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Ex-pat Kiwi Kenny Barringer at Methven’s bronc riding school at the weekend.

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Honing rodeo skills

By Heather Mackenzie

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For those wanting to hone their rodeo bronc riding skills, the Methven Rodeo Arena was the place to be at the weekend.

While this was held in small-town Methven, there was nothing small about the calibre of the US coaches teaching the 25 cowboys from all over New Zealand.

This is the first school of its kind to be held in New Zealand. There have been others held in the past, but not with such an international line-up of coaches.

Ryan Gray, Jesse James Kirby and ex-pat Kiwi Kenny Barringer are three of the biggest names in rodeo. Having them was a coup for the organisers, barrel racer Hayley Johnson and bareback rider Ross Dowling.

“I have had this dream for a while, but though it would probably never happen.

Once I mentioned it to Ross, he used his American contacts to help make it happen,” Johnson said.

Dowling, from Central Otago, now lives in Cheney, in the state of Washington, USA and is something of a rodeo star himself.

Having successfully competed in New Zealand, Canada, America and Australia, he is eyeing up competitions in Brazil and Mexico in the coming 12 months.

“It has taken a lot of money to get this off the ground. We are grateful to everybody who has donated money and time to get this happening. We are a not-for-profit organisation, looking to grow the sport in numbers and safety, the last three days have gone a long way to achieving those goals,” Dowling said.

Gray was in Methven to pass on his skills

to the bareback riders, while Kirby spent time coaching the saddle bronc riders, increasing their techniques with a view to achieving the all allusive eight-second ride.

Barringer’s skills lie in his ability to breed award-winning stock for the rodeo circuit in the US. Like the other two, he also has a room full of trophies and awards backing up his stock-raising talents.

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■■WHITE RIBBON DAY

Helping stop family violence

By Sue Newman

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Ashburton’s White Ribbon team are leaving no stone unturned in promoting messages around the need to stop family violence.

And while White Ribbon Day is officially marked on November 25, messages about the need to stop family violence are messages that must be delivered and lived by every day, says Ashburton’s family violence co-ordinator Anna Arrowsmith.

On November 25, people are encouraged to wear a white ribbon to show that they do not condone violence towards women.

On Thursday the white ribbon team were out on the streets of Ashburton delivering 60 morning tea packs to male-dominated businesses. These were filled with information around family violence such as where to seek help.

A few morning tea treats were included.

“It’s all about raising awareness, putting the information out there.

“We’ve been doing this into

workplaces for a few years now and it’s always well received,” Arrowsmith said.

The morning tea packs kickstart activities for white ribbon week, with a White Ribbon Quiz night at the Hotel Ashburton on Friday and the White Ribbon Riders coming into town on Friday also.

The Riders will go to St Joseph’s School, where both sides will do a kapa haka performance to each other and the riders will deliver their message to the children.

Sunday, November 23 will see the While Ribbon Family Fun Day held in the Ashburton Domain near the West Street paddling pool from 10am until noon.

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Honing their rodeo skills From P1 His job at the school was to spend time with the support rodeo riders, also known as pick-up riders.

These riders come to the aid of any cowboy who gets caught up in the horse’s rigging.

Barringer passed on his knowledge on where to place themselves and their horses in relation to the cowboys and the best angles to approach from.

“It is fantastic to have these guys here teaching the riders,” Dowling said.

“If you learn from the best in the beginning you will have the foundation to build on.

“That foundation makes it safer for the rider, safer for the animals, and more entertaining for the crowd.

“Everybody wins. Bronc riding is a dance, At Methven’s bronc riding shool at the weekend were (from left) Nicholas Gut- not a fist fight.

“Here we are teaching physical riding skills wiler, ex-pat Kiwi Kenny Barringer, Jesse James Kirby, Ryan Gray and son Ransom, 5.

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tal attitude to competing.”

The school was open to all ability of riders.

“Unless you have scored a 100-point ride, then you always have something to learn. For the record, there has never been a 100-point ride,” he said.

“We are running a very professional school. We have three animal welfare officers on sight, St John is here and there is a vet on call.”

Gray was equally impressed with the professionalism of the school and the commitment of the riders.

“I have enjoyed watching these quality kids learn. Each one of them have given it their best and I can see they are excited to learn.

“Bronc riding is one of the hardest sports there is, even harder than bull riding. It’s hard on the body and takes a special type of person with the right mental toughness to get on a bucking horse.”

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Love is an old, green Morris 8

By Sue Newman

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Stuart Wilson was a 16-year-old lad, just out of school when he first fell in love.

That first love, however, had little to do with women, she was a 1937, Morris 8 Sport. The 16-yearold was desperate for his first set of wheels and when he spotted the green, two-door vehicle in Drummond and Etheridge, it was love at first sight.

“It cost me 125 pound. I didn’t have any money so I had to borrow it from dad and pay it back at five pound a week,” Stuart said.

When dad’s the boss on the home farm, the loan was easy to arrange and because he paid the wages, there were no options around repayments.

If Stuart fell in love with the little green car, that car might also have been part of the attraction for Betty, the woman who later became his wife.

Stuart bought the Morris in 1957, sold it four-and-a-half years later, trading it in on a Hillman Minx, but he never forgot that first vehicle.

Looking back, he counts himself lucky the buyer was garage owner Ian Drummond, who bought the car for his wife Jean.

That meant it was well cared for and well serviced.

The years ticked by, Stuart and Betty married, raised children and ran their farm. Along the way they regularly changed vehicles, but the old green Morris was always in the back of Stuart’s mind.

Stuart and Betty Wilson, reunited with the car of their courting days, a 1937 Morris 8 Sport.

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And during those years the Drummond family moved to Otematata, taking the old Morris with them. Its fate, however, was not to include life on the road. It was put into storage and all but forgotten. Its last warrant was issued in 1972.

Some of the Drummond family

moved back to Ashburton and so did the Morris. For his 60th birthday Stuart tried to buy the Morris back.The request was declined.

“I’d always said to Jean that if they sold it I’d like to buy it back, but was told it had been promised to one of the boys,” he said.

This year all that changed. The

family had decided that if Stuart wanted it, he could buy it. The experts were called in and a price set – $9000, a fair deal all round, Stuart thought.

For decades the Morris had been in storage so it arrived at the Wilson home by trailer. To Stuart’s amazement it was still in good,

original condition – same paint work, same hood, same spare tyre and an interior that was still only a little worn.

It just didn’t run, but with his old tools still in the shed and a handy neighbour, it didn’t take long for the Morris to be registered, warranted and back on the road.

“Over all those years, it’s just had four owners, and I am two of them,” he said.

Age has made the car a little temperamental, on occasion a little obstinate and when he takes her for a run, there’s always a chance she’ll break down, but that’s just part of her charm, Stuart said.

Her tiny engine and top speed of 80km/h don’t measure up to Stuart’s everyday car, a Mercedes, but he’s happy to doddle along when he takes her for a spin.

He does, however, recall during his first ownership when that lack of horsepower was often a problem – she had to be pushed up steep grades in Otira Gorge and can’t make the look-out at Mt Peel. And the interior is small, just two seats and a well cavity in the back, but that’s been known to accommodate small children and on one occasion a stranded hitch-hiker who folded himself into the tiny cavity.

After a gap of almost 60 years, the Morris has been reunited with Stuart and Betty and they’re now looking forward to quiet spins in the country, hood down and the wind in their hair.

No school holiday opening for local kindergartens

By Sue Newman

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Ashburton’s kindergartens are not in a hurry to adopt the growing trend of remaining open during school holidays.

It’s a move that is being adopted in several parts of New Zealand, but Ashburton Kindergarten Association president Barbara Kirk said there was currently no appetite for school holiday hours among the district’s kindergartens.

The option of remaining open during school holidays is, however, being taken up in many areas. It is well established in Nelson, and Timaru kindergartens have committed to making the change, with their only closed period being for two-anda-half weeks over Christmas.

Currently Ashburton has one kindergarten, Hampstead, that provides a school holiday programme. This is available to any child over two who is already attending

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Timaru parents are welcoming the yearround opening, saying it allowed their children to continue attending their own kindergarten all year, rather than spending school holidays at the venue that offered the holiday programme.

Change is now almost a constant for kindergartens, Kirk said, with Ashburton moving from the traditional morning and afternoon sessions for different age children to

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Currently kindergarten teachers, like primary and secondary teachers, had to take their holidays at set times when centres were closed; opening year-round would have the benefit of allowing them to choose leave times, she said.

The school holiday option was one that was likely to be increasingly adopted, but currently Ashburton’s kindergartens were not looking at this model, Kirk said.

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In brief Tractor rolls Hinds Volunteer Rural Fire Force members responded to a tractor rolling onto its driver on Saturday at 12.37pm. Chief Dave Kingsbury said the call-out to a Lowcliffe farm had a happy outcome when the man was able to be freed quickly and had only minor injuries. The patient was trapped by his leg but had been in good spirits when the firefighters arrived, and there was others at the scene including farm workers and family members. “He was unable to get himself out, that was the reason he was trapped,” Kingsbury said. Firefighters used another tractor on the property to lift the rolled tractor, whereupon the patient was taken to hospital by ambulance.

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Tom Stapleton with the medals he collected from his time in the army, which included a two-year tour of Malaya.

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Final reunion for soldiers

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

Sixty years after they first met as fresh-faced young men ready to do their bit for the country, Tom Stapleton and many of the other members of New Zealand Army Second Battalion who served together in Malaya, met for their 60th and final reunion last week in Tauranga.

In June 1959 Stapleton took his place training at the Burnham Military Camp, which lasted a couple of months until they were shifted to Waiouru, where they stayed until they sailed from Wellington to Malaya.

He was the only one from Ashburton to be part of the battalion, which mainly consisted of North Island recruits.

Training mainly took place in trenches, which did nothing to prepare them for the steep hills and muggy climate that would await them in Malaysia.

Based near Penang, Stapleton spent two years hiking through that hilly terrain, carrying out searches in different areas.

While he never shot anybody, there were a few surrenders from the enemy in that time.

“I think they were just as bloody happy to get out of the jungle as we were,” he said.

While those missions were successful, he and three other soldiers once got lost in the jungle, sent out by a fill-in sergeant to set an ambush.

“We stopped somewhere for dinner and carried on and by the time we stopped to have tea I said to one of the other fellas ‘we have already been here’,” he said.

“He said ‘how could you know that?’ and I pointed out a wrapper I’d left under a bit of bark.”

They had been walking in circles for hours, and after a few days of wandering aimlessly through the jungle they were able to find a

stream which they followed to a river which led them to a camp.

“We were lucky as everyone has different areas to be in, but we had no idea where we were and we were lucky someone didn’t shoot us, fortunately you had to identify your target before you could shoot,” he said.

“Safe to say that fella (who sent them out on the mission) was sent home straight away, and he’d only just arrived as a reinforcement,” he said.

Stapleton travelled to Tauranga for the reunion, which would be the battalion’s last, as he had for many in the past.

Sadly many have passed away over the years, and with time taking its toll on those remaining, they made the decision to make this their last reunion.

“It was pretty emotional,” he said.

“Some of the bonds the guys have are stronger than brothers.”

A man has been struck by a car and critically injured after falling from a Lime scooter in central Auckland. Detective Senior Sergeant Kathryn Bostock said police have commenced an investigation after a man reportedly fell off an e-scooter before being struck by a vehicle in central Auckland on Saturday night. Emergency services were alerted to the incident on Symonds Street about 11.20pm. The man is reported to have become unconscious as a result of the fall, Bostock said. The man remains in a critical condition in hospital.

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Prince Charles in NZ Prince Charles, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, have arrived in New Zealand for their third official visit – the first in four years.

The royal couple’s six-day tour will include visits to both the North and South Island before the prince is spirited away to Tuvalu and the Solomon Islands on his way home.

While in Auckland the pair will attend a wreath-laying ceremony at Mt Roskill War Memorial Park this morning.

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Lotto results Official Lotto results for draw number 1908 drawn on Saturday.

Winning numbers (in ascending order): 13, 18, 19, 32, 33, 39.

Bonus number: 2.

Powerball winning number: 6.

Strike: 39, 32, 19, 33.

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ith buyers from John Bertrand (Collectables) Ltd in Ashburton this Wednesday, Mr Tony Grant from the company says “Now is a fantastic opportunity to go through those drawers and cupboards and dig out those unwanted items and turn them into cash” Especially wanted by the buyers are Old Gold and Collectables such as War Medals, Old Coins & Banknotes, Vintage Watches and any interesting old items.

“We are keen buyers, especially of the items in the list below” said Mr Grant. “Everyone has something we want to buy and nothing is too small for our consideration.

We are just as happy to buy one item as we are buying 1000 items”. The buyers will be in convenient locations in AshburMr Anthony (Tony) ton this Wednesday W. Grant (see below). If you are in doubt about any items you wish to sell, take them in for an instant appraisal.

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ith gold at very high levels, right now would be an opportune time to go through the old jewellery box and dig out those old gold chains, rings and brooches and turn them into cash. Tony Grant says “Now is a great time to sell.

We will buy anything made of gold – old jewellery, coins, alluvial (river gold), virtually anything, even gold teeth!

We also need sterling silver in any form, including cups, tea services, cutlery, old coins and the like” he said.

he buyers from John Bertrand (Collectables) Ltd, visiting Ashburton this Wednesday are happy to look at any interesting items, for example vintage pocket and wristwatches, pre 1920’s picture postcards, Maori and Pacific artefacts, old fountain pens, stamps and postal history, other small antique or historical items.

“If you have something unusual which you would like to sell, please bring it into one of our venues, we would like the chance to at least have a look at it” said Tony Grant, buyer for the Company.

“We will consider anything which may be of interest to a collector” he said.

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arly New Zealand Banknotes dated before 1932 are currently fetching big money! This is according to Mr Tony Grant, author of the John Bertrand New Zealand Coin & Banknote Catalogue. Mr Grant is in Ashburton this Wednesday on a buying trip for John Bertrand (Collectables) Ltd and would be very keen to see any of these issues. “We will pay at least $300 for any undamaged Ten Shilling or One Pound

banknote from a New Zealand trading bank dated 1932 or before.

Denominations of five pounds and higher would be worth from $700. “Any banknote dated prior to 1900 would be worth at least $1000” said Mr Grant.

Also purchased are any Reserve Bank of New Zealand pre-decimal issues, especially 50 Pound notes. All overseas banknotes prior to the 1950’s are also wanted.

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urrently, throughout NZ and the world there is a big demand by collectors for war medals. These cover all wars right through from the New Zealand Land Wars and the Boer War, to the First and Second World Wars and the later Korea and Vietnam conflicts. New Zealand Servicemen and Women first served overseas in the Boer War in South Africa around 1900 and the war medals awarded for this service are needed by the buyers, as are any other Medals from early New Zealand and the New Zealand Wars.

General service medals from both the First and Second World Wars will also be purchased, but as can be imagined these were awarded in fairly large numbers.

“If a group of medals has any special award for bravery such as the Military Medal, Military or Flying Cross or other medals for Distinguished Conduct or Meritorious Service, these can add great value to a group” stated Mr Tony Grant, buyer for John Bertrand (Collectables) Ltd. “Many families have old medals, some dating back to early Imperial days, that they are not sure what to do with. We will be happy to look at any war medals whatsoever, just bring them in to venues” he said.

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heck those drawers and cupboards, you may have a rarity lurking amongst your coins. This advice from Tony Grant, buyer for John Bertrand (Collectables) Ltd. “We want to see any old foreign coin accumulations.

We will be quite happy to go through your coins on the spot and give you an idea of what we can pay. You just never know what can turn up! New Zealand silver coins up to 1946 will be purchased at 10 times their face value” he said.

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Nancy Brunning

Kiwi actor mourned

Police investigate the scene after a gunman shot into a crowd of people during a football game at Pleasantville High School in Pleasantville, New Jersey at the weekend.

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Renowned actor, director and writer Nancy Brunning – celebrated for her roles in Shortland Street and What Becomes of the Broken Hearted – has died. It came after a fundraising campaign to raise $67,000 for a “life prolonging” drug to help the 48-year-old with an undisclosed condition. Plans are being made to take Brunning’s body to Raukawa Marae near Otaki. Brunning became a household name as one of the original Shortland Street cast – the matter-of-fact young Nurse Jaki Manu. Brunning has had award-winning roles in films like What Becomes of the Broken Hearted and Mahana and appeared in or directed ground-breaking New Zealand theatre.

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Six charged after shooting AP Six men have been charged after a shooting at a New Jersey high school football game, including the alleged gunman and one of the three people wounded in what authorities said yesterday was the result of “petty vengeance”.

The wounded man, Ibn Abdullah, 27, was the target of the shooting and was charged because a gun was found on him when emergency responders went to his aid, authorities said during a news conference at the school. He is in stable condition and will be undergoing surgery. The two other victims were a 10-year-old boy, who was shot in the neck and remains in critical condition, and a 15-year-old boy, who was treated for a graze wound.

The shooting at a packed play-off game between the Camden Panthers and the Pleasantville Greyhounds sent fans and players frantically running for safety.

Authorities declined to discuss what led to the shooting, citing the ongoing investi-

gation, but said it did not appear that any of the men charged had any connection to the game.

“Unlike some of the shootings that have occurred on school premises throughout the country, this incident had nothing to do with the students of Pleasantville High School or Camden High School,” Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon Tyner said.

“The venue simply presented an opportunity for criminals to pursue their own form of petty vengeance against one another. As a result, an innocent child was caught and injured in their crossfire. Our community will not be held hostage by a few idiots intent on jeopardising our safety and the safety of our children.”

Tyner said Alvin Wyatt, 31, of Atlantic City, has been charged with three counts of attempted murder and two weapons counts.

Authorities said Wyatt was captured in the end zone moments after the shooting by a Pleasantville officer who was part of the security detail assigned to the game.

Three other men face weapons charges, and a fourth faces weapons and eluding charges. Abdullah is also facing weapons charges because a gun was found on him.

The stands in Pleasantville, near Atlantic City, were packed to watch the Greyhounds, which won its first division title in 43 years this season.

Law enforcement officers who were working the game quickly jumped in to help the wounded victims, as did some firefighters and other officers who were off-duty and happened to be attending the game.

When the shots rang out, panicked spectators and some of the players knocked down a fence in their haste to escape the confines of the field. Some children were separated from their parents, and other parents held babies and young children tight to keep them from being run over by those fleeing, according to Jonathan Diego, who was at the game.

“It was mayhem, literally people coming in waves running away,” said Diego.

Nerida and Shane Cortese

Marriage tango over Dancing with the Stars couple Shane and Nerida Cortese have split after 10 years of marriage. The celebrated couple met on the set of the first series of DWTS in 2005. Both had partners at the time — Cortese lived with his girlfriend and Nerida Lister, as she was then, was married. That didn’t stop rumours rapidly circulating as the chemistry between them helped drive them to the final of the TVNZ show. The couple married four years after meeting — and chose the place where it all began as the venue: Avalon Studios.

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Boy who shot five students dies of injuries AP A 16-year-old boy planned the attack that killed two students and wounded three others at a Southern California high school, but investigators were so far unable to find out why he brought a gun to campus and opened fire, authorities said at the weekend.

After more than 40 interviews and evaluation of evidence, no motive had been established, said Captain Kent Wegener, of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s homicide unit. He said no manifesto, diary or suicide note had been found.

“It still remains a mystery why,” Sheriff Alex Villanueva said.

The teenager opened fire after being dropped off by his mother at Saugus High School in the Los Angeles suburb of Santa

Clarita. Nathaniel Tennosuke Berhow fired the final bullet into his own head.

He died at 3.32pm on Saturday at a hospital with his mother present, according to a Sheriff’s Department statement.

The shooting in an outdoor plaza took just 16 seconds and was recorded on security video, authorities said.

The teen stood by himself, did not appear to interact with anyone and then walked to the centre of the quad, Villanueva said.

“As far as we know the actual targets were at random,” the sheriff said.

The sheriff said the conclusion that the attack was planned was based on the shooter bringing the weapon, handling it with enough expertise and counting the rounds fired.

“It wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment act,”

Villanueva said.The origin of the gun was being investigated.

Three off-duty law enforcement officers were first on the scene and treated some of the wounded until paramedics arrived.

The dead were identified as 15-year-old Gracie Anne Muehlberger and 14-year-old Dominic Blackwell.

The names of the wounded students were not released.

Doctors said two girls, ages 14 and 15, who were both shot in the torso, were doing well and should be released from the hospital over the weekend.

A 14-year-old boy was treated and released from another hospital, authorities said.

The suspect was described as a quiet and smart kid who was a Boy Scout and had previously run track for his school.

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Baby boy for Binding Congratulations to songstress Carly Binding and her partner Andy Mateljan who recently welcomed baby boy Felix Leo Mateljan. Felix is Binding’s second son. The father of her first, 8-year-old London, is her former long-term partner Matthew Ridge. Binding and Mateljan have been dating for more than a year, but keep their romance private. Binding is very pleased with the influence her new Croatian man has on London. In recent years 41-year-old Binding - who found fame in 1999 on NZ’s first reality show Popstars, forming TrueBliss – has stepped out of the limelight.

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Lyndhurst’s Andrew Black is all concentration as he lines up a backhand return in Dulcie Pierre is carefully sorting out her next shot at the Waireka Croquet Club their clash with Fairton at the Fairton courts on Saturday.

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Fairton’s Steve Devereux plays a forehand during a match against Carolyn Fordyce is a study in concentration at the Waireka Croquet Club on Saturday.

Lyndhurst at the Fairton courts on Saturday.

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St Joseph’s School marching band has been putting in hours of practice ahead of the school’s Filipino Fiesta on December 6.

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When 22 per cent of your school calls the Philippines their country of origin, there are plenty of reasons to celebrate, says St Joseph’s School principal Cath Blacklow.

And that’s exactly what the school will be doing, led by their Filipino students, when they hold a Filipino Fiesta on December

6. It’s guaranteed to be an event that’s filled with colour, energy and absolutely amazing food, Blacklow said.

For the past two months a group of students have been learning musical numbers they will perform as a marching band.

Their tutors have been Filipino students from Ashburton College – Marhy Irish Bernarte, Mary Clarisse Bernarte, and Mary

Camile Beatrice Bernate.

Other students have formed dance and song groups and will be providing ongoing entertainment throughout the fiesta.

There will also be games provided by students and adults.

The highlight will be the huge range of food that the Filipino community plans to provide, Blacklow said.

It’s an event the school wants

the community to enjoy. Entry will be free and tickets to buy food will be available in the school grounds.

And they’re planning to cater for large numbers.

St Joseph’s Filipino Fiesta will be held from 5pm to 8pm on Friday, December 6.

Postponement day will be Saturday, December 6, from 11am until 2pm.

■■ November 18 – Muka Youth Prints Exhibition, 1pm to 6pm at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

No adults allowed in this unique travelling exhibition of original lithographs which can only be viewed and purchased by those aged five to 18 years.

■■ November 21 – High Country Fete Methven, Methven Racecourse, from 10am–4pm.

■■ November 22 – Twelfth Night by Big Little Theatre Company at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, runs to November 24.

■■ To November 22 – Remembering Rodin at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

■■ November 23 – Twilight In The Vines, CharRees Vineyard, from 4pm–8.30pm.

■■ November 23 – Ashburton Society of Arts Monday Group arts and crafts sale, 10am to 3pm at the Short Street Studio. Anyone wanting to participate please phone Val 0211006997.

■■ November 24 – Open Day at Trott’s Garden, 371 Racecourse Road from 11am–4pm.

■■ To November 24 – Spring Into Christmas exhibition and sale at the Short Street Studio.

■■ November 26 – The Bee Gees Night Fever, 8pm, Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

■■ November 29 – Festive Walk, East Street from 9pm. Take a stroll down the path from Friday, November 29 until Friday, January 3 and let the lights and art installations guide you.

■■ November 29 – Light Up the Night, Baring Square East from 6.30pm–9.30pm. The Christmas season kicks off in Ashburton with the lighting of the town’s giant Christmas tree.

■■ December 6 – Mid Canterbury Choir Christmas Concert midday and 5pm at Ashburton, St Stephen’s Church. Admission $5 at the door plus a gift of food for the foodbank. Guest Tainui Koru, musical director Jocelyn Jones, accompanist Deborah Sloper.

■■ December 8 – Mid Canterbury Choir Christmas Concert 4pm at Geraldine, St Andrew’s Church.

Admission $5 at the door plus a gift of food for the foodbank.

Guest Tainui Koru, musical director Jocelyn Jones, accompanist Deborah Sloper.

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Spring inspiration Ashburton Art Gallery volunteer Kaitlyn Watson assists Jub Jub Club member Erin McBain, 10, while fellow Jub Jub member Cynthia Lyons, 9, (right) is absorbed in her artwork. Eight Jub Jubbers went to Trott’s Garden last Sunday to undertake plein air painting, but had to return to the gallery after just one hour due to rain. It was however long enough to be inspired by the garden’s glorious spring colours, and the beautiful works they created will be on display at the garden’s annual open day on November 24.

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Politicians provide light relief I

n viewing the absolute tragedy of bushfires raging out of control across the Tasman, one can at least count on politicians to provide some light-hearted relief.

Politicians it seems are not always there to make wise decisions and be a leading light for their countrymen and women.

No, sometimes they are just there to bite and moan at each other.

This week there has been bickering over the roles of climate change and controlled burning in the fires, and even the victims themselves have been dragged into the debate.

The Greens got the ball rolling when inner-Melbourne Greens MP Adam Bandt tweeted he was deeply saddened by the loss of life.

“But words and concern are not enough. The PM does not have the climate emergency under control. Unless we lead a global effort to quit coal and cut pollution, more lives will be lost,” he said.

Deputy PM Michael McCormack sunk to the occasion and dismissed Brandt’s comments on radio as “the ravings of some pure, enlightened and woke capital city greenies”.

In seeking to attack Greens’ politicians for a failure to support

hazard-reduction burning over the winter, Nationals backbencher and former party leader Barnaby Joyce said, following the first two blaze fatalities, that the victims “most likely” voted for the Greens.

Greens senator Jordon SteeleJohn then accused the Coalition and Labour for being “no better than a bunch of arsonists” in increasing the risk of catastrophic bushfires through their climate change policies.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison made an effort to douse the flames of bitterness and blame with the very valid point that the last thing people needed in a crisis situation was politicians “shouting” at each other.

“It’s not because all of these issues aren’t important. It’s be-

cause people need to know that we’re focused on their needs right here and now and the operational support they need.”

That sentiment was underscored by Labor’s climate spokesman Mark Butler when he declined to criticise the government on current affairs television, stating that his party would always stand with the Coalition in times of national emergency.

Phew, thank goodness there was some signs of intelligent life at Parliament House.

As for the cause of the fires, as is so often the case, the truth is somewhere in the middle. Hazard reduction and back-burning reduce the risk of large fires. But while it is a measure supported by many, including environmentalists, it is limited in its useful-

ness as it can only be done in certain conditions.

Climate change has reduced opportunities for back-burning, and has also increased the severity of bushfires and the length of the season. One could argue that the issue of climate change transcends politics, so it should not be divisive when it is raised in relation to a natural disaster.

However, when politicians are commenting at such a time with the goal of shoving their own ideologies down the throats of everyone else, it comes across as politicking of the worst kind.

As Australians are losing their homes and livelihoods, and even their lives, everyone should be pulling together and working together as a nation to help those most affected.

were followed by a night of mass murder and suicide by more than 900 cult members.

In 1987, a fire at London King’s Cross railway station claimed 31 lives.

In 1991, Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon freed Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland, the American dean of agriculture at the American University of Beirut.

In 1999, 12 people were killed when a bonfire under construction at Texas A-and-M University collapsed.

In 2004, Britain outlawed fox hunting in England and Wales.

Ten years ago: President Barack Obama visited the Great Wall of China, which he described

as “magical,” before heading to Seoul, South Korea, for the final stop of his eight-day Asia tour.

Five years ago: Israel vowed harsh retaliation for a Palestinian attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem that left five people dead.

One year ago: Finland’s president said he wasn’t sure where President Donald Trump got the idea that raking was part of Finland’s routine for managing its forests; Trump had told reporters a day earlier that wildfires weren’t a problem in Finland because crews “spend a lot of time on raking and cleaning” forest floors.

Today’s birthdays: Actress Brenda Vaccaro is 80. Authorpoet Margaret Atwood is 80.

Actress Linda Evans is 77. Actress Susan Sullivan is 77. Country singer Jacky Ward is 73. Actor Jameson Parker is 72. Actresssinger Andrea Marcovicci is 71.

Rock musician Herman Rarebell is 70. Singer Graham Parker is 69. Actor Delroy Lindo is 67.

Comedian Kevin Nealon is 66.

Actor Oscar Nunez is 61. Actress Elizabeth Perkins is 59. Singer Kim Wilde is 59. Actor Tim Guinee is 57. Rock musician Kirk Hammett is 57. Rock singer Tim DeLaughter is 54. Actor Romany Malco is 51. Actor Owen Wilson is 51. Actor Dan Bakkedahl is 51. Singer Duncan Sheik is 50.

Actor Mike Epps is 49. Actress Peta Wilson is 49. Actress Chloe

Sevigny is 45. Country singer Jessi Alexander is 43. Actor Steven Pasquale is 43. Rock musician Alberto Bof is 42.

Rapper Fabolous is 42. Actordirector Nate Parker is 40. Rapper Mike Jones is 39. Actress Mekia Cox is 38. Actress-comedian Nasim Pedrad is 38. Actress Allison Tolman is 38. Actress Christina Vidal is 38. Actor Damon Wayans Jr. is 37. Country singer TJ Osborne is 35. Fashion designer Christian Siriano is 34. Actor Nathan Kress is 27.

Thought for today: “Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.” – Robertson Davies, Canadian author (19131995).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, November 18, the 322nd day of 2019. There are 43 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On November 18, 1987, the congressional Iran-Contra committees issued their final report, saying President Ronald Reagan bore “ultimate responsibility” for wrongdoing by his aides.

On this date: In 1865, Mark Twain’s first literary success, the original version of his short story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, was first published in the New York Saturday Press under the title Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog.

In 1874, En route to Auckland laden with immigrants, the Cospatrick caught fire and sank off South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope.

Although the tragedy happened far from New Zealand, it has been described as the country’s worst civil disaster.

In 1883, the United States and Canada adopted a system of Standard Time zones.

In 1916, the World War One Battle of the Somme, pitting British and French forces against German troops, ended inconclusively after 4 1/2 months of bloodshed.

In 1947, 41 die in Ballantyne’s fire – the fire in Christchurch’s prestigious department store was one of the worst in New Zealand’s history.

In 1959, Ben-Hur, the Biblical-era spectacle starring Charlton Heston, had its world première in New York.

In 1963, the Bell System introduced the first commercial touch-tone telephone system in Carnegie and Greensburg, Pennsylvania.

In 1976, Spain’s parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.

In 1978, US Rep. Leo J. Ryan, and four others were killed in Jonestown, Guyana, by members of the Peoples Temple; the killings

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n New Zealand we consider ourselves an enlightened country. We were the first nation in the world to give women the vote in 1893. Today most countries around the world have followed our lead.

And yet, in other measures, we’ve been much slower. In living memory marital rape was not a crime, something only rectified in 1985.

Even today we have problems we can’t ignore.

With more than 100,000 police call-outs for incidents of alleged family violence each year, we continue to have too many people, particularly women and children, living in fear.

That number is almost certainly just the tip of the iceberg.

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high as half a million a year.

Living here in Ashburton it’s easy to imagine that these incidents are isolated to certain families or to other parts of the country. It’s not. It’s here, and it doesn’t discriminate by geography or demography.

One of the biggest challenges remains in the stigma that victims have. Of not wanting to be labelled, as seen as having problems. It drives the problem further underground, where it’s so much harder for victims and for perpetrators to get the help that they need.

It aids in perpetuating the cycle. One of the great tragedies of family violence and harm is that for so many it’s learned behaviour.

Children growing up witnessing violence between parents who begin to see it as normal.

Where boys learn that it’s ok to hit Mum, and when they one day grow up, their own partners.

Where girls grow up believing that’s what a relationship is, that that’s what love looks like. It means, without action now, we risk seeing the problem grow, creating a new generation of victims.

Part of the solution lies in a robust legal system, where victims know that, once reported, justice will be done.

Resources need to be in place to provide families a place to go, where children, so often the reason that victims stay, can go too.

Finally, our community needs to be one that sides with victims.

One that calls violence out where we see it, where we say it’s not ok.

This week you’ll have the opportunity to do that here in Ashburton.

On Saturday from 10am until midday the White Ribbon Family Fun Day will be on in the Domain next to the paddling pool.

There’ll be a free barbecue, along with bouncy castles and giveaways for the kids. You’ll also be able to sign the White Ribbon pledge, confirming that ours is a community that will not tolerate violence. That Ashburton should be safe, for this generation and the next.

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Tekapo with kids: Can you call it a holiday?

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learned early on, as a mother of three small children, to stop calling our trips away a “holiday”.

It seemed far more appropriate to label them a “change of scenery”. When you’re away with three children under 3, the car trips aren’t peaceful, no-one sleeps well and there’s usually a vomit bug or dose of chickenpox thrown in for good measure.

I always used to love leaving for holiday, but then equally love turning back for home. At least I knew we had Peppa Pig on rotate so I could get dinner cooked.

But the kids are older now.

And going away, though still exhausting, is pretty fun. I mean, it’s no lying under a palm tree getting through six novels in a week. But it’s fun, loud chaos with a different backdrop.

There are ways to do it well.

Pack wisely, throw some favourite DVDs in, make a “kids’ faves” playlist on Spotify, a bottle of strong liquor (for you, not them), box up all the pantry staples.

Have you ever been on a week’s holiday with three kids and not taken pantry staples?

Juliet Speedy discovers a change is as good as a rest.

Small-town supermarkets and large grocery shops equal a visa card with a heartbeat.

The latest change of scene the kids and I embarked on was through the rolling hills of South Canterbury down to the Mackenzie Country and on to majestic Lake Tekapo.

Tekapo is the second-largest of three parallel lakes running north-south along the northern edge of the Mackenzie Basin.

The lake is an incredible shade of cobalt blue.

You’d be mistaken for thinking your child had tipped a giant bottle of food colouring into it while you stopped for petrol.

Actually, the glaciers in the headwaters of Lake Tekapo grind rock into a fine dust on their journey down towards the lake.

This rock “flour” is suspended in the water and causes that insane colour. Isn’t nature incredible?

That’s a thought that lives with you permanently when you’re in this part of the world.

We had a week there mid-winter. The stunning, commanding mountains, capped in snow, loomed over the forests and

lakes. The roads in and out of Tekapo were flanked by wide open spaces with a body of water or magnificent alp around every corner.

The place was named the most “Instagrammed location in New Zealand” and I kindly obliged.

I love that a Google search of Tekapo gives the result “People also ask – What is there to do in Lake Tekapo at night?”. Because the bottom line is, despite all the glitzy new development it is still a sleepy, small town with restaurants that close early.

In fact the weekend we were there, friends tried to go to the Cricket World Cup final (yes, that final) at the local pub and were turned away by the grumpy bartender. “Na, it’s not worth us staying open for that.”

Maybe she knew something they didn’t.

Tekapo might be one of the quietest spots on the planet but it has one of the busiest night skies in the universe. It is an International Dark Sky Reserve, the largest in the world.

The sky at night is stunning.

There are many tours you can do from the Mt John Observatory and the new Ngai Tahu-backed Dark Sky Project. This offers tours and a lovely cafe on the waterfront (but be warned – this is one of many activities that requires a rather plump wallet).

If you’re not a stargazer, tuck up in front of a fire at night and wear yourself out during the day. Frolic in the lupins and other wildflowers if you’re there in summer. The days are long, the lake is warm(ish) and there’s more chance of mingling with the locals.

Go to the Church of the Good Shepherd. If any building can convert you, it’s this one. Stunning, eerie, quaint and peaceful it has a view from the altar rivalled by no other in the world.

When the snow is in town, there are lots of great local skifields. Round Hill is good for learners. You can back your car on to the slopes and fry sausages on a portable barbecue.

Tekapo Springs was also a big hit with my brood. You may need to re-mortgage your home to frequent it but they have beautiful

hot pools, a snow tube park and an outdoor ice skating rink.

It’s nestled at the bottom of the hill under a watchful forest.

It’s wholesome alpine living at its finest.

Picture yourself in front of the open fire with a local pinot, watching the kids ice skate.

There are worse places to be.

We also did a lot of fishing. If you have a vehicle and a rod in the back there are endless spots to throw your line in – canals, lakes, rivers. And the local salmon farm allows you to feed the salmon or catch the salmon – or eat at their cafe where almost everything features salmon.

There are many ways in this pocket of paradise to wear out the kids. It’s not a cheap holiday if you want to indulge in all the activities on offer but you don’t have to.

There’s walking, picnicking and board games against a mountainous backdrop for a free day of good living.

They say, when you have children, you need to pick your arguments wisely. I say you need to pick your “change of scenery” wisely, too.

And if you get it right, you just might get a nice holiday to boot.

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Decision by committee

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here are a lot of difficult things to sort out in sport, complex issues without complete solu-

tions.

But choosing an All Black coach?

Come on.

That’s a relatively easy decision, and one the NZR board should feel it is more than competent to make rather than relying on a panel.

The way NZR is searching for the new coach is baffling on the surface.

Before they unveiled the master plan, who remotely considered there might be 26 candidates, and that the board would hand the decision making process over to a separate body?

We all know the candidates.

We all know their records.

We all know how their teams play. Or we should do.

So where has the NZR board been?

NZR is obsessed with the All Blacks.

A lot of people would argue the All Blacks are all they have cared about for the past decade or so.

And yet when it comes to appointing a new All Black coach they hand it over to former coach Sir Graham Henry.

Now I know that’s not the official position, because Graham Henry is only one of five members of a committee – including NZR chairman Brett Impey and CEO Mark Robinson – who will decide the new coach.

But the Graham Henry most of us know is no shrinking violet.

When it comes to the coalface of trying to win a Rugby World Cup he is extremely overqualified, the rest of this committee mere tea makers in comparison.

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Graham Henry is no shrinking violet and will be a big player in deciding Steve Hansen’s replacement.

Sir Graham has an alpha personality.

He’s a former head coach for two countries, and a former headmaster.

He’s is not your assistant type.

By my reckoning, he is going to dominate this discussion, and rightly so given the panel’s makeup.

Who, in this particular debate behind closed doors, will stand up to such a giant of the game in a country where famous All Black characters retain a mythical status which others find intimidating.

It’s not the way this should be happening.

The NZR board members

should be using their own judgements, and standing or falling by those.

What happens if the coach stuffs up?

Get the committee back together?

Get another committee together?

The board could have talked individually or collectively to whoever they liked here and overseas – Henry, Wayne Smith, Richie McCaw, Portia Woodman, Ian McGeechan – before going away and making the big call.

The NZR board includes Michael Jones and Farah Palmer, who have both won World Cups.

The full board should see it

as an exciting moment for All Black rugby, something they are desperate to drive and control, and something they want to be seen as doing.

As for coming up with 26 contenders … there aren’t 26 contenders for head coach, and the genuine ones like Scott Robertson and Jamie Joseph might even be offended that they’ve been chucked in such a large mix.

The way the search for a new All Black coach is being conducted makes it appear no stone is being left unturned while those who should be totally responsible can hide behind the process.

What next – a national referendum?

Departing Welsh rugby coach Warren Gatland has suggested Ireland’s egos got in their way when it came to executing their game plan over the last 12 months.

Ireland bowed out of the quarter-finals for the eighth time in nine campaigns earlier this year, and the one-time Irish coach shared his thoughts on their performance with Off the Ball.

“It was hard to play against (Ireland and their tactics), hard to stop,” Gatland said.

“They played very direct, a lot of stuff off nine.

“When we played Ireland the biggest thing we spoke about was keeping discipline, because they kick for the corner, they had the ability to keep the ball in your 22 for phase after phase, it was difficult to get off.

“That’s hard to stop and sometimes what happened, and it could have been me or Eddie Jones, you could talk Ireland out of playing that way.

“Egos would get the better of Ireland; they’d try and play a different way and be more expansive. They sometimes did to their detriment.”

Gatland also suggested it was too easy to get under the skin of thenIrish coach Joe Schmidt, who stood down from the role after the World Cup. He said Schmidt seemed to get more wound up ahead of a test against Gatland’s Welsh squad, because anything Gatland said “drives him crazy.”

“It does bother Joe. He might deny that, but people within the Irish camp are telling me: ‘Please don’t say anything this week, because Joe will go mental about any comments you make’.”

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Franks out to make his mark after World Cup snub Owen Franks is renowned for his diligence and discipline when it comes to physical fitness.

On his wedding day, so the story goes, the 108-cap tighthead prop mixed up a protein shake and asked his wife, Emma, to keep it in case he grew peckish during the speeches.

Alongside brother Ben, another All Black and now a club colleague at Northampton Saints, Franks

co-authored a work-out book six years ago.

He is slightly delayed in arriving for this interview because he has undergone a solo conditioning session on the training pitch behind Franklin’s Gardens.

Franks is clearly eager to hit the ground running in his Saints debut, against a brawny, in-form Lyon side in the Champions Cup. “I want to be remembered as

someone who came over here and delivered,” he says.

“Sometimes Kiwis can get a bad rep after coming over here and not making their mark. I really want to be a proud part of this club’s history.”

Quite understandably, Franks is also spurred on by his surprise omission from Steve Hansen’s Rugby World Cup squad.

Franks admits it was bittersweet

to watch the games but did so as a fan of the All Blacks and a friend to many squad members.

Did it also feel slightly ironic, given Hansen’s reasoning, that South Africa’s dominant scrummaging ploughed the Springboks’ path to victory?

“A little bit, yeah,” Franks laughs.

“In test match rugby, those tough, top games are often won by big moments.

“You hear plenty of things about scrummaging and how it’s becoming less important, but you only need one destructive scrum to tip a game on its head.

“South Africa sniffed some blood and took it.

“It’s a huge part of the game and I know some people don’t like it but in that World Cup final you could see the influence it can have.”

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■■CRICKET

Stac attack overpowers AshColl It was another tough day at the office for the Ashburton College First XI on Saturday as they crashed to a 10-wicket defeat against the on-fire St Andrew’s College in Christchurch.

Playing at St Andrew’s College, things started well for the visitors who won the toss and elected to take the bat for the first innings of the match – but that was about where things ended.

It was an innings where six AshColl batsmen were unable to get off the mark and were sent back to the sheds with 0 next to their name.

Losing five wickets within the first 10 overs of the match didn’t help the cause much either with the young side, at one stage, finding themselves 12-5.

Sam Cuttle offered the only real resistance with the bat scoring 16 runs in a 20-ball innings which featured three fours.

Ashburton next highest run scorer was the extras column, which comprised of 10 runs courtesy of seven wides and a no ball.

In reply, St Andrews had no problems at all in running down the 34 runs they were set, getting there in just under eight overs without losing a wicket, with former Mid Canterbury player and usual opening bowler, not batsman, Harry McMillan chipping in with six runs to add to the cause.

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Locals excited to play a test in their own back yard NZME For Bay Oval’s Kelvin Jones the only thing better than hosting their first test cricket match is having the two best teams in the world play that test.

“For us cricket tragics I guess having a test match is the ultimate but then for it to be, you know, against England ... you just couldn’t ask for a better opposition,” Jones, Bay Oval’s general manager, says.

“Following on from the World Cup, which we try not to talk about too much, it’s just incredible, to see those world cup heroes back, both New Zealand and England, up-close and personal will be something special.

“We don’t want a tie.”

D-Day for Bay Oval’s first test match – the first test of the G.J. Gardner Homes England Tour – is just days away, starting on Thursday, November 21.

The second test – the longest, oldest and grandest version of the game, played over five days with a red ball and white clothes – will be played at Seddon Park in Hamilton, starting the following Friday, November 29.

The Black Caps test squad named to play England was announced on Saturday and features the return of Tauranga-based

captain Kane Williamson, who missed the T20I series against the tourists with a re-occurring righthip injury.

Tauranga-based athletes Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme and Neil Wagner were also named, all of whom were getting some practise in at the Mount Maunganui venue on Saturday morning.

“Our four key local players have been in actually for training – Trent, Kane, Colin de Grandhomme and Neil Wagner.

“All our four locals if you like ... have been named in the test squad, so that’s exciting for us and I think it’s exciting for them too.

“It’s not often that you can sleep in your own bed and come down the road to your local ground to play a test match, I think it’s special or all of us.”

The test squad also features Todd Astle, Tom Blundell, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls, Jeet Raval, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor and BJ Watling.

Selector Gavin Larsen said a two-week period of rest and rehabilitation had Williamson primed to return for what will be a historic inaugural Test for his home ground.

“Kane’s made good progress over the past fortnight and we’re

delighted to welcome back a player of his class and experience.

“It’s obviously going to be a very special test for him and Trent Boult being such passionate locals – we know there’s already a lot of excitement in that part of the Bay of Plenty.”

Preparations for the milestone match have been going well, with final touches being made to the permanent infrastructure and temporary infrastructure coming in,” Jones says.

“It’s a busy wee site at the moment. It’s always an exciting time a week or so out from a big game.

“We’re putting in some more permanent fencing and a newly formed entrance way, we’ve added a small amount of embankment and paths, we’ve also built a new groundsmen’s shed that will one day also be a public toilet.”

There’s also a speed climbing wall that will be based at Bay Oval for at least three years, and will be used during next week’s game but mainly beyond by climbers for training and events.

“We’ve worked with the local climbing association and they’ve built a new speed climbing wall that will be available for people to try during the test.”

Temporary infrastructure such as marquees, hospitality and media entrances, perimeter LED sig-

nage , bar areas, vendors and food truck areas and more that will start taking shape from next week.

By Wednesday, Jones says staff working on site “gets in the hundreds”.

“There’s lots to do but it takes shape pretty quickly.”

“Being our first test match there’s a lot, it’s all new, and there’s a lot we don’t know and so we’re just trying to make sure we’re covering everything.”

The part of the hosting a test match that is no quick task, is making sure the outfield, wicket and practice facilities are ready for game day.

“From the ground staff’s point of view, this is really busy. You have to do a lot of rolling and a lot of mowing and a lot of monitoring, particularly at this time of the year with the weather we have.

“It’s a natural surface. It’s a grass cricket wicket with clay so it’s very much something that climate plays a big part in how it will play for the game.

“We’re definitely excited, it’s been a very, very long time in the making, a test match for us, so the team’s pretty excited for it and can’t wait for it to come along.”

Jone’s couldn’t say how many people were expected to turn up for the test match but says “we know that pre-sales for this game

have been very very good”.

However, he says to continue to host such major events, people needed to support them so he encouraged people to turn out and attend.

“If you can, get along and support. We’ve had great support from this community, coming to cricket games and assistance with funding and it’s been a real community effort.

“There’s a lot of factors in making sure we get more of this kind of cricket.

“I guess the venue keeps getting better and that keeps proving itself but definitely a key part is making sure that it’s something the locals want to see.

Black Caps test squad: Kane Williamson (c) (Northern Districts), Todd Astle (Canterbury), Tom Blundell (Wellington Firebirds), Trent Boult (Northern Districts), Colin de Grandhomme (Northern Districts), Lockie Ferguson (Auckland Aces), Matt Henry (Canterbury), Tom Latham (Canterbury), Henry Nicholls (Canterbury), Jeet Raval (Auckland Aces), Mitchell Santner (Northern Districts), Tim Southee (Northern Districts), Ross Taylor (Central Stags), Neil Wagner (Northern Districts) and BJ Watling (Northern Districts).

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■■ROWING

■■BOXING

Sticking with the eights

Holyfield blows his millions

By Andrew Alderson Once, the prospect of Hamish Bond preparing for what is known as rowing’s “regatta of death” would have struck like a punchline.

Now, ahead of the Tokyo Olympics’ last chance qualification opportunity in Lucerne next May, it strikes as a reality.

The double Olympic champion in the pair will stick with the eight next season, convinced he can help replicate the legendary gold medal-winning feat of their 1972 Kiwi predecessors at Munich.

The 33-year-old has been world champion in each of the seasons leading into his three previous Games – the coxless four in 2007 and pair in 2011 and 2015.

This time, he’s preparing on the back of a sixth place at the world championships in Linz, missing Olympic qualification by 0.55 of a second and only 2.12 seconds off the podium.

The New Zealand crew must now peak twice in a season and secure one of two vacant spots.

“It’s a bit different, but I’ve been in plenty of perform-or-gohome situations before,” Bond told the Herald.

“My plan is to focus on the eight again.

“That’s the only boat that motivates me.

“I enjoy the camaraderie as 12.5 rather than 50 per cent of the unit.

“It’s about lifting the level of the whole boat, sharing my knowledge and leading by example rather than focusing on myself.”

The latter prospect was tempting.

Bond beat double Olympic champion Mahe Drysdale to a red coat in the single sculls at the 2014 national championships and, combined with Robbie Manson qualifying the boat for Tokyo, he could have had a crack.

“I won’t lie, it crossed my mind,” Bond said.

“I thought ‘that’d be a great challenge’ but, if I’m realistic, it’s too late in the Olympic cycle to do it justice.

“That’s not only to tip out Rob-

Hamish Bond is looking to add to a swag of Olympic gold medals. bie, but to be competitive internationally.

“That’d be a great individual achievement, but at this stage I want to elevate the eight as a team event, which brings different demands.”

Bond’s aiming to gild a CV already swathed in gold at Olympic and world championship rowing level, not to mention a Commonwealth Games time trial bronze on the Gold Coast during his segue into cycling.

If his mantelpiece is not bowed, his sock drawer must be chokka.

Transitioning back to rowing has had benefits – namely taking the bolt cutters to any self-inflicted padlock on the fridge.

At one stage when Bond was pedalling the hills around Wellington during wife Lizzie’s surgical training stint, he would apportion himself a postage stamp square of 85 per cent co-

coa chocolate a day, savour the bittersweetness, then refocus his crosshairs on becoming a time trial cycling champion.

That spartan existence helped shrug more than 10kg from his oar-wielding frame.

Now he can return to chowing down, within reason.

Bond has bulked back to around 92kg – a couple more kilos than his invincible days in the men’s pair – for the purpose of maximising power off the start line in the eight’s two-seat.

He says after trials as the stroke, where he has rowed for the majority of his career, he offers more impact closer to the bow.

“I’m still conscious of what I eat, but the volume has changed in that equation.

“Now I’m conscious of eating enough and force feeding, rather than watching what I eat to stay lean as a cyclist.

“My idea is that more muscle will help get the boat off the line with an emphasis on strength and power.

“If I had to choose between force feeding and pinching calories I would take the former, but I look forward to a day when I can eat to satiation.”

That day looms, preferably post-Tokyo rather than post-Lucerne, as Bond enjoys the romance of the eight in the twilight of his career.

“New Zealand rowing’s been successful in the last 20 years, but haven’t cracked the [men’s] eight as the blue riband event.

“Unless you’ve experienced it, it’s hard to describe the feeling of an eight going fast when you harness the power.

“It’s something I’ve wanted to achieve in what will probably be the last years of my sporting career.”

He was once the most feared man on the planet, but he blew almost every cent he made and now lives in a two-bedroom flat.

The top of his right ear isn’t the only thing Evander Holyfield wishes he could get back.

The four-time heavyweight champion estimates he earned more than $300 million during his 26 years in the ring.

After claiming his first world title in 1986, the boxing legend won 44 bouts in a stellar career, including two victories over Mike Tyson and other famous wins against George Foreman, Larry Holmes and Buster Douglas.

But the 57-year-old currently lives in a two-bedroom apartment after squandering his millions on poor investments.

Widely known for having the top of his ear bitten off by Tyson in 1997, the former two-weight world champion managed to lose his entire life savings after his last professional fight in 2011.

Holyfield, known as The Real Deal, fell victim to reckless spending, bad business deals and even worse financial advice.

The full extent of the 57-yearold’s financial woes were revealed on an episode of CNBC’s Back in the Game, where baseball legend and financial success Alex Rodriguez attempts to help former athletes fight out of money troubles.

Although he continues to earn up to $106,000 a month through personal appearances, the world champion is basically broke.

Holyfield’s list of flops include a failed record label which cost him $3.08 million, an unsuccessful restaurant business which bled another $11.1 million – and a number of unpopular products bearing his name including BBQ sauce, a kitchen grill and a fire extinguisher.

Although he is one of the biggest names in professional boxing, his personal brand was not properly utilised for a reliable source of revenue, said Rodriguez.

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Kiwi fighter claims gold at MMA World Champs Rising Kiwi mixed martial artist Michelle Montague can now add world champion to her resume.

Montague took out the women’s lightweight division at the amateur MMA World Championships in Bahrain at the weekend, claiming one of three medals for the New Zealand team.

The 25-year-old beat fellow Kiwi Mel Webster in the final, forcing Webster to submit to an arm bar in the first round.

“This moment. This vision. “This process. I am speechless,” Montague said.

For the Matamata product, it’s the

latest accolade in her relatively fresh MMA career. A former rugby player, Montague began training in MMA four years ago and has excelled in the sport – particularly in the grappling side of it.

Montague, who fights out of Core MMA in Hamilton alongside UFC star Luke Jumeau, won both her semifinal and final by submission in the opening round of both bouts.

She needed just 40 seconds before locking in a guillotine choke in her semi-final against Sandra Meneses.

Her ability to take the fight to the ground was also on display early in the

tournament, with her opening bout being decided by third round TKO as she got her opponent to the mat and laid on the strikes after the two traded strikes on the feet for the opening two rounds.

Kiwi flyweight Hannah Dawson joined Montague and Webster in reaching the podium at the event, claiming the silver medal in her division after falling in the final against Bianca Antman of Sweden.

With three medals, New Zealand finished fourth on the table behind Russia (9), Bahrain (6) and Kazakhstan (5).

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Tennis on the country courts Mid Canterbury’s Rose Bowl tennis players were out on the courts in extremely blustery conditions on Saturday. At Fairton, the home side hosted Lyndhurst and came out the eventual winners, the tie going right down to the last match. Pictured in action on the Fairton courts were Lyndhurst’s No. 2 Sarah Robinson and Fairton’s No. 1 Chris Burt.

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Federer braces for nex-gen challenge in 2020 AP After dominating the tennis world for so long, Roger Federer thinks the sport’s Big Three could face their toughest challenge yet from a new generation in 2020.

Federer’s 2019 season ended with a semi-final loss to Stefanos Tsitsipas on Saturday at the ATP Finals, having seen Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal eliminated in the group stage of the tournament this week.

Tsitsipas, a 21-year-old Greek who is playing at the ATP Finals for the first time, is among a handful of up-and-coming talents looking to finally end the unprecedented era of dominance by that trio.

Other youngsters at the season-ending tournament include defending champion Alexander Zverev at 22 and US Open runner-up Daniil Medvedev at 23.

However, it’s not the first time that the 38-year-old Federer has faced talk about a talented crop of youngsters, even though none of them have so far been able to break the Big Three’s iron grip on the sport.

“It’s the same question every year at the end of the year,” Federer said about the new generation.

“But does it feel like this year might be the best year yet?

“Possibly. … But then I look at the list of who finished World No. 1, who has been World No. 1 all these years, and it’s just crazy that it’s always one of us.

“But we are not getting any younger.

“So chances increase not because we are getting worse but because they are getting better.”

Nadal clinched his fifth yearend No. 1 title this week, putting him level with both Federer and Djokovic.

Since 2004, the only other person to finish the year atop the rankings was Andy Murray in 2016.

In addition, the Big Three have won the last 12 Grand Slam titles between them.

And until one of the youngsters ends that streak, any talk of a generation shift is premature. ”Definitely it’s that next step they need,” Federer said.

“The only issue is that it seems like me, Novak, and Rafa are healthy, healthier than maybe in previous years, as well.”

Zverev, for his part, is convinced that the new guard is ready to compete for majors.

“I think next year will bring a new Grand Slam champion.

“We’ll just see who that will be, because I think that all the young

Roger Federer says he’s extremely excited about the 2020 season.

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guys are playing some incredible tennis,” Zverev said after losing to Dominic Thiem in the second ATP semi-final at London’s O2 Arena.

“You know, it can be Daniil, it

can be Stefanos, it can be Dominic.

“I’m in the mix, as well, I hope.

“We’ll see what next year brings.

But I think for the young guys, it’s going to be an exciting year.”

The third-ranked Federer ends the year with four ATP titles, but failed to add to his record haul of 20 Grand Slams when he lost an epic Wimbledon final to Djokovic, despite holding two match points in the fifth set.

He also fell short of a record-extending seventh ATP Finals title after converting just one of 12 break points against Tsitsipas, losing 6-3, 6-4.

As long as he stays healthy, though, Federer is confident he’s still good enough to compete for more majors next season.

“I’ve got to keep on playing at the level like I have this year, and then I will create some chances,” he said.

“Then when the matches come, it’s not maybe as easy as it was maybe 10, 15 years ago where you’re just going to play very good, day in, day out.

“Opportunities were there today.

“They were there in other moments as well this season, maybe Indian Wells or Wimbledon or whatever.

“That can change an entire season around, the confidence around, the flow of things.

“But I’m happy how I played this season, and I’m extremely excited for next season.”

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■■BARNESWOOD

Fairytale week for Miller

Leah Hemi and Dee And Gee are comfortably ahead as they flash past the post in the New Zealand Cup on Saturday.

■■RICCARTON

NZ Cup win emotional - From back page While Owen Patrick and King Of The Dance produced creditable but unsuccessful efforts, it was stable star Dee And Gee who took out the major spoils in the traditional two-mile feature as she out-toughed her rivals in the closing stages courtesy of an impeccable ride by Leah Hemi.

Hemi, who was aboard the Darci Brahma six-year-old when she finished second in last season’s Gr.3 Wellington Cup (3200m) at Trentham, had her charge perfectly positioned one back off an easy speed before taking the race to her rivals with 800m to run.

Hemi shot Dee And Gee to the front at the top of the straight and despite being hotly challenged by topweight Kaharau and her Wellington Cup nemesis Gorbachev, she fought like a tiger to score by a neat length and register her biggest victory to date.

Corbett, who used to farm pigs and rear calves with Charles on their property before the shift to solely focusing on the racehorses in their 10-strong team, cut an emotional figure when questioned after the race.

“It’s just unreal,” he said.

“She (Hemi) couldn’t have got her into a better spot, she got her

out of the breeze and she presented her perfectly when she got around the bend.

“By Christ she’s a tough little horse though and we got it (the Cup).”

Hemi was full of praise for her mount and delighted to turn the tables on Gorbachev who had beaten her at Trentham.

“She was really unlucky when Gorbachev got her at Wellington, but today she got him,” she said.

“She hasn’t got a sprint at all but has a really high cruising speed that she can sustain for quite a while.

“I’m just so happy for Peter and

Terrill and I know that Terrill will be so stoked.”

The win was the biggest to date for Corbett and Charles who went close to taking out the race when She’s Insatiable finished third in 2014.

Dee And Gee has now won six of her 36 career starts and over $378,000 for the pair.

They took over her ownership and training after she had her first four starts for Cambridge conditioner Shaune Ritchie, who had purchased her for $16,000 from The Oaks Stud draft at the 2015 Select Yearling Sale at Karaka.

Cambridge trainer Daniel Miller was quick to add a second stakes level victory to the black type account he opened on Wednesday when La Romanee overcame a tardy start to strike gold in the Listed Barneswood Farm Welcome Stakes (1000m) at Riccarton.

Miller produced Sheezallmine to charge to victory in the Stewards Stakes Handicap on Wednesday for his first success at group level and backed that feat up with La Romanee who, like Sheezallmine, is raced by Miller’s parents John and Maree.

A $22,500 purchase by John Miller from the Brighthill Farm Book 2 draft at Karaka in January, the Burgundy gelding was a narrow winner on the course back in October over 800m at just his second start.

That performance saw him installed as the third favourite for Saturday’s contest although his supporters had their hearts in their mouths shortly after the gates opened when he cannoned into Lovebug and Follow Your Heart and dropped to a conspicuous last.

Rider Samantha Wynne didn’t panic as she settled La Romanee into a good rhythm before asking him to make his move as the widest on the home bend.

La Romanee quickly dashed to the leaders before drawing clear in the final 100m to score by a length from Showemhowitsdone and Ohio Showgirl.

Wynne was delighted to have delivered on the confidence that Miller had shown leading into the contest despite the messy beginning to the race.

“We got into a sandwich at the start but in the end it did us a favour,” she said.

“Daniel had been very confident on how much he had improved so I’m delighted to get him across the line.”

Loire proves too classy in 1000 Guineas Despite displaying some wayward tendencies over the closing stages Cambridge filly Loire stamped her class in emphatic style as she took out the Gr.1 gavelhouse.com New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) on Saturday.

The Tony Pike-trained three-yearold had been to the forefront of discussions in the weeks leading up to the Riccarton feature before a below par effort in the Gr.3 Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie last month.

A vet inspection revealed the Redoute’s Choice filly had suffered a heart fibrillation with Pike confident she would still be able to show her best as he pressed on to the Group One feature for breeders Brent and Cherry Taylor of Trelawney Stud, who share in the ownership with Kate Plaw.

Left alone by punters, who rallied behind her stablemate Kali and the unbeaten Travelling Light, Loire over-

came a slow start and a muddling pace to charge into a challenging position halfway down the long Riccarton home straight.

Just as Michael McNab looked to have her cruising to a comfortable win, Loire took a hard turn to the left which cost her some forward momentum.

McNab gathered her up and returned her to a level course to the winning post which she reached half a length to the good of a game runner-up in Jennifer Eccles, with Travelling Light resolute in third after making all of the early running as a reluctant pacemaker.

Pike was delighted to secure the major spoils in the contest after going within a nose of victory with Waterford in 2012, especially after the filly’s disappointing effort and subsequent diagnosis at her last start.

“Ellerslie was a real mystery as her

two runs at Hawke’s Bay over 1200m, a distance too short for her, were very very good,” Pike said.

“We always thought this was the race but when you have those heart problems, they can be one-offs which we hoped was the case when the tests came back all clear.

“She had worked super coming into the race so we rolled the dice.

“She is a very good filly who is only going to get better as she gets up over further.”

Pike was also quick to praise McNab after their pre-race plans didn’t go as had been expected.

“It was a super ride by Michael off a slow tempo,” he said.

“We had talked about trying to be a bit closer as we thought there wouldn’t be much speed in the race. She got shuffled back but he didn’t panic and he has ridden her superbly.”

Michael McNab brings Loire back to scale.

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■■INTER DOMINIONS

■■TAURANGA

Habibi Inta adds to puzzle

Riodini on track for Guineas

By Michael Guerin An old-fashioned workload produced a new best version of Habibi Inta in the $300,000 Dominion at Addington on Friday.

And after his graphic demolition job in New Zealand’s richest trot, the big stallion has thrown down the gauntlet to his rivals in the Inter Dominion Trotting series at Alexandra Park in 13 days.

Habibi Inta made the most of a perfect Blair Orange drive and the early gallop of favourite Oscar Bonavena to bolt away with the group one, giving Orange the dream double of Cup week after his New Zealand Cup win on Tuesday.

Already a group one winner at the Harness Jewels two seasons ago, Habibi Inta went to a new level on Friday and that was after some tough love from trainer extraordinaire Paul Nairn.

“After he won at Kaikoura last week I kept the work right up to him,” explained Nairn.

“I knew he would have to be fit, really fit for the 3200m and he handled the work beautifully.

“I thought he could win because he was so fit, but I didn’t think he could do that.”

It was a career statement win from Habibi Inta as he sat off the hot speed set by Marcoola and jogged past him at the top of the straight.

It was a dramatic reversal of their previous clash at Ashburton when Marcoola thrashed him by

Habibi Inta is well set for the Inter Dominions at Alexandra Park in December.

13 lengths, showing how the right horse on the day wins the group ones this season.

Nairn will now take the big, muscular six-year-old to Auckland for an Inter Dominion where some of his key rivals have question marks.

Aussie raider Tough Monarch was a brave second on Friday, capping a great week, while veteran Monty Python surged into third. Marcoola was out of gas at the top of the straight.

Another Australian visitor in

McLovin suffered a case of the thumps but should be good to go for the Inters, a series Oscar Bonavena will miss.

Oscar Bonavena was slightly checked into a gallop after 400m when horses galloped inside and outside, leaving trainer-driver Mark Purdon enormously disappointed as he tailed off.

Punters didn’t enjoy it much either.

But Purdon bounced back two races later when Chase Auckland made the most of the trail-pass-

ing lane run to win the $200,000 NZ Free-For-All. A brave and luckless fourth in the NZ Cup three days earlier, Chase Auckland got all the luck this time as he was destined to be three back on the inside but Cruz Bromac galloped when heading to the lead, which left Classie Brigade in front and Chase Auckland in the luxury spot.

All the main players from the FFA will head to the Inter Dominions where they will be met by a fresh wave of Australians.

Promising three-year-old Riodini maintained his unbeaten record with another impressive victory at Tauranga on the weekend, with trainer Nigel Tiley set to test him in Group company at the upcoming Ellerslie Christmas Carnival.

The Proisir gelding made it two wins from two starts in his current campaign after a stylish debut performance on his home track at Pukekohe back in June where he accounted for subsequent Listed Ryder Stakes (1200m) winner Sai Fah. Put aside for a break after his two-year-old victory, a niggling injury extended his time away from the track before he commenced his three-year-old campaign with a win in rating 65 company against the older horses over 1200m at Tauranga last month.

Tiley stepped him up to 1400m against his age-group rivals on Saturday where, lumped with topweight of 58.5kgs, he cruised clear in the run home for rider Michael Coleman to register a comfortable four-length victory.

“He’s a pretty smart galloper and a tough little bugger who I think has plenty more left in him,” Tiley said.

“He settled nicely on Saturday and Michael didn’t have to do a lot on him over the closing stages to get him home.”

Aussie raiders still on track for Alexandra Park series

By Adam Hamilton Two of Australia’s top Inter Dominion prospects, Colt Thirty One and McLovin, remain on target for Auckland raids.

Star trotter McLovin seems to be over his untimely bout of the “thumps” in Friday’s Dominion Trot at Addington and was to be flown from Christchurch to Auck-

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land yesterday.

“He seems fine. We jogged him this morning and all went well,” trainer Andy Gath said.

“Kate (Gath, co-trainer and driver) and I will go to Auckland with him, spend a few days there, work him Wednesday.

“If all goes well Wednesday, we’ll push on to the Inter Dominion otherwise he’ll head home.

“The thumps is something which comes out of the blue and is most often just a one-off thing, so we think he’ll be fine.”

Queensland’s pin-up pacer Colt Thirty One, already a Victoria Cup runner-up this season, resurrected his Inter Dominion hopes with a dominant win in the Group 3 Popular Alm free-for-all at Melton on Friday night.

Stand-in driver John Caldow took the reins for trainer Grant Dixon and the race turned in his favour when the leader, Wrappers Delight, seemed to choke down and Colt Thirty One went from having to sit parked to rolling to the front. There was a lot to like about how he powered down the back in 26.9sec and still finished-off in 27.4 – a 54.3sec last half.

“He needed to come out and win a race like that to convince us about Auckland and he did,” Dixon said.

“I’m at a total loss to explain why he galloped at the start the week before, but the main thing is he bounced back this week.”

Colt Thirty One is booked on a flight from Melbourne to Auckland on November 23.

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8 11214 Broke Brad 26.31.........................A Turnwald 9 84767 Electrical Storm nwtd....................M Goodier 10 58876 It’s Timmy 27.02.........................J McInerney 11 6.06pm PNGRC SECTIONAL TIMES @ PNGREYHOUNDS.KIWI C3 C3, 457m 1 77615 Djay Dynamix 25.79............................L Cole 2 35525 Bigtime Forest 25.97...........................L Cole 3 66733 Bigtime Alfie 26.37..............................L Cole 4 11112 Big Time Amie 26.61...........................L Cole 5 76757 Vibe nwtd.....................................A Turnwald 6 22678 Bigtime Leads 26.03...........................L Cole 7 74186 Big Time Benny 26.58.........................L Cole 8 23768 Thrilling Massey 26.29.............. K Gommans 9 18536 Spring Fox nwtd D &...................J MacAuley 10 14678 Big Time Gina 26.28...........................L Cole 12 6.25pm TOTAL BODYSHOP SUPPLIES C4, 457m 1 11365 Tap Out Bill 26.21.........................A Turnwald 2 71326 Cheeseball 26.11................................L Cole 3 78564 Ask King Jeff 25.78.............................L Cole 4 32137 Tommy The Jett 26.09..................A Turnwald 5 87225 Bigtime Puma nwtd.............................L Cole 6 56128 Big League Diva 25.95 G &.... S Fredrickson 7 35544 Turanza’s Terror 25.98..................A Turnwald 8 37473 Big Time Seth 26.05............................L Cole 9 14547 She’s For Us 26.00.......................M Roberts 10 73666 Gray Bale nwtd.............................M Roberts

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway 3 3.19pm MONSTER FISH AT STUD C2 C2, 410m 1 85782 Cawbourne Ridge 23.56 J &................D Bell 2 57x71 Double What 24.03......................A Turnwald 3 34647 Bigtime Jetty 23.62.............................L Cole 4 57572 Bigtime Jamie nwtd.............................L Cole 5 47342 Barbarossa Boy 23.98................B Goldsack 6 55813 Frizzled nwtd.................................M Roberts 7 53558 Big Time Tatum 24.32.........................L Cole 8 43377 Nuclear Jewel 24.34........................L Doody 9 84767 Electrical Storm 23.64...................M Goodier 10 77864 Bigtime Mike 23.49.............................L Cole 4 3.43pm CREATIVE CATERING C3 C3, 410m 1 48877 Magic Flynn 23.38...............................L Cole 2 43338 Big Time Dusty 23.76..........................L Cole 3 88733 Dyna Vernon 23.75.......................M Roberts 4 58566 Millie Prince 23.29 J &.........................D Bell 5 2748x Limpy Jackson 23.72 J &.....................D Bell 6 18653 Bigtime Caleb 23.56............................L Cole 7 75345 Bigtime Cutie 23.66.............................L Cole 8 66331 Big Time Nash 23.39...........................L Cole 9 18536 Spring Fox 23.63 D &..................J MacAuley 10 55876 Dyna Diode nwtd...........................M Roberts 5 4.05pm J P PRINT, PETONE C4 C4, 410m 1 83482 Bigtime Charlote nwtd.........................L Cole 2 37516 Trophy Trophy nwtd......................A Turnwald 3 65342 Billy’s Churn 23.50...................... G Hodgson 4 42165 Little Scamp 23.33........................ D Denbee 5 68414 Bigtime Jasmine 23.51........................L Cole

6 11648 Bigtime Annie 23.23............................L Cole 7 85471 Big Time Marlisa 23.37.......................L Cole 8 21212 Bigtime Honey 24.01...........................L Cole 9 88453 Dynamite Danger 23.55 G &... S Fredrickson 10 73666 Gray Bale nwtd.............................M Roberts 6 4.22pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C5, 410m 1 66342 Cheese And Chalk 23.44....................L Cole 2 37163 Big Time Billie 23.47...........................L Cole 3 44153 Fare Dodger nwtd.........................M Goodier 4 14363 Bigtime Lizzy 23.43.............................L Cole 5 42452 Funky Facts 23.27 G &........... S Fredrickson 6 63642 Bigtime Emjay 23.56 G &........ S Fredrickson 7 54121 Bigtime Banjo 23.49............................L Cole 8 21411 Awesome Quality 23.24......................L Cole 9 51474 Bigtime Ziggy 23.44............................L Cole 10 81386 Bigtime Shine 23.23............................L Cole 7 4.45pm DOUG BRADLEY PAINTERS C0 C0, 457m 1 57868 That’s Frank nwtd.......................J McInerney 2 2 Paris End nwtd....................................L Cole 3 6352 Young Dumb Broke nwtd..................M Olden 4 32648 Stormin’ Home nwtd S &............C Blackburn 5 1 Bees And Birds nwtd...........................L Cole 6 34874 Penny Mowhawk nwtd................... D Denbee 7 736 Free Thinker nwtd............................M Olden 8 72545 Trudy Remarkable nwtd...................C Morris 8 5.09pm KERNOW CONSTRUCTION C1 C1, 457m 1 56678 Midnight Molly 26.28....................B Hodgson 2 21261 Big Time May nwtd..............................L Cole

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): The animals migrate. The keys modulate. Changes add excitement and interest. Try to take them in a flow, as though you’re aware that it’s all part of the pattern.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Clear thought, like clear water, is healthful and will help you feel better.

When things get complicated, you can purify them by placing all the messy stuff out in the open and letting the elements do their thing.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): People attach emotionally through unexpected means. Sound is a big one. Smell is bigger. Repetition is the biggest. Your awareness of what and who you are attaching to will be key.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You aim to buy and sell things at a fair price. This applies not just to monetary matters but to currencies on which the math is far less easy to do.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Maybe they won’t show enough appreciation. It’s only because they do not yet understand what goes into the making of this thing they’ve come to expect from you.

Educate them.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): The wrapper isn’t everything, but it does matter. It’s a small bit of context that you can pretty well control. Make the outside appealing and the inside is more likely to be appreciated.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Here comes the new territory, the unfamiliar interaction and the necessity of asking yourself, “How should I judge this?” You’ll be gathering many clues to answer that question.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): The extra smile, the free candy at the end, a little shared laughter – these are the personal touches that keep people coming back. They can be overdone, though with your professionalism it’s unlikely you’d let that happen.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You’re facing a challenge, which is what will make this both a great day and an emotionally heightened one. Breathe. Calm down. Relax. Things will only get better and clearer.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Solutions will not be difficult to find today. A few keystrokes in a search engine or a phone call to a friend will do the trick. But the gold to be mined is in pondering deeper and unanswerable mysteries.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You’ll wonder if you’ve given too much, and maybe you have. To really know, you need to see how your gifts helped. Also, it would be nice to feel that the work involved made you better in some way.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You don’t need to be better.

You only need to be braver. Take this version of you, exactly as you are, and bring it to the world in full knowledge that it is exactly what someone needs.

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COLLINS, Margaret Evelyn – Loved daughter of the late Ralph and Jean Chambers.

Loved sister and sister-in-law of Joan and the late Angus McKay, Trevor and Florence Chambers, Doris and the late Harold Humm, and their families.

PALMER, Margaret Ann (Seaman) – On November 18, 2009 our dear Marg passed away. We miss her every day. She was loved by all who knew her especially, Murray, Karen, Diane, Jessie, Georgia and Courtney. Helen and Jean, nieces and nephews. Never will she be forgotten by her friends and extended families.

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COLLINS, Margaret Evelyn – Passed away peacefully surrounded by family on November 15, 2019 at Merivale Retirement Village, Christchurch. Dearly loved wife, business partner, and confidant of John. Dearly loved and cherished mother and mother-in-law of Robyn and Gary McNicholl, Angie (dec) and Ian Leonard, Nicky and Mark Robinson, and John Collins and Nic Fraher.

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Timaru

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Queenstown

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Invercargill

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

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday 779.6 Nth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday

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Sth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday

22.6

Rangitata Klondyke at 2:00 pm, yesterday

299.1

Waitaki Kurow at 3:03 pm, yesterday

401.5

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Palmerston North rain

Rain about the divide in the morning, with a few spots further east. Snow possible to 1800m. Wind at 1000m: NW 50 km/h.

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Occasional showers developing from morning with a southwest change.

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Kiwi a world champion

Tennis in the country

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Mid Canterbury trainers Terrill Charles and Peter Corbett are all smiles after the feature event at Riccarton on Saturday.

EMOTIONS RUN HIGH There were plenty of tears being shed in the Riccarton birdcage as the supporters of Mid Canterbury trainers Peter Corbett and Terrill Charles waited for the pair’s bonny staying mare Dee And Gee to make her way off the track after

scoring her greatest victory when taking out the 157th running of the Gr.3 Christchurch Casino New Zealand Cup (3200m) on Saturday.

That Charles was on hand to play such a pivotal role in the win

with her partner Corbett is testament to her strength and sheer bloody-mindedness after being diagnosed four years ago with an aggressive form of brain cancer and given just four and a half months to live.

Charles has always stubbornly refused to let her cancer affect her and together with Corbett, who has overcome some health issues of his own in recent years, has built up a boutique team of thoroughbreds to the point

where the partnership lined up three starters in Saturday’s feature event.

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Hamish Bond decides to stick with the eights

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