered a friend or acquaintance in the traditional sense.”

Conflicting evidence about Ms Schwartfeger’s conduct meant the matter could not be resolved immediately.

But until a full hearing could be held next March next year, Ms Schwartfeger could have her job back as long as

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ership,” it said. After revealing its decision on Facebook this month the store’s stand has attracted almost 20,000 likes.

It has also prompted a range of mostly positive comments.

“Now if we could just stop backyard breeders and puppy farmers, we and our pets just might look forward to a happy New Year,” said one pet owner Helen Thomas.

A South Australian parliamentary committee will next year examine the companion animal industry including issues surrounding the so-called puppy factories, and compulsory desexing.

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bodies, engines and other technology. This is the fifth attempt at a long-range launch since 1998, when Pyongyang sent a rocket hurtling over Japan. Previous launches of three-stage rockets weren’t considered successful.

North Korea under new leader Kim has pledged to bolster its nuclear arsenal unless Washington scraps what Pyongyang calls a hostile policy.

Kim took power after his father Kim Jong Il died on December 17 last year.

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A pet store in Adelaide has stopped selling puppies in the lead-up to Christmas to discourage impulse buying.

The Pet Spot at suburban Salisbury says selling puppies as Christmas presents contributes to many animals being dumped afterwards.

Instead, it’s urging people who “genuinely want the wonderful addition of a pet for Xmas” to contact an animal rescue group.

The shop concedes its stand might appear rude to some.

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onds later, everyone around him had cleared out. Merchandise was scattered in some stores as he made his way to the door.

“Santa will be back,” Wilson said. “It’s not going to keep Santa away from the mall.”

Parents with children joined other shoppers rushing to stores’ backrooms for safety as teams of police officers began entering the mall to find the shooter.

Clackamas County sheriff’s Lt. James Rhodes said later that the gunman was dead, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A shopper told KATU-TV he saw a man lying on the floor with a gun next to him.

Authorities went store-to-store to confirm that there was only one shooter and to escort hiding shoppers outside, Rhodes said.

Police said they have tentatively identified the gunman but would not release his name or give any information on a possible motive.

Officials said a woman was also shot and was in serious condition at a Portland hospital.

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Tens of thousands of Telecom customers have been hit with another broadband connection problem yesterday morning - the fourth internet issue in under a fortnight.

The connection issue comes a day after two outages left hundreds of thousands of customers without internet access on Tuesday.

Telecom said while it had restored service to the majority of its customers, a “significant number” were receiving intermittent coverage and may find their connections drop out.

“It is estimated that the number of customers affected at any one time is in the tens of thousands,” the company said in a statement.

“Our technicians have been working through the night to stabilise the service, however some customers are continuing to experience intermittent dropped connections.”

Most users’ connections would “self-restore” but failures may recur after a period of time.

Some customers may need to turn off and restart their modems to enable reconnection.

Telecom apologised for the inconvenience to affected customers.

“We understand how important your broadband service is and resolving service for all our customers is our primary focus at this time.”

The issue has strained the company’s call centre, which yesterday was experiencing “higher than normal levels of calls for this time of the day”.

“If you’re waiting on hold with us, sorry - we currently have high call volumes,” Telecom said in a tweet.

The issue comes after Telecom said it would review its broadband system after two

massive outages yesterday. It also follows an outage less than a fortnight ago, in late November.

Hundreds of thousands of customers nationwide were without broadband on Tuesday night after an outage about 9.45pm.

Telecom said technicians restored the affected server about 11.35pm.

Earlier in the day, some 300,000 broadband customers - roughly two-thirds of Telecom’s broadband customers - lost services after a problem arose during a software upgrade.

Telecom said the problem with parallel servers in Auckland and Christchurch meant customers’ modems were failing to authenticate when trying to communicate with the server.

Many customers’ internet access had reconnected automatically, but Telecom said some people would need to reboot their modems to get back up and running.

Telecom retail chief executive Chris Quin said it was urgently investigating why the issues occurred.

“We have a comprehensive review underway to ascertain how these issues can be minimised in the future and apologise unreservedly to customers for any disruption these outages caused in the interim,” he said.

On November 30, about 25,000 mainly residential customers lost service lost their connections after a fibre-optic cable failed after system upgrade work.

Telecom at the time apologised for the inconvenience - but ruled out compensation for customers who lost productivity due to the outage.

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she met certain conditions, including disclosing to the ministry the names of all of her Facebook “friends”.

Work and Income head Debbie Power said the ministry stood by its decision to stand down Ms Schwartfeger.

“The ministry takes extremely seriously its obligations to protect client information. Staff members sign up to a code of conduct where they agree not to access client records of family, friends and acquaintances.

“It is the ministry’s view that this employee breached the code, and that dismissal was warranted.”

She said it would be inappropriate to comment on specific details of the case before the substantive hearing next year.

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Royal visit costs NZ $776,000 The visit of Prince Charles and his wife the Duchess of Cornwall cost New Zealand taxpayers $776,000.

Figures released by the Department of Internal Affairs revealed $287,000 was spend on paying the salaries of staff involved in the visit, including staff from Clarence House.

The spend included paying for 15 of Charles and Camilla’s British-based staff including event organisers, household support, media managers, Camilla’s personal hairdresser and security.

The London Metropolitan Police met the cost of their personal protection.

The royal couple spent six days in New Zealand last month as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Year celebrations. They had more than 40 engagements in New Zealand, including the Prince’s 64th birthday celebration at Government House on November 14.

The Australian and New Zealand Governments shared the return cost of commercial airfares from London to Singapore. The Royal New Zealand Air Force flew the delegation from Canberra to New Zealand, - APNZ

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US students off academic mark American fourth-graders are performing better than they were four years ago in math and reading, but students four years older show no such progress, a global study has revealed.

Although the US remains in the top dozen or so countries in all subjects tested, the gap between the US and the top-performing nations is much wider at the eighth-grade level, especially in math.

“When you start looking at our older students, we see less improvement over time,” said Jack Buckley, commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, which coordinated the US portion of the international exam.

Even where US student scores have improved, many other nations have improved much faster, leaving American students far behind many of their peers — especially in Asia and Europe.

With an eye toward global competitiveness, US education officials are sounding the alarm over what they describe as a recurring theme when American students are put to the test. Lamenting what he described as “sober cautionary notes,” Education Secretary Arne Duncan said it was unacceptable that eighth-grade achievement in math and science are stagnant, with US students far less likely than many Asian counterparts to reach advanced levels in science.

“If we as a nation don’t turn that around, those nations will soon be out-competing us in a knowledge-based, global economy,” Duncan said.

American students still perform better than the global average in all subject areas, the study found, although students from the poorest US schools fall short.

But the US is far from leading the pack, a

distinction now enjoyed by kids in countries like Finland and Singapore who outperformed American fourth-graders in science and reading. By eighth grade, American students have fallen behind their Russian, Japanese and Taiwanese counterparts in math, and trail students from Hong Kong, Slovenia and South Korea in science.

The results of the study, conducted every four years in nations around the world, show mixed prospects for delivering on that promise. A nation that once took pride in being at the top of its game can no longer credibly call itself the global leader in student performance. Wringing their hands about what that reality portends for broader US influence, policymakers worry it could have ripple effects on the economy down the line, with Americans increasingly at a competitive disadvantage in the international marketplace.

Elevating the skills needed to compete with emerging countries has been a priority for President Barack Obama, who has pledged to train 100,000 new math and science teachers over the next decade. “Think about the America within our reach: a country that leads the world in educating its people. An America that attracts a new generation of high-tech manufacturing and high-paying jobs,” he said this year in his State of the Union address.

Asia continues to dominate the top echelon of scores across subject fields. The tiny city-state of Singapore takes first place in eighth-grade science and fourth-grade math, with South Korea scoring nearly as high.

Singapore takes second place to South Korea in eighth-grade math, with Taiwan in third.

The results also lean toward Asian nations when it comes to advanced levels of learning. In Singapore, 4 in 10 eighth-graders

achieved the “advanced benchmark” in science, which requires an understanding of complex and abstract concepts in physics, chemistry, biology and other sciences. About 2 in 10 make the grade in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. In the US, it’s about 1 in 10.

Reading skills are a major strength for American students. Only a few points separate American students from the top-scoring students in the world. In Florida, which took part in the study separately, reading scores are second only to Hong Kong.

“We cannot rest until every child has gained the power that comes through reading,” said former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, a prominent education advocate. “If Florida can do it, every state can and must.”

The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study and its sister test, the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, are used to measure knowledge, skills and mastery of curricula by elementary and middle school students around the world. Students in rich, industrialized nations and poor, developing countries alike are tested. In 2011, 56 educational systems — mostly countries, but some states and subnational entities like Hong Kong — took part in math and science exams. Fifty-three systems participated in the reading exam, which included almost 13,000 American fourth-graders.

“These kinds of tests are very good at telling us who’s ahead in the race. They don’t have a lot to say about causes or why countries are where they are,” said Brookings Institution senior fellow Tom Loveless, who in previous years represented the US in the international group that administers the test.

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A Victorian judge who jailed two skinheads for bashing an Asian student until he was “unrecognisable as a human being” says society needs to work out why there are so many angry young men.

Justice Betty King said racial hatred played a minor part in the “remorseless, violent and sustained” attack on the Vietnamese student who was set upon as he was walking home from work lis-

tening to music at Ascot Vale, in Melbourne’s northwest, on June 27.

In jailing Shannon Hudson, 21, and Wayne O’Brien, 20, in the Victorian Supreme Court on Wednesday, Justice King said the men appeared to be angry not just at people from other countries, but the world at large.

“The increasing anger being displayed by young members of our community is one that is hard to fathom,” she said.

“I am of the view that a lot of

your discussions and talk about skinheads and white supremacy, and your Heil Hitler signs, were not really understood by either of you.

“It is my view that this attack would in all likelihood have occurred irrespective of the nationality of the person walking down the street.

“At some stage our society needs to work out why there are so many angry and unhappy young people, particularly males.”

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• Circumcision A Perth couple who allegedly took a baby girl overseas for an illegal circumcision have had their case adjourned. The 44-yearold man and 42-year-old woman appeared briefly in Perth Magistrates Court on yesterday for a committal mention and asked for more time to collect medical evidence. The pair were charged in September in what is believed to be a legal first for Western Australia. Media reports at the time said they took the child, who was in good health, to Bali. The couple, whose names have been suppressed, are next scheduled to appear in court on January 23.

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who cannot be named knocked their unsuspecting victim to the ground, calling him a “yellow dog” and “f***ing gook” while repeatedly stabbing, kicking and punching his head and body until he fell unconscious.

Hudson then smashed a brick over his head, in what Justice King described as a “particularly chilling episode of violence”.

O’Brien, who was staying with Hudson in Ascot Vale at the time, told police they were part of a neo-Nazi skinhead group called

the Crazy Whiteboys that disliked Asians, Jews and “Negros”.

The pair pleaded guilty to intentionally causing serious injury during the attack that left their victim fighting for life in a pool of blood with multiple skull and spine fractures and stab wounds that penetrated his bowel.

He has had plastic surgery, facial reconstruction surgery, dental work to replace lost teeth and has trouble speaking as a result of the damage to his jaw.

Justice King said photographs

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“He is almost unrecognisable as a human being,” she said.

Hudson was jailed for 10 and a half years with an eight-year minimum after Justice King said he had an “horrific” criminal record and was at high risk of reoffending.

O’Brien was jailed for four and a half years, with a two and a half year minimum.

The third offender has been dealt with in the children’s court.

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A baby girl has died after being left inside a car in Victoria, prompting warnings from doctors before the hottest days of summer arrive. The six-monthold fell unconscious in the car, parked in the rural city of Bendigo, northwest of Melbourne, on Tuesday just after 7pm, an Ambulance Victoria spokesman said.

Paramedics were called, found the baby was in cardiac arrest and performed CPR on the way to hospital. But the child died later that evening. The temperature had reached 30.1C in Bendigo at 7pm, according to Bureau of Meteorology.

• Fire baffles A mysterious fire which has been burning for months under a dry lake in farwestern NSW is seemingly thwarting attempts to put it out. Drivers have reported seeing smoke along a lakebed outside Wilcannia and firefighters, who put the fire out on an almost-weekly basis, are fed up with the eternal flame. “We thought we had it out about a month ago and just in the last couple of days with some wind, it’s popped back up,” incident controller Chris Favelle told AAP. Mr Favelle says he suspects organic material is fuelling the fire.

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Each year we invite the children of Mid Canterbury to write to Father Christmas through our newspaper to tell him of your special Christmas request.

This year we have again decided, along with Father Christmas, that we would also like to make a special collection of Christmas gifts from Ashburton retailers and businesses to give to families in Mid Canterbury who may not be as fortunate as others.

To do this Father Christmas needs a little helper who will spend the day with him on Tuesday, December 20, calling on our Christmas shopping stores collecting gifts which will be given to the local Salvation Army, who will then distribute the gifts to families in Mid Canterbury.

Our Santa’s Little Helper will be photographed visiting local stores during the day with Santa and we will publish these photographs on Thursday, December 20, in the Ashburton Guardian.

All children in the Ashburton District are invited to write a letter stating why they would like to be Santa’s Little Helper and why they would like to help us collect gifts for other families.

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Potato growers pick up tips Potato growers had a chance to compare notes about crops and weeds during a field day at a Dorie farm recently.

The outing was organised by Kai Tegels, who runs a company rouging combinable seedcrops and potatoes.

To make sure her staff knew their potato varieties and weeds, she planted a small

field with different potatoes and trained her rougers there.

The idea grew into having an afternoon for growers to do same thing.

Growers braved last Friday’s wet weather to look at different varieties, appreciating different characteristics and learning how to tell them apart.

The trial field had 27 plots, featuring nine varieties, some with an educational smattering of weeds and disease.

Plenty of potatoes are grown in Mid Canterbury, with the industry worth about $500 million to the nation’s economy.

Potatoes are processed into fries or sold fresh in supermarkets.

After dominating the 2012 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards, the Canterbury/North Otago region is also leading the charge in the number of entries received in the 2013 awards.

Entries are now being accepted online at www.dairyindustryawards.co.nz in the Canterbury/ North Otago Sharemilker/Equity Farmer of the Year, Farm Manager of the Year and Dairy Trainee of the Year competitions. Entries close on December 20.

“Our regional representatives brought home all three national titles in a surprise first this year and that’s created a real buzz.

It was an amazing achievement that our region can be proud of,” regional convenor Debbie Mackle says. “It’d be great to back that up!”

Mrs Mackle says the region (one of 12 in the awards) is topping the entries overall to date, with 64 entries, and has also received the most entries in the farm manager (22) and dairy trainee (33) contests to date.

“We wish we could boast about our entries in the sharemilker/ equity farmer contest, but with just nine entries to date we are well back in seventh place. We would really like to see a stronger competition.”

She says the region is offering a total prize pool of $64,000, with $37,000 of that set to go to the winners in the sharemilker/equity farmer contest.

“Sharemilkers are saying to us that they are busy, the payout is down and they are having a hard season. We remind them that it’s not about having the prettiest farm or the best production, rather about how you manage your business.

“I worry that some are missing the whole point of the dairy awards – you want the best for your business and you want to be mixing with the right minded people. The awards do offer great opportunities.”

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Roll Call: I made it, I will show it, brought forth several lovely craft items. A large bag of books for Birthright was collected.

Motto: May the hinges of friendship never go rusty, was read by June Thomas. Federation Newsletter, Agenda A.G.M., Minutes, Eisteddfod Programme and Save the Children ‘ all things Cristmas” were read.

Mary thanked members for the Show Tray. Westpark will be supplying the luncheon at the A.G.M charge to be $8.00.

Birthday Greetings were sent to Margaret Moore. Raffle was won by June Thomas.

Our Guest Speaker was Maxine Urquhart who showed us how she made a scarf into a bouquet of flowers, what a talented lady. Colleen Corbett thanked Maxine and presented her with a small gift. Our Christmas meeting is to be held at the Stables on the 18th at 11.15am.

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Seven members and three visitors travelled to Longbeach for the November meeting where we met at the Cook House and were welcomed

by Mrs Penny Thomas.

Penny told us of the history of Longbeach, how the first Mr Grigg arriving in 1854. He first went to North Island, then to Christchurch and then to Longbeach where he bought 32,000 acres and made his home. The land was swamp, so drains were dug, tiles made at Eiffelton and laid to drain the water. All the bricks that were used, for the Post

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Office, Store, Cook House and House were all made at Eiffelton. When the Homestead was burnt down all the bricks were cleaned and used again.

After Penny told us the History she took us for a walk through the beautiful gardens, where we visited the Chapel and the Cob Cottage. Back to the Cook House where Louisa thanked Penny and presented her with a fruit tray.

A small meeting was then held.

Afternoon Tea concluded the afternoon.

Chertsey Pendarves “Bula“ and a warm Island smile greeted Chertsey Pendarves members during their November meeting at the Senior Centre.

Torika Paterson spoke with fond recollection on her life in Fiji. She spoke of family feasts where Aunties and Uncles came together to spend time and laughter during the festive season. Tropical fruits such as ripe mangos and bananas along with fresh shellfish, caught by fisherman in the family, laden the colourful textile tablecloths that were arranged on the floor, for everyone to share. Torika mused on her childhood and her parent’s strength and determination to make a better life for their immediate family by their immigration to Australia.

She wondered how her life would have been if opportunities had not been taken. Something to which all of us can share and relate.

It was a wonderful insight into Island life that successfully echoed the theme of International Month. It was a shame that there were so few Chertsey Pendarves members at the meeting as they missed a treat.

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the A & P Show. We gained third place in the Tray Competition and a special mention in the knitting class of the Bay entry. President Mrs Marg.

Watson extended thanks to all who represented Chertsey Pendarves especially Mrs Jan Allen and Mrs Audrey Copland (and their respective families ). Next month will be our Christmas Meal, which will bring 2012 to a close. Thursday 7th February 2013 will be the first meeting of the year at the Senior Centre and a warm welcome to all visitors is extended.

Netherby President Adrienne Hodson welcomed 24 members to our November meeting. Secretary Joan Campbell read the minutes and members were thanked for helping with the Bay and Tray for the A7P Show.

For the December meeting it was decided to go out to lunch before the meeting. Valmai Mitchell gave an interesting talk on a holiday to Scotland last year.

Motto:- There are hundreds of languages in the World but a smile speaks them all.

Roll Call :- Plants for the sales table was well responded to. There were three birthdays during the month. The raffle was won by Daphne Sheehan. Moylan Trophy was a tie between Denise Clark and Cora Petrie. and the Northchurch Trophy was also a tie between Denise Clark and Pauline Palmer.

The meeting concluded with a welcome cup of tea.

Tinwald It was a pleasure to have a lovely fine day for our outing to Ruth Hall’s “At Violinos” What a treat She had in store for us. Every conceivable musical instrument you could think of. Ruth is an accomplished Violinist, Playing “Beautiful Spanish Eyes”. You could hear a pin drop. Each member was given an instrument and played on cue, simple songs Mary Had a Little Lamb, Twinkle Twinkle. Outside were several sheds, Home Stays, etc. Each Shed housed Instruments from China, Africa and Switzerland. Bells and Cow Bells from Switzerland, some weighing 10 kilograms, Ruth herself is Swiss. Also in her garden are games, Chess, another Swiss game similar to chess. A table with 4 chairs adjoined, As you moved the table it sounded like the ocean.

Croquet also had another twist with each hoop a musical note. On the lawn was a copper cello, Ruth planned to have as a mail box, but changed her mind. The hi - light of our visit had to be the musical toilet. Playing tunes Auld Lang Syne, Star and Stripes.

There were 12 different tunes. After our outdoor lunch, Joy presided our meeting. Discussion on our Xmas Lunch at The Stables. Several Members hope to attend Hampstead’s Christmas Party.

A pity it coincides with ours every year. After a stroll through Ruth’s lovely garden it was time to call it a day. A lovely day had by all.

Hinds Members at our October meeting were entertained by Mrs Barbara McFarlane, a local quilter and needleworker, who showed us a comprehensive and beautiful range of quilting she had done over the years, as well as other expressions of her creativity.

Members had taken part in the competiton to see how many three letter words could be made from “Women’s Institute.” Colleen Clark was the winner.

Rosa Bennett, hostess, served a lovely afternoon tea, after which the partially completed Show Bay.

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Casino mogul teams up with Hollywood director Australian casino mogul James Packer is heading for the bright lights of Hollywood, setting up a production company with blockbuster director Brett Ratner.

The billionaire is joining forces with Ratner to form RatPac Entertainment, which will make independent films.

A spokesman for Mr Packer confirmed the partnership with the 43-year-old director and producer, describing it as “a small private investment”.

Mr Ratner, who directed Rush Hour, Red Dragon and X-Men: The Last Stand, told the Hollywood Reporter Ratpac will develop, produce and finance films on its own and in partnership with Hollywood studios.

“We intend to build a major independent film company which not only has the ability to fully finance its films but which also offers creative independence for its filmmakers,” Ratner said in a statement.

Fusion Strategy managing director Steve Allen said Mr Packer’s move into the film world was unexpected but not overly surprising considering that his family, particularly his father Kerry Packer, had previously been involved in the industry.

“The Packers do have a long history, his father more

than he, of getting into the film, mini series and television production business because it was, at least, very attractive from an investment and tax point of view,” he said.

The Packers have also invested in Hollywood studios, such as Lionsgate, in the past but that may have been to align supply contracts with the Nine Network when they owned it, Mr Allen said.

He said it was highly likely that Mr Packer had received some recommendation from one of his Hollywood friends, such as Tom Cruise, about Mr Ratner before deciding to go into business with him.

“There would have had to be some connection,” Mr Allen said.

“He would have known the people or liked them or Tom Cruise, his supposed mate, would have said these are good people to get into business with.

“There has to be a reason. He doesn’t do things on whims. He’s not like his father.”

While the film industry would appear an odd fit with Mr Packer’s main business interest, Crown Casino, Mr Allen said they were both essentially in the entertainment industry.

- AAP

Arts DIARY

• December 14 – Methven Heritage Centre Cash and Carry mixed medium art exhibition opens, runs to February 4.

• December 14 – Mid Canterbury Choir Christmas Concerts, 12.15pm and 5.15pm, at St Andrews Church, Ashburton.

Admission $5 at the door.

• To December 15 – Ashburton Society of Arts Spring Show at the Short Street Studio. Hours are Saturday, Monday and Wednesday 10am to 2pm. Anyone wishing to view works outside these hours can phone Ngaio McKee on 308-4533 or Val Henderson on 308-5460.

• January 7 – Big Little Theatre Company summer theatre school runs until January 11.

• January 7 – Methven Summer School opens.

• January 15 – Wireworks with Rachel Hirbayashi at the Short Street Studio.

• January 16, 17, 18 – Drawing Towards A Portrait with Paul Deans.a • To January 20 – Haunts of Dickens exhibition at Ashburton Art Gallery.

• January 26 – Heather Sarin exhibition opens at Ashburton Art Gallery.

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Robin’s Art School graduating artist Georgia Guildford, 17, at the exhibition with one of her works, which was among those which sold.

Art students fly from Robin’s nest

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By Susan Sandys About 90 people visited the Robin’s Art School exhibition in Ashburton at the weekend.

Robin’s Art School is open to five to 18-year-olds and is tutored by Ashburton artist Robin Arnst at her studio above the Ashburton Post Office.

The annual exhibition was held at the Short Street Studio on Saturday and Sunday and more than 100 works were displayed.

Mrs Arnst said about 10 works sold. It was not a huge number, but the main aim was for students to display their work. Many of the purchasers throughout the weekend had not known the student artists of the works they bought.

“It’s so exciting to see the visitors who go with a smile on their faces as they come out, they didn’t really realise what kids are capable of,” Mrs Arnst said.

As classes wound up for the year this term Mrs Arnst farewelled three of her long-term students Bianca Hall, 17, Olie Body, 18, and Georgia Guilford, 17, all leaving to pursue tertiary education. Bianca has been a student of the school ever since she was five, while Olie has been attending since she was nine, and Georgia since she was eight.

Mrs Arnst said the aim of her art school was not teaching students how to make pretty pictures, but how to put their feelings into their work. She said her students were taught to “look beyond the norm”.

• To January 27 – New Zealand potter Mirek Smíšek – 60 years, 60 pots. Exhibition at Ashburton Art Gallery.

• February 21 and 22 – In My Chair portrait painting at the Short Street Studio.

• Mondays 10am to 2pm – Mixed media group. Ashburton Society of Arts. Create artwork using collage, painting and different surface design techniques. Non-tutored. Contact Rowena Hart 308-9371.

• First Monday of the month – Ashburton Society of Arts life drawing group from 10am to 12 noon, phone Robin Arnst on 308-1001. Also third Monday night of each month, 7pm to 9pm. Both at the Short Street studio.

• Every Wednesday, 10am to 2pm – Weekly art and printmaking group at Short Street Studio, non-tutored and everyone welcome. $10 per month or $3 a day.

• Last Wednesday of every month – Film Society evenings.

If you have an event coming up and you think it might be suited to the Arts Diary, please let us know by contacting Susan Sandys on 307-7961 or susan.s@theguardian. co.nz

Each week the Ashburton Guardian gives readers a chance to win DVDs courtesy of Roadshow Entertainment.

Winners will be announced in this column the following week, so keep looking! If you see your name in the winner’s box, come into the Guardian and tell our lovely staff at reception you’re a DVD winner. ID may be required.

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eremy Clarkson and James May present their opinions on The Worst Car in the History of the World in this brand new, never-seen-before Top Gear DVD. Everyone has an opinion on bad cars, now it’s time to hear the ones that (apparently) really count. Jeremy and James travel to the North of England to name and shame the most rubbish cars in the entire world.

It’s a labour-intensive affair, filled with heated debates, giant cranes, James being locked in his own car boot and … Jeremy being tied to a tree.

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Robin’s Art School pupils Sam Lambie, 7, and Rebecca Brown, 7, finish off art works prior to an exhibition of the school’s work at the weekend.

Christmas tree made from Lego Oliver McLauchlan spent Wednesday morning decorating his family’s two-metre tall, green Christmas tree - made entirely from Lego.

The nine-year-old Canberra Lego enthusiast has helped his dad Anthony - who’s just as keen on building with the coloured plastic bricks - make a small tree for the past three years.

This year his mother, Mel Bezear, entered a photo of their tree into Lego’s 50th anniversary big build competition.

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ARIES (Mar 21st Apr 20th) The call of faraway places may be strong. The desire to explore new options, to travel and to take on new challenges may be pulling you in some fresh and excitingly different directions. It’s an excellent time to start a course or class or upgrade your skills. Adopting an efficient manner can help to impress the right people.

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The judges were won over by the creation of bricks, mini-figures and flashing lights and sent Lego professional Ryan McNaught to “supersize” it.

“I was really excited and I couldn’t wait until it got here,” Oliver told AAP. “I didn’t know it would look actually like how some real Christmas trees look.”

It took Mr McNaught 82 hours to design the big tree, which used about 30,000 of the standard two-by-four size bricks.

Since the prize was 50,000 green bricks, he

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TAURUS (Apr 21st May 21st) It’s time to aim high and ponder goals for the future. In between the festive preparations, an idea may be calling to you. Make a few minutes a day to attend to it and before long you may have set the groundwork for future success. Business plans may be subject to change. Today’s New Moon encourages a fresh start in a new direction.

GEMINI (May 22nd Jun 21st) Your partner may have big plans for you both, so you may be swept away in a flood of excitement. There’s a great opportunity to set yourselves a few challenges that encourage your spirit of adventure. It can also be a good day for business partnerships and for signing important documents.

A hunch of yours could prove to be remarkably spot-on.

also created a set of hollow presents, complete with “ribbon” bows.

“It basically goes together like a real Christmas tree, you just plug the branches in,” Mr McNaught told AAP. To design the tree he started by looking at the size of the space it had to fit in - limited mainly by the ceiling height.

Then he “did the maths” to work out how the branches should be placed.

Ms Bezear described her family as “a bit of a Lego family”.

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CANCER (Jun 22nd - Jul 23rd) The New Moon places a happy accent on work and health issues. You seem to have a lot to talk about, making your day spicier and more interesting. It’s an excellent time to start a new health and diet regime. You’ll have more chance of sticking with it if you can resist initial seasonal fayre. The social butterfly in you can also be good for business.

LEO (Jul 24th - Aug 23rd) Love is in the air, as well as fun, pleasure and creativity. You may well be in your element and ready to grapple with and enjoy life. If you like sports or other engaging hobbies, put aside time and pick your pleasure. On the home front, you may decide to tackle decorating or DIY projects.

A romantic involvement may also be set to blossom.

VIRGO (Aug 24th Sep 23rd) You may host a party or prepare a gettogether or meal with friends. People seem to be drawn to spending time at your place.

Expect to extend your close friendships.

Folk can soon be trooping to your door to enjoy your hospitality. Single? Romance looks up. A meeting may encourage you to want to know more.

Career-wise, you’re determined.

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LIBRA (Sep 24th Oct 23rd) You may be in the mood to envision some long-range goals for yourself that could include further education, publishing or travel. If you ever wanted to write a book, today’s New Moon boosts your communication and might encourage you to make a start. At home, one project may be more difficult than you had thought, but stay determined.

SCORPIO (Oct 24th - Nov 22nd) You could go out with the intention of buying gifts for friends and family but you may end up buying something amazing for yourself instead.

Why? Well, you may come across a bargain that’s simply too good to resist. There’s a chance of a bonus linked with your job too. You seem to be in the money. A romantic liaison needs careful nurturing.

If you would like to go into the draw to win a copy of Top Gear’s Worst Car in the History of the World DVD, write your name, address and the DVD’s title on the back of an envelope and send to: Goodie Giveaway, PO Box 77, Ashburton.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23rd - Dec 21st) Today’s New Moon may well prove to be the best of the year for you as it falls in your sign. Positive change in any area you choose is only a step away. Set your priorities and make a start.

You’re in an upbeat mood and ready for some fun. If a friend sends an invite, why not take it up? Yet the desire to splash out can also be high, so steel yourself!

CAPRICORN (Dec 22nd - Jan 20th) You seem determined and eager to get your best-laid plans off the ground.

You may also be in a charitable mood and ready to reach out to anyone who needs help. Today brings an opportunity to take up meditation, tai chi or any other spiritual discipline that appeals. Good deeds done in the past may bring a reward in the present.

AQUARIUS (Jan 21st - Feb 19th) Hard work may bring success as your determination pays off.

You radiate charisma and charm, endearing yourself to others very rapidly. Socially, you can really sparkle as an animated side of your nature shines through. The stars encourage you to broaden your horizons with a chance to make friends with people from other countries or cultures.

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PISCES (Feb 20th Mar 20th) Opportunity may knock on your door and bring a career matter sharply into focus. You may be busy replying to job advertisements or arranging interviews.

The cosmos could bring a golden opportunity your way today.

You may only need to be in the right place at the right time for something truly amazing to happen. Why not relax tonight with good friends?

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SPORT

Clean sweep for Currie

By Jonathan Leask Former Methven athlete Braden Currie made a clean sweep in the Anaconda Adventure Race Series in Australia, winning the third and final leg in Lorne at the weekend.

Currie had already claimed wins in Queensland and Western Australia before wrapping up the series with another convincing win in Victoria.

Currie had made a splash as a first-time starter winning last year’s opening race on his way to finishing as the series runner-up behind Richard Ussher, but showed his rise in the sport improving to overall winner this year with a clean sweep.

“For the last year and a half I had a bit of a goal to take out the Anaconda series and in the weekend it was my opportunity.”

It was an opportunity he didn’t waste and he also had a point to prove.

A week earlier Currie contested the Mark Webber Challenge alongside Ussher, a fiveday adventure race covering 350km in the Tasmanian wilderness.

Currie and Ussher came in second an hour behind Victorian’s Jarad Kohlar and James Pretto, despite battling equipment failure on day three - breaking a pedal in their kayak and were unable to steer and having to bale out water as they struggled along - and then illness across the final two days.

Currie had a week to recharge for the Anaconda series final where Kohlar and Pretto were again looming to spoil the party in a race with more dramas.

Currie started the day with a plan to hold on to the leaders in the water and pull away on land.

“With a lead group setting the pace in the swim I was looking to hold on but within 300m I realised I didn’t stand a chance so eased up, got into rhythm and kept an eye out for sharks as I enjoyed the rest of the swim.”

After the 1.9km swim Currie was in 19th but pegged back a few positions over the 13km ocean paddle to be hot on the heels of

his main rival.

“I was around four minutes down but a minute up on my main competition, but I was a bit on the wobbly side as I hadn’t been on surf ski for a long time and Jarad (Kohlar) soon caught me up.

“We paddled together into the wind but as we hit the down-wind my time out of the boat really showed as he took off.”

Coming out of the water he had made up two minutes before turning on his usual speed in the trail run to move up to the front of the field, or so it seemed.

“Starting the run I was excited at the chance to chase them down. I was about 4km into the run and had managed to pass everyone but Jarad as I came to a T-section when it all got a bit confusing.

“An arrow pointed right with tape leading up the track and on the ground some tape lay over the track indicating to go left.

“I went with the arrow and 10 mins later the track climbed all the way up a hill and stopped. Turning around and running back down I found the group I passed earlier had gone the same way.

“A group call was made to cut-off and meet up with Jarad, who had gone the right way, and give him a head start before it was all go again.”

Vandals had altered the course markers, sending most of the leading males in the wrong direction and ultimately a shorter route. After correcting the error with a momentary stoppage, Currie quickly made up the ground to hit the 18km mountain bike leg with a narrow four-second advantage on Kohlar.

Currie kept up the tempo on the bike to widen the gap and showed another clean pair of heels on the 1.2km beach run to finish almost six minutes ahead of Kohlar.

At the conclusion of the race the top athletes showed a collective amiability that the runners who unintentionally ran a shorter distance had satisfactorily lost time resolving the error, and the results stood as they were, meaning Currie achieved a three-peat for a convincing Former Methven athlete Braden Currie has made a clean sweep in the Anaconda Adventure Race Series in Australia. overall series win.

Black Sticks women snatch late draw A late goal to newcomer Sian Fremaux earned the Black Sticks women’s hockey team a 2-2 draw against India in Palmerston North last night.

With 10 minutes to go it looked like the home side’s unbeaten run in the series might come to an end, but last night’s captain Stacey Michelsen led a brilliant counter-attack, which Canterbury’s Fremaux finished to clinch the draw.

Head coach Mark Hager was disap-

pointed with the team’s effort in the fourth test, and said their basic skills let them down.

“We were totally outplayed by India and, to be honest, we were lucky to come away with a draw.

“We simply let ourselves down with our basic trap and pass skills.”

The Black Sticks got off to the start they had been looking for all series, with Fremaux scoring early after a counter-

attack from Capital’s Anita Punt.

India replied with two goals to lead 2-1 at the break and they looked like they had the match sown up until some Michelsen magic ensured the Kiwis’ unbeaten run was maintained.

The teams have a rest day today before the fifth and sixth games in Wellington tomorrow and Saturday at the National Hockey Stadium in Newtown.

- APNZ

tV1

MORNING

6.00 9.00 12.00 12.30 1.30 2.00

3.00 4.00 4.30 4.55

5.25

Breakfast.

Good Morning. (G) ONE News. (T) Emmerdale. (PGR, T) Coach Trip. (PGR, T) World’s Strictest Parents Us. (PGR, T) Terrorising teens are sent to different countries to live with new families in a last-ditch effort to straighten their behaviour out.

Ellen.

Te Karere. (T) ONE News.

Come Dine With Me. (G, R) A daily lifestyle show that sees five very different people compete to be named the ultimate dinner party host.

Millionaire Hot Seat.

(G, T) Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 ONE News.

7.00 Border Security. (G, R,

T)

7.30 Coronation Street.

eVeNING

(PGR, T)

8.30 The Real Thumbelina.

(G, T) Go inside the world of a little girl who is nearing her fourth birthday, but is still the size of a one-year old.

9.30 Threesome. (AO, T) 10.00 A Night At The Classic.

(AO, T)

10.30 ONE News Tonight.

(T)

11.00 Tagata Pasifika.

11.35 Beauty And The Beast.

(G, T)

late

12.30 Te Karere. (R, T) 12.55 BBC World – BBC World News. 1.00 GMT With George Alagiah. (G) 2.00 Impact. 3.30 World Business Report. 3.45 Sport Today. 4.00 BBC World News. 5.00 The Hub with Nik Gowing. (G) 5.05 The Believer’s Voice Of Victory.

5.35 Te Karere. (R, T)

with Knight one up for Aorangi’s point with Bell being one down. Against Hawke’s Bay all five Aorangi players fell behind early but only Knight was able to fight back, storming home for a 6/4 win with Bell undone 2/1.

On the opening day Aorangi came out on the wrong side of a tight tussle with hosts Otago, who picked up three one-up results in a 4-1 win.

tV2 6.00 Creflo Dollar. 6.30 Hi-5. (G, R, T) 7.00 Toon Disney. (G, R, T) 7.25 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated. (G, R, T) 7.50 Ben 10: Ultimate Alien. (G, R, T) 8.20 Tiki Tour. (G, T) 8.45 The Magic Roundabout. (G, R, T) 8.55 Fireman Sam. (G, T) 9.05 Chuggington. (G, R, T) 9.15 Pajanimals. (G, T) 9.25 Mr Men. (G, R) 9.30 Infomercial. 11.00 Sonny With A Chance. (G, R, T) 11.30 Neighbours. (G, R, T) 12.00 Shortland Street. (PGR, R, T) 12.30 Hope & Faith. (G, R, T) 1.00 My Kitchen Rules. (R, T) 2.05 Jeremy Kyle. (PGR) 3.10 Special Agent Oso. (G, R, T) 3.35 Spongebob. (G, R, T) 4.00 Zeke And Luther. (R, T) 4.30 Pair Of Kings. (G, T) 5.00 Horace In Slow Motion. (G, R) 5.01 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (G, R, T) 5.30 My Wife And Kids. (G,

Bell and Knight both finished one down but number four Nicole Nathan, a former Canterbury rep playing out of Ashburton, secured the only win up 4/2 and number five Heather Oldfield was trumped 10/8.

Defending champions Auckland outclassed 4.5-0.5 with Bell finishing all square with Wenyung Keh, while Knight was beaten 4.3 by Munchin Keh.

tV3

PRIMe

3 News.

Infomercials. (G) Top Chef. (PGR, R) Everybody Loves Raymond. (G, R, T) 12.00 3 News.

12.30 Missing Pieces. (PGR,

6.00 Home Shopping. (G) 6.30 The Crowd Goes Wild.

6.00 8.30 10.30 11.30

R, T)

1.00 Dr Phil. (PGR, R) 2.00 The Dr Oz Show. (PGR,

R)

3.00 Dance Your Ass Off. (G, R) One contestant emerges as the winner.

4.00 Rachael Ray. (G, R) 5.00 Entertainment Tonight.

(G, R)

5.30 Last Man Standing. (G, R, T) Mike feels let down when his daughters aren’t into celebrating Halloween with him the way they used to.

R, T)

6.00 Neighbours. (G, T) 6.30 Spin City. (G, R, T) 7.00 Shortland Street.

6.00 3 News.

7.00 Campbell Live. A daily look at the issues touching the lives of New Zealanders presented by John Campbell.

7.30 The X Factor USA. (PGR) The remaining acts put it all on the line and perform in front of the judges and a LIVE audience.

9.30 Rove LA. (AO) Kerri Kenney from the movie Fun Size is joined on Rove’s couch by comedian Rob Schneider and actor Kunal Nayyar.

10.30 Nightline.

11.00 Sports Tonight.

(PGR, T)

7.30 RBT. (PGR, T) 8.00 Air Ways. (PGR, T) 8.30 Embarrassing Bodies.

(AO, T) Dr Pixie investigates why one woman who’s hoping to conceive has intense abdominal pain, and why another woman seems to have a baby bump, although she isn’t pregnant.

9.35 Hotel Hell. (AO, T) 10.35 Chuck. (AO, T) 11.35 Highway Patrol. (Final,

PGR, R, T)

12.05 Memphis Beat. (AO, T) 1.00 Lost Tapes. (AO, R, T) 1.30 Infomercial. 2.30 Ugly Betty. (G, R, T) 3.20 Army Wives. (AO, R, T) 4.05 Pond Life. (PGR, R) 4.15 Emmerdale. (PGR, R, T) 5.05 The Erin Simpson Show. (G, R) 5.30 Infomercial.

11.15 Defying Gravity. (AO) Operating systems on the Antares shut down for no apparent reason, leading to a loss of power, heat and gravity control.

12.15 Infomercials. (G) 5.00 Joyce Meyer. 5.30 Infomercials. (G)

(G, R)

7.00 Millionaire: Hot Seat.

(G, R)

7.30 Home Shopping. (G) 12.00 Great Outdoors. (G, R) 1.00 The Crowd Goes Wild.

(G, R)

1.30 Surviving Suburbia. (R) 2.00 Getaway. (G, R) Natalie drives through the Scottish Highlands.

3.05 Legend Of The Seeker.

(PGR, R)

4.00 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G, R) 5.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) Game show hosted by Andrew O’Keefe that gives contestants the opportunity to win up to $200,000 each night.

5.30 Prime News - First At 5.30.

Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) The Crowd Goes Wild.

Best Of Qi. (PGR, R) Best Of Top Gear.

(PGR) Jeremy test drives the insanely powerful Pagani Zonda R. 8.30 Secrets Of The Manor House. (PGR) The British manor house has provided a majestic backdrop to shows like Downton Abbey however beyond the stately walls, two separate worlds exist: that of the poor servants and the wealthy aristocrats.

9.40 Camelot. (AO)

(G, R)

11.15 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G) 12.05 Home Shopping. (G) 1.35 The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) 2.05 Home Shopping. (G)

FOUR 6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55 Pingu. (G, R) 7.00 The Angry Beavers. (G, R) 7.30 Monsuno. (G, R) 7.55 The Wild Thornberrys. (G, R) 8.25 Go Diego Go. (G, R) 8.50 Bananas In Pyjamas. (G, R) 9.00 Thomas & Friends. (G, R) 9.10 Bob The Builder. (G, R) 9.20 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.25 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.30 The Wiggles Show.

(G, R) 9.40 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. (G, R) 9.55 Action Central. (G, R) 10.05 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame

Street. (G, R) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 3.00 Sticky TV. (G) 4.30 FOUR Live. (G) 6.00 That ‘70s Show. (G, R) 6.30 Futurama. (R) 7.00 The Simpsons. (G, R) 7.30 Family Guy. (PGR, R) 8.00 The Cleveland Show. (PGR, R) 8.30 American Dad. (PGR, R) When Francine gets a job as the new receptionist at the CIA, Stan and a co-worker decide she needs to go so that office flirting can return to normal.

9.00 Neighbors From Hell. (PGR, R) Killbride reanimates the head of Attila the Hun to help him downsize personnel, but old issues between the historic ruler and Uncle Vlaartark come to light.

9.30 South Park. (AO, R) The boys’ trip to a local water park comes with apocalyptic overtones.

10.00 Cops. (AO, R) Cops takes you to the streets to witness real police in action.

10.30 Friday Night Lights. (PGR) 11.25 Entertainment Tonight. (G) 11.50 Infomercials. (G)

Olympians dominate Halbergs Olympians were to the fore when the 63 nominees for the 50th Halberg Awards were announced yesterday.

The nominees for the Halbergs, which will be handed out at Vector Arena in Auckland on February 14, will be whittled down to finalists by a 30-strong voting committee comprising media representatives, former athletes and coaches and announced on January 1. Any outstanding performances by individuals or teams will still be considered until December 31.

Olympic single sculls gold medallist Mahe Drysdale and world No 1 eventer Andrew Nicholson will be strong contenders for Sportsman of the Year but shot put champion Valerie Adams will face stiff competition from the likes of canoe sprint gold medallist Lisa Carrington, young golfing sensation Lydia Ko and BMX rider Sarah Walker.

Team of the Year will be one of the most hotly-

contested categories with Eric Murray and Hamish Bond (rowing), Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan (rowing), the New Zealand Breakers (Basketball), Chiefs (rugby), Waikato/Bay of Plenty Magic (netball) and Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie (sailing) among the nominees.

“There have been so many captivating sporting performances in 2012 that I am sure will fuel public speculation leading up to the Awards,” said Geoff Burgess, Halberg Awards spokesman and Halberg Disability Sport Foundation chief executive.

“Five gold medals and a record-equalling 13 medal haul at the London Olympics was part of an incredible year that also saw the Silver Ferns and All Blacks dominate their competition, and the New Zealand Paralympic Team bring home a remarkable 17 medals.”

- APNZ

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Hampstead Softball Club Nosh Café Slow-Pitch November 30 S & Giggles 23 - 7 TGIF Sluggers Nosh Café Marines & Angels 14 – 10 Hawks As Good As It Gets 18 – 6 Muz’s Tigers

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Hampstead Softball Club Nosh Café Slow-Pitch December 14 6.30pm: D.1 Hawks v Muz’s Tigers; D.2 S & Giggles v Nosh Café Marines & Angels; D.3 TGIF Sluggers v As Good As It Gets

Sky Movies, 2.15am Medical drama which sees Donald Sutherland on autopilot as an overworked psychologist at a unit for mentally handicapped patients in British Columbia, Canada. He has a heart attack and is saved by the unit’s janitor, in-patient Matthew Fox. Once Sutherland recovers he decides to spend more time with his wife (Mary McDonnell) and son (Brad Whitford).

Also, he helps Fox find his own father.

the bOx 6.00 6.50 7.15 7.40 8.05 8.30 9.25 10.20 11.10 1.05 1.55 2.45 3.10 3.35 4.00 4.30

NYPD Blue. (M) Malcolm In The Middle. (PG) Cash Cab. (PG) Pawn Stars. (PG) Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) Monk. (PG) Law & Order. (M) CSI: Miami. (M) An Eye For An Eye. (PG) NYPD Blue. (M) Monk. (PG) Malcolm In The Middle. (PG) Pawn Stars. (PG) Cash Cab. (PG) The Simpsons. (PG) Whose Line Is It Anyway?

© Central Press Features (PG) (PG)

6.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.30 Most Shocking. (M) 8.30 Criminal Intent. (M) 9.30 Criminal Intent. (M) 10.30 Law & Order. (M) 11.30 NYPD Blue. (M) 12.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) 1.00 Malcolm In The Middle. (PG) 1.25 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (PG) 1.50 Cash Cab. (PG) 2.15 Monk. (PG) 3.05 Most Shocking. (M) 3.55 Criminal Intent. (M) 4.45 Criminal Intent.

(M) 5.35 The Simpsons. (PG)

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6.00 Hockey. FIH Mens Champions Trophy.

Gold Final. Replay.

8.00 Soccer. English Premier League.

Manchester City v Manchester United.

Replay.

10.00 Soccer. English Premier League.

Aston Villa v Stoke City.

Replay.

12.00 SKY Sport What’s On. 12.30 Crowd Goes Wild.

1.00 Soccer. English Premier League.

Everton v Tottenham. Replay.

3.00 Mitch Evans.

4.00 Olympic Review: Kiwi Magic.

5.00 ICC Cricket 360.

5.30 The ITM Fishing Show.

6.00 The Dirt.

6.30 Rugby Zone.

7.00 Lawn Bowls. New Zealand Open.

Men’s Singles.

8.30 Fishing. Export Gold Match League.

9.00 Cricket. KFC T20 Big Bash League.

Adelaide Strikers v Brisbane Heat.

Live.

1.00 The Cricket Show.

1.30 Basketball. NBL. NZ Breakers v Cairns Taipans. Replay.

3.30 Premier League World.

4.00 Soccer. English Premier League.

Wigan Athletic v QPR. Replay.

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1. Greenfly (5) 2. Sinuous (8) 3. Avaricious (6) 4. Notch (4) 5. Hair wash (7) 6. Biting (10) 9. Woman-hater (10 12. Blood-feud (8) 14. Persian (7) 16. Fortress (6) 19. Spirit (5) 20. Church recess (4

1. Aggravate (10) 7. Different (5) 8. Cry out (7) 10. Deter (8) 11. Musical work (4) 13. Set (6) 15. Appertain (6) 17. Egg-shaped (4) 18. Knitted jacket (8) 21. Scrap (7) 22. Pincers (5) 23. Habitual (10)

Push (5) Away (3) Smile (4) Wrong (9) Hug (7) Harm (6) Negligent (9) Skip (6) Wonder (7) Float (5) Slender (4) Finish (3)

SOLUTIONS TO PUZZLE No 12,077

5.00 Law & Order. (M) 6.00 America’s Funniest Home Videos.

6.00 Soccer. A-League. Wellington Phoenix v Sydney FC. Replay.

8.00 Basketball. NBL. Sydney Kings v NZ Breakers. Replay.

10.00 Basketball. NBL. Adelaide 36ers v Perth Wildcats. Replay.

12.00 Rugby Zone.

12.30 Cricket. KFC T20 Big Bash League.

Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Stars.

Replay.

3.30 Rugby Sevens. IRB World Series. Port Elizabeth Event. Highlights.

5.00 Soccer. A-League. Wellington Phoenix v Sydney FC. Highlights.

6.00 Basketball. NBL. Sydney Kings v NZ Breakers. Highlights.

7.00 Crowd Goes Wild.

7.30 Basketball. NBL. NZ Breakers v Cairns Taipans. Live.

10.00 Golf. Australian PGA Championship.

Round One. Highlights.

11.00 Soccer. English Premier League.

Everton v Tottenham. Replay.

1.00 Mixed Martial Arts. Cage Fighting Championship.

3.00 UFC Wired.

4.00 Lawn Bowls. New Zealand Open.

Men’s Singles.

5.30 The Dirt.

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Across: 7 Hallucination; 8 Distance; 9 Apex; 10 Washed; 12 Native; 14 System; 16 Lounge; 18 Urge; 20 Cemetery; 22 Miscellaneous.

Down: 1 Sanitary; 2 Blotch; 3 Scan; 4 Infernal; 5 Strait; 6 Role; 11 Domicile; 13 Vigorous; 15 Trench; 17 Untied; 19 Ruin; 21 Moan.

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Behind The Mask

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10.45 The Crowd Goes Wild.

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Aorangi finds going tough in golf tournament Draws

The going has been tough for the Aorangi women with four straight losses at the New Zealand Interprovincial at the St Clair Golf Club in Dunedin.

Led by Ashburton’s Catherine Bell at one and Catherine Knight at two, Aorangi are looking at scoring a win against Taranaki and Canterbury today.

Yesterday saw Aorangi start the day against Waikato suffering a 4-1 defeat,

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Across: 6 Warfare; 7 Frame; 9 Egg; 10 Unsavoury Complacency; 15 Disgraceful; 17 Masticate; 19 Cry Album; 22 Signify.

Down: 1 Barge; 2 Off; 3 Grin; 4 Erroneous; 5 Embrac Damage; 11 Forgetful; 13 Prance; 14 Miracle; 16 Drif Thin; 20 End.

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6.30 Hoodwinked Too! Hood Vs Evil.

(2011, PG) Hayden Panettiere.

8.00 Life As We Know It. (2010, M) Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel.

9.55 For Colored Girls. (2010, 16) Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine.

12.10 Faster. (2010, 16) Dwayne Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton.

1.50 It’s Christmas, Carol! (2012, PG) Emmanuelle Vaugier, Carrie Fisher.

3.20 Gnomeo & Juliet. (2011, PG) James McAvoy, Emily Blunt.

4.45 The Rite. (2011, M) Anthony Hopkins.

6.40 Morning Glory. (2010, M) Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford. An oldschool anchorman, who quit his longtime evening newscast because of its new, gossipy ways, is recruited by a hotshot producer looking to revive a failing morning show.

8.30 We Bought A Zoo. (2011, PG) Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson. Based on a true story about a single dad who decides his family needs a fresh start, so he and his two children move to the most unlikely of places. a zoo.

10.35 X-Men: First Class. (2011, M) James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender.

12.45 Lottery Ticket. (2010, M) Shad ‘Bow Wow’ Gregory Moss, Ice Cube.

2.25 Behind The Mask. (2006, 16) 3.55 The Rite. (2011, M) Anthony Hopkins.

5.45 It’s Christmas, Carol! (2012, PG)

6.30 Fight Club. (2003, M).

6.55 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo.

(2005, 16) Rob Schneider.

8.20 Uptown Girls. (2003, M) Brittany Murphy, Dakota Fanning.

9.55 Reign Of Fire. (2002, M) Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey.

11.40 Layer Cake. (2005, 16) Daniel Craig.

1.25 Mad Max. (1979, 18) Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel.

3.00 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo.

(2005, 16) Rob Schneider.

4.25 S:W:A:T. (2003, M) Samuel L. 6.25 Heartbreakers. (2001, M) Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt. Meet Max and Page, a mother-daughter duo, who have perfected the art of seducing wealthy men using a repertoire of scams. Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt. 2001.

8.30 Species. (1995, 16) Natasha Henstridge, Ben Kingsley. A group of scientists try to capture a killer alien seductress before she mates with a human male. Natasha Henstridge, Ben Kingsley. 1995.

10.20 Big. (1988, PG) Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia.

12.05 Making Of Water For Elephants.

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

Swamp Loggers. (PG) Man Vs. Wild. (PG) MythBusters. (PG) Ragin’ Cajuns. (PG) Deadliest Catch. (PG) Nightmare Next Door. (M) Most Evil. (M) I (Almost) Got Away With It. (M) After The Catch. (PG) Swamp Loggers. (PG) Man Vs. Wild. (PG) MythBusters. (PG) Nefertiti: Mummy Queen Mystery.

(PG)

7.30 Auction Kings. (PG) 8.00 Auction Hunters. (PG) The Smoking Ton. Deep in Boston’s south side, Allen and Ton score a WW2 Stuart M3 tank barrel and heavy duty tank treads. They also discover an industrial meat slicer.

8.30 Sons Of Guns. (M) Red Jacket Snow Blaster. An avalanche expert challenges Red Jacket to build a gun that saves lives.

9.30 American Guns. (M) Family Arms.

10.30 Blood Relatives. (M) 11.30 Disappeared. (M) 12.30 Nightmare Next Door. (M) 1.30 Swamp Loggers. (PG) 2.30 Mummy King Mystery. (PG) 3.30 Sons Of Guns. (M) 4.30 First Time Filmmakers. Korea. (PG) 5.30 Dirty Jobs. (PG)

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(2011, PG).

12.25 S:W:A:T. (2003, M) Samuel L. 2.20 Heartbreakers. (2001, M) 4.25 Species. (1995, 16)

shINe 6.00 Unlocking the Bible 6.30 Derek Prince 7.00 Bedbug Bible Gang 7.30 Spoon TV 8.00 Storyteller Café 8.30 Running With Fire 9.00 Conversations in the HolyLand 9.30 Precious Word of Truth 10.00 Give Me An Answer 10.30 Your Best Life: Phil Pringle 11.00 Joni and Friends 11.30 Missions Dilemma 12.00 Running With Fire 12.30 Enjoying Everyday Life 1.00 The 700 Club 1.30 Give Me An Answer 2.00 Serve the City 2.30 Philosophy, Science and the God Debate 3.00 Bedbug Bible Gang 3.30 Spoon TV 4.00 Storyteller Café 4.30 TheDRIVEtv 5.00 Revolution TV 5.30 Joni and Friends 6.00 Your Best Life: Phil Pringle 6.30 Destined to Reign 7.00 700 Club 7.30 The Verdict of Science 8.00 Give Me An Answer 8.30 Nzone Focus 9.00 The Journey 9.30 The One to One Show 10.00 Running With Fire 10.30 The 700 Club 11.00 Challenging Lifestyle 11.30 Give Me An Answer 12.00 Joni and Friends 12.30 Derek Prince 1.00 Unlocking the Bible 1.30 The Men’s Series 2.00 Life with Paul de Jong 2.30 Your Best Life: Phil Pringle 3.00 Give Me An Answer 3.30 Nzone Focus 4.00 The Journey 4.30 Philosophy, Science and the God Debate 5.00 Running With Fire 5.30 Challenging Lifestyle

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Allenton Bowling Club By the time this goes to print our Rowntree Ladies will have been to Christchurch Centre green to play off for the finals. Whether or not it is winning news next week we must congratulate these ladies (Wendy, Dawn, Janet, Shirley, Judy & Jan) on a very fine performance in such top competition. Our Saturday progressive pairs keep on keeping on and winners this week were: (leads) 1st Neville Sangster 3 wins. 2nd Maurice Reid 2 wins 1 loss +7. (Skips) 1st Annette Sargisson 3 wins. 2nd Ant. McGirr 2 wins 1 draw. About 80 members attended the Christmas Dinner last Saturday and all enjoyed the usual not to be resisted - eat more than you need, meal. Santa Clause and the Xmas fairy made an appearance and the icing on the cake this year was our own (new member) “Rose” on the piano! A great step back in time for everyone gathered around the piano for a good old fashioned sing along. Thank you Rose and a huge thank you to all members who helped towards a great Xmas party for 2012. Allenton are well represented in the Junior Triples at Ashburton this Saturday and we wish all our players some winning form.

Ashburton Bowling Club Congratulations to the men picked for the reps which played Sunday December 9. Dion Kiddey, Geo Crack, Mike Quinn, Jo Ryk, Doug Kinvig, Murray Anderson, Charlie Leech, Alan Miller and Dereck McKinnon. The selectors were thrilled with the results, and you helped to bring home all the trophies. Wed Dec 5 saw the Wed night interclub completed when Ashburton played Hinds at home. They won 3 games and lost 1. John Smart won singles 25-14, the pairs lost in a close match 20-21. Bad luck Murray and Geo Crack (Jo was ill and could not play). Charlie, Harold and Mike won the triples 24-10 and the 4’s likewise 17-14. Good going from Graham Taylor, Alastair McKenzie, Doug and Maurice. The 3/4’s won the overall competition and well done and congrats to all the players. Keep it going for next season! The ladies played their last game in the Rowntree Cup on Dec 5 at home but although leading on the last end went down to Halswell 19-20. Not the results that we hoped but we all tried. All told we had 3 wins and 4 losses. Corner to Corner is going smoothly and well attended on Sat after Roll over Triples. Over 30 players each day so far. This will run for about 10 weeks (barring Xmas Party night and other functions) Speaking of Xmas, the Club Celebration will be this coming Saturday night, Cost $8 and bring Salad or dessert to share. The club is supplying meats, vege and dips. The function will start 5.30 and food served 6.15.

This will follow the Junior Engravers Tournament held on the Ashburton greens. It will finish in time for you to rush home and pretty yourselves up for Santa. You might even get to sit on his knee. The finals of the Ladies Championship pairs will be played on Thursday Dec Hospital news, Colleen has gone home and with Kees at home too she is slowly getting back to what might be called shades of normal with a little help from friends. We wish you well. I wish all members a happy and festive season, and all good wishes for a prosperous and healthy New Year.

Ashburton Golf Club Another touch of history at the course on Saturday, as club patron “Buffalo” Bill Hettrick, shot under his age, again! The sprightly 84 year old, shot a gross 82 to bag himself 45 stableford points. So he picked up the men’s Christmas Salver, a litre bottle of whiskey (for Joan), nearest the pin on 14 for a bottle of wine, $10 for a two, and a voucher for the Methven Blue Pub, for sinking the longest putt on the 9th. Bill was last seen making his getaway across the car park, carrying a loot sack with “swag” emblazoned on it. May have the change his moniker to Burglar Bill! Rhonda Gallagher picked up the ladies salver with a very good 43pts. Other good scores were, Dennis O’Sullivan, PK Ngutu, Elenor Sullivan, Bri Hawksby, and Bob Grant, all with 42 pts or more. Many thanks to the Hotel Ashburton Super Liquer, for the wonderful prizes.

The tale doing the rounds on Saturday was of a certain immediate past captain, who on the 3rd, duck hooked his drive that far into the trees, he managed to discover a lost village of Hobbits, he then gave his ball another mighty “Yee hah” swing, and proceeded to move it 10m further into the trees, then after teaching his playing group a few new elfish swear words he spotted a 3 inch wide gap through the jungle, hit a low, running, hooking driver, that landed on the fairway, ran up the green, hit the flag half way up, and dropped into the hole, easy birdie! Sunday saw a good field of 58 take to the course to support Andre in the Pro Shop Tourney, a lovely sunny day, saw another batch of great scores, with Deadly Don Houghton taking top prize with 43 pts, and Pauline Bell along with Josh Smith taking the gross prizes. This weekend sees the 1st Qualifying round for the Hydraulink Best Under Pressure Shoot Out, all members invited to get down and attempt to qualify for this wonderful finals day, best 2 rounds from a possible 5, last season 74 pts bagged a finals berth, that’s just 2 rounds of 37 stableford points.

With the game being “across the board”, ladies receive a bonus shot on their handicap. Last season two ladies used their shots wisely, and both Nicky Gill and Janet Holmes were still in the mix well into the back nine, and must start this year’s qualifying full of confidence. But my early

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tip for top qualifier and supreme champ must be young Mr Hettrick, he got to the 16th in the first year and then got beaten by Roscoe on the 18th last year. He must be the man to beat.

at the Devon following the golf, all members are welcome to attend.

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College Red took on Blue and amassed 182/6 with Jeremy Punselie’s 81 leading the way, followed by Dafydd Philp’s 47 not out. Blue wicket takers were Matt Coote who picked up 2 while Matt Forbes snared 1.

Blue had a good crack at the target. PT Bierama top-scored with 61, followed by Bob George 32, George Wilson 22 and the team got to 151/8.

Dafydd’s great day continued bowling 2 overs and picking up 4 wickets for 8 runs, plus a stumping as wicket keeper). Todd Gray claimed two scalps, while Punselie and Harry Watson also picked up wickets. Red kept Lauriston to 125/5 in their second game with Luke Tod and Harry Watson claiming two wickets each. Sam Turner picked up his second catch of the day and Henry Paisley’s hands were safe again this week.

Red fell 10 runs short in their chase with Josh Buchanan smashing 11 fours in his 66 while Aron Martizano chimed in with 22 not out. Gold finally managed to break their duck in the big bash comp with a hard earned victory over Methven. Kieran Hunt and Ryan Hampton had a great opening stand of 68 at less than a run a ball before both pulled the ball into the hands of the same Methven fielder. Patrick Sandrey had the extreme of hitting 6, 1, then lost his middle stump. Harry Ferguson didn’t want to trouble the scorer and followed the example of the openers, hitting it to the same Methven fielder! Kody had a good stand of 41 with Zach before departing (along with the rest) and leaving Zach on 31 not out. Methven’s reply was thwarted by the tennis boys (Hampton and Ferguson) diving full length to take two amazing catches. All seemed lost for Methven until Deon dropped a dolly which inspired the “lucky” batsman to some brutal hitting, 50 off only 26 balls. Jayden and Patrick fought hard to see who could be hit further and for more with Jayden finally winning with 41 off his 3 overs. Green played Lauriston in their first game and had Lauriston in trouble, 3 down by the 3rd over, but they rallied and ended up 82 all out in the 17th over. Green managed two run outs, one from a great throw by Andrew Tait. Scott Punselie managed 3 for 19, while Andrew Jopson and Matt Arnold also took wickets. Green’s batting and running between wickets was the problem again this week. Top batsman was Brad Horrell on 17, followed by Oliver Adlam on 11. Green was helped this week by James Moore who got a not out in his first game of cricket. Green fell short in their chase only making 69.Green and Gold clashed in their second games. Gold won the toss and opted to bat with Kieran Hunt and Logan Havis combining well to give Gold a great start. Hunt scored 37 while Logan made 15, next top scorer were extras (21) that Green kindly gave them. Best bowlers for Green were Dylan Shore, Andrew Jopson and Matt Arnold who got 2 wickets apiece. Green’s batting (and running) improved and easily chased down the target. Scott Punselie (34) and Dylan Shore 23 were Green’s best and combined well for the match winning partnership.

Dylan smashed it everywhere as he “had a cold this week, and really didn’t want to run”. Gold’s Kody recovered well in the field after earlier dropping a catch that could have ended his fatherhood, he went onto take the catch of the match taking a fabulous catch to end Dylan’s innings. Hunt topped his game with 2 wickets. Green missed Flynn Beeman this week, as he was at home writing to Santa asking for his two front teeth! (backyard cricket!).

Russell Anstiss welcomed 80 members to our Christmas dinner. This continues to be a popular event and members enjoyed a feast, both in food and conviviality. Of course Christmas would not be complete without a visit from Father Christmas. This year some trouble developed mechanically with his scooter. Fortunately Rudolph (dressed in mechanic’s overalls, antlers and red nose) was within calling distance and gave assistance, much to the relief of the members awaiting his arrival. Christmas gifts were distributed to all the “good” members and it was noted that nobody missed out! Our patron, his Worship the Mayor Angus McKay, attended the dinner and spoke to all members and then announced that member Iris Officer-Holmes was to receive an Honours award for outstanding service to the Ashburton community later that afternoon. We were fortunate to have Bev Opthoog and her helpers provide us with a delicious meal, for which members showed their appreciation. Christmas cake and a cup of tea were served by the committee members, which rounded off a most enjoyable afternoon.

Ashburton Ladies Probus Club The November meeting was held in the Doris Linton lounge. This was chaired by May Greenslade in the absence of our President. The national Anthem was sung, and Happy Birthday to Peggy Ross who had a 90th birthday this month. Gwenda has had a 60th wedding Anniversary. John Moore was our mini speaker, he told us of his career in the financial world, and the working of the Nelson Building Society. After morning tea, Dawn Turner spoke about Black Pearls. She showed the pearls as they came out of the oyster, and pearls made into jewellery. After the meeting members had a most enjoyable lunch at Hotel Ashburton.

Ashburton Men’s Probus Club President Jim welcomed members and eight apologies accepted. Roger Herriott reported on progress with our bowls tournament in the new year and the success of a club team - R. Herriott, H. Kemp, M. Jones, R. Keeling - in coming second in the Probus Bowling Tournament at Burnside. President Jim filled in as mini speaker and spoke about his observation of the well-dressed men in New York and the importance of taking a pride in one’s appearance and on various incidents that had occurred while in Honolulu. David Turpie rounded things off with some very amusing one- liners. Our guest speaker was Kate Wootton who was introduced by her Grandfather, Ron Wootton. Kate is passionately interested in the outdoors and has been studying ecology at Canterbury University but 17 months ago took an academic year at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. She became interested in the Pangaea Young Explorers’ Programme and applied to join an expedition to Kenya with some sailing in the Indian Ocean. Five hundred applied and 16 were invited to a five-week selection course in Switzerland and Kate was one of the seven selected for the expedition. Because of the security situation off the Kenyan coast it was switched to S.W. Africa. Kate spoke first of Mike Horn who set the project up which is sponsored by several large international firms including Mercedes Benz. Showing a series of slides Kate covered what she had endured to gain selection: tramping for two days through the Alps; climbing very steep hills and high walls and sliding over valleys on flying foxes; finally flying to Namibia to meet Mike Horn.The first challenge they were faced with was a three days desert hike and a swim in a salt pool. This was followed by mountain climbing and then three days sailing when they experienced a huge storm and ran very low on food and were becoming very weak.Rafting down a river between South Africa and Namibia and navigating rapids.

A time abseiling down cliffs and finally mountain biking and reaching Cape Town and facing a large Press Conference. This was followed by an episode of diving with sharks and rock climbing on Table mountain.

The Expedition ended with the group making gifts of First Aid kits to small children in an African village.Bill Grant thanked Kate for a great presentation and presented with a bowl of fruit.

Ashvegas Country Club The final premier day of the year was held at Greendale last Sunday where a stableford round was played.

Trem made a welcome return from hibernation to claim the top prize for the day with his score of 40 stableford points after a round of 82 while Clarkie took 2nd place with 39 points after his round of 83. Mitch took 3rd with 38 after his round of 88 while best of the others were A J Kerr with 37 points and Steve Cowie with 36. Mitch and A J tied for the putting prize with 25 putts and Terry Kingsbury had the only 2. With Richy away Legs won the over 60s division with his score of 33 points.

The final club day for the year is to be held at Tinwald this Sunday at the normal tee off time of 10am with an Ambrose round likely to be the format for the day. The Christmas party and prizegiving will be held

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Hampstead Rugby and All Sports Club 1) Raffles every Friday night at the Devon Tavern starting at 5pm.

Great meat prizes. Come on down and support your club and Rugby Sponsor. Bowl’s turn to sell tickets. 2) Housie every Tuesday night at the Hampstead Rugby Club Rooms on Bridge Street. Doors open 6.30pm, housie starts 7.30pm. 35 Houses. Great Prizes and Raffles. Bowl’s turn to do shop. 3) Hampstead Gym is opened and available FREE to any financial club member. Non club members, the cost is $100 for the year, with a $20 Bond on card. All members will get a swipe card for entry at any time of the day and night. For details, please phone Chris McCloy on 308-9807. Hampstead Softball Club- Nosh Café Hampstead Hawks had a great game against Fairfield Marines before going down 17-15. With pitcher, James Tuirangi unavailable, it was left up to AJ Kerr to take the mound. The team played well. It was a good warm up before the competition starts after Xmas. Meatcorp Hampstead All-Stars had another great win in there competition game against Hampstead School last Saturday. They won and are still unbeaten. Friday Night Slow-Pitch was rained off, with the grounds being far too wet. S & Giggles are leading the way unbeaten. Hampstead Rugby Club-The club are looking for volunteers interested in refereeing our J.A.B teams.

(Associate Referee). Full Club Support & Training will be given to all positions. For any further information, please contact, Regan Broker, 0211000048 or Vaughan Ward, 0277681722. There was a great turn out for the Hampstead Rugby Club AGM. The following will be the club committee for the 2012-2013 season. President: Regan Broker VicePresident: Dave Waaka Secretary-Treasurer: Rachel Broker Publicity Rep: Dave Waaka Club Captain: Chris McCloy Club Delegate: Lance Taylor MCRU Delegate: Beavan Broker JAB Co-Ordinator: Vaughn Ward Coaching Co-Ordinator: To Be Confirmed Sponsorship: Wendy Ritchie,

Denise Willetts, Chris McCloy Groundsmen: Colin McKay Committee: Kristin Taylor, Steve Mann, Rachel McKay, Chris Bennett, Nicki Woods.

for another gathering next year.

If the weather remains kind, hopefully there will be more news and results next report.

Tea Roster December 18th-20th Margaret Watson and Joan Chapman.

Mid Canterbury Mountain Bike Club Seniornet Ashburton Inc On December 4 the Mid Canterbury Mountain Bike Club held the inaugural Ladies Race/Ride with 28 riders taking part in the event.

There were two classes with 15 riders starting in the competitive class and 13 riders in the recreation class. 1st over the line was Lani Gielingh with a razor sharp time 25.51, hot on her heeds in second was Kristine Marriot at a time of 25.58, closely following in 3rd was Angela Smith with a time of 26.54. The club’s last chocolate fish race for 2012 will be this Tuesday for all members to start and finished at the Allenton Rugby Clubrooms, Melrose Road with the children starting at 6pm which will be a shortened race/ride about 3 to 4km with adult support. At 6.30 the adults race will start and one minute later the recreation group with start; there will be results following the finish with the club putting on a free BBQ. Refreshments will be available from the Allenton clubrooms; any inquiries to Greg Lysaght 0274 356 357

Methven Bowling Club At the fours at Rakaia D Isherwood, M Sullivan, A Gorman, R Isherwood 1 win 1 draw; S Pagey, B Harper, G Pagey, H Weir 1 win. Mens Open Pairs D Isherwood & J Nowell bt R Thomas & E Maw. Mens Open Singles A Hill bt R Fensom and became the first one to reach the quarter finals. Ladies Open Pairs M Sullivan & R Isherwood bt M Middleton & W Suttie. On Saturday the final day of the 3/4s were rained off, the Junior Fours was also put off which was a shame for our boys I Syme, D Callaghan, J Limbrick, A Holmes who had a good chance of catching the team in front of them, they performed very well in the competition only losing one game well done guys. On Saturday night we had our xmas party it was a marvellous do with plenty of fun and wonderful food. A big thankyou to Ruth for organising another fabulous night. On Sunday we had four senior men D Isherwood, E Maw, A Hill, B Mason with I Syme in the Juniors representing Mid Canterbury against North Cant, Ellesmere and Malvern and came home with all three trophies.

It was very special for the juniors winning the trophy for the first time in ten years. Great bowling guys. At the Hampstead Rosebowl held at Tinwald on Monday M Sullivan, R Isherwood, M Middleton, W Suttie 2 wins 1 draw 2nd; W Blackwell, S Mellish (Rak) M Stone, B Gawn 2 wins 3rd good bowling girls. Happy bowling everyone.

MSA Outdoor Bowling Club Reports have been few and far between of late, mainly due to interruptions from the sky above. Ladies Championship pairs final was played last week in warm conditions (one out of the box). This final was played between Lorraine Boud and Helen Dowdle against Joyce Cleghorn and Kath Muir. It began as a very one sided affair. Lorraine and Helen took control from the first end played, and at one stage had the score 14-3 to Lorraine. After a “cuppa” to quench thirsts the game changed completely and Kath claimed the mat end after end to bring the score to 16 all (What was in the cuppa I ask?) but all credit to Joyce and Kath who went on to win the Championship Pairs title for 2012 by 25-18. Congratulations to them and thank you to Kath for making herself available to replace Rene Devereux who was unwell and had been partnered with Joyce throughout the game’s leading up to the final. Thank you Kath and get well soon Rene – There is always next year. Fours Championship will be played on Tuesday and results will be published next week. Rowntree has now been completed with the last round being played against Riccarton in exceptionally blustery conditions. With both teams struggling against gusty blasts M.S.A. managed a win 18-15. The girls showed big effort in winning 5 out of 7 rounds. Well done Men’s Section are getting their club games played when weather allows and recently continued the 2/4’s at Parklands with a win to Robin Petrie’s merry men and a loss to Brian Lynn’s team (not so merry) tried hard though. Interclub at Rakaia Managed two wins when Guildford Lane’s triples team won along with a close win to Tony Inwood who claimed his singles game. Stuart Garforth and Ronnie Cockburn lost their pairs as did Bob Neilson’s fours.

Sunday Evening the MSA Bowling Club Rooms came alive – Music, Laughter and cooking aromas wafting outdoors. Yes! Bowlers wives, husbands, partners and friends and those without any of the above had their Christmas party and I would place a bet at the TAB that no-one would have eaten much on Monday. Whew! What generous members and friends we have, and the committee wishes to thank ALL for their wonderful tasty contributions. Not to detract from all the above food, but a special thank you to Doug Watson for providing the “huge” plum duff and I promise you Doug all instructions were carried out, so that it was just perfect and much sought after. Another special mention goes to our President John Argyle who welcomed everyone and also provided and iced ??? (I believe you John, but Sue I know is very creative) the lovely Christmas Cake which was cut by the two oldest old residents present.

To one and all thank you for your support and may you all keep in mind

We have had two Ipad and Tablet mornings this month and there were a lot of interested members, who enjoyed both mornings. “Sam” from Noel Leeming came to our second morning and answered many questions from our audience. We all went away with answers, but more decisions about which we should buy, “Ipads or Tablets” We once again “Thank” Sam for his patience. Our Christmas dinner was a merry evening and enjoyed by all who attended. We finished with ports at our President “Barry and Marlene’s” new home. A great finishing touch for the end of the year. We thank anybody, who has helped us for the last year and hope to see you all next year 2013. Our AGM will be on Thursday February 7, 2013 at 1.30pm we need more interested people to help with Seniornet. An “Open Day” will be held on Wednesday February 20, 2013 at 1.30pm. Grant Sidaway the CEO of NZ Federation of Seniornet will be in attendance and his talks are always interesting. Both of these Days will be at MSA, Open Day in the lounge and the AGM in the Card room. All welcome. A Library Display will be held in February 11–24 for Seniornet. Barry and the Senionet Committee wish all of our members and interested people, A Merry Christmas and a bright and happy 2013.

Tinwald Branch New Zealand Red Cross The December meeting began with 15 members gathering for a delicious lunch at The Stables – Tinwald on 6 December 2012. Then members adjourned to the home of Mary Miles for a short meeting which began with saying the Red Cross Principles. Members stood in silence, in memory of Nancy Wakelin who had been a member of New Zealand Red Cross for 57 years, first a member of the Ealing Branch and then the Tinwald Branch. She contributed much to Branch activities – in sales table items and knitting of rugs – which were not to be sold but given to someone in need. These comforted many over the years. She will be missed. Apologies were accepted and the minutes read and confirmed. The NZRC National Appeal date is to be moved from March/April to May starting next year, to coincide with World Red Cross Day on May 8. The Canterbury Mid-South Forum on October 6 in Ashburton was successful. Engineers have inspected the Red Cross Building in Havelock Street and now waiting for their report. Memorial card was received from the family of the late Gwen Cornwall. The meeting received with regret the resignation letter from Norma Whyte. Area Newsletter had been given to each member. It was reported that there is a new President of New Zealand Red Cross and the meeting agreed for a letter of congratulations be sent to Jenny McMahon as well as a letter to the outgoing President – Penny Mason. Audrey Bruce gave the Financial Report reporting that the Branch raffle was very successful this year, saying people are very generous in their support of Red Cross.

The President thanked all those who helped in any way especially Mary Miles, who oversaw the project. It was reported that Red Cross would have a presence at the Multi Cultural Day on 6 February. Several members put their names forward to help. The President – Lynette Lovett, presented each member with a thank you certificate from New Zealand Red Cross for 80 years of volunteer service in New Zealand, as well as being volunteers week. Next meeting February 5 2013. The meeting closed with thanks to Mary Miles. Members had the joyful time of the exchange of a small Christmas gift and enjoyed a cup of tea and some of Mary’s Christmas goodies to eat.

Tinwald Outdoor Bowling Club Good to have some summer weather, so it’s all go to get the club championships played before people disperse for the Christmas break.

Our last round of inter-club was against Ashburton 2, Tinwald had 3 wins and 1 loss this gave us 4th place in division 2. Allenton Friday Triples G Eder, M Eder and W Lee 2 wins and a loss. Ashburton Pairs and Fours R Herriott, G Whipp, W Lee and W Herriott 4 wins and a draw 3rd place G Eder, D Duff, M Eder and S Maw 2 wins and a draw.

Allenton Charene Trophy M Eder’s team 2 wins, G Whipp’s team 1 win.

MSA Friday Triples G Eder, M Eder and W Lee 2 wins. Sub-Centre Pairs G Eder and M Eder 2nd at MSA green and won at Allenton to place third overall, R Herriott and W Herriott 1 win and a draw at MSA. Rakaia Open Fours R Herriott, W Lee, R Diamond and W Herriott 2 wins. Club Champion singles has been won by G Eder with both lives intact, runner up W Lee. Ladies Championship Fours M Eder, G Whipp, J Rooke and J Chivers won by one point from S Maw, M Barnes, J Knudsen and W Herriott. Championship Pairs was won by S Maw and M Barnes from M Eder and J Rooke. Hampstead Roe Bowl S Maw, M Barnes, J Rooke and W Herriott 1 win. Our Christmas breakup is on Saturday the 22 December, Bowls 1.30pm start followed by a meal at the Stables restaurant at 6pm. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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Cricketing drama F

olks are rightly up in arms about the current amateur drama school production being played out in the halls of New Zealand Cricket, but in the sporting world its hardly a new occurrence.

While Ross Taylor’s awful treatment by cricket’s management team (whether he deserved to be demoted or not, which is a whole other question) rates highly among the list of bungled operations, even within cricket itself, there’s a raft of previous to be easily found, and in the not too distant past.

It took years for a proven world-class, home-grown coach to finally be appointed to guide the Black Caps just a couple of seasons ago, but when people’schoice John Wright did finally take the reins, within a few months he was embroiled in a dispute/disagreement/clash of philosophy with the boss (Australian John Buchanan) and then he was gone.

The man who had somehow managed to get the massively ego-driven Indian superstars to play nice together, and took them to the top of world cricket, was ‘let go’ by New Zealand cricket after less than a year of trying to mould the Black Caps into being consistently as good as they could be.

Go back another couple of years, and you have the farcical situation of the skipper communicating with his star strike bowler via an intermediary; not because they were physically a long away apart on the field, but because Jeremy Coney and Richard Hadlee didn’t see eye to eye on some issues, and Coney had to impart his instructions by way of (ironically) John Wright, who at mid-on was virtually refereeing an entirely different match to the one the team was engaged in.

To add to the irony, at the height of that in-house drama the New Zealanders got up to beat the West Indies, and in doing so squared a series, just as they did against Sri Lanka a week ago.

Where was the management of the day, when they should have been moving heaven and earth to pour some balming oils on those troubled waters?

New Zealand cricket is hardly alone in the foot-shooting stakes; Pakistan has a long history of turmoil in and around their team, with the captain’s job apparently a merry-goround that all the players get a turn on (Taylor would have been captain six times by now), and match-fixing charges have hovered around the team for many a year.

Zimbabwe was out of test cricket for six years, not

By Steve Devereux

MY SHOUT

through lack of players, tiny player-base taken into account, but because of the ridiculous political wrangling involved in that country.

Kevin Pietersen was ejected from the England team for sending derogatory texts about his skipper to his old mates in the South African camp, the team they were playing at the time.

Accusations and counteraccusations swirled; who had incited him to send the texts, was he going to apologise, and, the big one, where was the management of the day, rushing forth early with those same balming oils?

End result of that one, Pietersen re-instated with a new contract (did someone mention Wayne Rooney??), and shortly afterwards England captain Andrew Strauss resigns for ‘unrelated reasons’.

In 2010 the Proteas were practically boarding the plane to India for a hugely important tour, when the news broke that Cricket South Africa had sacked the entire selection committee, after the resignation of coach Mickey Arthur.

Convenor of selectors Mike Procter said “a meeting held with CSA bosses did not go well.”

Really!

Give that man a medal for ‘Understatement of the Year’.

Dysfunctionalism rules again.

Only a couple of months ago an Indian tv station claimed it had evidence of six international umpires promising to give decisions in exchange for money.

The ICC is currently right on top of that one; but with their proven lightning reactions it’ll probably take a while for any sort of action to become apparent.

It goes on and on.

History is put out there in black and white for us to learn from.

You can find it in books, newspapers, television and on the internet.

Really, really easily.

But it seems that those in charge of our sporting organisations don’t have the time or the inclination to check out the mistakes of their predecessors (I think because they are human beings), and so they continue to hit the headlines, but for all the wrong reasons.

Chch greyhound fields Fields for Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club meeting at Addington Raceway today.

NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12.

Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 RACE 1, 12.03pm (NZT) SUPER PETS SPRINT C3, 295m 1 75152 Tom Finn 17.42................................. B Dann 2 12634 Wandy Devil nwtd............................ M Grant 3 32477 Avert 17.41 A &...................................Seque 4 48233 Jimmy Jurante 17.54..................J McInerney 5 31254 Smash Amego nwtd......................... M Grant 6 66754 Phaedra’s First 17.52.................R Blackburn 7 65562 Know Thought nwtd....................... G Cleeve 8 13121 Mr. Whippy (c4) 17.32 W &................ Nissen 9 66881 Hot Shot Lawyer 17.61 H &.................Taylor 10 77653 Mini’s Fantasy nwtd A &......................Seque RACE 2, 12.23pm (NZT) SKY HIGH SCAFFOLDING DASH C2, 295m 1 82677 Renner’s Gift 17.61 P &......................Doody 2 38722 Wandy Feather nwtd........................ M Grant 3 53641 Belfast Suzy 17.69 H &........................Taylor 4 88863 Okotoks 17.65 M &.............................. Smith 5 46846 Rizz Around 17.46........................ L Waretini 6 55771 New York Affair 18.08 J &.......................May 7 83253 Out By Five nwtd M &........................Jopson 8 22538 Reddy Boy 17.43.............................. B Dann 9 44847 Bigtime Yahoo 17.59 P &....................Doody 10 88887 Wandy Olivia 17.41........................ G Cleeve RACE 3, 12.42pm (NZT) THURSDAY PLACE PICK DASH C3, 295m 1 36411 Matti Oah 17.08.........................J McInerney 2 38788 Genista Tornado 17.43 J &.....................May 3 64883 Visual Illusion 17.38....................... G Cleeve 4 72112 Starburst Hannah 17.76................... M Grant 5 43656 Home Truth 17.32.......................... G Cleeve 6 52625 Uno Harriet 17.24 H &.........................Taylor 7 74275 Knox 17.44........................................ B Dann 8 53764 Radiator Springs 17.39 W &.............. Nissen 9 66881 Hot Shot Lawyer 17.61 H &.................Taylor 10 77653 Mini’s Fantasy nwtd A &......................Seque RACE 4, 12.59pm (NZT) BUY SELL & EXCHANGE SPRINT C2, 295m 1 57331 Runway Queen 17.41.................... G Cleeve 2 66736 Tie My Tie 17.72 J &...............................May 3 88727 Cawbourne Heidi nwtd M &...............Jopson 4 21334 Fulla Torque nwtd C &..................D Roberts 5 37244 Where’s John Cee 17.36................. M Grant 6 63577 Zed Kay Man 17.60...................R Blackburn 7 21643 Ohoka Blue 17.54......................... L Waretini 8 14185 Nitro Mabel 17.49 H &.........................Taylor 9 44847 Bigtime Yahoo 17.59 P &....................Doody 10 88887 Wandy Olivia 17.41........................ G Cleeve RACE 5, 1.18pm (NZT) WEDDING BEST WISHES STEVE JUKES DASH C4/5, 295m 1 16115 Zo La Doe 17.38 W &........................ Nissen 2 54414 Princely Dollar 17.46..................J McInerney 3 36354 Hot Mango 17.49 A &.........................Seque 4 61775 Homebush Mayhem 17.38.........J McInerney 5 63838 Theokoles 17.51........................R Blackburn 6 14142 Know Mistake 16.95...................... G Cleeve 7 22522 Know Advantage 17.25.................. G Cleeve 8 732F1 Oscar Tuivasa 17.36..................R Blackburn 9 56286 Jed Norton (c4) 17.36.................... G Cleeve 10 88837 Iceberg Rapper (c4) 17.48............... M Grant RACE 6, 1.37pm FLATPACK HOUSES PH.033715005 STAKES C2, 520m 1 27875 Thrilling Sadie 30.70........................ M Grant 2 44152 Silvia Sue 30.93.........................A Bradshaw 3 52342 Mixed Grill 30.51........................... L Waretini 4 56164 Judge To Excel 30.66 W &................. Nissen 5 71856 Wandy Jewel nwtd.......................D Kingston

6 63255 Opawa Midnight 30.75 L &................. Wales 7 48617 Mr. Dozer 30.46 W &.......................... Nissen 8 75663 Sretror 30.69 J &.............................D Fahey 9 58755 Know Revenge (c1) 30.39............. G Cleeve RACE 7, 1.54pm I PAVE CONCRETE SPRINT C4, 295m 1 47255 Excuse Please 17.35................... J McMillan 2 47646 Real Clever 17.12............................. B Dann 3 33834 Pure And Special 17.25................... M Grant 4 37768 Wandy Hallee 17.29....................... G Cleeve 5 78623 Magic You nwtd C &......................D Roberts 6 58358 Pearl’s Boy 17.28........................... G Cleeve 7 41677 Still Helina 17.32 H &...........................Taylor 8 28743 Just A Mate 17.51......................J McInerney 9 56286 Jed Norton 17.36........................... G Cleeve 10 88837 Iceberg Rapper 17.48...................... M Grant RACE 8, 2.13pm CONTROLINSULATION.CO.NZ DASH C4/5, 295m 1 17341 Smash Dora 17.53........................... M Grant 2 56724 See To Believe 17.39.................J McInerney 3 31684 Okuku Ollie 17.29........................... R Casey 4 46x84 Cawbourne Moff (c4) 17.00.......J McInerney 5 78368 Waffler 17.38 C &.........................D Roberts 6 41625 Homebush Sarge 17.41.............J McInerney 7 x5827 Know Attention 17.10..................... G Cleeve 8 74531 Crixus 17.45...............................R Blackburn 9 56286 Jed Norton (c4) 17.36.................... G Cleeve 10 83854 Wazza Freebie (c4) 17.30 H &............Taylor RACE 9, 2.32pm RAY WHITE UNLIMITED STAKES C3, 520m 1 35177 Baby James 30.98.....................J McInerney 2 51211 Parole To Excel 30.70 W &................ Nissen 3 18243 Big Token 31.09.........................J McInerney 4 88553 Wonnie Wonder 31.81 C &...........D Roberts 5 71355 Molly Parton 30.80............................ B Dann 6 66243 Black Emily 30.67 L &......................... Wales 7 81642 Brooklyn Hope 30.57 J &.................D Fahey 8 85554 Barnaby Bale 30.84 C &...............D Roberts 9 12686 Bigtime Kelina nwtd..........................B Shaw 10 34576 Opawa Style 30.71 L &....................... Wales RACE 10, 2.49pm HAMPDEN TAVERN DASH C4/5, 295m 1 76364 Miss Iron Fist 17.31...................J McInerney 2 43114 Know Escape 17.05....................... G Cleeve 3 82143 Roqette 17.31 C &........................D Roberts 4 56612 Cawbourne Dusty 17.51.................. M Grant 5 54273 Sorry Vanderford 17.11 J &....................May 6 26673 Enflame 17.01............................J McInerney 7 27518 Speed To Succeed nwtd............J McInerney 8 26242 Etched In Stone 17.31...............R Blackburn 9 56286 Jed Norton (c4) 17.36.................... G Cleeve 10 83854 Wazza Freebie (c4) 17.30 H &............Taylor RACE 11, 3.15pm KOLORFUL KANVAS STAKES C4/5, 520m 1 78711 Alisaray (c5) 30.59........................ L Waretini 2 64726 Not A Know 30.82.........................A Waretini 3 27282 Cynthia Baxter 30.41.................J McInerney 4 62764 Homebush Iris 30.93..................J McInerney 5 66657 Magic Maggie 30.50 C &..............D Roberts 6 85115 Opawa Collar (c5) 29.99 S &...........B Evans 7 31776 Magic Lass (c5) 30.43 C &...........D Roberts 8 12226 No Undies Sundy 30.55.............J McInerney RACE 12, 3.33pm SPEIGHT’S SPRINT C4, 295m 1 86234 Persian Oil nwtd............................... M Grant 2 5x766 Fireman’s Escort 17.28.................. G Cleeve 3 47377 Wandy Boiler 17.33........................ G Cleeve 4 18562 Vitalize 17.65 J &....................................May 5 6886F Jackson Cat 17.21............................ B Dann 6 27762 Fiery Flower 17.48............................ B Dann 7 67153 Nova’s Fortune 17.27.................J McInerney 8 77574 Ramrada 17.36 C &......................D Roberts 9 83854 Wazza Freebie 17.30 H &....................Taylor 10 88837 Iceberg Rapper 17.48...................... M Grant

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Queen Street mile race to return Auckland’s Queen Street mile race is to return after a 30-year absence.

Olympic gold medallist Sir John Walker is behind the organisation of what he hopes will be an annual event, called the Queen Street Golden Mile, starting on Easter Monday, April 1, next year. The event will raise money for his Find Your Field of Dreams Foundation charity.

Unlike the earlier street miles, which focused on elite athletes,

next year’s event will also be open to the public.

Auckland Council will back the event for three years. Mayor Len Brown, who joined Walker in announcing the event yesterday, said it was not intended to rival the popular Round the Bays fun run or Auckland Marathon. Numbers would be capped to 4500 for the first year.

Organisers are in talks with Nick Willis, New Zealand’s Olympic med-

allist, but the new course means the old race record of Kenyan Mike Boit won’t be broken. The race will start on Mayoral Drive and finish on Queens Wharf. The old start was on Karangahape Rd, with runners taking a sharp right-hand turn on to the steepest section of Queen St. In the last race held in 1983, Boit scorched the course in 3min 28.3sec.

It was his first attempt at a street mile and remains the fastest time

ever recorded over a mile.

A year earlier, Walker competed in his first and only Queen Street mile, finishing fourth. He said it was a “frightening but exciting” experience.

“In those days you started just around the top of Queen St into Karangahape Rd,” he said. “It was a mad scramble to get around the corner first, then go flat out down the hill and finally catch your breath when the road flattened out. It was

punishing on the legs but a real thrill with thousands of people lining both sides of Queen St. The organisers hope to work the event in with the New York Fifth Avenue Mile, which is held in September.

The Queen Street mile was first run in 1972, lapsing for 10 years before it was re-run in 1982 and 1983.

- APNZ

Hawke’s Bay fields, form and riders Fields for Hawke’s Bay RI meeting at Hastings today.

NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 RACE 1 3.08pm (NZT) HUMES MAIDEN 1600 $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 3x60 Coercion (2) 58.5.......................... L Allpress 2 8x406 Eastward (5) 58.5...................... M Cameron 3 0640 Mutt Williams (4) 57......................... K Myers 4 99077 Paddy Jo (6) 57............................. T Russell 5 76027 Traptheboyz h (8) 56.5.................D Johnson 6 00x90 Ceremonials (7) 56.5....................... M Wenn 7 8070x Sandrascal (3) 56.5.......... J Shackleton (a3) 8 02 Genus (10) 55............................... O Bosson 9 0x05 Perfect Kiss (9) 55........................... C Grylls 10 9. Saltatio (1) 55..................................... S Dye RACE 2 3.43pm NEW ZEALAND BLOODSTOCK INSURANCE 3YO MAIDEN $7000, MDN 3YO, 1400m 1 246x5 Little Drummer Boy (1) 57.5 2 2 Kodema (9) 57.5........................... O Bosson 3 2 Survived h (10) 57.5....................... J Riddell 4 8x5 Jigger Inn 57.5.............................. Scratched 5 6 The Sheriff (5) 57.5........................ H Tinsley 6 Clutha Lad (7) 57.5............................. S Dye

7 69. Racquetor (8) 57.5........................... C Grylls 8 Viceroy h (2) 57.5........................... J Parkes 9 5x240 Sunbeam (4) 55.5...................... M Cameron 10 5x Inazuma (11) 55.5.....................B Grylls (a3) 11 7x Omana h (3) 55.5................ R Hutchings (a) 12 9. Zulou (6) 55.5.................................. K Myers RACE 3 4.18pm TURKS BAR RATING 65 1400 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 60x00 Just As Well tmh (8) 59........ M Dravitzki (a3) 2 12728 Basildon Bond dh (2) 58........ A Morgan (a3) 3 0x01 He Sure Is d (9) 58....................... O Bosson 4 46x16 Rockweiler th (1) 57.5.......... R Hutchings (a) 5 x80x1 Single Act (4) 56.5..................... M Cameron 6 2160x General Lincoln (6) 56.5................. J Riddell 7 7x782 Pachenko (7) 56.5............................ M Wenn 8 6x835 Virginia Wade d (3) 56.................. L Allpress 9 548x9 Go Paddy m (5) 54.5....................... C Grylls RACE 4 4.53pm BAY FORD HASTINGS MAIDEN 1400 $8000, MDN, 1400m 1 32026 Pinocchio Boy b (12) 58.5... M Dravitzki (a3) 2 420. Victory Gold (14) 58.5...................... C Grylls 3 0x5 Xibit (13) 58.5...................................K Smith 4 076x Forever Dreaming (4) 58.5...........D Johnson 5 9x0x9 Armani Code (7) 58.5...................... K Myers

6 Gagarin (5) 58.5..............................D Walker 7 La Hoya (9) 58.5........................... L Allpress 8 38 Little Jack (1) 57........................ M Cameron 9 8x5 Jigger Inn 57................................. Scratched 10 0 Fast Profit (6) 57........................... O Bosson 11 Havataste h (11) 57........................ J Riddell 12 Wild Dynamite (8) 57....................... M Wenn 13 6x440 Golden Jubilee (10) 56.5.............C Lammas 14 0005 Lucie Can Danske (3) 56.5............. J Parkes 15 3x968 Sunday’s News h (2) 56.5...... A Morgan (a3) RACE 5 5.30pm STELLA ARTOIS MAIDEN 2000 $7000, MDN, 2000m 1 49x7 Gordyfromgreatbarr (3) 58.5......... O Bosson 2 400x8 Pre Ignition (8) 58.5........................ J Parkes 3 7 Sunset Pass (9) 58.5................. M Cameron 4 746 Kuwait (5) 57................................. L Allpress 5 42526 Slippery Mistake (10) 56.5.......... V Johnston 6 9x663 Saniani (4) 56.5...........................C Lammas 7 39404 Lincoln’s Girl (6) 56.5................... R Hannam 8 80x07 High Praise (2) 56.5......................... M Wenn 9 0607 Anisette h (7) 55.................. R Hutchings (a) 10 0x90 Rise And Fall (1) 55......................... C Grylls RACE 6 6.05pm MCDONALD’S HAVELOCK NORTH RATING 65 2000 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2000m

1 10x86 Carniva Boy d (2) 59....................D Johnson 2 91500 I’ll’ava’alf t (11) 58.5................... M Cameron 3 x4372 Deliciano (3) 58............................. O Bosson 4 79x30 Wrecking Crew (10) 58.......... M McNab (a1) 5 x2451 Masih Chiantik (9) 56.5.............B Grylls (a3) 6 62730 Pheasant bh (6) 56.5....................... K Myers 7 219x0 The Prince Of Pop (5) 56.5.J Shackleton (a3) 8 x5575 Lion Rock Hill (4) 56..................... L Allpress 9 06330 Moneyforjam (7) 55.5...................C Lammas 10 55x00 No Credit tdh (1) 55.5..................B Lammas 11 06x00 Little Akaloa (12) 55........................ J Parkes 12 x8607 Count de Loree (8) 54.5.................. M Wenn 13 7x046 La Danseur (13) 54.........................D Walker RACE 7 6.36pm BEDPOST HASTINGS RATING 75 SPRINT $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m 1 6457x Just Call Me Bond dh (7) 59.M Dravitzki (a3) 2 x5759 Reuben Thorn dm (1) 58.5............ H Tinsley 3 9x708 Casting Stones d (9) 58................ L Allpress 4 1x631 Agent Ziva d (4) 57.......................... M Wenn 5 x362x Sans Souci tdm (8) 57............... M Cameron 6 1x275 Shesalljazz tdh (2) 57....................D Bradley 7 1480x Take Off d (6) 55............................. J Parkes 8 16x15 Magic Tricks d (3) 54................... V Johnston 9 16x7x Green Wings db (5) 54.................... C Grylls

RACE 8 7.13pm TRINITY HILL MAIDEN 1200 $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 3029x My Guy h (2) 58.5...........................D Walker 2 347x3 King Panamera 58.5..................... Scratched 3 Gold Moet h (5) 58.5....................B Lammas 4 246x5 Little Drummer Boy (1) 57............... K Myers 5 2 Mataatua (6) 57............................ O Bosson 6 Seaweed h (9) 57........................R Hannam 7 Stamen (10) 57.......................... M Cameron 8 623x Miuccia Belle 56.5......................... Scratched 9 6x823 Quality Street bh (7) 56.5........... V Johnston 10 72284 Sunseka bh (3) 56.5....................... J Riddell 11 7x074 ‘Er Indoors h (11) 56.5...................D Bradley 12 Alicia h (12) 56.5............................ H Tinsley 13 80 Fashionelor (4) 56.5.....................D Johnson 14 76x Mels Evie (8) 55...........................C Lammas Blinkers on : Ceremonials (R1), Sunbeam, Omana (R2), Fast Profit, Golden Jubilee (R4), Moneyforjam (R6), Shesalljazz, Green Wings (R7) Blinkers off : Racquetor (R2), Just As Well (R3), Anisette (R5), I’ll’ava’alf, Pheasant (R6), Casting Stones, Magic Tricks (R7) Winkers on : Just As Well (R3)

Manawatu HRC fields, form and drivers Fields for Manawatu HRC meeting at Manawatu Raceway today. NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 RACE 1 12.35pm (NZT) FARMLANDS MANAWATU HANDICAP TROT $6500, up to 5 wins spechcp trot, stand, 2500m 1 59265 Desert Storm (U1) fr.........................B Taylor 2 41227 Miss Middleton (1) 30....................N Chilcott 3 30522 Jaccka Creek (U1) 30..................... S Doody 4 36846 Broke (U2) 30.......................... Z Butcher (J) 5 x2012 The Scruff (1) 40........................... D Butcher 6 98764 Bon Ton Cherie (1) 50.............. K Chittenden 7 72338 Doctor Zhivago (2) 50.......................J Curtin 8 75x76 Jimmys Girl (3) 50............................B Espin 9 33115 Rarangi Jewel (1) 60...................P Ferguson RACE 2 1.05pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL MOBILE PACE $5500, 3yo+ f&m non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 Cavalli Woman (1) fr...................P Ferguson

2 x6526 Chanel Madamoiselle (2) fr..............B Taylor 3 87x26 Shardon’s Pearl (3) fr.................... D Butcher 4 5685x Alison’s Jet (4) fr...............................J Curtin 5 66x82 B B ‘s Magic (5) fr.................... S Lawson (J) 6 83x03 Patent Bromac (6) fr......................N Chilcott 7 Mywifemylife (7) fr.................. A Poutama (J) 8 Chapel Cruiser fr........................... Scratched RACE 3 1.30pm GEORGE MOULDY HAPPY 76TH BIRTHDAY MOBILE PACE $6500, 3yo+ 2 wins +claimer mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 72x34 Shardon’s Operator (1) fr......... S Lawson (J) 2 13112 Estilo (2) fr.................................... D Butcher 3 67665 Kilarney Guy (3) fr................... Z Butcher (J) 4 6x851 Rimutoto Prince (4) fr............... J I Dickie (J) 5 14P12 Sierra Franco (5) fr...........................J Curtin 6 15233 No Liability (6) fr.........................P Ferguson 7 1165x Mister Dann (7) fr....................... J Abernethy RACE 4 2.00pm 1ST SIGNS MOBILE PACE $6000, 3yo+ 1 win mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 123 Celtic Warrior (1) fr........................ D Butcher

2 80525 Mitchell’s Moment (2) fr........... S Lawson (J) 3 x0068 Mia’s Dream (3) fr.................... K Chittenden 4 879x0 Berbizier (4) fr............................ J Abernethy 5 04355 Flyin Louie (5) fr..............................S Phelan 6 22214 Prime Legal (6) fr........................P Ferguson 7 83571 Lifesofine fr................................... Scratched 8 9x881 Real Tricky (21) fr..............................J Curtin 9 45942 Thomas Hamilton (22) fr.......... Z Butcher (J) RACE 5 2.25pm ACCOMMODATION GATEWAY MOTEL MOBILE PACE $5500, 3yo+ non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2500m 1 Stars Luck (1) fr............................ D Butcher 2 73572 Silver Sauvignon (2) fr...................N Chilcott 3 7708x I’m Full Of Life (3) fr................... J Abernethy 4 7 Allisforgiven (4) fr..............................J Curtin 5 94 Halston Bromac (5) fr.................P Ferguson 6 86866 Smooth Seas (6) fr.........................S Phelan 7 48344 Imracn (7) fr......................................B Taylor 8 74624 Bazza’s Choice (21) fr........... A Poutama (J) 9 Golden Delight (22) fr.............. S Lawson (J)

RACE 6 2.55pm MATT & MARION HICKEY MOBILE PACE $5500, 3yo+ non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 Huckleberry Finn (1) fr.............. J I Dickie (J) 2 25059 Platinum Roulette (2) fr.............. J Abernethy 3 2464x Scandal Leave (3) fr...................P Ferguson 4 43423 Real Tidy (4) fr......................... Z Butcher (J) 5 292 Asajah (5) fr............................. S Lawson (J) 6 6 Bettor Backim (6) fr...........................B Taylor 7 0 Rocknroll Lass (7) fr........................S Phelan 8 20642 Dionysus (21) fr................................J Curtin 9 54475 Pilot Officer (22) fr.........................N Chilcott 10 Old Man Geez (23) fr........................B Espin 11 324x Liukin (24) fr.................................. D Butcher RACE 7 3.23pm RAVENSDOWN MOBILE PACE $7500, 3 to 6 wins mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 x5556 Gemma Kate (1) fr............................J Curtin 2 72119 Motu Just In Time (2) fr............. J I Dickie (J) 3 42346 Dougie Maguire (3) fr.................... D Butcher 4 72109 Stormy Breeze (4) fr.................. J Abernethy

5 92417 Strawbs Fire Chip (5) fr..............P Ferguson 6 56277 Haylin Hurricane (6) fr............ A Poutama (J) 7 7x349 On The Razzle (7) fr................ Z Butcher (J) 8 x1115 Latte Lass (21) fr............................S Phelan RACE 8 3.58pm MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR MOBILE PACE $6000, 3yo+ 1 win mob. pace, mobile, 2500m 1 43445 Crown Prince (1) fr................... J I Dickie (J) 2 451 Bettor Arden (2) fr.................... S Lawson (J) 3 87574 Alta Panache (3) fr..........................S Phelan 4 24016 Cinders And Ashes (4) fr..................B Taylor 5 70P81 River Time (5) fr......................... J Abernethy 6 216x Stars Star (6) fr............................. D Butcher 7 37304 Guilty Verdict fr.............................. Scratched 8 x0068 Mia’s Dream fr............................... Scratched 9 76533 Mozart Lace (21) fr....................... S Dickson 10 56733 Howzat (22) fr.......................... Z Butcher (J) 11 83571 Lifesofine (23) fr..........................P Ferguson 12 1x592 Salvador (24) fr...................... A Poutama (J) Pacifiers on : Desert Storm (R1)

Timaru HRC fields, form and drivers Fields for Timaru HRC meeting at Addington Raceway today.

NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 RACE 1 5.55pm (NZT) MONARCHY AND HONDA CARS HANDICAP TROT $7000, 3yo+ up to 1 win spechcp trot, stand, 2600m 1 35796 Suzannah (1) fr...............................T Chmiel 2 5102x Astral Traveller (2) fr............................ A Butt 3 908x0 Brite N Sunnee (U1) fr.................. P Wakelin 4 0 Thanksforplaying (U2) fr............ C McDowell 5 35606 Danke (1) 20................................. S McNally 6 8434x Sun Of Mystery (2) 20.................... S Clarke 7 5x130 Whata Gamble (3) 20............... S Smolenski 8 80x10 Thanks Charlie (4) 20.........................R May 9 01939 Continental Halo (5) 20.............. M Edmonds 10 29450 The Black Forest (6) 20...............C DeFilippi 11 2x555 Trick Star (7) 20...........................T McMillan 12 21098 Lucky Monarch (8) 20........................J Dunn 13 52421 Tart N Tights (9) 20........................B Orange 14 8497x Sarah Palin (10) 20...........................P Davis

15 0040x Dutchess (U1) 20...................J Anderson (J) RACE 2 6.25pm LIS MARA AND LION LTD MOBILE PACE $7000, 3yo+ non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2600m 1 79x50 Wood Fire (1) fr...........................C Markham 2 Leading The Way (2) fr.................K Hadfield 3 259x2 Chanelle Bromac (3) fr.....................D Dunn 4 06678 Mimi Surarti (4) fr......................... I Cameron 5 57444 Betty Golightly (5) fr.......................B Orange 6 08450 Ultimate Blue Jean (6) fr.................N Burton 7 0400x My Lifesign (7) fr...............................P Davis 8 09x30 Fiery Rock (8) fr...........................J Sheenan 9 00x Caesar’s Flame (9) fr......................T Chmiel 10 8x002 Curve (21) fr........................................R May RACE 3 6.55pm MAYFIELD LIONS MOBILE PACE $4000, 3yo+ non winners mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 480x Roan Rocket (1) fr..................... J Trainor (J) 2 98036 Living Memory (2) fr..................... I Cameron 3 08 Ucanifuwant (3) fr...........................K Barron 4 4850x Tinted Field (4) fr............................ S Clarke 5 Pescado (5) fr...................................D Dunn 6 70707 Our Big Mac (6) fr............................M Jones 7 37 Ride In A Pontiac (7) fr...................T Chmiel

8 70480 Dream Gal (8) fr.............................B Orange 9 209 Jaycees Belle (9) fr.......................M Cations 10 06079 Strata (21) fr........................M Williamson (J) 11 00x Deadly Dylan (22) fr............................R May 12 00090 Betty Louise (U1) fr......................T Jellyman RACE 4 7.20pm EQUINE VETERINARY SERVICES HANDICAP TROT $8000, 2 or more wins discrhcp trot, stand, 2600m 1 8600x Stormy Loch (1) fr.............................R Keats 2 18206 Sunny Jewel (2) fr......................... P Wakelin 3 7x403 Take For Granted (3) fr................... D Nyhan 4 0x265 Oscar (4) fr........................................ J Smith 5 24224 Evander D Go (U1) fr......................N Burton 6 x6111 Franco Nadal (1) 10............................R May 7 74103 Good Hest (U1) 10......................C DeFilippi 8 10197 Ten Too (U1) 20.................................J Dunn 9 69088 Unique Star (U1) 30.........................M Jones RACE 5 7.45pm RITCHIES COACHLINES PACE $7000, 3yo+ non winners pace, stand, 2000m 1 0699x Tom Bola (1) fr...............................L O’Reilly 2 x9499 Albie Al (2) fr................................. R Holmes 3 37522 Double Line (3) fr..........................G O’Reilly 4 26043 Sounds Like Us (4) fr.................... K O’Reilly

5 4x738 Jazzy Jess (5) fr.................................J Dunn 6 076x3 Grins Supreme (6) fr...........................R May 7 0 Rise And Shine (7) fr.................. S Ottley (J) 8 2224x Chloe Finn (8) fr................................P Davis 9 4636x Scotty Is Flyin (9) fr......................T McMillan 10 8x08 Bankcard (10) fr..............................T Chmiel 11 60x08 Little Mo (11) fr..........................A Tomlinson 12 70202 Bianca (12) fr.................................B Orange RACE 6 8.12pm MURRAY CHARLES LTD MOBILE PACE $7500, 3yo+ f&m 1 to 3 wins mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 904x5 Christian Seel (1) fr..........................M Jones 2 33034 Magna (2) fr......................................P Davis 3 46x79 Misty Magic (3) fr.........................C DeFilippi 4 11115 Flying Anvil fr................................ Scratched 5 67524 Maiden Rome (4) fr.........................K Barron 6 087x1 Vera’s Twilight (5) fr.............................R May 7 45129 Suu Kyi (6) fr.....................................J Curtin 8 50902 Cullen’s Mercy (7) fr.......................B Orange 9 10094 Cloudy Beach (8) fr............................J Dunn RACE 7 8.37pm WHERE’S WALLY WILSON MOBILE PACE $5000, 6yo+ 1 to 3 wins mob. pace, mobile, 1950m

1 67907 Tommy Golightly (1) fr....................B Orange 2 27850 Oursjean (2) fr............................... R Holmes 3 8x490 Fortunately (3) fr........................A Tomlinson 4 63660 Darryl Hanover (4) fr..................... M Kerr (J) 5 07033 Winstone P (5) fr...............................D Dunn 6 80409 Town Icon (6) fr.......................... C McDowell 7 57218 Herbie’s Dream (7) fr...................C DeFilippi 8 x8x25 Illumaway (8) fr...................M Williamson (J) 9 50793 Mullingar Mac (9) fr......................J Young (J) 10 47530 Cardinal Huff (21) fr....................... K Cox (J) RACE 8 9.07pm MORRISON’S SADDLERY & FEED PACE $7000, 4yo+ 1 to 2 wins pace jun.d, stand, 2600m 1 522x1 Sobek (1) fr................................. R Close (J) 2 x7x09 Dari’s Girl (2) fr.......................V Atherton (J) 3 x4329 Vanilla Rose (3) fr.......................T Quate (J) 4 169x0 Outta Sight (4) fr......................B Thomas (J) 5 43x72 Fat Prophet (5) fr................ T Williamson (J) 6 62141 Up Wheels (6) fr....................... S Golding (J) 7 08656 Gliding Charm (7) fr...................... M Kerr (J) 8 40x05 Westburn Creed (8) fr............J Anderson (J) 9 40383 Stylish Babe (U1) fr............M Williamson (J) 10 72864 Lady Brownhouse (U2) fr........... J Trainor (J) Pacifiers on : Betty Louise (R3)

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NZ Meeting number: 10 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 RACE 1, 4.41pm (NZT) 0800 4 DOWN COW SPRINT C1, 375m 1 56652 Sub Silentio 0.00............................... S Clark 2 68352 Jetsun Coal nwtd............................G Wilson 3 45343 Tata Safari 21.68............................... B Craik 4 6216 Stirling Dann nwtd C &....................... Fagan 5 47583 Star Bound nwtd......................... G Pomeroy 6 47442 Deb Bale 21.71........................... G Pomeroy 7 72243 Noddy’s Mistress nwtd................ R O’Regan 8 55873 Caruba King 21.67.............................J Black 9 87485 Mystic nwtd....................................A Cleaver 10 7788x Shirona nwtd................................... P Lowen RACE 2, 5.00pm YGOT BONUS SCHEME SPRINT C3/4, 375m 1 7x863 Buttony Boy (c4) nwtd.................D Schofield

2 x2432 Take The Mick (c3) 21.26.................. S Clark 3 8578x Rivette Decoded (c4) 21.61.............. B Craik 4 16873 Winsome Achiever(c3) 21.31......D Schofield 5 14425 Cherry Tree Lane(c4) 21.48.............. B Craik 6 57166 Declaration (c4) 21.38...................... B Craik 7 25771 Jetsun Playboy (c3) 21.83..............G Wilson 8 65664 Corby (c4) nwtd.......................... R O’Regan 9 66616 Sea Spray Tich (c3) nwtd............... R Casey 10 24566 Cawbourne Stars (c3) 21.15............S Payne RACE 3, 5.18pm PALAMOUNTAINS NUTRITION DISTANCE C2d, 650m 1 8x18x Zipping Malfoy (c1) nwtd.................. K Walsh 2 21332 Mr. Chino 37.54.......................... A Lawrence 3 Box Vacant Three.......................... Scratched 4 22x12 Thrilling Brat 37.06........................... K Walsh 5 12361 Knocka Knows All 37.81.................. K Walsh 6 Box Vacant Six.............................. Scratched 7 12386 Thrilling Sprat nwtd.......................... K Walsh 8 26685 Indeed Unique nwtd.........................T Green

RACE 4, 5.45pm SERGIO @ STUD STAKES C1/2, 457m 1 256F1 Jetsun Dream (c1) nwtd.................G Wilson 2 16663 Summer Spice nwtd.................... R O’Regan 3 77686 Winsome Flash 25.44.................D Schofield 4 15137 Zagato 25.95.............................. A Lawrence 5 57254 Okuku Surprise nwtd...................... R Casey 6 18784 Cafe Chic 25.65......................... A Lawrence 7 84315 Piggy Back (c1) nwtd........................ S Clark 8 43225 Lil’ Miss Krunch nwtd.................. R O’Regan 9 76617 Tapu Boy (c1) nwtd.........................A Bowen 10 88335 McKone (c1) 25.65............................ S Clark RACE 5, 6.15pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR & CAFE SPRINT C1, 375m 1 38626 Rumball and Ice 22.01...................... S Clark 2 33425 Big Lass 21.30...............................A Cleaver 3 25263 Cullen’s Impact 21.50........................J Black 4 48432 Astute Whiz 21.61.......................D Schofield 5 22342 Good Perception nwtd................ G Pomeroy 6 27145 Noble Tobin nwtd.............................. B Craik

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4 46144 Grizz 20.92....................................... S Clark 5 45613 Toi Shan 21.05............................D Schofield 6 76451 Boy Spice 20.99......................... A Lawrence 7 24311 My Jack Attack 20.87....................M J Lozell 8 23231 Cosmic Mack 21.18....................D Schofield 9 224x6 One Tough Cookie 20.94...................C Hore 10 x856x Kilara’s Fancy 21.45....................D Schofield RACE 8, 7.35pm ALL SEW EMBROIDERY STAKES C5, 457m 1 24514 Benny Rox 25.52........................D Schofield 2 84815 Lochinvar Elle 25.57...................D Schofield 3 23637 Mamaja nwtd.................................. R Casey 4 56621 Thrilling Boss 25.49......................... K Walsh 5 85182 Wodston Bobo nwtd........................ R Casey 6 18443 Mint Power 25.38........................D Schofield 7 34552 Thrilling Charge 25.97.....................S Payne 8 34171 Bornato 25.53............................ A Lawrence 9 2367F On Trey 25.72.............................D Schofield 10 18F66 Cash Knocka 25.72.........................T Green

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NZC board shake-up likely discussing the fiasco, and coach Mike Hesson was also quizzed on the matter.

“The board has reviewed all aspects of the captaincy issue, and wishes to publicly place on record its apologies to Ross Taylor and his family for the manner in which events have unfolded,” Moller said.

Taylor tweeted last night that he was keen to rejoin the team when it was appropriate.

“I appreciate the apology from NZC. Keen to put it behind me and looking forward to getting back with the team soon ... ,” Taylor tweeted.

Moller also said during the lengthy press conference yesterday that Martin Crowe’s resignation as a national talent scout came before the captaincy saga was played out, and that no-one would be sacked, including Hesson and chief executive David White, because of the

By Daniel Richardson New Zealand Cricket chairman Chris Moller has challenged former players to step forward and volunteer for a role on a new board, as the fallout from the Ross Taylor captaincy saga continues.

Moller fronted media yesterday for the first time since Taylor was replaced by Brendon McCullum as New Zealand captain, and Taylor’s subsequent decision to opt out of touring South Africa.

While little new was offered over Taylor’s sacking – other than a cryptic message that “additional material” had come to light – Moller refused to comment on the nature of the material, although he did apologise to Taylor over the handling of the messy affair.

This came after a board meeting on Monday that spent five hours

Chris Moller way Taylor’s axing was handled.

“No heads are going to roll,” Moller said. “There were no hanging offences in all of this. Yeah, the ball’s been dropped, absolutely.

Could we have done things better?

Absolutely. Are we going to learn from those mistakes? Well, we hope so. Is there any reason for anybody

to have their heads taken off? No, and that is a decision the board has made.”

Taylor said in a radio interview earlier this week that someone within NZC was “definitely” lying with regards to how the situation had been portrayed.

Despite the concession it was a botched process, Moller insisted the board “took the correct decision” to support a captaincy change.

The board could have an entirely new look by the end of the summer as NZC consider a new constitution, and Moller invited former players to step forward.

Many former internationals have been vocal in their condemnation of NZC over the Taylor affair, and some have called on the entire board to resign.

New Zealand Cricket undertook an independent review of its gov-

ernance last year. It is likely to implement changes that would see the board made up of six elected and two appointed members, rather than eight elected positions, and candidates being able to self-apply rather than require a nomination.

It would essentially see the dissolution of the current board and a new one established – the current members would need to re-apply – and Moller suggested the end of the summer was a realistic timeframe.

He also said the governance of the NZC board was always going to be looked at following the review.

“Once the special general meeting has been held and a new constitution adopted, I challenge former international players to put their names forward for a voluntary role as a director of New Zealand Cricket, and go head to head

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through the appointments panel process with other candidates so that cricket in New Zealand can have the best possible board for its national body,” Moller said.

Moller is a former chief executive of the New Zealand Rugby Union, and pointed out that numerous former All Blacks sat on the NZRU board during his time.

Unlike NZRU board members, who earn about $33,000 a year, NZC board members are unpaid.

Seven members currently sit on the NZC board after Robbie Hart and Brent King resigned recently and only Greg Barclay was elected, leaving one position to be filled.

Moller acknowledged that, while they received the recommendations a year ago, it was a drawn-out process and they made it public knowledge in September that the recommendations were being considered.

- APNZ

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TODAY

Fine apart from areas of cloud morning and night. Northeasterlies developing in the afternoon, tending northwest at night.

Mainly fine at first; cloud buildups during the afternoon and evening, with isolated showers.

Wind at 1000m: NW 30 km/h developing.

Wind at 2000m: W 40 km/h developing.

NZ Today

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27 OVERNIGHT MIN 9

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22 OVERNIGHT MIN 10 TOMORROW

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26 OVERNIGHT MIN 12

Midnight Tonight

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SUNDAY: Morning cloud, then fine.

Northeasterlies.

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SATURDAY: Cloudy periods. Northeasterlies developing.

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Canterbury Plains

TODAY: Fine, apart from cloud morning and night. Northeast.

TOMORROW: Fine spells. Northwesterly turns southerly evening.

CHRISTCHURCH

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Ashburton Forecast

30 to 59

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

Areas of morning cloud, then fine. Strong northwesterlies easing and turning southerly, then dying out.

60 plus

SATURDAY morning min max

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

14 10 13 9 13 11 10 11 9 9 9 12 9

22 22 21 22 20 22 25 19 23 20 26 19 18

Cloudy periods. Northeasterlies developing.

TOMORROW

FZL: Rising to 3200m

FZL: About 3200m

Fine and sunny.

Wind at 1000m: NW 50 km/h, easing later.

Wind at 2000m: NW gale 70 km/h, easing later.

SATURDAY Mainly fine. Northwesterlies dying out.

SUNDAY

NZ Situation

Morning cloud, then fine. Northeasterlies turn northwest.

A ridge of high pressure persists over New Zealand for much of the week. A weak cold front is expected MONDAY to move up the east coast of the South Island tomorrow. A second front approaches Fiordland on High cloud increasing. Strong gusty northSunday, preceded by a strong northerly flow, and moves up the South Island on Monday. westerlies.

SUNDAY Fine. Strong northwesterlies developing.

MONDAY Rain developing about the Divide, mostly fine further east with thickening high cloud.

Strong or gale northwesterlies.

Who scored more tries in tests - Jonah Lomu or John Kirwan?

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the 400m final.

In the final against the best-ofthe best the country had to offer she put the foot down and flew home, improving her personal best by 1.5 seconds to claim the bronze.

She can run the 100m in 13.7s and to set her best time of 58.69 she had to run each 100m at an average of 14.67 and believes she can do it again, soon.

“Now that I’ve done it and know I can do it, I’ll definitely be trying hard to do it again soon.”

Today is the last day of school and the summer holds more training so that going sub-60 can become a regular occurrence, looking to repeat the feat at the Coalgate Games in Invercargill in January.

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Send your caption to steve.d@theguardian.co.nz Best of the week will be published in Saturday’s Guardian Today’s answers: Mystery person: You’ve heard of reverse swing bowling - this guy practically invented it. Wasim Akram was one of Pakistan’s best ever bowlers, with 414 test wickets, 502 ODI wickets, and is the only cricketer boasting four international hat-tricks.

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Ashburton College athlete Mikhayla-Rose Stroganov chose the best time to go under a minute.

Stroganov streaked home for a bronze medal at the national secondary schools’ championships in Dunedin, going under 60 seconds for the first time, clocking 58.69.

She had never gone under 60 seconds before, in competition or training, but the final at the secondary schools’ nationals was a good time to break the minutemark.

“I didn’t even realise I had gone that fast - I was just happy with third,” Stroganov said.

“I thought it had been a fast race but didn’t feel like I had gone that fast.”

The winner of the 400m final was Shannon Geary of Napier Girls’ High School who won in 56.37 with Birkenhead’s Megan Kikuchi taking silver in 57.71 and Mikhayla-Rose Stroganov running in Stroganov 0.98s back in third, into the final as I knew they were 1.32s clear of fourth.

The two runners ahead of her all pretty fast but it made me run were 15-year-olds while Stroganov faster trying to beat them.”

Stroganov has made a habit of will be eligible to putting her best race in the under foot forward in the 16s again next year. big races.

Ashburton College ‘I thought it Her previous best athletics coach was 60.19, a Trevor Cochrane, had been a fast effort time she set at the who ran in the 1974 race but didn’t Interprovincial in Commonwealth Auckland earlier Games, was feel like I had this year, showing impressed at the she’s not afraid to gone that fast’ achievement and perform at the big said it was rare to events. see a 14-year-old go In Dunedin it was under 60 seconds.

Stroganov said the top level of no different.

Photo Tetsuro Mitomo 121212-TM-073 competition brought a lift in her She advanced through the heats with a time of 60.31 and made it Bronze in under 60 seconds. Mikhayla-Rose Stroganov set a new personal best to claim a bronze medal performance. at the New Zealand Secondary School Nationals going under 60 seconds.

“I was a bit nervous heading to the final despite a slower 60.91.

River Levels

cumecs

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 1:45 pm, yesterday Nth Ashburton at 1:00 pm, yesterday Sth Ashburton at 9:30 am, yesterday Rangitata Klondyke at 9:00 am, yesterday

204.7 8.26 10.1 118.4

Source: Environment Canterbury

Canterbury Readings

to 4pm yesterday

max

Ashburton Airport

min grass 16 hour Dec 2012 min to date to date

17.3

9.8

8.2

0.0

27.0 771.1

SE 28

Christchurch Airport 19.3 10.0

8.9

0.0

27.2 651.2

E 35

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0.0

5.8 601.0

SE 35

Temperatures °C

Average

21.3

Average

Timaru Airport

9.9

21.0

10.4

19.6

8.6

8.1

8.1

18.3 10.1

Average

Rainfall mm

24

661

20

603

23

501

Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing m am 3 3

6

Thursday 9 noon 3

6

9 pm am 3

6

Friday

9 noon 3

6

9 pm am 3

6

Saturday 9 noon 3

Wind km/h

max gust

6

9 pm

2 1 0

4:01

10:16 4:24 10:36 4:56 11:10 5:18 11:31 5:51 12:04 6:13 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.

Rise 5:44 am Set 9:10 pm

Fair

Fair fishing

Rise 5:21 am Set 8:51 pm

New moon

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Rise 5:44 am Set 9:11 pm

Bad

Bad fishing

Rise 6:25 am Set 9:47 pm

First quarter

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Rise 5:44 am Set 9:12 pm

Bad

Bad fishing

Rise 7:36 am Set 10:36 pm

Full moon

28 Dec 11:23 pm

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