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Skills shortage hits hard

By Myles Hume A drought of skilled tradespeople has forced one Ashburton business owner to look offshore for workers while other businesses have recruited from outside the district.

Insideout Property Services owner Shane Woods’ business has grown to the extent that he is poised to employ two men from the Philippines after a struggle to find local skilled workers.

He attributes it to the dairy boom and an exodus of locals chasing the quick dollar in Christchurch.

It has left a hole in the local trade industry and as the district continues to grow, so does the need for more staff.

But when Mr Woods advertised for two new painters in Ashburton, he found one thing.

“There is a willingness to work here, but no-one has the skills we need,” Mr Woods said.

On Saturday, Mr Woods was scheduled to travel to the Philippines to mull over contracts with two new potential employees he contacted through his brother. The pair have been painting in Dubai for the past year.

It was a decision he was reluctant to make, but after several trials and phone calls he has not been able to land a skilled worker from the district.

“I had one fella ringing me up and saying ‘I’m ringing about the job’ and I said ‘what job?’ and he didn’t even know what the job was, his mum had cut it out of the paper for him.”

By Christmas, Mr Woods is hoping to have the two Filipinos through immigration, however he was concerned about the perception clients may have on his business with the addition of two foreigners.

“The perception is that these guys will be working 20 hours a day for $1.50. But over in Dubai these guys were on $US28 an hour tax free and one of them has been painting for 20 years.”

He said they were working under the critical eye of Chinese developers who were fussy, and he was not going over there to “recruit randomly”.

Over the past three months, Laser Electrical Ashburton has employed two fully qualified electricians and one who has almost finished his apprenticeship – all from outside Mid Canterbury.

The company had a sign outside its premises saying “Top Sparkys Needed Now”.

Laser Electrical chief executive Gerard Gallagher put it down to the growth in the dairy and industrial sectors.

“We are not looking for replacements; we are looking for extra electricians. We don’t have enough staff and our guys are working long hours at the moment to get work done. We get it done but it would be nice to have a few more staff to ease the pressure.”

Grow Mid Canterbury chief executive Rob Brawley said although he was not sure how serious the shortage was, he was more worried about the Christchurch rebuild taking skilled workers out of the district with more lucrative contracts.

He agreed that the shortage was down to not enough skilled people filling jobs that were in demand.

“If the economy is going well that leads to labour shortages,” Mr Brawley said.

However, a shortage did mean that businesses were looking outside the district and were bringing young families into a population that was once ageing, he said.

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Plane delight: France-based businessman Mark Oremland touched down in Ashburton overnight, before completing the final leg of a journey across the world in his Douglas DC-3 aircraft.

Mark relives Jean’s journey

By Sam Morton Reliving an achievement of one of New Zealand’s greatest aviators was too good an opportunity for Mark Oremland to turn down – so he went ahead and followed his instincts.

Eighteen months ago, the Paris based businessman purchased a Douglas DC-3 from Ireland and set out to revive Jean Batten’s historic journey 75 years ago – she became the first person to fly from England to New Zealand.

The trip has attracted major interest from aviation enthusiasts and travellers alike - who along the way have boarded the plane for specific legs of the mammoth journey covering 15 countries.

Yesterday, the enormous “Airscapade” DC-3, named the Jean Batten Clipper, touched down in Ashburton for an overnight stop, much to the delight

of about a dozen residents and aviation enthusiasts who turned out to meet the aircraft as it flew in just after 2pm.

Stepping out of the plane’s military customised door, pilot in command Chris Goezinne, of Holland, described his journey as “real flying”.

“I have been a pilot for more than 30 years and with my job back in Holland, I am often in control of big machines . . . but this one – it’s massive,” he said.

“This is real flying, we have done really well to get here and we have all seen some amazing sights. For me, I was asked if I wanted to be part of this historic adventure and of course the answer is always going to be yes – it was never going to be anything else.”

The DC-3, which has an outline portrait of Ms Batten herself on the aircraft tail, is now bound for Manapouri and will arrive in Te Anau later today.

Mr Oremland, who also owns Te Anau Lodge, will then be faced with a tough decision – to leave the plane there and carry out charter trips or complete the return trip back to Europe.

“That’s a $64,000 question at the moment . . . there is a lot to consider.

“I will be making that decision in the next couple of weeks, but for now we are heading to Te Anau and that’s where it will stay for a while,” he said.

As the plane touched down to refuel, cameras snapped freely and residents took the opportunity to check out the plane’s interior, including the impressive pilot’s cockpit.

According to Mr Oremland the plane was previously owned by a Saudi Arabian prince for eight years, before an international oil company took ownership.

The plane was then bought by an Icelandic outfit who wished to display it in an aviation museum

– but years later the idea fell through and the plane ended up in Ireland, before Mr Oremland purchased the symbolic machine for an undisclosed sum.

However, despite his investment in history – Mr Oremland freely admits aviation hasn’t always been a major feature of his life.

“To be honest aviation is quite a new world for me – I have always been interested in big machines and the industry in general, so I guess I followed my instincts when the chance came up.

“It’s all new to me, but to be able to offer this journey and fly almost the identical route Jean Batten took 76 years ago – it’s amazing.

“It’s been a fantastic adventure, with few mishaps and I am really starting to warm to the world of aviation,” he said.

Ms Batten’s record for the fastest trip of just 11 days stood for more than 40 years.

Pike River memories still raw

By Sam Morton

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Receiving texts on her phone, but not being able to text her best friend back was the toughest moment for Suzanna Macilquham two years ago.

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Coast mine. It was November 19, 2010 and Suzanna, of Ashburton, was in Auckland on a work trip.

Her best friend Zen Drew Verhoeven, 21, texted her often to check how her trip was going, but unfortunately she had left her cell phone in her car at Christchurch Airport.

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“She just kept crying and it was then I knew. I just burst out in tears . . . I couldn’t believe it.

“Not being able to say goodbye has been the hardest thing.

“I raced back as quickly as I could and when I checked my phone, he (Zen) had been texting me all week asking me about my trip and getting more worried

with every text, because I hadn’t replied.

“Not being able to text him back . . . not being able to phone him – that has been so, so tough.”

Holding back tears, Suzanna recalls the many memories and road trips she enjoyed with Zen. She had known him since her school days in Greymouth.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS DEATHS JONES, Raymond Jolly (Ray) – On November 12, 2012.

Peacefully at Ashburton.

Dearly loved husband of the late Mary. Much loved father and father in law of Robert and Jillian, Eileen and Ross Jemmett, and loved grandad of Nicola and Michael, Laura and Scott, Marc and Alesha and great grandfather of Katelyn, and Alivia.

Messages to the Jones Family, C/- 57 William Street, Ashburton. A special thank you to the staff at Ashburton Hospital, Rosebank staff, the Home Care Support Team, Dr Warring and staff at the Allenton Medical Centre. At Ray’s request a private service has been held.

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Road upgrades mean delays

By Sue Newman If you’re driving around the Ashburton District over summer, you can expect plenty of delays for roadworks as more than 10,000 metres of the district’s sealed roads undergo strengthening work.

Traffic delays will also hit motorists travelling north and south of Ashburton on State Highway 1 with ongoing work on the highway between Dromore and Ashburton. This work is scheduled to start towards the end of January and continue until May. In terms of traffic safety, this section of highway has been identified as the 41st worst section of 50 high risk rural roads in the country.

South of Ashburton highway traffic will be disrupted by passing lane work south of Orari and the replacement of a large irrigation culvert across the highway at Rangitata.

On its own roading network, over the summer months the council plans to spend $2 million on road rehabilitation projects, with work on the first contract already underway.

Ashburton District Council roading and street services manager Brian Fauth said the council was committed to ensuring all roads are maintained to the right standard.

Bouncy castle ends in tears

Works included in the first contract are sections of the Tinwald Westerfield Mayfield Road, Maronan Road, Rakaia Barrhill Methven Road, and Mayfield Lismore Road.

These works are anticipated to be completed

by April.

The next round of works in the current year will include Moore Street from Cass Street to East Street, Seafield Road from Bremners Road to Bridge Street, and sections of Ealing Road, Christys Road, and Emersons Road. Tenders are currently being called for this next round of work, but the actual work undertaken may change based on the budget and resources available, Mr Fauth said.

Conditions of the district’s roads are assessed annually using factors such as traffic counts, road roughness, maintenance costs and strength of the underlying pavement. Computer modelling is then used to come up with a list of road improvement options based on these factors. On site visits are undertaken to assess the roads for rehabilitation, resurfacing or maintenance work.

“We have to continually assess priorities within our annual works programme depending on funding available and road condition, but the council is determined to deliver quality roads in the most cost-effective way possible for the district,” Mr Fauth said.

By Mike Dinsdale A staff Christmas party ended in tears on Saturday with four children taken to hospital after strong winds blew a bouncy castle along the ground.

It’s understood that the ASB Bank in Whangarei was holding a staff Christmas function at Heritage Park in Maunu, attended by a number of staff and families.

Northland St John Ambulance boss Tony Devannay said it appeared a gust of wind picked up the bouncy castle and dragged it about 20 metres along the ground.

Three children were on it at the time and another was hit by the equipment as it was blown along.

The four children, aged five and six, were taken to hospital with minor injuries.

A person who was at the event said it had been secured to the ground with - APNZ electric fence stakes.

Controversial plans to develop and expand Ashburton Airport have been scrapped.

The Ashburton District Council has had plans on the drawing board for several years that would see the airport expanded to take larger aircraft. This would have meant two sealed runways would be built over farmland, additional buildings erected and air traffic movement numbers increased.

It has been in on-going discussion with neighbours over the impact of this growth and the need to acquire farmland to protect the airport’s future. The two parties could not find a common ground and the issue went to a closed hearing in August before commissioner Patricia Harte.

The designation of airport land had been included in the council’s new district plan, but has

now been withdrawn. While she understood the dilemma facing the airport authority in wanting to provide for future growth of the airport, Commissioner Harte said this need did not stack up against the impact on its neighbours, particularly when a 20-year period was being sought for the designation to be given effect.

She said the assessment of alternative sites for an expanded airport had not been sufficient and that better options might exist. Safety risks associated with an enlarged airport had not been sufficiently evaluated in relation to the proximity to Ashburton, she said.

For Jim and David Sim, the two farmers who stood to lose the most if the plan had been approved, the commissioner’s decision has been a huge relief.

“At last we’ve got some certainty back in our lives, we can get on with the business of farming and

lor John Leadley, said the decision was disappointing, given the years of work that had been put into developing the plan.

“It’s not the end of the world; it’s very difficult to get any land anywhere designated for airports, that’s the democratic process, you’re talking so far in advance and it’s difficult to get firm figures on what you can and will want to do in the future. We know we don’t have the demand now, but we wanted to be proactive.”

Mr Leadley said, as applicant, the council believed it had put up a sound case for the land designation to be approved, but the commissioner found it had not provided sufficient detail on other site options.

As it stood, Ashburton was a unique airport in that it had multiple grass runways catering for large numbers of sport aviation aircraft and that had to be protected, he said.

mother, who she has remained close to following the disaster.

“I am still very, very close to Zen’s She had known Zen since her school mum and we talk as much as we can. days in Greymouth – after being intro“My parents absolutely loved Zen duced to him through a mutual friend and I know they will all support each and from that moment - the friendother through (today) and I will ring ship sparked and there was no lookthem too and have a talk. ing back.

“I’ll do my own thing here in “We just clicked straight away and Ashburton and I am lucky enough to we have been best mates for a long, have strong support from my partner long time. and my close friends too.”

“He was always there for me and Like all other family members and when my mother was very, very ill, friends affected by Pike River, Suzanna Zen was right there – he was my absois holding on to every last hope that lute rock. mine recovery experts can re-enter the “It just pains me to know I couldn’t mine and bring Zen and his 28 colhave been there to help him when he leagues home to their families. needed me the most,” Suzanna said.

“For me personally, I don’t think Two years to the day and Suzanna it will ever get easier, no matter how still can’t bear to face the memorial site at the Atarau Garden.

Suzanna Macilquham and best friend Zen many years pass by.

“But if they can bring the bodies Her family has visited Zen’s memo- Verhoeven, who died in the Pike River mine. out, that will give us all some closure rial stone and regularly leave flowers have been absolutely amazing and supand that really does mean everything,” for the 21-year-old.

But for Suzanna, who returned to ported each other through the hardest she said.

And for this West Coaster, Zen’s memothe West Coast last year, when she of times.

“The biggest thing is not forgetting they ry and that horrific day of November 19, approached the turn-off, she just kept on were people – they were fathers, broth- 2010 will forever live on within her mind driving – the pain was all too much.

“I will definitely go up there at some ers, friends . . . they were real people and on her back in the form of a tattoo time . . . I just don’t know when,” she and nobody should forget that,” she said. symbolising both Zen and Pike River.

Today she will find support in her partThe words “Live”, “Love”, “Strength” said.

“The families and friends of all victims ner and her family and will talk to Zen’s and “Honour” really does say it all.

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Full voice: Julien van Mellaerts, of Dunedin, is in full voice on Saturday night at the performance of Handel’s Messiah in Ashburton.

Messiah music fills church

By Susan Sandys The Mid Canterbury Choir and guest artists performed Handel’s Messiah at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on Saturday night.

Ashburton soloists Michael and Angela Petrus, contralto Ruth Reid of Alexandra, bass Julien van Mellaerts of Dunedin and international concert organist Martin Setchell accompanied the choir in the performance.

Leading up to the performance, Mr and Mrs Petrus, who were both very familiar with the pieces, said it would be an absolute highlight to perform.

The two Ashburton teachers learnt the pieces throughout their university years and were looking forward to the performance.

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A community board member has criticised the “pathetic” response to a flash flood in Mosgiel that caused thousands of dollars worth of damage to shops on Saturday.

However, Dunedin City Council staff said problems with stormwater pipes in the area were well known and plans were already being drawn up to fix them.

Water poured in to about a dozen shops after a downpour about 1.30pm.

Shopowners used brooms to sweep back the water which entered some businesses, damaging carpet and displays. Sandbags hastily deployed by Mitre 10 staff limited the damage.

Mosgiel T aieri Community Board member Martin Dillon said Mosgiel was lucky it had Mitre 10 staff and their public spirit because it was let down by the Dunedin City Council’s contractor Fulton Hogan.

He estimated there was more than 25mm of rain in a very short time, causing up to $15,000 in damage.

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we can plan for the future,” he said.

If the designation had been approved, the two men would have had a significant part of their farms tagged for future airport development.

While they were pleased the development plan had been thrown out, Jim Sim said he believed that outcome was inevitable.

“It was a woefully prepared plan, a Peter Pan dream. The council either didn’t understand the process or they were poorly advised. For all of us, it created a lot of uncertainty and it cost a lot of time and money to get a result they could have achieved by doing their homework.”

The airport’s neighbours might have certainty back in their lives, but the council has been left scratching its head and wondering where to from here.

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A supermarket manager had a firearm thrust into his stomach during a brazen armed hold-up of his Wanganui store on Saturday night.

Vinod Meghwal, 33, was serving his last customers for the day at the St Johns Four Square Supermarket just before 7.30pm when an armed man ran into the store demanding money.

“He had a long-barrelled weapon, pointed it at me and told me to empty the till,” a shaken Mr Meghwal said yesterday.

There were three female customers in the store and they dropped to the ground and lay on the floor when the robber burst in.

“It was exactly 7.24pm. I’ll never forget that,” Mr Meghwal said.

He opened the till and started to hand the money over when the robber moved behind the counter next to him. That’s when he thrust the weapon into Mr Meghwal’s stomach.

“His face was covered with some sort of cloth, but really all I could look at was the barrel of that gun pushing into my stomach.”

“I started to take money out of the till but then he just grabbed what he could himself and took off.”

“I rang 111 as soon as the man left and the police were here before I’d finished the call,” he said.

He was thankful no one was hurt and said the customers were shaken but otherwise fine. Mr Meghwal would not say how much the robber had made off with but said it was a “significant amount”.

“He took our takings for the entire day and we’d been very busy yesterday,” he said.

Police said the offender got into a car waiting nearby after the robbery. The store’s owner, Bhim Chouhan, is overseas. He has owned by the store for nine years and this was the sixth time it has - APNZ been targeted.

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Third hospitality business in strife

By Sam Morton A third Mid Canterbury business has gone into liquidation in as many months, signalling a worrying trend for the district’s economy.

Ashburton Hospitality Ltd, coowned by Ben Hanssen and Kerry Thompson, was placed into liquidation by the Timaru High Court on Tuesday after a successful Inland Revenue application was

filed for outstanding tax debt.

Liquidator Lynda Smart, of HFK Ltd in Christchurch, was appointed to the case, alongside fellow liquidator Kieran Horne.

The case continues the growing trend of small hospitality businesses going into liquidation in the area, following Ashburton café Kim’s Kitchen in mid-September and Methven business LTs at the Lodge in October.

However, despite the liquidations, Ms Smart described the

situation as “no more businesses than usual”.

“We have dealt with quite a few cases throughout the South Island, ranging from Timaru, Ashburton, Blenheim and Christchurch – but certainly no more than normal,” she said. “Ashburton Hospitality Ltd is a very new case to us, having only been appointed on Tuesday, so we are still getting to understand the ins and outs of the company and we are working through the due processes.”

‘Reasonable’ October trade

By Sue Newman The impact of the Rugby World Cup is being felt one year later in Ashburton, in a drop in off-licence sales from bottle stores.

Ashburton Trust chief executive Giles Beal said the decline had been expected but it did not impact significantly on the trust’s overall performance in October.

He described trading during the month as “reasonable” with total sales, $1.32 million, up 7 per cent on October 2011. On-premise sales were the big driver in the growth, but accommodation sales had also grown which was a turnaround on trends in that sector in earlier months, Mr Beal said.

“Going forward, accommodation sales appear to be picking up compared to earlier forecasts over the summer period and bookings for weddings at the Hotel Ashburton are showing significcant year-on-year growth.”

At the same time as sales had grown, fixed costs had also grown, particularly insurance and power charges, he said.

“The impact on the business of these costs has been largely offset by

improved efficiencies delivering cost savings and margin improvements in other areas and this is expected to be ongoing.”

Sales for the first seven months of the financial year totalled $9.84 million and were $210,000 up on the previous year on the back of strong growth in on-premise sales, Mr Beal said.

“Sales results for the previous year were also bolstered by a number of one-off events, such as the world cup and therefore underlying growth for the current year is stronger than headline results indicate.”

He believes the challenging tourism environment is expected to continue for some time, but said the trust had revised its accommodation sales strategies and that was delivering improvements.

As part of its controlled re-investment plan, Mr Beal said the trust was continuing to work on a number of capital projects. He expected earthquake repairs and interior refurbishment on Speights Ale House would be completed this financial year as would improvements to conference and functions facilities at Hotel Ashburton.

Gandalf rules roost A giant sculpture of Gandalf has been hoisted onto the facade of Wellington’s Embassy Theatre, as the city prepares to host the world premiere of the film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

A crane started work on lifting the 9.4m tall sculpture into place about 4am yesterday and work was completed about 5pm.

Wellington City Council closed part of Kent Terrace in the central city and realigned overhead bus cables to accommodate the installation. It depicts Gandalf scratching a mark into the front door of Bilbo Baggins’ home.

Production designer Dan Hennah said ideas for the work started about six weeks ago.

“We did some concept art and got approval from (movie studio) Warner

Bros, who are paying for it.”

He said the basic structure was an aluminium truss which was bolted together.

“On top of that we’ve got a layer of ply, on top of that a thin layer of polystyrene, which we’ve carved shapes into, a layer of resin and paint on top of that - and of course hula skirts, which make up the grass.”

Rain this morning was the only glitch in getting the installation up, otherwise it had “gone like clockwork”.

When it came down in January it would go into storage, Hennah said.

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Ashburton Business Association chairman Stuart Cross said business security was a wide ranging topic and said he was not prepared to generalise businesses.

He did not know how individual business owners felt about their own business security, pointing out the situation would vary from business to business – depending on the circumstances.

“Some businesses will be pumping, while others may be feeling the slow rate and perhaps not

doing so well at the moment.

“It’s a very wide ranging topic of discussion and there is no one answer for it – we would have to do a survey to get a real understanding,” Mr Cross said.

LTs at the Lodge director Mel Houston said the liquidation process was “complicated”, but wanted to ensure the community trading had been going well – despite the closure.

“It’s quite a complicated case, but the long and short of it is sort-

ing out internal ownership structures – we’re (husband and I) just one side of the model, other family members own the other half.

“It’s a case of us owning shares in the company and having previously invested a considerable amount into the business with no mortgage agreements in place.

“We’re very keen to get it sorted and the only choice we had left was to close the doors,” she said.

Mr Hanssen, was unavailable for comment.

Gail calls time after 26 years

By Myles Hume When Gail Benseman took over from her predecessor at Allenton School, she made one promise to herself.

“I said I would never be here for that long.

“She was here for 24 years – I outdid her,” she said.

At the end of this term Miss Benseman will walk out of the school gates for the final time, handing in her resignation as assistant principal of the school she joined 26 years ago.

It was a decision she made for herself and the school, as Miss Benseman looks to leave her legacy behind for new challenges in her life.

And at 65 years old, she is not slowing down. ”It’s time for me to make a life change, so I have resigned from this position with the view to explore other forms of employment and lighten the load,” Miss Benseman said.

“I’m not done yet, that’s why I resigned. Retirement to me is about moving into the stage where you don’t work at all and I don’t see myself doing that.”

Unsure what the future will bring, Miss Benseman was sure about what she will miss after such a long contribution to the school.

“You see in the community students that started school when they were five and are now in their early 20s. It’s fabulous to see them as young adults, to see where they have taken themselves,” she said.

Five principals throughout her time has been the secret to her longevity, where she was able to work in a range of schooling environments that brought along new obstacles.

She had fond memories of her first day at the school where she had to help move a room full of equipment with fellow staff members thanks to a school switch around.

“The principal at the time decided to change around the school and we had a room just full of equipment we had to sort out, it was terrible.

“But that was the start of the teamwork and I can remember everyone was keen to help out.”

Miss Benseman will be replaced at the beginning of next year.

• Cinema closes Methven’s Cinema Paradiso has closed after being listed for sale earlier this year. The cinema may re-open however, as there is considerable interest from prospective buyers.

The Professionals real estate agent Martin (OJ) Dodson said there were four different parties showing interest in purchasing the boutique cinema. It was currently closed until further notice while the owner was away on holiday. The cinema screens art house films, documentaries and quality movies, and opened in the town about seven years ago.

• Escape from Gaza A New Zealand documentary maker has escaped the Gaza Strip in a taxi as Israeli air strikes began while he was filming. Radio New Zealand reports that Roger Fowler, a member of pro-Palestinian group Kia Ora Gaza, has found safety in Ciaro after a “frightening” two days reporting on the bombardment. Mr Fowler had been in Gaza for two weeks when the air strikes began. He had been working as a citizen journalist.

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ew Zealand children keep dying and keep being abused because of inexcusable silence from the community.

Several court cases last week again highlighted this country’s shameful reputation of child abuse and the failure or family, friends and authorities to put a stop to these criminals.

The story of toddler JJ Lawrence breaks the heart of every parent who has an ounce of protective instincts for their own offspring.

Hearing and reading how this two-year-old was left with his abusive stepfather Joel Loffley was a mind-boggling recipe for disaster.

The mother Josephine Lawrence herself was also a regular punching bag for Mr Loffley but still decided to leave her abused and frightened toddler with this man when visiting the shops.

A jury last week decided that Mr Loffley delivered the lethal blow that split his liver and pancreas before tucking him back in bed to die.

The convicted murderer had earlier already broken little JJ’s arms but his mother had been too drunk to seek medical assistance for days.

JJ’s birth father had been concerned about his well-being and had asked his sister to check in days before the fatal blow, but unfortunately JJ’s auntie did not think he was in any danger.

Another aunt had informed Child Youth and Family before JJ died but inquiry came too little too late. That family member must be particularly saddened as she did the right thing.

Many others also must have read the disturbing signals, including the mother, but failed to move fast enough and decisive enough to keep JJ safe.

Some are lucky that the new legislation to make bystanders criminally responsible for such deaths was only introduced after JJ died so they cannot be prosecuted.

By Coen Lammers editor

The same goes for the long list of teachers, administrators and parents who allowed James Parker to become a serial sexual offender in the Far North.

From his early days in education, the community condoned his extraordinary and inappropriate behaviour and failed to act on any warnings.

To the contrary, one former teacher who supervised him at his first job at Oturu School reported Mr Palmer to the police about having young boys over for sleepovers, but was attacked by fellow teachers and parents for getting him into trouble.

To her astonishment, the whistleblower witnessed the local police officer giving Palmer “a bit of a talking to” without taking the matter any further and the principal of Pamapuria School hiring Mr Palmer despite being aware of the police complaint.

This all played out in 1999 and he has now pleaded guilty on 49 charges of sexual abuse.

Thursday’s sentencing had to be postponed as more students have come forward and he is facing another 23 charges.

How many children are now walking around with life-long trauma because education authorities, police and parents failed to act?

These were just two cases, and even though they played out in the North Island, they need to be a reminder that looking the other way can be almost as bad as committing the crime.

Naturally, we all want to be sure before we point the finger, and nobody wants a witch hunt, but when children are in play, we can simply not take any chances.

The young ones cannot defend themselves so we need to speak up.

Kiwis prefer traditional touch Business might be booming for online and professional dating services but when it comes to finding love, Kiwis still prefer to meet partners the old-fashioned way.

In a changing dating culture, a growing number of singles are turning to the internet or professional matchmakers to help find their perfect partner.

But a survey of 1000 Kiwis has revealed most of us, 81 per cent, would instead rather meet someone more traditionally - through friends, family colleagues or social activities.

The survey by research company UMR, commissioned by online dating service Go Break The Ice, also found 43 per cent of people trusted their friends and families when it comes to dating advice, tips and recommendations.

In spite of the figures, the number of those flocking to online dating sites continues to grow.

Dating site FindSomeone has

75,000 active members, membership is 20 per cent up from last year and those using the site are sending messages at record levels, manager Rick Davies says.

The survey found singles were less inclined to go to a professional matchmaker for help, with only 1 per cent saying they would trust them.

But not everyone agreed with the results.

A 48-year-old Aucklander who was introduced to his wife three years ago through a professional dating service, had no qualms about the way they met.

“I’m pretty clear on what works for me.

“I think the traditional way is a bit hit and miss to be honest.

If someone has gone down that road (of using a matchmaker), they’re fairly committed and serious about it,” said the man who did not wish to be named.

The survey results didn’t surprise Sasha Madarasz, owner of

Two’s Company that offers oneto-one introductions to singles, but it wasn’t always realistic to meet other singles through traditional methods, particularly for those with busy, time-poor lives, she said.

The days of meeting a partner at a dance were long gone, said Ms Madarasz.

“Realistically it is much nicer to meet through friends and through work because it validates that person. It gives the other person a sense of security that this person is known by other people is not a freak, not a stalker.

“And I think the reason why matchmaking businesses and FindSomeone are more around now is because of this lack of time we perceive that we have,” she said.

Her business has about 650 active members, and numbers continue to climb.

While some might struggle with the idea of having a stranger set

them up on a date, her service gives singles the opportunity to meet like-minded people carefully matched on their values and interests - not something that is always possible when meeting someone randomly in a bar or online.

Of those surveyed, 78 per cent had tried or considered online dating, the survey found.

Go Break The Ice (GBTI) launched earlier this year on Facebook.

It tried to strike a balance between typical online dating and meeting dates though personal networks, said company spokesman Philip Behnke.

On traditional sites, people were more likely to lie about age, height and weight, job, photos and interests, he said.

GBTI aimed to create more transparency to online dating by working on friends’ recommendations rather than people overselling themselves.

Skyline marks 45 years. “not easy”, Mr Dumble said.

It was thought the gondola would “potter along quite happily and make a reasonable income for those 15 original shareholders”, he said, but there was “no concept” of its future success.

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stressed after the home invasion incident, so I ring him everyday and see him everyday.

“On Friday I rang him about 7 o’clock at night...and he was a bit breathless and a bit stressed.”

Mr Morrissey went to his father’s home about 15 minutes later and discovered him dead on the kitchen floor.

“It must have been pretty instantaneous.”

The family had noticed his health had deteriorated since the attack, but Mr Morrissey said it was not known whether it was the cause of his father’s death.

“But I’m sure the incident caused stress, which caused other things it might have been a catalyst.”

• 43 per cent trust friends and families for dating advice • 1 per cent would trust a professional matchmaker • 78 per cent have tried or considered online dating

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Ken Matthews said while the council of the time had made some “very sound and pragmatic decisions”, the success of the operation, and the company, boiled down to “a great idea”.

One of the gondola’s legacies was the other business opportunities which had opened up, allowing a diversification of income stream and also providing employment, locally, nationally and internationally.

Former Queenstown mayor Warren Cooper, a councillor in 1967, recalled being in the third gondola on opening day.

“I think in general the public were quite excited. It was something very different for New Zealand and of course for Queenstown.”

However, building the gondola in today’s climate would be difficult, if not impossible, he said.

“It seems to me that roads and tunnels and gondolas and monorails lead people to places of great beauty, and we should be prepared to allow people to enjoy that.

“We need more things like that and we should never allow ourselves to run out of ideas.” - APNZ

Home invasion victim dies An elderly Wainuiomata man who was attacked in a violent home invasion and robbed of $400 last month has died.

Former police worker Jack Morrissey, 82, was found by his son Paul on Friday night after he became worried about how his father sounded on the phone.

Mr Morrissey was attacked in his home on October 23 and his family said his health had not been the same since.

An 18-year -old man and a 14-year-old youth have been arrested over the attack.

Paul Morrissey said he had called his father on Friday evening and he sounded unwell.

“He was obviously reasonably

• 81 per cent of Kiwis prefer to date someone they met through friends, family, colleagues or social activities.

Dotcom says Key knew of him prior to raid

45 years since Queenstown Focus on crime prevention gondola’s first people run and rehabilitation succeeding It was one of the most innovative ideas in New Zealand tourism but 45 years after the Skyline gondola in Queenstown carried its first passengers to the top of Bob’s Peak, the company behind it has achieved more than anyone believed possible.

Last Saturday marked the 45th anniversary of Skyline Enterprises’ gondola - officially opened on November 17, 1967.

The company, which has diversified its operations at the summit and its income streams over the years, will welcome its 14 millionth visitor on the gondola this summer.

Original managing director Jon Dumble said public opinion was “50-50” when the idea for the southern hemisphere’s first detachable gondola was mooted.

“There was a strong feeling that it would not be successful, because it was completely innovative.

“The mayor at the time [George Cochrane] was very dubious.”

Its proponents had to negotiate with both central Government and the Queenstown Borough Council for the land, a process which was

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A post-mortem examination would be held today into the cause of Jack Morrissey’s death.

On the night of the attack, he had answered the door to two people who knocked him to the ground with a broom handle.

He hit a coffee table, cutting his arm and knee. He activated his St John medical alarm as he lay on his lounge floor.

Paul Morrissey described his father as a generous and kind man who always had time for his family.

“He retired early from the police force at 55 and that was just in time for all his grandchildren. He spent many hours taking them swimming and was a very gener- APNZ ous man.”

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ational is building a safer New Zealand, with the lowest crime rate in 30 years.

We put 600 extra police on the beat, and have invested in rehabilitation and reintegration to reduce reoffending. National has also focused resources on frontline policing and crime prevention.

One of our priorities this term is to deliver better public services, and the first results for the justice sector better public services targets have been released.

They show almost 3000 fewer violent crimes over the past year. The total reported crime rate is down almost 6 per cent, that’s 21,337 fewer crimes, and fewer victims. Youth crime is also down 4 per cent, and reconviction 7 per cent.

These are results to be proud of. I want to thank everyone across the sector – from our boys and girls in blue, to our corrections staff – for the great jobs they do every day to help us achieve these results.

We’ve set four better public services targets to help reduce crime, and lead to 45,000 fewer victims by 2017. Our targets aim to reduce total recorded crime by 15 per cent, violent crime by 20 per cent, youth crime by 5 per cent, and reoffending by 25 per cent by 2017.

We’ve delivered on our election promise to better protect the public from serious sexual or violent offenders through the Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Bill, which will allow

the High Court to detain these offenders.

We are introducing a

By Jo Goodhew new restraining order to protect victims YOUR MP of serious violent or WORKING FOR YOU sexual crimes from unwanted contact with their attackers.

National has also launched a pilot Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Court in the district courts in Auckland, to help address this key driver of crime.

About 51 per cent of offences are committed “under the influence”. So dealing with addiction issues before sentencing will let offenders confront their drug and alcohol dependency, while still holding them accountable for their actions.

I believe that helping rehabilitate offenders will reduce the likelihood of reoffending, and research shows that this is the case where prisoners are employed on release. From 2009 to 2012 the number of prisoners in vocational training, employment and literacy and numeracy education increased from 5359 to 7529. This is great news that will help us meet our target to reduce reoffending.

National promised to build a safer New Zealand, and we are delivering on that promise.

Please look out for the White Ribbon riders, taking their stand against violence towards women, when they arrive in Ashburton about 4pm on November 22. I spent time with them last year in Ashburton, and will join them in Timaru earlier that day, this year.

Kim Dotcom claims he has proof that Prime Minister John Key lied about not knowing who the Megaupload millionaire was until just before the raid on his Coatesville mansion.

But Dotcom says he will not reveal his evidence until he is in court.

Dotcom told TVNZ’s Q+A programme yesterday that Mr Key knew about the German-born millionaire living in New Zealand before the Prime Minister was briefed on January 19 about the next day’s planned police raid on his mansion.

Mr Key has denied the allegation

by Dotcom.

A spokesman for the Prime Minister said he “stands by his earlier statements” about when he first knew about the internet entrepreneur.

“He is running around naked and telling everybody he has clothes on,” Dotcom told Q+A. “Everyone can see he’s naked. It doesn’t make any sense.

“I know for a fact that John Key knew before January 19.

“It’s going to be a topic in our court hearing so I don’t want to reveal too much.”

Dotcom is fighting extradition to the US where authorities allege copyright, money laundering and fraud charges in relation to his Megaupload file-sharing website.

He said there was “only one reason” why Mr Key would “not be upfront and honest”.

Dotcom claimed it showed there was political interference in the investigation and proving that could “stop the whole extradition procedure”.

“If we can show that the Government here has had an active role in the magnitude of this whole case and had a proactive role - rather than a reactive role - to impress the United States government ... it’s a monster issue,” Dotcom said.

Meanwhile, tech news website CNET is reporting claims by Dotcom’s American lawyer that US officials misled a judge when applying to seize Megaupload’s domain names.

Silicon Valley attorney Ira Rothken said files recently released by a court showed US prosecutors had claimed Megaupload staff had failed to remove 30 pirated video files after being warned about them in June 2010.

However, Mr Rothken said the prosecutors had in fact told Megaupload not to interfere with the files so as not to jeopardise an ongoing investigation, CNET reported.

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Men drown as small boat capsizes A boat which capsized in the Hauraki Gulf yesterday, resulting in the deaths of two men, was probably overloaded and too small for the rough conditions, authorities say.

The 4.9m aluminium vessel tipped over when a seasick passenger shifted positions, throwing all seven men aboard into the water between Waiheke Island and Papakohatu Island, also known as Crusoe Island.

A mayday call was made from a nearby boat about 9.30am.

Five men were rescued but two drowned after being in the water for about 45 minutes.

Coastguard northern region chief executive David Tommas said the boat was probably overloaded and too small for the conditions.

“It was blowing at 20 to 30 knots out there and the sea was running at 1.5 to 2m. We believe the vessel was 4.9m long which, for seven people, is probably at the limits of its operating capacity particularly in this weather.”

There did not appear to have been any life jackets or emergency communications equip-

ment on board. Sergeant John Saunders said the ill man had needed to vomit so moved from the bow to the back of the boat, which “had the effect of lowering the stern very close to the water”.

“They took on water over the back of the boat, and the effect of all the water and the seven occupants caused the boat to roll.”

A nearby vessel raised the alarm and emergency services spent the next hour trying to find and rescue the men, who had become separated in the water. Three of the men were picked up by a nearby boat and two others were rescued by a Coastguard vessel.

The last two men found had been in the water for about 45 minutes and were “unconscious and unresponsive” as they were pulled out, Mr Saunders said.

Paramedics performed CPR for about 20 minutes but were unable to revive them The men were all Pacific Islanders from Kiribati, Tonga and Rarotonga. They were all family and friends aged between about 25 and 50.

Doctors support laws for sunbeds The New Zealand College of Appearance Medicine (NZCAM) has backed a bill that would tighten rules around the use of cosmetic lasers and sunbeds, saying its members have seen the devastating results of unqualified operators.

National MP Paul Hutchison’s Health (Skin Cancer and Trauma Prevention) Amendment Bill would see enforced regulations on sunbeds and cosmetic lasers to prevent avoidable harm from ultraviolet radiation.

New Zealand College of Appearance Medicine (NZCAM) president Dr Teresa Cattin said it was unacceptable that anyone could buy and operate devices that had the potential to cause significant burns and permanent scarring when used incorrectly.

“We have been concerned about the lack of any regulation around laser and VPL (variable pulsed light) devices for many years. I have personally seen distressed patients in my clinic who have been scarred by untrained,

unqualified people using laser and VPL devices,” she said.

“Untrained laser operators are not only inflicting injury by burning patients, they are not qualified to recognise skin cancers when clients present with them.”

Dr Cattin said NZCAM was aware of a number of cases where malignant skin lesions had been treated inappropriately because beauty therapists failed to recognise the signs of cancer. Instead of being cut out, malignant lesions had been treated with a laser device, with devastating outcomes for the patients.

Last year, the Medical Council of New Zealand determined that doctors had to get additional qualifications before they could perform cosmetic procedures, including laser treatments. However, lack of regulation allowed those outside the medical profession and without qualifications to perform the same procedures.

Dr Cattin said that loophole was clearly contrary to patient safety.

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The boat’s owner was among the survivors.

Asked whether the men should have been out out on the water, Mr Saunders said: “Probably not, in a boat that size. I think the boat was overloaded and was probably too small for the conditions.”

One of the survivors, who was suspected to have hypothermia, was loaded on to a stretcher and into an ambulance at the Marine Rescue Centre at Mechanics Bay. The other four surviving men were wrapped in blankets and given hot drinks as they were being interviewed by police at the rescue centre.

Westpac Rescue Helicopter chief executive Bob Parkinson said: “It’s just another example of overcrowded small boats in challenging conditions where people are inadequately prepared.

“It’s just unbelievable. It’s really quite a challenge how to get this safety message across.”

Hundreds of people were at the Westpac Rescue Helicopter’s open day yesterday and would have witnessed the two dead men being taken away in Survivors of the disaster leave the Coastguard rescue vessel. body bags at the wharf, Mr Parkinson said.

Labour plans new homes Labour’s new affordable Mr Shearer made a pointed housing policy is to build reference to it at the begin100,000 basic homes over ning of his speech saying 10 years - a scheme Labour’s Labour had to show New leader David Shearer said Zealanders it was focussed will create jobs as well as give on their ambitions “rather first home buyers in areas of than our own.” high house prices such as He said his time workAuckland the chance to buy ing in countries of hardship a home. overseas had emphasised Mr Shearer set out the for him the importance of details of the KiwiBuild polthe values that underpinned icy in his keynote speech at New Zealand society - and the party’s annual confersparked the belief that he ence yesterday. He said it could not just stand back. was the largest public build“I am in politics to make ing programme in 50 years lives better. I’m not here David Shearer - and as well as addressto cross something off my ing the problem of housing bucket list, or to indulge in affordability for first home buyers, it would some sense of celebrity. I went out into the create jobs. world to help improve people’s lives and Labour will also clamp down on land- I’ve chosen to enter politics for the same lords by requiring rental properties to reason.” meet minimum standards of insulation Mr Shearer also criticised the National and heating before they can be tenanted Government, saying it had failed to deliver out. on its promise to create jobs. He pointed It was Mr Shearer’s first Labour con- to changes made by former Labour govference speech as the leader -and the ernments and pledged to hold to the same pressure was high even before leadership values. speculation was reignited yesterday by Mr Shearer was introduced by his wife, David Cunliffe’s refusal to rule out a fur- Anuschka, who said she first met Mr ther challenge.

Shearer in the early 1980s of the Muldoon That distracted attention away from government when they flatted together. the main business of the conference and She also spoke about their time spent

working for UN aid and his leadership abilities.

“I have stood beside Dave in many of the world’s most difficult places and I have seen what he did. I know he has what it take to change for the better this beautiful country of ours.”.

Earlier in the day, many of Mr Shearer’s supporters openly pledged support for him. Others who had previously been aligned with Mr Cunliffe such as Charles Chauvel, Lianne Dalziel, Moana Mackey and Louisa Wall refused to comment.

Some MPs also called for a quick resolution to the speculation - indicating they supported an early vote on it. Clare Curran was among those who said the issue needed to be resolved quickly.

The KiwiBuild policy is a 10-year programme to build 100,000 basic homes for first home buyers (less than $300,000), in partnership with the private sector and community housing groups.

Two thirds of the homes built in the first five years will be in Auckland. Others will be in other ‘unaffordable’ centres such as Christchurch, Tauranga, Nelson, Wellington and Queenstown.

The cost will require a one-off $1.5 billion initial investment, to be recouped as homes are sold; will also sell ‘housing affordability bonds.’ The policy will require landlords to ensure rental homes are insulated and warm.

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Climber rescued after Dad’s call in Australia A snow-blind Canadian climber was rescued from Mt Aspiring yesterday after his father in Australia alerted Wanaka police that he seemed to be in trouble.

The 27-year-old man’s father was watching his progress on the mountain on Friday night via an internet GPS service called Spot Tracker.

Wanaka Senior Constable Emma Fleming said the climber had reached the summit of Mt Aspiring alone on Friday.

However, about 10pm on Friday, the man’s father alerted Wanaka police that his son had not moved for five hours.

Police understood the climber was not highly experienced in New Zealand climbing.

Ms Fleming said bad weather prevented any immediate attempt to rescue the man. On Saturday a helicopter and a Land Search and Rescue alpine cliff rescue team was dispatched but could not reach the man.

“They had a couple of attempts but the weather was just not co-operating,” Ms Fleming said.

There was a high avalanche danger with “a lot of snow around”.

At noon on Saturday the man hit the “help” button on his GPS device indicating a non-life-threatening emergency.

Using the Spot Tracker information, police could see the man was moving backwards and forwards in a small area near Mt French at the end of the Bonner Glacier, but he had missed “the exit point” on the descent and was clearly lost.

“He had become stranded in bad weather and couldn’t negotiate his way down initially because he was lost but then subsequently, having dug himself a snow cave, he became snow-blind. So there was no way he was going to be able to get himself out.”

Ms Fleming said the man knew the police were searching for him because he heard the helicopter.

Then, early yesterday morning, as the weather improved, the helicopter and Land SAR team carried out a “snatch and grab” to lift the man to safety.

He was taken to the Wanaka Medical Centre for treatment.

Ms Fleming said there had been quite a number of climbers on Mt Aspiring recently, with 19 reaching the summit on one day.

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49 children killed in crash

By Haitham El-Tabei At least 49 nursery school children have been killed when a train smashed into their bus in central Egypt after a railway signal operator fell asleep, officials say, prompting protests and resignations.

Transport Minister Rashad alMetini stepped down after the tragedy, which also killed the bus driver and his assistant, saying he “accepts responsibility”.

President Mohamed Morsi accepted the Egyptian Railway Authority head’s resignation.

“There are now 49 deaths and 18 injuries,” with almost all of the casualties children, Assiut provincial governor Yehya Keshk told state television.

“There is a team of 45 doctors looking after the injured children.”

The bus taking about 60 children aged between four and six on a school trip organised by their nursery was struck on a railway crossing in Manfalut, 356 kilometres south of Cairo, police said.

The worker manning the level crossing – which had been left open – was asleep when the bus tried to cross the tracks, Keshk

said. “He has been arrested, of course.”

Parents of the children were staging angry demonstrations near the scene of the horrific accident, demanding the death penalty for those responsible, police said.

A state television correspondent described the scene as “terrifying” with the blood-splattered bodies of children on the ground, before they were taken to nearby Manfalut hospital.

In a brief television address, Morsi offered his condolences to the families and said those responsible would be referred to the public prosecutor.

“On my and the Egyptian people’s behalf, I offer my sincerest condolences to the families,” the president said. “I am referring all those responsible to the public prosecution.”

Earlier, Morsi ordered the prime minister, the defence and health ministers, and the Assiut governor “to offer all assistance to the families of the victims”, the official news agency MENA said.

Prime Minister Hisham Qandil and his interior minister headed to Assiut, MENA said.

Activist groups have called for the resignation of Qandil’s cabi-

net.

“This accident proves the failure of Qandil’s government and strengthens the demands for the resignation of a government that has failed, over several months, to produce anything to improve the suffering of Egyptians,” the April 6 movement said.

Keshk has ordered the “formation of a fact-finding committee” to probe the accident, but in similar tragedies in the past, such panels have done little to shed light on the details and less still to bring about accountability.

In a separate road accident, 12 people were killed and three injured when a truck smashed into a minibus near the Egyptian capital on Saturday.

Officials said a speeding truck driving on the wrong side of the road crashed into a minibus carrying 15 passengers. The truck driver was arrested at the scene in the 6th October area, as rescue services worked to extract the bodies, police said.

Egyptians have long complained that the government has failed to deal with the country’s chronic ap photo transport problems, with roads as An Egyptian looks through books and school bags that were strewn along the tracks at the scene where a poorly maintained as train lines.

- AFP speeding train crashed into a bus carrying children to their kindergarten, killing 49.

Small plane strikes pick-up truck A small plane that spiraled downward and burst into flames after striking a pick-up truck shortly after take-off was carrying two University of Maine students and one alumnus, the school said yesterday.

The school and Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity said the victims of Saturday’s crash were 22-year-old David Cheney, of Beverly, Massachusetts; 24-year-old Marcelo Rugini, an exchange student from Brazil; and 24-year-old William “BJ” Hannigan III, of South Portland.

All three were members of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.

Cheney was the fraternity’s president.

The Cessna 172 was heading north on the Knox County Regional Airport runway on Saturday when it struck the truck, which was authorised to be on airport grounds, Chief Deputy Sheriff Tim Carroll said.

The plane continued to climb and as it turned to the east, it spiraled downward about 200 to 300 yards into the thick woods and immediately burst into flames, the sheriff’s office said.

The university said DNA tests to confirm the identities aren’t expected until Wednesday.

Hannigan, who graduated from the university in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, was piloting the plane

and had been working on his flight hours, authorities said.

Cheney was a business major.

Rugini, who lived in Nobleboro and was from Muliterno, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, was an economics major.

The pick-up truck that was struck by the plane was allowed to be at the airport and was driven by a pilot who was picking up another pilot who had parked a plane in a hangar, Carroll said.

The truck driver wasn’t hurt.

All trucks at the airport are equipped with radios to pick up any traffic from planes, airport manager Jeff Northgraves said.

He said planes are required to radio their positions before, dur-

ing and after tak-eoff. He said it wasn’t known yet whether the plane that crashed had radioed its actions.

The collision sent flames up to six metres in the air and smoke billowing into the sky. The first people to the scene tried unsuccessfully to pull one of the occupants from the burning wreckage, said John Newcomb, president of the Downeast Air airline services company, who was among those who tried to help.

Investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration and officials from the National Transportation Safety Board planned to begin investigating - AP the crash.

Store owner is third killed with same gun A New York City boutique owner was fatally shot in the head with the same gun that killed two other shopkeepers over the summer.

The shop owner was behind the counter of She She in Brooklyn’s Flatbush section when he was shot Friday night, The Daily News reported.

The gunman dragged the owner’s body toward the back of the store and covered it with clothing, the newspaper reported.

Police have identified the vic-

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A supply vessel moves near an oil rig damaged by an explosion and fire in the Gulf of Mexico.

Search for oil rig workers ends

By Michael Kunzelman The Coast Guard yesterday called off its search for two workers missing after a fire broke out on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, sending an ominous black plume of smoke into the air reminiscent of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion that transformed the oil industry and life along the US Gulf Coast.

Coast Guard officials said in a news release that helicopters were searching for the missing workers from the air, while a cutter searched the sea.

The blaze, which started on Friday while workers were using a torch to cut an oil line, severely burned at least four workers. Their burns were not as extensive as initially reported, said Leslie Hoffman, a spokeswoman for Black Elk Energy, which owned the platform.

Officials at Baton Rouge General Medical Centre said two men remained in critical condition, while two men remained in serious condition. All four, who are being treated in a burn unit, are employees of oilfield contractor Grand Isle Shipyard and are from the Philippines. The hospital said it and Grand Isle Shipyard are trying to reach the men’s families in the Philippines.

Meanwhile, officials said no oil was leaking from the charred platform, a relief for Gulf Coast residents still weary two years after the BP oil spill illustrated the risk that offshore drilling poses to the region’s ecosystem and economy.

It’s unclear whether the missing men worked for a contractor. Grand Isle Shipyard employed 14 of the

22 workers on the platform at the time of the incident, WWL-TV in New Orleans reported. A man who answered the phone at the company’s Galliano, Louisiana, office said no one was available to comment.

The images were eerily similar to the Deepwater Horizon blaze that killed 11 workers and led to an oil spill that took months to bring under control. The fire came a day after BP PLC agreed to plead guilty to a raft of charges in the 2010 spill and pay a record $4.5 billion in penalties.

There were a few important differences between this latest blaze and the one that touched off the worst offshore spill in US history: Friday’s fire at an oil platform about 40km southeast of Grand Isle, Louisiana, was put out within hours, while the Deepwater Horizon burned for more than a day, collapsed and sank.

The site of Friday’s blaze is a production platform in shallow water, rather than an exploratory drilling rig like the Deepwater Horizon looking for new oil on the seafloor almost a 1.6km deep.

The depth of the 2010 well blowout proved to be a major challenge in bringing the disaster under control.

The Black Elk platform is in 17m of water — a depth much easier for engineers to manage if a spill had happened.

A sheen of oil about 800m long and 180m wide was reported on the Gulf surface, but officials believe it came from residual oil on the platform.

“It’s not going to be an uncontrolled discharge from everything we’re getting right now,” Coast Guard Captain Ed Cubanski said.

- AP

tim as 78-year-old Rahmatollah Vahidipour of Great Neck on Long Island.

He suffered gunshot wounds to the head and torso, police said.

“He was quiet and worked hard,” said Leon Nwabueze, who owns the Nanso clothing shop across the street from the victim’s store.

Richard Vinson, 63, who has lived next door to the boutique for four years, called the victim “a very nice gentleman”.

“He was a hardworking man; he’d open the store early in the morning and he’d still be there until 7:30, 8 o’clock in the evening,” Vinson told reporters.

Nwabueze said Vahidipour closed his store each Saturday to observe the Jewish Sabbath.

No one has been arrested in the three shootings, which happened in an 8km radius.

Police say they don’t know the motive behind any of the killings.

None of the targeted shops had

surveillance cameras, according to published reports.

On July 6, clothing store owner Mohamed Gebeli was killed inside Valentino Fashion in Bay Ridge.

On August 2, Isaac Kadare was found dead at his Amazing 99 Cents Deal shop in Bensonhurst.

Authorities are offering rewards of $22,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the three homi- AP cides.

Forecasters derided for late storm warning

By Kym Agius Brisbanites only knew a ferocious storm was upon them when they were being pounded by almost cyclonic winds and hail, with forecasters issuing a warning too late.

The Bureau of Meteorology’s Facebook page has erupted with criticism over why locals weren’t warned of a severe storm until five minutes after it hit the inner Brisbane city on Saturday morning.

It was the worst storm in 14 months.

Winds up to 90 kilometres per hour lashed the bayside, small hailstones fell all over the icty, four centimetres of rain was dumped on the CBD in just half an hour, and 10,000 lightning strikes tore through the sky.

Cars were submerged in the inner-city suburb of Bowen Hills and trees toppled over throughout the city.

The weather bureau said the storm only showed signs of severity when it approached Brisbane.

For a warning to be issued, a storm must meet certain rain, wind, hail and tornado criteria, and the storm on Saturday had only ticked a couple of those boxes, when it was too late.

“The short duration – from minutes, and often less than an hour – and very localised nature of thunderstorms make them very difficult to predict in nature,” the bureau’s Queensland regional director Rob Webb said.

“The bureau doesn’t aim to issue warning for every thunderstorm but uses thresholds to ensure there isn’t complacency in the community due to over-warning.”

Locals are unforgiving and have taken to social media to take aim.

“BOM your letting those who trust you will inform them DOWN!!!,” David Cook posted.

“Got caught with your pants down on that one hey BOM???,” Jess Lyn posted.

Ipswich councillor Paul Tully also went public with his criticism, accusing the bureau of being asleep on the job and calling for an apology and an internal inquiry for its “monumental failure”.

“They must have been enjoying a long morning tea or an early lunch not to realise the intensity of the approaching storm,” he said.

About 2500 people in southeast Queensland are still without power.

Weak storms were forecast for Brisbane yesterday and there is a risk they will become severe in Brisbane, on the Gold and Sunshine coasts and around Bundaberg.

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Israel bombards Gaza Strip

By Ian Deitch and Ibrahim Barzak Israel destroyed the headquarters of Hamas’ prime minister and blasted a sprawling network of smuggling tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday, broadening a blistering four-day-old offensive against the Islamic militant group even as diplomatic efforts to broker a cease-fire appeared to be gaining steam.

Hamas officials said a building used by Hamas for broadcasts was bombed and three people were injured. The injured were from Al Quds TV, a Lebanon-based television channel. The building is also used by foreign news outlets including Germany’s ARD, Kuwait TV and the Italian RAI and others.

The Israeli military spokesman was not immediately aware of the strikes but said they were investigating.

In neighbouring Egypt, President Mohammed Morsi hosted leaders from Hamas and two key allies, Qatar and Turkey, to seek a way to end the fighting.

“There are discussions about the ways to bring a cease-fire soon, but there are no guarantees until now,” Morsi said at a news conference.

He said he was working with Turkey, Arab countries, the US, Russia and western European countries to halt the fighting.

Israel launched the operation on Wednesday in what it said was an effort to end months of rocket fire out of the Hamas-ruled territory. It began the offensive with an unexpected airstrike that killed Hamas’ powerful military chief, and since then has relentlessly targeted suspected rocket launchers and storage sites.

In all, 48 Palestinians, including 15 civilians, have been killed and more than 400 civilians wounded, according to medical officials.

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Smoke rises during an explosion from an Israeli forces strike in Gaza City, yesterday. Israel bombarded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with nearly 200 airstrikes yesterday, widening a blistering assault on Gaza rocket operations by militants to include the prime minister’s headquarters, a police compound and a vast network of smuggling tunnels.

Three Israeli civilians have been killed and more than 50 wounded.

Israeli military officials expressed satisfaction with their progress yesterday, claiming they have inflicted heavy damage to Hamas.

“Most of their capabilities have been destroyed,” Major General Tal Russo, Israel’s southern commander, told reporters. Asked whether Israel is ready to send ground troops into Gaza, he said: “Absolutely”.

“Most of their weapons are

stored in civilian’s homes, they launch rockets from residential areas. We do not want to hit civilians in Gaza but we do want to hit the hornets’ nest of terror in Gaza,” he said.

Footage released yesterday by the Islamic Jihad showed rockets being fired from a hidden bunker in a built-up area. It wasn’t clear whether it was a residential neighbourhood.

Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon told channel 1 TV that “Hamas is committing a dou-

ble war crime, they are firing rockets at Israeli civilians while using Palestinian civilians as human shields.”

The White House said President Barack Obama was also in touch with the Egyptian and Turkish leaders. The US has solidly backed Israel so far.

Speaking on Air Force One, deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said that the White House believes Israel “has the right to defend itself” against attack and that the Israelis will make their

own decisions about their “military tactics and operations.”

Despite the bruising offensive, Israel has failed to slow the barrages of rockets from Gaza.

The Israeli military said 160 rockets were launched into Israel yesterday, raising the total number to roughly 500 since this week’s fighting began. Eight Israelis, including five civilians, were lightly wounded yesterday, the army said.

Israel carried out at least 300 airstrikes yesterday, the military said, and it broadened its array of targets. One air raid flattened the three-storey office building used

by Hamas’ prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh. He was not inside the building at the time.

In southern Gaza, aircraft went after the tunnels that militants use to smuggle in weapons and other contraband from neighboring Egypt. Tunnel operators said the intensity of the bombing was unprecedented, and that massive explosions could be heard kilometers away, both in Gaza and in Egypt.

The operators, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the illicit nature of their business, said they cannot approach the tunnel area to assess the damage, but the blasts appeared to be more powerful than in Israel’s last major push to destroy the tunnels during a previous offensive four years ago. The tunnels are a key lifeline for Hamas, bringing in both weapons and supporting a lucrative trade that helps fund the group’s activities.

Missiles also smashed into two small security facilities and the massive Hamas police headquarters in Gaza City, setting off a huge blaze that engulfed nearby houses and civilian cars parked outside, the Interior Ministry reported. No one was inside the buildings.

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Wild adventures in Borneo The chance to experience life in the depths of a rainforest appears on the “wish list” of many travellers. Borneo, with its rich history of tribal life and vast natural resources, is a place where that wish can become a reality.

The forests of the world’s third largest island are among the most biologically diverse habitats on Earth, possessing staggeringly high numbers of unique plants and animals.

This month the BBC will broadcast a documentary series in the UK looking back over Sir David Attenborough’s remarkable 60-year broadcasting career, which includes a return to the Borneo jungle.

It was here that the much-loved naturalist and broadcaster first encountered an orangutan in the wild, and the thick jungle provided a backdrop for some of his famous early broadcasts.

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I fly to Sarawak’s state capital Kuching from London via Kuala Lumpur with Malaysia Airlines.

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After a full day travelling from Kuching, the final leg of our journey involves an hour and a half boat ride up stream to the Nanga Sumpa longhouse. The semi-permanent structure houses more than 30 people in separate living apartments.

I am staying with the Iban tribe for two nights, the minimum number recommended by Borneo Adventure. After arriving at the longhouse in the early evening, my guide - a Borneo native called James - helps to cook some traditional Malaysian dishes and recalls the once brutal history of the tribe I am staying with.

One story reveals how Iban men were deemed more attractive to women by the number of skulls they collected from members of rival tribes. It is almost enough to put me off my food, until thankfully I am reassured this is a practice banished to the past.

Nowadays the Iban people are friendly towards tourists, if a little distant. One of the most surprising elements of the trip is the evidence of western influences even in the most secluded parts of Borneo.

An Arsenal football club poster is plastered above a door to one local family’s living space, while the faces of popular boy bands adorn the walls of another room.

I stay in one of the separate lodges next to the longhouse to avoid being too intrusive to the Iban tribe. My visit includes a range of nature-based excursions, ranging from hikes through the jungle to a long boat trip to a secluded waterfall.

As evening falls, I am also encouraged to join a small group of senior Iban people for a drink of their traditional rice wine at the longhouse.

The group includes the tribe’s chief - a small, thin man in his 80s - who continues to refill my cup as we speak, with my guide James acting as an interpreter. Their conversation is mainly about the difficulties of rice farming, which is their main source of income, with some complaining of sore knees from long days on the steep surrounding fields.

Talking about the struggles of work over a drink seemingly has universal appeal.

The upriver life of the Iban people is a simple one and accordingly this is not a luxury tour. There is limited electricity with lights out shortly after 11pm. There are no staged cultural entertainment programs and tourists are briefed by the guides on local etiquette and customs.

Instead this is an opportunity for visitors to gain an insight into the true Iban lifestyle and enjoy their culture.

A major attraction of Ulu Ai is the natural surroundings and the possibility of spotting orangutans in the wild. Alternatively, the excellent Semengoh wildlife centre provides guaranteed viewing.

Due to habitat destruction, illegal hunting and poaching, orangutans are limited to the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. The animals now only have 20 per cent of their natural habitat left and are on the critically endangered species list.

I am warned of the potential dangers of the orangutans at the wildlife centre as they swing freely among trees and come incredibly close during feeding times.

The biggest and most intimidating orangutan, named Richie by the sanctuary, is certainly to be treated with care. Despite a torrential downpour of rain, I’m warned not to take an umbrella

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LIBRA (Sep 24th Oct 23rd) You may be waiting for some funds to materialise and may have a temptation to splash out on the back of this, especially on a new item of furniture or some other home upgrade.

Yet despite any pledge that has been made, rather than utilising a credit or store card to bridge the gap, it is probably best to wait until the funds are at hand.

SCORPIO (Oct 24th - Nov 22nd) You may have made some progress recently but also encountered some obstacles. What’s galling this week is that someone close to you may damn you with faint praise or worse, be absolutely against what you are planning to do. If you’ve started something new, factor into your thinking that anything worth having is worth enduring.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23rd - Dec 21st) Your gregarious nature often makes you a popular figure, especially socially, but this week you may want to be more guarded and circumspect. Anticipate that someone may try to pry into your situation, especially your personal affairs or love life. Be conscious that what seems like an innocent question may mask an ulterior motive.

out as it might upset him - apparently he confuses them with guns.

This warning offers a telling insight into the treatment some of the orangutans faced before arriving at the sanctuary.

It is clearly evident to anyone visiting Borneo that the island has undergone vast changes to its cultural and social landscape in recent decades. But it is also important to recognise that many local people are determined to maintain their traditions and tribal way of life.

Sir David Attenborough knows more than most about the changing nature of the island, having first visited six decades ago.

But Borneo still offers a fascinating insight into the natural world through its protected parks and tours to some of the island’s most remote tribes.

The chance to experience life in the depths of a rainforest is one thing I can now tick off my wish list.

IF YOU GO: - BEST FOR: Learning about tribal life.

- TIME TO GO: The region is hot and humid all year round, with the heaviest rain from November to February.

- DON’T MISS: Sharing a drink with the Iban people.

- NEED TO KNOW: Downpours can happen at any time in the rainforest, so pack a poncho.

- DON’T FORGET: Binoculars for watching wildlife.

TRAVEL FACTS: Flights can be booked independently through Malaysia Airlines, www.malaysiaairlines.com.

For more information on the destination, visit www.tourism. gov.my.

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CAPRICORN (Dec 22nd - Jan 20th) Hopefully you are feeling stronger, revitalised even, from the recent arrival of Mars in your sign. This is going to give you a huge shot of determination and the desire to have your voice heard, especially in the last week of this month. And yet with a Quarter Moon looming, mixing business with pleasure may not be the best strategy this week.

AQUARIUS (Jan 21st - Feb 19th) The Moon in your sign makes a sweet link to your ruler Uranus, and this may give you the added confidence to be true to yourself. When you are on form your individuality shines through, and your unique take on life has a better chance of flourishing. Yet this could be a week when someone more traditional finds this side of you testing.

PISCES (Feb 20th Mar 20th) Keeping a sense of perspective is going to be the trick this week. You are often described as being a peaceful, gentle soul, but when roused you can be as angry as the next person.

Something can crop up now which has a tendency to really get under your scales rather more than usual. Because of this, try to avoid known irritants.

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www.guardianONLINE.co.nz Top left: Neighbouring stall holders have a conversation while a customer checks out the merchandise at the craft market on Saturday.

Left centre: Tech Shark wicket keeper Paul Morrison awaits a possible edge from the bat of Fairfield’s Harry Jones.

This pic: Sam Cullimore going it alone in the Tinwald Cycling Club’s junior race yesterday.

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Above: Rangiora Country Music trio Alf Turner, from left, Raelene Turner and Joffery Marshall perform at the Seniors Centre in Ashburton on Sunday, and were a big hit with the residents.

Big toy: Te Anau businessman Mark Oremland touched down in Ashburton yesterday, arriving from Rotorua. The Douglas DC-3 departed England on October 25 and has relived the same journey New Zealand’s greatest aviatrix Jean Batten made in 1936.

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MONDAY NOVEMBER 19 9.00am. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real Women Circuit Training in hall. 48 Allens Road. Allenton.

9.00am - 4.00pm. ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street, Consultancy House.

9.30am. AGE CONCERN. Ladies exercise group. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

9.30am. CREATIVE FIBRE ASHBURTON. A.G.M. and finger food lunch. Allenton Rugby Rooms. Melrose Rd. 9.30am-12.30pm. ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open.

Methodist Church hall, Baring Square East.

10.00am. ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF ASSOCIATION. Spring tournament, host Selwyn Vets.

Methven Golf Club.

10.30am. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Play Group in lounge. 48 Allens Road. Allenton.

10.30am. AGE CONCERN. Men’s exercise group. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

10.30am. PRESBYTERIAN SUPPORT. Walking group, walk and talk, get fit and meet new people. Meet outside the Hockey Pavilion, Walnut Avenue.

1.00pm - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, Classic aircraft on display in Heritage hangar RNZAF Aermacchi RAF Harrier GR3. Seafield Road. Seafield Road.

1.00pm - 3.00pm. PRESBYTERIAN SUPPORT. Multi Cultural Playgroup. at the Plunket Rooms Cameron St. 2.00pm. GREY POWER. Members free Christmas social.

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6.00pm. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real Women Circuit Training in hall. 48 Allens Road. Allenton.

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7.00pm. ASHBURTON INDOOR VOLLEYBALL. 4-a-side competition for people of all abilities. Ashburton College Main Gym. 7.30pm. CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE. Euchre commences this evening. All Welcome. Cnr Winter and Burnett Street Parish Centre.

8.00pm. ASHBURTON ELECTRONIC ORGAN AND KEYBOARD CLUB. Club night, visitors welcome. $2.

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9.30am. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group, walk for an hour. Meet outside Church, all welcome. 48 Allens Road.

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10.45am. M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Maintenance Tai Chi. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

12noon - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON J.P.’S ASSOCIATION. J.P. signing centre, document signing service. 122 Tancred Street, Community House, behind Westpac Bank.

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Disruption irks Smith

By Wynne Gray All Blacks halfback Aaron Smith is fighting through a rough patch in his impressive test debut season.

He was troubled against the Wallabies in Brisbane and the Italians got into him yesterday at the impressive Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

Not that Smith got much protection from his forwards or necessary vigilance from referee Alain Rolland.

Several times he was cleaned up when the Italians came from the side or early.

But they hovered and took their chances with Rolland’s judgment around the rucks and tackled ball areas. “I think the ref wanted to get a bit of flow and was letting a bit go and they weren’t really trying to go into the rucks to get the ball they were just trying to menace it,� Smith said. “They were coming round and kicking at the ball, but... the onus is on the ball carrier and he was losing it and our cleaners were going heads down and not hitting the right threats.�

Smith reckoned he was barking orders at the pack which went unheeded, which meant Italy were allowed to come through and disrupt. “I definitely gave them a good drumming but I was playing the same drums for a bit there. “I was saying, ‘Help me out here boys, give me a bit of protection’,� he said.

By Russell Jackson Wallabies coach Robbie Deans knocked back the opportunity to give his critics a spray after his side’s gallant 20-14 win over England at Twickenham.

Deans was under enormous pressure entering the contest in front 81,361 fans yesterday after France thumped Australia 33-6 the previous weekend in Paris.

It prompted several critics to fire off at Deans, including Wallabies’ legend David Campese who said Deans should be sacked for destroying Australian rugby.

Deans was cheekily asked at the post-match press conference if Campese had been in touch.

The coach stayed silent before he was then asked about the significance of the victory given the pressure he and his men were under after the France game.

But Deans turned the focus off himself and onto the players. “Any result at Twickenham is significant, it doesn’t come easily here,� Deans said. “We’re very pleased for the lads and the way they played. “They played, not me, as I’ve said before. “It was obviously a much better effort than last week and it had to be. “A big part of the adjustment was probably mental to be fair.�

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“Paris is a bit alluring like that and in Test footy you’ve got to turn up or you get put away.�

Australia repelled raid after raid in a tryless second half with all their points in the second term coming from the boot of fullback Berrick Barnes, who kicked three penalty goals.

Barnes kicked four penalties for the night and a first-half field goal for a personal tally of 15 points.

Of great relief to the Wallabies was the fact they broke a twoTest scoring drought when Nick Cummins crashed over in the 35th minute.

The big Western Force winger finished off a near 55-metre effort after halfback Nick Phipps ghosted through some feeble England left edge defence.

Australia only led for a few minutes before giant Samoanborn centre Manusamoa Tuilagi scored out wide to make it 14-11 at the halftime break.

The Wallabies’ much-maligned scrum enjoyed a points victory over England with prop Ben Alexander outstanding on his return from injury.

Alexander hopelessly outplayed England loose head Joe Marler who was warned by French referee Romain Poite a couple of times for poor binds.

Man of the match, Australia’s No.7 Michael Hooper, who was a constant menace at the break-

down, said the Wallabies’ scrum was immense. “That was such a confidence booster for our tight five, our scrum was very good tonight,� he said.

From the outset the Wallabies were brutal at the breakdown with hitmen Sitaleki Timani and Wycliff Palu throwing their weight around.

Ben Tapuai was another standout, having a superb game in his first Test as a No.12 and his fifth cap for Australia overall.

Hooper admits the Wallabies were in need of a lift. “It puts us back in a great frame of mind for the rest of the tour. To come out with a performance like that shows the character of this team,� he said.

England coach Stuart Lancaster praised Australia’s performance but said it was a hard loss to cop after his side squandered countless opportunities in the second half. “For us, we are absolutely devastated we lost that game,� he said. “I thought Australia played quite a smart game and put us under some pressure with some chips over the top ... They went hard at the breakdown to stop our quick ball.� photo ap Australia prevented England Robbie Deans directs traffic at Wallabies’ from making it three straight training prior to the weekend’s test match Cook Cup wins.

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Boks hold firm over Scotland

By Allan Kelly

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Smith had his left knee strapped after the test but the medics thought it was just bruising and no problems in his joust with Piri Weepu to start the next test against Wales.

The halfback was rested for the last quarter and thought much of the early hard work drew the dividends with three late tries. “It felt like we created a lot but did not finish, which is something we do pretty well. “The little things weren’t working but that’s footy and it is never going to be a perfect game. “That’s one thing we [learned] from the Scotland game, that you can’t just break them down every time. “In the first half we were a bit guilty of trying to score from anywhere. We showed them a lack of respect.�

The All Black forwards failed to go north-south in their work and the backs struggled for long periods as they were pushed east and west.

Perversely, Smith said he enjoyed the struggle; that was what he expected from test rugby.

It never should be easy and there were always problems which had to be unravelled.

International rugby was rarely an armchair ride.

He did not want to throw Hail Mary passes towards first fiveeighths Aaron Cruden and sometimes had to take the hit instead.

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Win ‘takes pressure off’

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South Africa survived a secondhalf surge from Scotland to win 21-10 at Murrayfield yesterday, making it two wins out of two on their European rugby tour.

Both Springbok tries came from hooker Adriaan Strauss with flyhalf Pat Lambie adding one conversion and three penalties.

For Scotland, scrum-half Henry Pyrgos came off the bench to score a try and Greg Laidlaw had one conversion and one penalty.

The South Africans will now take wins over Ireland and Scotland on to Twickenham next Saturday when they will be looking to finish off their series in style with a win over England.

The loss was Scotland’s fourth straight defeat at Murrayfield and it means crucially that they will not be among the top eight seeds when the 2015 World Cup draw is made next month.

Springboks coach Heyneke Meyer was pleased with the win, but admitted that it had been a bruising battle. “We started well and were clinical in our finishing but in the secondhalf the Scots played superbly. “We’ll take the win. In the last 20 minutes the guys didn’t panic and our defence was awesome. We are a young team amd will learn from this. “We have to improve for next week.�

His Scotland counterpart Andy Robinson said that he thought the result should have been tighter. “I think based on the second half we deserved more. “I thought the Springboks defended really well and if they hadn’t done we would have won. “We have a lot to learn in terms of improving our defence and in our attack. However, the guys can take credit that we can play against these levels of teams.�

Scotland made three changes from the team that lost 51-22 to the All Blacks, with David Denton and John Barclay joining skipper Kelly Brown in the back row, and Euan Murray back in at tighthead prop in place of Geoff Cross.

Meyer opted for two changes from the side that edged Ireland 16-12 in Dublin with Gurthro Steenkamp in for CJ van der Linde at loosehead prop and Juan de Jong taking over from Jaco Taute at outside centre.

South Africa applied the early pressure and signalled their attacking intentions after four minutes by punting into touch close to the Scottish line instead of kicking a makeable penalty.

That attack foundered, but three minutes later fly-half Lambie opened the scoring for the visitors with a penalty from just inside the Scottish half.

Laidlaw levelled at 3-3 in the 10th minute when a Springbok forward failed to roll away in the tackle, but Lambie restored the

Patrick Lambie had a good day with the boot for the Springboks South African lead shortly after when Laidlaw was penalised at a lineout.

Some big hits from the Boks in the tackle and deft footwork from Lambie had Scotland backpedalling and the pressure paid

dividends after 21 minutes when the Springbok pack mauled its way over the Scottish line and Strauss touched down.

There was further trouble for the Scots as tearaway lock Richie Gray was forced off the field after taking a heavy knock to the head and then Laidlaw missed a straightforward penalty kick.

South Africa were well on top against a static Scotland side and further infringements by the home side saw Lambie stretch the lead to 14-3 with a penalty after 31 minutes.

Things went from bad to worse for the Scots shortly after the restart when hooker Strauss intercepted a Mike Blair pass 30 metres out and trundled in under the posts for his second try which put South Africa 21-3 up.

Scotland then brought on Glasgow scrum-half Pyrgos for his second cap, replacing Blair, and he immediately made his mark by bursting through a gap in the Springbok lineout to score.

The home side were suddenly in the driving seat and came close to adding a second try only to be thwarted by some stout defending from the Springboks camped on their own line.

South Africa were reduced to 14 men for the last five minutes when lock Flip van der Merwe was yellow-carded for coming in from the side, but despite their pressure, the Scots were unable to score again.

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• Selectors’ headache The test against Italy may have created more selections ideas than the All Blacks panel envisaged. With no reports of serious injury, fullback, wing, halfback, lock, blindside flanker and hooker will be the areas for more intense thought before the side to play Wales is chosen. Israel Dagg is reported to be recovering from his buttocks damage but in the event of continuing drama, Cory Jane reminded the panel of his value at the back. When he came on as a sub, he handled the high ball with his usual aplomb, played well positionally and glided across the park, bringing Julian Savea and Hosea Gear more into the test from the wings. That is a possible back three if Dagg is not fit and would set two big wings against Wales - NZH super-sized wings.

• More sabbaticals . . .

The All Blacks are prepared for more senior players to take sabbaticals before the next World Cup, with Conrad Smith almost definitely going to skip part of next year and Daniel Carter eyeing a stint in Japan. Both men remain determined to make it to the 2015 World Cup but are fearful they will physically and/ or mentally implode without an extended break or, in the case of Carter, time in a different environment. All Black coach Steve Hansen is known to be in favour of both Smith and Carter, and a few other senior players, being able to take time out if they feel it will refresh and invigorate them to come back and have a crack at defending the World Cup. - NZH

• Meat pie for Cummins Nick Cummins’ first Test try was also one of the most important for Australian rugby in a while but for the lion-hearted winger, he was just happy to “get some meatâ€?. Cummins produced a rock solid performance on the right wing in just his fourth Test as Australia held out England 20-14 at Twickenham. In the 35th minute, Cummins steamed onto a pass from halfback Nick Phipps near the England 20 metres and the Western Force winger known as the Honey Badger did the rest. “It was great to get a bit of meat,â€? said Cummins hitting English journalists with some Aussie rhyming slang - meat pie (try). - AAP

• AB business is good After more than a decade of trying, the All Blacks may finally be earning the sort of revenue they feel their brand deserves.

Commercial satisfaction has been hard for the All Blacks to find in the past: they are rugby’s only team with global standing and world renown and yet have struggled to make ends meet in the professional age. In the past four years, the NZRU have lost in excess of $20 million and been in full cost-cutting mode. But this year is proving that the financial landscape is changing - that the All Blacks are now a bigger money machine than England and France and that the hard times of old may be a thing of the past.

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9 7602. Traptheboyz (2) 56.5....................... J Riddell 10 Chapel Jazz (12) 56.5.......................K Smith 11 6090x Madam Zenno (10) 56.5..............C Johnson 12 Miss Interpreted (8) 55..... J Shackleton (a3) 13 Dance In The Park (6) 55 Emergency: Dance In The Park 4 2.20pm MIKE JAMES PLUMBING SPRINT MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1400m 1 33202 Pinocchio Boy h (2) 58.5..... M Dravitzki (a3) 2 0205 Huarwee h (6) 58.5..........................D Walsh 3 43340 Mibachelorboy (7) 58.5........ R Hutchings (a) 4 65 No Change (3) 58.5.........................S Collett 5 Dal Vuitton h (15) 58.5........... A Morgan (a3) 6 Kia Kaha (4) 58.5........................ V Johnston 7 23 Euro Zone 57................................ Scratched 8 x8993 Joe Cool (11) 57........................... L Allpress 9 0x460 Walkingonsunshine (17) 56.5...... C Johnson

Jonathan Riddell has the ride on Illuminating in the Brausch Memorial, first on the card at Pahiatua today

10 938x0 Herecomesthebride (16) 56.5...... R Hannam 11 647 Kayzed h (8) 56.5........................... J Parkes 12 Pippas Sister (9) 56.5..................B Lammas 13 Dance In The Park (10) 55 14 5x La Petite (14) 55.............................D Walker 15 8 Obrahma (5) 57.............................. J Riddell 16 9 Grenade (13) 58.5 17 0 The Duffster (1) 56.5 18 00 Irish Beauty (19) 56.5 19 00 Doozyatold (18) 56.5 20 0x King’s Strike (12) 58.5 Emergencies: Obrahma, Grenade, The Duffster, Irish Beauty, Doozyatold, King’s Strike 5 2.55pm BIG BUTT LOGGING CENTRE DASH RATING 75 $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m 1 2510x McLaren d (1) 60.5................ A Morgan (a3) 2 201x2 Shesalljazz td (7) 58............ M Dravitzki (a3) 3 159x1 Samsi d (4) 57.............................R Hannam 4 x0757 Sanriba tdm (5) 57......................... T Russell 5 517x1 That’sourexcuse d (6) 56.5............. J Riddell 6 83358 Don’tlikemonday dm (8) 56............... R Stam 7 14917 Daufino tdmh (3) 55.5............... T Baker (a4) 8 227x8 Miss Centrefold d (9) 55...........B Grylls (a3) 9 1480x Take Off tdh (10) 55.....................B Lammas 10 16x15 Magic Tricks d (2) 54................... V Johnston 6 3.30pm WOODVILLE TRAINERS ASSOCIATION 3 YEAR OLD MAIDEN $7000, MDN 3YO, 1200m 1 3246x Little Drummer Boy (6) 57.5........ R Hannam 2 5x502 Golden Bay (7) 57.5........................ J Riddell 3 7 Fidel (3) 57.5................................C Johnson 4 Survived (5) 57.5................. R Hutchings (a) 5 7x52 Edensong (2) 55.5........................ L Allpress 6 3 Gwynethanne (4) 55.5.....................S Collett 7 Petite Brigitte (1) 55.5..................B Lammas 8 6x6 Dragon Beauty (10) 55.5..................K Smith 9 Quest For Gold h (9) 55.5............... J Parkes 10 Tullyho (11) 55.5.......................B Grylls (a3) 11 Zenouka (8) 55.5............................D Walker 7 4.06pm C&H FARMING LIMITED STAYERS RATING 85 $8000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 2000m 1 200x5 Yours dm (7) 59....................... D Turner (a4) 2 x6823 Dancing Dee (8) 56.5................... L Allpress 3 x0080 No Cash t (3) 56.5...........................S Collett

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4 7x069 Keepereel m (9) 56......................R Hannam 5 29x58 Our Milly Smith (5) 56.................. B Lammas 6 92531 Enuffisenuff (1) 55.5............ R Hutchings (a) 7 84416 Turn On D’Light tm (2) 55.J Shackleton (a3) 8 21172 Ripdiddler tm (6) 54.5..................C Johnson 9 23x62 Ascolini (4) 54................................. J Parkes 8 4.42pm TARARUA CLUB METRIC 1600 MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 High On Magic (1) 58.5...............B Lammas 2 8x62 Aria Prince b (18) 57.................... L Allpress 3 2x454 Taipa Tiger (16) 57.......................R Hannam 4 5 Running Late (9) 57........................D Walker 5 85742 Slippery Mistake h (14) 56.5....... V Johnston 6 62300 False Empathy (12) 56.5................ T Russell 7 92386 Graceful Joy (6) 56.5........... R Hutchings (a) 8 x2377 Pirinitete (8) 56.5................. M Dravitzki (a3) 9 3 Shehad (2) 56.5.............................. J Parkes 10 70620 The Toothfairy h (17) 56.5...... A Morgan (a3) 11 359. Gipsy Star (5) 56.5...........................K Smith 12 Miss Serena (19) 56.5.................C Johnson 13 56 Set (10) 56.5................................... J Riddell 14 Sarzana (4) 55 15 0 Boots (7) 55 16 0 Sunlover (3) 56.5 17 0 Model (11) 55 18 99 Party Rock 58.5............................ Scratched 19 3x608 Right Royal Rose (15) 56.5 20 30985 Lajuca (13) 56.5 Emergencies: Boots, Sunlover, Model, Party Rock, Right Royal Rose, Lajuca

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Blinkers on : Zena Princess (R1), Sanriba (R5), Keepereel, Our Milly Smith (R7) Blinkers off : Zip (R1), Del Potro (R3), Magic Tricks (R5) Winkers on : Pay The Fox, Zip (R1), Del Potro (R3), Kayzed (R4), Aria Prince, Taipa Tiger (R8) Winkers off : Madam Zenno (R3)

SELECTIONS Race 1: Illuminating, La Bella Sands, Dressto Empressnow Race 2: High Fashion, Lakota, She’s Slinky, Gold Wedding Race 3: Quality Street, Veininsky, Albakirkee, Just Call Me Blue Race 4: Kayzed, Pinocchio Boy, Obrahma, No Change Race 5: McLaren, Magic Tricks, Take Off, Sanriba, Shesalljazz Race 6: Gwynethanne, Golden Bay, Little Drummer Boy, Edensong Race 7: Enuffisenuff, Our Milly Smith, Ascolini, Dancing Dee Race 8: Shehad, Graceful Joy, Running Late, Taipa Tiger

Palmerston North greyhound fields Palmerston North Greyhounds Venue : Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 19 Nov 2012 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles : 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 12.05pm (NZT) NZRS NOVICE C0 - C1 HT1 NZRSq, 457m 1 16887 Majma (c1) nwtd........................A Blackburn 2 4x431 Lizzylicious (c1) 27.25......................B Shaw 3 16186 Hello Ello (c1) 26.39................... B Johnston 4 F4317 Opawa Sir (c1) nwtd L &..................... Wales 5 Box Vacant.................................... Scratched 6 21748 Canvas Rider (c1) nwtd S &............B Evans 7 26642 Hear Hare Here (c1) nwtd................L Ahern 8 37748 Gucci Rush (c0) nwtd L &................... Morris 2 12.25pm NZRS NOVICE C0 - C1 HT2 NZRSq, 457m 1 44728 Excited Royale (c1) 26.91........... B Johnston 2 57 Puppet Master (c0) nwtd............R N Maisey 3 3634F Opawa Bart (c1) nwtd L &.................. Wales 4 Bone Nerd (c0) nwtd.................... M Roberts 5 63642 Sharkie’s Dream (c1) nwtd..............S Maher 6 64887 Lachie’s Lad (c1) nwtd......................B Shaw 7 58768 Maxi’s Mate (c1) nwtd S &...............B Evans 8 17741 Bigtime Drifter (c1) nwtd...................L Ahern 3 12.44pm NZRS NOVICE C0 - C1 HT3 NZRSq, 457m 1 72888 Sand Queen (c1) nwtd.............. S Gommans 2 22523 Party Rock (c1) nwtd S &................B Evans 3 44125 Jack’s First (c1) nwtd........................B Shaw 4 53212 Bigtime Latte (c1) 26.65...................L Ahern 5 Go Dolphin Power(c0) nwtd F &.....Turnwald 6 68355 Opawa Miata (c1) nwtd L &................ Wales 7 77755 Homebush Lacey (c1) 26.43......J McInerney 8 887 Talk Back (c0) nwtd L &...................... Morris

4 1.02pm NZRS NOVICE C0 - C1 HT4 NZRSq, 457m

1 51444 Flying Moe (c1) nwtd........................B Shaw 2 5F856 Mr. Lochlyn (c1) nwtd....................M J Lozell 3 61521 Sammy James (c2) 26.68.................L Ahern 4 34677 Darby Lane (c1) nwtd L &................... Morris 5 25325 Another Gunna (c0) nwtd..........J McInerney 6 37351 Archie’s Doll (c1) nwtd S &..............B Evans 7 25231 Jinja Jam (c1) nwtd J &...................D Fahey 8 11682 Opulent (c1) nwtd A &........................Seque 5 1.19pm NZRS NOVICE C0 - C1 HT5 NZRSq, 457m 1 54176 Bizarro (c1) nwtd S &.......................B Evans 2 72432 Emma Rose (c0) nwtd......................B Shaw 3 22651 She’s Coming (c1) 27.21..................L Ahern 4 Coalpit Mick (c0) nwtd..................A Williams 5 21374 Limerick Lee (c1) nwtd.................M J Lozell 6 65112 Another Snazza (c1) nwtd.........J McInerney 7 7517 Opawa No Ear (c1) nwtd J &...........D Fahey 8 1111 Red Moova Hoova (c2) nwtd......B Goldsack 6 1.37pm NZRS NOVICE C0 - C1 HT6 NZRSq, 457m 1 12454 Hey You (c1) nwtd...............................W Kite 2 13543 Eunuchs Luck (c1) 26.76...........A Blackburn 3 31568 Opawa Stu (c1) 27.32............... S Gommans 4 3122 Shaga Banga Bang(c1) nwtd......B Goldsack 5 38 Tepirita Jazil (c0) nwtd J W &............. C Brid 6 34765 Runs Like Al (c0) nwtd......................B Shaw 7 54486 Homebush Mell (c1) nwtd..........J McInerney 8 17265 Call Illusion (c1) nwtd.......................L Ahern 7 1.54pm NZRS NOVICE C0 - C1 HT 7 NZRSq, 457m 1 54523 Very Chilly (c1) nwtd...................M Mathews 2 28111 Speed Legend (c1) 26.77........... B Hodgson 3 113 Opawa Swede (c1) nwtd J &...........D Fahey

4 47177 Sapphire Phoenix(c1) 26.43........ J Chatfield 5 4342 Kotumba (c0) nwtd L &....................... Morris 6 522x2 Saddleback Patch(c0) nwtd..........A Williams 7 13321 Squeezer (c1) 26.83.....................G M Quirk 8 53623 Talk It Over (c1) nwtd........................... L Bell 8 2.12pm FOXTON DASH C4 C4, 375m 1 17168 Wee Diger 21.72.........................G Hodgson 2 52555 Opawa Thorn 21.50...........................D Edlin 3 43765 Pin Up Puppy 21.54.......................J Harland 4 21138 George Baxter 22.11.................J McInerney 5 33132 Trendy Knocka’s 21.65......................L Ahern 6 28646 Emma Marie 21.77....................... T Downey 7 22548 Thrilling Halo 21.80........................M Gowan 8 42347 Flying Jojo 21.42 C &...................D Roberts 9 46835 Bigtime Allgo 21.45...........................L Ahern 10 35862 Dyna Diego nwtd C &...................D Roberts 9 2.29pm MANAWATU RACEWAY STAKES C4 C4, 457m 1 77653 Missing Melody 25.98...................G M Quirk 2 44443 Koko Whiz nwtd..........................D Schofield 3 75446 Lachlan’s Cash 26.28.................D Schofield 4 23154 Thrilling Tune 26.37..................... B Hodgson 5 51332 Valain’s Flyer nwtd...................... R O’Regan 6 32134 Opawa Bomb nwtd L &....................... Wales 7 51352 Kango Klink 26.47..........................B Mitchell 8 45575 Barry’s Way nwtd..............................R Waite 9 53754 Girl Rosey nwtd............................M J Lozell 10 37518 Dyna Indigo 26.54 C &.................D Roberts 10 2.47pm SPARKY’S BAR AND RESTAURANT C5, 375m 1 34145 Chelsea’s Beauty 21.75................ T Downey 2 44225 Tiz Now nwtd F &...........................Turnwald 3 12745 Toi Shan nwtd.............................D Schofield

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4 14235 Roqette 21.48 C &........................D Roberts 5 13243 My Jack Attack 21.73....................M J Lozell 6 23622 Bigtime Kinvara nwtd........................L Ahern 7 x1113 Daddy Lowe 21.17............................L Ahern 8 43442 Mindariva 21.20................................L Ahern 9 34668 Opawa Collar nwtd S &...................B Evans 10 46356 Moody Man 21.73..............................D Edlin 11 3.06pm NZRS GRADUATION FINAL NZRSf, 457m 1 68661 Mick Mania (c3) 26.10................G Hodgson 2 81121 Down The Back (c3) 26.65 F &......Turnwald 3 77842 Bulet Tooth Tony(c3) 26.48...............R Waite 4 64231 Opawa Jed (c2) 26.70 J &...............D Fahey 5 13872 Backyard Bully (c3) 26.13........... G Hodgson 6 31182 Salute To Radar (c2) 26.29...........A Williams 7 53213 Opawa Style (c3) 26.84 L &................ Wales 8 42632 Opawa Midnight (c2) nwtd L &........... Wales 9 85173 Okuku Star (c3) 26.49.....................S Maher 10 53473 Ashvegas Value (c2) 26.46...............L Ahern 12 3.22pm PETER SINCLAIR PHOTO FINISH C5 C5, 457m 1 53411 Sam I Am 26.39...........................A Turnwald 2 15723 Lochinvar Elle 26.44...................D Schofield 3 33512 On Trey nwtd...............................D Schofield 4 33111 White Air nwtd J &...........................D Fahey 5 63123 Louie Machall 26.12 A &...................... J.Hall 6 52355 Walk Da Torque nwtd................... M Roberts 7 12245 Fancy Tip nwtd............................D Schofield 8 53516 Rybenbrook Flash 25.80...................L Ahern 9 81721 Rybenbrook Josh 25.67....................L Ahern 10 18146 Necter 25.85.....................................L Ahern LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

6.00 Creflo Dollar. 6.30 Hi-5. (G, R, T) 7.00 Stitch! (G, R, T) 7.25 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (G, R, T) 7.50 Transformers Prime. (G, R, T) 8.20 Tiki Tour. (G, T) 8.45 The Magic Roundabout. (G, R, T) 9.05 Fireman Sam. (G, T) 9.15 Chuggington. (G, R, T) 9.25 Mr Men. (G, R) 9.30 Infomercial.

4.00 4.30 4.55

Breakfast.

Good Morning. (G) ONE News. (T) Emmerdale. (PGR, T) Coach Trip. (G, T) Personalities clash in confined spaces as a coach-load of strangers take the trip of a lifetime around Europe.

Four Weddings USA. (G, R) Four brides agree to attend each other’s weddings to decide whose is the best.

60 Minute Makeover.

(G) An interior design series packed with amazing surprise makeovers for deserving home-owners around Britain.

Te Karere. (T) ONE News.

Ellen. (G)

6.00 7.00 7.30 8.00

ONE News. (T) Close Up. (T) Border Patrol. (T) The Force. (Final, PGR,

6.00 Neighbours. (G, T) 6.30 Spin City. (G, R, T) 7.00 Shortland Street.

MORNING

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8.30 The Suspects. (AO, T) Police uncover a love triangle when a young mother is gunned down outside her own home, a pacemaker provides a vital clue in a murder case, and is this Sydney man trying to cover his tracks?

9.30 Unforgettable. (AO, T) 10.30 ONE News Tonight. (T) 11.00 Hawthorne. (AO) 11.55 I Shouldn’t Be Alive.

11.00 Korero Mai – Speak To Me. 11.30 Neighbours. (G, R, T) 12.00 Shortland Street. (PGR, R, T) 12.30 Hope And Faith. (G, R, T) 1.00 My Kitchen Rules. (G, R, T) 2.00 Jeremy Kyle USA. (PGR) 3.00 Pocoyo. (G, R, T) 3.05 Franklin. (G, R, T) 3.30 Spongebob Squarepants. (G, R, T) 4.00 Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide. (G, R, T) 4.30 Life With Boys. (G, T) 5.00 Horace In Slow Motion. (G, R) 5.01 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (G, R, T) 5.30 My Wife And Kids. (G, R, T)

(PGR, T)

late

7.30 Home Shopping. (G) 12.00 Great Outdoors. (G, R) 1.00 The Crowd Goes Wild.

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T)

10.35 Shameless. (Final, AO,

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12.50 Drop Dead Diva. (G, R, T) 1.50 Infomercial. 2.50 Trading Houses. (G, R, T) 3.45 Police Women Of Maricopa County. (AO, R) 4.35 Emmerdale. (PGR, R, T) 5.05 The Erin Simpson Show. (G, R) 5.30 Infomercial.

3 News.

Home And Away. (G, R) Dr Phil. (AO) The Dr Oz Show. (PGR,

8.35 Homeland. (AO) Brody’s heading for a serious meltdown as he struggles to keep complicated alliances clear.

9.40 Nurse Jackie. (AO) Worried about her daughter, Jackie leaves rehab early against her therapist’s advice and finds that returning to work greatly rattles her nerves.

10.50 Nightline.

11.20 Sports Tonight.

11.35 Medium. (AO)

(AO, R, T)

1.00 Te Karere. (R, T) 1.25 BBC World. (G) 2.00 Impact. 3.30 World Business Report. 3.45 Sport Today. 4.00 BBC World News. 4.30 HARDtalk. 5.00 The Hub with Nik Gowing. (G) 5.05 The Believer’s Voice Of Victory.

5.35 Te Karere. (R, T)

12.00 12.30 1.00 2.00

6.00 3 News.

7.00 Campbell Live.

7.30 The Block Australia.

7.30 The Amazing Race Australia. (PGR, T) 8.35 Grey’s Anatomy. (AO, T) Amelia arrives at Seattle Grace to beg Derek to help her save Erica’s life, Cristina and Owen engage in heated arguments during marriage counselling.

9.35 Private Practice. (PGR,

PRIMe 6.00 Home Shopping. (G) 6.30 The Crowd Goes Wild.

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12.35 Infomercials. (G) 5.00 Joyce Meyer. 5.30 City Impact Church.

(G, R)

7.00 Millionaire: Hot Seat.

(G, R)

(G, R)

1.30 Hot Property. (G, R) 2.00 Getaway. (G, R) Jason visits Chitwan, Nepal, Kelly is in Granada, Spain, Jason travels around Cape Reinga at the tip of New Zealand, Ben explores Mauritius and Jules is in Bothwell, Tasmania.

2.55 The World’s Toughest Driving Tests. (PGR, R) 4.00 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G, R) 5.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) 5.30 Prime News.

Pig. (G, R) 3.00 Sticky TV. (G) 4.30 FOUR Live. (G) 6.00 That ‘70s Show. (G, R) 6.30 Futurama. (G, R) The crew uncovers a dark secret concerning a covert mission undertaken by the Professor and Dr. Zoidberg many years earlier.

7.00 The Simpsons. (G, R) Mayor Quimby moves up election day, making Springfield’s primary election the first in the nation.

SOLUTIONS TO PUZZLE No 12,060

Across: 6 Shackle; 7 Rural; 9 Box; 10 Unhelpful; 1 Prevaricate; 15 Affiliation; 17 Decadence; 19 Cry; 2 Scull; 22 Garnish.

Down: 1 Throw; 2 Act; 3 Glen; 4 Suspicion; 5 Faculty; Secret; 11 Irritable; 13 Veiled; 14 Offence; 16 Trust; 1 Coax; 20 Ink.

Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) The Crowd Goes Wild.

Best Of Qi. (G) Life. (G, R) MasterChef USA. (G) The top 6 compete and one amateur cook will earn another chance in the Second Chance Mystery Box Challenge.

9.35 Prime Rocks: Duran Duran. (PGR) They were pin-up pop idols, who seduced the world with elegance, style and new wave glamour!

10.30 The Crowd Goes Wild.

(G, R)

11.00 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G) 12.00 Home Shopping. (G) 1.30 The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (G)

7.30 Beauty & The Geek Australia. (PGR) The Beauties challenge sees them answer various geography questions. If they get it wrong their partner gets wedgied and is out of the game.

9.00 FILM: Blue Crush. (2002, PGR, R) Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez, Mika Boorem, Sanoe Lake, Matthew Davis. A teenage surfer girl falls in love while practising for a prestigious tournament.

11.10 Persons Unknown. (AO, R) The group encounter a newcomer with a tattoo of the name Erika on her arm.

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Four, 9pm On the surface, babes and hunks living it up on the shores of Hawaii doesn’t exactly augur well for a deep character study, but Blue Crush rides a wave of truth in its depiction of young women chasing their dreams and coming of age. Central to the story is Anne Marie (Kate Bosworth, below), a hotel maid who must choose between love and winning a big surf comp. Easy on the eye and with mature direction from John Stockwell (Crazy/Beautiful).

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NYPD Blue. (M) Malcolm In The Middle. (PG) Cash Cab USA. (PG) America’s Funniest Home Videos.

6.30 6.55 8.40 9.10

8.05 8.30 9.25 10.20 11.10 12.50 1.45 2.45 3.10

Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) Monk. (PG) Law & Order. (M) WWE NXT. (M) SmackDown! (M) NYPD Blue. (M) Monk. (PG) Malcolm In The Middle. (PG) America’s Funniest Home Videos.

10.45

3.35 4.00 4.30 5.00 6.00

Cash Cab USA. (PG) The Simpsons. (PG) Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) Law & Order. (M) America’s Funniest Home Videos.

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6.00 IAAF Champion Of The World 1997 Athens.

7.00 Cricket. NZ Tour Of Sri Lanka. First Test Day Two. From Galle International Stadium, Galle, Sri Lanka. Highlights.

7.30 Soccer. A-League. Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix. Highlights.

8.30 Darts. Grand Slam. Day Nine. Final.

Live.

12.30 Tennis. Davis Cup. Day Three Match Of The Day 2.30 Cricket. NZ Tour Of Sri Lanka. First Test Day Two. Highlights.

3.20 Soccer. English Premier League.

Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur. Replay.

5.20 Cricket. NZ Tour Of Sri Lanka. First Test Day Three Morning Session. From Galle International Stadium, Galle, Sri Lanka. Live.

7.35 The Cricket Show.

8.05 Cricket. NZ Tour Of Sri Lanka. First Test Day Three Afternoon Session.

From Galle International Stadium, Galle, Sri Lanka. Live.

1.00 Basketball. NBL. Melbourne Tigers v Sydney Kings. Replay.

3.00 Basketball. NBL. NZ Breakers v Townsville Crocodiles. Replay.

5.00 The Ultimate Fighter 16.

12.25 2.00 3.50 5.20

8.30

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sky sPORt 2 sky sPORt 1

sky MOVIes 1

6.00 6.50 7.15 7.40

6.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.00 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (PG) 7.30 CSI: Miami. (M) 8.30 CSI: New York. (M) 10.30 Law & Order. (M) 11.30 NYPD Blue. (M) 12.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) 1.00 Malcolm In The Middle. (PG) 1.25 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (PG) 1.50 Cash Cab USA. (PG) 2.15 Monk. (PG) 3.05 CSI: Miami.

(M) 3.55 CSI: New York. (M) 4.45 CSI: New York. (M) 5.35 The Simpsons. (PG)

6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.35

FOUR 6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55 Pingu. (G, R) 7.00 Aaahh!! Real Monsters. (G, R) 7.30 Monsuno. (G) 7.55 The Wild Thornberrys.

(G, R) 8.20 Go Diego Go. (G, R) 8.45 Bananas In Pyjamas. (G, R) 9.00 Thomas & Friends. (G, R) 9.10 Bob The Builder. (G, R) 9.20 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.25 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.30 The Wiggles Show. (G, R) 9.40 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. (G) 9.50 Action Central. (G, R) 10.00 Infomercials.

(G) 2.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 2.55 Peppa

SOLUTIONS TO PUZZLE No 12,059

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3 News.

Infomercials. (G) The Talk. (PGR) Entertainment Tonight.

3.00 Tabatha’s Salon Takeover. (PGR, R) Tabatha springs into action to save a California salon owned by an elitist couple holding college degrees and corporate backgrounds, but no real-world salon experience.

4.00 Rachael Ray. (G) 5.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (G, R) 5.30 Home And Away. (G)

1. Scale (5) 2. Fragrant (8) 3. Fold (6) 4. Drench (4) 5. Issue (7) 6. Later (10) 9. Feel (10) 12. Faithful (8) 14. Speech (7) 16. Language (6) 19. Speedy (5) 20. Hoodoo (4)

1. Prophet (10) 7. Swindle (5) 8. Inspect (7) 10. Monocle (8) 11. Flaccid (4) 13. Courtship (6) 15. Woodworker (6) 17. Highway (4) 18. Maintain (8) 21. Radiant (7) 22. Meat-jelly (5) 23. Surprising (10)

Across: 7 Confrontation; 8 Belittle; 9 Pots; 10 Recess; 12 Garish; 14 Clever; 16 Hector; 18 Spar; 20 Gloomily; 22 Faithlessness.

Down: 1 Foretell; 2 Office; 3 Loot; 4 Strength; 5 Stupor; 6 Post; 11 Struggle; 13 Spotless; 15 Verity; 17 Coming; 19 Peak; 21 Oust.

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1. Hurl (5) 2. Deed (3) 3. Vale (4) 4. Distrust (9) 5. Aptitude (7) 8. Clandestine (6) 11. Irascible (9) 13. Masked (6) 14. Crime (7) 16. Reliance (5) 18. Cajole (4) 20. Writing fluid (3)

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7.00 Sky Sport What’s On. 7.55 Motorsport. FIA Formula One Championship. United States Grand Prix. Live.

10.30 Soccer. A-League. Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix. Replay.

12.30 Netball. Fast5 World Series Review.

From Vector Arena, Auckland.

2.00 Rugby. End of Year Tour. Scotland v All Blacks. From Murrayfield Stadium, Scotland. Replay.

4.00 Motorsport. FIA Formula One Championship. United States Grand Prix. Highlights.

5.30 Motorsport. Nationwide Series. Ford 300.

6.30 Motorsport. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Ford Ecoboost 400. Highlights.

7.30 Crowd Goes Wild.

8.00 Shane Cameron Fight Preview.

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Champions on the bowling green

By Jonathan Leask The new holder of the Lowry Cup is a new bowler to Mid Canterbury.

Darren Turner took out the final of the prestigious men’s singles tournament at the Allenton Bowling Club, beating former Lowry Cup champion Roger Gutberlet in the final last night.

New to the Mid Canterbury greens, having moved up from Southland 17 months ago, Turner overcame an early scare in the quarter-finals to take out the final against Gutberlet where he hit the lead, never letting it go.

The final was still in the balance as Turner led Gutberlet 18-16, but Turner came home strong to clinch the win 21-16 and lift the Lowry Cup. “It was a bit of a shock,” Turner said. “It was pretty close but I managed to flounder a few at the end to take it out.”

It was a strong finish to a big day for Turner but it was almost over for him in his first match of the day, having to pull out a big comeback in the quarter-finals.

“The first game of the day was a pretty close call and I got out of jail.

“I was down 20-18 to Alan Hill and came back to win 21-20.

It was really close and he only just missed out on beating me by a fraction, but that’s just the way it goes.”

After the narrow escape in the quarter-final, Turner advanced to the semi-finals where he beat Tony Inwood 21-7 to advance to the final, Inwood’s second semi-final loss in three seasons.

Turner then went onto to beat the experienced Gutberlet, completing a big day for the intermediate bowler.

Gutberlet, a former winner of the cup in 2004-05 and a beaten finalist the following season, got past Murray Anderson 21-12 to advance to the final, but came up short.

He may have been excused for tiring as towards the end, as he was one of the many helpers who turned up at the greens at 6am to clear away the greens, which were under water following the overnight deluge and were ready for the start of play at 9.30am.

Bassett already plans to defend junior title

By Jonathan Leask Matt Bassett was a convincing winner of the Mid Canterbury junior singles at the Allenton Bowling Club yesterday.

Bassett took out the final against Allenton clubmate John Drayton 21-5 to be the junior singles champion after a big weekend of bowls.

Bassett was one of the eight to qualify for post section play from Saturday’s qualifying rounds and swept through the finals day with a procession of convincing scorelines, including beating the inaugural winner and defending junior champion Kenny Lynn 21-8 in their semi-final encounter, but he had to work hard for every point.

Photo Kirsty Graham 181112-KG-043 “They were all fairly similar Lining up a Lowry Cup win, Darren Turner rolls up during the cup final against Roger Gutberlet but I wouldn’t say it was easy,” Bassett said. last night at the Allenton Bowling Club.

After playing the quarter-finals at Ashburton the junior moved to Allenton to play alongside the Lowry Cup finals.

While Bassett was beating Lynn in one semi-final, Drayton had beaten Larry Neil by the same 21-8 in his semi-final and although making Bassett work for every point in the final, the young gun was up to the challenge.

Junior bowlers are players who have five years or less experience, but the 18-year-old Bassett was the real junior in the field.

“They were all a bit older, but I don’t come across many players my own age all that often, so I was pretty much used to it,” Bassett said.

As a fourth year bowler Bassett Photo Kirsty Graham 181112-KG-061 plans to be back next year to defend the title in his last year Allenton’s Matt Bassett rolls up during the Mid Canterbury junior singles final against John Drayton yesterday. as a junior.

Valuable win for Phoenix Whincup now one With the result all but confirmed, Newcastle defender Josh Mitchell fouled Benjamin Totori in the box and the referee took little time to point to the spot.

Mitchell was lucky to only receive a yellow card given he was the last man, but it mattered little as Ifill calmly slotted the ball home and gave replacement goalkeeper Matthew Nash no chance.

Totori should have made it four in the dying stages of the seven minutes of extratime that was played due to the length of time it took to get Birighitti off the field, but he butchered the opportunity to score after he rounded Nash and could only find the side of the net.

The result will have taken a considerable amount of pressure off Herbert and it was a nice way for skipper Andrew Durante to celebrate his 100th match for the club wearing the captain’s armband.

Wellington will stay on across the ditch during the week to prepare for their next game against the Perth Glory in Western Australian on Saturday night.

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Central Districts coach Alan Hunt can thank his lower order for putting his side in a dominant position over Northern Districts after two days of their Plunket Shield clash in Gisborne. Wicketkeeper Ben Smith and No 11 Adam Milne put on an unbeaten stand of 55 for the final wicket yesterday as Central Districts closed the day on 341-9 in reply to Northern’s first innings of 183. Milne’s unbeaten 38 was his highest score in his short first-class career and he is a handy player Adam Milne to have so low down the order considering he bats as high as No 4 for his club side in Palmerston North. While nobody managed to go on to three figures it all added up to a decent total and CD closed day two with a 158-run lead and will back their chances to score an outright win during the next two days. - APNZ

• Scott claims Masters title Adam Scott believes the way he earned his first gold jacket is an important step towards becoming the first Australian to win a green one. The Australian world No.5 cast aside memories of his late British Open fade-out as he won a final round face-off with England’s defending champion Ian Poulter to claim his first Australian Masters title at Kingston Heath.

It shaped as a fierce examination of his nerve - going head to head in the final group with Adam Scott a player recognised as the best match play exponent because of his Ryder Cup heroics - and Scott passed with flying colours. He shot a five-under-par 67 to finish at 17-under 271, four shots clear of Poulter, who started the day one ahead. New Zealanders Gareth Paddison and Mark Brown tied for - AAP third on nine under.

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When a player turns out against one of their former teams they seem to have a funny knack of coming back to haunt their old side and that was the case yesterday as two Jeremy Brockie goals inspired the Wellington Phoenix to a 3-0 win over Newcastle.

Playing across the Tasman has long been an issue for Ricki Herbert’s Phoenix side, but they snapped their three-game losing streak in fine fashion in Newcastle as a goal in each half from Brockie and a late penalty from Paul Ifill saw the Wellingtonians bank a valuable three points.

The Phoenix hadn’t won since the opening game of the season when they looked so impressive in a 2-0 victory over Sydney FC, but the side had fallen on lean times recently as two draws and three losses had left them languishing near the foot of the A-League ladder.

Newcastle just seem to struggle against the Phoenix - yesterday’s win was Wellington’s 12th in 17 games - and the match was

punctuated with a few notable incidents but it was Brockie’s day to savour.

The 25-year-old spent two seasons in the Hunter region playing for the Jets before he was deemed surplus to requirements at the end of last season, and the Nelsonborn forward decided to take his talents to Wellington on a three-year contract.

He enjoyed a prolific pre-season in front of goal but had struggled in the opening rounds of the season proper, but a goal in each half yesterday marked his third and fourth strikes of the campaign after he also registered a double against the Melbourne Victory two weeks ago.

Brockie’s first was an impressive finish after he beat the offside trap and put the ball past goalkeeper Mark Birighitti just before half-time, while his second sealed the points after he headed in from close range after a goalmouth scramble in the 80th minute.

Birighitti was also taken out of the game after he made a brilliant save to deny Brockie he inadvertently copped a knee to the face from Brockie and left the field with a fractured cheekbone.

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Williamson still batting in limbo

By Andrew Alderson Kane Williamson should be given a permanent place in the New Zealand batting order rather than bobbing between opener and “did not bat” in shorter formats because of a perception he’s incapable of scoring quickly.

Coach Mike Hesson and captain Ross Taylor risk undermining Williamson’s confidence if he is subjected to musical chairs every time he bats.

The 22-year-old has been part of the New Zealand set-up for more than two years and would benefit from a more settled position, like that given to Taylor at No4 in all forms.

Williamson has batted anywhere from No3 to No7 in 33 one-dayers and 16 tests, and has been pushed to further extremes in 13 Twenty20 matches with appearances as an opener and No 8.

In the second match of the most recent series against Sri Lanka, Williamson was not deemed worthy enough to don the pads ahead of Nathan McCullum and Andrew Ellis.

It is perplexing Williamson is not used to greater effect in the shorter formats.

His strike rate holds parity with most of New Zealand’s top batsmen apart from Brendon McCullum and Jacob Oram.

He has also enabled New Zealand to escape from tight spots, like chasing down 201 to beat Zimbabwe in Hamilton. Williamson hit 20 off five balls to secure the win with two balls to spare.

He seems a victim of having a classical technique - i.e. if you can’t slog the ball through the leg side, you are a limited overs liability.

So, where should Williamson bat?

In tests, No3 seems the logical spot.

An order which reads Martin Guptill, McCullum, Williamson, Taylor at least imbues a degree of confidence, despite the team’s record of late.

Williamson has spent 10 of his 29 test innings there and averages 29.

He averages 39.71 in seven innings at No6 while his best innings to date - 102 not out to save last summer’s third test against South Africa - came at No4.

However, the team has to look longer term and Williamson’s technique is capable of negotiating the new ball if there is an early wicket.

New Zealand could take note of how Australia developed their captain Michael Clarke.

At the same 29 innings point in his 139-innings career, Clarke had ventured outside Nos 4 and 5 just seven times - and that mainly caused by the use of nightwatchmen.

That consistency has paid dividends as his career flourishes.

In ODIs, Williamson seems best suited to No3 unless Taylor opted to push himself up a spot to see more of the 50 overs.

No3 gives Williamson the opportunity to get his eye in and build an innings without flailing at everything immediately.

That is the job of McCullum, Taylor and Jesse Ryder, should the latter opt to return.

The middle overs between 15 and 40 seem conducive to Williamson pushing singles and utilising his strong running between the wickets.

In T20s, there is a stronger argument to push Taylor to No3, meaning Williamson could be used at No. 4.

His strike rate was the third best amongst the New Zealanders (behind Brendon McCullum and Oram) going into the World T20.

At 118, it remains in the same bracket as Guptill (122), Taylor (120) and Franklin (119).

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• College crash to loss The Ashburton College 1st XI suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of St Andrews as their two-day cricket match came to a quick conclusion on Saturday.

Following on from last week Ashburton College resumed at 32/3 but wickets were lost at regular intervals with Harry Jones getting to 10 and Shaun Stagg 14 not out the only batsmen to reach double figures. College were bowled out for 71, beaten by an innings and 66 runs before lunchtime. College had batted first making 118 before St Andrews piled on 255/9 declared, but made light work of College’s second bat. Next week College travel to play Christs College in another two day game.

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Photo Kirsty Graham 171112-KG-031

Tech Sharks’ Nick Wilson completes the run-out of Fairfield’s Harry Jones during the Mid Canterbury senior cricket match at the Ashburton Domain on Saturday.

Double trouble for Allenton

By Jonathan Leask Allenton has suffered back-toback defeats, suffering a six-wicket loss to Lauriston in the only completed game in Mid Canterbury senior cricket on Saturday.

It was Allenton’s second setback in the race for the Pritchard Shield which had them fall off the top of the ladder, but they are only three points behind Coldstream and the Tech Sharks after the co-leaders were both washed out.

Lowcliffe was hit first, putting a halt to proceedings at the inning changeover between Coldstream and Methven, while in the Ashburton Domain the Tech Sharks got two overs into their chase against Fairfield before getting rained out.

However out at Lauriston the table-topping Allenton was dismissed and chased down by the hosts before the weather hit, seeing Allenton fall off the top of the table.

Lauriston v Allenton Lauriston’ s rollercoaster season continued, handing Allenton a six wicket loss in Lauriston.

Lauriston put Allenton into bat and immediately got on top to have Allenton 12/2.

Liam McLeod and Matt Tait mounted a comeback for Allenton before Jeremy Duckmanton made a double strike to have Allenton 40/4, with Tait out for 17.

McLeod was eventually out for 23 while Wayne McDowell’s 16 was the only resistance from the tail as a nine-man Allenton was all out for 72.

Duckmanton finished with 3/20 off six overs while Rob Hooper had superb figures of 3/12 off 3.2 overs.

The Lauriston reply got off to a shaky start to be 4/1, but Bevan Richan came in at three to steady the ship.

Richan made a patient 29 not out to steer Lauriston to the win.

Duckmanton chimed in with a

valuable 11 before being the fourth man out at 54/4 before Richan and Scott Maher got Lauriston home, right before the rain arrived.

The four wickets were shared around the Allenton bowlers with McDowell the best effort with an economical 1/9 off seven overs, bowling four maidens.

Coldstream v Methven Coldstream and Methven shared the points as the rain arrived midmatch at Lowcliffe.

Coldstream were all out for 116, but Methven’s solid effort in the field was to no avail as the heavens opened on cue at the end of the innings and play was abandoned, meaning Coldstream keep the Bevan Stroud Challenge Trophy.

Jason Harrison top scored with 48 while Grant Watson was the next best on 24, matched by Richard Print who made his 24 in a hurry with three sixes.

Mark Wareing bowled a tight

seven over spell for Methven, taking 2/8 before Elliott Nicholson and Matt Molloy finished off the innings with five wickets between them, Nicholson with 3/36 and Molloy 2/23.

With an achievable target on offer Methven wasn’t even able to pull the pads out of the bag as the rain swept in calling an end to play.

Tech Sharks v Fairfield The Tech Sharks split the six points with Fairfield after making a start on the second innings.

Fairfield were first to bat first making 150 in which Jack Meyrick posted a half century and Jason Morrison was the main destroyer for the Sharks.

The Sharks got off to a rocky start losing two wickets before the rain set in during the fifth over and sent both teams home with three points, leaving the Sharks tied at the top and Fairfield still winless but with six points on the board.

Lee, Wilkinson close to qualifying

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Kane Williamson has filled many roles in all forms of the game for the Black Caps.

SCOREBOARD Results Basketball NBL results NBL round seven results: ADELAIDE 36ERS 69 (D Johnson 21 J Cadee 12 A Petrie 12) bt PERTH WILDCATS 65 (J Wagstaff 14 M Knight 13 K Lisch 12) at Perth Arena.

NEW ZEALAND BREAKERS 93 (A Pledger 18 T Abercrombie 16 C Bruton 15) bt TOWNSVILLE CROCODILES 63 (L Abney 11 B Allen 11 G Ervin 10) at North Shore Events Centre.

WOLLONGONG HAWKS 73 (A Deleon 23 O Forman 15 R Martin 9 G Saville 9) bt CAIRNS TAIPANS 59 (A Loughton 14 C Tragardh 8 S Edwards 6 B Hill 6 J Wilson 6) at WIN Entertainment Centre.

SYDNEY KINGS 72 (B Madgen 26 A Bruce 13 I Crosswhite 11) bt MELBOURNE TIGERS 67 (J Flynn 17 A Ballinger 15 L Rush 9) at Hisense Arena.

Standings P W L Pts %Won NZ Breakers 8 7 1 112.14 87.50 Wollongong Hawks 7 6 1 117.18 85.71 Adelaide 36ers 8 5 3 98.66 62.50 Sydney Kings 9 5 4 99.42 55.56 Perth Wildcats 6 3 3 101.13 50.00 Cairns Taipans 8 3 5 99.15 37.50 Melbourne Tigers 7 2 5 100.77 28.57 Townsville Crocodiles 9 0 9 82.25 0.00

NBA results Collated NBA results yesterday (home team in

CAPS): BOSTON CELTICS 107 Toronto Raptors 89 L.A. CLIPPERS 101 Chicago Bulls 80 WASHINGTON WIZARDS 76 Utah Jazz 83 PHOENIX SUNS 88 Miami Heat 97 CHARLOTTE BOBCATS 87 Memphis Grizzlies 94 CLEVELAND CAVS 95 Dallas Mavericks 103 MILWAUKEE BUCKS 117 New Orleans Hornets 113 SAN ANTONIO SPURS 126 Denver Nuggets 100

Bowls Allenton Bowling Club November 10 Congratulations to our two J4s teams who both had wins:- John Drayton, John Bennett, Anne Reid, Annette Sargisson (v Burnside) win 27-17. Mathew Bassett, Dawn Bruce, Judy Ryk, Shirley Doig (v Redcliffes) win 21-10.

Mens three fours, 2 wins one loss v Woolston.

Football English Premier League English Premier League results and standings Norwich City 1 (Pilkington 60) Manchester United 0 Manchester City 5 (Silva 43, Aguero 54 pen, 67, Tevez 65 pen, 74) Aston Villa 0 West Bromwich Albion 2 (Long 10, Odemwingie 50) Chelsea 1 (Hazard 39) Reading 2 (Le Fondre 51, 79pen) Everton 1 (Naismith 10) QPR 1 (Hoilett 49) Southampton 3 (Lambert 23, Puncheon 45+2, Ferdinand 83 og) Newcastle United 1 (Ba 90+3) Swansea 2 (Michu

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Two New Zealand golfers will have a shot at playing on next year’s PGA Tour after Danny Lee and Tim Wilkinson advanced to the final stage of qualifying.

The 22-year-old Lee, who played on America’s top tour this year but lost his card after coming 159th in the Fed Ex Cup, finished in a share of fourth place at the second stage of a Q-School tournament in California.

Wilkinson will join Lee at the final event later this month after finishing 11th at his qualifying tournament in Florida.

The pair came comfortably inside the top 19 cut-off to reach the final stage, but the news was not as good for fellows Kiwi Steve Alker and Josh Geary who both missed the mark.

Lee, the New Zealand No 1, shot rounds 65, 73, 69 and 71 at the Bear Creek Golf Club, making three birdies and two bogeys in a final round that saw him finish on a 10 under par total.

Wilkinson, who has previously played on the PGA Tour, had rounds of 67, 70, 71 and 69 for a seven under par total to finish safely

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Danny Lee: the New Zealand number one finished 10 under par at Q-School, well inside the cut. inside the qualifying mark.

After finishing 59th on the second-tier web.com Tour, Wilkinson earned his shot at making the step up after managing four birdies and two bogeys for a final-round two under 69.

Lee and Wilkinson will now join more than 150 golfers playing for 25 tour cards at the final stage

Teams: 1 Val Schmack, Marilyn Cross, Joyce Davis 217, 2 Trish Corbett, Sharon Duthie, Joan Johns 227 Marilyn Cross/ Hasting McLeod/ Property Brokers 2nd shot 2&110-29 Betty Wilson 30-40+ Marilyn Cross. ALT nearest the pin 5&14- 5 Ruth Keeley, 14 Trish Corbett Trophy Presentation 2012 Silver L.G.U. Medal; 0-20 Betty Wilson +8.4 R/UP Jan Clucas +10.4 Bronze 1 L.G.U. Medal 21-29 Glenys Carr -9.2; R/UP Joan Stocker +14.4Bronze 2 L.G.U. Medal 30-40+ Val Flemming +11.4 R/UP Val Schmack +18.4 Four Best Gross 0-20 Betty Wilson 363 R/up Jan Clucas 36421-29 Glenys Carr 393, R/up Joan Stocker 41630-40+ Joyce davis 441, R/up Lal Mulligan 450 Four Best Netts; 0-20 Jan Clucas 300, R/up Judy Webb 31621-29 Joan stocker 304, R/up Jillian Lake 30530-40+ Val Flemming, R/up Val Schmack 308Heather Murdoch Ringer Tray; Overall Nett Winner Joan Johns 440-20 Jan Clucas 54,R/up Betty Wilson 5521-29 Glenys Carr 50 R/up Pam Morrison 5530-40+ Val Flemming 47, R/up Alison Vessey 50 Moore Trophy Nearest Pin Glenys Carr 38cmR.W Oakley (most reduced handicap)Glenys Carr 12.3 R/up Joan Johns 7.7 Handicap Trophy (best 3 out of 5) Glenys Carr 210, R/up Val Schmack 230Edna Oakley Stableford Trophy (3 of 5) Glenys Carr 112 R/up Betty Wilson 107. Nan Harrison Putting Tray (best 2 of 4) Trish Corbett 53, R/up Judy Webb 54 Skibbo (best 2 of 4 netts) Val Flemming 145,R/ up Glenys Carr 148 Marjory Murdoch Player of the Year; Glenys Carr Birdie Tree Winner Betty Wilson, Judy Webb, Glenys Carr.

of qualifying, a six-round tournament beginning on November 28 in California.

Alker and Geary both failed in their attempts to join their compatriots after finishing outside the top 19 at their respective second stage tournaments in California and Texas.

Hamilton professional Alker shot

Australian Masters Collated scores from the fourth round of the Australian Masters at Kingston Heath Golf Club yesterday (a-denotes amateur, par-72): 271: Adam Scott (AUS) 67 70 67 67 275: Ian Poulter (ENG) 67 72 64 72 279: Mark Brown (NZL) 72 71 67 69, Gareth Paddison (NZL) 71 71 69 68 282: Adam Crawford (AUS) 72 76 69 65 284: Michael Hendry (NZL) 67 69 79 69, Peter Senior (AUS) 74 74 68 68 286: David Bransdon (AUS) 71 69 74 72, Graeme McDowell (NIR) 71 77 67 71 287: Matthew Millar (AUS) 73 67 76 71, Matthew Guyatt (AUS) 65 69 75 78, Richard Green (AUS) 71 72 72 72, Jake Higginbottom (a-AUS) 68 75 70 74 288: Ryan Fox (NZL) 73 73 71 71

Hong Kong Open Michael Campbell has failed in an attempt to win his first tournament since 2005, shooting a two over par 72 to finish tied for eighth at the Hong Kong Open last night.

Having endured a torrid time since winning the World Match Play Championship in 2005 - the same year as his US Open triumph - things have begun to turn around for Campbell in 2012.

He has enjoyed three top-15 finishes on the European Tour, including a third place at last month’s Portugal Masters. Campbell looked like he could go even better in Hong Kong, but, after Campbell birdied the first, playing partner Miguel Angel Jimenez proved too good, nailing three birdies in a row on the front nine to storm clear. Campbell managed another birdie on the seventh to pull within

an even par 72 in the final round to miss the qualifying mark by just one shot, ruing a costly stretch on the front nine where he made three bogeys in succession.

Tauranga professional Josh Geary fell short of his PGA Tour dream, carding a one over par 73 to finish tied 59th and 12 shots off the qualifying mark.

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two shots, but Jimenez continued to streak away.

Softball Mid Canterbury Softball November 10 T-ball: Tinwald Whitesox 29-28 Allenton Diamonds; Allenton Gold 39-23 Tinwald Dolphins; Borough 29-26 St Joseph Tigers; Hampstead/St Joseph Panthers - no scoresheet received; Hinds beat Rakaia Redsox - no score received; Longbeach 37-23 Netherby Nixon Slowpitch: Rakaia Royals 26-18 Allenton Tigers; Metalcorp Hampstead Allstars 31-21 Hampstead; Netherby 11-11 Tinwald Blacksox Little League: Cardinals 17-14 Ashburton City Tigers Revival Series: Rusty Demons 30-4 Fairfield B52s; Fairfield Marines 15-9 Nosh Cafe Hampstead Hawks College Grade: Fairfield Marines 8-5 AC Phoenix Flyers; Revival Rebels 20-4 AC Hellcats

Tennis Davis Cup Collated results from Davis Cup in Prague yesterday (prefix denotes seeding): World Group Final Czech Republic lead Spain 2-1 in Prague Tomas Berdych/Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Marcel Granollers/Marc Lopez (ESP) 3-6 7-5 7-5 6-3.

Tomas Berdych (CZE) bt Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3.

David Ferrer (ESP) bt Radek Stepanek (CZE) 6-3 6-4 6-4.

Hollywood star Russell Crowe is reportedly set to sell his stake in NRL club South Sydney at the end of the 2013 season. According to the Nine Network, Crowe - who along with businessman Peter Holmes a Court assumed ownership of the Rabbitohs in a messy takeover in 2006 - is attempting to simplify his life by getting out of the club. There has been no official comment from either Crowe or the club. Together, Crowe and Holmes a Court hold a 75 per cent stake in the Rabbitohs, with some estimates claiming the pair have poured in $11 million into the club. Crowe has been credited with helping revive the Rabbitohs after several years of poor performances following their readmittance to the com- AAP petition in 2002.

• Vettel on pole in US Sebastian Vettel will line up for his 100th Formula One race in pole position today after dominating yesterday’s United States Grand Prix qualifying session with a dazzling display of pace in his Red Bull car. The 25-year-old German, who needs to out-score nearest rival Fernando Alonso of Ferrari by 15 points to become the youngest triple champion in F1 history, also topped the times in all three practice sessions. He clocked a final best lap time of one minute and 35.657 seconds in the final seconds of a closelyfought hour of speed to leave nearest rival Lewis Hamilton adrift by a tenth of a second in his McLaren. Vettel’s Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber was third fastest ahead of Romain Grosjean of Lotus, but the latter will have to drop five places because his team fitted a new gearbox to his car before the - AFP session.

• Coetzee in hot form South African George Coetzee hit a course-record 63 at the Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate to end the third round of the SA Open in second place yesterday.

At 13 under par, 26-yearold Coetzee is tied in second place with Sweden’s Magnus A Carlsson, just three strokes behind leader Henrik Stenson, who had his worst round yet at 69 after earlier rounds of 66 and 65. Coetzee was only one stroke behind the lowest score in SA Open history, after John Bland who shot a 62 at the Durban Country Club in 1993.

“It’s great to shoot a 63 and I’m very happy, but I have to forget about it as soon as possible,” said the Pretoria native. “I’ve got to go out tomorrow. If the wind pumps and they put the flags in ridiculous places then 63 is definitely not an option.” - AFP

• Celtic goes clear Lassad Nouioui scored his first goal for Celtic a minute after coming on as the Hoops got back to winning ways with a hard-earned 2-0 victory over Aberdeen at Pittodrie yesterday.

Celtic’s first win in four Scottish Premier League matches moves them a point clear at the top of the table with a game in hand after Hibernian lost 3-1 to bottom side Dundee. Neil Lennon, whose thoughts will now turn to Celtic’s Champions League match with Benfica, was delighted with the win. “It’s a huge three points for us. We needed the goal to open the game up and we were comfortable after that,” the Celtic manager said.

- AFP

• Best brings his best Paceman Tino Best grabbed his maiden five-wicket haul to help the West Indies beat Bangladesh by 77 runs in the first Test in an exciting fifth day finish at Shere Bangla stadium yesterday. The 31-year-old paceman took three wickets in the post lunch session and added another in the final session, finishing with 5-24 to rout Bangladesh for a paltry 167 after they were set a 245-run target. Best dismissed Shahriar Nafees (23), Shakib Al Hasan (two) and Mushfiqur Rahim (16) and then had Bangladesh’s top scorer Mohammad Mahmudullah (29) to give his team a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series. The second and final Test will be played in Khulna from November 21.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit 203 not out in the first innings. -AFP

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Late flurry flatters All Blacks’ efforts and brought the sort of muscle they needed to upset the visitors.

It is a template opponents are seeing more and more as a way of cutting off the All Blacks desire to shift the ball across the park and stretch defences.

Whomever was keeping the missed tackle count from the All Backs would have been busy.

There were too many repeat culprits and a general lack of bite to their play.

Aaron Smith suffered at the breakdowns with poor protection from his team-mates and despite their extra week’s training, the All Blacks showed little cohesion.

For those seeking to get into the starting XV for next week’s test against Wales, there would have been few positive notes in the coaches’ books.

There were moments.

Aaron Cruden busted some moves and made some incisions through the defences but then could not link with his support.

They either overran him or took the wrong lines.

Another time he passed the ball to no one, on another dropped the ball cold. That sort of incident hinted at the All Blacks’ calibre.

By Wynne Gray There was a very similar pattern to the Edinburgh start of the tour when the All Blacks took their rugby roadshow to Italy yesterday.

They misfired, mishandled and missed out on a number of opportunities to make inroads as their accuracy let them down in the 42-10 victory at the Stadio Olimpico.

Against Scotland, the All Blacks blasted into some potency in the second quarter but there was little of that this time.

The All Black staff shifted the local media out from the row behind their computers but anyone looking for deep secrets on their screens would have found little from the opening half’s footage.

There was some expectation the alternate All Blacks would be a little frisky and even a little edgy waiting for this game.

They were and the jittery play did not cease by halftime.

Italy took their chances to muscle up on their rivals, banging bodies, breaking tackles and competing vigorously at the breakdowns.

They were inspired by the 74,000 crowd who packed into the stadium

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The timing was off and then to add to the woes, just after halftime, hooker Keven Mealamu damaged his right leg and was replaced.

New captain Kieran Read claimed the only All Blacks try of the opening spell when he backed up vice-captain Conrad Smith’s snipe but after that there were too many fumbles.

Hosea Gear spilled the ball across the line as the lack of precision continued.

Forwards like Brodie Retallick, Sam Cane and Read were working hard but the headway and cohesion with their team-mates was ragged.

The backline flow was the same as the Italians’ defensive line moved up quickly and with some sting.

The revered Ma’a Nonu/Smith mix was not allowed to prosper much, even as the game went deeper into the second half.

Nonu claimed a try from a Cruden cut and offload but it was a rare gem as the afternoon light faded at the stadium.

Replacement Cory Jane sauntered across after a Julian Savea offload too but the late flurry could not disguise much of the earlier mediocrity.

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Mealamu hopeful of Wales start for large chunks of the Super rugby series.

“The calf tightened up just after halftime as I was coming out so I thought it was probably wise just to make sure I didn’t do any damage to it,” he said.

The 101-test hooker was optimistic he would be fit for selection, but knew the next 48 hours would go a long way towards deciding his fate.

“I think I came off at the right time before anything became of it.”

By Wynne Gray All Black hooker Keven Mealamu has not given up on playing this weekend’s test against Wales after he suffered another calf injury.

However he may be defeated by time after leaving the Stadio Olimpico soon after halftime yesterday in the All Blacks’ spotty 42-10 victory against Italy.

Calf injuries troubled Mealamu

In the build-up to the test, the All Blacks had concentrated on their set piece against an Italian side who were rated the No 1 team in Europe in those areas.

“I think we had a couple in the second half where they were able to splice and get a few metres.

“We were prepared for that but had a couple of lapses and might have let ourselves down in a couple of scrums but on our ball we were good.”

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Italy’s Edoardo Gori, left, misses the tackle on Sam Cane as Brodie Retallic looms in support during yesterday’s test match in Rome.

Southee strikes, but Sri Lankans fight back That prospect looked unlikely after the first hour of play, with Southee picking up where he left off in the whites.

In his side’s last test against India in Bangalore, Southee recorded first innings figures of 7-64 to give the tourists a chance of claiming their first test win since January’s victory over Zimbabwe.

While India eventually prevailed, Southee set about repeating that effort in a devastating first spell.

The 23-year-old struck just before stumps yesterday to remove Dimuth Karunaratne and give New Zealand hope after a disappointing day with the bat, and he turned

that hope into real promise in his first six overs on day two.

He claimed 3-17 while bowling in tandem with an equally dangerous Trent Boult, with the pair creating several other nervous moments for the Sri Lankan batsmen.

Southee’s first wicket came on the fourth ball of the day, getting Tharanga Paranavitana to play on to reduce Sri Lanka to 9-2.

With both openers gone for ducks the heat fell on the Sri Lankan middle order and, they failed to deal with the pressure.

Southee was getting significant swing in the humid conditions and he used it to terrorise Suraj

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Randiv, finding the outside edge on consecutive balls with identical out-swinging deliveries.

Martin Guptill snagged the second.

Boult then chimed in with the prized wicket of Kumar Sangakkara, claiming the veteran batsman for five.

Southee struck Samaraweera on the pad to complete a fine first hour but, just when the Black Caps were threatening to skittle Sri Lanka, Jayawardene and Mathews came together.

By the time tea was called the pair had put on 140 for the sixth wicket.

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Tim Southee produced another inspired spell of new ball bowling but Sri Lanka fought back to seize the initiative in the first test in Galle last night.

After Southee’s four wickets reduced the hosts to 50-5, Mahela Jayawardene and Angelo Mathews consolidated to see their side through to 190-5 at tea on the second day.

Sri Lanka still trail New Zealand’s meagre first innings total of 211 by 31 runs but, with Jayawardene (68no) and Mathews (76no) well and truly set at the crease, the Black Caps could be facing a significant first innings deficit.

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TODAY: Fine with light winds.

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Long fine spells, and isolated afternoon and evening showers near the foothills. Light winds and afternoon sea breezes.

Long fine spells, isolated afternoon and evening showers, falling as snow above 1500m.

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WEDNESDAY: Fine, cloud morning and evening. Northeasterlies.

THURSDAY: Fine, high cloud. Northeasterlies.

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Morning showers clearing, leaving cloudy periods. Light winds.

WEDNESDAY Areas of cloud morning and evening, fine during the afternoon. Northeasterlies near the coast, light winds inland.

THURSDAY Becoming fine apart from increasing high cloud. Northeasterlies about the coast, northwesterlies inland.

FRIDAY Showers and southerlies developing.

FZL: Rising to 1800m

TOMORROWFZL: 1500m rising to 2200m Early showers, falling as snow above 1200m, clearing, but areas of cloud remaining.

Wind at 1000m: Light winds.

Wind at 2000m: SW 30 km/h.

WEDNESDAY Areas of cloud morning and evening, fine during the day. Westerlies developing, becoming strong about the tops later.

THURSDAY Fine weather. Northwesterlies, strong in exposed places.

FRIDAY Rain for a time about the Divide, a few showers elsewhere. Winds turning southwesterly.

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River Levels

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Rise 5:52 am Set 8:46 pm Good

Good fishing Set 1:53 am Rise 1:28 pm

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