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Charges laid over fatality Charges have been laid following a fatal accident which claimed the life of an apprentice gardener in September last year. Twenty-one-year old, David Morgan Muir of Tinwald, was killed when the car he was a passenger in crashed into a tree on a straight piece of road on the Methven Highway (State Highway 77) in the early hours of September 2 last year.

After a lengthy investigation, which still continues, police confirmed to the Guardian yesterday that charges had been laid following the crash, but not directly relating to the accident. “A 23-year-old man has been charged with driving while disqualified and theft of a motor vehicle following the fatal crash on Methven Highway on 2 September, 2017,” Detective Sergeant

Leigh Jenkins said. “The investigation continues and evidence is being further reviewed. “Further charges may be laid as a result of this.” Jenkins said the man is due to appear in Christchurch District Court on February 20. “As this matter is now before the court, Police cannot comment further,” Jenkins added. The driver of the vehicle was tak-

“At this stage no charges have been laid and enquiries into the fatal crash are still ongoing.” Due to the nature and stage of the investigation, Police could not confirm if alcohol or speed were factors in the accident. Morgan was an apprentice gardener for the Ashburton District Council and was described by a close friend to the Guardian as “one of life’s good people”.

en to Ashburton Hospital following the accident after walking to a nearby house to raise the alarm. Detective Anthony Clare said late last year that reports would lead to a decision on what would happen next in the investigation. “We are currently awaiting specialist reports before a decision can be made as to what the appropriate action is to take as a result of the investigation,” Clare said.

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■ ATTACKING DOGS

Dog ‘has to be destroyed’ By SuSan SandyS

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A Lowcliffe farmer fears a dog responsible for a mass mauling of sheep has survived being shot, and has not been destroyed. Kevin Jackson lost more than two-thirds of a flock of 180 sheep following two attacks, one on December 30 and one on January 2. He witnessed the second attack under way and shot the two Staffordshire bull terriers responsible, and believed at the time they both received fatal wounds. However, while the first dog died at the scene, the second escaped. Jackson said he was shocked to hear later that it had survived. He had been told this by both a neighbouring farmer who knew the owner of the two dogs, and a vet who told him the dog was under the care of the Ashburton District Council and the Ashburton SPCA. He had not heard from the council that the dog had been destroyed, thus feared it could be rehomed. “All it could de doing is playing with the kids, like it was playing with the sheep, and some poor little kid is going to get done in,” Jackson said. He wanted to see the dog destroyed. More than 50 sheep were killed in the two attacks, being mauled and suffocated, and others with injuries had to be euthanised, leaving only 58. Jackson will receive some insurance to help with the financial loss, but still expects to be

Dog attacks on stock cost Lowcliffe farmer Kevin Jackson $10,000. more than $10,000 out of pocket. In further revelations, the attacks by the two dogs are believed to be more widespread, with two other farmers reporting stock deaths. Duncan Barr raises calves at Lowcliffe, within one kilometre of the dogs’ residence, and had several incidents of stock breaking out from late November onwards. He was not sure what was causing it, until an incident in mid-December, when this time two calves were killed when they

became caught up in fence netting. “At that point I knew this was dogs,” Barr said. From then on he kept his gun in his ute, and patrolled the property at night, until he heard of Jackson shooting two dogs, and he had not had any problems since. He also believed any surviving dog from the attack should be destroyed. “Once they are blooded, that’s it they will go back and do it again,” Barr said. Another nearby farmer, who wanted to give only his first

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name of Brad, said he had a lamb mauled to death in November, and in retrospect suspected the two dogs. The council was yesterday unable to confirm whether the dog survived being shot, nor any other details. “An investigation has been opened, and whilst this is under way, we cannot make any further comment at this time,” said a spokesperson. SPCA general manager southern region Barry Helen said the Ashburton SPCA had not had any involvement in the case.

Alexander facing second murder trail A second High Court murder trial of Ashburton man Jayden Shane Alexander has been set down for next month in Timaru. Alexander has been charged with murdering his brother Tainui Wano by stabbing him at a McDonald Street address in 2016. A jury was unable to reach a decision about his guilt when the case was tried in Timaru in September last year and a hung jury declared. A retrial has now been set down for the week of February 26 in the High Court at Timaru. The Crown alleged Alexander stabbed Wano following an argument after the parties had been drinking to mark the anniversary of the death of a family member. The trial lasted four days and a jury of seven women and four men spent a day deliberating before Justice Gerald Nation declared they had been unable to reach a decision. The jury had earlier been told by the prosecution that a critical issue in the case was whether Alexander intentionally assaulted his brother and if he intended to kill him. In New Zealand, a jury must try to reach a unanimous verdict where everyone agrees that the defendant is guilty or not guilty.

Methven hot pools complex still welcoming investors By SuSan SandyS

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Methven Adventures is in negotiations with potential investors as it aims to open a hot pool complex in the ski town by next winter. Director James McKenzie said the company expected the ne-

gotiation process to go on for the next couple of months. During this time, it would remain open to additional expressions of interest. Following the company taking over the project from Methven Hot Pools Limited, it issued an Information Memorandum in

November requesting expressions of interest from eligible investors prior to December 20. “In the meantime, we continue to progress with the project and expect to be placing a contract for an energy design study in the next week or so,” McKenzie said. The complex, to be established

at Mt Harding Racecourse, has a working title of Opuke Thermal Pools and Spa, and launched under the new owner with an ambitious goal to design and build the pools by winter 2019. The plan is to use solar heating, backed by geothermal heat pumps using natural ground

heating sources, linking in with branding around sustainability, with the catch phrase Sourced from the mountains, powered by the sun. The project is likely to need strong financial backing with cost projections up to $10 million.

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■ ADULT LEARNING

Megan’s on an educational high By Linda CLarke

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A Mid Canterbury woman who uses video conferencing to study was one of Ara Institute’s top students last year. Mother-of-two Megan Wordsworth attends class via video in Ashburton, where she interacts with her Timaru-based lecturers and classmates while studying towards a Diploma in Human Resource Management. She was the top student in the Introduction to Commercial Law and Business Communication paper last year. Wordsworth, whose children are 14 and 19, said she was enjoying studying and the video conferencing was a great way to learn. She and her husband Phil moved to Mid Canterbury five years ago from Whangarei and started a civil subcontracting company called Paneltech South. They live near Methven. With her children almost out of the nest, she wanted to study to increase her knowledge and opportunities for jobs in the future. She hopes to finish her diploma with part-time study by the end of this year, then pick up other papers in health and safety in 2019. “Long term I would like to use the qualifications I gain to work in the area of human resourcing and/or health and safety. This is such a growing industry which is set to continue in the future.” Her full-time study last year had to fit around family and other commitments and there were time management challenges,

Megan Wordsworth is enjoying tertiary study as an adult learner. but Wordsworth said her family was very supportive. “The kids thoroughly enjoyed being able to give me direction at times on a computer concept that I had never really had the need to use before. They were also very encouraging when I passed an assignment or exam.” She said the commercial law

paper was challenging to start with but within a month she had settled into study and was enjoying herself. “I had excellent tutors as well as peers. The tutors really want to help you succeed and respond to emails quickly. Other students are also supportive.” Just over half her learning was

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at the Ashburton campus by video conferencing. “The classroom had a large screen TV which is connected to a classroom in the Ara Timaru campus so basically we sit in on a class being taught in Timaru. This is very interactive as we talk to tutors and classmates as if we were in the same room through

the use of video conferencing microphones which sit on a desk in the middle of each classroom. These microphones pick up what tutors are teaching as well as any questions that students may be asking.” She said the tutors divided their time between Ashburton and Timaru sites, so there was also a good number of classes with faceto-face teaching in Ashburton. The video conference worked well for her. “I think it’s a fantastic resource which allows higher education to be taught in smaller urban areas such as Ashburton or Oamaru. I have no hesitation in encouraging others to take up study, especially as an adult, if they’ve been contemplating it and use this type of awesome resourcing that Ara offers.” Wordsworth said the top student award was a surprise though she knew from her exam marks that she had passed well. It was also a proud moment for her family. She hits the books again next month with just one paper in human resource management. “I can honestly say that I’m looking forward to it. I have found my experience as an adult student at Ara a very positive experience. I know that study takes effort, but also brings reward.” Another Ashburton woman, Julia Papek, also featured among 2017’s best Ara students. She was top student in a Fundamentals of Marketing paper that is part of a Diploma in Accounting.

More high temperatures forecast, but a low due Friday A humid northeast flow is expected to push temperatures to 30 degrees Celsius again in Mid Canterbury today. The warm weather should last until Friday, when rain is forecast. Mid Canterbury sweltered on Sunday, when the MetService re-

corded 28.4 at Ashburton airport. The temperature topped out at 29.1 at the airport yesterday, while it was 31.1 at Mitcham mid-afternoon. The MetService says a low approaching from the Tasman Sea will spread rain and strong north-

erly winds but before it gets here, Mid Canterbury people can expect another couple of warm days and nights. The weather experts are keeping a close eye on how the system evolves and is likely to issue severe weather warnings in the coming

days; a severe rain warning is already in place for Westland and Nelson. It is important people keep up to date with the latest news. Mid Canterbury has already had 114mm of rain since January 1. Some 36mm fell on January 5 and last week’s big deluge over several

days totalled 76mm. Rivers have risen and fallen correspondingly. The Rakaia peaked at 735 cumecs on Friday and was running at 278 yesterday, the Ashburton hit 181 and was at 76 yesterday while the Rangitata hit 273 cumecs and was at 110 yesterday.

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In brief Tavern broken into An intruder at the Tinwald Tavern early Monday morning had their break-in cut short by the building’s alarms. Police were called to the Archibald Street address shortly after 3am yesterday morning, after someone illegally entered the building. “They came in, had a walk through and were interrupted by the alarms,” said Tinwald Tavern owner Greg King. The building sustained minor damage to a “couple of doors” during the break-in, but King said nothing appeared to have been taken. He said that staff and police were looking through security camera footage and investigating the incident.

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Youngsters making movies at Plains Museum By Katie todd

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Tinwald’s Plains Railway has transformed into an “imagination playground” for dozens of aspiring movie makers. The Big Little Theatre Company’s one-week Summer Theatre School launched into action at the museum yesterday. Throughout the course, a group of 6 to 18-year-olds will work with celebrated Christchurch cinema-

tographer Sam Walls, successful Ashburton dance choreographer Poppy Donaldson and other Big Little Theatre Company alumni to master the art of filmmaking. “I’ve wanted to do movie making for a while,” said Children’s Theatre Director Jackie Heffernan. “Because we’re really ambitious, we’re making two movies and one music video.” She said senior students are

in charge of making one film, dancers under the guidance of Donaldson will devise the music video, and junior students were yesterday working in groups to pitch ideas for the third film, one of which will be selected and created. Heffernan said the Plains Museum formed the perfect local backdrop for the film work, and she was hugely grateful to the museum’s Lorraine Oakely for

supporting and accommodating the course. “I think they really connect with the idea of providing an outlet for the imagination. Everything [at the museum] is here to be enjoyed and experienced and it’s nice to give things a story,” she said. On Friday night, movie makers and their families will be able to watch the completed works on the silver screen during a special red carpet premiere.

Jet ski, trailer stolen at lake By Katie todd

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Thieves snuck off with a family’s jet ski and trailer from Lake Hood at the weekend. Despite being parked in a spot right up the side of the driveway on Saturday afternoon, Gary

Lusty’s red and white Honda Aqua Trax jet ski was nowhere to be seen on Sunday morning. “Whoever took it would have had to come right up the driveway, wheel the jet ski out into the cul-de-sac and attach it to their car,” he said.

He said it was highly likely the thieves knew about the jet ski before entering the property to take it. He has owned the jet ski for three or four years and the family uses it mostly on Lake Hood. Lusty and his family are appeal-

ing for any information or sightings, and have reported the incident to police. “I think they’ve got some good leads to follow, so hopefully something will come of that,” he said. “We just hope we will get it back, and in one piece.”

Ashburton District Council has lifted the precautionary boil water notice in place for the Mt Somers water supply, however residents connected to the Montalto and Methven supplies are being reminded to continue boiling their water. The quality of the Mt Somers water has returned to normal and no contamination has been detected after monitoring equipment detected high turbidity, or cloudiness, in the water supply on January 6. High turbidity lowers the effectiveness of water treatment equipment and council issued the notice as a precautionary measure until the water was safe to consume as normal again. Council is continuing to monitor the Methven and Montalto supplies, which were also put on a precautionary boil water notice due to turbidity levels.

Robber wanted A man who allegedly robbed a Christchurch bar with a firearm is wanted by police. The aggravated robbery took place at Trevino’s tavern early on Sunday morning. Police are still making inquiries about the robbery but are asking for the help of the public in the investigation. Shortly after midnight the man walked into the bar with a firearm, threatened an employee and took off with stolen cash. Police have released a CCTV image of the man and ask that anyone who might know who he is, or have any other information, to get in touch with Christchurch police on 03 363 7400. - NZME

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Holiday programme heads off to marae The 2018 YMCA Breakaway Holiday Programme set up at Hakatere Marae yesterday. Temperatures climbing upwards of 20 degrees mid-morning proved no barrier to competing in a team relay for (from left) Campbell McBride, 13, Mikayla Clare, 15, Fiona Hales (obscured), 11, Mini Hepburn, 14, Harpa Hughes, 11, Josh Pitney, 11, and Zach Morrison, 11. Fun events, which also included flax weaving and archery, followed a powhiri, waita and sharing kai. About 45 11 to 17-year-olds have registered for the holiday programme, which wraps up this week.

PM sinks Nats’ highway plan Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says neglected regional roads are more worthy of taxpayer money than the nine nationwide highways that the National Party wants and have begun online petitions to support. The highways were announced by National on the election campaign last August and were expected to cost about $10.5 billion. “These would greatly improve safety and travel times, better connect our regions and boost

regional economic growth,” National’s transport spokeswoman Judith Collins said. Among the nine proposed highways is the construction of the four-lane State Highway 1 link between Christchurch and Ashburton. But Ardern told Newstalk ZB yesterday that neglected regional roads were more worthy of funding. “What National have put up petitions on are these roads ... [They] actually don’t exist, they

are proposals, there was no money set aside for them, no plans around what they would look like. They’re proposals they put forward during the election.” The Government has already axed the East-West Link in Auckland – a $1.85 billion project the previous government supported. “We’d be much better off investing in some of those neglected regional roads, and in urban areas some alternatives to roading as well,” Ardern said. “If you ask a local mayor, they

will say, ‘Can you please help us with our regional roads, particularly some of the safety issues we have?’” Ardern said Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter would be meeting with local mayors to discuss which regional roads would be prioritised. National’s regional MPs have been drumming up support for their online petitions, which they hope to present to the Government later this year. - NZME

NCEA results are out today – but exam authorities won’t say exactly what time results will be online in case everyone tries to look at the same time. NZ Qualifications Authority deputy chief executive Kristine Kilkelly said the results were normally released in the morning of the release day. “We appreciate that students want to view their NCEA results as soon as possible, so we release results as soon as our system preparations and testing are completed – usually in the morning of results release day,” she said. “We also provide an extended call centre service to respond to student inquiries throughout the day.” But the agency tweeted: “Remember, we’re unable to provide details about the time of release.” Last year the NZQA website struggled to cope on release day, advising students: “We are currently experiencing heavy load on our website. Apologies to all affected. Please try again shortly.” Meanwhile the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) is reminding students to check their eligibility for the Labour Government’s new “fees-free” policy for anyone planning their first year of tertiary study or industry training this year. Chief executive Tim Fowler said it was not too late for people to take up the opportunity of feesfree study in 2018, but students and trainees need to act soon. “TEC is running a short information campaign about fees-free education starting today. Look out for ads in national newspapers and on social media,” he said. “The aim of the campaign is to make sure those considering tertiary level study for the first time are well informed about Fees Free so they can make the best decisions about their future learning. “But people will need to act soon to ensure their Fees Free eligibility is processed in time to complete enrolment for many qualifications and courses starting in 2018. - NZME

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Boil water notices need to be taken seriously Matt Markham

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read an interesting comment over the weekend on social media regarding the latest boil water notice issued by the Ashburton District Council. I won’t repeat the comment word for word, but it stated that these boil water notices are an absolute joke and that council need to get their act together and stop this from happening all the time, with an expletive or two thrown in for good measure. Yes, we do seem to be getting a lot of these boil water notices – but we’ve also had a lot of rainfall in the past 12 months. Council are doing their job and are doing it very well now after an initial hiccup last year around what and to whom information about boil water notices was being given. They’ve been prompt, effective and informative. I’ve had the unfortunate circumstance of watching a family member battle a serious illness through drinking from a contaminated drinking supply a few years ago and I wouldn’t wish that experience on anyone. We were lucky in the end but unfortunately another family wasn’t. These measures are in place to help keep people healthy and safe. They may seem like an imposition on your every day life and it might be an annoyance to have to boil your water every now and then, but surely you would rather do that and be safe and healthy other than find yourself incredibly ill. I know I would. The processes around such events like a water supply becoming contaminated or at risk are frequently adapted and changed to keep with up with time and technology. As we continue to develop, so do our processes around everything we do in life – eventually, boil water notices will become a passing phase as the stop gaps put in place to reduce the chance of them being required become stronger and more effective. So, for now, we just need to bite the bullet. There’s no point in crying foul at the council over the high number of boil water notices being issued. They need to be issued to avoid tragic situations occurring again.

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n Saturday it’ll be Donald Trump’s one-year anniversary as Leader of the Free

World. It’s tempting to look back at his past year and write it off as a disaster. Tempting to predict that, if he carries on like he has over the past 12 months, there’s no way Trump will be re-elected in 2020. Don’t be tempted. The past year for The Don hasn’t been as bad as you may think. Firstly, business loves him. The American stock markets are at record highs. That kind of sentiment gives businesses the confidence to expand and invest, and it means ordinary Americans get jobs and pay rises. Secondly, he’s got stuff done. At the tail end of last year, he passed radical tax reform legislation when no one thought it was possible, and the Supreme Court finally cleared his controversial Muslim travel ban. Regardless of how you personally feel about either, they are big wins for him and that makes him a winner in the eyes of his voters. Thirdly, Trump’s voters love him. Sure, his national approval ratings are at a dismal 37 per cent – if you compare that to the previous six presidents, he’s the most unpopular by a mile. But, if you break it down further and look at Republican voters only, his approvals sit at 87 per cent. That’s huge support. There’s very little voter regret among Trump supporters and that’s because he’s as crazy a president as he promised to be. Think the Muslim travel ban, his progressing plans to build the Mexican border wall, his ongoing campaign of hatred towards the media, his bullying of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, his power-battle handshake with French leader Emmanuel Macron and his tweeting. Again – I can’t stress this enough – you may hate all of these things but his supporters love them. They love the Muslim ban because they actually think Muslims want to kill Americans, they like The Wall because they think illegal immigrants are bludgers, they think the media are pushing political correctness, Kim Jong Un needs a bit of a sorting out, the rest of the world – North Korea and France included – need

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Do not underestimate him – he may just be re-elected in 2020.

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Trump does not need you to like him. He does not need world leaders to like him. He does not even need all of America to like him. He needs only his supporters to like him.

to be told who’s boss, and they find his crazy Tweets amusing and endearing. Trump’s voters like that he didn’t change when he became president. They like that he still eats McDonald’s burgers, even in the White House. They like that he admitted the job is harder than he thought it would be. It makes him human. They can

identify with him. Sure, he’s had some setbacks. The loss of the Senate election in Alabama last month, the ongoing chaos in the White House, the release in the past week of Michael Wolff’s book Fire and Fury. But what we think will be devastating, Trump somehow manages to survive. Remember,

this is the man who survived pussy-gate. Take Fire and Fury for example. I’ve giggled my way through the book’s accounts of Trump’s vanity, unsophistication and stupidity, but Trump’s supporters won’t believe the stories. They won’t even read the book. For them this is just another hit job by liberal elites who refuse to accept an imposter. The more Trump is attacked, the more they back him. And this is the important thing to remember: Trump does not need you to like him. He does not need world leaders to like him. He does not even need all of America to like him. He needs only his supporters to like him. He won convincingly a year ago. If he can keep that support, which he is doing so far, and if the Democrats stay in a state of disarray, he’ll be back in 2020. Brace yourself. - NZME

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‘Werewolf’ on trial Serial killer Mikhail Popkov, the former Siberian cop known as The Werewolf, is on trial after confessing to 59 new murders and one attempted murder. If convicted, the 53-year-old will have a total murder tally of 81 women, making him the world’s third worst serial killer. Colombian Luis “The Beast” Garavito raped, tortured and murdered 138 children, and fellow Colombian Pedro Lopez, the “Monster of the Andes”, was sentenced for killing 80 girls, but is believed to have murdered 300. American serial killer Gary Leon Ridgway, also known as the Green River Killer, was convicted of 48 murders, but is presumed to be responsible for more than 90. Popkov, who is serving life behind bars for 22 murders, killed the women during an 18-year rampage to “cleanse” the streets of Angarsk, Siberia of prostitutes. He is quoted as saying: “They abandoned their husbands and children at home and went out to party as if it was the last day on earth.” However, most of his victims were not prostitutes, but women with ordinary family lives. One of the women he murdered was a teacher at his daughter Katya’s music school. Popkov embarked on his killing spree, he has told authorities, because of infidelity by his wife, Elena, who has described him as “a perfect husband and father”. But he apparently targeted women who resembled his mother, who he claims abused him in childhood. The 53-year-old made his new confessions about the additional 59 victims last year, and a Siberian court charged him with the murders. Senior investigator Andrei Bunayev told The Mirror Popkov had given details in some of the cases. “He names the places where bodies are hidden. We find these bodies, and check his involvement,” Bunayev said. “He says very clearly, when and what was done. We are looking for evidence that confirms his words. “A large number of episodes are confirmed.” But Popkov had been ration-

Sam Smith conﬁrms tour Sam Smith has added his name to the long list of pop stars heading to New Zealand this year. Smith, the UK crooner behind hits like Too Good at Goodbyes, will perform at Auckland’s Spark Arena on November 2. He’ll be playing on the back of his well received second album The Thrill Of It All, released last year. Other pop stars performing in 2017 include Ed Sheeran, Katy Perry, Mariah Carey, Taylor Swift, Pink and Halsey. Tickets go on sale on January 22, with pre-sales beginning on January 17.

Elena Popkov (left) described her serial killer husband Mikhail (right) as the ‘perfect husband and father’. ing his confessions, police believe to delay his transfer from a detention facility to the prison where he would serve his life sentence. For the past six years, police have been investigating murders in Angarsk and the Irkutsk Oblast region where dozens of women were raped and killed in secluded spots. Popkov was arrested in 2012 and convicted and sentenced in 2015 to murdering the 22 victims, whose cases have been closed. In one of the murders, Popkov beheaded the woman. In another, he gouged out her heart. While off duty during his career as a police officer, Popkov would enter nightclubs or restaurants in his police uniform. He would offer mostly drunk young women a safe ride home, often in his police cruiser. He would then drive them to remote locations, rape them and kill them with an axe, knife or screwdriver. He abandoned their naked, dismembered bodies to be found, giving rise to the then

unidentified killer’s nickname of “the werewolf” or the “Angarsk maniac”. On the surface, Popkov was a devoted family man and police officer. For two decades, he eluded police investigators who ignored evidence that the mystery killer could be one of their own. The only victim who escaped his brutal attack, known only as Svetlana M, told detectives an officer in a police car had given her a lift, then took her to a forest, forced her to strip before smashing her head against a tree trunk. But after Popkov’s wife gave him an alibi, police did not investigate further. Former policeman Nikolai Kitaevlater said that Svetlana M had “clearly confirmed” a picture of Popkov as her attacker, but investigators chose to believe Popkov’s wife. Last month, Popkov told the Russian Meduza news site that after his first murder, he felt little fear of discovery. “The same situation would come up again, only this time I did everything more cold-

bloodedly, controlling myself, realising it wasn’t so scary after all,” he said. He said he gave women lifts and targeted those who were drunk or living in a way he saw as immoral, telling Meduza that “any society condemns the behaviour of a debauched woman”. Sometimes he would also have sex with the bodies after the women were dead. When he retired from the Siberian police force in 1998, the killings continued. The unsolved murders in the Irkutsk district were re-examined in 2012, when 3500 police officers in the Irkutsk region were forced to give DNA samples. Investigators had matched the make of police cars to tracks that had been found at the crime scenes, and Popkov’s DNA matched evidence on the victims. They have since described him as a homicidal maniac who had an uncontrollable desire to commit murders. But he has been ruled to be sane, and responsible for each murder. - PA

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Brexit back to Parliament for another round Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit legislation returns to Parliament this week, where pro-European Conservative MPs who stung her once before will hold their fire and leave the fight for more changes to allies in the upper house. Instead of rebelling again,

Tories seeking to preserve ties with the European Union will use the debate to send signals to the House of Lords, where members are overwhelmingly anti-Brexit, according to two Tory MPs with knowledge of the situation. The European Union With-

drawal Bill returns for debate in the lower chamber tonight. May can still expect roadblocks to be put up by Opposition Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who both said that they will oppose the bill in its current form.

That underlines the challenge for the Government in passing the legislation, which aims to enshrine all EU laws in domestic legislation to smooth Brexit. Labour submitted five amendments for debate this week. - PA

Beckham under ﬁre Victoria Beckham has come under fire over her use of a “sickly skinny” model in her latest eye wear campaign. The designer, 43, was hit with a barrage of complaints on her Facebook and Instagram pages after she shared two shots of model Giedre Dukauskaite, 29, wearing a pair of oversized glasses from the Victoria Beckham Eyewear Spring Summer 2018 range. According to the Daily Mail, outraged parents claimed it was the Lithuanian model’s super slim frame, not the glasses, that caught their attention as they blasted the image on social media. “This image is exactly why my already tiny daughter thinks she needs to eat less,” fumed one upset mother.

A stand for equality Michelle Williams has had one of the most “indelible days” of her life after Mark Wahlberg donated $1.5 million to Time’s Up. The 37-year-old actress has spoken out after her All the Money in the World costar agreed to donate the fee he received for reshoots on the movie to the anti-harassment charity, with their shared agency William Morris Endeavor donating an additional $500,000. It followed a backlash after it emerged Williams was paid just $80 a day when they returned to shoot key scenes again after Christopher Plummer replaced Kevin Spacey. But Williams insists the actions are not about her, but a stand for equality.

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200 properties ‘not enough’ guides young Aussies through the same process he used to make it big – channelling equity from capital gains into deposits for new purchases, a technique which some critics describe as risky. Last year, a crackdown by Australia’s financial regulators on interest-only and investor mortgages forced the banks to impose stricter lending criteria. Unable to come up with higher deposits or service higher interest payments, many investors bowed out of the market. That partly contributed to a housing correction which started in the second half of 2017, with national dwelling values slowing in October before turning negative in December. Owning multiple, highly leveraged properties can quickly go south if interest rates rise. While banks have already raised rates on interest-only and investor mortgages, the Reserve Bank has not touched the official cash rate since August 2016. Most experts don’t believe the cash rate will move until at least the end of this year, if not later. Birch said he wasn’t worried.

Nathan Birch – 200 properties “not enough”. “I believe interest rates are [here] to stay,” he said. “Look, I’ve heard lots of these scenarios. Going back in 2003 when I signed my first contract I was shaking, I thought the same things myself. We’re not a Detroit, we’re not America, and our systems are

heavily regulated to protect ourselves from that.” Saying his 200 properties were “not enough”, Birch said he believed the best place to buy was the Gold Coast. “The market here I think is only just scratching the surface,” he

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Mercury NZ picks Tesla for battery trial Mercury NZ has selected Tesla as the provider for a scalable national grid-connected battery trial after a tender process launched last September. A direct grid-connected battery is a large-scale battery able to take, store and return energy directly to the national grid, making it possible to provide energy when usage is high or supply is disrupted. Mercury, the electricity generator-retailer formerly known as MightyRiverPower, is investing more than $2 million to research the integration of 1 Megawatt/2 Megawatt per hour battery technology with New Zealand’s electricity system. The trial involves the Tesla Powerpack 2 large-scale battery and is the same modular, scalable tech-

Fraser Whineray nology installed in Tesla’s projects in South Australia and Southern California, Mercury said. The trial will be located at Mercury’s research and development centre in South Auckland, which is connected to the national grid and has the capacity to scale battery storage. Mercury will explore trading energy stored in the bat-

tery in both the wholesale electricity and reserve markets. According to Mercury, Tesla’s Powerpack 2 will be installed, connected to the grid, and ready to trade in the wholesale market in August 2018. “Technologies like battery storage have the potential to complement our country’s energy system as it supports moves towards greater sustainability across the building, transport and agriculture sectors,” said chief executive Fraser Whineray. Mercury chose Tesla because “Tesla has a proven track record in ground-breaking projects around the world”, he said. The company’s shares rose 0.2 per cent to $3.385 and have gained 10 per cent over the past 12 months. - NZME

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fares on the airline, which operates the longest route from Auckland to Doha, started at $1435 to Dublin. In November, Flight Centre fired a shot in the airfare war, with Air New Zealand return flights to London dropping below $1300. At the time, the agent said its $1299 fare was the cheapest ever for Air New Zealand flights to London – traditionally more expensive than other European destinations to fly into because of high taxes. Airfares dropped to below $1000 on Philippine Airlines to London earlier last year. - NZME

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that are lesser known in the New Zealand market, Mix & Match provides Kiwis with more choice on where, when and with who they wish to fly,” Paulsen said. The fare flying Air China must depart from Auckland to Zurich between 08-31 May 2018 or to London and other European destinations between 08-31 May and 18 Oct - 25 Nov 2018. Last month, Hawaiian Airlines offered return economy fares from Auckland to Honolulu for $618 for travel in February and March. Qatar Airways also advertised cut-price deals to Europe for booking until January 7. Return

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Europe airfares drop below $1000 Looking for an airfare bargain? This one could be for you. Online travel agency Mix & Match has announced return airfares to Europe for $999 or $1199 for those wanting to visit London. Among other deals, Kiwis will be able to secure a seat on a onestop flight to Zurich via Beijing flying Air China for a fraction of the usual $1500 price. House of Travel’s e-commerce and digital channels director Tim Paulsen said it was exciting that it was able to offer Kiwis bargains in a competitive market. “By offering a range of fares from airlines including those

said. “It’s like Australia’s Miami. Prices are still post-GFC prices, still very low.” It came as Birch, who last year revealed he was selling up some of his massive portfolio due to tightening finance conditions, hit back at a report which suggested he was struggling to meet his mortgage payments. The Australian Financial Review reported earlier this month that Birch had been sued by his lender, Permanent Mortgages, after defaulting on a $A535,000 high-interest mortgage for a Gold Coast investment property. Birch said the AFR story was “currently with the lawyers for misrepresentation”. “To confirm, I never got sued, the property never got repossessed, and the situation was that I had an overdue amount which equalled to one month’s interest which was paid immediately as soon as it came to my attention,” he said. “Having 200-odd properties, the admin side of things can become a bit too much and not seeing the mail on time meant I had no idea of this.” - NZME

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Nathan Birch’s mum still lives in his childhood home in Mt Druitt. The Sydney investor, who now owns more than 200 properties and claims a net worth of $A55 million ($60.1m), started with his first purchase at the age of 18, just around the corner. Appearing on Channel Seven’s Sunday Night programme, Birch and his mum sat down for a lamb roast with reporter Denham Hitchcock, who asked why, with all that money, he hadn’t bought his mum a mansion. “Because mum doesn’t want one,” she said. “My little house is fine, that’s what I always say.” Birch added that as his mum got older, he planned to build his large “dream home” where she would live with him. “Then I can get food like this cooked every day,” he said. The 20-minute profile, which features Birch taking a helicopter ride over the Gold Coast to survey his empire of properties – some of which have doubled in value since purchase – comes at a difficult time for his style of investing. Birch’s business, which he runs with fellow investor Daniel Young,

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DairyNZ seeking leaders Dairy farmers looking to step off-farm and into the boardroom are being sought by DairyNZ. Farmer leaders are encouraged to apply for two available associate director roles that provide an opportunity to see governance in action on DairyNZ’s board of directors. DairyNZ chairman Jim van der Poel said associate directors gain valuable experience working with the board. “Associate directors contribute to the governance of DairyNZ and participate in the board’s discussions, debates and decision-making processes,” van der Poel said. “The roles are a great opportunity for farmer leaders to gain experience and see first-hand how a board operates. It also enables dairy farmers to step into, and influence, the sector’s leadership.” The positions are open to current levy-paying dairy farmers, who have a proven commitment to governance and aspire to be a leader in the dairy sector. Associate directors are appointed for successive six-month terms and are non-voting positions. “We are looking for future leaders who will participate in

Jim van der Poel our board discussions and contribute practical insight, while being on their own journey into the dairy sector’s governance roles,” van der Poel said. To apply, send a covering letter and curriculum vitae to: The company secretary, DairyNZ Incorporated, Private Bag 3221, Hamilton 3240 or email lynne. newell@dairynz.co.nz. Applications close February 5.

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FAR appoints new boss Dr Alison Stewart has been appointed the new chief executive of the Foundation for Arable Research (FAR). FAR board chairman David Birkett said Stewart, who is currently general manager forest science at Scion, will bring with her a unique combination of skills. “Alison is an internationally recognised scientist with specialist knowledge in the area of plant protection. “She has a wealth of experience in managing research groups, programmes and institutions in New Zealand universities and CRIs, with research encompassing everything from cutting-edge molecular technologies to product development and on-farm trials. “As such, she has a strong understanding of the New Zealand science sector, particularly as it relates to primary industries. “She has also worked in the commercial sector in New Zealand and the USA, successfully developing and commercialising several biologically based pest and disease management technologies for the agriculture, horticulture and nursery sectors, and sat on the boards of Plant & Food Research in New Zealand and The Waite Research Institute at the University of Adelaide. “Alison is also familiar with FAR and its research, having been involved in several FAR funded research projects and a member of the independent External Programme Management Review panel which carried out a high-level overview of FAR’s activities and research in 2016.” Stewart will take up her new role in mid-March, replacing founding CEO Nick Pyke, who has been with the organisation since it was formed in 1995. As general manager forest science at Scion, Dr Stewart leads a range of activities including breed-

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BACKGROUND Alison Stewart’s background at a glance: ■ Stewart is an applied plant scientist who has focused on sustainable disease management, soil biology and plant biotechnology ■ PhD in plant pathology from the University of Stirling ■ First female professor at Lincoln University (1998) ■ Founding director of the Bio-Protection Research Centre at Lincoln University (2003-2011) ■ AgResearch Technology Transfer Award (2002) ■ MAFBNZ Biosecurity Award for Excellence (2008) ■ Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in recognition of services to biology (2009) ■ Distinguished professor of plant pathology, Lincoln University (2011) ■ Member of the MPI led Primary Sector Science Direction Steering Committee (2017) ■ Fellow of the NZ Institute for Agricultural and Horticultural Science ■ Fellow of the Australasian Plant Pathology Society

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Environment template approved Fonterra’s farm environment plan template has been given the thumbs up by Environment Canterbury. Under the Canterbury Land & Water Regional Plan (LWRP), all farms requiring a land use consent to farm must produce an environmental plan to support it. ECan chief executive Bill Bayfield said the Fonterra template made that process a lot easier and exceeded the regulatory requirements of schedule 7 of the LWRP. “Like the Farm Environment Plan Assessment Group, I was impressed with the ease of use of the template and its ability to adapt to the specifics of a property, only populating the relevant parts,” Bayfield said. Mat Cullen, Fonterra farmer solutions manager, said the template was part of the co-operative’s Tiaki Sustainable Dairying programme that enables farmers to use specialised regional knowledge, expertise and services to support best practice farm management and meet regulatory requirements. “Our farm environment plan (FEP) service combines the skills of our sustainable dairying advisers with the latest in geospatial mapping software to produce a high-quality product that our farmers find very easy to understand,” Cullen said. The Tiaki programme also offers other services around nutrient management, resource consents,

waterway management and water use management. “It is reassuring to see in the Fonterra template a methodology that will enable the development of plans and to identify and address actual and potential environmental effects and risks,” Bayfield said. “We encourage all farmers to prepare farm environment plans. International markets are increasingly demanding proven sustainability, and farm environment

plans are one way to demonstrate this.” Under schedule 7 of the Land & Water Regional Plan, farm environment plans can be prepared either by landowners themselves or via industry-prepared templates and guidance material. Minimum content is specified, and all farm environment plans must include an assessment of the adverse environmental effects and risks associated with the farming activities and how those

effects and risks will be managed. This includes irrigation, application of nutrients, effluent, stock exclusion from waterways, offal pits and farm rubbish pits. Farm environment plans must be auditable. Schedule 7 of the LWRP is subject to several changes in the Nutrient Management and Waitaki Plan Change (Plan Change 5, currently under appeal) including the addition of matters set out in sub-region plans. These include

important things such as identification of further features such as flood protection works, public access management of phosphorus risk zones and management of sites with mahinga kai. Fonterra has included these items in its template, including sections specific to the Selwyn Te Waihora and Waitaki zones. This avoids the need to update the template once Plan Change 5 becomes operative, unless changes are made to the schedule.

Search on for new Dairy Women’s Network CEO The Dairy Women’s Network will next month look to recruit a new chief executive. Late last year DWN announced that current chief executive Zelda de Villiers will step down from her role in May. Chairwoman of Dairy Women’s Network, Cathy Brown, said de Villiers’ commercial and financial expertise has led the not-for-profit organisation into a strong position. “On behalf of the Dairy Women’s Network board I’d like to thank Zelda for her leadership over the

past four years and we wish her every success in the future. “Under her direction, the organisation has solidified its systems, structures and reputation in the industry. We’ve also grown our membership significantly during her tenure. “Most importantly, Zelda has recruited and developed a strong team of staff and volunteers who will continue to provide the high level of support our members have come to expect from us.” Brown said it’s also a sensible time to reflect on the network’s

success so far and think about what’s needed to take it into the future. De Villiers was appointed CEO in 2014 having spent more than 20 years in various roles in the agricultural industry, including as managing director of DeLaval NZ Ltd and several rural banking and finance roles in South Africa. She leaves the network to focus on a new business venture in Northland. De Villiers said she had no doubt DWN would attract many worthy candidates for the chief execu-

M. bovis milk testing extended The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and its dairy industry partners have decided to extend the current mycoplasma bovis milk testing under way in Canterbury, Otago and Southland into a national milk surveillance programme. While there is no indication that the disease is present beyond the areas currently identified, checking for other possible regional clusters is essential to building a complete picture of the disease in New Zealand. The programme will involve testing three milk samples from every dairy farm. One sample will be taken from bulk milk as part of the regular sampling process at milk collection. Farmers will also be required to provide two samples from discard milk (milk un-

suitable for collection, for example, from cows with mastitis). The first round of testing in Mid Canterbury begins this week, with milk collected tomorrow. For those farmers who do not have milk collected on that day, it will be on Thursday. The second round is scheduled for January 31, or the following day for those farmers who do not have a collection on the Wednesday. M. bovis is more easily identified in milk taken from otherwise sick animals, which makes testing of the discard milk a valuable surveillance tool, MPI said in a statement. The nationwide programme is expected to begin in February and will be rolled out region by region.

tive role. “It has been a humbling and inspiring journey to lead an organisation that recognises and supports the contribution women make every day, not only to the businesses they work in, but also to rural communities throughout New Zealand.” Highlights during her leadership of DWN include cementing strategic partnerships with agribusinesses and national farming representative body DairyNZ, and overseeing the growth in membership from 5000 to more than 10,000.

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She said the network’s 90 volunteer regional leaders have also helped increase DWN’s professionalism and relevance in the industry. “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed seeing dairy farmers, volunteer groups and rural communities benefit from DWN’s various partnerships with industry. “These partnerships have strengthened DWN’s core capabilities and I know I’m leaving behind an extremely capable team of support staff and regional leaders and volunteers.”

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hat a difference we’ve had to the start of 2018 compared with the final topsy-turvy quarter of last

year. Steady rain in recent weeks has seen most regions receive more than 100mm already this year and more is forecast in coming days, a far cry from the prolonged dry period that marked the end of 2017. The hot, dry start to summer, which came on the back of a very wet spring, resulted in a lack of quality feed by December, driving stock to saleyards and processors and pushing down prices to unsustainable levels. Now arable farmers are faced with concerns that the recent rain will lead to seed sprouting in early ripening varieties.

Dairy With little change to market conditions over the Christmas break, attention is focused on the mycoplasma bovis and MPI seem to have finally come to the conclusion that wider testing needs to be done and from next month milk testing will be carried out nationally working through region by region. Nationally the recent rains may have come early enough to improve the outlook for total milk production and last season’s figures may get a nudge.

Lamb Meat companies should also be welcoming the rain, allowing both sheep and cattle to be kept on farm longer and grown out more to their potential. December processing numbers hit record highs which, if it continued, would have seen a shortened season and increasing competition for later season lambs. The whispers were that some companies were under pressure from contract lamb grazers/finishers to upload lambs from non-irrigated farms and find new homes for them as the dry conditions continued. Hopefully that’s now a distant memory. Schedules for this week have eased

slightly as is the norm going forward, however, the widespread rain and strong international markets may keep the trimming to a minimum. Store markets are still robust, with numbers appearing to be down as breeders hope to be able to take more lambs through to finishing.

Wool A continuation of the sliding trend that has become very repetitive with only lambs’ wool being able to put some sort of smile on sellers’ faces. The continuation of the poor returns for crossbred wools, which are barely covering shearing costs, will likely see a swing to single shearing for many farmers and shearing dates selected for management rather than what is best for the wool. Sellers must be getting resigned to current prices as only 10 per cent of offerings were passed in.

Beef As with lamb, schedules for beef eased slightly although the Coalgate sale on Thursday, held in pouring rain, had a strong bench of buyers keen to purchase quality cattle. Farmers will be having to balance grass growth with feed demand and the temptation to cash in on the good store prices. The old adage of you can maintain margins with a 10c/ week schedule fall if you are putting on a kg per day comes to mind. It’s not quite accurate but close.

Deer Venison prices are mostly holding with pre-Christmas levels with just some minor reductions for some classes. The American market is having a positive influence on this even with Europe’s traditional strong period of demand finished. Velvet prices have fully recovered from last year’s price falls and are now back to levels last seen two years ago. That will give sire stag sales plenty of impetus during the December and January period.

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1. Sometimes a little whimsy can brighten your day, and use scraps of wool. A knitted tea cosy doll from the museum collection. 2. Apart from accessories the next biggest area of knitting in most museums is baby clothes. This matinee jacket was knitted by Miss E. P. Dolan in 1946. 3. This prize-winning knitted singlet was made by Betty Brown, daughter of the author John Brown. 4. Looking a little like a lawyer’s wig, this knitted baby bonnet was made in 1896. 5. Members of the Westpark Country Women’s Institute donating knitted blankets to the hospital in 1992. 6. The prize card for the baby singlet knitted by Betty Brown. 7. Grandma’s knitting radio.

Grandma’s knitting basket BY KATHLEEN STRINGER

ne of the brightest radios in our Sounds Like Us exhibition is Grandma’s knitting basket, designed by Courtney Foon. It features an assortment of wools and accessories that speak about the awkward jumpers that most people have been given as gifts. Often scratchy, sometimes in the weirdest of colours or designs, and sometimes wrongly sized, they are special due to the person who made them. Coming from a family who worked at the local woollen mill, knitted garments were commonplace in my household. My favourite jersey was knitted for me by a colleague of my mother. Mum had gone to much time and effort designing a jersey that was meant to read Beatles, one of my favourite bands. The knitter obviously wasn’t into music of the 1960s as on Christmas Day my special jersey

Rare knits While common, knitted garments are rather rare in museum collections. Often the garment simply wears out – falling apart from over-use or poor washing. Other times, especially during times of economic distress, knitted clothes are unpicked and the wool reused. For her book, The Loving Stitch: A History of Knitting and Spinning in New Zealand, Heather Nicholson canvassed most museums to see what knitted clothing they had in their collections. She was surprised at how few garments there were. The majority were what would be termed accessories – scarves, hats and socks – many made during the First World War.

knitting is something that takes a long time and sometimes a lot of effort and skill. Unlike popping out to a shop and grabbing something off the rack that can be exchanged, making the decision to knit something for someone takes thought. You pick the item, pattern, wool and begin to knit. Even a scarf takes some time, so there’s a lot of energy and emotion that goes into the finished project. If the project is a success and you like it, that’s a bonus, if not well it’s the thought that counts. My mother, not a knitter, once attempted to knit a jersey for my father and although she took great care, somehow one sleeve was almost twice the length of the other! Although totally useless as a garment, my father valiantly wore it. I’m just not sure what he did with the extra length of the sleeve.

ness or thoughtfulness that sees them enjoy knitting for others, even if they don’t know the recipients of their labours. Following the tradition of knitting for the troops in the war, many knitters today can be found knitting for church or school fairs, overseas children in need, premature babies or, I am told, the SPCA or penguins. Grandma’s knitting basket radio is a reminder of all the knitters we have known. The women sitting in a chair with a knitting basket full of patterns, needles and wool, listening to the radio while concentrating on their latest creation for someone dear to them. Some find a relaxation in the clicking of needles and the advancing rows of colour. Maybe others take to knitting as a means to keep their hands occupied rather than being wasteful or lazy with their time.

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was unwrapped to reveal a beetle jersey – oh dear!

different from Grandma, with her eclectic collection of wool. The range of dyes and fibres gives rise to a world of possibilities older knitters would never have dreamed of. Even the variety of ideas has increased. After many years of knitting useful garments for friends and family, an aunt of mine was introduced to a pattern book of knitted dolls. She spent ages collecting the right coloured wool and knitting the most amazing creations. My job was to embroider the faces on them, so each one was truly unique. The goal was to knit five, one each for her grandchildren, but they became quite popular and only one remains in the family – poignantly owned by the one grandchild that was born after she died. Like Grandma’s jersey that doll is more than a knitted toy – it’s a treasure and a real slice of our family culture. We invite you to come into the museum to see more slices of Kiwi culture.

Honouring the Fallen During the period of World War One, 1914 to 1915, many men from the Ashburton District signed up to fight for the Empire against the German army. Many did not return — almost 450 from Ashburton were killed. The first Ashburton men were killed on April 25, 1915 — the first Anzac Day. Ashburton philanthropist and patriot Frederick Ferriman presented a special flag and a flagpole to the families of those men. The Ashburton Museum, with the assistance of the Rotary Club of Ashburton, has erected in front of the museum one of the original Ferriman flagpoles, and on the centennial of the death of each Ashburton soldier will fly a replica flag. This week the Ashburton Museum honours: January 23: James HUDNER

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■ CRICKET

Allenton up against it By Jaime Pitt-macKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

Allenton have learned just how tough club cricket is up in the big smoke after losing to Burnside by seven wickets in the Canterbury club championships on Sunday. Fresh off their three wicket defeat to Coldstream on Saturday, the yellow and maroons knew they were going to be in for a tough game. Clearly backing their bowlers, Burnside won the toss and elected to bowl, a decision that looked to have paid off early. In the first five overs Allenton were two down for only five runs, and eventually limped through to 4-55. A partnership of 38 between Jack Meyrick and Matt Tait was a big help, and another partnership of 28 runs between Tait and Ben Niles got Allenton closer to 100. In the end they did hit triple figures, finishing on 116 all out. Tait top-scored for the team with 40 runs. Matt Farrant was the pick of the Burnside bowlers, taking 4-24 from his 10 overs. Burnside came out firing in the run chase, not looking to use any more time than they needed to. Opener Martinus Huyser led the charge, smashing a quick-fire 45 off 32 balls before being dismissed by Ryan Stoddart. Angus Harman and JJ Naude got the job done, with Harman finishing on 44 not out. Stoddart was the most economical of Allenton’s bowlers, only conceding eight runs from his four overs.

RESULTS ■ American football Divisional playoffs Collated results from the NFL divisional playoffs yesterday. American Football Conference at Pittsburgh: Jacksonville Jaguars 45 PITTSBURGH STEELERS 42 National Football Conference at Minneapolis: MINNESOTA VIKINGS 29 New Orleans Saints 24

■ Bowls Allenton Bowling Club January 13 Ron White Cup “In-House” drawn triples sponsored by Wendy Watson 1st J. Bruce, B. Molloy & V. Whinham – 3 wins, 15 ends & 32 points, 2nd N. Sharplin, T. Johnson & A. Reid – 2 wins, 13 ends & 33 points, 3rd G. Bishop, K. McLaren & R. Shearer – 2 wins, 13 ends & 31 points.

■ Football English Premier League English Premier League results, standings Liverpool 4 (Oxlade-Chamberlain 9, Firmino 59, Mane 62, M Salah 68) Manchester City 3 (Sane 40, B Silva 84, Gundogan 90+1), Bournemouth 2 (Wilson 70, Ibe 74) Arsenal 1 (Bellerin 52), Tottenham Hotspur 4 (Son H M 26, Kane 47, 59, Eriksen 81) Everton 0, Huddersfield Town 1 (Lolley 40) West Ham 4 (Noble 25, Arnautovic 46, Lanzini 56, 61), Crystal Palace 1 (Sako 21) Burnley 0, Chelsea 0 Leicester City 0. Watford 2 (Gray 58, Doucoure 90) Southampton 2 (Ward-Prowse 20, 44), Newcastle United 1 (Joselu 68) Swansea 1 (J Ayew 60), West Bromwich Albion 2 (J Evans 4, Dawson 55) Brighton & Hove Albion 0. Standings P W D L F A Pts Manchester City 23 20 2 1 67 17 62 Manchester United 22 14 5 3 45 16 47 Liverpool 23 13 8 2 54 28 47 Chelsea 23 14 5 4 41 16 47 Tottenham Hotspur 23 13 5 5 46 21 44

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Joshua ‘on steroids’ Kiwi heavyweight boxer Joseph Parker has suggested rival Anthony Joshua might be using performance enhancing drugs. Parker, whose title unification fight against Joshua has been confirmed for April 1, said being called the king of pies by the Joshua camp didn’t worry him. “They call me the king of pies but I call him the king of steroids. Who knows, if you are that big and that muscly there’s something wrong.” - NZME

Cowboys plan season How the fit-again Johnathan Thurston will slot back into the North Queensland set-up will become clearer now his halves partner Michael Morgan has returned to Cowboys training. Australian fiveeighth Morgan and Tongan enforcer Jason Taumalolo are back on deck in Townsville this week, completing a Cowboys squad that includes the returning Thurston and co-captain Matt Scott. In that pair’s absence, Morgan, with the help of 22-year-old halves partner Te Maire Martin, led the Cowboys to within one win of a miraculous NRL premiership. - AAP

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Ryan Stoddart was the pick of Allenton’s bowlers against Burnside in the Canterbury club championships, taking 1-8 from four overs. PHOTO MATT MARKHAM 180317-MM-006

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■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club January 12 Midlands Seed Friday night Top Team: Bunker Brats 90 – Michael Wong, Dave Hampton, Hernando Marilla, Peter York, Men: Concrete Blockheads 89, Occasionally Available 86, One Man Handicap 85, Women: Whack & Watch 85, Mixed: The Cruisers 87, Slice n Dice 86.5 Top lady: Alison Hunt & Heather Robertson 29.5, Top man: Greg Fleming 33 Nearest the Pins: Templeton Motors – Rhonda Gallagher, Paul May Motors – Murray Moorehead, Mac & Maggies – Ben Crequer, BP Ashburton – Peter Bruce, Gabites Lucky Player – Joan Johns BP Lucky Player – Kevin Strange Eagle: Bruce Henderson on #11, Twos: Dave Hampton, Peter Bruce January 13 AC Browne Cup for mixed pairs Winners: Heather Robertson & Neil MacDonald 60.5 nett. Other winners in the mixed grade: Wendy Bruce & Greig Sparrow 64.5; Paul May & Kay Fox 65; Sharon & Paddy Bradford 65.5. The winners of the Smith Salver for Men’s pairs were Paul MacFie & Jamie Stone 64.5 nett. Other winners in this grade: Guildford Lane & Bill Mason 65.5; Gavin Douglas & George Brown 65.5; Brian Wilson & Kevin Smith 65.5. Nearest The Pins: Braided Rivers: Heather Robertson; Rothbury Insurance: Terry Kingsbury; Allenton Meat Centre: Blair Franklin; South Island Seeds: Kay Fox; Charming Thai (longest putt) Paul MacFie. Twos: Terry Kingsbury & Logan Middlemass; Sharon & Paddy Bradford; Heather

Robertson & Neil MacDonald. Property Brokers Shootout Winner: Brent MacGregor after a putt off against Paul Greer who was second, third was Brendon Davidson with Mike Holmes fourth and Ron Carlson fifth.

Spieth (USA) 69 68 66 66, Austin Cook (USA) 67 71 65 66, Cameron Smith (AUS) 66 67 66 70, Talor Gooch (USA) 64 66 70 69, Daisuke Kataoka (JPN) 65 68 69 67, Chez Reavie (USA) 68 69 65 67270: Scott Piercy (USA) 69 67 65 69.

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January 11 Twilight Stroke Leading scores in the stroke round played on Thursday. -6; Brock Peddie 33 7-10; Paul Hefford 32, Eugene Davis 35. 11 plus; Mike Sandrey 36. January 13 Stroke Leading scores in the stroke round played on Saturday: - 15 Brian Rouse 70, Andrew Barrie 73, Gordon Rennie 74 b/l. 15-21; Cameron Millar c/b 72, Ben Hobson 72, Bruce Collins 75.22 plus; Kerry Whiting 70, Nigel King 72, Graham Hortin 74 b/l. Women; 0-20; Jo Peacock 70. 21 plus; Sally Lane 78, Jacqui Beardsley 80 b/l. Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Barb MacGregor. Gluyas Ford # 6; Jo Peacock. Bedrock Bar and Stonegrill # 12; Snow Pierce. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Cameron Miller. Two’s; Lucas McGee (2), Jo Peacock, Gordon Rennie, Pete Marshall, Ray Wards. Net eagle; # 14 not struck The winner of the Dobson Cup for married and de-facto couples was Bruce and Elizabeth Collins with combined net 150.

Final round scores from European Tour event, the South African Open yesterday (par-72). 267: Chris Paisley (ENG) 66 65 70 66270: Branden Grace (RSA) 65 71 66 68272: JC Ritchie (RSA) 72 70 65 65274: Jacques Kruyswijk (RSA) 68 67 71 68, Jacques Blaauw (RSA) 68 70 66 70, Scott Vincent (ZIM) 70 66 71 67275: Renato Paratore (ITA) 71 67 69 68, Darren Fichardt (RSA) 70 71 64 70, Adrien Saddier (FRA) 68 63 73 71, Chase Koepka (USA) 65 71 68 71276: Charlie Ford (ENG) 71 72 67 66277: Hennie Otto (RSA) 71 72 70 64, Marcus Kinhult (SWE) 70 72 66 69.

Sony Open Final round scores from PGA TOUR event, the Sony Open yesterday (par-70). 263: Patton Kizzire (USA) 67 64 64 68, James Hahn (USA) 67 69 65 62 (involved in playoff) 264: Tom Hoge (USA) 65 65 64 70265: Brian Stuard (USA) 67 66 67 65, Brian Harman (USA) 64 63 68 70, Webb Simpson (USA) 67 70 63 65266: Ben Martin (USA) 69 66 66 65, Gary Woodland (USA) 67 67 68 64, Ollie Schniederjans (USA) 66 65 67 68267: Ryan Blaum (USA) 66 68 68 65, Kyle Stanley (USA) 64 67 65 71, Russell Knox (SCO) 69 64 65 69, Chris Kirk (USA) 63 67 67 70268: Daniel Berger (USA) 67 68 69 64, Zach Johnson (USA) 63 67 71 67, Justin Thomas (USA) 67 67 66 68, Jerry Kelly (USA) 66 67 69 66269: Jason Dufner (USA) 69 65 69 66, Jordan

■ Shooting Ashburton District Rifle Club Ashburton District Rifle Club verses Malvern Rifle Club, for the Jack Shield. Shot as a coached seven shot match from 300, 500 and 600 yards, scores were, Ashburton A team, John Snowden 35.2, 35.6, 35.4, 105.12, John Fleming 35.5, 34.3, 34.5, 103.13, Megan Snowden 34.1, 33.5, 35.4, 102.11, John Miller 33.1, 35.3, 34.1,102.5, and Mike Chui (FO) 42.3, 42.3, 40.1, 124.7, total plus handicaps 525.110. Malvern A team, Murray Steele 33.2, 35.4, 35.5, 103.11, Tim Webb 35.5, 35.4, 33.2, 103.11, Chris Kershaw 34.3, 35.4, 33.2, 102.9, Sam Kershaw 33.1, 33.1, 34.3, 100.5, Allan White 30.2, 35.5, 34.4, 99.11, total plus handicaps 515.105. Ashburton B team, Murray Cook (FTR) 37.0, 41.2, 37.3, 115.5, Brian Graystone (FTR) 31.0, 40.2, 37.1, 108.3, Brian Hawksby 30.2, 32.2, 33.4, 95.8, total plus handicaps 301.51. Malvern B team, Bevan Mehrtens 33.1, 35.4, 35.0, 103.5, Pete 32.3, 34.2, 31.1, 97.6, Charlie Ledbrook 32.1, 34.3, 31.2, 97.6, total with handicaps 301.43.

New Zealand mountain bikers Anton Cooper and Samara Sheppard have dominated in cross country races on the Gold Coast course to be used for the Commonwealth Games. The leading Kiwis were competing in the latest round of the Australian national series to get a taste of the venue and conditions ahead of the Games in April. Cooper is ranked seventh in the world. - NZME

DRAWS ■ Bowls MSA Bowling Club Skips entered Ashburton MSA Bowling Club’s Half Day Triples Friday January 16 12.30 Sponsored by Skip2itflooringXtra. A. MacKenzie, E. Maw, C. Leech, A. Smith, G. Sparks. D. Muir, R. Mitchell, T. Inwood. M. Anderson, N. Atkinson, M.R eid, G. Taylor, B. Williams, R. Harrison, R. Anstiss, B. Marsden. Entry fee $18.00 Club shirts or whites to be worn If unavailable please contact Dave Muir phone 308-6466.

Hinds Bowling Club January 20 Maddison Trophy 12.30pm start Entries: B Holdom, C Leech, G Pagey, G Taylor, Lynnford, M Reid, B Duffield, A McKenzie, P Maslin, Hinds Black, Hinds White, B Marsh, M Anderson, Hampstead, T Inwood, A Nutha. Club colours or whites

■ Golf Ashburton County Ladies Vets Golf January 19 At Tinwald - 9.00am for 9.30am start 9 Hole players welcome. Bring own lunch and small gift for raffle

Ashburton Golf Club January 20 This will be Men’s Opening Day with The Jim McKenzie Memorial Trophy played for as a 4 Ball Best Ball competition. Starting times: Morning 8.00am. Afternoon report to the Pro shop at 12.00 for a 12.30pm start. Nine hole golfers report at 1.00 for a 1.30pm start.

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■ TENNIS

■ FOOTBALL

Pay demand a stunner

Liverpool ends City’s win streak

Tennis star Novak Djokovic reportedly shocked fellow players after he hijacked a players meeting in Melbourne to demand a dramatic pay rise. Djokovic dropped the bombshell demand, to the surprise of many tennis stars, at a conference centre on Friday. The Daily Mail reported the 30-year-old threw the meeting off the rails after he walked onto the stage and demanded all nonplayers to leave so he could speak exclusively to current players on the ATP Tour. It was said that Djokovic spoke passionately in demanding a series of prize money increases across the Tour. The demands come after tournament director Craig Tiley revealed the total prize money for the 2018 Australian Open, which had a 10 per cent increase on the 2017 total prize money purse. The Open’s total prize money rose to $55 million this year, including $4 million paydays for the winners on the men’s and women’s singles draws. First round losers would now receive $60,000, just for showing up to Melbourne Park, and Tiley told players within the next six years the total prize money would rise to $100 million. However, for the Serbian superstar that wasn’t enough as Djokovic reportedly stunned the group of around 150 professional tennis players by advocating a breakaway players union. Djokovic presented his plan to

Novak Djokovic has won $US109,805,403 in prizemoney in his career. break away from the ATP and organised for an Australian lawyer to present the legal technicalities the players would need to be aware of, if they chose to set-up their own union. The Daily Mail reported that several players, such as world No.

4 Alexander Zverev, have publicly endorsed Djokovic’s bombshell. However, 19-time grand slam champion Roger Federer has reportedly declared he would not support the plan. The ATP Tour lists Djokovic’s career prize money as

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$109,805,403 heading into the Australian Open. It comes after a growing number of players on the ATP Tour believed equal pay with players on the women’s WTA Tour was holding them back from increasing their own prize money. - NZME

Stephens first major casualty at Open By Callum Godde Reigning US Open champion Sloane Stephens’ Australian Open campaign has gone down in flames, with the young American becoming the first big-name casualty of the tournament. The 13th-seeded 24-year-old, now winless in eight attempts since her surprise maiden major

last September, fell 2-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 to world No.34 Zhang Shuai in a seesawing match to open proceedings at Margaret Court Arena yesterday. The giant-killing Zhang added Stephens to a long list of Melbourne Park scalps after defeating Simona Halep, Alize Cornet and Madison Keys on her way to the quarter-finals in 2016.

“This court (is) really special for me,” Zhang said after evening her head-to-head ledger with Stephens at 2-2. “When I come back here for warm-up ... I’m feeling so exciting. “So I think I’m ready today.” In the early stages, Stephens showed no signs of her sluggish year-end form, posting 14 win-

ners to race through the first set in 38 minutes. At 4-all in the second, the young American seemingly stuck the killer blow to break Zhang’s serve for the sixth time. But the second-ranked Chinese women’s player rallied from 4-5 down to force a second-set tiebreaker, and later a deciding final set. - AAP

■ OPINION

A rollercoaster year in the wonderful world of sport

or those of you who notice my little mug on an opinion piece every Friday, you might be a little confused to see it here in today’s Guardian. Well, funnily enough for a newspaper, it is a little bit of news. I will no longer be handling the best end of the newspaper, the sports end, as I am departing the Guardian for a bit of study. It has been a rollercoaster year, especially for someone straight out of high school, but it has been such an enjoyable year.

To pinpoint my favourite event to cover would be a tricky one, having covered so many, but I guess I will just have to go with the Ranfurly Shield challenge. To be pitch-side at such a massive event was a special opportunity, and one I won’t be forgetting anytime soon. In this job you tend to meet a lot of successful people, and there seems to be a different way they tick, and being able to engage with them can be very interesting. It is probably a bit cliché to

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say about Mid Canterbury, but we really are a proud sporting region, and it has been a great opportunity to spread the news about the great sporting achievements. We are sadly in a time where

local sports coverage isn’t as well supported by some media organisations, and that is a real shame, and should be a reminder of how lucky we are here in Mid Canterbury. The role of the sports reporter isn’t so much one you take with you, but a torch that you carry, and it has been great to do my bit. To everyone I have interviewed, photographed or got an email from correcting a mistake, thank you, it has been an incredible time.

Manchester City’s 22-match unbeaten run in the Premier League came to a crashing halt with a 4-3 loss to Liverpool in a wild and thrilling game at Anfield. City finally stumbled at a ground where the team has a long history of struggles – with just one league win in 37 years – and was ultimately undone by nine minutes of madness around the hour mark when Liverpool scored three goals. With the score at 1-1, Roberto Firmino deftly chipped goalkeeper Ederson Moraes to regain the lead for Liverpool in the 59th minute. Sadio Mane smashed a rising shot high into the net in the 61st and Mohamed Salah capitalised on a weak clearance from Ederson to score from 45 metres in the 68th. All three goals featured errors by what was previously the tightest defence in the league, as City failed to handle Liverpool’s high press led by the irrepressible Firmino. City threatened an amazing comeback after goals by Bernardo Silva, in the 84th, and Ilkay Gundogan, in the first minute of stoppage time, but Liverpool held on in a nervy finale. Before yesterday, City had won 20 games and drawn its other two this season, leading many to believe Pep Guardiola’s side could emulate Arsenal’s Invincibles of the 2003-04 season. Liverpool away always looked like being the toughest of City’s remaining 16 games and so it proved, with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain putting the hosts in front in the ninth minute. Leroy Sane equalised just before halftime. A triumph in 2003 was City’s only win at Anfield since 1981, and Guardiola’s team started as if it knew the recent history of the fixture. Liverpool hounded and harassed City, with ex-Red Raheem Sterling in particular a target of Liverpool’s players and crowd. Firmino led the press from his position as central striker and it was the Brazilian’s hard work off the ball that created Liverpool’s goal. Firmino dispossessed Fernandinho, allowing Oxlade-Chamberlain to take up the loose ball, run forward and send in an angled drive that flew low past goalkeeper Ederson. Sane’s equaliser came against the run of play and was avoidable, as far as Liverpool was concerned. Joe Gomez misjudged Kyle Walker’s long ball and Sane got in behind him, before jinking into the area and firing in a shot that beat Loris Karius at his near post. Liverpool didn’t deserve to be out of the lead and stormed back in a madcap nine-minute spell around the hour mark when City’s defence was ripped apart. - PA

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Kiwis chase IPL riches Thirty New Zealanders have registered for the Indian Premier League player auction, with Brendon McCullum (right) and Corey Anderson pricing themselves among the elite. Tournament organisers released details ahead of the auction on January 27-28, with New Zealand’s tally of interested players bettered by India (778), Australia (58), South Africa (57), Sri Lanka and the West Indies (both 39). A total of 1122 players have signed up for the 11th edition of the lucrative Twenty20 league starting on April 4 but most of the names aren’t made public until the eight franchises scan the names and express interest. Former Black Caps captain McCullum and allrounder Anderson, who is returning from injury, have both set the highest reserve price of $NZ435,000.

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Anderson hasn’t played cricket at any level for six months and underwent back surgery in September to repair a stress fracture. Others on the auction top line include Christchurch-born England allrounder Ben Stokes, West Indies big-hitter Chris Gayle and Australian pace trio Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood. There were 11 New Zealanders in last year’s league but none of them were among the 18 players retained by their franchises preauction. Black Caps captain Kane Williamson and in-form seamer Trent Boult both set their reserve price at $325,500 while Tim Southee and Mitchell McClenaghan are at $217,000. Colin Munro and Tom Latham have also entered the auction, organisers said. - NZME

Taylor’s 200th ODI Revelling in the groovy beats of English reggae band UB40, Ross Taylor missed a rather important phone call in February 2006. It was Sir Richard Hadlee – trying to tell him he’d been named for the New Zealand team in their upcoming ODI against the West Indies. It’s safe to say he’s come a long way since then. Making his debut against the Windies in 2006, Taylor has gone on to make 199 appearances and thump 6903 runs in a storied ODI career. - NZME

Marsh eyes World Cup Mitchell Marsh knows he must cash in on his good form to cement his spot as Australia’s middleorder destroyer at next year’s World Cup. The allrounder backed up his breakthrough test series performance with a clean-striking 50 at the MCG, but believes his dismissal just as Australia looked to change gears contributed to the one day international seriesopening loss. Marsh and fellow allrounder Marcus Stoinis both fired in Australia’s batting innings and appear relatively settled at five and six, with the 2019 World Cup in England on the horizon. - AAP

Pakistan ‘apprehensive’

Aussies ‘could learn from England’ By Michael RaMsey Steve Smith says Australia could learn a thing or two from England’s freewheeling one-day international style after the visitors blazed their way to a seriesopening victory. England have taken a 1-0 lead in the five-match series after Jason Roy’s superb 180 propelled them to a five-wicket win at the MCG. Set an imposing 305 to win on Sunday night, the visitors chased down their target with seven balls to spare after Roy belted the highest ODI score by an England batsman. He and test skipper Joe Root (91 not out) combined for a 221run third-wicket partnership to restore some English pride after their 4-0 Ashes series defeat. It is the highest ODI run chase ever at the MCG, exceeding the 296 made by Australia against India in 2016. And Smith believes it could be cause for a rethink of Australia’s strategies as they look ahead to their 2019 World Cup defence. The Australian skipper noted that England had a wealth of attacking options with Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Alex Hales, Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler all inclined to bat aggressively. “It just looks like the way that they play is everyone just goes really hard and Joe Root is sort of the rock in the middle,” Smith said. “He just plays good cricket and guys bat around him. “That works for them and that’s something that we might have to think about as well, having guys that are going really hard and having someone – it might be me – that just bats normally.”

Pakistan have been “apprehensive” in New Zealand and paid the price for it, concedes batting coach Grant Flower. The tourists are 3-0 down in the five-match one-day international series and dwelling on a dreadful display in the third match in Dunedin when skittled for 74 in a 183-run drubbing. Former Zimbabwe international opener Flower says a change of attitude will be taken into the final matches in Hamilton today and Wellington three days later. - NZME

Venus crashes out In-form Swiss Belinda Bencic has sent Venus Williams crashing out of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park. Runner-up to sister Serena in last year’s final, Venus won’t be keeping the trophy in the family after falling 6-3 7-5 in a first-round boilover yesterday. With Serena unable to defend her crown in 2018 following the birth last September of her first child, Venus’s early exit means there will be no Williams sibling in the second round of the Open for the first time in 21 years. - AAP

Heat destroy Bucks

England’s Jason Roy on his way to a record ODI score at the MCG on Sunday night. Returning to the ODI summit is one of Smith’s key goals after Australia went winless in last year’s Champions Trophy and suffered series losses in New Zealand and India. Describing England as one of the best ODI teams in the world, Smith said the rewards of their style may outweigh the risk. “I guess if you do that, per-

haps you’re going to have days where you get bowled out for not many, but you back your players to come off maybe more often than not and get those big totals,” Smith said. “That’s what the English players are doing at the moment. “They’re just playing with such freedom and have pretty good game plans.”

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Smith’s comments come less than fortnight after Glenn Maxwell, who boasts an ODI strike rate of 123.93, was controversially omitted from Australia’s 14man squad. The dynamic allrounder has been in excellent touch in domestic cricket and his absence will remain a talking point if England maintain the upper hand. - AAP

Miami Heat’s Goran Dragic has scored 11 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter as the hosts sealed a 97-79 win over NBA eastern conference rivals the Milwaukee Bucks. Josh Richardson scored 16 and Hassan Whiteside finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Heat. The victory was Miami’s seventh in succession and improved their win-loss record to 25-17. - AP

Pelicans in comeback Anthony Davis scored a seasonhigh 48 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to lead the New Orleans Pelicans back from 19 points down late in the third quarter to a 123-118 overtime victory over the Knicks. Jrue Holiday added 31 points, and DeMarcus Cousins had 15 points, 16 rebounds, seven steals and five assists for the Pelicans. - AP

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■ MOTOR RACING

Frost burning up the track A gap is starting to open up at the top of the New Zealand Superbike Championship standings after another scintillating performance from former national champion Sloan Frost at the weekend. The conclusion of racing at Timaru’s Levels Raceway on Saturday and Sunday marked the halfway stage to the 2018 New Zealand Superbike Championships and an end to the South Island section of the calendar. This probably allows Wellington’s Frost to breathe a little easier as the series now takes a nearly two month break before the second half of the season, the final two rounds on his preferred North Island tracks. The Suzuki man had a massive fight on his hands at the opening round of the series in Christchurch a week ago and he emerged from that with a narrow one-point lead over his chief rivals, Whakatane’s Mitch Rees and Glen Eden’s Daniel Mettam. But he came on strong at Timaru at the weekend, qualifying fastest and then scoring a hat-trick of wins, boosting his advantage to 24 points over Honda rider Rees, with Suzuki man Mettam slipping back to third overall, now 15 points behind Rees. “It has been a tough couple of months for me and we struggled a bit in the (pre-nationals) Suzuki Series, but it’s certainly a huge boost to my confidence getting three wins this weekend,” said the 36-year-old Frost. Meanwhile, in the 600cc Supersport class, the war intensified between Triumph team-

John Bell is in no doubt as to what the future holds for his towering sprinter Julius. “He’s a Group horse most definitely,” the Cambridge trainer said. “We’ll look at the Concorde and the Darley and plan around those races.” The Concorde Handicap will be run on Saturday week with the Darley Plate on March 3. Both races will be held at Ellerslie where Julius thumped the open sprinters on Sunday when he resumed following a 10-month break. - NZME

Time called on mare Multiple black type placegetter Snow Secret has been retired. “She went a super trial at Cambridge recently, but she pulled up a bit short and x-rays showed two very small chips in her front fetlock,” trainer Shaune Ritchie said. “We didn’t want to risk her and we feel she’s done her job and warrants her place at stud. She’s got good black type form with a second in the Gr.3 Waikato Cup and she’s out of a Zabeel mare.” - NZME

Te Rapa targeted Sloan Frost is on the charge in the New Zealand Superbike Championships. mates James Hoogenboezem and Jake Lewis the two Canterbury men sharing race wins and strengthening their respective positions at the top of the standings. There was rarely more than a wheel-width between these two men, Lewis winning the first two 600cc races of the weekend, but Hoogenboezem pouncing late to win the third race. Hoogenboezem has a 10-point lead over Lewis at this halfway stage of the championships, with Upper Hutt’s Rogan Chandler (Yamaha) holding third position overall, albeit a massive 44 points further back.

There is a new leader in the fledgling GIXXER Cup competition after 20-year-old Pukekohe rider Thomas Newton scored two wins and a runner-up finish at Timaru. This inaugural GIXXER Cup class is reserved exclusively for riders aged between 14 and 21 years and it is a seven-round affair, the first three rounds having been an integral part of the Suzuki Series pre-nationals competition, which wrapped up on Boxing Day, and it continues on as a feature of the four-round superbike nationals. Racing at Timaru was therefore considered the fourth of

seven rounds, although riders will count only six of the seven rounds, each discarding their worst result. So Newton is the provisional leader only and it won’t be until after the final round, and riders have their points adjusted, that the trophy winner will be decided. There will be an extended break now before the championship resumes, with North Waikato hosting round three at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, near Meremere, on March 3-4, before it all wraps up at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park in Taupo on March 17-18. - NZME

Consistency rewards Heimgartner Andre Heimgartner has taken the overall win at the third round of the BNT V8s held at Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Ruapuna last weekend. Throughout the weekend’s three races Heimgartner claimed two wins and a third placing. Heimgartner had originally been classified as the race winner in Saturday’s opening race, before a post race penalty was applied in the form of a 10-second penalty for jumping the start, relegating him to third position. The Heimgartner penalty handed the victory to his teammate Jason Bargwanna, and saw Nick Ross placing second. Heimgartner went on to win the second race over the weekend after Bargwanna, who had led for much of the encounter had an on track tangle with fellow Australian Jack Smith. Smith got a run on his countryman out of turn eight, with Bargwanna covering the move. Bargwanna moved across and the pair made contact.

Big plans for Julius

Andre Heimgartner claimed the overall win at the third round of the BNT V8s at Ruapuna. Bargwanna’s race ended in the sand trap, Heimgarter capitalising and taking the win, with Nick Ross claiming another second place and Smith finishing in third. Heimgartner went on to also

win the final race of the weekend, his strong performances handing him the lead of the championship. “Overall a good weekend. “Coming here I was really looking forward to applying some

things that I have learnt in the break. “My driving feels as strong as I’ve been and preparing for the upcoming Supercars season in Australia.” Heimgartner has adapated quickly to his Richards Team Motorsport Toyota Camry, claiming three pole positions in as many rounds and multiple race wins. “I’m very comfortable in the car, but at the end of the day it still has a steering wheel and pedals and the tyre is the same as we have in Australia. “I’ve just been able to adapt to the car quite quickly and turn it into results,” said Heimgartner. “Looking forward to getting to Teretonga next weekend and continuing the momentum.” The provisional round win in class two goes to Justin Ashwell, with the finishing result of Chelsea Herbert being looked at by officials. Round four of the BNT V8s gets under way next weekend at the Teretonga track near Invercargill. - NZME

Grant Cullen has confirmed another Group One feature is on Wait A Sec’s February programme. “His next start will be in the Taranaki Cup and, all going well, he’ll back up the following Saturday in the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes,” he said. Cullen and training partner Guy Lowry produced a fresh Wait A Sec, who won the Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) in the spring, to beat Asama Blue by the barest of margins in Saturday’s Gr.3 Anniversary (1600m). - NZME

Best is yet to come Time will bring out the best in Bring To The Block, according to trainer Shane Brown. “She’s still maturing both mentally and physically,” he said. “In 12 months’ time, I think she will be a genuine black type horse.” Bring To The Block won for the second time in her 10start career when she dead-heated at Trentham on Saturday. She shared the spoils with Neverstopdreaming, who remarkably had also dead-heated at her previous appearance at Stratford. - NZME

Bosson shedding kilos Opie Bosson has taken on a weighty summer mission and he’s confident of executing it. The top jockey has a constant battle with the scales, but the lure of winning New Zealand’s richest two-yearold race at Ellerslie on Saturday week will have him leaner than ever. “We’ve got five horses qualified for the Karaka Million and Opie has chosen to ride Avantage,” Te Akau principal David Ellis said. “I said to him do you think you can do 54.5kg and he said I’ll do it easily.” - NZME

Top sire dies Former champion racehorse-cumsire Somebeachsomewhere has died in America aged 13. He had been battling ill-health since a cancerous tumour was discovered in his intestine in November. Racing in the mid-2000s, the son of Mach Three won 20 of his 21 starts and over $US3.3 million under the training of Brent MacGrath and held eight world records when he retired. - NZHN

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In brief

Colt to tackle Telegraph Sensei will take on the older horses at Group One level at Trentham this Saturday. Michael Pitman, who trains the colt with his son Matthew, has confirmed a start in the JR & N Berkett Telegraph (1200m). “Danielle Johnson will be riding him,” he said. “He’s bounced through his run the other day very well and we wouldn’t be backing him up unless we thought he was a serious winning chance.” Sensei was caught wide and over-raced when eighth in Saturday’s Gr.1 Levin Classic (1600m). “The plan was to have been four or five back on the fence

and get smothered up, but never mind,” Pitman said. “I think he’s a 1200 or 1400m horse.” Stablemate Savvy Coup was a bold third in the Levin Classic and a decision on her immediate future will be made in the next couple of days. “She’ll either back up in the Desert Gold Stakes or go on to Ellerslie for the Karaka 3YO Classic,” Pitman said. “She’s tough and she does back up well.” Pinup Coup, who finished third in Rating 65 company at the weekend, is a definite contender for this Saturday’s Gr.3 Metroclad-Terracade Desert Gold Stakes (1600m).

Meanwhile, the Riccarton stable will chase a sentimental victory with Dynamic in today’s Evelyn Carran Memorial Reefton Cup (1400m). “We’d love to win the race. Evelyn was a very good owner of ours and raced El Chico and Southern Sav as well as a host of other horses,” Pitman said. Dynamic is in good form and most recently he was runner-up at Omakau. “It was a good run and he’s improved with the race,” Pitman said. “He’s drawn one and there should be plenty of pace early so he’ll get a good run.” - NZME

Derby plan all on Cranbourne trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young’s bid to go one better in the New Zealand Derby begins in earnest this week. The couple produced Rising Red to finish runner-up last year and their hopes to win the $1 million classic at Ellerslie this time around rest with Persian Empire. The Savabeel colt will resume at Caulfield this week. - NZME

Boosting Karaka budget

Danielle Johnson

Proceeds from the sale of Formidable to overseas interests are earmarked for Karaka. The son of Shocking’s last-start victory in the 3YO Salver at Ellerslie attracted interest from afar. “He will be heading to Hong Kong,” former trainer Shaune Ritchie said. “It’s a shame, but it’s the same old dance and the money was too good to turn down.” - NZME

Reefton gallops

Today at Reefton Raceway

Reefton JC Venue: Reefton Meeting Date: 16 Jan 2018 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11 1 11.25am WILD BUCK NZ ALE MAIDEN $10,000, MAIDEN, 2000m 1 x582D Prized Pins (10) 58.5 ........... S MacNab (a2) 2 36884 Tussock (4) 58.5 ...................... G Jogoo (a1) 3 37380 Cowboys Dont Cry (14) 58.5........K Williams 4 59490 Ferocious (5) 58.5 5 50905 Nakuru (3) 58.5 ...............................S Collett 6 057 Late Notice (6) 57 7 73x73 Justrush (15) 56.5 ...................T Jonker (a3) 8 0L742 Macario (13) 56.5 ..................... A Morgan (a1) 9 67662 Patricia Rose (11) 56.5 ...............L Callaway 10 99x05 Nancy (7) 56.5 ......................K Mudhoo (a1) 11 65005 Advent (16) 56.5.......................... C Johnson 12 06648 Dowry Duty (9) 56.5 ........................ J Morris 13 0 Tacktheflag (8) 58.5 14 5x009 Valetina Vittoria (2) 55 15 27x00 Royal Mistress (12) 56.5 16 79998 Jewell Of Jumeriah (17) 56.5 17 7000 Tavistella (1) 56.5 Emergencies: Tacktheflag, Valetina Vittoria, Royal Mistress, Jewell Of Jumeriah, Tavistella 2 11.55am GREG DALY REAL ESTATE $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2000m 1 x0821 Shocktillyoudrop (13) 59 .................J Laking 2 565x0 St Malo m (8) 58.5 ..................T Jonker (a3) 3 10907 Nunchucks (7) 58 ................. S MacNab (a2) 4 10059 Redesdale m (10) 58 ............K Mudhoo (a1) 5 13632 En Suite d (4) 57.5 ............. C Campbell (a3) 6 00573 Bachata (3) 57.5 .........................L Callaway 7 89x40 Sweet Indulgence d (14) 57 .........K Williams 8 81079 Jakaya 56.5 .................................. Scratched 9 17574 Keep The Lot d (6) 56.5 .......... G Jogoo (a1) 10 61x70 Kowhai Kerry m (9) 56.5 ........H Bennet (a3) 11 10030 Sunset Girl (11) 56.5 .......................S Collett 12 50266 Penny Perfect (12) 56.................. C Johnson

Otago Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Forbury Park Raceway Meeting Date: 16 Jan 2018 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 1 12.18pm OGRC WELCOME STAKES C0, 545m 1 261 Jinja Liv nwtd J & ............................D Fahey 2 x4728 Homebush Bow nwtd ................J McInerney 3 23321 Token Vikkers nwtd .........................R Wales 4 76622 Goldstar Tasman nwtd S &..............B Evans 5 87535 Goldstar Raven nwtd S & ................B Evans 6 63375 Classy Baxter nwtd ...................J McInerney 7 8 Goldstar Mika nwtd S & ..................B Evans 8 52633 Know Equal nwtd ...........................G Cleeve 9 352 Jinja Bailey nwtd J & .......................D Fahey 10 75835 Glass Harpoon nwtd ......................J Guthrie 2 12.36 GREEN ISLAND BARBER STAKES C2, 545m 1 65448 Verta Bale nwtd ............................C Roberts 2 77144 Homebush Ellie nwtd ................J McInerney 3 36431 Goldstar Dodge 33.16 S & ..............B Evans 4 47223 Draxler 33.15 J & ............................D Fahey 5 17581 Opawa Richie 32.79 ........................R Wales 6 74434 Homebush Fued nwtd ...............J McInerney 7 43143 Goldstar Ashton nwtd S & ...............B Evans 8 41325 Spring Sam 32.42 .....................J McInerney 9 61746 Homebush Ragna nwtd ............J McInerney 10 14315 Southern Honey 33.02 ................R Hamilton 3 12.53 ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER SPRINT C3, 310m 1 16682 Captain Chilly 18.85 ...........................C Weir 2 62221 Botany Cold 18.75 ....................J McInerney 3 43416 Homebush Miles 18.73 .............J McInerney 4 12271 Black Tori 18.86......................... A Bradshaw 5 87452 Justin Ryan 18.51 S &.....................B Evans 6 4F313 Koputara 18.73 M & ..........................Jopson 7 66543 Magic Mike 18.75 .........................C Roberts 8 25572 Ohoka Alex nwtd ...........................R Adcock 9 33363 Valyrian Steel 18.83 ..................J McInerney 10 72443 Ice Princess nwtd ...................... A Bradshaw 4 1.11 BROCKLEBANKS DRY CLEANERS C4, 310m 1 75x47 Melan nwtd S & ...............................B Evans

13 77379 Payment Pending m (2) 57..........K Kwo (a3) 14 000x0 Our Spice m (15) 56 15 270x1 Carnaby m (1) 59 16 23064 Florence Ivy (16) 56 17 9x705 Point Proven 57.5 ......................... Scratched 18 94008 Minerva (5) 55.5 .................. R Firdhaus (a2) Emergencies: Payment Pending, Our Spice, Carnaby, Florence Ivy, Point Proven, Minerva 3 12.27pm VERNON & VAZEY TRUCK PARTS MAIDEN $10,000, MDN 2YO&UP, 1020m 1 3873 Prawn Star b (15) 58.5 ......... S MacNab (a2) 2 8x Iceberg Rock (18) 58.5 .........K Mudhoo (a1) 3 506. Supagili (12) 57 ...............................J Laking 4 25020 Miacoca (11) 56.5 ........................K Williams 5 34396 Tatum (16) 56.5 ...........................K Kwo (a3) 6 64 To Love You (1) 56.5....................L Callaway 7 20388 Where Angels Walk (8) 56.5 ....... C Johnson 8 45477 Ruby Choux Rose (13) 56.5 9 9 Evielee (9) 56.5 10 25 Smile b (7) 55..........................P Shaikh (a2) 11 7x Smoke ‘N Pumpkin (14) 55 .............S Collett 12 4. Our Golden Girl (5) 52 ....... C Campbell (a3) 13 0x Dreaming Easy (2) 55 14 80 Mystical Eyes (3) 56.5 15 0x0. Lets Go Lily (17) 55 16 60806 Madam Makfi (6) 56.5 17 9x808 Chorister (4) 58.5 18 85800 La Roccetta (10) 56.5 Emergencies: Dreaming Easy, Mystical Eyes, Lets Go Lily, Madam Makfi, Chorister, La Roccetta 4 1.02 REEFTON CRANE & CONSTRUCTION $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1020m 1 70457 Lucky Edie (2) 59.5 .................P Shaikh (a2) 2 x8281 Red Tiara (8) 58 ......................T Jonker (a3) 3 377x4 Pinzano (4) 57..................... R Firdhaus (a2) 4 40521 Sweet Chastity (7) 57...................K Williams 5 26x10 Our Teddy Boy b (5) 57 ...... C Campbell (a3) 6 7290x Flash Suggestion (14) 57 .......H Bennet (a3)

7 28581 Frazzle (13) 56.5 .............................J Laking 8 x0857 Flavouring m (15) 56.5 ................L Callaway 9 83935 Indy Evolution m (12) 56 ....... A Morgan (a1) 10 x8068 Dan Cugat (10) 55 ...................... C Johnson 11 0x062 Alakazam (9) 54.5 .......................K Kwo (a3) 12 04988 Green Spirit (1) 54 ..........................S Collett 13 88080 Don’t Be Cheeky m (11) 55 14 x0436 Masabio b (16) 58 15 x0104 Promising m (3) 56 16 0307x Acrylic m (6) 55.5 Em: Don’t Be Cheeky, Masabio, Promising, Acrylic 5 1.37pm TASMAN AGRICULTURE $11,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2000m 1 33166 Shadow King mb (5) 60.5 .... S MacNab (a2) 2 3442x Speedy Jax (4) 57.5 ................T Jonker (a3) 3 68251 Oligarch (8) 56.5 ..........................K Williams 4 x2412 Can You Hear Me (9) 56..............L Callaway 5 02121 Chic (11) 55 6 7x401 Long Harbour (1) 54.................... C Johnson 7 860L1 Queen Serene m (3) 54 ........... K Gundowry 8 46194 Whipped m (2) 54 9 23064 Florence Ivy (10) 54 10 94008 Minerva (7) 54 ..................... R Firdhaus (a2) 11 x6788 Lady Lindauer m (6) 54 ...... C Campbell (a3) 6 2.12 FASTTRACK $5K $30,000, OPN HCP, 2000m 1 66132 Kaharau (7) 60 ............................L Callaway 2 x7603 Maid Of Steel d (6) 56 .....................S Collett 3 11706 Locally Sauced dm (3) 54 4 55650 Belle Boy dm (2) 54 5 33166 Shadow King mb (4) 54 6 74455 Zartan m (10) 54 .....................T Jonker (a3) 7 02121 Chic (9) 54 ........................... S MacNab (a2) 8 68251 Oligarch (8) 54 .............................K Williams 9 57855 Stormy Habit dm (11) 54 .........P Shaikh (a2) 10 9x705 Point Proven m (5) 54 .................K Kwo (a3) 11 00x97 Feral Ice (1) 54 .......................H Bennet (a3) 7 2.47 ELECTRONET MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1400m

1 00x72 Powerball (10) 58.5 .............. S MacNab (a2) 2 67703 Al Be Civics (14) 58.5 .....................J Laking 3 6x Keyboard Warrior (16) 58.5 .....T Jonker (a3) 4 067 Our Boy Baz (12) 58.5 5 09005 Skedaddle Skedoo (2) 57... C Campbell (a3) 6 44242 Sensibility (15) 56.5 ....................L Callaway 7 3x98x Buffalo Rose (9) 56.5 8 8x03 Mahana (3) 56.5......................P Shaikh (a2) 9 34693 Platinum Raider (8) 56.5 ..... R Firdhaus (a2) 10 00x58 Rubymoon (5) 56.5 .........................S Collett 11 74 Cookie Time (7) 55...................... C Johnson 12 Sumpin Leica Dad (13) 55 .....H Bennet (a3) 13 60x0x Captain Orange (1) 58.5 14 08x07 Ancient (6) 56.5 15 0888. Pamir (4) 56.5 16 3873 Prawn Star b (11) 58.5 17 45477 Ruby Choux Rose (17) 56.5 Emergencies: Captain Orange, Ancient, Pamir, Prawn Star, Ruby Choux Rose 8 3.22pm EVELYN CARRAN MEMORIAL REEFTON CUP $26,000, OPEN HANDICAP, 1400m 1 x5527 Overtheriver tdb (10) 60 ....... S MacNab (a2) 2 46352 Dynamic dm (1) 55.5................ K Gundowry 3 7x334 Absolut Excelencia tdm (8) 54.5 .L Callaway 4 22766 Twoznotenough d (12) 54 ...............S Collett 5 8248x Pretty Good Excuse dm (7) 54.....K Williams 6 1x852 Dressedtokill m (9) 54 .............T Jonker (a3) 7 73518 Spider d (5) 54 8 1866x Electronic Motion dm (11) 54R Firdhaus (a2) 9 x0731 Flying Sardine d (3) 54....... C Campbell (a3) 10 2x124 The Real Deal db (6) 54............B Hong (a4) 11 x9863 Tiebreaker tdm (2) 54 ................. C Johnson 12 44043 Bisou Bisou td (4) 54 13 35857 What’s Up Alf dm (13) 54 Emergency: What’s Up Alf 9 3.57pm FAHEY CONTRACTING $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 7681 Linedanceking d (9) 59 -

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270x1 Carnaby m (3) 58 .................... G Jogoo (a1) 30238 Galway Garry m (1) 58 x0436 Masabio b (5) 58 ....................H Bennet (a3) x7749 Moreira d (6) 57.5 .................K Mudhoo (a1) 06531 Sammi Lou (8) 57 ....................... C Johnson 277x2 Minutes To Midnite (7) 57 ........T Jonker (a3) 09840 Richie Rox m (4) 56.5 ..................... J Morris 0x510 Windermere Lass 56 .................... Scratched 07676 I’m Horace d (10) 56 ...................K Kwo (a3) 10x5 Vishnu (2) 55...................................S Collett

10 4.37 MOLLOY & ASSOCIATES CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 41099 Mira dm (1) 59.5....................... K Gundowry 2 x4362 Augustace (8) 59 .........................L Callaway 3 646x3 Boysway m (4) 58.5.............. S MacNab (a2) 4 1x0L6 Tenfold dm (5) 57.5 ................. G Jogoo (a1) 5 130x4 Fully Charged dm (3) 56.5 .......... C Johnson 6 99844 Justice Well (9) 56.5 ........................J Laking 7 65904 Thatz Louie (7) 56.5 ................P Shaikh (a2) 8 610x7 Bells Of Ouzeley m (11) 56 9 x0104 Promising m (10) 56 10 16066 Stitch d (2) 56........................K Mudhoo (a1) 11 0307x Acrylic m (6) 55.5 11 5.12pm BIRCHFIELD COAL MINES $11,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m 1 35857 What’s Up Alf dm (5) 59 2 44043 Bisou Bisou td (4) 58.5 3 75596 Flicka Of Gold dm (7) 56 .... C Campbell (a3) 4 100x5 Highbrook dm (1) 56 ............ S MacNab (a2) 5 230x1 Milk It tm (6) 56 .....................K Mudhoo (a1) 6 21036 Entree d (8) 55.5 .............................S Collett 7 46194 Whipped m (3) 54 ....................... C Johnson 8 03787 Em Kay Pops dm (2) 54 ..........P Shaikh (a2) Blinkers on: Tussock (R1), Tatum (R3), Frazzle (R4), Ancient, Pamir (R7) Blinkers off: Smoke ‘N Pumpkin (R3), Feral Ice (R6), Twoznotenough (R8) Winkers on: Iceberg Rock, Smoke ‘N Pumpkin (R3), Twoznotenough (R8), Richie Rox (R9)

Otago dogs

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6 22167 Homebush Boden 33.32 ...........J McInerney 7 68755 Opawa Sledge nwtd ........................R Wales 8 62756 Goldstar Miley 32.59 S & ................B Evans 9 46667 Opawa Val 32.70 .............................R Wales 10 47576 Dave’s Pick 33.37......................J McInerney 8 2.21pm NZ RACING SERIES NOVICE HEAT 4 NZRSq, 545m 1 72217 Tubby Kevie nwtd .........................C Roberts 2 68378 Rhinegolde 33.56 ...............................J Allen 3 23432 Peekay Shout nwtd .........................R Wales 4 77475 Opawa Extreme nwtd ......................R Wales 5 66154 Promise To Keep nwtd ........................A Lee 6 53333 Ming Ming nwtd ......................... A Bradshaw 7 64525 Goldstar Chief nwtd S &..................B Evans 8 34277 Homebush Patriot nwtd .............J McInerney 9 57x86 Heritage Watch 32.93 ....................J Guthrie 10 64 Jinja Might nwtd J & ........................D Fahey 9 2.38pm NZ RACING SERIES NOVICE HEAT 5 NZRSq, 545m 1 677x1 Aroha nwtd ....................................R Adcock 2 82768 Opawa Minstrel 32.78 .....................R Wales 3 75444 Cosmic Stu 33.20......................J McInerney 4 18 Go Angel nwtd ................................R Wales 5 21423 Gorm The Great nwtd .................D Kingston 6 62656 Jakalberry Jewel nwtd..................C Roberts 7 74256 Gotcha Rocky nwtd ............................C Weir 8 12323 Goldstar Liberty nwtd S & ...............B Evans 9 47576 Dave’s Pick 33.37......................J McInerney 10 3 Parmigiano nwtd .................................A Lee 10 2.56 ALL FENCING SOLUTIONS DASH C5, 310m 1 18327 Cosmic Richie 18.49 .................J McInerney 2 57613 Opawa Sheldon 18.35.....................R Wales 3 64317 Sergess 18.66 ...........................J McInerney 4 14244 Opawa Waihemo 18.63 ...................R Wales 5 84353 Seriously Grand nwtd.........................C Weir 6 61311 Custom Paint nwtd .............................C Weir 7 71722 NippaOfSambucca 18.63 ..........J McInerney 8 11111 Wheelchair Norm 18.09 ............J McInerney Emergencies: 9 51564 Detective Dash 18.75 ................J McInerney

81F64 Senorita Julie nwtd....................J McInerney 86233 Homebush Indi nwtd .................J McInerney 15123 Know Panic nwtd............................G Cleeve 1 C5q, 545m 74543 Goldstar Scooter nwtd S &..............B Evans 1 14271 Opawa Cheviot 32.47 S & ...............B Evans 76753 Homebush Skip nwtd ................J McInerney 2 44155 Nozzno Fear 32.75.................... A Bradshaw 57253 Kalonga 19.08 S & ..........................B Evans 3 34213 Southern Lights 32.19 .................R Hamilton 52414 Pip Baxter 18.85 .......................J McInerney 4 41543 Penalty Bale 32.65 .......................C Roberts 23563 Rambo 18.86 ................................R Adcock 5 73712 Vikings 32.40 J & ............................D Fahey 47325 Sozin’s Angel nwtd ....................J McInerney 6 52463 Cactus Jack nwtd J & ......................D Fahey 58825 Rib Curler nwtd ..................................J Allen 7 52141 Shallay Pallay nwtd J & ...................D Fahey 8 4273x Know Jinx 32.06.............................G Cleeve 15 4.24pm RACING AGAIN TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 9 41777 Sea Fever 32.81 .......................... B I Conner C1, 310m 1 85253 Know Dollars nwtd .........................G Cleeve 10 84565 Zipping Clyde nwtd ..................... B I Conner 12 3.31 COLIN KEEN MEMORIAL (GROUP 2) HEAT 2 514 Jinja Cody nwtd.........................J McInerney 3 67371 Sozin’s Emperor nwtd ...............J McInerney 2 C5q, 545m 4 62513 Homebush Jasper 19.03 ...........J McInerney 1 52421 Shreddin’ nwtd J & ..........................D Fahey 5 22674 Replica Casino nwtd ......................B Pringle 2 55123 Opawa Timo 32.16 J & ....................D Fahey 6 564x3 Tricky Action nwtd S & ....................B Evans 3 56814 Helski Bale nwtd ..........................C Roberts 7 84613 Chief Doug 18.74 ......................J McInerney 4 83312 He’s All Power nwtd J & ..................D Fahey 8 78864 Amy Baxter nwtd .......................J McInerney 5 22611 Tom Tee 32.76...............................R Adcock 9 35818 Zephaniah nwtd ........................ A Bradshaw 6 37243 Sarcasm nwtd ................................G Cleeve 10 64736 Zip Zap Zoe 18.92.....................J McInerney 7 21324 Junk Mail 32.95 J &.........................D Fahey 8 21165 Hilton Forabet nwtd ................... A Bradshaw SELECTIONS Emergencies: Race 1: Token Vikkers, Jinja Liv, Jinja Bailey, Goldstar Mika 9 13682 Crotty nwtd ................................ A Bradshaw Race 2: Verta Bale, Draxler, Goldstar Ashton, Goldstar Dodge 10 84565 Zipping Clyde nwtd ..................... B I Conner Race 3: Botany Cold, Ohoka Alex, Homebush Miles, Justin Ryan 13 3.49 BRIAN BAGLEY DRIVER LICENSING SPRINT Race 4: Must Be Rusty, Super Bad, Melan, Think Tank, Nicey Spicey Race 5: Goldstar Jagger, Go All Lin, Opawa Shay, Goldstar Po C1, 310m 1 65152 Goldstar Sawyer nwtd S & ..............B Evans Race 6: Opawa Purdie, Hankenstein, Zara Zara, Luciastar 2 66572 Super Stevie 18.52 M & ....................Jopson Race 7: Goldstar Miley, Vasterbottenost, Homebush Boden 3 65771 Homebush Hundy 19.18 ...........J McInerney Race 8: Ming Ming, Peekay Shout, Goldstar Chief, Tubby Kevie 4 F8411 Sass ‘Em Up nwtd ..................... A Bradshaw Race 9: Goldstar Liberty, Aroha, Go Angel, Opawa Minstrel 5 56264 Know Approval nwtd ......................G Cleeve Race 10: Wheelchair Norm, Cosmic Richie, Seriously Grand 6 65831 Sozin’s Roar nwtd .....................J McInerney Race 11: Shallay Pallay, Vikings, Cactus Jack, Opawa Cheviot 7 11672 Macey Baxter 19.09 ..................J McInerney Race 12: Tom Tee, Shreddin’, He’s All Power, Junk Mail 8 65732 Homebush Scribe 18.66 ...........J McInerney Race 13: Super Stevie, Homebush Scribe, Sass ‘Em Up 9 48584 Minalinka 19.10 S & ........................B Evans Race 14: Know Panic, Homebush Indi, Rambo, Pip Baxter 10 13425 Nicky Baxter 18.94 ....................J McInerney Race 15: Jinja Cody, Chief Doug, Tricky Action, Sozin’s Emperor 14 4.06pm ST KILDA VETERINARY CENTRE SPRINT LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track C1, 310m 10 33558 Princely Gold 18.62...................J McInerney

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Insert the missing letter to complete an eight-letter word reading clockwise or anti-clockwise.

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TODAY’S GOALS: Good – 12 Excellent – 17 Amazing – 21

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

WILSON, Margaret Ellen – On January 13, 2018. Passed away peacefully at Radius Millstream, Ashburton after a short illness. Aged 83 years. Loved wife and friend of the late Colin and loved mother and mother-in-law of Barbara and Barry Wackwitz and Kate and Mike Wilwert. Cherished special Gran to Alice, and Nicholas Wackwitz. Loved and dearly missed big sister and sister-in-law to the late Ian, and Lois McCormick, the late David, and Margaret McCormick. Sister-in-law of Betty Wilson. Cherished aunt to her many nephews and nieces. Sadly missed by her many friends. Messages to c/- 20 Jackson Street, Methven 7730. Donations to Methven Care Trust would be appreciated and may be left at the service. Special thanks to her “Methven Angels” who cared for her so well at home and to the wonderful staff at Radius Millstream who looked after her with love and care in her last weeks. A service to celebrate Margaret’s life will be held at the Methven Rugby Club rooms, Methven Chertsey Road, Methven on THURSDAY, January 18, commencing at 2.00pm. Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium. Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton Ph 307 7433

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River Levels

2:28 am

5.11

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday 268.4 Nth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

10.2

Sth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

11.1

Rangitata Klondyke at 2:10 pm, yesterday

106.1

Waitaki Kurow at 2:14 pm, yesterday

395.2

Source: Environment Canterbury

Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 29.2 29.4 Max to 4pm 15.0 Minimum 13.5 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm January to date 113.6 Avg Jan to date 28 2018 to date 113.6 28 Avg year to date Wind km/h N 24 At 4pm Strongest gust N 41 Time of gust 3:30pm

to 4pm yesterday

Methven

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Timaru Airport

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Canterbury Readings

Thursday

Good fishing

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Palmerston North fine

Rain developing about the divide in the morning with heavy falls possible, and snow down to 2600m for a time, easing in the evening. Further E, scattered rain developing in the morning, easing by evening. Wind at 1000m: N 60 km/h, easing to 50 km/h in the evening. Wind at 2000m: N gale 80 km/h.

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Forecasts for today

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Auckland

fine

FZL: Above 3000m

Rain about the divide, developing elsewhere south of Mount Cook, heavy falls possible. Strong or gale northwest easing, changing southerly in the south.

Mainly fine, isolated showers about the foothills. Light winds.

overnight max low

Wellington

TOMORROW

High cloud. A few spots of afternoon rain. Northerlies.

fine rain fine drizzle fine showers fine fine fine fine thunder fog fine fine snow

FZL: Above 3000m

Mainly fine with increasing high cloud. Isolated afternoon and evening showers about the foothills. Wind at 1000m: N 50 km/h gradually rising to 60 km/h. Wind at 2000m: N gale 70 km/h.

TOMORROW

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Canterbury High Country

Fine, apart from areas of morning low cloud or fog, and isolated afternoon showers about the foothills. Northeasterlies, strong about the coast.

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A warm humid northeasterly flow covers the country between a high centred near the Chatham Islands and a low that is crossing the Tasman Sea. A front associated with the low over the Tasman Sea moves eastward onto the country tomorrow then becomes slow moving over the North Island until Saturday.

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6am Who’s Doing The Dishes? Four dinner-party guests must guess the identity of a mystery celebrity to win a cash prize. 7am May The Best House Win Abroad 0 8am Dickinson’s Real Deal 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 30 10am Tipping Point 11am The Chase 0 Noon Emmerdale 0 1pm MasterChef Australia 3 0 2:25 Dog Squad PGR 3 0 2:55 Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 The Food Truck 3 Chef Michael van de Elzen sets out to create a delicious and healthy Mexican feast. 0 4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm The Extreme Cake Makers 0 7:30 The Celebrity Chase 0 8:30 National Treasure Paul Finchley is a bona fide ‘national treasure’, but the famous comedian’s world is upset when he is accused of historic sexual abuse. 0 10:35 Boss AO 0

11:40 American Crime AO After the on-campus murder of a fellow Leyland student, the community must re-examine the choices they have made. 12:30 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2 12:55 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

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THREE

PRIME

MAORI

6:30 Sesame Street 0 6:55 Peppa Pig 0 7am SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 7:25 Ben 10 – Omniverse 3 0 7:50 Pokemon Sun And Moon 3 0 8:15 Puppy Pals 3 0 8:35 Captain Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 BlackIsh PGR 3 0 11am Reno Rumble 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle PGR 1:30 Judge Rinder 2:30 N Shortland Street PGR 0 3:30 Ultimate SpiderMan 0 4pm Girl Meets World Riley has trouble with her debating assignment when she must argue whether people are naturally good or evil. 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons Lisa falls for an eco-terrorist and spends four days in a tree to prevent it from being cut down. 0 5:30 The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 The Middle 0

6am The AM Show 9am American Ninja Warrior 3 10am Infomercials 11:30 Family Feud Australia 3 11:55 House Rules PGR 3 0 1pm M Crash Site – A Family In Danger PGR 3 2011 Thriller. A Jeep crash sends a vacationing couple on a creepy trip back to safety. Charisma Carpenter, Sebastian Spence, Katie Findlay. 2:55 Now That’s Funny! PGR 3 0 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm Susie Nordqvist presents comprehensive coverage of global and local news. 4:30 Entertainment Tonight 5pm Family Feud Australia 5:30 Modern Family 3 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

6am The Legend Of Korra 3 6:25 Ben 10 6:50 Codename – Kids Next Door 7:15 Kung Fu Dino Posse 3 7:40 Duck Dodgers 8:05 Batman – Brave And The Bold 8:30 Danger Mouse 8:55 Tiki Tour 0 9:25 Million Dollar Minute 3 9:50 Jeopardy 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Antiques Road Trip 12:40 The Coroner PGR 3 0 1:35 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 2:30 Wheel Of Fortune 3pm Escape To The Country 3 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 5pm Jeopardy 5:30 Prime News 6pm American Restoration 0 6:30 Pawn Stars

7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Family Food Fight 0 8:45 N Instant Hotel Tapping into the worldwide trend of homeowners renting out their homes as holiday accommodation, Instant Hotel sees 10 teams of two competing. 0 9:45 What Really Happens In Bali 0 10:45 2 Broke Girls AO 0 11:15 Mom PGR (Starting Today) 30 11:45 F Scandal AO 3 1:20 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:45 Infomercials 2:50 Army Wives PGR 3 0 4:20 Manhattan Love Story PGR 3 4:40 Baby Daddy 3 5:05 Hope And Faith 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

7pm The Project 7:30 House Rules PGR 0 8:35 Lost And Found PGR 3 Lied to for 35 years, Samoan born Levin, goes in search of his son; told her father was a criminal, a fitness instructor is determined to learn the truth. 0 9:35 Beach Cops AO 0 10:10 F Beach Cops PGR 3 10:35 NewsHub Late

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 The Great Australian Bake Off The 10 remaining bakers tackle choux pastry, baking eclairs, a technically demanding Paris Brest, and a Gateau St Honore. 0 8:35 Beneath New Zealand 3 9:35 Guiltology AO 10:35 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR

11:05 Kate’s Movie Show – Summer Edition Kate Rodger presents a summer movie round-up including latest releases, behind the scenes, interviews, and reviews of current and upcoming movies in New Zealand cinemas. 11:35 The Blacklist AO 0

11:35 Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v Pakistan – Fourth ODI. At Hamilton’s Seddon Park. 12:05 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 The team presents the best of the day’s sports news. 12:35 Closedown

MOVIES PREMIERE 7:35 Sully ML 2016 Drama. Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart. 9:10 Swipe MV 2016 Thriller. Anna Hutchison, Karissa Staples. 10:35 Social Suicide 16VLSC 2015 Drama. India Eisley, Olivia Hussey. 12:05 The National Treasure Instant Hotel Boss 16VLSC 2016 Comedy. 8:30pm on TVNZ 1 8:45pm on TVNZ 2 Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage. 1:45 BenBRAVO THE BOX Hur MV 2016 Action Drama. 10am Four Weddings USA 3 6am Wheel Of Fortune Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, 10:55 Million Dollar Listing PG 6:25 Jeopardy! PG Morgan Freeman. 3:45 Sully LA 3 11:50 Snapped 6:50 Ice Road Truckers ML 2016 Drama. Tom Hanks, PGR 3 12:45 The Real PG 7:35 Doctor Who PGV Aaron Eckhart. 5:20 Any Housewives Of Beverly 8:35 The Simpsons PG Day MVS 2015 Drama. Hills PGR 1:40 Million Dollar 9am SVU – Special Victims Sean Bean, Eva Longoria. Listing Los Angeles PGR 3 Unit MV 9:45 Criminal 7pm Underworld – Blood 2:35 World Of Dance PGR 3 Intent MV 10:40 Hawaii Wars 16VC 2016 Action 3:35 Catfish 3 4:30 Four Five-0 MV 11:35 Jeopardy! Fantasy. With a bloodthirsty Weddings USA PG Noon Wheel Of Fortune Lycan leader after her, and 5:30 Hoarders (Starting PG 12:25 Pawn Stars – UK shunned by her own vampire Today) 3 PG 12:50 The Force MC clan, Selene must go beyond 6:30 Million Dollar Listing 1:15 NCIS PGV 2pm Raw Live her abilities to end the LA 3 MV 5:15 Wheel Of Fortune PG eternal war once and for all. 7:30 F Botched By 5:40 Ice Road Truckers PG Kate Beckinsale, Theo James. Nature PGR 3 6:30 The Force MC 8:30 East Side Sushi MVL 8:30 The Real Housewives 7pm Pawn Stars – UK PG 2014 Drama. When a Latina Of Melbourne 7:30 NCIS PGV mother begins working at a Gable tells Janet and Jackie 8:30 Border Security PG Japanese restaurant, it awakens about her frustration with Gina; 9:30 Outsiders 16VLSC a passion and desire to learn the women discuss new girl, 10:30 SVU – Special Victims about the cuisine of the Venus. Unit MV country. Diana Elizabeth Torres, 9:30 The Real Housewives 11:25 NCIS PGV Yutaka Takeuchi. Of New Jersey 10:20 Lights Out MV 2016 WEDNESDAY The group returns to Jersey Horror. 12:20 Doctor Who PGV and back to reality; Teresa 11:40 You Must Be 1:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG models in a photo shoot for Joking? ML 2014 Comedy. 1:50 SVU – Special Victims her upcoming book; Dolores Unit MV 2:40 Pawn Stars WEDNESDAY 1:10 Any takes her son Frankie on a PG 3:05 Town Of The Living Day MVS 2015 Drama. college tour. Dead MV 3:30 Town Of The 2:50 Underworld – Blood 10:30 Intervention AO 3 Living Dead MV 3:55 Border Wars 16VC 2016 Action 11:25 Snapped PGR (Starting Security PG 4:45 Outsiders Fantasy. 4:20 East Side Today) 3 12:15 Infomercials 3 Sushi MVL 2014 Drama. 16VLSC 5:35 The Force MC

MOVIES GREATS 6am The Girl Next Door 16LS 2004 Comedy. Emile Hirsch, Elisha Cuthbert, Timothy Olyphant. 7:45 The Good Shepherd MVLS 2006 Drama. Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie. 10:30 Connie And Carla PGS 2004 Comedy. Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette, David Duchovny. 12:05 Burn After Reading 16VLS 2008 Crime Comedy. George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt. 1:40 In Time MVLC 2011 Sci-fi. Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried. 3:30 The Girl Next Door 16LS 2004 Comedy. Emile Hirsch, Elisha Cuthbert, Timothy Olyphant. 5:15 Dodgeball – A True Underdog Story MS 2004 Comedy. Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Rip Torn. 6:45 The Sentinel MV 2006 Crime. 8:30 The Blair Witch Project MLC 1999 Thriller. In October of 1994, three student filmmakers disappear in the woods near Burkittesville, Maryland. One year later, their footage was found. 9:55 Love Actually MLS 2003 Comedy.

CHOICE

6:30 Waiata Mai 3 6:40 Dora Matatoa 2 7am Te Mana Kuratahi 7:30 Pukana 2 7:40 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 8am Te Kaea 3 2 8:30 Morena 3 9am Whanau Living 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Cams’ Kai 3 10:30 Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 11am Te Araroa – Tales From The Trails 3 Noon Game Of Bros PGR 3 12:30 The Laughing Samoans 1pm The GC PGR 3 1:30 Kapa Haka Regionals 2016 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Waiata Mai 3 3:10 Dora Matatoa 2 3:30 Te Mana Kuratahi 4pm Pukana 3 2 4:10 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 4:30 Swagger 5pm Tagata Pasifika 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 6:30 Te Kaea 3 2 7pm Paepae 3 7:30 Whanau Kai 8pm Funny Whare PGR 3 8:30 School Of Training 3 9pm Kairakau PGR 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO 3 10pm Whawhai Fight Night 10:30 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3

11pm Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 11:30 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 6am Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v Pakistan – Third ODI. 6:30 Cricket – U19 World Cup (HLS) India v Australia. 7:30 Cricket – U19 World Cup (HLS) England v Namibia. 8:30 Cricket – Big Bash (RPL) Hobart Hurricanes v Brisbane Heat. Noon Cricket – International (HLS) Australia v England – First ODI. 12:30 Cricket – Big Bash (HLS) Hurricanes v Heat. 1pm Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v Pakistan – Third ODI. 1:30 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v Pakistan – Fourth ODI. 5:35 The Cricket Show 6:05 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v Pakistan – Fourth ODI. Second innings from Seddon Park, Hamilton. 10pm Fox Sports News 10:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 11pm Sailing – Volvo Ocean Race (HLS) Leg Three. 11:30 Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v Pakistan – Fourth ODI. From Seddon Park, Hamilton.

WEDNESDAY

Midnight Cricket – International (HLS) Australia v 12:10 Blue Jasmine ML 2013 England – First ODI. Drama. 1:50 Dodgeball – A 12:30 Fight Night True Underdog Story MS 2004 2:30 UFC Now Comedy. 3:25 The Sentinel 3:30 Fox Sports News MV 2006 Crime. 5:10 The 4am Basketball – NBL (RPL) Blair Witch Project MLC 1999 Illawarra Hawks v New Zealand Breakers. Thriller.

WEDNESDAY

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language; HLS Highlights; RPL Replay; DLY Delayed. CLASSIFICATIONS: 16/18 Approved for persons 16/18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

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6am Wildlife SOS 7am Roar Of The Wild 7:30 Love Nature – Danger Down Under 8:30 American Pickers 9:50 River Cottage Bites – Smoking And Curing Bites 10am Luke Nguyen’s United Kingdom 10:30 Caribbean Pirate Treasure 11am David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities 11:30 The Water Brothers Noon Treasures Decoded 1pm Martin Clunes – Islands Of Australia 2pm The Story Of Egypt 3pm The Great Antiques Map Of Britain 3:30 Love Nature – Fish Listeners Of Setiu Lagoons 4:30 Jamie And Jimmy’s Food Fight Club 5:30 Cash Cowboys 6:30 Expedition Unknown 7:30 Restoration Man George Clarke shares more stories of people going to great lengths to build their dream homes by restoring old, forgotten buildings. 8:30 Building The Dream Charlie Luxton travels Britain helping couples build their dream homes. 9:30 Big House, Little House 10:30 Cash Cowboys 11:30 Jamie And Jimmy’s Food Fight Club 12:30 Roar Of The Wild 1am Expedition Unknown 2am Love Nature – Fish Listeners Of Setiu Lagoons 3am The Water Brothers 3:30 The Great Antiques Map Of Britain 4am Restoration Man 5am Building The Dream

SKY SPORT 2 6am Basketball – NBL Illawarra Hawks v New Zealand Breakers. 6:30 Football – A-League Wellington Phoenix v Western Sydney Wanderers FC. 7am Tennis – Australian Open Day One. 8am Fox Sports News 8:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 9am UFC Fight Night Stephens v Choi. 11am The Crowd Goes Wild 11:30 Motorsport – Dakar Rally Stage Nine. Noon Fox Sports News 12:30 Sky Sports News UK 1pm Basketball – NBL Illawarra Hawks v New Zealand Breakers. 1:30 Motorsport – Dakar Rally Stage Nine. 2pm Sky Sports News UK 2:30 Fight Night 4:30 Rugby – National Sevens Day Two. 6pm Sailing – Volvo Ocean Race Leg Three Recap. 6:30 Golf – PGA Tour Sony Open in Hawaii – Round Four. 7:30 Motorsport – Dakar Rally Stage Nine. 8pm The Crowd Goes Wild 8:30 Cricket – Super Smash Aces v Volts. 9pm Cricket – Big Bash Hurricanes v Heat. 9:35 L Cricket – Big Bash Melbourne Stars v Sydney Sixers. WEDNESDAY 1:10 Cricket – U19 World Cup England v Namibia. 2:10 The Cricket Show 2:30 Cricket – International 3am Cricket – International 3:30 Cricket – U19 World Cup 4:30 Cricket – U19 World Cup 5:30 Cricket – Big Bash 16Jan18

DISCOVERY 6:35 Deadliest Catch PG Greatest Game Ever Fished. 7:30 Secrets Of The Pangolin PG The Birth. 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 MythBusters PG 9:10 Alaskan Bush People M 10am Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Cutlass Lowrider 1. 10:50 Garage Rehab PG Scotty’s Automotive. 11:40 Web Of Lies M 12:30 Murder Comes To Town M Friend or Foe. 1:20 Blood Relatives M 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 How Do They Do It? PG 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG Breaking Mandy. 4:45 What On Earth? PG Hunt for El Dorado. 5:40 MythBusters PG Holiday Special. 6:35 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Cutlass Lowrider 1. 7:30 Shark Tank PG 8:30 Shark Tank PG 9:25 Dr Karl’s Outrageous Acts Of Science PG Mystery of the Mummy Desert. 10:15 River Monsters M Malaysian Lake Monster. 11:05 Naked And Afraid M Unhinged. 11:55 Blood Relatives M

WEDNESDAY

12:45 Murder Comes To Town M 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaskan Bush People M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How Do They Do It? PG 5:45 Moonshiners M

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Kiwi wins half marathon Jake Robertson has recorded the best result of his road career by scorching clear to win the Houston half marathon. Kiwi 28-year-old Robertson had too much speed for a stellar group of rivals over the final 3km to win in a time of 60 minutes 01 seconds, matching his personal best time. A late addition to a race which was touted as among the strongest in US history over the distance, Robertson saw off a host of world class African runners. He claimed prizemoney of $NZ35,000 after finishing 14sec clear of Ethiopian Guye Adola.

Broncos eye up title Australia test lock Josh McGuire says his Brisbane Broncos side now have all the pieces needed to win an NRL premiership. The 27-year-old returned to Broncos training yesterday, completing running drills alongside fellow Kangaroos forward Matt Gillett and high-profile recruit Jack Bird. McGuire says Bird’s addition from the Cronulla Sharks, plus the side’s heavier forward pack, meant the club has the versatility required to claim their first title since 2006.

John Uden lifted the Alan Wylie Memorial Cup at the Tinwald Cycling Club’s meeting on Sunday.

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Uden wins cliffhanger A hot fine day greeted the riders in Tinwald Cycling Club’s Wylie Family 45km handicap event around the Christys Road block on Sunday. With the field starting to come together as the event progressed it was anyone’s race leading into the last lap. This proved to be the case with the first 30 riders crossing the line within 60 seconds of each other. It was John Uden who had the final say in a tight charge to the line to claim the major spoils

and lift the Alan Wylie Memorial Cup. Mark Summerfield backed up his good race the previous week to secure the second place spoils. His father Paul Summerfield again had to play second fiddle to his son, storming into third place. Michelle Knight produced a solid ride, getting to the line in fourth place. Paul Williams and Matt Clough rounded out the top six. Scratch marker Stu Lowe

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showed plenty of strength, riding the course in 63.17 to secure the fastest time spoils. Co-markers Darrell Kircher and Wayne Clement claimed second and third time. The juniors and division 2 contested an 18km handicap event. Leeston junior Paige Keisanowski produced her best race of the season, riding off the front and holding the field at bay to secure the victory. Courtney Elliott showed plenty of potential taking second

place and fastest time honours, covering the distance in 34.33. Hannah Robertson, having her first start, found the line strongly to take third place. Ashton Stanger took fourth place and second time honours, with younger brother Ethan in fifth place. Brian Ellis took division 2 bragging rights, with Jason Stanger securing fastest time and second place. Next week the club travels to Methven to contest a 45km handicap event.

Referee lashes out Soccer referee Tony Chapron is likely to be in trouble after he was seen lashing out at defender Diego Carlos after the Nantes star accidentally collided with him on the pitch. The official aimed a kick at Carlos before dismissing him after the player ran into him. Carlos was running behind Chapron, when he inadvertently clipped the ref’s heels. Chapron rolled forward and then swiped his right leg at Carlos – like a player would do when making a cynical foul. Not finished, Chapron got up and showed Carlos a second yellow card.

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