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A second major wind storm in just over a month has dealt another blow to thousands of Mid Cantabrains who are now left counting the cost.

Wind gusts of up to 100km/h, sustained downpours, thunder and lightning added to what the Metservice is calling one of its most “active springs” in recent memory, as an early morning storm lashed the district yesterday.

Several schools along the foothills were forced to close again while power lines were damaged by fallen trees, causing widespread disruption to businesses just weeks after the district experienced its worst storm in 30 years.

Metservice spokesperson Dan Corbett said the storm was not as disastrous as the September 10 event, however, wind speeds in excess of 100km/h near Methven and up to 200km/h at the top of the main divide were recorded. “To get two strong storms back-to-back it shows a very active spring,” Mr Corbett said.

Yesterday EA Networks linesmen worked tirelessly to restore power to foot-

hills residents, while contractors and firefighters were called on to clear fallen trees blocking roads.

Farmers were still calculating huge repair bills from the previous storm that damaged more than 800 irrigators across Canterbury, trashed properties and impacted on farm production.

Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury provincial president Chris Allen said they were now nervously ascertaining the extent of yesterday’s damage.

“Five weeks on from the last wind storm we may be back to square one ... anecdotally, it seems Mid Canterbury may have lost yet more shelterbelts and the power has been spotty,” Mr Allen said.

Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust co-ordinator Allan Baird said no farmers had pleaded for assistance yesterday, but that would change if they were without power for another 24 hours.

Mid Canterbury principal rural fire officer Don Geddes knew of about six calls yesterday morning of fallen trees and fires started by embers of old vegetation burnoffs, while other brigades reported attending multiple minor incidents.

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Bieber cancels show Justin Bieber has cancelled his second Auckland show due to “unforeseen circumstances�. The pop star was scheduled to perform at Vector Arena on Saturday, November 23 and Sunday, November 24. Frontier Touring announced this afternoon that the Sunday show had been cancelled. It blamed “unforeseen circumstances�. The pop star’s Saturday show will go ahead. Tickets for the cancelled show would be refunded or exchanged for tickets to the Saturday show – nzherald.co.nz

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Monkey heading to space Iran is reportedly planning to send another monkey into space. Conservative daily Jomhuri Eslami quoted yesterday the deputy head of Iran’s space agency, Hamid Fazeli, as saying the planned launch, within a month, is part of the country’s plans to send a human to space in 2018.

INSIDE TODAY Defaced Jetstar says it will investigate who defaced a passenger’s luggage in transit, using stickers to spell out “I am gayâ€? on his suitcase. The man posted a photograph of the red suitcase on Twitter, saying the wording was done using ticket stubs from checked luggage on his ight from Perth. “Utterly disgusted to ďŹ nd my luggage front and centre on the luggage carousel looking like this,â€? said the married fatherof-two, who gave only his ďŹ rst name, Aaron. The post caused anger among his followers, who described the incident as disgusting and unbelievable. It is unclear when the stickers were put on the case and who was involved, but Jetstar is determined to ďŹ nd out. – APNZ

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Tail-breaker gets detention A Mid Canterbury herd manager who admitted breaking the tails of at least 154 cows has been sentenced to eight months’ home detention and will have to apply to own animals in the future.

Thirty-eight-year-old Kevin Craig Smith was sentenced by Judge Jane McMeeken in the Ashburton District Court yesterday, on charges of wilfully mistreating the cows, and failing to provide treatment in relation to the broken tails.

The offending came to light in April, after an artificial insemination technician working in the rotary milking shed on the farm heard sounds of distress from a cow. On investi-

gation she saw Smith looking angry and a cow with blood coming down its tail.

The charges were laid by the Ministry for Primary Industries under the Animal Welfare Act, which also sought to have Smith banned from owning animals in the future.

The maximum sentence Smith could have faced was five years imprisonment or a fine not exceeding $100,000.

Smith was responsible for the day-to-day running of the farm and the welfare of the two herds of dairy cows. But the court heard the stress of the job got to him, and he was battling with alcohol.

Smith’s counsel James Rapley

said his client accepted that the offending was serious and he was ashamed of his actions.

“He hadn’t realised it had been that bad,” Mr Rapley said.

A veterinary inspection of the herd was arranged and found that 154 cows had a total of 172 fractures in their tails.

Mr Rapley said it was not a case of extreme violence, as in some cases. He said the tails were broken when the cows were being moved; it was common for farmers to move cows by grabbing their tails and pushing them. The pain inflicted was comparable to a person breaking a finger.

Prosecutor Grant Fletcher said a lengthy ban would have

sent a strong message to those in the agricultural industry.

“I accept that you are genuinely remorseful and in fact you are horrified by what you have done,” Judge McMeeken said.

She sentenced him to eight months’ home detention and disqualified him from owning animals, with no minimum time frame. If he wants to own animals in the future – other than companion animals – he will have to apply.

Smith has moved away from Ashburton and had started a new job, not in the dairy industry.

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Kiwi connections

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Angus Judkins is an international star following his role in a Samsung advertisement. Insets: Top Lionel Messi. Lower: Lorde.

Angus Judkins might be just 11 years old, but he’s an international star.

The grandson of Ashburton will soon be instantly recognisable after starring alongside the world’s greatest footballer Lionel Messi in a video clip for the latest Samsung phone.

The video was shot in Barcelona and Angus is not the only Kiwi link. The street urchins team up with Messi in the slums with the action taking place to the song Royals, by Kiwi singing sensation, Lorde.

Angus has strong Ashburton links with his grandparents Lynne and Tom Judkins having lived and worked in Ashburton for many years. Angus’ dad Sean went to school in Ashburton and played rugby for Mid Canterbury.

Sean and Anita Judkins teach at an international school in

Majorca where they live with their three children Angus, nine year old Brooke and seven year old Nieve. In a country where dark hair is the norm, Mrs Judkins said the trio’s blonde hair regularly attracts the attention of marketers keen to sign them up for advertising work.

The two-minute advertisement tells the story of a mysterious character who arrives in a blighted city setting and uses his Galaxy Note 3 tablet and Galaxy Gear smart watch to set in motion an at-firstcryptic urban development project.

The street urchins follow the man through the deserted streets, each taking turns singing the Lorde song.

Eventually, there’s a scene of complete destruction, followed by utter renewal — as the mystery man turns out to be the world’s most famous soccer player, Lionel Messi.

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In brief Licence suspended A male driver was stopped by Ashburton police on Friday about 2.15pm on Reid Street and had his licence suspended.

Minor crash Two drivers escaped unharmed after a minor crash at the East and West Street intersection on Friday at 10.50am. Ashburton police say one of the drivers failed to give way.

Domestic violence Ashburton police attended three domestic violence incidents since Friday. The first was about 11.30am on Friday before another dispute 12 hours later. On Saturday, about 7.45pm police attended another family violence incident.

Failed to give way An Ashburton motorist failed to give way at the East and Peter Street intersection, causing a minor smash. An Ashburton police spokesperson said no one was injured in the incident.

Letterbox damage An Oxford Street homeowner awoke to a smashed letterbox on Sunday after vandals took to it earlier that morning. Ashburton police are following up with inquiries.

Truck driver killed A 46-year-old driver who worked for a spreading truck company has died after his truck rolled down a bank in Gladstone, yesterday. “The sole occupant was pronounced dead at the scene,” said Chris Megaw, Wairarapa Police traffic sergeant. The accident happened just before 4pm on Admiral Rd and the man was found unconscious, said Wellington Free ambulance spokesperson Daniel Paul. - APNZ

Rape charges Two 18-year-old appeared in court yesterday charged with rape in New Plymouth. The men were arrested after a 17-year-old woman laid a complaint with police in relation to an alleged incident last Friday. The men face charges of rape of a female over 16 years of age, unlawful sexual connection, and indecent assault.

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■ LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS

Out to change public perception

By Sue NewmaN

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His number one job this term will be changing the public’s perception of what the Ashburton District Council does, and why, says mayor elect Angus McKay. When he became mayor in 2010, Mr McKay made a commitment to improve communications between the council and the district’s residents. This time round he’s committed to completing that job.

“Communication is so important. We need to change the perception and it’s communication that will do this, communication between the council and residents and residents and the council.

“We’re on the way, we’re not there yet, but I am determined to make this work.”

He sees reference groups

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made up of residents, such as those established for rural roads and the EA Networks centre project as two examples of how community groups could have significant input into council business, Mr McKay said.

“This is about taking people with us on projects.”

Community associations were

also good liaison tools between the council and ratepayers, he said.

“Three years ago I advocated for a group in Ashburton to liaise with council. Some people wanted to see this as a liaison group with council, which is what I envisaged and then it got a life of its own.”

Mr McKay said he wasn’t criticising the Ashburton group but believed it now had a wider brief than simple liaison.

If council communications improved and the public’s perception of what the council did began to change, Mr McKay said this would translate into better voter participation at election time.

“It’s unfortunate that people don’t seem to understand local government and its importance to them.

“It’s a structure the Government set up to provide a whole

VOTING DOWNTURN A last-minute rush pushed Ashburton’s voting paper returns for this year’s local body elections up to a level that could be among the highest in New Zealand.

When the last votes were counted on Saturday night, the district achieved a 48.9 per cent return rate, down on the 55.4 per cent achieved in 2010 but well up on virtually every other council.

Around New Zealand returning officers have reported plummeting returns as people appeared to

thumb their noses at the opportunity to vote. Auckland was possibly the country’s lowest, dropping from 50 per cent in 2010 to just 30 per cent this year. Hurunui had one of the lowest returns on 31 per cent.

Christchurch city saw also had a significant drop in voter interest, down from 52 per cent to 40 per cent. Timaru’s ballot paper return was possibly the country’s high on 49.5 per cent, but this was also down on the previous election by 6 per cent.

range of services for them.”

Like other councils Ashburton had a lower number of ballot papers returned this year (48.9 per cent, down from 55.4 per cent in 2010) and that’s concerning Mr McKay. He’s keen to look at other voting options, such as a shorter

voting period, a return to single day polling booth voting and the introduction of on-line voting.

“The local government sector has to do something to improve the situation,” he said.

Any change will have to be signed off by the end of 2015.

Voting results signal ‘it’s time for change’

By Sue NewmaN

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After 18 years in local body politics Robin Kilworth will have a lot more time to spend with her husband Brian following her failure to get elected to the Canterbury District Health Board.

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Eighteen year participation ends

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Missing out on a seat on the Canterbury District Health Board in last weekend’s local body elections ended an 18 year association with local body politics for Ashburton woman Robin Kilworth.

Mrs Kilworth completed her sixth term as an Ashburton District Councillor this year and opted not to seek re-election.

Instead she offered herself as a candidate for the CDHB, hoping to bring a strong rural voice to the board.

She failed to win a seat and while she is disappointed, Mrs Kilworth said there is a greater disappointment because the ru-

ral sector is not represented on the new board. All members are city based.

“It was always a big ask and I was never confident but I would like to have seen a rural approach to the CDHB.” While she will miss not being a part of local government Mrs Kilworth said she is still involved in several organisations at both national and regional levels.

She is on the board of Aoraki Polytechnic, a member of the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch and has been appointed as a member of the liquor licensing panel for Ashburton and Selwyn.

As the new council term be-

gins, Mrs Kilworth said she will be happy to become a ratepayer, watching from the wings and to become involved in new areas of the community.

“Change is always with us.

When you leave you let go of the things you were proud of and you look forward to the next challenge.”

During her time on the council, Mrs Kilworth chaired the environmental services committee and was also chair of the council’s hearing panel for resource consents.

Canterbury District Health Board members: Sally Buck, Chris Mene, David Morrell, Jo Kane, Anna Crighton, Andrew Dickerson and Aaron Keown.

With the top four polling candidates in this year’s local body election’s having an affiliation with the Ashburton Citizens’ Association, people are clearly signalling it’s time for change, says association chair Diane Rawlinson.

While none of the 13 candidates seeking election to the council’s urban ward had campaigned under the association’s banner, she believes the knowledge those people learned through association involvement had helped them win votes.

“It’s a very good and very positive outcome and I believe we’ve seen a shift, people are wanting change.

“It’s good not just for us but also for the community,” she said.

The four councillors who were regulars around the association’s table were top poller and second term candidate Donna Favel, new councillors Alisdair Urquhart and Russell Ellis who polled second and third highest and Peter Reveley who has returned to the council ranks after a one term break.

The new councillors would inevitably have a lot to learn but it was good to see people coming on to council who had a fresh enthusiasm and a fresh perspective on issues, Ms Rawlinson said.

Mr Urquhart and Mr Ellis originally became involved with

Diane Rawlinson

local body politics through single issue concerns – the art gallery museum complex and the second bridge across the Ashburton River.

“That might have sparked their interest in local governance and that’s good, but they’ve taken a strong interest in council because of this,” she said.

Ms Rawlinson believes the citizens’ association has a role to play in ensuring there is a strong connection between residents and the council.

“We’re different to other community and rural groups. They do debate issues but they get involved in projects within their village. We’re more involved in the governance of our town.”

Earlier this year a gulf opened between the association and the council over the role of council representatives on the association.

This resulted in the council withdrawing its council representatives.

Ms Rawlinson is keen to see the council representatives reinstated.

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Rakaia to hold public meeting on legal highs

By Myles HuMe

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Rakaia Community Association chairman Neil Pluck has set a date for a public meeting to hear how an adult store selling legal highs came to be in his town – and he has invited the controversial shop’s owner.

On Friday, the Rakaia Community Association will hold an open public meeting featuring Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew, Sergeant Janine Bowden, of Ashburton police, a council representative and a medical expert to speak about the sale of legal highs in Rakaia.

“We just want to get the facts out there for folks, a lot of people are worried and feel threatened by this shop and are confused as to how it came to be in our town.

“We just want some clarity,” Mr Pluck said.

The meeting will see the results of a community petition in opposition to the store, Adult Thingz, and will open the floor for members of the public to ask questions they have about the “harmful products”.

He expected many members of the community to attend, and extended an invite to the shop owner Garry Davies.

“I haven’t invited him or discussed anything, but he’s more than welcome to come.”

When contracted last week, Mr Davies said he was considering the invite but yesterday said he would not go.

He felt there was no point in attending when a representative from the legal high industry had not been asked to speak, labelling the meeting “a witch-hunt”.

“He isn’t putting any of my people up, this is obviously a one-sided attempt to sway the public into something they

Rakaia Community Association chairman Neil Pluck with a petition in opposition to the town’s controversial adult store that is selling legal highs.

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want people to believe and not the truth of the matter,” Mr Davies said.

“It’s just trying to force the shop out of the town.”

Mr Pluck said the shop was already causing harm throughout Mid Canterbury, with it being the only shop legally allowed to sell the products between

Christchurch and Timaru.

He said Ms Goodhew would explain the Government’s stance on legal highs and Ms Bowden would talk about what the community can expect from police and the laws around psychoactive substances.

Ashburton District Council environmental services man-

ager Jane Donaldson will speak from a council point of view and “what they can and can’t do about the situation”, before a Rakaia Medical Centre representative will explain what impact the substances can have.

The meeting will be held at the Rakaia Community Centre Friday at 7.30pm.

■ CENSUS

Finally an accurate tally of district’s population By sue NewMaN

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For years it’s been a guessing game, but today we’ll know officially how many of us call the Ashburton District home.

For the first time in seven years the district’s planners will have an accurate picture of the usual resident population of the district after Statistics NZ releases its population count from this year’s census.

This will clearly show how many people live not only in the district, but in each suburb and area of the district.

With the 2011 census cancelled because of the Canterbury earthquakes, the best tool available to gauge population has been Statistics NZ’s estimates. These put the district’s population at 30,600 as at June 2012.

For several years the Ashburton District Council has challenged Statistics NZ’s population predictions for the district. Three rates of growth are given, low medium and high, with numbers worked through until 2031. The working figure currently used by the council

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1996 - 25,163 2001 – 25,443 (increase of 1.1 per cent) 2006 - 27,372 (increase of 7.6 per cent) 2011 - 30,100 (est) 2012 - 30,600 (est) 2013 ?

In the 2006 census we were ranked 42nd in size out of 73 districts in New Zealand.

Estimates are for the district’s population to hit 37,700 by 2031, an increase of 35 per cent from 2006. is 31,600. Statistics New Zealand’s population prediction’s show the district as unlikely to reach that figure until 2026 at a medium rate of growth. The council’s own predictions suggest the population count is likely to come in well above Statistics NZ estimate which is about 32,000 While population data will be released tomorrow, the fine details of age and ethnicity will not be released until December.

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Schools closed again

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CLOSED SCHOOLS

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A tree is cleared from State Highway 72 on the Rakaia Arundel Road after wild winds caused widespread damage across Mid Canterbury early yesterday.

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District battered again

BY MYLES HUME

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Candle light and board games would have made for Monday night entertainment for the 30 homes along the Mid Canterbury foothills still without power this morning.

An early morning wind storm yesterday with gusts in excess of 100km/h is being blamed for the power cut to 250 homes along the foothills from the Rangitata Gorge to Highbank.

Yesterday afternoon EA Networks district manager Brendon Quinn said there were about 50 homes left to be restored, but he expected about half of those to have their electricity back on last night.

“With those that are without power in the morning, we expect to have those back on at some stage during the day (Tuesday), with the last of those to be restored by about tea time,” Mr Quinn said.

It comes just weeks after more than 8000 Mid Canterbury homes were without power, some for more than a week, when a severe storm lashed the

Several Mid Canterbury schools were left to make “another tough decision” yesterday, as wild weather forced some to close for a third unexpected time this year.

Hundreds of the district’s school children were given an extension to their term three holidays, with seven schools closed due to power outages and safety concerns over bus routes.

They all expect to open today.

Methven Primary principal Chris Murphy said his school had power and water, but with debris being whipped up by gale force gusts, fallen tress and treacherous bus routes - the board was forced to close about 7.30am.

“It’s always a really hard decision to make because there is a lot to consider as parents may have to take the day off work or arrange other plans, so there’s a lot weighing on it,” he said.

Although it was Methven Primary’s second closure this year, for Mt Somers-Springburn, Mayfield, Our Lady of the Snows and Carew Peel Forest it was the third time this year weather prompted an unexpected day off.

In June, snow and rain closed all of the district’s 23 school for several days, and a more severe windstorm just five weeks ago cut power and water prompting several to close.

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“We regularly get strong winds here during the spring, but we haven’t had this kind of wind that we have experienced in the last few months before,” Mayfield School principal Greg Wilson said.

Principals admitted it was unusual to close more than twice in a schooling year, and under the Education Act 1989, they must notify the Ministry of Education which will decide whether a school needed to make up the day or not.

“If it will result in the school not being open for the required number of half-days in that year, approval to reduce the number of half-days open must be obtained,” the ministry’s website said.

Mount Hutt College principal John Schreurs said it was “very frustrating” to close, but he expected his senior pupils to get on with study as they enter the home straight to NCEA examinations which start next month.

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Off-duty policeman dragged by car A woman who dragged an offduty police officer and his twoyear-old child alongside her car while trying to escape after shoplifting pleaded guilty to two charges in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

Destiny Lade Gerbes, 25 of Ashburton, pleaded guilty to charges of shoplifting and driving in a dangerous manner after the dramatic incident at Ashburton New World on September 20.

The court heard Gerbes was at the supermarket with an asso-

ciate when she was seen putting groceries up her sleeve. When she attempted to leave without paying store staff stopped her, but she pushed past.

An off-duty police officer who was at the supermarket with his two-year-old child saw the drama unfolding and went to the woman’s car and suggested she get out. Gerbes was in the driver’s seat with the window open and the officer put his arm through the window in an attempt to take the keys. But Gerbes shut the window and the of-

ficer’s arm became stuck.

According to police she then drove off with the police officer, still carrying his young child, being dragged along beside the car.

He pleaded with her to stop as he still had his child in his arms, but she replied “get the f… out of my car”.

A supermarket staff member ran to the car and took the child from the off-duty police officer, who was then able to free his arm from the car’s window, before the car sped across Moore

Street into the Mitre 10 complex car park.

The officer was dragged 20 to 30 metres and sustained strain injuries to his arm and the young child was traumatised, police said.

Gerbes presented herself at the police station later that day and said she did not know he was a police officer and that he had been trapped.

Judge Jane McMeeken asked Gerbes if she had children, to which Gerbes answered ‘yes’.

She said she had six children

aged nine, six, five, four, two and one.

Judge McMeeken asked who would look after her children if she went to jail, because if she kept stealing, that’s where she would end up.

Gerbes’ counsel Paul Bradford suggested restorative justice may be an appropriate way to deal with the case and Gerbes was remanded at large until October 29, to see if that was an option.

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“I’m not sure we’ll use the service, Dean doesn’t like anyone else touching the van!

“But the fuel will go a long way towards getting us to the nationals in Taupo this year,” Lisa Scammell said.

Since their daughter arrived she said the van had taken a backseat, but enjoyed life in a carpeted garage and was still well loved.

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If you’re drinking ‘don’t drive’

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Peniamina Swerling, 37, of Ashburton, was convicted of driving with an excess breath alcohol level of 625mcg after being stopped by police on Cass Street at 2.35am on September 7. The court heard Swerling said he was not aware of the drink driving rules in New Zealand. “Best rule to apply is to not drive after you’ve been drinking anything at all,” Judge Jane McMeeken said. He pleaded guilty and was convicted and fined $500 and disqualified from driving for six months.

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Drink drivers to appear in front of Judge Jane McMeeken in the Ashburton District Court yesterday:

Krishna Raju, 45, of Westerfield, was convicted of driving with an excess breath alcohol level of 655mcg after crashing on Frasers Road on September 30. Raju, who has been working on a dairy farm since arriving in New Zealand from Fiji two years ago, pleaded guilty and the court heard he had swerved to miss a rabbit on the road when he crashed into a roadside ditch, at about 10pm.

“If you didn’t have that much alcohol in your system maybe you wouldn’t have run off the road, maybe your reflexes would have been better,” Judge McMeeken said. She convicted him and fined him $500 and disqualified him from driving for six months.

David Neil Baillie, 50, an invalid beneficiary of Ashburton, was convicted on his third charge of drink driving. He was stopped at a police checkpoint at 9.08pm on September 21 and was found to have an excess breath alcohol level of 744mcg. He had two previous convictions, 10 and 25 years ago. He pleaded guilty and through his counsel said he had not eaten for a day-and-a-half and it had been a foolish decision to drive after drinking at his boss’s house. She sentenced him to 85 hours’ community work and disqualified him from driving for 12 months and a day, but did congratulate him for turning his life around in the past 10 years.

Ernest Topp, 19, of Ashburton, was convicted of driving

with an excess breath alcohol level of 927mcg, and driving while forbidden, after being stopped on Cass Street at 1.19am on September 29. He pleaded guilty and while the court heard Topp was struggling financially and would struggle to pay a fine, Judge McMeeken pointed out that he had enough money to drink enough to get to more than twice the legal breath alcohol limit. She fined him $150 on the charge of driving while forbidden, and disqualified him from driving for six months and sentenced him to 80 hours’ community work on the drink driving charge.

Moses Apinerau, 23, of Ashburton, was convicted of driving with an excess breath alcohol level of 657mcg on September 21. Apinerau was stopped by police on King Street at 7.36pm on his way home from a work do. He pleaded guilty and was convicted and fined $500 and disqualified from driving for six months.

Maka Tuakoi, 19, a dairy worker of Ashburton, was

convicted of driving with an excess breath alcohol level of 990mcg. He was stopped by police on Kitchener Street at 12.20am on September 20. He was convicted and fined $800, and disqualified from driving for six months.

Richard John Hewson, 27, of Ashburton, was convicted of driving with an excess breath alcohol level of 615mcg.

He was stopped by police on Bridge Street at 1.35am on September 20. He pleaded guilty and was convicted and fined $500 and disqualified from driving for six months.

Garth David Hand, 28, a builder of Fairlie, was convicted of driving with an excess breath alcohol level of 825mcg after being stopped by police on West Street on September 22. He pleaded guilty and was convicted and fined $700 and disqualified from driving for six months.

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After a successful musical career spanning more than 50 years, Kiwi Country Music legend Al Hunter will visit Mid Canterbury for the first time this weekend.

He will be a special guest at the Mid Canterbury Country Music Club Day at the MSA on Sunday, where he will spend the afternoon performing, listening to local artists and even offering a tip or two to some of Mid Canterbury’s budding country music stars.

The singer has stepped away from the limelight in recent years and is now based in Hokitika, where Ashburton country musician Lanae Hill met him during a performance at the West Coast last month.

After hearing her stories of the vibrant country music culture in Mid Canterbury, she said that Mr Hunter was easily convinced to make the trip to Ashburton.

“It’s a perfect opportunity for older fans to reacquaint themselves with his music, and for some of the younger ones to hear his songs and stories for the first time.

“His music on CD is good, but I definitely prefer listening to him live. You get the full force of that warmth and presense he has onstage, and all the stories as well.”

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One of New Zealand’s top country music artists, Al Hunter, will sing in Ashburton this weekend.

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the singer songwriter has performed constantly from his base in Auckland, while accolades have included Top NZ Male Country Vocalist and the Best Country Album of the Year for two separate albums.

Mrs Hill said that one of his aims was to help and encourage up and coming country artists.

“This man has been there; he made it.”

Although the years since his move to the West Coast have been quieter ones for Mr Hunter, he has continued songwrit-

ing and is hoping to release a fourth album early next year.

He will reach Ashburton on Friday and spend most of the weekend with guitar in hand, having ‘a bit of a jam session’ with local artists before the concert.

The Mid Canterbury Country Music Club Day concert will begin at 1.30pm at the Ashburton RSA and continue until about 5pm, with performances from country music guest star Al Hunter throughout. Entry is free.

Bees might not be your normal backyard pets, but there’s a growing trend towards bee keeping by hobbyists as a way to save New Zealand’s bee population.

On Thursday Ashburton residents will have an opportunity to find out more about bee keeping in the backyard when Christchurch man Jeff Robinson speaks at a meeting of the Soil and Health Association.

Mr Robinson owns a company called Backyard Bees which leases hives to the public. The company also maintains these hives and provides the leasees with honey.

Backyard bee keepers receive a two box hive with a laying queen and the company makes regular visits to check on hive activity and bee health.

Keeping bees happy in a home garden relies on the pollen and nectar sources available year round. This means flowers, but not just any flowers. Bees identify pollen and nectar sources by colour, shape and smell.

Bees also need access to water.

The soil and health meeting to discuss backyard bee keeping will be held at 954 Longbeach Road, turn left at Farmers’ Corner) at 7pm where a hive is set up.

The Canterbury District Health Board is holding its third hepatitis A vaccination clinic today for children aged between one and four in a bid to curb the hepatitis A epidemic. After 350 youngsters were vaccinated in total during the first two clinics last week, the CDHB is holding its third clinic at St David’s Church on Allens Road from 9.15am to 6pm. It will hold another clinic at the same place and time tomorrow, before clinics in Methven and Rakaia on October 23.

The death of a man who died in a Northland home on Friday was not a homicide, police say. Rangi Hapi Nikara, 36, from Whangarei, died at the scene on Whananaki North Rd shortly after police were called to the rural property.

Police originally said they were treating the death as a “potential homicide”.

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Cold night out A Japanese student spent a cold night in the Kaimai Ranges.

Police said the 39-year-old woman contacted emergency services about 5pm on Sunday after becoming lost near the North Henderson Tram Line. The Tauranga Trustpower TECT Rescue Helicopter searched the area after night fall using night vision goggles but was unable to locate her. She was found by rescuers just before 4am yesterday, a little cold but otherwise okay.

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Utility overturns A man was rushed to hospital after his ute rolled near the Ngaraunga Gorge, smashing into a motorway barrier. The 61-year-old sustained serious injuries in the crash, and was taken to Wellington Hospital after being cut out of the ute by fire-fighters. Two other people suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene.

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Dog owner remanded The owner of two rottweilers that allegedly mauled an 8-yearold Christchurch boy has been remanded for two weeks without plea. Ralph Neville Sparks, 44, a painter, was charged with owning a dog that attacked a person causing serious injury. Mason Bennett, 8, was hospitalised and required plastic surgery for bite wounds to his head, face, and leg after being set upon near his home on August 17.

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Road closed A decision will be made today whether to reopen the Milford Road, which closed at 5pm yesterday. Heavy rain and strong winds had caused treacherous driving conditions throughout the day.

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Lucky purchase A New Zealand woman has lucked into buying two original Banksy paintings worth thousands of dollars for $NZ144. Banksy’s latest stunt was setting up a temporary street stall in Central Park and selling original Banksy canvases for $US60. The stall was fronted by an elderly man. Banksy artworks have sold for up to $1 million dollars.

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Mum sold drugs to feed her kids

An Ashburton mother who said she sold cannabis so she could feed her three young children has been sentenced to a term of community detention.

Angela Lee Kim Weir, 24 of Ashburton, was yesterday sentenced to five months’ community detention after pleading guilty to possession of cannabis for supply.

Her counsel, Paul Bradford, described the offending as un-

scientific and naïve and said that Weir’s rationale was that she was a single mum with three young children, struggling to get by.

He said the cannabis was only for friends, and the conviction had been a reality check for her.

“This is not a commercial, sophisticated dealership that would give Your Honour any real, grave concerns.

“This is a young lady who has

taken a wrong turn,” Mr Bradford said.

He urged Judge Jane McMeeken to hold back from sentencing Weir to home detention, as that would not be ideal for her three young children. Instead, he asked her to consider community detention.

Judge McMeeken said the starting point for such offending was a term of imprisonment, but she stepped back from

that and instead sentenced her to five months’ community detention, with a 6pm to 6am curfew.

She also sentenced her to 80 hours’ community work.

Judge McMeeken said it was serious offending with the maximum penalty being eight years’ in prison.

“You in fact are putting your ability to parent your children at risk,” she said.

The charges arose after Weir’s car was searched after police officers smelt cannabis. In the car they found 17 items of cannabis in tinfoil (known as tinnies).

They also found two bags containing 38 grams of cannabis and a cannabis pipe.

The court heard Weir had been selling cannabis to friends since the start of the year to prop up her benefit to help feed her children.

Judge issues jail warning to accused Paul Donald Newton was warned drugs could end up putting him in jail, when he appeared in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

The 57-year-old sickness beneficiary from Ashburton pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing methamphetamine when he appeared in front of Judge Jane McMeeken, but said the drug belonged to a family member.

A search warrant was executed at his address on June 18 and a small point bag containing what was determined to be methamphetamine was found in a cabinet in his bedroom.

Methamphetamine is a class A controlled drug.

Judge McMeeken said if the drug belonged to a family member, she was concerned that he was enabling his children.

“You need to take particular care. If you get another conviction for an offence for a class A drug you are going to be joining your son in jail,” Judge McMeeken said.

She fined him $600.

Sniffing glue led James McLay to face charges from two separate incidents in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

McLay, 27 from Methven, exhibited signs of recent glue sniffing when he crashed into the back of a car at a pedestrian crossing patrolled by teachers outside of a Christchurch school, and again when he approached police at Ashburton Mobil to report his wallet was missing.

Police said they could smell glue and there were signs of glue on his face.

When he walked back to his car he was struggling to walk in a straight line and police had to help him into the back seat of a patrol car.

Once at the police station he started throwing himself at a glass window in an interview room, so was put into a holding cell, where he smashed a light.

He said he was angry and wanted his wallet back.

His counsel Michelle Barrell said it was obvious McLay had a problem, although he told Judge Jane McMeeken he was currently drug free and had sought help.

She told him self-medicating using glue was dangerous.

“Mr McLay I’m really concerned about you.

“I’m concerned about the glue you are inhaling because that’s doing you no

good at all,” Judge McMeeken said.

“Glue would be one of the worst things you can do.”

She ordered a pre-sentence report be prepared and remanded McLay on bail until November 11.

Among his bail conditions are that he not use glue, he must report to police twice a week, and not drive a motor vehicle.

A search warrant executed at Hamish Kayne Alfeld’s house resulted in the 24-year-old facing drugs charges in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

The process worker pleaded guilty to charges of possessing cannabis, possessing methamphetamine, possessing utensils, and driving while suspended when he appeared in front of Judge Jane McMeeken.

Police found a plastic bag containing cannabis and another containing methamphetamine along with a small point bag with methamphetamine residue.

A number of small bags were also found around the house and in the car, and a number of utensils.

Alfeld’s counsel Michelle Barrell said he admitted he had a drug problem.

Judge McMeeken remanded Alfeld on bail until November 11 and ordered a pre-sentence report.

A 20-year-old father convicted on a charge of receiving in the Ashburton District Court yesterday was told by a judge he was letting himself, and his child, down.

Jordi Shaun Davies, of Ashburton, pleaded guilty to a charge of receiving a PlayStation 3 and games, when he appeared in front of Judge Jane McMeeken yesterday.

The court heard the PlayStation was taken in a burglary from an Eton Street address on September 6.

Davies came into possession of it, knowing it had been stolen, but did nothing about it, the court heard.

Judge McMeeken told Davies he had been letting himself down since he became a father late last year and she sentenced him to 60 hours’ community work.

A firearm was found in the boot of Christopher Jon Tait’s car after it was impounded by police.

The 21-year-old’s car was impounded on June 6, after he was stopped by police

at 1.06am and found to be driving while forbidden. A .22 rifle was later found by police in the car’s boot and Tait pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm when he appeared in front of Judge Jane McMeeken in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

The court heard the firearm wasn’t in a condition to be fired and Tait had no intention of using it, or presenting it.

Regardless, Judge McMeeken sen-

tenced Tait to 50 hours’ community work and made an order for the destruction of the rifle.

Shaquille Harmony Fa’atili, 19, unemployed of Christchurch, was convicted of driving while disqualified on August 25. She was caught by police on Leeston Street.

She pleaded guilty and was disqualified from driving for a further six months.

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he burglary that robbed Ashburton war veteran of his war medals would have disgusted the entire Mid Canterbury community.

Burglars took advantage of Alex Thomson’s visit to his family in Sydney to ransack his house and take his most prized possessions.

Criminals are often unpredictable, and possibly under the influence of drugs, as it is hard to explain why these low-lifes would have smashed his flatscreen television and taken off with the medals.

The despicable act is unlikely to have been a random grab as the thieves would have seen some monetary potential in the medals as they left other items, like the television behind.

Whether the medals will fetch anything on the black market is doubtful and this sum will be nowhere near the sentimental value the medals carry for the 86-year-old.

The medals include the distinctive General Service medal with a clasp to signify Mr Thomson’s service in Palestine and would be recognised pretty easily by anyone with some basic knowledge of these precious medals.

This burglary goes far beyond the ordinary smash and grab when people will feel violated but where insurances can ease the material inconvenience.

However, no insurance company can replace the irreplaceable, something so personal that it can only be of real value to one person alone.

This is why we hope the criminals will see sense and hand the medals back to Mr Thomson, who does not deserve this heartache in the later years of his life.

He has risked that same life to defend our freedom during World War Two and even a hardened crook might have some respect for that fact.

The theft of war medals can trigger a very angry and emotional response from the community and, indeed, the justice system, so if these thieves get caught before they hand the medals back, they will hopefully receive the punishment that reflects the public disgust.

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Hey guys any chance you could put a lil message in the paper thanking the stranger that found my credit card and dropped it into my bank rather than taking advantage of it. It would be much appreciated.

Daniel Leadley (Facebook)

After driving out to Mayfield to attend the wonderful Mayfield Playcentre Home Grown Garden Tours and Fete, it saddened me to see all the fallen trees around the countryside following the devastating wind storm our community suffered.

Why not put those fallen trees to good use?

We have numerous members of our community appearing in the district court, and being given “community service” hours, so why not use these offenders to clean up the trees, cut up the wood and give that wood to community organisations to share with those in need who struggle to heat their homes.

Mark Lundy Well well another blow to the NZ justice system.

Did he do it? I don’t think so!

Good on him!! No faith in New Zealand’s police force or our justice system all this at a cost to the taxpayer. (text message)

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Surely there could be chainsaws, wood splitters and safety gear available out there to accommodate the needs of those offenders, and make their community service hours benefit our community.

It would be a big disappointment to see those fallen trees pushed into heaps and burnt in the paddocks.

Think about it.

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The ratepayers have certainly rejected the old guard and its irresponsible spending.

Let us hope the mayor has heard that message too.

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Share the wealth

POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Should voting in local body elections be made compulsory?

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hile there’s been a right brouhaha over asset sales something big has slipped under the radar.

I am not talking about the Trans Pacific Partnership, awesome though that will be. I am not even talking One Direction hitting Christchurch.

What I am talking about is the dividend which recently hit the bank accounts of fully shared up Fonterra shareholders.

All right, dividends aren’t exactly new to Fonterra shareholders, but what is new is the way many farmers are now active players on the NZX sharemarket.

Since the Fonterra Shareholders Fund kicked off eight months ago, the unit price has surged from $5.50 to a high point of $7.30.

It’s now trading at $6.97 despite a drought-affected season and that false alarm involving the whey concentrate WPC80.

While Fonterra farmers and unit holders in the Fonterra Shareholders Fund may not have the Sword of Damocles above their heads, they do have the 21st Century equivalent called lawyers.

Danone is lining up for compensation across many markets and I suspect they won’t be alone. That the shareholders fund is still 26 per cent up on the listing price tells me ‘the market’ believes any compensation won’t sink the coop.

The Fonterra Shareholders Fund has been a rock star for investors. Of course that now

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means there are unofficially two classes of Fonterra shareholder.

You’ve got the fully shared up types who received their full $6.16 per kilogram of milksolids (kg/MS) payout for last season on every share they held.

Then you’ve got those who sold off the economic interests to the fund for a quarter of the shares they held in Fonterra.

For them, from a quarter of the shares they hold, they’ll just get the milk price of $5.84 kg/ MS and no dividend cream on top.

This is the nature of the sharemarket investment in that prices go up and down. Mighty River Power may be like a cash machine, but it hasn’t exactly energised the sharemarket.

As for Meridian and those mixed asset listings to follow, they speak of the domestic economy.

The real action is off shore, hence the interest in Fonterra’s Shareholder Fund and listed processor Synlait. It even

includes the ‘One Direction’ of the NZX; the listed online accountancy firm Xero.

We use Xero because it makes a lot of sense, but we can only realistically use it on one farm highlighting why reliable rural broadband is too slow in becoming reality.

Instead of having your business accounts on a computer, which could crash or be stolen, Xero allows you to do it over the internet or ‘in the cloud’ as it’s called.

It means wherever you are, as long as you have an internet connection, you can either do or check your business financial performance.

It is yet one more example of why rural broadband is a business essential and a real infrastructure priority.

The last time I checked, Xero shares were trading at $19.89 for a company whose revenue for the six months to September was believed to have exceeded $30.3 million.

Xero’s share price seems to

be based on its future potential.

How else can you explain such a high share price?

Look at it like this, Synlait’s shares are trading at $3.60 but that’s backed by sales of $420 million and an $11.5 million profit for the past year.

As for Fonterra, its net profit after tax for 2012/13 was $736 million but the shareholders fund unit price was $6.96. In the case of Synlait and Fonterra, profits are either paid out as dividends or reinvested back into the company.

Xero, meanwhile, has been burning through the cash as it goes for growth and despite raising an additional $180 million in capital, its shares defied gravity by leaping to almost $20.

I sure hope Xero does become a Kiwi Google and its shareholders are not banking on it becoming a part of Google.

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In brief Assisting with enquiries Kate and Gerry McCann pose for the media with a missing poster depicting an age progression computer generated image of their daughter Madeleine at nine years of age.

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A 10-year-old boy has been arrested over the death of an elderly man who was found with a head injury, British police say. Officers were alerted by an ambulance crew at 6.19pm yesterday after attending a 79-year-old man in the Harehills area of Leeds. A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said a 10-yearold boy had been arrested in connection with the incident. The pensioner was taken to Leeds General Infirmary for treatment but was pronounced dead a short time later.

- PA

Nuclear meeting Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says a ministerial meeting with the P5+1 countries would likely be necessary following talks in Geneva this week aimed at reaching accord over Tehran’s nuclear program. “I hope that we will be able to reach a roadmap by Wednesday but ... it will probably be necessary to have a new ministerial meeting,” Zarif wrote on his Facebook page late yesterday. The talks in Geneva today and Wednesday will be between Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and his counterparts from the P5+1 group - the US, France, Britain, Russia, China and Germany.

- AFP

Jail for killing dad

New life in McCann case British detectives investigating the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal have published two new electronic images of a man they want to contact in a major appeal which will also be shown in Germany and The Netherlands.

Police said yesterday the man is of “vital importance” and the two images have been drawn up based on statements and descriptions from two different witnesses who saw the man in the area of Praia da Luz town.

A primetime British television program will also present

a fresh timeline of events surrounding the disappearance of the British girl from her family’s holiday apartment in the Portuguese resort just a few days before her fourth birthday.

The witnesses described the man in the e-fit as being white, aged between 20-40 years old, with short brown hair, of medium build, medium height and clean shaven.

One of the images shows him with a fuller jaw than the other.

Portuguese authorities closed their investigation in 2008, but London’s Metropolitan Police spent two years reviewing the

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evidence and opened their own probe in July this year.

“Whilst this man may or may not be the key to unlocking this investigation, tracing and speaking to him is of vital importance to us,” said Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood, Scotland Yard’s senior investigating officer in the case.

“We have witnesses placing him in the resort area around the time of Madeleine’s disappearance.”

The Crimewatch show will include a new 25-minute reconstruction as well as live inter-

views with Gerry and Kate McCann, who launched a global media campaign to find their daughter.

Police said at the weekend that the timeline around the incident had also significantly changed, with further details to be released during the show.

Ahead of the broadcast Madeleine’s parents told the BBC of the pain they still feel.

“When it’s a special occasion, when you should be at your happiest, and Madeleine’s not there, that’s when it really hits home,” Gerry McCann said.

- AFP

■ WASHINGTON

US debt deadline looms The US is still facing a potentially devastating sovereign debt default after senators failed to agree on terms to reopen the federal government and raise the country’s borrowing limit.

Republicans and Democrats - at war over the country’s finances for more than two weeks - tried to shed a positive light yesterday on a weekend of talks that despite the threat of global economic censure produced no solution.

The Senate convened a rare Sunday session to try and break the budgetary impasse that prompted the government to shut down on October 1, a move that has since damaged domestic confidence and undermined America’s reputation as the world’s

leading economic superpower. If the US debt ceiling is not raised by October 17, the Treasury would run out of money and could begin defaulting on its obligations for the first time in history.

Seeking to avert that scenario, Democratic Senate leader Harry Reid spoke with the top Senate Republican, Mitch McConnell, though nothing concrete was disclosed.

Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer yesterday warned of dire consequences if there was no solution.

A default would be “a thunderbolt on the financial markets” that would set off “extremely violent and profound turbulence worldwide”, he told the daily Le Figaro.

- AFP

A young West Australian woman who fatally ran down her father has been sentenced to more than six years in prison. Veronika-Leigh Meleane Pahuru was aged 19 when she mowed down her father, 41-year-old Kaiawa Pahuru, with a Navara utility in July last year in Lakelands. Pahuru, her boyfriend and his cousin had confronted her father at his home after he assaulted the boyfriend earlier.

Pahuru was charged with murder, but a plea bargain for manslaughter was accepted. Justice Ralph Simmonds said although Pahuru’s actions were excessive, she was remorseful and her prospects for rehabilitation were good.

- AAP

Pilgrims throng Arafat Pilgrims in their thousands are gathering at Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia for the climax of the annual hajj pilgrimage, arriving on foot, by train or in vehicles. Officials said they expected around 1.5 million to descend on the site, where they will perform prayers and listen to the annual sermon from Saudi top cleric Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh.

Helicopters hovered overhead and thousands of troops stood guard to organise roads flooded by men, women and children.

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Chopper a family man There was the Mark “Chopper” Read who committed armed robberies and attempted to kidnap a judge, then there was the loyal and trustworthy family man. The “one of a kind” father and husband was laid to rest at an invitationonly funeral yesterday. Others will get their chance to say whatever they like about the notorious crime figure at another service on Thursday. Kerry Johnston, a friend, said the service was beautiful. “It was a real remembrance of Mark and the way he was with his family, friends, how genuine he was.” - AAP

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■ COURT

Ex-boss faces 7 years’ jail for fraud

By Kurt Bayer

Former director of Lane Walker Rudkin Kenneth James Anderson.

Defence counsel Kirsten Gray applied for bail until Anderson is sentenced on November 25.

Judge Jane Farish granted the application providing his passport was surrendered and he does not apply for further travel documents.

Anderson nodded in the dock when Judge Farish warned him he was likely facing a sizeable

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Infratil chairman David Newman dies

David Newman

“While a director of Infratil he was for a period also the CEO of the Institute of Directors and through the Institute, as well as his governance roles, will have left an indelible impression on New Zealand business.”

Newman had also been chairman of Infratil’s half-owned Wellington International Airport and Infratil’s European Airports.

Prior to joining Infratil’s board, Newman worked at BP including as managing director of BP New Zealand.

“His oil sector expertise was instrumental in Infratil and New Zealand Superannuation Fund’s highly successful purchase of Shell’s downstream NZ assets in 2010, which is now Z Energy,” the company said.

Infratil shares last traded up 0.3 per cent to $2.535 and have gained 11 per cent this year.

- APNZ

First home buyers disappear By adam Bennett The number of first home buyers in the market since the introduction of controversial new Reserve Bank mortgage restrictions last month has plummeted, real estate agents are reporting.

Almost all measures in the latest monthly Bank of New Zealand - Real Estate Institute (REINZ) Residential Market Survey indicated the market had softened over the last month.

That included the proportion of real estate agents who were noticing more first home buyers seeking properties.

The survey of 420 agents found a net 41 per cent noticed fewer first home buyers, a sharp turnaround from September

when a net 24 per cent of agents notices more first home buyers.

“This is the weakest and only negative result since our survey started in April 2011,” BNZ chief economist Tony Alexander said.

However Mr Alexander did not expect the perceived lack of interest by first home buyers to persist.

He said first home buyers were likely to be back in greater numbers once they got used to the new rules, as more qualified for the new minimum deposit rules, as more found alternative finance, and as some shifted their purchasing focus to parts of New Zealand other than Christchurch and Auckland.

Meanwhile there were also

wider signs of a softer market with a net 16 per cent of agents saying there were fewer people going to open homes.

“This is a strong sign of cooling activity and the weakest result on record”, Mr Alexander said.

A net 9 per cent of real estate agents reported more investors in the market, down from 26 per cent in September but a net 41 per cent of agents still perceived prices were rising which was well above the average reading of 32 per cent.

Mr Alexander said the survey revealed the market had lost momentum.

“The question now is how quickly it will regain it.”

- APNZ

NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

Source: NZX

NZX 50 constituents Company CODE

Buy price

A2 Corp ATM 67 147 Air NZ AIR 515 AMP AMP 3525 ANZ Banking Gr ANZ 93 Argosy Prop Tr ARG 332.5 Auckland Intl Apt AIA 260 Chorus CNU 520 Contact Energy CEN Diligent BM Services DIL 412 158 DNZ Prop Fund DNZ 945 Ebos Gr EBO 358 F&P Healthcare FPH 939 Fletcher Building FBU Fonterra Sh’ders Fund FSF 693 430 Freightways FRE 102.5 Goodman Prop Tr GMT 56.5 Guinness Peat Gr GPG 492 Hallenstein Glasson HLG 85 Heartland NZ HNZ 253 Infratil IFT 355 Kathmandu Hldgs KMD 110.5 Kiwi Prop Tr KIP 1140 Mainfreight MFT 325 Metlifecare MET 145 Michael Hill Intl MHI Mighty River Power MRP 221 345 Nuplex Ind NPX 83.5 NZ Oil & Gas NZO 127 NZX NZX 150 Oceana Gold OGC 1380 Port Tauranga POT 99.5 Precinct Properties PCT 129 Prop For Ind PFI 100 Pumpkin Patch PPL 284 Restaurant Brands RBD 690 Ryman Healthcare RYM 164 Skellerup SKL 599 Sky Network TV SKT 402 Sky City SKC 301 Steel & Tube STU Summerset Gr Hldgs SUM 309 229 Telecom NZ TEL 179 Tower TWR 463 Trade Me TME 704 TrustPower TPW 260 Vector VCT 134 Vital Hlth Prop Tr VHP 368 Warehouse Gr WHS 3740 Westpac Banking WBC 1970 Xero XRO

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At close of trading on Monday, October 14, 2013

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David Newman, a director of Infratil for almost two decades and chairman for the past nine years, has died in Wellington, the investment company said.

Newman stepped down as chairman last week to take medical leave and Mark Tume was named acting chairman.

Fellow director Paul Gough took over Newman’s role as chairman of its audit and risk committee.

Newman “was a director of exceptional governance capability with the skills required to deal with difficult situations and strong-willed people,” chief executive Marko Bogoievski said in a statement.

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sentative charges. The charges state that between November 2006 and March 2009 with intent to obtain a pecuniary advantage, dishonestly and without claim of right he used or attempted to use a document to obtain, or retain, funds from Westpac, and for credit transactions between another company he was connected with.

27/9

Although the prosecution was announced more than two years ago, the SFO said on Friday that discussions were still taking place to confirm the final charges which would be included in the pair’s trial.

At the start of a judge-alone trial at Christchurch District Court yesterday, Anderson pleaded guilty to four repre-

20/9

The former boss at a Canterbury clothing manufacturer that kitted out some of our greatest sporting heroes is facing a seven-year jail term after admitting a multi-million dollar fraud.

Ken Anderson, now 66, was the sole director and ultimate shareholder of century old Lane Walker Rudkin when it went into receivership in April 2009.

After a 21-month investigation, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) laid 61 charges against Anderson in 2011 for allegedly fabricating financial documents to gain loans worth $118 million from Westpac.

It also laid 21 charges against him for allegedly using fake documents to gain funds with a letter of credit facility from Westpac.

Another individual associated with the letter, who has name suppression, was also charged.

jail term: “It’s years, it’s not months.”

The summary of facts says the fraud was in the “tens of millions and is to be finally determined before sentencing”.

Crown prosecutor Brent Stanaway said the SFO was “very clear” on what the total loss amounts to.

The maximum penalty for dishonestly using a document is seven years’ imprisonment.

A second accused yesterday pleaded not guilty to eight charges, and a two-week trial has begun.

Anderson refused to speak outside court yesterday before heading to his bail address in a leafy tree-lined street at the foot of the Cashmere Hills.

He took over Lane Walker Rudkin in 2001 with then-wife Patricia.

According to the Companies Office Patricia officially ended her involvement with Lane Walker Rudkin in 2006.

- APNZ

–0.14%

 NZX 20 index

3,707.88

+1.22

+0.03%

 NZX All index

5,062.54

–4.76

 Rises 39

–0.09%

 Falls 50

WORLD MARKETS

 S&P/ASX 200 index

5,207.9

–23.0

–0.44%

At close of trading on October 14, 2013

 Dow Jones Indust.

15,237.11 +111.04 +0.73% At close of trading on October 11, 2013

 FTSE 100 index

6,487.19

+56.7

+0.88%

At close of trading on October 11, 2013

 Nikkei 225 index

14,404.74 +210.03 +1.48% At close of trading on October 11, 2013

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

 Gold

London – $US/ounce

 Silver

London – $US/ounce

1,285.75 –12.75 21.52

–0.41

–0.98% –1.87%

 Copper London – $US/tonne

7,125.0

+12.5

+0.18%

NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZAs at 4pm October 14, 2013

Country

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

TT buy

0.8911 0.8768 5.4269 0.6266 1.5958 0.5301 83.63 2.0011 8.4301 26.48 0.847

TT sell

0.8702 0.8487 4.771 0.6035 1.4773 0.5135 80.39 1.7295 8.125 25.24 0.8216

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Tail-breaker’s ban pleases Fed Farmers

Federated Farmers has welcomed the sentencing of former Mid Canterbury dairy herd manager Kevin Smith.

“If we look at this from the cow’s perspective, there is now an indefinite ban on Mr Smith working with farm ani-

mals and that’s a good thing,” Willy Leferink, Federated Farmers Dairy chairperson said..

“While he has been sentenced to home detention the much bigger win for farming is the ban. It also sends a loud message to hotheads that the dairy industry is not the place for them.

He said breaking a cow’s tail on purpose was inhumane and defied every principle of stockmanship he knew.

“A n i m a l s

that are in pain and distress are never going to be peak performers. They also become much harder to work with and to handle for obvious reasons.

“What I also took from this case is that the eyes of the entire industry are watching out for animal abuse.”

Federated Farmers’ lawyers had prepared a guide for farmers trying to reconcile the Employment Relation’s Act 2000 with the Animal Welfare Act 1999.

That is available free to members from 0800 FARMING (0800 327 646) and from the members section at www.fedfarm.org,nz.

“Farmers need to ensure the employment agreements they use are fit for purpose because Federated Farmers employment agreements are designed specifically for farming. Federated Farmers also encourages farmers to access DairyNZ resources and events to help them with stockmanship.

“At least farmers and our cows can relax in the knowledge that this rooster will no longer be able to work with livestock,” Mr Leferink said.

Numbers man se

BY DOUG LAING The man given the task of growing New Zealand’s apple exports by at least half over the next decade admits he knew nothing about apples when he moved from Christchurch to Hawke’s Bay to take on the job.

But Pipfruit New Zealand chief executive Alan Pollard, an accountant with experience mainly in managing legal practices, does know a thing or two about numbers.

For 18 months after making the move to Hawke’s Bay (he’d had enough of earthquakes and aftershocks) the apple industry became a numbers game with a strategic plan for export growth of at least 50 per cent over the next 10 years.

Pollard is confident he has the support and unifying will of the people to reach the target by 2022 – 475,000 tonnes of apples exported a year, compared with about 310,000 tonnes this year.

These aspirations were unveiled in August at the Pipfruit NZ annual conference in Hawke’s Bay, a year after Pollard had told his first conference in Nelson that the challenges the industry faced were far greater than he had anticipated.

He isn’t daunted, even with hiccups such as the recent finding of post-harvest rot in a small sample of Hawke’s Bay apples landing in the crucial growth market of China, and the voluntary suspension of apple exports to China.

Meeting the target means more than trebling the supply to Asian countries from 61,000

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ets export growth target

NZ, has a background in accounting.

This comes on the back of the 2008 free-trade agreement with China, which has led to a five-fold increase in exports to China.

all destinations.

The proportion of exports to China via the Napier Port is also heading to the one-third mark.

Pollard told the August conference that the challenge in the apple market is to maximise growth in Asia and the Middle East while maintaining current volumes or increasing share in the more traditional export destinations.

Another challenge is to increase the size of the nationwide orchard by half, from 8700ha to 12,700ha – which should be a cinch if Hawke’s Bay is indeed the best place in the world to grow apples.

That means increasing tree production from about 1.5 million to 2.6 million a year, making sure there’s enough water and adding as many as 4000 seasonal workers to the 11,000 currently required to pick and pack the fruit crop.

Pollard, 52, is married with a daughter in Wellington, two other daughters overseas and a son who plays first-class cricket for Wellington.

He congratulates the Pipfruit NZ board for deciding on a “fresh approach”, and says the industry has been “generous with their time and support”.

Whether for growing, postharvest or science, the region’s industry innovation matches its acclaimed conditions.

“What drives me,” he says when asked if he’ll still be around in 2022, “is the fact that we have this vision, and it is very achievable. We have to have a lot going for us, and I want to be a part of that.”

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It won’t be any news to portwatchers in Napier that logs are a big part of exports, now comprising one-third of the three million tonnes of all product to

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Christmas chilled processing is under way and will continue for about the next four to five weeks. The slower shipping speeds of recent years mean the processing window is narrower than it used to be, with the last ship for Christmas arrival in the UK likely to leave NZ shores by about November 10. Airfreight is an option beyond that time, but at significant expense.

Trade with China remains somewhat problematic, but lamb inventory levels there are reported to low, and large volumes of lamb and mutton will likely be shipped there again this season. Prices for flaps into China continue to rise to new all-time highs. This is obviously positive for carcass returns, but there’s some concern that they may reach unsustainable levels.

BEEF

Like many agriculture markets in the US, the beef industry has been left in the dark due to the government shutdown. The huge volume of daily, weekly and monthly data produced by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is relied on by the industry, and in many cases prices paid for cattle and meat are formulated based on USDA pricing.

Price signals from the US domestic market have been murky as a result, but so far the shutdown hasn’t had a noticeable detrimental impact on the pricing of product out of New Zealand. Prices for imported 95CL bull meat firmed slightly over the past week, while 90CL pricing was unchanged. Dry conditions continue to drive extremely high slaughter levels in Australia, and the extra production is now appearing in all of NZ’s major markets.

DAIRY

Dairy commodity markets remain firm for Oceanic supplied products.

In the European markets prices are tracking lower. Milk supplies in all regions are strong particularly New Zealand. In the EU and US milk supplies are decreasing seasonally but intakes are generally higher than at the same time last year.

Volumes of product offered by Fonterra at the next GlobalDairyTrade are as forecast but are less than the volumes offered at the auction earlier this month. The 12-month forecast has been raised by 2.3 per cent over all products.

Whole milk powder (WMP) forecasts have been raised in the coming months, while skim milk powder (SMP) volumes have decreased in Q1 2014. The price differential between WMP and other product streams is such that it makes economic sense to increase WMP production.

Milk intakes are fast approaching peak volumes. Fonterra expect intakes will reach peak levels on 25 October. Milk intakes peak earlier in the northern part of the country so it is likely that regions such as the Waikato may already have reached peak milk flows.

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Market Price Trends Week beginning October 14, 2013

L A M B ($) Including 1 kg Shorn Pelt this week 13.0kg YL SI 13.5kg YM SI 15.0kg YM SI 15.0kg YM NI 15.0kg YM Market Indicator 17.5kg YX SI 19.0kg YX SI 19.0kg YX NI 21.0kg YX SI 21.0kg YX NI 23.0kg YX SI

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46.11 66.43 85.37 85.86 61.58 98.84 106.55 109.20 116.83 120.75 119.01 46.11

44.89 64.88 83.64 85.59 64.44 96.83 104.37 108.86 114.41 120.37 116.36 46.11

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M U T T O N ($) Including 0.5kg pelt 21kg MX1

SI

67.43

67.43

67.20

59.61

61.70

P2 Steer SI (296-320kg) NI P2 Steer Market Indicator

416 432 406

416 432 406

426 448 412

391 413 409

394 404 383

M Cow SI (160-195kg) NI M Cow Market Indicator

270 307 303

270 309 303

275 319 300

247 307 296

Bull SI (296-320kg) NI Bull Market Indicator

406 401 378

406 401 376

411 407 373

371 399 374

66.10

67.43

57.68

B E E F (c/ kg) 416 * 437 407 * 270 * 311 303 **

382 395 388

280 310 298

416 * 432 * 406 * 270 * 307 * 302 *

381 396 384

406 * 401 * 375

406 * 401 * 378 *

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260 292 299

Based on announced schedules with levies & charges deducted and published premiums included. For a valid comparison between the Islands, add $1.20 in Lamb and 7c/kg in Beef to the North Is values, because North Is Cos pay freight.

7.43 7.53 7.13

7.38 7.48 7.08

7.43 7.53 7.13

6.71 6.80 6.41

7.98 8.08 7.68

7.38 7.48 7.08

7.43 * 7.53 * 7.13 *

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1500 990 850 740 510 505 500 495 495

1325 1030 845 685 410 375 375 350 495

1285 910 790 670 * 500 475 473 450 495

1500 1010 850 740 570 570 570 535 520

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403 418

402 415

436 414

472 432

338 408

473 443

419 423

5160 5650 6270 5410 14010

5220 5670 6110 5470 14390

4040 4160 3980 4890 11620

4820 * 5450 5370 6050 5800 6570 5250 5770 13500 * 14550

4258 4446 4502 4926 11572

W O O L Data: WSI Fine (21 microns) Medium (25 microns) Medium (27 microns) Medium (29 microns) Coarse (35 microns) Coarse (37 microns) Coarse (39 microns) 2nd Shear (37 microns-85mm) Lamb (31 micron-75mm)

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W H E A T ($NZ/Tonne) ASW (Aus standard White) NZ Free (12.5% protein)

DAIRY PRODUCT PRICES Butter (NZ$/tonne) Skim Milk powder Whole Milk Powder Cheddar Cheese Casein

4820 5490 6420 5300 13500

Prices are indicative only. They are compiled from an assessment of sales made worldwide on one-off basis in US $.

Quota market sales and contracts are excluded. The prices are then converted to $NZ/t FOB at current exchange rates.

OVERSEAS

MEAT

UK PM Lamb (p/kg) CIF US Bull (USc/lb) CIF US Cow (USc/lb) CIF Venison Bone-in leg (E/Kg)

PRICES 400 204 193 6.40

395 197 187 6.40

0.830 0.519 0.613 3.51

0.814 0.515 0.612 3.52

380 189 178 6.40

315 209 195 6.80

395 202 192 6.40 *

400 204 193 6.40

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355 209 194 6.43

FINANCE US Dollar UK Pound Euro 2 Year Wholesale Rate (%)

PROCESSING

D A T A (000)

Lamb SI Mutton SI Beef SI Information provided by NZX Agrifax

52 9 3.4

0.785 0.818 0.517 0.510 0.600 0.632 3.18 2.62 (Estimates only) 54 141 50 19 15 10 4.2 23.7 3.9

0.776 0.501 0.586 2.76

0.863 0.561 0.659 3.60

17 5 0.0

508 134 26.7

Note: * denotes a new low/high for season.

Trainees from Europe enjoy their Kiwi stay

By Dave MurDoch

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Alix Gray, on an exchange from the UK, is a favourite with the calves on Andrew Cammock’s dairy farm in Te Rehunga.

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0.809 0.511 0.630 2.74

Both Alix Gray and Jakob Gundersen wanted to learn about sheep and beef farming in New Zealand – instead, they wound up on Cammock’s dairy farm at Te Rehunga, near Dannevirke.

It was going to be a huge change for Alix, who came from a sheep and beef farm in Northumberland, England.

In Northumberland, her parents have crossed pedigree hill-type Suffolk sheep with Bluefaced Leicester (lowland) rams, producing a “mule” sheep to produce lambs for the 40.4ha property.

Jakob, from Aalborg in northern Denmark, comes off a dairy farm owned by his parents – a 52.6ha operation with 120 holstein-fresian cows, much bigger than New Zealand fresians which are housed indoors year-round.

At Cammock’s farm, land is used to grow maize, barley and silage to feed to the stock.

The cow shed is like a herringbone but instead of a pit, a set of 15 milking machines is dragged between two rows of cows on a ground-level floor.

As part of Alix’s agriculture degree from Harper Adams University in the UK, she chose New Zealand for her thirdyear work experience.

Staying with Judith and Kelvin Cammock and dairy farming for a full year – starting with artificial insemination when she arrived to calving now – has been a life-changing experience.

When she returned home on September 28, she faced another academic year

and was no longer sure if she wanted to do farm consultancy – she rather liked farming in New Zealand.

Apart from the farming life Alix also liked our weather, having experienced the warmest summer and mildest winter of all her 22 years. She travelled a bit in the South Island, too, with other visitors from the AgriVenture programme – she enjoyed the Mackenzie Country merinos and walking the glaciers.

Jakob has been staying with Andrew and Fiona Cammock since August 1.

On his first night he watched the All Blacks beat the Wallabies in the first game of rugby he had ever seen, and went to Eden Park on September 14 with some of his AgriVenture mates to watch the All Blacks play the Springboks.

Jakob will only stay for eight months.

For Kelvin Cammock and wife Judith, and son Andrew and Andrew’s wife Fiona, these exchanges have been great.

They thoroughly enjoy the experience of helping young people experience dairy farming in New Zealand.

They have 480 KiwiCross cows on a 190ha farm with a modern rotary shed, and the latest technology gives the visitors a good taste of the latest dairying methods.

AgriVenture is looking for more hosts and trainees. Trainees must be aged 18 to 30 and hold a current driver’s licence. No experience in farming is required.

Couples are welcome. For more information, phone (09) 420 5212 or see www.agriventure.com

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Remove the meatballs from the pan onto a plate.

In the same pan, add another tablespoon of oil and cook the onion and the rest of the garlic until softened.

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Stir in the olives.

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Serve with the grated cheese on top, and a side of salad or seasonal vegetables.

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Name your photos for the sake of history

BY KATHLEEN STRINGER

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while ago I lost a treasured aunt. Amid all the funeral arrangements and the general grief that we, her immediate family, had to deal with, we also had to clear up her house.

Her clothes and general goods – such as pots and pans and television sets – were easy enough to manage. However, what was difficult were her personal effects.

A family-orientated woman, Lee had a house full of photos – almost every space that could hold a framed photo was full of someone’s latest snap or achievement. However, as we delved in wardrobes and under beds we discovered she had amassed a huge collection. Every letter and postcard she had received from us and photos going back many, many years (ie my baby photos) had been kept.

Many images we hadn’t seen before, but they all brought memories flooding back, which gave us both a feeling of joy that we had those memories and great sadness that the person we shared those experiences with was gone forever.

It was a cathartic experience in a way but one which left me rather concerned. As I said, we had a huge pile of images to process and many we could easily identify, but as Lee had looked after her elderly mother before this woman passed away, she had a large collection of this lady’s photos and keepsakes as well. Coming from a huge family, this woman had photos for Africa, none named.

While the pressure was on to clear up the house before we all left for our respective homes, we agreed not just to throw them out, but box the unidentified collection (two large boxes worth) and give them to one of Lee’s sisters to deal with.

She said she would give it her best effort but in the end an unnamed photo was no good to anyone. So there you go, lesson one: name your photos, otherwise people may throw them out

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Above – A handsome man without a name.

Above – Men working on a bridge from H. J. Conway’s album, Rakaia.

Above right – An unnamed baby.

Left – Someone’s wartime wedding, but who are they?

Right – I don’t know who these ladies are, but just look at those hats.

and with it part of your family’s and your own story.

The second issue I had was the fact that we had two generations sorting Lee’s collection.

There were grandchildren as well as us ‘oldies’. Some of her own collection had been named, so there was enough information for us to identify who should get the image, even if we couldn’t identify the person in the photo.

The star turn, apart from the wedding invitation she received for my own parents wedding (which I had never seen before), was her scrapbook with all the cards she received for her engagement, wedding and the birth of her children. It was a gem. Names from the past jumped out at me that I hadn’t seen for ages and I was surprised by the people who sent cards. As families get smaller, you forget that once cousins and great aunts were intimate members of a family – not, as now, people you occasionally see at funerals. I was raving over this find and remarking, ‘oh there’s so and so’ and ‘look there’s my parents sending cards to Lee when John was born, how exciting’. I looked up to see almost everyone looking at me blankly, who were these people I was in rapture about?!

So the second lesson is sometimes names are not enough.

While time was too short to revisit the scrapbook, next time I visit Dunedin I will locate it (thankfully with my cousin’s married girls who appreciate ‘old stuff ’, especially as they both have children to pass

things on to, so I know it will tucked away somewhere safe) and add comments to the cards explaining who these people were.

It’s hard to instil a sense of history and connection on to the next generation. Although the children adored their grandmother and spent so much time with her, she obviously never got out the albums and explained who these people were.

It was interesting to see their reactions when they were given some context to an image or keepsake. A funny looking baby photo became very exciting when they realised it was their dad or even their grandmother.

More distant connections such as great grandmothers were still worth a comment or two because of their clothing or funny pose. However, to ensure these children keep the photographs when it’s their turn to go through their parents cupboards many years from now, work will have to done on the collection to make it relevant and important to them.

We all have or have heard of boxes of photos that are all unnamed and rather valueless. It’s a shame to throw them out, but as Lee’s sister said what good are they?

As a museum we tend to keep images, in case they may be identified or at least be a useful prop in a display. They may teach us about fashions or some other aspect of the image. But, what of you and your own collection? Being an only child and without children, I was deter-

mined years ago that my family photos would not be thrown out by some young person in a hurry. I have provided each image with as much context (or metadata) as possible.

I give each individual their full name, location and any other information: eg Kathleen’s christening, Nelson holiday 1999. To assist the dispersal of the collection, I have also placed a potted family tree with the image, for example, an image of my great aunt would have Kathleen’s maternal grandmother’s sister.

It sounds a chore, but I need to be confident my photos will be retained after I am no more.

The other task I have set myself is to produce more family booklets for the children in my family. I produced a basic one when they were born, but I can see now I have to put more effort into familiarising our next generation with their relations and ancestors.

Maybe, when the weather’s cold, it would be a good time for you to go through your photos, maybe with your family, and add details to those special photos you want to keep. It should be a fun and interesting time as your family stories and traditions are shared and passed on.

As we gather fewer and fewer images on hard copy and amass more digital images this problem will only get worse. While I am fastidious about my actual photos, my digital collection labelling is, I must admit, a little lax. This weekend I will print out, or at least put on disc, the ‘to keep’ images and give them

my over-the-top cataloguing treatment.

It was a hard experience going through all those images, bringing easily as many tears as they did peals of laughter, but a useful one.

The children now have a better understanding of their wider family connections and some of the stories we tell have a deeper meaning now as they now have a photo of the coal shed Anthony hid in all day (almost causing a police call-out for a missing child!) or long-gone family members who are mentioned when we get together.

For my cousins and I it was a special time where the past became the present for a moment and our shared history brought us even closer together. We all now have more photos to add to our collection and I think my cousins began to finally understand my passion for old bits of paper and photos – they are after all the only tangible link we have left of our treasured mother and aunt.

For the in-laws and children who didn’t share our childhood, these photos give them an insight into how we were brought up and the connection that we share. From being funny old photos and letters written home while on holiday they are now treasured family heirlooms – a connection with what is now passed and irretrievable.

Don’t make the next time your family gather at your house going through your precious photos the day after your funeral, work on those memories now.

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Chartered champions The Ashburton Club and MSA women’s bowls team took out the South Island Chartered Clubs Women’s fours tournament at Blenheim last week. The team of Wendy Watson (skip), Sandra Holdom, Wendy Blackwell and Wendy Suttie won four from five games in the qualifying rounds to progress into the championship competition. They played four games to win their way into the final, beating last year’s champions, Ashburton’s Diane Gutberlet Linda Boyd, Maureen Sullivan and Rosemary Finch, 19-8 in the semifinal round. The final was played against Oxford but Ashburton were too good winning 19-7.

Showjumping Ashburton’s Madison Crowe and her mount Brogan could only come in fifth in the CNC 2* at Eventing Canterbury’s One Day Horse Trial at the National Equestrian Centre at McLeans Island on Sunday.

Seven started the class, with just three combinations jumping clear across country and Rangiora’s Ellie Braddock rode Miss Matilda to success on a score of 57.6.

Dressage leader Larissa Srhoy on Smirnoff dropped to third after striking difficulty on the cross country for a score of 85.1 with Crowe two places back on 96.6.

Canterbury in charge

Methven bowlers Jeff Nowell and Adrian Kemp enjoying themselves in the Lowry Cup final at the Hampstead Bowling Club on Sunday.

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Nowell takes Lowry Cup honours

By Jonathan Leask

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The Lowry Cup bowls final on Sunday came down to mateagainst-mate as Methven’s Jeff Nowell out lasted his club-mate Adrian Kemp to win the prestigious men singles title.

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day at the Hampstead Bowling Club to better Kemp 21-15 in the final.

The day started with 15 qualifiers, cut to eight for the quarter-finals and Nowell, advanced past Tony Inwood of the MSA club 21-13 to meet Dion Kiddy in the semi-finals, after he beat Methven’s Craig Carter 21-18,

and Nowell claimed a convincing 21-7 win to move to the final.

On the other side of the draw, Kemp beat Allenton’s Murray Smallridge 21-13 in the quarter-finals before beating former four-time tournament winner Peter Collins of the Hampstead club 21-3, after Collins

had beaten Ashburton’s Mike Quinn 21-14.

The Methven club-mates, Nowell and Kemp, then went head-to-head in a final played in good spirits, as the pair went point for point until Nowell produced the goods on the final two ends to pull away for a solid 21-15 win.

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Canterbury dominated the annual fixture against Aorangi-South Canterbury at the Ashburton Golf Club on Sunday. The teams played reverse singles and singles matches in four sections. The Canterbury women dominated the morning round 7.5-2.5 games and continued their good form in the afternoon winning 9-1 for an overall 16.5 - 3.5 win over the Aorangi team featuring Mid Canterbury’s Nicole Nathan, Sharon Bradford, Jane Pangborn and Pauline Bell. The Canterbury men were untroubled against an Aorangi line-up including Cameron Grant, Jordan Green, Nigel Heney and Daniel Green. Josh Smith and Troi Kingsford were in the Aorangi under 19s that led 4-2 in the morning but Canterbury came back to win 4.51.5. The Canterbury masters had a narrow advantage at lunch with a 3.5-2.5 lead but Aorangi, including Robbie Bell and John Smitheram, reversed the score in the afternoon for a 6-all draw.

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■ WORLD OF FOOTBALL

Ange loss no problem A-League boss Damien de Bohun says the possible loss of two-time championship winning coach Ange Postecoglou to the Socceroos’ helm would only be a good thing for the league. And he says the coming change in Socceroos coach should prove a huge spur for all Australian players in the A-League to push their case ahead of next year’s World Cup. Melbourne Victory coach Postecoglou has firmed as a favourite to fill the national team job following German Holger Osieck’s sacking while Central Coast’s Graham Arnold is also considered a contender.

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Cruzeiro in charge Cruzeiro retained a comfortable lead in the in the Brazilian league with 10 rounds to go despite losing its second straight match 1-0 to rival Atletico Mineiro yesterday. Cruzeiro has been stuck on 59 points for the last two rounds, but still has a 10-point lead over Clarence Seedorf’s Botafogo and Hernan Barcos’ Gremio. Botafogo came from behind to defeat Rio de Janeiro rival Flamengo 2-1, while Gremio couldn’t manage more than a 1-1 draw at defending champion Fluminense on Saturday.

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Eto’o in surprise return Samuel Eto’o has been selected in Cameroon’s starting lineup for the World Cup playoff against Tunisia after reversing a decision to retire from internationals with his country two games away from the World Cup. The striker and captain had said last month that he was quitting the national team for undisclosed personal reasons after helping Cameroon qualify for the final playoffs. But coach Volker Finke wanted Eto’o to return and the Chelsea forward was convinced to link up with the squad again ahead of the crucial playoff in Tunisia after a meeting with a representative of Cameroon President Paul Biya. The 32-year-old Eto’o is Cameroon’s all-time leading scorer and has won the African Cup with his country and Champions League titles at club level.

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Ivory Coast edges closer Didier Drogba hit a fifth-minute penalty to send Ivory Coast to a 3-1 win over Senegal in the first leg of their World Cup playoff on Sunday, putting Africa’s top-ranked team and its big-name players within reach of a berth in Brazil next year.

Also, Burkina Faso edged Algeria 3-2 with Aristide Bance’s late spotkick as the German-based forward made up for an earlier missed penalty, although the Algerians will be boosted by their two away goals ahead of the second leg next month.

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Security fears The Ghana Football Association says FIFA has given Egypt a deadline of October 28 to provide “comprehensive security assurances” for their World Cup playoff in Cairo next month. The GFA says the world body also has indicated it would consider switching the venue for their November 19 second leg if they were not completely satisfied with security arrangements.

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Wayne Rooney smashes the ball on the way to a goal in the World Cup Group H qualifier against Montenegro in the weekend.

England faces Poland tonight.

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Baines wary of Poland threat

By Jonny Fordham Leighton Baines has urged caution ahead of England’s final World Cup qualifier against Poland - despite tonight’s opponents at Wembley being unable to qualify for Brazil 2014.

The Everton left-back is set to win his 21st cap against Poland, with Chelsea’s Ashley Cole again ruled out with a rib injury.

Baines played in England’s thumping 4-1 win over Montenegro at Wembley on Saturday, a result that left them needing

to defeat Poland to be certain of a place at next year’s finals.

But although that victory was a huge confidence booster for Roy Hodgson’s side, Baines insists England will be taking nothing for granted against the Poles.

“We’re not sure how Poland will approach the game now they are out of the equation,” Baines told reporters at England’s hotel in Watford, north of London, yesterday.

“They have some big players, but we’re just thinking about ourselves and know if we are at

our best we can get the result we need.

“We’re looking forward to the game. We have to just concentrate on what we have to do.

“Poland are a good side and we are aware of the rewards at the end and it is a massive incentive for us,” he added.

If Hodgson’s side were to slip up, then they would most likely enter the play-offs given Ukraine, currently second in European qualifying zone Group H, are widely expected to defeat minnows San Marino tonight.

With just one point separating England and Ukraine, a draw against Poland is unlikely to see the group leaders qualify automatically.

“It’s always nice to know that is there (the play-offs),” the 28-year-old Baines said.

“It’s not lose and bust, but it is not something we are thinking about. We are at home and we know we are capable of going out there and beating top sides.

“The magnitude of the game is something we are all aware of.”

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Football Ferns named to meet USA Football Ferns coach Tony Readings named a 20-strong squad yesterday to face the world No 1 USA in a twomatch friendly series in America on October 27 and 30 in San Francisco and Columbus.

After victories over Brazil and China in the Valais Cup re-

cently, coach Tony Readings is looking forward to the opportunity to test his team against the best in the world.

“USA will provide another step up in opposition from what the team has faced so far this year,” Readings said.

“These matches will place in-

Results

Referee: Peter Green.

BRISBANE ROAR 2 (Besart Berisha 47m, Ivan Franjic 90+2m) bt WELLINGTON PHOENIX 1 (Stein Huysegems 22m) at Westpac Stadium. Crowd: 8,239. Referee: Tim McGilchrist.

ADELAIDE UNITED 3 (Jeronimo Neumann 9m, 25m, Fabio Ferreira 64m) bt PERTH GLORY 1 (Ryo Nagai 11m) at Coopers Stadium. Crowd: 10,320. Referee: Ben Williams.

Leading Goalscorers - 2: Jeronimo Neumann (Adelaide) 1: Fabio Ferreira (Adelaide), Ryo Nagai (Perth), Tomi Juric (Western Sydney), Ivan Franjic (Brisbane), Mitchell Duke (Mariners), Besart Berisha (Brisbane), Joel Chianese (Syd-

A-League round one SYDNEY FC 2 (Alessandro Del Piero 37m, Joel Chianese 60m) bt NEWCASTLE JETS 0 at Allianz Stadium. Crowd: 20,103. Referee: Jarred Gillett.

CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 1 (Mitchell Duke 55m) drew WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS 1 (Tomi Juric 87m) at Bluetongue Stadium. Crowd: 17,134.

Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones.

MELBOURNE VICTORY 0 drew MELBOURNE HEART 0 at Etihad Stadium.

creased demands on the players and this is vital for our continued growth as we build towards the World Cup and Olympic Games.”

Football Ferns squad: (Caps/goals in brackets) Goalkeepers: Jenny Bindon (76/0), Erin Nayler (6/0). Defenders: Abby Erceg

ney), Stein Huysegems (Wellington), Alessandro Del Piero (Sydney)

Irish First Division Irish First Division results: Played yesterday St Patricks Athletic 2 (Bolger 33, Flood 42) Sligo Rovers 0 Bray Wanderers 1 (Dan O’Connor 45) Limerick 0 Played on Saturday Bohemians 1 (Yadolahi 90+2) Dundalk 1 (Massey 18) Drogheda United 1 (Hynes 11) UCD 1 (Benson 33) Derry 0 Shamrock Rovers 0

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(86/4), Anna Green (56/7), Elizabeth Milne (5/1), Ria Percival (83/8), Ali Riley (74/1), Rebekah Stott (13/0), Meikayla Moore(1/0), Megan Lee (0/0).

Midfielders: Betsy Hassett (53/6), Katie Hoyle (77/1), Annalie Longo (53/1), Kirsty Yallop (69/11) Forwards: Helen Collins (8/0), Sarah Gregorius (43/17), Amber Hearn (74/35), Rosie White (48/10), Hannah Wilkinson (46/15), Stephanie Skilton (0/0) - APNZ

Doidge 31, 90, Thomas 85) Bangor City 4 (Petrie 9, Davies 11, 45, Mcdaid 77) Rhyl 0 The New Saints 2 (Draper 3, Finley 37) Newtown 2 (Evans 17, Goodwin 63) Gap Connah’s Quay 3 (O’toole 36, 64pen, Mooney 72) Afan Lido 0 Prestatyn Town 1 (Hunt 20 pen)

Brazil Serie A Fluminense 1, Gremio 1; Vitoria/BA 2, Coritiba 1; Santos 2, Ponte Preta 1 Atletico Mineiro 1, Cruzeiro 0; Criciuma 3, Vasco da Gama 2; Internacional 4, Nautico 1; Sao Paulo 0, Corinthians 0; Atletico Paranaense 1, Portuguesa 0; Botafogo 2, Flamengo 1; Goias 3, Bahia 1

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In brief

■ HOCKEY

Tournament team View or purchase photos online

Following the South Island weight grade rugby tournament in Dunedin earlier this month Mid Canterbury had two players, Temaiharoa Waaka and Liam McCormack, named in the under 65kg tournament team. Mid Canterbury under 65kg finished seventh at the tournament while the 48kg side were also seventh in their grade.

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Big week on the turf

Hatch Cup The Mid Canterbury Primary A boys finished 17th equal at the Hatch Cup national hockey tournament in Hamilton. Mid Canterbury drew 1-1 with Horowhenua in their final match with a goal from Michael Baker on Saturday. In pool play Mid Canterbury had losses to North Harbour, Otago, Manawatu, Counties Manukau and a 1-1 draw with Wairarapa. They then beat Southland 6-0, Mid Canterbury’s first win at the tournament since 2011, and Central Otago 3-0 but had to settle for a draw in their final match against Horowhenua.

Harrison Davies finished with seven goals from the tournament including hat-tricks against Southland and Central Otago while Angus Haugh had three goals and Ryan Bradley two.

Mid Canterbury’s Sam Fitzgerald makes a run up the wing against Central Otago in the Festival of Hockey on Saturday.

After winning their semi-final on strokes against Nelson on Friday night, Mid Canterbury Primary B had a 1-1 draw with Central Otago to finish the festival tied for fifth place in the South Island Tournament.

Canterbury Development beat the Canterbury Development training squad 2-0 in the final completing a big seven days on the Ashburton hockey turf.

Earlier in the week the Mid Canterbury boys had finished ninth in the boys’ tournament.

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Collier Trophy

■ CRICKET

Test result has its upside If you look at it one way, the recently completed first test against Bangladesh was one of the dullest sporting spectacles in recent history.

Viewed through another prism, five days of slog on a Chittagong wicket with less life than a cemetery could be seen as a triumph of the human spirit.

We’re sure there’s worse ways of spending a Saturday evening than watching 2m Peter Fulton patting half-volleys back down the wicket; they just haven’t been discovered yet.

So, in the spirit of optimism with which this is intended, here are five reasons to be cheerful about Chittagong.

1: Loss avoided It’s a different type of cricket, but in 2010 a draw would have been welcomed as New Zealand were trounced 4-0 by the locals.

Given New Zealand’s last two

five-day outings also ended in big defeats, perhaps it was the height of arrogance to go to Bangladesh and expect a win as of right.

2: Kane more than able Williamson will have tougher days at the office than the fourand-a-half hours it took him to post a century on day one. He already has, in fact, like when he denied the might of South Africa on the way to a matchsaving century at the Basin Reserve in 2012. Fact is, he has scored four test centuries in quicker time than it took the great MD Crowe, with three of them coming on the subcontinent. There’s still a stack of improvement in the 23-year-old who now stands 20th equal on New Zealand’s all-time century-makers’ list. We’re picking by the end of the New Zealand summer, Williamson will have

just eight players in front of him.

3: Wagging tail Neither has been credited with using their cerebral cortex much with the willow in hand, but Doug Bracewell (29) and Trent Boult (52 not out) gave an inkling of the potential of New Zealand’s tail to add valuable runs. Bracewell has always had batting ability but Boult looks an improved product.

4: Question answered After the first two home tests against England last year, fans asked how it had taken until Bruce Martin’s 33rd year before he got a run in the national team. Now we know exactly why. After two tests he had nine wickets for 263 runs. After five tests, including this poor performance (0-113 and 2-62), he has 12 wickets for 646. Ish Sodhi’s accuracy shortcomings

could be put down in part to first-test nerves and inexperience, Martin’s could not. Kane Williamson now shapes as New Zealand’s most viable spin option.

5: Stats all folks Much was made of Sohag Gazi’s unprecedented double of a test century and a hat-trick in the same match, but don’t overlook BJ Watling’s statistical oddity. Watling became just the ninth New Zealander to score a century and a duck in the same test, behind Graham Dowling, Brian Hastings, Martin Crowe, who did it twice, John Wright, Craig McMillan, Stephen Fleming, Martin Guptill and Dean Brownlie. While both Crowe and Wright scored second-ballers, we believe Watling is the first to rack up a century and a golden duck.

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Rain interrupts first round of local cricket

BY JONATHAN LEASK

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It was a rain interrupted start to the Mid Canterbury senior cricket season on Saturday.

The senior cricket season opened with the first round of the twenty20 competition, and all seven teams got one game in

before the rain arrived.

The five-time defending champions Tech Sharks got off to a winning start beating Coldstream by 37 runs. The Sharks put 190/7 on the board and although unable to dismiss Coldstream made the scoring hard work to have them 153/3 after 20 overs.

In the other first round game at the Ashburton Domain Allenton beat the Tech Stags by 24 runs after making 167/8 off their 20 overs and then restricted the Stags to 143/8.

The second round of action had the Tech Sharks meet Allenton and Coldstream’s clash with the Tech Stags, but the

rain set in shortly after they started and play never resumed.

Lauriston posted 191/6 on the artificial in Methven and then held the hosts to 78/9 in the two sides’ only game of the day.

Rounds three and four are both in Ashburton this Saturday.

A 2-2 draw with Eastern Southland had the Mid Canterbury Primary A girls finish 19th equal at the Collier Trophy national hockey tournament in Wellington. Mid Canterbury had lost to Eastern Southland 1-3 in pool play but two goals from Jaidyn Busch ensured a 2-2 draw on Saturday. In pool play Mid Canterbury lost to Waikato 0-3, Eastern Southland, Central Otago 2-5, Tauranga 0-2 and Hawkes Bay 0-2. They bounced back in crossover play beating Wairarapa Bush 1-0 before a 1-2 loss to Taranaki and then the draw with Eastern Southland. Busch finished with four goals while Tayla Love and Erin Connelly-Wythe also found the back of the net at the tournament.

Good finish for U13s The Canterbury Country under 13 girls recorded the best finish of the new regional amalgamation at a National Basketball Championships coming in eighth in Dunedin.

The Country girls, featuring eight Mid Canterbury players, finished the tournament with a 48-60 loss to Tauranga City but the eight place finish was still the best out of the combined North-MidSouth Canterbury sides at the nationals in the first year under the new regional format. Wins over Auckland, Gisborne and Tasman they progressed to the top eight.

The Canterbury Country boys finished 15th.

Tennis correction The Guardian incorrectly reported the scores of the Allenton-Tinwald A grade tennis match in Monday’s paper. Neil McCann and Poppy Sparrow beat Don Lake and Aidan Mitchell 6-2, 6-3, James Wild and Sarah Hayman beat Isaac Langley and Bradley Chisnall 6-4, 7-6 and in the only completed singles match McCann beat Lake 6-0, 6-0.

Full results in tomorrow’s Guardian.

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Results

■ Bowls

Ashburton Bowling Club Ingold Tray, October 12 1st Trevor Watson, Harold Kemp, Ursula Crack and Joan Knudson. 2 wins 12 ends 17 points. 2nd Murray Anderson, Jo Dennis, Roger Duff and Barry O’Sullivan. 2 wins 11 ends 21 points. 3rd Leonie Spargo, Noeline MacKenzie, Russell Lowe and Mike Quinn. 2 wins 11 ends and 18 points.

Hampstead Bowling Club Post Section and finals of Lowry Cup Quarter Finals: Dion Kiddey (Ashburton) bt. Craig Carter (Methven) 21-18; Adrian Kemp (Methven) bt. Murray Smallridge (Allenton) 21-13; Jeff Nowell (Methven) bt.

Tony Inwood (Ashburton MSA) 21-13; Peter Collins (Hampstead) bt. Mike Quinn (Ashburton) 21-14 Semi Finals: Kemp bt. Collins 21-3; Nowell bt. Kiddey 21-7 Final: Nowell bt. Kemp 21-15

■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club October 11 Monday Evening – Individual Trophy N/S 1 G Branthwaite and S Harris, 2 M Jones and B Leighton, 3 J Allen and S Lyons. E/W 1 Paul Fergus and P Jowers, 2 L Leadley and J Lovett, 3 G Brown and D Fisher Tuesday Evening – Hazelmere Trophy N/S 1 J Fechney and B Smith, 2 T Downward and T Small, 3 M Buckland and M Stowell. E/W 1 R McLaughlin and K Robb, 2 M Holmes and R Kyle, 3 J Irwin and I Taylor Wednesday Afternoon - Brabant Trophy: 1 M de Jong and R MCLaughlin, 2 S Rosevear and J Fechney, 3 M Buckland and T Downward 4 B Smith and M Stowell, Thursday Evening – Presidents Trophy N/S 1 A Reid and M Stowell, 2 V Ferrier and T Downward, 3 D Warring and M Moore. E/W 1 A Rooney and E Segers, 2 J Fechney and S Rosevear, 3 M Buckland and B Smith

■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers October 12 Fords Road out and back 14km. 9 riders.

1st. Alan Cox C.T. 32.26. H.T. 2.20m. R.T. 30m 06s.; 2nd. Harry Chatterton C.T. 33.39. H.T. Go. R.T. 33m 39s.; 3rd. Bruce McClelland C.T. 34.58. H.T. 12m.R.t. 22m 58s.; 4th. Scott Albon C.T. 34.58. H.T. 13.15m.R.T. 21m 43s.F/t.; 5th. Matt Marshall C.T.34.59. H.T.13.15m.R.T 21m44s 2f/t.; 6th. Myles O’Donnell C.T.35.04.

H.T.13.15m.R.T.21m 49s.3f/t.; 7th. Dave Shurrock C.T.35.13. H.t. 12m. R.T.23m 13s.; 8th. Tonee Hurley C.T. 35.28. H.T. 12m. R.T. 23m 28s.; 9th. Kevin Hurley C.T.35.28. H.T. 12m.R.T. 23m 28s.

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

T20 Allenton C C Senior v Tech Sharks Abandoned M C O G Allenton C C Senior v Tech Stags Allenton C C Senior Won By 24 runs

■ Golf Aorangi South Canterbury Golf Women’s 9 Hole Pennants Final, October 11 Stableford results from Friday Temuka 49 Waimate 48 Pleasant Point 46 Timaru 41 Lower Waitaki 39 Tinwald 35 Ashburton 0 Points for 2013 Temuka 197 Pleasant Point 191 Lower Waitaki 184Timaru 183 Tinwald 183 Waimate 177 Ashburton 130

Ashburton Golf Club October 12 Winners in the Watson Cup semifinal matches were: L Hunt & M Green, C Steyn & P van Vollenhoven.

In the Newton Trophy the winners were: L Stoddart & P Huggins, K Smith & T O’Reilly.

In the Stableford round held for other players results were: Garth Madden 43pts, T Tuakeu 42, Mal Trewavas 41; Ryan Cockburn and Chris Thornhill 40; Ken Clucas, Paul May, Brian Hawksby and Tony Bennett 39; Rodney O’Neill and Peter MacAulay 38 by c/b from others.

Nearest The Pins: Robbies Bar & Bistro: Terry O’Reilly, Braided Rivers: Troi Kingsford, Rothburys Insurance: Ken Clucas, Netherby Meats: Chris Thornhill, Robilliards (Nearest pin #18): Tony Bennett, Charming Thai Restaurant (Longest Putt #9) Vince Carr.

Twos: Chris Thornhill, Gavin Johnston, Steve Richards, Paul May and George Wardell.

Birdie Jackpot: # 12; Nett Eagles: # 12

■ Petanque MSA Petanque Section Club Drawn Doubles October 6Winners: W. Nuberg & M. Little; 2nd Place: I. Herron & R. Kyle; 3rd place: S. Vessey & L. Herron

■ Shooting Ashburton District Rifle Club 600 yards October 13 John Snowden 49.0, 50.6, 99.6, John Miller 50.2, 45.3, 95.5, Rob Lilley 45.1, 46.2, 91.3, John Fleming 44.3, 45.2, 89.5, Brian Hawksby 46.4, 43.0, 89.4, Coby Snowden 46.1, 42.3, 88.4, Murray Cook 44.0, 41.0, 85.0, Kelvin Plamondon 40.1, 44.2, 84.3.

F class, Harvey Westland 57, 56, 113, Joey Meldrum 54, 55, 109.

Draws

■ Bowls

Ashburton Bowling Club

www.guardianonline.co.nz Toyota Friday Triples October 18 The following skips have entered teams:R.Anstiss, J Bennett, T Blain, B Brasell, R Cockburn, , L Connell, G Crack,J Dennis, J Dutton, G Eder, M Eder, D Gutberlet, G Hawkins, R Herriot, S Holdom, Judie Ryk, C Leech, A MacDonald, A MacKenzie, J Martin, E Maw J McKibbon, , B Neilson, S Robinson, Jo Ryk, S Scott, N Sharplin, A Smith, G Taylor, , A Waddell. T Watson, B Williams. 12:30pm Start (whites to be worn) Inquires to J Ryk Phone 3087907.

Mid Canterbury Sub Centre Triangular Women’s Senior Teams October 20 9.30am start – Allenton Bowling Club $12:00 per person Ashburton One Singles Sandra Keith, Pairs Linda Boyd - Maureen Sullivan, Triples Sandra Keith - Sandra Holdom – Heather Goodall, Fours Linda Boyd - Maureen Sullivan Sandra Holdom – Heather Goodall Ashburton Two Singles Shirley Pagey, Pairs Rosemary Bennett - Raiona Isherwood, Triples Shirley Pagey - Wendy Blackwell - Noeline Woods, Fours Rosemary Bennett - Raiona Isherwood - Wendy Blackwell - Noeline Woods Managers Diane Gutberlet, Joan Chapman Bowls Mid Canterbury Sub Centre Triangular Women’s Development Teams October 20 9.30am Start - Allenton Bowling Club $12:00 per person Ashburton One Singles Wendy Suttie, Pairs Melva Middleton - Wendy Suttie, Triples Ruth Smith - Joyce Woods - Ollie Collins, Fours Ruth Smith - Melva Middleton Joyce Woods - Ollie Collins Ashburton Two Singles Lorrel Chaney, Pairs Lorrel Chaney - Diane Vanderweg, Triples Wendy Watson - Janet Kingsbury - Caitlin Bassett. Fours Wendy Watson - Diane Vanderweg - Janet Kingsbury - Caitlin Bassett.

Managers Diane Gutberlet, Joan Chapman

■ Golf Ashburton County Ladies Veterans Golf Association Monthly Meeting at Methven October 18 9.30 for 10.00am Men Vets joining us

Ashburton Golf Club October 19 Finals Watson and Newton Cups and Stableford Round for those not in the match play.

The draw for Watson Cup and Newton Trophy matches off #1 Tee is: 12.00 L Stoddart & P Huggins vs K Smith & T O’Reilly 12.06 L Hunt & M Green vs C Steyn & P van Vollenhoven; Starting Time: Morning 8.00am A f t e r noon Report at 11.30 for an 12noon start.

Saturday Starters: Morning Murray Wackrow and Graham Taylor Afternoon Brian Nuttall and Mike

Holmes Results Paddy Bradford and Ross Chatterton.

Sunday 20 October The Ashburton Left Handers Tournament will be played with a report time of 10.30 for an 11.00am start. There will be a division for right handed players. Post entries accepted. $20 entry includes morning and afternoon tea.

Tinwald Golf Club October 19 Stroke – Centennial Trophy Draw for the Centennial Trophy to be played on Saturday. The morning players will have a clubhouse draw for an 8 am start. Players are asked to report 15 minutes prior to tee off times.

Starters; am, B Collins. pm. B Collins Cards; P Hefford. House Duty: House Committee No 1 Tee. 12.30, G Smith, P Hefford, R Wards, B Shanks. 12.36, R Harris, A Millar, T Clarke, E Tulip.12.42, B Collins, N Rayner, R Kirdy No 10 Tee .12.30, R Feutz, Justin Smith, A Pierce, T McAndrew. 12.36, W Mason, O Everest, B Kirdy, R Shearer. 12.42, P Marshall, C Miller, C Whiting, D Green.No 13 Tee. 12.36, S Lane, E Collins, S Newman. 12.42, J Beardsley, B Kirdy, J VanderHeide,

■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby Mid Canterbury Representative Rugby October 19 Heartland Championship Meads Cup Semi Final The Trust Ashburton Mid Canterbury v West Coast, Ashburton Showgrounds, 2.30pm, Ben O’Keefe, John Dustow, Chris O’Malley, TBA, TBA

■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Open Grade Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre October 19 A Reserve 12.15pm Allenton v Foothill Flyers; Rakaia v Hampstead Ferns; Hampstead Blue v Methven A Grade 1.30pm Allenton v Dorie; Tinwald v Hinds; Hampstead bye

Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis Round 2, October 19 B Grade - played at ATTC 9am sharp start Duty Team Allenton Maroon.

Allenton Green v Tinwald; Rakaia Rebels v Allenton Maroon; Methven White v Hampstead; Methven Purple v Hindalong Wildcats.

Junior A start time 9am sharp Pool A: Allenton v Tinwald Blue at Tinwald; Southern v Dorie A Black at ATTC; Methven Jade v Hampstead at Hampstead.

Pool B: Rakaia Boyz v Wakanui at ATTC; Tinwald Sky v Dorie A Red at Dorie Hall; Methven Silver v Hampstead Crusaders at Methven Domain.

Junior B start time 10:45am Allenton v Hinds Smash at Hinds; Meth-

ven Green v Dorie B at Dorie School; Methven Blue v Hampstead at Hampstead.

Junior C start time 9am sharp Pool A: Allenton Blue v Tinwald Pink at Allenton; Tinwakham v Dorie C at Hampstead; Methven Red v Methven Gold at Mt Hutt College.

Pool B: Rakaia Rascals v Allenton Charcoal at Rakaia; Methven Orange v Longbeach at Longbeach; Bye – Hinds Stingers.

Please phone any defaults through to Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis 308 3020 as soon as possible.

Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis 2013-2014 – Representative Ladder The Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis Representative Ladder is open from 12 October 2013 to 9 November 2013 for Open Challenges. Any junior player registered with a club is eligible to challenge anyone on the ladder by phoning the convenor of that age group. The top four in each group will be eligible for representative matches for the season. (ages are at 31st December 2013) Following this open challenge period challenges may only be made up to two players above on rankings. A full list of rankings is on display at the Mid Canterbury Tennis Centre.

Convenors: 10’s Convenor: Jo Innes, Ph 3022 888; 12’s Convenor: Lisa Hill-Scott Ph 302 9163; 14’s Convenor: Nicky Watt Ph 308 5555; 16’s Convenor: Wendy Hopwood Ph 308 0202 10 Girls: 1, Jasmin Strawbridge; 2, Megan O’Brien; 3, Sophie Innes; 4, Lydia Pye; 5, Olivia Bishop (Rakaia Club) 10 Boys 1, Tyler Leonard; 2, Harry Dargue; 3, Ryan McNulty; 4, Cameron Slee; 5, Johnathan Rollinson 12 Girls 1, Tessa McCann; 2, Sophie Ness; 3, Erin Connelly-Whyte; 4, Jade Brosnahan; 5, Millie Ness 12 Boys 1, Edwin Dargue; 2, Duncan Rollinson; 3, Sam Bubb; 4, Jarrod Hill; 5, Angus Mears 14 Girls 1, Holly Wild; 2, Samantha Molloy; 3, Rosie Twamley; 4, Penny Young; 5, Annalise Reilly 14 Boys 1, James Watt; 2, Flynn Ness; 3, Connor Brosnahan; 4, James Wild, 5, Hamish Hood 16 Girls 1, Ashleigh Leonard; 2, Stacey Hopwood; 3, Crystal Brosnahan; 4, Larissa Allan; 5, Milly Young 16 Boys 1, Aidan Mitchell, Aaron Reid, Nic Jansen

■ Touch October 18 Ground 1 6.15pm Can’t Touch This v Laser Sparks (Heapz); 6.45pm The Untouchables v Heapz (Parametta Seals); 7.15pm Team Xtreme v Ladahz (Prestige) Ground 2 6.15pm Parametta Seals v Mooja (Untouchables); 6.45pm Prestige v Farques (Can’t Touch This); 7.15pm High Raters v Cereal Business (Farques)

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■ ASHBURTON GALLOPS

Memorable Couplands clash likely

By GreG Jones The Ray Coupland Stakes is the feature race on the Ashburton Racing Club’s programme on Saturday, and many of the winners over the years have gone onto much greater heights.

Well-known names in the thoroughbred industry like the wonder grey, Grey Way went on to be hugely successful and horses like Little Brown Jug and St James performed at Group level in Australia and Hong Kong respectively after first winning this event.

It has almost become a rite of passage for contestants to perform with credit in the Guineas races and beyond. The quality of the winners has remained consistently high for a remarkable period and this event will be no exception.

What has changed over the past 10 years or so is the increased representation of North Island horses contesting the race, as owners and trainers have looked at the best way of

getting to the Guineas races at Riccarton and of gaining much needed black type for upgrading breeding stock.

The common factor throughout these past 10 years is Te Akau Racing Stables.

Winning five of the last 10 editions, the Te Akau stable have a tremendous strike rate in the race and one David Ellis is proud of and very keen to continue.

Three of their winners, King’s Chapel, Princess Coup and King’s Rose all went on to be NZ Horse or Filly of the Year, testimony to the outstanding ability they possessed.

For 2013 three likely prospects have been earmarked to maintain this standard.

Costa Viva will probably spearhead their attack, and the daughter of Encosta De Lago purchased from the Gold Coast sale has already demonstrated she has the ability and desire to make a serious racehorse.

A commanding victory on debut in a three year old event

M10 Christchurch dogs

containing winners, Costa Viva was then sent straight into the Gold Trail Stakes a Group 3 event and went a slashing race to finish second to the highly rated and current favourite for the 1000 Guineas, Bounding.

Certainly jockey Matt Cameron has a high opinion of the filly as he was on record as indicating she may have the edge on another terrific type in Spellbinder.

A son of Zabeel out of a Montjeu mare purchased for $200,000 at Karaka and syndicated as a package destined for Derby and Cups races doesn’t usually have the precociousness to be competitive over 1400m in stakes company this early in the season, but in Chambord team Te Akau have found the horse to do so.

After showing good speed in his debut run, Chambord improved significantly to win second up by a five length margin and was clearly a class above the opposition that day. Again, this distance should suit perfectly heading to the 2000 Guineas.

Matt Cameron will be aboard Costa Viva in the Coupland Stakes at Ashburton on Saturday.

The third possible contender is Dreamer and while still a maiden, this filly has been placed on five occasions and looks stronger this time in.

She found the line well in the Canterbury Belle Stakes will be competitive.

However this year it is a local filly that will be hardest to beat, her name is Orovela and her trainers are Danny Champion and Kezia Murphy.

Purchased relatively cheaply

by Danny, this filly has developed into an imposing filly with size and real presence.

Her debut run was terrific as

Today at Addington Raceway

Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 15 Oct 2013 NZ Meeting number : 10 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12

1 12.06pm (NZT) SUPER PETS SPRINT C0, 295m

1 86251 Figlia 17.59 H & ..................................Taylor 2 32435 Sum Are Fun nwtd ............................M Flipp 3 48254 Charlie’s Pal nwtd......................J McInerney 4 73277 Zulu Deb nwtd ..............................C Roberts 5 8 Churchill Chaser nwtd ...................... B Dann 6 45361 Unique Tilly 17.72 ............................ B Dann 7 35572 Marbella nwtd....................................M Flipp 8 53644 Valldemossa nwtd .............................M Flipp Emergencies: 9 Rattle Ya Dags nwtd ..........................J Dunn 10 3 String Theory nwtd ........................... B Dann 2 12.24pm YELLA MUSTARD AT STUD STKS C0, 520m 1 8566 Homebush Faline nwtd .............J McInerney 2 Admit Nothing nwtd M & ...................Jopson 3 Flip Flippa nwtd L & ........................... Wales 4 Opawa Sam nwtd J &......................D Fahey 5 4F34 Kaino nwtd H & ...................................Taylor 6 42323 Wee Terra nwtd C & ........................... Fagan 7 75558 Smoochy Jewel nwtd ...................C Roberts 8 467 Magdalene nwtd M & ........................Jopson 9 56776 Homebush Celia nwtd ...............J McInerney 3 12.42pm CAROL’S TAB DASH HEAT 1 C1q, 295m 1 23112 Rusty Knife 17.48 W & ...................... Nissen 2 4488x Opawa Summer nwtd S J & ...... R Cockburn 3 73677 Chase The Stars 17.88 M & ................ Smith 4 36756 Keramus Girl 17.63 ........................G Cleeve 5 33678 Belfast Suzy 17.69 H & .......................Taylor 6 26566 All Too Hard nwtd ......................J McInerney 7 17387 Teevee Kimba 17.65 .........................M Flipp 8 86158 Gracy Racer 17.60 C & ...................... Fagan 9 87687 Junior What 17.54 .............................M Flipp 10 58688 Liquorice Whip nwtd ..................J McInerney 4 1.00pm CAROL’S TAB DASH HEAT 2 C1q, 295m 1 86664 Party Rock nwtd S & .......................B Evans 2 57385 Claremont Diva 17.73 ...................... B Dann 3 52338 Car Bootle 17.62 ....................... M Robinson

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4 25367 Pep’s Pot nwtd C &............................. Fagan 8 32334 Bizarro 31.16 S & ............................B Evans 5 18244 Cala Rapita 17.87 .............................M Flipp Emergencies: 6 11221 Fireman’s Legacy 17.42 ....................J Dunn 9 4F565 Stich Up 30.81 S &..........................B Evans 7 7646F Homebush Nos nwtd.................J McInerney 10 36448 Calm Spirit nwtd .................................J Allen 8 37351 Red Eye Max 18.01................... R Cockburn 6 1.36pm CAROL’S TAB DASH HEAT 3 C1q, 295m 9 87687 Junior What 17.54 .............................M Flipp 1 x6786 Sha Char nwtd S J &................. R Cockburn 10 28787 Wandy Millah 17.63.....................D Kingston 2 68825 Twister Al 17.43........................... J McMillan 5 1.19pm PRETTY GOOD AT STUD STKS C1, 520m 3 26751 Chocdee Alice 17.99 .................J McInerney 1 18877 Opawa Chill 31.17 L & ....................... Wales 4 51456 Zoe Brand 17.29 .............................. B Dann 2 11 Deanne’s Fantasy 30.58 J & ...........D Fahey 5 23214 Bublin Jed 17.65 ...............................M Flipp 3 75455 Know Taste 30.85...........................G Cleeve 6 82421 Billy West 17.46 .....................M K Dempsey 4 56432 Express Male nwtd............................M Flipp 7 36755 Massage Only nwtd ....................D Kingston 5 54236 Noggin nwtd .......................................J Allen 8 17448 Conaloo 17.53........................... M Robinson 6 64432 Opawa Tania 31.10 L & ...................... Wales 9 87687 Junior What 17.54 .............................M Flipp 7 53226 Ellie Waves nwtd C & ......................... Fagan 10 86888 All Against Me 17.47 .........................P Scott 7 1.54pm CAROL’S TAB DASH HEAT 4 C1q, 295m 1 32678 Ohoka Taylor nwtd........................A Waretini 2 22174 Abogado 17.32..................................M Flipp 3 74248 Flirt With Me 17.64 M & ....................Jopson 4 4652x Cause Why nwtd W & ....................... Nissen 5 27344 Mamalulu 17.65 C & .......................... Fagan 6 42777 Hilton Friday 17.55 ....................J McInerney 7 26412 La Fontaine 17.38 .............................J Dunn 8 73365 Jet To Mars 17.70 M & ........................ Smith 9 87687 Junior What 17.54 .............................M Flipp 10 28787 Wandy Millah 17.63.....................D Kingston 8 2.12pm LITTLE BROWN JUG STAKES C1, 520m 1 24862 False Notion 30.54 J & ....................D Fahey 2 7x678 Belisconi nwtd M &............................Jopson 3 88218 Opawa Carlos nwtd L & ..................... Wales 4 45334 Opawa Pearl 30.98 L & ...................... Wales 5 53743 Moon And Sea 31.23 .........................J Allen 6 75443 Know Solution 30.99 .................... L Waretini 7 27523 Know Future 30.74.........................G Cleeve 8 112 Pedro Force 31.03 J & ....................D Fahey 9 48288 McJopson 31.23 S & .......................B Evans 10 46555 Out Back Bill nwtd ..................M K Dempsey Trainer John McInerney will be 9 2.30pm CAROL’S TAB DASH HEAT 5 C1q, 295m looking to increase his season’s 1 76823 Hear Hare Here 17.60 P & .................Doody winning tally at both the Christ- 2 65443 Nitro Express nwtd ....................... L Waretini 3 68672 Teevee Gidget 17.88 .........................M Flipp church and Southland greyhound 4 65354 Jumpin Sally 17.41....................J McInerney 5 54768 Katie Ate It 17.94 ...................... M Robinson meetings today.

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7555x Ziggy War Paint 17.64 ............... R Cockburn 76846 Pandora Doll 17.81 ................M K Dempsey 85622 Ketut nwtd ....................................C Roberts 87687 Junior What 17.54 .............................M Flipp 86888 All Against Me 17.47 .........................P Scott 10 2.48pm CAROL’S TAB DASH HEAT 6 C1q, 295m 1 87687 Another Street 17.62 .................J McInerney 2 86532 Rite Round Range 17.72 ..........A Bradshaw 3 2435F Maker’s Label 17.54 H & .....................Taylor 4 31437 Cawbourne Porshe 17.61 W & .......... Nissen 5 57256 Yapster Jewel 17.55 M &..................... Smith 6 16488 Fanta’s Fever 17.43 C &..................... Fagan 7 45587 Mustang Magz 17.60 ........................M Flipp 8 16675 Blue Gale Rise 17.36 ....................... B Dann Emergencies: 9 87687 Junior What 17.54 .............................M Flipp 10 28787 Wandy Millah 17.63.....................D Kingston 11 3.06pm JOHNNY MIDNIGHT AT STUD STAKES C2, 520m 1 44152 Thrilling Sound 30.68 S & ...............B Evans 2 36626 Opawa Marg 30.39 A & ......................Seque 3 45624 Know Peril 30.62 ............................G Cleeve 4 68754 Know Honour 30.81 .......................G Cleeve 5 45222 Rob’s Mate nwtd M & ............................J Hill 6 77254 Fireman’s Rocket 31.08 ................... B Dann 7 56176 Blushing Belle 30.63 L & .................... Wales 8 15178 Lochinvar Camaro 30.57 ..............C Roberts Emergencies: 9 71776 Line Honours 30.94........................G Cleeve 10 84786 Okuku Dreamer 30.77 C &................. Fagan 12 3.23pm CAROL’S TAB DASH HEAT 7 C1q, 295m 1 64526 Okuku Bobo 17.47 C & ...................... Fagan 2 51265 Sprinkles nwtd...........................J McInerney 3 41423 Emily Patrick 17.55 ...........................J Dunn 4 57858 Ohoka Blue 17.49 ........................ L Waretini 5 58666 Candy Belle nwtd S & .....................B Evans 6 76512 Em Are Dee 17.88 ............................M Flipp 7 12227 Air Flow nwtd ............................ M Robinson 8 73288 Okotoks 17.65 M &.............................. Smith Emergencies: 9 87687 Junior What 17.54 .............................M Flipp 10 58688 Liquorice Whip nwtd ..................J McInerney LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Southland dogs Today at Ascot Park Raceway

Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Ascot Park 7 63347 Sam’s Flyin Norm 22.93 .............D Stapleton Raceway Meeting Date: 15 Oct 2013 NZ Meeting num- 8 26466 Ruby’s Girl 23.30.........................R Hamilton ber: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 9 88888 Homebush Colt nwtd..................D Stapleton 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 10 77887 Rumball and Ice nwtd P &............. B Conner 9; 10, 11 and 12 4 1.09pm ADDED ENERGY C1, 390m 1 12.15pm (NZT) BRENDON BURKE @ FIRST NA- 1 33236 Some Say nwtd ..........................D Stapleton TIONAL WELCOME C3, 390m 2 34754 Sarah’s Domain nwtd ................J McInerney 1 57421 Ringa Ding 23.04 ......................J McInerney 3 65x58 Maggie Dee nwtd ..............................B Eade 2 21421 Hetfield 22.77 ...............................C Roberts 4 65471 Bowman 23.51 ...........................D Stapleton 3 21773 Another Snazza nwtd ................J McInerney 5 77674 Aykroyd 23.01 ............................D Stapleton 4 33656 Homebush Cruden 22.59 ..........J McInerney 6 72566 Black Trigger 22.80 P &................. B Conner 5 52226 Austin Wana nwtd .....................J McInerney 7 55245 Hazza’s Lad 22.96 .....................D Stapleton 6 66762 Just A Mate 22.75 .....................J McInerney 8 32221 Vienna nwtd ...............................D Stapleton 7 21888 Botany Pete nwtd ......................J McInerney 9 77887 Rumball and Ice nwtd P &............. B Conner 8 86876 Thrilling Clover 22.81 P & ............. B Conner 10 88888 Homebush Colt nwtd..................D Stapleton 2 12.33pm CENTRAL WATER CARRIERS C0, 390m 5 1.27pm WILLY’S FLOORING LTD C2/3, 390m 1 x5658 Payment Due nwtd .....................D Stapleton 1 67668 Dyna Frier 22.47 ........................D Stapleton 2 86686 Sheldon Baxter nwtd .................J McInerney 2 83877 Lachie’s Lad nwtd ............................B Shaw 3 46632 Zee Brugge nwtd.......................J McInerney 3 878F7 Heza Sensation 22.80 P & ............ B Conner 4 56768 Go Patch nwtd............................D Stapleton 4 78875 Another Jewel 22.86 .................J McInerney 5 8 Cee Ach Gee nwtd ...........................B Shaw 5 Box Vacant ................................... Scratched 6 86264 Tepirita Snoop nwtd .........................B Shaw 6 47875 Stock Taker nwtd ............................. R Breen 7 63443 Joey’s Secret nwtd .....................D Stapleton 7 57776 Noisy Leo nwtd .........................J McInerney 8 588x6 Homebush Britney nwtd .............D Stapleton 8 Leanne’s Pick nwtd L & ...................... Wales 3 12.51pm SOUTHLAND & OTAGO PHOTO FINISH 6 1.45pm 100% SELECTRIX C4, 390m C1, 390m 1 28327 Opawa Legs 22.94 ...................Matt Roberts 2 85565 Botany Prancer 22.71 ...............J McInerney 1 24888 Merely A Dream 23.00 ...............D Stapleton 3 64875 Primitive nwtd.............................D Stapleton 2 33775 Word For Word nwtd ..................D Stapleton 4 4267F Homebush Edith 22.68..............J McInerney 3 64136 Charles Fredrick nwtd ................D Stapleton 5 76466 Hot Mango 22.72 A &.........................Seque 4 44536 Homebush Hayley nwtd .............D Stapleton 6 32113 Cawbourne Burn 22.80 ............Matt Roberts 5 13641 John Dory nwtd .........................J McInerney 7 28235 Jumpin’ Julia 22.52....................J McInerney 6 47586 New Ingilltab 23.31 P &................. B Conner

she came through late to get up late and win with some authority over a handy field.

It was certainly good enough to make South Island’s finest sponsor and benefactor, Ray Coupland take notice as he was on the phone soon after to buy a half share, a decision he has not regretted.

Set for the listed Canterbury Belle Stakes, Orovela handed the bigger stage with aplomb driving through on the inside and showing determination and class in striding away from the good line-up.

Ray had owned the dam and so it was a win-win all-round as the trainers gained their first stakes race success.

As sponsor of the race for many years Ray has had one success in “his race” with a horse he often describes as being ‘pretty handy’ in Princess Coup, understating the mares’ ability as she won around $4.2m in prizemoney.

The final field for the Coupland will be decided on Wednesday.

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8 23434 Miss Sweet 22.86 P & ................... B Conner 10 2.57pm ASCOT PARK HOTEL C3, 457m 9 48786 Another Colt 22.60 ....................J McInerney 1 44534 Bob’s Eye 26.21 ........................J McInerney 10 86788 Opawa Casper nwtd L & .................... Wales 2 17567 Opawa Style 26.46 L & ...................... Wales 7 2.04pm SGRC $26 FIVE WIRE MUZZLES C2, 390m 3 55115 Mega Girl 26.58 A &...........................Seque 4 23134 Camray nwtd ..............................D Stapleton 1 66476 Cosmic Bolero 23.21 P & .............. B Conner 5 44312 Opulent 26.70 A &..............................Seque 2 36546 Bolt Rama 22.86 ........................D Stapleton 6 75635 Lincoln Flyer nwtd ........................C Roberts 3 52413 Hazza’s Got Swag 23.07............D Stapleton 7 13517 Botany Kevin nwtd.....................J McInerney 4 77147 Max’s Lad 22.73 .........................D Stapleton 8 42486 Opawa Bart 26.30 .............................B Eade 5 41712 Validation nwtd .............................C Roberts 9 86465 Flying Moe nwtd ...............................B Shaw 6 65216 Waimak Dave nwtd ...................J McInerney 7 56463 Theokoles nwtd ..........................D Stapleton 11 3.14pm COLORMARK SYSTEMS LTD C4, 457m 8 54573 Isabelle Domain nwtd................J McInerney 1 11533 Grant A Wish 26.19 ......................... R Breen 2 27543 Tepirita Rita nwtd .............................B Shaw 8 2.21pm GO THE APPLEBY RAMS C1, 457m 3 75717 Cover To Cover 26.60.................D Stapleton 1 86382 Wunzee 26.95 ...........................J McInerney 4 68624 Banbit nwtd ......................................B Shaw 2 27754 Sea Spray Doris 26.51 ................B Freeman 5 61712 Opawa Webby 26.58 L & ................... Wales 3 23512 Opawa Hog nwtd L & ......................... Wales 6 56212 Bone Nerd 26.00 ......................Matt Roberts 4 58865 Sheeza Flower nwtd........................ R Breen 7 83554 Dyna Groll 25.92 ..........................C Roberts 5 42241 Hustler Ambition nwtd ........ Melissa Roberts 8 83886 Should Be Carlos 26.29 ............J McInerney 6 21177 Jibbajabba Jewel 27.17................C Roberts 7 84375 Cawbourne Clock nwtd .....................B Eade Emergencies: 9 48786 Another Colt 26.25 ....................J McInerney 8 85877 Thirsty Kelvin nwtd ....................J McInerney 9 88888 Homebush Colt nwtd ..................D Stapleton 10 86788 Opawa Casper 26.23 L & ................... Wales 9 2.39pm WWW.SOUTHLANDGREYHOUNDS.CO.NZ 12 3.33pm JUSTRACING.COM.AU C4/5, 390m 1 53132 Bugsy Bangles 22.54 .......................B Shaw C2, 457m 2 57576 Sosan 22.71 .................................C Roberts 1 71211 Game Girl nwtd A & ...........................Seque 3 32466 Little Midnight 22.28 ...................D Stapleton 2 42443 Cawbourne Crazy nwtd................C Roberts 4 16158 Charlie’s Choice nwtd A &..................Seque 3 43151 Thrilling Marty nwtd P & ................ B Conner 5 24678 Jennings 22.82...........................D Stapleton 4 6383F Shiraz Rose 26.26 ......................R Hamilton 6 7883F Bella Dior nwtd ..........................J McInerney 5 54165 Opawa Bomb 26.23 L & ..................... Wales 7 8278x Deanne’s Magic nwtd .......................B Shaw 6 26212 Opawa Albie 26.48 .......................C Roberts 8 43147 Rosca 22.47 ..............................J McInerney 7 43726 Opawa Paul nwtd L &......................... Wales 9 67888 Kid Kahn 23.05 P &....................... B Conner 8 57631 Gypsy Hunter nwtd ....................D Stapleton

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7.00pm ASHBURTON DAHLIA CIRCLE. Annual tuber sale, open to the public from 7.30pm. Speaker - Joyce Read. Tinwald Hall.

11.00am WESTPARK WI. Flower show. St Paul’s Church hall.

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10.00am WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf croquet singles, the domain, Philip Street, Ashburton.

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

11.30am TINWALD GOLF CLUB (INC).

Battle of the bridge, 1st round. Ashburton

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10.00am ST STEPHENS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

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7.30am ASHBURTON TRAVEL CLUB. Alan Sim speaking on the autumn colours of the New England states of North America, all welcome. St David’s Church Lounge, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

Puzzles Tuesday, October 15, 2013

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DOWN 1. Yesterday, tomorrow, and so on ... anything but today! (5,5,3) 2. Dressing the part in it? (7) 3. Not so busy, then, it being taught (6) 4. The sound of raindrops may be uttered by comic (6) 5. They are eating at home among the Reds perhaps (6) 6. Was inclined to be thin at end of fast (5) 7. Design’s wrong: the South needs changing-robes (8-5) 14. On the spur of the moment I am to get a measured beat (7)

15. Drink taken from tins will disappear (6) 16. Superior lady will be seen in composition for bass (6) 17. No strength to professional charge: be quids in, though (6) 19. Black stuff that, right inside, may be pink (5)

CRYPTIC Across 1. Jack and Jill 8. Arena 9. Ladders 10. Omitted 11. Angle 12. Scheme 14. Canada 18. Press 19. Acclaim 21. Sorties 23. Roman 24. Cheer-leader Down 1. Jealous 2. Cherish 3. Apart 4. Delude 5. Indiana 6. Lie 7. Haste 13. Missive 15. Alarmed 16. Almoner 17. Caesar 18. Poser 20. Curve 22. Roc QUICK Across 1. Seek 8. Near misses 9. Contract 10. Owns 12. Advice 14. Sadden 15. Knolls 17. Result 18. Odes 19. Rashness 21. Deposition 22. Says Down 2. Emboldened 3. Knit 4. Parade 5. Smites 6. As good as 7. Uses 11. Needlessly 13. Illusion 16. Sortie 17. Rustic 18. Olds 20. Nuns

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QUICK ACROSS 6. Mob (6) 7. Accident (6) 10. Gifted (7) 11. Healed (5) 12. Implement (4) 13. Musical style (5) 16. Irritate (5) 17. Expert (4) 20. Did nothing (5) 21. Loyal (7) 22. Avoided capture (6) 23. Thin covering (6)

DOWN 1. Decide in advance (12) 2. Desert (7) 3. Chosen few (5) 4. Jettison (7) 5. Tedious task (5) 8. Cyclists (colloq) (5,7) 9. Make known (9) 14. Plods (7) 15. Subtle differences (7) 18. Overshadow (5) 19. Rescues (5)

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) No matter how busy you think you are, find time to embrace your romantic and creative passions, finding a balance between work and play.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) It is as much about any action taken now as it is about what you’re able to commit to, as Mars spends his last full day in your home and family sector.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) On the personal and professional fronts this is a day for doing what it takes for as long as it takes to ensure communication lines are open.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) Where the heart leads on the work front professional success and money will follow, with a need to focus on the things that excite you.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) As Mars spends his last full day in your sign it’s all about throwing yourself into the things that excite you, evoke your passions or warrior spirit.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) This is a day for taking it easy and really listening to your body. If you feel tired or just not feeling right give yourself permission to slack off.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) Remain as plugged in as possible today, even if that means making yourself available, when all you’d rather do is put out a ‘do not disturb’ sign.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) So urgent are professional matters today that you may need to ignore any work/life balance issues, knowing you can deal with them later.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) You’ve got a busy and very professionally focused 7 weeks coming up with the more you can dance around the bonfire of liberation today the better.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) As the Moon leaves your income sector he leaves you with a nose for money and just enough financial tension to leave no room for complacency.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) While there may be some personal and/or relationship tension and things could get heated, this is a chance to get everything out in the open.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20) Use any work tension to your advantage, keeping you on your toes at the very time when you need to be, but also guard against over doing it.

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Family Notices 26 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

Please note all late death notices or notices sent outside ordinary office hours must be emailed to:

BRAHAM, Roy William – On October 13, 2013, at Ashburton. Dearly loved husband of Margaret. Loved deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz to ensure publication. father and father in law of David, and Robert and Sue. During office hours notices Loved granddad of Sam, may also be sent to: Jamie, and Andrew. A special classifieds@theguardian.co.nz friend of Bradley. A service to Any queries celebrate Roy’s life will please contact be held on THURSDAY, 0800 October 17, 2013 at ASHBURTON Our Chapel Cnr East & (0800-274-287).

Cox Streets, Ashburton, commencing at 1.30pm.

Followed by private cremation.

Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton

CHITTOCK, Benjamin James Frederick (Eric), RNZAF 43235 – Peacefully at Glenwood Home, Timaru on October 13, 2013, aged 96. Dearly loved husband of Betty and the late Bella, dearly loved father of Robert, Lurlene and Jeff Roddick, loved granddad of Jeremy, Karla, Ben and Penny, loved great granddad of Charlie, and Parker, loved Eric of the Davis Family, John and Joyce, Murray and Sharyn, Alister and Marie and families and a loved brother of Alec and the late Trixie, the late Gordon and Maureen and families. A service for Eric will be held at St Stephens Presbyterian Church, Wai-iti Rd, Timaru on THURSDAY, October 17, at 11:30am. Messages to 122 William St, Ashburton 7700.

Betts Funeral Services FDANZ GRIFFITHS, Ivan John – Passed away peacefully at Tuarangi Resthome, Ashburton on Sunday, October 13, 2013. Dearly loved husband and friend of Ngaire. Loving and cherished father and father in law of Christine and David Janett. (Christchurch).

Devoted granddad to Hamish, Matthew, and Scott Janett.

Dearly loved son of the late Arthur and Myrtle Griffiths, and brother to the late Alma Garven (Timaru). Loved son in law of the late Walter and Alma Goodwin (Lauriston), the late Stan, and Gwen Goodwin, the late Neville, and Julie Goodwin, Alister and Adrienne Goodwin. Caring uncle and great uncle to his nieces and nephews. Special thanks to the staff of Tuarangi Rest Home for their care and support of Ivan, and his family. Messages to P.O. Box 472, Ashburton 7740.

Donations to the Alzheimer’s Association would be much appreciated and may be left at the service. A service for Ivan will be held at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Havelock Street, Ashburton on WEDNESDAY October 16, commencing at 1.30pm. Followed by private interment.

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30 to 59 fog

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Canterbury High Country

TODAY

TODAY

Fine in the morning with light winds. A brief southerly change in the afternoon brings isolated showers, some possibly heavy south of Christchurch.

Mostly fine. However, showers developing about the divide in the evening, falling as snow above 700 metres. Wind at 1000m: NW easing to 30 km/h. Wind at 2000m: W easing to 50 km/h.

TOMORROW

High cloud with scattered rain clearing from afternoon and northwesterlies dying out, then brief southerlies with a few showers.

Fine or becoming fine. Winds mainly light.

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Christchurch

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Timaru

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Queenstown

fine

Dunedin

fine

Invercargill

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Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 12:00 pm, yesterday 537.0 Nth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday

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Sth Ashburton at 12:00 pm, yesterday

72.2

Rangitata Klondyke at 2:30 pm, yesterday

327.7

Waitaki Kurow at 10:00 am, yesterday

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Canterbury Readings

Rise 6:40 am Set 7:58 pm

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Showers about the divide turning to rain, and snow level lifting to 1600 metres.

Mainly fine elsewhere. Wind at 1000m: NW developing, gusting gale 70 km/h in exposed valleys from evening. Wind at 2000m: Tending NW and rising to gale 80 km/h.

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Rain near the divide and scattered falls further east. Northwesterlies, gale in exposed places.

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Fine with high cloud.

Northwesterlies developing.

FRIDAY

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isolated snow thunder flurries

Tuesday, 15 October 2013

A disturbed westerly flow covers most of New Zealand.

On Thursday, a high over the north Tasman Sea extends a ridge onto the far north. The westerlies ease over the North Island on Saturday as the high spreads south over the Tasman Sea.

mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers fine showers clearing showers

High cloud increasing.

Warm gusty northwesterlies.

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THURSDAY

PEARSON, Thomas Francis Members of the Ashburton Lodge 6003 and sister Lodges are requested to attend the funeral service of their late Bro. Thomas Pearson, to be held at Paterson’s Funeral Services Chapel, cnr East & Cox Streets, Ashburton on Friday, October 18, commencing at 11.00am. Regalia to be worn please.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 16.6 17.5 Max to 4pm 11.2 Minimum 6.7 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 2.0 16hr to 4pm October to date 51.4 Avg Oct to date 27 2013 to date 707.8 540 Avg year to date Wind km/h N 30 At 4pm Strongest gust NW 100 Time of gust 8:11am

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6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am Ellen 3 11am House Gift Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Jimmy has no choice but to tell Ashley about Edna; Samson lies to Sam; Rachel is pleased. 0 1:30 Come Dine With Me 3 2pm May The Best House Win Four sets of home-owners are invited to judge one another’s houses based on interior design, homeliness, comfort and hospitality.

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

5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat Hosted

by Eddie McGuire. 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Dynamo – Magician Impossible PGR 0 8:30 Wild Planet – North America Stories of animals surviving in unforgiving weather and rugged terrain. 0 9:35 N The School AO Series that follows a group of final-year students in a British school. 0 10:40 One News Tonight 0 11:10 F Major Crimes AO 0 Midnight Law And Order UK AO 3 1am Te Karere 3 2 0 1:35 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2 0

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Love Your Garden A team of experts visits some of Britain’s most beautiful domestic gardens.

7:30 Trish’s Mediterranean Kitchen 8am My Kitchen 8:30 Make My Home Bigger 9am Coast 10am The London Market 11am Oddities The weird world of strange and extraordinary science artifacts.

11:30 Secret Meat Business Noon Bath Crashers 12:30 Spice Trail 1:30 Days Of Our Lives PGR 2:30 Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British 3:30 Make My Home Bigger 4pm Heaven’s Kitchen At Large Handy hints and even a few secrets to get the most from organic food.

5pm Better Homes And Gardens 6pm My Kitchen 6:30 House Crashers Homeowners who journeyed to a hardware store are subjected to a home renovation ambush.

7pm Auction Hunters 7:30 Location, Location, Location 8:30 House Wreck Rescue 9:30 Fantasy Homes In The City 10:30 Celebrity Juice AO 11pm Auction Hunters 11:30 Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British

WEDNESDAY

12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Better Homes And Gardens 2am House Wreck Rescue 3am Fantasy Homes In The City 4am Celebrity Juice AO 4:30 My Kitchen 5am Heaven’s Kitchen At Large.

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6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Buzzy Bee And Friends 3 0 6:35 Tiki Tour 0 7am Stitch! 3 0 7:25 The Penguins Of Madagascar 3 0 7:55 Slugterra 0 8:15 Franklin 30 8:40 Mike The Knight 3 0 8:50 Fireman Sam 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0 1pm Jeremy Kyle AO 2pm Bethenny 0 3pm Melissa And Joey 3 0 3:30 The League Of Super Evil 3 0 4pm Mako Mermaids 0 4:30 The Erin Simpson Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 The Amazing Race 0 8:30 The Mentalist AO 0 9:30 N The Walking Dead Can Rick and his band of survivors live in harmony in their prison compound or will the walkers overwhelm this new found paradise? 0 10:30 F Body of Proof AO 0

11:30 Zero Hour AO 12:30 The Protector AO 3 1:25 Infomercials 2:30 Army Wives PGR 3 0 3:15 Ultimate Dream Home 3 0 4:05 Anderson Live PGR 5:05 The Erin Simpson Show 3 5:30 Infomercials

TV THREE

FOUR

6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 10:30 The Shopping Channel 11:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 Noon 3 News 12:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 30 1pm Dr Phil AO A woman talks about what drove her to fake a pregnancy and steal a baby; a selfproclaimed sociopath discusses a book she wrote about her condition.

2pm The Dr Oz Show PGR 3pm The Real Housewives Of DC 3 3:55 Rachael Ray 4:55 Entertainment Tonight 5:25 Celebrity Masterchef The contestants cook for the public for the first time.

6pm 3 News 7pm Campbell Live 7:30 The Block NZ PGR Landscaping of the first outdoor space continues; Mark and Xanthe White set the teams a challenge to create a courtyard with a view; one of the teams breaks the rules. 0 8:35 Best of Grand Designs 3 0 9:40 Hawaii Five-0 AO 0 10:35 Nightline 11:15 Chicago Fire AO Severide tells Chief Boden about his injury, and makes some difficult choices about his future. 0 12:15 Infomercials 5am Joyce Meyer 5:30 Infomercials

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

7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 12:55 The Jeff Probst Show 1:50 Secret Millionaire UK 3 Millionaire Roisin Isaacs, who started out as a nurse, and went on to make her fortune in the health-care industry, goes to Dundee, Scotland.

2:55 Recruits PGR 3 Series about police recruits in training.

3:25 Nigella Feasts 3 Food that is reassuring and comforting.

4pm The Late Show With David Letterman 3 5pm Deal Or No Deal 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm Deal Or No Deal 6:30 Millionaire – Hot Seat 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 60 Minutes PGR 3 Current affairs from New Zealand and around the world.

8:30 M Last Action Hero AO 1993 Action.

A movie fan gets a magic ticket that transports him into the world of his film hero.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mercedes Ruehl.

7:30 Rugby – ITM Cup Week 8am Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) North Harbour v Canterbury.

10am Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) Frys.com Open – Round Four.

11am Golf – OneAsia Tour (Highlights) Nanshan China Masters – Round Four.

Noon Golf – European PGA Tour (Highlights) Portugal Masters – Round Four.

1pm Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Highlights) Bathurst 1000.

3pm Arena Access 3:30 Football – A-League (Replay) Wellington Phoenix v Brisbane Roar.

5:30 Netball – International (Replay) Australian Diamonds v New Zealand Silver Ferns – Test Five. From AIS Arena in Canberra.

7:30 Basketball – NBL (Highlights) New Zealand Breakers v Wollongong Hawks. From Vector Arena in Auckland.

8pm Rugby – ITM Cup Week A weekly roundup of all the action in the ITM Cup. 8:30 L Re:Union 9:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Otago v Auckland. From Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin.

11:40 Excused AO Dating show in which singles looking for love try to win dates before being eliminated from contention.

12:05 Infomercials

11:15 The Late Show With David Letterman A late-night comedy and talk show.

12:15 Home Shopping 1:45 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 2:15 Home Shopping

11:30 Arena Access Midnight Football – A-League (Replay) Wellington Phoenix v Brisbane Roar.

2am Basketball – NBL (Replay) Sydney Kings v Melbourne Tigers.

4am Basketball – NBL (Replay) Perth Wildcats v Adelaide 36ers.

THE BOX 6am NYPD Blue MVLS 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Pawn Stars PG 7:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 8:05 My Name Is Earl PG 8:30 My Name Is Earl PG 8:55 24 MVLS 9:45 Law And Order MV 10:35 CSI – Miami MV 11:25 CSI – New York MV 12:15 Da Vinci’s Demons 18VLS 1:30 NYPD Blue MVLS 2:20 My Name Is Earl PG 2:45 My Name Is Earl PG 3:10 24 MVLS 4pm Pawn Stars PG 4:30 The Simpsons PG 5pm Law And Order MV 6pm America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 6:30 The Simpsons PG 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 CSI – Miami MV 8:30 CSI MV 9:30 SVU MV 10:30 Law And Order MV 11:30 CSI – Miami MV

WEDNESDAY

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

SKY SPORT 2 6:30 Ako 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Journey To The West 8:30 M Planet B-Boy AO 2007 Documentary. Mr Freeze, Luis Mateo, Skwall.

10:15 N Both Worlds AO 10:45 Tagata Pasifika 11:15 Te Kaea 3 2 11:45 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Destroyed In Seconds PG 6:30 American Guns M 7:30 Man v Wild PG Ecuador. 8:30 Deadliest Catch PG 9:30 Mythbusters PG Lead Balloon.

10:30 You Have Been Warned PG 11:30 Mythbusters PG Bikes and Bazookas.

12:30 A Haunting M 1:30 Dates From Hell M 2pm Dates From Hell M 2:30 Auction Kings PG 3pm Auction Hunters PG 3:30 American Guns M 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 Mythbusters PG Aeroplane on a Conveyor Belt.

6:30 Gold Rush South America PG Peruvian Gold.

7:30 Car v Wild PG 8:30 Naked And Afraid PG 9:30 Auction Hunters PG 10pm Auction Hunters PG 10:30 I Was Murdered M 11pm Stalked – Someone’s Watching M 11:30 Deadly Sins M

WEDNESDAY

12:30 American Guns M 1:30 Car v Wild PG 2:30 Naked And Afraid PG 3:30 Dirty Jobs PG 4:30 Colony PG 5:30 Time Warp PG

Wild Planet – North America 8:30pm on TV One

SKY MOVIES 7:10 Abduction MVL 2011 Action Thriller. Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins.

8:55 The Sessions MS 2012 Drama.

John Hawkes, Helen Hunt.

10:30 The Three Stooges PGV 2012 Comedy. Sean Hayes, Will Sasso.

12:05 Everything She Ever Wanted Part 2 MVS 2009 Drama.

Gina Gershon, Rachel Blanchard.

1:35 The Artist M 2011 Romantic Comedy. Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo.

3:15 Ironclad 16V 2011 Action. Paul Giamatti, Jason Flemyng.

5:15 Certain Prey MC 2011 Crime.

Mark Harmon, Lola Glaugini.

6:45 Alex Cross MVS 2012 Action.

Tyler Perry, Edward Burns.

8:30 Hit And Run 16VLS 2012 Comedy. Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard.

10:15 John Carter MV 2012 Action.

Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins.

WEDNESDAY

12:25 Texas Killing Fields 16VL 2011 Crime. Sam Worthington, Jeffrey Dean Morgan. 2:10 Hit And Run 16VLS 2012 Comedy. Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard. 3:50 Texas Killing Fields 16VL 2011 Crime. Sam Worthington, Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

5:35 Certain Prey MC 2011 Crime.

The Walking Dead 9:30pm on TV2

MOVIES GREATS 6:35 Miss Congeniality MV 2000 Comedy. Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt.

8:25 Keeping The Faith MS 2000 Comedy. Ben Stiller, Edward Norton, Jenna Elfman.

10:35 The Skeleton Key MC 2005 Horror. Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt.

12:20 Backdraft PGL 1991 Thriller.

Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Rebecca de Mornay.

2:35 Miss Congeniality MV 2000 Comedy. Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt.

4:25 Jerry Maguire MLS 1996 Drama. Tom Cruise, Renee Zellweger, Cuba Gooding jr.

6:45 Step Up PGV 2006 Drama.

Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan.

8:30 Resident Evil 16V 2002 Action Thriller. Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius.

10:15 Click MLS 2006 Comedy.

WEDNESDAY

12:05 The Making Of Prometheus MV 12:20 Jerry Maguire MLS 1996 Drama. 2:35 Step Up PGV 2006 Drama. 4:20 Resident Evil 16V 2002 Action Thriller.

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6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Pingu 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Beyblade – Metal Fury 3 7:55 Casper Scare School 3 8:20 Chuggington 3 8:30 Raa Raa The Noisy Lion 3 8:40 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 8:50 Bob The Builder 3 9:05 Thomas And Friends 9:15 Peppa Pig 3 9:25 Wonder Pets 3 9:50 Humf 3 9:55 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Peppa Pig 3 3pm Sticky TV Featuring – Go, Diego, Go! and Monsuno.

4:30 Four Live 6pm Sabrina – The Teenage Witch 3 0 6:30 Everybody Hates Chris 3 0 7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 0 7:30 Face Off 3 8:30 M Jennifer’s Body AO 3 2009 Comedy Horror. When a small-town high-school girl is possessed by a hungry demon, guys who never stood a chance with her take on a new lustre in the light of her insatiable appetite.

Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried.

10:40 The Real Housewives of New York City PGR 3

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

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6am Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Hawke’s Bay v Wellington. From McLean Park in Napier.

6:30 Rugby League – National Premiership (Replay) Canterbury Bulls v Waicoa Bay Stallions. From Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland.

8:30 Darts – World Grand Prix (Replay) Final. From City West Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.

10:30 Netball – International (Highlights) Australian Diamonds v New Zealand Silver Ferns – Test Five.

From AIS Arena in Canberra.

11am Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Highlights) Bathurst 1000. From the Mount Panorama circuit in Bathurst, NSW. 1pm Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) Frys.com Open – Round Four. From CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, California.

2pm Motorsport – Dakar Series Desafio Inca. A cross-country rally through the Ica Desert in Peru.

3pm Rugby – IRB Sevens World Series (Highlights) Gold Coast.

4:30 Football – Spurs TV 7:30 Red Bull Chronicles 8pm Motorsport – FIA Formula One Championship (Highlights) Japanese Grand Prix. From the Suzuka Circuit.

8:30 Boxing – Fight Night Adonis Stevenson v Tavoris Cloud.

10:30 Motorsport – Dakar Series Desafio Inca. A cross-country rally through the Ica Desert in Peru.

11:30 Golf Central

WEDNESDAY

12:30 Darts – World Grand Prix (Replay) Final.

2:30 Rugby – IRB Sevens World Series (Highlights) Gold Coast.

4am Boxing – Fight Night Adonis Stevenson v Tavoris Cloud.

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Ryan Jackson works his way up an incline in Wakanui during the Tinwald Cycling Club’s race on Sunday.

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Big sprint gets Albon home Scott Albon showed plenty of strength in a head wind sprint finish to claim victory in Tinwald Cycling Club’s 38km handicap event around the WakanuiHakatere block on Sunday.

Albon and his co-markers made their way through the near-60 strong field finding the front in the final 5km, setting up a grandstand finish.

The pressure went on the leaders in the closing stages

with the scratch markers on the charge, eventually getting within eight seconds of the front on the finish line.

But it was Albon who had the final say with a solid early sprint getting the decisive break on the bunch to take the win.

Matt Marshall hit the line strongly to secure second with Ross Templeton backing up his good early season form to take third.

Rob Hooper and Kristine Marriott held out the chasers to secure fourth and fifth respectively.

Jamie Smitheram continued to impress with another top ride to take bragging rights in the junior A division.

Scratch marker Alex Hooper rode the course in 54.02 minutes to record the fastest time from co-markers Tony Ward and Nathan Tew.

The juniors contested a 17km handicap event where Connie Davidson rode a super race in tough conditions to keep all the chasing riders at bay and take the win.

Cameron Prattley continued his rapid rise in the sport with a solid effort to claim second, while Jenna Borthwick backed up her top finish last week with third.

Oliver Davidson and Abe

O’Donnell rounded out the top five.

Bailey O’Donnell set the fastest time from Oliver Davidson, riding the distance in 35.04 minutes.

Keryn O’Donnell took the Division 2 victory, with Helen Bancroft coming home in second.

Next week the club will contest a handicap race on Dawson Road.

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