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A Mid Canterbury herd manager who professed to love cows has been convicted on charges relating to breaking the tails of at least 154 animals in his care.

Thirty-eight-year-old Kevin Craig Smith pleaded guilty to wilfully mistreating the cows, and failing to provide treatment in relation to the broken tails, when he appeared before Judge Jane McMeeken in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

The charges were laid by the Ministry for Primary Industries under the Animal Welfare Act. Smith also admitted striking and kicking the cows. The court heard Smith was responsible for the day-to-day running of the farm and the welfare of the two herds of dairy cows, consisting of 130 and 510 cows respectively. Suspicions were raised in April, after an artificial insemi-

nation technician working in the rotary milking shed on the farm heard sounds of distress from a cow. On investigation she saw Smith looking angry and a cow with blood coming down its tail.

Smith took no steps to treat this injury. A veterinary inspection of the herd was arranged in late April and found that 154 cows had a total of 172 fractures in their tails that were clearly manmade.

MPI was alerted and an investigation was initiated. During interviews, Smith admitted to breaking the tails and said he was “sickened” by what he had done.

He stated that he loved cows.

“I was the mongrel you see on TV,” he told investigators.

Mr Smith will be sentenced on October 14. The maximum penalty the judge could impose is up to five years in jail or a fine not exceeding $100,000.

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Westpac Stadium has received the all-clear to host Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup rugby clash in Wellington. The stadium closed its doors as a precautionary measure following Friday’s magnitude 6.6 earthquake, but following a detailed engineering assessment the stadium has received the go-ahead to re-open. “It’s great news we can host a sell-out crowd in a safe stadium as planned,� said New Zealand Rugby Chief Executive Steve Tew. “Obviously this has been an unsettling time for fans and we fully support Westpac Stadium’s prudent response to Friday’s earthquake.

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Some of Russia’s own athletes appear to be giving their country’s anti-gay propaganda law the kiss-off. After winning gold in the women’s 4x400-metre relay at the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russian racers Kseniya Ryzhova and Tatyana Firova kissed each other on the lips in front of spectators. When the two stood on the podium with teammates Yulia Gushchina and Antonina Krivoshapka shortly afterward, all four women kissed each other.

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Pipeline pumping vodka Kyrgyz customs officials have shut down a pipeline that had been used to apparently pump thousands of litres of vodka from Kazakhstan to Kyrgyzstan under a river, Kyrgyz police say, according to the Akipress news agency. The 20-centimetre-thick, half-kilometre-long pipe had been laid beneath the border river Chu, said the police official from the northern Kyrgyz city of Tokmok. It was equipped with multiple valves and lay on a track along the river’s bottom. “We assume that thousands of litres of alcohol were smuggled with it, primarily vodka,� said the police officer.

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Trust still pushing for water slides

BY SUE NEWMAN

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If the Ashburton Stadium Trust has its way the EA Networks Centre will open with its water slides firmly in place says its chair Maurice Myers.

Community demand and the knowledge that water slides generated income, were two big drivers for the trust in continuing to push for the facilities to be there on opening day rather than as an add-on in the future, Mr Myers said.

“We definitely haven’t given up on this. If there’s one thing that’s come out of our fundraising efforts, one thing the community has kept calling for is that they want some kind of water feature to occupy teenagers.”

The trust understood the council’s concern over funding the possible $2 million the water slides were likely to cost, but believed the community would make some fundraising commitment to the project, he said.

“This will further enhance the recreational experience for the community. If we’re going to have the wow factor they need to be there and up and running from day one. We want 10,000 kids there wanting to ride at the official opening.”

Global water slide developer Paul Jackman says that installing water slides from day one will save money on construction and boost revenue at the aquatic centre.

His company has constructed and installed water slides in hundreds of venues around the globe and Mr Jackman says they are a key factor in ensuring aquatic centres make money.

“The most economic way is to put these in when you’re building. I can assure people in Ashburton that a signature ride is the way to go. If you want to keep up your revenue stream it needs to be a good experience for users every time,” he said.

For around $2 million the EA Networks Centre could have

A water slide such as this one is on the wish list for members of the community and the Ashburton Stadium Trust.

two water slides such as an aqua tube body slide and a signature Constrictor water feature that he described as similar to driving a Formula One car. “The

Constrictor has high banking turns and it has a very high thrill factor.” And it was that thrill factor that was critical in ensuring people kept returning

to the pool complex, Mr Jackman said.

“The financial benefit to the community would be there from day one and a good set of water

slides would reduce any operating loss from the pools. It makes financial sense as the pools would perform so much better from day one.”

Shortfall for slides could be just $2m

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Just $2 million could stand in the way of Ashburton’s new aquatic centre opening with state of the art water rides.

The Ashburton District Council has signed off on a $32 million deal for the district’s new recreational stadium that will include four indoor playing courts and a four pool aquatic complex. That deal includes $5

million in community funds.

But for many potential users of the pool area, just one thing that will be missing when the complex opens in early 2015 – whitewater rides and slides.

At an Ashburton District Council youth forum last week, students made a plug for water rides to be part of the aquatic centre from day one and the recreational facilities have been high on the wish list for the

community fundraising arm of the Ashburton Stadium Trust.

The pool complex will include facilities for the installation of water slides in the future, but mayor Angus McKay said the cash was not there for this to happen from day one.

He’s not counting out a late bid to have the complex complete from day one, however.

“We haven’t been officially approached by the stadium trust

about this but we have talked about it,” he said.

A lot of work would be needed on costs and funding options before any commitment could be made, he said.

“This has been a real difficult one considering costs, but there’s still time. We’ll have a new council and there will be time for them to make a decision in the annual plan lead up. We could still get it there.”

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■ CRUELTY SENTENCING

Milker’s actions condemned

By Michelle NelsoN michelle.n@theguardian.co.nz

Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury dairy spokesman Hamish Davidson has condemned the actions of Kevin Smith, saying “there is no place for animal cruelty in the industry”.

Smith was convicted on charges of animal cruelty and failing to provide treatment in the Ashburton District Court yesterday after he was found to have deliberately broken the tails of 154 cows on a farm near Hinds.

Smith was contracted as a lower order sharemilker on the farm in June last year, responsible for 640 cows. By January his employer had concerns about Smith’s ability to run the farm, and he was informed his contract would not be renewed. However

his offending only came to light in April, and a subsequent veterinary examination found 154 animals, 30 per cent of the herd, had broken tails.

“I don’t know why it was done or the pressure he was under but there’s no place for it, humans already make them conform to our systems and I think whatever sentence he gets he deserves,” Mr Davidson said.

“You hear the odd thing on farms that someone has done something like that, but usually the outcome is instant dismissal because it’s animal cruelty, but I have never heard of it on this scale before.”

Mr Davidson said stress from the abuse would have also impacted on the productivity of the cattle involved.

Ministry of Primary Industries MPI Canterbury/Westland district compliance manager Peter Hyde said Smith’s treatment of the animals was some of the worst he has come across in his district.

“Bending and twisting tails to force cows into the milking shed is forbidden under the Code of Welfare.

“The defendant didn’t accidentally break the tails trying to force the cows into the milking shed; they were deliberately broken after he lost his temper.”

Research conducted by the University of Canterbury on behalf of MPI, found the force required to break a cows tail was equivalent to lifting a two litre bottle of milk on the end of a metre-long broom stick. The

pain inflicted was comparable to a person breaking a finger.

“This sort of behaviour is totally unacceptable to MPI and the wider farming community.

If animal welfare abuse of this nature is detected it will almost certainly result in prosecution.”

Stock owners, farmers, associated on-farm service providers and the public should report animal welfare concerns the MPI hot line 0800-008333. Calls can be treated in confidence if necessary.

MPI and industry will continue to work together to help ensure this type of incident does not occur in the future, Mr Hyde said.

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■ SINGLETS FOR ROYALTY

Special gifts have a royal connection

By GaBrielle stuart gabrielle.s@theguardian.co.nz

Less than a month old, Prince George has already inspired the presentation of gifts to the youngest Mid Cantabrians.

The women at Creative Fibres Ashburton have been hard at work this month knitting tiny woollen singlets in a range of sizes, shapes and colours, to be presented to babies born in the district this year.

The singlets are crafted and gifted in honour of Prince George and were officially approved at the palace.

Creative Fibre Ashburton president Margaret Wilson said there were plenty of local women eager to celebrate the birth of the royal baby.

“Prince George isn’t going to need any more clucky ladies to look after him! This is a way that all babies can benefit.”

Each of the 20 singlets already finished have been handcrafted from 100 per cent pure wool and most are designed to be machinewashable for busy mums.

As they are finished, the singlets will be sent to the Maternity Hospital and Ronald McDonald House to be distributed to Mid Canterbury youngsters.

Several of the singlets created in Some of the women of Creative Fibre Ashburton who have been hard at work this month knitAshburton will be sent to Welling- ting newborn singlets in honour of Prince George. Back row: President Margaret Williamson, ton next year as part of an exhibi- Sue Giller, Fenn Leadley. Front: Patricia McLaren, Colleen Ness, Val Knight. tion in Parliament buildings. photo Donna Wylie 190813-DW-036

Volunteer stole money from brigade’s coffers A volunteer who helped himself to money from the Methven Voluntary Fire Brigade’s coffers may answer for his actions in a restorative justice hearing.

Ritchie Glen Johnstone, 47, of Methven, appeared in front

of Judge Jane McMeeken in the Ashburton District Court yesterday to answer to seven charges of stealing cash totalling $550.

The offending occurred over a four-week period, and only

came to a halt after security cameras were installed to catch the culprit.

The court was told Johnstone had access to the cash register in the fire brigade’s bar, which he opened on seven occasions,

taking notes worth $50 to $100.

The money has not been recovered. Reparations are sought, and restorative justice will be investigated as a sentencing option before Johnstone returns to court on November 11.

In brief Domestic Police attended a domestic incident on Sunday.

Money stolen Thieves stole $150 from a Cass Street address on Saturday morning, police will be following up on the incident.

Unlawfully on building Two Ashburton youths have been referred to Youth Aid after found being unlawfully on a building.

They fled from Ashburton police about 5pm Friday but were later found at 10.15pm and dealt with.

Gates damaged Gates on a Thompson Street address were taken off its hinges and damaged and other gates at the property were also vandalised during the weekend. Police will continue with inquiries.

Assault An Ashburton male was arrested for an assault on Friday about 11.45pm. he will appear in court.

Ambulance calls St John ambulance Ashburton travelled a total of 3113km in the week ending August 18. They attended a total of 89 incidents, 32 of those urgent, 35 non-urgent and 19 routine. Seventy-two of those were medical and 14 were accidents.

Air pollution readings Ashburton is setting records for all the right reasons when it comes to air pollution. With just a few days remaining, there are just three pollution black marks against Ashburton on the ECan air pollution chart this year. One of those related to a dust storm in January. And that puts the town on course to meet its air quality target of no more than three high pollution nights by 2016, the only air shed in the ECan area to make the grade. Timaru, sitting on 28 breaches this year was the worst.

Pay and display For a simple job it’s taken the Ashburton District Council a long time to move pay and display parking machines off its to-do list and onto the street. The council had signalled they would be installed in February. Six months later the old meters are still in place, but the new units have finally landed in town. The new machines have to be concreted in place and the old meters removed.

Twelve machines come at a cost of $115,000 and will be installed at intervals along East Street, two per block on each side of the street.

Late entries for quiz Entries for the ANZ Daffodil Day Quiz Night have been extended, and teams have until Thursday to get any late entries in. With 60 quiz teams already signed up, the evening at the Hotel Ashburton promises to be a big one, with raffles and a charity auction also planned for the night. Doors will open at 6pm on Thursday, August 29, and all proceeds will be donated to the Cancer Society.

Teams of up to five can register by emailing kirsty.naish@anz.com, before Thursday 22.

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■■synthetic cannabis

Call for community vigilance, effort

By Sue Newman

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Stamping out synthetic cannabis needs community vigilance and community effort says Ashburton mayor Angus McKay. He’s been making unscheduled calls into dairies around the Ashburton District talking up the importance of keeping the product out of the community.

And while he has stopped short of suggesting the Ash-

burton District Council should put in place local rules to further control the sale of legal highs, Mr McKay is urging people who know of any dairy selling the substances to be pro-active and dob them in to authorities.

Associate health minister Todd McClay has written to all local authorities outlining their powers on the sale of legal highs and urging each local authority to step in and put in

place rules that will ensure they obey the law.

That’s fine in theory, Mr McKay said, but introducing bylaws around legal high sales comes with a cost that the government is clearly wanting to pass on to ratepayers.

“I’ve quietly visited some dairies and I’m keeping an eye on what’s happening but this is a health issues for the whole country and it should be government funded,” he said.

“That’s not saying this isn’t serious. It is and we’re keeping a close eye on it and I’m absolutely in support of the community keeping on top of it.”

The Government has given communities the power to decide where legal highs should and should not be available and has outlined their powers under the Psychoactive Substances Act 2013.

This could be done by through by-laws that made it

difficult for these products to be sold in adult clientele shops in specific parts of Ashburton From mid July dairies, petrol stations and liquor stores were all banned from stocking and selling synthetic cannabis.

However, while synthetic drugs can no longer be sold in mainstream stores, they are still legally available from licensed retailers with an adult clientele Breaking the law can carry a fine of up to $50,000.

Synthetic cannabis ‘is about as bad as it can get’

By Sue Newman

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When it comes to drugs Mike Bills has done them all, but he reckons synthetic cannabis is about as bad as it can get.

The reformed drug addict is on a crusade to stamp out synthetic cannabis and he’s making it his mission to ensure people in the Ashburton District understand just how bad the chemical laden product is for kids.

He’s on a crusade to drum up public support for a meeting on Monday night where toxicologist Dr Leo Schep will speak on the impact of synthetic cannabis on people’s lives. Synthetic cannabinoids might be illegal but youngsters getting and trying the stuff, Mike said.

“I don’t know who’s pushing it to school kids, but I’d love to find out. The kids are trying it because they can and because of peer pressure.

“I’ve seen the effect of this on kids. It’s a shambles. It’s a chemical like P. Try it once and you

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I’ve seen the effect of this on kids. It’s a shambles. It’s a chemical like P.

can’t stop taking it.”

The side effects of the chemical and the impact on long term health were significant, Mr Bills said.

“It’s like P. You’re in your own little world. It’s an escape, you get depressed and your verbal ability goes, you slur your words. Yes I’m on a band wagon and I’ve approached a lot of shops about this. I want the community to join together and say ‘we say we want it out of our town’.”

And he’s calling on the police to act on any information passed on to them, taking a tough line with offenders. Synthetic cannabis was wrecking lives and because it was essentially dry

vegetative matter soaked in chemical the dose in each packet could vary significantly meaning the effects could vary wildly, Mr Bills said.

“I’ve been there, I’ve done drugs and I’ve done jail. I’ve done things you just don’t want to do but I’m not there now. I’ve been lucky.

“I’ve had a boss who believed in me and helped me get on the straight and narrow. I’ve been lucky. If I can save one kid I’d be happy.”

D Leo Schep, toxicologist at the National Poisons Centre in Dunedin will be speaking on the impact of synthetic cannabis at the Ashburton College auditorium at 7pm on August 26.

■■Second milk powder scare

Lactoferrin powder has elevated nitrate levels

By Laura Mills Westland Milk Products announced yesterday afternoon that a “small amount” of lactoferrin powder with elevated nitrate levels has been exported to China.

The company says it believes traces of a cleaning product had not been properly flushed from part of the Hokitika plant.

It said in a statement the contaminated product had been traced and quarantined, and the nitrate levels did not comprise a food safety risk.

The contamination was picked up by a customer, who informed Westland Milk on August 1. It

then advised the Ministry of Primary Industries.

Westland Milk chief executive Rod Quin said two batches of lactoferrin (totalling 390kg) showed nitrate levels of 610 and 2198 parts per million respectively.

The New Zealand maximum limit for nitrates was 150 parts per million.

The product was initially not identified as non-compliant during the company’s routine testing regime prior to export.

All 390kg of “non-complying” lactoferrin had been sent to China.

“We immediately initiated a process to find and quarantine

all of the product, and it has been put on hold,” Mr Quin said.

Nitrates were a naturally occurring substance found in such foods as leafy green vegetables.

His statement said the issue was not the fact that it was present in the lactoferrin powder, but that the 390kg was over the allowable levels.

“Food safety is not the issue in this instance because lactoferrin is used as a very minor ingredient in food products.

“This means that, even if the lactoferrin with elevated nitrates had been added to food, the retail products would still have nitrate levels significantly below allowed limits.”

Westland also put a hold on all of its lactoferrin in its own warehouse and commenced retesting all individual batches.

All other lactoferrin product tested to date has returned results well below the New Zealand nitrates limit. No other Westland products were affected.

“Based on these results and our investigations to date, Westland is of the view it is an isolated incident in the lactoferrin plant only, where traces of cleaning products (which contain nitrates) were not adequately flushed from the plant prior to a new run of product.

Our investigation is under way

to establish the root cause and we have implemented corrective actions so we can ensure this does not happen again.”

Ministry officials were in Hokitika for a few hours yesterday to conduct an audit, the results of which were expected shortly.

Federated Farmers West Coast president Katie Milne said that after the Fonterra botulism scare everybody was “ultra-sensitive”.

She said supermarkets recalled food products all the time “and no one batted an eyelid”.

It proved Westland’s systems worked, she said.

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■ MATHS CHAMPS

By-election to be held in Methven

By Sue NewmaN

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The failure to generate sufficient candidate interest in the Methven Community Board will ultimately hit Methven ratepayers’ in the pocket.

Because there are just four candidates standing for five seats, the Ashburton District Council will be forced to hold a by-election to find a fifth candidate but that will come at a cost, said council chief executive Brian Lester.

This is not the first time the board has failed to attract sufficient candidates. While that could question the relevance of the board, it would be up to the people of Methven to decide whether they wanted to look at other options, Mr Lester said.

“If the view is that it is no longer necessary then the community needs to make a recommendation to the council and the council will make a submission to the Local Government Commission and they’ll decide.”

Any community could request a community board, but most in the Ashburton District were happy with community associations which also worked with the council, Mr Lester said.

“Those groups do a similar thing but they’re not bound as tightly by council processes.

The reality is we recognise

these groups and we work with them. They’re valuable even if they’re not part of the formal council decision making.”

At least every six years the council has to review its elected member structure and this was done last year. The community is invited to have input into deciding the number of councillors and whether these are elected in wards or at large.

The council could choose to undertake another review before the next election and as part of this the Methven Community Board could request a review of its future.

Community boards were set up in 1989 as part of the amalgamation of many local authorities and they were designed for communities that had a different level of focus to the overall council.

In Methven this was based around tourism.

Ballot papers will be sent to voters from September 20 for this year’s local body elections, and while elections will not be required for the community board and the two rural wards of the council, Mr Lester anticipates there will still be a solid voter response. This is usually between 60 and 65 per cent.

There will be elections for the mayor, the Ashburton Ward of the district council and the Ashburton Trust.

The Year 10 Ashburton College Aoraki maths team (from left) Vlad Barbu, 15, Scott Kelland, 14, Ashley van Staden, 14, and Ashley Kelland, 14, won their respective grade at the competition this year, and are the same team which claimed the Year 9 title last year.

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College teams clean up in maths By myleS Hume

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It would be hard to beat the string of success that a bunch of Ashburton College mathematicians achieved last week.

In a feat they have not achieved in seven years, the college’s year 9 and 10 Aoraki maths teams both took out their respective grades while up against the top number crunchers from Oamaru to Rakaia in the maths problem solving competition last week It was the third year in a row

a college Year 9 team reigned as Aoraki champions, the quad answering each question well inside the 30 minute timeframe and before 25 other teams.

Vlad Barbu, Ashley van Staden and twins Scott and Ashley Kelland were last year’s Year 9 champions, and combined again this year to win the Year 10 section.

“It’s very good, an excellent effort from all the boys.

“We have certainly got a strong group of mathematicians here,” the college’s head

of maths Liz Pollock said.

During the competition, teams were tasked with answering questions individually and can only move on to the next question if they pass or answer the question correctly. They only have half an hour to compete.

The victory also marked a special occasion for Vlad and Scott, who have both won Aoraki maths competitions for the past four years but will no longer be eligible to compete from next year.

Fatal crash still a puzzle

By DaviD Bruce Timaru police are still trying to determine the details behind a single-car crash at Waihao Downs during the weekend which killed two people and injured two others.

Yesterday, they released the names of the two victims Jeremy Niell Johnson (21), of Timaru, and Samantha Michelle Bradley (18), of Waimate.

Two men, aged 22 and 17, were injured in the crash and taken to Timaru Hospital. It was not known yesterday where they were from.

Initially, it was reported one person was injured because

they were found at the crash site, 17km south of Waimate and just south of Waihao Downs on State Highway 82.

However, another person had managed to get out of the car and walk 1km to 2km to a neighbouring house to raise the alarm.

The injured, with minor to moderate injuries, had already been taken to Timaru Hospital when police from Timaru arrived about 8am on Sunday.

Police believed alcohol and speed, along with not wearing seat belts, contributed to the fatalities.

“We still have a lot of work to do,” Timaru police acting sergeant Bryan Ennis said. -APNZ

Ashburton College’s Year 9 Aoraki maths team (from left) Oskar McLauchlan, 13, Simon Bennett, 14, and Henry Hickman, 14, were the third consecutive college Year 9 team to reign champions along with absent team member Cameron Jopson.

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In brief

■ GAY MARRIAGE

History made with first marriages

By Matthew theunissen and VaiMoana tapaleao It could have been any other wedding, except for a few variations like “I now pronounce you wife and wife” and cheers of “hip-hip, gay” at the reception.

But Tash Vitali and Mel Ray made history when they tied the knot yesterday, becoming among the first same-sex couples in New Zealand to be legally married.

Their marriage licence was picked up from the Department of Internal Affairs the minute it opened at 8.30am and was whisked up to the Auckland Unitarian Church in Ponsonby by motorbike.

The congregation cheered as it was brought into the church as Reverend Dr Matt Tittle conducted the ceremony.

“I am honoured to pronounce you wife and wife,” said Dr Tittle.

“You may now each kiss your bride.”

Speaking outside, he said he was honoured to preside over the wedding.

“It’s history in the making and hopefully it will help other countries to do the same and help New Zealanders to realise that everyone has worth and dignity no matter who they love.”

Tash Vitali said she was “so excited” and proud to be among the first gay couples to marry in New Zealand.

“It feels pretty cool. It’s overwhelming. This must be what famous people feel like with all these cameras in your face.”

Labour Party MP Louisa Wall, whose bill to legalise same-sex marriage was passed into law in April, said today’s ceremony was what all her hard work had been about.

“Up until this point in time it’s all been theoretical, debating about what this might mean,

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Cruising up north It is the man himself not Tom Cruise’s ghost haunting the Bay of Islands, although he regularly falls off Kauri Cliffs and “dies”. The Hollywood movie star has recently been seen cruising the Far North coastal property market - the whisper on the street that he has an eye on buying a small island.

Cruise’s latest visit was just prior to him taking a spin on San Francisco Bay on Team NZ’s America’s Cup racer, AC72, along with his son Connor.

-APNZ

Hunt for robbers Hamilton police are still searching for a pair of armed robbers who pointed a gun at a shopkeeper’s head last week. Ravi Khattar, 56, was closing his Tuhikaramea Superette in Hamilton when the men burst in at 8.15pm on Friday. The brazen robbers, who have been linked to three armed robberies within 24 hours, demanded money and cigarettes from Mr Khattar.

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‘Missing’ boatie safe The owner of an unoccupied dinghy found floating off Gisborne on Sunday, who sparked a major search operation, is safe and well.

Police said the man and others on board had abandoned the vessel and swum to shore after it started taking on water but failed to notify authorities.

-APNZ Melissa Ray (right) and Tash Vitali take part in their wedding ceremony. They were among the first gay couples in New Zealand to be married yesterday. photo ap

and I think today we’ve seen exactly what it’s all about: celebration of family, friends, commitment and love.”

But there was still much to do to get equality for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community, she said.

“There’s been a philosophical analysis about this being about Western liberalism and not about universal human rights for all human beings. And I think the push back from countries like Russia really needs to be challenged globally.”

The couple rode to Auckland waterfront on a horse-drawn carriage where the reception kicked off at the Cloud on

Queens Wharf, hosted by Auckland drag queen Miss Ribena.

“I’ve been on the gay scene for 22 years so for this day to come at last is just fabulous,” Miss Ribena said.

A few people arrived at the Department of Internal Affairs in downtown Auckland this morning to pick up their marriage licences.

An Australian couple who wanted to be identified only as Sarah and Emma, in their 20s, cheered and clapped as they were given their papers.

The pair, who got married in Auckland yesterday afternoon, said they could not speak to media until after that, as an

Australian television show was covering their big day.

However, Emma said it was a wonderful acknowledgment of the gay community to be able to marry.

“It’s nice to be attached to something very special,” she said.

Another couple, from the US, were the first gay couple married in the department offices at 9am. They declined to be interviewed, but said it was a privilege to be able to get married in another country.

“We just found this to be our best option ... I never thought we would be here in New Zealand, but it’s nice.”

- APNZ

Speaking out on GCSB bill

By Brendan Manning

Auckland’s Town Hall filled with hundreds of supporters to hear legal experts and Opposition politicians speak out against the GCSB bill last night.

The Government Communications Security Bill is expected to pass its committee stages and third reading this week with a one-vote majority.

Speakers took to the stage for seven minutes at a time to explain why they believed the Bill was flawed and unnecessary.

“Well this is what democracy looks like”, MC Martyn ‘Bomber’ Bradbury told a Town Hall at full capacity.

“Tonight we hear the other side of the argument.”

The Law Society’s Dr Rodney Harrison QC said Prime Minister John Key’s

comments that New Zealand was not sleepwalking into a surveillance state were flawed.

While Mr Key wanted to leave a strong economy in his legacy as Prime Minister, he did not care about the society he left behind, Mr Harrison said.

Internet tycoon Kim Dotcom said the legislation was like a Hollywood blockbuster spanning different genres; first action, then drama and now a comedy.

“We’re being lied to. We’re being fooled into thinking this GCSB bill here is to protect us.

“We have a prime minister in New Zealand who thinks he can just push this through with one vote against the will of New Zealanders.”

The public had the opportunity to change that at next year’s general election, Mr Dotcom said.

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Urgent demolition A nine-storey lift shaft attached to Wellington’s James Smith’s parking building is to be demolished urgently, due to the danger of it toppling after the latest quakes. Lukes Lane had been closed to the public following an inspection of the structure.

- APNZ

Dismissal ‘unjustified’ The Employment Court at Nelson has upheld a decision that found a salad bar worker was unjustifiably dismissed when she was sacked by text message after being accused of stealing on her second day on the job. Chief Employment Court Judge Graeme Colgan upheld the Employment Relations Authority decision which awarded Amberleigh Howe-Thornley more than $6000 in compensation.

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■ DISABLED SCHOOL BUS SERVICE

Vans to be running within four weeks By myleS Hume

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It has taken almost seven months, but the Ministry of Education has finally acted on the pleas from parents of disabled pupils at Ashburton College.

Safety concerns have been reverberating for months over the Ritchies school bus that was used to transport disabled pupils to Ashburton College and Hampstead School this year The ministry has insisted it was operating at the required

standard, but parents have always called for a mini van service, similar to the former Ashburton Taxi service, to be reinstated.

And recently their wishes became a reality, after the Ministry of Education ordered Ritchies to scrap its bus service and put two specialised vans on the road.

“The ministry were keen to review the contract and meet with the college and Ritchies. They expressed there were still ways in which the students’

needs could be better met so Ritchies have been asked to put on two mobility vans,” Ashburton College deputy principal Grant Congdon said.

“And we expect those to be up and running in three to four weeks.”

The announcement may finally end a seven-month-long saga which saw a raft of safety improvements made to the bus costing thousands of dollars, and logistical changes so it could drop the pupils closer to their learning unit within a suit-

able timeframe. Mr Congdon said the mobility van service meant the sole driver would not be responsible for as many highrisk pupils and they would not be on the bus for long periods of time.

“I’m feeling really positive about this change, Ritchies are wanting to deliver the best bus service possible,” he said.

Parent Mark Somerville, who is also the sole parent representative on a special education school transport assistance (SESTA) reference group called

it “a win for parents”.

“This is what we have set out to do since the beginning of the school year and we have finally achieved that,” he said.

He said “although it was frustrating for parents, pupils and the college” positives had come out of the troubled bus service.

“When I first got involved I could not find anyone to talk to about it and no one told me where to go. But with our reference group we have formed a complaints process which we must now act on,” he said.

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Mt Hutt skifield is set to host a major world cup event which athletes will use to catapult them towards the 2014 Sochi Paralympic Games.

Paralympic athletes from 10 countries will descend on Mt Hutt next week for an International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Cup event, featuring New Zealand’s slalom gold medallist Adam Hall.

Adaptive Snow Sports New Zealand manager Jane Stevens said it was rare for New Zealand to host world cup events, which provided the opportunity for competitors to gain points and qualification towards Sochi 2014 in March.

“One of the reasons we put this event on is to make sure our New Zealand athletes

get the chance to qualify and compete in a southern hemisphere event so they don’t have to worry about chasing points and qualification later on in the year,” she said.

About 50 leading athletes from countries including Canada, USA and Russia have already based themselves in Methven, and will be racing in either standing, sitting or visually impaired categories on Monday.

Ms Stevens said it will be the first time world cup speed events will be held in New Zealand, with the super giant slalom and super combined race being the two events at Mt Hutt.

Coronet Peak and Australian skifields are hosting world cup events in unison.

Mt Hutt skifield operations manager James Urquhart said the event had attracted “the big names” in

paralympic skiing who were already making a splash in Mid Canterbury.

“We’ve had the Canadians for two and a half weeks and the Americans are already here now staying in Methven. They’ve been to the wildlife encounter and the aviation museum, there’s a lot of money being thrown around when they are in town, so it’s a big coup for us,” he said.

International officials and volunteers from around the country will also be at the event open to the public.

Competition is scheduled to take place on Monday and Tuesday.

Prizegiving after the first day of racing will be held outside the Methven Heritage Centre with Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay and Sir Graeme Harrison in attendance.

Staff shortages have created headaches for the Ashburton District Council as it endeavours to rewrite its solid waste strategy.

The council has had a revision of the policy on its books for more than a year. The review would include looking at the option of wheelie bins for kerbside collections in Ashburton.

With the current collection contract due to expire in June, councillors at Thursday’s operations committee meeting were keen to know how long it would be before they saw action on the policy review.

Assets manager Andrew Guthrie did not deliver good news.

“The scoping of the review is underway and feedback from other councils indicates this is a big item requiring a lot of work,” he said.

“Worst case scenario, it may have to see our contract roll over to give us space before we find a way forward.”

The council reviewed its kerbside collection in 2011 and submitters were divided on their support for wheelie bins. When the next review is carried out, the public will again be surveyed on their support – or not – for wheelie bin collections.

While wheelie bins might have dropped under the radar for council staff, they haven’t disappeared in the minds of the community.

A Facebook campaign has attracted hundreds of views, with more than 800 people signalling they like the concept.

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Man on sixth drink driving offence The following people were convicted and sentenced on drink driving matters by Judge Jane McMeeken in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

John Paul Edward O’Connor was convicted on his sixth drink driving offence, this time with an excess breath alcohol level of 527 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath (EBA 527mcg/l), after “miscalculating” the amount he had drunk – however his excuses didn’t wash with Judge McMeeken.

“It is astounding that someone with the drink driving history that you have would even consider driving after drinking anything at all,” she said, warning O’Connor a prison sentence was on the table.

He was sentenced to four months’ home detention with conditions to undertake alcohol treatment as directed, not to drink or possess alcohol or visit

licensed premises.

He was disqualified from driving for 15 months, ordered to obtain a zero-alcohol licence for three years on completion.

He is not to obtain and interest in a motor vehicle for 12 months.

22, a plumber of Ashburton; EBA 614mcg/l – convicted disqualified from driving for 10 months, fined $800 and ordered to undertake 12 months’ supervision, to include alcohol counselling and treatment.

It was Johnson’s third conviction for drink driving and he must apply to the Transport Ministry to get his licence back; and carry a zero alcohol licence for three years when he does.

Valerie Anne Bishop, 32, of Allenton; EBA 697 mcg/l – convicted and disqualified from driving for six months and fined $500.

William Ongoua Vainepuapii, 23, a labourer of Netherby; EBA 571mcg/l – convicted and disqualified from driving for six months and fined $450.

Ryan Thomas Finlinson, 20, a farm worker of Dorie; EBA 486mcg/l – convicted and disqualified from driving for six months and fined $400.

Daniel Pirere, 55, a painter of Hampstead; EBA 656mcg/l – convicted and disqualified from driving for six months and fined $525.

Wayne James Jensen, 65, of Lake Coleridge; EBA 874mcg/l – convicted and disqualified from driving for six months and fined $750.

Alex Ivan Veint, 20, of Leeston; EBA 459mcg/l – convicted

Matthew Patrick Johnson,

Other driving matters An Ashburton mother gave police false details when detained for disqualified driving.

Casey Joan Caroline Kerr, 22, unemployed of Ashburton, appeared on her sixth disqualified driving charge and failing to make good 95 hours of outstanding community work. The court was told when Kerr was stopped by police in July she gave her name as Bianca Silcock, before driving to an address where she produced a letter with that name on as evidence of her identity.

However the police officer was not convinced and asked Kerr to go to the police station, where she continued to insist she was Bianca Silcock. But her ruse was blown when an officer identified her.

Judge Jane McMeeken warned Kerr having a child would not keep her out of jail, before convicting her and remanding her for sentencing on September 16.

Phoenix Hawkins, 21, a shed hand of Hampstead; convicted of driving while his licence was suspended – disqualified from driving for six months, starting when his current term of suspension ends on November 1, and fined $300.

Hawkins had only lost his licence the day before he was caught – “If there was a charge for being stupid I would con-

“

If there was a charge for being stupid I would convict you of that too - Judge Jane McMeeken

vict you of that too,” Judge McWayne Ashley Williams, 21, Meeken told him. a meat worker of Hampstead; convicted of driving while susMichael Bruce Haynes, of pended – disqualified from drivHororata; was convicted of care- ing for six months, effective from less use of a motor vehicle and a October 9 when his current disthird count of disqualified driv- qualification ends. ing. Haynes lost control of his vehicle on Thompsons Track, it Anthony Meiklejohn, 20, of left the road and landed on its Netherby, convicted of driving side in a paddock. while his licence was suspended “He must really, really like driv- –disqualified for six months, efing, because he’s driving himself fective from September 29, and into jail,” Judge McMeeken said. fined $300.

“It must be a boy thing – was it worth four months in jail?” She Karen Dale Swann, 59, a facconvicted Haynes and ordered a tory worker of Ashburton, conpre-sentence report, for sentenc- victed on charges of failing to ing next month. keep accurate logbook records.

The former truck driver was A decision to race through disqualified from driving for a traffic lights on the intersection month and fined $600. of West and Moore streets has cost two Ashburton youths their Festiva Ariki Niania-Kereopa drivers’ licences and hit them in was convicted and discharged on the pocket. Tod Grahame Wil- a charge of driving while disson, an 18 year old mechanic, qualified. and Daniel Joseph Snowball, The court was told Niania19, a builder, were both disquali- Kereopa was only hours away fied from driving for six months from regaining his licence when and fined $400 each. he was apprehended.

and disqualified from driving for six months and fined $400.

and ordered to pay medical fees of $158.

Michael Grahame Smallridge, 43, a welder of Netherby; was convicted on a charge of refusing to supply a blood sample when pulled up for suspected drink driving.

Smallridge, who has five previous drink driving convictions, told police he would go to jail if he complied with their request.

He was remanded on bail for sentencing on September 16.

Brooke Anthony Monson, 18, a butcher of Chertsey; was convicted on his third drink driving charge (EBA 680mcg/l) and driving while his licence was suspended.

Judge McMeeken called for a presentence report to be prepared before Monson returns to court for sentencing on September 16.

Andrew Cameron, 27, of a labourer of Ashburton, appeared for sentencing on his third charge of drink driving – he was disqualified from driving for 13 months, ordered to obtain a zero alcohol licence when he regains his licence, ordered to do 80 hours of community work.

He was also sentenced to 12 months’ intensive supervision

Kooly Managki Tetomo, a meat worker of Ashburton; EBA 536mcg/l – convicted and disqualified from driving for six months and fined $450.

Matthew Lee Antunovich, 32, of Pendarves; EBA 896mcg/l – convicted and disqualified from driving for eight months, fined $1000 and an order made for the confiscation of his vehicle.

Convicted on breach of community work Timothy Sean Burgess, 20, of Ashburton, appeared on a charge of breaching his community work sentence.

Burgess had turned up on an unscheduled date, and lost the plot swearing and yelling at the probation officer when he learned the work party was already full.

His lawyer, Bevan Coombes, told the court Burgess’ family had made arrangements for him to relocate to Auckland to live with his sister under strict rules.

He said his client realised it was his last chance, and requested a fine as a sentencing option.

But Judge McMeeken pointed out Burgess had made no payments on a fine imposed for his last breach of community work.

“When you behave as badly as you did, you don’t get to make decisions about your life,” she told him.

Burgess was convicted for sentencing on September 16, when a fine may be considered if probation services report a “polite young man” who had made inroads into the sentence.

Joshua David Seed Hawthorne, 18, of Ashburton, was

“extremely intoxicated” when he entered a stranger’s property – so much so he has no recollection of the event – or damaging a vehicle which resulted in his appearance in court yesterday.

He was convicted of wilful damage and fined $400.

Chloe Rose Romana, a meat worker of Ashburton, was convicted on her second breach of a community work sentence.

She was fined $450, and resentenced and fined $250 in lieu of the outstanding 55 hours.

Natasha Christine Ranson, 21, of Netherby, convicted and discharged on a charge of breaching a community working sentence.

Diego Solomon Joseph Tuheke, 17, a casual labourer of Ashburton, convicted of assault and ordered to make an emotional harm payment of $150.

Taimana Norton Soames, 17, a shearer of Ashburton, appeared on a wilful damage charge – he has until September 3 to come up with the $500 required to make reparations.

Hit and run accused fails to appear in court The man accused of a hit and run in Hawke’s Bay that left a 5-year-old boy in a critical condition last week failed to appear in court yesterday.

Joshua Manukapei Watson,

27, a seasonal worker, is charged with having been a driver of a vehicle involved in an accident and leaving the scene without stopping to ascertain whether anyone was hurt.

His case was called in Hastings District Court yesterday morning but Watson did not appear.

A warrant was issued for his arrest.

The young boy, Kayzah-Shae

Wairama, was transferred to Starship Hospital in Auckland after the August 13 accident, which happened in Flaxmere.

He was put in an induced coma but listed in a stable condition

yesterday. Kayzah-Shae’s grandmother, Lovey Winitana Orlowski, was delighted last week with the news that the driver had turned himself into police on Thursday.

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OUR VIEW

Be proud NZ voted for gay marriage Coen Lammers EDITOR

N

ew Zealanders should be proud of what they achieved yesterday.

Without moving a muscle, the New Zealand voters – through their elected Members of Parliament – yesterday affirmed that gay people in this country have the same rights as everyone else.

The first same-sex weddings around the country yesterday made New Zealand the 15th country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage.

Some in Mid Canterbury may be uncomfortable with gay relationships, but the majority of Kiwis decided that these reservations are not enough to deny gay men or women their right to be married and have a family.

Many critics have predicted the breakdown of family values and especially the conservative Christian lobby desperately tried to defend marriage as a holy bond between a man and a woman.

These conservatives will feel frustrated to see the first weddings yesterday get so much air-play in the media, but the coverage was justified considering the historical nature.

Compare that to countries like Russia, where openly gay couples are beaten and prosecuted by the state, or France where the gay marriage debate resulted in street riots, New Zealand’s ground-breaking same sex-marriage legislation is a celebration of our peaceful democracy and human rights.

We may not all agree on the subject, but we all agree to accept the will of the majority of the population.

Most of us will take this principle for granted, but just to look at the bloodshed in Egypt after the elected Government was ousted by the military, to witness how quickly a democracy can unravel into civil war if we don’t all play our part.

Yesterday’s first same-sex weddings are also a major breakthrough for young gay people, in Ashburton and around the country.

Growing up gay in rural New Zealand can be difficult, so the visual affirmation that gay people have the same rights and are no different from anyone else will hopefully give these youngsters more confidence to find their own path.

YOUR VIEW Living Legends planting On behalf of the Living Legends Organisation a big thank you to the almost 100 people who turned out on Sunday at the Arthur Harris Scientific Reserve for the final year of the three-year project.

The weather wasn’t great which made the effort all the more meritorious.

It has been a wonderful opportunity for a lot of people to contribute to this community project, which would otherwise be left to a few keen volunteers from the Forest and Bird Society.

It’s also great to hear that two of the driving forces for this project, Val Clemens and Arthur Harris, are on the mend from their horrific car accident last Friday.

Finally it has been an honour and privilege to have fronted this project to preserve some

of our native tree history.

Jock Ross

Who voted?

With the elections coming up it would be nice to know who on the district council voted for art gallery and new bridge so with our votes we can vote accordingly.

(Text message) ***** I see the list in Saturday’s paper of who’s running for council, that’s great but all I need is a list of the people that voted for and against the art gallery.

Sparks and D. Nelson pushed for it ignoring everyone, but who else?

I remember seeing it on the front page a few months ago, please someone supply us with a list? My workmates all want to know.

(Text message)

Racing page Another weekend gone along with my enthusiasm for the lo-

CRUMB by David Fletcher

cal racing page.

Pete K (Test message) ***** Racing page on a Friday needs to be a pull out instead of stuck in the middle.

Bevan (Text message)

Sudoku Sudoku – no point in trying to work out the new-style puzzles, please return to the old style games.

Pat Smith (Text message) ***** To those people whinging about the Sudoku suck it up I think it’s good its merit to test the brain and if the Sudoku is too hard maybe your brain is already tested. (Text message) ***** I agree with Margaret and Mike I also find the new style Sudoku difficult and frustrating. Please revert to ‘old’ grading scale.

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Give credit where credit’s due

POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Whitebait season has started, is it on your menu?

Willy Leferink WILLYLEAKS

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ith one off-farm hiccup aside it has been a great start to the new season. The weather, touch-wood, has been kind, New Zealand’s water quality is not only stable but improving and then there was Fonterra’s overdraft clearing forecast payout.

Aside from the news grabbing headlines caused by Fonterra’s precautionary recall, not a lot of this would have been obvious given the GCSB media hullabaloo. The suggestion New Zealand is close to becoming a police state is as divorced from reality as Nigella Lawson is from Charles Saatchi.

There isn’t much ‘civil liberties’ talk when it comes to farming. We get regional councils, health and safety and even the processors beating paths to our door. Our friends from ECan now want to match satellite imagery with what’s happening on the ground. One farmer when asked to participate refused by quoting George Orwell’s 1984. Where does the GCSB civil liberty crew sit on that, or does ECan want to make farmers their unpaid employees?

So here is the exceptional news that the media almost completely missed.

In a whole decade typified by dairy expansion and ‘intensification’, the Ministry for the Environment found that water quality is either stable or improving. This wasn’t in one catchment but in 90 per cent of the water quality sites tested.

Okay, I am biased, but that should have been lead item on all the news channels and fea-

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In a decade typified by dairy expansion, water quality has either proved to be stable or improving.

tured in editorials. Dreams are free I suppose but the facts, not spin, are starting to get out.

Farmers are one part of the water equation as are communities and we have both stepped up our game. Or, as the MfE dryly commented, “…this may reflect a general improvement in land management and wastewater treatment practices”.

The amazing thing is that these positive water outcomes are happening without telephone-sized rulebooks or satellite surveillance. Water quality, you see, is a long-run game.

Policy timetables must reflect reality but the MfE’s results surely prove better water is now reality.

Despite water quality being officially stable to improving, it

still gets twisted in the telling.

In the few media reports we either got a jaundiced environmentalist’s spin or fat-cat stereotyping in payout coverage.

Speaking of the payout, farmers ought to bank the gains and run a prudent ship because we don’t know what’s around the corner as the recall proves.

That said, the forecast is a beautiful opportunity to continue ripping the rug from underneath the ‘antis’ by further improving our water quality.

This not only supports Green Dairying into the future but is great news for our provincial towns and cities. Here in Ashburton, we are lucky as most of us can just turn on the tap when it does not rain.

We know a high payout can turn into next to nothing if the weather does not play ball.

Farmers will be relying on the weather gurus to keep us up to date and for water storage to come forward. Our economy’s secret formula isn’t complex being, ‘just add water.’

A high input milk price forecast will put pressure on Fonterra to come up with a substantial dividend as it will squeeze margins on finished products.

That is not necessarily a bad thing as it will drive the company to perform, just as farmers are performing when it comes to water and the economy.

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■ EGYPT

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36 Islamist prisoners killed Thirty-six Islamist prisoners were killed during an attempted jailbreak in Egypt, police say, bringing to almost 800 the death toll in five days as authorities continued a crackdown on supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi.

The bloodshed in Egypt has drawn widespread international condemnation, with senior European Union diplomats set to hold emergency talks to discuss the situation and future EU action.

There were conflicting reports of how the deaths occurred but the Egyptian interior ministry said the prisoners

had taken an officer hostage and died after suffocating on tear gas.

“Thirty-six of the prisoners died of suffocation and crowding after tear gas was used to stop their escape,” the ministry said.

The killings were the latest in five days of bloodshed sparked by a police and military operation to clear Islamists from protest camps in Cairo.

In his first remarks since the campaign was launched, military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who overthrew Morsi on July 3, warned security forces would confront any further violence

from protesters. “We will never be silent in the face of the destruction of the country,” Sisi told top military and police commanders.

“We are very prepared for this,” he said, pledging a “forceful” response to further attacks on police stations and government buildings.

The army and police have sent reinforcements to the Abu Zaabal prison, the scene of the deadly jailbreak attempt, the official MENA news agency reported.

The Muslim Brotherhood, Morsi’s once banned movement that backed his election victory

in 2012, said 35 prisoners were killed, revising an earlier toll of 52.

“The murder of 35 detained anti-coup protesters affirms the intentional violence aimed at opponents of the coup, and the cold-blooded killing of which they are targets,” it said in a statement in English.

The Islamists said they cancelled “several marches” on Sunday, citing fears of vigilantes and snipers, but that others would go ahead.

At a mosque in Dokki neighbourhood of Cairo, where one march was scheduled to begin, residents stood guard. - AFP

■ PHILIPPINES

Pilgrims hit by train An Indian express train has ploughed into a crowd of Hindu pilgrims in the country’s east , killing 35 and triggering a riot as angry crowds went on the rampage, officials said. The pilgrims were crossing the tracks at a station in the state of Bihar when the interstate passenger train ran into them, injuring dozens, a senior police officer said.

Crowds converged on the Rajya Rani Express, setting carriages on fire and ransacking Dharhara station, some 178 kilometres from the state capital Patna.

- AFP

Ferry death toll rises The death toll from a ferry disaster in the Philippines has risen to 52 as more bodies were pulled from the water, the coastguard said. Divers and patrol boats were continuing to search for 68 other people still missing after the St Thomas Aquinas ferry collided with a cargo ship at the weekend and quickly sank near the central city of Cebu, the coastguard added. - AFP

Explosives found

Floods shut down capital

A similar homemade bomb to the device that nearly blew off a teenager’s hand has been found on a high school oval in north Queensland. A teacher discovered two bombs sitting on the Mackay State High School’s oval yesterday morning. Inspector Andy Graham says one of the bombs was almost identical to the one that seriously injured a 15-year-old boy on Sunday at a Mackay house that backs onto the school. “Doctors are fighting to save his hand. He’s lost a thumb and finger on the other hand,” Insp Graham said. “He has shrapnel injuries to his body and shrapnel in his eye.”

- AAP

March trial

Filipino residents wade along a flooded street in Las Pinas, south of Manila, Philippines yesterday.

Torrential rain has shut down most of the Philippine capital as neck-deep water swept through parts of Manila, while floods in northern farming areas claimed at least one life.

Schools, government offices and the stock exchange in the megacity of 12 million people closed yesterday as a red alert was raised, the highest level of a warning system in which widespread floods are predicted.

“We are trying to save whatever we can. But it was so sudden,” J.R Pascual, a father-of-

four, told AFP as he tried to take the most important possessions from his home that was flooded up to his waist.

“My neighbour wasn’t even able to get his car out.”

Pascual lives in a middleclass district of Cavite, which is about 15 kilometres from the heart of Manila.

Roads from Cavite into the city were impassable, while some motorists who tried to get through the flooded streets were forced to abandon their cars. Some commuters on public transport were also strand-

ed, and had to wade through muddy, trash-filled water to find higher ground.

Footage on ABS-CBN showed people in shanty town communities standing on their corrugated iron roofs, as fastmoving water swept through the windows of their homes.

Farming and mountainous areas hundreds of kilometres to the north of Manila on the main island of Luzon were also badly flooded, according to the government’s disaster management council.

It reported some areas were

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enduring floods of 1.2 metres , following persistent rain that began at the weekend.

At least one person died in a flood-related car accident and two people were missing in the north, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported.

The flooding was due to the normal monsoon being exacerbated by Tropical Storm Trami, which was causing problems despite being more than 500 kilometres from the Philippines, weather forecasters said.

- AFP

South Africa’s Paralympian sprint star Oscar Pistorius will go trial in March charged with murdering his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day, a magistrate ruled at a packed court hearing yesterday. The 26-yearold double amputee, who looked subdued as he arrived in court in the capital Pretoria, faces a life sentence if found guilty. Pistorius was back in the dock six months after shooting dead Steenkamp in the bathroom of his upmarket Pretoria home in the early hours of February 14. The athlete has admitted killing her but denied murder, saying he shot Steenkamp through a locked bathroom door because he believed she was an intruder.

- AFP Oscar Pistorius

Death toll reaches 74 Devastating floods at opposite ends of China have left 74 people dead and forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate their homes in recent days, officials and state media say. Flooding in the northeast has left 54 people dead, while another 20 people died in the southern province of Guangdong as a result of the weather.

- AFP

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■ FONTERRA CRISIS

Food regulations in the spotlight A joint ministerial inquiry into the Fonterra Co-operative Group food scare will look at how the dairy exporter’s contamination occurred and whether the country’s regulatory regime is up to scratch, but won’t touch on questions of liability or the legislative structure of the dairy sector.

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy and Food Safety Minister Nikki Kaye yesterday released the draft terms of the government’s inquiry into the whey protein contamination, and appointed former Russell

Nikki Kaye

McVeagh partner Miriam Dean QC to head the probe.

The first part of the investigation will look at how the tainted food entered the supply chain and the response and the second part will focus on regulatory and best practice requirements, the ministers said in a statement.

“This will provide the answers needed to the questions that have been raised about this incident, both domestically and internationally,” Guy said.

“It is also an important step in reassuring our trading partners

that we take these issues seriously.”

The announcement of the inquiry’s terms comes after another food scare emerged, this time at Westland Milk, where unacceptable nitrate levels were found in four consignments of lactoferrin.

The inquiry will report on and make recommendations on the adequacy of legal and best practice requirements on diagnostics, traceability, reporting, implementation of food safety standards, contingency planning and the regulatory re-

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The central business district of New Zealand’s capital has withstood two earthquakes that could have collapsed buildings in other places, letting insurers off the hook.

There are bits of damage to commercial buildings in Wellington after the magnitude 6.6 quake on Friday, says Ian Cassels, president of the Wellington branch of the New Zealand Property Council.

“I think there is some damage in buildings that are built on reclaimed land whether they are built well or not,” he told BusinessDesk.

But the city wasn’t badly damaged by the magnitude 6.5 shake in July and it quickly became obvious that Friday’s jolt, estimated to be two-thirds of the acceleration of the July shake, has caused less damage.

“One way of looking at Friday’s quake is that it has virtually said that Wellington hasn’t got any earthquake-prone buildings that are likely to collapse in a moderate earthquake” Cassels said. “We have just had two more than moderate shakes, so we haven’t got any earthquakeprone buildings, otherwise we

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Minor structural damage was found after inspections of Wellington’s Majestic Centre following Friday’s earthquake.

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 Falls 39

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5,112.5

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 Dow Jones Indust.

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At close of trading on August 16, 2013

 FTSE 100 index

6,499.99 +16.65 +0.26% At close of trading on August 16, 2013

 Nikkei 225 index

13,758.13 +108.02 +0.79% At close of trading on August 19, 2013

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7,335.5

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would have had collapses.”

Wellington’s older commercial buildings are between 100 and 120 years old and a lot of work was done to them after an earthquake in 1942 of a similar size to the two just experienced.

“That sorted out quite a bit of the loose stuff. There was strengthening done,” he said.

Listed property owners reported few problems yesterday.

Kiwi Income Property Trust found minor structural damage after inspections of the Majestic Centre, Unisys House and Aurora Chambers, 44 The Terrace and North City Shopping Centre.

Argosy Property reported only minor, mainly cosmetic damage to its Wellington properties, which include Stewart Dawsons Corner and 8-14 Willis Street.

DNZ Property Fund said inspections of its Wellington CBD and Johnsonville Shopping Centre properties found only superficial cosmetic damage.

Insurance Council of New Zealand Chief Executive Tim Grafton said it will take weeks to assess the value of claims and a figure was not available yet for the cost of the July quake.

- BusinessDesk

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sponse. It will also look at any changes necessary to prevent another food scare.

The probe won’t cross over into a Ministry for Primary Industries investigation on whether any legal or regulatory breaches occurred, and isn’t tasked with testing whether any questions of liability arise. The government has also excluded the legislative structure of the dairy industry from the probe.

Fonterra is also holding two separate inquiries, one led by its board and an internal probe.

- BusinessDesk

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In the quiet expanse of the Rakaia Gorge high country, the shearing shed at Glenaan Station has been a hive of activity.

As working dogs laze outside the property’s new shed, station owner Paul Ensor is inside watching over a Pleasant Point shearing gang of four shearers and one presser, a wool classer from Amberley and distant relation and local Georgina Ensor who is scanning electronic identification tags on the sheep.

As the Guardian visited at the end of last week, the shearers were shearing the last of 2650 merino ewes on the 1035-hectare station, and were to be finished by 11am after going hard out from 7.30am to 5.30pm for three days straight.

Mr Ensor’s days had been starting at 6am as he and his family got up early to feed the shearers staying on the property, located near the end of a shingle road over 30km from the Highway 72 turn-off.

Mr Ensor was helped on the farm by his father Hamish and his mum Belinda helped out with cooking. He lives on the property with his wife Prue and their two children Juliet, 3, and Guy, 1.

Mr Ensor said shearing had been going well with a run of good weather throughout the week.

“We are ahead of schedule, we have managed to run right through without having any weather interruptions,” Mr Ensor said.

Nevertheless he was looking forward to the end of the week and putting shearing behind him

for another year. “I’m looking forward to tomorrow when it will be nice and quiet and back to normal.”

He was positive about the future of merino farming, and

thought it had been a promising introduction of marketing merino meat in the last 18 months.

The farm has a contract through the New Zealand Merino Company to supply meat to

over 100 restaurants throughout New Zealand.

It also has a contract through the merino company with Japanese Company Nikke, which uses the wool in merino clothing items

including school uniforms and suits.

New technology is helping Mr Ensor in the age-old task of shearing, which has been undertaken by generations before him

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Market report LAMB

The falling lamb supply is encouraging the meat companies to lift their game, as farmgate prices for lamb remain buoyant.

With lamb production at seasonal lows, much of the kill is being chilled in order to maximise the chilled lamb supply to the UK and US markets. This means frozen inventory is at low levels, which is a good position to be in with the new season just a little over a month away, commencing October 1.

We are currently heading towards the end of the European summer, meaning lamb consumption is at low levels. Nonetheless, this is typical for this time of year, coinciding with our quiet production period.

BEEF

Top US meat packer Tyson Foods Inc. has announced that they will stop buying cattle fed with a widely used drug called Zilmax, that can add more than 30 pounds to the average steer. Tyson buy a quarter of the total US cattle for slaughter, so the implication could mean less meat available in the longer term, and therefore higher beef prices.

Meanwhile, farmgate prices for beef have increased lately, despite mediocre overseas market signals. Kill numbers are small in many regions, so some companies have paid as required in order to fill orders.

Mild conditions have gone some way in encouraging early spring grass growth, and this is being reflected in the higher prices for store cattle at the saleyards.

DAIRY Above – Shearing has been under way for three-and-a-half days solid at Glenaan.

Left – Glenaan Station owner Paul Ensor. photos susan sandys

on the property.

Each sheep tag is scanned as the sheep comes on to the shearing platform and a barcode sticker is printed out, which is placed on the platform next to the sheep.

When the sheep is shorn and its fleece weighed and processed the tag is scanned in, so the quality and quantity of the fleece can be tracked back to the sheep, and those producing the best fleece can be favoured for further breeding.

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This market is now really gaining traction with trading volumes at record levels this week. Demand was particularly strong for WMP Futures this week, although plenty of SMP and AMF contracts also changed hands.

Fonterra has reduced the volume of WMP they plan to sell on GlobalDairyTrade in the year ahead. This puts WMP volumes for the October to January period down 28 per cent on the same time last year.

Fonterra has previously indicated that they would reduce GDT volumes in favour of other sales channels. The news of the reduced volumes is expected to assist prices in remaining at elevated levels in the coming months.

Milk volumes produced during the winter months in NZ were lower than normal. Official data for June puts volumes down 7 per cent.

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“Great staff are critical to any farming operation. Federated Farmers wants to ensure that our youth realise these opportunities are available to them and that employers have all the right docu-

mentation to know what the legal requirements are.

Urban Property “Our www.ruraljobs.co.nz is not only Consultant Manager Veronica Monaghan theShirley placeFitzgerald to go to match people with 027but 220also 1528 where you027 6948 jobs, can697 get up to date employment contracts reflecting the latest law changes, information on nationwide wages and salary packages, immigration ACC and OSH requirements and free legal advice for our members. It is a great one-stop shop, tailored for the farming sector.”

Canterbury was the leading province for job opportunities.

“Agriculture has a proud history and promising future,” Mr English said. “It is critical that we get more people involved in agriculture at all levels. Finding the right job and having the right tools to be a good employer helps everyone.”

Phone (03) 307 8

MID CANTY The livestock theft page includes one incident in Mid Canterbury when thieves stole seven hoggets from a Westerfield farm. The animals were worth $700 and brass-tagged Cedar Park. The farmer suspected a large truck or vehicle was used, judging by the wide wheel marks left.

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

V E N I S O N ($/kg - gross) AP Hind 50kg AP Stag 60kg AP Stag 80kg

7.18 7.28 6.88

7.11 7.20 6.81

6.78 6.88 6.48

6.38 6.48 6.08

7.61 7.70 7.31

6.38 6.48 6.08

7.98 8.08 7.68

7.73 7.82 7.42

1285 945 810 725 500 475 473 450 510

1500 990 815 715 500 485 480 460 520

1500 930 790 700 450 405 365 385 470

1570 1100 850 695 412 360 355 335 495

1280 930 790 670 395 345 340 315 465

1570 1100 900 755 510 505 500 495 545

1705 1170 895 797 606 594 591 564 571

421 416

433 415

455 410

467 417

338 408

473 443

421 423

5190 5850 6270 5510 14300

5080 5810 6120 5450 12850

3760 3760 3700 4810 10480

3490 3360 3420 4510 10220

5640 7000 7120 5770 14390

4812 4151 4290 5147 12382

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

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

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

5200 5820 6320 5450 14000

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

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

OVERSEAS

MEAT

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

PRICES 390 193 184 6.40

390 192 181 6.40

0.807 0.516 0.605 3.60

0.790 0.519 0.603 3.22

380 206 180 6.40

315 211 198 6.60

315 189 172 6.40 *

390 * 225 212 6.80

405 210 198 6.72

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

PROCESSING

D A T A (000)

Lamb SI Mutton SI Beef SI Information provided by NZX Agrifax

0.817 0.811 0.535 0.515 0.634 0.656 2.84 2.80 (Estimates only) 382 71 39 11 18.8 5.5

0.828 0.514 0.629 2.76 17 5 0.0 *

0.844 0.526 0.637 2.82 508 134 26.7

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

0.813 0.519 0.628 2.84

Rerewhakaaitu farmer Robert Way says stock theft was the last straw in his decision to sell up.

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Callous rustlers bring long tenure to an end

By Mike Watson The senseless slaughter of prime lambs was the final straw for Rerewhakaaitu sheep farmer Robert Way. He sold his 275ha farm on Brett Road after 15 lambs were shot and stolen for meat last November.

“It was the straw which broke the camel’s back really – the lamb industry isn’t doing that well but the stock rustling made me decide to sell,” he says.

Mr Way’s was the last sheep farm in the district.

The isolated farm has been targeted by thieves and rustlers several times over the years, the location making it easier for intruders to trespass and kill valuable stock.

“The thefts were getting more frequent and after the last attack we put extra locks and chains on the road gates.”

He discovered eight dead lambs in the paddock from a large mob during weaning.

Three lambs had been shot through the mouth and were still alive and had to

be destroyed, he said. “We weren’t sure how many were actually taken as they came from a mob of 800.”

A week later he discovered more ewes had been shot.

Mr Way said the thefts cost him about $1200 but the inconvenience was a greater frustration.

“These people who break in, they usually leave gates open and the mobs get mixed up. We spent valuable hours redrafting the lambs and sheep.”

Mr Way, whose family has farmed in the area for 46 years, says stock being killed by intruders for meat is becoming more common.

Federated Farmers has set up a website to try to catch criminals stealing valuable farm animals.

The website and map, Stop Stock and Theft, is a joint initiative between Crimestoppers NZ, NZX-Agri and police.

The Federated Farmers website can be found at www.agrihq.co.nz/home/livestock-theft – APNZ

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1. Which halfback has replaced Piri Weepu in the current All Black squad? a. Harry Ellis b. Tawera Kerr-Barlow c. T J Perenara

Aldy and David Bond love their furry family.

Isabella (left) is a burmese born August 16, 2010, and Giulietta, a birman, was born a year later on January 28.

The girls love all the usual cat things, like clawing chairs, bringing in birds and waking the couple up. But Aldy says it’s worth it for their whisker kisses.

And the best news for the team at the Guardian is they love having the paper read to them.

2. Which of the following fast food outlets would you not find in Ashburton? a. KFC b. Wendy’s c. McDonalds 3. Which country does not have a border with Macedonia? a. Kosovo b. Albania c. Montenegro 4. What words follow “My heart will...” in the lyrics of the Titanic soundtrack? a. Keep you safe b. Never forget c. Go on and on

Yesterday’s top 5 stories on guardianonline.co.nz:

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Performing arts are just a blast The last two terms performing arts has been a blast for the Year 7s and Year 8s.

The Year 8s have been rocking tunes with the recorders and ukuleles.

Some Year 8s performed the song Ho Hey at assembly.

Mrs Kelly is such an amazing performing arts teacher and she brings out the best in everyone.

By Britney Moore – 8/5

All material on this page is written and photographed by Ashburton Intermediate School students and teachers.

Choirs perform perfectly On June 26-28 the Ashburton Intermediate Choir performed at the Mid Canterbury Schools’ Music Festival.

The choir was separated into three groups and one performed on each night.

The choir practised every week to perfect the words and actions to all of the massed choir songs.

Closer to the time of the music festival there were many practices at lunchtimes focusing on our two individual songs: You’ve

Got a Friend and Blame it on the Boogie.

Every choir performed perfectly and were a credit to our school.

Hannah Wakelin 8/6

Lunchtime sport opportunities Every lunchtime at Ashburton Intermediate we have class competitive sports.

This requires your class to put a team together for the sport and compete against other classes to see who is the best at that sport. This keeps the lunchtimes interesting and fun. Some of the sports

so far this year have been basketball, football and softball, one for each term.

The competition is divided

by Year 7 and Year 8.

Lunchtime sport is organised by Mrs Perkins and none of this would be happening without her.

Emma McDowell 8/4

Getting into inter-class sport Throughout the year all students at Ashburton Intermediate have the opportunity to play in an inter-class sport competition.

Each term one sport is chosen to play. In the first term we had basketball, in the second term we had football and this term we are playing slow pitch softball.

There is a lot of variety with the sport options so that gives everyone an opportu-

nity to show their skills, and claim victory over their fellow peers.

Everyone really gets into the semi-friendly competition including all the teachers cheering on their classes. It’s also a good way of learning the rules and play a new sport that you might have never tried before.

The kids get to referee as well!

William Hollings

Robotics club ready for big day It’s on! Robotics club is on this year! Led by Mr Butler, some Year 8 enthusiasts tirelessly work on programing, building and modifying Lego Mindstorms Robots to compete in the NZ Robot Junior competition.

There are three competitions which the teams can enter.

Two of three teams are doing the search and rescue which includes following a black line, going up a steep incline, pushing a can out of a set area and much more.

The other team is doing the drama/dance routine, with points awarded for the coolest dance.

All the teams are raring and ready to go up to the competition. They are all excited for the big day!

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When is an ibis not an ibis?

By Michael hanrahan

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recent story in the Guardian (August 2) recorded that the Ashburton District Council is about to change the device on its common seal from its old triangle clocktower logo to the heraldic armorial device granted to the former Borough Council in 1966.

Fair enough – the old clocktower logo has been discarded, the council is required to have a common seal, the new wavy lines logo would have looked a bit out of place, so it made sense to use the only other one lying around largely unused.

What might not have been quite so fair enough was the description by some people of some of the component parts of the device, in particular the supporters, which were described as being an ibis.

The ibis was the sacred bird of the pharaohs of ancient Egypt, and while some councillors over the years may have considered themselves equal with the pharaoh, they are quite a distance from that level, just as the bird depicted is a long way from being an ibis.

It is in fact the pied stilt, a wading bird found in many New Zealand rivers, including the Ashburton River. Every component of the arms has a meaning relevant to Ashburton.

The design, commonly called a coat of arms but more correctly an armorial ensign, was granted to the mayor, councillors and citizens of the Borough of Ashburton in 1966 by the Royal College of Arms in London, after an application by the then mayor, John Davidson.

The actual grant of arms is a large parchment document, beautifully handwritten in extremely formal language, describing how the application came about and how the Borough of Ashburton was entitled to have its own arms. Towards the end is the actual description of the arms, called the blazon.

It is written in a mixture of Norman French, the medieval

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Left – The Parchment document granting Ashburton the right to have a coat of arms.

Above – In the margin of the document is an illustration of one heraldic artist’s interpretation of the arms as described in the document.

language of the English court, and English, and describes in detail the component parts of the arms.

At the top left is a coloured painting of the arms, but it is the written description that is the official version – artists are free to interpret the blazon as they see fit, provided they do not alter it. This can result in variations in the way the arms look, but all are correct. Also at the top of the document are the coats of arms of the three Kings of Arms who granted this device to the Ashburton Borough. At the bottom, attached by three red ribbons, are three large wax seals, each protected in a brass container. The whole document is rolled and housed in a red leather box with the Royal Cipher on the lid.

Just as the supporters, the pied stilts, have a meaning related to Ashburton, so have the other devices in the arms, in various ways. At the bottom is

a bear’s head, wearing a harness and with a ring in its nose. It represents the so-called sport of bear baiting, or ‘bearing’ and is a pun on the name Baring, the family name of Lord Ashburton. This device was also used on the badge of the former Ashburton High School.

In the middle of the shield is a wavy blue line, representing the rivers of the district and their importance to the local economy. A Maori waka is imposed on this band, representing both the pre-European history of the area and a Maori tradition that the mountains in the district represent a canoe upside down.

At the top of the shield are two trefoils, taken from the arms of the Turton family, who were the first inhabitants of what was to become the town of Ashburton. Between the trefoils is a crown, made of blocks of stone. This is a traditional symbol, known as a

mural crown, used on the arms of a city or town, representing authority, the stonework being symbolic of city walls.

The crest consists of a helmet surmounted by a sheaf of grain, with a ram’s head in front of it, both symbolising the farming industry. The sheaf is divided in quarters, coloured green and yellow, acknowledging both the provincial colours and the predominant colours of the farming industry.

The pied stilts supporting the shield are standing on a scroll on which is the motto of the town of Ashburton in Devon, England, the first of all the Ashburtons around the world.

While the scroll and motto are not strictly part of the grant of arms, they are depicted in the illustrated version. The motto, “Fides probata coronat” can be translated as “Faith crowns that which is good”.

Obtaining a grant of arms from the Royal College of

Arms in 1966 was an expensive exercise, but the then Borough Council was assisted by means of a substantial donation from Melville Turton, grandson of the first resident in Ashburton, William Turton. By the time local body amalgamation took place in 1989 the College of Arms had appointed a New Zealand Government official, Phillip O’Shea, as New Zealand Herald of Arms, to deal with such matters within New Zealand.

The new district council corresponded with him in an effort to have the arms, which had been granted for the exclusive use of the borough council, made available to the district.

This approach was not successful, and cost prevented an application being made for new arms. The result was the arms have been little used since 1989, until now the district council has decided to use them on their seal.

Which year did Sparrows open?

By Kathleen Stringer

S

parrows, still here after how many years? According to the tray (left), Sparrows was established in 1887, although printed material states that William opened Ashburton Mercery in April 1889.

Certainly advertisements for his East Street premises begin in the later part of 1889.

The inconsistencies serve as a lesson to us all that we need to be mindful of

‘facts’. There may be a reason that the earlier date was chosen (and I’d be keen to find out what it was), but often we don’t ask questions or check information.

Like those who blindly believe everything they read on the internet, we must always be aware that mistakes can happen.

Wrong date or not the tray itself is a valuable addition to our business history.

It recalls a time when businesses freely gave away promotional material which we as a museum are very keen to collect.

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■ EQUESTRIAN

In brief

NZ eventing rider killed New Zealand eventing rider Tom Gadsby has been killed in a fall during a cross-country event at Somerford Park Horse Trials in Cheshire.

Gadsby, 26, was competing in a one-star class event on board The Drover when his horse tripped at a fence.

Equestrian Sports New Zealand chief executive Jim Ellis said the equestrian community was deeply saddened by the news.

“On behalf of ESNZ members I express our sincerest condolences to Tom’s family and close friends,” he said in a statement.

“Tom was a talented showjumper and eventer who

tragically cut short.”

He thanked colleagues at British Eventing, their officials and medical staff who did everything possible for Tom after his fall.

British Eventing chief executive Mike Etherington-Smith said everyone was saddened and shocked.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with Tom’s family at this really sad time,” he said.

Gadsby was based near Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire and had been competing in the UK since last year.

Gadsby, whose home town is Kerikeri in Northland, competed up to intermediate level in eventing in New Zealand be-

Tom Gadsby

was in Europe to fulfil his dream of competing as a professional event rider - a dream he achieved but which has been

■ INDOOR BOWLS

fore deciding to concentrate on showjumping.

However, after many years competing at grand prix level showjumping, including two successful years in Germany, he decided to make the change back to eventing in 2012.

This year he gained the ride on Clapham’s young eventing horses, with considerable success at the lower level. He had high hopes of representing New Zealand at the top level of the sport.

British Eventing, ESNZ and the International Equestrian Federation will investigate the incident as will relevant UK authorities.

- APNZ

■ RUGBY LEAGUE

North Island claims victory Elliott backs

Warriors to make top 8

By Jonathan leask

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Ashburton’s Michael Lawson and Mathew Basset were in the South Island indoor bowls team that lost to the North Island in the annual inter-island match in Rotorua on Saturday.

Lawson and Bassett teamed up with South Otago’s Stephen Preddy to play in the triples for the South Island in the tour of the North Island that culminated in the north-versus-south match.

The North Island retained the Kevin Eddy Memorial Trophy, downing the South Island 35-13, the seventh year in a row North have won the trophy.

The North Island jumped ahead 13-3 after the first round and in the second they took the lead out to 25-7 to wrap up the trophy before they continued their dominance in the final round for a 35-13 win.

Lawson, Preddy and Bassett lost in the first two rounds 13-17 and 1-20 be-

By Cameron mCmillan Michael Lawson

Mathew Basset

fore winning the third game 18-15.

The North Island men’s and women’s singles, along with the men’s pair, won all three of their matches while the South Island women’s four broke a 10year losing record by the South Island women’s four when they won all three of their matches.

Earlier in their tour ofthe North Island the South won six of their nine matches against district sides, lost two and drew one.

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A year ago tomorrow the Warriors fired a coach after a home defeat to the Panthers which left them with eight wins and two games remaining, both of which they lost.

Sunday’s 24-28 loss to Penrith, the Warriors’ third straight, means the club have nine wins with three games remaining - all of which they need to win to have any chance of making the NRL playoffs.

Brian McClennan’s replacement, Matthew Elliott, will be hoping the symmetry ends there.

Despite their third three-game losing streak of the year, their season is still alive and regardless of where they are on the table, this side is in a better position than the 2012 crop.

Wins over top four sides the Roosters, Sea Eagles and Storm prove they can beat any team. However, lack of consistency has been their downfall.

When the Warriors are on a roll, they are hard to stop (see rounds 11 through 16) but when they fall flat they all seem to wait for someone else to lift them out of it.

Elliott still believes the side can turn things around and won’t be making any drastic changes to do so.

“There are three games to go, which still puts us with an outside chance and I’m prepared to run with that and I believe in the 17 guys who played [Penrith],” he said.

“I have seen what they can do. My disappointment is around that. If we were playing as well as we could and losing, that would be fine. I have always believed. I believed in the first 10 weeks when everyone questioned it.

I’m disappointed now but my belief hasn’t evaporated.”

- APNZ

Netballers win Mid Canterbury had two teams attend the CPSSA Netball Tournament with the development team coming out on top at Lincoln on Sunday. The Junior Development team won their grade after they started with a 13-all draw with Heaton, claimed a 14-9 win over Chisnallwood, 14-7 over South Canterbury and finished off beating North Canterbury 17-10. Mid Canterbury Junior B beat Selwyn B 15-10 and Malvern 21-7 before a13-15 loss to Independent Schools and a one goal loss to North Canterbury B 1314. They bounced back to soundly beat South Canterbury B 23-3 before they were outclassed by Metro B 8-16.

Grant sixth Methven’s Julia Grant came sixth in the inaugural Copenhagen Ironman yesterday.

Grant has been competing in the shorter 70.3 Ironman events but Julia Grant stepped up to the full distance for the first time this season. She was fourth out of the water in the 3.8km swim in the professional women’s field but slipped back on the 180km bike.

Grant recorded a fast run to move up a place only to be overtaken by fellow Kiwi Tamsyn Hayes and finish sixth in a time of 9 hours 33.42 minutes, with Austrian Eva Wutti winning in 8hr 37.36min.

The men’s race featured his Royal Highness the Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, who completed the course in 10 hr 45.32mins, won by Jens PetersenBach of Denmark in 8hr 12.15min.

Win eludes Wilkinson Kiwi golfer Tim Wilkinson missed out on an elusive Web.com Tour victory yesterday despite shooting a five-under final-round 66 at the News Sentinel Open in Knoxville, Tennessee. Wilkinson, who has secured his PGA Tour card for next season after a strong showing on the second-tier circuit this year, is the Web.com Tour’s most consistent player who is yet to win an event in 2013. The Manawatu 35-year-old looked a solid chance to change that but ended up having to settle for a share of sixth at 14-under, two strokes back from eventual winner Peter Malnati, who carded a six-under 65 in the final round to claim victory.

- APNZ

Fourth on medal table Fifteen medals, a best-ever finish of fourth on the medal table; New Zealand’s team made a substantial impact on the world IPC swimming championships which ended in Montreal yesterday. Attention will now turn to a busy year ahead, which includes the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, with eyes starting to turn towards the Rio Paralympics in 2016. Canterbury’s Sophie Pascoe and Wellington’s Mary Fisher were the dominant pair in the team of seven. Each won five gold medals, and Fisher picked up a silver as well. - APNZ

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Battery failure brings NZ to standstill

By Dana Johannsen Despite all the complex and expensive componentry that goes into the hi-tech AC72 catamarans, all it took yesterday was a malfunctioning battery pack to end Team New Zealand’s day on the water.

On track to record their second point of the Louis Vuitton finals with a 400m lead over Luna Rossa, Emirates Team New Zealand puttered to a standstill as they approached the third mark - the same area of the racecourse where they struck trouble on day one.

Initially there were fears from Kiwi fans the breakdown could be related to Sunday’s dramatic nosedive, in which Team NZ lost two men overboard as their bows plunged into the waves, until it was revealed the problem was an electronic failure which was resolved with a simple change of batteries.

Team NZ grinder Derek Saward said the battery pack con-

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The crew of Emirates Team New Zealand after the second race of their America’s Cup challenger series final sailing event against Luna Rossa in San Francisco. ap photo

trolled the hydraulics of the boat - without them to control the wing and the daggerboards, the $10 million boat was crippled.

“This particular problem we’ve never had before, we’ve got systems in place that minimise the risk of these things happening, because obviously it’s a race-ender. We go through those every night after yacht-

ing and every morning before yachting and those were done again today, and for some reason we had a malfunction and the guys were working to see what the problem was.”

Team NZ’s retirement from the race handed Luna Rossa their first victory over the Kiwis in 13 years of competition as they levelled the Louis Vuitton Cup finals at 1-all. The second

race of the day was called off as the wind strengthened later in the afternoon, compounding the Kiwi crew’s frustrating day on the water.

After the shore crew put in long hours in the shed overnight to repair the damaged fairing that was torn away when the torrent of water flooded on board, Saward said the team were gutted they could not re-

ward their efforts with a victory.

Races three and four have been pushed back into today’s reserve day.

Saward insists his crew will have no concerns about pushing the boat today and the mishaps have not dented the team’s confidence.

In fact, confidence in their onthe-edge racing machine seems only to have been reinforced after Sunday’s incident. While it was scary for viewers at home, Team NZ designer Nick Holroyd said the readings that came off the load sensors once they got the boat back on shore indicated they were nowhere close to reaching their limits.

The sleek 72-foot catamaran underwent a full structural inspection after the incident, with no signs of damage or deterioration detected, despite being subjected to extreme g-force as the boat decelerated from 40.7 knots to 13 in the space of a boat-length.

- APNZ

Otago dogs

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Otago Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Forbury Park 3 12.45pm SPEEDPRINT SHOP STAKES C1, 545m 7 27873 Okuku Lilly 18.77 ............................R Casey 3 32711 Bigtime Kelina nwtd..........................B Shaw Raceway Meeting Date: 20 Aug 2013 NZ Meeting num- 1 78864 Thrilling Sound nwtd S &.................B Evans 8 27867 Dyna Frier 18.62 ..........................C Roberts 4 86855 Tepirita Rita nwtd .............................B Shaw ber : 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 2 26333 Opawa Jay nwtd L & .......................... Wales 9 68872 Make Your Point nwtd S & ...............B Evans 5 42671 Opawa Webby nwtd L & ..................... Wales 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 3 47382 Wandy Chloe 33.40......................... M Grant 10 78387 Lachie’s Lad 18.60 ...........................B Shaw 6 12233 Wayleggo 32.99 J & ........................D Fahey 9; 10, 11 and 12 4 x5643 Sea Spray Doris 33.07 ................B Freeman 6 1.39pm FORBURY SPORTS BAR SPRINT C4, 310m 7 65132 Charlie’s Choice nwtd A &..................Seque 1 12.09pm (NZT) BRIAN BAGLEY DRIVER LICENS- 5 66326 Thirsty Kelvin nwtd ....................J McInerney 1 47571 Cawbourne Dusty 18.49 ................. M Grant 8 78678 Opawa Casper 32.84 L & ................... Wales 6 72673 Calm Spirit 33.00 ...............................J Allen 2 25412 Two Ways 18.48 ...............................B Shaw 9 87877 Wandy Pam nwtd ........................D Kingston ING SPRINT C1, 310m 11 Mega Rexy nwtd J & .......................D Fahey 3 66281 Stirling Dann nwtd C & ....................... Fagan 10 88777 New York Affair nwtd J & ........................May 1 74232 Opawa Sister nwtd L &....................... 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M Grant 4 1.04pm ROOFING SOLUTIONS STAKES C2, 545m 7 55142 Homebush Churro nwtd ............J McInerney 2 18143 No Undies Sundy 32.35 ............J McInerney 6 73762 Quiet Snort nwtd ................................J Allen 1 33545 Bizarro nwtd S & .............................B Evans 8 86572 Wandy Devil 18.77 .......................... M Grant 3 33628 Opawa Rapid 33.08 L & ..................... Wales 7 15373 La Fontaine nwtd...............................J Dunn 2 66671 Cover To Cover nwtd S & .................Bonnett 9 45554 Austin Wana nwtd .....................J McInerney 4 41382 Wild Grove 33.09 .........................C Roberts 8 66453 Drive Five nwtd S &..........................Bonnett 3 11212 Caboul 32.72 J & ............................D Fahey 10 66467 Ringa Ding nwtd........................J McInerney 5 63775 Raw Energy 31.85 ....................J McInerney 9 55763 Wandy Feather 18.64...................... M Grant 4 77114 Opawa Bro nwtd L & .......................... 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SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS

Results

Clearing the jumps

■ Bridge

Ashburton Bridge Club August 16 Monday Evening – Irwin Trophy N/S 1 A Clelland and M Hoar , 2 A van Dyk and M Jones, 3 A Gilbert and D Robins E/W 1 G Brown and B Leighton, 2 Joyce Johnson and E Jones, 3 L Leadley and J Lovett Tuesday Evening – A Ladder N/S 1 J Fec hney and V Ferrier 2 M Buckland and J Edmond, 3 J Knight and B Smith E/W 1 M de Jong and M de Jong Jnr., 2 M Muir and L Rose, 3 A Maude and M Moore Wednesday Aft ernoon - 3 round Duplicate N/S 1 K Robb and R McLaughlin, 2 M Stowell and B Smith, 3 J Browne and P Jowers E/W 1 J Irwin and A Maude, 2 M Moore and V Palmer, 3 M Buckland and E Segers Thursday Evening – 3 round Duplicate N/S 1 M Holmes and A Rooney , 2 R Kyle and E Lattimore , 3 M Moore and I Taylor E/W 1 P Fergus and A Maude, 2 J de Jong and M Muir, 3 R McLaughlin and K Robb

Sarra Woods and Craigney Park Legacy clear a jump at the Mill Creek Pony Club Day on Sunday. They initially had 60 entries but the wet weather had several scratchings but those who braved the conditions had an enjoyable day of dressage, jumping and games competition.

The Mill Creek club will compete against the other Ashburton pony club branches, Methven, Rakaia and Tinwald, in an interbranch competition in November.

The Mill Creek club’s own annual show is in February.

■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby August 17 Press Cup – Plate Final Ashburton College 10 v St Thomas of Canterbury 19, Heartland Pre Season Game The Trust Ashburton Mid Canterbury 13 v Otago B 20, Development Squad Pre Season Game Mid Canterbury 31 v Canterbury Maori Development 10,

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No 13 Tee 12.30, K Bonnington, A Barrie, L McGee, Justin Smith 12.36, D Green, M Fechney, R Shearer, A Lilley No 7 Tee 12.36, S Newman, W Stevenson, J VanderHeide, 12.42, J Beardsley, E Collins, M Moore, J Peacock.

Starters; am, B Collins pm L Jackson, T McAndrew. Cards; K Bonnington House Duty: House Committee

Maroon v Rakaia; Allenton Gold v Methven; Wakanui Wildcats v Hampstead; Collegians Turfinators v Wakanui Wasps Senior Men Semi Final Weekend SCH to confirm venues and times.

Senior Women Semi Final Weekend SCH to confirm venues and times.

August 25 1st Grade Men Champion of Champion Games - TBA August 26 Ashburton Golf Club 3rd Grade Boys 4.00 PM: Wakanui v Hampstead (Umpires: Rachel Law & CaitAugust 24 lin Johnston); 5.00 PM: Allenton v Methven A stroke round for the Santa Maria Cup (Umpires: Methven 2GB & Ashley Kelland) will be played.

Mid Canterbury Hockey 2nd Grade Boys 6.00 PM: Methven v Starting Time: Morning 8.00am Afternoon Hampstead (Umpires: Joanne Wakelin & Report at 11.30 for an 12noon start.

August 23 -27 TBA); 7.10 PM: Wakanui v Allenton (Umpires: Saturday Starters: August 23 Morning Chris Lovelock and Tong King; 2nd Grade Girls 4.00 PM: Methven White Wakanui Blue SM x 2) August 27 Afternoon Rodney O’Neill and Graham Taylor v Methven Black (Umpires: Caitlin Johnston Hastings Licensed under the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 3rd Grade Girls 4.30 PM: Wakanui/AllenResultsMcLeod MatchLtdCommittee & Joanne Wakelin); 5.00 PM: Primary Girls ton v Collegians (Umpires: Collegians 1GW Training Squad v Wakanui/Collegians (UmDEADLINE SALE 4/03 TOWNHOUSE THIS BEATS MAJESTIC VILLA x 2); 5.30 PM: Methven v Hampstead Blue Tinwald GolfBUILDING Club pires: Rachel Law & Joanne Wakelin) ID AU29058 (Umpires:WEB Joanne Wakelin & Karen McInTINWALD 1st Grade Women 6.00 PM: Hampstead Draw for a medal and final championship 37 Thomson Street tyre); Bye: Hampstead & magnificent villa will impress with Gold qualifier to be played on Saturday. The morn- Blue v Collegiate (Umpires: Jess StaggThis

A Walsh, J Tonks; 3.30: Celtic Social v Allenton Social, K Parkin, M Gallacher.

Duty: Allenton/ Kellie Johnson Canteen: Barry Marrett; Umpire: Kaye Kennedy; Mgmt Duty: Karla Newlands Mid Canterbury Paper Plus Junior Netball Semi Finals August 24 Heartland Court: 9.00: New World Allenton A v St Josephs Gold, S Bueta, T Watson, 10.00: Hampstead A v Tinwald South A, A Elliott, A Osbourne; 11.00: Methven Shermac A v Southern Harrison Spraying Services Ltd B, J Tupe, C Olds.

Ashburton Guardian Red Court: 10.00: Longbeach B v St Josephs Purple, S Stempa, M Milmine; 11.00: Netherby Diamonds v Wakanui School, T Inwood, A Burrows.

AMI Insurance Court: 9.00: Allenton Tactix v Tinwald School B, T Johansen, L Wilson; 11.00: Methven Hammer Hardware Silver v Hampstead School B, N Johnson (TS), L Alves.

Port FM Local Court: 10.00: Longbeach A v Rakaia A, C Moore, S Bonnington; 11.00: Allenton Magic v Southern Hyde Bros Spraying D, M Bremner, N Graham.

Stirling Sports Court: 9.00: St Josephs Blue v Hampstead Blue, K Johansen, B Raynor; 10.00: Allenton Crusaders v Methven Winslow B, E Bonnington, M Maslin.

Colourplus Court: 9.00: St Josephs Red v Netherby Magic, B Digby, G Blackwell; 11.00: Southern Hayden MacKenzie Contracting Ltd v Tinwald School A, P Taere, B Raynor.

Ashburton Guardian White Court: 10.00: Hampstead B v Borough A, E Adhearn, E Riordan.

Duty: Allenton/Mandy Chivers; Canteen: jenny Wells; Junior Duty: Tracey Maslin; Umpire Duty: Wendy Hopwood/Lyn Hart

Blue v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton B, A Bell, K Nepe; 2.30: Celtic B v College U18, B Williams, K Graham.

Ashburton Guardian Blue Court: 12.30: Southern Livestock Exchange 2002 Ltd v AlMid Canterbury Rugby lenton B, L Clough, D Johansen; 1.30: Celtic C v United KFC B, C Wylie, E Scott; 2.30: ColMid Canterbury Representative Rugby lege Y10 A v Wilson Bulk Transport Allenton A, D McNab, I Anderson; 3.30: College Y9A August 24 v Methven The Brown Pub White, N Cavill, Heartland C Wylie.

The Trust Ashburton Mid Canterbury Ashburton Guardian Red Court: 12.30: v Poverty Bay, Ashburton Showgrounds, Methven R&R Haulage U18 A v Hampstead 2.30pm Hotel Ashburton Gold, B Williams, K Bush; L Scanlon, K Opele, A McGirr, K Pottinger, 1.30: Rakaia White v College Y10 B, E Robert- G Clement, C Kelland son, E Hickman; 2.30: Celtic D v Methven The Development Blue Pub Black.

Mid Canterbury Development v North AMI Insurance Court: 12.30: Tinwald South Otago Development, Ashburton ShowBlack v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton C, D grounds, 12.50pm,TBA Phillips, C Waddell; 1.30: Smith and Church Under 18 Street ASHBURTON ashburton@propertybrokers.co.nz Telephone 03 307 9176 Collegiate B v Celtic217 E, West N Cavill, A Johnson; Mid Canterbury v West Coast, Sheffield 1, 2.30: Celtic U18 v Methven South Pacific 1pm DEADLINE SALE 5/3 ACTION REQUIRED DEADLINE SALE Seeds U15 A, L Clough, K Robinson.

Under 14 WEB ID AU29231 WEB ID AU29219 PortWESTSIDE FM Local Court: 12.30: College Y9 B v Mid CanterburyEASTSIDE v West Coast, Sheffield 2, 18 Woodham Drive 6/42 Aitken Street Hampstead Hotel Ashburton U17, D McNab, 12.30pm The time is right to purchase this two Hard to find are easy care units like this, quality finishing and modernisation bedroom townhouse with good to town with single garage. Two L Muckle; 1.30: Methven Thesized Mountain Gym Under 65kg close ing players will have a clubhouse draw for an Methven 1GW); 7.10 PM: Collegians v Meththroughout. Recently refurbished to the living area and nice modern kitchen. bedrooms, good sized living areas. highest standard is to the benefit of the The home hasKFC insulation in the ceilingT Morrison; Rateable ValueOtago, $140,000.Centennial Very tidy.

U18 C v United C, T Barry, Mid Canterbury v North 8 am start. Players are asked to report 15 ven (Umpires: Rakaia 1GW & Abbey Marnew owners for years to come. and walls, double glazing and single Stirling Court:on12.30: Beautifully landscaped grounds with garage.Sports Front townhouse a secureCollege ComDeadline Sale closing Thursday 28th Park 1 - Oamaru, 11am shall); 8.20 PM: Rakaia v Hampstead Gold minutes prior to tee off times. established gardens. landscaped section.

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Mid Canterbury Heartland Senior Netball bined and A fully vSaturday Methven The- 10.45am Lodge Restaurant Under 48kg VIEW Saturday 23 Feb 10.00 - 10.30am VIEW Saturday 23 Feb 10.00 - 10.45am VIEW 23 Feb 10.00 (Umpires: Collegiate 1GW & Kevin McCosker) No 1 Tee August 24 and Bar U18 B, EJ Farr, A Rush;2 1.30: AllenMid Canterbury v North Otago, Centennial2 3 August 24 12.30, D Cockburn, W Eddington, K BishHeartland Court: 12.30: College B V Col- ton C v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton U15,K Park 2 - Oamaru, 11am 1 1 1 Small Sticks Hockey - Duty Club: Wakanui op, C Bell, 12.36, S Anderson, P Marshall, R G Kennedy; 2.30: Lloyd, R Abernethy; 3.30: Hampstead Hotel August 25 OPEN HOME OPEN HOME Kiwi SticksOPEN (4thHOME Grade) Coaches to Um- lege A, W Hopwood, 2 1 1 Kirdy, N Rayner, 12.42, B Collins, C Miller, A Celtic Vetent A v Methven Wareings A, W Ashburton U18 v Celtic F, J Cavill, S Leadley.

Under 16 Pierce, R Thompson, 12.48, T Clarke, A Millar, pire 9.30 AM: Draw TBA OFFERS OVERL$279,000 $595,000 OFFERS OVERSheffi $268,000 FRESH NEW DECOR SELF SUFFICIENT ITS ON THE LIST Hopwood, Kennedy; 3.30: United KFC A v Colourplus Court: 12.30: College U16 v ColMid Canterbury v West Coast, eld 2, Mini Sticks (5th Grade) Coaches to Umpire R Bruce, B Shanks, 12.54, L Jackson, T McAnWEB ID AU28267 WEB ID WEB ID AU29076 Hampstead Hotel Ashburton A, S Hopwood, lege U15, C McClintock, A AL28409 McDonald; 2.30: 11am OPEN HOME 10.30 AM: Collegians D&E v Methven; Rakaia drew, A Moore, B Kirdy.

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125 William Street 5 Keenans Road Ashburton Blue v Methven 34 Catherine Street Hampstead Hotel WEB R ID Feutz, AU28705J Smitheram, B v Hampstead; Wakanui Black v Allenton No 10 Tee 12.30, This freshly redecorated three bedroom hectare in popular location. Vendor First time offered for sale. Nicely set for TINWALD $349,000 Neumanns Tyre Services Court: 12.30: Panel 1fattens and Paint U15 T orchard Wylie,and M Reynolds. is close in on the eastside of cattle and hasB, good the sun. Kitchen dining living area with McFarlane, B Jary, 12.36, P Boon, B Raven- Hawkes; Wakanui Blue v Collegians S2I home 92 McMurdo Street Golf results in Ashburton, handy and to the post office, Collegiate A v Methven gardens and Guardian is self sufficient.White Unique Court: 1.30: separate (large) lounge, two heat Smith Church Ashburton Relax and enjoy sunshine and privacy at VIEW Saturday 23 Feb 11.15 Fun Sticks (6th Grade) 11.30 AM: AllenCountdown, park and central four bedroom home set in attractive pumps and HRV system help make this scroft, N Heney, B Smith, 12.42, 12.00pm Josh Smith, A tomorrow’s Guardian "your new townhouse". This well Ashburton.

All three bedrooms are grounds. Hotties A big plus is the outbuildings a warm home in winter and cool in the EuroAgri B, R MacGregor, K Bell; 1.30: Rakaia Hampstead v United Colonels Chicks, presented two bedroom (possibly three), v Wakanui Whackers; Allenton Marshall, D Lye, B Peddie, 12.48, G Hubbard, ton Tigers spacious and sunny and have large built including large lock up workshop and summer. Large double garage with 2

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WEB ID AU29095 WESTSIDE 74 Harrison Street Recently upgraded kitchen and bathroom are the beginnings of a remodelled home. The major expense items have been completed and now there is an opportunity to make your personal mark. This is a superbly located family home.

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WEB ID AU27552A WESTSIDE 20 Pages Road Nestled in this lovely very tidy treed and shrubbed garden is this very sunny three bedroom home with a generous open plan lounge area. Two generous bedrooms and bathroom upstairs. Full bathroom and master bedroom downstairs. Be sure to view.

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■ WORLD OF FOOTBALL

No cup luck for locals

BY JONATHAN LEASK

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Mid Canterbury went out chasing goals against Selwyn for a chance to make the Mainland division one cup final and while they managed to net five they also conceded six on Saturday.

Mid Canterbury needed a big win to put pressure on Universities at the top of pool with the students maintaining a superior goal difference and started with a new formation to press high searching for goals.

It didn’t start well as Selwyn were able to make easy inroads and opened the scoring.

Mid Canterbury hit back two

minutes later as Edze Bierema scored his first senior goal and then Aaron Leckenby pounced on a rebound to poach another goal. Selwyn struck back with an equaliser before Greg Feutz rolled in another to have the visitors up 3-2 at half time.

The second half started in similar vein as Selwyn again equalised as injuries to Tom Talbot and Jack Fleming left Mid Canterbury with only one recognised defender.

Feutz grabbed another for Mid Canterbury but with so many men committed forward the home side made use of the breaks to go ahead 6-4.

Giusseppe Vassalini got a fifth for Mid Canterbury but they came up short of the win and with Universities winning 5-1 they missed out on a cup final appearance.

“We set up to make the game open as we had to score goals, whilst we got five, they were ruthless on the break and losing two of our three defenders to injury didn’t help,” coach Peter Roberts said.

Methven International lost their cup final against FC Twenty11 2-5 at Warren Park.

Methven International lost their opening game of the season and then went 16-games

without a loss only to lose their final game of the season.

The Mid Canterbury Masters improved their goal-difference with an 8-0 win over Western to remain on top of division three from FC Twenty11.

After back to back wins in 18th grade division one the Mid Canterbury Youth XI went down to Christchurch Boys’ High School 4-0.

Down in division three, Mid Canterbury are in reach of the top of their league table after a win by default over Burwood B has them two points adrift of Burwood A with three games to play.

Barca smash Levante Barcelona welcomed new manager Gerardo Martino with a stunning display in his first competitive match in charge as they hammered Levante 7-0 at the Camp Nou yesterday in the Spanish soccer league.

The champions showed no early-season rust, ripping the visitors apart with goals from Alexis Sanchez, Lionel Messi (2), Dani Alves, Pedro and Xavi for a 6-0 halftime lead.

After the break, Neymar made his competitive debut and more woeful defending allowed Pedro to complete the scoring with his second.

Martino had left Neymar, Andres Iniesta and Jordi Alba on the bench after international commitments midweek and the Argentine’s mark on the side he only took charge of on July 23 was evident from the outset. It took Barca barely two minutes to register their first goal as a slick pass from Xavi released Cesc Fabregas and he unselfishly squared for Sanchez to roll into an empty net.

Messi then opened his account for the season as he and Pedro exchanged a one-two inside the area and the Argentine side-footed home from close range.

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FC Barcelona’s Pedro Rodriguez reacts after scoring against Levante during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the AP PHOTO Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, yesterday.

New Glory CEO wants huge crowds

BY JUSTIN CHADWICK New Perth Glory chief executive Jason Brewer has set his sights on helping the A-League club draw 15,000 fans to every home game this season.

Brewer, who has a mining engineer background and also possesses a law degree, was unveiled as Perth’s new chief executive yesterday.

Perth were a powerhouse outfit both on and off the field when they were part of the now-defunct NSL. But since the inception of

the A-League eight years ago, the club has rarely attracted more than 10,000 fans to home games.

The Glory have worked hard in recent times to reconnect with the sport at a grass roots level in Western Australia.

And with former Socceroo Alistair Edwards now at the helm and putting an emphasis on bringing local talent back to the club, Brewer is confident the fans will flood back to nib Stadium this season.

“Why we can’t attract 15,00020,000 supporters week-in,

week-out for what is the most popular game in this state defies belief in my mind,” Brewer said.

“We’ve got to get out there, we’ve got to re-engage with fans and there’s been a lot of work done already.

“I’m keenly aware that we have to listen to supporters and be aware of their expectations.

“There’s also no getting away from the fact that we have a disenfranchised local league.

“The relationship with the state league teams is strained and for the life of me, I can’t see

why that should be.”

Brewer, who was born in Plymouth but moved to Western Australia in 1991, said one of his other major goals was to help WA secure a permanent base for the code.

Earlier this year, Perth Glory and Football West linked together in a campaign to win Government support for a $25 million ‘Home of football’, which would include training and administration facilities.

Glory kick off their season at home to Adelaide United on October 13.

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Chelsea ‘entering new era’

BY IAN WINROW Jose Mourinho believes Chelsea are now ready to move on into a new era after the divisions that split the club last season.

Mourinho took charge of his first game since returning to the club, steering his side to a 2-0 home victory over Hull City on the opening weekend of the Premier League campaign.

The Portuguese was greeted to a rousing reception from Blues supporters, in marked contrast to the hostility directed to his predecessor, Rafael Benitez, last season.

Benitez never won over those fans unable to forgive his Liverpool connections.

But on the day Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich marked his 10-year association with the Stamford Bridge club, Mourinho said: “You can see what Chelsea did in the last 10 years, so I think it’s better to focus on that than on some negative moments we had in the recent history.

“I think it’s great, especially for the players, to feel the atmosphere around. It’s my fourth season I’ve started with Chelsea.

“We had Mr Abramovich in the dressing room with us for the first time in those years before the match, which means a lot to everyone – wishing everyone the best, the medical department, the players not selected, so to have Mr Abramovich coming from his holiday to be with the team meant a lot to all of us.

“We are together and know where we want to go. We know the profile of the squad we have.

“When you see (Kevin) De Bruyne, Oscar and (Eden) Hazard as kids, (Andre) Schurrle another one, (Marco) Van Ginkel another... kids who need stability, and we want to give them conditions to do well.”

Oscar and Frank Lampard scored the first half goals that secured victory and Mourinho believes the balance of youth and experience in his squad will boost Chelsea’s title bid. - AFP

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Daily Events Tuesday 9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Stretching exercise for all abilities. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

9.40am MID CANTERBURY MENS PROBUS CLUB. Monthly meeting with a mini and main

Wednesday 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 SPORT MID CANTERBURY. Walking group. Meet outside the Community Pool, Walnut Ave at 9.30am.

9.30am - 1.00pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time around op shop. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock

speaker. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

10.00am ASHBURTON NEWCOMERS SOCIAL GROUP. Coffee morning, all welcome. NOSH Cafe, Ashford Village, West Street.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Maintenance class and exercises. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

11.00am - 3.00pm

TE HUB. Seeds, seedlings, workshops, Enviro centre.

35 Dobson Street West, Biograins building.

12noon - 3.00pm ASHBURTON JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ASSOCIATION (INC).

Signing centre. Community house, rear of Westpac Bank, 122 Tancred Street.

12.50pm M.S.A. PETANQUE. Come and try Petanque, everyone welcome.

Racecourse Road.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC 3.

Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm R.S.A. CARDS “500” R.S.A. Cox Street.

1.30pm WESTPARK W.I. Cuppa for Alzheimers. St Pauls Church Lounge.

5.30pm ALLENTON TENNIS CLUB. Junior Tennis registration. Allenton Sports club, Cavendish Street.

7.30pm - 9.30pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON. Great fun, everyone welcome, racquets provided. Sports hall, 35 Tancred Street.

7.30pm FOREST & BIRD. Chris Rickard, local farmer. His work with Kiwis. Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

Streets.

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

10.00am - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC3.

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

10.00am - 4.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, non members welcome.

Upstairs in the old Polytech building, 254 Cameron Street.

10.00am - 7.00pm

ASHBURTON ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM. Open, all welcome. Baring Square East.

10.00am MID CANTERBURY LADIES PROBUS CLUB. Coffee morning. Cafe Central, Tancred Street.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Exercises for people with limited mobility.

M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

11.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Mid week service and lunch. 48 Allens Road.

1.15pm TINWALD 500 CLUB CARDS. Come join in and play cards, all welcome.

Tinwald hall, Graham Street.

1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Euchre, all welcome, Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip Street.

5.30pm ASHBURTON TRAVEL CLUB. Mid winter meal. Social - 5.30pm, Meal 6.00pm. Stables Restaurant, Main South Road, Tinnwald.

7.00pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing, Pipe Band hall, Creek Road.

7.00pm - 9.30pm

MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance 7pm, followed by beginner/intermediate (8pm - 9pm). Phone 307 -7138 a/h. Tinwald hall, Graham Street.

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

ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Dancing, music, fitness and fun. Buffalo hall, Cox Street.

ALLENTON INDOOR BOWLING CLUB. New members welcome. Allenton hall, Harrison Street.

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7. It makes flock-minder very happy, according to forecast (3,3,2,5) 8. One of the cattle on the hoof will be at the wheel perhaps (5) 14. Undo a bed like this, since there were so many (8) 17. Hope for the future is contained in a form of proem (7) 18. They are made in error if one is not sure-footed (5) 20. The very model of the world artichoke? (5) 23. Loyal to regiment finally on the street Napoleon used (4)

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) Venus is working to create as much distance from the past as possible, while at the same time learning from past lessons and the experience gained.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) With the Moon already in your career sector ahead of tomorrow’s Full Moon this gives you time to get your bearings and pick up some clues.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) This is a day to buy into a sense of adventure, wanderlust and curiosity, with a heart that is much more willing to pay attention this time around.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) With financial and income matters now out in the open, as things start to come to a head you’re in a much better position to take your power back.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) With the Moon already in your relationship sector ahead of tomorrow’s Full Moon, it’s important to ensure the communication lines are open.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) Ahead of tomorrow’s repeat Full Moon in your work sector you’re in a better position to grab the work and income opportunities this may trigger.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) The Moon has returned for a second Full Moon in your romantic sector, this time with Venus on board, showing you exactly what this might trigger.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) With life due to get busy when Mars returns to your career sector next week, heed any work/life balance issues, streamlining things while you can.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) With Mars, warrior planet of the cosmos just eight days away from leaving your financial sector, it’s time to start fighting for what you want and need.

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AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) The midyear adjustments needed to ensure you’re on track are still underway and still very much a work in progress.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20) As new doors open on the financial front it’s vital to realise that while your power comes from learning from the past, this is not a repeat of the past.

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HEAVEN – Proud parents Chantel and Corey, along with doting big sisters Annabel and Georgia are delighted to announce the safe arrival of Riley Jack on Friday, August 9. A massive thank you to our wonderful midwife Biddy, the team at Ashburton Maternity and our family.

DEATHS

WHIPP, Lawrence Gordon (Laurie) – On August 18, 2013 peacefully at Ashburton Hospital surrounded by his family. Loved husband of Gwenyth. Loved father and father in law of Lorraine and Malcolm Hardy (Gore) and granddad of Simon and Bridget; Loved stepfather of Lindsay Knight (Sydney); Neville and Raewyn Knight (Invercargill) and granddad Laurie of Hannah, Hadlee, Brooklyn, and Ella; Loved brother and brother in law of Heather and George Munro (Kingston), Ruth Faass (deceased) Bill and Betty Harris (Nelson), and Lorraine and Errol Sanson (Mosgiel).

Loved Uncle of all his nieces and nephews. Messages to PO Box 472, Ashburton, 7740 or to 28 Anzac Street, Gore, 9710. Donations to St John’s Ashburton would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate Lauries life will be held at Our Chapel, Cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton tomorrow WEDNESDAY, August 21, 2013, commencing at 2.00pm.

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CHAPMAN, Maurice – Treasured memories of a dearly loved husband and father who passed away on August 20, 2001.

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6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 10:30 The Shopping Channel 11:30 The Office 3 Noon 3 News 12:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 30 1pm Dr Phil AO 2pm The Dr Oz Show PGR 3pm Million Dollar Listing NY PGR 4pm Rachael Ray Gwyneth Paltrow prepares breakfast, lunch and dinner; Rachael makes warm Greek salad with sliced steak.

5pm Entertainment Tonight 5:25 Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals Jamie cooks Cajun steak, smoky baked beans and collard greens, chicken tikka, and lentil, spinach and naan salad. 0 6pm 3 News

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Moe 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Avatar – The Last Airbender 3 7:55 Hey Arnold! 3 8:25 Chuggington 8:35 Bananas In Pyjamas 3 8:50 Bob The Builder 9am Thomas And Friends 3 9:10 Peppa Pig 3 9:20 Barney And Friends 3 9:50 Tickety Toc 3 10am Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Moe 3 3pm Sticky TV Featuring – Franklin And Friends and Oh No! It’s An Alien Invasion.

4:30 Four Live 6pm Everybody Hates Chris 3 6:30 Futurama 3

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

7am Deal Or No Deal 3 Game show hosted by Andrew O’Keefe that gives contestants the opportunity to win up to $200,000.

7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR A talk show focusing on tough medical questions in an open forum.

1pm The Jeff Probst Show 2:05 Masterchef USA PGR 3 3pm Millionaire – Hot Seat 3 0 3:30 Getaway 3 4pm The Late Show With David Letterman 3 5pm Deal Or No Deal 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm Deal Or No Deal 6:30 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Coastwatch 0 8pm Cause of Death – Unknown PGR 0 8:30 First Crossings 0 9:30 F Descent from Disaster PGR In 1918, 8500 New Zealanders died in an influenza pandemic that swept the world. Judy Bailey investigates the effect it had on New Zealand. 0 10:30 One News Tonight 0

7pm Shortland Street PGR Rachel serves satisfaction; TK and Sarah face a nightmare; Phoenix uncovers the truth behind his success. 0 7:30 Dream Home Team Orange and Team Black tackle the cladding. 0 8:40 The Mentalist AO 0 9:40 Body of Proof AO 0 10:40 Haven AO 0

7pm Campbell Live 7:30 House Rules The final scores are revealed.

8:40 Grand Designs Australia PGR At 60 metres long, only one room wide, and virtually all windows, James and Helen Knight’s new house design is not the norm. 0 9:40 Chicago Fire AO 0 10:40 Nightline

7pm The Simpsons 3 0 7:30 Australia’s Next Top Model PGR 8:30 M Land of the Lost MLS 3 2009 Comedy Adventure.

Will Ferrell. 0 10:40 The Real Housewives of New York City PGR 3

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 60 Minutes 3 8:30 Jamie and Jimmy’s FoodFight Club Jamie and Jimmy compare British cheeses with their French rivals; Alan Carr visits the cafe for a game of fig-roll roulette.

9:35 M National Security MVLS 2003 Action Comedy.

Martin Lawrence, Steve Zahn, Eric Roberts. 0

11pm Major Crimes AO 0 11:55 Sailing – America’s Cup (Highlights) Final.

12:30 Sextuplets – The Little Lambs 3 1:35 Infomercials 5:05 Believer’s Voice Of Victory 5:35 Te Karere 3 2 0

11:40 The Protector AO 12:40 Embarrassing Bodies AO 30 1:40 Infomercials 2:40 Private Practice AO 3 0 3:25 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 4:15 Anderson Live PGR 3 5:05 The Erin Simpson Show 3 5:30 Infomercials

11:20 The Winter Games (Highlights) Nightly highlights coverage from the 2013 Winter Games in the Queenstown region.

Midnight The Good Wife AO 3 1am Infomercials 5am Joyce Meyer 5:30 Infomercials

11:35 Entertainment Tonight Midnight Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Design Star 7:30 Trish’s Paris Kitchen 8am What’s Really In Our Food?

8:30 The Stagers 9am Coast 10am Joanna Lumley – The Search For Noah’s Ark 11am Oddities 11:30 Secret Meat Business Noon House Crashers Homeowners who journeyed to a hardware store are subjected to a home renovation ambush.

12:30 James Nesbitt’s Ireland 1pm Martin Shaw Aviators Acclaimed actor Martin Shaw sets out to restore his treasured Stearman Two Six aircraft after it crashes.

1:30 Days Of Our Lives PGR 2:30 Wild At Heart PGR 3:30 The Stagers 4pm Heaven’s Kitchen 5pm Better Homes And Gardens 6pm What’s Really In Our Food?

6:30 Yard Crashers 7pm Auction Hunters 7:30 Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 8:30 Dream Build 9:30 Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 10:30 Celebrity Juice AO 11pm Auction Hunters 11:30 Wild At Heart

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12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Better Homes And Gardens 2am Dream Build 3am Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 4am Celebrity Juice AO 4:30 What’s Really In Our Food?

5am Heaven’s Kitchen

11:30 The Late Show With David Letterman A late-night comedy and talk show.

12:30 Home Shopping 1:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2am Home Shopping

MAORI TV 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2pm Korero Mai 3 2 3pm Tatai Hono 3 3:30 Rolie Polie Olie 3 2 4pm Miharo 3 2 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Toi Whakaari (Starting Today) 3 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2

THE BOX 6am NYPD Blue MVLS 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Hardcore Pawn PG 7:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 8:05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 8:30 My Name Is Earl PG 8:55 24 MVLS 9:45 Law And Order MV 10:35 CSI – Miami MV 11:25 CSI – New York MV 12:20 SVU MV 1:15 NYPD Blue MVLS 2:05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 2:35 My Name Is Earl PG 3:05 24 MVLS 4pm Hardcore Pawn PG 4:30 The Simpsons PG 5pm Law And Order MV 6pm America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 6:30 The Simpsons PG 7pm Hardcore Pawn PG 7:30 CSI – Miami MV 8:30 Falling Skies MV 9:30 SVU MV 10:30 Law And Order MV 11:30 CSI – Miami MV

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12:30 24 MVLS 1:20 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 1:45 My Name Is Earl PG 2:10 NYPD Blue MVLS 3:05 Falling Skies MV 3:55 SVU – Special Victims Unit MV 4:45 24 MVLS 5:35 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG

6am Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) Wyndham Championship – Round Four.

7am Golf – US PGA Tour 2012 FedEx Cup Official Film.

8am Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Otago v Bay of Plenty.

8:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Waikato v Northland.

9am Aussie Rules – AFL (Replay) Sydney Swans v St Kilda.

Noon Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Hawke’s Bay v Manawatu.

2pm Football League Show 2:30 Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) Wyndham Championship – Round Four.

3:30 Basketball – Women’s FIBA Oceania Championship (Replay) Opals v Tall Ferns – Game Two. 5:30 Basketball – Men’s FIBA Oceania Championship (Replay) 7:30 Red Bull Chronicles A magazine style programme featuring extreme sport action.

8pm Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Hawke’s Bay v Manawatu.

From McLean Park in Napier.

8:30 L Re:Union 9:30 Rugby – International (Replay) Australia v New Zealand.

From ANZ Stadium in Sydney.

11:30 Rugby – International (Replay) South Africa v Argentina.

1:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 2am Boxing – Fight Night Daniel Geale v Dannen Barker.

4am UFC On Fox 8 (Replay) Demetrious Johnson v John Moraga.

SKY SPORT 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu (Starting Today) 3 6:30 Ako 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Journey To The West 8:30 There Once Was An Island 10pm F John Safran’s Race Relations AO 10:30 Tagata Pasifika 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Destroyed In Seconds PG 6:30 Dirty Jobs PG Blueberry Connoisseur. 7:30 Sons Of Guns M 8:30 Deadliest Catch PG Breaking ‘Em In. 9:30 Mythbusters PG Killer Whirlpool.

10:30 The Big Brain Theory PG 11:30 Mythbusters PG 12:30 Stalked – Someone’s Watching M 1pm I Was Murdered M 1:30 Deadly Devotion M 2:30 Auction Kings PG 3pm Auction Hunters PG 3:30 Sons Of Guns M 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 Mythbusters PG 6:30 Backyard Oil PG 7pm Auction Kings PG 7:30 Man v Wild PG 8:30 Sons Of Guns M 9:30 Hell And Back PG 10:30 Poisoned Passions M 11:30 Fatal Encounters M

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12:30 Sons Of Guns M 1:30 Man v Wild PG 2:30 Sons Of Guns M 3:30 Hell And Back PG 4:30 Flying Wild Alaska PG 5:30 Auction Kings PG

Descent from Disaster 9:30pm on TV One

SKY MOVIES 6:55 Something Borrowed MLS 2011 Romantic Comedy. Ginnifer Goodwin, Kate Hudson.

8:50 Demon Hunter MVLS 2005 Horror. Robert Alonzo, Harlan Baird.

10:10 Martha Marcy May Marlene 16VLS 2011 Drama. Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson.

11:50 True Justice – Deadly Crossing MV 2011 Action.

1:20 The Descendants ML 2011 Drama.

3:15 True Confessions Of A Hollywood Starlet PGL 2008 Comedy.

4:45 One Day ML 2011 Drama.

6:35 Green Lantern MV 2011 Action.

8:30 Wrong Turn 5 – Bloodlines 18VLS 2012 Horror.

10:05 The Sitter 16VLS 2011 Comedy.

11:30 True Justice – Street Wars 16V 2011 Action.

WEDNESDAY

1am Queen Sized PGL 2008 Drama.

2:30 Wrong Turn 5 – Bloodlines 18VLS 2012 Horror. 4am True Justice – Street Wars 16V 2011 Action. 5:30 Horses Of McBride – Based On A True Story PG 2012 Family.

Jamie and Jimmy's Food-Fight Club, 8:30pm on Prime

MOVIES GREATS 7:20 Labyrinth 1986 Adventure.

David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly.

9am 16 Blocks MVL 2006 Crime Action. Bruce Willis, Mos Def. 10:40 The Omen 16VL 2006 Horror.

Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles.

12:30 A Beautiful Mind M 2001 Drama. Jennifer Connelly, Russell Crowe.

2:45 Assault On Precinct 13 16VL 2005 Action. Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne.

4:35 Office Space ML 1998 Comedy. Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston.

6:05 The Devil’s Advocate 18VLS 1997 Horror thriller. Al Pacino, Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron.

8:30 Entrapment MV 1999 Thriller.

Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones.

10:25 The Departed 16VL 2006 Crime. Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson.

WEDNESDAY

12:55 Office Space ML 1998 Comedy. Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston. 2:25 The Devil’s Advocate 18VLS 1997 Horror thriller.

Al Pacino, Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron. 4:45 The Departed 16VL 2006 Crime.

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6am Red Bull Chronicles 6:30 Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Wests Tigers v Roosters. From Allianz Stadium in Sydney, NSW. 8:30 Monday Night With Matty Johns 9:30 Sky Sport – What’s On 10am Rugby – International (Replay) Australia v New Zealand.

From ANZ Stadium in Sydney.

Noon Motorsport – Nascar Sprint Cup Series (Highlights) Pure Michigan 400. From Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan.

1pm Motorsport – Nascar Nationwide Series (Highlights) Nationwide Children’s Hospital 200.

From Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Ohio.

2pm Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Southland v Tasman. From Rugby Park Stadium in Invercargill.

4pm Football – Spurs TV (Delayed) Crystal Palace v Tottenham Hotspur.

From Selhurst Park, London.

7pm Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Warriors v Panthers.

7:30 AFL Weekly Highlights 8:30 Fight Night Daniel Geale v Dannen Barker.

10:30 Judo – IJF Samsun Grand Slam From Turkey.

11pm Arena Access 11:30 AFL Weekly Highlights

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12:30 Rugby League – 40/20 1:30 Arena Access 2am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Broncos v Eels. From Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.

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Sport 28 Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Williams set to start Murray Williams is set to call the shots for Mid Canterbury.

BY JONATHAN LEASK

JONATHAN.L@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Japanese international Murray Williams looks set to start in the opening round of the Heartland rugby competition this weekend.

Mid Canterbury coach Glenn Moore said “some parts” of the make up to the first starting XV of the season were clear-cut, but he still had some decisions

to make. “I’ll spend a few hours going through the footage and that will help justify what we do from a selection point of view, but it will also be based on what we need as strengths for the opposition,” Moore said.

The Hammers host Poverty Bay first up on Saturday and Williams has shown his class in the number 10 jersey in the

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past two weeks to be a shoe-in as one of the imports in the 23man side.

“He’s definitely going to be there. He’s only been with us game day but you can tell he has class and I guess you don’t play in a World Cup if you don’t have some significant ability.”

Williams has a prodigious boot both tactically and at goal

as well as being a solid organiser and his inclusion leaves Moore to choose from wing Muleli Bula, centre Peni Manumanuniwila and halfback Jake Ashby for the remaining two import berths in the make-up of the side.

Player of origin Michael Barry is still injured and out of action for at least another three weeks but the immediate focus

will be on the issues in the lineout which has been a key area of concern.

Former Manawatu Turbo prop Grant Polson has been playing at lock with the loose forwards all capable line-out options, including captain Jon Dampney who is another assured of a start in game one this weekend.

■ RUGBY

Coaches hoping for good first-five news

BY DANIEL RICHARDSON One first-five injury was manageable but three pivots going down in less than a fortnight may spark a national emergency.

With Dan Carter on ice for another few weeks with calf trouble, the All Blacks’ coaching staff may be delivered some concerning news over their cornflakes this morning follow-

ing scans yesterday on Aaron Cruden (knee) and Beauden Barrett (calf).

The second and third-string pivots in the country suffered their respective ailments in Saturday night’s scintillating 47-29 win over Australia in Sydney as the All Blacks opened the Rugby Championship with an emphatic statement.

Both players may come

through the tests unscathed and be in line to play the return leg against Australia at the Cake Tin this Saturday but the All Blacks’ coaches weren’t taking any chances yesterday.

Cantabrians Tom Taylor and Colin Slade were both called upon to join the All Blacks in the capital and got the chance to run at first-five during the team’s light training session in the af-

Julia Grant sixth in Copenhagen P20

ternoon. The worst-case scenario could see the All Blacks have to start their fourth-choice pivot this weekend but All Blacks’ assistant coach Ian Foster said it wasn’t all doom and gloom.

“That’s a big change but we really feel that, first and foremost, these two guys have come in because they’ve earned the right to be here and I guess, secondly, it just puts a little bit more onus

on the boys around them.”

Slade has 10 test caps to his name but has endured a wretched run of injuries during the past two years and made his last international appearance at the 2011 World Cup when he started the quarter-final victory over Argentina.

The 25-year-old played 14 games for the Highlanders this year.

- APNZ

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