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District swelters The mercury soared in Ashburton yesterday, sending children like (from left) Chantal Cropp, 11, Brooke Wylie, 8, and Tewhetu Mapupatea, 8, flocking to the nearest pool for a dip to escape the 30-plus degree heat.

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Mid Canterbury doctors have an average of almost 2000 patients each, significantly higher than the historical national ratio of one to 1400.

With no current national GP to patient ratio, it’s up to each practice to manage.

As the district continued to grow, new people to the area could expect a wait to enrol at a medical practice.

Ashburton GP spokesman Ross Warring said medical care was available but people were advised to contact their closest medical practice in the first instance.

However, the average was one doctor for every 1918 people.

The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners advised there was no recommended ratio of patients to GP due to patient demographic, projected population growth in the area, whether practices were

enrolling or not, GP vacancies and recruitment issues.

The ratio used to be included in the Health and Disability Act 1993 (section 51) but has been since removed.

In the district there is the full-time equivalent of 15 doctors at seven practices, catering to more than 30,000 people enrolled with the Primary Health Organisation.

The college was aware of issues surrounding provincial and rural practices around New

Zealand. It supported the inclusion of Ashburton into the Voluntary Bonding Scheme, which encouraged medical graduates to enter general practice vocational training in hard-to-staff areas.

In the past, Ashburton GPs have struggled to deal with patient numbers especially with an influx of migrant workers to the area but a few changes within each practice had relieved a bit of pressure.

The creation of zoning has

helped some. Others still took casual clients when needed so when help was needed, it was available.

Dr Warring said most practices would take new enrolments but there were still some that did not.

Each practice was different but generally there had to be special reason if a patient wanted to transfer practices within the district, he said.

“People certainly can’t go just where they want to.”

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Politics kills off Party Party

Kim Dotcom has cancelled his “Party Party”. In an email to ticketholders, the German internet entrepreneur said: “I apologise, my friends. Sadly we must cancel my birthday party after we received advice that the event could risk breaching electoral laws. “Because the tickets were free, we were advised that the purpose of the event could be misunderstood. I would like to thank the 25,000 people who registered for my birthday party. You are all amazing! I was looking forward to an awesome event with great live music and other surprises - but the future of New Zealand is more important to me than one night of fun. I hope you agree.” The party was designed to combine his 40th birthday celebrations with the release of his music album, Good Times.

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Cricket fan caught out Witnessing the Black Caps win the Twenty20 series will be a bitter-sweet memory for one cricket fan. Ollie Newton, who was at Wellington’s Cake Tin for Wednesday night’s match, caught a ball with one hand that had been hit for six into the stands by batsman Jesse Ryder. Unfortunately for Mr Newton, being clad in a suit, meant he was ineligible for the Tui breweries catch a million competition and had to forgo $100,000 in prize money.

Tui is running the competition where $100,000 is given to the first registered person, wearing an orange competition shirt as well as the required lanyard, who takes a clean one-handed catch for a ball hit for six at each game.

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Rolling Stone cover for Lorde Chart-topping New Zealand teen singing sensation Lorde can now tick off another music industry achievement - the cover of music bible Rolling Stone magazine. The Auckland 17-year-old, whose real name is Ella Yelich-O’Connor, is described by the magazine as the “unlikeliest superstar in pop”. Lorde spent nine weeks at the top of the US Hot 100 Billboard chart last year and will perform at this month’s Grammys, where she is up for four awards.

But she told Rolling Stone contributing editor Rob Tannenbaum, who interviewed her in Auckland, how she suffers from nerves. “I get paralysingly nervous a lot of times, so I tried bravado,” going on to say that her demeanour can be daunting for some. “The way I dress and carry myself, a lot of people find it intimidating. I think my whole career can be boiled down to the one word I always say in meetings: strength.” Lorde is pictured on the cover wearing a t-shirt of rockabilly punk band The Cramps, and the magazine looks at her childhood, how her single Royals became such a hit and how she has become an icon for teenage girls. She tweeted on Thursday: “I have to keep reminding myself that this is my life. this month’s rolling stone cover girl” adding a picture of her on the cover.

Pattinson sells love nest Robert Pattinson has sold the house he shared with Kristen Stewart. The actor first listed the Los Feliz, California property in October 2013 for $US6.75 million, according to Forbes.

Property records show the house was officially closed on January 14 for close to $US6.38 million. The Twilight star bought the Spanish-style property on September 2 2011, and lived there with his then-girlfriend and co-star Stewart. When she was caught having an affair with her married Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders, Pattinson allegedly threw her out of the home.

He then reportedly found a Beverly Hills shortterm rental while looking for a new house. The Los Feliz house is a stunning, highly private property sitting on a 1.5-acre lot.

Formerly owned by basketball star Kareem-Abdul Jabbar, the home has three bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms.

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Breast cancer fundraiser Dame Trelise Cooper is among top designers raising money for breast cancer research. The Breast Cancer Research Trust has teamed up with designers Moochi, Andrea Moore and Dame Trelise to sell a collection of limited edition garments.

The tops, available through EziBuy this month, will retail for $29.99 in sizes XS to 3XL. “New Zealand has one of the highest incidence rates of breast cancer and has the third highest death rate in the western world,” trust spokeswoman Phillipa Green said. “There is an urgent need to find a cure for breast cancer and stop it in its tracks.”

EziBuy marketing general manager Edwina Neilson said the limited line of tops was expected to sell out quickly. “From the designers, printers, models, stylists and photographers - everyone has helped provide their service for free, for which we’re extremely thankful.

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■ TRIPLE FATALITY

■ ASHBURTON COURT

Dunedin mourns children

Boozy night out ends in court date

By Kurt Bayer and anna leasK As Katharine Webb ran from her house she heard two shots.

Moments later, as she arrived at her neighbour’s home, she screamed “he’s got a gun and is going to kill my babies”.

The NZ Herald has learnt that neighbour Chris Foot ran to the house in an attempt to save 9-year-old Bradley and 6-year-old Ellen, and confronted their father Edward Livingstone, without knowing the children were already dead in their beds.

Last night, Mr Foot said he could not speak freely about the incident after being told not to by police.

“I was just trying to get the kids out of the house. I didn’t give a f*** about the gun. But I don’t want to say too much more, I’ve probably said enough already.”

Details about the troubled

Bradley and Ellen Livingstone

last months of Livingstone, 51, are emerging but what made him snap before he drove to his estranged wife’s Dunedin house and killed the couple’s children before shooting himself is a mystery.

It is understood that as Ms Webb ran to Mr Foot’s home she heard two gunshots.

Mr Foot then ran next door to the Livingstone house, in the

Seaside suburb of St Leonards.

He stood on the front porch and spoke to Livingstone who was inside the house, trying to talk him out of using the gun he was holding.

Livingstone then aimed the shotgun at Mr Foot and fired a shot at him. It’s understood the gun kicked back, and the shot passed close over Mr Foot’s head.

A barefooted Mr Foot returned to his house to put his boots on and returned to the Livingstone property intending to kick the door in and get the children out.

He went to the rear of the large bungalow and entered through the back door.

He found the two children dead in their beds.

A gunshot heard by neighbours soon after the shot was fired at Mr Foot is believed to have been the self-inflicted shot that killed Livingstone.

Police converged on the street and about an hour later confirmed three people were dead.

Other neighbours said last night that Ms Webb was “absolutely terrified” of her estranged husband.

One said Livingstone had told her that he’d said he had “wanted to kill his family”. She said she reported the incident to police.

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■ TERTIARY EDUCATION

Local students choose career on passion

By Myles HuMe

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Mid Canterbury teenagers prefer to chase their dreams rather than the money, local school leavers say.

As hundreds of local teenagers decide on the next chapter in their lives, Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce this week released an online 2014 occupational outlook report, giving school leavers an overview of job demand, income and training requirements for 50 New Zealand careers.

Jobs in construction, engineering, ICT, science and the primary sector were found to be in the highest demand.

Mount Hutt College principal John Schreurs said the second report of its kind was a “helpful” tool for pupils when considering their career path.

And as many follow their passions, he said the income and job prospects indicators allowed pupils to have realistic expectations in their chosen industry.

However, pupils spoken to by the Guardian say they were not aware of the Occupation Outlook report, and mainly chose their career on passion, taking money and prospects into little account.

“I haven’t really heard of anyone going into a career because they have to do it, I guess money does come into it, but I

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Wilson said that was felt across the local booming building industry.

At Bradford’s Construction, he had 11 apprentices on the books.

Mr Schreurs said up to 10 Year 12 pupils left the college at the end of 2013, going into agricultural or trade industries.

About 75 per cent of the 39 Year 13 pupils last year are heading to university.

A motocross rider has suffered life-threatening head and neck injuries after falling during a high speed 30-metre jump in Northland last night.

The man, believed to be in his late teens, crashed his bike at 7.30 at a Tapu Bush Road property, near Wellsford.

St John team manager Norm Ngatai said the man was wearing full protective motocross gear at the time, including a helmet.

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Former Ashburton College pupil Hannah Waters says her decision to pursue a career in health was largely based on her passions, rather than the financial rewards.

know all of my friends are going into things they love and not really for the money,” former Ashburton College pupil Sara Kircher – a hopeful nursing student – said.

Hannah Waters, who also left the college last year, said she disregarded online tools when deciding she wanted to study health science at the University of Otago this year, saying she spoke to people who had stud-

ied the course before and investigated university.

“The money is always a bonus, but it was never a deciding factor.”

She said nursing courses had been unexpectedly popular out of the college this year, and many pupils were going into building and electrical apprenticeships.

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A boozy night out put paid to a young woman’s plans to work in the hospitality industry.

Tabitha Danielle MonksMurphy, 25, of Hampstead, appeared in front of Judge Noel Walsh to answer charges of refusing to accompany an officer, resisting an officer and refusing to supply a blood sample for alcohol analysis.

Police prosecutor John Harris told the court that staff at an Ashburton service station contacted police after an alcoholimpaired Monks-Murphy drove into the forecourt.

When police arrived on the scene she became abusive and refused to accompany officers to the police station.

Monks-Murphy attempted to run away and struggled while officers attempted to handcuff her. At the station she refused to give a blood sample.

She claimed the police had no right to arrest her, because she wasn’t in the car when they arrived.

However Judge Walsh disagreed; Monks-Murphy was disqualified from driving for six months, fined $600 and ordered to pay court costs of $130 on the drink driving matter, convicted and discharged on the refusing to accompany matter and ordered to come back before the court if called within 12 months for resisting police.

Before sentencing duty solicitor Paul Bradford told the court the charges had already had “massive repercussions” for Monks-Murphy, as her plans to work in the hospitality industry had been stymied for seven years as a result.

He said she had re-evaluated her life and enrolled for university courses.

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■ DISTRICT SWELTERS

Mercury soars in Mid Canty

By Erin TaskEr

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Shady spots were in hot demand yesterday as the mercury soared past 30°C in Mid Canterbury.

Mid Canterbury’s hottest day for the year so far saw the district’s outdoor pools become some of the most popular places to be, with the Tinwald Pool at the Tinwald Domain proving a hit for those trying to escape the heat.

Lifeguard Steph Rigter said the past couple of days had been among their busiest this season, with Wednesday seeing 100-plus children taking the plunge, with numbers steadily coming through the gates yesterday afternoon.

By mid-afternoon yesterday the MetService had Ashburton’s temperature as 30.8°C, while according to Graham Taylor’s Tucker Street weather station the day’s highest temperature was 32.7°C. Temperatures have struggled to reach the 30°C mark in Mid Canterbury so far this summer, but the hottest day of the season so far is believed to have been December 6, which had a high of 32.6°C. The MetService’s report for the past 30 days shows the hottest temperature recorded as being just 25°C, a mark hit four times.

The past 30 days have also brought 78.8mm of rain.

However, all good things must come to an end and a southerly blast late yesterday afternoon saw temperatures drop.

The change hit at about 4.15pm and the temperature quickly dropped by about 10°C. Another active front moving up the southern half of the country meant thunderstorms and strong gusty winds for eastern parts of the South Island.

Today’s forecast is for cool southerlies but becoming fine in the afternoon, with a high temperature of just 17°C.

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Hedge fire The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade were called to a small vegetation fire at the eastern end of Wakanui Road about 2pm yesterday. The fire along a section of hedge was doused by firefighters in about 30 minutes.

Ashburton Forest and Bird’s Kiwi Conservation Club (KCC) is off to Woolshed Creek and is inviting others to attend. The free trip will begin with exploring a remnant beech forest, home to many native creatures. Participants will then take the track towards Rhyolite Ridge and look for volcanic rocks and rata trees on Mount Somers.

At the end the day participants can cool off in the clear waters of Woolshed Creek. KCC co-ordinator Edith Smith said it would be “a great day of old huts, limestone and coal mining, geology, native bush and lots more”. It would be held on January 26. The meeting point would be at the Ashburton District Courthouse at 9am, or 9.45am at the Mt Somers Domain toilets. Anyone planning to attend can contact Mrs Smith on 3084440 or p.esmith@kinect.co.nz

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Amwolf Artz, 4, hitches a ride with Davy van den Brink, 9, in the Ashburton Domain paddling pool yesterday afternoon as children around the district flocked to water to escape the heat.

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Call for drastic change after death There are “deeply ingrained systemic issues” in the forestry industry, New Zealand’s work safety regulator says, following the death of another forestry worker yesterday morning.

The worker, who was pronounced dead at about 10.30am by ambulance staff, died after an accident in the Wairau Valley in Marlborough.

While WorkSafe NZ investigators headed out to investigate the accident, another worker was hurt in the Bay of Plenty.

A 40-year-old, who had been

A Cameron Street home was entered overnight Tuesday with the burglars making off with food out of a kitchen freezer. Ashburton police are seeking information into this incident.

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■ FORESTY WORKER KILLED

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working at a site near Tawera, close to Whakatane, received serious injuries in an accident yesterday morning. The worker was airlifted to hospital by rescue helicopter.

WorkSafe NZ general manager Ona de Rooy said yesterday’s incidents demonstrated the need for drastic change in the sector.

Last year, 10 forestry workers died on the job. The Council of Trade Unions, which has repeatedly criticised the Government for their hands-off approach to regulation of the industry, has renewed calls for

the Government to participate in an independent review of the industry next month.

Ms de Rooy said the level of unsafe practice in the industry was of major concern to WorkSafe NZ. “We have sought meetings with individual forest owners to make very clear to them that they have significant responsibilities under the Health and Safety in Employment [Act].

“The issues that are becoming apparent lead us to conclude that there are deeply ingrained systemic issues in this industry.”

Helen Kelly from the Council of Trade Unions called on the Government to take a more proactive approach.

“The Minister of Labour is still refusing to participate in the review of the industry which is kicking off in February, and we and the forestry owners have come to the party,” she said.

Figures showing at least 150 workplaces visited by WorkSafe NZ were not operating in compliance demonstrated the need for greater regulation, she said.

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A technical glitch with Vodafone text services is causing problems for customers. The network confirmed staff are trying to fix a problem with its text platform.

Spokeswoman Michelle Baguley said there had been intermittent problems with text-based services, including text top-ups, since Wednesday morning. “It’s not affecting any calling, any broadband or anything like that.

It’s only affecting services that have a text shortcode. It’s not a network issue.”

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Baby named Police have named the threemonth-old boy who died after suffering serious injuries at a Southland address on Monday. He was Honour Shamrock Ashworth.

The little boy died in Auckland’s Starship Hospital early on Wednesday after being transferred from Southland Hospital in a critical condition on Tuesday.

Police said the baby suffered serious injuries in a reported fall at his home in Riverton.

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Whales restranded Eight pilot whales which have restranded themselves at the top of the South Island will be euthanised. The whales were from a pod of about 60 which swam into Golden Bay on Tuesday.

Thirteen beached at Farewell Spit that day, and despite efforts of Department of Conservation staff and Project Jonah volunteers to keep them alive, five have died.

While the surviving whales were refloated twice, they were found on the beach again yesterday morning.

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■ MID CANTERBURY WATER STORAGE

Call for community water storage

By SuSan SandyS

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straight off, while the snow that does settle would melt and run off earlier.

It meant there would be less water flowing into Mid Canterbury rivers during summer, while more would come down in the winter months.

“It just backs up we have to have heat and sunlight and we have to have land, the other thing that’s missing for growing food is we have to have water,” Mr Allen said.

He said community water storage was still required for the district, despite an increase in the number of on-farm storage ponds and the recent establishment of the Barrhill Chertsey

The Barrhill Chertsey Scheme uses stored water from Lake Coleridge.

Climate change may well be occurring, but that only adds to the case for establishment of largescale community water storage, says Federated Farmers.

Mid Canterbury provincial chairperson Chris Allen was responding to concerns voiced by climate scientist Jim Salinger in the media this month.

Dr Salinger’s research shows the Southern Alps have 30 per cent less ice than 36 years ago and this is to decline further in future.

Precipitation would be more likely to fall on the alps as rain, rather than snow, and run

■ AMBULANCE ATTACK

■ ASHBURTON ROSE GROUP

St John officer assaulted in ‘despicable’ attack

By JameS Ihaka St John Ambulance have described the attack on a sole female officer who was assaulted after she responded to a fake call for help in Hamilton as “absolutely despicable”.

The experienced ambulance driver was alone when she was attacked after she was waved down on Cameron Road at 12.35am yesterday by a man apparently seeking help for another man lying on the ground next to him.

While helping the man on the ground, two other men joined the group, forcing the ambulance officer into the vehicle and demanding drugs.

While the ambulance was being searched for drugs, two of the men assaulted the driver who managed to alert ambulance and police before escaping.

Eddie Jackson, St John Ambulance’s regional general manager, said the woman suffered no significant physical injuries but was “very, very upset by the experience”.

“St John takes very seriously the safety of its officers as well as the security of its patients and to have such a premeditated act to interrupt both the response of the vehicle and then to act in such a way I find absolutely despicable,” Mr Jackson said.

“I’m at a bit of a loss for

words to express how I feel about this particular action.”

“Fortunately it’s a very infrequent scenario which makes it all the more horrific that it does actually occur.”

The officer is now on leave and receiving support.

Detective Inspector Chris Page said police were seeking the public’s support to find males aged 18 and 19, who were after illegal drugs that are not stocked in ambulances.

“These offenders have shown absolutely no respect for the service that St John provides for this community,” he said.

“No matter whether you are the worst criminal or for that matter myself as a member of police we all rely heavily on St Johns to provide that service in that magic and critical hour.”

Mr Page said the men had crossed a line by attacking an ambulance officer and interrupting their service to save someone’s life.

“How would they feel if that was one of their family who this ambulance was on its way to?”

A forensic examination of the ambulance took place yesterday.

St John Ambulance is working with police to get a clearer picture of what damage was caused to the ambulance and what supplies and equipment were taken.

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Scheme which used stored water from Lake Coleridge.

“The sooner as a community we get cracking on the idea of working on water storage, the sooner it’s invested in. It will never be cheaper as long as planning rules allow,” Mr Allen said.

Farmers have traditionally taken a conservative view on climate change, but Mr Allen did not query Dr Salinger’s findings.

He said climate change may well be occurring, but he was not to say whether it had a human factor to its development or was part of a natural cycle that had been occurring for millennia.

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Group has dinner among the roses Pauline O’Leary, Zena Clark and Pam Harcourt of the Ashburton Rose Group relax and enjoy a fish and chip dinner in peaceful surroundings near the rose gardens of the Ashburton Domain.

A dozen rose group members

were at the dinner - a change from their usual monthly meeting at the Catholic Church hall.

The group has been around for more than 25 years.

Ashburton Rose Group president Mrs O’Leary said after tea,

members wandered around the rose garden and then the heritage rose garden before heading home.

Next month, members will hold a rose show, and share their favourite rose books.

■ ROAD MARKING GLITCH

Dunedin road painted then resealed By deBBIe PorteouS An oversight that resulted in freshly painted suburban road markings sealed over on the same day is “a bit embarrassing”, the Dunedin City Council admits.

The new markings were painted on 2.2km of Dunedin’s North Road on Tuesday, but by evening, 800m of the fresh paint

had been covered by seal.

Mike Costelloe, the Otago Southland general manager of Downer, which holds the contracts with the council for road marking in Dunedin and resealing in northern Dunedin, said staff doing the road marking had got part-way through the job before noticing the side of the road was marked for resealing.

The staff stopped at that point, having already completed much of the painting.

The mistake was unusual and he did not expect it to recur as the two teams were aware of each other’s schedules and usually “co-ordinated pretty well”.

“It’s just on this occasion there’s been a little bit of an oversight.”

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■ SECOND ASHBURTON BRIDGE

Last day for bridge submissions

By Erin TaskEr

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Today is the last day for residents to get their submissions in to council on the topic of the second bridge across the Ashburton River.

A week out from the close of submissions more than 150 had already been received and even more have trickled in over the past few days as people race to have their thoughts heard on

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the council’s notice of requirement to have land designated for a second bridge.

As they arrive, the submissions are opened, categorised and logged into the council system. Identifying topics and weighting those would not be done until after submissions close today.

The notice of requirement was notified on November 7 and came after a long round of con-

sultation and public meetings over council’s second bridge proposal. Many options were looked at for the bridge and its feeder roads in the early stages of the project but the council eventually narrowed this down to just two.

Both options used Chalmers Avenue at the northern end and the southern end offered two options through rural land to Tinwald’s east and an alternate

route, still on urban land but a short distance east of Grove Street. The latter route was chosen and it will connect with Grahams Road to the south.

Submissions can be made until 5pm today to the council’s planning department at the Ashburton District Council. Submissions must be dated, signed and must include the submitters name, address, phone number and email.

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A teenager who died after a boat she was in with her father and a friend capsized has been named by police. Eluned Jane Finney of Balclutha, 13, died after the boat capsized in rough weather in South Otago on Wednesday afternoon. The incident happened at Surat Bay near Owaka. Eluned was onboard with her father and a 13-year-old male friend on what was believed to be a fishing trip.

About 300m from the shore, the boat’s engine started to fail and cut out. The boat was swamped before it capsized about 1.30pm, police said. Acting Sergeant Steve Griffiths of Balclutha police said the man and the boy made it to shore but Eluned was reported as missing. All three were wearing lifejackets, he said.

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Death a ‘wake-up call’ for families The recent death of a little girl after she fell into a duck pond on her family’s Southland farm should serve as a wake-up call for all families, Federated Farmers says.

Two-year-old Irene Nath was found by emergency services in the pond on the Otapiri farm, near Winton, about 8.40pm on Tuesday.

Emergency services were called to the farm about 7.30pm after Irene had been missing for an hour and family and farm workers had been searching for her.

Federated Farmers Southland provincial president Russell McPherson said it was a “most unimaginable tragedy” that would raise painful memories for those farming families who had lost children in similar circumstances.

But Tuesday’s death should serve as a “wake-up call” for all families and not just farming ones, to keep children safe, he said. “Speaking as a farmer, the reality is that our farms do contain multiple hazards.

“These can be everything from farm dams to farm machinery to our livestock. Trying to eliminate every hazard on a farm is a physical impossibility.”

In response to a toddler downing in 2009, Federated Farmers changed some rules to help keep children safe on-farm, Mr McPherson said.

“This means a farm house on a dairy property must have stock-proof fences. What’s more, there must also be a safe place for children to be in when their parents are at work, for example, at the milking shed.”

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Teen victim named

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Work to fully seal the ventilation shaft at the former Pike River Mine is nearing completion. Sealing the shaft is an essential step in the $7.2 million project to allow exploration of the main entry tunnel, which no one has seen since the November 2010 explosion that killed 29 men trapped inside the mine. The shaft needs to be sealed to fully stabilise the mine environment.

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Same-sex marriages

Tenants will soon begin to arrive at Holmeslee Square on Burnett Street.

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Restaurant waiting on equipment By susan sandys

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Up to eight positions will be created at restaurant chain business Nando’s when it opens in central Ashburton.

Operator Imran Khan, who already runs the nearby Indian Minar restaurant, said he hoped to open the Nando’s outlet either later this month or next month, depending on when equipment arrived.

Mr Khan was waiting for a special oven, chargrills, fryers and other equipment from Germany, and had not yet received confirmation of when it would arrive.

He said there had been a lot

of interest in the new shop opening, with many people asking him about it.

He said there would be six to eight kitchen and waiting positions, which would initially be part-time but could become full-time.

“I’m sure that Ashburton will support it, I just have to see,” Mr Khan said.

Nando’s will set up on the ground floor of the newlycompleted Holmeslee Square on Burnett Street.

Holmeslee Square owner Holmeslee Enterprises spokesperson, Mark Holmes, said finishing touches were being made to the two-storey

retail, office and restaurant complex.

Completion had been a couple of months later than originally anticipated due to one contractor having been “flat out” in Christchurch.

There was only one shop left for lease in the ground floor portion of the building, with the second of the three sites under offer. A site in office space upstairs was also under offer.

He was pleased with how the building was looking, and expected it would fill in good time. “If you don’t build it, they don’t come, things just take time,” Mr Holmes said.

Almost 5 per cent of all marriages of New Zealand residents were between same-sex couples in the first four months after gay marriage became legal. The figure is much higher than expected and indicates that gay marriage may be much more popular than civil unions. Civil unions between samesex couples accounted for only 1.1 per cent of all marriages and civil unions in the period from 2005, when civil unions became legal, to the end of 2012, before the gay marriage law was passed. - APNZ

$5.6m cash cow The International Rally of Whangarei should bring about $5.6 million worth of economic benefits to the district, an assessment has found. The rally, featuring some of the world’s top drivers, will be held in Whangarei for the eighth time from April 11 to 13. The event will also host several other rallies, including the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship, Pacific Cup, Junior Cup and New Zealand Rally Championship. A Whangarei District Council assessment of the rally found it brought a direct economic benefit to the district of $2.8 million, with international exposure estimated at $2.78 million, for a total benefit of $5.58 million. The international event attracts a large media contingent and will screen in 183 countries around the world.

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Thirty metres to be slashed off Aoraki/Mt Cook Thirty metres will be slashed off the official height of New Zealand’s tallest peak, following new measurements by Otago University researchers.

While Aoraki/Mt Cook is officially listed as 3754 metres above sea level, analysis of high

accuracy GPS data obtained during an Otago-led climbing expedition in November has revealed that it is actually only 3724m tall at its highest point.

The readings confirm new aerial photography based calculations performed by Otago

National School of Surveying researcher Dr Pascal Sirguey and masters student Sebastian Vivero.

Dr Sirguey, the project leader for the research, said the discrepancy between the old height - estimated from aerial

photography immediately following a massive rock-ice collapse in December 1991 - and the new height can be explained by a two-decade reshaping process affecting the remnant of the originally thick ice cap.

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■ SPEIGHT’S ALEHOUSE

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Alehouse, but it’s Looking ahead, still business as trust chief exusual inside. ecutive Giles Beal Over the next said discussions few weeks damwere under way age caused by the for a revamp of Canterbury earthquakes will the Alehouse’s interior and the be repaired with blocks on the introduction of a new Speiupper level of the ex-Bank ght’s concept. There are also of New South Wales building plans to redevelop the second pinned back into place and a level office space in the buildrepaint of the building’s ex- ing, he said.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT

Driving days after losing licence proves costly The following people appeared in the Ashburton District Court, before Judge Noel Walsh on driving matters yesterday.

Choosing to drive just four days after losing her licence proved costly for Bonnyka-Levene Halls-Real.

The 18-year-old, now of Temuka, was disqualified from driving in the Timaru District Court on December 23. On December 27 she was picked up driving north of Ashburton.

Yesterday Judge Walsh sentenced her to 60 hours of community work and disqualified her from driving for a further six months, effective from June 23 when her current sentence expires.

Brent Tainui Garrett, a farmer of Ashburton, said he did not understand his suspended driver’s licence applied to his motorbike when he was caught on the road following a court appearance in Matamata in October. He was convicted on his guilty plea, disqualified from driving for six months and fined $250.

Charles Rinalde Marshall, 21, a labourer of Hampstead, pleaded guilty and was convicted of driving while disqualified.

He was disqualified from driving for six months, starting on April 24, fined $200 and ordered to pay court costs of $130.

Thomas Brannan Hart, a builder, of Ashburton, was con-

victed of driving with an excess breath alcohol level of 876 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath (EBA 876mcg/l) and dangerous driving – he was disqualified from driving for six months, fined $750 and ordered to pay court costs of $130.

Craig Peter Lanauze, 20, a labourer of Ashburton, was disqualified from driving for three months and ordered to pay court costs of $130 for drink driving (EBA 191mcg/l). The court was told Lanauze, an Irish national, did not understand the zero alcohol limit imposed on drivers under 21, in New Zealand, as it did not exist in Ireland.

Thomas Anaru Kune Longtime, 30, a butcher of Allenton, admitted drink driving (EBA 451mcg/l) – he was disqualified from driving for six months, fined $350 and ordered to pay court costs of $130.

Filimone Masiqaliqali, a meatworker, of Allenton, appeared on charges of drink driving (688mcg/l) and driving while suspended. The court was told Masiqaliqali’s licence was suspended for 28 days after he was booked on the drink driving matter on December 29.

On January 7, he was walking past the garage where a friend had left his vehicle to be serviced.

When Masiqaliqali noticed it had been left out unlocked he decided to drive it home. He was disqualified from driving for six months, fined $580 and ordered to pay court costs of $130 on

the drink driving charge and was convicted and discharged on the second matter.

Marvin Simon Brown, 20, of Tinwald, pleaded guilty to charges of drink driving (EBA 784 and careless use. At 12.40am on December 6 Brown lost control of his speeding vehicle and skidded into a power pole while attempting a right hand turn.

Defence lawyer Paul Bradford told the court Brown’s cousin was killed by a drunk driver in the North Island two weeks ago, which had “hammered home” the message about drink driving. It was Brown’s second conviction for drink driving – he was disqualified from driving for nine months, fined $900 and ordered to pay court costs of $130. He was also ordered to undertake nine months of supervision – to include assessment, counselling and treatment as directed to address issues with alcohol.

Brian Reece Williams, 72, retired of Allenton admitted a charge of drink driving (EBA 558mcg/l). He was disqualified from driving for six months, fined $400 and ordered to pay court costs of $130.

Darryl John Amalfitano, 59, unemployed of Hampstead, admitted a charge of aggravated drink driving (EBA 1151mcg/l) Amalfitano has three previous convictions for drink driving spanning 38 years. He was convicted, disqualified from driving for 12 months and one day, and ordered to undertake 12 months

of supervision to include assessment, counselling and treatment as directed to address his issues with alcohol.

Ngatokorua Urarii, 33, a meatworker of Hampstead, pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified – he was disqualified for a further six months, starting from September 20, fined $200 and ordered to pay court costs of $130. Judge Walsh was persuaded to refrain from ordering the confiscation of Urarii’s vehicle on the grounds it would cause undue hardship.

Other matters: Trent Raymond Cox, 45, of Ashburton admitted a charge of assaulting a woman – he was convicted and sentenced to 180 hours of community work, nine months of supervision – to include separation and relationship counselling and anger management, and ordered to make reparations of $500 to the victim.

The court was told he pulled his former wife to the ground and kicked her twice following an altercation in June. The incident came about following the breakdown of the couple’s 26-year marriage. Judge Walsh said Cox “obviously had a lot of unresolved feelings about that”.

Christopher Leon Weir, 23, of Tinwald, was convicted on a charge of dishonestly receiving property – he was fined $600, ordered to pay court costs of $130 and warned to stay out of trouble.

Weir’s counsellor Paul Bradford admitted his client had an extensive history of offending, but said the recent birth of his daughter had prompted a change in attitude.

Judge Walsh pointed out the 17 dishonesty charges Weir had racked up since 2008.

“You say you’re a changed man – well we will see – if not your kids will be visiting you in prison,” he said.

Destiny Lade Gerbes, 25, of Ashburton, admitted charges of dangerous driving and shoplifting – she was disqualified from driving for six months and ordered to make good $51 for the groceries she stole from a local supermarket.

Ngaariki Edwards, 33, a labourer of Netherby admitted a raft of charges relating to breaching a protection order. He was sentenced to five months community detention, commencing on January 22, with a 9pm to 6am curfew.

The court was told Edwards had relocated from Rotorua to remove himself from the victim, who planned to move to Australia soon.

Natasha Christine Ranson, 22, of Netherby, was convicted and discharged on a charge of breaching her community work sentence. With the approval of probation services, Judge Walsh cancelled the 55 hours outstanding on Ranson’s sentence in view of the difficulties attendance posed.

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■ NCEA RESULTS

Schools yet to analyse results

By Myles HuMe

Myles.h@theguardian.co.nz

NCEA results may have been released this week, but it will be months before Mid Canterbury’s two secondary schools reveal just how they went.

Ashburton and Mount Hutt college management staff confirmed they have had a chance to look at 2014 NCEA results released on Wednesday, but they are still yet to analyse the figures and come to a conclusion on their performances.

Pupils are expected to receive their exam papers later this month, and have until February 21 to appeal their marks which could impact on the final overall performances of the schools.

Management staff also have to take data variables into consideration and finalise the results.

Last year results were released to the Guardian at the beginning of March.

Trends have shown both colleges have been steadily improving in recent years, with Mount Hutt exceeding the national average in 2012 in Levels 1 and 2, while Ashburton College continues to seek a gradual increase, sitting just below the average in all levels in 2012.

Mount Hutt College principal John Schreurs said it was too soon to be definitive on the college’s performance,

but he was encouraged after a glance at the results on Wednesday.

“We have had three students get an overall excellence endorsement in Level 3 and eight who have got merit,” he said.

“Our Level 3 cohort was a bit stronger than the year before so we expected them to do better, and they have done so.”

The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) said marked examination papers will be returned to pupils from late January.

After that, they have until February 21 to apply for reviews and reconsiderations of their results.

More information about the reviews and reconsiderations process can be found on the NZQA website.

■ SUMMER SCHOOL

Second chance at Hagley summer school

By Myles HuMe

Myles.h@theguardian.co.nz

Mid Canterbury secondary pupils who have fallen short of the NCEA standard have a chance to redeem themselves at a new summer school.

The inaugural Hagley Community College summer day school begins next Monday in Christchurch, giving 50 pupils who are up to eight credits short of NCEA Level 2 an opportunity to participate in an intense 10-day course over a fortnight to attain the qualification.

There will also be night classes from February 3 to 14, with the community college enrolling pupils now following the release of NCEA results on Wednesday.

Hagley Community College acting deputy principal Marie Stribling said pupils from schools that had been labelled a “priority” by the Ministry of Education would get first dibs, but after that pupils from the wider Canterbury region would be welcome.

“There’s nothing that could stop pupils from Ashburton coming along, I

guess the only barrier for them would be the travel involved with it.”

To attain Level 2, pupils must gain 80 credits however 20 of those may be carried through from Level 1. That means most pupils need to generate 60 credits.

Education Minister Hekia Parata said the summer school would identify each pupil’s learning pathway and existing credits to find the best learning individual programme.

The strategy is part of the Ministry of Education’s plan to have 85 per cent of 18-year-olds across the country holding an NCEA Level 2 certificate by 2017.

Figures from 2012 show 75.2 per cent of 18-year-olds in Mid Canterbury achieved the standard.

Ms Stribling said the community college also held a Catch Up College programme for pupils who needed a few more credits to gain entry in tertiary study.

She said those wanting to enroll could contact Hagley Community College on (03) 379 3090.

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OUR VIEW

Farming – it’s full of dangers Coen Lammers EDITOR

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oo many people get hurt on Mid Canterbury farms.

ACC figures show that the number of accidents in the agricultural sector last year increased by 7.5 per cent from two years earlier to 970 claims.

This is nearly a thousand accidents in a small area like Mid Canterbury which indicates the size of the challenge on a national scale.

Aside from the personal injury and potential years of recovery, these accidents have a major financial cost to the taxpayer and employers.

Last year’s accidents alone cost the taxpayers $720,000 but over the past three years, the cumulative cost of ACC pay-outs added up to a staggering $2.7m.

If that figure is not enough of a reminder for farmers to have proper health and safety training, they may be motivated by higher ACC levies after their business has been the scene of an accident.

Farming is a hazardous business. Working with heavy machinery, dangerous tools and unpredictable livestock create a tremendous combination for perilous scenarios.

This week, a tractor rolled onto an experienced orchard worker in Motueka, which sadly demonstrated that it is not always the young and unskilled that become victims. His death was only a week after a similar fatal event in North Canterbury.

The 20 to 24-year-old age bracket is still the largest group in the ACC statistics, but one expert pointed out that veteran farmers are the second most likely victims.

Federated Farmers, ACC and Worksafe NZ continue to work hard with the industry to minimise these risks.

Many farms that used to be owner-operated are now employing several staff and have a legal responsibility to carry out health and safety training, and some employers do it better than others.

Some young guns may feel bullet-proof riding their bikes or tractor, and may not treat the health and safety aspects seriously enough. Their bosses may have to point to the 1000-odd accidents each year to remind them what they are dealing with.

YOUR VIEW Dairying I love the way you put bold headlines above negative news and small ones above more rose tinted ones as on page 12 and 13 in Thursday’s Guardian, although I should not judge highlighting an issue as being negative.

I am not writing to judge the impact of dairying on the landscape and groundwater as we are working flat out to resolve this.

I also want to highlight that our dirtiest rivers and creeks by a country mile in Canterbury are in Christchurch and Ashburton being the Avon, Heathcote and Carters Creek.

Neither district council does anything about it other than talk.

The Ashburton District Council does nothing about Carters Creek nor do they want to contribute to the cost of it as they deem the cost of solutions too overwhelming for the ratepayer.

They have known about the problem for years, but they just choose to ignore it and put all the nutrients and E coli in Cart-

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ers Creek ending up in Lake Hood. So anybody in the streets of Ashburton sort out your council first before you judge what dairy farmers do to the environment.

I would also like to disclose that dairy farmers spend their hard-earned dollars locally and we’ve got the figures to back this up.

The main issue I write this letter is that I want to disclose to you that Gareth Morgan, together with some other New Zealand investors, owns a big dairy farm in Brazil.

These guys do a mint job over there improving the local economy in Eastern Bahia like we do in Mid Canterbury.

Difference is in Eastern Bahia you can put 12 cows to the hectare instead of the 3 to 4 in Mid Canterbury.

As he generalised that cows pee on average the equivalent of 1000kg of nitrogen per hectare, I’d hate to know what the damage is to the water quality in Eastern Bahia by how they farm cows over there, but that is in another country.

Willy Leferink, Federated Farmers Dairy Chairperson

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Run down, ugly Re Heather Daly’s letter January 15 regarding the telephone exchange garden, I agree it is overgrown and ugly, but I do not blame the building owners, rather the town’s drunken minority who spoil a lot of things in Ashburton.

Two years ago the building had only been painted a few months and the gardens were a mess, worse than now. I phoned Telecom and asked for the national property manager. After emailing him a photo he agreed to address the problem.

He had a contractor clear the gardens, put bark on them and plant shrubs.

Within another week some of Ashburton’s drunken idiots had ripped out all but one of the shrubs. Someone attempted to replant them but they all died.

I would certainly not ask Telecom to do this work again. It’s a case of Ashburton getting what it deserves.

Trucks So trucks are wrecking roads,

yeah right, council only just realised that, then take a stroll down South Street.

Glenis

Rubbish collection How much longer does the town have to put up with this totally inadequate rubbish collection system?

Contaminated Botulism, now ecoli, what’s next? Clean and green dairy farming.

Try salvaging this one Mr Leferink. * * * E-coli found in cream coming from a plant that has had no such problems for decades.

Industrial sabotage is not unknown in the dairying industry and the timing of this event could be significant.

Lynton Laing

Trackside move Well done TAB. You have just donated $18 of my betting money to Sky. Pete K

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Many rivers to cross to fix dairying

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n yesterday’s article we pointed out how farmers have been converting land to dairy, generating massive private profits tax-free, but leaving the damage to our rivers, lakes and groundwater to be picked up by the public.

The Government has been asleep at the wheel on this – only proper resource pricing and an income-neutral tax regime can save our rivers.

Some responsible dairy farmers do fully incur all or most of the direct environmental costs of their activity. The recent NZ River Awards highlighted that, identifying the three most improved rivers in New Zealand as all benefiting from changed farm practices. The actions of these farmers deserve to be celebrated.

Even the rump of the dairy industry is taking positive strides. Rivers are increasingly being fenced off to stop cows entering, peeing and pooing in them.

The Water Accord sets out standards for sustainable practice around conversions, use of water, planting riverbanks, managing effluent and nutrients. Government are offering the carrot of helping farmers make the changes, while Fonterra is wielding the stick, threatening to make these guidelines part of its supply agreement. The accord will even be independently monitored and audited.

Of course the real test of these measures will come when some farmers refuse to pull up their socks and Fonterra is faced with not taking their milk. Their past track record shows that their tough talk often softens when farmers dig their gumboots in. Nevertheless, a huge amount of work is going in to make dairy farming a sustainable practice, catchment by catchment.

But the experiences around Lakes Taupo and Rotorua tell us that ultimately we will have to limit stock numbers in some areas if we want to save and restore our rivers. The recent spate of conversions will only make the inevitable adjustment all the more painful.

Depending on what state locals want their rivers in, some areas have already overshot the number of cattle that their catchment can bear. Some

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In the second of two articles on dairying, Gareth Morgan and Geoff Simmons look at saving our streams.

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Unfenced rivers on dairy farms are a major problem for water quality.

regions will face a stark tradeoff between saving their rivers and giving some of their local farmers a massive financial kick in the guts.

Some farmers will of course blame the demands for better water quality for sending them under, but that is misguided. In some areas conversions must cease, and should have ceased years ago. Now, thanks to years of inadequate environmental pricing and a lax tax regime, farmland prices have been allowed to ratchet so high that farmers have no choice but to farm intensively just to stay afloat. Something will give.

The question is who pays for this adjustment? The taxpayer shouldn’t, as they didn’t create it. Some farmers will be hit harder than others, as this problem is dependent on local conditions such as soil and weather. Inevitably some farmers will be forced out of business, others barely impacted.

This impact could be smoothed by farmers paying a per head “tax” on each cow, heifer and calf. The funds could be ploughed back into developing ways of reducing nitrogen levels in rivers. The aim of the tax would be to minimise the environmental impact per litre of milk produced.

The problems are material-

ising as greater pressure on farmers to confine cows. While it is easier to deal with the effluent from confined cows, there are many other problems – higher costs of housing, lower milk quality, as well as lower animal welfare. There are also adverse environmental impacts from cropping and harvesting the food for the cows.

If instead farms faced an individual nutrient budget, making it more difficult to permanently import a lot of feed, the way forward would be to stay with pastoral farming, albeit less intensive and focusing instead on the quality of milk and extracting a price premium for that.

All commercial users of water should face a charge.

This would acknowledge public ownership of the rivers and create funds to invest in repairing them. Power companies would also pay for public water used in their hydro dams. Certainly the Government should not be subsidising irrigation schemes as they currently are.

Finally, this whole problem highlights the need to get rid of the tax loopholes that owners of capital enjoy. Unlike normal income, the huge profits made from dairy conversions in recent decades were not shared with the taxman. This is yet

another effective subsidy other New Zealanders have provided this industry.

The transition we have set out here would be painful. The more conversions that happen the more painful it will become, which is why Dairy NZ have called for conversions to cease.

Sustainable dairy is possible, but not if we want to keep squeezing more cows on the land. But until the industry’s structure makes profit growth synonymous with expansion of downstream manufacture and consumer brands, or application of our on-farm technology advantages in countries where the price of land is much less, we can expect an insatiable demand from farmers here to pollute more in their quest for higher volume.

What the Commissioner for the Environment’s report says is that the mitigation efforts farmers are making will not stop the rot, more and more cows is an environmental disaster.

What we would say is the market structures around dairying are what’s driving that quest for more cows - a level playing field would sort that and while on-farm investment would become less attractive, downstream investment would take up any slack.

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Photographer Kim Anderson Ella-Rose (3) and Jakob (1) Blampied walking back up the beach in Timaru

Summer’s in full swing and so is the Guardian’s 2014 Summer photo competition.

If you’ve got a special photo of anything to do with summer send it in.

For conditions of entry, dates and for where to send your precious photos see below.

Photographer Hayley Morgan Liberty thinks the best thing about summer is being able to be in charge of the hose

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■ UNITED STATES

Constitution gets OK Egyptian voters overwhelmingly backed a new constitution that paves the way for the army chief to run for president, results showed yesterday, but turnout figures will provide a key measure of his popularity. Initial tallies reported by state media gave 90 per cent support for the new charter, which the military-installed authorities say provides greater protection for freedom of speech and women’s rights. The result of the referendum was always a foregone conclusion with the Muslim Brotherhood, designated a “terrorist organisation” by the government, calling for a boycott and little sign of a “No” campaign in the run-up to the vote.

- AFP

Adelaide sizzles

Air Force Chief of Staff General Mark Welsh: ‘Biggest scandal in the history of the missile force’ AP PHOTO

“This is absolutely unacceptable behavior,” James said of the cheating, which General Mark Welsh, the Air Force chief of staff, said could be the biggest such scandal in the history of the missile force.

A spokesman for Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the Pentagon chief, who just last week visited a nuclear missile base and praised the force for its professionalism, was “deeply troubled” to learn of the cheating allegations.

The spokesman, Navy Rear Admiral John Kirby, said Hagel

insisted he be kept apprised of the investigation’s progress.

James said she will travel to each of the Air Force’s three nuclear missile bases next week on a fact-finding mission to learn more about conditions within the missile launch force and the more senior officers who manage them.

She suggested that the cheating was confined to this single case involving 34 officers, although numerous missile officers have told the AP confidentially that some feel compelled to cut corners on their monthly

proficiency tests because of intense pressure to score at the highest levels to advance in the force.

The drug investigation that led to the discovery of alleged cheating was disclosed by the Pentagon last week.

It said then that it involved 10 officers at six bases - five in the US and one in England.

On Wednesday, the Air Force said the number of suspects has grown to 11.

Welsh said he could not comment further on the drug probe.

- AP

■ AUSTRALIA

Adelaide has fallen short of a record top temperature but South Australia has still sweltered through the fourth day of a forecast five-day heatwave. The city was tipped to have a maximum of 46C yesterday, very close to the record of 46.1C set on January 12, 1939.

But the top was 44.2C with the mercury dipping to 42.5C by 5pm.

Yesterday’s high followed tops of 42.1C on Monday, 45.1C on Tuesday and 43.7C Wednesday. The five days at 40C or above will make it the city’s third worst heatwave.

The hottest spot yesterday was Roseworthy, just north of Adelaide, which had a top of 46.4C. - AAP

Israel returns fire The Israeli air force has hit four targets in Gaza in response to rockets fired from the Palestinian territory, the Israeli army says.

Militants in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip launched a volley of rockets toward the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon, five of which were shot down by Israel’s Iron Dome missile defence system, an Israeli military spokesman said.

The military said its retaliatory strikes had hit “a terror site, an underground rocket-launcher, a weapon storage facility and a weapons manufacturing site” in northern Gaza.

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Subway attacker on trial

‘Junior bikie’ faces tough prison term A wannabe bikie who played a minor role in last year’s public brawl on the Gold Coast is facing a month in solitary confinement after pleading guilty to riot.

Andrew Clarke-Davis, 22, was a probationary Bandido when he acted as “rear guard” during the disturbance at a Gold Coast restaurant, a police prosecutor told Clarke-Davis’s sentencing hearing yesterday.

CCTV footage played to the Brisbane Magistrates Court showed more than a dozen bikies entering the crowded Aura Tapas & Loungebar on September 27 and leave with two associates of a rival gang who had been dining there.

A fight can be seen erupting

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In brief

Nuclear cheating scandal The US Air Force disclosed yesterday that 34 officers entrusted with the world’s deadliest weapons have been removed from launch duty for allegedly cheating - or tolerating cheating by others - on routine proficiency tests.

The announcement was a stunning setback for a nuclear missile force already beset by missteps and leadership lapses.

The cheating scandal is the latest in a series of Air Force nuclear stumbles documented in recent months by The Associated Press, including deliberate violations of safety rules, failures of inspections, breakdowns in training, and evidence that the men and women who operate the missiles from underground command posts are suffering burnout.

In October, the commander of the nuclear missile force was fired for engaging in embarrassing behaviour, including drunkenness, while leading a U.S. delegation to a nuclear exercise in Russia.

A “profoundly disappointed” Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James, the service’s top civilian official, told a hurriedly arranged Pentagon news conference that the alleged cheating at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, was discovered during a previously announced probe of drug possession by 11 officers at several Air Force bases, including two who also are in the nuclear force and suspected of participating in the cheating ring.

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outside shortly afterwards.

The feud sparked the Newman government’s bikie crackdown, which included the introduction of strict legislation such as mandatory sentences of up to 25 years for serious crimes.

Police Prosecutor Sharon Carruthers said Clarke-Davis stood at the doorway to Aura, while the other Bandidos were in the restaurant, and was part of a large group that milled around outside after the fight.

She said the people who entered the restaurant aggravated the potential for violence to erupt and a custodial sentence of two months should be imposed.

Clarke-Davis, who pleaded

Probationary members of Australia’s Bandidos gang

guilty to riot and obstructing police, has already served 34 days’ in prison since his arrest.

His defence lawyer Andrew McGinness said any sentence

should take into account the fact his client was confined to a cell for 23 hours per day under a prison policy targeting bikies.

“This man is serving time in solitary confinement which might be considered more inhumane than someone breaking rocks in a chain gang,” he said, later adding that his client had resigned from the Bandidos in October.

Brisbane Chief Magistrate Tim Carmody replied that if he reduced Clarke-Davis’s sentence it might expose the court to criticism for “reverse breaching” the separation of powers between the executive and the courts.

He reserved passing sentence until Monday.

- AAP

The trial has begun in Japan of a former member of Aum Shinrikyo, 19 years after the doomsday cult launched a nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway that killed 13 people.

Makoto Hirata, 48, turned himself in at a police station two years ago after spending much of the past two decades on the run. He was one of the final fugitives who went into hiding after the rush-hour release of sarin in March 1995, an episode that sickened thousands and sowed panic among Tokyo’s millions of commuters.

- AFP

Floods kill 13 Floods and landslides have killed 13 people and left two others missing in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province, an official says.

Floods triggered by days of heavy rain have hit six districts and towns in the province this week and displaced more than 40,000 people, said Noldy Liow, the head of the local disaster management agency. The provincial capital Manado and the neighbouring town of Tomohon were the worst hit, he said.

- DPA

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Global crisis hits boatbuilder An award-winning superyacht builder has announced it will close its doors next month.

New Plymouth-based Fitzroy Yachts, which employs around 120 people, made the decision yesterday after attempts to secure a new boat-build failed.

Managing director Rodney Martin said a substantial reduction of staff was unavoidable with international orders for luxury watercraft drying up.

“All of the jobs could go, there’s no more work for them here.

“We are talking about highly skilled people so I’m optimistic

they will find new employment,” Martin said.

The company has been in business for 15 years and is in the final stages of completing its current build - a 37.5-metre Dubois performance sloop, code named FY17 by staff because of the high level of secrecy the owner sought, which includes the actual name of the boat.

“Completing the build of FY17 to Fitzroy’s high standards is our priority,” Martin said.

FY17 is on schedule for completion on February 28.

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+8.26

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+5.84

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+5.42

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+63.7

+1.21%

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6,819.86

+53.0

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 Nikkei 225 index

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Xero, whose shares soared 333 per cent in 2013, has put down a rising share price to positive press, a growing brand in the US and high volatility from being closely held after getting a ‘please explain’ notice from the stock market regulator.

The share market supervisor questioned a 42 per cent gain in the Xero share price from December 5 to January 16, since the last price sensitive announcement was made in late November.

The shares fell 2 per cent to $41.51 yesterday, having reached a new intraday high of $43.30 earlier in the session.

Xero chief financial officer Ross Jenkins responded by saying the Wellington-based company continues to meet continuous disclosure rules, and that it was on track to meet its forecast sales growth of 80 per cent in the 2014 financial year.

“We note that the Xero share price has a history of high volatility as a result of a relatively tightly held register,” Jenkins said in a letter to NZX’s market surveillance unit.

“We also note that we have seen an increased awareness of Xero in the US (particularly following Xero’s capital raise

Sky TV’s revenue is likely to grow at a slower rate over the next five years as the company reaches an “inflection point” in its subscriber base, says an analyst. Morningstar’s Nachi Moghe has forecast the paytv provider’s revenue to grow by mid-single digits, down from the high single digits the company had historically achieved. Moghe said that Sky TV was in an unassailable position of being the only pay-tv provider in New Zealand with a subscription base of 856,000 or around 50 per cent of New Zealand households. But he warned Sky was open to competition with the internet becoming a viable option for distributing content to subscribers and said the company had reached a point where subscriber growth may be lower. - NZH

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back design and technology team and wasn’t ruling anything out for the future.

“Like a large number of our fellow yacht-builders, we have felt the effects of the 2008 global financial crisis and its impact on the new-build order book,” he said.

Martin said New Zealand’s distance to the major markets of Europe and America was always a factor for potential buyers.

“There are more wealthy people than ever, they are just choosing not spending their money on yachts,” Martin said.

- NZH

Sky TV ‘unassailable’

Crystal components maker Rakon has announced a proposal to close its manufacturing plant in the United Kingdom, putting 88 jobs at risk.

Chief financial officer Simon Bosley said it had informed employees of its UK subsidiary, Rakon UK Limited, of its intention to enter consultation for the proposed closure of its Lincoln plant yesterday. Bosley said the proposal came after a review by the board determined there were duplicate overhead structures and manufacturing capability between its Lincoln and New Zealand operations. Rakon would start consultation within the month on its proposal to shut down the Lincoln plant and shift manufacturing to New Zealand.

- NZH

Codeshare alliance

of NZ$180m in October 2013), and that Xero has been the subject of recent positive media attention in Australia, New Zealand and the US.” In July last year the company responded to a price inquiry by putting it down to its tightly held register creating volatility.

As at May 10 last year, 54 of Xero’s 4715 shareholders held 83.7 per cent of the company, according to its 2013 annual report.

Chief executive Rod Drury is the biggest shareholder with a 17 per cent stake, followed by MYOB founder Craig Winkler with 15.7 per cent, according to recent substantial shareholder notices.

The company yesterday appointed Chorus sales and market general manager Victoria Crone as its New Zealand managing director, effective from April.

- APNZ

Air New Zealand, the country’s national carrier, is targeting a return to Singapore with a planned codesharing alliance with Singapore Airlines. The Aucklandbased airline and Asian carrier plan to boost their capacity between New Zealand and Singapore by 30 per cent with the tie-up, which will introduce an Auckland-Singapore route for the first time, Air NZ said in a statement. New Zealand’s state controlled airline will take over five flights currently operated

by Singapore Airlines, who will maintain its daily SingaporeChristchurch service as part of the deal.

- APNZ

NZ shares on the rise New Zealand shares rose to a two-month high, paced by Chorus, Kathmandu and Sky Network Television as the prospects of strong economic growth drew retail investors to the equity market. The NZX 50 Index advanced 8.256 points, or about 0.2 percent, to 4921.290, the highest since November 15.

Within the index, 24 stocks rose, 17 fell and nine were unchanged.

Turnover was $184 million, the highest so far this year.

- APNZ

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Vodafone ‘misled customers’

By HamisH FletcHer Vodafone has settled a case with the Commerce Commission and paid out almost $270,000 to 11,000 customers who signed up to a mobile broadband promotion.

The case concerned Vodafone’s “Broadband Lite” service, which let customers use the internet on their mobile phone.

Between July 2009 and September 2011 Vodafone offered this service free for three months to some customers and 146,000 people signed up to it.

Once this free period expired, the service cost $10 a month and Vodafone’s terms and conditions said customers would be sent a text message reminding them of the need to opt-out of the service if they did not wish to be charged.

After investigating complaints, the commission decided some customers were not properly advised of the terms of the deal.

Almost 8000 customers did not receive a text reminding them to opt-out of the service and 3000 customers cancelled the service but were still charged for it, the Commission said.

Apple will refund at least $US32.5 million to consumers to settle a federal case involving purchases that kids made without their parents’ permission while playing on mobile apps, the government announced yesterday. The Federal Trade Commission said Apple will make full refunds for any such in-app purchases made by kids while playing on mobile phones and other devices, and incurring charges without parents’ knowledge or permission. Edith Ramirez, the agency’s head, said the settlement only involves children’s mobile apps and charges racked up when kids bought things such as virtual currency or dragon food. In some cases, Ramirez said, charges ran into the hundreds and even thousands of dollars.

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The Commission believed the promotion breached the Fair Trading Act but has settled the matter with Vodafone, which has made a $268,231.38 payout to affected customers.

In a settlement agreement, Vodafone agreed that it was likely to have breached the Act. The Commission said the telco “took active steps to identify and rectify the issues” once the regulator made enquiries.

“In reaching the decision to settle, we took into account the fact that Vodafone put things right as soon as it became aware

of the problems. Nonetheless, the case highlights the potential problems with ‘opt-out’ sales promotions,” said Commerce Commission Consumer Manager Stuart Wallace.

“Such promotions require the consumer to take an active step in order to not buy something. Customers can be locked into a deal that they don’t want and maybe did not understand. Unless the ‘opt-out’ condition is very clearly disclosed, these promotions have a high risk of being misleading and in breach of the Fair Trading Act,” Wallace said.

Numerous Vodafone promotions have come under fire from the Commerce Commission over recent years in Fair Trading Act cases.

In September 2012, it was fined $960,000 for misleading advertising over a free air-time deal and the coverage of its wireless broadband network.

In November 2011 it was fined $81,900 for misleading customers over “$1 a day” mobile data charges and in August 2011 it was fined $400,000 for misleading customers over its Vodafone Live! service. - NZH

■ YAHOO

Golden parachute for recent employee Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is cutting loose her top lieutenant in a possible sign that the internet company’s efforts to revive its long-slumping advertising sales aren’t paying off.

Yesterday’s surprise announcement of the departure of Yahoo’s chief operating officer, Henrique de Castro, repre-

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sents a setback for Mayer, who signed him to a $58 million deal just 15 months ago to help her lure more advertisers to a company that has been struggling to compete against Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. in the race for online marketing dollars.

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It’s doubtful de Castro would be leaving if he were bringing in the revenue that Mayer envisioned, said BGC Financial analyst Colin Gillis.

“This was one of her key hires and he is already gone,” Gillis said. “It doesn’t look good.”

De Castro, 48, will leave Yahoo with much of the money and stock that he got when Mayer lured him to California from Google. His severance package includes $20m of restricted stock that wasn’t scheduled to fully vest until late 2016. He also will receive $1.2m to cover the next two years of his salary.- AP

More than $140 million has been earmarked to go to 31 New Zealand tech companies in research and development grants.

Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce has named companies awarded R&D growth grants from Callaghan Innovation, the Government’s high-tech development body set up in 2012. Recipients include NZXlisted companies Rakon, Scott Technology and a company owned

by Wynyard Group. The grants provide a 20 per cent contribution to a firm’s annual R&D spend, capped at $5 million a year. - NZH

Pressure on Google The European Union’s antitrust watchdog is increasing pressure on Google to swiftly provide better proposals to address allegations the firm is abusing its dominant position in internet searches. If the US tech giant fails to present better proposals to reach a settlement, the EU will start the traditional antitrust procedure, the EU’s competition watchdog chief Joaquin Almunia said yesterday. That more confrontational route could take years, but also result in fines worth billions of dollars. Almunia said that feedback from competitors and other market players on Google’s latest proposed changes to its internet searches was clearly negative. Google’s pending reaction will be the “last opportunity” for reaching a settlement, he added.

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Barrier 2 66450 Earl Mountbatten (2) TBriskie B Butcher (J) 9 773P0 Singer Su (21) PScaife Z Butcher 3 Make My Night (3) WJennens S Doody 10 42245 Bettor Backim (22) BTaylor B Taylor 4 4 70998 Sun Belle (4) HMorgan S Abernethy (J)

11 06X00 Flyin Impact (23) A Bublitz

P Ferguson 3 5 96067 Mistress Castleton (5) GNeill B Weaver S Dickson 2 6 35 Ventimiglia (6) Andrew&LynNeal L Neal 2 12 93534 Wyatt Earp (24) SDickson D Jones 7 82846 No Go Slow Briton (7) GMartin G Martin 13 67429 Hey Knowitall (25) DJones 8 9544X Wywurri (8) PScaife Z Butcher 14 59056 Boomchickawowwow (26) TBriskie B Butcher (J) 9 09030 Seymour (u1) TBriskie N Chilcott 1 10 76553 Ton Tine (u2) RAnderson S Lawson 4:40 PM RAILWAY HOTEL OTAKI CUP PRELUDE HCP PACE $9000, c2 & faster +claimer discrhcp, 2700m 11 8898X Alpe D’Huez (u3) TBriskie S Phelan OPT 507 1 1 52314 Major Star (1) Mangos/Cullen B Mangos WINGS INTERNATIONAL MOBILE PACE 3:30 PM S Lawson OPT 505 $7000, 3yo+ f&m c0, 2000m 2 76995 Iwannabebig (2) Fox/Johnson 3 1 7724 Righteous Royale (1) BTowers B Towers 3 88724 J C Skipper (3) Wallis/Hackett T Mitchell S Phelan 2 2 45564 Starry Delight (2) KHadfield S Phelan 4 55054 Benji Maguire (4) WDevenport 3 97990 Sharapova’s Delight (3) EClarke J Abernethy 5 74460 Jonny Wilkinson (u1) PScaife Z Butcher 4 0X Cassidy Paige (4) PScaife B Butcher (J) 6 98X48 Houhora Dream (1) GEllison J Abernethy 5 70 Leila May Finn (5) BWeaver B Weaver 7 67765 Beckinsale (2) Pat&MikeO'Brien P Ferguson 1 6 509X8 Gold Diamonds (6) Mangos/Cullen B Mangos 3 8 54010 Mister Harris (u1) DCambie J I Dickie 7 89X55 Mapua Mabel (7) Fox/Johnson J I Dickie 2 9 X6745 Tijuana Bromac (1) ABest N Chilcott 8 60069 Highview Linda (8) WBrassington D Ferguson (J) 10 11475 Three Jewels (2) Andrew&LynNeal A Neal Barrier 4 11 0X151 Macs Creation (1) HMorgan S Abernethy (J) 9 53398 Juster Fire (21) Wallis/Hackett Z Butcher 12 064P2 Better To Be Bad (u1) SAshton B Butcher (J) 4 10 6645 Snow Fairy (22) Andrew&LynNeal T Mitchell 11 6229 Classic Bet (23) FMitchell N Chilcott 5:15 PM BEACH FM 106.3 MOBILE PACE $8500, 5yo+ c1, 2000m 12 44658 Lola Jones (24) Pat&MikeO'Brien P Ferguson OPT 508 W Fleming 13 8X559 Aumangea (u1) TBriskie S Lawson 1 86777 Eagle Eyes (1) WFleming B Butcher (J) 14 7993 Sheza Bright Star (u2) KTarrant S Kane (J) 1 2 22359 Thrill Factor (2) PScaife

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8

Today at Addington Raceway

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO MOBILE PACE

J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney

7:05 PM 803

OPT

SALE OF THE STARS-AKL TROT 3 17PGGFEBWRIGHTSON $8000, 3yo+ c0, 2600m

1 90 Cracker Comet (1) GRich 2 66340 Price Of Fame (2) TTrathen 2 3 03223 Ottawa (3) CMiddleton 3 4 33326 Total Exposure (4) DNyhan 5 07X0 Sungait Sally (5) DBennett 6 2P307 Young Stranger (6) TGrant 1 7 32 All Lit Up (7) L&JSmith 4 8 52 Ode To Success (8) PKerr 9 975 Linquenda (u1) MLarter 10 070X0 Willie Shine (u2) JHowe 11 32888 Sueno (u3) SRoulston

T Chmiel T Trathen C Middleton D Nyhan R Holmes C R Thornley J Smith M Kerr J Anderson (J) J Dunn G O'Reilly

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 9-10-11-12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

2 28323 Otto Baxter nwtd 3 J McInerney 3 42238 Fanta’s Fever 17.43 Casey&Fagan CHRIS & LISA EARL DASH 4 4 13235 Maker’s Label 17.54 Hart&Taylor 1:37 PM $1200, c1, 295m 5 84346 Duco To Duco 17.73 M Flipp 1 1 17162 Blue Hobo 17.40 J Dunn 6 72166 Harper’s Bizarre 17.49 B Dann 2 2 62141 Cawbourne Tomcat 17.45 Weir&Nissen 1 7 11221 Motley Man 17.39 J Dunn 3 3 13534 Ellie Waves 17.85 Casey&Fagan 8 54775 Sarah’s Domain nwtd J McInerney 4 27514 Hermione Baxter nwtd J McInerney 9 22382 Harper Mehl nwtd S&B Evans 4 5 26882 Gracy Racer 17.60 Casey&Fagan

10 54143 Go Bridie 17.30

G Cleeve 6 64865 Word For Word 17.58 D Stapleton 7 27865 Go Timmee 17.63 G Cleeve CAROL’S TAB STAKES 2:30 PM $1900, c1, 520m 8 44828 Mustang Magz 17.60 M Flipp B Dann 9 28658 Starburst Hannah 17.56 Grant/Hurd 1 13563 Radical Rufus 30.62 2 2 13X24 Opawa Zara 30.79 J&D Fahey 10 31178 Marbella 17.82 M Flipp 4 3 74132 Nom De Plume 30.78 R Blackburn AMBER CLEANING SERVICES STAKES 1:55 PM A Lee $1900, c1, 520m 4 46614 Admit Nothing nwtd S&B Evans 3 1 55136 Archie’s Comet nwtd McCook&Jopson 5 64645 Thrilling Sound 30.68 3 6 4141 Grunt Rodgers nwtd J McInerney 2 35633 Know Solution 30.99 L Waretini 1 7 41313 Magic Emily 30.37 Hart&Taylor 2 3 44426 Opawa Tania 31.10 Lane&Wales Lane&Wales 4 4 714 Caesar Chance nwtd B&T Shaw 8 33244 Opawa Stella 31.13 J&D Fahey 5 31357 Girl Magic 30.65 Hart&Taylor 9 332X5 Claretown Leroy nwtd Lane&Wales 6 85318 Nero Haka nwtd J McInerney 10 66471 Opawa Lucky 30.89 7 36463 Chill Out Ralph 31.14 Lane&Wales COALGATE TAVERN SPRINT 1 8 14253 Doleuze 30.36 J Dunn 2:47 PM $1400, c2, 295m 9 332X5 Claretown Leroy nwtd J&D Fahey 1 33335 Rite Round Range 17.72 A Bradshaw 10 47415 McJopson 31.23 S&B Evans 2 2 36442 Phat Pants 17.66 McCook&Jopson M Flipp HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY RILEY GREER 3 61216 Abogado 17.32 2:12 PM 1 4 52512 Joyville nwtd J McInerney SPRINT $1200, c1, 295m 2 1 41761 Thiago 17.70 3 5 55462 Excuse Please 17.35 D Stapleton J McMillan

NZ Metro Harness

$10,000, 3yo+ c1, 1950m PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver OPT

888 Homebush Pippi nwtd 87 Jenka Baxter nwtd 65 Kalani Baxter nwtd

Today at Otaki Racecourse

00047 Rich Earl (1) JCossey F Cossey 0P080 Keeping The Dream (2) JAbernethy J Abernethy 24337 Thanks Charlie (3) SDickson S Dickson X7022 Dancingwiththestars (4) WBrassington P Ferguson 9X906 Two Wishes (5) KChittenden D Jones 32201 Quite Easy Damit (6) SDoody A Poutama (J) 6X863 Palais Royal (7) KChittenden K Chittenden 83060 Nasty Brat (8) DCambie S Phelan PX059 Hector McFeckle (9) SDoody T Mitchell 1X Tout Noir (u1) Mangos/Cullen B Mangos 90600 Sudon Speed (u2) EPhelan E Phelan 60000 John Joseph (u3) WFleming W Fleming X0030 Desert Storm (u4) BTaylor B Taylor

OPT

8 9 10

Kapiti Coast Harness

$8500, 3yo+ c1, 2700m PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver OPT

January 17, 2014

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIE FIRST 4

13 14 2 15 16

January 17, 2014 08229 Franco Sanchez (23) TMcMillan T McMillan 30004 Houdini (24) KTownley G O'Reilly 3 Blingiton (25) NMcGrath A Butt Swarovski SCRATCHED

8:05 PM 805

5 TROTHAPPY BIRTHDAY ROSE DAKIN MOBILE

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIE FIRST 4

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 9-10-11-12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

3 649X7 Mister T (3) RRichardson T Mitchell 4 07497 Pilot Officer (4) GNeill B Weaver 5 6X889 Mahogany (5) KChittenden K Chittenden 6 48094 Flyin Louie (6) GHall A Poutama (J) 7 856X9 Winsome Falcon (7) KWebber P Ferguson 4 Rimutoto Prince (8) JMair D Jones 8 405X7 Barrier

2 9 9730X Art I Special (21) Rogerson/Blanchard

Compiled by

Track Information Weather: Mainy fine

6 F2758 Opawa Albie nwtd 7 X5363 Wandy Destiny 17.54 4 8 38485 Primitive 17.19 9 85824 Blickling Bridge 17.53 10 56456 Phil Wart 17.43 3:05 PM

1 4 2 3 3 4 5 6 1 7 2 8 9 10

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C Roberts G Cleeve D Stapleton A Joyce Grant/Hurd

BILL’S BAR & BISTRO STAKES $2200, c2, 520m

55235 Rocky Baxter nwtd 48575 Waimak Dave 30.88 81853 Lochinvar Camaro 30.40 68858 Gee Cee Bee 30.70 51656 Opawa Cassidy 31.07 88787 Wandy On In 30.79 51141 What I Like 30.59 31144 Bad Week 30.77 63247 Blushing Belle 30.63 13346 Sahara Storm 30.41

3:23 PM

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J McInerney J McInerney C Roberts H Anderton Lane&Wales D Kingston J McInerney J McInerney Lane&Wales M Flipp

SPEIGHT’S DASH

1 46312 Travelling Joe nwtd 1 3 2 53284 Easy Silence 17.72 3 84527 Botany Pete nwtd 4 26777 New York Affair 18.08 4 5 4X763 Visual Illusion 17.38 6 15554 Nitro Express 17.87 7 73157 Know Skill 17.67 2 8 66862 Stich Up nwtd 9 67582 Aversion 17.33 10 35465 Que Tee Chicks 17.32

$1400, c2, 295m

J McInerney B Dann J McInerney A Joyce G Cleeve L Waretini G Cleeve S&B Evans Hart&Taylor McCook&Jopson

Track Information Type: Grass; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1811m Weather: Mainly fine.

Shortys Desire (8) PScaife B Butcher (J,Cl) 8 34741 Barrier

9 X0P80 Roxanne (21) FMitchell N Chilcott 3 10 509X3 Heart Of Jessie (22) Reid/McMullan S Lawson 11 71 Gotta Go Justdoit (23) JAbernethy J Abernethy 4 12 5X673 Chequeme Rosie (24) JGodfrey A Poutama (J) 6:45 PM OPT 511

11

PELORUS TRUST MOB PACE $8500, 4yo+ c2 +claimer, 2000m

1 45X51 Bully’s Rocket (1) WDevenport S Abernethy (J) 1 2 54830 Bettabe Fast (2) PFerguson P Ferguson 3 18979 Get Holme Tyron (3) PScaife S Lawson 2 4 15486 Johnny Mick (4) JRogers A Neal DEANS & ASSOCIATES MOBILE PACE 5 13427 Salvador (5) SDoody 5:45 PM A Poutama (J) OPT 509 $8500, 3yo+ c1, 2000m 3 6 PX561 Thefasterthebettor (6) HHabraken S Phelan 2 1 64482 Tubby Jim (1) RPaterson R Close (J) 7 900X4 Beta B Quick (7) JAbernethy J Abernethy 1 2 458X5 Kotare Kano (2) TMitchell T Mitchell 8 58767 Mighty Mach (8) EClarke N Chilcott 3 21604 King Cyril (3) John&JoshuaDickie J I Dickie Barrier 3 4 29565 Cabo Wabo (4) RDunn S Phelan 9 34741 Shortys Desire (21) PScaife B Butcher (J) 5 0X240 No Liability (5) PFerguson D Ferguson (J) 4 10 74460 Jonny Wilkinson (22) PScaife N Pritchard 6 00X70 Tintedfella (6) MGibbs S Dickson 11 60012 Machie Mach (23) PScaife Z Butcher 7 88009 Abe Attell (7) TBriskie B Butcher (J) ASHFORD PARK OTAKI BACKPACKERS MOB

Dashing Dane (8) FCossey F Cossey 7:15 PM 8 50768 Barrier

OPT 512 PACE $8500, 3yo+ c1, 2000m 9 475X0 Bazza’s Choice (21) JTanner A Poutama (J) 3 1 34534 Crusader Courage (1) BWeaver B Weaver 1 2 51220 Ace Of Delight (2) Reid/McMullan S Lawson 4 10 11 Princess Kate (22) NChilcott N Chilcott 11 00800 Golden Bloom (23) THarris Z Butcher 3 14913 Gotta Go Armbro (3) JAbernethy J Abernethy 4 09041 Branch Rickey (4) MGibbs B Butcher (J) INTERISLANDER SUMMER FESTIVAL OTAKI MBL 6:15 PM 2 5 36920 Firebreak (5) G&NHope R Close (J) $8500, 3yo+ f&m c1, c2 with cond., 2000m 6 60X05 Hanover Courage (6) KWebber D Ferguson (J) OPT 510 1 1364 Blythcliffe (1) Pat&MikeO'Brien P Ferguson 7 50396 Aces N Eights (7) FMitchell T Mitchell 1 2 2106P Glamar Girls (2) G&NHope R Close (J) 8 22257 Mister Dann (8) PScaife Z Butcher

3 16088 Daily Delight (3) DMorrison D Ferguson (J,Cl) Barrier 4 9 86026 Mary Anastasia (21) NChilcott N Chilcott 4 97406 Fifteen Six (4) SDoody T Mitchell 10 35199 Karitane Whisper (22) WDevenport 5 60X08 Nicole Vaidisova (5) WDevenport D Ferguson (J) 3 10 9XP98 Riverboat Sue (22) Mangos/Cullen B Mangos 11 98460 Jack Bates (23) FMitchell N Chilcott

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10

6 2 7

S Abernethy (J) 14622 Cougar Bromac (6) FPhelan S Phelan 05840 Gamblers Delight (7) JTanner J I Dickie

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIE FIRST 4 PICK 6 9:04 PM OPT 807

7

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 8-9-10 7-8-9-10 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 5-10 $75,000 ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH MOB PACE $10,000, 4yo+ c2-c3, 2600m

S Abernethy (J) P Ferguson S Phelan

11 69642 Millwood Roxy (23) LWhite 12 X1390 Bettors Card (24) Telfer/Garlick

Track Information Type: All weather; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1193m; Weather: Mainly fine.

8 2 9 4 10

Naughty Maravu SCRATCHED 58274 The Flying Scotsman (8) NMcGrath N McGrath Barrier

32421 Crimson Glory (21) TMcMillan T McMillan

9

1 0810X Caesar’s Flame (1) RDunn J Thomas (J) 10:04 PM HYDROFLOW TROT $8000, 3yo+ c1, 2600m

2 41495 Brute Ute Anvil (2) JBromley C D Thornley OPT 809 1 X0605 Spin Doctor (1) DO'Connell D O'Connell S Ottley (J) 1 3 P63X3 The Brigadier (3) NMcGrath N McGrath 2 1 80831 Blue Don (1) BZampese 2 20P70 Danke (2) MEdmonds S McNally 3

2 96X0X Peterhof (2) B Graham

G Archer 3 00169 Dragon Lady (3) RHolmes R Holmes 4 37880 Billythehuntedone (4) C&JDeFilippi M Edmonds

S Ottley (J) 3 7X607 Tarn (3) MEdmonds 4 83478 Vacanza (4) BHutton J Curtin 5 5X908 Little Miss Sunshine (5) GPayne R Payne 1 4 72210 Lothario (4) D&CButt D Butt 4 5 41272 Sundons Comet (5) MCunningham S Ottley (J) 4 6 10832 Roo Star (6) TMcMillan T McMillan 5 04107 Donny Wood (5) RHolmes R Holmes 3 6 17059 Whispering Champagne (6) NTaylor D Dunn 2 7 19331 Crackaheiny (7) RDunn J Dunn 6 57103 Opawa Speed (6) KCameron K Cameron 7 65877 Pammys Boy (7) MEdmonds M Edmonds

8 X9P63 Louie Cullen (8) JMiller R May 7 75966 Midfrew Medusa (7) PBurrows B Thomas (J) 1 8 39725 Superbowlcheerleader (8) Purdon/Rasmussen Ideal Arden (9) BHutton J Anderson (J) 8 44003 Gold Harmony (8) KBarron K Barron M Purdon 9 47371 Barrier

GOTTA GO CULLEN MOBILE PACE 7:35 PM

9 09454 Trip’s On Me (9) C Middleton

C Middleton 9 8X270 Evander D Go (9) N Burton

N Burton $8000, 3yo+ c0, 1950m LINDAUER LAWN AFTER DARK - 15 FEB OPT 804 6:35 PM

10 71557 Hi Jinx (21) T&GChmiel B Orange Barrier 10 0X006 Thanksforplaying (u1) GMills C McDowell MOBILE TROT $5000, 3yo, 1950m OPT 802 1 1 20 Gyrate (1) T&GChmiel T Chmiel 3

11 51421 Lumos (22) R Dunn

D Dunn 2

10 90020 William Lance (21) B Heron

B Thomas (J) 1 807 Big Ears (1) MLarter C D Thornley 2 4 11 29189 Mob Star (u2) TMcMillan T McMillan 7 Fernleigh Rebel (2) D&CButt D Butt 2 00X6 Susiesforgivinggirl (2) MHjalmarsson GARRARDS HORSE AND HOUND PREMIER CHAMPS 12 06015 Dynamic Party (23) T&GChmiel T Chmiel

3 657X4 My Lifesign (3) KWilliams K Williams 8:35 PM SPECTATORS BAR OPEN TIL LATE MOB PACE 10:34 PM

M Hjalmarsson OPT 806 MBL PACE $40,000, 4yo+ M, 1950m 3 4 30352 Macy Blue Chip (4) NMcGrath N McGrath PGG WRIGHTSON SALE OF THE STARS OPT 810 $10,000, 4yo+ f&m up-c4, 2600m 3 Thebestlove (3) TButt A Butt 1 25041 Flyover (1) JMcDermott C D Thornley 9:34 PM 3 1 31101 Miss Lisa (1) GPayne MOB PACE $10,000, 3yo+ c1, 1950m OPT 808 N Purdon (J) 64 Rapunzel Rock (5) J &S Lethaby S Lethaby 4 799X7 Fatal Reunion (4) MEdmonds J Curtin 5 4 2 5P953 Safedra (2) CDalgety D Dunn 1 1 313 Alta Jerome (1) PKerr 4 2 X3402 Mac Bubbles (2) CDalgety M Kerr D Dunn 6 Ima Tragedy SCRATCHED 5 48X50 Shell Seeker (5) KTownley R Holmes 2 3 13211 Helena Jet (3) G&NHope R May J Dunn 3 17870 Paradise City (3) BWard S Ottley (J) 3 6 346X6 K D Muscles (6) MEdmonds M Edmonds 4 7 P0048 Tangos Delight (6) PBurrows B Thomas (J) 4 41141 Here We Go Again (4) JGameson T Williams 2 36613 Nikola (2) RDunn 3 3 3119X Born In The USA (3) CDalgety D Dunn 4 68X92 Little Tess (4) T&GChmiel T Chmiel J Curtin 5 57X78 Twilight Rascal (5) KChapman S McNally 4 7 81000 All Royal Gal (7) RDunn J Dunn 8 42267 Damon Runyon (7) JCurtin

4 13590 Highview Highlander (4) BMowbray 5 83707 Maiden Rome (5) REarle S Golding (J)

9 80562 Nicky’s Dynamic (8) BMowbray C DeFilippi 8 331 Diedre’s Trouble (8) MHeenan R May 1

6 X0111 Adore Me (6) Purdon/Rasmussen

M Purdon

Barrier C DeFilippi 2 6 40153 Candy Styx (6) DGaffaney R May 1 3 7 15933 Pemberton Shard (7) BMowbray J Dunn Trouble Rieu (9) BWhite S McNally 9 57X01 Barrier K Barron 10 09030 Hot Lips Brogden (21) KCameron K Cameron 8 51289 Supreme Gem (8) JMcDermott G O'Reilly 5 X5261 Planet Princess (5) KBarron 1 7 11221 Lauramegan (7) RDunn J Dunn 6 3024X Daughtry Bromac (6) JHay I Lee (J) C D Thornley 9 13221 Cullen’s Mercy (9) RDunn 2 10 2243X Hot Pants (21) Purdon/Rasmussen M Purdon 11 45050 Twitch (22) JMcDermott G Smith 8 51289 Supreme Gem (8) JMcDermott C D Thornley

7 06X01 Bank Raider (7) JGameson Raphoe SCRATCHED B Orange 11 400 Santorini Sunset (22) KTownley D Dunn 12 Barrier Barrier

2

OPT

$10,000, 4yo+ c2-c3, 1950m

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SCRATCHED

Barrier

Wellington Races

Tomorrow at Trentham

C 19 53072 Little Dragon Girl (21) 54 GVile $30,000, R75 benchmark, 1200m D 20 83066 La Clairette (8) 54 GHaigh PX # REC Horse (Barrier) kg Trainer Jockey E 21 50629 Mister Spiderman (4) 55 LLatta 1 52249 Travino (8) 59 P&JMcKay J Riddell F 22 04024 Ellie’O (9) 54 TPreston 2 X2732 Mels Evie (10) 57 SCrutchley R Myers NADEEM WAKEFIELD CHALLENGE 2YO 1:51 PM 3 3 15641 Living The Dream (6) 56.5 GRichardson OPT 403 STAKES GII $100,000, 2yo sw, 1200m

M Du Plessis 1 Vinnie Eagle SCRATCHED 1 4 1510X Dubai Wolf (1) 56.5 SMarsh O Bosson 2 1 Vector Change (3) 56.5 TRae K Myers 5 116X Finn Moss (4) 56 MIvil K Myers 6 X4051 Colourful Lady (2) 55.5 Lowry/Cullen J Parkes 3 61 Al Pacino (6) 56.5 P&JMcKay O Bosson 4 7 00X65 Casino Park (9) 55.5 RMcCarroll M Cameron 4 4 545 Passing Shot (5) 56.5 SMcKee M Du Plessis S Collett 8 83323 The Governator (11) 55 MPitman M Dee (a2) 3 5 312 Steel Rose (4) 54.5 JWheeler 9 54145 Floral Scent (5) 54 Walsh/Gregory D Johnson 1 6 31. Cryptic (7) 54.5 K&BHawtin M Coleman 2 7 1 Smashing (1) 54.5 JBridgman M Cameron 2 10 X7X21. Shroud (7) 54 M&MBrown L Innes D Bradley 11 28X83 Liberating (3) 54 D&CBothwell S Collett 8 2 Lyric’s Way (8) 54.5 LLatta 9 2 Platinum Balos (2) 54.5 LLatta L Innes 12:40 PM OPT 401

HUTT & CITY TAXIS PREMIER R75

3

1:15 PM 402

OPT

MARTIN BOSLEY @ TRENTHAM 25 JANUARY R65 2 PREMIER

$30,000, R65 bmk*, 2100m

1 04262 Corporal Lincoln (22) 59 LLatta J Riddell 2 2 X9692 Legal Advice (17) 59 GInnes M Dee (a2) 3 62222 Southern Sav (7) 59 MPitman H Tinsley 4 08300. Earl Of Doncaster (18) 58.5 SCrutchley K Myers 1 5 76123 I’m All Yours (1) 58.5 G&DRogerson O Bosson 6 78341. Beau Agen (5) 58 CEagle J Shackleton (a2) 3 7 41374 Here’s De Consul (16) 58 GHennessy D Bradley 8 52150 The Beama (11) 58 LKnight S Collett 9 42742 Myminkcoat (10) 57.5 GVile R Hannam 10 30240 Lady Platinum (6) 57 LLatta M Du Plessis 4 11 89X34 Skytower (3) 57 D&CBothwell R Myers 12 17846 Bill Breaker (12) 57 KMyers C Johnson 13 7X342 Legless (20) 56.5 Lowry/Cullen J Parkes 14 071 Sir Gus (2) 56.5 KGray B Lammas 15 43197 La Petite (19) 55.5 PBourke D Walker 16 13933 Southern Secret (13) 55 GLambert D Johnson A 17 X7376 The Beaut (15) 56.5 PMoseley M Cameron B 18 10X00 Slack The Diver (14) 56 HJohnson

g M6

12:51 PM 601

1

3:06 PM OPT 405

5

$100,000, 2yo sw, 1200m

1 14243 Paraketo (3) 59.5 J&KParsons H Tinsley 2 23215 Likeapins (9) 59 KMyers M Dee (a2) 3 X8480 Pussy O’Reilly (5) 57.5 K&BKelso O Bosson 1 4 2X213 Albany Reunion (1) 57.5 NTiley M Du Plessis 3 5 X2192. Dame Margot (2) 56.5 SCookson J Parkes 6 15255 Sir Singo (8) 55.5 MPitman R Myers 4 7 36641 Jerrico (4) 54.5 LLatta D Bradley 8 2X164 Yardstick (6) 54 JWheeler S Collett 2 9 32861 Locket (7) 54 J&KParsons C Johnson MILLS REEF WINERY TRENTHAM STAKES GIII $70,000, opn-sw&p, 2100m

1 40723 Pero (2) 56 TRiddell 2 J Riddell 1 2 X4432 O’Fille (11) 55 WMarshment L Innes 3 51420 Alpine Heights (9) 55 J&KParsons C Johnson 4 4 82908 Volkswood (12) 55 Haworth/Dixon R Myers 5 46622 Double O Seven (7) 55 Lowry/Cullen J Parkes 3 6 00891 Tempelten (6) 55 Lucock/Gillespie M Du Plessis

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1 31X22 Drumregal (8) 59 TKennedy C Barnes (a2) 1 4 2 3715X Mahbeer (12) 59 MPitman D Walsh 3 00618. Navigator (1) 58 J&JGordon M Haruki (a3) 2 4 08441 Ask Me (5) 57.5 MPitman B Pitman (a1) 3 5 5X601 Ruby’s Rose (6) 57.5 B&SAnderton

T Direen (a1)

6 78051 Desert View (7) 56.5 RFrost 7 3021 Waitino Biscuit (9) 56 RPatterson 8 50632 Gallant Babe (11) 56 DFrye A Frye (a1) 9 0X425 No Mean Feat (10) 56 SMcKay L Callaway 10 06X87. Wild About Me (2) 55.5 AHoffman K Williams 11 8X607 Kevildo (3) 55.5 VBonham-Hoskin R Black (a2) 12 6X620 Marechal (4) 54 SBellew D Prastiyou (a3)

2:01 PM 603

OPT

3

KEVIN COYLE MEMORIAL HCP R65 $15,000, R65 bmk*, 1335m

1 X3476 Glaizem (9) 59 Patterson/Horrell 1 M Cropp (a2) 2 3X016 Arn’t I Choice (7) 58 SMcKay D Bothamley 2 3 60621 Gervasio (11) 57 MPitman B Pitman (a1) 3 4 60X53 Our Santana (2) 56.5 PRichards D Prastiyou (a3) 5 73802 Ima Geegee (6) 56 KThompson T Moseley 6 85201 Polly’s Sister (4) 56 GGibson 1 J Wong (a3) 7 X7016 She’z A Virtuoso (1) 55.5 RClark M Haruki (a3) 1 8 5X194 Whare Creek (5) 55.5 B&SAnderton C Barnes (a2)

9 77000 Double Tap (12) 55.5 K &ITaplin L Callaway 4 10 62X16 Avow (8) 54 B&SAnderton T Direen (a1) 11 00588 Katie Jay (10) 54 MDaly A Morgan (a3) 12 X0069 Sophronia (3) 54 GGibson 1 A Frye (a1)

8 51821 Thorn Pass (7) 56.5 LLatta 9 2122 Kawi (9) 56.5 A&KSharrock 1 10 174 Aspen (2) 56.5 JBridgman 2 11 24X24 Recite (10) 54.5 JBary 12 55887 Optimistic (5) 54.5 KGray

Track Information Type: Grass; Expected: Good; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 2000m; Straight: 450m; Rail: True; Weather: Partly cloudy

R Hannam J Riddell L Innes M Du Plessis B Lammas

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Tomorrow at Gore

SGT DAN STOCKFOODS HCP R65

WAKEFIELD CHALLENGE 2YO GII 4 STAKESNADEEM

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 8-9-10 7-8-9-10 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

7 3X258 Natuzzi (3) 54.5 PRichards M Coleman 2 8 6X141. Barbaric (10) 53.5 SMarsh M Cameron 9 0X715 Pizzazz (2) 53.5 JBell R Jones 10 29810 Sitara (9) 53 JLynds D Bradley 3 11 0X112 Waterford (1) 53 Pike/Donoghue L Innes PHIL CATALDO BLOODSTOCK PREMIER 3:46 PM 12 X8173 Little Wonder (15) 53 SMcKee D Johnson PM TUI BACKING A WINNER SINCE 1889 5:06 R65 $30,000, R65 bmk*, 1400m OPT 406 OPT 408 ANNIVERSARY HCP $50,000, opn hcp, 1600m 13 11413. Irish Fling (5) 52 Lowry/Cullen M Du Plessis 1 72304 Lumiere Blue (11) 59 JWheeler S Collett 1 89361 El Chico (13) 59 MPitman H Tinsley 14 2X0X1 Trepidation (17) 52 P&KShailer B Avdulla 2 2 13X2 Piha (7) 59 SCowan O Bosson R Hannam 3 2 21111 Arietta (4) 58.5 J&KParsons C Johnson 15 047X1. Jaggard (6) 52 Walsh/Gregory 3 9X451 No Enemy (4) 58.5 CHearn H Tinsley 3 67313 Iamishwara (7) 55.5 AKaye M Dee (a) S Doyle 16 13421 Statham (8) 52 Lucock/Gillespie 4 4 143 Ollie’s Note (15) 58.5 LKnight J Riddell 4 52312 Authentic Paddy (15) 55 LLatta R Hannam 1 17 1210X Cauthen (14) 52 ACampbell R Myers 1 5 542X6. Diamond Grace (3) 58 A&KSharrock 1 5 44486 Estrato (11) 55 P&JMcKay M Coleman 18 1668X Islington Bay (7) 52 MSheely M Dravitzki (a)

M Dee (a2) 19 Knight Exemplar SCRATCHED 6 542X1 Canyon (5) 58 MBreslin R Myers 6 X3536 Fairway Wish (3) 54.5 KZimmerman J Parkes B

20 2X213 Albany Reunion (4) 52 N Tiley

7 61252 Absolut Excelencia (10) 54 K & L Rae 7 13642 Countessofdelgatie (6) 57 FAuret J Parkes

D Bradley 3 8 2431 Mr Frankey (2) 57 LLatta D Bradley 8 41806 Boninsky (2) 54 MFalconer B Avdulla 6:26 PM CLUBS NEW ZEALAND PREMIER R75 9 21 Fancy Nancy (13) 56.5 LGreig B Lammas 9 64171 Uppland (9) 54 K&LRae M Du Plessis OPT 410 $30,000, R75 bmk, 1600m 10 507X3 Big Rocket (9) 56.5 JWallace M Cameron 10 00069 Crocodile Canyon (8) 53.5 KMyers R Myers 1 1 X2276. Casino (7) 59 GKenny D Walker 11 864X4 Heza Rebel (10) 56.5 MWFLewin 1 R Jones 11 03743 L’Amour (12) 53 LLatta K Myers 2 414X1 Volgus (6) 59 PMoseley J Riddell 12 21066. Theodore (12) 56 KGrant D Walker 12 21514 Emerald Queen (16) 53 Kennedy/Furlong 3 11322 Gwynethanne (2) 58.5 KZimmerman 13 4X105 Lorraine (1) 55.5 JGuilford D Johnson V Johnston M Du Plessis 4 13 03135 Bronte Lass (5) 53 JBridgman L Innes 14 7X732 Phoenix Tycoon (14) 55.5 MEales 4 X4204 City Chic (12) 58 LLatta D Bradley

M Du Plessis 14 21555 Shezgorgeous (6) 53 PCampbell S Collett 5 11712 The Bachelor (11) 58 GVile J Shackleton (a2) 15 55302 Charlestown (8) 55.5 LLatta K Myers 2 15 88X11 Abidewithme (14) 53 JBridgman M Cameron 3 6 13143 Costume (8) 57.5 G&DRogerson M Coleman OCEAN PARK LEVIN 3YO CLASSIC GI 16 37710 Roc de Chine (1) 53 GRichardson D Johnson 4:26 PM 2 7 X7829 Madonna Mia (10) 57 A&KSharrock L Innes OPT 407 $240,000, 3yo sw, 1600m 5:46 PM J&N BERKETT TELEGRAPH HANDICAP GI 4 8 60281 Volcano (9) 56.5 LNoble M Cameron 4 1 35141 Puccini (1) 56.5 P&JMcKay O Bosson OPT 409 $250,000, opn hcp, 1200m 9 76800 Jilted (4) 56 MBreslin D Johnson 3 2 51223 Chambord (12) 56.5 JBridgman M Cameron 4 1 13206. Nashville (11) 59.5 Adrian&HarryBull K Myers 10 00526 Crixus (1) 56 KGray B Lammas 3 54352 Gobi Ranger (6) 56.5 DGuy B Avdulla 2 14104 Final Touch (19) 58.5 J&KParsons C Johnson 11 82141 Porotene Lollipop (5) 55.5 RPatterson 4 10041 El Doute (8) 56.5 MPitman H Tinsley 3 11253 King Montrose (13) 58.5 NRidley H Tinsley J Parkes 5 X5X21 Franzac (3) 56.5 JBary D Johnson 4 6X126. Ginner Hart (12) 55.5 AFieldes O Bosson 12 37710 Roc de Chine (3) 55 GRichardson 6 10331 Lucky Feather (11) 56.5 Autridge/Goodwin 5 507X0 Jetset Lad (18) 55.5 JWheeler J Riddell 13 X0173. Sworntoperfection (14) 54.5 P&KShailer

D Bradley 6 4X220 Eight Schillings (16) 55 Collett/McRae

M Dee (a2) 7 93821 Weregoingtogetcha (4) 56.5 DHayes K Myers R Hannam J Parkes 14 02785 Stella Bella (13) 54 LLatta

Gore Races

$15,000, R65 bmk*, 1200m PX # REC Horse (Barrier) kg Trainer Jockey OPT

2:26 PM 404

OPT

January 18, 2014

7 61748 Juggernaut Rock (5) 55 JPrice M Coleman 8 X64X4 Dancing Attendance (8) 53 EBetty K Myers 9 04409 Hell Yeah (10) 53 GVile V Johnston 10 X1471 Sophie Claire (1) 53 RMcCarroll D Johnson 11 5X753 Mapmaker (4) 53 JBell R Jones 12 04024 Ellie’O (3) 53 TPreston T Russell

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIE FIRST 4

3:16 PM 605

OPT

5

9

January 18, 2014 LIQUORLAND GORE 3YO GUINEAS $50,000, 3yo sw, 1335m

1 25921 Lukander (10) 56.5 MPitman 4 D Walsh 2 1 Midnite Promise (3) 56.5 JReece J Bullard 3 34204 Timy Tyler (12) 56.5 KTyler R Black (a) 4 37870 Tappy’s Best (7) 56.5 K&I Taplin L Callaway 5 5X333 Irish Excuse (9) 56.5 EWinsloe 1 S Muniandy 1 6 1181 Include (11) 54.5 B&SAnderton C Barnes (a) 3 7 11 Madam Victoria (6) 54.5 TRae R Bishop 2 8 1223. Zaperb (5) 54.5 SRitchie K Williams 9 78051 Desert View (2) 54.5 RFrost D Prastiyou (a) 10 4261 Hell Raiser (1) 54.5 SPrince T Direen (a) 11 63221 Question Mark (8) 54.5 RPatterson J Bates 12 43425. Libetto (4) 54.5 N&BBlatch T Moseley 13 23623 Double Blue (13) 54.5 K &PHughes A Frye (a)

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIE FIRST 4

2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9 6-7-8-9 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Track Information Type: Grass; Expected: Slow; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1600m; Straight: 350m; Rail: True; Weather: Cloudy

12 66905 Gossip Girl (19) 56 MPitman B Pitman (a1) 13 05431 Nancho Lass (3) 56 PRichards D Prastiyou (a3) 14 10694 Alyssa Belle (1) 54.5 BTapper M Haruki (a3) A 15 X0996 Phil Wenneck (12) 56.5 GEade B 16 75393 No Rosettes (8) 54 J&JGordon S Muniandy C 17 21970 Rugby Street (18) 54 MCarter D 18 24083 Gunna Fly (9) 55 KThompson E 19 78036 Nolawood (14) 54 PRudkin F 20 00956 Seeking Redemption (4) 54 J&KParsons

5 51411 Magic Epic (5) 54.5 JDalton 4 R Bishop 6 6X355 The Jester (8) 54 DBros A Edmeads (a4) 2 7 14164 Valiant (9) 54 B&SAnderton T Direen (a1) 8 86445 Light’s Up (6) 54 MWeastell C Barnes (a2) 9 04X32 All Spice (7) 54 JMcKay 1 A Frye (a1) 10 88614 High Rise (1) 54 GGibson 1 J Wong (a3) 11 0X161 Miss Perfecto (4) 54 BTapper M Haruki (a3)

4:36 PM OPT 607

OPT

7

MLT / DB BREWERIES GORE CUP $25,000, opn hcp, 2000m

1 50454 Ric O’Shea (4) 59 SPrince 3 K Williams 2

Dickens SCRATCHED 3 43123 King Prawn (5) 58 JPhillips K Walters ADVANCE AGRICULTURE/CROYDON HCP AON INSURANCE BROKERS HCP R75 3:56 PM 2:36 PM 1 4 27611 Darci Coup (7) 56.5 MPitman D Walsh $15,000, R65 bmk*, 2000m OPT 604 $17,500, R75 bmk, 1335m OPT 606 4

5 42103. Esprit D’Or (2) 55.5 TBeckett A Frye (a) REGIONAL FORD GORE 2YR OLD HCP 1 278X7 Keep The Courage (9) 61 VBonham-Hoskin 1:26 PM 2 1 09012 Commanding Oak (2) 59 MPitman D Walsh 6 02731 Chapel Star (3) 55 TKennedy J Bates OPT 602 $15,000, 2yo hcp, 1000m R Black (a2) 2 39331 Motorboat Mike (6) 58.5 SPrice J Wong (a3) 2 7 X6321 Gold Leaf (1) 54 B&SAnderton C Barnes (a) 1 4 4 2 75836 Fragrant (8) 57.5 MPitman R Cuneen (a4) 3 94X41. Rikho (10) 58 GRobinson I Just Rocked Up (2) 57 Nicky&RochelleLloyd A Morgan (a3) T Moseley

J Bullard 2 3 11752 Five Kings (3) 57.5 BTapper T Moseley 3 4 56313 Snip In Time (16) 58 SPrince J Bullard 8 2234X Gargamel (6) 54 LBeck 2 6 Single Spice (5) 56.5 JMcKay 1 A Frye (a1) 3 4 674X1 Tommy Tucker (1) 57.5 B&SAnderton 4 5 74175 Ready To Rule (15) 57.5 N&BBlatch J Bates 5:16 PM AUTO FUNDS / O’CONNOR RICHMOND 1 3 2 So Vital (1) 56 MPitman A Morgan (a3) D Prastiyou (a3) 6 80854 Right Royal Rose (7) 57 RFrost L McKay (a3) OPT 608 HCP $25,000, opn hcp, 1200m 3 4 3 Silvia (7) 55.5 BTapper M Haruki (a3) 5 52904. Swami (7) 57 TKennedy J Bullard 7 53084 Rushinella (13) 57 KThompson T Moseley 3 1 63437 Anzac Star (2) 59 PRichards D Prastiyou (a3) 2 5 4 Hear Me Roar (8) 55 SPrince C Barnes (a2) 1 6 63204 Berenice (2) 56.5 MPitman D Walsh 8 X5005 Fiatt (5) 56.5 Patterson/Horrell 1 R Black (a2) 2 56851 Conscious Mistake (3) 57.5 MPitman D Walsh 6 5 Dragons Den (4) 55 MPitman D Walsh 7 6X309. Themoneyzmine (4) 55.5 J&KParsons A Frye (a1) 9 87X47 St Bernard (11) 56.5 SMcGarry T Direen (a1) 1 3 78X21 Coup Darci Be (10) 55.5 MPitman 7 Belle Miraaj (3) 55 GRobinson A Edmeads (a4) 8 85X17 Remind Me (5) 54.5 TKennedy R Bishop 1 10 07533 Champagne Katie (17) 56 K&PHughes A Frye (a1) A Morgan (a3) 8 7 Oh So Smart (6) 55 BTapper 11 T Moseley 9 6X596 Norah (6) 54 B&SAnderton C Barnes (a2) Encharm SCRATCHED 4 00535 Credit Crunch (11) 55 MPitman B Pitman (a1)

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12:05 PM

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Oamaru Harness

Sunday at Oamaru

PGG WRIGHTSON MOBILE PACE

$6000, 3yo+ f&m c0, 2000m PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver

1 X9608 Karen Dana (1) BWhite S McNally 1 2 Mach’s Love (2) G&PCourt R May 4 3 04150 Lottie Franco (3) MBeckwith M Williamson 2 4 28 Towie Zoe (4) LO'Reilly L O'Reilly 5 0088 Gene Time (5) DHeffernan B Williamson (J) 6 56X26 Endeavour Arizona (6) GO'Reilly G O'Reilly 3 7 5 Younoyouwantmee (7) DTaylor K Cox (J) 8 00X Desperado (8) MNyhan P Davis

Lucy Holmes (9) RDunn J Dunn 9 04305 Barrier

10 70807 Washington Diva (21) T&GChmiel T Chmiel 11 0000 Sophie Rose (22) TJellyman T Jellyman

4 00 Doctor’s Brother (4) TMcMillan T McMillan 5 649 Rostriever Victory (5) IMunro BWilliamson(J) 6 26665 Cheyenne Warrior (6) CKennedy K Barron 4 7 65600 Caesar (7) WStevenson L O'Reilly 8 02006 Mach Cullen (8) BHutton B Hutton

Gerald (9) BNegus M Williamson 9 7X7 Barrier 3 10 43X54 Monkey Puzzle (21) MNyhan P Davis 11 88636 Tartan Trilogy (22) G&JKnight S Ottley (J) 1:30 PM

4

3 34X49 Johns Anne (3) PWilliamson B Munro (J) 3 4 X2544 Sarah Palin (4) MNyhan S Golding (J) 1 5 3931 Marseilles (5) PWilliamson B Williamson (J) 6 5098X French Desire (6) AMalcolmson A Veint (J) 7 40950 Amy’s Invasion (7) MHjalmarsson J Anderson (J) 8 805P1 Gorilla Playboy (8) CMcKay C Hanna (J) 9 49777 Maldarna (9) KRobertson N Purdon (J) 4 10 92987 Face Value (10) CBuchan C Ferguson (J) 2 11 70220 All Shook Up (11) GSmith J Thomas (J) MONARCHY HANDICAP TROT 12 85068 Sophistication (12) DWilliamson J Young (J) K Butt (J) $9000, c2-c6 spechcp, 2000m 13 03748 Armed Force (u1) PAnderson

1 51224 Valmagne (1) JKennett 4 C Kennett 2 6X100 Juneamy Castleton (2) MJones B Orange 3 21784 Joltin Joe Demagio (3) MHeenan G O'Reilly 4 X0605 Spin Doctor (u1) DO'Connell D O'Connell 5 X1796 Eyrewell Pegasus (1) MNyhan P Davis MORRISONS SADDLERY TROT 12:30 PM 3 6 80078 Left Right Andcentre (u1) PWilliamson $6000, 3yo+ c0, 2000m

B Williamson (J) C 1 Easy Empress (1) DAnderson R May 1 2 3 Chiltons Vocation (2) NMunro B Munro (J) 2 7 60342 Donaldson (1) G&NHope B 3 0 Cameron Castleton (3) KHoward W Low 8 05367 Another Love (2) CMiddleton C Middleton A 4 0X09 Desolation Row (4) KBarron K Barron 1 9 XP051 Galleons Triumph (u1) PWilliamson M Williamson 5 X6234 The Wicket Keeper (5) ASutherland GO'Reilly DAVID OVENS BUILDING CONTRACTOR 6 4335X Maidofdiamonds (6) SMoore B Williamson (J) 2:00 PM PACE $7000, 3yo+ c1, 2000m

1 678X0 Fastroundtown (1) RBeale D Dunn 7 75 Little Miss (7) TJellyman T Jellyman 8 90694 Last Love (8) AStuart C D Thornley 2 67044 Midfrew Tarpediem (2) WLake C Markham K James 9 88 Cherry Lindenny (9) KJames B Nyhan 3 04587 Waikari Cash (3) KJames B Butt 10 Belle Bones (10) Wakelin/Noble P Wakelin 4 5X537 Justalittlebettor (4) D&CButt R May 11 809 Celeste Franco (11) PAnderson B Orange 2 5 15524 Ohoka Benson (5) G&NHope 1 6 162 Tuxedo Max (6) MJones B Orange D 12 9XP00 Innuendo (12) SMounce M Williamson 3 13 Star Filly (13) TMcMillan T McMillan 7 70421 Scotty’s Image (7) DHari S Ottley (J) 14 Ethelsville (14) LO'Reilly L O'Reilly 8 85864 Infrequently (8) G&JKnight 15

Pegasus Dream SCRATCHED 9 84048 Tango Lady (9) MLawrence B Williamson (J) 4 16 709X6 See Ya (15) L&JSmith J Smith 10 99879 Jaspers Blue Jean (10) ELatimer P Davis 3 11 7421 Spunky Monkey (11) GSmith J Dunn 17 056 Lauren (16) ALowe A Lowe 2 18 54524 Starview Soul (17) NPerkins N Perkins 12 87067 Westburn Warrior (12) ICourt S Golding (J) 19 0 Sweet Pretense (18) CMiddleton C Middleton 13 97092 Riverboat Princess (13) LSmart B Thomas (J) 4 14 88896 Delgado (14) GSmith G Smith E 20 6X898 Contiki (u1) NChalmers 15 07036 Szybka Brat (15) GTelfer G Telfer FAT SALLY’S PUB & RESTAURANT MOBILE

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PACE $6000, 3yo+ c0, 2000m WILLIAMSON RACING STABLE TROT 1 073 Aidan’s Rocket (1) NWilliamson N Williamson 2:25 PM $7000, 4yo+ c1 jun.d, 2000m 2 2 X6543 Shard Diego (2) GSmith G Smith 1 84513 Brite N Early (1) Wakelin/Noble K Cox (J) 1 3 0P02 Arizona Eyre (3) MBrown R Holmes 2 1X902 Wishes Star (2) TSoal S Ottley (J)

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIE FIRST 4

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 9-10-11-12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

11 58676 Eyre County (3) MBrown 12 02211 Jeans Mattjesty (4) G&NHope 1 13 243X1 Chaff Muncha (1) JParsons 14 00666 Motu Speedy Star (1) ELatimer

2 15

46151 Comply Or Die (1) KBarron

4:10 PM

9

D Dunn R May S Ottley (J)

B Williamson (J) K Barron

SPRINGBANK TROT

5:56 PM 609

9

ARCHER CORPORATION HANDICAP

$17,500, R75 benchmark, 2000m

1 X6544 Kirkie (8) 60.5 PRichards D Prastiyou (a3) 3 2 72030 George Almighty (2) 59 J&KParsons

S Wynne (a3)

T Direen (a1)

M Haruki (a3)

3 8X111 Oor Wullie (5) 59 JDalton 1 K Walters 4 X3060 Robbie Rooster (7) 59 JCurran K Williams 4 5 X5451 The Bishop (13) 57.5 DBros R Black (a2) 6 48939 Kina Win (14) 57 SKirkland A Morgan (a3) 2 7 8X163 Blue ’N’ Gold (10) 56.5 B&SAnderton 8 26696 Heapzacash (1) 56.5 RPatterson J Bates 9 0X337 Ortem Fire (12) 56 B&SAnderton S Muniandy 10 80414 Gallivant (3) 56 SMcKay L Callaway 11 70234 Pamina (4) 54.5 Kevin&PamHughes A Frye (a1) 12 08610 Citycenta (9) 54 Kerry&IanTaplin L McKay (a3) 13 19853 Aparima Dan (6) 54 GEade D Walsh 14 37X00 She’z A Prima Donna (11) 54 RClark Track Information Type: Grass; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1800m Weather: Rain developing.

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74692 Sombrero Man (14) McCormick/Kentish L McCormick Rogart SCRATCHED 2 16 68522 Major Donegal (15) BButt B Butt 17 93655 Maybe Foxy (16) MHeenan S Ottley (J) 18 57360 Just A Marvel (17) IMunro M Williamson

15

5:20 PM

11

LIS MARA MOBILE PACE $7000, c1, 2000m

$7000, 3yo+ c1, 2000m 2 1 47X21 Denis (1) BNegus D Dunn 1 79008 Lady Hest (1) AFaulks A Faulks 4 2 03712 Spriggs Bromac (2) KBarron K Barron 1 2 631X1 Zhenya (2) PWilliamson M Williamson 3 87756 Baileys Desire (3) DTaylor R Todd SOUTHERN WINES MOBILE PACE 3 04825 Gee Itsa Boy (3) McCormick/Kentish

4 22884 Here’s Shifty (4) JKennett C Kennett 3:00 PM $8000, 4yo+ c2 jun.d, 2000m L McCormick R Needham 1 X3421 Match Point (1) DTaylor K Cox (J) 4 850X6 Goodboy Tiger (4) BNegus C Negus 5 60554 Maybe Flyin (5) RNeedham 1 6 22282 Village Club (6) TWhite C Hanna (J) 2 13376 Quick As I Can (2) BNegus B Williamson (J) 2 5 0X841 Best Bones (5) CKennedy B Orange R Holmes 1 3 56043 Machs A Flyin (3) Purdon/Rasmussen 6 90530 Clifden Clowers (6) SMounce S McNally 7 84706 Drover’s Eyre (7) MBrown T Chmiel

N Purdon (J) 7 57X80 Miri (7) DO'Connell D O'Connell 8 830X9 Belmont Fire (8) DWilliamson 4 44515 Whyamibettor (4) DPearce Lockey (9) CMcDowell C McDowell B Munro (J) 3 8 31 Give Me Strength (8) NTaylor L O'Reilly 9 00978 Barrier

2 5 75472 Jack Hammer (5) TMay J Anderson (J) 9 X0084 Final Secret (9) CMcKay C McKay R May 4 6 21081 Proven R (6) DAnderson S Stewart (J) 10 13904 Sappy’s Brite Star (10) CBuchan C Buchan 10 27278 Mighty Peruvian (21) G&NHope 11 4L738 Tuscaloosa (22) CMorrison T McMillan A 7 78X48 Hudson Sully (7) BNegus 4 11 00310 Veecewah (11) AMilne J Dunn 8 24223 Major Moment (8) PBurrows M Neilson (J) 12 0X006 Thanksforplaying (u1) GMills C McDowell 12 631 Face The Facts (23) LHanrahan S McNally A 13 78X90 Here Comes Brucie (24) DJohnston D Johnston

9 18580 K C Pedro (9) A Hastie

A Veint (J) 13 PX200 Sure Sign (u2) NWilliamson N Williamson 3 14 17033 Spirit Of Chronos (25) ELatimer M Williamson

Barrier

14 7X505 Whendaboysliteup (u3) E Murphy

W Low 15 00158 Classic Vogue (26) GSmith 10 53015 Fiery Lustre (21) ICourt G Smith S Golding (J) 15 22735 Space Ace (u4) AMalcolmson D Dunn 11 32210 Clarisa (22) JParsons S Ottley (J) CHANGEOVER MOBILE PACE 12 23167 Washington Express (23) LHanrahan K Butt (J) 4:45 PM PGG WRIGHTSON STANDARDBRED 5:55 PM $5000, 4yo+ c1-c3, 2000m PACE $6000, 3yo+ c0, 2000m 3 13 62360 Roxy Bromac (24) PYoung J Young (J) M Tapper Defy (1) GO'Reilly G O'Reilly 1 47X85 Blanco (1) MTapper 14 12381 Shezacheapy (25) CBarron C Hanna (J) 1 2 00P07 Glacier Express (2) PYoung J Young (J)

2 23873 Sounds Like Us (2) M Nyhan

P Davis 15 81424 Mach’s Gladiator (26) PBurrows B Thomas (J) G O'Reilly 1 3 04982 Red Under Fire (3) KBarron K Barron 3 7X960 Vienna Eyre (3) PAnderson B Williamson (J) OAMARU HARNESS CLUB OAMARU CUP 4 497 Mystic Illusion (4) CMcDowell C McDowell 4 77347 Alexy (4) BNegus 3:35 PM HCP $12,000, c3 & faster discrhcp, 3000m 5 86655 Greshees Angel (5) GTelfer G Telfer 1 33121 Graduate Under Fire (1) RDunn J Dunn 4 5 93444 Lacroix Franco (5) MNyhan S Golding (J) 6 72634 Classiebee (6) MJones B Orange

6 4 Verdun (6) A Faulks

D Dunn 2 84443 Live Lea (2) GMcStay R Holmes G Smith C 7 70960 Stans Day (7) SMoore S Smolenski 7 92444 Lively Shard (7) GSmith 3 9X110 Alateros (3) MNyhan P Davis 8 328P0 Comenche (8) RDunn J Dunn

8 00X9 Great Philly (8) R Beale

J Dunn 4 86853 Sonnetsson (4) MNyhan S Golding (J)

9 62361 Expressionist (9) G&JKnight M Williamson 3

9 333 San Antonio Rose (9) N Vermeulen

4 5 42621 Jerry Garcia (5) LO'Reilly L O'Reilly Barrier

B Williamson (J) 6 47371 Ideal Arden (6) BHutton J Anderson (J) T Chmiel A 10 90580 Ardwells Key (10) RPaterson B Thomas (J) 4 10 05042 Franco Revel (21) T&GChmiel 3 7 16233 True South (7) G&NHope 3 11 1616 Platinum Princess (22) Cox/Hoffman J W Cox B Orange 11 93097 Spanish Lustre (11) ICourt B Orange 12 03989 Top Brass (23) WStevenson 8 00974 Vic N Art (u1) ELatimer L O'Reilly M Williamson 12 X0588 Manchester Tom (12) MPrendergast 9 55227 Cam Before The Storm (1) TButt K Butt (J) 1 13 X2573 Kid Galahad (24) LHanrahan R May M Prendergast B 13 009X0 Keystone (13) GLaing 10 80053 Greenburn Creek (2) TButt 2 14 81787 Debs Pal (25) PBurrows G Laing G O'Reilly D Dunn

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Friday, January 17, 2014

In brief

■ RUGBY

Sevens recall for Jackman

By Jonathan Leask

jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Mark Jackman has been recalled to the New Zealand Sevens team for the fourth leg of the Sevens World Series in Las Vegas next weekend.

Coach Gordon Tietjens named a squad of 12 players for the trip to America, with Jackman getting a recall after missing the previous two tournaments.

Tietjens was unable to call on Tomasi Cama, Ben Lam and Declan O’Donnell due to injury but said he was happy with the mix in the side.

“This is a strong side with a lot of experience and that’s the advantage with this squad now, I have some very experienced players who can teach the younger players,” Tietjens said.

The vastly experienced playmaker Cama suffered a calf injury in training and is big loss to the side, but Tietjens backs the depth he has built within the squad.

“He is certainly the best halfback in the world in sevens and having him injured is a real

concern, but he will bounce back and at the same time we are building depth and Gillies Kaka I am sure will step up to that role.

“He was the best player at Rugby World Cup in Russia and we have the very capable Mark Jackman as well who can thrive in that position.”

Jackman played on the Gold Coast when the New Zealanders won, but was overlooked for the Dubai and South African tournaments.

The side features one new player in Akira Ioane, an 18-year-old who finished school at Auckland Grammar only last year and was a star performer for Auckland at the National Sevens last weekend.

New Zealand have not won in five attempts in Las Vegas, coming in second in three of the past four years, last tasting success in the USA at the San Diego Sevens in 2008.

“We have played consistently well there so it’s not that we don’t play well there, it comes down to those defining moments that decide whether you win or lose.

“We have to use different tactics because there is not as much width on the field so there is a lot more contact and I have picked a side that is very strong and very big, and hopefully they can do the work for us.”

In Las Vegas New Zealand are in a pool of death, alongside rivals Fiji and Australia as well as Scotland, making for a testing path to the cup playoffs.

Two days ago Marina Erakovic produced one of her best performances of her career, but she followed it up yesterday with one of her worst.

The New Zealand No 1 was ousted from the second round of the Australian Open by Kazakhstan’s Zarina Diyas 6-4 6-0 in only 74 minutes.

It was a massive opportunity missed by Erakovic.

Diyas is ranked 152 in the world, 100 places lower than the Kiwi, and came through qualifying.

It was also Diyas’ first appearance at a grand slam tournament and the 20-year-old has spent most of her career playing in the second-tier ITF circuit after an unspectacular junior career.

Erakovic might not have a better chance to progress to the third round of the Australia Open, especially after she toppled 21st seed Sorana Cirstea 6-4 7-6 in her first outing.

The 25-year-old labelled that performance her best in Melbourne but quickly followed that high with one of her lows.

Smith on a roll Blossoming Test star Steve Smith is embracing his role as the Sydney Sixers’ finisher. At 24, the middleorder batsman is entering his prime, with three centuries in his last six Tests while also becoming an increasingly influential figure in the NSW and Sixers teams. Since returning from Test duty, Sixers captain Smith has top-scored in both their Big Bash T20 games, with 65 off 48 balls against Perth and 52 off 32 in Wednesday’s seven-run win over Hobart. Smith is hoping to land another contract to play in the Indian Premier League, where he has spent the last two seasons with Pune Warriors.

- AAP

The team for the Wellington Sevens, February 7-8, will be confirmed after Las Vegas.

NZ Sevens team: Scott Curry, Ambrose Curtis, Sam Dickson, DJ Forbes (c), Bryce Heem, Akira Ioane, Mark Jackman, Gillies Kaka, Tim Mikkelson, Lote Raikabula, Sherwin Stowers, Joe Webber.

Marina Erakovic: Worst game

also ousted in the first round in Hobart by Kirsten Flipkens.

She also lost both her firstround doubles matches at both tournaments.

Fellow Kiwi Michael Venus and Indian partner Yuki Bhambri will today take on 10th seeds Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherlands and Romania’s Horia Tecau for a place in the third round of the men’s doubles.

Meanwhile vanquished Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci has called for a twilight start to the Australian Open on days when

Mid Canterbury senior softball gets back in full swing at Argyle Park tomorrow after almost a month’s break. The Fairfield Marines meet the Rebels, the Panthers play the Hampstead Hawks, before the Rustys are up against the Renegades. The junior grades, T-ball and Little League, return on February 8 and run through uninterrupted until March 29.

The Tinwald Cycling Club returns to the road for the second half of the season with handicap race around the Winchmore Church Block on Sunday. The first half of the season ended with the club championships, taken out by Jason Christie, and the second half of the season is all about building up to the Mid Canterbury championships on March 29, but this Sunday’s race will be more about blowing out the cobwebs.

Erakovic can’t stand the heat One of her goals for this year was to be more consistent.

Last year she had a great chance to progress to the fourth round of a grand slam tournament for the first time when but went down to Great Britain’s Laura Robson after serving for the match in the second set.

Yesterday’s match against Diyas started in sweltering 39-degree temperatures on Court 13 and had risen to 41 an hour later, and it seemed to adversely affect Erakovic more than her opponent.

She appeared to be a little unstable on her feet at times and her mother left the stands midway through the match to seek shade.

Diyas also played near the top of her game, hitting a high number of winners (27) off both her forehand and backhand and often clipping the line.

Erakovic unravelled in the second set to tamely yield 6-0.

The result continued a poor start to 2014. She was badly out of touch against Lauren Davis in the first round at the ASB Classic and afterwards admitted she struggled with the pressure of playing in Auckland, and was

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heatwave conditions make it “impossible” for players to perform at their peak.

Open officials yesterday applied the extreme heat policy for the first time this week at Melbourne Park as temperatures soared above 40 degrees for the third day in a row.

But its implementation was of no use to Bellucci, who was forced to play on - albeit under a closed roof at Hisense Arena - after dropping the first set against French 10th seed JoWilfried Tsonga.

Bellucci, a qualifier who’d already played four matches before his third-round encounter with Tsonga, eventually departed, physically spent, with a 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 6-4 loss.

Women’s third seed Maria Sharapova and unseeded Italian Karin Knapp endured the worst of the conditions, slugging it out for almost three-and-a-half hours at Rod Laver Arena, with the roof open for the match’s entirety.

“I think you just get numb to (the heat). It just doesn’t faze you any more,” Sharapova said after clinching a 6-3 4-6 10-8 second-round victory. - APNZ

Sharapova wins epic No.3 seed Maria Sharapova has survived brutal conditions and remarkable resistance from little-known Italian Karin Knapp to advance to the third round at Melbourne Park in the longest women’s match of the 2014 Australian Open. Sharapova blew three match points in the ninth game of the deciding set, but hung tough to eventually win 6-3 4-6 10-8 in an epic match lasting three hours and 28 minutes. The extreme heat policy was invoked early in the one-hour 55-minute final set but it had no effect on the match, with the set completed with the roof remaining open on Rod Laver Arena.

- AAP

Tsonga advances Seeds Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Kei Nishikori took advantage of early starts to advance to the third round of the Australian Open yesterday as baking conditions prompted tournament officials to invoke the extreme heat policy.

Nishikori battled Serb Dusan Lajovic on an outside court to win 6-1 6-1 7-6 (7-3) in under two hours while Tsonga took slightly longer to defeat Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 6-4 on Hisense Arena. As the only man outside the “big four” of Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Roger Federer to have beaten all four in a grand slam, Tsonga’s progression will have higher seeds looking over their shoulders. Tsonga will play either 18th seed Gilles Simon or Marin Cilic in the third round. - AAP

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Consistency key for the Breakers

BY KRIS SHANNON The Breakers will be seriously tested against the top-of-the-table team tonight but they face another obstacle in addition to the Perth Wildcats.

Currently one of four teams with six wins in the chase for the final playoff berth, the defending champions can pull away from the pack if they find some consistency for the rest of the campaign.

But, the way this season has transpired, that’s a big if.

The Breakers are coming off their best victory of a stuttering year, last weekend’s six-point triumph in Melbourne.

Unfortunately for the champs, the week after a win is when they have been at their most vulnerable.

It’s the main reason they find themselves scrapping for a playoff spot instead of sitting pretty near the top of the standings, with consecutive victories proving much more elusive than they were under Andrej Lemanis.

While the Breakers were routinely capable of running off winning streaks during their championship campaigns, this season has seen a step forward regularly followed by two steps back.

Four wins have been immediately followed by defeats, with an average losing margin of 13 points going some way to dispelling the myth of momentum being carried from one week to the next.

And on the one occasion when backto-back wins were achieved - in November against Townsville and Melbourne the Breakers proceeded to drop the next three straight. That kind of inconsistency must be eradicated if they wish to remain in the hunt for an unprecedented fourth straight title.

A top-heavy league means a 6-10 start doesn’t preclude a playoff place and, once in the finals, anything can happen in a short series.

But the Breakers won’t get there if they continue to endure setbacks after enjoying successes.

- APNZ

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Sharks call on the Stags

BY JONATHAN LEASK

JONATHAN.L@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

The Tech Sharks are looking for a favour from their club-mates, the Tech Stags, in their Pritchard Shield title defence.

With three rounds to play the Sharks have fallen two games behind Lauriston, with the two sides set for a final round showdown, but Lauriston could have the shield sewn up before then.

Enter the inconsistent Stags, who could help their club-mates out with an upset win over Lauriston.

With their recent run of form Lauriston will be confident of getting one step closer to the silverware, but won’t take the Stags lightly after they held on for a 20-run win in round one.

The Stags have struggled to deliver consistent performances, but still have the potential to make thing a little more

Swede joins Volvo

BY ROJE ADAIMY Swedish driver Robert Dahlgren will join Kiwi young gun Scott McLaughlin behind the wheel of Volvo’s new V8 Supercar entries for its debut season in the category.

Volvo Polestar Racing, formerly Garry Rogers Motorsport, yesterday unveiled Dahlgren as McLaughlin’s team-mate for 2014 following months of speculation.

The 34-year-old has spent the past 10 years as a factory driver for Volvo Polestar, most recently finishing third in the 2013 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship. He’s also previously won titles in the Formula Ford championships. - AAP

interesting over the last two rounds.

The Sharks will still need to do their bit when they host Coldstream, a team that beat them in the first round and is coming off a win over the Stags.

In the other match Methven carries all the momentum in their home match against Allenton.

Methven’s resurgence continued with an upset victory over the Sharks last week to claim the Bevan Stroud Memorial Challenge Trophy, and they will put it on the line against an Allenton side that was soundly beaten by competition frontrunners Lauriston.

Their first round encounter had Allenton claim a three wicket win, but their fortunes and form have changed since then, with Methven winning three in a row and Allenton losing all three of their matches.

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

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.00pm - 7.00pm TINWALD SWIMMING POOL. Outdoor pool open. Tinwald Domain, Maronan Road.

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10.00am - 12noon ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

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Fine, apart from a few showers north of Methven until evening. Wind at 1000m: SW 40 km/h in exposed places. Wind at 2000m: Gale SW 80 km/h, reaching 100 km/h at night.

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A high spreads over the North Island from the Tasman Sea tomorrow, while a front moves onto the far south. The front weakens as it moves north over the South Island on Sunday and Monday, followed by a ridge. Moist northeasterlies spread south over much of the North Island on Monday as a low moves from the tropics towards New Zealand.

Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 30.0 31.3 Max to 4pm 17.4 Minimum 13.3 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.6 16hr to 4pm January to date 3.6 Avg Jan to date 30 2014 to date 3.6 30 Avg year to date Wind km/h W 30 At 4pm Strongest gust NW 56 Time of gust 11:05am

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6am 60 Minute Makeover 3 6:55 Homefront Extra 3 7:05 Dickinson’s Real Deal 3 8am Cowboy Builders 3 9am Infomercials 9:30 The Chase 3 0 10:30 Ellen 3 11:30 Infomercials Noon Would Like To Work 3 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Gennie must tell Chas what is going on; Dan and Kerry are in pain; Nikhil visits Rishi. 0 1pm Coronation Street PGR 0 1:30 House Guest 3 2pm Come Dine With Me 3 0 3pm The Renovation Game 3 4pm Te Karere 2 0 4:30 Animal House 3 0 5pm Ellen 6pm One News 0 7pm F Border Security 3 0 7:30 Coronation Street PGR The finger of guilt points at Carla; Audrey wrongfully accuses Lewis. 0 9:30 Come Dine with Me 3 0 10:30 One News Tonight 0 10:50 Alan Carr – Chatty Man AO 3 0

11:50 Prime Suspect AO 3 Jane searches for a murderer after a woman is killed in the park. 0 12:45 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2 0 1:10 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Cheese Slices 7:30 Tales From River Cottage 8am Sandmasters 8:30 Travel Unravelled 9am Turkish Delights With Allegra McEvedy.

9:30 Yard Crashers 10am Carter Can 10:30 Dream Build Compilation 11am 20th Century Roadshow 11:30 Tales From River Cottage Noon Paul And Nick’s Big Food Trip 12:30 Merlin 1:30 Extreme Fishing With Robson Green 2:30 Ask The Butcher 3pm Destination Flavour 3:30 Travel Unravelled 4pm From Birmingham To Bombay 4:30 Destination Flavour 5pm Fantasy Homes By The Sea With Jenni Falconer.

6pm Sandmasters 6:30 House Crashers 7pm American Restoration 7:30 Kirstie’s Fill Your House For Free 8:30 Better Homes And Gardens 9:30 Get Growing 10pm Life In A Cottage Garden 10:45 Home By Novogratz 11:10 American Restoration 11:30 Gator Boys

SATURDAY

12:35 Benny Hinn 1am Storage Hoarders 2am Kirstie’s Fill Your House For Free 3am Fantasy Homes By The Sea With Jenni Falconer.

4am Sandmasters 4:30 House Crashers 5am Blokes AO 5:30 From Birmingham To Bombay

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TV THREE

FOUR

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Handy Manny 3 0 6:53 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 6:55 Phineas And Ferb 3 0 7:20 Back At The Barnyard 3 0 7:45 Pokemon – Sinnoh League Victors 0 8:15 Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide 3 0 8:40 Zeke And Luther 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air 3 0 11am Neighbours 3 0 11:30 Gary Unmarried PGR 3 0 Noon Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:30 Scrubs PGR 3 0 1pm I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here 3 2:30 Bethenny 3:30 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 3:35 The Penguins Of Madagascar 3 0 4:05 F Life With Boys 3 0 4:30 8 Simple Rules 3 0 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Friends 3 0 6pm The New Adventures Of Old Christine 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 The Bachelor Australia 0 8:35 M Miss Congeniality 2 – Armed and Fabulous AO 2005 Comedy.

Agent Hart becomes a feel-good ambassador for the FBI, until the new Miss Congeniality is kidnapped, forcing her back undercover.

Sandra Bullock, William Shatner. 0 10:55 Live at the Apollo AO 0

7am Money Man 3 7:30 Gok’s Fashion Fix PGR 3 0 8:30 Infomercials 10:30 The Shopping Channel 11:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 Noon Would I Lie To You? UK AO 3 12:35 90210 PGR 3 0 1:30 The Defenders PGR Nick and Pete defend a man caught with 30 bricks of cocaine, and must prove their client was duped by a girl he met on spring break. 0 2:30 HomeMADE 3:30 What’s Really In Our Food? 3 4pm The Real Hustle NZ 3 4:25 Grand Designs Australia 3 0 5:30 Big Brother Australia Highlights of life in the house.

6pm 3 News

11:55 Mike King’s Commercial Chaos 0 12:55 The Cult 3 0 1:50 Infomercials 2:50 Supernatural AO 3 0 4:25 Nikita AO 3 0 5:10 Neighbours 3 0 5:35 Good Luck Charlie 3 0

11:20 SVU AO 3 After a professional quarterback is arrested for prostitution involving a 14-year-old, his defence attorney argues his client’s blows to the head affected his mental capacity. 0 12:15 CSI – Miami AO 3 1:10 Infomercials

7pm Bondi Vet PGR Chris treats everything from horses to wombats and monkeys, and helps save a mother in trouble.

7:30 The Block – All Stars PGR 0 8:30 Beauty and the Geek Australia PGR 9:30 F After Hours with Urzila Carlson AO 3 10pm Would I Lie to You? UK AO 10:40 3 News

PRIME

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Pingu 3 7am Avatar – The Last Airbender 3 7:25 Rugrats 3 7:50 Monsuno 3 8:15 Chuggington Badge Quest 3 8:25 Franklin And Friends 3 8:50 Bananas In Pyjamas 3 9am Bob The Builder 3 9:10 Thomas And Friends 3 9:20 Peppa Pig 3 9:30 Wonder Pets 3 9:55 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Peppa Pig 3 3:05 Pingu 3 3:10 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 3 3:25 Go, Diego, Go! 3 3:50 Beyblade – Shogun Steel 4:15 Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 – Fused 3 4:40 Scaredy Squirrel 3 5:05 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 5:35 Redakai 3 6pm Sabrina The Teenage Witch 3 6:30 Everybody Hates Chris 3 0 7pm Just Shoot Me! PGR Maya is persuaded to pitch in the office’s annual softball game. 0 7:30 American Ninja Warrior 3 8:30 M Total Recall AO 3 1990 Sci-fi Thriller.

A man visits Mars in search of his identity and the secrets behind a conspiracy.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone.

10:45 Rove LA PGR 3 11:50 Entertainment Tonight 12:20 Infomercials

SKY SPORT 1

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Jeff Probst Show PGR 2pm Beauty And The Beast PGR 3 The revelations keep coming for Cat as the truth about her past is finally revealed; Vincent stares death in the face.

2:55 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3:25 Nigella Express 3 Nigella shows how to get great food on the table fast.

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

by Eddie McGuire.

6am Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (Highlights) Perth Scorchers v Adelaide Strikers. 6:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) New Zealand v West Indies – Second Twenty20. 7am Inside Cricket 8am Tennis – Australian Open (Highlights) Day Four – Day Session.

9am L Golf – US PGA Tour Humana Challenge – Round One. From the Arnold Palmer Course at PGA West in La Quinta, California.

1pm Golf – European Tour (Highlights) Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship – Round One. 1:30 UFC Fight Night (Replay) Luke Rockhold v Constantinos Philippou.

3:30 Ice Hockey – NHL (Replay) 5:30 The Dirt 6:30 Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights)

7pm Best of QI PGR 3 7:30 American Idol American Idol searches the United States for the next American pop star.

9:30 Undercover Boss UK PGR Former celebrity hairdresser Jacqui McIntosh, now a senior manager of a health and beauty company, sets out to find out why the company’s profits are down.

10:30 Best of QI AO 3

7pm L Cricket – HRV Twenty20 Preliminary Final – Northern Knights v Canterbury Wizards.

10:30 Motorsport – WRC Monte Carlo (Highlights) Day One.

11:10 The Late Show With David Letterman A late-night comedy and talk show.

12:05 Home Shopping 1:35 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2:05 Home Shopping

11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 L Basketball – NBL Perth Wildcats v New Zealand Breakers.

1:30 Cricket – International (Delayed) Pakistan v Sri Lanka – Third Test, Day Two. 5:30 Cricket – HRV Twenty20 (Replay)

MAORI TV 10am Korero Mai 3 11am Toku Reo 3 Noon Korero Mai 3 1pm Toku Reo 3 2pm Ako 3 2 3pm Maara Kai 3 3:30 Brian Jacques’s Redwall 3 2 4pm Miharo 3 2 4:30 Pukana Ka Pao 3 5pm Toi Whakaari 3 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3

THE BOX 6am NYPD Blue MVLS 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Pawn Stars PG 7:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 8:05 The Pretender PG 8:55 Numb3rs MV 9:45 Law And Order MV 10:35 CSI – Miami MV 11:25 Criminal Minds 16VS 12:15 CSI MV 1:05 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 1:30 Numb3rs MV 2:20 NYPD Blue MVLS 3:10 The Pretender PG 4pm Pawn Stars PG 4:30 The Simpsons PG 5pm Numb3rs MV 6pm America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 6:30 The Simpsons PG 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 CSI – Miami MV 8:30 SVU MV 9:30 SVU MV 10:30 Law And Order MV 11:30 CSI – Miami MV

SATURDAY

12:30 The Pretender PG 1:20 NYPD Blue MVLS 2:10 Law And Order MV 3:05 SVU MV 3:55 SVU MV 4:45 The Pretender PG 5:35 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG

SKY SPORT 2 6:30 Ako 3 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Tribe PGR A music video series with clips from Aotearoa and around the world.

8pm Hardcase PGR (Starting Today) 3 8:30 Kanikani Mai 3 9:30 Iwi Anthems Ngati Hine.

10pm Oruorua 3 10:30 Project Matauranga 3 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY

Total Recall

9:30pm on Prime

8:30pm on FOUR

MOVIES PREMIERE

6am Destroyed In Seconds PG 6:30 World’s Biggest Ship PG 7:30 Man v Wild PG 8:30 Mythbusters PG 9:30 Yukon Men PG 10:30 Amish Mafia M 11:30 Who The (Bleep) … M Noon Who The (Bleep) … M 12:30 Disappeared M 1:30 Fatal Encounters M 2:30 Blood And Oil PG 3:30 Sons Of Guns M 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 Mythbusters PGR 6:30 Mythbusters PG 7:30 River Monsters PG 8:30 Off The Hook – Extreme Catches PG 9pm Off The Hook – Extreme Catches PG 9:30 Deadliest Catch PG 10:30 Jungle Hooks – India PG 11pm Off The Hook – Extreme Catches PG 11:30 Auction Hunters PG

SATURDAY

Undercover Boss UK

Midnight Auction Hunters PG 12:30 Swamp Murders M 1:30 Backyard Oil PG 2am Everything You Need To Know PG 2:30 Deadliest Catch PG 3:30 Deadliest Catch PG 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 Mythbusters PG

6:35 Battleship MVL 2012 Action.

Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgard.

8:45 Skyfall MV 2012 Action. Daniel Craig, Judi Dench.

11:05 The Making Of Savages MVS 11:35 Pawn 16VL 2013 Thriller. Ray Liotta, Nikki Reed, Forest Whitaker.

1:05 Battleship MVL 2012 Action.

Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgard.

3:15 Skyfall MV 2012 Action. Daniel Craig, Judi Dench.

5:35 Jeff, Who Lives At Home MVL 2012 Comedy. Jason Segel, Ed Helms.

7pm The Bay 16VL 2012 Horror. Will Rogers, Kristen Connolly.

8:30 Welcome To The Punch 16VLS 2013 Crime. James McAvoy, Mark Strong.

10:15 The Amazing Spider-Man MV 2012 Action. Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone.

SATURDAY

12:30 Laid To Rest 18VLS 2009 Horror. Bobbi Sue Luther, Nick Principe. 2am Biography – Joaquin Phoenix PG 2009 2:45 The Bay 16VL 2012 Horror. 4:15 Welcome To The Punch 16VLS 2013 Crime. 5:55 The Amazing SpiderMan MV 2012 Action.

MOVIES GREATS 7:50 Directors – Taylor Hackford PG 8:20 Couples Retreat MS 2009 Comedy. Vince Vaughn.

10:10 Lara Croft Tomb Raider – The Cradle Of Life MV 2003 Action.

Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler.

12:10 Man On Fire 16V 2004 Crime.

Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning.

2:35 Mr And Mrs Smith MVLS 2005 Action. Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie.

4:35 Erin Brockovich ML 2000 Drama. Albert Finney, Julia Roberts.

6:45 The Skeleton Key MC 2005 Horror. Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt.

8:30 Spider-Man 2 MV 2004 Action.

Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst.

10:50 Borat 16LS 2006 Comedy.

Sacha Baron Cohen.

SATURDAY

12:15 Erin Brockovich ML 2000 Drama. Albert Finney, Julia Roberts.

2:25 The Skeleton Key MC 2005 Horror. Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt.

4:10 Borat 16LS 2006 Comedy.

Sacha Baron Cohen.

5:35 Biography – Brad Pitt PG 2010 Documentary.

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6am Ten-Pin Bowling (Highlights) Weber Cup. 7am Rugby – National Sevens (Highlights) Day Two. 8:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) New Zealand v West Indies – Second Twenty20.

9am Fox Sport News 9:30 Inside Cricket 10:30 Ten-Pin Bowling (Highlights) Weber Cup. 11:30 Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (Highlights) Perth Scorchers v Adelaide Strikers.

Noon Fox Sports News 12:30 Football – A-League (Replay) Wellington Phoenix v Central Coast Mariners.

2:30 Inside Cricket 3:30 L Cricket – International Australia v England – Second OneDay International. Coverage of the first innings from The Gabba, Brisbane.

7:55 Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (Highlights) Perth Scorchers v Adelaide Strikers.

8:25 L Cricket – International Australia v England – Second OneDay International.

SATURDAY

12:30 Cricket – HRV Twenty20 (Highlights) Preliminary Final – Northern Knights v Canterbury Wizards. 1:15 L Hockey – FIH Men’s World League England v New Zealand – Semi-final One. From New Delhi, India. 3am Cricket – International (Highlights) New Zealand v West Indies – Second Twenty20. 3:30 L Hockey – FIH Men’s World League Netherlands v Australia – Semi-final Two. From New Delhi, India. 5:05 Sky Sport – What’s On 5:30 Cricket – International (Highlights)

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BY JONATHAN LEASK

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The Ashburton Athletics Club has 34 young athletes heading to the 2014 South Island Colgate Games in Timaru starting this weekend.

The junior athletics championship gets under way today and runs until Sunday with over 900 children expected to take part.

The event is open to athletes from age seven to 14 years old split

with the seniors, 10-14 year olds, competing for medals and the juniors chasing pennants.

The Ashburton contingent is evenly split across the two age brackets with a number of senior competitors chasing medals.

After two golds and a silver last year Alin Onincas will attend his last Colgate Games looking to repeat or go one better, while Natasha Waddell was also a triple med-

al winner with one of every colour on the track.

Six of the athletes attended the North Island Colgate Games last weekend with a bronze medal to Vikki Derik-Westaway in the 13-year-old girls’ 1600m race walk and a number of top 10 finishes including Amy Pearson’s fifth in the 12-year-old girls’ 1500m.

Most of the Ashburton competitors will push for top 10 placings,

and Ashburton Junior Athletics manager Bridgitte Roulston said that other medal prospects included Jade Peters who has shown good form in the Canterbury Interclub in the high jump and long jump, while Jaidyn Busch has impressed in her first year of competitive athletics.

Max Weston is only able to compete today and will look to empty the tank in the 400m.

Mid Canterbury junior athletes ready to run at the Colgate Games in Timaru this weekend.

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Warriors stars to line up in Nines

BY MICHAEL BROWN Sam Tomkins will be there. So will Shaun Johnson and Konrad Hurrell. Prop Sam Rapira wasn’t disappointed to hear he won’t be needed.

The Warriors will field close to their best team at the inaugural Auckland Nines to be staged at Eden Park on February 15 and 16.

Tournament rules dictate each club must field 12 of their top 25, including one of their top five earners, in their squad of 16 and Warriors coach Matt Elliott said they aim to win the competition.

With A$2.25 million in prizemoney up for grabs - the winning team will pocket A$370,000 - many clubs are taking the twoday nines competition seriously.

Injuries and a need to rest some key individuals ahead of the NRL season will rob the Warriors of some top-name players, including Thomas Leuluai and Simon Mannering, and there are doubts over the availability of Manu Vatuvei and Kevin Locke.

Leuluai is still recovering from the groin injury that wrecked his World Cup campaign and Vatuvei (ankle, knee) and Locke

(knee) also returned from the UK with injuries. Elliott said Mannering’s workload needed to be managed carefully.

“It’s imperative we support the game and play our best players in it,” he said. “I doubt whether Manu and Kevin will play but every other player you’d expect to be a good nines player will be in there. And they are excited about it.

“Shaun just about knocked my door down wanting to play. All of them, with the exception of a small few, want to play the nines.

We didn’t have any trouble finding volunteers.”

Johnson is expected to be a potent weapon in the abbreviated format. Tomkins is also expected to excel, along with the block-busting Hurrell, given the extra space.

- APNZ

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