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BIRTHS

McDOUGALL, Marion Elaine – January 15, 1926 - July 20, 2012. In loving memory of a loved wife, mother, nana and great nan, who passed away one year ago today.

As you rest in peaceful sleep Your memory we will DALLEY - WARD – always keep.

Sarah Ward and Logan Dalley announce the safe From Ron, Pam, Robyn, arrival of Nicholas Anthony Faye and families.

Dalley on Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at 10.53pm, weighing 5 pound 8oz.

HORMANN - HILL – David, Charlotte and Hunter are proud to announce the arrival of Heath Charles Hormann on June 26, 7lb 14oz. A big thank you to the staff at Christchurch Women’s Hospital, especially NICU and Paediatric ward.

A special thank you to Linda and Jacqui and to our families for all your help.

O'SULLIVAN – Tim and Kirsten welcome with love Penny Margot, born Friday, July 12, 2013, weighing 6 pound 7 ounces.

A special little sister for Lyla and the late Toby. Thank you to Jacqui Wylie, Holly Mayberry and the staff at Christchurch Women's and St George's Hospitals for your wonderful care and support.

QUINLAN – Brad, Jacqui (nee Maw) and big brother Charlie wish to welcome Thomas McGill to their family. A late arrival, weighing 9lb 12oz on July 9.

Another great grand child for Joyce and Charlie Maw. A special thank you to Biddy Sheehan and the staff at Christchurch Women’s and Ashburton Maternity Hospitals.

DEATHS

BAKER, Thelma Jane (nee Barnes) – At Chatswood Resthome, Christchurch, on July 17, 2013. In her 93rd year.

Loved wife of the late Roy and loved sister of Betty.

Loving mother and mother in law of Merle and Laurie, Allan and Rose, and Graham and Jenny. Special nana to her many grandchildren and great grandchildren.

A special thank you to the staff and residence of Chatswood Resthome for the special care they gave to mum over the last four years. Messages to 7 Cob Crescent, Woolston, Christchurch 8062. A service for Thelma will be held at St Marks Anglican Church, Rakaia on MONDAY, July 22, commencing at 2.00pm. Cremation to follow.

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HILL, Flint Alexander – On July 18, 2013. Passed away peacefully, at home after a courageous battle.

Aged 88 years. Devoted husband of the late Nettie (Annette). Loving father and friend of Ally, Fred and Debs, Jim and Gill, Mary, Jo, and Barry. Much loved uncle of Larry and Wendy Langley, and Tina and Greg Martin. Adored grandad of Garth, Kelly, and Hayley; Ryan, and Matthew; Joseph, and Holly; and Stacey, and to Catherine, Lydia, and Jessica Langley; and Arthur, and Tazma Martin. Great granddad of Madison; and Laurie. Messages to 79 Hills Road, R D 1 Ashburton, 7771. Funeral details to follow.

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IN MEMORIAM

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS DON, Audrey Ruth – 22-10-1923 – 29-05-2013.

Jackie, Susan, Margaret, Eric and their families, wish to thank family and friends for their love and support with the passing of Audrey.

To those who phoned, send cards, gave flowers and delivered baking, thank you so much your thoughtfulness was humbling. A very special thank you to Dr Penny Holdaway, The Geraldine Retirement Village and Rosebank staff, for their wonderful, tender care of Audrey.

GUNN, Keith Ellerby – Patty, Raeleyne and their families wish to thank all most sincerely for the expressions of love and sympathy received at the time of Keith’s passing. It is a real comfort knowing so many have paid tribute to Keith and we are appreciative of your attendance at his funeral service, for the cards and messages of sympathy received and for your friendship to him over so many years. Please accept this as a personal acknowledgement.

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Quakes shake up capital

By APNZ staff More than 20 aftershocks have been felt since a “severe” magnitude 5.7 earthquake rocked Wellington and the upper South Island yesterday morning, and GNS says more are to come.

Emergency service have not received any reports of damage but workers in central Wellington have described multi-storey office buildings swaying for at least 30 seconds when the quake hit at 9.06am.

GeoNet said it struck 30km east of Seddon, in Marlborough, at a depth of 8km.

GNS Science seismologist Anna Kaiser said there had been more than 20 aftershocks since the main earthquake.

The largest, a magnitude 4.5, occurred at at 3.21pm centred 35km east of Seddon at a depth of 16km.

It was also widely felt. “There is expected to be increased seismicity in that region in the next few days,” Dr Kaiser said.

“They will taper off over the next few days - there will be much fewer than there have been today. We always get a level of background activity in this area anyway, so we do expect small quakes for a while.”

More than 6000 people had reported feeling the main earthquake, from as far north as New Plymouth to Canterbury in the south.

Dr Kaiser said a number of known faults in the area had been mapped by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.

However, it was not yet known which fault the quake had occurred on.

KiwiRail placed speed restrictions on trains going through tunnels or over bridges following the quake.

A spokeswoman said all

structures and lines had since been checked and no damage found so the restrictions had been lifted.

The quake shook the emergency services communications centre on the seventh floor of the police station on Victoria St in central Wellington for a good 30 seconds, a Fire Service central communications spokeswoman said.

Upper Hutt woman Deb Norman said the first shake set the neighbour’s dog barking, before a second shake hit less than a minute later. “[It was] increasing in intensity and caused our three dogs to go crazy! The shake lasted in our home based in Upper Hutt for two and a half minutes.

“Oh well, was time for our teenage to get up - shake, rattle and roll; up time!”

Katie Russell, who was in Johnsonville, said the chair she was sitting on moved

side to side. “So my heart’s still racing! Scary ... I’ve felt a couple of mild aftershocks too.”

Twitter was flooded with tweets about the quake in the minutes afterwards.

GeoNet tweeted: “Well we all felt that at the office!”

Staff at the Ministry of Justice call centre in Wellington were “screaming in the background” when Press reporter Blair Ensor was on the phone to them when the quake struck, he tweeted.

TVNZ reporter Simon Bradwell tweeted that the quake was felt strongly in its fifth floor newsroom.

“Strong enough for most to get under their desks, first time I’ve seen that in over 8 years.”

Ashleigh Lambert tweeted the quake was “scary”.

“Phew, that was the first time I’ve actually considered getting under my desk for an earthquake.”

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HARRISON, Joyce Ivy – Joyce’s family would like to sincerely thank all those who sent flowers, cards and messages of sympathy at the sad time of our loss of our much loved mum, nana, and great nana. To the many who attended Joyce’s farewell service it was humbling to know she touched so many lives. A special thank you to Rev. Joan Clark for making Joyce’s service so memorable. We would like to thank those who donated to the Cancer Society. A special thank you to Coldstream House for their amazing and loving care of Joyce.

“All we have to do is think of you and our world becomes brighter”.

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Drivers passing too close to cyclists could be prosecuted, if the recommended passing distance becomes law.

Cyclists pushing for passing distance SLATTER, Clarice Marina – Noela and Selwyn wish to warmly thank family and friends for their support during Clarice’s illness and after she passed away. For all the people who attended her funeral, sent cards, flowers baking and phone calls. Thank you to Dr Wackrow, Palliative Care team, District Nurses and Rosebank, Thank you all.

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and vehicle is recommended when overtaking, just under the width of an average adult’s armspan, but it is a recommendation rather than law and breaches cannot be prosecuted.

Paul Wylie from Cyclerama Ashburton has cycled for over 40 years in the district and supported the move, but was skeptical about how much difference it would make to cyclists on the road.

“If people are being careless, then they’re still going to hit them. It’s really about

education, because that’s the only way you’ll change things.”

He said cyclists in Ashburton were lucky to be able to cycle just five minutes and be out on the rural roads, but that did come with dangers.

“You still need to treat every vehicle as your enemy.”

Work is currently underway on a cycleway between Rakaia and Ashburton, which will provide a route for cyclists to travel well away from busy traffic, but

as a locally funded project the development is a slow process.

In New Zealand an average of 10 cyclists are killed on the road each year, with an average of 750 injured.

Statistically cyclists are still safer than drivers, with one out of each 1000 cyclists involved in a serious crash each year, compared with roughly three out of every 1000 car drivers.

However, cyclists are likely to be more seriously injured, with school-aged cyclists at highest risk.

Vicar to marry gay couple

By Mahvash Ali A vicar has stepped in to marry a gay couple as part of a radio station competition after an Anglican parish was unable to host the ceremony.

Reverend Dr Matt Tittle of the Auckland Unitarian Church in Ponsonby will offici-

ate at the wedding of the couple that wins ZM’s Fabulous Gay Wedding competition.

The broadcaster had hoped to hold the event - on August 19, the day legislation allowing same sex marriage comes into force - at St Matthewin-the-City parish in central Auckland.

But St Matthew’s vicar,

Reverend Glynn Cardy, said he was unable to oblige because Anglican officials will not solemnise gay weddings.

The parish had offered to host a blessing after the legal ceremony was held elsewhere.

Reverend Tittle says he called ZM as soon as he heard the wedding could no longer be held at St Matthew’s. -APNZ

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Ashburton hit by Hepatitis A epidemic

By Michelle Nelson

Heath authorities are warning of a Hepatitis A epidemic in Mid Canterbury, after an adult was hospitalised with the highly contagious viral infection this week.

Canterbury District Health Board’s medical officer of health Alistair Humphrey’s called the Guardian yesterday; with the news Hepatitis A was rampant in the community.

He said an adult who had contracted the infection had been admitted to Ashburton Hospital this week, suffering from jaundice – a serious complication associated with Hepatitis A. “The infection is more serious

in adults, who can turn yellow and become quite sick. It’s no joke when you’re in hospital with jaundice.

“Children can get sick but not usually as seriously as adults, they can be infected but show no symptoms, or only vague symptoms.”

“The patient in question has a family and where we thought the infection would have come from, however there were no infected children in the family.

“This person practiced excellent personal hygiene, which means Hepatitis A is out there in the community – it is endemic in Ashburton at the moment,” Dr Humphrey said.

The outbreak began in a local

preschool in early May, and as a result about 300 people have been vaccinated. The latest case brings the number of people diagnosed with Hepatitis A to 13.

Dr Humphrey said this was “a very significant outbreak”, considering the size of the community.

“We would normally only see one or two cases a year,” he said.

Hepatitis A is spread through contact with faeces, and spread through poor hygiene – particularly after using the toilet or changing nappies.

Dr Humphrey is urging everyone to be vigilant about hand washing, and insuring children do the same.

Hepatitis A SYMPTOMS Hepatitis A symptoms may include:

• Nausea and vomiting • Yellow eyes or skin (jaundice) • Dark urine • Pale faeces “Remind children to wash their hands after using the toilet, and ask if they have washed their hands,” he said.

“The only way we are going to stop this in Ashburton is for

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Feeling unwell Lack of energy Not feeling like eating Stomach upset and pains Fever General aches and pains

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In severe cases Hepatitis A can cause liver damage.

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ECE centres have year-long waiting lists

By Myles Hume Year-long waiting lists at full Mid Canterbury early childhood centres have been reflected in new Ministry of Education figures.

Early childhood education (ECE) centres in the district have spoken about their lengthy waiting lists to fit children into centres, as parents scramble to enrol their youngsters.

It has led one provider to make renovations to cater for its growing roll, prompting suggestions there may be space for more childcare centres.

Accurate statistics on participation have not been recorded since 2007 in Mid Canterbury, but figures released in the Ministry of Education’s Education Progress report showed the Canterbury region has one of the highest participation rates in ECE in the country - 98.3 per cent.

The region joins Otago, Nelson and Tasman as the only areas to meet the Government’s target of 98 per cent participation throughout New Zealand.

The national average in participation this year was 95.7 per cent.

Phoenix Preschool manager Jo MacAskill said the figures were encouraging and showed Mid Canterbury parents valued quality education.

“Certainly there’s a lot of established centres which have waiting lists, for us the waiting list is still very strong and I think there’s definitely a market out there for people to be involved in early childhood,” she said.

Ms MacAskill said Phoenix Preschool was about to commence renovations on its premises and open up another eight positions.

She said there appeared to be more reliance on two parents to work in Mid Canterbury, which may have contributed to the higher numbers.

Since 2010 Canterbury’s participation rate fluctuated about 97 per cent, peaking this year.

A break down of this year’s Canterbury figures showed Pacifika had the lowest participation rate at 93.7 per cent, while the Maori rate was 97 per cent.

Dorie Community Preschool manager Lisa Copland said at least 80 per cent of children in the community attended the centre, while others went to other

nearby providers.

“I guess 20 hours free care is a big incentive to bring children along, it always helps when you’re not having to pay, and there’s more research out there showing the benefits of early childhood which I think parents are more aware of,” she said.

Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew said she was delighted by the region’s positive figures.

“Ensuring each and every child gets a good education is the most important thing our Government can do to raise living standards and create a more productive and competitive economy,” she said.

Methven Preschool manager Trish Powell said centres would be on watch as new beneficiaries laws kick in, requiring parents on benefits to send their children to ECE for at least 15 hours a week from age three, RIGHT: Phoenix Preschool teachers Sarah Johnson (back left) and Kayla Anderson help prepare for the building to be renovated as more youngsters look to join Hunter Watson, 4, (front left), Olivia Lock, 3, and Lennox Officer, 4.

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Family centre may ease GP shortage

LEFT: A proposed family health centre on Ashburton Hospital land may help relieve pressure on GPs.

By Myles Hume Mid Canterbury’s thin GP stocks could be beefed up by a family health centre the Canterbury District Health Board wants built on Ashburton Hospital land.

The district’s GP spokesperson Rachael Norman said local practices were still “stretched to capacity” as doctors dealt with lengthy patient lists during winter months.

However, industry experts hope a CDHB proposal could soon ease the pressure on GPs. The CDHB has proposed surplus Ashburton Hospital land, and possibly buildings, could be leased to a private developer to build an integrated family health centre, creating a one-stop-shop for primary health care.

The centre would be used by GPs and a range of support health services, while enhancing further integration between general practices and hospitalbased services.

Rural Canterbury Primary Health Organisation chief executive Bill Eschenbach said they had been working closely with a number of partners including the CDHB to enhance and strengthen access to primary health care services in Mid Canterbury.

If the proposal came into fruition, he said it would help cater for Mid Canterbury’s ageing workforce, ageing population

and GP shortage. Ms Norman said immediate enrolment at local centres “may not be pos-

sible” but a new health centre could relieve that pressure.

“It would (help), if it were to

attract new GPs or nurse specialists of family medicine to practice here who wanted to

build up a new practice and take on new patients,” she said.

“As far as I am aware all practices are stretched to capacity at this time. But as always, there is flux, some patients leave and that opens the door for new enrolments.”

Mr Eschenbach said a health centre would create “greater collegiality” among GPs, and hopefully become a draw card for gradates, other New Zealand GPs and overseas doctors.

“We are liaising with the Canterbury District Health Board regarding initiatives designed to train, recruit and retain clinicians in rural Canterbury. There are also national initiatives underway which are being led

by Health Workforce NZ.” Currently, the CDHB is seeking public feedback on the proposed integrated family health centre, both in online questionnaires and two public meetings to be held on Wednesday at 12.30pm-2pm and 5.45pm7.15pm and the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

The meeting will provide people with first hand information on the proposed centre and allow the public to ask questions.

Feedback from the consultation process will inform the next phase of planning for the CDHB.

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The world’s fastest ship looked menancingly quick, even at berth, as it made a brief stopover in Wellington yesterday.

The 99m dual-hulled Francisco called in at Queens Wharf yesterday morning to bunker fuel on its way from Tasmania to South America.

Built by Australian ferry builder Incat, the ship recorded a top speed of 58.1 knots,

or 107.6km/h, when it was sea trialled.

Incat said only a few speedboats could surpass 58 knots - and none of those could carry 1000 passengers, 150 cars and an enormous on-board duty free shop.

Francisco weighed in at 1516 tonnes and was powered by one turbine on liquefied natural gas and another on marine distillate when it recorded its top speed. -APNZ

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Ashburton has ‘huge CBD opportunity’

By Sue Newman Ashburton has an unprecedented opportunity to become a retail mecca for central and south Canterbury, Grow Mid Canterbury chief executive Rob Brawley says.

As new commercial and retail space comes on stream in the town centre after earthquake damaged buildings are demolished, Ashburton was well placed to turn its rebuild into a huge opportunity, he said.

While Ashburton was no different than many other Canterbury towns in losing much of its retail heart to earthquake damage, its central location meant it was in a prime position to go all out to attract new businesses and market itself as a place where out-oftowners would want to come and shop, Mr Brawley said.

While there might be fears in some quarters that rents in new buildings would be high, landlords would not want to see their buildings sitting empty. Smart marketing and possibly co-operative marketing would be key, he said.

“A lot of the retail and commercial space we have had has been old and it hasn’t attracted the sort of rental a newer building would.

When Somerset House opened people said that was expensive, but now it’s well tenanted.”

In terms of commercial space, Mr Brawley believed there was growing demand for office space on the back of business expansion.

“We need more office space, good office space and for the town centre that’s good because it brings people in and it brings foot traffic in.”

With a several landowners working together on a devel-

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Ashburton is well placed to turn its rebuild into a huge opportunity, Grow Mid Canterbury chief executive Rob Brawley says. opment on Burnett, Cass and Tancred streets where buildings would be demolished, there was a huge opportunity to create a retail precinct that would be a drawcard for shoppers from across Canterbury, Mr Brawley said.

“It’s good to see this co-operation already underway and if this goes ahead it will need overall marketing of the whole area and the opportunities it creates.”

Ashburton Business Association retail spokesman

Bob McDonald believes the market would ensure a balance was struck between the needs of landlords and tenants.

“In a perfect world you’d like 10 per cent plus return on your investment, but most will get less.

“I’ve heard a lot of different stories about what people want, but if retailers can’t make any money then they won’t be paying any rent.”

Landlords were far better to secure a tenant at a reasonable or

low rental initially on the understanding that when the business was making money, rent would go up. That was a far better scenario than landlords holding out for high rent and having empty shops or having tenants go broke, Mr McDonald said.

“It’s far better to have a reasonable rental and the same tenant there for 20 years than to have four or five tenants in that time because they can’t make a go of it.”

Property Brokers consultant

Clark McLeod believes Ashburton has lagged well behind other parts of Canterbury in commercial and retail rentals for many years.

The rebuild post earthquake had become the catalyst that would bring rentals there up to speed, he said.

“If you do the economics. If property owners who are making further investments in their properties, then there’s only one way rentals can go and that’s up.

Until now, we haven’t had a lot of new development in the CBD.”

Fire in Wellington’s Victoria University’s library

By Matthew Backhouse Valuable books are thought to be safe after a fire at Victoria University’s library in Wellington yesterday morning was sparked in an acetylene tank.

Firefighters were called to the

fire on the second floor of the Rankine Brown Building at the university’s campus in Kelburn about 9.10am.

The callout came only four minutes after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake rocked the city, but a Fire Service central communications spokeswoman said the

incidents were “probably not” related.

The library and an adjacent open area, known as The Hub, were evacuated.

University spokeswoman Katherine Edmond said the fire was in an area between an entrance to the Rankine Brown

Building, which houses the library, and The Hub. “Technically it’s in the library, but it’s not like it was amongst rows and rows of valuable books - it was near the library.”

Ms Edmond said nobody was hurt in the fire, which was put out.

She said the area remained closed while property damage was assessed and the Fire Service investigated the cause.

Acetylene is an odourless gas used by welders, but Ms Edmond said she did not know if construction work was taking place at the time.

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Air pollution may spike as Ashburton runs low on dry wood

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1. Dooorway dump ‘disgusting’ 2. Stepping up for the team 3. Crackdown on the bullies 4. Hit Play . . .

5. College principal ‘stunned’

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By Gabrielle Stuart Ashburton air pollution levels are among the lowest in Canterbury, but that may not last as firewood supplies begin to run thin and many locals resort to burning damp wood.

Many firewood suppliers have completely sold out of stocks of dry wood, while others have had their supplies drenched by weeks of rain.

Miserable weather has also affected many residents who have burnt through their supplies faster than anticipated, while others have had their wood saturated after strong

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There are smoky chimneys and sulky fires across the district this winter, as a shortage of dry wood means many locals have resorted to burning damp wood. winds combined with rain to drench even undercover stacks.

RK Firewood Methven owner Rini Koopmans said that a lot of locals left organising their wood supplies until the last minute this year, but others were caught out after stacking their wood on the wrong side of the house.

“A lot of people put their sheds behind the house facing the southerly, and that’s when it all gets wet.

“Wood should be stored facing north-west, so it gets the

northerly through keeping it dry.”

Although he still had stocks of Oregon wood which was more resistant to wet weather, he had already sold out of most varieties, and said that demand for firewood just got bigger every year.

There are still supplies of firewood at Adams Sawmilling in Ashburton but they have been hit by wet weather, and while still drier than green wood it will take a month undercover to get thoroughly dry.

Tim Boyd still had supplies of dry wood, but said that, working on his own, there was a limit to how much he could deliver.

He said that he had had several customers order loads of dry wood that had been rained on before they could stack it.

With just one high pollution night this year, Ashburton still has the second lowest number recorded in Canterbury, second to Geraldine with none but well ahead of Timaru, the highest, with 19.

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Jury out in Oxford murder case

By Kurt Bayer The judge presiding over the trial of two men accused of murdering Canterbury dairy farmer Sameera Chandrasena Battelage has completed his summing up and sent the jury home to start its deliberations on Monday.

Co-accused Thuvan Prawesh Sawal, 24, and Viraj Alahakoon, 35, blame each other for cutting the throat of their friend who had been having an affair with a woman they knew.

“One is a monumental liar,” Pip Hall, QC, lawyer for Alahakoon said in his closing submission yesterday.

Mr Battelage’s badly charred body was found in his burning farmhouse on Domain Rd, just outside Oxford in North Canterbury, on February 23 last year.

Sawal claims he witnessed Alahakoon cut the throat of Mr Battelage “like a sheep” as he slept, in a murderous, jealous rage after learning of the affair.

But Alahakoon’s story is that Sawal woke him shouting, holding a blood-soaked knife, with Mr Battelage lying dead on the couch.

The Crown, however, contest that both men had plotted to kill the farmer in revenge for the affair.

On the 20th day of the High

Viraj Alahakoon Court trial in Christchurch, Justice Christian Whata spent two and a half hours summing up the evidence.

Mr Battelage was killed by the cutting of his throat, he told the jury.

They need to decide if either Alahakoon or Sawal had done it, and if just one of them had, whether the other one had asked, helped, or encouraged them.

“Or, if you are unable to identify who did it, but are sure it was either [Alahakoon or Sawal], you have to then ask yourself, did they have a common intention or plan to do it together?” Justice Whata said.

The Crown summed up its case earlier in the week, saying the accused helped each other stab or cut Mr Battelage’s

Thuvan Prawesh Sawal neck six times before dousing his body in petrol and setting it alight.

The court has heard that Mr Battelage was surprised when the pair showed up at his rented rural property on the evening of February 22, last year.

Alahakoon, who’d just been laid off as a jeweller, and Sawal, who was an overstayer with a warrant out to send him back to his native Sri Lanka, say they wanted to confront him over the affair.

Alahakoon claims he wanted Sawal to confront Mr Battelage over the illicit sexual relationship, warn him away from the woman, and to “perhaps extract an apology”, Mr Hall said.

The three men drank at Oxford Working Men’s Club before returning to Mr Battelage’s

house. The jury will be asked

by Justice Christian Whata to decide what happened from when they returned home, to when Mr Battelage’s body was found by firefighters inside the still burning house on the morning of February 23.

Alahakoon and Sawal were soon arrested and charged with murder and arson.

Mr Hall says Alahakoon lied to police out of his own safety after threats from Sawal.

Alahakoon is also charged with assaulting a woman, who has name suppression, with a pair of scissors on December 5, 2011, and again on Boxing Day that year.

The trial will resume at 10am on Monday when the jury will begin its deliberations.

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Father and son’s cancer blow

By Amelia Wade A father whose 5-year-old son was diagnosed with cancer has been stricken with terminal melanoma just as his only child has come to the end of his treatment.

Chris Sutherland’s wife, Kelly, said her family’s reality is now unimaginable but Lachie is helping his dad and giving him advice.

Kelly started telling their story online last year when the Christchurch family went to Australia for Lachie’s treatment, but said she never imagined she would have to write about her husband’s fight as well.

Lachie had fought his stage 4 neuroblastoma cancer well and the family started planning their first proper holiday, to Napier.

But two weeks ago Chris was diagnosed with advanced melanoma and doctors said he couldn’t be cured.

“After 18 months of working tirelessly to get Lachie through his intensive treatment, to now be confronted with this new reality is unimaginable,” Kelly

wrote on Facebook.

“Chris is in good spirits and showing the same tenacity and determination as his son to not let cancer control his life.

The past few days have shown that the apple has indeed not fallen far from the tree.”

About three months ago, Kelly noticed a mole on her husband’s back had become raised and urged him to see a doctor. A biopsy was done and the sunspot was removed “but it was fine”, she told the Herald.

But following more tests, Chris was diagnosed with terminal melanoma. He’s now in the care of Nurse Maude Palliative Care and the family is exploring options to extend his life.

Kelly urged everyone to get their moles checked and continue to do so.

When Lachie was diagnosed, Kelly started the TouchPauseEngage page to help her cope with their fight to make him well again.

She chose the name because it was an “obvious choice” for her rugby fanatic son who continued to play even through his treatment. Kelly called Lachie

a “stoic and sturdy individual who just loves his rugby”.

“I feel like we’re in uncharted territory ... rather than needing to explain cancer to Lachie, he’s offering Dad advice. It’s a bizarre scenario to watch a 5-year-old comforting his father, and realising he’s better equipped and qualified for the role than most of us.”

Kelly said going through her husband’s diagnosis was “so familiar and yet so different”.

“There is comfort in knowing that this feeling of drowning will pass, that strength and a determination to take control of the situation will soon follow,” she posted a week after they received their second blow.

Kelly said they were surrounded by loved ones who had put their own lives and needs on hold, and donations and messages of support had come from far and wide.

“It’s really so humbling and it really just restores your faith in humans,” she told the Herald last night.

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The trial of a Mosgiel man charged over the death of businessman Allan Hubbard was adjourned yesterday morning for a new date to be set.

Andy Earl, 42, is defending a charge of careless driving causing death and a further charge of careless driving causing injury following a fatal collision on State Highway 1, 8km north of Oamaru on September 2 2011.

Mr Hubbard, 83, died shortly after the crash and his wife Jean, who was driving, was injured.

The trial resumed yesterday morning briefly but was adjourned for a new date to be set.

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Mr Earl and Mrs Hubbard, 82, have both told the court they cannot remember the collision.

Mr Hubbard’s firm, Aorangi Securities was at the time being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and was placed in statutory management in June 2010, owing investors up to $100 million.

The SFO laid 50 charges against Mr Hubbard under the Crimes Act but those were dropped shortly after his death.

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Court, sitting in Timaru, a witness told the court of his concerns over Earl’s “erratic” driving shortly before the crash.

He said that in his rearview mirror, he saw Earl’s red Holden Rodeo 4WD ute drift into the Hubbard’s oncoming white Honda Jazz, causing the crash.

Another witness who was travelling immediately behind the car driven by Mrs Hubbard told the court he saw the white car drift across the centre line and collide with another vehicle.

Earl’s defence claims Mrs Hubbard, 82, was the one who crossed the centre-line and caused the head-on collision On the second day of the trial, on June 5, Judge

A home being built by inmates at Ngawha prison for a lowincome Northland family could be the first of many, a housing charity says.

Prisoners at Northland Region Corrections Facility, just outside Kaikohe, are building a three-bedroom home for Habitat for Humanity Northland, under the instruction of NorthTec tutors. Once complete, the house will be lifted over the wire and trucked to Dargaville.

The scheme sees prisoners earn building qualifications while helping a Northland family into their own home.

Habitat for Humanity, which is effectively a rent-to-buy

scheme for low-income families, has so far housed 38 families in Northland. Of those, 14 now fully own their homes.

Executive officer Conrad LaPointe said the family who were initially lined up for the Dargaville house had to pull out after a change in circumstances. But as of this week, another 17 families had expressed interest and five had completed application forms. Applications close at the end of this month.

Families go through a rigorous interview process before being selected.

“We’re looking for a family that’s truly aspiring to own their own home and is ready to engage with us for up to 10 years,” Mr LaPointe said.

Families helped by Habitat for Humanity did not earn enough or have sufficient sav-

ings, through no fault of their own, for a mortgage. Many struggled to pay rent or lived in overcrowded conditions. Two to three families to a house was not unusual.

If a family was found to be unsuitable, the most common reason was a high level of shortterm debt. Families burdened with loans charging 25-30 per cent interest was an “insidious problem” all over the country, he said.

“We don’t want to set them up to fail,” he said.

Mr LaPointe said the organisation was expanding, thanks in part to a sizeable government grant. This year it was building three houses in Northland, next year it was planning five.

Ngawha prisoners’ work on the current house was “absolutely first class”.

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Skifield vehicles pass safety checks

By Michelle Nelson Passenger transport vehicles operating at the Mt Hutt Ski Area have received the tick of approval following a safety check carried out on Thursday.

Vehicles and drivers were checked as part of Operation Snowflake at the Mt Hutt Ski Area on Friday.

The NZ Transport Agency’s Southern Regional Access & Use manager Kieran Turner said the 10 vehicles checked by the four transport officers all complied with standards.

“This was very pleasing, as on occasion in the past vehicles have been red-stickered and new buses have had to be brought up to the skifield to transport passengers home where vehicles have been found to be unsafe,” Mr Turner said.

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While the focus of the checks was on ensuring the vehicles and drivers complied with all relevant licensing and safety requirements, it was also a great opportunity to educate drivers about the importance of vehicle safety

“These results show that there has been an improvement in operator awareness around the need to maintain vehicles and that the safety message is being listened too.”

The transport officers spent the day in the ski area car park checking drivers of large and small passenger service vehicles.

However, while the vehicles met all safety checks, two of the vehicles had no current road

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user charges, there was no log book in one of the buses and one driver was not carrying their driver’s licence.

“These are still breaches that need to be addressed to ensure we also have an efficient and effective transport network,” he said.

“While the focus of the checks was on ensuring the vehicles and drivers complied with all relevant licensing and safety

requirements, it was also a great opportunity to educate drivers about the importance of vehicle safety.

“The Transport Agency had targeted the school holidays as these tend to be a busy time for skifields and this is when groups

often hire chartered buses and vans and head to the mountains.”

Mr Turner said it was critical that these types of vehicles were roadworthy, due to the extreme weather conditions they could encounter on skifields.

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Man blames chemo for memory lapse

By Cassandra Mason A man who claims his golf buddy lawyer more than doubled his bill for help resolving a leaky homes dispute says his memory of what happened was clouded by 54 bouts of chemotherapy.

Eion Castles is before the Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal accused of charging the man - who has name suppression - $1,030,000,

well above the $436,000 assessors estimated his work would have cost.

At the second day of the hearing at Auckland District Court yesterday, the complainant took the stand to tell of the unquestioning faith he and his wife had in Mr Castles when they hired him, to sue their previous lawyer.

“We trusted Mr Castles implicitly. As a friend and golfing partner to do the best he could for us.

“We placed ourselves entirely in

[his] hands.” Under cross-examination, however, the complainant was able to give very few details about what happened from when he hired Mr Castles in 2003 until he laid the complaint against him Mr Castles in 2009.

He cited ongoing cancer treatment for the lapse.

“After four years of operations and 54 continuous bouts of chemo, I’ve suffered some memory difficulties.”

At the time of the complaint he

had also started to “self medicate” for depression with his wife’s antidepressant pills, before seeing a doctor for his own prescription.

Brian Keene, QC, acting for Mr Castles, said the complainant showed a “fairly vague” recollection of what happened.

Mr Keene said the complainant was warned what Mr Castles’ fees would be, but suggested the antidepressant medication he was taking at the time could have compromised his memory.

Whole family pitches in for football tourney

By Gabrielle Stuart For the Blake family from Methven, young Japanese football teams visiting for the 16th Football Friendship Tournament in Ashburton means a chance for the whole family to pitch in.

The young Japanese football team will visit Mid Canterbury for an event-packed week.

As well as hosting visiting children, Tony Blake will be hard at work with preparations and clean-up, Yumi Blake will work as an interpreter for the Japanese team, son Alex will be playing in the tournament and daughter Jasmine will be dedicating hours to helping the organising committee.

There is plenty to organise and co-ordinate. As well as the tournament football games, the visiting teams will visit local farms, stay with local families and experience a traditional Maori welcome and a Kiwi barbecue.

Japanese-born early childhood teacher Yumi Blake will be translating for the teams during the visit, which will combine some of the things she loves the most – Methven, working with children, her homeland and sports.

She moved to New Zealand 18 years ago as snowboard instructor, and after three years of travelling back and forth from Japan alternating winters, she fell in love with her landlord, local man Tony Blake, and Methven became home.

And while she still loves Japan, with family, close friends and a strong community in Methven, she has no regrets about making Canterbury her home.

Now she is excited to share the Mid Canterbury people, places and experiences she has grown to love with the visitors from her homeland.

This year will mark several firsts for the friendship tournament, including the first ever mixed New Zealand and Japanese team, as well as the first year a team from the North Island has travelled to take part.

The Japanese players will arrive in Christchurch on Sunday.

• Water management The Ashburton Zone Committee will meet on Monday to discuss local water management issues. The meeting will begin with a presentation from Barrhill Chertsey Irrigation Ltd, which has been undertaking studies to assess options for delivering water to the area between Barrhill and Rakaia, as part of a wider scheme.

Next, the committee will receive an update on regional infrastructure from Environment Canterbury, which looks at the role infrastructure can play in delivering the targets in the Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS).

• Leg impaled A 23-year-old Israeli woman had to be airlifted out of a forest in the Nelson region yesterday after her leg became impaled on a stick while horse riding. The woman was riding a horse in a forest area near Ngatimoti when the stick entered her leg while she was going through a narrow passage in the forest, causing her to fall to the ground. The Nelson/ Marlborough Rescue was called in. She was treated by the onboard intensive care paramedic and flown to Nelson Hospital.

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One day until the start of the Football Friendship Tournament in Ashburton this year, and excitement is building for Yumi Blake who will work as interpreter for the Japanese team, and her son Alex, who will be playing in the tournament.

Cat caught in trap; leg amputated A cat’s leg had to be amputated after being caught in an illegal gin trap in west Auckland on Thursday.

The front left leg was nearly severed by the trap, which had been left on Silverstone Place in Henderson.

The cat was found by members of the public who placed him in a washing basket and contacted the

The complainant also admitted he did not read all the accounts and documents given to him by Mr Castles, and did not understand all the terminology.

He couldn’t say “with certainty” that he and his wife knew what they were being charged for, but they never contested any fees.

“We went to Mr Castles expecting this to be resolved. Not to be left destitute.”

The hearing is set to resume next month.

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SPCA. The trap had bitten down to the bone and the leg was amputated yesterday, the SPCA said.

The cat, a friendly 3 or 4-yearold grey and white male, had been neutered and was obviously someone’s pet.

“This is a horrifying case in which terrible pain and suffering - and permanent disability has been inflicted on an animal,”

SPCA Auckland executive director Bob Kerridge said.

“It is illegal for so-called ‘leghold traps’ to be used within 150 metres of a dwelling without the express permission of the occupier or in any area where there is a probable risk of catching a pet.

There is no way both of these conditions could be met in suburban Henderson.” The cat’s owner was

probably looking for him now.

“If anyone recognises this cat or has any information that might help us to reunite it with its owner, we desperately want to hear from them.

“We also want any information that might help us track down whoever set this trap so we can take them to court,” Mr Kerridge said.

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One of Christchurch’s rare heritage buildings that survived the earthquakes has been fully restored at a cost of $1.5 million. Whakatata House, on the corner of Cashel and Montreal streets, built about 1910, was seriously damaged in the February 22 earthquake after years of being home to the Canterbury District Health Board’s mental health services.

The building suffered extensive cracking and had to be completely re-levelled.

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• New trains coming The first of Auckland’s new electric trains is on its way to New Zealand from the Spanish factory where it was built. The train is set to arrive in early September where it will be taken to the new $100 million train maintenance depot in Wiri for certification. It will be the first of 57 three-car trains that will carry passengers on the city’s rail network.

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Quake notices plastered over hospital

By Laura Mills Earthquake-risk notices have gone up around parts of Grey Base Hospital, advising people that they enter at their own risk.

The Grey District Council posted the section 124 notices on Thursday, including in accident and emergency, Hannan and McBrearty wards the laboratory, boilerhouse, laboratory, acute community and mental health, and the medical administration

block (north building). A frustrated West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O’Connor immediately demanded the Government front up with the money for a new Greymouth hospital, citing frustration at “empty promises”.

In October 2011, National list MP Chris Auchinvole said he had “secured the money with the minister”, pending a satisfactory plan.

Mr O’Connor said yesterday that sick or injured Coasters now faced a dilemma; “it is safer to

stay out or go into hospital?”

“I feel frustrated that in opposition I can’t push the minister harder.”

The section 124 notices are issued when buildings fail to meet 34 per cent of the current building standards. In Greymouth, the library and History House were some buildings to voluntarily display signs.

West Coast District Health Board programme director Michael Frampton said that detailed engineering assess-

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The Jane Campion crime dramas, filmed around Queenstown and Glenorchy, has received eight Emmy Awards nominations, including best mini-series.

“Many of us locally have known Queenstown and this region has been a great place to make movie productions, now TV, and certainly commercials for quite some time,” said Destination Queenstown chief executive Graham Budd.

“I think it’s just a case of us emerging more and more on the world stage.”

I think it’s Mr Budd felt Top of just a case of the Lake would give people another reaus emerging son to visit the area and “when it gets on more and more to the Emmy stage on the world hopefully, then that’s stepping it up again”. stage Top of the Lake, which finished filming last June, was the first miniseries screened at the Sundance Film Festival, shown in January as a seven-hour programme with one intermission and a lunch break.

It premiered in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom in March.

Film Otago-Southland executive manager Kevin Jennings said yesterday’s announcement was brilliant for those involved with the mini-series, the New Zealand and Queenstown film industry and the Lakes District.

“It reinforces our place on the world stage as a film production region.”

Mr Jennings said the nomination in the cinematography category came as “no surprise”.

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Jane Campion co-directed Top of the Lake with Garth Davis and co-wrote the project with Gerard Lee. Philippa Campbell was the New Zealand producer.

The movie has been nominated in: Outstanding TV mini-series or movie; outstanding lead actress in a mini-series or movie (Elisabeth Moss); outstanding writing for a mini-series or movie (Jane Campion and Gerard Lee); outstanding directing for a mini-series, movie or a dramatic special (Jane Campion and Garth Davis); outstanding supporting actor in a mini-series or movie (Peter Mullan); outstanding casting for a mini-series, movie or a special (Kirsty McGregor, Tina Cleary); outstanding cinematography for a mini-series or movie (Adam Arkapaw, Part 1); and outstanding single-camera picture editing for a mini-series or a movie (Part 5).

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while a decision on the upgrade of Grey Base Hospital and an integrated family health centre at Buller is made,” Mr Frampton said.

“The Government’s decision on our facility development will determine our long-term approach to any building demolition or upgrade.

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The Crusaders Secondary Schools rugby competition is the premier competition in the South Island and Ashburton College have gone from whipping boys in 2010 to going head-to-head with the heavyweights this year.

The reason behind the rise is a regimented rugby programme.

The 2010 season showed the gap between established rugby programmes and an Ashburton College 1st XV devoid of some of the local talent - having one win from 13 rounds conceding 598 points and scoring just 101.

Fast forward to this year and they are in the top eight and went within a whisker of tipping over Christchurch Boys’ High School, which handed them a 98-0 thrashing in 2010.

The reason for the turnaround has been coach Shane Enright’s ability to bring together the local squad and offset its shortcoming through recruitment.

The college team has a big Polynesian contingent that is more of a reflection of the changing face of the district, and New Zealand rugby in general, as only three players are recruited from outside the district.

After the rocky first season college called in Shane Enright who has instigated a five year plan based on one philosophy: “To be the best we must play the best”.

To compete at the top level a team needs top players but when Enright took over the head coach role in 2011 he just needed players.

“When I took the position in 2011 I was given a list from the Head of School Rugby, Peter Fougere, of 20 players that had placed their names down to play 1st XV in 2012,” Enright said.

“A high percentage of boys at the school didn’t want to be part of the 1st XV and wanted to play club rugby so we were struggling for numbers.

“I met with the parents of boys that had returned for 2011 and explained that we needed to look overseas in the short term in terms of

The Ashburton College 1st XV is enjoying their best ever season in the Crusaders Secondary Schools’ rugby competition. After humble beginnings in 2010 they are giving the perennial powerhouses of South Island secondary schools’ rugby a run for their money and a large part of that is the team’s recruitment. Sports reporter JONATHAN LEASK takes a look at how Ashburton College is catching up with the competition.

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quality players.”

It was a suggestion that raised an eyebrow or two but Enright believes it was what was needed to get the college up to scratch.

“I know a lot of people have asked why go overseas when the talent is here in the district. To be honest it’s because some boys didn’t want to play 1st XV rugby and would rather turn out for their clubs, which they are entitled to do.

“But to be successful in this hot-bed of schoolboy rugby you have to have X-factor players.”

The Crusaders used the phrase “A champion team will beat a team of champions”

but like that team having a few champions in your team always helps.

“We had to decide how we were going to do it and how the money was going to be raised to make this happen.

“I looked on the internet and found Kidz Sports in Samoa where Rev Hemi was creating sports for kids in the outskirts of Samoa and approached him asking if he could find me a talented 15 to 16-year-old that we could bring to New Zealand for schooling and rugby.”

That player was Shalom Pulu, who has played a large part in his three years at college.

They also ended up with two boys from Tokelau – who hadn’t really played rugby.

“They weren’t what we were expecting but we learnt a lot from the experi-

ence which helped us going forward.

“The money to host these boys in terms of flights, hosting costs and all other expenses was raised by a group of parents fundraising.”

Enright visited Samoa in August 2011 and met with potential players to supplement the squad in 2012 season, again through Rev Hemi.

The decision was made to bring Time Taiolao and Faataui Toelau for 2012, along with Pulu. The costs were again covered through sponsors and fundraising.

This year Enright looked at the option of going to Samoa but pursued another option through Mid Canterbury Rugby Union (MCRFU) chief executive Ian Patterson, who had knowledge of the Fijian rugby scene.

“I googled the Fijian Secondary School team from 2012 and found out which area Ian had contacts in to come up with two players from the Rata Navau School.”

Enright incorporates academic performance as part of the rugby programme and advised the college of the potential players.

“We wanted to make sure the boys academic records were where we wanted them and that sport wasn’t the only thing on their minds, and will be something we continue to work together on.”

Setariki Koroitamana and Nete Cacau, who were both Fijian under 17 representatives, have been brought in and

Pulu is back for a third year.

Enright is in year three of a five-year plan and he’s already ticked off one goal, making the top eight, and is on track for goal number two, to become the top-co-ed school in the competition.

Enright’s vision could be seen in action on the park in the college’s last outing, an 11-18 loss to CBHS, the perennial powerhouse in New Zealand secondary schools’ rugby, which destroyed Ashburton 98-0 in 2010.

Next year will be no different, with Enright looking to bring in some talent but with the college programme now established the overseas recruitment will be scaled back with the local talent coming to the fore.

“We will only be looking at having two foreign players as the interest with the success of the team is making more boys look towards the 1st XV as an option they may choose.

“Also the issue of finding all the money is becoming harder and harder as we progress along this journey.”

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ABOVE: College coach Shane Enright going over the game plan at halftime.

LEFT: Fijian flyer Nete Caucau carries the ball against Timaru Boys’ earlier this season.

BELOW: Ashburton College 1st XV players (from left) Setariki Koroitamana, Romeo Touli, Christian Vainerere, Nathan McCloy, Nete Caucau, Shalom Pulu, Steve Twamley and Toafa Touli were all selected to attend Canterbury training camps this season.

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econdary school rugby has become a bigger part in the rugby machine, the breeding ground for the future stars of the game.

So when Ashburton College requested permission to reenter the elite 1st XV competition in 2010, Mid Canterbury rugby supported the move.

“The competition is the premier competition in that age band so hav-

ing a team in there exposes our players to that opportunity to compete at the highest level of rugby available to them.” MCRU chief executive Ian Patterson said.

Ashburton College is only catching up on what the other schools have done for years.

At boarding schools a large proportion of the players can be deemed to be recruits because the schools pickup talent from a

young age.

“All the major colleges in similar competitions are cherry picking the best players at an early age with a view to strengthen their sporting prowess so to be competitive with those sort of schools on a year-by-year basis you probably do need to supplement areas where you have a perceived weaknesses,” Patterson said.

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our union are the players that leave for boarding school so there is a player drain in that aspect.”

Local examples are the likes of Mark Jackman, Adam Thomson and this year Jesse Houston who have been plucked from the wider South Island and incorporated into a private school rugby programme.

As a public school Ashburton College has to rely on local talent, but has competition for players with

the local clubs.

“The local player pool is improving all the time, and that’s not just secondary school rugby.

“In the last few years we have had a strong group of guys coming through and numbers are up this year across the teenage years which are good.

‘It’s going against the general decline of recent years but it’s too early to say whether we have arrested the decline.”

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By Matthew Backhouse The forestry industry has been put on notice after the sixth death of a worker this year, just three days after another accident left a worker with serious leg injuries.

A 45-year-old Tokoroa man was killed off Tram Rd in the Tahorakuri Forest, about 20km northeast of Taupo, about 5.20am yesterday.

Police said the man died at the scene after being “hit by a large log”.

The death comes after a Wanganui forestry worker, thought to be in his 60s, suffered serious leg injuries while working in a remote block at Linton near Palmerston North on Tuesday.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s health and safety group is investigating the death.

Group general manager Ona de Rooy said the whole forestry industry had to step up its commitment to worker safety - and the ministry would take a strong stance against those who did not.

“The death this morning is the sixth this year - that is an awful toll and its effects spread through communities, companies, and loved ones.”

Ms de Rooy said the ministry was about to launch a proactive assessment of every logging operation in the sector, targeted at the two biggest causes of harm in the industry felling trees, and moving felled trees to loading sites.

“We will be taking a strong enforcement line during these visits and companies, contractors and crews can expect enforcement action if they’re not meeting their obliga-

tions under the Health and Safety in Employment Act. “If we see evidence of fatigue or production pressure causing unsafe behaviour, inspectors will take action.

“Workers also need to take responsibility for their safety and follow the rules - the rules are there to prevent them from harm.”

Ms de Rooy said the ministry had produced unambiguous guidelines on health and safety for the industry, and everyone had to commit to their implementation.

Council of Trade Unions president Helen Kelly said this morning’s death was “heartbreaking”.

She said fatigue and a lack of adequate training were behind the forestry industry’s safety record.

The union has renewed its calls for an inquiry into safety in the forestry sector - something Labour Minister Simon Bridges ruled out earlier this month, saying the Government’s new health and safety group was likely to take a hard look at the sector.

Ms Kelly said there would more and more deaths until an inquiry took place.

“All of these deaths are now blood on his hands - he’s denying that there’s a problem.”

Ms Kelly said an inquiry in Canada five years ago had led to a “significant reduction” in forestry deaths.

“They had a crisis as well, so they regulated hours and they regulated techniques - they professionalised lumberjacking.”

The Government introduced a new forestry sector safety code last December, but Rotorua National MP Todd McClay has said until the new code was adhered to, it was just a set of rules sitting in a bookcase. -AP

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It’s a dream come true

By Rebecca Malcolm He’s spent the past few months coaching them, but Turanga Merito reckons he’ll be happy no matter which finalist wins X Factor New Zealand.

Monday’s grand final wraps up an exciting journey for the vocal coach on the reality television show.

Merito scored the role earlier this year and said working on the show had been a dream come true.

While it was more work than he could have imagined, Merito said the rewards were much greater than he’d anticipated too.

The self-confessed reality television junkie said when he heard X Factor was coming to New Zealand he decided he had to get himself a part in it.

“I didn’t even think I’d get an interview. It’s a dream come true.”

Expecting to be one of a group of coaches, Merito said discovering he was the only one was a bit of a shock.

“I thought there’d be maybe a couple of vocal coaches ...

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ing the whole 13.” Merito said he and the choreographer were like “the secret fifth mentors”. While he went into the role thinking he wouldn’t get attached, Merito said he couldn’t help but form bonds with the contestants.

A lot of his work involved working with the coaches to get the best out of the contestants and he had to adapt his approach depending on the coach.

He describes Stan Walker, who he’ll tour with later this year - as a “bro” and the future of New Zealand music. Merito and Walker will perform in his hometown Rotorua on the tour.

Merito said he was “super impressed” with Ruby Frost’s music talent.

He’d always been a fan of Daniel Bedingfield’s music but his personality was completely different than expected.

“I expected him to be real deep and quiet but he’s the opposite. He’s full on, a ball of life.”

The judge he was most starstruck by was Mel Blatt who he admits he had a crush on as a teen.

“I know she is a tough one

but she is a beautiful person.”

He said he really valued the friendship of the judges and other crew.

While he had spent the past seven years teaching singing, dancing and acting - mainly in Australia - Merito said it was a different experience coaching the contestants, some of whom hadn’t had much experience on stage and in front of the television cameras.

“It’s been really interesting being there for kids who aren’t as confident or stage or screen savvy.”

He said teaching and supporting the students had reminded him of his days at Lakes High and his old English teacher Denise Irwin, who would often stay behind to help him.

“She really went the extra mile for me and believed in me.

I owe a lot to her.”

While the show wraps up with the grand final, Merito will stay on for an extra week or so helping the winner with the recording of their album.

After a much-needed holiday he is straight into preparing for the tour with Stan Walker before working on Christmas in the Park.

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Fresh food for ship’s crew

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The crew of the New Giant tucked into a feed of fresh meat and vegetables last night and had grins from ear to ear when the fresh supplies arrived on board.

The High Court of New Zealand, which is detaining the ship on behalf of the owner’s creditors, commissioned the resupply.

The arrested ship has now been at anchor in Poverty Bay for just over five weeks.

An Eastland Port tug took two pallet loads of goods out to the ship.

“The transfer went without any fuss at all, very well indeed,” shipping agent Kevin Pitcher

said. The two pre-slung pallets were hoisted on board using the ship’s provisions crane.

“There was meat and fresh vegetables, some frozen goods, rice, cooking oil and dry goods,” Mr Pitcher said.

“The crew grinned like Cheshire cats when the goods swung on board.”

Sea conditions were good for the operation, which took about two hours to complete, he said.

“There is still a bit of lift out in the bay where the ship is anchored but the swell has eased significantly.”

A Ministry of Primary Industries official went on board to check the ship’s garbage facilities.

“The official checked they had sufficient storage space on

board for it. It will be offloaded at a later point when the crew are ready to do so,” Mr Pitcher said.

“I spoke to members of the crew again and the master.

They didn’t say a lot but they were very happy to get the fresh food.

“They seem content with the situation - it’s just a waiting game for them that continues,” he said.

“The crew have long term contracts to serve on board the ship, so the length of time they are having to spend on board is not unusual.

“Their contracts are quite substantial and the time on board is not an issue.”

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Lawyer accused of wasting time

By Edward Gay A judge accused lawyer Davina Murray of “wasting time” with a “meaningless, drivelling submission” as she defended herself against a charge of smuggling contraband to murderer and rapist Liam Reid in prison.

Murray made a series of applications for the charge to be dismissed after the Crown concluded its case at Auckland District Court yesterday, blaming the police and even the judge for failing to give her a fair trial.

She accused police of a “bad faith investigation” and abuse of process.

Judge Russell Collins stopped her at one point.

“You’re wasting time,” he said.

“This is a meaningless drivelling submission that is designed to timewaste and get to an adjournment.”

Murray folded her arms and raised her voice before making a further application to have the charge dismissed, alleging “judicial bias” by Judge Collins.

That application was also dismissed.

Murray is accused of smuggling an iPhone, cigarettes and a lighter to Reid inside Mt Eden Prison on October 7, 2011.

The Crown says Murray was more than just a lawyer to Reid - they were having a relationship and text messages show

Davina Murray Murray planned to secretly marry him inside prison.

Reid alleges prison guards planted the cellphone in his shoes.

Flanked by two security officers, Reid returned to the stand today to describe how after his visit from Murray he was put in a holding cell for 20 minutes before two guards came in.

“They just wanded me with the metal detector and we were out of there.”

Reid refused to answer the Judge’s question about whether the metal detector went off.

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I haven’t had a chance to be briefed properly.”

Judge Collins responded: “It’s a simple matter, Mr Reid. Just answer the question. Tell us what happened, that’s all you’ve got to do.”

Reid said the detector went off and he was ordered to strip.

He said one of the guards tried to manhandle him against the wall.

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left the cell with his shoes and came back a short time later with the shoes in one hand and an iPhone in the other.

That evidence was never put to the guards, Neal Purcell and Maurice Stanley, and is in stark contrast to what they said in evidence.

They described finding a lighter and cigarettes down Reid’s pants and an iPhone hidden in the toe of one of his shoes after a random check.

After the search, Reid was ordered to squat so the guards could check if anything was hidden in his “nether regions”.

“There was a substance there,” Mr Purcell said. “We asked him to hand it over ... and he poked it back up there.

When we asked him to hand it over, he said: ‘If you touch me it will be sexual assault’.”

Reid is serving a 23-year sentence for the 2007 rape and murder of deaf woman Emma Agnew and the rape, attempted murder and robbery of a 21-year-old student in Dunedin nine days later.

The hearing had been due to finish yesterday but will now continue on Monday.

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Woman admits having BUY 3 AND GET sex with 13-year-old boy

By Matthew Theunissen A 13-year-old boy turned down an offer of sex from a woman more than twice his age but she followed him and enticed him into her bedroom, a court has been told.

Cecelia Rona Hale, 32, yesterday pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual connection with the boy in July last year, and to selling him cannabis in the months that followed.

Hale bore the teenager’s child earlier this year, which was taken into Child, Youth and Family (CYF) care.

According to the police summary of facts, the teenager and his family moved to Hale’s neighbourhood of Manurewa, south Auckland, in early 2012.

Hale, who was 30 at the time of the offending, became friend’s with the boy’s mother, and her son went to intermediate school with him.

On July 1 last year, Hale was at the boy’s house. His mother’s boyfriend was going to be coming round so she offered for the youngster to stay at her place instead.

There she gave him alcohol and some time that evening asked if he wanted to have sex.

The boy, now 14, declined and left for bed but the older woman followed him. When she reached her bedroom door, she removed her underwear and lay on her bed.

She held the boy down by his arms and they had “rough

sexual intercourse”, the summary said. The boy stayed at Hale’s house the next two nights and they engaged in several sexual acts.

The summary also said that Hale supplied the boy with cannabis at least once between April and October 2012.

She denied the offending when interviewed by police. “... She thought the complainant had a crush on her and that he had asked her for a kiss once and made reference to her breasts,” the summary said.

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She thought the complainant had a crush on her and that he had asked her for a kiss once and made reference to her breasts

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She also claimed he had stayed over only once when he had slept on the couch.

Hale’s lawyer, Irene West, applied for bail given her client’s limited criminal history, but this was soundly rejected

by Anna Judge Johns, who indicated she was addressing the matter in the same way she would if it was a male

offender.

“If you switched this around there’s no question about bail being granted,” she said.

Judge Johns indicated that Hale would be sent to prison when she was sentenced in September.

The court was told that Hale, who was supported by several family members, has four young children.

The case prompted Justice Minister Judith Collins to say she would seek more information on the law.

It also highlighted disparity in the law of rape, which makes it impossible for a woman to be accused of the crime.

However, Ms Collins said in a statement today that there was not a gap in the law which required legislative change.

“Rape and unlawful sexual connection are part of the definition of sexual violation.

The same maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment applies to this offending,” she said.

The case came to light after the child told his principal about two-thirds of the way through the 2012 school year.

“You won’t be very happy with me,” the principal recalled the boy saying. He said he had been having sex with his friend’s mother “and it needs to stop”.

The principal said the boy was “very aware” of the situation he was in and determined he wanted the contact to end.

CYF declined to comment yesterday.

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Ashburton landmarks are disappearing and the town is losing its ties with the past.

Demolition of the town’s old railway station is under way, while many old and ornate buildings in the central business district have either already been demolished or may be in the future.

Among buildings for which there are no guarantees going into the future is one of the town’s oldest, the Ashburton Arcade.

Owned by the Redmond family, spokesperson Chris Redmond said last week that its future had not yet been decided.

It was possible that long-term, as costs of strengthening in the new post-earthquake era were considered, it could fall to the demolition wrecking ball.

It was the same case for other family-owned buildings of the Redmond’s furnishing store on Burnett Street and former Mitre 10 building housing House of Travel on East Street, however, retaining the facades could be a possibility.

Ashburton museum curator Michael Hanrahan said in terms of the historical value of the town’s buildings, losing the arcade would be “the worst”.

“It just goes right back to the beginnings of the town, it was built by the first mayor, it’s sort of an iconic building,” Mr Hanrahan said.

Mayor Thomas Bullock contracted builders Nelson and Coutts to build it in 1882. The brick building comprised offices upstairs and a shop either side of an arched entrance for horses to pass through. Mr Bullock had his own offices on the west side of the entrance.

In 1891 the arcade was completed right through to Tancred Street, creating what at the time was one of the longest arcades in the Southern Hemisphere.

Built by Barnes and Smith, the building had brick walls and the type of curved iron roof that was at that time becoming quite common in Ashburton.

The trusses, supported by large timber columns, were years later described by engineers as the best example of 19th century structural engineering in the town.

Historically, the arcade was a place for community events and markets, including weekly horse sales. Small shops lined the east side and part of the west side, with an area left open for markets.

Mr Hanrahan has researched the building’s history and found one Ashburton resident’s recollections of the arcade’s early years were far from sentimental.

She had to walk through the building on her way to Tancred Street, and there was always a horse sale in progress on Fridays.

“I was absolutely terrified of those great lumbering clydesdales galloping up and down the centre of the arcade. I used to creep along the edge as close to the wall as possible, hoping no horse would get excited and lash out with its huge feet as I crept past,” she said.

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Following the introduction of tractors, a record draught horse sale was held in the arcade in 1936 when National Mortgage offered 54 for sale, with 51 of them selling.

The arcade became an attractive shopping centre, but by the mid-1960s it was run down and occupied by pigeons.

A newspaper reporter of the day wrote: “The clatter of hooves on concrete has long passed, along with the crowded shops and offices. Most of these today appear to be slowly deteriorating.”

In the 1970s there were calls for the arcade’s demolition and

one woman recalled “as a child in the late 60s it was always spooky walking through the arcade. There were bird droppings everywhere, with birds flying about the rafters, and any noise echoed the length and breadth of the building”.

The building was sold to Mr C J Redmond, renovated and re-opened in 1982. Today it remains a busy shopping centre.

Redmond’s furniture store, neighbouring the arcade, also has a claim to historical fame.

It was the first public building in the town to be lit by electricity. It was a Mitchell and Turner store, selling furniture, carpets

and drapery. History records that the store owners asked for permission to use street lighting poles outside the premises, which had been used in a street lighting trial the previous year.

As for the building from which that electricity was first transmitted, it is to be demolished.

It is one of a collection of old brick buildings behind the former Electricity Ashburton premises on Kermode Street.

EA Networks general manager, Gordon Guthrie, said there was a demolition consent application for the buildings before the council. The buildings had been identified as earthquake

risks even before the Canterbury quakes. The firm had used them as workshops, and their low strength had been one of the reasons they had shifted from the site.

The first town generator for public supply was located in one of the buildings.

“You can still see in the building where the wires went through the top of the roof and out into the main street,” Mr Guthrie said.

There is also a well at the rear of the building, where Ashburton’s first high pressure water supply was sourced.

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2 – Threatened with demolition – the former Rabobank premises.

3 – The former W H Collins and Co building on East Street has an uncertain future.

4 – Ray White real estate is in the clear for earthquake strengthening, while the status of other shops behind this 1898 facade on Tancred Street are yet to be determined.

5 – Power was first transmitted in Ashburton from the centre building in this photo. All these buildings, behind the former Electricity Ashburton building on Kermode Street, are to be demolished.

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a shame to lose the buildings, however, some parts would be kept and plenty of photos would be taken.

“There’s other ways to retain that past,” Mr Guthrie said.

Ashburton’s Capon and Madden on Burnett Street is set to be demolished.

The Group B heritage building was built in 1901 as a residence and general practice for Dr Hugh Hunter. The doctor was “universally esteemed”, as a report in the Ashburton Guardian later that year testified when he became seriously unwell before recovering.

“The news came as a shock

to the whole town,” the reporter said, although no indication was given as to what had caused his condition.

The Rabobank building is believed to be tagged for demolition, however the landlord refused to comment to the Guardian. It was constructed before 1910. It was built by grain agent H A Lloyd, who operated from the building, and a Mr Tucker, and was known as the Tucker and Lloyd building.

Other buildings which may come down include the Stewart and Holland building on Burnett Street and the St Vincent De Paul building at the head of the

Ashburton Triangle.

Post earthquake the town has already lost prominent historic buildings such as the two-storey buildings of Freidlanders on Burnett Street, Arthur Wells building on East Street and Westburn Courts on West Street.

But it is not all bad news for the town centre’s historic buildings.

Parishioners hope to save the landmark Baring Square Methodist Church, while the landlord of a two-storey building on Tancred Street housing Flight Centre, Save the Children, and a jewellery shop dating back to the late 1800s, has told the

Guardian the building will be strengthened.

And an 1898 facade in Tancred Street, which originally fronted furnishing undertakers T H Undrill and Co, may well be retained. Jill Quaid, at Ray White which occupies one of the shop sites today, said the real estate premises was almost 40 per cent of the new building code after receiving strengthening some years ago when it was formerly the Westpac bank.

“Our building is fine,” she said.

The landlord for the remaining shops behind the facade, Hugh Flay, said he was waiting for a

structural engineers’ report.

“They are so busy it will be the end of July (before the report is undertaken),” Mr Flay said.

Speight’s Ale House and Braided Rivers on Burnett Street are believed to be fine.

Ashburton Trust chief financial officer Rob Reid said Speight’s Ale House had had strengthening work undertaken before the trust bought it. The trust was investigating what further work was required.

Braided Rivers had also had strengthening work undertaken prior to the trust leasing it, and he believed it was not under threat of demolition.

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nvironmentalists around the country have been toasting Minister Nick Smith’s decision to reject a proposal to put a tunnel through a Fiordland National Park.

The single-lane tunnel between Glenorchy and Milford Sound would have cut the four-hour trip from Queenstown in half and would have seen a significant increase in visitor numbers.

Employment numbers in Southland have been hit hard over recent years and the potential closure of the Rio Tinto smelter will put further pressure on the area.

Despite this, the entire region seemed united against the tunnel proposal, including the Southland District Council, the Te Anau population which feared it would lose its tourism income and the Glenorchy people who were desperate to keep their unique landscape and character intact.

Conservation minister Nick Smith, a long-time environmentalist, agreed with their arguments and decided that the potential impact of half a million tonnes of rubble from the construction would ruin the “pristine” Hollyford Valley.

Some of the campaigners may have wondered whether previous conservation minister Kate Wilkinson would have shared Mr Smith’s assessment and his return to cabinet may have been a timely one for the tunnel opponents.

Naturally, Dr Smith does not make these decisions by himself and would have been given approval by the Prime Minister and his cabinet.

Many within the environmental lobby would have been pleasantly surprised by the Government verdict, as John Key’s policies so far have strongly favoured economic benefits over other arguments, whether in the Sky City pokies deal or mining consents for the Denniston plateau.

With this track record, some would have expected the tunnel to get the nod, as tourism minister John Key would have been eager to grow the tourism market in Fiordland.

Dr Smith is still considering the second proposal for a monorail through a World Heritage area and has already indicated that this option has a better chance of approval because it barely touches the national park.

The Government decision to bury the tunnel plan was a major shift in its usual approach and may win National some centre-green swing voters.

In a way Dr Smith beat the Greens at their own game and took a significant amount of wind out of the opposition’s sails.

A delicious learning curve I

’ve always fancied myself as a bit of a foodie. I like trying and presenting new things and ideas.

I bought my first ever cookbook in 1967. It has coloured pictures. And cost me 30 bob ($3). I had to save really hard because my Friday night job at the Hospital Shop yielded 25 cents an hour.

It’s got all sorts of exotic (we thought) items like bits of cheese and coloured pickled onions stuck to apples with a tooth pick for a table centre piece.

Exotic when compared with roast meat and three veges.

I had a head start on the tomato and radish flowers, because we had learned to make them at cooking (how classy can you get), along with learning in what order to wash the cutlery (spoons first so they don’t get scratched, in case you’ve forgotten …).

Still in the 1960s, a friend and I were in Christchurch, and came across a red capsicum in a greengrocer. We didn’t have flash veges like that, or broccoli or zucchini around then We’d seen them in books so we bought one, took it home, stuffed it with rice and baked it according to the posh book.

It was simply disgusting, so I left that one for a few years Came the time to do the big OE and I flew to Sydney to begin the trip with a friend, who had friends we could spend a night with.

They suggested we go out for dinner, to an Indian curry house.

Sounded good to me. I’d always

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enjoyed the curries they had in big vats at 21sts and balls around Mid Canterbury. However I quickly learned we were not talking about the same thing at all.

The décor and the aroma as we walked in were stunning. Red and gold plastic lights and decorations.

The friend we were staying with warned me that the curries were pretty hot, and could take Kiwis unaware. So I backtracked from my original plan, and ordered something a bit more mild.

Did I say mild? When the steam stopped coming out of my ears and eyes bulging I grabbed every drink on the table. Water didn’t work, yoghurt based drinks did, and I vowed to be more careful in future The next little surprise came in a Japanese restaurant. No one in our group could read Japanese, or speak it, and the table staff couldn’t help much.

So we either pointed somewhere on the menu, or at a passing plate going to another table.

My little joy was made of crunchy little tiny squid cooked in their own black ink. Hmmmn!

I’ve learned a lot about Japanese food since then, and like it. The same goes for Thai, Korean, Mexican, Lebanese, Greek, and many others.

I’ll try most things but I draw the line at offal. My auntie once went to a friend’s home for a meal and got a stuffed sheep’s heart.

Not for me.

A niece, two nephews and their entourage have just arrived in the northern hemisphere, Dublin to be precise.

Most are foodies, and have developed the habit of taking pictures of what they eat.

Lots of pictures. Several angles for each dish.

They take pictures of their tablemates’ food as well.

I’m surprised their fellow diners don’t grab their food and run away to another table so they can start before the food gets cold.

So far it’s mainly been pictures of Guinness or lager with a country pub or some other scenic beauty in the background.

But the food pictures must be about to start What with facebook and digital cameras it has become possible to look over their shoulders and vicariously enjoy their adventures. I look forward to it. But I wish it came with the aroma included.

Can’t wait.

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- The speed in knots Team New Zealand achieved in their latest ‘race’ in the America’s Cup. That’s close to 82 km/h achieved in 18-20 knots of wind. It was just a shame they weren’t competing against anyone at the time.

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- Valerie Adams notched up her 37th consecutive win at an event in Lucerne this week.

The two-time Olympic champion is hoping to add a fourth consecutive world title at next month’s world championships in Moscow.

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- The time it took British rider Chris Froome to scale Mt Ventoux in the Tour de France this week. It was the second-fastest ride in history (behind disgraced rider Lance Armstrong) casting doubt over whether he achieved it legally.

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- Four newcomers, including three teenagers, have been named in the Tall Blacks squad to tour China. Mauriohooho Le’afa was handed a singlet and, at 16, might be the youngest player ever selected for the national men’s team.

13,717 - Mathew

Sinclair, who retired this week, scored 13,717 runs at first-class level at an average of 48.64. He plundered 36 hundreds and 68 half-centuries, but struggled to translate this to the international level.

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the Reds will not only have to overcome a Crusaders side which welcomes back Richie McCaw after his sabbatical, but also history

considering they haven’t won a game in Christchurch since 1999.

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- The number of associations Jesse Ryder negotiated with before settling on playing for Otago in next year’s domestic cricket season. Ryder has decided the time is right to push for a recall to the New Zealand side.

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- Waikato opened their rugby season with an 85-0 win over Horowhenua-Kapiti in their Ranfurly Shield game on Wednesday. It was also the last game in Waikato colours before former All Black Brendon Leonard play takes up a contract playing in Italy.

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- Benji Marshall sought a release from the final two years of his Wests Tigers contract so he can switch to rugby - Queensland won their union at the end eighth straight State of Origin of the NRL seaseries on Wednesday night to son. The Blues, re-confirm their place as the Waratahs and best side in Origin history.

Rebels are among Fortunately they showed a little the suitors and he’s also been more form than a rotund, tanned linked with a move into sevens. and greased streaker.

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10 thankless sporting jobs

By Andrew Alderson After a couple of months on the road working in the sporting fields of Europe, nzherald.co.nz’s Andrew Alderson puts an arm around the shoulder of some of the unsung heroes he’s observed making up sport’s backstage crew ... and a few others while he’s at it.

1. Long jump pit rakers Each jumper is presented with a pristine blank canvas. The dedicated messieurs who assisted at the Paris Diamond League created spirit level sand perfection and then, every minute - splash!

- it was ruined. Goodness knows who volunteers, but given their industrious nature with a rake they must be in demand during autumn.

2. Coxswains These guys are the absolute gluttons for punishment. Well, that’s the only thing they can be gluttons about, having to stay at a minimum 55kg for men and 50kg for women. Radars go off anytime they think about approaching the buffet. Then it’s off to be bundled into a skiff where they make sardines look like they’re travelling first-class.

If their crew wins they face a final indignity; thrown in the drink by a posse of lycra-clad oarsmen or women.

Standout captions from last week’s odd pictures

3. Formula One pit crew members Not only do these brave souls change the tyres and refuel some of the world’s most powerful cars, they deserve danger money when the drivers burn off. Some are run over courtesy of rhino feet on accelerators and, on occasion, a spark lights fuel fumes. Human torches can be seen rolling on the tarmac while extinguishers are fetched.

4. Scorers Ray at Lord’s does an admirable job, as do most of those assigned this task on the sub-continent who address the troops with military precision, “attention please!”, before reeling off a series of bowling spell figures or a scroll of batting statistics to help media embellish their reports. The secret is finding a balance between overloading with data, sounding too

“Jock! Is that you playing the round-ball game??”

- Tom H

self-important and vagueness.

Most achieve it and would qualify on a short-list of ‘ultimate sporting anoraks’.

ways to expend your own energy while protecting them. It’s not translated as “servant” in English for nothing.

5. Line judges

8. Floor-mopping squads

Not only do they volunteer to watch a line all day, they develop a thick skin; 1. For the occasional fits of pique from stroppy mommy’s boys or daddy’s girls who never learnt to control their emotions growing up and 2. To dodge the odd wayward serve which zips through at 200-plus km/h. Their reaction times are legendary; composed, incremental movements as the ball cannons into the wall centimetres from their ears.

The merest hint of a break in play triggers them into action like navy seals. Out they go in military formation, armed with squeegees or towels to mop sweat off the court in case a hoop hero should slip.

No match-winning three-pointers on the buzzer and armchair lifts for them, just stale, smelly rags and a bucketful of brine.

6. Grooms Necessary toil for those who have to work their way to the top of the business from the ground up. They’re capable of producing equine perfection whether its plaiting tails, brushing a horse’s coat for a glossy sheen Mr Miyagi would be proud of, or wielding pooper-scoopers like the guy who presumably follows the Queen and her corgis on their daily constitutional out the back of Buck House.

7. Domestiques Want to make it in cycling? Start carrying drink bottles and sandwiches to your leaders... Be prepared to let them draft in your slipstream and make sure you chase down any pesky breaka-

“Yeah, that big, big guy. Just hit him and run, it’ll be ok.”

- Barry M

9. Wardrobe footmen.

Who gets stuck with the job of fastening the 30-foot long, twofoot wide mawashi on the grapplers? That’s a tough gig. If it comes off during competition it signals automatic disqualification.

Removing them after a competitor has been wedgeyed out of the dohyo must also pose a significant challenge.

10. Matador laundry attendants If we’re searching for the sport with the highest amount of brown trousers per capita, this must be close to top of the podium (although rodeo, base-jumping and foiling on one of those new America’s Cup boats appeal as candidates). Dodging livid bulls with a cape in arguably one of the most barbaric sports must create anxiety in the ring. It’s a fair bet the shelves backstage are stocked with bleach.

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“Shift that net dummies, this is the aquaslide!”

- Margaret H

“He must have some pace the big fellow, he’s done well, hasn’t he? Is he a Queenslander?” BILLY SLATER on the State of Origin’s pitch invader.

* * * * “Quite frankly ... my teammates and I have spent months away from home, slept (at high altitude) on volcanoes to get ready for this race ... training together, just working our arses off.” - Team Sky’s CHRIS FROOME denies allegations of doping at the Tour de France.

* * * * “From a Wests Tigers perspective, we are extremely disappointed to receive the news as we believe that we have been exceptionally generous to a player that has given us wonderful service over a number of years.”

- Wests Tigers boss GRANT MAYER on Benji Marshall’s request for a release from the NRL club.

* * * * “They’ve been married for only eight months. She will go with him because it’s his career, not hers.” - Marshall’s manager MARTIN TAUBER on claims the playmaker would stay in Sydney because that was the preference of his wife.

* * * * “We’ve got to keep punching, haven’t we?” - Australian cricket coach DARREN LEHMANN.

* * * * “It’s the one you’d want the most, almost.” - Masters champion ADAM SCOTT on the British Open’s status among the four golf majors.

* * * * “But that’s healthy. You don’t want 10 robots in there just going ‘yes Michael; whatever you want Michael’.” - SHANE WARNE on the apparent rift between Michael Clarke and Shane Watson.

* * * * “I don’t know, if I could bottle it I’d be a millionaire.” - Maroons forward SAM THAIDAY on how Queensland keeps a hungry NSW Origin side at bay year after year.

* * * * “Everybody’s personality is different out there. And I’m not saying that I haven’t complained or gotten upset on the golf course, but I’m not a big fan of guys that get out there and whine a lot.” - MARK O’MEARA on his British Open competitors’ complaints about course conditions.

* * * * “He reads the game well. His batting has come on. The way he batted in the A tour I noticed he got better and better. He’s in the bracket to be the next leader.”

- Fast bowler RYAN HARRIS on Steve Smith’s potential as a future national captain.

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“I need the protection more than you sonny . . .”

- Pete A

“Hey Shorty, why is John running the race with a sheep on his shoulders?” - Margaret H

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Langman defects to Mystics

By Dana Johannsen The departures from the Magic have begun, with Waikato stalwart Laura Langman set to join the Northern Mystics next season.

Langman yesterday confirmed she is parting ways with the franchise she has captained for the past three seasons after signing with the Auckland team for the 2014 season.

The Silver Fern midcourter had been linked with a move north since talk of unrest at the Magic surfaced last month, following the resignation of the team’s longserving coach Noeline Taurua.

It was rumoured Taurua left out of frustration with the new board that had been put in place following Netball New Zealand’s overhaul of the national structure, with the board accused of blur-

ring the lines between management and governance. Several of the Magic’s top players had been tipped to follow Taurua out the door, although the damage may not be as bad as first thought, after highly-rated Australian coach Julie Fitzgerald was signed as Taurua’s replacement.

But the loss of Langman, easily New Zealand’s most valuable midcourt commodity, is a huge blow for the Magic. The hard-working midcourter, who was curiously told by Waikato Bay of Plenty board member John Parker that she only has a couple of years left in the game, is the rock in the Magic line-up – the go-to girl on attack, and their chief marshal on defence.

Langman claims the off-court troubles at the Magic this year did not factor into her decision to leave the franchise she has served

Laura Langman for more than 10 years.

“It certainly didn’t have anything to do with management or the off-court antics so to speak, it was purely for professional development and to achieve some objectives I’d like to tick off in the next wee while,” said Langman.

“I’m a Waikato girl through and through so it was obviously a tough decision to leave, but I felt the timing was right to immerse myself in a new environment and hopefully develop new areas in my game and leadership.”

Langman broke the news to her Magic team-mates this week, but said she had no idea whether others would take up opportunities elsewhere.

Sharpshooter Irene van Dyk said she hoped to stay at the Magic, but only if they allowed her to commute from Wellington – a condition Fitzgerald is apparently happy to abide by, while the newly-married Casey Kopua was said to be cold on the idea of moving away from her Hamilton base. However several rival franchises are tipped to make a play for Silver Fern defender Leana de Bruin.

The Magic have already made moves to bolster their midcourt and are believed to be in talks with Steel midcourter Courtney Tairi, who played under Fitzgerald at the NSW Swifts before moving to New Zealand to chase her dream of playing for the Silver Ferns. The addition of Tairi in the line-up would suggest Australian import Khao Watts’ future at the franchise is in doubt, with Fitzgerald believed to be looking at bringing in a goal attack to fill their import spot.

Langman joins Maria Tutaia, Kayla Cullen and Anna Harrison as the Mystics’ confirmed signings for next season. Harrison, who is expecting her first child next month, plans to return to the court in 2014 as she chases a place in the Silver Ferns’ Commonwealth Games team.

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Third season for Broughton Robyn Broughton will coach the Central Pulse for a third season after re-signing with the netball franchise for next year’s ANZ Championship.

The Pulse are still seeking a first play-off appearance, having finished fifth this season – their best ever season.

The signing is good news for Pulse management, who can now expect most – if not all – of the current playing roster to also re-sign.

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Narrow loss for Canterbury Country Tobi Dalglish tackles Quinn Ritchie during the Mid Canterbury 12th grade football practice on Thursday.

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Week of international football

By Jonathan Leask A week of international football will play out at the Ashburton Domain this week as Mid Canterbury football’s annual exchange fixture with Hosoe, Japan, returns to Ashburton with the Friendship Tournament in its 16th year.

The 12th grade tournament agreement sees Mid Canterbury teams travel to Japan to play in the tournament every second year and host the Japanese teams in the alternate years.

Last year the team made the trip to Hosoe on the eastern coast of Japan’s main island.

However the teams from Hosoe haven’t made the trip out to New Zealand since 2007.

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There was a narrow loss and a first win for the Canterbury Country teams at the under 17 national basketball championships in Auckland yesterday.

The Canterbury Country boys finished third in their pool and came up against AucklandCounties in the bottom eight quarter-final.

Despite an off-target day shooting, the boys were only down by two at three quarter time but couldn’t close the gap by fulltime, going down 70-74.

The boys then played Tasman last night in the 13th to 16th playoffs.

After being locked at 30-all at half-time Canterbury Country pulled ahead in the third and went on to win 80-62.

This morning the team takes on Taranaki in the play-off for 13th place.

The Canterbury Country girls got their first win, comfortably accounting for Otago B 63-24 and will meet them again today.

The tournament is the first time the Canterbury Country amalgamation, featuring players from North, Mid and South Canterbury, has attended the nationals following Basketball New Zealand’s restructure last year.

To see more or purchase photos In 2009 the Japanese withdrew from the tournament due to the international swine flu epidemic and then they had the earthquake and tsunami in 2011.

The Mid Canterbury players have been preparing since trials began in November and as well as the international guests the tournament has teams from around the country coming for the tournament, and for the first time, a mixed team will compete.

The Japanese are bringing enough players for one full team but didn’t quite have enough for two teams so their extras will be combined with some locals for a mixed team.

The international combination will be able to call on the use of a translator to breach any language barriers during the tournament.

After the opening ceremony on Tuesday the teams take the field for three days of football and friendship.

The draw POOL A Nelson Royal Mid Canterbury-Japan Canterbury Red Selwyn South Canterbury Black POOL B Marlborough Canterbuy Black South Canterbury Green Central Otago Hibiscus Coast POOL C Nelson White Waimak Mid Canterbury Hosoe Eastern Southland

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Crusaders ‘prepared for anything’

By Patrick McKendry

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or the Crusaders, the pressure of the finals series was embraced shortly after the final whistle of the Hurricanes victory in Christchurch a week ago.

The senior players had their say in the changing rooms, input which has continued during the week ahead of tonight’s sudden-death playoff against the Reds, a team with which they have a long history, at AMI Stadium.

Midfielder Ryan Crotty, who has started every match for the Crusaders this season, revealed yesterday that it was the old hands, a group which includes him these days, who have had the most to say this week.

“The senior boys set a good tone for the week straight after the game on Friday. We talked about what we are going to do, the things that have happened in the past, and how we have to make sure we do everything we can to get it right this time,” Crotty said.

“The onus is on the guys who have been there before to step up and perform, to make sure we go the whole way.”

Rather than being a burden, though, the Crusaders have embraced the pressure, much like the All Blacks did when hosting the 2011 World Cup knowing

that they hadn’t won it in 24 years.

This is the Crusaders’ 12th consecutive appearance in the play-offs but the seven-time champions are acutely aware that they haven’t won anything since 2008, the final year of Robbie Deans’ reign.

Privately, they feel that at their best no team can stay with them, that it’s a matter of getting to the mental state shown during the dismantling of the Chiefs in Christchurch a fortnight ago.

To that end, every eventuality has been prepared for, Crotty said, including how they would cope with a sending off by South African referee Jaco Peyper.

“We’ve got to be prepared for anything,” he added.

“We know this match could go down the wire but we’ve got to embrace that. Sometimes it takes 79 minutes to break down a team.”

Crotty has been a consistent performer for the Crusaders this season, something he freely acknowledged.

His regular game time has helped too. Moving out one position to centre following Robbie Fruean’s heart surgery, Crotty has a new respect for players in the No13 jersey given the extra space they have to defend.

However, with second-five Tom Taylor combining nicely with Dan Carter in terms of a kicking game, there was an extra onus on Crotty to carry the ball, something which he was

enjoying. He and Taylor will be up against Ben Tapuai and Jono Lance, but Crotty said he wouldn’t be surprised to see an appearance by Wallabies midfielder Anthony Faingaa at some stage, even though he is officially unavailable due to a hamstring strain.

“He’s travelling with them, so it wouldn’t be a shock to see him out there. He’s an excellent player.”

Now for the history lesson, something which all the Crusaders have immersed themselves in this week. They know they have had troubles against the Reds in the past. They haven’t

played them yet this season but last year battled to subdue them 15-11 in Christchurch.

The final defeat of two years ago at Suncorp Stadium hurt a Crusaders team weary of constant travel and knocks from all directions.

Payback is looming and Crotty, who has yet to win a Super Rugby title – he made his debut in 2009 – understands the significance of the occasion.

“It could be a real grind, but we’ve got to look forward to it,” he said. “There is definitely an excitement there. We can’t wait.”

Crusaders team to play Reds at AMI Stadium tonight, kick-off 7.35pm is: Israel Dagg, Tom Marshall, Ryan Crotty, Tom Taylor, Zac Guildford, Dan Carter, Andy Ellis, Kieran Read (c), Matt Todd, George Whitelock, Sam Whitelock, Luke Romano, Owen Franks, Corey Flynn, Wyatt Crockett. Reserves: Ben Funnell, Joe Moody, Luke Whitelock, Richie McCaw, Willi Heinz, Tyler Bleyendaal, Adam Whitelock.

Reds: Ben Lucas, Dom Shipperley, Ben Tapuai, Jono Lance, Chris Feauai-Sautia, Quade Cooper, Will Genia, Jake Schatz, Liam Gill, Eddie Quirk, James Horwill (c), Rob Simmons, James Slipper, Saia Faingaa, Greg Holmes. Reserves: Albert Anae, Jono Owen, Ed O’Donoghue, Radike Samo, Beau Robinson, Nick Frisby, Luke Morahan.

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Team to be known as BNZ Crusaders The Crusaders rugby team will be referred to as the ‘BNZ Crusaders’ from 2016 onwards, the franchise announced yesterday.

In what is a New Zealand Super Rugby First, the fabled Christchurch-based franchise has signed BNZ as the new naming rights sponsor.

Both the Crusaders and BNZ yesterday refused to say how much the deal is worth, only to say

it’s “significant”.

The deal was announced on the former Turners & Growers site in Christchurch city centre where the city’s new post-earthquake rugby stadium will be built.

Crusaders chief executive Hamish Riach said it was “a significant long-term investment” and a “great reflection of BNZ’s confidence in the future of Christchurch and the Crusaders”.

“We are delighted that an organisation of BNZ’s standing has chosen the Crusaders to showcase the BNZ brand.”

BNZ is already a principal partner as part of an NZRU managed relationship across all of the New Zealand Super Rugby teams.

But when the bank got the chance to have its brand on the front of the red and black jerseys, they ‘jumped at it”, said Campbell Parker, head of business banking in New Zealand.

The seven-time Super Rugby champions were such an important part of the rebuilding city’s “fabric”, and the deal allows the bank to show its commitment to the city and the future, he said.

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Ryan Crotty

Brumbies start White, Rathbone and Smith

By David Barbeler Brumbies halfback Nic White has overcome a collarbone injury to return to the starting line-up for tomorrow’s Super Rugby qualifying final against the Cheetahs.

White makes his return alongside Brumbies veterans George Smith and Clyde Rathbone, both of whom were in the Brumbies 2004 Super Rugby title-winning team.

White’s return is a huge boost for the home

side, as the 23-year-old halfback was widely tipped to make the Wallabies squad to take on the British and Irish Lions until he fractured his collarbone against the Melbourne Rebels in round 17.

His return to halfback slides Ian Prior to the bench and Mark Swanepoel out of the squad.

Five-eighth Matt Toomua said it was great to have his combination with White re-instated following last week’s 21-15 loss to the Western Force.

“I’ve played with him a lot. We have a good combination,” Toomua said.

“Quade (Cooper) and Will (Genia) talk about how they just know what’s happening with each other. We’re trying to develop that and you kind of feel it out there.”

With cold, damp weather forecast for Canberra Stadium, Toomua said White’s boxkicks would take a lot of kicking pressure off himself and fullback Jesse Mogg.

“If me and Jesse are in the corner, you get a lot of heat there, so for Nic to put it back

there without having the pressure on us helps a lot,” Toomua said.

“Then later on, people are second guessing whether to charge down or not.”

Rathbone has also been recalled to the starting side at the expense of Wallabies winger Joe Tomane. Brumbies coach Jake White said he was recalling 31-year-old Rathbone to the side for his finals experience.

“He gives confidence to the players around him,” White said. “Tevita (Kuridrani) is relatively young as an outside centre. So the

more experience we have in the backs, the better.”

Tomane’s relegation to the bench comes just a fortnight after playing for the Wallabies against the Lions.

However, White said it had nothing to do with his form.

“Joey probably is disappointed - he’d like to be in the starting line-up,” White said.

“We pick a team we think can win the game.

There is no room for sentiment in rugby.”

The other change to the starting line-up

was heavily expected, with 111-Test veteran Smith slotting in at No.7 for departing flanker Colby Faingaa.

Brumbies: Jesse Mogg, Henry Speight, Tevita Kuridrani, Christian Lealiifano, Clyde Rathbone, Matt Toomua, Nic White, Ben Mowen (capt), George Smith, Peter Kimlin, Sam Carter, Scott Fardy, Ben Alexander, Stephen Moore, Scott Sio Res: Siliva Siliva, Ruan Smith, Fotu Auelua, Colby Faingaa, Ian Prior, - AAP Andrew Smith, Joe Tomane.

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SBW out of clash

By Steve Jancetic Sydney Roosters back-rower Sonny Bill Williams has lost his fitness battle and will miss tonight’s NRL clash against Cronulla.

Williams failed a fitness test on Thursday after straining his hamstring in the Roosters’ round 17 win over St George Illawarra.

It will be the first match Williams has missed since returning to the NRL this season following his stint in rugby union.

Mitchell Aubusson is expected to come off the five-man bench to replace Williams in the starting side.

While the loss of Williams is a blow, the Roosters will have all four NSW Origin representatives on deck.

It will be a big night for halfback Mitchell Pearce as he looks to bounce back from a poor performance in Wednesday night’s Origin loss, a match many believe could be his last in the sky blue of NSW. Roosters team-mates and officials have been vocal in their support of the under-siege No.7, with club director Mark Bouris the latest to add his voice to the cause.

Bouris penned a letter on the Roosters website in which he described Pearce as an inspiration.

Cronulla have lost Luke Lewis for the Allianz Stadium encounter after he strained a calf in Origin III, the star back-rower joining skipper Paul Gallen, Wade Graham, Anthony Tupou, Jeff Robson and Beau Ryan on the sidelines for the Sharks.

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Looking for victory

By Jonathan Leask The Ashburton Trotting Club’s July race meet is a hunting ground for maiden wins for local hopes tomorrow.

The meet has eight races with the feature at the end of the day, the Hotel Ashburton Mobile Pace in race eight.

The opening three races on the track feature non winners with three horses set to break their duck.

Local trainer David McCormick will hope it is his Queen Mary that reigns supreme in the day’s opener for non-winners.

Race two has Simon Adlam hoping Hit the Spot can hit the line first but Ben Waldron will have similar aspirations for his Julia Bardon in her 17th start.

Adlam has a second chance for a maiden winner in race three with Gracy Lady up against 11 other hopefuls.

The fifth is for junior drivers where Warren Stapleton’s One And Only and Chris Morrison’s Tuscaloose have notched up a first win and look to double that tally.

One and Only claimed her only win from 35 starts in Invercargill in March while Tuscaloosa led the field in at Forbury on May 10.

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Emirates Team New Zealand touched 44.15 knots in their solo sail in the America’s Cup yesterday, setting a new speed record.

Team NZ set new speed record

By Paul Lewis Emirates Team New Zealand set a new speed record in their solo sail in the America’s Cup yesterday.

They broke the previous fastest speed when they touched 44.15 knots, registering their fifth point in the Louis Vuitton challengers’ regatta. That’s not quite 82km/h, achieved in winds of 18-20 knots at the high end of the allowable scale for this racing.

Previously, however, Oracle’s two AC72 catamarans had been on the course practising against each other - and they too exhibited great speed.

Team New Zealand’s crew looked slick and they pulled off several foiling gybes – showing that their consistency in this key element of a race is growing. They also looked impressive upwind, averaging a quick 22 knots.

However, of more concern is the long-range forecast for Monday (tomorrow in San Francisco) when Team New Zealand are due to take on

Luna Rossa again in the second two-boat race. The winds then could breach the new safety limits for the first time since the regatta started, meaning the race would have to be postponed to the reserve day on Monday (Tuesday in New Zealand).

“We are watching Sunday and are quite concerned – but the wind limits are the wind lim-

Team NZ’s crew looked slick and they pulled off several foiling gybes its and the currents are what they are,” regatta director Iain Murray said. “The planets are not wonderfully aligned right at this moment but we need to have a careful look at it and consider all parties.”

Oracle will have their two boats out on the course practising against each other before the race – the teams can decide to train in whatever wind speed

they consider safe but the race rules are now set in stone – before giving up the course to Team New Zealand.

The race will be held over the same five-leg course that Luna Rossa sailed on Wednesday, finishing three minutes outside the maximum allowable time (but being permitted to keep the point for winning the ‘race’).

If no one is counting chickens ahead of the Louis Vuitton finals and the America’s Cup match, there is plenty of Counting Crows. The group most famous for their song Mr Jones play a concert (a double header with The Wallflowers, fronted by Jakob Dylan, son of Bob, who are best known for their song One Headlight) at the America’s Cup Park last night to a sold-out audience.

The gigs organised to supplement the racing have been successful so far and other acts include the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Weezer, 311, Steely Dan, Cheech and Chong, the Jonas Brothers, Sublime With Rome, Fall Out Boys and Lumineer.

- APNZ

Wellington’s Brown off the pace at Open

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Tiger Woods of the United States plays a shot on the 13th hole during the first round of the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, Scotland.

Wellington professional Mark Brown is off the pace after the first round of the Open Championship in Scotland.

The 38-year-old fired a sixover 77 at Muirfield in the testing afternoon conditions to be in a share of 112th place.

He will begin round two 11 shots back from American leader Zach Johnson, who followed his playoff loss last week at the John Deere Classic with a superb five-under 66 to lead by one stroke.

World No 1 Tiger Woods, who is a three-time Open Champion, was impressive in the afternoon when the greens picked up pace.

He carded a two-under 69 to be in contention for his first major title in five years.

Brown, who hadn’t played a tournament since the SK Telecom Open in Korea on the OneAsia Tour in May, made three bogeys and two birdies on

the outward nine to make the turn in one-over.

He lost his way with a triple bogey seven at the par four 12th and followed that with three bogeys in a row to lose touch with the field. He birdied the par three 16th but the world number 444 will need a low round today to make the cut.

Brown, who is playing in his third major championship and second Open, is looking to make the cut for the first time after he missed the weekend at the 2009 championship at Turnberry.

He will need to improve at least three shots on the field to make the cut of the top 70 players and ties.

The European Tour title winner tees off today and is hoping to turn things around on the 50-year anniversary of Sir Bob Charles’ win at Royal Lytham and St Annes in 1963. - APNZ

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For the love of cricket

By Andrew Alderson It says something about character and the love of cricket that someone would be prepared to wait from 5.45am on St John’s Wood Road in north London to get a seat in the Marylebone Cricket Club’s members’ pavilion for the opening day of the Ashes test.

That’s what MCC member Richard Norman did. He looked the part too: baconand-egg bowtie, pink and white check shirt, boater hat, ivory chinos, cigar in right hand and half-full champagne flute in the left as he reclined in the Coronation Garden.

Eccentricity matched by endurance.

His toil was not in vain; England recovered to 289 for seven on the first day, having been 28 for three.

“Some of us [members] arrive at 2am to be at the front of the queue. This is a big day, the first day of a Lord’s test against Australia. MCC members come from around the world. There are 18,000 of us, and I’d say up to 8000 came today.

There is a single queue so you have to get in early and rush to get in the pavilion, Warner or Allen stands. I came with guests so they can’t go into the pavilion. Compare that to those with seats in other stands who can get in at 11 o’clock. We have to get in early otherwise we take a risk.”

Fellow member Brian Jay is with Norman.

He’s concerned it sounds corny but says it’s the highlight of the year, enjoying the company and the sunshine.

“Plus we’ve got a decent series on our hands, the Australians are not a soft touch like the press kidded us they’d be.”

Jay puts part of it down to the arrival of new coach Darren Lehmann.

“He’s a strong man, was a strong cricketer and wouldn’t stand for any ruddy nonsense that’s for sure. I think they [some members of the Australian team] took advantage of Mickey Arthur.”

Elsewhere, 30-somethings Archie and Paul are engaged in a quiet conversation over a smoke near the Harris Garden.

Archie sports a moustache which suggests his surname might be Sanchez – he says it is “grooming par excellence” and “the crowd is loving it”. Paul has pink – he corrects to “coral red” – trousers on which are so loud you can see them from a furlong away.

The performance of century-maker Ian Bell is under discussion. Both agree Bell is more “terminator” these days than the American Pie-inspired “Shermanator” character, coined by Shane Warne several years back.

“Some might consider the likes of Bell and [Jonathan] Trott [who made 58] boring, stodgy grafters,” Archie says. “But

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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II meets the Australian players at Lord’s Cricket Ground, London, ahead of the first day of the second test between England and Australia this week. their efforts should enable England to get to 300 after the top order’s rubbish start.

We’ll still need a few rabbits to graft it out tomorrow.”

Paul is more impressed by Bell’s cover drive and his wife, Chantal.

“The Shermanator is on fire. I daresay he has the best-looking wife too, he must be doing something right. He’s got a natural magnetism these days, even if he’s a bit short [Bell is listed on his website as 1.78m tall].”

Away on the nursery ground during lunch, a number of patrons are soaking up the sun – a rarity thus far during the British summer.

“It’s like a big, posh game of rounders, but it’s fun to watch,” said Kara. “I much prefer this to the tennis where you’re expected to be silent and structured. This is fun.”

Anna agreed: “It’s one English sport you can turn up to and have a really good time with no crowd issues like football.

“I was brought up in cricket, practi-

cally grew up beside the boundary. My Dad played but he booked his holiday tickets at the wrong time. He’s sitting at home fuming as he gets set to head away.

“We bought biltong with us and have had one Pimm’s so far,” Lucy added. “We’ve been very restrained, at least for now.”

An over of off-field highlights 1. The Queen’s visit (for avowed monarchists) to meet the players. You wield serious power when you can force a delay to the start of play by 15 minutes. The 87-year-old mysteriously disappeared during the middle session prompting media whispers she might be headed in the vicinity of the St Mary’s Hospital birthing unit a couple of miles away where the arrival of the third in line to the throne is imminent.

2. The Lord’s lunch and afternoon tea – the lamb off the bone in a rich tomato sauce made you grateful to be a carnivore.

The sponge cake for afternoon tea was as good as Grandma’s efforts out of the coal range when you were a kid.

3. The glowing presence of Shane Warne.

However he does it – exfoliation, moisturising, application of l’eau de Chernobyl – the 43-year-old looks a picture of vitality. It’s like walking into an advertisement for a health spa when he wanders the media corridors. Plus, he remains one of the game’s most astute analysts.

4. Former England opener Geoffrey Boycott, resplendent in short sleeve summer shirt and paisley tie, being refused lunch because he didn’t bring his voucher. Tsk, tsk. He was last seen returning with his briefcase and, presumably, the required documentation.

5. The candid disclosure by an otherwise patriotic English lift attendant before entry to the media box: “Just quietly I think we’ll lose, but that’s our little secret. I don’t want to lose my job.”

6. Camera shots of Michael Clarke walking his men through a crowded Long Room onto the field. Say what you like about fuddy-duddy traditions et al, but it sent an instinctive tingle down the spine.

- APNZ

Buchanan departs John Buchanan’s difficult tenure as director of cricket at New Zealand Cricket is over.

New Zealand Cricket yesterday announced the former Australia coach will leave their employ after two years. Buchanan said he is leaving for family reasons. He will return to Australia.

Although couched in diplomatic terms, it is understood his continued employment became untenable on the recent tour of England, where he made no contact with coach Mike Hesson.

Buchanan instead is said to have met with assistant coach Shane Bond and Ross Taylor.

The Queenslander was a vocal supporter of Taylor during the great captaincy debacle of 2012 and his actions in England were seen as a pointed snub.

Buchanan was noted as a ‘blue sky thinker’ but his critics pointed to an inability to follow up ideas with meaningful action.

In December the Herald ran a week-long series on the health of

cricket in the country entitled The Shame Game.

The series highlighted the decay in NZC’s high-performance systems. In fairness to Buchanan, the rot set in before he came along, but he did little to repair the damage.

In the end it was probably his inability to strike a working relationship with national coaches John Wright and Mike Hesson that doomed him.

Wright’s departure offered Buchanan a chance to forge a partnership with Hesson who, although an experienced coach, was a greenhorn at international level. Instead it was obvious from the start that they had vastly different ideas about the best way to run a high-performance team.

This left Buchanan with few allies, one being selection manager Kim Littlejohn, another Australian. Littlejohn’s contract has expired and he will not be reapplying.

- APNZ

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Add-a-dollar campaign a winner

By Sue Newman Canterbury The Warehouse staff (from left) Peter Ward, Rangiora, Mark Yagmich, regional manager, Paul Austin, Northlands, Catherine Evans, Rangiora, Katie Louttit, Riccarton and Jeff Kenmare, Rangiora handing over a cheque for $43,200 to Christchurch Hospital’s children ward staff.

The money was raised during a two-week long add-a-dollar campaign involving 12 stores, including Ashburton. Customers were asked at the checkout whether they would like to add a dollar to their total purchase to go to the children’s ward.

Anne Morgan, service manager for Child Health at Christchurch Hospital, says she was thrilled to find out the children’s ward would be receiving the donation.

“The first thing to be purchased with the funds raised is going to be the special pyjamas the children wear when they go into theatre and the video on the Christchurch Hospital’s website, which helps explain to children about going to theatre is now able to be updated,” she said.

“The money raised will hugely improve the time children spend in the hospital. The final amount completely surpassed our initial thoughts so we will now be able to afford even more items such as play with a purpose packs

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which provide a welcome distraction for the children.”

Mark Yagmich, The Warehouse regional manager, says the stores chose the children’s ward because it is a great asset to

Banks’ profit jumps 12.9%

By Christopher Adams New Zealand banks boosted their combined profit to almost $1 billion in the March quarter, but an ultra-competitive lending environment appears to be favouring big players, like ANZ, over smaller operators such as TSB and KiwiBank, according to new research.

KPMG’s quarterly Financial Institutions Performance Survey said the collective profit of the nine banks surveyed lifted 12.9 per cent on the December quarter to $971 million.

ANZ was the top earner for the three months, with a 21.3 per cent rise in net profit to $359 million. Westpac, whose net profit lifted 3 per cent to $203 million, came second.

Five of the nine banks surveyed - ANZ, Westpac, ASB, BNZ and Heartland Bank - enjoyed a rise in profit in the March quarter.

The Co-operative Bank had flat profit, while TSB, SBS Bank (formerly Southland Building Society) and KiwiBank all saw decreases in their bottom-line, according to the survey.

The smaller banks were being squeezed by competition and their falling profits were largely the result of increased pressure on margins and lower increases, or even decreases, in lending growth rates, the survey said.

The report said TSB’s net profit fell 14.3 per cent to $12 million in the first quarter. Kiwibank’s net profit dropped 10.7 per cent to $25 million and SBS Bank’s profit fell 25 per cent to $3

million. Banks have been offering flat-screen televisions, cash for groceries, iPads and even free legal advice to customers to sweeten home loan deals in an increasingly competitive lending market ahead of an expected rise in interest rates either later this year or in early 2014.

“The big banks are using their size and ability to borrow money from offshore markets - perhaps more easily than some of the smaller local banks – to offer some very competitive rates to their customers,” said KPMG’s head of financial services, John Kensington.

“Those larger banks are doing everything they possibly can to try and get as much growth in market share at a time when, for the first time in a long time, there hasn’t been a huge demand for borrowing.”

Kensington said the overall rise in profit shown in the survey was a strong result for the sector.

“New Zealand banks continue to have solid performance reflecting the early signs of growth in the domestic economy,” he said.

“This, combined with improved results from business confidence surveys, points to an improving economic situation.”

While big bank profits draw a fair amount of cynicism from the public, Kensington said it was important that the country had stable, profitable banks.

“The engine of the economy is the agri-sector in New Zealand but the banks are the fuel or the oil in that engine, and if either of those things are missing the engine doesn’t run too well,” he said.

-APNZ

the Canterbury region making health care available for children and families closer to home.

“It was great for team members to visit the ward to see exactly where our customers’

support was going. The work the children’s ward does is outstanding, so for us to help out where we can is really fantastic,” he said.

Stores involved in the add-

a-dollar campaign include Ashburton, Barrington, Belfast, Eastgate, Greymouth, Hornby, Northlands, Rangiora, Riccarton, Rolleston, South City and Timaru.

Getting started in investing: Understanding asset classes O

ver a series of investment articles we are covering the basics of investing and how to get started.

We have already provided details on taking stock of your current circumstances, so the next step in developing a strategy involves planning the appropriate asset allocation.

This means deciding how much of your funds are invested in each of the different asset classes.

Asset classes Broadly speaking, investment assets fit into four classes of investment: short-term deposits (cash); bonds (fixed interest); property (typically listed property securities); shares.

In addition there are alternative investments, such as derivatives or commodities.

Within each asset class there are investments to suit different kinds of risk, duration, returns and liquidity.

There are also different ways to invest.

Bank savings accounts: The simplest kind of short-term (or cash) investment is a bank savings account. Returns are low compared to other investments.

You can withdraw part or all of your money whenever you want (total liquidity). This makes them ideal for shortterm savings goals, or as a place to keep any emergency fund.

Because of the lower return they are not a good investment option for medium or long-

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term goals.

Bank fixed term investments: This form of investment is a lump sum for a set period (a fixed term), usually three, six or 12 months.

Your money is locked away during the fixed term.

In return, you get a higher interest rate than an instant access savings account.

You may be able to withdraw your money early, but you will get a lower rate or be charged a penalty.

These can be a good short or medium-term investment, depending on interest rates offered.

Bonds: This form of investment is sometimes also referred to as fixed interest (or fixed income), bank bills and Government stock.

A bond is like an IOU issued by a Government or a company.

You give the issuer money for a certain period, and they promise to pay a certain interest rate and re-pay you on maturity of the investment.

Bonds lock your money away for a set period of time, but they can sometimes be traded.

Generally, they are not a good short-term investment for those seeking liquidity at short notice.

However many bonds are now traded on the stock exchange, which provides

liquidity.

Often there will be a minimum investment size. To make bonds more accessible, it is also possible to invest in bonds through a managed fund. Managed funds will have a lower minimum investment size and can be traded.

Company debentures are a kind of bond. These are not usually able to be traded.

Finance companies come in many shapes and sizes, and the risk of their investments and their interest rate varies as well. Government stock is another kind of bond.

Risk on this kind of bond is usually very low — sometimes termed ‘risk free’ – so the interest rate offered is therefore low relative to other bonds.

In our next updates we will discuss investing in property and investing in shares.

Ian Lennie and Selwyn Sloan are Authorised Financial Advisers with Forsyth Barr in Ashburton.

To arrange a meeting to discuss your investment objectives in confidence, please call (03) 307 9540 or e-mail ian. lennie@forsythbarr.co.nz or selwyn.sloan@forsythbarr.co.nz.

To find out more about Forsyth Barr visit www.forsythbarr. co.nz.

This column is general in nature and should not be regarded as personalised investment advice.

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Russian oppn leader jailed Alexei Navalny, a charismatic and creative Russian opposition leader who exposed highlevel corruption and mocked the Kremlin, was sentenced to five years in prison for embezzlement yesterday, in a verdict that set off street protests and drew condemnation from the West.

The Moscow mayoral candidate was led from the court in handcuffs and bused to a jail. Soon afterward, in an unexpected development, prosecutors asked that he be kept free pending appeal.

Several thousand opposition supporters gathered just outside the Kremlin to protest Navalny’s conviction and sentence.

The request to have him released during his appeal could be an attempt by officials to soothe public anger and to lend legitimacy to September’s mayoral race, which a Kremlin-backed incumbent is expected to win.

Navalny, a popular blogger and corruption-fighting lawyer, rose to rock star status among the opposition during a series of massive protests in Moscow against President Vladimir Putin’s reelection to a third presidential

term in March 2012.

Sentencing Navalny is the latest move in a multi-pronged crackdown on dissent that followed Putin’s inauguration, including arrests of opposition activists and repressive legislation that sharply increased fines for participants in unsanctioned protests and imposed tough new restrictions on non-government organisations.

The Russian stock market, sensitive to politically charged issues, dove within minutes of the verdict, with the main MICEX index dropping 1.4 per cent before partly recovering.

The conviction galvanised the opposition, which has been increasingly cornered by the Kremlin’s crackdown and weakened by internal rifts. A few hours after the verdict, several thousand activists gathered on a central avenue near Red Square, clapping hands and chanting “Freedom!” and “Putin is a thief!”

They briefly blocked traffic on busy Tverskaya avenue, shouting “This city is ours!” Police rounded up several dozen demonstrators, but didn’t move to disperse the rally, which lasted

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Activists handed out bright red stickers with similar slogans as many passing motorists blared horns in support.

The unsanctioned protest looked small compared to the massive anti-Putin demonstrations which attracted more than 100,000 in the fall of 2011 and the beginning of the following year. But unlike those protests, which were allowed by the authorities, the participants in the rally braved the threat of heavy fines and prison sentences.

Several hundred demonstrators also rallied in Navalny’s support in St. Petersburg, and a few dozen were detained by police.

Navalny was found guilty of heading a group that embezzled 16 million roubles ($500,000) worth of timber from a stateowned company in 2009.

The blue-eyed 37-year-old photo AP played with his smartphone for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, embraces his wife Yulia at a much of the nearly 3½-hour verdict reading.

-AP court in Kirov, Russia yesterday.

Upbeat report for Mandela on his 95th Hospital visitors say Nelson Mandela smiled and nodded yesterday — his 95th birthday — and South Africans celebrated upbeat reports about the former president’s health after weeks of worrying that he was on the verge of death.

Children sang Happy Birthday at school assemblies nationwide, and many honoured the man known as “the father of the nation” by performing acts of charity for 67 minutes, symbolising Mandela’s 67 years of public service. World leaders praised the anti-apartheid leader’s life of sacrifice and vision.

Outside the Pretoria hospital where Mandela was admitted for a recurring lung infection, well-wishers paid tribute to him and some received slices of a large birthday cake doled out from inside the compound.

“We don’t only recognise him on this day. We put smiles on other people’s faces, we donate to other people less fortunate,” said Thato Williams, a 13-year-old student at Melpark Primary School in Johannesburg, where 700 students gathered in a hall filled with posters created to

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Well-wishers carry a large banner of Nelson Mandela as they march up and down outside the gates of the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria. honour Mandela’s contributions to peace and education.

Mandela remains very fragile, and many details of his medical condition have not been divulged or are tightly controlled by his family and President Jacob

Zuma. The news that his health had improved was another dramatic turn in the life of a man who became a global figure of sacrifice and reconciliation during the fight against white minority rule in South Africa.

“When I visited him today,

I found him really stable, and I was able to say, ‘Happy Birthday,’ and he was able to smile,” Zuma said. His office had recently said Mandela’s condition was critical but stable, but a statement yesterday said he was steadily improving.

- AP

Israel ‘must agree on borders’

By Mohammed Daraghmeh A stormy, high-level meeting of senior Palestinian leaders called to discuss US Secretary of State John Kerry’s latest peace proposal ended with a decision yesterday to demand guarantees that Israel agree on the general border of a future Palestinian state, officials said.

The demand casts a cloud of uncertainty over months of US mediation efforts because

Israel is weary of agreeing to preconditions, arguing it has not led to successful peace talks in the past. Palestinian officials said they wanted guarantees to ensure peace talks would lead to fruition.

Hoping to push Israelis and Palestinians toward talks, US President Barack Obama asked Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to work with Kerry “to resume negotiations with Palestinians as soon as possible,” according to a statement released by the White House.

After two separate meetings, Palestinian officials said they decided to send top negotiator Saeb Erekat to meet with Kerry “and inform him that Palestinians want guarantees regarding the general border,” said Wasel Abu Yussef, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s executive committee, who was in the meeting.

A US official said Kerry will meet with Erekat in Amman, Jordan.

Abu Yussef was referring to

Israel’s de facto border that separates the Jewish state from the West Bank and east Jerusalem, territories that Israel conquered in the 1967 Mideast war, alongside the Gaza Strip.

Palestinians claim those territories for their future state, with modifications reached through agreed “land swaps” that would see major Jewish settlement blocks built in the West Bank becoming part of Israel proper, in exchange for territories elsewhere.

-AP

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World

Cooks recount horror of school lunch deaths

By Indrajit Singh Soon after they served the lunch they had prepared for dozens of children at a rural Indian school, the two cooks realised something was very wrong. The students started fainting. Within hours, they began dying.

By the second day after that fateful meal, 23 children between the ages of 5 and 12 had died from eating food laced with insecticide and many others had fallen ill.

Authorities discovered a container of insecticide in the school’s cooking area next to the vegetable oil and mustard oil, but it wasn’t yet known if that container was the source, according to Amarjeet Sinha, a top official in the state of Bihar, where the tragedy took place.

Some officials have said it appeared that the rice had somehow been tainted with insecticide and might not have been properly washed before it was cooked.

“It’s not a case of food poisoning. It’s a case of poison in food in a large quantity, going by the instant deaths,” Sinha said.

More answers were expected when a forensic laboratory was to issue the results of its tests on the dead children, the food and the uncooked grain stored by the principal in her house, he said. Police were searching for the principal, who fled

after the students started falling sick, Sinha said.

The cooks, Manju Devi and Pano Devi, said the principal controlled the food for the free daily lunch provided by the government at the school. On Tuesday morning, she gave them rice, potatoes, soy and other ingredients needed to prepare the meal and then went about her business. As the children ate, they started fainting, the cooks said.

The two cooks were not spared either.

Manju Devi, 30, ate some of the food and fainted. Her three children, ages 5, 8 and 13, fell ill as well. All were in stable condition.

While Pano Devi, 35, didn’t eat the tainted food, her three children did. Two of them died and the third, a 4-year-old daughter, was in the hospital.

“I will stop cooking at the school,” she said. “I am so horrified that I wouldn’t grieve more if my only surviving child died.”

Sinha said one of the cooks told authorities that the cooking oil appeared different than usual, but the principal told her to use it anyway. Doctors believed the food contained an organophosphate used as an insecticide, he said.

The free midday meal was served to the children Tuesday in Gandamal village in Masrakh block, 80 kilometres north of Patna, the Bihar state capital.

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Some of the victims were buried in front of the school building in protest.

Those who survived the poison were unlikely to suffer from any serious after-effects from the tainted food, said Patna Medical College hospital superintendent Amarkant Jha Amar.

“There will be no remnant effects on them. The effects of poisoning will be washed after a certain period of time from the tissues,” Amar said.

Amar said Thursday that the post-mortem reports on the children who died confirmed that insecticide was either in the food or cooking oil. He said authorities were waiting for lab results for more details on the chemicals.

India’s midday meal plan is one of the world’s biggest school nutrition programmes. State governments have the freedom to decide on menus and timings of the meals, depending on local conditions and availability of food rations. It was first introduced in the 1960s in southern India, where it was seen as an incentive for poor parents to send their children to school.

Since then, the programme has been replicated across the country, covering some 120 million schoolchildren. It’s part of an effort to address concerns about malnutrition, which the government says nearly half of all Indian children suffer from.

-AP

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Indian children who fell ill after eating the daily free lunch at a rural Indian school undergo treatment at a hospital in Patna, India.

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sAGiTTArius 23 November - 21 December As Mercury moves forward today you may find it easier to share a secret or confess to something that you’ve been keeping to yourself. It doesn’t have to be anything major and could be an event from some time back that you would like to talk about.

It may be one of those days when a chat with someone you trust could feel really good.

CApriCorn 22 December - 20 January There’s a social spark showing up but the influences involved aren’t so much party material as a chance to connect with others and drum up support for an idea or goal, possibly even a charity event. Today you seem willing to put yourself out to help others. A small sacrifice on your behalf could mean a lot to someone enduring a tough time.

AquArius 21 January - 19 February The whole question of ethics may be something you have to consider today, perhaps regarding your job or a lifestyle matter. A connection between Mars, Saturn and Neptune suggests that you can be acutely aware of an issue that others may not notice. While talk may not make too much of an impact, your good example can.

pisCes 20 February - 20 March You seem to be sensitively attuned to an unfolding situation. It could be a budding romance where you sense that rushing anything might spoil your chances. If it’s a creative project, your artistic and imaginative talents could turn it into a masterpiece. But perhaps the best way for a successful day is simply to go with the flow.

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By Sopheng Cheang Thousands of cheering supporters greeted Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy as he returned from self-imposed exile yesterday to spearhead his party’s election campaign against well-entrenched Prime Minister Hun Sen. “I have come home to rescue the country,” Rainsy told the crowd gathered at Phnom Penh’s airport, after kneeling to kiss the ground.

“I am happy to be here!” Rainsy shouted to be heard through a microphone as the supporters chanted, “We want change!”

The French-educated leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party has been in exile since 2009 to avoid serving 11 years in prison on charges many consider politically motivated.

Rainsy, 64, received a royal pardon last week at the request of Hun Sen, his bitter rival whose ruling party is almost certain to maintain its ironclad grip on power in the July 28 general election.

Hun Sen has ruled for 28 years, and his party has 90 of the 123 seats in the National Assembly. The prime minister recently said that he intends to stay in office until he is 74 — cutting back from an earlier vow to stay in control until he’s 90.

Critics of the government claim the election will be neither free nor fair, arguing that Hun Sen’s regime manipulates the

• Poisoning deaths Police say they have arrested a cook accused of poisoning to death 22 people in central Pakistan in a political feud between two branches of the same family. Police officer Sadiq Dogar says the incident followed recent provincial elections in which Arsal Khan Khichi lost to his cousin Jehanzeb Khan Khichi. Dogar says Khichi is accused of paying the cook 50,000 rupees ($500) to poison food at his rival’s home in Mailsi town in Punjab province on June 9.

Nearly 50 people became sick, and 22 died.

-AP

• Train derails

photo AP

Sam Rainsy (centre), president of Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) holds hands with his party’s Vice President Kem Sokha (second from left), on his arrival at Phnom Penh International Airport. levers of government and influences the judiciary to weaken the opposition.

Last month, 28 opposition lawmakers were expelled from parliament when a committee run by Hun Sen’s party ruled they had broken the law because they had originally won their seats in the name of the Sam Rainsy Party, but were campaigning under the recently established Cambodia National

Rescue Party, into which it was merged.

They can still run in the upcoming election, but without parliamentary immunity.

Immunity from arrest is a great benefit in Cambodia’s elections, and those without it are at risk of being charged with defamation for remarks seen critical of Hun Sen and his government.

Rainsy is a charismatic and fiery speaker — qualities that

have landed him in trouble before. He is expected to draw large crowds as he embarks on a whirlwind campaign tour that his party says will take him to over a dozen provinces in a week. He is likely to push hard on issues of corruption and land grabbing, with tens or hundreds of thousands of Cambodians displaced from their homes and farms under what are often shady circumstances.

-AP

A freight train hauling garbage has derailed in New York City. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says service on a line of the MetroNorth Railroad has been suspended. MTA spokeswoman Marjorie Anders says 10 train cars derailed between stations.

The train was moving garbage from the city. The derailment is under investigation.

-AP

• Gay mayor elected Mexico’s first openly gay elected mayor is set to take office in a rough part of Zacatecas state. Benjamin Medrano, a 47-year-old singer and gay bar-owner, says he is proud to be openly gay and rights groups say his election victory in the city of Fresnillo marks a significant point in the fight for gay rights.

-AP

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PRIME

6.00 Te Karere. (R, T) 6.30 Hyundai Country Calendar. (G, R, T) 7.00 Rural Delivery.

7.30 Fair Go. (R, T) 8.00 The Claim Game. (G) 8.30 60 Minute Makeover. (G, R) 9.30 Come Dine With Me Omnibus.

(G, R) 12.00 There’s No Taste Like Home. (G) 1.00 Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook. (G, R, T) 1.30 Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals. (G, R, T) 2.00 The Chase. (G, T) 3.00 Four Weddings. (G, R, T) 4.00 First Crossings. (R, T) 5.00 Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge. (G, R, T) 6.00 ONE News. (T) 7.00 Hyundai Country Calendar. (G, T) 7.30 Coasters. (G, T) 8.00 Dishing Up Australia With Al Brown. (T) 8.30 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries.

(AO, T) The charm of rail travel soon evaporates when Phryne unexpectedly has to use her pearlhandled pistol to save a woman’s life and solve a disappearance.

9.40 Above Suspicion: Deadly Intent.

(Final, AO, T) A disgraced former police officer is shot dead at a drug dealer’s flat, leaving behind an implausibly glamorous widow.

11.15 FILM: In Bruges. (2008, AO, R, T) 1.30 Emmerdale. (PGR, R, T) 3.30 Neighbourhood. (G, R, T) 4.00 Infomercials.

5.30 The Key Of David. (G)

6.00 Special Agent Oso. (G, R, T) 6.20 Pocoyo. (G, R, T) 6.30 Jake & The Neverland Pirates. (G, R, T) 6.50 Small Blacks TV. 7.15 Matt Hatter Chronicles. (G, T) 7.45 Phineas And Ferb. (G, R, T) 8.10 Generator Rex. (G, T) 8.40 Sym-Bionic Titan. (G, R, T) 9.05 Angry Birds Toons. (T) 9.10 Young Justice.

(G, T) 9.35 Just The Job. (G, R) 10.00 Totes Maori. 10.30 Neighbours Omnibus. (G, R, T) 1.00 Shipwrecked: The Island. (PGR) 2.00 Hell’s Kitchen. (PGR, R, T) 3.00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. (G, T) 3.55 Mitre 10 Dream Home. (R, T) 5.00 Just The Job. 5.30 According To Jim. (G, R, T) 6.00 Wipeout USA. (G, T) 7.00 Mitre 10 Dream Home: Offcuts.

(T) 7.30 The Voice Australia. (G, T) 9.05 FILM: My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

(2002, PGR, R, T) Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine. An unlucky-in-love restaurant maître d’ upsets her traditionalist parents by marrying a non-Greek man.

11.00 Body Of Proof. (AO, R, T) 12.00 FILM: Beastly. (2011, PGR) 1.45 Sins Of The Mother. (PGR) 3.10 The Celebrity Apprentice. (PGR, R, T) 4.40 Small Blacks TV. (R) 5.05 Totes Maori. (R) 5.30 It Is Written. (G)

6.00 Charles Stanley.

6.30 Trade Zone Gone Fishin’. (G, R) 7.00 Rheem Outdoors With Geoff. (G, R) 7.30 Knight Rider. (G, R) 8.30 Infomercials. (G) 9.30 The Nation.

10.25 Both Worlds. (G) 10.55 3rd Degree presents The Vote.

11.55 The Little Couple. (G, R) 12.55 House Rules. (PGR, R) 1.50 The X Factor NZ. (G, R) 4.30 Last Man Standing. (G, R) 5.00 Rheem Outdoors With Geoff. (G) 5.30 ITM Fishing Show. (G) 6.00 3 News.

7.00 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals. (G, T) 7.30 Ice Road Truckers. (PGR, T) 8.30 SVU: Special Victims Unit. (AO, T) The investigation into the disappearance of a Romany boy proves difficult because of his community’s distrust of outsiders, including the police.

9.30 Blue Bloods. (AO, T) The Reagans weigh the pros and cons of vigilantism when a man with a police record takes action against a criminal who is terrorising riders on a subway.

10.30 Outrageous Fortune. (AO, R, T) 11.30 Criminal Intent. (AO) 12.30 Infomercials. (G) 5.00 Hillsong. (G) 5.30 Charles Stanley.

6.00 Home Shopping. (G) 11.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway UK. (PGR, R) 12.00 Rugby League. (G) NRL. Round 18. Highlights.

12.30 The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus.

(G, R) 2.30 MasterChef USA. (PGR, R) 3.30 Must Be The Music. (G, R) 4.30 Wildlife Patrol. (G, R) 5.00 Wildlife Patrol. (G, R) 5.30 Prime News.

6.00 Location, Location, Location. (G) 7.30 New Tricks. (PGR) Someone is trying to kill Strickland and a group of his associates who were involved in a covert operation for MI5 thirty years ago.

8.35 Wife Swap UK. (PGR) Samantha Stevens swaps a busy brood of children and a thriving pub in Cornwall for life as the breadwinner of her ‘new’ family, leaving dad at home to bond with the kids.

9.40 Rugby. (G) Super Rugby. Qualifier Round.

11.40 Three Men Go To New England.

(PGR, R) 12.55 Home Shopping. (G)

SUNDAy 6.00 6.35 6.45 7.35 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 10.30 11.00 11.30

Rural Delivery. (R) Gardens Of The World. (G, R) Sunday. (R, T) Tagata Pasifika. (R) Praise Be. (G) Attitude. (T) Q+A. Marae Investigates.

Waka Huia. (T) Neighbourhood. (G, T) Coronation Street Omnibus.

(PGR, R, T) 1.45 Our World: Aliens Of The Deep Sea. (G, R) 2.45 The Zoo: This Is your Life. (G, R, T) 3.15 The Voice Australia. (G, R, T) 6.00 ONE News. (T) 7.00 Sunday. (T) 8.00 The Food Truck. (PGR, T) 8.30 Call The Midwife. (PGR, T) Follow new midwife Jenny as she continues to visit the expectant mothers of Poplar, and provides some of the poorest women in London with the best possible care.

9.30 Mr Selfridge. (PGR, T) Selfridges has been open for a few months and the store is as dazzling as it was on opening day, however it’s still failing to attract customers.

10.30 Winners And Losers. (PGR, R, T) 11.30 Q+A. (R) 12.40 Call 911. (PGR, R) 1.10 Emmerdale.

(PGR, R, T) 3.30 Infomercials. 5.30 Believer’s Voice Of Victory.

MONDAy

6.00 Breakfast.

9.00 Good Morning.

10.00 The Chase. (G, R, T) 11.00 Coach Trip. (G) 11.30 House Guest. (G, R) 12.00 ONE News. (T) 12.30 Emmerdale. (PGR, T) 1.30 Come Dine With Me. (G) 2.00 Four Weddings USA. (G) 3.00 Renovation Game. (G) 3.55 Te Karere. (T) 4.25 MasterChef Australia. (G, T) 5.25 Millionaire Hot Seat. (G, T) 12.55 Te Karere. (R, T) 1.30 Infomercials.

5.05 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 5.35 Te Karere. (T)

SUNDAy

6.00 Special Agent Oso. (G, R, T) 6.25 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. (G, R, T) 6.50 Fireman Sam. (G, R, T) 7.00 What Now? (R) 10.00 Shortland Street Omnibus. (PGR, R, T) 1.00 FILM: When In Rome. (2010, PGR) 2.50 Angry Birds Toons. (G, T) 2.55 Angry Birds Specials. (G, T) 3.00 The Carrie Diaries. (PGR, T) 4.00 Ellen. (G) 4.30 The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air. (G, R, T) 5.00 Hart Of Dixie. (G, T) 6.00 Girl Vs. Boy. (T) 6.30 The War At Home. (G, R, T) 7.00 FILM: The Karate Kid. (1984, PGR, R, T) 9.50 The Big Bang Theory. (PGR, R, T) Leonard is the last one to realise that Stephanie has moved in with him, however when he finds out, he becomes worried that they are moving too fast.

10.20 FILM: Wolf Creek. (2005, AO, R, T) 12.10 The Walking Dead. (AO, R, T) 2.00 Final Witness. (AO, R) 2.45 Infomercials.

3.20 20/20. (R, T) 4.15 It Is Written. (G, R) 4.40 Anderson. (PGR, R) 5.30 Infomercials.

MONDAy

6.00 Creflo Dollar. 6.25 Buzzy Bee And Friends. (G, T) 6.35 Tiki Tour. (G, R, T) 7.00 Supernormal. (G, R, T) 7.25 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated. (G, R, T) 7.50 Generator Rex. (G, R, T) 8.15 Franklin. (G, R, T) 8.40 Mike The Knight. (G, R, T) 8.50 Fireman Sam. (G, R, T) 9.00 Infomercials.

10.30 Neighbours. (G, R, T) 11.00 Shortland Street. (R, T) 11.30 Scrubs. (PGR, R, T) 12.00 Cougar Town. (PGR, R, T) 1.00 Jeremy Kyle. (AO) 2.00 My Kitchen Rules. (G, R, T) 3.10 Spongebob Squarepants. (G, R, T) 3.35 Good Luck Charlie. (G, T) 4.00 Ice Princess. (2005, G, R, T) Michelle Trachtenberg, Kim Cattrall, Joan Cusack, Hayden Panettiere. A teenage girl sets out to become a champion figure skater when a project she is working on awakens her love for ice skating.

12.05 Good Vibes. (AO) 12.35 Rookie Blue.

(AO, R) 1.30 Infomercials. 2.30 Desperate Housewives. (AO, R, T) 3.25 Charlie’s Angels. (PGR, R, T) 4.05 Anderson. (G, R) 5.05 Just The Job. (G, R, T) 5.30 Infomercials.

SUNDAy 6.00 6.30 7.00 8.00 9.00 9.30 10.00 11.55

Life TV. (G) Brian Houston @ Hillsong. (G) Charles Stanley. (G) The Nation.

Three60.

Think Tank. (G) Home And Away Omnibus. (G, T) Entertainment Tonight Weekend.

(G) 1.00 King Of Dirt. (G, R) 1.30 King Of Dirt. (G, R) 2.00 111 Emergency. (PGR, R) 2.30 Noise Control. (PGR, R, T) 3.00 Motorsport. New Zealand Super Truck C’ship. Final Round. From Taupo Motorsport Park.

3.25 Motorsport. Moto GP Series.

Round 8. From the Sachsenring Circuit, Germany.

4.05 Motorsport. German Touring Car Masters. Round 5. From Norisring, Germany.

5.00 PlaceMakers Big Angry Fish. (G, R) 5.30 The Simpsons. (G, R, T) 6.00 3 News.

7.00 The X Factor NZ. (G) 8.35 FILM: X-Men: First Class. (2010, AO, T) James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender. In the 1960s, two very different men who possess mutant powers must guide a similarly-gifted group of young people in order to avoid a nuclear war.

11.15 FILM: The Kingdom. (2007, AO, R, T) 1.30 Infomericals. (G) 5.00 Joyce Meyer.

5.30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV. (G)

MONDAy 6.00 8.30 10.30 11.30

3 News: Firstline.

Infomercials. (G) The Shopping Channel.

Everybody Loves Raymond. (G, R, T) 12.00 3 News.

12.30 Home And Away. (G, R, T) 1.00 Dr Phil. (PGR, R) 2.00 The Dr Oz Show. (PGR, R) 3.00 Top Chef. (G, R, T) 4.00 Rachael Ray. (G, R) 5.00 Entertainment Tonight. (G) 5.30 Home And Away. (G, T) 12.15 Infomercials. (G) 5.00 Joyce Meyer.

5.30 City Impact Church.

SUNDAy

6.00 Religious Programming.

10.30 Sport Box. (G) 12.00 Rugby League. (G) NRL. Raiders v Eels. Highlights.

1.00 Hot Property. (G, R) 1.25 Recruits. (G, R) 1.55 Toyota Grassroots Rugby. (G) 2.55 The Magicians. (PGR, R) 4.00 Rugby. (G) Super Rugby.

Highlights.

5.00 The View From River Cottage. (G, R) 5.30 Prime News.

6.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (G) 6.30 Nigella Bites. (G, R) 7.00 Storage Wars. (G) It’s a family reunion as Dave’s estranged brother surfaces and challenges the Mogul to a unit filled with rock memorabilia.

8.40 Weekend Murders: Midsomer Murders. (Final, AO) A giant round of cheese crushes a woman at the Midsomer Blue dairy when the factory goes under some controversial changes.

10.40 Scott And Bailey. (AO, R) 11.40 DCI Banks. (AO, R) 12.40 Home Shopping. (G)

MONDAy 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 12.00 1.00 2.00 3.00

Home Shopping. (G) The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) Home Shopping. (G) The Doctors. (PGR) The Jeff Probst Show. (G) Cops LAC. (PGR, R) Millionaire Hot Seat. (G, R) Six contestants take turns in the hot seat answering questions of varying difficulty in the quest to win $1 million.

3.30 Getaway. (G, R) Enjoy the wonders of the world from the comfort of your chair as the Getaway team takes you to some of the most beautiful and fascinating destinations in the world.

4.00 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G, R) 5.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) Game show hosted by Andrew O’Keefe that gives contestants the opportunity to win up to $200,000 each night.

5.30 Prime News.

12.05 Home Shopping. (G) 1.35 The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) 2.05 Home Shopping. (G)

KEy: T Teletext R Repeat S Stereo P Premiere F Final RATINGS: G General exhibition PG Parental guidance recommended M Suitable for mature audiences AO Adults only 16 Approved for persons 16 and over 18 Approved for persons 18 and over c Content may offend l Language may offend s Sexual content may offend v contains violence

MOVIE In Bruges TV1, 11.15pm Colin Farrell is on career-best form as a rookie hitman who, along with a fellow assassin (Brendan Gleeson), is sent to hole up in the medieval Belgian hamlet of Bruges after a job in London goes wrong. This cult classic in the making is a devastatingly funny black comedy, a violent actioner, a wry examination of the nature of tourism, and an affecting character study all in one.

FOUR

6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55 Pingu. (G, R) 7.00 Rocko’s Modern Life. (G, R) 7.30 Invader Zim. (G, R) 7.55 All Grown Up. (G, R) 8.20 The Adventures Of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. (G, R) 8.45 Hot Wheels Battle Force 5: Fused. (G, R) 9.05 Redakai. (G, R) 9.30 Redakai.

(G, R) 9.55 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 3.00 Barney And Friends. (G, R) 3.30 Bryan & Bobby. (G, R) 3.40 Pukana. (G) 4.05 What’s Up Warthogs. (G, R) 4.30 Kenan & Kel. (G, R) 5.00 Mr. Young. (G, R) 5.30 Big Time Rush. (G, R) 6.00 The Simpsons. (G, R) 6.30 FILM: Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules.

(2010, G) Zachary Gordon, Steve Zhan.

8.35 The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills. (PGR) The 90210 ladies regroup for a reunion and among the dramas are Adrienne’s decision not to attend the proceedings, and Taylor makes an admission.

9.35 Millionaire Matchmaker. (PGR) 10.30 Excused. (AO) 11.00 Poker After Dark. (PGR) 11.50 Infomercials. (G) Sunday 6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55 Pingu. (G, R) 7.00 Rocko’s Modern Life. (G, R) 7.25 Invader Zim. (G, R) 7.50 All Grown Up. (G, R) 8.15 Scaredy Squirrel. (G, R) 8.40 Go, Diego, Go! (G, R) 9.05 Wonder Pets. (G, R) 9.30 Dora The Explorer. (G, R) 9.55 Sticky TV Omnibus. (G) 12.00 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 3.00 Barney And Friends. (G, R) 3.30 Bryan & Bobby. (G, R) 3.40 Pukana. (G) 4.05 What’s Up Warthogs. (G, R) 4.30 Kenan & Kel. (G, R) 5.00 Mr. Young. (G, R) 5.30 The Suite Life On Deck. (G, R) 6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch. (G) 7.00 Raising Hope. (PGR) Virginia is convinced that the world is going to end, so she uses her extreme couponing skills to stock up on supplies and forces the family to train for the apocalypse.

7.30 Top Chef. (PGR) The contestants’ knife skills are put to the test.

8.30 How I Met your Mother. (PGR, R) After Ted leaves the bar early to prepare a Thanksgiving feast for his friends, the gang winds up partying all night with Zoey.

9.00 Rules Of Engagement. (PGR, R) Jeff finds a phone app that lets him go straight to Audrey’s voice mail.

9.30 It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. (AO) The gang devises a new plan at their high school reunion to make sure their tarnished high school images will now sparkle and shine.

10.00 It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. (AO) Dennis and Dee must make a life-or-death decision about their ailing grandfather.

10.30 The League. (AO, R) Ruxin invites the gang for a Sunday of food, football on TV and baby cooing.

10.55 Entertainment Tonight Weekend. (G) 11.50 Infomercials. (G) Monday 6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55 Pingu. (G, R) 7.00 Sticky TV Holiday Edition. (G) 8.30 Planet Sheen. (G, R) 9.05 Bob The Builder. (G, R) 9.15 Thomas & Friends. (G, R) 9.25 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.30 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.35 Barney And Friends. (G, R) 10.00 Tickety Toc. (G, R) 10.10 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 3.00 Sticky TV. (G) 3.05 Dora The Explorer. (G, R) 3.30 Beyblade: Metal Fury. (G) 4.00 Sticky TV. (G) 4.30 FOUR Live. (G) 2007

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The Box 6.00 6.50 7.15 8.10

Criminal Minds. (16) The Simpsons. (PG) Fear Factor. (M) The Simpsons Super Saturday. (PG) 10.15 Raw. (M) 1.10 24 Marathon. (M) 4.30 The Simpsons Super Saturday. (PG) 7.00 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.30 Lie To Me. (M) Cal meets a beautiful woman who entangles him in a game of cat-and-mouse.

8.30 Sons Of Anarchy. (16) When one SOA member is arrested for murder and another goes missing, Jax must choose between friendship and the club.

9.30 D-Tox. (16) Stallone plays a cop who comes undone after witnessing a brutal scene on the job.

11.30 Underbelly. (M) 12.30 24 Marathon. (M) 3.00 Sons Of Anarchy. (16) 3.50 Underbelly. (M) 4.45 24. (M) 5.35 The Simpsons.

(PG)

SUnDAy

6.00 24 Marathon. (M) 9.20 D-Tox. (16) 11.10 The Simpsons Marathon.

(PG) 1.15 Lie To Me. (M) 2.05 Sons Of Anarchy. (16) 3.00 Raw. (M) 5.45 Main Event. (M) 6.45 Smackdown. (M) 8.30 Camelot. (16) Guinevere visits her dying father; Kay visits to his deceased father’s home to retrieve his library, and a woman who comes to Morgan seeking justice for the death of her daughter.

9.30 Falling Skies. (M) Hal stumbles across bodies of de-harnessed kids and finds someone from his past. Tom and Anne grow closer. And Weaver’s health deteriorates.

10.30 Monk. (PG) 11.30 Main Event. (M) 12.30 Smackdown. (M) 2.10 Camelot.

(16) 3.05 Falling Skies. (M) 3.55 Family Business. (18S) 4.20 Monk.

(PG) 5.10 Lie To Me. (M)

MOnDAy 6.00 6.50 7.15 7.40

nyPD Blue. (M) The Simpsons. (PG) Hardcore Pawn. (PG) America’s Funniest Home Videos. (PG) 8.05 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

(PG) 8.30 Cash Cab USA. (PG) 8.55 24. (M) 9.50 Law & Order. (M) 10.40 nCIS. (M) 11.30 Smackdown. (M) 1.10 nyPD Blue. (M) 2.05 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

(PG) 2.45 Cash Cab USA. (PG) 3.10 24. (M) 4.00 Hardcore Pawn. (PG) 4.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 5.00 Law & Order. (M) 12.30 24. (M) 1.20 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (PG) 1.45 Cash Cab USA. (PG) 2.10 NYPD Blue. (M) 3.05 CSI: New York. (M) 3.55 SVU: Special Victims Unit. (M) 4.45 24. (M) 5.35 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG)

Sky Movies 1 Movie Greats 7.40 Mr Popper’s Penguins.

(2011, G) 9.15 Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2.

(2011, M) 11.25 A Thousand Words. (2012, M) 1.00 Making Of The Bourne Legacy. (2012, M) 1.25 Dolphin Tale. (2011, PG) 3.20 Captain America: The First Avenger. (2011, M) Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones.

5.25 The Pirates! Band Of Misfits. (2012, G) Voices of Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek.

6.55 Three Inches. (2011, M) Noah Reid, James Marsters.

8.30 Safe House. (2012, M) Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds. A CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge.

10.30 This Means War. (2012, M) Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine.

12.10 Tanner Hall. (2009, M) 1.45 The Devil Inside. (2012, 16) 3.10 The Real Vampire Files.

(2010, M) 4.00 Captain America: The First Avenger. (2011, M)

SUnDAy

6.05 Dolphin Tale. (2011, PG) 8.00 This Means War. (2012, M) 9.40 The Pirates! Band Of Misfits. (2012, G) 11.10 Safe House. (2012, M) 1.05 Joyful noise. (2012, PG) 3.05 War Horse. (2011, M) Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson.

5.30 Brave. (2012, PG) Voices of Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly. A princess discovers that her reckless choice has put her father’s kingdom in peril. She must summon the courage to undo a beastly curse.

7.05 Chronicle. (2012, M) Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell.

8.30 Here Comes The Boom.

(2012, M) Kevin James, Salma Hayek. A biology teacher takes up fighting in mixed martial arts matches in order to raise money to save the music program at his school.

10.20 Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes. (2011, M) James Franco, Freida Pinto.

MOnDAy

6.30 War Horse. (2011, M) Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson.

8.55 Brave. (2012, PG) Voices of Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly.

10.30 Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes. (2011, M) James Franco, Freida Pinto.

12.15 Here Comes The Boom.

(2012, M) Kevin James, Salma Hayek.

2.00 The River Why. (2010, M) Zach Gilford, Amber Heard.

3.45 Hotel Transylvania. (2012, PG) Voices of Adam Sandler, Kevin James.

5.20 Salvation Boulevard. (2011, M) Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear.

6.00 Auto B Good 6.30 Kingsley’s Meadow 7.00 Wemmicks 7.30 The Lads TV 8.00 Paul the Little Missionary 8.30 Lads TV 9.00 Xtreme Life TV 9.30 Life FM presents 11.00 H2O 11.30 “Philosophy, Science and the God Debate” 12.00 Hymns of Forefathers 12.30 Kiwis Can Fly 1.00 Beyond Adventure 1.30 Serve the City 2.00 All Over the World 2.30 Born To Be Free 3.00 Nzone Now 3.15 Christianity Explored 3.30 H2O 4.00 Roots and Reflections 4.30 Kiwis Can Fly 5.00 “Love, Marriage and Stinking” 5.30 Give Me An Answer 6.00 All Over the World 6.30 Serve the City 7.00

7.05 Home Alone. (1990, PG) 8.50 Home Alone 2: Lost In new york. (1992, PG) 10.50 napoleon Dynamite.

(2004, PG) 12.20 Broken Arrow. (1996, M) 2.10 Mr: Deeds. (2002, M) 3.45 Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End. (2007, M) Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley. Captain Barbossa, Will and Elizabeth must navigate treachery and make their final alliances for one last battle.

6.30 Me, Myself & Irene. (2000, M) Jim Carrey, Renee Zellweger.

8.30 Spider-Man 2. (2004, M) Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst. Peter Parker gives up his identity of Spider-Man in an attempt to return to an ordinary life. But a ruthless villain forces Peter to swing back into action.

10.40 The Insider. (1999, M) Al Pacino, Russell Crowe.

1.15 Making Of Prometheus.

(2012, M) 1.30 Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End. (2007, M) 4.15 Mr: Deeds. (2002, M) 5.50 Me, Myself & Irene. (2000, M)

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7.45 Spider-Man 2. (2004, M) 9.50 The Insider. (1999, M) 12.25 Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End. (2007, M) 3.10 The Sixth Sense. (1999, M) Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette. A young boy, who is haunted by dead people that only he can see, seeks the help of a child psychologist.

5.00 Wild Hogs. (2007, M) Tim Allen, John Travolta. A group of biker-wannabes gets more than they bargained for when they go on a motorcycling trip to put some adventure back in their lives.

6.40 Unbreakable. (2000, M) Bruce Willis.

8.30 Zodiac. (2007, 16) Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jnr. Based on a true story, a serial killer terrifies San Francisco taunting police and the public with letters, while investigators search for the murderer.

11.10 The Chronicles Of Riddick.

(2004, M) Vin Diesel.

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7.10 Unbreakable. (2000, M) Bruce Willis.

8.55 The Chronicles Of Riddick.

(2004, M) Vin Diesel.

10.55 Wild Hogs. (2007, M) Tim Allen, John Travolta.

12.35 Zodiac. (2007, 16) Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jnr. 3.10 Sexy Beast. (2000, 18) Ben Kingsley, Ray Winstone.

4.40 The Ringer. (2003, M) Johnny Knoxville, Katherine Heigl.

Sky Sport 1

Sky Sport 2

7.35 Rugby. International Women’s Rugby. Black Ferns v England.

8.30 To Be Confirmed.

10.30 Toyota Grassroots Rugby.

11.30 Inside The PGA Tour.

12.00 To Be Confirmed.

1.00 Cricket. The Ashes. England v Australia 2nd Test. Day Two. Last 2 Hours.

3.00 Sky Sport 365.

3.30 Rugby. Super Rugby. First Qualifier. Replay.

5.30 Motocross. Red Bull X-Fighters. Spain. Replay.

7.00 Rugby. Super Rugby.

Second Qualifier. Live.

9.35 Rugby. Super Rugby.

Second Qualifier. Live.

12.05 Red Bull Chronicles.

12.50 Martial Arts. King In The Ring. Middleweights. From the ASB Stadium, Auckland.

1.50 Triathlon. ITU World Series.

Hamburg. Mens Event. Live.

3.30 Red Bull Chronicles.

4.00 Rugby League. NRL Premiership. Round 19 Saturday. Highlights.

4.35 Rugby. Super Rugby.

Second Qualifier. Highlights.

5.05 Rugby. Super Rugby.

Second Qualifier. Live.

6.00 Red Bull Chronicles.

6.30 Athletics. IAAF Diamond League. Paris. Highlights.

7.30 Judo. IJF. Grand Prix, Qingdao.

8.00 Cricket. The Ashes. England v Australia 2nd Test. Day Two. Last 2 Hours.

10.00 Cycling. Tour De France.

Stage 19. Last 2 Hours.

12.00 Rugby. Super Rugby. First Qualifier. Replay.

2.00 Rugby. International Women’s Rugby. Black Ferns v England. Second Game.

3.00 Rugby League. NSW Cup. Mounties v Newcastle Knights. Live.

5.00 Rugby League. U20 Holden Cup. Raiders v Eels. Live.

7.00 Rugby League. NRL Premiership. Raiders v Eels.

Live.

9.30 Rugby League. NRL Premiership. Roosters v Sharks. Live.

11.30 Cycling. Tour De France.

Stage 20. Live.

3.30 Rugby League. NRL Premiership. Round 19 Saturday. Highlights.

4.00 Triathlon. ITU World Series.

Hamburg. Womens Event.

Live.

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7.35 Total Rugby.

8.00 To Be Confirmed.

10.00 Cycling. Tour De France.

Stage 20. Last 2 Hours.

12.00 Sky Sport 365.

12.30 Rugby. Super Rugby.

Second Qualifier. Highlights.

1.00 Cricket. The Ashes. England v Australia 2nd Test. Day Three. Last 2 Hours.

3.00 Darts. World Matchplay.

Day One. Replay.

6.00 Investec Super Rugby Review.

7.00 Red Bull Chronicles.

7.30 Motocross. Red Bull X-Fighters. Madrid, Spain.

Replay.

9.00 Rugby. Super Rugby.

Second Qualifier. Replay.

11.00 Rugby League 40/20.

12.00 Darts. World Matchplay.

Day Two. Session One. Live.

4.00 Rugby League. NRL Premiership. Panthers v Knights. Replay.

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6.00 Darts. World Matchplay.

Day Two. Session Two. Live.

10.00 Cycling. Tour De France.

Stage 21. Highlights.

10.30 Sky Sport What’s On. 11.00 Rugby. Ranfurly Shield.

Waikato v Horowhenua.

Highlights.

12.00 Rugby. International Women’s Rugby. Black Ferns v England. Second Game. From Waikato Stadium, Hamilton.

Highlights.

1.00 Cricket. The Ashes. England v Australia 2nd Test. Day Four. Last 2 Hours. From Lord’s Cricket Ground, London.

3.00 Triathlon. ITU World Series.

Hamburg Team World C’ship. Replay.

5.00 Motorsport. Superbike World C’ship. Moscow.

Highlights.

5.30 Motorsport. NASCAR Nationwide STP 300.

Highlights.

SHINE

Beyond Adventure 7.30 Jesus Freaks 9.00 H2O 9.30 Nzone Focus 10.00 Kiwis Can Fly 10.30 Choices 11.00 Give Me An Answer 11.30 Roots and Reflections 12.00 Nzone Focus 12.30 All Over the World 1.00 “Love, Marriage and Stinking” 1.30 H2O 2.00 Choices 2.30 Beyond Adventure 3.00 Jesus Freaks 4.30 Serve the City 5.00 Give Me An Answer 5.30 Running With Fire SUnDAy 6.00 Living Truth: Charles Price 7.00 Creation’s Creatures 7.30 Wemmicks 8.00 The Lads TV 8.30 Connection Point 9.00 In Touch 10.00 Life Questions 10.30 Word For You 11.00 Songs of Praise

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6.00 Rugby League. NRL Premiership. Raiders v Eels.

Replay.

8.00 Cricket. The Ashes. England v Australia 2nd Test. Day Three. Last 2 Hours.

10.00 Rugby League. NRL Premiership. Roosters v Sharks. Replay.

12.00 To Be Confirmed.

1.00 Small Blacks TV. 1.30 Rugby League. Holden Cup. Panthers U20 v Knights U20. Live.

3.30 Rugby League. NRL Premiership. Panthers v Knights. Live.

6.00 Sky Sport What’s On. 6.30 Adventure Angler Series.

7.00 Cricket. The Ashes. England v Australia 2nd Test. Day Three. Highlights.

7.30 Motorsport. Superbike World C’ship. Moscow.

Raceway. Race 1 And Supersport. Live.

10.35 Sky Sport What’s On. 11.00 Motorsport. Superbike World C’ship. Moscow.

Raceway. Race Two. Live.

1.00 Triathlon. ITU World Series.

Hamburg Team World C’ship. Live.

3.00 Red Bull Chronicles.

3.40 Cycling. Tour De France.

Stage 20. Highlights.

4.10 Cycling. Tour De France.

Stage 21. Live.

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9.00 Cricket. The Ashes. England v Australia 2nd Test. Day Four. Last 2 Hours.

11.00 Cycling. Tour De France.

Stage 21. Last 2 Hours.

1.00 Darts. World Matchplay.

Day Two. Session Two. Replay.

4.00 Cricket. The Ashes. England v Australia 2nd Test. Day Four. Highlights. From Lord’s Cricket Ground, London.

4.30 Soccer. UEFA Womens Euro.

Quarter-final Four. Replay.

Discovery 6.30 8.30 9.30 10.30 11.30 12.30 1.00 1.30 2.30 3.30 4.30 5.30 6.30 7.30 8.30

9.30 10.30 11.30 12.30 1.00 1.30 5.30

Mythbusters. (PG) ET Fishing Escapes. (PG) Disappeared. (M) nightmare next Door. (M) River Monsters: Lair Of Giants. (PG) Auction Kings. (PG) Auction Hunters. (PG) Mythbusters. (PG) Auction Kings. (PG) American Guns. (M) Alaska: The Last Frontier.

(PG) River Monsters: The Deadliest. (PG) Ice Cold Gold. (PG) yukon Men. (M) Inside The Catch: near Death. (PG) Witness the closest of calls and hear firsthand accounts from the men of Deadliest Catch who stared death in the face and lived to talk about it.

Bering Sea Gold. (PG) Extreme Smuggling. (M) Heroes Of Hells Highway.

(PG) Auction Hunters. (PG) Auction Hunters. (PG) Man Vs Wild. (PG) Mythbusters. (PG)

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6.30 Mythbusters. (PG) 7.30 Mythbusters. (PG) 8.30 Heroes Of Hells Highway.

(PG) 9.30 The Big Brain Theory. (PG) 10.30 River Monsters: The Deadliest. (PG) 11.30 Extreme Smuggling. (M) 12.30 Building The Future. (PG) 1.30 Deadly Affairs. (M) 6.30 Fatal Encounters. (M) 7.30 Deadliest Catch. (PG) 9.30 Ice Cold Gold. (PG) With only 10 days left, few resources and no proof of any worth on Storø, the team has one last chance.

Rubies are on the island of Fiskenaesset, but there are only four spots.

10.30 Building The Future. (PG) 11.30 Auction Kings. (PG) 12.30 Moonshiners. (M) 1.30 Auction Kings. (PG) 2.00 Auction Hunters. (PG) 2.30 River Monsters: Lair Of Giants. (PG) 3.30 nightmare next Door. (M) 4.30 Man Vs: Wild. (PG) 5.30 Auction Kings. (PG)

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6.00 Destroyed In Seconds.

(PG) 6.30 Dirty Jobs. (PG) 7.30 Moonshiners. (M) 8.30 Disappeared. (M) 9.30 Building The Future. (PG) 10.30 River Monsters: Lair Of Giants. (PG) 11.30 Auction Kings. (PG) 12.00 Auction Hunters. (PG) 12.30 I (Almost) Got Away With It. (M) 1.30 Blood, Lies And Alibis. (M) 2.30 Auction Hunters. (PG) 3.00 Auction Hunters. (PG) 3.30 Moonshiners. (M) 4.30 Gold Rush. (PG) Out of paydirt, Todd comes up with a risky plan to hit his 1000 ounce goal. A bad fall puts Fred out the game, leaving Dustin to dig the glory hole.

5.30 Mythbusters. (PG)

11.35 Quick Study 12.00 Inside Bob Dylan’s Jesus Years 2.00 Kiwis Can Fly 2.30 Precious Memories 3.00 Hour of Power 4.00 In Touch 5.00 Living Truth: Charles Price 6.00 Running With Fire 6.30 Kiwis Can Fly 7.00 Nzone Focus 7.30 Songs of Praise 8.05 Precious Memories 8.30 David Jeremiah 9.30 Inside Bob Dylan’s Jesus Years 11.30 Hymns of the Forefathers 12.00 Hour of Power 1.00 Nzone Focus 1.30 Songs of Praise 2.05 Precious Memories 2.30 David Jeremiah 3.30 FEATURE: Inside Bob Dylan’s Jesus Years 5.30 Quick Study

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To place a trades & services ad, call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

PROFESSIONAL DECORATORS

shuttle

If you’re going to do it... ...do it in good company!

The Finishing Company 03 307 8870 or 0274 444 856 Paint, Plaster (Rockcote), Factory Spray Lacquer, Specialist Coatings/Textures (Resin & Stone Floors)

HEAVY VEHICLE DRIVER LICENCING

From your place to the airport at a time that suits you.

0508 247 BUS ashburtonshuttle@gmail.com

EmErgEncy glass rEpairs There when you need us with a Fast reliable service

Certified Assessor for licencing from Learner to Full • Licence classer 2 - 5 • Wheels, tracks & roller endorsements • NZTA Certified • Tranzqual Assessor Drive Rite - But Keep Left Contact Paul McCormick

plus No extra call-out fee for urgent after hours work.

11 peter street, ashburton Tel: (03) 308 3918 a/H: (021) 716 157

peter Broome

Phone 03 307 7402 Mob 027 433 5766

HEAT PUMPS KEEP YOUR HOME THE PERFECT TEMPERATURE

HEAT PUMPS Perfect all year round

• Wall or floor mounted available • Most models will continue to heat even with outside temperatures of minus 15°C

Mobile Mower servicing

• Rotary Mowers • Ride on Mowers • Water blasters • Small Motor Repairs

• Reel Mowers • Chainsaws • Rotary Hoes • Generators

electriCOOL Ltd

Phone Paul Crequer, your local authorised Daikin dealer for a free quote on all domestic and commercial systems phone 0274-362-362 or 308 4573.

painting & Decorating contractors

if you are renovating or building a new home you need someone to trust in all your painting and Decorating neeDS – commercial or residential.

• Interior decorating • Exterior decorating

• Wallpapering • Waterblasting • roof painting

Stan Keeley, Owner

Ph 307-0002 - Mobile 021 88 34 36

Roofing Specialists We specialise in:

• New roofs and re-roofs • Glendeck 5 rib • Corrugated iron • Fascia, gutters and down pipes • Qualified fixers.

Free Measure & quote

03 307 0593 or 0508-453-696 For any enquiries call us today on Ph/Fax 308-8432 Mob 0274 332 259

Alps

Continuous Spouting Need new spouting, fascia and downpipes?

Give Ben a call for a free quote. All jobs guaranteed.

Manufacturers and installers of continuous spouting, fascia and downpipes.

Ben Kruger • Phone 308 4380 or 021 808 739 • email: benkruger@xtra.co.nz

North park drive

CLEANERS EXECUTIVE HOME CLEANING (2012) We will clean anything from the mountains to the sea.

Call Sandra and the team on 03 307 8184 or 027 292 0180 Home • Commercial • Office

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, July 20, 2013

To place a trades & services ad, call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

REal EstatE

Ashburton’s Largest Property Management

Call Suzanna today and discover how you can get your advertising working for you at a fraction of the cost by being part of ‘Trades & Services’.

• 4 property managers • 3 management options • Maximum rental rates • 5 security checks • Quality tenants waiting • Emailed owner reports “It’s why more people are choosing McGregors”

Suzanna Macilquham

Phone Enquiries: 308 6173

Online Enquiries: www.mcgregorrealestate.co.nz/property-management/

MOB: 021 272 2399 or O: 307-7973 or 307-7900

Health beauty connections

Want healthy, beautiful skin?

Toenail Cutting Service In the comfort of your own home.

A delectable blend of New Zealand Colostrum, Coconut/Palm wax and cold pressed oils of Organic Aloe, Rice, Orange, Apricot, Meadowfoam, Vanilla, Blueberry and Hemp with Natural Silica, Zinc Oxide, Organic Bentonite clay and Colloidal Silver. Loaded with naturally occurring Vitamins A, C, D, E, B1, B2, B6, B12, Folic acid, all 22 Amino Acids and trace minerals for total skin health and vitality.

New to Ashburton. Just $40!

Full soak, toenail trim, file and mini foot massage Sally is in Ashburton every second Friday.

Next dates: July 26 and August 9.

Ashburton Arcade 308-1815 www.health2000.co.nz

Due to demand, Sally will also be available on Tuesday July 30.

Contact: Sally Marchant - Registered Nurse 03 317 9622 or 021 157 8373

Is your skin feeling tired and dry?

Debra Curtin - Chiropractor Mon, Wed, Thur 8-5.30pm

André Grob - Chiropractor Tues 9-5.00pm

Ash urton

Chiro ractic

Formerly Curtin Chiropractic

Ashleigh Mitchell

Ph 03 308 2266

Karl Kibler - Chiropractor Fri 9-5.00pm 1st Floor, Smith + Church Buildng Moore St, Ashburton

PH 03 308 9516

Introduce Dermalogica into your daily skincare routine.

Book a free skin consultation with Ashleigh today.

278 Tancred St, Ashburton

Call Kim today to find out the special rate and to experience a rejuvenating winter facial to hydrate your skin.

Beauty Therapy

17 Peter Street, Ashburton Ph: 308 1255

Call Ashleigh today and discover how you can get your advertising working for you at a fraction of the cost by being part of ‘Health & Beauty’.

Ph 021 892 425 Ashleigh Fraser

MOB: 021 892 425 or O: 307-7975 or 307-7900

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JOBS

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Sales Person

IT Systems Analyst

We are seeking an experienced IT Systems Analyst to join our organisation.

Key duties in this diverse role include • Primary contact for all IT support requirements (desktops/servers/software).

• Liaising with and escalating issues to our third party support providers.

• Completing routine maintenance including backups and managing disaster recovery plan.

• Providing Tier 1/Tier 2 technical desktop support to our 50 users across the network.

• Maintaining the PBX and telephone systems.

Skills and experience required • Minimum 3-5 years experience in Information Technology roles.

• Relevant tertiary qualification and/or certification (e.g. MCTS/MCSA/MCITP).

• Experience providing Tier 1/Tier 2 support to users.

• Experience with Windows Server (2008 R2). Windows 7, Microsoft Systems Centre, Active Directory, Exchange, SQL, DNS, DPM, TMG/ISA. • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential.

We require an enthusiastic, self motivated person to join our award winning sales team.

You must have a can-do, positive attitude, friendly people skills plus an understanding of technology products. Must be physically fit, heavy lifting and delivery work may be required. A clean drivers licence is essential.

Your remuneration package is uncapped. Retainer plus commission. The more you sell the more you earn – therefore you determine your own weekly remuneration.

Apply including your CV and references to dean@smithandchurch.co.nz or drop off in store.

Applications close Tuesday, July 23, 2013

The successful applicant will be responsible for supporting EA Networks’ IT systems, as such you must be confident and able to work independently and autonomously.

EA Networks offers an interesting and varied role for the successful applicant. This is a great opportunity to join a stable and successful local company and make a difference that will be recognised.

To apply for this role please send your resume to;

recruitment@eanetworks.co.nz

quoting ref EA122

» Machine Operators/Drivers

Ashburton Based Rural Transport is a locally owned transport business with its head office located in Ashburton and with branches operating in Kurow and Fairlie.

We are a well known and successful business which operates 50 trucks specialising in the cartage of rural products.

Due to an addition to our spreading fleet we require a team member for the following position: Fertiliser Spreader Operator - Operating a 6x4 truck with a Transpread bin, equipped with a Whitehead spreading computer and Trimble GPS unit. A class 5 license is essential for this position.

Apply in writing or email your application to:

Jim Crouchley PO Box 104, Ashburton 7740 03 308 4079 or 0275 554 364 jim@ruraltransport.co.nz

Office Junior We are seeking a bright, outgoing and eager to learn Office Junior to join our firm.

The successful applicant will possess: • • • •

A pleasant personality An excellent telephone manner Accuracy in message taking Word processing skills to a high standard

You will be working in a busy environment and be expected to handle telephone enquiries, reception work, typing and general office duties.

This is an entry level position with opportunities for an aspiring legal secretary or a person wishing to pursue a career as a legal executive (involving qualification at tertiary level).

Please apply in your own handwriting, enclosing a copy of your CV, to The Office Manager Argyle Welsh Finnigan Solicitors PO Box 454 Ashburton 7740 Or email: jan.johnson@awlegal.co.nz Applications will close at 5pm on Friday, July 26, 2013.

Rooney Earthmoving is one of New Zealand’s leading privately owned civil contractors specialising in earthworks and civil projects. The organisation employs over 215 staff and operates a significant fleet of heavy machinery in the central South Island.

The company is currently looking for

» Experienced Scraper Operators. » Skilled Dump Truck Drivers.

Applicants should possess: • A good work ethic • Be capable of working unsupervised • Maintain regular attendance • Be a team player • Be prepared to work overtime as required • Hold the required licences These positions are based at the Ashburton Branch and reporting to the Area Manager.

Applicants need to apply to: The Area Manager, PO Box 403, Ashburton.

Ph: (03) 308 6011 email: Andrew.ree@rooneygroup.co.nz

Production Assistant Midlands Seed Limited was established in 1990, to support and encourage the production and export of arable crops from New Zealand. Since then, the company has grown rapidly to become one of New Zealand’s top producers and marketers of vegetable and herbage seeds, dried peas and oilseeds, cereal grains and arable food products.

We are looking for a Production Assistant based in Ashburton to join our busy team.

Duties involve:• Loading containers, taking crop samples and moving equipment between our Midlands sites.

• Learning the ropes at our oil processing plant to provide backup and assistance during peak busy times. This would include training to use oil extraction equipment, filtering oil, despatching and general factory operational tasks.

• As the season dictates, your day would involve crop maintenance of specialised hybrid seed crops during the busy rogueing season. This would also include organisation and co-ordination of a team to ensure the projects are fulfilled to the highest quality standards for our growers and suppliers.

Who am I? • Someone who is level headed and able to multi task.

• Have previous experience in either the rural, farming or cropping sector.

• You would be equally happy working by yourself getting on with the job but also able to co-ordinate and run a team to ensure a project is completed to a high standard at all times.

• Comfortable working both indoors and out when the season dictates.

This is a permanent full time position with extended work hours during seasonal peak times.

We offer a competitive remuneration package.

To apply in strict confidence email your cover letter and CV to rachel.wareing@midlands. co.nz or write to Midlands Seed Limited, PO Box 65, Ashburton 7740. Applications need to be received by Monday 22nd July 2013. For further information and a job description please visit our website www.midlands.co.nz Applicants for this position must have New Zealand residency or a valid New Zealand work permit.

Wood Machinist/Assembler Due to increased demand we need another Wood Machinist/ Assembler.

If you enjoy working with wood and want to be part of a great manufacturing team, this is a career opportunity for you.

Established in 1934, we are the world leader in textile craft equipment. Our reputation is based on delivering quality products every time.

Our extensive range of woodworking plant includes 4 CNC routers.

This is a full time position with competitive wages and overtime.

All training provided although woodworking qualifications or experience preferred. Apprenticeship potential.

If you have excellent attention to detail and are motivated, hard working and flexible, please submit your CV with references to: Ken Meehan Ashford Handicrafts Ltd 415 West Street, Ashburton ken@ashford.co.nz Applications close Wednesday, July 24

Ashburton Kindergartens have a vacancy for a full time qualified and registered

KINDERGARTEN TEACHER For further information contact Association Manager Ph (03) 308 3779 Email association@ashkindy.co.nz

Guardian Classifieds Phone 307 7900

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JOBS

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Vehicle Inspector

Ashburton District Council

Calling All Truck Mechanics

• New Position • High Growth Business

Are you ready for a more challenging career, where you can come out of the workshop and engage in sharing your expertise with our customers? VTNZ West Street is looking to extend their team to include a Full Time Truck Inspector.

STOCKWATER RANGER With over 2,700 km of stock water races in the district, it’s a challenge to provide water to the entire race network – especially as you can’t control the weather!

With a practical and proactive approach, you will be one of three full time Stockwater Rangers who are responsible for monitoring race maintenance and ensuring bylaw and resource consent compliance. In addition to a working knowledge about open water ways, water intakes and flow management, it’s definitely an advantage to have local knowledge or previous compliance work experience.

When out in the field, you will need to establish effective working relationships with network users, provide accurate information and manage satisfactory outcomes for both parties. Therefore it is essential to have good interpersonal and communication skills. When in the office, having a basic computer skills and previous experience using Microsoft Office is important to sign off customer requests, write basic memos and to enter the data you collect into compliance monitoring spreadsheets.

Your attitude, how you relate with others and ability to have a flexible work pattern – which includes being rostered on call during weekends; are critical to the successful in the position.

Applications close 22 July 2013.

ATS is a progressive farming cooperative striving to lower costs for farmers. As a dynamic and innovative organisation, ATS offers farmers the ability to purchase all farm inputs through our retail stores and the Ruralco supplier network.

Come and join a successful company (with over 80 stations throughout NZ) who is the leading provider of vehicle inspections in New Zealand.

ATS and Ravensdown Fertiliser have worked together to create Ruralco—a new joint partnership nationwide card service business promising to bring greater opportunities for all our farmer shareholders and card suppliers.

Although employed by ATS most of your time will be spent providing accounts support for Ruralco.

For this full time position, we are seeking a person who is both passionate and experienced with accounts and has a desire to learn new systems.

Key tasks include supplier reconciliations, accounts payable processing, accounts receivable processing.

We require the person to have: • Previous invoice processing and reconciliation experience; • Proven accurate and timely data input with attention to detail; • A “can-do” attitude that is open to change; • Open and effective communication skills.

You are someone who pays attention to detail, gets on well with others and knows how to care for your customers. You will be available to work some rostered Saturdays.

You may have a COF authority but if not, we will sort that out at our training centre, providing you either have a trade or national certificate plus three years truck mechanical experience OR five years continuous truck mechanical experience during the past six years.

VTNZ values the training of its staff, and there will be opportunities for you to advance your skills. We also provide medical insurance, free WoFs and an opportunity to earn incentives on top of your wage.

Apply online now at www.vtnz.co.nz, or in writing, enclosing your CV and cover letter and quoting Ref: VTJ00696B 2012 to: Human Resources, VTNZ Ltd, PO Box 10057, Wellington.

Applications close 31st July 2013.

To request a copy of the job description or send your covering letter and CV, please email Peter Jacob hr.manager@ats.co.nz

A detailed position description can be found at www.vtnz.co.nz/careers or for more information please contact Laura Crowe on (04) 495 2583.

BUILDING SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR Keen to administer, audit and coordinate?

In this full-time position you will play a key role in ensuring our system continues to comply with legislation and our ongoing accreditation assessments so previous experience in administration of International Accreditation New Zealand requirements would be of advantage, though not necessary. In addition to this you will assist and supervise a small administration team, monitor and report on our system compliance, facilitate and introduce refinements into our business processes.

To be successful, you will need to be a great communicator with transferable skills gained from previous experience working in a quality system environment, auditing business systems or ensuring compliance within a legislative environment. Strong administration and computer skills are the key as your building knowledge will develop through exposure and training.

Not only will you have an eye for accuracy and a friendly confidence to answer customer queries, you will also need to enjoy working within a busy interdependent team which has statutory timeframes to meet.

Applications close 29 July 2013.

Accounting Support

www.ats.co.nz

www.vtnz.co.nz

Part Time Bakery Assistant

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Looking for the ideal part-time driving job?

A vacancy has arisen for a reliable, mature thinking person to help in our busy Supermarket Bakery.

We need school bus drivers!

Driving a school bus is very rewarding and allows you plenty of time to follow other pursuits in between daily trips.

We currently have vacancies within our company for School Bus Drivers in the Ashburton area.

Assistance may be available for suitable applicants to obtain the required licences.

For further information, please direct enquiries to: The Manager Pearsons Coachlines Ltd 403 West Street Ashburton Email: pearsonsashburton@xtra.co.nz (03) 308 2992 or 021 344 647 Website: www.pearsonscoachlines.co.nz

Our district will provide you and your family a lifestyle unrivaled by most; apply online with a CV and cover letter to make the most of these unique opportunities.

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

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The ideal person would work well in a sole charge position and enjoy customer relations. The role calls for an individual with a positive attitude, good personal presentation, with a strong work ethic.

Full training will be given to the successful application. This is a Sunday position and flexibility to cover staff for holidays etc would be required.

If you enjoy basic baking, food preparation and working in a friendly environment then send your CV or completed application in the first instance to: The Manager Hecs Four Square Supermarket 98 Harrison Street Ashburton Please ask for application form at the counter.

Applications closing July 26, 2013.

Guardian Classifieds

Phone 307 7900

Full Time Cleaner/Groomer

TRUCK DRIVER REQUIRED AgSpread is a locally owned family business with a fleet of Isuzu FTS 750s. All trucks have GPS guidance and are computer controlled for accurate spreading.

Due to a staff member relocating to the North Island we are seeking to employ a motivated and reliable person to join our team based in Mayfield, the person we are looking for must have a positive attitude, be a team player and hold a Class 4+ drivers licence and be available to start mid August 2013 While experience would be preferred, full training would be available to the right person. Travel assistance is available for the right applicant. Good wages and conditions. Previous experience would be a definite advantage .

HT license and some mechanical expertise would be beneficial.

Email your CV to Peter Gluyas: peter.gluyas@gluyasgroup.co.nz Or phone 307 5800

Gluyas Ag Centre

Senior Agronomist / Field Officer • 2 Positions • Over the Ditch • Vegetable Seed Production Two outstanding opportunities have arisen in Australian and would be well suited to agronomist or field officer’s currently working within the seed or vegetable industry in New Zealand. With over 25 years of industry experience and production locations nationally and internationally, our client prides themselves on their quality products, superior customer service and a great team environment.

ASHBURTON

Field Officer – (Launceston) Based in Northern Tasmania, you will be responsible for contracting and liaising with growers, managing all elements of seed production, ensuring crop yields and seed qualities are achieved.

Experienced Car Painter

Senior Agronomist – (Mt Gambier). As a Senior member of the production team, you will be responsible for contracting and liaising with growers, managing all elements of seed production, ensuring crop yields. You will also promote new technology and research, assist growers to sow or plant crops and carry out a variety of hands-on activities through the season, including managing seasonal casuals.

Experienced car painter required on a short term contract to restore some classic Ford cars and tractors.

Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

Email your CV to Peter Gluyas: peter.gluyas@gluyasgroup.co.nz Or phone 307 5800

Application to: Gerard Rushton phone: 027 433 9065 or email: office@agconsulting.co.nz

GLUYAS MOTOR GROUP KERMODE STREET, ASHBURTON

Both roles will require flexible, hands on, organised approach and be able to work independently as well as part of a team. This role would be ideal if you are an agronomist with experience in fresh vegetable or pasture seeds. This is a great role with a strong, experienced and locally supported company where your input will be valued. Some work travel will be required and a salary commensurate with experience is on offer. To enquire please phone Nigel Crawley on +61 3 9645 5200 or apply via www.rimfireresources.com.au.

WAHRIM0047

A full time cleaner/groomer required for our tractor division on short term contract.

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, July 20, 2013

Classifieds

JOBS

To advertise here call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

TRADES & SERVICES

The successful applicant should have the following skills: • The ability to complete accounts through to finalising • The ability to interact well with other people • Process GST returns • A good knowledge of farming practices and terms • Knowledge of FBT and payroll would be an advantage

Applications to Falloon & Co Ltd P O Box 103 Ashburton E-mail john@falloons.co.nz

After School Care: Wednesdays and Thursdays, Five hours per week, three children, aged 8,5 & 3 Own vehicle required

Please call Amanda 021 688 015

For all subscriber enquiries, missed delivery, new subscriptions, temporary stops, call our subscriber hotline 0800 274 287 0800 ASHBURTON

Mandarins 1kg bag $2.99 Granny Smith Apples Broccoli Silver Beet Parsnips 1kg

4 Housing 4 Commercial 4 Farm Contact Des anytime for an obligation free quote.

99c per kilo 2 for $3 $1.79 per bunch $2.99 per bag

Specials available from 16-07/23-07

OPEN 7 DAYS Phone 03 308 9936 or 0274 323 258 WANTED

$ CASH PAID $ $ $ $ FOR SCRAP $ BUYERS OF ALL METALS Copper, Brass, Aluminium etc.

Mid-Canterbury Metal Recycling Licensed Buyer Dealer

10A McGregor Lane, Riverside Estate (Off McNally Street)

The Green Grocer

WANTED

TF-SCRAP

We can offer the successful applicant: • A competitive wage • Flexible hours • Centrally located office • The advantages of working in a small office structure

PLANTS & PRODUCE

Looking for a builder with a little more experience?

We would like to employ a new team member who can work at least 20 hours per week.

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Phone 308-8959 or 027-228-1467 anytime

AUGER wanted - Good second hand 50foot auger.

Preferably with a swing hopper. Ph 027 476 6871.

Fresh Fruit & Vege

RURAL TRADING POST

WANTED to buy - Babies cot HEAPS of old car tyres in good condition. Ph 308 available NOW for silage stacks at Neumanns Tyres.

6738.

Phone 308 6737 and ask for WANTED - used Ford, Ian or Alan.

Belarus and Massey Hay, Ferguson tractors in any LUCERNE condition.

Freephone conventional bales, shed stored, good leaf and quality.

0800-888-343. $10 per bale. Phone 302 3934.

Guardian Classifieds Phone 307 7900

FOR SALE

TRADES & SERVICES CARPET-2-YOU sales and installation.

Mike Cutt.

Phone 027 491 4210.

FOR: Welding – Mig, Arc, Mild steel fabrication.

Sandblasting. Competitive Rates – Quality assured.

Phone Kurt at Action Sandblasting Ltd. 027-3324549 or 308-4226 HOME handyman available.

Minor repairs, painting etc.

Ph 027-677-1952.

PLUMBER / DRAINLAYER Log fire installations, bathroom and kitchen renovations, plumbing repairs, hot water cylinder replacements. Peter Young reg. Plumber and Drainlayer phone 03 307 7582 or 027 280 0889.

ROOFING - for all your roofing requirements, new roofs, reroofing, commercial, insurance claims, repairs.

Licensed building practitioner, Wiki, Vision Roofing, phone 027-4760203.

BIRTHDAY

BASH

THE WHOLE MONTH OF JULY 2013

Main South Road Tinwald 308-1095

Guardian Classifieds

landscape supplies

• Bark • Oamaru stone • Rocks • Organic compost • Sand • Screened soil • Home deliveries available Plus much more FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

Dobson Street West Ph: 307 8302 Hours: Mon-Fri: 7.30am - 5pm Sat: 7.30am - 12 noon

Having a garage sale? Call the Guardian 307 7900 for all your classified requirements.

phone 307 7900

Brought to you by Kitchen Kapers.

Birthday Greetings Cake Tin Hire

20 novelty shapes

$15 for 7 days

The Arcade, Ashburton 03 308 8287

Every standard drink until Friday 26th July will get you a stamp, STAMP 4 and go in the

draw for a mystery winter warmer weekend for two.

Draw will be done between 7pm and 9pm on Friday 26th July (winner must be present)

Drink Specials and lots of lucky draw giveaways on the night.

Ema Kenzie Manson Happy 3rd Birthday sweetie.

Enjoy your day with the animals. Love always Mummy and Tristan.

Ashleigh Houston Happy 6th Birthday Ashleigh.

Lots of love from Mum, Dad and all the pets.

Happy Birthday Phone : (03) 308 5980

Burnett Street, Ashburton

from

BirthdayGreetings Greetingsare are freefor for those those aged aged 12 and under only.

Free Birthday 12 underdays only.before Free birthday greetings greetings must mustfree be received received at least least two twoand working birthday be at working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear date of insertion, otherwise there noavailable guarantee thatground it will appear theday dayrequested. requested.

Photos willisbe be at floor ononthe Photos will available atour our for collection after notice has appeared theground paper. floor office office for collection after notice has appeared in theinpaper.

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Classifieds

PUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICES

NOTICE OF MEETINGS JULY MEETINGS Further to the meetings advertised for July 2013, notice is given of the change of venue for the meeting of the Regional Water Management Committee meeting to be held on Tuesday 23 July commencing at 2pm will now be held at the Blossom Lady Lounge, Metropolitan Stand, Addington Raceway, 75 Jack Hinton Drive, Christchurch.

CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP Don and Delma Robertson of Robertson Farm Equipment Ltd of Hinds Wish to advise they have sold their repair, service and retail sales business to Robert and Valeska Wilson.

They will be trading as All Farm Engineering.

AUGUST 2013 The following meetings will be held in August: Thursday 1 August Council 10.00am, Matthew Fraser House, 5 Sir William Pickering Drive, Burnside, Christchurch Thursday 29 August

We are open

Performance, Audit & Risk Committee 2.00pm, Matthew Fraser House, 5 Sir William Pickering Drive, Burnside, Christchurch REGULATION HEARING COMMITTEE In addition to the above meetings, the Regulation Hearing Committee is scheduled to meet weekly. Meetings will be held on either Thursday or Friday as required.

To confirm venue and start times for these meetings please check online at the link described below or contact Customer Services on (03) 353-9007 (calling from Christchurch) or calling from any other areas: 0800 324 636 (0800 EC INFO) Agendas will be available online at www.ecan.govt.nz/news-and-notices/minutes/Pages/ default.aspx at least two days prior to each meeting.

Members of the public are welcome to attend the above meetings, and copies of the agendas will be made available at the meetings.

Bill Bayfield CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Tuesday 11am to 2pm Thursday 12 noon to 2pm Fridays 10.30am to 2.30pm Saturdays 12 noon to 1pm Ashburton Community House 122 Tancred Street (Behind Westpac) Phone 03 308 1237 Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter

PLANTS & PRODUCE FREE PLANTS ON OFFER Due to a garden downsizing, a good variety of plants including roses and rhododendrons are available.

First in - first serve.

Bring all your own digging, pruning, moving equipment required.

Sunday, July 21, gates open at 9am until 1pm.

457 Dromore Methven Rd, Ashburton.

Guardian Classifieds phone 307 7900

MOTORING

Meeting

MEETINGS & EVENTS

WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308-6737.

MEETINGS & EVENTS

A.G.M. Mid Canterbury Tennis Seniors Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre Oak Grove Wednesday, July 31 At 7.30pm

Ashburton District Farmers Market

A.G.M. Tuesday, July 30, 2013 7.30pm St John Rooms, Tancred Street, Ashburton Members and stall holders please attend.

Everyone welcome.

Monday, August 12 7pm

All interested persons welcome to discuss a proposed cat policy for the Ashburton District council.

CALF SHED BEDDING. Premium wood mulch chipped from the outside edges of our logs.

Guaranteed 100% wood and contaminant free.

NO LIVESTOCK & PETS DEMOLITION MATERIALS used here.

Adams Sawmilling, Malcolm McDowell Road - Ph 308BUYER of unwanted 3595. animals.

Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals. We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272-101-621 A/H 03-3227626.

We would like to wish Robert and Valeska all the best for the future.

Don and Delma are still continuing with their existing business Robertson Manufacturing Ltd.

Trade Wastes Bylaw Ashburton District Council adopted the amended Trade Wastes Bylaw on 27 June 2013 following consultation with the public. The new bylaw became effective on 1 July 2013.

Senior Centre, Cameron Street Agenda:

LIVESTOCK & PETS

We would like to thank all our past clients.

For a copy of the amended Trade Wastes Bylaw please go to Council’s website www.ashburtondc.govt.nz or pick one up from the Council offices at 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton.

LIVESTOCK & PETS

READYMADE CALF SHELTERS HEN www.ashburtondc.govt.nz HOUSES - PUMP SHEDS. Sturdy well built sheds made to last. Choice of colours and HOLIDAY sizes as we make to order.

LET OR LEASE Your readymade specialists ACCOMMODATION Adams Sawmilling, Malcolm McDowell Road. Ph 3083595. Mon-Fri 7am-5.30pm INDIVIDUAL spacious office AKAROA - CHARMING, holiday home, Sat 8am-12 noon. to let. Ground floor and spacious central location. Phone Julia 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod 027 688 4334. cons, short walk to village..

Phone Brian 307-8000 or 308-6180.

Guardian Classifieds Phone 307 7900

If Guardian photographers missed you at Ashburton maternity, you can send your photographs and details to photographers@theguardian.co.nz

TLC for your VIP

Quality Preschool

Directors: Annie Smith and Brenda Leonard Monday - Friday 7.30am - 5.30pm, Phone 308 2959, Main South Road

170713

Arriving 13 days late, Thomas Shearer was welcomed into the family of parents Mandy and Ben and older brothers Henry, 4, and Jack, 22 months. Thomas was born on June 29 at 4.34pm in Christchurch weighing 10lbs 4oz.

080713-tM-033 Photo 180713

Heath Charles Hormann born June 26 at Christchurch Women’s Hospital, 7lb 14oz to proud parents David Hormann and Charlotte Hill and big brother Hunter, 2½.

Belinda Harwood was given the perfect birthday present of her daughter MaryAnne Harwood, born on July 7, 2013 weighing 7lb. Proud dad Daniel Craig looks on.

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Oscar Saneaki Wells was welcomed by happy parents Kanae and Michael Wells on July 6, 2013, weighing 6lb 7oz.

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, July 20, 2013

Classifieds FOR SALE

Straw For Sale

Don’t Get Caught Short Class Bales Of Wheat Straw Class Bales Of Barley Straw 3 X 3 Bales Of Rye Grass Straw This Seasons, Good Quality.

Also available is 3x3 Barley Straw and 3x3 Grass Seed - Straw seconds prices starting from $5/bale + Cartage.

MEETINGS & EVENTS

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

FREE

AVAILABLE rEntALs

Tuesday

8 A Alford Forest Road Three Bedrooms Two Bathrooms $410 per week WEB ID: AS517

KIDS DIY CLINICS July 16 10.30am Mosaics Part 1 – create your design 2pm Papier Maché Face mask – Part 1 - make the mask

James George: 027 436 9989 Visit: www.quigleycontracting.co.nz

HIRE

GRAZING

FUNCTION/party equipment available for hire. Marquees, tables, chairs, glasses, cutlery, cooking equipment, heaters and more.

See U-Hire Ashburton. 588 East Street.

Open Mon-Fri 7.30am5.30pm; Sat 7.30am-5pm; Sunday 8am- 12.30pm. Ph 308-8061 A/H: 308-7460 www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

FLOAT hire - single, double and tandem. Reasonable rates. Morrison’s Saddlery & Feed. Phone 308-3422 anytime.

GRAZING: 13 hectares rape and turnip. 60 tonne D.M. Methven area. Phone 027 492 0875.

CHURCH SERVICES

Church Services Jubilee Christian Fellowship 10am Every Sunday All Welcome Preaching victorious overcoming messages. Victory is yours!!

206 Cameron Street Pastors Jim & Ida Heath Ph 308 7511

Cnr Cass & Havelock Sts, Phone 308 5409 Website www.ashburtonbaptist.co.nz

10am Morning Service Speaker: Pastor David Jensen

Creche Available Refreshments to follow YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE VERY WELCOME

Heart to God And Hand to Man Celebration Service and Children’s Programme

10.00am You’re very welcome!

Cnr Cass & Cameron St 308 7610 - 308 7062

131 Thomson Street (Tinwald School Hall) Sunday Morning 10.30am Sunday Evening 7pm Wednesday night Bible Study, 15 Cross Street 7pm

We hope to see you this Sunday!

For more info please call Pastor Mike Grove 308 4695

Thursday July 18

10.30am Mosaics – Part 2 – Grout your design 2pm Papier Maché Face mask – Part 2 – paint your mask Numbers limited bookings essential, phone 308 5119

home improvement warehouse

BEST RANGE.

LOWEST PRICES.

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AUCTION SALES

76 Thomson Street Three Bedrooms Four Car Garaging $350 per week WEB ID: AS526 74 Melcombe Street Three Bedrooms $330 per week WEB ID: AS510 17 Bird Street Three Bedrooms $340 per week WEB ID: AS516 3 Burton Place Three Bedrooms $350 per week WEB ID: AS518 References required

Michelle 027 77 66 497 Alana 0274 736 825

Better in Blue

CARAVANS & TRAILERS

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FOR SALE FIREWOOD - old man pine, dry and under cover. Four and six metre loads. Phone Ron Harris. 0274-652-122.

OLD mad pine logs - $45 per tonne. Bluegum logs - $55 per tonne. Green bluegum $150. Green old man pine $120. Both 3.6m3. Shane James 303 7063.

Trailer Home / Caravan 25ft, fully renovated, Island double bed, bedside cabinets with lamps, full range kitchen, h+c water, electric cylinder, fridge freezer, 4 ring gas oven, shower, portaloo, full wardrobe, u shaped lounge, freeview TV. Full length awning, permanent treated ply floor, new guy ropes. Easily set up for permanent living.

Photo’s available. $23,000.

Phone 03-308-6708 or 027 388 2359.

SCOOTER’S - new and FOR SALE secondhand three and four wheel electric scooters and wheel chairs. Call Fred Reddecliffe at Electric POTATOES: Rua and Ilam Mobility Ashburton today. Hardy. $30 bag delivered.

Phone 308 5972.

Phone 308-3602.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL NEED a TENANT? 5 security checks, 4 property managers, 3 management options, Emailed Account Statements, Owner Login, Zero Tolerance Rent Arrears, Mediation and Tenancy Act compliant = your peace of mind. Its why more people are choosing McGregor Rental Management!

Taking your no-obligation enquiry now www.mcgregorrealestate.co. nz/propman.htm rentals@mcgregorrealestate. co.nz or 308 6173 and ask for our rental dept! McGregor Real-Estate LREA-2008, MREINZ

Guardian Classifieds phone 307 7900

NOemium!

Buyers

Pr

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ASIAN, new beauty, curvy, busty D.D. Professional service and good massage.

Phone Marina 021 137 9869.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL RENTAL TROUBLE? 4 property managers, 5 security checks, 3 management options, emailed account statements, owner login, zero tolerance rent arrears, mediation and Tenancy Act compliant = your peace of mind. Its why more people are choosing McGregor Rental Management! Taking your no-obligation enquiry now www.mcgregorrealestate.co. nz/propman.htm rentals@mcgregorrealestate. co.nz or 308 6173 and ask for our rental dept! McGregor Real Estate LREA-2008, MREINZ

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT CINDERELLA, available everyday, genuine calls only, no texting please. Phone 021 0233 9259.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL FOUR bedroom house to rent in rural setting, 1km from Allenton shops, available late August. Ph 03 302 8654.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL FLATMATE wanted $100 per week plus expenses.

Central. Ph 03 308 9122.

SUNNY two bedroom flat close to hospital. No pets or smokers.

References ACCOMMODATION, LANDLORDS. Don’t leave essential. $250pw. Phone RENTAL the management of your 307 2704 or 027 221 9906. valuable asset in the hands Westside. 3 bedroom home, 4 BEDROOM home with 1 of a company that’s primary heatpump, modernised acre on edge of town for rent. income is from selling prop- throughout, brick, 9x6 $360 p.w. Phone 03 308 erties. Property manage- garage, fully fenced section. ment is our sole focus 24/7.

4334.

Contact B&N Properties Ltd $330 pw. Vince Carr 03 307 now, 0800 111 252 8714 or 0274 34 6634. PGG Wrightson Real Estate Ltd, Guardian Classifieds www.bnproperties.co.nz REAA 2008.�

Phone 307 7900

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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, July 20, 2013

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Friday, Saturday & Sunday only

Kids ficTion booKs Buy one - Get One

HALF PRICE

Terry’s Lowest priced items are half price hot deal Can not be used in conjunction with any other offer

212 East Street • Ashburton • 03 308 8309

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, July 20, 2013

Weekend Services methven Pharmacy, 101 Main Street, Methven. Saturday and Sunday open: 4pm - 6pm.

HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring 0800 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice.

DUTY DOCTORS

org.nz for more information.

aSHBUrTon HoSPiTal general WardS - (Medical and Surgical): DAILY, 2.00pm - 4.00pm and 6.00pm - 7.30pm Children must be accompanied by an adult. cHalmerS Ward (including Assessment, Treatment & Rehabilitation Unit) - OPEN VISITING. maTerniTy Ward - DAILY, 10am - 8pm.

-Husbands and patient’s own children may visit the patient from: 7am - 10pm.

TUarangi Home (Cameron St) - DAILY, -unrestricted visiting.

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MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER

aSHBUrTon - Sat 10am until 2pm.

Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until 2pm.

Phone 308-1050. meTHVen - Saturday and Sunday 9am 5.45pm. Phone 302-8955 or methven@i-site.org

ART GALLERY

Phone 308 1133. Baring Square East, Ashburton.

Sat & Sun: 10.00am - 4.00pm Closed Public Holidays.

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MAIL CLOSING TIMES

INFORMATION CENTRES

coMMunity ServiceS

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East elpline erviceS Street. Saturday open from: 9.30am - 12 noon.

Sunday open from: 10am - 12 noon. Saturday ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027 and Sunday evenings: 6pm - 7pm.

857 2133 or visit www.alcoholics-anonymous.

WeeKend emergency PHone nUmBer: All enquiries - Inspector John Keeley: 308 4432 or 0274 342 646

aSHBUrTon mail cenTre FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP - 24 STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm hr- Freephone 0800 VicTim (0800 842 846) PoST deliVery cenTreS Direct dials to a volunteer.

Allenton: Mon - Fri 5pm ashburton office - 307 8409 week-days, Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm 9am - 2pm - outside of these hours leave a Methven: Mon - Fri 4.30pm message.

Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE aSHBUrTon’S STreeT receiVerS Call us free on (0800 787 797).

Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm Lines open 10am - 10pm Seven days.

Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm Toll-Free: 0800 353 353

coldSTream HoUSe — DAILY, For weekend doctor and emergency details please unrestricted visiting. phone Methven 302 8105. For medical attention in cameron coUrTS — DAILY, unrestricted the weekend there are drop in clinics from 11am - 12noon and 5pm - 6pm Saturday and Sunday. visiting.

PrinceS coUrT — DAILY, unrestricted Ashburton Hospital DOES NOT visiting. provide an accident and emergency service.

EMERGENCY DENTIST Except in cases of emergency persons requiring medical attention must consult their If you do not have or cannot contact your own or the duty general practitioner. Persons regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 subsequently requiring treatment at Ashburton for the name of the rostered weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours 9am-5pm, Saturdays, Hospital must have a general practitioners Sundays and Public Holidays.

PHARMACIES

COMMUNITY POOL

WEEKEND HOURS: Hours: Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm.

Call free on 0800 222 955. Ask for the Crisis Team.

SAFE CARE - 24 hr rape and Sexual assault crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791

LIFELINE -

ASHBURTON REST HOMES:

METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA -

MID CANTERBURY SPCA

MENTAL HEALTH -

HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS

This service is for emergency medical care only. Please remember your community Services card.

Emergency phone until 8am Monday - 0800 700 155. allenton medical centre, The mall, Harrison Street, will be the duty practice for Saturday and Sunday until 8am Monday. They will hold surgery from 10am until 12 noon and from 6pm until 7pm. No appointment necessary.

Surgery phone 308 9139.

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

BUS DEPARTURES

ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192.

Saturday: 10:00am - 1:00pm Sunday 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Reservations and timetables, 24-hour service.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

BUSeS - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

ASHBURTON MUSEUM

aniMal ServiceS

Baring Square East, Ashburton. Ph 308 3167 Saturday-Sunday 1.00pm - 4.00pm Closed Statutory Holidays.

Group Bookings by arrangement

Ashburton’s Latest Showhome

VETERINARIANS canTerBUry VeTS - Ph 03 307 0686, 363 West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am-12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Steve Williams. aSHBUrTon VeTS - Ph 027 683 8000, 149 Cameron Street Ashburton: The duty vet for emergencies this weekend is: Ben Hallenstein.

Full emergency service all weekend. care VeTS - Ph 03 308 2327, 246 Tancred Street, Saturday clinic: 10am - 2pm.

Weekend emergencies: ref Vet Life VeTliFe aSHBUrTon - Phone 03 307 5195, Cnr East St & Smithfield Rd, Ashburton.

Saturday clinic 9am-12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Lge: Richard Cuthbert, Chris McFarlane. Sml: Alex Avery.

VeT enT riVerSide - Phone 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Drive, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am-12 noon. 24-hour weekend emergencies: Lge: Lorna Humm, Ian Hodge. Sml: ref Vet Life.

Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24 hour service

Showhome

G.J. Gardner Homes are acknowledged for their innovative design concepts. Our designers are continually coming up with fresh ideas and creative living plans. Here’s your chance to view our latest ideas incorporated into our stunning new designer showhome.

26 Braebrook Dr, Ashburton Phone: (03) 308 7052 OPen Thursday to Sunday Open Thursday & Friday 12pm - 4pm 10.00am-3.00pm Saturday Sunday 10am - 4pm or by & appointment

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Guardian Weekend Weather

AShburton offiCe Somerset House, 161 Burnett Street. Ph: (03) 308 7052 OPen Mon–Fri 9.30am–4.30pm timAru offiCe The Ken Wills Complex, 300 Hilton Highway, Washdyke. Ph: (03) 688 2043 OPen Mon–Fri 9.00am-5.00pm

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Saturday, 20 July 2013

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RANGIORA

Wa i m a k a r i r i

LAKE COLERIDGE

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DARFIELD

Map for Saturday

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Wind km/h less than 30 Waimate

30 to 59 60 plus

Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing 6

9 noon 3

6

9 pm am 3

6

morning min

Auckland Hamilton Napier Palmerston North Wellington Nelson Blenheim Greymouth Christchurch Timaru Queenstown Dunedin Invercargill

15

m am 3 3

9 noon 3

6

9 pm am 3

6

cloudy cloudy fine cloudy fine fine fine drizzle fine fine fine fine fine

Monday 9 noon 3

6

9 pm

1

16

OVERNIGHT MIN

6

MAX

15

OVERNIGHT MIN

5 TOMORROW

MAX

15

OVERNIGHT MIN

3

1:19

7:35

1:43

7:53

2:14

8:29

2:36

8:47

3:08

9:22

The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.

Rise 7:59 am Set 5:19 pm Good

Good fishing

Rise 7:59 am Set 5:20 pm Good

Good fishing

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

16 16 15 15 13 15 15 13 14 15 11 13 15

Bad fishing

Set 4:55 am Rise 2:36 pm

Set 5:57 am Rise 3:42 pm

Set 6:51 am Rise 4:55 pm

Full moon

Last quarter

New moon

23 Jul

6:17 am

©Copyright OceanFun Publishing Ltd.

30 Jul www.ofu.co.nz

5:45 am

Fine with high cloud. Northerlies.

MONDAY High cloud, patchy rain possible. Northerlies.

MONDAY

TUESDAY

Rain near the divide and patchy falls further east. Strong northwesterlies, gale about the tops.

A ridge lies over the North Island, with a northerly spreading over the South Island ahead of a trough over the Tasman Sea. An associated front is expected WEDNESDAY to move slowly over much of the South Island during Monday and onto the North Island on Tuesday. This Fine spells with one or two showers. Southshould move slowly north during Wednesday. west winds.

120.0 9.0 12.4 55.7

Canterbury Readings to 4pm yesterday Temperatures °C

7 Aug

Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa

9:52 am

Rainfall mm

Wind km/h

max

min grass 16 hour Jul 2013 min to date to date

10.1

4.1 -1.1

0.2

19.8 575.6 SW 19

Christchurch Airport 10.8

1.5 -0.3

0.2

44.6 438.4 SW 20

Timaru Airport

3.9

0.0

10.2 369.6 NW 17

Ashburton Airport Average Average Average

11.1 10.9

11.1 10.6

0.5

-2.5

0.6

-1.9

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44

349

27

268

TUESDAY Rain near the divide, a few falls further east.

Strong northwesterlies, gale about the tops.

WEDNESDAY Rain about the divide clearing, and fine spells increasing elsewhere. Northwesterlies dying out, southwesterlies developing.

World Weather Forecast for today

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Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 1:45 pm, yesterday Nth Ashburton at 3:00 pm, yesterday Sth Ashburton at 3:15 pm, yesterday Rangitata Klondyke at 3:00 pm, yesterday

max gust

FZL: 2600m

High cloud increasing, and rain developing about the divide.

Wind at 1000m: NW rising to 30 km/h.

Wind at 2000m: NW rising to 40 km/h.

A few showers. Light winds, then southwesterlies developing in the south.

NZ Situation

Rise 7:58 am Set 5:21 pm Bad

TOMORROW

max

Source: Environment Canterbury 12:48 6:59

Fine, with morning frosts.

Wind at 1000m: NW, rising to 40 km/h in the south.

Wind at 2000m: W 30 km/h, rising to 60 km/h in the south.

Morning cloud, then fine. Northeasterlies developing.

MAX

River Levels

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Midnight Tonight

NZ Today

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Saturday

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MONDAY: High cloud, chance rain. Northerlies.

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MAX

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Rakaia

15

Canterbury High Country

LYTTELTON

LINCOLN

ASHBURTON

Canterbury Plains

TODAY: Morning cloud, then fine. Northerlies.

TOMORROW: High cloud. Northerlies.

CHRISTCHURCH

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METHVEN THVEN HVEN V VEN VE

Ashburton Forecast

Adelaide Amsterdam Bangkok Berlin Brisbane Cairns Cairo Calcutta Canberra Colombo Darwin Dubai Dublin Edinburgh Frankfurt

showers fine rain cloudy rain fine fine rain showers rain fine fine fine fine cloudy

6 13 25 17 15 19 24 27 5 24 21 34 15 13 17

11 21 30 26 20 27 33 33 9 30 32 45 22 19 28

Geneva Hobart Hong Kong Honolulu Islamabad Jakarta Johannesburg Kuala Lumpur London Los Angeles Madrid Melbourne Moscow Nadi New Delhi

Compiled by © Copyright Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited 2013

thunder showers rain fine rain drizzle fine fine fine fine fine showers rain thunder thunder

16 6 26 23 26 24 5 25 16 18 22 6 15 21 26

27 12 30 31 32 32 19 33 26 22 36 13 21 27 31

New York Paris Perth Rarotonga Rome San Francisco Seoul Singapore Stockholm Sydney Taipei Tel Aviv Tokyo Washington Zurich

showers fine fine rain fine fine cloudy fine fine fine rain showers cloudy showers fine

29 19 4 19 19 13 24 25 11 11 27 24 23 25 16

36 30 17 26 29 23 28 32 21 18 30 31 31 33 28

For the very latest weather information, including Weather Warnings, visit metservice.com

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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, July 20, 2013

3m x 80mm.

2L Moss & Mould Cleaner

$

$

Down Pipe Automatic Door Seal 915mm. SKU00308875

$

5

Security Sensor Twin Floodlight

2x 150W Par38 globes included.

1488

$

SKU00188348

2738 10L Easycoat Ceiling

185mm Circular Saw

1050W. SKU00236024

149

$

98

122 Piece Tool Chest 3 drawer. SKU06120200

$

99

$

4L $54

89

SKU04310226

3997

4

$ 50 2 Sided Shower Unit

Tigerjet Slide Shower

White. Protects against mould, mildew & fungus.

SKU00415037

Bungi Cords

SKU00234439

SKU00186805

Chrome. 900 x 900mm.

All pressures. WELS 3 star. SKU00189875

SKU00882731A/00882353/ 00181458/00882903

79

90

$

$

849

18V Drill Kit Combo Impact driver and drill driver.

399

KATHLEEN, TEAM MEMBER

SKU00222758

$

“The widest choice for all your D.I.Y.” Underfloor Insulation

Dishwasher

850 x 600 x 580mm.

WELS 4 star.

SKU00165672

$

SKU00237223

447

$

89

PER BALE

Hot Logs SKU00518414

Knitted. Mixed colours.

1

$

Poly Tray Wheelbarrow

85L. Assembly required.

SKU00231963

9

19

$ 90

Polycotton Gloves SKU02970228

Hanging Closet Freshener

R1.5. 10m².

$

98

Asparagus Crowns

$

SKU02970234

SKU00197302

69

10

$

86

Garden Shed

$

2.3w x 1.5d x 2.1h m.

Zinc. Kitset. SKU00713365

399

7 Fin Oil Heater

3 heat settings 600/900/1500W.

SKU00311051

$

49

99

Meyer Lemon Tree 1.5L. SKU00308476

9

$ 92

Auto Emergency Tool

Torch, flashing beacon, seatbelt cutter and glass breaker. SKU00306164

$

2

Falcon Toolbox 17”. SKU00962109

4

$ 98

Hatchet

19

$

1 1/2lb. Fibreglass handle. SKU00478244

50

Multifold Ladder

3.1m. Aluminium. 120kg load rating. SKU00907532

$

99 BUNNINGS WAREHOUSE

20L Workshop Vac 1250W. SKU00226561

$

99

Scissors

Butane Gas Canister

$ 98

$

SKU06010357

5

SKU00169399

11

49

54L Stack & Nest Bin SKU00295876

Not all services and products featured are available in all stores, but may be ordered. See in store for product availability. We reserve the right to restrict the purchase of commercial quantities. All prices quoted are inclusive of GST. Prices valid until Friday 26th July 2013 or while stocks last.

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$ 95

ASHBURTON 363 West Street, Ph 03 307 6671 TRADING HOURS Weekdays 7am-6pm Weekends & Public Holidays 8am-6pm www.bunnings.co.nz

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