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The Amazing Race passes through

Mid Canterbury is set to feature on television screens around the world after award winning television series The Amazing Race stopped off in the district yesterday.

Details of what exactly the race contestants did while in Mid Canterbury were being kept firmly under wraps by those in the know yesterday, but the Guardian understands teams were seen camping in the Rakaia Gorge area on Sunday night.

They were then seen jet boating in the Rakaia River yesterday morning, before heading to Mount Hutt Station where they appeared to take part in a challenge before making their way to Terrace Downs.

From there, the convoy of teams headed through Windwhistle towards Christchurch.

Nigel Birt, general manager of Experience Mid Canterbury yesterday confirmed that they were working with a high-profile television programme to film in the district during spring, but like everyone else involved in the project is restricted in his comments by the tight confidentiality clause.

“Experience Mid Canterbury can confirm that we have been working with a very famous, global television show for the last couple of months.

“The show has a global audience of 10 million viewers and we are excited to be able to expose our district to that many viewers. It’s marketing at a level we could never afford, and a massive opportunity for Mid Canterbury and New Zealand”.

Confirmation that big-time show was The Amazing Race though, was all around. The fleet of modern Ford cars the teams were driving had the distinctive red and yellow marker in the windscreen, and back at Mount

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A contestant in The Amazing Race keeps hold of the next clue as the race made its way through Mid Canterbury yesterday.

Hutt Station the parking signs and red and yellow flags leading the teams out to the paddock were clearly visible.

It’s believed the New Zealand leg of the latest series may still be in its early stages, with nine teams still in the game. The concept of the show is 11 teams of two traveling the world, following clues, competing in challenges – known as road blocks (which only one team member can perform) and detours (which teams get to choose from one of two options) – and racing to several pit stops where they’re met by New Zealand born host Phil Keoghan. The first team to arrive at each pit stop receives a prize, but the ultimate goal is to be the first at the finish line at the end where $1 million awaits the winner.

The last team to arrive at each pit stop is generally eliminated, although there’s usually a couple of pre-determined non-elimination legs.

The show has won 13 primetime Emmy Awards in the US, including every Outstanding Reality Competition Programme Emmy between 2003 and this year.

The Guardian understands only a select few local people knew the race was coming and it’s understood they had to sign confidentiality agreements, leaving others who saw the race in progress wondering what was going on.

A man the Guardian spoke to at the Rakaia Gorge camping ground said he knew something was up, but he’d had no idea it was The Amazing Race.

He said the group were on the opposite side of the river on Sunday night. He saw people running up and down the Rakaia Gorge bridge and big, bright spotlights and wondered what was going on.

Yesterday morning there were people in jet boats with cameramen on board, heading up the

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A convoy of new Fords carrying contestants in the American version of The Amazing Race head to their destination near Methven yesterday. river.

“They hit the water at about 6am or 5.30am ad I’m not sure but they had nine or 10 jet boats take them up the river, then suddenly it was all packed up and gone,” the man, who didn’t want to be named, said.

He went closer to investigate and saw nine brand new, matching Ford cars lined up, and nine jet boats.

News of the Kiwi stopover trav-

elled fast, with the Guardian’s website quickly receiving hits from all around the world. A reality television fan website picked the story up and put it on their website, with fans speculating on what teams might have been doing while here.

It’s understood the series currently being filmed will air early next year.

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On the day Ashburton remembered the people who have died on the district’s roads this year, a sixth name was added to that tragic list.

A 58-year-old Christchurch man died in a car crash on State Highway One, south of Ashburton, yesterday afternoon after a headon collision near the Longbeach Road intersection.

The deceased was the sole occupant of a utility vehicle which collided head-on with a stock truck and trailer unit shortly before 4pm.

The crash occurred on the day that Ashburton held its commemorations for World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.

Highway Patrol sergeant Steve Burgerhout said police knew the man’s next of kin but his name was yet to be released.

Emergency services raced to the scene but could do nothing to save the man. His vehicle had sustained severe damage.

“There was fairly substantial impact, more on the driver’s side of the white vehicle (the deceased man’s vehicle) more than anything,” Mr Burgerhout said.

The man’s vehicle was left barely recognisable, but Mr Burgerhout said crashes between large trucks and cars rarely had good outcomes.

Police blocked off State Highway One and it was expected to have been closed until well into last night, with traffic diverted while investigations into the crash continued.

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Emergency services at the scene of yesterday afternoon’s fatal crash south of Tinwald. while a police photographer and the police serious crash unit attend and the scene was cleared.

It was expected to have reopened at around 9.30pm last night.

Mr Burgerhout said witness statements had been taken and although the crash was believed to have been head-on, it was too

early to speculate as to which vehicle had crossed the centre line.

The man’s death was the sixth to occur on Mid Canterbury’s roads this year.

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Fire victim’s name released Police have released the name of a man who died as the result of a fire in Tinwald on Friday.

He was Neil Donald Molloy, 56, of Tinwald.

Emergency services were called to the fire, in a workshop, shortly after 6am on Friday. Mr Molloy was found

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ANNOUNCEMENTS DEATHS FOWLER, Shirley Hazel (nee Stephens) – Peacefully on Saturday November 17th, 2012 at the South Canterbury Hospice Timaru. Adored daughter of the late Bessie and Allan Stephens. Loving wife of Wayne, and treasured mother and mother-in-law of Craig and Hesty (Perth WA), Mark (Perth WA) and Sharon (Hawkes Bay). Loved nana of Sarah and Matthew.

A service for Hazel will be held at the St Stephens Anglican Church, Park St, Ashburton on FRIDAY the 23rd November at 11am and thereafter a private interment will be held at the Ashburton Cemetery. In lieu of flowers Donations to the Cancer Society would be appreciated and maybe left at the service. Messages to: Sharon Fowler, 22 Sydney Terrace, Takapua Central Hawkes Bay. Aoraki Funeral Home, FDANZ MacCOLL, Ian Alistair (Mac) (Reg No 4310068) – On Nov 18th, 2012.

Unexpectedly but peacefully at Ashburton Hospital. Aged 88. Dearly loved husband of the late Audrey. Dearly loved father, father-in-law and grandad of Barbara and Jim, Gareth, Peter, Rebecca, and Anna Lischner, Margaret Tangiiti and Darcy Connolly, Sarah, and Lisa, and great grand poppy of Meia. Messages to MacColl family, C/- P O Box 472, Ashburton. The family wish to thank the staff of Ashburton Hospital for their kindness, and care of Ian and his family over the past week. A Service to celebrate Ian’s life will be held at St David’s Union Church, Allens Road, Ashburton on WEDNESDAY 21st November, commencing at 2pm. Followed by private family Interment.

Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton TAIT, Elizabeth Lillian Jane (Jean) – On November 19th 2012, at Rosebank Hospital, Ashburton. Loved wife of the late Jack. Much loved mother and mother-in-law of the late John and Lyn, Heather and Ernie Winmill (Timaru), Ron and Evelyn (Palmerston), Geoff and Julius (Christchurch), Margaret and the late Peter Pirika (Ashburton). Loved nana and wee nana of her grandchildren, great grand children and great great grandchildren. Loved sister of Helen, sister-in-law Betty and brother in law Peiter.

Messages to the Tait Family C/- H Winmill 62 Luxmoore Road, Timaru. In lieu of flowers, donations to Ashburton Cancer Society would be much appreciated and may be left at the service.

A service of celebration for Jean will be held at our Chapel cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on FRIDAY 23rd November commencing at 11am.

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Labour divisions ‘sad to see’

By Sue Newman By squabbling and fighting over leadership issues, the Labour Party is handing National a golden opportunity to make good, says the man who led Labour’s Rangitata electorate campaign in 2011, Julian Blanchard.

As Labour Leader David Shearer heads into a caucus vote this afternoon to confirm his leadership ahead of a challenge by rival David Cunliffe, Mr Blanchard said Labour is doing everything it can to destroy all the good it has achieved over the past year.

“It’s disappointing. How can you lead a country when you can’t get your own MPs together behind their leader? Our party is obviously divided and it’s very, very sad to see this happen.”

Mr Blanchard is virtually ruling out throwing his hat in the ring for the 2014 Labour candidacy for the electorate, but remains a staunch Labour supporter.

“Honestly, I’ve got no motivation to stand again. I’ll be a strong campaigner in 2014 but my name’s unlikely to be on the paper. As rank and file members it’s very difficult to get enthusiastic about anything when you’ve got factions fighting

one another.” At the party’s conference over the weekend, many good things had been achieved Mr Blanchard said, but these had become lost in the leadership battle.

Labour had made significant progress in making its decision making process more democratic but that achievement had been swamped by infighting, he said.

“It’s become such an issue over who should lead. It’s become destructive and there are far better and far more important things to focus on.”

Mr Blanchard said he had always been a David Cunliffe supporter and hoped he would have won the

leadership vote last year. If he loses tomorrow then he’s calling on Mr Cunliffe to put leadership aspirations aside and put his support in behind David Shearer.

“Whoever loses needs to look to the party interests and look ahead to 2014.”

“David Cunliffe’s time will come. A lot of MPs have aspirations, but they also know they’re there for a reason, to get Labour in Government so the country will move forward.”

While Labour was occupied with in-fighting, Prime Minister John Key would be turning the situation to National’s advantage, Mr Blanchard said.

“He’ll be doing that and we’re fighting and squabbling and that’s not a good look.”

Mr Shearer has called on his colleagues to endorse his leadership at a caucus vote tomorrow, which he says will show he has its support and end speculation.

The endorsement will be in line with the decision made by Labour Party members at this weekend’s conference that he must have at least 60 per cent support of the caucus.

A formal endorsement vote would also still be held in February in accordance with new rules approved by party members.

Family remembers two crash victims

By Sue Newman In every road accident there are many more victims than those who are injured or killed says Ashburton woman Daphne Stringer.

She knows more than most, how life changing a road smash can be; she’s been a victim herself and she’s lost two daughters in separate smashes.

Yesterday being the third World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims the remaining Stringer family members remembered.

Her 16-year-old daughter Stephanie was killed when the family car was hit by a large truck.

That was in 1980 and for years, the pain of losing her second child was unbearable.

Mrs Stringer, husband David, Stephanie and their eldest son Mark were driving down Memorial Avenue in Christchurch when the accident occurred. Stephanie was killed, Mark suffered a broken cheek bone, David had his teeth smashed and Mrs Stringer was so badly injured she was expected to die. She had seven broken ribs, a broken collar bone and a collapsed lung.

She recovered, discovered Stephanie had been killed and that’s when the endless, grinding pain began. Eldest daughter Carolyn was left holding the family together while her mother’s body healed, but dealing with the effects on Stephanie’s death on her six siblings became her endless challenge, Mrs Stringer said.

“It took me 10 years to come to terms with it and it affected all of the other kids in different ways. Some got angry, some withdrew and others got angry. I had to deal with that as well and I ended up getting depression.”

As the years ticked by, Mrs Stringer said the clouds began to clear, but in 2008 when Carolyn was killed in a car accident, the past came crashing back. She’s thankful Carolyn’s accident did not involve another vehicle and that her passenger escaped unscathed.

“I just didn’t want to believe it when they came to tell me, but it didn’t take as long to come to terms with it this time. Maybe because she was older. But I still have days with both girls, days like birthdays and Christmas.”

Carolyn died at 47 and left two teenage daughters behind.

When she hears a siren, sees an ambulance, Mrs Stringer said she still tenses, still wonders whose family might have been torn apart. And she knows how families can quickly become the forgotten victims in road accidents.

“People do forget about the families, but you just have to get on with life, there’s no sense in going on about it, but you’ll always carry the people you’ve lost in your heart and your mind.

You still think about them. The sad thing is you always expect your children will outlive you and you always feel you’ve lost an arm or a leg.”

For her, part of that remembering is her weekly trip to the cemetery to visit her daughters’ graves.

Ashburton District victims of road accidents were remembered yesterday with a line up of white crosses in Baring Square. This was part of the third World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.

Ashburton’s 24 white crosses represented the 19 people who had been seriously injured and the five who had died on the district’s roads in the 10 months of this year, to October 31.

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Dotcom accusation ‘just plain wrong’ Prime Minister John Key says an accusation that he lied about the extent of his knowledge of internet tycoon Kim Dotcom is “just plain wrong”.

Dotcom claims he has proof that Mr Key lied about not knowing who the Megaupload millionaire was until just before the raid on his Coatesville mansion on January 20.

“I know for a fact that John Key knew before January 19,” Dotcom told TVNZ’s Q+A programme on Sunday.

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

Speaking from Darwin on his way to Cambodia for the East Asia Summit yesterday, Mr Key said this was “just plain wrong”.

“Firstly, he’s saying that the Government is playing some very, very active role outside of the extradition treaty being invoked. I think that’s completely fanciful and not true.

“Secondly, I’ve always said to the best of my recollection the first I’d ever heard of the guy was the 19th of January. I’ve seen nothing to conflict that view that the first I heard of the guy was the 19th of January.”

Mr Key said he had no doubt that Dotcom would continue to make allegations against the Government.

“He will try and draw one and one together and he’ll get three as he has in the past. This is a guy who now has made publicly quite a few statements that have proved to be incorrect.”

Dotcom said that Mr Key was “running around naked and telling everybody he has clothes on”.

“Everyone can see he’s naked. It doesn’t make any sense.”

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

It showed there was political interference in the investigation and proving that could “stop the whole extradition procedure”, he said.

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

The Volt set to spark interest Ruapehu raises race fears The Holden Volt is a revolutionary vehicle that has been touring New Zealand for the past week. Reporter MYLES HUME took the electric car out for a spin.

“Is it even running?”

That was the first question asked when I hopped into one of the most sophisticated cars to enter New Zealand shores yesterday.

A push of a blue button and the Holden Volt effortlessly ignited into life, leaving me, the driver, oblivious to the fact that we were ready to go.

Just to make sure, the car made a generic start noise to make sure I knew.

The electric car, which can be plugged into any ordinary socket and fully charged within six hours, was on show at the CLAAS Harvest Centre in Tinwald, along with the Holden Colorado7 yesterday as part of a national road show from Cape Reinga to Bluff.

The $85,000 car was deceiving, something that was so discrete contained power that you would expect from what the petrol heads call a “gas guzzler”.

Costing about $2.50 worth of power to charge, this car

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Smallbone Ltd sales manager Lyndon Moore plugs in the Holden Volt, an electric car that is one of the most sophisticated cars to be introduced to New Zealand this year. uses petrol to keep the generator going meaning it can use as little as 1.2 litres of petrol per 100km on long road trips.

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only a few years ago right before my eyes.

A quick charge overnight and it would be ready to drive to work the next day, capable of running 87km on pure electricity.

To drive this car you merely have to keep hold of the

steering wheel as gadgets keep you informed about nearby obstacles and when the car veers over the centerline, it is quick to let you know you could be in danger.

Holden New Zealand marketing manager Marc Warr said it could be a glimpse into the future, where petrol stations may one day be replaced with battery stations.

“It’s about getting these cars on the road and getting the infrastructure to have charging options ... there’s already companies working on this in Australia,” he said.

Smallbone Ltd sales manager Lyndon Moore said the Holden Volt was an “exciting” vehicle, and once it had established itself in New Zealand he could see it grabbing the attention of Ashburton motorists.

“I would imagine it would have limited (sales) right now, but once you put the technology out there there definitely will be a place for it.”

Organisers of an adventure run on the slopes of Mt Ruapehu are meeting volcanologists amid fears it could erupt in coming weeks.

Signs of increased volcanic activity since last week prompted the central North Island mountain’s Aviation Colour Code to be raised from green to yellow to reflect signs of elevated unrest.

The Goat, a 21-km run from Whakapapa to Turoa Ski Fields across the western slopes of Mount Ruapehu is due to take place on December 1.

Organisers yesterday said the event was still planned to go ahead, but they have met with volcano experts and would con-

tinue to monitor the situation.

Changes in measurements at the volcano over the past few weeks showed pressure was building and an eruption was more likely over “the next weeks to months”, said GNS Science volcanologist Steven Sherburn.

“It’s pretty much status quo at the moment and we’re waiting on a good day to go up there and take some samples,” said volcanologist Nico Fournier.

In particular, experts were checking for increased earthquake activity, and changes in crater lake levels or the chemical composition of the lake, which were all potential signs of increased volcanic activity, he

said. Last week the temperature a few hundred metres beneath crater lake was about 800°C, but the lake itself was only about 20°C, suggesting a vent was partly blocked, which may be leading to a pressure build-up, Mr Sherburn said.

“A sudden release of the pressure may lead to an eruption.”

Experts are monitoring activity at the volcano.

Small earthquakes have been occurring about 5km beneath the summit area of Ruapehu since late October, but these might not be directly related to the high temperatures beneath crater lake because they were much deeper, said GNS scientists.

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Lester philosopical about leaving job

By Sue Newman

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Ashburton District Council chief executive Brian Lester, moving on.

When they voted to take the job of chief executive to the market, Ashburton District councillors effectively voted Brian Lester out of a job.

For 11 years Mr Lester has held the council’s top job and before his current contract expires in September councillors had the option of renewing that contract for another two years. Under the Local Government Act a chief executive can only be employed for a five year term, but there is an opportunity for a council to renew this for a further two years before the position is advertised.

When Ashburton’s councillors and mayor Angus McKay voted on the roll over of Mr Lester’s contract, he lost out with the district’s elected members opting to go to the market next year. He’s philosophical about the outcome.

“There are some (councillors) who obviously think it’s time to look further,” Mr Lester said.

Rather than go through the uncertainty of trying to win his job back, he responded by signalling his intention to resign.

“Once again the council had the option of offering a two year extension but it voted and made its decision, I made my decision and I’m fine about that. At the end of the day, rather than go through the process and find I may not have a job, making that decision now gives me some control and the ability to look at my options.”

While his contract doesn’t expire until September 1, Mr Lester said he felt it was fair to give the council plenty of notice.

“This way they can advertise it as a real vacancy as opposed to saying the incumbent notifies his intention to reapply. And if I’m going to make a change, now is a good time to do it.”

While he was comfortable with the decision he’d made, Mr Lester said that was mixed with a degree of sadness as well.

“Certainly I’d have been com-

fortable with another two years to complete some of the process and projects we have underway, but the major projects will be locked in by the time I finish. It would be nice to see them completed, but I can watch them from a bit further afield.”

Over what will be a 12 year career with the council, Mr Lester said he felt privileged to have been part of the management team during what was probably its period of most significant economic, population and big project growth.

“I hope most people will be able to look back and say the district is a far better place today because of that.”

The council’s new boss will come to the position during what could be a turbulent year at the council as some of its senior staff near retirement and October’s local body elections could see changes around the council’s meeting table.

Mr Lester came to Ashburton after several years as manager of the Waimakariri District Council’s

financing and trading operations manager and a period as its acting chief executive. He has also worked in the private sector, joining local government in 1987.

In terms of his replacement, Mr Lester said sector experience counted for a lot in the chief executive’s position because of the complexity of local government laws. There was a trend for some councils, however, to appoint outside the sector, he said.

Where his career moves after September next year is still very much up in the air, he said, but he hopes a new job won’t mean leaving the Ashburton District.

“It’s a neat place to live and we’ve made some significant commitments here. Whether I stay in local government depends on the opportunities, but I’ve been in it 25 years, so it’s been a significant part of my life.”

The mayor and councillors will meet before Christmas to establish the process of advertising for Mr Lester’s replacement.

Caught up in the million dollar The Amazing Race

By Erin Tasker I love The Amazing Race, and yesterday, I got to be a part of it.

We’d heard the race was in town. Rumour had it that the teams of two had camped the night before at the Rakaia Gorge before jet boating yesterday morning and heading to Mount Hutt Station, so photographer Tetsuro Mitomo and myself set out to find them.

We didn’t really know what we’d find, although we’d heard security was tight, and didn’t even know if we’d be able to find them.

But we did.

Driving around the last bend approaching Mount Hutt Station, it’s clear something’s going on.

There’s a large number of vehicles in a paddock and people running across paddocks with cameramen in tow – not something you’d expect to see on your typical Monday morning on a Mid Canterbury sheep station.

The race was certainly in town, and it was on!

We’re parked a little way down the road, cameras at the ready trying to capture the action in the paddock, when three cars pull up alongside us. A woman in the back seat frantically asks how to get to Terrace Downs. All of a sudden there’s a television camera in Tetsuro’s face. We’re about to play a part in the million dollar race.

Tetsuro tells them which way to go, has a piece of paper shoved at him which a man asks him to sign, while the lady asks us not to help the teams in the two cars behind them. They’re in a race, they’ve got to do these things quickly, but the lady does make the time to ask Tetsuro if he’s Japanese, and when he tells her he is, she thanks him in Japanese.

We’re then torn. A lady from the team in the rear car asks us if we’ve given the front team directions. We’re not sure whether to help a second team, or remain faithful to the first one. Eventually I just point, indicating that yes, they should follow the car in front.

After having seen so many epi-

sodes of this show, being in this position is surreal, but it’s really happening. We have to focus on the job at hand though.

Tetsuro told the first team we saw to take Zig Zag Road to get to Terrace Downs, but they say they’re not allowed to take Zig Zag Road, so after being approached by a security man unhappy we’re there and taking photos, we move on and decide that if we take Zig Zag Road we should just about come across the teams again. And we do. We get to the end of Zig Zag Road just in time to see four cars fly into Terrace Downs in convoy.

We decide to wait for the teams at the back of the pack to arrive so we can take more photos, while a security man at the gate at Terrace Downs keeps a close eye on us and stops any other vehicle trying to enter Terrace Downs.

We think the race is over for the day – Terrace Downs Resort would make a lovely place for a pit stop – so we go for a drive to see if any other teams are still coming. But then we see a marked car driving away from Terrace Downs.

Then another, and another. The race is clearly still on.

With most of the morning having been spent following the race, it’s time to go back to work.

The cars are last seen heading through Windwhistle, their next destination unknown to us. This time, they don’t need directions from us.

Our brief experience with the famous, award-winning race is over, and it appears so is the race’s time in Mid Canterbury.

By the time we drive back past Mount Hutt Station, the majority of the vehicles which had stood in that paddock when we arrived, are gone. Some people were still packing up, portaloos were still in the paddock, but the only obvious sign of what had gone on barely an hour prior are the parking signs at the entrance and the red and yellow flags and route markers.

Their stay might have been brief, but it was action packed and it was exciting to be part of.

It was hard not to get caught up

• One airlift The Westpac Rescue Helicopter made one trip to Ashburton last week. The trip was to transfer a patient from Ashburton Hospital to Timaru Hospital on Friday morning.

• Fire calls The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade had a busy day yesterday. They attended three afternoon call-outs – to an alarm activation at St Joseph’s School, a hay stack fire on Blacks Road, and the fatal crash south of Ashburton. On Sunday night they also attended two callouts. One was to an electrical item overheating at a factory at Winslow, and the other was to what turned out to be a burglar alarm at an East Street premises.

• Motorcyclist killed A motorcyclist died in a collision with a car at Ranui in Waitemata yesterday. The crash happened just before 3pm at the intersection of Birdwood Road and Crows Rd, police said. The motorcyclist died at the scene. - APNZ

• Trapped in effluent A Northland farm worker who became trapped in an effluent pond yesterday is being treated in hospital for serious leg injuries from the incident. Emergency services were called to the farm in Awanui, 7km north of Kaitaia where the man had been trapped in the effluent pond. His leg had become stuck under a pump and a digger was needed to free him.

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A 54-year-old man was airlifted by the Lowe Corporation Rescue Helicopter to Hawke’s Bay Hospital in Hastings after his four-wheel drive vehicle rolled down a bank on a farm at Argyll near Otane yesterday. He suffered neck and shoulder injuries but was discharged from hospital in the afternoon.

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Can you help us? A team asks Guardian staff for directions as The Amazing Race made its way through Mid Canterbury yesterday. be carrying someone involved in the show, and there was security at every point to ensure what was actually going on, was kept hushhush. It’s those things you don’t see on television.

It was an exciting morning, but if there was one disappointment it was that we didn’t get to see New Zealand born host Phil Keoghan.

He and the famous mat people jump onto at the finish line must have been somewhere, but we didn’t get to see them.

Maybe one day.

Union meeting during school time labelled a hassle and unnecessary Tinwald School principal Peter Livingstone has organised 11 teachers to A move by the teachrelieve his classes today, ers’ union to hold meetmeaning he has had to ings during school hours reach deep into his relief to send a scathing mesteachers’ fund. sage to the Government Mr Livingstone said has been labelled a hasit was a tough balancsle and unnecessary by ing act for the teachers’ Ashburton principals. union, who were trying Today most Mid to make a point to the Canterbury primary Government but at the schools will close their same time disrupting gates at lunch time as learning and forcing parteachers attend a paid ents to leave work early. union meeting at the “They are trying to Allenton School hall, Peter Livingstone - forced to make a point to the find relief teachers which they are entitled Government but it’s a to do twice a year. fine line between gaining anything and Traditionally, the meetings are held earning parents support,” he said. out of school hours but this year “Is this really necessary if you want the teachers’ union, the New Zealand to make a point? Do you think the Educational Institute (NZEI), have Government are going to worry about scheduled to meet teachers from 1.30 stopping work in the middle of the day, until 3.30pm. because they (NZEI) are now going to A message on the NZEI website read: lose favour with parents.”

“We are encouraging as many memHampstead School was closing for bers as possible to attend these meet- the second half of the day and prinings in order to send a strong message cipal Peter Melrose believed Ministry to the Government.” of Education blunders such as the

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in the excitement as the teams ran across Mount Hutt Station back to their cars, and tried to work out how to get to their next destination.

The race is something I’ve always been keen to have a go at; what a different way to see the world. But it’s not until you see it up close that you realise how intense it is and exactly how much goes on behind the scenes.

There was a massive crew at that challenge site, every second car driving down the road appeared to

Novopay system were most likely to be behind the union’s action.

However, he said it was “unusual” for teachers to take such a stance.

“Teachers tend to be quite a conservative group and quite stable. They are seen as people who undertake work from the Government to install community values.”

Mr Melrose felt it could send a message to the Government.

“Governments don’t like to see disruption, especially in their schools because it does have an impact on working mums and dads. It causes unrest in society.”

Allenton School principal Graham Smith agreed it was a hassle but it was something schools and parents had to deal with.

NZEI said they were concerned with the way the ministry was heading with competitive school models such as performance pay and national standards.

They also encouraged teachers to wear red and black to support colleagues in Christchurch who face a “sweeping change” in the school landscape with school closures and mergers.

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Housing confidence crumbles Leadership OUR VIEW

By Alanah Eriksen

spat not a good look

By Coen Lammers

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T

he leadership battle within the Labour Party is doing very little to win the hearts of the swing voters.

The party had hoped its major annual conference last weekend would launch their leader David Shearer and his new policies onto a national platform, but instead the headlines have been dominated by the internal power struggle.

Mr Shearer has struggled to make major inroads into the popularity of John Key as preferred prime minister and an inspiring key note speech was the only way he could fend off a leadership coup.

Before he had even uttered one word though, his rival David Cunliffe had already fired the first salvo by convincing the party congress to approve a new 40 per cent threshold within caucus to topple the current leader.

The stunning decision was backed by party members from the Auckland area and the unions and appeared to be a backlash after the MPs ignored the membership’s wish to elevate Mr Cunliffe to the top job after Phil Goff stepped down after last year’s election.

Mr Shearer hit back on Sunday with his most impressive speech so far, according to political observers, and followed that up by calling Mr Cunliffe’s bluff.

Despite potentially not having the 21 votes needed in the 36-strong caucus, he announced he will push for a vote today instead of waiting

Only 8 per cent of Aucklanders think it is a good time to buy a house, compared with 33 per cent of people in the rest of the North Island, says a nationwide housing confidence study.

Confidence has fallen steadily in the city this year - by 4 per cent in each of the past two quarters - while the rest of the country has been showing increased confidence.

But economists say a lack of housing and low interest rates could drive nationwide house prices up by another 4 per cent next year.

The ACNielsen survey of 2650 people throughout country, commissioned by the ASB Bank, showed confidence in earthquake-

Helen O’Sullivan stricken Christchurch was even lower in the three months to October, with 1 per cent saying it was a good time to buy.

A third of people in the North Island, not including Auckland, said it was a good time to buy - the same figure as the previous period - while nationwide, housing confidence had crept up by one point to

23 per cent.

Real Estate Institute chief executive Helen O’Sullivan said rising property prices in Auckland and unemployment figures would be giving potential buyers cause for concern.

But buyers shouldn’t be discouraged, Mrs O’Sullivan said.

“The time to buy a house is the time that works for you. Market conditions shouldn’t be the big driver for you.

“Obviously market conditions are going to set what you can buy, when you’re ready to buy but really the decision about buying a house has to be based on your own financial circumstances and the reasons why you’re buying a house.

“I think it’s really important not to get caught up in hype about the market, to just buy on the basis of the fundamentals - Why are you

As a ratepayer, I have to say congratulations Mr Lester, you have made the right decision and bitten the bullet.

Given that decision, council should encourage him to resign as soon as is possible and appoint IT Manager Steve Allen as, (a neutral, untainted, unbiased) Interim CEO until after the next local body elections.

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Mr Lester’s demise as Chief Executive Officer of Ashburton District Council has occurred due to poor communication as well as poor consultation with citizens of the region.

Unlike its predecessor, the consultation process within The Local Government Act 2002 does not prescribe how a local authority undertakes consultation but rather provides a basic framework in which council consults.

Its intent is to allow local authorities flexibility to interpret the process recognising that communities throughout New Zealand differ culturally, geographically and economically.

Thus the Act attempted to give citizens greater voice in their futures relative to their environment.

Unfortunately, while many creative and significant changes occurred around the country at community and district wide levels as councils took a

expected the state of the housing market to rule out interest rate cuts in the near future.

“Supply constraints and the low interest rate environment should drive further growth in house prices of around 4 per cent next year on a nationwide basis.”

Price expectations were high throughout the country, with 61 per cent of people in Auckland believing house prices will increase over the next 12 months.

Fifty-six per cent of people nationwide expected them to increase.

“Price expectations remain highest in Auckland and Canterbury where supply is tightest,” Mr Tuffley said.

“However, housing confidence outside of the two main centres is climbing suggesting that market buoyancy is spreading throughout the regions.”

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Fire rages in native bush, wetlands

for the predetermined February date.

Months of speculation could be fatal for the current and potential new leader, so a quick resolution appears to be the best cause of action.

Mr Cunliffe seems to have blinked first by yesterday announcing his support for Mr Shearer, but still keeping the door open for a leadership tilt at a later stage.

Even if Mr Shearer survives the vote in caucus, he will continue to look over his shoulder and wonder what the other David is up to.

Unless he demotes his ambitious colleague, or expels him from caucus. However, that last option all ended in tears when Labour tried this with Jim Anderton in the early 1990s.

Whatever happens to Mr Shearer or Mr Cunliffe today, the entire saga has completely overshadowed a golden opportunity to increase its leader’s profile and put some real policies in front of the voters.

That alone will be enough to put off many of the potential swing vote.

Mr Key and his publicity machine members must be rubbing their hands as Labour’s major platform to close the gap may have actually turned into a boost for National.

There is still a long way to go before the 2014 elections, but who will lead the Labour Party that year, remains to be seen.

A fire was last night raging in a significant conservation area near Invercargill.

Fire Service southern communications centre shift manager Karl Patterson said the fire covered about 30ha of manuka bush and wetlands in the Awarua Bay area.

The Awarua Wetlands are one of the country’s largest and are recognised as an important area for their biological diversity and cultural values.

It is frequented by foreign migrating and wading bird species and contains threatened plants and insects, including sub-alpine species, according to the Department of Conservation website.

Mr Patterson said firefighters from several stations in Southland were on their way to the scene, including three helicopters.

“It’s not threatening any property as far as we’ve been told but there is a reasonable westerly which is causing it to spread fairly fast.”

The location of the fire meant access was difficult.

- APNZ

YOUR VIEW Lester’s leaving

buying it? Can you afford it?”

ASB chief economist Nick Tuffley said the figures reflected the tight conditions in the Auckland market, where the average house price is $530,000.

“Levels of new listings and housing inventory have remained low in the region, and clearly that is making it difficult from a buyer’s perspective.

“Housing demand is unlikely to drop off, with intensifying expectation that interest rates will remain at low levels.”

More than 40 per cent of respondents said they expected interest rates to remain on hold over the next 12 months - the highest proportion since 1999.

“The broadening belief that interest rates will remain low could further fuel interest in entering the market,” Mr Tuffley said. He

more holistic approach to consultation, management within Ashburton District Council failed to address growing public concerns, rather, doing just enough to tick the appropriate boxes with regards to the Office of the Auditor General’s expectations.

After the financial crisis of 2008 the economic environment changed dramatically however, spending along with council management’s attitude didn’t it was simply business as usual.

As a result the Ashburton Citizens’ Association was formed in 2011, followed by a petition of 4250 signatures and more than 1000 citizens protesting outside the council offices.

Prior to this condemnation and a petition against the sports centre being located in

the Domain occurred while the Bridge Action Group was formed to fight the ongoing proposals for the second bridge.

Given the 2002 Act was written to encourage and build sustainable communities in which the individual, as well as groups, could have a positive impact, council management under Mr Lester has had the opposite

effect and for many the last 10+ years have been utterly frustrating and incredibly stressful.

On behalf of those councillors who voted not to renew Mr Lester’s contract, Ashburton Citizens Association congratulates you and we look forward to working together.

Ashburton Citizens Association Inc.

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Prince’s cake goes to help sick Sophie

By Nathan Crombie Another piece of royal birthday cake is being offered for sale on the internet to raise money for a Masterton girl who survived a brain tumour.

Sophie King, 6, has endured 14 operations over 24 months after a tumour was discovered on her brain stem when she was 2.

Her aunt Liz King, who was one of 64 guests at a birthday celebration for Prince Charles at Government House last Wednesday, has auctioned her piece of cake from the party for Sophie.

Ms King said the latest MRI scans showed the tumour had gone but her niece was still battling her way back to full health in the wake of the illness.

“She really deserves a holiday when she’s ready and I want to help make that happen for her.”

The cake comes with a decorative paua and leaf garnish and a carry box branded with a royal seal. The auction had reached $75 on TradeMe by noon yesterday .

Two other cakes from the royal party also are up for auction.

A slice of the Prince’s fruit cake sold on the site on Friday for $555.

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NEWS

Abducted boy too affected to talk

By Kurt Bayer A neighbour says she is distraught that she didn’t report a “suss looking” man taking photographs outside a Timaru primary school just hours before a 9-year old pupil was abducted.

The child was found bloodied and distressed by a member of the public 15km away from his home last Thursday afternoon.

He’s been too traumatised by the incident for police to speak to him and work out just what happened when he left Oceanview Heights school at 3pm.

Police were yesterday hoping to interview the boy while he recovered in hospital.

A woman who lives across the road from the school said she was upset she did not report an unknown man she saw taking photographs with a small digital camera outside the school around 12.30pm the same day.

“He was taking photographs of the kids. It was lunchtime and they were all outside in the playground,” said Catherine Sadler, 52, on the street police think the boy might’ve have been snatched from.

She said she watched the man from behind her lounge curtains.

For around 30 minutes, he was walked in front of the school, taking pictures from three different angles, she said.

“I thought it was suspicious and I know I should’ve called the cops ... but I didn’t,” Mrs Sadler said.

“He looked suss and kept looking at our house to see if we were watching.

“I didn’t dare go outside and approach him alone ... he had a look about him ...”.

When her husband Brian came home shortly after the man disappeared on foot, she told him about the incident.

They decided not to phone the police, assuming the man had children at the school.

But on Sunday when a friend

told them about the alleged abduction of “a wee boy”, Mrs Sadler was “devastated”.

“I’m kicking myself for not telling the cops last week. I feel awful.”

Mrs Sadler described the mysterious man as being aged 50 to 60.

The born and bred Timaru local said she hadn’t seen him hanging around before, nor had she seen him since.

However, she said she would recognise him again.

Mrs Sadler told APNZ that police had not yet called at her house, despite being directly opposite the school.

“I’d like to tell them what I saw,” she said.

“It might not be relevant but in light of what has happened, they should definitely know.”

Mid-South Canterbury area commander Inspector Dave Gaskin said yesterday the entire neighbourhood had already been canvassed, although he admitted he didn’t know exactly what police discovered.

“Everyone in that area will have been spoken to,” he said.

Officers interviewed teachers and family members over the weekend to try and get an idea of the boy’s movements and work out what happened to him.

The boy, described as having a dark complexion, of slim build, about 30kg with dark hair, was last seen at 3.15pm on the corner of Luxmoore Rd and Selwyn St. He normally walks home, police say.

On Thursday he was wearing dark blue polarfleece, dark blue shorts, a teal polo shirt and multicoloured backpack.

He was found at Holme Station Bridge - a 15 minute drive through winding country roads - around 45 minutes later.

Police would not disclose the extent of the boy’s injuries, or say whether a sexual element was involved.

He was recovering at Timaru Hospital yesterday (Monday).

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Families gather at Pike River Just after 3.44pm yesterday a lone piper played a lament to mark the moment an explosion ripped through the Pike River Mine, claiming 29 lives.

About 150 family members, some from overseas, attended a private gathering at the Pike River memorial garden in Atarau on the West Coast, where 29 boulders have been laid to remember the miners who died in the disaster in November 2010.

The families then visited the the mine for a minute’s silence.

Bernie Monk, a spokesman for most of the 29 families, said it was an emotional time.

“People from away have not had the support of the other families

and community. We have been lucky to have that support.”

The Pike River Mine disaster - a series of three explosions between November 19 and 26, 2010 was New Zealand’s worst mining disaster since 43 men died at Ralph’s Mine in Huntly in 1914.

Prime Minister John Key, who is overseas, said in a statement that his thoughts were with the people of the West Coast.

“There is no comfort in my words for the families of those who died, as they are still living this tragedy day after day,” he said.

“However it is fitting and right that we remember that it was this day two years ago that 29 men

lost their lives.

“I am thinking of the families and the people of the West Coast today. New Zealand has immense sympathy for their continuing grief.”

Grey District Mayor Tony Kokshoorn said the tragedy was still “raw in everyone’s minds”.

“The West Coast community is very tight-knit, with a lot of community spirit,” he said.

“We’re moving on but we’re doing it in a sensitive way so we don’t forget the 29 men still lying up in that mountain.

The families’ private ceremony was followed by a public memorial at the Blackball Worker’s Museum at 6pm, hosted by

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the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU), which represents miners.

“We will stand with the families and with the local community and we will mourn this loss together,” said EPMU assistant national secretary Ged O’Connell.

“But while we mourn for the dead, we must also fight for the living. The Royal Commission’s report shows this tragedy was avoidable, and our union will continue to campaign for the report’s recommendations to be implemented in full.

“If we are to truly honour the memory of the Pike River 29 then we must ensure this is never allowed to happen again.” - APNZ

Schoolboy Fletcher Oxford has been named as one of the semifinalists to go through to the grand final of New Zealand’s Got Talent. Fletcher was the most popular act with the voting public after performing an original composition dedicated, once again, to his missing cat, Sushi, in last week’s semifinal. - APNZ

• Scammer alert Police are warning people to be wary of emails and letters after recent reports of people losing their hard-earned money to scammers. Detective Senior Sergeant Zane Smith of Rotorua police said “upfront payment scams” began with victims receiving a message that they were entitled to funds being held overseas and they need to part with a small amount of money to free up the funds.

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• On the mend A woman hit by a bus leaving Toast Martinborough on Sunday was due to be released from Wellington Hospital yesterday afternoon. The 31-yearold festival-goer was hit by a bus about 6pm on Sunday on Kitchener St. She was taken to Greytown then flown to Wellington Hospital with suspected skull fractures and internal injuries.

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A post-mortem examination was to be carried out yesterday on an elderly man to determine whether his death was related to a recent home invasion in which he was attacked. Former police worker Jack Morrissey, 82, was found dead in his home by his son on Friday evening. Mr Morrissey had been attacked on October 23 in a violent home invasion and robbed of $400.

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• Driver distracted A truck driver who was not wearing his seatbelt was probably distracted or off balance when his dump truck plummeted 180m down a steep bank, killing him, a coroner has ruled. Bryan James Wilson died after he was thrown from his cab during the crash on February 9, last year, on Mount Burnett in Kahurangi National Park, in Golden Bay, while he was working for Sollys Transport.

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Tooters top up the food banks Car horns sent collectors (from left) Charlie Culshaw, 8, Chinatsu Hunt, 8, Amelie Dick-Robertson, 8 and Taylor Cantrell, 7 running along with hundreds of other Mid

Canterbury residents last night as the 11th annual Toot 4 Tucker appeal took place.

Up to 50 vehicles took part in the event which sees residents run-

ning out of their homes with nonperishable foods to donate to the St Vincent de Paul and Salvation Army Food Banks.

Last year, the community filled

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more than 200 banana boxes of food and this year Barbara Borland was hoping better than that with the appeal setting the foundation for the food banks in recent years.

Woman attacked in her own home

By Hamish McNeilly A woman who was attacked by an unknown male assailant in her Dunedin flat yesterday is “extremely lucky” to have survived the random act of violence, police say.

The 26-year-old was in a stable condition in Dunedin Hospital last night after undergoing surgery for stab wounds to her neck and face.

A scene examination of the cordoned-off City Rise flat was carried out last night by ESR and CIB staff, and was expected to resume this morning, Detective Inspector Kevin Hooper said.

The woman answered her front door about 8.30am, had a brief chat with a male stranger, who then stabbed her after getting

inside the flat she shared with her 3-year-old daughter.

She managed to fend off her assailant, and left the flat with her daughter, who was unhurt.

Mr Hooper said a passing motorist saw the woman in a distressed state and had taken the victim and her daughter to hospital.

Police had spoken briefly to the woman before her surgery and, despite her injuries, she was able to provide information about the attack.

“She is extremely lucky ... this is extremely serious and it is fortunate the stab wounds didn’t go a bit deeper.”

Mr Hooper said early indications were that the man had chosen the house at random.

He declined to name the weapon used in the attack, or whether it

belonged to the man or came from his victim’s home.

“What we know is she suffered stab wounds. I have an idea of what may have caused those stab wounds, but we don’t want to go into it.”

He declined to say if the attack was sexually motivated.

The man was described as being light skinned, around 184cm tall with short hair and facial stubble.

He was wearing jeans and a black hoodie.

Twenty police staff were working on the attack and while they were not investigating a particular suspect they were keeping an “open mind”, Mr Hooper said.

Police had increased patrols around the City Rise area and would be canvassing the area again today.

“I would be asking people to use their common sense and be mindful of their personal safety. If anyone saw anything suspicious, not only between 7am, and 9am (yesterday) but any time over the last few weeks, we would be interested in hearing about it.”

Residents were asked to check their properties for “anything that shouldn’t be there”, as the offender has left the scene in an unknown direction.

Duncan St residents, including those who flat in the same building where the attack took place, said they heard nothing until the large police presence arrived.

One resident said the woman was believed to have recently moved from the North Island, but police were not able to confirm this last night.

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Bashed Martinborough firefighter Peter Fisher continues to make steady progress on his road to recovery and has now been transferred from Wellington Hospital to a rehab centre in Porirua. Staff at the Acquired Brain Injury Rehab Centre were yesterday working on the paralysis on Mr Fisher’s right side. His father Brian Fisher said his injured son was getting stronger by the day.

His speech was improving and tests for short-term memory had been favourable, Mr Fisher said.

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• Careless driving A police traffic officer has been charged with careless driving after he crashed his patrol car into a tree.

Constable Gary Neil Morgan, of the North Shore Police strategic traffic unit, crashed the car in Takapuna, on June 11.

North Shore area commander Inspector Les Paterson said Morgan was turning around to stop a vehicle he had just speed checked when he hit a tree.

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Wizard missing from Hobbit premiere

By Rebecca Quilliam The list of stars walking the red carpet at next week’s world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has been revealed - with one notable cast member missing.

Sir Ian McKellen, who plays the wizard Gandalf the Grey, won’t be able to make the film’s screening at Wellington’s Embassy Theatre, but said it was “thrilling” that director Sir Peter Jackson and other Hobbit cast and crew will be reunited.

“I know they will have a

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Langbein launches Author Annabel Langbein was in Ashburton launching her new book Simple Pleasures as part of a whirlwind tour of New Zealand.

Ashburton Paperplus owner Terry McNab said it was one of the biggest book signings he had seen in his shop where he had sold more than 400 copies of her book in the past two months. Mr McNab said he was “delighted” with the turn out on Saturday, underlined by Ms Langbein’s willingness to converse with Ashburton locals.

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wonderful welcome from the fans and I envy them. As ever, my heart is in Wellington, and I send my love.”

However, Gandalf won’t be far from people’s minds as a giant sculpture of the wizard will overlook the red carpet celebration from a perch on the front of the theatre.

Those who will walk the 500m carpet along Courtenay Place will be filmmakers Sir Peter, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens.

Fans will also get to star gaze at Martin Freeman, who plays Bilbo Baggins, Richard Armitage who stars

as the dwarf warrior Thorin Oakenshield, and Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving who reprise their roles from The Lord of the Rings trilogy as the elf queen Galadriel and elf lord Elrond.

Andy Serkis also returning to the role of Gollum, and Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins, will also be at the star-studded premiere.

Also attending the show will be the cast playing the company of dwarves including Jed Brophy, Mark Hadlow, Peter Hambleton, James Nesbitt and Dean O’Gorman.

Australian comedian Barry

Humphries, who plays the goblin king, will also join the celebrations.

Pre-carpet entertainment will begin at 3pm and the filmmakers and stars of the film will begin to arrive at 4.30pm.

The first of the movies, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be released on December 12 in New Zealand, with the second film, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, released on December 12, next year, and the third film, The Hobbit: There and Back Again slated for July 17, 2014.

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Death sparks call to improve safety

By Shawn McAvinue There are calls for improved safety measures for cyclists after a man on a bicycle was killed outside Dunedin Hospital yesterday.

The cyclist was run over by a stock truck about 10am.

Senior Sergeant Kelvin Lloyd said police were investigating

the possibility a door of a parked car had been opened just before the accident.

Spokes Dunedin education and safety co-ordinator Professor Harold Weiss said the cycling advocacy group had talked to the Dunedin City Council about a Canadian study that found bike lanes alongside parked vehicles were about seven times riskier than fully

separated, buffered lanes that gave cyclists their own space.

“New investments in cycling infrastructure on busy urban streets should be spent on building protected lanes.”

Dunedin City Council senior traffic engineer Ron Minnema said the installation of cycle barriers around Dunedin roadways would be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Otago-Southland state highway manager Ian Duncan said NZTA was saddened by the news of the cyclist’s death.

“The NZTA investigates the circumstances of all deaths and serious injuries on the state highway network with a view to making our roads safer for everyone who uses them, and we will be doing the same thing in this case.”

-APNZ

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Israeli air strikes kill 29 in Gaza Israeli air strikes have killed 29 Palestinians in the bloodiest day so far of its massive air campaign on the Gaza Strip, as diplomatic efforts to broker a truce intensified.

With Egypt at the centre of efforts to broker a ceasefire, Palestinian officials said it was possible a deal would be reached “today or tomorrow”.

But there was no let-up in the bloodshed in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, with medics saying women and children accounted for 14 of yesterday’s 29 killed, among them five babies and toddlers, in Israeli strikes from the air.

In the day’s most lethal raid, at least nine members of the same family – five of them children – were among 10 people killed when an Israeli missile destroyed a family home in Gaza City, the health ministry said.

At the scene, medics and bystanders all pitched in to remove the rubble to dig out the bodies in the futile hope of finding survivors, as people watched in shock, some weeping openly.

The latest violence hiked the Palestinian casualty toll to 77 dead and more than 600 injured in almost 100 hours of raids, while three Israelis have been killed and more than 50 injured by rocket fire since Thursday.

With Israel warning it could further escalate its operations in Gaza, US President Barack Obama said it was “preferable” for the Gaza crisis to be resolved without a “ramping up” of Israeli military activity.

In Cairo, senior Hamas officials said Egyptian-mediated talks with Israel to end the bloodshed were “positive” but now focused

Shalah to discuss “Egyptian efforts to end the aggression”, his office said without giving details.

But Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman insisted that “the first and absolute condition for a truce is stopping all fire from Gaza”, and that all armed groups would have to commit to it.

Earlier, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Israel was ready to “significantly expand” its operation, ahead of talks with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, on a whirlwind truce tour of the region.

“The army is prepared to significantly expand the operation,” Netanyahu said at the weekly cabinet meeting, expressing appreciation for what he said was world leaders’ “understanding of Israel’s right to selfdefence”.

Rockets intercepted

A Palestinian man kisses the hand of a dead relative in the morgue of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City yesterday. on the possible stumbling block of guaranteeing the terms of a truce.

An outcome acceptable to

Hamas would involve assurances about the United States, Israel’s main backer, being the “guaranteeing party”, one official said on

condition of anonymity.

Security officials in Cairo said an Israeli envoy also arrived in the Egyptian capital for the talks.

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Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi, meanwhile, met with both Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal and Islamic Jihad chief Abdullah

been intercepted over the city by Iron Dome. Hamas’s armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, said they launched a Fajr-5 rocket at Tel Aviv in response to the “occupation’s massacre”.

Earlier yesterday, at least seven members of the same family, four of them children, were among nine people killed when an Israeli missile destroyed a family home in Gaza City.

Iranian-made Fajr 5 rockets have a range of up to 75km.

On Friday, Hamas said it had developed its own longer-range rocket, the M75, which was used to target Jerusalem.

– AFP

APN to sell South Island newspapers APN News & Media, publisher of the New Zealand Herald, is to sell its South Island newspaper interests, along with its Wellington-based community papers.

In a memo to staff, APN describes the decision to quit the twice-weekly giveaway Christchurch paper, The Star, the Oamaru Mail and a clutch of other small, community titles in the South Island and Wellington as a “strategic decision to consolidate its publishing business in the North Island.”

The Star, published Wednesdays and Fridays, has an audited circulation of 71,644, while the Oamaru Mail is one of the country’s smallest, with a circulation of just 2,883.

APN has a strategic relationship with the privately held Allied Press, publishers of the Otago Daily Times in Dunedin. Almost all other South Island newspapers are owned by APN’s chief competitor, Fairfax Media.

The Star unit also publishes several Canterbury community papers: the North Canterbury News, Pegasus Post, News Advertiser, Selwyn Times, The Observer, and Western News.

Its Wellington community newspaper stable, the Capital Community Newspaper Group, is published

under the “City Life” brand in several localised editions and competes with Fairfax weekly giveaway papers.

APN will retain the Kapiti News community paper, and announced no further plans relating to any of its other titles in the North Island, which includes Whangarei’s Northern Advocate, the Rotorua Post, Bay of Plenty Times, Wairarapa Times-Age, Wanganui Chronicle, and Hawkes Bay Today.

The company announced early this year that its New Zealand assets were all under review and flagged a masthead valuation writedown as journalism moves on-line, with consequent loss of advertising revenue for traditional media.

Dual-listed, but traded mainly on the ASX, APN shares have lost 62.87 percent of their value in the last 12 months, and were trading unchanged today at 31 Australian cents (40 New Zealand cents).

It last commented on the review in October to quash market speculation it had found a buyer for the flagship Herald, servicing New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland. Other assets include a half-share of the Newstalk radio station network, top-selling magazines The Listener and New

Zealand Woman’s Weekly, and an outdoor advertising business.

In the statement to staff, APN says “while the publishing division has enjoyed a long association with the South Island, we see more expansion opportunities in the North Island, which will drive most of New Zealand’s population growth over the next decade and is where most of our New Zealand media businesses are based.

“APN remains strongly committed to New Zealand and we will continue to sell our national magazines and online properties across the country.

The company will also continue a major association with Christchurch and the South Island through its 50% ownership of both The Radio Network and APN Outdoor.

The company remained proud of 140 year-old Star’s performance after the Feb. 22, 2011 earthquake, when the paper converted to daily publication. It was a daily evening newspaper until the late 1980’s.

The company said it intends selling all the businesses as going concerns with staff transferring with the businesses into new ownership, although it was too early to say when sales might occur.

– APNZ

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Israel’s vaunted Iron Dome anti-missile system has shot down two rockets over Tel Aviv as sirens wailed across the city, in the fourth such interception in one day, police say.

“Sirens sounded in Tel Aviv, and the Iron Dome shot down two rockets,” said police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld.

“There were no reports of injuries or damage on ground level in Tel Aviv or (the surrounding region of) Gush Dan,” he added.

Yesterday was the fourth straight day sirens sounded across Tel Aviv. Earlier in the day, Israeli police confirmed two rockets had

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Fabius later said his country was willing to help broker a truce. “War is not an option, it is never an option ... There are two key words: urgency and ceasefire,” he told journalists in Tel Aviv.

Early yesterday, Israeli aircraft hit two media centres in Gaza City, wounding at least eight journalists, one of whom lost a leg, health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said.

The military defended the strike, saying it had targeted Hamas operational communications and sought to minimise civilian casualties.

Since the start of its Operation Pillar of Defence, launched after the killing of Hamas military chief Ahmed Jaabari in an air strike, the Israeli army says it has struck more than 1100 targets in Gaza as militants have fired more than 800 rockets over the border.

– AFP

New Zealand’s service sector grew at its fastest recorded pace last month as sales activity rallied, ending a horror run of data that had analysts increasing their expectations for an interest rate cut next month.

The BNZ-Business New Zealand performance of services index rose 7.5 points to 57.4, seasonally adjusted, in October in its biggest monthly gain since the survey began in 2007. A reading above 50 indicates the sector is growing, and the industry was in contraction in September.

“The extent of improvement is

quite staggering,” economist Doug Steel said in his commentary. “The improvement in the likes of today’s PSI gives the RBNZ a bit of time to assess the evolving domestic economic landscape, in the wake of some horrible looking numbers for Q3.”

The kiwi dollar rose to 81.37 US cents from 81.23 cents before the report was released.

Third-quarter figures have been weaker than forecast, with unemployment hitting a 13-year high and retail spending missing expectations. Sister series, the performance of manufacturing index, last week showed an improvement in industrial production in November.

Yesterday’s figures showed the big-

gest gains in activity/sales, which rose to 62.7 and new orders/business at 62.7. Employment returned to an expansionary 52.1, and supplier deliveries ended three months of contraction with 54.7. Finished stocks were the only sub-index to report a fall, slipping to 51.

Across the regions, central was the only area in contraction at 48.8, with northern leading expansion at 60.7, followed by Canterbury/Westland at 56 and Otago/Southland at 55.6.

The composite index, which combines the services and manufacturing indices, rose 7.7 points on a GDP-weighted basis to 56.9 and 5.9 points to 54.9 on a free-weighted basis. The pick-up was underpinned by the services sector.

– APNZ

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New vision: Smallbone Ltd announced its vision for the future yesterday, including relocating from Ashburton’s town centre to this new state-of-the-art premises to be built in Tinwald.

Smallbone relocation will create new jobs

By Sam Morton Tinwald will soon be home to one of New Zealand’s most modern Holden facilities in a move that will create new jobs in Mid Canterbury.

Smallbone Ltd, who operates the Isuzu dealership in Mid and South Canterbury and the Holden dealership in Mid Canterbury, announced their major relocation plans yesterday at a breakfast meeting with staff.

Just four months ago, the former Smallbones Bros and the Carr Group joined forces to create the venture company Smallbone Ltd – and they are now just months away before opening their state-of-the-art premises, expected to be complete in the second quarter next year.

The new building will feature a six-car showroom, a high-tech service workshop, a customer lounge, on-site undercover parking and a secure children’s play area.

Dealer principal Bob Grant said the company had looked at several sites in Ashburton before deciding on the State Highway 1 location, in Tinwald opposite the CLAAS Harvest Centre.

Carr Group founder Greg Carr said the company was committed to making the area a destination, pointing out the site had potential for further development.

“It has been chosen for its high-profile location and ability to accommodate

business expansion. “We’re committed to making this area a destination by providing space for other tenants who have complementary products and services,” he said.

“The re-designed Smallbone Ltd premises will be the cornerstone development, but we see potential for a larger retail and commercial area that provides additional benefits for our customers and their families.”

The Carr Group will also add to the corner site, building two additional retail and commercial buildings.

The expansion has created new roles in the sales and parts departments, which Mr Grant is advertising for this month.

He was looking for people interested in learning new skills.

“We are looking for people who want to be part of a visionary new company, who want to grow with the job and enjoy a dynamic career,” Mr Grant said.

Holden New Zealand managing director Jeff Murray is right behind the expansion.

“Mid Canterbury more than carries its weight when it comes to sales of Holden vehicle per capita and we’re very confident that Smallbone Ltd’s investment in larger, state-of-the-art premises will benefit the local community in the long term,” he said.

Work on the new building will start shortly and it is expected to be open before July next year.

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Demonstrators gather at a protest against a proposed nudity ban outside of City Hall in San Francisco.

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Public nudity ban eyed in fed-up city San Francisco may be getting ready to shed its image as a city where anything goes, including clothing.

City lawmakers are scheduled to vote tomorrow on an ordinance that would prohibit nudity in most public places, a blanket ban that represents an escalation of a two-year tiff between a devoted group of men who strut their stuff through the city’s famously gay Castro District and the supervisor who represents the area.

Supervisor Scott Wiener’s proposal would make it illegal for a person over the age of five to “expose his or her genitals, perineum or anal region on any public street, sidewalk, street median, parklet or plaza” or

while using public transit.

A first offence would carry a maximum penalty of a $100 fine, but prosecutors would have authority to charge a third violation as a misdemeanor punishable by up to a $500 fine and a year in jail. Exemptions would be made for participants at permitted street fairs and parades, such as the city’s annual gay pride event and the Folsom Street Fair, which celebrates sadomasochism and other sexual subcultures.

Wiener said he resisted introducing the ordinance, but felt compelled to act after constituents complained about the naked men who gather in a small Castro plaza most days and sometimes walk the streets

au naturel. He persuaded his colleagues last year to pass a law requiring a cloth to be placed between public seating and bare rears, yet the complaints have continued.

“I don’t think having some guys taking their clothes off and hanging out seven days a week at Castro and Market Street is really what San Francisco is about. I think it’s a caricature of what San Francisco is about,” Wiener said.

The proposed ban predictably has produced outrage, as well as a lawsuit. Last week, about two dozen people disrobed in front of City Hall and marched around the block to the amusement of gawking tourists and high school stu-

dents on a field trip. Stripped down to his sunglasses and hiking boots, McCray Winpsett, 37, said he understands the disgust of residents who would prefer not to see the body modifications and sex enhancement devices sported by some of the Castro nudists. But he thinks Wiener’s prohibition goes too far in undermining a tradition “that keeps San Francisco weird”.

“A few lewd exhibitionists are really ruining it for the rest of us,” he said. “It’s my time to come out now to present myself in a light and show what true nudity is all about so people can separate the difference between what a nudist is and an exhibitionist is.”

– AP

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The bodies of five street children have been found in a dumpster in south-west China after they climbed inside it to escape the night-time cold, state media report.

The five boys, aged about 10, died of carbon monoxide poisoning after apparently burning charcoal inside the trash container to keep warm, Xinhua news agency said.

A trash collector discovered the bodies in the dumpster in the city of Bijie in Guizhou province, according to the Beijing News.

Autopsies showed carbon monoxide poisoning was the cause of death, Xinhua quoted sources in a local branch of the ruling communist party as saying.

It said leftover burnt charcoal was found inside the dumpster, indicating that the boys might have been burning charcoal for heat before they died.

Calls to Bijie police and city officials yesterday went unanswered.

Photos uploaded on to the internet showed that the dumpster is about 1.5 metres by 1.3 metres and has an airtight lid, Xinhua reported.

The tragedy has sparked an outcry on the net, it said. A post on Sina Weibo, a Chinese Twitterlike microblogging service, had more than 2.5 million hits as of Sunday evening (Chinese time).

While some users accused the local government of negligence, others said the parents of the children were also to blame, according to the news agency.

“It reminded me of The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen. Isn’t it that such things only happen in fairy tales?” wrote one user called Saludika.

“What a cold world this must be for the five children!” said another, Lu_Yao. – AFP

UK defends pig shooting Britain’s Ministry of Defence has defended its practice of shooting pigs and giving the wounded animals to military surgeons to practice treating common battlefield injuries.

Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals spokesperson Klare Kennett said the training exercises, which take place twice a year in Denmark, were “abhorrent and shocking”.

“Pigs are intelligent animals and most people would be appalled by this, especially as there is an alternative available which does not involve harming any animals,” she said.

The ministry said the training gave surgeons “invaluable experience” and “helped save lives on operations”.

The animals are heavily anaesthetised before being shot at close range “to damage organs but not kill the animals”, and are then operated on before being killed humanely, the ministry said.

“This training provides invaluable experience, exposing our surgical teams to the specific challenges posed by the injuries of modern armed conflict,” a spokesperson said yesterday.

– AFP

• ‘Ignore warnings’ Pope Benedict XVI has called on Christians not to heed doomsday warnings that the world will end on December 21. During his weekly Angelus address from the window of his Vatican apartments on Saint Peter’s Square, Benedict spoke of extracts from the Bible that speak of “the sun and moon going out, the stars falling from the sky”. Several films and documentaries have promoted the idea that the ancient Mayan calendar predicts that doomsday is next month, on December 21, 2012. But Benedict said that Jesus “does not describe the end of the world, and when he uses apocalyptic images, he is not acting the prophet”. – AFP

• Wiggles to see car The Wiggles are selling their Big Red Car to raise money for research into Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

The red Volkswagen Beetle Cabriolet, immortalised in the song Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga Big Red Car, will be up for grabs on eBay for 10 days from December 7, with the new owner to be announced ahead of The Wiggles’ final Sydney shows on their Celebration Tour. Blue Wiggle Anthony Field, whose niece died from SIDS at the age of eight months in 1988, said the Wiggles has supported the charity SIDS and Kids since the group began 21 years ago.

– AAP

• 7 killed in attack Seven people were killed and many more wounded when an apparent explosive device was hurled at a packed minibus in a predominantly Somali area of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, police and the Red Cross say. Nairobi police chief Moses Nyakwama said the blast occurred yesterday on a local minibus in the district of Eastleigh, where mainly Somalis or Kenyans of Somali origin live and which has been the target of other attacks in recent weeks. “The information we have is that there were about 25 people in the bus.

It looks like it is an improvised explosive device that was thrown in it,” he said.

– AFP

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Changes to Raw Milk Regulations announced so are pleased. It means that independent processors will find it difficult to ‘flat curve’ their supply, something very valuable to them, and may drive competition at the farm gate or even at the factory gate.

“And the certainty of pricing is good, where the Commerce Commission is overseeing the Fonterra farm gate milk price.

The requirement for Fonterra to publish forecasts of this price quarterly will give small independent processors the ability to run their firms more securely.

“We are, however, disappointed that the Government has tipped even more milk into the regulations.

“It has gone from being 600 million litres this season to 795 million litres for the 2013/14 season. While this is only 5 per cent of Fonterra’s total milk take and the maximum allowed by DIRA, it is still seen by Federated Farmers as too much.

“However, all in all, we are really pleased that these regulations have come out.

Farmers can now put all this regulation stuff right at the back of the cupboard, given the DIRA was also amended this year.

“Farmers have spent the last year or two focusing on these two issues rather than on their own business or, in the case of Fonterra shareholders, on the co-op’s business.

“It’s time to move on.”

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Superfood produced by local company Ashburton-based company Oil Seed Extractions Ltd (OSE) has added the superfood hemp seed protein to its range of speciality seed oils and oilseed products.

OSE became the first New Zealand company to produce hemp seed protein earlier this year, with seed grown in Mid Canterbury.

The company has complete traceability of the product from planting of the seed, to processing the seed and meal and further separation to produce the concentrated hemp seed protein.

Hemp seed protein is an alternative to other sources of protein such as soy and whey.

The unique amino acid profile of hemp protein has seen it touted as a superfood, and it has become popular and sought-after as a dietary supplement

worldwide. Hemp seed protein produced

by OSE has a protein content in excess of 40 per cent, is gluten free, nut free, low in carbohydrates and GI, suitable for vegetarians and vegans, and is produced in a GMO/GE free production process. It can be added to juice, smoothies and baked goods such as muffins or breads.

Midland Seed is OSE’s parent company, and controls the production of hemp seed within the closed loop production and processing system.

The hemp crops are produced on contract with local farmer suppliers, and all crops produced are licensed with the Ministry of Health.

Both these companies are pioneers of the industrial hemp industry in New Zealand, and were amongst the first companies to be issued licences via Medsafe for the production of hemp

in the 2001-02 growing season. The production of hemp protein follows the same trend for the pair, who were also the first to grow and process hemp seed to oil for retail sale, under licence over a decade ago.

The hemp seed protein is destined for export, as hemp foods for human consumption in New Zealand is prohibited, with the exception of hemp seed oil.

But the laws are currently under review and just last week food safety authorities made a recommendation to politicians that will decide the future fate of these products in the Australian and New Zealand markets.

If it is passed, hemp seed protein could be on the shelves here later this year.

OSE says hemp is definitely here and Kiwis should be excited about the fact the superfood could be on sale here soon.

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Mr Langdon runs a herd of 100 south devon cross steers and said when he was choosing his show entry, the prize-winning steer stood out. He’s been a regular show competitor, but this is the first time he’s hit the jackpot, he said.

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ABOVE: Mid Canterbury sheep farmers Todd Copland (centre) and Stuart Mangin (right) showcased their sheep at the 150th Canterbury A&P Show on Thursday. Methven man Johnny Miles excelled at the show taking home a number of placings, including the supreme award for his suffolk ram.

LEFT: Margaret Williamson, of Ardara Farm Alpacas, impressed judges at the 150th Canterbury A&P Show last week with her prize alpacas from Mid Canterbury. Mrs Williamson said she often attends the show and had enjoyed her week. Show organisers estimated more than 100,000 people had poured into the show during the three-day event.

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The changes to the Raw Milk interested in taking safe, quality assured milk from Fonterra and Regulations have finally been announced by the Minister repackaging it under their own for Primary Industries. These brand labels. regulations are part of the Dairy “New Zealand origin labelling Industry Restructuring Act. is hugely valuable to these peoFederated Farmers dairy ple and we predict the number chairperson Willy Leferink offers of firms coming in to do this his opinion: will only go up. It will take “We are relieved that these only 10 independent procesregulations are finally out. It sors taking their full allocation gives independent processors of 50 million litres to empty certainty over what their future the regulation’s bucket, given looks like and the three-year Goodman Fielder already has Willy Leferink roll-out period gives them time a guaranteed amount of 250 to talk to more farmers about million litres. supplying them with milk. It also clears “We know what will happen then, given the way for new independent processors the minister is required to review the to come in as they know what they will amount in the bucket every three years. be dealing with.

“It will also not encourage that pasture “What it won’t do, though, is get more to bottle connection we need so much in independent processors lining up at the New Zealand, connecting urban to rural. farmer’s gate, asking for their milk directly.

“Having said that, there are a number “We had hoped that a time limit would be of good things that have emerged. put on all independent processors, whether “The amount of milk independent prothey have their own farm supply or not. cessors are allowed to take remains fixed This would drive them to the farm gate at 50 million litres and is spread over asking farmers for milk, creating competi- the whole year in limited amounts. This tion at the farm gate. We are disappointed takes into account the seasonal producthat this is not the case. tion curve and is also tied to the amount “What has been announced will encour- taken in October. age a number of small firms who are only “Federated Farmers asked for this and

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LAMB The weights of lambs being processed are now steadily declining around the country as an increasing proportion of the weekly slaughter is comprised of new season lambs.

The smaller cuts produced from these lambs are providing some relief for exporters, after many were dealing with larger animals than desired for most of last season.

Smaller cuts are more appealing to many buyers because it allows them to keep portion sizes down, making them more affordable for consumers.

It also helps in avoiding direct competition with the heavy cuts that Australia is continuing to churn out. During the first six weeks of this season, just under 1.8 million lambs were processed in New Zealand, which is 16 per cent more than last season’s very slow start.

BEEF Prices in the US imported beef market have jumped even higher over the past week.

With 95CL bull meat and 90CL cow meat now fetching US$2.20/lb and US$2.08/lb, current prices are just US2c/lb shy of the all-time record high prices achieved back in March of this year.

The recent lift has largely been driven by a shortage of imported product on the US spot market, which has flowed through to what our exporters are being offered.

There is potential for the recent gains to be wiped in the next few weeks as some of the short-term pressure is alleviated, but the underlying upwards trend remains firmly in place.

Despite the very strong US market, returns to exporters are still 10 per cent lower than their highest ever levels.

In New Zealand dollar terms, the best returns were achieved in 2001, when the US market was 44 per cent lower than current levels but the Kiwi dollar was trading at just 41c against the US.

GRAIN The reasons for such quiet grain markets of late were reinforced by the Arable Industry Marketing Initiative’s (AIMI) recent survey.

Grain silos around the country are still well stocked with feed grain from a bumper crop out of Canterbury harvested this year. After a large increase in areas planted, as well as increased yields due to the good growing conditions, the combined total 2012 harvest of feed wheat and barley was up by 33 per cent on last year.

As a result of low end user demand there is a large amount of feed grain that is sold but is still being stored on farm, while around 20 per cent of the harvest is yet to be sold. Combined, the amount still in storage is 48 per cent of the year’s harvest, 235,100 tonnes more than this time last year.

This means that the backlog of feed is right through the pipeline. While there is still so much supply in storage, sales are likely to remain subdued.

The high stock levels have provided a buffer against the high international price for feed grain as imports have been largely unnecessary due to the excess domestic supply.

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Rakaia was known for its railway gardens

By Kathleen Stringer

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Two train passengers of the 1930s wait in a sheltered spot in the Rakaia station gardens.

The sundial in the Rakaia Railway Station gardens.

ecently, while working through an album of photographs taken by the late Emily Bayliss, I came across three images captioned the ‘Rakaia railway garden’. I was intrigued. It seemed a novel phenomena to me but, as often occurs, I was mistaken.

Apparently, there was a competition for a number of years for railway station gardens. The second edition of the NZ Railways Magazine, published in June 1926, lists the results of the annual competition. This competition was established by the Otago Women’s Club, which presented a trophy. In that year Burnside (Dunedin) won first prize, with two other Dunedin stations second equal. The only Canterbury prize winner was Fairlie (gaining 59 points out of 70), obtaining third equal with Balclutha.

Not to be outdone by Otago, or maybe to increase their chances of success, in 1929 the Canterbury Horticultural Society and the Railway Department established a Canterbury-wide competition. The L. B. Hart trophy was given to the best established garden (pre-1929) with other prizes given to those gardens deserving special merit. Points were awarded for: General arrangement and effect; order and neatness; succession of blooms; special features; colour, etc.

While the horticultural society wanted to promote its interest, it seemed the railways wanted to spruce up their stations. A 1932 issue of the Railways Magazine said: “Stations which, hitherto, presented a rather drab appearance were attractively laid out in neat garden plots with lawns, rose beds, and rambler roses, flowering shrubs, beds of annuals, rockeries and other garden features which completely transformed the station environs into a blaze of colour and wealth of perfume. As seen from passing trains, these station gardens are most pleasing to the eye and add greatly to the pleasure of train travel.”

That first year Rakaia won the

Entrance from the garden to the station’s island platform was by means of a turnstile. trophy. Stationmaster D. Finlay’s effort gained 73 points out of 100.

The runner-up was Heathcote, with 70. There were only four competitors the first year. Mention was made of Rakaia’s nikau palms and weeping elms.

In 1932 the first place was awarded again to Rakaia, “so well and so favourably known to the travelling public. Considerable improvement was noted here, the whole area, notwithstanding the lateness of the season, being conspicuous by its brightness.

The various annuals, particularly the Phlox Drummondi, Petunias.

Verbenas and French Marigolds, were the outstanding features, while the rose plot showed evidence of its former beauty. The whole garden, which is an island of considerable length, is noted for its excellence in cultivation and general maintenance.”

Mentioned was made of the drought which affected a number of gardens, forcing several stations to withdraw from the

competition. I can find no further information on the competition, so I do not know how long Rakaia’s reign continued.

Any reader with information on the competition or other local gardens would be welcome to visit the Ashburton Museum.

It seems a charming idea to beautify such areas as railway

stations which can be rather stark and uninviting. It also must have been a source of pride for not only the staff but the community.

While I haven’t seen other railway gardens I am sure that Rakaia deserved its wins. I certainly wouldn’t mind waiting for a train in a garden such as that.

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When baths were much smaller Court orders boys’ whipping FROM THE COLLECTION

By Kathleen Stringer

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may be old-fashioned but I love baths. While it may use a lot of water, there is nothing as relaxing as lying in a hot bath.

Perhaps the reason why I love baths is due to the one we had at home when I was a kid. It was an enormous creation, complete with claw feet; I could almost swim in it. The only real problem was we relied on a wetback on our coal range to heat the water.

If you wanted a bath at a set time, my grandmother would have to stokethe fire a few hours before it was needed. I can also recall the ritual of feeling the hot water cylinder to see if the water was ready for us to have a bath.

The first baths in New Zealand were portable, and usually made of tin. Like us the bathers had to boil the water – at least we didn’t have to fill and empty it by hand.

We also didn’t have to share the water. For many, Sunday night was bath night and the whole family would take turns to wash in the same, progressively dirtier and colder, water. As the dirty bodies disrobed mothers would pile up the dirty clothes ready for Monday – washing day.

The sitz (or hip) bath was an improvement on the earlier large tanks which resembled modern

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Hip baths were common in Europe as far back as the Middle Ages.

The term sitz comes from the German, Stizbad (a bath in which one sits). Once baths were plumbed in, the hard-

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edged, small hip bath lost favour.

However, sitz baths are still used as a medical tool for people with complaints in the lower part of their body – such as bowel, kidney and gynaecological problems, as well as after surgery.

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hat have geese, bees and pigeons got in common, other than the fact they can all fly?

The answer, at least in Ashburton on one Saturday in October 1889, was a group of young boys aged between eight and 14 – John Kane, Thomas and John Twomey and John and William Higgins.

The full story came out on October 31, 1889, when the boys appeared before C. A. Wray RM in the Ashburton Magistrates Court.

They were charged with having destroyed two nests of goose eggs, the property of Mrs Parham, who lived on Racecourse Road.

Mrs Parham told the court that when she returned home from a trip to Ashburton she found all the eggs missing from a nest that had contained eight, and six of a clutch of 14 eggs in another nest had been destroyed.

Henry Broker who had been working at the shingle pit opposite Parhams said he saw six or seven boys in the area and recognised John Kane as one.

One of the boys, 12-yearold William Higgins, turned

Queen’s evidence. When he took the stand to give evidence against his brother and friends he admitted being with John Twomey and John Kane on a bird-nesting expedition that Saturday, and when the first six eggs were broken.

Twomey had used a post to knock the goose off her nest but did not interfere with the second nest. Kane had thrown two eggs at him, he said, and he had broken two others.

They then went to a spot near the railway, lit a fire and cooked some hens’ eggs they had found, he said.

He said he and his brother had been “well whipped” by their father.

The Twomey brothers then gave evidence in their defence, alleging that William Higgins was the only one who had gone on to Parham’s property and that he had thrown six eggs at the rest of them.

John Higgins said that Kane, the Twomeys and his brother had all gone on to the property.

It was John Twomey who had knocked the goose off her nest and Kane had pelted the others with the eggs.

The magistrate gave the boys a severe caution and ordered their parents to pay for the damage.

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That might have been the end of the matter, except they were then faced with another charge, for having caused £2 worth of damage to Peter Anderson’s beehives.

This time there was no contradictory evidence, the parents were again ordered to pay costs and the magistrate directed that any of the boys not already punished should be whipped.

Then came the pigeons. John Kane was charged with stealing pigeons owned by J. H. Andrews.

After hearing the evidence Mr Wray ordered Kane to pay £2 and return the birds.

To round out the day the Twomey brothers faced a charge of stealing two plough wheels from a Mr Silcock.

The boys had been seen leaving the yard, each carrying a sack. Later the wheels were found on their father’s property.

The brothers claimed to have found them in Markey’s Gully (Mill Creek to the east of East Street), and two other boys also said they had seen them there.

Faced with conflicting evidence Mr Wray dismissed the case, but said that was tantamount to a ‘not proven’ verdict. He hoped the boys would take the position they found themselves in as a warning.

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European stayer in Rosehill trial It seems every trainer needs a European stayer in his stable and Gerald Ryan has joined the growing list with well-performed French import Martinvast.

The winner of three races from four starts in France, the four-year-old will be having his second barrier trial for Ryan at Rosehill on Tuesday.

Although he finished last of eight runners in a trial on November 7, Ryan was pleased with what he saw. “I thought he trialled well even though he finished last,� Ryan said. “He is a very nice horse who has

Schofield loses appeal against tube ban Queensland trainer Nathan Schofield has lost his appeal against a 12-month disqualification for intending to treat a horse via a stomach tube on race day.

Schofield had Beseech entered for the last race at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day but the horse was forced to stay in his Geelong stable after a raid by officers from Racing Victoria’s Compliance Assurance team.

During the stable inspection they found a naso-gastric tube, 400ml of warm water, a funnel, bucket and twitch which were by Schofield’s admission, to be used to stomach tube Beseech.

At a subsequent hearing, Schofield was banned for 12 months and received a second 12 months, to be served concurrently, for refusing a steward’s request to seach his vehicle.

Stomach tubes are used to administer bicarbonate of soda to slow the build-up of lactic acid.

The Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board dismissed Schofield’s appeal on Monday.

The board will hear an appeal by leading Melbourne trainer Robert Smerdon next Monday over a $10,000 fine imposed for failing to ensure no medication was administered to his galloper Shewan before the horse was due to race at Caulfield on October 20.

won three times over distances in France. “He came to me from OTI racing.

They identified him from his runs in France and he is the only imported horse in my stable.�

Martinvast’s wins have been from 1950 metres to 2450 metres and he also has a third placing over 2000 metres to his credit.

OTI, which is headed by Terry Henderson and former Test cricketer Simon O’Donnell, has long sourced horses from overseas with the aim of winning the Melbourne Cup.

Their best result so far is a second with Bauer in 2008 when he ran the Bart Cummings-trained Viewed to a nose.

The most successful horse they have imported is Manighar, seventh and fifth in two Melbourne Cups before being turned into a weight-forage star by Peter Moody last season.

Martinvast will be joined in the 1030m trial by stablemates Champagne Dynamite and Extraceed.

As he welcomes Martinvast to Australian racing, Ryan’s consistent stayer Ironstein is off for a well-

deserved spell.

After missing a start in the Melbourne Cup for the second year in a row, Ironstein has his first attempt at 3200 metres in Saturday’s Sandown Cup, finishing a tiring seventh behind OTI import Ibicenco.

Ryan had been keen to get Ironstein to the distance and was uncertain whether he didn’t run it out because he couldn’t or because he was at the end of a hard campaign. “All I know is he didn’t run 3200 metres on Saturday,� Ryan said.

Rollout The Carpet lives up to trainer’s expectations As Rollout The Carpet made the long float trip back to Cambridge yesterday there were still too many variables unanswered to confirm her next-up run.

But master horseman Jeff McVean was certain of at least one thing - her brave nose win for Mark Du Plessis in the 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton on Saturday was his sweetest group one of all.

The Cambridge trainer had previously saddled Leica Guv to win the 2001 New Zealand Derby (2400m) and Jungle Rocket for victory in the 2009 New Zealand Oaks (2400m). “Nobody expected Leica Guv to do well in the Derby because of the hard track so there was no big build-up pressure,� said McVean, a three-time Olympic equestrian. “We went to the races with the

attitude, ‘Well we’re going to try’.

Same with Jungle Rocket - she came into the race with just one placing at listed level. “This filly was going good so there was a lot of expectation and a lot more pressure on for everybody.�

Although still basking in the glory yesterday, McVean admitted the party was spoiled by Saturday’s protest from the connections of gallant Cambridge runner-up Waterford.

McVean and co-trainer, daughter Emma-Lee Browne, lost their first group one as a partnership in the Ellerslie inquiry room last season when Rollout The Carpet was relegated from first in the Diamond Stakes.

This time, however, it was family who tried to derail the celebrations.

Waterford’s trainer Tony Pike is

Browne’s cousin. Her father is married to Vicki, sister to Pike’s father Wayne, who co-owns Waterford.

Tony Pike, gunning for a rare Guineas’ double after Sacred Falls’ thrilling victory against the colts and geldings on the first day, alleged Du Plessis and Rollout The Carpet had bumped Waterford in the final stages, costing her the race.

Chief steward Ross Neal countered that Rollout The Carpet had rallied again after relinquishing the lead and it was more like a “slight brush� than a skirmish that cost Waterford and Leith Innes the $300,000 feature. “That was a lot of rubbish - I couldn’t believe it,� said McVean, who watched the drama from home. “On the replay it looked like they hadn’t even touched one another.�

Mallyon closing on comeback Star teenage apprentice Katelyn Mallyon is set to complete her comeback from serious injuries with a return to racing next month.

Mallyon has graduated from riding trackwork to competing in a barrier trial last week and said she was confident her return was on target.

Last season’s champion apprentice, the 18-year-old was sidelined when she suffered spinal injuries in a race fall at Flemington in May.

Mallyon says she will be back competing before the end of the year if her rehabilitation continues to go well. “I’m just taking it slowly but everything so far is going well,�

Mallyon told racingvictoria.net.au. “My specialist is really happy with my progress and I’m back riding full trackwork. “Everything that (Racing Victoria Doctor) Gary Zimmerman has wanted me to do I’ve passed with

no trouble.�

Mallyon missed more than two months of the 2011-12 season but still rode 58 winners - nine more than her nearest rival in the apprentices’ title.

She is the the grand-daughter of triple Caulfield Cup-winning jockey Mick Mallyon.

Mallyon has had to overcome a fractured cheekbone and lacerated spleen and was in an induced coma for a week following the fall.

Manawatu racing club fields, form Manawatu Racing Club Venue: Manawatu Raceway. Meeting Date 20 Nov 2012. NZ Meeting number: 7. Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9.

1 12.10pm (NZT) PEGASUS SPUR @ WOODLANDS STUD TROT $4500, 3yo+ non winners trot, stand, 2500m 1 3x5 Consentual (1) fr.............................S Phelan 2 368 Foray (2) fr......................................M Hickey 3 879x0 Daytona Lass (3) fr.......................B Marwick 4 565x4 Dancingwiththestars (4) fr......W Brassington 5 x0786 Natives Brite Gem (U1) fr........ Z Butcher (J) 6 30x67 First Time Caller (U2) fr........... K Chittenden 7 2 The Peace Monkey (U3) fr........ J I Dickie (J) 8 8x59 Desert Storm (U4) fr.........................B Taylor 2 12.35pm PETER SCAIFE RACING STABLES HANDICAP TROT $4661, 1 to 4 wins +claimers discrhcp trot, stand, 2500m 1 241 Miss Middleton (1) fr......................N Chilcott 2 96727 James Castleton (2) fr............. Z Butcher (J) 3 91Px0 Rabala Lady (3) fr.........................B Mangos 4 60869 Palais Royal (U1) fr.................... J Abernethy 5 54D05 Benromach (U2) fr.......................... G Martin 6 9x836 Broke (U3) fr................................. S Dickson 7 48x98 Bon Ton Cherie (1) 10.............. K Chittenden 8 0x172 Doctor Zhivago (1) 20.......................J Curtin 9 1x633 Rarangi Jewel (2) 20...................P Ferguson 10 25594 Avalon Sunset (3) 20......................S Phelan 11 x9348 Tiz A Secret (1) 30.................... J I Dickie (J)

3 1.05pm JAY ABERNETHY RACING STABLES MOBILE PACE $4500, 3yo+ f&m non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2500m 1 439x8 Real Tricky (1) fr....................... S Lawson (J) 2 66764 Riviera Reigns (2) fr....................P Ferguson 3 52897 Val Vili (3) fr....................................S Phelan 4 773 Silver Sauvignon (4) fr...................N Chilcott 5 71886 Ayemmpee (5) fr...................... Z Butcher (J) 6 8x65 Chanel Madamoiselle (6) fr..............B Taylor 7 Allisforgiven (7) fr..............................J Curtin 8 60883 Sister Courage (U1) fr................ J Abernethy 4 1.30pm BRENT MANGOS RACING STABLES MOBILE PACE $4500, 3yo+ non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2500m 1 56730 Eagle Eyes (1) fr...................... Z Butcher (J) 2 222 Prime Legal (2) fr........................P Ferguson 3 70 River Time (3) fr....................... S Lawson (J) 4 89 Golden Bloom (4) fr...................... S Dickson 5 40065 Wards Creek (5) fr.................... J I Dickie (J) 6 484x0 Gilted (6) fr............................... K Chittenden 7 97686 Smooth Seas (7) fr.........................S Phelan 8 3x448 Imracn (21) fr....................................B Taylor 9 2x974 Bazza’s Choice (22) fr........... A Poutama (J) 10 9x354 Pilot Officer (23) fr.........................N Chilcott 5 2.00pm PAT & MIKE O’BRIEN RACING STABLES MOBILE PACE $4500, 1 to 2 wins mob. pace, mobile, 2500m 1 6x414 Sierra Franco (1) fr.................. Z Butcher (J)

2 7x687 Alta Panache (2) fr..........................S Phelan 3 46725 Painted Black (3) fr.................... J Abernethy 4 0x451 Suu Kyi (4) fr.....................................J Curtin 5 x2152 No Liability (5) fr.........................P Ferguson 6 02471 Village Terror (6) fr.................... J I Dickie (J) 7 76063 Darryl Hanover (7) fr......................N Chilcott 6 2.25pm STEVEN DOODY RACING STABLES MOBILE PACE $4500, 3yo+ non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 420 Dionysus (1) fr..................................J Curtin 2 530 Skewbridge Road (2) fr...............P Ferguson 3 9x043 Real Tidy (3) fr............................ N Pritchard 4 60305 Alta Mario (4) fr........................ Z Butcher (J) 5 9 Three Point Turn (5) fr............... J I Dickie (J) 6 0977 Mara’s Illusion (6) fr................... J Abernethy 7 337 Lightning Lover (7) fr.....................B Mangos 8 6x566 Bettorfillthepocket (21) fr............... S Dickson 9 0x0 Real Life Hero (22) fr........................B Taylor 7 2.55pm SPEIGHTS ALE HOUSE MOBILE PACE $4500, 3 to 5 wins mob. pace, mobile, 2500m 1 91632 Don’t Tell Jim (1) fr............................J Curtin 2 69241 Strawbs Fire Chip (2) fr..................S Phelan 3 x7867 Kilarney Guy (3) fr.................... J I Dickie (J) 4 146x5 Gemma Kate (4) fr........................B Mangos 5 06234 Jonny Wilkinson (5) fr.............. Z Butcher (J) 6 44233 Carlos (6) fr.................................P Ferguson 7 2x556 Haylin Hurricane (7) fr............ A Poutama (J) 8 3.20pm JIM CURTIN RACING STABLES MOBILE PACE

$4500, 3yo+ 1 win mob. pace, mobile, 2500m 1 24272 Motu Just In Time (1) fr............ Z Butcher (J) 2 1 Mister Harris (2) fr.............................J Curtin 3 83402 Moncreiffe (3) fr........................ J I Dickie (J) 4 58564 Bettabe Fast (4) fr...................... J Abernethy 5 21x95 Elsu Attack (5) fr......................A Shutkowski 6 21x5 Salvador (6) fr...............................B Mangos 7 48576 Mozart Lace (7) fr......................... S Dickson 8 578x0 Mia’s Dream (21) fr.................. K Chittenden 9 5366x Rimutoto Prince (22) fr............ S Lawson (J) 10 15762 American Classic (23) fr................N Chilcott 11 9x143 Crown Prince (24) fr...................P Ferguson 12 7x687 Alta Panache fr............................. Scratched 9 3.48pm STU DOLLAMORE TRANSPORT MOBILE PACE $4500, 3yo+ 1 win mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 1 Retailer (1) fr.......................... A Poutama (J) 2 37646 Gunman (2) fr............................ J Abernethy 3 6x414 Sierra Franco fr............................. Scratched 4 8x313 Lil Miss Hilarious (3) fr..................B Mangos 5 04173 Vertical Four (4) fr.............................J Curtin 6 49291 Cielito fr......................................... Scratched 7 09956 Howzat (5) fr............................. J I Dickie (J) 8 4211 Beckinsale (21) fr........................P Ferguson 9 x0604 Flyin Louie (22) fr............................S Phelan 10 47958 Mister T (23) fr...............................N Chilcott 11 0x345 Thomas Hamilton (24) fr.......... Z Butcher (J) Pacifiers on : Real Tricky (R3)

Southland greyhound fields, form Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Ascot Park Raceway Meeting Date : 20 Nov 2012 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles : 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 1 12.03pm (NZT) CENTRAL WATER CARRIERS C0, 390m 1 37 Ya Laughin’ nwtd M &........................Jopson 2 53 Tepirita Tuiteka nwtd M &...................Jopson 3 73 Okuku Muppet nwtd C &..................... Fagan 4 One Ear Poised nwtd S &.................Bonnett 5 My Little Rippa nwtd S &..................Bonnett 6 22 Starburst Blanch nwtd...................... M Grant 7 Leah Belle nwtd...............................R Breen 8 24 Billy Brand nwtd................................ B Dann 9 Tickle Me Fancy nwtd......................R Breen 10 7536 Pukeko Express nwtd....................... B Eade 2 12.23pm 100% SELECTRIX C1, 390m 1 34356 Johnny’s Blue 23.19 P &................B Conner 2 33865 Turbo Tundra nwtd........................... M Grant 3 44346 Sheza Cool One 23.09..................... B Eade 4 12418 Hannah nwtd A &................................Seque 5 55815 Billy Muggins nwtd............................ B Dann 6 72436 Jimmy Cee nwtd............................... M Flipp 7 63477 Starburst Hannah 22.78................... M Grant 8 72324 New Order nwtd S &.........................Bonnett 9 15476 Noisy Leo nwtd..........................J McInerney 10 65667 Salvador Bale nwtd S &...................B Evans 3 12.42pm SOUTHLAND OTAGO PHOTO FINISH C1, 390m 1 27443 Hazza’s Lad 22.96 S &.....................Bonnett 2 12681 Bam Bam 22.96............................... M Grant 3 53582 Homebush Greta nwtd...............J McInerney 4 17563 Maggie Dee nwtd.............................. B Eade 5 47146 New Ingilltab 23.42 P &.................B Conner 6 44525 Real Fire Power nwtd J &.......................May 7 57356 Just Kristy nwtd................................. B Dann 8 54452 James Arthur 23.22...........................J Dunn 9 77754 Wandy Matt nwtd............................. M Grant 10 64848 Ohoka Summer nwtd S &.................Bonnett 4 12.59pm COLORMARK SYSTEMS LTD C1, 390m 1 63584 Another Jewel nwtd...................J McInerney 2 37753 Candy’s Dandy nwtd S &..................Bonnett 3 67522 Ruby’s Girl 23.30........................ R Hamilton 4 36415 See Spot Run nwtd..........................R Breen 5 47661 Opawa Steve 22.82 L &...................... Wales 6 35418 Opaque nwtd A &...............................Seque 7 56414 Smash Amy nwtd............................. M Grant 8 16862 Marmalade Skies nwtd......................J Dunn 9 28564 Froggy Newitt nwtd........................... B Eade

10 43887 Neon Neutron nwtd.......................... M Grant

5 1.18pm ADDED ENERGY C0, 457m

1 Little Midnight nwtd S &....................Bonnett 2 35544 Opawa Mohawk nwtd L &................... Wales 3 373 Opawa Niko nwtd.............................R Breen 4 x2665 Choose To Love nwtd M &.................Jopson 5 Nom De Plume nwtd..................R Blackburn 6 Poised Boy nwtd S &........................Bonnett 7 45 Opawa Leighton nwtd L &.................. Wales 8 6 Uno Flash nwtd L &............................ Wales 9 6 Emma Brand nwtd............................ B Dann 10 84286 Calm Brooke nwtd.............................J Dunn 6 1.37pm MARGARET TURNER BIRTHDAY STKS C1, 457m 1 42416 Ray Dosh nwtd................................. B Eade 2 48352 Wandy Paul 26.54............................ M Grant 3 4x632 Know Honour nwtd........................ G Cleeve 4 38444 Aykroyd nwtd..............................R Blackburn 5 2382F Miss Ozark 26.97............................J Guthrie 6 22263 Know Lies nwtd.............................. G Cleeve 7 62531 Time For What nwtd M &...................Jopson 8 25575 Pukeko Flyer 26.35........................... B Eade 9 67881 Homebush Chopper 26.62.........J McInerney 10 5x648 Know Chaos nwtd.......................... G Cleeve 7 1.54pm WELCOME BABY JOHN GRAEME C2, 390m 1 12524 Thunda Thighs nwtd..................J McInerney 2 74483 Where’s John Cee 22.49................. M Grant 3 54432 Decado 22.93 C &........................D Roberts 4 84331 Opawa Blaze 22.88 L &...................... Wales 5 58356 Foggy Storm 23.41 J &...........................May 6 81651 Junior What 22.87............................. M Flipp 7 33F86 Wyndham 23.07 M &.........................Jopson 8 22113 Wandy Feather 23.18...................... M Grant 9 51678 Fancy Spice 23.03 P &..................B Conner 10 54666 Sea Spray Tich 23.15..................... R Casey 8 2.13pm $26 FIVE WIRE MUZZLE STAKES C2, 390m 1 34357 Okuku Surprise nwtd...................... R Casey 2 61585 New York Affair 22.95 J &.......................May 3 63173 Smash Amego 22.80....................... M Grant 4 26221 Fulla Torque 23.17 C &.................D Roberts 5 35224 Out By Five nwtd M &........................Jopson 6 16274 Black Trigger 22.80 P &.................B Conner 7 31131 But It’s Great (c3) nwtd..............J McInerney 8 71757 Homebush Wild nwtd.................J McInerney 9 68375 Mighty Fortune nwtd....................... H Cairns 10 17367 Aussie Haka 22.73........................... M Grant 9 2.32pm WILLY’S FLOORING LTD C3, 390m 1 24153 Cawbourne Reeah nwtd............J McInerney 2 54732 Finger Pop nwtd.................................J Dunn

3 55322 Another Coffee nwtd..................J McInerney 4 68182 Star Gun 23.04 J &.................................May 5 27324 Avert nwtd A &....................................Seque 6 64531 Waterhouse 22.75 J &............................May 7 45731 Rule Judge Judy 23.11 J &.....................May 8 32173 Eff Five Warning nwtd M &................Jopson 9 33386 Dyna Frier 22.47 C &....................D Roberts 10 57742 Knox nwtd......................................... B Dann 10 2.49pm FRASER LAMB SGRC STARTER 40 YEARS C4, 390m 1 56634 Fireman’s Salute nwtd................... G Cleeve 2 36185 Vitalize 22.95 J &....................................May 3 77453 Crixus nwtd................................R Blackburn 4 51778 Another Becky 23.45.................J McInerney 5 33561 Smash Dora 23.11........................... M Grant 6 31633 Heza Sensation 22.89 P &............B Conner 7 63462 Santa Sloy 22.56 S &.......................Bonnett 8 22567 Anytime Will Do 22.88...............J McInerney 9 76843 Know Escape nwtd........................ G Cleeve 10 6375x Genista Outlaw 23.13 J &.......................May 11 3.06pm MERVYN EADE MEMORIAL ROOKIE RUN FINAL C0f, 457m 1 74763 Matulino nwtd A &...............................Seque 2 11 False Step (c1) 26.39........................J Dunn 3 56252 Bendall’s Boy nwtd............................ M Flipp 4 12212 Grant A Wish (c1) nwtd....................R Breen 5 5331 Gotta Go Ace (c1) 26.83............R Blackburn 6 621 Stirling Dann (c1) 26.62 C &............... Fagan 7 03 Zoe Brand nwtd................................ B Dann 8 32722 Secret Arnie nwtd L &......................... Wales 9 373 Opawa Niko nwtd.............................R Breen 10 35544 Opawa Mohawk nwtd L &................... Wales 12 3.31pm JUSTRACING.COM.AU C5, 390m 1 33225 Sorry Vanderford 22.45 J &....................May 2 87711 Hauko 23.31.......................................J Dunn 3 21414 Blickling Bridge nwtd J &........................May 4 52843 Jennings 23.07 S &..........................Bonnett 5 64331 Homebush Helen 22.65.............J McInerney 6 5732F Oscar Tuivasa nwtd....................R Blackburn 7 52365 Cawbourne Dusty 22.73.................. M Grant 8 54815 Sosan 22.83 C &..........................D Roberts 9 37x47 Real Clever 22.61............................. B Dann 10 47177 Vampires Shadow 22.48 J &..................May 13 3.58pm BRENDON BURKE FIRST NATIONAL C2, 457m 1 12345 Fireman’s Rocket 26.49................. G Cleeve 2 13853 Shadow Wolf nwtd P &..................B Conner 3 68383 Baby James nwtd......................J McInerney 4 44626 Opawa Rapid nwtd L &....................... Wales

5 54122 Drive Five 26.76.................................J Dunn 6 34115 Over Bid nwtd A &..............................Seque 7 63634 Thrilling Jonah 26.71....................... M Grant 8 77551 Another Course (c3) nwtd..........J McInerney 9 76855 Another Star 26.35.....................J McInerney 10 62262 Botany Molly nwtd......................J McInerney 14 4.25pm 100% SELECTRIX C4, 457m 1 61546 Barnaby Bale 26.57 C &...............D Roberts 2 65117 Cawbourne Kim nwtd.................J McInerney 3 14365 Gone Awol 26.23.......................J McInerney 4 77753 Homebush Edith 26.53..............J McInerney 5 58885 Cynthia Baxter 26.50.................J McInerney 6 15848 Shiraz Rose 26.26...................... R Hamilton 7 12357 Business Plan nwtd...................R Blackburn 8 35862 Dyna Diego nwtd C &...................D Roberts 9 11762 Homebush Iris nwtd...................J McInerney 10 587F3 Okuku Dreamer nwtd C &................... Fagan 15 4.42pm WWW.SOUTHLANDGREYHOUNDS.CO.NZ C5, 457m 1 47851 Wodston Bobo 25.87...................... R Casey 2 27115 Finn McMissile 26.34.......................L Philips 3 18762 Another Breeze 26.20................J McInerney 4 63667 Jonny Jet 26.08.................................J Dunn 5 16735 King Of Clubs 26.08....................... H Cairns 6 87357 Tricky Harry nwtd...........................J Holdem 7 47148 Waterview Lass nwtd A &...................Seque 8 38248 Dyna Groll 25.92 C &....................D Roberts Emergencies: 9 88176 Miss Iron Fist nwtd.....................J McInerney 10 51878 Nerd Corner 26.43........................... M Grant SELECTIONS Race 1: Starburst Blanch, Okuku Muppet, Billy Brand Race 2: New Order, Turbo Tundra, Johnny’s Blue, Hannah Race 3: Bam Bam, Hazza’s Lad, Homebush Greta Race 4: Opawa Steve, Marmalade Skies, Candy’s Dandy Race 5: Little Midnight, Nom De Plume, Opawa Niko Race 6: Wandy Paul, Know Lies, Know Honour, Ray Dosh Race 7: Wandy Feather, Decado, Junior What, Opawa Blaze Race 8: Smash Amego, But It’s Great, Fulla Torque Race 9: Finger Pop, Cawbourne Reeah, Rule Judge Judy Race 10: Crixus, Fireman’s Salute, Santa Sloy, Smash Dora Race 11: False Step, Stirling Dann (c1), Grant A Wish Race 12: Homebush Helen, Sorry Vanderford, Hauko, Sosan Race 13: Fireman’s Rocket, Drive Five, Thrilling Jonah, Race 14: Dyna Diego, Business Plan, Cawbourne Kim Race 15: Finn McMissile, Wodston Bobo, Dyna Groll LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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1.30 Coach Trip. (G, T) Personalities clash in confined spaces as a coach-load of strangers take the trip of a lifetime around Europe.

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

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8.30 ITM Reunion.

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

12.00 The Dirt.

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1.40 Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde. (2008, M) Dougray Scott, Krista Bridges.

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4.10 Kingdom Of Heaven. (2003, 16) Orlando Bloom, Liam Neeson.

6.35 Working Girl. (1988, PG) Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford. An ambitious secretary tries to outfox her boss by closing a big deal, with the help of a man with whom she just happens to fall in love. Starring. Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford. 1988.

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Woeful batting costs Kiwis

By Daniel Richardson When your 10th-wicket partnership is the highest you can put together in an innings there’s a good chance you won’t have made enough runs to be competitive.

That was certainly the case for New Zealand as they suffered a heavy 10-wicket defeat in the second session on day three of their first cricket test against Sri Lanka in Galle last night.

New Zealand began day three on 35-1 with Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson at the crease, but Nuwan Kulasekara removed both of them early in the first session, which began a woeful collapse for the visitors.

Only Daniel Flynn lasted more than 45 minutes at the crease and his hour-long vigil to hold the innings together was undone on 20 when he was bowled by left-arm spinner Rangana Herath who bamboozled New Zealand in their second innings.

The 34-year-old Herath claimed 6-43 in New Zealand’s second dig to give him the impressive analysis

of 11-108 from the match after he took 5-65 on day one.

No New Zealand batsman - bar Flynn - even looked like troubling the scorers and it was awful to think that 20 was the highest score from a player in a black helmet.

No 11 Trent Boult came in when the cause was long lost and belted a couple of sixes and his stand 21-run stand with wicketkeeper Kruger van Wyk was the highest partnership of the innings.

Some of the dismissals bordered on comical as Tim Southee was stumped by Prasanna Jayawardene as he wandered down the crease, while James Franklin missed a ball that went between his legs and bounced off Jayawardene before he was also stumped.

New Zealand went to lunch at 96-8, which was effectively 70-8 after the Black Caps were behind by 26 on the first innings, and the Sri Lankans finished the job shortly after the interval as Jeetan Patel and Boult were cleaned up as the Kiwis were bowled out for 118.

That total was New Zealand’s fourth lowest against Sri Lanka and coach Mike Hesson must be

wondering what he can do to turn this result around ahead of the second test that starts in Colombo next Sunday.

With only 93 required for victory, Sri Lankan openers Dimuth Karunaratne and Tharanga Paranavitana, who both began the second innings on a pair, made light work of the total.

Debutant Karunaratne finished unbeaten on 60, while Paranavitana stroked 31 and they barely looked troubled, which showed there were few demons in the pitch.

New Zealand seamer Tim Southee, who took 4-46 in the first innings, didn’t take the field during Sri Lanka’s run chase as he was hampered by a leg injury, which was a loss to the Black Caps’ remote chances of pulling off an upset victory.

Doug Bracewell, who went wicketless in the first innings, was given the new ball in Southee’s absence but failed to make an impact, while Boult bowled well again without reward as Sri Lanka cantered to a commanding victory.

- APNZ

Under 20s assemble for big mission Yesterday marked the start of New Zealand’s under-20 rugby campaign to contest the junior world championship in France next year. Some 48 players have been called into a week-long development camp in Palmerston North - the first under new New Zealand under-20 head coach Chris Boyd and his assistants Chris Gibbes and Liam Barry.

“It’s exciting to think that we have begun our work towards France next year,” Boyd said. “Our

main focus for this camp is to build our knowledge and understanding of the individual player abilities.

“We’re looking forward to working with the boys, as they prepare themselves to contest for a spot in the squad that we take to France.

We’re very clear on the goal, particularly after a disappointing final loss to South Africa this year. We want to go out there and dominate and bring back our championship title and trophy.”

Squad: Sonny Ali’ifa’alogo, Scott Barrett,

Donald Brighouse, Sean Brookman, Mitchell Brown, Adam Burn, Josh Davey, Joe Edwards, Hame Faive, Levi Guildford, Jackson Hemopo, Alexander Hodgman, Tom Hughes, Kane Jacobson, Daniel Lienert-Brown, Sione Mafileo, Jordan Manihera, Hadleigh May, Kalafi Pongi, Ardie Savea, Scott Scrafton, Sabastion Siataga, John-Bosco Tagaloa, Patrick Tuipulotu, Chris Vui, Joe Walsh, Boyd Wiggins; Tayler Adams, Fomai Ah Ki, Shayne Anderson, Michael Collins, Pele Cowley, Jason Emery, Calvary Fonoti, Faasiu Fuatai, Jack Halpin, Wharenui Hawera, Simon Hickey, Penikolo Latu, Niko Malo, Rameka Paraki, Sheridan Rangihuna, Tamati Samuels, Melani Vai, Leroy Van Dam, Lolagi Visinia, Tei Walden, Joe Webber.

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Edwin Dargue had a successful tennis weekend at the Canterbury Schools primary and intermediate schools championships.

Tennis juniors chalk up the wins

By Jonathan Leask Edwin Dargue was the big winner of the Mid Canterbury contingent at the Canterbury Schools Primary and Intermediate Schools Tennis Championships on the weekend Dargue went in as the top seed in the 10 boys’ singles progressed through the elimination draw to beat fellow Mid Cantabrian Jarrad Hill in the final.

After a bye in the first round Dargue had a 9-0 win in the quarterfinals but had a polarcontrast in the semi-final made to work hard

to progress with a 9-8 win before beating the third seeded Hill 9-7 in the final.

Dargue was the only outright winner but several Mid Canterbury players progressed deep into their draws.

In the open boy’s singles James Watt went down in his first round tie but went on to win the consolation side of the draw.

In the open boys doubles Watt and his Te Kura partner William Shneideman were beaten in the quarterfinals, as was Bryn Looij and his Burwood partner Khaki Morgan.

In the open division one boys singles Duncan Rollinson and Connor Brosnahan both made

it as far as the semi-finals, before Rollinson beat Brosnahan 6-1, 6-3 for third. Hamish Hood went down to the top seed in the first round but went on to win the consolation side of the draw.

Jade Brosnahan made it to the quarterfinals of the girls’ 10 singles but was ousted 9-3 by the top seed and eventual winner, Burnside’s Sophie White. Maisie Looij and Tori Kelland were also quarter finalists.

In the 10 boys’ doubles Jake Benny and Tyler Leonard made it to the semi-finals, Leonard was also the second seed in the boys’ 8 singles but was ousted by the third seed in the semi-finals.

Bad boy Cooper set to quit Gillespie whips up record Controversial five-eighth Quade Cooper has reportedly quit the Wallabies and the Australian Rugby Union and may pursue a career overseas or in rugby league.

According to Australian broadcaster Channel Nine, New Zealand-born Cooper made the move after being offered an incentive-only based contract by the ARU. The ARU reportedly told Cooper two weeks ago he would receive only match payments from next season.

Cooper had already indicated he would remain with the Queensland Reds for a further three seasons, but the ARU part of that contract is still to be completed.

While the ARU and Cooper’s camp would not comment tonight , the Queensland Rugby Union reiterated it was confident he would honour his contract with the Reds.

But to play Super Rugby in 2013, Cooper must sign some form of ARU documentation otherwise he will not be registered for Queensland.

The French rugby union competition and

Quade Cooper the NRL are among the potential destinations for the 24-year-old.

Cooper is no stranger to controversy.

In September the 38-test player vented his frustrations at the “toxic” Wallabies environment and his relationship with coach Robbie Deans via social media.

Those outbursts earned him two fines totalling $60,000 and a three-match sus-

SCOREBOARD Results

Day: Steve King 74-8-66.

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Golf

Mayfield Golf Club Results from November 17, Bisque Par Round: Winners: 0-14; Steve King 6 up, Alan Dixon 4 up, Gordon Duthie 3 up, Shane Moore 2 up, Tony Neilson 2 up 15-36; Adrianne Hopping 6 up, Steve Cross 6 up, John Sim 5 up, Ian Hopping 5 up, Ben Calvin 4 up.

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Twilight November 15 results of stroke round: Senior; Cheyne Mapu net 30, Daz Young 31,Mark Argyle 32,Kevin Bishop 32, Tony Clarke 33, Pete Trembath 33, Wayne Lloyd 34, Paul Gray 34. Junior; Allen Moore 31, Earle Jackson 32, Jason McLaren 32, Andrew Barrie 33, Kieron Gray 33, Tony McAndrew 34, Kerry Whiting 34. Women; Shirley Young 35, Margaret Pawsey 35, Val Prendergast 37, Joyce VanderHeide 37.

pension.

After a marathon session of more than four hours at ARU headquarters in North Sydney, the three-man panel fined Cooper $10,000 for comments on social media about an ARU-licensed product on September 22.

The other fine was $50,000 - $20,000 of which is suspended for two years - for his comments on social media and in the mainstream media.

Cooper was also banned for three matches, suspended for two years.

At the end of the code of conduct hearing, the Reds playmaker apologised for his behaviour, which he admitted fell below Wallabies standards.

The bad boy of Australian rugby is also unpopular with New Zealand fans for what was seen as a cheap shot on All Blacks captain Richie McCaw - a knee to the head during a game in Brisbane last year.

Born and raised in Tokoroa, Cooper shifted to Australia when he was 15; he chose the Wallabies despite overtures from the NZRU to come home in his late teens and commit to the All Blacks.

- APNZ

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Wellington fast bowler Mark Gillespie blasted 77 from No 11 to break an 85-year-old record for the province as they could only muster 239 on day one of their Plunket Shield match against Canterbury in Rangiora yesterday.

With his side in dire trouble at 1269, Gillespie strode to the crease to join No 10 Andy McKay and plundered four sixes and nine fours in a whirlwind 63-ball knock that set a new mark for the highest score from No 11 for Wellington.

Gillespie’s 77 bettered the previous record of 70 that was struck by William Brice in the 1926-27 season, while Gillespie and McKay’s partnership of 113 was a new benchmark for the 10th wicket for Wellington against Canterbury.

Earlier in the day, Canterbury captain Peter Fulton won the toss and invited the visitors to bat at the Mainpower Oval and no Wellington batsman managed to pass 31 before it was left to McKay (33 not out) and Gillespie to perform an unlikely rescue

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9.30 start, whites to be worn.

mission.

On-and-off New Zealand player Andrew Ellis was the chief destroyer for Canterbury as he nabbed 6-58 as Wellington failed to build any meaningful partnerships at the top of their innings.

Canterbury then began their innings in poor fashion as George Worker and Shanan Stewart were back in the pavilion with only five runs on the board before Fulton and Dean Brownlie steadied the ship.

Brownlie finished the day unbeaten on 53, while Fulton, who made two centuries in the same match against Otago last week, was an immovable object as he worked his way to 32.

In Gisborne, Northern Districts wickets continued to tumble as Central Districts took control at the Harry Barker Reserve.

Central began day three on 341-9 but failed to add any runs to their overnight total when Adam Milne was bowled by Brent Arnel for a first-class best of 38, which gave the visitors a

Ashburton Guardian Red: 6.00pm, The Geez Team v Semi Pro’s; 7.00pm, Ashburton Ligers v Dodgy Knees;

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Twilight Mid Canterbury Netball draw for Mitre 10 Mega Twilight Netball, Week 4 November 20: Heartland Court: 6.00pm, High Raters v Childs Play; 7.00pm, Megz Team v Doggies; Neumanns Tyre Services Court: 6.00pm, Legal Ganstaz v Seeds R Us; 7.00pm, Hoops I Did It Again v S & Giggles; Ashburton Guardian Blue Court: 7.00pm, Udder Chaos v Scoring All Night; Ashburton Guardian White Court: 6.00pm, Dragons v Canterbury Dirty Tactics; 7.00pm, Moisties v Mixed Up;

Hampstead Softball Club Nosh Café slow-pitch draw for November 23: 6.30 : D.1 TGIF Sluggers V Nosh Café Marines & Angels D.2 Muz’s Tigers V S & Giggles D.3 As Good As It Gets V Hawks

Tennis Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis November 24 B Grade – Duty Team - Methven

first-innings lead of 158 after ND were rolled for 183 on day one.

Northern went out to bat in their second dig to erase the heavy deficit they faced and they were in serious trouble at 81-6, before Daryl Mitchell (83) found support in lower-order partners Graeme Aldridge who made 38 and Ish Sodhi who racked up a neat 50.

Aldridge passed 2000 runs in his lengthy first-class career when he was on 34, while Sodhi and Mitchell’s knocks were their highest scores in four-day cricket.

Milne (4-53) and fellow pace bowler Ben Wheeler (4-38) did the damage for CD as they eventually bowled Northern out for 252, which left them in need of 95 runs for an outright victory.

Central openers Jamie How and Jeet Raval were forced to come out for one over at the end of the day but each made one run to survive unscathed and will begin day four tomorrow at 2-0 in search of the small target.

- APNZ

Black:. 9am sharp start: Allenton v Lon/May/Rak picknmix; Methven Jade v Tinwald Orange; Rakaia v Hampstead; Tinwald White v Methven Black.Junior A –Pool A – 9am start: Methven Blue v Hinds at Hinds; Tinwald Trojans v Hampstead Racketts at Tinwald; Allenton Green v Longbeach at Allenton.

BYE – WakanuiJunior A – Pool B – 8.45am start: Hampstead Hurricanes v Allenton Maroon at Hampstead. 9am start: Hampstead Crusaders v Methven Silver at Methven Domain; Rakaia v Dorie at Dorie Hall. Junior B - 8.45am start: Tinwald Blue v Hampstead at Hampstead; 9.00am start: Hinds v Rakaia Pink at Rakaia; Rakaia Black v Methven Green at Mt Hutt College. 10.30am start: Allenton v Tinwald Red at Tinwald.Junior C – Pool A – 8.45 am start: Methven Red v Hampstead Flames at Hampstead. 9am start – Methven Orange v Dorie C at Dorie School; Allenton v Rakaia at Rakaia; Hinds Black v LongbeachAces at Longbeach.

Junior C- Pool B – 9.00am start: Tinwald Green v

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Woodcock the All Black myth buster

By Gregor Paul

Tony Woodcock

Tony Woodcock was once described as a myth by former Wallaby prop Andrew Blades. He was half right - Woodcock is in fact a myth buster, having popped the legend, or perhaps that should be curse, of Martin Castrogiovanni at the weekend.

The hirsute Italian is a cult hero in Europe where props and other big beasts are the superstars. Give the Italians and French, even the English, a choice between a searing backs move or a rollicking scrum and they will opt to watch the latter every time. It’s in their blood and

that’s why Castrogiovanni strolls around the western parts of this continent much like the laird of the estate.

But there hasn’t been universal acceptance of his standing in the world game. The All Blacks have had their doubts about him suspected there’s been a touch of smoke and mirrors about his work.

It irked them in 2009 when the final 10 minutes of the test in Milan descended into farce - referee Stu Dickinson continually penalising the All Blacks on their own line for scum infringements, then being publicly berated by his boss, IRB referee manager Paddy O’Brien, a few days later for failing to see Italy

boring in.

But it was too late - the upshot was that the reputation of Wyatt Crockett was hammered while the legend of Castrogiovanni was made.

Sunday’s test provided a little taste of revenge as Woodcock dealt to Castrogiovanni.

Scrum battles are usually a mystery but this one was easy enough to see - the Italian hooker was being forced up by the pressure Woodcock was exerting on Castrogiovanni.

This was a clear-cut victory to Woodcock.

His timing was perfect, the angle of attack well planned and it came down to this: Woodcock was better technically, tougher mentally and

stronger physically. The Italian will continue to be adored but the All Blacks at least have the satisfaction that it was they, or more precisely Woodcock, who came to Rome, saw it and conquered it so to speak.

But there is more to come - more points to prove, more scalps to take. The Welsh, in what is now a fairly typical state for November, are in disarray, their front-row in particular a source of some concern for coach Warren Gatland.

He’s been denied the services of Adam Jones, the one genuine world class scrummaging force in Wales.

The Samoans rattled and buckled the Welsh scrum and Woodcock will

fancy he can dent the inexperienced Aaron Jarvis who is likely to play on Sunday.

That shapes as a mis-match, an obvious point of attack for the All Blacks where Woodcock could force a young man to endure one of the more uncomfortable 80 minutes of his existence.

The All Black warrior is now officially in the mood to inflict wilful damage having done so with some venom on Castrogiovanni. It felt good, felt like righting a wrong and what must have Blades, the accuser, have felt in seeing such a destructive tour de force?

Woodcock a myth? Woodcock the legend more like.

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• Aorangi duties

• Grant in top 10

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BJ Tocher (left), Geoff Skerten, Michelle Davidson and Doug Coley travel along the roads of Wakanui in the latest round of the Tinwald Cycling Club racing.

Visitors take glory on Wakanui course South Canterbury’s Glen Gould travelled north to take the honours in the Tinwald Cycling Club’s latest round of racing on Sunday.

Gould and his co-markers charged their way through the field during the 48km handicap event around the Wakanui Beach block to find the front on the final lap.

Gould was rewarded for his efforts

producing a winning surge to hit the line and also pick up the fastest time, covering the course in 68.37 minutes.

Steve Hands showed he is riding into some good form securing second and setting the second best time, with Nathan Tew claiming third place and time after another solid performance.

Brad Hudson and Tony Ward ensured the finish line marshals were on their toes

claiming fourth and fifth respectively in the tight sprint finish.

Josh Connor rode strongly to take the junior open honours with Frances Smith riding into second.

The juniors and division 2 competed over 16km. Ryan Jackson won a in a tight sprint finish over first time starter Shaun Uden to take the win but Uden showed plenty of spirit coming second in

Gatland swoops in to help save day for Welsh rugby

By Wynne Gray What timing. Warren Gatland sweeps back into Cardiff today to somehow start Wales’ revival.

Some task. They are on the rocks, the ship has splintered and no one seems to be able to find the life-rafts, unless Gatland has a couple stashed around the coastline somewhere.

After the glories of a Grand Slam triumph a year ago following their spirited work at the World Cup, Wales have slipped into reverse. A series defeat in Australia and now two grisly losses against Argentina and Samoa.

Gatland has not been fingered for the five failures after breaking his heels in a shocking accident while on midyear holiday at his bach in Waihi and then being on British and Irish Lions selection duty for the opening two tests of this season’s home internationals.

He was always then returning to take charge for Wales’ final two November tests against the All Blacks and the Wallabies.

There is no question Wales have slipped from their form of a year ago. They were ordinarily one-paced against the Pumas and perhaps even worse against the fury from Samoa.

Before this All Blacks tour, the staff decided to split their squad of 32 for the initial tests against Scotland then Italy.

That strategy was to sift the best combinations for the tougher assignments against Wales and England.

Both lost at the weekend with England

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The Ashburton Golf Club has supplied the top two men for the Aorangi men’s team that heads to the Otago Golf Club’s Balmacewen Course for the New Zealand Interprovincial next week. Cameron Grant will play at number one and Jordan Green at two in the team of six.

Grant and Green are joined

by Garth Simpson (Timaru), Damian Rodgers (Highfield) and George Wardell (Geraldine) with Matthew MacLean (St Andrews) the reserve. The women have their New Zealand Interprovincial the following week at the St Clair course in Dunedin. Ashburton’s Catherine Bell will play at number one with Tinwald’s Catherine Knight at two while Nicole Nathan, a member of both Ashburton and Russley, will play at four.

Watson wants to keep up his cricket Shane Watson knows he’s more susceptible to injury than most, which is why he wants to strike whenever the iron’s hot and not cut back his cricketing duties.

Amid calls for Watson to scale down his shorter-form commitments to save his body for Tests, the injury-prone star instead wants to take every opportunity to play when he’s fit.

And central to his philosophy of making the most of the good times includes continuing on as Australian vice-captain.

Watson said he loves the leadership role and denies the extra responsibility is something he could do without as he continually fights to maintain fitness starting with overcoming a calf strain in time to play as a batsman in the second Test against South Africa on Thursday.

Since taking over as skipper Michael Clarke’s deputy, Watson’s batting average has slipped significantly from what he averaged under Ricky Ponting (41.55 to 26.95).

However, his results with the ball have improved since the VC was put next to his name (31 to 23.76).

“Being vice-captain of the Australian team is no extra burden or pressure at all, it’s really just a pleasure to be able to work under Michael and support him in any way,” said Watson.

“Captaining (one-day games) last summer was as much fun as I’ve ever had playing.”

Watson was in sizzling form for Australia in the T20 World Cup and the Sydney Sixers in last month’s Champions League, but is facing the prospect of missing his eighth consecutive Test on home soil if he’s left out in Adelaide.

Cricket Australia ordered him home early from the Champions League tournament in South Africa, but that didn’t stop him pulling up lame before the first Test against the Proteas at the Gabba.

Watson says he wants to have his playing destiny in his hands and only “rest when I physically or mentally need a rest”.

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Warren Gatland battling to find ways to score against a determined if weakened Wallaby team which has been fitful all year.

At least England have shown some threads of hope but Wales have been dreadful.

There are all sorts of factors thrown up for their form reversal. Injuries, players not being chosen from the rest of Europe, lack of talent, coaching and selection questions about interim boss Rob Howley.

Without the injured Adam Jones at tighthead the scrum is poor, which is an indictment on the skills and development programme in the valleys.

Samoa who have never been rated more than adequate in the scrummaging arts of the game, took their chance and peeled Wales back from that setpiece.

No scrum, no menace as many would say. The problems compounded for those behind the Wales setpiece. They have also lost more players to injury as Gatland attempts to find some starch for Sunday’s test against the All Blacks in Cardiff.

Optimism in the valleys that Wales might somehow sneak into a decent ranking when the 2015 World Cup draw is made early next month, has gone the way of the penny farthing.

There will be hope, even if it is the sort of window-dressing All Black coach Steve Hansen put out about Italy after their match in Rome. The All Blacks should have been better but their rivals seemed to get some extra leeway from referee Alain Rolland as they infringed and shut down the precious time for the tourists to make their magic.

That is test rugby and there will be some factor this weekend in Cardiff which may come into play to trouble the All Blacks and boost Wales.

A poor Millennium Stadium surface, perhaps a refereeing performance from Craig Joubert, off-nights from players or a renewed Wales certainty.

Who knows. The interest remains high with the arena sold out and a few with Welsh blood still hoping for some miracle and the nation’s first win against the All Blacks since 1953.

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his maiden race. Aaron Reid, also having his first start, showed he will be one to watch taking the final podium position.

Sam Cullimore rode the course in 29.05 minutes to secure the fastest time from Jessie Banks and Oliver Davidson.

Keryn O’Donnell took top spot in division two finding the line the strongest to take the victory with Tony Tarbotton in second place.

Waratahs sign Gibson for Super 15 season Former Crusaders assistant coach Daryl Gibson has signed with the Waratahs coaching staff for next season.

Gibson, who is assisting Jamie Joseph on the New Zealand Maori tour of England, resigned from the Crusaders recently after having his role downgraded to defence coach.

He will move with his family to Sydney in time for the Waratahs’ preseason preparations.

Gibson said: “I was attracted to the role by (Waratahs’ head coach) Michael Cheika’s vision for the team.

“His passion and commitment to turning the Waratahs into a winning team made it an easy choice. When you get a group of people committed to being better every day then winning becomes a by product.”

Gibson, a former Crusader and All

Blacks centre, played in Glasgow and at Leicester Tigers before returning to assist Todd Blackadder at the Crusaders for the 2009 season. An announcement on the Crusaders’ new assistant coaches is believed to be imminent, with Aaron Mauger and Tabai Matson leading contenders.

Cheika said: “Daryl has excellent skills in the areas we wish to improve, in the continuity of attack and around the ruck. He has great experience of Super Rugby and in that sense his experience is a good complement for mine and Alan’s.

“He also has a very rounded approach to the game, having coached in Super Rugby and in the UK and against teams from Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and all over Europe. He’s been a successful player and a coach at that level.”

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Junior Black Sticks beat Malaysia in extra time The Junior Black Sticks men won 2-1 in extra time against Malaysia on Sunday, finishing fifth at the Sultan of Johor Cup in Malaysia.

Nil-all at half-time, Jared Panchia (Auckland) equalised before Kane Russell (Southern) scored off New Zealand’s only penalty corner of the match in the 72nd minute. Malaysia were awarded nine penalty corners throughout the game, but converted only one.

“Good goalkeeping by Sam Greaney kept New Zealand in the game. Our passing improved throughout the game - we moved the ball effectively in the

last quarter and were able to hold the ball under pressure,” said head coach Grant Edwards.

The game was interrupted with a rain break of 25 minutes with seven minutes to go in first half of the match.

“The tournament was a great opportunity for the players to experience international competition. All athletes will need to significantly improve their core skills of passing and receiving as we look towards the Junior World Cup in India,” said Edwards.

The final placing were: Germany, India, Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand and Malaysia.

Methven athlete Julia Grant returned to Ironman 70.3 racing with a top 10 finish on Sunday. Grant finished eighth in the professional women’s race in the Shepparton ironman in Australia. A solid swim time of 27.39 minutes over the 1.9km to come out of the water r well placed in seventh and she maintained a good pace on the bike completing the 90.1km a 2 hour 35.58mins. After slipping back a place Grant produced a strong run home covering the 21.1km run in 1hr 33.04mins for an overall time of 4hr 39.18 which had her eighth, 23 minutes behind the winner Australian Rebekah Keat. Keat set a blistering 1hr 22.01 mins in the half marathon, more than six minutes faster than the nest best time in the women’s field.

Fellow New Zealander Terenzo Bozzone took out the men’s event in 3hrs 46.59 mins to win by five minutes.

• Women thrashed The New Zealand women’s emerging players team suffered a heavy loss to the Australian Shooting Stars in the third 50-over match at Blacktown Olympic Park Oval, Sydney yesterday. The home team won by 184 runs and took a 2-0 lead in the best-of-four series with Australia’s Beth Mooney starring with an impressive unbeaten 107 as Australia made 279-7 from their 50 overs. Chasing a formidable 280 runs to win the visitors were bundled out for 95 with Australia claiming victory in the 26th over.

• Latham to retire New Zealand track and road cyclist Peter Latham will retire from the sport next month. The 28-year-old, originally from Te Awamutu, will bring the curtain down on a decade of competition on the world stage when he rides for his Subway Pro Cycling team at next month’s Festival of Cycling in Christchurch. Latham competed at two Olympic Games and two Commonwealth Games as well as being a regular part of the New Zealand team at 10 world championships. His highlights included finishing the 2011/2012 track season as the world ranked No 1 in the individual pursuit, winning a medal in the team pursuit at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games, and and claiming world championship medals in the same discipline at Poland in 2009 and Copenhagen in 2010.

• Souths hail Crowe South Sydney chief executive Shane Richardson has hailed Russell Crowe’s contribution to the NRL club but said the Rabbitohs would cope without the Hollywood superstar. Crowe is selling his 37.5 per cent share in the club citing family reasons following his recent marriage split. The Oscar-winning actor bought 75 per cent of the club with Sydney businessman Peter Holmes a Court in 2006 and Richardson credited him with helping transform Souths from a laughing stock to a profit-making company with a premiership-contending team. “This club wouldn’t be here without Russell Crowe’s involvement,” Richardson said at a packed media conference at Redfern Oval yesterday. - AAP

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Hamilton spoils Vettel’s F1 party

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Lewis Hamilton gate-crashed Sebastian Vettel’s title party yesterday when he produced a dazzling drive for McLaren to win a thrilling United States Grand Prix.

The 27-year-old Briton, who started second on the grid alongside the defending champion, made the most of his superior outright speed to pass Vettel on lap 42 and claim the 21st victory of his career.

For Vettel, it was a personal disappointment, but not enough to prevent his Red Bull team winning the constructors’ title for the third successive season.

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari finished third after starting seventh on the grid - thanks to his team’s pragmatic decision to break the gearbox seal on Felipe Massa’s car - and his podium finish ensured the title battle will go down to the wire at next weekend’s season-ending Brazilian GP in Sao Paulo.

Vettel goes to Interlagos with a lead of 13 points - 273 points compared to Alonso’s 260.

Hamilton, who leaves McLaren for Mercedes next year, was intent on delivering another win for the team before his departure and seized his fourth win this year.

Amazingly, it was the first time F1’s best three drivers of the current crop had shared a podium and, to mark the Texan location, all three wore Stetson cowboy hats as they celebrated.

Interviewed by the 1978 world champion, American Mario Andretti, Hamilton said: “First-time winner! I’m so happy. The fans were amazing, thank you. It was such a warm welcome and one of the best, if not the best, race of the year - especially for me and the team.

“It’s been a long time since we had a win. I’m so proud of the team and grateful for the support we’ve had.”

Vettel said Hamilton had one chance and he took it.

“It was a tough race, but it was a great race.

“I did my first race, five years ago, in the United States. It’s nice to come back for my 100th GP. “I’m happy for the team - we won the constructors’ championship, so thanks to all of you.

“Now we have another step to make in Brazil. In terms of the championship, it’s looking a bit better after today.”

In front of a sellout crowd of 135,000 at the new Circuit of the Americas and under a solid blue sky, Vettel made a near-perfect start to pull clear from his 36th pole position and into the lead but by lap 34, Hamilton had closed to within two car lengths of Vettel.

The Briton tantalised Vettel and the crowd by setting up a passing move on lap 42 when the German could not resist him and Hamilton dummied one way and then passed him on the outside.

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Hammers’ sevens form inspires confidence The Mid Canterbury Sevens team claimed an international scalp and took a lot of confidence from their third place finish at the Canterbury Invitational sevens tournament at the weekend.

Mid Canterbury finished third out of the eight teams, claiming a win over the Brazilian national side on the way in their build up to this weekend’s South Island qualifying tournament in Timaru.

win and then completed pool play with another strong 36-12 win over the Canterbury Saints.

Then came the highlight of the tournament, claiming an international scalp by beating the Brazilian national team 17-5 in the quarterfinals.

“They had some pretty big boys in their side but lacked the catch and pass skills, making a lot of errors at crucial times. We ripped into them and scored three good tries to come away with the win.”

Their next opponent had an

international flavour to it as well but Samoa International had too much firepower and experience for Mid Canterbury advancing to the final with a 22-7 win.

Mid Canterbury was then handed third place as the two Canterbury sides scheduled to square off in the semi-final were combined to take on Samoa International in the final, as the tournament was also used as a Canterbury sevens trial, and the Canterbury mixture won the final.

But the Mid Canterbury manage-

ment was happy with the results from the team’s first hit-out.

“We scored some good tries and some guys stood up.

“We got quite a bit out of it and the guys will have a lot of confidence ahead of this weekend.”

Mid Canterbury had taken the extended squad to the tournament to act as a trial before the South island qualifier, where Mid Canterbury hopes to earn a return to the national sevens tournament in at Queenstown in January.

“The other key factor is we also

got to take a look at Canterbury and what they have to offer and that is who we meet first up in pool play this weekend.

“We have a tough draw with Canterbury and then Otago before North Otago and will need at least two wins if we want to advance.”

Dunlea said they would assess a few players who were under injury clouds at tonight’s training before he and coach Mark Cousins would confer on the final squad of 12 which will be named at Thursday night’s training.

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It wasn’t an ideal start for the Hammers, well beaten by the Canterbury Spartans 19-0.

“We were just a bit shell-shocked really and the game got away on us after letting in a couple of soft tries,” Mid Canterbury sevens manager Craig Dunlea said.

“But it was a good wakeup call and we improved over the course of the day, getting better-and-better in every match.”

Canterbury Maori were their second opposition and the Hammers found their feet, racing to a 24-5

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