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By Jonathan Leask It was a stellar weekend of high speed street sprints action in the annual Ashburton Car Club event. The Ashburton Industrial Park was transformed into a race track and 54 drivers started qualifying on Saturday morning to be the last man standing. After setting their qualifying times, the field was cut down over a series a knockout one-run rounds yesterday and the honour of last man standing after a one-on-one shootout again belonged to Southland’s Glen Frew,
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Check out our video winning for the third year in a row. Frew was the fastest but the petrolheads were treated to a variety of sprinters over the course of the weekend from old to new, the oldest being Dave Samson’s 1968 Vauxhall Viva,
to the big and the small, ranging from a Mini with the biggest easily being the display lap by Brent Jones in a Bedford KM Super Truck. In between the knockout rounds, while the judges and timekeepers
For almost 70 years an elegant, twostorey building on Burnett Street has been home to Ashburton business Stewart and Holland, but that relationship will end on June 30. The building, believed to be about 108 years old, is owned by David and Jan Stewart and will stand empty while its owners decide its future. Like other buildings of a similar age and construction, it is in need of significant earthquake strengthening work and that leaves the Stewarts with a difficult decision – strengthen or demolish. For them, the decision is made even more difficult because of their strong family ties to the building and the business it currently houses. In 1934 David’s father Doug began trading as Stewart Radios in a small shop on the opposite side of Burnett Street. In 1944 he moved into the Nicoll Bros building across the road and post World War Two formed a partnership with Wilf Holland to found Stewart and Holland Ltd. The company later merged with another local firm, Allen Kelly Ltd, which specialised in refrigeration installation and servicing. The business grew and changed to
meet customer demand but the one thing that did not change was its focus on its core business, air conditioning refrigeration and electrical sales and servicing. While David Stewart is no longer involved in his family’s business, he has retained ownership of the Nicoll Bros building and in the post-earthquake environment, that’s creating more than a few headaches, he said. “Like most building owners in town, we’ve had our engineering reports done and now we have to make a decision, whether to strengthen the building or demolish it. We have 10 years to do the work and we’re in the throes of making that decision.” Today Burnett Street might be losing many of its elderly buildings, but Mr Stewart is confident the area has a great future. “It’s been a busy trading area of Ashburton in the past and with all the redevelopment going on in the street it will be a top street again.” Many of the Nicoll Bros building’s neighbours have or are likely to be demolished. While the Stewarts are still grappling with their building’s future, the business’ current owners, Mark Cartwright, Armand van-der-Eik and
Scott Mackenzie, have opted not to wait. They’ve decided to restructure their business and to relocate. The servicing division and the administration team of Stewart and Holland will relocate into the Alford Forest Road industrial area, along with two of the owners, Mr Cartwright and Mr MacKenzie. “This move is important for us to grow our business and expand what we are capable of achieving, however, we’ve been restricted by the size of the workshops on the Burnett Street premises,” Mr Cartwright said. For Mr van-der-Eik, the future of the retail side of the business is unclear. “For me this is the end of an era. After 21 years it will be sad to leave the old building and the company restructured, but it also creates new opportunities.” While he is hoping to continue with an appliance showroom in a new location, Mr van-der-Eik said margins in electrical appliance retailing had become very tight. “We would have to streamline the running costs as the overheads to run the business have become increasingly inhibiting.” Stewart and Holland will cease trading on Burnett Street on June 30.
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Another patron took photos of the scuffle on his cellphone before an associate of Mills seized the phone and, while holding the patron at arm’s length, deleted several of the shots, saying, “you don’t need to be doing that’’. A spokesperson for the Yaldhurst Hotel did not wish to comment when contacted yesterday. Mills, 34, is due to fly out to England next Tuesday to join up with the New Zealand side ahead of their limited overs series against the hosts.
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By Myles Hume and Kris Shannon New Zealand bowler Kyle Mills was involved in an altercation at a Christchurch bar early yesterday morning but the cricketer says he was more a peacemaker than active participant. Six weeks after Jesse Ryder was assaulted at a bar in the same city, Mills was involved in an incident at the Yaldhurst Hotel before being advised by security to leave the establishment. Witnesses said Mills was drinking with friends at the rural bar when two of the player’s acquaintances become involved in a scuffle. Mills said he tried to break up the fight before bouncers at the bar escorted him from the venue for his own safety. “I was enjoying a night out in Christchurch last night with some friends,’’ Mills said. “Later in the night I turned around to see two of my friends in an altercation with some other people. “One of those friends ended up on the ground and I went over to break it apart. At no stage did I hit anyone and nor did anyone hit me. “The bouncers broke them apart and two of them suggested I leave the establishment so as to not risk being targeted by anyone.’’ New Zealand Cricket Players’ Association chief executive Heath Mills, the bowler’s older brother, spoke to Mills for clarification. “It wasn’t him involved in the incident,’’ Heath Mills said. “Two friends of his got into an altercation with some other people there, and one of his friends ended up on the ground.’’ Heath Mills had also spoken to another person present at the bar who corroborated Kyle’s version of events, and confirmed the cricketer neither threw punches nor was the target of an attack. Witnesses said a visibly upset Mills had to be restrained in the smokers’ area, and one patron said it was as if Mills was “trying to have another go’’ when he was escorted through the bar by friends and security. Mills was taken outside to the Main West Coast Road entrance of the establishment and, once on the roadside, he yelled at security, “He’s my mate, why would I have a go at him?’’ several times. Mills said he wanted to be allowed back into the bar because he was concerned for the safety of his friend. “I initially wanted to remain to ensure my friends were OK, however once outside I was told they were fine and I made the decision to head home.’’
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By Adam Bennett Disgraced National List MP Aaron Gilmore has announced he will resign from Parliament. “It is with a heavy heart and great sadness that I announce my intention to resign from Parliament,” Mr Gilmore said in a statement yesterday. “After taking counsel from colleagues and family in recent days, I have decided that to stay on in Parliament would only serve to cause my loved ones more upset, and cause me undeserved further stress.” Mr Gilmore said media scrutiny in recent days since reports of his night out in Hanmer Springs, where he was abusive to a waiter, had “put me and those who are important to me under immense pressure with an attempt to discredit me”. “I have made mistakes. I am human. But the attacks on my integrity have started taking a toll on those around me and this is unfair on them.” Mr Gilmore said he had advised the National Party’s whips of his decision. “I also want to make clear my support for the National Party and Prime Minister John Key remains unwavering.” Mr Gilmore said that he is extremely honoured to have been a member of the New Zealand Parliament, and has always worked to make the lives of the people of Christchurch better. Mr Gilmore wished to express gratitude to his family and friends who have shown support and understanding over the past two weeks. “Finally, I want to apologise once again to all those people who I’ve let down with my behaviour. I’m determined to learn from those lessons as I continue my life with more grace and humility. “I will seek to make a final state-
ment in Parliament on Tuesday. Pressure on Mr Gilmore to resign intensified on Friday after it was revealed he was warned about sending inappropriate emails while working at a government department - an allegation he denied a few days earlier. That was just a few days after Mr Key made it clear he thought Mr Gilmore should resign after a text message exchange between Mr Gilmore and his dining companion at Hanmer Springs Andrew Riches emerged which undermined what he had told Mr Key’s office about that evening. Mr Gilmore’s resignation comes after he returned to his Christchurch home while other party members attended a conference in Whanganui. Speaking to reporters at the conference yesterday, Mr Key said Mr Gilmore had returned home “to reflect on his next move with his family”. Mr Key’s frustration with the allegations surrounding his bottom-ranked MP became increasingly evident in recent days with the Prime Minister late last week saying: “I don’t really think New Zealanders give a toss about him”. Mr Key had indicated that Mr Gilmore’s departure would not affect this week’s Budget vote because National would have the numbers without him. Mr Gilmore, 39, entered Parliament in 2008 on the list. In 2010, he was forced to correct his CV after the Herald revealed he had claimed a high-level finance industry qualification which he did not have. The next person on National’s list is Claudette Hauiti, a former Maori broadcaster. In a statement, Mr Key last night said: “Given the challenges Mr Gilmore has faced over the past 10 days or so, this is the right decision for himself, his family and the National Party”. - APNZ
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By Sam Morton If the shivers and shrieks were anything to go by yesterday – the water at Lake Hood was definitely cold. About a dozen local youths braved the conditions in their swimsuits, jumping in to round off Youth Week in Mid Canterbury. The inaugural Polar Plunge, coordinated by the Ashburton Youth Council, was held in good spirits and good weather, despite a disappointing turnout from the district’s youth. Event spokesperson Jo Naylor said the youth council was hoping to see more “hardy souls”, but with a mass collection of events being held in other parts of the district, it proved difficult to attract people to the lake. “Events take a lot of organising and people have been really quite busy with other commitments at the moment. “It’s disappointing to have such a low turnout, but there are quite a few other events on too, which
As of 6pm yesterday, the district’s fire appliances were not called out at any time on Sunday.
To see more or purchase photos we are mindful of,” Ms Naylor said. “Traditionally, a Polar Plunge is held on the shortest day of the year, but we wanted to have something to tie in with Youth Week – so that’s what we went ahead with. “It’s a shame too, because it’s a lovely day for something like this and it’s a lot of fun.” But the low crowds certainly didn’t stop the dozen or so teenagers enjoying their time, wading in the lake, shrieking and splashing as their teeth chattered together in their icy surroundings. “It was lovely and warm,” John Tarry smiled, while visibly shivering and rushing for a towel. “It was freezing as, but real good for my knee,” Tyson Tuanui said,
recovering from an injured knee, suffered in a rugby game earlier this year. Ms Naylor said she hoped to build on the event’s concept next year, but it was a decision the youth council will have to make. The youth council are also preparing for another two events later this year, but no firm details have been confirmed and there was a lot of planning left to do, she said. The events would likely be an addition to last year’s successful Wearable Arts Show and a youth extravaganza-type event, which would duly recognise some of the district’s top performers and achievers. More details will be revealed later this year.
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Celebrating Youth Week in style Ashburton youths celebrated Youth Week in style on Friday, turning out to enjoy a barbecue and music session at the Base Youth Centre. DJ Danny Ill impressed the crowds as Sophie Kemp (left) Jacob Huges and Trinity Grey watch in awe of the DJ’s mixing gear. Youth Week officially wound up yesterday, as a dozen or so youth took to Lake Hood as part of the inaugural Polar Plunge.
Four-vehicle collision Two people are dead and four others are fighting for their lives after a four-vehicle collision north of Whangarei. A total of six people have been taken to Whangarei Hospital. The accident happened on State Highway 1 in Hukerenui, about 32km north-west of Whangarei, about 2.20pm yesterday. Two cars and two four-wheel drives travelling in opposite directions smashed into each other, with the trail of destruction scattered over
the main road. A Toyota Altezza in which two people, understood to be passengers, died came to a rest by a fence near a paddock while a Toyota four-wheel drive veered just off the road facing the other car. The other four-wheel drive is believed to have been towing the fourth vehicle. Police serious crash investigators, fire crews from Hikurangi, Hukerenui and Towai rushed to the scene and helped free two people trapped in a - APNZ car.
The Hind Volunteer Fire Brigade were called to a chimney fire on Saturday night, which was dealt with promptly by the attending fire crew. Deputy chief fire officer Brian Pitt said the fire served as a timely reminder for people to ensure their chimneys are clean in the lead-in to winter.
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Ashburton country singer Liam Kennedy-Clark will tonight find out his fate on X Factor NZ. Kennedy-Clark appeared last night on the first episode of Judges Retreats, singing for his mentor Ruby Frost and her special guest judge and international pop star, Guy Sebastian. In typical Kennedy-Clark fashion, he delivered a solid performance which had Frost torn and Sebastian singing his praises at the upmarket ShangriLa Hotel in Sydney. After his performance, Frost said she wasn’t sure where he would fit in the (music) market, but Sebastian cancelled out any doubts describing his audition as “great” and “special”. “I think you have to turn off what you think people might want and instead go with your gut feeling,” Sebastian told Frost. The 15-year-old Ashburton College student was visibly nervous as he awaited his fate, pointing out “music is my life”. “It makes me want this even more, just coming over here and knowing what’s involved,” he said. “It will mean the world to me and I think it would be really great for country music. “There’s never a day that goes by when I haven’t got a guitar in my hand, basically,” Kennedy-Clark said. The Judges Retreats second episode will be screened tonight, where the show judges will name their final three acts to proceed to the live shows in each category, making up the final 12 acts. Stan Walker, who coaches the over25s is in Queenstown, Mel Blatt is in Mahurangi with the groups and Daniel Bedingfield flew out to Rarotonga to mentor the girls.
• Timaru fire A fire damaged Sanford Limited’s Timaru cold store yesterday. Managing director Eric Barratt said the blaze at North Mole, Timaru, yesterday was likely to have been caused by machinery malfunction. Smoke was spotted by a watchman who called the Fire Service. No employees were on site at the time of the fire, which has now been extinguished. Sanford’s fish processing plant is on a separate site and was not affected. The fire will be investigated but machinery malfunction was the likely cause, Mr Barratt said. - APNZ
• Hit by car An elderly Chinese woman was killed when she was hit by a car in Auckland on Saturday. The crash happened on Mt Albert Road, about 6pm. Senior Sergeant Greg Sowter of Auckland police said the incident happened while the woman was crossing the road. It was not known if she was on a pedestrian crossing. Police were still contacting next of kin, Mr Sowter said. - APNZ
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Rally ends in tragedy The death of an experienced rally driver in Canterbury is an anomaly in a sport that, while risky, has very few deaths, MotorSport NZ says. Royce Watson, 54, was killed on Saturday in Hanmer Forest when he failed to take a corner at the finishing line of the Straight ‘n’ Paint Rally Hanmer 2013 event and his car hit a tree. His co-driver, 23, was flown to hospital where he was in a serious but stable condition. Minutes earlier, another car hit the same tree and slid down a bank, but no one was badly hurt. MotorSport NZ general manager Brian Budd said crashes were commonplace during rallies, but the safety measures in place usually meant the vehicle’s occupants walked away from them. “The cars have modified suspension ... that can handle those conditions. They’re set up so they’re easier to control on gravel than an ordinary car, they obviously have roll cages and purpose built rally seats and four or six point harnesses, crash helmets and overalls.” There was also a style of driving involved to safely negotiate a car
through those gravel roads, Mr Budd said. There were very few fatalities despite the number of crashes, with Saturday’s crash thought to be the first rally car death in New Zealand in about 20 years. “There wouldn’t be a rally goes by where you didn’t have a reasonably big impact crash, but the competitors are protected by the safety equipment on the cars.” When there was a death it was sad for the family and sad for the sport, but the safety history spoke for itself, he said. A report into the crash was expected in the next few days. MotorSport NZ president Shayne Harris expressed his sympathies to the family, friends and colleagues of Mr Watson and his co-driver. He said the organisation would work with police on inquires into the crash. It was the first time the rally had run for four years, after the 2010 event was cancelled because of the first Christchurch earthquake and the next two were called off because of heavy snow. The 66km Straight ‘n’ Paint Rally Hanmer 2013 route was divided into seven special stages, covering forest roads and the famous concrete bottom ford. - APNZ
Head chef sought Mt Hutt Ski Area management have filled the majority of positions for the coming ski season, but are still looking for a head chef. Manager James McKenzie said the chef would be in charge of the ski area’s two restaurants – Sky High Cafe and Huber’s Hut. Positions the ski area had filled recently included for a ski area doctor and for an electrician. The latter had not been easy to fill, particularly with a high demand for tradespeople as the Christchurch rebuild got underway.
The ski area generally proved an attractive location for doctors worldwide, and this year’s doctor was coming over from the United Kingdom. While the ski area had had to seek new staff for the three positions of doctor, electrician, chef and others at the ski area, many had been filled by returning staff. And staff from Mid Canterbury made up a big proportion – 20 per cent. The ski area fills about 250 positions each winter. Mr McKenzie said the response from Mid Canterbury applicants had been good.
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Poll closes at 4pm By Sam Morton Hundreds of mothers, daughters, fathers and sons flocked the Ashburton Domain yesterday to show some love and support for the mothers of Mid Canterbury. The annual Jennian Homes Mother’s Day Fun Run/Walk was held yesterday, to raise money for the Heart Foundation’s Go Red for Women campaign – held in conjunction with Mother’s Day. It is the second time the event has been run locally and co-organiser Anna Smith was thrilled with the event’s success. “It was a fantastic day of weather and the turnout was great ... we’re delighted,” she said. “It was great to see families getting out there and enjoying the occasion, we hope to build on that next year and get even more
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nitely be heading back next year,” Mr Burrowes said. “The look of the building put it in perspective really, it just didn’t even compare to what we had been doing at home in the lead-up to the event. “It was a great trip and our bodies have held up pretty well really ... it was great to be part of the recordbreaking figure,” he said. The annual Firefighters Sky Tower Stairs Challenge raised $471,000, a whopping $150,000 more than last year’s grand total. The record time was also cracked, with one firefighter posting a time of just over eight minutes. Official times and final scores were not yet available.
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Mother’s Day not about how much you spend F
rom humble beginnings as a day set aside to remember and thank our mothers almost 100 years ago, the second Sunday in May has become another commercial opportunity to set the tills ringing. Along with Christmas, Easter and Father’s Day, retailers have increasingly encroached on the celebration to make a sale; in recent years Halloween has been added to the mix. However, while this keeps the wheels of commerce turning,
OUR VIEW are gifts really the most important aspect of the day for mothers? During those sleep-deprived years of infanthood, most mothers want a sleep-in; even the opportunity to finish a cup of coffee while it’s still hot is a gift. Fast forward a few years, to handmade cards and those first fumbling attempts at making mum breakfast in bed - the
congealed eggs on burnt toast, presented on a tray awash with tea or coffee – depending on mum’s breakfast beverage of choice, conjure up precious memories. Many of us treasure handmade gifts, some of which were so “unique” we are still unsure exactly what they are, or were intended for; nonetheless they remain carefully stored away in
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sideboards and cupboards across the nation. Mothers of teenagers may have had a different experience yesterday; teenagers are not so well known for their
consideration, likely to arise later in the morning or to turn up later in the day with belated Mother’s Day greetings – and often a request for money or food! Then one day you turn
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Bel Air dairy As the original owner and the person who named the business (Bel Air dairy), may I say how very disgusted I was in reading the front page headlines in Friday’s Guardian. My late husband Mervyn Wills and I worked very hard with that and all the businesses we owned, both here and in Invercargill, to make a success of them. To hear that the Bel Air and other shops are selling drugs makes me sad and very ashamed. The present owners are making headlines for the wrong reasons.
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Road rules Following the front page news in the Guardian May 9, I have to speak out over concerns with the “road rule” that allows drivers turning right (in 100kph areas) to remain in the lane and even stop while indicating their intention to turn right. Last week’s serious accident was the second in this area within a month. The old rule was simple and
safe, i.e. pull over to the left and only proceed to turn right when the road was clear in both directions. How many more serious crashes, injuries and deaths will it take for someone to take notice and change the rule back? The old rule was plain common sense and would require little cost to change back. Think for a moment - how many seconds it takes to pull over to the left and stop! versus how many hours and how much expense is wasted cleaning up the mess, and years of family grief when there are serious and fatal injuries. It’s a no brainer, and something should be done! D Saunders
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around and they’ve gone – they’ve spread their wings and flown. Yesterday a lot of us will have looked forward to catching up with adult offspring via Skype or phone, as they checked in
from across the globe. For those of us lucky enough to live in close proximity to our children or our own mothers would have taken time to visit, and for some that visit would have been intergenerational. It was the contact that was important – not extravagant gifts, although it is nice to be spoilt once in a while. It was a day of affirmation – to acknowledge the special and lifelong relationships we have with our mothers – a point we should remember every day!
Eighty thousand first-time investors buying Mighty River Power shares is a good start, but hopefully more will take the opportunity to take up share offers in the future, the Government says. Shares in the power company started trading on Friday on the NZX at $2.73 each – a 23c or 9.2 per cent premium on the listing price. Finance Minister Bill English said the shares rose as expected on their NZX debut while confirming that the next power company to be put on the block will be
named in the budget next week, with investors able to buy shares around October. The Government raised $1.7 billion selling 686 million shares, or 49 per cent of the company, at $2.50 to local and overseas investors. Yesterday, Minister for State Owned Enterprises Tony Ryall told TVNZ’s Q+A programme despite the Labour and Green parties’ “scare campaign”, 80,000 firsttime investors was a “very, very good achievement”. “The opposition parties have
been campaigning for over two years against this float,” he said. “They’ve thrown everything at it, including the kitchen sink, and they petitioned, which came up very short – a real fizzer. What this government has been doing is giving opportunities to New Zealanders.” Some investors might have been scared off because of opposition parties objecting to asset sales, Mr Ryall said. “But in the end, I think 80,000 first-time investors is a very good result, and I certainly think there’s
an opportunity for more New Zealanders to think about it as the further offers come down the pipe.” Last week the Grey Power-led petition to force a referendum on the Government’s partial asset sales policy failed because it did not have enough signatures. The petition was supported by Labour and the Greens. However, the “Keep Our Assets” coalition said it would continue to collect signatures in the next two months. - APNZ
Rare shark with 12 pups found at Muriwai By Cherie Howie A rare shark found washed up on Muriwai Beach on Saturday is being described as an important find for marine scientists. The heavily pregnant 2.6m oceanic whitetip shark usually lives in warm waters near the equator and is the only shark of her species known to have been found here. The shark and six almost full-
term pups removed from her belly have been taken to Auckland Museum, where they will be preserved for research. A further six pups were washed away before they could be retrieved. Museum natural sciences boss Tom Trnski said the shark would be the only one of her species in any museum in the country. Because of the chemicals involved, it would not be safe to put her on public display, but she could be seen by appointment.
“She will be available for research for hundreds of years.” Department of Conservation shark biologist Clint Duffy rushed to Muriwai when he heard a shark had washed up – and couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw it was an oceanic whitetip. “I was speechless for a little while. It’s quite exceptional. They are very, very rare in New Zealand waters.” Only a few had been seen in the water, and all were on the
eastern coast of the country. The shark looked otherwise healthy and he did not know how she died, but it may have been from thermal shock caused by cold water, Duffy said. Oceanic whitetip sharks were once common in equatorial waters, but had been hit hard by the shark finning industry and were considered endangered. The man-eaters are protected in New Zealand. - APNZ
he exploits and “alcoholfuelled” comments of National - No 56 - List MP Aaron Gilmore, have done neither himself nor his political status much good. In the eyes of many MMP critics - and, in general, I would see myself among them - such unacceptable public behaviour, followed by a reluctance to acknowledge it, serves only to illustrate that Members of the House of Representatives of this kind, complete with salaries of $142,000, + other perks, should be nowhere near the Beehive in any capacity. Concept. From the start, the List MP concept has been considered by its critics as a thoroughly non-democratic procedure which, rather than making Parliament more democratic, makes it demonstrably less so. Electors are at the whim of Party cabals which select their potential List MPs behind firmly closed doors out of sight of wouldbe entirely honest watchers keen to get some idea of who might represent them should the List vote for “their” Party be robust enough to bring many of them into Parliament. Contradiction. But no; these potential Beehive seat-sitters, though their names be known beforehand, are thrust upon us after every election and, on many occasions, too, slide into those wool-covered benches at a later date when an unexpected vacancy trickles down and through the system. From there they usually attach themselves to an unsuspecting electorate and masquerade as “The List MP for…” which is, in itself, a contradiction in terms. If nothing else, the List reflects the Party vote of that name and specifically not that of an electorate. Two types. There seem to me to be two types of List MP, the Dishonourable and the Slightly Less Dishonourable (SLD). The former simply adopts his passive, un-fought-for role, settles back on his merino-padded bottom and accepts his generous salary. From there it’s up to him/her to make something of the role and, to be entirely fair, some do. The SLD, however, tends to feel uncomfortable at the thought he has achieved his prized position by virtue of internal Party choice rather than through the ultimate democratic process, namely, by standing before his peers and appealing for their votes. So, when the opportunity arises, he girds up his loins, puffs out his cheeks and bravely takes his place on the hustings. Sadly, though, despite the admired ambition to get the public stamp of approval, he fails to convince his fellows he’s the man to represent them so creeps back into the House and resumes his lowly numbered stall according to List standing. He is SLD because at least he has tried to use the obviously democratic entrée into Parliament whereas his colleague hasn’t felt even that to be necessary. One might argue if a List MP tries his hand at being a real MP and fails he should accept the outcome and not re-enter the House. The “bob each-way” technique is to be discouraged though to have tried and failed is always more honourable than never to have tried at all. Which brings us back to the beleaguered Mr Gilmore. He is of the SLD List MP variety having not once but twice stood for
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National in the impregnably Labour seat of Christchurch East where the formidable Lianne Dalziel holds sway, and lost, honourably, on both occasions. He has also received plaudits from locals badly affected by the immediate aftermath of the February 22 earthquake for whom he did appreciated hard work. So, though, one hopes, a temporary victim of the demon drink, he seems to have taken his List status and made something of it. I doubt whether he ever saw himself as a future PM; simply one MP wishing “to make a difference” if not quite along the lines of his unfortunate visit to the Heritage Hotel at Hanmer Springs. However, it now seems Mr Gilmore has blotted his copybook beyond recall. I can think of one or two other MPs who have similarly transgressed in the past but retained their cosy niche on the bench. Meanwhile……, probably the currently best known List MP, Winston Peters, no less, is once again being courted by a Prime Minister badly in need of potential coalition support as he sees that upon which he now relies, the Maori Party, vanishing in the haze of Election 2014. Yes, Mr John “I will not have dealings with that man” Key (JK) has surveyed the dwindling field of candidates and quickly appreciated it is not a large one. In fact “raggle-taggle” NZ First is about his only hope unless he can persuade the electorateat-large to give him enough seats for National to govern on its own, also, one would have to think, a dwindling possibility. So grinding humble pie between his reluctant molars, he has been “making overtures” to Winston promising him various goodies if only, in the first instance, he will support National’s attempt to change the “spying laws” thereby making Kiwis as legally open to being spied on as anyone else in New Zealand. Thrown in, too, an indication he, JK, might be prepared to look favourably on an NZ First initiative which would see grandparent bringing up grandchildren eligible for special allowances. Old fox. Predictably, Old Fox Winston, rather than express gratitude and declare permanent servitude to Mr Key has, very publicly, rebuffed the PM’s advances. “Not interested in back room deals”; “parliament is the place where such matters should be discussed and resolved”: and other high-minded sentiments of that nature. However, notwithstanding these noble protestations, one can be fairly sure “Wily” Winston is keeping his powder dry to the very last minute, as some sort of accommodation with National looks like his best - only? - chance of extending his already lengthy parliamentary career after the ballot boxes close one November Saturday in late November next year. Off-stage, the clouds of the constitution consultation conversations are darkening. Prepare for a “weather bomb” coming your way shortly.
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All four young men involved in a police pursuit at the weekend have now died, and police are appealing for sightings of their vehicle. Counties Manukau District Commander Inspector John Tims said police wanted to hear from anyone who saw the green Honda Accord on Great South Road, State Highway 20 or Massey Road, Auckland, immediately after midnight on Saturday morning. The four friends died after their vehicle crashed into a parked car after fleeing police. Viane Gaga, 18, of Mangere, died yesterday afternoon in Middlemore Hospital after his ventilator was turned off. A friend of the Gaga family, Uahine Faalava, said they had gathered around Viane’s bedside to pray. “He was on life support but they had a meeting to decide whether to turn it off. It’s heartbreaking. They were all there to say their goodbyes.” Also killed were Dominic Stehlin, 19, of Mangere, Uesitini Tootoo, 18, of Mangere, and George Lomia, 20, of Manurewa.
Mr Gaga had been home on Friday night when the three friends, all De La Salle College old boys, dropped by his Mangere home, where he lived with his parents, and asked him to go out for a drink. They were first seen by police speeding along Wiri Station Road, Manukau, just before midnight on Friday. The Honda Accord sped away from a police car and the pursuit was called off. The car then increased to speeds of up to 160km/h along the Southwestern Motorway. The youths were seen by a second police patrol, which was overtaken by the car on the Massey Road off-ramp. Police say seconds after the patrol abandoned the pursuit, the car crashed into a parked car on Massey Road. Residents heard a loud bang – and emerged in their nightclothes to a gruesome scene. “The car engine was on and the driver was dead,” said one resident, who asked not to be named. “[Police] were trying to get the other two out. I saw them cutting off his T-shirt and putting a neck brace on
him,” she said. “They covered up the car and left the dead people inside.” Dominic Stehlin, who was thought to have been driving, was about to become a father for the first time. Another of those killed, George Lomia, celebrated his 20th birthday on March 3. His uncle and caregiver Gum Maaseia said he was a good person who rarely drank alcohol or partied. “I didn’t know he went out. Every time he informs me. George hardly drinks and if he is does he knows his limit. He is a perfect kid, a lovely kid.” His parents and siblings were flying in from Australia. At a press conference, Superintendent Tims said the tragedy was avoidable. “I have a very simple and passionate message to drivers, particularly young drivers: if asked to stop by police, stop. These deaths are avoidable.” The Serious Crash Unit is investigating and the Police Conduct Authority has been notified. - APNZ
Chainsaw used in attack A man has serious injuries to his head and body after being attacked with a chainsaw. A neighbour told how she was watching TV as American Idol finalist Candice Glover was about to take the stage when the chainsaw roared into life in the hillside street on the southern side of Whangarei. Dorothy Harris said a “major argument” had broken out a
few doors away, drowning out her favourite Idol’s television performance. “Somebody was revving a chainsaw. I just thought ‘what on earth is going on down there?’,” she said. The 43-year-old man was attacked just after 9.15pm on Friday, leaving blood splattered on Morningside Road. Whangarei police sergeant Howard Clement said the man
had “significant injuries” to his face and body. He was taken by ambulance to Whangarei Hospital, where he had surgery on Saturday afternoon. Clement said police arrested a 31-year-old man near the scene of the attack. He appeared in the Whangarei District Court on Saturday and was remanded in custody without plea until today. - APNZ
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Check out our video Riders wind their way around the Ashburton River Trail (right) and Rangiora’s Jason Flood (above) takes a corner during the Mid Canterbury Mountain Bike Club’s six-hour endurance race yesterday. The inaugural event had 46 teams and 12 solo riders, including one female, take up the challenge of riding the 8km lap of the river trail for six hours. Some of the riders covered the course in 20 minutes but the top tally in the teams was 16 laps and the solo riders weren’t far behind with several riders chalking up 15 laps. “The club is ecstatic at how it went,” said club spokesperson Janet Holmes. “We had plenty of local riders and a good number from Christchurch and Timaru support it. It went so well we think we will try to run it again next year on Mother’s To see more or Day and as part of purchase photos Wheels Week.”
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HAMPSTEAD SCHOOL 2013
Room 1 starts with a number of new students for this term- we welcome them to our school!!!
Amelia works on a reading activity that develops comprehension.
Students from Rm 10 develop their ideas on the veranda.
Pictured are Teagan, Sam and Mary working around the room which has been constructed so there are a variety of working spaces.
Connor and April complete the abc jigsaw and sing the song- they know the words to the song better than Mr Melrose!
Gypsy and Caleb talk about their reading with their group- expanding on the ideas in the book.
April reads through her book and talked about how motorbikes are also a type of transport..
Here Maria, Josh and Amandlah work with Ms Hall to publish their poetry. The laptops allow the children to apply colour, borders, change font types and add pictures.
Jamie and Josh use the “phone” to practice their reading- their voices come back through the earpiece providing immediate feedback.
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Bombings blamed on Syria
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The site of one of the explosions after several explosions killed at least 43 people and injured dozens in Reyhanli, near Turkey’s border with Syria.
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Reshma Begum lies on a stretcher after being pulled out from the rubble of a building that collapsed in Bangladesh. But “she still can’t sleep well. She gets frightened every now and then and the nurse has to hold her hand to comfort her”, he added. Colonel Azizur Rahman, who leads the medical team looking after Reshma, told reporters she suffered “some metabolical changes” due to malnutrition and her kidney function level dropped to 40 per cent. Rescuers found her after long abandoning hope of locating more survivors. They were stunned to hear a woman’s voice calling for help. She was freed in a 45-minute operation aired live on television and watched by
An accidental explosion at a coal mine in southwest China has killed 22 miners, state media says, in the latest deadly incident to hit the country’s troubled industry. Nine others were trapped after the blast at the Taozigou coal mine in Sichuan Province, Xinhua reported, citing the country’s work safety authorities. At the time of the accident, 108 miners were underground, the report said. - AFP
NASA astronauts have replaced a pump during an emergency spacewalk to stop an ammonia leak at the International Space Station’s power system, NASA television shows. The spacewalk was successfully completed an hour ahead of schedule, five-and-a-half hours after flight engineers Tom Marshburn and Chris Cassidy ventured outside the space station. - AFP
Survivor emerges from rubble Bangladeshi officials have given the first account of how a “miracle” survivor pulled from a collapsed building managed to emerge alive 17 days after the disaster and hailed her indomitable spirit. Reshma Begum, 18, a seamstress who was dug out from rubble of the garment factory at the weekend, drank rainwater and had found lunch boxes of co-workers “from which she got some food”, Major General Chowdhury Hassan Suhrawardy saID. “She has made history. She is an example not only for Bangladesh but also for the world,” Suhrawardy told reporters as the death toll from the impoverished nation’s worst industrial accident hit 1110. The painfully thin woman, who TV footage showed smiling shyly from her hospital intensive care bed, had been “trapped in a place spacious enough for her to crawl comfortably”, said Suhrawardy, who has headed the giant relief effort. Reshma was wearing a fresh dress when she was rescued taken from a box of clothes she found and had cut her hair with a pair of scissors “because it is so hot under the rubble”, he said.
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crowds at the scene who cried “Allahu Akbar” – “God is great” – as she was pulled from the wreckage. “We first saw a pipe moving. We removed some gravel and concrete. We found her standing,” Major Moazzem, who goes by one name, told AFP. “She told us: ‘My name is Reshma, please save me, please save me brother’,” Jamil Ahmed, another rescuer, recounted. Her family, from a remote northern village, call her survival a “miracle”. “We had lost all hope of finding her alive. We visited every hospital... the mortuaries and checked every body,”
Reshma’s brother, Zahidul Islam, told AFP. Suhrawardy told reporters the search for bodies would continue until the last missing person was accounted for. “We’ll end the search only when there aren’t any more bodies under the rubble,” he said, as cranes and bulldozers sliced through the concrete mountain. More than 3000 workers were on shift when the building caved in, most earning around $US40 ($A39.80) a month. A preliminary government probe blamed vibrations from four giant generators on the upper floors for triggering the collapse. Police have arrested 12 people including the plaza’s owner and four factory bosses over the tragedy. Reshma’s survival is one of the most remarkable of recent years, though not a record. In Pakistan, in 2005, a 40-year-old woman was rescued from the ruins of her house in Kashmir two months after an earthquake. A 27-year-old man spent 27 days buried under the rubble of the Haitian earthquake in 2010. The rescue of Reshma has brought “renewed vigour” to the relief efforts, army rescue officer Major Delwar Hossain said. - AFP
Branson in drag British business magnate Richard Branson has lost his latest job because of orange juice. The Virgin Group founder had his legs shaved, put on lipstick and squeezed into a red skirt to honour a bet by serving as a flight attendant on an AirAsia trip from Perth, Australia, to Malaysia. But he earned a reprimand from AirAsia chief ap photo Tony Fernandes after he Richard Branson deliberately dumped a dressed as a female tray of orange juice on flight attendant. Fernandes’ lap. Branson lost a bet to Fernandes in 2010 after they wagered that their Formula One racing teams would finish ahead of each other. Fernandes’ team landed two spots above Branson’s. Fernandes gleefully declared after yesterday’s nearly six-hour flight that Branson’s skills as an - AP attendant were “rubbish”.
Egypt’s interior minister says police have arrested three members of an al Qaeda-linked cell in an alleged transnational plot to bomb a Western embassy and other targets in the country. The suspects were arrested with explosives intended to be used to bomb a Western embassy after an investigation showed threads in Pakistan, Iran and Algeria, Mohamed Ibrahim said at a news conference. Police “have delivered a successful blow against a terror cell plotting suicide bomb attacks,” Ibrahim said. The minister did not identify the embassy, which he said the militants “were on the verge” of attacking with either a car driven by a suicide bomber or explosives of ammonium nitrate. - AFP
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Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, on a visit to Berlin, said it was “not a coincidence” that the bombings occurred as international diplomatic efforts to solve the Syrian crisis were intensifying. “It is not a coincidence that this should happen in a period where there is an acceleration of efforts on Syria in the whole world,” he told reporters. “Nothing will go unanswered,” added Davutoglu, vowing the culprits would be brought to justice. The United States and Russia, one of the few remaining supporters of Assad’s regime, pledged this week to relaunch efforts to solve the conflict, which the United Nations estimates has killed 70,000 people since March 2011. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon visit Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin, officials said earlier Saturday, amid a flurry of diplomatic activity. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who earlier this month branded Assad a “butcher”, is due to meet US President Barack Obama in Washington on Thursday. The West swiftly denounced the attacks. French President Francois Hollande condemned them “in the strongest possible terms” while UN leader Ban Ki-moon said the perpetrators must be “brought to justice”. US Secretary of State John Kerry also condemned the “awful news” and said it struck “an especially personal note for all of us given how closely we work in partnership with Turkey, and how many times Turkey’s been a vital interlocutor at the centre of my work as secretary of state these last three months”. Meanwhile, the Syrian opposition National Coalition said the attacks were designed to drive a wedge between Turks and Syrians. - AFP
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Turkey is reeling from twin car bomb attacks which have left at least 43 people dead in a town near the Syrian border, with Ankara blaming pro-Damascus groups and vowing to bring the perpetrators to justice. Rescuers have begun the search for possible survivors buried underneath the rubble of buildings destroyed by the blasts on Saturday in Reyhanli, one of the main Turkish hubs for Syrian refugees and rebels. Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay confirmed that the twin blasts had killed at least 43 people and wounded 100 more, many of whom were said to be in critical condition. “The people and the organisation who carried out this attack have been identified,” Interior Minister Muammer Guler told national TRT television. “We have established that they are linked to groups supporting the Syrian regime and its intelligence services,” he said. Turkey, a member of NATO, distanced itself from its erstwhile ally soon after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad started cracking down on pro-democracy protests in 2011. Ankara has since become a rear base for the Syrian rebellion and Damascus has already been blamed for a string of attacks on Turkish soil. Atalay said the perpetrators of Saturday’s attacks did not appear to have crossed into Turkey from Syria but were already in the country. Guler said the regional governor had been sent to Reyhanli “to put the necessary security measures in place”. The attack sowed panic in Reyhanli, a town of about 60,000 people, leading to tensions between youths and Syrian refugees and forcing police to fire into the air to disperse the crowd.
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Top left: Riders tail each other during the Mid Canterbury Mountain Bike Club’s Six hour race yesterday. Top centre: Wakanui Black’s Hugh Copland looms to pass during the match against Excelsior. Top right: Runners round the track in the Mother’s Day Fun Run at the Ashburton Domain. Inset: Brent Jones takes his Super Truck for a spin in the Ashburton Street Sprints. Centre: Savanna Ornsby takes a dip in Lake Hood as part of the Youth Week’s Polar Plunge. Top right: Methven A’s Sarah Hewson sends the ball up court against College A. Above right: Curious spectators check out what’s under the hood at the Ashburton Street Sprints. Above right: The crowd is thrilled by some sideways drifting action at the Ashburton Street Sprints. Above: Runner-up Mark Higgins flies along the straight in the Ashburton Street Sprints. Left: Tim Cook wows the crowd leaving a trail of smoke as he gets sideways at the Ashburton Street Sprints.
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Street savvy Penang By Roderick Eime If you think all Asian cities are the same, then Penang will be the one to change your mind. The once uninhabited island of Pulau Pinang presented an ideal commercial and strategic location for many early European traders like the Dutch and British, as well as itinerant Chinese who quickly established themselves and created a bustling little metropolis on Betel Nut Island. The British persevered over the Dutch and clung on until Malaysia’s independence in 1957, despite being temporarily ousted by the rampaging Japanese in World War Two. The architecture and historic buildings are a true melting pot of cultures from all over Asia, infused with mainly British colonial structures and municipal offices. The central district of Georgetown was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site of cultural importance and all buildings within the radius are heritage listed. It’s an area ideal for walking despite the constant heat and it’s easy to just duck into a little restaurant for a cool drink and snack any time you feel the urge. Speaking of feeling peckish, just a short stroll in any given direction in Georgetown you’re almost certain to find numerous street vendors offering a bewildering variety of authentic dishes, cooked or pre-
pared on-the-spot and ready to eat. While it’s sweaty fun getting lost in the labyrinth of back alleys and heritage-soaked laneways, you could always shortcut it to the New World Food Court on Jalan Burma in the middle of town and sample any of the dozens of food varieties on offer. In a moment our table was crammed with a spectacle of tasty local dishes with such names as kangkong belacan (water spinach), cincaluk pork (in fermented shrimp sauce), lobak (minced pork wrapped in tofu skin) and finished off with a colourful bobo cha cha (fruit dessert). It’s cheap too, with our banquet costing between $12 to $18 per head – with soft drinks and teh tarik (tea). No-one is going to leave hungry. After some spicy nourishment, take in any number of the tourist sights like the Penang Hill tramway for a panoramic view of the city; Fort Cornwallis, the British-built citadel that overlooks the harbour; Penang State Museum, where the local culture is explained with colourful exhibits and artefacts; the Clan Jetties, where traders, fishers and merchants have lived above the water since the 19th century; and perhaps the century-old Khoo Kongsi clan temple, which features exquisite traditional craftsmanship and historical displays. Film and TV buffs might recognise the acclaimed Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion (or Blue Mansion) –
a restored manor house featured in, among other movies, Indochine (1992) with Catherine Deneuve. It received UNESCO’s Most Excellent Heritage Conservation Award in 2000 and continues to hold its head up against the many ornate colonial structures dating back to the times of British and Dutch influence. Everywhere you walk in Penang, you are reminded of the food and gourmet experience as fragrant aromas waft from every doorway and little cart along the streets. Apart from the abundance of kerbside vendors, there are swish, sit-down eateries ready to lavish your table with a host of traditional fare. Restoran Pinang Peranakan on Beach Street is one where the endemic ‘baba and nyonya’ style cuisine is served. This may sound like something from a fairy tale - and maybe it is but this unique cuisine is a fusion of Chinese and Malay styles evolved from the many mixed marriages consummated during Penang’s multicultural heyday. ‘Baba’ typically refers to the Chinese groom, while ‘nyonya’ is the local Malay bride. This ‘straits born’ culture known as peranakan also includes Singapore and Malacca and has spawned many localised rituals and customs. It even has its own dialect called Bahasa Melayu Baba, a kind of Malay creole. After being taunted with such a
broadside of fabulous dishes, the natural temptation is to ask ‘can I make this at home?’ So why not give it a go? At the Penang Tropical Spice Garden, a short drive west to Batu Feringgi at the northern-most tip of the island where the big-name resorts congregate, is chef Sugu’s cooking school. Chef Sugu will first take you on an invigorating and educational stroll through the lush grounds where many spice-bearing plants are grown, before welcoming you into his spotless demonstration kitchen. Don aprons and the action begins. Spices are laid out: Cinnamon from Sri Lanka, cloves from Vietnam, cardamom from India, chilli from China and star anise from Indonesia sit beside local turmeric in an ASEAN assortment that is as vivid as it is fragrant. Before long we are set to work chopping, dicing and sprinkling. Our dishes of spiced prawns, fragrant rice and chicken take shape. There’s plenty of laughs and fun as we plunge head-first into our Indian-themed dishes and the result is none too shabby. Even the culinary challenged among us gain some satisfaction from the exercise with the proof being, of course, in the eating. When in Penang, it’s mandatory to visit the superb 1885-built Eastern & Oriental Hotel. Better still, stay. The hotel recently underwent a massive refurbishment and renovation, and a new 139-suite wing has been added to the existing 100 suites in the historic Heritage Wing. To walk the stately corridors, dine in colonial coffee shop Sarkies Corner or soak in the claw-footed long baths is to relive an era that defines Penang as a modern and cosmopolitan city that holds a deep respect and fondness for its illustrious past.
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The rather steep Penang Hill railway.
IF YOU GO
The century-old Khoo Kongsi clan temple, which features exquisite traditional craftsmanship and historical displays
GETTING THERE: Malaysia Airlines flies to Kuala Lumpur with regular connections to Penang (www.malaysiaairlines.com), as does Qantas (www.qantas.com.au) and Singapore Airlines (www.singaporeair.com). STAYING THERE: Eastern & Oriental Hotel in Georgetown or Lone Pine at Batu Feringgi, www. eohotels.com. PLAYING THERE: Walk the streets to take in the sights and smells, bewitching street art and glorious heritage architecture. Try your hand at local cuisine at Penang Tropical Spice Garden Cooking School (tropicalspicegarden.com). For further information about travel to Malaysia, see www.tourismmalaysia.com.au. - AAP
Dining alfresco is a major part of Penang’s street dining with exotic dishes available almost everywhere.
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a similar off-Broadway street-theatre style show and realised there was nothing like it in Australia. In December last year, the pair launched The Messenger tour in The Rocks in Sydney. A pub crawl with a difference, you play a fictional 1920s baddie who’s been offered a share in $50 million if you can deliver a message. As you solve clues and liaise with members of the Sydney underworld (don’t worry they’re just actors), you’re led to each secret destination. In their latest offering, a Pop Up Dining tour in Surry Hills called The Human Torch, you play detectives trying to solve a real 1920s murder mystery that was called The Human Torch, which Harris found trawling through
old newspaper articles. The actors play aides and suspects in the case, and lead you to a couple of secret spots for a tipple, including the in-theme Absinthe Salon. But there’s one main point of difference with The Human Torch. “Ultimately this one finishes with the pop-up alleyway dining and a restaurant with canapes,” Harris says. “The other one’s more bar crawl feel to it.” Since the first tour kicked off, interest has been pretty consistent, particularly from locals, who make up about 95 per cent of the business. Harris says groups range from birthday parties, corporate days
and hens’ nights, to those just wanting a fun way to see the city. Speaking of which, when they launch in Melbourne, Harris says you can be sure they will be taking advantage of its quirky alleyways and famous bar scene. “The starting point will be close to Flinders Street Station, then you’ll kind of intertwine through the back alleys and a few really cool underground, iconic bars and locations,” he says. “The setting there is really cool with the graffitied alleys and different little dive bars.” * The Human Torch costs $69 to $99, visit www.sydneypopupdining.com.au * The Messenger costs $65, visit www.sydneyinteractivetheatre. com.au - AAP Clue solving is a handy skill on The Messenger tour.
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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Monday, May 13, 2013
Issue 07, May 13, 2013
‘Individual Excellence in a Supportive Learning Environment’
Message from the Principal
Information Ashburton College Board of Trustees
‘Individual Excellence in a Supportive Learning Environment’ Kia ora and Greetings. The second student term has started well, with classes underway quickly and staff and students managing wet lunch hours whilst our farming community received some welcome rain. Immediately after Queen’s Birthday weekend we have exams for our Year 11 and 12 students. In the teenage mind these may still appear a long way off, or not really important because they aren’t the ‘proper’ NCEA exams. Those of us with older and wiser heads on our shoulders know that these exams are much more important as markers of successful learning to date; providing feedback on what is well understood and what needs to be re-learnt or revised; and that the preparation for them can be important to shift learning into the long-term memory where it will be of more assistance in the future. Please start encouraging the Year 11 and 12 teenagers in your home, or wider family, to start revising and preparing for these exams and reminding them that a quick read of their notes during the TV adverts, or between YouTube downloads the night before, isn’t really study!
than wise that Year 13 students’ study habits are being developed well at this stage of the year to enable a good base for success in this, their final secondary schooling year.
We have Parent/Caregiver and Teacher interviews coming up for our Year 11, and Years 12 and 13 students. These are an important opportunity to meet with your child’s teachers and discuss any aspect of their progress of interest to you or your child. We are trying to make arranging and attending these interviews as easy as possible. If you have any problems or questions, or would like help with booking interviews, please phone our College Office on 308 4193. ERO visited the College in the last week of term, looking to update their report on the College under their longitudinal process. ERO’s preliminary feedback was positive in many areas, including the College having made progress in all of the areas we identified with them in 2011. We also discussed with ERO what the current challenges are and what the College should be focussing on in the next two years. We do not yet have a written report from ERO, but I will provide a fuller outline of their feedback and next steps in the next newsletter. Cheers Grant McMillan Principal
Board of Trustees News At a recent Board meeting we agreed to confirm the engagement of a consultant to assist in addressing a number of issues and on-going practises that we feel have been holding the College back from achieving at levels that we are expected to meet. The Board is wanting the College to achieve at higher levels than it is currently and this means some things that the College has done in the past need to change. If we can do better – how do we do that? The reality is we, just like businesses, need to think outside traditional boxes in order to successfully achieve. We must question everything we do and understand that, just because a process has always been performed in a certain way it is no justification for not reviewing it. This is part of an on-going process within the College and, unfortunately, when there is change there are always areas of resistance to that change - it is human nature. We recognise that we need help in that area and, as such, we will be seeking to engage people in assisting us in that. We recently met with ERO, who were supportive of our initiative to bring in assistance and did agree that we needed to change the way some things were done at College. They had positive
The College has a progressive, focused Board of Trustees which looks forward to welcoming new members. Because the Board has adopted the ‘staggered election’ process at each eighteen month election three parent representatives are called for. This election also includes nominations and voting for a Staff Representative.
Year 13 students have a ‘normal’ timetable in June, while Years 11 and 12 are undertaking exams.
While Year 13 students have exams at the end of August, along with Years 11 and 12 also, it is more
The Board elections are upon us and with nominations closing on 16 May, I urge those interested to get your nomination in. If you are in two minds – please feel free to contact any Board Member to discuss. Details of the elections are elsewhere in this newsletter.
Interested people are encouraged to stand for the Board of Trustees or to nominate someone for the position.
comments on areas that were identified previously as requiring attention. There are still some other areas that we need to work on student achievement being one of them, and I know that the College is putting resources into that area. However, we can only do so much at College. Whanau and caregivers must also play their part, as must the students themselves. If one party abdicates responsibility the whole process breaks down. At our last meeting the Board met with Chris Clark, Chris Levitt and Rachel Cotter from ACADS (Ashburton Community Alcohol and Drug Service). We discussed the problems arising from drugs and alcohol and their effect on young people. Surprisingly, the biggest area of concern from ACADS’ perspective is young people’s ready access to alcohol. With retailers taking a strict attitude towards the supply of alcohol to underage people (the fines are very high), access to alcohol is usually through a domestic environment. The College will not tolerate any student bringing alcohol or drugs into the College environment. It is important that parents and caregivers realise their responsibilities when their children request alcohol.. David Rush Chairperson
Staff - Welcome
Nominations: ¾ ¾ ¾
Information calling for nominations has been posted to all on the parent roll. Otherwise, forms may be obtained from the Ashburton College Office or from the Returning Officer at the College. Note: Anyone can stand for election as a parent representative. A candidate does NOT need to be a parent of a student enrolled at school. A person on the electoral roll may nominate themselves. A community member not on this roll must be nominated by a person who is on the roll (ineligibility clauses are listed on the reverse of the nomination form).
Key dates are: ¾ Noon, Thursday 16 May ¾ By Tuesday 21 May ¾ Thursday 30 May ¾ Wednesday 05 June ¾ Thursday 06 June
Lauren Penney
Each of the thirty students with work on display gained Excellence for their work at NCEA Level 3 in 2012. Pictured right: Top Art Photography by Ashley Kibblewhite, Tawa College. Top Art is an opportunity for members of the public to see the high quality of art being created in schools, and provides an opportunity for secondary students to gain an understanding of what is required to achieve Excellence in Visual Art at Level 3. Ashburton College is again delighted to be hosting this exhibition. Pictured left: Top Art Design by Maddison Cheesman, Mahurangi College. The exhibition will be on display at the Ashburton Hockey Pavilion, Walnut Avenue. Between 9:00am – 5:00pm on Tuesday 28 May and Wednesday 29 May
For information on being a Board Member please talk to any Board Member or contact Sheena Tyrrell who can put you in touch with a Board Member.
Parent/Caregiver-Teacher Interviews Year 11, Monday 20 May Year 11 Interviews are being held on Monday 20 May, at the Hotel Ashburton, from 6:00pm - 9:00pm. Where possible parents/caregivers are asked to book interview times on-line, through the School-Links website: www.school-links.org.nz The on-line booking facility will be open until noon on Monday 20 May. What do you do if you don’t have internet access? Please phone the College Office to book interview times with the staff, or your child can ask their teachers at College to allocate an interview time, in each subject. ‘How To’ Book On-Line: If you have 1. forgotten your password: If you know your User Name, your password can be reset through School-Links. Type in your User Name and enter. Click on ‘forgotten your password’ and follow the steps. 2. forgotten both your User Name and your Password: Please contact the College Office – 308 4193, ext 861. 3. For further guidance on how to book, once signed in, go to ‘Events Tab’ and find ‘Help on Booking Parents/Teacher Interviews’. Interview Length of Time: • Each Interview slot is for 5 minutes so please be aware of this when booking and book only the one 5 minute slot with each teacher. If you need to speak with a teacher for longer please arrange a separate appointment time with them so that we can help you without holding other families up. • Please try to leave a gap between some interview times so you are not rushed.
Parent/Caregiver-Teacher Interviews Years 12 and 13: Tuesday 28 May Year 12 and 13 Interviews are being held on Tuesday 28 May, at the Hotel Ashburton from 6:00pm - 9:00pm. The on-line booking facility will be open from Thursday 16 May until noon on Tuesday 28 May. Details for making bookings are as outlined for Year 11 above.
Please Note – Teacher Only Day: Friday 31 May The second of Ashburton College’s three scheduled Teacher Only Days will be held on the above date (the Friday preceding Queen’s Birthday Weekend). Notices will be distributed to students closer to the time. The focus of the day is engagement of Māori student learners. The day is being organised by The University of Canterbury and will be held at the Hakatere Marae.
The District Health Board advises that ‘in 2013 and for the next two years at least, the Canterbury Health System is offering free flu vaccinations in Canterbury for youth aged under 18. It is important to vaccinate under 18s because influenza spreads quickly through pre-school and school communities and because children under 5 are particularly vulnerable’.
Teacher of Mathematics
Annually NZQA organises a Touring Art Exhibition featuring New Zealand’s top secondary school Visual Art portfolios.
For any process information please contact the Returning Officer, Sheena Tyrrell, 308 4193, ext 812.
From the Canterbury District Health Board Free Influenza Vaccinations For Under 18s Karen Burton
NZQA Top Art Exhibition: Tuesday 28 – Friday 31 May
Nominations close. Voting papers distributed, if a vote is required. Election Date - Voting day. Votes counted/Results declared. Board takes office.
The remaining Teacher Only Day for this year is scheduled for Thursday 14 November (prior to Christchurch Show Weekend).
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Between 3:00pm - 5:00pm Thursday 30 May and Friday 31 May Entry is free.
College Uniform Clothing Shop Good quality, second-hand uniform clothing is available for purchase at the College Clothing Shop. The first open date for Term 2 is this Thursday, 16 May Please come to the Main Entrance of the College where we can direct you to the shop. The Clothing Shop is open on the first and third Thursday of each month, from 10:00am – 1:00pm. Clothing Shop dates will be advertised in the College Calendar in each newsletter. Winter College Uniform Supplies Welcomed We continue to welcome second-hand uniform items, especially winter clothing. If you can help us with these this would be much appreciated. Items can be delivered to the College Office. We do ask that the clothing is cleaned, ready for sale. Clothing can be either donated, or offered for sale (80% return of sale to you).
Events Curriculum Related Year 12 Geography Trip Head of Geography Faculty, Peter Fougere, advises that in the last week of Term One, Duncan Bond’s Year 12 Geography class travelled to Mt Cook to see and experience a glacial landscape. The group stayed at the Unwin Hut which proved very suitable for our requirements. After DOC lectures on “Glaciation” and “The Impact of Humans” the class set off up the Hooker Valley track. The thunderous noises were caused by ice breaking off the ice sheets and the glacial landscapes were obvious and all around us. Students Adam Tupper and Tom Dudley were unwise enough to have a dip in the Hooker Lake which had icebergs floating around in it! The next day the group climbed to the Red Tarns to collect data for later use back at College. At the Tarns students measured scree slope angles and the dimensions of the pieces of scree at selected points up the slope. Pictured above: The Year 12 Geography class with the Hooker Valley in the background. Left to right: Michaela Broomhall, Savanna Millar-McArthur, Savannah Butler, Mere Ramalasou, Adam Tupper, Callum Radford, Max Sexton (standing, with balaclava), Thomas Greer, Tom Dudley, Lewis Gladden . Teachers: Duncan Bond, Peter Fougere. Next on the agenda was the Tasman Glacier lookout where Max Sexton braved swimming in the nearby lake, again with its icebergs floating around him. A 3D movie at the Hillary Centre showed off the beautiful scenery of the Mt Cook area and then DOC spoke to us again about minimising the impact of humans in the Mt Cook village area.
We in Canterbury care about the vulnerable people in our community and so this year, our message is “protection for others starts with you”. The flu vaccine is available now at Medical General Practices - call yours and protect yourself and your whānau/family before winter’.
Heena Shah
Kirstyn Walker
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Teacher of Science
Welcome back
We were lucky enough to have superb weather in this magical environment and, at the end of the two days a tired, happy crew made the trip home.
Ashburton District School Bus Survey Invitation – by 31 May
Pictured left, left to right: Adam Tupper, Lewis Gladden, Savannah Butler and Mere Ramalasou at work on the scree slope.
Transport Engineering Research NZ (TERNZ) invites Ashburton District residents who hold a restricted or full vehicle driver’s licence to complete a School Bus Survey. Completed surveys will go in a draw to win a $100 petrol voucher.
Change of Role Learning Support Assistant Camilla Knights has transferred from this role on-site at College and has returned to work at the off-site Alternative Education, Community Entry Programme.
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To complete the survey visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TERNZ_School_Bus_Survey Responses due by Friday 31 May. The research work will lead to changes about the way school buses are showing warning signs in relation to the legal speed limits throughout New Zealand. The main outcome is to make sure school bus users are safe when getting on to and off buses.
Transition Department News Liaison Visits:
Tono - Invitation To all students, whānau/family, kaiako/teachers and hāpori/community Professor Angus Macfarlane, Te Arawa waka “Helping Māori Students to Achieve” 7:00pm - 8:30pm, Hakatere Marae, Wednesday 15 May 2013. Inspirational speaker Professor Macfarlane will talk on how we can help our tamariki/children improve their educational success. Along with TUIA - a National Māori Youth Group travelling around Aotearoa working with our tamariki. ALL INTERESTED PEOPLE MOST WELCOME
Various tertiary institutions and community groups visit the College during our Year 13 Forum on Tuesdays, to share information with students about courses and programmes they offer. Year 12 students are welcome to attend also, but need to register their names at the Transition Office before the visit. The following visits are scheduled for the next few weeks: Christchurch Polytechnic (CPIT) – 14 May Victoria University – Monday 20 May, 11.25am. Aoraki Polytechnic (Sports and Fitness) - 21 May Aoraki Polytechnic (Other Courses) - 28 May Lincoln University – 04 June Otago Polytechnic – 11 June George McDonald (Head Boy 2012) – 25 June NZ College of Early Childhood Education – 02 July
Presentation by Attitude On Tuesday 16 April, the final week of Term One, all Year Level groups attended a presentation, in the Auditorium, by a group called Attitude. ATTITUDE is the Youth Education Division of Parents Inc., dedicated to creatively teaching life skills that will assist teenagers to make life-enhancing choices. The inspirational programmes encompass all aspects of total well-being and cover aspects of the Health Curriculum. Christian Gallen (pictured left) delivered the programmes throughout the day in an amusing and thoughtful way.
Congratulations Aoraki Secondary Schools’ Golf Tournament Ashburton College students Josh Smith, Lucas McGee and Dean Williams contested this Tournament at Geraldine, looking to defend the trophy won last year.
Careers Expo - CBS Arena, Christchurch on 16-18 May:
Unfortunately the team wasn’t able to retain the Greenstone Trophy for the best gross score this year, with Timaru Boys’ High School proving the stronger team on the day.
While open to the public over the three days, the College is running buses to the Expo on Thursday 16 May, to attend between 5.30-7.00pm.
However, Josh Smith was successful in retaining the Best Gross Boys’ Score, with a score of 70. Josh is pictured right with his Trophy, and Medal just showing behind the Cup.
This event provides an excellent opportunity to visit many tertiary providers in the one place.
Ashburton College Newsletter
ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Monday, May 13, 2013
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‘Individual Excellence in a Supportive Learning Environment’
Issue 07, May 13, 2013
Events
Congratulations
ANZAC Day 2013
Festival of the Spoken Word
Zonta Art Exhibition Written by Journalism Student Paige Sheehan
On the final day of Term Two Ashburton College staff and students held a commemorative Anzac Service at the College, with the support of the Ashburton Cadets, and attendance of Malcolm Hanson (President) and Dave Gowans of the Ashburton RSA. (Pictured left): Malcom Hanson delivering The Ode. Back row, left to right: Grant McMillan (Principal), Andrea Pearce (Deputy Principal – obscured), Elliotte Strange (Student Speaker), Kane Olsen (Head Boy) and Finau Fakapalea (Head Girl). Below left: Elliotte Strange reading an excerpt from ‘The War Book’. Below right: The Phoenix and Phoenix Rising Choruses and members of the Kapa Haka Group lead the College in the singing of the National Anthem.
Held as a fitting end of term performance feature, on Tuesday 16 April, talent shone through at the Festival of the Spoken Word when Ashburton College students took to the stage and delivered everything from serious to hilarious. The Festival allows Ashburton College students to express their creative side through speeches, sketches and presentations. The event was held at the College Holyoake Auditorium under the direction of English Department Head, Christine Mclndoe, with the proceeds of the night going towards the Ashburton College Reading Mentors’ Scheme. This scheme has senior students taking a small group of junior students and coaching them with reading. Among the notable performances of the night were: Elizabeth Hill and Vicki Squires with their humorous sketch, re-enactment of the awkward, yet hilarious sketch of “Miranda at the Doctors� from the TV series Miranda. This performance from Elizabeth and Vicki won them a first equal prize with Cameron Havis and Ryan Strijbis, who performed an overwhelming and funny performance of the morals of a school principal in the Rowan Atkinson “Fatal Beatings�. The number of performances and speeches delivered to the audience were outstanding and entertaining to view. Christine Mclndoe said, “I am always impressed by the originality and creativity of student performances. They think up the most marvellous ways of presenting the written word in spoken form�. As the Festival hits its 18th year, the students always have different ideas and exciting new ways to impress the audience and judges. The Festival of the Spoken Word is a great way to get Ashburton College students involved in drama productions and drama as a subject. Performer of the evening went to Alex Dorreen in a sad, yet funny, Rowan Atkinson story about “Tom, Dick and Harry� and how they came to die in a combine harvester.
This is an annual Visual Arts Competition organised by the International Service Club, Zonta, and was held at the Ashburton Art Gallery from 12 April – 05 May. The competition allows students the opportunity to exhibit their work in a gallery, attracting entrants from across the Mid-South Canterbury Region. The competition is targeted at young artists aged between 16-19 years. The prize-giving night was held at the Ashburton Art Gallery on 13 April and was well-attended by students, their families and the wider community. Jesse Bruce, from Ashburton College, entertained the crowd with his guitar. There were 30 entries by Ashburton College students featuring drawings, paintings, photographs and collages. Overall there were 71 entries across the mediums of water colour, acrylic, paint, crayon, pencil, mixed clay, mixed media, photography, digital, wood block print and collage. Placings Megan Davies, Year 13 student, received the Ashburton Trust 3rd place award and Chantel Rushton, Year 12 student, received a Merit Award. The judge this year was local artist Heather Sarin. Pictured right: Megan Davies ‘Birds Eye View’ photography piece.
Every year the junior school plays a major part in the outcome of performance in the evening. This year was no exception: evident alongside Sarah Baker in the Junior Serious Readings section was that of a winning performance by Libby Clark-Higson in the Junior Dramatic section, and a combined performance of Lucy Clough, Lauren Rattray, Katie Hill, Nicole Johnson and Summah Ralston in the Humorous Readings section with their perfectly timed “Is it time yet?�
Cenotaph Service – Anzac Day On Anzac Day, at the Cenotaph, College’s Head Boy Kane Olsen, Head Girl Finau Fakapalea and Ryan Strijbis (speaker at the National Bank Cyril Basset VC RSA Regional Speech Competition) were the speakers while, earlier in the day, Ryan was also involved in the service at the Hakatere Marae, as were other College representatives. Tipene Philip, Head of MÄ ori Department, outlines the Hakatere Marae Service:
As Christine Mclndoe explained, “The younger students get encouraged by their House Executives to get involved�. This year the honours of the House Fest went to Blue House with their performance “Shakespeare - Take Blue�. The performance was about coming up with different ways of learning and expressing what you want to say, with a turn on Shakespeare.
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Judging the performers were Jackie Heffernan and Ron Cresswell. Full results from the night are as follows:
Hakatere Marae Service - Anzac Day: Kei wareware tÄ tou – Lest We Forget A special ceremony of remembrance was held at Hakatere Marae this past Anzac Day. A large number of guests attended to pay a special tribute to our soldiers and armed forces staff who had either passed away during active service for our country or in the years after their return from conflict.
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1st - Elizabeth Hill; Highly Commended - Annie McDonald. 1st - Sarah Baker; Highly Commended - Libby Fenwick.
Humorous Readings (Poetry or Prose) Senior 1st - Awa Timothy, Corbin Davis. Junior 1st - Lucy Clough, Lauren Rattray, Katie Hill, Nicole Johnson, Summah Ralston (pictured below left)
Our own Ryan Strijbis delivered a wonderful speech strengthening our local flavour to the day. Taiaha WÄ nanga The tribute was also special for our young men because that weekend coincided with a special taiaha wÄ nanga (five day camp) hosted by Te Tohu o TĹŤ. For the wÄ nanga the instructors assembled from all over the country to train our young men in lifestyle skills such as non-smoking, non-violence, no drugs. The instructors impart to the trainees skills in fitness, healthy exercise, knowledge of te reo MÄ ori, as well as waiata, karakia, haka and taiaha skills. The young men learn to live, cook, and eat together as well as doing duties such as cleaning.
A number of Hakatere boys went to the wÄ nanga; Tauwhitu Hillman achieved Top Junior Warrior and Piritahi Pia was Top Senior Warrior. These two young men did a great job in showing the potential that we have here locally.
Blue House Executive (pictured below right)
Performer of the Evening Serious Readings Senior Junior
The ceremony was attended by currently serving staff, returned servicemen, supporting whÄ nau and friends.
The emphasis is on how to be supportive of others, how to be inclusive of others and how to respect others.
House Fest Winners
Dramatic Presentations Senior Junior
1st - Jack Hanrahan; 2nd - Jackie Tait. 1st - Libby Clark-Higson; Highly Commended (equal) - Sophie Kettley; Samantha McArthur.
Humorous Sketches Senior
1st equal - Elizabeth Hill, Vicki Squires; Cameron Havis, Ryan Strijbis.
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Aiden Hopson and Millar McLauchlan.
Below, right: Mark Mably and Daniel Rance performing in the Blue House Executive performance. Junior Humorous Readings winners: below left, left to right: Katie Hill, Lauren Rattray, Summah Ralston, Nicole Johnson and Lucy Clough, performing “Is it time yet?�.
Thank you to Te Tohu o TĹŤ for running the event, and to the Hakatere Marae Komiti for hosting the event.
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Term Dates 2013: Pictured left: Haka to acknowledge the top warriors.
Term Two: Monday 06 May - Friday 12 July Term Three: Monday 29 July - Friday 27 September Term Four: Monday 14 October - Thursday 12 December (Year 9 and 10 students)
Pictured above: Piritahi Pia (in blue) receiving his award as Top Warrior.
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Waikato RC Venue: Paeroa Meeting Date: 13 May 2013 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7 1 12.42pm (NZT) TE AKAU RACING SUPPORTS PAEROA MAIDEN HURDLE $7000, MDN HDL, 2950m 1 6525x Ima Star (7) 68...............................E Farr (3) 2 x5112 It’s A Message tmb (4) 68..................R Cully 3 5x11x Mahanadi 68................................. Scratched 4 037Fx Scimitar Lad (2) 68.......................... C Studd 5 73362 Zenocoin m (1) 68..........................S Phelan 6 Px463 Reynards Bro (5) 68..........K Veenendaal (3) 7 006x4 Comte de Jeu (6) 68.....................A Kuru (3) 8 007 Shoogold (3) 68...............................G Walsh 2 1.17pm RACING’S FUN WITH TE AKAU MAIDEN STEEPLECHASE $7000, MDN STP, 4000m 1 5L6x2 Henrythegun (4) 68.......................A Kuru (3) 2 6PPx0 At The Top m (3) 68.............W Cafferty (1.5) 3 0x173 Montopoli b (2) 68..............................R Cully 4 700x4 Sinista (6) 68................................R Cave (3) 5 764x5 Steel (7) 68 6 x8957 Belinus m (1) 66................K Veenendaal (3) 7 389xF Tralee (5) 66....................................S Phelan 3 1.52pm WWW.TEAKAURACING.COM MAIDEN HIGHWEIGHT 2200 $7000, MDN HWT, 2200m 1 434x6 Hold The Dream (4) 68..............M Cropp (a) 2 1011x Tom’s Myth m (8) 68.......................S Phelan 3 53 Billy Elliot (5) 68........................L Whelan (a) 4 73 King Laria (1) 68......................... C Thornton 5 0x003 Space Oddity (9) 68........................... A Kuru 6 766x3 Sunset Pass (3) 68....................... P Ormsby 7 045x8 Isdabicky (6) 68........................... S Houston 8 0x068 Bahhton (7) 68..................... R Hutchings (a) 9 08097 Callmelou (2) 68..........................B Lammas 10 x62x5 Potheen (10) 66.............................C Dell (a) 4 2.27pm RACE A HORSE WITH TE AKAU RATING 65 HWT 2200 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark HWT*, 2200m
1 x7144 Mr Nobody (1) 69...............................R Cully 2 068x7 Red Hot m (4) 69............................ C Singer 3 73421 Surpass dm (8) 69........................ P Ormsby 4 12x67 Amanood Lad m (6) 68.5.................... C Dell 5 5940x D’Llaro dm (10) 68.5.....................A Kuru (3) 6 866x0 Dan Dinero m (7) 66.5................C Studd (3) 7 8x302 Noah Jon m (2) 66.................. G Walsh (1.5) 8 809x8 Taats m (3) 65............................R Hutchings 9 69x07 Candidly (9) 65............................... M Cropp 10 550x5 Toby Cee (5) 65........................... S Houston
5 3.02pm VISIT TE AKAU RACING’S NEW WEBSITE MAIDEN HWT $7000, MDN HWT, 1670m 1 00x82 C’mon (10) 68................................. M Cropp 2 73 King Laria (13) 68 3 35 Macan (12) 68............................R Hutchings 4 3x00x Soldier’s Leap (3) 68................... C Thornton 5 55 Just Collie (9) 68..................... G Walsh (1.5) 6 00x8 Brave Buccaneer (6) 68..............C Studd (3) 7 4058x Ima Dancer (7) 68........................... C Singer 8 7 Romeo Whiskey (2) 68................ B Lammas 9 88 Skeen (5) 68................................ S Houston 10 600x7 St Picasso (4) 68.......................... P Ormsby 11 789x0 Tennessee Whiskey h (14) 68............ C Dell 12 x0890 Top Choice (8) 68............................ D Nolan 13 0x05x Solyn (11) 66..................................S Phelan 14 0 Miss Nancho Belle 66................... Scratched 15 0x003 Space Oddity (1) 68......................A Kuru (3) 16 08097 Callmelou 68................................. Scratched Emergencies: Space Oddity, Callmelou 6 3.37pm MARK WALKER LEADS SINGAPORE PREMIERSHIP R65 HWT $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark HWT*, 1670m 1 5300x Black Attack m (3) 69.5.................. M Cropp 2 3275x Chart The Stars m (1) 69............. S Houston 3 49x42 Ishidanzin mb (19) 68........K Veenendaal (3) 4 x500x Prospero (7) 68.............................A Kuru (3) 5 95x58 Galaxy Road (11) 67.5........... G Walsh (1.5) 6 45831 Big Bang Baby m (15) 67................... C Dell 7 59501 Smuckers (12) 67........................C Studd (3) 8 x500x Raisafuasho (16) 67....................... C Singer 9 46107 Skai Glen td (17) 67...................... P Ormsby 10 16693 Sarah Pour (5) 66.5........................S Phelan 11 63980 Sing Hang Star (4) 66.5................... D Nolan 12 2200x Miss Jaydeejay t (8) 66................B Lammas 13 39x10 Sophie Claire (9) 66.................... C Thornton 14 4547x Seams Like Magic (6) 65 -
15 700x6 Redemption h (18) 65.......................E Stack 16 x8009 Rivelatore (13) 65 17 690x6 Winnipeg (10) 65 18 8x700 Atlantis (14) 65 19 4x06x Johnny Key (2) 68.5.....................C Leveque Emergencies: Redemption, Rivelatore, Winnipeg, Atlantis, Johnny Key 7 4.12pm TE AKAU RACING NZ & SINGAPORE R75 & JUMPERS HWT $8000, Rating 75 & Jmps Hwt Benchmark, 1670m 1 28246 Ocean Bound (7) 69....................... M Cropp 2 85431 Secret Whisper m (1) 69...............A Kuru (3) 3 71x35 Willy Duggan m (8) 69.......K Veenendaal (3) 4 66x60 Gee Oh m (2) 68.5.............................R Cully 5 x6210 Asworthy m (6) 68.5 6 3x745 Pan Dulce (3) 68.5........................... D Nolan 7 110x0 Flavour Flav tm (11) 68................ S Houston 8 11x26 High Roller b (4) 68.................... C Thornton 9 5x11x Shotgun m (5) 67.5........................ L Whelan 10 4208x Chill Bill b (9) 67..........................B Lammas 11 226x0 Le Bon Fin m (10) 66.5....................... C Dell 12 0076x Stagehand 66............................... Scratched 13 44116 Amanpulo (12) 65......................R Hutchings 14 71486 Call Me Maybe 65......................... Scratched Blinkers on : Sunset Pass (R3), Top Choice (R5), Gee Oh (R7) Blinkers off : Soldier’s Leap (R5), Prospero (R6) Winkers on : Callmelou (R3)
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SELECTIONS Race 1: It’s A Message, Zenocoin, Reynards Bro, Ima Star Race 2: Henrythegun, Montopoli, Belinus, At The Top, Steel Race 3: Billy Elliot, Hold The Dream, Sunset Pass, King Laria Race 4: Surpass, Noah Jon, Mr Nobody, Red Hot, Candidly Race 5: King Laria, C’mon, Macan, St Picasso, Soldier’s Leap Race 6: Ishidanzin, Miss Jaydeejay, Galaxy Road, Black Attack Race 7: Secret Whisper, Willy Duggan, Ocean Bound, Pan Dulce
Palmerston North greyhounds Palmerston North Greyhounds Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 13 May 2013 NZ Meeting number : 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12; 13 and 14 Trebles : 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 8, 9 and 10; 12, 13 and 14 1 11.31am (NZT) AWAPUNI STAKES C0 C0, 457m 1 38552 Gucci Rush nwtd L &.......................... Morris 2 74372 Black Hennessy nwtd F &...............Turnwald 3 23534 Thrilling Olive nwtd.......................... K Walsh 4 3 Uno Charm nwtd...............................L Ahern 5 53484 Mighty Baxter nwtd....................J McInerney 6 1 Mariah (c1) nwtd...............................P Taylor 7 23641 Bigtime Tip (c1) nwtd........................L Ahern 8 1 Thrilling Butcha(c1) nwtd................. K Walsh 9 44585 Cluain Meala nwtd...................... B Johnston 10 56754 Billy Holmes nwtd.......................G M Clarke 2 11.51am WOODVILLE DASH C0 C0, 375m 1 2452 Danny Sheen nwtd...........................L Ahern 2 8246T I’m A Catch nwtd L &.......................... Morris 3 57754 Addis Mate nwtd........................A Blackburn 4 55451 Sheeza Flower (c1) nwtd S &...........Bonnett 5 23623 Another Drink nwtd....................J McInerney 6 64587 Circle of Life nwtd.......................R N Maisey 7 3 Thrilling Zoom nwtd......................... K Walsh 8 82623 Cosmic Zoom nwtd...........................L Ahern 9 Mr. Darci nwtd A &............................... J.Hall 10 3726x It’s A Doll nwtd F &.........................Turnwald 3 12.11pm J P PRINT PETONE C1 C1, 375m 1 35354 Merely A Dream nwtd S &................Bonnett 2 22765 Genial nwtd............................ R M Bannister 3 45724 Home Brewer 22.37.......................A Speight 4 114F6 Queen Cobra 22.03.......................... A Clark 5 612 Queen Rowdy nwtd..........................P Taylor 6 63454 Cawbourne Tobes nwtd.............J McInerney 7 15463 Tenkay Down nwtd...................... S Drysdale 8 13813 Eureka Izmir 21.58 F &...................Turnwald 9 26858 Raveon 22.18.................................M Gowan 10 8568x Flossy Haka nwtd.........................P Blanche 4 12.31pm MANAWATU RACEWAY SPRINT C1 C1, 375m 1 22322 Aykroyd nwtd S &..............................Bonnett 2 64x55 Double Tapp 22.03.........................M Gowan 3 43276 Nina Be Good nwtd............................. L Bell 4 32754 Homebush Rick nwtd.................J McInerney 5 12351 Laugh Like Santa nwtd.....................L Ahern 6 5454F Flayosc 22.37 F &...........................Turnwald
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6.00 Friends. (G, R, T) 6.30 Neighbours. (T) 7.00 Shortland Street. (PGR, T) Roimata yearns for what she’s lost, Rachel puts Henry in his place, and Jasmine inadvertently hurts Ula. 8.00 My Kitchen Rules. (T) It’s an extra special elimination night as two teams battle for survival in Perth. 9.15 Arrow. (New, AO, T) 10.10 The Big Bang Theory. (PGR, R, T) 10.40 Necessary Roughness. (PGR, T) 11.40 Hot In Cleveland. (PGR, R, T)
6.00 3 News. 7.00 Campbell Live. 7.30 The X Factor NZ. (G) The Top 12 are revealed as judges Melanie Blatt, Daniel Bedingfield, Stan Walker and Ruby Frost, alongside their celebrity guest mentor, make their final selection at the Judges Retreats. 8.35 FILM: Jumper. (2007, AO, R) Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson. A man with a genetic anomaly that allows him to teleport anywhere discovers a group of people who want to kill anyone with his abilities.
6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G) 6.30 Millionaire: Hot Seat. (G) 7.00 The Crowd Goes Wild. 7.30 Relocation: Phil Down Under. (G) 8.30 The Great British Bake Off. (G) Tonight, the technical challenge sees the bakers face a recipe from the Queen of Puddings, Mary Berry herself, while a showstopping strudel will stretch some bakers to their limit. 9.35 60 Minutes. (PGR) 10.35 The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R)
12.35 Rookie Blue. (AO, R, T) 1.30 Infomercials. 2.30 Shameless. (AO, R, T) 3.30 The Amazing Race. (PGR, R, T) 4.15 Jeremy Kyle. (PGR, R, T) 5.05 The Erin Simpson Show. (R) 5.30 Infomercials.
10.35 Nightline. 11.15 Sons Of Anarchy. (AO, R) 12.20 Infomercials. (G) 5.00 Joyce Meyer. 5.30 City Impact Church.
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6.30 Futurama. (G, R) 7.00 The Simpsons. (PGR, R) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. (PGR) Robin is desperate to find her ‘something old’ she buried in Central Park years earlier for the wedding. 8.00 New Girl. (PGR) Jess’ dad chooses the worst day to pay the loft an unexpected visit, forcing a nervous Nick to spend the day alone with him.
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TV3, 8.35pm (2007, AO) A genetic anomaly allows Star Wars hottie Hayden Christensen (below) to teleport himself instantly to any place on the planet, as long as he has seen it before, in ace director Doug Liman’s ripping science fictionaction-thriller. The gifted youngster soon finds himself in a war that has been raging for thousands of years. Token love interest Rachel Bilson gets caught up in the mess.
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11.10 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G) 12.05 Home Shopping. (G) 12.30 Home Shopping. (G) 1.35 The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) 2.05 Home Shopping. (G)
8.30 Up All Night. (PGR) Regan’s competitive streak surfaces during a New Year’s Eve game night. 9.00 Whitney. (PGR) Lily is in need of a male friend, so Whitney implores Alex to socialise with her. 9.30 The Mindy Project. (PGR) Mindy’s brother visits from college and shocks his sister with his plans to drop out of school and become a rap star. 10.00 Community. (PGR, R) 10.25 Alphas. (AO) 11.20 Entertainment Tonight. (G) 11.50 Infomercials. (G)
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6.00 Home Shopping. (G) 6.30 The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) 7.30 Home Shopping. (G) 12.00 The Doctors. (G) 1.00 The Jeff Probst Show. (G) 2.00 Mythbusters. (PGR, R) The eagle eyed fans are in the driver’s seat this week with an arsenal of suggestions challenging the Mysthbusters team to revisit old myths. 3.05 Better Homes And Gardens. (G, R) Ideas and practical guides to improvement projects for your home and garden, plus recipes and entertaining solutions. 4.00 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G, R) 5.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) 5.30 Prime News.
10.55 Damages. (AO) 12.00 The Suspects. (AO, R, T) 1.00 Te Karere. (R, T) 1.25 Gardens Of The World. (G, R) 1.35 Infomercials. 5.05 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 5.35 Te Karere. (R, T)
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3 News. Infomercials. (G) The Shopping Channel. Everybody Loves Raymond. (G, R) 3 News. Home And Away. (G, R) Dr Phil. (AO) The Dr Oz Show. (PGR) The Real Housewives Of New York City. (PGR) The housewives’ island getaway continues with a party at the ladies’ villa, but only two guests make appearances. Rachael Ray. (G) Entertainment Tonight. (G) Home And Away. (G) Indi tries to play cupid with Dex and April, John finds out that adopting Jett alone is going to be difficult, Chris tries to cheer up Spencer.
ONE News. (T) Seven Sharp. (T) Border Security. (T) The Force. (T) A dangerous fugitive is tracked to a house and when police arrive things get complicated. 8.30 Criminal Minds. (AO, T) The BAU investigates victims who were documenting their personal lives and inner desires on blog posts and social media. 9.30 The Following. (AO, T) Ryan, Parker and Weston prepare to storm the Followers’ mansion. 10.25 ONE News Tonight. (T)
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L Bell 3 74262 Thrilling Terror 21.78.........................G Quirk 2 67328 Run Junior Run nwtd...................A Turnwald 4 65528 Sheeza Meesha nwtd G &..................Denby 3 34258 Ode To Liberty 26.42........................R Waite 5 88713 Homebush Colt nwtd.................J McInerney 4 63235 Monty Dosh nwtd F &.....................Turnwald 6 36376 Ramessee 21.82............................M Gowan 5 27312 Homebush Violet nwtd...............J McInerney 7 13113 Shanghai Sam 21.36........................L Ahern 1. Objective (4) 2.Tremor Singlynwtd. (3,2,1,4) 6 56215 Thrilling ....................... K Walsh 8 36626 Bullabakanka nwtd...................T McCracken 9 56168 Dasher Rum 21.78............................R Waite(10) 7 85448 Okuku3.Dreamer 8. Founder Seem26.58 (4) U &......... McCracken 8 15756 Chelsea’s Beauty nwtd................. T Downey 10 46178 Homebush Rosebud nwtd.........J McInerney Retrograde (8) 14 4.20pm BUNNYTHORPE 4. 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sky sPORt 1 6.00 Golf. US PGA Tour. The Players Championship. Round Four. Live. 11.00 Golf. GS Caltex Maekyung Open. Round Four. Highlights. 12.00 Rugby. Blues v Rebels. From Eden Park, Auckland. Highlights. 1.00 Rugby. Chiefs v Force. From ECOlight Stadium, Pukekohe. Highlights. 2.00 Rugby. Kings v Highlanders. Highlights. 3.00 Golf. US PGA Tour. The Players Championship. Round Four. Highlights. 4.00 Motorsport. 4.30 Cricket. IPL. Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore. Highlights. 5.30 Cricket. IPL. Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings. Highlights. 6.30 Netball. College Series. Upper North Island Playoffs Two. From The Trusts Stadium, Auckland. Replay. 7.30 Netball. ANZ Championship. WBOP Magic v Central Pulse. From Claudelands Arena, Hamilton. Live. 9.30 The Code: Life With The Mariners. 10.00 Premier League Review. 11.00 Hockey. NHL. Replay. 12.30 Rugby. Blues v Rebels. From Eden Park, Auckland. Highlights. 1.00 Super Rugby Review. 2.00 Rugby. Kings v Highlanders. Replay. 4.00 Rugby. Blues v Rebels. From Eden Park, Auckland. Replay.
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SOLUTIONS TO PUZZLE No 12,184 Across: 1 Goal; 8 Originator; 9 Backward; 10 Stop; 12 Sample; 14 Reaper; 15 Divers; 17 Modest; 18 Mess; 19 Residual; 21 Abbreviate; 22 Dawn. Down: 2 One at a time; 3 Look; 4 Dilate; 5 Hinder; 6 Cab-stand; 7 Crop; 11 Overshadow; 13 Pleasure; 16 Strive; 17 Mishap; 18 Mean; 20 Deed.
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sky sPORt 2 6.00 Athletics. ITU World Triathlon Series. Japan Women’s. Replay. 8.00 Rugby Sevens. IRB World Series. London Day Two. Highlights. 8.40 SKY Sport TBC. 11.30 Athletics. ITU World Triathlon Series. Japan Men’s. Replay. 1.30 Netball. ANZ Championship. Round Eight Sunday. Highlights. 2.00 Soccer. English Premier League. Highlights. 3.00 Soccer. English Premier League. Highlights. 4.00 Soccer. English Premier League. Highlights. 5.00 SKY ARENA Access. 5.30 Premier League Review. 6.30 Golf. GS Caltex Maekyung Open. Round Four. Highlights. 7.30 Golf. US PGA Tour. The Players Championship. Round Four. Highlights. 8.30 Rugby League. NRL Premiership. Sea Eagles v Roosters. From Brookvale Oval, New South Wales. Live. 11.00 Monday Night With Matty Johns. 12.00 Football. AFL. St Kilda v Carlton. Delayed. 3.00 Rugby League. NRL Premiership. Sea Eagles v Roosters. From Brookvale Oval, New South Wales. Replay. 5.00 Rugby League. NRL Premiership. Warriors v Bulldogs. From Mt. Smart Stadium, Auckland. Highlights.
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6.45 Heartbreakers. (2001, M) Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt. 8.50 Speed. (1994, M) Sandra Bullock, Keanu Reeves. 10.45 S.W.A.T. (2003, M) Samuel L Jackson. 12.40 A Few Good Men. (1992, PG) Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson. 3.00 The Dark Crystal. (1982, PG) Voices Of Jim Henson, Kathryn Mullen. 4.35 The Omen. (1976, 16) Gregory Peck, Lee Remick. 6.25 Air Force One. (1997, M) Harrison Ford, Glenn Close. When Air Force One is hijacked by Russian terrorists, they don’t count on the President being a former Medal of Honor winner. 8.30 The Notebook. (2004, PG) Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling. A moving tearjerker about an old man who reads to a woman with Alzheimer’s from a faded notebook, recalling their earlier romance. 10.35 Life. (1999, M) Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence. 12.20 The Dark Crystal. (1982, PG) Voices Of Jim Henson, Kathryn Mullen. 1.55 The Omen. (1976, 16) Gregory Peck, Lee Remick. 3.45 Life. (1999, M) Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence. 5.30 Air Force One. (1997, M) Harrison Ford, Glenn Close.
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Home turf used to full advantage the difference was they had trouble clearing from their circle. “They kept giving us second chances and we were able to capitalise on that, while at the other end we managed to deny them many chances,” Blue’s Sam Moore said. Brad Going got the scoring started and was followed by Andrew Fisher before Karl Snowball scored either side of halftime to put Blue up 4-0. Timaru Boys’ then pegged one back but Alistair White came up from fullback to add the finishing touch on the 5-1 win. While the Wakanui men won at home, Tinwald travelled to Timaru for the second time in four days and again came away with a 3-1 loss, this time going down to Tainui on Saturday after a midweek loss to Cambridge. “We started poorly to be down two goals before we got going and then in the second half we really started to play some hockey. We had 70 per cent of the ball but we just couldn’t find the back of the net.” Tainui scored a second half goal which was matched by Tinwald’s Danny Stagg but the poor start and a failure to finish cost Tinwald.
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The Hampstead women claimed back-to-back wins in what was a good day at the Ashburton hockey turf for the local sides on Saturday. In the past few seasons two wins have been hard to come by for Mid Canterbury women’s sides in the Mid-South Canterbury competition but Hampstead made it two in a row, and three so far this season, with a 4-1 win over Pleasant Point. “It was an exciting result and is hopefully only a sign of things to come for Mid Canterbury women’s hockey,” Hampstead’s Rebecca McCloy said. Just over a month ago a Pleasant Point beat Hampstead 6-1 in the side’s second game after a first up 2-1 win over Timaru Girls’. Hampstead was coming off a lacklustre 1-0 win over Timaru Girls’ but on Saturday turned it on in a big turnaround. Georgia Clarke and Sophie Morrow scored in the first half before Morrow made it 3-0 to the hosts. Pleasant Point got on the board before McCloy found the back of the net with only minutes left on the clock.
After the Hampstead women’s historic win, the gap between the top and bottom men’s sides was put on display as Wakanui Black beat the winless Excelsior 11-0. Ryan Wilson led the way with a hat-trick while the rest of the goals were shared around, but despite the big score line Black’s Mark Bennett said his side didn’t walk off overly happy with their effort. “We scored 11 goals but it could have been more,” Bennett said. “We missed a lot of opportunities and they are the ones that we need to be putting in as against the better teams you don’t get as many, so when they happen you have to make them count.” Black was up 3-0 at halftime and doubled their lead before finally finding their radar and scoring five goals in the final 10 minutes. Wakanui Blue was next on the turf and taught Timaru Boys’ a lesson, claiming a 5-1 victory. Timaru Boys’ have troubled several sides with their speed and stamina this season but Blue found their weak point to claim a comfortable win. “They tried to play at a fast pace and it took us a while to adapt but
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• Southern on top A bonus point win for Southern had them pull out in front in Mid Canterbury senior B rugby’s Michael Duff Memorial round on Saturday. Their senior side celebrated their first win of the season but Southern’s 31-15 win over Allenton meant they remain unbeaten and move into the outright lead with two games to go in the first round. Their nearest rivals Collegiate were undone by Tinwald with the 20-0 win having Tinwald leapfrog Collegiate into second. Rakaia continued there resurgence with a 39-15 win over Celtic making it four wins in a row. Mt Somers recorded just their second win beating Hampstead 30-22 to leave winless Hampstead on the bottom of the table. Methven had the bye. ONLINE.co.nz
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College A’s Ella Robertson feeds her shooter Kate Benny against Methven A during their match in the final round of grading on Saturday.
Hampstead B makes the cut By Jonathan Leask Who will compete in Mid Canterbury netball’s Senior A was all but decided heading into Saturdays third and final grading round, but a one point win proved the deciding factor in the final make-up. Heading into the third round of grading seven of the eight sides were all but assured their place in the top flight. Celtic A, College A and B, Hampstead A, Methven A, Rakaia A and United A had done enough in the first two weeks to warrant their place, leaving four teams fighting for the final berth. In the end it was Hampstead A that put their hand up, with a deci-
sive 12-11 win over fellow contended Collegiate A, leaving the Collegiate A side to join Celtic B and Methven B as the unlucky trio. It was Hampstead B’s first and only win in grading but their performances in a tougher grading schedule earned them the place in senior A, before being beaten 9-17 by United A. Collegiate A had only the one win heading into the final round and needed a solid showing to push their case, but their loss to Methven A and the influential loss to Hampstead B sealed their fate in Senior B. Celtic B went down to United A 12-15 but finished grading with a win over Methven B 12-10, leaving Methven B winless after also going down to Celtic A 28-5.
Celtic A completed an unbeaten grading with convincing wins over Methven B and College B 20-6. College B also suffered a heavy defeat to Hampstead A, but had already done enough to earn a place in senior A with three wins. Hampstead A also had two wins beating Rakaia A 23-13 as well as College B, while defending premiers Methven A had a 19-7 win over College A and a comfortable 18-7 win over Collegiate A. College A had earlier got the better of Rakaia A 17-14. After securing their spots in Senior A the eight sides begin their next challenge this Saturday as they look to finish secure a place in the top six and the Premier grade at the completion of the round robin.
Casualties mounting for Chiefs By Patrick McKendry
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Wakanui Black’s James Tavendale closes in on the goal during his side’s 11-0 win over Excelsior on Saturday.
SCOREBOARD Results Basketball NBA playoffs Collated results from the National Basketball Association second-round playoffs yesterday (all series best-of-seven): Eastern Conference at Indianapolis Indiana Pacers 82 New York Knicks 71 (Indiana Pacers leads series 2-1) Western Conference at Memphis Memphis Grizzlies 87 Oklahoma City Thunder 81 (Memphis Grizzlies leads series 2-1)
Football FA Cup final results Manchester City 0 Wigan Athletic 1 (Watson 90+1) Send-offs: (Zabaleta 84 - Manchester City) (Winner qualifies for Europa League, if winner has already qualified for Champions League place goes to runner-up)
English Premier League English Premier League results and standings Aston Villa 1 (Benteke 15) Chelsea 2 (Lampard 61, 88) Send-offs: (Benteke 58 - Aston Villa, Ramires 45 - Chelsea) Standings P W D L F A Pts Manchester United 36 27 4 5 79 37 85 Manchester City 36 22 9 5 62 31 75 Chelsea 37 21 9 7 73 38 72 Arsenal 36 19 10 7 67 36 67 Tottenham Hotspur 36 19 9 8 63 45 66 Everton 36 15 15 6 52 38 60 Liverpool 36 14 13 9 67 42 55 West Brom Albion 36 14 6 16 48 48 48
Swansea 36 11 13 12 46 46 46 West Ham 36 11 10 15 41 49 43 36 9 14 13 32 42 41 Stoke City Fulham 36 10 10 16 46 57 40 Aston Villa 37 10 10 17 45 67 40 Southampton 36 9 12 15 47 58 39 Sunderland 36 9 11 16 40 52 38 Norwich City 36 8 14 14 34 56 38 Newcastle United 36 10 8 18 43 66 38 Wigan Athletic 36 9 8 19 44 67 35 36 6 10 20 41 67 28 —— Reading QPR 36 4 13 19 29 57 25 Leading goalscorers: 25: Robin van Persie (Manchester United) 23: Luis Suarez (Liverpool) 21: Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur) 19: Christian Benteke (Aston Villa) 17: Michu (Swansea) 16: Demba Ba (Chelsea) 15: Frank Lampard (Chelsea) 14: Rickie Lambert (Southampton), Romelu Lukaku (West Bromwich Albion) 13: Dimitar Berbatov (Fulham), Edin Dzeko (Manchester City), Theo Walcott (Arsenal), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
Scottish Premier League Scottish Premier League results and standings Champions Group Inverness CT 1 (Doran 41) Dundee Utd 2 (Dow 50, Mackay-Steven 90) Glasgow Celtic 4 (Ledley 2, Mulgrew 36, Forrest 51, Wright 90+1 og) St. Johnstone 0 Relegation Group Dundee 2 (Conroy 18, Stewart 83) Kilmarnock 3 (McKenzie 3, Johnston 57, Clingan 73) St Mirren 0 Aberdeen 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts Champions Group Glasgow Celtic 37 23 7 7 88 35 76 Motherwell 36 17 9 10 65 49 60 Inverness CT 37 13 15 9 64 59 54 St. Johnstone 37 13 14 10 43 44 53
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NHL Playoffs Collated results from the NHL Quarter-final (all series best-of-seven): Eastern Conference at Uniondale Pittsburgh Penguins 4 New York Islanders 3(OT) (Pittsburgh Penguins wins series 4-2)
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Super Rugby Round 13 CHIEFS 22 (Lelia Masaga try Aaron Cruden con 5 pens) bt WESTERN FORCE 21 (Pat Dellit 2 tries Jayden Hayward con 3 pens) at Ecolight Stadium. Referee: Mike Fraser. QUEENSLAND REDS 32 (Rod Davies 2, Saia Faingaa, Anthony Faingaa tries Quade Cooper 3 cons 2 pens) bt SHARKS 17 (Piet Lindeque, Derick Minnie tries Patrick Lambie 2 cons pen) at Suncorp Stadium. Referee: Glen Jackson. HURRICANES 39 (Beauden Barrett, TJ Perenara, Julian Savea, Victor Vito tries Barrett 2 cons 5 pens) bt CHEETAHS 34 (Coenie Oosthuizen 2, Robert Ebersohn tries Elgar Watts 2 cons Burton Francis 4, Watts pens) at Vodacom Park. Referee: Stuart Berry. BLUES 36 (Frank Halai 3, Francis Saili 2, Rene Ranger tries Chris Noakes 2, Baden Kerr cons) bt MELBOURNE REBELS 32 (Mitch Inman 2, Scott Higginbotham, Lachlan Mitchell, Jason Woodward tries Woodward 2 cons pen) at Eden Park. Referee: Garratt Williamson. NSW WARATAHS 21 (Cam Crawford, Israel
Tim Nanai-Williams is due to be released from Waikato Hospital today which is one piece of good news for the increasingly unlucky Dave Rennie and the Chiefs. They are still winning - though Friday night’s 22-21 victory over the Force at Pukekohe was unconvincing - and they are only one behind behind the Brumbies with a game in hand, but their casualty ward is becoming extremely full. Nanai-Williams was admitted to
Folau tries Berrick Barnes con Brendan McKibbin 2, Barnes pens) bt STORMERS 15 (Joe Pietersen 5 pens) at Allianz Stadium. Referee: Chris Pollock. Crowd: 17,042. SOUTHERN KINGS 34 (Luke Watson 2, Cornell du Preez, Shaun Venter tries Demetri Catrakilis 4 cons 2 pens) bt HIGHLANDERS 27 (Hosea Gear, Colin Slade, Brad Thorn, Shaun Treeby tries Slade 2 cons pen) at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. Referee: Jason Jafta. Crowd: 18,542. Bye-Brumbies, Bulls, Crusaders NZ Conference P W D L PF PA PD BP Pts 11 8 0 3 338 252 86 8 44 Chiefs Blues 10 6 0 4 254 201 53 9 41 Crusaders 10 6 0 4 273 210 63 6 38 Hurricanes 11 6 0 5 268 302 -34 5 33 Highlanders 10 1 0 9 202 292 -90 4 16 Standings Brumbies 11 7 2 2 304 193 111 5 45 Chiefs 11 8 0 3 338 252 86 8 44 Bulls 10 7 0 3 284 204 80 5 41 Q’land Reds 12 8 2 2 246 217 29 4 44 Blues 10 6 0 4 254 201 53 9 41 Crusaders 10 6 0 4 273 210 63 6 38 Cheetahs 11 7 0 4 259 252 7 4 36 NSW Waratahs 11 6 0 5 299 275 24 2 34 Hurricanes 11 6 0 5 268 302 -34 5 33 Stormers 10 4 0 6 204 208 -4 6 30 Sharks 11 5 0 6 246 221 25 5 29 Melbourne Rebs 11 2 0 9 253 363 -110 8 24 Southern Kings 11 3 1 7 222 381 -159 2 20 Western Force 12 2 1 9 201 282 -81 5 19 Highlanders 10 1 0 9 202 292 -90 4 16 Leading tryscorers: 8: Frank Halai (Blues) 7: Henry Speight (Brumbies), Israel Folau (Waratahs) 6: Tim Nanai-Williams (Chiefs) 5: Gareth Anscombe (Chiefs), Raymond Rhule (Cheetahs), Jesse Mogg (Brumbies), Alfie Mafi (Force), Julian Savea (Hurricanes), TJ Perenara (Hurricanes), Scott Higginbotham (Rebels), Cam Crawford (Waratahs), Rod Davies (Reds)
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hospital on Friday with a stomach ulcer. Although he didn’t require surgery he is on medication and will be out of action until after the June test window, which leaves the Chiefs extremely light on midfielders, although Charlie Ngatai is progressing well from a hamstring injury. Richard Kahui has been ruled out for the season with a shoulder problem, with Gareth Anscombe, a first-five who has been making a fair fist of fullback, also out until July with a broken bone in his foot. Anscombe’s injury meant Aaron
London Sevens Results from the first day of the London Sevens tournament yesterday, the final leg of the nine-round World Sevens Series: Pool A USA 19 France 17; South Africa 5 Australia 0; South Africa 17 France 14; United States 15 Australia 19; South Africa 12 United States 19; Australia 35 France 12 Pool B Wales 19 Kenya 31; New Zealand 24 Canada 7 New Zealand 31 Kenya 17; Wales 17 Canada 14 Canada 12 Kenya 38; New Zealand 45 Wales 5 Pool C Argentina 10 Samoa 7; England 27 Fiji 0; England 34 Samoa 7; Argentina 0 Samoa 24; Fiji 33 Samoa 7; England 17 Argentina 26
Rugby league NRL results standings Round 9 SOUTH SYDNEY 28 (G Inglis 2 S Burgess B Goodwin N Merritt tries A Reynolds 4 goals) bt NORTH QUEENSLAND 10 (A Winterstein 2 tries J Thurston goal) at ANZ Stadium. Referee: Jared Maxwell, Luke Phillips. Crowd: 15,972. CRONULLA 30 (S Feki 2 J Bukuya A Fifita J Robson tries M Gordon 5 goals) bt WESTS TIGERS 6 (M Utai try C Sironen goal) at Allianz Stadium. Referee: Ben Cummins, Phil Haines. Crowd: 9,858. BULLDOGS 24 (B Barba M Ennis S Perrett J Reynolds tries T Hodkinson 4 goals) bt WARRIORS 16 (G Fisiiahi T Leuluai M Vatuvei tries S Johnson 2 goals) at Westpac Stadium. Referee: Chris James, Adam Devcich. Crowd: 30,112. PARRAMATTA 19 (J Hayne L Kelly J Paulo tries C Sandow 3 goals J Hayne field goal) bt BRISBANE 18 (J Kahu 2 J Hodges B Hunt tries P Wallace goal) at Parramatta Stadium. Referee: Gavin Reynolds, Ashley Klein. Crowd: 11,005. CANBERRA 44 (S Earl 3 B Ferguson 3 J Picker R Robinson J Wighton tries B Ferguson 4 goals) bt NEWCASTLE 14 (J McManus R Rochow tries
Cruden, who is overdue a rest, had to wear the No10 jersey after initially being listed in the reserves. Chiefs coach Rennie said he had looked to bring in a New Zealand player from overseas to replace Kahui, but was turned down by the New Zealand Rugby Union as it was after the April 1 cut-off. “The expectation is we have to find someone in New Zealand to replace Richard and obviously we’ve already got Save [Tokula] in our ranks so the cupboard is pretty bare. If we lost another one we’d be under a bit of pressure,” he said. - APNZ
K Gidley 3 goals) at Canberra Stadium. Referee: Gavin Morris, Jason Robinson. Crowd: 10,453. GOLD COAST 15 (W Zillman 2 tries A Sezer 3 goals A Sezer field goal) bt ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA 14 (J Nightingale 2 D Vidot tries J Soward goal) at Skilled Park. Referee: Shayne Hayne, Gerard Sutton. Crowd: 12,117. Standings Rd 9 P W D L B PF PA PD Pts 1 South Sydney 9 8 0 1 0 211 139 72 16 2 *Melbourne 8 7 0 1 0 207 128 79 14 3 *Sydney Roosters 8 6 0 2 0 208 82 126 12 4 *Manly 8 6 0 2 0 175 92 83 12 9 5 0 4 0 192 156 36 10 5 Newcastle 6 Gold Coast 9 5 0 4 0 175 159 16 10 9 5 0 4 0 176 215 -39 10 7 Canberra 8 Brisbane 9 4 0 5 0 156 145 11 8 9 Cronulla 9 4 0 5 0 147 141 6 8 10 Nth Queensland 9 4 0 5 0 152 160 -8 8 11 Bulldogs 9 4 0 5 0 156 165 -9 8 12 St G Illawarra 9 3 0 6 0 132 195 -63 6 13 Parramatta 9 3 0 6 0 150 221 -71 6 14 *Penrith 8 2 0 6 0 148 190 -42 4 15 Warriors 9 2 0 7 0 145 222 -77 4 16 Wests Tigers 9 2 0 7 0 113 233 -120 4 *(denotes teams yet to play)
Tennis Madrid Masters Collated results from Madrid Masters yesterday (prefix denotes seeding). Men, Semi-finals 15-Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) bt 6-Tomas Berdych (CZE) 6-3 4-6 6-4. 5-Rafael Nadal (ESP) bt Pablo Andujar (ESP) 6-0 6-4.
Madrid Open Collated results from Madrid Open yesterday (prefix denotes seeding). Women, Semi-finals 2-Maria Sharapova (RUS) bt 16-Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 6-4 6-3. 1-Serena Williams (USA) bt 7-Sara Errani (ITA) 7-5 6-2.
While the Mid Canterbury senior football team had the weekend off, the past and the future of the club didn’t disappoint. With the first round of New Zealand football’s Chatham Cup played at the weekend there was no division one action but plenty of goals were still scored at the Ashburton Domain. The Mid Canterbury Masters put on a masterclass beating Cashmere Technical 8-0 in Ashburton while the Mid Canterbury Youth XI had a 4-1 win also over Cashmere Technical in the Under 18 Division one. Mid Canterbury Eastern were away to Amberley and lost 2-1 in division four while Methven International drew 1-1 at home with Halswell United in division five.
• Wigan stuns City Substitute Ben Watson scored an injury-time winner to give Wigan Athletic a sensational 1-0 win over Manchester City at Wembley Stadium yesterday in the biggest FA Cup final upset in 25 years. With extra time beckoning, Watson met a Shaun Maloney corner with a near-post header to stun 2011 cup winners City and give Wigan the first major trophy in their 81-year history. Victory represented a fairytale moment for the modest northwest club and their chairman, Dave Whelan, who punched the air with delight at the final whistle, after a shock that stands comparison with Wimbledon’s 1988 success over Liverpool. - AFP
• Warriors sign Bukuya The Warriors yesterday officially announced the signing of Cronulla back rower Jayson Bukuya on a two-year contract. Brisbane-born of Fijian descent, Bukuya had the most impressive season of his NRL career last year when he appeared in 23 of the Sharks’ 24 regular season games. Confirmation of his signing comes just days after the Warriors announced a two-year contract extension for try-scoring record holder Manu Vatuvei through to the end of the 2015 season. - APNZ
• Tim Southee injured A foot injury to Tim Southee overshadowed a rain-affected third day between New Zealand and the England Lions. The Lions added 96 runs and lost two wickets moving to 315 for four, a lead of 30, before rain took centre stage after 22 overs. Joe Root is 145 and Jonny Bairstow 43 - both had earlier been named in the England test squad. A specialist is assessing Southee’s injury. but New Zealand coach Mike Hesson remains confident of Southee’s availability for the first test starting Thursday. - HOS
• Tough run for Canes The Hurricanes’ victory over the Cheetahs this weekend kept their slim playoff aspirations alive but they have a horror run to round out their campaign including two meetings with the Chiefs, a trip to Canberra to race the Brumbies and a duel with the Crusaders down south. The Hurricanes improved their defence from the previous week and when Victor Vito scored their fourth try with 10 minutes left it sealed a crucial bonus point. - APNZ
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Consistency key to hat-trick By Jonathan Leask Southland driver Glen Frew made it three years in a row as the king of the Ashburton Street Sprints yesterday, winning the final by eight seconds. Frew was the fastest man on four wheels in his Mitsubishi Evo, comfortably winning the final showdown with Christchurch’s Mark Higgins. The weekend had started with 54 drivers on Saturday morning and was eventually cut down to 32 to begin the series of eliminations that finished with the two car shootout between Frew and Higgins in their Mitsubishi Evos. The action was heating up as the weather cooled down in the final four as Higgins clocked his fastest effort of the weekend at 2.32.582, and Gordon Beeby was next out of the gate but was off his best form at 2.34.402, coming in third. Local driver and last year’s runner-up Tim Cook had again been running hot on the heels of Frew, but then he ran into gearbox issues on the first lap of his final four run. Another title contender and four time winner Neville Stowell had earlier bowed out in the knockout stages with mechanical failure for the second year in a row. After a minor delay to
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clear up some of Cook’s spilt oil, Frew came screaming out of the blocks again to scorch 2.26.402 to comfortably be the fastest qualifier for the final, lining up against Higgins. Frew had been the pacesetter in what Ashburton Car Club organiser Shane Adams described as perfect conditions and Frew was pushing the lap record, set by James Marshall in 2010 of 2.23.25 minutes, going within a second of that time during the days racing. But his earlier efforts meant nothing as it came down to a one-run showdown with Higgins. As the top qualifier Frew got the choice of going first or second, but opted to throw down the gauntlet to Higgins. “I went first the last two years I won it so thought I might as well do it again,” Frew said. Frew set a faster time clocking in at 2.25.281 leaving Higgins with a lot of catching up to do which he was unable to, and his 2.33.680 meant Frew had his hat-trick of titles. “Consistency is the key and I guess not breaking down. “I’m pretty happy with the win and making it three in a row and I’ll be back next year to see if I can do four.” - Check out the guardianonline video for on-board footage of one of Tim Cook’s runs.
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Southern finally breaks a losing streak Mid Canterbury sides had another good weekend in the Combined Country Cup rugby competition, with four of the fives sides recording wins on Saturday. For the second week in a row four Mid Canterbury sides came out on top with Celtic, Methven, Rakaia and Southern all picking up wins in the seventh round. In section one Rakaia moved into second place in section one, handing Oxford their first loss of the season 27-21, and Methven claimed a second consecutive win with last minute try to beat West Melton 22-20. Defending champions Southbridge remain on top after dealing with Dunsandel-Irwell 20-10 and Saracens took a big step to sealing a place in the top four with a 28-21 win over Kaiapoi, with Burnham on the bye. Over in section two Southern snapped a six-game losing streak in emphatic fashion pummelling Prebbleton 43-7, and Celtic made the long haul to Glenmark and came
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Rakaia ended Oxford’s unbeaten start to the competition and moved into second on the back of their 27-21 win at home. Dwayne Burrows burst the game open setting up Josh Colgan for two tries in almost exact fashion but on opposing sides of the field, before Burrows scored one of his own and two Colgan conversions had Rakaia up 19-0. However, Mark Andrew was yellow carded and a minute later Tevita Vi followed him and Rakaia was down to 13, with Oxford only able to kick a penalty before halftime. After the break and with a two man advantage Oxford had the hammer down scoring a try and
another penalty to close it to 11-19. Back to playing with 15 men, Rakaia put Brad Nordqvist over and Colgan slotted a penalty to put Rakaia out by 16. Oxford came roaring back with another penalty and a converted try but Rakaia held them out in the dying stages for the six point win, taking them into second place.
West Melton v Methven Methven made it back-to-back wins with last-gasp try to edge out West Melton 22-20. Down 20-17 and the clock winding down, Methven turned down a shot at goal to try and draw the match, with regular kicker Davey Maw off injured, and came up with a try to flanker Richard Webby to take a dramatic win. Ollie Topham scored the opening try to put Methven up 5-3, and Methven continued to be on top until West Melton came up with an intercept try to reclaim the lead. Methven continued to dominate the game but took until the end of the half to crack the hosts’ defence again when centre Jay Aitken scored the try and Maw converted to lead 12-8 at halftime.
Methven had Webby over for the try as they continued to be on top but two crucial mistakes had West Melton score two quick tries to storm back into the lead 20-17 before Methven put their heads down to grind out the win.
Southern v Prebbleton After six weeks Southern finally got their first win, and claimed it in convincing fashion running in seven tries to beat Prebbleton 43-7. Southern had a bonus point by halftime up 24-0 and went on score a further three tries before Prebbleton scored a consolation try. “It was really nice to finally get the win and not just a bonus point,” Southern coach Nathan Hellyer said. “We are starting to get things going and gelling as a team but it’s come too late for this competition which is a shame.” South African midfielder Gideon Lambrechts scored a first half double to go along with tries to Will Mackenzie and Jon Dampney, while Lee Armstrong landed two conversions. “Prebbleton came out stronger to start the second half but once
we got back on the front foot we got things going again until they finally hit back with around 10 minutes to go.” In the second half Dampney scored his second with Ryan Gaskell and David Lowry also scoring tries with Armstrong adding a further two conversions.
Glenmark v Celtic Celtic claimed a crucial 12-5 win over Glenmark to move into fourth place after outscoring the hosts two tries to one. Glenmark opened the scoring barging over from close range in tight, but Celtic’s forwards responded with a driving maul to put Johnny Burnside over and the conversion made it 7-5 where it remained at half time. Straight after halftime the Celtic forwards rumbled it again and Tukulua Tolu continued his scoring streak with a try to put Celtic out to 12-5. Celtic then proceeded to camp in the Glenmark half and pepper the line, but some desperate defence held them out. “We were down their end for a good 25 minutes and just couldn’t
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A 14 man Hampstead put up a big fight but it wasn’t enough to end Ashley’s unbeaten run. Hampstead knew they had a big task on their hands heading north to the unbeaten Ashley, and it only got harder when lock Makalofi Satui was red carded for a high tackle midway through the first half. Tevita Ula scored a try and Josh Nonu added the extras but the hosts put 21 points on the board. Despite being a man down Hampstead rallied in the second half with Nonu scoring a double and converting Bach Lene’s try, but Ashley scored two tries of their own to stay 14 points clear and move to the top of the table. “We didn’t give up and played the full 80 minutes,” Hampstead manager Nicki Woods said. “We were down to 14 but never gave in and actually played some pretty good rugby.”
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get across the line,” Celtic coach Dave McCrea said. “We got the win and moved up the table but we have a big game this week against Ashley and we’ll need to show a bit more enterprise.”
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away with a 12-5 win to keep their playoff hopes alive. Hampstead’s top four chances eroded when they fell to the unbeaten Ashley 38-24. The win put Ashley on top of the table after a fired up Waihora marked their centenary celebrations with an 18-9 win over the previously unbeaten Lincoln, while in the other match Darfield handed Ohoka a seventh straight defeat 21-5.
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